[Event "Wiener Kongress Masters"]
[Site "Vienna (Messepalast)"]
[Date "1922.11.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1922.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1] A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908-1923", 1983, S.
181-184.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 {Ein guter Zug, der
wahrscheinlich zum Ausgleich genügt.} 5. Bxf6 ({Vorzuziehen, wenn auch für
Schwarz nicht gefährlich, wäre wohl} 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 {usw.})
5... gxf6 6. Nxe4 f5 7. Nc3 {Der Springerrückzug nach g3 versprach wegen der
Antwort 7. ... c5 noch weniger.} Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd2 (9. Bc4 c5 10. d5 b5 $1
11. Bxb5 Qa5 12. Be2 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ {in Verbindung mit 14. ... exd5 und
Schwarz steht besser.}) 9... c5 {Dieser Zug verstärkt die Wirkung des
schwarzen Königsläufers und zwingt Weiß zu vorsichtigem Spiel.} 10. dxc5 Qa5
11. Nb5 {Der durch diesen Zug hervorgerufene Damentausch befreit Weiß vom
Gespenst eines Angriffs auf seine Königsstellung, welcher in Anbetracht der
beiden schwarzen Läufer sehr gefährlich werden könnte.} Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 (
{Und nicht} 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Be5 14. Nc4 {mit Vorteil für Weiß. (Rybka 4:
=(0.00)}) 13. c3 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 {Der schwarze Springer hat keine guten
Rückzugsfelder, aber jetzt gestattet die offene a- Linie dem Weißen, einen
gewissen Druck auf den gegnerischen Damenflügel auszuüben.} 15. axb3 a6 16.
Nd6 Rb8 17. b4 {Bereitet die Entdoppelung der b-Bauern durch b5 vor.} Rd8 18.
O-O-O {Exakter wäre, sofort den Läufer mit dem Springer zu schlagen, wonach
sich ein Endspiel ergeben hätte, welches mit dem in der Partie wirklich
entstandenen identisch wäre. Nach dem Textzuge hätte Schwarz ....} Be5 ({....
} 18... Bd7 {und falls} 19. b5 {so} Bxb5 {usw. einer Reihe von Komplikationen
mit ungewissem Ausgang herbeiführen können.}) 19. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rxc8 {
Dieses Endspiel ist für Weiß vorteilhaft: 1. Er hat die Bauernmajorität auf
dem Damenflügel. 2. die Stellung des Königs, der sich bereits im Zentrum
befindet, erleichtert ihm die Ausnutzung dieser Majorität. 3. Alle
gegnerischen Bauern befinden sich auf den Feldern der Farbe des weißen
Läufers, wobei die Bauern des Damenflügels schwer auf Felder der anderen
Farbe zu bringen sind. 4. der schwarze h-Bauer ist isoliert. Aber die
neutralisierende Kraft der ungleichen Läufer ist so groß, dass trotz aller
erwähnten Vorteile, Weiß das Endspiel kaum gewonnen hätte, wenn der Gegner
ihm nicht gestattet hätte, die 5. Reihe mit dem Turm zu besetzen (siehe den
24. Zug von Schwarz).} 21. Kc2 Kf8 22. Be2 Rc7 23. Ra1 Ke7 24. h3 f4 {Dieser
Versuch eines Gegenangriff bei dessen Einleitung dem Schwarzen die Schaffung
des Komplexes Ld6, Bauern e5, f5, f4 vorgeschwebt hat, muss als entscheidender
Fehler betrachtet werden.} ({Richtig war} 24... Bd4 {in Verbindung mit Ld4-b6
mit Remischancen.  Der studienartige Schluss diese Partie entschädigt
reichlich für die gewisse Eintönigkeit ihres Anfangs.}) 25. Kb3 {Nimmt dem
Schwarzen vor allem die Chance Le5-d4.} Rd7 26. Ra5 Bc7 {Noch das Beste.} ({
Falls} 26... Rd5 {so} 27. Bf3 Rxa5 28. bxa5 {und Weiß gewinnt die Bauern b
und a}) ({Und falls} 26... f6 27. Bf3 Kd8 28. b5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Kc8 30. Rb6 Re7
31. Kc4 {und Kc4-d3 mit dem nachfolgenden Vorgehen der Bauern des
Damenflügels.}) 27. Rh5 Rd2 28. Bf3 b6 29. Rxh7 Rxf2 30. Bh5 {Die Folgen
dieses Zuges, welche dem Schwarzen zwei gefährliche Freibauern gibt, müssten
von beiden Gegnern sehr genau berechnet werden, da sich jetzt ein
außerordentlich scharfes Spiel ergibt.} Rxg2 31. Rxf7+ Kd8 ({Nach} 31... Kd6
32. Rxf4 {hätte Schwarz langsam aber sicher verloren.}) 32. Bg4 e5 {Offenbar
erzwungen.} 33. Rd7+ Kc8 34. Rd2+ Rxg4 35. hxg4 f3 {Der Kern der Kombination,
die mit 26. ... Lc7 begann.} (35... e4 36. Rd4 f3 37. Rxe4 f2 38. Re8+ {
mit nachfolgendem Tf8 und Weiß gewinnt leicht.  Was soll nun Weiß nach dem
Textzug tun, um Remis zu vermeiden oder sogar auch noch zu verlieren? Hier
folgen die Varianten I.) bis IV.) ...:}) {Und doch gibt es einen Weg zum
Gewinn :} 36. Rd5 {Die Varianten, die diesem auf den ersten Blick sinnlosen
Zug begründen (der Turm greift einen gedeckten Bauern an und gestattet dem
anderen Bauern vorzugehen), werden einfach erscheinen, wenn man die Grundidee
des Weißen erfasst.  Die schwarzen Bauern sind ungefährlich: 1. wenn sie
sich auf Feldern der Farbe ihres eigenen Läufers befinden, da der weiße
König sie dann leicht aufhalten kann, z.B. ././. 2. wenn es den Turm gelingt,
sie von rückwärts, ähnlich wie in der Variante IV der vorangegangenen Anm..,
aber ohne Zeitverlust anzugreifen, z..B. ./././.} ({.... I.)} 36. Kc4 e4 37.
Kd4 Bf4 38. Rf2 e3 39. Rxf3 e2 {und Schwarz gewinnt.}) ({.... II.)} 36. Kc2 e4
37. Rd4 e3 38. Kd1 Bg3 39. Re4 e2+ 40. Kd2 Bh4 41. Re5 Bg3 {REMIS}) ({.... III.
)} 36. g5 e4 37. Rd5 f2 38. Rf5 e3 39. g6 e2 40. g7 e1=Q 41. g8=Q+ Kb7 42. Qd5+
Ka7 {und Weiß kann wegen der Drohung 43. ... f2-f1D oder Dd1+ nicht gewinnen.}
) ({.... IV.)} 36. Rh2 e4 37. Rh8+ Kb7 38. Rf8 Bg3 39. g5 Bd6 $1 40. Rf6 Be5
41. Rf7+ Kc6 {Und Schwarz macht Remis durch Angriff auf den Turm, der die
f-Linie nicht verlassen darf. Und doch gibt es einen Weg zum Gewinn!}) 36... e4
({s. oben Punkt 1.  ././} 36... f2 37. Rd1 e4 38. Kc2 Bf4 39. Rf1 {und Kd1 usw.
}) 37. Rf5 Bg3 38. g5 Kd7 ({s. oben Punkt 2.  ./././} 38... e3 39. Rxf3 e2 40.
Re3 {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 39. g6 Ke6 40. g7 Kxf5 41. g8=Q Bf4 42. Qf7+ Kg4 ({
Auf} 42... Ke5 {gewinnt Weiß durch} 43. c4) 43. Qg6+ Bg5 44. Qxe4+ Kg3 45. Qg6
Kg4 46. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Candidates m7"]
[Site "Madras"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. a4 (12. c3 Nf8 13. Ba6 $14)
12... a5 13. c3 Nf8 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. b4 $6 f5 $1 16. Ng3 (16. Neg5 Qf4 $17)
16... h5 $36 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. c4 Kf8 19. Bf1 Bf6 20. Ra3 Kg7 21. Rb1 h4 {
Black seizes his chance} 22. Ne2 h3 23. g3 (23. gxh3 $1 {The extra space for
the white king and the g3-square compensate for the weak kingside}) 23... c5
$17 24. d5 exd5 25. cxd5 c4 26. Nc3 Qc5 27. Ra2 Ne7 $1 28. Rab2 $2 Nxd5 $1 29.
Rb5 Nxc3 (29... Rxb5 $1 30. Rxb5 Qa3 31. Rxd5 $1 (31. Nxd5 Qxf3 $19) 31... Qxc3
32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rxf5 Rd8 $1 $40) 30. Rxc5 Nxb1 31. Qd7 Rxc5 32. Nd4 $5 (32.
Qxb7 Nc3 $1 33. Qxb6 Ne4 $17) 32... Kg6 $2 (32... Bd5 33. Nxf5+ Kg6 $19) (32...
Re8 33. Qxe8 Bxd4 34. Qd7 Bd5 35. Qxf5 Be6 36. Qxb1 Rf5 $17) 33. Qxb7 Bxd4 34.
Qxb6+ f6 (34... Kg7 35. Qd6 $3 $8) 35. Qxb1 c3 36. Bd3 c2 $2 (36... Rhc8 37.
Bc2 $13 (37. Qc2 Re8 38. Kf1 (38. Qb1 c2) 38... Rce5 39. Bxf5+ Kg7 $19)) 37.
Bxc2 Rhc8 38. Bxf5+ $1 Rxf5 39. g4 Rc1+ $8 40. Qxc1 Rxf2 41. Kh1 Be5 42. Qg1
Rg2 43. a5 $1 {After convincing myself that white has no winning chances I
decided to force a draw} (43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. a5 Rxh2+ 45. Kg1 Rg2+ 46. Kh1 Rxg4
47. a6 h2 48. a7 Rg1+ 49. Qxg1+ hxg1=R+ 50. Kxg1 Bd4+ $19 {is one unpleasant
variation}) (43. Qxg2 hxg2+ 44. Kxg2 Kg5 45. h3 Kf4 46. a5 Bb8 47. a6 Ba7 48.
Kf1 Kg3 49. Ke2 Kxh3 50. Kf3 Bb8 $1 51. a7 Bxa7 52. Kf4 Be3+ $3 $19) 43...
Rxg1+ 44. Kxg1 Kg7 45. a6 Bb8 46. Kh1 Kg8 47. Kg1 (47. g5 f5 48. g6 f4 49. g7
f3 50. a7 $10) 47... Kf8 48. Kh1 Ke8 49. g5 f5 50. g6 f4 51. g7 Kf7 52. g8=Q+
Kxg8 53. a7 Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 Nd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 (11... Qe7 12. h4 Nc5 13. Nxc5
Qxc5 14. Nb3 Qb6 {Short-Bareev Immopar1991}) 12. Rxd4 Qe7 13. h4 Ne5 14. Ng5 g6
15. Qe2 f6 (15... Qf6 16. Ne4 Qf4+ 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. h5 Bf5 {Short-Gurevich
VSB1988}) 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Rc4 Rae8 19. Qe3 c6 20. Rc5 {This rook
now proceeds to trap itself!} Kh8 21. Be2 Be4 22. f3 Bd5 23. Ra5 b6 24. Ra4 Rf4
25. Ra3 {White can hardly have aimed for this position but things work out
surprisingly well for him} Rxh4 (25... Qf7 $1 {/\e4}) 26. Rxh4 Qxh4 27. Rxa7
Qe1+ 28. Kc2 Bc4 29. Ra8 $1 {Black certainly missed this} Bd3+ 30. Kxd3 Rxa8
31. Qxe5+ Kg8 32. Kc2 $1 Qf2 (32... b5 33. Bc4+ $18) 33. Kb3 b5 34. Bxb5 $1 Qb6
(34... cxb5 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Qxa8 Qxg2 37. Qb7+ Kh6 38. Qxb5 $18) 35. Qe6+ Kg7
36. Qxc6 Qa5 37. Qd7+ Kh6 38. a4 Ra7 39. Qd2+ Kg7 40. Qd4+ Kh6 41. f4 Re7 42.
g4 (42. f5 $1 $18) 42... Qc7 43. Ka2 Qc8 44. Qd6 Re1 45. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 (45... Qb8
46. g5+ Kh5 47. Qh3#) 46. Bxd7 Kg7 47. a5 (47. g5 Rf1 48. a5 Rxf4 49. a6 $18)
47... Re7 48. Bc6 h5 49. gxh5 gxh5 50. a6 (50. b4 $18) 50... Ra7 51. Bb7 h4 52.
b4 h3 53. b5 h2 54. Kb3 Kf6 55. Kb4 Ke7 56. Bh1 Rd7 57. Kc5 (57. b6 Rd1 58. Be4
Re1 59. Bb7 $18) 57... Rd1 58. a7 $2 (58. Be4 Re1 59. Bb7 $18) 58... Rxh1 59.
a8=Q Rd1 $3 {Amazing! White no longer has a win} 60. Qe4+ Kd8 61. Qa8+ Ke7 62.
Qb7+ Kd8 63. Qb6+ Ke7 64. Qc7+ Kf8 65. Qb8+ Kf7 66. Qb7+ Kf6 67. Qc6+ Ke7 68.
Qc7+ Kf8 69. Qb8+ Kf7 70. Qb7+ Kf6 71. c4 (71. b6 h1=Q 72. Qxh1 Rxh1 73. b7 Rb1
74. Kc6 Kf5 (74... Ke7 75. c4 (75. Kc7 Rc1 $1 $10) 75... Kd8 76. c5) 75. Kc7
Kxf4 76. b8=Q Rxb8 77. Kxb8 Ke4 $10) 71... h1=Q 72. Qxh1 Rxh1 73. b6 Rb1 74.
Kc6 Kf5 75. c5 Ke4 $1 (75... Kxf4 $2 76. Kb7 $1 $18) 76. f5 (76. Kb7 Kd5 77. c6
Kc5 78. c7 Rxb6+ 79. Ka7 Rc6 80. Kb7 Rxc7+ 81. Kxc7 Kd5 $10) 76... Kxf5 77. Kb7
Ke6 78. c6 Rc1 79. Kc7 (79. Kc7 Kd5 80. b7 Rxc6+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 {An idea of Bareev to cope with the problems of 8...b6 9.Nf6+ Qf6 10.
Bd3 Bb7 11.Ng5!} 9. Bd3 b6 (9... Nd7 10. O-O-O b6) 10. Neg5 $1 {Gelfand plays
very forcefully here} h6 (10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4) 11. Bh7+
Kh8 12. Be4 Bxg5 $8 (12... c6 13. h4 $16 {/\Ne5->}) 13. Nxg5 c6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15.
Ne5 $1 (15. O-O-O Nd7 $10) 15... Qc7 16. Qf4 {White must keep hindering
black's development} Kg8 17. Qg3 $1 Nd7 (17... Rc8 18. O-O-O (18. Qf3 f5 19.
Bd3 c5 $132) 18... Nd7 19. Nc4 $16) 18. Nxc6 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Kh8 20. O-O-O Rfc8
21. d5 Nf6 (21... exd5 22. Ne7 (22. Bxd5 Rxc6 $1) 22... dxe4 23. Rxd7 $16) 22.
Bf3 exd5 23. Ne7 $1 (23. Nd4 $16) 23... Rc5 24. Nf5 Ne4 (24... Kg8 25. Nd6 Bc6
26. b4 $18) (24... Rd8 $16) 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd6 Bc6 27. b4 (27. Nxf7+ Kg8 28.
Nd6 Rf8 $132) 27... Rd5 28. b5 $1 Rxb5 $8 (28... Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 $18) 29. Nxb5
Bxb5 30. Rhe1 Re8 31. Rd4 Bc6 32. Rd6 Bb5 33. Rd4 Bc6 34. Re3 Re5 35. Rc3 Bd5
36. Ra3 a5 37. c4 Be6 38. Kd2 Rf5 (38... Rc5 39. Rc3 $16) 39. f3 exf3 40. gxf3
Rh5 $2 (40... Rc5 41. Rc3 $16) 41. Rb3 Rh2+ 42. Kc3 Rxa2 43. Rxb6 $18 Ra3+ 44.
Rb3 Ra1 45. Kb2 Ra4 46. Rc3 Kh7 47. Re4 Rb4+ 48. Ka3 Kg6 49. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 50.
c5 Kf6 51. c6 Rb8 52. c7 Rc8 53. Ka4 Ke5 54. Kxa5 Kd4 (54... Kd6 55. Kb6 $18)
55. Rc6 Ke3 56. f4 Kf2 57. Rc3 g5 58. Kb6 (58. Kb6 gxf4 59. gxf4 h5 60. Kb7
Rxc7+ 61. Kxc7 h4 62. Kd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bareev Ftacnik Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. c3 Nd7 8. Qc2 (8. f4 $5 Be7 9. Nf3 c5) (8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qc2 e5 {
This has been played a few times}) 8... e5 $1 (8... O-O {Ftacnik} 9. f4 $5) 9.
dxe5 (9. O-O-O $1 {Bareev}) 9... Nxe5 $10 10. f4 $6 {White is not developed
enough for this sort of thing} (10. Bb5+ {Knaak} c6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Nd6+ Kf8
13. Be2 Be6 $15) (10. Be2 $15 {Knaak}) 10... Ng6 11. g3 O-O 12. Bd3 (12. Bg2
Re8 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. O-O Qe7) 12... Qd5 $1 {White was threatening 0-0-0 with a
slight edge} 13. a3 $2 (13. O-O-O {Knaak} Qxa2 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Ne2 $17 (15.
Nf3 $15 {Ftacnik})) (13. Nf3 {Knaak} Bg4 14. O-O Be7 $15) (13. Nxf6+ $2 {
Ftacnik} gxf6 14. O-O-O Qxh1 15. Be4 Bf5 $1) (13. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Be7 14. a3 (14.
O-O {Bareev} Bh3 $15) 14... Bg4 (14... Rd8 {Bareev} 15. O-O-O Bg4 (15... Qa2 $2
16. c4 $1) 16. h3 Bf3 17. Rh2 c6 $10) 15. h3 (15. O-O-O Rad8 16. h3 Bc8 17.
Nf6+ (17. h4 {Bareev} Rfe8 $15) 17... Bxf6 18. Bxg6 Qc5 $13) 15... Bf3 16. Rh2
Rad8 17. O-O-O c6 18. Rf2 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 $10)
13... Nxf4 $1 $19 14. Nxf6+ (14. gxf4 Bh4+ 15. Kf1 (15. Kd2 {Knaak} Rd8 $19) (
15. Ke2 Bg4+ 16. Nf3 f5 $19) 15... f5 {Ftacnik} 16. Nf3 (16. Qe2 Kh8 $17) (16.
Nd2 Qxh1 17. Ndf3 Be7 $19) 16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 Qc5+ 19. Nd4 Rxf4
$19) 14... gxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kg7 16. Qe4 (16. Be4 {Knaak} Re8 $19) 16... Re8 $1 (
16... Nd3+ {Knaak} 17. Kf1 (17. Ke2 Qxe4+ 18. Bxe4 Nxb2 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Nf3 Na4
$19) 17... Be6 $17 (17... Qxe4 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxe4 Nxb2 19. Nf3 (19. Ne2 {Bareev
} Re8 $17) 19... Re8 $16)) (16... Qxe4+ {Ftacnik} 17. Bxe4 Re8 18. gxf4 Rxe4+
19. Kf2 Rxf4+ $15) 17. Qxe8 Bf5 $3 {Like the romantic games of the last century
} 18. Qxa8 (18. Qe7 {Ftacnik} Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Bxh7 $19) (18. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Nd3+
19. Kf1 (19. Ke2 Qg2+) 19... Kxh7 $40 (19... Kxh7 {Bareev} 20. Qd1 Re8 $19))
18... Qe4+ 19. Kf2 (19. Kd2 Qg2+ $1 20. Ke3 $8 (20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kd1 Bg4+ (
21... Bg4+ {Knaak} 22. Nf3 (22. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Qxe2#) 22... Bxf3#)) 20... Nd5+
21. Kd4 Qd2+) (19. Kd1 {Knaak} Qc2+ 20. Ke1 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Qf2#) 19... Qg2+ 20.
Ke3 Nd5+ 21. Kd4 Qd2+ 22. Kc5 (22. Kc4 {Ftacnik} Nb6+ 23. Kb4 Qxb2+ 24. Ka5
Nc4+ 25. Ka4 b5#) 22... Qe3+ 23. Kc4 (23. Kxd5 Be6#) (23. Kb5 {Ftacnik} Qb6+
24. Kc4 Ne3#) 23... Nb6+ {and it's mate in three. This game won the brilliancy
prize in Linares} (23... Nb6+ {Knaak} 24. Kb3 (24. Kb5 {Ftacnik} c6+ 25. Kb4
Qe4+ 26. Kc5 Qe7+ 27. Kd4 c5#) 24... Qe6+ 25. Kb4 Qc4+ 26. Ka5 Qc5#) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 {
This is Bareev´s solid move.} 8. Qd2 {Other options are} (8. Bc4) (8. Bd3 {
having in mind to place the queen on <e2>.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6
11. h4 Bb7 12. c3 {This was first played by Topalov. The idea is to place the
queen on <c2> in some lines, pressuring over the diagonal <b1-h7> and making
the black queen feel unconfortable on the d file.} c5 $5 (12... Nf6 13. Neg5 c5
$6 (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 Kh8 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. Rdg1 {with a strong attack.
Topalov - Dreev, Linares 1995.}) 14. Qc2 $1 h6 $2 (14... g6 $16) 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Ne5 $18) 13. dxc5 Qc7 $1 (13... Nxc5 $2 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Qc2 $16 (15.
Bxh7+ $16)) 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 (15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 $44 {And black
gets decent compensation thanks to his bishop pair, control of the <e5> square
(keeping the f3 knight away from such a strong attacking position) and the
open <a> file.}) 15... Qf4+ $1 {Making sure the f3 knight cannot go to <e5>
after black recaptures on <c5>.} 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 (17. Ne5 Qxf2) 17... Bxf3
(17... Qc7 $6 18. Rhe1 Rad8 19. Ne5 $40) (17... Qg4 $6 18. h5 $1 {And the
queen suddenly feels claustrophobic. 19.Rh4 is the threat.}) 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19.
Rhe1 Rad8 20. Ne5 Bd6 21. Nc4 h5 $5 {This is an interesting way to hold the
white pawns back until black gets his remaining forces into play.} 22. Nd2 Bc5
(22... g6) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 g6 25. g4 {White goes for broke making use of
the attacking power of the queen and bishop on the <b1-h7> diagonal.} Rd5 26.
Rg1 $6 (26. Bc2) (26. Bc4 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rd8 28. Bd3 Rd5) 26... Qe5 $1 27. Qf3
Rfd8 28. Kc2 {And here I accepted white´s draw offer, with both of us having
less that 3 minutes to reach move 40. A possible continuation could be} (28.
Kc2 hxg4 29. Qxg4 (29. Rxg4 Kg7) 29... Kf8 (29... Bxf2 30. Bxg6 Bxg1 31. Be4+
Qg7 32. Qxg7+ Kxg7 33. Rxg1+ Kh6 34. Bxd5 Rxd5 35. c4 Rd4 36. Kc3 Rxh4 37. b4
$44) 30. Qf3 Ke7 31. b4 $1 Bd6 32. Rg5 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Be2
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 $2 (5. Nxe4 $142) 5... gxf6 6.
Nxe4 f5 7. Ng3 {Another strange decision. White has to be prepared to play d5
after c5.} (7. Nc3 c5 (7... Bg7 8. Nf3 c5 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11.
Nb5 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Na6 13. c3 Nxc5 14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 $11 {was played many
times.}) 9. dxc5 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Ke7 $44) 8. d5 Bg7 9. Bb5+ Kf8
$1 $17) 7... c5 8. Nf3 (8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nf3 cxd4 $17) 8... Nc6 9.
dxc5 ({I was thinking about} 9. Bd3 $6 Qa5+ (9... cxd4 10. O-O a6 (10... Bg7
11. Nh5 $44) 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Nh5 (12. Rad1 h5 $17) 12... Rg8) 10. c3 cxd4 11.
O-O dxc3 12. bxc3 Bg7 $17 {White should not have compensation for the pawns
but the idea deserves attention because of practical reasons.}) 9... Qxd1+ 10.
Rxd1 a6 $1 {A very important move.} (10... Bxc5 $6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nh5 $1 $11)
11. Nh5 Bxc5 12. g3 Ke7 13. Bg2 $5 (13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Bg2 Bxf4 15. gxf4 Rg8 16.
O-O $1 Rg4 17. Ne5 Rxf4 $1 18. Nxc6+ bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rg4+ 20. Kh1 Ra7 21. c3 Rc7
22. Bg2 e5 $15) 13... e5 $2 {This has worked out very well if one looks at the
result however in reality it is a mistake!} (13... Bd7 14. Nf6 (14. O-O Rhd8)
14... Kxf6 15. Rxd7 Rhd8 16. Rxd8 (16. Rxb7 $2 Na5 17. Rc7 Bd6 18. Rc3 Bb4 $19)
16... Rxd8 17. Ke2 $11) 14. O-O $5 (14. Nh4 Rd8 15. O-O (15. Bh3 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
f4 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. gxf4 Rd8+ 19. Ke1 Nb4 20. fxe5 Nxc2+ 21. Ke2 Nd4+ $40) (
15. Rxd8 Kxd8 16. O-O (16. Bh3 Be7 17. Nxf5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh3 $36) 16... Be7
17. Re1 Rb8 $3 {This is found by my Fritz! It is a combination of profylaxis
with mysterious rook move. Computers can not distinguish Bonzo from Nimzo but
if Nimzowitsch would come across such a move he would have an immediate orgasm!
} 18. b3 Bb4 19. Rd1+ Ke7 20. f4 e4 21. Ng7 Kf6 22. Nh5+ Ke7 23. Bh3 Bc5+ 24.
Kf1 Nd4 25. c3 Nc2 26. Ke2 Ne3 27. Rd2 Be6 28. Ng7 Kf6 29. Nh5+ Ke7 $11) 15...
Be6 16. Bh3 Kf8 17. Bxf5 Bc4 18. Bd3 (18. Rfe1 $2 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Be2 $19) 18...
Bxd3 19. cxd3 Nb4 20. Nf5 Nxd3 21. Rd2 Be7 22. f4 (22. Rfd1 $4 Nxb2 $19) 22...
exf4 23. Nxe7 Kxe7 24. Re2+ Kf8 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Rad8 $11)
14... f6 15. Rfe1 $4 {Careless play!} (15. Nh4 $1 Rg8 16. Rfe1 Rg5 (16... Be6
17. Bd5 $1 $16) 17. Nf4 Kf8 18. Nd5 Kf7 19. Kf1 Rb8 20. f4 Rh5 21. Bf3 Rh6 $14
{and black hangs on the game!}) 15... Kf7 $1 {After white's blunder black's
plan has worked. The funny thing is that I was seemingly in a dream world
during the game and thinking that I was winning all the time!} 16. Nh4 Ne7 $1
17. c3 a5 $19 {Rg8 is coming!} 18. Bd5+ $5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 b6 20. Rc1 $5 {
In the true style of new computer generation!} (20. Red1 Be6 (20... f4 $5 21.
Rd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. Nf5 Rhd8 24. Rxb6 Rab8 25. Nh6+ Ke7 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 $19
) (20... Re8 21. Rd6 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. Nxf5 Red8 24. Rxb6 Rab8 25. Ra6 Rxb2
$19) 21. Rd7+ Bxd7 22. Rxd7+ Ke6 23. Rb7 Rhd8 24. Ng7+ Kd5 25. Ngxf5 Ke4 26.
Kf1 Rd2 27. f3+ Kd3 28. Rd7+ Kc2 $19) 20... Be6 21. Rdd1 Rhg8 (21... f4 22. b4
Be7 23. f3 Rhg8 $19) 22. b4 Be7 23. f4 e4 ({It is too early for} 23... Rg6 $2
24. fxe5 fxe5 25. Nf3 Rh6 26. Nxe5+ $16) 24. a3 Kf8 $1 {preparing to attack
the knight!} (24... Rg6 $5 25. Ng2 Rag8 26. g4 Rxg4 $19) 25. c4 ({I was
expecting one of these twin lines} 25. Rd4 Bf7 26. Nxf5 Bxh5 27. Rxe4 Bd8 $19)
(25. Re1 Bf7 26. Nxf5 Bxh5 27. Rxe4 Bd8 $19) 25... axb4 26. axb4 Bf7 27. Nxf6
Bxf6 28. Nxf5 Bg6 (28... Be6 29. Ne3 Be7 $19) 29. Nh6 $2 $138 {Making things
even easier by misplacing the knight.} (29. Ne3 Bh5 30. Rd6 (30. Rd5 Bf3 $19)
30... Rg6 31. c5 (31. f5 Bg5 $19) (31. Rd7 Ra3 32. Kf2 Rd3 $19) 31... Bb2 32.
Rc4 Rxd6 33. cxd6 Rd8 34. Rxe4 Rxd6 $19) 29... Rg7 30. Rd6 Bb2 31. Rcd1 (31.
Rb1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Kf1 Rc7 34. Rxb6 Rxc4 $19) 31... e3 32. Re1 Re7 $5 {
Basically anything wins.} (32... Re8 33. f5 Bc3 34. fxg6 Bxe1 35. Rf6+ Ke7 $19)
{Equal to resignation.After this black simply queens.} 33. Kf1 $2 (33. Re2 Bc3
(33... Bc2 34. Ng4 Bc3 35. Nxe3 Bxb4 36. Rf6+ Kg7 37. Rxc2 Rxe3 38. Rc6 Bc5 $19
) 34. f5 Be8 35. f6 Rd7 $19) 33... Ra1 $1 34. f5 (34. Rxa1 e2+ 35. Ke1 Bxa1 $19
) 34... e2+ {Curtains!} 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 19th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2003.02.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balcerak, Jakob"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {I was surrounded by all the experts of
Rubinstein-Burn Systems in French:GM Luther,WGM Kiseleva.} 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4
Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {I have studied during my stay in Bonn games of Misha
Gurevich in this system.} 7. Nf3 Nd7 $5 {Delaying the castle has its own
points.} 8. Qd2 {Simply the best!} ({There are some other lines in this type
of position.} 8. Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 b5) (8. Bd3 c5 (8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Qe7
11. Ba6 O-O-O $14) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 (10... Ke7 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxc5
Rd5 13. Na6 Bxb2 (13... Rxb5 14. Nc7 Rxb2 15. Nxa8 Rxc2 $44) 14. Rb1 Rxb5 15.
Nc7 Bc3+ 16. Ke2 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Rb8 18. Na6 Ra8 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Na6 $11 {
Alekhine}) 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nd6+ Ke7 $13) 8... b6 $2 {Some old move coming
from Swedish legend Shtalberg's times.} (8... O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11.
Rhe1 Bd5 $14 {is another way!}) 9. Bb5 $1 {This is the problem with black's
play.} O-O $5 {Since this had strangely never happened in Misha's games I was
on the automatic pilot.} (9... Bb7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $2 11. Ne5 c6 12.
Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 O-O 14. Qe3 (14. O-O $2 Rfc8 15. Nb4 a5) (14. c3 e5 15. d5 (
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Rfe8 $1 $44)) 14... Rac8 15. Qe4 Rc7 16.
c3 Rfc8 17. Nb4 $16 {with a clear pawn up.}) 11. Qc3 $1 Qe7 12. Qxc7 Qb4+ 13.
c3 Qxb5 14. Qxb7 Qxb2 15. O-O Rd8 $8 {However still black stands far way from
equality.} (15... Rb8 $6 16. Qc7 Ke7 17. Rfb1 (17. Nh4 Rhd8) 17... Qa3 18. Rb3
Qa5 $16 {Black has some weaknesses.})) 10. Bc6 {White has to continue with the
plan.} (10. O-O-O $6 Bb7 11. Bxd7 Bxe4) 10... Rb8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bxb7 $2 {
With this white loses his advantage.} (12. Qc3 $1) 12... Rxb7 13. d5 Nc5 $1 {
This was what black was relying on.} 14. Nxf6+ $8 {Draw offer.White senses the
danger and tries to exchange as many as pieces as he can.} (14. Nxc5 $2 bxc5
15. b3 (15. c3 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Rfb8 18. Re1 (18. Rd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rb1+) (18. b3 c4) 18... Rxb2 19. Rd8+ Rxd8 20. Kxb2 $17) 15... Qe7 $1 $40 (
15... c4 $2 16. dxe6 Qe7 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Qa5)) (14. Qf4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 exd5
16. Rxd5 Qc8 $36) 14... Qxf6 15. Rhe1 Rd8 16. Qe3 $6 {White drifts into
passivity.} (16. Qg5 $1 {Is the real test of the variation.} Qxg5+ 17. Nxg5
exd5 18. Rxd5 Rbb8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Re7 f6 $1 {Looks like the only move.} (
20... h6 $2 21. b4 Na6 22. b5 hxg5 23. bxa6 Rc8 24. Re5 g4 25. Re4 f5 26. Re7
Kh7 27. Kd2 Kg6 28. Kd3 Kf6 29. Rd7 g5 30. Kc4 $16) 21. b4 fxg5 22. bxc5 bxc5
23. Rxc7 g4 24. Rxc5 Rf8 25. Rg5 Rf4 $1 26. Kd1 h6 27. Re5 Rxf2 28. Re2 Rf1+
29. Kd2 Ra1 $11) (16. dxe6 Rxd2 17. e7 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Qd6+ 19. Nd2 (19. Kc1 $4
Nd3+ $1) 19... Rb8 20. e8=Q+ Rxe8 21. Rxe8+ Qf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 16... Rbb8
17. dxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne5 Rxd1+ {Black has not many choices.He should eliminate a
pair of rooks.} (18... Nc5 $2 19. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Qc6 21. Re7 $16) 19.
Rxd1 Re8 (19... Rd8 $5 {would also bring no more than equality.}) 20. g3 a5 {
I have felt like I need to anchore my Knight on c5 without having nightmares
about b4 all the time.} (20... c5 21. f4 Nd4 22. Qd3 Rd8 23. Qe4) 21. f4 Nc5 {
Now black has sorted out all possible problems and may play for a win.} 22. Qf3
$1 {However this is a great move killing all hopes of black.} Qe6 23. Qd5 Qxd5
{Not much to do.} (23... f6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Nd4 $11) 24. Rxd5 f6
25. Nd3 Nxd3+ 26. Rxd3 {Massive exchanges.Who does not hate this kind of a
game.} Re2 27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 $11 {Yes the pawns ending is
drawn despite of black's better king's position.} Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke6 31. c4 Kd6
32. Kd3 Kc5 33. Kc3 c6 34. b3 b5 35. a3 $1 {That is it black's king can not
find a place on the 5th rank.} b4+ 36. axb4+ axb4+ 37. Kd3 f5 38. Ke3 Kd6 39.
Kd4 c5+ 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Kf3 Kf6 42. h3 h5 43. h4 {Deadlock!} ({Anything leads
a draw.} 43. g4 g6 (43... hxg4+ 44. hxg4 g6 45. Kg3 g5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47. gxf5
Kxf5 48. Kf3 $11) 44. Kg3 Kg7 $11 (44... hxg4 45. hxg4 g5 46. fxg5+ Kxg5 47.
gxf5 Kxf5 48. Kf3 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qf4 Bb7 11. h4 c5 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. Bxd7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Qxd7 15. g4 g6 16. g5 Bg7 17. h5 Rfd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh4 Qd5 20. Rd3 Rac8
21. Kb1 Qc5 22. Rc1 Rd5 23. a3 b5 24. Nd2 Rxg5 25. Nb3 Rh5 26. Qg3 Qd5 27. f3
a6 28. Nd2 a5 29. Ne4 b4 30. a4 Be5 31. Qg4 Kg7 32. Rg1 Rch8 33. Rdd1 Rh2 34.
Qg5 b3 35. c4 Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 d3+ 37. Ka3 Qd4 38. Rg2 Rc8 39. Qe7 Rxc4 $2 ({
This imprudent move allows White to conclude the game with a nice combination.
After} 39... Kg8 $1 {White would have to force a draw by perpetual:} 40. Rxg6+
(40. Rdg1 $2 Bg7 $1 {, winning.}) 40... fxg6 41. Qxe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43.
Qe6+ $11) {[%tqu "En","Black's attack seems irresisitible. Yet, White can
decide the game by a brilliant combination. Can you find it?","Disclose the
enemy king.","Sacrifice your rook!","g2g6","This terrific strike forces mate
in three.",5]} 40. Rxg6+ $1 {[%csl Gd1,Rg7][%cal Ge7g7] The impressive rook
sacrifice wins on the spot.} Kxg6 41. Qg5+ (41. Qg5+ {, with mate in two:} Kh7
42. Rh1+ Bh2 43. Rxh2#) 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meister, Jakob"]
[Black "Breutigam, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c3 f5 9. Ned2 b5 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Qh5 Rf8 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 Bxf3
(14... O-O-O {deserved serious consideration. verdiente ernste Aufmerksamkeit.}
) 15. Nxf3 Bf6 16. O-O Rg8 17. Rfe1 Qd5 $2 ({After this mistake White gets a
decisive advantage. Essential was Nach diesem Fehler erlangt Weiß
entscheidenden Vorteil. Erforderlich war} 17... O-O-O) {[%tqu "En","Black's
has got stuck in the centre. How would you exploit this?","Go after the enemy
queen!","Use your rook for the decisive blow.","e1e6","This powerful blow
yields White a decisive advantage.",4,"De","Der schwarze König ist im Zentrum
hängen geblieben. Wie würden Sie dies ausnutzen?","Nehmen Sie die feindliche
Dame aufs Korn!","Versetzen Sie mit Ihrem Turm den entscheidenden Schlag.",
"e1e6","Dieser Kraftzug bringt Weiß entscheidend in Front.",4]} 18. Rxe6+ $1 {
[%csl Ga1,Rd5,Ge6,Re8,Rf7,Gh5] This impressive sacrifice breaks Black's
defense and destroys Black's last illusions. Dieser überraschende Einschlag
reißt Schwarz aus allen Träumen.} Qxe6 (18... Be7 {fails to scheitert an} 19.
Rae1 {, winning immediately. mit sofortigem Gewinn.}) 19. Re1 Kf8 ({After Nach
} 19... Qxe1+ 20. Nxe1 {Black's position is defenseless. ist die schwarze
Stellung ohne Verteidigung.}) 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qxh7 c5 22. Qd7 Re8 23. Qd6+
Kf7 24. Qxc5 Re7 25. g3 Ra8 26. a3 Raa7 27. d5 exd5 28. Qxd5+ Kg6 29. h4 {
Threatening 30.h5+. Drohend 30.h5+.} f4 30. g4 Rf7 31. h5+ Kg7 32. g5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 (8... Be7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Neg5 h6 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Bxg5 13.
Nxg5 c6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Qf4 Kg8 $10 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares/1992/}) (8...
Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. c4 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $14 {Huebner,R-Short,N/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4
Be7 (10... Nd7 11. Bc4 Bd5 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 Bb7 14. h4 Nf6 15. Ne5 a6 $13 {
Huebner,R-Gurevich,M/BRD/1992/}) 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. h4 Qb8 $5 $146 (12... Nf6 13.
Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 Rac8 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19.
g4 Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 {0,5/Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Beograd/1991/} 22. Rxe5
) (12... Nf6 {Knaak}) 13. Ne5 (13. Neg5 Nf6 (13... h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Ne5 $16)
14. Ne5 c5 15. Rhe1 $13) (13. Nfg5 {Knaak} c5 $1 14. Qxb8 (14. Qg4 cxd4 15.
Nxe6 (15. Nxh7 f5 $19) 15... fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Bc4 Ne5 $19) 14... Rfxb8
15. dxc5 (15. Nxh7 $2 c4 $19) 15... h6 $15) (13. h5 $5 {Knaak} c5 14. Qe3 $13)
13... c5 14. g3 $142 $6 (14. Ng5 Nf6 (14... h6 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Nexf7+ Rxf7 17.
Qxf7 $18) 15. Rhe1 $13) (14. Qg3 $2 {Knaak} Nxe5 15. dxe5 c4 $19) 14... Nxe5
15. dxe5 (15. Qxe5 {Knaak} Qxe5 16. dxe5 c4 $19) 15... f5 $1 16. Ng5 $2 (16.
exf6 Qxf4+ 17. gxf4 Bxf6 (17... gxf6 18. f5 exf5 19. Rhg1+ Kh8 20. Ng3 $13) 18.
Rh3 h6 $17) 16... Bxh1 17. Rxh1 Qb7 18. f3 Bxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. g4 b5 21. gxf5
exf5 22. Qh2 c4 23. Bf1 Rad8 24. f4 Qd7 25. Be2 Qd2+ 26. Kb1 Rf7 27. a4 Qb4 28.
c3 Qb3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Tomczak, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Poland Futures"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 {This came totally unexpectedly as I
had seen my opponent try the McCutcheon Variation a couple of times.} 5. Nxe4
Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 {After this double-edged move play leads to unbalanced
positions with mutual chances. Black has a strong pair of bishops and active
play but risk his king's safety slightly.} 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 {The main
move by far although White also has some interesting alternatives.} ({One
interesting option that has scored pretty well for White is the strange-looking
} 9. Qe2 $5 {which close the way for the bishop on f1 but aims for quick
counterplay by 0-0-0 and d5. There might follow} b5 10. O-O-O b4 (10... Bb7 $2
{is too slow and reveals White's intentions after} 11. d5 $1 $16) 11. Na4 Qd5 {
with an interesting battle and mutual chances.}) 9... b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O
O-O {Preparing for ...c5.} (11... c5 {leads to very sharp play after} 12. d5 (
12. dxc5 {The endgame arising after} Bxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5 (14. Rad1+ Ke7
) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Ke7 {0-1 (41) Akash,G (2340)-Caruana,F (2796) Tromso
2013; favours Black.}) 12... b4 13. dxe6 bxc3 14. exf7+ Kf8 15. Qe2 $44 {
with compensation and promising chances for White in 1-0 (41) Ivanchuk,V (2752)
-Volkov,S (2622) Saint Vincent 2005.}) 12. Re1 Bf6 (12... c5 {seems the most
principled response and was the move I expected.} {Following} 13. d5 {The
sharpest continuation involving a pawn sacrifice.} (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Qc7 $11 {has proven to be fine for Black according to earlier games
played.}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Bxd5 15. Nf4 Be4 16. Ne5 (16. Qc1 {was played by
Carlsen in 2010 but did not trouble Black too much in: 1/2-1/2 (42) Carlsen,M 
(2826)-Sedlak,N (2550) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 16... Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Bxg2 18.
Kxg2 {Nitin,S (2399)-Petrosian,D (2476) Moscow 2012. White has reasonable
compensation for the pawn but not more than that.}) (12... b4 13. Na4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 (34) Ivanovic,B (2420)-Kalezic,B (2439) Cetinje 2012; favours White.})
13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 c5 $146 {A tricky move giving White quite a few choices.}
(14... Bxe5 {has been played before. During the game I intended to reply} 15.
Qf3 $5 $146 {with the idea to keep the queens on. White keeps some slight
pressure.} (15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nc6 17. Rd7 Rac8 18. f4 Rfd8 {was agreed a
draw in Krivokapic,M (2417)-Kosic,D (2481) Subotica 2010}) (15. Rxe5 $5 $146 {
is another interesting alternative intending} Nc6 16. Rc5 Nxd4 17. Nd5 $1 $36)
15... Qxd4 16. Qxa8 Qc5) 15. Qf3 (15. d5 $5 {is certainly an interesting
contender. This is as a rule always worthy alternative once Black pushes ...c5
in this line in general.} {There might follow} b4 16. Na4 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Qd6 18.
Re3 exd5 19. Rf3 $14 {when White is on top due to the better pawn structure
and safer king.}) 15... Bxe5 $6 {A totally unnecessary sacrifice.} (15... Ra7
16. dxc5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re2 Nxc5 19. Qe3 Rc7 20. Rd2 Qe7 21. Qf4 $14) (
15... cxd4 16. Qxa8 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. f4 {gives White the upper hand.}) (
15... Nd7 {might be Black's best when a possible line is} 16. Nc6 Qc7 17. d5
$36 {with some initiative.}) 16. Qxa8 Bxd4 17. Qb7 $1 {A nice move ruling out
the desired ...Qb6 for Black.} Qa5 {This idea looks completely wrong and I was
quite happy when this appeared on the board. Black is basically playing for ...
Bxc3 which I considered as totally wrong. Black really needs to keep his
bishop in order to defend his king. Winning a few pawns does not make a lot of
difference as long as the knight is still stuck on b8.} (17... b4 18. Nd1 {
might be better but still White is doing well.}) (17... Qf6 18. Rad1 $16) 18.
a3 $5 (18. a4 $5 b4 19. Nd1 $16 {intending c3 was perhaps even stronger.})
18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rad1 b4 21. Re3 Qxc2 22. Rd6 $1 {From here the
rook is controlling the knight on b8 whilc White also has the idea of doubling
rooks by ...Red3 followed by Rd8 winning the knight.} bxa3 $2 (22... Qc4 $5 {
was a better try} 23. Qb6 $1 (23. Qe7 Nc6 $1) 23... a5 (23... Qb5 24. Qxb5 axb5
25. axb4 cxb4 26. Re5 Kg7 27. Rxb5 Rc8 28. Rxb4 Nc6 29. Rc4 Ne7 30. Rxc8 Nxc8
31. Rd8 $16) 24. a4 $14) 23. Rxa3 $1 (23. Qe7 a2 24. Qg5+ $11) 23... Qe4+ 24.
Qxe4 fxe4 {Black has now got three pawns for the exchange but will soon have
to give away two in order to rescue the knight on b8.} 25. Re3 Rc8 26. Rxe4 Kf8
27. Rc4 Ke7 28. Rb6 h6 {Black is basically out of moves. This is just a
waiting move before giving away the a-pawn which has to be done sooner or
later.} 29. Rc3 a5 30. Rb5 Nd7 31. Rxa5 Kd6 32. Ra6+ Ke5 33. Re3+ {I decided
to play safe in time trouble} (33. Ra7 $1 Kd4 34. Rc1 {should also lead to
victory although here Black has some practical counterplay connected to his
passed c-pawn.}) 33... Kf6 34. Rf3+ Ke7 35. Rc3 Rc7 36. Rca3 c4 37. Ra7 {
White tries to force through an exchange of rooks which would make the endgame
a technical win.} Rc6 38. R3a6 Rc5 39. Ra5 Rc6 40. R5a6 Rc5 41. Ra5 Rc6 42. Ra1
Rc5 (42... Ke8 43. Rd1 Nb6 44. Ra6 c3 45. Kf1 $18) 43. Rb7 Kd6 44. Ra6+ {
This forces an exchange of rooks which makes White's task relatively simple.}
Rc6 45. Rxc6+ Kxc6 46. Ra7 Ne5 47. Kf1 Kd5 48. Ke2 f5 49. Rh7 c3 50. Rxh6 c2
51. Kd2 Ng4 52. Rh4 $1 Nxf2 53. Kxc2 Ke5 54. Kd2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Nd1+ 56. Kd2 Nf2
57. Ke3 Nd1+ 58. Kf3 Nc3 (58... Ke5 59. Rh6 $18) (58... e5 59. Rh6+ Kf7 60. Rc6
$18) 59. Rh6+ Kf7 60. Kf4 Ne4 61. g4 Nd2 62. g5 Ne4 63. h4 Nf2 64. Rh7+ Kg6 65.
Re7 e5+ 66. Kxe5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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 "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 {Usually I play 4.e5, but as I knew Bareev
would take on e4 I decided to go for this variation.} dxe4 {A very solid
variation for black that gives white a small but stable advantage.} 5. Nxe4 Be7
({The main alternative is} 5... Nbd7 {as my opponent has played in some other
games.}) 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {The most solid move.} (6... gxf6 {is interesting and
leads to a more unbalanced game, but it's not really Bareevs style of play.})
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 {White starts preparing the long castle as} (8. Bd3 {is bad
in view of} Bxd4 {winning a pawn for black.}) ({However} 8. Bc4 {is another
interesting line.}) 8... Be7 {Black chooses to get away with the bishop at
once.} (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 {also leads to the game.}) 9. Bd3 Nd7 10.
O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7 {Somewhere around this point my preparation came to an end.
I had checked a few games some hours before the game just to get some ideas
and couldn't remember any concrete variation sitting at the board. Instead of
trying to memorize and copy some other game, I decided to get into the
position on my own. I tried to get a grip on what was going on to find the
right plan how to continue. At first there were a lot of moves coming across
my mind such as Neg5, Nfg5, Qf4, Rh3 and g4. But after calming down my
attacking eager a bit I realized that some more preparations would be needed
before my attack would be real dangerous. Instead I started concentrate about
how to prevent black from playing the freeing move ...c7-c5 which would give
him more space and also open up for his potential strong pair of bishops.} 12.
Qe2 $5 {The queen leaves the d-file as to answer ...c5 with dxc5 with an x-ray
attack along the d-file which means white is winning a pawn. Moreover the
queen is strategically well placed on e2 pointing the e6 pawn and protecting
the f3-knight which could be useful in case of a later g2-g4. From here the
queen might also be going to h5 in some variation, starting a direct mate
attack on the black king.} ({The most concrete move in the position is} 12.
Neg5 {In the game Anand-Bareev, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2004 there followed} Nf6 13.
c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 $1 {and white got a very promising attack along the g-file
and later on he also won the game. Instead black should play 12...h6! which
happened when Bareev met Tseshkovsky in the Russian Championship later the
same year. Black equalized without any problems and later on won the game.}) (
12. Rh3 {is another interesting move with good score for white. The idea is to
continue with Rg3 and sometimes also double the rooks on the h-file with Rdh1.}
c5 $1 ({After} 12... Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 {white has a crushing
statistic with 89% wins. Of course the statistics can deceive it self, but
still its clear that white has a strong and dangerous initiative.}) 13. dxc5 (
13. Rg3 {has been played in five games, but here black has done well both
after 13...Qc7 and 13...Kh8.}) {The game Ristic-Kovacevic, SCG-chT Budva
continued} 13... bxc5 14. Nfg5 h6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qxd6 Bxg2 {
with a very unclear position which finally ended with a win for white. I
believe that black is able to keep the equilibrium, but it is possible he
should search for improvement earlier, for instance 13...Qc7 instead of 13...
bxc5.}) ({Also} 12. c3 {is an interesting move. The idea is to go with the
queen to c2, putting some pressure against h7 trying to force some weaknesses
in front of the black king.} c5 13. dxc5 {Now 13...Sxc5?? looses to 14.Sxc5
Lxc5 15.Lxh7+ Kxh7 16.Dc2+! and the black queen will hang. Instead black
should sacrifice a pawn playing} Qc7 14. Qc2 h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 {
White has won a pawn, but lost his activity. Black has good compensation with
the pair of bishops and a dangerous attack on the white king. Its hard to say
who is objectively better, but at least I can say that black has the easier
game.}) 12... c5 {This came as a surprise to me as I thought I had prevented
this. I understood quite soon that my opponent planned a pawn sacrifice, but
the move didn't look completely sound at least not in my point of view.} ({
The natural move} 12... Nf6 {I had planned to meet with} 13. Neg5 {and after}
h6 (13... Bxf3 {gives away black only trump, the pair of bishops. White has a
small edge after} 14. Nxf3 {but even} (14. gxf3 {is interesting with attacking
chances along the g-file.})) 14. Ne5 $1) 13. dxc5 {Now Bb5 is a serious threat
and black is forced to leave the d-file with his queen.} Qc7 14. Neg5 $1 {
It is important for white to maintain the initiative and avoid black getting
counter play.} ({After} 14. cxb6 $2 axb6 {black has a strong initiative and
good compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Nf6 (14... h6 {seems to be
a bit too provocative, but perhaps it was still a better option.} 15. Nxe6 $1 (
{It's also interesting first to play} 15. c6 $5 {to disturb blacks piece
co-ordination.} Bxc6 (15... Qxc6 16. Bb5 {wins for white.}) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Bc4 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Nc5 21. Qg4 {After taking the
rook on f7 white will have rook and two pawns for blacks two pieces. Anyway
black seems to be fine here as the white pawn structure is weakened. For
example} Qf6) 15... fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Bh7+ (17. Bc4 $2 {doesn't work
because of} Qf4+ 18. Nd2 Nxc5 19. Qxe7 Qxc4 $1 20. Qxb7 Nd3+ 21. Kb1 Rxb7 22.
Nxc4 Nxf2 {and black is winning an exchange with a winning position.}) 17...
Kxh7 18. Qxf7 Nxc5 19. Rhe1 ({After} 19. Kb1 Rf8 {the tricky} 20. Ng5+ {
doesn't work because of} Kh8 21. Qg6 Bxg5 22. hxg5 Be4 $1 {and black wins.})
19... Bd6 (19... Rc8 $4 {looses to} 20. Rxe7 Nd3+ (20... Nb3+ 21. Qxb3 {
gives white two solid pawns up and a winning position.}) 21. Kd2 Qxc2+ 22. Ke3
$18 Qxf2+ 23. Kxd3 Ba6+ 24. Ke4 {The king escapes and white is a whole rook up.
}) 20. Qf5+ {White has a small material advantage with rook and two pawns for
blacks pair of bishops. A tough fight lies ahead.}) 15. Ne5 $1 ({White won
quickly in Vehi Bach-Almeida Toledano, Badalona Open 2004 after} 15. Kb1 h6 16.
cxb6 axb6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Ne5 {and black resigned as there is
no defence against Ng6+. However instead of 15...h6 black could have played 15.
..Bxf3 and white can't count on any big advantage.}) 15... h6 {Black is in
serious trouble now and is forced to weaken himself in front of the king. In
case of recapturing the pawn with} (15... Bxc5 {there will follow} 16. Nxh7 $1
Nxh7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Rd7 {With a dangerous initiative for white that at
least will be enough for perpetual checks, but most probably more than so.} Qb8
{Here the queen is better placed than on c8 in defensive prospects. Now it
threatens towards the center and Nxf7 doesn't work in view of ...Qf4+.} (18...
Qc8 {is best answered by} 19. h5 $1 {with a crushing attack.}) 19. h5 $3 {
Nevertheless this is the strongest move. A very simple way of completing the
final attack. Now h6 is threatened and black has no defence.} ({After the
natural} 19. Qh5+ {it seems as black is doing fine.} Kg8 20. Rh3 (20. Rxf7 $4 {
looses to} Qe8 $1 {as} 21. Ng6 {can be answered with} Kxf7 $3) ({On the other
hand} 20. Kb1 {is fully playable and black must act correctly to avoid defeat.}
Qc8 $1 {Prevents Nxf7.} 21. Rh3 {Now Rxf7 is a threat.} (21. Rxf7 {is again
met by} Qe8 $1 {winning for black.}) 21... Be4 $1 {The only move, but still
enough to save the draw.} 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qh5+ Bh7 25. Nf7+ Kg8
26. Ng5 Bf5 27. Qf7+ {with perpetual.}) 20... Bxf2 {Prevents Rg3.} 21. Kb1 {
White eliminates the queen check on f4 and so he threatens to play Nxf7.} Be4
22. Nxf7 Bxc2+ $1 ({Not} 22... Bh7 $2 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Rf3 $1 {with a winning
attack, for instance} Qe5 25. Rxf5 Qxf5 26. g4 $1 {and black looses his queen
and the game.}) 23. Ka1 Bh7 24. Ng5 Bf5 25. Nf7 {leading to repetition.} ({Now
} 25. Rf3 {doesn't work any longer in view of} Qe5 26. Rxf5 Qxf5 27. g4 {
and black has the c2-square for his queen.})) (19. Rxf7 {leads to a draw after}
Kg8 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ {etc.}) {
A very instructive variation is} 19... Bxg2 20. h6 $1 Bxh1 (20... g6 21. Rh4 {
with a decisive attack. Now the queen check on f4 is prevented and Nxf7 is a
threat. A possible continuation is} Qe8 22. Qg4 $1 {threatening Qxg6+} Be7 23.
Qxg2 {and white has regained the sacrificed material with a remaining still
strong attack.}) 21. Qd3+ Kg8 (21... Kxh6 22. Qh3+ Kg5 23. Qg4+ Kf6 (23... Kh6
24. Qh4#) 24. Qf4#) 22. Qg3 g6 (22... Qxe5 23. Qxe5 gxh6 24. Rd1 $1 {and the
h1 bishop will be lost with a winning position for white.}) 23. Qxg6+ $3 fxg6
24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Nxg6#) 16. Bg6 $3 {Maybe not the strongest move in the
position, but still the move that has to be played!} hxg5 ({I had planned to
meet} 16... fxg6 {with} 17. Nxg6 ({but also} 17. Nxe6 {is interesting and
should give white the advantage as well.}) 17... Bxc5 (17... hxg5 18. Qxe6+ Rf7
19. hxg5 Nh7 20. f4 $1 {See comments to blacks 18...Ne4.}) (17... Bc8 {looks a
bit too passive, but should not be underestimated as it protects the important
e6-pawn. However white seems to get an advantage after} 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Qxe6+
Rf7 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Ne5 Bc5 22. f3 Rxa2 ({In case of} 22... Re8 23. Qxf7+
Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rhe1 {white has a won endgame.}) 23. Rd8+ $1 Bf8 24.
Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Qxa2 Kh7 27. Qb3 $1 {White now saves the knight
on g6 by tactical means and has two pawns up with a winning position.}) 18.
Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Ne5 Raf8 ({After} 19... Re8 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Ngxf7 Bd5 {
white has more than one way to win. The simplest I guess is playing} 22. Nd7 ({
Of course also} 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Rd2 {wins as does}) (22. Nxh6+
gxh6 23. Nd7 Nxd7 24. Rxd5 Nf6 25. Rf5) 22... Bxf7 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rhe1 {
with a technical won endgame for white. Black has big problems to keep all his
weak pawns after the forced rook exchange.}) (19... hxg5 $4 {shortens the
suffering drastic after} 20. hxg5 Re8 21. Ng6 $1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 $1 Nh7 23. Rxh7
Kxh7 24. Rh1+ Kg8 25. Rh8#) 20. Ngxf7 Rxf7 21. Rd7 $1 Qxd7 $1 (21... Nxd7 22.
Qxf7+ Kh7 23. Nxd7 {and white wins.}) 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. f3 $1 {White has a
clear material advantage with a winning position, but black can still fight on
for some time.}) ({Black could have avoided the coming attack by playing} 16...
Ba6 {After the forced variation} 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxa6 Qxe5 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 (
19... Qxc5 $2 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Rhe1 {gives white a superior position.}) 20.
cxb6 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Nd5 {Black is clearly behind in material, but he has a
strong initiative and white must prove his advantage.}) 17. hxg5 fxg6 18. Nxg6
$1 Ne4 $2 {This was the loosing move. With this move black forces white to
carry out a nice combination.} ({The alternative} 18... Nh7 {was better, but
not enough} 19. Qxe6+ Rf7 20. f4 $1 {Threatens Rxh7 and black is forced to
sacrifice back one of his two extra pieces.} Bxg5 21. fxg5 {Renews the threat
Rxh7.} Bxg2 {Once again the only move.} ({if black tries with} 21... Rd8 {
he allows white to show off with another nice sacrifice.} 22. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 23.
Qe8+ Rf8 24. Ne7+ Qxe7 25. Qxe7 {with a totally won position for white. Black
is unable to protect himself against all the threats, for instance} Bd5 26. Qe5
bxc5 27. g6 {winning.}) 22. Rxh7 $3 {A very concrete move that needs exact
calculation, but it is also the strongest move and forces the win for white.} (
{Also the more silent} 22. Rh5 {should lead to a win for white, but it gives
black far more chances of survival. Most of blacks pieces are blocked and
moreover white threatens to play Rd4 followed by Rxh7 with a coming mate on h8.
So black has only two moves to choose from, 22...Rd8 and 22...bxc5. It doesn't
matter which one he chooses as both of them leads to the same position in the
end.} bxc5 ({After} 22... Rd8 {there will follow} 23. Rd6 $1 (23. Rd2 {is bad
in view of} Rxd2 24. Qe8+ Rf8 25. Ne7+ Qxe7 26. Qxe7 Rff2 $1 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28.
Rxh7 Rxc2+ 29. Kb1 Rxb2+ 30. Ka1 Rxa2+ 31. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 32. Kxa2 bxc5 {and black
saves the draw.}) 23... bxc5 {There are no good alternatives.} 24. Ne7+ Qxe7
25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Rxd8+ Nf8 27. g6 $1 Re1+ 28. Kd2 Rd1+ $1 (28... Rf1 29. Rxc5
{also wins for white.}) 29. Kxd1 Bf3+ 30. Kd2 Bxh5 31. Rd5 Bxg6 32. Rxc5 {
White has a won endgame. The black a7-pawn will soon be lost and white's three
connected passed pawns on the queenside decides the game.}) 23. Rd6 $1 Rd8 {
In lack of other options black must enter the above mentioned endgame.} ({
If black tries the desperate} 23... Be4 {white plays} 24. Qxe4 Qxd6 (24... Rf1+
25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rd8+ 27. Kc1 {is no improvement.}) 25. Qxa8+ Rf8 26.
Nxf8 Qf4+ 27. Kd1 Qg4+ ({there is no perpetual checks as after} 27... Qf1+ 28.
Kd2 Qf2+ 29. Kd3 $1 {the white king escapes.} ({Not} 29. Kc3 $4 Qd4+ 30. Kb3
Qb4# {mate!})) 28. Ke1 Qxh5 {It might look as if black has got away with
reasonable drawing chances, but after the follow-up} 29. Ne6+ Kf7 30. Qe4 $1 {
it all becomes clear. White is totally controlling the board and all black
queen checks are prevented. Even the g5-pawn is protected as white now has a
queen check on f5. Black can fight on for a while with} g6 {but it doesn't
change the final result.})) 22... Kxh7 23. Ne5 Rf2 ({After} 23... Rf1 24. Rxf1
Bxf1 25. g6+ Kh6 (25... Kh8 {looses to} 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Nd6+ Kh8 (27... Kf8
28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qd5+ {looses the rook.}) 28. Qe4 $1 {and white wins. Black
can't defend against al the threats, for instance} Rb8 29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Nf5 $1
{with mate to follow.}) 26. Qf5 $1 {Black is unable to defend both against
Ng4# and Nf7+ and so he must give his queen with a simple win for white.}) 24.
Rd4 Rf1+ ({After} 24... Rxc2+ {white continues cold-blooded with} 25. Kd1 Rc1+
26. Kd2 Rh1 (26... Rc2+ 27. Ke3 Be4 28. g6+ Kh6 29. Qh3+ Kg5 30. Qg4+ Kf6 31.
Nd7+ {winning.}) 27. g6+ Kh8 (27... Kh6 28. Nf7+ Kh5 29. Qf5#) 28. Rd7 Qxd7+
29. Qxd7 {White is totally controlling the game and his queen is superior to
blacks to bad coordinated rooks. A possible continuation is} bxc5 (29... Rf8
30. Qe7 $1) 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nd8 Rf1 32. Ne6 $18) 25. Kd2 Rd8 (25... Rf2+ 26.
Ke1 Rf1+ 27. Ke2 Rh1 28. g6+ Kh8 29. Rd7 Qxd7 30. Qxd7 {leads to the above
mentioned variation except that white's king now is on e2 instead of d2, which
is of no particular importance.}) ({Also} 25... Rh1 26. g6+ Kh8 27. Rd7 Qxd7+
28. Qxd7 {leads to an earlier mentioned variation. But here white has got his
c2-pawn left, which can't be bad for him.}) 26. g6+ Kh6 (26... Kh8 {is met by}
27. Ke2 $1 Be4 28. Rxe4 Rf2+ 29. Ke1 $1 {and white wins.}) 27. Nf7+ Rxf7 28.
gxf7+ g6 (28... Kh7 29. Rd6 $1 $18) 29. Rd6 Be4 30. Qh3+ Kg7 (30... Kg5 31.
Qg3+ Kh5 32. f8=Q $1 Rxf8 33. Qh2+ Kg5 34. Rxg6+ {winning!}) 31. f8=Q+ $1 Rxf8
32. Rd7+ Qxd7+ 33. Qxd7+ Kh6 34. c6 {The c-pawn will decide the game.}) ({
The best move in the position seems to be} 18... Kf7 $1 {Black protects the
e6-pawn and in the same time gets his king in a safer position. Indeed there
are many pieces hanging for black, but he has already taken two so he still
has some to spend.} 19. gxf6 (19. Ne5+ Kg8 {is no more than a repetition of
moves.}) 19... Bxf6 (19... Kxg6 20. fxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh5+ Kf6 22. Rd4 $1 (22. Rh4
$2 {is worse because of} Qxc5 $1 23. Rf4+ Ke7 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.
Qa4+ Kf7 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Rxb7 Qxf2 {and black has equalized.}) 22... Qxc5 (
22... g5 $2 {looses to} 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qh7+ Ke8 25. Qd3 $1 {with a decisive
attack for white, for instance} Bd5 26. Re1 Rd8 27. c4 {and black must give
back the piece while white's attack still will be running.}) 23. Qh4+ g5 (23...
Kg6 24. Rd7 {forces a won rook endgame for white.} Rh8 25. Qg4+ Qg5+ 26. Qxg5+
Kxg5 27. Rxh8 Rxh8 28. Rxg7+ {followed by Rxb7 with two pawns up for white.})
24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Rf7 26. Rd7+ $1 Kxd7 27. Qxf7+ Qe7 {forced as after} (
27... Kc6 28. Rd1 {black still has to give up his bishop with 28...Kb5. After}
Bc8 29. Qf3+ {the rook on a8 is lost.}) 28. Qxe7+ Kxe7 29. Rh7+ Kd6 30. Rxb7 {
White has a rook endgame with a clear pawn up and an active against passive
rook. Black might still be able to cause some trouble, but the win should not
be too difficult.}) 20. Qh5 ({After} 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 {white has rook and two
pawns against blacks pair of bishops. It's rather difficult to make a correct
evaluation of the position, but I think black is doing fine here and might
even get the better chances. The white attack is almost over the blacks bishop
pair starts becoming a threat.}) 20... Rfd8 $1 {Black saves the rook and in
the same time prevents Rd7+ as was threatened.} 21. Nf4+ ({After} 21. Ne5+ Kf8
{white is risking to loose the game and must play correct to keep the balance.}
22. Rd6 $1 Bxg2 (22... Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxd6 24. cxd6 Qc4 25. Qg5 $1 Be4 $1 {
Only move} 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Kg6 28. Qg4+ {with perpetual checks.}) (22...
Bd5 $2 {is bad in view of} 23. c4 $1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxd6 25. Rh8+ $1 Kf7 26.
Qf4+ Ke7 27. Qd4 $1 {with excellent winning chances for white, for instance}
Kf7 28. cxd6 Qd7 29. Qf4+ Kg6 30. Qg3+ Kf6 31. Rh4 {winning back material with
a contuous strong attack.}) 23. Rxe6 $1 ({In case of} 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Rxe6 Rd5
$1 ({not} 24... Bxh1 $2 {loosing to} 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh7+ Ke6
28. Qxc7 $18) 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rhe1 Bf3 {black has got the winning chances.})
23... Qxe5 (23... Bxe5 {forces the draw immediately after} 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25.
Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 (26... Bf6 $4 27. Rxf6+ gxf6 28. Rh7+ $18)) 24. Rxe5 Bxh1
25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 {with a draw.} (26... Kg8 $2 {gives white chances
again after} 27. Rf5 Bb7 28. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 29. Qg6+ Kf8 30. Qxf6+ {followed by
cxb6 with advantage to white.})) 21... Kg8 $1 ({After} 21... Ke7 22. Qg4 Rxd1+
23. Rxd1 {white has two pawns and a strong initiative for the sacrificed piece.
I think it's very good winning chances for white.}) 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Kg8
24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ {with perpetual checks.}) 19. Rh8+ Kf7 20.
Ne5+ $1 {White now sacrifices a third piece to continue the attack against
black's king.} Qxe5 21. Qh5+ g6 22. Rh7+ Qg7 {Black must give back his queen
to avoid mate, but he will get rook and three pieces for it which is far more
than enough materially speaking. However blacks kings position and piece
co-ordination is not the very best as will soon be revealed.} 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7
24. Qh6+ Kf7 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Qxg6+ Rf7 27. c6 $3 {A genius move that also
seem to be the only winning move in the position. The objectionable pawn on c5
suddenly becomes useful.} Bxc6 ({Objectively seem the best continuation would
have been} 27... Bxg5+ 28. Kb1 Bxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 30. Qxc6 Re8 {and black can
still fight on for a while, but the final result would still be the same. After
} 31. f3 {white has a decisive advantage. With queen and three pawns against
rook and two pieces and in addition a hollow position the battle is lost for
black.}) 28. Qxe6 Bb7 29. g6 $1 ({Not} 29. Qd7+ Kf8 30. Qxb7 $4 Bxg5+ {and
black wins.}) 29... Rg7 {Black must keep his rook on the seventh rank to
prevent Qd7+.} 30. Rh1 $1 {The rook has done his work on the d-file and so he
comes over to the kingside to finish the final attack.} Nf6 ({In case of} 30...
Kd8 {there will follow} 31. Rh8+ Kc7 32. Qe5+ {winning the g7 rook.}) 31. Rh8+
Rg8 (31... Ng8 {is not much better. White has many ways leading to a win, but
the easiest is to play} 32. c4 $1 {with this pawn advance, white takes control
over the important d5 square, which will soon become useful.} (32. Rh7 Kf8 33.
f4 $1 {is another possibility.}) {After} 32... Rc8 33. Rxg8+ Rxg8 34. Qxg8+ Kd7
35. Qxc8+ $1 Kxc8 36. g7 {is it impossible for black to stop white's g-pawn.})
32. g7 $1 {Black's position is hopeless and so he resigned.} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c4 $5 {
7.Lc4!?; 7.Sf3 -> Shabalov,A-Savcenko,S/URS-YM Tbilisi/1989/1-0/54/} f5 8. Nc3
Bf6 9. Nf3 Nc6 $1 $15 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qb3 $2 (11. Qd2 c6 $1 12. d6 $6 Ng6) 11...
c6 $1 $15 12. O-O-O cxd5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Kb1 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16.
Rxd5 (16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 $15) 16... Qc7+ 17. Kb1 Be6 $17) 15... Be6 16.
Nd4 Qb6 17. Na4 Qd6 $17 18. Be2 Nc6 19. Nb5 (19. Qxb7 $2 Nxd4 $1 20. Qxa8+ (20.
Rxd4 Rb8) 20... Kg7 {/\ ...Nxe2}) 19... Qe7 20. Bf3 Rd8 {/\ ...d5-d4} 21. Qa3
$6 Qxa3 22. Nxa3 Nd4 23. Bh5 Rg8 {24.g3 scheitert an 24...Rg5} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 (7.
Bc4 $5 f5 8. Ng3 $5 {8.Nc3} Rg8 (8... Bf6 9. Nf3 {/\ 10.Nh5}) (8... Nd7 9. Nf3)
(8... c5 9. d5) 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd5 12. O-O-O Nf4 $6 13. Qd2 Qd6
(13... Nxg2 $2 14. Rhg1 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Nxf5 $1 $18) 14. Kb1 Bf6 (14...
Bd7 15. Ne5 Bg5 16. h4 Bh6 17. Nxf5 $1 $18) 15. Rhe1 $16 {/\ 16.Ne5; Minasjan,
A-Savcenko,S/Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/1-0/24/ -> TURNIERDISKETTE 1989/2}) (7. c4
$6 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 {Tischbierek,R-Luther,T/DDR-ch Zittau/1989/0-1/23/  ->}) 7...
f5 8. Ng3 $1 (8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. dxc5 a6 12.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. Na4 (13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.
Qxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2; Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Brussels/1988/}) 13... Qc7 14. O-O-O
Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rg8 19. g3 Ke7 $10 {
Wedberg,T-Andersson,U/Haninge/1988/}) 11... Nxd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O
$15 {Sax,G-Andersson,U/Reggio/1988/0-1/51/ -> CBM 11}) 8... c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d5 $1 $14 exd5 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. O-O-O f4 14. Nh5 Qg4 15. Qxd5 Rd8
16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $16 Rg8 20. g3 Ke8 21. Rd5
fxg3 22. fxg3 Bf8 23. c3 Rg6 24. Kd2 h6 25. Kd3 Re6 26. g4 f6 27. h3 Nb8 28.
N3h4 Re1 29. Ng6 Nc6 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Rd6 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Rxb7 Ne5+ 34.
Kc2 c4 35. a4 Rh1 36. Rxa7 Rxh3 37. Re7+ Kd5 38. a5 Rh2+ 39. Kb1 Nd3 40. Rb7
Rh1+ 41. Ka2 Nc1+ 42. Ka3 Nd3 43. Rb5+ Kc6 44. Nd4+ Kc7 45. Nc2 Rg1 46. a6 Rxg4
47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rh7 Rg5 49. b4 cxb3 50. a7 Ra5+ 51. Kxb3 Ne5 52. Nd4 Nd7 53.
Nc6 Ra6 54. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Match Alekhine-Euwe +3-2=4"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1926.12.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1926.12.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Played in Zutphen.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Rd8 12. Nb5
Nc6 13. Qc1 Ne5 14. Be4 Bd7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Qe3 Nd4 18. Qe4 Rd7
19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd3 Qe7 21. Rfd1 Qc5 22. Qe3 e5 23. Qd2 Qb4 24. b3 f5 25. f3
Qc5 26. Kh1 Rc8 27. Ne2 Qxc2 28. Rc1 Rdc7 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Rxd4 exd4 31. Qxd4
Rxe2 32. h4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rcc2 34. Qd5+ Kf8 35. Qxf5+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kf7 37. Qd5+
Kf6 38. Kg3 Rxg2+ 39. Kf4 Rxa2 40. Qxb7 Rgc2 41. Qa8 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.11.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qe2 (8. Bc4 Be7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6 12. h4 h6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14.
Ne5 Rf8 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Rf8 17. Nf5 Bf6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kd8 20.
Nd6 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 a6 22. Rhd1 Ra7 23. Qe6 Be7 24. Nf5 {1-0 Short-Nikolaiczuk/
Dortmund (3) 1986}) (8. Bd3 $142 {/\c3, Qe2/Qc2, 0-0/0-0-0}) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O
Be7 $1 10. Kb1 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Rg1 c5 13. g5 (13. dxc5 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxc5 $10
) 13... Qc7 14. Bh3 Kh8 15. Rg4 {[%cal Yg4h4] /\Rh4->} f5 $1 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17.
Nxf6 Bxf6 18. Bg2 Rad8 19. c3 (19. Qxe6 $2 Bc8) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
cxd4 Bxg2 22. Rxg2 Qf7 23. Qe4 Qf6 (23... Qf5 24. Qxf5 (24. Re1 $2 Rxd4)) 24.
a3 Rd5 25. Rd3 Qf5 26. f3 h6 {[%cal Ye6e5] /\e5} 27. Kc2 Rc8+ (27... e5 28.
Qxd5 (28. Qxf5 $10) 28... Rc8+ 29. Kd2 Qf4+ 30. Ke1 (30. Kd1 Qc1+ 31. Ke2 Rc2+
32. Rd2 Qxd2+ 33. Kf1 Rc1#) 30... Rc1+ 31. Rd1 Qe3+ 32. Re2 Qg1+ $40 {-+ Kotov}
) 28. Rc3 Rxc3+ 29. bxc3 Kg8 30. Kd3 Kf7 31. a4 Ra5 32. Ra2 Qh3 $1 33. Kc4 e5 (
33... Qf1+ 34. Kb4 (34. Qd3 $4 b5+ $19) 34... Rf5 35. Re2 $1 $13 (35. Qb7+ $6
Kf6 36. Qxa7 b5 $3 $40)) 34. d5 (34. dxe5 $4 Qe6+ $19) 34... Qd7 35. Qxe5 Rxa4+
36. Rxa4 Qxa4+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ 38. Kc4 (38. Ke3 $4 Qe1+ 39. Kd4 Qxe5+ 40. Kxe5 Ke7
41. f4 b5 42. Kd4 Kd6 $19) 38... Qa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 {
Last year Andersson favoured 7....f5, but a recent game makes it dubious.} b6 {
This old move has recently become a winning weapon in Anderssons hands.} (7...
f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 $1 exd5 11. Qe3+ $1 Be6 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8
14. Qe3 a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 {[] Arnason-Skembris, Tessaloniki(ol) 1988.})
8. g3 $5 {Hellers novelty!} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2
Qh5 13. O-O e5 {Structurally Black would prefer 13....f5, but he plays for the
initiative.} 14. Rad1 exd4 {Rule no 1 in Anderssons School of Chess: Exchange
Qs!} 15. Nxd4 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 {Given some time White would be better due to
Blacks weak Q-side.} h5 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nd4 (18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Nf4 $4 Rxd2 $1
$19) 18... Bc5 19. Nf5 $2 (19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. N2b3 $14) 19... Ba6 $1 20. c4 (
20. Ne4 $5 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 {Andersson meant that White has full compensation
here: 'I was ready to take a draw!'. But Blacks R:s seem quite potent after 21.
...Ng4.}) (20. Rfe1 $2 Nd3 $19) 20... Bb4 21. Ne4 Bxc4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ra1
Be6 24. Ng7 f5 25. Ng5 Rd2 $1 $19 26. N5xe6 fxe6 27. Re1 Bd6 28. Nxe6 Nd3 29.
Re3 Nxf2 30. Nf8 {A little daydream!} Ne4 $1 (30... Bxf8 $2 31. Re8+ Rd8 32.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. Kxf2 $10) 31. Bxe4 Bc5 32. Bxf5+ Kb7 0-1

