[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Bromberger, Stefan"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Areshchenko/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 ({
Häufiger wird unsere Partiestellung (nach 12...g5) durch die Zugfolge} 7... Qb6
8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 {erreicht. Der
violente Vorstoß e5 galt einige Zeit als minderwertig, ist aber ziemlich
giftig und erscheint heutzutage als durchaus spielbar.}) 8. Bh4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2
10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 $5 ({Das beliebtere} 12... Nfd7 {(} 13. Ne4
Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 {) ist ein anderes Thema. Im Labyrinth dieser ultrascharfen
Bauernraub-Variante, in der noch etliche Fragen offen sind, fühlt sich unser
ukrainischer Großmeister pudelwohl. In jedem Fall entstehen äußerst
komplizierte, mitunter haarsträubende Positionen, die häusliche Vorbereitung,
tiefe Analyse und gute Nerven verlangen.}) 13. exf6 ({I} 13. Bg3 $5 Nh5 14. Ne4
Qxa2 15. Rb3 Nd7 16. Qc3 b6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 $13 {1/2-1/2/76, Sjugirov,S
(2612) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2626), St. Petersburg 2009} Nhf6) ({II} 13. Bf2 $6
Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Be2 Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+
Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25.
Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 $15 {0-1/56, Anand,V (2788) - Nepomniachtchi,I (2632),
Mainz 2009}) 13... gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 (14... h3 $5) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 (16. Qd3
$6 Qe5 17. Ne4 (17. Kh1 $2 h3) (17. Rbd1 Nc5) 17... Nc5 $15) 16... Qg5 $1 17.
Rf4 ({I} 17. Qe1 $5 h3 18. gxh3 Qe5 19. Qf2 h5 20. Bf3 Bc5 21. Rbd1 Nxf6 $13) (
{II} 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Rxb7 Nxb7 20. Qxb7 Rc8 21. Bxa6 h3 22. gxh3 {
1/2-1/2 Wurschner,M (2383)-Riccio,E (2537)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011}) 17... e5
$1 (17... h3 $2 18. gxh3 Rg8 19. Bg4 $1 Bd6 (19... Nxf6 $2 20. Nf3 Qg7 21. Rd1
Be7 22. Ne5 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Qh8 24. Rd4 $18) 20. Nxe6 $1 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 (21. Ne4
Qe5 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Nxf4 Ne5 $13) 21... Nxf6 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Bf3 Bxh3 24.
Qd6+ Kg7 25. Nxh3 Qh4 $14) 18. Nd5 $8 exd4 $8 {Aufgrund der Explosivität und
Komplexität der Stellung, bei der man - besonders am Turnierbrett - jederzeit
ins Schleudern geraten kann, finden sich hierzu gerade aus der
Fernschachpraxis einige Beispiele. Fatale Alternativen:} ({I} 18... exf4 $4 19.
Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nde6+ $18) ({II} 18... Bd6 $2 19. Nf3 Qg6 20. Nxh4 Qg5 21. Nf5 $1
exf4 (21... Bc5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Bd3 $18 exf4 24. Ng7+) 22. Nxd6+ Kf8 23. Ne4 Qe5
24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Bd3 $18) 19. Nc7+ $2 ({Nach diesem Fauxpas
befindet sich Weiß bereits am Rande des Abgrunds. Bessser sind: I} 19. Qxd4 {
, und nun taucht Schwarz risikofreudig mit} Kd8 $5 {in einen
Variantendschungel ein:} (19... Bc5 $5 {erscheint sicherer und verdient lt.
Areshchenko Erwähnung, z.B.} 20. Qe4+ Kd8 21. Rf5 Re8 22. Qxe8+ Kxe8 23. Rxg5
hxg5 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxa8 Nxf6 26. Bf3 b5 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. Nc7 g4 $11) 20. Ne7
({Oder} 20. Rd1 h3 21. g3 $13 {/=} (21. gxh3 $143 Bc5 22. Qd3 Re8 23. Bf3 Re6
24. Rg4 Qe5 25. Qd2 Rb8 26. Rg8+ Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Re1 Qf8 29. Ne7 (29.
Qe2) 29... Qh8 30. Qg2 b5 31. Nc6+ Kc7 32. Nxb8 Nxb8 33. Qg7 Qf8 $17 {,
Frijling,J (2097) - Hartl,H (2459), Lechenicher SchachServer email 2009}) 21...
Bd6 22. Bg4 (22. Bf3 Qe5 23. Qd2 a5 24. Re4 Qf5 25. Qe3 Ra6 26. Rc4 Qe6 27. Re4
Qf5 28. Rc4 Qe6 29. Re4 Bc5 30. Qd3 Qc6 31. Qe2 b5 32. Bh5 Bd6 33. Bxf7 Nc5 34.
Re3 Rf8 35. Bh5 {1-0 Auzins,M (2462)-Kuosa,N (2573)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011})
(22. Re4 Re8 23. Nb6 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5 25. Nxa8 Nxf6 26. Qc4 Ke7 27. Qxc5 Bxc5
28. Bf3 Ng4 29. Re1+ Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Staroske,U (2440)-Pierzak,R (2501)/ICCF
email 2009/Corr 2011}) 22... Bxf4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Qb4 Kd8 26.
Qb6+ {1/2-1/2, Kreuzfahrtschiff - Flyingfatman, playchess.com INT 2007}) 20...
Qe5 (20... Qc5 21. Qb2 h3 22. Bf3 Ke8 $5 (22... Rh7 23. Rf5 hxg2+ 24. Bxg2 Bxe7
25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Rd1 Rh8 27. Qc3 Re8 28. Bf3 Kc7 29. Rd5 Kb8 30. Rxc5 Nxc5 31.
Qxc5 Be6 32. a4 Rd8 33. a5 Rd7 34. c4 Ra7 35. Bd5 Bxd5+ 36. cxd5 h5 37. Qe3 Rd8
38. Qe7 Rh8 39. Qd6+ {1-0 Horvat,M (2283)-Sesko,M (2181)/ICCF email 2009/Corr
2011}) {/\} 23. Re4 Bxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 25. Rd1 Ra7 $15) 21. Qd2 Bxe7 22. fxe7+
Qxe7 23. Bg4 f5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rd1 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Wurschner,M (2408)-Matei,C 
(2576)/ICCF email 2009/Corr 2011}) ({II} 19. Bf3 Bc5 (19... Bd6 20. Qxd4 Nc5 (
20... Ne5 21. Ne7 (21. Qb6 O-O (21... Nc6 22. Re1+ Kf8 23. Rfe4 Be6 24. Nc7
Bxc7 25. Qxc7 Qxf6 26. Qxb7 Kg7 27. Qxc6 Rac8 28. Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Koch,C (2184)
-Van der Kemp,M (1958)/LSS email 2009/Corr 2011}) 22. Qxd6 Be6 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24.
Qb4 Rad8 25. Be2 Rg8 26. Nxg8 Rxg8 27. Qe4 Bd7 28. Rb6 Bh3 29. Bf1 Nc4 30. Rf2
Nxb6 31. Bd3 Bxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Nd5 33. Qxg5 hxg5 {0-1/67, Rocius,M (2483) -
Dell'Isola,V (2511)/ICCF email 2008}) 21... Nxf3 22. Qxd6 h3 23. g3 Qe5 24.
Nxc8 (24. Qxe5 Nxe5 25. Re4 Be6 26. Rxe5 b5 27. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Rubinas,P (2557)
-Riccio,E (2556)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011}) 24... Rxc8 25. Qb4 a5 26. Qxb7 O-O
27. Qxf3 Rxc2 28. Qg4+ Qg5 29. Qd1 Qc5 30. Qg4+ Qg5 31. Qd1 Qc5 {1/2-1/2 Jacot,
L (2522)-Riccio,E (2556)/ICCF email 2008/Corr 2011}) (20... Kd8 21. Rxh4 Bc5
22. Qc4 b5 (22... Re8 23. Rd1 Bd6 24. Rh5 Qd2 25. Qh4 Qa5 26. Ne3 Qc3 27. Nc4
Be5 28. Nb6 Bxf6 29. Qf2 Bd4 30. Rd5 Re1+ 31. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Bxb6 33. Bg4
Kc7 34. Re7 $16 {1-0/70, Podgursky,A (2206) - Fages,J (2205)/LSS email 2009})
23. Qc3 Qxh4 24. Qa5+ {1/2-1/2 Noble,M (2425)-Gueci,A (2359)/FICGS email 2009/
Corr 2011}) 21. Rxh4 Ne6 22. Re4 O-O 23. Qb6 Bc5 24. Qa5 Rd8 25. h4 Qxd5 26.
Rg4+ Kh8 27. Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Qe1 Bd7 29. c4 Rd3 30. Rb3 Rxb3 31. axb3 Bc6 32. b4
Bf8 33. Qe5 Rd8 34. Kg1 Ba4 {1/2-1/2 Grabliauskas,V (2472)-Siigur,J (2520)/
ICCF email 2009/Corr 2011}) 20. Qa5 (20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nxa8 Nxf6 $44) 20... b6
21. Rxb6 O-O 22. Rg4 Qxg4 {1/2-1/2 Gavrilakis,N (2475) - Fajs,B (2479)/ICCF
email 2009}) 19... Kd8 20. Nxa8 d3 $1 {Dieses treffliche Bauernopfer
unterbricht das weiße Druckspiel auf der d-Linie und nimmt vor allem die
Option Rxd4 aus der Stellung, so daß Schwarz seinen Königsläufer ungestört
nach d6 entwickeln kann.} ({Nicht aber: I} 20... Bd6 $4 21. Rxd4) ({II} 20...
h3 $2 21. gxh3 Bc5 22. Rd1) 21. Bxd3 (21. cxd3 $2 Bd6 22. Rbb4 (22. Rbf1 Re8)
22... Re8 23. Rbc4 Bxf4 24. Qc3 (24. Rxf4 Re6 25. Qc1 Nc5 26. Qf1 h3) 24...
Nxf6 25. Rxc8+ Ke7 $17) 21... Bd6 22. Rbf1 (22. Rf2 $2 Qe5 23. g4 (23. g3 $2 b6
$19) 23... Qd5+ (23... b5 $2 24. Qa5+ Bc7 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27. Re1
$18) (23... hxg3 $2 24. Re2) 24. Kg1 Bc5 25. Qf4 Qc6 $17) 22... Bxf4 23. Rxf4
h3 $2 ({Viel stärker war zweifellos} 23... Re8 $142 $1 {, was auch schon lt.
Fernschachdatenbank (Corr 2011) gespielt wurde (!) :} 24. h3 Re6 25. Qb4 a5 $5
(25... Qc5 $15) 26. Qd4 Qe5 27. Rxh4 Qb8 $5 28. Kg1 (28. Re4 Rxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxa8
30. Qe7+ Kc7 31. Qxf7 Qa7 32. Qe8 Qc5 33. f7 b6 $17) 28... Qxa8 29. Rxh6 Qb8
30. Rh8+ Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Bb5 Kd8 33. Bxd7 Bxd7 34. Qd5 Ke8 35. Qxa5 Qd8
36. Qe5+ Be6 37. Kh2 Kd7 38. h4 Qc7 39. Qxc7+ Kxc7 40. Kg3 Bxa2 41. Kf4 Kd6 42.
g4 Bb1 43. c3 b5 {0-1 Gonzalez,B (2138) - Castro Salguero,R (2355)/ICCF email
2008}) 24. gxh3 $2 ({Dagegen hätte der deutsche IM mit der geschickten
Abwicklung} 24. Bf5 $1 hxg2+ (24... Qxf6 25. Kg1) 25. Kg1 Qxf6 26. Bxd7 Qa1+
27. Kxg2 Bxd7 28. Qa5+ Ke8 29. Nc7+ Kf8 30. Qa3+ Kg8 31. Nd5 Kg7 (31... Qe5 $4
32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Qg3+ Qg5 34. Nxd7) (31... Be6 32. Ne7+ Kh7 33. Qd3+ Kg7 34.
Qg3+ Kh7 35. Qd3+ $11) 32. Qg3+ Kf8 33. Qa3+ Kg7 34. Qg3+ $11 {forciert ins
Remis entschlüpfen können.}) 24... Qd5+ 25. Qg2 Qd6 $1 $17 (25... Qxg2+ $143 $6
26. Kxg2 b5 27. Be4 Rg8+ 28. Kf2) 26. Qf2 $2 {In prekärer Lage der letzte
Fehler. Andere Versuche:} ({I} 26. Rf1 Re8 $1 $17 {, z.B.} (26... b5 $2 27. Be2
Re8 28. Bf3 $13) 27. Be4 (27. Rd1 $2 b5 $1 28. Be2 $4 Qxd1+) 27... Qb8 $1 28.
Bd5 Qxa8 29. Bxf7 Re3 (29... Re5 30. Bd5 Qa7 31. f7 Qc5 32. c4 Nf8 $17) 30. Bb3
(30. Rd1 Qb8 31. Qg8+ Kc7 32. Qg4 Re5 33. Qc4+ Kb6 $17) 30... Kc7 31. f7 Qa7
32. Qg4 (32. Qd2 Qc5 33. f8=Q Nxf8 34. Rxf8 Re5 35. Rf7+ Kb8 $17) (32. f8=Q
Nxf8 33. Rxf8 Qd4 $1 34. Rf3 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Bd7 36. Rxe1 Bc6 37. Qxc6+ bxc6 $19)
32... b5 33. Bd5 (33. Qf4+ Re5 34. Bd5 Qe3 35. Qxe3 Rxe3 $19 36. f8=Q Nxf8 37.
Rxf8 Bxh3) 33... Qc5 $17) ({II} 26. Qg3 b5 27. Be4 Re8 28. Bg2 Re2 $17 {(} 29.
Rd4 Qxf6 {)}) 26... Re8 27. Qd4 (27. Kg1 b5 28. Qd4 Re6 $19) 27... Re6 28. c4 (
28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rh4 Rxf6 $19 30. Kg2 (30. Rg4 Rc6) (30. Rh5 Rd6) 30... b5 (
30... Nc5) 31. Be4 Rd6) 28... b5 $1 $19 ({Eine tolle Kampfpartie! Schwarz
erobert nun entweder den Na8 nach} 28... b5 29. cxb5 (29. Kg1 Bb7 30. Rg4 Qxd4+
(30... Rxf6 31. Rg8+ Ke7 $19) 31. Rxd4 Rxf6 32. cxb5 Bxa8 33. bxa6 Kc7 $19)
29... Bb7+ {oder nach der prächtigen, langen Kombination} 30. Kg1 Qa3 $1 (30...
axb5 31. Bxb5 Bxa8) 31. bxa6 Qc1+ 32. Rf1 (32. Bf1 Bxa6 {/\Re1-+}) 32... Qg5+
33. Qg4 Qc5+ 34. Rf2 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qc1+ 37. Ke2 Bxa6+ 38. Kf3
Ne5+ $19 {die weiße Dame.}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Qb6 6. Be2 e6 7. Bg5 Bd7 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O Qxb2 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qa3 12. f4 a6 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nd1 Rc8
15. Ne3 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 17. Nc4 Nd8 18. Nd4 h4 19. Bf3 Qh7 20. Nb6 Rc5 21. Nxd7
Kxd7 22. Rab1 h3 23. g3 Rc7 24. f5 Be7 25. Qc2 Kc8 26. Qa4 d5 27. c4 $1 e5 (
27... Rxc4 {falls short of scheitert an} 28. Rfc1 {, with a dangerous attack.
mit gefährlichem Angriff.}) 28. Nb3 e4 29. Be2 Qh6 $6 (29... d4 30. Nxd4 Bc5 {
deserved attention here. verdiente hier Aufmerksamkeit.}) 30. cxd5 Qe3 31. Rbe1
Kb8 32. Bf3 (32. Bxa6 Qb6 33. Bb5 {was a very promising continuation. war eine
sehr aussichtsreiche Fortsetzung.}) 32... Qb6 33. Rxe4 Bd6 34. Qa5 Qa7 35. Qd2
Qb6 36. Na5 Qb5 37. Be2 Qd7 38. Nc4 Bc5 39. d6 Rc8 40. Re7 Qa4 41. Rc7 Nc6 42.
Qd5 Qb4 43. a3 Qb5 44. Bd3 Rxc7 45. dxc7+ Kxc7 46. Ne3 Qa5 47. Qxf7+ Kb8 48.
Rb1 Nd8 49. Qd5 Re8 50. Be4 Qc7 51. Ng4 Qe7 $2 (51... Bxa3 52. Nxf6 Re7 {
was more stubborn. war hartnäckiger.}) {[%tqu "En","Both kings are not safe,
but White can strike first. Can you find the winning move for White here?",
"Exploit the weakness of Black's b7-pawn and try to deflect the enemy queen.",
"Bring your knight into play!","g4f6","This impressive knight move breaks
Black's defense and decides the game for White.",5,"De","Beide Königs stehen
unsicher, aber Weiß kann zuerst losschlagen. Finden Sie hier den Gewinnzug?",
"Richten Sie Ihr Augenmerk auf die Schwäche des Bauern b7 und versuchen Sie,
die schwarze Dame abzulenken.","Bringen Sie Ihren Springer ins Spiel!","g4f6",
"Dieser prächtige Springerzug durchbricht die schwarze Verteidigung und
entscheidet die Parie für Weiß.",5]} 52. Nxf6 $1 {[%csl Gb1,Rb7,Rb8,Gd5,Ge4,
Re7,Re8,Gf6][%cal Gb1b7,Ge4b7] This terrific knight move yields White a
decisive advantage. Dieser prächtige Springerzug bringt Weiß entscheidend in
Vorteil.} (52. Bf3 {would be a terrible mistake: wäre ein schrecklicher Fehler:
} Qe1+ 53. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 52... Bxa3 ({The knight is invulnerable: Der Springer
ist tabu:} 52... Qxf6 53. Rxb7+ $1 Nxb7 (53... Kc8 54. Qd7#) 54. Qxb7#) 53.
Nxe8 Bb4 ({Again, Erneut scheitert} 53... Qxe8 {falls short of wegen} 54. Rxb7+
$1 Nxb7 55. Qxb7#) 54. f6 $1 Qxe8 55. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 5th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bf3 Be7 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Rhe1 b5
15. Kb1 O-O 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 19. g4 a5 20. h4 f5 21.
gxf5 Bxf5 22. Be4 Bg4 23. Qg2 Bxd1 24. Qg6 Bh5 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27.
Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qf5+ Ke7 29. Qxh5 a4 30. Nd2 a3 31. Bd3 axb2 32. Qg4 Rf7 33. Ne4
Qa5 34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qxd6+ Kg8 36. Nc3 Qxc3 37. Rxe5 b4 38. Qc6 Raf8 39. Qe6 {
[%tqu "En","White may have enough for the exchange, but he has other problems.
Can you see which?","Try to expose the enemy king even further.","Open the
a-file for your rook!","b4b3","This elegant pawn move immediately deicides the
game.",4]} b3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rb1,Rd3][%cal Gf8a8,Ga8a1,Gb3a2] Threatening 40...
ba2+ 41.Ka2 Ra8+.} 40. Re1 (40. axb3 {loses after} Ra8 41. Ba6 Rxa6 42. Qxa6
Qxe5) ({And White resigned in view of the line:} 40. Re1 bxa2+ 41. Kxa2 Ra8+
42. Ba6 Qxc2 (42... Qc4+ {or 42...Ra6+ immediately win as well.})) 0-1

[Event "Match/Nation HUN-YUG"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1957.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Barcza,G"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1957.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Qc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6
Qxe5+ 15. Qe3 Qxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Bd6 17. Nd5 Nf6 18. Nxg7+ Kf7 19. O-O Kxg7 (19...
Be5 20. Nh5) 20. Rxf6 Rd8 (20... Be5 $4 21. Bh6+) 21. Rbf1 Kg8 (21... h5 22.
Rf7+ Kg8 23. Bd4) 22. Nb6 Be5 23. R6f2 Be6 24. Nxa8 Bc4 25. Rc1 $1 Bxa2 26. c4
Bb3 27. Nb6 a5 28. Bg5 $1 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re1 Bc3 31. Rf1+ Kg7 32. Rf3
Bd4+ 33. Be3 Bb2 34. Bh6+ Kxh6 35. Rxb3 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Na6 (36... Nc6 37. Rb5)
37. Rd3 Be5 38. g3 Kg6 39. Rd7 Nc7 40. Ke2 (40. Nd5 $6 a4 41. Nxc7 a3) 40... h5
41. Kf3 Kf5 42. Nd5 $1 a4 43. Rxc7 $1 Bxc7 44. Nxc7 a3 45. Nb5 a2 46. Nd4+ Ke5
47. Nb3 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Alzate, Dario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
h6 (8... Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 (11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2
Bb7 14. Kb1 Nc5 $6 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Bc4 $16 {Stohl,
I-Petrosian,A/GER/1993/0:1/40/}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 $1 Ne5 14. Qg3
Nfxg4 15. gxh6 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Rxh6 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Be2 Rg6 19. h4 $1 $14 {
Nikitin,A-Petrosian,A/Dortmund/1993/}) 9. Bxf6 Qe3+ 10. Be2 $5 (10. Qe2 Qxe2+
11. Bxe2 gxf6 12. Bh5 Be7 13. O-O-O $14 {Yudasin,L-Doroshkevich,V/URS/1983/})
10... gxf6 11. Rf1 Bd7 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Rf3 Qg1+ 13. Bf1 Qxh2 14. Qd2 Qg1 15.
O-O-O $44) 12. Rf3 Qg1+ (12... Qb6 $5) 13. Bf1 Rg8 (13... Qxh2 14. Qd2 Qg1 $2 (
14... Qh5 $142) 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nce2 Qh2 17. Rh3 $18) 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. O-O-O $14
Qa7 (15... Qb6 $142) 16. Kb1 $5 O-O-O (16... b5 $5) 17. a4 $1 Qb6 18. Rh3 $1
Kb8 19. Rh5 Rc8 $6 (19... Bc8 $142 20. a5 Qc7 $14) 20. a5 $16 Qb4 (20... Qc7
21. Na4 $16) 21. Qe3 f5 $6 (21... Rc7 $16) 22. exf5 Bg7 (22... d5 23. fxe6 fxe6
24. f5 $16) 23. Na2 Qa4 24. Rxd6 $18 Nxa5 $6 (24... Na7 25. Nc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5
Rc8 27. Qf2 $18) 25. f6 $1 Nc4 (25... Bxf6 26. Rxa5) 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rc5 $1 (
27. Rxd7 $2 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Bxf6 29. Re5 Rxg2 $19) 27... Qf1+ 28. Nac1 Bf8 29.
Rxd7 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Ka8 31. Na4 1-0

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 (8... Nc6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8
14. Rhf1 $14 {Stripunsky,A-Loginov,V RUS-chT Kazan (05) 1995 1/2 59 - CBM 51})
9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 (10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 Qe5 {1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G
Novgorod (08) 1995 - CBM 48}) 10... gxf6 11. Be2 (11. f5 $2 Bh6 $1 12. Qd3 Nc6
13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qh3 O-O 17. Bc4 f5 18. Bb3 Bg7 19.
O-O Qc5+ 20. Kh1 e4 $19 {Stankovic,S-Bangiev,A Pula op 1990 0-1 32}) 11... Nc6
(11... h5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Rf3 Qa5 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. f5
$36 {Velimirovic,D-Tringov,G Osijk 1978 1/2 34}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Be7 (
13... d5 $6 $146 14. exd5 cxd5 15. f5 Qa5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Rxf6
Be5 19. Qh6 $1 Qxc3 $2 20. Rxe6+ $1 $18 {Shmuter,L-Timoshenko,G Nikolaev zt
1993 1-0 25}) 14. Kh1 O-O $146 (14... Qa5 15. f5 h5 16. Qd3 (16. Bf3 e5 17. Qd3
Qc7 18. Rb3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Qc4 Qc7 21. Rb1 $44 {Velimirovic,D-Gavrikov,
V Vrsac 1985 1-0 37}) 16... h4 17. Qh3 Kd8 18. Bg4 Qe5 19. Rb6 Kc7 20. Rfb1 Ra7
$15 {Ivanovic,B-Ftacnik,L Luzern (ol) 1982 0-1 37}) 15. f5 Kh8 16. e5 (16. Rb6
Qc5 17. Na4 Qe5 18. Rxc6 Qxe4 19. Rc7 Bd8 (19... Qxa4 20. Rxe7 $40) 20. Rc4 Qe5
$17) 16... dxe5 (16... fxe5 $4 17. f6 Bd8 (17... Bxf6 18. Rxf6 d5 19. Rbf1 $18)
18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Bd3 $18) 17. Rb3 Qa5 (17... Qd6 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... exf5 $4 19.
Nb5 axb5 20. Rh3 $18) 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Rh3 Rg7 21. Bf3 Qc4 22. Re1 exf5 23. Nxf6
Bxf6 $8 24. Qxf6 $44) 18. Qh6 Rg8 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Rh3 Rg7 21. Rd1 $1 $18 Bd7 (
21... Qe8 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Bb7 24. Rg3 Qf8 25. Rd7 $18) (21... Qc7 22.
Nxf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Bd7 24. Rg3 Rag8 25. Rxg7 Rxg7 26. Qe7 f6 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28.
Qxf6+ Rg7 29. fxe6 $18) 22. Rhd3 Ra7 23. Qe3 (23. Qd2 $1 exf5 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25.
Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 fxe4 27. Rxe7 $18) 23... Qb8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 exf5 26.
Qb3 Qg8 27. Rxe7 (27. Ng3 Bc5 (27... f4 28. Rxe7 fxg3 29. Rb7 $18) 28. Qf3 $18)
27... fxe4 28. g3 Qd8 29. Rxf7 h5 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Bxh5 Qd7 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. a3
Qc4 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 (8... Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O (11. Nb3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nc6 13.
Kb1 a5 14. Na4 Qa7 15. Bb5 e5 16. f5 $16 {Guedon,S-Renet,O Clichy op (7) 1991
0-1 32}) 11... O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. h4 a5 14. g4 a4 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4
17. Rxd4 $16 {Timman,J-Van der Wiel,J Amsterdam Euwe-mem (9) 1991 1-0 59}) 9.
Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. g3 b5 14. O-O-O $13 {
-ECO}) (10... O-O 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. g4 b5 13. Bg2 Rb8 $2 (13... Bb7 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. g5 Be7 16. Qg3 $13) 14. e5 Nd5 15. Rxd5 $1 exd5 16. Nxd5 Qd7 17. Na5
Nxa5 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. f5 Bb7 20. f6 Bxf3 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf6+ Kh6 23. Bxf3
Rg8 24. Rg1 Qxe7 25. Bxe7 $16 {Doncev-Nikolov Bulgaria 1987 1-0 81 -Inf.45\298}
) 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. h4 h5 14. g3 Bd7 15. Rh2 O-O-O 16. Rhd2 Be7
17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Na4 Na5 19. Nxa5 Bxa4 20. Nc4 Bc6 21. Rd3 Bb5 22. Rc3 Bf6 23.
e5 $1 dxe5 24. Nd6 $1 $16 exf4 $2 (24... Rxd6 $2 25. Rxc7 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rd8+
27. Kc1 Kxc7 28. Qc5+ Bc6 29. fxe5 Rd5 30. exf6 Rxc5 31. fxg7 $18) (24... Bc6
25. fxe5 Be7 26. Qc5 $1 $16 (26. Nxf7 $2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rf8 $17)) 25. Rxc7 fxe3
26. Rxb7+ Ka8 27. Bg2 $1 (27. Bg2 e2 28. Rxb5+ Ka7 29. Nc8+ $3 Rxc8 30. Rd7+
Rc7 31. Rxc7#) 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 (15... Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19.
c4 Ra7 20. O-O Rd7 21. Qe3 Rf7 22. Rxf6 Rxf6 23. Qxe5 Rfh6 $1 24. Qc7 Bd7 25.
Qd6 c5 $1 {(Krnic) Inf.48/369}) 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Qh6 Rf7
(19... Qxc2 20. Rf3 f4 21. Rh3 Rf7 22. Rhd3 Qxe2 23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25.
Nh5 Bxd8 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Qg6+ {
remis, Watson - King London WTW 1990}) 20. Rd3 Rg7 21. Rfd1 fxe4 22. Rd8+ Bxd8
23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Kf6 25. Qh4+ Rg5 26. Qh6+ Rg6 27. Qf8+ Kg5 28. g3 (28.
g3 Rf6 29. h4+ Kf5 30. g4+ Kf4 31. Qxf6+ Kg3 (31... Ke3 32. Qf2#) 32. Qf2+ Kh3
33. Qh2#) 1-0

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 Rb8 $5 {N} (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13.
O-O-O e5 14. f5 Bd7 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h4 h5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qb6
20. Be4 Bf6 21. Qf3 Ke7 22. g3 a5 23. Bd3 a4 {1/2 Ljubojevic,L-Georgiev,Ki
Novi Sad olm 1990}) 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 (13. g4 $5) 13... Nxf6 14. g4 b4 15.
Ne2 e5 $1 16. f5 Nd7 17. Kb1 a5 18. Ng3 a4 19. Nd2 O-O 20. h4 a3 21. b3 Ba6 $1
(21... Qa7 22. Nc4 Ba6 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Be2 $16) 22. Qxa6 (22. Qe3 Rfc8 $40)
22... Qc3 23. Nc4 Nc5 (23... Qxf3 24. Qa7 Qxg3 25. Qxd7 $10) 24. Qa7 Qxf3 (
24... Rb7 $2 25. Qxb7 $1 Nxb7 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Qxe7 Qxg3 26. Rhg1 Qf3 27. Rgf1
Qg3 (27... Qc3 $2 28. Rfe1 $16 {/\ Re3}) (27... Qxg4 $4 28. Rg1 Qf3 29. Rxg7+
$18) (27... Qxe4 $2 28. Nxd6 $16) 28. Rg1 Qf3 29. Rgf1 Qg3 {Boensch} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "De Boer, Gert Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 (11. O-O-O b5) 11... Rb8 (11... h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. f5 Bd7 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. h4 h5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
exd5 Qb6 20. Be4 Bf6 21. Qf3 Ke7 22. g3 a5 23. Bd3 a4 {1/2 Ljubojevic,
L-Georgiev,Ki Novi Sad olm 1990}) 12. h4 {N} (12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4
b4 15. Ne2 e5 $132 {Yudasin,L-Oll,L Sevilla 1992}) 12... b5 13. g4 b4 14. Ne2
a5 15. Nbd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Ncxe4 $6 (16... Rb6 $5) 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe7 (18.
Qxe4 Bb7) 18... Kxe7 19. Qxe4 Bb7 20. Qe3 Bxh1 21. f5 $40 e5 22. f6+ $1 Kd7 (
22... Kxf6 $4 23. Qg5#) (22... gxf6 23. Nf5+ Ke8 24. O-O-O $18) 23. fxg7 exd4 (
23... Rhg8 24. Nf5 $16) 24. gxh8=Q dxe3 25. Qxh7 Qc4 26. Rd1 Rb5 27. Nd4 Re5
28. b3 Qc3+ 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. h5 Qc8 31. Rd3 Qd8 32. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Kxe3 Qg5+ 34.
Kd3 Qxg4 35. Qf5+ Qxf5+ 36. Nxf5 Ke6 $2 (36... f6 37. h6 Bg8) 37. Ne3 Bf3 38.
h6 Kf6 39. Nc4 Kg6 40. Nxd6 f6 41. Nc4 Kxh6 42. Nxa5 Kg5 43. Nc4 Bd5 44. Ne3
Be6 45. c4 bxc3 (45... f5 46. Nc2 f4 47. Nxb4 $18) 46. Kxc3 Kf4 (46... f5 $5)
47. Kd4 f5 48. b4 $1 $18 Bxa2 49. b5 Be6 (49... Bb1 50. b6 Be4 51. Nd5+ $18)
50. Nd5+ Kg4 51. Ne7 f4 52. b6 f3 53. Ke3 $1 {Boensch} (53. Ke3 Kg3 54. b7 f2
55. b8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 (11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13.
a3 h6 14. Qh3 O-O-O $13 {Van der Wiel-Portisch Rotterdam 1989 1-0 (40)}) 11...
h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 g5 $1) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 exf4 15. Nxf6+ gxf6
16. Qg7 Rf8 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Bd3 Nc5 (18... Qxa2 $5) 19. Bc4 Bd7 20. Qxf6 Ne4
21. Qxf4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5 23. Rhe1 Nf6 24. Re2 O-O-O (24... Rc8 25. Nf5 Kd8
26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Bb3 $16) (24... g4 $5) 25. Nf3 Rg8 26. Ne5 Be8 27. Rf1 $18 Nh5
28. Nxf7 Nf4 29. Rxf4 $1 gxf4 30. Bxe6+ Rd7 31. Nd6+ Kd8 32. Nxb7+ Rxb7 33.
Bxg8 Bc6 34. Rd2+ Ke7 35. Bd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Ke6 37. Rd3 Ke5 38. g3 1-0

[Event "Linares 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bönsch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7
14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 e5 20. Na4
Qa7 21. Bc4+ Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 d5 {N} (23... Rb8 24. Rxf4 Bd7 25. Nxd7
Qxd7 26. Rf5 Qa7 27. Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. g5 Qd8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Rxf3
32. Qxf3 Bg5 $10 {Konovalov - Zablockij corr. 1989 -Inf.48/369}) 24. exd5 cxd5
25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Nxc8 Rbxc8 $10 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 30. c4 Rb8
31. Qd3 Bh4 (31... h6 $2 32. Qg6 f3 (32... Rf6 $2 33. Qxg5) 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34.
gxf3 Bf4 35. Kg1 $16) 32. Be4 Qg5 (32... Qxd3 $2 33. Bxd3 Rbd8 34. Rxh4 Rxd3
35. g5 $16) 33. Bxh7 $2 {>= 33.Dd5} Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 $3 35. Rxf3 Rd2 36. Qe4
Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 $19 38. Qf5 $19 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Kxh7 40. Qe4+ g6 41. Rh3 Kg7 42.
Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qe4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 9091 1st"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be2 Qe3 10. Qd3 Qxd3 11. cxd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d4 b6 (
13... Nc6 14. O-O-O O-O 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 $14 {Yudasin,L-Gruenberg,H.U
Moskau (GMA) 1989 -Inf.47/327}) 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Rac1 Rc8 $6 (16...
Bd8 $10) 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exf6 $1 Ba8 (18... Bb7 $6 19. Ne4 Nxf6 (19... Rxc1 20.
Nxd6+ Kf8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxc1 $16) 20. Nxd6+ Kd7 21. Nxb7 (21. Nxc8 Bxc8
22. f5 $16) (21. Nxf7 $16) 21... Rc7 22. N7c5+ bxc5 23. Nxc5+ Kd6 24. Nxa6 $18)
19. fxg7 Rg8 20. Nd5 $1 $16 Rd8 21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. d5 Rxg7 23. Nd4 Nc5 (23... Bb7
24. f5 e5 25. f6+ Nxf6 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Ne6+ fxe6 29. Rc7+ Rd7
30. Rfc1 (30. Rxd7+ $2 Nxd7 31. dxe6 Nf6 $19) 30... Bxd5 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Rc7
Kf6 33. Rxd7 Bxa2 34. Rxd6 $16) 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f5 Rg4 (26...
Rf8 27. b4 $18) 27. Nxe6 Rag8 (27... Nxe6 28. Rce1 $18) 28. Nf4 Kf6 29. Nd5+
Ke5 30. Ne3 Re4 31. Nc4+ Kf6 32. Rc2 $18 Rd4 33. Nxb6 Ne4 34. g3 Rg7 35. Rc8
Rb7 36. Rc6 Kg5 37. b3 Rd2 38. Nc4 Rxa2 39. Nxd6 Nxd6 40. Rxd6 Rxb3 41. Rg6+
Kh5 42. g4+ Kh4 43. Rxh6+ Kxg4 44. f6 Rf3 (44... Rb8 45. f7 Rf8 46. Rg6+ Kh3
47. Rf3+ Kh4 48. Rg8 $18) 45. f7 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 (11. a3 $5 Rb8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Rd4 Be7
14. Be2 O-O 15. g4 e5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 b4 18. a4 Bb7 $17 {Bakalarz,
L-Loginov,V Wisla BES (05) 1992 0-1 51}) 11... Bb7 12. a3 Be7 13. Rhe1 h6 (
13... O-O-O $5 14. f5 e5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Kb8 18. g3 Rc8 19.
h4 Bf6 20. Kb1 Qb6 $15 {Norgaard,J-Novikov,I Copenhagen op (05) 1991 0-1 50})
14. Qh3 Rc8 (14... O-O-O $5 $14) 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 17. e5 dxe5 18.
Bg6+ Kd8 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bxe7+ Nxe7 (20... Kxe7 $2 21. Qh4+ Kf8 22. Rf1+ Kg8
23. Bf7+ Kh7 24. Qe4+ g6 25. Qxg6#) 21. Bf7 Rxc3 $1 (21... Nf5 $2 22. g4 Ne7
23. Rd6 Rc6 (23... Qf2 24. Rf1 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Qg2 26. Qxg2 Bxg2 27. Rfd1 Bd5 28.
Bxe6 $18) 24. Red1 $40) 22. Qxc3 $44 Bd5 23. Bh5 Rf8 24. Bf3 Qc7 (24... Bxf3
25. gxf3 Nd5 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. e6 Re8 28. exd7 (28. Qxg7 $2 Rxe6 29. Qg8+ Ke7
30. Qg7+ Kd6 $19) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Kxd7 $10) 25. Qb4 g5 26. Qd6 Rxf3 $1 27.
gxf3 (27. Qxc7+ Kxc7 28. gxf3 Ng6 $17) 27... Qxd6 28. exd6 Nf5 29. Rd3 a5 $2 (
29... Nxd6 30. Rxe6 Bxe6 31. Rxd6 Ke7 32. Rxa6 Ne5 $17) 30. b3 a4 $2 (30...
Nxd6 $17) 31. Kb2 Nb6 $2 (31... Nxd6 $17) 32. Kc3 Kd7 33. Kb4 Bc6 $2 (33...
Nxd6 $10) 34. Kc5 Nd5 35. Rxe6 $1 axb3 36. cxb3 Kxe6 $4 (36... Nf4 37. Ree3
Nxd3+ 38. Rxd3 $14) 37. Kxc6 $18 Nf4 38. Rd2 Ng6 39. d7 Ne5+ 40. Kc7 Nxd7 41.
Rxd7 Ke5 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Riga Tal Memorial"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qa3 11. c3 Nd7 12. O-O b5 13. Bh5
bxa4 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 (14... Kxf7 $2 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qg4+ Bg7 17. Nxe6 $18) 15.
Nc6+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Nd4 (17. Qg4+ $10) 17... Rg8 $19 {Hector,J-Olafsson,
H Reykjavik zt (10) 1995 0-1 24 - CBM 47}) (8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Be2 Be7 10. Qd3 Qc7
11. Bf3 Rb8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. f5 Nd7 17. Kb1
a5 18. h4 a4 19. Nbc1 Nc5 $15 {Groszpeter,A-Georgiev,Ki Odorheiu zt (04) 1995
1-0 72 - CBM 47}) 8... Qxb2 9. Nb3 {Eine Spezialität von Short, häufiger wird
9.Rb1 gespielt.} Qa3 (9... Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4
Qa4 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ $17 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B (3) Wijk
cm1 1994 1/2 36}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 (11... Nc6 12. O-O (12. f5 Bg7 13.
fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nc7+ Kd7 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 fxe4 $15 {Dang Tat
Thang-Marte,M Novi Sad olm (08) VIE-DOM 1990 1-0 49}) 12... Bd7 13. Kh1 h5 14.
Nd1 Rc8 15. Ne3 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nb6 Qa3 20. Rae1 (
20. Nc4 Qa4 21. Nb6 Qa3 22. Nc4 {1/2 Gulko,B-Psakhis,L Beersheba (10) 1993})
20... Ne7 21. Nc4 Rxc4 22. Bxc4 h4 23. Bd3 f5 24. Be2 Bg7 25. c4 h3 26. g3 d5
$15 {Short,N-Kasparov,G (04) PCA-Wch (London) 1993 0-1 40}) 12. O-O Nd7 $1 (
12... Nc6 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Qe3 (14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. c4 f5 17. a3 Qa4 18.
Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. exf5 Bg7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rad1 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 $17 {Qi,Jingxuan-Karpov,An/Hannover/1983/}) 14... Rc8 15. Nb1 Qa4 (15...
Qb2 {Ftacnik} 16. N1d2 d5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qe4 f5 21.
Qxd5 exd5 22. Nxb2 Rxc2 23. Rfe1 Rxb2 24. Bxa6+ {Mordue,T-Collinson,A/GBR-ch
Eastbourne (06)/1991/0.5 (30)}) 16. c4 Na5 17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Qxf6 Rh6 19. Qd4
Rh7 20. f5 exf5 21. Nc3 Bg7 22. Nxa4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxa4 24. Rac1 {Tal,M-Byrne,
R/Leningrad izt/1973/0.5 (43)}) 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 Be7 15. Rad1 b6 (15... b5 16.
Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa4 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Qxa8 $13) 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f5 Rc8 (
17... Ne5 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxb6) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 $2 (19... Nc5 $1 20.
Qd4 (20. Nxc5 $2 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd3 Kf7 $19) 20... Nxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5
22. Na4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf7 24. Nxb6 Rc2 $15) 20. Rd3 f5 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Bxe6
Nxd3 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Qxd3 $14) 21. Rb1 (21. exf5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 (21... Qxc2
22. Rf2 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe4 24. Rc8+ $5 (24. fxe6 $16) 24... Bd8 25. Qxe4 Bxe4
26. fxe6 Ne5 27. Be2 $18) 22. f6 Nxd3 $2 (22... Qxc2 $1 $19) 23. Qxe6 $1 Rc7
24. fxe7 Rxe7 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qxd6+ Ke8 27. Qb8+ $18) 21... Qxb1+ (21... Qxc2
$2 22. Bd1 $16 (22. Bd1 {Ftacnik} Rxc3 23. Bxc2 Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rxa2 $13)) (21...
Qa3 {Ftacnik} 22. exf5 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb4 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 O-O
$5) 22. Nxb1 fxg4 23. hxg4 h3 (23... Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rxa2 25. Nxe6 {ist zu
riskant für Schwarz.}) 24. Rc3 (24. gxh3 {Ftacnik} Ne5 25. Rc3 Bxe4+ 26. Qxe4
Rxc3 27. Nxc3 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxc3 $13) 24... hxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rg8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Kf1 Rxg4 28. N1d2 e5 29. Qc3 Bb7 (29... Kd8 {Ftacnik} 30. Qc6 $36) 30. Qc7
(30. Qc7 Rf4+ (30... Bxe4 {Ftacnik} 31. Qc8+ Bd8 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qxa6 $10)
31. Kg2 Bxe4+ 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Qc8+ Bd8 34. Qxa6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Comtois Masters 5th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2002.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Bg7 $6 {When this position appeared at
the board I started desperately to remember the theory of it. The only thing I
could remember that at a certain moment black is opening the a1-h8 diagonal
for the bishop. Finally I decided to start with the bishop move which was
already an inexactity. Later on when from five black players on the board only
one the queen was developed and the king was already under mating attack I
regreted a lot my opening strategy.} (11... h5 {Was tried recently} 12. O-O Nd7
13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f5 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qd4 Be7 19. Bg4
Nc5 20. Rf3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5 22. Bxe6 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 $14 {Luther T.(2544) -
Kasimdzhanov R.(2693), Essen 2002 It (cat.16)}) (11... Nc6 {is considered as
the main line} 12. O-O Na5 (12... Bd7 13. Nd1 Be7 (13... Qb4 14. c3 Qb6+ 15.
Ne3 Qc7 $13) 14. Ne3 b5 15. Bh5 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 17. f5 e5 18. Nd5 $44 {Vouldis
A.(2497) - Shipov S.(2640), Ano Liosia 2001 It (open)}) (12... Bg7 13. Rf3 O-O
14. Kh1 Rd8 15. Rg3 d5 16. exd5 f5 17. Rd1 Qf8 18. d6 Kh8 19. Na4 b5 20. Nac5
$16 {Kasimdzhanov R.(2693) - Polgar J.(2676), Moscow 2002 It "Grand Prix" 
(active)}) 13. Kh1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qc5 15. f5 Bd7 16. b4 Qxb4 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Rfb1 Qc5 19. Rxb7 Be7 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Bc8 22. Rb8 O-O 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24.
Bxc8 Qxc8 {= Luther T.(2544) - Timoshenko G.(2537), Panormo 2001 Cup European
Club (final)}) 12. O-O Qb4 13. Rf3 Nd7 {During the game I always had in mind
the fear to get on Nc6 Qe3 followed by the queen trap. Mostly because of this
I developed my knight to d7. The bad news about this is that I can not develop
my queenside.} 14. Rd1 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Qc7 $2 {>< h5 Been for a long time a
rauzer player in the sicilian I of course knew that in this type of positions
black has to be careful about the h5 square. That wasn't my day. I completely
underestimated the Bh5 move.} (15... h5 $1 {Was positionally the only move.
And strangely black seems to be fine.} 16. Qxd6 (16. Rd3 Bf8 $13 17. e5 $2 fxe5
18. Ne4 (18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rh3 h4 20. Ne4 Bd7 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qg5 Kc7 $17)
18... d5 19. c4 dxe4 20. Rxd7 Bb4 $19) 16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6 b6 $13) 16. Rg3 Bf8
$6 {Another waste of tempo. After Bh6 black would hold.} 17. Bh5 $1 {White's
plan is obvious to play f5 and to force black to take on e6 with the bishop.}
Nc5 (17... Nb6 18. f5 Bd7 (18... e5 19. a4 Bd7 20. a5 $16) 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20.
Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 $16) (17... b5 18. f5 Nb6 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd5 $16) 18. Nxc5
Qxc5 (18... dxc5 19. f5 b5 20. e5 $1 fxe5 21. Qg5 $18) 19. e5 $1 {Here it
comes. If I would be asked to give an sample of a complete ignorance of the
developing rule I would choose this game. The center breacktghrough is rather
typical and at the same time esthetical.} Qa5 {The agony.} (19... fxe5 20. fxe5
d5 21. Ne4) 20. Qe2 dxe5 21. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Ne4 Bd7 24. Qh4
exf4 25. Qxf6+ Ke8 26. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bukic,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.26/507} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Qa3 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 Rc8
14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Re1 Na5 17. f5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Qa5 19. Rd3 exf5 20.
Rxd6 Be6 (20... Qxc3 21. Rxd7 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. exf5 $44) 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22.
Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Rce8 24. exf5 Bxf5 (24... Rxe7 25. Rde2 $1 $11) 25. Rde2 Bd7
$11 26. Bf3 b5 27. Ra1 b4 28. Nd5 f5 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Collinson, Adam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 {Although
Black has lost a tempo with Qb6-c7 White's extra move Nb3 takes a lot of
pressure off e6 and devalues the f5 thrust.} 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4
17. Rd4 {Before ..Nc5 exposes b2 to attack.} Rxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Nb3 Bb7 20.
h5 Nc5 21. Bc4 {Critical, 21.Nxc5 Qxc5 is fine for Black.} Nxe4 $1 {21..Nxb3
22.Bxb3 secures the white king.} 22. Nxe4 d5 23. Bd3 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25.
Qxe4 O-O 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. g6 f5 $1 28. Qc4 Qe3 $1 {Otherwise 29.Re1 would be
strong, Black now finds a succession of only moves.} 29. Qc7 Qe4 (29... Bf6 30.
Qf7+ Kh8 31. h6 $1 $18 {G.Flear}) 30. Rg1 Bf6 31. gxh7+ Kxh7 32. h6 Kxh6 {
33.Rxg7 was threatened} 33. Qf7 Kh7 34. Nc5 Qf3 35. Nd7 Bd4 $1 {The rook must
be deflected from g7.} 36. Re1 Bxb2 $1 37. Kxb2 (37. Nf8+ Rxf8 38. Qxf8 Bc3 $19
{/\ Qb7+}) (37. Rxe6 Qd1+ 38. Kxb2 Qxd7 39. Qxf5+ Kg8 40. Qe5 Qd4+ $10) 37...
Qb7+ 38. Kc1 Rxd7 39. Qh5+ Kg8 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Rh1 Rd8 $1 {
The simplest method the attack on h1 forces White to take perpetual.} 43. Qh7+
Kf8 44. Qh8+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 (7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 $5 (8. Be2 $5) 8... bxc6 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... dxe5
11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. fxe5 g5 13. O-O-O+ $14) 11. fxg5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Qb6 $1 13. c3
dxe5 14. Bg3 hxg5 $132 {Oll-Gelfand/Debrecen/1989/}) (7... b5 $5 8. e5 dxe5 9.
fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 (10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. Qd3 Qxf6 13. Rf1 Qe5 14. Rd1
Ra7 15. Nf3 Qc7 16. Ng5 f5 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Bh5+ g6 19. Qxh8 Qxg5 20. Bf3 {
Hellers-Polugaevsky/Haninge/1989/} Qe7 $5 {/\ Qg7<=>}) 10... Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7
12. Qg4 Qb6 13. Be2 Nxe5 14. Qh3 Nbd7 15. Rhe1 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6
18. Bf2 Qxf2 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Bxb5 Qxe1 (20... axb5 21. Rxe5 Bc8 22. Qe8+ Kc7
23. Rxb5 $40) 21. Rxe1 axb5 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $1 Rg8 24. Nd5 $1 $16 {
Atanasov-Rasev/corr/1989/}) (7... Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. Be2 (9. O-O-O $5) 9... b5
10. f5 b4 11. fxe6 Ne5 12. Qxf6 $3 gxf6 13. Nd5 Qa7 14. Nxf6+ Kd8 15. Nd5+ Ke8
{Ljubojevic-Gelfand/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) (7... Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10.
g4 (10. Bd3 $5) 10... b5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... gxf6 $5 12. f5 Ne5 13. Qh3 O-O $1
$132) 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Rg1 Bf6 17. fxe6 O-O
18. Bh3 g6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. Qe2 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Ra7 22. Nxf6 Rxf6 23. Bd5 Re7 24.
h4 Qf8 {Psakhis-Cvitan/Geneve/1992/} 25. Qe3 $10) (7... Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O
(9. Bxf6 $5) (9. f5 $5) 9... b4 $1 10. Nce2 Nbd7 11. g4 $5 Bb7 12. Ng3 d5 13.
Bd3 Bc5 14. Nb3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 $132 {Luther-Yudasin/Budapest/1989/}) 8. Qd2
(8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be2 (9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qg3 $5 (11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1
b4 $1 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. e5 Bb7 15. Ne4 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 O-O 19. Nd4 $15 {Nijboer-Van der Wiel/Wijk aan Zee/1990/}) 11... b5 $1 12.
Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17. Qxg7 Rf8 $132
{Kamsky-Gurevich,D/USA/1991/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 $1 11. Bf3 (11. O-O-O b5
12. Bf3 Bb7) 11... Rb8 12. O-O-O b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 $1 $132
{Yudasin-Oll/Sevilla/1992/}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 (9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2
Nc6 12. O-O h5 13. Nb1 Qb4 14. Qe3 d5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Qd3 Qb6+ 18.
Rf2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Bxf4 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 $1 (20... Ke7 $2) 21. Qc3 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2
Qxf2 23. Nd7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ $10 {Pelchev-Odeev/corr/1988/}) 9... Qa3 10. Bxf6 (
10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 (13. Be2 $5) 13... dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Ra7 20. O-O Rd7
21. Qe3 Qxa2 (21... Rf7 22. Rxf6 $1 Rxf6 23. Qxe5 $132) 22. Rxf6 Qa1+ 23. Bf1
Qd4 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Rxc6 Rf8 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Be2 $14 {Timman-Hjartarson/
Linares/1989/}) 10... gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 (11... Bg7 12. O-O f5 13. Rfd1 (13. exf5
Qc5) 13... Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Na4 Qf2 18. Rf3 Qh4
19. exf5 exf5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Bxa6 Re8 {Parma-Barczay/Sarajevo/
1969/} 23. Bd3 $14) (11... h5 {Boensch} 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Rf3 Qa5 15.
Nb3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. f5 $36 {Velimirovic,D-Tringov,G Osijk 1978 1/2 34})
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O d5 $5 $146 (13... Qa5 14. Kh1 Be7 15. f5 exf5 (15... h5 {
Boensch} 16. Qd3 (16. Bf3 {Boensch} e5 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Rb3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8
20. Qc4 Qc7 21. Rb1 $44 {Velimirovic,D-Gavrikov,V Vrsac 1985 1-0 37}) 16... h4
17. Qh3 Kd8 18. Bg4 Qe5 19. Rb6 Kc7 20. Rfb1 Ra7 $15 {Ivanovic,B-Ftacnik,L
Luzern (ol) 1982 0-1 37}) 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Rxf5 d5 19. Re1 Qb7
20. Rxf6 (20. Qh6 $1 $36) 20... O-O 21. Qg5+ $10 {Matanovic-Bertok/Jugoslavija/
1962/}) 14. exd5 cxd5 15. f5 Qa5 16. Kh1 Bd6 (16... Bg7 17. Rf3 O-O 18. Rbf1
$36) 17. fxe6 Bxe6 (17... fxe6 {Boensch} 18. Bh5+ Ke7 19. Qh6 $18) 18. Rxf6 $1
Be5 19. Qh6 $3 (19. Rf3 Rc8 $17) (19. Rxe6+ fxe6 $19) 19... Qxc3 (19... Bxf6
20. Qxf6 O-O (20... Rg8 21. Bh5 Rg6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Rb7 $18) (20... Kd7 {
Boensch} 21. Rb7+ Kc6 22. Rxf7 (22. Qe7 $2 Rhe8 $19) 22... Rhe8 $13) 21. Bd3
$40) 20. Rxe6+ fxe6 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 (21... Kf8 22. Rf1+ $18) 22. Bg4 Ra7 (22...
Qc7 23. Qxd5+ Ke7 24. Qe6+ $18 (24. Rf1 $1 $18 {Boensch})) 23. Qxd5+ Ke8 (23...
Ke7 24. Rf1 $18) 24. Bh5+ Kf8 (24... Ke7 {Boensch} 25. Qf7+ Kd6 26. Qxa7 $18)
25. Qd8+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krakops, Maris"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 (9. Qf3 $5) 9... Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 (10... h6 $6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12.
O-O-O Ke7 13. Rd2 Qc7 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nf5+ $1 $16 {
Brodsky,M-Mitenkov,A/Katowice1993/1|0/39/}) 11. Bf3 Rb8 (11... h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6
(12... Bxf6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3 15. bxc3 e5 16. g3 Ke7 17. Na5 $14 {
Nijboer,F-Van der Wiel,J/Eindhoven/1992/0,5/41/}) 13. O-O-O e5 14. f5 b5 15.
Kb1 Bb7 16. g4 Rc8 17. h4 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd8 $1 $10 {Hracek,
Z-Ftacnik,L/Brno/1992/0,5/24/}) 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. g4 b4
15. Ne2 e5 16. f5 a5 17. Kb1 Nd7 $132 {Yudasin,L-Oll,L/Sevilla/1992/0,5/30/})
13... b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. g4 a4 16. Nbd4 Qc5 (16... Nc5 $2 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6+
Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $22 Ncxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rd8#) 17. e5 $5 dxe5
18. Nc6 e4 $1 (18... Rb6 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Be3) 19. Bxe4 Rb6 (
19... Nxe4 $2 20. Nxb8 Nxg5 21. Nxd7) 20. Nxe7 Ba6 21. Qf3 Kxe7 (21... Qxe7 22.
Bc6 Bxe2 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Qxe2 $14) 22. f5 (22. Nd4 Rc8 $13) 22... Rc8 23.
Be3 Qe5 24. Bd3 (24. Bxb6 $2 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 $17) 24... Bb7 (24... Bxd3 25.
Rxd3 Rbc6 26. Nd4 Rc4 27. Re1 $36) 25. Qf2 Bxh1 (25... Nxg4 $2 26. Qh4+ Ngf6
27. Bxb6 Bxh1 28. Rxh1 Nxb6 29. Qxb4+ Qd6 30. Qxd6+ Kxd6 31. fxe6 $14) 26. Bxb6
Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Rb8 28. Qf2 (28. Qa7+ Rb7 29. Qxa4 Bf3 $36) 28... Bd5 29. fxe6
fxe6 30. Nd4 $1 Nxg4 $1 31. Qh4+ Nf6 32. Re1 g5 $1 (32... Qh5 $2 33. Qg3 $40) (
32... Qc7 33. Nb5 Qc5 34. Qg3 Rg8 35. Nc7 $36) 33. Rxe5 gxh4 34. Rxd5 Rg8 35.
Nc6+ Kf7 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Nc6+ Kf7 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 (9. Qf3 $5 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14.
Kb1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 17. Bc4 $14) (9. Be2 $5) 9... Qc7 10.
O-O-O b5 (10... Be7 $5 11. g4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14. Bg3 hxg5 15. e5
Nxe5 16. Ne4 d5 17. Bg2 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Rde1 Nf8 20. Rhf1 $13 {
Kupreichik,V-Tal,M/URS/1979/}) 11. a3 Bb7 12. g3 (12. g4 $5 Rc8 13. Bh4 Nb6 14.
g5 Nfd7 15. f5 $16 {Grabczewski,Z-Tal,M/POL/1974/}) 12... Be7 13. Bg2 h6 (13...
Rc8 $5) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 (16... axb5 17. Qxb5+ $18) 17.
Nd6+ (17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. fxe5 axb5 19. exf6 gxf6 $1) 17... Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6
19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. fxe5 Qb6 21. Bxa6 Qxa6 22. Qxa6 Rxa6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. c4 $13
Ke7 (24... h5 $5) 25. Kc2 Rc8 $6 (25... h5 $5) 26. Kc3 e5 27. Ra1 f5 28. Nc1 f4
$6 (28... Rd6 $5) 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Nd3 f3 (30... Rf6 31. Rf1 f3 32. Rf2 Rg8
33. Ne1 Rg1 34. Nxf3 Rc1+ 35. Kb4 Rb6+ 36. Kc5) 31. Nf4 (31. Rf1 $5) 31... Kd6
32. Nd5 $6 (32. Rf1 Ra4 33. b3 Rxa3 34. Rxf3 Ra2 35. h3 $14) 32... Ra5 33. Kd4
Rxc4+ $2 (33... Rxd5+ 34. cxd5 Rc2 35. b4 Rxh2 36. Ke3 Rb2 37. Kxf3 Kxd5 $10)
34. Kxc4 Rxd5 35. Rf1 Rd2 36. Kc3 Rxh2 37. Rxf3 $18 Ke6 38. a4 f5 39. a5 Rh1
40. Kb4 Rh2 (40... Ra1 41. Kb5 (41. Ra3 Rxa3 42. Kxa3 Kd6) 41... Ke5 42. a6 f4
43. Kb6 Ra2 44. b4 Ke4 45. Rf1 $18) 41. Ka3 Rh1 42. Ka4 Ra1+ 43. Kb5 Ke5 44. a6
f4 45. Kb6 Rb1 46. Rf2 Ke4 47. a7 Ra1 48. Rh2 (48. Rf1 Ra2 49. b4) 48... f3 49.
Rxh6 (49. Rxh6 f2 50. Rf6 Ke3 51. Kb7 Ke2 52. a8=Q Rxa8 53. Kxa8 f1=Q 54. Rxf1
Kxf1 55. b4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Match Huebner-Hort +2-1=3"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1979.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1979.08.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Qa5 14.
Kh1 Be7 15. Qe1 h5 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Rb3 h4 18. Qf3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 {Brodskij,
M-Zagorskis,D/Berlin/1993/1:0/33/} 20. f5 $5 $13) 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 (15. Be2 $5 Qd6 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17.
Qc1 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. O-O Qb4 20. Ne4 $1 $13 {Bojky,A-Shashin,B/URS/1990/})
15... Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. O-O $6 (17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Ra7 20. O-O
Rd7 21. Qe3 Rf7 22. Rxf6 $5 (22. Qc5 Be7 23. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Rh7 $1 25. Bd3
Rh6 $1) 22... Rxf6 23. Qxe5 Rfh6 (23... Qxa2 24. Qxf6 Qxb3 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26.
Qd4+ Kc7 27. Bxh5 a5 28. h4 a4 29. Bd1 Qb4 30. Qe5+ Kb7 31. h5 a3 32. h6 a2 33.
h7 a1=Q 34. Qxa1 Qe1+ $10 {Krnic/}) 24. Rb8 $1 (24. Qc7 Bd7 25. Qd6 c5 $1 {
Krnic/}) 24... O-O 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bd3+ $18 {Boto,Z-Sose/JUG/
1990/}) 17... f5 18. Rb3 (18. Bf3 Kf7 $5 (18... Ra7 $5) 19. Kh1 Ra7 20. Rb8 (
20. Rf2 $5 {Tal/}) 20... Rd7 21. Qe2 h4 22. Bg4 Kg7 $1 {Tolnai,T-Georgiev,Ki/
Saint John op/1988/0:1/45/}) 18... Qa4 19. c4 fxe4 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Qc3 $6 (21.
Qc2 {P e4/}) 21... Rf8 $1 22. Bxh5+ Kd8 23. Rd1 (23. Rfb1 Bd6 24. h3 (24. Rd1
Bc7 25. Ra3 Qxd1+ $1) 24... Ke7 25. Rd1 {P d6, a3/} Rab8) 23... Kc8 24. h3 Qxa2
(24... c5 $5 {P c6, b8/}) 25. c5 (25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Rb7+ Kc8 27. Rxe7 Qf2 28.
Qa5 Ra7 $19) 25... a5 (25... Qa4 $5 26. Rxd7 (26. Rb4 Qxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Rf1+ 28.
Kh2 Rxd1 $17) 26... Kxd7 27. Rb7+ Kc8 28. Rxe7 Qd4 $17) 26. Rdb1 Bd8 $2 (26...
Rf2 $5 27. Qc4 {P a6/} Kd8 28. Qxe4 (28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Rxb8+ Kc7 $19) 28...
Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qxb3 30. Qxe5 Kc8 $1 31. Rf7 Bd8 $1 {P b1, c7/} 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33.
Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qxc6+ Kb8 $19) 27. Qc4 {P a6/} Bc7 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Qxa2 $16 e3
30. Be2 Rf4 $6 (30... Rxb1+ 31. Qxb1 Rf4 {P b4,e4/}) 31. Ba6+ Kd8 32. Rxb8+
Bxb8 33. Qxa5+ Bc7 34. Qc3 $18 Ra4 35. Be2 e4 36. g4 Kc8 (36... Bf4 37. Qf6+ {
Pg5,g6/}) 37. g5 Bf4 38. g6 Kc7 39. g7 Ra8 40. Qb2 1-0

[Event "Linares-05"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1985.03.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1985.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 {[#]} Nd7 $2 (16... Qe7 17. Qf4 Nd7 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19.
Qh6+ Kg8 20. Rb3 Qxd6 21. Rg3+ Qxg3 22. hxg3 $14) (16... f5 $1 17. Nf6+ Ke7 18.
Qg5 Kd6 19. Nb3 Ng6 20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Qg3+ e5 22. Qc3+ Kb8 23. Nd7+ Bxd7 24.
Rxd7 Rc8 $11) 17. Rb3 $18 Qxa2 (17... Qa4 18. Qc3 $18) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc3 {
[#]} Kg7 (19... Rg8 20. Nxc8 $18) 20. N4f5+ exf5 21. Nxf5+ Kg6 22. Qh3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.02.06"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Qxa2 13. Rb3 Qa1+ 14. Kf2 Qa4
$2 {[#]} (14... h6 $15) 15. Bb5 $6 (15. Nxe6 $1 $18 fxe6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6
Rf8+ 18. Kg3 Nf6 (18... Rf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Bc4 $18) 19. exf6 $18) 15... axb5
16. Nxb5 f6 $17 17. exf6 gxf6 $2 (17... Qxe4 $15 18. fxg7 Bc5+ 19. Re3 Qf5+ 20.
Ke2 Qg4+ 21. Ke1 Ra1+ 22. Kf2 Qf5+ 23. Ke2 Rg8 $17 24. Rxa1 Qg4+ 25. Ke1 Rxg7
$15) 18. Re1 $14 Ra6 {[#]} (18... Nc6 19. Bxf6 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxf6 21. Nc7+ $16)
19. Bxf6 $18 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7 21. Rf3 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 e5 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Nd7+
Kg6 25. Nxe5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Qxg3 27. Qxb7+ Nd7 28. hxg3 Rb6 29. Qc7 Bc5 30. Nxd7
Bc4+ 31. Re2 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen IM (Politiken Cup-05)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1983.10.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1983.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qa5 $1 $146 12. f5 e5 13. Ne6 $1 fxe6 (
13... Be7 14. Nd5 $1 Qxd2 15. Ndc7#) 14. fxe6 Be7 $1 15. exd7+ Bxd7 16. Rxb7
Qc5+ (16... Bc6 17. Rxe7+ $1) 17. Kh1 Qc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 (18... Qxb7 19. Bxe7
$14) 19. Bh5+ g6 $1 20. Rbb1 O-O 21. Nd5 Bh4 22. Bxg6 Qc4 23. Bf5 Bxf5 24. exf5
Rab8 25. Rbd1 Rb2 26. f6 Qxc2 27. Ne7+ Kf7 (27... Kh8 28. Ng6+ $16) 28. Qd5+
Ke8 29. f7+ 1-0

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Touzane, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g3 b5 11. O-O-O b4 12. Nb1 Nxe4 $2 13. Qxe4 Bb7 14. Qc4 $1
Qb6 $2 (14... Qxc4 $142 15. Bxc4 Bxh1 16. Rxh1 $14) 15. Bd3 Qe3+ 16. N1d2 Bxh1
17. Rxh1 h6 18. Be4 Rb8 $2 (18... hxg5 19. Bxa8 $18) 19. Qxe6+ (19. Qxe6+ fxe6
20. Bg6#) 1-0

