[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Rc1 Bd7 (9... Na6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. Ne2 Nb4
13. O-O Nxa2 14. Ra1 Nb4 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Bb3 18. Rd2 Nc2 19.
Rxc2 Bxc2 20. Nc3 Rfd8 21. d5 Bb3 22. Bc7 Rd7 23. d6 exd6 24. cxd6 Re8 25. f3
Rxc7 26. dxc7 Rc8 27. Rxa6 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Alterman,B/Berlin op 1991}) 10.
Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na6 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Ke2 Rac8 14. Be5 a6 15. a3 Na4 16. Nxa4
Bxa4 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Brussels WCup ;
CBM 07 1988}) (9. Nf3 Be6 $5 {N} (9... Nc6 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bb5
Bc2 13. Rd2 Bxa4 14. Bxa4 Ne4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Ke2 Rd5 18. Rhc1
e5 19. Bg3 Rb8 20. Ne1 Nxg3+ 21. hxg3 e4 22. b3 Rb5 23. Rc4 f5 24. f3 Bf8 25.
b4 {1-0 Gyimesi,Z-Veroci,Z/Groningen op ;EXP 50 1995 (42)}) 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Nc3
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Nb3 a5 14. Bxb8 (14. a4 Na6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 {/\ Be6}) 14...
Raxb8 15. a4 e6 (15... Be8 $5 {/\ Nd7 Sokolov,I}) 16. O-O Bf8 17. Rfd1 (17.
Nxa5 Bxc5 {/\ Bb4}) 17... Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Bb5 Bxb5 20. axb5 b6 $15 {
><b5 =/+ Gamarra Caceres,C-Sokolov,I/Thessaloniki olm 46/608 1988}) (9. Rd1 Be6
10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. Ndb5 Na6 14. Bxc4 Rxc5 15. Be2 Nb4 16.
a3 Na2 17. Rxd7 Nxd7 18. Nxa2 Rc2 19. Nb4 Rxb2 20. Nd5 Rb1+ {0-1 Majer,
D-Konopka,M/BL2-O 9596 (1996) ;BL2 1996 (28)}) 9... dxc4 (9... Be6 10. Nf3 dxc4
11. Nd4 Nd5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc4 (13. Rc1 $5) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3+ 15.
Ke2 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 (16. Bxe6+ Kg7 17. Rxa1 Nc6 18. Rb1 Rxf4) 16... Nc6 17. Rb1
$44 {Alterman,B-Neverov,V Lugansk 1987}) 10. Bxc4 $14 Nbd7 11. c6 $1 bxc6 12.
Nf3 Nh5 13. Bc7 $1 a5 14. h3 Ra7 15. Bh2 Rb7 (15... a4 16. a3 Nb6 17. Be2 Nd5
18. Be5 $14 (18. Nxd5 $6 cxd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf6 $11)) 16. O-O-O Nb6 17.
Ba6 Ra7 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Rd3 $16 a4 20. Rhd1 Raa8 21. a3 c5 22. Ne5 $6 (22. g4
$1 Nf6 23. g5 Ne8 24. Kc2 $16) 22... Nf6 23. R3d2 e6 24. Rc2 c4 $1 $132 25. Nb5
(25. e4) 25... Bf8 $2 (25... Ne4 $1 26. Nd6 Nxd6 27. Rxd6 Rab8 28. Nd7 $14 Nxd7
29. Rxd7 Rb3 30. Bd6 $2 Rd3) 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Nbd5 28. Rc6 $1 (28. Nxc4 $6
Ne4 29. Rd7 Nxf2 30. Rxf2 Rxc4+ 31. Kb1 f6 $13) 28... Rxc6 (28... c3 29. bxc3
Rxc6 30. Nxc6 Rc8 31. Nd4 Rxc3 32. Rxc3 Nxc3 $14) 29. Nxc6 Ne4 30. Rxc4 $1 $138
(30. f3 Nc5 31. Kd2 Rc8 32. Ne5 Nb3+ 33. Ke2 c3 $11) 30... Nxf2 31. Kd2 f5 (
31... Nd1 32. e4 $5 (32. Ne7+ Nxe7 33. Kxd1 $14) 32... N5e3 $2 (32... Nxb2 33.
Rc2 Nb6 34. Rxb2 Nc4+ 35. Kc3 Nxb2 36. Kxb2 f5 $14) 33. Rc1 $16) 32. Ke2 Ne4 (
32... Nd1 $6 33. Ne7+ $1 Nxe7 34. Kxd1 $16) 33. Nd4 Kf7 34. Rc6 Re8 (34... Ra7
$1 35. Nxe6 Re7 36. Nd4 Nef6 37. Nc2 f4 38. Bg1 Rb7 (38... fxe3 $1 39. Rc4 g5
40. g3 $14) 39. exf4 Rxb2 40. Bd4 Rb3 41. Bxf6 Nxf6 42. Rc4 Nd5 $14) 35. Be5
$16 Re7 36. Ra6 Rb7 37. Nc6 Rb3 38. Bd4 Ng3+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Ng3+ (40...
g5 $8) 41. Kf3 Nf1 42. Na5 $3 $18 Rb8 (42... Rxe3+ 43. Bxe3 Nfxe3 44. Nc6 $18)
(42... Rb5 43. Nc4 Ke7 44. Kf2 $18) 43. Nc4 f4 (43... Ke7 44. Kf2 $18) 44. Be5
$1 Nfxe3 (44... Rb3 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Bxf4 $18) 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Nxe3 1-0

[Event "SLO-chT 11th"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2001.10.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Perus, Danilo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ptuj"]
[BlackTeam "Nova Gorica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ $6 {
A toothless line.I have chosen it due to its heavy theoretical nature.Usually
non professionals do not follow up the current theory.} Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3
dxc4 $6 {That is not why the line is quitted!} ({The best is} 9... Ne4 10. Nxd5
Na6 11. f3 (11. Ne2 $5 Nexc5) 11... Nexc5 12. Rb1 e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Na4
$44) 10. Bxc4 Bc6 11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 $1 {A healthy exchange.} Nxe5 13. Bxe5
Bxg2 14. Rg1 $1 ({The text is better than the obvious} 14. Bb5+ Bc6 15. Bxc6+
bxc6 16. O-O-O Nh5 17. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 14... Bf3 $5 (14... Bc6 15. Ke2 O-O 16.
Rad1 $14) 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Rg3 Bh5 $1 $146 ({The text is better than the
previously played} 16... Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. O-O-O Nh5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg4
$16) 17. e4 (17. Bf1 $2 Nd7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. b4 a5 $17) 17... Bh6 $2 {
Unnecessary.} (17... Rd8 $1 {Simple chess is the best!} 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bxg7+
Kxg7 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Nd5 $6 Rhd8 (21... Rc8 $6 22. Rc1 e6 23. Nf4
Kh6 24. Nxh5 Kxh5 25. Rh3+ Kg5 26. Rxh7 $14) 22. Rc1 e6 23. Nf4 Kh6 $11) 21...
Rhd8 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Ke2 Rd4 24. b3 $14) 18. Rd3 $1 {g line has lost its
importance.} (18. Nd5 $6 Nxd5 (18... Nxe4 $2 19. Bxh8 Nxg3 20. hxg3 f6 21. Bc4
$18) 19. exd5 Bg7 $13) 18... Kg7 $2 {Black has lost the control over the game.}
(18... Bg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Rad1) (18... Rc8 19. b4 a6 20. Ba4 $16) 19. Rd7 $18
Rhc8 20. Rxe7 $6 {Relaxed and unable to calculate.} (20. b4 a5 21. Rxe7 axb4
22. Nd5 Bg5 23. Nc7 Ra5 24. Ne6+ Kh6 25. Nxg5 Kxg5 26. f4+ $18) 20... Rxc5 21.
Bd4 Rg5 22. f4 $2 {This semt to win on the spot but...} (22. Nd5 Rg1+ 23. Bf1
Bg5 24. Nc7 $18) (22. e5 Rg1+ 23. Bf1 Ng4 24. e6+ Kf8 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. Nd5 Re8
27. Ne7+ Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Bf8 29. Re8 $18) 22... Rg2 $4 {Suicide!} (22... Rxb5 $1
23. Nxb5 Bxf4 24. Nc7 $1 (24. e5 $6 Nd5 25. e6+ (25. Rxb7 g5) 25... Kh6 26.
Rxf7 Re8 $13) 24... Bxc7 25. Rxc7 Re8 26. e5 Ng4 27. e6+ Kh6 28. e7 Nxh2 29.
Bxa7 $18) 23. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 29th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2015.12.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 $5 {One of the oldest lines in the
Grünfeld.} Bg7 5. e3 c5 {I have never liked this move for Black.} 6. dxc5 Qa5
7. Qb3 $5 {The sharpest but a forgotten line.} (7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 $1 9.
Nc3 {Atalik-Perus, Slovenian League 2001.} Ne4 $1 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 $40
) 7... Nc6 $6 {I find this risky.} ({The real antidote for the line may just be
} 7... dxc4 $1 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Nf3 Nbd7
13. Rc1 Nxc5 14. O-O $11) 8. Qb5 Be6 9. Nf3 (9. Qxb7 O-O 10. Qb5 dxc4 $13) 9...
dxc4 (9... O-O-O $2 10. Nd4) 10. Ng5 {White has to be careful with the move
order.} (10. Qxa5 Nxa5 11. Ng5 Rc8 $1 (11... Nd5 {transposes to the game.}))
10... Nd5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxe6 $1 {The correct capture.} (12. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5
13. O-O-O Bc6 14. Bc7 b6 $40 {and White feels that his king is on the wrong
side of the board.}) 12... fxe6 (12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 fxe6 14. Be5 Rf8 15. Bd4
O-O-O 16. g3 Nc6 17. Bxc4 e5 18. Bxd5 Nxd4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. cxd4 exd4 21.
exd4 Rxd4 22. O-O $14 {is too complicated.}) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O e6 {
Black is getting prepared for short castling.} (14... e5 15. Bg3 (15. Bg5 h6
16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 O-O-O 18. f3 $13) 15... O-O-O 16. Bh4 Rd7 17. g3 (17. Be2 h5
18. g4 $5) 17... Kb8 (17... h6 18. Bh3 g5 19. Rxd5 $18) 18. Bh3 Rf7 19. f4 $36)
15. e4 O-O $1 {The correct side of the board!} (15... O-O-O $2 16. exd5 (16. g3
) 16... exd5 17. g3 $1) (15... d4 $5 16. Bd2 c3 17. bxc3 dxc3 18. Be3 Ke7 19.
Bb5 Rhd8 20. Rd6 $1 $40) ({White has to be careful after.} 15... Rf8 $5 16. g3
(16. Bc7 Rxf2) 16... d4 17. Bh3 (17. e5 $6 d3 18. Bd2 (18. h4 Rc8 $17) 18...
Rxf2 19. Bxa5 Rc8 $44 (19... Bxe5 $2 20. Rd2)) (17. Bd2 $6 Rxf2 $1 18. Bxa5 d3
19. Bd2 (19. Rd2 Bh6 20. Kd1 Bxd2 21. Bxd2 Kd7 22. Ke1 Raf8 23. b3 Kc6 24. bxc4
R8f3 $13) 19... Rc8 20. Bh3 Rxc5 21. Bxe6 Rb5 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Bxc4 Rc5 24. b3
b5 25. Bb4 Rxc4+ (25... Rc2+ $11) 26. bxc4 Rc2+ $11 27. Kb1 Rb2+ $11) 17... Kd7
(17... e5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Be6) 18. Bd6 Rxf2 19. Rdf1 $1 $40) 16. g3 {Preparing
Bh3.} (16. Bd2 $2 c3 $1 $17 (16... Nc6 17. exd5 exd5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Rxd5 Rxd5
20. Bxc4 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Ne7 22. Bg5 Kh8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxe7 Bxb2+)) (16. Be3
$2 Rad8 (16... d4 17. Rxd4 $5)) 16... d4 (16... Rxf4 $5 17. gxf4 d4 18. f5 $5
$13 {is also very sharp.}) 17. Bd2 $1 {White has to do something about the
advanced central pawns.} (17. e5 d3 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. b3 b5 $1 21.
cxb6 axb6 22. bxc4 Rxa2 23. Kb1 Ra7 (23... Rda8 24. Bc3 $13) 24. Bc3 Rad7 25.
Bh3 Kf7 $13) (17. Bc7 $6 b6 18. Bh3 Kf7 $1) 17... c3 $2 {It is time for a
sacrifice.} ({White should only be afraid of} 17... Rxf2 $3 18. Bxa5 c3 $1 (
18... d3 $2 19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rc6 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Rhe1 Rxh2 23. Rxe5 Rxh3 24.
g4 $18) 19. bxc3 b6 20. Bc4 (20. Bh3 $145) 20... bxa5 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rhf1
Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Rb8+ 24. Bb3 Rxf1 25. Rxf1 d3 $1 (25... a4 $2 26. cxd4 axb3 27. c6
Rc8 28. d5 Bg7 29. axb3 $16) 26. c6 a4 27. c7 Rc8 28. Bc4 (28. Bd5 Rxc7 29. c4
Rc8 30. Kb2 $1 (30. Rf7 Rb8+ 31. Rb7 Rf8 32. Rf7 $11) 30... Bg7+ 31. Ka3 d2 32.
Kxa4 Rf8 33. Rd1 Rf2 34. c5 Be5 35. c6 Rxh2 36. g4 g5 37. Be6 Kg7 38. Kb3 Kf6
39. Bf5 Bc7 40. Kc2 Ba5 41. c7 Bxc7 42. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 $11) (28. Bxa4 $6
Rxc7 $36) 28... Rxc7 $1 (28... d2 $6 29. Kc2 Rxc7 30. Bd5 $16) 29. Bxd3 Rxc3
30. Bc2 a3 31. Rd1 Rc7 $11) 18. bxc3 dxc3 19. Be3 $16 {White stands clearly
better with the pair of bishops.} b6 $1 {The best chance.} (19... Rfd8 20. Bb5
$1 Kf7 (20... a6 $2 21. Bd7 Kf7 22. Rd6 $18) 21. f4 Ke7 22. e5 $16) 20. Bh3 {
In spite of my long search for a winning line} (20. Rd6 Nb7 21. Rxe6 Nxc5 22.
Bxc5 bxc5 23. f4 Bd4 $132) (20. Ba6 bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rfb8 $132) (20. Kc2 $5) ({
I failed to see the simplest} 20. f4 $1 e5 (20... bxc5 21. e5 Rab8 22. Bh3 Rfe8
23. Kc2 Nc4 (23... Rb2+ $2 24. Kxc3 Rxa2 25. Ra1 $18) 24. Bc1 Nb6 25. Rd6 Kf7
26. Rhd1 $16) 21. f5 $1 gxf5 22. exf5 e4 23. g4 bxc5 24. Rd5 $16) 20... Rfe8
21. Rd6 Nb7 $5 {The best chance since there are many confusing lines after
Black brings the knight back in time.} (21... Kf7 22. Rd7+ Re7 23. Rhd1 Nc4 24.
Bg5 (24. c6 Nd2 $5) 24... Bf6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rd4 b5 28. Bf1
Ke5 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. c6 $1 Nb6 (30... Rxc6 $2 31. f4+ Kf6 32. e5+ Kf5 33. Bh3+
Ke4 34. Bg2+) (30... Kxe4 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. c7 $18) 31. Rxa7 Rxc6 32. f4+ Kd4
33. Bxb5 Rc5 34. a4 $16) 22. Bxe6+ ({I had an equally attractive line in which
after} 22. Rxe6 $5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 {I missed} 24. e5 $1 Kf7 (24... g5 25. f4
gxf4 26. gxf4 Rxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kh8) (24... Bxe5 25. Re1) 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. f4 Rd8
27. Rd1 Rd4 $16 28. Kc2 g5 29. e6+ Ke7 30. fxg5 Rxd1 31. Kxd1 h6 32. gxh6 (32.
g6 $5) 32... Bxh6 33. Bf5 Be3 34. Ke2 Bd4 35. Kf3 (35. h4 Kf6 36. g4 $18) 35...
c2 36. Bxc2 Kxe6 37. Bb3+ Kf6 38. h4 $18) 22... Kh8 $1 (22... Kf8 $2 23. Rd7 $1
Nxc5 (23... Re7 $2 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Bd5 $18) 24. Bxc5+ bxc5 25. Rf7+ Kg8 26.
Rxa7+ Kh8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rd1 $16) 23. Bd5 (23. Rc6 Nxc5 (23... Nd8 $2 24.
Bd5 $1) 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. f4 Bd4 $132) 23... Nxd6 24. Bxa8 $2 {I changed my
mind at the last moment and possibly lost my focus in the game at least
momentarily.} (24. cxd6 Rad8 25. d7 (25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bxe5+ Rxe5 27. f4 Rxd5 28.
exd5 Rxd6 29. Rd1 b5 30. Kc2 b4 31. a3 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd4 h5 $11) 25...
Re7 $1 {provides opposite coloured bishops.} (25... Re5 26. Bc6 Re6 27. Bb5 Bf6
(27... Rxe4 $2 28. Bg5) 28. f3 a6 $1 29. Bxa6 Rxd7 30. Bc8 Rd3 $11) (25... Rxd7
$2 26. Bc6 Red8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 $18) 26. Bg5 Rexd7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. f4
g5 $1 29. fxg5 $5 Rf8 30. Rd1 Rf2 31. Bb3 h6 32. g6 h5 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Rd7
Bh6+ 35. Kd1 (35. Kb1 $2 Rb2+ 36. Ka1 Rxb3 37. axb3 c2 $19) 35... Rd2+ 36. Rxd2
cxd2 37. e5 Kg7 38. Bf7 h4 (38... b5 39. e6 Kf6) 39. gxh4 b5 40. Kc2 Bf4 41. e6
Kf6 $11 {is still the best chance for White.}) 24... bxc5 $2 {Black could have
immediately equalised.} ({with} 24... Nc4 $1 25. Bc6 Rf8 26. Bb5 $1 Nxe3 27.
fxe3 bxc5 28. Rf1 Rxf1+ (28... Rb8 29. a4) 29. Bxf1 Kg8 $11) 25. Rd1 $2 {
A really bad move throwing away all my advantage.} (25. Bxc5 $1 Nxe4 26. Re1 $1
Rxa8 27. Rxe4 a5 28. Ra4 $16) 25... Nc4 26. Bc6 (26. Bd5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Rf8 $132
) 26... Nxe3 (26... Rc8 $2 27. Bf4 Bd4 28. Bd5 Nd2 29. Kc2 $16) 27. Bxe8 Nxd1
28. Kxd1 {If White had had Ba4 Black could have resigned but now it is just a
draw.} Bd4 $1 $11 (28... Kg8 $2 29. Ba4 Bd4 30. Ke2 Kf7 31. f4 $18) 29. f3 Bg1
30. h3 Bh2 31. Kc2 $1 {If White still wants to try to achieve anything he
should allow his kingside pawns to be blockated.} (31. g4 $2 g5 (31... Kg7 32.
Kc2 Be5) 32. Kc2 Be5 $11) 31... Bxg3 32. Kxc3 Kg7 33. Kc4 Kf6 $1 (33... Bf2 34.
Kd5 Kf6 35. e5+ Ke7 36. Bb5 {offers some vague chances.} a5 $1 $11) 34. Kxc5
Ke5 $11 35. Bf7 g5 36. Kc6 h6 37. Kd7 Kf6 38. Ke8 Bd6 39. Bh5 Bb4 40. a4 Bc5 {
This is a strange move because pushing the a-pawn further down may only help
White.} (40... a5 41. Bg4 Bd6 $11) 41. a5 Bb4 42. a6 Bc5 43. Bg4 Bb4 44. h4 $1
{This should not change anything but still.} h5 $1 {The cleanest way to
achieve a draw.} (44... gxh4 $2 45. f4 h5 46. e5+ Kg6 47. Bh3 Bc3 48. Kd7 Bb4
49. f5+ Kf7 50. Bg2 Kf8 51. Bd5 h3 52. f6 Bc3 53. Ke6 h2 54. Kf5 Bb4 55. e6 $18
) (44... Ba3 45. h5 {Black could draw this position even without ...Bd6 since
he could not be put into zugzwang.} Bd6 $1 (45... Bc5 46. e5+ Kxe5 47. Kf7 Bb4
48. Kg6 Bc5 49. Kxh6 Kf6 50. Kh7 Bf8 51. h6 Kf7 52. Bh5+ Kf6 53. Bg6 (53. Be8
Kf5 54. Bd7+ Kf6 55. Bh3 Kf7 56. Bg4 Kf6 57. Bh5 Kf5 $11) 53... g4 $1 54. f4 (
54. fxg4 Kg5 $11) 54... g3 55. Be4 Kf7 $11) 46. Bh3 Bb4 47. e5+ Kxe5 48. Kf7 g4
$1 49. Bxg4 Kf4 50. Kg6 Bf8 $11) 45. Bxh5 (45. hxg5+ Kxg5 46. Bxh5 Kxh5 47. e5
Kg6 48. Kd7 Kf5 49. e6 Kf6 50. f4 Be7 51. f5 Bc5 52. Kc6 $11) 45... Bd6 $1 {
The blockade decides the issue.} (45... gxh4 46. f4 h3 47. Bf3 (47. Bg4 h2 48.
e5+ Kg6 49. Bf3 Kf5 50. Bb7 Kxf4 51. e6 Ke5 52. Kf7 Kd4 53. e7 Bxe7 54. Kxe7
Kc5 55. Kd8 Kb6 $11) 47... h2 48. Kd7 Bc5 49. e5+ Kf5 50. Bh1 Bb4 51. e6 Kf6
$11) 46. Kd7 (46. hxg5+ Kxg5) 46... Bf4 47. hxg5+ Bxg5 (47... Kxg5 48. Ke6 $5
Kxh5 49. Kf5 Bc1 50. e5 Bd2 51. f4 Kh6 52. Kf6 Bxf4 53. e6 Bg5+ 54. Kf7 Bh4 55.
e7 Bxe7 56. Kxe7 Kg7 $11) 48. Kd6 Bf4+ 49. Kd5 Bg3 50. Bg4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2018.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Konaplev, Anton"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 $5 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Be2 Bc6 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Na6 14. Be5
Nxc5 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Nge2 Nfe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rd4 Nxc3 20.
Nxc3 Ne6 21. Rd2 a6 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Kf1 (23. a3 $142) 23... Nc5 24. Nd5 (24. a3
$1 $11) 24... Ne4 25. Rd4 Rc1 26. f3 e5 {Black's advantage is about to fizzle
out.} (26... Nf6 27. Nxe7 (27. Nxf6 Kxf6) 27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rc2 29. Rd8 Rc7
30. Nc8 Rc1+ 31. Ke2 Rc2+ 32. Kd1 Rxg2 33. e4 $44) 27. R4d3 Nf6 28. Nxf6 (28.
Nc3 $5) 28... Rxd1+ (28... Kxf6 29. Ke1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 $11) 29. Rxd1 Kxf6 30.
Ke2 (30. Rd6+ Ke7 31. Rxa6 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 Rc2+ 33. Kg3 Rxb2 34. a3 $11) 30... Ke6
31. Kd2 g5 (31... e4 32. f4) 32. e4 f5 33. Rc1 Rxc1 34. Kxc1 f4 35. Kd2 Kd6 36.
b4 Ke6 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Kg6 39. Kf1 Kh5 40. Kg1 Kh4 41. Kh1 g4 42. Kg1 Kg5 (
42... gxf3 43. gxf3 Kh3 44. Kh1 $11) 43. Kf1 h5 44. Kg1 h4 45. h3 gxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 c6 6. cxd5 (6. e3 O-O 7. Nf3 Qa5
$132) 6... Nxd5 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 (9. Rxc3 Qa5 10. a3 c5 $36) 9...
Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. e3 (11. e4 e5 12. Bd3 $13) 11... e5 12. Bc4 (12. Bd3 Re8
13. Bb1 e4 14. Ng1 Nb6 $36) 12... e4 13. Ng1 Qa3 14. Bb3 a5 15. Ne2 a4 16. Bc2
Re8 (16... Qxa2 17. Bxe4 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 $14) 17. Bb1 b5 (17... Nb6 18. c4 Be6
19. c5) 18. c4 Nb6 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nc3 (20. Rc3 Nc4 $5 21. Rxa3 $140 Nxd2 22.
Kxd2 b4 $19) 20... Ba6 21. Nxe4 Nc4 22. Qc3 (22. Qd1 b4) 22... Qxc3+ 23. Nxc3 (
23. Rxc3 b4 24. Rc1 Na3 25. Nd2 Bxd4 $17) 23... Bxd4 24. O-O Bxc3 25. Rxc3 b4
26. Rcc1 Rad8 27. Rfd1 $2 (27. Rcd1 $142) 27... b3 28. axb3 axb3 29. Bh4 $6 (
29. Rd3 Nd2 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Bh4 Rc8 $19) (29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. exd4 b2 31. Rd1
Nd2 32. Be5 Rc8 $18) 29... b2 $1 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 $5 (5... c5 $5) (5... O-O $5)
6. cxd5 $5 (6. Nf3 Qa5 (6... O-O $5 7. h3 Be6 8. Qb3 (8. Ng5 $5) 8... Qb6 9. c5
Qxb3 10. axb3 Nbd7 11. b4 Ne4 12. g4 h6 13. Be2 a6 14. Rg1 g5 15. Bh2 f5 $36 {
Ruban,V-Yandemirov,V/Voronezh/1988/0,5/50/}) 7. a3 Ne4 8. b4 Nxc3 9. Qb3 Qd8
10. Qxc3 O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qxc4 $14 {Hoffmann,
M-Ftacnik,L/GER/1995/0,5/45/}) (6. h3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd2+
10. Kxd2 Bxd5 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bg3 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Rhe8
16. Bc4 e5 $10 {Ballon Guenther,J-Mikhalchishin,A/Bern/1996/0|1/35/}) 6... Nxd5
7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. Bc4 $6 (10. Be2 $5 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rfd1 $10) 10... Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Bb3
b6 $1 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 (14... Bxe5 15. Qf3 Bb7 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rd7
Ba6 19. Bxf7+ (19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rd1 Be2 $13) (19. Rfd1 Bc4 20.
Qxc6 Rac8 21. Rc7 Rxc7 22. Qxc7 b5 23. h4 a5 $10) 19... Kh8 20. Qh3 Rad8 21.
Rxa7 Qd3 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxg6 Qb7 $13) 15. Qf3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Bxf6 17. Rfd1 Kg7
18. Rd6 c5 19. Rad1 Bf5 (19... Bb7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. R1xd5 Rad8 22. Kf1 $10) 20.
h3 (20. f3 $5 Rad8 21. g4 Bc8 22. Kf2 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rd8 $15) (20. e4 Bxc3 21.
exf5 Bxb2 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rd7 b5 24. Bd5 Rad8 25. Rxa7 c4 $15) 20... Rad8 21.
g4 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Bc8 23. f4 h5 24. gxh5 $6 (24. g5 Bxc3 (24... Be7 25. Rc6 Bxh3
26. Rc7 $16) 25. bxc3 Bxh3 (25... Re8 26. Rf6 $1 Re7 27. h4 $132) 26. Rf6 $44)
24... gxh5 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Rc6 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Bf5 28. Rc7 Rxe3 29. Rxf7+ Kg6 30.
Rxa7 Rxh3+ 31. Kg2 (31. Kg1 Rxc3 32. Ra6 Be4 33. Rxb6+ Kf5 $17) 31... Rxc3 32.
Ra6 Be4+ 33. Kh2 Kf5 34. Rxb6 Kxf4 $19 35. Rf6+ Kg5 36. Re6 Bf5 37. Re1 c4 38.
Rg1+ (38. Bd1 Rc1 $19) 38... Bg4 39. Bd1 (39. Ba4 Ra3 $19) 39... Rc1 40. Ba4
Rxg1 41. Kxg1 Kf4 42. Kf2 Bf3 (42... Bf3 43. Bc2 h4 44. a4 h3 45. Kg1 Kg3 $19)
0-1

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlov, Dragan"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1987.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qxc5 9. Bb3 $13) 8. Nge2 $1 e5 (8... dxc4 9. Qa4+ Qxa4 10. Nxa4
Bd7 11. Nec3 $18) (8... Nxc3 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bg3 $16) 9. Bg3 (9. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 10.
Qxd5 Nc6 (10... Bxc3+ 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. Qe5+ Kd7 13. Rxc3 $18) 11. Qxe4 Bf5 12.
Qh4 Nb4 13. Nd4 $16) 9... Nxc3 10. Qd2 (10. Nxc3 $2 d4 $19) 10... d4 11. exd4
exd4 12. bxc3 dxc3 (12... d3 13. Nd4 O-O 14. Bxd3 Re8+ 15. Be2 Na6 16. Nb5 $16)
13. Nxc3 Na6 14. Bd6 Be6 (14... Nxc5 15. Qe3+ Ne6 16. Be2 $18) 15. Nb5 Qxd2+
16. Kxd2 $16 Kd7 17. Be2 Bf8 18. Rhd1 Nxc5 19. Be5 Rg8 20. Ke1+ Ke7 21. Bd4 Nd7
(21... b6 22. Bf3 $18) 22. Bf3 Bh6 23. Rc2 a6 24. Nc7 Rab8 25. c5 Bf5 26. Nd5+
Kd8 27. Re2 $18 Be6 28. Bf6+ Nxf6 29. Nxf6+ Kc7 (29... Ke7 30. Nxg8+ Rxg8 31.
Bxb7) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rd7+ Kc8 32. Rxh7 Rf8 33. Nd7 Bd2+ 34. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1989.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 $6 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 $1 6. Bd2 c5 $1 (6...
dxc4 7. e3 c6 (7... c5 8. dxc5 Nd7 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 Ne5 11. Qd5 Be6 12. Qxd8
Rfxd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. b3 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rac8 $10 {Schlosser,P-Goszpeter,A/
Munich/1989/1/2-1/2/18/ -> CBM 13}) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nhf6 11. e4
Nb6 12. h3 $16 {Stohl,I-Banas,J/Trnava-B/1989/}) 7. e3 (7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nb5 Na6
$15) (7. dxc5 d4 $1 $44) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. d5 (10. Nf3 Bg4
11. O-O Nc6 12. d5 Nd4) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 a6 $1 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 Nb6 14. b3
axb5 15. Nxb5 Nxd5 $36 16. O-O Nb6 {16...Bb7} 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. Re1 Nxc4 19. bxc4
Re8 20. Qb3 $13 {20.Ne5} Bc6 21. Rcd1 Qc8 22. Ne5 (22. Bxe7 Nf4 23. Bd6 Qg4 24.
Bxf4 Qxf4 $44) 22... Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Nf4 24. Qg3 f6 25. Ree1 Nxg2 26. Rxe7 Rxe7
27. Bxe7 Qe6 28. Nd4 $10 Qxe7 29. Nxc6 Qe2 30. Qd3 $2 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 Nf4 32.
Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Nxd8 Kf8 34. Nc6 Ke8 35. Nd4 Kd7 36. Nc2 $2 Kd6 37. Ne3 Kc5 38.
f3 Nd3 39. Nd5 $6 f5 40. Nf6 h5 41. Nd7+ Kxc4 42. Nf8 Nf4 43. Kf2 Kd4 44. Kg3
Ke3 45. Kh4 Kxf3 46. Kg5 Ke4 47. Nd7 Nd5 48. Kxg6 f4 49. Nc5+ Ke3 50. Kf5 Nc3 {
Lubomir Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "Candidates f Fischer-Petrosian +5-1=3"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1971.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1971.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Es gibt Spieler, bei denen die seltenen Niederlagen bemerkenswert sind. Dazu
gehört Fischer zweifellos, und es wurde sogar ein Buch über seine Verluste
geschrieben - siehe 1974. Diese Null nach 19 Siegen in Folge hat Fischers
Gegner Petrosian eine große Anstrengung gekostet: Er musste dafür eine
absolute Glanzpartie spielen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Es ist das letzte
Mal, dass Fischer diese Eröffnung spielt.} 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Rc1 (7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 $13) 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 {Das war damals neu im
Vergleich zu 8.Nf3.} (8. Nge2 $5) 8... Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 (10...
Qxd2+ $6 {kam sogar in einer WM-Partie Karpov-Kasparov/1986 vor. Doch auch da
fiel der Sieg an Weiß.}) 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Ne2 Ne5 $6 ({Nach} 12... Nxc5 $11 {
sollte Schwarz keine Probleme haben.}) 13. Ba2 Bf5 $2 {Es ist schwer zu sagen,
was Fischer zu diesem Zug bewog. Vielleicht geht nach 19 Siegen in Folge der
Sinn für Gefahren verloren?} ({Allerdings sollte die Alternative} 13... Qxc5 {
kaum noch zum Ausgleich genügen; die Dame ist eben nicht die richtige Figur
für die Blockade und der Ne5 ist auch angreifbar.}) 14. Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 15. Nd4
Qxc5 {Sonst folgt 16.c6.} 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. O-O {Schwarz steht schlecht, weil
er hier schwer zur kurzen Rochade kommt; auch die Bauernstruktur ist miserabel.
} Qa5 $5 18. Qc2 $1 f4 {Das Problem mit dem Bauern f5 ist gelöst.} 19. c4 fxe3
$6 ({In Frage kam} 19... b6 20. Qe4 Bd6 21. Bb3 {und nun sollte Schwarz den
Bauern auf f4 schlagen lassen. Dann spielt die Schwäche des Pf7 kaum eine
Rolle und der Bd6 ist sehr stark. Ein Problem bleibt der König; er kann sich
auf den Damenflügel begeben, aber in Sicherheit ist er dort auch nicht.}) 20.
c5 $3 {Für diesen Zug kann man Petrosian nur uneingeschränkt loben.} ({Die
Alternative} 20. fxe3 {ist ja durchaus gut spielbar; Weiß sollte ebenfalls
besser stehen.}) 20... Qd2 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rcd1 $1 Qe2 (22... e2 $2 {Ein
hübscher taktischer Witz, aber er funktioniert nicht - das hat Petrosian wohl
schon bei 20.c5 erkannt.} 23. Rxd2 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 exf1=Q 25. d6 exd6 26. Qd7
$18) 23. d6 $1 {[%cal Ra2f7]} Qh5 (23... exf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Qxf2 26.
dxe7+ Kg7 (26... Kxe7 27. Rd7+ Kf8 28. Qc4 $18) 27. Qg4+ Kf6 28. Rd3 Kxe7 29.
Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qd6+ Kg7 31. Rg3+ $18) (23... exd6 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 f6 26.
Qd7 $18) (23... Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qh5+ 25. Kg1 e2 26. dxe7+ Kg7 27. Rd4 $1 {
(Fritz)} exf1=Q+ (27... Qh1+ 28. Kxh1 exf1=Q+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rf4 f6 31. Qb3 $18
) 28. Kxf1 Qe5 29. Rg4+ Kf6 30. Re4 Qxc5 31. Qb3 Qh5 32. Rf4+ $18) 24. f4 e2 {
Das wurde getadelt.} ({Allerdings gewinnt Weiß auch nach dem zäheren} 24... Bf6
{recht leicht:} 25. Rd5 Qg6 26. f5 Qh6 27. Qb3 e2 28. Re1 Qf4 29. dxe7+ Kg7 30.
Rxe2 Bd4+ 31. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Rf2 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 $18) 25. fxe5 exd1=Q
26. Rxd1 Qxe5 (26... Kg7 27. Rf1 e6 (27... Qxe5 28. Rxf7+ Kh6 29. Qh4+ Kg6 30.
Rxe7 $18) 28. Bxe6 $18) 27. Rf1 f6 ({Oder} 27... f5 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6
30. dxe7 $18) 28. Qb3 Kg7 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. dxe7 f5 31. Rxf5 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "World-ch15 Euwe-Alekhine +9-8=13"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1935.11.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1935.10.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Nh5 $2 {This is a strategic blunder!} 5.