[Event "World-ch13 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +11-5=9"]
[Site "GER/NLD"]
[Date "1929.10.26"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1929.09.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 (6... Bxf6 7.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nf3) 7. Nf3 (7. g3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5
Bxb2 12. Bg2 $1 O-O 13. O-O $10 {Fischer,R-Petrosian,T(3)/Buenos Aires cf/1971}
) 7... f5 8. Nc3 c6 (8... Bf6 9. Qd2 O-O (9... c5 10. Bb5+ (10. d5 exd5 11.
Nxd5 (11. O-O-O $1 {Klovans,J} Qb6 12. Bb5+ {/\ Nd5+/-}) 11... Bxb2 $13) 10...
Bd7 11. dxc5 (11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. d5 e5 $13) 11... a6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O (
13. Na4 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6
Rg8 19. g3 Ke7 20. Rb6 Rab8 $10 {Wedberg,T-Andersson,U/Haninge/1988}) 13... Qc7
14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Andersson,
U/Bruxelles/1988}) 10. O-O-O c5 11. d5 e5 12. h4 Bg7 {N} (12... Nd7) 13. d6 $1
{Klovans,J N} Be6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. g4 fxg4 $2 (15... Nd4 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3
Qd7 18. Bxf5 $16 (18. Nd5 Kh8 (18... Qxd6 $2 {Klovans,J} 19. Bxf5 Qxd5 20.
Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Kb1 $18) 19. Ne7 f6 $1 $13 (19... Bxd3 $2 {Klovans,J} 20. Qxd3 f5
21. Qc4 $16 {/\ Qg8, Nf7#}))) 16. Qd3 $18) 9. g3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. Qe2 b5 $6
(11... b6 $142) 12. Ne5 Bb7 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 {[%cal Rc3b5] /\Nb5} Bb7 $2
14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Qxb5+) 13. O-O-O Nb6 14. Qh5 Rf8 15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 Nd5 17.
Bxd5 cxd5 18. Kb1 a5 19. g4 $1 fxg4 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 a4 22. Rhe1 a3 23. b3
Bc8 24. Qxh7 Be6 25. Qd3 {[%cal Yd3b5] /\26.Qb5} O-O-O 26. c3 Kb7 27. Rc1 Qb6
28. cxb4 Bxb4 29. Rc6 Qa5 (29... Bxe1 $6 30. Rxb6+ Kxb6 31. Nc3 Bxc3 32. Qxc3
$40) 30. Rec1 Rc8 31. Nf4 Bd6 (31... Rxc6 32. Nxc6 Qb6 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qh7+)
32. Nxe6 $1 $16 (32. Rxd6 $2 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Qe1+ 34. Kc2 Rc8+ $14) 32... fxe6
33. Qh7+ Rc7 34. Rxc7+ Bxc7 35. Qd7 Qb6 36. Nd3 $18 Rd8 (36... Rf6 37. Nc5+ Kb8
(37... Ka7 38. Na4 $18) 38. Na6+ $18) 37. Rxc7+ Qxc7 38. Nc5+ Kb6 39. Qxc7+
Kxc7 40. Nxe6+ Kd7 41. Nxd8 Kxd8 42. b4 $18 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc6 44. Kb3 Kb5 45.
Kxa3 Kc4 46. b5 Kxb5 47. Kb3 Ka5 48. a4 Ka6 49. Kb4 Kb6 50. a5+ Kc6 51. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Counties CA-16 Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1886.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Bird, Henry Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1886.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 c6 $6 (5... Be7) 6. Nf3 (6.
Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Be3 Rg8 (7... Qb6) 8. Qd3) 6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O Nxe4 9.
Bxe4 Nf6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. Qe2 Qa3 12. Ne5 $44) 10... gxf6 11. Re1 Bd7
12. c4 Be7 13. c5 Qc7 14. b4 f5 15. Bd3 Qf4 16. g3 Rg8 17. Bf1 h5 18. Bg2 Qg4
19. Qd3 Bf6 20. Rab1 (20. Ne5) 20... h4 21. Rb3 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rd8 (22... O-O-O)
23. Qc4 Kf8 24. Rd3 Be8 25. a4 Qh5 26. Qc1 Rg4 27. Qd2 Qh8 28. Ne5 Rg8 29. f4
Qg7 30. Kf2 Bxe5 31. Rxe5 Bd7 (31... a6 $142 32. b5 axb5 33. axb5 Ra8 34. Qb2
$14) 32. b5 Qh6 33. Qa5 $16 Kg7 34. Re1 Qf6 35. Qxa7 cxb5 36. Bxb7 bxa4 37. c6
Bc8 38. Qxa4 Rh8 39. Rg1 Bxb7 40. cxb7 Qe7 41. Qb5 Rb8 42. Rb1 Kg6 43. Qc6 Rhd8
$2 (43... Qd8) 44. Ke3 (44. d5) 44... Rd6 $2 (44... Rd7) 45. Qf3 (45. Qg2 Kg7
46. g4) 45... Rd5 $4 (45... Kg7) 46. Rh1 $18 (46. Rh1 Kg7 47. Qh5 Qf6 48. Qh7+
Kf8 49. Qh8+ Qxh8 50. Rxh8+ Ke7 51. Rxb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ (6. Nc3) 6...
Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 (7... h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Bc4 c5 {Keres}) 8. Qd3 $2 (8. Bc4 $142
cxd4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Rad1 {Tal-Benko}) (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 $1) 8... Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qb5+ Bd7 $1 11. Qxb7 (11. Qxc5
Rc8 {/\ Rxc2-/+}) 11... Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb2 13. Bd3 (13. Qxc5 Be7 $40 14. Qe5 (
14. Qc4 Bb5) 14... f6 15. Qe4 Qa5+) 13... cxd4 14. O-O (14. Nxd4 Qc8 $3 15. Nb3
(15. O-O Rb7 {/\ 16...Bxd4}) 15... Qc3+ 16. Ke2 Rxc2+ 17. Bxc2 Qxc2+ $19) 14...
Bc6 15. Qa3 (15. Rab1 $5) 15... Qb6 16. Bc4 Rb4 17. Qd3 O-O 18. a3 Ra4 19. Rfd1
Qa7 20. Ra2 $2 (20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bd5 $17) 20... Rxc4 (20...
Rxc4 21. Qxc4 Bd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Munich Schach-Olympia (No FIDE event)"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1936.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Petrovs, Vladimirs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Schlage,Willi"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1936.08.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 c5 $1 9. c3 (9. dxc5 Nxc5) 9... cxd4 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Nxd4 (11. Bb5+ Bd7
12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd4 $11) 11... O-O 12. O-O e5 $1 13. Nb5 (13. Ne2 $142)
13... a6 14. Nd6 Bg4 $1 15. f3 (15. Qd2 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 15... Be6 16.
Rf2 Nd5 17. Ne4 Nf4 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Ng5 Bc4 {[%cal Rf4e2]} 20. Qe1 h6 21. Qe4
Ne2+ 22. Kh1 g6 23. Nh3 Nf4 $1 24. Nxf4 (24. Qxc4 Nxh3) 24... exf4 (24... Qxf2
25. Nxg6 $1) 25. Rd2 Qxb2 26. Rad1 Qxc3 27. Qxf4 Kg7 28. Be4 (28. h4) 28...
Rad8 $1 29. Bxb7 $2 (29. h4) 29... Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Rb8 32. Rd7 (32.
Be4 f5 $1 33. Bc2 Rb2 $1) 32... Bxa2 (32... Be6 33. Rc7 Bd5 $1) 33. Kg1 Be6 34.
Rc7 a5 35. Bc6 Rb1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union II"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 (8. Qd2 c5 9. d5 f5 10. dxe6 fxe4 11. exd7+ $10 {Kaplan,L-Bronstein,D/
Hastings/1976/ Inf 21/183/}) 8... c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxd7+
Qxd7 12. d6 $2 (12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. Qe2 O-O-O $13) 12... Qc6 13. Qe2 f5 $17)
11... Bxb5 (11... Nxd5 $5 12. O-O-O Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ Kf8 14. Qxb7 (14. c4 $2 Qb6)
14... Rb8 $132) (11... exd5 $2 12. Nxf6+ $16) 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14.
dxe6+ fxe6 15. O-O-O+ Kc7 16. Rhe1 $2 (16. Nc3 Rad8 (16... Rae8 17. Rhe1 $16)
17. Rde1 e5 18. Nh4 $14) 16... Rad8 17. Ned2 $10 Rd6 18. Re4 f5 $5 (18... Rhd8
19. Rde1 Kd7 20. Rh4 $14) 19. Re2 Rg8 20. g3 Bf6 21. Rde1 Re8 22. c3 e5 23. Kc2
(23. Nxe5 $2 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxd2 26. Rxc5+ Kd6 27. Rxf5 Re2 $17)
23... e4 24. Ng1 Red8 25. Nh3 Bg7 {/\ Rh6} 26. Ng5 (26. f3 e3 27. Nf1 Nc4 $40)
(26. Nf4 $5 Bh6 27. f3 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Nd5 (28... e3 29. Nf1 Nd5 30. Nxe3 Nxf4
31. Nxf5 $10) 29. Nc4 $1 $10) 26... Bh6 (26... R8d7 $5 27. f3 h6 28. Nh3 e3 $13
) 27. h4 Bxg5 28. hxg5 Rg8 29. f4 h6 30. g4 hxg5 31. gxf5 e3 32. Rxe3 (32. Ne4
$2 gxf4 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 $17) 32... Nd5 33. Rg3 g4 (33... Nxf4 34. Ne4 $16) 34.
Re5 Nxf4 35. Rxc5+ Rc6 36. Re5 (36. Rxc6+ Kxc6 37. Ne4 Nh5 38. Rg1 Kd5 $10)
36... Nh5 37. Rg1 g3 38. Re7+ Kc8 39. Ne4 g2 40. Kd2 Nf4 (40... Nf4 41. f6 Nh3
42. f7 Rd8+ 43. Kc2 Nxg1 44. Re8 Nf3 $1 45. Rxd8+ Kxd8 46. f8=Q+ Kc7 47. Qe7+
Kb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 (5... Nbd7 $5 6. Nf3 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6) 6. Bxf6 gxf6 $6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 (9... O-O $5 10.
O-O-O c5 11. d5 e5 12. h4 Bg7 $14) 10. O-O-O (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. dxc5 a6 $10)
10... cxd4 11. Bb5+ Bd7 $6 (11... Ke7 $5 12. Qf4 (12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4
14. Rxd4 a6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Rhd1 Bc6 $10) 12... a6 (12... dxc3 $4 13. Qb4+) 13.
Nxd4 axb5 14. Nxf5+ exf5 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Qb4+ Ke8 17. Nxb5 $13) (11... Nc6
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 c5 16. Rd2 Bb7 17. f3 Ke7
18. Rhd1 $14) 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (12... Nxd7 $5 13. Nxd4 Nb6 $14) 13. Qh6 Qd8 (
13... Ke7 $6 14. g4 $5 fxg4 15. Ne4 $18) 14. Rhe1 Nd7 (14... Nc6 15. g4 $5 fxg4
16. Ne4 gxf3 17. Nxf6+ Ke7 18. Qh4 $40) 15. Nd5 (15. Nxd4 $4 Bg5+ $19) 15...
Rc8 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qa5 $2 (17... Rc6 18. Nxc6 (18. Nxf5 $6 Qa5 19. Ng7+
Kd8 20. Qg5+ f6) 18... bxc6 19. Qg7 Rf8 20. Ne3 $16) 18. Rxe6+ $18 Kd8 (18...
fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Qxf5+ Ke8 21. Nf6+ $16) 19. Qg5+ f6 20. Qxf5 Rc5 21. Re7
(21. Re7 Rxd5 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Qxa5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch G2"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.08.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 (9. Be3 Qe7 10. c3 e5 11. d5 Nb6 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rd8 14.
c4 e4 15. Qc2 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Bf5 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5
21. O-O-O Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5 23. Qc3 Na4 24. Qa3 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rab8+ 26. Kc1 Qf6
27. Rhf1 Qe5 28. Nb1 Rd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Nc3 Qxe3+ 31. Rd2 Qd4 32. Qa5 c5 33.
Re1 Bf5 34. Rf1 Rb4 35. Qa3 Be4 36. Rb2 d2+ 37. Kd1 Qd3 38. Rf2 Bf3+ 39. Rxf3
Qxf3+ 40. Kxd2 Qf4+ 41. Kd1 Qf1+ 42. Kd2 Qxc4 43. Ne2 Qd5+ 44. Ke1 Qh1+ 45. Kd2
Qd5+ 46. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Hjartarson,J-Speelman,J/Politiken Cup 1996/CBM 54/[Knaak]
}) 9... Qxf6 10. Bc4 (10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O e5 (11... b6 12. Bb5 Qe7 13. Rh3
Bb7 14. Rg3 Kh8 15. Bxd7 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qxd7 17. Rdg1 f6 18. Rxg7 Qxg7 19. Rxg7
Kxg7 20. Qf4 Rac8 21. h5 c5 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Qg6+ Ke7 24. dxc5 Rxc5 25. Qxh6
Rg5 26. b3 {Fischer,R-Bilek,I/Habana 1965/Fischer/1-0 (40)} (26. b3 e5 27. Kb2
Rf7 28. a4 Ke6 29. Qh8 Re7 30. h6 Kf7 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qd3 Kf7 33. h7 Rh5 34.
Qd5+ Re6 35. f4 f5 36. fxe5 Rxh7 37. Qd7+ Re7 38. Qxf5+ Ke8 39. f4 Kd8 40. e6 {
1-0 Fischer,R-Bilek,I/Havana 1965/MCD-r6})) 12. Qe3 exd4 13. Rxd4 Nc5 (13...
Nb6 14. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Miles,A/Capablanca Elite 1997/
CBM 59}) 14. Bc4 Be6 15. g4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rfe8 17. Qxc5 Qxf3 18. Rg1 Rad8 19.
Qf5 Qg2 {0-1 Gligoric,S-Porath,Y/Amsterdam izt 1964/IZT}) 10... O-O $6 (10...
c5) (10... b6) 11. Qe2 c5 12. O-O-O cxd4 $6 (12... a6 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. Bd3 Rd8
15. g4 cxd4 16. g5 Qf5 17. Qxf5 exf5 18. Bxf5 $16) 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Rd2 a6 15.
Re1 Re8 16. Qe4 Nc5 $2 (16... Rb8 17. Bd3 g6 18. h5 Nc5 19. Qe3 Nxd3+ 20. Rxd3
Bf5 21. Rc3 $14) 17. Qe3 Na4 18. Nxe5 Be6 19. Rd6 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Qb3 $1 $18 Rd5 23. Qxb7 Nc5 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Nf3 Qd7 26. b3 Qd6 27.
Qe8 Qf6 28. Kb1 a5 29. Qe3 a4 30. b4 a3 31. Ne5 Qxh4 32. c4 Na4 33. cxd5 Qxb4+
34. Kc2 Qb2+ 35. Kd3 Qb5+ 36. Ke4 f6 37. Kf3 fxe5 38. Qe4+ Kh8 39. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ernst"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 (8. Qd3 Nd7 (8... Nc6 $6 9. O-O-O Be7 {/\ Nb4, Qd5} 10. a3 $1 Qd5 11. Nc3
Qa5 12. Qe3 Rd8 13. Bd3 g6 14. Be4 {/\ Bc6, Ne5} Bd7 15. h4 h5 16. Nd2 Qb6 17.
Nb3 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. f3 $6 c5 $1 20. d5 Bf6 {=} 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Nd5 Bd4
23. Qg5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Kg7 25. Rhe1 $2 Bf6 26. Qf4 $4 Rxd5 {0-1/Speelman,
J-Nogueiras,J/WchT-Luzern /1989/}) 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Neg5 (11. Nfg5 $6
Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 {= Van der Wiel,
J-Vaganian,R/WchT-Luzern /1989/}) 11... g6 (11... Bxg5+ 12. hxg5 $1) 12. Qe3 h6
13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bd3 c5 15. c3 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19.
Qxc5 bxc5 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Madrid (07) ;CBM 41 1994/1-0 (41)} (19... bxc5 20.
Rhe1 {=} g4 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Nxg4 Bd5 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Kf8 25. Kc2 Rac8 26.
Ba6 Rb8 27. c4 Bg2 28. f4 Ke7 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Be4+ 30. Kc3 Bxe5+ 31. fxe5
Ke7 32. Bb5 Rd8 {=}))) 8... b6 (8... Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qf4 Be7
12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 Rac8 {N
} 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/
Belgrade/1991/}) 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Nd7 (10... h6 11. Be4 {+/-}) (10... Bb7
11. Ng5 h6 (11... g6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. h4 $1 Nxd4 14. h5 Bxg2 15. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7
16. hxg6+ Kg8 17. Rh6 $1 Nf3 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf6 Nxd2 20. Rg6+ Rg7 21.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1 Nf3 23. Rxg2+ Kh8 24. Rg6 {+/- Sax,G-Gurevich,M/Manila izt/
1990/}) 12. Nh7 Qxd4 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. c3 Qh4 (14... Qe5+ 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O
Rd8 17. Qe1 Qg5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 Rd2 20. Qxc5+ bxc5 21. Bf3 Rxb2 22. Rab1 {
Almasi,Z-Dreev,A/Tilburg (04) ;CBM 44 1994/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 15. g3 $1 (15. O-O-O
Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bf3 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rg4 Qe7 19. Rxe4 Nc6 20. Rg1 Qd6 {= Polgar,
J-Bareev,E/Linares/1994/}) 15... Qf6 16. Rf1 Nd7 (16... Bf3 17. Be2 Nc6 18.
Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qe3 Qh5 20. Rd1 {+/-}) 17. f4 $1 {+/-} (17. Be2 Nc5 18. O-O-O Bg2
{= Bareev}) 17... Nc5 18. O-O-O Bd5 (18... Rd8 19. Qe3 $8 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Ba6 21.
Rdd1 {+/- Prasad}) (18... a5 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Qe3 a4 {+= Prasad} 21. Rd4 {
+/- Chandler,M-Prasad,D/Novi Sad ol/1990/}) 19. c4 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Bc6 21. Qd4
$6 Ke7 $6 (21... Qxd4 $1 {Kindermann}) 22. Qe3 Qf5 23. g4 $1 Qxg4 24. Qe5 Rc8
25. Rg1 Qh4 26. Rxg7 Qxh2 27. Re1 Bd7 28. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:42] Kindermann,
S-Bareev,E/ Pardubice (05)/1994/1-0/ ;CBM}) 11. Ng5 g6 12. O-O-O Bb7 (12...
Qxd4 $2 13. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 $4 14. Bxg6+ {+-}) 13. h4 h6 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15. Qxh6 Qg7
(15... Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Rxd7 {+/- /\h5}) 16. Qe3 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rad8 18.
h5 $1 Nc5 19. hxg6 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 fxg6 21. Bf3 a5 22. c3 Qf6 23. Rd4 Rd8 (23...
e5 $142 {!} 24. Bd5+ (24. Rd5 a4 25. Kb1 (25. Rxe5 $2 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Nd3+ {-+})
25... Re8) (24. Rg4 Rd8 25. Be4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Kg7 {=}) 24... Kg7 25. Rd2 a4
$132) 24. Bg4 Rd6 $6 (24... e5 $142 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. b4 axb4 27. cxb4 Nd3+
28. Kb1 Qd4 {=}) 25. Kc2 $1 e5 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. b4 axb4 28. cxb4 Nd7 $2 (28...
Nb7 $142 {+=}) 29. Qd3 $1 Qc6+ (29... Qxd3+ 30. Kxd3 Nf6 31. Bf3 {+- The
a-Pawn is winning: a2-a4->a8}) 30. Kb3 Nf6 (30... Nf8 31. Qc4+ {+-}) 31. Qxg6+
Kf8 32. Be2 Qd5+ 33. Bc4 Qd1+ 34. Qc2 Qd4 35. f3 e4 36. Qc3 Qd6 (36... Qd1+ 37.
Ka3 Ke7 38. Qe5+ $1 Kd7 39. Qe6+ Kd8 40. Qxf6+ {+-}) 37. fxe4 Nd7 $138 (37...
Nxe4 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qh7+ Kf6 40. Qxe4 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 (8. Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 b5) (8. Bd3 c5 (8... b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Ba6
O-O-O $14) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nd6+ Ke7 $13) 8... b6 {
This move is considered to be a dubious one, but I'm not sure that white gets
an advantage after 9.Bb5, which is considered to be a "refutation".} (8... O-O
9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 $14) 9. Bb5 $5 Bb7 (9... O-O $5 10. Bc6 (
10. O-O-O $6 Bb7 11. Bxd7 Bxe4) 10... Rb8 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Bxb7 $2 (12. Qc3 $1
) 12... Rxb7 13. d5 Nc5 $1 $132 {Balcerak,J-Atalik,S/Cappelle la Grande 2003})
10. Nxf6+ gxf6 (10... Qxf6 $2 11. Ne5 c6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxc6 O-O 14. Qe3 (
14. O-O $2 Rfc8 15. Nb4 a5) (14. c3 e5 15. d5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5+ 17.
Qe2 Rfe8 $1 $44)) 14... Rac8 15. Qe4 Rc7 16. c3 Rfc8 17. Nb4 $16) 11. Qc3 {
[%cal Gb5c6]} (11. O-O-O Qe7 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Qxe5
Qc5 16. Be2 Bxd5 $11 {Tal,M-Pachman,L/Portoroz 1958}) 11... O-O $6 {After this
one black faces certain problems, so I would recommend 11...Qe7!? a-la
Stahlberg, as an alternative.} (11... Rc8 12. Bc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Qe7 14. O-O-O
Qd6 15. Qe4 c6 16. Kb1 b5 17. Qh4 $14 {Unzicker,W-Troeger,P/Bad Nauheim 1948})
(11... Qe7 $5 12. Qxc7 Qb4+ 13. c3 Qxb5 14. Qxb7 Qxb2 15. O-O Rd8 (15... Rb8 $6
16. Qc7 Ke7 17. Rfb1 (17. Nh4 Rhd8) 17... Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa5 $16 {Black has some
weaknesses.}) 16. c4 Qa3 17. Rfe1 O-O 18. d5 $14 {Steiner,L-Stahlberg,G/
Saltsjobaden 1948}) (11... a6 12. Bc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qa8 15. Qc3
Qd5 16. Kb1 a5 17. Qe3 b5 18. Nd2 $14 {Persitz,R-Czerniak,M/Netanya 1961}) 12.
Bc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 f5 {An attempt to trade the queens on d6 right away is
doomed to failure:} (13... Qe7 14. O-O-O Qd6 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. d5 e5 17. Nh4
Rfd8 18. Nf5 Nf8 19. h4 $16 {Liberzon,V-Shashin,B/Yerevan 1965}) 14. O-O-O Nf6
15. Rhe1 (15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Rhf1 Qd6 17. f3 Nf6 18. g4 Qxc6 19. Nxc6 fxg4 20.
fxg4 Kg7 21. g5 Ne4 22. Rde1 $14) 15... Qd6 16. Ne5 Ng4 17. Qf3 {Not bad was
also} (17. Qc3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qe7 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20. Red1 Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Kg7 22. h3
$14 {with long-lasting edge.}) 17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 (18. dxe5 $1 Qe7 19. Re3
Rad8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Qh5 $16 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gh5h6]}) 18... Kh8 19. g4 f6 20.
Re3 fxg4 21. Qxg4 {Exposed position of the black king on h8 and weak pawns in
the center promise white an advantage.} Rae8 22. Rde1 Rg8 23. Qh4 Rg6 24. Rg3
Reg8 (24... Kg7) 25. Reg1 Kg7 {A more subtle defense was} (25... Rxg3 26. hxg3
e5 27. Rh1 Rg7 28. dxe5 Qxe5 29. Kb1 $14) 26. Kb1 Qd5 27. Qf4 Rc8 28. Re1 Kf7 {
It's not so easy for black to defend.} (28... c5 $2 29. dxc5 Rxc5 30. Rd3 Qc6
31. Qb8 $16) (28... Rxg3 29. Qxg3+ Kh8 30. Rg1 Qd7 31. f4 $36) 29. Rge3 c6 30.
Qh4 Kg8 31. Rg3 $1 Qf5 (31... Rxg3 32. Qxg3+ Kh8 33. Rg1 Qd7 34. Qf4) 32. a3
Rd8 33. Ree3 $1 {After this move the material losses are inevitable for black.}
c5 (33... Rxg3 34. Qxg3+ Kh8 35. Qc7 Rxd4 36. Qf7 Rg4 37. Rxe6 $16) 34. Rxg6+
hxg6 35. Rh3 Qh5 36. Qxf6 $1 (36. Qxh5 gxh5 37. dxc5 bxc5 38. Rxh5 e5 39. Kc1
Rd4 $132) 36... Qxh3 37. Qxd8+ Kg7 38. Qc7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+ g5 40. Qf6+ Kh7 41.
Qxg5 Qf1+ 42. Qc1 Qxf2 43. dxc5 bxc5 44. Qd1 Kh6 $6 (44... e5 $2 45. Qh5+ Kg8
46. Qxe5 Qf1+ 47. Ka2 Qc4+ 48. b3 Qxc2+ 49. Qb2 Qe4 50. a4 $18) (44... Kg6 $1)
45. Qg4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Rh6]} Qe1+ 46. Ka2 e5 47. Kb3 e4 48. h4 Qe3+ (48... e3
49. h5) 49. c3 Qd3 50. Qg5+ Kh7 51. Qf5+ Kg7 $2 ({More persistant was} 51...
Kh6 $1 52. Qxc5 $140 (52. h5 c4+ 53. Kb4 e3) 52... e3 53. Qg5+ Kh7 54. Qh5+ (
54. h5 e2 55. h6 Qd7 56. Qe5 Qd1+ 57. Ka2 Kxh6 $11) 54... Kg7 55. Qf3 Qd2) 52.
h5 c4+ 53. Kb4 e3 54. Qg5+ Kf7 55. Qf4+ Ke6 56. Qg4+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Ke6 58. Qg4+
Kf7 (58... Kd6 59. h6 e2 60. h7 a5+ 61. Kxa5 Qd5+ $11) 59. h6 e2 60. Qg7+ Ke6
61. Qg8+ Ke7 62. Qg7+ Ke6 63. Qg4+ Kf7 64. Qh5+ Kg8 (64... Qg6 65. Qd5+ (65.
Qxe2 Qb6+ 66. Ka4 Qb3+ 67. Ka5 Qb6+ $11) 65... Qe6 (65... Ke7 66. Qe5+ Kd7 67.
h7 $18) 66. Qxe6+ Kxe6 67. h7 e1=Q 68. h8=Q Qf2 69. Qc8+ $18) 65. Qe5 $1 Qg6 $6
{After this one nothing can save black. The last chance to hold on for a while
would be} (65... Qd7 $1 $16) 66. Kxc4 $18 Kh7 67. b4 Qg2 68. Kd3 e1=Q 69. Qxe1
Qd5+ 70. Kc2 Qa2+ 71. Kc1 Qa1+ 72. Kd2 Qa2+ 73. Ke3 Qe6+ 74. Kf2 Qf5+ 75. Kg1
Qg4+ 76. Kh2 Qh5+ 77. Kg2 Qd5+ 78. Kg1 Qg5+ 79. Kf1 Qf5+ 80. Qf2 Qb1+ 81. Kg2
Qe4+ 82. Qf3 Qg6+ 83. Kf2 Qc2+ 84. Kg3 Qg6+ 85. Qg4 Qd3+ 86. Qf3 Qg6+ 87. Kh4
Kxh6 88. Qe3+ Kh7 89. Qxa7+ Kh6 90. Qe3+ Kh7 91. Qf3 Qc2 92. Kg3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khamatgaleev, Alexej"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Bb5+ (10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 $13) 10... Bd7 {N; 10...
Ke7 - 22/235} 11. O-O-O (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (11... Qxd7 12. O-O-O (12. d5 e5 $13)
12... Bxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc6 16. Rd2 Rg8 17. g3 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Kd2 Ke7 20. Ke3 Rc8 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Paz Daniel-Herraiz Herminio/
Ch Spain (juniors), Los Barrios (Spain) 1995}) 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14.
Qh6 Rhg8 15. g3 Bg7 16. Qf4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Rd2 Qe5 19. Qh4 Qf6 20. Qxf6
Nxf6 21. f3 h5 22. Rd3 h4 23. Nde2 Rxd3 24. cxd3 Rh8 25. Rg1 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh2
27. g4 fxg4 28. fxg4 Kd7 29. Kc1 Nd5 30. Kd1 Ne3+ 31. Kd2 Ng2 32. g5 Nh4 33.
Rf1 Nf5 34. Ne4 Bd4 35. b3 Ke7 36. Rf3 Bb6 37. N4g3 Nd4 38. Rf4 Rg2 39. Re4
Nxe2 40. Nxe2 Rxg5 41. Kd1 Bc5 42. Rc4 Bd6 43. Nc3 f5 44. a4 Rg1+ 45. Ke2 Rg2+
46. Kf3 Rb2 47. Ke3 Rxb3 48. Ne2 Rb4 49. Rxb4 Bxb4 50. d4 Bd6 51. Nc1 {0-1 Sax,
G-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia 1988}) (11. dxc5 a6 (11... Qc7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Ba4
Rg8 14. g3 Rg4 15. Bb3 Qxc5 16. Rhe1 Kf8 17. Qh6+ Bg7 18. Qh5 Be8 19. Ne4 Qc6
20. Neg5 h6 21. Rd8 hxg5 22. Nxg5 Ke7 23. Nxe6 Re4 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe4 fxe4
26. Qc5+ Kf6 27. Qg5# {1-0 Raaste,E-Kanko,I/Helsinki 1989}) (11... O-O 12.
O-O-O Bxb5 13. Qh6 Bd7 14. Rd3 Bg7 15. Qh5 Qf6 {0-1 Hansen,S-Somlai,L/Budapest
IM 1992}) 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O (13. Na4 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5
16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rg8 19. g3 Ke7 20. Rb6 Rab8 21. Re1 Rgd8
22. Ne5 Ke8 23. Re3 Rd5 24. f4 Bd8 25. Rbb3 Bc7 26. Red3 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxe5 28.
fxe5 Rc8 29. Rd4 Rc5 30. Rh4 Rxe5 31. Kd2 Rd5+ 32. Ke2 Re5+ 33. Kd2 Rd5+ 34.
Ke2 Rb5 35. b3 Re5+ 36. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,T-Andersson,U/Haninge 1988}) 13...
Qc7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 18. Rhe1 Rg8 19. g3
Ne4 20. Re2 Ke7 21. Nd4 (21. Ne1 h5 22. f3 Nf6 23. Ng2 Rc4 24. Ne3 Rc5 25. Ng2
{1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes Alfonso-Sion Castro Marcelino/It (cat.9) Leon (Spain)
1996}) 21... Rgc8 22. f3 Nd6 23. Rd3 h5 24. Nb3 R5c7 25. Rd4 Ne8 26. c3 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Lautier,J/Clermont Ferrand 1989}) 11... Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qb6 (12...
a6 13. Nc3 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd2 Rd8 18. Rxd8+
Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Kc7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Reuther,E-Kette,S/NRW-I 1990}) 13. c4 $6 (13.
Qe2 $5 cxd4 $1 (13... a6 14. Nc3 Qa5 (14... cxd4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.
Nxd4 $36) 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Kb1 Nc6 17. Nf4 $14) 14. Ne5 $1 (14. Nbxd4 Nc6 15.
Qb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Ke7 17. Nbd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rhg8 $15) (14. Rhg1 $6 Nc6 $1 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Kb1 Na5 $17) 14... O-O 15. f4 (15. Nxd4 $2 Qa5 $1 $17)
15... Rd8 (15... Nc6 16. Nd7) 16. g4 $44) 13... cxd4 14. Qf4 (14. Nfxd4 a6 15.
Nc3 O-O $1 $15 (15... Nc6 $6 16. Nxf5 $1 exf5 17. Rhe1+ Ne7 (17... Kf8 18. Qd6+
Kg7 19. Qxf6+ $1 Kxf6 20. Nd5+ Kg7 21. Nxb6 $18) 18. Nd5 Qd6 (18... Qc6 19. Qb4
$1 $16) 19. Re6 $3 Qxe6 20. Nc7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Qd7 Rc8 23. Qxe6 $14))
14... Na6 $1 {Not being afraid of ghousts!} 15. Nfxd4 (15. Nd6+ Ke7 $1 16. Nxd4
Rhg8 $1 17. Qe3 Kf8 $17) 15... O-O $6 (15... Rd8 $5) 16. Rd3 $6 (16. Nxf5 $1
exf5 (16... Bxb2+ $2 17. Kxb2 exf5 18. Rd6 Qc5 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21.
Rd3 Qxf2+ 22. Ka1 f4 23. Rd5 $1 $18) 17. Rd6 Qa5 18. Rxf6 Qxa2 19. Rxf5 f6 $8
20. Nc3 $16) 16... Nc5 $15 17. Rg3+ Kh8 {Suddenly black king prooves to be
safer than his white opponent} 18. Kb1 Rg8 (18... Ne4 $5 $17) 19. Nb3 $6 {
Another dubious move after which white's position becomes nearly hopeless.
While after 19.Nd6! black still had to solve quiet difficult tasks} Ne4 $1 20.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 21. Rd1 Rxg2 $19 22. Qb8+ Kg7 23. N5d4 Nxf2 24. Rd2 Rg1+ 25. Kc2 Ne4
26. Rd3 Rg2+ 27. Kb1 Qb4 28. a3 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 $5 (10. Bd3 Qe7 11. Qe2 (11. Rhe1 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Nb8
13. c3 h5 14. Kb1 g6 15. Ne5 Rhg8 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. Be4 $14 {Klovans,J-Smit,J/
Schwaebisch Gmuend 1998}) 11... O-O-O 12. Ba6 Rhe8 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Rd2 h6
15. Rhd1 $14 {Shepenkov-Livshits,S/Baku 1966}) 10... Qe7 (10... Bxe4 11. Qxe4
O-O 12. h4 Be7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Qf3 Qd5 15. Qxd5 exd5 $11 {Ribas,A-Paredes,A/
Merlo 1990}) 11. Bc4 (11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Nf8 13. c3 Ng6 14. Qg3 Bh4 15. Qh3
Bf6 16. g3 $14 {Westman,J-Ek,H/Malmo 1966}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Nf8 13. g3 ({
Some attention deserved} 13. a3 $5 {not letting black to activate his queen}
Ng6 14. Qe3 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. g3 Bf6 17. f4 Kb8 18. Kb1 $14) 13... Ng6 14.
Qe3 Kb8 15. h4 (15. a3 $5) 15... Qb4 16. Bb3 h6 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gg6e7]} 17.
Qe2 Qa5 18. c3 (18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. c3 Qh5 20. Nd2 Qxe2 21. Rxe2 $14) 18... Qh5
19. Nfd2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 h5 21. Rde1 {For some reason white refraines from
taking on f6 even though it promised him slightly better chances.} (21. Nxf6
gxf6 22. Ne4 (22. f4 $6 Ne7 {[%csl Rg3]}) 22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re3 Ne7
25. Bc4 $14 {[%cal Gc4f1,Gf1g2,Gc1c2]}) 21... Ne7 22. Nf3 Nf5 23. Nfg5 Nh6 24.
Nd2 Bd5 25. Nc4 Kc8 26. Ne3 {The position is equal and following manouvres
don't change this assesment untill white makes a series of inaccuracies
letting black to transpose to winning rooks endgame.} (26. Ne5 Bxb3 27. axb3
Bxe5 28. dxe5 Rd7 $11) 26... Bxb3 27. axb3 a5 28. Ne4 Kb7 29. Kc2 (29. Nxf6
gxf6 30. Ng2 Nf5 31. Kc2 c5 32. dxc5 bxc5 $14) 29... Be7 30. Ra1 Rhe8 31. Ree1
Nf5 32. Nc4 Bf6 33. Ra2 $6 Nd6 34. Nexd6+ cxd6 35. d5 $5 Re7 (35... exd5 $2 36.
Rxe8 Rxe8 37. Nxd6+ $18) 36. Rd1 $6 {More sense would make} (36. Raa1 exd5 37.
Rxe7+ Bxe7 38. Ne3 d4 39. Nd5 Bf8 40. cxd4 $11 {with equality.}) 36... exd5 37.
Rxd5 (37. Ne3 d4 38. cxd4 Re4 $15) 37... Kc6 38. Rd2 d5 39. Ne3 (39. Ra1 Red7
40. Ne3 d4 $15) 39... d4 $1 {Now black is in charge of the situation due to
awfull position of the rook on a2.} 40. cxd4 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Bxd4 42. Nf5 Rd7 43.
Nxd4+ Rxd4 {[%csl Ra2]} 44. Ra1 Rd6 {[%cal Gd6f6]} 45. Rf1 (45. Re1 Rf6 46. Re2
Rf3 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb3,Rf2][%cal Gf7f4]}) 45... Re6 46. Kd2 Rd6+ 47. Kc2 Rg6 48.
Rd1 Re6 49. Rd2 (49. Kd2 $2 Rd6+ 50. Kc2 Rxd1 51. Kxd1 Kc5 52. Kc2 Kb4 53. f3
f5 54. f4 g6 $22 $19) 49... Re1 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Kc2 g6 $22 52. f4 (52. Kd3 Rc1
$19 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Gc5b4]}) 52... Re3 53. Rd7 f5 54. Rc7+ Kd5 55. Rc3 Rxc3+
$1 56. Kxc3 Ke4 57. Kc4 Kf3 58. Kb5 Kxg3 59. Kxb6 Kxh4 60. Kxa5 Kg4 61. b4 h4
62. b5 h3 63. b6 h2 (63... h2 64. b7 h1=Q 65. b8=Q Qa1+ 66. Kb6 Qxb2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Hamburg m"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 36]} 1. e4 {McShane} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. c4 $5 {The begining of very
logical and efficient plan ,which was perfectly carried out in the game:white
intends to castle kingside and then to advance the pawns on the queenside,
trying to nuetralize the bishop b7.} (10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Rhe1 (12.
c4 O-O-O 13. d5 Kb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bc2 Rhe8 $13 {Lanka,Z-Andersson,U/
Tilburg 1994}) 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 Rhe8 {So spielt
Ulf Andersson. Die prinzipiell andere Möglichkeit besteht darin, einen R nach
g8 zu spielen.} 16. c4 Nf8 $132 {Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996}) (10.
O-O Nd7 11. c4 Qc7 12. a4 Rg8 (12... a5 13. Rac1 O-O-O $5 {Das scheint neu zu
sein. Wegen der Kontrolle der schwarzen Felder, insbesondere b4, dürfte der
schwarze König nicht sehr gefährdet stehen.} 14. c5 {Damit ist die schwarze
Stellung nicht zu erschüttern.} bxc5 15. dxc5 Ne5 $1 16. Nd6+ $13 {
Keitlinghaus,L-Knaak,R/BL9798}) 13. a5 bxa5 14. c5 Nf8 15. Ned2 Ng6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. Nc4 $16 {Gdanski,J-Nikolenko,O/POL-chT 1994}) 10... Nd7 11. Nc3 Qc7
12. O-O O-O-O $6 {More logical would be refrein from castling queenside.} (
12... Qf4 $5) (12... O-O 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Nf8 15. g3 $14) 13. Rfd1 $1 Kb8
{McShane: 'The position is finely balanced. White has more space, but Black
has an open g-file against the white king and possesses the bishop pair, which
will become more useful as the game opens up.'} (13... c5 14. d5 (14. Be4 $5)
14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 fxe5 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Be4 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6]
}) 14. a3 Nf8 15. b4 Ng6 16. Qe3 $14 {Preparing the retreat of the bishop in
case of Nf4} Nf4 $2 {Black doesn't have a time to create te counterplay on the
kingside so better was} (16... Qf4 17. c5 Qxe3 18. fxe3 f5 $14 {with
counterchanses.}) 17. Bf1 Rhg8 18. c5 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'preventing c6-c5
and therefore shutting out the b7 bishop from the assault on g2.'} Rg7 $6 (
18... Ba6 $5 19. g3 (19. Bxa6 $2 Nxg2 20. Qe4 f5 $1 21. Qe5 Nh4+ $17) (19. b5
cxb5 20. g3 bxc5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Rab1 a6 23. a4 $36) 19... Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Nd5
21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. cxb6 $14) 19. Rac1 b5 {McShane: 'Ruling out ideas of cxb6
and Nb5.'} 20. a4 a6 21. g3 h5 22. axb5 axb5 23. d5 $1 $16 {Typical sacrifice
for such a kind of positions:white knight comes to d4 from where it will
threaten to come to f5 or white may sacrifice a bishop on b5 with decisive
attack. '!!' McShane. McShane: 'An excellent positional pawn sacrifice. It
leaves the black bishops boxed in by their own pawns and opens lines to attack
the black position. '} Nxd5 (23... exd5 24. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gf1b5,Gc5c6]}
Ne6 $8 (24... Bc8 $2 25. Qxe7 $1 $18) (24... Rg5 25. Ncxb5 cxb5 26. c6 Ba6 27.
Qa3 $18 {[%cal Gc1a1]}) 25. Bxb5 $1 cxb5 26. Ncxb5 Qe5 27. c6 Qxe3 28. fxe3
Rgg8 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. c7+ Kc8 31. cxd8=Q+ $16) 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 (24... exd5 25.
Re1 Re8 26. Nd4 Rgg8 27. Qa3 $16 {[%cal Gc1a1]}) 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Re1 Bd8 27.
Bh3 {[%cal Ge3h6] Covering square g4,not to let the black rook to come to play
via g4.} f5 {McShane: 'Bunzmann feels it is necessary to give the bishops some
air, but its still very grim.'} (27... Bc8 28. Qh6 $5 Rg6 29. Qxh5 Bxh3 30.
Qxh3 Qc8 31. Qxc8+ Kxc8 32. Nd4 Kd7 33. f4 {[%cal Gd4f5,Gh2h6]} f5 34. Ra1 $1
$18) 28. Bxf5 Rg8 29. Qh6 $1 $18 {Now the material losses are inevitable} Be7
30. Ne5 Bg5 31. Qxh5 {McShane: 'Now black is a pawn down.'} Bd2 32. Nd7+ Ka7
33. Ra1+ Ba6 34. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. h4 Rb8 $6 {A very dubious decision. I
guess the idea is to protect the bishop on b7, which could be important in
some lines, but on the other hand such a waste of time in the opening isn't
justified under the circumstances.} (11... c5 12. Nfg5 h6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Nxb7
Qxb7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Qd3 c4 17. Qe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Rac8 19. c3 $14 {
Kovalevskaya,E-Hanley,C/Gausdal 2003}) (11... Be7 12. Qf4 (12. Rh3 Nf6 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6 (14... h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 e5 18. dxe5
Qxe5 19. g5 $14 {Guliev,L-Gouliev,N/Baku 2002}) 15. c3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qe3
Qe7 18. Rg3 $36 {Fercec,N-Dittmar,P/Arco 2001}) (12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Neg5 Qd6 14.
Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rac8 $2 17. Nd7 $18 {Baklan,V-Gouliev,N/Metz 2003}
) 12... Nf6 13. c4 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6 15. c3 Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bxg5 17.
hxg5 Bb7 18. Rg3 $44 {Saulin,D-Pushkov,N/Tula 2001}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qb8 15.
Qxb8 Rfxb8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Komarov,D/Montecatini Terme 2000/EXT
2001 (16)}) 12. Qf4 c5 13. Neg5 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 (13... Bxf3 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15.
Qxf3 (15. gxf3 cxd4 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Qe4 g6 18. f4 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Qd5 20. Qxd5
exd5 21. h5 $16) 15... g6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Qg4 $16)
14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 {It appears that black has nothing better than to take on
e4, which means ...Rb8 was just a waste of tempo!} Bxe4 (15... Qc8 16. d5 (16.
Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Kg8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ne4 f6 $14) 16... exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5
18. Rxd5 Rb7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Rhd1 Nf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. g4 Qe6 23. g5 $36) 16.
Qxe4 g6 17. d5 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} e5 $6 {Another inaccuracy after which nothing
can save black.} (17... exd5 18. Qxd5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5
hxg5 22. hxg5+ $16) 18. Ne6 $1 $18 {Very nice and simple blow leading to a
decisive advantage.} fxe6 19. dxe6 Bg7 20. exd7 Qf6 21. Rd5 Qf4+ 22. Qxf4 exf4
23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Kg7 25. Rd1 Rbd8 (25... Kf6 26. Re4 f3 27. g4 $18) 26.
Rd6 {[%csl Rg6]} Rf6 27. Re7+ Rf7 28. Ree6 Rfxd7 29. Rxg6+ Kf8 30. Rgf6+ Kg7
31. Rxd7+ Rxd7 32. Rxf4 Kg6 33. g3 Kh5 34. Rf6 Rd8 35. Rf7 Rd6 36. Rxa7 Rf6 37.
f4 Rg6 38. Ra3 Kg4 39. Rd3 Re6 40. a4 c4 41. Rc3 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rf1 43. b3 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qe2 $5 {Very rare continuation which used to be popular quite a while ago.} (8.
Bc4 Be7 (8... Qe7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 b6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13.
c3 Rfd8 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 $14 {Ragozin,V-Kan,I/Leningrad 1934}) 10. O-O O-O
11. Qe3 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 $13 {Emma,J-Valerio,J/Thea 1970}) 9. Qe2 (
9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 c6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Qf4 13. g3 Qc7 14. c3 Rd8 15. Nfg5
Nb6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Nf3 $14 {Clarke,P-Troeger,P/Budapest 1960}) 9... c6 10.
O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6 12. h4 h6 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. Ne5 $14 {Short-Nikolaiczuk/
Dortmund (3) 1986}) (8. g3 O-O 9. Bg2 e5 10. d5 Be7 11. O-O Bd6 12. c4 b6 $11 {
Prins,L-Kinzel,A/Bern 1962}) 8... b6 (8... Qe7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. g4 g6 11. h4
Bg7 12. h5 b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 $132 {Vesely,J-Fichtl,J/Prague 1953}) (8... O-O 9.
O-O-O Be7 $1 10. Kb1 b6 11. g4 Bb7 12. Rg1 c5 13. g5 (13. dxc5 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nxc5 $10) 13... Qc7 14. Bh3 Kh8 $132 {Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A/GER/NLD 1929}) 9.
O-O-O Qe7 (9... Bb7 $6 10. d5 e5 (10... Bxd5 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. c4 $16 {
[%cal Gd1d8]}) 11. d6 $1 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 $16) 10. Ne5 $1 Bb7 (10... Bxe5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. Qb5+ Nd7 13. Qc6 Rb8 14. Qxc7 $16) 11. f4 O-O-O 12. c3 $14 Bxe5 $6 ({
It was necessary to play} 12... c5 $1 {with very unclear position} 13. Rd2 $5 (
13. Nxf7 $6 Bxe4 14. Nxh8 Bb7 $15 {[%csl Rh8]}) (13. Kb1 $2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe5
15. fxe5 Bxe5 $1 16. dxe5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Bxe4+ $17) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Kb8 $13
) 13. fxe5 f6 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Nd2 $1 {White knight is making his way to e5!}
Rhf8 (15... c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rg1 e5 18. g3 e4 $132) 16. Rg1 Rde8 17. Nf3
Nd7 18. Re1 Qf6 (18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kb8 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe5 $16) 19. Qe3 g6 (
19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 g6 21. Rg3 $14) 20. Ng5 $5 Qf4 21. Nxh7 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rh8
23. Bd3 $5 {Probably this move is even better than} (23. Ng5 Rxh2 24. Rxe6 Rf8
25. Nf3 $16 {and white is a pawn up in the endgame.}) 23... Rxh7 24. Bxg6 Reh8
25. Bxh7 Rxh7 26. Rxe6 Bd5 27. Re8+ Kb7 28. h3 Bxa2 29. Re3 $1 {[%cal Gg2g4]}
Nf8 (29... Kc6 30. g4 Kd6 31. Rf1 Bd5 32. Rf2 $16) 30. g4 Ng6 $6 31. Rf1 Bd5
32. Rf6 Nh4 (32... Rg7 33. Kd2 Nh4 34. Ke2 $18 {[%cal Ge2f2,Gf2g3]}) 33. Re5
Bg2 34. Rh5 Rxh5 35. gxh5 (35. gxh5 Bxh3 36. h6 Bf5 37. Rxf5 Nxf5 38. h7 $18)
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 exd5 {Very dangerous line for black demanding serious
opening preparation, because every mistake may turn to be lethal.} (10... O-O
11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. Nc4 Bh6 $13 {
Glek,I-Luther,T/Germany 1993/GER-chT}) 12. h4 Bg7 (12... Nd7 13. d6 $1 $14 Nb6
14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 $5 Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $36 {Lau,R-Sakaev,
K/Dortmund 1991/CBM 23}) 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 15. Qg5 Qa5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Qxf5
Nc5 18. Qg5 f5 $132 {Vujakovic,B-Dizdar,G/Zlatibor 1989/EXT 2000}) (10... e5
11. h4 Nd7 12. O-O-O e4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Bd4 15. Nb5 Be5 16. d6 $16 {Brodsky,
M-Kiriakov,P/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000}) 11. Nxd5 (11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Qxc5
Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 a6 (14... O-O 15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18.
Nce2 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. f4 $14 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/Reykjavik 1989/CBM 13})
15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 Rg8 17. O-O Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4 19. Qe5 $14 {Arnason,
J-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki 1988/TD}) 11... Bxb2 12. Rd1 Be6 13. Bc4 (13. Bb5+ $5
Nc6 14. O-O a6 (14... O-O $2 15. c3 $1 Ba3 16. Qh6 Bxd5 17. Ng5 Re8 18. Qxh7+
Kf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. c4 $18) 15. c4 $5 Bg7 16. Qf4 Rc8 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 (17...
Rxc6 $2 18. Nb4 $16) 18. Qg3 O-O $15 {Zhang Zhong-Kiriakov,P/Hastings 2001})
13... Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Ng5 Rc6 $2 {This move is a
novelty, but I doubt someone will try it again!} (17... Kh8 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19.
Nxe6 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Dobosz,H/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97}) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxe6 $1 {I'm sure black missed this strong move while playing 17...Rc6} Kh8 (
19... Rxe6 20. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc4g8,Gd1d8]}) 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Nc7 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gc7e6] Black can't defend against numerous threats} Be5 (21... Rf6 22.
Be6 $18) (21... Qe7 22. Ne6 Rf6 23. Qc7 $18) 22. Qh6 Rf6 (22... Bxc7 23. Rxd7 {
[%csl Rf8]} Qxd7 24. Qxf8#) 23. Qg5 {[%csl Gg8]} Bxh2+ (23... h6 24. Rxd7 $1)
24. Kxh2 Qxc7+ 25. Kg1 Qd8 (25... Rf8 26. Qe7 Rd8 27. Be6 $18) 26. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 89th"]
[Site "Torquay"]
[Date "2002.08.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wohl, Aleksandar H"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
During the last couple of years this variation became quite popular,mainly
thanks to the efforts of Morozevich and Short.This variation leads to more
interesting and lively struggle than 7...b6.} 8. Bd3 (8. g3 $5) 8... f5 (8...
Nd7 9. Qe2 $5 b5 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. Qh5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op
1995}) 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Kb1 (12. Nc3 c6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nh4 f5
15. Nf3 $13) 12... c6 13. c4 $5 bxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Rc1 Rb8 16. Rc2 Nb6 17.
Bd3 (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 Nc4 19. Ka1 a4 $15) 17... a4 $13 {Govedarica,
R-Zontakh,A/Belgrade 2000}) (8... b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12.
Nc3 Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS 
(women) 1999}) 9. Ng3 (9. Ned2 b5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1
Nf6 14. Nc4 Rg8 15. Na5 Bd5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 $16 {Feygin,M-Vaculik,M/
Dortmund 2000}) 9... c5 10. O-O (10. Qd2 cxd4 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Nh5 Rg8 13. Kb1
Qd5 14. Nf4 Qc5 $15 {Berthelot,Y-David,V/Parthenay 2000}) (10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Qxc5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O-O h5 14. h4 b5 $13 {Stefansson,H-Morozevich,A/
Reykjavik 1999}) (10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bc4
Qf4 $13 {Petrukhin,D-Kim,A/Toljatti 2000}) 10... h5 $5 {Usually it's not
recommended to play with pawns as long as development of the pieces is far
from being completed, but black's last move seems to be pretty logical under
the circumstances.} (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Re1
Kh8 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Qh5 Rg8 18. Qh4 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Zhenetl,R/
Krasnodar 2000}) 11. c3 h4 12. Ne2 b6 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. Re1 $6 (14. Qe2 Qd6 15.
Qe3 Nd7 16. Rad1 O-O-O $132) 14... Qd6 15. Ne5 Nd7 16. Qe2 (16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17.
dxc5 bxc5 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Nh3 Rg8 20. f3 Qc7 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18.
f3 b5 19. c4 $6 {After this move black is the first one to get to white king.}
(19. b3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4]} Qb6 20. Kh1 Bg5 21. Nh3 Bh6 22. a4 $14) 19... b4 20.
a3 $6 O-O-O 21. axb4 cxb4 22. c5 {[%csl Ra6]} Bxc5+ 23. Kh1 h3 $1 {[%csl Rh1]}
24. Bxa6 (24. Nxh3 $2 Rxh3 25. gxh3 Qxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Bxf3#) 24... hxg2+ 25. Nxg2
Rh3 $36 {[%csl Rf3,Rh2][%cal Gd8h8]} 26. Bxb7+ (26. Rec1 Rdh8 27. Bxb7+ Kxb7
28. Ne1 Rxh2+ 29. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qd5 $19) 26... Kxb7 27. Red1 Rdh8 28. Ne1
Rxh2+ $1 29. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qe8 {[%csl Rh2]} 31. Nd3 Qh8+ 32. Kg2 Qg7+ 33.
Kh1 (33. Kf1 Qg1+ 34. Ke2 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 Qxf3+ $19) 33... Qh6+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ 35.
Kh1 Bb6 36. Rac1 (36. Kh2 f4 $19 {[%csl Gg3]}) 36... Qg3 $1 0-1

[Event "Merida"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2000.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5
Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9...
e5 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 $132 {
Baklan,V-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Qe2 (11. d6 $5 Bf5 12.
Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {Groszpeter,
A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}) 11... Bf5 12. O-O $5 {Hernandez deviates from
famous game Leko-Halifman,probably suspecting that Shirov will come up with
something!This catious move fully proved in the game,because Shirov trying to
complicate the positon has overcome the limit of risk and found himself in
very unpleasent position.} (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bd3 $1 (14. h4 e4 15.
Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois
4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4
Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1
Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match
2000}) 12... Nd7 13. Rad1 {[%cal Gd5d6]} Bxe4 (13... Be7 $6 14. d6 cxd6 15.
Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Qe7 17. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Re5]}) 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd6 16.
Rfe1 a5 $6 ({Also after} 16... Rfe8 17. b4 (17. Bb5 Nd7 18. c4 Re7 19. Nd2 $14
{[%cal Gd2e4]}) 17... Nd7 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qg3 $14 {black doesn't
manage to reach an equality,but after the move in the game he finds himelf in
very serious troubles.}) 17. a3 $6 (17. Nxe5 Rfe8 (17... Na4 $6 18. Bb5 Nxb2
19. Rb1 c6 20. dxc6 Rae8 21. f4 bxc6 22. Rxb2 cxb5 23. Rxb5 $16) 18. f4 Re7 19.
Qf2 $16) 17... a4 $6 (17... e4 $5 18. Nd4 (18. Ng5 Rfe8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Na4 $11) 18... a4 19. Nb5 Qb6 20. d6 c6 21. Nc7 Rad8 22. Rd2 $14)
18. Nxe5 Rfe8 19. f4 Re7 20. Qf2 h5 21. g3 g6 22. Bf1 {White is just a pawn up
and what exactly black has got in return I don't exactly understand.} (22. Bb5
$5 Qb6 (22... b6 $2 23. Bc6 Rb8 24. Nc4 $18) 23. Bf1 Rae8 24. Nc4 Qa7 25. Rxe7
Rxe7 26. Kh1 $16) 22... b6 23. Nc4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Qd7 25. d6 (25. Ne5 Qf5 26.
Qf3 Re8 27. Bd3 $1 Nxd3 28. Nxd3 (28. Qxd3 $4 Rxe5 $1 $19) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1
$16) 25... Rd8 26. Qf3 $5 (26. dxc7 Qxc7 27. Ne5 Nb3 $14) (26. f5 $5 $16) 26...
b5 27. dxc7 Qxc7 28. Ne3 Nb3 29. Bg2 $1 (29. Bxb5 Qb8 $1 30. Bxa4 Nd2 31. Qg2
Qxb2 32. Nd5 Bxc3 $44) 29... Qc5 30. Kh1 Re8 $16 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
g3 {!?} (8. Bc4 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Bf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Kh8 13. c3 e5
14. Qh5 Nd5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Rxd4 f5 {-/+ Shirov,A-Short,N/FIDE WCh KO 1999})
(8. Qd2 Nf8 (8... c5 9. O-O-O f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Ne5 a6 12. Qh6 Qc7 13. Bc4 {
Sievers,S-Ellers,H/BL9596}) (8... b6 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Qf4 c6 11. Bd3 Qb8 12. Qh6
{~ Royset,J-Djurhuus,R/NOR-chT 1997}) 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bc4 h5 11. h4 Qc7 12.
Rhe1 Bd7 13. Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch m 1991}) (8. d5 Nb6 9.
Bb5+ Kf8 10. Qd2 Kg7 11. d6 $2 cxd6 12. O-O-O a6 13. Be2 d5 {-/+ Zavoronkov,
V-Zifroni,D/EU-chJM U20 1996}) 8... c5 9. Bg2 ({Deserved attention} 9. d5 $5 f5
(9... Qb6) 10. Nc3 Bf6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. O-O-O (12. Bg2 exd5 $1) 12... Qa5 13.
Kb1 {~ with very compicated position.}) 9... Qb6 10. O-O cxd4 ({More ambitious
and much mory risky was} 10... Qxb2 $5) 11. Nxd4 $6 ({It's hard to expect from
such an agressive player as Sutovsky to exchang queens on such an early stage
of the game,but it was correct decision} 11. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 (11... O-O 12. Rad1
f5 13. Nd6 {+=}) 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Rad1 f5 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Nc4 {+= and white
keeps better chanses in the endgame.}) 11... O-O 12. Nc3 Ne5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14.
Qh5 (14. Qe2 Rad8 (14... Bb4 $6 15. Ne4)) 14... f5 $132 {It's quiet clear that
black doesn't face any opening problems.} 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Ne4 $5 f6 $1 17.
Nc3 (17. Ned2 $6 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Ng4 19. Ne4 Bc6) 17... a5 $1 18. Rd4 Bb4 $5 19.
Rfd1 (19. Rh4 $6 Rf7 20. Rd1 (20. Nd5 $2 exd5 21. Bxd5 Be6 {-+}) (20. Nd4 $2
Ng6 21. Nd5 Qd6 (21... exd5 $2 22. Bxd5 Nxh4 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Ne6) 22. Nxf6+
Rxf6 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke8 {-+}) 20... Ng4 21. Rd4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 a4 23.
Nd2 Be8 {=+}) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Qh6 $6 (21. f4 $5 Nc6 (21... Nc4 22.
Qe2 b5 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxe6+ Rdf7 25. Nd4 {~=}) 22. R4d3 a4 23. Nc5 $5 {~})
21... a4 22. Nc1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 (23... Nxc6 $5) 24. Qe3 c5 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 Nc6 $5 9. c3 {A new attempt to fight for an advantage in this line. In my
opinion this move isn't any better than 9.Bg2.} (9. Bg2 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Nc3 (
11. c4 f5 12. Nc3 e4 13. Ne5 a5 14. a3 Na6 $13 {Karup,E-Atalik,S/Neum 2001})
11... c6 12. dxc6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 bxc6 14. a3 (14. O-O Rb8) 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5
cxd5 16. Rxd5 (16. c4 Rb8 17. cxd5 Rxb2 18. d6 Bd8 19. O-O Rb3 $13) 16... O-O
$44 {Milos,G-Morozevich,A/Istanbul 2000}) (9. Nc3 h5 10. Bg2 h4 11. O-O hxg3
12. hxg3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 fxe5 15. Nd5 Bd6 16. Ng5 Kf8 17. Nb6 cxb6
18. Rxd6 Ke7 19. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Dortmund 2001/CBM 85 (19)})
9... b6 $6 {Wrong reaction. The idea behind 8...Nc6 is to push e5, so black
should've done it right away.} (9... e5 $5 10. Bg2 (10. d5 Na7 11. Qb3 f5 12.
Ned2 e4 13. Nd4 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 $132) 10... f5 $5 (10... Be6)
11. Ned2 exd4 (11... e4 $2 12. Ng1 Be6 13. Ne2 Bg5 14. f3 $16) 12. cxd4 O-O 13.
O-O Nxd4 $15) 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Rad1 (13. b4 e5 14.
Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qe6 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Re1 f5
$11) 13... f5 14. Ned2 h5 15. Nc4 Bf6 16. h4 $6 {White doesn't lose his
advantage with this move, but he could start actions on the queenside right
away:} (16. a4 h4 17. b4 f4 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Ne7 20. Nfe5 Qe8 21. Bxb7+
Kxb7 22. Qf3+ $16) 16... Qe7 17. Nce5 $6 (17. a4 f4 18. b4 Rhg8 19. Kh2 Rg7 20.
b5 Nb8 21. Ne1 Bxg2 (21... Bxh4 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23. Qf3+ Rd5 24. gxh4 $18) 22.
Nxg2 fxg3+ 23. fxg3 Rdg8 24. Rd3 $16) 17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc5 19. Kh2 (19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Qc4 22. a3 Qg4 23. Qd3 Kb8 $11) 19... a5 20.
Rfe1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rg8 22. Re1 $2 {The final mistake after which black manages
to equalize.} (22. Nd4 $1 Nd8 (22... Qxe5 23. Bxc6 Qxe2 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Nxe2
$18) (22... Nxe5 23. b4 axb4 24. cxb4 Qd6 25. Nc6 Ng4+ 26. Kg1 Qf8 27. Qf3 $18)
23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. Nb5 {[%cal Gd1d7]} Qe7 25. Qxh5 $16) 22... f4 23. Kh3 fxg3
24. fxg3 Ne7 25. Ng5 Nf5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Rf1 Kb8 $1 28. Rf3 Qd5 29. b3 Qc5
30. Kh2 Rd8 31. Nxf7 Rd5 32. Rxf5 exf5 33. e6 Qe7 34. Kh3 Ka7 35. a4 f4 (35...
f4 36. gxf4 Rf5 37. Qe4 Rxf7 38. exf7 Qxe4 39. f8=Q $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Arason m"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ {This is 6th
game of the match in which Stefansson lost 3 last consecutive games and it's
quiet understandabe that he opts for variation in which white's chanses to
lose the game are minimal. Nevertheless his play in this game is so poor that
he manages to lose this position without putting up serious fight.} Bxf6 7.
Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. c3 Nd7 (9... b6 10. g3 (10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Qe2
g6 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. Ng4 Qf4 15. Rad1 h5 $13 {Patsuk,L-Lastin,A/Tula 1999/EXT
2000}) 10... Nd7 11. Bg2 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2
$11 {Szamoskozi,G-Jakab,A/Paks 1995}) 10. Be2 {Playing for draw is not that
simple as it sounds and you still have to make good moves!} (10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O
exd4 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be4 Rd8 (13... c6 14. Re1 g6 15. Qb3 Qd6 16.
Rad1 Qc7 17. h3 Nd7 18. Qa3 Nf6 19. Bf3 $14 {Oll,L-Barsov,A/Budapest 1989/TD})
14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Kindermann,S/Debrecen 1990}) 12... c6 13.
Qe2 Nb6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,G-Bokor,I/HUN-chT 1993})
10... b6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 (11. O-O c6 12. a4 exd4 13. cxd4 a5 14. Qb3 Qd8 15.
Ne5 Nb6 16. Nc4 Nd5 17. Qg3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qc7 $11 {Browne,W-Benko,P/Wijk aan
Zee 1972/MCD}) 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bf3 Qb5 (14... Rfd8 15.
Qc2 c6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. b3 $11 {Kiltti,J-Birjukov,S/
Jyvaskyla We JyS 1997}) (14... c6 15. Qa4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Qc5 17. Rfe1 Qc4 18.
Qxc4 Bxc4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. h4 Kf8 21. b3 Be2 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. Rd7 Re7 24.
Rd8+ Re8 25. Rd7 Re7 26. Rd8+ Re8 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,J-Alekhine,A/New York
1927/HCL (26)}) 15. Qc2 a5 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Rfc1 Rfe8 $11 {Frolov,D-Volkov,S/
Smolensk 2000/CBM 77}) (10... Rd8 {Finkel,A} 11. Qd2 b6 12. Qg5 Bb7 13. O-O c5
14. Rfd1 Rac8 $13 {Sermier,G-Foisor,O/Biel op MTO 1997}) 11. Qa4 a6 12. O-O Qe7
13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 {Exchanging another pair of pieces.} Bxf3 15. Nxf3 c5 16.
Rad1 b5 17. Qa5 ({If white decided to make a draw for this purpose more
suitable was} 17. Qc2 {followed by d:c5 and doubling rooks over the d-file.})
17... Rfc8 18. Rfe1 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Nc5 20. Ne5 $6 (20. Red1 Na4 21. R1d2 h6 22.
h3 $14) 20... f6 21. Nd3 Na4 22. Nf4 $6 e5 23. Rd2 Qf7 24. Nd5 Nxb2 $1 $15 {
[%csl Rc3]} 25. Nxf6+ $8 (25. Nb6 Nc4 $17) 25... gxf6 26. Rxb2 Qc7 {Forcing an
exchange of queens. Arising endgame is slightly better for black due to the
weakness of white c-pawn, but white shouldn't face too many difficulties to
make a draw, however Stefansson after 3 losses in a row is not capable to put
up any resistanse!} 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rb3 Kf7 29. Kf1 Rc4 30. Ra3 Ke6 31. Rd1
h5 32. g3 h4 33. Ke2 f5 34. Rd3 f4 35. gxh4 $2 {This move is not so easy to
explain!} (35. gxf4 Rxf4 36. Re3 Kf5 37. h3 $11) 35... e4 36. Rd1 a5 37. Rb3 b4
38. cxb4 axb4 39. Rd2 f3+ 40. Kd1 (40. Ke3 Ke5 41. Rdb2 Rc1 $1 42. Rxb4 Re1+
43. Kd2 Re2+ 44. Kc3 Rxa2 $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 40... Rg8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd1]} 41.
Re3 Ke5 42. h5 Rgc8 43. Ke1 Rc1+ 44. Rd1 R8c3 $1 {Forcing winning pawns
endgame:} (44... R8c3 45. Rxc3 Rxd1+ 46. Kxd1 bxc3 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 47. h6 Kf6
48. h7 Kg7 49. h8=Q+ Kxh8 50. a4 e3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Arason m"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2002.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
This variation has become fashionable thanks to efforts of Morozevich. Nigel
Short also uses it from time to time and not without success!} (7... Nd7 8. Qd2
$6 (8. Bc4 c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. dxe6+ fxe6 $11 {Tseshkovsky,V-Bronstein,D/Moscow-4teams 1981 
(40)}) 11... Qxd7 12. dxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 fxe6 14. O-O Kf7 15. b3 c4 $11 {
Wockenfuss,K-Bednarski,J/Hamburg op 1981}) (8. Bd3 c5 $5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5
11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 13. c3 Bd7 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990 
(18)}) 8... f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {
Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Ng3 b6
10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {Kozma,J-Fichtl,
J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. c4 Qh5 11.
Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,K/URS-ch sf
1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. Qe2 $5 {White intends to develop a bishop to g2 and to
retreat with the knight to d2 in case of f5. As shows following game this
set-up is not so dangerous for black who easily gets strong counterplay on the
queensdie.} (8. Qd2 b5 9. a4 (9. Qh6 Bb7 10. Qg7 (10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 f5 12.
Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovsky,E-Morozevich,A/Pamplona 1998/CBM 69}) 10...
Rf8 11. Qxh7 f5 12. Ned2 Nc6 13. c3 Bf6 14. Qh6 Rh8 15. Qe3 $16 {Tupy,M-Sykora,
R/CZE 1999/EXT 2000}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 b4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. a5 f5 13. Ng3 O-O 14.
O-O Kh8 15. Rfe1 $14 {Gonzalez Fuente,C-Barrio Garcia,S/Santa Clara 2000/EXT
2001}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 (8... f5 9. Nc5 b6 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qd6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13.
Rhe1 $14 {Hracek,Z-Morozevich,A/Germany 1999/GER-chT}) 9. Qe2 f5 (9... c5 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/
Wien 1908 (62)}) 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6
15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard 1995/EXT 99}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bd5 12. Nc3 c6 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 $14 {
Berg,K-Nielsen,P/DEN 2000/EXT 2001}) 8... f5 9. Ned2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. c3 {
There was no urgent need in this move, so white could first play} (11. g3 $5
Qxc5 12. Bg2 {and only then to play c3 if it's called for.}) 11... Qxc5 12. g3
O-O 13. Bg2 Bf6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Rfe1 (15. Nb3 $5 Bb5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rfd1 Nc6
$132) 15... Bb5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qh6 Bg7 19. Qh4 Rad8 {All of a
sudden it's not so easy for white to find a plan, while black has very clear
prospects of plaing on the queenside.} 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 a5 $1 {Black is
not satisfied with a draw which would most likely happen after} (21... Rd8 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qxd8+ Nxd8 24. Nfd4 Bd7 25. f4 Kf8 $11) 22. Rd2 h6 23. Nc1 a4
24. a3 $6 {Too passive.} (24. Ne2 $5 Bxe2 25. Rxe2 a3 26. bxa3 Qb1+ 27. Bf1 Qc1
$13) 24... Na5 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Qc6 $15 27. Kg2 Nc4 28. Re2 Qd5 {White
pieces lack coordination and black takes advantage of this fact getting
decisive advantage within a couple of moves.} 29. Qf4 b5 30. g4 $2 {Opening
file for black rook.} fxg4 31. Qxg4 f5 32. Qg3 Kh8 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf8g8]} 33.
Kh3 f4 34. Qg2 (34. Qg4 h5 35. Qg2 Qf5+ 36. Kh4 Bf6+ $19) 34... Qh5+ 35. Nh4 f3
36. Qg6 fxe2 $1 0-1

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6 $11 {Ghinda-Luther, Ikaria, 1993}) 10... Be7
(10... cxd4 $6 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Bc5 12. Qe5 (12. Kb1 Qa4 $6 13. Qe5 Rc8 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc2+ $5 16. Ka1 $1 O-O 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Kb1
$14 {Sturua,Z-Gretarsson,H/Elista olm 1998}) 12... Be7 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. f4 O-O
15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rd2 $16 {Fischer-Saparu 1967}) 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $6
13. Qb5+ Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Rc4 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Chernin/Cienfuegos/1981}) 11. dxc5 (11. O-O-O O-O 12. dxc5 (12.
Rhe1 Rfd8 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 (14. c4 $2 Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 Qe7 $17) 14... Qxd5
15. Bxe7 Qxa2 $1 16. Bxd8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8+ 18. Ke3 Qxb2 $40 {Timman}) (12.
Kb1 Qc7 $1 13. dxc5 (13. d5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gg5e7]} exd5 $1 (13... Nxd5 14.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 15. Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. c3 $14) 14. Rhe1 Bd8 (14... Rfe8
$2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxd5 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd5 $11 c4 $5 (16... Qc6 17.
c4 Rfe8 18. Qd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 $14) 17. c3 $1 Qc6 $11 {Nisipeanu,L-Rogozenko,D/
Ciocaltea mem 1998)}) 13... Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qe7 $1 (
16... Qc6 $6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 {Timman,J-Kortchnoj,V/1989/1/2:1/2}
19. g3 $14 (19. Qb4+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qf4 $6 Kg7 22. g3 Rac8 23. c3 Rd5 $1
$10 {Timman,J-Korchnoi,V/Luzern 1989 (26)})) 17. Qb5 a6 $1 18. Nxf6+ (18. Qxb7
$4 Rdb8 $19) 18... Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe7 $10) 12... Qa4 (12... Qc7 13. Ne5 $5 Qxc5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. h4 $36 {Fercec,N-Tukmakov,V/Zadar
op 1997}) 13. Kb1 Bxc5 (13... Rad8 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Rd4 17. Rxd4
Qxd4 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. Re1 Qa4 20. f4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,/1992/}) (13...
Rfd8 $13) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd3 $146 (15. Ne1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17. f4 Rd5 18.
Rhf1 Rad8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Leko, P.-Korchnoi, V./Vienna AUT /1996 (24)}) 15... Rfd8
16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Qg4 $13 {Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/Merida m 1996}) 11...
Bxc5 $6 {This natural move seems to be inaccuracy after which white gets an
opening advantage.Deserved attention} (11... Qc6 $5 12. O-O-O Qxc5 13. Ne5 O-O
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. h4 Qf5 18. g4 Qf4 {with equality.})
12. Ne5 $1 Qa4 (12... Qd5 $2 13. Rd1 $1 Qxg2 (13... Bxf2+ 14. Kf1 (14. Kxf2
Qxe5 $1) 14... Bd4 15. Nf3 $18) 14. Qb5+ Kf8 15. Qxc5+ Kg8 16. Qe7 $1 {[%csl
Rf7,Rg8]} Rf8 (16... Qe4+ 17. Be3 $1 $18) (16... Qxh1+ 17. Kd2 Qd5+ 18. Kc1
Qxe5 19. Rd8+ $18) 17. Rd8 Qxh1+ 18. Ke2 Qe4+ 19. Kd2 $18) 13. O-O O-O (13...
Ne4 $2 14. b3 $18) (13... Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 Qa3 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Qxb7 $16)
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gf3b7] The point of white's play.
Suddenly black finds himself in very serious troubles.} f5 (15... fxe5 16. Qg3+
Kh8 17. Qxe5+ {[%cal Ge5c5,Ge5h8]} f6 18. Qxc5 Rac8 19. Qe7 Qxc2 20. Qxb7 $16)
(15... Qxc2 $2 16. Nd7 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Bxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Qxc1 19. Qg3+ $18) 16. Rad1
$5 (16. Qg3+ Kh8 17. Nxf7+ $4 Rxf7 18. Qe5+ Rg7 19. Qxc5 Rxg2+ $3 20. Kh1 (20.
Kxg2 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ 22. Kg1 Rg8#) 20... Rxh2+ $1 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg2 Rg8+
23. Kf3 Qe4#) 16... Be7 (16... Qe4 17. Qg3+ Kh8 18. Nd7 Rfc8 19. Qc3+ $18) 17.
Qxb7 $18 Rfe8 18. Rd3 f4 19. Rd7 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen CU 75th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Jakobsen, Ole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.02.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 (9... Be7 10. Kb1 (10. Bc4 a6 $5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Qf4 b5 13.
h4 Ra7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. c3 Qc7 $132 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1993}) 10...
b6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Qe7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Ne5 $14
{Stefansson,H-Bareev,E/Erevan olm 1996}) 10. Bc4 {The only way to reach an
opening advantage.} (10. d5 $5 Nc5 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. Bc4 e5 13. Qa5 Qd6 14. Nd2
$13 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Gurevich,M/Munich 1992}) 10... Bb7 (10... c6 11. Qe3 (11.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {Mari Arul,
S-Prakash,G/Goodricke 1997}) (11. h4 Bb7 12. Nd6 $5 Qc7 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng5
c5 15. Bd3 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/London PCA-Intel GP 1995 (54)}) 11... Qc7
12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 a5 14. c3 a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Rhe1 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Dreev,A/Nussloch 1996 (30)}) 11. d5 (11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bd3 (12.
Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qf4 Ne4 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 Qd7 $11 {Finkel,
A-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69}) (12. Qd3 c6 13. Bb3 b5 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 $15 {Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79}) 12... c5 13. c4 Bb7
14. dxc5 (14. d5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 c4 $5 16. Bc2 b5 17. Kb1 (17. g4 g6 18. Qf4
Bg7 19. Nd6 Ba6 20. Nd4 Ne5 $13 {Maiorov,O-Goloshchapov,A/Krasnodar 2000/EXT
2001}) 17... Qb6 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. h4 g6 (19... b4 $5 $132) 20. h5 Bg7 $132 {
Reinderman,D-Gurevich,M/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68}) 14... bxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.
Qc2 g6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 19. Rd2 Nb6 $11 {Huebner,R-Short,N/Novi Sad
1990/TD}) (11. Qf4 Bxe4 (11... Qb8 $5 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Qg4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nc5 $15 {Freitag,M-Schneider Zinner,H/Feldbach op 1997}) (11... Be7
12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc8 15. Nd4 Nf6 16. Re5 $16 {Shirov,
A-Gurevich,M/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80}) 12. Qxe4 {Ivkov,B-Pachman,L/Geneve
1977/EXT 98}) 11... e5 (11... b5 $5 12. Bb3 c5 $5 13. Nd6 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5
15. Qxd5 Nb6 $5 {Van den Doel,E-Gurevich,M/Hoogeveen 1999/EXT 2000}) 12. Kb1 $5
{Black hardly has any usefull moves so white decides to put his king to b1.} (
12. Bb5 Nc5 13. Qe3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd6 15. Bc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qc5 17. Rd2 $14 {
Almasi,Z-Shirov,A/Dresden 2000/CBM 74 ext}) 12... a6 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bb3 a5 (
14... c5 $6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. g4 $5 $16) 15. a3 Be7 (
15... b4 $5 16. a4 (16. axb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 Ra7 $14 {[%cal Gd8a8]}) 16... Be7
17. d6 cxd6 18. Nxd6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $14) 16. d6 cxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc5
19. Nxb5 $16 {White is a pawn up, but the position in't perfectly simply due
to numerous weaknesses in white's camp.} Qb6 (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxb3 21. cxb3
Bg5 22. Rd5 Bf4 23. h3 $16) 20. Qe2 Nxb3 21. cxb3 Rab8 22. Rd5 $8 Bc5 23. Qxe5
Qxb5 (23... Bxf2 24. Red1 $16) 24. Rxc5 Qxb3 25. Rxa5 g6 26. Re3 Qd1+ 27. Ka2
Qd2 28. Rb5 $1 {Proposing to exchange a pair of rooks.} Rbc8 $1 29. h4 h5 (
29... Qxf2 30. h5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh5h6]}) 30. Re2 Qc1 31. Rb4 $5 Qh1 {
[%cal Gc8c1]} 32. Re1 Qxf3 33. Qe3 Qf5 34. Qd4 Qf3 $2 ({After} 34... Rfd8 $1
35. Qe3 Rd3 $44 {I'm not convinced that white has any advantage.}) 35. Rb3 Qa8
36. Re7 Rcd8 37. Qe5 Rd5 38. Qe4 $16 Rf5 39. f3 (39. Qxa8 $6 Rxa8 40. f3 Ra4
41. Re4 Rxe4 42. fxe4 Rf4 43. Re3 Rxh4 $13) 39... Qa6 40. Re5 Rf6 (40... Rxe5
41. Qxe5 Rc8) 41. Re8 Rxe8 42. Qxe8+ Kg7 $6 (42... Kh7) 43. Qe4 Qd6 44. Rd3 Qg3
45. Qd4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd4g7] This pin is lethal: black has to exchange queens
in order to move the rook, but white passed pawns are unstoppable.} Qf4 46. a4
Kh7 (46... Qxd4 47. Rxd4 Rxf3 48. a5 Rf6 49. Ra4 $18) 47. Qxf4 Rxf4 48. a5 Rxh4
49. a6 Rc4 50. a7 Rc8 51. b4 Ra8 52. Rd7 h4 53. b5 h3 54. b6 h2 55. Rd1 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Gr-B"]
[Site "Salt Lake City"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 a6 $5 (8... c5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. O-O-O Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxd4 13.
Rxd4 f6 14. Be3 $14 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Feoktistov,A/Petrov mem 1998}) (8... O-O
9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 e5 10. O-O-O (10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13.
Rxd4 {Weiß hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit
diesem Endspiel endeten beide 1-0.} Re8 $5 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3
Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 Re8 19. Kd2 $14 {Brodskij,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov
op 1993 (100)}) 10... e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 Qe7 14. g4 Rfd8 $13
{Tseshkovsky,V-Komarov,D/JUG Cup 1998}) (9. Qe2 c5 $5 10. Qe3 (10. c3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qxg5 $17) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe5 (12... Bxd4 $5
13. Qxd4 f6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. O-O-O $5 Qxa2 16. Bc4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Qc6
{with complicated position.}) 13. O-O-O Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 a6 $5 {Very important
move aiming to prevent g5.} 15. g4 $5 (15. g3 $1 Ne5 16. Be2 b5 17. Bg5 $1 $14)
15... Bd8 16. g5 ({Too optimistic would be} 16. f4 $6 Nf6 17. Be2 e5 18. Nf5
exf4 19. Bxf4 h5 $1 $15 {with better chanses for black.}) 16... Bc7 17. Be2 $14
{Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/1/2-1/2 (72)} (17. Bg2 $5)) 9...
c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O-O exd4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8
16. Rxd4 Qb6 $13 {Heinatz,T-Schmidt,W/BL2-O9798}) (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2
c5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 $14 {
Arancibia,E-Dumas Aviles,A/Esucomex op 1998}) 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rh3 (
11. Bd3 c5) 11... Be7 (11... c5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd6 Qe7 $11)
12. Bd3 (12. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 13. Rg3 (13. Qg5 Qxg5+ 14. hxg5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 (15.
Rxf3 h6)) 13... O-O) 12... f6 {Weakening square e6,but after} (12... Nf6 13.
Qe2 Bd5 14. Kb1 O-O 15. Ne5 $14 {white keeps a pressure.}) 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe2
c6 15. Be4 Kf7 16. Nd2 ({More agressive is} 16. Re1 Nf8 (16... Qb6 $2 17. Bc7
$1 Bc4 18. Qxc4 Qxc7 19. Qxc6 $16) (16... Nb6 17. Nd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 19.
Rhe3 $1 $16 {[%csl Re6]}) 17. Nd2 Rc8 18. Nb3 $5 Bxb3 19. axb3 f5 (19... Qxd4
$2 20. Rd3 Qb6 21. Bf5 $1 c5 22. Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 23. Bd6 $1 $16) 20. Bd3 Qxd4 21.
Be5 $36 {with very good compensation for a pawn.}) 16... Nf8 17. Kb1 (17. Re1)
17... Ng6 18. Bh2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. g3 Rad8 21. h5 Ne7 22. Rhh1 (22. g4 $5)
22... Nf5 $132 23. Nf3 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd5 25. Qf4 c5 26. c3 cxd4 27. g4 Ne7 28.
cxd4 (28. Rxd4 $5 $14) 28... Rhe8 $13 1/2-1/2

[Event "EuroTel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1999.07.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.07.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 9. Bb5 {Harmless continuation.} (9. c3 e5 10. d5 Na5 (10... Nb8 $5 11.
O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 Nd7 $11 {Ivanchuk,
V-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia8990}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 g6 (12... Kh8 13. O-O Nb7
14. Rfe1 Qxd5 $6 15. Nxf6 gxf6 16. Be4 $36 {Garcia Martinez,S-Braga,F/Havana-B
1983}) 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nd2 Nb7 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. Qa4 Bf5 $11 {
Levenfish,G-Bondarevsky,I/Leningrad/Moscow 1939}) (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9...
Bd7 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O (11. Be2 $5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bc6 (12... Be8 13. O-O Nd5 14.
Rfe1 Nf6 15. Bf3 $14) 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14. c3 e5 15. d5 Nb8 $13) 11... Ne5 12.
Nxe5 ({May be better was} 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bc6 14. Qe3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 c6
$11 {with balance.}) 12... Bxb5 13. c4 Ba6 (13... Be8 $5 14. Rad1 f6 (14... Bd6
$5) 15. Nf3 b5 16. b3 Rb8 17. Qe2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Bh5 19. Ng3 Bf7 $13) 14. Rac1
c5 $1 $36 {Shirov plays this game at his best:now he sacrifices a pawn and in
the endgame doesn't take it back till the right moment.} 15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Nxd2
Rfd8 (16... Bxc5 $6 17. Nd7 Rfd8 18. Nxc5 Rxd2 19. b4 Rc8 20. a3 $14) 17. Nb3
Rac8 18. f4 b6 $1 ({Of course not} 18... f6 19. Nf3 Bxc5+ 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. b3
b6 22. Rfd1 $11 {with equality.}) 19. Rfd1 (19. cxb6 axb6 20. Rfd1 f6 $1 (20...
Rxd1+ $6 21. Rxd1 f6 22. Rd7 Bf8 23. Ra7 $1 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra6 Rc2 26.
Rxb6 Rxb2 27. Rxe6 $11) 21. Nd7 Bxc4 22. Rd4 (22. Nxb6 $2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb3
24. axb3 Bc5+ $19) 22... Bxb3 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. axb3 Rc2 $17) 19... Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rc7 $1 {[%csl Gd7] Covering square d7.} 21. Rd6 ({Deserved attention} 21.
cxb6 $5 axb6 22. Rd7 Rxd7 23. Nxd7 Bxc4 24. Kf2 Bxb3 25. axb3 h5 26. Ke3 b5 $15
{[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7f5]}) 21... Kf8 (21... Bxd6 $6 22. cxd6 Rc8 23. c5 $1 f6 (23...
bxc5 24. d7 Rd8 25. Nxc5 Bb5 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Nxa4 f6 28. Nd3 Rxd7 29. Nac5 $14)
24. Nc6 $1 Rxc6 25. d7 Rc8 26. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 $11) 22. cxb6 Bxd6 23. bxc7 Bxc7
$36 24. c5 $5 ({Much better was} 24. Nd4 $1 g5 25. g3 Bxe5 26. fxe5 Bxc4 27. b3
Bd5 $15 {and white has good chanses to hold the endgame.}) 24... g5 25. Nc6
gxf4 26. a4 (26. Nxa7 $1 Be5 27. Kf2 Bxb2 28. c6 Ke7 29. Kf3 Kd6 $15) 26... Bc4
$1 27. Nd2 Bd5 28. Nxa7 Ba5 $15 {This ending is a classic example of "what the
pair of bishops is capable to do".} 29. Nb1 Bb4 30. Nb5 Bxc5+ 31. Kf1 f3 32.
gxf3 Bxf3 33. Nd2 Bd5 34. Ke2 Ke7 $17 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nc3 Bb7 37. Kc4 Be3 38.
Kd3 Bg1 39. b4 Bxh2 40. b5 h5 41. a5 h4 42. Ke2 (42. a6 Bg2 43. Nc4 h3 44. b6
Bb8 $19) 42... h3 43. a6 Bg2 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. Nf3 (45. Na4 Ba8 46. Nf3 h2 47.
Nxh2 Bxh2 48. b6 Bc6 $19) 45... Bc5+ 46. Kg3 f4+ 47. Kg4 Bg1 48. b6 Bxf3+ 49.
Kxf3 h2 50. Kg2 f3+ 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 (
7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4
Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5
9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {
Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8
10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,
K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. c4 $5 {This move deserves very serious
attention.} (8. Bd3 b5 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5
12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op
1995}) 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,
E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13.
Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Nb6 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS 
(women) 1999}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 (12. O-O-O
Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 $14 {
Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 12... cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 14. a4
O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West
Masters 1999}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 {Too optimistic continuation.} Bb7 10. Bd3
Nd7 11. Ng3 f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de
Pamplona 9th 1998}) 8... f5 9. Nc3 c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13.
Nd2 Bg7 14. f3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} ({It was possible to play} 14. Bd3 $5 e4 15. Be2
b5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ndxe4 Bf5 18. f3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd7 20. Rhg1 $14 {with
better prospects.}) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 b5 16. h3 (16. g4 e4 17. fxe4 fxg4 18. h3
gxh3 19. Bf1 Bg4 20. Be2 Bd7 $13) 16... b4 17. Na4 a5 18. Kb1 ({Too dangerous
is} 18. Nxc5 a4 $1 19. g4 Ra5 20. Nxa4 e4 21. fxe4 Rxa4 $36) 18... Na6 19. Nb3
Re8 20. Rhf1 (20. Nbxc5 $5) 20... Bf8 21. d6 $1 $36 {Strong move making black
to work hard to equalize.} (21. g4 Bd7 22. Nd2 b3 23. axb3 Nb4 24. Qc3 Nxd3 25.
Qxd3 Rab8 $44) 21... Bxd6 22. g4 e4 $1 (22... Bd7 $2 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7
25. Bxf5 $18) 23. fxe4 f4 24. e5 {Each one tries to give up a pawn instead of
taking one!} Bxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5 $6 {In the endgame white's advantage
is not so significient so better was} (26. Be4 Ra7 27. Nbxc5 Nxc5 28. Nxc5 Bd4
29. Nb3 Be3 30. Rd5 $16) 26... Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qxf5+ 28. gxf5 Rad8 29. Naxc5 (29.
Rde1 Kg7 30. Nbxc5 Nxc5 31. Nxc5 Kf6 32. Kc2 Rd4 $13) 29... Nxc5 30. Nxc5 Rxd1+
31. Rxd1 f3 32. Rf1 Bd4 33. Nd3 Re3 34. Kc2 Kg7 35. c5 (35. Nf4 $5) 35... Kf6
36. c6 Bb6 37. Kd2 Re2+ 38. Kd1 Re3 39. Ne1 {White doesn't have a chance to
win the game so deserved attention} (39. Kd2 Re2+ $11 (39... Kg5 $6 40. Re1
Rxe1 41. Kxe1 Kxf5 42. Nc5 $16)) 39... Re2 40. Nc2 Re7 41. Rxf3 Rc7 $11 42. Kd2
Rxc6 43. Kd3 Rd6+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kc4 Rd2) 44... Ke5 45. a3 (45. Ne1 $5) 45... Rc6
46. Kd2 (46. Ne1) 46... Ke4 47. Rb3 bxa3 48. Nxa3 Kxf5 $15 {Now black has
symbolical advantage,which quiet suprisingly brings him the whole point.} 49.
Rf3+ Ke6 50. b3 Bd8 51. Re3+ (51. Nc4) 51... Kf5 52. Rf3+ Kg6 53. Nc4 Bc7 54.
Kd3 Rc5 55. Kd4 Rb5 56. Re3 f5 57. h4 $2 {[%csl Rh4]} Kh5 58. Re7 Bd8 59. Rf7 (
59. Rd7 Bxh4) 59... Kxh4 (59... Bxh4 $2 60. Nd6 Bf2+ 61. Kd3 Rd5+ (61... Rxb3+
62. Kc2 Rf3 63. Rxf5+ $11) 62. Ke2 $11) 60. Nd6 Bb6+ 61. Kc3 Rc5+ 62. Kb2 Kg4
$19 63. Nc4 Rb5 $5 64. Kc2 Bf2 65. Rg7+ Kf3 66. Rf7 Rd5 67. Re7 f4 68. Re8 Be3
69. Ra8 Ke2 70. Re8 Rd3 71. Rg8 Rd4 72. Nxa5 f3 73. Nc6 Re4 0-1

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2002.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 Be7 $5 {Same idea has braught Rajabov success in previous round
against Fressinet and he tries it in slightly different position, however this
time with opposite result!} (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 (11... Qe7 12.
Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rad1 Ba4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15. Qb5 Nb6 16. c4 c6 17. Qb3 $14 {
Smyslov-Stahlberg/Zuerich/1953}) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) (
9... a6 10. O-O-O (10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Qc7 14. Rad1 Ba6
15. Qe3 Rad8 16. c3 $14 {Goloshchapov,A-Mirzoev,A/St Petersburg 2000}) 10... b5
11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 (12... e5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16.
Rxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/Vienna 1996/CBM 54}) 13. Bxd5 c6
14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Kb1 a5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Neg5 $1 $16 {Veresov,G-Gromek,J/URS
1955/EXT 2001}) 10. O-O-O (10. O-O c5 $1 11. d5 $6 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {
Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34}) 10... c5 (10... c6 11. h4 Nb6 (
11... b5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Qe4 g6 16. h5 Bb7 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Ne5 $14 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57}) 12. Bd3 Nd5 13.
Neg5 h6 14. Kb1 $14 {Arias Santana,M-Ugalde,R/Costa Rica 1997/EXT 99}) 11. Kb1
Qa5 $6 {Permitting white to play d5, which turns to be quiet upleasent for
black} (11... cxd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. f4 Rd8 $132) 12. d5 $1 exd5 (12... Nb6
$2 13. d6 Bd8 14. Ne5 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Qb5 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Nc3 Qc6 18. Ne5 $18 {
[%cal Ge5c6,Ge5d7]}) 13. Rxd5 b5 $6 {Too optimistic!} (13... Nb6 $5 14. Re5
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 (15. Rxe7 Qb5 $19 {[%csl Re2][%cal Gc4a3]}) 15... Qc7 (15... Be6
16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qxe6+ $18) 16. Nxc5 Bd6 $44) 14. Bxb5 Nf6 15. Re5 $1 Nxe4 16.
Rxe4 Bf6 17. Bc4 $16 {Black may hardly create anything over the b-file and
white extra pawn will decide the game sooner or later.} Rb8 18. Ne5 Bf5 19. Re3
Rb6 (19... Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qc3 21. Bb3 Rxb3 22. axb3 Bxc2+ 23. Kc1 $18) 20. f4
Bxe5 21. Rxe5 g6 22. g4 Qb4 23. Bb3 Bc8 24. Re8 $5 c4 $8 25. a3 Qc5 26. Rxf8+
Qxf8 27. Qxc4 Bxg4 28. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra7]} Rf6 29. Re1 $5 {White doesn't
want to give any counterplay. Quicker way to win was} (29. Qxa7 Rxf4 30. Re1
$18 {[%cal Ga3a7] and black is helpless against the advance of the a-pawn.})
29... h5 30. Re4 a6 31. Rd4 Kh7 32. Rd8 Qg7 33. h4 Be6 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 35. Rd7
Rf6 $6 {Making white's task easier. It was still possible to put up some
resistanse after} (35... Kg8 $5) 36. Qe5 Rf5 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rd4 {[%cal
Gc2c5,Gb2b4] White passed pawns are unstopable.} Kf6 39. b4 Rb5 40. c4 Rb8 41.
Rd5 Re8 42. b5 Rc8 43. b6 Ke6 44. Rc5 Rb8 45. Rc6+ Kf5 46. c5 Kxf4 47. Rc7 g5
48. Rxf7+ Ke5 49. hxg5 Kd5 50. Rf5+ Kc6 51. g6 h4 52. g7 h3 53. Kc2 h2 54. Rh5
Rg8 55. Rh6+ Kb7 (55... Kxc5 56. b7 Kd4 57. Rxh2 $18 {[%cal Gh2h8]}) 56. Rxh2
Rxg7 57. Kb3 Kc6 58. Kb4 Rg4+ 59. Ka5 Rg8 60. Rh6+ Kxc5 61. b7 Rg3 62. Rh5+ Kc4
63. Rh4+ Kc5 64. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0102 77th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2001.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 {Kiriakov is one of the best experts in this variation and it's
extremly difficult to win it against him. This game is not an exeption: white
made his try and then fought for draw for 30 moves!} 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 exd5 (
10... O-O 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. Nc4
Bh6 $13 {Glek,I-Luther,T/Germany 1993/GER-chT}) 12. h4 Bg7 (12... Nd7 13. d6 $1
$14 Nb6 14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 $5 Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $36 {
Lau,R-Sakaev,K/Dortmund 1991/CBM 23}) 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 15. Qg5 Qa5 16.
Nd2 c4 17. Qxf5 Nc5 18. Qg5 f5 $132 {Vujakovic,B-Dizdar,G/Zlatibor 1989/EXT
2000}) (10... e5 11. h4 Nd7 12. O-O-O e4 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Bd4 15. Nb5 Be5 16.
d6 $16 {Brodsky,M-Kiriakov,P/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000}) 11. Nxd5 (11.
Qe3+ Be6 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 a6 (14... O-O 15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7
Qxd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nce2 Kh8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. f4 $14 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/
Reykjavik 1989/CBM 13}) 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 Rg8 17. O-O Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc4
19. Qe5 $14 {Arnason,J-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki 1988/TD}) 11... Bxb2 12. Rd1 Be6
13. Bb5+ $5 (13. Bc4 Bg7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qf4 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Ng5 Kh8 18.
Rxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Dobosz,H/Lubniewice 1995/EXT 97}) 13...
Nc6 14. O-O a6 (14... O-O $2 {[%csl Rg8]} 15. c3 $1 {[%csl Rb2]} Ba3 16. Qh6
Bxd5 17. Ng5 Re8 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. c4 $18) 15. c4 $5 Bg7 16. Qf4 {
[%cal Gd5c7]} Rc8 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 (17... Rxc6 $2 18. Nb4 $16) 18. Qg3 O-O {
Black king finally finds the safe shelter! Now it becomes clear that black has
won an opening battle and white has to fight for equality.} 19. Nf4 Qf6 20. Nh5
Qg6 21. Nxg7 Qxg3 22. fxg3 Kxg7 {[%csl Rc4]} 23. Rc1 Rfd8 $6 ({Slightly more
precise was} 23... Rb8 $5 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. Nd2 Rd8 $17 {with very serious
advaantage in the endgame.}) 24. Rc2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2b3]} Rd3 (
24... a5 $5) 25. Nd2 Rcd8 26. Nb3 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kf2 Kf6 29. Ke3 (29.
Nxc5 a5 30. Ke3 Ke5 31. Nd3+ Kd6 32. c5+ Kd5 33. Nf4+ $11) 29... Re1+ 30. Kd2
Rh1 31. h3 Rf1 32. Kc3 ({Of course not} 32. Nxc5 $2 Rf2+ 33. Kd3 Rxc2 34. Kxc2
Bxc4 35. a4 Ke5 $19 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3][%cal Gc4f1]}) 32... f4 33. Nxc5 fxg3 34.
Ne4+ Ke5 35. Nxg3 Rb1 36. Re2+ Kd6 37. Ne4+ Ke7 38. Nd2 $6 (38. Nc5 $11) 38...
Rc1+ 39. Kb2 Rd1 40. Nb3 Kd6 41. Kc2 Rf1 42. Kc3 c5 $15 43. Rd2+ Kc6 44. Rb2
Bc8 45. Re2 {[%csl Rc5] Intending to attack black pawn on c5.} Rg1 46. a4 Be6
47. Re5 Rxg2 48. Rxc5+ Kb6 49. Kb4 Bxh3 50. Rh5 Be6 51. Rxh7 (51. a5+ $5 Kc7
52. Rxh7 Rg4 53. Nd2 Kd6 54. Rh8 $15) 51... Rg8 52. Na5 $2 {After this move
white has to work a little bit to reach a draw,but he is out of serious danger
in any case.} (52. a5+ $11) 52... Rg5 $15 53. Nb3 a5+ 54. Kc3 Rg3+ 55. Kb2 Bxc4
56. Rh6+ Be6 57. Nd4 Re3 58. Rh5 Bc4 59. Rf5 Rd3 60. Nf3 Rb3+ 61. Kc2 Re3 (
61... Rb4 62. Ne5 Rxa4 63. Nxf7 $11) 62. Kd2 Rd3+ 63. Kc2 Rd6 64. Ne5 Be6 65.
Rf6 Kc5 66. Kc3 {[%csl Rf7]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd3 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 (9... b6 10. Qe3 (10. h4 Bb7 11. Nfg5 (11. Neg5 g6 12. Qe3
h6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bd3 c5 15. c3 Qe7 16. h5 g5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19.
Qxc5 bxc5 $15 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Madrid 1994}) 11... Bxg5+ (11... g6 12. f4 h6
13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. Qe3 $36 {Kovalev,A-Kovacevic,V/
GER-CupT 1991}) 12. Nxg5 (12. hxg5 $6 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. Qc6
Qf4 16. Rh3 Rad8 17. c3 Rd6 $15 {King,D-Chernin,A/Moscow GMA-qual f 1990})
12... Nf6 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 $11 {Van der Wiel,J-Vaganian,R/
WchT Luzern 1989}) 10... Bb7 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Wedberg,
T-Chernin,A/Stockholm 1995} (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd7 a6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bf1
Rfd8 17. c3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Koch,J-Sharif,M/FRA-ch 1994})) 10. h4 Nf6 $6 {
This natural move seems to be the source of black's troubles.} 11. Nfg5 Nxe4 ({
Bad is} 11... g6 $6 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Rxh5 f5 (13... gxh5 $2 14. Nf6+ $1 $18) 14.
Qg3 $1 f4 (14... fxe4 15. Nxh7 Kf7 16. Rh6 $16) 15. Qd3 $1 $16) 12. Qxe4 g6 ({
Too dangerous is} 12... Bxg5+ 13. hxg5 Qxg5+ 14. f4 Qf5 15. Qe3 h6 16. Bd3 Qd5
17. Kb1 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2g5] and white's initiative may become extremly
dangerous.}) 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. Qe3 Bf6 ({Better was} 14... b5 $5 15. Bb3 a5 16.
d5 $1 e5 17. c3 a4 18. Bc2 b4 19. c4 $14 {,but also here white keeps an
advantage.}) 15. f4 b5 16. Bb3 a5 17. h5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rg8] From now on white
plays extremly well and even such a player as Shirov can't prevent an
inevitable.} Bxg5 ({After} 17... a4 $2 {white wins by force:} 18. hxg6 Bxg5 19.
gxh7+ $1 (19. fxg5 axb3 20. Rxh7 $2 (20. gxh7+ $1 Kh8 21. Qe5+ f6 22. gxf6 $18)
20... bxa2 21. Qe5 a1=Q+ 22. Kd2 f6 $5 (22... Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1 f6 24. Rh8+ $8 (
24. Qh2 $2 Qxd4+ 25. Kc1 fxg5 $19) 24... Kg7 25. gxf6+ Qxf6 26. Qxc7+ Bd7 27.
Qxd7+ Rf7 $1 $19) (22... Qa5+ 23. Ke2 f6 24. Qh2 $18)) 19... Kh8 20. fxg5 axb3
21. Qe5+ f6 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rdf1 $1 bxa2 24. Rxf6 a1=Q+ 25. Kd2 $18) 18. hxg6
$1 fxg6 (18... Bf6 19. Qh3 $1 Bh4 20. a3 $16) 19. fxg5 {[%csl Re6]} Qe7 20.
Rdf1 $1 $16 (20. a3 Rf5) 20... Bd7 ({Nothing changes} 20... a4 21. Bd5 $1 (21.
Rxf8+ $2 Kxf8 22. Qe5 $1 Ke8 $8 23. Bd5 $8 exd5 24. Qh8+ Qf8 25. Re1+ Be6 $1
26. Rxe6+ Kd7 $11) 21... Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Bd7 23. Rf6 Re8 24. Be4 $16 {with huge
advantage.}) 21. a3 a4 22. Ba2 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Rf8 (23... b4 24. axb4 Rxb4 25.
d5 $18) 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf4+ Ke8 26. Kd2 b4 27. Qe5 $1 Kd8 ({More chanses
of survival would leave} 27... bxa3 28. Qh8+ Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. bxa3 Ke7
31. Ke3 Kd6 32. Kf4 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Rh7]}) 28. Qh8+ Be8 29. Qf6 bxa3 30. bxa3
Qxf6 $2 31. gxf6 Kd7 32. d5 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. c3 {Many other moves has been tried in this position,but black's defensive
resources prove to be sufficient and there is no clear way for white to get an
opening advantage.} cxd4 (8... a6 $5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12.
Re1 Bd7 13. Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rad1 $14 {Fedorov Vladislav-Kozlov/Ch
Russia /2 final), Kazan (Russia) 1995/0-1 (45)}) 9. Qxd4 $5 {Interesting
decision.White goes straight to the endgame,where his chances are a little
better.Also after more natural 8.N:d4 white hardly can hope to get something
special from the opening.} (9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bc4 (10. Bd3 Qd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12.
Qe2 Rd8 13. Bc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Luther,T/BL 1995}) 10... O-O 11. O-O e5
$5 (11... Qa5 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Rad1 Rac8 $11) 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Ne3 h6
14. Bh4 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 $14 {Mitenkov,A-Dokuchaev,A/Moscow6 1991 (22)
}) (9. Qa4+ $5 Bd7 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qe5 $1 Qc8 13. Nd4 $14 {
Becerra Rivero Julio-Nogueiras Jesus/Memorial J.Capablanca (cat.11), Matanza
1995 (18)}) 9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Rd1 $14 a6 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Nb5 $5 Nd5
13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nd4 Rhd8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. b3 e5 $11)
12. Be2 h6 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. O-O g5 16. Be5 Rhg8 {White still
keeps some pressure,but with accurate play black can quiet easily nutralize it.
With his last move black prepares the retreat of the knight to d7,aiming to
knock off white bishop from very comfortable. square e5} 17. h3 $5 Ba4 18. b3
Be8 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. Bh2 (20. Bg3 $5 $14) 20... Bf6 21. Bg4 $5 {Threatening 22.
B:e6 fe 23.N:e6 with advantage.} Nf8 22. Rd3 (22. Be5 $5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Ng6 24.
Ree1 Bd7 25. a4 $14) 22... Bh8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Bh5 Ng6 25. Nf3 $6 {After this
move game almost by force transforms into drawn engame.} Bc6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Be5 (29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Be4 $11) 29... Bxf3
30. Bxh8 Be4 31. Bg7 h5 32. Bf6+ Kd7 33. Bxg5 Bb1 34. a3 a5 35. b4 a4 36. b5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8.
c3 b6 $5 (8... O-O 9. Bb5 (9. Qc2 e5 10. Bd3 exd4 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8
13. Be4 Re8 14. O-O dxc3 15. bxc3 Ne5 $11 {Lehtinen,H-Rantanen,T/Tampere 1996})
(9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Qf5 Nd7 15. Bb5
$16 {Hansen,C-Smits,M/Hinnerup 1979}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 Qe7 12. Re1
Rad8 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Rd5 16. Qxc6 $16 {Roselli Mailhe,
B-Carrera,A/Istanbul 2000}) 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qe2 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qa4 Nb8 12.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qc2 Qb5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Rhe1 Qh5 16. Re3 $14 {Balko,D-Mikus,T/
SVK 2000}) 10... Bb7 11. O-O-O {[%cal Gd4d5]} (11. g3 Ne7 12. Bg2 Qd6 13. O-O-O
$14) 11... Ne7 {Defending against d5.} 12. Qe3 Nf5 13. Qe1 $6 {Permitting
black to take on f3.} (13. Qf4 Qd6 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Be2 Ne4 16. Rhf1 $14)
13... Qd6 14. Bd3 $6 (14. Bb5+) 14... Qf4+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3
Nh4 {The position is about equal, but it's clear that black is an only one to
fight for advantage.} 18. Ke2 (18. Be4 Rd8 19. Rhg1 Ke7 20. Ke3) 18... Ke7 19.
Rhg1 Rad8 20. Be4 $6 {Sending a bishop to the queenside.} (20. f4 f5 21. Rg3 c5
22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Ke3 $11) 20... f5 21. Bb7 Rd6 22. a4 Ng6 23. Ba6 Rhd8 $15 24.
Ke3 e5 25. Be2 (25. Bc4 c5 26. d5 Nf4 27. Rg7 h6 28. Rh7 Rg8 $17) 25... Re6 $1
{[%csl Re3]} 26. d5 Red6 27. c4 c6 $1 {Winning a pawn.} 28. dxc6 $2 {White
prefers to die fast!} (28. Rg5 Kf6 29. Rh5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32.
Bb5 f4+ 33. Ke2 Kg7 $17) 28... f4+ 29. Ke4 Ke6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf7f5]} 30. Rd5
Rxd5 31. cxd5+ Rxd5 (31... Rxd5 32. Bc4 f5#) 0-1