[Event "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Site "Zagreb/ Rijeka"]
[Date "1985.05.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1985.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Rb3 Qa4 17. Nxf5 Qxe4 18. Nxe7 Kxe7 19. Re3 Qd5 20. Qb4+
Qd6 21. Qh4+ Ke8 22. Qf6 Rf8 23. Rxe5 Bd7 24. Bh5 Qe7 25. Qg7 Kd8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7
27. Bxf7 {[#]} Be8 $2 (27... Rc8 $11) 28. Rxe6 $18 Qxf7 29. Qg5+ Kc8 30. Qe5
Kd8 31. Qg5+ Kc8 32. Qe5 Kd8 33. Qd6+ Qd7 34. Qb6+ Kc8 35. Qc5+ Kd8 36. Rd6 Rc8
37. Qg5+ Kc7 38. Rxd7+ Bxd7 39. Qg7 h5 40. Qe5+ Kb6 41. Qd6+ Bc6 42. Qd4+ Kc7
43. Qe5+ Kb6 44. Qxh5 a5 45. Qd1 a4 46. h4 a3 47. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Helsinki Helsingin Sanomat"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1981.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Nunn"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)BCM 1981,p.308 [Nunn,J]. Tournament report p.213-217} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.
d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5
Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16.
Nxf6+ Kf7 17. Rb3 Qa1+ 18. Ke2 Qd4 19. Qg5 a5 20. Ng4 Ba6+ 21. Kf3 e4+ 22. Kg3
Rg8 23. Qf4+ Ke8 24. Rb8+ Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7 27. Kh3 Bc8 28. Ne5
Be7 29. Qg4+ Kf8 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qg4+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.25"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union U26"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 c5 $6 (19... Ra7
20. O-O Rf7 21. Qd6 Be7 22. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 $13) 20. O-O Qd7 21. Qxd7+ (21.
Rd3 Qg7 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Rg8+ Rxg8 24. Bxh5+ Kf8 25. Qh6+ Qg7 26. Rxf6+ Ke7 27.
Rf7+ Qxf7 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 $15) 21... Bxd7 22. Rxf6 Ke7 $2 (22... h4 $1 23. Re3 (
23. Rg6 Kf7) 23... Ke7 24. Rf2 Rab8 25. Rxe5 Rb1+ 26. Rf1 Rb2 $10 {Rogulj,
B-Stean,M/Smeredevska Palanka/1980/}) 23. Rg6 Rad8 (23... Kf7 24. Rbg3 $16 {
Kengis,E-Markus,A/Moscow/1977/}) (23... Rab8 $2 24. Rg7+ $18) 24. Re3 Be8 $6 (
24... Kd6 25. Rg5 h4 26. Rd3+ $16) 25. Rg5 Rd2 26. Rgxe5 $16 Rh6 27. Ra3 Bc6 (
27... Kd6 28. Ree3 Bc6 29. Rxa6 Kc7 $16) 28. Rxa6 Kd7 (28... Kd6 $1 $16) 29.
Kf2 Rg6 30. g3 Rg4 (30... h4 31. Rxc5 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 $18) 31. Ke3 Rgd4 $2 32.
Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 $5 (13. e5)
13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3 Qc5+ 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Bf4 Qc5+ $5 (17... Nxe4) 18.
Kh1 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Qc3 $1 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 (22... Qxc5 23. Qh3
$16) 23. Qh3 g6 24. Rg3 $2 (24. Rbf3 $16) 24... Qg7 25. Bd3 a5 $2 (25... Ra7
$13 {/\} 26. Rg4 Raf7 27. Qg3 $2 Qxe5 $17) 26. Qg4 Bd4 27. Rgf3 Bd7 28. Qh4 $1
$16 Bc5 29. Bh6 Rxf3 (29... Qxe5 $2 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Qd8 Qd6
33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Qxd7 $18) 30. Bxg7 Rxf1+ 31. Bxf1 Kxg7 32. Bd3 Rf8 33. Qg5
Rf7 34. h4 Be7 35. Qg4 c5 $2 (35... Kh6 $16) 36. c4 $1 d4 37. h5 g5 38. h6+ $1
Kg8 (38... Kxh6 39. Qh3+ $18) 39. Qe4 Bf8 40. Qa8 a4 41. Kh2 $18 Re7 42. Kg3
Re8 43. Qa7 Re7 44. Qxc5 Rf7 45. Qb6 Bxh6 46. c5 Bg7 47. Qd8+ Bf8 48. Be4 d3
49. Bxd3 Bc6 50. Bc4 Re7 51. Qd6 Bd7 52. c6 Bc8 53. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 {Kamsky just
loves this line and the recent games present him as a successful promoter of 8.
Nb3.} Bb7 (12... b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ned4 (14. Kb1 h6 15. Bh4 a5 16. Ned4 a4 17.
Nb5 Qb8 18. N3d4 Nc5 19. g4 b3 20. c4 bxa2+ 21. Kxa2 O-O $13 {1-0 Kamsky,G 
(2690)-Sakaev,K (2668)/Khanty Mansyisk 2005 (37)}) 14... Nc5 15. Kb1 O-O (15...
h6 16. Bh4 O-O-O 17. Qf1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ba6
$14 {1-0 Kamsky,G (2686)-Novikov,I (2575)/San Diego 2006 (92)}) 16. g4 Rac8 17.
Qh3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 a5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Qe3 Ba6 22. Rc1 $14 {0-1
Kamsky,G (2690)-Vallejo Pons,F (2674)/Khanty Mansyisk 2005 (62)}) 13. Qh3 $6 {
White have confessed, that he forgot the best moveorder. There are many moves
that might be better than the text.} (13. Nd4) (13. a3) (13. Qg3) (13. Kb1)
13... b4 14. Nb1 (14. Ne2 e5 (14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Nd4 Kf8 17. Nb3 Qc7
18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7+ Qxe7 20. f5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 $16 {1-0 Gonda,G-Pineau,J (2280)
/Tokyo 1990 (38)}) (14... Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Qh4+ Ndf6 (16... Nef6 17. Ned4
g6 18. g4 $40) 17. Ng3 (17. g4 h6 $1 $17) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 a5 19. Nd4 Qc5
$15) 15. Ng3 g6 16. f5 O-O-O 17. Kb1 a5 18. Bb5 Kb8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. fxg6 fxg6
21. Bxf6 $2 (21. Nxa5 Ba8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Qe6 $16) 21... Bxf6 22. Nxa5 {
1/2 Momo,S-Gudmundsson,A/Leipzig 1960 (62)} Rc8 $5 $11) 14... e5 $1 $146 {
Topalov has found this good move at the board, it makes lot of sense to
prevent the centralization of the knight via d4 square.} (14... Rc8 15. N1d2 e5
16. g4 a5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. g5 Nd7 19. g6 a4 20. Qxh7 Rxh7 21. gxh7 axb3 22.
h8=Q+ Bf8 23. axb3 $16 {1-0 Danes,J (2074)-Vachal,J (2170)/Czechia 2001 (34)})
(14... a5 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfe4 20.
Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Kb1 h5 23. Be2 Qg5 24. Bf3 $14 {0-1 Kamsky,G 
(2690)-Smirin,I (2673)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005 (49)}) 15. N1d2 a5 16. Kb1 $6 (16.
Nc4 $5 a4 17. Nbd2 O-O $15) 16... a4 17. Nc1 O-O {Black has finished his
development in excellent form and White can only dream about the same level of
attack on the kingside.} (17... a3 18. b3 Qc3 $2 19. Nc4 $18) 18. Ne2 $2 (18.
g4 Nc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Bc4 exf4 22. Qg4 Rfc8 23. h4 Ba6 24. Qf5 (
24. Qxf4 Bxc4 25. Nxc4 Ne6 $19) (24. Nd3 b3 $1) 24... Ne6 25. b3 axb3 26. cxb3
g6 $17) 18... Rfc8 19. Ng3 g6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Kamsky has misplaced both queen
and knight for the unreal dream of queenside attack. Both pieces will now be
sorely missed in the defense of the burning queenside.} (19... a3 20. Nf5 Bf8
$15) 20. Nc4 (20. Rc1 a3 21. c4 (21. b3 Qc3 22. Nc4 Rxc4 $19) 21... Nc5 $19)
20... Ba6 (20... b3 $5) 21. b3 axb3 22. cxb3 Nc5 {The disaster becomes visible
with naked eyes, on top of all troubles Black can penetrate via the a file.}
23. Ne2 (23. Bf1 Qa7 24. Rd2 Nxb3 $1 25. axb3 Bb7 26. Kc2 Qa2+ 27. Kd1 Qxb3+
28. Ke2 Qxc4+ 29. Kf2 Qc5+ $19) 23... Nfxe4 (23... Qa7 24. Nc1 Bxc4 25. Bxc4
Ncxe4 $19) 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxe4 Nxe4 26. Nb6 Qa7 $1 {The cool move perfectly
epitomises the different fate of white and black pieces.} 27. Nxa8 (27. Nxc8
Bd3+ $1 28. Qxd3 Qxa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 Ra2#) 27... Rxa8 28. a4 Bxe2 29.
Rc1 Qf2 {White has remained sitting on h3 with no perspective.} 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Open-02 (Politiken Cup-01)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1980.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morris, Walter D"]
[Black "Fedder, Steen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1980.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 (13... dxe5
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Be2 dxe5 16. c4 (16. O-O Ra7 17.
c4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1) 16... Bc5 17. Rf1 a5 18. Qc2 $6 Bb4+ $1 19. Kd1 Qc3 20. Bh5+
g6 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kd7 23. cxd5 Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen Open-02 (Politiken Cup-01)"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1980.07.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morris, Walter D"]
[Black "Poulsen, Allan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1980.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 $1 (18... f5 19. Qh6 $1
fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Bh5 Ra7 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Rf1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1
Qd5 26. Bf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. h4) 19. Qh6 $2 (
19. Rf3 $142) 19... Qxc2 $3 20. Bd3 (20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rg7
23. Qh4 $19 {Hyldkrog-Poulsen,A/corr/1979}) 20... Qb3 21. Kh1 (21. Rd2 {
Hvenekilde} f5 22. Rf3 Ba3 $3 23. Rg3+ (23. Bc2 $2 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 fxe4) 23... Kh8
24. Nf6 Raf7) 21... f5 22. Qe3 Rd7 $1 23. Rd2 (23. Qg3+ Kf7) 23... Bb4 $1 (
23... fxe4 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe5+) (23... Bb4 $1 24. Rdd1 (24. Rb1 Bxd2 25.
Qg3+ Rg7) 24... fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 0-1

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 (8... Qe3+ $2 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 $16 {_|_}) 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7
11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 (13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. f5 exf5 15. Qxf5 g6 $10 {Nunn
}) 13... Nc5 14. Qh3 O-O-O 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. e5 Nd5 (16... c4 $5 17. Bxf6 (17.
exf6 $2 gxf6 18. Be4 fxg5 19. f5 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 Qf4+) (17. Be4 $10 {
Bronstein-Portisch/Rio de Janeiro izt/1979}) 17... gxf6 18. Be4 fxe5 19. f5)
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 {
The line that will be discussed in the game tries to improve on the "normal"
Poisoned Pawn Variation with 7...Qb6.} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1) 8. Bh4 Qb6
9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15.
Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 {The whole system is extremely popular also in
computer chess. People handling chess engines are forcing the machines to play
sharpest Najdorf lines very often, the number of games running into tens of
thousands. One of the fruits of this extensive labor are the new and
surprising lines. Not so long ago the move 17...Bxd4 was perceived as
necessary.} Qd5 $5 {[%mdl 4]} (17... Bxd4) 18. c4 {Only experience can justify
abstaining from the obviously dangerous move 18.Bf3. Unfortunately Black can
simply castle and White finds it next to impossible to squeeze out some
advantage.} (18. Bf3 O-O $1 (18... Bxd4 19. Qa3 $1 (19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O
21. O-O Nc6 $17) 19... Bc5 (19... Kd8 20. c4 Qxc4 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Qc3 Nc6 21.
Rxd5 Bb4 22. Nd6+ Kf8 23. Qxb4 Nxb4 24. Rd2 $14) 19. Qc3 (19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20.
Bxd5 Bb4+ $1 (20... exd5 21. O-O Nc6 22. Rxf6 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 gxf6 24. Bd6 Bxd4 (
24... Bxd6 25. Rh4 Bc5 26. Qxc5 Kg7 27. Qe3 Rh8 28. Qg3+ $14) 25. Qxd4 Re8 26.
Qxf6 a5 27. Qxh6 Bf5 28. Qg5+ Bg6 29. h4 a4 30. h5 a3 31. Bxa3 Rxa3 32. hxg6
Re6 $14) 21. Kf1 exd5 22. h3 (22. Qb3 a5) 22... Re8 23. Qb3 Bc5 24. Bf2 Nbd7
25. Ne2 b5 $17) 19... e5 (19... a5 20. O-O Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qb5 22. Nd6 Qc5 $11)
20. Nb3 Bd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qe6 23. Rd6 Qe7 (23... Qf5 $5 24. O-O Nc6
$11) 24. Rd2 Nf6 (24... Nc6 $1 25. Bd6 Qh4+ 26. g3 Qd8 27. Bxf8 Qxf8 $11) 25.
Bd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxc3 27. Bxf8 Nc6 28. Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd8 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31.
Be7 c5 32. Bxc5 Bxg2 33. Rg1 $18 {1-0 (44) Eryomenko,V (2512)-Malimonenko,V 
(2222) Azov 2010}) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 {Even though some moves
are clearly "polished" after many games played, we still have to judge them on
general merit. The reason why the white king is not sidesteping to f2 is the
indirect tension from the future black rook on f8.} (20. Kf2 O-O 21. Rhd1 f5
22. Nd6 Nf6 23. Nxc8 Ne4+ 24. Kg1 Rxc8 25. Be1 Qc7 $17) 20... O-O 21. Bd6 f5 {
Your annotator is happy that Black is not limited to this aggressive
counterblow. Two other moves are playable in this sharp and rich position. The
bonus of a forceful move lies in the fact that it restricts White's
possibilities.} (21... Rd8 22. g4 (22. Qg3 Qf5 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Qh4 Nc6 25. Bc3
Rf8 26. O-O f5 27. Bh5 Qh7 28. Qg3 fxe4 29. Bg6 Qh8 30. Bxe4 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(35) Rentner2 (2565)-Mission control (2469) playchess.com INT 2007}) 22... Nc6
(22... f5 $5 23. Nc3 Nc6 $11) 23. g5 hxg5 24. Rg1 Nde5 25. Rxg5 Rxd6 26. Nxd6
f6 $2 (26... Bd7 $1 $14) 27. Rh5 Ne7 28. Qh3 N7g6 29. Nxc8 $18 {1-0 (41) Van
Foreest,J (2494)-Zwirs,N (2358) Amsterdam 2015}) (21... Re8 22. Qg3 (22. O-O $5
f5 23. Bxb8 fxe4 24. Bd6 Nf6 $11) 22... Qf5 23. Bd3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Bg3
Rd8 26. Nd6 g5 27. Rf1 Nc6 28. Be4 Nc5 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Be5 Rd7 {0-1 (41)
Mekhitarian,K (2511)-Fargere,F (2478) Dieren 2010} (30... a5 $17)) 22. Bxf8
Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 {Once again we should note that the knight move to d7 might
be better, but the c6-square seems to be good enough for the knight
development.} (23... Nc6 24. O-O Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bh5 b5 $11) 24. g4 fxg4
(24... Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. gxf5 exf5 27. O-O g6 28. Rb1 Be6 29. c5 a5 30. Ra1
a4 31. Ra3 $15 {1/2-1/2 (31) Yu,Y (2667)-Wei,Y (2629) China 2014}) 25. Bxg4
Qa1+ 26. Rd1 Qe5 27. Rd3 $2 {The position was objectively equal, and practice
knows the example of the knight jump to e4 here. Najer was obviously out of
the book by now, but his rook move is a grave tactical mistake.} (27. Ne4 b6 {
1/2-1/2 (27) Kargin,A (2418)-Papp,P (2297) Budapest 2016} (27... b5 $1 28. O-O
bxc4 29. Qd4 Bb7 30. Nd6 Bc6 31. Nxc4 Qg5 32. Qf4 $11)) (27. Ke2 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3
Ne5 29. Be2 Bd7 30. Ra1 Bc6 31. Rhb1 $11) 27... Nc5 $1 28. O-O (28. Qxe5 Nxd3+
$19) 28... Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Bd7 {Three extra pawns represent a lot of material,
Vachier Lagrave just has to get his pieces onto active squares and the
situation will become critical for White.} 30. Nxb7 (30. Nf7 Qc5+ 31. Rf2 a5
32. Qg3 Be8 $19) 30... Rb8 {Any good engine will suggest a solution that was
even more simple and efficient.} (30... Bc6 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Qxf3 Ng6 $19) 31.
Bf3 Qc7 32. Nd6 (32. Qa3 Qxc4 $19) 32... Qc5+ 33. Rf2 (33. Kh1 a5 34. Rg1 Bc6
$19) 33... a5 $1 34. Nb7 Qb4 {It is easy to understand why an excellent
grandmaster tries to avoid the positional risk connected with the "more
clever" queen retreat to a7.} (34... Qa7 35. Qd6 a4 $1 36. c5 a3 37. Qb6 Qa4
38. Qa5 Ng6 $19) 35. Qe4 (35. Nd6 Rb6 36. Ne4 a4 37. c5 Qb1+ 38. Qf1 Rb3 $19)
35... Nh7 36. c5 Ng5 $1 {It is quite symbolic that in the moment when all
black pieces are getting into play, White's position is collapsing.} (36... Ng5
$1 37. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 38. Rxf3 axb4 39. Na5 Rc8 40. Nb3 Ba4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia III"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 {Anybody feeling that Black is playing with fire in this sharp line of
the Najdorf Variation is absolutely right. White gets a huge development
advantage, but if he doesn't break through the defence he will be worse.} 9.
Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 $5 {The daring move of the knight
to the central square is quickly winning followers. Black has two other ideas
in this critical moment, but players were getting tired of defending the
extreme positions after 12...Nfd7.} (12... g5 13. Bg3 (13. exf6 gxh4 14. Ne4 a5
15. Nb5 Bb4 16. c3 Bxc3 17. Nbxc3 Nc6 18. Rb3 {1-0 Secer,A (2325)-Gunay,A 
(2174)/Konya 2010}) 13... Nh5 14. Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Gharamian,T (2650)-Feller,S 
(2611)/Paris 2010}) (12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2
Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Rd8 21. g4 Nc6 22. g5 hxg5
23. Rg1 Nf6 24. Rxg5 Qa1+ 25. Rd1 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxd6 28. h4 $13
{1-0 Negi,P (2615)-Huschenbeth,N (2459)/Chotowa 2010 (40)}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
e6 $5 {White is correctly using his active pieces for creating more problems
in the enemy position.} (14. c4 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 $2 (16. Bd3 Be6 $15)
16... Qa4 {0-1 Titgemeyer,S (1957)-Friedrich,W (2138)/Oberhof 2010}) 14... Bxe6
(14... fxe6 15. Be2 g5 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17. Bf2 Bd6 18. O-O Rf8 (18... Bf4 19.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 20. Qd4 Rf8 21. Qb6+ Bc7 22. Qxe6 $16) 19. Bg4 $5 (19. c4 Nc6 20.
cxd5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 e5 22. Qb6+ Ke7 23. Rbe1 Qc3 24. Re3 Qc7 25. Rxe5+ $18 {
1-0 Alsina Leal,D (2510)-Panelo Munoz,M (2425)/Sabadell 2009 (28)}) 19... Nc6
20. Nxe6+ $16) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bd3 {White had to part with a magnificent
knight, but the disparity in development is still enormous.} (16. Qe2 $2 Qc3+
17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rxb7+ Nd7 21. Be2 Rhb8 22. Rhb1
Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Kd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Hossain,E (2516)-Safarli,E (2587)/Kolkata 2009 
(53)}) 16... Be7 17. Bg6+ (17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. O-O Nd7 $1 (18... b5 $6 {Black
can ill afford the ambition to keep all his pawn, much more sensible is the
advancing of the neglected development.} 19. Kh1 Rf8 20. Qc3 Kd8 21. Qa5+ Kc8
22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Qb6 $16 {1-0 Vydeslaver,A (2399)-Raznikov,D (2251)/Haifa
2008 (36)}) 19. Bg6+ Kd8 20. Rf7 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rf6 23. Rg8+ Rf8 $11
) 17... Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O (19. Rf1 Nc6 20. Rf7 Qc5 21. Qf4 Qg1+ 22.
Kd2 Qxg2+ 23. Kc3 Qh3+ 24. Bd3 e5 25. Qf2 d4+ (25... Rc8 $2 26. Rbxb7 Na5+ 27.
Kb2 Nxb7 28. Qb6+ Ke8 29. Rxb7 {1-0 Hossain,E (2531)-Nolte,R (2479)/Subic Bay
2009 (31)}) 26. Kd2 b5 27. Rxg7 Qe3+ 28. Qxe3 dxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Nd4 $11) 19... Nd7
$1 {[%mdl 4] The key move for Black's defence. The black knight will prevent
all kinds of mischief and White will never get a chance to use both his rooks
on the 7th rank.} (19... b5 20. c4 (20. Rbe1 Nc6 21. Qc3 Rc8 22. Rf7 Qb4 23.
Rxe6 Qxc3 24. Rd6+ Ke8 25. Re6+ $11) 20... Qc5+ {1/2-1/2 Flyingfatman (2575)
-Moro Gamgee (2473)/playchess.com INT 2008}) (19... Nc6 20. Qe3 d4 21. Qg3 $16)
20. Rxb7 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Ra7 {Sutovsky works hard on chess (he was a second for
Kamsky in his World Cup 2007 success) and often comes with his own ideas in
openings.} (21... Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Nxf8 (22... Qxf8 23. Qa5+ Ke7 24. Bd3 Qc8 $15)
23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Qe1 Qc6 25. Rb1 Rb8 (25... Rc8 $15) 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8 27. Qe5 Nd7
28. Qxg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bok,B (2360)-Schut,L (2212)/Enschede 2009 (52)}) 22. Rb3
(22. Rxa7 Qxa7 23. Qa5+ Qc7 24. Qxa6 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Nxf8 26. Qa8+ Ke7 27. Qe8+
Kf6 28. Bh5 Qe7 $11) 22... Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 {It is very difficult for me to
decide, if recapturing with the queen would have been objectively stronger.
The game move certainly contributed to Black's overall success.} (23... Qxf8
24. h3 Rc7 25. Qa5 Qd6 $15) 24. Rb8+ Ke7 25. Bh5 (25. Qd3 Rc7 26. h3 Qf2 $15)
25... g6 26. Qxh6 $6 {Motylev was not very happy with his position and he
willingly goes into an inferior endgame. From a practical point of view it
might have been smarter to play with more pieces as the black king is somewhat
vulnerable.} (26. Bd1 Nd7 27. Rh8 Kd6 $15) 26... Qf2 27. Qg7+ Kd6 28. Qxf8+
Qxf8 29. Rxf8 gxh5 30. Rc8 (30. Rh8 Rc7 31. Rxh5 Rxc2 $17) 30... e5 31. h4 $2 {
White is making a serious mistake in leaving his king at the corner. The pawn
advance prepares counterplay, but his majesty remains far away.} (31. Kg1 $1
Rf7 (31... Rb7 32. Ra8 d4 33. Rxa6+ Kd5 $15) 32. c3 e4 33. a4 h4 $15) 31... d4
32. Kg1 Rf7 $1 33. Ra8 Kd5 34. Rxa6 Rc7 $1 {Sutovsky has done everything right
and his clever play has paved the way forward for his central pawns.} 35. g4 (
35. Ra5+ Ke4 36. Kh2 Rxc2 37. Ra4 Ke3 38. Ra5 e4 39. Rxh5 d3 $19) 35... Rxc2
36. gxh5 d3 37. Ra8 d2 38. Rd8+ Ke4 39. Kf1 Ke3 {The d-pawn will be promoted,
any resistance is now futile.} (39... Ke3 40. h6 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 d1=Q 42. Rxd1
Rxd1 43. h7 Rd8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 {The former champion of Europe Nisipeanu has earned enough criticism
because of his opening choice in this important game. Wojtaszek has cooperated
with Anand in the team helping him against Topalov and thus is theoretically
very well prepared. What is more the variation of the Poisoned pawn with the
moves 7...h6 8.Bh4 included is widely tested on the computer servers. Despite
the fact, that Black is playing in this line in the style of a "drunken
sailor" white players have not been able to punish him for this undue courage.}
9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 15.
O-O Nd7 16. Kh1 Qg5 {[%mdl 4] The players have consciously headed into a
position that is not unknown. The computers have played hundreds of games from
here so the quotations in the text are hinting at what have they learned by
this entertainment.} 17. Rf4 {White has three sensible moves at his disposal
and Nisipeanu chooses the most popular one. In the special database that I
have the privilege to consult there are more than 1mil computer games. From
them in 8,000 games the position on the board was tested! Despite everything
the most promising for the future could be the retreat 17.Qe1 tested more than
2,500 times. If these games should fail to convince you, that chess has
changed thanks to the computer age then nothing probably ever will...} (17. Qd3
Nc5 18. Qf3 Bd7 (18... Rg8 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Rxb7 Qxg2+ 21. Qxg2 Rxg2 22. Nxe6
Nxb7 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nxa8 h3 25. Nb6 Bd6 26. Nxd7 Rxh2+ 27. Kg1 Rg2+ 28. Kh1
Kxd7 29. Bxa6 $11 {1/2-1/2 riodelta,d (2692)-intelligence,d (2657)/Engine Room
2010 (33)}) 19. Rxb7 (19. Rfe1 Bd6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 h3 22. Bf3 O-O 23.
gxh3 Qxf6 24. Rb6 Bc5 25. Rxb7 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Bxa7 $15 {1/2-1/2 taler,s (2594)
-ruben comes,d (2765)/playchess.com #029242 2010 (107)}) 19... h3 20. gxh3 Nxb7
21. Qxb7 Rc8 22. Bxa6 (22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Nf3 Qc7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxa6 Rc6 26.
Qa4 Rb6 (26... Rc5 27. Bb5 Rxb5 28. Nxb5 Rg8 29. Qa8+ Qd8 30. Nc7+ Kd7 31. Ne5+
$11 {1/2-1/2 riodelta,s (2711)-camarlengo,d (2707)/Engine Room 2010}) 27. Qa8+
Qd8 28. Bb5+ Rxb5 29. Qc6+ Qd7 30. Qa8+ Qd8 31. Qc6+ Qd7 32. Qa8+ Qd8 {1/2-1/2
riodelta,d (2698)-argentum,d (2720)/Engine Room 2010}) 22... Qc5 23. Bb5 Bxb5
24. Ndxb5 Qc6+ 25. Qxc6+ Rxc6 26. Ne4 Bc5 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nxf7
Rhc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 blañk queen,d (2634)-crawly,d (2816)/Engine Room 2010 (62)})
(17. Qe1 h3 (17... Rg8 18. Bf3 Nxf6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 $36) 18. gxh3 Qe5 19.
Qf2 Rg8 20. Rbd1 (20. Rfe1 Qxf6 21. Bf3 Be7 22. Ne4 Qh4 23. Qxh4 Bxh4 24. Nd6+
Kf8 {0-1 rybka3000,d (2734)-skypilot,d (2787)/Engine Room 2010 (67)} 25. Rf1
$14) (20. Bg4 Bc5 21. Rbd1 Kf8 (21... Rg6 $15) 22. Rfe1 Qxf6 23. Qe3 Rxg4 24.
hxg4 b5 25. Ne4 Bb7 26. Kg1 Qg6 27. Kf1 Ba7 $11 {0-1 liquid soul,d (2694)-amos
4ever,d (2800)/Engine Room 2010 (96)}) 20... Bb4 21. Na4 Rg6 22. Nb6 Rb8 23.
Nc4 Qxf6 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. Qe2 (25. c3 Bc5 26. Qe2 Rg7 27. Bh5 b5 28. Nc6 Bb7 29.
N4a5 Rc8 30. Bf3 Bxc6 31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Nxc6 Qg5 33. h4 Qxh4 34. Ne5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 baxus,h (2738)-black dynamite,h (2754)/Engine Room 2011 (99)}) 25...
Qc5 (25... Rf6 26. Rg1 Qf8 27. Rg3 Ke7 28. a3 Bc5 29. Nb3 Rf5 30. Be4 $16 {
1-0 vodkamaster21,h (2784)-fx7_01,h (2713)/Engine Room 2011 (33)}) 26. Nb3 Qa7
27. Qd3 b5 28. Ne5 Rg7 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Nbd4 $18 {1-0 vodkamaster21,h (2829)
-crawly,h (2692)/Engine Room 2011 (56)}) 17... e5 18. Nd5 exd4 {White is once
again facing a critical moment with three distinct options. I find the courage
to note, that the notes are hinting at one recent game that was played after
19.Nc7 by two living people...} 19. Qxd4 {Both players seem to be excellently
prepared, this position has been tested by computers nearly 7,000 times!} (19.
Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 d3 21. Bxd3 Bd6 22. Rbf1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 h3 (23... Re8 24. h3
Re6 25. Qb4 a5 (25... Qc5 26. a4 Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxf6 28. Rg4 Re6 29. a5 (29. Rd4
Ke7 30. Rc4 Rc6 31. Re4+ Kd8 $15 {1/2-1/2 skypilot,d (2701)-friedbert,d (2656)/
playchess.com #020685 2010 (65)}) 29... h5 30. Rxh4 Re5 31. Ra4 Ke7 32. Kh2 Nc5
$15 {1-0 gortt9,h (2682)-black dynamite,h (2706)/Engine Room 2011 (132)}) 26.
Qd4 Qe5 27. Rxh4 Qb8 28. Kg1 Qxa8 29. Rxh6 Qb8 30. Rh8+ Re8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.
Bb5 Kd8 33. Bxd7 Bxd7 $15 {0-1 highendman,r (2692)-rybka33 (2720)/5m + 0s,
rated 2010 (82)}) 24. gxh3 Qd5+ 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Qd4 Re6 28. c4 b5 {
0-1 Bromberger,S (2530)-Areshchenko,A (2664)/Germany 2010}) (19. Bf3 Bc5 20.
Nc7+ (20. Qa5 b6 21. Rxb6 O-O 22. Rg4 Qxg4 23. Bxg4 Nxb6 24. Qxc5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5
Bxg4 26. Qxd4 Be6 27. Qxh4 Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kh8 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. Qe4+ $11 {1/2-1/2
thamover,r (2683)-phil harris2,r (2767)/3m + 0s, rated 2010 (31)}) 20... Kf8
21. Nxa8 Rg8 (21... Nxf6 22. Rxd4 Kg7 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Nd5 Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 Rc6 27. c4 Bg6 28. a3 {1/2-1/2 cerebral,d (2742)-natmaku,d (2719)/Engine
Room 2010}) 22. h3 Nxf6 23. Nb6 (23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 b5 25. Nc7 Kg7 26. c4
bxc4 27. Rb6 Bf5 28. a3 Rc8 29. Nd5 Re8 $17 {0-1 ludving,d (2673)-skypilot,d 
(2797)/Engine Room 2010 (91)}) 23... Bxh3 24. Na4 Nh5 25. Nxc5 Nxf4 26. gxh3
Qf5 27. Be4 Qxh3+ 28. Qh2 Rg3 29. Qxh3 $11 {1/2-1/2 thamover,r (2737)
-highendman,r (2763)/3m + 0s, rated 2010}) 19... Kd8 {In this phase of the
game the choice seems to be nearly automatic. The alternative line 19...Bc5
was played somewhat more often (3740) than the line in the game.} (19... h3 20.
Rg4 hxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Bc5 (21... Bd6 22. Rxg5 hxg5 23. h3 Kd8 24. Bg4 Rh4 25. Re1
Rb8 26. Qe3 Rxg4+ 27. hxg4 Ne5 28. Qxg5 Ng6 29. Ne7 {1-0 thamover,r (2672)
-nebusa,r (2619)/3m + 0s, rated 2010}) 22. Qd3 Rg8 23. Nc7+ {1-0 riodelta,d 
(2677)-cgb,d (2633)/Engine Room 2010} Kf8 24. Rxg5 Rxg5+ 25. Kh1 Nxf6 26. Nxa8
Bf5 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. Bf3 $18 {1-0 maitre2010,n (2678)-manni23,r (2582)/3m + 0s,
rated 2010 (37)}) (19... Bc5 20. Qe4+ Kd8 21. Rf5 Re8 22. Qxe8+ Kxe8 23. Rxg5
hxg5 24. Nc7+ Kd8 25. Nxa8 Nxf6 26. Bf3 b5 27. Rd1+ Ke7 28. h3 Bd7 29. Nc7 (29.
Re1+ Kd6 30. Rf1 a5 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Nc7 Bd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 e three,d (2724)
-skypilot,d (2782)/Engine Room 2010 (69)}) (29. c3 a5 30. Nc7 Bd6 31. Nd5+ Nxd5
32. Rxd5 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 highendman,d (2753)-argentum,d (2740)/Engine Room
2010 (122)}) 29... Bd6 30. Re1+ Kd8 31. Na8 g4 32. hxg4 Nxg4 33. Nb6 Be6 34.
Nd5 Kc8 35. Bxg4 Bxg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 vodkamaster21,d (2692)-crawly,d (2822)/
playchess.com #029338 2010 (52)}) 20. Rd1 {The board is still witnessing the
shadow theatre with decisions firmly in the hands of mortals. Computers beleve
in the move 20.Ne7, that was played more than 2,700 times.} (20. Ne7 Qe5 21.
Qd2 Bxe7 22. fxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bg4 f5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. Rf7 Qxf7 27.
Qd6+ Kd8 28. Qb6+ Ke7 29. Re1+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Be6+ Qxe6
33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qg4+ (34. Qe7+ Kg6 35. Qxh4 Nf6 36. Kg1 b5 37. Qg3+ Kf7 38.
h3 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 balarama das,d (2664)-vodkamaster21,d (2792)/playchess.com
#027573 2010 (195)}) 34... Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Qxh4 Nf6 37. Qg3+ Kf7 38. Qf3
Kg6 (38... Rb8 39. Qf4 Ra8 40. Qc4+ Be6 {1/2-1/2 ludving,d (2674)-amos 4ever,d
(2773)/Engine Room 2010 (46)}) 39. Kg1 Bf5 40. Qg3+ Kf7 41. Qc7+ (41. h3 Rc8
42. Qb3+ Kg6 43. Qg3+ Kf7 44. Qb3+ Kg6 45. Qg3+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 ludving,d (2656)
-amos 4ever,d (2807)/Engine Room 2010}) 41... Kg6 42. Qg3+ Kf7 43. Qb3+ Kg6 44.
Qg3+ {1/2-1/2 e three,d (2735)-ferreira,d (2731)/Engine Room 2010}) 20... h3
21. g3 Bd6 22. Re4 {The machines have experimented with the exchange sacrifice
22.Bg4, but the results have convinced them to turn attention to the logical
retreat of the rook.} (22. Bg4 Bxf4 23. Bxd7 Bxd7 24. Qb6+ Ke8 25. Qb4 Kd8 26.
Qb6+ {1/2-1/2 Kreuzfahrtschiff-Flyingfatman/playchess.com INT 2007} (26. Qa5+
Kc8 27. Nb6+ Kc7 28. Rxd7+ Kb8 29. Nd5 Qg4 30. Rxb7+ Kxb7 31. Qb6+ Kc8 32. Ne7+
Kd7 33. Qc6+ Kd8 34. Qxa8+ Kc7 35. Qc6+ $11 {1/2-1/2 neapus,d (2702)-suj1312,d
(2665)/playchess.com #027866 2010 (45)})) (22. Nb6 Bc5 23. Qb2 Kc7 24. Nxd7 Rd8
25. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Qxc5 27. Bf3 Rb8 28. Re4 Be6 29. c4 Qb6 30. Qxb6+ Kxb6
31. Kg1 $11 {0-1 coffeeone,h (2590)-victorious,i (2616)/playchess.com #033707
2011 (62)}) 22... Re8 (22... Bc5 23. Qc3 b6 24. Nxb6 Bxb6 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Re7
Bd4 27. Rxd4 Rb1+ 28. Bd1 Qg4 29. Rexd7+ Bxd7 30. Qa8+ Kc7 31. Qa7+ Kd8 (31...
Kc6 32. Qxa6+ Kc7 33. Qa7+ Kc6 34. Qa6+ Kc7 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Rxg4 Bxg4 {
1/2-1/2 thamover,h (2623)-ninisðÝ,h (2628)/Engine Room 2011 (44)}) 32. Qa8+ Kc7
33. Qa7+ Kd8 34. Qa8+ {1/2-1/2 ludving,h (2679)-lararunastalsià,h (2613)/
Engine Room 2011}) 23. Nb6 (23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Nb6 Bc5 25. Qe4+ Kf8 26. Nxa8
Nxf6 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Ke7 29. Bf3 Ng4 30. Re1+ Kf6 (30... Kf8 31. Re2 Nf2+
32. Kg1 Nd3+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Nd3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ {1/2-1/2 thamover,r (2557)
-rebel tiger 12,d (2614)/Engine Room 2011}) 31. Re8 Bd7 32. Rg8 Nf2+ 33. Kg1
Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Bc6 35. Bg4 $15 {1/2-1/2 thamover (2625)-ferreira,d (2750)/Engine
Room 2010 (58)}) 23... Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qc5 25. Nxa8 Nxf6 26. Qd3 $146 {Finally a
novelty, that may have been born during home preparation. White has tried the
move 26.Qc4, but was never able to actually win the game.} (26. Qc4 Ke7 27. Nb6
(27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. Re1 Kd6 29. Bf3 Ng4 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. Rb1 b5 32. Re1+ Kd8 (
32... Kf6 33. Re8 Bd7 34. Rh8 Kg7 35. Rd8 Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Ng4+ 37. Kh1 Nf2+ 38.
Kg1 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 cfm,d (2552)-software-jp,d (2651)/Engine Room 2010})
33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Re1+ Ne3 35. Nc7 Kd6 36. Ne8+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 thamover,r (2686)
-cfm,d (2535)/Engine Room 2010}) 27... Qxb6 28. Qxc8 Ne4 29. Rf1 Bxg3 30. Rf3
Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Ng4+ (31... Bh4 32. Qf5 Ne4+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1 Ng4+ 35. Kh1
Nf2+ 36. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 thamover,r (2633)-kartoffel man,s (2562)/Engine Room 2010
}) 32. Kh1 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Ng4+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ {1/2-1/2 frau holle,d (2674)-oops,d 
(2570)/Engine Room 2010}) 26... Ke7 27. Bf3 h5 (27... Be6 28. Qd4 Ng4 29. Rd2
$15) 28. Qe2+ $2 {In complicated and slightly irrational positions human play
is always tied to the risk of misunderstanding. White had to exchange queens
to equalise.} (28. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Bc5 30. Rc4 Kd6 31. Rf4 Ng4 32. Rxf7
$11) 28... Be6 29. Bxb7 Ng4 30. Rf1 h4 {Wojtaszek is finally performing like a
human being. It is only natural, that he struggles to find a solution linked
to the piece barrier along the e-file.} (30... Be5 $1 31. Rf3 Bc4 32. Qe1 Bd5
33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Qe2 Qxa8 $19) 31. gxh4 (31. Bf3 Nxh2 $1 32. Qxh2 hxg3 33. Qd2
Qe5 34. Kg1 g2 35. Bxg2 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Qxg2+ 37. Ke1 Bg3+ $19) 31... Nxh2 $2 {
The move of the knight was too tempting, but in fact it is a serious mistake.
It was not too late to get the desired effect with the help of the
centralisation of the black-squared bishop.} (31... Be5 $1 32. c4 Qd4 33. Bd5 (
33. Nb6 Qxb6 34. Bd5 f5 $19) 33... Ne3 34. Re1 Bxd5+ 35. cxd5 Qxd5+ 36. Kg1
Qxa8 $19) 32. Rg1 $2 (32. Re1 $1 Kf8 33. Qe3 Qb4 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Rxe6+ fxe6
36. Qg7+ $11) 32... Kf8 (32... Be5 $5 33. Nb6 f5 34. c4 Ng4 35. Rxg4 Qxb6 36.
Bd5 fxg4 37. Qxe5 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa2+ 39. Kg1 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qf5 $19) 33. Rg5 $2 {
Nisipeanu has lost track and stopped orienting himself in the original
position. The rook move is simply bad, much better figting chances were
offered by 33.c4!} (33. c4 $1 Bxc4 34. Qd2 Nf1 35. Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Qxg5 37.
Rxg5 Ng3+ 38. Kg1 h2+ 39. Kf2 (39. Kxh2 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nxg5 41. hxg5 Bxa2 $19)
39... h1=Q 40. Bxh1 Nxh1+ 41. Kg2 Bd3 $17) 33... Qb4 $1 34. Qe4 (34. Be4 Ng4
35. c4 Qc3 36. Bd3 Qc1+ 37. Qf1 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3 $19) 34... Qb1+ 35. Rg1 Nf1
36. Qc6 (36. Qf3 Qxc2 $19) 36... Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ {Black already has a clear
idea what he wants to achieve and thus misses the witty solution with the
defence of the d6-bishop.} (37... Qb4 $1 38. Rxg3 (38. Nc7 Ne4+ 39. Kh1 Nf2#)
38... Qd2+ 39. Kh1 Bxg3 $19) 38. Kh1 Qd1 39. Qf3 (39. Nc7 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 Ne4+ $19
) 39... Qd2 {White's pieces are scattered over the board without a trace of
coordination.} 0-1

[Event "PCA-World-ch Kasparov-Short +6-1=13"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1993.09.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 (13. Bh5) 13...
h5 (13... Rc8 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3 O-O 16. Rd1 f5 17. exf5 exf5 $13 {Rodriguez,
Am-Vera/Havana/1978/}) (13... Be7 14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Bd8 16. N1d2 Qb6 17. Qg3
$16) 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1 Qb4 (14... Qb2 $5 15. a3 (15. a4 f5 $13) 15... Rc8 $1 16.
Rf3 e5 $1 17. Nc3 Nd4) (14... Qa4 15. c4) 15. Qe3 d5 $2 (15... Ne7 16. c4 f5
17. a3 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. exf5 Bg7 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Rad1 Bxd4 23.
Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nf5 25. Rd2 Rc8 26. Rf3 Ke7 $17 {Jingxuan-Karpov,An/
Hannover/1983/}) 16. exd5 Ne7 17. c4 $1 Nf5 18. Qd3 h4 $2 19. Bg4 Nd6 20. N1d2
f5 $2 21. a3 $1 Qb6 22. c5 $1 Qb5 23. Qc3 fxg4 24. a4 $1 h3 25. axb5 hxg2+ 26.
Kxg2 Rh3 27. Qf6 Nf5 28. c6 Bc8 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Rfe1 Be7 31. Rxe6 {1-0/
Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Reykjavik/1972/}) (14. Qe3 $5 Rc8 (14... Na5 15. Nd5 $1
exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Rfe1 $1 Nxb3 18. Bd3 $40) 15. Nb1 Qa4 (15... Qb2 $2 16.
N1d2 b5 17. a3) 16. c4 Na5 17. Qc3 (17. Nc3 $2 Qb4 18. Rab1 Nxc4 19. Qd4 Qb6 $1
20. Qxf6 Rh6) 17... Nxc4 18. Qxf6 Rh6 19. Qd4 Rh7 20. f5 $40 {Tal,M-Byrne,R/
Leningrad izt/1973/}) 14... Rc8 (14... Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. a3 Qa4 17. f5 e5 $13
{Platonov-Buhover/URS/1963/}) 15. Ne3 (15. Rf3 Qb4 16. Qe3 Qa3 17. Qb6 Qb4 18.
Qf2 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qa4 20. Nb2 Qa3 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. a3 Qc3 23. Bf1 $18) 15... Qb4
16. c3 Qxe4 (16... Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 h4 $5)) 17. Bd3 (17. Nc4
Nd8 18. Bd3 (18. Nb6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 $13) (18. Nd4 Rc7) 18... Rxc4 $5 19.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $13) 17... Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 (18... Rd8) 19. Nb6 Qa3 20. Rae1 $2 (20.
Qe3 Kd8 $6 21. Na8 d5 22. Qb6 Qd6 $44) 20... Ne7 (20... Kd8 21. Qf2 (21. f5) (
21. Nc4 Qa4 22. Re4 $6 d5 $1)) 21. Nc4 (21. f5 e5 22. Be4 Bh6 23. Qd3 $13) (21.
c4 f5 (21... Bc6 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc6 24. c5 $18) 22. c5 d5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5
24. Nxd5 Kd8 $17) 21... Rxc4 (21... Qa4 22. Nxd6+ Kd8 23. Nxf7+) 22. Bxc4 h4
23. Bd3 $2 (23. Rf3 $5) (23. Be2 $1 Bg7) 23... f5 24. Be2 Bg7 25. c4 (25. Bf3
b5 (25... d5 $2 26. c4 $1 dxc4 27. Rd1)) 25... h3 26. g3 d5 27. Bf3 $2 (27.
cxd5 Nxd5 28. Bf3 O-O 29. Bxd5 exd5 $17) 27... dxc4 28. Re3 (28. Rd1 Nd5 29.
Bxd5 exd5 30. Nd4 (30. Qxd5 Bc6 (30... Qe7 $1 $17) 31. Rfe1+ Be5 $1 (31... Kf8
$2 32. Qxc6 bxc6 33. Rd8#) 32. Rxe5+ Kf8 $19) (30. Rfe1+ Kf8 31. Nd4 Rh6) 30...
Be6 31. Rfe1 Kd7 32. g4 $5) 28... c3 (28... cxb3 29. Rxb3 {/\ Rb7}) 29. Rxc3
Bxc3 30. Qxc3 O-O 31. Rg1 (31. g4 Rc8 32. Qf6) 31... Rc8 32. Qf6 Bc6 33. Bxc6
Rxc6 34. g4 Ng6 35. gxf5 exf5 36. Qxf5 Qxa2 37. Qxh3 Qc2 38. f5 Rc3 $1 (38...
Qe4+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Rxg2 Rc3 41. Na5 Rc1+ 42. Rg1 Rxg1+ 43. Kxg1 b6 44. fxg6
bxa5 $19) 39. Qg4 $2 (39. Nd4 Qe4+ 40. Qg2 Qxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Ne5 $19) 39... Rxb3
40. fxg6 Qc6+ (40... Qc6+ 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 fxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2009.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.05.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
{The queen move to d3 is much less common, than the standard 8.Qd2. Problems
for Black are a bit different, as White can hope to use his queen for the
attack via c4 square or along the 3rd rank.} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 (10...
Qc5 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. fxe6 Qxg5 13. exd7+ Bxd7 14. O-O Qc5 15. Rxb7 Be7 16. Kh1
Qc8 17. Rb3 O-O 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,A (2531)
-Khismatullin,D (2613)/Zvenigorod 2008 (43)}) 11. Be2 Nc6 {Developing the
pieces seems to be more logical than retreat of the queen to safety with 11...
Qa5.} (11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. g4 (14. Qh3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6
16. Bh5+ Nxh5 17. Qxh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. O-O Rf8 21. Rb3 Be7 22.
Rbf3 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A (2543)-Najer,E (2600)/Elista
2001 (52)}) 14... h6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3
hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rg1 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2663)-Rowson,J (2577)/
Mallorca 2004 (31)} Kf8 $13) 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5 {The standard
opening of the center is truly double edged with the white queen on d3. White
players were testing few alternatives; quite promissing seems to be the
immediate 14.Bh5!?} (14. O-O Qa5 (14... O-O 15. Nd5 Qxd3 16. Nxe7+ Kf7 17. Bxd3
Kxe7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxh7 Bd7 20. Bg6 Rfb8 21. Be3 Rxb1 22. Bc5+ Kd8 23. Rxb1
$14 {1-0 Negi,P (2445)-Senff,M (2476)/Moscow 2006 (60)}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bg4
Rg8 (16... O-O 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Ne2 Rg8 19. Bh3 Qg5 20. Nd4 c5 21. Nc6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lastin,A (2625)-Areshchenko,A (2567)/St Petersburg 2002 (29)}) (16...
h5 17. Bh3 Kf7 18. Kh1 h4 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 f5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Ra7 23.
Qxc6 Rc7 $19 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I (2549)-Marjanovic,S (2511)/Budva 2003 (38)}) 17.
Bh3 Rg5 18. Ne2 Rb5 (18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 a5 20. c4 Kf7 21. Nd4 Rg6 $11 {1-0
Sambuev,B (2441)-Kokarev,D (2510)/St Petersburg 2002 (100)}) 19. Rbd1 Rc5 20.
Kh1 Qb5 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Nf4 Qc4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Gashimov,V (2644)-Areshchenko,A 
(2641)/Lausanne 2006 (41)}) (14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5 17. O-O O-O 18.
e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 $15 {1/2-1/2
Negi,P (2538)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006 (29)}) (14. Bh5+ $5 g6 (14...
Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Nf4 16. Qd4 e5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf2 Nf4 20. Bd6
$14) 15. e5 Nd5 (15... dxe5 16. Rb3 Qc5 17. Bxg6+ hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kd7 19. Bxf6
$16) 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exd6 Qxh5 19. dxe7 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxe7 21. O-O
Rf8 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Mamedov,R (2617)-Kokarev,D (2579)/Plovdiv 2008 (29) Black
was fighting for his life in very difficult position.}) 14... dxe5 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. O-O {The ambition to improve white queen by shifting it
to dark squares have failed - they also indirectly question the wisdom of
playing 8.Qd3.} (17. Qd2 Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Qd8
22. Ne4 f5 23. Bf7 Qf8 $19 {0-1 Nunn,J (2585)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Brussels 1986 
(27)}) (17. Qe3 Kg7 18. Rb3 Qc5 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Rc3 Rg8 22. Qh3
Qa4 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. O-O Qd4+ 25. Kh1 e4 $19 {0-1 Pyhala,A (2380)-Tella,J/
Finland 1993 (34)}) 17... f5 $146 {[%mdl 4] Krush is not consequent enough.
The pawn advance in the center 17...e4!? is probably puting a question mark on
White's set up.} (17... e4 $5 18. Qh3 f5 (18... e5 $1 19. Qh4 f5 20. Qe1 Kg7
21. Qg3+ Kh6 22. Qh3 Rf8 23. Kh1 Kg7 $17) 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxe4 Qxc2
22. Bf3 Qxa2 (22... Rg7 $15) 23. Qxh7 Qxb3 24. Bh5 e5 25. Rxf5+ Bxf5 26. Qxf5+
Kg7 27. Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qf5+ {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Gavrikov,V (2570)/
London 1985}) 18. Kh1 Rg8 (18... Qd6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qg3+ Kh6 21. Qh3 Qd4 22.
g4 $1 $13) 19. Qc4 Kg7 (19... Rg5 $2 20. Qxc6 Rxh5 21. Ne4 Kf7 22. Qxa8 $16)
20. Na4 a5 {The choice of defence is a subjective question in this complex
position. It seems, that with best play the chances would remain even.} (20...
Qd6 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Nxc8 Rgxc8 23. Rbd1 Rb4 24. Rxd6 Rxc4 25. Rxe6 $11) (20...
f4 21. g3 Kh6 22. Bf3 a5 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. gxf4 $11) 21. Rfd1 Ba6 (21... Kf6 22.
Rb3 $18) (21... Qe3 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Rxc8 25. Qxe6 Rc7 26.
Rf1 $1 $14) 22. Qxe6 Rad8 $2 {Terrible mistake that is leaving the rook on g8
exposed to the suprising attack along the 3rd rank. Black is immediatelly lost
instead of keeping the balanced chances.} (22... Rgd8 $1 23. Nb6 (23. Rb3 Rxd1+
24. Bxd1 Qd6 $17) 23... Rab8 (23... Rxd1+ $2 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Nd7 $16) 24. Qf7+
Kh8 (24... Kh6 25. Rb3 $18) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Nd7 Bc4 27. Qxc4 Rxd7 28. Qe6
Qd6 $11) 23. Rb3 $1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 (24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Rg3+ Qxg3 26. Qxe7+ Kh6
27. hxg3 Rxd1+ 28. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 15th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "2006.09.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bb5 $5 {Chess theory
is a very interesting labyrinth! The spectacular line played in the game
belongs to the past, since Black is able to withstand the bonfire of White's
sacrifices.} hxg5 14. Rb3 Qxa2 15. Qc3 axb5 16. Qxc8+ Ke7 17. O-O (17. Nd6 Nc6
18. O-O (18. Qxc6 Qa1+ 19. Rb1 Qxd4 20. Qxb7 Qxe5+ 21. Kf2 Ra4 22. Rhd1 Rf4+
23. Kg1 Qe3+ {0-1 Loman,J-Bakker,S/Hengelo 1994/ (25)}) 18... Ncxe5 (18... Rxc8
$2 19. Rxf7+ Kd8 20. Nxe6#) 19. Qc7 (19. N4f5+ exf5 20. Nxf5+ Kf6 21. Qc7 Kg6
$19 {0-1 Martinez,N-Vera/Cuba/1984/}) 19... Qa7 20. Re3 f6 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qxb7
Re8 23. N6f5+ exf5 24. Nxf5+ Kf7 {0-1 Martin,A (2445)-Huenerkopf,H (2255)/
London 1984/ (30)}) 17... Qa7 {Both sides have to know exactly what they are
doing, it is difficult to find scope for improvements.} (17... Nc6 $6 18. Rxf7+
Kxf7 19. Qxd7+ Be7 20. Qxe6+ Ke8 21. Nd6+ Kd8 22. Nxb7+ Kc7 23. Qxc6+ Kb8 24.
Qd7 Qa1+ 25. Kf2 {Maliszewski,L-Wisniewski/Poznan-ch corr/1993/} Rf8+ $13) 18.
Rd3 $1 Nxe5 $1 (18... f5 19. exf6+ $6 (19. Rxf5 $3 exf5 20. Nd6 $18) (19. Nd6
$2 Nc6 $19) 19... gxf6 20. Rxf6 Rh6 21. Rxh6 Bxh6 22. Kf1 Nf8 23. Qc7+ Nbd7 24.
Qd6+ Kf7 25. Nxe6 Qa1+ 26. Rd1 {1/2 Vlasov,I-Shalnev,N/Sokobanja 1989/ (34)})
19. Nc5 $146 {[%mdl 4] New move, that unpins the d4 knight for serious jumps.
Areshchenko will be able to cope with spirited defense.} (19. Rxf7+ Nxf7 20.
Qxe6+ Kd8 21. Kf1 Qa1+ 22. Ke2 Qa2 23. Nb3+ Kc7 (23... Nd6 24. Nxd6 Qxc2+ 25.
Rd2 Qc6 $19) 24. Qxf7+ Kb6 25. Qf2+ Kc7 26. Nc3 Qxc2+ 27. Nd2 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3
Ra3 29. Ndb1 Rxc3+ 30. Nxc3 Nd7 {1/2 Papp,G (2300)-Womacka,M (2423)/Budapest
2006/ (61)}) 19... Nbd7 (19... g6 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21. Qd8+ $18) 20. Nf5+ $1 exf5
21. Rxd7+ Kf6 (21... Nxd7 $2 22. Qxd7+ Kf6 23. Qxf5+ Ke7 24. Qd7#) 22. Rxf7+
Kg6 $1 (22... Kxf7 $2 23. Qe6#) 23. Qxf5+ Kh6 (23... Kh6 24. Qh3+ Kg6 25. Qf5+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 60th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2007.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Black "Nechepurenko, Roman V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 {This line is becoming very popular as an alternative to the supersharp 8..
.Qxb2.} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nb3 Bd7 11. Be2 Rg8 {Black seems to have only two
solutions how to cope with white's unpleasant idea Bh5. The alternative 11...
h5 stops it at a cost of exposing the isolated pawn.} 12. Bh5 Rg7 13. O-O-O
O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Rhf1 Na5 (15... Be7 16. g3 Rc8 $13) 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. f5
Qe5 {Nechepurenko centralizes the queen in the belief, that control of the
dark squares will promise equality.} (17... exf5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bf3 $14) 18.
g4 (18. g3 Rc8 19. Rf4 Rc6 $11) 18... Bc6 (18... Be7 $2 19. Nd5 $1 Bf8 20. fxe6
fxe6 21. Nxf6 $16) 19. Rfe1 Be7 (19... Rc8 20. Nd5 Bb5 21. Qf2 $14) 20. Nd5 $1
{[%mdl 64] The tactics works fine for Shomoev and Black is under lot of
pressure.} Bf8 (20... exd5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qh6 $18) (20... Rd7 $2 21. Qh6 Bf8
22. Nxf6 $16) 21. Qf2 Rc8 (21... exd5 $2 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Rd3
$18) 22. Nb6 $5 (22. h4 Bd7 $14) 22... Rc7 $2 {The defender has not realized,
that the main motif will work for White even if he brings the rook to d5. Much
more challenging was 22...Rd8!} (22... Rd8 $1 23. fxe6 (23. Rd5 exd5 24. exd5
Bxd5 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 $13) 23... fxe6 24. Nc4 (24. Rd5 $5 exd5 25.
exd5 Qg5 (25... Bxd5 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Qxf6 Kc7 28. b4 $1) 26. h4 $1 Qh6 27.
dxc6 bxc6 28. Nc4 c5 29. Na5 Rc7 30. Be8 $14) 24... Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Na5 Rc7
(26... Be8 27. Qb6 Rc8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Re3 Rc8 30. Rb3 $16) 27. Nxc6+ Rxc6
28. Bf7 e5 29. Bd5 $16) 23. Rd5 $1 exd5 24. exd5 Be8 (24... Qe8 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8
26. Qe3 $16) 25. Rxe5 dxe5 (25... fxe5 26. Qh4 Ka7 27. Qd8 Kxb6 28. f6 Rg8 29.
Qxe8 $18) 26. Qd2 Ka7 (26... Bd6 27. Qh6 $18) 27. d6 $1 {The advance of the
d-pawn decides things immediately as Black is unable to put up any resistance
with his rook on g7.} Rc6 (27... Kxb6 28. Qb4+ Ka7 29. dxc7 Bxb4 30. c8=Q $18)
(27... Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Rc6 29. Qf8 $18) 28. d7 Bxd7 29. Nxd7 Rd6 30. Qe3+ b6 (
30... Ka8 31. Nb6+ Kb8 32. b3 $18) 31. Nxf8 $1 Rd1+ 32. Qc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Kb7
34. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 $5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {Motylev has
seen his chances against the great opponent in the labyrinth of the extremely
sharp line.} Qxa2 (13... Qa4 14. Be2 Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 $1 g5 16. Nf6+ {Radjabov,
T-Anand,V/W-ch blitz/2006/ 1-0}) 14. Rd1 Qd5 (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6
17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O O-O 19. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4
gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4 $1 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap
d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3 Qxe5 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. c3
Ba3 19. O-O O-O 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 21. exf6 Bc5 22. Rd4 e5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg3+
Kh7 25. Rf6 Bxd4+ (25... Qd5 26. Rxh6+ Kxh6 27. Bf6 $1 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 $1 $18)
26. cxd4 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 $16) (15... Bc5 16. Nxe6 $5 Bb4+ $1 (16... Bxe3 $2 17.
Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23.
Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd7) (16... Qxe6 17. Qxc5 $1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Qa5+ 20.
Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Be2 $40) 16.
Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 (18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bd6 Nf6 21.
O-O Qd8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Qg3 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qd6 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Rbd1 {1-0
Fier,A (2526)-Fusco,L (2251)/Buenos Aires 2007/ (30)}) 18... Be7 19. O-O O-O
20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4
$17 {1/2 Docx,S (2359)-Roeder,M (2456)/Belgium 2006/ (34)}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 (
17. O-O Nc6 18. c3 O-O 19. Bg3 Bxd4 (19... Qd5 $5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 $13) 20. cxd4
Qa5 21. Bd6 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Rd8 {Only the
future games can help to answer the question if the tempting 20...Re8!? is
playable at all.} (20... Re8 $5) 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 $1 (22. Bxb8 $2 Rxb8 23.
Qxb8 $2 Nxb8 24. Rxd8+ Kh7 25. Rxc8 Qxe4 26. O-O (26. Rxb8 Qb4+ $1 27. c3 Qxc3+
28. Kf2 Qc5+ 29. Ke1 Qb4+ $19) 26... Qxe2 27. Rxb8 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 Qb6 $17) (22.
Bd3 Nc6 $17) (22. Be7 Qxe4 (22... Re8 $2 23. Nd6) 23. Bxd8 Nc6 24. Bc7 Nd4 $13)
22... Qg6 {Anand has a very sharp eye and he could not have been happy with
the tricky line 22...Nxe5?} (22... Nxe5 $2 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd6 Nf3+ 25. gxf3
Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Qxd8 27. Rg1 g5 28. h4 $16) 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. O-O (24. Bh5 $6 Qf5
25. Bxg7 $1 (25. Bc3 g5 $19) 25... Nc5 $1 (25... Kxg7 $2 26. Rf1 $18) 26. Ng3
Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Rxd8+ Nxd8 29. Bf6 Bd7 $15) (24. Bc3 $5 Nf8 $1 25. O-O $1
(25. Bh5 $6 Rxd2 26. Bxg6 Nxg6 27. Nf6+ $5 Kh8 28. Qe4 Rd8 $17) 25... Rxd2 26.
Bxd2 f5 $13) 24... f5 $8 (24... Ndxe5 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. Bh5 $1 Qxe4 27. Qxe4
Ndc6 28. Qf4 $16) (24... Ncxe5 25. Bh5 $1 $16) 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bb2 {White
pieces are shooting from all angles so it is not easy for black to improve his
position.} (26. Bf7+ $2 Kxf7 27. Ng5+ hxg5 28. Qxh7 Ndxe5 $19) (26. Qg3 $5 fxe4
(26... Kh8 27. Bc7 Rf8 28. Bd6 Nf6 29. Nxf6 Rxf6 30. Be8 $13) 27. Bg6 Ncxe5 28.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rd4 b5 30. Rxe4 Bb7 31. Rxe5 Nxe5 32. Qxe5 Rd2 $17) 26... fxe4 (
26... Rf8 $2 27. Ba3 fxe4 28. Bxf8 e3 (28... Nxf8 $2 29. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 30. Rd8+
Nxd8 31. Qxd8#) 29. Rd6 $1 (29. Bf7+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 $1 Bxd7 31. Bxg7+ $1 Qxg7 32.
Rf6 Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Qh4 $11) 29... e2 (29... g5 30. Rxe6 gxh4 31. Re8 $18)
30. Bxe2 Qg6 31. Be7 $18) 27. Rf7 Rf8 (27... Nf6 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 (28... Rxd2
29. Bf7+ Kh8 (29... Kf8 30. Ba3+ $18) 30. Rxh6 $18) 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30. Qxf6 Bd7
(30... Nc6 31. Bf7+) 31. Bg6 $18) (27... e5 28. Bxe5 Nf6 29. Rxd8+ Nxd8 30.
Rxf6 $1 gxf6 31. Qxf6 Bf5 32. g4 $1 $18) 28. Qf2 $4 {[%mdl 8192] This blunder
has all the features of undue optimism, Motylev must have believed in the
power of his attack.} (28. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Rf6
32. Qe8+ Rf8 33. Qg6 $11) 28... Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 {Rude awakening, as
there is no real follow up..} (30. Qe8+ Qg8 31. Rxd7 Qxe8 32. Bxe8 Bxd7 33.
Bxd7 e3 $19) (30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qxd7 Qg8 $19) 30... e5 31. Qd5 Nf6 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 {[%mdl 4] The
violent line with 10.e5 has suddenly entered the tournament arena. Many
questions are remaining open...} (13. Be2 Be7 14. Bg3 Bg5 15. Qd3 Nc5 16. Qf3
O-O 17. h4 (17. O-O Nbd7 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. h4 Bd8 20. Bf4 Bc7 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rf3
Qa5 {1/2 Pichler,J (2325)-Yuferov,S (2435)/Moscow 1990/ (74)}) 17... Bd8 18.
O-O Nbd7 19. Kh1 b5 20. Rb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Ra7 22. Ne4 Bb7 23. Qe3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4
Re8 25. Bd3 Nf8 $15 {1-0 Matanovic,A-Minic,D/Kragujevac 1959/ (51)}) (13. Rb3
Qa5 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. O-O Nbd7 16. Kh1 Ng6 17. Qe3 Nxh4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+
Kd8 20. Nd5 Nf6 21. Qf7 Bd6 22. Nxf6 Qe5 23. Ng4 Bxg4 {0-1 Hlusevich,S (2375)
-Doroshkievich,V (2390)/Soviet Union 1986/}) 13... Qxa2 (13... Qa4 14. Be2 $1
Nc6 $2 15. Nxe6 g5 16. Nf6+ {1-0 Radjabov-Anand/W-ch Blitz/2006/}) 14. Rd1 (14.
Rb3 Qa1+ 15. Kf2 Qa4 16. Bb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bc5+ 18. Nxc5 Qxh4+ 19. g3 Qd8 20.
Qd6 (20. Nd6+) 20... Nxc5 21. Nc7+ Qxc7 22. Qxc7 Nba6 {Kortschnoj,V-Tolush/
URS-ch/1958/0-1 (39)}) 14... Qd5 {This move was suggested by Kasparov. Black
is falling behind in the development, but collecting material on the road..} (
14... Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be2 Qa4 17. Qf4 Qa5+ 18. c3 g5 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20.
Nf6+ Kd8 21. Qd4 Qc7 22. Bf2 Kc8 $17 {1/2 Nataf,I (2559)-Perunovic,M (2549)/
Herceg Novi 2005/ (49)}) (14... Qb2 15. Qe3 Bc5 16. Be2 Nc6 17. c3 Qa3 18. O-O
O-O 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 gxf6 23. exf6 Qa5 24. h4
$13 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2729)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde 2006/ (33)}) 15. Qe3
Qxe5 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18. Be2 Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Qd8 21.
Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5 23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4 $17 {Docx-Roeder/
BEL-chT/2006/}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 $5
{The first truly independent move. Van Wely is ready to part with some
material in order to get his pieces to work.} (20... Rd8 21. Qg3 (21. O-O Qb6
$17) 21... Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nc6 {Motylev,A-Anand,V/Corus/2007/}) (20...
Re8 $5) 21. Bxf8 (21. O-O Qb6 $5) 21... Nxf8 22. O-O {The situation is quite
complex. White has the exchange and initiative, but he sacrificed three pawns
on the road to here.} Bd7 (22... e5 $5 23. Nd6 f6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26.
Rxb7 Nd4 $13) (22... Qe5 $6 23. Qf2 $1 f5 24. Nd6 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Nd6 Nde5
24. c4 Qb4 25. c5 f5 $13) 23. Nd6 Ne5 $1 (23... Nd8 24. Nc4 $1 Qc7 25. Qb6 Rc8
(25... Qc6 $2 26. Rfd1 $1 $18) 26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. Ne5 Nc6 28. Nxf7 Ng6 $14) (
23... Qe5 24. Qf2 $1 f6 25. Nxb7 $14) 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nd6 {Anand has managed
to regain one of the pawns, while Black has improved the coordination of his
pieces.} (25. Nc5 Bb5 $1 $11) 25... f6 (25... Qa7 26. Rd4 Nc6 27. Rd3 Qxe3+ 28.
Rxe3 $14) (25... Nfg6 $5 26. Bh5 f6 $13) 26. c4 (26. Qg3 Nfg6 27. Bh5 Qa7+ 28.
Kh1 Kh7 $13) 26... Bc6 27. Ra1 Nfd7 28. Qd4 (28. Bg4 Nc5 $1 29. Qxc5 Nxg4 $11)
28... a5 29. Nb5 Qb6 $6 {Van Wely's desire to exchange the queens is rather
understandable, but much stronger was 29...Qb7! with unpleasant counterplay.} (
29... Bxb5 $2 30. cxb5 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32. Rc2 Nb3 33. Ra4 $16) (29... Qb7 $1
30. Qd6 (30. Bf1 a4 $1) (30. Nd6 $5 Qb4 31. Rb2 Qc5 $13) 30... Bxg2 31. Bg4 $1
(31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Nd6 Qc6 33. Nf7+ Nxf7 34. Qxd7 Ne5 35. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11) 31...
Nxg4 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Rxg2 Nge5 34. Qe7 Rg8 $13) 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. Rd6 $1 Nbd7
(31... Bxb5 $6 32. cxb5 Rb8 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rd6 a4 35. Bd1 $16) 32. Nd4 (32.
Nc7 Rc8 33. Nxe6 a4 34. c5 $16) 32... Be4 33. Nxe6 {Black can now claim only
one pawn for the exchange, white forces are nicely coordinated.} a4 (33... Rb8
34. Rxa5 Rb2 35. Bf1 Rb1 36. Ra7 $1 $18) (33... Kf7 34. Nc7 Rc8 35. Nb5 $1 $16)
34. Nc7 (34. c5 Ra5 $1) 34... Ra5 $2 (34... Rc8 35. Nd5 Ra8 36. Ra3 $14) (34...
Rb8 35. Rxa4 Rb2 36. Bf1 Rb1 37. Nd5 Bd3 38. Ne3 Bxf1 39. Nxf1 Nb6 $14) 35. Ra6
$1 Rxa6 36. Nxa6 {After the exchange of rooks White's chances for a win have
improved even futher.} Bc6 37. c5 $1 Bb7 (37... Kf7 38. Nb4 $5 (38. Bd1 Nd3 39.
Bxa4 Bxa4 40. Rxa4 N3xc5 41. Nxc5 Nxc5 42. Ra5 $16) 38... Ke6 39. Nxc6 Nxc6 40.
Bc4+ Ke5 41. Bb5 Kd5 42. Bxa4 $16) 38. Rc1 $1 (38. Rxa4 $6 Bxa6 39. Rxa6 Nxc5
40. Ra7 $16) 38... Nc6 39. Nc7 Nd4 $2 {The blunder speeds up the decision..} (
39... a3 40. Nb5 a2 41. Bc4+ $18) 40. Bc4+ Kf8 41. Rd1 $1 1-0