Be5 (5. Nxd5 $2 Nxf4 6. Nxf4 e5 $1 7. dxe5 Bb4+ 8. Qd2 Qxd2#) 5... f6 6. Bg3
Nxg3 7. hxg3 c6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Bd3 (9. cxd5 $142 cxd5 10. Bd3 f5 11. g4 $1 O-O
12. gxf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Rxf5 14. g4 Rf7 (14... Rf8 15. Qb3) 15. f4 $16 {Euwe})
9... O-O $2 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 $14 (10. Rxh7 $2 cxd3 11. Rxg7 Kf8 12. Rxg6 Bf5
$17 {Euwe})) (9... f5 10. cxd5 cxd5 $14) 10. Rxh7 f5 (10... Kxh7 11. Qh5+ Kg8
12. Bxg6 $18) 11. Rh1 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bxc3+ $6 {׻} 14. bxc3 Qf6 15.
cxd5 $5 {/\->K} Qxc3+ 16. Kf1 Qf6 (16... cxd5 17. Rc1 Qf6 {game}) 17. Rc1 cxd5
18. Rc7 {[%cal Yc7h7] /\Rh7} Nd7 19. Bb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5d7,Rd1d5] /\20.Bd7,
20.Qd5} Qd6 20. Rc4 $2 (20. Qd4 $1 Qxc7 (20... Nf6 21. Rhh7 $1 $18) 21. Rh8+
Kf7 22. Ng5+ Ke7 (22... Ke8 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Ne6+ $18) 23. Rh7+ Ke8 (23...
Kd6 24. Qf4+ Ne5 25. Rxc7 Kxc7 26. Qxe5+) 24. Qxd5 Qc1+ 25. Ke2 Qb2+ 26. Kf3
Qxb5 27. Qxb5 $18 {Euwe}) 20... Nf6 21. Rch4 Qc5 22. Ba4 Qc3 (22... Be6 23. Ng5
Bf7 24. Qa1 d4 25. Rxd4 {Euwe}) 23. Ng5 Kg7 24. Nh7 Rd8 25. Nxf6 Kxf6 26. Rh7
Be6 27. R1h6 (27. Rxb7 d4 $1 $132) 27... Bf7 (27... a6 $4 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29.
Qh5+ Kf6 30. Qh6+ Ke5 31. Qg7+ $18) (27... d4 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qh5+ Kf6 30.
f4 Qc1+ 31. Bd1 Bc4+ 32. Kg1 Ke6 (32... Qxe3+ 33. Kh1 Ke6 34. Qf7+ Kd6 35. Qc7+
Kd5 36. Bf3+ $18)) (27... Rac8 28. Rxg6+ Kxg6 29. Qh5+ Kf6 30. f4 $18) 28. Kg1
{[%cal Rd1h5,Rh7f7] /\Qh5, Rf7} Rg8 29. g4 $1 {To break the pawn wall.} Rg7 30.
gxf5 Rxh7 31. Rxh7 gxf5 32. Bb3 {[%cal Rh7f7,Rd1d5] /\34.Rf7, 35.Qd5} Qe5 33.
Qf3 Rc8 (33... Qa1+ $142 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Rd8 36. Rh4 $16) 34. g4 $1 Bg6 (
34... Rg8 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7 36. Qxd5+) (34... Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc3 36. Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.
Qxd5+ $16 {Euwe}) 35. Rxb7 Qa1+ 36. Kg2 Rh8 $2 37. g5+ Kxg5 38. Qf4+ Kf6 39.
Qd6+ Kg5 $1 40. f4+ Kh6 (40... Kg4 41. Qxg6+ Kh4 42. Qg3+ Kh5 43. Qg5#) 41. Qe7
1-0

[Event "Ashdod op 1st"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O ({Un craso error sería:} 8... Qxc5 $2 {por} 9. Nb5 $1 Qb4+ 10. Kf1 $1
{y ahora las negras no están en condiciones de evitar la pérdida de material.}
{Contra} Na6 ({Si} 10... O-O 11. a3 Qa5 (11... Qxb2 12. Rc2) 12. b4 Qd8 13. Nc7
$18) 11. a3 Qxb2 (11... Qa5 12. Bc7 $18) 12. Rb1 $18 {Leitao,R-Van Wely,L/Lost
Boys 1998}) 9. Nge2 $5 (9. Nf3 {D93}) 9... Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $143 10. O-O Qxc5 11.
Nb5 Be6 12. Bd3 $5 Qb4 13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Bc4 Qxb2 17.
Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 $14) 10. Qb3 ({Prematuro es:} 10. Nb5 $6 Qb4+ $1 (10... Be6
$2 11. Qb3 $16 {is different from the similar line above, the Ne2 protects the
Rc1!}) 11. Kf1 a6 $1 12. a3 Qxb2 {'!'} 13. Rb1 Qxb1 14. Qxb1 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa3
$1 {y a pesar de la ventaja material del blanco no resulta fácil controlar la
actividad del negro. Por ejemplo:} 16. Qb2 $8 (16. Bxb8 $2 Ne4 $1 {''-/+!''
''loses material''} 17. Qxe4 (17. Qe1 Ra1 18. Nc1 Bb2 $19) 17... Ra1+ 18. Nc1
Rxc1+ 19. Ke2 Rxh1 20. Qxe7 Rb1 $17) 16... Ra8 17. Be5 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. h3
$15 {1/2-1/2 Dydyshko,V-Begun,S/USSR 1990}) 10... Nc6 (10... e5 11. Bg3 Nc6 (
11... Nh5 $2 12. Nb5 $1) 12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfd1 Rad8
16. Rd6 $14) 11. Nb5 Qh5 {Una jugada forzada, pero satisfactoria. Otras
posibilidades son inferiores para el negro, por ejemplo:} (11... Qb4+ 12. Qxb4
Nxb4 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nd5 Nfxd5 15. Bxb8 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf5 17. Rxb2 Rxb8 18. O-O
$16) (11... Qb6 12. Bc7 Qa6 13. Nbd4 Na5 $8 {'!'} 14. Bxa6 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 (15.
axb3 bxa6 16. Nc6 Re8 17. Be5 Bb7 $132) 15... bxa6 16. Be5 $1 Bb7 17. f3 $14)
12. Ng3 ({Contra} 12. Nc7 $6 {'‹'} Rb8 $1 {''/\Na5'' es la réplica correcta. Y
ahora, lo más práctico para el blanco sería repetir jugadas para no tener
problemas.} (12... Na5 $2 13. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 14. Qa3 Rb8 15. Ng3 $1 $16) 13. Nd5
({La tentadora} 13. Bxf7+ $2 {es errónea debido a} Rxf7 14. Rxc6 Qa5+ $1 15.
Nc3 (15. Rc3 Nh5 16. Na6 Nxf4 17. Nxb8 Be6 18. Qxb7 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Bxc3 $19 {
Hoang Than Trang-Hjelm,N/Budapest FS06 IM 1993/0-1 (56)}) 15... e5 $1 16. Rxf6
Bxf6 17. Ne8 Be7 $1 18. Bg3 Bd7 $19) (13. Na6 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Ra8 15. Nc7 e5 $1
16. Nxa8 exf4 17. O-O fxe3 18. fxe3 Qe5 $17) 13... Ra8 (13... e5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxf7+ (15. Bg3 Na5 $15) 15... Rxf7 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Qxb8 Qf5 18. e4 Qe6
19. Bc1 Rb7 20. Qa8 Qd7 21. O-O Qc7 22. Be3 Rxb2 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25.
Na4 $11) 14. Nc7 Rb8 15. Nd5 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Vallejo Pons,F/ Plovdiv
20.10.2003}) 12... Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 $1 ({Otra posiblidad muy interesante es} 
13... g5 $5) ({También se ha intentado} 13... Rb8 $2 {pero tras} 14. Bxf7+ $1
Rxf7 15. Rxc6 bxc6 (15... Ng4 16. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Rc8 18. h3 Rc1+ 19. Ke2
Rxh1 20. Nxh1 $16) 16. Qxb8 Rf8 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Be5 $1 $14) 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxa8 Bd7 (15... b6 $5) 16. Nc7 Bc6 ({Si} 16... Rc8 17. O-O $1 Rxc7 (17... Nfg4
18. h3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxg3 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Be6 $16) 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Rxc7
$16 {y dado el inusual balance material (2R+3P /3 piezas menores) una vez que
caiga el peón de b7, es favorable al blanco.}) 17. Nd5 {Con la amenaza 18.Ne7
'Ahora las blancas amenazan Ce7 cambiando el alfil negro en c6. De esta manera
las negras están forzadas a perder un importante tiempo.'} ({Erróneo es:} 17.
O-O $2 Nfg4 18. h3 Nf3+ $1 19. Kh1 (19. gxf3 Qxh3 $19) 19... Nd2 $19) 17... Kh8
(17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxc1+ 22. Rxc1 $14
Be5 23. b3 Bxg3 (23... Qxh2 $2 24. Rh1 $18) 24. hxg3 Qh5+ 25. Qf3 Qa5 26. Qf6
Qxa2+ 27. Kf3 Qd2 28. g4 $1 $14) (17... Rd8 $2 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20.
Be2 $16) 18. Nf4 $1 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ (19... Nxc4 20. Rxc4 Bd5 21. Rxh4 Bxb3 22.
Rb4 Bd5 23. f3 $16) (19... Ba4 20. Qc3 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Bb5 23. Rd4
Ne8 24. Rd5 Bc4 25. Rd8 Bf6 26. b3 Bxd8 27. bxc4 $16) 20. Qxd3 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (20. Bxd3 $6 {ver partida Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/Rethymnon 2003}) 20...
Bxg2 (20... b5 $5 21. Qd6 $1 (21. Bb3 $2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Qxh2 $44) 21... Bxg2 22.
Nf5 (22. Rg1 $2 Qxh2 23. Rxg2 Qxg2 24. Bf1 Qg1 $17) 22... Qh3 (22... Ne4 23.
Nxh4 Nxd6 24. Nxg2 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Nxc4 26. Rd5 b4 27. Ke2 $16 (27. Rxg5 $6 Rd8
28. Nf4 Bc3+ 29. Kf1 Ne5 $132)) (22... Qg4 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Be2 Bf3 25. Bxf3
Qxf3 26. O-O $1) 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Bf1 $1 Re8 25. Qd4 (25. Qd3 Bxf1 26. Qxf1
Qf3 27. Rg1 h6 $13) 25... Re4 26. Qd3 (26. Qxa7 Ng4) 26... Bxf1 27. Qxf1 Qf3
28. Rg1 Re5 $44) 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Nxg7 Bxh1 $2 ({Era mejor.} 22... Kxg7 $1 23.
Rg1 Qxh2 24. Kd2 (24. Ke2 Qh5+ 25. Kd2 Qf3 26. Qe2 Ne4+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kc2 Rc8
28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Kb3 Nd2+ 30. Kb4 a5+ 31. Kb5 Nxc4 32. Rxc4 Be2 33. b3 (33.
Rxg5+ Kf6 34. Rgc5 Bxc4+ 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Kxc4 h5 37. Kd3 Kg5 $1 38. Ke2 Kg4
$19) 33... Kf6) 27... Qh3 28. Qd3 Qh2 29. Ke2 g4) 24... Rc8 25. Qd4 Rc7 26. Bd5
$1 Rxc1 27. Rxg2 Qc7 28. Rxg5+ Kf8 29. Bb3 Rc6 30. Ke2 $14) 23. Nf5 (23. Qf5 $2
Qh6 $1) 23... Bc6 ({Falla} 23... Be4 $2 24. Qd6 Kg8 (24... Nd7 $2 25. Qd4+) 25.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (25... Rxf7 26. Rc8+) 26. Rc7+ Kg6 27. Rg7+ Kxf5 (27... Kh5 28.
Ng3+ Kh4 29. Nxe4 $18) 28. Qxf8 $18) 24. Qd6 $1 Nd7 $8 25. Nd4 $6 {Las blancas
desaprovechan la ocasión para concretar el dominio posicional.} ({Lo correcto
era:} 25. Bd3 $1 {(amenazando 26.Rxc6)} Qg2 26. Qh6 $1 Rg8 (26... Qg1+ 27. Kd2
$1 Qxf2+ 28. Kc3 Rg8 29. Rf1 Qg2 30. Nd6 $18) 27. Nd6 Rg7 (27... Qg1+ 28. Ke2
Qg4+ 29. Kd2 Qb4+ 30. Kc2 {traspone a la variante principal.}) (27... Rf8 28.
Qxh7# {mate}) 28. Ne8 $1 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qg4+ 30. Kd2 Qb4+ 31. Kc2 $18) 25... Qg2
26. Rd1 $6 ({Otra imprecisión. mejor era:} 26. Bf1 $1 Qd5 27. Qe7 $1 {y el
negro no puede detener tantas amenzas. Por ejemplo, si:} Qxa2 (27... Qa5+ 28.
b4 Qd8 29. Nxc6 bxc6 30. Qxd8 Rxd8 31. Rd1 $18) 28. Nxc6 Qxb2 29. Rc4 (29. Rd1
$2 Qc3+ 30. Rd2 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Qc4+ 32. Rd3 Qc2+ 33. Kf3 Qxc6+ 34. Kg3 $18) 29...
Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qb5 31. Kd2 (31. Kf3 Qd5+ 32. e4 Qd1+ 33. Be2 Qh1+ 34. Ke3 Qxh2
35. Qxd7 Qf4+ 36. Kd3 bxc6 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Rxc6) 31... bxc6 32. Qxd7) 26...
Qg1+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kd2 Qe4 29. Ke1 (29. Kc1 {'>='}) 29... Kg7 30. Qg3 $6 ({
Había que jugar} 30. Be2 {'>=' y si} Nf6 31. Bd3 $18) 30... Kh8 31. Bb3 Ne5 $2
({La única resistencia la ofrecía:} 31... Qg6 {'>='}) 32. Qxg5 Nf3+ 33. Nxf3
Qxf3 34. Qe5+ Kg8 (34... f6 35. Qe7 Re8 36. Rd8 Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg6
39. h4 $18) 35. Rd4 $18 Re8 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Rg4 (37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bc2 $18)
37... Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Qxh2 39. Qf6 Qh5 40. Rg5 1-0

[Event "BRA-ch 78th"]
[Site "Campinas"]
[Date "2011.12.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Fier,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2011.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 (7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 {is the main line nowadays, but I think it's quite
hard for Black to win this position and there is a lot of space for
improvements for White. 7...Ne4 is wilder...}) 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10.
Rxc3 (10. bxc3 {is the boring option... but I think Black is ok after} Qa5 11.
Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nxc5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 b5 {Salov,V (2575)-Milos,
G (2495) Szirak Interzonal 1987 (7) 1/2}) 10... O-O 11. Bc4 Bxc3 $5 {This is a
quite risky idea! Whereas the normal moves go to a positional fight, this one
forces White to make a non-stop attack! For sure some homework is needed to
play this move, but an exchange is still an exchange...} (11... Qa1+ {is the
normal move} 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Nf3 {Socko,B (2631)-Svidler,P (2723) Gibraltar
Masters 7th 2009 (6) 1/2}) 12. Qxc3 Qa1+ 13. Ke2 f6 {Otherwise Bh6 is coming.}
14. h4 Na6 {Just with the pawns and the rook the position is impossible to
defend. My queen is doing a good job holding White's knight, so h4 is the
logical follow up. 14...Nd7 theoretically is more effective, but 15.d6+ would
be devastating...} 15. d6+ e6 16. h5 g5 17. Bxg5 $5 {Opening the position at
any cost! It looks like White is winning now, but Black is still fighting!}
Nxc5 (17... fxg5 $2 {loses by force} 18. h6 Rf7 19. Rh5 $1 {and there is no
way to defend Rxg5+ and Qh8#.}) 18. Qd4 {Controlling the e4-square. There are
other ideas for White but this is the most dangerous in my view.} (18. Bh6 Rf7
19. Rh4 Na4 20. Qb3 Qxb2+ 21. Qxb2 Nxb2 22. Bb5 a5 {preventing Rb4 and with
idea of ...Bd7. I think Black is ok here.}) 18... fxg5 19. h6 Rf7 20. Rh5 Ne4
$1 {This defensive idea is totally necessary to defend the position! My
opponent's queen is attached to the b2-pawn and ...Rxf2+ is annoying for White.
} 21. Nf3 (21. Qxe4 Qxb2+ 22. Kd1 Qa1+ 23. Ke2 {and now I give perpetual or
try to play some more moves with} Qxg1 (23... Qb2+ 24. Kd1 Qa1+ $11) 24. Rxg5+
Kf8 25. f3 Qa1 $8 {Qd4 must be avoided.} 26. Kf2 {and the position is really
hard to evaluate. Qg4 is his plan and after it Qh8 will be forced again...
It's possible to take on e6, try to play d7 at some point, but if the storm is
over I am just a rook up. Of course the engine gives 0.00 after some
irrational moves.}) 21... g4 {Forcing matters!} (21... Bd7 {was possible too,
but I think White is better after} 22. Qxe4 Qxb2+ 23. Nd2 Qf6 24. Qxb7 Qxf2+
25. Kd3 Rd8 26. Rxg5+ Kf8 27. Qb4 {but who knows what is going on?}) 22. Rg5+
$1 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 Qa4 ({It's still not late for things to go wrong since after} 
23... Qc1 $2 24. Bd3 $1 {Black does not have enough resources to defend the
mating threats!} e5 (24... Bd7 25. Nxf7 e5 26. Nxe5 $18) 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 (25...
Rxh7 26. Qd5+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Nxh7+) 27. Qxe5+ {with mate}) 26. Qxe5 Qc4+
27. Bd3 Qxd3+ 28. Kxd3 Bf5+ 29. Ke2 Bh7 30. Qe6 {is just awful for Black.}) 24.
Nxf7 Qc2+ 25. Ke1 Qc1+ 26. Ke2 {I was one point behind Leitao before this
round and after this round I made 3/3... But he made 2.5 and won the
tournament in an impressive way! Congrats to the new champion!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ (7. Rc1)
7... Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Be6 (8... O-O) (8... Bd7) 9. Bxb8 $1 (9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 Rc8
11. b4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 13. Rxc4 Nbd7 14. Rc2 Nd5 15. a3 N7b6 16. Nb2 a5 17.
bxa5 Rxa5 18. Nd3 Rxa3 19. Ke2 Na4 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nfxe5 f6 22. Nf3 e5 {
0-1/Tatai-Gavrikov,V/Budapest Texta/1988/}) 9... Rxb8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bb5+
Kf8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Bc4 Nb4 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 (14... Nd3+ 15. Kd2 Nxc1 (15...
Nxf2 16. Rf1 Nxh1 17. Rxf7+ Ke8 18. Rxg7 $18) (15... Rd8 16. Bc4 Nxf2+ 17. Ke2
Nxh1 18. Nf3 $16) 16. Bc4 $18) 15. Ke2 Nxa2 16. Rc4 a5 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Ng5 e5
19. Nb6 Ke8 20. Ra1 Nc6 21. Rca4 Bf6 22. Ne4 Kf7 23. Nc4 Rhc8 24. Nxa5 b6 (
24... Nxa5 25. Rxa5 b6 26. Ra7 Ke8 27. b4 bxc5 28. bxc5 $18) 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26.
Ra6 $1 Rc7 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 28. cxb6 Rc6 (28... Rb7 29. Nd6+ $1 exd6 30. Ra7 $18)
(28... Rc2+ 29. Nd2 Rxb2 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Nxb1 e4 32. Na3 Ke6 33. b7 Be5 34.
Nc2 Kd7 35. Nb4 Kc7 36. b8=Q+ Kxb8 37. Nc6+ $18) 29. Ra6 Rc2+ 30. Kd3 Rxb2 31.
b7 h6 (31... Rxb7 32. Rxf6+ exf6 33. Nd6+ $18) (31... Kg7 32. Nc5 $18) 32. Nc5
e4+ 33. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 (6. Bd2 $5 c5 7. e3
$1 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Nge2 $14) 6... h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bd2 $5 dxc4
8. e3 Be6 9. Nf3 c6 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nc5 f5 13. Nh4 $1 Qd6 $8 14. Be2
O-O 15. O-O $2 Qf6 16. g3 Qf7 $1 17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 f4 $1 19. g4 fxe3 20. Bxe3
Nf4 21. Nxf4 gxf4 22. Bf2 e6 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 $13 {Pinter,J-Popovic,P/
Thessaloniki ol/1988/}) 7... dxc4 (7... c5 8. e3 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O
11. d5 $1 Nd7 12. Nf3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4 $8 15. Nh4 $5 Ne5 16. Bb3 Qb6
$1 17. O-O Bd7 18. Re1 $6 Rac8 19. Rc2 Qa6 $1 $8 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. d6 $1 e6 $8
22. Rd4 $5 {Dydyshko,V-Novik,M/Katowice/1992/0-1 (51)}) (7... g5 8. e3 $1 $16)
8. e3 Be6 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. Bxc4
Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Nf3 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 e6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nf2 Bb7 22. Nd3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Villeneuve,A-Bernard,C/FRA-ch
Angers (03) 1990 (30)}) 9. Be2 c5 (9... Nf6 10. Nf3 (10. Bxf6 exf6 $1 $132)
10... c6 11. Ne5 $1 (11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 b5 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Qc2 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Fogarasi,T/Zalakaros op (05) ;TD 94\02 1994}) 11... b5 12. f4
$1 Nd5 $8 13. Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 $1 $8 (15. O-O Nd7 $17) 15... Bf6
$1 16. Bf2 (16. Bg3 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Rxg2 Nd7 20. e4 Qe6 $13)
16... Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5 $1 18. Rxg2 $1 $8 Qxg2 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bg4 Qg2 $1 21.
Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg4 Qg2 23. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Leko,P/Wijk/1996/}) 10. Bxh5 (10.
dxc5 Nd7 11. Nf3 (11. Bxh5 gxh5 12. c6 bxc6 13. Qxh5 Ne5 $36) 11... Nxc5 12.
Nd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nf4 14. O-O Ncd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qa4+ Bd7 (16... Kf8 17. d5
Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bf5 19. Qxc4 $132) 17. Qxc4 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O (18... Rc8 19. Qd5
Bc6 20. Qe5 Rf8 21. d5 $36) 19. Qd5 b5 (19... Bc6 20. Qc5 Re8 21. Re1 g5 22.
Bg3 $15) 20. Re1 b4 21. Bxe7 (21. Rxe7 bxc3 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Bxd8 cxb2 24. Qb3
Rxd8 25. Qxb2 Bc6 $19) 21... Re8 22. Re3 Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Be6 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25.
Ne2 a5 26. h3 Bxa2 {Rogozenko,D-Horvath,J/Odorheiu Secuiesc (02)/1993/0-1 (53)}
) 10... cxd4 11. Bf3 $6 {White wins the whole rook, but two passed pawns will
offer more than sufficient compensation. Weiß gewinnt einen ganzen Turm, aber
zwei verbundene Freibauern bieten mehr als ausreichende Kompensation.} (11.
exd4 gxh5 12. Nge2 $44 Bg4 (12... O-O 13. d5 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bd3 15. Nxh5 $36) (
12... Bf5 $5 13. Qa4+ Qd7 14. Qxc4 Nc6 $13) 13. h3 $1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nc6 15. O-O
$36 Qxd4 (15... Nxd4 16. Qxh5 {/\ Rfe1}) 16. Qxh5 O-O $6 (16... Qe5 17. Qf3 Qd4
$14) 17. Rfe1 $1 {><e5} Qd6 18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Qf3 $16 {1-0 Yusupov,A-Stohl,I/GER/
1995 (34) ><c4, e7}) 11... dxc3 $2 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bxb7 cxb2 14. Rd1+ Kc7
15. Bxa8 Rd8 $1 (15... c3 16. Be4 Bf5 (16... Bxa2 17. Bxe7 Bb3 18. Bd6+ Kc8 $17
) 17. Bg3+ e5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Ne2 c2 20. O-O cxd1=Q 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rb1 Kc8
$17) 16. Be4 (16. Rxd8 b1=Q+ 17. Rd1 Bc3+ 18. Ke2 Qc2+ $19) (16. Rb1 c3 17. Be4
Bf5 $19) 16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 (17. Rxd8 Kxd8 (17... Bxe4 18. Rd1 c3 19. Nf3 c2
20. Kd2 cxd1=Q+ 21. Rxd1 Nc6 $19) 18. Ne2 Bxe4 19. Kd2 b1=Q 20. Rxb1 Bxb1 $19)
17... gxf5 18. Rb1 c3 19. Nf3 (19. Ne2 c2 20. O-O cxb1=Q 21. Rxb1 Nc6 $19)
19... c2 20. Ke2 cxb1=Q 21. Rxb1 Nc6 22. Nd2 Rd5 23. Bg3+ (23. Nc4 Rc5 24. Bg3+
Kb7 25. Kd3 Nb4+ $19) 23... Kb7 24. a3 Na5 25. Bf4 Rxd2+ $1 (25... Kc6 $19) 26.
Kxd2 Nc4+ 27. Kd3 Nxa3 28. Bxh6 Nxb1 (28... Bh8 $19) 29. Bxg7 Nc3 30. Bxc3
b1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kiss, Pal"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Endspiel-CD} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc6 11. f3 (11. Nf3 Nbd7 12. Ne5 (
12. O-O Nh5 (12... O-O 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Be5 Ncd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17.
Ba6 Nfd5 18. Bb7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Bxc3 21. Rac1 Bf6 22. a4 {1-0
Ghane,S-Mateus,M/Erevan olm (08) 1996 (30)}) 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Rac1 Nxf4 15. exf4
Nxc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Bd5 h6 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rc7 Rd7
22. Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Spacek,P-Berndt,S/Berlin Neukoelln (06) 1990}) 12... Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bc6 (14... Bf3 15. e4 O-O 16. Rg3 Bh5 17. f4 Rfc8 18. b4 a5
19. Na4 axb4 20. Nb6 Rxc5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxa8 Rc2 23. Rb1 Nxe4 24. Rxb4 {
0-1 Sokolov,I-Krasenkow,M/Jakarta Gun (09) 1996}) 15. b4 a6 16. Ke2 O-O 17.
Rad1 Rfd8 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e4 Ne5 21. Bb3 Be8 22. Ke3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1
a5 24. b5 Rc8 25. f4 Rxc5 26. Na4 Ng4+ 27. Kf3 Nxh2+ 28. Kg3 Rxb5 29. Kxh2 Rb4
30. Nc3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Yuferov,S-Gogichaishvili,G/URS-chT/1988/ (42)}) 11... Nbd7
12. Rc1 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Be5 Bh6 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Nh3 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 (18. e4 Nxb4 $15) 18... exd5 (18... Bxd5 19. Rc7 $14) 19. Rc5 a6 20. Nf2 (
20. Rhc1 e6 $14) 20... Rf5 21. f4 (21. Ng4 Bf8 22. Rhc1 e6) 21... Bf8 22. Rhc1
$5 (22. a3 e6 23. Rc2 a5 $132) 22... e6 23. Rxc6 $1 {Neat positional sacrifice,
pawns a6 and e6 are fatally weak. White knight will have important role. Ein
schönes positionelles Opfer, die Bauern a6 und e6 sind sehr schwach. Der
weisse Springer wird eine wichtige Rolle spielen.} (23. R5c2 Bxb4 $15) 23...
bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rf7 (24... Bxb4 25. Ng4 Bf8 26. Rxe6 (26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Rc7+ Be7
28. Nxh7 Ke8 $13) 26... Ra7 27. Rc6 $14) 25. Rxe6 Bxb4 26. Ng4 Rb7 (26... Bf8
27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Nxd5+ Bg7 $14) (26... Re7 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Rc6 Re6 29. Rc7+
Re7 30. Rc2 $16) 27. Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxd5 a5 29. Rf6+ Kg8 (29... Ke8 30. Nc7+ $18)
30. Rc6 Ba3 31. Kf3 (31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. e4 a4 $14) 31... a4 32. g4 Bb2 (32... Bb4
33. f5 $16) 33. Nb6 (33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Ne8+ Kg8 (34... Kf8 35. Nd6 Rb4 36. Rc7
Bxe5 37. fxe5 $18) 35. Nd6 Rb4 $13) 33... Ra6 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Bxb2 Raxb6 36.
Bd4 Ra6 (36... Rb1 37. Ra8 R1b4 38. f5 $14) 37. Rh8 Ke6 38. Ke4 Rf7 39. h4 (39.
f5+ gxf5+ 40. gxf5+ Rxf5 41. Rxh7 Raa5 42. Rh6+ Kd7 43. h4 Rh5 $14) 39... a3
40. Rc8 (40. f5+ gxf5+ 41. gxf5+ Rxf5 42. Rxh7 Raa5) 40... Ra5 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42.
Rb6 Kc7 43. Rb1 Kc6 44. g5 Rb7 (44... Re7+ 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Rb6 $1 Re8 47. Rb7
$18) 45. Rc1+ Kd6 46. Rc2 (46. Be5+ Ke7) 46... Ra4 47. Kf3 Rb1 (47... Rxd4 48.
exd4 Rb2 49. Re2 Kd5 50. Ke3 $16) 48. Be5+ Kd5 49. h5 (49. e4+ Ke6 (49... Rxe4
$2 50. Rd2+) 50. Rc6+ Kd7 51. Rc7+ Ke6 52. Rxh7 Rf1+ 53. Kg2 Re1 $132) 49...
Rf1+ (49... gxh5 50. e4+ Ke6 51. Rc6+ Kf7 52. Rc7+ Ke6 53. Rxh7 Rf1+ 54. Kg2 (
54. Ke2 Rh1 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg2 Re1) 54... Re1 55. Rh6+ Kd7 56.
Rxh5 Raxe4 57. Kf3 $10) 50. Kg2 Re1 51. Rc7 (51. hxg6 hxg6 52. Kf3 Rf1+ 53. Ke2
Rh1) 51... Rxe3 52. Rxh7 Rxe5 (52... gxh5 53. g6 Rc4 $10) 53. fxe5 Rg4+ 54. Kf3
Rxg5 55. hxg6 (55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Kg4 Rxh5 57. Rxh5 gxh5+ 58. Kf5 h4 59. e6 Kd6
60. Kf6 h3 61. e7 h2 62. e8=Q h1=Q 63. Qd8+ Kc5 $14) (55. h6 Kxe5 56. Rh8 Rh5
$10) 55... Rxg6 56. Ra7 Kxe5 57. Rxa3 $11 {Endspiel-CD} Kd4 58. Ra8 Re6 (58...
Re6 59. a4 Kc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. e3 dxc4 7. Bxc4
c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Qa4 (9. Nf3 {Chekhov} Qxc5 10. Bb3 $13) 9... Qxa4 (9... Qxc5
$5 {Chekhov} 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Ne2 Na6 12. Qb3 (12. Bb3 Nxf4 13. Rxc5 Nd3+ 14.
Kf1 Naxc5 $146) 12... Nxf4 13. Nxf4 Qb4+ 14. Nc3 Qxb3 15. Bxb3 Bd7 16. Ke2 e6
$15 {Farago,I-Schmidt,W/Bagneux/1980/0|1/51/}) 10. Nxa4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 (11...
Na6 12. Nf3 (12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Be5 Rfc8 14. Bd4 Rab8 15. Nf3 Rxb2 16. Ne5 Bc6
17. O-O Rb7 18. Rb1 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Ba8 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rb8+ Bf8
23. f4 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Varga,P-Fogarasi,T/Zalakaros op (06)/1995 (26)}) 12... Nxc5
13. Ke2 Rac8 14. Be5 a6 15. a3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Bxa4 17. Nd4 Ne4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Brussels WCup/1988}) 12. b4 (12. Nf3 Rxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Hammes,M-Herbrechtsmeier,C/BL 9394/1994}) 12... a5 {N/} (12... Nc6 13.
a3 Ng4 14. Nf3 Nge5 15. Be2 f5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. O-O Rab8 18. Nd4 Kf8 19. Rfd1
Ke8 20. f4 Nf7 21. Bc4 Rd8 22. Ncb5 e5 23. Ne6 {1-0 Bareev,E-Villamayor,B/WchJ
Gausdal (04)/1986 (43)}) 13. b5 (13. a3 $6 {Chekhov} axb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. b5
Na5 $17) 13... a4 $1 (13... Rxc5 $2 14. Na4 $16 (14. Na4 {Chekhov} Rf5 (14...
Rxc4 15. Rxc4 Bxb5 16. Rc8+ $18) 15. Nb6 $18)) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 (14... Rxc5 $4 {
Chekhov} 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxc5 $18) 15. Bxd5 Bxb5 $1 16. Bxb7
Na6 17. Bxa8 (17. Ne2 Bb2) 17... Rxa8 18. Ne2 (18. Nf3 {Chekhov} Nb4 (18... Bb2
$5 19. Rb1 a3 20. Be5 Nxc5 21. Bxb2 axb2 22. Nd4 Bc4 23. Kd2 Ne4+ 24. Kc2 Nxf2
$17) 19. Rb1 Bc3+ (19... Rd8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 (20... Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Ba6 22. Rb8 $18)
(20... Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxd4 22. exd4 Rxd4+ 23. Ke3 Rd3+ 24. Ke2 Rb3+ 25. Kd2 Bc3+
26. Kc2 $18) 21. exd4 Rxd4 22. Bd2 $13) (19... Bd3 $5) 20. Kd1 Rd8+ 21. Nd4 $13
Bd3 (21... f6 22. a3) 22. Rc1 Nxa2 23. Rxc3 Nxc3+ 24. Kd2 $18) 18... Bb2 $1 19.