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und h6
begünstigen Weiß, denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit
g2-g4-g5 einen klaren und starken Plan.}) 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5
Nxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 11... Nxf3+ $10) (10. O-O-O e4
11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Kb1 c5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3
Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 $15 {Anand,V-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 1991}) 13...
c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Ba6 $14 {Labunskiy,D-Pushkov,N/
Vladivostok 1994}) 10... Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {>< Pe4})
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen
Partien mit diesem Endspiel endeten beide 1-0.} Re8 (13... Nf6 14. Bc4 a6 15.
Re1 b5 (15... b6 16. Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {
>< Pc7}) 17. Bc6 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996})
14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {Brodsky,
M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993}) 9... c5 10. Qe2 $5 {A new move introducing
very dangerous plan against which Shirov didn't find reasonable defense.} (10.
c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 (13. O-O-O exd4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh7+
Kh8 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rf4 Qxb2+ $1 $13 {Heinatz,T-Schmidt,W/BL2-O9798}) 13...
Qxf6 14. Ng5 $2 exd4 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ne4 Qc6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {
Pinkas,K-Schmidt,W/POL-ch 1993}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qb6 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O
Bxd4 $5 (12... cxd4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qf4 $1 (14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 $11)
14... Kg7 (14... Nd5 $6 15. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 16. h5 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Rxd4 Qg7) 16... Qc7 17. hxg6 $16) 15. Qe5 $1 Rd8 (
15... h5 16. Ng5 Qb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. h5 $18) 16. h5 $1 h6 17.
hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh6 $1 $18) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. h5 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4h4]})
11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O Qa5 $5 (12... e5 $6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. h5 Qc6 15. hxg6 fxg6
16. Qh4 $40) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 $14 Nh5 (14... Nd5 15. h5 $1 Qxa2 $6 16.
hxg6 fxg6 17. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (17... Qa1+ 18. Kd2 Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $18
) 18. Rh1+ Kg8 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Rh7+ Ke8 21. Bxg6+ Kd8 22. Qxf8#) 15. a3 Rd8
16. Qe3 Bd7 (16... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7f4]}) 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qf4 $1 Nd5 $8 19. Qh6
Nf6 $8 20. Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} Bc6 21. Bxg6 $1 $40 (21. f3 Rd5 $5 $132) 21...
hxg6 $6 {So far black defended correctly,but now he takes with the wrong pawn.
Better was} (21... fxg6 $5 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Kf7 24. Ng5+ (24. Qg7+ $2
Kxe6 $19) 24... Kg8 25. h5 $1 Qc7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qf5 $36 {
and despite of the fact that white keeps the initiative the position is far
from being clear.}) 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qxf6+ Kh7 25. Rhe1 $16 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge1e5]} Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qc5 {[%cal Ga8f8]} (26... Rg8 27. g5 Rg6
28. Qf7+ Rg7 29. Qxe6 $16) 27. g5 Rf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qh6+ $6 {
Giving black a chanse to come back to life.} (30. Rd6 $1 $18) 30... Kg8 (30...
Kf7 31. g6+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32.
Qh6+ Kg8 33. Qe6+ Kg7 $2 {Black gives back the present and now everything ends
very quickly.} (33... Kh8 $8 34. f4 $1 (34. Rd6 Rxf2 35. Qh6+ (35. Rd8+ Rf8 36.
Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 35... Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ (37. Rg7+ Ke8 38.
Qe6+ Kd8 39. Rg8+ Rf8 40. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 37... Ke8 $11) 34... Qf5 (34... Rxf4
35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. g6 Qe3+ 37. Kb1 $18) 35. Qxf5 (35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rd4 Be4 $132)
35... Rxf5 36. Rd4 $16) 34. Rd6 $1 $18 Be8 (34... Rxf2 35. Qe7+ Rf7 36. Rg6+ $1
$18) (34... Qxf2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+ Kf7 37. Rg7+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Qd6+
$18) 35. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 (8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. dxc5) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3
Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. h4 c5 (12... Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 (13... c5 $2 14. Nxh7 Bxf3
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxf3 cxd4 17. Qe4 $16 {Velikhanli,F-Rozic,V/Bled 2002}) (
13... Qd6 14. Kb1 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne5 Rac8 $2 17. Nd7 $1 Nxd7 18. Bxh7+
Kh8 19. Rxd7 $18 {Baklan,V-Gouliev,N/Metz 2003}) 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16.
dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Rad8 (17... Bd6 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. g4 Bf8 20. Nd2 Qb4 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Rac8 23. h5 $14 {Van den Doel,E-Sakalauskas,V/Bled 2002}) 18. Bc4
Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nd3 Qc7 21. g3 Bf6 22. Rhe1 $14 {Sakaev,K-Kacheishvili,G/
Ubeda 2001}) 13. dxc5 (13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxe6 $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8
17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {Horvath,A-Golubovic,B/Charleville 2000}) 13...
Qc7 14. Neg5 {Taking on b6 looks very dangerous, but may be it was the best
way to continue since conventional means promise nothing to white.} (14. cxb6
$5 axb6 15. Kb1 Nc5 (15... b5 $6 16. Bxb5 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. a4 $14) 16.
Nxc5 bxc5 17. Ng5 $14) 14... h6 (14... Nf6 15. Nxh7 $2 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Nxh7 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Rd7 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bxg5 $19 {Wafzig,P-Pribe,V/
Germany 2002}) 15. Bh7+ ({Taking on e6 wouldn't be enough for the advantage:} 
15. Nxe6 $5 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17. Bg6 (17. Bh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxf7 (18. Rxd7 $2
Qf4+ $17) 18... Nxc5 19. Rhe1 (19. Ng5+ $4 Bxg5+ $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 19... Bd6
20. Qxc7 Bxc7 $15) 17... Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Nxc5 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21.
Ne5+ $13 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 15... Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 (16... Nxc5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18.
Kb1 Kg8 $13) 17. Qxe4 (17. Nxe4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11) 17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Qf4+
19. Kb1 Bxc5 20. g3 (20. Ne5 Kg8 21. Ngf3 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.
Qxd1 Nd5 $15) 20... Qf5 21. Ne5 Kg8 (21... hxg5 $2 22. hxg5+ Nh7 23. Qh5 $18 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg3g4]}) 22. f4 (22. Ngf3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Qxg4 24. Rd3 Rfd8 25.
Rhd1 Rxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc8 $11) 22... Rac8 23. Rd3 Nd5 24. Ne4 (24. a3 hxg5 $2 25.
hxg5 f6 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27. g4 $1 Nxg4 (27... Qxf4 28. Rh8+ Kxh8 29. Ng6+ $18)
28. Nxg4 $18) 24... Be7 25. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} Rc7 26. Rhd1 Rfc8 27. R1d2 $6 (27.
c4 $5 Nf6 (27... Rxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Rd4 Rc7 30. Ka2 $14) 28. Nc3 {[%csl
Rf5]} Nd7 29. g4 Qh7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. f5 $1 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 $36) 27... b5 28.
Nf3 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ Bxf6 30. Ne5 $6 (30. Nd4 $5) 30... Bxe5 31. fxe5 Rc5 {
[%csl Rc2,Re5,Rg3]} 32. Re3 h5 $15 33. Re4 a6 (33... a5) 34. Qe1 Rc4 35. Rxc4
Rxc4 36. Re2 Rd4 $1 37. Qc3 Rd1+ 38. Ka2 Qf1 39. Re4 Ra1+ 40. Kb3 Qg2 $5 41.
Rd4 Rf1 42. Ka2 (42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Qd3+ Rf5 44. Rd7 g6) 42... Rf3 43. Qc8+ Kh7
44. Qxa6 $13 Qxc2 45. Qxb5 Rxg3 46. Qc4 Qf5 47. Rf4 Qxe5 48. Rxf7 Rg4 49. Qd3+
Kh6 50. Rf8 Rxh4 (50... Qd5+ 51. Qxd5 exd5 52. b4 Rxh4 53. b5 Re4 54. b6 Re2+
55. Kb3 Re6 56. Rb8 h4 57. Kb4 Kg5 $13) 51. Rh8+ Kg5 52. Qd8+ Qf6 53. Qd2+ Qf4
(53... Kg6) 54. Qd8+ Qf6 55. Qd2+ Qf4 56. Qd8+ Qf6 57. Qd3 $2 (57. Qd2+) 57...
Qd4 58. Qg3+ Rg4 59. Qh2 Qd5+ 60. Ka1 h4 $19 61. Rc8 Rg2 62. Qh1 h3 63. Qc1+
Qd2 64. Qc5+ Kg6 65. Qb6 Qd1+ 66. Ka2 Qd5+ 67. Ka1 Qd1+ 68. Ka2 Qd5+ 69. Ka1 h2
70. Rc1 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Hamburg m"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.10.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bc4 a6 $5
(7... b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Rhe1
Nf8 $132 {Meyer,B-Landenbergue,C/SWZ-chT9697}) (7... Nd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb3 f5
10. Nc5 Bxc5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. c6 Nc5 $15 {Kreiman,B-Volkov,S/
Open 1998}) (7... f5 8. Ng3 c5 9. d5 O-O 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qe2 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qa5+
13. Kf1 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Luther,T/Bad Lauterberg 1991}) (7... c6 8. Nf3 Nd7
9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Bb3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. a4 f5 $36 {Minasian,
A-Kramnik,V/URS-chJ 1991}) 8. a4 Nd7 $5 (8... b6 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Qe2 c6 11. O-O
Nd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qe3 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Kortschnoj,V/Skelleftea
WCup 1989}) 9. Nf3 c5 (9... Nb6 $5 10. Bd3 (10. Bb3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Bc6 12. c3 Bd5
13. Bc2 f5 $132) 10... Nd5 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. O-O Bc6 13. Rfe1 $14 {[%cal Gc2c4,
Gd4d5]}) 10. O-O (10. a5 $6 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. Bb3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 $36 {
[%cal Gf6f5,Ge7c5,Gd8f6]}) 10... Nb6 11. Be2 (11. Bb3 $2 c4 12. Ba2 Nxa4 13.
Qc1 f5 14. Ng3 c3 $15) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. a5 $5 Nd5 (12... f5 $5 13. Ng3
Nd5 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Bf3 $14) 13. Nxd4 (13. Qxd4 $6 e5 14. Qd2 Nf4 15. Bc4 Qxd2
$11) 13... f5 14. Ng3 Bf6 15. c3 $14 {[%cal Ge2f3,Gd1b3]}) 12... e5 13. Nb3 f5
14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. a5 $5 Nd7 (15... fxe4 $6 16. axb6 Be6 17. Rfd1+ Kc8 18. Ra4
$1 f5 19. Bc4 $16) 16. Ned2 $5 {[%cal Gd2b6,Gd2c4]} (16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Bc4 Be6
18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Nd5+ Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxb3 21. Bxb3 f6 $11) 16... Nc5 17. Nc4
Nxb3 18. cxb3 e4 19. Rfd1+ Ke8 (19... Kc7 $2 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Nd5+ Kd6 22. Rac1
$16 {[%csl Ra7]}) 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Rac1 Be6 22. Bc4 (22. Nd5 $5) 22... Bb4 23.
Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Rc7 Rf8 $1 26. Rxb7 Bxa5 (26... Rf7 $6 27. Nf6+ Rxf6
28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rxb4 $14) 27. Rd6 Ke7 28. Rd4 (28. Rxa6 Rxd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7
30. Rxa5 Rc8 $11) 28... Ke8 29. Rd6 Ke7 30. Rd4 Ke8 31. Rd6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "SUI-ch"]
[Site "Leukerbad"]
[Date "2002.07.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Atlas,V} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 {This line is not very popular nowadays, mainly because of the fact
that black shows pretty reasonable results after 7...a6!?} (7... a6) 8. Bc4 Bb7
9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. g3 {Taking square f4 under control.} (
12. Nc3 $5 Nf8 $6 (12... O-O-O 13. d5 $5 cxd5 (13... exd5 14. Qxe7 dxc4 15.
Qxf7 b5 16. Nd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4e6]}) 14. Bxd5 Kb8 $13 (14... Bb4 $2 15. Bxb7+
Qxb7 16. Qc4+ Bc5 17. b4) 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 $13) 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13...
Ng6 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. h4 h5 17. Ne4 Rd7 18. a3 Rhd8 19. c3 Kb8 20.
Kc2 Qc7 21. a4 Rd5 22. Ned2 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Zysk,R/Vienna 1991}) 14. Qxa6
Ng6 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. g3 h5 17. h4 b5 18. Qd3 Kf8 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Kg7 21. Kb1
$14 {Ljubojevic,L-Gurevich,M/Amsterdam 1991}) (12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Nh5 Kb8 14.
Kb1 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 $15 {Borriss,M-Knaak,R/Germany 1993}
) 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6 (13. Kb1 Kb8 14. Bb3 Rhg8 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. Nd2 f5 17. Nc4
Ba6 18. Qe3 Bg7 19. f4 c5 20. d5 $36 {Ovetchkin,R-Kostenko,P/Ekaterinburg 1997}
) 13... Bxa6 (13... f5 14. Ned2 Bf6 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Nc4 Bg7 17. Rd3 Nf6 18.
Rb3 Ne4 19. c3 c5 $13 {Gaponenko,I-Repkova Eid,E/Timisoara 1994}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8
15. Qe2 h5 (15... Nf8 16. Kb1 Ng6 17. c4 f5 18. Nc3 Bf6 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Red1
Rhd8 21. Qe3 h5 22. Ne2 Bg7 23. a3 h4 24. Ka2 hxg3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gross,
D-Beckhuis,G/Austria 1999/EXT 2001 (24)}) 16. Kb1 (16. h4 Bf8 17. Kb1 Bg7 18.
c4 $14) 16... h4 17. c4 {White is getting ready for the break in the center.} (
17. gxh4 $6 Nf8 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf8g6]}) 17... hxg3 18. hxg3 Rhe8 19. a3 Nf8 (
19... f5 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bd6 $11) 20. Nc3 f5 21. d5 Bf6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 (22...
cxd5 23. cxd5 Rc8 24. Nc6+ Kb7 25. Nb5 Qd7 26. Ncxa7 exd5 27. Nxc8 Rxe2 28.
Ncd6+ Kb8 29. Rxe2 $18) 23. Rxd4 Ng6 24. Rdd1 Re7 (24... cxd5 25. cxd5) 25.
dxc6 Rc8 26. Rd4 Qxc6 27. Red1 e5 $2 {[%csl Rd5] Weakening d5.} (27... Rb7 $5)
28. Rd8 Rec7 29. b3 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Rc8 31. Rd5 f6 32. Qd2 Ne7 33. Rd7 Qc5 34.
Kb2 {Not so bad was also} (34. Nb5 $5 Nc6 35. Qd6+ Qxd6 36. Nxd6 Rh8 37. Nxf5
$16 {with a pawn up in the endgame.}) 34... e4 35. Nb5 Nc6 36. Rd5 (36. Qd6+
Qxd6 37. Nxd6 Rh8 38. Nxf5 $16) 36... Qe7 37. Nd6 $6 Rd8 38. Nxf5 Qe5+ $1 {
[%cal Gd8d2]} 39. Kc2 {'?' Atlas,V.} (39. Kb1 $5 Qxf5 40. Rxd8+ Nxd8 41. Qxd8+
Kb7 42. g4 (42. Qd5+ Qxd5 43. cxd5 Kc7 44. Kc2 Kd6 $11) 42... Qf3 $11) ({
Definitely not the best choice. After} 39. Kb1 {Atlas,V}) 39... Rxd5 40. Qxd5
$4 {Painfull blunder.} (40. cxd5 Qxf5 41. g4 $1 (41. dxc6 {Atlas,V} e3+ 42. Qd3
) 41... Qd7 42. dxc6 Qxc6+ $11) 40... Qxf5 $1 {For some reason white resigned
even though it's ot so clear how black is supposed to win in the final
position.} (40... Qxf5 41. Qxc6 e3+ 42. Kc3 (42. Kc1 {Atlas,V} exf2 43. Qd6+
Kb7 44. Qe7+ Ka6) (42. Kb2 {Atlas,V} Qe5+ 43. Ka2 e2) 42... exf2 43. Qe8+ Kb7 (
43... Kc7 44. Qe7+ Kc6 45. Qe8+ Kd6 46. Qd8+ Kc6 (46... Ke5 $4 47. Qd5#) 47.
Qe8+) (43... Qc8 44. Qe2 Qf5 45. Qe8+ Kb7) 44. Qf7+ Ka6 45. b4 $1 b5 (45...
Qe5+ 46. Kb3 b5 47. cxb5+ Kb6 48. Qd7 $11) 46. cxb5+ Kb6 47. Qc4 $1 Qf3+ 48.
Kb2 f1=Q 49. Qc5+ Kb7 50. Qe7+ Kc8 51. Qe8+) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Becerra Rivero, Julio"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bc4 b6 8.
Nf3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Nfd2 {Probably the best way to fight for
the advantage.Let's see other possibilities:} (11. Bb3 $5 Na6 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13.
c4 Kb8 14. a3 Rhg8 15. g3 f5 16. Nc3 Bf6 $13 {Tringov,G-Gölz,W/Sofia 1962 (35)}
) (11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. Nc3 (12. Ng3 O-O-O 13. Nh5 Kb8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bd3 Nb6 16.
c4 $5 (16. c3 $5 $14) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 c4 $13 {
Borriss,M-Knaak,R/BL 1993 (45)}) 12... Nf8 13. g3 (13. Ba6 $6 Ng6 14. g3 (14.
Bxb7 Qxb7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. a3 $6 Rd7 17. h4 h5 18. Ne4 Rhd8 $15 {Cabrera,
A-Paneque,P/Havana CUB 1996/0-1 (52)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Rd3 f5
17. Red1 Bf6 18. Na4 Rd7 19. Rb3 Be7 $15 {Outerelo,M-Hoffman,A/Pontevedra 1992
(28)}) 13... Ng6 14. h4 h5 15. Bxe6 $6 (15. Bd3 $5 Nf8 16. Be4 O-O-O 17. d5 $1
$14) 15... fxe6 16. Qxe6 Qd7 17. Qxf6 Rg8 18. Qg5 O-O-O $15 {Mussanti,
D-Hoffman,A/Martinez 1993 (22)}) (11. Kb1 $5 Nd7 12. Rhe1 $5 (12. Nc3 Nf8 13.
Rhe1 Ng6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. a3 Kb8 16. h4 h5 17. Ng1 $6 b5 $1 18. Bd3 f5 19. d5
cxd5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 $15 {Karker,N-Sloth,J/corr EU-8ch (FS-73/258) 1973 (36)}) (
12. Bb3 Nf8 $6 (12... O-O-O 13. c4 $6 Rhe8 (13... Rhg8 $5) 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rhe1
Bf6 16. Rc1 Kb8 $11 {Kuzmin,G-Beckhuis,G/Gausdal Troll 1992 (38)}) 13. d5 $5
O-O-O (13... cxd5 14. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 exd5 16. Nxf6+ Kd8 17. Nxd5 $40)
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16. Rd1 Be7 17. Nd4 $14 {Brendel,O-Weischede,T/
Vienna op 1991 (40)}) 12... Rg8 (12... O-O-O 13. Bb3 Rhe8 (13... f5 14. Neg5
Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Nf8 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $14 {Roth,P-Grillitsch,
K/Lenk op 1991 (25)}) 14. a3 Nf8 15. c4 f5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Qe3 Re7 $13 {
Nordholz,T-Krause,U/BL2-N 1991/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 13. Ng3 Nf8 14. Ba6 Ng6 15. Bxb7
Qxb7 16. c4 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Kb8 18. Ne4 $5 Rd7 19. Nc3 Rgd8 $11 {
Unzicker-Gurewitsch/BL 1991 (32)}) (11. g3 $5 Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 (13.
Kb1 $5 Kb8 14. Bb3 Rhe8 15. a3 h6 16. c4 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Bc2 a6 19. Qe3 $13
{Hebden,M-Cebalo,M/EU-chT Plovdiv 1983 (40)}) 13... Bxa6 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2
f5 16. Ned2 h5 17. Nc4 h4 $15 {Pfrommer,C-Luther,T/Badenweiler op 1990 (33)})
11... Nd7 (11... f5 $5 12. Ng3 Qd6 (12... Nd7 13. Rhe1 Nf8 14. Nf3 b5 15. Bb3
Ng6 16. Ne5 $14 {Spassky,B-Hoffman,A/Salamanca 1991 (21)}) 13. Qh5 O-O 14. Qh6
$1 Kh8 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. h4 $1 Rg8 17. Ng5 Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 $16 {Shamkovich,
L-Osmanagic,D/Sarajevo 1963 (29)}) 12. Qh5 Nf8 13. Rhe1 {Serious attention
deserves} (13. f4 $5 f5 (13... Ng6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. f5 exf5 16. Qxf5+ Kb8 17.
Nb3 $14 {Bronstein,L-Cativelli,G/Buenos Aires Naj pr 1992 (28)}) 14. Ng5 Ng6 $5
(14... Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Ng6 16. g4 h6 17. Qf6 Qe7 18. Qxe7+ $14 {Minasian,A-Itkis,
B/Frunze op 1989 (39)})) 13... Ng6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. Nb3 (15. c3 $5 Kb8 16. f4
$5 f5 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 c5 19. dxc5 $14 {Chandler-Kosten/Hastings A 1991/1/
2-1/2 (52)}) 15... Kb8 16. h4 (16. Kb1 $5 f5 (16... c5 17. dxc5 $1) 17. Ng5 Bf6
$6 (17... Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qe3 $1 $14 {ץb7, Ng6}) 18. f4 Qe7 19. h4 $1
Rd6 20. Qe2 $16 {|^[+] +/= Lanka,Z-Marzano,C/Cannes 1993}) 16... c5 $5 17. dxc5
(17. Qe2 $5 f5 18. Ng5 Bf6 19. dxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 bxc5 21. Bb5 $14) 17... Ne5
18. Bf1 (18. Qe2 $5 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxc5 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Bf1 $14) 18... Rxd1+
19. Qxd1 Rd8 20. Qh5 bxc5 $132 21. f4 (21. Qxh7 $2 f5 22. Nc3 Ng4 23. f4 Bf6
$19 {and the queen is trapped.}) 21... f5 22. Nexc5 $6 (22. Ned2 $5 $14) 22...
Bxc5 23. Rxe5 $6 (23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. fxe5 Be4 25. Qe2 Rc8 26. c3 Qxe5 27. Qb5+
Qxb5 28. Bxb5 $11) 23... Bf2 $1 $15 24. Rb5 $6 a6 25. Rb4 Qd6 26. c3 Ka8 27.
Nd4 Qc7 $2 $13 (27... Bxg3 $1 28. Kc2 Qxf4 29. Qxf7 Be4+ 30. Bd3 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3
Qe4+ 32. Kc4 Rxd4+ $1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 {Kiriakov is
probably one of the best experts in the world in this position,which is
considered comfortable for white.} 7. Qd3 $5 Nd7 (7... b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Qf3 (
9. Nc3 c6 10. Qg3 (10. f4 f5 $5 (10... Qc7 11. f5 $36) 11. g4 $5 fxg4 12. f5
Qd6 $5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. h3 $5 Nd7 $5 15. hxg4 O-O-O $11 {Magem Badals,
J-Gurevich,M/French-chT 1999 [/\16...h6]}) 10... f5 (10... Kf8 11. Qh3 h6 12.
Bc4 Qd6 13. Nge2 b5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. f4 f5 $15 {Rainfray,A-Touzane,
O/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Qh3 b5 15. Bb3
$14 {Magem Badals,J-Herraiz,H/ESP-chT 1995}) 9... c6 10. Bc4 Na6 11. Qh5 $1 Nc7
12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Rhe1 Rf8 14. Qxh7 Qd7 15. Qh6 O-O-O 16. Kb1 $16 {Velimirovic,
D-Stamenkovic,Z/JUG-ch52 1997}) (7... f5 $5 8. Nc3 Bf6 $6 (8... c6 9. f4 Na6 $5
10. a3 Qa5 11. g3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 13. O-O-O Rb8 $5 14. Bg2 Bd7 $6 (14... h4 $5)
15. Nce2 b5 16. b4 $1 $14 {Sinz,B-Petrosian,K/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1994 (26)})
9. O-O-O c6 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Bf3
$1 $14 {Dworakowska,J-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW U20 1994 (36)}) 8. O-O-O f5 9. Nc3
c6 10. Nf3 $5 {This move seems to be more in the spirit of the position,than} (
10. g4 $5 fxg4 11. h3 gxh3 12. Bxh3 Qc7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 $44 {
and white's intiative is sufficient only for equality; Velimirovic,D-Andersson,
U/Bar 1997}) 10... Qc7 11. Qe3 Rg8 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. h3 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]
Preparing Ne5} (13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Nxg4 Rxg4 15. h3 Rg7 16. g3 Bd7 17. Ne2 O-O-O
18. Bg2 $14) 13... b5 $5 ({Black doesn't like passive defence,which whould
expect him in case of} 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 {[%csl Rf7]} Rf8 15. g4 O-O-O 16. gxf5
exf5 17. Bg2 $14) 14. Ne5 b4 15. Na4 Nd5 16. Qb3 Rb8 (16... Bb7 17. g3 Rc8 18.
Bc4 $14) 17. g4 c5 (17... f4 18. Bc4) 18. Bc4 $5 cxd4 19. Rhe1 $1 $36 {[%cal
Ge1e8,Gc4d5] White correctly estimates the consequances of arising
complications.} fxg4 ({This move was most natural reaction of black,but also
in this case white keeps better chanses.} 19... Nc3+ $5 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. Bb5+
Kf8 22. Nc6 $6 (22. Ka1 $6 a6 $5 (22... Bd6 23. Nc6 Rb7 24. Qc4 $16) 23. Qc4
Qd6 24. Rxd4 axb5 25. Qxc3 Qa3 $132) (22. Rxd4 $1 a6 23. Rc4 Qd8 (23... Qd6 24.
Nb6 $1 $18) 24. Rxc8 (24. Nc6 $2 Qd2) 24... Qxc8 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Nxb8 axb5 27.
Nxc3 Qxb8 28. gxf5 $16) 22... Rb7 23. Rxd4 a6 24. Nxc3 Bf6 25. Rc4 axb5 26.
Nxb5 $13) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. hxg4 Be6 $2 ({Deserved attention} 21... Bxg4 $1 22.
Nxg4 Rxg4 23. Qxd5 Kf8 24. Rxd4 Rg6 $13 {[%csl Ra4] with unclear position.})
22. f4 {[%cal Gf4f5]} Bd6 (22... f6 23. Ng6 $1 Rxg6 24. Rxe6 Qxf4 25. Rde1 Rg7
26. Nc5 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb3a4]}) 23. Nf3 $1 Bxf4 24. Nxd4 Kd7 $8 {[%csl Re6]} (
24... Qd6 $2 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd5 $18) (24... Rg6 $6 25. Qxd5 Rd8 26. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Qf3 Qd6 $6 {Missing white's reply,but
also in case of strongest} (25... Rbc8 26. c4 $1 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Rg5 28. Ndb5 $16
{black is in troubles.}) 26. Nf5 $1 $18 Bxf5 (26... Qc7 27. Rxd5+ Bxd5 28.
Qxd5+ Kc8 29. Ne7+ $18) 27. Rxd5 Be6 28. Nc5+ Ke7 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Nxe6 fxe6
31. Qe3 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 $5 (8... b6 9. d5 $6 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O $2 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Qh4+
13. Kg1 Qxe4 $17 {Jackova,J-Nguyen Thi Dung Than/WchJW-U12 1994}) (8... Be7 9.
Qe2 Nb6 (9... c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6 12. h4 h6 13. Ng3 $14 {Short,
N-Nikolaiczuk,L/Dortmund 1986}) 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ne5 a4 13. Ba2 O-O
14. O-O Ra5 15. Rad1 $14 {Cvicela,A-Sladecek,J/SVK-chT3a 9697}) (8... O-O 9.
Qe2 (9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. d5 $14 {Renet,
O-Gurevich,M/Linares zt 1995}) 9... c5 (9... a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d5
e5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/Vienna Bawag 1996
}) 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Bd3
b4 16. g4 $36 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 9. Qe2 $5 b5 $5 {
Deciding to take the risk.It was possible to play} (9... O-O $5 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Bd5 $13 {with mutual chanses.}) 10. Bd5 $5 {Trying to
prevent c5,which would solve all opening problems for black.} Rb8 (10... exd5
$2 11. Nxf6+ Kf8 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Ne3 $16) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bc6 Rb6 $1 ({
Not enough for equality is} 12... Bb7 $6 13. Bxb7 (13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
(14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qxe4 Bxb2+ $1 16. Kxb2 Qf6+ 17. c3 Nc5 18. Qc6 Nxb7
19. Qxf6 gxf6 $15) 15... Rb6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ g6 18. Qxd7 $16) 15. Rxd5
c6 16. Rd6 Qc8 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Rhd1 $16) 17. Rhd1 Re8 18. Qd3 $14) 13... Rxb7
14. Ne5 $5 $14) 13. d5 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nd5 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 13...
exd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3 c5 $1 16. Bd5 ({White can't take the pawn on c5
because of} 16. Nxc5 $6 Bxb2+ $1 17. Kxb2 Qf6+ 18. Rd4 Nxc5 19. Qe5 Nxb3 20.
Qxf6 Rxf6 21. axb3 Bb7 $15 {and black has better prospects in the endgame.})
16... Qc7 17. Rhe1 Bd8 $5 (17... Bb7 $6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxc5
$16) 18. Neg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Qe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Fujitsu Siemens Giants"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2000.06.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5
Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9...
e5 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15.
hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Baklan,V-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Qe2 (11.
d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {
Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}) 11... Bf5 12. Ng3 {Leko shows
confidence in his home preparation and opts for the move that braught him
major success in his game against Halifman.} (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bd3 $1 (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2
Nb6 $44 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16.
Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,
Gh4h5] Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bg4 $5 {Novelty
comes pretty soon!In this game Shirov finds very interesting plan,which
doesn't fully equalizes position,but definitly changes drustically the
character of the game.} 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5 Be7 16.
Nf5 Bd6 17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 Rb8 18. g5 ({Deserved
attention} 18. h4 b5 19. Bd3 (19. Bb3 b4 20. g5 bxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6
23. Ng5 e4 $1 $36) 19... b4 20. c4 Nc5 21. g5 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 g6 23. Rdg1 $36 {
with good attacking chanses.}) 18... b5 19. Bd3 b4 20. Qf5 (20. c4 $5) 20...
bxc3 21. b3 Rb4 $5 (21... g6 $2 {[%csl Rf6]} 22. Qxd7 Qxd7 23. Nf6+ $18) 22. h4
Rxe4 23. Qxe4 $1 (23. Bxe4 g6 24. Qg4 f5 25. gxf6 Nxf6 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. f3 Nxe4
28. fxe4 Rf2 $1 $40 {[%cal Gd6a3]}) 23... f5 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Qc4 e4 26. Bc2 (
26. Bxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxf2 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rde1 Bf4+ 30. Kb1 c2+ 31. Ka1 h6
$17) 26... Bf4+ 27. Kb1 Bd2 28. Bxe4 $14 {Now it's th right time to make some
conclusions:white stands better,but it's not so simple for him to find the
plan to consolidate his position.} Qd6 29. f3 Kh8 30. Qd3 $6 (30. h5) 30... Re8
31. Rhg1 $6 c6 $1 $44 32. Rg2 $2 {Not only losing the advantage,but suddenly
getting in serious troubes.} (32. Qa6 $1 Nxd5 (32... Nxe4 33. fxe4 Qc5 34. Qd3
cxd5 35. exd5 Rd8 36. Rg4 $1 $16) 33. Qxa7 Qf6 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qf5 Qxf5 36.
Bxf5 Ne3 37. Be4 $14 {[%cal Gg1e1]}) 32... cxd5 33. Bf5 g6 34. Bh3 Re3 35. Qd4
Rxf3 $17 36. Rf2 c2+ $5 (36... Be3 $5 $17) 37. Kxc2 Be3 38. Rxf3 Bxd4 39. Rxd4
Qc5+ 40. Kd3 Ne4 41. Ke3 Kg7 42. Be6 $2 (42. Bf1 $2 Qc3+ 43. Rd3 Qe1+ 44. Be2
Qg1+ 45. Kf4 Qc1+ 46. Rfe3 (46. Ke5 Qb2+ 47. Kxd5 Qxe2 $19) 46... Qc7+ $1 47.
Kg4 Qd7+ 48. Kf3 Qh3+ 49. Kf4 Qf5#) (42. b4 $17) 42... Qc3+ 43. Rd3 Qe5 $19 {
[%csl Re6]} 44. Bxd5 Nf6+ 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Sokolac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 (8. Qd2 {is considered to be the main line.}) 8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... Be7)
10. O-O-O {Taking on f6 is harmless for black.} (10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (10... Qxf6 11.
Qe4 g6 12. c3 Rb8 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. dxe5 Bd7 $11 {
Alburt,L-De Firmian,N/New York 1995}) 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. O-O b6 14.
Ba6 (14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. Rad1 g6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Rd5 $11 {
Hanninen,V-Donner,J/Wageningen 1957}) 14... Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Qc8 16. Qb5 a6 17.
Qe2 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. h3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milic,B-Trifunovic,P/Sombor 1957/MCD 
(19)}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qa5 11. Kb1 cxd4 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. g4
Rfe8 15. h4 e5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. g5 Bg4 18. f3 e4 $132 {Milner Barry,P-Castaldi,
V/Mont Pelerin sur Vevey 1955}) (10... Qb6 11. Nfg5 g6 $2 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13.
Qf3 Kg7 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qxf6+ {1-0 Stojanovski,D-Simonovski,M/Skopje 1998/
EXT 2000 (15)}) 11. g4 $5 {Very risky continuation, which is typical for
Emil's agressive style. In his game against Ivanchuk in world championship in
Moscow Emil tried 11.h4 without success:} (11. h4 Be7 $5 {[%cal Gd7f6]} (11...
Qc7 12. Kb1 b6 13. Neg5 Bb7 $6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Kg8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne4
$16 {Hund,B-Bondar,T/Moscow 1994}) 12. Neg5 Nf6 13. Ne5 (13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Qf3
$5) 13... Qc7 14. g4 Bd6 15. f4 b6 16. Rhf1 (16. Rhe1 $5 Bb7 17. Bc4 Bd5 18.
Rxd4 Rac8 19. Bxd5 exd5 $132) 16... Bb7 17. Bc4 Bd5 $11 {Sutovsky,E-Ivanchuk,V/
Moscow 2002}) 11... Be7 $1 {This move makes more sense, than 11...g6, which
was played in this position beforehand.} (11... g6 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 Qa5 (13...
Re8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. g5 e5 16. Rh4 Nf8 17. Rdh1 Bf5 18. Qf1 $40 {Richter,
K-Abramavicius,L/Hamburg 1930}) 14. Kb1 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nd2
$40 {Groszpeter,A-Szollosi,L/Zalakaros 2003}) 12. h4 Qc7 (12... e5) 13. Kb1 b6
14. Nfg5 Bb7 15. Nxh7 $5 {[%cal Ge4f6,Gg4g5,Ge2h5] Interesting sacrifice,
which wasn't supposed to bring white more than a half a point.} Kxh7 16. Nf6+
Kh8 (16... Kh6 17. g5#) 17. g5 Nxf6 $2 {Giving too much respect to the
opponent! It was necessary to keep the piece by 17...g6:} (17... g6 $8 18. h5
Bxh1 19. Rxh1 ({Fritz is very confident in black's defensive resourses after} 
19. hxg6 Qh2 $1 20. f4 Qh3 21. Nxd7 fxg6 $19 {and i see no reason to disagree!}
) 19... Kg7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 (20... Rh8 $2 21. h6+ Kg8 22. Bxg6 $1 Qxd7 23. Qe5
$18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 21. Qe5+ f6 22. Qe4 Qe8 (22... f5 $2 23. Qe5+ Kf7 24. hxg6+
Kxg6 25. Rh6+ Kf7 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. Bb5 $18) 23. hxg6 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Qxh8 25.
gxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qb7+ Kh6 $11) 18. gxf6 g6 (18... Qc5 19. fxe7 Rfe8 20. Rhg1 Rxe7
21. Rg5 f5 22. Rdg1 $18) 19. fxe7 Qxe7 20. Rhg1 $40 {Now white is attacking
"for free".} Qf6 21. Rg3 e5 (21... Rac8 22. Rdg1 Rc5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6 $18
) 22. Rdg1 e4 23. Bc4 Qxh4 (23... b5 24. Bb3 Qxh4 25. Qf1 Kg7 26. Qxb5 $18) 24.
Qf1 Kg7 25. Bxf7 Rxf7 $2 {Unfortunate decision. Black had to sacrifice a queen
on g3 with defendable position.} (25... Qxg3 $8 26. Rxg3 Rxf7 27. Qc4 Rxf2 (
27... Rd8 28. Qe6 $18) 28. Qxd4+ Rf6 $14) 26. Rxg6+ Kf8 27. Qc4 $1 $18 {
Now it's all over.} Qf4 (27... d3 28. Qb4+ Ke8 29. Re6+ Re7 30. Rg8+ Kf7 31.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 (31... Kxg8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Qg7#) 32. Rg7+ Kxg7 33.
Qxe7+ $18) 28. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 {
Rare continuation promising white nothing special.} (7. Nxf6+) 7... Nxf6 8. Bd3
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. c3 (10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13. Qb5+ Qxb5 14.
Nxb5 O-O 15. O-O-O f5 $11 {Webb,L-King,D/Dublin 1991}) (10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 (
11. Ne5 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bxb7 Bxb7 14. Qxb7 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Qb4 $15 {Korbut,
E-Bistrikova,E/St Petersburg 2001}) 11... Bc5 (11... Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qe2 a6
14. Bc2 Bf6 15. Rfd1 $14 {Karaklajic,N-Marinkovic,S/Kladovo 1996}) 12. Nb3 Qxd1
13. Rfxd1 Be7 (13... Bb6 $11) 14. a4 g5 15. g3 $14 {Barthel,B-Sautter,E/
Germany 1993}) (10. d5 $5 Qc7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Nc4
exd5 15. Bxd5 Bf4+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Zhelnin,V-Dolmatov,S/
Krasnodar 1997/EXT 2000 (17)}) (10. Qd2 cxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. h4 Qb6 13. Ne5
Qc7 14. f4 $36 {Moreno Carnero,J-Prasca Sosa,R/Isla Margarita 1998}) 10... cxd4
11. Qa4+ (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qa4+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 14. Qxd7+ Qxd7 15.
Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 Rhc8 (17... Rxb2 $4 18. O-O-O+ $18) 18. O-O-O+
Ke7 19. Rd2 $16) 14. Nd3 Bd6 $13) 11... Qd7 $5 (11... Bd7 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qa4 {[%csl Rc6]} Qc7 15. O-O Be7 16. Rad1 O-O $11) 12. Qc4 {
Inviting Bareev to enter complications after 12...d:c3} Bd6 (12... dxc3 13. Rd1
Bd6 14. Qd4 Bf8 15. Qc4 (15. Qxc3 Qb5 16. a3 Qc5 17. Qd2 Be7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19.
Bxc8 (19. Rc1 Bg5 20. Nxg5 Qe5+ 21. Be4 hxg5 22. Qe3 Bd7 $13) 19... Qxc8 20.
O-O O-O $11) 15... Bd6 $11) 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O Bf4+ 15. Kb1 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
$14 {Black is still facing some problems with his queenside pieces.} a6 (16...
f5 $6 17. Bf3 e5 18. Bd5+ Kh7 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. f4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Rhe1
$36 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge1e7]}) 17. c4 Bg5 18. Rhe1 (18. c5 Be7 19. Rc1 $14)
18... Be7 19. f4 Rd8 20. Nf3 a5 21. Ne5 $6 ({After correct} 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.
c5 Be7 23. Rc1 a4 24. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gc5c6] black's defensive task
would have remained pretty tough.}) 21... a4 22. c5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 f6 24. Nd7 (
24. Nd3) 24... Bxd7 25. Rxd7 Bxc5 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bc8 (27. Kc2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Be7
$11 29. Kc4 $140 $2 Ke8 30. Rc7 Kd8 31. Rc8+ Kd7 $19) 27... e5 28. fxe5 fxe5
29. Rxa7 Bxa7 30. Kc2 e4 31. Bd7 a3 32. b4 Bd4 33. Kb3 Bb2 34. b5 Kf8 35. b6
Ke7 36. Bc6 e3 37. b7 Be5 38. Bf3 Bxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Salaun, Yann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2386"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Drancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 a6 $5 (6... Be7) (
6... h6) 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Qe2 h6 (10... Be7 11. O-O-O
Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rhe1 Nf4 14. Qe4 Nxd3+ 15. Rxd3 O-O 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nc4
Rb8 18. Red1 e5 $11 {Padevsky,N-Barcza,G/Moscow 1962}) (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Qc7 (
11... Be7 12. Ne5 O-O (12... Nd7 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bf6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16.
O-O-O Bd7 $11 {Zozulia,A-Baklanova,T/Kramatorsk 2001}) 13. h4 $5 Rd8 14. O-O-O
Qc7 $6 15. Bc2 h6 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qe4 $16 {Djuric,S-Fuentes,M/
Manila 1997}) 12. O-O b6 (12... h6 13. Bd2 b5 $2 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nd5 16.
Bxa6 Bd7 17. Raa1 $16 {Rios Filho,H-Butenco,H/Brazil 1999}) 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14.
Rad1 Ra7 15. Rd2 O-O 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Bc2 $14 {Jansa,V-Fries Nielsen,J/Rimavska
Sobota 1991}) 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. O-O Nd5 $6 {White wasn't threatening to take on
f6 so there was no reason to waste precious time to defend against unexisting
threat!} (12... O-O $5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qh4 Kg7 16. Rfe1 b5 17. Ne5
Bb7 $132) 13. Rad1 $1 O-O (13... Nf4 $2 14. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 15. Bb5+ $1 {[%cal
Gd1d8]} axb5 16. Rd8#) 14. Bg3 Qe7 (14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. c4 $1 Nf4 17.
Bh7+ Kh8 (17... Kxh7 18. Qc2+ Nd3 19. Rxd3 Qf4 20. Rd8+ Kg8 21. Rfd1 $36) 18.
Qe3 Qc7 19. Bb1 f6 20. Qe4 g5 21. c5 $16) 15. c4 Nb4 16. Bb1 $16 Nc6 17. Rfe1 {
The knight on f6 was about an only piece defending black king so black has to
take drastic measures to supress white's attack.} g5 (17... f5 18. Bf4 g5 19.
Be3 g4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Bd7 23. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Rh6]})
18. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bc3 a5 (20... Bb4 $6 21. Bxb4
Qxb4 22. Qh5 $18) (20... e5 21. Qh5 Qg7 22. b4 Be7 23. Be4 $16) 21. a3 $6 a4
22. Qe4 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Gb7b6,Ga7d7]} 23. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} e5 (23... Bxf2
24. Rf1 Bc5 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rd8+ $1 {[%cal Gc3g7]} Bf8 28. Qxg7+
Kxg7 29. Bxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rxf8+) 24. Rd2 b6 25. Red1 Rc7 (25... Qf7) 26. Bc2 Ra7
27. Rd5 Be6 $2 {Very painful blunder after very good defense. Black had to play
} (27... Bb7 $1 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29. Rd7 (29. Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rd7+ Rf7 31. Rxf7+
Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33. Rh7 h5 34. h4 $14) 29... Qxg6 30. Bxg6 Rfa8 $1 31. Bf5
Ba6 $14 {with playable position.}) 28. Rxe5 $1 $18 {Now it's all over.} fxe5
29. Qg6+ Qg7 (29... Kh8 30. Bxe5+ $18) 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qxe5 Qxf2 32. Qh8+ Kf7
33. Qh7+ Ke6 34. Qxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 {After this game the variation needs to be rebuild!It's
difficult to point out where black made the mistake,but I guess he did it
somewhere,because otherwise I don't know how to explai the fact that the game
lasted only 19 moves!} (9... Qxf6 10. Qd2 c5 (10... O-O $5 11. O-O-O e5 12.
dxe5 (12. Qe3 exd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,
I-Miles,A/Capablanca Elite 1997}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bc4 Qf6 15. Qd4
$11 {1/2-1/2 Har-Zvi,R-Soffer,R/ISR-chT ASA Tel-Aviv-Hapoel P.T 1998}) 11.
O-O-O O-O 12. Bb5 $5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Rxd4 Nf6 15. Ne5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17.
Bf3 $14 {Arancibia,E-Dumas Aviles,A/Esucomex op 1998}) 10. Qd2 b6 (10... Qd5 $6
11. c4 Qe4+ 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 $1 Qh7 15. f3 $16 {Kling,
T-Saraiva,T/Elista olw 1998}) 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 c5 ({Deserved
attention} 13... Qd5 $5 14. c4 Qd6 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 $36 {
,but also in this case white's initiative is very dangerous.}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 $6
{Thi move is probably a decisive mistake,because afterwards black hardly could
improve his game.Better was} (14... bxc5 15. Rhe1 Nd5 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5b4,
Gd8h4]}) 15. Rhe1 $16 Bxg2 (15... bxc5 16. g4 Rfd8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Qxg5 $40 {
[%cal Ge1g1]}) 16. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gd1g1] Very strong move,probably missed by
black.From now on white's attack is unstopable.} Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd5 18. Qf4 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Ge5g6] Threatening to win the queen} Qxc5 19. Re3 $1 {[%csl
Rh8][%cal Gg1g7,Ge3g3] Black is helpless against numerous threats and he finds
nothing btter than to resign!} (19. Re3 Rac8 20. Reg3 $1 (20. Rxg7 $5 Qxe3+ 21.
fxe3 Kxg7 22. e4 Bb7 23. Nf3 $36) 20... Nh5 21. Qxh6+ $3 gxh6 22. Rg8+ $1 Rxg8
23. Nxf7#) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 a6 (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6
$5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6
10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991}) 8. Qe2 {
This move braught Ponomariov very convincing vitory over Morozevich back in
2001, but this time white refrains from transposing into the lines with g3.} (
8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA
1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) (8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bg2 c5
11. d5 Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 $13 {Glek,
I-Short,N/ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG]}) 8... b5 9. O-O-O (9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Bd5 (
10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14.
a3 c6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6
15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5
13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} (16. c4 $6 Bb7
17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 $11 {Glek,I-Schlosser,P/
Deizisau e.V. 2000}) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]
[%cal Gf3d4] Kasparov,G-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 11. c3 Nd7 12. b3 $5
O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. c4 Bc6 16. Rad1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Morozevich,A/
Moscow 2001}) 9... Bb7 10. Qe3 f5 $6 {Weakening square e5.} (10... Nd7) 11. Nc5
Bd5 12. Ne5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Be2 $1 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Bxg2 {It's hard to
recommend black something else, even though a move in the game leads to very
dangerous position for black.} 15. Rhg1 Bd5 16. Bh5 $1 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf7]}
Bxc5 {White knight on c5 is just far too strong to tolerate it.} (16... Qd6 17.
Rde1 Rd8 18. Qh6 e5 19. Qg7 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxa6 Kd7 22. Nb4 $16) 17.
dxc5 Qe7 $6 (17... c6 $142 $5 18. Qh6 Ra7 (18... Qe7 19. Bxf7+ Qxf7 20. Rg7 $18
) 19. Rxd5 cxd5 (19... Qxd5 20. Qf6 Rf8 21. Rd1 $18) 20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qh6+ Ke8
22. Qf4 $16) 18. Rxd5 $1 $18 exd5 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (19... Kd7 20. Be6+ Ke8 21.
Qe5 $18) (19... Kd8 20. Qd4 Rf8 21. Qxd5+ Qd7 22. Qxa8+ Ke7 23. Qg2 $18) 20.
Rg7+ Kxg7 21. Qxe7+ Kg6 22. Qxc7 {The rest is a matter of technique. Black
pawns are too weak so black has no real chances of survival.} Rhe8 23. Kd2 Re6
24. Qd7 Rae8 25. c6 R6e7 26. Qxd5 Rc8 27. h4 $1 {Preventing black from playing
Rec7} (27. Qd6+ {Hecht} Kf7 28. Qh6 $1 Rec7 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Qh6+ Ke5 31. f4+
Ke4 32. Qe6+ Kxf4 33. Qe3+ Kg4 34. Qg3+ Kh5 35. h4 Kh6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qxf5+
Kg7 $18 {... eigentlich!}) 27... Kf6 (27... Rec7 28. Qe6+ Kg7 29. h5 Rxc6 30.
h6+ Kf8 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ $18) 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qd4+ Kg6 30. Qxa4 Re6 31.
Qxa6 Rd6+ (31... Rcxc6 $142 {(Hecht) weil flexibler; man denke nur an die
Dauerschachmöglichkeit durch Tcd6+ usw. Da hilft nur} 32. Qa8 $1 {[%csl Gc6]
[%cal Ra8g8]} Rcd6+ 33. Kc3 Rc6+ 34. Kd4 (34. Kb4 $2 Rxc2) (34. Kb3 $5 Rb6+ 35.
Kc4 Rbc6+ 36. Kb5 Rxc2) {weil} 34... Rxc2 $2 ({aber} 34... Red6+ $1 35. Ke3
Re6+ 36. Kf3 (36. Kf4 Re4+ 37. Kg3 Rxc2) 36... Rxc2 $132) 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qg5+
Kf7 37. Qxf5+ {scheitert.}) 32. Kc1 Rdxc6 33. Qe2 {'-+' Hecht. Hecht: 'nun
eindeutig angesichts der verbundenen Freibauern'} h6 34. b3 R8c7 35. Kb2 Kf6
36. c4 Re6 37. Qd2 Kg6 38. Kc3 Rce7 39. c5 Re4 40. b4 Rxh4 41. Qd6+ Kf7 42. c6
Rh3+ 43. Kc4 Re4+ 44. Kb5 Rc3 45. Qxh6 Rec4 46. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 12320]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4
Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6
11. O-O (11. c3 cxd4 (11... O-O-O 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 {
1/2-1/2 Reeh,O-Atalik,S/Budapest Kasparov 1991/EXP 24}) 12. Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,D/USA-ch G2 1997}) 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6 $11 {Ghinda-Luther, Ikaria, 1993}) 10... Be7
{Too dangerous is} (10... cxd4 $6 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Bc5 12. Qe5 $1 $16 (12.
Kb1 $5 Qa4 13. Qe5 Rc8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc2+ 16. Ka1 O-O 17. Ne5 $14 {
Sturua,Z-Gretarsson,H/Elista olm 1998})) 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $6 13. Qb5+ Qc6 14. Qxc6+
bxc6 15. Rc4 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd1 $16 {Mikhalchishin-Chernin/Cienfuegos/
1981}) 11. dxc5 $5 (11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 (12. dxc5 Qa4 (12... Qc7 13. Ne5 Qxc5
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 $36 {Fercec,N-Tukmakov,V/Zadar op 1997}) 13.
Kb1 Bxc5 (13... Rad8 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Rd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nd3
Rd8 19. Re1 Qa4 20. f4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,/1992}) (13... Rfd8 $13) 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rd3 $146 (15. Ne1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17. f4 Rd5 18. Rhf1 Rad8 $10 {
1/2-1/2 Leko, P.-Korchnoi, V./Vienna AUT /1996 (24)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3
17. Rxd3 Qg4 $13 {Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/Merida m 1996}) (12. Rhe1 Rfd8 13.
d5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxa2 $1 16. Bxd8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8+ 18. Ke3 Qxb2
$40 {Timman}) 12... Qc7 13. dxc5 (13. d5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gg5e7]} exd5 $1 (13...
Nxd5 14. Rxd5 $1 exd5 15. Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. c3 $14) 14. Rhe1 Bd8 (
14... Rfe8 $2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxd5 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd5 $11 {
Nisipeanu,L-Rogozenko,D/Ciocaltea mem 1998}) 13... Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qc6 (16... Qe7 $1 17. Qb5 a6 $1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe7 $10)
17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg7 $11 {Timman,J-Kortschnoj,V/WchT
Luzern 1989}) 11... O-O ({In previous game in this position black opted for} 
11... Bxc5 $6 {and was punished very quickly:} 12. Ne5 Qa4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qf3 $1 $16 {Hracek,Z-Slobodjan,R/MK Cafe Cup Open A 1999}) 12. Ne5 Qd5
13. O-O Bxc5 14. Rfe1 {'+/=!' Kortschnoj.} (14. Rad1 Qe4) 14... Nd7 (14... Rfd8
$2 15. Rad1 Qxa2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Nd7+ $18) (14... Bd6 $2 {
Kortschnoj} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rad1 $18) (14... Bd4 $5 {Kortschnoj}
15. Rad1 (15. Nf3 Bb6 $14) 15... Qxe5 $14) 15. Nf3 f6 $2 {Miscalculation!On
the first hand look it seems that black gets strong compensation for the pawn,
but he misses just one move of white and it becomes clear that there is no
compensatin and...there is no pawn!} (15... Qc6 $5 16. Rad1 Rfe8) (15... Rfe8 {
Kortschnoj} 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. Ne5 Qc7 $14) 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Qxe6+ $1
Qxe6 18. Rxe6 fxg5 19. Rxd7 g4 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf8f2]} 20. Re5 $1 $16 {
That is the move that black has overlooked. '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This
move, in fact, refutes the pawn sacrifice. 20...Bb6 fails due to 21.Rg5. Black
does not get proper compensation for a pawn.'} Rad8 $8 (20... Bb6 21. Rg5 {
[%cal Gg5g4,Gg5g7]} (21. Ree7 $5 Rf4 22. Rxg7+ Kh8 23. Rxh7+ Kg8 24. Ne5 Rxf2
25. Rhg7+ Kf8 26. Ng6+ Ke8 27. Rge7#) 21... Rfd8 22. Rgxg7+ Kf8 23. Ng5 $18)
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Ne1 Bd4 ({Another portion of bad luck:} 22... Rd1 {Kortschnoj
} 23. Kf1 Bd4 $2 24. Rd5 Rd2 25. Rd8+ Kf7 26. Nd3 $18) 23. Rb5 Bb6 24. c4 {
[%cal Gc4c5] White's play in the endgame is extremly accurate,but for the
player of Leko's standard to win such endgame is just a metter of technique.
'!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'Again the only move.'} (24. Nd3 $2 Rc8 25. Nb4 (
25. c3 Rd8 {Kortschnoj: 'and it is already white who is in danger.'} 26. Ne1
Rd2 $17) 25... Rf8 26. Nd3 Rc8 $11) 24... Rd1 25. Kf1 Rc1 26. b3 Kf8 {'?'
Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'After this move black will not be able to put up any
resistance.'} ({Whether it works or not,he had to give up the second pawn.} 
26... Bd4 $1 {Kortschnoj} 27. Rxb7 Ra1 $1 28. a4 Bc3 29. Re7 Bb4 30. Re5 (30.
Re3 Rb1 {white is bound hand and foot and hardly can win.}) 30... Kf7 31. c5
Kf6 32. Re4 a5 33. c6 Kf5 34. Re2 Rc1 35. c7 Rxc7 {still with drawing chances..
.} (35... Bxe1 36. Rxe1 Rxc7)) 27. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5] '+/-!' Kortschnoj.} ({Not} 
27. Ke2 $2 {Kortschnoj} Ra1 28. c5 Rxa2+ 29. Kd3 Ra5 {and black will survive.})
27... Bd4 {[%cal Gd4c3]} 28. Ke2 b6 (28... Bc3 29. Nd3 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 b6 31. c5
Bd2+ 32. Kd4 $18) 29. Rd5 Bf6 (29... Bc5 $5 30. Nd3 Rc2+ 31. Kd1 Rc3 32. Rf5+
Kg8 $1 (32... Ke8 33. Nxc5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 (34. Re5+ Kd7 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 a5
37. Ke2 Ke6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. g3 g5 $11) 34... Rxb3 35. Rc7 $18) 33. Nxc5 bxc5
34. Rxc5 Rxb3 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 Rc3 $16) 30. Nd3 Rc3 (30...
Rb1 $5) (30... Rh1 {Kortschnoj} 31. Rd7 a5 {however desperate it looks was
worth trying...}) 31. Rb5 h5 32. Kd2 h4 33. Nf4 h3 $8 34. g3 {'+-' Kortschnoj.}
Kg8 35. Nd5 Rf3 36. Ke2 Bd4 37. Ne3 {[%csl Rg4]} Bc5 38. b4 Bf8 (38... a6 39.
bxc5 axb5 40. cxb5 bxc5 41. b6 $18 {[%cal Ga4a7,Gb6b7]}) 39. a5 bxa5 40. bxa5
a6 41. Rb8 Kf7 42. Nxg4 Rf5 43. f4 1-0

[Event "IND-ch"]
[Site "Mumbai"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2419"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation has become very popular.}
(7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44
{Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4
Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991}) 8. g3 (8. Qd2 f5 9.
Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3
Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {
Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 8... b5 (8... f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bg2 c5 11. d5
Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 $13 {Glek,I-Short,N/
ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG]}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 (10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rfd1 $5 (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6 15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5
Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15. c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5
$5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} (16. c4 $6 Bb7 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 $11 {Glek,I-Schlosser,P/Deizisau e.V. 2000}) 16...
Qc7 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Gf3d4] Kasparov,
G-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 11. Qe3 $5 {A new move in well-known
position. The idea behind 11.Qe3 is to prevent black from playing c5.} (11. Nc3
c6 12. O-O-O (12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 (13. O-O O-O 14. a4 b4 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3
Nc6 17. c4 $14 {Gross,D-Kuraszkiewicz,M/Germany 2000}) 13... Nc6 (13... O-O)
14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 $14 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt 1999}) 12...
Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 $14 {
Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt 1999}) (11. Ned2 c5 (11... Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Rfd1 Nb6 14. c3 Na4 $6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. a3 $1 $16 {
Glek,I-Volkov,S/Korinthos 2000}) 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O Ra7 14. Nb3 Be7 15.
Nh4 $14 {Glek,I-Paehtz,T/Deizisau 2000}) (11. c3 Nd7 12. b3 $5 O-O 13. O-O f5
14. Ned2 c5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4 Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $36) 16.
Rad1 Rc8 $6 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $14 {Ponomariov,R-Morozevich,A/Moscow
2001}) 11... Nc6 $6 {[%csl Rc6] The knight is very awkwardly placed on c6 so
it was better to develop it to d7 with complicated struggle.} (11... Nd7 12.
O-O Nb6 (12... f5 $6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. d5 $1 Bc5 (14... exd5 15. Nd4 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Re8,Rf5][%cal Gd4f5]}) 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Rae1 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Qxe6 b4 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Na4 Ba7 21. Ne5 $14) 13. b3 b4 14. c4 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Bb7 $132) 12. O-O b4 (12... Nb4 13. Rfc1 Nxa2 14. Rxa2 Bxa2 15. b3 a5 16. Ra1
a4 17. Rxa2 axb3 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. cxb3 $16) 13. Rfc1 $5 {[%cal Gc2c4]} f5 14.
Ned2 Bf6 15. c4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb8 (16... h5 $6 17. Rab1 h4 18. c4 Bxd4 19. Qf4
$1 $18 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 17. Ne1 Bg5 $2 {Missing white's reply.} (17... f4 $5 18.
gxf4 Bxg2 (18... Nxd4 $6 19. Bxd5 $1 Qxd5 20. Ne4 $1 Ke7 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Qa3+
c5 23. Ng3 Bxa1 24. Rxc5 $18 {[%cal Ga3e7]}) 19. Nxg2 Rg8 20. Ne4 Kf8 21. Ng3
$14) 18. Bxd5 $1 Bxe3 19. Bxc6+ Ke7 20. fxe3 $16 {In the middlegame 3 minor
pieces are much stronger than the queen. In the arising position white has no
weaknesses so black has to be very creative to come up with active counterplay.
} h5 21. Nd3 h4 22. Nf1 $5 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qg8 $6 {Black could still put up some
resistance after} (23... Qd6 $8 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gb8g8]} 24. Bg2 Rbg8 25. Kf2 (
25. Rab1 Rxg3 26. Nxg3 Qxg3 27. Re1 Rh2 28. Nf4 f6 29. Re2 e5) 25... Rh6 26.
Nf4 Qa3 27. Rc2 $16) 24. Rab1 Qh7 25. Rb3 f6 26. Bg2 Rb6 27. Nb4 $18 Kd7 28.
Ra3 Qh5 29. Re1 $1 e5 30. Ra5 (30. Rxa6 $18) 30... Re8 31. Nd3 e4 32. Nc5+ Ke7
33. Nxe4 Rb2 34. Ned2 Qf7 35. Rxa6 Rxa2 36. Rc6 Kd7 37. Rc5 Qg7 38. Bc6+ Kd8
39. Rd5+ Kc8 40. Bxe8 Rxd2 41. Bd7+ Kd8 42. Bc6+ Kc8 43. Ra1 Rb2 44. Ra8+ Rb8
45. Rxb8+ Kxb8 46. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 e6 {Transposing into a french defense.}
5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 O-O (9... c5 10. O-O-O
cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2 Ra7 15. Nc6 Rc7 16. Rd6 $14 {
Tolnai,T-Balogh,C/Budapest 2000}) 10. Qe3 $1 {This move aimed to prevent e5
poses before black serious problems.} (10. Qc3 c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qf5
13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Qh4 Nf8 16. Rhe1 e5 $11 {Johner,P-Znosko Borovsky,
E/Ostend 1906}) (10. O-O-O e5 11. Qe3 exd4 12. Rxd4 Nc5 13. Rf4 Qh6 $11 {
Shirazi,K-Quinteros,M/Jakarta 1978}) (10. Be2 Re8 11. Qe4 Qe7 12. O-O Nf6 13.
Qh4 Nd5 14. Qxe7 Rxe7 15. a3 f6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. g3 c6 $11 {Vymazal,B-Petr,M/
Czechia 2001}) 10... c5 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14.
Bc4 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rfd8 16. Rhe1 a6 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. Bxb3 Bc6 $11 {Roesch,
A-Orsag,M/Germany 1996}) 11... b6 (11... cxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Re4 Qe6 14. Bc4
Qc6 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Rc4 $16) 12. Bb5 $1 {Concrete approach to the position.
Black faces problems to complete development of the pieces on the queenside so
white increases a pressure.} cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qe7 (13... Nc5 14. Ne5 a6 15. Bc6
Ra7 16. Rhd1 Rc7 17. g4 $16) 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Rhd1 $16 Nf6 (15... Nc5 16. b4 Na6
17. a3 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc8]}) 16. Qe5 $1 {Winning material since black has no
satisfactory move with the bishop.} Ba6 (16... Bb7 17. Rd7 Nxd7 18. Rxd7 Qb4
19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxb7 Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4f1,Gc4a2]}) 17. Ra4 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra6]
Poor bishop can't find a safe place on the board.} Rbc8 (17... Bb7 18. Rxa7 $18
) 18. Nd4 Ng4 (18... Qc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rxa6 cxd4 21. Rxd4 $18) 19. Qf4 $1 {
Last touch. after this move black has to give up an exchange.} (19. Qg3 e5 20.
Nf5 Qg5+ 21. Ne3 Rxc6 22. Qxg4 Qxg4 23. Nxg4 Be2 24. Nxe5 $16) 19... h5 20.
Rxa6 e5 21. Nf5 $1 Qf6 22. Qf3 {Defending the bishop on c6.} Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxf5
24. Qf3 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Nxh2 (25... Qe7 26. h3 Nf6 27. Ra3 $18) 26. Qg3 Ng4 27. f3
Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qe1 Nf6 30. Rxa7 e4 31. fxe4 Nxe4 32. a4 f5 33. Qe2 Qg5
34. Rb7 Qg6 35. Qb5 Qg4 36. Rxb6 h4 37. a5 Nd2+ 38. Ka2 Nc4 39. Rc6 Ne3 40. a6
Qd4 41. c3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.01.31"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.01.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 $5 {
Very agressive continuation leading to a sharp play with mutual chances.} a6 (
7... Nd7 8. O-O-O f5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Nf3 $5 (10. g4 $5 fxg4 11. h3 gxh3 12. Bxh3
Qc7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 $44 {Velimirovic,D-Andersson,U/Bar 1997})
10... Qc7 11. Qe3 Rg8 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. h3 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5]} b5 $5 14. Ne5 b4 15.
Na4 Nd5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. g4 c5 18. Bc4 $5 $36 {Sherbakov,R-Kiriakov,P/
Ekaterinburg 1999}) (7... b6 8. O-O-O Bb7 9. Qf3 (9. Nc3 c6 10. Qg3 (10. f4 f5
$5 (10... Qc7 11. f5 $36) 11. g4 $5 fxg4 12. f5 Qd6 $5 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. h3 $5
Nd7 $5 15. hxg4 O-O-O $11 {Magem Badals,J-Gurevich,M/French-chT 1999}) 10... f5
(10... Kf8 11. Qh3 h6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Nge2 b5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bb3 Nd7 16. f4 f5
$15 {Rainfray,A-Touzane,O/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Ne5
Rg8 14. Qh3 b5 15. Bb3 $14 {Magem Badals,J-Herraiz,H/ESP-chT 1995}) 9... c6 10.
Bc4 Na6 11. Qh5 $1 Nc7 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Rhe1 Rf8 14. Qxh7 Qd7 15. Qh6 O-O-O 16.
Kb1 $16 {Velimirovic,D-Stamenkovic,Z/JUG-ch52 1997}) (7... f5 $5 8. Nc3 Bf6 $6
(8... c6 9. f4 Na6 $5 10. a3 Qa5 11. g3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 13. O-O-O Rb8 $5 14. Bg2
Bd7 $6 (14... h4 $5) 15. Nce2 b5 16. b4 $1 $14 {Sinz,B-Petrosian,K/Schwaebisch
Gmuend op 1994 (26)}) 9. O-O-O c6 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7
14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Bf3 $1 $14 {Dworakowska,J-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW U20 1994 (36)
}) 8. O-O-O Qd5 $5 {Wasting 2 tempi in the opening is not a thing black can
afford to himself.} (8... f5 9. Nc3 Qd6 10. Nf3 (10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 c6 12. Nf3
b5 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Bd7 16. Rhd1 $14 {Rainfray,A-Mullon,J/
France 2003}) 10... Nd7 11. Qe3 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Rhe1 Rg8 14. d5 Bxd5 15.
Bxf5 c6 16. Bxh7 Rxg2 17. Bd3 Qc5 18. Nxd5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Tirard,H-Mullon,J/
Marseilles 2001}) 9. Nc3 Qa5 10. d5 $1 e5 $6 {[%csl Re4,Rf5] Giving up a
control over the light squares in the center.} (10... Nd7 11. Qg3 $5 {[%cal
Gg3g7]} (11. Nge2 Nb6 12. Nd4 Nxd5 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Be6 $13)
11... f5 12. Nf3 Bf6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Nc5 15. Qe3 $36) 11. Nge2 b5 (11...
f5 12. f4 e4 13. Qh3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]}) 12. Kb1 Nd7 (12... b4 13. Ne4 f5
14. d6 $1 (14. Nd2) 14... cxd6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Be6 17. Nc1 $16) 13. Ng3
$16 {White knights dominate the position.} Nb6 (13... Nc5 14. Qf3 $16 {[%cal
Gd5d6,Gg3f5]}) 14. Qf3 Rg8 15. Nf5 Rb8 16. d6 $5 ({Even stronger was} 16. Nxe7
$1 Kxe7 17. d6+ cxd6 18. Qc6 Qb4 (18... Rd8 19. Qc7+ Bd7 20. Qxd6+ $18) 19.
Qc7+ Bd7 20. Qxb6 $1 $18 {winning a piece, however a move in the game also
leads to a winning position for white.}) 16... cxd6 17. Qc6+ Bd7 18. Nxe7 $1
Nc8 (18... Bxc6 19. Nxc6 $18 {[%csl Ra5]}) 19. Ncd5 $1 $18 {Very nice idea!
White takes full advantage of the fact that black queen is trapped on a5.} (19.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Nxg8 f5 21. Nh6 $18) 19... Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Qa4 21. Nxb8 Rg6 22.
Nxa6 $1 {White has huge material and positional advantage so no questions
about the game are left.} Kf8 23. Nab4 f5 24. a3 Qa7 25. f4 Qc5 (25... Ne7 26.
Nxe7 Qxe7 27. g3 $18) 26. g3 Rh6 27. Nc3 Qf2 28. Nd3 (28. Bxb5 $5) 28... Qe3
29. Re1 Qf3 30. Be2 Qg2 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Nxe5 Rxh2 33. Rhg1 Qf2 34. Nxb5 Nb6
35. Nc3 f6 (35... Rg2 36. Rgf1 Qxg3 37. Bd3 h5 38. a4 $18) 36. Nd3 Qd4 37. Nf4
Qd2 38. Rd1 Qe3 39. Bd3 h5 40. Bxf5 Nc4 41. Rd8+ Kf7 42. Bg6+ Kg7 43. Rd7+ Kh6
44. Rh7+ Kg5 45. Ne4+ Kg4 46. Nxf6+ Kg5 47. Ne4+ Kg4 48. Rf1 Nxa3+ 49. Ka2 Nxc2
50. Bxh5+ Rxh5 51. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2000.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $5
{Morozevich is ready to play variation which braught him to painful losses in
Frankfurt against Leko and Lutz.} (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5
11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7...
Qd5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,
A/Graz 1991}) 8. g3 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/
Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+
12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 8... b5 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 $146 {This move is the novelty.After} (10... Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 (
11... Bb4 $5 12. Qe3 c6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Qb6 $14) 12. O-O-O
Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 (13... Bc4 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Qf3 Bb5 18.
Rhe1 $14) 14. Rhe1 $14 {white has got better chanse in Leko,P-Morozevich,A/
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 {
This game is interesting and quiet unusual:J.Polgar simply didn't manage to
find a plan or reasonable set up for the pieces and it looked like she was
just making moves without visible connection between them.} (14. a3 c6 15. Nc3
f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15. c4 bxc4
16. Nxc4 a5 $5 (16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nc3 Bd6 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 f5
21. b3 $13) 17. Nc3 Re8 18. Ne3 $6 f5 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Na4 $6 (20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Rg8 22. Qh5 Rg6 23. Rd2 (23. Ne2 Qxb2 24. Nf4 Rg7) 23... Qb4 $13) 20...
Qb4 21. b3 Bf6 22. Qc2 Rg8 23. Qc1 (23. a3 Qf8 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb3]} (23... Qb8
24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 Rg4 26. Nb6 $14) 24. Nab6 Nxb6 25. Nxb6 Ra7 $13) 23...
Rg4 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Be7 26. Rd3 Rag8 $36 {I don't see where white made
mistake,but now her position is pretty bad!} 27. Red1 f4 28. Qc3 $6 fxg3 29.
hxg3 h5 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra4] The knight on a4 is out of play,while black
develops the inititive on the kingside.} 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rf3 Kg7 (31... R8g7
$5) 32. Qc7 (32. Rfd3 h4 33. Rd4 $6 Rxd4 34. Rxd4 Qxc3 35. Nxc3 hxg3 36. Rg4+
Kf8 37. Rxg8+ Kxg8 38. fxg3 Bc5+ 39. Kg2 Bd4 $19) 32... h4 33. Kg2 hxg3 34.
fxg3 Qe4 $1 $19 {After this simple and very strong move at the sme time white
is helpless.} 35. Qc3 (35. Qxe7 Qe2+ 36. Rf2 (36. Kh3 Qxf3 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38.
exf6+ Kxf6 $19 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gg8g4]}) 36... Rxg3+ $1 37. Kxg3 Kh8+ {[%cal
Gg8g3]} 38. Kh3 Qg4+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Qh4 Qxh4#) (35. Nc3 Rxg3+ $1 36. Kxg3
Kh8+ 37. Kf2 Bh4+ $19) (35. Rdf1 Rxg3+ $1 36. Kxg3 Qh4+ 37. Kg2 Kh8+ $19) 35...
Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Budapest m"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.01.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5
Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11.
Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9...
e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qe2 (11. d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15.
Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}) 11... Bf5 12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bd3 $1 {Very important improvment,comparing to the
game Bologan-Gurevich,where white played 14.h4 and after 14...e4! the game was
drawn almost by force.This game is example of fight of "good" knight versus
"bad" bishop,and this time the good guy won.} (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14...
Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16)
15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14
{[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] It's easy to see that the bishop is out of play.Till the
end of the game black didn't manage to find a solution to this problem.} g6 20.
g4 Bg7 21. h5 (21. g5 $6 Qd7 22. h5 Qf5 (22... Rad8) 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nh4 f4
25. h6 Bh8 $14) 21... Qf6 22. hxg6 (22. Nd2 $6 Bh6 $1 23. hxg6 Bxd2+ (23...
Qxg6) 24. Rxd2 hxg6 25. f3 Kg7 26. Rdh2 Rh8 27. Qe3 Rxh2 28. Rxh2 Rh8 $11)
22... hxg6 23. Nd2 $1 c6 (23... Qxf2 24. Rdf1 Qg3 (24... Qc5 25. Qf3 Qe7 26.
Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gf3h3]}) 25. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gd2e4]} e4 26. Nxe4
Qe5 27. Qf3 {[%csl Rf7]} Re7 (27... Qe7 28. g5 Rad8 29. c4 b5 30. Rh4 bxc4 31.
Rfh1 $18) 28. d6 cxd6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. Qxa8+ Re8 31. Qf3 $16) 24. dxc6 Rac8
25. f3 Rxc6 ({May be better was} 25... Qxc6 $5 26. Qxc6 $5 (26. g5 Qxe4 27.
Nxe4 Red8 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. a4 $14) 26... Rxc6 27. Ne4 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Nd6
Rf8 30. Rh5 $16 {,but the ending is extremly unpleasent.}) 26. Qe2 Qe6 27. Kb1
{[%cal Gg4g5,Gd2e4,Ge2h2]} e4 $5 {Trying to get a space for the pieces,but
white with accurate play restrains all the attempts.} 28. Qxe4 (28. Nxe4 $2 f5
{[%cal Ge8e2]} 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Rh4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Qg6 $17) 28... Qc8 29. Qd3
Rd8 30. Qe2 Re6 31. Ne4 Rxd1+ (31... f5 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qc4 $18 {[%cal
Gc4g8]} Kf7 34. f4 $1) 32. Qxd1 Qc6 33. Qd3 a5 34. Rd1 $16 Be5 35. Qe3 Qc7 (
35... b5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qc5 (37. Ng5 $6 Re7 38. f4 $2 Qh1+ 39. Kc2 Qh2+ {
[%cal Gh2c2,Gh2f4]}) 37... Qxc5 38. Nxc5 Re7 39. Rd5 $18) 36. Rd5 Bg7 37. Qd3
Re8 38. Rd7 Qe5 39. a4 $1 Rf8 40. Qd5 Qf4 41. Nd6 Be5 42. Nc4 $18 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb6] Now it becomes clear that black pawns on the queenside will soon fall
prays of white pieces.} Bc7 43. Qc6 $1 Bd8 44. Rb7 Kg7 45. Nxb6 Bxb6 46. Rxb6
Rd8 47. Ra6 Qd2 48. Qe4 Rd5 49. Ra7 g5 50. Ka2 Rc5 51. Qd4+ Qxd4 52. cxd4 Rd5
53. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.04.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd3 e6 {Transposing into a french defense}
5. e4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf3 c5 (9... O-O 10. Qc3 (
10. O-O-O e5 11. Qe3 exd4 12. Rxd4 Nc5 13. Rf4 Qh6 $11 {Shirazi,K-Quinteros,M/
Jakarta 1978}) (10. Be2 Re8 11. Qe4 Qe7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Qh4 Nd5 14. Qxe7 Rxe7
15. a3 f6 16. Rfe1 b6 17. g3 c6 $11 {Vymazal,B-Petr,M/Czechia 2001}) (10. Qe3
$5 c5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. O-O-O Rfd8 16.
Rhe1 a6 17. Nb3 Nxb3+ 18. Bxb3 Bc6 $11 {Roesch,A-Orsag,M/Germany 1996}) 10...
c5 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Qh4 Nf8 16. Rhe1 e5
$11 {Johner,P-Znosko Borovsky,E/Ostend 1906}) 10. O-O-O O-O (10... cxd4 11.
Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2 Ra7 15. Nc6 Rc7 16. Rd6 $14 {Tolnai,
T-Balogh,C/Budapest 2000}) 11. Qe3 b6 (11... cxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Re4 Qe6 14.
Bc4 Qc6 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Rc4 $16) 12. Bb5 $1 $16 {All this was played in
Hector-Koneru game in the beginning of the year, which ended up a painfull
defeat for black who didn't succeed to solve the opening problems.} Qe7 {
I am not sure black was aware of above mentioned game since this move can
hardly be call an improvment comparing to the 12...c:d4 which was tried in the
previous one.} (12... cxd4 13. Rxd4 Qe7 (13... Nc5 14. Ne5 a6 15. Bc6 Ra7 16.
Rhd1 Rc7 17. g4 $16) 14. Bc6 Rb8 15. Rhd1 $16 {Hector,J-Koneru,H/Wijk aan Zee
2003/CBM 93_01}) 13. d5 $1 {[%cal Ge3e7] Creating very strong passer.} Nf6 14.
Bc6 Rb8 15. d6 Qd8 16. d7 Bb7 17. Ne5 Ng4 $8 {Other moves aren't any better.} (
17... Qc7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rb7]} Nd5 (19... Rd8 20. Rhe1 c4 21.
g4 $18 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gg4g5]}) 20. Rhe1 c4 21. Rxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gd7]}) 18. Nxg4 Bxc6 19. Rd6 Bd5 20. Rd1 h5 $6 {[%csl Rg8] After this
move the black king is in grave danger, but also after the more persistant} (
20... f6 {[%csl Ge5] black would've hardly survived} 21. Qg3 f5 (21... Kh8 22.
Ne3) 22. c4 Bxc4 23. Ne5 Bd5 24. R1xd5 exd5 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Qe5 $16) 21. c4 $1
$16 {White's play is very enrgetic and strong.} Bxc4 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. R1xd5 exd5
24. Nc6 Qc7 (24... Qh4 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27. d8=Q $1 (27. Qxb8 Qc4+
28. Kd2 Qd4+ $11) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qc4+ 29. Kd2 Qd4+ 30. Ke1 Qb4+ 31. Kf1
Qc4+ 32. Qe2 $18) 25. Ne7+ Kh7 26. Qe5 $1 {[%csl Rh7]} g6 27. Nxd5 Qd8 28. Nf6+
Kh6 29. g4 $18 hxg4 30. Nxg4+ Kh7 31. Nf6+ Kh6 (31... Kg7 32. Ne8+ Kh6 33. Qg7+
Kg5 34. Qxf8 $18) 32. Rd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3h3]} g5 33. Rh3+ Kg6 34. Qe4+ Kg7 35.
Rh7+ Kxf6 36. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c4 O-O 9. Qd2 Kh8 $6 {An interesting attempt to drag the much weaker opponent
to an unknown position and to outplay him there. In fact that's exactly what
happened in this particular game, nevertheless Ivanchuk's novelty may hardly
be treated seriously and I doubt we will ever see this move played at the top
level.} (9... f5 10. Nc3 c5 11. d5 Bf6 12. O-O-O $14) 10. O-O-O Rg8 11. Qc2 (
11. h4 b5 12. d5 bxc4 13. Bxc4) (11. g3 $5 Nd7 (11... f5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Qe3
$16) 12. Bg2 $14) 11... f5 12. Ng3 $6 {Knight's place is on c3, but even after
this inaccuracy white keeps better chances.} (12. Nc3) 12... Qf8 13. Kb1 Nd7
14. d5 (14. c5 $5) 14... Nc5 15. dxe6 {White doesn't stand the pressure. Very
dangerous for black was} (15. Qc3+ $5 Qg7 16. Qe3 {[%cal Gg3h5]} Bd6 (16... Na4
17. Ne5 Bc5 18. Qe2 $14) 17. Nh5 Qg4 18. Nf6 (18. Qc3+ e5 19. Nf6 Ne4 $17)
18... f4 19. Qc3 Qf5+ 20. Bd3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 $14) 15... fxe6 16. Nh5 Bf6 17. Qe2
$6 {I guess it was about time to start exchanging pieces by} (17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18.
g3 b6 19. Bg2 Bb7 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 $13 {with equal position.}) 17... b6
18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qe5 (19. Ne5 f4 $1 $15) 19... Qg7 $1 {Bringing the king to
the center.} 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {[%cal Gg7f6]} 21. Ne5 Ne4 $15 22. Nd3 Kf6 23. f3 (
23. g3 $2 Bb7 24. Bg2 Nc3+ $17) 23... Nc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg2]
Losing by force.} (25. Rd2 Bb7 (25... e5 26. Rd5 Bb7 27. Rxc5 Rg7 $44) 26. Rd7
Rg7 27. Rxg7 Kxg7 28. Be2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rd4 $15) 25... Bb7 26. Rg1 Rad8 27. Rxd8
Rxd8 $17 28. Kc1 Rd4 29. g3 Bf3 $1 {Forcing white to give up a pawn on c4.} 30.
Bg2 Rxc4+ 31. Kd2 Bd5 32. a3 a5 33. Bf1 Rd4+ 34. Kc1 h5 35. h4 Bf3 36. Bb5 (36.
Bg2 Bxg2 37. Rxg2 Rd3 38. Kc2 c4 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3]}) 36... c6 37. Ba6 c4 $19
{[%csl Ra6] Cutting the bishop off.} 38. Re1 Ke7 39. Re3 Bd5 40. Kc2 Kd7 41.
Kc1 Kd6 42. Kc2 Be4+ 43. Kc3 Kc5 44. Bc8 Rd1 45. Bxe6 Rc1+ 46. Kd2 Rc2+ 47. Kd1
Rxb2 48. Bxf5 Bxf5 49. Re5+ Kd4 50. Rxf5 Kd3 51. Kc1 Rg2 52. Rf6 Rg1+ 53. Kb2
c3+ 54. Ka2 c2 55. Rd6+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Feoktistov, Alexey A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Ned2 $5 {
Definitly not the most dangerous continuation for black,but not without the
poison:as shows this game,if black loses cautiosness he may find himself in
troubles.} c5 (7... O-O 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. N2f3 Nxd3 12.
Qxd3 Bd7 $132 {Welten,H-Sanders,S/HZ Open 1999}) 8. Nc4 (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O b6
10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. c4 $14 {Waitzkin,J-Vulicevic,N/NY Marshall CC 1993}) 8... b5 $5 9. Nce5 Qb6
10. Qe2 a6 (10... cxd4 11. O-O-O (11. Qxb5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Ne4 13. Bh4 Be7 $13)
11... a6) 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxd7 (12. Nxd4 $6 Nxe5 13. Qxe5 Bb7 14. Be2 Bd6
15. Qe3 Nd5 $36) 12... Bxd7 13. Nxd4 O-O $6 {Inaccuracy,permitting white to
get very comfortable advantage.After} (13... Rd8 $5 {the position seems to be
equal.}) 14. Nf5 $1 $14 {[%cal Ge2e7]} exf5 15. Qxe7 Rfe8 16. Qd6 {No doubt
that white keeps an advantage in the endgame,but deserved attention} (16. Qb4
$5 {[%cal Gb4h4] keeping the queens on the board.}) 16... Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re1+
18. Rd1 (18. Kd2 $2 Rxf1 19. Rxf1 Ne4+ $19 {[%cal Ge4d6,Ge4d2]}) 18... Rxd1+
19. Kxd1 Ne4 20. Be3 f4 21. Bd4 Rd8 22. c3 Bc6 (22... Be6 $5) 23. Kc1 f3 $5 {
The best way to defend.} 24. gxf3 (24. g3 $6 Rxd4 $5 25. cxd4 Nxf2 26. Rg1 Bd5
$1 (26... Ng4 $2 27. Bh3 Nf2 28. Bf5 $16) 27. b3 $1 (27. a3 $2 Ng4 28. Bh3 f2
29. Rf1 Bc4 $17) (27. g4 $6 Bxa2 28. Kd2 (28. Rg3 Bd5) 28... Bd5 29. h4 f6 $15)
27... f5 28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Kd3 g5 $13) (24. Rg1 $5 $14) 24... Ng5 25. Rg1 Ne6
26. Bf6 (26. Be3 Bxf3 27. Bh3 (27. Rg3 Rd1+ 28. Kc2 Rxf1 29. Rxf3 Rh1 30. h3
Kf8 $11) 27... Kf8 28. Bf5 g6 29. Bc2 f6 $13) 26... Re8 27. Bh3 $6 {Dubious
idea based on wrong assesment of the arising endgame.Better was} (27. f4 Kf8
28. Be5 $14 {keeping an advntage.}) 27... Bxf3 28. Bxe6 $6 (28. Rg3 $5) 28...
Rxe6 29. Rxg7+ (29. Bxg7 Rg6 30. Rxg6 fxg6 31. Bd4 Kf7 $11) 29... Kf8 30. Bd4
Re1+ 31. Kd2 (31. Kc2 Rh1 $1 (31... Re2+ 32. Kb3 Rxf2 33. Rxh7 Bd5+ 34. Ka3 $16
) 32. Kd3 Rxh2 33. Ke3 Bd5 $11) 31... Re2+ 32. Kd3 Rxb2 33. Ke3 ({The last
chanse to fight for a win was,but also in this case black doesn't seem to have
a problem to hold the position:} 33. Rxh7 $5 Rxa2 34. h4 f6 $1 (34... Ke7 35.
h5 Ke6 36. Ke3 Bd1 37. h6 $14) 35. Ke3 Bd1 36. Kf4 $14) 33... Bd1 34. a3 Re2+
35. Kd3 Rxf2 $1 $11 36. Rxh7 Bc2+ 37. Ke3 Bxh7 38. Kxf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Hunguest Hotels"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Neg5 $5 {A new
move in very popular position. White is starting an actions on the kingnside
without preliminary preparations.} (11. h4 Bb7 12. Rh3 (12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Neg5
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. Nc4 Rfd8 19. g4 Bf8
20. Nd2 $14 {Van den Doel,E-Sakalauskas,V/Bled 2002}) (12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 (13.
dxc5 Qc7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 $11 {
Al Modiahki,M-Arizmendi Martinez,J/Biel 2002}) 13... Nf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 Nxh5
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxg6 Nf4 18. Bxh7+ $40 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002})
12... c5 13. Rg3 Qc7 14. dxc5 Rfd8 15. Nfg5 $1 bxc5 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxh7+ Kf8
18. Qxd6+ Qxd6 19. Rxd6 $16 {Gashimov,V-Dizdar,G/Dubai 2003}) (11. Qf4 $5 Bb7
12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 Qd6 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rh3 h6 16. g4 c5 17. Ngxf7 Qxd4 18.
Qxd4 Rxd4 19. g5 $36 {Guliev,L-Gouliev,N/Baku 2001}) 11... h6 12. Bh7+ $1 {
It's very important to drag black king to h8 for the further combination.
Ftacnik: 'The dreams of a great chessplayers include the desire to
ocassionally win the game stright from the preparation. In a well known
position Polgar comes with a concept of violent attack on the black king with
little concern for the material sacrifices. '} (12. h4 Bb7 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Be4
Bxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18. Qf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nxf6
Bxf6 21. g4 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Abdul,M/Doha 2002}) 12... Kh8 13. Be4 hxg5 $2 {
My guess is that black overlooked Judit's reply, otherwise he wouldn't dare to
take the knight which was beging to be taken.} (13... Rb8 14. h4 Ba6 (14... Nf6
15. Ne5 Nxe4 16. Ngxf7+ Kg8 17. Nxd8 Nxd2 18. Ndc6 $18) 15. Qf4 $36) 14. g4 $3
$40 {Brilliant move! White's idea is to open an h-file and deliver a mate. For
this purpose white is ready to waste a precious tempo. However this tempo
doesn't help black to build up a defensive line up on the kingside since his
rook is attacked and he has to move it.} (14. Bxa8 $2 g4 $15 {[%cal Ge7g5]})
14... Rb8 15. h4 g6 ({It's hard to believe that black would've survived also
after} 15... gxh4 16. g5 Kg8 17. Qf4 f5 18. Bc6 Kf7 19. Qxh4 Bd6 20. Rde1 $40)
16. hxg5+ Kg7 17. Qf4 {Ftacnik: 'It is almost sure that white had this very
position on the board during preparation, black pieces are too passive for the
sucessful coping with the threats along the open h file.'} Bb7 ({An only move
not to lose on the spot was} 17... Rh8 $8 {however it wouldn't influence an
outcome of the game.} 18. Rxh8 (18. Rh6 $6 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxh6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21.
Qf4 Qf8 22. Nf7+ Kh7 $17) 18... Qxh8 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Rh1 $18 {[%cal Gf4h2] and
black is helpless against Qh2.}) 18. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 (18... Kg8 19. Rdh1 f5 20.
gxf6 Bxf6 21. Rh8+ Bxh8 22. Rxh8+ Kxh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 25. Qh7#) 19.
Qh2+ Kg8 20. Rh1 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Qxg5+ 22. f4 Qxf4+ 23. Qxf4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Black "Kabanov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 c5 $6 {Dubious move after which the rest of the
game black has to defend inferior endgame.} (10... Be7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Neg5 (
12. Rhe1 a5 13. h4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be4 Bd5 $10 {Timman,J-Ehlvest,J/
Belfort WCUP/1988/}) (12. h4 Nf6 (12... Qb8 13. Ne5 c5 14. g3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f5
$15 {Kharlov,A-Dreev,A/St.Petersburg zt/1992/}) 13. Neg5 (13. c3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4
Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Kc2 f6 {0,5/Vogt,L-Espig,L/
Dortmund B/1990/}) (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6 (14... h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+
Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. f3 f5 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Dokhoian,Y/Wijk/1990/}) 15.
Be4 Bd5 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. Nf3 Qf6 $10 {Hector,J-Liiva,R/Rilton Cup/1992/}) 13...
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 (15... Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 c6 18. g4 $14 {
Voigt,M-Peter,C/Hamburg ch/1992/}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 Rad8 $10 {Minasjan,
A-Tukmakov,V/Lvov zt/1990/} (17... Rac8 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 {0,5/Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Beograd/1991/})) (12. Kb1 Nf6 13. c4 Qb8 14. d5 c5
(14... exd5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf5 $16 {Strikovic,A-Kovacevic,V/JUG-ch/1989/})
15. d6 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+ {0,5/Sokolov,A-Vaganjan,R/
USSR-ch/1989/}) 12... Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5
$10 {Polgar,J-Lputian,S/Biel izt 1993 (46)}) (10... Nd7 11. Bd3 (11. Ne5 Be7
12. h4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rh3 a5 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Qb8 $13 {Mohr,
G-Kovacevic,V/Vidmar-mem/1989/}) (11. Bc4 Bd5 (11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Ne5
Nf6 14. Qf3 $14 {Kindermann,S-Chernin,A/Dortmund/1990/}) 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 Bb7
14. h4 Nf6 15. Ne5 a6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7
$10 {Hubner,R-Gurevich,M/BL/1992/}) 11... Qb8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Rhe1 $14 {Ljubojevic,L-Quinteros,M/Orense/1975/}) (10... Bxe4 11. Qxe4 Qd5 12.
Bd3 g6 13. c4 Qxe4 14. Bxe4 c6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. f4 $14 {Von Kiedrowski,K-Adair,
R/Hessenliga 1994}) 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Be2 $14 Rc8
(14... Nc6 15. Rd7 Rab8 16. Rhd1 Rfd8 17. c3 Kf8 18. Rc7 $5 $16) 15. Rhe1 Kf8
16. g3 Na6 (16... Ke7 $6 17. Nh4 $1 Nc6 18. Bd3 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh4f5,
Gf5d6]}) 17. Nd2 (17. Rd7 Bc6 18. Rd2 Rd8 $5 19. Red1 Rxd2 20. Nxd2 $14) 17...
Nb4 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nb3 $6 {So far white has played accurately and he managed
to increase the advantage,but now he chooses the wrong way and move by move
black gets closer and closer to the equality.} (19. Ne4 $1 Nd4 20. Bc4 (20. Nd6
$6 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bf3 22. Nxc8 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bf3 $13) 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rd8
22. Re3 $16) 19... Ne7 20. Na5 Bd5 21. c4 $6 {Significiently weakening square
d4.} Bc6 22. Rd6 Rab8 23. Bd3 (23. Red1) 23... Ba4 24. Be4 Rb6 25. Nb7 Rb8 $5 (
25... Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. Nb7 Rd4 28. Na5 f5 29. Bg2 $16 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Gb2b3,Ga5b7]}) 26. Rxb6 axb6 $132 27. Re3 f5 ({The simplest way to equality
was.} 27... Bc6 $5 28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Ne4 f5 31. Ng5 h6 32. Nf3 $11)
28. Bf3 f4 (28... Bc6 $5) 29. Rd3 Nf5 $6 30. b3 Be8 31. gxf4 Ke7 (31... Nd4 32.
Nd6 Ke7 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Bd1 Rg8 35. Rg3 $16) 32. Kd2 $6 (32. b4 $5 cxb4 33.
axb4 Rc8 34. c5 Bb5 35. Rc3 $16) 32... Nd4 33. Be4 Bd7 34. b4 Bc8 35. bxc5 Bxb7
36. cxb6 $2 {Risky continuation which could cost white a game,but eventually
payed off!} (36. Bxb7 $5 bxc5 37. Bf3 Rb2+ 38. Ke1 Nxf3+ 39. Rxf3 Rc2 $15)
36... Bxe4 37. Rxd4 f5 $5 (37... Bc6 $6 38. c5 Ra8 39. a4 Ra5 (39... Rd8 40.
Kc3) (39... Ke8 $5) 40. Rb4 Bb7 41. c6 Bxc6 42. b7 Bxb7 43. Rxb7+ Kf6 44. Rb4
Rh5 $14) 38. c5 Rc8 $1 (38... Ra8) 39. Rc4 Rd8+ $2 {Mistake after which the
position becomes equal again,but unfortunatly for the black not the last one.}
(39... Kd7 $1 40. Kc3 (40. a4 Kc6 41. Kc3 Bd5 42. Rb4 Kxc5 43. a5 Bb7 $17)
40... Bd5 $1 41. a4 (41. Kb4 Bxc4 42. Kxc4 Kc6 43. a4 Rd8 44. a5 Rd5 $19) 41...
Kc6 42. Rb4 (42. a5 Kb5 43. b7 $8 Bxb7 (43... Rb8 $2 44. c6 $1 Bxc6 45. a6 Kxa6
(45... Bxb7 46. axb7 Rxb7 47. Rb4+ Kc6 48. Rxb7 Kxb7 49. Kd4 $18) 46. Rxc6+
Kxb7 47. Rxe6 $16) 44. Rb4+ Ka6 45. Rb6+ Ka7 46. Kc4 Bc6 $17) 42... Kxc5 43. a5
Bb7 $17) 40. Kc3 Rd3+ 41. Kb4 Kd7 42. a4 Kc6 43. a5 Bd5 (43... Kb7 $5) 44. a6
Bxc4 45. a7 Rd8 $2 {This mistake gives white the decisive advantage (even
though he doesn't immideatly find the correct way!).} (45... Rb3+ $1 46. Kxc4
Ra3 47. Kb4 (47. Kd4 Ra5 $11) 47... Ra1 $11) 46. Kxc4 $18 h5 47. h4 Rc8 48. Kb4
Rg8 49. Ka5 $6 Rd8 50. Kb4 $1 {Admitting the mistake.} (50. Ka6 $2 Kxc5 51. b7
Rd6+ 52. Ka5 Rd1 53. Ka4 Kc4 54. Ka3 Kc3 55. Ka2 Rd2+ 56. Ka3 Rd1 $11) 50...
Kb7 (50... Rg8 51. Kc3 $1 Rd8 52. Kc4 {[%cal Gc4d4,Gd4e5]} Rg8 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54.
Ke5 $18) 51. Kb5 Rd5 52. f3 Rd1 (52... e5 53. Kc4 $1 (53. fxe5 Rxe5 54. f4 Rd5
55. Kc4 Rd8 56. Kb4 Kc6 $11) 53... Rd4+ 54. Kc3 Rxf4 55. c6+ Ka8 56. c7 Rxf3+
57. Kc4 $18) 53. c6+ Ka8 54. Kc5 $5 (54. c7 Rc1 55. Ka6 Ra1+ 56. Kb5 Kb7 57.
Kc5 $18) 54... Rd5+ 55. Kc4 Rd8 56. b7+ Kxa7 57. c7 1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Govedarica, Radovan"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
During the last couple of years this variation became quiet popular,mainly
thanks to Morozevich and Shorts.This variation leads to more interesting and
lively struggle than 7...b6.} 8. Bd3 (8. g3 $5) 8... Nd7 (8... b5 9. Qe2 Bb7
10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 $13 {
Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS (women) 1999}) 9. Qe2 $5 b5 (9... f5 10.
Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Bf6 16. Qh5
Bxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995}) 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1
Bd5 12. Kb1 (12. Nc3 c6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nh4 f5 15. Nf3 $13) 12... c6 13. c4
$5 bxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Rc1 Rb8 16. Rc2 Nb6 17. Bd3 (17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nc5 Nc4
19. Ka1 a4 $15) 17... a4 {Black has managed to develop the initiative on the
queenside,but the position of the king on e8 and the rook on h8 make whie's
chanses slightly preferable in the forthcoming struggle.} 18. Nc3 Kf8 19. Nxd5
cxd5 20. Rec1 Kg7 21. Ne1 Rc8 22. Qg4+ (22. f4 $1 Rxc2 (22... f5 23. g4 fxg4
24. Qxg4+ Kf8 25. f5 $36) 23. Rxc2 Qd6 24. Qg4+ Kf8 25. g3 $13) 22... Kf8 23.
Qf4 (23. f4) 23... h6 24. a3 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Bd6 26. Qd2 Kg7 $15 {While white
was just moving the pieces without any particular purpose black has
significiently improved his position and now keeps the initiative.} 27. Bb5 $6
Qe7 28. Ka2 (28. Qa5 $6 Rb8 29. Rc6 Nc4 $1 $17) 28... Qb7 29. Rc3 Rb8 $17 30.
Ka1 Rc8 31. Rh3 (31. Rxc8 Qxc8 (31... Nxc8 32. Bxa4 Nb6 33. Bb3) 32. Nf3 e5 $15
) 31... Rh8 32. Qd1 Qa7 33. Rc3 Qa5 34. Qe2 Rb8 35. Nc2 $6 ({It was necessary
to play} 35. Bd3 {keeping the chanses to defend.}) 35... Nc8 $1 $19 36. Bd7 (
36. Bd3 Qb6 {[%cal Gb6d4,Gb6b2]}) 36... Ne7 (36... Qb6 37. Ne3) 37. Ne3 Qa7 38.
Bb5 Qxd4 39. Rc2 Bxa3 40. Qg4+ Qxg4 41. Nxg4 Rxb5 42. bxa3 Rb3 43. Ka2 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5 (
7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bxf6 (9. c3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 Bxb5
13. Qxb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. O-O-O Rhc8 17. Rhe1 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Psakhis,L/Manila olm 1992}) (9. Bd3 $5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O
O-O 12. c3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Bd6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rad1 $14 {Wegener,D-Plesec,D/
Budapest FS06 IM 1993/1/2-1/2 (66)}) (9. Be2 {Finkel,A} Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c3
Qb6 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Bd7 14. a4 Rac8 $132 {Mirumian,V-Zifroni,D/EUchJM-U18
1994 (42)}) (9. dxc5 Qa5+ (9... Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Be2 Ke7 12. Ne5 g5 13.
Bg3 Ne4 14. Bh5 Rf8 15. Bf3 $14 {Vallejo Pons,F-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U18 1995 (42)}
) 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {Stisis,Y-Zifroni,D/
Rishon le Zion YM-IM 1995 (52)}) (9. Bc4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 (10. O-O Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O
12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rd3 $40 {Kling,T-Vuksanovic,S/
Erevan olw 1996 (25)}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. f3 Rc8 14. Bb3 Bc5
15. O-O-O Rd8 $11 {Dutreeuw,M-Arkhipov,S/Miskolc 1990/1/2-1/2 (75)}) 9... gxf6
$5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bb6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. O-O Bd7
$11 {Huebner,R-Rivas Pastor,M/Manila olm 1992 (49)}) 8. Bc4 cxd4 9. O-O a6 (
9... Be7) (9... Bc5) 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Rad1 b5 $5 {Extremly risky
continuation:black starts an active counterplay without finishing the
development.} (12... O-O 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Rfe1 b5 15. Bd3 $1 Bd7 (15... Bb7 $2
16. Nxe6 (16. Nf5 Bd8 $1 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. Ne3 Bb6 $132) 16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Rf7
18. Bg6 Raf8 (18... Bc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Bxf7+ Qxf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+
$18) 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. c3 $14) 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. Bg3 Qa5 18. Nd6 $14) 13. Bb3
O-O {This move is an improvment comparing to Morozevich-Ulibin game in which
black opted for 13...Nd7?! and was severely crushed:} (13... Nd7 $6 14. Qe4 $1
Rb8 (14... Ra7 15. Qxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4a7,Gd4g7]}) 15. Bg3 Rb6 (15... Bb7 16.
Qxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc8 18. Qxg7 Bf6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qb4 h4 21. Bd6 $16) 16. Qxd4
Bf6 17. Qe3 $16 {Morozevich,A-Ulibin,M/Maikop 1998/CBM 66}) (13... Bb7 14. Nxd4
Qb6 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nf5 $14 {with worse,but defendable position.})
14. Nxd4 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rd8 16. c3 (16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Rxd6 $11) 16... Bd7 (
16... Bb7 $2 {[%csl Re6]} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ $18) 17. Nf5 Qc5 18. Rxd7 $2
{Trying to get too much out of the position. I guess Morozevich wasn't
satisfied that after} (18. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 exf5 20. Rxe7 Be6 21. Bxf6 Bxb3
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re1 gxf6 24. axb3 Rd2 25. Rb1 $14 {[%cal Gb3b4,Gg1f1,Gb1a1,
Ga1a6,Ga6b6] arising endgame is very close to a draw, even though white still
keeps winning chances, and decided to take the risk.}) 18... Rxd7 19. Bxe6 Rda7
$1 {An only, but sufficient move.} (19... fxe6 $2 20. Qxe6+ Kh7 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxd7 Rd8 23. Qe6 Rd2 24. Nd4 Rxb2 25. Qe4+ Kg8 26. Qg6 Qf8 27. f3 $18 {
[%cal Ge1e8]}) 20. Bd7 {Didn't work also} (20. b4 Qxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxe7
(22. Qe6+ $2 Kg6 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 25. Bxf6 Qxe1+ $19)
22... Qc4 $1 {[%csl Ge6]} 23. Qe3 g5 24. Nf5 Qd5 $1 25. Ne7 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Nxe4
27. Nc6 Rc7 28. Ne5+ Kg7 $19 {with winning endgame for black.}) 20... Rxd7 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 $1 22. Qxe7 Re8 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge8e1] Forcing white to give up the
queen.} 23. Bxf6 Rxe7 24. Bxe7 Qd5 25. h3 (25. Ba3 a5 26. h3 Kh7 $19 {[%cal
Gd5d2,Gb5b4]}) 25... Qd2 $1 26. Re3 Qc1+ 27. Kh2 Qxb2 28. a3 Qxf2 29. Bc5 Qf4+
30. Kg1 a5 31. Bd4 f6 0-1