[Event "Seville op 32nd"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2007.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Komljenovic, Davorin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O Bb7 14. f5 Rc8 {
Komljenovic was probably not quite aware of the dangers in the position. Black
players have usually feared white's bishop attack so much as to play 14...h5.}
(14... h5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qe3 (16. Nd4 Qc5 17. Kh1 Ke7 18. Ncxb5 Bh6 19. Qd1
Bxe4 20. Nxe6 Kxe6 $19 {0-1 Todorovic,G (2540)-Marjanovic,S (2470)/Budva 2004/
(43)}) 16... Rc8 17. Qa7 Rxc3 18. Qxb7 Rxc2 19. Bd3 Rc3 20. e5 d5 21. Bg6+ Kd8
22. Rfc1 $18 {1-0 Luther,T (2538)-Vouldis,A (2526)/Bled 2002/ (27)}) 15. Bh5
Ke7 $6 (15... exf5 16. Rxf5 Be7 $13) (15... e5 16. Rbe1 Qb4 17. Rf3 $13) 16.
Rbd1 Ne5 $2 {[%mdl 256] The second move is not adressing the dangers against
the vulnerable d6 spot.} (16... Rc6 17. Nb1 Qxa2 18. Nd4 (18. Na5 Qxc2 19. Nxb7
(19. Qxc2 Rxc2 20. Nxb7 Bh6) 19... Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Bh6 $13) 18... Rc7 19. Bxf7 $1
$40) 17. fxe6 $1 (17. Nb1 Nc4 18. Nxa3 Nxd2 19. Nxd2 Bh6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Bf3
$16) 17... fxe6 (17... Kxe6 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. Qg3 Rhg8 20. Nxb5 $18) 18. Nb1 Nc4
(18... Qa4 19. Qxd6#) 19. Qf2 (19. Qf4 Qb2 20. c3 Bg7 21. Rf2 $18) 19... Qb2
20. Qa7 $1 {Spraggett demonstrates a sharp eye, Black is horribly
uncoordinated..} Rc7 21. Qb8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Re8 {
Both players were following examples of great predecesors. The ultra sharp
variation is enjoying the attention of the world's top players.} (20... Nc6 21.
O-O (21. Bxf8 Kxf8 (21... Nxf8 22. O-O Bd7 23. Nd6 Ne5 24. Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nd6 f6
26. c4 Bc6 27. Ra1 Nfd7 28. Qd4 a5 {1-0 Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2007 
(41)}) 22. O-O Qb6 $4 23. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 24. Rxg7+ {1-0 Luther,T-Ftacnik,L/
Germany/2007/}) 21... f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 b5 24. Bf3 Bd7 25. Nxf5 exf5 26.
Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxc6 Rd8 28. Bxd7 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gouliev,N/Calatrava/2007/}) (
20... Rd8 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Qh4 Nc6 24. O-O f5 25. Bh5 Qh7 26. Bb2
fxe4 27. Rf7 Rf8 28. Qf2 Rxf7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Rf2 e5 31. Qd5 Nf6 {0-1
Motylev,A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2007}) 21. O-O f5 $2 (21... Nc6 $5 22. Qg3 (22.
Qf4 f6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Bc7 b6 $13) 22... f5 23. Qg6 Qd8 24. Bh5 Re7 $13) 22.
Qg3 $6 {[%mdl 4] Anand was at the last Bundesliga double round in Baden Baden
and after the game had a lot to contribute to the long and fascinating post
mortem. In his opinion this line is not playable for Black due to the move 22.
Bh5!} (22. Bh5 $1 Rd8 (22... Qd8 23. Ng3 $1 Nc6 24. Bxe8 Qxe8 25. Nxf5 $16) (
22... fxe4 23. Bxe8 Nf6 24. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 25. Qxh6 Qg5 26. Bf7+ Kxf7 27. Qf8+
Kg6 28. Qg8+ Kh5 29. Qf7+ $18) 23. Qg3 (23. Nf2 Nc6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 $17) (23. Be7
fxe4 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Rf6 Qa1+ 26. Rf1 Qa5 27. Rf6 $11) 23... fxe4 (23... Qb6+
24. Kh1 fxe4 25. Bc7 Qb5 26. Rf7 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxd8 Nc6 29. Bxg5 g6 30.
Bxg6 Nce5 31. Rfxd7 Bxd7 32. Bxe4 Bc6 $11) 24. Rf7 Qg5 $8 (24... Qb6+ 25. Rdf2
Qb2 26. Be7 $18 (26. Qg6 Qd4 (26... e3) 27. Bc5 Nxc5 28. c3 Qe5 (28... Qd1+ 29.
Bxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Rf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 $18) 29. Rf8+ $1 $18)) 25. Be5 $1 (25. Qxg5
$2 hxg5 26. Be5 Kh7 $1 (26... Nxe5 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Rff8 g6 29. Rxc8 gxh5 30.
Rxb8 Ra7 31. Rf6 b5 32. Rxe6 Nc4 33. Rxe4 $16) 27. Bxg7 Rg8 28. Bb2+ Kh6 29.
Bg4 Nc6 30. Rdxd7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rge8 $17) 25... Qxg3 (25... Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5
27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28. Rff8 g6 29. Rxc8 gxh5 30. Rxb8 $16) 26. hxg3 Nxe5 27. Rxd8+
Kh7 28. Rff8 g6 29. Rxc8 gxh5 30. Rxb8 Ra7 (30... Rxb8 31. Rxb8 Kg6 32. Rxb7
Kf5 33. Rb6 $16) 31. Rf6 b5 32. Rxe6 Ng4 33. Rxe4 Rd7 34. Kf1 $16) 22... Nc6 (
22... fxe4 23. Qg6 Rd8 (23... Qd8 24. Rf7 Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Qb2 26. Rxg7+ Qxg7 27.
Qxe8+ Kh7 28. Qxc8 $18) 24. Rf7 Qc3 (24... Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Qb2 26. Bc5 Rf8 27.
Bxf8 Nxf8 28. Rd8 Qa1+ 29. Rf1 $18) 25. Bg4 Nc6 26. Rdf2 e3 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. c3
Qxc3 29. Bxe6 $18) 23. Qg6 (23. Bh5 $2 fxe4 24. Bf7+ Kh8 25. Rdf2 Rd8 26. Bxe6
Qg5 $19) 23... Qd8 24. Bc4 (24. Bh5 Re7 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Rf7 Qb6+ 26. Rdf2
Qb2 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxe8+ $18) 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Nd6 Nde5 27. Qg3 $13) 24...
Kh8 $1 {I was very lucky to have this resource at my defensive disposal.
Shirov was using a lot of time in order to find the real refutation of Black's
daring strategy. Fortunately at this stage there probably wasn't one.} (24...
fxe4 $2 25. Rf7 Qb6+ 26. Rdf2 Qd4 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxe8+ $18) 25. Ng5 (25.
Bxe6 $2 Rxe6 26. Qxe6 Nf6 27. Qf7 Nxe4 28. Bf8 Qg5 $19) 25... Qxg5 (25... hxg5
26. Rxf5 $1 Nf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Bc5 Bd7 (28... Qxd2 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 (29... Kg7
30. Bf8+ Kh8 31. Be7+ $18) 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Bd3+
Qxd3 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. cxd3 $18) 29. Rd3 g4 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qxg4+ $18) 26.
Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qxe6 (27. Bxe6 $2 Nf6 28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Bf4 Qg6 30. Bxc8 Ne4 $17)
(27. Bf4 $1 Qg6 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxe6 Nf6 30. Bc4 $14) 27... Nf6 (27... Qxd2
$2 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. Bf7+ Kf6 30. Rxf5+ $1 Kxf5 31. Qh7+ $18) 28. Qe2 $6 {
White felt frustrated, that despite a huge effort he was not able to get
anything real and the black pieces are coming out. The next few moves are
sloppy and suddenly he will face huge problems.} (28. Qe1 Ne4 29. Rd1 Qg6 30.
Bf4 Be6 $11) 28... Ne4 29. Rd3 Qg6 30. Ba3 $2 (30. Bf4 Be6 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32.
Rfd1 Re8 $15) 30... Ne5 31. Rd4 (31. Re3 Qb6 32. Bc1 Nxc4 33. Qxc4 Be6 34. Qe2
Rc8 35. Re1 a5 $17) 31... Qb6 32. Rfd1 Nc6 (32... Bd7 33. Bc1 Rc8 34. Bb3 Nc6
35. Be3 Nxd4 36. Rxd4 Qc6 $17) (32... Nc3 $2 33. Qxe5 Nxd1 34. Bc5 $18) 33. Qe3
Nxd4 34. Qxd4 $1 {A surprising, but practical decision to exchange queens and
try something with active pieces.} (34. Rxd4 Be6 35. Bf1 (35. Bd3 Qb1+ 36. Qc1
Qxc1+ 37. Bxc1 Nc5 $17) 35... Nf6 36. c4 Ng4 37. Qf4 Qb3 $17) 34... Qxd4+ 35.
Rxd4 b5 36. Bd3 Ra7 (36... Be6 $2 37. Rxe4 $18) 37. Rd8 (37. Bxe4 fxe4 38. Rxe4
Rc7 39. Bf8 Bf5 40. Re7 Rxe7 41. Bxe7 Bxc2 $17) 37... Be6 (37... Bd7 38. g4 Kg6
39. Bb2 Be6 40. Bd4 Rc7 $17) 38. Re8 (38. g4 Rd7 39. Rxd7 (39. Re8 Bc4 $17)
39... Bxd7 40. c4 bxc4 41. Bxc4 a5 $17) 38... Bc4 $6 (38... Bf7 $1 39. Re5 Bg6
40. Re6 (40. c4 Rd7 41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. cxb5 axb5 43. h4 Ra7 $17) 40... h5 41. h3
$17) 39. Bxe4 fxe4 40. Rxe4 (40. Re7 Rxe7 41. Bxe7 e3 42. Bc5 e2 43. Bb4 Kg6
44. Kf2 Kf5 $17) 40... Rd7 $2 {I have to confess, that the very simple
possibility of the white rook retreat to e1 had slipped my attention. Shirov
admitted, that after 40...Rf7! White would have had to endure a tortuous
defence of the endangered position.} (40... Rf7 $1 41. Re1 a5 $17) (40... a5
41. Re7 $1 Ra6 42. Bb2 Rg6 43. Kf2 $15) 41. Bb4 Kg6 (41... Rd1+ 42. Re1 $15)
42. Re7 $1 (42. Kf2 Kf6 $17) 42... Rd1+ 43. Re1 Rxe1+ 44. Bxe1 $11 {The relief
on the opponent's face was very visible. Drawing the endgame of opposite
coloured bishops will be an easy task after nearly falling apart in the
middlegame.} Kf5 (44... Bd5 45. Ba5 Be4 46. c3 Kf5 47. Kf2 Ke6 48. g3 Kd5 49.
Ke3 $11) 45. Ba5 h5 46. g3 Ke4 47. Kf2 g5 48. c3 $1 g4 49. Bb4 Kd3 50. Ba5 Bf7
51. Bb4 Bg6 52. Ba5 Kc4 53. Ke3 Kb3 54. Kd2 Ka4 55. Bc7 a5 56. Bd8 b4 57. cxb4
axb4 58. Bf6 Kb3 59. Bg7 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
The Poisoned Pawn Variation is widely tested in computer games, but some brave
players are trying to master the labyrinth as humans.} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3
10. e5 h6 {The modern era of chess has favoured this line as opposed to the
immediate 10...dxe5.} 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 {
The great exception to the rule continues. White is diligently developing his
pieces while Black is only using his queen. The serious alternative 14...h3!?
is less tested, but does not change the general picture.} (14... h3 $5) 15. O-O
Nd7 16. Rbd1 $5 {For the sake of sanity only the games by humans in this
position are quoted. Negi's book on 6.Bg5 in the Najdorf variation has
introduced the cunning move 16.Rbd1!? to the general public as a special
suggestion of a promising line.} (16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Qe1 (17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qf3 Bd7)
(17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Qxd4 Kd8 {0-1 (39) Nisipeanu,L (2673)-Wojtaszek,R
(2711) Aix les Bains 2011}) 17... Nxf6 (17... h3 18. gxh3 Qe5 19. Qf2 Qc7 20.
Qe3 Qe5 21. Qg1 Nxf6 22. Rbe1 Qg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Rxf6 Bg7 25. Ne4 Ke7 26.
Ref1 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Bd7 {1/2 (40) Swiercz,D (2608)-Areshchenko,A (2701) Gorzow
Wielkopolski 2014}) 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qxh4 Be7 22. Qd4
Rg8 23. Ne5 Rg5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 f5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rbe1 {0-1 (43) Yu,Y
(2697)-Robson,R (2628) Las Vegas 2014}) (16. Qd3 $6 Qe5 17. Ne4 (17. Kh1 $2 h3)
(17. Rbd1 Nc5) 17... Nc5 $15) 16... h3 17. g3 (17. Bg4 $5) (17. Qd3 $5) 17...
Bb4 18. Qe3 Bxc3 19. Nxe6 Qe5 $6 $146 {[%mdl 4] Areschenko deserves great
credit for the willingness to take the risk and play the position for a win
with this new move. Accepting the sacrifice of the knight seems to be
dangerous, but White will actually have to settle for a draw.} (19... fxe6 $5
20. Qxe6+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc7 22. Qd6+ Kd8 23. f7 Bg7 24. Bg4 (24. f8=Q+ Bxf8 25.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxf8+ Kc7 27. Qd6+ Kd8 $11) 24... Qb5 25. f8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+
Bxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kd8 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30. Qd6+ Kd8 31. Qf8+ Kc7 {
1/2 (31) Czarnota,P (2523)-Moranda,W (2588) Poland 2015}) 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5
Bxe5 22. Nxa8 Nxf6 {Black will struggle to achieve complete equality. The
problems after the alternative capture of the f6-pawn with the bishop are not
an encouraging sign.} (22... Bxf6 $2 23. Bh5 $1 Kg7 24. Rd6 Rf8 25. Nb6 Bd4+
26. Rxd4 Nxb6 27. Bg4 $18) 23. Nb6 Kg7 (23... Be6 24. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 (24... Bc3
25. Rf3 $18) 25. Bxc4 Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rc8 27. Bf1 Bb8 28. Re2 Rc4 29. Bxh3 $16)
24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Rf5 Bb8 {With hindsight the whole bishop manoeuvre via a7
back to d4 makes a truly artificial impression. It should have stayed on a1-h8
diagonal in the first place, even though White would have enjoyed better
chances anyway.} (25... Bb2 $5 26. Bf1 (26. c4 Ba3 27. Kh1 Ne4 28. Rd7 Nd6 29.
Rf1 b6 30. Bg4 Rxc4 31. Be6 $16) 26... Ba3 27. Rd3 Bb2 28. Bxh3 Rxc2 29. Rf2
$16) 26. Rdf1 Ba7+ (26... Rxc2 27. Rxf6 Ba7+ 28. Kh1 Rxe2 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30.
Rxb7 Bf2 31. Rfb1 $16) 27. Kh1 Bd4 28. Bd3 Rc6 29. g4 Rc7 30. g5 $1 {An
excellent decision by Wei to trade the g-pawn opens up the position and
enables access to the black king.} hxg5 (30... Ng8 31. R1f3 $18) (30... Ng4 $2
31. R5f4 Nxh2 32. Kxh2 Be5 33. gxh6+ Kxh6 34. Kxh3 $18) 31. Rxg5+ Kf8 (31...
Kh6 32. Rg3 Be5 33. Rxh3+ Kg7 34. Rf5 $16) 32. Rg3 Nd5 (32... b5 33. Rxh3 Ng4
34. Rh4 Nf2+ 35. Kg2 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 $16) 33. Rxh3 Ne3 (33... Rd7
34. Rh4 Be5 35. Rf5 $16) 34. Rf4 $1 {The defender is fighting an exchange down
for no material compensation. All the white pieces are actively taking part in
the game.} Ba7 (34... Bb6 35. Rh6 Ba7 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kg8 38. Re4 $18)
35. Re4 Nd1 (35... Nxc2 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 38. Rc4+ $18) 36. Rh8+
Kg7 37. Rh7+ Kf8 (37... Kxh7 38. Rc4+ Kg7 39. Rxc7 Nf2+ 40. Kg2 Nxd3 41. cxd3
$18) (37... Kf6 38. Rf4+ Ke5 39. Rf5+ Kd4 40. Rhxf7 $18) 38. Rc4 $1 Bc5 (38...
Rd7 39. Bg6 Ne3 40. Rc8+ Ke7 41. Rxf7+ $18) (38... Rxc4 39. Bxc4 Ke7 40. Rxf7+
Kd6 41. Rxb7 $18) 39. Bg6 {An excellent performance by the Chinese player and
a true setback for any player, who is hoping to play for a win with Black in
this line.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg FINEC GM-A"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2008.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Bc5 {[%mdl 4] Both sides are dancing on rather thin ice in this line,
but for Black the situation is outright dangerous. The bishop move is winning
followers over the well analysed and greedy 15...Qxe5.} (15... Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5
17. Bg3) 16. Nxe6 (16. Be2 Qxe5 17. Bg3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6
Re8 21. O-O Nc6 22. Qf4 f6 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Bc7 b6 25. Bf4 Re7 26. Bxh6 gxh6 27.
Rxf6 Rg7 28. Qf4 Rg6 29. Rxg6 (29. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qxe6 $18)
29... Kxg6 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Qf6+ {1/2 Chirila,I 
(2423)-Salgado Lopez,I (2460)/Kemer 2007}) 16... Bb4+ (16... Bxe3 17. Nc7+ Kf8
18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxc8 $16)
17. c3 Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O (18... Qxe5 $2 19. Bg3 $18) 19. Rd6 {It seems logical
to pester Black with active moves searching for the maximum impact of the
white pieces.} (19. Be2 Nc6 20. O-O Qxe5 21. Bc4 Qh5 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. Rd5 f5 24.
Rdxf5 Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng5+ hxg5 27. Bd3 Nde5 28. Bxf5+ Bxf5 29. Qxg5 Rf8
$17 {0-1 Berg,E (2593)-Najer,E (2635)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007 (70)}) 19... Qxe5
20. Bc4 Nc6 $2 {This natural developing move fails to solve the biggest
problem of the enemy's extreme activity. The only playable move seems to be 20.
..Qh5!} (20... Re8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Re6 23. O-O+ Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25.
Rxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Qf3+ {1-0 Nesterovsky,A (2200)-Alexikov,A (2392)/
Petach Tikva 2008}) (20... Qh5 $1 21. Bg3 (21. Bf6 Nxf6 22. Rxf6 Nc6 23. O-O
Be6 $17) 21... Nc6 22. O-O Nde5 $13) 21. O-O Qh5 22. Bf6 $3 {A beautiful idea
that belongs in the texbook about piece play. The bishop uses a forbidden
square in order to get closer to the black king.} Nxf6 (22... Re8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Rxf7+ $18) (22... Nde5 23. Qg3 Bg4 24. Bd5 $16) 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rfxf6 {
Sjugirov will have no problems proving that the white pieces will roll over
the black king because of the number black pieces which are hardly in the game.
} Ne5 (24... Bf5 25. Rxh6 (25. Qg3+ Qg5 (25... Kh7 $2 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27. Bd3 $18
) 26. Qxg5+ hxg5 27. Rxf5 Rfd8 28. Rg6+ Kh8 29. Rgxg5 Rd1+ 30. Kf2 Rd4 31. Bd5
Nxb4 32. Rf6 Rh4 33. Bxb7 $14) 25... Qg4 26. Rh3 Qg7 27. Rg3 Bg4 28. Qf4 Ne5
29. Rd5 Rfc8 30. Bb3 $16) 25. Rxh6 Nxc4 26. Qe7 (26. Qe7 Bg4 (26... Qg4 27.
Rh8+ Kxh8 28. Qxf8+ Kh7 29. Rh6#) 27. Rxh5 Bxh5 28. Rh6 Bg6 29. Qf6 Bh7 30. Qh4
Bg6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Bc5 $5 {As a chessplayer Najer is nothing if not an original thinker.
He is constantly looking for independent solutions to opening and middlegame
problems. This supercharged position has mostly seen 15...Qxe5 with quite a
dangerous position for Black.} (15... Qxe5 16. Be2 (16. Bg3 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qb6 18.
Be2 (18. Bd3 Be7 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bd6 Nf6 21. O-O Qd8 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. Qg3 Nxe4
24. Bxe4 Qd6 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Rbd1 {1-0 Fier,A (2526)-Fusco,L (2251)/Buenos
Aires 2007/ (30)}) 18... Be7 19. O-O O-O 20. Rb1 Qd8 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxe6 Qa5
23. Nc7 Ne5 24. Nxa8 Nbc6 25. Nb6 Bg4 $17 {1/2 Docx,S (2359)-Roeder,M (2456)/
Belgium 2006/ (34)'}) 16... Bc5 17. Bg3 (17. O-O Nc6 18. c3 O-O 19. Bg3 Bxd4 (
19... Qd5 $5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 $13) 20. cxd4 Qa5 21. Bd6 $13) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4
Qa5+ 19. Rd2 O-O 20. Bd6 Nc6 $5 (20... Rd8 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. Be5 Qg6 (22... Nxe5
$2 23. Rxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd6 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qa5+ 26. Kf1 Qxd8 27. Rg1 g5 28. h4 $16)
23. Qh4 Nc6 {0-1 Motylev,A (2647)-Anand,V (2779)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/ (31)}) (
20... Re8 $5 21. O-O f5 $2 (21... Nc6 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Qf4 f6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24.
Bc7 b6 $13) 22... f5 23. Qg6 Qd8 24. Bh5 Re7 $13) 22. Qg3 $6 (22. Bh5 $1 Rd8
23. Qg3 fxe4 24. Rf7 Qg5 $8 25. Be5 $1 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Nxe5 27. Rxd8+ Kh7 28.
Rff8 g6 29. Rxc8 gxh5 30. Rxb8) 22... Nc6 (22... fxe4 23. Qg6 Rd8 24. Rf7 Qc3
25. Bg4 Nc6 26. Rdf2 e3 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. c3 Qxc3 29. Bxe6 $18) 23. Qg6 Qd8 24.
Bc4 Kh8 $1 25. Ng5 Qxg5 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Qxe6 (27. Bxe6 $2 Nf6 28. Qxc8 Rxc8
29. Bf4 Qg6 30. Bxc8 Ne4 $17) (27. Bf4 $1 Qg6 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxe6 Nf6 30.
Bc4 $14) 27... Nf6 {1/2 Shirov,A (2720)-Ftacnik,L (2582)/Germany 2007 (59)})
21. Bxf8 (21. O-O Qb6 $5 (21... f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 b5 24. Bf3 Bd7 25.
Nxf5 exf5 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Bxc6 Rd8 28. Bxd7 {1-0 Shirov,A-Gouliev,N/
Calatrava/2007/})) 21... Nxf8 (21... Kxf8 22. O-O Qb6 $4 23. Rxf7+ $1 Kg8 24.
Rxg7+ {1-0 Luther,T-Ftacnik,L/Germany/2007/}) 22. O-O Bd7 (22... e5 $5 23. Nd6
f6 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxb7 Nd4 $13) (22... Qe5 $6 23. Qf2 $1 f5 24.
Nd6 $36) (22... Nd7 23. Nd6 Nde5 24. c4 Qb4 25. c5 f5 $13) 23. Nd6 Ne5 $1 (
23... Nd8 24. Nc4 $1 Qc7 25. Qb6 Rc8 (25... Qc6 $2 26. Rfd1 $1 $18) 26. Qxc7
Rxc7 27. Ne5 Nc6 28. Nxf7 Ng6 $14) (23... Qe5 24. Qf2 $1 f6 25. Nxb7 $14) 24.
Nxb7 Qc7 25. Nd6 {1-0 Anand,V (2779)-Van Wely,L (2683)/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (41)})
(15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Be2 Bb4+ 18. c3 Ba3 19. O-O O-O 20. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6
21. exf6 Bc5 22. Rd4 e5 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg3+ Kh7 25. Rf6 Bxd4+ (25... Qd5 26.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 27. Bf6 $1 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 $1 $18) 26. cxd4 Qc1+ 27. Rf1 $16) 16. Nxe6
Bb4+ $1 (16... Bxe3 $2 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Nxd5 Bg5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21.
e6 $1 fxe6 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Nxc8 Nc5 (23... Rxc8 24. Rxd7 $18) 24. Nb6 Ke7 25.
Be2 $16) (16... Qxe6 17. Qxc5 $1 Nc6 18. Qa3 Qxe5 19. Bd3 Qa5+ (19... f5 20.
O-O fxe4 21. Bxe4 $18) 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Bf5 $18) 17. c3 Qxe6 18.
cxb4 O-O 19. Be2 Nc6 {Black is in no hurry to grab the e5-pawn. Developing the
knight also puts additional pressure on the b4 weakness.} (19... Qxe5 20. Bg3
Qe6 21. Rd6 Qf5 22. Rf1 $14) 20. O-O Qxe5 (20... Nxb4 21. Rd6 Qxe5 22. Bc4 Nc6
23. Qf3 $40) 21. Bc4 (21. Bg3 Qe6 22. Rf4 (22. Rd6 Qe7 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Bd6
Qe6 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17) 22... Nde5 23. Nc5 Qe7 $13) 21... Qh5 {Black combines
defence with attack on the white pieces in order to speed up the process of
piece coordination.} 22. Qg3 (22. Bg3 Nde5 $15) 22... Kh7 (22... Nce5 $2 23.
Bf6 Ng4 24. Be7 $16) 23. Rd5 f5 (23... Qg6 24. Ng5+ (24. Bd3 Qxg3 25. Bxg3 Kg8
$17) 24... hxg5 25. Bd3 gxh4 26. Bxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxh4+ Kg8 28. Qc4 Rxf1+ 29.
Kxf1 Kh7 30. Qh4+ $11) 24. Rdxf5 $5 {Berg was facing an unenviable task of
finding compensation for his material investment in the face of expanding
enemy forces.} (24. Qf2 Qg6 25. Nd6 Nde5 $17) 24... Rxf5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng5+
hxg5 $1 {Najer wants to fight, as he will get enough material for his queen.} (
26... Kh8 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Ng5+) (26... Kg6 $2 27. Qd6+ $18) 27. Bd3 Nde5 28.
Bxf5+ Bxf5 29. Qxg5 Rf8 30. Be1 (30. Bg3 Rf7 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33.
Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qd5 Re7 $17) 30... Rf6 31. Qh5+ (31. Bc3 Nf3+ 32. gxf3 Rg6 $19)
31... Kg8 32. Bc3 Rf7 33. h3 {The medium term prospects for Berg are not
promising, since Black has too many pieces and a plan to improve their
coordination.} (33. h4 Ng4 34. Qg5 Rd7 35. Kf1 Bd3+ 36. Kg1 Be2 $19) 33... Nd3
34. Qg5 Be4 35. Qg4 Nf4 36. Bxg7 $1 {A dream solution for White would have
been the elimination of all the pawns on the board. The exchange combination
serves a good purpose.} (36. g3 Bf3 37. Qc8+ Rf8 38. Qxb7 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nxc3 $19
) 36... Rxg7 37. Qxf4 Bxg2 38. Kh2 Bd5 39. h4 Bf7 40. Qf5 Bg6 41. Qe6+ (41.
Qd5+ $1 Kh7 42. b5 axb5 43. Qxb5 Re7 $17) 41... Kh7 42. h5 $2 {[%mdl 1024] The
decisive moment in a tough fight. White tries to be smart with chances for
perpetual check, but the black king will find a way to dance out.} (42. Qd6 Rf7
43. Kg3 Re7 $17) 42... Bxh5 43. Qf5+ Kh6 (43... Bg6 $2 44. Qh3+ Kg8 45. Qc8+)
44. Qf6+ Rg6 45. Qf4+ (45. Qh8+ Kg5 46. Qc3 Bg4 $19) 45... Rg5 46. Qf6+ Bg6 47.
Qh8+ Bh7 48. Qf6+ Kh5 $1 {Brave, original but also the best way to dance out
of the corner.} (48... Rg6 49. Qf4+ Kg7 50. Qc7+) 49. Qh8 (49. Qf7+ Bg6 50.
Qxb7 Ne5 $19) 49... Kg4 50. Qc8+ (50. Qxh7 Rh5+ $19) 50... Kf4 51. Qxb7 Ne5 52.
Qc7 {From now on Berg will be hanging on the brink, Black is close to perfect
coordination.} (52. Qxa6 $2 Nf3+ $19) (52. Qxh7 Nf3+ 53. Kh3 Rg3#) 52... Be4
53. Qc1+ (53. Qd6 Rh5+ 54. Kg1 Kg3 55. Kf1 Bf3 56. Ke1 Rh1+ 57. Kd2 Rd1+ $19)
53... Kg4 54. Qc8+ Rf5 55. Kg1 (55. Qg8+ Kf3 56. Qg2+ Ke3 57. Qg1+ Rf2+ 58. Kg3
Nd3 $19) 55... Bd3 56. Kg2 {It is anything but easy to break White's spirited
defence.} (56. Qg8+ Rg5 57. Qd8 Kh3+ 58. Kf2 Rg2+ 59. Ke3 Re2+ 60. Kd4 Nc6+ 61.
Kxd3 Nxd8 62. Kxe2 Nc6 $19) 56... Bf1+ 57. Kg1 Bc4 58. Kg2 Bf1+ 59. Kg1 Bb5 60.
Kg2 Bc6+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 $1 {Najer would not have minded winning without
spectacular sacrifices, but it is proving necessary to play wih flair.} 62.
Qg8+ (62. Qxf5 Nf3+ 63. Kf1 (63. Kh1 Nh4+ $19) 63... Bb5+ $19) 62... Kf3 (62...
Ng4 63. Qe6 Re5 64. Qd6 Bd5 65. Qc7 Kf3 $19) 63. Qb3+ Kg4 64. Qg8+ Rg5 65. Qb3
Kf4+ 66. Kf2 Rg2+ 67. Kf1 Rg3 68. Qe6 Bb5+ 69. Ke1 (69. Kf2 Nd3+ 70. Kf1 Nc5+
$19) 69... Re3+ 70. Kd1 Ba4+ {Finally the white queen has managed to land on
the square of her demise. A great performance by both players!} (70... Ba4+ 71.
Kc1 Nd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.08"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
{[%mdl 4] This relatively rare idea is gaining a following. ChessBase covered
the trend in an opening article in CBM 133. The white queen is hoping for a
more active role, from d3 it can access the g6, g3 and h3 squares very quickly.
} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 (10. Be2 $6 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. a4 Qc7
14. Rf3 h6 15. Rh3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg5 20.
Qe2 O-O $17 {Nieuwenhuis,P-Nunn,J (2585)/Utrecht/1986/}) 10... Be7 11. fxe6 (
11. Be2 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6) 12. fxe6) 11... fxe6 12.
Be2 Qa5 {Grischuk is taking the risk and avoids complications after the more
natural development of his queenside knight.} (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bh5+
$1 (14. e5 $6 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd2 (17. O-O e4 18. Qh3 f5
19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxe4 Qxc2 22. Bf3 {Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Gavrikov,
V (2570)/London/1985/} Rg7 $1 $17 {Gavrikov}) 17... Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8
20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Qd8 22. Ne4 f5 23. Bf7 Qf8 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Be8 a5 26. Bxc6
Ba6 27. Rf2 Rd8 {0-1, Nunn,J (2585)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Brussels/1986/}) (14. Bd2
Qc5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5 17. O-O O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8
21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf2 $44 {Negi,P 
(2538)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2006/}) (14. O-O Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
Bg4 Rg8 17. Bh3 Rg5 18. Ne2 Rb5 19. Rbd1 Rc5 20. Kh1 Qb5 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Nf4
Qc4 23. Rb1 Rb5 24. Rb3 Kf7 25. a4 Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qc5 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Qh3 Qxe4
$2 {Gashimov,V (2644)-Areshchenko,A (2641)/Lausanne/ 2006/} (28... Rh8 $11 {/\}
29. Bh5+ Kg7 30. Bg4 Kf7 $11) 29. Bh5+ $1 Kg7 (29... Kf8 30. Bg6 $1 hxg6 31.
Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Bf8 34. Nxg6 $18) (29... Kg8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31.
Ng6+ $18) 30. Qg4+ Kh6 $8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Be8 $1 $18) 14... Nxh5 $1 (14... g6
$2 15. e5 $1 Nd5 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exd6 Qxh5 19. dxe7 Qh4+ 20. g3
Qxe7 21. O-O Rf8 22. Ne4 $16 {Mamedov,R (2617)-Kokarev,D (2579)/EU-ch Plovdiv/
2008/}) 15. Bxe7 Nf4 (15... Kxe7 $4 16. Nd5+ $18) 16. Qd4 (16. Qg3 $5 e5 17.
Rd1 $44 {is worth a try}) 16... e5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf2 Nf4 20.
Bd6 Ng6 21. h4 h5 {Black has put up a heroic defence and his chances were
close to being equal in Huschenbeth,N (2453)-Bracker,F (2253)/Hamburg/2008/}
22. Kg3 Bg4 23. Rb7 Rd8 24. Bc5 Rd7 25. Rhb1 Nf8 $5 $132) 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 {
Black can be assaulted from different anglers in this line and the new theory
is only just taking shape. The advance of the g-pawn is trying to radically
benefit from White's development advantage.} (14. O-O O-O 15. Qc4 Qd7 $1 (15...
Qxc4 $6 16. Bxc4 Kf7 17. g4 (17. Na4 $5)) 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 $6 (17. Be3 $5 {
/\} Nc6 18. Na4 $132 {/=/+}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 b5 (18... Nc6 $1 $17) (18...
Bc5 19. Be3 b5 $36 {/\} 20. dxe6 Qa7 $17) 19. Be2 (19. Nxe6 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 bxc4
21. Qxc4 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc5 $17) 19... Bc5 20. Kh1 $1 exd5 (20... Bxd4 $6 21.
Qb4 $11) 21. Be3 Nc6 (21... Re8 $142 $5 $17) 22. Ne6 $5 Qxe6 (22... Bxe3 $5 23.
Nxf8 Qd6 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Bc5 27. Nc7 Ra7 $19) (
24. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 25. c4 Nd4 (25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nf6 27. Qxe3 Qxf8 28. Qb6 $15)
26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Rxf5 bxc4 28. Rxd5 cxd3 29. Rxd6 dxe2 30. Nd7 Re8 $19) 24...
axb5 25. Qxe3 Qxf8 26. Bxb5 $15 {/-/+}) 23. Bxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 Bb7 $5 (24... Na5
25. Qb4 Nc4 26. Bd4 $132) 25. a4 (25. Rbd1 Rac8 $36) (25. Nxd5 Na5 26. Qb4 Bxd5
27. Qxa5 $15) 25... Na5 26. Qb4 Nc4 {1-0 Gashimov,V (2703)-Grischuk,A (2719)/
Elista 2008 (64)}) (14. Qh3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bh5+ Nxh5 17. Qxh5+ g6 18.
Qh6 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. O-O Rf8 21. Rb3 {Bezgodov,A (2543)-Najer,E (2600)/
RUS-ch Elista/2001/} Qxe4 22. Re3 Qh4 23. Ref3 Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Ke7 25. g4 Bb5 $1
$17) 14... h6 (14... h5 $6 15. g5 Ng4 16. Qh3 $1 Qc5 17. Bxg4 Qxd4 18. Bxe6 Nd7
19. Rf1 Kd8 20. Nd5 Qxe4+ 21. Kd1 Nb6 22. Bxc8 Qxd5 23. Be6 Qd4 24. Qd3 $1 {
1-0 Lastin,A (2625)-Kokarev,D (2510)/St Petersburg 2002/}) 15. Qh3 (15. e5 dxe5
16. Qg6+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. g5 Ne8 19. O-O Nd4 20. gxh6 Nxe2+ 21.
Nxe2 gxh6 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Rbd1 Bd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Bxh8 Qxh8 27.
Nfd4 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N (2607)-Safarli,E (2564)/Baku 2009}) 17. Nf3 Bd7 18.
g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bf7 $6 (20... Kg8 $5 $13) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rg1 {
1-0, Radjabov,T (2663)-Rowson,J (2577)/Calvia olm/2004/ (31)} Kf8 23. Qg6 Rxh2
24. Qxg7+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Kd7 26. Rf1 Nc6 27. Rxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Re8 $11) 15...
Rh7 $146 {The new champion of Russia is not afraid of playing unorthodox moves.
Pushing the rook to h7 tries hard to address the problem of the g-pawn advance,
but it is not a perfect solution.} (15... g5 16. Rf1 Kf7 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxc6
Qxc6 19. h4 Rg8 20. a4 Bd7 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. e5 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 dxe5 24. Rxb7 Ke8
(24... Rac8 $5) 25. Rb6 Ra7 26. Kd1 Bd8 27. a5 $44 {Fleischanderl,F (2264)
-Lorentzen,O (2318)/corr/2004/}) 16. Rf1 {Gashimov did not find the courage
for the radical and spirited tactical solution, when both sides would have to
tiptoe around some mines.} (16. g5 $1 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 (17... Qd7 $2 18. Qxh7
Nxh7 19. Bh5+ $18) 18. Qf5 Bxe6 19. Qxe6 Rh4 20. Bd3 Qd7 21. Qb3 Nc6 22. Qxb7
Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Nd8 24. Rb6 $16) 16... Nc6 17. Nxc6 (17. Qe3 Bd7 $17) 17... Qxc6
18. e5 (18. Qd3 Rh8 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Be3 $44) 18... dxe5 19. Bd3 $1 {White is
rightly insisting on benefiting from the oddly placed rook.} (19. Qd3 e4 20.
Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rxf6 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Bxf6 23. Bxh7 e5 $15) 19... e4 {The defender
must try to limit the demage as a general retreat would be very dangerous.} (
19... Rh8 20. g5 Nd7 21. Ne4 $36) 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ (21. Qe3 $5 Bh4+ 22.
Ke2 e5 23. Bxe4 Bxg4+ 24. Rf3 Qf6 25. Bxh7 Bg5 26. Bg6+ Qxg6 27. Qxe5+ Be7 28.
Rxb7 Bxf3+ 29. Kxf3 Qc6+ 30. Qe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kxe4 O-O-O 32. Rxe7 Rxd2 33. Rxg7
Rxc2 34. Rg6 Rxh2 35. Rxa6 $11) 21... Kd7 22. Rd1 (22. Qe5 Nxd2 23. Kxd2 Bd6
24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Qh5 g6 26. Bxg6 Rxf7 27. Bxf7+ Ke7 $19) 22... Rh8 (22... Qd5
23. Rf7 Qxh5 24. gxh5 Nd6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bxh7 Nf5 27. Bc3 $11) (22... Nxd2
23. Bxh7 Bg5 24. Qf7+ Kd6 25. Qf8+ Kc7 26. Rxd2 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 $11) 23. Bf4 $4
{The tragedy of the critical moment in very complex positions! White has
played with great courage and imagination, but now he misses the right path.
Black would still have to defend very carefully after the correct move: 23.
Rf7!.} (23. Rf7 $1 Nd6 (23... Nc3 24. Qe5 Nxd1 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qxg7+ Kd8 (
26... Kd6 27. Bb4+ Kd5 28. c4+ $18) 27. Qxh8+ Kd7 28. Qg7+ Kd8 29. Ba5+ b6 30.
Qd4+ Kc7 31. Be4 Qd6 32. Qxd6+ Kxd6 33. Bb4+ Kc7 34. Bxa8 Ne3 35. Bd2 Nxg4 36.
h3 Nf6 37. Bxh6 $14) 24. Bb4 Nxf7 (24... Rf8 25. Bxd6 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Qc3+ 27.
Ke2 Kxd6 28. Bf5+ Kc7 29. Qxe7+ Kb8 30. Be4 g5 $11) 25. Qxf7 Kc7 26. Qxe7+ Kb8
27. Bd6+ Ka7 28. Bc5+ $11) 23... Bb4+ $1 24. c3 (24. Ke2 Nc3+ 25. Kf2 Qc5+ $19)
24... Nxc3 25. Bd2 (25. Qf7+ Kd8 26. Rd2 Nd5 27. Qxg7 Qc3 $19) 25... Qd5 (25...
Qd6 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1 Qxd3 28. Qe5 a5 29. Bxc3 Kb6 $19) 26. Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1
(27. Qxd5+ exd5 28. Rc1 d4 $19) 27... Kb6 {A very human retreat at a highly
charged moment. Even players with ratings well over 2700 are not confident
enough when calculating the complex lines beginning with 27...Qxd3.} (27...
Qxd3 28. Qe5 a5 (28... Qd5 29. Rxc3+ Kb6 30. Qe3+ Kb5 31. Qe2+ Ka4 32. Rf4 Qh1+
33. Rf1 Qd5 34. Rf4 $11) 29. Bxc3 Kb6 30. a3 Bxc3+ 31. Rxc3 Qd5 32. Qe3+ Ka6
33. Qe2+ b5 34. a4 Rb8 35. Rfc7 Rd8 $19) 28. Be3+ (28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Bxc3 Rd8 (
29... Qxd3 $4 30. Ba5+ Kc6 31. Rc7+ Kd6 32. Qc5#) 30. Qxd5 exd5 $17) (28. Bxc3
Qxd3 29. Bxb4 Qe4+ 30. Kf1 Qxb4 $19) 28... Ka5 29. a3 Ka4 $1 {The key move of
the whole mad run of the black king to the kingside. I can recall only one
legendary game Kasparov-Topalov, Wijk 1999 where the black king was dragged
from c8 all the way to d1 and finally to e1, only to die there.} (29... Qxh5 $2
30. axb4+ Kxb4 31. gxh5 $16) 30. axb4 (30. Qxd5 Nxd5+ 31. axb4 Nxe3 $19) 30...
Qxd3 31. Qa5+ Kb3 32. Rxc3+ {There is no justice in chess! Black is playing
with a limited number of pieces, but his king survives and he even wins the
game.} (32. Kf2 Qe2+ 33. Kg3 Qxe3+ 34. Rf3 Qxc1 $19) 32... Qxc3+ 33. Bd2 b6 34.
Qxb6 (34. Qh5 Qd3 $19) 34... Qe5+ 35. Kd1 Bb7 {Grischuk has decided to finally
use his immense reserve firepower. Sacrificing the bishop was not necessary as
the centralisation of the queen would bring about a clean sweep.} (35... Qe4 $1
36. b5 a5 $19) 36. Qxb7 (36. Rxb7 Rhd8 37. b5 a5 38. Re7 Rd6 39. Qc7 Rad8 40.
Qc2+ Ka3 41. Qc1+ Qb2 $19) 36... Rhd8 37. Rf3+ Ka2 38. Rf2 Kb1 {The king has
reached its destination unharmed. The mobilisation of the second rook will
decide things on the spot.} 39. Qf3 (39. Re2 Qd4 40. Qe4+ Qxe4 41. Rxe4 Rac8
$19) 39... Rac8 40. Qb3+ Qb2 41. Qxb2+ (41. Qe3 Qc1+ 42. Ke2 Rxd2+ 43. Qxd2 Rc2
$19) 41... Kxb2 {A very interesting game with a fascinating trip by the black
king.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 07th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 Ra7 20. O-O Rd7
21. Qe3 Qxa2 (21... Rf7 22. Rxf6 $5 Rxf6 23. Qxe5 Qxa2 $5 (23... Rhf8 $2 24.
Bxh5+ Ke7 (24... Kd7 25. Rd3+ $18) 25. Rb7+ $1 Bd7 26. Qc5+ Kd8 27. Rb8+ Kc7
28. Qe5#) (23... Ke7 24. Rd3 $1 c5 (24... Kf7 25. Qc7+) 25. Qxc5+ Kf7 26. Bxh5+
Rxh5 $8 27. Qxh5+ Ke7 28. Qc5+ Kf7 29. Qc7+ Kg6 30. Rg3+ Kf5 31. Qc5+ e5 32.
Qxc8+ $18) (23... Rfh6 24. Qc7 $1 Bd7 25. Qd6 $1 Bc8 26. Bf3 $1 Bd7 (26... Qxc4
27. Bxc6+ Kf7 28. Rf3+ Kg6 29. Qg3+ Qg4 30. Be4+ $1 Kg7 31. Qc7+ $18) 27. Rb8+
Kf7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 29. Qd4+ e5 30. Qd6+ Kf5 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8+ Kg5 33. h4+
$18) (23... O-O 24. Qg5+ $1 Kh7 (24... Kf7 25. Bxh5+ Ke7 26. Qc5+ Kd7 27. Qa7+
Kd6 $8 28. Rd3+ Ke5 29. Qe3+ Kf5 30. g4#) 25. Qxh5+ Rh6 26. Bd3+ Rf5 27. Bxf5+
exf5 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Qd8+ Kh7 32. Qc7+ Kh8 33. Qxc8+
$18)) 22. Rxf6 Qa1+ 23. Bf1 Qd4 (23... Rg7 24. Rb8 $40) 24. Rxe6+ Kd8 25. Rxc6
Rf8 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Be2 $14 h4 $2 (27... Kd7) 28. Rb8 Kd7 29. Rc5 Re4 30. Bf3
Ref4 31. h3 e4 32. Bg4+ Rxg4 33. hxg4 e3 34. Re5 Rf4 35. c5 Rxg4 36. Rb6 Rc4 (
36... h3 37. Rd6+ Kc7 38. Re7+ Kb8 39. Rb6+ Ka8 40. Re8 Rxg2+ 41. Kh1 e2 42.
Rxc8+ Ka7 43. Rc7+ Ka8 44. Re6 $18) 37. Rb3 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Kc6 39. Rbxe3 Rc2 40.
Re2 Rxe2 41. Rxe2 Bd7 42. Rd2 a5 43. Rd6+ Kc7 44. Ra6 a4 45. Ra7+ Kc8 46. Kg1
Bb5 (46... h3 47. gxh3 Bxh3 48. Rxa4 Kb7 49. Rh4 Bd7 50. Rh6 $18) 47. Rh7 Bd3
48. Rxh4 Bc2 49. Rc4 Bb3 50. Rc3 Be6 51. Kf2 Kc7 52. Ke3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Slovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 14. a3 b5 15.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 Qd5 (17... Qxg2 $2 18. O-O-O Bb7 19. Qd7+ Kf8
20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Bh5 $40) (17... Bb7 $5 18. Nc5 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qxd6 (19... Qc3+ $6
20. Kf2 Rd8 21. Nd7 f5 22. Rd3 $40) 20. Rxd6 Nd8 21. Rb6 Bxg2 22. Rxb8 Bxh1 23.
Nxa6 Rg8 $11) 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O Ne7 (19... Be6 20. Bf3 $14) 20. Rhe1 (20.
Bf3 O-O 21. Rhe1 $1 Re8 22. Bxd5 Bg4 23. Rd3 $14 Nxd5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxd5
Re1+ 26. Kb2 Re2 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kg7 29. Nf1 $1 Kg6 30. Ne3 $16 {/\
Kc3-d4}) 20... O-O (20... Be6 21. Bf3 O-O $1 (21... Rg8 22. Nd4 Rb6 23. f5 Bc8
24. Rd3 Kd8 25. g4 Bb7 26. Kd2 $14 {Lanc-Novikov/Camaguey/1987/}) 22. g4 $1 (
22. Nc5 Rb6 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Rxe7 Be6 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc8 $11) (22. Nd4
Rb6 23. g4 f5 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 22... f5 23. gxf5
Nxf5 24. Bxd5 (24. Nc5 $5 Rbe8 (24... Ne7 25. f5 Nxf5 26. Bxd5 Bc8 27. Re5 Rb6
28. Rf1 Ng7 {1-0 Nunn,J-Stohl,I/BL 9596/1995 (40)}) 25. Re5 $1 $14 {/\ Rde1}
Nh4 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Rexd5 $16) 24... Rbe8 $1 (24... Rb6 $2 25. Nc5 $1 (25.
Nc5 $1 Bc8 26. Bb3 $1 $16) 25... Bc8 26. Bb3 $1 $16) 25. Bxe6 (25. Bb7 $5 Bc8
26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Re5 Nh4 $1 $14) (25. Nc5 $6 Bxd5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxd5 Ne3
28. Rg5+ Kf8 29. Nxa6 Nc4 $13) (25. Bxe6 $6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Nc5 Ne3 {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Gelfand,B (03)/Wijk cm1/1994 (36)/}) 25... Rxe6 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Nc5 Ne3 28. Nxe6 Rc8 29. Rg1+ Kf7 30. Ng5+ Kf6 31. Ne4+ Ke6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee (m3) 59/302 1994 (36)}) 21. Bxb5 (21. Bf3 Be6 (
21... Rb7 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Be6 24. Rd6 Bxb3 25. cxb3 Rc8+ 26. Kb1 Rc3 27.
Kb2 Rbc7 28. Re2 R3c6 $14)) 21... Ng6 (21... Rxb5 22. Rxe7 Rd8 23. Rde1 $14)
22. Bc6 (22. Ba4 $5 Bg4 (22... Nxf4 23. g3 Ng6 (23... Ng2 24. Re2 Bg4 25. Rxg2
Bxd1 26. Kxd1 $16) 24. Rxd5 Be6 25. Rd6 Rfc8 26. Nd4 Ne5 $14) 23. Rd4 Rfc8 24.
h3 Be6 25. g4 f5 $13) 22... Nxf4 23. Rd4 (23. g3 Rb6 24. Nd4 Ne6 25. Bxd5 Nxd4
26. Rxd4 Be6 $14) (23. Rf1 Rb6 24. Nd4 Ne2+ $1 $11) 23... Rb6 $1 24. Na5 (24.
Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 $11) 24... Ne6 25. Rxd5 (25. Rg4+ $2 Kh8 26. Bxd5 Nc7
27. Rd4 Rb5 $19) (25. Rb4 Rxb4 26. axb4 d4 $11) 25... Nd8 $1 26. Ba4 (26. Ba8
Rb8) (26. Be8 Nb7 27. Nxb7 (27. Nc4 $2 Re6) 27... Bxb7 28. Rd8 Kh8 29. Rb8 Re6
30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb7 Rxe8 32. Ra7 e5 33. Rxa6 f5 $132) (26. Rc5 Nxc6 27. Nc4
Rb5 28. Rxc6 Be6 $132) 26... Nb7 $1 27. Nxb7 (27. Nc4 Re6 $14) 27... Bxb7 28.
Rd4 Re6 $1 (28... f5 29. Rb4 $1 Rxb4 30. axb4 Rc8 31. Bb3 Be4 32. Kb2 $16) 29.
Rf1 (29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Bb3 Re8 31. Rb4 (31. g4 Kf7 32. Rd6 Bc8 $132) 31... Bc8
32. Rb6 Kf7 33. Bc4 Rg8 $132) 29... Re4 $5 (29... Kg7 30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Bb3 Rd6
$14) (29... Re2 30. g3 (30. Rg4+ Kh8 31. Rxf6 Bxg2 32. Kd1 Re6 33. Rxe6 Bf3+
$11) (30. Rxf6 Rxg2 31. Bb3 Rxh2 32. Rd7 Be4 $11) 30... Rxh2 31. Rxf6 $14) 30.
Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxf6 Bxg2 32. Rxa6 f5 {Stubborn defence has enabled black to get
real counterplay at a cost of mere pawn. Zahe Verteidigung hat ermoglicht
Schwarz eine starke Gegenspiel zu bauen fur ein einziges Bauern.} 33. Bc6 (33.
Kd2 f4 34. Ke2 f3+ 35. Kf2 Rd8 36. Ra7 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 h5 (37... Bh1 38. Bb3+ Kh8
39. Rf7 h5 40. h3 Bg2 41. h4 Rd4 $132) 38. Bb3+ Kf8 39. Rh7 Bh1 $13) 33... Bxc6
34. Rxc6 f4 35. Kd2 (35. Re6 f3 36. Re1 Kg7 (36... Ra8 37. Kb2) 37. Rf1 Kg6 38.
Kd2 Kg5 39. Ke3 Kg4 40. Rg1+ Kh3 41. Rg3+ Kxh2 42. Rxf3 Ra8 43. Kd4 h5 $11)
35... f3 36. Ke1 Re8+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kf1 Re2 38. h4 Kg7 $14) 37... Re2+ 38. Kxf3
(38. Kg3 Kf7) 38... Rxh2 39. a4 (39. Kg3 Rh1 40. a4 Ra1 41. Rc4 Kf7) 39... Rh3+
40. Kg4 (40. Ke4 Rh4+ 41. Kd5 Rxa4 42. c4 Kg7 $11) 40... Ra3 41. Rc4 (41. Ra6
Kg7 42. a5 Rc3 $14) 41... Kf7 42. Kf5 h5 (42... Ke7 43. Ke5 h5 44. Kd5 Kf6 45.
Kc5 Kg5 46. Kb4 $14) 43. Ke5 (43. Kg5 Ke6 44. Kxh5 Kd5 45. Rg4 Rc3 $11) (43.
Rc7+ Ke8 44. Ke6 Kd8 45. Ra7 h4 46. Kd6 Kc8 47. c4 Kb8 48. Rh7 Rxa4 49. Rxh4
Ra6+ $11) 43... Kg6 44. Kf4 (44. Kf4 h4 45. c3 h3 46. Kg3 Kf5 47. Kxh3 Ke5 $11)
(44. Kd5 Kg5 45. Kc5 h4 46. Kb4 h3 47. Rc8 Ra1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
{White queen insists on occupying a more active square than the usual d2. The
line with Qd3 is gaining followers and our players have already tested the
waters in the past.} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 {
Black is using a huge amount of time for the placing of his queen. The logical
development of the knight to c6 introduces another critical variation.} (12...
Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bh5+ $1 (14. e5 $6 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17.
Qd2 (17. O-O e4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Nxe4 Qxc2 22. Bf3 {
Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Gavrikov,V (2570)/London/1985/} Rg7 $1 $17 {Gavrikov})
17... Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Qd8 22. Ne4 f5 23. Bf7
Qf8 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Be8 a5 26. Bxc6 Ba6 27. Rf2 Rd8 {0-1, Nunn,J (2585)
-Kasparov,G (2740)/Brussels/1986/}) (14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5 17. O-O
O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8 23. Bc4
Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf2 $44 {Negi,P (2538)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap d'Agde rpd/
2006/}) (14. O-O Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Rg8 17. Bh3 Rg5 18. Ne2 Rb5 19. Rbd1
Rc5 20. Kh1 Qb5 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Nf4 Qc4 23. Rb1 Rb5 24. Rb3 Kf7 25. a4 Rxb3 26.
cxb3 Qc5 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Qh3 Qxe4 $2 {Gashimov,V (2644)-Areshchenko,A (2641)/
Lausanne/ 2006/} (28... Rh8 $11 {/\} 29. Bh5+ Kg7 30. Bg4 Kf7 $11) 29. Bh5+ $1
Kg7 (29... Kf8 30. Bg6 $1 hxg6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Bf8 34. Nxg6
$18) (29... Kg8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ $18) 30. Qg4+ Kh6 $8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Be8
$1 $18) 14... Nxh5 $1 (14... g6 $2 15. e5 $1 Nd5 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18.
exd6 Qxh5 19. dxe7 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxe7 21. O-O Rf8 22. Ne4 $16 {Mamedov,R (2617)
-Kokarev,D (2579)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 15. Bxe7 Nf4 (15... Kxe7 $4 16. Nd5+
$18) 16. Qd4 (16. Qg3 $5 e5 17. Rd1 $44 {is worth a try}) 16... e5 17. Qxe5
dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf2 Nf4 20. Bd6 Ng6 21. h4 h5 {Huschenbeth,N (2453)
-Bracker,F (2253)/Hamburg/2008/} 22. Kg3 Bg4 23. Rb7 Rd8 24. Bc5 Rd7 25. Rhb1
Nf8 $5 $132) 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 {The logic of this aggressive idea is easy to
understand. White needs to use his chances before Black gets the chance to
consolidate his position and develop the pieces.} (14. O-O O-O 15. Qc4 Qd7 $1 (
15... Qxc4 $143 $6 16. Bxc4 Kf7 17. g4 $32 (17. Na4 $5)) 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 $6
(17. Be3 $5 {/\} Nc6 18. Na4 $132 {/=/+}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 b5 (18... Nc6 $1
$17) (18... Bc5 19. Be3 b5 $36 {/\} 20. dxe6 Qa7 $17) 19. Be2 (19. Nxe6 Qa7+
20. Kh1 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc5 $17) 19... Bc5 20. Kh1 $1 exd5 (20...
Bxd4 $6 21. Qb4 $11) 21. Be3 Nc6 {Now Black loses a part of his advantage.} (
21... Re8 $142 $5 $17 {prevents the following sortie.}) 22. Ne6 $5 Qxe6 (22...
Bxe3 $5 23. Nxf8 Qd6 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5 Bc5 27. Nc7
Ra7 $19) (24. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 25. c4 Nd4 (25... bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nf6 27. Qxe3 Qxf8
28. Qb6 $15) 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Rxf5 bxc4 28. Rxd5 cxd3 29. Rxd6 dxe2 30. Nd7 Re8
$19) 24... axb5 25. Qxe3 Qxf8 26. Bxb5 $15 {/-/+}) 23. Bxc5 Re8 24. Bf3 {
1-0 Gashimov,V (2703)-Grischuk,A (2719)/Elista 2008 (64)}) (14. Qh3 Nc6 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bh5+ Nxh5 17. Qxh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. O-O Rf8 21.
Rb3 {Bezgodov,A (2543)-Najer,E (2600)/RUS-ch Elista/2001/} Qxe4 22. Re3 Qh4 23.
Ref3 Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Ke7 25. g4 Bb5 $1 $17 {Tyomkin}) 14... h6 (14... h5 $6 15.
g5 Ng4 16. Qh3 $1 Qc5 17. Bxg4 Qxd4 18. Bxe6 Nd7 19. Rf1 Kd8 20. Nd5 Qxe4+ 21.
Kd1 Nb6 22. Bxc8 Qxd5 23. Be6 Qd4 24. Qd3 $1 {1-0 Lastin,A (2625)-Kokarev,D 
(2510)/St Petersburg 2002 1-0, Lastin,A (2625)-Kokarev,D (2510)/St Petersburg/
2002/}) 15. Qh3 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Nf3 Nc6 18. g5 Ne8 19.
O-O Nd4 20. gxh6 Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 gxh6 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Rbd1 Bd7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25.
Bxe5 Qf8 26. Bxh8 Qxh8 27. Nfd4 Qg7 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,N (2607)-Safarli,E (2564)/
Baku 2009}) 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Nxg5 Bf7 $6 (20... Kg8 $5
$13) (20... Qc8 21. Rg1 Kg8 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qg4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rh7 25. Ne4 Qxc2
{0-1 Kanarek,M (2393)-Swiercz,D (2474)/Warsaw 2010 (52)}) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rg1
$40 Bd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nc6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27. Rxf6+ gxf6 28.
Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rb3 {1-0, Radjabov,T (2663)-Rowson,J (2577)/Calvia olm/2004/ (31)
}) 15... O-O $146 {[%mdl 4] The theory of this variation is being created in
games by the top players. Grischuk won a spectacular game in January with the
iffy 15...Rh7, but has managed to do his homework. Castling of the black king
is highly desirable.} (15... g5 16. Rf1 Kf7 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. h4
Rg8 20. a4 Bd7 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. e5 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 dxe5 24. Rxb7 Ke8 (24... Rac8
$5) 25. Rb6 Ra7 26. Kd1 Bd8 27. a5 $44 {Fleischanderl,F (2264)-Lorentzen,O 
(2318)/corr/2004/}) (15... Rh7 16. Rf1 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bd3 e4
20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qh5+ Kd7 22. Rd1 Rh8 23. Bf4 Bb4+ 24. c3 Nxc3 25. Bd2 Qd5 26.
Rf7+ Kc6 27. Rc1 Kb6 28. Be3+ Ka5 29. a3 Ka4 30. axb4 Qxd3 {0-1 Gashimov,V 
(2759)-Grischuk,A (2736)/Bursa 2010 (41)}) 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 {
Both players must have analysed the consequences of the ambitious move 18.Qf5.
White admitts, that he has to bring more pieces into play in order to get some
chances.} (18. Qf5 Re8 (18... b5 19. Rg1 Rf7 20. Rf1 Qe8 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. Nxg7
Nxe4 23. Qxc8 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 Kxg7 $11) 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. Nxd8 Bxf5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6
22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. exf5 Nd4 24. Kd1 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Re5 $11) (18. O-O d5 19. exd5
Nxd5 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Bf3 Bxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 b5 25.
Bxg5 Nc6 $11) 18... g4 (18... Re8 19. Nd5 (19. Bxg5 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe7
Nc6 $17) 19... Bd8 20. Nxd8 Qxd5 21. Qxc8 (21. exd5 Bxh3 22. Nxb7 Bxf1 23. Kxf1
Ne4 $15) 21... Qxe4 22. Rf2 Qh1+ 23. Rf1 Qe4 $11) 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8+ (20.
Qxg4 $2 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Qc4+ $19) 20... Bxf8 21. Qxg4 Qd7 (21... Qe8 22. Nd5
Bxe6 $2 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ g6 25. Rxb7+ Nd7 26. Qf3 $18) 22. Nd5 Qxe6 {
The war against White's aggressive knights has some simple rules. Black needs
to survive the onslaught as the endgames should offer reasonable chances.} (
22... Qf7 23. Ndc7 b5 24. Qf4 Qxf4 25. Bxf4 Ra7 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Bxd6 Kf7 $14)
23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe6 (25. Be3 Bxa2 26. Bxa7 Bxb1 27. Bxb8 Bxc2
$19) 25... b5 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Bb4 Ke7 (27... Rd7 28. e5 Nc6 29. Bxd6+ Kf7 $11
) 28. e5 Nc6 29. exd6+ (29. Bxd6+ Ke6 30. a4 Rb7 $11) 29... Ke6 {Grischuk has
carried out his program and the endgame is just fine for him despite the loss
of a pawn.} 30. a4 (30. Bc5 Rf7 31. Rd1 Rf5 32. Bf2 Kd7 33. Bg3 Nb4 $11) 30...
Nxb4 31. Rxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4 Kxd6 {The reasons for playing out this equal
position on are not completely clear. Neither side can hope to get anything
real here.} 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Re7+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rxa6+ Kc5 37. Rxg6 Rd4+ 38.
Kc3 Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 Rc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m1"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wolff Chekhov} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 (9. Rb1 $5 {Chekhov}) 9... Nc6 (9... Qa3 $5 {
Chekhov} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O h5 13. Nb1 Qb4 14. Qe3 d5 15. exd5
Ne7 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Qd3 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 Bd6 19. Ne4 Bxf4 20. Nxf6+ Kf8 $1 21. Qc3
Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qxf2 23. Nd7+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ $10 {Peleshev,M-Odeev,H/corr/1988/
Inf 46/339/}) 10. Bxf6 (10. Bd3 {Chekhov} d5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Na4 Qa3 13. Nb6
d4 14. O-O Rb8 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Nc4 b5 17. a3 Qe7 18. Ncd2 h5 {Renet,O-Ftacnik,
L/Leon/1988/1:0 (62) Inf 45/303/} 19. Rf3 $5) 10... gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6
Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 (13... Qb4 $2 {Wolff} 14. c3) 14. a3 (14. Kf2 $6 {Chekhov} Be7
15. a3 b5 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 $1 $17 {Bratu,N-Marcinkilwicz,K/corr/1981/}) (14. O-O-O
$6 {Chekhov} Bd7 $1 15. Kb1 d5 16. c3 Ne5 17. fxe5 dxc4 $15 {Petrushin,
A-Ubilava,E/USSR/1979/0:1 (41) Inf 28/480/}) (14. Be2 {Chekhov} b5 (14... d5
15. exd5 exd5 16. Nb6 Qb4 17. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bg7 19. Ke3 $1 $14 {
Rodriguez,A-Marjanovic,S/JUG/1977/1:0 (64) Inf 23/512/}) 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16.
Qxd6 Qb4+ 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 $13 {Mrdja,M- Marjanovic,S/JUG/1977/}) 14... b5 15.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 Qd5 (17... Qxg2 $2 {Chekhov} 18. O-O-O Bb7 (
18... Qxe2 19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ $18) 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Bh5 $40)
18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O Ne7 (19... Be6 {Wolff} 20. Bf3 $14 {Boleslavsky}) 20.
Bf3 Be6 (20... O-O {Wolff} 21. Rhe1 $1 Re8 22. Bxd5 (22. Rxd5 Bb7 23. Rd3 Bxf3
24. Rxf3 Nd5 $1 $14 25. Rd1 $140 Nb6 {/\ Nc4}) 22... Bg4 23. Rd3 $14 Nxd5 24.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxd5 Re1+ (25... Be6 26. Rd6 Bxb3 27. cxb3 Re2 (27... Re6 28.
Rxe6 fxe6 29. g4 $1 Kf7 30. Kd2 Kg6 31. Ke3 $16) 28. Rxa6 Rxg2 29. Ra5 $16) 26.
Kb2 Re2 27. Rd2 (27. h3 Be6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. g4 Bxb3 $1 30. Kxb3 Re4 $10) 27...
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Kg7 29. Nf1 $1 Kg6 30. Ne3 $16 {/\ Kc3-d4}) 21. Rhe1 O-O $1 $146
(21... Rg8 22. Nd4 Rb6 23. f5 Bc8 24. Rd3 Kd8 25. g4 Bb7 26. Kd2 $14 {
Lanc-Novikov/Camaguey/1987/}) 22. g4 $1 (22. Nc5 Rb6 23. Nd7 Bxd7 24. Rxe7 Be6
25. Bxd5 (25. g4 {Wolff} f5 26. gxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxd5 Be6 $10) 25... Bxd5 26. Rxd5
Rc8 $10 (26... Rc6 $10)) (22. Nd4 Rb6 23. g4 f5 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26.
Rxd5 Be6 $10) 22... f5 23. gxf5 Nxf5 24. Bxd5 (24. Nc5 $5 Rbe8 25. Re5 $1 $14 {
/\ Rde1} (25. Nxa6 Ra8 26. Nc7 Rxa3 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Ra1+ 29. Kd2 Rxe1
30. Kxe1 Ne3 $10) 25... Nh4 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 (26... Ng6 $2 27. Nxe6 $1) 27. Rexd5
$16) 24... Rbe8 $1 (24... Rb6 $2 25. Nc5 $1 Bc8 (25... Bxd5 {Wolff} 26. Rxd5
Ng7 27. f5 $14) 26. Bb3 $1 $16) 25. Bxe6 $6 (25. Bb7 $5 Bc8 (25... Rb8 $2 26.
Nc5 $1 $16) (25... Bxb3 26. cxb3 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Nd6 $14) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Re5
Nh4 $1 $14) (25. Nc5 $6 {Chekhov} Bxd5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Rxd5 Ne3 (27... Re1+
28. Kd2 Rd1+ 29. Kxd1 Ne3+ 30. Kd2 Nxd5 31. Nxa6 f5 32. Nc5 Nxf4 33. Nb7 $14)
28. Rg5+ Kf8 29. Nxa6 Nc4 $13) 25... Rxe6 26. Rxe6 (26. Nc5 Rc6 27. Re5 Rfc8
28. Rdd5 Ng7 {/\ f6}) 26... fxe6 27. Nc5 Ne3 {! Wolff} 28. Nxe6 (28. Re1 Nc4
$10) 28... Rc8 (28... Re8 $2 29. Rd6) (28... Rf6 {Chekhov} 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30.
Ng5+ Kg6 (30... Ke7 31. Rd4) 31. Rd4 Nf5 (31... Nc4 32. a4) 32. Rd7 h6 33. Ne4
$16) 29. Rg1+ (29. Rd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxd8 Nc4 $10) 29... Kf7 {!= Chekhov} (29...
Kh8 $2 30. Kd2 $1 $16 {o^f}) 30. Ng5+ Kf6 (30... Kg6 $2 31. Ne4+ $18) 31. Ne4+
(31. Nxh7+ {Chekhov} Kf5 32. Kd2 Kxf4) (31. Kd2 {Chekhov} Nc4+ 32. Kd3 Kf5 $10)
31... Ke6 $10 32. Rg5 (32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Kd3 Nxa3 $10) (32. c3 {Chekhov} Rc4 33.
Ng5+ Kf5) 32... Rxc2+ 33. Kb1 Rc6 (33... Re2 $10) 34. Re5+ Kd7 35. Nc5+ Kd6 36.
Nb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5 14. f5 b5 15.
a3 $146 (15. Kb1 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Ftacnik,L/It (cat.12) \ 1992 (24)}) 15... h5
$1 $132 16. g3 (16. h3 h4 17. Rhg1 Bb7 18. g3 hxg3 19. Rxg3 Rh7 20. Rdg1 Bf8
$132) (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 (17. exd5 Qc4 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Qd2 a5 $11) 16...
Bb7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. h3 Nd7 $1 {[/\Nb6-c4,Xa3]} 19. g4 Nb6 20. Na5 (20. gxh5 $5
Nc4 21. Ka2 Nxa3 $15) 20... Ba8 21. Qd2 Qd8 $1 {[/\ X g4-g5]} 22. Rhg1 (22.
gxh5 $142 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Rxc4 24. Qg2 Bf6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd4 27. Rd1 Qb6
28. c3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {^-} Ke7 $44) 22... hxg4 23. Bxg4 (23. Rxg4 Rxh3 24. Qg2
Rh7 $15) 23... Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Be2 Rd4 26. Bd3 Bf6 27. Qe3 Qc7 28. b3 (
28. Ne2 $142 Ra4 29. Nc3 Rd4 $11) 28... Qc5 $15 29. Rg3 $4 (29. Kb2 $1 b4 $15)
29... Qxc3 (29... Qxc3 30. Bxb5+ axb5 31. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 32. Kb2 O-O $19) 0-1