Rc2 $2 {White was not able to suspect, that with an exchange and a spare pawn
his future can be endangered. Weiß war nicht dazu in der Lage zu erkennen, daß
seine Zukunft mit Mehrqualität und Mehrbauer fraglich sein könnte.} (19. Kd2 $1
Bxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Rc8 $10) 19... a3 20. Nd4 Nb4 21. Nxb5 (21. Rd2 Nd3+ (21... Bc4
$17 {Chekhov}) 22. Kd1 Bxd4 23. exd4 (23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. exd4 Bc4 25. Kd2 Bxa2
26. Ra1 Bd5 27. f3 a2 $17) 23... Nxf4 24. d5 $2 Ba4+ 25. Kc1 Ra5 $19) 21...
Nxc2+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kd2 {Chekhov} Nb4 23. c6 Rd8+ (23... Nxc6 24. Kc2 Ra5 $17)
24. Ke2 Nxc6 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Kxd1 Nb4 $17) 22... Nb4 23. Rd1 (23. c6 Nxc6 $17)
23... Nxa2 {Suddenly is Pa3 more dangerous than Pc5. Auf einmal ist Pa3
gefährlicher als Pc5.} 24. c6 Nc1+ 25. Kf3 (25. Rxc1 Bxc1 26. Be5 (26. Nc3 {
Chekhov} a2 27. Nxa2 Rxa2+ 28. Kd1 Bb2 29. c7 Ra8 $19) 26... Bb2 27. Bc3 Bxc3
28. Nxc3 a2 $19) 25... a2 26. Rxc1 (26. c7 a1=Q 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rxa8 Qxa8+ $19
) 26... Bxc1 27. Be5 Bd2 (27... a1=Q $2 28. Bxa1 Rxa1 29. c7 Ra8 30. Na7 $1 $10
) 28. Ba1 (28. c7 {Chekhov} Ba5 29. Ba1 Rc8 $18) 28... Ba5 29. Ke4 Rb8 30. c7 (
30. Nd4 {Chekhov} Rb1 31. Nc2 Kf8 $19) 30... Rc8 31. Kd5 Bxc7 0-1

[Event "Passau op 2nd"]
[Site "Passau"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 (5. Rc1) 5... c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
cxd5 (7. Rc1) 7... Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxc3+ 10. Ke2 Qxa1 11. Be5 Qb1
12. Bxh8 Be6 13. Qd3 Qxa2+ 14. Kf3 f6 15. Kg3 $6 (15. Bg7 Nd7 $5 (15... Nc6)
16. Kg3 Kf7 17. Bh6 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Qc2 19. f3 $13) 15... Kf7 $1 16. Nf3 (16. Qd8
Qd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. Nh3 Nc6 $17) (16. h4 Nd7 17. h5 Rg8 $1 (17... Rxh8 18.
hxg6+ Kg7 19. Rxh7+ Rxh7 20. gxh7 Nxc5 21. Qd8 Ne4+ 22. Kf4 $1) 18. hxg6+ Rxg6+
19. Kh2 Rh6+ 20. Nh3 Qxf2 $19) 16... Nd7 17. Qc3 (17. Qd4 Qd5 (17... Rxh8 $6
18. Ng5+ Kg7 19. Bb5 Nf8 20. Ra1 $36) 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 Ba2 $1 (19... Be6
20. Nd4 Rxh8 21. Nxe6 Kxe6 22. Bc4+ Ke5 23. Rd1 $1) 20. Bb5 Nxc5 $17) 17... Qd5
18. h4 Nxc5 (18... Rxh8 19. Ng5+ Kg7 20. e4 Qb3 21. Nxe6+ Qxe6 22. Bb5 Rc8 $17)
19. Ng5+ Qxg5+ (19... Kg8 $1 20. Bxf6 $8 exf6 21. Qxf6 Qxg5+ $1 (21... Qd6+ 22.
f4 Rf8 23. Qd4) 22. Qxg5 Ne4+ 23. Kf4 Nxg5 24. Kxg5 a5 25. h5 gxh5 26. Rxh5 a4
27. Bd3 (27. Rh6 a3 28. Rxe6 a2 29. Bc4 a1=Q 30. Ra6+ Kg7 $19) 27... Ra5+ $19)
20. hxg5 Ne4+ 21. Kf4 Nxc3 22. Rxh7+ Kg8 23. Rh6 Rf8 24. Bd3 $6 (24. gxf6 exf6
25. e4 $1 a5 26. e5 g5+ (26... fxe5+ 27. Kxe5 Bb3 28. Bf6 $132) 27. Kg3 fxe5
28. Bxe5 Ne4+ 29. Kh2 Rxf2 30. Bd3 Bd5 $17) 24... a5 25. Bxg6 (25. gxf6 exf6
26. e4 b5 27. e5 fxe5+ 28. Kxe5 Bf5 $17) 25... a4 26. Bd3 (26. Bc2 Bb3 $1 27.
Bf5 a3 28. g6 a2 29. g7 Rd8 $19) (26. Bh7+ Kxh8 27. Bf5+ Kg7 28. Bxe6 fxg5+ 29.
Kxg5 Ne4+ 30. Kh5 Rf6 $1) 26... a3 27. gxf6 (27. g6 Rd8 $19) 27... exf6 28. Rh1
(28. Bxf6 Nd5+ $19) 28... a2 29. Bh7+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Jakarta Gunadarma"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc6 11. Nf3 (11. Bb5 {Krasenkow,M}
Nfd7 $1) 11... Nbd7 12. Ne5 (12. O-O Nh5 (12... O-O 13. Nd4 Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. Be5 Ncd7 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Ba6 Nfd5 18. Bb7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rad8 20. Bxc6 Bxc3
21. Rac1 Bf6 22. a4 {1-0 Ghane,S-Mateus,M/Erevan olm (08) 1996 (30)}) 13. Ng5 (
13. Nd5 {Krasenkow,M} Rc8 14. Bg5 (14. Nc7+ $6 Kd8) 14... Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rxc5
16. Bxb7 h6 $10) 13... O-O 14. Rac1 Nxf4 15. exf4 Nxc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4
18. Bd5 h6 19. Nf3 Rfd8 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Rc7 Rd7 22. Rc8+ {1/2-1/2 Spacek,
P-Berndt,S/Berlin Neukoelln (06) 1990}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bf3 {
xKe1} (14... Bc6 15. b4 a6 16. Ke2 O-O 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. f3 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. e4 Ne5 21. Bb3 Be8 22. Ke3 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 a5 24. b5 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Yuferov,
S-Gogichaishvili,G/URS-chT/1988 (42)}) 15. e4 $2 {Sokolov tries to play for
maximum, but he will be a crucial tempo short. Sokolov versucht am Maximum zu
spielen, aber er wird ein entscheidendes Tempo vermissen.} (15. Bb5+ Kf8 (15...
Bc6 {Krasenkow,M} 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. b4 $5) 16. Rg3 Bc6 (16... Bh5 17. e4) 17.
Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rd1 (18. O-O-O $14) 18... Nh5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rg4 Rhb8 21. b3
Rb7 22. Ra4 Nf6 23. Rdd4 {Kachiani Gersinska,K-Doncevic,D/BL2-W 9596/1996/1-0 
(70)}) 15... O-O 16. Rg3 Bh5 {/\17...Rfc8 18.b4 Nxe4!;18...a5} 17. f4 (17. b4
Rfc8 18. Rc1 Nxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 Bxe5 $19) (17. Rd3 {Krasenkow,M} Rfc8 18. b4 a5
19. Na4 axb4 20. Nb6 Rxc5 $19) 17... Rfc8 18. b4 a5 19. Na4 $6 (19. Nd5 Nxd5
20. Bxd5 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rc7 22. Ra3 (22. b5 e6 $19) 22... e6 23. Bb3 (23. Bc4 {
Krasenkow,M} Rd8 $1 (23... Rcc8 24. Rb1 axb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Rxb4 $13) 24.
Rxa5 Rd4 $1 $19) 23... Rcc8 $17) 19... axb4 20. Nb6 Rxc5 21. Bxf7+ (21. Nxa8
Rxc4 22. Rb1 Nxe4 $19) 21... Kxf7 22. Nxa8 Rc2 {Despite a spare exchange white
is sitting at a hopeless mess. Trotz eine Qualität mehr besitzt Weiß eine
total ruinierte Stellung.} (22... Nxe4 23. Re3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Rc1 (25.
Rb1 Rg5 $19) 25... Ng5 $17) 23. Rb1 (23. Kf1 {Krasenkow,M} Nxe4 24. Rg2 Nd2+
25. Kg1 Nf3+ 26. Kh1 Rxg2 27. Kxg2 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Bxe5 $19) 23... Nxe4 24. Rxb4
$2 (24. Rxb4 Rc1#) (24. Re3 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxh2 26. Rxe4 Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Rxb1 $19)
0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $5 10. Nxd5 (10. Nge2 Nxc5 $5 (10... Na6 11. cxd5 Naxc5 12.
Rd1 $1 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nd4 (13. f3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Nc5) 13... Rc8 14. Rd1 (14.
f3 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Be5 Rc2 $13) 14... Bxd4 (14... Ba4 $5 15. b3 Bd7 $13 {
/\ Nc3}) 15. Rxd4 Rc1+ 16. Ke2 f5 (16... Bb5+ 17. Kf3 Bxf1 18. Rxe4 Be2+ 19.
Kxe2 Rxh1 20. d6 e6 21. Rc4 $18) 17. Rb4 Rc2+ 18. Kd1 Rc5 $13) (12. Nd4 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 12... Rc8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Nc5 15. b3 $16) 11. Nxd5 Nd3+
12. Kd2 Nxf2 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 e5 15. Bg5+ f6 $13 {פa8}) 10... Na6 11. f3
(11. Rb1 $5 Bf5 $1 $13) 11... Nexc5 12. O-O-O (12. Bg5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 f6 $11) (
12. Rb1 $5 e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 $1 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e6 16. Nc3 Nb4 (16...
f5 17. Rd1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bd6 $16) 17. Rd1 f5 18. Rd2 $1 $14)
13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Na4 $1 $13) 12... e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 g5
15. Be1 $16) 13. Nc7+ (13. Nc3 Bxc3 (13... Rc8 14. e4 $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6 16.
e5 $16) 14. bxc3 f6 $44 {/\ e5, Be6, Rc8}) 13... Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 {Black
sacrificed the pawn in order to get quick play on the diagonal a1-h8.} 15. Bd6
(15. Bg3 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na4 $132) 15... b5 $1 16. b3 (16. cxb5 Ne4+
17. Kb1 Nf2 $17) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 (18. bxa4 $2 Rxc4+ $17) 18...
Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21. c5 (21. Ba3 Rc6 22. Ne2 Rhc8 23. Rd1+ Ke8 $11
) 21... Rc6 $1 22. Ne2 {0,5/Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Tilburg/1997/} Nxc5 23. Rd1
Rhc8 {White has to take care in order to keep balance.} (23... Rxd6 24. Rxc5
$11) 24. Rxc5 (24. Bxc5+ Ke8 25. Kd2 Rxc5 $11) 24... Rxc5+ 25. Bxc5+ Ke8 26.
Kd2 (26. Rd2 Rxc5+ 27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Kd7 29. Kd3 Kc6 30. Kc4 $11) 26...
Rxc5 27. Rb1 Ra5 28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Ke8 (29... Kf6 30. Nc3 g5 $11) 30. Rb8+
Ke7 31. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL55"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1987.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1987.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Be6 {'!?'} (8... Na6 $6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 12.
O-O-O Kc6 13. Nf3 $1 Nxc5 14. Be5 $1 Nxa4 15. Bxg7 $16) 9. cxd5 {'?!'} (9. Rc1)
(9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Nd4 $5) 9... Nxd5 10. Bb5+ (10. Bxb8 Bd7 $1) 10... Nd7 11. Ne2
a6 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Nb6 Nxb6 14. cxb6 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Bc7 {'!'} Be6 17.
a3 Bf5 18. Rd1 Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Be6 $5 {N} (6... Qa5
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Bxc3+) 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Ng5 Qa5 $1 9. Qa4 (9. Nxe6 fxe6 10.
Qa4 Qxc5 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Kf7) 9... Qxa4 (9... Qxc5 10. Qb5 $1 $14) 10.
Nxa4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Rc8 $6 (11... h6 $1 12. Nf3 Rc8 $10) 12. Rd1 h6 13. cxd5 hxg5
14. dxc6 Rxc6 (14... bxc6 15. Be5 $14) 15. Bb8 $1 (15. Bxg5 Rxc5 16. Bf4 Nh5)
15... a6 16. b4 a5 $1 (16... O-O 17. Be5 $16) 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rh4 $1 19.
Be5 Rxb4 20. Bb5 Rxb5 (20... Rxc5 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxd7+ Nxd7 22. Bxg7 f6 $13)
21... Bxb5 22. Bxg7 f6 23. Nxb5 Rbxb5 24. h4 gxh4 25. Rxh4 Rh5 $14) 21. Nxb5
Rxc5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nd4 Ba4 $1 24. Rb1 e5 $1 25. Ne2 Bb5 (25... Bc6 $10) 26.
Rc1 $1 Bc4 27. f3 b5 28. Kf2 Be7 29. g4 f5 $2 (29... Rc6 30. Ng3 Ra6 31. Ra1
Ba3 $44) 30. Ng3 f4 31. Ne4 Rc6 32. exf4 gxf4 $2 (32... exf4 $14) 33. h4 $1 $16
Ra6 34. h5 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Bd8 $2 (35... Ba3 36. Re1 Bb2 37. Rh2) 36. Nd6+ Ke7 37.
Nxc4 bxc4 38. h6 Bb6+ 39. Kf1 Ra8 40. h7 Rh8 41. Rxc4 Kf7 42. Ke2 Kg7 43. Rb4
Be3 44. g5 Bc5 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46. Rc1 {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Black "Krasilnikov, Viatcheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Ne4 9. cxd5 Bd7 10. f3 Bxa4 11. fxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13. Kf2 Nd7 14. Rc1
(14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 a6 16. Rxb7 Nxc5 17. Rc7 Nxe4+ 18. Kf3 Ba5 19. Kxe4 Bxc7
20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Be5 f6 22. Nf3 fxe5 23. Rb1 $44) 14... Nxc5 15. Kf3 (15. Rxc3
$2 Nxe4+ 16. Kf3 Nxc3 17. Be5 Bd1+ $1) 15... Bb4 16. Rc4 Bb5 (16... a5 17. a3
Bd1+ (17... Bxa3 $2 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 19. Bb5+ $16) 18. Be2 Bxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxa3 (
19... Nb3 20. Rc2 Bxa3 21. Rb1 a4 22. Nd4 $1 (22. Ra2 $2 O-O) 22... b6 (22...
Nxd4+ 23. exd4 O-O 24. Ra2 Bd6 25. e5 Bc7 26. Rxb7 $16) 23. Nxb3 (23. Nb5 Bc5)
23... axb3 24. Rxb3 Bc5 25. Bc7 $1 O-O (25... Ra6 26. Bxb6 Bxb6 27. Rxb6 Rxb6
28. Rc8+ $16) 26. Bxb6 Bd6 27. Bc7 $1 {/\ e5} Ra7 $1 28. Rbc3 $1 {1-0 Braga,
F-Hansen,C/Roma 1988 (42)}) 20. Rb1 {/\ 21.Rc3 Bb4 22.Rb4 ab4 23.Rc5} Nd3 (
20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 O-O 23. Rc3 Ne4 24. Nxe4 fxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Bb4 26.
Rc7 Ra7 27. Be5 {1-0 Ballon,G-Holmes,D/Edinburgh op 1989 (31)}) (20... Kd7 21.
Rc3 Bb4 22. Rxb4 axb4 23. Rxc5 Rhc8 24. Rb5 Rc2 25. Nd4 Rc4 26. Rxb7+ Kc8 27.
Rxe7 Ra3 28. Nc6 {1-0 Bjornsson,B-Mirabile,T/World op 1995}) 21. Rxb7 Bd6 (
21... Bb4 22. Nd4 g5 23. Bg3 h5 24. Ke2 h4 25. Bc7 Nb2 26. Rc2 Na4 27. Nc6 {
1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Milos,G/Buenos Aires 1988 (35)}) 22. Nd4 a4 23. Nc6 $5 (
23. Bxd6 exd6 24. Rxa4 Ne5+ 25. Kf4 Rxa4 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 h5 $11) 23... a3
24. e5 $6 (24. Bxd6 exd6 25. Rb1) 24... a2 25. exd6 O-O $1 $17 {1-0 Novikov,
I-Schmidt,W/Poznan 1987 (47)}) (16... Ba3 $2 17. Rxa4 Nxa4 18. Bb5+) 17. Rxb4
Bxf1 18. Ne2 (18. Nh3 Ba6 $11) 18... Bxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Kd7 {This move is quite
courageous, black hopes to benefit from the central position of his king.
Unfortunatelly, his safety depends very much on the strength of the Nc5 and
pawn f7 becomes vulnerable as well. White manages to address both problems
with a bishop manouvre to e3.} (19... f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rd1 Rd8 (21... b6 $5
) 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Be5 Rd7 24. Rh4 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam 1988 
(45)}) (19... O-O 20. e5 {/\ e4+/-}) 20. e5 (20. Rc1 b6 $11) 20... h6 $6 (20...
Rac8 21. Rf1 h5 22. Bg5 Rh7 $14) 21. e4 Rac8 22. Be3 b6 (22... a5 23. Rb5 Nxe4
24. Kd3 f5 25. Rxb7+ $16) 23. Rf1 Rh7 (23... Rcf8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rb7+ $18)
24. Rc4 {Black is suddenly in great trouble with exposed pieces and lack of
coordination.} Nb7 $2 (24... h5 25. Rfc1 h4 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 $16) 25. e6+
$1 (25. e6+ $1 fxe6 26. dxe6+ Kd8 27. Rf8#) 1-0

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 (6. Bd2 $5 c5 (6...
Bxd4 $2 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. cxd5 $16) (6... dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3) 7. e3 $1 cxd4 8.
exd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Nge2 $14) 6... h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bd2 $5 dxc4 (7... c5 $5
8. e3 (8. dxc5 $2 d4 $17) (8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Qb3 $13) 8... cxd4 9.
exd4 Nc6 10. cxd5 Nxd4 11. Nge2 Bg4 12. h3 Bxe2 13. Bxe2 $14) 8. e3 Be6 9. Nf3
c6 10. Ne4 Bd5 11. Qc2 b5 12. Nc5 f5 13. Nh4 $1 Qd6 $8 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O $2
Qf6 16. g3 Qf7 $1 17. f3 g5 18. Ng2 f4 $1 19. g4 fxe3 20. Bxe3 Nf4 21. Nxf4
gxf4 22. Bf2 e6 23. b3 cxb3 24. axb3 $13 {Pinter,J-Popovic,P/Thessaloniki ol/
1988/}) 7... dxc4 (7... c5 8. e3 $5 (8. Nxd5 Nc6 $15 9. e3 Be6 $1 10. Be2 cxd4
11. exd4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 $1 14. Nf3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 $6 Bxd4 $1
$17 16. O-O Rg8 17. g3 Rd8 18. Qe2 f6 19. h3 $1 Rd7 20. Kh2 Kf7 21. Rfd1 Rgd8
22. Rc2 Qf5 23. Rcd2 e6 $4 24. Rd3 $14 {Kortchnoi,V-Vaganian,R/Reggio Emilia/
1987/1-0 (50)}) (8. dxc5 $6 d4 9. Nd5 g5 10. e4 gxh4 11. Qxh5 e6 $17) 8... cxd4
9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. d5 $1 Nd7 12. Nf3 g5 $5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4
$8 15. Nh4 $5 Ne5 16. Bb3 Qb6 $1 17. O-O Bd7 18. Re1 $6 Rac8 19. Rc2 Qa6 $1 $8
20. Rd2 Rfe8 $1 21. d6 $1 e6 $8 22. Rd4 $5 h5 $1 23. Ree4 $5 b5 $1 24. Ne2 {
Dydyshko,V-Novik,M/Katowice/1992/0-1 (51)}) (7... g5 8. e3 $1 $16) 8. e3 Be6 9.
Be2 c5 10. dxc5 (10. Bxh5 cxd4 11. exd4 gxh5 $15) 10... Nd7 11. Nf3 (11. Bxh5
gxh5 12. c6 bxc6 13. Qxh5 Ne5 $36) 11... Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nf4 14. O-O
(14. dxc5 Nxg2+ 15. Kf1 Nxh4 $17) 14... Ncd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16. Qa4+ (16. Rc2
Qxd4 $19) 16... Bd7 (16... Kf8 17. d5 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Bf5 19. Qxc4 $132) 17. Qxc4
Nxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O (18... Rc8 19. Qd5 Bc6 20. Qe5 Rf8 21. d5 $36) 19. Qd5 b5 (
19... Bc6 20. Qc5 Re8 21. Re1 g5 22. Bg3 $15) 20. Re1 b4 (20... Be6 21. Qc5 Rc8
22. Qxa7 g5 23. Bg3 b4 24. Ne4 Rc2 25. b3 $15) 21. Bxe7 (21. Rxe7 bxc3 22. Rxf7
Rxf7 23. Bxd8 cxb2 24. Qb3 Rxd8 25. Qxb2 Bc6 $19) 21... Re8 22. Re3 (22. Re4
Qb6 23. Bc5 Qc6 $17) 22... Rxe7 (22... Qb6 23. Bxb4 Qxb4 24. Qxd7 Rxe3 25. fxe3
Qxb2 26. Qc6 $17) 23. Rxe7 Be6 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Ne2 a5 (25... Bxa2 26. Rxa7
Bc4 27. Re7 Kf8 28. Re3 Bxe2 29. Rxe2 Rxd4 $10) 26. h3 (26. b3 Rc8 27. Kf1 a4
$1 (27... Rc2 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Re2 Rc1+ 30. Re1 $10) 28. Rb7 a3 29. Rxb4 Rc2 30.
Nf4 Bf5 $17) 26... Bxa2 27. f3 (27. Ra7 Bc4 28. Ng3 Rxd4 29. Rxa5 Rd2 $17)
27... Bc4 28. Kf2 a4 29. Ra7 (29. Rb7 Bxe2 (29... a3 30. bxa3 bxa3 31. Ra7 a2
32. Nc3 Rxd4 33. Ke1 Rd7 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Nxa2 Re7+ 36. Kd1 Re2 $17) 30. Kxe2
Rxd4 31. Ra7 b3 $17) 29... Bb5 30. Ra5 Be8 31. d5 Kg7 32. Nd4 Rc8 33. Nc6 $6 (
33. Ke3) 33... Bxc6 34. dxc6 Rxc6 35. Rxa4 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 Rxb2 $17 (36... Rxg2
37. Rxb4 $10) 37. g3 h5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Ra7 b3 40. Rb7 Ke6 41. Ke4 Rb1 42. Rb6+
Ke7 43. Rb7+ Kf6 44. Rb6+ Ke7 45. Kf4 b2 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Rb8+ Kd7 48. Rb7+ Kc6
49. Rb8 f6 $1 50. Rb3 Kd5 51. Rb5+ Kc4 52. Rb8 Kd3 53. Rb7 (53. Rd8+ Ke2 54.
Rb8 Kf2 55. Rb3 Kg2 56. Rb6 g5+ 57. hxg5 fxg5+ 58. Kxg5 Kxg3 59. f4 h4 60. f5
h3 61. f6 h2 62. f7 h1=Q 63. Rb3+ Kg2 64. f8=Q Qc1+ $18) 53... Ra1 $1 (53...
Ra1 54. Rxb2 Ra4+ 55. Rb4 Rxb4#) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup6"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.03.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Ne4 9. f3 Bd7 10. fxe4 Bxa4 11. cxd5 Nd7 $5 (11... Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bc3+ 13.
Kf2 Nd7 14. Rc1 (14. Kf3 Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Bxb5 16. Rxb5 b6 17. Ne2 Bg7 18. Nd4 e5
19. dxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. e5 {Lazovic,G-Jelen,Ig/Ljubljana
op (08)/1996/0-1 (51)}) (14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Rxb5 a6 16. Rxb7 Nxc5 17. Rc7 Nxe4+
18. Kf3 Ba5 19. Kxe4 Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Be5 f6 22. Nf3 fxe5 23. Rb1 {
1/2-1/2 Karasev,V-Garcia Martinez,S/Polanica Zdroj (02)/1974 (37)}) 14... Nxc5
(14... Bg7 15. c6 bxc6 16. dxc6 Nb6 17. Ba6 O-O 18. Nf3 f5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. g4
Ra5 21. Bb7 Rf8 22. c7 Nc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Rhd1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxa2+ 26. Kg3
Rf8 27. Rd7 Rc2 28. Rxe7 {1-0 Kaunas,K-Jacobs,J/Goch op (07) 1992 (39)}) 15.
Kf3 (15. Rxc3 Nxe4+ 16. Ke1 (16. Kf3 Nxc3 17. Be5 Bd1+ $1) 16... Nxc3 17. Be5
Ne4 18. Bxh8 f6 19. Bg7 Rc8 20. Ne2 Rc2 21. Rg1 Rxa2 22. Nd4 b5 23. Bd3 Ra1+
24. Ke2 Rxg1 25. Bxe4 b4 {0-1 Kupka,S-Lechtynsky,J/CSR-ch Bratislava (09)/1967
(40)}) 15... Bb4 16. Rc4 a5 (16... Bb5 17. Rxb4 Bxf1 18. Ne2 (18. Nh3 Ba6 $11)
18... Bxe2+ 19. Kxe2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Kf3 Rg8 23. Be5 Rd7 24.
Rh4 e6 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam/1988 (45)}) 17. a3 Bd1+ 18. Be2
Bxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxa3 (19... Nb3 20. Rc2 Bxa3 21. Rb1 a4 22. Nd4 (22. Ra2 $2 O-O)
22... b6 (22... Nxd4+ 23. exd4 O-O 24. Ra2 Bd6 25. e5 Bc7 26. Rxb7 $16) 23.
Nxb3 (23. Nb5 Bc5) 23... axb3 24. Rxb3 Bc5 {1-0 Braga,F-Hansen,Cu/Roma/1988 
(43)}) 20. Rb1 Nd3 (20... f5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Ng3 O-O 23. Rc3 Ne4 24. Nxe4
fxe4+ 25. Kxe4 Bb4 {1-0 Ballon,G-Holmes,D/Edinburgh op 1989 (32)}) 21. Rxb7 Bd6
(21... Bb4 22. Nd4 g5 23. Bg3 h5 24. Ke2 h4 25. Bc7 Nb2 26. Rc2 Na4 27. Nc6 {
1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Milos,G/Buenos Aires/1988 (36)}) 22. Nd4 a4 23. Nc6 (23.
Bxd6 exd6 24. Rxa4 Ne5+ 25. Kf4 Rxa4 26. Rb8+ Ke7 27. Rxh8 h5 $11) 23... a3 24.
e5 (24. Bxd6 exd6 25. Rb1) 24... a2 25. exd6 O-O 26. Nxe7+ Kg7 27. Rc1 Nxc1 28.
Be5+ Kh6 29. Ba1 {Novikov,I-Schmidt,Wl/Poznan/1987/1-0 (48)}) (11... Bc2 12.
Bb5+ Nd7 13. c6 bxc6 14. dxc6 Nb6 15. c7+ Kf8 16. Bc6 Bxb2 17. Bh6+ Kg8 18.
Bxa8 Bxa1 19. Bb7 Bg7 20. Bf4 Bc3+ 21. Kf2 Kg7 22. Nf3 {1-0 Ballon,G-Belaz,C/
Bern op (03)/1994 (37)}) 12. Rc1 Bxb2 13. Rc4 b5 (13... Bb5 14. Rc2 Bxf1 15.
Kxf1 Bg7 16. Nf3 $14) 14. cxb6 (14. Rxa4 $5 bxa4 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. c6 Ne5 17. Nf3
$14) 14... axb6 (14... Nxb6 $2 15. Rxa4 Nxa4 16. Bb5+ $18) 15. Nf3 b5 (15...
Bb5 16. Rc2 Bxf1 17. Rxf1 $16) 16. Rc7 b4 17. Bc4 Bc3+ (17... Bc2 $2 18. Bb5
Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Rd8 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Rxc2 fxe5 23. Rc7 $18) 18. Ke2
Nb6 (18... O-O 19. e5 $16) 19. Bb3 Bxb3 (19... Bb5+ 20. Kf2 Bd3 21. e5 $16) 20.
axb3 Ra2+ 21. Kd3 {The king goes to the center, since strong pawns and good
support of white pieces offer him enough protection. Der Konig marchiert zum
Zentrum, weil starke Bauern und gute Figurenunterstutzung bieten Ihm genugende
Huttung.} O-O (21... Rxg2 22. Rc6 $16) 22. Rxe7 Bf6 23. Rb7 Rc8 24. Rc7 (24.
Rxb6 $2 Rc3#) (24. e5 Bd8 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Nd5 27. Be5 $18) 24... Rca8 (
24... Rxg2 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. e5 $18) 25. Rc6 Nd7 (25... Bd8 26. Bd6 Rxg2 27.
Bxb4 $18) 26. e5 Be7 27. Rhc1 R8a5 (27... Rxg2 28. Rc8+ Rxc8 29. Rxc8+ Bf8 30.
Bh6 Rb2 31. Ke4 Rxb3 32. e6 $18) 28. d6 Bf8 29. Rc7 Nb6 30. Rb7 Nd5 (30... Rd5+
31. Ke4 $18) 31. Ke4 (31. Ke4 Nc3+ 32. Kd3 Rxg2 33. Nd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Nd7 12. Bb5 O-O 13. Bxd7 Bxd7 14. e4
f5 15. e5 e6 16. c4 Rfc8 17. c6 bxc6 18. d6 g5 {N} (18... c5 19. h4 h6 20. Nh3
a5 21. f3 a4 22. Rhe1 a3 23. Nf2 $16 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/London-Leningrad (m/
5)/1986/1-0/32/}) 19. Bxg5 Bxe5 20. c5 Bg7 21. f4 Rcb8 22. Nf3 h6 23. Bh4 (23.
Be7 $5 $16 {Popovic}) 23... Rb2+ 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. Rhc1 Rxf4 26. Rb1 Bc8 27. Ke3
Re4+ 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rd2 Bd7 30. Rb7 Ke8 31. Rd1 Bc3 32. Rdb1 e5 33. R1b3 Bd4+
34. Nxd4 exd4 (34... Rxh4 35. Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 36. Rb7+ Ke8 37. Ne6 $18) 35. Bf6 (
35. g3 $5) 35... f4 36. Rc7 Kf7 37. Rxd7+ $2 (37. Bh4 $5 Ke6 38. Rbb7 Bc8 39.
Re7+ Kd5 40. Rxe4 Kxe4 41. Rc7 Kd5 42. d7 Bxd7 43. Rxd7+ Kxc5 44. Bf6 $18)
37... Kxf6 38. Rc7 Ke6 39. Rxc6 Kd5 40. Rc7 Re3 41. Rb2 Rc3 42. d7 Rd8 43. Rb5
Kc4 44. Rbb7 d3 45. Rb1 Kd5 46. Rd1 Rxc5 47. Rxd3+ Kc4 48. Rc3+ Kxc3 49. Rxc5+
Kb4 50. Rd5 a5 51. Kf3 a4 52. Kxf4 a3 53. Rd2 Kc3 {Ftacnik} 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nxc5 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 f6
15. Nf3 Bd7 (15... b5 16. Ba2 Ne4 (16... Bf5 17. O-O Rc8 18. d6 Ne4 19. Qd5
Nxd6 20. Rfd1 Qa3 21. Nd4 Rc5 22. Qa8+ Rc8 23. Qd5 Rc5 $10 {Pekarek,A-Stohl,I/
Praha ch-CS/1986/}) 17. Qb2 Bd7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb4 Qxa2 20. Qxe4 Bf5 21. Qd4
Rc4 22. Ra1 Rxd4 23. Rxa2 Rxd5 24. Rxa7 $10 {Staniszewski,P-Jasnikowski,Z/
Polska ch/1988/}) 16. O-O b5 17. Ba2 Rc8 18. d6 (18. c4 b4) 18... Ne4 19. Bf7+
$6 (19. Qd5 Nxd6 $13) 19... Kf8 $1 (19... Kxf7 20. Qd5+ Be6 21. Qxe4 exd6 22.
Nd4 $36) 20. dxe7+ Kxe7 21. Qc2 (21. Qd3 Nxc3 22. Bb3 Bf5) 21... Nxc3 22. Bb3
b4 (22... Bf5 23. Qb2 (23. Qd2 $5 Rhd8 24. Nd4) 23... Bd3 24. Rfe1 Ne2+ 25.
Rxe2 Bxe2 26. Nd4 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1 Rc8 $1 $19) 23. Nd4 Rhd8 (23... Qb6 $5 {
/\ a5-a4 -+}) 24. f4 f5 $6 (24... Qb6 25. Qf2 Kf8 26. Qh4 Kg7) 25. Qf2 $1 Rf8
26. Qh4+ Ke8 27. Qxh7 Qb6 28. Ra1 (28. Rf3 $5 {/\ Rg3 <=>}) 28... Rc7 29. Qh4
a5 30. Rfd1 Qf6 $1 (30... Nxd1 31. Rxd1 a4 32. Ne6 Bxe6 33. Qd8+ Kf7 34. Bxe6+
Qxe6 35. Qxc7+ Kg8 36. Rd7) 31. Qe1 (31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Rxa5 Nxd1 $19) 31... a4
$19 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Rxa4 Nxa4 34. Qxb4 Nc3 35. Ra1 Ne2+ $1 36. Kf2 Nxd4 37.
Ra8+ Kd7 38. Qa4+ (38. Rxf8 Qh4+ $19) 38... Nc6 39. Qd1+ Ke7 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kachiani Gersinska, Ketino"]
[Black "Fogarasi, Tibor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Be6 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Bb5+ Bc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Rd1 Nd5 14.
Nf3 O-O 15. Nd4 Nb4 16. Ke2 e5 17. Nb3 Nxa2 18. Na5 Rb4 19. b3 e4 20. Rd7 Rb5
21. Rxa7 Rc8 22. Rb1 f5 23. Rd1 Nc3+ 24. Nxc3 Bxc3 25. Nxc6 Bf6 26. Rd6 Rxc5
27. Rxf6 R5xc6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Kd2 $18 {Der sK ist abgeschnitten. Weisser
Gewinnplan: Vormarsch des b-P unter P-Opfer am Königsflügel. Die schwarze
Verteidigung ist nicht optimal.} Rd6+ $6 (29... h5 $5 30. b4 Kf8 31. Ra2 {
Der wR strebt hinter seinen Freibauern.} Ke7 32. b5 Rb6 (32... Rc5 33. Rb2 Kd7
34. b6 Kc8 35. Rc2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Kb7 37. Kc3 Kxb6 38. Kd4 $18) 33. Rb2 Kd6 34.
Kc3 Kc5 35. h4 Rxb5 (35... Rb8 36. b6 Rb7 37. Rb1 $18) (35... Kd5 36. Kb4 Rb8
37. Rd2+ Ke6 38. Kc5 $18) 36. Rxb5+ Kxb5 37. Kd4 Kb4 38. Ke5 Kc4 39. Kf6 Kd3
40. Kxg6 $18) 30. Kc2 Rc6+ 31. Kb2 Rd6 32. b4 $1 Rd2+ 33. Kc3 Rxf2 34. b5 Re2
35. b6 Rxe3+ 36. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Alexander"]
[Black "Shmuter, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 a6 8. Nb3
e6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bg3 $1 {N/} (12. h3 $6 {Mikhalevski,
A-Tukmakov,V/Biel/1992/0:1/40/}) 12... a5 13. Bf3 a4 (13... dxc4 $6 14. Nd2 $16
) 14. Nc5 d4 15. N3xa4 (15. exd4 Nxd4 $13) 15... Nh5 (15... dxe3 16. fxe3 $16)
16. Bxc6 $1 (16. Bxh5 $6 gxh5 17. e4 h4 $132) 16... bxc6 17. e4 d3 $2 (17... f5
18. exf5 exf5 19. f4 Nf6 $15) 18. b3 f5 19. exf5 exf5 20. f4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rxa4
(21... d2 $2 22. Rc2 $16) 22. Nxa4 c5 $6 (22... Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Rd8 $16) 23. Rf3
Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Nc3 Ba6 (25... Bb7 26. Nd5 d2 27. Rc2 Bxd5 28. Rxd2 Bxf3
29. Rxd4 $18) 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Rc4 $1 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. a3
Bd4 31. Rxd3 Kf7 32. Qf3 h5 33. Qb7+ Kg8 (33... Ke6 34. Rb3 $18) 34. Qb3 Qf7
35. a4 Kg7 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. a5 Bf2 38. a6 c4 39. Rc3 Ke6 40. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2003.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 $146 {A new idea in this system. Black tries to avoid
complications after} (9... Qxc5 10. Qb3) 10. O-O {Too soft. Black now easily
equalizes.} (10. a3 $5 Qxc5 11. Nb5 {deserves serious attention, after which
the d7 knight looks misplaced.}) 10... Nxc5 11. Nb5 $6 (11. Nd4 $5) 11... Bd7 {
Black looks for more than equality after} (11... Be6 $5) 12. Ned4 (12. Qe1 Qxe1
13. Rfxe1 Nh5 $15) 12... a6 13. Bc7 $6 {Of course, it is not easy to accept
one's mistake but it was better to go back:} (13. Nc3 b5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. Bxb3
$11) 13... b6 14. Na3 {[%csl Ra3]} ({After} 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. Bg3 b5 $15 {
Black has an extra tempo comparing to the previous line.}) 14... Qb4 15. Nb3
Ne6 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 (17. Qf3 b5 18. Qb7 {is met by} Ng4 $1 19. Bxg7 Qd6 $1
20. g3 Nxg7 {and Black maintains the better prospects due do White's awkward
a3 knight.} (20... Bc6 $5 {is also interesting, e.g.} 21. Qb6 bxc4 22. Rxc4 Bf3
23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bc3 Be2 $15)) 17... b5 18. Bxe6 {It was not necessary to
give up the bishop.} (18. Bd3 Qh4 19. Nc2 $11) 18... Bxe6 19. Nd4 Bd5 $15 {
[%csl Gd5] With this strong bishop Black has a small but clear advantage.