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Zontakh, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 $5 b6
8. Be2 $6 {White can hardly hope to get an opening advantage with such play.
More in the spirit of the position is 8.0-0-0 with complicated struggle} (8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 (9. Qf3 c6 10. Bc4 Na6 11. Qh5 Nc7 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Rhe1 Rf8
14. Qxh7 $16 {Velimirovic,D-Stamenkovic,Z/JUG-ch52 1997}) 9... c6 10. Qg3 (10.
f4 f5 11. g4 fxg4 12. f5 Qd6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. h3 Nd7 15. hxg4 O-O-O $132 {
Magem Badals,J-Gurevich,M/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) 10... Kf8 (10... f5 11. Nf3 Nd7
12. Bc4 Nf6 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Qh3 b5 15. Bb3 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Herraiz,H/
ESP-chT 1995}) 11. Qh3 h6 12. Bc4 Qd6 13. Nge2 b5 14. Ne4 Qc7 15. Bb3 Nd7 16.
f4 $36 {Rainfray,A-Touzane,O/ch-FRA (team) 1999}) (8. g4) 8... Nc6 9. O-O-O Bb7
10. Bf3 Qd7 11. Nc3 (11. a3 O-O-O 12. Ne2 f5 13. N4c3 Bf6 $13) 11... O-O-O 12.
Nge2 Nb4 {Logical move without which black can do nothing on the queenside and
sooner or later black had to change the bishops.} 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. Qf3+ c6
15. Nf4 f5 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. a3 Nd5 (17... Na6 $6) 18. Ncxd5 cxd5 19. Nh5 (19.
Nd3 $5 h5 $1) 19... Rc8 20. h3 Rc4 21. g4 Rhc8 22. Rd2 (22. c3 $2 Bxa3 23. bxa3
Rxc3 24. Qe2 Rb3+ 25. Ka2 Qa4 $19) 22... Qb5 23. Qb3 $5 (23. gxf5 $2 Rc3 24.
Qe2 R8c4 25. a4 Qa5 $1 26. bxc3 Rxa4 $19) 23... Qa5 {Increasing the pressure
on the queenside.} (23... Qxb3 $6 24. cxb3 R4c6 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Rg1 $5 Bf8 $1
$13 (26... Bc7 $6 {[%cal Gc6h6]} 27. Rg7 $5 (27. f4) 27... Rh6 28. Ng3 f4 29.
Nf5 Rxh3 30. Rxf7 $16 {[%cal Gf5d6,Gd2c2]})) 24. Rd3 f4 ({Nothing promises} 
24... Rxc2 25. Qxc2 Rxc2 26. Kxc2 Qa4+ 27. Kb1 Qc4 28. Rhd1 fxg4 29. hxg4 $13 {
and only white can be better.}) 25. c3 $6 Ra4 $6 ({Missing or may be misjudging
} 25... Bxa3 $1 26. Nxf4 (26. Qxa3 $2 Ra4 27. Qb3 Ra1+ 28. Kc2 Rxh1 $19) (26.
bxa3 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Rxc3 28. Qb2 Rxa3 $19 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 26... Bd6 27. Ne2 Ra4
28. Rhd1 b5 $36 {[%cal Gb5b4] with clearly better chanses for black.}) 26. Kc2
b5 27. g5 (27. Nf6) 27... Qb6 28. Kb1 Rac4 29. Rf3 Qc7 30. Nf6 ({Of course not
} 30. Qxb5+ $2 Ka8 31. Qb3 (31. Qa6 Qb8 $1 {[%csl Ra6]} 32. Nf6 R8c6 33. Qa5
Bc7 $19) (31. Nf6 Rb8 32. Qd7 Bxa3 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. b4 a5 $17) 31... Rb8 32.
Qc2 Bxa3 33. b3 Ra4 $1 34. Nxf4 Qc4 $1 $19 {in any case with decisive
advantage for white.}) 30... Kb6 31. h4 a5 32. h5 (32. Kc2 $2 Rxd4) 32... b4
$132 33. Nxh7 a4 $5 34. Qxa4 bxa3 35. b4 $1 {Giving up the pawns,but creating
for a king the safe shelter on a2.} (35. Qb3+ Ka7 $40 {[%cal Gc8b8]}) 35...
Bxb4 36. Ka2 Ba5 (36... Bxc3 $4 37. Rb1+ Bb2 38. Rb3+ $18) 37. Rb1+ Ka7 38. Qb5
(38. Rb4 $2 Rxb4 39. cxb4 Qc4+ 40. Rb3 (40. Qb3 Qe2+ 41. Kxa3 Bxb4+ $1 $19)
40... Qc2+ 41. Kxa3 Qc1+ 42. Rb2 Qa1+ 43. Kb3 Rc3+ $19) 38... Rxc3 39. Rxc3
Bxc3 40. Nf6 Qc4+ {Black doesn't have other options,but after this move the
game comes by force to a peacefull finish.} (40... Bxd4 $4 41. Qa4+) 41. Qxc4
dxc4 42. Ne4 Bb2 43. Nd6 Rc6 (43... Rg8) 44. Nb5+ Ka6 45. Nxa3 $11 Bxd4 46. Nc2
Bc3 47. Nb4+ Bxb4 48. Rxb4 Rc5 49. g6 fxg6 50. hxg6 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-ch 55th"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "2000.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Black "Antic, Dejan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2000.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Qd2 $5 {This logical move is,on my opinion,one of the best ways to meet
seven's move of black (This game may be slightly misleading in this sense!)} (
8. Bd3 Nd7 (8... b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rhe1
Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS (women) 1999}) 9.
Qe2 f5 (9... b5 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Kb1 c6 13. c4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 a5
15. Rc1 Rb8 $13 {Govedarica,R-Zontakh,A/Novak Nikolic mem 2nd 2000}) 10. Ng3
Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,
A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995}) 8... f5 9. Ng3 Nd7 10. Nh5 (10. Qh6 $5 Nf6 11.
Bd3 Ng4 12. Qd2 $14) 10... h6 $5 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Nxf6+ $6 {Losing a track.
White should avoid exchanging the knights and it would leave the opening
advantage in his hands.} (12. Nf4 Ne4 13. Qe3 $14) 12... Bxf6 13. Kb1 $6 {
Another inaccuracy,this time putting white on defensive.Better was} (13. Bc4 b5
14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Qe3 Bd5 16. h3 $13 {with uncear position.}) 13... b5 14. g3 Bb7
15. Bg2 Qd6 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Bh1 $2 {There was no need to give up a pawn,but
even after the move in the game case white's defensive resaurses are huge.} (
17. c3 c5 18. Qe3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Be4+ 20. Ka1 Kb8 $15) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxd4
19. Qxd4 Bxd4 $5 (19... Rxd4 20. c3 Rd6 $5 (20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 h5 22. h4 $5 (
22. Kc2) 22... f4 23. gxf4 Bxh4 24. Rh1 Bxf2 25. Rxh5 Rd8 26. f5 $15)) 20. Rd2
Bc5 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 21. Rxd8+ (21. Red1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Rd8 $2 23. Bb7+ Kxb7 24.
Rxd8 Bxf2 25. Kc1 $14) 21... Rxd8 22. Bh5 Rd7 23. f4 $2 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3,Rh2]
From now on all white pawns on the kingside will become a target for black
pieces,which will actually decide the game in black's favour.} Kd8 24. c3 (24.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Bg1 26. h3 Bh2 $19) 24... Ke7 25. Kc2 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rg8 $1 (
26... Rxd1 $2 $11 27. Kxd1 Bg1 28. Ke2 Bxh2 $2 29. Kf2 $18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 27.
Bf3 (27. Kd3 $5) 27... h5 $1 28. b4 (28. Bxh5 Rh8 29. Bf3 Rxh2+ 30. Rd2 Bf2 (
30... Rh3 31. Rg2) 31. g4 Kf6 $5 $17) 28... Bd6 29. Bb7 Rb8 30. Bc6 (30. Bxa6
Rb6 31. Bc8 Kd8 $19) 30... h4 31. Re1 (31. a4 Rb6 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bf3 Ra6 34.
Rb1 $15) 31... Rb6 32. Bf3 c5 33. a3 Rb8 34. Re3 Kd7 35. Bh5 Ke7 36. Bf3 Rh8
37. Bb7 hxg3 38. hxg3 Rb8 39. Bf3 Kd7 40. Bh5 Ke7 41. Bf3 Rh8 42. Bb7 Rh2+ $5
43. Kb1 (43. Kb3 $4 c4#) 43... Kd7 44. Bxa6 Kc6 45. c4 $2 {This move is just a
suicide.After logical} (45. Rd3 {white should hold this ending.}) 45... bxc4
46. Bxc4 cxb4 47. axb4 Bxb4 48. Bb3 Kd6 49. Rd3+ Ke7 50. Kc1 Rh1+ 51. Kc2 (51.
Rd1 Rh3 52. Rg1 Rh2 $17) 51... Be1 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3] Now everything is over:
white can't defend the pawns g3 and f4 and black easily wins the game.} 52. Re3
Kf6 53. Kd3 Rg1 54. Ke2 Bxg3 55. Rf3 Bh2 56. Rf2 Rb1 57. Bc2 Rb2 58. Kf3 Bg1
59. Rg2 Ba7 60. Kg3 Rb4 61. Re2 Bb8 62. Rf2 Rxf4 $1 63. Rxf4 Kg5 64. Kf3 Bxf4
65. Bb3 Bc1 66. Bc4 Kf6 67. Bb3 e5 68. Bd5 e4+ 69. Ke2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Sautron"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 (
7... Nc6) 8. Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. d5 $6 {White's
previous play was directed for this move, however it doesn't promise white any
opening advantage and white has to look in different direction to pose black
opening problems in this line.} exd5 (12... e5 $2 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15.
Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. Qe3 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/Vienna
1996}) 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 (15. Kb1 a5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Neg5 Bxg5
$2 (17... g6) 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qh3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $16 {Veresov,
G-Gromek,J/Soviet Union 1955}) (15. Nd6 Nc5 16. Rd2 a5 17. Qe3 Nxb3+ 18. cxb3
Rad8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Dubai 2002
}) 15... c5 $1 $11 {This move wasn't tried before, however after this game I'm
pretty sure black will play it if it comes to this position, since black gets
very comfortable play to say the least.} (15... Be7 $2 16. Neg5 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5
Nf6 18. Qe7 Qf4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Nd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Re7 $16 {Lutz,
C-Dizdar,G/Austria 2002}) 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7 18. Kb1 Nf6 {Black is
playing for a draw.} (18... Nb6 19. Re5 (19. Rh5 g6 20. Rh3 Nd5 21. g3 Qd7 $15)
19... Nc4 20. Rh5 Rad8 21. Nc3 Bd6 22. Nd5 $13) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qe3 Rac8 (
20... c4 21. g4 (21. Ne5) 21... g6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. c3 $13) 21.
Ne5 Rfe8 22. f4 Bxe5 $6 {There was no urgent need to give up a bishop for the
knight.} (22... c4 23. c3 Rcd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 $11) 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 (
24... Qd7) 25. Rxe5 $14 Kf8 (25... c4 26. Kc1 Rd8 27. a4 $5 {[%csl Rb5]} f6 28.
Re6 $16) 26. c4 $1 b4 $6 {[%cal Gb1c2,Gc2a4] After this careless move black is
starting to face serious problems.} (26... Re8 $1 27. Rxc5 (27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28.
cxb5 axb5 29. b3 b4 $11) 27... Re1+ 28. Kc2 bxc4 29. Rd5 (29. Rxc4 Re2+ 30. Kc3
Rxg2 31. Ra4 Rxh2 32. Rxa6 h5 $13) 29... Rh1 30. h3 Rf1 $132) 27. Kc2 Rc6 28.
Kb3 g6 29. a3 bxa3 30. Kxa3 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]} h5 31. f5 Kg7 32. fxg6 fxg6
33. h4 Kf6 34. Rd5 Re6 $2 {I don't see how white can make progress after} (
34... Ke6 35. Ka4 Rc7 36. b3 Rc8 37. Ka5 Rc6 {since pawns endgame arising after
} 38. Rd8 Kf5 39. Rb8 Kg4 40. Rb6 Rxb6 41. Kxb6 Kxh4 42. Kxc5 Kg3 $11 {is
drawish.}) 35. Rxc5 Re4 (35... Re2 36. Rc6+ Kf5 37. Rxa6 Rxg2 38. c5 $18) 36.
Rc6+ Kf5 37. Rxa6 $18 {Now it's just over.} Rxc4 38. Ra5+ $1 Kf6 (38... Kg4 39.
Ra4 Rxa4+ 40. Kxa4 Kxh4 41. b4 Kg3 42. b5 Kxg2 43. b6 h4 44. b7 h3 45. b8=Q h2
46. Qb2+ $18) 39. Ra4 Rc2 40. g4 hxg4 41. Rxg4 Rh2 42. b4 Kf5 43. Rc4 Ke5 44.
Ka4 Rg2 45. Rc5+ Kd4 46. Rg5 Rh2 47. Rxg6 Rxh4 48. b5 Kc5+ 49. Ka5 Rh8 50. Ka6
Ra8+ 51. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Belfort Comtois 4th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1999.12.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5
Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 {The idea of this variation
is to use the fact that black bishops are out of play and white has some
advantage in development.} (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5
Qxe5 13. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9... e5 10. d5 Nb8
11. Qe2 ({Deserves attention} 11. d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4
Nc5 15. Qd5 $14 {with better chanses for white; Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT
qual 1997}) 11... Bf5 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. h4 $6 {Now we can say that
this move is inaccuracy because of strong reply of black,after which the game
ends up a draw almost by force.The correct way to play showed P.Leko in his
game against Halifman.} e4 $1 {Typical sacrifice for this kind of positions.}
15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ (16. Nfd2 $5 Bxh4 (16... Nb6 $6 17. h5 Bxe4 (17... Bf5
18. g4) 18. Nxe4 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 f5 20. d6+ Kh8 21. Nxg5 Rxe2 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23.
Nxd8+ Nxc4 24. dxc7 $16) 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qxh4 Qxh4 19. Rxh4 Nxc4 20. Nf6+ gxf6
21. Rxc4 Re7 $11) (16. Bd3 $2 Nc5 17. Nfd2 Qxd5 18. Bc4 Rxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20.
Qxe4 Nxe4 $19) 16... Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 {[%csl Rd5]} 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 Rad8 19.
Rhe1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxd5 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qd4 $11) 18... Qf5 19. Bc2 Qxc2+ 20.
Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Kxc2 Rad8 {[%csl Rd5] White can't protect the pawn on d5 and
black regains the material balace.} 22. Rhe1 (22. d6 Re2+ 23. Rd2 Rxd2+ 24.
Nxd2 Rxd6 $11) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Kf8 $1 $11 24. a4 Rxd5 25. b3 Nd7 26. Nd4 a6
27. Re2 Nf6 28. b4 c5 29. Nb3 cxb4 30. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 {This variation has become during the last year the scene for many
interesting battles on the highest level.} (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3
cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/
EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+
gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10.
O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {
Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10. O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6
exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6
10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/
RUS-ch 1995}) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nb8 11. Qe2 (11. d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7
13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/
AUT-chT qual 1997}) (11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4
Nd7 16. Rad1 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia 1989/EXT 97}) 11... Bf5
12. Bd3 $5 (12. Ng3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5 Be7
16. Nf5 Bd6 17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 $14 {Leko,P-Shirov,A/
Fujitsu Siemens Giants 2000}) (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3
Qd6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. Bd3 $1 (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,
V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6
16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4
Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,
P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bxe4 (12... Nd7 13. O-O-O Rb8
14. d6 $5 (14. Rhg1 $5) 14... cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 $14) (12... Be7 {}
13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf5 c6 15. O-O-O cxd5 16. Be4 $14) 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. O-O-O
Be7 15. g4 Bd6 $6 16. Kb1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79}) (10...
Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Baklan,
V-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nh4 {[%cal
Gd1h5]} (12. Qd2 Kh8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bxg4
Rxg4 18. Qe2 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Sydney 2000/CBM 78}) 12... Ng6 13. Qh5 (13.
g3 $5 b5 (13... Nxh4 14. gxh4 Kh8 15. Rg1 Rg8 16. Rg3 $14) 14. Bb3 a5 15. Qd2
f5 16. O-O-O Ra6 17. Ng2 a4 18. Bc2 a3 19. b4 $14 {Bezgodov,A-Akopian,V/Ohrid
2001}) 13... Qd7 {Black didn't manage to equalize also after} (13... Kh8 $5 14.
O-O-O (14. Bd3 $5 f5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Nf4 17. Qf3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19.
O-O-O Rad8 20. Rd2 $14) 14... f5 15. Nf3 Nf4 16. Qh6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. g3
$14 {Bologan,V-Kacheishvili,G/Ohrid 2001}) 14. h3 Qa4 $6 (14... Nxh4 {} 15.
Qxh4 Qf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. f4 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Rhf1 $14 {Short,
N-Gurevich,M/England 2000/CBM 75}) 15. b3 Qa5 16. O-O $1 {White doesn't have
much choice here, but this pawn sacrifice gives white very strong initiative.}
Qxc3 (16... Nf4 $1 17. Qh6 (17. Qf3 Kh8 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. Rfe1 $14) 17... b5 18.
b4 Qb6 19. Bb3 f5 $14 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Nf3 Bb7 $14) 17. d6 $1 {[%csl Rg6]
[%cal Gc4g8]} Kg7 ({Another possibility was} 17... Nf4 $5 18. Qh6 Qd2 {[%cal
Gf4h3,Gd2d6]} 19. Qxf6 (19. Kh1 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qc6 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Rc3 Be6 23.
Rg3+ Ng6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Rxg6+ hxg6 26. Qxg6+ $11) 19... Qxd6 20. Qg5+ Kh8
21. Rad1 Rg8 (21... f6 22. Qh6 Qe7 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh2 $16 {[%cal Gh4g6]}) 22.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 23. Rxd6 cxd6 24. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Rd6]}) (17... cxd6 $2 18. Nxg6 hxg6
19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Qxf6+ $18) 18. dxc7 $16 {[%csl Gc7] White pawn on c7 is just
too strong for black to handle.} Qd4 19. g3 Qd7 (19... Nxh4 $5 20. Rfd1 Qc5 21.
Qxh4 Qxc7 22. Rac1 (22. Bd3 Rh8 23. Rac1 $36) 22... Qe7 23. Bd3 $36) 20. Rac1
Qxh3 21. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3f5]} Qe6 (21... Bg4 22. Nf5+ Bxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxf5 24.
Bxf5 Ne7 25. Be4 $18) 22. Be4 Qb6 23. Rfd1 $18 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Novi Sad"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 $5 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Ne5 $14
{Kindermann,S-Lautier,J/Baden-Baden 1992}) (9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bc4 a6 11. Bb3 c6
12. Qf4 b5 13. h4 Ra7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. c3 Qc7 16. Ne5 c5 17. Bc2 $36 {
Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1993}) 9... Nd7 (9... b6 10. Neg5 $1 h6 11. Bh7+
Kh8 12. Be4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares 1992}) 10. O-O-O c5 $6 {This move
seems to be quite risky, that's why I think that it's better for black to play
10...b6 instead, as he was doing in many games played beofre this one.} (10...
b6 11. c3 (11. h4 Bb7 12. Nfg5 (12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Ng5
h6 16. f4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 $15 {Suetin,A-Bareev,E/Hastings 1991}) 12... h6 13.
f4 (13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. f4 Qxd4 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4
hxg5 19. hxg5 $11 {Kosten,A-Bareev,E/Hastings 1990}) 13... c5 $2 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Qxd6 $18 {Al Modiahki,M-Prakash,G/Calcutta
1996}) 11... Bb7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 c5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxh5
17. Be4 Rb8 $15 {Donguines,F-Prakash,G/Calcutta 1996}) 11. Nxc5 $1 {Concrete
approach to the position.} (11. Kb1 $5) 11... Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qd5 (12... Bxc5 $2
13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rxd8 $18) 13. Kb1 Qxc5 14. h4 $1 {[%csl Gg5]
[%cal Gf3g5] Very strong move securing square g5 for the knight.} Qb6 {[%csl
Rc8]} (14... b5 $2 15. Ng5 $1 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Qf4 $1 {[%csl
Rb8,Rf7]} Rb6 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qg6 $18) 15. c3 a5
16. Qc2 $1 {Forcing black to weaken the kingside.} (16. Ne5 $5 f6 17. Nc4 Qc7
18. Ne3 b6 $13 19. Qc2 f5 20. g4 $36 {[%csl Rh7]}) 16... f5 (16... h6 17. g4 $1
{[%cal Gg4g5]}) 17. Bc4 a4 18. Nd4 Kh8 19. Rhe1 $5 {White keeps an advnatage
after a move in the game, but even better was} (19. Rde1 $1 {not giving up a
pawn on h4} Rf6 20. Re2 $1 Bc5 21. Rd1 $16) 19... Bxh4 $1 20. Bxe6 a3 21. b3 g6
$1 22. Bc4 (22. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Bf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qh4 $36 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Ge1h1]}) 22... Bf6 23. Nb5 Qc5 24. Rd5 (24. Nd6 b6 25. b4 $1 Qc7 26. Qd3
$1 $36 {[%cal Gd6e8]} Rb8) 24... Qc6 25. Rd6 $6 (25. Qd2 $5 f4 26. Nd6 Bd7 27.
Rd3 $5 {[%cal Gc4b5,Gd6f7]} Qc7 28. Rh1 $14 {[%csl Rf4,Rh8]}) 25... Qc5 26. Rd5
Qc6 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2000.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $5
(7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4
Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5
9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {
Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8
10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,
K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) (7... f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bc4 (9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 (10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. dxc5 a6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 $11
{Sax,G-Lautier,J/Clermont Ferrand 1989}) 10... exd5 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Qxc5 Nd7
13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 O-O $13 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/Reykjavik 1989}) 9... Nc6
10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 b6 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ne7 14. Nh5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,
S-Bareev,E/Tirnavia 1989}) 8. g3 ({The most ambitious way to play is} 8. c4 $5
f5 9. Nc3 c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. f3 $14 {
with extremly complicated position; Wang Zili-Dreev,A/5th Tan Chin Nam Cup 1999
}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15
{Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de Pamplona 9th 1998}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5
10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,
R/Wien 1908 (62)}) 8... f5 $5 (8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 $14 {Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters
1999}) 9. Nc3 Bf6 ({White got better position after} 9... b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11.
O-O Qd6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Rad1 $14 {Timoshenko,G-Lupu,
M/Bucharest ENE 1993 (15)}) 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 $5) 10... c5 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O-O
b5 13. dxe6 $6 {White is playing for a draw and finally manages to make it,but
deserved attention} (13. Qe3 Qa5 14. Kb1 $5 (14. Qxc5 $6 Bb7 $1 (14... Nd7 $6
15. Qc6 Nb6 (15... b4 $2 16. Na4) 16. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Gd4b3]} Bd7 17. Qd6 $16 {
[%csl Ra5]}) 15. Nd4 $5 Rc8 16. Qd6 Rxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Qxc3 (17... Bxd5 18. Nxe6
$1 Bxe6 19. Bg2 Qxc3 20. Bxa8 Qb2+ 21. Kd2 Qc3+ $13) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+
Kg7 20. Qxf5 $13) 14... Rd8 $5 $132 (14... Bxc3 $2 15. bxc3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ge3g5]} (15. Qxc3 $2 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Bb7 17. c4 Nd7 18. Bg2 Nb6 $36)))
13... Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 fxe6 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. Rhe1 $11 (16. f4 $5 Rc7 $1 {[%cal
Gb8c6,Gc6d4]} (16... Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Rhe1 Kf7 19. Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d6]})
(16... Bxc3 $6 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Nf3 $16) 17. Rhe1 Nc6 18. Nf3 Rd8
$11) 16... Rd8 17. Nb3 $5 {For some reason white doesn't want to play f4!} (17.
f4 {[%cal Gd2f3]}) 17... Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Rc7 19. c3 $5 Kf7 20. Ne3 {[%cal Gf2f4,
Gg3g4]} Nd7 21. f4 c4 ({Also after} 21... Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Nd2
Rb8 25. Nf3 Rd8 26. h3 $11 {the draw is not far away.}) 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. Kc2 Bd7
(23... Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Nf3 Rd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 $11) 24. g4 Nd3 25.
Rf1 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rc8 27. a3 a5 28. b3 fxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 $5
{This move seems to quiet risky,but it's not so clear how white may take
advantage of it.} 8. Qd2 c5 (8... b6 9. d5 (9. Bb5 $5 Bb7 10. Qf4 c6 11. Bd3
Qb8 12. Qh6 Qc7 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. Qg3 O-O-O $15 {Royset,J-Djurhuus,R/NOR-chT 1997
}) 9... f5 $1 10. dxe6 fxe4 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Kg7 13. Qxa8 Nc5 14. Rd1
Bd6 $44 {Stisis,Y-Zifroni,D/ISR-chT 1996}) (8... Nf8 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bc4 h5 11.
h4 Qc7 12. Rhe1 Bd7 13. Nc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch m 1991})
(8... f5 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. O-O-O c6 11. Ne5 Bd7 12. Be2 b5 13. Bf3 Rc8 14. Kb1 $14
{Walti,R-Gast,J/SWZ-chT9697}) 9. O-O-O cxd4 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. Ne5 a6 12.
Qh6 Qc7 13. Bc4 $36 {[%cal Gg3f5] Sievers,S-Ellers,H/BL9596}) 10. Qxd4 Qb6 11.
Qa4 $5 (11. g3 $6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 $132 {[%cal Gf6f5,Gd7c5,Gc8d7]}) ({White
could get symbolical advantage after} 11. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6
Ke7 14. Rd4 b6 15. g3 Bb7 16. Bg2 Ne5 17. Ne1 $14 {,but the draw seems to be
the most likely result.}) 11... a6 12. Be2 Qc7 13. Qd4 ({Deserved attention} 
13. g3 $5 f5 (13... Rb8 $5) 14. Qd4 O-O (14... e5 $2 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6
Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ke7 18. Rhd1 $16) 15. Neg5 Nf6 16. Qh4 $14 {keeping the queen on
the board.}) 13... b5 14. Nd6+ {Otherwise black is just o'kay.} Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bb7 17. Rhd1 Nc5 18. Ne1 $5 f5 (18... Bd5 $6 19. Bf3 $1) ({
Doesn't work} 18... Ne4 $6 19. Rb6 Bd5 20. Rxa6 $1 Rxa6 21. Bxb5+ Rc6 22. Rxd5
exd5 23. Bxc6+ Ke7 24. Bxd5 $16 {and white has big advantage,if not the
decisive one.}) 19. Nd3 $5 ({Another option was} 19. b4 {[%csl Rc3]} Ne4 20.
Rb6 Bd5 21. Rxa6 Nc3 $1 22. Rxa8+ (22. Bxb5+ Nxb5 23. Rxd5 Rxa6 24. Rxb5 Kd7
$15) 22... Bxa8 23. Rd2 Nxa2+ 24. Kb2 Nxb4 25. Bxb5+ Ke7 26. c4 $14 {,but it
seems that black should hold this endgame without problems.}) (19. Bf3 Bxf3 (
19... Ne4 $6 20. Rb6 Bd5 21. Nd3 $36 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd3b4]}) 20. Nxf3 Ne4 21.
Rb6 Nxf2 22. Rdd6 Rg8 23. g3 $13) 19... Nxd3+ (19... Ne4 $2 20. Rb6 Bd5 21. f3
Nf6 22. Nb4 $16) 20. R1xd3 Bxg2 21. Ra3 {[%csl Ra6]} Bb7 22. Rb6 O-O-O $8 (
22... Bc8 23. Bxb5+ Kd8 24. Be2 Rg8 25. Rg3 Rxg3 26. hxg3 Kc7 27. Rb4 $16 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc2c5,Gb4h4,Gb2b4]}) 23. Rc3+ Kb8 24. Bf3 Rd7 25. Rd3 Rc7 (
25... Rhd8 $2 26. Rxb7+ Rxb7 27. Rxd8+ $18) 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Rxa6 $14 {
Thais position is arising by force after 19.Nd3.White still keeps slightly
better chanses,but with accurate play black manages to equalize.} (27. Rxb7+ $6
Kxb7 28. Rd7+ Kc6 29. Rxf7 Kd5 30. Kd2 Ke4 31. Ke2 Rc8 32. c3 b4 $1 $11) 27...
Rg8 28. Rg3 Rg4 29. b3 h5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Kc7 32. f4 ({
Nothing promises} 32. Kd2 $5 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Ra7 34. Ra3 Kb6 35. Kd3 Kc5 $11)
32... Kd6 33. Kd2 h4 34. Rxg4 (34. Rd3+ Ke7 35. h3 Rg2+ 36. Kd1 f6 $132) 34...
fxg4 35. Ke3 f5 36. b4 Rc7 37. Kd3 g3 38. hxg3 hxg3 39. c4 g2 40. Ra6+ Rc6 41.
Ra1 e5 $8 {Creating counterplay sufficient for a draw.} 42. Rg1 Ra6 $1 $11 43.
Rxg2 (43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Rxg2 Ra3+ 45. Ke2 Rb3 $11) 43... Ra3+ 44. Ke2 exf4 45.
Rg8 Rb3 46. c5+ (46. Rb8 f3+ 47. Kf2 Ke5 48. Kg3 Ke4 49. Re8+ Kd4 $11) 46...
Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 {Beyond any
doubt this move is the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole variation.}
(12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1
16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16.
Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13...
Nf6 (13... h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4
19. Nxd4 h5 $11 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003}) 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $1 Nxh5
$5 16. Nxe6 $1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) (12. Nfg5 h6 13. f4 c5
14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {Fercec,
N-Dizdar,G/Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $14 {Fercec,N-Golubovic,B/Kastav 2000}) (12. Qe2 c5 (12...
Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. f4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2001/CBM 84 (18)}) 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxe6
$2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {Horvath,
A-Golubovic,B/Charleville 2000}) 12... Nf6 (12... h6 13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4
15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994}) 13.
c3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2c2] Preparing Qc2} Bxf3 14. gxf3 $5 {This is the only
way to fight for an opening advantage. The weakness of white pawns on the
f-file is fully compensated by the open line.} c5 (14... Kh8 15. Kb1 Qd6 16.
Rdg1 $36 {Topalov,V-Dreev,A/Linares 1995}) 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1
$6 {This move is a novelty, but it's hardly a very strong one. For some reason
black didn't play the most natural 17...c4 which would probably lead to
black's advantage. Anyway'it was probably better to come to g1 with the other
rook in order to deprive black this possibility.} (17. Qc2 h6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19.
Rdg1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qf4 21. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {Dworakowska,J-Zatonskih,A/Zagan 1997}
) (17. Rhg1 $1) 17... Rfd8 $2 (17... c4 $1 18. Nxh7 (18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Qe2 Rb8
$17) 18... Qd8 $1 (18... cxd3 $2 19. Qh6 g6 (19... Ne8 20. Rxg7+ Nxg7 21. Rg1
Qe5 22. f4 $18) 20. Rxg6+ fxg6 21. Rg1 Ng4 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Qh5 $18) 19. Nxf8
(19. Qh6 $2 Qxd3+ 20. Kc1 Qxh7 $19) 19... Bxf8 20. Rd1 (20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rb8 $17) 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 Qb6 $15) 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20.
Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 $5 $36 {[%csl Re8] There is no
doubt that white's initiative is very dangerous, but I'm not sure it's enough
for more than equality.} (23. Rd1 Nxh7 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Ke8 26. Qxh7 (26.
Qg6+ Kf8 $11) 26... Qe5 27. Qg8+ Bf8 $13) (23. Bc2 $145 $1 {(Anand)}) 23... Rd6
$1 {A strong defensive move securing the square d7 for the king and taking
good care of e6.} (23... Kd7 $2 24. Bf5 $1 Rg8 25. Bxe6+ Kc6 26. Bxg8 Nxg8 27.
Rhg1 $18) 24. Qh8+ Bf8 25. Bg6+ Ke7 26. Rhg1 Rb6 (26... Qd7 $5 27. Bc2 (27. f4
Rb8 28. f5 Qb5 29. b3 Qd3+ $19) 27... Qe8 28. Rg6 Qf7 $13) (26... Rb8 $142 {
(Anand)}) 27. Bf5 Kf7 $2 {Missing a chance to get an advantage after} (27...
Qf4 $1 28. Rg7+ Kd6 29. Rxe6+ Kd5 30. c4+ (30. Rxf6 Rxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Qd2+ $19)
30... Qxc4 31. Rd7+ Nxd7 32. Qg8 (32. Be4+ Kxe6 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qxc4 Rab8 $19)
32... Rxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Bg7+ 34. Re5+ Kxe5 35. Qxc4 Kxf5+ 36. Kc2 Rd8 $15 {
and black is better, but it's hard to blame Bareev for not entering this line
since it's extremly difficult to calculate this line during the game.}) 28.
Bg6+ Ke7 29. Bc2 Kf7 {Now it's too late for Qf4:} (29... Qf4 30. Rg7+ Bxg7 (
30... Kd6 31. Rf7 Rab8 32. b3 Be7 33. Qg7 Nh5 34. Qh7 $18) 31. Qxg7+ Kd6 32.
Qf7 Re8 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Be4+ Kb5 35. c4+ Ka6 36. Rd3 $18) 30. Rg6 $1 {
Starting a forced line leading to a winning position.} Qf4 31. Reg1 e5 (31...
Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kd6 33. Rf7 $18 {[%csl Rf6]}) 32. Rg7+ Ke6 33. R1g6 Rab8 (33... e4
34. Rxf6+ Qxf6 35. Qg8+ Ke5 36. Rf7 Bg7 37. f4+ $1) 34. Qg8+ Kd6 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6
36. Rg6 $18 Kc7 37. Rxf6 Rxf6 38. Qh7+ Kb6 39. Be4 $1 {[%csl Gb7] The last
accurate move taking the square b7 under control.} Rd6 40. h5 {Black pieces
desperately lack coordination, so no wonder that the game is over in less than
10 moves.} a6 41. Qf7 Rd2 42. a3 Rd1+ 43. Kc2 Rd6 44. b4 cxb4 45. axb4 Rdd8 46.
Qe6+ Rd6 47. Qc4 Rf6 48. Qd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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 "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 $6 {Dubious variation used from time to time by Volkov.} (
9... Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Rhe1 (11. c4 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. g3 $14 {Golubev,M-Berelovich,A/Dutch Open 1999}) 11...
Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. g3 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,
A-Kiriakov,P/AZ Sanace Cup 1999}) 10. O-O (10. c4 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. O-O Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nd7 $13 {Klovans,J-Volkov,S/MTO 1999}) 10... Nd7 11. Rfe1 O-O-O 12. a4
$1 {Very natural reply,showing that black doesn't have achnse to create any
counterplay.} (12. c4 Qh5 13. Ng3 Qg4 14. c5 $6 (14. Be4 $5) 14... Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Qxc5 17. Qe4 $44 {Bologan,V-Tukmakov,V/Biel op 1995}) 12...
f5 $2 {This move is suicide and we don't see very oftenly that players of such
a high level lose like this.} (12... Qh5 13. Ba6 f5 14. Ng3 Qg4 15. a5 Nb8 16.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. axb6 cxb6 18. Qc4 $16) (12... c5 13. Nc3 Qh5 14. Ba6 cxd4 15.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 16. Qe4+ Kb8 17. Nxd4 $16) 13. Nc3 Qa5 (13... Qc6 14. Bxf5 {[%cal
Ge2e7]} Nf6 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Ba6 $16) 14. Nb5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc2c3,
Gf3d2,Gd2b3] That's it!Suddenly the black queen is trapped on a5 and it's just
a matter of time when white will win it.} Rhg8 15. c3 c5 16. g3 {[%cal Gf3d2,
Gd2b3] Preparing to transfer the knight to the queenside.} a6 17. Nd2 $1 axb5 (
{Nothing changes} 17... Bd5 18. b4 $5 cxb4 19. c4 b3 20. cxd5 axb5 21. axb5 Qb4
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6 $18) 18. axb5 Qxa1 19. Rxa1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Nc4
Bc7 22. Qc2 Nf6 23. Nxb6+ Kb8 24. Qc5 Bd6 25. Qc3 h5 26. Qa5 Bf4 27. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "200"]
[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. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 {It seems that Moro's 7...a6 is history!} 8. Bc4 (8. Bb5+ c6 9. Bc4 Bb7
10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O h5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Rfe1 O-O-O 14. Ba6 $14 {Vouldis,
A-Haznedaroglu,K/Varna 1994}) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Ba6 {This one
is probably the most solid continuation. Shirov is ready to play a position
with minimal advantage hoping to outplay the Dutch veteran in slow positional
struggle.} (11. a4 f5 (11... a5 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. c3 Rg8 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Nh5
O-O-O 16. Rab1 c5 $132 {Vescovi,G-Pelikian,J/Sao Paulo 2000}) 12. Ng3 Kf8 13.
Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qxe6 Nf6 15. Nxf5 Bc8 16. Qe5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qd5 $13 {Zurakhov,
V-Koblencs,A/Tbilisi 1956}) (11. Nh4 O-O (11... Nf8 12. Nf5 (12. Qh5 Rg8 13.
Rfe1 Qd7 14. Rad1 a5 15. a4 Ba6 16. Bb3 $16 {Rosito,J-Dolezal,C/Tres de
Febrero 2003}) 12... Ng6 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Ng3 Kh8 16. Rae1 Rg8
17. c3 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Williams,S-Kiriakov,P/Port Erin 2001/CBM 84 ext (17)}) 12.
Ng3 f5 13. Nhxf5 exf5 14. Nxf5 Bf6 15. Qh5 (15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Nd6 Qc7 17. Qf4
Rac8 18. Rae1 $36 {Felgaer,R-Tempone,M/Mar del Plata 2001}) 15... c5 16. Bd3
Re8 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qxf7+ Kxh6 19. Qxh7+ Kg5 20. f4+ {1-0 Van Riemsdijk,
V-Stacchini,A/Sao Paulo 2000/EXT 2001 (20)}) 11... Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Qc7 13. c4 O-O
14. Qa4 Rfd8 (14... Kh8 15. Rad1 Rg8 16. Rfe1 Rg4 17. Ng3 Rag8 18. Re4 R4g7 19.
Ne1 Bd6 $132 {Janovsky,S-Zysk,R/Werfen 1993}) 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qb3 {[%cal
Gd4d5] Now all is set up for the d5 break.} Rd7 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qb7 19.
Nc3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 exd5 21. Ne2 ({Of course not} 21. Rxe7 $6 Rxe7 22. Nxd5 Rxd5
(22... Ne6 $6 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Qc3 Re6 26. Nh5+ Kf8 27. Qh8+ Ke7
28. h4 $14) 23. Rxd5 (23. Qxd5 Rd7 24. Qb3 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qe4 $11) 23... Rd7
24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. h3 Ne6 $11 {and black easily holds it.}) 21... d4 (21... Ne6
22. Ned4 Nc5 23. Qe3 $44 {[%cal Gd4f5,Ge3h6]}) 22. Rxd4 Bc5 23. Rxd7 (23. Rc4
Qd5 24. Nc3 Qf5 25. Ne4 Ne6 26. Qc3 Bd4 27. Nxd4 Nxd4 $14) 23... Rxd7 24. Nf4 (
24. Qc3) 24... Qc6 25. Qc3 Rd6 $1 26. Nh5 $6 {The knight appears to be very
strong on h5, but it's just an impression.} (26. Nd3 a5 27. h3 $14) 26... Ng6
27. h3 a5 28. a3 a4 29. Nh2 $6 Bd4 30. Qd2 f5 $6 ({Even stronger was} 30... Nh4
31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. gxf3 f5 33. Kg2 h6 $15 {and white should be very carefull to
keep the balance.}) 31. Nf3 Bh8 32. Qb4 Rd8 33. Ng3 f4 34. Nf5 Qc5 35. Qxc5
bxc5 36. Re4 Bxb2 {Another good continuation was} (36... Ra8 37. Nd2 Bxb2 38.
Nc4 Bg7 (38... Bc1 39. Re1 $18 {[%csl Rc1]}) 39. Nb6 Rb8 40. Nxa4 Bf8 $11 {
with an equal position.}) 37. Rxa4 Ne5 $2 {This one is serious mistake after
which black finds himself in a worse position.} (37... f6 38. Ra7 Ne5 $11) 38.
Nxe5 Bxe5 39. Kf1 Kf8 (39... f3 $1 $14) 40. Ke2 Bc7 41. Ra7 $16 Rd5 42. Nh6 Rd7
43. Ra6 Rd5 (43... Bd8) 44. Rf6 Rd7 45. Rc6 $1 Ba5 46. Nf5 Rd5 47. Nd6 Rd2+ 48.
Kf3 Rd3+ 49. Ke4 Rxa3 50. Nf5 Bd8 51. Kxf4 Ra2 52. Kf3 Ra3+ 53. Ke4 Ra2 54. Kf3
Ra3+ 55. Kg4 Ra2 56. Kg3 Rc2 57. Rh6 Kg8 (57... c4 58. Rc6 c3 59. Ne3 Rc1 60.
Rc8 Ke8 61. Nd5 c2 62. Ne3 Kd7 63. Rxc2 $14) 58. Rc6 Kf8 59. f4 h5 60. Rh6 h4+
61. Kf3 Ke8 62. Rh7 Be7 (62... Rd2 $1 $11) 63. Nxe7 Kxe7 64. Rxh4 c4 65. Rh5 c3
66. Rc5 Kd6 67. Rc8 Kd5 68. h4 Kd4 69. h5 Rc1 70. Kg4 Rh1 71. Rc7 f5+ 72. Kg5
$18 Rg1 (72... Kd3 73. Kxf5 Rxh5+ 74. Kg6 Rh2 75. g4 c2 76. f5 Rh1 77. f6 c1=Q
78. Rxc1 Rxc1 79. f7 $18) 73. h6 Rxg2+ 74. Kxf5 Rh2 75. Kg6 c2 76. f5 Rg2+ 77.
Kf7 Rh2 78. f6 Kd3 79. Kg6 Rg2+ 80. Kf5 Rf2+ 81. Kg6 Rg2+ 82. Kf7 Rg1 83. h7
Rh1 84. Kg6 Rg1+ 85. Kf5 Rh1 86. Rxc2 Kxc2 87. f7 Rf1+ 88. Ke6 Re1+ 89. Kd6
Rd1+ 90. Kc7 Rf1 91. h8=Q Rxf7+ 92. Kd6 Rf2 {Hecht: 'Timman tries to keep his
rook away from his king, so that it has mobility and can play for time by
checking from a distance. ' Hecht: 'Timman versucht, den Turm fern vom eigenen
König zu halten, damit er beweglich bleibt und mit diversen Schachs aus der
Distanz Züge schinden kann. '} 93. Kd5 Rg2 94. Qh3 Rg7 95. Kd4 Kb2 (95... Ra7
$142 {Hecht}) 96. Qh2+ (96. Qh8 $1 {(Hecht) using the tactical means of
discovered check. benutzt das taktische Mittel des Abzugsschachs} Rd7+ 97. Ke3+
{deprives the king of the c-file with the threat of Qc8+} Kb3 98. Qb8+ Ka3 99.
Qc8 $1 Re7+ (99... Rd1 100. Qc3+ {winning the rook mit Turmgewinn}) 100. Kd3
Rf7 (100... Rh7 101. Kc3 $1 {[%csl Yc7,Yh3][%cal Yc8c7,Yc8h3]}) 101. Qc3+ {
winning the rook mit Turmgewinn}) 96... Kb3 97. Qb8+ Kc2 98. Qc8+ Kb2 99. Kc4
Rh7 100. Qd8 Rh2 {'?' Hecht. Hecht: 'and because of Qb8+' Hecht: 'und wegen
Db8+'} (100... Rf7 {(Hecht) (#13)}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch KO"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.12.24"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... h6 11. Be4 $16) 11. Ng5 h6 $5 ({
Very dangerous is} 11... g6 12. O-O-O (12. h4 h6 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Qxh6 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qxd4 16. O-O-O Qg7 17. Qe3 $40 {[%cal Gh4h5] Nataf,I-Hergott,D/Quebec op
1998}) 12... Nc6 (12... Qxd4 $2 13. Nxh7 Rd8 14. Qg5 $1 $16 {->}) (12... Nd7 $6
$146 13. h4 Rad8 14. h5 h6 15. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 16. hxg6+ Kg8 $8 17. Rxh6 $40 {
Almasi,Z-Kovacevic,V/EUCup Gr5 1993}) 13. h4 $1 Nxd4 14. h5 Bxg2 15. Nxh7 $1
Kxh7 16. hxg6+ Kg8 17. Rh6 $1 $40 {Sax,G-Gurevich,M/Manila izt/1990}) 12. Nh7
Qxd4 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. O-O-O {This move is the new one,but it doesn't change
much in the assesment of the position:black has sufficient compensation for
the exchange.} (14. c3 Qh4 (14... Qe5+ 15. Be2 Nc6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qe1 Qg5 18.
f4 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 Rd2 $13 {Almasi,Z-Dreev,A/Tilburg 1994}) 15. O-O-O (15. g3 $1
Qf6 16. Rf1 Nd7 (16... Bf3 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qe3 Qh5 20. Rd1 $16)
17. f4 $1 $16 {Kindermann,S-Bareev,E/Pardubice 1994}) 15... Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bf3
17. Be4 (17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qf4+ 19. Rd2 Nc6 20. Rg4 Qxh2 21. Qf3 Rd8 $11 {
Kovacevic,A-Gouliev,N/Szekszard op 1994}) 17... Bxe4 18. Rg4 Qe7 19. Rxe4 Nc6
20. Rg1 Qd6 21. Qe2 Rd8 $11 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Linares 1994}) 14... Bxg2 $5 15.
Rhg1 Bb7 (15... Bf3 $6 16. Bb5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 c6 18. Bf1 g5 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20.
Rh8 $16) ({Deserved attention} 15... Bc6 $5 16. c3 Qf6 $13 {with complicated
position.}) 16. Bb5 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8]} Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 c6 $6 {From now on
black starts too play very badly and managges to lose this position in ten
moves!Better was} (17... Nc6 18. Rd7 Rc8 19. f4 a6 20. Ba4 Nb8 21. Rd3 Bc6 $11
{with equal chanses.}) 18. Be2 g5 $6 {[%csl Rh6] After this inaccuracy black's
position seems to be difficult:black pawns on h6 and g5 become the target for
white rooks.} (18... g6 $5) 19. Rd8+ Ke7 20. Rgd1 $1 a5 $6 {The final mistake.}
(20... c5 21. a3 $5 $16 (21. Bb5 a6 22. Re8+ Kf6 23. Be2 (23. Rdd8 axb5 24.
Rxb8 Ra7 25. Rh8 Kg6 26. Rhd8 $14 {[%csl Rb6]}) 23... Nc6 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25.
Bxa6 Ke7 26. a3 $14)) 21. Bf3 $18 {Black is fully tied up and there is no way
to break free.} a4 22. a3 Kf6 23. Rh8 Na6 24. Rxh6+ Ke7 (24... Kg7 25. Rh5 Kg6
26. Rg1 f6 27. h4) 25. Rg1 Nc5 26. Rxg5 Nd7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[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 "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 {An idea of Bareev to cope with the problems of 8...b6 9.Nf6+ Qf6 10.
Bd3 Bb7 11.Ng5!} 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 b6 10. Neg5 $1 h6 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Bxg5
$8 13. Nxg5 c6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 $14 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares 1992}) (
9. Qf4 Nd7 10. O-O-O b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 $14 {
Lanka,Z-Shirov,A/Dresden 2000}) 9... Qd5 (9... b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12.
Bxd5 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Germany 1992/GER-chT}) (9... Nd7 10. Qf4 b6 11. Ne5
Bb7 12. Bb5 Nf6 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8 $13 {Dabo Peranic,R-Dizdar,G/Pula
2000}) 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 $5 (11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2
b6 15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Ne5 (16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. f3 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Khalifman,A/Bali 2000/CBM 77 (19)}) 16... Rd8 17. f3 Nd7 18.
Bc4 Rac8 19. Rhd1 Kf8 20. c3 Ke7 $11 {Napias-Mellado Trivino,J/Cordoba 1990})
11... Nd7 12. Bc4 $5 (12. Bd3 c5 $6 13. d5 Bf6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 $14) 12...
c6 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Bb3 (14. Ba2 $6 b4 15. Nb1 Rb8 $15) 14... Qd8 $1 {[%cal
Ga7a5,Gb5b4] After this move black is ready for the pawn storm on the
queenside.} (14... Qc7 $6 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bd5
Rb8 19. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 15. Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 (17. Nxd7 Bxd7
18. f4 a4 19. Ba2 b4 20. axb4 a3 $44) 17... Rb8 18. Ba2 b4 19. a4 c5 20. d5 (
20. dxc5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qf2 Bb7 23. Nd6 Qxh2 $17) 20... exd5 21. Qxd5
Nxe5 22. Qxe5 (22. fxe5 Be6 $19 {[%csl Ra2]}) 22... Qxe5 23. fxe5 Bg4 24. Rd3
Bf5 25. Bc4 (25. Rf3 Bg6 26. e6 fxe6 27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rfe3 Rbd8 $15) 25...
Rbd8 26. Kb1 Be6 27. Rxd8 $6 (27. Nd6 $5) 27... Rxd8 28. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {
[%csl Re5] White pawn on e5 is a serious weakness and white has to be extremly
carefull to hold on.} 29. Re2 c4 $1 (29... Rd5 $6 30. Nd2 $13 {[%csl Ra5][%cal
Gd2c4]}) 30. Nd2 c3 31. Nb3 (31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Ne4 Rb8+ $1 33. Ka1 Rb4 34. Nxc3
Bc5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc5d4]}) 31... Rd5 32. Re3 $2 {It was necessary to
take on c3 creating black a weakness.} (32. bxc3 bxc3 33. Re3 $15) 32... cxb2
33. Kxb2 Bd8 $1 $19 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd8c7] Bringing the bishop to c7.} 34. c4
bxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Bc7 36. Kc4 Bb6 $1 37. Re2 Kf7 38. h3 Ke7 39. Re4 Bc7 40. Nc5
Bxe5 (40... Rxe5 $2 41. Rxe5 Bxe5 42. Nb7 Bc7 43. Kb5 $14) 41. Nd3 Kd6 42. h4
g6 43. Rg4 Ke7 44. Nc5 Bd6 45. Nb3 Bb4 $1 46. Re4 Kd6 47. Re3 Re5 48. Rd3+ Ke7
49. Rd4 Be1 50. Rg4 Kd6 51. Rd4+ Ke7 52. Rg4 Bf2 (52... Kf6 $5 53. Nd4 Re3 54.
Nc6 Kf5 $19) 53. Nd2 $5 Rc5+ 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Ke2 Bd4 56. Nf3 Bf6 57. Rc4 Kd7
58. Ke3 Be7 59. Ke4 Bd6 $1 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd6g3]} 60. g4 (60. Rc2 Bg3 $1 $19)
60... h5 61. g5 Rf5 {[%cal Gf5f4]} 62. Ke3 Bc5+ 63. Ke4 Kd6 64. Nd4 Re5+ 65.
Kf4 Re1 66. Nb5+ Kd5 67. Rc2 Re4+ 68. Kf3 Rxh4 69. Nc7+ Kd6 70. Nb5+ Kc6 71.
Nc7 Rh3+ 72. Kf4 Kxc7 73. Rxc5+ Kd6 74. Rxa5 e5+ 75. Ke4 Rh4+ 76. Kd3 Ke6 77.
Kc3 Kf5 78. Kb3 Rh1 79. Rc5 h4 80. a5 Rb1+ 81. Kc2 Rb7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. c3 Nd7 10. Be2 {This game is typical example of playing for draw
and all negative sides of this ''fenomenon''.} (10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4 12.
cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Be4 Rd8 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Kindermann,S/
Debrecen 1990}) 12... c6 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,
G-Bokor,I/HUN-chT 1993}) 10... e5 (10... Rd8 11. Qd2 b6 12. Qg5 Bb7 13. O-O c5
14. Rfd1 Rac8 $13 {Sermier,G-Foisor,O/Biel op MTO 1997}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Qxe5 13. O-O Be6 14. Bf3 Qb5 {The position is symmetrical and a draw seems not
far away,but even in this kind of position you need to play chess!} (14... Rfd8
15. Qc2 c6 16. Rfe1 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. b3 $11 {Kiltti,
J-Birjukov,S/Jyvaskyla We JyS 1997}) 15. Qc2 a5 16. c4 Bxc4 17. Rfc1 Rfe8 18.
Be4 $6 {It's hard to call this move inaccuracy,because white keeps an eqaul
chanses during major part of the game,but} (18. Bxb7 Qxb7 (18... Rad8 19. Be4
Bd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 $11) 19. Qxc4 Qxb2 20. Qxc7 $11 {would better serve white's
purpose.}) 18... Rad8 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. b3 Be6 21. Be4 c6 22. Re1 Qb4 $1 23.
Bd3 (23. Bf3 $2 Bxb3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. axb3 Re1+ 26. Rxe1
Qxe1#) (23. Qe2 g6 24. Qf3 Kg7 $15) 23... Bd5 $1 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $15 {Now we
may speak that black has managed to get something out of the position,but
still his advantage is only symbolical.} 25. h3 b5 26. Qc1 Re5 $5 27. Rb1 (27.
Qb2 $6 Rg5 28. g3 (28. Bf1 Qe4 $1 {[%csl Rg2]}) 28... a4 29. Rc1 Qf4 $1 $19)
27... Qd4 28. Bf1 a4 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Qc3 (30. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb1b4]}) 30... Rg5
31. Qe3 (31. a3 $2 Qe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Ge4g2,Ge4b1]}) 31... Qe4 $5 32. Qxg5 $2 {
Suicide!After this move white is in real danger of losing.} (32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33.
Rb4 Bc2 $1 {[%csl Ga4]} 34. Rb2 (34. Rd4 Re5 35. f4 Re1 $15 {[%csl Ra2]}) 34...
Rc5 35. f4 Rc3 36. Kf2 $11) 32... Qxb1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb1g1]} 33. Qh4+ Kg8
34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qh4+ Kg6 36. Qg3+ Kf6 37. Qd6+ Kf5 38. Kh2 $6 (38. g4+ $5 Kg5
(38... Ke4 $2 39. Qe7+ Be6 (39... Kd4 $4 40. Qe3#) 40. Qc5 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc6]})
39. Qe7+ Kg6 (39... Kh6 $1 40. f4 (40. Qh4+ Kg6 41. f4 f5 42. Qh5+ Kf6 43. Qg5+
Kf7 44. Qh5+ Ke7 $17) 40... g6 $1 (40... f6 41. Qe8 $1 $11) 41. Qf6 Kh7 $17)
40. f4 Bc4 41. Qg5+ Kh7 42. Qh4+ $11) 38... Qxf1 $19 39. f3 f6 40. Qd7+ Ke5 41.
Qxg7 Qc1 $1 {Black still has to show some technique!} 42. Qe7+ Be6 43. Qc7+ Kd5
44. Qd8+ Ke5 45. Qc7+ Kd5 46. Qd8+ Kc4 47. Qxf6 Bd5 48. h4 Qc3 49. Qg5 (49.
Qxc3+ Kxc3 50. Kg3 Kd4 51. Kf4 c5 52. h5 c4 53. h6 Bg8 54. g4 c3 $19) 49... Kb4
50. Qe7+ c5 51. h5 Bxa2 52. h6 Bb1 53. h7 Ka3 54. f4 b4 55. Qh4 Bxh7 $1 {
Transforming the advantage!} 56. Qxh7 b3 {[%cal Gb3b1]} 57. Qa7+ Kb2 58. Qe7
Kc1 59. Qe2 b2 60. Qf1+ Kd2 61. Qf2+ Kd3 62. Qf1+ Kd4 63. Qe2 Qb3 (63... b1=Q
$4 64. Qe5+ Kc4 65. Qe6+ $11 Kb4 (65... Kd3 66. Qf5+ $11) 66. Qb6+ $11) 64.
Qd2+ Kc4 65. Qe2+ Kb4 66. Qe4+ Ka3 67. Qa8+ Qa4 68. Qf3+ Ka2 69. Qf2 0-1