[Event "Horgen-B"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "255"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Rhe1 h6 14. Qh3 O-O-O
15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 gxf4 17. Bxb5 $1 {this gives White a strong attack - and
his position is easier to handle than Black s Weiß erhält starken Angriff -
zugleich ist seine Stellung leichter zu spielen, als die von Schwarz} axb5 18.
Nxb5 Qc4 19. Na7+ Kb8 20. Na5 Qa6 21. Qb3 Ne5 22. Rd4 {[%csl Ya4,Yb4,Yc4,Ra6,
Rb8]} Qxa5 23. Ra4 Qc7 24. Nb5 Qc6 25. Ba7+ Kc8 26. Bd4 {[%cal Yb5a7]} Kd7 27.
Na7 Qc7 28. Bxe5 Ke8 $2 (28... Bc6 $142 {Fritz3} 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 $17 {[%cal
Yd7e8,Yd8a8]}) 29. Nb5 $1 Qd7 30. Nxd6+ Bxd6 31. Bxf6 Be7 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Yd7d2]} 32. Rd4 Bxf6 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Rd1 $16 Bc6 35. Qb8+ Bd8 36. Rxd7 Bxd7
37. h4 Rg8 38. Qxf4 Rxg2 39. Qxh6 Rg4 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. h5 Bc6 42. e5 Be4 43. b4
Bf5 44. Qf6+ Ke8 45. Qh8+ Kd7 46. Qf8 Rc4 47. Qxf7+ Kc8 48. Kb2 Rxc2+ 49. Kb3
Re2 50. a4 Re3+ 51. Kb2 Rxe5 52. a5 Rd5 53. h6 Rd7 54. Qf8 Kb7 55. Kb3 Be4 56.
Qc5 Bd5+ 57. Ka4 Rf7 58. a6+ Kb8 59. Qb5+ Kc8 60. Qe8 Rc7 61. Qg8 Rc6 62. h7
Rxa6+ 63. Kb5 Rb6+ 64. Kc5 Rc6+ 65. Kd4 Rc4+ 66. Kd3 Rh4 67. h8=Q Rxh8 68. Qxh8
Kd7 69. Qf8 Bb6 70. Qf7+ Kd6 71. Qf8+ Kd7 72. Qb8 Kc6 73. Kc3 Kb5 74. Qc8 Be3
75. Qd7+ Ka6 76. Kb2 Kb6 77. Qd8+ Ka6 78. Qa5+ Kb7 79. b5 Bd4+ 80. Kc2 Bb6 81.
Qa6+ Kc7 82. Kd3 Bb7 83. Qa3 Bd5 84. Qe7+ Kc8 85. Qf7 Kd8 86. Qg7 Bc5 87. Kc3
Kc8 88. Qf7 Kd8 89. Kd3 Bb6 90. Qg7 Bc5 91. Qc3 Bb6 92. Qe5 Kd7 93. Qb8 Bc5 94.
b6 Bd6 95. Qa7+ Kc8 96. Kd4 Bb7 97. Qa4 Kd8 98. Qb5 Ke7 99. Qh5 e5+ 100. Kc3
Kd7 101. Qg6 Kc6 102. Qe6 Ba6 103. Kb3 e4 104. Ka4 Bb7 105. Ka5 Kc5 106. Qf5+
Bd5 107. b7 e3 108. Qc8+ Kd4 109. b8=Q Bxb8 110. Qxb8 e2 111. Qb4+ Kd3 112. Qe1
Be4 113. Kb4 Bd5 114. Kc5 Bb3 115. Kb4 Bd5 116. Qc3+ Ke4 117. Kc5 Bb7 118. Kd6
(118. Qd2 Ba6 $10) 118... Kf4 119. Qd3 e1=Q 120. Qc4+ Be4 121. Qf7+ Kg3 122.
Qg7+ Kh2 123. Qh6+ Kg1 124. Qg5+ Bg2 125. Qc5+ Kf1 126. Qf5+ Kg1 127. Qc5+ Kh1
128. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Giri,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {The Najdorf - a very
sharp opening. Some lines have already been analysed all the way to a draw.} 6.
Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 {The Poisoned Pawn - one of those variations
which have already been calculated until the end.} 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11.
fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17.
Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 {Until here everything is very well-known.} Rd7 {
One of the main moves, together with ...Kh8. Normally they transpose. But...}
20. Bd3 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty which, I think, really deserves
attention... I am wondering, what did Grischuk prepare if Anand had first
played 19...Kh8!?} f5 21. Qh6 Kh8 (21... Rf7 {might be a possible improvement.}
22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Nxe6 Rf7 {and Black probably holds everywhere,
though the position is really complicated, even for engines.} 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1
Qc4 $1 {and Black holds.}) 25... Bh4 $1 {and Black is fine.}) 22. Ng5 Bc5+ 23.
Kh1 {It looks like Black has some problems. He should probably look for
improvements earlier. (21...Rf7 for example.)} Qa5 (23... Qd5 {was another
possibility, but Black's position looks really risky.} 24. Rh3 Rg7 25. Be2 Be7
$1 26. Rh5 Qc5 27. Nxh7 Kg8 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Rh3 {with a big advantage for
White.}) 24. Rh3 Qc7 25. Nxe6 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Qh5 Qe7 {
So far the players played very well. Now Grischuk committed an inaccuracy.} 29.
Rhf3 (29. Bxf5 $1 {White shouldn't be afraid of any ghosts.} e4 30. Rb3 Bd6 (
30... Ba7 31. Rbb1 Qf8 32. g4 {and White is winning.}) 31. Rbb1 {with a big
advantage.}) 29... f4 30. Be4 Rg7 31. Rb3 Ba7 32. Rd3 $2 {I don't understand
what happened, maybe it was time trouble, but it is an obvious blunder.} (32.
Qh6 {with advantage.}) 32... Bg4 33. Qh6 Be2 (33... Be2 34. Rc1 Bxd3 35. cxd3
Rg8 {with equality.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Brueggemann, Joachim"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. g4 Be7 11. O-O-O h6 (11... b5 $5 12. a3 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14.
fxg5 Nh7 15. Bg3 hxg5 16. Nd4 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Bojkovic,I-Tukmakov,V/Soviet Union
1965/MCD (33)}) 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 13. h4 b5 (13... Bxc3 $5) 14. Bg2 {
0-1 Matkovic,T-Ljubicic,F/Solin 1994/EXT 97 (46)}) 12... g5 13. fxg5 Nh7 14.
Bg3 hxg5 15. e5 $5 {[%mdl 512] A positional pawn sacrifice. White opens the
position and activates his pieces.} (15. h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Ng5 17. Kb1 Ne5 18.
Bg2 Rg8 19. Bg3 Bd7 $15 {Malevinskij-Doroshkevich,1976,USSR}) 15... dxe5 {
As the game given below shows, an unclear situation arises after 15...Ne5,
because White has some compensation for the pawn.} (15... Nxe5 16. Ne4 d5 17.
Bg2 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Bf6 19. Rde1 Nf8 20. Rhf1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Tal,M/
Minsk 1979/URS-ch (50)}) 16. Bg2 {[%cal Gg2a8]} Nhf8 {[%cal Gf8g6] Black tries
to transfer his knight to a better place} 17. Be4 {[%cal Ge4g6] Preventing
from black to play Ng6} Rh6 $146 {[%mdl 8] In a previous game 17...Rg8 was
played and White got the initiative.} (17... Rg8 18. Nd2 Rb8 19. Nc4 f6 20. h4
gxh4 21. Bxh4 $36 {0-1 Boudre,J-Renet,O/France 1991/TD (40)}) 18. Rd4 $5 {
By exploiting the pin White activates his rook. 18.Nd2, activating the knight,
deserved attention, see the previously seen game.} (18. Nd2) 18... Qb6 (18...
Ng6 $5 19. Rc4 Qb8 20. Rd1 Nf4 $132) 19. Rc4 f6 {Strengthening the e5 pawn. In
case of 19...Ng6 White could have equalised the material with 20.Bg6.} (19...
Ng6 20. Bxg6 Rxg6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Qe2) 20. Bf2 {White throws
away the queen but an immediate 20.h4 also deserves attention.} (20. h4 $5 gxh4
21. Rxh4 Qg1+ 22. Nd1 Rxh4 23. Bxh4 $36) 20... Qd8 21. h4 {Sacrificing a
second pawn in order to prevent Nb6.} (21. Be3 Nb6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bxb7 Rb8
24. Bxa6 Kf7 $13) 21... gxh4 22. Be3 {White doesn't have time to take on h4
because of ...Nb6 attacking the c4 rook.} (22. Rxh4 Rxh4 23. Bxh4 Nb6) 22...
Rh8 23. Qf2 {[%cal Ye3b6]} b5 (23... h3 $5 24. Qg3 Nb6 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxh3
Rxh3 27. Qxh3 f5 $132) 24. Rxh4 Rg8 $8 25. Rc6 (25. Bxa8 $5 bxc4 26. Nd2 f5 27.
Rh1 f4 28. Ba7 $16) 25... Bb7 (25... f5 26. Rh6 fxe4 27. Qh2 Ng6 28. Qh5 Ndf8)
26. Rxe6 $5 {White sacrifices an exchange and gets attacking possibilities in
exchange. 26.Rh1 was also possible sacrificing the rook in a different
reduction.} (26. Rh1 $5 Rxg4 27. Rxe6 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Nxe6 29. Qf5 $40) 26...
Bxe4 27. Rxe7+ Qxe7 28. Nxe4 Rc8 (28... O-O-O 29. Bc5 Qe6) 29. Qf5 $6 {29.Qd2
deserved attention, creating a threat of 30.Nd6+.} (29. Qd2 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]})
29... Rc6 30. Rh6 $6 {30.Na5 deserved attention activating the passive knight.
Now Black gains some time.} (30. Na5 $5) 30... Qe6 $5 {Offering an exchange of
the active white queen.} 31. Qh5+ Qf7 32. Qf5 Qe6 33. Qh5+ Kd8 $17 {Now the
black king is relatively safe.} 34. Na5 (34. g5 Qc4 $19) 34... Rc7 {[%cal
Re6a2,Re6g4,Yc7c2] The initiative is totally on Black's side as the white
pieces are misplaced. Besides, Black has also the material advantage.} 35. c4 (
35. a3 Qxg4 36. Qxg4 Rxg4 37. Nxf6 Rg2 $19) 35... Rxc4+ $1 $19 36. Nxc4 Qxc4+
37. Nc3 b4 38. Rxf6 {A desperation sacrifice. White cannot defend.} Nxf6 39.
Qxe5 N8d7 0-1

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 {Black immideatly brings his queen back from a danger zone.
Other moves such as, 9...Nc6 or 9...Nbd7 have also been played} (9... Nc6 $5) (
9... Nbd7 $5) 10. Bxf6 {White corupts black's pawn stucture, recieving a
certain compensation for a sacrificed pawn} gxf6 11. Be2 {Finishing the
development and planning Bh5 at some point} Nc6 {Now in case of the eventual
Nb1, black has the square b4 for his queen. Another black's idea is to
exchange pieces after Na5, amking white's pressure less strong.} 12. O-O Bd7
13. Kh1 {A profilactic moves, white prepares an attack on the kingside} (13.
Bh5) 13... Rc8 $5 {Bringing the rook into play. Another possible move 13...h5
as the practice shows is pretty dangerous for black.} (13... h5 14. Nd1 (14.
Nb1 Qb4 (14... Qb2 $5 15. a3 (15. a4 f5 $13) 15... Rc8 $1 16. Rf3 e5 $1 17. Nc3
Nd4) (14... Qa4 15. c4) 15. Qe3 d5 $2 (15... Ne7 $5 16. c4 f5 17. a3 Qa4 18.
Nc3 Qc6 19. Nd4 Qc5 $132 {Jingxuan-Karpov,An/Hannover/1983/ (26)}) 16. exd5 Ne7
17. c4 $1 $36 {1-0/Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Reykjavik/1972/ (30)}) (14. Qe3 $5 Rc8 (
14... Na5 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. exd5+ Be7 17. Rfe1 $1 Nxb3 18. Bd3 $40) 15. Nb1
Qa4 (15... Qb2 $2 16. N1d2 b5 17. a3) 16. c4 Na5 17. Qc3 $44 {Tal,M-Byrne,R/
Leningrad izt/1973/ (19)}) 14... Rc8 (14... Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. a3 Qa4 17. f5
e5 $13 {Platonov-Buhover/URS/1963/}) 15. Ne3 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 (16... Qb6 {
Ftacnik} 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rad1 (18. Rfd1 h4 $5)) 17. Bd3 (17. Nc4 Nd8 18. Bd3 (
18. Nb6 Qc6 19. Nxc8 Qxc8 $13) (18. Nd4 Rc7) 18... Rxc4 $5 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 $13)
17... Qa4 18. Nc4 $13 {0-1 Short,N-Kasparov,G/PCA-Wch London 1993/CBM 36/
[Ftacnik] (40)}) (13... Be7 14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Bd8 16. N1d2 Qb6 17. Qg3 $16)
14. Bh5 {Another move: 14.f5 didn't bring white success in the next game:} (14.
f5 Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17. Ne2 Kc7 18. Nf4 Kb8 $132 {0-1 Ligterink,
G-Geller,E/Wijk aan Zee 1977/MCL (25)}) 14... Bg7 {Practically forced move -
black prepares a castling. In this case black's dark-squared bishop is going
to be the main defender of the king} 15. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Rf3h3,Rf3c3] White
brings the rook to attack the black king and also defends his weaknesses on
the queenside.} (15. Rae1 Na5 16. f5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Qh3 O-O 19. Re3 Qb4
$132 {0-1 Bernabe Duran,F-Magerramov,E/Andorra 1991/EXT 97 (33)}) 15... O-O 16.
Raf1 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. Other possible moves in this position are: 16.
Rg3,16.Rd1 and 16.Re1 were tried before. The practice shows that black can
hold the position in spite of the dangerous position of his king.} (16. Re1 Na5
17. f5 (17. Nd4 $5 Qc5 18. f5 Nc4) 17... Nxb3 (17... Nc4 $5) 18. axb3 Qa5 (
18... exf5 $142 $5 19. Nd5 (19. exf5 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf5]}) 19... Rfe8) 19.
Rd3 exf5 (19... Rfd8 20. Rd1) 20. Rxd6 Be6 (20... Qxc3 21. Rxd7 Qxc2 22. Qxc2
Rxc2 23. exf5 $44) 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,
V-Ribli,Z/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000/[Bukic] (29)}) (16. Rg3 Na5 $5 17. f5 {
[%cal Rd2h6]} (17. Nd5 $2 exd5 18. Nxa5 Qb2 $17) 17... Kh8 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19.
Qxd6 Rxc3 20. Qxd7 exf5 21. exf5 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Qe5 $17) (16. Rd1 {Ftacnik} f5
17. exf5 exf5 $13 {Rodriguez,Am-Vera/Havana/1978/}) 16... Na5 $5 {[%cal Ra5c4]
A standart maneouvre, starting an active game on the queenside} 17. f5 {
Another possible move 17.Rg3 could have led to the same position as the game} (
17. Rg3 Kh8 18. f5 Nc4) 17... Nc4 18. Qf4 Ne5 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Rxg7 {White's
play reached a dead end and he tries an doubtful exchange sacrifice, hoping to
confuse the opponent.} Kxg7 21. Qg3+ Kh8 22. Qh4 Rg8 $1 {Black recieves the
challenge and is not satisfied with the draw after 22...Kg7} 23. Bxf7 {Ili 23.
Qf6,chto privodilo k perestanovke xodov} (23. Qxf6+ Rg7 24. Bxf7 Nxf7) 23...
Nxf7 24. Qxf6+ Rg7 25. fxe6 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 256] A cold blooded move, after
which black fully takes over the initiative} 26. exd7 Nxd7 $17 27. Qd4 Qb2 $1
28. Nd5 Rxc2 $19 {An extra exchange and the domination of his pieces give
black a decisive advantage} 29. Ne3 Rcxg2 30. Qxd6 Qf2 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 (8... Qxb2 {is another, more popular option}) 9. O-O-O (9. Nb3 {this way
white can escape the endgame, with an unclear game}) 9... Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4
11. Rxd4 h6 (11... Nd7 {is also quite possible, see the game Oll, Lembit -
Zhang Zhong 1997}) (11... Be7 {is another option for black}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nc4 (15. Nxd7 {doesn't bring any advantage} Rxd7 16.
Rc4 ({or} 16. Be2 h5 17. f5 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Bf4 19. Rd3 h4 20. Rh3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2
Gallardo Estrella,A-Moreno Carnero,J/Madrid ESP 2003/The Week in Chess 463 (20)
}) 16... h5 17. Rc8+ Rd8 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rc8+ Rd8 20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc8+ {
1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Yermolinsky,A/Jurmala 1983/MCL (21)}) 15... Bc6 16. Na5 Kd7 (
16... Rc8 {is also possible} 17. Rb4 Kd7 {is ok for black} (17... d5 $6 18.
Nxc6 $1)) 17. Be2 Rg8 18. g3 Rc8 ({better is} 18... Kc7 19. Rhd1 Be7 {is fine
for black}) 19. Rhd1 Rc7 (19... Kc7 $142) 20. R1d2 (20. Nc4 $6 {is simply met
by} Bb5 {and if} 21. a4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 $2 (22. Rxc4 {is equal}) {then} 22... e5
$1 23. Bxf7 Rg7 $19) 20... Be7 (20... b5 {deserves attention} 21. a4 Be7) 21.
Nc4 {[%mdl 4096] It seems to me that white has a clear plus after:} (21. Nc4 {
it's difficult for black to protect the pawn d6} Kc8 22. Bf3 f5 23. Bh5 $1 {
a very strong move attacking black's weaknesses} Rf8 (23... e5 24. Nxd6+ Bxd6
25. Rxd6 $16) 24. exf5 d5 25. Ne5 Bc5 26. R4d3 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Obolenskikh, Dmitry Aleksandrovi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 (6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1
Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9. f4 Qb6 10. a3 Be7 11. e5 $5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7
14. Qd2 Qxb2 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. O-O $36 {1-0 Timman,J-Popov,V/Sweden 2002/EXT
2003 (30)}) 6... e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 {As the tournament practice shows, 8...Nc6
deserves a serious attention immideatly attacking white's active knight} Nbd7 (
8... Nc6 $5 9. Nxc6 (9. Nf3 Ng4 10. Qd2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. fxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5
Qxb2 $36 {0-1 Szabo,L-Tringov,G/Kecskemet 1964/EXT 98 (29)}) 9... bxc6 10. Bd3
Qxb2 11. Na4 Qd4 12. c3 Qe3+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nd7 15. Rhb1 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. Bf2 gxf4 $17 {0-1 Nataf,I-Ivanov,M/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (61)}) (
8... Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. h4 a5 14. g4 a4
15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 $36 {1-0 Timman,J-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam 1991/CBM 023 
(59)}) 9. Bh4 $5 {[%cal Rh4f2] This move was hardly played before. After the
common 9.Be2 or 9.Bc4 black was able to reach counterplay} (9. Be2 Be7 10. Nb3
(10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 $132 {0-1 Rohonyan,K-Zhao Xue/Heraklio
2002/CBM 091 ext (28)}) 10... h6 $5 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 (11... Bxf6 12. Qd2 Qc7 (
12... Nc5 13. O-O-O Nxb3+ 14. cxb3 Be7 $13 {1-0 Georgiev,V-Ermenkov,E/Bulgaria
1995/EXT 97 (30)}) 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb6 17.
Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 $132 {0-1 Predojevic,B-Mamedov,R/Chalkidiki
2001/EXT 2002 (35)}) 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. O-O-O b5 $132 {0-1 Mahini,M-Zsiltzova
Lisenko,L/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (40)}) (9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Nb3 Nc5 11. Rb1 Nxb3
12. Rxb2 Nxd2 $17 {1-0 Cheung,J-Tarantino,S/Brest 2002/EXT 2003 (39)}) (9. Bc4
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qc5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 $44 {0-1 Burger,
A-Iashvili,A/Formia 1994/EXT 99 (39)}) 9... Be7 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. g4 (11. Qf3 b5)
11... Nc5 (11... h6 12. h4 Nb6 13. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Horvath,G/Hungary
1995/EXT 97 (13)}) 12. Bg2 O-O {12...d5 deserved a serious attention trying to
start some counterplay in the centre} (12... d5 $5 13. e5 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qe2 b5 $132) 13. g5 Nfd7 14. b4 Nb3 15. Ncb5 axb5 16. cxb3 d5
{16...Qc3 was essential in order to complicate the game} (16... Qc3+ $5 17. Kf1
e5 18. Rc1 Qb2 19. Nxb5 b6 $132) 17. Qd2 $5 {White stabilizes his position and
gets an advantage} dxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 {Probably 18...Rd8 or 18...Qb8 was more
stubborn, although also in this case white's advantage is very clear} (18...
Rd8 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Bd4 $16) (18... Qb8 19. O-O Rd8 20. Be3 $16) 19. Nf5 Bd8
20. Rc1 Qb8 21. O-O {White finishes the development and continues to dominate}
exf4 (21... Nb6 22. Bc5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Re8 24. Qd3 g6 25. Qxb5 $18) 22. Rxc8 $1
{A tactical strike, white gets two minor pieces for a rook and gets an easily
winning position} Qxc8 23. Rc1 $18 Qb8 (23... Qxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Bxg5 25. Bxb7 $18)
24. Qxd7 Bxg5 25. h4 Qe5 {Black tries to activize his pieces and to get
counterplay} (25... Bf6 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qf5 Rd8 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Bc5+ $18)
26. Re1 {A natural move, which deprives from black any illusions} Rad8 (26...
Qe6 27. Ne7+ Bxe7 28. Bxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe7 $18) 27. Qxb7 Qf6 (
27... g6 28. hxg5 gxf5 29. Bg2 $18) 28. hxg5 Qxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Qxb5 g6 31.
Bh4 1-0

[Event "Karadjordje Serbia"]
[Site "Topola"]
[Date "2004.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2004.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 {This move was first
introduced by Gelfand against Topalov in 1998, before that 18...f5 was played
which should lead to a draw if both sides play the best moves} (18... f5 {
(Tyomkin,D) This move leads to the draw (Tyomkin,D)} 19. Qh6 Qxc2 {There is
also the more dubious 19...Rf7} 20. Rd3 {Also 20.Rf3 and 20.Ng5 have been
played without success.} (20. Ng5 {Tyomkin,D} Bc5+ (20... Qc5+ $2 {Tyomkin,D}
21. Kh1 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Rd8 Ra7 (23... Rxd8 {Tyomkin,D} 24. Qxd8+ Kg7
25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rd1 $18) 24. Rfd1 (24. Rxf5 $3 {Tyomkin,D} exf5 25. Qf6+ Kg8
26. Bc4+) (24. Qf6+ {Tyomkin,D} Kg8 25. Rxf5 $3 {mating}) 24... Raf7 25. Bh5
Rb7 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rd8 {1:0 Wang Lei-Lhagvasuren, Beijing 1991}) 21. Kh1
Ra7 $17 {Liberzon-Gruenfeld, Biel 1980}) (20. Rf3 {Tyomkin,D} f4 21. Rh3 Rf7 (
21... Qxe4 {Tyomkin,D} 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 $18) 22. Rhd3 Qxe2
23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nh5 Bxd8 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ $11 {Watson-King,
London 1990}) 20... Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qxc6+
Kd8 25. Qb6+ $11 {Velimirovic-Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981} Ke8 26. Qc6+ Kd8 27. Qb6+
Ke8 {A real proven position! 1/2-1/2 in Velimirovic-Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981,
Oll-Dolmatov,SSSR 1985, Pérez,R-Herrera,I, La Habana 1992, Kolev-Herrera,I
Madrid 1997.}) 19. Rf3 (19. Qh6 $2 {is bad due to} Qxc2 $17 {as the next
variations show.} 20. Nxf6+ (20. Bd3 {Tyomkin,D} Qb3 (20... Qa4 $5 {Tyomkin,D})
21. Kh1 (21. Rd2 {Tyomkin,D} f5 22. Rf3 Ba3 $3 23. Rg3+ (23. Bc2 $2 {Tyomkin,D}
Qb6+ 24. Kh1 fxe4) 23... Kh8 24. Nf6 Raf7) 21... f5 22. Qe3 Rd7 $1 23. Rd2 (23.
Qg3+ {Tyomkin,D} Kf7) 23... Bb4 $1 {0-1 Morris,W-Poulsen,A/Copenhagen op 1980}
(23... fxe4 {Tyomkin,D} 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe5+) 24. Rdd1 (24. Rb1 {Tyomkin,D}
Bxd2 25. Qg3+ Rg7) 24... fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8) (20. Rd3 {(Tyomkin,D) Tyomkin,D}
Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Rxf6+ Ke8 (22... Bxf6 {Tyomkin,D} 23. Qxf6+ Ke8 24. Nd6+
Kd7 25. Rg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ Kd5 27. Rxa7 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qd4+) 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24.
Nf6+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kxf6 26. Rg6+ (26. Rf3+ {Tyomkin,D} Qxf3) 26... Kf5 27. Rg7+
Kf4 $19) (20. Qe3 {(Tyomkin,D) Tyomkin,D} Rb7 21. Rd2 (21. Bd3 {Tyomkin,D} Qb3
22. Rb1 Qd5 23. Rbd1 Rb3) 21... Qa4) 20... Bxf6 (20... Kh8 $5 {(Tyomkin,D)
Tyomkin,D} 21. Bd3 (21. Nd7 {Tyomkin,D} Rg8 22. Rd2 (22. Nf6 {Tyomkin,D} Bc5+
23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Nxg8 Rg7) 22... Qe4) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Rg8) 21.
Rxf6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rg7 23. Qh4 {Hyldkrog-Poulsen,A/corr/1979 -+ Ftacnik} (23.
Rdf1 {(Tyomkin,D) Tyomkin,D} Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe7 25. Qxe5 Qg5) 23... Bd7 $1 {
Tyomkin,D} 24. Bxa6 Qe7 (24... Rb8 {Tyomkin,D})) (19. Nxf6+ $2 {Tyomkin,D} Bxf6
$1 (19... Rxf6 {Tyomkin,D} 20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Qxe5+ Bf6 23. Qc5 Rf7
24. Rxc8) 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Qg5+ Rg6 22. Rd8+ Kf7 $19) 19... Rd7 (19... Kh8 {
Tyomkin,D} 20. Rg3 Rd7 (20... Rg8 {(Tyomkin,D) Rodriguez,Am} 21. Qh6 Rxg3 22.
hxg3 Rd7 23. Nxf6 Qxc2 24. Bh5 $4 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd3 {0-1
Hakki-Iskov,G/Eksjo 1982}) 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 {Tyomkin,D: '[#]'
} Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 $11 {-see19.Qh6 Rd7 20.Rf3 Rf7 21.Rg3Kh8 22.Qh5etc.}) 20. Qh6
Rxd1+ (20... Rf7 {Tyomkin,D} 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 {[#]} Qa5 (
23... Qd5 {Tyomkin,D} 24. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 25. Kf2 Qxc2+ 26. Kf3 Qd3+ 27. Kf2 Qd4+
28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 $11) 24. Kf1 Qb5+ (24... Qd8 $11 {Tyomkin,D} 25. Qxf7
Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 28. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kf3 e4+ (29... Qd5+ $4 {
Tyomkin,D} 30. Kg4 $1 {P h3+-}) 30. Kxe4 Qc4+) (24... Qd8 {(Tyomkin,D)
Rodriguez,Am transposes into one of the above games where Black drawed easily.}
) 25. Be2 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qb7 $4 (26... Qb6+ {Tyomkin,D} 27. Kf3 f5 $1 28. Qxf7
fxe4+ 29. Kg4 Qd8) 27. Bxa6 $18 Qa7+ 28. Kf3 Qxa6 29. Qxf7 Qf1+ 30. Nf2 e4+ 31.
Kg4 e5+ 32. Kh4 {1:0 Poliakov-Khenkin, USSR 1988}) 21. Bxd1 Rf7 22. Nxf6+ $2 {
An unfortunate novelty which leads to a lost position} ({White should have
played} 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 {which is very unclear, is analyzed in the 20...
Rf7 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Qh5 section.} (23. Bh5 $2 {loses to} Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qd4+ 25.
Kf1 (25. Kf3 f5) 25... Qc4+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kg1 Qxe4) (26. Rd3 Rg7) 26... Qxe4 27.
Bxf7 Qxc2+ 28. Kf1 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Bc5+ {and black wins})) 22... Bxf6 23. Rxf6
Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Qd5 {Black is two pawns up and white doesn't have a perpetual
check} 25. Qg5+ (25. Bh5 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 Qf4+ {and black wins}) (25. Bf3 {is met
by} e4) 25... Kf8 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ {White wins back one pawn but the
black king reaches a secure place} Kd7 28. Qxh7+ Kd6 {That's it. The checks
are over and black's extra pawn decides} 29. Bf3 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. g3 (31.
Qh8 Kc7 {and black throws in the a-pawn forward securing the win} (31... Ba6+
32. Ke1)) 31... a4 32. Qh8 Kc7 33. Be2 (33. Qf6 Kb6 {is also hopeless for white
}) 33... a3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 {In his game against Rowson which was also played in this olympiad
Radjabov successfully played 8.Qd3 - see comments to this game.} Qxb2 9. Rb1
Qa3 10. f5 {The main direction of the white attack} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 h5 17. Rf1 {'!' Jackson,R.
A relatively new line. Previously 17.Rb3 was played followed by a knight
sacrifice on f6. The theory doesn't have a clear verdict on this sacrifice.} (
17. Rb3 Qxa2 (17... Qa4 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. c4 $13 {1-0 Timman,J-Hjartarson,J/
Linares 1989/CBM 11 (44)}) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. O-O $44 {1/2-1/2 Kruse,
H-Balcerak,P/Germany 2003/CBM 98 ext (34)}) 17... Qxa2 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
novelty. Black avoids 17...f5, which was played in a number of games. In that
case white usually has a strong attack for the sacrificed material.} (17... f5
18. Rb3 $5 (18. Rf3 Qxa2 19. Rfb3 Qa4 $5 (19... fxe4 20. Qc3 Bd8 {'!' Jackson,
R.} (20... O-O 21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Rxb4 Qd5 23. Qg3+ Kh7 24. Bxh5 Rf6 25. Rd1 Qa5
26. c3 $16) 21. Qxc6+ $44 {1-0 Ibraev,N-Kokarev,D/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 
(30)}) 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qa5+ (21... Qe4 22. Rb7 Qh4+ 23. g3 Qd8 24. Qxe5
Rh6 25. Qg7 $18 {1-0 Fernandez Siles,L-Gamundi Salamanca,A/Albacete 2004/CBM
102 ext (25)}) 22. Kf1 $13 {0-1 Schuermans,R-Van Beers,E/Westerlo BEL 2004/The
Week in Chess 507 (36)}) 18... Qxa2 19. Qc3 Bd8 20. Qxc6+ Bd7 21. Nd6+ $40 {
1-0 Vasquez,R-Smith,D/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (31)}) 18. Rd1 {[%cal Re4f6,
Rf1f6] Bringing the rook to an active position and renewing the threat 19.
Nxf6+.} Qd5 {Black brings his queen to a more active place. In case of 18...f5
white could reply with 19.Qc3 with a dangerous attack.} (18... f5 19. Qc3 $5
$40 {[%cal Rc3e5]} (19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qa5+ 21. Kf2 Ra7 $17)) 19. Qe3 $5 {
[%cal Re3g3] Attacking the black queen and preparing to move the queen to the
kingside.} Qa5+ 20. c3 f5 21. Qg3 $5 {[%cal Gg3g7][%mdl 128] Bringing the
queen to the kingside and creating a threat to penetrate to g7.} Kf8 {After 21.
..Kf7 22.Bc4 white's initiative is very dangerous.} (21... Kf7 22. Bc4 $36 {
[%cal Rf1f5]}) 22. Qg6 $1 {A decisive penetration of the white queen to the
opponent's camp.} Qa4 23. Rf3 $1 {[%cal Rf3g3,Gf3d3] White plays very
energetically and inventive. As the next lines show black is already has no
defence.} Ra7 (23... Bh4+ 24. Rg3 $3 Bxg3+ 25. hxg3 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 fxe4 27.
Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qd8+ $36) (23... Qxe4 24. Rg3 Qg4 25. Bxg4 hxg4 26. Rxg4 fxg4 27.
Ke2 $18) 24. Rg3 $1 {White forces black to exchange his dark squared bishop
and recieves a decisive advantage.} Bh4 25. Ng5 Bxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qa5 27. Qf6+ Kg8
28. Rd8+ Qxd8 {Black is forced to give his queen for the opponent's rook.} 29.
Qxd8+ $18 Kg7 30. Qd6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solovjov, Sergey"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 {The main line of the variation.} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 {A variation which has arosen,
leads, as it's well known to a cracking complications.} Qxa2 {15...Be7 is a
possible alternative. Lately black faces some difficulties in this line after
the transfer of the white rook to f3.} (15... Be7) (15... Be7 16. Be2 h5 17.
Rf1 f5 (17... Qxa2 18. Rd1 Qd5 19. Qe3 Qa5+ 20. c3 f5 21. Qg3 Kf8 22. Qg6 Qa4
23. Rf3 Ra7 24. Rg3 Bh4 25. Ng5 Bxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qa5 27. Qf6+ $18 {1-0 Radjabov,
T-Ye Jiangchuan/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (30)}) 18. Rf3 Qxa2 19. Rfb3 fxe4
20. Qc3 Bd8 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 22. Qxa8 $36 {1-0 Ibraev,N-Kokarev,D/St Petersburg
2003/EXT 2004 (30)}) 16. Rd1 {[%cal Rd2d8]} Be7 17. Be2 {[%cal Re2h5]} O-O 18.
O-O Ra7 $5 {This move is black's main defensive idea in this line} (18... f5
19. Qh6 Qxc2 {There is also the more dubious 19...Rf7} 20. Rd3 (20. Ng5 Bc5+ (
20... Qc5+ $2 21. Kh1 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Rd8 Ra7 (23... Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7
25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rd1 $18) 24. Rxf5 $1 $18) 21. Kh1 Ra7 $17 {Liberzon-Gruenfeld,
Biel 1980}) (20. Rf3 f4 21. Rh3 Rf7 (21... Qxe4 22. Bd3 Rd8 23. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24.
Kf2 $18) 22. Rhd3 Qxe2 23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nh5 Bxd8 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27.
Qg6+ $11 {Watson-King, London 1990}) 20... Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Rxf5+ $1 exf5
23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qxc6+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ $11 {Velimirovic-Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981}) 19.
Qh6 $2 {A mistake, which leads to a loss.} (19. Rf3 $142 $5 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 (
20... Rg8 21. Qh6 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Rd7 23. Nxf6 Qxc2 $13 (23... Qxc2 24. Bh5 $4
Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd3 {0-1 Hakki-Iskov,G/Eksjo 1982})) 21. Qh6 Rf7
22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 $11) (19. Nxf6+ $2 Bxf6 $1 (19... Rxf6
20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Qxe5+ Bf6 23. Qc5 Rf7 24. Rxc8) 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21.
Qg5+ Rg6 22. Rd8+ Kf7 $19) 19... Rd7 $2 {19...Qc2 deserved a serious attention
and as the variations show black has a good position.} (19... Qxc2 $5 $17 20.
Nxf6+ (20. Bd3 Qb3 (20... Qa4 $5) (20... Qa4 $5) 21. Kh1 (21. Rd2 f5 22. Rf3
Ba3 $3 23. Rg3+ (23. Bc2 $2 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 fxe4) 23... Kh8 24. Nf6 Raf7) 21... f5
22. Qe3 Rd7 $1 23. Rd2 (23. Qg3+ Kf7) 23... Bb4 $1 {: 0-1 Morris,W-Poulsen,A/
Copenhagen op 1980} (23... fxe4 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe5+) 24. Rdd1 (24. Rb1 Bxd2
25. Qg3+ Rg7) 24... fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19) (20. Rd3 Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22.
Rxf6+ Ke8 (22... Bxf6 23. Qxf6+ Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Rg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ Kd5
27. Rxa7 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qd4+) 23. Rxf8+ Bxf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kxf6 26. Rg6+
(26. Rf3+ Qxf3) 26... Kf5 27. Rg7+ Kf4 $19) (20. Qe3 Rb7 21. Rd2 (21. Bd3 Qb3
22. Rb1 Qd5 23. Rbd1 Rb3) 21... Qa4) 20... Kh8 $5 21. Bd3 (21. Nd7 Rg8 22. Rd2
(22. Nf6 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Nxg8 Rg7) 22... Qe4) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxf6 23.
Rxf6 Rg8) 20. Nxf6+ $2 {Again a mistake. After 20.Rd3 as the variations show,
the game shown below should have ended in a draw} (20. Rd3 $11 Rxd3 21. Bxd3 f5
(21... Rf7 $11 22. Nxf6+ (22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Bxh7+ Rxh7 24. Qg6+ $11) (22. Rf3 $2
f5) 22... Bxf6 (22... Rxf6 $4 23. Bxh7+ {with mate.}) 23. Bxh7+ Rxh7 24. Qxf6
Rg7 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. Qh4+ $11) 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qe7 Rg8 $8 (24...
Kg8 25. Rf3 Qa1+ 26. Kf2 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 25. Qf6+ Rg7 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 063/[Tyomkin,D] (30)}) (20. Rf3 Rf7 (20...
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rf7 22. Nxf6+ $2 {An unfortunate novelty which leads to a lost
position} ({White should have played} 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 {which is very
unclear, is analyzed in the 20...Rf7 21.Rg3 Kh8 22.Qh5 section.} (23. Bh5 $2 {
loses to} Qa1+ 24. Kf2 Qd4+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kf3 f5) 25... Qc4+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kg1
Qxe4) (26. Rd3 Rg7) 26... Qxe4 27. Bxf7 Qxc2+ 28. Kf1 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Bc5+ {
and black wins})) 22... Bxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Qd5 {Black is two pawns up
and white doesn't have a perpetual check} 25. Qg5+ (25. Bh5 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 Qf4+ {
and black wins}) (25. Bf3 {is met by} e4) 25... Kf8 26. Qf6+ Ke8 27. Qh8+ {
White wins back one pawn but the black king reaches a secure place} Kd7 28.
Qxh7+ Kd6 {That's it. The checks are over and black's extra pawn decides} 29.
Bf3 Qd4+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. g3 (31. Qh8 Kc7 {and black throws in the a-pawn
forward securing the win} (31... Ba6+ 32. Ke1)) 31... a4 32. Qh8 Kc7 33. Be2 (
33. Qf6 Kb6 {is also hopeless for white}) 33... a3 {0-1 Pavlovic,M-Ruck,R/
Topola 2004/CBM 101/[Gofshtein,L] (33)}) 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1
Qa5 (23... Qd5 24. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 25. Kf2 Qxc2+ 26. Kf3 Qd3+ 27. Kf2 Qd4+ $132 (
27... Qd4+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 $11)) 24. Kf1 Qd8 {transposes into one of the
above games where Black drawed easily.} (24... Qd8 $11) (24... Qd8 {CCYB 11/164
} 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 (27. Kf3 Qd1+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Ke3 Bc5+
30. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kc3 Qd4+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34. Kc3 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Kasparov,G/Moscow 2004/CBM 102 (34)}) 27... Bc5+ 28. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kf3
e4+ $1 (29... Qd5+ $4 30. Kg4 $1 {P h3+-}) 30. Kxe4 Qc4+ $10 {RR CCYB 1/2-1/2
Andersson,G-Poulsen,A/corr Olympiad) 1991})) 20... Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1
Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd5 24. Bf3 $6 {24.Qg5 was much more stubborn.} (24. Qg5+ $5 Kf8
25. Bf3 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 e4 27. Qf4+ Kg7 28. Bxe4 h6 29. c3 Qc4+ 30. Kf2) 24... e4
25. Bg4 h5 26. Bxh5 {Also after 26.Qg6 the advantage is on the black's side.} (
26. Qg6+ Kf8 27. Bxh5 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qf5 29. Qe8+ Kg7 $17) 26... Qc5+ {26...Qh5
was a fine alternative with a winning position.} (26... Qxh5 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28.
Qxc8 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 Qxc2+ 30. Ke1 Qc3+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32. Kf1 e3 33. Qc7+ Kg6 34.
Qg3+ Kf5 35. Qf3+ Ke5 36. Qg3+ Ke4 $19) 27. Kf1 Qf5+ 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Be8 c5
30. Ke2 Kf8 {After the exchange of queens black has a clear edge as he has not
only a material advantage but also the remote a-pawn.} 31. Ba4 f4 32. Bc6 Bg4+
33. Kd2 e3+ 34. Kc3 Ke7 $19 35. h3 Be2 36. h4 a5 37. Ba4 {White resigned as
his g2 pawn is very weak and also black's passed a and e pawns make his
defense even more difficult.} (37. Ba4 Kd6 38. Be8 Bf1 39. h5 Bxg2 40. h6 (40.
Bg6 f3 41. h6 e2 $19) 40... Be4 41. Bh5 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 {
13...de is more popular} (13... dxe5 $5) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 $5 {A
relatively rare continuation. Usually white plays 15.Be2 or 15.c4. The idea of
Bd3 is to force e5-e4 which easies later the break of the black pawn chain in
the center.} (15. c4 $5 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc5 (16... d5 17. Bxd5 $2 exd5 18. Qxd5
Bb4+ $19) 17. Be2 d5 (17... Qxe5 $2 18. O-O $16 {1-0 Vogt,L-Espig,L/Colditz
1967/EXT 99/[Bulletin] (29)}) (17... Bd7) 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rc1 Qxe5 20. Bd4 $36
{1-0 Van de Velden,E-Baak,K/Soest 1995/EXT 98 (37)}) (15. Be2 dxe5 16. O-O Bc5+
(16... Ra7 17. c4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 d4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Grechihin,V-Popov,V/Cherepovets
1997/EXT 99 (38)}) 17. Kh1 Rf8 18. c4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 $44 {0-1 Fischer,R-Geller,
E/Monte Carlo 1967/MCD (25)}) 15... dxe5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. 15...Qc5
was played before as the game given below shows} (15... Qc5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. O-O
dxe5 18. Qf2 Bd6 19. Qh4 e4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Bb6 Qd6 22. c4 $44 {1-0 Bezgodov,
A-Savon,V/Alushta 1993/TD (36)}) 16. O-O Be7 {Black tries to exchange pieces
and to neutralize white's pressure.} 17. Kh1 {A typical prophylaxic move for
this kind of position. White gets his king off possible checks} e4 18. Be2 Rf8
{Black continues with his plan - to exchange as many pieces as possible} (18...
Bxg5 19. Qxg5 Qe7 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qe5 $36) 19. c4 $1 $36 {White breaks black's
center in the proper time. Black can't keep his pawn chain} dxc4 (19... Rxf1+
20. Rxf1 Qb4 21. Qf4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Qb2 23. Bd1 $36) 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 (20... Bxf8
21. Bh5+ g6 22. Qd8+ Kf7 23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Qc7 $18) 21. Qf4+ Ke8 (21... Kg8 22.
Qxe4 Ra7 23. Rb8 $18) 22. Rf1 {Black's position is already defenceless because
of the position of his king} (22. Qxe4 $1) 22... Ra7 (22... Bxg5 23. Qf7+ Kd8
24. Rd1+ $18) 23. Qf7+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Kc6 25. Qe8+ $18 Kb6 (25... Bd7 26. Qxe7
$18) 26. Qxc8 1-0

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 {The move which was popular in the 60th-70th
now is out of fashion and is hardly played} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13.
e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 {A relatively rare move. 15...Be7 is the
main line, usually leading to an unclear game. The games given below are two
recent games where white played an original idea of transfering the rook to
the queen side} (15... Be7 16. Be2 h5 (16... h5 17. Rf1 f5 18. Rf3 Qxa2 19.
Rfb3 fxe4 20. Qc3 Bd8 21. Qxc6+ Ke7 (21... Bd7 22. Qxe4 $36 {1-0 Gubajdullin,
A-Biriukov,O/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (39)}) 22. Qxa8 $16 {1-0 Ibraev,
N-Kokarev,D/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (30)})) 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Bd3 {The other
possibility of handling the attack is with 17.Be2, for example:} (17. Be2 O-O
18. O-O Ra7 $132 {0-1 Hakki,I-Iskov,G/Eksjo 1982/EXT 2001 (26) '!' Ftacnik.} (
18... f5 $6 19. Qh6 $1 fxe4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Bh5 $40)) 17... f5
{Both 17...0-0 and 17...Ra7 deserve attention. In this case as the tournament
practice shows it's not clear to prove the compensation for the sacrificed
pawns} (17... O-O 18. O-O f5 19. Qh6 Rf7 20. Rf3 Qa5 (20... Bd7 21. Bf1 Rd8 22.
Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Be8 $17 24. Nd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 e4 26. Rxc6 Qa1 27. h4 Rf8 28.
Qh6 Qd4+ {0-1 Ernst,T-Fedder,S/Copenhagen 1982/EXT 2000 (28)}) (20... Kh8 21.
Rh3 Bd7 22. Kh1 Rg8 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Rxd7 Qc5 {1/2-1/2
Velimirovic,D-Polajzer,D/Maribor 1980/EXT 2001 (64)}) 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Ra7
23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Filipovic,B-Stempin,P/Graz 1981/EXT
99 (27)}) (17... Ra7 $5 18. Qf2 Rd7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Rf8 21. Qxe5 Rd5
$132 {0-1 Ueter,H-Kedziora,C/Essen 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) 18. O-O Ra7 {18...0-0 is
just another move order, leading to the variation checked in the previous note}
19. Be2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. After 19.Qh6 as the game
given below shows white has the initiative for the sacrificed material but
it's still not totally clear} (19. Qh6 Rd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Rf8 22. Qxe5
Qd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Bouaziz,S-Nunn,J/Hamburg 1982/MCD (33)}) 19... Rd7 (19... O-O
20. Qe3 Rd7 21. Qg3+ $40) 20. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3e5,Rc3c6] Connecting the queen
to the attack. Black's position becomes dangerous} Rxd1 21. Bh5+ {An important
intermideate move causing dis-harmony between the black pieces} Kf8 22. Rxd1
Rg8 $8 (22... Qa3 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Rxh8 fxe4 26. Bd1 $18) 23.
Qxc6 Kg7 24. Qc7 Qa3 25. Nd6 {The last few moves were forced to both sides} Kf6
26. Kf1 (26. Nxc8 $2 Qc5+) 26... a5 {After a seria of forced moves white wins
a piece} (26... Rd8 27. Nxc8 (27. Ne4+ fxe4 28. Rxd8 Qc1+ 29. Rd1 Qg5 30. Kg1
Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Qc5) 27... Qc5 28. Qxe7+ Qxe7 29. Nxe7 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Kxe7 31. c3
$18) 27. Nxc8 Qc5 28. Qxe7+ Qxe7 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. Rb1 {The endgame of course
is lost for black} Ra8 31. Be2 Kd6 32. Bc4 $18 Rc8 33. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
(8. Qd2 {is another way to fight for advantage, White sacrifices the pawn on
b2 but gets the initiative.}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qf3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qc7 {This is one
of the main positions in Naidorf, White's main moves are 11.Bd3 or 11.g4,} 11.
Qh3 $5 $146 {A novelty already on move 11, a rare sight these days, White
plans to attack Black's pawn e6, with f4-f5 and Nb3-d4.} (11. g4 b5 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 {and so on 0-1 Kosteniuk,A-Zhu Chen/
Moscow 2001/CBM 085 ext (36)}) (11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 b4 14. axb4 Rxb4
15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 {with mutual chances 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares
(55)}) 11... h6 {this move looks a bit illogical, as black has no threat on
the bishop and wastes a valuable tempo.} (11... b5 {deserves serious attention,
of course further practical check is needed, here are a few possible lines} 12.
f5 Ne5 13. a3 (13. Nd4 b4 14. Nce2 Nxe4 {and Black grabs a pawn for free})
13... Nfg4 {is unclear}) 12. f5 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nfg4 14. Bf4 $1 {White fights for
the initiative, the cowardly 14.Bxe7 didn't promise any advantage.} (14. Bxe7
$6 Qxe7 15. Qg3 b5 {can hardly cause any problems for Black.}) 14... Nf2 {
A natural follow-up of the previous move.} 15. Qg3 Neg4 $6 {Black doesn't dare
to take the rooks. 15...Nxh1 is very bad indeed for black, but 15...Nxd1 was
playable and could lead to a draw. Of course, it is very difficult to
calculate all the lines at the board, so Black's decision is understandable.} (
15... Nxh1 16. Qxg7 Rf8 17. f6 Bxf6 (17... Nf2 {Now White has plenty of
tempting moves, but the most direct way to win is 18.Ndb5!} 18. Ndb5 $1 axb5
19. Bxe5 Bxf6 (19... Nxd1 20. Nxb5 Qc6 21. fxe7 Kxe7 22. Bxd6+ $18) 20. Qxf6
Ng4 (20... Nxd1 21. Nd5 $1 {A beautiful strike, which clarifies the situation.}
exd5 22. Bxd6 {and White is winning.}) 21. Nxb5 Qb8 22. Qh4 Nxe5 23. Nxd6+ Kd7
24. Nb5+ Kc6 25. Qe7 {winning}) 18. Qxf6 Qe7 (18... Nf2 $2 19. Ndb5 $1 axb5 20.
Nxb5 {and White mates.}) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Nf2 21. Rd2 Ng4 22. Qa5 {
with the idea to put a knight on b5, White is clearly better.}) (15... Nxd1 16.
Qxg7 Nxc3 (16... Rf8 $2 17. Nxd1 {is unsatisfying for Black, since White has
an attack which compensates him for the small material deficit.}) 17. Qxh8+ Kd7
18. bxc3 (18. fxe6+ fxe6 19. Qxh6 Nxe4 20. Qxe6+ Ke8 {White has two pawns for
a piece but his attack is almost over, and it's not clear whether his
compensation is enough.}) 18... Qxc3 19. fxe6+ fxe6 20. Bxe5 Bg5+ {it is
better for Black to take the draw since if he tries to play on, he might find
himself in a worse position.} (20... dxe5 21. Nb3 (21. Qxe5 $4 Qe1+ 22. Kb2
Ba3+ $1 23. Kxa3 Qc3+ 24. Ka4 b5+ {and Black is the one who mates.}) 21... Bg5+
22. Kb1 Kc7 23. Bd3 b6 24. Rf1 {White consolidates and gets an advantage.}) 21.
Kb1 Qe1+ 22. Kb2 Qc1+ 23. Kb3 Qb1+ 24. Kc3 Qe1+ {with a perpetual check}) 16.
fxe6 (16. Rd2 {this is an interesting alternative, though it seems that if
black defends correctly White has no more than a draw.} e5 (16... Nxh1 17. Qxg4
{looks very grim for Black, as his knight is stuck on h1, and White is better
developed and has a strong attack.}) 17. Rxf2 (17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Nb3 exf4 19.
Qxf2 Qxd5 (19... Nxf2 20. Nxa5 Nxh1 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxa8 {and White is
clearly better.}) 20. Qf3 (20. Qxf4 Qe5 21. Qxg4 Bg5 {costs White an exchange.}
) 20... Qe5 21. Qxg4 Bf6 22. c3 b5 {and it seems that Black is doing fine.})
17... Nxf2 18. Qxg7 (18. Qxf2 exf4 19. Nd5 Qd8 {White has a certain
compensation for the exchange though it's not entirely clear how strong his
initiative is.}) 18... Rf8 19. f6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 exf4 21. Qxf4 (21. Rg1 Qe7 22.
Qxf4 Qg5 {and Black holds on.}) 21... Nxh1 22. Nd5 Qa5 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ {
and again the game ends with a perpetual check}) (16. Be2 e5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18.
Bxg4 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 exf4 20. Nxf4 Bf6 21. Rd1 Bd7 {and White has a compensation
for the exchange but not more than that.}) 16... fxe6 17. Be2 $1 {This
promises white the edge.} O-O $6 (17... g5 $2 {greed is a bad adviser in these
situations} 18. Bxg4 Nxh1 19. Qf3 gxf4 20. Nxe6 {and Black's position collapses
}) (17... Nxd1 {was the lesser evil, after} 18. Rxd1 h5 19. h3 g5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6
21. Bxd6 h4 (21... Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Qe7 23. hxg4 {with initiative}) 22. Bxc7 hxg3
23. hxg4 {White has the advantage in the endgame}) 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxd6 (19.
Qxg4 $2 Rxf4 {and Black is fine}) (19. Rhf1 $1 {This natural move led to a big
advantage for White.} Rxf4 (19... e5 20. Nd5 exf4 21. Qb3 Qa5 22. Nxe7+ Kh7 23.
Nd5 $16 {White is much better}) 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Qxg4 e5 22. Nf5 Bxf4+ 23. Kb1
Bxf5 24. exf5 {with a great advantage for White, his knight is going to
control the whole board from d5 or e4.}) 19... Bxd6 20. Qxg4 Bxh2 $5 {An
interesting decision, Black believes in his defensive resources and opens the
h-file.} (20... Be5 21. Rd3 {White is a healthy pawn up.}) 21. Kb1 $1 (21. Nxe6
$2 {This move wins a pawn but loses the advantage.} Qe5 22. Rxh2 Bxe6 23. Qh4
Rac8 {Black is very well developed and White's extra pawn of no significance.})
21... Be5 $2 {Black probably thought that the capture on h6 leads to a draw,
but White calculates better.} (21... Bf4 {was better, though White is still
clearly better.}) 22. Rxh6 $1 {A beautiful sacrifice.} Bxd4 23. Qg6 $1 {
A nice move, White has a crushing attack.} (23. Rxd4 $2 e5 24. Qg6 exd4 25.
Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27. Qh7+ {is a draw}) 23... Qf4 (23... Qc4 {was a more
stubborn defense that required from white to find 24.e5!} 24. e5 $1 {
threatening both 25.Rh7 and 25.Qh5, Black is defenceless.} (24. Rdh1 $2 Rf1+
25. Nd1 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. Qe8+ Kd6 28. Qd8+ Bd7 (28... Kc5 29. Qxc8+ Rxc8
30. Rxc8+ Kb5 31. Rxc4 Rxh1 32. Rxd4 $18) 29. Qxa8 Bg1 $1 {and Black gets a
very strong counterplay.}) 24... Bxe5 25. Rh7 {and the mate is inevitable}) 24.
Rh3 (24. Rdh1 $4 {is answered by} Qxh6 $1) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 {There is
nothing Black can do against doubling on the h-file or Qh7 followed by Rf3.}
Bd7 (25... Qf6 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Rf3 $18) (25... Rf6 26. Rd8+ Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8
28. Rf3 $18) 26. Rdh1 Qf1+ 27. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kb2 {The rest is easy technique.}
Raf8 29. Rh7 R8f7 30. Qh5 Kf8 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Qc5+ Kf6 33. Rh5 $1 g6 (33...
Re7 34. Qc4 {The rook doesn't have a good spot.} Rd1 (34... Re1 35. e5+ Rxe5
36. Qd4) 35. e5+ Kf7 36. Rh8 Re8 37. Qf4+ Ke7 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Rh7 Rg8 40. Qh5+
Ke7 41. Qxd1 $18) 34. Qg5+ Kg7 35. Rh6 {A very nice game by white.} (35. Rh6 {
Black resigned in view of} R7f6 36. e5) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Novikov, Mikhail V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 {Very rare continutiation; Black escapes main lines with Qxb2 and
transfers the game to positions semilar to Rauzer Variation;} 9. Nb3 Be7 10.
O-O-O Qc7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 {12.Bxf6 following by Bh5 deserves attention here,
and then white may get immediate attack by f4-f5 break;} (12. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 13.
Bh5) 12... Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Bxf6 {White gets back to attacking plan
mentioned above, but with some delay;} (14. e5 $2 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb7
Nc4 $17) 14... gxf6 15. Re3 Kh8 16. Bh5 b4 $5 {Black is first now to start his
attack;} 17. Nd5 {Very risky piece sacrifice; White is just trying to change
the scenario by this sacrifice; In case of normal 17.Ne2 black just has a good
play;} (17. Ne2 Na5 18. Qxb4 Nc4 19. Rc3 d5 $132) 17... exd5 18. exd5 Ne5 {
Black gives back a piece, fixing up his pawn structure, and also gets a good
counterplay by this; 17...Na7 was possible as well, remaining with a piece up,
but black was probably worried to find himself under the attack; Broken pawns
and uncoordinated black pieces would give white some compensation for the
sacrificed piece;} (18... Na7 19. Rde1 Bd8) 19. fxe5 fxe5 {[%cal Re7g5]} 20.
Rh3 (20. Rf3 Rac8 21. Rf2 a5 $132) 20... Rg8 $6 {Direct 20...a5 was much
stronger, creating strong threats over the queenside;} (20... a5 $5 21. Bg4 f5
22. Qh6 Bg5+ 23. Qxg5 fxg4 $36) 21. Kb1 Rg7 $6 {Black is slow- logical 21...f5
was obviously stronger;} (21... f5 $5) 22. Qxb4 Rb8 23. Qe4 $6 {White could
exploit unaccuracies of black's previous play by 23.Rc3 intercepting the
initiative;} (23. Rc3 $1 Qd7 24. Na5 $16) 23... f5 $5 {Black has recaptured
the initiative;} 24. Qe2 (24. Qxf5 $6 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 a5) 24... a5 {
[%cal Rb8b2] Very natural attempt to open up the b-file by a4;} 25. g4 a4 26.
Nc1 Qb6 {[%cal Rb8b2,Gb7b2] Black gets his queen to attack by last move;} 27.
b3 (27. c3 Ba6 28. Qc2 Bc8 29. Rf1 fxg4 30. Rg3 Rg5 $36) 27... Ba6 28. Qe3 $5 {
White is trying to trade active queen of black, slowing black's attack down;} (
28. Qf3 fxg4 29. Bxg4 Rf8 $17) 28... fxg4 29. Qxb6 Rxb6 30. Rg3 Rb4 (30... Bc8
$5 31. Rdg1 Bh4 32. R3g2 Bg5 $132) 31. Rdg1 Bc8 32. c4 axb3 33. axb3 Bf5+ 34.
Kb2 Bf6 $2 {Terrible mistake which leads to the catastrophe; After common 34...
Bh4 black has a good counterplay;} (34... Bh4 $5 35. R3g2 Bg5) 35. Rf1 Rg5 (
35... e4+ 36. Kc2 Rg5 37. Bxg4 Rxg4 38. Rxg4 Bxg4 39. Rxf6 $18) 36. Bxg4 e4+
37. Ka3 Bxg4 38. Rxf6 $18 Rb8 39. Rxd6 Rg7 40. c5 Bf5 41. Rf6 Ra7+ 42. Kb2 Bg6
43. c6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Nb3 (8. Qd2 {is a thoroughly analyzed line, White sacrifices the pawn,
but gets an enduring initiative.}) 8... Be7 (8... Qe3+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 {
This ending favours White, he has a great development advantage.}) 9. Qf3 Nbd7
10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 {This is one of the most popular positions in Naidorf,
of course, there are plenty other lines, on almost every move.} (11. Qh3 $5 {
for this interesting move see the game Naiditsch,A - Smeets, J Corus 2006}) (
11. g4 {also a very popular line, the position is quite compicated, here are a
few examples, of how the game may continue:} b5 (11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5
Ne5 14. Qg3 Nfxg4 15. gxh6 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Rxh6 17. Qg3 Bd7 18. Be2 Rg6 19. h4 {
and White got a clear advantage due to his passed h-pawn, 1/2-1/2 Nikitin,
A-Petrosian,A/Dortmund 1993/TD (41)}) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g5 Nd7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
h4 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Na2 Rb6 18. Qc3 Qxc3 19. Nxc3 h6 20. Be2 Bb7 {with a
fine ending for Black, the game soon ended in a draw 1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod 1997/CBM 060 (29)}) 11... b5 {Black also has 11...h6,
which is less popular but looks not bad, as the next games show.} (11... h6 12.
Bh4 (12. Qh3 Rg8 {preparing to meet Bh4 with g7-g5!} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 dxe5
15. f5 Bg5+ 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Rhf1 Bd7 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Bf5 Bc4 20. Bd3 Be6 21.
Bf5 Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Fontaine,R-Kulaots,K/Stockholm 2004/CBM 097 ext (21)}) 12...
g5 {this is one of Black's ideas in this line, he wants to secure the e5
square for his knight and deflects the white f4 pawn.} 13. Bf2 (13. Bg3 gxf4
14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Qe2 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rhf1 Nfd7 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,
L/Tilburg 1984/MCD (17)}) 13... gxf4 14. Qxf4 b5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 Bb7 {
and Black is surely isn't worse, 0-1 Leko,P-Anand,V/Leon 2001/CBM 084/(25)})
12. Rhe1 {White had also a2-a3, which stops b5-b4, but weakens somewhat
White's kingside position and allows Black to play Rb8 followed by b5-b4.} (12.
a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 h6 (13... b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5
dxc5 {with a complicated game 1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares 2001/CBM 82_01
(55)}) 14. Qh3 e5 15. f5 b4 16. axb4 Rxb4 {with mutual chances 1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Polgar,J/Linares 2001/CBM 082/(27)}) 12... b4 {Kamsky played this line as
White, 3 times in this tournament and scored 1 out of 3, dissapointingly. In
his earlier game against Smirin, he played 13.Nb1 but lost after an
interesting battle, this time he has probably decided that he should keep the
knight closer to the centre and retreats to e2, which looks more logical.} 13.
Ne2 (13. Nb1 Bb7 14. Qh3 a5 15. Nd4 Nc5 $6 (15... a4 {was definitely stronger})
16. Bb5+ (16. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (16... Bxf6 $2 {The problem is that Black can't
recapture with the bishop, since after} 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6+ {White is winning
}) 17. Bb5+ {with a big advantage for White.}) 16... Kf8 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. e5
dxe5 19. fxe5 Nfe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Kb1 h5 {and Black has
solved his opening problems, 0-1, Kamsky,G-Smirin,I/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/
The Week in Chess 578 (49)}) 13... Bb7 14. Kb1 {A prophylactic move, before
starting any activity, White brings his king to safety.} (14. Ned4 {in his
game against Vallejo, later in the tournament, Kamsky played this move and
lost after a fascinating struggle, though not because of the opening, the game
continued with} Nc5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. g4 Rac8 17. Qh3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 a5 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. g5 Be7 21. Qe3 Ba6 22. Rc1 Qb6 {and black is fine 0-1 Kamsky,
G-Vallejo Pons,F/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005 (62)}) 14... h6 (14... Nc5 {this
move also deserves attention, it is not clear how White can get an advantage.}
15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Bxf6 (16. c4 O-O-O {the black king is safe on the queenside
now} 17. Nc1 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Qh5 a4 21. Nc1 g6 22. Qg4 Rd4 {
and Black is already better, 0-1 Mullon,J-Agrest,E/Bastia FRA 2005 (38)}) 16...
Bxf6 17. Bc4 O-O 18. g4 g5 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. fxg5 Bg7 {[%cal Gc7e5]} 21. Qg3 Be5
22. Qg2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rf1 Bxh2 {and Black didn't have any problems,
0-1 Stolz,M-Petrosian,A/Germany 1993/GER-chT2 (40)}) 15. Bh4 a5 16. Ned4 a4 (
16... Nc5 $2 {This is bad now, as White has a strong reply.} 17. Bxf6 $1 {
and Black can't recapture with the bishop.} gxf6 (17... Bxf6 $2 18. Nb5 Qb6 19.
Nxd6+ $18) 18. Qh5 $1 {and White has strong pressure.}) 17. Nb5 {White frees
the d4 square for his second knight.} Qb8 18. N3d4 Nc5 {Black doesn't hurry
with the castle, as he feels that his king is safer in the centre and he can
always castle in case of any immediate danger.} 19. g4 b3 20. c4 $2 {allows
Black to make a beautiful strike that gives him the edge.} (20. Ka1 {was
better, avoiding any opening of the position}) 20... bxa2+ $2 {Black misses
his chance, after 20...Nfxe4 black is better in all lines.} (20... Nfxe4 21.
Bxe4 (21. Bxe7 Nc3+ $1 {this is the pointe} 22. bxc3 Bxf3 23. Bxd6 Bxd1 24.
Bxb8 Bxg4 {[%cal Gc5d3,Ga8b8] both white bishops are hanging} 25. Nc7+ Kd7 26.
Nxa8 Rxb8 27. Be4 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 bxa2+ 29. Kxa2 Rxa8 {and Black has a large
edge in the endgame.}) 21... Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxh4 (22... Bxe4+ $2 23. Qxe4 Bxh4
24. Nc7+ Qxc7 25. Qxa8+ Qd8 26. Qxa4+ Qd7 27. axb3 $1 {and White is probably
winning.}) 23. Rxe6+ {even this swindle doesn't help White.} (23. Nf5 O-O 24.
Nxh4 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 {and again Black has the upper hand, due to the pin.})
23... fxe6 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Nxd6+ Ke7 26. Nxb7 bxa2+ 27. Kxa2 Rhc8 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Gc8c7] and Black is much better.}) 21. Kxa2 O-O {Black's position is
still quite well.} 22. g5 hxg5 (22... Nxd3 $2 {this "intermediate" move leads
to a loss.} 23. gxf6 Nxe1 24. Qg3 {and White stays with extra material.}) 23.
Bxg5 Rc8 {a logical move, Black brings the rook closer to the enemy's king.}
24. Qh3 {A cunning trap, White offers black the pawn on e4.} (24. Bc2 {was an
alternative, saving the bishop from exchanging, but Black has a few ways to
continue.} Nb3 $1 {A nice move, Black wants to open the a-file on the white
king and also attacks the pawn on c4.} (24... Ncxe4 $2 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
Nxe4 27. Qxe4 {is much better for White.}) (24... Na6 $5 {in order to bring
the knight to b4 and to attack Pc4 also deserves attention}) 25. Qe2 (25. Nxb3
$4 {taking the knight is suicidal} axb3+ 26. Kxb3 d5) 25... Nxd4 26. Rxd4 e5 {
and Black is more comfortable.}) 24... Nxd3 {not falling for the trap, of
course} (24... Bxe4 $2 25. Bxf6 $1 {This is the key move, white wins in all
the lines.} Bxd3 (25... Nxd3 26. Bxg7 $1 Bh7 27. Rg1 {with mate}) 26. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 (26... Bxc4+ 27. Ka3 {suddenly this is the safest place for the white king
} Kxg7 28. Rg1+ Bg5 29. fxg5 Rh8 30. Qc3 {and White is winning.}) 27. Rxd3 Rh8
28. Rg1+ Kf6 29. Qg2 Qg8 30. Rg3 {with decisive attack} Qh7 31. f5 e5 32. Nc7
$18) 25. Qxd3 Rc5 {activating the rook.} 26. Ka1 Bd8 {and now transferring the
bishop to a better position} 27. e5 {White breaks in the centre, what should
have led to an unclear complications, suddenly leads to an easy victory for
White.} dxe5 28. fxe5 Ne4 $2 {Throwing away the game, it's not clear what
Black has miscalculated, since now White simply gets an extra material, 28...
Rxe5 was called for.} (28... Rxe5 29. Bf4 {This is White's idea.} Rxe1 30. Bxb8
Be4 31. Qd2 Ba5 32. Qc1 (32. Nc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Rxb8 {is also
fine for Black.}) 32... Rxd1 33. Qxd1 Rxb8 {The material is about equal here,
and both sides have positional pluses, so this position is probably a dynamic
equality.}) 29. Bxd8 Qxd8 (29... Nf2 {is refuted by} 30. Qg3 (30. Qa3 {should
also win}) 30... Nxd1 31. Bf6 Qf8 32. Rxd1 {and White has a decisive attack.})
30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Rxc4 32. Nd6 {Now White is superior in the centre and
also plans an attack on the kingside, the outcome of the game is decided.} Rb4
33. Qf3 $1 (33. Nxf7 {is inaccurate, Black has a very nice idea.} a3 $1 (33...
Kxf7 $2 34. Qf3+ Kg8 35. Nc6 {[%cal Gc6b4,Gc6d8] wins immideatly}) 34. Nxd8
axb2+ 35. Kb1 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 Rxd1 37. Kxd1 b1=Q+ 38. Qxb1 Rxb1+ {allows Black
substantial drawing chances.}) 33... a3 (33... Qf8 {couldn't save Black as
well.} 34. Nc6 Rh4 35. Rf1 {threatening Ne7 followed by Qd3} a3 36. Ne7+ Kh7
37. Qd3+ $18) 34. b3 Ra7 35. Nc6 Qg5 36. Ne4 $1 (36. Nxb4 $4 {never too late
to make a mistake} Qxe5+ {with mate}) 36... Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Rd7 {Black resigned,
White can even simply take the rook:} (37... Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qc1+ 39. Qb1 Qc3+ 40.
Ka2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
{White chooses a calm continuation, and not sacrifices the pawn} Be7 {In case
of the exchange of queens after 8...Qe3+ white remains with a small edge} (8...
Qe3+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O {/\ 12.Na5 ... 13.Nc4} b6 12. f5 e5
13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Keres,P-Van den Berg,C/Munich 1958/EXT 99 (35)})
9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 {The main line. The other moves are much less
common} (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 $17 {1-0 Zhuravliov,V-Gutman,L/Latvia
1967/EXT 99 (33)}) (11. Qh3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Bh4 O-O-O 15. Qe3
Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. e5 Ng4 18. Qh3 Bxh4 19. Qxg4 Bf2 20. Ne4 Bxe4 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Byrne,R/Reykjavik 1980/EXT 99 (20)}) 11... Nxe4 $5 12. Bxe7
Nxc3 13. bxc3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 512] A novelty. White sacrifices a pawn and
trying to take advantage of the insecure position of the black king} (13. Bxd6
Qxd6 14. bxc3 O-O 15. O-O Nf6 $132 {1-0 Damjanovic,M-Stohl,I/Opatija 1995/EXT
98 (27)}) 13... Kxe7 14. O-O-O Rd8 {Black could have forced white to a new
sacrifices after 14...Qc6 suggesting an exchange of queens. In this case, it
is not totally clear if white's initiative compensates the sacrificed material}
(14... Qc6 $5 15. Be4 (15. Qg3 Qxc3 16. f5 Ne5 17. Kb1 Kf8) 15... d5 16. Nd4 (
16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rhe1+ Kf8 (17... Kf6 18. f5) 18. Rxd5 Qc7) 16... Qc5) 15. g4
{[%cal Rg4g5] White advances on the kingside. His plan is to open lines on the
black king} Qc7 16. c4 Nc5 {Black task is to finish his development, and it's
not easy. The variations show that white keeps the initiative in most cases} (
16... Rb8 17. Rhg1 Kf8 (17... b6 18. g5 Bb7 19. Qe3 hxg5 20. Rxg5 g6 21. Nd4
$44) 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qg3 $40) (16... Kf8 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Kg8 19. Rhf1 Ne5
20. Qe4 Nxd3+ 21. Rxd3 e5) 17. f5 Nxb3+ (17... Qc6 18. Qg3 Kf8 19. g5 Nxd3+ 20.
cxd3 e5 21. gxh6 gxh6 22. Rhf1 $44) (17... Nxd3+ 18. cxd3 d5 $13) 18. axb3 {
White's initiative is growing up. It's not easy for black to defend} Qc5 (18...
Qa5 19. Kb1 Kf8 20. f6 Qc3 21. fxg7+ Qxg7 22. h4 $44) (18... a5 19. f6+ gxf6
20. Rhf1 f5 21. gxf5 a4 22. fxe6) 19. Rde1 {White brings more pieces to play
and prepares a further opening of the position} a5 $6 (19... Re8 $5 20. Rhf1
Kd8 21. fxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxb7 (22. Be4 $5) 22... Ra7) 20. fxe6 {Black steps out
in a critical position. After 20...fe he could defend as the analysis shows} f6
$2 (20... fxe6 $5 21. Rhf1 Re8 22. Qf7+ Kd8 23. Qxg7 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5+ hxg5 $14)
21. g5 $5 {An interesting move, white sacrifices another pawn in order to open
lines. Although there was no necessarity in this move. 21.Qe4 won at once} (21.
Qe4 $1 a4 (21... Qg5+ 22. Kb1) 22. Qh7 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 $18) 21... Rf8 {All the
other moves lose at once} (21... hxg5 22. Qh5 $18) (21... Rg8 22. gxf6+ gxf6
23. Rhf1 Qd4 24. Kb1 a4 25. Qh5 Rg7 26. Qxh6 f5 27. Rxf5 axb3 28. Rf7+ Rxf7 29.
Qg5+ Qf6 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Bg6+ Qxg6 32. Re7+ Kf8 33. Qxg6 bxc2+ 34. Kxc2 Kxe7
35. Qg7+ Ke6 36. h4 $18) (21... Qxg5+ 22. Kb1 f5 23. Rhg1 Qf6 24. Qxf5 $18) 22.
gxh6 Qg5+ $2 {A decisive mistake. The result of the battle is still not clear
after 22...a4!} (22... a4 $5 23. hxg7 Rg8 24. Rhg1 axb3 25. cxb3 Ra2 26. Bc2
Qd4 27. Qe4 Qc3 28. Kd1 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Rxg7) 23. Kb1 Qxh6 24. c5
$1 {Black is deprived from any counterplay as all white's pieces paticipate in
the attack} Rd8 (24... dxc5 25. Qg3 {[%cal Rg3c7]} f5 26. Qc7+ Kf6 27. Qd6 g6
28. e7+ $18) 25. Rhg1 {[%cal Rg1g7]} g5 {Forced, 26.Rg6 was threatening} 26. h4
$1 {Opening lines for the rooks} gxh4 27. Rg6 Qh8 28. Qg4 {[%cal Rg6g7]} dxc5
29. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.08.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 260]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 {White chooses a calm continuation, and not sacrifices the pawn}
Nbd7 {After the exchange of queens black doesn't solve his problems as well,
for example:} (8... Qe3+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nbd7 11. O-O-O {/\ 12.Na5 ...
13.Nc4} b6 12. f5 e5 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Keres,P-Van den Berg,C/
Munich 1958/EXT 99 (35)}) 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. a4 {A typical move, not
letting b7-b5. Other moves are also possible, for example:} (11. O-O b5 12. f5
Ne5 13. Qh3 b4 14. Ne2 exf5 15. exf5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 O-O 17. Rac1 Qb6+ 18. Be3
Qb5 $132 {0-1 Tosic,M-Spassov,L/Vrnjacka Banja 1984/MCD (27)}) 11... b6 (11...
h6 $5 {This line deserves serious attention. By means of g7-g5 black
successfully fights for the e5 square} 12. Qh3 (12. Bh4 g5 13. fxg5 Ne5 14. Qg3
(14. Qe3 hxg5 15. Bg3 (15. Bxg5 Nfg4 16. Qd2 Nxh2 $132) 15... Nfg4 $132) 14...
Nh5 15. Qe3 Ng6 16. Bf2 Nhf4 17. O-O hxg5 $132 {0-1 Sigurjonsson,G-Gilden,L/
Harrachov 1967/MCD (40)}) 12... Rg8 (12... Nc5 13. a5 Bd7 14. f5 O-O-O 15. Be3
d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. O-O Rhe8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Joecks,C-Magerramov,E/Budapest 1989/
TD (59)}) 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bf2 g4 16. Qe3 Ne5 {0-1 Kuprejanov,
G-Matanovic,A/Vrnjacka Banja 1962/EXT 2000 (39)}) 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qh3 {Moving
the queen from h1-a8 diagonal and preparing f4-f5} (13. Rae1 h6 14. Bh4 Rg8 15.
Bg3 g5 16. Qe2 gxf4 $132 {1-0 Howell,J-Parr,D/Isle of Man 1993/EXT 98 (29)})
13... h6 $5 14. f5 {White carries out one of the main ideas in this variation,
the advance f5. He tries to weaken black's position. In case of 14.Rae1 black
gets a comfortable position as the following game shows} (14. Rae1 O-O-O 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. a5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Unzicker,W-Huebner,R/Bad
Aibling 1965/EXT 2000 (37)}) 14... e5 {White has some advantage in case of the
exchange on f5} (14... exf5 15. exf5 Ne5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Be4 O-O 18. Rad1 $14
) 15. Be3 {Of course, it's not profitable to exchange the black squared bishop,
that's why white retreats} Rc8 {It is risky for black to castle, short or long,
that's why he decides to leave the king in the center} 16. Qg3 h5 $5 {One of
the typical moves in this pawn configuration. Black tries to widen the radious
of activity of his rook and defends the g7 pawn} 17. Rad1 (17. Qxg7 $4 Rg8 18.
Qh6 Bf8 $19) 17... Qb8 $5 {[%cal Rb8a8,Yc8c3] Anothe typical maneuvre. Black
transfers the queen to the h1-a8 diagonal and his rook gets the c-file open}
18. Bg5 {The bishop goes back to g5 and pressures black's position} Qa8 19. Qh4
Bd8 {Transfers the bishop to a better position. The exchange sacrifice was
also possible. In that case black got a counterplay} (19... Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4
$132) 20. Nd2 Bc6 {Continuing to prepare b6-b5} 21. Nc4 {[%cal Yc4d6,Yc4e3]
White activizes his knight, by transfering it to e3} Qb8 22. Be2 {[%cal Rc4d6,
Rd1d6] Opening the d-file for the rook} Bc7 23. Ne3 {[%csl Rd5]} b5 $5 {
Black is trying to get some counterplay} 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ned5 Bd8 26. Qg3 $6
{White plays slow and losing the advantage. The immideate 26.Bf6 was correct} (
26. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 28. Qf2 $16 {[%cal Yc3d5,Yd1d5]} Bd7 29. Bf3)
26... Bxd5 27. Bxf6 h4 {An important intermediate move. The queen has to
retreat from its active position} (27... Nxf6 28. Nxd5) 28. Qf3 Nxf6 29. Nxd5
Rxc2 {After a successful defence black has succeeded in neutralising white's
pressure and even wins a pawn} 30. Qd3 (30. b3 $5) 30... Rxb2 31. Rb1 {By
exchanging the rooks white wins back one of the sacrificed pawns} Rxb1 32. Rxb1
Nxd5 33. Qxd5 O-O {Only now that black succeded to castle} 34. Bxb5 Bb6+ 35.
Kh1 Bc5 36. Qd3 Qd8 37. Bc4 Qg5 38. Qb3 Qf6 {Although black is a pawn up, it
is very difficult for him to start any active play as all white pieces are
placed very active. Besides, the pawn on f7 always needs to be protected.
That's why a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Nikolaidis, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Nb3 Nbd7 9. Qd3 {[%cal Yd3h3] A very rare move. The usual line is 9.Qf3}
Qc7 10. a4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty. 10.Be2 gives black a very good
counterplay. White prevents the advance 10...b5.} (10. Be2 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12.
O-O-O b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Kb1 a5 $132 {0-1 Sanchez Almeyra,J-Sunye Neto,J/Mar
del Plata 1994/EXT 97 (40)}) 10... b6 11. Qh3 $5 {Bringing the queen to the
king side and leaving the d3 square for the bishop.} h6 12. Bh4 g6 {It was
worth considering the standard break in the centre - 12...e5 getting a decent
counter chances.} (12... e5 $5 13. f5 Bb7 $132) 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1
Bb7 16. Rae1 Rae8 {The two opponents are being cautious and bringing their
pieces to the centre.} 17. Bf2 {White passes the bishop to a more active
diagonal.} (17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 g5 19. Bf2 Ne5 $132) 17... Nh5 $5 {Black
tries to start a counterplay, preparing f7-f5.} 18. Be3 Bxc3 {An interesting
although risky move.} (18... f5 $5 19. Nd4 Nc5 $132) 19. bxc3 f5 {Black tries
to activate his pieces, and firstly Bb7.} (19... Qxc3 20. f5 $44) 20. e5 $5 {
White is trying to activate his bishops, and firstly his dark squared bishop.}
(20. Nd2 Qxc3 21. Nc4 Bxe4 22. Nxd6 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Rd8 $132) (20. exf5 exf5 $132
{[%cal Rb7g2,Yd7f6,Yf6e4]}) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22. Be2 Qh7 $2 {Black
doesn't stand the heat of the battle and white captures the initiative. After
the active 22...f4 black could get a good position.} (22... f4 23. Bxb6 (23.
Bd2 f3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 $17) (23. Bd4 f3 24. gxf3 Nf4 25. Qxh6 Nxe2
26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nd4 Ng3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3 $17) 23... Qxb6 24. Bxh5 Rf5 25. Bd1
Kh7 26. Nd4 Rg5) 23. Bxb6 $16 Nf6 24. Bc5 Ne4 $2 {Black sacrifices an exchange,
and is trying to take over the initiative, but doesn't get enough compensation.
The simple 24...Rf7 kept black in the game.} (24... Rf7 $5) 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 26.
Bd3 $1 {A strong move. White plans to exchange black's active knight. 27.Be4
Be4 28.Nc5 is threatened with a decisive threats.} Ng5 {It's very difficult
for black to defend, as white is an exchange up and black's pawns are weak and
can become a target.} (26... Nf7 27. Qe3 Nfd6 28. Nc5 $36) 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. Qc7
$1 $18 {[%cal Ye1e6] A decisive penetration of the white queen.} Bd5 29. c4 Be4
30. Nd2 Ba8 31. h4 Nf6 32. Qxh7+ {After the queen exchange white takes the
pawn on e6, so black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd3 {This rare move has recently been seen in a few games between GMs.
The usual move is 8.Qd2.} Qxb2 {If black refuses to accept this pawn then
white has a small edge as the tournament practice shows.} (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O
Bd7 $14 {0-1 Pyhala,A-Oll,L/Helsinki 1995/EXT 99 (26) 1-0 Liss,E-Loginov,V/
Budapest 1993/CBM 38 (40)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 {White attacks in a typical way
for this variation trying to provoke a weakening of the black pawn chain.} Be7
{Another possibility is 10...Nc6 which leads to positions where white has
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} (10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. Be2 $44) 11. Be2 Qa5 {Black moves the queen from a dangerous area. 11...
Nc6 has also been played which leads to an unclear game as the tournament
practice shows. In case of 11...Qc5 12.Be3 white also has a serious initiative
for the sacrificed pawn.} (11... Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O (14.
e5 $5 dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 $13) 14... Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Rg8
(16... O-O {'N!?' Areshchenko,A.} 17. Kh1 (17. Qc4 $5 d5 18. Qxc6 Qc5+ 19. Qxc5
Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Be7 $13) 17... Kh8 18. Ne2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Lastin,
A-Areshchenko,A/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (29) '!' Areshchenko,A.}) (16... h5
17. Bh3 Kf7 18. Kh1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Nataf,I-Marjanovic,S/Budva 2003/CBM 96 ext 
(38)}) 17. Bh3 Rg5 18. Ne2 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 a5 $44 {1-0 Sambuev,B-Kokarev,D/St
Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (100)}) (11... Qc5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Duistermaat,H-Hort,V/Utrecht 1986/EXT 97 (44)}) 12. Bd2 $5 {White retreats
with the bishop, making way for the g-pawn.} (12. O-O Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Kh1
Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Qf4 Ne8 17. Rbd1 Ra7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Rd3 {
1/2-1/2 Chytilek,R-Sobek,J/Czechia 1999/EXT 2001 (19)})) 12... Qc7 (12... Nc6
$5 {and white can not use Qa5 at the moment;}) 13. fxe6 {Opening the f-file
and weakening black's pawn chain.} fxe6 14. g4 $5 {A typical sicilian move.
White threatens by g4-g5 to seize the initiative. 14.Qh3 as the next game
shows gives black a fine position.} (14. Qh3 $6 Nc6 $17 (14... e5 15. Ne6 Bxe6
16. Qxe6 $44 {[%csl Yd5,Ye6,Yf5] White has a compensation thanks to the
control over central light squares;}) 15. Nxc6 (15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Nd4 $36)
15... Qxc6 (15... bxc6 {was same good for black;}) 16. Bh5+ Nxh5 17. Qxh5+ g6
18. Qh6 Bf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Bezgodov,A-Najer,E/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Tyomkin,D] (52)
/-+}) 14... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black tries to prevent g4-g5. Other replies
allow white a dangerous initiative.} (14... h5 $6 15. g5 Ng4 16. Qh3 Qc5 17.
Bxg4 Qxd4 18. Bxe6 $16 {1-0 Lastin,A-Kokarev,D/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (24)
}) (14... O-O 15. g5 Ne8 16. Bg4 $36) (14... d5 15. g5 (15. exd5 Nxd5 16. O-O
$44) 15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 $44) 15. e5 $5 {[%mdl 640]} dxe5 16.
Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nf3 {By sacrificing the second pawn white tries to make the
position even sharper. The bad position of the black king gives white a long
term initiative.} Bd7 {[%cal Rd7e8] First of all black tries to throw the
white queen back from an active position.} 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 (19... Nh5
20. gxh6 Nf4 21. hxg7+ $44) 20. Nxg5 {White has opened the g-file and brings
his pieces closer to the black king.} Bf7 $6 {Allowing to exchange his white
squared bishop. White's attack is growing.} (20... Kg8 $5) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22.
Rg1 {[%cal Rg1g7,Rd3g6]} Bd8 {It is very difficult to defend with black. In
case of 22...Kf8 white's attack is very dangerous.} (22... Kf8 23. Qg6 (23. Ne4
Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Nc6) 23... Bc5 24. Rf1 $40) 23. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Re4g5] The white
knight enters the game with a decisive effect.} Nxe4 24. Qxe4 {After the
exchange of knights black is defenceless.} Nc6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27.
Rxf6+ $1 {White sacrifices an exchange totally opening the black king.} gxf6
28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3g3] Bringing the rook to the kingside with
a decisive effect.} Rh7 30. Bh6 Qa5+ 31. Kf1 {There is no defence against 32.
Rg3, black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Carlos Torre Wimbledon 16th"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.12.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 {White chooses the usual line. The experimental 8.Nf6 gives black a
good counterplay} (8. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 9. Be2 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qa3 11. c3 Nd7 12. O-O
b5 $17) 8... Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 {9...Nc6 deserves attention} (9... Nc6 $5 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 14. a3 b5 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6
Qxe4+ $17 {Adams,M-Gelfand,B (3) Wijk cm1 1994 1/2 36}) 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 {
[%cal Re2h5,Rh5f7]} h5 {Black defends against the possible maneouvre Be2-h5
with the further advance f4-f5. 11...Nc6 is more popular with active
counterplay} (11... Nc6 12. O-O (12. f5 Bg7 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd5 f5 15. Nc7+
Kd7 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 fxe4 $15 {Dang Tat Thang-Marte,M Novi Sad olm (08)
VIE-DOM 1990 1-0 49}) 12... Bd7 13. Kh1 h5 14. Nd1 Rc8 15. Ne3 Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4
17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nb6 $11) (11... Bg7) 12. O-O {A natural move. 12.
h4 was possible as well, as it was played in the game gicen below. Black feels
pretty safe in that case.} (12. h4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd1 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Luther,
T-Sutovsky,E/New York 1998/CBM 64 (89)}) 12... Nd7 {Leaving the c6 square
vacant for the queen, in case of a possible escape from a3.} (12... Nc6 $5 13.
Kh1 Bd7 14. Qe3 (14. Nb1 Qb4 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. c4 f5 17. a3 Qa4 18. Nc3 Qc6 $132
{Qi,Jingxuan-Karpov,An/Hannover/1983/ (23)}) 14... Rc8 15. Nb1 Qa4 16. c4 Na5
17. Qc3 Nxc4 18. Qxf6 Rh6 19. Qd4 Rh7 $132 {Tal,M-Byrne,R/Leningrad izt/1973/0.
5 (43)}) 13. Kh1 {The immideate 13.f5 not losing time on prophylaxis also
deserves attention} (13. f5 $5 Nc5 (13... Be7 14. Qd4 b5 15. Rf3 (15. Bxb5 axb5
16. Nxb5 Qa4 17. Nc7+ Kf8 $15) 15... Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,K-Villavicencio
Martinez,A/Stockholm 2002/CBM 85 ext (56)}) 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Rab1 $36 {1-0
Kotronias,V-Ilincic,Z/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78/[Tyomkin,D] (28)}) 13... h4 {[%cal
Rh4h3] Black tries to open the white king with ...h3. In case of 13...b6 white
has the initiative after 14.Qd4} (13... b6 14. Qd4 $5 Nc5 (14... Bb7 15. Nb1
$140 (15. f5 $5) (15. f5 $5 {Tyomkin,D}) 15... e5 $13) 15. Qxf6 Rh7 16. f5 $36
{1-0 Sulskis,S-Sutovskij,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (56)}) 14. h3 $5 {White
defends against the unpleasent 14...h3} (14. Bg4 {Kasparov,G} h3 $1 15. Bxh3 (
15. g3 b5) 15... Rxh3 $1 16. gxh3 b5 $44) 14... Be7 {In case of 14...b6 white
carries out a similar plan: 15.Rad1 Bb7 16.f5 Rc8 17.fe fe is similar to
Short-Kasparov} (14... b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f5 Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Qd4 $1 $36
{1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Kasimdzhanov,R/Essen 2002/CBM 90/[Tyomkin,D] (41)} (18. Qe3
Qb4 $1)) 15. Rad1 b6 (15... b5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa4 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8
Qxa8 $13) 16. Qe3 (16. Qd4 $5 {Kasparov,G} Nc5 (16... Bb7 $2 17. Nb1 $1 Qxa2
18. N1d2 $1 $16) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f5 $13) 16... Bb7 17. f5 $5 {Immideatly
attacking the position of the black king. 17.Rd4 looks worse as was played in
the game given below} (17. Rd4 $6 Rc8 $17 {[%cal Ga3b2] 0-1 Wells,P-Zhang
Zhong/Szeged 1997/CBM 62}) 17... Rc8 (17... Ne5 $6 18. Qxb6) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Bg4 {[%csl Ye6][%cal Rg4e6]} Qb2 $5 {18...Nc5 is also interesting to test, as
the next variations show black has a fine counterplay.} (19... Nc5 $1 20. Qd4 (
20. Nxc5 $2 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 Rxc5 22. Rd3 Kf7 $19) 20... Nxb3 21. cxb3 Qc5 22. Na4
Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Kf7 24. Nxb6 Rc2 $15) 20. Rd3 (20. Ne2 $2 Qe5 21. Nf4 f5 $17)
20... f5 $1 (20... Ne5 $2 21. Bxe6 Nxd3 22. Bxc8 Bxc8 23. Qxd3 $14) 21. exf5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] White plays a promising novelty. In case of 21.Rb1 as the
variations show black gets a counterplay.} (21. Rb1 Qxb1+ $5 (21... Qxc2 $2 22.
Bd1 $16) (21... Qa3 $5 22. exf5 Ne5 23. fxe6 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qb4) 22. Nxb1 fxg4
23. hxg4 h3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/Riga 1995/CBM 47}) 21... Ne5 (21...
Qxc2 22. Rf2 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Qe4 24. Rc8+ $5 (24. fxe6 $16)) 22. f6 $5 {[%mdl
128]} Qxc2 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Qxe6 $1 Rc7 24. fxe7 Rxe7 25. Qg6+ Kd8 26. Qxd6+
Ke8 27. Qb8+ $18) 23. f7+ $5 {White carries out the attack inventively} Nxf7 (
23... Kf8 24. Be2 Nxd3 25. Nd4 $36) 24. Rf2 Qxd3 $6 {24...Rc3 looks more
stubborn although white has still has the initiative} (24... Rxc3 25. Rxc2 (25.
Rxc3 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxe6 $16) 25... Rxc2 26. Qxe6 (26. Rd2)) 25. Qxd3
Ne5 26. Qd4 {[%cal Rg4e6,Rd4b6] Material and positional advantage promise
white a winning position} Nxg4 (26... Rc4 27. Qxb6 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Bc8 29. Ne4
$18) 27. hxg4 Kd7 28. Rf7 $18 e5 29. Qxb6 Rb8 30. Nc5+ dxc5 31. Qxc5 Rhe8 32.
Nd5 1-0