Still, White gradually equalizes.} 20. Nac2 Qa5 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. a3 Qb6 23.
Nb4 Bb7 24. Nd3 Bf8 25. Nb3 Bd5 26. Bd4 Qb8 27. Nbc5 Qa8 28. f3 $1 Ne8 29. Qf2
f6 30. e4 Bc4 31. b3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] An unexpected blunder.} (31. Be3 $11)
31... Bxd3 $19 32. Ne6 {Despair.} (32. Nxd3 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 (33. Nxc1 e5 $19)
33... e5 $19) (32. Rxd3 e5 33. Be3 Rxc5 $1 $19) 32... Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rc8 34. Qd2
Rxc1+ 35. Qxc1 b4 36. Qd2 Bb5 37. Qxb4 Qc8 38. Nxf8 Kxf8 39. Bc5 Qd7 40. a4 Bc6
41. Qc4 Bb7 42. h3 Ng7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2342"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 14. Bxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 {About this line - see several games in CBM98, 100.} 16. Nc7
Bc6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 $2 {This is much weaker than} (17... Kh8 $1 {, which brought
Black an advantage in the following stem game:} 18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20.
Qxd3 Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg1 Rc8 $1 24. Qd6 b5 $1 25. Qe5 h6 26.
Qxb5 Qxh2 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Rxg2 $8 Qh5+ 29. f3 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qh3 $17 {0-1
Lazarev,V-Van Wely,L/Germany 2004/CBM 100/[Krasenkow,M] (46)}) 18. Bxd5 Bxd5
19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 {Of course, Black can regain some of the
material sacrificed but not all; meanwhile, the position simplifies.} Qf6 (
21... Nxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Be5 23. f4 $1 Bxf4 24. Rc4 $1 Qg4+ 25. Qf3 $16) 22. Ne4 (
22. f3 $5) 22... Qe6 (22... Qh4 {[%cal Rh4g4]} 23. h3 Qh5+ 24. f3) 23. f3 f5
24. Ng5 $18 {Black now has nothing more than a couple of checks.} Nf4+ 25. Kf2
Nd3+ 26. Kf1 Qxa2 27. Rc8 Bf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31.
Qg7+ Ke8 32. Qxg6+ Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Ke2 Nxb2 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37.
Qxf5+ Ke7 38. f4 (38. Ra1 $1 {was even nicer.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 {Black pushes the f4 bishop
from its powerful position; however, the knight finds itself (at least,
temporarily) at the edge of the board.} 6. Bg5 (6. Bd2 {(here or on the next
move) is another option for White.}) 6... h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 (7... g5 $2 8. e3) (
7... c5) 8. e3 O-O {Probably unaware of all the niceties of the main line (or
fearing a novelty from his opponent), Black simply gives up the c4 pawn
spoiling the whole idea of 5...Nh5 and ending up in a slightly inferior
position.} (8... Be6 {is certainly stronger. Black keeps his c4 pawn in order
to sell it for some positional benefits later on.} 9. Be2 (9. Nf3 c6 10. a4 Qa5
11. Nd2 Qb4 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. e4 Be6 14. Nf3 Nf4 15. Bg3 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. O-O O-O $13 {1-0 Grigutavicus,D-Hilke,L/SoLett Open
1999 (29)}) 9... Nf6 (9... c5 $6 {This gives Black some tactical chances but
eventually the weakening of his kingside proves essencial.} 10. Bxh5 (10. dxc5
$6 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 Nf4 14. O-O Ncd3 15. Bxd3 Nxd3 16.
Qa4+ Bd7 17. Qxc4 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 O-O $17 {Rogozenko,D-Horvath,J/Odorheiu
Secuiesc (02)/1993/0-1 (53)}) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 (11. Bf3 $2 dxc3 $1 12. Qxd8+
Kxd8 13. Bxb7 cxb2 14. Rd1+ Kc7 15. Bxa8 Rd8 $1 16. Be4 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18.
Rb1 c3 19. Nf3 c2 20. Ke2 cxb1=Q 21. Rxb1 Nc6 22. Nd2 Rd5 $19 {0-1 Gomez
Esteban,J-De la Villa Garcia,J/Pamplona9697 1996 (30)}) 11... gxh5 12. Nge2 Bg4
(12... Bf5 $5) 13. h3 (13. f3 $6 Bf5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 15. Qxc4 Nc6) 13... Bxe2 14.
Qxe2 Nc6 15. O-O Qxd4 16. Qxh5 O-O (16... Qe5 $14 {Jussupow,A}) 17. Rfe1 Qd6
18. Nd5 Qg6 19. Qf3 Kh8 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Bxe7 Rfc8 22. Re4 $16 {-> 1-0
Jussupow,A-Stohl,I/BL9495 1995 (33)}) 10. Nf3 (10. Bxf6 exf6 $1 $132) 10... c6
{continuing his plan of keeping the c4 pawn} 11. O-O (11. Ne5 b5 12. f4 Nd5 13.
Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Qxc3 $5 Bd5 15. O-O Nd7 16. b3 $1 Nxe5 17. fxe5 cxb3 18.
axb3 O-O 19. Bf3 g5 20. Bg3 Rc8 $44 {Leko,P}) 14... Bd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 16. Bf2
Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5 18. Rxg2 Qxg2 19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bg4 Qg2 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg4 Qg2
23. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Leko,P/Wijk 1996}) 11... O-O (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. Ne5
b5 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 a6 15. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Fogarasi,T/Zalakaros op
1994}) (8... c5 $5 {deserves attention:} 9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Na6 13. Bxc4 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Nd7 15. Nf3 a6 16. Ba4 b5 17. Bb3 e6 18.
Nd4 Bb7 19. f3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nf2 Bb7 22. Nd3 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 Villeneuve,
A-Bernard,C/FRA-ch Angers (03) 1990 (30)}) 9. Bxc4 c6 10. Nge2 {I don't see
much sense in this development of the knight. If White intentionally went to
the game variation (foreseeing the manoeuvre Nc3-b5-c7), he was probably wrong
as the present position is apparently more promising,} (10. Nf3 $5 {looks more
logical.}) 10... Nd7 11. O-O Nb6 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 {This leads to a
symmetric pawn structure, and it is not easy for White to convert his small
development advantage into something serious.} (13. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Ye4c5]})
13... cxd5 14. Nc3 Bf6 {The black g7 bishop is very passive in this structure;
therefore Black is happy to swap it.} 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 {White's remaining bishop
is "better" than Black's one but this is not a significant advantage. Control
over the c-file (and possible invasion to c7) is White's only chance in this
position.} 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Qf4 h5 18. Nb5 Bf5 {[%cal Rf5d3]} 19. Rfd1 Qb6 (
19... a6 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. f3 $14 {/\Rc3,Rdc1}) 20. Nc7 {This knight has no
"normal" way to escape from c7 but its position creates a lot of tactical
possibilities for both sides.} Rac8 21. f3 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxc1 23.
Rxc1 Qxb2) 21... Rfd8 22. Qe5 (22. Rc5 e5 $5 23. Qg5 (23. Qxe5 $2 Nd7) 23...
exd4 24. exd4 Rxc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qxf6 Rd6 {=/+/=}) 22... Rd6 $5 {Black
tries to get rid of White's pressure in a tactical way.} 23. Qxe7 Rc6 24. Rxc6
(24. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxc1 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 $19) 24... Qxc6 25. Nb5 $2 {
Underestimating Black's possibilities. Black now recaptures the initiaive.} (
25. e4 $142 $1 Bxe4 (25... Rxc7 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. exf5 gxf5 $14 {although it is
not easy for White to make use of the weakened position of the black king
because of lack of attacking pieces.}) 26. fxe4 Rxc7 27. Qd8+ Kg7 28. exd5 Qb6
(28... Qd7 29. Qb8 $14) 29. d6 Rd7 30. Qxb6 axb6 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7]} 31. Rc1 Rxd6
32. Rc7 Nd7 33. Rxb7 Rxd4 34. Kf2 Rd6 $14 {[%cal Yd7e5] Black's position is
solid but White's bishop is stronger than the black knight and White has some
chances to make use of his queenside pawn advantage.}) 25... Qxb5 26. Qxf6 Bc2
$1 {The point! With the exchange of bishops Black seizes the 2nd rank and
creates a strong counterplay.} 27. Re1 (27. Rc1 Qe2 $1 28. Qg5 (28. Qe5 Qd2) (
28. Qe7 Qd2) 28... Qd2 29. Rf1 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rc2 $17) (27. Bxc2 Rxc2 $17 {
[%cal Rb5e2]}) 27... Bxb3 28. axb3 Qb4 (28... Rc2 $5 {deserved serious
attention to maintain both pairs of major pieces on the board.} 29. e4 $140 Qb4
$1 30. Rd1 dxe4 31. fxe4 Qxb3) 29. Re2 Rc2 $1 (29... Rc1+ 30. Kf2 Qxb3 31. Qe7
Qd1 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ $11) 30. Kf2 Rxe2+ 31. Kxe2 Qxb3 {As a result of the
complications, Black obtains a queen endgame with an extra pawn (the b2 pawn
will fall); however, White maintains good chances for a perpetual check as it
is not easy for Black to protect both his king and his pawns a7,b7 and d5.} 32.
Kf1 $6 ({I would prefer to centralize the queen:} 32. Qe5 $1 {with ideas Qe8+
and Qb8+.}) 32... Qxe3 (32... a5 33. Qe7) 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxd5 Qc1+ 35. Kf2
Qxb2+ 36. Kg3 a5 $2 (36... Qb6 {was the way to prevent a perpetual, with
excellent chances to win. Perhaps, both players were under time-pressure.}) 37.
Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qd5 Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kh7 40. Qd5 Kh6 41. Qe5 Kh7 {Black can't avoid
the repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 {About this line - see CBM93, annotations to
Seirawan-Nakamura.} O-O 11. Bc4 (11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Rc2 Qa1+ 13. Qd1 Qa5+ 14. Qd2
Qa1+ 15. Qd1 Qa5+ 16. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Kudrin,S/San Diego 2004/CBM 105 
(16).}) 11... Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. e4 Qa3 {A new idea: to avoid the queen
exchange in this position. However, it leads to dangerous consequences for
Black.} (13... a5 14. Ne2 a4 15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qa1+ 18. Nc1 Na6
19. Be3 Qb1 20. Ba2 Qb4 21. f3 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nxa2 24. Nxa2 e6 25.
d6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Nakamura,H/Seattle 2003/CBM 093/[Krasenkow] (63)})
14. Nf3 (14. d6 $5) 14... Qxc5 15. d6 Qa3 16. Bxf7+ $1 (16. Ng5 e6 $13) (16.
dxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. Ng5 {[%cal Rf4d6]}) 16... Kh8 $8 (16... Kxf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18.
Rxc8 $1 Qb3 $1 19. dxe7 $1 Rxc8 20. Qd8+ Rxd8 21. exd8=Q+ Bf8 22. O-O $18) (
16... Rxf7 17. Rxc8+ Bf8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd5 $18) 17. Bg5 {Off the target!} (
{After} 17. Ng5 $1 e5 (17... Nc6 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Bd6 $18) (17... h6 18. dxe7
Qxe7 19. Bd6 $18) 18. Be3 Bh6 (18... h6 19. h4) 19. h4 {Black had little
chances to survive.}) 17... Nc6 18. dxe7 {Now Black is definitely out of
danger.} (18. Rxc6 bxc6 (18... Rxf7 19. dxe7) 19. dxe7 {is met by} Bh3 $3 20.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 {although after} 21. O-O (21. Nh4 $2 Rxf7 {[%cal Rg7c3]}) 21...
Rxf7 22. Bf4 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6] White maintains a positional advantage due to
Black's weak pawns.}) 18... Nxe7 19. Rc7 Qa1+ {Black is content with a draw.} (
19... Rxf7 $5 20. Bxe7 Qa1+ 21. Rc1 Qb2 22. Qd8+ Rf8 $13) 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rc7
Qa1+ 22. Ke2 $6 {A desperate attempt to play for a win.} Qxh1 23. Bxe7 Bg4 {
After this move the position simplifies and a draw becomes inevitable.} (23...
b6 $1 {would have made White regret about his 22nd move.} 24. Bxf8 Ba6+ 25. Bc4
Bxc4+ 26. Rxc4 Rxf8 27. Qg5 Qb1 $17 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6,Re2]}) 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h3
Bxf3+ 26. gxf3 Qxh3 27. Rxb7 Qc8 28. Bd5 (28. Rxa7 $4 Rxf7 29. Rxf7 Qc4+) 28...
Qc5 29. e5 $4 {A crazy, losing move.} (29. Qb4 Qc2+ 30. Qd2 $11) 29... Bxe5 (
29... Rd8 $142 $1 30. e6 Rxd5 31. Rb8+ Bf8 32. Rxf8+ Kg7 33. Rf7+ Kg8 $19) 30.
Qh6 Bc7 31. Kf1 Rb8 $4 {Missing White's reply and the win.} (31... Rf4 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rc5d5]} 32. Be4 (32. Qh3 Rf5 33. Be4 Qc1+ 34. Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Kd1 Rd5+ $1
$19) 32... Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Rg4+ 34. fxg4 Qxh6 35. Rxc7 Qf4 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. f3 a5
$19 {_|_}) 32. Qh4 $1 (32. Qg5 $143 Qd6) 32... Qc1+ (32... Qxd5 $4 33. Qf6+ Kg8
34. Rxc7 $18) 33. Kg2 Qf4 $8 34. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Site "Zalaegerszeg"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.04.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14.
bxc3 f6 15. g4 {About this line - see CBM93, annotations to Hertneck-Joachim.}
O-O-O $1 {A simple move proving that 15.g4 had no sense at all.} (15... h5 $5
16. g5 $6 e5 17. Bg3 h4 18. Bf2 fxg5 19. Rd5 e4 $1 20. Rxg5 Bf5 $17 {1-0
Hertneck,G-Joachim,S/Tegernsee GER 2003/CBM 93 (40)}) 16. g5 Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 128]
Starting an attack of the white king.} 17. Re1 fxg5 18. Bxg5 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Rxd3
20. Bf6 Re8 $1 {[%cal Ye6e5]} 21. Nh3 (21. Be5 Red8 $1 22. Bd4 (22. Ne2 $142
Rxe3 $17) 22... e5 $1 23. Bxe5 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kb2 Bc6 $19) 21... e5 {
The f6 bishop doesn't defend the white king anymore and Black consequently
completes his attack.} 22. Ng5 Rxc3+ 23. Kb2 Rc2+ 24. Ka3 Nc5 25. Rd1 (25. Nxh7
Re6 $19 {->}) 25... Re2 26. Rde1 Rd2 27. f4 Bc6 28. Rhf1 Nd7 29. fxe5 Nxe5 30.
e4 h6 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rf8+ Kc7 33. Rf7+ Kb6 34. Rb1+ Ka6 35. Nf3 Ra5+ 36. Kb3
Rd3+ 37. Kb2 Bxe4 38. Ne1 Rd2+ 39. Kc3 Bxb1 40. Kxd2 Rxa2+ {Is it time for
White to give up this line?} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 14. Bg5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] A new idea in this sharp line. White gives up his bishop "for
free" (instead of the e5 pawn) but Black obtains less attacking possibilities.}
(14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxa8 {was examined in several CBM issues: CBM98, 100, 101.})
14... Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nxa8 Na5 {It's a question whether Black can try to
trap the opponent's knight by means of} (16... Qd7) 17. Qb5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd7 (
18... e4 $5) 19. Qb4 e4 (19... Qe6 20. Nc7 $18) (19... a5 20. Qxf8+ Bxf8 21.
Rxg4 Nxg4 22. Nb6 $18) 20. Qxb7 {This leads to complications, quite
satisfactory for Black.} (20. Nc7 $5 Bc6 $1) 20... Be6 {[%cal Cc4d4,Cb7a7,
Re6c4,Re6d5]} 21. Rd4 Nd7 $1 22. Rxd7 (22. Rxe4 Nc5 23. Rxg4 Nxb7 24. Rb4 Nc5
25. Rb5 Nd3+ 26. Ke2 (26. Kd2 $2 Nxf2) 26... Bc4 27. Nc7 Ne5+ 28. Kd1 Bxb5 29.
Nxb5 Rb8 {gives Black an excellent position.}) 22... Bxd7 23. Nc7 Be5 {[%cal
Cg3e4,Re5g3,Rf8c8]} 24. O-O Qxh4 (24... Rc8 {was worth trying, immediately
creating counterplay.} 25. Nd5 Kg7 (25... Rc2 26. Nxe4 $1) 26. Qxa7 Bb5 27. Re1
Bxg3 28. fxg3 Qxg3 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Rd1 Bd3 $132) 25. Qxa7 Bxb2 {The material
balance has been restored; the pair of bishops gives Black good chances but
White's a-pawn should not be underestimated.} (25... f5 {deserved attention
with the same motif - to create a counterattack at once.}) 26. a4 Be5 27. a5
Bc6 28. Qb6 Rc8 $6 {Missing a possibility to force a draw, Black finds himself
in a difficult position.} (28... Bxg3 $1 29. fxg3 Qxg3 30. Qxc6 (30. Rc1 Rd8) (
30. Rd1 Rc8) (30. a6 Rc8 {- in all cases White must play} 31. Qxc6 {with a draw
}) 30... Qxe3+ 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Qh6+ 34. Kg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf2 Qd2+
$11) 29. Qxc6 Bxg3 (29... Bxc7 30. a6 Qd8 31. Rc1 $18) 30. fxg3 Qxg3 31. Qxe4 (
31. Rxf7 $2 Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qxe3+ 33. Rf2 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qxc8
Qh4+ 37. Qh3 Qf4+ 38. Qg3 Qh6+ 39. Kg1 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 31... Qxc7 32. a6
{With this strong passed pawn White has fair winning chances, however,
diminished by the fact that his king is unsafe and exposed to perpetual check.
White must therefore try to trade the queens.} Qa7 33. Ra1 Rd8 34. Kh1 Ra8 35.
Qc6 Rb8 36. Qd6 Ra8 37. Ra3 Rc8 38. Kh2 Ra8 39. Kg1 Rc8 40. Rb3 {White
prepares to attack Black's "second weakness" - the f7 pawn.} Qc7 {Black loses
patience but the queen exchange would happen sooner or later anyway:} (40...
Ra8 41. Qf6 Re8 42. Rb6 $1 (42. Kh2 Re6 43. Rb7 Rxf6 44. Rxa7 Re6 $11) 42...
Rc8 43. Kh2 Qc7+ 44. Qd6 $1 Qxd6+ (44... Qa7 45. e4) 45. Rxd6 Ra8 46. e4 Kf8
47. e5 $16) 41. Qxc7 Rxc7 42. Ra3 Ra7 {[%mdl 4096]} 43. Kf2 {[%cal Rf2e2,Re2b5]
} Kf8 {[%cal Yf8e7,Ye7d6,Yd6c7,Yc7b8] Black's king is aiming to b8 to free his
rook} 44. e4 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd4 f6 (46... h5 47. e5+ Kc7 $1 (47... Kc6
$143 48. Ke4 Kb6 49. Kf4 {the a6 pawn is taboo} Kb5 50. Kg5 Kb6 51. g3 Kc5 52.
Kf6 Kd4 53. Ra5 Kc4 54. e6 fxe6 55. Kxg6 Kd4 56. Kxh5 e5 57. Kg4 e4 58. Ra3 $18
) 48. Kc5 Kb8 {was probably an easier way to a draw.}) 47. Kc4 Kc6 (47... Kc7
$6 48. Kd5 {ia now risky}) 48. g3 (48. Rf3 f5 $1 49. exf5 Rxa6 50. fxg6 Ra4+
51. Kb3 Rh4 52. g3 Rh5 53. g4 Rh4 $11 {- what acrobatic tricks!}) 48... h5 49.
Ra2 (49. Rf3 f5 50. exf5 gxf5 51. Rxf5 Rg7 $1 $11 (51... Rxa6 $2 52. Rf6+ Kb7
53. Rxa6 Kxa6 54. Kd5 Kb7 55. Ke6 Kc7 56. Kf6 $18)) 49... Kb6 50. Rf2 Rc7+ $2 {
Black unnecessarily helps the white king to reach the kingside. After pawn
exchanges White will keep his g-pawn in a R+P vs R endgame and win it as the
black king will be too far away.} (50... f5 $1 {was enough for a draw, e.g.}
51. Rb2+ (51. e5 $6 Rxa6 52. Kd5 Kc7 53. Rb2 Ra3 54. Ke6 Rxg3 55. Kf7 Re3 56.
e6 h4 57. e7 h3 58. e8=Q Rxe8 59. Kxe8 g5 {and Black is not worse}) (51. exf5
gxf5 52. Rxf5 (52. Ra2 Rxa6 53. Rxa6+ Kxa6 54. Kd4 f4 55. gxf4 Kb5 $11) 52...
Rg7) 51... Kc7 (51... Kxa6 $6 52. e5) ({but} 51... Kc6 {is possible, too}) 52.
Kb5 fxe4 53. Re2 Kb8 54. Rxe4 Rf7 55. Re6 Ka7 56. Rxg6 Rf5+ $11) ({Even} 50...
Rxa6 {appears sufficient:} 51. Rxf6+ Kb7 52. e5 Ra5 (52... Ra4+ 53. Kd5 Rg4 54.
Ke6 Rxg3 55. Kf7 Re3 56. e6 Kc6 {is probably good enough, too. Black will
eventually give up his rook but his king will break through to support his
pawn(s).}) 53. Kd4 Kc7 54. Rxg6 Kd7 55. Rg5 (55. Ke4 Ra1 $11) 55... Ra3 56. Kd5
Ke7 57. Ke4 Ke6 58. Rg6+ Kf7 {and this must be a draw.}) 51. Kd5 Rc5+ 52. Kd6
Rc6+ (52... Rg5 53. Rxf6 Rxg3 54. e5 {is lost for Black as, unlike in the line
in the previous annotation (50...Ra6 with 52...Ra4), his king must still
capture the a6 pawn and will not manage to support his pawns.}) 53. Kd7 Rc7+
54. Ke6 Rc6+ 55. Kf7 g5 $8 56. Rh2 $1 {Black can't get rid of all white pawns!}
Kxa6 (56... Rc4 57. Kxf6 Rxe4 58. Rxh5 g4 59. Kf5 Ra4 60. Rg5 $18 {[%cal Ca4a6,
Yg5g4] e.g.} Kc7 61. Rxg4 Rxa6 (61... Ra5+ 62. Ke6) 62. Rd4 $18) (56... h4 57.
gxh4 gxh4 58. Rxh4 Kxa6 (58... Kc7 59. Rf4) 59. Rf4 $18) (56... Rc3 57. Kxf6
Rxg3 58. Rxh5 (58. e5 $6 g4 59. Rxh5 Rf3+ 60. Kg7 Kxa6 61. e6 Re3 62. Kf7 g3
63. Rg5 Rf3+) 58... g4 59. Kf5 Rg1 (59... Kxa6 60. Rg5 $18) 60. Rg5 g3 61. Kf4
g2 62. Kf3 $18) 57. Rxh5 Kb7 (57... Kb5 58. g4 Kc4 59. Rh6 Kd4 60. Rxf6 $18 {
[%cal Of6c6,Yf7g6]}) (57... Rc3 58. g4 Rg3 59. Kxf6 Rxg4 60. e5 $18) 58. g4 Kc7
59. Rh1 (59. Rh6 Rc4 60. Kxf6 Rxe4 61. Kxg5 Kd7 62. Rf6 $18) 59... Rd6 60. Ke7
Rc6 61. Rd1 Rb6 62. Rf1 (62. Rd7+ Kc8 63. Rd6 Rb4 64. Kxf6 $18) 62... Rc6 63.
Rd1 Rc4 (63... Rb6 64. Rd7+) 64. Kxf6 Rxe4 65. Kxg5 Ra4 66. Kh5 {An excellent
illustration of the outside passed pawn in the rook endgame!} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 $1 {
A strong move, after which White can easily get into trouble.} (7... dxc4 {
-see Gabriel-Oral in CBM74.}) 8. e3 (8. Nxd5 Nc6 9. e3 Be6 $1 10. Be2 cxd4 11.
exd4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nf3 Nxd4 $17 {Kortschnoj,V-Vaganian,
R/Reggio Emilia 1987}) (8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxd4 Qa5+ 11. Rc3 Nb4 12.
Qd2 Bxd4 13. Rc4 Bb6 14. Rxb4 Qxa2 $36 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Borge,N/Copenhagen
1998/CBM 65 ext (27)}) (8. dxc5 d4 9. Nd5 g5 $17) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd5 (9. exd4
dxc4 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 g5 12. d5 gxh4 13. dxc6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Tisdall,J-Elsness,F/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (31)}) 10. d5 (10. Bxc4 $142 O-O
11. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 10... O-O 11. Bxc4 Nf4 $1 (11... Nd7 12. Nf3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3
14. hxg3 g4 15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. O-O Bd7 $13 {1-0 Wengholm,A-Karlsson,L/
SWE 1995/EXT 2002 (43)}) 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Nd7 (13... Nxg2+ $3 14. Qxg2 Qf4
$17) 14. Kf1 b6 $4 15. Nce2 $16 {0-1 Biliskov,V-Rade,M/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 
(31)}) 9... Nc6 10. exd4 Bxd4 (10... O-O $143 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. b4 Qa3 13. Bxh5
gxh5 14. Ne2 $16 {1-0 Zaja,I-Rade,M/Mravinci 1995/EXT 98 (33)}) (10... Be6 $5)
11. Qd2 (11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxd4 O-O $44 {with a big development advantage for
Black.}) 11... g5 12. Be2 {White tries to equalize with the help of tactics.} (
12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 $15) (12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4 $17) 12...
Nf6 $1 13. Nf3 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 13... Bb6 $6 {Wrong!} (13...
Ne4 $142 $1 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 gxh4 16. Qxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 h3 $3 $17 18. Rxb2
$140 $2 hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rg8+) 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 16.
Bg3 Ba5+ 17. Kf1 {[%csl Rh1] Black is still better due to White's passive h1
rook but must now play accurately.} f5 (17... Be6 $142 18. h4 (18. Bd6 O-O-O
19. c5 Bc7 $17) 18... O-O-O $15) 18. Bd6 Be6 19. Ne5 $1 {This important
simplifying resource would have been impossible in the event of 17...Be6.}
O-O-O (19... Nd4 $6 20. c5) 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bc5 (21. c5 Bc7) 21... f4 {
Who cares about the stupid a7 pawn? Who could predict that White's queenside
pawns would become an important factor in the future?} (21... Rd2 22. Be3 Rxb2
$2 23. Bd4) (21... Bb6 $142 22. Bb4 Rhe8 $36) 22. Bxa7 Rhe8 $6 {Obvious but
not necessarily the best.} (22... Rd2 $142 23. Bc5 Kb7 $1 (23... Re8 24. b4 {
-see game}) 24. b4 Bb6 {to get rid of White's important bishop.}) 23. Bc5 Rd2 {
The black rook has invaded the second rank but the white c5 bishop,
underestimated by Black, now holds up White's whole position!} 24. b4 Bc7 {
[%csl Gc5,Rc7] Now just compare the activity of the dark-squared bishops!} 25.
g4 $1 f5 (25... h5 26. h3 {[%cal Rg4h5]}) 26. h3 h5 {Black desperately tries
to make use of his development advantage but has too few resources.} (26...
Rxa2 27. Bf3 {[%cal Yf1g2]}) 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Bxh5 Rh8 29. Bf3 Rxh3 30. Bxc6
Rxa2 31. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 32. Kg1 $16 {So, after all the complications White is
simply a pawn up.} Bd7 33. Bd5 g4 34. b5 f3 35. Bd4 {In the time trouble White
starts playing too timidly.} (35. b6 Bf4 36. Re1 Re2 (36... Kb8 37. Bd4 $18)
37. b7+ Kb8 38. Ra1 Kc7 39. Ba7 $18) 35... Bf4 36. Rd1 $2 {It looks that White
needn't hurry but Black finds a fantastic defensive resource!} (36. b6 $1 {
was still quite strong:} Rd2 (36... Bxc1 $2 37. b7+) 37. b7+ Kb8 38. Ra1 Ba4
39. Ba7+ $1 Kxa7 40. Rxa4+ Kb6 41. c5+ $18) 36... Re2 $1 37. b6 $2 {At last
but now this move lets the win go...} (37. Ba7 $1 {was the last chance for
White to win:} Be6 (37... g3 38. Bxf3) 38. Bc6 $1 Bxc4 39. b6 Rb2 (39... Ba6
40. Bd7+ Kb7 41. Bxg4) 40. b7+ Rxb7 41. Bxb7+ Kxb7 42. Rd4 $18) 37... Be6 $1 {
The exchange of the light-squared bishops is the key to Black's defense! After
that 1) the white b-pawn is less dangerous; 2) Black starts threatening ...g3.}
38. Bc6 (38. Be3 Bxd5 39. Bxf4 Bxc4 40. Rc1 Re4 $11) (38. b7+ Kb8 39. Ba7+ Kxa7
40. Ra1+ Kb6) 38... Bxc4 $11 39. Bc5 Rb2 40. Bd7+ Kb7 41. Bf5 (41. Bxg4 Be2 42.
Ra1 Rb5 {and Black is by no means worse.}) 41... Kc6 42. Bd4 (42. Bd4 Rb5 43.
Be4+ Bd5 44. Bf5 $11 g3 45. fxg3 Bxg3 46. Rc1+ Kb7 47. Bc8+ Kb8 48. Ba6 f2+ 49.
Bxf2 (49. Kf1 Bc4+) 49... Bxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Rxb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9900"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2000.03.12"]
[Round "12.5"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 {This move was introduced
by Vaganian in his game against Korchnoi (Reggio Emilia 1987/88). Black pushes
the white bishop from its active position but his own knight takes a poor
square at the edge of the board. It doesn't look essential as Black needs only
one tempo to bring the knight back but how often it is exactly what he lacks!
The present game is probably one of the clearest examples.} 6. Bd2 c5 (6...
dxc4 {is possible, too:} 7. e3 c5 (7... c6 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 Nhf6
11. e4 Nb6 12. h3 Be6 13. b3 Nfd7 14. Be3 f6 15. O-O Bf7 16. a4 Nc8 17. Qc2 e6
18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. b4 $16 {Stohl,I-Banas,J/Trnava-B 1989/1-0 (38)}) 8. dxc5 (8.
Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 {-6...c5}) 8... Nd7 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Qxc4 Ne5 11. Qd5 Be6 12.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 $44 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. b3 Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Rac8 16. Nce4 Bb2 17. Rc2 Ba3
18. Bc4 Bf5 {1/2:1/2 Schlosser,Ph 2420-Groszpeter,A 2500, Munchen 1989}) 7. e3
(7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nb5 Na6 9. Qb3 $1 {is interesting:} O-O 10. e4 Bd7 {[%cal
Yd8b6] looks more appropriate: if} (10... e6 $2 {this standard move is not
good here} 11. d6 Qb6 (11... Bd7 12. Nc7) 12. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Rd2a5]} d3 {
Black gives up a pawn not wishing to retreat with} (12... Qd8) 13. Bxd3 Bd7 14.
Be3 Qd8 15. Nf3 $16 e5 16. O-O Nf4 17. Bc4 Qf6 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. e5
Qf5 21. Nd5 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-David,P/Wch-stud Odessa 1990 (34)}) 11. Qa3 {then
} (11. a4 b6 $5 {[%cal Ya6c5]}) 11... f5 $5 {justifying 5...Nh5}) (7. dxc5 {
is crucial} d4 8. Na4 $5 (8. Ne4 a5 $5 $44 {[%csl Re4] Stohl,I preventing 9.b4}
) (8. Nd5 e6 (8... Na6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 e6 12. Nb4 Nxb4 13. Bxb4
a5 14. Ba3 e5 15. c6 Re8 16. Qa4 bxc6 17. Qxc6 Be6 18. e3 a4 {1/2-1/2 Paunovic,
T-Zakic,S/Belgrade GMA 1988}) 9. Nb4 O-O 10. Nf3 a5 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e4 dxe3 13.
Bxe3 e5 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. Qb3 e4 16. Nf4 Nd4 17. Qd1 (17. Qxb7 Rb8) (17. Bxd4
Qxd4 18. Nxh5 gxh5 $36) 17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Qc8 19. Be2 e3 $5 20. Bxe3 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 Bxb2 22. Rd1 Bc2 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxb2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 Bf3 26. Rd6 Re8 27.
Qf6 Qxc5 {0-1 Balogh,P-Stohl,I/SVK-chT 1994}) 8... Nf6 (8... Bd7 $5 {[%cal
Yd7c6]}) 9. g3 Bd7 10. b4 (10. Bg2 Bc6 $44) 10... Ne4 11. Nf3 (11. Bg2 $5 f5 (
11... Nxd2 $2 12. Bxb7) (11... Bc6 $2 12. b5 Nc3 13. bxc6 $1 $18)) 11... Nxd2
12. Nxd2 Bc6 13. Nf3 d3 14. exd3 Bh6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Nc3 Qe6+ 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18.
dxe4 Qxe4+ 19. Be2 Nc6 20. Qd3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 O-O-O 22. Be4 Nd4 $44 23. O-O
Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rd4 25. c6 bxc6 26. Bxc6 Rxc4 27. Bd5 Rc2 28. Bxf7 Rd8 29. Bb3
Re2 30. Rfe1 Rdd2 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Bd2 {
Komarov,D-Mikhalevski,V/Kiev Platonov 1995/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. d5 (9. Bxc4 {is another possibility as it is risky for Black to take
the d4 pawn:} O-O (9... Bxd4 $2 10. Nb5 Bb6 11. Qb3 $36 {/\} O-O 12. Bh6 Ng7
13. Qc3) (9... Qxd4 $6 10. Nb5 Qe5+ $8 11. Be2 $1 Nc6 12. Bc3 $14 {Stohl,I})
10. Nge2 (10. Nf3 $6 Bg4 11. O-O Nc6 12. d5 Nd4) (10. d5 {leads to the main
line with 9.d5}) 10... Nc6 11. Be3 b6 $5 {Stohl,I This has not yet been tested
in practice.}) 9... O-O 10. Bxc4 Nd7 (10... Nf6 {, waiting for the development
of the white knight, deserves attention:} 11. Nf3 (11. Nge2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Ne8
13. O-O Nd6 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nd4 Qa5 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. a3 Nfe4 19.
Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Ba2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Bf6 {Lauber,A-Gustafsson,J/
Bundesliga 1999-2000 1999/0-1 (49)}) 11... Bg4 $5 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 {
[%cal Rd7e5,Yd7b6,Ya8c8]} 14. Bb3 (14. Qe2 Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14... Nc5 15. Bc2
Qb6 $132) 11. Nf3 a6 (11... Nb6 {is less accurate as after} 12. Bb3 Bg4 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {it turns out that the black knight has occupied the b6 square
too early (comparing to the previous line).} Rc8 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. O-O {Now
Black can't capture on d5!} Qd7 17. Rcd1 $1 $14 Nbxd5 $2 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb4
{Stohl,I}) 12. a4 (12. O-O b5 13. Bb3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bb7 $36) (12. a3 b5 13. Ba2
Nb6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yc8b7,Yh5f6]}) (12. Be3 Nhf6 $1 13. a4 b5 $1 14. axb5 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qe2 axb5 17. Bxb5 (17. Nxb5 Ba6) 17... Bb7 18. Bc4 {1/2-1/2
Venturino,M-Nizynski,M/corr 1991} (18. Bc4 Qc5 $1 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. O-O Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. b4 Qb5 24. Qxe7 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf8 $11 {Nizynski,M})
) 12... b5 $1 {The point of Black's equalizing plan.} 13. axb5 Nb6 14. b3 axb5
{recapturing the d5 pawn} 15. Nxb5 (15. Bxb5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bc6 Qe6+
$15) 15... Nxd5 16. O-O Bb7 {This move was recommended by Igor Stohl instead of
} (16... Nb6 17. Bb4 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Bd7 18. Re1 (18. Qe1 $6 Nxc4 19. Bxe7 Re8
$1 20. Bxd8 Rxe1 21. Rfxe1 Nb2 $17) (18. Qe2 Nxc4 19. bxc4 Re8 20. Rfd1 Qc8 $13
{Stohl,I}) 18... Nxc4 19. bxc4 (19. Bxe7 $2 Nb2 $19) 19... Re8 20. Qb3 $5 $13 (
20. Qe2 Bc6 21. Bxe7 $6 Qd7 $40) (20. Ne5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Qxd1 22. Rcxd1 Reb8 $1
$11 {Stohl,I}) 20... Bc6 21. Rcd1 Qc8 {[%cal Rh5f4]} 22. Ne5 $6 (22. Bxe7 Nf4
23. Bd6 $8 Qg4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 $44 {^^Stohl,I}) 22... Bxe5 $5 23. Rxe5 Nf4 24.
Qg3 (24. f3 Nxg2 $1) 24... f6 $1 25. Ree1 Nxg2 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Qe6 28.
Nd4 $1 Qxe7 29. Nxc6 Qe2 $11 {0-1 Stohl,I-Ilincic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1989 (50)})
17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc7 (18. Bc3 $11) 18... Bxf3 $2 {A tactical oversight: the
white f3 knight is placed poorly and Black shouldn't exchange it, of course.} (
18... Rb8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. b4 $11) 19. Qxf3 Ra7 20. Rfd1 $1 {the point
certainly overlooked by Black} Qb8 (20... Rxc7 $2 21. Ba5 Rxc1 22. Bxd8) 21.
Nd5 {White's pieces, unlike Black's (the h5 knight etc.), are now well
co-ordinated and his chances are preferable.} e6 22. Nb4 Rb7 (22... Ra3 $5 {
only temporarily prevents 23.Nc6:} 23. Rb1 (23. Nc6 Qxb3) 23... Qb6 24. Nc6 $14
{The h5 knight is still out of play!}) 23. Nc6 Rxb3 {Black simplifies the
position hoping for the drawish correlation of forces in the endgame but even
then the ill-fated h5 knight plays its fatal role!} ({After} 23... Qa8 {
I would suggest} 24. Bc3 $5 {preventing Nf6-d5 and exchanging the bishop which
protects the dark squares around the black king. This "second weakness" (in
addition to the passed b-pawn) could be essential in further fight.}) 24. Nxb8
Rxf3 25. Nd7 $1 Rd3 26. Nxf8 Bxf8 27. Rc8 {[%cal Rc8f8] A funny position. Both
sides suffer from unpleasant pins but for White it's a "semi-pin", which can
turn into a discovered attack!} Rd7 (27... Rd5 28. Kf1 {[%cal Rd2h6] doesn't
change much, e.g.} h6 29. Ke1 Re5+ 30. Be3 {[%cal Rd1d8]} Kg7 31. Kf1 {[%cal
Re3d4,Re3h6] and Black loses a pawn.}) 28. Kf1 {White is now threatening
Bd2-h6, at once or rather after29.Ke2 (see annotation to move 27!).} f6 (28...
Ng7 29. Bb4 $1 $18) (28... Rd5 29. g4 $5 {the simplest} Nf6 (29... Nf4 30. Bxf4
Rxd1+ 31. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Rf4h6]}) 30. Bh6 Rxd1+ 31. Ke2 Nd7 32. Kxd1 f5 33.
gxf5 gxf5 34. Rd8 {and after the pawn moves are exhausted Black will have to
resign. With the text move Black parries the 29.g4 threat but gets out of the
frying-pan into the fire.}) {[%tqu "En","Now find a decisive continuation for
White.","The poor position of the h5 knight lets Black down once again.","",
"c8f8","",10,"g2g4","",0]} 29. Rxf8+ $1 (29. g4 {doesn't work now because of}
Nf4 30. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 31. Ke2 Rd7 32. Bh6 Rg7 $1 {and Black can survive} (32...
Rf7 33. f4)) (29. Bh6 {is not convincing, either:} Rxd1+ 30. Ke2 Ng7 31. Kxd1
e5 {[%cal Yg7e6]}) 29... Kxf8 30. Bh6+ Rg7 (30... Ke8 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. g4 {
The irony of fate! The knight is trapped on an empty board!}) 31. g4 Ke7 32.
gxh5 {The rest is easy.} Rg8 33. Ra1 e5 34. Ra7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 g5 36. Rb7 Rh8
37. Bg7 Rxh5 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Bxf6 Rh6 40. Bd8 Rxh2 41. Bxg5 Rh5 42. Be3 Rh4
43. Kg2 Ra4 44. Kf3 Rc4 45. Bg5 Ra4 46. Rf6+ Kg7 47. Re6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Beletsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[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 "Ekaterinburg Max Ven"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 dxc4 6. e4 O-O $6 {Too passive.}
(6... c5 {is the normal move and if} 7. d5 {then} b5 $1) 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5 (8.
dxc5 {is harmless:} Qa5 9. Nge2 $6 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Nxc3 Nc6 12. Qe2 Qxc5
13. Nd5 e5 14. Bg5 Qd4 15. Rfd1 Bg4 $1 16. Rxd4 Bxe2 17. Re4 Bxc4 18. Rexc4 f6
$17 {1/2-1/2 Zude,E-Pribyl,M/Germany 2000/CBM 75 ext (43)}) 8... a6 9. Be2 {
preventing eventual ...Nh5} b5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Nf3 $16 {Black has no
compensation for White's pawn center.} Bb7 12. O-O Nb6 13. d6 exd6 14. exd6 b4
{Black should rather think about his development:} (14... Re8) (14... N8d7) 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Nd7 17. Bg5 $1 f6 $2 (17... Qe8 18. Be7 Bxb2 {, obtaining a
pair of bishops and some counterplay for the exchange, was a better option
than weakening the kingside.}) ({On the contrary, after} 17... Bf6 $6 18. Bxf6
Nxf6 19. Rxc5 Qxd6 20. Qxb4 {Black has no sufficient compensation for the pawn.
}) 18. Be3 {[%csl Rg7]} Re8 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20. Qb3 Qb6 21. Nd2 Qxd6 $2 {Loses at
once but after, say,} (21... Bc6 {Black's position is very difficult anyway.})
22. Nc4 {A consequence of 14...b4!} Qe7 ({Or} 22... Qe6 23. Nd6 Qxb3 24. axb3
Rxe3 $8 25. fxe3 Bc6 26. Bf3 $1 {and White easily wins.}) 23. Nd6 Bc6 $2 24.
Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "VISA Nordic GP Final"]
[Site "Gentofte"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 {This move is connected with completely different ideas,
copating to 9.Nf3. Still, it's too passive and yields Black good counterplay.}
Qxc5 10. Qb3 (10. Nb5 $5 {is another option for White:} Qb4+ (10... Be6 {
,quite playable in case of 9.Nf3, now doesn't work due to} 11. Qb3 $18 {
threatening 12.Bxe6 as the c1 pawn is protected!}) 11. Kf1 a6 $1 (11... Ne8 12.
a3 Qxb2 13. Rc2 Qf6 14. Bxf7+ Qxf7 15. Rxc8 e5 16. Bg3 Qe6 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18.
Nc7 Qf7 19. Nxa8 Nc6 20. h3 Rxa8 21. Kg1 $11 {Inkiov,V-Rytshagov,M/Ano Liosia
op 1993/1/2-1/2 (40)}) (11... Ne4 12. a3 Nd2+ 13. Kg1 Qxb2 14. Rc2 Nxc4 15.
Rxb2 Nxb2 16. Qc2 Na6 17. Nbd4 e5 18. Qxb2 Nc5 19. h4 Nd3 20. Qb5 Nxf4 21. Nxf4
exf4 22. h5 fxe3 23. fxe3 Bg4 $44 {1-0 De Firmian,N-Wolff,P/New York op 1987 
(33)}) (11... Na6 12. a3 Qa5 13. b4 Qd8 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nbd4 Nh5 16. Bg5 Kf8
17. f3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. g4 gxh4 20. gxh5 Bh3+ 21. Kf2 {1-0 Soln,P-Skok,J/
Ljubljana op 1993 (39)} Rac8 $11) 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxb1 14. Qxb1 axb5 15.
Bxb5 Rxa3 16. Qb2 $8 (16. Bxb8 $2 Ne4 17. Qe1 Ra1 18. Nc1 Bb2 $19 {Dydyshko,V})
16... Ra8 17. Be5 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. h3 $15 {1/2-1/2 Dydyshko,V-Begun,S/
USSR 1990}) 10... Nc6 {The most natural move. Alternatives are:} (10... e5 $6
11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Bxf6 (12. Qb5 Qxb5 13. Bxb5 Bd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Ne4 Be7 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 b6 19. Rc3 Nb8 {1/2-1/2 Lima,D-Wittmann,W/
Thessaloniki olm 1988 (27)}) 12... Bxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. N2c3 Bg7 15. Qa4 Kh8
16. O-O f5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Nc5 Na5 19. Rfd1 Nxc4 20. Qxc4 b6 21. Na6 Bb7 22.
Ndc7 Qg5 23. Qf1 f4 24. Ne6 {Hoang Than Trang-Piankov,E/Budapest FS05 IM 1994/
1-0 (52)}) (10... Qa5 11. O-O Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. a3 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
e6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nec5 Rab8 19. Qa2 Be8 $11 {Kraidman,
Y-Schmidt,W/Nica (ol) 1974/1/2-1/2 (77)}) (11... Na6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc5
14. Qc4 Ne6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Bg3 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rac8 $11 {0-1 Klimek,W-Christ,R/
Bargteheide op 1989 (28)}) 12. Rfd1 Nc5 (12... a6 13. a4 Ne5 14. Nd5 $1 Nxc4
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Nxc8 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Raxc8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qxb7 $16 {
Timoshenko,G-Pelletier,Y/Open, Ubeda ESP 1998/1-0 (35)}) 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5
Be6 $1 15. Be5 (15. Nc7 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rad8 {Lagunow}) 15... Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Ne6
17. f3 a6 18. Nbd4 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Lagunow,A-Konopka,M/BL2-N 1994}) 11. Nb5 {
Starting an attack but White's development is insufficient for such an action.}
Qh5 12. Ng3 (12. Nc7 {doesn't succeed:} Rb8 13. Nd5 (13. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 14. Rxc6
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 (15. Rc3 Nh5 16. Na6 Nxf4 17. Nxb8 Be6 18. Qxb7 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Bxc3
$19 {Hoang Than Trang-Hjelm,N/Budapest FS06 IM 1993/0-1 (56)}) (15. Qc3 Qxc3+
16. Rxc3 Nh5 $1 $17) 15... e5 $1 {/\ 16... bc6, 16... ef4} (15... Ne4 16. N7d5
Nxc3 17. Nxe7+ $2 (17. Rxc3 $1 Be6 18. Bxb8 Bxd5 $17) 17... Kf8 18. Rxc3 Bxc3+
19. bxc3 Rxf4 $1 20. exf4 Kxe7 21. O-O Be6 $19 {0-1 Zlochevskij,A-Krasenkow,M/
USSR 1989 (35)}) 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne8 exf4 18. Nxf6+ Kf8 $19) (13. Na6 Qa5+
14. Nc3 Ra8 15. Nc7 e5 $1 $17) 13... e5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bg3 Na5 $15) {
With the intermediate text move White prevents Qa5+ but his f4 bishop is now
in danger.} 12... Qh4 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Nc7 g5 $5 {An important novelty.} (13...
e5 {leads to unclear complications after} 14. Bxe5 ({but not} 14. Bh6 $2 Bxh6
15. Nxa8 Ng4 16. Nc7 Nd4 $1 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. Nd5 Ngxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxe3 20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kf6 22. fxe3 Nxg3 $19 23. Rc4 Qh5 24. Qd3 Be6 25. Rg1 Bxc4 26.
Qxc4 Qxh2 {0-1 Piskov,Y-Dvoirys,S/RUS-chT Podolsk 1992}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxa8
Bd7 $44) 14. Nf5 $2 {This is not a good idea. A crucial position arises after}
(14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 (16... Qa5+ 17. b4 Nxb4 18. O-O Bc6
19. Qc7) 17. Qc7 (17. Ne4 Qxg2 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd7 Qxh1+ 20. Bf1 Ne5 $19)
17... Rxa8 18. Ba6 $13) 14... Bxf5 15. Bg3 Nd4 $1 {A powerful counterblow.
White's delay in development leads now to tragic consequences. The queen
retreats were much weaker:} (15... Qh5 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 (16... Na5 17. Qb5 Nxc4
18. Qxf5) 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18. Be2) ({or} 15... Qh6 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. Qxb7 Rc8 18.
Bb5 {, both favourable for White.}) 16. exd4 (16. Qxb7 $2 Rab8 $1 17. Qxb8 (17.
Qxa7 Qe4 18. Qxd4 Qxg2 19. Rf1 Ne4 $40) 17... Nc2+ 18. Rxc2 Rxb8 19. Bxh4 Bxc2
20. Bxg5 Ne4 21. Bxe7 Rxb2 22. O-O Nd2 $19) (16. Qd1 Qe4 $17) 16... Qe4+ 17.
Kf1 Rac8 $19 {[%csl Rh1] Now White is practically a rook(h1) down, so the game
is over.} 18. Rd1 (18. Re1 Qxd4 19. Rxe7 Ne4 20. Kg1 Qc5 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22.
Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Qd1 Nxg3 $19) 18... Qc6 19. Bb5 (19. d5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 axb6 {
[%cal Rf6e4]} 21. d6 exd6 22. Nd5 (22. Bxd6 Rfd8) 22... Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bc2 24.
Rd2 Rfe8 25. f3 Bd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rc1+ 27. Kf2 Rxh1 $19) 19... Qb6 20. Bc4 Qa5 (
20... Ne4 $6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nd5) 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfd8 23. Bc4 (23. Ba4
Ne4) 23... e6 (23... Rd7 24. Rc1 Ne4 $19) 24. d5 Ne4 25. d6 Rxc7 26. dxc7 Rxd1+
27. Ke2 Rd2+ (27... Rd2+ 28. Ke1 e5 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qh5 (10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 {is the most popular
move order. See games Dreev-Svidler and Tregubov-Oral in CBM92.}) 11. Nb5 Na6 {
This attempt to avoid the main line} (11... Nc6) {is hardly appropriate as
this knight will have problems entering the game.} 12. Ng3 {This knight will
have to retreat.} (12. O-O $142 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Rfd1 Nec5 15. Qa3 Be6 16. f3
Qg6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Nec3 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. b4 $16 {1-0 Agdestein,S-Bae,T/
Roros 2002/CBM 89 ext (27)}) 12... Qh4 13. Nd4 Nd7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 {White has
damaged Black's pawn structure but, as often happens, a pair of bishops
guarantees Black a sufficient compensation.} 15. Nge2 e5 16. Bg3 Qf6 17. Nc6
Re8 18. O-O Nb6 19. Rfd1 Bd7 (19... Bg4 $142 $1 20. f3 Bd7) 20. Qc3 Rac8 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] An
approximately equal ending has arisen.} 25. b3 Kf8 26. f3 Ke7 27. Kf2 Kd6 28.
e4 f6 29. Ke3 a5 30. f4 Bb2 31. Rc2 Ba3 32. Kd4 a4 33. e5+ fxe5+ 34. fxe5+ Ke7
35. Nf4 axb3 36. axb3 a5 37. g3 a4 {Black only thinks of a draw but it was
better to make White take care of it:} (37... g5 $5 38. Ra2 Bb4 39. Nd3 Be6 40.
Nxb4 axb4 41. Ra7+ Nd7 42. Rb7 Bxb3 43. Rxb4 $11) 38. bxa4 Bxa4 (38... Nxa4 {
was much simpler.}) 39. Rc7+ Bd7 40. Rb7 {Black probably missed this move
hoping for} (40. e6 Kd6 41. Rxd7+ Nxd7 42. exd7 Kxd7 $11) 40... g5 $2 {Panic
on move 40!} ({After} 40... Bb2+ {Black was still out of danger:} 41. Kc5 (41.
Kd3 Na4) (41. Ke4 Nc4) 41... Na4+ 42. Kd5 Nc3+ 43. Kc4 Nb5 $11) 41. Rxb6 gxf4
42. gxf4 {Now, with two connected passed pawns, White gradually wins
especially as Black helps him a lot.} Bf5 43. Kd5 Bc1 44. Rb7+ Ke8 $6 (44...
Kd8 $142 45. h4 $1 $18 {_|_} ({but not} 45. e6 Bxf4 46. Rd7+ Kc8 $1 47. Rf7
Bxe6+ 48. Kxe6 Bxh2)) 45. e6 h5 $2 {Resistance could be continued by} (45...
Bxf4 46. Rf7 Bxh2 47. Rxf5 Bg3 {although this endgame is theoretically winning
for White.}) 46. Ke5 Bg4 47. f5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Hrokurinn"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2003.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. e4 {An unusual, quite risky plan. White
starts immediately moving his pawns, not scared of Black's passed a-pawn.} (11.
Bc4 {[%cal Yc4a2] and}) (11. Nf3 {are main theoretical moves.}) 11... Nd7 12.
c4 $6 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 14. Re1 a5 {Quite a logical attempt to
push the a-pawn as far as possible.} (14... e5 $5 {, to create a dark-square
blockade, is the other possible plan for Black, looking, however, less
promising.}) 15. Nf3 a4 16. Bd3 a3 17. Bc2 a2 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 O-O 20. f3
$6 {Losing tome, White gets into trouble.} (20. Nd3 $5 Nxe4+ 21. Rxe4 a1=Q 22.
Rxa1 Rxa1 23. Rxe7 $44 {White should not lose here.}) 20... f5 $1 {Logically
played. As the a2 pawn distracts the white pieces from the k-side, Black opens
up a second front.} 21. Nd3 Nxd3 22. Bxd3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25.
Ra1 b5 26. Rhd1 $6 {White is in danger and must play very carefully. The text
move gives Black good winning chances.} (26. Kc3 $5 bxc4 (26... Rg5 27. g3) 27.
Rhd1 Ra3+ $1 28. Kb2 $1 (28. Kb4 Rb3+ 29. Kxc4 Rb2 $17) 28... Rb3+ 29. Kc1)
26... Rg5 $1 (26... Ra3 27. Kc1 $1 bxc4 28. Kb2) 27. g3 (27. g4 bxc4 28. Kc3
Ra3+ 29. Kxc4 Rxf3 $17) 27... Ra3 {[%cal Ga3f3]} 28. Kc1 bxc4 29. f4 Rh5 30.
Rd2 Rc3+ 31. Kb2 Rd3 32. Rc2 c3+ $2 {This lets Black's chances slip.} ({
A difficult move} 32... e6 $3 33. Rxa2 (33. Rxc4 Rxh2+ 34. Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Kxc2
Rxg3 36. dxe6 Kf8 $19) (33. dxe6 Rb5+ 34. Kc1 (34. Kxa2 Ra5+ $19) 34... Rb1+ $1
35. Rxb1 Rd1+) 33... exd5 34. Ra7 Rf5 {gave Black, with two connected passed
pawns, excellent chances to win.}) 33. Kb3 Rd2 34. Raxa2 Rhxh2 35. Kxc3 Rxc2+
36. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 37. Kxc2 $11 Kf7 38. Kd3 Kf6 39. Kd4 (39. Ke4 {was good enough:}
h5 (39... h6 40. g4 h5 41. Kf3) 40. Ke3 Kf5 41. Kf3 g5 42. fxg5 Kxg5 43. Ke4 $1
Kg4 44. Ke5 $11) 39... h6 40. Kc5 g5 41. fxg5+ hxg5 42. Kc6 Ke5 43. Kd7 Kxd5
44. Kxe7 Ke5 45. Kf7 Kf5 46. Kg7 Kg4 47. Kg6 Kxg3 48. Kxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Bc6 {A fresh move order, instead of the theoretical lines} (
9... dxc4 {and}) (9... Ne4) 10. Nf3 O-O (10... Nbd7 11. O-O-O dxc4 12. Ne5 $13
{1-0 Elsness,F-Kolas,T/NOR 1998/EXT 99 (43)}) 11. Rc1 (11. Ne5 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 $11) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 {A typical position has arisen,
where Black tries to regain material using his development advantage.} 13. b4
a5 14. a3 axb4 15. axb4 Nh5 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 {was more accurate.}) 16.
O-O (16. Nd5 Nxf4 17. exf4 {was possible now, although after} Kh8 $1 18. Nd2
Rfd8 19. Ke2 e6 20. Ne3 b5 {Black's bishop pair compensates his material
deficit.}) 16... Nxf4 17. exf4 Bxf3 (17... e6 $6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. b5 Bd5 20.
Bxd5 exd5 21. Nb3 Ra3 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Kf8 25. Rfd1 $16 {
1/2-1/2 McMaster,R-White,I/Torquay 2002/CBM 91 (28). (27)}) 18. gxf3 {Of
course, with his triple pawns White can hardly make use of his material
advantage. Black should, however, defend carefully as White's queenside pawns
are very strong.} Ra3 19. Ne2 Nf6 20. Kg2 e6 21. Rfd1 Nh5 (21... Rfa8 $5 22. b5
Kf8 {[%cal Yf8e7]}) 22. Rd6 Re8 23. Rcd1 Raa8 24. Bd3 Red8 25. Be4 Rxd6 26.
Rxd6 (26. cxd6 Bf8 27. Bxb7 Rd8 28. d7 Bxb4 $11) 26... Ra2 27. Bd3 Bf8 (27...
Nf6 $5 28. Rb6 Rd2 29. Bb5 Nd5 30. Rxb7 Nxb4 $11) 28. Rb6 (28. Rd7 Rb2 $1 29.
Rxb7 Bxc5 $11) 28... Rd2 29. Bb5 Rb2 30. Bd3 (30. Rxb7 Rxb4 31. c6 Bd6 32. Rd7
Rxb5 33. Rxd6 Rc5 $11) 30... Rd2 31. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 $5 {A curious exchange sacrifice completely changing
the character of the position.} (10. bxc3 {-see Agdestein-Thiel in this issue.}
) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qa1+ (11... f6 12. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 13. Bc4 Qb1+
14. Ke2 $44 {Stoica,V}) 12. Kd2 O-O 13. Bh6 f6 14. Nf3 Rf7 15. Rg1 Qa4 16. Bc4
Na6 17. d6 e6 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. e4 $44 {1-0 Cherepkov,A-Zdrojewski,W/Leningrad
1990/EXT 97 (44)}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ (11... Qa5 $5 12. Rc2 Qxc5 13. d6 Qf5 14. dxe7
Re8 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. Ng3 Qf6 $11 {0-1 Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/Internet Chess Club
blitz 2002/EXT 2003 (37)}) 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. e4 (13. Qxb2 Bxb2 14. Rc2 Ba3 15.
Be2 (15. Bd3 Nd7 16. c6 Nc5 $15) 15... Bf5 16. Rc4 Rc8 17. e4 Bd7 18. Be3 Bb5
19. Rc2 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Bxe2+ 21. Kxe2 $6 (21. Nxe2 Nd7 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Ne5
24. Nd4 $11 {Stoica,V}) 21... Nd7 $15 {Nutu_Gajic,D-Peptan,C/Timisoara 1993}) (
13. Nf3 $5 a5 14. Nd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bc7 a4 18. Rc3 Bf5
19. f3 Rc8 20. Bb6 Bd7 21. Ra3 Be5 22. Rc1 e6 $13 {0-1 Piket,J-Svidler,P/
Eurotel Trophy rapid 2002 (36)}) 13... a5 {This pawn fails to come where it
aims.} (13... Qa3 $5) 14. Ne2 a4 15. Rc2 Qa1+ (15... Qa3 16. d6 {is now quite
late.}) 16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Rc2 Qa1+ 18. Nc1 Na6 19. Be3 Qb1 20. Ba2 Qb4 21. f3
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Nb4 23. Rc4 Nxa2 24. Nxa2 e6 25. d6 Bb2 $6 {Now the exchange
sac leads to a pleasant endgame for White.} (25... Bd7 $142 26. Rb1 Bc6) 26.
Rb1 a3 27. Rb4 e5 28. R4xb2 axb2 29. Rxb2 $14 {[%csl Gd6,Rf6]} Bd7 30. Nb4 Bc6
31. Nxc6 bxc6 32. Rb6 Rac8 (32... Rfc8 33. Bg5 Ra7 34. Bf6) 33. Bh6 Rfd8 34.
Bg5 Rd7 35. Bf6 Kf8 36. Bxe5 Ke8 37. Ke3 Ra7 38. Kf4 Kd7 39. Kg5 Ke6 40. Bd4
h6+ $1 (40... Ra2 $2 41. Rb7 Rxg2+ 42. Kh6 Re8 43. Kg7 $18) 41. Kf4 (41. Kxh6
f6 $1 42. Kxg6 Rg8+ 43. Kh6 Rh8+ $11) 41... Ra4 42. Ke3 Ra3+ 43. Ke2 Ra2+ 44.
Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Bc3 Ra7 46. g4 f5 47. gxf5+ gxf5 48. Kd4 Ra4+ 49. Bb4 fxe4 50.
Kxe4 {[%csl Gf3]} Rf8 51. f4 h5 (51... Ra2 52. Rb7) 52. h4 $6 (52. Rb7 Rf7 53.
Rb8 $14) 52... Re8 ({Black could have created strong counterplay by} 52... Rg8
$1 53. Rb7 Rg3 $1 ({but not} 53... Rg4 $2 54. Kd3)) 53. Kd4 (53. Rb7 $1 {
,followed by Kd3, was a better chance. White should activate his rook and get
rid of the pin.}) 53... Rf8 54. Ke4 Re8 (54... Rg8 $1) 55. Kd4 (55. Rb7 $1)
55... Rg8 $6 {Both players were probably under time pressure. Black evades the
repetition of moves trying to fish in troubled waters.} 56. Kc4 Rc8 $6 (56...
Rg4) 57. Rb7 {White has got the desired arrangement.} Ra2 58. Re7+ Kf5 59. Kb3
Ra1 60. Kb2 Ra4 61. Kb3 Ra1 62. Kb2 $6 (62. Bc3 $14 {and White could continue
playing for a win.}) 62... Ra4 63. Kb3 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Oral, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 g5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc7 Rxa8 18. Ba6 Qg4 {'!' Cifuentes,R. An
attempt to repair the line.} (18... Ne8 {-see Dreev-Svidler in this issue.} 19.
Qxd7 Qa5+ 20. b4 Nxb4 21. O-O Qxa6 22. Nf5 Nxa2 23. Rc6 Qa5 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25.
Nc8 Qb4 26. Rc4) 19. O-O $6 {Not a good reaction. White should have boldly
played} (19. Rxc6 {, in all variations keeping his extra pawn, with no
sufficient compensation for Black:} Nd5 (19... Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qb4+ 21. Qc3) (
19... Ne8 {'!' Cifuentes,R.} 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ 23. Kf3
$14 Rd8 24. Nf5 Qe5 (24... Bf6 $2 25. Rd1 $1) (24... Bf8 25. a4 e6 26. Nd4 Bg7
27. Rd1 $1) 25. g4 Nf6 $13 {Cifuentes,R} (25... e6 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Qxe8+ Bf8
28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Qxf7+ Kxh6 30. Qxf8+ Qg7 31. Qf4+ Qg5 32. Bc4 $16)) (19...
Qb4+ 20. Rc3 Nd5 21. Qxd7 Nxc3 22. O-O $1) 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2
Qxb2+ 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. Rd1 $14) 19... Nd5 20. Qb7 (20. Be2 $2 Qe6 $1 21. Qb7 Rb8
22. Qa6 Bxb2 $17) 20... Rb8 21. h3 Rxb7 22. hxg4 Rxb2 $15 {Now it is White who
has no sufficient compensation for his material deficit.} 23. Rfd1 e6 (23...
Ncb4 $1 24. Bb7 (24. a3 Bxg4 25. f3 Bh6 26. axb4 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1
Be6 $17) 24... Nxa2 25. Bxd5 Nxc1 26. Bf3 Be6 27. Rxc1 a5 28. Nf5 a4 29. Ra1
Ra2 $1) 24. e4 Nb6 (24... Ncb4 $5 25. exd5 Nxa6) 25. Nh5 (25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26.
Rxc6 Rxa2 $15 {[%csl Ga7]}) 25... h6 $6 (25... Ne5 $1 {was correct although
fighting for the advantage requires a lot of tactical skill from Black:} 26. a4
Nxg4 $1 (26... Ra2 27. Bb5 Bxb5 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. axb5 Nxg4 30. f3 Ne5 31. Rc3
$1 $132 {[%cal Rf3f4]}) 27. a5 (27. Nxg7 Bxa4 $1 28. Nh5 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Kf8)
27... Nxf2 $1 28. axb6 (28. Nxg7 Nxd1 29. Rxd1 Kxg7 30. axb6 Rxb6 $19) (28. Rf1
Bd4 29. axb6 Nxe4+ 30. Kh2 axb6 $19) 28... Nxd1 29. bxa7 (29. b7 $2 Bd4+) (29.
Rxd1 Rxb6 30. Rxd7 Rxa6 31. Rd8+ Bf8 32. Nf6+ (32. e5 f5 33. Rd7 Bc5+ 34. Kh2
Kf8 35. Nf6 Be7 $17) 32... Kg7 33. Nh5+ (33. e5 Be7 34. Rg8+ Kh6 35. Ng4+ (35.
g4 Bxf6 36. exf6 Ra2 $17) 35... Kh5 36. Rg7 Ra4 37. Nf6+ Bxf6 38. exf6 h6 $17)
33... Kh6 34. Rxf8 Kxh5 35. Rxf7 Kg6 $17) 29... Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Bxa7 31. Rxd1 Be8
32. Nf6+ Kf8 $15 33. Rd8 $140 Ke7) (25... Rxa2 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxc6 Bd4 28.
Kh2 Rxf2 $15) 26. Nxg7 (26. a4 $5) 26... Kxg7 27. a4 Na5 28. Rc7 Bxa4 29. Rd6
Bb5 $2 {Giving up a pawn for nothing.} (29... Kg6 30. f4 Bb5 $15) 30. Bxb5 Rxb5
31. Rxe6 Nac4 32. Ree7 Ne5 33. f4 Ned7 $2 {After this move Black is in serious
trouble.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 33... Nxg4 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. g3 (35.
Kf1 Nc4 $5) 35... a5 $132 36. Rb7 Kh5 37. Rf5+ Rxf5 38. exf5 Nc4 39. Kg2 Nd6)
34. e5 (34. Rcxd7 {led to a drawish endgame as White could not save his e4
pawn after} Nxd7 35. Rxd7 Rb4 36. Re7 Kf8 37. Re5 f6 38. Re6 Kf7 $11 {and} 39.
f5 $2 {is impossible in view of} Rb6) 34... a5 $2 {The rook endgame a pawn
down is lost for Black.} (34... Rd5 {was a must but after} 35. e6 Kf6 36. Rxf7+
$1 (36. Rexd7 $2 Nxd7 37. exd7 a5 $11) 36... Kxe6 37. Rh7 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 {
White has good winning chances.}) 35. Rexd7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Rb4 37. g3 Kf8 38.
Ra7 Ra4 39. Kg2 Ra3 40. Ra8+ Ke7 (40... Kg7 41. f5 Ra2+ 42. Kh3 a4 43. f6+ Kg6
(43... Kh7 44. e6 $18) 44. Rg8+ Kh7 45. Rg7+ $18) 41. Ra6 Ra1 42. Kf3 {Black
resigns as White's king marches to f5 securing an easy win.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Thiel, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 {This old line became popular after the famous
game Petrosian-Fischer (candidates match, Buenos Aires 1971). However, its
popularity didn't stay long as it turned out that White maintained a small but
steady edge.} 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Ne2 (12. Nf3 {is more popular, with idea} Nxc5
13. Be5 {. The text move is considered less promising.}) 12... Nxc5 (12... Ne5
13. Ba2 Qxc5 (13... Bf5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd4 Qxc5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. O-O Qa5
18. Qc2 f4 19. c4 $1 fxe3 20. c5 Qd2 21. Qa4+ Kf8 22. Rcd1 Qe2 23. d6 $1 {
1-0 Petrosian,T-Fischer,R/Buenos Aires (m/2) 1971 (32)}) 14. O-O (14. c4 Bf5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 Perun,S-Gerasimchuk,O/Kiev 1998/EXT 2000 
(16)}) 14... O-O 15. c4 a5 16. e4 Qb4 17. Qc2 Qa3 18. Nc3 Bd7 $13 {0-1 Farago,
I-Filipovic,B/Banjaluka 1981/Inf 31 (39)}) 13. f3 (13. O-O {was seen in
practice, too:} O-O (13... b5 $6 14. Ra1 Qb6 15. Rfb1 Bd7 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Qd3
Nxf2 18. Kxf2 bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qf6 20. Ra6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,J-Gulko,B/Lvov
1978/MCL (34)}) (13... Ne4 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Bxd6 exd6 16. Qe4+ Kf8 17. Nd4 Bd7
18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bb5 Re8 (19... Bf6 20. c4 Kg7 $13 {Veingold,A-Malaniuk,V/USSR
1982/Inf 35 (24)}) 20. Qd3 Bf6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Rb3 Kg7 23. Rfb1 Re7 $11 {
0-1 Farago,I-Tseshkovsky,V/Banja Luka 1981/MCL (31)}) (13... e5 14. dxe6 Bxe6
15. Ra1 Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Rxa7 O-O 20. f3 Rd2
21. Nd4 Rc8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Piesina,G/Barnaul 1984/MCD (27)}) (13... Qa4
14. Ba2 e5 15. Bg3 O-O 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rb1 b5 18. e4 Rfc8 19. d6 Qa5 20. Bd5 $36
{1-0 Agzamov,G-Sideif Sade,F/Tashkent 1980/MCL (45)}) 14. f3 (14. Nd4 $142 {
-see 13.Nd4}) 14... e5 $1 (14... Bd7 15. Ra1 Na4 16. Rfc1 Qc5 17. Bb3 Nb6 18.
Kh1 e5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Szymczak,Z-Zakic,S/Trnava 1989/EXT 97 (30)}) 15. Bg3 b5 16.