[Event "Jinan 3 Arrows Cup"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2003.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Yuhua"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 {
Rare continuation promising white nothing special.} (7. Nxf6+) 7... Nxf6 8. Bd3
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 c5 10. O-O {Another attempt to pose black some problems in this
line after Polgar's try in the beginning of the year. However it seems that
black has nothing to worry about.} (10. Qe2 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Be7 13.
Qb5+ Qxb5 14. Nxb5 O-O 15. O-O-O f5 16. Bc2 e5 $11 {Webb,L-King,D/Dublin 1991})
(10. d5 Qc7 (10... exd5 11. Qxd5 Qxd5 12. Bxd5 Be7 13. O-O-O g6 14. Rhe1 $14 {
Piscopo,P-Castaldo,F/Torino 2002}) 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
Nc4 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bf4+ 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Zhelnin,V-Dolmatov,S/
Krasnodar 1997}) (10. Qd2 cxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. h4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. f4 a5
15. Qe2 a4 16. Rh3 $44 {Moreno Carnero,J-Prasca Sosa,R/Isla Margarita 1998}) (
10. c3 cxd4 11. Qa4+ (11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qa4+ Kf8 (13... Bd7 14.
Qxd7+ Qxd7 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bf3 Rhc8 18. O-O-O+ Ke7 19. Rd2 $16)
14. Nd3 Bd6 $13) 11... Qd7 (11... Bd7 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qa4 {
[%csl Rc6]} Qc7 15. O-O Be7 16. Rad1 O-O $11) 12. Qc4 $13 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E/
Enghien les Bains 2003}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 (11. Ne5 $6 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13.
Bxb7 Bxb7 14. Qxb7 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Qb4 16. Qe4 Rac8 $15 {Korbut,E-Bistrikova,E/St
Petersburg 2001}) 11... Bc5 (11... Be7 12. c3 O-O 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. h4 $36 {Karaklajic,N-Marinkovic,S/Kladovo 1996}) 12. Nb3 Bd6 {
There is nothing wrong with 12...Bb6, but if black is to transfer e5 later on,
the position of the bishop on d6 is fully justified.} (12... Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Be7
(13... Bb6 $11) 14. a4 g5 15. g3 h5 16. Rd3 f5 17. Bg2 Rb8 18. Nd4 $14 {
Barthel,B-Sautter,E/Germany 1992}) (12... Bb6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qf6 15. c4
e5 16. c5 Bc7 17. Rac1 Rb8 $13 {Gidel,J-Legky,N/Saint Quentin 2000 (34)}) 13.
Qf3 $6 {Careless move. White queen has nothing to do on f3, so more in the
spirit of the position was 13.Qh5} (13. Qh5 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c3 f5 16. Bf3
e5 17. Bd5+ Kh7 18. Rfe1 $13) 13... Qc7 14. h3 O-O 15. Rfd1 f5 16. Bd3 Bd7 17.
Qe2 (17. Nd4) 17... e5 18. Bc4+ $6 {White doesn't feel the danger! It wasn't
too late to simplify the position by} (18. Bb5 Bxb5 (18... Be6 19. Nd4 $13 {
[%csl Re6]}) 19. Qxb5 Rad8 20. Na5 Rf7 21. Nc4 $13 {keeping the balance.})
18... Kh8 19. Bd5 Rf6 20. Rd2 Re8 21. Rad1 b6 22. Rd3 (22. Qc4 Qb8 23. Qa6 e4
24. Qb7 Ba4 25. Qxb8 Bxb8 $15) 22... e4 23. Rc3 Qd8 24. Nd4 Bc5 25. Nc6 $2 {
[%csl Rc6]} (25. Nb3) 25... Qc7 26. Nd4 Qe5 $19 {Now it's just over. White's
position turns into ruins.} 27. Nb3 Bd6 28. g3 f4 29. Rd4 e3 30. gxf4 Rxf4 31.
Rxe3 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Bxh3+ 33. Ke1 Qg1+ 34. Kd2 Rxe3 35. Qxe3 Rxf2+ 36. Kd3 Bf1+
0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "El Arousy, Abdul Hameed"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4) 9... b6 10. Neg5 $6 {Dubious move permitting black to
get very comfortable position without any efforts.} (10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Kb1 (11.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Rhe1 c5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Qf4 Rac8 16. g4 Ba6 17.
Re2 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 Qc7 $11 {Fabian,J-Balogh,P/SVK 1995/}) (11. h4 Be7 12. Rh3 $5
Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $14 {Guliev,
L-Gouliev,N/Baku 2002}) (11. Qf4 Re8 12. h4 e5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15.
Bf5 Nf8 16. Rh3 $14 {Fiorona,G-Scarpellini,F/ITA 1998}) 11... c5 12. h4 cxd4
13. g4 Nc5 14. Qe2 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. g5 Be7 19.
Nxd4 $14 {Barta,J-Koska,J/Brno 1937}) (10. h4 $5 Bb7 11. Neg5 h6 12. Ne4 c5 13.
O-O-O cxd4 14. g4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 $36 {Prudlo,S-Kornek,A/GER 1995})
10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Nf6 12. O-O-O (12. Qe3 Bb7 13. O-O (13. O-O-O Qd5 14. Kb1
Rad8) 13... Qd5 14. Nf3 Rfd8 15. Rfd1 $11) 12... Bb7 13. Qf4 Qd6 (13... Bxg2 $2
14. Rhg1 Bb7 15. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Qh6 $18) 14. Qh4
{May be it was time to simplify the position by trading the queens.} (14. Qxd6
$11) 14... h6 15. Nf3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 Bxf3 $1 {The threats over the
-file are not really dangerous, meanwhile the weakness of white double pawns
over the f-file causes white some head ague.} 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rg1 (19. Kb1)
19... Kf8 20. Rxg7 $2 {White doen't stand the temptation to sacrifice an
exchange for initiative.} Kxg7 21. Rg1+ Kf8 22. Qxf6 Qd4 $15 (22... Rxd3 $6 23.
Rg7 (23. Qh8+ $6 Ke7 24. Qxa8 Qxf2 25. Qxa7+ Kf6 26. cxd3 Qxg1+ 27. Kc2 Qxh2+
28. Kb3 Qd6 $19) 23... Rd7 24. Rh7 Qg5+ 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rh8+ Kg7 27. Rxa8 Kf6
$44) 23. Qxh6+ Ke7 24. Rg4 $6 (24. Qg5+ Qf6 25. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e4,Ge3a3]} Rg8
26. Rg3 Rad8 $15) 24... Qf6 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. h4 (26. Be4 Rc5 $15 {[%cal Gf6d4]}
) 26... Rc5 27. Rf4 Qe5 $17 28. Re4 (28. Qd2 $2 Rxd3 $19) 28... Qh2 29. b3 Qg1+
30. Kb2 Qg7+ $1 31. Kb1 Qc3 $1 32. Ra4 a5 33. f4 $6 Rg8 34. Qc1 Rg2 35. Re4
Rxf2 36. Qd1 Rd2 37. Qf3 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
Morozevich keeps believing in this odd set-up.} (7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3
h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad
Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 8. c4 {Nowdays it's considered to be the most
dangerous line for black. Morozevich himself suffered a painfull loss in his
game versus Shirov a couple of years ago.} (8. Bd3 b5 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9...
f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {
Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995}) 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5
13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11.
Kb1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Nb6 $13 {Stjazhkina,
O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS (women) 1999}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11.
Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5
17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 $14 {Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999})
12... cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Lutz,
C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3
Nd7 11. Ng3 f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de
Pamplona 9th 1998}) 8... f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 (9... c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O
O-O 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. f3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Qf6 15. Bd3 $14 {Wang Zili-Dreev,A/Tan
Chin Nam Cup 5th 1999 (15)}) 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 (11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Be2 Qxc5 13.
O-O O-O 14. Qf4 Nc6 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh5 Ne7 $13 {Kovalevskaya,
E-Maric,A/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79}) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bg7 (12... e5 13. h4 $5 {
[%cal Gf3g5]} b5 14. d6 Nc6 $2 15. d7 $1 Bb7 16. Qd6 $1 $16 {Shirov,A-Topalov,
V/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Finkel,A]}) (12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. h4 e5 15. Re1
Nd7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18. Bd3 $14 {Esplana,C-Kastanieda,G/Lima 2000/CBM
78}) 13. Kb1 $6 {We will have to wait for the next game in this interesting
variation to find out what Morozevich had prepared against 13.h4!} (13. h4 $1
exd5 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5 Qd6 15. Kb1 b5 16. g3 Nd7 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Qc2 $14)
14... Nc6 15. h5 h6 $8 (15... Be6 $6 16. h6 Bd4 (16... Bh8 $6 17. Qf4 Re8 18.
Qg3+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qf4 Kh8 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Qg3 Rg8 21.
Qe5+ $18) 16. Rh3 f4 $6 (16... Be6 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Rxg7 $5 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6 20.
Nf4 Qc8 21. Nh4 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3g3]}) (16... Re8 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Bd3 b5
$1 $13) (16... b5 $5 $13) 17. Rh4 $16 {Shirov,A-Morozevich,A/Astana 2001/CBM 84
}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. h4 b5 16. h5 h6 17. Rh3 (17. Qe3 Qd6 (17... Nd4
18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $36) 18. Rd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Rd8 $13) 17... f4 18. Qxf4 $2 {It's pretty obvious that white is
in troubles after this exchange sacrifice.} (18. Rh4) 18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Kh8
20. Rd2 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Rb8 {[%cal Gb8b2] Black's offensive potential in this
position is just huge, so white's defensive task is extremly difficult. It's
interesting that black king feels perfectly safe on h8.} 22. a3 Na5 23. Ba2 Rb7
24. Qa4 Qc8 $1 $19 {Heading for f5.} 25. Ne3 (25. Qxa5 Qf5+ 26. Ka1 Qxf3 $19)
25... Rb5 26. Qe4 Qb8 27. Nd1 Nb3 28. Bxb3 Rxb3 29. Ka2 c4 30. Nd4 Rd8 31. Ka1
Rd3 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt 11th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14) 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 (10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 11... Nxf3+ $10) (10.
O-O-O e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Kb1 c5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6
Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 $15 {Anand,V-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg
1991}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Ba6 $14 {Labunskiy,
D-Pushkov,N/Vladivostok 1994}) 10... Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16
{>< Pe4}) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Re8 (13... Nf6 14. Bc4 a6 15. Re1 b5 (15... b6
16. Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {>< Pc7}) 17. Bc6 $16
{Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996}) 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1
Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov
op 1993}) 9... c5 10. Qe2 (10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 (13.
O-O-O exd4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rf4 Qxb2+ $1 $13 {Heinatz,
T-Schmidt,W/BL2-O9798}) 13... Qxf6 14. Ng5 $2 exd4 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ne4 Qc6 17.
O-O-O Ne5 18. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {Pinkas,K-Schmidt,W/POL-ch 1993}) 10... cxd4 (10...
Qb6 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O Bxd4 $5 (12... cxd4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qf4 $1 (14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 $11) 14... Kg7 (14... Nd5 $6 15. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 16. h5
(16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 Qc7 19. Rxd4 Qg7) 16... Qc7 17. hxg6 $16)
15. Qe5 $1 Rd8 (15... h5 16. Ng5 Qb4 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. g4 $1 hxg4 19. h5 $18) 16.
h5 $1 h6 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Rxh6 $1 $18) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. h5 $40 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ge4h4]}) 11. Qe4 Qa5+ $5 {Interesting continuation forcing white to make
a choice whether to transpose to the equal endgame or to give up the right to
castle.} (11... g6 12. O-O-O e5 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 $14 Nh5 (
14... Nd5 15. h5 $1 Qxa2 $6 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rxh7 $1 Kxh7 (17... Qa1+ 18. Kd2
Qxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Kxh7 20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Rh1+ Kg8 19. Qh8+ Kf7 20. Rh7+ Ke8 21.
Bxg6+ Kd8 22. Qxf8#) 15. a3 Rd8 16. Qe3 Bd7 (16... Qc7 $5 {[%cal Gc7f4]}) 17.
g4 Nf6 18. Qf4 $1 Nd5 $8 19. Qh6 Nf6 $8 20. Ng5 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh7] Kasparov,
G-Shirov,A/Frankfurt 2000}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Rhe1 Re8 14. Qd5 Re6 (14... Qe7 15.
Bb5 Nb6 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxg5+ 18. hxg5 Rd8 19. Nc4 Be6 $11 {De Vreugt,
D-Gurevich,M/St Vincent 2002}) 15. Bb5 Qa5 16. Bc4 Qxd5 (16... Qc7 17. Bb3 Nc5
18. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 Rxf6 20. Rxe5 Be6 21. Qxd4 Bxb3 $13 {Glek,I-Gurevich,M/
Zwolle 2002}) 17. Bxd5 Rd6 18. Bb3 Kg7 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5
Rxf2 22. Rxd4 $16 {1Nataf,I-Schlosser,P/France 2001}) 13... Qxf6 14. h5 (14.
Bb5 $6 Rd8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 (15... a6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Bc6 $11
{Balashov,Y-Kruppa,Y/Elista 2000}) 16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 $11 {
Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Kopavogur 2000}) (14. Rde1 $2 Nc5 15. Qxe5 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3
Qa6 17. h5 Bf5 $17 {Astengo,C-Del Rio Angelis,S/Lugano 1999}) 14... Qc6 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh4 $40) 12. Kf1 $5 {The most ambitious move.} (12. c3 g6 (12...
Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Be2 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Ne6 17. Nxf5 Nxg5 18. Nd6
$14) 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Qd8 (14... Qd5 15. Qxf6 Qxd3 16. h5 Qe4+ 17. Kf1
Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Nd4 $14) 15. O-O-O Qxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nb5 $14) (12. Bd2
Qf5 13. Qxf5 exf5 14. O-O-O Ne5 (14... Nc5 15. Bg5 Bxg5+ 16. hxg5 $14) 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Rhe1 Bd6 $13) 12... g6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Nh5 $6 {Inaccuracy
after which black has to be very carefull to keep the balance. It was much
safer to bring the queen to the kingnside right away.} (14... Qd8 $5 15. Qf4
Nd5 16. Qh6 Qf6 17. c3 (17. h5 Qxb2 18. Re1 Qg7 19. Qd2 b6 20. hxg6 hxg6 $15)
17... Qf4 $1 18. Qxf4 (18. Ng5 Ne3+ 19. Kg1 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Ng4+ 21. Ke2 Nxh6
22. h5 Kg7 $15) 18... Nxf4 19. Be4 f5 20. Bc2 b6 $13) 15. g4 Rd8 16. Qe3 Nf6
17. Qf4 $1 (17. Qe5 Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd7 $11) 17... Nd5 18. Qh6 Qb4 19. Ng5 Nf6
20. h5 Qf8 $8 (20... Qxb2 21. Re1 $18) 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. Qh4 {[%cal Gd3g6]} Qg7
23. Re1 (23. Bc4 Re8 24. Re1) 23... Re8 24. Bc4 Bd7 25. Rh3 $6 {With this
natural move white loses major part of his advantage.After correct} (25. Bb3
Kh8 26. f4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gf1g1] black's defensive task would be extremly
tough.}) 25... Rac8 26. Nxe6 $6 (26. Bb3) 26... Qf7 27. Bb3 Bb5+ (27... Rxe6 $1
28. Bxe6 (28. Rhe3 Rce8) 28... Bxe6 29. Rf3 Qe7 30. Kg1 (30. Qxf6 Bc4+ 31. Kg2
Qxe1 $19) 30... Kg7 31. Rfe3 Rc6 $15) (27... Bxe6 $6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rf3 $1 {
[%cal Gb3g8,Gf3f7]} Kh8 30. g5 Qe8 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. gxf6 $16) 28. Kg1 Bc4 29.
Rhe3 Bxb3 30. cxb3 Rc6 31. Ng5 (31. Nd4 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Ra6 33. g5 Nd7 34. a3 Ra5
35. Rc1 $14) 31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Qd7 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch sf1"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.10.09"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14) 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 e5 (9... Qe7 10.
O-O-O Rd8 11. Qe3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Kb1 h6 15. f4 $36 {Weinzettl,
E-Rohler,S/Graz op 1994}) 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12.
Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 11... Nxf3+ $10) (10. O-O-O e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2
(13. Kb1 c5 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5
$15 {Anand,V-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 1991}) (13. f3 $6 c5 14. fxe4 cxd4 15. Bd3 (
15. Qxd4 Qa5 $1 $17) 15... Bxa2 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg5 Nc5 $17 {
Grabarczyk,B-Schmidt,W/POL-chT (Lubniewice) 1993}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15.
Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17. Ba6 $14 {Labunskiy,D-Pushkov,N/Vladivostok 1994})
10... Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 Re8 (13... Nf6 14. Bc4 a6 15.
Re1 b5 16. Bd5 Rb8 17. Bc6 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca
mem-A 1996}) 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {
Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993}) (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qe2 $5 b6 11. Qe4
Rb8 12. Bd3 g6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 16. dxe5 Bb7 $11 {
Topalov,V-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2000}) (9. Qe2 c5 $5 10. Qe3 Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4 12.
Nxd4 Qe5 13. O-O-O Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 a6 $5 15. g4 $5 Bd8 16. g5 Bc7 17. Be2 $14 {
Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/Groningen 1997} (17. Bg2 $5)) 9... c5 10. Qe2 $5 {
Shirov has played this variation with black a few times so he is fully aware
of black's problems in this line!} (10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6
(13. O-O-O exd4 14. Kb1 Re8 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Rf4 Qxb2+ $1 $13 {
Heinatz,T-Schmidt,W/BL2-O9798}) 13... Qxf6 14. Ng5 $2 exd4 15. Bc4 g6 16. Ne4
Qc6 17. O-O-O Ne5 18. Rxd4 Bf5 $17 {Pinkas,K-Schmidt,W/POL-ch 1993}) 10... cxd4
(10... Qb6 11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O Bxd4 $5 (12... cxd4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qf4 $1
$36 (14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 e5 $11)) 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. h5 $40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal
Ge4h4]}) 11. O-O-O $5 {White is in no hurry to win back the pawn. meanwhile
finishing development of the pieces.} (11. Qe4 g6 12. O-O-O e5 (12... Qa5 $5
13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qxd4 $14 {Kasparov,G-Shirov,A/Frankfurt 2000}) 13. Bxf6 Qxf6
14. Bb5 (14. h5 Qc6 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh4 $40) 14... Rd8 15. Rhe1 a6 (15... Qb6
16. Bc4 Nc5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. h5 d3 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rh1 Ng7 $13
{Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Kopavogur 2000}) 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxe5 Qxe5 18. Rxe5 Bc6
19. Kd2 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Kruppa,Y/Elista 2000/CBM 79 (19)}) 11... e5 12. Kb1
Re8 {[%csl Re8]} (12... Qc7 13. Qe4 g6 14. h5 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge4h4]} Nc5 15.
Qh4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nxd3 17. hxg6 $1 fxg6 18. Nxh7 $18) 13. Rhe1 g6 $6 {Not the
best reaction even though also after} (13... Nc5 {black's efensive task
wouldn't be very simple.}) 14. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gd1d4] Threatening to take on d4.}
Qe7 (14... e4 15. Bd5 $5 (15. Rxd4 $6 Qb6 $1 16. Qe3 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {[%csl Rd4]
} 17. Ng5 Qxd4 18. Bxf7+ Kg7 19. Bxe8 Nxe8 20. Nxe4 Bf5 $17) 16... Bxd4 17.
Nxd4 Ne5 18. Bb3 $44) (15. Nxd4 $5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 Qxg5 17. Nb5 Ne5 {[%cal Gc8g4]
} 18. Nc7 Bg4 19. Qxe4 $14) 15... Nb6 16. Bxe4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qxg5 21. Qxd4 $14) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 (15... Nxf6 16. Ng5 Rf8
17. Qxe5 $18) 16. Rxd4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nxe5 $1 {Well calculated exchange
combination.} Rxe5 $8 19. Qxe5 Re8 {[%csl Re1]} 20. Qxe8+ $1 (20. Bxf7+ $2 Qxf7
21. Qa5 Qxf2 $15) 20... Bxe8 21. Rxe8+ Kg7 22. Red8 {[%csl Rb6]} Qxf2 23. a4 $1
$18 Qxg2 (23... a5 24. Ka2 Qxg2 25. Rf4 f5 26. Rxf5 $1 $18) 24. a5 Nc8 25. R4d7
(25. Rxc8 $2 Qg1+ 26. Ka2 Qxd4 $17) 25... Qg1+ 26. Ka2 Qc5 27. Rxf7+ Kh6 28.
Rd5 Qb4 29. c3 Qxh4 30. Rdd7 {[%csl Rh7]} Qe4 31. Rxh7+ Kg5 32. Rd5+ Kf6 33.
Rf7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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 "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 (9... Be7) 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Ne5 $6 {A dubious
continuation causing white nothing, but troubles.} (12. d5 exd5 (12... e5 $6
13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/
Vienna 1996}) 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 (15. Nd6 $6 Nc5 16. Rd2 a5 17.
Qe3 Nxb3+ 18. cxb3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Radjabov,T/Dubai 2002/CBM 89 (21)}) (15. Kb1 a5 $6 16. Qd3 $1 Rad8 17. Neg5
Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Bxf7+ $16 {Veresov,G-Gromek,J/Soviet Union 1955}) 15...
Be7 16. Neg5 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. Qe7 Qf4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 $16 {
Lutz,C-Dizdar,G/Austria 2002}) 12... Bxe5 $1 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. f4 (14. Nd2 a5
15. Qxb5 Rfb8 16. Qe2 a4 17. Bc4 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Qb4 $19) 14... Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5
$15 {Black has a very easy play on the queenside, meanwhile white's attempts
to create something on the kingside prove to be far too slow.} 16. Qe3 (16. Qc6
a5 (16... Rab8 $5 17. Rhf1 a5 18. f5 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 exf5 $15) 17.
Qxb5 Rfb8 18. Qe2 Nxb3+ 19. cxb3 a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Kb1 Rba8 22. a3 Rxf4 $15)
16... a5 17. c3 $2 (17. a3 Rab8 18. Rd4 $15) 17... Nxb3+ 18. axb3 a4 19. b4 a3
20. Kb1 Rfc8 21. Rd3 $6 (21. Qc5 $5 Qh4 22. g3 Qh5 23. Rd2 Qf3 24. Rhd1 axb2
25. Kxb2 Qb7 26. Qg1 $15) 21... c5 $17 22. Qd2 (22. Rhd1 cxb4 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24.
Qd4 Qf8 25. Qd6) 22... cxb4 23. cxb4 axb2 24. Rd7 Qf8 25. Kxb2 Ra4 $19 {
White king is just too exposed, so black's attack can't be stoppped.} 26. Rd6
Rca8 27. Qc3 Ra2+ 28. Kb1 Rxg2 29. Rhd1 g6 30. R1d2 (30. h4 Kg7 31. h5 Raa2 $19
{[%cal Gf8a8,Ga8e4,Ga8a4]}) 30... Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qb8 32. Qd4 Qc7 33. Rd7 Qc6 34.
Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rxa8 Qxa8 36. Qd2 Qa3 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 192]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 (7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6
12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (
7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1
Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {
Aronson,L-Khanov,K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. c4 {This move deserves very
serious attention.} (8. Bd3 b5 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11.
O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/
Szekszard op 1995}) 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5
$11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3
Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Nb6 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th
ch-RUS (women) 1999}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 (12.
O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5
$14 {Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 12... cxd5 13. c3 Nc6
14. a4 O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/
Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 f5
12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de Pamplona 9th
1998}) 8... f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 (9... c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd2
Bg7 14. f3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} ({It was possible to play} 14. Bd3 $5 {Finkel,A} e4
15. Be2 b5 16. g4 fxg4 17. Ndxe4 Bf5 18. f3 gxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd7 20. Rhg1 $14 {
with better prospects.}) 14... Qf6 15. Bd3 b5 $132 {Wang Zili-Dreev,A/Tan Chin
Nam Cup 5th 1999}) 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 O-O 12. O-O-O e5 (12... exd5 $6 {Ftacnik}
13. Nxd5 $16) 13. h4 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5] A new attitude to the position! In the
following game we see Shirov at his best: original ideas, fantastic
determination, accurate calculations... Ftacnik: 'An excellent move preparing
a kingside attack and securing the g5 square for white pieces.'} b5 (13... e4
14. Ng5 b5 (14... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 15. f3 $16) 15. f3 $5 (15. d6 $5 Bd4 $5 16. Qf4
$2 Qf6 17. Rh3 $1 Be5 (17... Rd8 $2 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Nxf7+ $18)
18. Qd2 $14)) 14. d6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (14. Qh6 {Ftacnik} Bg7 15. Qh5 Qd6 $14) (
14. cxb5 $5 {Ftacnik} axb5 15. Bxb5 e4 16. Ng5 Qd6 17. Bc4 $14) 14... Nc6 $2 (
14... Nd7 {Ftacnik} 15. Nd5 $16) (14... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 15. Qh6 Bg7 16. Qh5 Qd7
17. cxb5 $16) 15. d7 $1 {Cutting black position on two halfs and penetrating
via d6 and d5.} Bb7 (15... e4 {Ftacnik} 16. dxc8=Q Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Rfxc8 18. Nd5
$18) 16. Qd6 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Shirov strives to prove, that there is lot of
potential in passed d pawn. Black has two unconnected halves of the board and
his queen fullfils the sorry task of blockading d7 pawn.'} e4 (16... Be7 17.
Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 18. Rh3 (18. cxb5 $5 {[%cal Gf1c4]} axb5 19. Bxb5 Nd4 20.
Rh3 $40) 18... Rf7 19. Rg3+ Kh8 20. Qh5 Rf8 21. Qxf5 $18) (16... Qe7 17. Qc7 $1
{[%csl Rb7]} Rab8 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Qd6 Bg7 20. Rh3 $36) 17. Nd5 $1 Bg7 (17...
Bxb2+ {Ftacnik} 18. Kxb2 exf3 19. gxf3 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $18) 18. Ng5 Nd4 $6 (18...
h6 {Ftacnik} 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Nd4 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qg6 $3 fxg6 23. Nxg6+
Kg8 24. Bc4+ $18) 19. Ne7+ $1 {Every move of white deserves an exclamation
mark because of the depth of Shirov's plan.} Kh8 20. Rh3 $1 (20. b4 {Ftacnik}
f6 21. Ne6 (21. bxc5 Qa5 22. Qxd4 (22. Nf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxd4 Bh6+ 24. Kb2 (24. Kd1
Qa4+ 25. Ke1 Qa5+ $11) 24... Qb4+ $11) 22... fxg5 23. Qd2 Bc3 $16) 21... Nxe6
22. Qxe6 $16) 20... f4 (20... h6 {Ftacnik} 21. b4 f6 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6 $18)
(20... Qa5 {Ftacnik} 21. Qxc5 Qxa2 22. Rxd4 Qa1+ 23. Kc2 Qxf1 24. Qxf5 $18) 21.
Kb1 b4 (21... f6 {Ftacnik} 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. Qxe6 Rb8 24. Nf5 $18) (21... h6 {
Ftacnik} 22. b4 e3 23. bxc5 e2 24. Bxe2 Nxe2 25. c6 $18) 22. Be2 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2h5] Threatening to come to h5. '!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Beautifull trick of calling in last reserves via the square, that seemed to
have been unaccesible. Topalov's king on h8 has very feeble defense.'} f3 (
22... Nxe2 23. Qxc5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc5f5]} Nd4 (23... f5 24. Ne6 Qb8 25. Nxg7
Nc3+ 26. Ka1 Kxg7 (26... Nxd1 27. Ne8 $18) 27. Nxf5+ Rxf5 28. Qe7+ $18) 24.
Rxd4 Bxd4 25. Qf5 Kg7 26. Ng8 $3 $18) (22... e3 {Ftacnik} 23. Bh5 f6 24. Ne6
Nxe6 25. Qxe6 exf2 26. Bf3 Rb8 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Rf3 $18) (22... h6 {Ftacnik}
23. Bh5 hxg5 24. hxg5 $18) 23. gxf3 Nxe2 24. Qxc5 {[%csl Rh7,Rh8][%cal Gc5f5]}
Nf4 25. Qf5 Ng6 26. h5 $1 Qxe7 27. hxg6 (27. hxg6 Qf6 (27... h6 28. gxf7 $18 {
[%csl Rh7]}) 28. Rxh7+ Kg8 29. gxf7+ Rxf7 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32.
Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. Bb5+ {With this move white hardly may hope for an advantage.} (8. Bc4 cxd4
9. O-O Be7 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rad1 $14 {
King,D-Motwani,P/London WFW 1990}) (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.
Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. f4 $5 (15. Nxc5 $14)
15... Bb6 16. g3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/Rotterdam 1990})
(8. c3 cxd4 (8... a6 $5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Bd7 13.
Qe2 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Rad1 $14 {Fedorov Vladislav-Kozlov/Ch Russia /2
final), Kazan (Russia) 1995/0-1 (45)}) 9. Qxd4 $5 {Interesting decision.White
goes straight to the endgame,where his chances are a little better.Also after
more natural 8.N:d4 white hardly can hope to get something special from the
opening.} (9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O e5 $5 12. Nc2 Qc7 13. Ne3 h6 14. Bh4
Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qe2 $14 {Mitenkov,A-Dokuchaev,A/Moscow6 1991 (22)}) (9.
Qa4+ $5 Bd7 10. Qxd4 Bc6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qe5 $1 Qc8 13. Nd4 $14 {Becerra
Rivero Julio-Nogueiras Jesus/Memorial J.Capablanca (cat.11), Matanza 1995 (18)}
) 9... Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Rd1 $14 a6 (11... Bd7 $5 12. Nb5 $5 Nd5 13. Bxe7
Kxe7 14. c4 Nf4 15. Nd4 Rhd8 16. g3 Ng6 17. Bg2 Rac8 18. b3 e5 $11) 12. Be2 h6
13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. O-O g5 $132 {Van der Wiel,J-Kacheishvili,G/
EU-chTM 1997}) (8. Qe2 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Ne5 Be7
$13 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/Biel 1991}) (8. dxc5 Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Bd3
Bd7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd4 O-O-O $132 {Van der Wiel,
J-Kortschnoj,V/OHRA-A 1990}) 8... Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 Be7 ({Worse is} 
10... cxd4 $6 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Qe5 $1 Qe7 13. Nxd4 $14 {and white is in full
control of the situation.}) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhe1 ({Nothing changes} 12. dxc5
Qc7 13. Ne5 Qxc5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Rfd8 $11 {and black is
o'kay.}) 12... Qa4 $5 13. Kb1 Rfd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Ne5 (16.
Bxf6 $6 gxf6 17. h3 Qa6 $5 $11) 16... Be7 17. f3 ({Not falling into the trap:} 
17. Nxf7 $6 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kg6 19. Qxe7 Re8 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 20. Bxf6 Rxe7 21.
Bxe7 Qd4 $1 $15 {and black is better}) 17... h6 18. Bc1 Nd5 (18... Nd7 $2 19.
Nxf7 $18) 19. c4 Nb4 20. b3 Qa6 (20... Qa5 $5) 21. a3 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 (22...
bxc6 23. Ka2 (23. Rd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Bxa3 $17) 23... Bf6 24. Rd1 Qc8 $11) 23.
Rd1 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 $11 {The arising endgame is completly equal and it's very
hard to believe that after 10 moves black will find himself in lost position!}
Qc5 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. h3 a5 (26... a6) 27. Qe3 Qd6 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Qe3 Bd4 (29...
Qd6 $11) 30. Qd3 e5 $6 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]} 31. Kc2 h5 $6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 g6
34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Qd5 $14 f5 $2 {Giving up the pawn without any reason!} (35...
g5 36. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5]} Qg6+ 37. Qe4 b6 38. Kd3 $14) 36. Qd7+ $1 Kg8 37. Qe8+
Kg7 38. Qd7+ Kg8 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Qxf5 $16 Qc6 41. a4 (41. Kd3 Qb6) 41... b6
42. Bg5 Kg7 43. Be7 Qg6 44. Bf8+ (44. Qxg6+ Kxg6 45. Kd3 Kf5 46. Bf8 Kf4 (46...
Bg1) 47. Ke2 e4 48. Bh6+ Kf5 49. Be3 Bc5 $11) 44... Kh7 45. Qd3 $1 Bg1 46. Bd6
Bd4 47. c5 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra5] Nice way to finish the game.} bxc5 (47... Bxc5
48. Qxg6+ Kxg6 49. Bxe5 Kf5 50. Bg3 Ke6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Bc7 Bf2 53. f4 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6][%cal Gf4f7,Gd3b5]}) 48. Bc7 Kg7 49. Qxg6+ Kxg6 50. Bxa5 Kf5 51.
Bc3 Kf4 52. a5 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2000.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2851"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $5
{Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation became very popular (and
as we can see from the following game also on the highest lavel).} (7... Nd7 $5
8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,
I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3 Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11.
Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991}) 8. g3 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5
10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9.
Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,
E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) 8... b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 {After} (10... Bd5 11.
Nc3 c6 (11... Bb4 $5 12. Qe3 c6 13. O-O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. Rhe1 Qb6 $14)
12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 (13... Bc4 14. Qe3 b4 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Qf3
Bb5 18. Rhe1 $14) 14. Rhe1 $14 {white has got better chanse in Leko,
P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 {This
move is the novelty.J.Polgar didn't manage to find correct plan and got
nothing from the opening.} (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13.
c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 (14... Nf6 15. b3 (15. a4 $5 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ne5 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qd5+ 19. Qf3 Ra8 $11) 15... c5 16. c4 bxc4 17. bxc4 Bb7 18. Nb3 $14)
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} Qc7 ({Another option was} 16... Bd6
$5 17. Rxd5 (17. Ne3 Be4) 17... exd5 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Nd4 f4 20. Qg4+ Kh8 $13 {
with unclear position.}) 17. Rxd5 $5 {The only way to fight for the advantage.}
exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5][%cal Gf3d4]} Bf6 (18... Rad8 $6 19. Nd4 Rfe8
20. Ndxf5 Qe5 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. f4 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Ne4
21. Nxd5 Qd6 22. Ne3 Qf6 (22... Qg6 {[%csl Gh5]} 23. Qf3 (23. Nxf5 Qxf5 24.
Bxe4 Rae8 25. Re1 Qf6 $13) (23. Re1 $5) 23... Nd6 $5 $132) 23. Qh5 Rad8 (23...
Qxd4 $5 24. Nxf5 (24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Nxf5 Rae8 $13) (24. Qxf5 Rae8 25. Rd1 Qe5 26.
Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Ng4 Rg5 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Bxe4 Kxh6 30. Rd6+ Kg7 31. Rxa6 $11)
24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxb2 26. Rf1 $36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gg2a8]}) 24. Nxf5 Nd6 25.
Ne3 $5 Qxd4 26. Rd1 Qg7 {Black manages to hold the position after this move,
but deserved attention} (26... Qxb2 $5) 27. Rd5 Kh8 28. Qd1 Nb7 29. b4 $1 {
[%csl Rb7]} Rxd5 $5 30. Qxd5 Nd8 31. Qd6 Ne6 32. Qxa6 Nd4 33. h4 f5 34. Nd5
Ne2+ (34... Qe5 $5) 35. Kf1 f4 $1 {Taking advantage of the fact that white
queen is on a6!} 36. Kxe2 fxg3 {[%csl Ra6,Re2]} 37. Qd6 $5 Qb2+ (37... Rxf2+
38. Kd3 Rxg2 39. Qd8+ Qg8 $11) 38. Kd3 Rxf2 $2 {Black wants too much.It was
stil possible to force adraw after} (38... Qb1+ $5 39. Kd4 Qb2+ 40. Kc5 Qxf2+
41. Kxb5 Qe2+ 42. Kb6 (42. Kc5 Qf2+ 43. Kc6 Qc2+ $11 44. Kb7 Rf7+ 45. Kb8 Qxg2
$11) 42... Qf2+ 43. Kc6 Qc2+ $11) 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Qxg3+ Kh8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42.
Qc7+ Kf8 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Qg5+ Kh8 45. Be4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd2] This strong move
destroys black's hopes.} Qc2+ 46. Kd4 Qd2+ 47. Kc5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 Rxa2 49. Kxb5
Re2 50. Nc3 Re3 51. Kc4 Rg3 52. b5 Rxg5 53. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[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. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 (8. g3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12.
Bg2 Qh5 13. O-O e5 $132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) (8. c4 $5 {
Finkel,A}) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. Kb1 (12. Nc3 $5 {
Finkel,A /\ 13.d5!?}) 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8 $5 {Finkel,A} 14.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7 $11 {[%csl Rd4] 0,
5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 (15. g3
{Finkel,A} f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5 {Finkel,A} 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nc4 $5 hxg3 19.
hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22. Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Andersson,U/Ubeda
1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $5 cxd4 19. cxd4 $1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4 Qd5
22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Red1 $36 {Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Bar 1997 (52)})
(15. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3 20.
hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,K/BL 1986 (39)}) 15... Rhg8 (15... Rhe8 {
Finkel,A} 16. c4 $6 (16. a3 $5 Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4
$14 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5 (24... Qc5 25. Rxh6
Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {
Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)}) (16. c3 Bf8 17. g3 h6 18. Ned2 Bg7
19. Nc4 f5 20. a4 $5 Nf6 21. Nfe5 Re7 $132 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE
WCh KO 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (16. g3 Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Magem Badals,J/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (19... c5 $6 20.
Rd2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {Leko,P-Andersson,U/
It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)})) (16. Qe3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6
Qf4 20. Nf3 Qg4 $1 $11 {Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (30)})
16... Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Red7 $11 {
Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) (15... Rdg8 $5 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2
h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,R-Knaak,R/BL 1996 (41)})
16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 (17... h5 {Finkel,A} 18. Nc4 h4 19. Rd3 (19. Nfe5 $6
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Qd3 Rh8 $15 {
0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf 1955 (40)}) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh8 21.
a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/URS-ch35 Kharkov 1967/
0-1 (51)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20. Ng2 $5 Nf8 21. Nf4 Ng6
22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/0-1 (64)}) 18. Nc4 (18.
c3 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 a6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7 $13 {
Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.5) 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)})
18... Bh8 $5 $146 {Interesting idea which fully proved itself in the game:
black does'nt want to weaken his queenside with b5 or c5 and brings the knight
to the game via f6.} 19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 $5 {An agressive attempt to refute
black's opening strategy.} Ka8 $6 21. Red1 Rc8 22. Ra3 $1 {Setting a little
trap.} Rgd8 $6 (22... Rcd8 $2 23. Nxb6+ $1 Qxb6 24. Ra6 Qb7 (24... Qb5 25. Nxc6
$1 $18) 25. Nxc6 Rd7 26. Rxa7+ Qxa7 27. Nxa7 Rxa7 28. c4 $16) (22... Nd5 $5 $13
) 23. Nxf7 $1 {The idea behind the 22th move of white.} Qxf7 24. Nxb6+ Kb8 25.
Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Re3 $6 {Inaccuracy giving black serious counterchanses.After
correct} (26. Re1 $1 Re8 27. Re3 (27. Qc4 $6 Qd7 28. Ra6 $6 Ne4 $1 29. Qxc6
Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Kb7 $17 {[%csl Rc6]}) (27. Rb3+ Ka8 28. Qa6 Qd7 $132) 27... Rd8 (
27... Nd5 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 Qxe6 30. Rxe6 Bxd4 31. Rxc6 Bxf2 32. Rh6 $18)
28. Qc4 Ne4 29. Rb3+ Kc7 30. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gb4d2,Gb4b7] white's advantage
is beyond any doubt.}) 26... Ka8 $1 $132 27. Re1 (27. Rxe6 Ne4 28. Rh6 Rb8 29.
Qe3 Qc4 $36) (27. f3 $5) 27... Qd7 28. c3 c5 29. dxc5 Nd5 30. Rxe6 (30. Rd3)
30... Bxc3 31. Rd6 Qb7 32. Rd1 $2 {Missing black's reply.White still kept much
better chanses after} (32. Rc1 $5 Rb8 33. b3 (33. Rxd5 $2 Qxb2+ 34. Qxb2 Rxb2+
35. Ka1 Rc2+ 36. Kb1 Rb2+ $11) 33... Bh8 34. Qf3 $1 (34. c6 $2 Qg7 $1 {[%csl
Rb1][%cal Gg7a1]} 35. Rxd5 Qa1+ 36. Kc2 Qxa2+ $19) 34... Nc7 35. Qxb7+ Kxb7 36.
Rc4 $16) 32... Bd4 $1 {[%cal Gd5c3]} 33. Qd2 (33. c6 Nc3+ 34. Ka1 $8 Qb8 $1 (
34... Qf7 35. Qa6 $1 $18) 35. Qd2 Qxd6 (35... Nxd1 36. Rxd4 $16 {[%csl Rd1]})
36. Qxd4 Qxd4 37. Rxd4 Ne4 $17) 33... Nc3+ 34. Ka1 Nxd1 35. Qxd4 Nxf2 $1 $17 {
Suddenly everything has changed:now black has advantage and white has to fight
for suvival!} 36. b4 Qh1+ 37. Kb2 Qxh2 38. Rd7 $5 {Trying to create some
threats to the black king.} Ne4+ 39. Kb3 Qxg3+ 40. Ka4 Qg8 $1 $19 {Covering
squarre d5.} 41. a3 Qe6 42. Ka5 Nxc5 $5 {Transferring the game into easily won
queen's endgame.} 43. bxc5 Rxc5+ 44. Qxc5 Qxd7 45. Qf8+ Kb7 46. Qb4+ Kc6 47.
Qc4+ Kd6 48. Qf4+ Ke7 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qh5+ Kf8 51. a4 Qd8+ 52. Kb4 a5+ 53. Kc5
Qf6 54. Kb5 f4 $1 55. Kxa5 f3 56. Qc5+ Kf7 57. Qf2 Qe5+ 58. Kb6 Qe6+ 59. Kb7
Qe2 60. Qd4 f2 61. Qf4+ Ke6 62. Qh6+ Ke5 63. Qg7+ Kf4 64. Qh6+ Kg3 65. Qg7+ Qg4
66. Qc7+ Kg2 67. Qc2 Qb4+ 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Rogozenko} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bg5 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxf6 {Rogozenko} gxf6 11. O-O
cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6 {Ghinda-Luther,
Ikaria, 1993}) 10... Be7 (10... cxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 12. Qe5 $1 $16 (12. Qe5 {
Rogozenko} Rc8 13. Nxd4 Qc7 {Almasi Z.-Ehlvest, Biel, 1996})) 11. O-O-O O-O 12.
Kb1 (12. dxc5 Qa4 $5 (12... Qc7 $6 13. Ne5 Qxc5 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+
16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. h4 $36 {Fercec,N-Tukmakov,V/Open, Zadar CRO 1997 (23)}) (12...
Qc7 {Rogozenko}) 13. Kb1 Rfd8 $13 (13... Bxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne1 $5 (15. Rd3
Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Qg4 18. g3 Bb6 19. Qd2 Qf5 20. a3 Rc8 $13 {
Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/Merida m 1996/0-1 (53)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17. f4
Rd5 18. Rhf1 Rad8 19. Rf3 $5 f5 20. h3 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Vienna 1996 
(24)}) (13... Rad8 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 $5 Rd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nd3
Rd8 19. Re1 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,M/BL 1992/1-0 (73)})) (12. Rhe1 $5 {
Timman,J /\ d5} Rfd8 $5 13. d5 $6 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 (14. c4 Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 Qe7 $17)
14... Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxa2 16. Bxd8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8+ 18. Ke3 Qxb2 $15) 12...
Qc7 13. d5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gg5e7] Interesting attempt to fight for the
advantage,which however proves to be unsufficient.} (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qc6 $6 (16... Qe7 $1 {Timman,J} 17. Qb5 a6 $1 18. Nxf6+ (
18. Qxb7 $4 Rdb8 $19) 18... Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe7 $10) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8
19. Qb4+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kf8 21. Qf4 $6 (21. g3 $14 {Timman,J}) 21... Kg7 22. g3
Rac8 23. c3 Rd5 $1 $10 {Timman,J-Korchnoi,V/Luzern 1989 (26)}) 13... exd5 $1 (
13... Nxd5 14. Rxd5 $1 exd5 15. Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. c3 $14) 14. Rhe1
Bd8 (14... Rfe8 $2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. Qxe8+ Rxe8 17. Rxe8#) 16. Rxd5
$16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd5 $11 c4 $5 (16... Qc6 {Rogozenko} 17. c4 Rfe8 18.
Qd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 $14) 17. c3 $1 {Otherwise only black could fight for the
advantage.} Qc6 18. Red1 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Re6 (19... b5 {Rogozenko} 20. Rd6 $14)
20. Qf5 g6 (20... Rae8 $11 {Rogozenko}) 21. Qf4 Rae8 {White controls the
d-file,while black took up the e-file.The position is absolutely balancedand
the draw is not far away.} 22. Rd6 Qc5 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Nd4 (24. Qb8+ $2 {
Rogozenko} Kg7 25. Qxb7 Rb6 $17) 24... Bxd4 (24... Rd6 $5) 25. Rxd4 (25. Qxd4
$6 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 (26. cxd4 $2 Re2 $1 $17) 26... Re2 27. Rxc4 Rxf2 28. Rc7 Rxg2
29. Rxb7 f5 $15) 25... Re1+ 26. Kc2 Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 (10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O-O (11. O-O Bb7 (11... c5 12. dxc5
Bb7 13. Rfd1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nxc5 15. Rxd8 Nxe4 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. c3 Rd8 18. Bc2
{1/2-1/2 Van den Doel,E-Komarov,D/France 2003}) 12. c3 Be7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Nd3 Qc6 17. f3 Rad8 $13 {Aketaeva,D-Zatonskih,A/
Bled 2002}) (11. Rd1 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. c3) 11... Bb7 12. d5 (12. Ne5 Bxe4 13.
Qxe4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qe7 15. f4 Nc5 16. Qe3 a5 17. a3 Rfb8 $15 {Gomez Anadon,
D-Ivanov,J/Ortigueira 2004}) 12... exd5 13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 c5 16.
Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7 18. Kb1 Nf6 $11 {Van den Doel,E-Mullon,J/France 2003}) (
10. Bd5 Rb8 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bc6 Rb6 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 c6 $11) 10... Bb7
11. O-O-O (11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. O-O Qe7 15. a4 Nb6 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Qc6 b4 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gurevich,M/Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 11... O-O
12. h4 Be7 (12... Qe7 13. Nfg5 (13. Neg5 g6 14. Be4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxe7
Bxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Lalic,B/Catalan Bay 2004}) 13... h6 14.
Nh7 Rfd8 15. Nhxf6+ Nxf6 16. Nc5 Bd5 17. Kb1 Qd6 18. f3 Re8 19. Qe5 $14 {
Magem Badals,J-Abdul,M/Bled 2002}) 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Neg5 $5 {This move seems to
be Emil's improvement of his own play against Navara about a year ago. However
I find it hard to believe that White is able to reach any kind of opening
advantage.} (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Be4 Bd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. Qe3 h6 19.
Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf3 Qe7 21. Ne5 $14 {Sutovsky,E-Navara,D/Aghia Pelagia 2004})
14... Bd5 15. Ne5 c5 (15... Bxg2 $2 {Capture on g2 leads to immediate disaster.
} 16. Rhg1 {[%cal Gg1g7]} Bd5 17. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Rg1+ Bg5 22. hxg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gh5h6,Gg5g6] and
Black is helpless against 23.Qh6+ followed by Ng4 or by g6.}) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 {
An interesting decision. Black is ready to sacrifice an exchange apparently
evaluating an arising endgame as not dangerous for him.} ({The natural} 16...
Qa5 $2 {loses to untrevial} 17. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Nc6 $1 Qc7 20.
Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Qh5 $18) 17. Ng4 h6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Nh7 ({Nothing promises} 
19. Ne4 Bxe4 (19... Qe7 $6 20. g4 Rac8 21. g5 $36 {could be dangerous for
black.}) 20. Qxe4 Rfd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. f3 Ke7 $11 {with equality.}) 19... Qxf2
20. Qxf2 Bxf2 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 22. Be2 $1 $14 g5 (22... Bxg2 $2 23. Rh2 $18) (
22... b4 23. Bf3 Bc4 24. Rd2 Be3 25. Rd6 $14) 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rh3 $2 {
A very bad move, which I fail to explain. It's obvious that White doesn't have
any chances to win the game in the endgame with rooks and opposite colored
bishops, so White didn't have a choice to play the natural} (24. Bf3 Bxf3 25.
gxf3 Kg7 26. Rd6 Ra8 27. c3 $16 {with serious winning chances.}) 24... f5 25.
Bf3 g4 26. Bxd5 gxh3 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. gxh3 $14 Rf6 29. Bd5 b4 (29... Kh6 $5)
30. c4 bxc3 31. bxc3 Kh6 32. Rd2 Be3 33. Rg2 Kh5 34. Rg3 f4 35. Rf3 Kh4 36. Kc2
Rd6 37. c4 Rb6 38. Be4 a5 39. Kc3 (39. a3 a4 40. c5 Bxc5 41. Rxf4+ Kxh3 42.
Bf5+ Kg3 43. Rxa4 Kf3 $11) 39... Rb4 40. Bc2 Rb6 41. Be4 Rb4 42. Bf5 Ra4 43.
Kb3 Rb4+ 44. Kc3 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Klovans, Janis"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 (
7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4
Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5
9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {
Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8
10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,
K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. Qd2 {This logical move is,on my opinion,one of
the best ways to meet seven's move of black.} (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... f5
10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {
Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995}) 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5
13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908 (62)}) (8. g3 b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10.
Qe2 Bd5 11. Ned2 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. c3 Na4 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 $14
{Glek,I-Volkov,S/4th Open 2000}) 8... b5 (8... f5 9. Ng3 Nd7 10. Nh5 (10. Qh6
$5 Nf6 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Qd2 $14) 10... h6 $5 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Nxf6+ $6 (12. Nf4
Ne4 13. Qe3 $14) 12... Bxf6 13. Kb1 $6 (13. Bc4 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Qe3 Bd5 16.
h3 $13) 13... b5 14. g3 Bb7 15. Bg2 Qd6 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Bh1 $2 $17 {
Perunovic,M-Antic,D/JUG-ch 55th 2000} (17. c3 c5 18. Qe3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Be4+ 20.
Ka1 Kb8 $15)) 9. O-O-O (9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 (10... f5 11. Neg5 Bxf3 12.
Nxf3 Bf8 13. Qe3 Qd5 14. O-O Nd7 15. a4 $14 {Nurkic,S-Muratovic,E/TCh-BIH 1999}
) 11. Ng3 (11. O-O-O f5 12. Neg5 Bxg5+ 13. Nxg5 Qf6 14. Qh5 Qg6 15. Qh4 O-O-O
$15 {Wedberg,T-Nielsen,P/New York op 2000}) 11... f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 Nf6
$15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de Pamplona 9th 1998}) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 (
10. Qf4 Nd7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Ned2 Nb6 13. Qh6 Bd5 14. Kb1 Nc4 $132 {Borries,
B-Klyszcz,M/Dreifluesse op 8th 2000}) 10... Nd7 11. Kb1 Bd5 12. Qh6 $1 {
[%csl Rh7]} (12. Qe3 c6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. h3 $14) 12...
c6 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. Qxh7 f5 15. Nc3 $1 (15. Ned2 Nf6 16. Qh3 Ng4 17. Rhf1 Bd6
18. Rde1 Qf6 19. Qh5 O-O-O 20. h3 Rh8 21. Qg5 Rdg8 $1 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Rg1 Bf4
$44) 15... Nf6 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf6 17. Qh6 Qb6 18. Ne2 $14) 16. Qh3 Ng4
17. Rhf1 Bd6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Ne5 $2 {White loses a thread and manages to
ruin his own poitions in couple of moves} (19. Rde1 Qf6 (19... Kd7 20. g3 $16)
20. g3) (19. g3 $5 $16) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxf5 $6 (21. f4 Bg7 22. g4
Qf6 23. c3 Rh8 24. Qg3 fxg4 25. f5 e5 26. Be2 $13) 21... Qf6 22. Rfe1 Rh8 23.
Qg4 O-O-O (23... Kf8 24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Qg4+ Kf8 $11) 24. f4 Bc7 $1 (24... Bxb2
$6 25. Bxe6+ Kb8 (25... fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rhg8 27. Rxf6+ Rxg4 28. Kxb2 Rxg2 29.
Rxa6 $16) 26. Bxd5 Ba1 27. c3 Bxc3 28. Re2 $13) 25. Bd3 Rdg8 26. Qe2 $6 (26.
Qf3 Rxh2 27. g3 $15) 26... Rxh2 27. f5 Rgxg2 28. Qe3 e5 $17 29. a4 (29. Qa7 Qc6
$1) 29... Qc6 $1 30. Re2 bxa4 31. Rxg2 Rxg2 32. Qa7 d4 (32... e4 $2 33. Bxa6+ (
33. Qxa6+ Qb7 34. Bb5) 33... Kd8 34. c4 Qf6 35. Rxd5+ Ke8 36. Qa8+ Ke7 37. Rd7+
$1 Kxd7 38. Bb5+ Kd6 39. Qd5+ Ke7 40. Qxe4+ $11) 33. f6 (33. Bxa6+ Kd8 34. Bd3
Ke7 $19) 33... Kd7 34. Re1 a3 35. Rxe5 $4 (35. bxa3 Qxf6 $19) 35... a2+ $1 (
35... a2+ 36. Kxa2 Qa4+ 37. Kb1 Rg1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Garma, Chito"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 (7.
Bc4 $5 f5 8. Ng3 $5 {8.Nc3} Rg8 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nd5 12. O-O-O
Nf4 $6 13. Qd2 Qd6 14. Kb1 Bf6 15. Rhe1 $16 {/\ 16.Ne5; Minasjan,A-Savcenko,S/
Belgorod GMA-qual/1989/1-0/24/ -> TURNIERDISKETTE 1989/2}) (7. c4 $6 f5 8. Nc3
Bf6 {Tischbierek,R-Luther,T/DDR-ch Zittau/1989/0-1/23/  ->}) 7... f5 8. Ng3 {
This move leads to more complicated struggle than 8.Nc3} (8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5
10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 O-O-O $15 {Sax,G-Andersson,U/
Reggio/1988/0-1/51/ -> CBM 11}) 8... c5 9. Qd2 (9. Bd3 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. c3
Qxc5 12. O-O h5 13. h4 $2 Ne5 $17 {De Vreugt,D-Kiriakov,P/Groningen op 1995}) (
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. dxc5 (11. d5 exd5 12. Qd3 Nc6 13. O-O-O O-O-O (
13... f4 14. Nh5 Qg4 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qf5 Qxf5 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 $16 {Shabalov,A-Savchenko,S/URS-YM 1989}) 14. Qxf5 Qxf5 15. Nxf5 Bf6 16.
g4 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Ne5 $15 {Spiriev,P-Luther,T/Budapest Kasparov 1991}) 11...
Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nc6 13. O-O Bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Ribshtein,N-Alienkin,A/Rishon Le Zion
9798 1997}) (9. dxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Ne5 Ke7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nd3 Bd6
$13 {Guseinov,G-Danielian,O/Moscow op2 1995}) 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 $5 (10. O-O-O
cxd4 11. Bb5 a6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxd4 $6 (13. Nh5 Rg8 14. Kb1 Rg6 15. Nf4 Rg8
16. Nh5 Rg6 17. Nf4 Rg8 18. Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Kiriakov,P/Groningen op 1997}
) 13... c5 14. Qc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Qb6 16. Rc4 O-O 17. Nh5 e5 $19 {Horvath,
A-Bunzmann,D/Atom Cup GM 3rd 1998}) 10... Qb6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 $1 {Black needs
b-file for his actions on the queenside} (11... Qxc6 12. O-O-O Qd5 (12... Bd7
13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rhe1 $14) 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Rhe1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16. Qh6 $36)
12. O-O-O Rb8 13. b3 c4 (13... cxd4 $5 14. Nxd4 c5 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Nh5 $36) 14.
Ne5 Ba6 $6 {Inaccuracy leaving the initiative in hite's hands. After correct} (
14... cxb3 $5 15. axb3 Bb4 16. Qe3 a5 (16... Qa5 17. Kb2 Qa3+ 18. Kb1 $16) 17.
Nxf5 a4 $132 {the position would remain extremly unclear.}) 15. Kb1 Bb4 16. Qe3
Rb7 17. Nh5 (17. Nxf5 $2 cxb3 18. axb3 exf5 19. Nc4+ Re7 20. Nxb6 Rxe3 21. fxe3
axb6 $15) 17... h6 18. g4 $6 {Now it's white's turn to make a mistake. Better
was} (18. Ng7+ $1 Kf8 (18... Kd8 19. d5 $5 cxd5 20. Qxb6+ Rxb6 (20... axb6 21.
Nc6+ $18) 21. Nxf7+ Ke7 22. Nxh8 Bc3 23. Ng6+ Kf7 24. Nxf5 $16) 19. Nxe6+ fxe6
20. Ng6+ Kg7 21. Nxh8 Kxh8 22. Qxh6+ Rh7 23. Qxe6 $16 {in both cases with much
better chanses for white.}) 18... fxg4 19. f3 $5 Bb5 $1 (19... gxf3 20. Qxf3
$16 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf3f6,Gh5g7]}) 20. fxg4 a5 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Ga5a4]} 21.
Qf3 Rf8 22. Rhf1 Kd8 $132 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 $5
8. Nc3 a6 9. Qd2 (9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Qd6 (11... O-O 12. Re1 Bf6 13.
Qe2 Nc6 14. Rad1 Ne7 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne5 $14 {Jovanovic,Z-Jakab,A/
Szombathely 2003}) 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Qe3 b4
17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5 $14 {Timoshenko,G-Lupu,M/Bucharest 1993}) (9.
Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 12. c4 Qa5 13. b3 Bd7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nc6
16. Ng5 Rd8 17. Nxf7 $11 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg7 19. Qg5+ Kf7 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,
A-Sakaev,K/Moscow 2002}) (9. g4 fxg4 10. Ne5 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13.
Nxd5 Bd8 14. h3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Landa,K-Kiriakov,P/Sochi 2005}) 9... b5 10. O-O-O
(10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b4 15. Ne2 Qd5+ 16.
f3 Rd8 $15 {Bartel,M-Kiriakov,P/playchess.com INT 2004}) 10... Bb7 11. Qe3 {
This move is a better try than 11.Kb1, which was played earlier.} (11. Kb1 $6
Bxf3 (11... Qd6 12. Qe3 b4 13. Na4 $5 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bc6 $17 {Zufic,M-Kovacevic,B/
Zadar 2002}) 12. gxf3 c6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Ne2 Qd6 16. Nf4 O-O-O 17.
Ne2 Nd5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Kd7 $15 {Melgosa,M-Kiriakov,P/Dos Hermanas 2004})
11... b4 (11... Nd7 $6 12. d5 $36) 12. Ne2 Qd5 (12... c5 $2 13. Nf4 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Qa5 15. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Be2 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re8][%cal Ge2h5]}) 13. Kb1
Nd7 14. Nf4 Qe4 (14... Qd6 15. Bc4 $5 {intending to push d5 at all cost:} (15.
Be2 $5) 15... Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 (16... c5 $6 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Ne5 (18. Rhe1 $5)
18... f6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 d4 21. Qd2 O-O-O 22. Rhe1 $36) 17. d5 $1 O-O-O
18. Ne5 Rhf8 19. c4 bxc3 20. Qxc3 Bf6 21. Rhe1 Qb4 $13 {with very unclear
position.}) 15. Qd2 Bd6 {Forcing White to forget about d5 for good.} 16. Nd3 a5
{[%csl Gb4]} 17. Be2 Rg8 18. Rhe1 (18. g3 $5) 18... O-O-O $6 {Declining the
invitation to enter thecomplications after 18...R:g2, even though it's
consequences are very unclear.} (18... Rxg2 $5 19. Ng5 (19. Rg1 Rxg1 20. Rxg1
O-O-O 21. Rg7 c5 22. Rxf7 cxd4 23. Rxh7 e5 $15) 19... Qh4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3
Qg4 22. Nde5 (22. Nfe5 $6 Qxd4 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Qe2 Kc8 25. Qf3 Qd5 $15) 22...
Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qh4 24. Rg1 Rxg1 25. Rxg1 Qxh2 26. Nf3 $132) 19. Bf1 ({More
appealing looks} 19. Ng5 $5 Qxd4 20. Nxf7 Rdf8 21. Nxd6+ cxd6 22. Qh6 $1 Qf6
23. Qf4 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Gf4c4,Gc4b5] and Black has to be very
careful to hold the balance.}) 19... Qc6 20. Qh6 $6 {Passing the initiative
into Black's hands.} (20. Nfe5 $5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd6 23. f4 $14)
20... Qb6 21. Qxh7 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rdf8 $44 {[%csl Gf7]} 23. Qh6 (23. Ne5 $6 Nxe5
24. dxe5 Be7 25. Qh6 Qxf2 $132) 23... Rh8 24. Qe3 Nf6 (24... Rxh2 $5 25. f4 Nf6
26. Ne5 Nd5 27. Qb3 (27. Qf3 $2 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Nc3+ $1 $17) 27... Rxf2 28. Bc4
Bxe5 (28... Nxf4 $2 29. Qg3 $16) 29. fxe5 Rd8 $15) 25. h3 Nd5 26. Qe2 c6 (26...
Qxd4 $5 27. Ne5 Qb6 (27... Qxe5 28. Qa6+ $18) 28. Nxf7 Nc3+ 29. bxc3 bxc3+ 30.
Qb5 Qxb5+ 31. Bxb5 Rxf7 32. Bc4 $11) 27. Ka1 $5 {[%cal Gd3e5]} a4 28. Ne5 a3
29. Qa6+ (29. bxa3 $5) 29... Qxa6 30. Bxa6+ Kc7 $44 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $5
{Morozevich is famous for his awkward opening repertouar!} (7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6
(8. Bc4 c5 9. d5 Nb6 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ (11. Qe2 Bxb5 12. Qxb5+ Qd7 13.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. dxe6+ fxe6 $11 {Tseshkovsky,V-Bronstein,D/Moscow-4teams 1981 
(40)}) 11... Qxd7 12. dxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 fxe6 14. O-O Kf7 15. b3 c4 $11 {
Wockenfuss,K-Bednarski,J/Hamburg op 1981}) (8. Bd3 c5 $5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5
11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 13. c3 Bd7 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990 
(18)}) 8... f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {
Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8. Qd2 f5 9. Ng3 b6
10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16 {Kozma,J-Fichtl,
J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8 10. c4 Qh5 11.
Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,K/URS-ch sf
1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. Qd2 (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12.
Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908 (62)}) 8... b5 9.
Qh6 $6 {Too optimistic continuation.} Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 ({Black has more
then sufficient compensation after} 11. Qg7 $6 Rf8 12. Qxh7 f5 13. Ned2 Nf6 14.
Qh3 Be4 $5 $44) 11... f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13. Qe3 ({Also after} 13. Ng7+ Ke7 $6 (
13... Bxg7 14. Qxg7 Qf6 15. Qg3 (15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Be2 Rg8 17. g3 O-O-O 18. c3
$11) 15... O-O-O $15 {black keeps better chanses.}) 14. Qh4+ f6 15. Nh5 Bxf3
16. gxf3 $132) 13... Nf6 $15 14. Qe5 $4 {Quiet amazing blunder for a player of
such a level.It's rare occasion when after just 15 moves white gets lost
position!} Nxh5 $1 15. Qxh8 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nf6 $1 {[%csl Rh8] The trap is
closed and white queen becomes a spectator of what it's black "colleague"
makes to white pieces!} 17. Rg1 (17. c3 Ke7 $1 (17... Qe7 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. Rg8
Nxg8 20. Qxg8 Bh6 21. Qg3 (21. Qxh7 Qf6 $19) 21... c5 22. a4 cxd4 23. axb5 dxc3
24. Rxa6 cxb2 25. Qe5 Qb4+ 26. Kf1 b1=Q+ 27. Bxb1 Qxb1+ 28. Kg2 Rg8+ 29. Kh3
Qf1+ $19) 18. Rg1 Qd5 19. Rg8 Qxf3 20. Rd1 Bg7 21. Rxa8 Bxh8 22. Rxh8 Ng4 23.
Rd2 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qxh2 $19) 17... Qxd4 18. Rg8 Ke7 $1 $19 19. Kf1 Bg7 $1 20.
Qxg7 {The queen is saved,but the price that white had to pay was too high:he
is two pawns down,his king is unsafe,his bishop can't move-in other words the
gme is actually over.} (20. Rxa8 Bxh8 21. Rxh8 Ng4 $19) 20... Rxg8 21. Qh6 Qxb2
22. Re1 Qc3 23. Qh4 c5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 24. Rd1 c4 25. Bxf5 Qxf3 $1 26. Qd4 Nd5
0-1

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 11968]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6
gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 $5 O-O (9... Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4
fxg4 12. Rg1 Bg7 13. Rxg4 f5 14. Rg3 $36 {[%cal Gf1c4,Gd1g1] Jovanovic,
S-Nishimura,H/Budapest FS03 IM 1996/1-0 (50)}) 10. g4 (10. O-O-O c5 11. d5 e5
12. h4 Bg7 13. Kb1 a6 14. d6 $14 {Timoshenko,G-Navrotescu,C/Caciulata 1992 (23)
}) 10... fxg4 11. Rg1 e5 12. O-O-O (12. Bd3 $5 Bg7 13. dxe5 Kh8 14. O-O-O f5
15. exf6 Qxf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Chernin,A/Saint John op-2 1988}) 12...
exd4 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxb5 Qd5 16. Qe2 $40 {Rodriguez,O-Fraguela Gil,
J/Lanzarote 1976 (20)}) (9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Ne2 O-O (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3
c5 12. c3 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc6 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ $15 {
Kovalev,A-Luther,T/Wichern op 1993 (29)}) 11. c3 b6 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Ne7 14.
Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Bareev,E/Tirnavia 1989}) 10... Qd6 11. Qd2 Bd7 12.
Qh6 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Nb4 $11 {Rohde,M-Speelman,J/Lloyds Bank op
1984 (29)}) (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O-O c6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14.
f4 Qe7 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. g4 $36 {Moldovan,D-Lupu,M/Caciulata 1992/1-0 (50)})
9... O-O 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qd2 (11. c3 $5) 11... cxd4 12. g4 $5 Kh8 (12... Qd5 $6
13. gxf5 $1 Qxf3 14. Rg1+ Kh8 15. Qh6 Nd7 16. fxe6 $18) 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Rg1
Nc6 15. Qh6 Ne5 $1 (15... Nb4 $5 16. O-O-O $1 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nexd4 $16)
(15... Be6 $6 16. O-O-O $40 {[%cal Gg1g3,Ge2f4,Rf4h5,Rg3h3]} (16. Ng5 Bxg5 17.
Rxg5 Rg8 18. Rxg8+ Qxg8 19. Bxf5 Re8 20. Qf6+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxe6 Rxe6
23. Kd2 Rg6 24. Ng3 $11) (16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Nf4 $5 (17. Rh3 Rg7 18. O-O-O Nb4
$132) 17... Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Bg7 19. Qh5 $40 {[%cal Gf3g5]}) 16... Rg8 17. Rxg8+
Kxg8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Ng5 $18) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132 17. f4 $6 (17. O-O-O $5 Be6
18. f4 Qf6 $8 19. Qh5 Bc7 20. Rg5 h6 (20... Rg8 21. Bxf5 $14) 21. Rdg1 (21.
Bxf5 $2 Bxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bxe6 gxf4 $19) 21... Rg8 22. Kb1
Rad8 23. R1g3 $36 {[%cal Gg3h3]}) 17... Qd6 18. Qh4 (18. Qg5 $5) 18... Bf6 (
18... Bg7 19. O-O-O Bd7 $13) 19. Qh5 (19. Qh6 $5 Bd7 20. O-O-O {[%cal Rg1g7]}
Rg8 21. Rg3 Rg6 22. Qh5 Qd5 23. Rh3 h6 $13) 19... Bd7 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Rh3 (21.
Qxf7 $6 Bh4 $17) 21... Rg7 22. O-O-O Re8 $15 {Black has managed to defend his
position and now it's time for an active counterplay.} 23. Qh6 (23. Kb1 $5 Re3
24. Rg3 Be6 25. Rdg1 Qd5 26. Nc1 Rg6 $17 {[%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,Gb7b5]}) 23... Re3
$1 24. Bxf5 $2 (24. Rh5 $5 Qe7 25. Ng3 Re1 $132) 24... Rxe2 25. Bxd7 d3 $1 $19
{Suddenly white is helpless against numerous threats.} 26. Ba4 (26. c3 Rc2+ 27.
Kb1 Rxb2+ 28. Kxb2 Qb4+ $19) 26... Qd4 {[%cal Gd4a4,Gd4b2]} 0-1

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Voitsekhovsky, Stanislav"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5
$14 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {
7...Nxf6 - C10} 8. h4 {Der Survey ist aus weißer Sicht aufgebaut.} O-O (8... h6
9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und h6 begünstigen Weiß,
denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit g2-g4-g5 einen klaren
und starken Plan.}) (8... c5 9. Qd2 $1 {Hier wurde auch 9.dxc5 gespielt.} cxd4
10. O-O-O $1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Nf3 $1 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bd7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Be2 Rfc8 16. Rhd1 $14 {1-0 Cabrilo,G-Drasko,M/Jugoslavija 1992 (32)}) 9. Qd2 e5
{This move was considered as leading to the slightly worse postion, in which
however black has very good chanses to equalize. This game came to question
theoretical verdict.} 10. Bxf6 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 Nxf3+ $10) (10. O-O-O {
- 53/275}) (10. O-O-O e4 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Kb1 $6 c5 $1
$10 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 $10 {Anand,V-Kortchnoi,V/
Tilburg 1991/1/2-1/2 (63)}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17.
Ba6 Nd5 18. Qd4 Rb8 $15 {Labunskiy,D-Pushkov,N/Vladivostok 1994}) 10... Qxf6
11. O-O-O h6 (11... exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß hat nur einen winzigen
Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit diesem Endspiel endeten beide 1-0. Weiß
hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit diesem Endspiel
endeten beide 1-0.} (13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Nb5 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Rfc8 17.
Rhd1 Kf8 18. Rc3 c6 19. Nd6 Rc7 20. f3 Ne8 21. Ne4 Re7 22. Rcd3 f5 23. Nc5 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Kortschnoj,V/Ehrat mem (SUI vs GER match) 1999}) 13... Nf6 (
13... Re8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {
Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993}) 14. Bc4 $14 a6 15. Re1 b5 (15... b6
16. Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {>< Pc7}) 17. Bc6 Bb7
18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Re7 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A
1996}) (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {>< Pe4}) 12. Qe3 (12. Re1 exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nb6 15. Nb5 c6 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Bf5 $11 {
Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg Fontys 1998}) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bc4
Qf6 15. Qd4 {1/2-1/2 Har-Zvi,R-Soffer,R/ISR-chT ASA Tel-Aviv-Hapoel P.T 1998})
12... exd4 13. Rxd4 Nb6 14. Bd3 $5 {This logical move appears to be a novelty.
It means that white isn't ready to sign a draw agreement yet! I guess he was
right since the game lasted 12 more moves!} (14. Qe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Morovic
Fernandez,I-Miles,A/Capablanca Elite 1997}) 14... c5 $6 (14... Be6 15. Qe4 g6
16. h5 (16. Qxb7 $5 c5 17. Re4 (17. Rd6 $2 Qf4+ $19) 17... Bd5 18. Qe7 $1 $14)
16... c5 17. Rd6 c4 18. Be2 $14) (14... Qe6 $1 15. Qe4 (15. Re1 $6 Qxa2 16. c3
$1 Qa5 $13 (16... Na4 $2 17. Rb4 c5 18. Qe4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb4a4,Ge4h7,Ge4a4]}))
15... Qxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. Rhd1 $14) 15. Re4 Be6 16. Rf4 $1 Qe7 17. Ng5 hxg5 (
17... Nd5 18. Qe4 {[%cal Ge4h7]} g6 (18... Nf6 19. Rxf6 $18) 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20.
Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rg4 $14) 18. Bh7+ $1 Kh8 (18... Kxh7 19. hxg5+ Kg8 (19... Kg6 20.
Qd3+ Kxg5 21. Qg3+ $18) 20. Rfh4 f6 21. g6 $18) 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Bf5+ Kg8 21.
Bxe6 $16 g6 $8 (21... Rae8 $2 22. Bxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxe8+ Rf8 24. Qxf8#) 22. Kb1
$1 $18 {[%cal Gf4f7] Despite of material balance black is helpless,} Kg7 (22...
Qxg2 23. Rfh4 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rf7 25. Rh8+ Kg7 26. R1h7#) 23. Qc3+ $2 (23. Rxf7+
$1 $18) 23... f6 24. Qf3 {[%csl Rb7]} f5 25. Rfh4 Kf6 26. Bb3 {[%cal Gf3c3]}
1-0

[Event "Clarin GP final"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Braga, Fernando Alberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1998.03.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 (8. g3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12.
Bg2 Qh5 13. O-O e5 $132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) 8... Bb7 9.
Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 (11. Rhe1 {Finkel,A} Nd7 12. Nc3 $5 {/\ 13.d5!?})
11... Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8 $5 {Finkel,A} 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7
15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7 $11 {[%csl Rd4] 0,5/Kortchnoj,
V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 (15. g3 {Finkel,A}
f5 (15... Rhg8 {Finkel,A} 16. Qe2 f5 17. Ned2 h5 (17... Bf6 18. Nc4 (18. c3 c5
19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 a6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7 $13 {Christiansen,
L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.5) 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 18... Bh8 $5
19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 Ka8 21. Red1 $14 {Ovetchkin,R-Volkov,S/Russian Cup Stage
1998/0-1 (67)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20. Ng2 $5 Nf8 21. Nf4
Ng6 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/0-1 (64)}) 18. Nc4
h4 19. Rd3 (19. Nfe5 $6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5
cxd5 24. Qd3 Rh8 $15 {0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf 1955 (40)}) 19...
hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh8 21. a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/
URS-ch35 Kharkov 1967/0-1 (51)}) 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5 {Finkel,A} 17. Qe2 h4
18. Nc4 $5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22. Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,
Z-Andersson,U/Ubeda 1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $1 cxd4 (18... h5 {Finkel,A}
19. Nc4 h4 $6 20. d5 $1 exd5 21. Rxd5 hxg3 22. hxg3 f4 23. Nd6 $36) 19. cxd4 $1
{The only way to fight for the advantage.White takes controle over the square
e5,intending to put there the knight from f3.} Rc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4 Qd5 22.
Nfe5 $14 {Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Bar 1997 (52)}) (15. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 16.
g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3 20. hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,
K/BL 1986 (39)}) 15... Rhe8 (15... Rhg8 $5 {Finkel,A}) (15... Rdg8 $5 {Finkel,A
} 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,
R-Knaak,R/BL 1996 (41)}) 16. c4 (16. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5
19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4 $14 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5
(24... Qc5 25. Rxh6 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5
Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)}) (16. c3 {Finkel,A}
Bf8 17. g3 h6 18. Ned2 Bg7 19. Nc4 f5 20. a4 $5 Nf6 21. Nfe5 Re7 $132 {
Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (16. g3 {Finkel,A}
Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Magem Badals,J/
ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (19... c5 $6 20. Rd2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23.
Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {Leko,P-Andersson,U/It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)})) (16. Qe3 {
Finkel,A} f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6 Qf4 20. Nf3 Qg4 $1 $11 {
Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (30)}) 16... Bb4 $5 {Logical
continuation:before transfering the bishop to g7 black puts white before
difficult choise where to put the rook from e1.} (16... Nf8 {Finkel,A} 17. g3
Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Red7 $11 {Gallagher,J-Zueger,
B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) 17. Rh1 Bf8 18. Qc2 f5 19. Neg5 $6 {After this move
black siezes the initiative so better was} (19. Nc3 $5 Bg7 20. Rhe1 h6 21. Qa4
$13 {with complicated position.}) 19... f6 20. Nh3 (20. Nf7 $2 Rc8 21. Qd2 Re7
22. Nh6 f4 23. Ng4 h5 $19) 20... Bh6 {[%csl Rh3]} 21. g3 Nf8 22. Rhe1 Ng6 $15 {
White does'nt have any clear plan how to improve his position and he has to
wait for actions from black's side.} 23. Nhg1 {[%cal Gg1e2,Ge2c3] Transfering
the knight to c3.} Qc8 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 24. h4 Nh8 $5 25. Qa4 Nf7 26. d5 cxd5 (
26... exd5 $6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Nd4 $44) 27. cxd5 e5 28. Ne2 Nd6
29. Nc3 Qd7 $6 (29... f4 $1 30. gxf4 Qf5+ 31. Ka1 Qxf4 32. Qxf4 Bxf4 $15)
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4256]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 {This variation has become during the last
year the scene for many interesting battles on the highest level. Each time
somebody was coming to the game with some improvement or new opening plan
which changed drustically the evaluation of whole variation. After the
following game it seems to be black's turn to come up with improvements!} (8...
Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 {
1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3
Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {Spassky-Czerniak/
Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14.
c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10. O-O (10. O-O-O $13)
10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {Smirin,
I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4
g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Baklan,V-Goloshchapov,A/
Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Qe2 (11. d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4
14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}
) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 $5 {A new move aiming to gain tempo compering to the game
Leko-Shirov.} (12. Ng3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5
Be7 16. Nf5 Bd6 17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 $14 {Leko,P-Shirov,
A/Fujitsu Siemens Giants 2000}) (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3
Qd6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6
14. Bd3 $1 (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,
V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6
16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4
Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,
P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bxe4 (12... Nd7 13. O-O-O Rb8
14. d6 $5 (14. Rhg1 $5) 14... cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 $14) (12... Be7 {
Ftacnik} 13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf5 c6 15. O-O-O cxd5 16. Be4 $14) 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14.
O-O-O (14. O-O {Ftacnik} Nc5 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Rad1 $14) 14... Be7 (14... Nc5 $6
15. h4 $1 (15. g4 $5 {Ftacnik}) (15. Bc2 e4 16. Nd2 Re8 $14) 15... b5 16. g4 g6
17. g5 Bg7 18. h5 $16) 15. g4 (15. h4 $1) 15... Bd6 $6 {Too passive move
permitting white to develop serious initiative.Better was} (15... Bg5+ $5 16.
Kb1 Bf4 17. h4 Nf6 18. Ng5 (18. g5 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd6 $132) 18... Rb8 19. Nh3
$14) (15... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 16. Nxe5 $16) 16. Kb1 Rb8 (16... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 17.
Bc2 (17. g5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. gxf6 Qxf6 20. Rd3 Qf5 $11) 17... Nxg4 18. Rhg1
Nf6 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. f4 $14) 17. h4 b5 18. Ng5 g6 (18... Nf6 19. Qc2 h6 20. Nh7
Re8 21. g5 $40) 19. Bc2 b4 20. c4 Nc5 21. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Gh4h5] Preparing the
advance of the h-pawn.} Qf6 (21... f5 $6 22. gxf5 gxf5 23. Rhg1 Kh8 24. Nxh7 $1
Kxh7 25. Qf3 {[%csl Rh7]} Qe8 (25... Kh6 26. Rg5 Qe8 27. Bxf5 $18 {[%cal Gd1g1,
Gf3e3]}) 26. Bxf5+ Kh8 27. Rg5 Rg8 28. Rh5+ Kg7 29. Rh7+ Kf8 30. Bd7+ $18) 22.
h5 h6 (22... Qf4 23. hxg6 $1 hxg6 (23... Qxe3 24. gxh7+ Kg7 25. fxe3 $18) 24.
Qh3 Kg7 25. Qh6+ Kf6 26. Nh7+ $18) 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 {The fact that
knights has disappeared from the board doesn't make black's life any easier.} (
24. Qxe4 Kg7) 24... g5 25. c5 Be7 26. Rc1 $1 $16 Rb5 (26... Qf4 27. Qxf4 exf4
28. Bf5 Rfe8 29. d6 $1 Bd8 (29... cxd6 30. c6 Kf8 31. c7 Rbc8 32. Rhd1 $18 {
[%cal Gd1d5,Gd5a5]}) 30. Rhe1 Kf8 31. Bd7 $18) 27. Bf5 e4 $5 {Trying to create
counterplay over the diagonal a1-h8.} 28. Bxe4 Rfb8 29. Bd3 {'?' Ftacnik.} (29.
Rhe1 $1 $18 {Ftacnik}) 29... Ra5 {'?' Ftacnik.} (29... Rxc5 $1 {Ftacnik} 30.
Rhe1 (30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Qf3 $15) 30... Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 Bd6 $11) 30. Rh3 Bf8
31. Rf3 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Bxe7 33. d6 $1 {[%csl Rf7] The decisive breake.Despite of
the material balance black is helpless.} cxd6 34. c6 Rc8 35. c7 Rc5 $8 36. Rxc5
dxc5 37. Bc4 Rxc7 38. Rxf7 {Ftacnik: 'The number of pawns is equal and black
can combine his hopes with the drawish nature of opposite coloured bishops.
Unfortunatelly for Gurevich his king is in a terrible shape and white's rook
dominates the position. '} Kh8 39. Kc2 $18 Rd7 (39... Bd6 40. Rf6 Bf4 41. Rxh6+
Kg7 42. Re6 $18 {[%cal Gh5h6]}) 40. Kb3 a5 41. f3 Rd4 (41... Rc7 42. Ka4 $18 {
[%csl Ra5,Rc7,Re7][%cal Ga4b5,Gb5b6]}) 42. Rxe7 a4+ 43. Kxa4 Rxc4 44. Kb5 Rc2
45. b3 Kg8 (45... Rc3 46. Re5 Rxf3 47. Rxc5 Rf2 48. Kxb4 Rxa2 49. Kb5 Rg2 50.
Rc4 $18 {[%cal Gb3b8]}) 46. Re5 Rxa2 47. Rxc5 Ra8 48. Kxb4 Rf8 49. Rf5 Rb8+ 50.
Kc3 Rc8+ 51. Kb2 Rb8 52. f4 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bc4 cxd4 (8... Qa5+ $5 9. c3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Re5 Qb6 13. Qe2
cxd4 14. Nxd4 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 $11 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997/1/2-1/
2 (77)}) 9. O-O $5 {Sacrificng a pawn and hoping to use an advantage in
development to create some treats to black king.} (9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5
11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. f3 a6 14. Nb3 Bb6 $11 {Rayner,F-Motwani,P/
Blackpool zt 1990/0-1 (44)}) 9... Bc5 (9... Be7 $5 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 $5 O-O 11.
Rad1 $14) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Nb5
Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Nf5 17. c3 Rad8 $11 {King,D-Motwani,P/London WFW 1990 (40)}) 10.
Qe2 Qb6 {Showing by this move his agressive intentions:black is ready to leave
his king in the center,but to try to hold the pawn on d4.} (10... O-O $5 11.
Rad1 a6 12. Ne5 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5 $44 {Klovans,
J-Kishnev,S/NRW-Liga II 1997 (35)}) 11. Rad1 Bd7 (11... Qxb2 $5) 12. Ne5 Rc8
13. c3 $1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} h6 14. Bh4 $5 {White also plays very ambitiously;he
is not satisfied with minimal advantage after} (14. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7
16. b4 Bd6 17. Rxd4 Kc7 18. Rfd1 Be5 19. Rd7+ Kb8 20. Rxf7 $14 {and fights for
more...}) 14... a6 15. cxd4 ({Of course not} 15. b4 Be7 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Rxd4 Rhd8 19. Rfd1 Nf6 $11 {and black is out of any danger.}) 15...
Bxd4 16. Qd3 Bxe5 17. Bxf6 Bxh2+ $8 18. Kh1 $1 {[%csl Rd7,Rh2]} (18. Kxh2 $2
Qc7+ {[%cal Gc7h2,Gc7d7]} 19. Kg1 gxf6 $17) 18... Qc7 19. Bc3 ({Doesn't work} 
19. Bxg7 $2 Rg8 20. Qh7 Rxg7 $1 21. Qh8+ Ke7 22. Qxg7 Be5 $1 23. Rxd7+ Qxd7 24.
Qxe5 Rxc4 $17 {and black is just a pawn up.}) 19... Bf4 20. Qd4 Ba4 $2 {
This move is not so easy to understand,because it loses by force,and as a
matter of fact,quiet simply!It was nessasary to play} (20... Rg8 $1 {with
unclear position.}) 21. Bxe6 $6 {[%cal Gd4a4,Ge6c8]} ({Why not to play logical
} 21. Qxg7 $1 {and black simply can resign:} Bxd1 (21... Rf8 22. Bb4 $1 $18) (
21... e5 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Bb4+ $18) 22. Qxh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Ke8 24. Rxd1 Qxc4
25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Bf6#) 21... fxe6 22. Qxa4+ b5 (22... Ke7 23. Bxg7 Rhg8 24. Bc3
$16) 23. Qxa6 O-O {Finally the black king is safe,but now white is the one who
has the pawn up and the game enters different stage-transformation of material
advantage into win,and here young french grandmaster shows certain lack of
skills.} 24. Qxe6+ $16 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ ({More accurate was} 25. Rfe1 $1 Qxe6 26.
Rxe6 Rc7 27. g3 Bg5 28. Kg2 $16) 25... Rxf7 26. g3 Bg5 27. Kg2 Rc4 28. a3 Be7 {
[%cal Gb5b4] Intending to play b4.} 29. Rd4 Rc6 30. Rd3 {The rook has to be
moved,because black threatened to play Bf6.} Bf6 31. Bxf6 Rfxf6 32. Rfd1 ({
Doesn't work} 32. Rd5 $6 b4 $1 33. axb4 Rc2 34. b3 Rb2 35. Rd3 Rb6 36. Rc1 Rf6
$1 {with the draw.}) 32... Rc4 33. R1d2 b4 34. b3 Re4 35. a4 ({Another
possibility was} 35. f3 $5 Re1 36. axb4 Rb6 37. Rc3 $1 Rxb4 38. Rd7 Re6 39.
Rcc7 Rg6 40. Rb7 $16 {with good chanses to win the game.}) 35... Rb6 36. Rd4 $6
{At this stage white seems to lose his way:he doesn't see the way to improve
the position and very quickly loses winning chanses.} (36. a5 $5 Ra6 37. Rd5
Re1 38. Rb5 Ra1 39. Rd7 R1xa5 40. Rxb4) 36... Re1 37. Rg4 $6 {[%cal Gd2d7]} Rb7
$1 {Defending from Rd7.} 38. Rdd4 Rb1 {[%csl Rb3]} 39. Rd3 Rb2 40. Rc4 Kh7 41.
Kf3 Kg6 42. Rg4+ Kf6 43. Rf4+ Kg5 44. Kg2 Kg6 45. Rff3 Rb6 $1 $15 {After
exchanging a pair of rooks white's winning chanses will become neglectable.}
46. Rd5 Rf6 47. Rxf6+ Kxf6 48. Rd3 Ke5 49. Kf3 h5 $1 {Creating the passed pawn
on the kingside.} 50. Ke3 g5 51. f4+ gxf4+ 52. gxf4+ Kf5 $11 53. Kf3 h4 54.
Rd5+ Kf6 55. Kg4 {This move may be considered as a draw offer,because now all
the pawns disappear from the board.} Rxb3 56. Kxh4 Ra3 57. Rb5 Rxa4 58. Kg4 b3
59. Rb6+ Kf7 60. Kg5 b2 61. Rb7+ Kf8 62. f5 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest FS12 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horvath, Adam"]
[Black "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O $5 {On my opinion the plan with castle
kingside is much more dangerous for black. White is better prepared for the
play on queenside than black on the kingside, that's why his chanses to launch
a dangerous attack are higher.} (11. a4 $5 a5 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O 14. Rfd1
Kh8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. Bb1 $14 {Ivanovic,B-Dizdar,G/Kladovo 1990/CBM
17}) (11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. g3 f5 16.
Ned2 Bf6 $132 {Damjanovic,M-Radulov,I/Tbilisi 1965/EXT 98}) 11... Nd7 12. c4 (
12. Rfe1 O-O-O 13. a4 a5 (13... f5 $6 14. Neg5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Rdf8 16. a5 Rhg8
17. axb6 $14 {Schramm,C-Jandke,M/Germany 1996/EXT 99}) 14. Ba6 Nb8 15. Bxb7+
Kxb7 16. c3 Na6 17. Rab1 $14 {Jerie,S-Fleischer,P/Germany 1992/GER-chT2}) (12.
a4 Nf8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Ng6 15. g3 Kf8 16. a5 $14 {Jakobsen,O-Rosell,K/
Esbjerg 1972/MCD}) 12... O-O-O (12... O-O $6 13. Ng3 Rfe8 14. Qd2 f5 15. Rae1
Nf8 16. Qh6 Ng6 17. Nh5 {1-0 Shephard,M-Gasik,R/London 1994/EXT 98 (17)}) 13.
a3 c5 $5 {This move seems to me the most logical way to meet 13.a3.} 14. dxc5
bxc5 $1 (14... Nxc5 $6 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19.
Qe2 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]}) 15. Rad1 f5 ({Very serious attention deserved} 15...
Ne5 $5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 f5 $132 {[%cal Gb7g2]}) 16. Ng3 (16.
Nc3 $5 Qf4 $13) 16... Bf6 {It's clear that black has successfully solved
opening problems and white has to be carefull not to find himself in troubles.}
(16... Qf4 $5 17. Bxf5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ne5 19. Qe4 Nxf3+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Bxe4
Nd4 $13) 17. Nh5 $6 Rhg8 $6 {Missing an opportunity to get better chanses after
} (17... Bxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 Bxb2 19. Bc2 (19. Rb1 $2 Ne5 20. Qa8+ Kd7 $19 {
[%csl Ra8]}) 19... Nb6 20. Qb3 Be5 $17) 18. Bxf5 $6 {This move looks tempting,
but it leads to black's edge so white had to play something else in order to
stay in the game, however black refuses to take his chanse.} Qc6 $2 ({Why not} 
18... exf5 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxf6 Re7 21. Qc2 Be4 $1 $17 {and black is just an
exchange up?!}) 19. Rxd7 $1 {Now this move is strong and it leads by force to
the ending with good winning chanses for white.} Qxf3 $8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Bxe6+ fxe6 (21... Kb8 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Ng3 $18 {[%csl Gf3]}) 22. Qxe6+ Kc7 23.
Qxg8 Qxh5 24. Re1 $16 {Rook+3 pawns is much stronger than 2 bishops in this
position mainly because of exposed position of black king.} Bf6 (24... a5 $5 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga5a4,Gh5g6]}) 25. Qg3+ Kc8 26. Qd6 Qg5 (26... Bd4 27. Qf8+ Kc7
28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. b4 $18) 27. g3 Bd8 28. Qe6+ Kc7 29. Qf7+ Kc8 30. Qe6+ Kc7 31.
Qf7+ Kc8 32. Qxh7 {Gathering another pawn!} Qg4 {[%cal Gg4f3]} 33. Qf7 $1 $18 {
Threatening to exchange queens with Qe6.} Kb8 34. Qe8 Kc7 35. Qe5+ Kd7 36. Qe8+
Kc7 37. Qf7+ Kb8 38. b4 {Aftr winning some time for thinking white decides to
push b-pawn.} Qh3 39. Qf4+ Kc8 40. f3 Qd7 41. bxc5 a5 42. h4 {Black is
helpless against an advance of white pawns on the kingside.} Bc6 43. h5 Be7 44.
Re5 Qd1+ 45. Kg2 Bd8 46. Qe3 Bc7 47. Re6 Bd7 48. Rf6 Qc2+ 49. Qf2 Qxc4 50. h6
Be5 51. Rf8+ Kc7 52. h7 Qc3 53. Qe2 Bg7 54. Rf7 Bf6 55. g4 {[%csl Gh3]
Securing square h3 for the king.} Bd4 56. Qe6 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Bc3 58. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 e5 (10... O-O 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13.
Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. f4 (15. Nc4 Bh6 16. f4 b5 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc7 Qxe5 $8
$13 {Glek,I-Luther,T/BL9293 1993 (22)}) 15... Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nc7 Qxe3+ 18.
Nxe3 Rb8 19. Bd3 Ng4 $132 {Landenbergue,C-Luther,T/Ptuj zt 1995 (48)}) 12. Kb1
(12. h4 Nd7 13. d6 Nb6 14. Ng5 (14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4
18. Qxd4 $44 {Lau,R-Sakaev,K/Dortmund-C 1991 (56)}) 14... h6 15. Nh3 Bg7 16.
Qe3 Qxh4 17. g3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 $13 {Kutuzovic,B-Dizdar,G/CRO-chT 1994 (48)})
12... Nd7 13. g4 e4 14. Ng1 fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h3 $13 {Saulin,D-Kiriakov,P/
RUS-Cup03 (Geller mem) 1999 (29)}) (10... exd5 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13.
Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 O-O (14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 Rg8 17. O-O Bxd4 18. Qxd4
$16 {Arnason,J-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (31)}) 15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7
17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nce2 Kh8 19. Rad1 $14 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/Reykjavik 1989 
(37)}) 11. h4 (11. O-O-O e4 $5 12. Qh6 a6 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Bd3 $6 Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nd7 $36 {Loskutov,O-Belozerov,A/Moscow7 1995 (20)}) (11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O
13. Kh1 a6 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Rfe1 e4 $36 {Ernst,T-Setterqvist,K/
SWE-ch Goteborg 1990}) 11... O-O (11... e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh4 14. Qf4 Bf6
15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bb5+ $40 {Hoffmann,H-Broberg,H/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (44)}) 12.
O-O-O Bg7 13. d6 $5 {The most ambitious continuation.Nothing special promises}
(13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 15. Qg5 Qa5 16. Nd2 c4 $13 {and black is o'kay;
Vujakovic,B-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT 1989 (25)}) 13... e4 $5 {Not less ambitious reply!
} (13... Be6 $6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. g4 Nd4 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 $14 {Klovans,
J-Dizdar,G/Groningen op 1991 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Nd7 (14... h6 $6 15. Nh3 Qxh4 16.
g3 Qf6 17. Nf4 $36) 15. f3 h6 16. Nd5 $5 Re8 (16... Bf6 $6 17. Nh3 Kg7 $6 18.
fxe4 fxe4 19. Nhf4 Be5 20. Nc7 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc7a8,Gc7e6]}) (16... Nf6 $2 17.
Ne7+ Kh8 18. Bc4 $1 Qe8 (18... hxg5 19. hxg5+ Nh7 20. Rxh7+ $1 $18) 19. fxe4
fxe4 20. Rdf1 b5 21. Rxf6 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Bxf6 22. Nxf7+ Rxf7 23. Qxh6+ Rh7 24.
Ng6+ Qxg6 25. Qf8+ $1 Qg8 26. Qxg8#) 17. Nxf7 $5 {The point of 16th move of
white.White hopes to use vulnerable position of the black king and to combine
the attack with th help of bishop and queen.} Kxf7 18. Nc7 Nb6 $1 {This strong
move covering square c4 leads to a draw and neither side can't deviate from
the main variation.} (18... Qf6 $6 19. c3 Nb6 (19... Rb8 $2 20. Bc4+ Kf8 21.
Qd5 $18) 20. Nxa8 $1 (20. Nxe8 Kxe8 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Qe3 Bf5 23. Bb5+ Kd8 24.
Rhf1 Qe5 25. Qf4 $1 $14) 20... e3 21. Qe2 Nxa8 22. d7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7+ $16) 19.
Nxa8 e3 20. Qd3 (20. Qa5 $6 Nxa8 (20... e2 $2 21. Bxe2 Rxe2 22. Nxb6 axb6 23.
Qb5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb5e2,Gd6d7]}) 21. Bc4+ Kg6 22. Qxc5 Nb6 $36) 20... c4 $5 (
20... Nxa8 $2 21. d7 Bxd7 22. Qxd7+ Qxd7 23. Rxd7+ Re7 24. Bc4+ Ke8 25. Rxe7+
Kxe7 26. f4 $18) 21. Qa3 e2 (21... Nxa8 $2 22. d7 $1 Bxd7 23. Bxc4+ Kg6 24.
Qd6+ $18) 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. d7 Bxd7 25. Qd6 Ba4 $1 (25... Re7 26.
Qd5+ Kf8 27. Qxc4 Qe8 28. Qb4 $14) 26. Qxd8 Rxc2+ 27. Kb1 Rxb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saulin, Dmitri"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2752]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 {Kiriakov is probably the best expert of this
variation: he plays it with consistansy deserving respect, but variation
itself remains dubious and this game shows some of the problems.} 10. d5 (10.
dxc5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $6 (11. Nxd2 $5 Ke7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nb3 Bxc3 (13... a5
14. Nd4 Bxd4 (14... Rc8 15. Nxf5+ exf5 16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. Bc4 $40) (14... Bg5+ $5
15. Kb1 Rc8) 15. Rxd4 Nc6 (15... Rc8 16. Rh4 Rxc5 17. Rxh7 b5 18. Bd3 b4 19.
Ne2 $16) (15... Bc6 $5) 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Rhd1 Be8 (18... Rhd8 $32
19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 $16) 19. f4 $14 {Kusmin,G-Kiriakov,P;Russia,1995;1-0}) 14.
bxc3 a5 (14... Bc6 $5) 15. Bd3 a4 16. Nd4 Ra5 17. Kd2 $1 Rc8 18. Rb1 $14 {
Gaponenko,I-Kiriakov,P,1995;1-0}) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8+ 13. Kc1 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1
Nd7 15. Bc4 (15. c6 $5 {Finkel,A}) 15... Nxc5 16. Re1 a6 $15 {Jakovenko,
D-Kiriakov,P/RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997 (59)}) 10... O-O (10... e5 11. h4 $5 (
11. O-O-O e4 $5 12. Qh6 a6 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Bd3 $6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 $36 {
Loskutov,O-Belozerov,A/Moscow7 1995 (20)}) (11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 a6
14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Rfe1 e4 $36 {Ernst,T-Setterqvist,K/SWE-ch
Goteborg 1990}) 11... e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh4 14. Qf4 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16.
Bb5+ $40 {Hoffmann,H-Broberg,H/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (44)}) (10... exd5 11. Qe3+
Be6 12. Qxc5 Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 O-O (14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 Rg8
17. O-O Bxd4 18. Qxd4 $16 {Arnason,J-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (31)})
15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nce2 Kh8 19. Rad1 $14 {Arnason,
J-Bjarnason,S/Reykjavik 1989 (37)}) 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. f4 (15. Nc4 Bh6 16. f4 b5 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc7 Qxe5 $8 $13
{Glek,I-Luther,T/BL9293 1993 (22)}) 15... Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nc7 Qxe3+ 18.
Nxe3 Rb8 19. Bd3 Ng4 $132 {Landenbergue,C-Luther,T/Ptuj zt 1995 (48)}) 12. Kb1
$5 (12. h4 Bg7 (12... Nd7 13. d6 Nb6 14. Ng5 (14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 Bd4
17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $44 {Lau,R-Sakaev,K/Dortmund-C 1991 (56)}) 14... h6 15.
Nh3 Bg7 16. Qe3 Qxh4 17. g3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 $13 {Kutuzovic,B-Dizdar,G/CRO-chT
1994 (48)}) 13. d6 (13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 15. Qg5 Qa5 16. Nd2 c4 $13 {
Vujakovic,B-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT 1989 (25)}) 13... Be6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. g4 Nd4 16.
gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 $14 {Klovans,J-Dizdar,G/Groningen op 1991 (34)}) 12... Nd7
13. g4 $5 {Logical continuation opening up a file for the attack against black
king.} e4 $8 (13... fxg4 $6 14. Rg1 Nb6 (14... Bg7 15. Rxg4 f5 16. Rg1 e4 17.
Ng5 Nb6 18. d6 $5 $36) 15. h3 Bg7 16. hxg4 Qf6 17. Ng5 $1 $36) 14. Ng1 ({
Deserved attention also} 14. Ne1 $5 fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h3 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18.
c3 $14 {and white is slightly better.}) 14... fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h3 Qb6 17.
c3 (17. Nc3 $6 Ne5 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bb5 Nd7 21. Be2 Bf5 $13 {
[%cal Gf5c2,Gg7b2]}) 17... Ne5 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Re1 (19. Be2 Bf5 20. f3 Rad8
21. Qf4 Bg6 22. Nh3 $13) 19... Rfe8 20. f4 Bf3 (20... Nf3 $5 21. Nxf3 Bxf3 22.
Bg2 Bg4 $1 23. Ka1 $14) 21. Rh3 Bxe4+ (21... Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxe4+ 23. Ka1 (23.
Bd3 Bxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qg6 26. Qf1 Re8 $36) 23... Rad8 24. Rhe3 Qg6
25. Nf3 $14) 22. Rxe4 Nc4 $6 {Serious mistake giving white exellent chanses to
win the game.} (22... Qg6 $5) 23. Rxe8+ $1 (23. Rxc4 Qg6+ 24. Bd3 Qxg1+ 25. Kc2
$14) 23... Rxe8 24. Bxc4 Qg6+ 25. Bd3 Qxg1+ 26. Kc2 Re1 27. Bxh7+ $6 ({Missing
very good chanse to decide the game:} 27. d6 $1 Ra1 (27... Rd1 $1 28. Qe2 $1 (
28. Qxd1) 28... Rc1+ 29. Kb3 c4+ 30. Bxc4 Qb6+ 31. Ka4 Qc6+ (31... Qxd6 $2 32.
Qe8+ Qf8 33. Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Qe4 b5+ 35. Kxb5 h6 36. Bc4 $18) 32. Bb5 Qxd6 33.
Qe8+ Qf8 34. Qe4 h6 35. Qxb7 $18) 28. Kb3 Rd1 29. Qe2 Qe1 30. Qg4 $18) 27...
Kf8 28. d6 $2 {Now this move is mistake.Better was} (28. Bd3 Rc1+ (28... Ra1
29. Kb3 Rd1 30. Qe2 Re1 31. Qf3 $16) 29. Qxc1 Qg2+ 30. Qd2 Qxh3 31. d6 $16 {
keeping some winning chanses.}) 28... Ra1 $11 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gg1b1]} 29. Kb3
Rd1 30. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13.
Nxd4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6 {Ghinda-Luther, Ikaria, 1993}) 10... O-O-O {
A new plan in this well-known position.} (10... Be7 11. O-O-O (11. dxc5 $5 O-O
(11... Bxc5 $6 12. Ne5 Qa4 (12... Qd5 $2 13. Rd1 $1 Qxg2 14. Qb5+ Kf8 15. Qxc5+
Kg8 16. Qe7 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8]} Rf8 17. Rd8 Qxh1+ 18. Ke2 Qe4+ 19. Kd2 $18) 13.
O-O O-O (13... Ne4 $2 14. b3 $18) (13... Nd5 14. c4 Nb6 15. b3 Qa3 16. Qf3 O-O
17. Qxb7 $16) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 $1 $16 {Hracek,Z-Slobodjan,R/MK Cafe Cup
Open A 1999}) 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Rfe1 (14. Rad1 Qe4) 14... Nd7 (14...
Rfd8 $2 15. Rad1 Qxa2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Nd7+ $18) (14... Bd6 $2
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rad1 $18) (14... Bd4 $5 15. Rad1 Qxe5 $14) 15.
Nf3 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Corus 2000}) 11... O-O 12. Kb1 (12. dxc5 Qa4 $5 (
12... Qc7 $6 13. Ne5 Qxc5 14. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Rfc8 17. h4 $36
{Fercec,N-Tukmakov,V/Open, Zadar CRO 1997 (23)}) (12... Qc7 {Rogozenko}) 13.
Kb1 Rfd8 $13 (13... Bxc5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne1 $5 (15. Rd3 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3
17. Rxd3 Qg4 18. g3 Bb6 19. Qd2 Qf5 20. a3 Rc8 $13 {Hernandez,G-Kortschnoj,V/
Merida m 1996/0-1 (53)}) 15... Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17. f4 Rd5 18. Rhf1 Rad8 19.
Rf3 $5 f5 20. h3 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Vienna 1996 (24)}) (13... Rad8 14.
Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 $5 Rd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. Re1 $14 {
Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,M/BL 1992/1-0 (73)})) (12. Rhe1 $5 Rfd8 $5 (12... Qa4 13.
Kb1 Rfd8 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rxd8+ Rxd8 16. Ne5 Be7 17. f3 h6 18. Bc1 Nd5 $11 {
Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,P/ch-NED 2000}) 13. d5 $6 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 (14. c4
Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 Qe7 $17) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxa2 16. Bxd8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8+
18. Ke3 Qxb2 $15) 12... Qc7 13. d5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gg5e7]} (13. dxc5 Qxc5 14.
Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 $14 {Timman,J-Korchnoi,V/Luzern 1989 (26)})
13... exd5 $1 (13... Nxd5 14. Rxd5 $1 exd5 15. Qxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe7 Rfc8 17. c3
$14) 14. Rhe1 Bd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd5 $11 {Nisipeanu,L-Rogozenko,D/
Ciocaltea mem 1998}) (10... cxd4 11. O-O-O Bc5 (11... Be7 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $6 13.
Qb5+ Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Rc4 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Chernin/Cienfuegos/1981}) 12. Qe5 $1 $16 (12. Kb1 Qa4 13. Qe5 Rc8
14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc2+ 16. Ka1 O-O 17. Ne5 $16 {Sturua,Z-Gretarsson,H/
Elista olm 1998})) (10... Rc8 11. O-O-O c4 12. d5 $5 Nxd5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Rxd5
Qxd5 15. Rd1 Qxg2 16. Qd2 $44 {Damjanovic,V-Cosma,I/Belgrade Minex 1995}) 11.
Rd1 Qc7 12. O-O cxd4 (12... a6 $5 13. c4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. h3
h6 $11) 13. Nxd4 a6 $2 {Strangely enough this natural move is the losing one.}
(13... Bc5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. b4 Bxb4 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Qc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4c8]}) 14.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 (14... Re8 $2 15. Rd8+ $1 (15. Nxc7 $2 Rxe2 16. Bxf6 gxf6 (16...
Kxc7 17. Bd8+ Kc6 (17... Kc8 18. Bb6 Be7 19. Rfe1 $16) 18. Rfe1 Rxc2 19. Re8
Rxb2 20. a4 b5 21. axb5+ axb5 22. Be7 Bxe7 23. Rxh8 Bc5 $44)) 15... Qxd8 16.
Qc4+ $1 $18) (14... Rxd1 15. Nxc7 $18) 15. Qxe6+ Rd7 (15... Kb8 16. Bf4 $1 Qxf4
17. Rxd8+ Ka7 18. g3 (18. Qe3+ Qxe3 19. fxe3 $16) 18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 $16) 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd4 $1 {This strong move decides the game in white's favour.} Bc5
(17... Be7 18. Rc4 Bc5 19. b4 $18) 18. Rc4 Kb8 (18... a5 19. c3) 19. Rxc5 Qxc5
20. Qxd7 Qxc2 21. Qd6+ Ka8 22. Qxf6 $18 {White is two pawns up and the rest is
the matter of technique.The fact that the game lasted 50 more moves shouldn't
be misleading.} Rc8 23. h3 Rc6 24. Qd4 Rc4 25. Qh8+ Rc8 26. Qe5 Rc5 27. Qe3 Rc8
28. Qb3 Qe2 (28... Qxb3 29. axb3 Rc2 30. f4 Rxb2 31. f5 $18) 29. a4 h5 30. Qb4
Rc4 31. Qf8+ Ka7 32. b3 Rc3 33. Qb4 Qd3 34. Re1 Qd2 (34... Rxb3 $4 35. Qc5+ Kb8
36. Re8+ $18) 35. Rf1 Qd3 36. h4 Rxb3 37. Qc5+ Ka8 38. Qc8+ Ka7 39. Qc5+ Ka8
40. Qxh5 Qe4 41. Rd1 Rb1 42. g3 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Kh2 Rxd1 45. Qxd1 Kb7 46.
h5 Kc6 47. h6 (47. Qh1 $5 Qxh1+ 48. Kxh1 b4 49. h6 b3 50. h7 b2 51. h8=Q $18)
47... b4 48. Qh5 Qh7 49. Kg2 Kb6 50. Qg4 Ka5 51. Qg7 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qf3 53. Qa7+
Kb5 54. h7 Qh5+ 55. Kg2 Qd5+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kh2 Qh5+ 58. Kg1 Qd1+ 59. Kg2
Qd5+ 60. f3 Qd2+ 61. Qf2 Qh6 62. Qe2+ Kb6 63. Qd3 Kc5 64. g4 Qg7 65. Qf5+ Kd6
66. g5 b3 67. Qf6+ Qxf6 68. gxf6 b2 69. f7 b1=Q 70. f8=Q+ Kc6 71. Qf6+ Kd5 72.
Qg5+ Ke6 73. h8=Q 1-0