[Event "Dresden Post 5th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1985.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Goldberg, Alexander"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Goldberg,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1985.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 2/1986} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6
7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 {Die international gebräuchlichste
Fortsetzung.} ({Spielbar sind auch} 10. e5) ({und} 10. f5) 10... Nbd7 11. O-O
Qc5 ({Auf} 11... Be7 {folgt Tals Zug} 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Rxf6 {mit starkem weissen Angriff.}) 12. Kh1 Be7 13. Bf3 ({Zu
interessanten Verwicklungen führt} 13. f5 e5 14. Ne6 $5 {Doch wollte ich
meinen Gegner aus den vorbereiteten Theorievarianten herausbringen.}) 13... O-O
14. Bh4 {Verfolgt die Pläne, mit Rbe1 und Bg3 e4-e5 durchzusetzen bzw. g4-g5.}
Qc7 15. g4 Nxe4 $6 {Schwarz nimmt das "Geschenk" an,} ({doch sollte er lieber
mit} 15... Kh8 {und Ng8 verteidigen.}) 16. Bxe4 Bxh4 17. g5 $1 {Jetzt sitzt
der Bh4 in der Falle, es droht Nf3.} Nc5 18. Bg2 ({Auf} 18. Nf3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Qc6 {kann Schwarz Gegenspiel organisieren.}) 18... f6 19. Nf3 fxg5 20. fxg5
Rxf3 21. Rxf3 Qe7 {Es drohte 22. Rh3,} ({falls} 21... e5 {so} 22. Nd5) 22. Rbf1
Bd7 23. Rf7 Bxg5 (23... Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qf4+) ({oder} 23... Qxg5 24.
Qxd6 {mit Gewinn.}) 24. Qf2 $1 Qe8 25. Qg3 Bh6 26. Qxd6 {Figurenverlust ist
nicht zu vermeiden.} Na4 27. Re7 Qc8 28. Rxd7 {und Schwarz überschritt in
hoffnungsloser Lage die Bedenkzeit.} 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 20th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2016.11.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2016.10.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 $5 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5
14. e6 Bxe6 15. Rxb7 Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 $14 {Karjakin-Anand,
moskau 2013}) ({Nachhaltiger erscheint} 12... Nfd7 $5 13. Ne4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5
15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 Qd5 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Bd6 f5 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 23. Nd6 Nbd7 24. g4 (24. Bf3 $5 Qa1+ 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Kf2
Qxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Nc5 28. Rd2 a5 29. Rb1 a4 30. Rb5 Nfd7 31. g4 $14 {Parimarjan
Negi, 1.e4 vs The Sizilian I, Quality Chess 2015}) 24... fxg4 25. Bxg4 $5 (25.
O-O Qe5 26. Qf2 Nf6 27. Bxg4 Qg5 28. Kh1 $11 {Ntirlis-Bordier, corr 2014})
25... Qa1+ (25... Qe5 $5 26. Be2 Qa1+ 27. Rd1 Qa5+ $11) 26. Rd1 (26. Bd1 $5 Qe5
27. Kf2) 26... Qe5 (26... Qa5+ 27. Ke2 Ne5 28. Ra1 Nxg4 29. Rxa5 Nxe3 30. Kxe3
$14 {Konstantin Landa}) 27. Rd3 $2 (27. Ke2 a5 $5 (27... Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Ne5 29.
Bh5 a5 30. Kd4 Nfd7 31. Rhg1 $14) 28. Nxc8 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Rxc8 30. Rxd7 Nxd7
31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Bxd7 Rxc4 $11 {Landa}) 27... Nc5 $19 {Najer-Vachier Lagrave,
Dortmund 2016}) 13. exf6 (13. Bf2 $5 {wird von Negi favorisiert.}) (13. Bg3 $5
Nh5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rb3 {brachte Weiß Erfolg in Radjabov-Grischuk, Tbilisi
2015, und wird empfohlen von Wei Ming, The Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5, Everyman
Chess, 2014, wie auch Negi in seinem Buch und Matthew Sadler in der Rubrik,
Sadler on Books, New in Chess, 4, 2015}) 13... gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 (14... h3 $5 {
wurde von Lubomir Ftacnik angegeben.}) 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rbd1 (16. Kh1 Qg5 17.
Qe1 (17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Qxd4 (19. Nc7+ Kd8 20. Nxa8 d3 21. Bxd3 Bd6
22. Rbf1 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 h3 24. gxh3 Qd5+ 25. Qg2 Qd6 26. Qf2 Re8 $17 {
Bromberger-Areshenko, BL 2010/11}) 19... Kd8 20. Bg4 Bc5 21. Qd2 Bd6 $15 {
Duda-Wojtaszek, Warschau 2014}) 17... Nxf6 (17... h3 $5 18. gxh3 Qe5 {
Swierz-Areshchenko, POL chT 2014}) 18. Nf3 Qc5 19. Na4 Qc7 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Qxh4
Be7 22. Qd4 Rg8 (22... O-O 23. Ne5 Bc5 24. Qf4 $16) 23. Ne5 Rg5 24. Ng4 (24.
Nec4 e5 25. Qh4 Rg6 26. Bd3 e4 27. Bxe4 Rg4 28. Qxh6 Nxe4 29. Qh8+ Bf8 30. Ne5
(30. Nd5 Qxc4 31. Qe5+ Be6 32. Qxb8+ Qc8 33. Rxb7 Qxb8 34. Rxb8+ Kd7 $15 {
Dejan Pikula, INF 122}) 30... Rg7 31. Nxf7 Rxf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qe5+ Qe6 34.
Qxb8 Bc5 35. Nxc8 (35. Qxc8+ Qxc8 36. Nxc8 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Ne4+) 35... Nf2+ 36.
Kg1 Nd1+ 37. Kf1 Qc4+ 38. Ke1 Qe4+ 39. Kxd1 Qd4+ 40. Ke2 Qf2+ $11) 24... Nxg4
25. Bxg4 f5 $2 (25... Bc5 26. Qh8+ Bf8 27. Bf3 Ke7 28. h4 (28. Qd4 Bg7 29. Qd3
$11) 28... Bg7 29. Nxc8+ Rxc8 30. Qh7 Rh8 31. Qe4 Rb5 32. Rxb5 axb5 33. Bh5 Rf8
34. Qb4+ Qd6 $11) 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Rbe1 $18 {Wei Yi - Robson, Las Vegas 2014})
16... h3 (16... Bb4 17. Qe3 Bxc3 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kd8 20. Qe7+ Kc7 21.
Qd6+ Kd8 22. f7 Bg7 23. f8=Q+ Bxf8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kc7 26. Qd6+ Kd8
27. Bg4 Qb5 28. c4 Qc6 29. Qf8+ Kc7 30. Qf4+ Kd8 31. Kh1 h5 32. Bxh5 h3 33.
Qh4+ Kc7 34. Qg3+ Kd8 35. Qxh3 Qxc4 36. Bg4 Qa4 37. a3 Kc7 38. Qg3+ Kb6 39.
Qd6+ Qc6 40. Qb4+ Ka7 41. Bxd7 Bxd7 42. Qd4+ Qb6 43. Qxd7 $14) 17. Qd3 $5 {
Empfohlen von Ftacnik.} (17. g3 Bb4 18. Qe3 Bxc3 19. Nxe6 fxe6 (19... Qe5 $2
20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxa8 Nxf6 23. Nb6 $16 {Wei Yi-Areshchenko, Baku
2015}) 20. Qxe6+ Kd8 21. Qe7+ Kc7 22. Qd6+ Kd8 23. f7 Bg7 24. Bg4 Qb5 25. f8=Q+
Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qd6+ Kd8 $11 {Czarnota-Moranda, Polen
2015}) 17... Qe5 18. Bf3 Nc5 $6 ({Vorsichtiger wäre} 18... Bc5 19. Ne4 Ba7 20.
g3 O-O $11) 19. Qc4 Bd6 20. g3 Bd7 21. Nf5 $6 ({Bessere Aussichten versprach} 
21. Rfe1 Qxf6 22. Nd5 $5 (22. Bh5 O-O 23. Nb3 Qe7 24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Nxc5 (25.
Qxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Nxc5 Bc6 $11) 25... Bb5 (25... Qd2 26. Re2 Qc1+ 27. Kf2 Bc6 28.
N3e4 $14) 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Nb3 Qb6+ 28. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 29. Nxd4 Rac8 30. Ncxb5 axb5
31. Re4 Ra8 32. Be2 Rxa2 33. Bxb5 Rd8 34. Kf2 e5 35. Ne2 Rxc2 36. Rxe5 Kg7 $11)
22... Qg5 23. Qc3 O-O 24. Nf5 exd5 25. Nxd6 Na4 26. Qd4 Bc6 27. c4 Rad8 28. Re5
Qf6 29. Nf5 $14) 21... Bf8 (21... Qxf5 22. Bxb7 (22. Rxd6 Qe5 23. Rd2 Rc8 24.
Re2 Nd3 25. Rxe5 Rxc4 26. cxd3 Rxc3 27. Bxb7 Bb5 $11) 22... Qxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Nxb7
24. Ne4 $14) 22. Ne7 $6 ({Zum Ausgleich reichte} 22. Ng7+ Kd8 23. Bh5 Qe3+ 24.
Rf2 b5 25. Qb4 (25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rh7 27. Bxf7 Bxg7 28. fxg7 Rxg7 29. Bh5
Ke7) 25... Kc8 26. Qd4 (26. Bxf7 Nd3 27. Rxd3 Qxd3 28. cxd3 Bxb4 29. Ne4 e5)
26... Qxd4 27. Rxd4 e5 $11) 22... Bxe7 ({Jedoch nicht} 22... b5 $2 23. Qh4 Qe3+
24. Kh1 Rb8 25. Ncd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 $16) 23. fxe7 Rc8 24. Rde1 $2 ({Das
kleinere Übel wäre} 24. Rfe1 b5 (24... Ne4 $2 25. Qd3) 25. Rxe5 bxc4 26. Rd4
Kxe7 27. Kf2 Bb5 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Nb6 Rc7 $15) 24... Ne4 $6 ({Schwarz verpasst
} 24... Nd3 $1 25. Qxd3 (25. Rxe5 Rxc4 26. cxd3 Rxc3 27. Bxb7 Bb5) 25... Qxc3
26. Bxb7 Bb5 27. Qd1 Rg8 $17 {Schneider, Schach}) 25. Qxe4 Qxc3 26. Qxb7 ({
Mehr Spannung versprach} 26. Qh4 Rc4 27. Qxh3 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Rxc2 29. Rd1 Qb4 30.
a3 (30. Qh5 Rc5) 30... Qxe7 31. Qg4 Bb5 32. Qg7 Rf8 33. Rfe1 Qc5 34. Re5 Qc8
$15) 26... Kxe7 27. Rd1 (27. Qxa6 Rhd8 28. Be4 Qc5+ 29. Rf2 Bc6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6
$15) 27... Rhd8 28. Rf2 Qc5 $6 (28... Rc7 29. Qxa6 (29. Qe4 Bb5 $17) 29... Bc8
30. Qf1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 f5 32. Qxh3 Qd4 $15) 29. Bg4 $2 ({Zum remis führte} 29.
c4 Qxc4 30. Be2 Qc3 31. Qe4 Be8 32. Qh4+ f6 33. Rxf6 Qxf6 34. Qb4+ Kf7 35. Rf1
Rc1 36. Rxc1 Qd4+ 37. Qxd4 Rxd4 38. Bxa6 Rd2 39. Bf1 $11) 29... Rc7 30. Qf3 (
30. Qxa6 h5 $17) 30... f5 31. Qf4 (31. Bxh3 Bc6 32. Qh5 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Rd7 34.
Qc1 Rd4 35. Bg2 Qd6 $17) 31... Bb5 32. Re1 $2 (32. a4 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Bc4 34.
Qh4+ Kd6 35. Qxh6 Qd4 36. Qd2 Qxd2 37. Rxd2+ Ke5 $15) 32... Qc3 33. Bxh3 (33.
Rxe6+ Kxe6 34. Bxf5+ Kf7 (34... Ke7 $2 35. Qh4+ Qf6 36. Qe4+ Kf8 37. Bg4 Qxf2+
38. Kxf2 Rf7+ 39. Bf5 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 $11) 35. Bxh3+ Kg7 $19) 33... Qxe1+ 34.
Rf1 Qc3 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Liss, Eran"]
[Black "Zoler, Dan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O (10. a4 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qh3 (13. Rae1
h6 (13... O-O $6 14. Qh3 $1 e5 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rfe8 17. Nd2 g6 18. f5 $18
{Shabalov,A-Chachere,L Genf op 1992}) 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17.
Qe2 Nfd7 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Bg3 h5 $13 {Renet,O-Olafsson,H Reykjavik 1992}) 13...
h6 14. Bh4 O-O 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Bf2 Qh5 $13 {Sax,G-Nunn,J Hastings 1977}) 10...
b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Kb1 Be7 14. g4 a5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Bb5 $1 Rd8 17. Ng3 $40 {Kostadinov,K-Peterv,V Corr BUL/ch 1990}) 12. Rhe1 Be7
13. a3 h6 14. Bh4 {a novelty according to my data} (14. Qh3 Rc8 (14... O-O-O
15. Bxf6 (15. Bh4 g5 16. Bf2 gxf4 17. Bxb5 $6 axb5 18. Nxb5 Qc4 19. Na7+ Kb8
20. Na5 Qa6 21. Qb3 Ne5 $17 {Masserey,Y-Van Wely,L Horgon-B 1995}) 15... Nxf6 (
15... Bxf6 16. Bxb5 $1 Bxc3 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3 $5) 18... Qxc3
19. bxc3 g5 $1 20. g3 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg8 $13 {Van der Wiel}) 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5 Bb7 $8 19. Bf1 Kb8 $6 (19... Bf6 $1 {Xd4}) 20. Rd4 $1 $16 {
Van der Wiel,Portisch,L Rotterdam 47/327}) 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Re2 $1 Rg8 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 $2 17. Bxb5 $1 {Piket,Je}) 15... Qb6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bg6+
Kd8 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bf7 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd5 $17 {Kamsky,
G-Lyubojevic,L Boenos Aires 62/299 [Piket,Je] 1994}) 14... Rc8 (14... O-O-O)
15. Qh3 $1 g5 $4 {just a blunder,black probably had forgotten that now this
move is possible, since normally g5 is played after 0-0-0!} (15... O-O 16. g4
$5 (16. Kb1) 16... Nc5 $5 17. Kb1 $1 (17. g5 $2 Nfxe4 $1 18. Nxe4 (18. gxh6 $2
Nxb3+ $19) 18... Bxe4 $1 (18... Nxb3+ $2 19. Kb1 $40) 19. Rxe4 (19. Bxe4 Nxe4)
19... Nxb3+ 20. Kb1 Nc5) 17... Nxb3 18. cxb3 $40) 16. Bxg5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5
18. e5 $1 {white continues his attack the game is over} dxe5 (18... Nd5 19. Ne4
$18) 19. Rxe5 Qf2 (19... Qc7 20. Bg6 $3 {and there is no move for black at
all! if 20...fxg6 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Qxe6 winning}) 20. Re2 $1 {if the queens
move than f5 is the end,black thought he can play Bxg2 but he had the second
and the last surprise for this game} Bxg2 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22. Rxf2 {two pieces
are hanging now there is no defence} Rxh2 23. Rg1 {this was a very good moment
to resign!} Bc5 (23... Rh1 24. Rfxg2) 24. Rgxg2 Be3+ 25. Kb1 Rh1+ 26. Rf1 Rxf1+
27. Bxf1 Nd7 28. f5 Bxg5 29. Rxg5 Ke7 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rg7+ Kd6 32. Ne4+ Kc6
33. Bg2 Rd8 34. Ng5+ Kd6 35. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13b"]
[Site "Taxco"]
[Date "1985.06.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sisniega, Marcel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1985.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Be7
15. h4 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. Kb1 Qc5 18. h5 b5 19. g6 a5 20. h6 fxg6 21. hxg7
Bf6 (21... b4 22. Nd5 $3 exd5 23. f5 (23. Qh2 $1 {Timman} Kf7 {Hübner} 24. Rxd5
Qc6 (24... Qe3 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Qxh7 Rg8 27. f5 $18) 25. Qxh7 Rg8 26. f5 Rxg7 (
26... gxf5 27. Bb5 Qxd5 28. exd5 Bxb5 29. Qxf5+ Bf6 (29... Ke8 30. Rh8 $18) 30.
Rh6 $18 (30. Qe6+ $18)) 27. fxg6+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Rg8 29. g7+ Kf7 30. Qh5+ Kxg7
31. Bb5 {Weiß setzt bald matt. Hübner}) 23... Rac8 24. Rh2 g5 {Schwarz kann
hier diesen Gewinnversuch unternehmen. Hübner} (24... Qxc2+ $1 {Timman})) 22.
e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 exf4 26. Bxb5 Rb8 27. a4 h5 28. Rg1
Qxg7 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. c3 Be7 31. Bd3 {^D Verhindert 31... Kh6 wegen 31.Nd6!
Timman} e5 (31... Kh6 32. Nd6 Rg8 {Hübner} 33. Nf7+ Kg7 34. Ng5 (34. Bxg6 $2
Kf6) (34. Ne5 g5) 34... e5 {Schwarz hat hier bessere Kampfmöglichkeiten als in
der Partie. Hübner}) 32. Kc2 Rb6 33. b4 axb4 34. a5 Rb8 35. a6 bxc3 36. Rb1 Ra8
37. Rb7 Kf8 38. a7 Bd8 39. Bc4 g5 40. Nxg5 Bb6 41. Nh7+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 (13... Nd5
$6) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 {/\Lh5} h5 17. Rb3 Qa4 18. Nxf6+ $1 (18.
c4 f5 19. O-O fxe4 $13) 18... Bxf6 19. c4 Ra7 (19... Bh4+ 20. g3 Be7 21. O-O
Bd7 $2 (21... Ra7) 22. Rb7 Rd8 23. Bd3 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. Be2 $1 Ke7 26. Bxh5
Rg7 27. Qh6 $16) 20. O-O Be7 (20... Rf7 $1 21. Qd6 (21. Rbf3 Rd7 22. Qb2 (22.
Qe3 $142 $1) 22... Rb7 23. Rb3 O-O 24. Rxb7 Bxb7 25. Qxb7 Qxa2 26. Re1 $1 (26.
Bxh5 $2 e4 27. Kh1 Qxc4 $19 {Velimirovic-Nunn/Skara/1980}) 26... Qd2 (26... e4
27. Qd7 $1 Bc3 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Rd1 $5 Rf7 30. Qxe4 $14) 27. Qb1 h4 28. Bf3
Bg7 29. h3 Rxf3 $5 30. gxf3 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Qg3 $13 {Kandyba-Bangiev/corr/1988})
21... Be7 22. Qxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 (23. Bxf1 Rh7 $1 (23... O-O $2 24. Rg3+) (
23... Rh6 24. Rb8 Kd7 25. Qd4+ Kc7 26. Qf4+ $14) 24. Rb8 Kd7 25. Qd4+ Bd6 26.
Qa7+ Kd8 $1 (26... Bc7 27. Qd4+ Bd6) 27. Rxc8+ Kxc8 28. Qxh7 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxa2
$19 {Chiburdanidze-Alexandria/M/1981}) 23... O-O+ $1 (23... Rf8+ 24. Kg1 $1 Rf5
$5 (24... Qxa2 $2 25. Bxh5+ $18) 25. Bxh5+ Rxh5 (25... Kf8 26. Rd3 $18) 26.
Qxh5+ Kd8 27. Qh8+ $1 Kc7 28. Qg7 $1 Kd8 29. Qd4+ $18) 24. Kg1 h4 $1 25. Qh5
Qxa2 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 {Bangiev 1/2/Mueller,F-Bangiev,A/EU-ch37 f/1990}
) 21. Rb8 Rc7 22. Qd3 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Ke7 $8 24. Qg3 Kd6 $1 $8 (24... Re8 25. Qxe5
Bd6 26. Qg5+ Kd7 27. c5) 25. Rd1+ Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rf7 27. Bf3 h4 28. Qg6 (28.
Qe1 $5) 28... Rf4 (28... Rf5) 29. Rb1 Bd4 30. c5+ $6 (30. h3) 30... Bxc5 31.
Rc1 Bd7 32. Qd3+ $6 (32. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 33. Qc2 Rf1+ (33... Bxg2+ 34. Qxg2 Rb8
$44) 34. Rxf1 h3 35. Rd1+ Bd5 36. Rxd5+ Kxd5 (36... exd5 37. Qg6+) 37. Qd3+ Bd4
38. Qxa6 Rg8 $13) (32. Rxc5 Kxc5 33. Qg7 Rhf8 34. Qxd7 e4 35. Qa7+ Kd6 36. Qd4+
Kc7 37. Qa7+ $10) (32. Qg7 Rhf8 33. Rxc5 Kxc5 34. Qxd7 (34. Qxe5+) 34... e4 35.
Qa7+ $10) 32... Bd4 33. Qxa6 e4 $17 34. Be2 Rb8 $1 35. Rd1 e5 36. Qa7 Rb4 (
36... Rb2 $2 37. Rxd4+ $18) (36... Rb1 $2 37. Qa3+ $18) 37. h3 Rf2 38. Qa3 c5
39. Qe3 Rf4 (39... Kc7 $2 40. Rxd4) 40. Qa3 Bc6 41. Bg4 e3 $5 (41... Rf2 42.
Qe3 Rxa2 43. Qh6+ Kc7 44. Qxh4 e3 45. Qe7+ $13) (41... Kc7 42. Qa7+ Bb7 43.
Qa5+) 42. Qxe3 Rb1 $2 (42... Rb2 43. Bf3) (42... Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rxd1 (43... Rb2
44. Rd2 Kc7 $1 45. Qd3 Rxd2 46. Qxf1 (46. Qxd2 Rf2 47. Qa5+ Kb7 $19) 46... Rf2
47. Qg1 $17 {/\c5-c1}) 44. Qh6+ Kc7 45. Bxd1 Bf2 46. Qh7+ Kb6 47. Qc2 Bg3+ 48.
Kg1 $13) 43. Qd3 $8 (43. Qd2 Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 e4 $19) (43. Qe1 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Rxd1
45. Qxd1 h3 $19) 43... Rxd1+ (43... Rb2 44. Bf3 e4 45. Qa3 exf3 46. Rxd4+ (46.
Qxb2 $2 fxg2+ 47. Kh2 g1=Q+ $19) 46... Rxd4 47. Qxb2 fxg2+ 48. Kh2 Kc7 (48...
Rd1 49. Qf6+ Kc7 50. Qe5+ $10) 49. Qc3 $13) (43... Rxg4 44. Qxb1 Rxg2 45. Qb8+
Kd7 46. Qa7+ Ke6 47. Qb6 $10) 44. Bxd1 Rf2 (44... e4 45. Qa6 {/\La4}) 45. Qg6+
(45. Bf3 $2 e4 $19) 45... Kc7 46. Kh2 $8 c4 (46... Rxg2+ 47. Qxg2 Bxg2 48. Kxg2
$10) (46... e4 $5 47. Qh7+ Kb6 48. Qxh4 (48. Qh6 Rxa2) 48... e3 49. Qg4 (49.
Qd8+ Ka6 50. Qc8+ Bb7 51. Qe6+ Ka7) 49... Be5+ 50. Kg1 Rxa2 $17) (46... Rxa2 $2
47. Qf7+ $18) 47. a4 Rf1 (47... c3 48. a5 $13) 48. Be2 Rf2 $6 (48... Bg1+ 49.
Kh1 Rc1 50. Qg7+ (50. Qf7+ Kb6 51. Bf1 Be3 52. Kh2 $13) 50... Kb6 51. a5+ Kb5
$1 (51... Kxa5 52. Qxe5+ Ka4 53. Bd1+ Rxd1 54. Qa1+ $1 $10) 52. Qxe5+ Ka4 $19)
49. Bxc4 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 (8... Qe3+ $6 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nc6 11. Bf3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Na4
O-O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nb6+ Kb8 16. Nxd7+ Rxd7 17. Bh5 $1 $16 {Stein,
L-Portish,L/Stockholm(izt)/1962/}) (8... Nbd7 $5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. a3
Bb7 $13) 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. Be2 (10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 Nc5
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qe3 Rd7
{Spassky,B-Portish,L/Tilburg/1980/0.5 (19)/}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 (11. O-O-O b5
12. a3 Rb8 $132 (12... Bb7 $5 $13)) 11... h6 12. Qh3 Rg8 $6 (12... O-O $142 13.
Bh4 b6 $13) 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 (14. Bg3 gxf4 15. Bxf4 h5 16. O-O Ne5 $13)
14... hxg5 15. Bf2 b6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Bg3 $14 Ne5 18. O-O-O Rc8 $6 (18... O-O-O
$5 19. Rd4 Nfd7 20. Rf1 Kb8 $14) 19. Rd4 Nfd7 20. Rhd1 Qb8 21. Kb1 Nc5 22. Qf2
Rh8 (22... Nxb3 $2 23. cxb3 $16) 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. h3 Qc7 25. R4d2 Nxb3 $6 (25...
Ncd7 $5) 26. cxb3 Qc5 27. Qxc5 bxc5 (27... Rxc5 28. b4 (28. Bf2 $5 Rc6 29. b4
Nc4 30. Rc2 $16) 28... Rc7 29. b5 a5 30. Bf2 Nd7 $16) 28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. Rd7 $16
Rb8 $8 30. Kc2 Rh8 31. Rc7 Bd8 (31... Bc8 $2 32. Ra7 Rb6 33. Ra8 Rc6 34. Bxa6
$18) 32. Rxd8+ $6 (32. Rxc5 Bb6 33. Rc4 (33. Rxe5 Rg8 34. a5 Ba7 35. b4 Ke7 $13
) 33... Bd4 34. Bf3 $16) 32... Kxd8 33. Rxf7 Rg8 $1 34. Bc4 (34. Bg4 Bc8 {
/\Rb4-d4<=>/}) 34... Bc8 35. Kd3 g4 36. h4 g3 37. Ke3 (37. Rh7 Rf8) 37... Rh8
38. Kf3 Rxh4 39. Kxg3 Rh6 40. Rg7 Bd7 41. Nd1 (41. Nd1 Kc7 42. Kg4 Rbh8 $13 (
42... Kd6 43. Kg5 Rh2 $13)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be2 Be7 17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rxb7 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. Rxg7 Rf8
27. Kg1 Nb4 28. Rb7 Nxc2 29. Rxb5 Ke7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ne3 32. Kf2 Nc4 33.
Rb7+ Kd6 34. Bd1 e5 35. Rh7 Nb2 36. Rxh6+ Kc5 37. Bc2 Nxa4 38. h4 Nc3 39. Bf5
Ra2+ 40. Kf1 $2 (40. Kg3 Ne2+ 41. Kg4) 40... Ra1+ $2 (40... e4 41. g3 e3) 41.
Kf2 $19 Ra2+ 42. Kf1 $2 (42. Kg3 Ne2+ 43. Kg4) 42... Nd1 43. g4 Ne3+ 44. Ke1
Kd4 45. Bc8 Ng2+ 46. Kd1 e4 47. h5 e3 48. Ba6 Nf4 49. Rb6 Nd3 50. Bxd3 Kxd3 51.
Rb3+ Ke4 52. h6 d4 53. h7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 7th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2019.06.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Lupulescu,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2019.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
So we have the famous poisoned pawn variation that many grandmasters already
fell victim to, including yours truly.} ({The two players had already
extensive experience in the line, mostly between each other:} 7... h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bf2 (10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O g5 $6 12. fxg5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nh7
14. Nf3 hxg5 15. Bf2 $16 {½-½ (30) Caruana,F (2807)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)
Saint Louis 2017}) 10... Qc7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O b5 13. g4 Bb7 (13... g5 14.
h4 gxf4 15. Be2 b4 16. axb4 Ne5 17. Qxf4 Nexg4 18. Bxg4 e5 19. Qxf6 $1 Bxf6 20.
Nd5 Qd8 21. Nf5 Rb8 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Rxd6 $18 {White won in style in Caruana,
F (2823)-Nakamura,H (2779) London 2016}) 14. h4 (14. Bg2 g5 15. h4 gxf4 16. g5
Ne5 17. Qxf4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rxh1 19. Rxh1 Nfd7 20. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {0-1 (59)
Karjakin,S (2760)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2789) London 2017}) 14... Nc5 (14... d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Rh3 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. f5 Nxe5 20. fxe6 O-O 21.
Qg1 Rae8 22. g5 h5 23. Be2 g6 24. exf7+ $13 {1/2-1/2 (43) Caruana,F (2817)
-Vachier Lagrave,M (2803) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2017}) 15. Bd3 d5 (15... Nxd3+
16. Rxd3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be1 O-O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 (37) Anand,V (2768)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) (15... h5 16. g5 Ng4 17. Rhg1 Qb6 18. Kb1
b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rxg4 hxg4 21. Qxg4 Rb8 22. Na2 Qa4 23. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Grischuk,A (2766)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 16. e5 Nfe4 17.
Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rh3 h5 19. Be1 g6 20. gxh5 Rxh5 21. Qg4 Qb6 22. Nce2 Rc8 23. Kb1
Rc4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Kb2 a5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28. Ra1 Ra4 $17 {1/2-1/2 
(51) Caruana,F (2822)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2779) Saint Louis 2018}) 8. Qd2 (8.
Qd3 {was also successfully used by Caruana against Nakamura in 2017.}) 8...
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 {A very rare continuation.} (10... Nc6 {It's the
main line with thousands of games.}) 11. fxe6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bc4 Nbd7
14. Bxe6 Nc5 15. Bc4 $5 {A novelty setting practical problems for Black.} (15.
Bb3 Rc8 16. O-O Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Qc5+ 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Rf4 {Trying to take
advantage of the tactical trick involving e4-e5.} Nh5 $1 20. Rf5 Nf6 {There
were already some draws like this.}) (15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4
18. Qd4 Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Nxc3 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Rb3 Ne4 22. Rxb7+ Kf6 23. O-O+ Kg5
24. g3 Rab8 25. Ra7 Rb2 26. Bg2 d5 27. h4+ Kg4 28. Kh2 Rxc2 $1 (28... Nxg3 29.
Bh3+ Kxh4 30. Rf4+ Kg5 31. Kxg3 $16 {1/2-1/2 (70) Wei Yi (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,
I (2773) Moscow RUS 2019}) 29. Rf4+ Kh5 30. Kh3 Nf2+ $11) 15... Ncxe4 $6 {
The human choice although definitely not the best.} ({Black's difficulties can
be seen for a example in} 15... Rc8 16. O-O Ncd7 17. Rf5 Rxc4 18. Rb3 Rxc3 19.
Rxc3 Qxa2 20. Rc8+ Bd8 21. Qxd6 Qa1+ 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5
25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxh8 Kxc8 27. Bxe5 Bc7 {After a long (though not necessarily
needed) engine line we have an endgame that few humans could assess as drawn
so far in advance.}) 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bf7+ $1 {The point of 15.Bc4.} Kxf7 18.
Qd5+ Ke8 19. Qxe4 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 $1 {Caruna shows fantastic preparation even in
this very rare line.} (20. Bd2 Qe5 21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rxb7 Rf8 {and Black is
fine.}) 20... Qxg5 21. Rxb7 {Because of the the pinned B and the hanging R on
a8, White will be getting his piece back with interest. 0-0 would solve all
Black's problems but, unfortunately for him, his monarch has already taken a
small stroll.} Rf8 (21... Qe5 $2 22. Re1 {is very bad for Black-} Kd8 {and now
the following precise sequence is very strong:} 23. Qc6 (23. Rxe7 Kxe7 24. Qb7+
Kf6 25. Rxe5 $16 {is also possible since White's Q is stronger than Black's
rooks.}) 23... Qd4+ 24. Ke2 Qg4+ 25. Kd3 Qf5+ 26. Re4 Qf1+ 27. Kc3 Bf6+ 28. Kb3
Qb1+ 29. Ka3 $18 {The checks ran out and now the Black K is in terrible danger.
}) (21... Qh5+ {was also not that strong for Black:} 22. g4 Qe5 23. Re1 Kd8 24.
Rxe7 (24. Qc6 Qd4+ 25. Ke2 Qxg4+ 26. Kd3 Qf5+ 27. Re4 Qh3+ $11 {is the
difference compared to 21...Qe5.}) 24... Kxe7 25. Qb7+ Kf6 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Ke2 $16) 22. Re1 (22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qxa8+ Kd7 24. Qb7+ Kd8 25. Qxa6 Qe5 {
is an inferior version of the game for White.}) 22... Rf7 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24.
Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Qxa6 Qe5 $1 {The most consistent. White has an
extra pawn but his K on d1 is quite awkward, so it makes sense to keep the
queens on.} (26... Qd5+ {was an option but Black would risk a lot:} 27. Qd3+
Qxd3+ 28. cxd3 Ra7 29. Rf2 Ra3 30. Kc1 Rxd3 31. Kb2 {"All the rook endgames
are drawn". Except, of course, from the ones that aren't. Here the white
king's active position and also the awkward placement of the rook d3 with the
pawn on d6 make Black's task difficult.} Rd4 (31... h5 $1 32. a4 h4 {is a
better try to make some progress on the kingside taking advantage of the fact
that White cannot yet push a5.}) 32. Kb3 Rd3+ 33. Kc4 Rd1 34. a4 d5+ 35. Kb3 d4
36. Ra2 Rc1 37. Rd2 Rb1+ 38. Ka2 Rf1 39. Ka3 Rf4 40. g3 Re4 41. Kb3 Kf5 42. a5
Re3+ 43. Kb4 $18 {is a sample line.}) 27. Qd3+ Kh6 {We have an atypical
position where both the monarchs are feeling quite awkward.} 28. c3 $143 (28.
g3 {was probably better keeping the h2 pawn alive.} g6 (28... Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qe5
{is a mysterious engine choice.}) 29. Qd2+ Kg7 30. Qf4 $16) 28... Qxh2 $1 {
The right decision restoring the material balance. However, White can still
set some practical problems.} 29. Qd2+ Kg6 30. Rf4 Re6 31. Qc2+ Kh6 32. Qf2
Qh5+ $1 {Getting his Q back into play with tempo.} 33. Kd2 (33. Kc1 $2 Re2 {
is good for Black.}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kc1 g6 {A normal move in a position where
Black probably felt he solved all of his problems.} (34... g5 {was maybe
easier:} 35. Rd4 Qc5 36. Qf8+ Kg6 37. Qg8+ Kf6 $11) 35. a4 Qe5 36. Kc2 g5 $6 (
36... Qe2+ {would be quite an easy draw:} 37. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kb3 Rxg2 39. a5
Re2 40. a6 Re8 {The black rook will be quite passive but his h- and g-pawns
ensure enough counterplay.}) 37. Rd4 Kg6 38. Qf3 (38. Kb3 $5 {preparing for
the rook endgame was also interesting:} h5 $1 39. Qd2 Qf5 40. Rd5 $1 {Players
normally would not allow the black queen to arrive on b1 with check, but
Black's king g6 is not feeling so well either.} Qb1+ 41. Ka3 Kf7 $1 {and Black
keeps the balance.} (41... Qa1+ 42. Kb4 Re4+ 43. c4 $18)) 38... h5 {Now Black
gets a much needed tempo.} 39. Rd5 Qe2+ 40. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 41. Rd2 Re6 $2 {Very
natural but wrong.} (41... Re8 {was another option:} 42. Rxd6+ Kf5 43. a5 Kg4
44. Kb3 Kg3 45. Rh6 Kxg2 46. Rxh5 g4 $11) (41... Re5 {seemed simplest:} 42.
Rxd6+ (42. Kb3 Kf5 43. Ra2 Ke6 44. a5 Kd7 45. a6 Re8 {is also a draw.}) 42...
Kf5 43. Kb3 h4 44. Rd2 g4 {Black has enough counterplay.}) 42. a5 {Now the a
pawn becomes very hard to stop.} h4 43. Kb3 g4 44. Kb4 Re1 45. Ra2 $1 $18 {
Of course not allowing Black to put his rook behind the a-pawn.} Rb1+ 46. Kc4
h3 47. gxh3 gxh3 48. a6 Rb8 49. Kd5 Ra8 50. Kxd6 {Liquidating to an easily
winning endgame.} h2 51. Rxh2 Rxa6+ 52. Kd5 Kf7 53. Re2 $1 {The important move,
cutting off the black king.} Ra8 54. c4 Rd8+ 55. Kc6 Rc8+ 56. Kb5 Rb8+ 57. Ka6
Rc8 58. Re4 Kf6 {Black is missing two tempi to achieve the draw since if he
was to move and he would go ...Kf5, White would still be winning after Rh4.}
59. Kb7 Kf5 60. Rd4 {Caruana showed again some fantastic preparation getting a
very promising position. However, with some precise moves Black could have
saved the day.} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Buss, Ralph"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. f5 e5 14. Ne6 fxe6 15.
fxe6 Nb6 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Qxc3 19. Qxf6 Bxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kd8
21. Rd1 Nd7 22. Bg4 Kc8 23. Qxd7+ Kb8 24. Qxd6+ Ka7 25. Rb1 Qd4 $146 (25... Qa5
{Pakenas,P (2419)-Degerhammar,R (2480)/ICCF Email 2002/Corr 2004 (1/2, 32)})
26. Qc7 Rab8 27. h3 h5 28. c3 Qd8 29. Qxd8 Rbxd8 30. Be6 Rd2 31. Bd5 Rh7 32. a4
h4 33. Be6 Rg7 34. Bg4 Rc7 35. Rf1 Rxc3 36. Rf5 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 $5 ({Ein ausgetretener Pfad im Variantendschungel der
berühmt-berüchtigten Bauernraub-Variante, und obwohl die Partiefortsetzung als
sehr verwegen gilt, ist bis heute keineswegs klar, ob die traditionelle
Hauptvariante} 15... Be7 16. Be2 h5 {den Vorzug verdient.}) 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Bd3
$2 {Dieser Läuferzug, der von Igor Platonov (1934-1995) vorgeschlagen wurde,
hält heute keiner näheren Prüfung mehr stand!} ({Gebräuchlicher, besser und
ein anderes Thema ist} 17. Be2 $142 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 $132 (18... f5 $6 19. Qh6
$1)) 17... O-O ({Alternativen: I} 17... f5 18. O-O Ra7 $6 (18... O-O $142 {
mit Zugumstellung zur Hauptpartie}) 19. Be2 (19. Qh6 Rd7 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6
Rf8 22. Qxe5 Qd5 23. Qe2 $5 $13 (23. Qb8 $2 Kf7 $17 {Bouaziz - Nunn, Hamburg
1982})) 19... h5 20. Qc3 (20. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qa5 22. Bc4) 20... O-O {
(remis, T. Dominici - J.F. Baudoin, FRA AJEC Defi corr 1995)} 21. Qg3+ Kh7 22.
Bxh5 Qxc2 (22... Rg8 23. Qh3) 23. Bg6+ $5 Kh6 24. Be8 Rxe8 25. Rd3 f4 26. Qh3+
Kg7 27. Qg4+ Kf8 28. Rxf4+ exf4 29. Qxf4+ Bf6 30. Qxf6+ Rf7 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32.
Qh4+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qh4+ {remis, Buczinski,H (2318) - Dambrauskas,V 
(2479), ICCF Email 2004/ICCF}) ({II} 17... Bb7 $2 18. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 19. Bg6+ $1
hxg6 20. Qd7+ Kf8 21. O-O $18) ({III} 17... Ra7 $6 18. O-O f5 {ist
Zugumstellung zu 17...f5/18...Ra7?! (I)} (18... O-O 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (19... Rxf6
$2 20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Qh5 $1) 20. Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Qg5+ Kf7 22. Bxh7 Rd7 23. Qg8+
Ke7 24. Qg7+ Rf7 (24... Ke8 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qg7+) 25. Qg5+ $11)) 18. O-O f5
19. Rf3 {Angriffsfreudig wie der sagenhafte Trojanerheld geht Hector zur Sache,
und überrascht seinen jungen, weniger erfahrenen Gegner mit einem ganz
seltenen Zug, der meines Erachtens die Variante für Weiß aber auch nicht
rettet.} ({Das herkömmliche} 19. Qh6 {scheint allerdings auch keine
ausreichende Kompensation zu bieten, z.B.:} Rf7 ({Zwar ein "alter Hut", aber} 
19... fxe4 $2 {scheitert klar an} 20. Bxe4 Bc5+ (20... Rf5 21. Rf3 $1 $18 Rxf3
(21... Bg5 22. Rg3) 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 (22... Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qg8#) 23. Bg6+
Kg8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8#) 21. Kh1 Ra7 22. Rd8 $1 Qa3 23. Rxc8 {und gewinnt})
20. Rf3 {Ob dies nun der richtige Moment für den Auftritt des Turms ist? Ich
halte 17.Bd3-Variante jedenfalls für untauglich, und die nachfolgenden
Beispiele/Analysen mögen dies belegen:} Bd7 $1 (20... Qa5 $6 21. Rg3+ (21. Bc4
{Platonow} Kh8 22. Qh5 Qc7 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Rh3 Bd8 25. Nd6 Qe7 26. Nxc8 Rxc8
27. Bxe6 Rc7 28. Bxf5 Qg5 29. Qxg5 Bxg5 30. g4 a5 31. Ra1 Ra7 32. Rha3 Bd8 33.
Kg2 $15 {/=}) 21... Kh8 22. Qh5 Ra7 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 (24... Bc5 $142 $1)
25. Qh5 (25. Qh5 Bf8 26. Ng5 Rfe7 27. Bc4 e4 28. Nxe4 Rad7 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Ng5
Rc7 31. Rd3 Qf6 $15) 25... Rf8 26. Qh6 Rf7 27. Qh5 {remis, B. Filipovic - P.
Stempin, Graz 1981}) (20... Kh8 $6 21. Qh5 $1 Ra7 22. Kh1 Rf8 (22... Rg7 $2 23.
Rg3 Bf8 24. Ng5 Rge7 (24... Rae7 25. Bf1 Qa5 26. Qh6 Kg8 27. Nxh7 $18) 25. Bf1
Qa5 26. Rgd3 Kg8 27. Rd8 Rad7 28. Rxc8 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Qd5 30. Qh5 Qd7 31. Rb8 {
1-0 Eiben,P (2501)-Pheby,I (2457)/ICCF email 2003/Corr 2006}) (22... Bf8 $2 23.
Bf1 Qa5 24. Ng5 Rg7 25. Rfd3 Qc7 26. Rd8 Kg8 27. h4 {1-0 Daurelle,H (2272)
-Dyakov,A (2223)/Chessfriend.com 2005/Telechess}) 23. Qh6 (23. Rh3 Bd8 24. Nd6
$44 {/=}) 23... Rf7 24. Qh5 Rf8 25. Qh6 $11) (20... Bb7 $6 21. Nc3 (21. Bf1
Raf8 (21... Kh8) 22. Rd7 fxe4 23. Rxe7 exf3 24. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Gronkowski,D 
(2384)-Degerhammar,R (2488)/ICCF Email 2004/ICCF}) 21... Qa5 22. Qxe6 Raf8 23.
Bxf5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Dvorniak,A (2250)-Petrolo,M (2121)/ICCF WS 2004/ICCF} (23...
Kh8 24. Bxh7 Rxh7 (24... Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bc8 26. Qh6 Rxh7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qf6+
Kg8 29. Ne4 Qe7 30. Rd8 Rf7 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ $11) 25. Rxf8+
Bxf8 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Qg6+ Rg7 (30... Kf8
31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Rf8 33. Qh5+ $11) 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ $11) (23... Bc8
24. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 25. Qh6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Rxh7 27. Rxf8+ Bxf8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Ne4
Qe3 (29... Qe7 30. Rd8) 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ $11)) 21. Bf1 (21.
Be2 Qxc2 (21... Kh8 $142 $1 22. Rxd7 Bf8 23. Qd2 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 fxe4 25. Rf1 (
25. Rf7 Qa1+ 26. Kf2 Qd4+) 25... Qxc2 $1 26. Rf7 Qc1+ 27. Bf1 Kg8 28. Qxe6 Qc5+
29. Kh1 Qd5 $17) 22. Rxd7 Qxe2 23. Re3 $2 (23. Rxe7 Qxe4 24. Qxe6 Qd4+ 25. Rf2
(25. Kf1 $2 Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kf1 Qc1+ 28. Ke2 Qb2+ 29. Kf1 Qb5+ 30. Kf2
Qc5+ {-xe7-+}) 25... Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd5 27. Qxd5 cxd5 28. Rxe5 a5) 23... fxe4 $19
24. Rxe2 Bc5+ 25. Re3 Rxd7 26. Kf1 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd5 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke7
30. Qxh7+ Kd6 {0-1 Mohan,C (2400)-Fecht,H (2560)/ICCF 1997}) 21... Rd8 22. Rg3+
Kh8 23. Qh5 (23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Rdf8 25. Be2 Qxc2 26. Bh5 f4 27. Qxe5+ Rf6
28. Rgd3 f3 29. Bxf3 Be8 30. R1d2 Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qb5 32. Qc3 Kg8 33. h3 Bg6 34.
Rd7 c5 35. Kh1 Qb4 36. Qe5 Qf4 37. Qc3 Qh6 38. Kh2 Bf5 39. Rf1 e5 40. Kg1 Bxd7
41. Qxe5 Rxf3 {0-1 Anisimov,P (2501)-Kim,A (2437)/St Petersburg 2005}) 23...
Be8 $17 24. Nd6 (24. Ng5 Rxd1 25. Nxf7+ Bxf7 26. Qxd1 Qd5 $17) 24... Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 e4 26. Rxc6 Qa1 27. h4 Rf8 28. Qh6 Qd4+ {0-1 Ernst,T-Fedder,S/Copenhagen
1982}) 19... fxe4 $2 {Ein schlimmer Fehler. Dem Analytiker drängt sich der
Eindruck auf, daß beide Spieler im Variantendickicht herumirren. Alternativen:}
({I} 19... Kh8 $1 {Die gebotene Prophylaxe; das Opferangebot sollte Schwarz
hier besser verschmähen und stattdessen seine Position konsolidieren.} 20. Qh6
Bd7 21. Rg3 (21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Rf7 23. Rg3 Qa5 24. Be2 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 26.
Qd2 Be8 27. Qc3 Qf6 $17) 21... Rf7 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qa5 $5 (23... Qa3 $5
24. Bxf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 exf5 26. Rxd7 Qf8 $17) 24. Be2 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 Qe7 26. Qd2
e4 27. Bh5 f4 28. Rg5 c5 29. Bxf7 Bb5+ 30. c4 Bxc4+ 31. Ke1 Qxg5 32. Qc3+ Qg7
33. Qxc4 Qxf7 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Rd6 a5 36. Qa4 Qg6 37. Qxf4 Qg7 38. Qe4 a4 39.
Rd3 Rf8 40. Qxa4 Qe5+ 41. Kd1 Qb2 {0-1 Sophistry,R (2405)-PAKman,R (2652)/
playchess.com INT 2006}) ({II Nicht} 19... Rf7 $2 {wegen} 20. Rg3+ Rg7 (20...
Kh8 $2 21. Ng5) 21. Qh6 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Ra7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Rd7 25. c4 $13
{/=} Rxd3 26. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Pardo,F (2165)-Bury,R (2105)/ICCF email
2006/Corr 2008}) 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qg5+ Kh8 ({Auf das schwache} 21... Bg7 $2 {
folgt} 22. Bxe4 $1 {und nun z.B.:} Bb7 $2 (22... Qa5 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ Ke7
(24... Kf6 $143 25. Rd1 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qf2 27. Qxh7 Ra7 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+
Qf7 30. Qxe5 Rd7 31. Qc5+ Kd8 32. Qg5+ Kc7 33. Qe5+ Kd8 34. Rb1 $1 $18) 25.
Qe8+ Kf6 26. Rd1 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Qf2 28. Bxh7 Ra7 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Qxg7+ Qf7 31.
Qxe5 $1 Rd7 (31... Qxh7 $2 32. Qd6+ Kf7 33. Rf1+ $18) 32. Qc5+ Kd8 33. Bd3 $16)
23. Qh5 h6 (23... Qc4 24. Rd7 $18) 24. Qg6 $18 Rf8 (24... Qb2 25. Rf1) 25. Qh7+
Kf7 26. Bg6+ Kf6 27. Bh5 e4 28. Qg6+ Ke5 29. Qxg7+ Rf6 {1-0, Klimov,S (2509)
-Virovlansky,S (2437), Moscow 2005} (29... Rf6 30. Qc7+)) 22. Rf1 $1 Qa3 $8 ({I
} 22... Bd6 $4 23. Qd8+ Kg7 24. Qxd6 $18) ({II} 22... Bc5+ $2 23. Kh1 Ra7 (
23... exd3 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qxc5 Bb7 27. Rf8+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ {
nebst Mattsetzung}) 24. Qxe5+ Kg8 (24... Rg7 25. Rf7 Qb1+ 26. Bf1 $18) 25. Qg5+
Kh8 26. Qxc5 $18) 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe4 $5 (25. Qf6+ Kg8 (25...
Bg7 $4 26. Qd8+) 26. Qf7+ $11) 25... Qe3+ $2 ({Um seinen Königsflügel
abzusichern, war entweder Bc5+ plus Ra7 oder Qc5+ nebst Qe7 erforderlich: I} 
25... Bc5+ {am besten} 26. Kh1 Ra7 {und Weiß hat nichts Besseres als
Dauerschach:} 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ (28. Qd8+ Kg7 (28... Bf8 29. Qxc8 Qd6 30.
Qe8) 29. Qg5+ $11) 28... Kh8 (28... Rg7 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Qxc8 Qd6 31. Qxa6) 29.
Qf6+ $11) ({II} 25... Qc5+ 26. Rf2 Qe7 27. Qxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kg7 29. Rd8 Rb8
(29... a5 30. Bxc6 Ra6 31. Rxc8 a4 32. Bb5 a3 33. Bc4 a2 34. Bxa2 Rxa2 35. Kf2
$14 {/=}) 30. Bxc6 Kf6 31. Re8 a5 32. Kf2 a4 33. Bxa4 Rb4 $14 {/=}) 26. Kh1 Qh6
{Von h6 aus nimmt die Dame zwar wieder am Geschehen teil, aber dennoch wirken
die schwarzen Kräfte extrem unkoordiniert, und Weiß kann mit großer taktischer
Schlagfertigkeit forciert im Königsangriff gewinnen!} 27. Bxh7 $1 Qg7 {Damit
wähnte sich Schwarz in Sicherheit, um aber gleich nach ..} 28. Qh5 $1 $40 {
+- ...aus allen Wolken zu fallen.} Ra7 ({Oder: I} 28... Bd6 29. Rf7 $18) ({II} 
28... Qh6 29. Rxf8+ $1 Qxf8 (29... Kxh7 30. Rf7+ {mit Damengewinn}) 30. Be4+ {
nebst Matt}) 29. Bd3+ $2 ({Statt seine Angriffsleistung zu krönen, greift Weiß
schwer daneben. Forciert gewonnen hätte} 29. Qe8 $1 $18 Qxh7 (29... Kxh7 30.
Rxf8 Rc7 31. Qh5+ Qh6 32. Rh8+) 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rf3 $18 {Gegen den
Turmschwenk auf der 3.Reihe - nebst Matt oder Damengewinn - ist Schwarz
machtlos.} Qh6 (31... Qxc2 32. Qf8+ Kg6 (32... Kh7 33. Rh3+) 33. Rg3+ {jeweils
nebst Matt}) 32. Qf8+ Kh7 33. Rh3) 29... Kg8 30. Qe8 {Diesmal ist es zur
Abwechslung die weiße Dame, die zu spät eingreift.} e4 $1 {Caissa sei Dank!
Schwarz darf wieder mitmischen.} ({Alternativen, z.B.: I} 30... Rc7 $2 31. Bh7+
$1 Kxh7 32. Rxf8 $18) ({II} 30... Rf7 31. Rxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxc8 e4 33. Bxa6 Qf6
$11) 31. Bc4 {Wonach die Chancen wieder ausgeglichen sind.} Rc7 ({I} 31... Ra8
$2 32. Rf4 Qa1+ 33. Bf1 Qg7 34. h3 Qe7 35. Rg4+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Qh7 37. Qe5+ Bg7
38. Qg5 Bd7 39. Rh4 $18) ({II} 31... Rf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qxc8 Qf6 (33... Qf4)
34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Bxe6+ $11) 32. Qd8 Rf7 33. Qxc8 Rxf1+ 34. Bxf1 $11 Qd4 (
34... Qe5 {/Qf6} 35. Qxa6) 35. Qxe6+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38. Qg4+ Kh8
39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. Qh4+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ Kh8 43. c3 Qd1 44. Qe5+ Kg8 45.
Qe6+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Kg1 Qe1 48. Qe6+ Kg7 49. Qg4+ Kh8 50. Qh5+ Kg7 51.
Qg5+ Kh7 52. g3 Qxc3 53. Qf5+ Kg7 54. Qg4+ Kf6 55. Qf4+ Kg7 56. Qxe4 Qc5+ 57.
Kg2 Qd5 58. Qxd5 cxd5 59. Bxa6 $11 {Den Rest hätten sich die Herrschaften nun
wirklich ersparen können.} Bb4 60. Bb7 d4 61. Ba6 Kh6 62. Kf3 d3 63. Bxd3 Bc5
64. Bb5 Bb6 65. h4 Bc7 66. g4 Bd8 67. Kg3 Be7 68. g5+ Bxg5 69. hxg5+ Kxg5
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 9th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2013.11.27"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.11.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 ({Another sharper line
seems to be getting serious attention:} 12... g5 13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
O-O Qa5 16. Kh1 Qg5 17. Rf4 e5 18. Nd5 exd4 19. Qxd4 Kd8 20. Ne7 Qe5 21. Qd2
Bxe7 22. fxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bg4 f5 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rd5 b6 26. h3 Kc7 27. Qxh6 Rb8
28. Qf4+ Kb7 29. Qd4 Kc7 30. Qf4+ Kb7 31. Qd4 Kc7 32. Qf4+ {1/2 Guseinov,G 
(2607)-Areshchenko,A (2720)/Antalya TUR 2013}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. e6 Bxe6 15.
Nxe6 (15. Rxb7 {led to equality:} Bd6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 O-O 18. Qd4 Rf7 19.
Rxf7 Kxf7 20. O-O+ Kg8 21. Qg4 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 Qe5 23. Bg3 Qe3+ 24. Bf2 Qe5 25.
Bd4 Qxh2+ 26. Kf2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Bxf4 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2782)-Anand,V (2786)/
Moscow 2013}) 15... fxe6 16. Bd3 ({Another serious option here is} 16. Be2 Be7
17. Bh5+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 $1 ({Weaker is} 20. Rxb7 Qc5+
21. Kh1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qe2 Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5 25. Rf7 Nc6 26. Rxg7 Rf8
27. Kg1 Nb4 28. Rb7 Nxc2 29. Rxb5 Ke7 30. a4 Ra8 31. Rb2 Ne3 {Shirov,A (2710)
-Hou,Y (2605)/Caleta 2012 Black has no problems.}) 20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22.
Rxg7 Rc8 23. Qxh6 Qb4 24. Qc1 Qc3 25. Qg5+ Kc7 26. Bf7 Qc6 27. Qe7 {Solak,D 
(2618)-Zhigalko,S (2694)/Warsaw POL 2013 (35) with a good attack.}) 16... Be7
17. Bg6+ Kd8 18. Bxe7+ Qxe7 19. O-O Nd7 20. Rf7 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Rxg7 Rf6
23. Bd3 Kc7 24. c4 d4 25. Qe1 Raf8 26. Qe4 b6 27. Qh7 Rd8 28. h3 ({The former
main line is drawish:} 28. a4 Qe5 29. h3 Qc5 30. Ra1 $146 (30. Qe4 Rdf8 31. a5
Qxa5 32. c5 Qxc5 33. Bxa6 R8f7 34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Qxe6 Rf6 36. Qe8 Qf8 37. Qe4
Nc5 38. Rc1 Rc6 39. Qh7+ Nd7 40. Rd1 Qc5 41. Be2 b5 42. Bg4 Rd6 43. Bxd7 Rxd7
44. Qxh6 {1/2 Ljubicic-Shpakovsky, ICCF email 2009}) 30... Kd6 31. Rb1 Kc7 32.
Kg1 Qe5 33. Kh1 {1/2 Kosintseva,T (2517)-Hou,Y (2617)/Geneva SUI 2013}) 28...
Qd6 $2 ({It was preferable not to allow the break with} 28... Kd6) 29. c5 $1
bxc5 (29... Qxc5 {was dangerous:} 30. a4 Qd5 31. Be4 Qc4 32. Bf3) 30. Qe4 $1 {
Now the black king comes under attack.} Qd5 31. Qe1 $1 {White will find ways
to penetrate Black's position.} Kd6 32. Qa5 Ra8 ({Another way is not tempting
at all:} 32... Qa8 33. Rb7 Qxb7 34. Qxd8) 33. Re1 ({The bishop transfer was
very strong:} 33. Bc2 Rff8 34. Ba4) 33... Raf8 $2 ({The only chance was an
exchange sacrifice:} 33... Rff8 34. Be4 Qc4 35. Bxa8 Rxa8) 34. Qxa6+ Kc7 35.
Qa7+ Kc8 {Tactical strikes start!} 36. Bc4 $1 Qc6 37. Rb1 R6f7 38. Bb5 Qxb5 {
There is nothing else he can do.} 39. Rxb5 Rxg7 40. Rb7 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Kd8 42.
Qa5+ Ke8 43. Qc7 Re7 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. Rxd7 Rxd7 46. Qxd7+ Kf6 47. a4 {This
pawn easily decides the game.} Ke5 48. Qb5 Rc1 49. a5 Ke4 50. Qb2 Rc4 51. Qe2+
Kd5 52. Qa2 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 {This move has become more popular than dxe5 lately,
but both demand too great an effort of memory. And in this game the memory of
one player failed...} 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 {Here there are two very
serious options:} (12... Nfd7) (12... Nd5) 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Rb3 Qxa2
16. Be2 {This move is relatively new; top players have tried here} (16. Qc3 b6
{was Sjugirov-Nepomniachtchi from 2009.}) 16... Nc5 $2 {Immediately a mistake.
Grischuk said after the game that he had analysed this position for the last
time about 6 years ago!} ({The correct way is here} 16... Qa1+ 17. Bd1 {
and only now} (17. Kf2 $5 Nxg3 $1) 17... Nc5 {promises Black good chances, but
all these lines in analysis are usually drawn!}) 17. Nc3 $1 Nxb3 ({Now} 17...
Qa1+ {loses:} 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Rxa1 Nxd2 20. Bxh5) 18. Nxb3 Bb4 $2 {This is the
decisive mistake.} (18... Nxg3 19. Nxa2 Nxh1 20. Kf1 {Black will lose his
knight on h1 and White would need just to show good technique.}) 19. Bxh5 Qb2
20. O-O $1 Qxc3 (20... O-O 21. Be1 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 {leaves White
with a completely winning position with two pieces for a rook. There is no
defence against Bb4.}) 21. Bxf7+ Ke7 22. Qf2 {The decisive move - the threat
of Qf6+ is unstoppable.} Kd7 23. Qb6 $1 {The attack from the other side is
more precise than the other way.} (23. Qf6 Rf8 24. Be1 Qc4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26.
Bxe6+ Kc7 27. Qxf8 {was also winning.}) 23... Rf8 24. Be1 $1 {So, a memory win
or a memory loss?} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Bc4 Be7 $6 (12... Qa5) (12... Bb4
) 13. Rb3 $6 (13. Bxe6 $1 O-O 14. O-O Bxg5 15. Qxg5 h6 {Bilek,I-Fisher,R/
Stockholm(izt)/1962} 16. Qh5 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Qe7 19. Qf5 $5 Nb6
20. Qf8+ Qxf8 21. Rxf8+ Kh7 22. Nc7 Ra7 23. e6 $14) 13... Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qe7 (
14... Qc5 $1 15. Bxe6 (15. Nd5 g6 16. Rf1 exd5 17. e6 Qxd4 18. exd7+ Bxd7 19.
Bxd5 O-O 20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Rf3 Be8 22. Qd8 Qxd5 $3 23. Qxd5 Nc6 $17) 15... O-O
16. Nf5 Qxe5+ 17. Ne4 fxe6 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Qh4 g5 $1 $19 {Tolush}) 15. Qxg7
Qf8 16. Qg5 Rg8 17. Qf4 Nc5 (17... Rxg2 $2 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Qh4+
$18) 18. O-O $1 Qg7 19. Rf2 Nbd7 (19... Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Nd7 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Nf6+
Kf8 23. Qxe5 $18) (19... Nc6 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qd4 $1 (21. Rb6 $16) 21... Nxb3
(21... Nd7 22. Ne4 $18) 22. Bxb3 $18) 20. Nd5 $3 Nxb3 (20... exd5 21. Bxd5 Nxe5
(21... Nxb3 22. Bxf7+ Ke7 23. Nf5+ $18) 22. Re3 Ncd7 23. Bxf7+ $18) 21. Nc7+
Ke7 (21... Kd8 22. Ndxe6+ fxe6 23. Nxe6+ $18) 22. Bxb3 Qxe5 (22... Rb8 23.
Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 24. Qh4+ Qg5 25. Qb4+ Kd8 26. Nxe6+ $18) 23. Qxf7+ Kd6 24. Ndxe6
Nf6 (24... Rf8 25. Nxf8 Kxc7 26. Be6 Qd6 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Bxd7 Qxd7 29. Qxd7+
Kxd7 30. Rf7+ $18) 25. Rxf6 Qe1+ 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxe6 28. Nxe6 Rac8 29.
Qxb7 1-0