Ba2 Qb6 17. Kh1 a5 18. e4 Ba6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Rashkovsky,N-Mikhalchishin,A/URS
1984/EXT 2000 (24)}) (13. Nd4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 (14... e5 15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Nxe6
Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qd7 Qd5 19. Qa4 b5 20. Qa6 Qc4 21. Rb1 Rf5 22. Qb7 Rd8
23. Qxa7 Bxc3 24. Qb6 Re8 25. Bd6 b4 26. Bxb4 Rb5 27. Qxb5 Qxb5 28. Bxc3 Qd3
29. Be5 Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Abarca Aguirre,M-Milos,G/Corrientes 1985/EXT 2001 (29)})
15. Ra1 (15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Ra1 Qd8 17. Qa2 Ne4 $36 18. Ne6 $2 Nxc3 19. Qb3 Qb6
20. Nxg7 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Nxd1 22. Ne6 fxe6 23. dxe6 Bb5 {0-1 Horvath,T-Berebora,
F/Szekszard 1993/EXT 98 (23)}) 15... Ne4 16. Qc2 Qxc3 17. Qxe4 Qxc4 18. Rac1
Qb4 19. Rb1 Bf5 20. Qxf5 Qxd4 21. Qd7 Qf6 22. Rxb7 Rfd8 $6 (22... a5 $142 $132)
23. Rxa7 $1 e6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. dxe6 Qxe6 27. h3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Malisauskas,V-Peelen,P/Groningen 1990/CBM 22 (52)}) 13... b5 14. Ba2 O-O 15. e4
{This is more consistent than} (15. O-O e5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh4 Bd7 18. e4 Rac8
19. Bf2 Rfd8 20. Be3 Bf8 21. Ra1 Bd6 22. h4 Qc7 $15 {Van Scheltinga,
T-Mikhalchishin,A/tm/1978}) 15... Bd7 (15... e5 {should be considered, too.})
16. O-O Rfc8 17. Rc2 Na4 18. Rfc1 Nb6 19. d6 exd6 20. Qxd6 Bf8 21. Qf6 Nc4 22.
Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Ra2 $6 {Grandmaster tries to complicate the position.} (23. Be5
Qb6+ {led to equality.}) 23... Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qb6 25. Qg5 Qe6 26. Rca1 f6 27. Qg3
Ra4 28. Rxa4 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4]} 29. Bc1 Qb3 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Nd4 Bxd4 $6 {
It was not wise to strengthen White's centre.} (31... Qc4 {lead to an
excellent position for Black.}) 32. cxd4 Rc2 (32... Qc3 $5) 33. Qa5 $6 (33. d5
$142) 33... Qb5 $4 {A blunder after which White starts a decisive attack (in
time-trouble?).} (33... Qb6 $1 {gave Black the upper hand. White had to
exchange queens or play back} 34. Qe1) 34. Qd8+ Be8 35. Bh6 {[%cal Rd8e7,Rd8f6]
} Kf7 36. Qd6 a3 37. d5 g5 38. Qf8+ Kg6 39. Qg7+ Kh5 40. g4+ Kh4 (40... Kh4 41.
Bxg5+ fxg5 42. Qxh7+ Bh5 43. Qxh5#) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Joachim, Sven"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 {For this line, introduced by GM P.Svidler, -see opening
survey by Ftacnik in CBM61. Black sacs a pawn but obtains a development
advantage and an active position. His other options are:} (9... Na6) (9... dxc4
) 10. Nxd5 (10. Rc1 $6 {was also seen in practice:} Nxc3 ({or} 10... Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Nxc5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 e5 17. O-O
Ke7 $15 {0-1 Sinkovics,P-Borisek,J/Budapest 2001/CBM 83 ext (29)}) 11. bxc3
dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. O-O e5 15. Bg3 f6 16. Nd2 Nxc5 $15 {0-1
Ballon,G-Mikhalevski,V/Vienna 1998/EXT 2000 (31)}) (10. Nge2 Nxc5 {is
considered good for Black. Nobody has yet tried to test it.}) 10... Na6 11. f3
Nexc5 12. O-O-O {Castling "into attack".} (12. Rb1 $5 {is more common now,
with the following options seen in practice:} e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4
Kf7 15. Nc3 f5 16. Nge2 Nd3+ 17. Kd2 Rxc4 (17... Ne5 18. b3) 18. Nd4 $1 Bxd4
19. Kxd3 Bxc3 20. Kxc4 Rc8+ 21. Kd3 $2 (21. Kb3 $1 Be6+ 22. Ka3 Bb4+ 23. Ka4
Bd2 $44) 21... Bb5+ 22. Kc2 Bf6+ 23. Kd2 Rd8+ 24. Kc1 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Kc1
Bxf1 27. Bxf6 Bxg2 28. Rg1 Bxf3 29. Bc3 Be4 30. Ra1 Nc5 $19 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,
I-Shahade,G/New York 2002/EXT 2003 (35)}) 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Na4 $1 (14...
O-O $6 15. Bd6 Rfc8 16. b3 $1 b5 $1 17. cxb5 a6 18. b6 Rc6 19. Bc7 Bc3+ 20. Kf2
Ba5 21. Bc4 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Ne2 $16 {1/2-1/2 Summerscale,A-Rowson,J/
Edinburgh 1999/CBM 71 ext/[Rowson] (75)}) 15. Bd6 Nxb2 (15... a6 16. b3 Nc3 17.
Rc1 a5 18. a4 Ra6 19. Bc5 Na2 20. Rc2 Rc6 21. Bd4 e5 22. Ba1 Nb4 23. Rd2 Na6
24. Be2 Nc5 25. Bd1 $14 {1-0 Novikov,I-Kudrin,S/Toronto 1998/CBM 65 ext (47)})
16. Ba3 Na4 17. Rxb7 Bf8 $1 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne2 Ke7 20. Nd4 Nc5 (20... Rfb8
$2 21. Nc6+) 21. Rb4 (21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Nb3 a5 23. Kd1 Ba4 $15 {0-1 Rat,
D-Okhotnik,V/Zalakaros 2000/EXT 2002 (38)}) 21... Rfb8 22. a3 a5 (22... Na6 $5
23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nb5 Rb7 $5 $44 {Rowson}) 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nb5 Na4 25. Kd2
Bxb5 26. cxb5 Rd8+ 27. Kc2 Rc8+ 28. Kb3 Nc5+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Sutovsky,E/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (28)}) ({Other options, not yet seen in practice:} 12.
Bg5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 f6 $11 {Svidler}) (12. Nc3 Nb4 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Nd5 Nxa2+ 15.
Kb1 Nb4 $1 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. e4 $11 {Ftacnik}) 12... e6 13. Nc3 (13. Nc7+ {
is harmless:} Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 16. b3 bxc4 (16... Nb7 $5 17. Kb1
Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd2 Bh6 20. f4 e5 $1 $36 {0-1 Kiss,P-Rowson,J/Reykjavik
2002/CBM 87 ext (47)}) 17. Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21.
c5 Rc6 22. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Tilburg 1997/CBM 61/[Svidler] (22)
} Nxc5 $1 23. Rd1 $1 Rhc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 25. Bxc5+ Ke8 26. Kd2 Rxc5 27. Rb1 Ra5
28. Rb8+ Ke7 29. Rb7+ Ke8 30. Rb8+ Ke7 31. Rb7+ {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Yermolinsky,
A/New York 1998/CBM 64/[Ftacnik] (31)}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 {According to
Peter Svidler, Black has a good compensation for the pawn as after ...e6-e5 he
blocks White's bishops. Gerald Hertneck finds a dubious way to open up the
position.} 15. g4 $6 (15. e4 $142) 15... h5 $1 {Black makes use of his
development advantage.} 16. g5 $6 {After this Black recaptures his pawn with
an excellent position.} (16. gxh5 e5 17. Bg3 Rxh5 $44) 16... e5 17. Bg3 h4 18.
Bf2 fxg5 19. Rd5 $5 {A creative approach!} e4 20. Rxg5 Bf5 {The rook is
trapped but ready to sac itself!} 21. Kc2 $5 O-O-O (21... exf3+ 22. Rxf5 gxf5
23. Nxf3 $44) (21... Ne6 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Bh3 $44 {With a bishop pair White
has a good compensation for the exchange. The text is even stronger.}) 22. Bh3
{There is no other useful move but now Black gets a strong passed pawn.} Bxh3
23. Nxh3 exf3 {[%cal Rc5e4]} 24. Rg4 Nd3 25. Bxh4 Ne5 26. Re4 Rde8 27. Bg3 Rxh3
28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxe5 Nc5 30. Rg1 {After forced play the endgame is
favourable for Black.} Rh5 (30... b6 $5 {as White can't take on g6:} 31. Rxg6
f2 32. Rg8+ Kd7 33. Rf8 Rxe3 $19) (30... g5 $5 {was very strong, too, as} 31.
Rxg5 $2 {didn't work:} f2 32. Rf5 Rxe3 33. Bd4 Re2+ 34. Kd1 Re1+ 35. Kc2 f1=Q
36. Rxf1 Rxf1 37. Bxc5 a6 {and Black should win.}) 31. Bg3 Ne4 $2 {Don't move
a well-placed piece!} (31... g5 32. Rd1 Rh7 33. Rd5 Ne4 $17) 32. Kd3 Nxg3 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Another positional error, after which White is just a pawn up,
playing for a win in a rook ending.} (32... Nc5+ {was good enough to save the
game:} 33. Kd4 Ne6+ 34. Ke4 Rf5 35. h4 Nc5+ 36. Kd4 Ne6+ 37. Ke4 Nc5+ $11) 33.
hxg3 Rg5 34. g4 Kc7 35. e4 f2 36. Rf1 Rxg4 37. Rxf2 Rg1 38. Kd4 Rd1+ $2 (38...
Kd6 {was a must.}) 39. Ke5 Rd3 40. Kf6 Rxc3 $138 {Black lost on time but his
position was hopeless anyway:} (40... Rxc3 41. e5 g5 (41... Rxc4 42. e6 Re4 43.
Kf7 Kd8 44. Rd2+ Kc7 45. e7 Rf4+ 46. Kxg6 Re4 47. Kf6 Rf4+ 48. Ke5 Rf1 49. Rd8
$18) 42. e6 g4 43. e7 Re3 44. Rf5 g3 45. Rc5+ Kd7 (45... Kb6 46. Rb5+ Kc7 47.
Rb3) 46. Rd5+ Kc7 47. Rd3 $1 Re1 48. Rxg3 Rf1+ 49. Ke6 Re1+ 50. Kf7 Rf1+ 51.
Ke8 Rf4 52. Rg8 $18 {[%cal Yg8f8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. a3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An improvement of
Pelletier-McShane (see CBM 99), in which White played} (10. O-O) 10... Qxc5 11.
Nb5 Qh5 12. Nc7 e5 (12... Rb8 13. Ne6 $1 fxe6 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. Bxb8 $18) (
12... b5 $5 13. Bxb5 (13. Nxa8 bxc4 $44) 13... Rb8 {is the only chance to
obtain counterplay.}) 13. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 (13... Rxf7 14. Nxa8 Rf8 15. Bg3) 14.
Nxa8 exf4 15. Nxf4 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Ne5 17. Be6 Bxe6 18. Nxe6 Rxa8 19. Rc7 Ne8
20. Rxb7 {After all complications White has obtained a material advantage,
quite sufficient to win.} Bf6 21. f4 (21. Ke2 {was probably simpler.}) 21...
Nc4 22. Rf7 h6 (22... Ned6 23. Rxf6 Ne4 24. Rf7 Nf2+ 25. Ke2 Nxh1 26. Ng5 $18 {
[%csl Rh1]}) 23. Ke2 Ncd6 24. Rd7 $6 (24. Nc7 $1 Nxc7 (24... Nxf7 25. Nxa8 Bxb2
$140 26. Rb1 $18) 25. Rxf6 Nf5 26. Rxg6 Re8 27. Kf2 $18) 24... Bxb2 25. Kf3 $6
({Why not} 25. Nf8 {?}) (25. a4 $5 {was also good, keeping the a-pawn.}) 25...
Bxa3 26. Ra1 Nb5 $1 {It is now clear that White has made his task considerably
more difficult.} 27. e4 a5 (27... Rc8 $5 28. Rad1 $1 (28. e5 Rc6 29. Nd8 Rc3+
$13) 28... Rc3+ $140 29. R1d3) 28. e5 ({The rook endgame after} 28. Rd5 $5 Nec7
29. Nxc7 Nxc7 30. Rxa3 Nxd5 31. exd5 {gives White good winning chances, e.g.}
a4 (31... Kg7 32. Ke4 Kf6 33. Ra4 h5 34. g3 Ke7 35. Ke5 Ra6 36. h3 Kd7 37. g4
hxg4 38. hxg4 Ke7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 $18) 32. Ke4 Kg7 33. Ke5 (33. d6 Kf7)
33... Kf7 34. Kd6 $16) {However, GM Igor Khenkin goes for another position,
correctly evaluating it in his favour.} 28... Bb4 (28... Ra6 29. Rb7 $1 Rxe6
30. Rxb5 Bb4 {-game}) (28... Rc8 29. Rb7 $1 Rc3+ 30. Ke2 Nec7 (30... Rb3 31.
Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Rxa3) 31. Nxc7 Nxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxa3 $18) 29. Rb7 Ra6 30.
Rxb5 Rxe6 31. g4 $16 {Materially Black is OK but White's strong pawns decide
the game.} Kg8 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Rc6 Kf7 34. f5 gxf5 35. gxf5 Nc7 36. Rb7 Nd5 37.
Rxh6 Rxb7 38. Rh7+ Ke8 39. Rxb7 Ne7 40. Ke4 Bc3 41. f6 Ng6 42. e6 Bxf6 43. Kf5
Be5 44. Kxg6 Bxh2 45. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lazarev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 {About
this line - see excellent annotations by GM E.Sutovsky to his game against A.
Dreev in CBM 98.} 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Nf4 g5
19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 (20. Bxd3 Bxg2 21. Qc4 Ng4 22. Bf5 Ne5 23. Qxh4 gxh4 {
1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/Rethymnon GRE 2003/CBM 98 (51) led to an excellent
position for Black}) 20... Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 $1 $146 (22... Bxh1
$2 23. Nf5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Nd7 25. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Mikhalevski,V-Greenfeld,A/Ashdod
ISR 2003/The Week in Chess 467 (40)}) 23. Rg1 Rc8 $1 (23... Qxh2 {is also
possible, with a strong attack for the missing material:} 24. Kd2 h6 25. Qd4
Re8 (25... Rc8 $5 {preventing 26.Kc3}) 26. Kc2 Be4+ 27. Kb3 b5 28. Bxb5 Bd5+
29. Ka3 Re4 30. Qxa7 (30. Qd2 $5) 30... Qxf2 31. b3 Rxe3 $13 {1-0 Dreev,
A-Rytshagov,M/Tallinn 2004/CBM 100 (70)}) {The text move, not allowing the
white king to escape, is even stronger.} 24. Qd6 (24. Qd4 b5 {doesn't change
anything.}) (24. Kd2 {is senseless now as after} Ne4+ {the white king can't go
to c2.}) 24... b5 $1 25. Qe5 h6 26. Qxb5 Qxh2 27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Rxg2 $8 Qh5+ 29.
f3 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qh3 {No doubt, this forced line was analysed by GM Van Wely
at home. White's pieces are poorly co-ordinated and he can hardly avoid
material losses.} 31. Rcg1 (31. Rf2 $142 g4 $1 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Bc4 $1 gxf3+ 34.
Rxf3 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qxb2 36. Rf4 {improving the co-ordination of pieces and
maintaining some drawing chances.}) 31... Qe6 {[%cal Re6a2,Rf6d5]} 32. Kf2 {
White must give up two pawns as after} (32. Bd3 Qxa2 (32... Nd5 $143 33. Be4)
33. Rb1 Nd5 {[%cal Rd5b4,Rd5c3] he loses even more material.}) 32... Qxa2 33.
Be2 Qxb2 {and Black brought home his material advantage:} 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. Rd4
Nd5 36. Rd3 Kf8 37. Rg4 Nc3 38. Bf1 h5 39. Rc4 Nb5 40. Rb3 Nd6 41. Ra4 a5 42.
Rba3 Qh2+ 43. Ke1 Qg1 44. e4 h4 45. Rd3 h3 46. Rxd6 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5 {For this
line - see opening survey in CBM 124. However, a number of important games
have been played since then.} 14. Bg5 (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxa8 {is another
important option.}) 14... Qxg5 15. h4 (15. Nxa8 e4 16. O-O h5 (16... Qe5 $5 {
[%cal Re5b8]} 17. Be2 Qe7 $6 (17... h5) 18. Qa3 Qe5 19. b4 Bd7 20. b5 Rxa8 21.
bxc6 Bxc6 22. Rfd1 $16 {1-0 Kuzubov,Y-Swinkels,R/Neuhausen 2007/CBM 119 ext 
(58)}) 17. Ne2 (17. Nc7 h4 18. Ne2 Bh3 (18... Ne5 $44) 19. Nf4 Bxg2 20. Nce6
Qg4 21. Nxg2 h3 22. Nef4 Ne5 23. Be2 Nf3+ 24. Kh1 hxg2+ 25. Nxg2 g5 $1 $44 {
[%cal Rg4h3] 1/2-1/2 Bhat,V-Gupta,A/Benasque 2008/CBM 125 Extra (32)}) 17...
Ng4 18. Nf4 Bf5 (18... Be5 $5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Bf1 Nd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4
23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. Qxb7+ Kh6 26. Qxc8 Bxe3 27. Qf8+ Kh7 28. Qf7+
Kh6 29. Qf8+ {1/2-1/2 Berczes,D-Braun,A/Balatonlelle 2006/CBM 113 ext}) 19. Nc7
(19. Qxb7 Nd4 $132) 19... Nd4 20. exd4 Qxf4 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bxd4 23. Be2
e3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Socko,B-Naiditsch,A/Dresden 2008/CBM 128 (51)}) 15... Qg4 16.
Nxa8 Qd7 $146 {[%mdl 8] An attempt to trap the a8 knight after all. The
alternatives seen in practice are:} (16... Na5 17. Qb5 Nxc4 18. Rxc4 Bd7 (18...
e4 $5) 19. Qb4 e4 20. Nc7 $1 (20. Qxb7 Be6 {[%cal Cc4d4,Cb7a7,Re6c4,Re6d5]} 21.
Rd4 Nd7 $1 22. Rxd7 (22. Rxe4 Nc5) 22... Bxd7 23. Nc7 Be5 {[%cal Cg3e4,Re5g3,
Rf8c8]} 24. O-O Qxh4 25. Qxa7 Bxb2 $11 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Eljanov,P/Gothenburg
2005/CBM 124/[Krasenkow] (65)}) 20... Bc6 $1 21. Qd6 Nh5 $6 (21... Nd7 $5) 22.
Nxh5 Qxh5 23. Rc5 Qg4 24. Rg5 Qc8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc1+ 27. Rd1 Qxb2 28.
Qd5 $16 {1-0 Blanco Gramajo,C-Tuvshintugs,B/Ledyards 2006/CBM 111 ext (48)}) (
16... e4 17. Nc7 Na5 (17... Ne5 18. Be2 Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Rc4 (20. Qxd3 $5
) 20... Qd7 21. O-O a6 22. Rd1 b5 23. Rcc1 Rd8 24. e4 Bh6 25. Rc3 d2 26. e5 Ng4
27. e6 $16 {1-0 Van Ketel,R-Zimmerman,L/Leiden 2008/CBM 125 Extra (29)}) 18.
Qb5 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 Bd7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Qg5 Qxg5 24.
hxg5 Be5 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Rd2 Re8 $6 (26... Bc7 $1 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Nd4 Bd5
$13) 27. O-O Kg7 28. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Wang Yue-Dominguez Perez,L/Sofia BUL
2009/The Week in Chess 758 (64)}) 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Qa3 Nb4 $5 19. O-O Bg4 $5 20.
f3 (20. Qxa7 Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Ng4 $132) 20... Bh6 $5 {[%mdl 512]} 21. fxg4 Nxg4 {
[%cal Rh6e3,Re7h4]} 22. Rxf7 $5 (22. Bxf7+ Kg7 $1) ({The fate of Black's
novelty probably depends on the evaluation of} 22. Rf3 $1 {Here is a possible
line:} Qxh4 (22... e4 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qb3+ Kf8 (25... Kg7 26.
Qc3+ {-that's the point!}) 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Ne5 28. Qc7 Bxe3+ 29. Kh1 $16)
23. Nf1 $1 (23. Qxb4 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 Nxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Bxe3 $132) 23... Nc2 $1 {
[%cal Rc2a3,Rh6e3]} 24. Qxf8+ $1 Bxf8 25. Bxf7+ (25. Rxf7 Ncxe3) 25... Kh8 $1
26. Bb3 Bc5 27. Bxc2 e4 $1 28. Bxe4 Nxe3 29. Nxe3 Qxe4 30. Kf2 b5 $1 31. Rd8+ (
31. Nc7 $2 Bxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Qc2+) (31. b4 Bd4 $5) 31... Kg7 {and Black's
counterplay should be enough for a draw.}) 22... Rxf7 23. Nf1 (23. Bxf7+ Kg7 $1
) 23... Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxb4 {White has nothing better than allowing a
perpetual.} Qf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxh4+ 27. Kg1 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Bxe3+ 30. Nxe3
Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Qh4+ 32. Kg1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lubbock SPICE Cup"]
[Site "Lubbock"]
[Date "2008.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2008.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 Qa5 {A relatively quiet and rare continuation.} (
10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S (2646)-Eljanov,P 
(2639)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (66) is more popular and leads to
very sharp positions.}) 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 {White has been playing for
domination and allows Black to exchange the dark-squared bishop by means of
Nh5.} (12. h3 {with the idea to save the bishop from exchange doesn't promise
much. Thus after} Ne5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. a4 a6 17. Be2
Rfc8 18. Qa3 Bf8 19. b4 e6 20. Nf3 Qa5 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Rdc1 a5 $15 {I obtained
a better position in 0-1 Kuzmin,A (2583)-Mikhalevski,V (2523)/Port Erin 2003/
CBM 096 ext (40) and eventually won the game.}) 12... Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. a3 {
[%cal Gb3a2,Gb2b4,Gd1d5] An interesting idea. White prevents an exchange of
queens on b4 and prepares both an advance of the b-pawn after the preliminary
Qa2 and 14.Rd5 attacking the queen.} Nxf4 14. Nxf4 {[%csl Rb7] It was only
here that I started to think and, in fact, I spent a lot of time on my next
move. Black's main problem here is the development of his queenside.} Bg4 $5
$146 {This way I decided to provoke weakening of the e3-pawn and then to come
back to c8. It seemed to me that a loss of two tempi is justified.} ({In the
only preceding game Black played} 14... e6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Nd3 $6 ({After} 16.
Rxd8+ $5 Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Qc2 $14 {Black still has problems to solve.})
16... Bd7 17. Ne4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kraidman,Y (2470)-Schmidt,W (2500)/Nice 1974/
EXT 2000 (77)}) 15. f3 {[%csl Re3]} (15. Rd5 Qc7 16. Rc5 $13 {was interesting,
but not entirely clear.}) 15... Bc8 16. Nfd5 $2 {An almost inexplicable
mistake. Somehow Gregory seems to have missed my obvious reply.} (16. Bb5) (16.
Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5] would be the most unpleasant for Black idea.} e6 {
Preventing Nc5.} (16... Qe5 $5) 17. Bd3 {[%cal Ga4c5,Gd3e4]} Rd8 18. Be4 Rxd1+
19. Qxd1 $14 {and Black is still under pressure.}) 16... e6 17. Nf4 (17. Nb4 {
was possible with the idea to meet} Qe5 {with} 18. Na4 {However after} Na5 19.
Qd3 b6 {Black is fine.}) 17... Qe5 $15 {[%csl Re3] Now I had a feeling that
Black should be at least ok.} 18. Rd3 {Having in mind the unfortunate position
of White's pieces I didn't want to exchange his light-squared bishop, which,
as I thought, would make his task easier.} (18. Kf2 $5 {deserved attention.})
18... b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} ({Nevertheless the simple} 18... Na5 $5 19. Qb5 Nxc4
20. Qxc4 b6 $15 {was worth a try.} ({On the other hand} 20... Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]
is strongly met by} 21. Nxg6 $1 {I didn't see this idea during the game.} hxg6
22. f4 b5 23. fxe5 bxc4 24. Rxd7 Bxe5 25. Na4 $11 {with equality.})) 19. Qa4 $1
Na5 $1 {Now I felt that this move is necessary. Delaying it allowed me to
avoid exchanges.} ({After} 19... Bb7 20. Ba6 $1 {White obtains good chances to
equalize.}) 20. Bb5 a6 {The idea behind this move is to exploit the
uncomfortable position of the light-squared bishop.} ({Probably} 20... Bb7 $5 {
would be more precise. Now after} 21. b4 a6 22. bxa5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Ba6 $1 {
I didn't see this intermediate move.} 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Rdd1 (25. Rd7 Bc8 26.
Rd3 Rxa5 $15) 25... bxa5 $15 {Black retains better chances.}) 21. Bc6 Ra7 22.
Nfe2 $1 {[%cal Gf3f4] Freeing the bishop thanks to the intermediate f4.} Rc7 $5
(22... Nxc6 23. Qxc6 Rc7 24. Qxb6 Rb7 25. Qxa6 Rxb2 26. Qd6 Qa5 $36 {would
lead to a position with very good compensation for a pawn, but I wanted to
keep my queenside pawns.}) 23. f4 Qf6 24. Bf3 Nc4 25. Qb3 $6 {An inaccuracy.} (
25. Qb4 $1 {taking under control the e7-square was better, though after} a5 26.
Qb5 ({or} 26. Qb3 Ba6 $15) 26... Qf5 $15 {Black is still better.}) 25... Qe7
$15 {[%cal Gb6b5] Finally I managed to consolidate the position. At this point
there was no doubt that Black was better.} 26. a4 $1 {Not allowing me to
create an outpost on c4 by means of b5.} (26. Rcd1 b5 $15) 26... Bd7 {[%cal
Gf8c8] I was very happy to finally solve the problem of this bishop.} 27. Rcd1
Rfc8 28. h3 Be8 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb6b5] Now all my pieces work together. White is
in trouble.} 29. Kh2 Qc5 $1 {[%csl Re3] Attacking the main weakness of White's
position.} ({At the beginning I considered} 29... b5 {[%cal Gb5b4] to be
better, but it turns out that White can capture the pawn, retaining chances of
escaping.} 30. axb5 axb5 31. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 $1 ({In case of} 31... Rb8 32. Nxc7
$1 Rxb3 33. Rxb3 Qxc7 34. Rc1 $11 {[%csl Rc4] White wins back the c4-knight.})
32. Qxb5 Nxb2 33. Rd7 Nxd1 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. e4 $15 {and Black still has to
solve technical problems on his way to a win.}) 30. e4 $2 {A decisive mistake,
which allows Black to take full control over the dark squares.} (30. Ne4 $5 {
was necessary, though after} Qa5 31. Rd8 b5 $17 {Black's advantage is out of
question.}) 30... g5 $1 $19 31. g3 (31. fxg5 Ne5 $1 $19 {is hopeless.}) 31...
Qf2+ $6 {Missing a simple win in time-trouble.} (31... gxf4 $1 32. gxf4 Qf2+
33. Bg2 Ne3 34. Rg1 Rxc3 $3 35. Nxc3 ({or} 35. bxc3 Qxe2 $19) 35... Qxf4+ 36.
Kh1 Be5 $19 {and a discovered check doesn't save White.}) 32. Bg2 Ne3 ({
Once again} 32... gxf4 $5 {was good enough for a win.} 33. Rf1 (33. gxf4 Ne3
34. Rg1 Rxc3 $1 $19 {transposes to 31...gxf4.}) 33... fxg3+ 34. Rxg3 Qc5 35.
Rf4 Kf8 $19 {[%cal Gg7e5] and White shouldn't survive.}) 33. Rg1 Bxc3 $6 {
An inaccuracy.} ({For the third time in a row I could play} 33... gxf4 $1 {
and after} 34. Nxf4 (34. gxf4 Rxc3 $1 $19) 34... Nc4 35. Nfe2 {Black comes up
with the astonishing} Bxa4 $3 $19) 34. Nxc3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Qxf4+ $6 {I missed
another beautiful resource, but Black retained better chances.} (35... Rd8 $3 {
This brilliant move contains a simple idea behind it: Black diflects the rook
from the third rank.} 36. Rxd8 (36. Nd1 {is better, but it only prolongs the
fight.} Qxf4+ 37. Kh1 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Nxd1 39. Qxd1 Kf8 $17) 36... Qxf4+ 37. Kh1
Ng4 $1 {[%cal Gf4h2]} 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. hxg4 Qh6+ {and White gets mated.}) 36.
Kh1 Nc4 37. Ne2 $6 {Helping the queen to find a good square.} (37. Bf1+ Kf8 38.
Rdg3 $17 {was a better practical chance.}) 37... Qe5 38. Rg3+ Kf8 39. Qb4+ Rc5
40. b3 Nd6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Ga6a5]} 41. Rd3 (41. Qxb6 Nxe4 $17) 41... a5 (41...
Bc6 $5) 42. Qd2 {Obviously White is looking for his chances with the queens on
the board.} Nxe4 43. Qh6+ Ke7 44. Qh4+ Nf6 (44... Ng5 $5 $19 {is also enough
for a win.}) 45. Rf1 Qg5 46. Qd4 Qe5 47. Qh4 Qg5 (47... Rc2 $1 {was better.}
48. Nd4 (48. Rdf3 Bc6 49. Rxf6 Bxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Rxe2+ $19) 48... Rc1 $1 $19 {
and Black is two pawns up without compensation.}) 48. Qd4 Bc6 49. Qd6+ Ke8 50.
Rg3 Qe5 $2 {After this miscalculation the game starts from the beginning.} ({
The correct path is} 50... Bxg2+ 51. Rxg2 Qd5 52. Qg3 (52. Qf4 Qf5) 52... Qd8
53. Rgf2 Rf5 $1 $17 {and Black retains an extra pawn.}) 51. Bxc6+ R8xc6 52.
Qxe5 Rxe5 53. Nd4 $1 {I missed this move.} Rd6 54. Nb5 {White wins an exchange.
} Rxb5 55. axb5 Ke7 $11 {Now the position is about equal.} (55... Nd7 $5) 56.
Rgf3 e5 57. Rf5 Re6 58. Kg2 h6 $1 {Preparing to sacrifice the f7-pawn for
activity. The rest was played in the mutual time-trouble.} 59. R1f3 $2 (59. Kg1
$5 {Provoking} e4 {was better.} 60. R1f4 e3 61. Kf1 Ne4 62. Rxf7+ Kd6 $11)
59... Nd5 $1 {It seems that White missed this resource.} 60. Rxf7+ Kd6 {
[%csl Rb5] Suddenly White has to solve unplesant problems.} 61. Rd3 $6 (61. Kf2
$5) 61... Kc5 62. Kf2 e4 63. Rd1 Re5 $1 {Now the fifith rank is important for
Black.} 64. Rc1+ Kxb5 $2 {Missing White's move.} ({After} 64... Kb4 $1 $17 {
Black is clearly better.}) 65. Rc4 $1 {Now it's close to equality again.} e3+ (
65... Nb4 $5) 66. Ke1 $1 (66. Ke2 $2 {allows} a4 $1 {[%csl Re2]}) 66... Rg5 67.
Rg4 Rh5 $1 {By provoking h4 I take away this square from White's rook.} 68. h4
Re5 69. Rd4 Kc5 70. Rc4+ Kb5 71. Rd7 $2 {White has overestimated his chances.}
({It was necessary to repeat the position by means of} 71. Rd4 $11) 71... Rf5
$2 ({After the correct} 71... e2 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd5e3] with the idea of Ne3
Black is better.}) 72. Rd6 $6 (72. Re4 $5 {was better.} Nf4 73. Rg7 Nd3+ 74.
Ke2 Nc1+ 75. Kxe3 Nxb3 $11) 72... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4g2]} 73. Rc2 $2 {Too passive.}
({The immediate} 73. Rcc6 {was necessary.} Ng2+ 74. Kd1 Kb4 $1 (74... Rf1+ 75.
Kc2 e2 {leads to a draw by perpetual.} 76. Rxb6+ Kc5 77. Rbc6+ Kb4 78. Rc4+ Kb5
79. Rd5+ $11) 75. Rxb6+ Ka3 76. Rd4 (76. Re6 $5 Kb2 $1 $17) 76... Kb2 $1 77.
Re6 $1 h5 (77... a4 78. bxa4 Kc3 79. Rde4 $1 Rf1+ 80. Ke2 Rf2+ 81. Kd1 Kd3 82.
Kc1 $11) 78. Rd7 (78. Ree4 $5) 78... Rf1+ 79. Ke2 Rf2+ 80. Kd1 Kxb3 $15 {
and Black retains chances to win the game.}) 73... Rh5 $1 {[%csl Re1,Rh4]} 74.
Rcc6 {Now White is late with counterplay.} Rxh4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh4h1]} 75.
Rxb6+ Kc5 76. Rbc6+ Kb4 77. Rxh6 Rg4 {[%cal Gg4g1]} 78. Rb6+ $2 (78. Rh1 {
was the very last chance, though I believe Black should be able to win anyway.}
) 78... Kc3 79. Rh1 Rg2 $19 {[%cal Gf4d3] Now White has no hope.} 80. Rc6+ Kb2
$1 81. Rd6 Re2+ $1 82. Kd1 ({or} 82. Kf1 Rf2+ 83. Ke1 (83. Kg1 Ne2#) 83... Ng2+
84. Kd1 e2+ $19) 82... Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c1]} (82... Rc2 $1 {and White resigned
not waiting for} 83. Ke1 Ng2+ 84. Kf1 (84. Kd1 e2#) 84... e2+ $19 {A beautiful
end to this dramatic game.}) 0-1

[Event "London MSO Masters"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1999.08.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dunworth, Christopher"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2308"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.08.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 Ne4 8. Qb5+
Qxb5 9. Nxb5 Na6 10. cxd5 Nexc5 $6 {Dubious decision.} (10... O-O {is the main
line}) (10... Bxb2 $5) (10... g5 $5 {is also interesting} 11. f3 gxf4 12. fxe4
fxe3 13. Rb1 O-O 14. b4 f5 15. Bc4 fxe4 16. d6+ Kh8 17. dxe7 Re8 18. Ne2 Rxe7
19. Nd6 Be6 20. O-O Nc7 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rb3 Nd4 23. Rxe3 a5 24. Nf4 Nc2 25.
Rh3 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Rd7 27. Ne6 Bg7 28. Nxe4 axb4 29. Nd6 Rxa2 30. Nf8 {1/2-1/2
Sagalchik,G-Kudrin,S/Philadelphia 1995/EXT 97 (30)}) 11. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Re8]
[%cal Gc1c5] Creating unpleasant threat R:c5} (11. O-O-O $6 Ne4 12. Bg3 Bf5 $36
) 11... Ne4 $146 (11... Bf5 $2 12. Rxc5 Nxc5 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Bb5+ $18) ({
In the only previous game Black has lost after} 11... O-O 12. Nc7 Nxc7 13. Rxc5
Na6 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bg3 Rfd8 18. Nc3 f6 19. f4 exf4 20.
Bxf4 g5 21. Bc7 Re8 22. Kf2 f5 23. g3 Rac8 24. Rc1 Bf8 25. d6 h6 26. Rd1 {
Akopian,V-Peek,M/Groningen 1990/CBM 22/1-0 (36)}) 12. Nc7+ $6 ({In case of} 12.