[Event "SCG-ch 1st"]
[Site "Kopaonik"]
[Date "2005.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Djukic, Nikola"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 (10... c5) 11. h4 Bb7 12. Qf4 {This move is
justly considered to be not dangerous for Black. Despite of the final result
this game doesn't really change the verdict.} (12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5
Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3
Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5
$44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13... h6 (13... Nf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5
$1 Nxh5 $5 16. Nxe6 $1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) 14. Bh7+ Kh8
15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 $11 {Anand,
V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003}) (12. Neg5 $5 Nf6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c5 15. dxc5
Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 Rfd8 $132 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/2004}) 12... Nf6 13. Neg5
Bxf3 (13... Qd6 14. Ne5 Rad8 (14... a5 $6 15. Rh3 Ba6 16. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 17.
Ngxf7 Qxe5 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Rg3+ {1-0 Arakhamia Grant,K-Reefat,B/
Edinburgh 2003}) 15. Rh3 (15. Kb1 h6 (15... a5 16. Qg3 c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. Ng4
Nh5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh2 Qxf4 $19 {Nuber,R-Hausdorf,H/Germany 1996}) 16. f3 c5
17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. f4 $13 {Roussel Roozmon,T-Sharavdorj,D/Berkley
2005}) 15... c5 (15... h6 16. g4 $5 c5 17. Ngxf7 $1 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. g5
$16 {Guliev,L-Gouliev,N/Baku 2001}) (15... g6 $5) 16. dxc5 (16. Rg3 $6 Qxd4 17.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Re4 21. Qc3 Bd6 $17 {Sax,
G-Ehlvest,J/Rotterdam 1989}) 16... Qxc5 17. Rg3 g6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg6 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 Kh8 21. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gf4h6] Peli,G-Rubinchik,L/ICCF corr 1991}) (
13... Bd6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Rh3 c5 16. h5 $6 cxd4 17. Rg3 Rad8 18. Rh1 Bxe5 19.
Qxe5 Qd6 $19 {Schwarz,H-Fiedler,N/DDR 1987}) (13... h6 14. Kb1 $5 (14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Ne5 Rfe8 $11 {Landenbergue,
C-Arnold,L/Freiburg 1993}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd5 16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5
18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. c4 Nf4 21. Be4+ Kg8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Kc2 $14 {
Luco,A-Fournier,T/Le Touquet 1992}) 14. Nxf3 Qd6 (14... Bd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. g4
Qc7 17. g5 Nd5 18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 cxd4 $15 {Phillips,G-Guido,A/
Argentina 1997}) 15. Ne5 c5 (15... Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 c6 18. g4 Rac8 19.
g5 Nd5 20. Rdg1 $36 {Voigt,M-Peters,C/Hamburg 1992}) 16. g4 $5 {An attempt to
gain a tempo for the attack at the cost of the pawn is hardly justified, but
in the game Black didn't succeed to find the best way and found himself in
trouble.} (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 (17. g4 Bd6 18. Rhe1 Nd5 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qf4
Nd5 21. Qe4 Nf6 22. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Agopov,M-Blauert,J/Helsinki 2001}) 17... Rac8
(17... Rad8 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. Qe2 b5 20. f4 a6 21. g3 g6 22. Kb1 Rfd8 $13 {
Minasian,A-Tukmakov,V/Lvov 1990}) (17... Bd6 18. Qg3 Rac8 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qf3
Rc7 21. Kb1 a5 22. c4 Rcc8 $13 {Jensen,I-Boel,V/Denmark 1989}) 18. Kb1 (18. g4
Rfd8 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Re2 Nd5 $132 {Zelic,M-Dizdar,G/
Zadar 1996}) 18... Rfd8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1991}) 16... cxd4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qe4 g6 ({The advance of
the f-pawn is always an option:} 18... f5 $5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Nf3
(21. Kb1 Rc5 22. f4 Nd5 23. Qh5 Nf6 24. Qe2 $11) 21... Nd5 22. Ng5 Nf4 23.
Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Qg4 $13) 19. Be2 f6 ({Once again f5 also deserved attention:} 
19... f5 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Bc4 Rfd8 $132) 20. Nc6 Rac8
21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. g6 $6 {This one isn't enough for advantage so}
({deserved attention} 23. Rhg1 $5) 23... f5 $6 (23... e5 24. Rxd4 hxg6 25.
Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rg1+ Kh6 28. Rd7 Rg8 $11) 24. gxh7+ Kxh7 (24...
Kh8 25. Qxd4+ Kxh7 26. Rdg1 $16 {[%cal Gg1g5]}) 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Rdg1 $6 (26.
Rxd4 $5) 26... Rg8 (26... Rc5 27. Rg5 Rfc8 28. Rxh5+ Kg8 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Rh8+
Ke7 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Qe5 $16) 27. Rg5 Rxg5 28. hxg5 Kg8 29. Kb1 Rc5 $2 {
Missing the last opportunity to equalize with} (29... f4 $1 30. Rxh5 (30. Qf3
$6 Qg6) 30... f3 31. Qe4 Qxh5 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 $11) 30. f4 $1 $16 {Now black is
in trouble.} e5 31. fxe5 Qc4 32. Qd1 $1 {[%csl Gd3]} (32. Qh2 d3 $11) 32... Kf8
33. g6 Rc6 34. a3 Rxg6 35. Qxh5 Qe6 36. Rf1 Kg7 37. Rh1 Kf8 38. Kc1 Rg7 39. Rf1
Rf7 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Kb1 Qd5 (41... f4 $5 42. Qh4+ Ke8 43. Rxf4 Rxf4 44. Qxf4
Qd5 45. Kc1 $16) 42. Re1 d3 (42... Qe6) 43. cxd3 Qxd3+ 44. Ka1 Qd2 (44... f4
45. e6 Qd2 46. Qe5 $18) 45. Qh1 $1 $18 f4 46. Rd1 Qe3 47. Qd5 Qc5 48. Qd7+ Kf8
49. Qd8+ Kg7 50. Qg5+ Kh8 51. Rh1+ Rh7 52. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Zug Young Masters"]
[Site "Zug"]
[Date "2001.10.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Moor, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2357"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 {
After this move the character of the game becomes quiete different from the
main line.Sharp tactical struggle-that's the discription of arising variation.}
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 (10. dxc5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $6 O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8+ 13.
Kc1 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nxc5 16. Re1 a6 $15 {Jakovenko,D-Kiriakov,P/
RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997 (59)}) 10... O-O (10... exd5 11. Qe3+ Be6 12. Qxc5
Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 O-O (14... a6 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nd4 Rg8 17. O-O Bxd4
18. Qxd4 $16 {Arnason,J-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki olm 1988 (31)}) 15. O-O a6 16.
Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nce2 Kh8 19. Rad1 $14 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/
Reykjavik 1989 (37)}) (10... e5 11. O-O-O (11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Kh1 a6
14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Rfe1 e4 $36 {Ernst,T-Setterqvist,K/SWE-ch
Goteborg 1990}) (11. h4 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh4 14. Qf4 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7
16. Bb5+ $40 {Hoffmann,H-Broberg,H/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (44)}) 11... e4 $5 12.
Qh6 a6 13. Re1 Qe7 14. Bd3 $6 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 $36 {Loskutov,O-Belozerov,A/
Moscow7 1995 (20)}) 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Qe6 15. f4 (15. Nc4 Bh6 16. f4 b5 17. Ne5 f6 18. Nc7 Qxe5 $8 $13 {Glek,
I-Luther,T/BL9293 1993 (22)}) 15... Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nc7 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Rb8
19. Bd3 Ng4 $132 {Landenbergue,C-Luther,T/Ptuj zt 1995 (48)}) 12. h4 (12. Kb1
Nd7 13. g4 e4 (13... fxg4 $6 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. h3 Bg7 16. hxg4 Qf6 17. Ng5 $1 $36
) 14. Ng1 ({Deserved attention also} 14. Ne1 $5 fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h3 f5 17.
Ng5 Qf6 18. c3 $14 {and white is slightly better.}) 14... fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16.
h3 $13 {Saulin,D-Kiriakov,P/RUS-Cup03 (Geller mem) 1999 (29)}) 12... Bg7 (12...
Nd7 13. d6 (13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 Bg7 15. f3 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rb8 $6 (16... Nf6) 17. g4
$1 $36 {[%csl Ge4] Giaccio,A-Pereyra Arcija,D/Buenos Aires 2000}) 13... Nb6 14.
Ng5 (14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 (15... Bd4 $6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nb5 $16) 16. g4 (16.
f4 $5) 16... Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $44 {Lau,R-Sakaev,K/Dortmund-C 1991 
(56)}) 14... h6 (14... Bg7 15. Qe3 h6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Qxc5 Rd8 (17... Qd8 18.
Nb5 Bd7 19. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Herraiz Lopez,H/World Junior Ch 1998}) 18. Bb5
e4 19. Nd2 Rxd6 $15 {Kamble,V-Herraiz Lopez,H/World Junior Ch 1998}) 15. Nh3
Bg7 16. Qe3 Qxh4 17. g3 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 $13 {Kutuzovic,B-Dizdar,G/CRO-chT 1994 
(48)}) (12... a6 13. Qe3 Qd6 14. g4 e4 15. Nd2 Bd4 16. Qg5+ Qg6 17. gxf5 Qxg5
18. hxg5 $16 {Sivokho,S-Tuturin,S/White Nights op 2000}) 13. Kb1 (13. d6 $5 e4
$5 (13... Be6 $6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. g4 Nd4 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 $14 {Klovans,
J-Dizdar,G/Groningen op 1991 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Nd7 15. f3 h6 16. Nd5 $5 Re8 17.
Nxf7 $5 $36 {Vokarev,S-Kiriakov,P/Moscow 1999/CBM 70}) 13... Nd7 14. d6 {
This move is the novelty, and as shows the following game not such bad one!} (
14. Be2 b5 15. Qg5 Qa5 16. Nd2 c4 $13 {Vujakovic,B-Dizdar,G/JUG-chT 1989})
14... Nb6 15. Qe3 Bd7 16. Qxc5 (16. Nxe5 $2 Re8 17. f4 f6 $19) 16... Qf6 17.
Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra7] Usefull profilactics against Rac8.} (17. Be2 $5 Rfd8 18. g3
Bc6 19. Rhe1 Nc8 20. d7 Nb6 $132) 17... e4 18. Nd4 (18. Ng5 $6 {[%csl Rg5]}
Rfd8 19. Be2 h6 20. Nh3 Bc6 $13) 18... Qxd6 19. Bb5 $1 {Very strong move
promising white significient advantage in the endgame.} (19. Nxf5 $2 Bxc3 $19 {
[%csl Rd1]}) 19... Bxd4 20. Bxd7 Nxd7 (20... Qf6 $6 21. Qxf5 $5 (21. Bxf5 Nc4
$1 (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nc4 23. Qb4 Qxf5 24. Qxc4 Rac8 25. Qd4 $16) 22. Qb4 $1
(22. Qd5 $6 Bxc3 23. Qxc4 Bxb2 24. Qxe4 Bc3 $36) 22... Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qxc3 24.
bxc3 e3 25. Bd3 $16) 21... Bxc3 (21... Nxd7 22. Qxf6 Bxf6 23. Rxd7 Bxc3 24.
bxc3 Rfd8 25. Rxb7 Rd2 26. Rf1 $16) 22. bxc3 Nxd7 23. Qxd7 $14) (20... Qxd7 $5
21. Ne2 Nc4 22. Qb4 Rac8 23. Rxd4 Qc6 $14) 21. Qa4 {[%cal Gd1d6]} Nc5 22. Qxd4
Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rfd8 24. Rhd1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 $14 Re8 26. Nd5 $1 {Preventing black
from playing e3, which would give black good drawing chanses.} (26. Rd5 e3 $1
27. fxe3 Rxe3 28. Kc1 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 (29... fxe4 30. Rg5+ Kf8 31. Kd2 $18 {
[%csl Re3]}) 30. Rd7 Rxh4 31. Rxb7 Rg4 32. Rxa7 Rxg2 $14) 26... Re5 27. g3 Kg7
28. Ne3 Kf6 (28... Kg6 29. b4 Ne6 30. Rd7 Rb5 31. a3 f4 32. gxf4 Nxf4 33. c4
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rb7]}) 29. b4 Na6 30. a3 Ke7 31. Nd5+ $16 {[%csl Ra6]
Restricting black knight even more.} Kf8 (31... Ke6 32. c4 Nb8 33. Kc2 Nc6 34.
Rd2 $16 {[%csl Re5]}) 32. Kb2 Nb8 33. Ne3 $1 Ke7 34. c4 Nd7 35. Kc3 Nf6 36. c5
f4 $6 37. gxf4 Rh5 38. Rd6 $1 $18 Ne8 (38... b6 39. Kd4 bxc5+ 40. bxc5 $18) 39.
Nd5+ Kf8 40. Rd8 Rxh4 41. Rb8 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial Great fin"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Giaccio, Alfredo Gustavo"]
[Black "Pereyra Arcija, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 $5
{After this move the character of the game becomes quiete different from the
main line.Sharp tactical struggle-that's the discription of arising variation.}
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 (10. dxc5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 $6 O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8+ 13.
Kc1 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nxc5 16. Re1 a6 $15 {Jakovenko,D-Kiriakov,P/
RUS-Cup01 Chigorin mem 1997 (59)}) 10... O-O (10... exd5 $6 11. Qe3+ $1 Be6 12.
Qxc5 $16 {Arnason-Skembris/Thessaloniki ol/1988/ED Französisch/i46} (12. Qxc5
Nd7 13. Bb5 Rc8 14. Qe3 O-O 15. O-O a6 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Nd4 Qd6 18. Nce2 Kh8
19. Rad1 $14 {Arnason,J-Bjarnason,S/Reykjavik 1989 (37)})) (10... e5 $5) (10...
e5 11. h4 $5 e4 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nh3 Bxh4 14. Qf4 Bf6 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. Bb5+ $40
{Hoffmann,H-Broberg,H/Leipzig VfB op 1996 (44)}) 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12.
Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nc7 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3
Rb8 19. Bd3 Ng4 $132 {Landenbergue,C-Luther,T/Ptuj zt 1995 (48)}) 12. h4 (12.
Kb1 $5 Nd7 13. g4 $5 e4 $8 (13... fxg4 $6 14. Rg1 Nb6 15. h3 Bg7 16. hxg4 Qf6
17. Ng5 $1 $36) 14. Ng1 ({Deserved attention also} 14. Ne1 $5 fxg4 15. Nxe4 Bg7
16. h3 f5 17. Ng5 Qf6 18. c3 $14 {and white is slightly better.}) 14... fxg4
15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h3 Qb6 17. c3 $14 {Saulin,D-Kiriakov,P/RUS-Cup03 (Geller mem)
1999}) 12... Nd7 (12... Bg7 13. Kb1 (13. d6 e4 $5 $146 (13... Be6 {- 54/267}) (
13... Be6 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. g4 Nd4 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Bd3 $14 {Klovans,J-Dizdar,G/
Groningen op 1991 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Nd7 (14... Qf6 15. Nh3 {(/\ Nf4)} Qxh4 $6 16.
Kb1 $40) 15. f3 $1 h6 16. Nd5 Re8 $132 {Vokarev,S-Kiriakov,P/Moscow 75/271 1999
}) 13... Nd7 14. Be2 b5 $13 {Vujakovic-G.Dizdar/JUG-chT/1989/TD 7/89}) (12...
a6 13. Qe3 Qd6 14. g4 e4 15. Nd2 Bd4 16. Qg5+ Qg6 17. gxf5 Qxg5 18. hxg5 $16 {
Sivokho,S-Tuturin,S/White Nights op 2000}) 13. Ng5 {This move seems to be the
new one,but the idea behind it is quiet similiar to whatwe have already met in
tournament practice:} (13. d6 $1 $14 Nb6 14. Qe3 (14. Ng5 h6 (14... Bg7 15. Qe3
h6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Qxc5 Rd8 (17... Qd8 18. Nb5 Bd7 19. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,
P-Herraiz Lopez,H/World Junior Ch 1998}) 18. Bb5 e4 19. Nd2 Rxd6 $15 {Kamble,
V-Herraiz Lopez,H/World Junior Ch 1998}) 15. Nh3 Bg7 16. Qe3 Qxh4 17. g3 Qb4
18. a3 Qa5 19. Ng1 Be6 20. Nf3 c4 $13 {Kutuzovic,B-Dizdar,G/CRO-chT 1994})
14... e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 (15... Bd4 $6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nb5 $16) 16. g4 $5 (16. f4
$5) 16... Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $44 {Lau,R-Sakaev,K/Dortmund-C 1991})
13... h6 14. Nh3 Bg7 15. f3 Qa5 (15... Qxh4 $5 16. Kb1 (16. Bd3 Nb6 $13) (16.
g4 Nf6 17. Nf2 Qg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bh3 $14) 16... Nb6 17. g4
fxg4 18. Nf2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. fxg4 $14) 16. Kb1 Rb8 $6 (16... Nf6) 17. g4
$1 $36 {[%csl Ge4] Very logical and strong move.} fxg4 (17... b5 18. gxf5 b4
19. Ne4 $16) 18. fxg4 Nb6 19. Nf2 Qb4 20. g5 Qf4 (20... h5 21. Qe2 e4 22. a3
Qa5 23. Ncxe4 $16) 21. Qe1 $1 e4 $5 {Othewise white's attack is too dangerous.}
(21... hxg5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Nfe4 Qd8 24. Qg3 Bf5 25. Be2 $18 {[%cal Gd1g1,
Ge2h5]}) 22. Nfxe4 Bf5 23. Bd3 (23. gxh6 Bd4 24. Qg3+ Qxg3 25. Nxg3 Bh7 26.
Nge2 $16) 23... Bxe4 (23... c4 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Rxf5 $18) 24. Nxe4 (24. Qxe4
Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxd5 26. Nxc5 $16) 24... Nxd5 25. Rf1 (25. gxh6 Qxh6 26. Nxc5 Qb6
27. Nb3) 25... Qe5 26. Nf6+ $6 {Losing a great deal of advantage.} (26. c3 $16)
26... Bxf6 27. gxf6 Qxe1 (27... Rfe8 28. Rg1+ Kh8 29. Rg8+ $3 $18 {[%cal Ge1g1,
Gg1g7]}) 28. Rdxe1 {[%csl Rg8]} Rfe8 29. Be4 Rbd8 30. c4 Nb4 $6 (30... Nb6 31.
Rg1+ (31. b3 Rd6 32. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rxf6 $132) 31... Kf8 32. Bxb7 Nxc4 33.
Bc6 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 $14) 31. a3 Nd3 $2 {Helping white to carry out what he
planed.} (31... Nc6) 32. Re3 $18 Ne5 33. Rg3+ Kf8 $6 (33... Kh8 34. Rg7 Ng6 35.
Bxg6 fxg6 36. Rxg6 $18) 34. Bh7 Ng6 35. h5 1-0