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[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. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Rhe1 b4 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ned4 Nc5
15. Kb1 h6 16. Bh4 O-O-O 17. Qf1 Rhe8 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Nf3 a5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Ba6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxb7+ Qxb7 25. Qc4 Bc7 26. g3 Qc6
27. Kc1 Kb7 28. Kd2 Kb6 29. h4 f5 30. Ke3 fxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd5 32. b3 a4 33. g4
axb3 34. axb3 Kc6 35. Qg6 Qd7 36. g5 hxg5 37. fxg5 Qd6 38. Ke2 Qd5 39. h5 Bf4
40. h6 gxh6 41. gxh6 Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qe4+ 43. Qe3 Qxc2+ 44. Nd2 Qf5 45. Qf3+ Qd5
46. Nc4 Kc7 47. Qf4+ Kc6 48. Kf2 Kb7 49. Qd6 Qf5+ 50. Ke2 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ 52.
Kc1 Qh1+ 53. Qd1 Qh6+ 54. Qd2 Qh1+ 55. Kb2 Qd5 56. Qe2 Qd4+ 57. Ka2 Qd5 58. Qg4
Kc7 59. Qg7+ Kc6 60. Kb2 Qd1 61. Qg2+ Qd5 62. Qh2 Qd4+ 63. Ka2 Qd5 64. Qb8 Qg2+
65. Nb2 Qe2 66. Qc8+ Kd6 67. Qd8+ Ke5 68. Qg5+ Kd6 69. Qg3+ Kc6 70. Kb1 Qf1+
71. Kc2 Qe2+ 72. Kc1 Qe4 73. Nc4 Qd4 74. Kc2 Qe4+ 75. Kd2 Qd4+ 76. Ke2 Qd5 77.
Qg4 Kc7 78. Ke3 Kb7 79. Qg7+ Kc6 80. Qf6 Kc7 81. Qe5+ Kb7 82. Qe4 Kc6 83. Kf4
Kc7 84. Qh7+ Kc6 85. Qg6 Kc7 86. Qg7+ Kd8 87. Ke3 Ke8 88. Qf6 Qc6 {[%tqu "De",
"Wie zerbrach Kamsky die schwarze Mauer?","","","f6f7","",4]} 89. Qf7+ $1 {
Erzwingt praktisch den Damentausch, wonach die schwarzen Wälle unhaltbar
werden:} Kd8 (89... Kxf7 90. Ne5+ Ke7 91. Nxc6+ Kd6 92. Na5 Kd5 93. Nc4 e5 94.
Kd3 e4+ 95. Ke3 $18) 90. Qf8+ Kc7 91. Qe7+ Kb8 (91... Kc8 92. Nd6+ Kb8 93. Qxe6
{und Weiß gewinnt, z.B.} Kc7 94. Ne8+ Kb6 95. Qxc6+ Kxc6 96. Kd3 Kd5 97. Nf6+
Ke6 98. Kc4 Kxf6 99. Kxc5 $18) 92. Qd6+ (92. Qd6+ Qxd6 93. Nxd6 Kc7 94. Nc4 Kd8
95. Kf4 Kd7 96. Ke5 Ke7 97. Nb6 Kf7 98. Na4 c4 99. bxc4 Ke7 100. Nc5 Kf7 101.
Nxe6 b3 102. Ng5+ Ke7 103. Ne4 b2 104. Nd2 Kd7 105. Kd5 Kc7 106. Kc5 Kb7 107.
Kd6 Kc8 108. c5 Kd8 109. c6 Kc8 110. c7 Kb7 111. Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "SCG-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Pancevo"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vuckovic, Bojan"]
[Black "Krivokapic, Marko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O-O h5 13. Rhf1 O-O-O 14. Rf3
Kb8 15. Kb1 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. a3 h4 18. Na4 Qa7 19. Rd3 Rc7 20. Qe1 b5 21.
Nc3 Qb6 22. a4 Na5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. Nxa5 Ra7 25. b4 Rc8 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Qd2
bxa4 28. Rd4 f5 29. Rc4 Qb6 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Nc4 Qc6 32. Nxd6 fxe4 33. c4 e3
34. Qd4 Rd7 35. c5 Bxd6 36. cxd6 Bb7 37. Qxe3 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Qe5 Kc7
40. Kb2 f6 41. Qxd6+ Kxd6 42. Ka3 e5 43. g3 hxg3 44. hxg3 exf4 45. gxf4 Ke6 46.
Bh3+ f5 47. Kxa4 Be4 48. Kb3 Kd6 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Bf1 Bf3 51. Bd3 Bg4 52. Bc2
Bh3 53. Bb1 Bg4 54. Bd3 Bh3 55. Bc2 Bg4 56. Kd3 Bh3 $6 ({Nach} 56... Bh5 {
muss Weiß große Genauigkeit walten lassen:} 57. Bb3+ Kd6 58. Kd4 Be8 59. Bc4
Bc6 60. Bd3 Bd7 61. b5 Be8 62. b6 Bd7 (62... Bf7 63. Bc4 Bh5 64. Bb5 Bf3 65.
Kc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4b4,Gb4a5]}) 63. Kc3 $1 (63. b7 $2 {spielt den Trumpf zu früh
aus:} Kc7 64. Ke5 Bc6 (64... Kxb7 $2 65. Bxf5 Be8 66. Kd6 Bh5 67. Be4+ Kc8 68.
Ke7 Bg4 69. Bd5 Kc7 70. Be6 Be2 71. f5 Bh5 72. f6 Bg6 73. Bd7 Bh5 74. Be8 $18)
65. Ba6 Be4 $11) 63... Be6 (63... Bc8 64. Kb4 Kc6 65. Ka5 $18) (63... Kc6 $2
64. Bb5+ Kxb5 65. b7 $18) 64. Kb4 Kc6 65. Bc4 Bc8 66. Ka5 Kd6 67. Ba6 Be6 68.
Bd3 Bc8 69. Kb5 $22 Kd5 70. Bxf5 $18) 57. Bb3+ Kc6 58. Bc4 Bg2 59. Kd4 Bh3 (
59... Kd6 60. Bd3 Ke6 61. Kc5 $18) 60. Bd3 Bg4 (60... Kd6 61. Ke3 Kc6 62. Kf2
$1 {Dominiert den Läufer.} Kb6 (62... Bg4 63. Be2 Bxe2 64. Kxe2 Kb5 65. Kd3
Kxb4 66. Kd4 $18) 63. Be2 Kc6 64. Kg3 $18) 61. Ke5 Kb6 62. Bxf5 Be2 63. Kd4 (
63. Kd4 Kb5 64. Bd3+ Bxd3 65. Kxd3 Kxb4 66. Kd4 Kb5 67. Kd5 Kb6 68. Kd6 Kb7 69.
f5 Kc8 70. Ke7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Paris Apsap op 103rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Goldsztejn, Gildas"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Goldsztejn était en forme au mois d'août car il a remporté le 104ème
open FIDE deux semaines plus tard.} c5 {la cadence était d'1h40 pour 40
coups+30 s d'incrément, suivi d'un phase ko de 20 mns} 2. Nf3 d6 {Avec 6/6,
l'espagnol continuait son parcours tranquille dans le tournoi et son objectif
de gagner des points ELO avec 100% était réaliste.} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 $5 {le GMI a peu d'expérience sur la variante du P
empoisonné avec les noirs selon les bases mais il avait rencontré KASPAROV
dans une partie fameuse avec les blancs.} 8. Qd2 (8. Nb3 {Kamsky,G (2690)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2674) FIDE World Cup 9-12 2005 (6.3) 0-1}) 8... Nc6 $5 {
Cette ligne secondaire est la spécialité du GMI LOGINOV mais elle est moins
excitante que l'acceptation du gambit par Qb2!} (8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 (
10. f5 {la grande ligne} Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 {Vallejo Pons,
F (2666)-Kasparov,G (2817) ARM-ROW m Moscow (2) 1/2}) 10... h6 $6 (10... dxe5
$142) 11. Bxf6 {Del Rio Angelis,S (2492)-Vallejo Pons,F (2674) ESP-ch KO 71st
2006 (2.1) 1/2} (11. Bh4 $142)) 9. O-O-O (9. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 10. Nb3 {Prie,E 
(2445)-Loginov,V (2505) Budapest FS10 GM 1993 (7) 0-1}) 9... Qxd4 {L'échange
des Q est souvent а l'avantage des noirs dans la sicilienne ouverte.} (9... Bd7
10. Be2 {Bauer,T (2410)-Loginov,V (2540) HUN-chT2 9394 1993 0-1} (10. e5 $5))
10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Rb8 {(1h23) Le GMI avait joué relativement lentement
l'ouverture mais il n'avait pas indiqué son temps de réflexion pour les coups
précédents.} (11... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 12. Be2 Bc6 $1 $11 {[%csl Gc6,Gf8];
Hort,V-Smyslov,V Moscow CCCT 1960 (1) 1/2}) (11... Be7 {La ligne principale}
12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Be2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxh5 Bxh4 18.
Rhd1 Bf2 19. R4d3 Ke7 20. Kb1 Rc8 21. Bg4 Rc4 22. Bf3 g6 23. b3 Rcc7 24. Be2
Rd8 25. g4 Bc5 26. Rh3 {Kramnik,V (2777)-Svidler,P (2747)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/
CBM 099/1-0 (49)}) (11... h6 $143 {peut-être une perte de temps car les blancs
jouent souvent cet échange Bf6 sans attendre h7h6} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 {Kengis,E 
(2460)-Yermolinsky,A (2450) URS-ch U26 Jurmala 1983 (11) 1/2}) 12. Be2 (12. e5
$5 $146 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gd4d8]} h6 15. Bh4 b5 16. Be2 Bb7
17. Rhd1 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Be7 (18... Nc5 $6 19. Red4)) 12... b5 $5 $146 {(1h26)
Joué rapidement et il s'agissait donc d'une préparation du GMI.} (12... h6 13.
Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bh5 Be7 15. Rf1 Rg8 16. g3 b5 17. a3 Kf8 18. Nd1 Bb7 19. e5 dxe5
20. fxe5 Rg5 21. exf6 Bc5 22. Rh4 Bg2 23. Re1 Rf5 24. Ne3 Bxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Rxf6
26. Be2 Rd8 27. c4 {Khruschiov,A (2454)-Zagrebelny,S (2482)/Peterhof 2007/CBM
119 ext/1/2-1/2}) (12... Be7 {Stojic,S (1991)-Shipov,S (2592) Sydney op 2007 
(7) 0-1}) 13. a3 $5 {Un coup peut-être pas vu par le GMI dans sa préparation
car il a réfléchi un 1/4 d'h sur cette position.} (13. Rhd1 b4 14. Nb1 Be7 15.
Nd2 e5 $5 {[%csl Rd4]}) (13. e5 {assez risqué pour les blancs car le P isolé
"e5" est assez faible même s'il fait pression sur le camp noir.} dxe5 14. fxe5
Nd7 15. Rhd1 Bc5 (15... h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6]} Nxe5 $5
19. Nd6+ (19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rxh8 Bxh8 $11) 19... Ke7 $44 {[%csl Re7]}) (15...
Be7 16. Ne4 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5 Ke7 18. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 19. Rxd7+ Bxd7 20. Rxd7+ Kg6
21. Bd3+ Kg5 22. Rxg7+ Kf4 23. Bxh7 (23. g3+ Kxe5 $15) 23... Kxe5 24. h4 {
[%csl Gh4][%cal Gh4h8]} Kf6 (24... Ra8 {[%cal Ge5f6]} 25. g4 Kf6 26. Rc7 $14)
25. Ra7 Ra8 26. Rb7 Rhb8 $1 $17)) 13... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gh7h6] (1h12)} 14. Rhd1
h6 15. Bh4 g5 $1 {[%csl Ge5] (1h06) Un thème courant sur la Najdorf pour
obtenir le contrôle de la case "e5" et qui rappelle la fameuse ronde
d'Interzonal 1955 а Göteborg ou les 3 soviétiques GELLER, SPASSKY ert KERES
affrontaient les argentins PANNO,PILNIK et NAJDORF.  Les 3 parties étaient
identiques dans l'ouverture B98: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 h6 9. Bh4 g5!? NT 10. fxg5 Nfd7. Les blancs
ont gagné les 3 parties!} 16. fxg5 Be7 {(1h05)} (16... hxg5 $5 17. Bg3 (17.
Bxg5 Rxh2 18. Bf3 Ne5 $132 {[%csl Ge5]})) 17. Kb1 hxg5 $11 {(1h04)} 18. Bg3 Ne5
{[%csl Ge5][%cal Ge5c4,Ge5g6] Il est difficile pour les blancs de déloger le N
de sa case forte "e5" et les noirs ont au minimum l'égalité} 19. a4 $5 (19. h3
{[%cal Gg3e5]} f6 $1 {[%cal Ge8f7]}) 19... bxa4 $6 {(58mns)} (19... b4 $142 {
Plus simple car après ba4, les noirs ont une faiblesse "a6" difficile а
défendre} 20. Na2 b3 21. Nb4 bxc2+ 22. Nxc2) 20. Rxa4 $14 {[%csl Ra6]} Rb6 21.
Na2 $1 {[%cal Ga4b4,Gb4b6]} Nd7 {(42mns)} 22. Rb4 Rxb4 {(35mns)} (22... d5 $1 {
[%cal Ge7b4]} 23. Rxb6 Nxb6 24. Bf2 Na4 $1 {Le GMI a peut-être envisagé le
coup candidat naturel "d5" mais craignait d'enfermer son N sur b2b3 alors que
les noirs avaient une pointe tactique Rh2 qui tenait la position.} 25. exd5 (
25. b3 Rxh2 $3) 25... Rxh2 26. Bf3 g4 $1 27. Bg1 Rh4 28. Be2 exd5 29. b3 (29.
Rxd5) 29... Nc5 30. Nc3 Bb7 31. Nxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rh1 33. Rd1 Ne4 $1 34. Bd4
Rxd1+ 35. Bxd1 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Gc2c8]} f5 36. c4 $14 {La finale est un peu
meilleure pour les blancs а cause de la paire de B et du P passé "c4" mais le
Ne4 a un avant-poste qui donne assez de contre jeu.}) 23. Nxb4 {[%csl Ra6]
[%cal Gb4a6]} Bb7 $6 {[%csl Re4]} (23... Nc5 $142 $1 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 24. e5 (24.
Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nxe4 $11 {[%cal Ge4d6,Gh8h2]}) 24... dxe5 25. Bxe5 f6 26.
Bg3 Ne4 $132 {[%cal Ge4g3,Ge7b4]}) (23... d5 $5 {[%cal Ge7b4]} 24. Nxa6 dxe4
25. Bb5 Bxa6 $1 26. Bxa6 Nf6 27. Bb5+ Kf8 28. Bc6 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Gc2][%cal
Gg3e5,Gc6e4,Gc2c8]}) 24. Nxa6 Bxe4 $2 (24... Nf6 25. e5 $14) (24... Kf8 $142 {
[%cal Gf8g7]} 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 Ke7 27. Rd4 e5 $1 28. Rb4 Bxa6 29. Bxa6
Rxh2 $11) 25. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7][%cal Gb5e8,Gg3d6,Gd1d6]} e5 {(=)
Voyant sa position se détériorer, le GMI propose la nulle mais le français
refuse а juste titre car il gagne le B!} 26. Bxd7+ $6 (26. Nb8 $142 $5 {
[%cal Gb5e8]} Bf5 27. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxd7+ Kf8 30. h3 $16 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2][%cal Gb2b8,Gc2c8] Il est difficile pour les noirs de sauver
cette finale sauf а pouvoir échanger les R et transposer dans une finale de B
de couleurs opposées.}) 26... Kxd7 27. Nc5+ {[%cal Gc5d7,Gc5e4]} Kc6 28. Nxe4
f5 $1 $44 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5,Gg5][%cal Gf5f4,Gh8h2] Les noirs obtiennent un
contre-jeu assez inespéré!} 29. Nd2 f4 30. Bf2 Rxh2 31. Rg1 $13 {Malgré la
pièce de plus, la position est loin d'être gagnée pour les blancs.} Bf6 {
(21mns)} 32. Ne4 Be7 33. c4 d5 $1 $132 34. cxd5+ Kxd5 35. Nc3+ Kc6 36. Kc2 g4 {
[%csl Gc2][%cal Gh2f2,Gf4f3]} 37. Kd3 g3 (37... f3 38. Ba7 Kb7 39. Be3 Rxg2 40.
Rxg2 fxg2 41. Ke2 Bg5 $1 42. Bg1 Bc1 43. b3 Bb2 44. Na4 Ba1) 38. Ba7 Kb7 39.
Nd5 Bd6 40. Bb6 f3 $1 41. gxf3 Kc6 42. Ke4 Rh4+ 43. f4 $1 exf4 44. Rc1+ Kd7 45.
Kf3 (45. Rd1 $142 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Kc6 (45... Rh2 46. Nxf4) 46. Bd4 g2 47. Rc1+
Kb7 48. Kf3 (48. Bf2 Rh5) 48... Rh1 49. Bg1 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3g2]}) 45... Rh2
46. b3 (46. Nxf4 Rxb2 47. Bd4 Rb4 48. Ne2) 46... Rb2 (46... g2 47. Nxf4 Bxf4
48. Kxf4 Rh4+ 49. Ke5 Rb4 $11) 47. Rc3 Rb1 48. Nxf4 {[%mdl 4360] Une nulle
difficile pour le GMI qui pouvait perdre la partie.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Loskutov, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 (13... dxe5)
14. Rb3 $5 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 (15. Be2 dxe5 16. O-O Ra7 17. c4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1
d4 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bd1 (20. Bg4 h6 21. Bh4 Bd6 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Qxh6 Rf7 24. Bh4
Qb4 25. Rbc1 Bf8 26. Qg5 Be7 27. Qh6 Bf8 $10 {Rehak,M-Stodola,J/Prague/1993/1:
0/43/}) 20... Be7 21. Ba4+ Kd8 22. Rf7 h6 23. Bxh6 e4 24. h3 e5 25. Bg5 $13 {
Timman,J-Sunye Neto,J/Wijk aan Zee/1980/0.5/69/}) 15... Qc5 $5 (15... dxe5 16.
O-O) 16. Be3 Qc7 17. O-O dxe5 18. Qf2 Bd6 19. Qh4 e4 20. Be2 Be5 21. Bb6 Qd6
22. c4 $146 {Bezgodov,A-Savon,V/Alushta/1993/1:0/36/}) 14... Qa5 (14... Qc5 $2
15. Ne4) 15. Be2 dxe5 (15... Nxc3 16. Rxc3 (16. exd6 Bxd6 $1) 16... Qxe5 17.
O-O $146) 16. O-O Bc5+ (16... Bb4 $2 17. Rxb4 $1 Qxb4 (17... Nxb4 18. Ne4 $40)
18. Nxd5 Qxd2 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Rf7+ $18) 17. Kh1 Rf8 (17... Bd4 $2 18. Nxd5 $1
Qxd5 $8 19. Bf3 e4 20. c4 $40) 18. Qd3 $1 Rxf1+ 19. Bxf1 Ra7 $1 (19... h6 $2
20. Qg6+ Kf8 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. Rf3+ Kg8 23. Bxh6 $18) 20. Ne4 $14 Rb7 (20...
Bf8 $5) 21. Qc4 $2 (21. Nxc5 $1 Qxc5 22. Qxh7 $36 {^^/}) 21... Rxb3 22. axb3
Be7 23. Qxc6+ (23. Bxe7 Nxe7) 23... Bd7 24. Qa8+ (24. Qxa6 Qxa6 25. Bxa6 Nb4
$10) 24... Kf7 25. Qxa6 (25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Qxa6 Qxa6 27. Bxa6 Nb4 28. Bd3 Nxd3
29. cxd3 Bb5 $10) 25... Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Nb4 27. Bd3 Nxd3 28. cxd3 Bc6 $10 29. Be3
(29. Bxe7 Bxe4 30. Bd6 (30. dxe4 $2 Kxe7 31. Kg1 Kd6 $19) 30... Bxd3 31. Bxe5
$10) 29... Bb5 30. Nf2 Bb4 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Ng4 Bd6 33. Bd2 h5 34. Ne3 Bc5 35.
Kf1 Bxe3 36. Bxe3 Bb5 37. Kf2 Bxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Biriukov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 (10. f5) 10... gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 (11... Bg7) 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. O-O Be7 (13... h5) 14. Kh1 $1 Qa5 (14... O-O 15. f5 Kh8 (15... exf5 $2
16. Rf3 $40) 16. e5 $3 dxe5 $6 (16... d5) 17. Rb3 Qa5 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... exf5
19. Nd5 Qxd5 20. Rh3 $18) 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Rh3 Rg7 21. Rd1 Bd7 22. Rhd3 $18 {
Wells,P-Van Wely,L/Linares/1995/1:0/36/}) 15. Qe3 $1 (15. Rb3 h5 16. h3 h4 17.
Rfb1 Kf8 18. Rb6 Bd7 19. Rb7 Qd8 20. Na4 c5 $1 21. Nxc5 Bc6 22. R7b6 dxc5 23.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxc6 Bd6 $10 {Meijers,V-Joachim,S/GER/1996/0.5/42/}) (15. Qe1 $6
Ra7 16. Rb8 Qc7 17. Rb3 Rb7 18. Qg3 Rxb3 19. axb3 Qa5 20. Nd1 Kf8 $15 {Brodsky,
M-Zilbershtein,V/St.Petersburg/1993/}) 15... h5 16. Rb3 Kf8 17. Rfb1 h4 18. h3
(18. Rb6 h3 $5) 18... d5 $1 $10 (18... Kg7 19. Rb6 Bd7 20. Rb7 $14) 19. Bf3 (
19. Rb6 $2 Bc5) 19... Bc5 $1 (19... Kg7 20. Ne2 $1 Qc7 (20... Bc5 21. Nd4 $1
$14) 21. Rc3 Qa7 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rcb3 Qc5 24. e5 $16 {Timoshenko,G-Biriukov,O/
St.Petersburg/1996/1:0/26/}) 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. f5 $6 (21. Ne2 $1 {/\ Nd4/}) 21...
d4 (21... Qc7 $5 {/\ Qe5,Bd6/}) 22. Ne2 e5 $15 23. g3 $1 hxg3 24. Bg2 Kf8 25.
c3 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Ke7 27. Qc2 Bd6 28. Nxg3 (28. Rxc6 Bd7 29. Rb7 Rhb8 $36 {^^/})
28... Bd7 29. Nf1 $1 Rhd8 (29... Rab8 $5 30. Rd1 Bb4 31. Rcd3 Rhd8) 30. Ne3 Qc7
$4 (30... Rab8 31. Rd1 Bb4 $15) 31. Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 {While this move
is played in most games almost automatically, it's by no means forced. A
viable alternative is} (6... Nbd7 $5 7. Bc4 Qb6 8. Bb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O
Nc5 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g4 b5 14. a3 Rb8 15. h4 Bd7 16. Bxf6 $6 (16. h5
$13) 16... Bxf6 17. g5 Bd8 18. h5 a5 19. g6 {Shirov,A (2723)-Dominguez Perez,L
(2712)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} h6 $5 $15 (19... Bf6 $15 {For more about this line
see the survey by A.Kuzmin in CBM 135.})) 7. f4 Qb6 {In Wijk this year Black
avoided the Poisoned Pawn variation:} (7... Qc7 8. Qf3 b5 {allows White to go
for a Rauzer-like position with} 9. Bxf6 $5 (9. O-O-O b4 10. Nce2 Nbd7 $13 {<=>
}) 9... gxf6 10. a3 ({This seems too slow, White can fight for an advantage
with} 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 {, or the aggressive}) (10. e5 $5 $13) 10... Bb7
11. Be2 h5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. f5 e5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Kb1 Nb6 $1 16. Rd3 Bh6 17.
Qxh5 Ke7 18. Qf3 Nc4 19. Rhd1 Bg5 20. h3 Rh4 21. Qf2 Qb8 22. Bg4 a5 23. Qe2
Rhh8 $44 {->,Smeets,J (2657)-Ivanchuk,V (2749)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) (7... Nbd7
{gives White a choice:} {After the standard} 8. Qf3 ({After} 8. Bc4 b5 {
the well-known sacrifice} 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qa5 11. Nxf8 ({The less forcing
} 11. O-O $5 $44 {perhaps deserves more attention}) 11... Rxf8 12. Qxd6 {
was considered advantageous for Black, but he came up with a new idea} Kf7 $5
$146 (12... Qb6 13. O-O-O $36) 13. e5 b4 $1 14. e6+ Kg8 15. exd7 Bxd7 16. Bxf6
Rxf6 17. Qxd7 (17. Qd5+ $142 $5 Re6+ 18. Kf1 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Bb5+ 20. Kf2 Re2+
21. Kg3 Rae8 $44) 17... Rd8 18. Qh3 bxc3 19. O-O Qb6+ 20. Kh1 {Naiditsch,A 
(2687)-Negi,P (2621)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/} cxb2 $15) ({Van Wely had problems
with the rare} 8. Qe2 $5 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 (10. g3 b4 $5 ({This is the
critical move, after the slow} 10... Be7 $2 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. fxe5
Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 Kxe7 17. Nc6+ Kf8 18. Rhf1 Nb6 19. Qf3
Re8 20. Nd8 $18 {->,Smeets,J (2657)-Van Wely,L (2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/ White
quickly broke through, as all his pieces participate in the final onslaught})
11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5+ (12. Bg2 Be7 13. Nf5 Nb6 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Kg8 16.
Nh5 Ng4 17. Bg7 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Nxc4 19. e5 Nge3 20. exd6 Nxd6 21. Rhe1 {Shirov,A
(2715)-Gelfand,B (2710)/Dos Hermanas/1995/} Bg4 $1 22. Rxe3 Bxd1 23. Rxe7 Bxh5
24. Bxh8 Kxh8 25. Re5 Bg4 $15 26. Rxd5 Rd8 27. Rd4 Be6 $15) 12... Be7 13. Nf5 (
13. Re1 $5 Nb8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 $44) 13... Nc5 14. Nxg7+ Kd8 15. Re1 (15.
Bg2 $142 $1 Rg8 16. Rde1) 15... Rg8 (15... Nfe4 $1 16. Bg2 f5 $17) 16. Bg2 Nfe4
17. Bxe4 Rxg7 $13 {1/2,Yudasin,L (2615)-Gelfand,B (2680)/Manila izt/1990/})
10... Be7 11. g4 Rb8 ({More usual is} 11... Bb7 12. Bg2 Qc4 13. Qd2 O-O $132)
12. Bg2 b4 $2 ({Ivanchuk recommends} 12... h6 $142 13. Bh4 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Nb6 $13
) 13. axb4 Rxb4 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Nc6 Bb7 (15... Rb6 16. Nxe7 Kxe7 17. fxe5
Nxe5 18. Rhe1 h6 19. Bh4 $18 {Restuccia,F (2222)-Becerra,J (2104)/Cali/2007/
The defence collapses, as the Ne5 can't move due to Nd5+.}) 16. Nxb4 Bxb4 17.
fxe5 Bxc3 18. exf6 gxf6 19. bxc3 fxg5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. h4 $1 Qc7 22. hxg5 Qxc3
23. Qxa6 $18 {Ivanchuk,V (2749)-Van Wely,L (2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) 8... Qc7
{the most problematic from Black's viewpoint is currently} 9. g4 $5 ({After
the more usual} 9. O-O-O b5 {the main move is definitely 10.Bd3, as it's
already too late for} 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. g4 $6 b4 $36) 9... b5 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11.
g5 Nd7 12. O-O-O Nc5 (12... b4 {invites the dangerous sacrifice} 13. Nd5 $1
exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Nf5 Nc5 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Qd4 Rg8 19. Nf5 b3
20. Bc4 bxc2 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Nh6 $36 {Radjabov,T (2728)-Volokitin,
A (2662)/Biel/2006/}) (12... Be7 $5 $13 {is playable, but this leads to
positions from the 7...Be7 line, which Black was trying to avoid in first
place.}) 13. a3 Rb8 $6 (13... Be7 $142) 14. b4 Nd7 15. Nd5 $1 exd5 16. exd5 Be7
17. Re1 Ne5 18. fxe5 Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 dxe5 20. Nc6 Bf6 21. Bd3 h5 22. Rxe5+ $1
Bxe5 23. Re1 Bg4 24. Qf4 O-O 25. Rxe5 $16 {->,Nakamura,H (2708)-Van Wely,L 
(2641)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) 8. Qd2 ({Gashimov and Grischuk have a big fight in
the} 8. Qd3 {line. Here the critical position arises after} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10.
f5 Be7 ({The other main move} 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7
14. Bh5+ $1 Nxh5 15. Bxe7 Nf4 16. Qd4 $5 e5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19.
Kf2 Nf4 20. Bd6 $44 ({or even} 20. Na4 $5 Bg4 21. Nb6 Rd8 22. Nc4 Ng6 23. Kg3
Bc8 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nf7 $16 {Carlsson,P (2476)-Claros Egea,C (2271)/Malaga/
2010/ gives White promising compensation despite the Q-swap.})) 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 (14. O-O O-O 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 $2
(17. Be3 Nc6 18. Na4 $44) 17... d5 18. exd5 b5 $17 {Gashimov,V (2703)-Grischuk,
A (2719)/Elista/2008/}) 14... h6 {3)} 15. e5 (15. Qh3 O-O (15... Rh7 $6 {
Gashimov,V (2759)-Grischuk,A (2736)/WChT Bursa/2010/} 16. g5 $1 hxg5 17. Nxe6
Qc6 (17... Qd7 $2 18. Qxh7 {/\} Nxh7 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6#) 18. Qf5 $16 {->})
16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxe6 Qc6 18. Rf1 (18. Qf5 Re8 (18... Nxe4 $5 19. Qg6 Bf6 20.
Nxe4 Bxe6 21. Rg1 (21. Rf1 Nd7 22. Nxg5 Rfe8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 $15) 21... Nd7 22.
Nxg5 Rfe8 $13) 19. Nd5 Bd8 $5 20. Nxd8 Bxf5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Nxc6 Bxe4 (22...
Nxc6 23. exf5 Nd4 24. Kd1 Nxe2 25. Rxb7 Nd4 $11 {/\} 26. Bc3 Re4 $1 27. Rb4 $6
Nb5) 23. Nxb8 Bxh1 24. Kf2 Raxb8 25. Rxh1 Re4 $11 {Brkic,A (2564)-Palac,M 
(2563)/Zagreb/2010/}) (18. O-O d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. Bd3 Rxf1+ 22.
Rxf1 Bc5+ 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Qxe6 (24... Bxe6 25. Be4 Qd7 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27.
Qxe6+ $11) 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. Qh5+ Kg8 {1/2,Gashimov,V (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2725)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 18... g4 19. Bxg4 Nxg4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Qxg4 Qd7 22. Nd5 Qxe6 23. Qxe6+ Bxe6 24. Nc7 Ra7 25. Nxe6 b5 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27.
Bb4 Ke7 28. e5 Nc6 29. exd6+ Ke6 30. Bc5 (30. a4 Nxb4 31. Rxb4 bxa4 32. Rxa4
Kxd6 33. Ra5 g6 34. h4 Re7+ 35. Kd2 Re4 36. Rxa6+ Kc5 37. Rxg6 Rd4+ 38. Kc3
Rc4+ 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Kc3 Rc4+ {1/2,Gashimov,V (2759)-Grischuk,A (2736)/
Linares/2010/}) 30... Rf7 31. Rd1 Rf5 $11) (15. g5 hxg5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nf3 e4
18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. Nxg5 (20. Bd3 $6 Rf5 21. Qe2 g4 $1 22. Bxf5 exf5
23. Nd4 Bh4+ 24. Kd1 Qf7 $36 {Guseinov,G (2609)-Kotanjian,T (2522)/Dubai/2010/}
) 20... Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc6 22. Rb3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Rg3 b5 25. Rhg1 Ra7 26.
Be3 Rd7 27. Bh6 Rff7 28. Bh5 Kh7 29. Bxf7 Rxf7 30. Bxg7 Nf3+ $11 {Gashimov,V 
(2740)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice rpd blindfold/2010/}) 15... dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kd8 $5
({Playable and roughly equivalent is} 16... Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3
hxg5 20. Nxg5 Kg8 21. Rg1 Qc8 22. Qg3 Nh5 {Kanarek,M (2393)-Swiercz,D (2474)/
POL-ch Warsaw/2010/} 23. Qxe5 Nc6 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Nxe6 Bf7 $11) 17. Nf3 Nc6
18. g5 Ne8 19. O-O Nd4 20. gxh6 Nxe2+ 21. Nxe2 gxh6 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Rbd1 Bd7
24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Bxe5 Qf8 26. Bxh8 Qxh8 27. Nfd4 Qg7 $11 {1/2,Mamedov,N (2607)
-Safarli,E (2564)/AZE-ch Baku/2009/}) 8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 ({The only
recently topical} 10. e5 {is somehow falling out of fashion. A novel idea in
this branch is} h6 11. Bh4 dxe5 12. fxe5 g5 $5 ({After} 12... Nfd7 13. Ne4 Qxa2
14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 Qxe5 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 {there is the interesting
Q-sacrifice} Qd5 $5 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Qc3 Ba7 20. Rf1 f5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxd5
Nxd5 23. Qb3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rd1 a5 26. Bd6 a4 27. Qb2 Rf7 $13 {Serner,A
(2559)-Tazelaar,H (2475)/corr/2007/}) 13. Bg3 (13. Bf2 Ng4 14. Bg3 Nd7 15. Be2
Ngxe5 16. O-O Bg7 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Bh5+ Ke7 20. Rb3 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1
Nc4 22. Rxa3 Nxd2+ 23. Nxd2 Be5 24. Rf3 Bxg3 25. Rf7+ Kd6 26. hxg3 b5 27. Rh7
Bb7 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Ke2 Bd5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Rxh6+ Rf6 $15 {Anand,V (2788)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2632)/Mainz rpd/2009/}) (13. exf6 gxh4 14. Be2 Qa5 $13)
13... Nh5 14. Ne4 Qxa2 15. Rb3 Nd7 16. Qc3 b6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qa5 (18...
Nhf6 $1 $15) 19. Rb4 e5 $6 (19... Qc5 $142 20. Rc4 Qa5 $11) 20. Nc6 Qc5 21.
Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 23. Nxe5 Nf4 24. g3 $6 (24. Rxb6 $1 $36) 24... Bb7
25. Rg1 Nd5 {Sjugirov,S (2612)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2626)/St Petersburg/2009/} 26.
Rd4 $44) 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 {This older move was
more than 20 years ago played by the elite, even by Ivanchuk himself. This
year he has tried to revive it since the Nice rapid, and with success - it has
brought him 3 wins so far!} ({The straightforward} 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Ne4 Qxa2 {often leads to forced draws, but there have been some new
developments here as well:} 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 19. Rf3 Rd7 ({
Kasparov preferred} 19... Kh8 $5 {, here White has tried} 20. Qh6 $5 $146 (20.
Rg3 Rd7 21. Qh6 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rf7 23. Qh5 Qa5 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26.
Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ {1/2,Azarov,S (2556)-Kasparov,G (2813)/Izmir 2004/})
20... Qxc2 21. Rxf6 Bc5+ (21... Rg8 $5 22. Ng5 Rg7 23. Rdf1 Bxf6 24. Qxf6 Qc5+
25. Kh1 Qe7 26. Qxe5 Rd7 27. Bc4 h6 $13 {/=/+}) 22. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Kh1 Rg8 24.
Bh5 Qc2 (24... e4 25. Bf7 Qg5 (25... Qc2 $2 26. Rg1 Rg7 27. Bg6 Rg8 28. Rf8
Rag7 29. Bxh7 $1 Rxh7 30. Qf6+ Rhg7 31. Qh4+ Rh7 32. Qd8 Rhg7 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8
34. Qh4+ Kg7 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Rf1 $18) 26. Bxg8 Qxh6 27. Rxh6 Kxg8
28. Rh4 $36) 25. Rg6 Qxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Rxg6 27. Qf8+ Rg8 28. Qf6+ Rgg7 29. Bh5 c5
30. h4 c4 31. Qf8+ Rg8 32. Qf6+ Rag7 33. Bd1 h5 34. Bc2 Re8 35. Bg6 Reg8 36. g4
$1 {1-0,Danin,A (2468)-Dvoirys,S (2552)/Vladimir/2009/} Bb7+) 20. Bd3 $5 f5 21.
Qh6 Kh8 $6 (21... Rf7 $1 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Ng5 Rg7 24. Nxe6 Rf7 25. Rg7 Bc5+ 26.
Nxc5 Rxg7 27. Nxd7 Qd5 28. Rd2 {Lekic,L (1780)-Huber,M (1935)/Kemer/2009/} Bxd7
29. Bxf5 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qb5 31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Rg1 Bxf5 33. Qf6 Qg4 34. Qd8+ Rg8 35.
Qf6+ Qg7 36. Qxf5 a5 37. Qe6 $132) 22. Ng5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qa5 24. Rh3 Qc7 25.
Nxe6 Qd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rf1 Rf7 28. Qh5 Qe7 {Grischuk,A (2733)-Anand,V 
(2791)/Linares/2009/} 29. Bxf5 $1 e4 30. Rb3 $16) 13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rb3
({Ivanchuk started his revival attempts with the less popular continuation} 15.
Kh1 Ra7 16. Qe3 (16. Rb8 Qa5 17. Nd5 (17. Be3 c5 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. Rfb1 Bd7 $15)
17... Qxd2 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. Bxd2 Ref7 $1 20. e5 Nd7 21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Ra8
Nxe5 23. Bf4 h6 24. Kg1 Ke7 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Ra7+ Bd7 27. Bxa6 e4 $15 {
/-/+,Laurencena,A-Engel,K/corr/1992/}) 16... Rd7 17. Rb8 $5 $146 {A slight
improvement by Ivanchuk} (17. Bc4 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 ({More
ambitious is} 19... gxf6 $5 $13 {/=/+}) 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 (21. Rb8 $142 Rd8
22. Nxd5 $1 $11) 21... Rb7 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Nd1 Qd6 24. Qh3 Qe5 25. Qxh7+ Kf8
26. Qh4 Ke8 27. a4 c5 28. c3 Kd8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Ge7] ^^,Ronzetti,F-Tinture,L/
corr/1997/}) (17. e5 dxe5 18. Bd3 (18. Qxe5 Qd6 $15 19. Qa5 $2 Bd8 20. Qa4 $6
Qe5 $1 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf3 c5 $17 {Oll,L-Gavrikov,V/USSR-ch/1983/}) 18... Rd4
(18... Qxc3 19. Bxh7+ Nxh7 20. Qxc3 Bxg5 21. Qxe5 Re8 $5 22. Rb8 Rdd8 23. Qc5
Bf6 24. Qc4 Kh8 25. Re1 Nf8 {Eisen,D-Noble,M/corr.1989/} 26. Rb3 $13) 19. Bxf6
Rxf6 (19... gxf6 $5 $15) 20. Ne4 Rf5 21. g4 Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Bxf8 23. g5 Qe7 24.
g6 hxg6 25. Qg3 Qe8 26. c3 Rd8 27. Bc4 Be7 28. Qg4 g5 29. Rb8 Bd7 30. Rxd8 Bxd8
31. Nc5 Bc8 32. Nxe6 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ $11 {[%csl Gc4,Rd8] ^-,Houska,J (2200)
-Lasek,M (2280)/corr/2004/ Here the ^- save White.}) 17... Kh8 {Stops any
ideas with Nd5, or Bc4, but on the other hand the K will soon return to the [+]
.} (17... e5 18. Qd3 $44) 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Qxe3 ({It's easy for a computer
to recommend} 19... Qxa2 {, after} 20. Bd3 $5 $13 {Black's forces lack
coordination.}) 20. Bxe3 Rdd8 (20... Rg8 $5 21. Ng5 Bd6 $15) 21. Bc5 Bxc5 22.
Nxc5 Kg8 ({Po} 22... Rd2 $2 23. Bd3 {[%cal Rc5b3] /\Nb3+/-}) (22... e4 $5) 23.
Bc4 Kf7 24. Rb6 Rd4 $6 (24... Ke7 $142 25. Rxc6 (25. Bxa6 $2 Bxa6 26. Nxa6 Nd7
27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Rb1 Ra8 $19) 25... Nd5 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Kg1 a5 28. a3 h6 $11
{Neither side has any obvious way to improve their position.}) 25. Bxe6+ $1 Ke7
(25... Bxe6 $2 26. Rb7+ Bd7 27. Nxd7 $36) 26. Rxc6 Nd7 ({Simpler is} 26... Bd7
$1 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Kg1 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Nb8 30. Rb6 Rd6 $11 {with a drawish
_|_.}) 27. Re1 $1 Nxc5 $6 (27... Rf2 $142 $5 {/\} 28. h3 Rxc2 29. Bxd7 Bxd7 30.
Rxe5+ Kf7 31. Rc7 Kf6 32. Re3 Bf5 $11 {is a typical computer suggestion. A
human, especially in a rapid game, prefers the text, even if it loses a P.})
28. Bxc8 Re4 29. Rc1 Rc4 30. Bxa6 Rc3 31. Bb5 Ne4 32. a4 Rxc6 (32... Rf6 33.
Rc4 $5 Rf4 $44) 33. Bxc6 Nc3 34. a5 Kd6 35. Bb7 Kc7 36. a6 e4 37. Re1 Kb6 $2 {
Arguably only this mistake is decisive.} (37... Re8 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Re3 Nd1 {
forces the R back.}) 38... e3 $44) 38. Kg1 Rf5 39. Bxe4 $18 {Ivanchuk,V (2748)
-Carlsen,M (2813)/Nice rpd/2010/}) 15... Qc5+ (15... Qa5 $6 16. Nd5 Qd8 (16...
Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kf7 18. Bxd2 Kxe7 19. e5 $40) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rd3 Qa7+ 19.
Kh1 d5 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. exd5 exd5 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Qh6 Qe7 25.
Re3 Qd8 26. Bh5 Bf5 (26... Bd7 27. Be8 $1 $18) (26... Bb7 27. Bg6 Qc7 28. Bxh7
$18) 27. Re8+ Qxe8 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Qxf6+ Kg8 30. Kg1 {Ranalli,B (1947)
-Bernal B,N (1894)/corr/2002/}) 16. Kh1 $5 {Although not an outright novelty,
this is a very rare move.} ({Until now the main line, played in hundreds of
games, was definitely} 16. Be3 Qe5 (16... Qa5 $6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.
e5 dxe5 20. Qc3 $36) 17. Bf4 (17. Bd4 Qa5 18. Bb6 $11 {is a solution for the
unambitious.}) 17... Qc5+ (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Bf6
21. Ba3 {doesn't have a good reputation, but here correspondence players went
deeper and were able to hold the resulting _|_ after} c5 22. Bf3 Qc4+ 23. Qd3
Qxd3+ 24. cxd3 Ra7 25. Bxc5 Rc7 26. d4 Kf7 27. Ke2 Bd7 28. Be4 Bc6 29. Bxc6
Rxc6 30. Kd3 e5 31. Rb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Ke6 33. Ke4 exd4 34. Bxd4 Bxd4 35. Kxd4
Kd6 36. g4 h6 37. h3 g5 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. a3 h5 $3 40. gxh5 Kf6 $11 {Morgado,J 
(2693)-Pecha,M/corr/1998/}) 18. Kh1 Ng4 $5 (18... d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Qc3 Nc5 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. Qh3 {is considered dangerous since Rodriguez,A (2495)
-Ernst,T (2465)/Subotica izt/1987/. However, even here subsequent
correspondence practice doesn't fully support this verdict after} Rb8 24. Rbf3
Qe7 25. Bd3 g6 $13) 19. h3 (19. Bxg4 e5 $11 {/=/+}) 19... e5 20. Na4 Qa7 21.
Bc4+ (21. hxg4 exf4 22. Nb6 {is an attempt to avoid Ivanchuk-Kasparov below
and reach the position from Spraggett-A.Sokolov. However, Black can deviate
first with} Be6 $5 $146 23. Nxa8 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxa8 25. Ra1 Bf6 (25... c5 $5
26. Bxa6 Kh8 $11) 26. Rxa6 Qd8 27. Rxc6 Be5 28. Bf3 Bd4 29. Qe1 Be3 30. Kh2 Qf6
31. Kh3 g5 32. g3 {Ivanchuk,V (2748)-Grischuk,A (2756)/Nice rpd/2010/} Bd4 $1
$44) 21... Kh8 22. hxg4 exf4 23. Nb6 (23. Rxf4 Bd7 24. Nb6 Rxf4 25. Qxf4 Rf8
26. Qg3 a5 27. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11) {Even more enterprising and convincing is
Kasparov's idea} 23... d5 $5 ({After} 23... Rb8 24. Rxf4 Bd7 (24... Rxb6 $2 25.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Qf2) 25. Nxd7 Qxd7 26. Rf5 (26. Bxa6 Qe6 27. g3 Ra8 28. Rxf8+
Rxf8 29. Qe2 d5 $44 {[%csl Rh1,Gh8] <=>,עh1 gives Black suffcient
compensation, here White's K is more vulnerable, than Kh8.}) {correspondence
players again came to Black's rescue with} 26... Qa7 $1 (26... Rxb3 27. cxb3
Qd8 28. Bxa6 g6 29. Rf3 Bf6 30. Qf2 Kg7 31. Bc4 Qe7 32. Qe3 c5 33. Qf4 g5 34.
Qf5 Be5 35. Qxf8+ Qxf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. a4 Bc3 38. Kg1 Ke7 39. Kf2 Kd8 40. Ke3
$18 {Spraggett,K (2580)-Sokolov,A (2595)/Saint John cm/1988/}) 27. Rh5 (27.
Rxb8 Qxb8 28. Qf2 a5 29. g5 Qd8 30. g6 hxg6 31. Rf3 Rxf3 32. Qxf3 Bg5 33. Qh3+
Bh6 34. Bf7 d5 35. exd5 Kh7 36. dxc6 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. g3 Qxc6 $11 {
1/2,Konovalov,L-Zablotsky,S/corr/1989/}) 27... Rxb3 28. axb3 Qd7 29. Rf5 h6 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Qf2 Qe8 32. Bxa6 g6 33. Bc4 Bg7 34. Qf7 Qxf7 35. Bxf7 g5 $11 {
Namyslo,H (2328)-Bergmann,M (2167)/corr/2007/}) 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26.
Nxc8 Rbxc8 27. Rh3 Qb6 28. Re1 Bg5 29. Re6 Qd8 {Here the position is more open,
than in the previous line and White can also have problems with his basic rank
and vulnerable K. At this moment he can bail out with} 30. Rd6 $5 (30. c4 $6
Rb8 31. Qd3 Bh4 32. Be4 Qg5 33. Bxh7 Rfd8 34. Qc2 f3 35. Rxf3 $2 Rd2 $19 {
Ivanchuk,V (2665)-Kasparov,G (2800)/Linares/1990/}) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7
32. Be4+ Qg6 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Qd3+ Kf7 35. Qd5+ $11 {forcing a perpetual. 20
years later Ivanchuk tries to prove that White's B is in fact better on g5,
than on f4.}) 16... d5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Grischuk sank into deep thought and came
up with a natural novelty. However, it's not clear if the text move is really
the best:} (16... Qe5 17. Bf4 (17. Qe3 Qa5 $13) 17... Nxe4 18. Qe3 (18. Nxe4 $5
Qxe4 19. Bxd6 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Bf6 21. Bd3 $44) 18... Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Rxf4
Nxc3 (20... Nc5 $142 $5 21. Rb6 d5 $1 22. Rxc6 Bd7 23. Rb6 Bd8 24. Rb1 Bf6 $44
{/=/+}) 21. Rxc3 c5 22. Rb3 d5 23. c4 Bd6 24. Rf1 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. cxd5
exd5 27. Bf3 Be6 {Tomczak,R (2306)-Bulski,K (2218)/Krakow/2003/} 28. Bxd5 Bxd5
29. Rd1 Bxa2 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Rxb8 Kf6 $5 $11) (16... Rf7 $5 17. Be3 Qe5 18.
Bf4 (18. Bd4 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 Qf5 21. Bd3 e5 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4
exd4 24. Bxc6 Be6 $11) 18... Qa5 19. Rd1 ({Now Black gradually consolidates,
so perhaps it was time for} 19. Bxd6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 21. Bxf1 Qxd2 22. Nxd2
Bxd6 23. Nc4 Bc5 24. Nb6 $11) 19... Ne8 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Bb6 Qe5 22. Be3 Bd8 $5
23. Bf3 Bc7 24. Bd4 Qa5 25. Rdb1 Bd7 26. Qc1 Bd8 27. Be3 d5 28. Bd2 Qc7 29. Na4
Qd6 30. Bb4 Qe5 31. Nc5 Bc7 32. g3 a5 $15 {Awesome (1444)-PawnStriker1978/
playchess.com INT /2007/ Both examples show White doesn't risk much in these
lines, but gaining an advantage here is far from easy.}) 17. e5 Nd7 18. Rxf8+
Kxf8 (18... Nxf8 $2 19. Be3 d4 $8 20. Bxd4 $16) (18... Bxf8 $6 19. Na4 Qa7 20.
Qf4 {[%cal Gf1f8] -><->f} {/\} Rb8 21. Rf3 Rb1+ 22. Bf1 h6 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Nc3
$1 Rxf1+ (24... Re1 25. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 26. Rg3 Rxf1+ 27. Qxf1 $18) 25. Rxf1 hxg5
26. Qxe6 Qe3 27. Qe8 Qxc3 28. e6 Kh7 (28... Qc4 $2 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rxf8+ $1
Nxf8 31. Qf7+ Kh7 32. e7 $18) 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qf7+ Kh7 31. exd7 Bxd7 32. Qxd7
Qxc2 33. Qh3+ Kg6 (33... Kg8 34. Qc8 Qc5 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qf7+ $18
) 34. Qe3 Bc5 35. Qc1 $16) 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Bg4 Ke8 {A difficult choice.
Leaving the K in the [+] invites a dangerous ->, but the alternatives have
drawbacks as well:} ({After} 20... Qc7 21. Bd4 $5 (21. Qf2+ Ke8 22. Bxe6 Nxe5
23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Qf5 Ng6 25. Bd4 Rb8 $11) 21... Nxe5 22. Qf4+ Bf6 23. Na4 {
the pin is unpleasant, but maybe Black can afford} Kf7 24. Bh5+ (24. Nc5 Ra7
$15) 24... Kg8 25. g4 (25. Re3 $2 Rb8) 25... c5 26. Nxc5 Ra7 27. Qf2 Ng6 $132)
(20... Nc5 21. Rb1 Ke8 (21... Kg8 $2 22. Nxd5 $18) 22. Rf1 $44 {|^}) 21. Bxe6
Nc5 ({After} 21... Nxe5 $2 22. Bf7+ $1 (22. Bb6 Nc4) 22... Kd7 (22... Kxf7 23.
Bb6 $18) (22... Kf8 23. Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Re3b6] /\Bb6}) 23. Qd1 $1 {both
Black's K and Q are in serious danger:} Bb4 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Be4+
Ke7 27. c3 $40) 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Bxc8 (23. Nxd5 $6 Bxe6 (23... cxd5 $2 24.
Bxd5 Bg5 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Bf7+ $1 $16) 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Rf3+ Kg8 26. Nxe6 (26.
Nxa8 $2 Qa7 27. Rg3 Kh8 $15 {/-/+}) 26... Rb8 (26... Qxe5 27. Re3 Qb2 $11) 27.
Rb3 Rxb3 28. axb3 Qxe5 29. Nd4 $11 {only releases the tension in the position.
White understandably has higher ambitions, if only for the reason he was more
than an hour ahead on the clock.}) 23... Rxc8 {Here Ivanchuk's preparation
ended and he started to think as well.} 24. Qd3 Qc4 25. Qf3 {[%csl Re8][%mdl
128] Endgames are acceptable for Black, White keeps the Q on to harass the
עe8.} Kd8 $2 $138 {Pressed both on the board and on the clock, Grischuk
falters.} (25... g6 $142 26. Rb7 (26. e6 Qh4 $132) 26... Qh4 27. g3 Qd4 28. e6
Qf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Na4 Be5 31. Rxh7 Rb8 $132) (25... Qh4 $13) (25... Bd8 $5
26. Qf5 Rc7 {/\} 27. Rb8 Qxc3 28. Qe6+ Re7 29. Qg8+ Kd7 30. Qxd8+ Ke6 31. Qd6+
Kf7 32. e6+ Kg6 33. Rb1 Qf6 34. Re1 Qf2 $11 {These sample lines indicate that
although White holds the initiative, Black's position remains defensible.}) 26.
Qf7 $1 $40 {After this sortie Black is in terminal trouble, especially with
only 3 minutes left to cope with White's threats..} Qh4 (26... Bb4 27. h3 $1
$40 {with an ongoing attack.} ({Less convincing is} 27. a3 Qh4 {/\} 28. g3 Qe7)
(27. g3 $5 $16)) 27. Rb1 $1 {Another strong move, White transfers his R, so
that he can flexibly use it on other open files as well.} (27. g3 $2 Qg5 28.
Rb7 Rc7 29. Rb8+ Kd7 $13 {and Black defends.}) 27... Qh6 {[%mdl 64] This
allows a decisive tactical blow.} (27... Qd4 $2 28. Rb7 $18) (27... Bb4 28.
Nxd5 $1 (28. Qxg7 $5 $16) 28... cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Kc7 30. a3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Qd4 (
31... Rf8 32. Qd3 Rd8 33. Qxa6 $18) 32. axb4 Qxe5 33. c4 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4,
Gh1] /+- should also be hopeless in the long run - White has an extra P and
safer K.}) 28. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 29. Qxd5+ Ke8 30. Rd1 $1 $18 {The key move of the
combination.} Rc7 (30... Rb8 31. Qg8+ Bf8 32. Rf1 Kd7 (32... Qf4 33. Qe6+ Be7
34. Qc6+ $18) 33. Qf7+ Kc6 34. Qa7 $1 Rb7 (34... Rb6 35. Qa8+ $18) 35. Qxa6+
Kc7 36. Qc4+ (36. Rf7+ Be7 37. Rxe7+ Kd8 38. Qa8+ $18)) (30... Qc6 31. Qg8+ Bf8
32. Rf1 Kd7 33. Qf7+ Be7 34. Rd1+ $18) 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Rf1+ Ke6 33. Qxa6+ Kd7
(33... Kxe5 34. Qe2+ Kd6 35. Rd1+ Kc5 36. Qe5+ Kb6 37. Rb1+ Kc6 38. Qb5+ Kd6
39. Rd1+ Ke6 40. Qd5+ Kf6 41. Rf1+ Kg6 42. Qf5#) 34. Rd1+ Ke8 35. e6 Bd8 (35...
Qg5 36. Qa4+) 36. Qb5+ Ke7 37. Qb4+ (37. Qd5 $18) (37. Rd7+ $18) (37. Qb8 $18)
(37. Qd3 $18) (37. Qb4+ Kxe6 (37... Ke8 38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39. Qf8#) (37... Kf6 38.
Qd6 $18) 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Rf1+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Elista FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
{A rare alternative, which has nevertheless been tried even in some recent
high level games and is possibly no worse than the main continuation.} ({
The most topical line is currently} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5
Nfd7 12. Ne4 h6 13. Bh4 Qxa2 14. Rd1 Qd5 15. Qe3 {A new idea after} Qxe5 (15...
Bc5 $5 16. Nxe6 (16. Be2 O-O 17. Nf6+ {Schneider,I (2468)-Zakharstov,V (2556)/
Pardubice op/2008/} Nxf6 $5 18. exf6 g5 $17 {Zakharstov}) 16... Bb4+ 17. c3
Qxe6 18. cxb4 O-O 19. Rd6 Qxe5 20. Bc4 {, now critical seems to be Ftacnik's
yet untested recommendation} Qh5 $1 (20... Re8 $2 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qb3+ Re6
23. O-O+ Nf6 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6+ Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. Qf3+ {1-0,
Nesterovsky,A (2200)-Alexikov,A (2392)/Petach Tikva/2008/}) (20... Nc6 $6 21.
O-O Qh5 22. Bf6 $1 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rfxf6 Ne5 25. Rxh6 Nxc4 26. Qe7 {
1-0, Sjugirov,S (2491)-Brodsky,M (2572)/St Petersburg/2008/}) 21. Bg3 Nc6 22.
O-O Nde5 $13) 16. Be2 Bc5 17. Bg3 {is} Qd5 $5 18. Bf3 ({After} 18. c4 Bxd4 19.
Rxd4 Qa5+ 20. Rd2 O-O 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Qg3 Qf5 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Qh4 Nc6 {We get
the position from Motylev-Anand, Wijk aan Zee 2007 with White's P on c4. This
works in Black's favour, as in the line} 25. Bh5 Qf5 26. Bxg7 Nc5 $1 27. Nxc5
Kxg7 28. Rf1 Qe5+ 29. Ne4 Qa1+ 30. Rd1 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 f5 $19 {White now
doesn't have the decisive 32.c3!}) 18... O-O 19. Qc3 Ba7 (19... e5 20. Nb3 Bd4
21. Nxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 Qe6 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Rd2 Nf6 (24... f5 25. Bd6 Qe8 26.
Bxf8 Nxf8 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. O-O $32 fxe4 29. Bh5 $1 g6 30. Rdf2 Nbd7 31. Rf7 $40
) (24... Rd8 25. O-O $44 {/+/=}) 25. Bd6 Nxe4 26. Bxe7 Nxc3 27. Bxf8 Nc6 28.
Bxc6 bxc6 29. Rd8 Bb7 30. Rxa8 Bxa8 31. Be7 $16 {Comp Junior-Comp Cluster Toga/
WCCC Beijing/2008/}) 20. Rf1 f5 $5 21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb3 Bxd4 24.
Rxd4 Nc6 25. Rd1 a5 26. Bd6 a4 27. Qb2 Rf7 28. Rf3 Na5 29. Rd4 Nc6 30. Rc4 Ra6
31. Ra3 Nb6 32. Rh4 f4 $1 $13 {Serner,A (2559)-Tazelaar,H (2475)/corr/2007/})
8... Qxb2 9. Rb1 ({Winning a tempo is more natural than} 9. Nb3 Nbd7 10. Bxf6
gxf6 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Be2 b5 (12... Nc5 13. Qf3 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Bd7 16.
Qh5 Bc6 17. Rf3 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 f5 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Rg3 Kh8 22.
Rxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ {1/2, Suetin,A-Sakharov,Y/URS-ch Kiev/1964/})
13. O-O Bb7 14. f5 Rc8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Qh3 Be7 (16... Kd8 17. Bg4 Qb4 18. Ne2
$5 $44) 17. Bg4 Nf8 18. Nd5 Rxc2 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Qxe6 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxa2 22.
e5 dxe5 23. Kh1 Kf8 24. Qe6 Rf2 25. Rbc1 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rg8 27. Rxf6+ Bxf6 28.
Qxf6+ {1/2, Thomas,T (2510)-Nimtz,M (2600)/corr/1996/}) 9... Qa3 10. f5 {
White must open lines and create some threats.} ({Too soft is} 10. Be2 $6 Nbd7
11. O-O Qc5 12. Kh1 Be7 13. a4 Qc7 14. Rf3 h6 15. Rh3 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qa5 17. e5
dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Bxg4 Bxg5 20. Qe2 O-O $17 {Nieuwenhuis,P-Nunn,J (2585)/
Utrecht/1986/}) 10... Be7 ({Another option is} 10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6
bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 {The trickiest line is} 14. Bh5+ $1 (14. e5 $6 dxe5 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 17. Qd2 (17. O-O e4 18. Qh3 f5 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Rb3 Qc5 21.
Nxe4 Qxc2 22. Bf3 {Van der Wiel,J (2520)-Gavrikov,V (2570)/London/1985/} Rg7 $1
$17 {Gavrikov}) 17... Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh1 Kh8 21. Qh6 Qd8 22.
Ne4 f5 23. Bf7 Qf8 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Be8 a5 26. Bxc6 Ba6 27. Rf2 Rd8 {0-1, Nunn,
J (2585)-Kasparov,G (2740)/Brussels/1986/}) (14. Bd2 Qc5 15. Na4 Qa7 16. Be3 c5
17. O-O O-O 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Qxa6 Qxa6 22. Bxa6 Ra8
23. Bc4 Nd5 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Bf2 $44 {Negi,P (2538)-Karjakin,S (2672)/Cap
d'Agde rpd/2006/}) (14. O-O Qa5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bg4 Rg8 17. Bh3 Rg5 18. Ne2
Rb5 19. Rbd1 Rc5 20. Kh1 Qb5 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Nf4 Qc4 23. Rb1 Rb5 24. Rb3 Kf7
25. a4 Rxb3 26. cxb3 Qc5 27. Bg4 Qe5 28. Qh3 Qxe4 $2 {Gashimov,V (2644)
-Areshchenko,A (2641)/Lausanne/ 2006/} (28... Rh8 $13 {/\} 29. Bh5+ Kg7 30. Bg4
Kf7 $11) 29. Bh5+ $1 Kg7 (29... Kf8 30. Bg6 $1 hxg6 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8
33. Qg8+ Bf8 34. Nxg6 $18) (29... Kg8 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Ng6+ $18) 30. Qg4+ Kh6
$8 31. Qh4 Kg7 32. Be8 $1 $18) 14... Nxh5 $1 (14... g6 $2 15. e5 $1 Nd5 16. Rb3
Qa5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. exd6 Qxh5 19. dxe7 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxe7 21. O-O Rf8 22. Ne4
$16 {Mamedov,R (2617)-Kokarev,D (2579)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 15. Bxe7 Nf4 (
15... Kxe7 $4 16. Nd5+ $18) 16. Qd4 (16. Qg3 $5 e5 17. Rd1 $44 {is worth a try}
) 16... e5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxa3 Nxg2+ 19. Kf2 Nf4 20. Bd6 Ng6 21. h4 h5 {
Huschenbeth,N (2453)-Bracker,F (2253)/Hamburg/2008/} 22. Kg3 Bg4 23. Rb7 Rd8
24. Bc5 Rd7 25. Rhb1 Nf8 $5 $132) 11. fxe6 (11. Be2 Qa5 (11... Nc6 12. fxe6
fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {-10...Nc6}) {will probably transpose into the game after}
12. fxe6) 11... fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 (12... Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 {was the last chance
to follow Kasparov's footsteps and transpose into the 10...Nc6 line.}) 13. Bd2
Qc7 14. O-O $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but in this case it's certainly not an
improvement over the earlier attmepts - the sharp position necessitates more
concrete play.} (14. g4 $142 $1 h6 (14... h5 $6 15. g5 Ng4 16. Qh3 $1 Qc5 17.
Bxg4 Qxd4 18. Bxe6 Nd7 19. Rf1 Kd8 20. Nd5 Qxe4+ 21. Kd1 Nb6 22. Bxc8 Qxd5 23.
Be6 Qd4 24. Qd3 $1 {1-0, Lastin,A (2625)-Kokarev,D (2510)/St Petersburg/2002/})
15. e5 (15. Qh3 g5 16. Rf1 Kf7 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. h4 Rg8 20. a4 Bd7
21. hxg5 hxg5 22. e5 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 dxe5 24. Rxb7 Ke8 (24... Rac8 $5) 25. Rb6
Ra7 26. Kd1 Bd8 27. a5 $44 {Fleischanderl,F (2264)-Lorentzen,O (2318)/corr/
2004/}) 15... dxe5 16. Qg6+ Kf8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. g5 Be8 19. Qd3 hxg5 20. Nxg5
Bf7 $6 (20... Kg8 $5 $13) 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rg1 $40 Bd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4
Nc6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Rf1+ Bf6 27. Rxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rb3 Rh7 30. Bh6
Qa5+ 31. Kf1 {1-0, Radjabov,T (2663)-Rowson,J (2577)/Calvia olm/2004/}) (14.
Qh3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bh5+ Nxh5 17. Qxh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bd7 20.
O-O Rf8 21. Rb3 {Bezgodov,A (2543)-Najer,E (2600)/RUS-ch Elista/2001/} Qxe4 22.
Re3 Qh4 23. Ref3 Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Ke7 25. g4 Bb5 $1 $17 {Tyomkin}) 14... O-O 15.
Qc4 Qd7 $1 (15... Qxc4 $143 $6 16. Bxc4 Kf7 17. g4 $32 {|^} (17. Na4 $5)) 16.
Qb3 Kh8 17. Bc4 $6 {Consistent, but now Black frees his position and keeps the
extra P.} (17. Be3 $5 {/\} Nc6 18. Na4 $132 {/=/+}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 b5 (
18... Nc6 $1 $17) (18... Bc5 19. Be3 b5 $36 {/\} 20. dxe6 Qa7 $17) 19. Be2 (19.
Nxe6 Qa7+ 20. Kh1 bxc4 21. Qxc4 Bxe6 22. dxe6 Qc5 $17) 19... Bc5 20. Kh1 $1
exd5 (20... Bxd4 $6 21. Qb4 $11) 21. Be3 Nc6 {Now Black loses a part of his
advantage.} (21... Re8 $142 $5 $17 {prevents the following sortie.}) 22. Ne6 $5
Qxe6 (22... Bxe3 $5 23. Nxf8 Qd6 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Nxd5
Bc5 27. Nc7 Ra7 $19 {[%csl Rc7,Rf8]}) (24. Nxd5 $6 Nxd5 25. c4 Nd4 (25... bxc4
26. Bxc4 Nf6 27. Qxe3 Qxf8 28. Qb6 $15) 26. Qd3 Bf5 27. Rxf5 bxc4 28. Rxd5 cxd3
29. Rxd6 dxe2 30. Nd7 Re8 $19 {is easy to calculate for a macine, but
difficult for a human.}) 24... axb5 25. Qxe3 Qxf8 26. Bxb5 $15 {/-/+}) 23. Bxc5
Re8 24. Bf3 Bb7 $5 (24... Na5 25. Qb4 Nc4 26. Bd4 $132) 25. a4 (25. Rbd1 Rac8
$36) (25. Nxd5 Na5 26. Qb4 Bxd5 27. Qxa5 $15) 25... Na5 26. Qb4 Nc4 27. Rbd1 (
27. axb5 Nd2 28. Nxd5 Nxf3 $5 (28... Nxf1 29. Nc7 Qd7 30. Nxe8 Bxf3 31. Rxf1 (
31. Nxf6 $2 Qh3 $19) 31... Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Rxe8 33. bxa6 Qc6+ $15) 29. Nxf6 Qxf6
30. bxa6 Qh6 31. Bd6 (31. gxf3 Re2 32. Rf2 Bxf3+ 33. Kg1 Qg6+ 34. Kf1 Rae8 $19)
31... Nxh2 32. Bxh2 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Re2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Qxh2+ $40) 27...
Ne4 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Be2 (29. Bh5 $5 e3 $5 (29... Red8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. axb5
$11) 30. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44 {/=/+}) 29... e3 $5 (29... Bc6 {keeps the extraP, but
is rather passive.}) 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qxb5 Ba6 32. Qb4 Rab8 33. Qa4 Ra8 34.
Qb4 Nd2 $1 $36 {At this moment Black is right to spurn repetiton.} 35. Rfe1 (
35. Bxa6 Nxf1 36. Bxf1 e2 $17) 35... Ne4 36. Kg1 (36. Bxa6 $5 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nxd1
38. Be2 (38. Bd3 Qf6 $1 39. Rf1 (39. Rxd1 Ra1 40. Rb1 Rea8 41. Bxe3 Rxb1+ 42.
Qxb1 Ra1 $19) 39... Nf2 40. Bxe3 Nxd3 $17) 38... Rab8 (38... Qf5 $5) 39. Qf4
Nc3 40. Bc4 Qe4 41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Bd3 Ree8 43. Bxe3 $15) 36... Rab8 37. Qd4 Nf2
$2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] With a series of weak moves in time-trouble Grischuk
completely ruins his position.} ({Already the first one gives away his
advantage, strong was} 37... Bxe2 38. Rxe2 Qc6 $1 39. Ba7 (39. Bb4 Qb5 40. Rxe3
Qxb4 $19) 39... Nc3 40. Ree1 e2 (40... Nb5 41. Qd7 Nxa7 42. Qxa7 Qxc2 $19) 41.
Ra1 Nb5 42. Qc5 Nxa7 43. Qxa7 Qxc2 $19 {and Black will gradually convert his
powerful Pe2.}) 38. Ra1 Bxe2 $6 ({Now more prudent was} 38... Qg6 $1 39. Rxa6
Nh3+ 40. Kh1 (40. Kf1 $4 Qf5+ 41. Bf3 e2+ 42. Rxe2 Rb1+ $19) 40... Nf2+ $11)
39. Rxe2 Ng4 $2 (39... Qc6 $1 40. Rxe3 Ne4 41. Bf8 Rxf8 42. Qxe4 Qc5 $14 {
still gives Black reasonable drawing chances in the major piece _|_.}) 40. h3
Ne5 $2 {Self-pinning and self-destructive.} (40... Rbd8 41. Qc3 Nf6 42. Rxe3
Qc6 $14 {/+/- is unpleasant, but at least it allows Black to fight on.} (42...
Ne4 43. Rae1 Nxc3 44. Rxe6 $16)) 41. Rxe3 $18 {The time-control is over and
Black's position is a shambles. Gashimov will convert his extra P in a simple
and fairly straightforward fashion.} Rbd8 42. Qc3 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 44. Rxe8+
Rxe8 45. Ra7 h6 46. Bd4 Ne5 47. c4 Kh7 (47... Nxc4 48. Rxg7 Re1+ 49. Kf2 Rd1 (
49... Rc1 50. Bf6 $22 {is similar to 49...Rd1.}) 50. Rg4+ Kh7 51. Bc3 Nd6 $8
52. Ke2 Rc1 53. Rg7+ Kh8 54. Be5 Nc4 55. Bf6 $18) 48. c5 h5 49. Ra6 (49. Kf2 $1
Kg6 50. Kg3 $18 {seems somewhat simpler.}) 49... Nd3 50. Ra3 Nf4 51. Be3 Nd5
52. Kf2 Re4 53. Rd3 Nxe3 {[%mdl 4096] White will win the R_|_ in a model way.}
(53... Ne7 $5 {is more resilient, although after} 54. Bg5 {White should
gradually win.}) 54. Rxe3 Rc4 55. Re5 {White's K is close enough to help the
Pc5, while Black's K is far off.} Rc2+ (55... h4 56. Ke3 Kg6 (56... Rc2 57. Rg5
Kh6 58. Kd3 $1 $18) 57. Kd3 Rc1 58. Kd4 Rc2 59. Kd5 Rxg2 60. c6 Kf6 (60... Rc2
61. Kd6 $18 {transposes into the game}) 61. Re4 Rd2+ 62. Kc5 Rc2+ 63. Kb6 Rb2+
64. Ka7 Rc2 65. Kb7 Rb2+ 66. Kc8 g5 67. c7 $18) 56. Kf3 h4 57. Ke4 $1 {The K
hurries to support the passed P.} Kg6 (57... Rxg2 58. c6 Rc2 59. Kd5 $18) 58.
Kd5 Rd2+ 59. Ke6 Rxg2 (59... Rc2 60. Kd6 Kf6 61. Rd5 $18) 60. c6 Rc2 61. Kd6
Kf6 62. Rd5 {[%cal Rc6c7,Rd5c5] /\c7,Rc5 Avoids the last trick.} (62. c7 $4
Rxc7 $11) 62... g5 63. c7 g4 64. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 {
Die Bauernraubvariante, die schon vom amerikanischen Weltmeister Bobby Fischer
gern angewandt wurde, gehört seit Jahren zum festen Programm des mehrfachen
DDR-Jugendmeisters aus Chemnitz. Womacka: "Ich habe diese Variante schon
gespielt, da war mein Gegner noch nicht einmal geboren. Damals habe ich noch
gründlich analysiert. Jetzt muß ich hoffen, daß sich in den letzten 20 Jahren
nichts geändert hat."} 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 (9. Rb1 {ist die andere Hauptvariante
}) 9... Nbd7 {Wehrt 10.a4 mit den Drohungen 11. Ta2 und 11.Sd1 ab, worauf nun
10....Sc5 folgen würde.} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Natürlich nicht} 10... Nxf6 $2 11. a4
d5 12. Ra2 Nxe4 13. Rxb2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 {und Weiß hat eine technische
Gewinnstellung.}) 11. Be2 {Um gelegentlich über h5 ins Spiel einzugreifen.} b5
12. O-O Bb7 {Nun muß sich Weiß der Drohung Ta8-c8 mit Angriff gegen Sc3 und
Bc2 erwehren.} 13. Nd1 ({Nach} 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Bxb5 $6 axb5 15. Nxb5 Qa4 16.
Nc7+ Kd8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 $17 {sollte sich der schwarze Materialvorteil
durchsetzen.}) 13... Qa3 14. Nf2 Rc8 15. f5 {[#]} exf5 $1 {Zwar wird die
schwarze Bauernstellung etwas zerrissen, dafür erwacht der Lb7 zum Leben und
dem Sd7 wird das Feld e5 nicht genommen.} 16. exf5 Rg8 17. g3 Ne5 18. Nd3 Qa4 {
Solange die schwarze Dame abseits stand, war der schwarze Materialvorteil
sekundär. Nun droht vernichtend 19....De4} 19. Nb4 (19. Rf4 {scheitert an} Bh6
20. Rxa4 Bxd2 $19) 19... Bh6 20. Qxd6 $5 {Die beste praktische Chance. Weiß
versucht, den schwarzen König unter Druck zu setzen. Dazu muß Weiß den Se5
aushebeln.} (20. Qxh6 Qxb4 $19 {Die schwarzen Figuren dominieren.}) (20. Qd4
Be3+ 21. Qxe3 Qxb4 $17) 20... Be3+ 21. Rf2 {[#]} Rd8 $2 ({Schade, daß Schwarz
nun nicht die letzte Figur aktivierte und sich ein Traumfinale entgehen ließ:} 
21... Rg5 22. Qxf6 Nd7 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Bxd5 25. Qxc8 Qe4 $19) 22. Qxf6
Bxf2+ {Nun ist Schwarz aber wieder voll auf der Höhe:} (22... Qxb4 $4 23. Qxe5+
Qe7 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. Re1 $18) 23. Kxf2 Qxb4 24. Qxe5+ Kf8 {
Ein cleverer Zug. Objektiv ist 24....De7 sicher gleich stark. Aber nun hat
Weiß die Wahl der Qual.} (24... Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26. a4 $17) 25. c3 {Da die
Partie auf ein Endspiel zugeht, sollte Weiß die Verlustfaktoren reduzieren.
Für die im materiellen Nachteil befindliche Seite heißt dies in der Regel:
Bauern tauschen (um Umwandlungen zu vermeiden), Figuren auf dem Brett lassen 
(um beim Bauerntausch zu helfen).} (25. a4 $5) 25... Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Nd4
Kg7 (27... b4 $2 {ist voreilig.} 28. Ke3) 28. a3 {Das Eingeständnis, daß Weiß
den Damenflügel nicht mehr klären kann.} (28. a4 $6 b4 29. Bxa6 bxc3 $19) 28...
Kf6 29. g4 h5 30. h3 hxg4 $6 {Sicherheitshalber sollte Schwarz den h-Bauern
auf dem Brett behalten.} 31. hxg4 Bb7 32. a4 {Ein taktischer Versuch, doch
noch den Damenflügel zu klären, der jedoch scheitert.} b4 33. Nb3 bxc3 34. Nc5
Rd2 $1 {Sonst folgt 35.Tc1} 35. Rd1 c2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf3 (13.
Rf3 Qa5 14. Kh1 (14. Rh3 h4 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Rxh4 Rxh4 17. Nxh4 Bd7 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Stach,R-Hauptmann,G/cr Eu Mkl 1974 (41)}) 14... Nc5 15. Nb3 Nxb3 16.
cxb3 b5 17. b4 Qb6 18. f5 Be7 19. Rbf1 Bd7 20. Rh3 h4 21. Rf4 Rc8 (21... O-O-O
22. Rfxh4 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 d5 24. exd5 exf5 25. a3 {[%csl Rf5,Rf6,Rf7] 1-0
Zolotonos-Peebo/Riga LAT T-ch-RUS 1968 (40)}) 22. Rfxh4 Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Bf8 24.
Rh8 Qc6 25. Bf1 Ke7 26. Rh3 $132) (13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Kh1 b5 15. Nxc5 (15. Qd4 Be7
16. Bxb5+ axb5 17. Nxb5 Nxb3 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Rxb3 Ra4 $19 {0-1 Meyer,
G-Simutowe,A/Zonal 1998 (37)}) 15... Qxc5 16. a4 b4 (16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qc6
18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Qa5 Be7 21. Bxa6 $16) 17. Na2 d5 $132) (13. Kh1
Qc5 (13... Nc5 14. Rf3 Qa5 15. f5 (15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. f5 Bd7 18.
fxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Qxe5 20. Re3 Bh6 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxe5 fxe5 23. Rxb7+ Kc8 (
23... Kc6 24. Bf3+ e4 25. Bxe4+ Kd6 26. Rb6+ $132 {1/2-1/2 Velimirovic,
D-Tringov,G/Osijek 1978/Inf 26 (34)}) 24. Rb6 Be3 $17) 15... Bd7 16. fxe6 $1 (
16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Bc6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rxf6 Qe5 $15 {0-1 Jimenez,
E-Tringov,G/Leningrad 1967 (51)}) 16... Bxe6 (16... fxe6 17. Rxf6 Na4 18. Nxe6
Nxc3 (18... Qxc3 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Qxd6 $18) 19. Rxf8+ (19. Rxb7 Qe5 20. Rxf8+
Rxf8 21. Nxf8 Nxe2 $19) 19... Rxf8 20. Nxf8 b6 (20... Kxf8 21. Qxd6+ Ke8 22.
Rf1 $18) 21. Rf1 $16) 17. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Rd6,Re8,Rf6,Rh5]}) (13... Be7 14. Rf3
Qa5 15. Rh3 h4 16. Qe1 Nc5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Nb3 Nxb3 19. Rxb3 $15 {1/2-1/2
Videki,S-Szekely,P/Solymar 1996 (19)}) 14. Rf3 Be7 15. Rh3 h4 16. f5 Nb6 (16...
Ne5 17. Na4 Qc7 18. Nb6 $16) 17. Nd1 $44 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gh3c3] Simagin-Stein,
L/URS 1961 (17)}) 13... Nc5 14. e5 $5 dxe5 $1 $146 (14... fxe5 $6 15. fxe5 dxe5
(15... d5 16. Bxd5 $1 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bh6 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Nf5 Bg5
21. Qe2 Bxf5 22. Qxh5+ Kg7 23. Qxg5+ Bg6 24. Ng4 Rh8 25. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 16. Nb3
Be7 (16... Qb4 17. Kh1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Qxa4 19. Qg5 $1 $16 {1-0 Spasov,L-Tukmakov,
V/Ybbs olm st 1968 (23)}) 17. Qe2 (17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Qe2 h4 19. Ne4 (19. Bh5 Nf6
$17) 19... f5 20. Bh5+ Kd8 $17) 17... Nxb3 18. Rxb3 Qa5 (18... Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Bd8
20. Bxh5 Rh7 21. Ne4 $18) 19. Bxh5 $16) 15. fxe5 Bh6 $1 (15... fxe5 16. Nb3 $16
{like in previous variation}) 16. Qe1 f5 $15 {The openning battle was finished
for the benefit of black.} 17. Kh1 (17. Bxh5 Bg7 18. g4 (18. Bf3 Nd7 19. Bxb7
Bxe5 20. Bxa8 Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Qxc3 $17) 18... Na4 19. Nb3 Nb6 20. Qg3 (20. Ne4
fxe4 21. Bxf7+ Kd8 22. Qxe4 Kc7 $17) 20... Nc4 (20... Kf8 $15) 21. Rbe1 Qf8 $15
(21... Bd7 22. gxf5 Bxe5 23. Bxf7+ $18)) 17... Bd7 18. Bxh5 $2 $19 (18. Bxb7
$142 Nxb7 19. Rxb7 Rg8 (19... Rc8 20. Rf3 Qc5 $132) 20. Rf3 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qc8 22.
Rb6 Bc6 23. Rg3 Rxg3 24. Qxg3 Qc7 $15) 18... Bg7 19. Bf3 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2,Re5]
The position white is full of weaknesses} Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c3]} 20. Nd1 (20. Rd1
b5 $19) 20... b5 21. Nf2 Qxa2 22. g4 Kf8 (22... Qa4 23. Rd1 Rd8 $19) (22... Rd8
$19) 23. Rg1 Ne4 (23... Rd8 $19) 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qd5 26. Qxd5 (26. Rge1
Qxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc5 28. Rbe1 Ke7 $19) 26... exd5 27. Rge1 Re8 28. Bxd5 Rxe5 29.
Rxe5 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bc3 31. Ng5 (31. g5 a5 32. h4 b4 33. Kg2 a4 (33... Bf5 34.
Bb3 $17) 34. Rf1 Ke7 35. Kg3 Be6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Rd1 a3 38. Nd4+ Bxd4 39.
Rxd4 a2 40. Rd1 Rc8 $19) 31... Bxg4 32. Bxf7 Ke7 33. Kg2 Bd2 34. Kg3 Bf5 35.
Rf1 (35. Nf3 Rh3+ 36. Kg2 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Kxf7 $19) 35... Bxc2 36. Nf3 Kxf7 37.
Nxd2+ Ke7 38. Ra1 {Last hope white - to receive drawn endgame with the bishop
and pawn "H" .} (38. Rc1 Rc8 $19) 38... Rh6 39. Kf4 $6 (39. Ra2 Bd3 (39... Bh7
40. h4 Bg8 $19) 40. h4 b4 41. Ra4 Rb6 42. Ra2 b3 43. Rb2 Bc2 $19) 39... Rxh2
40. Nf3 (40. Ke3 Rh3+ 41. Nf3 Ba4 (41... b4 42. Rxa6 b3 43. Rb6 Bd1 44. Kd2
Bxf3 45. Rxb3 $44) 42. Ke4 Kd6 43. Nd4 Rc3 $19) 40... Rh6 41. Nd4 Rh4+ 42. Ke5
Rh5+ 43. Kf4 Ba4 44. Rc1 Kd7 45. Ke4 a5 46. Kd3 b4 47. Rg1 Kd6 48. Rg8 Bd7 49.
Ra8 Rh3+ 50. Kc2 a4 51. Ra5 Rh2+ 52. Kd3 b3 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The next exciting fight between two experienced players with different styles.
Mark Tseitlin plays an agressive chess, using each attempt to get the
initiative. Lev plays clever chess, prefers defence and counterattack.} 1. e4 {
Psakhis} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 (12. Bh4 $6 {Psakhis} Nxe4
$1 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. f5 exf5 15. Bb5+ axb5 16. Nxd6+ Kf8 17. Nxc8 Nc6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Fischer,R/Wch28-Reykjavik 1972 (49)}) 12... Bxf6 13. e5 {
'!' Psakhis. There are few interesting options for black in close moves. But
even in the line of the game black doesn't suffer too much.} dxe5 (13... Be7 $5
14. Ne4 (14. Rae1 d5 15. f5 Bb4 $5) 14... d5 15. Nd6+ (15. Qc3 Nc6) 15... Bxd6
16. exd6 O-O 17. f5 exf5 (17... Qxd6 18. f6 e5 19. c4 $5 $36) 18. Qf4 (18. Bxf5
Qxd6) 18... Nc6 $13) 14. Ne4 Nd7 (14... exf4 $5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Qc3 $1 Nd7
17. Rxf4 $44 {Timman}) (14... Qe7 $5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qc3 Nc6 (
17... Nd7 18. Rad1 $36 {[%cal Gd3e4,Gc3c7]}) 18. Be4 Bd7 19. Na5 $5 Nxa5 $140
20. Qxe5 $44 {[%csl Ra5,Rh8]}) 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Be7 17. Qf2 $146 {'!?'
Psakhis. Psakhis: 'N' Theoretical novelty which was discovered by Mark during
the game.} (17. Bc4 Nf6 18. Rxe5 O-O $1 (18... Nxe4 $2 19. Bxf7+ $1 $40 {
[%cal Gd2d5] Tal,M-Zaid,L/Moscow 1973} (19. Bxf7+ {Psakhis} Kxf7 20. Qd5+ Kg6
21. Qxe4+ Kf7 22. Rf1+ Bf6 23. Nc5 Re8 (23... Rd8 $142 $1) 24. Qd5+ $40 {
1-0 Tal,M-Zaid,L/Moscow 1973 (35)})) (18... O-O 19. Rf1 Ng4 20. Rh5 Qxa2 21. h3
Qb2 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Bxf7+ Kh7 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Rd5 $16 {0-1 Computer-Computer,
C/ACM Computer 1993 (65)})) 17... Nf6 {'[]' Psakhis.} (17... O-O 18. Bc4 $5 Nb6
19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Rxe5 Nc4 21. Rh5 {[%cal Yh5h6] intends sacrifice on-h6.} Bg4
22. Rxh6+ gxh6 23. Qd4+ Kh7 24. Bxc4 $44) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Rxf6 $5 {[%mdl
512] That was whites idea - with the sacrifice of an exchange he keeps black
king in the center for a while. But black has enough resources for a defence.}
Bxf6 (19... Be6 {Psakhis} 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Bg6+ Kd7 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Rd1+ $44)
20. Qxf6 Rg8 21. Bh7 Rf8 {'?!' Psakhis. Black doesn't force equal ending and
decides to continue under whites pressure.} (21... Qe7 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxg8
Bf5 $11) (21... Rg5 $5 {Psakhis} 22. h4 Rg4) 22. Qxe5+ Qe7 23. Qa5 Qd6 {
In opinion of Psakhis after the game, it was the best protection for black,
but I have come to conclusion that the black can be protected more precisely.}
(23... Be6 $5 24. Nc5 (24. Nd4 Qg5 $1 (24... Rd8 25. Nf5 (25. Nxe6 fxe6 26.
Bg6+ Kd7 {[%cal Gd7c8] /\Kc8}) 25... Qg5 {with blacks advantage.}) 25. Nf5 Rh8
$17) (24. Nd4 {Psakhis}) 24... Rd8 25. Be4 Qd6 $1) 24. Re1+ Be6 25. Nc5 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] That is the losing move. After the correct 25.Be4 white pieces are
cooperate, and white keeps an initiative.} (25. Be4 $142 $1 {There are many
possible moves for black, but anyone doesn't bring black clear advantage.} Qd8
$5 {The idea to move whites queen out of-a5,and then to castle.} (25... b6 26.
Qh5 (26. Qc3 {Psakhis} Rc8 27. Qf6 Qb4 28. Re3) 26... O-O-O (26... Rc8 27. Bf5
$44) 27. Qe2 b5 28. Qf2 $44 {[%cal Gf2a7,Yb3a5,Yb3c5]}) (25... Ke7 $6 26. Bxb7
Rab8 27. Nc5 $40) (25... Rb8 26. c4 $1 $44 {[%cal Gc4c5] /\c5}) (25... Rc8 $6
26. Bxb7 Rxc2 27. Qa4+) 26. Qe5 (26. Qb4 Qe7 27. Qb6 Bd5 28. Nc5 $40) 26...
Qb6+ 27. Kh1 O-O-O (27... Rc8 28. Nd4 Rc5 29. Bd5 $36) 28. Nc5 $40 {[%csl Rb7]}
) 25... b6 $19 26. Qa4+ b5 27. Qb4 Rc8 28. Nxa6 $2 {Still was a chance for
white to continue to struggle in the ending with an exchange down.} (28. Nd3
Qxb4 29. Nxb4 a5 $19) 28... Qxa6 29. Bd3 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Qc5 31. Bxb5+ Ke7 32.
Qh4+ Qg5 33. Qb4+ Rc5 34. Bc6 Rc8 35. h4 Qf5 {'(+)' Psakhis.} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2002.04.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qb6 9. f4 Bd7 {This line is the speciallity of GM Loginov;} (9... Qxd4 {
Tyomkin,D} 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 (11... h6 {(Tyomkin,D) Tyomkin,D} 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 (13. f5 $5 {[%cal Gf1c4] Tyomkin,D}) 13... Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rc4 h5 17. Rc8+ Rd8 18. Rc7 Rd7 19. Rc8+ Rd8 20. Rc7 Rd7 21.
Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Yermolinsky,A/URS-chYM Jurmala 1983/MCL 05}) (11... Be7
{(Tyomkin,D) Tyomkin,D} 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 {Tyomkin,D} 14.
Rxd6 Bc6 15. Bf3 $16 g5 $140 16. e5) 14. a4 h5 15. g3 h4 16. g4 Bf8 17. Rf1 Ke7
18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Rh3 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. b4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,
A-Baginskaite,K/Dresden-W 1995/EXT 95 (37)}) 12. Be2 b6 $146 {1-0 Oll,L-Zhang
Zhong/Beijing 1997/CBM 61/[Tyomkin,D] (55)}) 10. Nf3 $146 {After this move
black doesn't have the transfer to the ending by Qxd4 anymore;} (10. Nxc6 {
Tyomkin,D} bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. b3 $2 (13. c4 {Tyomkin,D} Ne3 14.
Re1 Nxf1 15. Rhxf1) 13... dxe5 $17 {0-1 Kunze,M-Loginov,V/Budapest Spring op
1990/EXP 17 (27)}) (10. Be2 {Tyomkin,D} Rc8 (10... Be7 {Tyomkin,D} 11. Rhe1
O-O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 h6 15. Bh4 Rhe8 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5
exd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxd5 Bg5+ 21. Kd1 Bc6 $44 {P:^^ Haentsch,
R-Kupreichik,V/Cuxhaven op 1993/EXT 93op/0-1 (51)}) 11. Bf3 (11. Kb1 {Tyomkin,D
} Be7 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 {Tyomkin,D} O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5
16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. h4 Rc7 19. c3 Qg6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 21. Ka1 b5 $132
{0-1 Bauer,T-Loginov,V/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03 (44)}) 12... O-O 13. Rhf1 Rfd8
14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Be7 16. Qd3 Be8 $36 17. Qf3 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 $6 (18.
Rxd1 $142 {Tyomkin,D}) 18... Qc7 19. Qf2 b5 20. e5 b4 21. Ne4 a5 22. Nbd2 Na7
23. g4 a4 24. g5 Bb5 25. Rg1 Bd3 $1 26. Ka1 a3 $40 {0-1 Lengyel,B-Loginov,V/
Budapest FS12 GM 1993/EXT 93 (35)}) 11... Na5 12. Nb3 Nc4 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4
b5 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. e5 Nh7 18. Bf2 gxf4 19. exd6 Bg7 20. Bb7 (20. Nd5
$5 {Tyomkin,D}) 20... Rb8 21. Bxa6 (21. Nc5 $5 {Tyomkin,D} Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8
23. Be4 $13) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23. Nc5 $6 (23. Ba7 {Tyomkin,D} Ra8 24.
Nxb5 $14) 23... Rg5 $6 (23... Bc6 $5 {Tyomkin,D}) 24. a4 $2 (24. Nxd7 {Tyomkin,
D} Kxd7 25. Ba7 Rbg8 26. h4 $16) 24... Nxd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lengyel,B-Loginov,V/
Budapest FS11 GM 1993/EXT 93 (48)}) 10... Rc8 11. Kb1 (11. a3 Na5 12. Bd3 (12.
Kb1 $142) 12... Nxe4 $1 13. Bxe4 (13. Nxe4 Nb3+) 13... Nc4 14. Na4 $8 Bxa4 $17
{0-1 Guseinov,K-Gadjily,R/Baku 2000/EXT 2002 (23)}) 11... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4f2,
Gg4e3] 11...Qc7 looks safer way; 11...Ng4 creates some threats, but in general
it is too risky because black delays in development;} (11... Qc7 12. h3 {
1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Loginov,V/HUN 1995/EXT 99 (12).}) 12. Re1 (12. Bh4 Qe3 $5 (
12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne5 $1 (14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Nf2 16. Rg1 Rxc3 $1
{[%cal Gf2e4]}))) 12... h6 13. Bh4 g5 (13... Be7 14. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e8]})
14. h3 gxh4 $6 {That's the right moment to improve black's play; After
premature 14...gxh4 black faces long-term troubles;} (14... Nh2 $5 {is the
Fritz recommendation;} 15. fxg5 (15. Rxh2 gxh4 16. Nxh4 Bg7 $44) 15... Nxf3 16.
gxf3 Ne5 $132) 15. hxg4 Bg7 16. Rxh4 Nd4 17. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] Only way to
reach the advantage- white would reach the pawn up and an attack against black
king this way;} (17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Nd1 Ke7 $44) 17... Nxf3 18.
gxf3 d5 (18... Bc6 19. Ne4 (19. Qxd6 $2 Qf2 {[%csl Re1,Rh4]}) 19... Bxe4 20.
Rxe4 $16) 19. f5 Bf8 {19...d4 looks as a chance but white holds the advantage
there as well;} (19... d4 20. Ne4 Bxe5 21. Rxh6 Rxh6 22. Qxh6 Qb4 $1 (22...
Rxc2 23. Nd6+ $1 (23. Kxc2 d3+ $17 {[%csl Rb2]})) (22... d3 23. c3 Rxc3 24.
Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (24... Ke7 25. Nd5+ $1) (24... Kd8 25. Qh8+ Kc7 26. Nd5+ $1) 25.
Qxf6 d2 26. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 27. f6+ Kd6 28. Qh2+ $18 {[%cal Gh2d2]}) 23. Rd1 exf5
24. Nf6+ $16) 20. fxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gf8b4] Now black's threat is Bb4, so this
was good idea for white to prevent it;} 21. Bd3 $6 (21. Nd1 $5 $16 {to prevent
Bb4;}) 21... Bb4 22. Rxh6 Rg8 23. Kc1 d4 24. Qf2 Qa5 25. Reh1 $2 {It begins
tough tactical fight, but white achieves the draw only this way;} (25. Qxd4
Rxc3 26. Rd1 $1 {That was the difficult move to find;} Rc7 (26... Rxd3 27. Qxd3
$18 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gh6h7]}) 27. Bc4 Be7 $1 28. Bxe6 $18) 25... dxc3 26. Rh8
Qxa2 {[%mdl 64] All is forced now;} (26... Rxh8 $2 27. Rxh8+ Kf7 28. Rh7+ Kg8
29. Qh2 {and here white is the first to mate opponent's king;}) 27. Rxg8+ Kf7 (
27... Bf8 28. Bg6+ {and mate in few moves;}) 28. Rg7+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Nice but
all was prepared in advance while playing Reh1;} Kxg7 (28... Kf8 29. Rh8+ {
forcing black to grab the rook!}) 29. Rh7+ {That's pity that white has only
draw now;} Kg8 30. Rh8+ $1 {[%mdl 64] Same tactical motif;} Kg7 {Black
declines the sacrifice but now it's perpetual;} (30... Kxh8 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32.
Qg5+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 $11 {[%cal Gf6g6,Gg6f6,Gf8g8,Gg8f8]}) 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32.
Rh8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 3rd "]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 (9... Bd7 {Tyomkin,D} 10. Nxc6 (10. Be2 Rc8 (10... Be7 11.
Rhe1 O-O-O 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 h6 15. Bh4 Rhe8 16. Bc4 d5 17.
exd5 exd5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxd5 Bg5+ 21. Kd1 Bc6 $44 {P:^^
Haentsch,R-Kupreichik,V/Cuxhaven op 1993/EXT 93op/0-1 (51)}) 11. Bf3 (11. Kb1
Be7 12. Nb3 (12. Nf3 O-O 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7
17. Bd3 Bf5 18. h4 Rc7 19. c3 Qg6 20. Bxf5 Qxf5+ 21. Ka1 b5 $132 {0-1 Bauer,
T-Loginov,V/HUN-chT2 1994/TD 94\03 (44)}) 12... O-O 13. Rhf1 Rfd8 14. Bxf6 $6
Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Be7 16. Qd3 Be8 $36 17. Qf3 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 $6 (18. Rxd1 $142)
18... Qc7 19. Qf2 b5 20. e5 b4 21. Ne4 a5 22. Nbd2 Na7 23. g4 a4 24. g5 Bb5 25.
Rg1 Bd3 $1 26. Ka1 a3 $40 {0-1 Lengyel,B-Loginov,V/Budapest FS12 GM 1993/EXT
93 (35)}) 11... Na5 12. Nb3 Nc4 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 b5 15. Re1 h6 16. Bh4 g5
17. e5 Nh7 18. Bf2 gxf4 19. exd6 Bg7 20. Bb7 (20. Nd5 $5) 20... Rb8 21. Bxa6 (
21. Nc5 $5 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23. Be4 $13) 21... Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rg8 23. Nc5 $6 (
23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Nxb5 $14) 23... Rg5 $6 (23... Bc6 $5) 24. a4 $2 (24. Nxd7 Kxd7
25. Ba7 Rbg8 26. h4 $16) 24... Nxd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lengyel,B-Loginov,V/Budapest
FS11 GM 1993/EXT 93 (48)}) 10... bxc6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 Rb8 13. b3 $2 (13. c4
Ne3 14. Re1 Nxf1 15. Rhxf1) 13... dxe5 $17 14. c4 Bb4 15. Qd3 f5 16. cxd5 fxe4
17. Qxe4 cxd5 18. Qxe5 O-O 19. Bd3 Qa5 20. Qe2 Rfc8+ 21. Kb1 Bc3 22. Rc1 Qa3
23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Bc2 Rbc8 26. Rc1 d4 27. Bf6 gxf6 28. Qh5 {
0-1 Kunze,M-Loginov,V/Budapest Spring op 1990/EXP 17}) 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4
Nd7 (11... h6 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 (13. f5 $5 {[%cal Gf1c4]})
13... Bd7 14. Nb6 Rd8 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Rc4 h5 17. Rc8+ Rd8 18. Rc7 Rd7 19.
Rc8+ Rd8 20. Rc7 Rd7 21. Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Yermolinsky,A/URS-chYM Jurmala
1983/MCL 05}) (11... Be7 {Tyomkin,D} 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 (13... Bxf6 14.
Rxd6 Bc6 15. Bf3 $16 g5 $140 16. e5) 14. a4 h5 15. g3 h4 16. g4 Bf8 17. Rf1 Ke7
18. Kb1 Bh6 19. Rd3 Bc6 20. Rh3 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. b4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,
A-Baginskaite,K/Dresden-W 1995/EXT 95 (37)}) 12. Be2 b6 $146 (12... h6 {
Tyomkin,D} 13. Bh4 g5 14. fxg5 Ne5 15. Na4 Be7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bg3 hxg5 18.
Rhd1 $14 {1-0 Keres,P-Panno,O/Goteborg izt 1955/IZT (30)}) 13. f5 Rb8 (13...
Bb7 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Rhd1 $14 {@}) 14. Rhd1 b5 15. Kb1 Ne5 (15... h6 16. Bh4
b4 17. Na4 g5 18. fxg6 (18. Bg3 e5 19. R4d2 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Rd6,Re5,Rf8]}) 18...
fxg6 19. Bg4 Ne5 20. Bf6 $16) 16. g4 h5 (16... b4 $5 17. Na4 Bd7 18. b3 Bb5 19.
Rxb4 (19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Nc5 Nf3 21. Na6 Rc8 $17) (19. Bf1 $2 Nf3 $19) (19.
R4d2 $1 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nxg4 21. Red2 h6 (21... f6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bg3 $13 {
[%csl Rb4,Rd6,Re5,Rf6,Rf8]}) (21... Be7 $5 {Maybe this endgame is best compare
to what the black can get in this position.} 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. fxe6 fxe6 24.
Rxd6 Rhd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Nc5 Nxh2 28. Nxe6+ $15 {Very unclear
endgame which is demands a special attention}) 22. Bf4 Nf6 23. fxe6 Nxe4 24.
exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd4 $44) 19... d5 20. Bxb5+ axb5 21. Bf4 Bxb4 $5 (21... f6 22.
Rbd4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 $15) 22. Bxe5 Rb7 23. Nb2 dxe4 $17) 17. gxh5 b4 18. Na4 exf5
(18... Bd7 $5 {Similar to the previous line. I really can`t understand why Mr.
Zhang Zhong didn`t played Bd7 here or on previous move.}) 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. h4
(20. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d5]}) 20... Be7 (20... f6 21. Bf4 Bd7 22. b3 Bb5 23. c4
bxc3 24. Nxc3 Bxe2 25. Nxe2 Rxh5 26. Ng3 Rh8 27. Nf5 $36) (20... Bd7 $5) 21. b3
f6 (21... Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rf5c2,Rc8c2]}) 22. Be3 Kf7 23. Rf4 Be6 (23... Ke6 $6
24. Bxa6 (24. Rdf1 Bh3 25. Rh1 Bf5 26. Rhf1 $11) 24... Rxh5 25. Be2 Rh7 26. Nb6
$14) 24. Nb6 a5 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Rfd4 Rc8 (26... Nc6 27. R4d2 Ne7 (27... f5 28.
h6 $40) 28. Nxe7 Bxe7 29. Bf4 $36) 27. Rf1 Rc5 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Rd2 (29. Rxd6 $5
Bxc2+ (29... Rxc2 30. Bd3 Rc3 31. Bxf5 Rxe3 32. Bg6+ Nxg6 33. hxg6+ Ke8 34.
Rfd1 $16) 30. Kb2 Rc8 31. Ba6 Rc3 32. Bd4 Bd3 (32... Nd3+ 33. Nxd3 Bxd3 34.
Bxc3 Bxf1 35. Bxf1 bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 f5 $14) 33. Bxc3 bxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Bxf1 35. Bxf1
Be7 36. Rd1 Bb4+ 37. Kb2 Rc8 $11) 29... Rc6 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Ba6 Rb8 $2 (31...
Rc6 {Would probably lead to treepfold repetion.}) 32. Rxd6 Bc7 33. Rdd1 Bb6 (
33... Bg4 34. Rd5 Bxh5 (34... Bf3 $2 35. Rxf3 (35. Rxe5 $5) 35... Nxf3 36. Rd7+
$18) 35. Rc5 Bd6 36. Rxa5 $14) 34. Bc1 (34. Nd5 $5 Bxe3 (34... Bc8 35. Bxb6
Bxa6 $11) 35. Rxf5 Bc5 36. Rdf1 Ke6 37. c4 bxc3 38. Nxc3 Rb4 $11) 34... Rhd8
35. Rde1 (35. Nd3 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Bh3 (36... Bg4 37. Bc4+) 37. Rf4 (37. Bc4+ Kf8)
37... Be6 $14) 35... Bc7 36. h6 (36. Nd5 Bxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Rxd5 $11 {[%csl Rh4,
Rh5]}) 36... Rb6 (36... gxh6 37. Nh5 Kg6 38. Be2 $36) 37. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 (37...
fxe5 38. Bc4+ Ke7 (38... Kf6 39. Nd5+ Rxd5 40. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5]}) 39. Nd5+
$18) 38. Bc4+ Kf8 39. Nd5 Rxd5 (39... Rbd6 $2 40. Rxf5 g6 41. Nf4 $1 (41. Rf1
Rxd5 42. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 41... gxf5 (41... Bxf4 42. Rxf4 $18) 42. Ng6+ Ke8 43.
h7 Kd7 44. Bg8 $18) 40. Bxd5 Bh7 41. Be3 Rb5 42. Bc6 Rb8 43. Bc5+ Kg8 (43...
Kf7 $5 44. Bd5+ Ke8 45. hxg7 Rc8 46. Be4 $1 Kf7 47. Bxh7 Kxg7 48. Bxb4 (48. Bb6
$5 $16) 48... axb4 49. Bd3 $16) 44. Rg1 g6 45. Rd1 (45. h5 $5 g5 46. Bd5+ Kh8
47. Be6 $14) 45... Rc8 46. Bd5+ Kh8 47. Bb6 g5 48. Bc4 g4 $2 (48... gxh4 $8 49.
Rh1 $1 (49. Bxa5 h3 50. Bxb4 h2 51. Bd3 Bxd3 52. cxd3 Rd8 53. Rh1 (53. Rd2 Rxd3
$19) 53... Rg8 54. Bc5 Rg2 55. a4 Rb2+ 56. Ka1 Rc2+ 57. Kb1 Rxc5 58. d4 Bxd4
59. Rxh2 Kh7 $19) 49... a4 $5 50. Rxh4 a3 51. Rh1 $14) 49. Bxa5 $18 g3 50. Bxb4
Be4 51. Be1 Bf3 52. Rd7 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gc4d3,Gd7g7]} Bg4 53. Re7 Rd8 54. Bd3
g2 55. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Nc6 10. Rb1 $6 $146 {This new move is harmless- my impression is
that it just helps black queen to escape;} ({10.Bd3 following by 0-0 leads to
the good positional compensation of white:} 10. Bd3 Qa3 (10... d5 11. Bxf6 gxf6
12. Na4 $1 (12. exd5 $2 Bb4 $19) (12. Rb1 Qxc3 $1 {[%cal Yf8b4]}) 12... Qa3 13.
Nb6 d4 $1 {[%cal Gf8b4]} 14. O-O Rb8 15. Qe2 Qb4 16. Nc4 b5 17. a3 Qe7 18. Ncd2
$44 {1-0 Renet,O-Ftacnik,L/Lyon 1988/CBM 07 (62). (61)}) 11. O-O Be7 12. Rae1
h6 13. Bh4 Qb4 14. Bf2 Na5 15. a3 Nxb3 16. cxb3 Qa5 17. b4 $1 Qd8 (17... Qxa3
18. Ra1 {trapping the queen;}) 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bg5 21. Bf4 $13
{Cela,A-Delchev,A/Mamaia 1991/CBM 25 ext (21).}) ({The following move leads to
the forced play:} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Na4 Qa3 12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Nc4 Qa4 14. a3 b5
15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 17. Be2 Qd5 (17... Qxg2 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. O-O-O
Bb7 19. Qd7+ Kf8 20. Qd6+ Ke8 21. Bh5 $40) (17... Bb7 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. Nc5 Qd4
19. Rd1 Qxd6 (19... Qc3+ $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Kf2 Rd8 21. Nd7 f5 22. Rd3 $40) 20.
Rxd6 Nd8 21. Rb6 Bxg2 22. Rxb8 Bxh1 23. Nxa6 Rg8 $11) 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. O-O-O {
1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Gelfand,B/Wijk aan Zee (m3) 59/302 1994 (36) and some other
high-level games;}) 10... Qa3 11. Bd3 Be7 12. f5 {Sulskis is known as a
chessplayer with aggresive style and the last move is proving it;} (12. O-O h6
13. Bh4 $140 Nxe4 {[%cal Ya3d6] and black queen is very useful on a3 guarding
d6 point;}) 12... h6 $1 {Just in time;} 13. Bf4 (13. Bh4 Nxe4) (13. Be3 Ng4 $17
) 13... Ng4 (13... O-O {-actually I don't see any danger for black here too;})
14. O-O Qb4 $6 {[%cal Gb4b6] Black is trying to escape with the queen but this
idea can be refuted-see note to 15th move of white;} (14... O-O $142 $15) 15.
a3 $2 (15. fxe6 $1 fxe6 (15... Bxe6 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 $44 {[%csl Yb7][%cal
Gd2c4]}) 16. Be2 Qb6+ (16... Nge5 17. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rb4] and black queen is in
danger again;}) 17. Kh1 Nge5 18. Bh5+ $6 $44) 15... Qb6+ (15... Qxa3 16. Nb5
axb5 17. Ra1 b4 $1 18. Rxa3 bxa3 {with a big mess on the board;}) 16. Kh1 Nce5
17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 (18... Nxe5 19. Nd4 Qa5 $15 {and white doesn't
have any clear way to develop an initiative;}) 19. Rf3 Rf8 $1 $17 {By trading
pieces black get rid of white's initiative;} 20. Rxf8+ (20. Rbf1 Rxf3 21. Rxf3
Bd7 {[%cal Ge8c8,Yg4f6] and black still may castle to the queenside;}) 20...
Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1g3]} Qc7 {[%csl Yc3][%cal Yc7e5] taking
control on important dark squares and preventing Qg3;} 23. Nd1 Bd7 {Now this
is obvious that white doesn't have any compensation;} 24. Qg3 Nf6 25. Ne3 Rf8
26. Nc4 b5 $1 $19 {e5 is tactically protected;} 27. Ncd2 (27. Nxe5 Bd6 $19) (
27. Qxe5 Qa7 28. Ncd2 Ng4 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxa3 $19) 27...
Nh5 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Qe3 Bxa3 {black keeps himself cool- just two pawns up
for black now;} 30. c4 Bb4 $1 {Probably the best- black can trade the bishop
for white knight at any convenient time;} 31. g3 Nf6 32. cxb5 Bxd2 33. Nxd2
Qc1+ 34. Kg2 Bxb5 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Qd3 Qd1 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf6e4,Gb5b4,Yd1d3]
More material gains are on the way;} 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 {Other possibilities are following 
(see games in same opening key):} (11... Nc6 {-the most popular continuation;})
(11... Rg8) (11... Bg7) 12. O-O (12. h4 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nd1 Be7 {1/2-1/2
Luther,T-Sutovsky,E/New York 1998/CBM 64 (89) black looks quite safe here;})
12... Nd7 13. Kh1 (13. f5 $146 {Tyomkin,D} Be7 $146 (13... Nc5 14. Kh1 Bd7 (
14... Be7 $5 {Tyomkin,D}) 15. Rab1 b5 {Black king would not be safe in the
center, and Kotronias finds out a way to prove it.} (15... O-O-O $142 {Tyomkin,
D} 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf6 $132) 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] 1-0
Kotronias,V-Ilincic,Z/Yerevan 2000/CBM 78/[Tyomkin,D] (28) It opens the center,
and white gets e4-square for the knight.} (17. Rxf6 {Tyomkin,D} Be7 (17... Bg7
{Tyomkin,D} 18. Qg5 $1) 18. Rh6 O-O-O $132)) 14. Qd4 b5 15. Rf3 (15. Bxb5 axb5
16. Nxb5 Qa4 17. Nc7+ Kf8 $15) 15... Bb7 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rh3 h4 18. Bg4 Kf7
19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Bxe6+ Kxe6 21. Qc3 $1 $36 {[%cal Rb3d4]} Qa4 22. Nd4+ Kf7 23.
Nb6 b4 24. Qc7 Qa5 25. Qxb7 Rab8 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Nxd5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5]
[%cal Yd4f5] 1/2-1/2 Guseinov,K-Villavicencio Martinez,A/Stockholm 2002/CBM 85
ext (56)}) 13... h4 (13... b6 $146 {Tyomkin,D In this game black played
dubiously. I don't see a reason not to follow Kasparov by 13...h4.} 14. Qd4 Nc5
(14... Bb7 {Tyomkin,D} 15. Nb1 $140 (15. f5 $5 {Tyomkin,D}) 15... e5 $13) 15.
Qxf6 Rh7 16. f5 Be7 (16... Bg7 {Tyomkin,D} 17. Qg5 $16) 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. fxe6
fxe6 19. Rab1 $1 Rc8 20. e5 d5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Qd3 Rg7 23. Ne4 $1 $16 {
1-0 Sulskis,S-Sutovskij,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (56)}) 14. h3 b6 {This move
is probably more flexible than 14....Be7, but b6 follows on of the same plan;}
(14... Be7 {Tyomkin,D} 15. Rad1 b6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f5 {Kasparov} (17. Rd4 $2
$146 {(Tyomkin,D) In my opinion only 17.f5 of Short gives white the
compensation.} Rc8 $17 {[%cal Ga3b2] 0-1 Wells,P-Zhang Zhong/Szeged 1997/CBM
62/[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 17... Rc8 (17... Ne5 $6 {(Tyomkin,D) Ftacnik} 18. Qxb6)
18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 $1 20. Rd3 (20. Ne2 $2 {Tyomkin,D} Qe5 21. Nf4 f5 $17
) 20... f5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/Riga 1995 (29)}) 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. f5
Rc8 17. fxe6 fxe6 {the game divelops semilar to Short-Kasparov game;} 18. Qd4
$1 {Luther places the queen to much more active place then did Short in above
mentioned game;} (18. Qe3 Qb4 $1 {causes white troubles;}) 18... Be7 $6 {
Black doesn't solve opening problems this way;} (18... Qb2 $142 $5 {[%cal
Gd7e5]} 19. Rd3 Ne5 20. Re3 Qxc2 21. Rxf6 Rxc3 $1 $15 {and black is fine in
forthcoming endgame;}) 19. Bg4 Nc5 (19... Qb2 {-would lead to the semilar
position with Short-Kasparov, the only difference is white queen is on d4 and
not on e3;} 20. Rd3 {and no f5 stuff like in Short- Kasparov;}) 20. Rf3 Nxb3 (
20... Kf7 21. Nd2 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd2c4,Yc3d5]}) 21. cxb3 (21. axb3 $143 Qc5 {
and c2 would become the target in the ending;}) 21... Qc5 22. Bxe6 Qxd4 23.
Rxd4 Rc5 24. Nd5 (24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5 $16 {just compare white knight with
the black bishop to make the right evaluation here! ;-)}) 24... b5 25. Rd1 $6 (
25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Ke7 28. Rg6 Rf8 29. Bf5 $16 {[%cal Gg6e6]}
) 25... Rh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5e5]} 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxf6 Rhe5 28. Bf5 d5 (28...
Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rdxd6 (30. Rfxd6 Rc2 $11) 30... Ke7 $1 31. Rc6 (31. Rxa6
$140 Rc1+ $19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Ge4e1]}) 31... Rxc6 32. Rxc6 a5 33. Rc5 {
and white is keeping winning chances;}) 29. Bg6+ $6 (29. Rh6 dxe4 30. Rd7 $16)
29... Kd8 30. exd5 $2 {This move misses all advantage at once;} (30. Rf7 $5 $16
) (30. Rf5 $5 $16 Rxe4 $140 31. Rf8+ $18) 30... Rcxd5 {Now black is safe;} 31.
Rxd5+ Bxd5 32. Rf2 Ke7 $11 {[%csl Ya2,Yb3,Yg2,Yh3] Black is holding the
balance because of the active pieces; In addition all white pawns are on the
light squares- same as bishops- which is clearly in black's favor;} 33. Kh2 Kd6
34. Bd3 Re1 35. Be2 Kc5 $2 {[%cal Gc5b4,Gb4a3] Probably both players were in
time-trouble;} (35... Ke5 $1 $11 36. Bf3 Bxf3 37. Rxf3 Re2 38. a3 a5 $11) 36.
Bf3 Be6 (36... Bxf3 37. gxf3 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4f5]}) 37. Re2 $2 {For some reason
white has declined the following move:} ({White could play for the win again
by:} 37. g3 $142 hxg3+ 38. Kxg3 $16 {[%cal Gh3h4] and white's passer h is very
dangerous} a5 39. h4 a4 40. bxa4 bxa4 41. h5 $18) 37... Rxe2 38. Bxe2 Kb4 {
Here white should be accurate not to lose it! ;-)} 39. a4 Bxb3 40. Bxb5 axb5
41. axb5 Kxb5 {[%cal Gg2g3] g3 would trade the last pawn of black here;}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan zt 1.5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2000.06.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nd7 13. f5 $146 (13. Kh1 b6
$146 {In this game Sulskis played dubiously with black. I don't see a reason
not to follow Kasparov by 13...h4.} (13... h4 14. h3 Be7 15. Rad1 b6 16. Qe3
Bb7 17. f5 {Kasparov} (17. Rd4 $2 $146 {In my opinion only 17.f5 of Short
gives white the compensation.} Rc8 $17 {[%cal Ga3b2] 0-1 Wells,P-Zhang Zhong/
Szeged 1997/CBM 62/[Tyomkin,D] (31)}) 17... Rc8 (17... Ne5 $6 {Ftacnik} 18.
Qxb6) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 $1 20. Rd3 (20. Ne2 $2 Qe5 21. Nf4 f5 $17)
20... f5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/Riga 1995 (29)}) 14. Qd4 Nc5 (14... Bb7
15. Nb1 $140 (15. f5 $5) 15... e5 $13) 15. Qxf6 Rh7 16. f5 Be7 (16... Bg7 17.
Qg5 $16) 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Rab1 $1 Rc8 20. e5 d5 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22.
Qd3 Rg7 23. Ne4 $1 $16 {1-0 Sulskis,S-Sutovskij,E/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (56)
}) 13... Nc5 (13... Be7 {was a logical way to continue.}) 14. Kh1 Bd7 (14...
Be7 $5) 15. Rab1 b5 {Black king would not be safe in the center, and Kotronias
finds out a way to prove it.} (15... O-O-O $142 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Rxf6 $132)
16. fxe6 fxe6 17. e5 $1 $16 {[%mdl 64] It opens the center, and white gets
e4-square for the knight.} (17. Rxf6 Be7 (17... Bg7 18. Qg5 $1) 18. Rh6 O-O-O
$132) 17... dxe5 $2 {Now white is developing decisive attack.} (17... f5 18.
exd6 Nxb3 19. Qg5 $3 $18 {[%cal Re2h5] Black is hopeless against white's
threats.}) (17... fxe5 18. Rxf8+ $1 (18. Qg5 $18 {[%cal Rf1f8]}) 18... Rxf8 19.
Bxh5+ Ke7 20. Qg5+ $18) (17... O-O-O 18. exf6 $16) 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 (18... Qxc5
19. Ne4 Qd4 20. Nxf6+ $18 {[%cal Gd2g5]}) 19. Ne4 (19. Rxf6 Bd4 20. Ne4 $16)
19... Be7 (19... O-O-O 20. Rb3 {[%csl Rc5]}) 20. Rb3 $1 {Another strong move-
black queen will be out of play on a2.} Qxa2 {[%csl Ra2]} 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 Rc8 23. Bd1 $1 {Preventing any counterplay. After 23.Qg5, which looks
very logical, black gets chances to save the game.} (23. Qg5 Qxc2 24. Bxh5+
Rxh5 25. Qxh5+ Ke7 {and black is still alive.} (25... Kd8)) 23... e4 24. Rf1
$18 {Despite of two pawns up, black is hopeless-white has decisive attack. Qa2
has no way to come back to the defense.} (24. Qg5 $18) 24... Rg8 25. Qd6 Kd8
26. Rg3 (26. Rf7 Rc7 27. Rg3 {-like in the game.}) 26... Re8 27. Rg7 Rc7 28.
Rff7 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 8th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 b4 (13... h6 {
Tyomkin,D} 14. Qh3 e5 $1 15. g4 Nb6 16. fxe5 dxe5 (16... Bxg4 $2 17. exd6 Qxd6
(17... Bxd6 18. e5) 18. e5 (18. Qe3 $5) 18... Qc6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Qxg4 Bxg5+
21. Kb1 Nf4 22. h4 $16) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20. Nd2 $2 (20.
d6 $5) 20... Rd8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxe5 Bxg4 $1 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gd6d3]} 25. Qe3 {[%cal Re5e8]} (25. Rde1 Re6 26. Rxe6 Bxe6 27.
Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxa6 Qxh2 30. Bxb5 Qg1+ $17) 25... Re6 $17 {
Zaitsev Igor A-Mitenkov Alexey/It (cat.9), Moscow (Russia) 1996/0-1 (43)}) 14.
axb4 Rxb4 15. Qe2 $2 $146 (15. Kb1 {Tyomkin,D} Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Na2 $4 (17.
Nxc5 $13 {[%cal Ge4e5]}) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxd3 Rxe4) 18... Rxb3 $1 19.
Bxg7 Nxe1 20. Qxb3 Rg8 $19 {Ellison,D-Collinson,A/Balatonbereny op 1992/0-1(29)
}) 15... h6 $1 16. h4 (16. Bh4 $5 Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe7 (17. Qg4 Ndf6 (17... Nxc3
18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. bxc3 Rxf4 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qh4 $132) 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20. Qxh6 Rxg2 $13) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxd6 Rxb3 20.
Qh5 {[%csl Re6]} (20. f5 {but always black can make a draw}) (20. Be5 $2 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 O-O) 20... Nf6 21. Qc5 $44) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 Nb6 $1)
16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Nc5 (17... Nh5 $5 18. Rh1 Nc5 (18... g6 19. g4 d5 20. exd5
(20. gxh5 d4 $5 21. hxg6 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 dxc3 24. g7 $1) 20...
Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxg4 22. dxe6 Qxe2 23. exd7+ Bxd7 24. Bxe2 Bxg5 25. Bxa6 $11) (
18... d5 19. exd5 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6 $44) 19. Rxh5 (19.
Nxc5 $2 dxc5 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gc5c4]}) 19... Rxh5 20. Qxh5 Nxb3+ $15) (17...
Nh7 $5 18. Rh1 $44 {[%csl Re8,Rh7,Rh8] Black has piece up,but in other hand
the pin on the h-file and strong position in the center give white a good
compensation}) 18. gxf6 gxf6 (18... Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Bxf6 20. Bc4 Bb7 $13) (18...
Bxf6 $6 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 $36) 19. Nxc5 $2 (19. Nd2 $142) 19...
dxc5 $17 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gc5c4]} 20. Bxa6 (20. Qe3 {[%cal Ye3f4,Gd3f1]} c4 21.
Bf1 Qb8 {[%csl Rb2]}) 20... Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 O-O 23. Rd7 Rfb8 $1 24.
Nd1 (24. Rxe7 $2 Rxb2+ 25. Ka1 Qd2 $19) 24... Bf8 25. Rf1 $2 (25. Qa7 $142 Bh6
(25... Qe5 {[%cal Gb4b2]} 26. b3 (26. Qa3 Bg7 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Re4][%cal Yf6f5]})
26... c4 27. Rxf7 cxb3 28. c3 $1 $13 Rxe4 $4 29. Rh7 $1 $18) 26. Re3 Qf1 {
[%cal Rb4b2]} 27. Rg3+ Bg5 $17) 25... Qxe4 $19 26. Qd3 (26. Rxf6 Bg7 27. Rdxf7
Qd4 $1 $19) 26... Qxd3 27. Rxd3 f5 28. c3 Rg4 29. Rf2 Be7 30. Kc2 Bg5 31. b3
Kg7 32. Ne3 Re4 33. Nc4 Ra8 34. Rd1 $2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e4c4","",5]} Rxc4
0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 512]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Qc7 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. O-O-O e5
14. f5 b5 15. a3 h5 16. g3 (16. h3 {Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D} h4 17. Rhg1 Bb7
18. g3 hxg3 19. Rxg3 Rh7 20. Rdg1 Bf8 $132) 16... Bb7 {This variation isn't
dangerous for black.The standart plan is Rc8,Nd7-b6-c4-(xa3).} 17. h3 $6 $146 (
17. Kb1 Rc8 18. h3 Nd7 $1 19. g4 Nb6 20. Na5 (20. gxh5 $5 Nc4 21. Ka2 Nxa3 $15)
20... Ba8 21. Qd2 Qd8 $1 {[/\ X g4-g5]} 22. Rhg1 {Shabalov,A-Georgiev,K/Elista
1998/CBM 66 ext/[Georgiev,Ki/Kostakiev,D] /0-1(29)} (22. gxh5 $142 Nc4 23. Nxc4
Rxc4 24. Qg2 Bf6 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd4 27. Rd1 Qb6 28. c3 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 {
^-} Ke7 $44)) 17... Rc8 $15 18. Qe3 (18. g4 h4 19. g5 Nh5 {Black is safe on
the kingside.}) 18... Nd7 {The other idea for black is to push h5-h4,and after
g3-g4 to take control over diagonal d8-h4 by Qd8.} (18... h4 $5 19. g4 Nh7 {
[%csl Rg5]} (19... d5 $5)) 19. h4 Nb6 20. Qe2 {[%csl Rh5]} Nc4 {[%cal Rc4a3]}
21. Rd3 {[%cal Yd3c3]} Qb6 {[%mdl 512]} 22. Bxh5 a5 (22... d5 $5 {[%cal Rb6h6]}
23. Bf3 d4 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Ne3 $44) 23. Rd5 {[%mdl 512] Typical
sacrifice of quality in structure like this.In case black accept it N gets
strong outpost on-d5 which disturbs black a lot.} (23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 (24.
Rxd5 $6 a4 $40 {[%cal Yb5b4,Yc4e3]}) 24... O-O $36 {[%cal Ga5a4] Black gets
the strong attack on the queenside.White can do anything against the black
king.}) 23... Bxd5 $2 (23... Nxa3 $142 $1 24. bxa3 Rxc3 $17 25. Rxb5 $140 Qc7 {
[%csl Rb5,Rg3][%cal Rb7a6,Rb7c6]}) 24. Nxd5 Qc6 25. Bg4 {[%cal Rf5f6]} Bf6 26.
Kb1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qd3 (28. Nxb4 Qa4 29. Nd5 Ra8 $1 {threatening Qa2+and
then Qa1!mating.} 30. Nc3 (30. Nc7+ $2 Kd7 31. Nxa8 Rxa8 {[%cal Ra4a2,Ra2a1]})
30... Qa6 31. Qd3 O-O 32. Be2 Rfc8 $40) 28... Qa4 29. Rd1 O-O 30. Be2 Rc6 31.
Qf3 Na5 (31... Bd8 32. f6 {White has a draw at least.}) 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 {
[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4h5]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 (8... Be7 9. Qd2 h6 (9... Qxb2 10. Nb3 {[%cal Yc3a4,Yc3d1]} Nbd7 11. Bxf6 (
11. Nd1 Nxe4 12. Qe2 Nc3 13. Nxb2 Nxe2 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Bxe2 $18) 11... Bxf6
12. Nd1 Bh4+ 13. g3 Qf6 14. gxh4 Qxh4+ 15. Qf2 $18) 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 Qxb2 11.
Nb3 Nxe4 $17) 10... Bxf6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. h4 $13 {1-0 Timman,
J-Van der Wiel,J/Amsterdam 1991/CBM 23 (59)}) (8... Qxb2 $4 9. Na4 {[%csl Rb2]}
) 9. Nb3 Be7 (9... Qe3+ 10. Qe2 Qxe2+ 11. Bxe2 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 10. Qf3 h6
11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h4 (13. g4 g5 $1) 13... Bd7 $6 $146 {Move of
Shirov looks strong cause it prevents from white the capture of the kingside
by g2-g4-g5;} (13... h5 14. g3 Bd7 15. Rh2 O-O-O 16. Rhd2 $14 Be7 17. Qe3 Kb8
18. Kb1 g6 19. Na4 Ne5 20. Nb6 Ng4 21. Nxd7+ Rxd7 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Rd3 Qb6 24.
Nd4 e5 25. Rb3 Qc5 26. Rc3 Qb6 27. Rb3 Qc5 28. Rc3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Shirov,
A/Wijk aan Zee NED 2001/The Week in Chess 323 (28)}) 14. g4 O-O-O 15. Bg2 Kb8
16. g5 Be7 17. Qe3 $14 {White has space advantage all over the board; on the
other hand, black doesn't have any clear plan;} Bc8 18. Kb1 g6 19. f5 (19. Nd2
$5 $14 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd2c4]}) 19... hxg5 20. hxg5 Ne5 $6 (20... gxf5 21. exf5
Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Rg8 23. g6 exf5 (23... Ne5 24. Rh7 fxg6 25. fxe6 Bg5 26. Qh3 Bxe6
27. Rxc7 Bxh3 28. Rxb7+ Kc8 29. Bd5 $16 {[%cal Gb7a7]}) (23... fxg6 $2 24. fxe6
$16 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 24. Bxc6 (24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Nf4 Ne5 $1 (25... fxg6 26. Bxc6
bxc6 27. Rh7 $18) 26. gxf7 Rf8 27. Bd5 Bg5 $11 {[%cal Gg5f4,Ye5f7]}) 24... bxc6
(24... Qxc6 25. Rh7 $16 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg6f7]}) 25. Nd4 {[%cal Re3e7]} Bf6
26. gxf7 Rf8 27. Qe8 (27. Rh7 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qxf7 30. Qxd6+ Qc7
31. Qb4+ Qb7 $11) 27... Qxf7 28. Qxc6 Be5 $11) 21. f6 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 Bf8 23. Bf1
$2 {Trying to prevent Nc4, white had overlooked (or understimated) black's
following move;} (23. Rh7 $14 {/+/- continuing the pressure;}) 23... d5 $1 {
Finally black pieces get freedom;} 24. exd5 exd5 25. Bg2 (25. Rh4 Ng4 {[%cal
Yc7f4,Yf4g3]} 26. Qd4 Qg3 27. Rh7 Qe1+ 28. Qd1 Qe3 {[%cal Gd5d4]}) (25. Nd4 Bc5
$132 {[%cal Ge5c4]}) 25... d4 $1 {Strong decision of young and talanted
chessplayer from Cuba- black develops very strong initiative in few moves;} 26.
Nxd4 Nc4 27. Qd3 $8 Nxb2 $1 {Dominguez had to calculate this blow while
playing 25...d4, of course;} (27... Nxa3+ 28. bxa3 {Otherwise black would take
on c2;} Qb6+ 29. Ncb5 axb5 {-semilar to the game, with the only difference
that white king is on b1 and not on b2, and not for black it is probably
better to get it on b2;}) 28. Kxb2 Qb6+ 29. Ncb5 (29. Ka1 Rxd4 30. Nd5 Qc5 $17)
29... axb5 30. Rd1 $2 {[%cal Yd8d1] Now white is getting pinned over d-file
forever; It was better to protect the knight with the rook from h4, getting
rid of above mentioned pin over d-file;} (30. Rh4 $142 Bc5 (30... Ka8 $2 31.
Qxb5) 31. Qg3+ Ka8 32. c3 b4 $1 33. axb4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qxb4+ 36.
Qb3 Qxd4+ 37. Qc3 Qf2+ 38. Qc2 Qxc2+ 39. Kxc2 Be6 {but probably white can save
it somehow;}) (30. Qg3+ Bd6 31. Qe3 Ka8 $1 32. c3 Bc5 33. Qe4 b4 $1 34. axb4
Bxd4 35. Ra1+ Kb8 36. Qf4+ Rd6 37. cxd4 Qxb4+ 38. Kc2 $8 Bf5+ 39. Kd1 Bg4+ $1
40. Kc2 Kc7 $1 $17 {[%csl Rc2] white king is much more vulnerable here, and
black pieces are very active;}) 30... Ka8 {Black's attack is unpreventable,
black just moves the king to safer place before starting the final action;} (
30... b4 31. axb4 Qxb4+ 32. Kc1 Bd6 {[%cal Rd6f4]} 33. Qe3 Re8 34. Qf3 Bf5 $17)
31. Qe4 {31.c3 would be tougher but wouldn't save white anyway:} (31. c3 Qc5 {
[%csl Ra3,Rg5]} 32. Qc2 Qxa3+ (32... Qxg5 $2 33. Ne6) 33. Kb1 b4 34. cxb4 Qxb4+
35. Nb3 Rxd1+ 36. Qxd1 Bf5+ $19 {[%cal Rb4a3]} {for example:} 37. Kb2 Qa3+ 38.
Kc3 Bb4+ 39. Kc4 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6]} 40. Bxb7+ Kb8 $1 41. Bc6 Be6+ $19) 31...
b4 32. Kc1 (32. a4 Bc5 $19) 32... Bc5 {[%csl Rd1,Rd4] All is about that pin
over d-file;} (32... Bc5 33. Nf3 Be3+ 34. Nd2 Bxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Qg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 54th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2001.05.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
{Rare move. 8. Qd2 is a main line;} Qxb2 (8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Bd7 {0-1 Pyhala,
A-Oll,L/Helsinki 1995/EXT 99 (26) 1-0 Liss,E-Loginov,V/Budapest 1993/CBM 38 
(40)}) 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 {White suffers of its queen on d3- no Bc4 idea
like after 8.Qd2;} (10... Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 {-theory; Black survives in that line- the point is that white doesn't
have Ne4 idea here, like after 8.Qd2, because of the trade of queens.} 15. Ne4
$140 Qxd3) 11. Be2 Qa5 $146 {Actually, after 11...Nc6, black has refuted
white's opening play with 8.Qd3:} (11... Nc6 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. e5
dxe5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bh5+ Kf8 {And in both following games white tried to
move the queen to the diagonal c1-h6, but black defends there easily:} 17. Qd2
(17. Qe3 Kg7 18. Rb3 Qc5 19. Qg3+ Kf8 20. Ne4 Qa5+ 21. Rc3 Rg8 22. Qh3 Qa4 23.
Nxf6 Bxf6 24. O-O Qd4+ 25. Kh1 e4 $19 {0-1 Pyhala,A-Tella,J/FIN-chT 1993/EXT
98 (34)}) 17... Kg7 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. O-O Rg8 20. Kh1 Kh8 $17 21. Qh6 Qd8 22. Ne4
f5 23. Bf7 Qf8 24. Qh5 Rg7 25. Be8 a5 26. Bxc6 Ba6 27. Rf2 Rd8 {0-1 Nunn,
J-Kasparov,G/Brussels 1986/CBM 01 (27)}) 12. Bd2 (12. O-O Nc6 {and e5-square
is under control of black queen, so white can not destroy black's center by
fxe6, Nxc6 and e4-e5.}) 12... Qc7 (12... Nc6 $5 {and white can not use Qa5 at
the moment;}) 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 Nc6 $17 (14... e5 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 $44
{[%csl Yd5,Ye6,Yf5] White has a compensation thanks to the control over
central light squares;}) 15. Nxc6 (15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxe6 Nd4 17. Qh3 (17. Qc4
$2 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Nxc2+ {[%csl Rb1,Rc4][%cal Gc2a3]}) 17... Nxe2 (17... Nxc2+
18. Kd1 Nd4 19. Bh5+ $44) 18. Kxe2 O-O {[%csl Re2] and white king is unsafe in
the center.}) 15... Qxc6 (15... bxc6 {was same good for black;}) 16. Bh5+ Nxh5
17. Qxh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Bf6 $17 {/-+} 19. Ne2 Bd7 {It was a bit risky to capture
more material, but probably black can hold the defense, staying with few extra
pawns:} (19... Qxc2 $5 20. O-O Qxe4 {[%cal Ge4h4]} 21. Rb4 Qe5 {[%cal Gh8f8]})
20. O-O Rf8 21. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3f3]} (21. Bc3 Be7 $17) 21... Be7 $6 {Black has
wrongly declined th way to win material, trying to complete the development.} (
21... Qxe4 22. Re3 Qh4 23. Ref3 Qxh6 (23... Ke7 24. Qe3 {[%cal Gf3h3,Ge2f4]
white still has some activity;}) 24. Bxh6 Ke7 25. g4 $1 {[%cal Yf1f8] playing
on the pin over f-file;} (25. Bxf8+ Rxf8 $19 {[%cal Gf6g7]}) 25... Bb5 $1 $19 {
Two pawns for exchange would be enough for black to win this ending;}) 22. Rbf3
Rxf3 23. Rxf3 Qxe4 24. Ng3 $2 {And white is not on top- white has missed
following defensive monouevre of black;} (24. Qxh7 O-O-O 25. Qxe7 (25. Re3 Qh4
26. Qxg6 Rf8 $17) 25... Qxe2 26. Bg5 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Qxc2+ 28. Kg3 Re8 29. Qxd6 {
keeping couterchances;}) 24... Qd4+ 25. Be3 Qh8 $1 {This unusual move keeps
black's position- long castling is coming...} 26. Bg5 {Only way to prevent
0-0-0;} Bc6 27. Rf2 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Qe5 29. Qh4 {[%cal Yh4d8] staying with the
queen on the same track;} (29. Qh6 O-O-O 30. Qxh7 g5 $19) 29... Qg7 $1 {
[%cal Gg7e7]} 30. Qg4 Qe7 (30... Kd7 $19 {[%cal Ga8e8]}) 31. Re2 (31. Nh5 O-O-O
32. Nf4 Bd7 $19) 31... Kd7 $19 {Black king feels quite safe in the center,
covered by black central pawns- white doesn't have enough forces to organize
some real threats.} 32. Ne4 Bxe4 $2 {Black was probably under some time
pressure, anc couldn't calculate the following line properly:} (32... Rf8 33.
Ng5 Bd5 34. c4 {That's why, probably, black decided to trade its bishop, but...
} Qf6 $1 {[%cal Rf6f1]} 35. Nf3 (35. h4 h5 {[%cal Yf6f1]}) 35... h5 $19 {
[%cal Gd5c4]}) 33. Qxe4 d5 34. Qa4+ Kc7 35. Qf4+ Kd7 36. Qa4+ b5 37. Qd4 {
[%cal Yd4g7,Yd4a7] From this central point white queen has an access to all
the board.} Kc6 $6 {Again black misses better way- black king would be safer
on the kingside. Now white breaks the queenside and gets some counterplay} (
37... Rf8 $1 38. Qa7+ Ke8 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Rf2+ Kg7 41. Rxf8 Qxf8 42. Qxa6 Qc5+
43. Kf1 Kf6 {and black is clearly winning in the queens' endgame.}) 38. a4 $1
Re8 39. axb5+ axb5 40. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3c3,Gc3b3]} Rc8 41. h3 Kb7 42. Qd3 (42.
Qxd5+ exd5 43. Rxe7+ Rc7 44. Re2 Kc6 $19 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gc5c4]}) 42... Kb6 $6 {
And again black misses the best move.} (42... Rc4 {[%cal Gb7c6]}) 43. Qe2 Rc6
44. Kh1 Qd6 45. Rb3 Qc5 $2 {[%csl Re5] Letting white to enter the queen by
dark squares.} (45... Rc4 46. Qe3+ Kc6 $19) 46. Qe5 Qd6 47. Qd4+ Qc5 48. Qe5 {
[%cal Re5b8]} Qd6 49. Qd4+ Rc5 {Now black pieces are placed dubiously, and
white finds a way to use it.} 50. c4 $1 {[%cal Rd4b6,Rb3b6,Rd4d6] Moving 3
pawns under 3 attacks of black, but all black attackers are pinned down.} Kc6
$2 {Missing the last winning chance.} (50... Kb7 $1 51. Qb2 $1 dxc4 (51... h5
$5) 52. Rxb5+ Rxb5 53. Qxb5+ Qb6 54. Qxc4 $17) 51. cxb5+ Kb7 52. Rb1 {Now
white can organize counterplay over passed pawn b5;} Rc4 {Draw was agreed
thanks to the following line:} (52... Rc4 53. Qg7+ Qc7 54. Qa1 {[%cal Ga1a6,
Rb5b6]} Qb6 55. Qg7+ Qc7 56. Qa1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yopal"]
[Site "Yopal"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Garcia, Gildardo"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.06.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... h6 {Boensch} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
h4 h5 14. g3 Bd7 15. Rh2 O-O-O 16. Rhd2 Be7 17. Qe3 Kb8 18. Na4 Na5 19. Nxa5
Bxa4 20. Nc4 Bc6 21. Rd3 Bb5 22. Rc3 Bf6 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Nd6 $1 $16 {
Gruenfeld,Y-Psakhis,L/Herzliya 1993/1-0(26)}) 12. g4 {The best continuation
for white} (12. Be2 {Tyomkin,D} Rc8 13. g4 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Rd4
Rb8 17. Rhd1 O-O 18. e5 $2 (18. Bxf6 $142 gxf6 19. Qh3 {[%csl Rh7]}) 18... Bc6
(18... dxe5 $2 19. Rxd7 {[%csl Re7]}) 19. Rc4 (19. exd6 Bxd6 $15) 19... dxe5
20. Qg3 Nfd5 $17 {-><< Kochetov D-Dubinsky R N/Memorial A.Alekhine (open),
Moscow 1996/0-1(44)}) (12. Bh4 {Tyomkin,D} Rc8 13. g4 h6 14. Bg3 $2 e5 15. g5
$2 (15. f5 b5 $15 {[%cal Gb5b4]}) 15... Bg4 16. Qg2 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nh5 18. Nd5
Bxg5+ 19. Kb1 Qd8 $17 {Murey,Y-Sigurjonsson,G/Randers zt-f 19821/2-1/2(26)})
12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. h4 g6 $5 $146 (15... Be7 {Tyomkin,D}
16. g5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 Kb8 19. Qg3 hxg5 20. hxg5 g6 $6 {[%csl Gh6]} (
20... Bc6 $142 21. g6 Rxh1 22. Rxh1 f5 $132) 21. Rh6 Rc8 22. Rdh1 Rhd8 23. Rh7
Be8 24. f5 $1 gxf5 (24... exf5 25. Nd5 $16) 25. g6 {[%cal Rh7b7]} f4 $2 (25...
Bf6 $142 26. exf5 (26. gxf7 $6 Bc6 27. exf5 Be5 28. Qh3 Bxc3) 26... Be5 $1 (
26... Bxc3 27. gxf7 Qb6 (27... Ba4 28. f8=Q Bxc2+ 29. Kxc2 $18 (29. Ka2 Bb3+
30. Kb1 Bc2+ 31. Kxc2)) 28. Qxc3 $1 Rxc3 29. f8=Q Bc6 30. Qxd8+ $1 Qxd8 31. Rh8
$18 (31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. Rh8 Qxh8 33. Rxh8+ Rc8 $11)) 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Bxc6 Rxc6
$13) 26. Qxf4 Qg5 (26... Bg5 27. Qg4 fxg6 $140 28. e5 $18 {[%csl Rb7]}) (26...
Rxc3 27. bxc3 Qxc3 28. Qf3 $1 $18) 27. Qxg5 Bxg5 28. gxf7 $18 {Gruenfeld,
Y-Adamson,R/Philadelphia World op 1994/1-0(40)}) 16. Rh3 h5 17. g5 Bxc3 $6 (
17... Bg7 18. Qf2 $14 {[%cal Gh3d3]}) 18. Qxc3 e5 19. Rhd3 Bg4 20. R1d2 exf4
21. Qf6 Qe7 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Rc3+ Kb8 24. Na5 $1 $16 Ka8 (24... Rc8 25. Rb3 Rc7
26. Rb6 {[%csl Rd6]}) 25. Qf2 {[%cal Gf2b6]} Be6 26. Qb6 Rc8 $2 (26... Rd7 $142
27. Rd4 $40) 27. Rxd6 (27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Rxd6 $16) 27... Rxc3 28. bxc3 {
white let's black to double pawns,but now Pc3 turns an importent element of
white's attack} Bc8 $6 (28... Rc8 29. Qb4 Qc7 30. Bf1 Nc4 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rb6
$16) 29. c4 $18 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Bg4 30. c5 Rc8 31. Rd5 $1 {[%cal Rd5e5]} (31.
Bf1 {[%cal Yf1a6]} Qc7 $1 (31... Rb8 32. c6 $1 bxc6 33. Qxa6+ Qa7 34. Qxa7+
Kxa7 35. Nxc6+ Nxc6 36. Rxc6 $18) 32. Rd5 (32. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 33. Qxa6+ Qa7 {
[%cal Yg4c8]}) (32. Qxb7+ $6 Qxb7 33. Nxb7 Kxb7 34. Bxa6+ Kc7 35. Bxc8 Bxc8 {
in this ending white has 3P+R:N+B,but all white pawns are vulnerable and
desconnected})) 31... Nc6 32. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4d6] this N is a major piece in
this game} Rb8 33. Qb2 Be6 34. Nb6+ Ka7 35. Rd6 Re8 36. e5 {[%cal Yg2c6]} Bf5
37. Nc4 Qc7 38. Qb6+ Qxb6 39. cxb6+ Kb8 40. Bxc6 bxc6 41. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rodriguez,Am} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5
dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 Qxa2 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Be2 O-O 18. O-O Ra7 $1 {
[%cal Ga7g7] Rodriguez: Big surprise! Thus far no strong player from the top
had ever had the courage to play this move. All in all it is a highly obscure
variation supported mainly by Poulsen,A from Denmark. Instead many games have
followed the line 18...f5, one of its supporters, cuban IM Irisberto Herrera
believes there is no win available for White.} (18... f5 {This move leads to
the drawTyomkin,D} 19. Qh6 Qxc2 {There is also the more dubious 19...Rf7} 20.
Rd3 {Also 20.Rf3 and 20.Ng5 have been played without success.} (20. Ng5 Bc5+ (
20... Qc5+ $2 21. Kh1 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kh8 23. Rd8 Ra7 (23... Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7
25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Rd1 $18) 24. Rfd1 (24. Rxf5 $3 exf5 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Bc4+) (
24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rxf5 $3 {mating}) 24... Raf7 25. Bh5 Rb7 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27.
Rd8 {1:0 Wang Lei-Lhagvasuren, Beijing 1991}) 21. Kh1 Ra7 $17 {
Liberzon-Gruenfeld, Biel 1980}) (20. Rf3 f4 21. Rh3 Rf7 (21... Qxe4 22. Bd3 Rd8
23. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Kf2 $18) 22. Rhd3 Qxe2 23. Rd8+ Rf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nh5
Bxd8 26. Qxh7+ Ke8 27. Qg6+ $11 {Watson-King, London 1990}) 20... Qxe2 21. Rg3+
Kf7 22. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qxc6+ Kd8 25. Qb6+ $11 {
Velimirovic-Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981} (25. Qb6+ {Rodriguez,Am} Ke8 26. Qc6+ Kd8 27.
Qb6+ Ke8 {A real proven position! 1/2-1/2 in Velimirovic-Ftacnik, Vrsac 1981,
Oll-Dolmatov,SSSR 1985, Pérez,R-Herrera,I, La Habana 1992, Kolev-Herrera,I
Madrid 1997.})) 19. Qh6 $2 {white changes the order of moves,but black didn't
use the chance} (19. Rf3 $142 $5 Kh8 20. Rg3 Rd7 (20... Rg8 {Rodriguez,Am} 21.
Qh6 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Rd7 23. Nxf6 Qxc2 24. Bh5 $4 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 26. Kh2 Qd3
{0-1 Hakki-Iskov,G/Eksjo 1982}) 21. Qh6 Rf7 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qa5 24. Kf1
Qd8 $11 {-see19.Qh6 Rd7 20.Rf3 Rf7 21.Rg3Kh8 22.Qh5etc.}) (19. Nxf6+ $2 Bxf6 $1
(19... Rxf6 20. Qg5+ Rg6 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Qxe5+ Bf6 23. Qc5 Rf7 24. Rxc8) 20.
Rxf6 Rxf6 21. Qg5+ Rg6 22. Rd8+ Kf7 $19) 19... Rd7 $2 (19... Qxc2 $17 {I don't
see clear way for white how to develope an initiative,but I guess Topalov and
Gelfand knew something about this move.Later,I asked the second of Gelfand and
my treiner A.Huzman about what was happening in this game and he answered me
that Boris analysed this variation,but simply forgot the right way.[Tyomkin,D ]
!!-Ftacnik Rodriguez: An important alternative to which Ftacnik attaches a !!
sign in his notes on Modern Chess Classics 6. There are two games available,
both won by Poulsen as Black.} 20. Nxf6+ (20. Bd3 Qb3 (20... Qa4 $5) 21. Kh1 (
21. Rd2 f5 22. Rf3 Ba3 $3 23. Rg3+ (23. Bc2 $2 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 fxe4) 23... Kh8 24.
Nf6 Raf7) 21... f5 22. Qe3 Rd7 $1 23. Rd2 (23. Qg3+ Kf7) 23... Bb4 $1 {0-1
Morris,W-Poulsen,A/Copenhagen op 1980} (23... fxe4 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Qxe5+) (
23... Bb4 $1 24. Rdd1 (24. Rb1 Bxd2 25. Qg3+ Rg7) 24... fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8)) (
20. Rd3 {Tyomkin,D} Qxe2 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Rxf6+ Ke8 (22... Bxf6 23. Qxf6+ Ke8
24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Rg7+ Kxd6 26. Qxf8+ Kd5 27. Rxa7 Qd1+ 28. Qf1 Qd4+) 23. Rxf8+
Bxf8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Qxh7+ Kxf6 26. Rg6+ (26. Rf3+ Qxf3) 26... Kf5 27. Rg7+
Kf4 $19) (20. Qe3 {Tyomkin,D} Rb7 21. Rd2 (21. Bd3 Qb3 22. Rb1 Qd5 23. Rbd1 Rb3
) 21... Qa4) 20... Bxf6 (20... Kh8 $5 {Tyomkin,D} 21. Bd3 (21. Nd7 Rg8 22. Rd2
(22. Nf6 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Nxg8 Rg7) 22... Qe4) 21... Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Bxf6 23.
Rxf6 Rg8) 21. Rxf6 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Rg7 23. Qh4 {Hyldkrog-Poulsen,A/corr/1979 -+
Ftacnik} (23. Rdf1 {Tyomkin,D} Rxf6 24. Qxf6 Qe7 25. Qxe5 Qg5) 23... Bd7 $1 {
Tyomkin,D} 24. Bxa6 Qe7 (24... Rb8)) 20. Rd3 $11 {Rodriguez: A prudent novelty
that goes directly towards a forced draw.} (20. Rxd7 $2 Bxd7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 Qa1+ 23. Bf1 Qd4+) (20. Rf3 {Tyomkin,D} Rf7 21. Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Rxd1+ 23.
Bxd1 {[#]} Qa5 (23... Qd5 24. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 25. Kf2 Qxc2+ 26. Kf3 Qd3+ 27. Kf2
Qd4+ 28. Kf3 Qd1+ 29. Kf2 $11) 24. Kf1 Qb5+ (24... Qd8 $11) (24... Qd8 {
CCYB 11/164} 25. Qxf7 Qxd1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ 27. Ke3 Bc5+ 28. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kf3
e4+ $1 (29... Qd5+ $4 30. Kg4 $1 {P h3+-}) 30. Kxe4 Qc4+ $10 {RR CCYB 1/2-1/2
Andersson,G-Poulsen,A/corr Olympiad) 1991}) (24... Qd8 {Rodriguez,Am
transposes into one of the above games where Black drawed easily.}) 25. Be2
Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qb7 $4 (26... Qb6+ 27. Kf3 f5 $1 28. Qxf7 fxe4+ 29. Kg4 Qd8) 27.
Bxa6 $18 Qa7+ 28. Kf3 Qxa6 29. Qxf7 Qf1+ 30. Nf2 e4+ 31. Kg4 e5+ 32. Kh4 {
1:0 Poliakov-Khenkin, USSR 1988}) 20... Rxd3 21. Bxd3 f5 (21... Rf7 $11 22.
Nxf6+ (22. Ng5 fxg5 23. Bxh7+ Rxh7 24. Qg6+ $11) (22. Rf3 $2 f5) 22... Bxf6 (
22... Rxf6 $4 23. Bxh7+ {with mate}) 23. Bxh7+ Rxh7 24. Qxf6 Rg7 25. Qd8+ Kh7
26. Qh4+ $11) 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kh8 24. Qe7 Rg8 $8 (24... Kg8 25. Rf3 Qa1+
26. Kf2 Qd4+ 27. Kf1 $18) 25. Qf6+ Rg7 26. Qf8+ (26. Qxe5 $2 Qd5) 26... Rg8 27.
Qf6+ Rg7 28. Rd1 Qd5 29. Qf8+ Rg8 30. Qf6+ Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Kh1 {in this
variation white should play very well,othewise white hasn't compensation for
the sacrificed pawn} Rc8 (13... h5 14. Nd1 Rc8 15. Ne3 (15. Rf3 {Ftacnik} Qb4
16. Qe3 Qa3 17. Qb6 Qb4 18. Qf2 Qxe4 19. Bd3 Qa4 20. Nb2 Qa3 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. a3
Qc3 23. Bf1 $18) 15... Qb4 16. c3 Qxe4 (16... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 17. Nc4 Qc7 18.
Rad1 (18. Rfd1 h4 $5)) 17. Bd3 Qa4 18. Nc4 Rc7 19. Nb6 Qa3 20. Rae1 (20. Nc4
Qa4 21. Nb6 Qa3 22. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Psakhis,L/Beersheba 1993/CBM 38}) (20.
Qe3 {Ftacnik} Kd8 $6 21. Na8 d5 22. Qb6 Qd6 $44) 20... Ne7 21. Nc4 Rxc4 22.
Bxc4 h4 23. Bd3 {0-1 Short,N-Kasparov,G/PCA-Wch London 1993/CBM 36/[Ftacnik] 
(40)} (23. Rf3 $5 {Ftacnik}) (23. Be2 $1 {Ftacnik} Bg7)) 14. Bh5 Bg7 15. Rf3
O-O 16. Rg3 $146 (16. Re1 $6 {Tyomkin,D} Na5 $1 {<->c} 17. f5 $6 $17 (17. Nd4
$5 Qc5 18. f5 Nc4) 17... Nxb3 (17... Nc4 $5) 18. axb3 Qa5 $6 (18... exf5 $142
19. Nd5 (19. exf5 Qa5 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf5]}) 19... Rfe8) 19. Rd3 exf5 (19...
Rfd8 20. Rd1) 20. Rxd6 Be6 21. Nd5 Qxd2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxd2 Rce8 24. exf5
Bxf5 (24... Rxe7 25. Rde2 $11) 25. Rde2 Bd7 (25... Be6 $2 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27.
Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe6) 26. Bf3 b5 27. Ra1 b4 28. Nd5 f5 29. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,
V-Ribli,Z/Buenos Aires olm 1978/MCD-ol}) (16. Rd1 {Ftacnik} f5 17. exf5 exf5
$13 {Rodriguez,Am-Vera/Havana/1978/}) 16... Kh8 (16... Na5 $5 17. f5 {[%cal
Rd2h6]} (17. Nd5 $2 exd5 18. Nxa5 Qb2 $17) 17... Kh8 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxd6
Rxc3 20. Qxd7 exf5 21. exf5 Rxg3 22. hxg3 Qe5 23. Rd1 Qxg3 24. Bf3 (24. Bxf7
Bh6 $19) 24... Bh6 $17) 17. Rf1 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Ne7 (17... Na5 $5 18. f5 Nc4 (
18... Nxb3) 19. Qf4 Ne5 $15 {/-/+}) 18. f5 exf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... Nxf5 20.
Rgf3 Nh4 $17) 20. Qe1 Be6 $6 (20... Bg6 21. Bf3 (21. Qxe7 Bxh5 22. Qxb7 Bg6 $17
{^^}) 21... Rfe8 $17 {[%cal Ge7f5]}) 21. Ne4 {White got some initiative for
the second pawn} Qb2 (21... d5 22. Nd4 (22. Nxf6 Nf5) 22... Qb2 23. Nxe6 fxe6
24. Nd6 Nf5 25. Rb3 $132) (21... Rxc2 22. Nd4) 22. Nxd6 Rxc2 23. Nxf7+ (23.
Bxf7 Bxf7 24. Qxe7 Rf2 $2 (24... Bg6 25. Nf5 Rf7) 25. Qxf8+ Bxf8 26. Nxf7#)
23... Bxf7 24. Qxe7 Rf2 25. Re1 Qe5 26. Kg1 $8 {from 22nd move all moves were
playing by force} {[%tqu "En","Now black has a couple of possibilities.Find
the best","","","f2g2","",10]} Rxg2+ $1 27. Rxg2 Qxh5 $36 {[%csl Rg1] ^^ I
suppose that in this stage of the game both players were getting into the
time-trouble.How it's strange,white's position almost hopeless} 28. Qxb7 (28.
Nd4 Re8 29. Qb4 Bd5 $17) 28... Bh6 {[%cal Rf7d5]} 29. Qxa6 $2 (29. Rg3 $142 Bf4
(29... Bd5 30. Qe7 (30. Qxa6 $2 Bf4 {-29.Qxa6})) 30. Rg2 $1 (30. Qe7 Qh6) 30...
Rg8 $1 (30... Bd5 $140 31. Qg7#) (30... Bh6 $11) 31. Rxg8+ Bxg8 32. Qg2 Bd5 $19
) (29. Nd4 Bd5) 29... Bd5 30. Qe2 (30. Rg3 Bf4 31. Qe2 (31. Qa3 Ra8 32. Qe7 (
32. Qxa8+ Bxa8 {[%cal Gh5e8]}) 32... Bxg3 33. Qxf6+ Kg8 $19) 31... Qh6 $19 (
31... Qh4 32. Qe7 (32. Qe7 Rg8 33. Rxg8+ Bxg8 $44)) (31... Qxe2 32. Rxe2 Bxg3
33. hxg3 $11) 32. Rd1 (32. Rg4 Qh3 $1 {[%cal Gf4h2]}) 32... Bxg3 33. Rxd5 Rg8
$1 34. Kh1 Bxh2 $3 35. Qxh2 (35. Rh5 Qg6 {[%cal Yg6b1,Yg6g1]}) 35... Qe3 $19 {
White has no defence}) 30... Bf3 $19 {Now black is getting desicive attack} 31.
Qd3 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 Bf4 33. Rh1 Rg8+ 34. Kf2 Qh4+ 35. Kf1 Qg4 $1 36. Qe2 (36. Qd5
Re8 $1 {[%cal Rg4e2]} 37. Qd3 Be3 $19) 36... Qh3+ (36... Qf5 $1 $19) 37. Ke1
Qc3+ 38. Kf2 $2 (38. Kf1 Qh3+ 39. Ke1 Bg3+ 40. Kd1 Qd7+ $1 41. Nd2 (41. Qd2
Qg4+) 41... Qa4+ 42. Nb3 Rd8+ 43. Kc1 Qc6+ {[%csl Rh1]}) 38... Be5 {[%cal
Gc3h3]} 39. Rc1 (39. Qf3 Qc2+ $19) 39... Qh3 0-1