Nxa7 {Black gains definite counerplay} O-O 13. Nb5 (13. Nxc8 Rfxc8 14. Rxc8+
Rxc8 $44) (13. Bxa6 Rxa7 14. Bd3 Bf5 15. f3 Nf2 16. Bxf5 (16. Kxf2 Bxd3 $44 {
><a2,b2}) 16... Nxh1 17. Bb1 Bxb2 18. Rc7 Rd8 $1 $13) 13... g5 14. Rc4 (14. Bg3
Bxb2 $1 (14... Nb4 15. Rc4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nxd5 $44) 15. Rc2 Bg7 16. Rc4 Nac5 $44
) 14... Nxf2 $1 15. Kxf2 gxf4 16. exf4 Bxb2 17. Nf3 Rd8 $44 {[%csl Rd5] with
counerchances}) ({After correct} 12. Bd3 $1 Nf6 (12... g5 13. Bxe4 gxf4 14.
exf4 Bxb2 15. Rc2 $16) 13. e4 Nh5 14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rc2 Bg7 16. a3 $1 {[%csl
Ra6][%cal Gb5a7]} O-O (16... b6 $2 17. Nxa7) 17. Nxa7 $16 {White is clearly
better.}) (12. f3 $5) 12... Nxc7 13. Rxc7 g5 $1 {Important intermediate move.}
({Immediate} 13... Bxb2 {is dangerous in view of} 14. Bb5+ Kd8 15. Rc2 $16 {
[%cal Rf4c7]}) 14. Bg3 ({Both} 14. Bb5+ $6 Kd8 15. Rc4 gxf4 16. Rxe4 fxe3 {
[%csl Rb2]}) ({and} 14. Bd3 $6 gxf4 15. Bxe4 fxe3 16. fxe3 Bxb2 {can't satisfy
White.}) 14... Bxb2 {Now it's much better than on the previous move as bishop
on g3 can be taken in any moment.} 15. Bd3 Bf5 $5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Ge4g3][%mdl
64] Optimistic decision.I thought that 16.Ke2?! is almost forced however 16.R:
b7! is quiet good.} (15... Nxg3 $5) 16. Ke2 $6 (16. Rxb7 $1 Nc5 {[%cal Rc5b7,
Rc5d3] winning an exchange,but not the game.} (16... Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd3 18.
Rxb2 Be4 19. d6 exd6 20. f3 $14) 17. Rxe7+ $5 (17. Bb5+ $5 {is also
interesting sacrificing an exchange for a move and then winning it back.} Kd8 {
[%csl Rb7]} 18. Bc6 $1 (18. Rc7 Ne4 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge4g3]} 19. Rc6 $8 (19.
Rc4 $2 {loses to} Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bd3 {[%cal Rd3b5]} 21. Rc5 Ba3 22. Bc6 Rb8 $1 {
[%csl Rc5]}) (19. d6 $2 {is also bad because of} exd6 20. Rxf7 Be6 {[%csl Rf7]}
21. Rf3 (21. Rb7 Nc5 {[%csl Rb7] traping the rook}) 21... Bc3+ $17 {[%csl Rf3]}
) 19... Nxg3 (19... Bd7 20. Bc7+ Ke8 21. a4 $1 {[%csl Ra8]}) 20. hxg3 Be4 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg2]} 21. Bc4 Bxg2 22. Rh2 Be4 23. f3 Be5 $1 $13 {[%csl Re1,Rh2]
[%cal Ge5g3]}) (18. Rb8+ Rxb8 19. Bxb8 a6 20. Bc6 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nb4 $44 {
[%csl Ra2,Rd5]}) 18... Nxb7 (18... Bc3+ 19. Kd1 Nxb7 20. Bxb7 Rc8 (20... Kd7 $2
21. Bc6+) 21. Bxc8 Kxc8 $13) 19. Bxb7 Rc8 20. Bxc8 Kxc8 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5]
><d5,a2}) (17. Bxf5 Nxb7 18. Nf3 $13) 17... Kxe7 18. Bxf5 Kf6 19. e4 $44 {
with good positional compensation.}) 16... Rd8 $3 {[%csl Rd5][%mdl 64]
Suddenly White loses his central pawn.} 17. f3 $2 {Serious positional mistake.
After it Black is clearly better.} (17. Rxb7 {was necessary} Nc3+ 18. Ke1 $1 (
18. Kd2 $2 {is refuted by} Rxd5 19. Kc2 (19. Rxb2 Rxd3+ 20. Kc2 O-O $19 {/\Rc8}
) (19. Rb8+ Kd7 20. Rxh8 Bxd3 $1 $19) 19... Rxd3 20. Kxb2 Na4+ 21. Kc1 O-O $19
{[%cal Gf8c8]} 22. Rc7 $140 (22. Ne2 $142) 22... Rb8 {[%cal Rb8b1] /\Rb1!!})
18... Bxd3 ({But not} 18... Rxd5 $4 19. Rb8+ Kd7 20. Bxf5+ $18) 19. Rxb2 Rxd5
$1 (19... Nxd5 $11) 20. Nf3 $1 $11 ({After} 20. Rb8+ $2 Kd7 $3 21. Rxh8 {
interesting mate position arises:} Bc4 {[%cal Rd5d1]} 22. f3 Rd1+ 23. Kf2 Rf1#
{Elegant mate.}) (20. Be5 $6 Rxe5 21. Rb8+ Kd7 22. Rxh8 Ra5 $1 $17 {[%csl Re1]
[%cal Ga5a2]} 23. Kd2 $140 Ne4+ 24. Kxd3 Nxf2+ {[%csl Rd3,Rh1]})) 17... Nxg3+
18. hxg3 Bxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Rxd5+ $17 {Now Black is just a pawn up.} 20. Kc2 Be5 $1
(20... Rb5 {is also possible,but move in the game is stronger.} 21. a4 Be5 $1 (
21... Rb4 22. Nh3 $1 Be5 23. Rc8+ Kd7 24. Rxh8 Bxh8 25. Nxg5 Rxa4 $140 26. Rxh7
$13) 22. Rc8+ (22. Rxe7+ Kxe7 23. axb5 Rc8+ $19) 22... Kd7 23. Rxh8 Rb2+ 24.
Kd3 Bxh8 25. Rxh7 Bf6 {[%csl Ra4] ><a4}) 21. Rc8+ ({White had to swap the
b7-pawn.} 21. Rxb7 $142 O-O $1 22. Ne2 Rc8+ 23. Kb1 Rd2 $36) 21... Kd7 $2 {
This move can be hardly explained.} ({Why not simple} 21... Rd8 $19 {with
absolutely winning position.}) 22. Rxh8 Bxh8 23. Rxh7 Bf6 24. Ne2 $1 {[%csl
Ra2][%cal Ge2c1] Now White gets counterchances.} Ra5 {This was my idea when I
played 21...Kd7? I have just abslutely forgotten about} 25. Nc1 {In case of
25Kb1(b3) Black checks from b5 following by Rb2.} Rc5+ 26. Kd1 Ke6 (26... Ke8
$5) 27. Rh1 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Another serious mistake.} (27. e4 {was necessary
preparing f4 and then e5.} Rc4 $1 {[%csl Re4]} 28. Nd3 {[%cal Gh7h6,Ge4e5] /
\Rh6} Bd4 $1 $13) 27... Rb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5b2] Manipulating by threat of Rb2
Black transfers the game into winning pawn endgame.} 28. Nb3 a5 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Ga5a4]} 29. Kc2 a4 30. Nd4+ $8 {Otherwise Rb2 will follow.} Bxd4 31. exd4
a3 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} 32. Re1+ {The second rank can be defended only from e2.In
case of Rb1 White loses central pawn.} Kd6 $19 {[%cal Gb5b2]} 33. Re2 Rb2+ 34.
Kd3 f5 $5 $138 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gf5f4] Being short of time I coukdn't
calculate consequences of pawn ending which arises after R:e2.} (34... Rxe2 $5
{wins immediately} 35. Kxe2 Kd5 36. Kd3 b5 $1 37. Kc3 g4 (37... f5 $5 38. Kb4
Kxd4 39. Kxa3 e5 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge5e4]} ({But not} 39... Kc3 $2 40. f4 $1 gxf4
41. gxf4 e6 42. g3 $11)) 38. fxg4 f6 $19 {[%cal Ge7e5] winning easily.}) 35.
Rc2 ({Or} 35. Rxb2 axb2 36. Kc2 Kd5 37. Kxb2 Kxd4 38. Kb3 e5 $19 {[%cal Ge5e4]}
) 35... f4 ({Again} 35... Rxc2 $5 {was sufficient for a win:} 36. Kxc2 Kd5 37.
Kb3 (37. Kc3 b5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Ke4 $19) 37... Kxd4 38. Kxa3 ({or} 38. f4
gxf4 39. gxf4 b5 40. Kb4 Kd3 41. Kb3 Kd2 42. g3 e6 43. Kb4 Kc2 44. Kxa3 Kc3 $22
$19) 38... Kc3 39. Ka4 e5 40. g4 fxg4 41. Kb5 gxf3 42. gxf3 e4 43. fxe4 Kd4 $1
$19 {[%cal Gg5g4] and g-pawn is unstopable}) 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Re2 e6 (37...
Rxe2 $19 {-41...R:e2}) 38. Rc2 b6 $6 {This is already inaccuracy.} ({After} 
38... Rxc2 $1 39. Kxc2 Kd5 40. Kb3 (40. Kd3 b6 $1 41. Kc3 b5 $19) (40. Kc3 b5
$19) 40... Kxd4 41. Kxa3 Ke3 42. Kb4 Kf2 43. Kc5 Kxg2 44. a4 Kxf3 45. a5 Ke3
$19 {Black is first.}) 39. Re2 $6 ({In case of} 39. Rxb2 $1 {Black would have
to demonstrate technics in the queen ending with extra f-pawn.} axb2 40. Kc2
Kd5 41. Kxb2 Kxd4 42. Kb3 Ke3 43. Kc4 Kf2 44. Kb5 Kxg2 45. Kxb6 e5 46. a4 e4
47. a5 exf3 48. a6 f2 49. a7 f1=Q 50. a8=Q+ Qf3 51. Qg8+ Qg3 52. Qd5+ f3 $19 {
with theoretically winning position.}) 39... Kd5 (39... Rxe2 {-41...R:e2}) 40.
Re5+ Kd6 41. Re2 {Only now I finally could calculate pawn ending.Fortunately
it's easily winning.} Rxe2 $1 42. Kxe2 Kd5 43. Kd3 b5 44. Kc3 e5 $1 {In fact
Black is playing pawn ending with an extra pawn as pawn on f4 is even better
than two white ones.} 45. dxe5 Kxe5 46. Kb3 (46. Kd3 Kd5 47. Kc3 Kc5 $19 {
[%cal Gb5b4]}) ({Or} 46. Kb4 Kd4 {and black pawns are untouchable.For example}
47. Kxb5 (47. Kxa3 Kc3 $22) 47... Kc3 $1 48. Kc5 Kb2 49. Kc4 Kxa2 50. Kc3 Kb1
$19) 46... Kd4 {Now Black's task is very simple.He has to force White to take
one of the pawns.} 47. Kb4 (47. Kxa3 Kc3 $22) 47... Kd3 $1 48. Kb3 (48. Kxb5
Kc3 $1 $19 ({But not} 48... Kc2 $4 49. Kc4 Kb2 50. Kd3 Kxa2 51. Kc2)) 48... Kd2
$1 49. Kb4 Kc2 $1 {Finally White has no choice and takes one of the pawns.} 50.
Kxa3 Kc3 $22 {Nice zugzwang position.White loses because he is a pawn up.The
g2-pawn is an extra one in both meanings of the word.} (50... Kc3 51. g4 fxg3
52. f4 g2 53. f5 g1=B 54. f6 Bc5#) 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 09th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8.
Nxa4 Nc6 (8... O-O {la grande ligne}) 9. Nf3 Nb4 (9... Bd7 {Shneider,A (2470)
-Neverov,V (2440) Uzhgorod 1987 1/2}) 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 (11. a3 $143 Nc2+ $1
12. Nxc2 Bxa4) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nh5 13. a3 Nxf4 14. axb4 Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nh4
16. Nd5 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. b5 (18. Kc2) 18... Rfe8 19. Nd5 Rac8 20. b4 Rcd8
$6 (20... Bg4) 21. c6 $40 Be6 22. c7 Rd6 23. Rxa7 Bxd4 24. exd4 Nf3+ 25. Kc3
Rxd5 26. Rxb7 Rd7 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. b6 Nxd4 29. Rb8 Nb5+ 30. Kb3 Nd4+ 31. Kc4
1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chatalbashev, Boris"]
[Black "Berthelot, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 {une variante trés solide contre la
Gruenfeld} Bg7 5. e3 c5 (5... O-O) 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5 $1 Nxc3 9.
Qd2 Qxa2 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Nf3 (11. Bc4 Nd7) 11... Nd7 12. Bc4 ({RR} 12. Nd4
Nxc5 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qb2 Rfc8 16. Be2 b6 17. c4 e5 18. dxe6 Nxe6
19. Bd6 Bc6 20. Rfd1 Qg5 21. Bg3 Nxd4 22. exd4 Rd8 23. h4 Qh6 24. Bf1 Qh5 25.
Be2 Qf5 26. Be5 Bxe5 {Polugaevsky,L (2625)-Timman,J (2625)/Breda 1979/MCD/1/
2-1/2 (60)}) 12... Qxc5 $6 (12... Nxc5 $142 13. Be5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Nf3 {
[%csl Gc4,Re8][%cal Gd5d6]} b5 16. Ba2) 13. Ba2 O-O ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. O-O O-O
15. e4 Nc5 16. Rfe1 e6 17. d6 b6 18. Bh6 Bb7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ra1 Qb5 21. Nd4
Qd7 22. e5 Qd8 23. g3 h6 24. Bc4 a6 25. Bf1 Rc8 26. c4 Nd7 27. f4 h5 28. h4 {
Beliavsky,A (2590)-Hoelzl,F (2415)/Vienna 1980/MCL/1-0 (41)}) 14. e4 (14. O-O)
14... b5 $146 (14... Re8) (14... Nf6) 15. O-O Nb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qc5 18.
Ne5 Bb7 19. Qb2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qb4 $1 Qxb4 23. cxb4 $16 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7,Gc1][%cal Gc1c7]} Rfc8 24. Bc7 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} Kf8 25. f3 Ke8 {
la finale est difficile pour les noirs} 26. Rc5 (26. Ba5 Rc4) 26... a5 $1 27.
bxa5 Rxa5 28. Rfc1 Ra2 (28... Ra7 $5 29. Rxb5 Bxd5 $1) 29. Rxb5 Ba6 30. Rbc5 f6
31. h4 Rb2 32. Rc6 Bb5 33. Rb6 Kd7 34. Rb7 $16 Ke8 35. f4 (35. Rc5) 35... Rb3
36. e5 fxe5 37. fxe5 Bc4 38. Rxb3 $2 (38. Bb6 $1 Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g2,Gc4d5,Gd5g2,
Gd5b7]} 39. d6 $40) 38... Bxb3 39. d6 exd6 40. exd6 Kd7 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Ke3 Ra8
43. g3 h5 44. Kf4 Bf5 45. Rc3 Re8 46. Kg5 Ke6 47. Ra3 Kd7 48. Kf6 Re4 49. Ra7
Kc6 50. Bb8 Rg4 51. Ke7 Rxg3 52. Rc7+ Kb6 53. Ba7+ Ka6 54. d7 $2 (54. Bc5 $142)
54... Bxd7 55. Kxd7 g5 $2 56. Kc6 gxh4 57. Bc5 Rg6+ 58. Bd6 h3 59. Rc8 Ka7 $4 (
59... Rg7 60. Rf8) 60. Rh8 h2 61. Rxh5 Ka6 62. Rxh2 Rg5 {Une des dernières
parties а se terminer} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qb3 {Following
Ivanchuk's success with the strange 4.e3 followed by 5.Qb3 against Svidler, he
decides to take on another sideline. 7.Rc1 is by far the main choice.} Na6 {
Attempting to take back on c5 with the N is very logical. This gives White the
option to retain one of his pawns, but at a great cost.} 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+
Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 $44 {White now has his extra pawn on d5, which isn't going
to fall any time soon. However you can't stop evaluating there. The pawn IS
weak is Black holds e4 under control, which means it can't be reinforced
easily. Furthermore Black is ahead on development, and his B on g7 can easily
begin pounding on the queenside with the help of a b5 push.} 11. Rd1 Nh5 12.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. Bg3 (13. Nf3 {doesn't look pleasant but maybe it was more
important to develop than to keep the pawn structure.} Nxf4 14. exf4 {[%cal
Gf3e5]} Bxc3+ $5 15. bxc3 f6 16. O-O Ne4 $44 {and Black is down a pawn but not
worse.}) (13. Nge2 Nxf4 14. exf4 (14. Nxf4 b5 $1 15. Rd2 (15. Nxb5 Rhb8 16. Nd4
Rxb2 $15) 15... b4 16. Nd1 b3 {with plentiful compensation.})) 13... b5 {
White's pieces on the kingside are too far away from the queenside action, and
it's hard to believe that White can keep all his pawns alive. White should be
thinking about equality.} 14. d6 e6 {Black's superior development, awesome
blockade of the weak d6-pawn and queenside adctivity give him more than enough
compensation for the pawn.} 15. Nf3 b4 16. Nb5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5
19. Rh4 f5 {Black is using his structure to try to push the white pieces back.
He is in no hurry to regain material as he knows that the d6-pawn is just
doomed.} 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8 22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc7+ {The pawn was going to
fall anyway, at least this way Ivanchuk gets rid of some active pieces.} Rxc7
24. dxc7+ Kxc7 25. Nd2 Nxd2+ 26. Rxd2 {Black has finally regained his material,
and it is obvious that he has emerged on top. The B is considerably better
than the N, which at the moment lacks any good squares. Not to mention, the
structure favors Black and White's K will be out of play for a few more moves
at the very least. White is forced to be passive.} a5 27. b3 a4 28. bxa4 Ra8
29. Nc1 e4 30. Ne2 Rxa4 31. Nf4 {The N has gained f4, since the e-pawn was
pushed to increase the Bs scope. This isn't a particular big gain, though,
since g5 is still in the fray.} (31. Nd4 Kb6 32. Ke1 Be5 $15 {poses the strong
threat of ...Kc5 and ...Bxd4.}) 31... Bc3 32. Rc2 Kd6 33. Ke2 (33. Nxg6 $4 b3
34. Rxc3 bxa2 35. Rc1 Rb4 $1 $19) 33... g5 34. Nxh5 Kd5 {Black finds himself
down a pawn again, but again the compensation is very obvious. The N on h5 is
out of play and he has pressure on the weak a2, not to mention that White
can't make use of his majority. The only rub in the position is that it isn't
clear how to break through.} 35. f3 g4 (35... Kc4 36. g4 {creates very
unnecessary complications, it is much better to lock down the pawn structure
at once.}) 36. Nf4+ Kc4 37. Ne6 Ra6 38. Nf4 (38. Nd4 exf3+ 39. gxf3 Rh6 {
looked very troubling for White, as now he doesn't control h3, which means his
g3-pawn is a prime target.} 40. fxg4 (40. Nxf5 $2 Rh2+ 41. Kd1 Rh1+ 42. Ke2
Re1+ 43. Kf2 Kd3 {and the rook is history.}) 40... fxg4 41. Kf1 Kd3 $17 {
with a strong initiative against the dangerously corralled king.}) 38... Rh6
39. fxg4 fxg4 40. Rc1 (40. Kf2 {was the best way of holding the fortress, but
it still seems like Black can create dangerous threats.} Rd6 41. Kf1 Kb5 42. a3
bxa3 43. Rxc3 a2 44. Rc1 Kb4 {Black will soon pick up the rook. All that is
left to be seen is if Black can penetrate the N and K defense.} 45. Ra1 Kb3 46.
Rxa2 Kxa2 47. Nh5 Kb2 48. Nf4 Kc2 49. Ke2 Rd2+ 50. Ke1 {However I personally
don't see how.}) 40... Ra6 (40... Rd6 41. Rc2 Kb5 42. a3 bxa3 43. Rxc3 a2 44.
Ra3 Ra6 45. Rxa2 Rxa2+ {leads to the same kind of ending as before. Which I
think is a draw.}) 41. Rc2 Rh6 42. Rc1 Rd6 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Kf2 Rh6 45. Ke2 Rh1
46. Ng6 Re1+ (46... b3 47. Ne5+ Kd5 48. Rxc3 bxa2 49. Ra3 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Rxa1
51. Nxg4 {is quite definitely drawn.}) 47. Kf2 Ra1 48. Nf4 Rb1 49. Ne6 Rd1 50.
Nf4 Rd6 51. Ke2 Rc6 $2 {After much shuffling, I think this is where Magnus
missed some serious winning chances.} (51... Kb5 52. a3 (52. Kf2 Ka4 53. Kf1 $1
(53. Ne2 $2 Rd2 $19) 53... Rd2 $6 (53... Ka3 54. Ke2 Bb2 55. Rc4 Bc3 56. Rxe4
Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Kxa2 {And it may be that this is still a draw after Rc4! but it
is not easy. White has had to find a lot of exact moves.}) 54. Rxd2 Bxd2 55.
Ke2 Bc3 56. Kd1 Ka3 57. Kc2 Kxa2 58. Nd5 $11) 52... bxa3 53. Rxc3 a2 54. Rc1
Kb4 {We simply get to the same endgame we have seen previously. However at
this point Black had to try to enter this endgame.}) 52. Rc1 Kb5 53. Nd5 Rc5
54. Nf4 Rc6 55. Nd5 Rc5 56. Nf4 Ka4 57. Ne6 {As opposed to the other line, the
N comes back quickly into the game, and Black doesn't even win the exchange.}
Rd5 58. Rc2 Ka3 59. Nd4 Rc5 60. Nb3 Rd5 61. Nd4 Bxd4 62. Rd2 {Black must
surrender the exchange or he will stand much worse if not just lost after exd4.
} Bc3 $11 63. Rxd5 Kxa2 64. Kd1 b3 65. Rb5 Kb2 66. Rb8 Bf6 67. Kd2 Bc3+ 68. Kd1
Bf6 69. Rf8 Bc3 70. Re8 Ka2 71. Ra8+ Kb1 72. Ra4 b2 73. Ra6 Ba5 {Because Black
is Magnus. He plays cool moves.} 74. Rxa5 {Obviously Black had run out of ways
to try to make progress, and there was no way that White was going to have
time to pick up any pawns. Magnus had been pushing for the entire game, and he
might have had chances, but was unable to finish it off at the end.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "SCO-ch"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Rowson,J"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1999.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4356]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {The first time I had played this
against a GM since writing my book.} 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+
Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. Rb1 e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7
14. Bxc7 O-O $6 {Somehow I was afraid of Aaron improving on the analysis in my
book but it turns out he hadn't even read it!.......I guess I should trust my
judgement a little more.} (14... Na4 15. Bd6 Nxb2 (15... Bxb2 $2 16. Rxb2 Nxb2
17. Be5) 16. Ba3 Na4 17. Rxb7 Bf8 $1 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne2 Ke7 (19... Nc5 $5)
20. Nd4 {It was actually here that I thought Aaron might deviate, but he said
he was going to go right down the Novikov-Sutovsky Koszalin 1998 game, which(I
think) I had shown to be fine for Black in my book.} (20. Kd2 $5 Rfb8 21. Rxb8
Rxb8 22. Kc1 Rb2 23. Nc3 {I dimly saw this at the time; I wouldn't put it past
Aaron to go to such lengths to keep his pawn, but of course after} Rf2 {
Black is definitely not worse.}) 20... Nc5 (20... Rfb8 $2 21. Nc6+) 21. Rb4
Rfb8 22. a3 {My assessment of all this was a little stilted in my book;
"Novikov defended well" etc.......It never occured to me that White might be
playing for an advantage!........Facing a card-carrying pawn grabber of a
Grandmaster over the board made me think twice. However, I think I got it
right in my book; if anything this line is risky for White.} Na6 $5 {My
reccomended improvement on the above-mentioned game which would have been an
excellent surprise over the board.} 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Nb5 {So far so forced; I
suppose 24...Nc5 may be a good punt for a draw but I still like} Rb7 $5 {
Now I don't see any convincing answer to the initiative generating ...Nc5 and .
..a6. I am willing to let future opponents try!} 25. Be2 (25. Bd3 Nc5 26. Kd2 (
26. Ke2 a6 $1) 26... Bxb5 27. cxb5 Rd7 $1) (25. Kd2 Nc5 26. Kc1 $5 (26. Kc2 a6
27. Nc3 Ba4+ {was given in my book.}) (26. Kc3 $1 {looks like the critical
test.} a6 (26... e5 $1 {looks like the way to do it; renewing the threat of ...
a6.} 27. Kb4 {looks like the only way to meet the threat Then it's time to
sort our knight out:} Ne6 {Again with the threat of ...a6.} 28. Ka5 {Again I
see no obvious alternative.} Nd8 $1 {The key move! White may be in some
trouble now.} 29. Ka6 {Onward! How else to deal with the threat of ...Nc6+ and
...a6......Don't forget that a Rb6 mate is in our midst.} Bc8 {...Nc6 is now a
threat.} 30. Nxa7 Kd7 $1 {The idea is just to build a mating net.} 31. Be2 (31.
c5 Rb1+ 32. Ka5 (32. Nxc8 Kxc8 33. g3 Kc7 $1 34. Bg2 Rb2 {also looks likely to
end in mate.}) 32... Nc6+ 33. Nxc6 Kxc6 {is just winning; White cannot
untangle without losing material and Black will soon threaten mate.}) (31. Nxc8
Kxc8 {is similar; White has no time to exchange rooks and the mating threats
come very fast.} 32. Bd3 Ne6 $1 33. Bc2 {This might be enough for a draw.} (33.
Rb1 $2 Nc5+) 33... Nc5+ 34. Ka5 Rb2 (34... Kc7 35. Rb1) 35. Ba4 Kc7 (35... Nb7+
36. Ka6 Nc5+ 37. Ka5) 36. Bb5 Kb7 $5 37. Rd1 Ka7 38. Rd5 Nb7+ 39. Ka4 Kb6 $17 {
I'm not sure how much of this makes sense but I have faith in Black's
prosepcts.}) 31... Rxa7+ (31... Rb2+ 32. Nxc8 Kxc8 {looks very good for Black.
Once I get th knight on c5 there are mating threats all over the place.}) 32.
Kxa7 Kc7 {looks like a spectacular idea, but} 33. Rb1 {spoils the fun.}) 27.
Kb4 $1 {is the main idea of course.}) 26... a6 (26... e5 $5) 27. Nd4 Ba4 28.
Be2 e5 29. Nc2 Nb3+ 30. Kd1 Na1 {is a bit cheeky of me, but I'm very fond of
Black's coordination in these lines.}) 25... Nc5 26. Kf2 a6 27. Nd4 Rb2 28. Ra1
e5 {trapping the knight, is a pleasing demonstration of Black's prospects.
Another venemous line shows it's not even easy to bail out:}) 15. Bd6 Rfc8 16.
b3 $1 {I just completely missed this concept. I had assumed that ...Na4 and
Ba3 would happen, after which ...a6 and ...b5 gives fantasttic compensation....
..I deviated from my book analysis partly because I though such a position
might give even more compensation than ...Na4, but now I have, I think,
absolutely no compensation. There are some similarities to the samisch Kings
Indian pawn sac endgame but having exhanged a piece already and not having the
pawn on e4(d4 square, f5 break for Black) means that Black has very little to
do. As this slowly dawned on me, I realised it was going to have to be a long
grim defence......but I was determined to show I had grown up, and wouldn't
become dispirited.......} b5 $1 {I was now aware that I was simply trying to
draw and so this move sprang from a desire to give my pieces some space.} 17.
cxb5 a6 $1 {The only way. Initially I was interested in} (17... Nb7 18. Bb4 Rc2
{but} (18... Bc3+ 19. Bxc3 Rxc3 20. Rd1 $1 {is similarly annoying; at the very
best I'll win one pawn back as White mobilises.}) 19. Rd1 $1 {and Rd2 looks
like it will leave me without big ideas.}) 18. b6 {Otherwise I think I do have
some significant activity.} Rc6 19. Bc7 Bc3+ 20. Kf2 Ba5 $1 {The exclam is
because I had to see that this held together when playing ...a6.} 21. Bc4 $1 ({
Now Aaron might have considered:} 21. Rc1 $5 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Rxc1 {
when Black's rooks have a lot to prove, but White's rook is redundant so I
thought I'd be OK.}) 21... Bxb6 22. Bxb6 Rxb6 23. Ne2 {Now I am a full pawn
down with absolute zip by way of compensation. Still, thinking of "The theory
of infinite resistance" I resolved to try to play the best(and most annoying)
moves.} h5 $1 {A crucial move. In the long term, white may need to make a
second weakness in the kingside to distract me while the passed queenside pawn
is shepherded through. If White could play g4 and possibly h4-h5 I would
quickly come under unbearable pressure. Even if the threats didn't start
immediately after g4 I would never have another chance to shore up my kingside,
so I decided to take it here, strange though it looks.} 24. Rhd1 Rab8 25. Rbc1
Be8 26. Nf4 {Sensible stuff, Aaron just improves his pieces.} Kf8 27. Be2 Nb7
28. Nd3 Nd6 29. Ne5 R8b7 {Now it's not looking great for Black, but I think
Aaron played the next few moves surprisingly badly.} 30. Nc4 $6 (30. Rc5 $5 {
looks much more unpleasant to face; there's no reason for White not to fiddle
around a bit; now there are threats of Ra5 and Rdc1. a4 might even be a threat.
At any rate White should be thinking carefully about which pieces to exchange;
I thought I'd have few defensive chances if he exchanged his knight for my
bishop or his bishop for my knight. Exchanging one pair of rooks would also be
a good idea, so as to activate the King. Perhaps Aaron didn't adjust to how
easily he had achieved a winning position because he was making big decisions
in unnecessary haste at this stage.}) (30. h4 $5) (30. e4 $5) 30... Nxc4 31.
Rxc4 Ke7 32. Rc5 Ra7 33. Ra5 Bb5 $1 {And suddenly we're going to have some
sort of Rook endgame; I'm sure they're not all drawn, but some of them are.....
....} 34. Bxb5 Rxb5 35. Ra4 $6 {Aaron did think this one over for a long so
I'm sure he had his reasons but from my point of view} (35. Rxb5 axb5 36. Rd2 {
followed by king to the queenside seemed to hold much less hope for Black. If
fact, although I'm by no means an expert on these things, the fact that my
king is cut off from the queenside leads me to wonder if I'm not just lost.
Obviously I have defensive chances based on eventual activity of the rook when
the queenside opens up and prospects for some annoyance on the kingside but
I'd feel much less comfortable than I did in the game.}) 35... a5 $1 {I can
defend the pawn actively on the fifth rank; I'd be more passive if it were
fixed on the fifth.} 36. Ke2 Rc7 37. Rad4 Rg5 $1 {The annoyance begins. At
this stage I thought my chances of drawing were about 50%.} 38. g3 {Now his
second rank is draughty.} Rc2+ 39. R1d2 Rc1 40. Rd7+ Kf6 41. Rd1 (41. Ra7 Rh1
42. Kd3 Rd5+ 43. Kc2 Rxd2+ 44. Kxd2 Rxh2+ 45. Kd3 Rxa2) 41... Rc2+ 42. R7d2 Rc3
43. Rd4 Re5 $1 {More annoyance; Aaron is a cool customer but I could feel him
getting a little flustered.} 44. R4d3 Rc2+ 45. R1d2 Rc1 46. f4 {Played with
some exaltion; now it's much easier to exchange pawns and sometimes e3 is weak.
} Rec5 47. Rd1 R1c2+ 48. R3d2 R2c3 49. Rb2 g5 $1 {I was tempted to play...Kf5
and try to cause some mayhem with my king, but then I realised my position is
not good enough yet. By exchanging some pawns I lessen the scope of my
defensive task and remove some "check-shelter" from his king. Moreover, Aaron
still hasn't given me a second weakness.} 50. a3 h4 $1 {I don't necessarily
want to exchange h and g pawns because if rooks are ever exchanged I will need
a target on the kingside that cannot be defended laterally by a rook(as his
king goes to the queenside to help queen the pawn mine goes to g4 to attack g3
etc. Nonetheless, White has no good way to resolve the tension and if I can
keep both rooks on(thus limiting his king's activity) I can probably afford to
keep hoovering on the kingside.} 51. b4 Rc8 52. Rd3 hxg3 53. hxg3 axb4 54. axb4
R3c6 $1 {An important move; now I thought my drawing chances were about 60%.
If he pushes the b-pawn I can make both his rooks passive whilst keeping his
king out of the action. Besides, for the time being there is nothing to do on
the 3rd rank.} 55. Rd7 (55. b5 Rb6 56. Rdb3 Rc5 57. Kd3 e5 $1 {etc.}) 55...
gxf4 {This was now fairly forced; but I didn't remind taking away the
potential weakness on g3 because I saw prospects for activity.} 56. gxf4 (56.
exf4 $5 {Someone like Speelman might have done this; mabye g4-g5 is an idea
now but there's more chance of the kingside disappearing.}) 56... Ra8 $1 {
Creeping, like a crab-snake.} 57. Rb7 Ra3 58. Rb5 {Only move.} Rcc3 59. Re5 Ke7
{70%.} 60. Kf3 Rd3 $1 {It's important to make the following transformation
with my rook behind the b-pawn.} (60... f6 61. Re4 f5 62. Re5 Rcb3 (62... Rab3
$2 63. Ra2 Rxb4 64. Ra6)) (60... Rd3) 61. Rc2 f6 62. Re4 f5 63. Re5 Rab3 64.
Rc6 $6 (64. Rc7+ Rd7 (64... Kd6 $2 65. Ra7) 65. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {was surely a small
improvement.}) 64... Rd6 65. Rxd6 Kxd6 66. b5 (66. Rb5 Kc6 67. Rb8 Kc7 {etc.})
66... Rb2 67. Kg3 Rd2 68. Kh4 Rg2 {And now I was 90% confident; I didn't see
how Whit ecould use his King and Aaron had about five minutes to finish the
game. So I offered a draw, half hoping for the pugnacious} 69. b6 (69. e4 $2
Rg4+) 69... Rb2 70. Kg5 Rxb6 ({The ultra-cool complicated matters after} 70...
Ke7 71. e4 fxe4 72. f5 Rxb6 73. f6+ Kf7 {But from a practical point of view I
might have tried this; White could lose on time trying to win!}) 71. Kf6 Kd7 {
98%} 72. Ra5 Kd6 73. Re5 Kd7 74. e4 fxe4 75. Rxe4 {What should I do now?.....I
know I am completely safe but he's pressing like a mad man with seconds left;
he glances at his clock and I wonder if I should just chuck a pawn to try to
win on time. Still, I was pleased with my play up til now and felt it more
dignified to play a good move and make a reasonable offer.} e5+ {If he takes
we get a drawn K+P and otherwise he has no more pawns to win, so he didn't
hesitate and I felt relieved and quite pleased with myself.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Tomashevsky had a half point lead but faced a formidable opponent in the form
of Peter Svidler in the last round. Any slip would allow Karjakin to come
level with him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Of course, Grunfeld and Svidler
are like Siamese twins.} 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 {
is the other important line here.}) 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2
Nc6 (9... Qxc5 {is the main move.} 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7
e5 14. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 15. h4 $1 Qg4 16. Nxa8 {is the main line where White has
scored pretty well.}) 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. Nc7 $146 {
Till here the players were following the game Lysyj-Svidler from November 2014.
Lysyj had played a3 but Tomashevsky played Nc7. Both of them were making their
moves quickly which meant that they were well prepared.} Bxa2 14. Nxa8 Rxa8 15.