[Event "Berkeley East Bay CC"]
[Site "Berkeley"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Black "Sharavdorj, Dashzeveg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 (10... c5) 11. h4 Bb7 {As I stated in my
comments to the game Djukic-Kovacevic,2005 12.Qf4 isn't considered to be
dangerous for Black.} 12. Qf4 (12. c3 c5 13. Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (
14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14
) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,
E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13... h6 (13... Nf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $1 Nxh5 $5 16.
Nxe6 $1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 $11 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte
Carlo 2003}) (12. Neg5 $5 Nf6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5
17. Rdg1 Rfd8 $132 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/2004}) 12... Nf6 13. Neg5 Qd6 {This is
another satisfactory continuation for black in addition to 13...B:f3!?.} (13...
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 (14... Bd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. g4 Qc7 17. g5 Nd5 18. Qe4 f5 19.
gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qe2 cxd4 $15 {Phillips,G-Guido,A/Argentina 1997}) 15. Ne5 c5 (
15... Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 c6 18. g4 Rac8 19. g5 Nd5 20. Rdg1 $36 {Voigt,
M-Peters,C/Hamburg 1992}) 16. g4 (16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 (17. g4 Bd6 18. Rhe1
Nd5 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Qe4 Nf6 22. Qf4 {1/2-1/2 Agopov,M-Blauert,J/
Helsinki 2001}) 17... Rac8 (17... Rad8 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. Qe2 b5 20. f4 a6 21. g3
g6 22. Kb1 Rfd8 $13 {Minasian,A-Tukmakov,V/Lvov 1990}) (17... Bd6 18. Qg3 Rac8
19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qf3 Rc7 21. Kb1 a5 22. c4 Rcc8 $13 {Jensen,I-Boel,V/Denmark
1989}) 18. Kb1 (18. g4 Rfd8 19. Qf3 Bd6 20. Nc4 b5 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Re2 Nd5
$132 {Zelic,M-Dizdar,G/Zadar 1996}) 18... Rfd8 19. g4 Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5
Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1991}) 16... cxd4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qe4
g6 19. Be2 f6 20. Nc6 Rac8 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxh5 gxh5 23. g6 $36 {Djukic,
N-Kovacevic,A/Kopaonik 2005}) (13... Bd6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15. Rh3 c5 16. h5 $6 cxd4
17. Rg3 Rad8 18. Rh1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qd6 $19 {Schwarz,H-Fiedler,N/DDR 1987}) (
13... h6 14. Kb1 $5 (14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18.
Ne5 Rfe8 $11 {Landenbergue,C-Arnold,L/Freiburg 1993}) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd5
16. Qg3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. c4 Nf4 21. Be4+ Kg8
22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Kc2 $14 {Luco,A-Fournier,T/Le Touquet 1992}) 14. Ne5 Rad8 (
14... a5 $6 15. Rh3 Ba6 16. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 17. Ngxf7 Qxe5 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19. Qxe5
Bd6 20. Rg3+ {1-0 Arakhamia Grant,K-Reefat,B/Edinburgh 2003}) 15. Kb1 (15. Rh3
$5 c5 (15... h6 16. g4 $5 c5 17. Ngxf7 $1 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. g5 $16 {
Guliev,L-Gouliev,N/Baku 2001}) (15... g6 $5) 16. dxc5 (16. Rg3 $6 Qxd4 17.
Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Re4 21. Qc3 Bd6 $17 {Sax,
G-Ehlvest,J/Rotterdam 1989}) 16... Qxc5 17. Rg3 g6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxg6 Rxd1+
20. Kxd1 Kh8 21. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gf4h6] Peli,G-Rubinchik,L/ICCF corr 1991})
15... h6 (15... a5 16. Qg3 c5 17. f4 cxd4 18. Ng4 Nh5 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh2
Qxf4 $19 {Nuber,R-Hausdorf,H/Germany 1996}) 16. f3 $6 {A useless move, since
White will have to play f4 later on.} (16. Qg3 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. f4 b5 $13)
16... c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. f4 Bxe5 $2 {A very bad decision after
which Black has to defend until the end of the game.} (19... Qc7 $5 $15) 20.
fxe5 $36 Qc7 (20... Nd7 21. Rde1 (21. Nh7 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24.
Rhg1 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Be2 Rc8 $11) 21... Kh8 (21... hxg5 22. hxg5 (22. Bh7+
$6 Kxh7 23. hxg5+ Kg6 24. Rh6+ gxh6 25. gxh6+ Kf5 26. Qh3+ Kg5 $11) 22... Rfe8
23. g6 fxg6 24. Bxg6 $18) 22. Rhf1 Qe7 23. Qf4 $36) 21. Rdf1 Kh8 22. Nxf7+ $1
Qxf7 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qe3 Kg7 (24... Qg7 25. Rhg1 (25. Qxe6 $2 Bxg2 26. Rhg1
Rfe8 27. Qxf6 (27. Qf5 Bxf1 28. Qxf1 Qe7 $15) 27... Re1+ $1 28. Rxe1 Qxf6 29.
Rxg2 Qxh4 30. Rge2 Rg8 31. a3 $44) 25... Rd6 26. g4 Rfd8 27. g5 $40) 25. Qg3+
Kh8 26. Qe3 Qg7 (26... Kg7 27. Rhg1 Qe7 28. g4 Rd5 29. Qe4 $16) 27. Rhg1 $1 {
[%cal Gg2g5] Black's king feels very uncomfortable on h8 after this move.} e5
28. g4 e4 29. Bc4 Rde8 (29... Rd6 $5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gf8d8]}) 30. Rf5 $1 {
[%cal Gf5h5]} Re5 31. Rh5 $1 $18 Kh7 (31... Rxh5 32. gxh5 Qh7 33. Rg6 $18) 32.
g5 fxg5 33. hxg5 Rf3 34. g6+ Qxg6 35. Qxh6+ $1 Qxh6 36. Bg8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 (11... Qd6 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14.
Qf3 Ra7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 19. d5 exd5 20. Qf3
$36 {Timoshenko,G-Lupu,M/Bucharest 1993}) (11... O-O 12. Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b4
14. Qf3 c6 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Nf4 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 Rc8 19. Rg1 Bd6 20.
g4 fxg4+ 21. Rxg4+ Kh8 22. Rag1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,V-Kovacevic,B/Borovo 2005})
12. d5 $5 (12. Ne2 O-O 13. c3 Nd7 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Nf6 (14... Bf6 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh4 Rad8 18. Nf4 Nf6 $13) 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. dxc5 Qxc5
17. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Ng4 $13 {Najer,E-Chebotarev,O/Kazan 2005}) (12. dxc5 $6
Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Ra7 15. Rd3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne2
f6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nf4 Ne5 $15 {Tseshkovsky,V-Chebotarev,O/Kazan 2005}) 12...
b4 13. dxe6 bxc3 (13... fxe6 14. Qe2 bxc3 15. Ne5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge2h5]}) 14.
exf7+ Kf8 (14... Kxf7 15. Ne5+ Kf6 16. Qh5 Bxg2 17. Qh6+ Kxe5 18. Rad1 $18) 15.
Qe2 cxb2 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 (17... Be4 $2 18. Ng5 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge1e7]}) 18. c3 Be4 (18... Nc6 19. Qxb2 Rb8 20. Nh4 $36) 19. Nh4 Nc6 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rd8 (21... Rb8 22. Rb1 Rb6 (22... Kxf7 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24. Re6) 23.
Nf5 Qxf7 24. Qf4 $40 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 22. Rb1 Rd2 23. Nf3 Rd6 24. Rxb2 Kxf7 25.
Rb6 Ke8 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Qxh7 $18 Rf7 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. Qc4 a5 (29... Ne5 30.
Rb8+ Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Nxe5 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxe3 34. Qd5+ Kc8 35. Qd7+ $18)
30. Kg2 Rf7 31. Qxc5 Kf8 (31... Re6 32. Rb8+ Nd8 (32... Bd8 33. Qxc6+) 33. Qb5+
Kf8 34. Rd3 Rd6 35. Ra8 $18) 32. Qh5 Kg8 33. Qg4+ Rg7 34. Qc4+ Rf7 35. Qg4+ Rg7
36. Qc8+ Bf8 37. Re8 Rg6 (37... Rf7 38. Qg4+ Rg7 39. Qe4 $18) 38. h4 (38. Nh4
Rg7 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. Rxf8+ Qxf8 41. Qxc6 $18) 38... Qf7 39. Rb7 Qf6 40. Ng5
Ne5 (40... Rd8 41. Qc7 Rg7 42. Qxg7+ Qxg7 43. Rxg7+ Kxg7 44. Ne6+ Kf7 45. Nxd8+
$18) 41. Rf7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d5 {White's previous play was
directed for this move, however it doesn't promise white any opening advantage
and white has to look in different direction to pose black opening problems in
this line.} exd5 (12... e5 $2 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6
Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. Qe3 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/Vienna 1996}) 13. Bxd5 c6
14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 (15. Kb1 a5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Neg5 Bxg5 $2 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19.
Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Qh3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $16 {Veresov,G-Gromek,J/Soviet Union 1955}) (
15. Nd6 Nc5 16. Rd2 a5 17. Qe3 Nxb3+ 18. cxb3 Rad8 19. Rhd1 Bc8 20. Nxc8 Qxc8
21. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Radjabov,T/Dubai 2002}) 15... c5 {In my comments to
the game Van den Doel-Mullon, 2003 I mentioned that black gets very
comfortable play after this move, despite of the loss he suffered back then.
Bareev easily proves that white is the one who has to be carefull to keep the
balance, since after an inevitable trades of major pieces over one of the
central files black bishop is destinied to dominate over white knight!} (15...
Be7 $2 16. Neg5 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. Qe7 Qf4+ 19. Qe3 Qxe3+ 20. Rxe3 Nd5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Re7 $16 {Lutz,C-Dizdar,G/Austria 2002}) 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7
18. Kb1 Rae8 {[%cal Ge7d8,Gf7f5] Black is not interested to trade the knights
so he prepares a retreat of the bishop to d8 with idea to push f5.} (18... Nf6
19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qe3 Rac8 (20... c4 21. g4 g6 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.
c3 $13) 21. Ne5 Rfe8 $11 {Van den Doel,E-Mullon,J/France 2003}) (18... Nb6 19.
Re5 (19. Rh5 g6 20. Rh3 Nd5 21. g3 Qd7 $15) 19... Nc4 20. Rh5 Rad8 21. Nc3 Bd6
22. Nd5 $13) 19. Rd3 (19. Qd3 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge4g5]} Nb6 20. Rh5 f5 21. Nc3
g6 $13) 19... Bd8 20. Re3 Qc6 21. Qd3 {[%cal Ge4d6] Intending to come to d6.} (
21. Ng3 Rxe3 22. Qxe3 Nf6 $11) 21... Bc7 22. Nc3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Ba5 {The
position is about equal, but it's clear that black is an only one who fights
for the advantage.} 24. Re2 c4 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 Re8 27. c3 Bb6 {[%csl Rf2]
} 28. Rd2 $5 (28. Nd4 Kf8 29. f3 Nc5 30. Nxc5 Bxc5 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Ne2 $11)
28... Rxe4 29. Rxd7 h6 30. Rd2 g5 31. Kc2 Rf4 {Black enjoys a symbolic edge,
but the position remains drawish for quite a while, despite of white's
inaccuracies.} 32. h3 f6 33. a4 $6 ({The simpliest way to a draw was} 33. Nd4
$142 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Bxd4 34. cxd4 b4 35. a3 a5 36. axb4 axb4 37. d5 Kf8 38. d6
Ke8 39. d7+ Kd8 40. f3 $11) 33... bxa4 34. Nd4 Kf7 35. g3 Re4 36. Nf5 Bc5 37.
Nxh6+ $6 (37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38. Rxd6 Re2+ 39. Rd2 Re1 40. Rd1 Rxd1 41. Kxd1 Ke6 42.
Ke2 Ke5 43. Ke3 f5 44. f3 $11) 37... Ke6 (37... Kg6 38. Ng4 f5 39. Nh2 a3 40.
bxa3 Bxa3 41. Nf3 $15) 38. Ng4 (38. Kd1 f5 39. g4 f4 40. Nf5 $15) 38... Re1 39.
Rd8 (39. Rd1 Rxd1 40. Kxd1 a3 41. bxa3 Bxa3 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 Bc5 44. h5 Kf5
45. h6 Kg6 $15) 39... Re2+ 40. Kb1 $2 (40. Rd2) 40... f5 41. Re8+ Be7 42. Ne3
Rxf2 43. g4 (43. Nxc4 Rf3 44. g4 f4 45. Rh8 Kd5 $17) 43... Kd7 44. Ra8 f4 45.
Ra7+ Ke8 46. Nf5 Re2 47. Nd4 Re3 48. Nf5 Re1+ 49. Kc2 f3 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. O-O-O h6 $5 {This waiting move seems to
be stronger than immidiate 11...e:d4 that gave white better chanses in both
previous games played in this variation:} (11... exd4 $6 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4
Nf6 (13... Re8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 {
Brodsky,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993/1-0 (100)}) 14. Bc4 a6 15. Re1 b5 16.
Bd5 Rb8 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Re7 $14 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/
Capablanca mem-A 1996 (63)}) 12. Re1 ({Nothing promises also} 12. Qe3 exd4 13.
Rxd4 Nc5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. g4 $6 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rfe8 17. Qxc5 Qxf3 $15 {and black
even stands slighlty better;Gligoric,S-Porath,Y/Amsterdam izt 1964 (19)}) 12...
exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 $1 {Not permitting white to develop the bishop
to c4 from where it could cause black certain inconviniance.For example:} (
14... Nf6 15. Bc4 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Rd8 $1 16. Nf3 Kf8 {[%csl Re7]} 17. Re3 Bf5
18. Rhe1 $14) 15. Nb5 $5 {Taking the bishop is the only chanse to fight for
the advantage,but it's almost impossible to convert the minimal advantage into
somehing more serious against such an expert of the endgame as Victor
Kortscnoi.} (15. Bd3 Rd8 16. Nb3 Be6 (16... Nd5 17. Be4 Nf6 18. Bf3 Kf8 19. Rd1
$14) 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Re7 Bxg2 (18... Kf8 19. Rxc7 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Ne4
Bxa2 22. Nd6 $14) 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Ne6 $5 fxe6 21. Rgxg7+ Kh8 $1 $11) 15... c6
16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Bd3 Kf8 (17... Rxd6 $4 18. Re8#) 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Bf5 $6 ({
Deserved attention} 19. Re4 $5 Re8 20. Rhe1 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Re8 22. Rg4 $5 (22.
Kd2 Rxe4 23. Bxe4) 22... Nd7 $5 23. Ra4 a6 24. Rd4 Ne5 25. Be2 $14 {and white
still can fight for the advantage.}) 19... Rb8 {Intending to exchange the
rooks over the e-file.} 20. g3 Re8 21. c3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24.
Kc2 Nc4 $1 $11 {After bringing the knight to d6 and putting the pawns on c5
and g5 the position will become absolutely balanced and even the symbolic
advantage that white keeps now will disappear.} 25. Bd3 (25. b4 Nd6 26. Bd3 b6
$11 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gg7g5]}) 25... Nd6 26. Kd2 c5 27. b4 (27. h5 Ke7 28. Ke3 Kf6
29. Kf4 b6 $11) 27... b6 28. Ke3 g5 {The very last touch-now white king
doesn't have the slightest chanse to penitrate and the draw is not far away.}
29. bxc5 bxc5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. f4 (31. Kf3 Ke7 32. Kg4 f6 $11) 31... gxf4+ 32.
Kxf4 f6 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. Ba4 Kd8 35. g4 Kc7 36. Ke3 Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.08.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Bc4 c6 8.
Nf3 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Ba6 $6 (12. Bb3 O-O-O 13. c4
Rhg8 (13... Rhe8 14. Nc3 f5 15. Rhe1 Bf6 16. Rc1 Kb8 $13 {Kuzmin,G-Beckhuis,G/
Troll Masters 1992 (38)}) 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Rxd5 17. Rxd5
cxd5 18. Ng3 $1 $44 {Steiner,L-Kolnhofer/Wien 1935 (43)}) (12. Nc3 Nf8 (12...
b5 13. Bb3 Nb6 14. Rhe1 O-O $5 15. Rd3 Kh8 16. Nh4 Rg8 $132 {Castella,
F-Paneque,P/CUB-ch sf 1995 (31)}) 13. Ba6 O-O-O 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. Rd3 Ng6 16.
g3 f5 $11 {Mazi,L-Furlan,M/SLO-ch 1996 (41)}) (12. Rhe1 O-O-O (12... Rg8 13.
Ng3 Nf8 14. Ba6 Ng6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. c4 O-O-O 17. Qc2 $14 {Unzicker,
W-Gurevich,M/BL9192 1992 (32)}) 13. Bb3 Kb8 14. a3 Rhe8 (14... Rhg8 15. g3 f5
16. Ned2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Rgf8 18. Ndc4 c5 $1 $13 {Matanovic,A-Minev,N/Varna olm
1962 (26)}) 15. c4 Bf8 16. Qc2 Qf4 17. Ng3 f5 18. Re2 Nf6 $13 {Marcelin,
C-Holzke,F/Koop Tjuchem op 1996 (40)}) 12... Bxa6 $5 (12... O-O-O 13. Bxb7+
Kxb7 14. c4 Nf8 15. d5 $1 $36 {Steiner,L-Lilienthal,A/Budapest m2 1935 (19)})
13. Qxa6 b5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gd7b8] Black chooses quiet rare plan for
this type of positions:he decides to withdrew from castling queenside,
temporary leaving his king in the center,but white queen remains on a6 out of
play.} 14. Nc5 $8 {Otherwise white looses the queen.} Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16.
Nd4 Bb6 $6 $15 (16... Qb6 $6 17. Qxb6 Bxb6 18. Nxc6 Bxf2 19. Rhf1 Bh4 20. g3
Bg5 21. h4 Bh6 22. Rxf6 Bg7 23. Rf3 $11) (16... Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc7b6]} 17. a4
bxa4 18. Qxa4 O-O 19. Rd3 Rfd8 $17) 17. a4 Rd8 18. c3 (18. Nxc6 $6 Rxd1+ 19.
Rxd1 Qxc6 20. a5 O-O 21. axb6 axb6 $17) 18... Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. cxd4 bxa4
21. Rc1 $15 {At the moment white is two pawns down,but invalid pawn structure
of black and unsafe position of the king give white good drawing chanses.} O-O
22. g3 (22. Qxc6 $6 Qxh2 23. d5 Qxg2 24. dxe6 Qxc6 25. Rxc6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Rf7
27. Ra6 h5 $19 {[%cal Gf7h7]}) 22... Qd7 23. Qxa4 Rd8 (23... Qd5 $6 24. Rxc6
Qh1+ 25. Ka2 Qxh2 26. d5 $1 $44) 24. Rxc6 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Rxd4 26. Kc2 {In the
arising endgame white quiet easily reachs the draw because of weak pawn on a7
and moe active king.} Rd7 27. Ra6 {[%csl Ra7]} Kg7 28. b4 e5 29. b5 f5 (29...
Rb7 30. Kd3 (30. Ra5 $5 {[%cal Gc2c6]}) 30... Rxb5 31. Rxa7 Rb2 32. Ke3 f5 $15)
30. Kc3 e4 31. h4 $5 f6 (31... Rd3+ 32. Kc4 Rf3 33. Rxa7 Rxf2 34. b6 Rb2 35.
Kc5 Kf6 36. b7 e3 37. Kc6 $1 (37. Ra6+ $6 Kg7 38. Rb6 Rxb6 39. Kxb6 e2 40. b8=Q
e1=Q $15) 37... Ke5 38. Ra8 Ke4 39. b8=Q Rxb8 40. Rxb8 Kf3 41. Re8 e2 42. Kd5
h5 $11) 32. Kc4 Kg6 33. Kc5 h5 34. Kc6 Re7 35. Kd6 Rg7 36. Ra4 $1 $11 {Now the
draw is inevitable.} Rf7 37. Kc6 Re7 38. Kd6 Re5 39. Kc6 Re6+ 40. Kd5 Rb6 41.
Kc5 Rb7 42. Kc6 Re7 43. Kd6 Rh7 44. Kc6 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Maccabiah SuperGM"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Felgaer, Ruben Alejandro"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2005.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 $5
{A pet line of Russian GM Kiriakov.} 8. Ned2 $6 ({An only way to fight for
opening advantage is} 8. Nc3 $5) 8... c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bc4 $6 {Bad decision
passing an initiative into black's hands.} (10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Nc4 (11. Nb3
cxd4 12. Nbxd4 Ne5 13. c3 Qd5 14. Qa4+ Qd7 $11 {Pedersen,N-Luther,T/Gausdal
1994}) (11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. N2f3 O-O 14. Qd2 Ne4 15. Qh6 Bf6 16. Rad1
Bg7 17. Qh5 Qf6 $11 {Fontaine,R-Kiriakov,P/playchess.com INT 2004}) 11... Nb6
12. Qd3 cxd4 13. O-O-O Qd5 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. a3 Bf6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Qb5+ Qxb5
18. Nxb5 Ke7 $11 {Turalakey,M-Holaszek,H/Skopje 1972}) (10. Qe2 cxd4 (10...
Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. Rd1 Rg8 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Nc4 cxd4 16.
Rxd4 Nc5 $11 {Waschk,A-Steckner,J/Germany 1991}) 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bxb5 13.
Qxb5+ Nc6 14. f4 Rc8 15. Ndf3 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 $13 {Vitolinsh,A-Atlas,V/Minsk
1988}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 (12. N2f3) 12... Bxc6 $15 13. Qh5 Qd4
$1 {May be white missed this simple move forcing an exchange of queens.} 14.
O-O-O (14. Bxe6 Qe5+ $19) 14... Qg4 15. Be2 ({Even worse is} 15. Qxg4 fxg4 16.
Rhg1 Bc5 17. Rdf1 Ke7 18. Bd3 f5 $17) 15... Qxh5 16. Bxh5 Bc5 ({Deserved
attention} 16... Bxg2 $5 17. Rhg1 Bd5 18. Rg7 e5 {and black keeps an extra
pawn:} 19. Nf3 O-O-O 20. Rxd5 (20. Bxf7 Bxf3 21. Be6+ Kb8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.
Rxe7 Rd1#) 20... Rxd5 21. Bxf7 Rd6 22. Nxe5 Bf6 $19) 17. Rhe1 Ke7 18. f3 (18.
Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Bxf2 20. Re2 Bb6 $17) 18... Rhg8 19. g3 Rg5 20. g4 Rag8 21.
h4 (21. Re2 $5 {[%csl Gg2]}) 21... Rxh5 22. gxh5 Rg2 23. Kb1 (23. h6 f4 24. Ne4
Be3+ 25. Kb1 Rg6 $17) 23... f4 24. a3 (24. c3 Be3 25. Nc4 Bxf3 26. Nxe3 fxe3
27. Rd4 e2 28. Kc2 e5 29. Rb4 f5 30. Kd2 f4 $17) 24... f5 $5 {[%csl Ge4]} 25.
Rf1 Bb5 $1 26. c4 Ba4 27. b3 Be8 28. h6 (28. Kb2 Bxh5 29. Kc3 e5 30. b4 Bd4+
31. Kd3 Be3 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 32. c5 e4+ 33. Kc3 Rg3 34. Nc4 Bxf3 $19) 28... Bxa3
29. Kc2 Bc5 30. Kd3 Rg6 31. Ra1 Rxh6 $6 (31... a6 32. Ra5 Be3) 32. b4 Be3 33.
c5 Bb5+ 34. Nc4 a6 35. Kc3 e5 36. Nxe5 (36. Rfd1) 36... Bxf1 37. Rxf1 Rxh4 38.
Nc4 Rh2 39. Nd6 (39. Re1 $5 Rh3 40. Nd6 Rxf3 41. Kc4 Rh3 42. Nxb7 Rg3 43. Nd6
Ke6 44. Ra1 f3 45. Rxa6 f4 $19 {[%cal Gf3f2,Gg3g1]}) (39. Kd3 Kf6 (39... Kd7
40. Nxe3 fxe3 41. Kxe3 Rb2 42. Rd1+ Kc7 43. Rd4 Rb3+ (43... Kc6 44. Rd6+ Kc7
45. Rd4) 44. Kf4) 40. Nxe3 fxe3 41. Kxe3 Rb2 42. Rh1 Rb3+ 43. Kf2 Rxb4 44. Rxh7
Ke5 $19) 39... h5 40. Nxb7 h4 41. c6 h3 42. Na5 (42. Rd1 Rd2 43. Rh1 h2 $19)
42... Rf2 43. Rd1 Rd2 44. Rh1 h2 45. Nc4 Rg2 46. Rd1 Bd4+ $1 47. Kb3 (47. Kxd4
Rg1 48. Rd3 h1=Q 49. c7 Kd7 $19) 47... Rg1 48. c7 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Darmstadt Integrata 1st"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2001.01.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jakubiec, Artur"]
[Black "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4384]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. g3 $6 {This move can't be recommended, because in all variation it is white
who fights for equality!  Fischers Zug, der aber schon lange vor ihm gespielt
wurde.} f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 ({Another reasonable option is} 
10... Nb4 11. Bg2 (11. dxe6 $2 Qxd1+ (11... Bxe6 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Bc4 14.
O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxa2 16. Qf4 Bxe2 $19 {Zhelnin,V-Kiriakov,P/RUS-chT 1997})
12. Rxd1 Bxe6 13. Bg2 Nxc2+ 14. Kd2 Nb4 15. a3 O-O-O+ $19 {Pedersen,
D-Kacheishvili,G/6th WUCC 2000}) 11... Nxd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14.
Nef4 O-O 15. Rb1 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 $13 {Pein,M-Luther,T/Peer Gynt 1994}) 11.
Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Rb1 ({Nothing changes} 13. O-O Bg7 (13... Be5 14. Rb1
Na5 15. Qe1 c6 16. Rd1 Re8 $13 {Bellon Lopez,J-Marovic,D/Medina del Campo 1980}
) (13... Bh8 14. Nef4 Ne5 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Rad1 c6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19.
Bh3 $36 {Fischer,R-Petrosian,T/Buenos Aires (m3) 1971}) 14. Nef4 Ne7 15. Rb1
Nxd5 16. Qxd5 c6 17. Qf3 Qc7 $13 {Rezaei,R-Vakhidov,T/ch-Asia 2000}) 13... Bg7
$5 (13... Bh8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Nd4 (15. Nef4 c6 16. Ne3 Qf6 17. Nh5 Qe6 18. Re1
Qxa2 $17 {Kogan,A-Zifroni,D/Tel Aviv ASA 1996}) 15... c6 16. Ne3 Qf6 17. f4 $2
Nc4 18. Ndxf5 Bxf5 19. Nxc4 Rad8 $17 {Ponater,M-Putzbach,G/Wichern op 1993})
14. O-O Ne5 15. Ndf4 $5 c6 {[%csl Gd5]} (15... Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 c6 17. Nd4 Re8
18. Bh3 Ng6 19. Nh5 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 $44) 16. Nh5 Nc4 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1b7,
Gc4b6] Intending to put the knight on b6 and to release a bishop} 17. Rb4 Qxd1
18. Rxd1 Nb6 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. a4 $5 (20. Nf4 Be6 21. a4 Rad8 22. Re1 Rd7 23.
Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Rxe6 $11) 20... c5 21. Rb5 Nxa4 22. Ra1 Re8 23. Nf4 Nc3 24. Rxc5
Ne4 (24... Ne2+ 25. Nxe2 Rxe2 26. Rc7 a5 27. Bxb7 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Rxc2 29. Ra4 (
29. Rb5 a4 30. Rxf5 a3 31. Re5 a2 $15) 29... Rc5 30. Kg2 Kf6 $15) 25. Rc7 {
[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} a5 26. Bf1 Rd8 27. f3 Ng5 28. Kf2 Ne6 29. Nxe6+ Bxe6 30. Bd3 $1
{It seems that black has managed to make some progress, but white easily holds
the position simply attcking black pawns while they advance.} (30. Rxb7 Rd2+
31. Ke3 Rxc2 $17) 30... b6 31. Rc6 Rdb8 (31... Rab8 32. Rb1 a4 33. Rcxb6 Rxb6
34. Rxb6 Ra8 35. Ke3 a3 36. Rb1 Ra4 37. Ra1 a2 38. Kd2 $11) 32. Ke3 a4 33. Bc4
Bxc4 34. Rxc4 b5 (34... a3 35. Rc3 a2 36. Rb3 Ra4 37. Rb2 $11) 35. Rb4 Rc8 36.
Rxb5 Rxc2 37. Ra3 $1 $11 Rxh2 38. Rb4 Rh3 39. Kf4 h5 40. Raxa4 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 h4
42. Kxf5 Rxg3 43. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 192]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. c4 $6 {Very ambitious, but not that strong move - black bishop comes to f6
and without an opponent from white's side causes white serious troubles.} (7.
Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. dxc5 (11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. O-O-O Qa5
13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. Qh6 Rhg8 15. g3 Bg7 $13 {Sax,G-Andersson,U/Reggio Emilia 1988
}) 11... a6 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O-O (13. Na4 Qc7 14. O-O-O Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5
16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Qd6+ Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Rg8 $11 {Wedberg,T-Andersson,U/Haninge 1988
}) 13... Qc7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,
A-Andersson,U/Brussels WCup 1988}) 7... f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 (9. Nf3 Nc6 $1
$15 10. d5 Ne7 11. Qb3 $2 c6 $1 $15 {Tischbierek,R-Luther,T/DDR-ch 1989}) 9...
Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. g3 Qd6 13. Bg2 Bd7 14. Qb3 $14) 11.
f4 $5 Ng6 12. g3 O-O 13. Qd2 (13. Bg2 $14) 13... c6 $1 {Complicating the
position} 14. d6 (14. dxc6 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 bxc6 16. Bg2 Rd8+ 17. Kc2 Bd7 18.
Rad1 Be8 $11) 14... b5 $5 15. c5 $1 (15. cxb5 cxb5 16. Bg2 (16. Nxb5 $2 Rb8 17.
Nbc3 (17. Nec3 Bb7 18. Rg1 Qb6 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 a6 $17) 17... Qb6 18. Bg2
Rd8 19. Rd1 Qxb2 $15) 16... Rb8 17. Rd1 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 15... b4 16. Nd1
e5 17. Qxb4 (17. Bg2 Qd7 18. O-O Ba6 19. Rf2 Rfe8 $1 $13 20. Qxb4 (20. Ne3 $2
Bxe2 21. Rxe2 exf4 $15) 20... Bxe2 (20... exf4 21. Nxf4 Rab8 22. Qa5 Nxf4 23.
Rxf4 $16) 21. Rxe2 exf4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. gxf4 Nh4 $132 {[%cal Ge8e2]}) 17...
exf4 18. gxf4 (18. Nxf4 Re8+ 19. Kd2 Re4 20. Bc4 Ba6 $17) 18... Re8 19. Ndc3
Ba6 $36 {[%cal Ga8b8,Gf6h4] Suddenly all black pieces start to threaten white
king} 20. Kd2 (20. O-O-O Rb8 21. Qa4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rxb2 $36 {[%csl Rc1,Rc5]})
20... Rb8 21. Qa3 Bxe2 22. Bxe2 Bd4 $1 {Black attacks in different directions:
from d4 bishop threatens also to come to e3 ad also to win the pawn on c5.} 23.
Bc4 (23. Rad1 Qh4 24. Rhf1 Nxf4 25. Bf3 Qxh2+ 26. Kc1 Bxc5 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb2]})
23... Qh4 24. Raf1 Qh3 $1 25. Kc2 $2 {Missing black's reply, but also after
correct} (25. Kd1 Qg2 {[%csl Rb2]} 26. b4 a5 $1 27. Ne2 Rxb4 28. d7 Rd8 29. Qd3
Rxd7 $17 {white is in serious trubles.}) 25... Qg2+ 26. Kb1 Bxc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Chebotarev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
This variaton used to be very popular 5 years ago due to the efforts of
Morozevich, who used to play it on the permanent basis. It's popularity
decreaced over the years, mainly because of 8.c4! which seem to pose black
serious problems.} 8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 {Black would be
happy to trade the queens, since his strong bishops and rather flexible pawn
structure promise him excellent chances in the endgame.} (11... Qd6 12. Ne5
Bxg2 13. Kxg2 O-O 14. Qf3 Ra7 15. Rad1 c5 16. Qe3 b4 17. Ne2 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6+
19. d5 exd5 20. Qf3 $36 {Timoshenko,G-Lupu,M/Bucharest 1993}) (11... O-O 12.
Ne5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 b4 14. Qf3 c6 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Rfd1 Ra7 17. Nf4 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3
Rc8 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. g4 fxg4+ 21. Rxg4+ Kh8 22. Rag1 $14 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Kovacevic,B/Borovo 2005}) 12. Ne2 (12. dxc5 $6 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxc5 14. Ne5
Ra7 15. Rd3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Ke7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Ne2 f6 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nf4 Ne5
$15 {Tseshkovsky,V-Chebotarev,O/Kazan 2005}) (12. d5 $5 $36) 12... O-O 13. c3
Nd7 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Nf6 (14... Bf6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh4 Rad8
18. Nf4 Nf6 $13) 15. Rad1 Qc7 {Both sides are just improving positions of
their pieces for the middlegame.} 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5] Posing a
first threat!} Ng4 {Of course black wouldn't let white knight to come to g5.}
18. Qf4 Rad8 19. Ned4 Be4 ({After} 19... e5 $6 20. Nxe5 (20. Qxf5 $2 Bc8 $1 {
[%csl Rd4,Rf5]}) 20... Bxg2 21. Nxg4 Bxf1 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Rxf1 Bf6 24. Nhxf5
$14 {white keeps slightly better chances.}) (19... Kh8) 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
b4 {Black king is perfectly safe for now so it's about timeto disturb white
knight on d4.} (21... Ne5) 22. Ne4 Qb6 ({It was safer to play} 22... Qe5 $5 23.
Nc6 Qxf4 24. Nxe7+ Kg7 25. gxf4 fxe4 26. cxb4 e3 $13) 23. h3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Qb7
25. hxg4 fxe4 $1 {Correctly deciding to keep the queens on the board since the
endgame after} (25... Qxe4+ $6 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Nc6 Rde8 28. Rd4 f5 29. Rb1
Bf6 30. Rc4 $14 {is clearly better for white.}) 26. Qe3 Bf6 (26... Rd7 $5 27.
Rh1 Rfd8 28. Qh6 e3+ 29. Nf3 (29. f3 Qb2+) 29... Qe4 30. Rde1 Rd3 $132) 27. Rh1
Bg7 28. Rb1 Qa8 (28... Qd5 29. Rh5 f5 30. Rbh1 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Rf7 $13) 29. Rh4
f5 $4 {Appearently overlooking 31.Qg5.} (29... Rd7) 30. Nxe6 Rd3 31. Qg5 $18
Rf7 (31... e3+ 32. Kh2 Rf7 33. Nxg7 Rxg7 34. Qf4 Rd8 35. gxf5 exf2 36. Qxf2 $18
) 32. gxf5 e3+ 33. Kh2 h6 34. Qf4 {[%cal Gb1b8]} Rb7 35. Rg4 e2 36. Qe5 Qa7 37.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rb8+ (38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40. Nd7+ Qxb8 41. Qxb8+ Kf7 42.
Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abreu Delgado, Aryam"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Be7 {An idea of Bareev to cope with the problems of 8...b6 9.Nf6+ Qf6 10.
Bd3 Bb7 11.Ng5!} 9. Bd3 (9. Bc4 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. Rhe1 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13.
Ne5 c6 14. a3 Nd5 15. Bb3 Qc7 16. c4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. c5 $14 {Kindermann,
S-Lautier,J/Baden-Baden 1992/CBM 33}) (9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12.
Qf4 Qb8 $1 13. Qg3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 $15 {Sindik,E-Dizdar,G/Pula
1993/EXT 99}) 9... Nd7 (9... b6 10. Neg5 $1 h6 (10... Bxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Bh7+
Kh8 13. Be4 $14) 11. Bh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Bxg5 $8 (12... c6 13. h4 $16 {/\Ne5->})
13. Nxg5 c6 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 $14 {Gelfand,B-Bareev,E/Linares 1992/CBM 28}
) 10. O-O-O c5 $5 {This move looks very logical} (10... b6 11. c3 (11. h4 Bb7
12. Kb1 (12. Nfg5 h6 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. f4 Qxd4 16. Bh7+ $13 {
Kosten,A-Bareev,E/Hastings 1990/CBM 22}) 12... Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qe2 Qe7
15. Ng5 h6 16. f4 c5 $132 {Suetin,A-Bareev,E/Hastings 1991/CBM 27}) 11... Bb7
12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 c5 14. Qc2 g6 $13 {Donguines,F-Prakash,G/Calcutta 1996/CBM
50}) 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qd5 (12... Qc7 13. Rhe1 Bxc5 14. Ne5 b6 15. f4 Bb7
16. g4 Rfd8 $132) 13. Kb1 Qxc5 14. Rhe1 Rd8 15. Qf4 Bf6 $6 (15... Bd7 16. Ne5 (
16. h4 Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Ne5 Bf6 $15) 16... Be8 17. g4 f6 18. Nc4 b5 19.
Ne3 e5 $13) 16. g4 Qb6 (16... Qxf2 $2 17. Bxh7+ $1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 17. Ne5 Bd7
18. g5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Be8 {After this move white gets certain advantage, so
better was} (19... Bb5 $1 20. c4 Bc6 21. h4 Rd7 $11 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 20. h4 Rac8
21. Rde1 Rd4 22. R5e4 Rxe4 (22... Rcd8 $5 23. h5 Bb5 $132) 23. Qxe4 g6 24. f4
Rd8 (24... Bb5) 25. h5 Bc6 26. Qe2 Qd4 27. Rf1 gxh5 $6 28. Re1 (28. Qxh5 Be4
29. Bxe4 Qxe4 30. Qh2 b5 $13) 28... Qg7 29. Qxh5 $16 {[%csl Rg7] Black queen
has to stay on g7 to defend the pawn on h7} Rd4 30. Qh2 Rd8 31. a3 {[%csl Rh7]
[%cal Ge1e3,Ge3h3]} a6 32. Re5 (32. Re3 Bb5 33. c4 Bc6 34. Kc2 b5 35. Rh3 bxc4
36. Bxh7+ Kf8 $132) 32... Rd5 (32... Rd6 $5) 33. Re3 Bb5 $2 {Throwing the game
in one move!} (33... Rd4) 34. c4 $18 Qd4 35. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Enghien les Bains 4th"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. Qe2 $5 {This move is definitly very good attempt to fight for the
advantage in this variation.} (8. Bc4 O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. d5 e5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 $14 {Kindermann,
S-Roth,P/Vienna Bawag 1996}) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O b6 $6 {After the move in the
game white gets comforable advantage.} (9... c5 $5) 10. Ne5 $1 $14 Bxe5 (10...
Bb7 $6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. h4 $14) (10... Nxe5 $2 11. dxe5 (11.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. dxe5 Qg5+ 13. Kb1 Bb7 $11) 11... Bg5+ 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Qg4 $1 Bh6
14. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 15. Qe4 gxf6 16. Bd3 $1 f5 17. Qxa8 $18) 11. dxe5 Qe7 12. f4
Bb7 13. Qe3 Rad8 (13... Rfd8 $5 14. Bd3 Nf8 15. h4 $14 {[%cal Gh4h6]}) 14. Bd3
Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nc5 (15... Qc5 16. Qh3 (16. Qxc5 $6 Nxc5 17. Bc6 a5 18. g3 f6 19.
exf6 gxf6 20. Rhe1 Kf7 $14) 16... g6 17. Qf3 $14) 16. Bc6 a5 $6 (16... Rxd1+
17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Re1 (18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. b4 Na6 $14) 18... a5 19. g4 $14) 17.
Rde1 $1 f5 $5 18. g3 h6 19. b3 Na6 20. c3 Qa3+ (20... Nb8 $6 21. Bf3 Qa3+ 22.
Kb1 a4 23. b4 c5 24. b5 $1 {[%csl Ra3,Rb8]} Rd7 25. Rd1 Rfd8 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27.
g4 $16) 21. Kb1 Nc5 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 23. Rxc1 g5 $2 (23... Rd2 $1 24. Rc2 (24.
Rcd1 Rf2 25. h4 Ne4 26. Bxe4 fxe4 $11) (24. b4 Ne4) 24... Rfd8 25. Kc1 R2d3 26.
Rg1 (26. Re1 Kf7) 26... Ne4 $13) 24. Kc2 $14 Kf7 25. Rcd1 gxf4 (25... Rg8 26.
Rhg1 (26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Rd1 $2 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 gxf4 29. gxf4 Nd3 $17 {[%csl Rf4]}
) (26. Rd4 $6 gxf4 27. gxf4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 Ne4 $11) 26... gxf4 27. Rxd8 $1 Rxd8
28. gxf4 $14) 26. gxf4 Ne4 27. Rhg1 Nf2 28. Rd4 $1 Rxd4 29. cxd4 Rd8 {Hecht: '
[#] Springer im Abseits.'} (29... Nh3 $2 {[%csl Rh3]} 30. Rf1 Rg8 31. Kd3 Rg4
32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Rf3 Ng1 34. Rg3 $18) 30. Kc3 {[%cal Gc3c4,Gd4d5]} Ne4+ (30...
Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gg4e3,Ge3d5] Hecht} 31. d5 exd5 32. Kd4 Nxh2 33. Bxd5+
Kf8 34. Rg8+ Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rf7+ Ke8 37. Rxc7 Nf3+ 38. Ke3 Nxe5 39. fxe5
Rxd5 40. Kf4 Rd2 $11) 31. Kd3 Nc5+ 32. Ke3 Na6 (32... Nd7 {Hecht} 33. h4 Nb8
34. Bf3 Rg8 35. Rxg8 (35. Rc1 {Hecht} c6 (35... Rc8 {Hecht} 36. Bb7 $18) (35...
Rg3 {Hecht} 36. Kf2 Rh3 37. Kg2 Rxh4 38. Kg3 $18) 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 Rg3+
38. Ke2 Rg4 39. Kf3 Rxh4 40. Rxb6 $16) 35... Kxg8 36. d5 Kf7 37. d6) 33. a3 $1
Rg8 34. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc7]} (34. Rxg8 Kxg8 35. Bb7 Nb8 36. d5 $16) 34...
Nb8 35. Bf3 (35. d5 {Hecht} Rd8 36. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Rb8,Gc6,Gd7]} Rxd5 (36...
Rc8 {Hecht} 37. dxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rg1 $18) 37. Rxc7+ Kf8 38. a4 $18 (38. Rc8+ {
Hecht} Ke7 39. Bc4 Rd8 40. Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Bxe6 $18)) 35... c6 $8 36. Bxc6 Nxc6 (
36... Rc8 37. d5 Kf8 (37... Ke7 {Hecht} 38. Rc4 Nxc6 39. Rxc6 Rxc6 40. dxc6 Kd8
41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Kc7 43. b5 h5 44. Kf3 h4 45. Kg2 $18) 38. Rc4 $18) 37.
Rxc6 {Hecht: 'Nach dem Abtausch der Leichtfiguren behält Weiß ein gewonnenes
Turmendspiel (Mehrbauer, schwarze Bauernschwächen, Raum)'} Rg1 38. Rxb6 Re1+
39. Kd3 Rf1 40. Rb7+ Kf8 41. Kc4 $1 {[%csl Re6]} Rxf4 42. Kc5 Re4 43. Kd6 Rxd4+
44. Kxe6 f4 45. Rf7+ Ke8 (45... Kg8 46. Ke7 Rd3 47. Rxf4 Rxb3 48. Rg4+ Kh7 49.
Rg3 $18) 46. Rh7 Kd8 47. Rxh6 f3 48. Rf6 Rd3 49. Kf7 {[%cal Ge5e7]} Rxb3 50. e6
Rb7+ 51. Kg8 {Reminding black that white has another pawn!} Re7 52. h4 f2 53.
Rxf2 Rxe6 54. h5 Ke7 55. Rf7+ Kd6 56. Kg7 Re3 57. Rf6+ Kc5 58. h6 Rxa3 59. h7
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13.
Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6
10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O c5 $1 11. d5 $6 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9.
c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2
Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nb8 11. Qe2 (11. d6
$5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {
Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}) (11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7
14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. b4 Nf6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Ehlvest,J/
Reggio Emilia 1989/EXT 97}) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 $5 (12. Ng3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5 Be7 16. Nf5 Bd6 17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16.
O-O-O $14) (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd6 16. Rfe1 $14 {
Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bd3 $1 (14.
h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,M/
Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,
P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. O-O-O Be7
15. g4 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79}) (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6
12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Baklan,V-Goloshchapov,A/
Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Qd2 (12. Nh4 Ng6 13. Qh5 Kh8 (
13... Qd7 14. h3 Nxh4 15. Qxh4 Qf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. f4 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 exf4 19.
Rhf1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/England 2000/CBM 75}) 14. O-O-O f5 15. Nf3 Nf4 16.
Qh6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. g3 $14 {Bologan,V-Kacheishvili,G/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84})
12... Qd6 (12... Kh8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bxg4
Rxg4 18. Qe2 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Sydney 2000/CBM 78}) 13. O-O-O Bg4 $6 (13...
Qc5 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Qh6 Ng6 16. Rd2 $14) 14. Qe3 Kh8 15. h3 Bd7 (15... Nf5 16.
Qe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. Qxf5 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Bd3 e4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
$14) 17... Nh4 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. h4 $16 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh1h3,Gh3f3]}) 16. g4 $5
{[%cal Gf3d2,Gd2e4,Gc4b3,Gb3c2,Ge3h6] It turns out that now it's not so easy
to find satisfactory plan for black, while white has perfectly clear
intentions to play aginst black king and weak pawn on f6.} Ng6 (16... Rg8) 17.
Bb3 Rae8 {Hoping to transfer f5} 18. Bc2 $16 {Depriving black his only hope
for counterplay.} Rg8 19. Nd2 {Reminding black that he has weak pawn on f6.}
Qxd5 {This move is losing by force, but it's hard to recommend something better
} (19... Qb6 20. Ne4 (20. Qh6 $5) 20... Kg7 (20... Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Kg7 22. Rhf1
$18) 21. d6 $1 Rc8 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Qe4 Rh8 24. dxc7 Rxc7 25. Nh5+ Nxh5 26. gxh5
$16 {[%cal Gh1g1,Gh5h6]}) 20. Bb3 Qa5 21. Ne4 $1 (21. Bxf7 $18) 21... Be6 22.
Nxf6 Bxb3 23. Qh6 $1 Nf8 24. Nxe8 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bologan} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 {Finkel,A: This variation has become during the last year
the scene for many interesting battles on the highest level. Each time
somebody was coming to the game with some improvement or new opening plan
which changed drustically the evaluation of whole variation.} (8... Nd7 9. Qe2
(9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O
Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971})
(9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1
$14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10. O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11.
d5 $6 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993}) 9. c3 (9. Nxf6+
Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2 Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/
RUS-ch 1995}) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nb8 11. Qe2 (11. d6 $5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7
13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/
AUT-chT qual 1997}) (11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4
Nd7 16. Rad1 $13 {Ivanchuk,V-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia 1989/EXT 97}) 11... Bf5
12. Bd3 $5 {A new move aiming to gain tempo compering to the game Leko-Shirov.}
(12. Ng3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5 Be7 16. Nf5 Bd6
17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 $14 {Leko,P-Shirov,A/Fujitsu
Siemens Giants 2000}) (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd6 16.
Rfe1 $14 {Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Bd3
$1 (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,V-Gurevich,
M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Re8
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8 {
[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,
P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bxe4 (12... Nd7 13. O-O-O Rb8
14. d6 $5 (14. Rhg1 $5) 14... cxd6 15. Nxd6 Bxd3 16. Rxd3 $14) (12... Be7 {}
13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. Bxf5 c6 15. O-O-O cxd5 16. Be4 $14) 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. O-O-O
Be7 15. g4 Bd6 $6 16. Kb1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79}) (10...
Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 $13 {Baklan,
V-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Nh4 (12. Qd2
Kh8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. g3 Rad8 17. Bxg4 Rxg4 18. Qe2 $14
{Anand,V-Shirov,A/Sydney 2000/CBM 78}) 12... Ng6 13. Qh5 (13. g3 {Bologan !?}
b5 (13... Nxh4 {Bologan} 14. gxh4 Kh8 15. Rg1 Rg8 16. Rg3 $14) 14. Bb3 a5 15.
Qd2 f5 16. O-O-O Ra6 17. Ng2 a4 18. Bc2 a3 19. b4 Rd6 20. Ne3 {?!} (20. f4 $14
{Bologan}) 20... Qf6 (20... f4 {Bologan} 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 c6) 21. f4 Re8
22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rhf1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 bxc4 {Bezgodov-Akopian, Ohrid 2001} 25. g4
{!} Re5 26. gxf5 Bb7 27. Rg1+ Kh8 28. Qg5 Qxg5+ 29. Rxg5 $16) 13... Kh8 $5 {
Bologan: '! '} (13... Qd7 14. h3 Nxh4 15. Qxh4 Qf5 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. f4 Qxf4+
18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Rhf1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/England 2000/CBM 75}) 14. O-O-O
(14. Bd3 $5 f5 (14... e4 15. Bxe4 Re8 16. f3 Nxh4 17. Qxh4 f5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Bd3 Rxd5 $14) 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Nf4 17. Qf3 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. O-O-O
Rad8 20. Rd2 $14) 14... f5 15. Nf3 (15. Nxf5 $6 Nf4 16. Qf3 Bxf5 17. g3 Qd7 18.
gxf4 Bg4 19. Qe4 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 exf4 $15) (15. g3 {Bologan} Nxh4 16. gxh4 Qf6
17. Rhg1 Bd7) 15... Nf4 16. Qh6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. g3 Ng6 {This position
looks very promising for black, butBlologan proves that white has potential to
fight for the advantage!} (18... Nh3 $5 19. Rd2 f4 20. Re1 (20. Bf1 Bd7 (20...
Bg4 {Bologan} 21. Nh4 Rg8 22. Bxh3 Bxh3 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Rd4 Rg4 25. Nf5 Rg6
26. Ne7 Rg4 27. Re1 $14) 21. Bg2 Rae8 $132) 20... f6 21. Bf1 Ng5 22. Nh4 $14)
19. h4 (19. a4 {Bologan} f4) 19... Bd7 (19... Ne7 $6 20. Rhe1 f6 (20... Rb8 $6
21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. d6 Nc6 23. d7 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 $16) 21. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} b6
22. Ne6 Rg8 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Nb5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd6]}) 20. Nd2 b5 21. Bf1 {
Bologan: '!? /\Bh3,Ne3,f4'} (21. Bb3 {Bologan} a5) 21... Ne7 22. Bh3 {[%csl
Rf5][%cal Gd2f1,Gf1e3] Bologan: '?!'} (22. Bg2 {Bologan}) 22... a5 {Bologan:
'?!'} (22... Rfc8 {Bologan} 23. Kb1 (23. Ne4 {Bologan ?} fxe4 24. Bxd7 Rc5 25.
Rhe1 Rd8 26. Bc6 f5 27. g4 fxg4 28. Rxe4 h5 $17) 23... Rc7 (23... Nxd5 {
Bologan ?} 24. Ne4 {!} fxe4 25. Bxd7 Rc7 26. Bxb5 $18) 24. Bg2 (24. Nf1 {
Bologan} a5 25. Ne3 b4 26. c4 f4 27. Bxd7 fxe3 28. Bb5 exf2 29. Rh2 Nf5 30.
Rxf2 Nxg3 $17) 24... Rg8 25. Rhg1) 23. Nf1 Rac8 24. Ne3 Rc5 {[%csl Rd5]} (24...
b4 {Bologan} 25. c4) 25. Rd3 {Bologan: '?'} (25. f4 {Bologan} f6 26. Rhg1 Rg8
27. Kc2) 25... Kg7 (25... b4 $5 26. Kd2 (26. c4 $5 f4 27. gxf4 $2 (27. Bxd7 $1
fxe3 28. b3 (28. Bb5 $2 exf2 29. Rf1 (29. Rd2 {Bologan} Nf5 30. Rxf2 Nd4 $17)
29... e4 30. Re3 Nf5 $17) (28. fxe3 {Bologan} Rxc4+ 29. Kd1 Rg8 $17) 28... exf2
29. Kd2 (29. Rf1 Rd8 30. Bh3 e4 31. Re3 Nxd5 32. Rxe4 Nc3 33. Re7 Nxa2+ 34. Kc2
$44) 29... Rd8 30. Bh3 $13) 27... Bxh3 $1 (27... exf4 28. Bxd7 fxe3 29. fxe3
Rxc4+ 30. Kb1 Rg8 $13) 28. Rxh3 exf4 {[%csl Rc4,Rd5]} 29. Nc2 Rxc4 $17) (26.
Kb1 Bb5 27. Rd2 bxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. Nxf5 Nxf5 30. Bxf5 Rb8 31. Ka1 Bc4 $15)
26... Bb5 27. cxb4 axb4 28. Rb3 f4 29. gxf4 exf4 $15) 26. Rf1 {'+/=' Bologan.
Bologan: '/\f4'} (26. f4 {Bologan} exf4 27. gxf4 Ng6 28. Bxf5 Nxf4 29. Rd2 Re8
30. Rf2 Rxe3 31. Rxf4 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 b4 33. Rg1+ Kf8 34. Rgf1 bxc3) 26... h5 (
26... b4 27. c4 f4 28. Bxd7 fxe3 29. b3 $14 exf2 30. Rxf2 $14) 27. f4 e4 28.
Rd4 Kf6 29. Rg1 Bc8 $5 (29... Rb8) 30. Kd2 Bb7 31. Bf1 {Bologan: '!'} Ra8 (
31... Nxd5 {Bologan} 32. b4) 32. c4 (32. a3 $6 Bxd5 $1 33. Nxd5+ Nxd5 34. b4
axb4 35. cxb4 e3+ 36. Ke2 Rc2+ 37. Kd1 Rd2+ $1 38. Rxd2 Nc3+ $1 39. Kc2 exd2
40. Kxd2 Rxa3 $17) 32... bxc4 33. Bxc4 a4 {[%cal Ga8a5]} 34. a3 {'+/-' Bologan.
Bologan: '!'} Raa5 35. Rc1 Nc8 $6 (35... Nxd5 $2 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Rxc5 $18) (
35... Kg6 $5) 36. Be2 $5 {[%csl Ra4,Rh5]} (36. Rc3 {Bologan} Nb6 37. Be2 $16)
36... Ne7 (36... Kg6 37. Rcc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Ba6 39. Rc6 $16) 37. Bxh5 Rxc1 38.
Kxc1 Nxd5 39. Nc4 (39. Kd2 {Bologan} Nxe3 40. Kxe3 Rb5 41. Rb4 Rxb4 42. axb4
$18) 39... Rc5 40. Kd2 Ke6 41. Bd1 {[%csl Ra4]} Ba6 (41... Bc6) 42. Ne3 Nxe3
43. Kxe3 Bb5 44. h5 {'+-' Bologan.} Rc8 45. g4 {Bologan: '!'} fxg4 46. Rxe4+ {
Deserved attention} (46. Bxg4+ $5 f5 47. Bxf5+ Kxf5 48. Rd5+ Ke6 49. Rxb5 d5
50. Rb6+ Kf5 51. Rd6 Rc5 52. h6 Rb5 53. h7 Rb3+ 54. Kd4 Rd3+ 55. Kc5 Rh3 56.
Rxd5+ Kxf4 57. Rd7 e3 58. Kd4 e2 59. Re7 $16 {with good chanses to win the
game.}) 46... Kf5 47. Rd4 Bd7 48. Rxd6 (48. Kf2 $18 {Bologan !?}) 48... Be6 49.
Rd4 (49. Bxa4 $1 Rc4 $6 (49... g3 $5 50. Kf3 (50. Bc6) 50... Rg8 51. Bc2+ Kf6
52. Kg2 $18) 50. Rd4 Rxd4 51. Kxd4 Kxf4 52. Bc6 Kg5 53. a4 f5 54. a5 Bc8 55. b4
$18 {[%cal Gb4b5,Ga5a6]}) 49... Rc1 50. Kd2 $6 (50. Bxa4 Re1+ 51. Kf2 Rh1 52.
Bc2+ Kf6 53. Kg2 Rxh5 54. Be4 $16) (50. h6 {Bologan} Kg6) 50... Ra1 51. Bc2+ {
Bologan: '?!'} (51. Ke3 {Bologan} Bb3 52. h6 Rc1 53. h7 Rc8 54. Bxb3 Re8+ 55.
Kf2 axb3 56. Rd7 Kg6 57. Kg3 f5 58. a4 $18) 51... Kf6 52. f5 (52. Rxa4 {Bologan
} g3 53. Be4 Bh3 {!} 54. Ra6+ Ke7 55. Ra7+ Ke6 56. h6 g2 57. f5+ Ke5 58. h7
g1=Q 59. h8=Q+ Kf4 $13) 52... g3 $1 53. fxe6 {Bologan: '?!'} (53. Rg4 {Bologan}
Bxf5 54. Bxf5 Kxf5 55. Rxg3 Rh1 56. Rf3+ Ke6 57. Rf4 Rxh5 (57... Rh2+ {Bologan}
58. Kc3 Rh3+ 59. Kb4 Rb3+ 60. Kxa4 Rxb2 61. Rh4 Kf5 62. h6 Rb8 63. h7 Rh8 64.
Kb5 Kg5 65. Rh1 f5 66. a4 f4 67. a5 f3 68. a6 Kf4 69. a7 f2 70. Kc6 $18) 58.
Rxa4 f5 59. b4 Rh3 $14) 53... g2 54. exf7 Kxf7 55. Rg4 (55. Rf4+ Ke6 56. Rg4
g1=Q 57. Rxg1 Rxg1 58. h6 Rh1 59. h7 Rh3 $5 $14) 55... g1=Q 56. Rxg1 Rxg1 57.
Bxa4 Rg2+ 58. Kc3 Rg3+ 59. Kb4 Rg4+ 60. Ka5 Rg2 $1 (60... Rg5+ $2 61. Kb6 Rxh5
62. Bc6 Rh2 63. b4 Rh3 64. a4 Rh4 65. Kc5 $18 {[%cal Ga4a8]}) 61. b3 Ra2 $1 62.
Kb4 Rh2 63. Bb5 Rxh5 64. Ka5 Rh6 {The position is drawn, but black has to play
accurately to keep the balance.} 65. b4 Ke7 66. a4 Kd8 67. Bc4 Kc7 68. b5 Kb7
69. Kb4 Rh5 70. a5 Rg5 71. Be6 Ka7 72. Bc8 Kb8 73. Bd7 Kb7 74. Kc4 Rg1 75. Bf5
Ra1 76. Kb4 Ra2 77. Bd3 Ra1 78. Bf5 Ra2 79. Bg6 Ra1 80. Be4+ Kb8 81. b6 Ra2 82.
Bd5 Ra1 83. Kb5 {That's maximum white can get, but it's not enough to win the
game.} Rb1+ 84. Kc5 Ra1 85. Kb4 Rb1+ 86. Bb3 Kb7 87. Kc3 Ka6 88. Kb4 Kb7 89.
Ka4 Ka6 90. Bc4+ Kb7 91. Bb5 Rb2 92. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2208]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qf4 ({Another popular continuation is} 
10. Bc4 c6 (10... Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bd3 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14.
Qf4 Ne4 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 Qd7 $11 {Finkel,A-Gurevich,M/EUCup final 1999 (23)})
12... c5 13. c4 Bb7 14. dxc5 $5 bxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc2 $14 {Huebner,
R-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) 11. Qe3 (11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rfd8
14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {Mari Arul,S-Prakash,G/Goodricke 1997 (19)}) (11.
h4 $5 Bb7 12. Nd6 Qc7 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng5 $1 c5 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17.
Be4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/London PCA-Intel GP 1995 (54)}) 11... Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Ne5 a5 14. c3 a4 15. a3 Ra5 16. Ba2 $14 {Kindermann,S-Dreev,A/
Nussloch 1996 (30)}) 10... Bb7 11. Bc4 Bd5 (11... Qb8 $5 12. Rhe1 $6 c5 13. Qg4
cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 $15 {Freitag,M-Schneider Zinner,H/Feldbach op
1997 (53)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bxd5 $11) 12... Be7 $5 {Keeping the bishop on the
board.} (12... c5 13. c4 Bb7 $5 (13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Qxe4 g6 15. d5 exd5
16. Qxd5 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Bxe5 $11) 14... Rb8 15. d5 e5 16. Qe3 b5
17. g4 bxc4 18. g5 Be7 19. h4 $36)) 13. c4 Bb7 14. g4 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ {white is
forced to take on f6 and to play 16.Be4 on the next move because otherwise
black siezes the initiative with nice brek on the queenside:} (15. h4 b5 $1 16.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. g5 Be7 18. Rhe1 (18. cxb5 Qd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd5f3,Gd5a2]}) 18...
bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rb8 $15) 15... Bxf6 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. h4 Qb4 19. Qc2
$6 {More accurate was} (19. Qd3 $5 Qd6 (19... Rfd8 $5 20. g5 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 c5
22. a3 Qa5 (22... Qa4 23. Qb3 $18) 23. Nc6 Rxd3 24. Nxa5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 bxa5
26. Rd7 $14) 20. Ng5 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 g6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. g5 $1 $14 {in both cases
with slighly better prospects for white.}) 19... Qd6 $5 (19... b5 $6 20. g5 Be7
21. c5 Qa5 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. Ne5 $40 {[%cal Gg5g6,Gh4h5]}) (19... c5 $5 20. Ng5
g6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Ne4 Bg7 $132) 20. Qe4 (20. Ng5 $5) 20... Qb4 21. Qe2 $6 {
Very ambitious, but not fully justified decision, because now black manages to
create a dangerous attack.} (21. Qc2 $11) 21... c5 22. Kb1 Rad8 (22... Rfd8 $5
23. dxc5 bxc5 24. g5 Bc3 25. Qc2 Rdb8 26. b3 g6 $40 {[%cal Ga7a4]}) 23. dxc5
bxc5 24. g5 Bc3 $1 {Extremly strong move showing deep understanding of the
position:it's very important to keep the bishop on the diagonal a1-h8.} 25. Qc2
Rb8 26. b3 g6 27. Nd2 ({White doesn't have time to launch the attack over the
h-file.} 27. h5 a5 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qe4 Qa3 30. Qc2 Bg7 $17 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
27... Rfd8 28. Ne4 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bd4 $17 {Now white is helpless against the
advance of the a-pawn.} 30. h5 (30. Rd3 a5 31. Nc3 a4 32. Nd1 Qe1 $17) 30... a5
31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Nd6 a4 33. Nb5 axb3 34. Qxb3 ({Nothing changes} 34. axb3 Bxf2
$1 35. Qb2 Ra8 (35... Be3 $2 36. Rh1 e5 37. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 38. Qxe5+ Kh7 39. Qh2+
$11) 36. Rh1 e5 $1 $19 {and black has winning position.}) 34... Qa5 $1 35. f4
Qa8 {[%csl Rb1,Rf4][%cal Ga8e4,Ge4g2]} 36. a4 (36. Qd3 Qg2 37. Rd2 Qg1+ $1 38.
Rd1 (38. Kc2 Be3 $19) 38... Qg4 39. Rf1 Qg2 $19) 36... Qe4+ 37. Qc2 Qxf4 $19
38. Ka2 Be5 39. Kb3 Ra8 40. Rd7 Qe3+ 41. Qd3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nc6 {This variation has become during the last year the scene for many
interesting battles on the highest level. Each time somebody was coming to the
game with some improvement or new opening plan which changed drustically the
evaluation of whole variation} (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 (9. O-O c5 10. c3 cxd4 11.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f 1988}
) 9... Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1
Kh8 14. c4 $14 {Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1
Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/
Leipzig ol/1960}) 10. O-O (10. O-O-O $13) (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6
(11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5 Nb6 $15 {Smirin,I-Lputian,S/Wijk op 1993})
9. c3 (9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. O-O e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 {1/2-1/2
Balashov,Y-Dreev,A/RUS-ch 1995}) 9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nb8 11. Qe2 (11. d6
$5 Bf5 12. Qd5 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qd5 cxd6 16. O-O $14 {
Groszpeter,A-Dizdar,G/AUT-chT qual 1997}) (11. O-O Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Be7
14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 Nd7 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. b4 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20.
Bc2 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Ehlvest,J/Reggio Emilia 1989/EXT 97}) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 $5
(12. Ng3 Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd7 15. Ne4 (15. O-O-O $5 Be7 16. Nf5 Bd6
17. g4 $14) 15... Be7 16. O-O-O Bd6 17. g4 $14 {Leko,P-Shirov,A/Fujitsu
Siemens Giants 2000}) (12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd6 16.
Rfe1 $14 {Hernandez,G-Shirov,A/Merida 2000}) (12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Ng3 (13. Rhe1
Re8 14. h3 a6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rg1 b5 17. Bd3 Be7 18. h4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ng5 $14 {Vinitsky,I-Leschenko,V/Kiev 1998/EXT 2000}) 13... Bg6
14. Bd3 $1 (14. h4 e4 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 $44 {Bologan,
V-Gurevich,M/Festival comtois 4th 1999}) 14... Bxd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxg6 hxg6
16. h4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd7 19. g4 $16) 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4
Re8 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 $14 {[%cal Gg2g5,Gh4h5] Leko,
P-Khalifman,A/Khalifman-Leko Match 2000}) 12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. O-O-O Be7
15. g4 (15. h4 $1) 15... Bd6 $6 16. Kb1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/
CBM 79}) (10... Na5 $5 11. Bd3 b6 12. h4 g6 13. h5 Bg4 14. Qa4 Bg7 15. hxg6
hxg6 $13 {Baklan,V-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze zt 1.9 2000}) 11. Nxf6+ gxf6
12. Nh4 (12. Qd2 Qd6 (12... Kh8 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Nh4 Rg8 16. g3
Rad8 17. Bxg4 Rxg4 18. Qe2 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Sydney 2000/CBM 78 ext}) 13.
O-O-O Bg4 14. Qe3 Kh8 15. h3 Bd7 16. g4 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Izoria,Z/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84}) 12... Ng6 13. g3 $5 {Interesting attempt to improve whites play
comparing to the game Bologan-Kacheishvili played at the earlier stage of this
competition.} (13. Qh5 Kh8 (13... Qd7 14. h3 Nxh4 15. Qxh4 Qf5 16. O-O-O Bd7
17. f4 Qxf4+ 18. Qxf4 exf4 19. Rhf1 $14 {Short,N-Gurevich,M/England 2000/CBM 75
}) 14. O-O-O f5 15. Nf3 Nf4 16. Qh6 Qd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. g3 Ng6 19. h4 Bd7 $13
{Bologan,V-Kacheishvili,G/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84}) 13... b5 (13... Nxh4 $6 14. gxh4
Kh8 (14... f5 $6 15. Qh5 Qf6 16. O-O-O $16 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gh1g1,Gg1g3]}) 15.
Qh5 Qd6 16. O-O-O Bd7 17. Rhg1 $14 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7]} (17. Bd3 $2 e4 18. Be2 (18.
Bc2 $4 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bg4 $19 {[%csl Rh5]}) 18... Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Bf5 $15)) 14. Bb3
(14. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 15. Bxb5 Rb8 16. Qd3 a6 (16... Bf5 $6 17. Qc4 a6 18. Bxa6
Rxb2 19. O-O $14) 17. Bxa6 (17. Bc6 $6 Rxb2 18. O-O Qd6 $132) 17... Bxa6 18.
Qxa6 {[%csl Rf6]} Qxd5 19. O-O Rxb2 20. Qxf6 $14) 14... a5 15. Qd2 f5 16. O-O-O
Ra6 $5 {[%cal Ga6d6] Now threatening to take on h4} (16... Nxh4 17. gxh4 Qxh4
18. Rhg1+ Kh8 19. d6 $1 Rd8 20. Qe3 cxd6 21. Rxd6 $1 $40 Rxd6 $4 22. Qxe5+ Qf6
23. Qe8#) 17. Ng2 (17. Nxg6 $5 fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. h4 a4 19. Bc2 a3 20. b4 $40
) 18. d6+ Kh8 19. d7 Bb7 20. Rhe1 Bf3 21. Qe3 $1 Bxd1 22. Qxe5+ $14) 17... a4
18. Bc2 a3 19. b4 $1 Rd6 20. Ne3 Qf6 21. f4 $1 $14 (21. Rhe1 $2 f4 22. gxf4
exf4 23. Ng2 Bg4 $17) 21... Re8 (21... exf4 $2 22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Rhf1 Qe5 (
23... Ng6 24. Bxf5 Qg5 25. Rg1 $16) 24. Rde1 $1 {[%cal Ge3f5]} (24. Nxf5 $4
Ne2+ $1 $19 {[%csl Rc3]}) 24... Nxd5 25. Nxf5 Qxc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Nxd6 Nxa2+
28. Kd2 cxd6 29. Rf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge1a1,Gc2b3]}) 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23.
Rhf1 Nc4 $8 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rf4 $2 (25. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Re3 $2 (26...
Re5 27. Rfd1 $1 (27. Rxc4 $2 Ba6 28. Rxf5 $6 Re1+ 29. Kd2 Bxc4 30. Kxe1 Bxa2
31. Kd2 (31. Be4 Bc4 $19 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Ga3a1]}) 31... Bxd5 32. Kc1 $15) (27.
Rff4 $5 $16) 27... Ba6 28. Rf4 Rdxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxf5 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 $16)
27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28. Rxf5 Re1+ 29. Kc2 Ra1 30. Rxc4 Rxa2+ 31. Kb3 $18) 25... Re5
26. Rxc4 Rexd5 27. Qf4 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Be6 $132 {[%csl Ra2]} 29. Rc5 (29. Rxc7
$2 Qd8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc7,Rd1]}) 29... Bxa2 30. Bc2 Be6 31. Rxc7 a2 32. Kb2 Qd8
33. Ra7 Rd2 34. b5 h6 $5 {[%cal Gd8d3]} 35. Qxh6 Rd5 $1 36. c4 (36. Ba4 Rd2+
37. Bc2 Qd5 $11) 36... Rxb5+ 37. cxb5 Qd4+ 38. Kc1 Qxa7 39. Qg5+ Kf8 40. Qd8+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 $5 {Extremly
solid variation,but promising black very few chanses to win.} 7. Bh4 (7. Bxf6)
7... Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 (9. Bg3 $5 c5 10. c3 Qb6 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. cxd4
Be7 13. a3 Nf6 14. Bd3 Bd7 $11 {Kveinys,A-Bareev,E/EUCup f 1994 (45)}) 9...
Qxf6 10. Qd2 (10. Bd3 c5 11. Qe2 (11. c3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. f4
$5 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Re5 Rad8 18. Qg3 Rd5 19. Rfe1 Rfd8 $11 {
Bjarnason,S-Karlsson,A/ISL-ch 1995 (41)}) 11... cxd4 12. O-O-O a6 13. Rhe1 Nc5
14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Kaminski,M/Weilburg op 1995}) 10...
O-O (10... c5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3 cxd4 13. Rxd4 e5 14. Re4 Rd8 15. Bc4 Nb6 $5
16. Nxe5 $14 {Hector,J-Kortschnoj,V/Wichern-op 1995 (48)}) 11. Qe3 Rd8 $5 ({
Another possibility leading to equality was} 11... b6 $5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Be4
Bxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. O-O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 $11) 12. Bd3 ({Also after} 12. O-O-O
$5 b6 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. Bd3 g6 15. Qe3 Kg7 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. f4 c5 $13 {black has
sufficient counterchanses.}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 $5 {Taking the advantage of the
fact that black still didn't develop his queenside white opens up the position.
} Qxb2 14. O-O Qb4 15. Rfd1 Rf8 {The best reaction.} (15... Qa5 16. Be4) (15...
Qxc5 $2 16. Qxc5 Nxc5 17. Bh7+ Kxh7 18. Rxd8 $16) 16. c6 $8 bxc6 17. Be4 Qc5
18. Rab1 $5 {Leaving to black the choice against which pawns structure he
preferes to play.} a5 ({I don't see any problems for black also after} 18...
Qxe3 19. fxe3 Rb8 20. Bxc6 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rd8 22. a4 $5 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8d6,
Gd6c7,Gd7b6]}) 19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc6 Ra6 21. Bb5 Ra8 $11 {White pawn on the
c-file is blocked and black may comfortably develop the pieces.} (21... Rb6 $5)
22. Ne5 Bb7 23. f3 Rfd8 (23... f6 $6 24. Nd7 Nxd7 25. Rxd7 $14) 24. c4 Rac8 25.
Kf2 Kf8 (25... Rxd1 $6 26. Rxd1 f6 27. Nd7 Nxd7 28. Bxd7 $16 {[%cal Gd7c8,
Gd7e6]}) 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. h4 f6 ({Even simplier way to play was} 27... Kf6 $5
28. Nd3 Rxd3+ 29. Rxd3 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 Ke5 31. Ke3 g5 32. hxg5 hxg5 $11 {with
balanced position.}) 28. Nd3 Nxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 30. Kxd3 e5 (30... Kd6 31. Kc3
Kc5 $2 32. Bd7 $16) 31. Kc3 Rc7 $6 {Rook is misplaced on c7,it was more
logical to leave it on eightth rank,meanwile moving the pawns on the kingside}
32. Rb3 {[%csl Ra5]} e4 $2 {This move costs black a game.It wasn't to late to
admit the mistake and to come back with the rook,but black is stick to his
plan...} (32... g5 $6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ra3 e4 35. fxe4 Bxe4 36. g3 Ra7 37. Kd4
f5 38. Ke5 $16) (32... Rc8 $1 33. Ra3 Ra8 34. Kb3 (34. c5 Bd5 $1 $11) 34... Kd6
35. Ka4 Kc5 36. Rd3 Bc6 37. Bxc6 Kxc6 38. Rd5 Rb8 $1 $132) 33. fxe4 Bxe4 34.
Kd4 $1 $16 {Black probably missed this strong move.} f5 ({The pawn on g2 is
poisonous:} 34... Bxg2 35. Rg3 Bb7 36. Rxg7+ Kd8 37. Rg6 $16) 35. Ra3 g5 (35...
g6 36. g3 Ra7 37. Kc5 $16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gc5b6,Gc4c7]}) 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. g4
$1 Bb7 (37... Kf6 38. Rxa5 Bb7) 38. gxf5 Kf6 39. c5 $1 {White plays an endgame
very accurately:the pawn on a5 is insignificient and there os no reason to
waste time taking it.} (39. Rxa5 $2 g4 40. Ra3 Kxf5 $11) 39... g4 40. Rc3 Kxf5
(40... Bc6 41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Kd5 Rc8 43. c6 Kxf5 44. Kd6 $18) 41. c6 Bc8 42.
Kc5 Rg7 43. Bf1 $1 {Bishop comes to g2 depriving black counterplay connected
with g-pawn,while white king does the job on the queenside!} Kf4 44. Kb6 g3 45.
Bg2 Rg8 (45... a4 46. c7 Ke5 47. Rd3 Rg4 48. Rd8 Be6 49. Re8 Rb4+ 50. Ka5 Rc4
51. Bh3 $18) 46. a4 $18 {The rest is easy because black can do nothing against
two white pawns moving forward with some help from the rook and the king.} Ke5
(46... Rg5 47. c7 Re5 48. Rf3+ Kg4 49. Rf8 $18) 47. Kxa5 Kd4 48. Kb4 Ba6 49. c7
Bc8 50. Rc6 Ke3 51. a5 Kf2 52. Rc2+ Ke3 53. Kb5 Kd3 54. Rc5 Rg6 55. Rc6 Rg5+
56. Kb6 Rg4 57. Rd6+ Kc3 58. Rd8 Rg6+ 59. Ka7 Ra6+ 60. Kb8 Bf5 61. Rd5 Bg4 (
61... Be6 62. Kb7 $1 Bxd5+ 63. Bxd5) 62. Rg5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gurevich,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 Be7 12. c3 {The most
ambitious plan. White prepares Qc2 putting a pressure on h7.} (12. Nfg5 h6 13.
f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {
Fercec,N-Dizdar,G/Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7
Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 $14 {Fercec,N-Golubovic,B/Kastav 2000}) (12. Qe2 c5 (
12... Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18.
f4 h5 {1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2001/CBM 84 (18)}) 13. Neg5 h6
14. Nxe6 $2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {
Horvath,A-Golubovic,B/Charleville 2000}) (12. Neg5 h6 13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4
15. Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994}) (12.
Qf4 Nf6 {Gurevich,M} 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Kb1 Qd6 15. Qg4 Rfd8 16. Ng5 h6 17.
Bh7+ Kf8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qe7 20. c3 Rd5 21. Rh3 Rad8 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23.
Rf3 Qe7 $11 {1-0 Lopez Martinez,J-Gurevich,M/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess
555 (35)}) 12... Nf6 (12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. Neg5 $5 h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 $11 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/
Monte Carlo 2003}) 13... Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1 16. Kb1
Bxc5 17. g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5
17. Ned2 Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13. Neg5 Bxf3
(13... h6 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qd5 16. Ne5 c5 17. c4 Qd6 18. g4 cxd4 19. Qe2
$40 {Zelcic,R-Kovacevic,V/Pula 1995}) (13... c5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $5 Bxf3 (
15... Nxh5 $5 16. Nxe6 $1 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) 16. Nxf3 (
16. gxf3 {Gurevich,M} h6 17. Ne4 g5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. c6 Rac8 21.
Be4 Rfd8 22. Qa4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 {1/2-1/2 Pinkovetsky,S-Knudsen,J/ICCF 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 105 (23)} 24. Rd7 $14) 16... Nxh5 17. Be4 Rb8 18. Ne5 Qc7
$13 {Donguines,F-Prakash,G/Calcutta 1996}) 14. gxf3 {This is the only way to
fight for an opening advantage. The weakness of white pawns on the f-file is
fully compensated by the open line.} (14. Nxf3 c5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17.
Rhe1 Bf8 18. g3 Rac8 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Bb5 Rd6 $11 {Lahno,K-Morales,M/Elista 2004
}) 14... Qd5 $6 {For some reason Gurevich decides to deviate from 14...c5,
which is beyond any doubt black's best reply in the position.} (14... Kh8 15.
Kb1 Qd6 16. Rdg1 h6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 e5 19. f4 exd4 20. Qg2 $40 {Topalov,
V-Dreev,A/Linares 1995}) (14... c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 $6 (17.
Qc2 h6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Rdg1 hxg5 20. hxg5 Qf4 21. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {Dworakowska,
J-Zatonskih,A/Zagan 1997}) (17. Rhg1 $1) 17... Rfd8 $6 18. Qc2 h6 19. Bh7+ Kf8
20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 $36 {Anand,V-Bareev,E/Wijk
aan Zee 2004}) 15. Rdg1 (15. Kb1) 15... Rfd8 ({Taking on a2 is too dangerous
in a view of} 15... Qxa2 $2 {'?!' Gurevich,M.} 16. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 17. Rxg7+ $1 (
17. Qh6 $2 Bg5+ $1 18. Rxg5 Qa1+ $1 {'-/+' Gurevich,M.} (18... Nxg5 19. Qh8+ $1
Kxh8 20. hxg5+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ $11) 19. Bb1 Nxg5 20. Qxg5 Qa5 $17) 17... Kxg7 18.
Rg1+ Bg5 (18... Ng5 {Gurevich,M} 19. Rxg5+) 19. Rxg5+ (19. Bxh7 {Gurevich,M} f6
20. Bb1 $40) 19... Kf6 (19... Kh8 20. Bxh7 f5 21. Rh5 $18) 20. Qf4+ Ke7 21.
Qxc7+ Kf6 22. Bxh7 $16 {[%cal Gc7d6,Gg5f5]}) 16. Ne4 {[%cal Gd2h6,Gh4h5] '!'
Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\17.Qh6,17.Rxg7]'} (16. Qc2 $6 h6 17. Bh7+ Kf8 18.
Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Qxg7+ Ke8 $15) (16. Nxh7 $2 Nxh7 17. Qh6 Bg5+ 18.
Rxg5 Nxg5 $17) 16... Qh5 {[%csl Rh5]} (16... Ne8 {Gurevich,M} 17. Qh6 Bf8 (
17... Kh8 18. Rxg7 Nxg7 19. Nf6) 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxf6 $40) (16... Nh5 {
Gurevich,M} 17. Rg5 $1) (16... Kf8 {Gurevich,M} 17. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 18. Rg1+ Kf8
19. Qh6+ Ke8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kc8 23. Ba6+ Kb8 24. Rg8 $18
) 17. Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rh7] Transposing into an endgame is the best way to treat
the position.} (17. Rg3 {'->!?' Gurevich,M.}) 17... Qxg5+ 18. hxg5 Nxe4 (18...
Nd5 $2 19. Rxh7 $1 {'+-!' Gurevich,M.} Kxh7 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rh1#) 19. Bxe4 $1
(19. fxe4 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 g6 22. Rg3 a6 23. Kc2 Ra7 24. c4 $14) 19...
Rab8 20. Rxh7 (20. Bxh7+ {Gurevich,M} Kf8 21. Be4 Bd6 $14) 20... c5 21. g6 $6 {
Losing a major part of an advantage. After correct} (21. Kc2 $1 {[%cal Gg1h1]
there was no escape for black.} g6 (21... f5 22. g6 $1 Bf6 (22... Bd6 23. Bd3
cxd4 24. cxd4 Bf4 25. Bc4 Rxd4 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. Re1 $18) 23. d5 Kf8 24. d6
Rxd6 25. Rh8+ Ke7 26. Rxb8 $18) (21... Bd6 {Gurevich,M} 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rg2
g6 24. Rgh2 Kf8 25. R2h4 $1 {(/\26.Rf4)} Bd6 (25... Bxf2 26. Rf4 Rd7 27. Bxg6
$18) 26. Bxg6 $1 $18) 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Rxe7 cxd4 24. Rxe6 $18) 21... fxg6 22.
Bxg6 cxd4 {'+/=' Gurevich,M.} 23. Bf7+ Kxf7 (23... Kxh7 $4 24. Rh1+ Bh4 25.
Rxh4#) 24. Rgxg7+ Kf6 25. Rxe7 dxc3 26. bxc3 a5 $14 27. Kc2 $6 (27. Ref7+ Ke5
28. f4+ Ke4 29. Rf6 $14) 27... Ke5 {'!' Gurevich,M. Gurevich,M: '[/\28...Kd6]'}
28. Rh6 Rd6 29. f4+ Kd5 (29... Kxf4 {Gurevich,M} 30. Rexe6 Rxe6 31. Rxe6 $16)
30. Rh5+ Kc6 31. Re5 Rf8 32. Re4 (32. R7xe6 Rxf4 33. Rxd6+ Kxd6 34. Re2 b5 $11)
32... Rf6 33. a4 b5 34. Kb3 Rh6 35. axb5+ Kxb5 36. Re5+ Kb6 37. f5 exf5 38.
Rxf5 Rhf6 {'=!' Gurevich,M.} 39. Ree5 Rxf5 40. Rxf5 Rd2 41. f4 (41. Kc4 {
Gurevich,M} Rb2 42. Rf6+ Kb7 43. Kc5 a4 $11) 41... Rf2 42. Kc4 Rf3 43. Rf6+ Kb7
44. f5 a4 45. Rf8 (45. Kb4 {Gurevich,M} Kc7 46. Kxa4 Rxc3 $11) 45... a3 46. Kb3
a2 47. Kxa2 Rxc3 48. f6 Rf3 49. Kb2 Kc7 50. f7 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 (9... Be7 10. Kb1 (10. Bc4 a6 $5 11. Bb3 c6 12. Qf4 b5 13.
h4 Ra7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. c3 Qc7 $132 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Belgrade 1993}) 10...
b6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Rhe1 Qe7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Ne5 $14
{Stefansson,H-Bareev,E/Erevan olm 1996}) 10. Bc4 (10. d5 $5 Nc5 11. Nxc5 bxc5
12. Bc4 e5 13. Qa5 Qd6 14. Nd2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Gurevich,M/Munich 1992})
10... Bb7 (10... c6 11. Qe3 (11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. f4
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 $11 {Mari Arul,S-Prakash,G/Goodricke 1997}) (11. h4 Bb7 12.
Nd6 $5 Qc7 13. Nxb7 Qxb7 14. Ng5 c5 15. Bd3 $36 {Ivanchuk,V-Dreev,A/London
PCA-Intel GP 1995 (54)}) 11... Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 a5 14. c3 a4 15. a3
Ra5 16. Ba2 c5 17. Rhe1 $14 {Kindermann,S-Dreev,A/Nussloch 1996 (30)}) 11. Rhe1
(11. Qf4 $6 Qb8 $5 12. Rhe1 c5 13. Qg4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Nc5 $15 {
Freitag,M-Schneider Zinner,H/Feldbach op 1997}) 11... Bd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. c4 Bb7
14. d5 $5 {Very ambitious continuation leading to very complicated struggle
with mutual chanses.} (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18.
Qxe4 Rad8 19. Rd2 $14 {Huebner,R-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990 (76)}) 14... exd5
15. cxd5 c4 $5 (15... Bxd5 $5 16. Bb5 $6 (16. Neg5 $1 Bxf3 (16... Bxg5 $6 17.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 (17... Kh8 18. Nxg5 Nf6 19. Qf4 (19. Bc2 $6 Qc7 $1 (19... Bxa2 $2
20. Qf4 $18) 20. f4 Bxa2 21. Qe3 Rfd8 $13) 19... Nxh7 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Re5 $16
) 18. Nxg5+ Kg6 19. Qxd5 Qxg5+ 20. Qxg5+ Kxg5 21. Rxd7 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rf7]
[%cal Ge2e7]}) 17. Nxf3 Bd4 $8 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4
$14) 16... Bxe4 $5 (16... Bd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qg5+ 20. Kb1
Nf6 21. Re5 $13) 17. Rxe4 Nb8 18. Qc2 (18. Qf4 Bxb2+ 19. Kc2 Qf6 $19) 18... Qc7
19. g4 a6 20. Bc4 Nc6 $15) 16. Bc2 b5 17. Kb1 Qb6 18. Qf4 Rad8 19. h4 g6 (19...
b4 $5 $132) 20. h5 Bg7 21. Qh4 Rfe8 (21... Nf6 22. hxg6 hxg6 (22... fxg6 $2 {
[%csl Re6]} 23. Nfg5 h6 24. Ne6 Nxd5 25. N4c5 $1 g5 26. Qg3 $16) 23. Nfg5 Rfe8
24. Nxf7 {see 21...Rfe8}) 22. Nfg5 Nf6 (22... h6 $6 23. hxg6 Qxg6 24. Nxf7 $1
Kxf7 25. Nc5 Qxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Nxc5 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qc7 Bf8 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rd4
$36) 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nxf7 $5 {Changing the charachter of the position.} Kxf7
25. Ng5+ Kg8 (25... Kf8 $1 26. Ne6+ (26. Bxg6 Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Bxd5 $19) 26... Kg8
(26... Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd6 28. Qg3 Rxe6 29. dxe6 Bd5 $13) 27. Bxg6 Rxd5 28. Rxd5
Bxd5 29. Bxe8 Bxe6 $15) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Bxg6 Re2 28. d6 Bc8 29. Ne4 $1 Nxe4
$2 {The turning point of the game:black chooses variation,which is losing by
force.Nothing changed} (29... Rxb2+ $6 30. Kc1 $1 (30. Ka1 $2 Nd5 $1 31. Rxd5
Rxf2+ 32. Kb1 Rb2+ 33. Kc1 Qg1+ $19) 30... Qd8 31. d7 $1 Bxd7 32. Rd6 $1 Rxf2
$8 33. Qxf2 Nxe4 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Rxd7 $1 Qg5+ 36. Kb1 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 $18 {
and white is winning.}) ({It was nessasary to play} 29... Rxe4 $1 30. Bxe4 Be6
31. Bc2 c3 32. bxc3 Qa5 $132 {with unclear position.}) 30. Bh7+ $18 Kh8 (30...
Kf8 $4 31. Qe7#) 31. Bxe4+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ Kf8 (32... Be6 33. d7 $1 Rxb2+ 34. Kc1
$18) (32... Re6 33. Qe7 $1 Qxf2 34. Bxe6+ Bxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37.
Qe8+ Kh7 38. Rh1+ Bh6 39. d7 $18) 33. Qf4+ Ke8 34. Qf7+ {Slightly more
accurate was} (34. Bf7+ $5 Kd8 35. Qg5+ Kd7 36. Qg4+ $18 {[%cal Gg4d7,Gg4e2]})
34... Kd8 35. Qg8+ Re8 36. Qxg7 Qxd6 37. Bf3 Bf5+ 38. Ka1 Bd3 39. Qxa7 Re5 40.
Rh1 Qf6 41. Bc6 $1 {The final blow!Very impressive win of Dmitri Rinderman,
espacially taking into consideration the fact that with black pieces played
Michail Gurevich!} Qxc6 42. Qb8+ {[%cal Gb8d8,Gb8e5]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Qf4 {This move is considered to
be harmless for black, but this game shows that white might pose black some
problems in this seemingly upretentious variation.} Nf6 13. Nxf6+ (13. Neg5)
13... Bxf6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Be4 (15. c3 Bg7 (15... Bxg2 $6 16. Rhg1 Bxg5 17. hxg5
Bb7 18. Rg3 f6 19. Rdg1 $40 {Saulin,D-Pushkov,N/Tula 2001}) (15... a6 16. Rh3
Be7 17. Kb1 Bxg2 18. Re3 Bb7 19. Rg1 Bd6 20. Qg4 $44 {Delgado,A-Bendana,G/
Buenos Aires 2003}) 16. Qg4 $6 h6 17. Nxe6 $2 Bc8 18. Qxg6 fxg6 19. Nxd8 Rxd8
20. Bxg6 Be6 $17 {Kucypera,A-Rapoport,I/Polanica Zdroj 1996}) 15... Bxe4 {
Black is doing ok after a move in the game, but I find 15...Bd5 more logical
since I see no reason to allow white to put the knight on a very comfortable
e4 square.} (15... Bd5 $5 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Qe3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 c5 20.
Ne5 Rad8 21. f4 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 $11 {Hector,J-Liiva,R/
Stockholm 1992}) (15... Bxg5 $2 16. hxg5 Bxe4 17. Rxh7 $1 f5 18. Qh4 {1-0 Lanc,
A-Balogh,P/Slovakia 1995}) 16. Nxe4 Bg7 17. Kb1 (17. h5 f5 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Qxd6
cxd6 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Nb5 Rad8 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 $14 {Hamdouchi,H-Hassan,A/
Dubai 2004}) 17... Qe7 (17... h5 $6 18. g4 hxg4 19. h5 gxh5 20. Rxh5 f5 21. Ng5
Re8 22. Qh2 Re7 23. c3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 18. h5 Rad8 (18... Rfd8 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Qh2 c5 21. Rd3 cxd4 22. Rh3 f5 23. Qg3 Qf7 24. Ng5 Qf6 25. Nh7 Qf7
$132) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qe3 $14 Rf5 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf5d5]} 21. f4 h6 $5 {
Taking square g5 under control.} (21... Rfd5 22. Ng5 Bxd4 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24.
Nxe6 R8d7 25. c3 Be3 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 $11 {[%cal Gd5d2]}) 22. c3 Qf7 (22... Rfd5
23. Kc1 $1 {[%csl Gd1]} c5 $140 $6 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Nxc5 $16) 23. g3 Rfd5 24.
Kc1 $1 {[%csl Gd1]} Qf5 25. Nf2 c5 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Qe4 Qf7 $6 {This move is
far too passive. After correct} (27... Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29. Kxd1 e5 $1 $132
{black has nothing to worry about.}) 28. Ng4 Qf5 29. Nf2 Qf7 30. Rhe1 $1 e5 $2
(30... R8d6 31. Nd3 Qd7 32. Kc2 Kh7 $132) 31. fxe5 Rxd1+ (31... Bxe5 $2 32.
Qxe5 $1 Rxe5 33. Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Rxe5 Qxf2 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rf8+ $18) 32. Nxd1
Qd5 33. e6 Qg5+ 34. Re3 Bf6 35. Kc2 Be7 36. Nf2 $18 c4 37. Nh3 Qb5 38. Qxg6+
Kh8 39. Qxh6+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Kc1 Qd5 (41... Qa4 42. Qh5+ Kg7 43. Nf4 Qxa2
44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Ng6#) 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qh6+ Kg8 45. Re1 Qf5 46.
Nf4 Bg5 47. e7 Re8 48. Qe6+ Qxe6 49. Rxe6 Kf7 50. Re4 Rxe7 51. Rxc4 Re3 52.
Rc7+ Ke8 53. Kc2 Rxg3 54. Nd3 a5 55. a4 Bd8 56. Rb7 Rg2+ 57. Kb3 Rg5 58. Rb5
Kd7 59. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 10th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
{During the last years this continuation has become extremly popular} (6...
Bxf6) 7. g3 {This move can hardly be recommended, because in all variations
black has more than sufficient counterplay} f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. d5
Nb4 (10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bg7 14. Nef4 Ne7 15. Rb1 Nxd5
16. Qxd5 c6 $13 {Rezaei,R-Vakhidov,T/ch-Asia 2000}) 11. Bg2 (11. dxe6 $2 Qxd1+
(11... Bxe6 12. Qc1 O-O 13. Bg2 Bc4 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxa2 16. Qf4 Bxe2 $19
{Zhelnin,V-Kiriakov,P/RUS-chT 1997}) 12. Rxd1 Bxe6 $17) (11. Bh3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5
Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Nd4 f4 $1 $17 {Thiel,T-Holzke,F/BL2-W9596})
11... Nxd5 (11... c6) 12. Bxd5 {Only giving up another bishop white may get
reasonable chanses} (12. Nxd5 $6 exd5 13. O-O (13. Bxd5 c6 $17) 13... O-O 14.
c3 c6 15. Nd4 (15. Nf4 Bg5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. h4 Bh6 19. Nh5 Qg6 20.
Nf4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Skripchenko,A-Pinski,J/MK Cafe Cup-A 1999}) 15... f4 $5 16.
gxf4 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 $15 {Damjanovic,V-Itkis,B/Bucharest 1996}) 12... exd5 13.
Qxd5 (13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Nef4 O-O 15. Rb1 Re8+ 16. Kf1 Bg7 17. Qh5 a5 18. Kg2
Ra6 $132 {Pein,M-Luther,T/Peer Gynt 1994}) 13... Qxd5 (13... O-O $13) 14. Nxd5
Bxb2 $1 ({After} 14... Bd8 15. O-O-O c6 16. Ne3 Bc7 17. Rhe1 $14 {white has
better chances}) 15. Nxc7+ (15. Rb1 $2 Be5 16. f4 Bd6 $17) 15... Kd8 16. Rb1
Kxc7 17. Rxb2 Re8 ({Serious attention deserved} 17... Rd8 $5 {trying to
prevent white to put his knight on d4:} 18. c3 Rd3 $1 (18... Be6 19. Nd4 Rd5
20. Kd2 Ra5 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Kc2 $13) 19. Rd2 (19. Nf4 Rd6 20. Ke2 Bd7 $13)
19... Rxd2 20. Kxd2 Be6 $15) 18. Kd2 Bd7 (18... Be6) 19. Nd4 $1 Re4 20. Kd3 Rd8
21. c3 b6 22. Rhb1 $6 Re5 23. f4 Ra5 {Black has symbolical advantage, but it's
extremly difficult to make any progress} (23... Re7 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Kxe2 $11)
24. Re1 Bb5+ 25. Kc2 Bc4 26. Re7+ Rd7 27. Re8 Bxa2 28. Nxf5 Bd5 (28... Bc4 $5
29. Nd4 Ra1 30. Rb4 Ra2+ 31. Rb2 Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 $11) 29. Nd4 f5 30. Re5 {
Now the character of the game is changing and white has tobe carefull} (30.
Nxf5 $6 Bf7 {[%cal Ga5f5,Gf7e8]} 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. fxe5 Rd5 33. Nd4 Rxe5 $15)
30... Be4+ 31. Kd2 Rxe5 32. fxe5 Rd5 (32... Re7 33. e6 Bd5 34. Rb5 Bxe6 35.
Nxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxf5 $11) 33. e6 Kd6 34. Ke3 Re5 35. Kf4 Bd5 36. Rd2 $1 {
[%cal Gc3c4]} Re1 $8 37. Kg5 (37. Kxf5 Ke7 38. g4 a5 39. Rb2 Bxe6+ 40. Nxe6
Rxe6 41. g5 $11) 37... Ke7 38. Nxf5+ Kxe6 39. c4 Bxc4 40. Rd8 Ke5 (40... Rc1
41. Nd4+ Ke5 42. Nc6+ Ke4 43. Nxa7 $15) 41. Nd4 Rc1 42. Nc6+ Ke4 43. Nxa7 b5
44. Rb8 Rb1 45. Kh6 Kd5 46. Nxb5 Bxb5 47. g4 Ke5 $6 (47... Kc6 48. h4 Kc7 (
48... Rh1 49. h5 Bd3 50. Rf8 Kd7 $15) 49. Rf8 Bd3 $15) 48. h4 Bd3 49. Rxb1 Bxb1
50. g5 Bg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astana"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2001.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 a6 (7... Nd7 8. Qd2 $6 f5 9. Ng3 h5 $5 10. h4 Bd6 11. Rh3 c6 12. Ng5 Nf6
13. Bc4 Nd5 $15 {Euwe,M-Balla,Z/Bad Pistyan 1922/1/2-1/2 (50)}) (7... c6 $6 8.
Qd2 f5 9. Ng3 b6 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 Nf6 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Ne5 $16
{Kozma,J-Fichtl,J/CSR-ch Prague 1953 (37)}) (7... Qd5 $6 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. O-O Nf8
10. c4 Qh5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. Ng3 Qg4 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Be4 $36 {Aronson,L-Khanov,
K/URS-ch sf 1957/1-0 (49)}) 8. c4 {This move deserves very serious attention.}
(8. Bd3 b5 (8... Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 (9... f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4
13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15. Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard op 1995}) 10.
dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/
Wien 1908}) 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Bd5 11. Kb1 c6 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Nb6 $13 {Stjazhkina,O-Grabuzova,T/49th ch-RUS (women) 1999})
(8. g3 {Finkel,A} b5 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Nxd5 (12. O-O-O Nd7
13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 Qc7 15. Nh4 h5 16. f4 f5 17. Nf3 O-O-O 18. Ne5 $14 {
Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) 12... cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 14. a4
O-O 15. O-O Qb6 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Rfd1 $14 {Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West
Masters 1999}) (8. Qd2 b5 9. Qh6 $6 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng3 f5 12. Nh5 Bf8 13.
Qe3 Nf6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Morozevich,A/Torneo de Pamplona 9th 1998}) 8... f5 9.
Nc3 Bf6 (9... c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd2 Bg7 14. f3 {
[%cal Gf1d3]} Qf6 15. Bd3 $14 {Wang Zili-Dreev,A/Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th 1999 (15)
}) 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 (11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Be2 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf4 Nc6 15.
Rfd1 e5 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh5 Ne7 $13 {Kovalevskaya,E-Maric,A/Shenyang 2000/CBM
79}) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bg7 {Ftacnik: 'Morozevich keeps believing, that
bishop's pair is a decisive factor of the position despite the compromised
pawn structure. '} (12... e5 13. h4 $5 {[%cal Gf3g5]} b5 14. d6 Nc6 $2 15. d7
$1 Bb7 16. Qd6 $1 $16 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77/[Finkel,A]}) (
12... Qa5 13. Kb1 Bg7 14. h4 e5 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Bxf5 Nb6 18. Bd3 $14
{Esplana,C-Kastanieda,G/Lima 2000/CBM 78}) 13. h4 $1 {Shirov uses the same
idea idea whch braught him success in his encounter with Topalov; and also in
the following game Morozevich doesn't manage to find a ''cure'' against
white's plan.} exd5 {intending to bring the knight to d4 via c6} 14. Nxd5 (14.
cxd5 Qd6 15. Kb1 b5 16. g3 Nd7 17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Qc2 $14) 14... Nc6 15. h5 h6 $8
(15... Be6 $6 16. h6 Bd4 (16... Bh8 $6 17. Qf4 Re8 18. Qg3+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $18)
17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qf4 Kh8 19. Rxd4 cxd4 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qe5+ $18) 16. Rh3 f4 $6
{[%csl Rf4] '?' Ftacnik.} (16... Be6 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Rxg7 $5 Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6
20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Nh4 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3g3]}) (16... Re8 {Ftacnik} 17. Rg3
Kh8 18. Bd3 b5 $1 $13) (16... b5 $5 $13 {Ftacnik}) 17. Rh4 Nb4 {Hoping to
survive in the endgame.} (17... b5 18. Qxf4 Qa5 19. Kb1 $16) (17... Nd4 {
Ftacnik} 18. Qxf4 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Be5 20. Qxe5 Qxh4 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Bd3+ f5 23.
Nxc8 $18) 18. Nxb4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 cxb4 20. Rxf4 {Ftacnik: 'Black's mistake
from the move 16th is hard to understand, now he sits without sound pawn.
Shirov's win is only a matter of a good technique. '} Be6 (20... Re8 {Ftacnik}
21. Bd3 (21. c5 {Ftacnik} Be6 22. Rxb4 Rec8 23. Rxb7 Rxc5+ 24. Rc2 (24. Kb1 {
Ftacnik} Rac8 $19) 24... Rxh5 25. Be2 Bxa2 $14) 21... Be6 22. Nd4 $16) 21. Nd4
Bxd4 (21... Rad8 22. g3 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. g3 $16) 22... Bc8 23.
Bg2 Rfe8 24. Bd5 Rd7 25. Nf5 $16) (21... Rfe8 {Ftacnik} 22. g3 (22. Nxe6 {
Ftacnik} Rxe6 23. Be2 Bf6 24. Rg4+ Kf8 25. Kc2 Rae8 26. Bf3 $16) 22... Rad8 23.
Re4 (23. Nxe6 {Ftacnik} Rxd2 24. Kxd2 Rxe6 25. c5 a5 26. b3 $16) 23... Bxc4 24.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bxc4 Re4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nf5 $18) 22. Rdxd4 Rac8 23. b3 Rc5
24. g4 Rfc8 (24... b5 {Ftacnik} 25. Kd2 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Ra5 27. Bxe6 Rxa2+ 28.
Ke3 fxe6 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rxb4 $18) 25. Bd3 Kf8 (25... b5 {Ftacnik} 26. Kb2
bxc4 27. Bxc4 $18) 26. Kb2 (26. Kd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2e3,Ge3g3,Gf4e4,Gf2f4]}) 26...
Ke7 27. Be4 Re5 $6 (27... R8c7 28. a3 (28. Bd5 b5 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rfe4 Kf6
$16) 28... a5 29. axb4 axb4 30. Bd3 b6 $16) (27... b5 {Ftacnik} 28. Bb7 Rg8 29.
Bxa6 $18) 28. Bxb7 Re2+ 29. Kb1 Rc5 (29... Re1+ {Ftacnik} 30. Kc2 $18) 30. Rde4
(30. Bxa6 {Ftacnik} Ra5 31. Bb7 Re1+ 32. Kb2 Re2+ 33. Kc1 Raxa2 34. Kd1 $16)
30... Rd2 (30... Rxe4 {Ftacnik} 31. Bxe4 $18) 31. Rd4 Re2 32. Rde4 Rd2 33. Rf5
$1 (33. Bxa6 $2 Ra5 $13 {[%cal Ga5a2]}) 33... Kd6 (33... Rxf5 $2 {Ftacnik} 34.
gxf5 $18) 34. Rxc5 Kxc5 35. Rf4 {Ftacnik: 'White already entertains two spare
pawns, but nearly all of them are on the white squares. Black is still putting
up resistance spiced with small obstacles.'} (35. f3 a5 36. Re5+ Kd4 37. Rxa5
Kc3 38. Kc1 Rg2 39. Kd1 $16) 35... Rd1+ 36. Kc2 Ra1 37. Kb2 Rg1 38. Bd5 (38. f3
{Ftacnik} Rg2+ 39. Kb1 Rg1+ 40. Kc2 Rg2+ 41. Kc1 Rxa2 42. Rf6 a5 43. Rxh6 $18)
(38. Bxa6 {Ftacnik} Rxg4 39. Rf6 Rh4 40. Rxh6 Rh2 41. Rf6 Rxh5 42. Bb7 $18)
38... Bxd5 (38... Bxg4 39. Bxf7 a5 40. Rf6 $16) 39. cxd5 (39. Rf5 {Ftacnik}
Rxg4 40. Rxd5+ Kc6 41. Rf5 $18) 39... a5 40. Rxf7 (40. f3 $6 Rg2+ 41. Kb1 Rg1+
42. Kc2 Rg2+ 43. Kd3 Rxa2 44. Rxf7 Rb2 $132) 40... Rxg4 41. Ra7 Rf4 (41... Kb6
$5) 42. Rxa5+ Kb6 43. Ra8 Rxf2+ 44. Kb1 Kc5 45. Rc8+ Kxd5 46. Rc4 Rf1+ 47. Kb2
Rf2+ 48. Kb1 Rf1+ 49. Kc2 Rf2+ 50. Kd3 Rxa2 51. Rxb4 Kc5 52. Ra4 Rb2 53. Kc3
Rh2 54. Ra6 $1 Rh3+ 55. Kb2 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Serious mistake, both
great palyers have missed the original stalemate motive.'} (55. Kc2 $1 {Ftacnik
}) 55... Kb4 {'?' Ftacnik.} (55... Rxh5 $3 {Ftacnik} 56. Ra5+ Kb4 57. Rxh5 $11)
56. Rb6+ Kc5 57. Rxh6 Kb4 58. Kc2 {'!' Ftacnik.} Rc3+ 59. Kd2 Rh3 60. Rh8 Kc5
61. Kc2 (61. h6 {Ftacnik} Kb6 62. h7 $2 Kb7 $11) 61... Kb5 62. Kd2 Kc6 63. h6
Kb7 64. b4 Ka7 65. Ke2 Rh4 66. Kf3 Rxb4 67. Rg8 Rh4 68. Rg6 Kb7 69. Kg3 Rh1 70.
Kf4 Kc7 71. Kf5 Kd7 72. Kf6 Ke8 73. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 $5 b6
8. g4 $6 {A sharp continuation leading to a very unclear position,  but on my
opinion 8.0-0-0 is more in the spirit of the position.} (8. O-O-O $5 Bb7 9. Nc3
(9. Qf3 $5 c6 10. Bc4 Na6 11. Qh5 $1 Nc7 12. Nf3 Nd5 13. Rhe1 $36 {Velimirovic,
D-Stamenkovic,Z/52nd ch-YUG, Niksic 1997 (40)}) 9... c6 10. Qg3 $1 (10. f4 $5
Bd6 $6 11. Nge2 f5 12. g4 $1 fxg4 13. Rg1 Qh4 14. Ne4 Be7 15. f5 $1 exf5 16.
N4g3 $40 {1-0 Dieu,B-De Groot,A/cr 1988 (32)}) 10... Bf8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bc4
Qb8 13. Qh4 h5 14. Rhe1 $16 {Reinderman,D-De la Riva,O/WchJ U20 Buenos Aires
1992 (17)}) (8. f4 Bb7 9. Nf3 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Qe3 Nd7 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bd3
O-O-O 14. Rhf1 Nb6 15. g3 Kb8 $13 {Maleska,A-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW U20 1994/
0-1 (62)}) 8... h5 $1 {The best reaction; otherwise black may find himself
without counterplay. For example:} (8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Nc6 $5 (9... c6 10. O-O-O
Qc7 (10... Nd7 11. Ng3 $5 Qc7 12. N1e2 O-O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Rhe1 $14) 11. Qg3 $1
Qxg3 (11... Na6 12. Qf3 {[%csl Rf6]} O-O-O 13. Nxf6 Nb4 14. a3) 12. hxg3 Nd7
13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. Rh5 $14)) 9. gxh5 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nc6 11. O-O-O Qd7 12. d5 $6 {
Typical breakthrough which nevertheless proves to be in black's favour.
Deserved attention} (12. Ne2 f5 (12... Rxh5 $5 13. Qf3 Rh6 14. N4c3 (14. d5 $6
Ne5 $1 15. Qf4 Rg6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nc5 Qxa2 18. Bxb7 Nc4 $1 $19) 14... O-O-O
15. d5 Nb4 16. Qe3 $13) 13. N4c3 O-O-O 14. d5 Nb4 15. Qh3 $1 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 exd5 $11) 12... Nb4 $8 (12... exd5 $6 13. Bh3 $1 Qd8 14. Qe2 $1 Kf8 (
14... Ne5 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nf3 $40 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gd1d7,Ge2e7]}) 15. Ng3 $36)
13. Qe2 O-O-O $15 {After this move it becomes clear that the initiative is in
black's hands.} (13... exd5 $4 14. Nxf6+ $18) 14. Nc3 (14. c3 $5 Nxa2+ 15. Kb1
Qa4 16. Qc2 Qxc2+ 17. Kxc2 Bxd5 $17) 14... Rhg8 $1 {Improving position of the
rook befor taking on d5.} 15. Bf3 (15. dxe6 $2 Nxa2+ $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 16. Nxa2
Qxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Bxg2 $19) 15... Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rf2,
Rg1] The opening is over and we can make some conclusions:black is better due
to strong blacksquared bishop,control over the g-file and weakness of white
pawns on the kingside.} 17. Qd3 $6 {Dubious dicision:white gives up the f-pawn
getting no real counterplay.} (17. h4 $6 Bc5 18. Kb1 Rde8 19. Qd2 Qf5 $17) (17.
c4 $5 d4 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qe4+ c6 20. Nf3 Bc5 $15) 17... Bc5 18. Ne2 Bxf2 $17
19. Nf4 (19. c4 $2) 19... c6 20. Rhf1 Bc5 21. h3 $6 f5 22. Ne2 Kc7 $1 {
Preparing to defend the only weakness} 23. Nd4 Bc8 24. Be2 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qd6 {
Now the game enters technical part,which is the strongest side of swedish
grandmaster!} 26. Bd3 Rg5 27. Be2 (27. Qh4 Qh6 28. Qf4+ Rd6 29. Be2 Rg2 30. Rd2
Qxf4 31. Rxf4 Rh6 $19 {[%csl Rh3,Rh5][%cal Gc7e5,Gf5f4]}) 27... Re8 28. Bf3 Rg3
29. Qa4 Re3 30. Bh1 (30. Qxa7+ Bb7 31. Bh1 Ra3 $1 32. bxa3 Rxa3 33. Qxa3 Qxa3+
34. Kd2 Qxh3 35. Bf3 Qh2+ $19) 30... a5 $1 $19 {Black major pieces controle
all the board!} 31. Rde1 Qe5 32. Rd1 Rxh3 33. Kb1 Rxh5 34. Bf3 Rh3 35. Bg2 Rh2
36. Rf2 Re1 37. c3 f4 38. Rfd2 Bf5+ 39. Kc1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 f5 $5
{In the first round of the tournament against Ivanovich Andersson continued 7..
.b6 and won convinsingly,but now he decides to deviate.} 8. Nc3 c6 (8... Bf6 $6
9. O-O-O c6 10. Qe3 Qe7 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nf3 b6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. Bf3
$1 $14 {Dworakowska,J-Radziewicz,I/POL-chJW U20 1994 (36)}) 9. O-O-O (9. f4 Na6
$5 10. a3 Qa5 11. g3 h5 12. h3 Rg8 13. O-O-O Rb8 $5 14. Bg2 Bd7 $6 (14... h4 $5
) 15. Nce2 b5 16. b4 $1 $14 {Sinz,B-Petrosian,K/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 1994 (26)
}) 9... Nd7 10. g4 $5 {Velimirovic is dangerous attacking player and this
continuation perfectly suits his incompromising style.} fxg4 11. h3 gxh3 12.
Bxh3 {This sacrifice has a solid positional basis:black still did'nt start to
develop his queenside and has to make at least 4 moves to put his king in safe
shelter.} Qc7 13. Nf3 b6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Ne5 $1 $44 Rf8 $1 (15... Nxe5 $2 16.
dxe5 Rd8 17. Qg3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 $36 {[%csl Re8][%cal Gf2f4,Gc3e4,Gg3g7]}) (
15... Rd8 $6 16. Qg3 Bf6 17. f4 c5 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Nb5 $1 Qb8 20. Qxg2 $14 {
[%csl Rc6,Rd6]}) 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Qxh7 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Kb8 $11 {The material
balance has been restored and it seems that draw is not far away,but the life
is full of suprises!} 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Qe4 {This move is not a
mistake,but it's just a step in a wrong direction!} (21. Bg2 $5 Rg8 22. Qe4 Qc8
(22... f6 $6 23. a3 Bd8 24. Ne2 f5 25. Qf3 Qg6 26. Bh1 $14) 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Ne4
Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Kc7 $11) 21... c5 22. Qe2 Qc6 $1 23. a3 (23. Rg1 $5 Rh8 24. Bg2
Rg8 $2 25. Bxc6 Rxg1+ 26. Nd1 Bxc6 27. Kc1 $16) 23... Rh8 24. Bf1 a6 25. Qg4 b5
26. Bd3 (26. f5 $6 exf5 (26... b4 $6 27. f6 $1 Bxf6 28. exf6 bxc3 29. Qg3+ Qc7
30. Qxc3 $13) 27. Qxf5 Qe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29. Be2 Kc7 30. Bg4 Rh6 $15) 26... b4
27. axb4 cxb4 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Nd2 $6 {Giving black some chanses,but the
position is still equal.} (29. Qh5 b3 30. Nc3 bxc2+ 31. Bxc2 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 $11
) 29... Bc5 $1 $36 {[%cal Ga6a4,Gb4b2]} 30. Nb3 Bb6 31. Be2 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Ka7
33. Be2 a5 34. Nd2 $2 (34. Nc1 $5) 34... a4 $6 {Missing} (34... Qh1+ $1 35. Bd1
(35. Ka2 Qc1 $1 $17) 35... Be3 36. Nc4 Bxf4 $1 37. Qxf4 Qxd1+ 38. Ka2 Bd5 $17 {
with wining chanses.}) 35. Nc4 b3 36. cxb3 axb3 37. Qg3 $4 {Throwing away the
game. After} (37. Qh3 $1 Qe4+ 38. Qd3 Qxf4 39. Qxb3 Bc7 40. Qa3+ $11 {the draw
is inavoidable.}) 37... Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Qxd2+ (10... Qa5 $2 11. Nb5 $1 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Na6
13. Nd6+ Ke7 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. c3 $16 {Wittmann,W-Petschar,K/AUT-ch 1989 (31)})
(10... Nd7 $5 11. Rd1 (11. Bb5 O-O 12. c6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15.
Rb1 Bc6 $44) 11... O-O 12. Bb5 Nxc5 13. Qf4 Qe7 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 Nxd3 $11 {
Fernandez,J-Armas,J/Santa Catalina 1987 (23)}) 11. Kxd2 $6 {Dubious move after
which black siezes the initiative.} (11. Nxd2 $5 Ke7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Nb3 Bxc3
(13... a5 14. Nd4 Bxd4 (14... Rc8 15. Nxf5+ exf5 16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. Bc4 $40) (
14... Bg5+ $5 15. Kb1 Rc8) 15. Rxd4 Nc6 (15... Rc8 16. Rh4 Rxc5 17. Rxh7 b5 18.
Bd3 b4 19. Ne2 $16) (15... Bc6 $5) 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Rhd1 Be8 (18...
Rhd8 $32 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 $16) 19. f4 $14 {Kusmin,G-Kiriakov,P;Russia,1995;1-0
}) 14. bxc3 a5 (14... Bc6 $5) 15. Bd3 a4 16. Nd4 Ra5 17. Kd2 $1 Rc8 18. Rb1 $14
{Gaponenko,I-Kiriakov,P,1995;1-0}) 11... O-O 12. Rd1 Rd8+ 13. Kc1 Rxd1+ 14.
Nxd1 Nd7 15. Bc4 (15. c6 $5) 15... Nxc5 16. Re1 a6 $15 (16... Bd7 {[%cal Gb7b5]
} 17. Ne5 Be8 18. Nc3 a6 $15 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) 17. b4 Ne4 (17... b5 $5 18. bxc5 (
18. Be2 Ne4 19. Bd3 Bb7 $17) 18... bxc4 19. Ne3 Bb7 (19... c3 20. c6 $1 Rb8 21.
Nc4 $132 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Ge1d1]} Bg7 {[%cal Gg7h6]} 22. Nfe5 Bh6+ 23. Kd1 f6
24. Nd3 $13) 20. Nxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Rc8 22. Rg1+ Kf8 23. Nb6 Rc7 24. Rd1 Ke7
25. Na4 Be5 $15) 18. Bd3 Nc3 (18... a5 $5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rxe4 axb4 21. Kb1
Be7 22. Nb2 b6 23. Nd3 Bc5 24. Nxc5 bxc5 25. Rc4 Ra5 26. c3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Bb7
$15 {[%cal Gb7d5,Gf7f6]}) 19. a3 a5 20. b5 Na4 21. Ne5 Be7 22. Nc4 Bd7 23. Ndb2
Bg5+ 24. Ne3 Nc5 25. a4 e5 {The pair of strong bishops and weakness of white's
queenside gives black clear advantage.} 26. Kb1 e4 27. Bc4 Be6 28. Bxe6 fxe6
29. Nec4 Kf7 30. Rd1 Ke7 31. g3 {[%tqu "En","","","","g5f6","How to activate
rook a8? Black sucsessfully solving this problem.",10]} Bf6 $1 $17 {How to
activate rook a8? Black sucsessfully solves this problem.} 32. Kc1 Bc3 33. Nb6
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. N2c4 (35. Nd1 Be1 $22 $19 {[%cal Gd8g5,Gh7h4]}) 35... Be1
36. Kd1 Bxf2 37. Nxa5 Bg1 38. Ke2 (38. h3 Bf2 39. g4 f4 {[%cal Gf4f3,Ge4e2]}
40. Nac4 e3 41. Ke2 Ne4 42. Ne5 Nc3+ 43. Kf3 Bg3 $19 {[%cal Ge3e1]}) 38... Bxh2
39. Kf2 e5 $1 $19 40. Nac4 (40. Kg2 e3 41. Nac4 e2 42. Kf2 Bxg3+ 43. Kxe2 e4
$19) 40... f4 41. gxf4 exf4 42. Nd5 (42. a5 h5 43. Nd5 Bg3+ 44. Kg2 h4 $19 {
[%cal Gf4f3]}) 42... Nxa4 43. Kg2 Bg3 44. Nd6 Nc5 45. Nc3 e3 46. Nf5 Ne4 $1 {
This strong move finishes the game.} 47. Ne2 Nd2 48. Nxe3 (48. Nexg3 f3+ $1 49.
Kg1 f2+ 50. Kg2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f2f1Q","",2]} f1=Q+ 51. Nxf1 e2 $19)
48... fxe3 49. Kxg3 Kc7 50. Kf4 Nc4 51. Ke4 Kb6 52. Nd4 Kc5 53. c3 b6 54. Kf3
h5 55. Kf4 h4 56. Kg4 Kd5 57. Kxh4 Ke4 58. Kg4 Kd3 59. Kf4 e2 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Areshchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 O-O (9... Nf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. O-O-O c6 12. c3 Qa5
13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 $14 {Schumacher,H-Russ,C/Seefeld 1996/EXT
2000}) (9... c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 h6 12. Rc1 b6 13. c4 c5 14. Rhd1 a6 15.
Bc2 cxd4 16. Rxd4 Bb7 $13 {Konigova,P-Novak,J/Klatovy 1997/EXT 98}) (9... c5
10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. f4 a6 16.
Bd3 g6 $11 {Figelman,I-Lein,A/Dearborn 1992/EXT 97}) 10. O-O-O b6 11. h4 Bb7
12. Kb1 Nf6 13. c4 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7
$17 {Christensen,W-Orlov,G/Philadelphia 1992/TD}) 13... a6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Be4 {White didn't achieve anything from the opening and it's quiet logical
that he tries to get rid of bishop on b7 which is quiet disturbing. Nothing
would promise} (15. Ng5 h6 (15... g6 $5) 16. f4 (16. Bh7+ $6 Kh8 17. Be4 Bxe4+
18. Qxe4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 $15) 16... b5 $5 (16... Bxd4 $2 17. Be4 $1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]} Bxe4+ (17... c6 18. Nf3 $18) 18. Qxe4 hxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. Rxd4
Qe7 21. Qe5 f6 22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Rd7 $1 $18) 17. c5 g6 18. Be4 Bd5 19. Nf3
Bxe4+ 20. Qxe4 Qd5 $11) 15... Bxe4+ 16. Qxe4 b5 17. c5 (17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5
Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. cxb5 Re2 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 axb5 $11) 17... Qd5 18.
Qe3 Qf5+ 19. Ka1 Rfd8 $15 20. h5 (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qg4 {[%cal Gg4d1,Gg4g2]
} 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rd5 $1 $15) 20... h6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 $6 {
Black is unwilling to take rsks, while after} (22... Qxf2 $5 23. Rhf1 Qh4 24.
Qxc7 Qxh5 $15 {his chanse are preferable in the forthcoming struggle.}) 23.
dxe5 Rd5 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. Kb1 Re8 26. Re1 Re6 27. Kc2 f6 28. f4 fxe5 29. Rxe5
$4 {This move is suicide! There is a rule concerning pawns endings saying that
side which has protected passed pawn usually has the advantage. Arising endgme
is perfect example for this rule!} (29. fxe5 g6 30. g4 c6 31. Kd3 $11) 29...
Rxe5 30. fxe5 Kf7 31. Kd3 c6 32. g4 {Hecht: '[#] Sieht wie ein Fehler aus,
weil das dem Schwarzen die entscheidenden Tempi am Damenflügel einräumt, ist
aber bei näherer Prüfung keiner, sondern sogar ein verkappter Gewinnversuch in
verlorener Position.'} (32. b4 g6 (32... Ke6 {Hecht} 33. Kd4 Kf5 34. g4+ $11 (
34. g3 $11 {Hecht})) 33. hxg6+ (33. Ke3 gxh5 34. g3 Ke6 (34... Ke7 {Hecht} 35.
Kf3 Ke6 36. Kf4 d4 37. Ke4 d3 38. Kxd3 Kxe5 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Ke4 Kg4
42. Ke5 Kxg3 43. Kd6 h4 44. Kxc6 h3 45. Kd7 h2 46. c6 h1=Q 47. c7 Qb7 48. Kd8
h5 49. c8=Q Qxc8+ 50. Kxc8 h4 $19) 35. Kf4 d4 36. Ke4 d3 37. Kxd3 Kxe5 38. Ke3
Kf5 39. Kf3 Kg5 $19) 33... Kxg6 34. g4 h5 35. gxh5+ Kxh5 $19 {[%csl Re5]} 36.
e6 Kg6 37. e7 Kf7 38. Kd4 Kxe7 39. Ke5 {[#]} Kd7 40. Kf5 a5 41. a3 a4 42. Ke5
Ke7 43. Kf5 Kf7 44. Ke5 Kg6 45. Kd6 d4 46. Kxc6 d3 47. Kb7 d2 48. c6 d1=Q 49.
c7 Qf3+ 50. Kb8 Qxa3 51. c8=Q Qxb4 $19) 32... Ke6 {'!' Hecht.} ({Es scheitert
das naheliegende} 32... g6 $4 {Hecht} 33. g5 $3 {[#]} gxh5 34. gxh6 $18 h4 35.
h7 Kg7 36. e6 h3 37. e7 h2 38. h8=Q+ Kxh8 39. e8=Q+) 33. Kd4 a5 (33... a5 34.
a3 (34. b3 b4 $22 $19) 34... a4 $22 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 $6
{An attempt to revive Moro's variation fails! Despite of the fact that black
succeeded to survive in this one, it wasn't due to the successfull opening
play!} 8. c4 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 (9... c5 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qc2 e5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd2
Bg7 14. f3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Qf6 15. Bd3 $14 {Wang Zili-Dreev,A/Tan Chin Nam Cup
5th 1999 (15)}) 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 (11. dxc5 Qa5 12. Be2 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14.
Qf4 Nc6 15. Rfd1 e5 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh5 Ne7 $13 {Kovalevskaya,E-Maric,A/
Shenyang 2000/CBM 79}) 11... O-O 12. O-O-O Bg7 (12... e5 13. h4 $5 {[%cal
Gf3g5]} b5 14. d6 Nc6 $2 15. d7 $1 Bb7 16. Qd6 $1 $16 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/
Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 13. h4 exd5 14. Nxd5 (14. cxd5 Qd6 15. Kb1 b5 16. g3 Nd7
17. Bh3 Nf6 18. Qc2 $14) 14... Nc6 15. h5 h6 (15... Be6 $6 16. h6 Bd4 (16...
Bh8 $6 17. Qf4 Re8 18. Qg3+ Kf8 19. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qf4 Kh8 19. Rxd4
cxd4 20. Qg3 Rg8 21. Qe5+ $18) 16. Rh3 f4 (16... Be6 17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Rxg7 $5
Kxg7 19. Qc3+ f6 20. Nf4 Qc8 21. Nh4 $36 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3g3]}) (16... Re8
17. Rg3 Kh8 18. Bd3 b5 $1 $13) (16... b5 $5 $13) 17. Rh4 b5 {Only this move is
a novelty, but it doesn't change a thing about the evaluation of this line as
barely playable for black.} (17... Nb4 $2 18. Nxb4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 cxb4 20. Rxf4
$16 {Shirov,A-Morozevich,A/Astana 2001}) (17... Nd4 18. Qxf4 Nxf3 19. gxf3 Be5
20. Qxe5 Qxh4 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Bd3+ f5 23. Nxc8 $18) 18. Qxf4 Nd4 (18... Qa5
19. Kb1 $16) 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rd3 $1 {The rook is heading for g3.} Qg5 21. Rg3
(21. Qxg5 $5 hxg5 22. Rh1 bxc4 23. Rg3 Kh7 (23... Be6 $2 24. h6 Bxd5 25. Rxg5
Rfd8 26. hxg7 f6 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rf8+ $18) 24. h6 Bxh6 25. Bxc4 Kg6 26. Ne7+
Kg7 27. Rd3 $16) 21... Qxf4+ 22. Rxf4 Kh8 23. Rgf3 Ra7 24. Kd2 $6 ({Far more
challenging for black would've been} 24. cxb5 $1 axb5 25. Bxb5 Ra5 (25... Rxa2
$6 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Re7 $18) 26. a4 Bb7 27. Rf5 Rd8 28. Ne7 Bxf3
29. Rxf3 $16 {with enormous advantage.}) 24... Be6 25. b3 Rb7 $1 {[%cal Gb5c4,
Gf8d8,Gb7b2] Very strong defensive move.} 26. Re4 (26. Nf6 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Bxc4
28. bxc4 Rb2+ 29. Kd3 Rxa2 30. Kxd4 a5 31. c5 Rc2 $14) 26... bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rd8
28. Rxe6 $6 {White keeps a small plus after an exchange sacifice, but it
proves to be insufficient for a win.} (28. Nf6 Bxc4 29. bxc4 Rb2+ 30. Kd3 Rxa2
(30... Bxf6 31. Rxf6 Kg7 32. Ref4 $18) 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Nxe8 Kg8 33. Nxg7 Kxg7
34. c5 $16) 28... fxe6 29. Nf4 e5 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. Bc4+ Kh7 33. Bd3
Kg8 34. Bxa6 (34. Rf5 $5) 34... Ra7 35. Bc4+ Kh7 36. a4 e4 37. Rf4 Re8 38. Bb5
(38. Bd5 $5 e3+ 39. fxe3 Rxe3 40. g4 Rc7 41. Bc4 Rg3 $14) 38... Re6 39. Bc4 Re8
40. Bb5 Re6 41. g4 Rc7 42. Bc4 Re8 43. Rf7 $5 (43. Bf7 $2 e3+ 44. fxe3 dxe3+
45. Ke2 Rc2+ $19) 43... Rxf7 44. Bxf7 Rb8 45. Bd5 Bf6 46. Bxe4 Rxb3 47. Bc2 Ra3
48. Ne5+ Kg7 49. Nc4 Rc3 50. Bd3 Bd8 51. a5 Rxc4 $1 {Securing a draw.} 52. Bxc4
Bxa5+ 53. Kd3 Kf6 54. f4 Bc7 55. Ke4 Bb6 56. Bd3 Bc7 57. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und h6
begünstigen Weiß, denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit
g2-g4-g5 einen klaren und starken Plan.}) 9. Qe2 (9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 (10. O-O-O
$6 e4 $1 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Be2 (13. Kb1 $6 c5 $15 14. Bc4 Qd6 15.
Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17. Qb3 Nd5 $36 {Anand,V-Kortschnoj,V/Tilburg 1991/1/
2-1/2 (63)}) (13. f3 $6 c5 14. fxe4 cxd4 15. Bd3 (15. Qxd4 Qa5 $1 $17) 15...
Bxa2 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg5 Nc5 $17 {Grabarczyk,B-Schmidt,W/POL-chT 
(Lubniewice) 1993/0-1 (53)}) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Qc3 Rac8 16. c6 bxc6 17.
Ba6 Nd5 18. Qd4 Rb8 $36 {Labunsky,D-Pushkov,N/Vladivostok 1994 (49)}) (10. dxe5
Nxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 11... Nxf3+ $10) 10... Qxf6
11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {>< Pe4}) 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß
hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen Partien mit diesem Endspiel
endeten beide 1-0.} Re8 $5 (13... Nf6 14. Bc4 $14 a6 15. Re1 b5 (15... b6 16.
Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {>< Pc7}) 17. Bc6 Bb7 18.
Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Re7 $16 {Morovic Fernandez,I-Nogueiras,J/Capablanca mem-A 1996/
1-0 (64)}) 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 Re8 19.
Kd2 $14 {Brodskij,M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993 (100)}) (9. Bd3 c5) 9... c5
$5 10. Qe3 (10. c3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Qxg5 $17) 10... Qa5+ 11. c3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Qe5 {Showing the intentions to make a draw,otherwise such a great
fighter as Kortschnoi would chose} (12... Bxd4 $5 13. Qxd4 f6 14. Be3 Rd8 15.
O-O-O $5 Qxa2 16. Bc4 Qa1+ 17. Kc2 Qa4+ 18. Kb1 Qc6 {with complicated position.
}) 13. O-O-O Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 a6 $5 {Very important move aiming to prevent g5.}
15. g4 $5 (15. g3 $1 Ne5 (15... Rd8 16. Bg2 h6 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. Rd3 $14) 16. Be2
(16. Bg5 Ng4 $5 17. Rd2 (17. Bxf6 $2 Nxf2 $1 $17) 17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 (18. Rxd4
$2 Nxf2 19. Rh2 e5 $1 $17) 18... Bd7 19. Bh3 Rac8+ 20. Kb1 $14) 16... b5 17.
Bg5 $1 $14) 15... Bd8 16. g5 ({Too optimistic would be} 16. f4 $6 Nf6 17. Be2
e5 18. Nf5 (18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Bxg4 Bxg4 20. Rde1 Bc7 $15) 18... exf4 19. Bxf4
h5 $1 $15 {with better chanses for black.}) 16... Bc7 17. Be2 $14 (17. Bg2 $5)
17... Re8 18. h5 Nf8 19. Nb3 (19. Rd2 $5 e5 20. Nb3 Ne6 21. h6 $5 Bd8 $1 22.
hxg7 Bxg5 23. Bd3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 $14) 19... e5 20. Nc5 b6 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Ne4
Bb7 23. h6 Red8 $1 {White pieces are more active and his chanses are slightly
better,but it's extremly difficult to win this endgame against a player of
Kortshnoi's calibre.} 24. Kc2 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ne6 26. a4 Bc6 27. b3 Rd8 28. Rh1 (
28. Rxd8+ $6 Bxd8 29. hxg7 Kxg7 30. Kd3 Kg6 $15 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gf7f5]}) 28... a5
29. Rh3 $1 {The only possibility to get rid of unpleasent pin.} Nf4 30. Rg3 Bd7
31. Bg4 Bc6 32. Bf3 Bd7 33. hxg7 {Deciding to keep on fighting.} Bf5 $1 $11 34.
Kb2 Kxg7 35. Rg1 Nd5 36. Bc1 Nf4 37. Be3 Nd5 38. Bd2 Nf4 39. Kc2 h6 $1 {
Not falling into a trap:} (39... Rd3 40. Be3 Bxe4 $6 41. Bxe4 Rxc3+ 42. Kxc3
Ne2+ 43. Kd2 Nxg1 44. Bg2 e4 $8 45. Bxe4 Nh3 46. Kd3 $16 {[%csl Rb6][%cal
Gd3b5]}) 40. gxh6+ Kxh6 41. Be3 Bg6 42. Kb2 Kg7 43. Bxf4 exf4 44. Bh5 $1 {
Despite of the fact that the material on the board is limited white finds
probably the last wining attempt!} Re8 45. Bxg6 fxg6 46. f3 $14 Rd8 {[%cal
Gd8d3]} 47. Kc2 Be5 48. Rg5 Re8 49. Rg2 Kf7 50. Kd3 Rc8 51. Rg5 $5 Bc7 52. Kd4
Rh8 53. Kd5 Rh3 54. Rg4 Ke7 55. Nd2 Rh5+ $1 56. Kd4 (56. Kc6 Rc5+ 57. Kb7 Rxc3
58. Ne4 Rc1 59. Rxg6 Bd8 $11) 56... Kf6 57. Ne4+ Kg7 58. Rg5 Rxg5 59. Nxg5 Kf6
60. Ne4+ Kf5 61. b4 g5 62. b5 g4 63. fxg4+ Kxg4 64. c4 f3 65. c5 bxc5+ 66. Kxc5
Kf5 67. Kd5 Kf4 68. Nf2 Bb6 69. Nd1 f2 70. Nxf2 Bxf2 71. Kc6 Ke5 72. b6 Bxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bar"]
[Site "Bar"]
[Date "1997.11.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.11.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 (8. g3 $5 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Qh5 13. O-O e5
$132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) (8. c4 $5) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6
10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. Kb1 (12. Nc3 $5 {/\ 13.d5!?}) 12... O-O-O 13.
Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8 $5 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18.
Re3 Re7 $11 {[%csl Rd4] 0,5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14.
Qxa6+ Kb8 15. g3 (15. Qe2 Rhe8 (15... Rhg8 $5) (15... Rdg8 $5 16. g3 f5 17.
Ned2 h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,R-Knaak,R/BL 1996 (41)
}) 16. c4 $6 (16. a3 $5 Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4 $14 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5 (24... Qc5 25. Rxh6 Nxd5 26.
Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {Hellers,
F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)}) (16. c3 Bf8 17. g3 h6 18. Ned2 Bg7 19. Nc4 f5
20. a4 $5 Nf6 21. Nfe5 Re7 $132 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO 1997/1/
2-1/2 (64)}) (16. g3 Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 De la
Riva,O-Magem Badals,J/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (19... c5 $6 20. Rd2 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {Leko,P-Andersson,U/It, Ubeda
ESP 1997 (41)})) (16. Qe3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6 Qf4 20. Nf3
Qg4 $1 $11 {Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (30)}) 16... Nf8 17.
g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Red7 $11 {Gallagher,
J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) (15. a3 $5 Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18.
Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3 20. hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,K/BL 1986 (39)}) 15...
f5 (15... Rhg8 16. Qe2 f5 17. Ned2 h5 (17... Bf6 18. Nc4 (18. c3 c5 19. Nc4
cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 a6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7 $13 {Christiansen,
L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.5) 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}) 18... Bh8 $5
19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 Ka8 21. Red1 $14 {Ovetchkin,R-Volkov,S/Russian Cup Stage
1998/0-1 (67)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20. Ng2 $5 Nf8 21. Nf4
Ng6 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/0-1 (64)}) 18. Nc4
h4 19. Rd3 (19. Nfe5 $6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5
cxd5 24. Qd3 Rh8 $15 {0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf 1955 (40)}) 19...
hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh8 21. a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/
URS-ch35 Kharkov 1967/0-1 (51)}) 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nc4 $5
hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22. Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Andersson,U/
Ubeda 1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $1 cxd4 (18... h5 19. Nc4 h4 $6 20. d5 $1
exd5 21. Rxd5 hxg3 22. hxg3 f4 23. Nd6 $36) 19. cxd4 $1 {The only way to fight
for the advantage.White takes controle over the square e5,intending to put
there the knight from f3.} Rc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4 Qd5 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 $6 (22...
Rhf8 $5 23. f4 $5 (23. Ne3 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qe4+ $1 $17) 23... Rc7 24. Nxd7+ $1
Rxd7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 (25... Rd6 26. Qh5 $1 Qxd4 27. Qh6 $1 Bxe5 28. Qxf8+ Rd8 29.
Qa3 $14) 26. dxe5 Qd3+ 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Rcd1 $14) 23. dxe5 $14 Be7 24. Red1
Qb7 (24... Qb5 $5 25. b3 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2h5]} h5 26. Qf3 {[%cal Gc4d6]}
h4 $6 27. Nd6 (27. g4 $5) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Bxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 (29... Qd5 $6
30. Qc3 $1 e5 31. d7 $1 $18) 30. Rc7 $1 Qd5 $8 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rxf7 Rxd6 33.
Rxf5 hxg3 34. hxg3 $18) 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Rxc1+ 27. Rxc1 Rc8 (27... Rd8 $5)
28. Rd1 Rd8 (28... Qe4+ $5 29. Qxe4 fxe4 30. Rd4 $1 f5 $5 (30... Rd8 31. Kc1
Kb7 32. Rxe4 (32. Kd2 $6 f5 $15) 32... Rxd6 33. Rh4 (33. Rf4 f5 34. Rh4 Rd7 35.
Rh6 Re7 36. Kd2 Kc6 37. Ke3 Kd5 $11 {[%cal Ge7c7,Gc7c2]}) 33... e5 $8 34. Rxh7
Rf6 35. Kd2 $1 Rxf2+ 36. Ke3 Rxb2 37. Rxf7+ Kc6 38. Rf2 $1 $16) 31. d7 $1 Rd8
32. Rd6 Kc7 33. Rxe6 Rxd7 34. Kc2 $1 Rf7 35. Kd2 $14) 29. f3 $5 {Preventing
the exchange of the queens from e4 and preparing g4.} Qc6 30. Qd3 Rd7 (30... h5
$1) 31. g4 fxg4 32. fxg4 h6 33. a3 $1 {There is no need to hurry.} Kb7 34. Qd4
Qc5 35. Qe4+ Qc6 36. Qd4 $5 {Repeating the moves to win some time.} Qc5 37.
Qe4+ Qc6 38. Qf4 a5 39. h4 Qc5 40. Qe4+ Ka7 41. Qf4 {The time-trouble is over
and the struggle is started again.} h5 $2 {Extremly responsible decision based
on miscalculation:black's counterplay connected with e-pawn proves to be
insufficient.Better was} (41... Kb7 42. h5 Ka6 $1 {with good chances to hold
the position.}) 42. gxh5 Qxh5 43. Qa4 $1 Qf5+ $8 44. Ka1 e5 45. h5 e4 (45...
Qe6 46. h6 $1 Rxd6 47. Rxd6 Qxd6 48. h7 Qd8 49. Qc4 $1 Qe8 50. Qg4 $1 a4 51.
Qh5 $1 $18) 46. h6 e3 47. h7 {[%csl Rd7]} Rd8 48. Qc4 $1 $18 Qd7 49. Re1 Qxd6
50. Qxf7+ Ka6 51. Rxe3 Rf8 52. Qc4+ Ka7 53. Qe2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
Thanks to the efforts of A.Morozevich this variation became very popular and
he is ready to play variation which braught him painful losses in the past
against Leko and Lutz.} (7... Nd7 $5 8. Bd3 c5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. Nxc5
Nxc5 12. dxc5 Bf6 $5 $44 {Rogers,I-Short,N/Novi Sad olm 1990}) (7... Qd5 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Qh5 11. Ng3 Qg4 12. d5 $14 {Lendwai,R-Fauland,A/Graz 1991
}) 8. Qe2 (8. Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Anand,V/Palma de
Mallorca GMA 1989}) (8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Nfxd2
Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Cohn,E-Swiderski,R/Wien 1908}) (8. g3 f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10.
Bg2 c5 11. d5 Qb6 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 $13 {
Glek,I-Short,N/ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG]}) 8... b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Bd5 (10...
Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $5 (12. Rad1 $6 Bd5 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Nfd2 (14. a3 c6
15. Nc3 f5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 $14 {[%cal Ge2e3,Gc3e2,Ge2f4]}) 14... c6 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 a5 $5 $132 {Polgar,J-Morozevich,A/Corus 2000}) 12... Bd5 13.
c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Gd1d8]} (16. c4 $6 Bb7 17.
Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 $11 {Glek,I-Schlosser,P/
Deizisau e.V. 2000}) 16... Qc7 17. Rxd5 $5 exd5 18. Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]
[%cal Gf3d4] Kasparov,G-Gurevich,M/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 77}) 11. c3 (11. Nc3 c6
12. O-O-O (12. Nxd5 $5 cxd5 13. c3 Nc6 (13... O-O) 14. a4 O-O 15. O-O $14 {
Lutz,C-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72}) 12... Nd7 13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Rhe1 $14
{Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Frankfurt-West Masters 1999}) (11. Ned2 Nd7 (11... c5 $6
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O-O $1 $36 Ra7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Nh4 Rd7 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2
Nc6 18. f5 $16 {Glek,I-Pähtz,T/Deizisau op 2000}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $146
14. c3 Na4 $6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qa5 $6 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. a3 $1 Rfd8 19. b3 $1
$16 {Glek,I-Volkov,S/Korinthos 2000/EXT 2001}) 11... Nd7 12. b3 $5 {Preparing
castle kingside.} O-O 13. O-O f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... bxc4 16. bxc4
Bb7 17. d5 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $36) 16. Rad1 Rc8 $6 {Permitting white to
breakthrough in the cente, which cuts black position inot pieces. Necessary was
} (16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. N2f3 bxc4 20. bxc4 $14 {with
slightly better prospects for white.}) 17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Qd3 $1 $14 bxc4 (
18... dxc4 19. bxc4 f4 20. Qf5 fxg3 21. hxg3 Qb6 22. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Gf3g5]})
19. bxc4 Ba4 (19... d4 20. Qxf5 Nf6 21. Ne5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qc7 23. Ndf3 $14) 20.
Rb1 dxc4 $6 21. Qxf5 {Now white initiative becomes extremly dangerous.} Rc6 22.
Nxc4 Rf6 23. Qh5 Rg6 24. Rfe1 Bf6 (24... Nf6 25. Qe5 Re8 26. Ne3 Bf8 27. Qf4
$14) 25. Ne3 Bc3 26. Rec1 Bd4 27. Nf5 $16 Qf6 (27... Bh8 28. N3h4 Rg5 29. Nh6+
Kg7 30. N4f5+ Kf6 31. Qh4 $18) 28. N5xd4 cxd4 29. Qd5 (29. Rb4 $5 Bc6 30. Nxd4
Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qg5 32. Qxg5 Rxg5 33. Rc7 $18) 29... Bc6 30. Qxd4 $1 Bxf3 31.
Qxd7 Bxg2 32. Kxg2 h5 33. Rb3 Qf4 34. Re3 h4 35. Rc6 $1 $18 {Techinque is
probably the strongest side of young ukrainian, so all morozevich's desperate
attempts to save the game fail.} hxg3 36. hxg3 Qh6 (36... Rg7 37. Rxa6 $18) 37.
Rec3 {[%csl Ra6]} (37. Rc4 $5) 37... Qh7 38. Rxg6+ (38. Rc8 $5 Rh6 39. Qg4+ Qg6
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Qxg6+ Rxg6 43. Ra8 $18) 38... fxg6 39. Rc7 $1 (
39. Qxh7+ Kxh7 40. Rc7+ Kh6 {[%csl Gh6]}) 39... Qxd7 40. Rxd7 Rf6 41. a4 Kf8
42. Ra7 Ke8 43. f4 {[%cal Gg2h3,Gh3g4,Gg4g5]} g5 44. fxg5 Rg6 45. Kf3 Rxg5 46.
Rxa6 Kf7 47. Rc6 $1 Rd5 48. Rc4 Rd1 49. g4 Kf6 50. Ke4 Ke6 (50... Kg5 51. Ke5
Rd2 52. Rd4 Rc2 53. Kd5 $18) 51. Rc6+ Kd7 52. Rc5 Kd6 53. Rb5 Kc6 54. Rf5 Kd6
55. a5 Ra1 56. Kf4 Ke6 57. Kg5 Ra4 58. a6 Ke7 59. Rf6 Rxg4+ 60. Kxg4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 (8. g3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Qh5
13. O-O e5 $132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) (8. c4 $5 {Finkel,A}
) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 (11. Rhe1 {Finkel,A} Nd7 12. Nc3 $5
{/\ 13.d5!?}) 11... Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8 $5 {Finkel,A}
14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7 $11 {[%csl Rd4]
0,5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 (15.
g3 {Finkel,A} f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5 {Finkel,A} 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nc4 $5 hxg3
19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22. Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Andersson,U/
Ubeda 1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $5 cxd4 19. cxd4 $1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4
Qd5 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Red1 $36 {Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Bar 1997 
(52)}) (15. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3
20. hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,K/BL 1986 (39)}) 15... Rhg8 (15... Rhe8 {
Finkel,A} 16. c4 $6 (16. a3 $5 Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4
$14 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5 (24... Qc5 25. Rxh6
Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {
Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)}) (16. c3 Bf8 17. g3 h6 18. Ned2 Bg7
19. Nc4 f5 20. a4 $5 Nf6 21. Nfe5 Re7 $132 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE
WCh KO 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (16. g3 Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {
1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Magem Badals,J/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (19... c5 $6 20.
Rd2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {Leko,P-Andersson,U/
It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)})) (16. Qe3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6
Qf4 20. Nf3 Qg4 $1 $11 {Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (30)})
16... Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Red7 $11 {
Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) (15... Rdg8 $5 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2
h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,R-Knaak,R/BL 1996 (41)})
16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 (17... h5 {Finkel,A} 18. Nc4 h4 19. Rd3 (19. Nfe5 $6
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Qd3 Rh8 $15 {
0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf 1955 (40)}) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh8 21.
a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/URS-ch35 Kharkov 1967/
0-1 (51)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20. Ng2 $5 Nf8 21. Nf4 Ng6
22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/0-1 (64)}) 18. c3 (18.
Nc4 Bh8 $5 19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 Ka8 21. Red1 $14 {Ovetchkin,R-Volkov,S/Russian
Cup Stage 1998/0-1 (67)}) 18... c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 (20. cxd4 $5 {[%csl
Rd7][%cal Gf3e5]} Rg4 $1 21. Rc1 Re4 22. Qf1 Qb7 $6 (22... Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Rc8
24. Nfe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Kc7 $11) 23.
Red1 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Re4]} Nf8 24. Nce5 $14) 20... Nc5 21. f3 $5 {On one hand
this move is very logical,because the controle over the square e4 is quiet
important,but it has also clear drawback:the pawns structure on the kingside
is seriously weakened and black gets an opportunity to create a counterplay.}
a6 $5 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7 24. Rd2 ({Nothing promises to white} 24. c4 $5
bxc4 (24... b4 $5 $13) 25. Qxc4 Rd6 26. Rd2 Rgd8 27. Red1 Rb6 $132 {with
counterplay.}) 24... Na4 $6 25. Red1 Nb6 26. Rd3 Rd7 27. g4 $6 {Deciding to
open up the position,while serious attention deserved} (27. f4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]
[%cal Ge2h5,Ge2f3,Gc2b4]} Bg7 (27... Rgd8 28. Qf3+ Kc8 29. Nb4 Bxd4 30. cxd4
$16) 28. Nb4 Nd5 $6 29. Nb3 $1 Rgd8 30. Nxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Qh5 $18)
27... fxg4 28. fxg4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 ({It was better to keep the rooks on the
board by} 29. Nxd4 $14 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd3h3]}) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Rd8 $5 (
30... h5 $5 31. gxh5 Rg1+ 32. Rd1 (32. Ne1 Nd5 $1 $13 {[%cal Gg1h1]}) 32...
Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qxh2 34. Qf3+ Kb8 35. b3 $14) 31. Qe4+ Kc8 32. Qxh7 Rxd4 33.
Nxd4 (33. cxd4 $5 Qf4 34. b3 Nd5 35. Kb2 f6 $14 {[%csl Rc2]}) 33... Qf4 $1 $44
{Counterplay against white king fully compensates black for the lack of pawn.}
34. Qg8+ $6 Kd7 35. Qh7 Qf2 36. Kc1 Qf1+ 37. Kc2 Nc4 $5 (37... Qf2+ $5 38. Kb3
$6 (38. Kc1 $11) 38... Nc4 39. Nc2 (39. Qc2 Nd2+ 40. Kb4 Qxh2 $15) 39... Nd2+
40. Kb4 Qf4+ $36) 38. Qd3 $1 {The arising endgame is almost equal and the draw
is not far away.} Qxd3+ (38... Qf2+ $6 39. Ne2+ Ke7 40. h3 $14) 39. Kxd3 Nxb2+
40. Ke4 Na4 (40... Nd1 $6 41. Ne2 Nf2+ 42. Kf3 Nd3 43. h4 $14) 41. Ne2 Nc5+ 42.
Kd4 Kd6 43. h4 e5+ 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Ng3 Na4 46. Kd2 $1 (46. Ne4 f5 47. gxf5+
Kxf5 48. h5 Nb6 49. Nd6+ Ke6 (49... Kg5 50. Ke4 Nd7 51. Nf7+ Kf6 (51... Kxh5 $2
52. Nxe5 Nxe5 53. Kxe5 Kg5 54. Kd5 Kf4 55. Kc5 Ke4 56. Kb6 Kd3 57. Kxa6 Kxc3
58. Kxb5 $18) 52. Nd8 Kg5 $11) 50. h6 Nd5+ 51. Kd2 Nf6 52. Nb7 Kf5 53. Nc5 Kg6
$11) 46... Nc5 47. h5 Kf6 48. Ke3 Kg7 49. g5 Ne6 50. Ne4 $6 ({Missing the
possibility to fight for the advantage} 50. Nf5+ $1 Kh7 51. Ke4 Nxg5+ 52. Kxe5
$14) 50... Nf4 $1 51. h6+ Kg6 52. Kf3 Nd5 53. Kg4 a5 54. a3 b4 55. cxb4 axb4
56. axb4 Nxb4 57. Nc5 f6 58. gxf6 Nd5 59. f7 Nf6+ 60. Kf3 Kxf7 61. Ne4 Nxe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 (8. g3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Qh5
13. O-O e5 $132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) (8. c4 $5 {Finkel,A}
) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 (11. Rhe1 {Finkel,A} Nd7 12. Nc3 $5
{/\ 13.d5!?}) 11... Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8 $5 {Finkel,A}
14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7 $11 {[%csl Rd4]
0,5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 (15.
g3 {Finkel,A} f5 (15... Rhg8 {Finkel,A} 16. Qe2 f5 17. Ned2 h5 (17... Bf6 18.
Nc4 (18. c3 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 a6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7 $13
{Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.5) 1997/1/2-1/2 (61)}
) 18... Bh8 $5 19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 Ka8 21. Red1 $14 {Ovetchkin,R-Volkov,S/
Russian Cup Stage 1998/0-1 (67)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20.
Ng2 $5 Nf8 21. Nf4 Ng6 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/
0-1 (64)}) 18. Nc4 h4 19. Rd3 (19. Nfe5 $6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22.
dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Qd3 Rh8 $15 {0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf
1955 (40)}) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rh8 21. a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {
Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/URS-ch35 Kharkov 1967/0-1 (51)}) 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5
{Finkel,A} 17. Qe2 h4 18. Nc4 $5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22.
Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,Z-Andersson,U/Ubeda 1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $5 cxd4
19. cxd4 $1 Rc8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4 Qd5 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 $6 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Red1
$36 {Sokolov,A-Andersson,U/Bar 1997 (52)}) (15. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 16. g3 f5
17. Ned2 h5 18. Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3 20. hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,K/BL
1986 (39)}) 15... Rhe8 (15... Rhg8 $5) (15... Rdg8 $5 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18.
Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,R-Knaak,R/BL 1996 (41)}) 16. c3 (
16. c4 $6 {Finkel,A} Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21.
Qxc3 Red7 $11 {Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) (16. a3 $5 Bf8 17.
c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4 $14 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23.
cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5 (24... Qc5 25. Rxh6 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25.
Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)})
(16. g3 Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Magem
Badals,J/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (19... c5 $6 20. Rd2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22.
Ne3 Qb7 23. Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {Leko,P-Andersson,U/It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)}))
(16. Qe3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6 Qf4 20. Nf3 Qg4 $1 $11 {
Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996 (30)}) 16... Bf8 17. g3 h6 $5 {
Taking under controle square g5 and intending to play f5 in the nearest future.
} 18. Ned2 Bg7 19. Nc4 f5 20. a4 $5 {Preventing b5,Nb6-d5 with initiative.} Nf6
21. Nfe5 Re7 22. Qc2 Ka8 (22... c5 $2 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxc5 25. b4 $1
Qc7 26. Rd8+ Qxd8 (26... Kb7 27. Nd6+ $18) 27. Nc6+ $18) 23. f3 Nd5 24. Nd3 c5
25. dxc5 bxc5 26. Nf4 (26. f4 $5 Rb8 27. Nde5 $14 {[%cal Gc4e3]}) 26... Nb6 $1
(26... Nxf4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. gxf4 Qd5 29. Qe2 Rd7 30. Rg1 $1 $14 Bf6 31. Rg8+
Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Ne5 f6 34. Qa6 $36) 27. Nxb6+ axb6 28. Qe2 Red7 29. Ng2
{[%csl Gc4][%cal Gg2e3,Ge3c4]} Qc6 30. a5 $6 {Strange decision,which could
cost white a game!White simply gives up a pawn getting no real compensation
for it against such a famous expert of endgame as Andersson,but the life is
full of surprises and from now on the game consists of mutual mistakes!} (30.
Qa6+ Kb8 31. Ne3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Nxd1 Kc7 34. Qa7+ Qb7 35. Qxb7+ Kxb7
36. Ne3 Kc6 37. Kc2 $11) 30... bxa5 $15 31. Ne3 Ka7 32. Rxd7+ Rxd7 33. Rd1
Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 Be5 $1 35. Qe2 Bc7 36. Nc2 {[%cal Gc2a3,Ga3b5]} f4 $5 37. g4 Qa6
$2 {Black loses a thread and after a couple of moves finds himself deep in the
troubles.Much better was} (37... Kb7 $1 $17 {[%cal Gb7c8,Gc8d7,Gd7e7] with
good chances to win the game.}) 38. c4 Qc6 39. Na3 Kb7 40. Nb5 Qd7 41. Kc2 $44
Qc6 42. h4 f6 $2 {Another dubios move with quiet distractive consequances.} 43.
Qd3 Kb6 44. Qh7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb6]} Bb8 45. Qh8 Kb7 ({Nothing changes} 45...
Be5 46. Qd8+ Ka6 47. Qe7 Bb8 48. Qxf6 Qxf3 49. Qxe6+ Kb7 50. Nc3 $16) 46. Qg7+
Kb6 47. Qxf6 Qxf3 48. Qxe6+ Kb7 49. Nc3 Qg2+ 50. Kb3 Qc6 51. Qf7+ Qc7 52. Qf5
Qb6+ (52... Qe5 53. Qh7+ Bc7 54. Nd5 f3 55. Qf7 $1 $18) 53. Kc2 Qd6 54. Ne4 (
54. Nd5 $1) 54... Qd4 55. Qd5+ $2 {Painful blunder in easily wining position.
After natural} (55. Nxc5+ Kc6 (55... Kb6 56. Na4+ Kc6 57. Qb5+ Kc7 58. Qxa5+
$18) 56. Qc8+ Kd6 (56... Bc7 $2 57. Qxc7+ $1 Kxc7 58. Ne6+ $18) 57. Nd3 $5 (57.
Na6 $1 Ba7 58. Qd8+ Ke6 (58... Kc6 $2 59. Qc7#) 59. Nc7+ $1 Kf7 60. Qe8+ Kf6
61. Qf8+ Kg6 62. Qf5+ $18) 57... Bc7 58. Qa6+ Ke7 59. Qc6 $18 {black's chanses
of survival are slim!}) 55... Qxd5 56. cxd5 c4 $1 $11 57. g5 {White gets
nothing also after} (57. Kc3 Be5+ 58. Kxc4 Bxb2 59. Kb5 Bd4 60. g5 hxg5 61.
hxg5 f3 62. g6 Kc7 63. Kxa5 f2 64. Nxf2 Kd6 $11) 57... hxg5 58. hxg5 f3 59. g6
Be5 60. d6 Kc6 61. b3 cxb3+ 62. Kxb3 f2 63. Nxf2 Kxd6 64. Ng4 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.10"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Oratovsky,M} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
7. Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 (8. g3 $5 {Finkel,A} Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O
12. Bg2 Qh5 13. O-O e5 $132 {Heller,F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/ (18)}) (8. c4
$5 {Finkel,A}) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 (11. Rhe1 {Finkel,A}
Nd7 12. Nc3 $5 {/\ 13.d5!?}) 11... Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... Rhe8
$5 {Finkel,A} 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 $6 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7
$11 {[%csl Rd4] 0,5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/ (25)}) 14. Qxa6+
Kb8 15. Qe2 (15. g3 {Finkel,A} f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 (16... h5 {Finkel,A} 17. Qe2 h4
18. Nc4 $5 hxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rd3 b5 21. Ncd2 Nb6 22. Rc1 $1 $14 {Almasi,
Z-Andersson,U/Ubeda 1997 (81)}) 17. Qe2 c5 18. c3 $5 cxd4 19. cxd4 $1 Rc8 20.
Rc1 Qb7 21. Nc4 Qd5 22. Nfe5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Be7 24. Red1 $36 {Sokolov,
A-Andersson,U/Bar 1997 (52)}) (15. a3 $5 {Finkel,A} Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5
18. Qe2 h4 19. Nc4 hxg3 20. hxg3 f4 $5 $13 {Pritchett,C-Berg,K/BL 1986 (39)})
15... Rhg8 (15... Rhe8 {Finkel,A} 16. c4 $6 (16. a3 $5 Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5
19. d5 $1 Bg7 20. Nd4 $14 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5
(24... Qc5 25. Rxh6 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2 $1 $16) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5
Rxd5 27. Qxf5 $14 {Hellers,F-Andersson,U/Eksjo m 1993 (46)}) (16. c3 Bf8 17. g3
h6 18. Ned2 Bg7 19. Nc4 f5 20. a4 $5 Nf6 21. Nfe5 Re7 $132 {Christiansen,
L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO 1997/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (16. g3 Nf8 17. c3 f5 18. Ned2
Ng6 19. Nc4 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva,O-Magem Badals,J/ch-ESP, Torrevieja 1997} (
19... c5 $6 20. Rd2 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rc8 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nec2 a6 24. Red1 $14 {
Leko,P-Andersson,U/It, Ubeda ESP 1997 (41)})) (16. Qe3 f5 17. Neg5 Bxg5 18.
Nxg5 Re7 19. Qh3 $6 Qf4 20. Nf3 Qg4 $1 $11 {Isaev-Zueger/32nd Chess Olympiad,
Yerevan 1996 (30)}) 16... Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Red7 $11 {Gallagher,J-Zueger,B/Biel Credis 1996 (28)}) (15... Rdg8 $5
16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 h5 18. Nc4 h4 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 $11 {Kraut,R-Knaak,
R/BL 1996 (41)}) 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 (17... h5 {Finkel,A} 18. Nc4 h4 19. Rd3
(19. Nfe5 $6 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf6 21. Qf3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Qd3
Rh8 $15 {0-1 Ravinsky,G-Chistiakov,A/Moscow sf 1955 (40)}) 19... hxg3 20. hxg3
Rh8 21. a3 Bf6 22. Red1 b5 23. Ne3 $14 {Klovans,J-Chistiakov,A/URS-ch35
Kharkov 1967/0-1 (51)}) (17... Rg4 $5 18. Nc4 Bf6 19. Ne3 Rgg8 20. Ng2 $5 Nf8
21. Nf4 Ng6 22. Nh5 Bh8 23. Qe3 $14 {Polgar,J-Pytel,K/Royan op 1988/0-1 (64)})
18. Nc4 (18. c3 c5 19. Nc4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. f3 a6 22. Ne3 b5 23. Nec2 Kb7
$13 {Christiansen,L-Andersson,U/FIDE WCh KO, Groningen NED (1.5) 1997/1/2-1/2 
(61)}) 18... b5 $5 (18... Bh8 $5 19. Nfe5 Nf6 20. Rd3 Ka8 21. Red1 $14 {
Ovetchkin,R-Volkov,S/Russian Cup Stage 1998/0-1 (67)}) 19. Ncd2 {Deserved
attention} (19. Nce5 $5 Nb6 {[%cal Gd8d5]} (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Nxe5 Rd5
21. c4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qb6 (23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc6 Rc8
26. Qf3 $14 Qe4+ $2 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Kxc7 30. Kc2 Kd6 31. Kc3
$16) (23... Rgd8 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd1d4,
Gd4h4]} d4 {[%cal Gc7c6,Gc6d5]} 27. Kc2 Kc6 28. Kd3 Kd5 29. Rc1 $1 Kxe5 30. Rc7
Kf6 31. f4 $1 $16) 24. f4 Rgd8 $11)) (19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 (20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21.
dxe5 $14 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf2f4]}) 20... Nb6 $11) 20. c4 bxc4 21. Nxc4 Rd5 (
21... c5 22. dxc5 (22. Nce5 $5) 22... Qxc5 23. Nce5 $14 {[%csl Rf7]}) 22. Nce5
Rgd8 23. Rc1 R8d6 24. Rc2 $14 {[%cal Ge1c1]}) 19... a6 20. Nb3 c5 21. c4 $1 $36
{Forcing interesting complications.} cxd4 22. cxb5 e5 (22... d3 $6 23. Rxd3 (
23. Qxd3 Ne5 24. Qe2 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 axb5 26. Rc1 $14) 23... axb5 24. Rc1 Qb6 25.
Rcd1 $16) 23. bxa6 Qb6 24. Qc2 d3 $8 25. Rxd3 (25. Qc4 e4 26. Nfd4 Bxd4 27.
Nxd4 Ne5 $1 $132) 25... e4 26. Rd5 exf3 27. Red1 $1 (27. Qxf5 $2 Qxf2 28. Rb5+
Ka7 $1 {[%cal Gf2b2,Gf2e1]} 29. Rb7+ Ka8 $19) (27. a7+ $5 Ka8 $1 (27... Kxa7
28. Qxf5 Nb8 $8 (28... Ne5 29. Rexe5 Bxe5 30. Ra5+ $1 Kb7 31. Nc5+ Kc6 32. Qe4+
Kc7 33. Qxe5+ $40 Qd6 34. Ra7+ Kb8 35. Qxd6+ Rxd6 36. Rxf7 $18) 29. Qxf3 Rxd5
30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qxf7+ Rd7 $13) 28. Rxf5 Rge8 $132) 27... Ne5 28. Qxf5 Rxd5 29.
Rxd5 Rd8 $8 (29... Rg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","a6a7","",5]} 30. a7+ $1 Kxa7 31.
Qc8 $18 {[%cal Gd5a5]}) (29... Re8 30. Nc5 $40) 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Qc7 (
31... Ka7 32. Qe7+ (32. Qe4 $2 Qg6) (32. Nc5 Qg6+ 33. Kc1 Qh6+ $11 34. Kb1 Qg6+
) 32... Kxa6 33. Qxf7 $16) 32. a7+ Kb7 33. Nc5+ $2 {Choosing a wrong place for
a knight.} (33. Na5+ $1 Kb6 34. Qe3+ Kb5 35. Qb3+ Kxa5 (35... Ka6 36. Qxf3 $18)
36. a8=Q+ Rxa8 37. Qa3+ Kb5 38. Qxa8 $18 {was wining.}) 33... Kb6 34. Na4+ Kb7
35. Nc5+ Kb6 36. Na4+ Kb7 37. Nc5+ Kb6 38. Nd7+ Qxd7 39. Qb8+ (39. Qb8+ Kc5 40.
b4+ Kc4 41. Qf4+ Qd4 42. Qxf7+ Kxb4 43. Qb7+ Kc3 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Bc4 {I don't really like this move. More dangerous for black 8.g3 and 8.c4!} (
8. g3) (8. c4) 8... b5 9. Bb3 (9. Bd3 Bb7 10. c3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc8 12. O-O c5 13.
Rad1 c4 14. Bb1 Bd5 15. Ng3 $14 {Cvicela,A-Masek,M/Prague 2002}) 9... f5 $5 (
9... Nc6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. d5 Nb4 12. dxe6 Qxd2+ 13. Nexd2 fxe6 14. O-O-O Nd5 15.
Rhe1 $36 {Mueller,M-Siebert,L/Germany 2000}) (9... Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 (10... Bd5
11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Nc6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. axb5 axb5 16. Ra6 Nb4
17. Ra5 Qc4 18. Qxc4 bxc4 19. c3 {1/2-1/2 Bakre,T-Prasad,D/Calcutta 2000/CBM
074 ext (19)}) 11. O-O-O (11. a4 f5 (11... O-O 12. axb5 axb5 13. O-O Nb6 14. c3
Bd5 15. Bc2 Bc4 $13 {Malakhov,V-Fingerov,D/Kiev 2001}) 12. Ng3 O-O 13. axb5
axb5 14. O-O b4 15. d5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 exd5 18. Nxf5 $36 {
Middelburg,T-Bensdorp,M/Hengelo 2003}) 11... Nb6 12. Nc5 Bd5 13. Kb1 c6 14.
Rhe1 a5 15. Qe3 a4 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qh6 $14 {Gara,A-Prudnikova,S/Istanbul 2000
}) 10. Ng3 c5 11. c3 c4 $1 {Very good strategical decision. All of a sudden
white bishop gets restricted by the black pawns while his black opponent
dominates over the diagonal a8-h1.} 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. b3 $6 Qc7 $15 {
[%csl Rc3]}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O-O $5 {It's clear that the king isn't going to
be safe on the queenside, but opting for the kingside castle was at least as
dangerous.} (14. O-O h5 15. Rfe1 h4 16. Nf1 h3 17. g3 Nf6 18. N1d2 Nd5 $15)
14... Bd5 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ba4 Qa5 ({Serious attention deserved an exchange
sacrifice by} 16... bxc3 $5 17. Ne5 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 (18. Kxb2 $6 Rb8+ 19. Ka1 Rb5
$1 $15) 18... Ra7 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qxb2 O-O 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ka1 Qc7 $15 {
with very formidable initiative.}) 17. Bxd7+ (17. Qc2 Kd8 18. Bxd7 Kxd7 19.
Ne5+ Kc7 $17) 17... Kxd7 18. Ne5+ Kc7 19. Kb1 ({White had another interesting
attempt with quite unclear consequances.} 19. Nxf5 $5 exf5 (19... Qxa2 20. Nxe7
Qa1+ 21. Kd2 Qxb2+ 22. Ke3 Qxc3+ 23. Kf4 $18) 20. Nxc4 Bg5+ 21. Kb1 Qb5 22.
Qe5+ Kc6 23. Nd6 Qb8 24. c4 Qxd6 25. cxd5+ Kc7 26. h4 $44) 19... bxc3 20. Nxc4
Qa4 21. b3 $2 {A blunder after which white's position is completely hopeless.}
(21. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rab8 (21... Bxc4 22. Rxc3 Qxa2+ 23. Kc2 $13) 22.
Rxc3 Bb4 23. Ne3+ Bxc3 24. Nxd5+ exd5 25. Qe7+ Kc8 (25... Qd7 $6 26. Qc5+ Kd8
27. Qxc3 $36) 26. Qc5+ Kd8 $11) 21... Rab8 $19 22. Ka1 Rxb3 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. Qc2
(24. Rc1 Ba3 25. Nxd5+ Rxd5 26. axb3 Bb2+ 27. Kb1 Qxb3 28. Qd1 Qb4 $19) 24...
Ra3 25. Nxd5+ Rxd5 26. Qxa4 Rxa4 27. Ne2 Rc4 28. Rd3 Bf6 {[%cal Gf6a1]} (28...
Ba3 29. Nxc3 Rdxd4 30. Nd5+ Rxd5 31. Rxa3 Rc2 32. Rxa6 Rxf2 33. Ra7+ Kd6 34.
Rxf7 Rdd2 35. Ra7 Rxg2 $19) 29. Rc1 Kd6 30. Rcxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxd4 $1 32. Kb1
Rd2 33. Rc2 Rd1+ 34. Rc1 Rd2 35. Rc2 Rd1+ 36. Rc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kxc1 Kc5 38. Kc2
Kc4 39. f3 Be5 40. h4 h5 41. Kd2 f4 42. Kc2 Bd6 43. Nc3 f5 44. Ne2 e5 45. Nc1
Kd4 46. Kd2 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ $6 {I don't think white may get an advantage with this move. J.Polgar and
P.Leko showed very interesting and strong plan for white which starts with
castling kingside.} c6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13.
Ba6 {Dozens of games were played in this position, but none of them showed a
clear way to white's advantage.} (13. Kb1 f5 (13... Kb8 14. Bb3 Rhg8 15. Ng3 (
15. g3 f5 16. Ned2 Nf6 17. Ne5 Bf8 18. Nf1 Bg7 $13 {Steiner,L-Flohr,S/Ujpest
1934/HCL}) 15... Bf8 16. Nh5 Rxg2 {1/2-1/2 Tisdall,J-Iskov,G/Gausdal 1986/EXT
97 (16)}) (13... Rhg8 14. g3 f5 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Ba6 Rge8 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qe3
h5 19. h4 Nf8 $11 {Volokitin,A-Radjabov,T/Oropesa del Mar 1998/EXT 2000}) 14.
Ned2 h5 15. Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Lukic,A-Djurasevic,B/Sarajevo 1958/EXT 2000 (15)})
13... Bxa6 $5 (13... f5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. g3 c5 17. Ne3 cxd4 18.
Bxb7+ Qxb7 19. Rxd4 Bc5 20. Rc4 Kb8 21. Nd2 Ka8 22. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Bredl,
H-Bielczyk,J/Bayern 1993/EXT 99 (22)}) (13... Rhg8 14. g3 f5 15. Ned2 h5 16.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Nc4 Nf6 18. Nfe5 Bb4 19. Rf1 Ng4 $11 {Kovalevskaya,E-Dubinka,I/
Parnu 1996/CBM 50 ext}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Kb1 Rhg8 16. g3 f5 17. Ned2 Bf6 (
17... Nf6 $5 18. c3 Ng4 19. Re2 c5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nb3 $14) 18. Nc4 h5 {[%csl
Rh5][%cal Gh5h4] The only weakness in black's position ia h-pawn, so black
tries t get rid of it.} 19. Ne3 Bh8 (19... h4 20. Ng2 hxg3 21. fxg3 Bg7 22. Nf4
Nf6 $132) 20. Ng2 $5 {Strange manouvre, but it's hard to recommend something
better!} Nf6 21. Nf4 Ne4 22. Qe2 (22. Nxh5 $6 Nxf2 23. Rd2 Ne4 $15) 22... h4 $5
(22... c5 $6 23. d5 Rge8 24. dxe6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 fxe6 26. Nxh5 e5 27. h3 $16)
23. Nxh4 $6 Bxd4 24. f3 Nc5 25. c3 Bf6 26. Nhg2 b5 $5 {Possible plan, but may
be black should play on the kngside where he has semi-open files for his rooks.
} (26... Rh8 27. h4 (27. Ne3 Bg5 $15) 27... Rdg8 28. Qf2 Be5 29. Rh1 Nd7 $13)
27. Qc2 Na4 28. Ne2 Qa5 29. Ngf4 Nb6 30. Nd3 Nd5 31. Nd4 (31. Nef4 $5) 31...
Qb6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 f4 (33... c5 34. Nb3 (34. Nxb5 $2 Qxb5 35. c4 Nc3+
$19 {[%cal Gd8d1,Gb5b1]}) 34... Rd7 35. Rde1 Rc8 36. Qf2 $13) 34. gxf4 Nxf4 35.
a4 Nd5 (35... f6 36. Ree1 e5 37. Qe4 Nd5 $15) 36. Qb3 c5 $6 {Starting a comedy
of mistaks which end up in white's favor!} (36... a6 $5) 37. a5 $2 (37. Nxb5 a6
38. c4 Nf4 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8 40. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b3]} Ka7 41. Qxb6+ Kxb6 42. Nb3 $14
) 37... Qxa5 $4 (37... Qc7 $1 38. Qxb5+ Ka8 39. Qc6+ Qxc6 40. Nxc6 Nxc3+ 41.
bxc3 Rxd1+ 42. Kc2 Rd6 $19) 38. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Yermolinsky} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 {N} 10. Bc4 (10. Qf4 $5 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6
12. Bd3 c5 $2 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qc4 e5 15. Be4 $1 $16 {Galkin,A-Pushkov,N/Azov
1995/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (10. Kb1 b6 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rhe1 (13. Qe3
Bb7 14. Rhe1 Qe7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Ne5 c5 $11 17. dxc5 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ {1/2-1/2 Stefansson-Bareev/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan 1996}) 13... Bb7
14. Qf4 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Dizdar,G/New York op 1997}) 10... Nf6
(10... c5 $5 11. dxc5 (11. d5 {Yermolinsky} exd5 (11... Nb6 $2 12. dxe6 Nxc4
13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Qc3) 12. Bxd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rhe1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Be6 $1
16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qa5 $14) 11... Qc7 12. Rhe1 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 Bf6 15.
Qe2 g6 16. h4 Rd8 17. Bb5 Bxb2+ $11 18. Kxb2 {1/2-1/2 Almasi Zoltan-Dizdar
Goran/Ch Croatia (team) st league), Makarska 1995}) (10... a6 $5 11. Bb3 c6 12.
Qf4 b5 13. h4 (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Ra7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. c3 Qc7 $1 16. Ne5 c5 17.
Bc2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 (18. cxd4 Nd5 $1 $10) (18. Qxd4 $1) 18... h6 19. Rh3 (19.
Ngf3 $10) 19... Bc5 $1 {><f7} 20. Rd2 $6 (20. Rd1 $1 Nd5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Qe4
Nf6 23. Ngxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Bg6 Nxe4 27. Bxf7 Rxf7 28.
Rf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Kg8 $13) 20... Nd5 $15 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Beograd 1993/
0-1 (45)}) (10... b6 11. d5 $1) 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Rhe1 Rb8 (12... Bd7 {
Yermolinsky} 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Qxd5 Bc6 15. Qh5 Qc8 16. Ne5 $16) 13. Ne5 (13.
Bb3 {Yermolinsky} b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bg4 16. Qf4 Qc8 $11) 13... b5 14. Bd3
(14. Nc6 Qd6 $1 (14... Bg5 15. f4 (15. Re3 Bxe3 (15... Qd6 16. Nxb8 Bxe3 17.
fxe3 $10) 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Nxb8 bxc4 18. Qa5 Bb7 19. Qxa7 Bxg2 $15) 15... Qd6
16. fxg5 Qxc6 17. Bb3 Rd8 18. d5 Qe8 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. dxe6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxe6
22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qe5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 15. Nxb8 bxc4 {[%csl Rb8]} 16. Qa5 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} c5 $1 (16... c3 $1 {Yermolinsky} 17. Qxa7 (17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Qxa7
Bg5+ 19. Re3 (19. Kb2 c5 $40) (19. Kb1 c5 $40) 19... Bxg2 $17) 17... cxb2+ 18.
Kb1 Qxh2 $13) 17. Qxa7 cxd4 18. g3 e5 $17) 14... Rb6 $5 (14... Bb7 $5 15. f4 b4
16. g4 $14 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 15. Qe3 $14 (15. f4 {Yermolinsky} Rd6 16. Bxb5 c5
$36) 15... Bb7 (15... Qd5 {Yermolinsky} 16. Kb1 Qxg2 $2 17. Rg1 Qd5 18. Qh6 $18
) 16. g4 a6 17. f4 g6 18. g5 Bg7 19. h4 Qd5 20. Kb1 Rd6 (20... Rd8 21. h5 {
Yermolinsky} (21. Be2 Qe4 22. Qc3 (22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Bg4 Bb7 24. h5 Rbd6 25. c3
$10 (25. hxg6 hxg6 26. c3 $10)) 22... Rc8 23. Bxb5 Qxf4 24. Bd7 Rb8 25. Nc4 $16
) (21. c3 a5 (21... b4 22. c4 Qxd4 23. Bc2 $18) 22. h5 $14) 21... Qxd4 $2 22.
Be2 $1 Qxe3 23. Rxd8+ Bf8 24. Nd7 $1 gxh5 25. Rxf8+ Kg7 26. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27.
Bxh5+ Ke7 28. Rxe3 Kxd7 29. Bg4 $16) 21. c3 b4 22. Bc4 Qa5 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. a3
Qb6 25. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd3b3]} a5 (25... Bd5 {Yermolinsky} 26. Rc1
) (25... Rfd8 {Yermolinsky} 26. Rb3 Qa7 27. Nxf7 $1 $40) 26. Rb3 Qa7 27. h5 Ba8
(27... Re8 {Yermolinsky Bareev} 28. Rb5 $1 {/\ Rb5-c5 Gulko}) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29.
Nxg6 Re8 (29... Bxd4 $5 30. Qh3 Rfd8 {[%tqu "En","","","","f4f5","",10]} 31. f5
$1 fxg6 32. fxg6 (32. f6 Bd5 (32... c5 33. Rxe6 Bd5 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Bxd5+
Rxd5 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qxd5 $18) 33. Qh6 $18) 32... c5 33. Bxe6+ Rxe6 34. Qxe6+
Kg7 35. Rh3 $18) 30. Ne5 Qxd4 31. g6 fxg6 {[#]} (31... f6 {[%tqu "En","","","",
"c4e6","",10]} 32. Bxe6+ $3 Rexe6 33. Rb8+ Bf8 34. g7 $1 Be4+ 35. Ka1 Qd1+ 36.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Ka2 Bb1+ 38. Kb3 $18) (31... Bxe5 {Yermolinsky} 32. fxe5 Qxe3
33. gxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rf1+ $3 Kg8 35. Rxe3 Rd7 36. Bb5 c6 37. Bc4 $16) 32. Bxe6+
$1 Rexe6 (32... Kh7 $2 {Yermolinsky} 33. Nf7 $1 $18) 33. Rb8+ Bf8 (33... Kh7 {
Yermolinsky} 34. Qxd4 (34. Qh3+ Bh6 35. Rxa8 Rb6 $1 $36) (34. Rxa8 Qxe3 35.
Rxe3 g5 $1 36. Rh3+ Rh6 37. Nf7 Rxh3 38. Nxg5+ Kg6 39. Nxh3 Rb6 $11) 34... Rxd4
35. Rxa8 Rxf4 36. Rh1+ Bh6 37. Rxa5 $11) 34. Rxa8 Qa4 (34... Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rf6
36. Re4 Rd2 37. Rxa5 Bd6 38. Nc4 Rf2 39. Nxd6 cxd6 40. Rd5 $16 {\+-}) (34...
Qd5 $2 {Yermolinsky} 35. Rc8 Qb7 36. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 37. Qh3 {/\ Rh3+-}) 35. Qh3
Qxf4 (35... Rd1+ {Yermolinsky} 36. Ka2 Rxe5 37. Rxd1 (37. Rxf8+ $11) 37... Qxd1
38. fxe5 Qd5+ 39. Qb3 $18 {Bareev}) 36. Rh1 Qf5+ (36... Qe4+ 37. Ka1 Rd1+ 38.
Rxd1 Qxe5 39. Rd7 Re7 40. Qb3+ Qe6 41. Qxe6+ Rxe6 42. Rxc7 $18) 37. Qxf5 gxf5
38. Rg1+ Kh7 39. Nf7 $18 Rg6 40. Rh1+ Kg7 41. Nxd6 Bxd6 42. Rxa5 Kf6 43. Rb5 f4
44. a4 $6 {White choosed the wrong plan. The best was first to move his king
in the center and then to push a2 pawn} (44. Kc2 Rg2+ 45. Kd3 Rg3+ 46. Kc4 Rg2
47. Rb3 $18 {[%cal Ga3a4]}) 44... Ke6 45. a5 Kd7 $6 (45... Rg8 $142 {
Yermolinsky}) 46. Rb8 (46. Rh8 $1 f3 (46... Rf6 47. a6 f3 48. a7 f2 49. Rh1 $18
) 47. Rf5 Rg1+ 48. Ka2 Rg4 49. Rh3 $1 f2 50. Rhf3 c5 51. a6 $18) 46... f3 47.
Rf1 Rf6 48. b4 c6 49. Rg8 Kc7 50. Rg7+ Kb8 51. Rg4 Kb7 52. Kc2 {Now is to late.
The black king is already on the queenside and rook f1 is placed not in the
best position.} Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-GER m"]
[Site "Venlo"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.08.24"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+
Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bc4 {I don't believe that with this move white may get
something from the opening and the following game is a good example of how
black has to play in this variation.} Qa5+ 9. c3 (9. Bd2 Qb6 10. Bc3 cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. O-O Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Rc8 15. b3 O-O $11 {Lanka,Z-Luther,
T/Bundesliga 98/99}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (11. Qe2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7
13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bf4 Rfd8 $132 {Goloshchapov,A-Komarov,D/8th
Festival 1999}) 11... cxd4 $1 (11... Rd8 12. Re5 Qb6 13. Qe2 cxd4 (13... h6 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Rh5 Bf8 16. dxc5 Qc7 17. Re1 Bg7 18. h3 b6 19. Nh2 Bb7 20. Ng4 {
1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Korchnoi,V/Corus 2000}) 14. Nxd4 h6 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bxe7
Nxe7 17. Re1 $14 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997}) 12. Qxd4 ({The only
chance to fight for opening advantage was} 12. cxd4 {with mutual chanses.})
12... h6 $1 13. Bf4 (13. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Qe4 Rd8 15. Bd3 Qf5 16. Qxf5 exf5 17.
Bc4 b5 $1 $11 {Kogan,A-Kruppa,Y/MK Cafe Cup-A 1999}) (13. Bh4 Rd8 14. Qe3 Ng4
15. Qe2 Bxh4 16. Nxh4 Qh5 17. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Kruppa,Y/White
Nights 2000}) 13... Rd8 14. Qe5 (14. Qe3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 $11) 14... Qxe5 15.
Nxe5 (15. Bxe5 b6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Rad1 Nd5 $11) 15... g5 $5 16. Be3 Nd7 $1 {
Black's play is very simple and strong-white knight on e5 disturbs normal
development of black pieces so knight has to go!} (16... Nd5 17. Bd4 f6 18. Ng6
Kf7 19. Nxe7 Nxe7 20. Rad1 Nd5 21. f3 $14) 17. Nf3 b6 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Rad1 (19.
Red1 $5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. f4 Ng4 $11) 19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne5 21. Be2 Ng6
22. a4 (22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Bd6 25. b4 $11) 22... Bc5 23.
Bxc5 (23. b4 Bd6) 23... bxc5 24. b4 Nf4 25. Ba6 cxb4 (25... Nd5 $2 26. bxc5
Nxc3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. c6 Nd5 29. Rd1 $1 Re8 30. Rxd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc6c8]})
26. cxb4 Kf8 27. a5 Ke7 28. b5 $6 {[%csl Ra6] Cutting his own bishop of the
game.} Nd3 $1 (28... Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb8 30. Kf1 Nd5 31. Rc1 Kd6 (31... Kd7 32.
Rd1) 32. Ke2 Nc7 33. Rd1+ Ke7 34. Rc1 Nxa6 (34... Nxb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb5 36. Rc7+
$11) 35. bxa6 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Rc8 $11) (28... Rab8 $5) 29. Re3 Nc5 30. Rc1
(30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Rc3 Rd5 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Ra6]}) 30... Nxa6 $6 {Permitting
white to hold the position without any problems,while after accurate} (30...
Rd5 $1 31. Rec3 Nxa6 32. bxa6 Rxa5 33. Rc7+ Kf6 34. R1c6 Ra2 $1 35. Rd7 Rb8 36.
Rxa7 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rbb2 $17 {white is in troubles}) 31. bxa6 Rab8 (31... Rd6 32.
Rc7+ Kf6 33. Rb3 {[%csl Rf7]} Rxa6 34. Rbb7 Rxa5 35. Rxf7+ Ke5 (35... Kg6 36.
Rfe7 $11 {[%csl Ra7,Re6]}) 36. Rh7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 a5 38. Rxh6 $11) 32. Rc7+ $11
Rd7 (32... Kf6 $2 33. Rxa7 Rb1+ 34. Kg2 Rdd1 35. Rb7 Rg1+ 36. Kh3 $16 {[%cal
Ga6a8]}) 33. Rxd7+ Kxd7 34. Rd3+ Kc6 35. Rc3+ Kd6 36. Rd3+ Kc6 37. Rc3+ Kd6 38.
Rd3+ Kc7 39. Rc3+ Kd7 40. Rd3+ Ke7 41. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 (8. Bd3) (8. Bc4) 8... O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 {Bareev is a leading expert in the
world in this variation of the french defense, so there was no doubt that
after his famous defeat to Anand in the latest Wijk an Zee tournament won't
frighten him!} 10. Bd3 b6 11. h4 Bb7 12. Neg5 {Beyond any doubt this move is
the most crucial for the evaluation of the whole variation.} (12. c3 c5 13.
Neg5 $5 (13. dxc5 Qc7 $5 14. Qc2 (14. Neg5 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qf4+ $1 16. Kb1 Bxc5 17.
g3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qc7 19. Rhe1 $14) 14... h6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Kb1 Ra5 17. Ned2
Rfa8 18. a3 Nc5 $44 {Solozhenkin,E-Dizdar,G/Paris 1996}) 13... Nf6 (13... h6
14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Bc2 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nf6 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 h5 $11
{Anand,V-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003}) 14. Qc2 g6 15. h5 $1 Nxh5 $5 16. Nxe6 $1
$36 {Ivanchuk,V-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002}) (12. Nfg5 h6 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7
15. Nd6 Nxc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Ne4 Rd5 $132 {Fercec,N-Dizdar,G/
Pula 1997}) (12. Rh3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. g4 $14 {Fercec,N-Golubovic,B/Kastav 2000}) (12. Qe2 c5 (12... Nf6 13. Neg5
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Kb1 Bd6 18. f4 h5 {1/2-1/2
Dominguez,L-Nogueiras,J/Havana 2001/CBM 84 (18)}) 13. Neg5 h6 14. Nxe6 $2 Bxf3
15. gxf3 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Rhg1 Rf6 18. Qg4 Bf8 $19 {Horvath,A-Golubovic,
B/Charleville 2000}) 12... h6 $5 {Bareev decides to deviate from 12...Nf6
which brought up the bad memories!} (12... Nf6 13. c3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gd2c2]}
Bxf3 14. gxf3 $5 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kb1 bxc5 17. Rdg1 $6 Rfd8 $2 18. Qc2 h6
19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qg6+ Kf8 22. Qxg7+ Ke8 23. Re1 $5 $36 {[%csl
Re8] Anand,V-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2004}) 13. Bh7+ (13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15.
Qf4 Qb8 16. Qxd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nc5 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994}) 13...
Kh8 14. Be4 $6 {After this move white doesn't have any advantage. I'm not sure
that 14.Bd3, which was tried by Vallejo is sufficient, but it's most definitly
an only try white has got.} (14. Bd3 $5 Kg8 15. Rh3 c5 16. Rg3 hxg5 17. hxg5 g6
18. Rh1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kg7 20. Rgh3 Bxg5 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. f4 $40 {Vallejo Pons,
F-Sharif,M/France 2004}) 14... Bxg5 $1 (14... Bxe4 15. Nxe4 c5 (15... Nf6 16.
Nxf6 Bxf6 17. g4 Qd5 18. Qf4 Be7 19. Kb1 a5 20. Ne5 Kg8 21. g5 h5 22. c4 Qd6
$13 {Llaneza Vega,P-Mkrtchian,L/Mallorca 2004}) 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Nf6 18.
Qf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Nxf6 Bxf6 21. g4 $14 {Al Modiahki,M-Abdul,M/Doha
2002}) 15. Nxg5 Qb8 $5 {Very important defensive resourse. Black queen is very
comfortbaly placed on b7.} 16. Bxb7 (16. Qf4 Nf6 17. f3 Kg8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Ne4 Nd5 $11) 16... Qxb7 17. d5 $6 {This move is not a bad one by itself since
white keps an equal chances anyway, but it's obvious that Tseshkovsky planned
the pawn sacrifice, so...} (17. Nf3) 17... exd5 18. Rde1 $2 {It was necessary
to play} (18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 Kg8 (20... hxg5 $2 21. hxg5+ Nh7
22. Rd4 $18) 21. Nf3 $11 {with equal position.}) 18... Kg8 19. Re7 Nf6 20. Qc3
d4 $1 {I guess white overlooked this nice and simple blow, sinceafter the move
in the game black gets the decisive advantage in just a couple of moves.} 21.
Qg3 (21. Qxc7 Qxc7 22. Rxc7 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ne4 $19) 21... Qd5 22. Kb1 Rae8 $1
$19 {[%csl Rb1] Exploiting the weakness of the first rank.} 23. Rxc7 (23. Rxe8
Rxe8 24. Nf3 c5 $19) 23... hxg5 24. hxg5 Nh5 25. Qh4 g6 26. g4 Qe5 $1 27. c3
Qe4+ (27... Qxc7 28. gxh5 Qc6 29. hxg6 Qe4+ $19) 28. Kc1 Qf4+ 29. Kb1 Re2 (
29... Re2 30. gxh5 Qd2 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cyprus"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CYP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 c5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O (11. c3 cxd4 (11...
O-O-O 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Reeh,O-Atalik,S/Budapest
Kasparov 1991/EXP 24}) 12. Qxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dzindzichashvili,R-Gurevich,D/
USA-ch G2 1997}) 11... cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Nb3 Bb6
$11 {Ghinda-Luther, Ikaria, 1993}) 10... cxd4 (10... Be7 11. O-O-O (11. dxc5 $5
O-O (11... Bxc5 $6 12. Ne5 Qa4 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qf3 $1 $16 {
Hracek,Z-Slobodjan,R/MK Cafe Cup Open A 1999}) 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Rfe1 $14 {Leko,P-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75} (14. Rad1 Qe4)) 11...
O-O 12. dxc5 (12. Kb1 Qc7 13. dxc5 (13. d5 $5 {[%cal Ge2e7,Gg5e7]} exd5 $1 14.
Rhe1 Bd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxd5 $11 {Nisipeanu,L-Rogozenko,D/Ciocaltea mem 1998
}) 13... Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qc6 (16... Qe7 $1 17. Qb5 a6
$1 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe7 $10) 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 19. Qb4+ Kg7 $11
{Timman,J-Kortschnoj,V/WchT Luzern 1989}) 12... Qa4 (12... Qc7 13. Ne5 Qxc5 14.
Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd7 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 $36 {Fercec,N-Tukmakov,V/Zadar op 1997}) 13. Kb1
Bxc5 (13... Rad8 14. Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Rd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nd3 Rd8
19. Re1 Qa4 20. f4 $14 {Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,/1992}) (13... Rfd8 $13) 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Ne1 (15. Rd3 $146 Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Qg4 $13 {Hernandez,
G-Kortschnoj,V/Merida m 1996}) 15... Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17. f4 Rd5 $13 {Leko,
P-Kortschnoj,V/Vienna 1996/CBM 55}) 11. O-O-O Bc5 (11... Be7 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $6
13. Qb5+ Qc6 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Rc4 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd1 $16 {
Mikhalchishin-Chernin/Cienfuegos/1981}) 12. Nxd4 $5 {A new move in this
well-known position, however black manages to keep the balance without too
many problems.} (12. Kb1 Qa4 13. Qe5 Rc8 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qxf6 Qxc2+ 16. Ka1
O-O 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Kb1 Rfe8 20. Nd3 Bd6 $15 {Sturua,
Z-Gretarsson,H/Elista 1998/CBM 66}) (12. Qe5 Rc8 (12... Qe7 13. Nxd4 O-O-O 14.
Nb5 b6 15. a3 a6 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bh4 $14 {Barskij,V-Pushkov,N/Orel 1992/EXT 97})
13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. Qxc7 Rxc7 15. f3 a6 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-Ehlvest,J/Biel 1996/CBM 55 (17)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Nb3 (13. Nf5 $2 {[%cal
Gd1d7]} Qa4 $1 14. Nxg7 Qxa2 15. c4 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Rc1]} (15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Nd7) 16. Rxd4 Rxd4 17. Bxf6 Rxc4+ 18. Kd2 Rd8+ 19. Bxd8 Qxb2+ $19) 13... Bd6
14. Qe3 (14. Kb1 h6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd3 Qe7 17. g3 Bc7 $11) 14... Qa4 $5 15.
Kb1 Bc7 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. g3 f5 18. a3 h5 $11 {Black has solved openng
problems and reached an equality.} 19. Rhe1 a6 $6 {It's hard to call this move
an inaccuracy, but it slightly weakens position of the king, that's why black
should manage without it.} (19... h4) 20. Qc3 h4 21. Qg7 hxg3 22. hxg3 Rdf8 $6
(22... Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qe8 24. Qc3 (24. Qd4 $6 Qd8 25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 $15) 24... Rh2
25. Rd2 $11) 23. Rd3 Rhg8 24. Qf6 Rg6 $6 {Rook is out of play on g6.} 25. Qe7
Qe8 26. Qb4 $36 {[%csl Rg6] Suddenly black is under attack.} (26. Qc5 $5 Kb8
27. Red1 Qc8 28. Rd7 Rgg8 29. Qb4 Rd8 30. Nc5 $14) 26... Rg4 27. f4 Rfg8 28.
Ree3 Qb5 29. Qd4 $1 $16 {Penitrating to a7.} (29. Qxb5 axb5 30. Rf3 {[%cal
Gb3d4]} f6 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (30... Bb6 31. Nc1 Rh8 32. Rb3 Bc7 33. Rxb5 $14) 31.
Nc5 e5 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxf5 Rxg3 34. Rxg3 Rxg3 $13) 29... Rd8 30. Qa7 {
[%csl Rc8]} Rxd3 31. Rxd3 Rg8 32. Nc5 $4 {Very painfull blunder in easiy
winning position.} (32. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3c8]} Rd8 33. Nc5 $1 (33. Qa8+ Kd7 34.
Nc5+ Ke8 (34... Qxc5 35. Qxd8+ Bxd8 36. Rxc5 $18) 35. Qxb7 Qxb7 36. Nxb7 Rd1+
37. Ka2 Bb6 38. Nc5 $16) 33... Rd1+ 34. Ka2 Qc6 35. Qa8+ Bb8 36. Nxa6 $18)
32... Bb8 $19 33. Qa8 Qxc5 34. Rc3 Qxc3 35. bxc3 Rxg3 {[%csl Ra8]} 36. Kb2 Rg4
37. c4 Kc7 38. Kc3 (38. c5 Rg8 39. Kb3 Kc6 40. Kc4 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Gf7f6,Ge6e5]}
) 38... Rg8 39. Kb4 Rd8 40. c5 f6 41. a4 Kc6 42. c4 e5 0-1