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 h6 {[%mdl 4]
That's actually an improvement of Kasparov's 13...b4 from the first round
against the same Leko. Polgar's move leads to the comfortable position for
black.} (13... b4 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. e5 c4
$5 (18... Nd5 $6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares 2001/CBM 82_01 (55)})) 14.
Qh3 ({Probably, white can look for something only in the line:} 14. Bh4 g5 {
but it should be good for black.}) 14... e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8h3][%mdl 4] Black
threatens to move the knight from d7, attacking white queen over the diagonal
c8-h3.} 15. f5 $146 {This move doesn't let black castle, but black doesn't
suffer from it at all because the center is closed after f4-f5. In the game
Leko-Kasparov, the pawn structure in the center was flexible, and white could
break through the center.} (15. g4 {Tyomkin,D} Nb6 16. fxe5 dxe5 (16... Bxg4 $2
17. exd6 Qxd6 (17... Bxd6 18. e5) 18. e5 (18. Qe3 $5) 18... Qc6 19. Qg3 Nh5 20.
Qxg4 Bxg5+ 21. Kb1 Nf4 22. h4 $16) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 O-O 20.
Nd2 $2 (20. d6 $5) 20... Rd8 21. Ne4 Be7 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxe5
Bxg4 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd6d3]} 25. Qe3 {[%cal Re5e8]} (25. Rde1 Re6 26. Rxe6
Bxe6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Qxe6+ Kf8 29. Qxa6 Qxh2 30. Bxb5 Qg1+ $17) 25... Re6 $17
{Zaitsev Igor A-Mitenkov Alexey/It (cat.9), Moscow (Russia) 1996/0-1 (43)})
15... b4 ({Of course not:} 15... O-O $6 16. Bxh6 $1 {[%csl Rg8] and white's
attack is too strong.}) 16. axb4 Rxb4 17. Bd2 Nb6 {Black has a good choice of
moves instead- in all cases black can be just better:} (17... Bb7 $5 18. Kb1 (
18. g4 Rxb3 $1 19. cxb3 Nc5 $44) 18... Nc5 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 (19... dxc5 $6 20. Nd5
$1) 20. Na2 Rxe4 $5 $44) (17... Nc5 $5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 $13 (18... dxc5 19. Nd5 $1
)) 18. g4 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Rg8 $1 {The exactest reply- black doesn't mind to
keep the king in the center. White can not do too much here, on the other hand
black may go on over the queenside.} 19. Kb1 (19. g5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Bb7 {
[%cal Gb6c4,Gb6a4]} (20... Nxe4 $2 21. Bxe7 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rxb3 23. Bxd6 $1 $18)
) 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 (20... Qxc4 $6 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Bb7 $140 23. Na5
{trading the worst knight for the good bishop.}) 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 {[%cal
Rg5f6]} Bb7 {[%csl Yd5] Black is in time to control d5-square.} 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 $11 Ke7 {Finally the rook g8 can be moved into the game.}
({The pawn c2 was poisonous:} 25... Rxc2 26. Qd3 Rxh2 (26... Rc6 27. Na5 Rc5
28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Qxa6 $16) 27. Rc1 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd5d6]} Qb7 28. Rxd6 $16)
26. Qd3 Rc8 27. Re2 Qb6 {Both sides can not achieve any progress over here.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 18th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.02.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2849"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2001.02.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is always difficult to annotate those games on the highest level,
especially when Kasparov is one of the players....} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3 Be7 9. Qf3 Nbd7 10. O-O-O
Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 {As it was proved in two games of this
tournament, this line isn't dangerous for black.} b4 {After Polgar's 13...h6,
black wasn't worse anywhere:} (13... h6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Polgar,J/Linares 2001/
CBM 82_01 (27)}) 14. axb4 Rxb4 15. Kb1 (15. Qe2 $2 {Tyomkin,D} h6 $1 16. h4 (
16. Bh4 $5 Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe7 (17. Qg4 Ndf6 (17... Nxc3 18. Qxg7 Rf8 19. Bxe7
Kxe7 20. bxc3 Rxf4 21. Qxh6 Rf6 22. Qh4 $132) 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Qxg7 Rg8 20.
Qxh6 Rxg2 $13) 17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3 19. Bxd6 Rxb3 20. Qh5 {[%csl Re6]} (20.
f5 {but always black can make a draw}) (20. Be5 $2 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 O-O) 20... Nf6
21. Qc5 $44) (16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. f5 Nb6 $1) 16... hxg5 17. hxg5 Nc5
(17... Nh5 $5 18. Rh1 Nc5 (18... g6 19. g4 d5 20. exd5 (20. gxh5 d4 $5 21. hxg6
Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Rxh1 23. Rxh1 dxc3 24. g7 $1) 20... Qxf4+ 21. Kb1 Qxg4 22. dxe6
Qxe2 23. exd7+ Bxd7 24. Bxe2 Bxg5 25. Bxa6 $11) (18... d5 19. exd5 Qxf4+ 20.
Kb1 Qxg5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6 $44) 19. Rxh5 (19. Nxc5 $2 dxc5 {[%csl Rf4]
[%cal Gc5c4]}) 19... Rxh5 20. Qxh5 Nxb3+ $15) (17... Nh7 $5 18. Rh1 $44 {
[%csl Re8,Rh7,Rh8] Black has piece up,but in other hand the pin on the h-file
and strong position in the center give white a good compensation}) 18. gxf6
gxf6 (18... Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Bxf6 20. Bc4 Bb7 $13) (18... Bxf6 $6 19. Nxc5 Qxc5
20. e5 dxe5 21. Ne4 $36) 19. Nxc5 $2 (19. Nd2 $142) 19... dxc5 $17 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gc5c4] 0-1 Campora,D-Morovic Fernandez,I/Buenos Aires 1997/CBM 60/
[Tyomkin,D] (34)}) (15. Qh3 e5 $1 {and like in the game Leko-Polgar, but with
an extra tempo for black (saved on h6).}) 15... Bb7 16. Qh3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 $146 (
17. Na2 $4 {Tyomkin,D} Nxd3 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxd3 Rxe4) 18... Rxb3 $1 19. Bxg7
Nxe1 20. Qxb3 Rg8 $19 {Ellison,D-Collinson,A/Balatonbereny op 1992/0-1(29)})
17... dxc5 {After 17...Qxc5 white can reach the draw by 18.Na2, which Kasparov
tried to avoid.} (17... Qxc5 $5 18. Na2 (18. e5 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Rc5c3]} 19. Na2 (
19. Bxe7 $4 Qxc3) 19... Bxg5 20. Nxb4 Bxf4 $15) (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20.
fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bg6 Rxb2+ 22. Kxb2 Bxc3+ 23. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 24. Kxc3 hxg6 25. Rb1 Bc8
$8 $15) 18... Ra4 (18... Rb6 $5) 19. Nc3 (19. e5 Qa5 20. b4 $8 Rxb4+ 21. Nxb4
Qxb4+ 22. Kc1 Nd5 23. Bxe7 Nc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3a2]} 24. Kd2 $1 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7
$17) 19... Rb4 $11) 18. e5 Nd5 {Another very sharp alternative leads to the
complications, probably with the draw at the end:} (18... c4 19. exf6 (19. Be2
Qb6 $1 20. Kc1 $1 (20. exf6 Rxb2+ 21. Kc1 Rxc2+ $3 22. Kxc2 Qb3+ $19) 20...
Rxb2 21. Bxc4 Nd5 22. Bxe7 Nxe7 {[%cal Ge8g8]}) 19... gxf6 20. Rxe6 (20. Bxh7 {
Kasparov} Qb6 $1 (20... fxg5 21. Rxe6 $1) 21. Rxe6 Qxe6 22. f5 Rxb2+ $1) (20.
Bh6 cxd3 21. Qxd3 f5 $132) (20. Bf5 fxg5 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qh5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ (
23. Bxe6 Rxb2+ $1 {[%cal Gc7b6,Gb6e6]}) 23... Ke8 24. Qh5+ $11) 20... cxd3 (
20... fxg5 21. Bxh7 $1 $16) 21. Bxf6 dxc2+ 22. Kxc2 fxe6 23. Qh5+ (23. Bxh8
Be4+ $19) 23... Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 25. Qh5+ $11 (25. Bxh8 Be4+ 26. Kc1 Bg6 $17))
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. c3 $14 {White just looks a little bit better here, and black
didn't solve all the opening problems yet, like he can not caslte so far.} Rb3
$5 {That's an attempt to complicate the game by following sacrifice of
exchange, and to play for a win. Another possibility led to the worse position
of black, but with the good chances for a draw.} (20... Rb6 21. c4 $14) 21. Bc2
Qb7 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Rxd5 $6 {White may try to keep the material advantage,
and I didn't find the clear way for black to create sufficient compensation:} (
23. Bxe7 $142 Qa2+ (23... Be4+ 24. Rd3 $1 Bg6 (24... Bf5 25. g4 $1) 25. Kc1 $1
Kxe7 26. Qh4+ f6 27. exf6+ gxf6 28. Rd2 Qa2 29. Kd1 Rb8 30. Qg4 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rf4f5]}) (23... Kxe7 24. Qh4+ Kd7 25. Kc1 Qa2 26. Re2 Rb8 $140 $2 27.
Qxh7 Qa1+ 28. Qb1 $1) 24. Kc1 (24. Kc2 Bb3+) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa4+ 26. Kd3 (
26. Kd2 Qxf4+ {-26.Kd3}) 26... Qc4+ (26... Kxe7 27. Qh4+ Kd7 28. Ke3 $16 {
[%cal Ge3f2]}) 27. Kd2 Qxf4+ 28. Qe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kxe3 Kxe7 30. c4 $1 $16) 23...
Qxd5 24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Qg4 {[%cal Re1d1,Rg4g7]} Kc6 $1 {Black
doesn't mind about the pawn g7;} 27. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ye2e4,Re1d1] Imrpoving the
queen and threatening Rd1 as well;} (27. f5 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Qxf5 29. Qxg7 Rb8 {
and black is fine;}) (27. Qxg7 $6 Rb8 {and black has a draw at least;}) 27...
Rd8 $8 28. Qxa6+ {White has reached a pawn, but black saves the game thanks to
his centralized pieces;} Kc7 29. Qa7+ Kc6 30. Qa6+ Kc7 31. Qa5+ Kb7 {31...Kc6
helps white to bring the queen to the defence through a4;} (31... Kc6 32. Qa4+
{[%cal Ya4c2]}) 32. Qb5+ Kc7 33. Qa5+ Kb7 34. Qb5+ Kc7 35. Qe2 h5 $5 {Good
positional move- black captures some space over the kingside and prevents
g2-g4;} (35... Qd2 36. g4 $1) 36. g3 g6 37. c4 {That's the only thing white
can do here;} Qd2 38. Qe3 Rd4 {Now white is forced to trade queens anyhow, but
the rook ending is safe for black because of the active rook;} 39. Qxd2 Rxd2
40. Re3 (40. h4 Rd4 41. Rc1 Rd3 42. Rc3 Rxc3 43. bxc3 $11) 40... Rxh2 41. Rf3
Kc6 (41... Rh3 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 42. Ra3 $11) 42. Ka2 Rh3 {[%cal Rh5h4]} 43. Rb3
h4 {Kasparov is who tries to win in this ending, but easily holds the defence
here;} 44. gxh4 Rxh4 45. Rf3 Rh5 {[%cal Rh5f5,Gg6g5] That is the last chance
of black to do something.} 46. Rg3 $8 {Easily repeling the threat.} Rh2 {
[%cal Gh2f2]} (46... Rf5 47. Rg4 $11 g5 {white can reach the draw now by
different ways, here is one of them:} 48. fxg5 Rxe5 49. g6 fxg6 50. Rxg6 {
and the draw is obvious.}) 47. Rf3 Rc2 48. Kb3 Rc1 49. Rf2 Kb6 50. Rf3 Ka5 51.
Rf2 Re1 {[%cal Re1e3]} 52. Ka3 {[%cal Yb2b3]} Ra1+ (52... Re3+ 53. b3 {and
black king can't get b4 square.}) 53. Kb3 Rc1 54. Rf3 Kb6 55. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Be7 14. Kh1 Qa5
$1 (14... O-O {Boensch} 15. f5 Kh8 16. e5 (16. Rb6 Qc5 17. Na4 Qe5 18. Rxc6
Qxe4 19. Rc7 Bd8 (19... Qxa4 20. Rxe7 $40) 20. Rc4 Qe5 $17) 16... dxe5 17. Rb3
Qa5 (17... Qd6 18. Qh6 Rg8 (18... exf5 $4 19. Nb5 axb5 20. Rh3 $18) 19. Ne4 Qd5
20. Rh3 Rg7 21. Bf3 Qc4 22. Re1 exf5 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 $8 24. Qxf6 $44) 18. Qh6 Rg8
19. Ne4 Qd8 20. Rh3 Rg7 21. Rd1 $1 $18 {Wells,P-Van Wely,L/Linares zt 1995/1-0
(35)}) 15. Qe3 (15. Qe1 $5 {Brodskij,M} h5 (15... O-O 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne3 d5
18. Bd3 $40) 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Rb3 h4 18. Qf3 d5 19. exd5 (19. Bd3 $1 f5 20. exf5
exf5 21. Nd1 $36) 19... exd5 20. h3 (20. f5 $5 $13 {ץc8}) 20... f5 $1 $15 {
Brodskij,M-Zagorskis,D/Berlin 19931-0(32)}) (15. f5 h5 16. Bf3 (16. Qd3 h4 17.
Qh3 Kd8 18. Bg4 Qe5 19. Rb6 Kc7 20. Rfb1 Ra7 $15 {Ivanovic,B-Ftacnik,L Luzern 
(ol) 1982/0-1(37)}) 16... e5 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. Rb3 Rb8 19. Rxb8 Qxb8 20. Qc4 Qc7
21. Rb1 $44 {Velimirovic,D-Gavrikov,V Vrsac 1985/1-0 (37)}) 15... O-O $1 $146 (
15... h5 16. Rb3 Kf8 17. Rfb1 h4 18. h3 d5 19. Bf3 Bc5 20. Qd3 Kg7 21. f5 d4
22. Ne2 e5 23. g3 hxg3 24. Bg2 Kf8 25. c3 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Ke7 27. Qc2 Bd6 28.
Nxg3 Bd7 29. Nf1 Rhd8 30. Ne3 Qc7 31. Nd5+ {Brodsky,M-Biriukov,N/RUS-Cup1
Chigorin mem 1996/1-0EXP 56/[Shipov]}) 16. Rf3 $6 (16. f5 $142 $5 Qe5 (16...
Kh8 17. Rb6 c5 18. Rfb1) (16... e5 $2 17. Rf3 Kh8 18. Bc4) 17. Rb6 $140 $6 c5 {
[%cal Ge7d8]}) 16... Kh8 $15 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg8g7] typical defensive monouevre
in this strucure} 17. Rh3 Rg8 18. Rh5 Qc7 $6 (18... f5 $2 19. exf5 Bf6 20. Ne4
Qxa2 21. Rd1 $16) (18... e5 $142 19. Rf1 (19. f5 d5) (19. Rb6 $2 exf4 20. Rxa5
fxe3 21. Rxc6 f5 $1) 19... Rg7 20. f5 $2 d5 21. Rf3 d4 22. Qh6 Rb8 $1 $19 23.
Rfh3 $140 Rb1+) 19. Rf1 Rg7 20. Rf3 Qa7 21. Qd2 Bd7 (21... f5 $5 22. Bd3 Qd4
23. exf5 exf5 24. Qe2 Qf6 25. Re3 $132) 22. Qe1 {[%cal Ge1h4] with clear
threat Qh4,but black doesn't pay attention.} Rag8 $4 (22... f5 23. Bd3 $1 (23.
exf5 exf5 24. Bd3 Bf6 25. Bxf5 Re8 26. Qf1 d5 $17) 23... Bf6 $1 (23... fxe4 24.
Nxe4 $36 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge4g5,Yd3h7]}) 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bxf5 d5 26. Rfh3
Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Qe7 (27... Bd4 28. Rg5 $1 $13) 28. Re3 Qd6 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Gf6]})
{[%tqu "En","Show the last move of this game","","","e1h4","Black is helpless",
10,"e1h4","",0]} 23. Qh4 {[%cal Rf3h3,Rh5h7] Black is helpless} (23. Qh4 f5 24.
Qxe7 fxe4 {[%tqu "En","Find the quickest way","","","e7f6","",10]} 25. Qf6 $3 {
[%cal Rh5h7]}) 1-0