Ra1 Be6 {White has his pieces well developed and Black has only a pawn for the
exchange. Don't you think White should be better here? Well the crux of the
matter is that the pawn on b2 is pretty weak and the bishop on g7 has its hawk
eyes on it.} 16. Qa4 Nd5 17. Bb5 (17. Qxb4 Ncxb4 18. Be4 a5 $15) 17... Nxf4 18.
Nxf4 Bb3 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rac1 {Once again Black's deficit in material is
compensated by the weak b2 pawn and queenside majority. Svidler plays this
pretty well.} a5 $1 21. Rc7 a4 22. Rxb7 Bxb2 23. Be2 Na2 24. Bf3 {Tomashevsky
plays with great accuracy. The a-pawn is quite venomous and his position is
not without dangers.} Rd8 25. Nd5 e6 (25... Bxd5 26. Rxb2 $16) 26. Rb1 a3 27.
Rxb3 exd5 28. R3xb2 {Tomshevsky didn't want any more anxious moments trying to
defend against the a-pawn. He sacrifices his exchange back but the game now
peters out to a draw.} axb2 29. Rxb2 Nc3 30. Rc2 Ne4 31. Rb2 Nc3 32. Rc2 Ne4
33. Rb2 {With this Tomashevsky become the Champion of the 68th Russian
Championships.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 {
Until now Dreev used to play the recently popular (partly thanks to him) line}
(5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5
Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 {But probably the following game
discouraged him:} (14. d5 Nd4 $11) 14... a5 15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4
Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxc7 Rac8 $1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Kd2 e6 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23.
fxe3 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 {1/2, Dreev,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee/2002/} Rxc4 $11) ({
After} 5. Rc1 {theory nowadays considers Black's best reaction to be} Nh5 $1 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5 b5 12. f4 Nd5 13.
Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 $13 16. Bf2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5 18. Rxg2 Qxg2
19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bg4 Qg2 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg4 Qg2 23. Bf3 {1/2, Dreev,A-Leko,P/
Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 5... c5 ({The P sacrifice} 5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Bxc7 {isn't too popular nowadays, although the position after} Na6 9.
Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7] =<=>^^ hardly
promises White anything special. Fashion is sometimes difficult to explain.})
6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 {Here it's already easier to understand, why White didn't
play his former favourite} (7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 {It was his opponent in this
game, who came up with a convincing antidote} Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $1 10. Nxd5 Na6
11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21. c5 Rc6 22. Ne2 {1/2, Van
Wely,L-Svidler,P/Tilburg/1997/} Nxc5 23. Rd1 Rxd6 24. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rb8
26. Ra5 $11 {1/2, Kiss,P-Ruck,R/HUN-chT/1998/}) 7... dxc4 ({The reputation of} 
7... Ne4 $6 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 {has been tarnished by the energetic} 10.
Rxc3 $1 (10. bxc3 Qa5 {from the famous Petrosian-Fischer game in 1971 was
later found to be quite playable for Black despite Fischer's loss.}) 10... O-O
(10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qa1+ 12. Kd2 O-O 13. Bh6 f6 14. Nf3 Rf7 15. Rg1 Qa4 16.
Bc4 $40 {Cherepkov,A-Zdrojewski,W/Leningrad/1990/}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2
13. Nf3 a5 14. Nd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 {Piket,J-Svidler,P/Eurotel Prague/2002/}
16. c6 $36) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 $5 (9. Nf3 {-D93 transposes into a line, which
is harmless for Black.} Qxc5 10. Bb3 (10. Nb5 $6 Be6 $15) (10. Qb3 Nc6 $11)
10... Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 {and Blackis OK in a symmetrical
position. One of the plausible drawish lines is} 14. Nd5 e5 15. Bh2 Be6 16.
Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxe4 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22.
Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 bxc6 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nxe5 Bxa2 27. Nxc6 Bb3
28. Bxb3 {1/2, Volzhin,A-Oral,T/Koszalin op/1999/}) 9... Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $143
10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Rc5] ףc5 makes life unpleasant for Black's Q,
with White's K already castled} Be6 {is not so effective anymore due to} 12.
Bd3 $5 Qb4 13. Nc7 $14 {ק}) 10. Qb3 (10. Nb5 Qb4+ (10... Be6 $2 11. Qb3 $16 {
is different from the similar line above, the Ne2 protects the Rc1!}) 11. Kf1
a6 $1 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxb1 14. Qxb1 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa3 $1 16. Qb2 (16. Bxb8
$143 $2 Ne4 $1 $17 {loses material}) 16... Ra8 17. Be5 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. h3
$15 {1/2, Dydyshko,V-Begun/USSR/1990/ is already more pleasant for Black.})
10... Nc6 {Black must tread carefully, this position is not so well-known as
the D93 lines.} (10... e5 $6 11. Bg5 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] ><d5,d6}) (10... Qa5
11. O-O $32 {avoids the tactical complications from our game, but here White's
lead in development causes Black problems:} Nc6 $142 (11... Nbd7 12. a3 $1 Nc5
(12... Nb6 13. Bc7 Qc5 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qg5 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Bf4 Qf6 18.
Ne4 Qb6 19. b4 Bf5 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Bd5 $16 {Piket,J-Leko,P/Monte Carlo blind/
2001/}) 13. Qa2 Ne6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. b4 Qb6 (15... Qf5 16. Nd5 $36) 16. Be5 $36
{[%cal Yf1d1,Ye5f6] /\Rfd1,Bf6}) (11... Na6 12. a3 $1 $14 {is similar and can
transpose into the line above.}) 12. h3 $5 (12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. a3 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
e6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nec5 Rab8 19. Qa2 Be8 20. b4 Qe7 21.
Bf3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 $11 {Kraidman,Y-Schmidt,W/Nice olm/1974/})
{seems to be a slight improvement over the quoted older game below, White
retains some pressure after} 12... Qh5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 $14) 11. Nb5 Qh5 {
Seemingly forced, but if Black can't find an improvement later on, he should
give some more attention to} (11... Qb6 $5 {/\} 12. Bc7 (12. Nc7 Qxb3 13. Bxb3
Rb8 14. Nd5 Ra8 $13 15. Rxc6 $6 bxc6 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Bb7 $36) (12. O-O
$6 Na5 $15) 12... Qa6 13. Nbd4 Na5 $1 14. Bxa6 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 (15. axb3 bxa6 16.
Nc6 Re8 17. Be5 Bb7 $132) 15... bxa6 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7] ^^ and the active B
compensate Black's split P}) 12. Ng3 ({The older move was} 12. Nc7 {but after
the coldblooded} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rc6a5] /\Na5 Black is OK and White probably has
nothing more than repetition with} (12... Qa5+ 13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Rb8 15.
N7d5 Ra8 16. O-O $14 {/=}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bxf7+ $6 Rxf7 14. Rxc6 Qa5+ $1 15. Qc3
(15. Nc3 e5 $17 {loses at least an exchange}) 15... Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nh5 $15 {
and Black regains his P with an active ^^ in an _|_.}) 13... Ra8 14. Nc7 $11 {
Dreev has higher ambitions.}) 12... Qh4 13. Nc7 {Krasenkow,M: 'About this
sharp line - see CBM73, annotations to the game Gretarsson-Schandorff.'} g5 $5
{[%mdl 64] Black's best, as now he can't avoid a tactical melee anymore. 
Krasenkow,M: 'This move was put under doubt in the present game.'} (13... Rb8
$2 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Rxc6 Ng4 16. Ne8 $5 (16. Rc2 e5 17. Na6 Be6 $1 18. Qxe6
bxa6 $13) 16... Be5 17. Rc2 Bxf4 18. exf4 $16) ({Another alternative tested in
practice is} 13... e5 $6 {but after} 14. Bxe5 (14. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 15. Nxa8 Ng4 16.
Nc7 Nd4 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. Nd5 Ngxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxe3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kf6 22.
fxe3 Nxg3 23. Rc4 Qh5 24. Qd3 Be6 25. Rg1 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxh2 {0-1, Piskov,
Y-Dvoirys,S/RUS-chT Podolsk/1992/}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 {it
doesn't seem Black's compensation is sufficient, e.g.} Rc8 17. O-O $5 (17. Be2
Ne8 18. f4 {Krasenkow,M: 'Too bold.'} (18. Qxb7 $5 {Krasenkow,M} Qd8 19. O-O
Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rd1 $14) 18... Ng4 19. Qd1 Nxe3
20. Qxd7 Qxf4 {'!' Krasenkow,M.} 21. Nf1 {'?!' Krasenkow,M.} (21. Qxc8 $4 {
Krasenkow,M} Nxg2+ 22. Kd1 Qd4+ 23. Kc2 Qxb2+ 24. Kd3 Qd4+ 25. Kc2 Qc3+ $19) (
21. Bc4 $5 {Krasenkow,M} Rxc7 (21... Nxg2+ {Krasenkow,M} 22. Ke2) 22. Qxe8+ Bf8
23. Qe4 Nxg2+ 24. Kd1 Qd6+ 25. Bd3 (25. Qd3 {Krasenkow,M} Rxc4 $1) 25... Nf4
26. Rxc7 Nxd3 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kf3 Ne6 $1 $44) 21... Nxg2+ 22. Kd1 Qh4 {
'!?' Krasenkow,M.} 23. Qxc8 Qd4+ 24. Kc2 $2 Qxb2+ 25. Kd3 {'??' Krasenkow,M.} (
25. Kd1 $11 {Krasenkow,M}) 25... Nf4+ 26. Ke4 (26. Kc4 {Krasenkow,M} Qxc1+ 27.
Kb3 Qb2+ 28. Ka4 Qc2+ 29. Kb5 Qc6+ 30. Kb4 a5+ $1 31. Kb3 Qc3+ 32. Ka4 Qb4#)
26... Qe5+ 27. Kf3 Qxe2+ 28. Kg3 Nh5+ 29. Kh3 Qf3+ {0-1, Veremeichik,
V-Zhigalko,A/Minsk/2001/}) 17... Rxc7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Rxc7 $16 {and the
unusual material balance (2R+3P/3 minor pieces after b7 falls) favours White.})
14. Bxg5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Formally this move is a novelty, but it was already
published in Krasenkow's notes. Krasenkow,M: 'Quite an obvious novelty.'} (14.
Nf5 $2 Bxf5 15. Bg3 Nd4 $1 (15... Qe4 $2 16. f3 $16) (15... Qh6 16. Nxa8 $16 {
are both insuffcient}) 16. exd4 (16. Qxb7 Rab8 $1 17. Qxb8 Nc2+ 18. Rxc2 Rxb8
19. Bxh4 Bxc2 20. Bxg5 Ne4 {[%cal Re4g5,Rb8c8] /\Ng5,Rc8} 21. Bxe7 Rxb2 $1 22.
O-O Nd2 $19) 16... Qe4+ 17. Kf1 Rac8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bb5 Qb6 20. Bc4 Qa5 21.
Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfd8 $19 {[%csl Rh1] Gretarsson,H-Schandorff,L/Gentofte/1999/
and the Rh1 won't get out in time.}) 14... Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 {Again Black
makes the most natural move, now White's N is a goner.} (15... Qe5 {[%cal
Re5b8] /\Qb8} 16. Be2 Qa5+ (16... Qb8 $2 17. Rxc6 $18) 17. Qc3 Qd8 18. Rd1 $5 (
18. b4 Nd5 19. Qc5 Be6 $1 20. b5 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ncb4 $36) 18... Bd7 19. Nf5 e5
20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bf3 $40) 16. Qxb7 (16. Nc7 $2 Qa5+ $17) 16... Rb8 (16... Qa5+
$2 17. b4 Nxb4 18. O-O Bc6 19. Qc7 Qa3 {also wins the N, but White's ->
crashes through after} 20. Nf5 Bxa8 21. Qxe7 $18) 17. Qc7 (17. Ne4 $2 Qxg2 (
17... Qa5+ 18. b4 Qa3 $19) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd7 Qxh1+ 20. Bf1 Ne5 $19) 17...
Rxa8 (17... Rc8 {Krasenkow,M} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $140 $2 19. Qxd7 Rd8 20. Qxc6
Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qd2 22. Be2 $18 {A.Dreev}) 18. Ba6 $36 {'!' Krasenkow,M. 
Krasenkov considers this position unclear, but Dreev probably went deepeer
than that. In reality it's not so easy to coordinate Black's minor pieces.} Ne8
{A computer move, but probably not the best. Krasenkow,M: 'Black has a lot of
other options but none of them apeears to offer full equality, due to the poor
position of his minor pieces:'} (18... Nd8 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qb7 $36) (18... Nb4
$2 19. Qb7 $18) (18... Qa5+ $2 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. b4 $18) (18... Qg4 {was tried
in a later game. But it's rather mysterious why White didn' play} 19. Rxc6 (19.
O-O $6 Nd5 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. h3 Rxb7 22. hxg4 Rxb2 23. Rfd1 e6 24. e4 Nb6 $15 {
Tregubov,P-Oral,T/Selfoss/2002/}) 19... Nd5 (19... Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qb4+ 21. Ke2 (
21. Qc3 $5) 21... Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 $16) (19... Ne8 $1 {see analysis in
Tregubov-Oral}) 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ (22... Rd8 23. Bc4 {
can transpose}) 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. Bc4 $14 {with an extra P and good winning
prospects.}) (18... Qd5 {Krasenkow,M} 19. Rd1 Qe5 (19... Qa5+ {Krasenkow,M} 20.
Qxa5 Nxa5 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxc6 Ne5 25. b5 $1 $16) 20.
Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxc6 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Rb8 23. Qxd7 Qxa6+ 24. Kf3 $16) (18... Qg4 $5 {
(Krasenkow,M) -see Tregubov-Oral in this issue.}) 19. Qxd7 Qa5+ 20. b4 $1 (20.
Qd2 $143 $6 Qxa6 $13 {[%csl Re1] עe1}) 20... Nxb4 21. O-O (21. Bc8 $2 Nxa2+
22. Ke2 (22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Qxe8+ Bf8 $36) 22... Nxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nd6 24. Nf5 $11 {
and it's White, who barely manages to maintain equality.}) 21... Qxa6 22. Nf5 (
22. Qxe7 Nxa2 $13 {is unconvincing, the text move is definitely stronger.})
22... Nxa2 $2 ({Black hardly wanted to give the Pe7, but after} 22... e6 23.
Nxg7 Nxg7 24. Rc7 Rf8 25. Rxa7 $16 {he is also in serious trouble.}) (22... Nf6
$142 $5 23. Qxe7 Bf8 24. Qe5 Re8 (24... Nxa2 $2 25. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra2] פa2})
(24... Qe6 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Re8 $14 {/+/-}) 25. Qg3+ Kh8 $14 {was a better
chance, offering more prospects of <=>.}) (22... e5 {Krasenkow,M} 23. Nxg7 Nxg7
24. a3 Nd3 25. Rc7 Rf8 26. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga3]}) 23. Rc6 Qa5 (23... Qa3 $5 24.
Nxe7+ (24. Qb7 $5 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qb4 (25... Qd3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxa7 Nc3 28.
Ng6+ $1 $18) 26. Qxa7 Qb5 $1 (26... Nc3 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 $18) 27. Ra5 (27.
Nxg7 Nc3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb5f1] /\Qf1!-+}) 27... Qd3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Rxa2 Rd7
$16 (29... Qe4 $5 $16)) 24... Kf8 25. Nc8 Be5 26. Qf5 $40 {+/-}) (23... Qb5 $2
{Krasenkow,M} 24. Nxg7 Nb4 25. Nf5 {A.Dreev}) 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Nc8 (25. Nf5 $5
{Krasenkow,M}) 25... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder, but even after the only
move Krasenkow,M: 'Overlooking a nice tactical blow.'} (25... Qe5 $8 26. Qb7
Rb8 27. Qxa7 Rb2 (27... Nb4 28. Rc5 $18) 28. Nb6 Qe7 29. Nd7+ Kg8 30. Rc8 $16 {
/+- White's pressure is unbearable.} f5 31. Qa4 Kf7 $8 32. Qd1 {[%cal Rd1h5]}
Qd6 33. Qh5+ Qg6 34. Qh4 {the initiative certainly belongs to White.}) 26. Rc4
$1 (26. Rc4 Qxc4 (26... Qa3 27. Re4 $18) 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxe8+ Bf8 29. Ne7+
Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Qxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Lipovec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 {I've played a lot of games with Alexey, and
it always used to be a kind of theoretical dispute - Gruenfeld (when I got
black) and Caro-Kann (when I was white). So, this time I knew it will be
Gruenfeld and I was pretty sure about the line, he will play.} 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4
Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Qxc5 {All that was
played in the hundreds of games, so, I don't really feel like commenting on
the opening moves.} 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 {So, here we
are! Dreev's pet line, which brought him a victory in the very important game
with Svidler (Halkidiki'2002) and turned this variation into one of the
topical in the whole Gruenfeld defence.} e5 $1 {Svidler played 13...g5, but
failed to get a decent game. Later Tomas Oral improved on black's play and
obtained a sensible position versus Pavel Tregubov. However, I had my own
opinion.} (13... Rb8 {Krasenkow,M} 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Qxb8 Rf8
17. Qb3+ Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Berczes,D-Margvelashvili,G/Budva YUG 2003/The Week in
Chess 465 (17)} 18. Be5 {now looks quite annoying for Black.}) 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxa8 {Krasenkow,M: 'White has won the exchange but his king is still
uncastled.'} Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6 (16... Rc8 {(Krasenkow,M) was played in the stem
game, with an attack for Black for the sacrificed material after} 17. Be2 Ne8
18. f4 Ng4 19. Qd1 Nxe3 20. Qxd7 Qxf4 {0-1 Veremeichik,V-Zhigalko,A/Minsk 2001/
CBM 81 ext (29) This line needs further tests. The text move also leads to
very unclear consequences.}) 17. Nd5 {All this was played very quickly and
Dreev seemed to be pretty happy about his position. Indeed, the Fritz'
proposal 17...Nd5 (17...Bd5) leads to a clearly worse position for me, but I
got something stronger than this banal move...} ({Moves like} 17. Bf1 {
(Krasenkow,M) don't look too promising.}) 17... Kh8 $3 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5
Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. Qxb7 Nd3+ 21. Ke2 Nxc1+ 22. Rxc1 {leaves white an extra
pawn and good chances to convert his edge.}) {Dreev took a lengthy thought and
found the best move here. But why this 17...Kh8 is so strong? The answer is
simple, but a bit hard to believe - black just prepares the murderous b7-b5
and Ne5:c4 - that's why I just remove my king from the eventual Nd5:f6+ or
Nd5-e7+. Alexey had few possibilities here, and he manages to find the best
one. Let's have a look on other moves:} 18. Nf4 $1 (18. Nxf6 Bxg2 19. Nd5 (19.
Rg1 Bc6 $1 20. Nd5 Nf3+ 21. Ke2 Qg4 22. Kd3 Qd7 {with a lot of threats, which
can't be parried - if your Fritz doesn't agree, just give him another 5
minutes to understand the position:)}) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kd1 Bxh1 21. Nxh1 Qxh2
22. Kc2 (22. Ng3 Qxf2) 22... Ng1 $1 23. Kb1 Qxh1 {A picturesque position!
Black pieces get out of the corner and white find itself in trouble - his king
is still unsafe and my ''h'' pawn is ready to march towards the glory!}) (18.
O-O $2 b5 {is just bad for him.}) (18. a4 $2 Nxc4 19. Nxf6 Na5 $1 20. Qc3 b6 $1
{and the game is over!}) 18... g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. Bxd3 $6 (20. Qxd3 {is
probably stronger -} Bxg2 21. Nf5 $5 {was played in V. Mikhalevski-Greenfeld
few weeks after the analysed game. White won it convincingly, but mostly
thanks to the black's mistake on the move 22th:} (21. Rg1 Qxh2 22. Ke2 Nh5 {
with unclear play, though black should be definetely OK here.}) 21... Qh3 22.
Nxg7 Bxh1 $2 (22... Kxg7 $1 23. Rg1 Qxh2 {when black can't be worse in my
opinion}) 23. Nf5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Nd7 25. Nd4 $16) 20... Bxg2 21. Qc4 Ng4 $1 (21...
Qxc4 $2 22. Rxc4 Bxh1 23. Nxh1 {may only favour white.}) 22. Bf5 (22. Rg1 Bf3
23. Bf5 Qxh2 24. Qf1 Ne5 {looks too good for black.}) 22... Ne5 (22... Bxh1 23.
Nxh1 Qxh2 {doesn't give anything (except an extra pawn, which plays absolutely
no role here), as after} 24. Bxg4 Qxh1+ 25. Ke2 Qh6 {Krasenkow,M: 'was quite
possible (White maintained compensation for the missing pawn) but Black looks
for more.'} 26. Qd5 {white is by no means worse.}) 23. Qxh4 gxh4 24. Rg1 $2 ({
Krasenkow,M: The position after} 24. Be4 $1 {was the only way to maintain the
balance.} Bxh1 (24... Nd3+ {'!?' Krasenkow,M.} 25. Ke2 $11 Bxh1 {Krasenkow,M}
26. Rxh1 hxg3 27. Bxd3 gxf2 28. Kxf2 $11) 25. Nxh1 f5 26. Bb1 {and white is OK,
despite his ridicolous knight on h1. Krasenkow,M: 'doesn't look too attractive
for White but perhaps it was his best chance.'}) 24... Bc6 $1 25. Nh5 {'?!'
Krasenkow,M.} (25. Ne4 $142 {Krasenkow,M} Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg1+ 27. Rxg1 Bxb2 28.
Rg4 $15) 25... Nf3+ 26. Ke2 Bxb2 $1 27. Rgd1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 {Krasenkow,M: 'So,
as a result of the complications, Black has an extra pawn and can now win a
second one.'} Re8 $2 {A tempting move, played without too much of thought in
the opponent's severe time-trouble! I got about 30 minutes here and had to
calculate the correct 28...Rd8! till the end, which would eventually win the
game: Krasenkow,M: 'This looks like a deadly blow but White finds a defense.'}
(28... Rd8 $1 29. e4 Nd4+ 30. Ke3 Nxf5+ 31. exf5 {here I stopped, assuming
that white gets some counterplay by penetrating with the kings on the dark
squares. However after} Rd5 32. Kf4 h6 $1 33. Nf6 Rd2 34. Ke3 (34. Rg1 Rxf2+
35. Ke3 Rg2) 34... Rd6 {black has all the chances to convert his advantage.})
29. Nf6 Nd4+ 30. Kd3 Nxf5 31. Nxe8 Bxe8 32. Rc8 Ng7 33. Rb8 {Now white gets
one of the pawns on the queenside, and his position is not worse anymore... 
Actually, the rook is usually not weaker than the bishop+knight in the endgame
(the most famous game on this topic is probably Beliavsky-Dolmatov), so my
further attempts to play for a win are somewhat groundless.} b6 34. Rb7 Nh5 35.
Rxa7 Nf6 36. f3 Kg7 37. e4 {limiting my bishop's activity.} Nd7 38. Ke3 Nc5 39.
Ra8 Ba4 40. Rb8 b5 41. f4 Nd7 42. Rb7 Nf6 {I was provoking Alexey for some
active moves (like 43.f5 or 43.e5), which might have been objectively good,
but left me the chances for a win in this game, but he opts for the safest way
and the game ends in a draw.} 43. h3 Bc2 44. Rxb5 Bxe4 45. a4 h6 46. a5 Bg2 47.
a6 Bxh3 48. Kf2 Bd7 49. Rb6 Bf5 50. a7 Be4 51. Rb4 Bc6 {White continues his
pursue after the bishop and the draw is inevitable.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+
Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $5 $146 (9... Na6 {Ftacnik} 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. Be5 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Rd4 Bc2 16. Bc4 a6 17. Ke2 b5
18. Rc1 Be4 19. Bb3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rcd1 e6 22. e4 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nf4+
24. Kf3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {1-0 Andruet,G-Bernard,C/FRA-ch Epinal 1986/(42)}) 10.
Nxd5 (10. Nge2 Nxc5 $5 (10... Na6 11. cxd5 Naxc5 12. Rd1 $1 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Nd4 (13. f3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Nc5) 13... Rc8 14. Rd1 (14. f3 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16.
Be5 Rc2 $13) 14... Bxd4 (14... Ba4 $5 15. b3 Bd7 $13 {/\ Nc3}) 15. Rxd4 Rc1+
16. Ke2 f5 (16... Bb5+ 17. Kf3 Bxf1 18. Rxe4 Be2+ 19. Kxe2 Rxh1 20. d6 e6 21.
Rc4 $18) 17. Rb4 Rc2+ 18. Kd1 Rc5 $13) (12. Nd4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 12...
Rc8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Nc5 15. b3 $16) 11. Nxd5 Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Nxf2 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Nxa8 e5 15. Bg5+ f6 $13 {xNa8}) (10. Nxe4 {Ftacnik} dxe4 11. O-O-O Na6
$11) 10... Na6 11. f3 (11. Rb1 $5 Bf5 $1 $13) (11. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6 12. Nc7+
Nxc7 13. Bxc7 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc5 $13) 11... Nexc5 12. O-O-O (12.
Rb1 $5 e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 $1 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e6 16. Nc3 Nb4 (16... f5
17. Rd1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bd6 $16) 17. Rd1 f5 18. Rd2 $1 $14)
13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Na4 $1 $13) (12. Bg5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 f6 $11) (12. Nc3 {
Ftacnik} Nb4 13. O-O-O Rd8 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa2+ 15. Kb2 Na4+ 16. Kb3
N4xc3 17. Ra1 Ba4+ 18. Ka3 f6 $13) 14. Nd5 Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Nc7+ (16. Nxb4
Bf5+ $17) 16... Kf8 17. e4 $11) 12... e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Be1 $16) 13. Nc7+ {Ftacnik: In the future white will rather have to try the
modest retreat, since now black gets hot counterplay. Ftacnik: Weiss soll im
Zukunft lieber den bescheidene Rueckzug 13.Nc3 versuchen, jetzt erhaelt
Schwarz heißes Gegenspeil.} (13. Nc3 Bxc3 (13... Rc8 14. e4 $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6
16. e5 $16) 14. bxc3 f6 $44 {/\ e5, Be6, Rc8; xc3,c4} (14... f6 {Ftacnik} 15.
Ne2 Rc8 $14)) 13... Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 (15. Bg3 {Ftacnik} b5 16. cxb5
Na4+ 17. Kd2 Bxb2 $11) 15... b5 $1 16. b3 $8 (16. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} Rxc5 17. b4
Rc7 18. c5 Bc3 19. a3 a5 20. Kc2 (20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 $17) 20... axb4
21. Kb3 Rxc5 22. axb4 Rc7 23. Ne2 Bf6 $11) (16. cxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} Ne4+ 17. Kb1
Nf2 $19) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 (17. bxc4 {Ftacnik} Nb7 18. Ba3 Bb5 $15) 17... Na4
$1 18. Rd2 $8 (18. bxa4 {Ftacnik} Rxc4+ 19. Kd2 Bxa4 $17) (18. Kd2 {Ftacnik}
Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Nb2 20. Rc1 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kd3 Bb5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Rxc3
Rc6+ 25. Kc2 Rxd6 26. Nh3 $11) 18... Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Rxc4 {
Ftacnik} Rxc4+ 21. bxc4 Kd7 22. Bg3 Rc8 $15) 20... Kd7 21. c5 (21. Ba3 Rc6 22.
Ne2 Rhc8 23. Rd1+ Ke8 $11) 21... Rc6 $1 22. Ne2 (22. Ne2 Nxc5 $1 23. Rd1 $1 (
23. Bxc5 Rhc8 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Kd2 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 $15) 23... Rxd6 24. Rxc5
$11 {/\ Ra5}) (22. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Kc8 23. Rc2 Kb7 24. Ne2 Nxc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2498"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7.
Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 {Krasenkow,M: 'A cunning order of moves.'} (
9... Qxc5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 {- is the main line; 9...Nc6 may
lead to the same;}) 10. O-O ({Krasenkow,M: To} 10. Qb3 {Krasenkow,M: 'Black
can continue'} Qxc5 (10... Ne4 {Krasenkow,M} 11. O-O $6 Nd2 12. Qb5 Nxf1 13.
Kxf1 Qxb5 14. Bxb5 Be6 $17 {1-0 Kharkova,E-Zezulkin,J/Katowice 1992/TD (46)})
11. Nb5 Qh5 {- transforms it to the main line with lots of complications and
tactics;}) {Krasenkow,M: However, White can simply castle.} 10... Qxc5 11. Nb5
Qh5 $146 {The move of Victor Mikhalevski (11...Be6) also gives black good
chances for an equality;} (11... Be6 {'!?' Krasenkow,M.} 12. Nc7 (12. Bd3 $5
Qb4 13. a3 (13. Nc7 Rad8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qc2 Nh5 $132) 13... Qb3 14. Qxb3
Bxb3 15. Nbd4 $14) 12... Bxc4 13. Nxa8 Bxe2 (13... Rxa8 14. Qc2 b5 15. b3 Nb4
16. Qb1 Nd3 17. Rc2 Nb4 $11) 14. Qxe2 Qa5 15. b4 $1 {'[]' Krasenkow,M.} (15.
Nc7 $2 e5 {'-+' Krasenkow,M. Krasenkow,M: '0-1 Sergeev,V-Mikhalevski,V/Dos
Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (67)'} 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 $17 {0-1 Sergeev,V-Mikhalevski,V/
Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (67)}) 15... Nxb4 16. a3 Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qd3 18. Qxd3
Nxd3 19. Rxa7 Nxf4 20. exf4 Nd5 {and this must be a draw;}) 12. Nc7 Rb8 13. Nd5
(13. Qa4 $5 {Krasenkow,M} e5 (13... Bd7) 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Nc3 Rbc8 16. N7d5 $14
{1-0 Soln,P-Rocko,I/Plzen 1995/EXT 97 (51)}) 13... Ra8 $6 {13...e5 doesn't
look like a good move: it weakens d5 and closes Bg7, but actually that's the
best move here, and black probably levels the game that way; Krasenkow,M:
'This is insufficient for equality.'} (13... e5 $1 {'!?' Krasenkow,M.} 14. Bg3
Ne4 $1 (14... Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Ne7 16. Bf3 Bg4 17. Nf4 $1 $16)) (13... Nxd5 {
Krasenkow,M} 14. Bxb8 Nb6 15. Bc7 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 $14) 14. Nec3 $14
{Krasenkow,M: 'White doesn't want a draw!'} Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 {Krasenkow,M:
'White has a huge development advantage but lack of weaknesses enables Black
to defend firmly.'} Bf5 16. f3 {Too slow: The aggresive 16.Bb5 causes black
troubles;} (16. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Re7]} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 e5 18. Bxc6 $16) 16... Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Rad8 18. e4 Be6 (18... Bd7 {(Krasenkow,M) would be also met by} 19.
Be3 $14 ({but not} 19. Bc7 Rc8 (19... Bd4+ $143 20. Kh1 Rc8 21. Bxc6 Rxc7 22.
Rxd4 Bxc6 23. Nd5 Rd7 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Nf6+ exf6 26. Rxd7 $14) 20. Bxf7+ $140
$2 Kxf7 21. Rxd7 Ke6 22. Rcd1 Nd4 $17)) 19. Be3 {'!' Krasenkow,M.} (19. Bxe6
fxe6 20. Be3 a6 {and black pawns aren't any weak;}) 19... a6 (19... Bxd5 20.
exd5 Nb4 {Krasenkow,M: 'was more consequent.'} 21. Bxa7 (21. d6 $6 {Krasenkow,M
} Rxd6 22. Rxd6 exd6 23. Bxa7 Ra8) 21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc3 {Krasenkow,M}
Nxd5 {[%csl Gd5]}) 22... Nxd5 {Krasenkow,M: 'with good drawing chances.'} 23.
c4 $14) 20. Bb6 Rc8 (20... Rd6 {Krasenkow,M} 21. Bc5 Rdd8 22. f4 $5 $36) 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Na4 Ne5 23. Bc7 {Krasenkow,M: 'Attractive but Black has a good
response.'} (23. b3 {Krasenkow,M} Bh6 $132) 23... Bh6 {An attempt to play for
a win! 23...Nc6 would lead to a draw most likely; All this was in a
time-trouble of black;} (23... Nc6 24. Bg3 (24. Bb6 Ne5) 24... Rfd8 {and black
must reach a draw here easily;}) 24. Rc3 Bf4 {In view of Nxf3 threat white
must move the king;} 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 $143 {Krasenkow,M} Ng4 $1 26. Bb6 Rxc3
27. bxc3 Ne5 $14) 25... Nxf3 {'?' Krasenkow,M. Brave move! But white has a way
to refute black's tactical idea- see note to move 27! Actually, there was no
way back- white has an advantage in all lines anyhow, for example:  Krasenkow,
M: 'A wrong combination but after'} (25... b5 26. Nb6 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Ng4 28.
Rdd7 $16) (25... Bxh2 {Krasenkow,M} 26. Nb6 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Nxf3 28. Rxb7 {
White keeps the upper hand although the position is not so easy.}) 26. Bxf4
Rxc3 27. Bh6 $2 {[%mdl 64] White misses the way for an advantage...But
unfortunately I didn't exploit Igor's mistake;} (27. Nxc3 {'>=' Krasenkow,M.}
Ne5 (27... Nh4 {Krasenkow,M} 28. g3) 28. Rd8 $1 {found by Alex Moiseenko in a
post mortem of this game;} Rxd8 29. Bxe5 $16 Rd2 {Krasenkow,M} 30. Ne2 {
with two pieces for a rook and no sufficient compensation for Black.}) 27...
Nd2+ $4 {[%mdl 64] Missing a big chance, which was easily found by Fritz later
on; In case of 27...Rc4 black gets even some advantage!} ({Krasenkow,M:
however,} 27... Rc4 $1 28. Bxf8 (28. gxf3 Rxa4 $15) (28. b3 Nd2+ 29. Ke2 (29.
Kg1 Rc2 $1 $17) 29... Rxe4+ 30. Kxd2 Rd8+ 31. Kc1 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Rh4 $17) 28...
Rxa4 {Krasenkow,M: 'enabled Black to avoid material losses due to his ...Rd4!
threat:'} 29. Bh6 (29. Rd8 Rd4 {'!' Krasenkow,M.} 30. Rc8 (30. Rxd4 {Krasenkow,
M} Nxd4 31. Bxe7 $11) 30... Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Bh6 g5 $3 {'!' Krasenkow,M.
This move actually saves the whole line 27...Rc4!} 33. Bxg5 Nxe4 $15 34. Be3 {
Krasenkow,M} Rd7 $11) 29... Rd4 30. Rc1 Nd2+ 31. Ke2 Nc4 32. b3 $140 (32. Rf1
Rd8 33. b3 Nd6 $15) 32... Nd6) (27... Nxh2+ {Krasenkow,M} 28. Kg1 Rc4 29. Bxf8
Kxf8 (29... Ng4 30. b3) 30. Nb6 $16) 28. Ke2 {Now black just loses material-
too many pieces hanging and there is no way to save them all....} Rc4 29. Bxf8
Kxf8 (29... Rxa4 30. Bh6 {and black knight can't move because of bankrank mate;
}) 30. Nb6 $18 {That's it - white knight escapes from attack of black pieces;}
Rxe4+ (30... Rc6 31. Nd7+ Ke8 32. Rxd2 $18) 31. Kxd2 Rb4 32. Nd7+ Ke8 33. Kc3
Rb5 34. a4 Rh5 35. h3 a5 36. Nb6 Rc5+ 37. Nc4 {Black is dead- no chances to
save this ending;} Kf7 38. Rd7 Rg5 39. g4 h5 40. Rxb7 hxg4 41. hxg4 1-0