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Kh1 h4 14. h3 (14. Bg4
{Kasparov,G} h3 $1 15. Bxh3 (15. g3 b5) 15... Rxh3 $1 16. gxh3 b5 $44) 14...
Be7 15. Rad1 b6 (15... b5 {Boensch} 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qa4 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19.
Nxa8 Qxa8 $13) 16. Qe3 (16. Qd4 $5 {Kasparov,G} Nc5 (16... Bb7 $2 17. Nb1 $1
Qxa2 18. N1d2 $1 $16) 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 f5 $13) 16... Bb7 17. Rd4 $2 $146 {
In my opinion only 17.f5 of Short gives white the compensation.} (17. f5 {
Kasparov} Rc8 (17... Ne5 $6 {Ftacnik} 18. Qxb6) 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Bg4 Qb2 $1
20. Rd3 (20. Ne2 $2 Qe5 21. Nf4 f5 $17) 20... f5 $1 21. Rb1 (21. exf5 $5) 21...
Qxb1+ 22. Nxb1 fxg4 23. hxg4 $13 h3 $6 24. Rc3 $6 (24. gxh3 $1) 24... hxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 Rg8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf1 Rxg4 28. N1d2 e5 $1 29. Qc3 $1 Bb7 30. Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kasparov,G/Riga 1995} (30. Qc7 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Rxe4 32. Qc8+ Bd8
33. Qxa6 $10)) 17... Rc8 $17 {[%cal Ga3b2]} 18. Nb1 (18. f5 Ne5 $17) (18. Qd2
b5 {[%cal Ga3b2]} 19. Bxb5 $140 $6 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qxa2 $19 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 18...
Qxa2 19. c4 Rg8 20. Rd2 $2 (20. N1d2 $142 {[%cal Gf1a1] was giving white some
chances.} Rg3 21. Bf3 Nc5 (21... e5) 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rb1 Qa3 24. Ra1 Qb4 $17)
20... Qa4 21. Nd4 Qb4 22. Nc3 f5 $19 23. Bf3 (23. Rb1 Qc5 $19) 23... Qxc4 24.
Rc1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rg3 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Qc5 28. Qd3 Qa3 29. Rdc2 Nc5 30.
Qh7 Kd7 31. Ne2 (31. Qxf7 Rf8 32. Qh5 Rxf4 $19) 31... Rxf3 (31... Rxf3 32. gxf3
Qxf3+ 33. Kg1 (33. Kh2 Nd3) 33... Qe3+ {etc.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Be2 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 Nd7 (11... Nc6 $1 {Brodsky,M} 12. O-O-O O-O
13. h4 a5 $1 14. a3 a4 {Brodsky,M} (14... Bd7 $6 {Brodsky,M-Kupreichik,V/
Beskidy 1991/1/2-1/2(60)}) 15. Nd2 Nd4 (15... Qc5 16. Nf3 $13 {/\} Rd8 17. Nb5
$5 {/\ g4-g5}) 16. Nc4 Qc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Be7 20. Nd6 f6
$1 $132) 12. O-O-O Be7 (12... Ke7 $2 {Tyomkin,D} 13. Rd2 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gh1d1]} (13. g4 $5 {[%cal Gh2h4,Yg4g5]} g5 $13) 13... Qc7 (13... Rd8 $2 14.
Rhd1) 14. Nd4 $6 (14. Rhd1 $142 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
e5 $16 {/+-}) 16. Bf3 $16) 14... Nb6 15. a4 Bd7 16. a5 Nc8 17. Nf5+ Ke8 18.
Nxd6+ Nxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bc6 $44 {^^ Brodsky,M-Mitenkov,A/Katowice op
1993/1-0(39)}) 13. h4 Nf8 $2 $146 (13... Qc7 $142 14. Bf3 {Tyomkin,D} (14. g4 {
Oll,L} b5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. g5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. g6 (18. Rhg1 a4 19. Nbd4 Nc5 20.
Qe3 b3 $36) (18. Kb1 {>=} a4 19. Nbd4 Nc5 20. Qe3 $5 (20. Nb5 Nxd3 21. Nxc7+
Kd7 22. cxd3 (22. Nxe6 $6 Nf2 23. Nxg7 hxg5 $1 $17) 22... Kxc7 $10)) 18... O-O
$1 19. gxf7+ Rxf7 20. Bh5 Rf6 (20... Rf8 $2 {Oll,L-Mrdja,M/Roma 1990/1-0(40)})
21. Rhg1 Bf8 22. Kb1 a4 23. Nd2 Nc5 24. Qg3 e5 $1 $15) 14... Nb6 (14... O-O 15.
g4 $16 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg4g5]}) (14... b5 $5) 15. g4 Bd7 16. g5 O-O-O 17. Nd4
hxg5 18. hxg5 g6 19. Kb1 Kb8 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Palkovi,
J-Petrosian,A/Siofok Hungaroil 1990}) (13... Nc5 {Tyomkin,D} 14. Qg3 Nxb3+ 15.
axb3 Rg8 (15... O-O 16. e5 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 16. e5 Bd7 17. f5 $1 dxe5 18. Bh5
$1 {[%cal Rh5f7]} O-O-O (18... exf5 19. Qxe5 (19. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 20. Rxd7 $40)
19... Qe6 20. Qc7 Bc6 21. Rhe1 $18 Rc8 (21... Qf6 22. Nd5 $18) {[%tqu "En","",
"","","d1d8","",10]} 22. Rd8+ $3) 19. Bxf7 Rgf8 20. Qg6 (20. fxe6 $142 $14)
20... Bf6 21. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 22. fxe6+ Ke7 $4 (22... Kc7 $142 23. Ne4 (23. e7
Bxe7 24. Nd5+ Rxd5 25. Qxb6+ Kxb6 26. Bxd5 $11) 23... Be7 $132) 23. Ne4 Qe3+
24. Kb1 Qf4 25. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Kd6 26. Rf1 $18 {Oll,L-Novikov,I/Debrecen
1990/1-0(30)}) 14. Qg3 $16 g6 $2 {[%csl Rf6]} (14... Rg8 $142 {[%cal Gc8d7]}
15. f5 $16) 15. f5 Bd7 16. Rhf1 Qd8 17. f6 Bxf6 18. Qf3 Nh7 {[%tqu "En","","",
"","e4e5","",10,"d1d6","",0]} 19. e5 $1 $18 (19. Rxd6 $2 Qe7 20. e5 Bxe5 21.
Qxb7 Rd8 (21... Rc8 $2 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxf7+)) 19... Bc6 (
19... dxe5 20. Ne4 $18) 20. Qf2 Bxg2 21. exf6 (21. Qxg2 Bxe5 22. Qxb7 $18)
21... Bxf1 22. Rxf1 {Black has a rook and two pawns for two minor pieces,but
his position is hopeless} Qc7 23. Bg4 $1 {desturbes black to castle} Nf8 (23...
O-O-O $140 24. Nd5 $18) 24. Qe3 Kd8 25. Nd4 (25. Re1 $5 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 25...
Qc5 {Black can't move} 26. Ne4 Qc7 27. Rd1 $6 (27. Qa3 $1 d5 28. Nd6 $18 {
[%cal Rd4b5]}) 27... Kc8 $4 (27... d5 $8 {[%tqu "En","","","","d4e6","",10]}
28. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 (28... Nxe6 29. Rxd5+ Ke8 30. Qa3 $1 $18) 29. Nc5 $18 {
with decisive attack} (29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Rxd5+ Kc8 31. Nd6+ Kb8 32. Qxe6 $18 {
[%cal Gf6f7]})) 28. Nb5 axb5 29. Nxd6+ (29. Nxd6+ Kb8 30. Nxb5 {[%csl Rd8]
[%cal Re3e5]}) 1-0

[Event "Smartchess.com 2nd"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cela, Altin"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nb3
Nbd7 9. Be2 (9. Qf3 {-is a main line;}) 9... Be7 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 {-more
popular continuation;}) 10... Qc7 (10... h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 $1) 11...
Nxf6 12. Bf3 e5 (12... O-O 13. O-O-O {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gg2g4]}) 13. O-O-O a5 14.
Qd3 a4 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Nc4 Qc5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Ng4 $15 {0-1 Shredder
5-Nimzo 8/Cadaques ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 326 (60)}) 11. Bf3 h6 12. Bxf6
Nxf6 {Another interesting idea for black was shown in the next game:} (12...
Bxf6 13. O-O-O (13. Nd4 Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ke7 $15 {
0-1 De la Paz,F-Herrera,I/Havana 2001/CBM 82 ext (33)}) 13. O-O-O Bd7 {Other
alternative plans hadn't reached balance for black:} (13... Rb8 14. g4 (14. Kb1
Nd7 15. h4 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Ne2 e5 18. Ng3 $14 {1-0 Vuckovic,B-Colovic,A/
Lazarevac YUG 1999 (27)}) 14... b5 15. h4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Nbd4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Odisharia,T-Gadjily,R/Batumi GEO 2001/The Week in Chess 348 (47)}) (13... e5
14. Kb1 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rc8 16. g4 exf4 17. Qxf4 $14 {[%csl Yd5,Yf5][%cal Gb3d4]
1-0 Vuckovic,B-Novikov,I/Ikaros GRE 1999 (27)}) 14. Rhe1 (14. g4 $5 {[%cal
Gh2h4] is alternative plan, with the idea to catch space over the kingside by
pawns;}) 14... O-O-O 15. Re3 (15. Kb1 e5 (15... g5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Bc6 18.
Qf2 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd5 20. Ne3 $1 $14 (20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxf7 Bb4 $44)) (15...
Kb8 $5 {[%cal Gd8c8] with same ideas like in the game;}) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nd5
Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf5 19. Ka1 Kb8 20. c4 Qxc4 21. Rxe5 Bg5 22. Qf2 (22. Na5 Qb5 23.
Qe1 Bf6 24. Be2 Qd7 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. Qb4 Rd7 27. Bxa6 Qc2 28. Rb1 $16 {
1-0 Vuckovic,B-Vujacic,B/Kragujevac YUG 2000/The Week in Chess (47)}) 22... Qf4
23. Rxf5 $1 Qxf5 24. Qb6 $40 {1-0 Nikolaidis,K-Novikov,I/Korinthos GRE 2000/
The Week in Chess 300 (35)}) 15... Kb8 16. Kb1 g5 {Here e4-e5 is bad because
of gxf4 and Re3 is under attack there;} 17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 e5 $1 $146 {
Black hadn't reach complete equality in the following game:} (18... h5 19. Rd3
h4 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. a3 (21. Nd4 $14) 21... Nd7 22. Nd4 Nb6 23. Nxc6+ Qxc6 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Ilincic,Z/Belgrade 2000/CBM 80 (23)}) 19. Nd5 (19. f5 d5 $1)
19... Nxd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Na5 $2 {[%cal Ye3b3] clearing 3rd rank for the
rook; But the forthcoming plan of attack over the queenside is definitely
false- black easily repeals all white threats and then removes white pieces
back, beginning an action over the queenside by himself; White had better way
to realize the same idea with Na5, playing Rc3 first and forcing black to
place the queen on b-file, but black could reach the balance by series of
smart moves;} (21. Rc3 Qb6 22. Na5 $1 {[%cal Ra5c6] That was white had missed
probably...} Ba4 $8 23. Ra3 (23. Nc4 Qd4 $1 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. Ra3 Bb5 $11)
23... e4 $1 24. Nc4 Qc5 {Black holds this position by tactical tricks;} 25.
Bxe4 (25. Rxa4 exf3 $132) 25... Qxc4 26. Bd3 Bxc2+ $1 {One more smart move;} (
26... Qxd5 27. Rxa4 $14 {[%cal Ga4b4,Gd2b4,Ga4a5]}) 27. Bxc2 Rhe8 $11) 21...
Ka7 {[%cal Gd8b8]} 22. Rb3 Rb8 23. Re1 Rhc8 24. Re4 {[%cal Ge4c4,Yc4b4]} Bd8 $1
$17 25. Nc4 $2 {It loses some material and leads to the hopeless position at
once;} (25. Qe3+ Qc5 26. Ra3 Bb6 27. Qxc5 Bxc5 $17 {[%cal Gf7f5,Yc8g8] white
has big troubles here;}) ({Most resistant way was:} 25. Ra3 f5 26. Ree3 e4 27.
Be2 Bf6 $17 {[%cal Gc8g8]} 28. Rg3 Qb6 $17 {[%cal Gb6f2]}) 25... f5 $19 {
Now the game is over for white- he can just make few more moves hoping for
blunder of his opponent;} 26. Qe3+ (26. Nxd6 fxe4 27. Nxc8+ Rxc8 28. Bxe4 {
[%cal Gd5d6]} Qd6 $19) 26... b6 27. Rc3 fxe4 28. Na5 exf3 (28... Qxc3 29. bxc3
exf3 $19) 29. fxe5 Qxc3 30. bxc3 Bh4 31. Nc6+ Bxc6 32. Qxf3 Bb7 {Two many
pieces for one queen....} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Be2 Bg7 12. O-O f5 $1 13. Kh1 Qc5 14.
e5 dxe5 $17 {0-1 Nakamura,H-Novikov,I/New York USA 2001 (36)}) 9... Qxb2 (9...
Nc6 10. Nb3 Bd7 (10... Qe3 11. Rf1 Be7 12. Rf3 Qg1+ 13. Bf1 Qxh2 14. Qd2 Qh4+
15. g3 Qh5 16. Qf2 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. O-O-O $44 {1-0 Hector,J-Schandorff,L/
Tastrup 1990/CBM 20 (37)}) 11. Qd3 h5 (11... O-O-O 12. Bh5 $1) 12. O-O-O O-O-O
13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 Na5 15. Bf3 Kb8 16. Qe2 Rh7 17. Bxh5 $16 {1-0 Sulskis,
S-Zagorskis,D/Kaunas 2001/CBM 82 ext (39)}) (9... Rg8 10. Qd3 Nc6 (10... Rxg2
11. O-O-O Nc6 $13) 11. Nxc6 (11. Nb3 Rxg2 12. Qf3 Rg1+ 13. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 14. Kd2
$132 {1-0 Hector,J-Akesson,R/Orebro 2000/CBM 77 ext (41)}) 11... bxc6 (11...
Qxc6 $6 12. Bf3 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 12. e5 (12. Bf3 Rb8 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Qa7
15. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hector,J-Rowson,J/York 2000/CBM 81 (35)}) 12... d5 (12...
Rxg2 13. O-O-O $44) 13. exf6 Rxg2 14. O-O-O a5 (14... Rb8 $5) 15. Bh5 Ra7 16.
Rde1 Rb7 17. Nd1 Qb4 $17 {1-0 Hector,J-Kopylov,M/Hamburg 2000/CBM 76 ext (42)})
10. Na4 Qa3 (10... Qb4+ 11. c3 Qa5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nb2 Nc6 (13... Qxc3 14. Nc4
Nc6 15. Nb3 $44) 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. f5 Ne5 16. Qb3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Ribli,Z/
Amsterdam 1986/CBM 01 (16)} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne3 Ke7 19. Ndf5+ Kd8 20. Nd4 Ke7
$11) 11. c3 Nd7 12. O-O b5 13. Bh5 Bb7 $1 $146 {Sulskis has played this
variation against Zagorskis in Lithuanian Championship which was held just
before the European Championship; Emil has prepared an improvement of one of
main lines of this variation with 8.Bxf6 and 9.Be2 by the game Hector-Olaffson
(Hector is one of experts of this variation), and probably not without the
help of Fritz he found the idea 13...Bb7 and tactical proof of it (at least my
engine shows 13...Bb7 at once, and also it finds out very important 14.Ne6
Rb8!- see 14.Ne6);} (13... bxa4 14. Bxf7+ Ke7 (14... Kd8 15. Bxe6 $44) 15. Nc6+
Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kg7 17. Nd4 (17. Qg4+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ $11) 17... Rg8 $19 {[%cal
Gg7h8]} 18. Nxe6+ Kh8 19. Rf2 Qxc3 20. Raf1 Nc5 21. Rf3 Qc2 22. Ng5 fxg5 23.
fxg5 Ne6 24. Rf7 Nxg5 {0-1 Hector,J-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik 1995/CBM 47 (24)}) (
13... Qxa4 14. Bxf7+ Kd8 15. Nxe6+ Ke7 16. Qh5 $40) 14. Qg4 (14. Nxe6 {[%cal
Re6c7]} Rb8 $3 {found by Fritz 6; The point is that after 15.Nxf8 Rxf8 black
can not save the knight a4 by 16.Rb1-Bb7 is protected in that case by Rb8;} (
14... Rc8 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Rb1 $1 Ba8 (16... Bxe4 17. Rb4 $1 d5 18. Re1 $16 {
[%cal Rd1d5]}) 17. Rb4 $5 (17. Nb2) 17... bxa4 18. Qxd6 Qxc3 19. Bg4 $36) 15.
e5 $1 (15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Nd5 Qxa4 $17) (15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qh5+ Kxe6 $19) 15...
bxa4 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. e6 Nb6 18. exf7+ Kd7 {and white doesn't have enough
resources to create black king additional threats;}) 14... O-O-O (14... f5 $5
15. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 16. Qh5+ {and white's attack is on;}) 15. Bxf7 Qxa4 16. Nxe6
{White can look for improvement after 16.Qxe6, because after 16.Nxe6 black can
successfully repulse white's attack keeping some material advantage at the end;
} (16. Qxe6 $5 Qa3 {[%cal Ga3c5]}) 16... Bxe4 {[%mdl 1024]} 17. Rad1 h5 (17...
f5 18. Qh4 {and like in the game, but black is missing useful h7-h5;}) 18. Qh3
f5 19. Rd4 (19. Qh4 Qa5 $15) 19... Qc2 (19... Qa3 {-leads to the the game
continuation;}) 20. Rf2 Qc1+ 21. Rf1 Qc2 22. Rf2 Qc1+ 23. Rf1 {White is
already happy to achieve a draw out of this combat, but Sutovsky is reasonably
going on;} Qa3 24. Kh1 (24. Qh4 Bh6 25. Qe7 (25. Nxd8 Rxd8 $17) 25... Rdg8 $17)
24... Nf6 {At this point Sutovsky declined (or just overlooked?) following way
to increase his advantage:} (24... Qxa2 $1 {[%cal Ga2e2]} 25. Nxd8 Qe2 $1 $19 {
for example:} 26. Kg1 Kxd8 27. Rf2 Qg4 28. Qe3 h4 {and black has material
advantage, and no real threats against black king;}) 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Nxf8+
Ng4 (26... Kb8 $5 27. Ng6 (27. Ne6 Rc8 28. Qe3 Rc6 $19 {[%cal Ga3c3]}) 27...
Rh6 28. Qe6 Qxc3 29. Qe7 Rc8 30. Qxd6+ Ka7 31. f5 {and white still keeps some
initiative;}) 27. Bxh5 Rhxf8 $2 {After this unaccuracy, white finally can
achieve so wanted draw!} (27... Kb8 28. Qxg4 Rdxf8 29. Qg7 $1 Qc5 $17) 28.
Bxg4+ $11 Kb8 29. Qe3 d5 (29... Qc5 30. Qxe4 Qxc3 31. Be6 $1 {[%cal Gf4f5] and
white is clearly not worse;}) 30. Qb6+ Ka8 31. Qc6+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 {With only four rounds
left both players needed to make a push. The Najdorf Sicilian answers the call.
} 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. a3 $5 {I like this decision. Hikaru refuses to get
involved in a theoretical dispute in the Poisoned Pawn Variation.} Nc6 ({
From a Najdorf player's point of view} 8... Nbd7 {looks attractive, but, in
turn, it allows White to move his other bishop to an active position,} 9. Bc4)
({Obviously,} 8... Qxb2 $4 {loses the queen to} 9. Na4) 9. Nb3 Be7 ({Naturally,
Ian had no interest in defending a slightly worse position after} 9... Qe3+ 10.
Qe2) 10. Qd2 $5 {An important moment. Seeing the black knight on c6, Nakamura
recognised a Classical Sicilian pattern, and placed his queen accordingly.} ({
Routine is} 10. Qf3 {which Black often answers with} Qc7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bh4
g5 $5 {inviting a firestorm:} 13. e5 $1 {[#]} (13. fxg5 Ne5 {this tempo is the
key to the whole idea.} 14. Qe2 Nfg4 {Black will regain a pawn and keep the
e5-square for his knight.}) 13... dxe5 ({Perhaps a safer try is} 13... gxh4 14.
exf6 Bxf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Qc3 Rg8 {but since Nf6+ is always there for him,
White can simply play} 17. Be2 $1 {with some advantage in all lines.}) 14. fxg5
Nd5 $1 ({I find} 14... hxg5 {unsatisfactory, as after} 15. Bxg5 Nd5 16. Bd2 $14
Bd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 19. Qd3 {Black's compensation is insufficient,
mainly because he cannot castle long.}) 15. Rxd5 $1 {The most principled
answer.} (15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rxd5 hxg5 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Rd1 f5 {is rather good
for Black.}) 15... hxg5 16. Bf2 exd5 17. Nxd5 Qd6 18. Bc5 g4 $1 (18... Qh6 19.
Kb1 Bd8 20. Nd2 {offers White excellent attacking prospects.}) 19. Qd1 Qh6+ 20.
Kb1 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rb8 22. Bc4 b5 23. Rf1 $1 {A fun position to play, mainly
from the White side.}) 10... O-O {I don't think Ian was very familiar with the
intricacies of this type of position. What we have here is a typical
Richter-Rauser Attack setup, where Black deals with two major threats. One is
Bxf6, and you either lose the d6-pawn or agree to damage your pawn structure.
Two, and it's much worse, is e4-e5!} ({One way to deal with both is} 10... Ng4
{although the position after} 11. Bxe7 Kxe7 12. Nd1 $1 Rd8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nc3
{appears simply better for White.}) ({I'd put} 10... h6 $1 {on top of the list.
} 11. Bxf6 (11. Bh4 $2 Nxe4 {Every Russian schoolboy Knows....}) 11... Bxf6 12.
O-O-O {Here I'd even think of} O-O $5 (12... Be7 {saves the pawn, but loses
time:} 13. h4 Qc7 14. g4 b5 15. Be2 $14) 13. Kb1 Bd7 ({too early for} 13... Na5
{on account of} 14. Na4 $1 Nxb3 15. Nxb6 Nxd2+ 16. Rxd2 $16) 14. Qxd6 (14. g4
Na5 $1 {Another typical idea from the R-R Attack} 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 {and} 16. Nd5
Bd8 {is harmless.}) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rfd8 {Back in the day when everybody
played the Classical Sicilian Black used to welcome such developments.}) 11.
O-O-O Rd8 {Seemingly Black has successfully addressed both White's threats -
see above - but his counterplay is slow in coming, and White will continue to
press on.} 12. Bd3 (12. Qe2 $5 h6 13. h4 Bd7 14. g4 Rac8 15. Rh3 {was another
promising idea.}) 12... h6 13. h4 $5 Bd7 {Nepo continues to play quickly, but
his moves lack imagination.} ({Here he neglected a chance to establish some
kind of connection between his queen and knight:} 13... Ng4 $5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Rdf1 e5 16. Be2 a5 $1 {with reasonable chances for both sides.}) 14. Qe2
Kf8 $2 {And this one is a real error.} ({The only way to stop White was} 14...
h5 $1 15. e5 (15. f5 Ng4 16. Rdf1 Bf6 17. fxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nce5
$15) (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qxh5 Qe3+ 17. Kb1 Qxf4) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 $13)
15. e5 $1 {The floodgates are open.} dxe5 16. fxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. hxg5
Bxg5+ ({No salvation was offered by} 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rac8 20. Rh7 $18) 19.
Kb1 {A dreadful sight for the second player. Black has no counterplay and no
means to defend his king.} Qe3 20. Qh5 Bh6 21. Rhf1 Be8 22. Rde1 Qg5 23. Qh3 {
Hikaru anticipated Ian's reply.} ({Some would choose} 23. Qh2 {to stop the
black knight from coming to help.}) 23... Ne5 24. Nc5 $1 {The e6-pawn is
collapsing, and as in many Sicilian positions, it's the beginning of the end.}
Kg8 25. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (25... Rxd3 26. cxd3 fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Nf7 28. Nd5 $18) 26.
Qxe6+ Nf7 27. Bg6 ({Even more thematic would be} 27. Ne4 Qe5 28. Qg6 Rxd3 29.
cxd3 {and there's no stopping Nf6+.}) 27... Kh8 (27... Rd7 28. Qxe8+) 28. Bxf7
Bxf7 29. Qxf7 Qxg2 ({Understandably, Nepo didn't cherish Black's prospects
after} 29... b5 30. Rh1 Rf8 31. Qd7 {White is up a pawn, and Black's Bh6 plays
no other part other than being an unmovable stick in its king's rickety
shelter. One sample line is} Rad8 32. Qc6 Rf6 33. Re8+) 30. Rg1 Qd2 31. Rd1 Qf4
32. Qxb7 Rdb8 33. Qe4 Qf8 $2 {Ian simply quits.} ({At least} 33... Qxe4 34.
Nxe4 Re8 {would prolong the game.}) 34. Rg6 Ra7 35. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 5th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2017.06.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2808"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2017.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd3
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Be7 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g4 h6 {
Lots of theory here, in this modern take on the Poisoned Pawn.} 15. Rg1 {
Caruana seeks his own way.} ({The originators of the whole line, the Azeri
stars Radjabov, Gashimov and Mamedov, split their efforts between} 15. Qh3) ({
and} 15. e5) 15... Bd7 16. g5 hxg5 17. Rxg5 Nc6 {Hikaru decides to gives back
the pawn right away. By doing this he utilises a common approach of
side-stepping the bulk of opponent's preparation. The drawback is in settling
for an inferior move.} ({I'm sure Fabi had some home cooking ready for} 17...
Rh7 {but likely, it was not} 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxg5 21. Qxh7
Bxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Qa5+ 23. Kd1 Qd5 $17) 18. Rxg7 O-O-O (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 {
and Black cannot castle.}) 19. Ncb5 $1 axb5 20. Nxb5 Ne5 $1 (20... Qb8 {
gets trashed by} 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Nxd6+ Kc7 23. Bf4) 21. Nxc7 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3
Ng8 $2 ({The redemption could only be found in an incredible
computer-generated idea:} 22... Rxh2 $3 23. Rxe7 Rh1+ 24. Bf1 Rf8 {and Black
wins his piece back.}) 23. Na8 ({Also,} 23. Ba5 Rxh2 24. Kd2 {was quite good
for White.}) 23... Kb8 24. Nb6 Bc6 25. Bf4 {In the immortal words of Roman
Dzindzi, White has the pawn and the compensation.} e5 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Rf7 Be8
28. Rf8 Bg7 29. Rf2 Ne7 30. Bg4 Nc6 31. Rfb2 Nd4 32. Nd5 b5 33. a4 Bh6 34. axb5
Rg8 35. h3 Kb7 36. Ne7 Rf8 37. Nc6 $1 {The shortest way to victory.} Bxc6 38.
bxc6+ Kxc6 39. Bf2 {Now White threatens to eliminate Nd4 with checkmate to
follow. Hikaru had no choice, but he knew it wasn't going to be enough.} Rxf2
40. Kxf2 Rf8+ 41. Kg2 Be3 42. Rb8 Rxb8 43. Rxb8 d5 44. Rc8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke7
46. Rd7+ Kf6 47. exd5 e4 48. dxe4 Bf4 49. h4 Nb5 50. h5 Be5 51. Bf5 Kg5 52. Bg6
Nd6 53. Re7 Nc4 54. Re6 Bf6 55. d6 Ne5 56. Bf5 Nd3 57. Rxf6 Kxf6 58. d7 Ke7 59.
h6 1-0