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Qd2 f5 9. Nc3 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Ne2 Bb7 12. Kb1 Qd6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Qe1 Nd7
15. Nf4 c6 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. f4 Qb6 19. Be2 h5 20. Rd3 Rc8 21. Qd2
Be7 22. Rb3 Nf6 23. Rd1 a5 24. a4 Ne4 25. Qe1 Bf6 26. c3 Qc7 27. cxb4 Qc2+ 28.
Ka2 axb4 {[#]} 29. Bd3 {Mit diesem Zug forciert Weiß eine für ihn günstige
Abwicklung.} Nc3+ 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Bxc2 Rxc2 32. Rxb4 {Weiß hat einen Bauern
mehr, zwei verbundene Freibauern am Damenflügel, die eventuell von dem
weißen König unterstützt werden können und der schwarze Turm auf h8 ist
immer noch außer Spiel. Weiß scheint klar auf Gewinn zu stehen. Tatsächlich
bescheinigen die Engines Weiß klaren Vorteil - aber Pentala Harikrishna
gelingt es, Gegenspiel zu inszenieren.} O-O $1 {Besser spät als nie! Schwarz
rochiert erst im 32. Zug. Damit bringt er seinen Turm h8 ins Spiel und
schließt - wenn man so will - seine Entwicklung ab. Aber kann Weiß jetzt
nicht mit der Springergabel auf d7 gewinnen?} 33. Nd7 Be7 {Dieser Zwischenzug
rettet Schwarz. Schlecht steht er allerdings immer noch.} 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. Nb6
$6 {Danach harmonieren die weißen Figuren nicht mehr wirklich gut.} ({Hier
empfiehlt die Engine} 35. Kb3 {und schlägt folgende Beispielvariante vor:}
Rxg2 36. Rb8+ Rxb8+ 37. Nxb8 Kf8 38. a5 Bd6 39. Nc6 Rg8 40. a6 Ke8 41. a7 Kd7
42. Nb8+ Rxb8+ 43. axb8=Q Bxb8 44. Rf1 {mit Gewinnstellung für Weiß.}) 35...
Ra6 36. Rd3 Bd6 37. Rg3+ Kh8 38. Kb3 ({Danach kommt Weiß in Nachteil. Die
Engines empfehlen} 38. Rc3 {und bewerten die Stellung als ausgeglichen.}) 38...
Rc7 39. Rb8+ Kh7 {Die weißen Türme wirken bedrohlich, aber sind es nicht.
Der Springer b6 schwebt allerdings tatsächlich in Gefahr.} 40. Rgg8 Bxf4 41.
Rh8+ Kg7 42. Rhg8+ Kf6 43. Rgd8 Rca7 {Die unharmonische Stellung seiner
Figuren kostet Weiß jetzt Material.} 44. Re8 Bxh2 45. Ka3 Bg1 {Schwarz
verzichtet auf den Qualitätsgewinn und erobert stattdessen den Bauern d4.
Danach sind seine Zentrumsbauern stark und der Läufer kann die Bauern am
Damenflügel aufhalten.} 46. Ra8 Bxd4 47. Nd7+ Kg5 48. Rxa7 Rxa7 49. Nb8 Ra8
50. b4 Ba7 51. a5 Rxb8 52. Rxb8 Bxb8 53. b5 Bc7 54. b6 Bd8 55. Kb4 d4 56. Kc4
e5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Rhe1 Nd5 $6 {Bareev is not reacting well
to the dangerous concept of his opponent. The castling on the opposite sides
prescribe the play very sharp character.} (11... Nxe4 12. Rxe4 b5 $5 13. Bxb5 (
13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Re5 a6 $11 (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 c6 $11)) 13... Qd5 14. Re5 Qxa2
15. Qc3 Bb7 $36) 12. Ne5 f5 13. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (13... Qxd5 14. c4 $1 Qd8 15. Nc3
$14) 14. Nc5 Bg5 (14... Bxc5 $6 15. dxc5 c6 16. c4 $16) 15. f4 Bf6 16. h3 Qd6 (
16... b6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. g4 $14) 17. Ncd3 b6 18. g4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Shirov's
pieces in the center are so strong, that black's counterplay faces exceptional
obstacles.} c5 19. g5 Bd8 (19... Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qc6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Qa5 $16)
20. Qg2 Rb8 (20... c4 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qxa8 cxd3 23. Qxc8 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 dxc2+
25. Qxc2 $16) 21. g6 c4 (21... h6 22. Nf7 Qc6 23. Nde5 Qa8 24. dxc5 $18) 22.
Nb4 $1 Bb7 (22... Qxb4 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Qxf7 $18) (22... hxg6
23. Nxg6 Qxb4 24. Qxd5+ Kh7 25. c3 Bb7 26. Qd7 $18) 23. gxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rg1 Qh6
(24... Bf6 25. c3 Kg8 26. Nc2 $16) 25. Qf3 (25. Nd7 Be7 26. Nxb8 Bxb4 27. Nd7
Re8 28. Ne5 $18) 25... Bf6 (25... Qd6 26. Rg6 Qxb4 27. Qh5+ Kg8 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7
29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Rg1+ $18) 26. Nd7 $1 {There is no reason to
postpone collecting the fruits of white's efforts, black fails to provide any
compensation for the material.} Rbd8 (26... Be7 27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nxd5 $18)
27. Nxf8+ Rxf8 28. Nxd5 Kh8 (28... Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qxc4
Rxd4 32. Qe2 $18) 29. Qa3 $1 1-0

[Event "Najdorf Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. c3 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 $1 12. Qc2 (12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Bxe5 $15) 12... h6 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. O-O-O Qa5 {
The chess theory is often merciless, in the past the defenders tended to
achieve good results in a sharp fight. Polgar also fails to impressed with her
handling of the position.} (14... hxg5 $2 15. dxe5 (15. hxg5 Bxg5+ 16. Nxg5
Qxg5+ 17. Kb1 Re8 18. Qc4 $13) 15... g4 (15... Be7 16. hxg5 Bxg5+ 17. Nxg5
Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 g6 19. f4 $1 Qxf4 20. Bxg6+ Kg7 21. Rh7+ Kg8 22. Bxf7+ $18) 16.
exf6 gxf3 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. gxf3 $15) 15. Kb1 (15. Bf5 Qxa2 $15) 15... exd4
16. Bd2 (16. Bxf6 $2 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Be6 $19) (16. Bf5 Nb6 17. Bd3 Be6 $17) 16...
Qc5 17. Bf4 (17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. Bb4 b6 19. Bc2 Bg4 $17) 17... a5 18. Rhe1 (18.
Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bd6 Kxh7 $1 20. Bxc5 (20. Bxf8 $2 Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Rxf8 $19) 20...
Bf5+ 21. Ka1 Rfe8 (21... Bg4 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rd3 $13) 22. Bxd4 Be7 $15) 18...
Ra6 19. Bd3 (19. Bf5 Qxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Bxf5+ 22. Kd2 Bg4 $19) 19...
Qxc2+ 20. Bxc2 (20. Kxc2 Rc6+ 21. Kd2 Nc5 22. Bb5 Rb6 23. a4 Bf5 $19) 20... Nc5
21. Ne5 $5 {[%mdl 4096] White believes in the activity of the pieces, but
Kortschnoj will work his way to excellent prospects in the endgame.} (21. Nxd4
$5 Bxh4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Be5 $15) 21... Kg8 (21... Bxh4 $5 22. g3 Bf6 23. Rxd4
Ne6 24. Rde4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Re6 $17) 22. Bg3 (22. Rxd4 Ne6 (22... Bxh4 23. Be3
$1 Bf6 24. Rd5 $11) 23. Rde4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Re8 $15) 22... Rd8 23. Nd3 (23. f4
b5 24. Bf2 Rad6 $17) 23... Rc6 24. Re2 (24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Bd3 Be6 $17) 24...
Bf5 25. Nxc5 Rxc5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Kc2 (27. Rd3 Rc5 28. Rc2 Rdc8 29. Rxc5 Rxc5
$17) 27... Rc5+ 28. Kd3 a4 29. Rde1 (29. Ree1 Rdc8 $17) 29... Kh7 30. Re8 (30.
Be5 Bxh4 31. g3 (31. Bxd4 $2 Bf6 32. Re4 Rcd5 $19) 31... Bg5 32. f4 f6 33. fxg5
(33. Bxd4 Rcd5 34. Re4 f5 $19) 33... hxg5 34. Bxd4 Rcd5 35. Re4 f5 $19) 30...
Rxe8 31. Rxe8 Rb5 32. Re2 (32. Kc2 d3+ 33. Kxd3 Rxb2 34. Rb8 b5 35. h5 a3 $19)
32... Kg6 $1 {It is crucial to improve the location of the king in order to
keep chances for the success alive.} 33. f3 (33. Rc2 Kf5 34. f3 Ke6 $17) 33...
Rc5 34. Bf2 (34. Rc2 Rxc2 35. Kxc2 Kf5 36. Kd3 Ke6 37. Ke4 g6 38. Bf2 Kd6 39.
Bxd4 Bxh4 $17) 34... Rc1 35. Re1 (35. Rd2 Rh1 36. g3 Rh2 37. Bg1 Rh3 38. Bf2
Be5 $1 $19) 35... Rxe1 36. Bxe1 {Hecht: 'L + MB'} Kf5 37. Bf2 (37. Bd2 Ke5 (
37... Bxh4 38. Kxd4 Bf6+ 39. Kc5 Bxb2 40. Kb6 h5 41. Kxb7 h4 42. Kb6 a3 43. Kc5
g5 $19) 38. g3 Kd5 $19) (37. h5 $5 {Hecht} Kg5 38. Ke4 Be7 (38... Kxh5 $140 $2
{Hecht} 39. Kf5 $1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rg2g4]}) 39. b3 axb3 40. axb3 Kxh5 41. Kxd4
Kg6 42. Ke5 h5 $17) 37... Kf4 $1 38. b3 (38. Bxd4 Bxd4 39. Kxd4 Kg3 $19) 38...
axb3 39. axb3 h5 $1 {White pawn will remain fixed on the h4 and will become
grateful object of an attack.} 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. Be1 (42. f4 {Hecht}
g6 43. g3 Bg7 44. Bg1 f5 45. Bf2 Kc5 46. Be1 Bf6 47. Bd2 Bd8 48. Be1 Bb6 49.
Bd2 Kb5 50. Be1 Ba5 51. Bf2 Bc3 $19 {Nach dem Nehmen auf d4 ist das
Bauernendspiel um ein Tempo verloren. Und} 52. Bg1 Kb4 53. Kc2 b5 54. Bf2 d3+
55. Kxd3 Kxb3 {scheidet auch aus.}) 42... g6 43. Bf2 Be5 44. Be1 f5 45. Bf2 Kc5
46. Be1 Bh2 47. g3 (47. Bf2 {Hecht} Kb4 48. Kxd4 b5 49. Kd5 Kxb3 50. Ke6 Kc4
51. Kf6 b4 52. Be3 Kd3 53. Bc5 b3 54. Ba3 Kc2 55. Kxg6 Bd6 $19) 47... Bg1 48.
Ke2 Be3 49. Kd3 Kd5 50. Ke2 (50. f4 {Hecht} b5 51. b4 Bg1 $22) 50... f4 $1 51.
gxf4 Bxf4 52. Bf2 g5 {Hecht: 'mit Bildung eines entfernten Freibauern'} 53. Kd3
gxh4 54. Bxh4 Be5 55. Bf2 Bf6 56. Bg3 h4 57. Bh2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Merida m"]
[Site "Merida"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht King Tyomkin,D} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 Be7 (10... cxd4 $6 11.
O-O-O Be7 (11... Bc5 12. Qe5 Be7 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. f4 O-O 15. Nf5 Qc7 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Rd2 $16 {Fischer-Saparu 1967}) 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $6 13. Qb5+ Qc6 14. Qxc6+
bxc6 15. Rc4 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rd1 $16 {Mikhalchishin-Chernin/Cienfuegos/
1981}) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. dxc5 (12. Rhe1 Rfd8 13. d5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 (14. c4 $2
Bxg5+ 15. Nxg5 Qe7 $17) 14... Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Qxa2 $1 16. Bxd8 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Rxd8+
18. Ke3 Qxb2 $40 {Timman}) (12. Kb1 Qc7 $1 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. Ne5 Rfd8 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Nd7 Qe7 $1 (16... Qc6 $6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 {Timman,
J-Kortchnoj,V/1989/1/2:1/2} 19. g3 $14) 17. Qb5 a6 $1 18. Nxf6+ (18. Qxb7 $4
Rdb8 $19) 18... Qxf6 19. Qb6 Qe7 $10) 12... Qa4 13. Kb1 Bxc5 (13... Rad8 14.
Ne5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. f3 Rd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. Re1 Qa4 20. f4
$14 {1-0/Dolmatov,S-Gurevich,/1992/ (73)}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 {King: In order to
break down White's centre, Black played ...c5 at an early stage, and the
consequence was that White managed to inflict some structural damage. However,
so long as Black is careful, then there should no danger to his king, and,
actually, White's options are limited by the pawn on f6: the bishop is a
better minor piece than the knight.} 15. Rd3 $146 (15. Ne1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Bf8 17.
f4 Rd5 18. Rhf1 Rad8 $10 {1/2-1/2 Leko, P.-Korchnoi, V./Vienna AUT /1996 (24)})
15... Rfd8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Qg4 {King: Good move. Kills any hopes of a
kingside attack, and puts some pressure on the kingside pawns. In order to
defend the g-pawn White must make a compromise.} 18. g3 {King: Simple enough,
but another pawn moves on to the same colour as the bishop, and the knight
loses stable support from the pawn.  It is still amazing that Kortschnoj,V
manages to grind out a win.} Bb6 19. Qd2 Qf5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Nd4 Qh3 22. f4 Rd8
23. c3 (23. Nf3 Qf1+ (23... Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qg2 25. Ka2 $10) 24. Qe1 Qxe1+ 25.
Nxe1 Rxd3 26. Nxd3 Bg1 $15) 23... h6 24. Qe2 $6 (24. Ka2 $10) 24... Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Rxd4 26. cxd4 {[#]_|_ Hecht: Weiße Felderschwächen rund um den od4,
P-Hebel h4, Lavieren, fragliche Aktivierung des wK nach o^-Bildung} Qf5+ 27.
Kc1 Qd5 $15 {[%csl Gd4]} 28. Qf2 f5 29. Kc2 Qc4+ 30. Kd2 Qb3 31. Kc1 Qd3 32.
Qd2 Qe4 33. b3 Kg7 {[%csl Gh2,Gh4][%cal Gh6h4] After having his queen idealy
placed, black wants to create a second weakness.(h5-h4; h2).Therefore, he
brings his king closer to the "action".White, meanwhile, has nothing to do
against it.} 34. a4 Kg6 35. Qd1 Qe3+ 36. Kc2 h5 37. Qd3 Qf2+ 38. Qd2 Qg1 39.
Kb2 h4 40. gxh4 Kh5 41. d5 {The only chance to create some counterplay.} exd5
42. Qxd5 Qxh2+ 43. Ka3 Qxf4 44. Qxb7 (44. Qxf7+ $142 {Hecht} Kxh4 45. Qxb7)
44... Qd6+ 45. Ka2 Qd2+ 46. Ka3 Qc1+ 47. Kb4 (47. Ka2 $5 {Hecht}) 47... Qe1+
48. Kb5 (48. Ka3 $5 {Hecht}) 48... Qe6 49. b4 f4 $19 {Black is first!} 50. Qf3+
(50. Qxa7 f3 51. Qa8 Qe2+ 52. Kb6 f2 53. Qh8+ (53. Qd5+ Kg4 54. Qg2+ Kf4 55.
Qg5+ Kf3 56. Qh5+ Ke3 57. Qg5+ Kd3 58. Qf5+ Kd2 59. Qd5+ Ke1 $19) 53... Kg4 54.
Qg7+ Kh3 55. Qc3+ Kh2 56. Qc7+ Kg2 57. Qc6+ Qf3 58. Qc2 Kh1 $19) 50... Qg4 51.
Qd5+ Kxh4 52. Qh1+ Kg5 53. Qc1 Qd7+ (53... Qd7+ 54. Ka6 (54. Ka5 {Hecht} Qd8+
55. Kb5 Qb6+ 56. Kc4 Qc6+ $19) 54... Qxa4+ 55. Kb7 Qxb4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Asia-chT fin 10th"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1993.06.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wang, Zili"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Tahir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.06.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ (8. c4 Bb7 9. Nc3 f5 $1 10. d5 Bf6 11. Qd2 c6 $1 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g4 $1
cxd5 14. gxf5 Kh8 $13 {Kindermann,S-Knaak,R Baden Baden 1992 Inf 56/307/}) (8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qd2 $5 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Qh6 {Zezjulkin,Y-Fries Nielsen,J
Gistrup 1992 Inf 56/307/} Qc7 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Qxh7 O-O-O 14. Ng3 f5 15. Rhe1
Nf6 16. Qg7 Nd5 $44) (8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. Nc3
$5 Nf8 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Ng6 $10 {Ljubojevic,L-Gurevich,M Amsterdam 1991
Inf 51/275/}) 8... c6 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... Qc7 10. Qd2 h5 $5 11. h4 Nd7 12.
O-O-O Bb7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O $13 {Strikovic,A-Cabrilo,G Yug 1989/}) 10. Qe2 Nd7 11.
O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 $14 {Klovans,J-Petrosian,T SSSR 1975/}) 9...
Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O $5 Nd7 12. Rfe1 O-O $5 $146 (12... O-O-O $6 13. a4 $1
Rhg8 14. Ba6 f5 15. Bxb7+ Qxb7 16. Ned2 Rg7 17. a5 b5 18. a6 Qc7 19. c4 $16 {
Ivanovic,B-Cabrilo,G Vrsac 1989/}) 13. Ng3 Kh8 14. Nh4 (14. Nf5 Bd6 (14... exf5
$2 15. Qxe7 Rae8 16. Qa3 $16) 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Qe3 Rg8 $10) 14... f5 $5 (14...
Rg8 15. Qh5 $16) 15. Nhxf5 (15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qh6 Ng4 $10) 15... Bf6 16. Ne3 Bxd4
17. c3 Bg7 18. Bd3 Nf6 $10 19. Nh5 Rad8 (19... Nxh5 20. Qxh5 h6 21. Ng4 Qf4 $10
) 20. Rad1 (20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng4 Qf4 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 $10) 20... Nxh5 21. Qxh5 h6
22. Bc2 c5 23. Nf5 Rxd1 (23... exf5 $4 24. Qxf5 $18) 24. Rxd1 Qc6 $1 25. Ne3 $8
(25. f3 $2 exf5 26. Qxf5 Qg6 $19) 25... Qc7 26. h3 Kg8 27. Qh4 Bc6 $1 28. Rd2 (
28. Ng4 Qf4 29. g3 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. Rd6 Rc8 $15) 28... b5 29. Qh5 Qe5 30.
Qe2 a6 31. Qd3 Rc8 (31... f5 32. Qd6 Rc8 $13) 32. Ng4 Qf4 33. Rd1 (33. g3 Qf3
$10) 33... Bd5 34. Ne3 Bc6 35. Ng4 Bd5 36. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Korinthos op 4th"]
[Site "Korinthos"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
g3 b5 (8... f5 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Bg2 c5 11. d5 Qb6 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxd5 13.
Qxd5 exd5 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Nh4 $16) 12. Rb1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Re1 $6 (14.
Qc1 Nd7 15. Rd1 Nf8 16. Qh6 Bg7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Nd2 $16) (14. Nd2 Qc7 (14... Qb4
15. Qe2) 15. Nc4 Nc6 (15... Nd7) 16. d6 Qb8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qf3 a5 19. Na4
Ba6 20. Nab6 Rxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxb6 22. Rfd1 $16) 14... Nc6 15. Qc1 Nd4 16. Ne5 (
16. Qh6 $1) 16... Qc7 17. Nc4 $2 (17. f4) 17... b5 18. d6 Qa7 19. Ne5 $2 (19.
Na5 Rxd6 20. Ne2 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Bd7 22. Nb7 Rb6 23. Nxc5 Bc6 $15) 19... Bb7 $19
{0-1 Glek,I-Short,N/ICC-0.05(+5s/z) 2000/[IG] (19)}) 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Bd5 (
10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 $1 $146 Bd5 13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. c4 $6 (16. Nf1 $1 Qc7 17. Rxd5 $1 $36) 16... Bb7 17. Nb3 Qb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd4 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rd3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. Rc1 b4 26. Rc4 Qb7+ 27. Kh3 Qa6 28. Qf4 h6 29. Rxb4 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Kh7
31. h3 Rd5 32. Rb7 Rd8 33. Qc7 Rf8 34. Qc3 Kg6 35. Qf3 Qc1 36. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2
Glek,I-Schlosser,P/Deizisau e.V. 2000 (36)}) 11. Ned2 Nd7 (11... c5 $6 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. O-O-O $1 $36 Ra7 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Nh4 Rd7 16. f4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nc6 18.
f5 $16 e5 19. Qe4 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qc8 21. Ne3 O-O 22. Nd5 Rd8 23. Rd3 (23. g4
$16) 23... Kf8 24. a3 (24. g4) 24... a5 25. Nxe7 Nxe7 (25... Kxe7 26. Rxd8 Kxd8
27. Qd5+) 26. Nxa5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxf5 28. Nb3 (28. Qxb5 Nd4 29. Qd3 Qa8 30. b4
Qh1+ 31. Kb2 Qxh2 32. b5 $16 {/+-}) 28... Kg7 29. Kb1 (29. Qxb5 e4 30. Qe2 Nd6
31. a4) 29... Qe6 30. Qxb5 e4 31. Qe2 Nd6 32. a4 e3 33. a5 (33. Nc5 Qe5 34. Nd3
Qe4 35. a5 Nc4 36. a6 Nd2+ 37. Kc1 Qa4 38. Kd1 $18) 33... Nc4 34. Kc1 $138 (34.
Nd4 $1 Nd2+ (34... Qd5 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Nf5+) 35. Kc1 Qe4 36. Qxe3
) 34... f5 35. c3 Qc6 36. Nd4 Qa4 37. Kb1 $4 $138 (37. Nxf5+ Kf6 38. Nd4 Qa1+
39. Kc2 Qxb2+ 40. Kd3 Qxe2+ 41. Kxe2 Nxa5 42. Kxe3 Ke5 43. Nf3+ $16) 37... Nd2+
38. Kc1 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 Qb1# {0-1 Glek,I-Pähtz,T/Deizisau op 2000/[IG] (39)}) 12.
O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $146 (13... c5) 14. c3 Na4 $6 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Qa5 $6
17. Qc2 Rac8 18. a3 $1 Rfd8 19. b3 $1 $16 Nxc3 $6 (19... Nb6 20. b4 (20. c4
bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 $16) 20... Qa4 21. Qc1 $16 {XDa4}) (19... Qxc3 20.
bxa4 Qxc2 21. Nxc2 Bb3 22. Rdc1 a5 $5 (22... Bxa4 23. Nb4 c5 24. Nxa6 c4 25.
Rc3 $18) 23. Nce1 Bxa4 24. Nd3 e5 25. Nh4 $1 $18 (25. Re1 $16) 25... e4 (25...
Rxd4 26. Nf5 Rd7 27. Bh3 Rcd8 (27... Bf8 28. Ne7+ $18) 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Bxd7)
26. Nf4) 20. b4 Bxb4 21. axb4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 $1 (22. Rdc1 Na4 23. Nxd5 cxd5 $5
24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Kg7 $13) 22... Bxf3 (22... Kf8 23. Rdb1 $18 (23. Ng4
$40)) (22... c5 23. Ng4 $18) 23. Bxf3 c5 24. Ng4 $1 Nxd1 (24... Rxd4 25. Nxf6+
Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qg5 $1 Qc4 (27... Qb3 28. Nxh7+ Kd7 29. Nf6+ Ke7 30. Nd5+
Kf8 31. Qh6+ Ke8 32. Qh8+ Kd7 33. Nb6+ $18) 28. Nd5+ Kf8 29. Nb6 $18) 25. Qh6
$1 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Ne3+ 27. fxe3 Qd2+ 28. Kh3 Qd3 29. Nxf6+ Kh8 30. e4 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2000.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Victoria Techirghiol"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Electrica"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O ({Much more dangerous for black is} 10.
O-O $1 {(Finkel,A) with forthcoming c4,Nc3 and attack against black king})
10... Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. d5 $2 {Finkel,A: 'This typical
breakthrough turns out to lead to the position in which white can hardly move,
so white should continue'} cxd5 $3 $146 {[%mdl 520] An absolutely shocking
novelty. The rest of the game speaks for itself.} (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Nc3
$2 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 cxd5 16. Nb5 Qc5 17. cxd5 Kb8 18. dxe6 Rxd3 19. Qxd3 fxe6 20.
Rc1 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 $17 {Zajarnyi,A-Itkis,B/Romania 1996}) 14... Qxe5 15.
dxe6 (15. g3 exd5 16. f4 Qe6 17. cxd5 cxd5 $15 {Eslon,J-Akvist,H/Eksjo 1976}) (
15. Qc2 {Schneider,B-Hausrath,D/Germany 1999} cxd5 $5 16. cxd5+ Kb8 $15) 15...
fxe6 16. g3 Kb8 (16... Rhe8 17. f4 Qa5 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Nb3 Qb4 20. Bxh7 {
Durao,J-Votruba,P/Helsinki 1989}) 17. f4 Qc7 18. Rhe1 Rd4 (18... h5 19. Nc3 Bc8
20. Be4 h4 21. Qf3 Bb7 22. Bc2 $14 {Ernst,T-Rylander,D/Orebro 2000}) 19. Nc3
Bc8 20. Be4 $14 {Golubev,M-Berelovich,A/Dieren 1999}) (13... Nf8 14. dxe6 Nxe6
15. g3 $16 {Ernst,T-Borges Mateos,J/Tallinn 1989}) (13... Kb8 14. dxe6 (14. Nc3
Nc5 15. Bc2 cxd5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rhe1 Ne6 $13 {Zezulkin,J-Karlsson,L/
Stockholm 1992}) 14... fxe6 15. Nd4 (15. g3) (15. Bc2 Rhe8 16. Nd4 Nf8 17. Ng3
Bd6 18. Nh5 Qe7 19. Be4 Rc8 20. f4 f5 21. Bf3 a6 22. Qd3 Red8 23. Qb3 Bc5 24.
Ne2 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. a3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 a5 28. Nc1 Qd6 $11 {Lanka,
Z-Andersson,U/Tilburg 1994}) 15... Nf8 $1 $13 (15... Qe5 16. f4 $1 Qxd4 17. Bc2
$18)) (13... exd5 14. cxd5 Nc5 {Krstevski,S-Pereyra Arcija,D/Guarapuava 1995}
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc6 $14) 14. cxd5 Bxd5 $1 (14... exd5 15. Neg5 $5 $44) 15.
Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 (16. Nxc5 $142 bxc5 $1 17. Be4 $5) 16... Nxd3 $1 17. Rxc7+ Kxc7
$17 18. Nc3 (18. a3 Nf4 19. Qc2+ Kb8 $17) 18... Bxb4 19. Nxd5+ Rxd5 20. Rd1
Rhd8 21. Qe4 Nc5 $1 22. Rc1 Ba3 $19 23. Qf4+ e5 24. Qxf6 Bxc1 25. Kxc1 Nd3+ 26.
Kc2 e4 {'-/+' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Black wants to attack so he sacrifices a
couple of pawns. Even simplier was'} (26... R8d7 $1 $19 {Finkel,A}) 27. Qe7+
Kb8 28. Qxe4 Rc5+ (28... f5 $1 $19) 29. Kb3 f5 30. Qe7 Rcd5 $17 31. Qxh7 Rc8
32. Qg7 Rb5+ 33. Ka3 Ra5+ 34. Kb3 Nc1+ 35. Kb2 Rb5+ 36. Ka3 Rc2 37. Qg8+ Kb7
38. Nd4 Rxa2+ $1 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.8"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 Qe7 $5 {TN} (9... b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 Be7 (12...
Qe7 13. Neg5 g6 14. Be4 Bd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Davies,N-Lalic,B/Catalan Bay 2004/CBM 098 ext (17)}) 13. Kb1 Nf6 14. Neg5 (14.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Ng5 g6 16. Be4 Bd5 17. f4 Rc8 18. Qe3 h6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nf3
Qe7 21. Ne5 c5 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Navara,D/Aghia Pelagia 2004/CBM
101 ext (63)}) 14... Bd5 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Ng4 h6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
Nh7 Qxf2 20. Qxf2 Bxf2 21. Nxf8 Rxf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Efimenko,Z/Sochi
RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 547 (44)}) 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 O-O (11... Bb7 12.
d5 $5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 $36) 12. Rhe1 (12. d5 $5) 12... c5 $5 13.
Nxf6+ (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qe5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Qe7 $132) 13... Nxf6
14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne5 Bb7 $6 (15... Bb7 16. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 (16... Kxf7 17. Rd7+
$18) 17. Qxe6 (17. Bxe6 Re8 $15) 17... Raf8 18. Qxf7+ (18. Qd6 $5) 18... Rxf7
19. Rd8+ Qf8 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. f3 Kf7 $11) (15... Re8 $5 $132 {
(/\16...Bb7)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2000.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "David, Alberto"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.08.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bd3 c5 13. c4 Bb7 14. dxc5 Qe7
$5 {TN} (14... bxc5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Rad8 19.
Rd2 Nb6 20. Red1 $14 {Short,N-Huebner,R Novi Sad olm. 1990 1-0 (77)}) 15. Nxf6+
Nxf6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Kb1 Ra5 $5 {[/\18...Rfa8 <=>>>; /\ 18...Bxf3]} (17...
Bxf3 $5 18. gxf3 Ra5 19. Be4 $14 {(/\20.Qd6)}) 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. f3 Qc7 $8 20.
Qc3 (20. Qxg2 $5 Rxe5 21. Qg3 Nd7 $5 $13 (21... Rxe1 22. Qxc7 Rxd1+ 23. Kc2 $16
) (21... Rc5 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Re5 $14) 22. Rg1 g6 23. Bxg6 $6 hxg6 24. Rxd7
Qxd7 25. Qxe5 Qd3+ 26. Ka1 Qxc4 $15) 20... Bh3 21. Qd4 Rfa8 22. a3 h6 $5 (22...
Bf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Re8 (25... Ne4 26. Rd5 $14) 26. Nd3 $14
) 23. Re2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qf4 $5 (25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Re8 27. f4 Nh5
$13) 25... b5 $1 26. Rg1 (26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Qxf5 Qc5 $5 $36 (27... Rxa3 28. Rc2
$16)) 26... bxc4 $1 27. Qxc4 $138 (27. Qxh6 Ng4 $1 28. Qc6 Qa7 $17) 27... Qb7
28. Nc6 Rxa3 29. Re7 Qb3 30. Rxg7+ $6 (30. Qxb3 Rxb3 31. Nd4 Rb6 32. Nxf5 Nh5
$11) 30... Kxg7 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 $6 (31... Kh8 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. Rxf6 Rxf3 $17 (
33... Ra6 $5 $17)) 32. Ne5+ Kg5 33. f4+ Kh4 34. Qxb3 Rxb3 35. Rxf6 Kh3 (35...
h5 36. Rxf5 Rg8 37. Ka2 Re3 $15) 36. Rxh6+ Kg2 37. Rh5 Rab8 38. Rg5+ Kf2 39.
Rxf5 Rxb2+ $11 40. Kc1 Ra2 41. Rf7 Rg8 42. Rd7 $4 (42. Rd7 Rg1+ 43. Rd1 Ra1+)
0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Rhe1 (12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 c6
14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Rhe1 c5 16. Bd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Be7 18. Kb1 Rae8 19. Rd3 Bd8 $132
{0-1 Zelcic,R-Bareev,E/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (49)}) 12... Bxe4 $5 (12... Bd5
13. Kb1 (13. Bxd5 $5 exd5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Ne5 $14) 13... c6 14. c4 $6 bxc4
15. Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Na4 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Bc4 Rab8 19. Bb3 Rb4 $40 {0-1 Gomez
Anadon,D-Trigo Conde,I/Spain 2004/EXT 2006 (40)}) 13. Qxe4 c5 $1 14. c3 (14.
dxc5 Qc7 15. c6 Nc5 $132) (14. d5 c4 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxc4 (16. Qxe6+ Rf7 17.
Bxc4 bxc4 18. Qxc4 Qc8 $15) 16... bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rb8 $36) 14... cxd4 15. Bc2 (
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Qc7 $132) 15... g6 16. Nxd4 Re8 $5 (16... Qc7 17. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Qxf7+ Qxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Kc2 $14) 17.
Kb1 Qc7 18. h4 (18. Qc6 Ra7 19. a4 Rb8 $11) 18... Bg7 {[/\19...Nf6]} 19. g4 (
19. Qc6 $142) 19... Rac8 20. h5 Nc5 21. Qe3 Rb8 $5 {[/\22...b4<=><<]} 22. hxg6
hxg6 23. f4 b4 $132 24. c4 e5 $5 25. Nf3 (25. Nb3 $5 Na4 26. f5 e4 (26... gxf5
27. gxf5 $40) 27. Nd4 (27. fxg6 Nxb2) 27... Nc5 28. Rf1 Qe5 $132) 25... exf4 $1
26. Qxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Bf8 28. Ng5 $5 {(/\29.Rdd8)} (28. Rdd8 Ne6 29. Rc8 Qb7
$17) 28... Nd7 (28... Kg7 $5 29. Rdd8 f3 $1 30. Nxf3 (30. Rxf8 f2 31. Rg8+ Kh6)
30... Ne6 31. Rd3 Qc6 $1 32. Rb8 Bd6 $17) 29. Ne4 $6 $138 {[/\30.Rxd7]} (29.
Be4 $5 {(/\30.Bd5<=>)} Kg7 30. Bd5 Nf6 31. Bxf7 Qa5 $1 32. Ne6+ Kxf7 33. Rxf8+
Ke7 (33... Kxe6 34. Re1+ $11) 34. g5 $1 (34. Rxf6 Kxf6 35. Nxf4 Qe5 $15) 34...
Nd7 35. Rd8 Kxe6 36. R8xd7 $11) 29... Kg7 30. g5 Qc6 $1 31. Rd8 (31. b3 Nc5 32.
Re5 Ne6 $15) 31... Nc5 32. Nf6 Qg2 $1 {[xg5]} 33. Ne8+ Kh8 34. Nf6 (34. Nc7 Kg8
35. Re1 f3 $1 36. Ree8 Nd7 37. Rxd7 f2 38. Bd3 Qg4 $1 $19) 34... Qxg5 $6 $138 (
34... Ne6 $17) 35. Rxf8+ Kg7 36. Nh7 $2 (36. Rd6 $1 Qg1+ 37. Rd1 Qf2 (37... Qg2
38. Rc8 $16) 38. Ng4 Qe2 39. Rc8 Ne6 40. Rg1 $13) 36... Qe7 $1 $17 37. Rb8 f3
38. Rbd8 Kxh7 39. R8d2 Qe3 $19 40. Rh2+ Kg7 41. Rf1 g5 42. Rh3 Ne4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd3 b6 8.
O-O-O Bb7 9. Nc3 c6 10. f4 f5 $5 (10... Qc7 11. f5 $36) 11. g4 $5 (11. Nf3 Nd7
12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O-O $13) 11... fxg4 (11... Qc7 12. gxf5 Qxf4+ 13. Kb1 Qxf5
14. Qxf5 exf5 15. Bh3 $36) 12. f5 Qd6 $5 (12... exf5 13. Qxf5 Qd7 14. Qe5 $44)
13. fxe6 fxe6 (13... Qxe6 14. d5 (14. Bg2 $5) 14... cxd5 15. Bg2 $36) 14. h3 $5
(14. Qe4 Nd7 15. Qxg4 Nf6 16. Qh3 O-O-O $13) 14... Nd7 $5 (14... gxh3 15. Be2
$1 {(/\16.Bh5+|^)}) 15. hxg4 O-O-O {[/\16...h6]} 16. Rxh7 Rxh7 17. Qxh7 Nf6 18.
Qf7 (18. Qh3 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. g5 Qxg1 22. gxf6 Qf2 $1 23.
Qxe6+ Kb8 24. Be2 Qxf6 $11) 18... Rf8 19. Qg6 Rg8 20. Qf7 Rf8 21. Qg6 Kb8 $5 {
[/\22...Bc8, Rf-g8-g4]} (21... Rg8 $11) 22. Bc4 (22. g5 Ng4 $132) 22... Bc8 23.
Kb1 (23. Nge2 Rg8 24. Qd3 Rxg4 $132) 23... Rg8 (23... Nd5 $5 {(/\24...Ne3)} 24.
Ne4 (24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qxd6+ Bxd6 26. Be2 Rf2 $15) 24... Qh2 $44) 24. Qd3 Rxg4
25. Nf3 $11 b5 26. Bb3 Rg3 27. Ne2 Rh3 28. Neg1 Rg3 29. Ne2 Rh3 30. Neg1 Rh1
31. a4 (31. Ne5 Bb7 32. Ngf3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 c5 34. c3 $11) 31... bxa4 32. Bxa4
Bb7 33. Ne2 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1 c5 35. Ne5 Ne4 36. c3 Kc7 (36... cxd4 37. Qxd4 $11)
37. Nf4 Bf6 38. Bb3 Bxe5 39. Nxe6+ $6 (39. dxe5 Nd2+ 40. Kc1 Nxb3+ 41. Qxb3
Qxe5 42. Nxe6+ Kc8 43. Qc4 $11) 39... Kb6 $6 $138 (39... Kd7 $5 40. Qg4 (40.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 41. Bxd1 Kxe6 $19) 40... Nd2+ 41. Kc2 Nxb3 42. Nxc5+ Kc7 43. Nxb7
$11 (43. Nxb3 Bf4 44. Nc5 Bc8 $17)) 40. dxe5 Qxd1+ 41. Bxd1 Nd2+ (41... Nd2+
42. Kc1 Nc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cuijpers, Frans Andre"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1999.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Qf4 Bb7 11. Bc4 Bd5 12. Bxd5 (12. Bd3 {[-74/307]})
12... exd5 13. Ng3 $5 {TN} (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rhe1 Ne4 $11 {( -74/(307)})
13... Re8 14. Rhe1 (14. h4 $5) 14... Rxe1 15. Rxe1 g6 16. Qg4 (16. h4 $5 Nf8
17. h5 Ne6 (17... c5 $5) 18. Qg4 $36) 16... Bg7 17. Ne5 Nf6 (17... Nxe5 $5 18.
dxe5 h5 $1 19. Qf3 (19. Qd4) 19... Qd7 $15) 18. Qe2 c5 $5 $132 19. c3 Qc7 20.
Kb1 Rc8 (20... cxd4 21. cxd4 Rc8 22. Qd2 $11 {(/\23.Rc1)}) 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. Nf3
Nf8 {[/\23...Ne6]} (22... b5 $5 {(/\ Nd7-b6-c4|^<<)}) 23. dxc5 $5 Qxc5 24. Nd4
$1 $11 b5 25. Nb3 Qb6 $5 26. Qxd5 b4 27. cxb4 Qxb4 (27... Qxf2 28. Qd2 Qxd2 29.
Nxd2 Rb8 30. a3 a5 31. Nb3 $1 axb4 32. a4 $14) 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Ne4 Ne6 30. f3
Rd8 31. Qa5 $1 Qb8 32. g3 $14 Rd3 33. f4 Qa8 (33... Qb7 $142) 34. Qb5 Rd8 35.
Qc4 $138 a5 36. Nc3 Rb8 (36... Rc8 37. Qe4) 37. Re2 Rb4 (37... Qh1+ 38. Kc2
Rxb3 39. Kxb3 Nd4+ 40. Ka4 Nxe2 41. Qxe2 $16) 38. Qd5 Qa6 39. Rc2 (39. Nc5 $5
Nxc5 40. Re8+ Bf8 41. Qxc5 Qf1+ 42. Kc2 Qg2+ 43. Kc1 (43. Kd3 Qf1+ 44. Ne2 Qb1+
45. Kd2 (45. Ke3 $4 Re4+) 45... Rxb2+ 46. Ke3 Rxe2+ 47. Kxe2 Qxa2+ 48. Kf3 Qb3+
49. Kg4 Qe6+ 50. Rxe6 Bxc5 51. Ra6 $14) 43... Qf1+ $13 (43... Qxb2+ 44. Kd1
Qa1+ 45. Ke2 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 f5+ $13 48. Kg5 h6+ 49. Kxg6 Qa6+ 50.
Kxf5 Qd3+ 51. Kf6 Qa6+ $11)) 39... a4 40. Nc5 Nxc5 41. Qxc5 Qf1+ 42. Rc1 Qd3+
43. Rc2 (43. Ka1 Rc4 $40) 43... Rc4 $6 (43... Qf1+ $11) 44. Qd5 Rd4 (44... Bd4
45. Qe4 $16) 45. Qb5 $1 $14 Qf3 46. a3 h5 47. Qe2 (47. Qe8+ Bf8 48. Re2 $14)
47... Qb7 $2 48. Nxa4 $1 $16 h4 $5 49. Nc5 $2 $138 (49. Nc3 h3 $16) 49... Qd5
50. Na4 Re4 $1 $17 51. Nb6 Qe6 (51... Qb7 $5) 52. Qb5 $2 (52. f5 gxf5 53. Rc8+
Kh7 54. Qh5+ Bh6 $17) 52... Re1+ 53. Rc1 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "VAM Hoogeveen op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. d5 $5 {TN} b5 $5 12. Bb3 (12. dxe6 $2 bxc4
$17) (12. Bxb5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rhe1 c5 $132) 12... c5 $5 (12... exd5
13. Bxd5 c6 14. Bb3 c5 15. Bd5 (15. Qxd7 Bxe4 16. Qxb5 Qc7 $44) 15... Rb8 $13)
13. Nd6 (13. dxe6 Bxe4 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. Qxd7 Qxd7 16. Rxd7 Bxf3 17. gxf3 c4
$17) 13... Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 $5 (15... Rb8 $5) 16. Qe4 $1 {
[/\ 17.Ne5]} (16. Qxc5 $2 Na4 $17) (16. Qc6 $2 Bxb2+ $1 17. Kxb2 Qf6+ 18. Kc1
Nc4 19. Qxb5 Nxd6 $17) (16. Qb3 Qc7 $5 17. Nxb5 (17. Qxb5 Rab8 $132) 17... Qc6
$44) 16... Na4 (16... Qd7 $5) 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qd5 (18. Ndxf7 Qe6 $19) 18...
Rad8 19. f4 (19. Nexf7 Bxb2+ 20. Kd2 Qa5+ 21. c3 (21. Ke3 Bd4+ $19) 21... Qxc3+
22. Ke2 Qc4+ $1 $17) 19... c4 20. Kb1 Qc7 (20... Bxe5 21. fxe5 Nc5 22. Rhf1 $14
) 21. Rhe1 (21. Nxb5 Rxd5 22. Nxc7 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb8 $132) 21... a6 (21... c3
22. b3 Nb2 23. Rd4 b4 $13) 22. g4 $5 {[/\ 23.g5|^]} Bxe5 23. fxe5 (23. Qxe5 $5
$14 {(/\ 24.Nf5)}) 23... Nc5 (23... Qc5 $5 $11) 24. Rf1 Ne6 25. Rf3 (25. a4
bxa4 $13) 25... Qc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. b4 $6 (27. b3 $142 cxb3 28. axb3 Rd7 29.
Rc3 (29. b4) 29... Ne6 30. Rc6 Ra8 31. Kb2 $14) 27... Nd7 28. Re3 Nb6 29. g5
Rd7 $11 30. Ra3 $6 (30. e6 fxe6 31. Rxe6 Na4 32. Rde1 $11) 30... Na4 31. Rf3
Re8 $1 $15 32. Rdf1 Rxe5 33. Nxf7 Re8 (33... Red5 34. Kc1 $13 {(/\ 35.Ne5)})
34. Kc1 c3 $5 35. Ne5 Rde7 36. Nd3 Nb6 $5 37. Nf2 Nd5 38. Nd1 Nxb4 $6 $138 (
38... Re1 39. Rxe1 Rxe1 40. a3 (40. Rd3 Nxb4 $19) 40... Rg1 41. h4 (41. Rd3 Nf4
42. Re3 Rxg5 43. Nxc3 Rg2 $17) 41... Rh1 $17) 39. Nxc3 Rc7 40. Kb2 $11 Rd7 41.
Rf4 Nc6 42. a4 bxa4 43. Nxa4 Rd6 44. Nc5 h6 45. gxh6 Rxh6 46. Nxa6 Rxh2 47.
R1f2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent op"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2006.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.10.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O (9. Bd3 {-94/214}) 9... b6 10. Bc4 (10. Qf4 {-94/(214)}) 10...
Bb7 11. Rhe1 Bd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Nxf6+ (13. Ng3) 13... Nxf6 14. Qf4 c5 $5 {
TN [/\15...Re8<=><<]} (14... Ne4 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nd3 Qd7 17. f3 Nd6 18. Re2 Rae8
19. Rde1 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. b3 a5 23. a4 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Finkel,
A-Gurevich,M/Belgrade 1999/PowerBook2005}) 15. c4 $5 Rc8 (15... b5 $6 16. dxc5
bxc4 17. Nd4 Qa5 18. Nf5 $40) 16. Kb1 cxd4 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Rxd4 Qc6 19. Qd2
Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $11 21. Qd3 g6 22. a3 Qe7 23. Rd6 Ne4 $5 24. Rd7 Qe6 25.
Rd8+ (25. Rxa7 Nxf2 $36 26. Qd7 Qe4+ 27. Ka2 Qc4+ 28. Ka1 Nd3 29. Qd4 Qb3 $19)
25... Rxd8 26. Qxd8+ Kg7 27. Qd4+ f6 $5 28. Kc2 Qf5 29. Kd1 Nxf2+ $6 (29... g5
30. Ke2 Qe6 $15) 30. Qxf2 Qb1+ 31. Ke2 Qxb2+ 32. Nd2 Qxa3 33. Qd4 $1 $14 Qe7+
34. Ne4 Qe6 35. Kd3 {[/\g2-g4-g5|^]} Qf5 36. g4 Qf3+ 37. Kc4 Qxg4 $1 38. Qxf6+
Kh6 39. Kd4 (39. Qf8+ Kh5 40. Qe7 h6 $11) 39... Qg1+ 40. Kd5 Qxh2 41. Qg5+ Kg7
42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 (8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bd5 13. O-O c5 14.
c4 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qc7 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfd8 18. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Gurevich,M/Germany 2005/Mega2006 (18)}) 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Qd2
b6 (10... Qd5 11. c4 Qd6 12. O-O-O b6 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Ne5 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16.
Qxc5 bxc5 17. Rh3 $1 Ke7 18. Rhd3 Be4 19. Rg3 Rhg8 20. Ra3 Rgc8 21. f3 Bc6 22.
Rb3 $16 {1-0 Izoria,Z-Gurevich,M/Corsica 2005/Mega2006 (43)}) 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12.
Bc4 c5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Ba6 Rc7 15. O-O-O Qe7 16. g4 cxd4 17. g5 $40 {1-0 Leko,
P-Bareev,E/Monte Carlo 2003/PowerBook2005 (34)}) 9... c5 $5 {TN} 10. Qd2 cxd4
11. Nxd4 Nb6 $5 {[/\12...Nd5,13...Bd7]} 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. g4 (13. Nf5 $1 O-O (
13... exf5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bc4 $5 (15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Rxd5 Be6 17. Rd2 $14)
15... Be6 16. Bxd5 $16) 14. Nxh6+ $1 (14. Bc5 exf5 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 16. Qxd5 Be6
17. Qd6 Qe8 $44 {Radjabov}) 14... gxh6 15. Bxh6 Qb6 16. c3 Rd8 17. Rh3 $1 Nb4
$5 (17... Nxc3 18. Rg3+ Kh7 (18... Kh8 19. Bg7+ Bxg7 20. Qxd8+) 19. Bd3+ Kh8
20. bxc3 $18) 18. Qf4 Rxd1+ (18... Nxa2+ 19. Kc2 e5 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Rg3+ Kh8
22. Qf3 $3 $40 {/\23.Qh5,23.Bd3}) 19. Kxd1 e5 (19... Qd8+ 20. Kc1 e5 21. Rg3+
Kh7 22. Qf3 $1 $40) 20. Rg3+ Kh7 $17 {Radjabov} 21. Qf3 $3 Kxh6 22. Be2 $18 {
Fritz}) (13. c4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Qa5 $132) 13... Bd7 14. Bg2 {[/\15.Bxd5]} Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qb6 {[/\16...0-0-0]} 16. Rd3 (16. g5 hxg5 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Bxh1 Bxd4
19. Rxd4 O-O-O 20. Rc4+ $14) 16... Rc8 {[/\17...Rc4<=>[+]]} (16... O-O-O 17.
Rhd1 (17. Bxb7+ $6 Qxb7 (17... Kxb7) 18. Rc3+ Bc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Rd6
$15) 17... Bc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qe4 Rd5 $13) 17. c3 (17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5
Rxh1+ 19. Bxh1 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6 21. Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. c3 $14) 17... Rc4 18. Rhd1
Bxd4 $5 (18... O-O 19. g5 $40) 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 (20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4
b6 {(/\22...Ke7)} 22. Rc4 Kd8 $11) 20... Bc6 21. Rc4 (21. Bxc6+ Qxc6 22. g5 h5
$5 (22... hxg5 23. Qxg5 $40) 23. g6 O-O 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Rd8+ Kh7 $132) 21...
Qxe3+ 22. fxe3 Kd7 $8 $11 23. Bxc6+ bxc6 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. e4 e5 26. Kd2 Kc7 {
[/\27...Kb6,28...Rd8<=>]} 27. Ke2 Kb6 28. Rb4+ Kc7 29. Ra4 Kb6 30. Rb4+ Kc7 31.
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belfort Masters 6th"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2003.12.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qe7 $1 {TN [/\12...c5<=><<;} (11... Be7
12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 (16. g4 $5 cxd4 17.
g5 $36) 16... Qxc5 17. Kb1 Rad8 18. Bc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 $13 {1-0 Sakaev,
K-Kacheishvili,G/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (49)}) 12. h4 (12. g4 c5 13. g5 Bxd4 14.
Bb5 (14. c3 Be5 15. Bb5 Bf4+) 14... a6 $5 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. c3 Qc7 (16... Qd5
$5) 17. cxd4 Qf4+ 18. Ned2 cxd4 $44) (12. Ba6 $5 Bxa6 13. Qxa6 c5 14. Qb7 Rfd8
15. d5 $36) 12... c5 13. Neg5 g6 $5 (13... h6 14. Bh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Bd5 (15...
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 g6 17. Qe3 $36) 16. c4 $5 (16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Rhe1 Qd6
19. Nh3 Rae8 $132) 16... cxd4 $6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 $16) 14. Be4 Bxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bg7 $5 16. h5 (16. d5 $5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Rfe8 (17... Nf6 18. Re5 Qc7 19.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Re4 $14) 18. Re1 $13) 16... cxd4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nxd4 (18.
Nxd4 Rac8 19. c3 Rfd8 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 $5 12. O-O-O Nc6 $5 (12... Qxd4 $2
13. Nxh7 Rd8 14. Qg5 $1 $16 {->}) 13. h4 $1 {/\ h5->>>} (13. c3 e5 $1 14. d5
Ne7 15. c4 c6 $5 $132 {[+]}) 13... Nxd4 14. h5 Bxg2 $5 15. Nxh7 $1 (15. Rh2 $2
Nf3 $17) (15. hxg6 fxg6 $1 16. Nxh7 Qxf2 17. Nxf8 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bxh1 $15)
15... Kxh7 $8 16. hxg6+ Kg8 17. Rh6 $1 (17. Rdg1 $2 Bxh1 18. Qh6 Qh8 $1 $17)
17... Nf3 $8 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 (18... Qxf7 $2 19. Qe3 Qf4 20. Rg6+ {/\ Rg2+-}) 19.
Rxf6 Nxd2 20. Rg6+ Rg7 $2 (20... Kf8 21. Rxg2 Nf3 22. Bg6 $1 Rf6 $1 $14 {_|_} (
22... Rg7 23. Be4 $3 Rxg2 24. Bxf3 $18)) 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1 $1 $16 Nf3 $8
23. Rxg2+ Kh8 $8 24. Rg6 $1 {/\ Rh6-h7} Re8 25. Rh6+ Kg7 $5 (25... Kg8 26. Rh7
Rc8 27. Re7 {/\ Ba6+-}) 26. Rh7+ Kf6 27. Rxc7 Re7 $1 $8 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. b4 $6
(29. Kd1 {/\ Ke2-e3[+]}) 29... Kd6 30. Kb2 $6 Ng5 31. c4 Nh3 (31... e5 $5 32.
Kc3 e4 33. Bf1 $8 Ke5) 32. f3 Ng5 33. Be4 (33. Be2 e5 34. Kc3 e4 35. f4 Ne6 36.
f5 Nf4 $10) 33... e5 (33... Nxe4 $2 34. fxe4 Ke5 35. c5 $18) 34. Bd5 Nh7 35.
Kb3 Nf6 36. Be4 Ne8 37. Ka4 Nc7 38. Bf5 Ne8 39. Kb3 Nc7 40. Kc3 Ne8 41. Kb3 Nc7
42. a4 $6 $14 (42. a3 $5 {/\ Kc3-d3-e3-f2-g3+/-}) 42... Ne8 43. Be4 Nc7 44. c5+
$5 bxc5 45. b5 Ne6 46. Kc4 Nc7 47. a5 Ne6 48. Ba8 Nc7 49. Bb7 Ne6 50. Be4 Nd4
$1 $8 (50... Nc7 51. a6 $1 Ne6 52. b6 axb6 53. Kb5 $18) 51. a6 (51. b6 axb6 52.
axb6 Nc6 $1 {/\ Nb8=} 53. Bxc6 Kxc6 54. b7 Kxb7 55. Kxc5 e4 $1 56. fxe4 Kc7 $10
) 51... Kc7 $1 $8 52. Kxc5 Ne6+ 53. Kd5 Nd4 54. Kc5 Ne6+ 55. Kd5 Nd4 56. Kxe5
Nxb5 57. f4 Nd6 58. Bd5 (58. f5 Nxf5 $1 59. Bxf5 Kb8 $10) 58... Kd7 59. Be6+
Kc7 60. Kd5 Ne8 $10 61. Ke5 Nd6 62. Kd5 Ne8 63. f5 Nf6+ 64. Ke5 Ng4+ 65. Kf4
Nf6 {/\ Kd6} 66. Kg5 Ne4+ 67. Kg6 Kd6 68. Bc8 Ke7 69. Bb7 Nf6 70. Kg5 Nh7+ 71.
Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 Be7 (10... Nd7 11. Bd3 (11. Ne5 Be7 12. h4 Nf6 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rh3 a5 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Qb8 $13 {Mohr,G-Kovacevic,V/
Vidmar-mem/1989/}) (11. Bc4 Bd5 (11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Be7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. Qf3
$14 {Kindermann,S-Chernin,A/Dortmund/1990/}) 12. Bd3 Be7 13. c4 Bb7 14. h4 Nf6
15. Ne5 a6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 $10 {Hubner,
R-Gurevich,M/BL/1992/}) 11... Qb8 (11... Rc8 12. h4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. c3 Qc7
$10 {Riegler,P-Zugaj,F/Bled op/1992/}) 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Rhe1 $14 {
Ljubojevic,L-Quinteros,M/Orense/1975/}) 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Neg5 (12. Rhe1 a5 13.
h4 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Be4 Bd5 $10 {Timman,J-Ehlvest,J/Belfort WCUP/1988/})
(12. h4 Nf6 (12... Qb8 13. Ne5 c5 14. g3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 f5 $15 {Kharlov,A-Dreev,
A/St.Petersburg zt/1992/}) 13. Neg5 (13. c3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd5 16.
Qxd5 exd5 17. Rhe1 Rfe8 18. Kc2 f6 {0,5/Vogt,L-Espig,L/Dortmund B/1990/}) (13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 (14. Rh3 Qd6 15. Ne5 Rad8 16. g4 c5 17. g5 Be7 18. h5 f6 19.
gxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg3 cxd4 $17 {Izeta,F-Rivera,D/Madrid B/1992/}) 14... g6 (14...
h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. f3 f5 $10 {Van der Wiel,
J-Dokhoian,Y/Wijk/1990/}) 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Kb1 Bg7 17. Nf3 Qf6 $10 {Hector,
J-Liiva,R/Rilton Cup/1992/}) 13... Bxf3 (13... Qd6 {0,5/Hubner,R-Vaganjan,R/
Skelleftea WCup/1989/} 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rh3 c5 16. dxc5 (16. Rg3 Qxd4 17. Bxh7+
Nxh7 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Re4 21. Qc3 Bd6 22. f4 Rxf4 $17 {
Sax,G-Vaganjan,R/Rotterdam WCup/1989/}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nexf7 $16 {Zelic,
Ml-Kalanj/Sibenik/1990/}) 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 c5 (15... Nd5 16. Qe4 Nf6 17.
Qe2 c6 18. g4 $14 {Voigt,M-Peter,C/Hamburg ch/1992/}) 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1
Rad8 $10 {Minasjan,A-Tukmakov,V/Lvov zt/1990/} (17... Rac8 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4
Bd6 20. g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 {0,5/Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Beograd/1991/})) (12. Kb1 Nf6
13. c4 Qb8 14. d5 c5 (14... exd5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qf5 $16 {Strikovic,
A-Kovacevic,V/JUG-ch/1989/}) 15. d6 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxd6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Ng5+
{0,5/Sokolov,A-Vaganjan,R/USSR-ch/1989/}) 12... Bxg5 (12... Nf6 13. Ne5 $13)
13. Nxg5 Nf6 14. Nf3 (14. h4 h6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qd5 $10) 14... Qd6 15.
Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $10 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Re3 {/\Rg3 ->} Rd5 19. g4 (19. Rde1
Rc8 {/\Rxd3}) (19. Rg3 Nh5 (19... Rxe5 20. Qxf6 g6 $10) 20. Qh6 g6 (20... Rxd3
21. Nxd3 Nxg3 22. Nxc5 gxh6 23. Nxb7 $14) 21. Ng4 (21. Qxh5 Rxe5 $15) 21... f5
$17) 19... Qc7 $1 20. Rd2 $2 {><c2} (20. g5 Nh5 (20... Nd7 21. Qh4 $16) (20...
Rc8 $5 21. gxf6 Rxd3 22. c3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1 Qd8+ 24. Rd3 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 gxf6 26.
Rd7 $13) 21. Qe4 g6 $15) (20. h3 $10) 20... Nxg4 $17 21. Qxg4 Rxe5 22. Qg3 (22.
Bxh7+ $4 Kxh7 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Rh3 Re1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Qd8+ $19) (22.
Rg3 g6 $17) (22. Qf4 Rc5 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. Rh3+ Kg8 25. Qh4 f6 $19) 22... Rc5
23. f4 $8 g6 24. h4 Rd8 25. Re5 {/\h4-h5} Rdd5 $2 (25... Rxe5 $1 26. fxe5 Rd5
27. Re2 {/\h4-h5} Qd8 $1 {/\Ba6} 28. Re1 Rd4 $19) 26. Rde2 Qd8 {/\Rxd3} (26...
Rxe5 27. fxe5 {/\h4-h5}) 27. R2e3 Rxe5 (27... Ba6 $2 28. b4 $1 Rxd3 (28... Rxe5
29. fxe5 $16) 29. Rxd3 Bxd3 30. bxc5 $16) 28. fxe5 Rd5 {/\Ba6//\Rd4 -+} 29. c3
$8 {/\h4-h5} Qf8 30. Kc2 (30. h5 Qh6 31. hxg6 Rxd3 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qf2+ Ke8
$19 (33... Ke7 $4 34. Qf6+)) 30... Qh6 31. a4 Qh5 $6 32. Qf4 $1 {ףh5} Rd7 (
32... Ba6 $5 33. c4 Rd7 $15) 33. b4 $13 Bc6 34. b5 Bb7 35. c4 Kg7 36. a5 Qh6 (
36... bxa5 37. c5 $44) 37. Qxh6+ Kxh6 38. a6 Ba8 39. Kc3 Rc7 (39... Kh5 40. Be4
Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rd1 42. Rd4 $13) 40. Be2 {><h5} g5 41. Rh3 (41. hxg5+ Kxg5 42.
Rg3+ Kf4 43. Rg8 Be4 $19) 41... Be4 42. Kd4 Bf5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Rg3+ Kf4 45.
Rf3+ Kg5 46. Rg3+ Kf4 47. Rf3+ {Hansen,Cu} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6
7. Bd3 {Slightly unusual. Normally white plays 7.Nf3 to keep the option
Bf1-b5+ in case of an early c7-c5 by black.} (7. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5) 7... h6 (
7... c5 {Ftacnik} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Be7 12. O-O O-O
13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Bb5 Rdd8 17. Bc4 {Lutz,C-Luther,T/
Ptuj zt (07)/1995/1/2-1/2 (31)}) 8. Bh4 Bd7 (8... c5 $5 {Ftacnik} 9. dxc5 Qa5+
10. c3 Qxc5 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 (13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Qh5 15. Bxf6
gxf6 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Kf1 Bxh2 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bc7 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Kg1
Rg8 22. Re3 f5 23. Qc4 Qg4 24. Qxg4 fxg4 25. Nd4 Bb6 {0-1 Stefansson,
H-Manninen,M/Reykjavik zt (11) ;CBM 47 1995 (29)}) 13... Nh5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Bb5
Nf4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Qd1 g5 18. Bg3 Ke7 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 {Reinderman,
D-Danielian,O/WchJM-U20 Buenos Aires/1992/1/2-1/2 (35)}) 9. Nf3 Bc6 {This
position has clear parallels to the line 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Ld7
followed by Bc6 and often Bxe4. In both situations Black wants to exchange the
white-squared bishop before he stabilizes the center with c7-c6.} 10. O-O Bxf3
11. Qxf3 c6 (11... Qxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 12. Qxb7 $16) 12. c3 Be7 13. Rae1 $1 {
A very good move that shows blacks opening idea to be inferior. Why does White
not play Rfe1? Because the idea with Rael is to give more space to whites
pieces - the Rooks and the bishops. To do this white has to open the position.
The right way open up is not trying to achieve the breakthrough d4-d5 but
f4-f5. For that purpose the rooks are perfectly placed on e1 and f1.} Qd5 {
The defender has build a passive but very solid position.} 14. Qh3 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} g5 $6 (14... Qxa2 $5 {Ftacnik} 15. Re2 O-O-O $13) 15. Re5 Qxa2 $8
16. Bxg5 {Dubious pawn exchange have broken the illusion of equality, but
black is also not without chances.} O-O-O (16... Nd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe5 18. Bb1 Qxb2
19. Bf6 $16) (16... Qxb2 {Ftacnik} 17. Rb1 Qa3 (17... Qxc3 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Bg6+ $18) 18. Rxb7 $16) 17. Bc1 {17.Bh4 would also have been
strong however white does not need to take risks by giving away his queenside
pawns. His strategical superiority in connection with f4-f5 is more than
enough for a substantial advantage.} Bd6 18. Re2 Qd5 19. f4 h5 (19... Rdg8 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qh4 $16) 20. Qf3 (20. f5 Ng4 $13 {[%cal Ye6e5,Rd6h2]}) 20... c5 $2
{Ftacnik: Ivanchuk later could not excuse this "active" move, since it flatly
fails on the tactical side.} (20... Rde8 $142 $14 {Ftacnik}) 21. f5 $1 $18 cxd4
(21... Qxf3 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxf3 Ng4 (22... cxd4 23. fxe6 Ng4 24. e7 $18) 23. h3
Nh2 24. Rf4 $1 $16) 22. fxe6 {[%cal Rf1f7]} fxe6 (22... dxc3 {Ftacnik} 23. Qxd5
Nxd5 24. exf7 $18) 23. Qxf6 Rhf8 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 dxc3 (25... Rxf1+ {
Ftacnik} 26. Bxf1 $18) 26. Rxf8 Bxf8 27. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Knaak} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. Be2 (10. O-O-O Bd7 (10... Qd6 $1 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Ne5 $14) 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bd3 Rfd8 14. g4 $16 {
Inkiov-Lobron Novi Sad OL 1990} (14. g4 {Knaak} Be8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Ng4 c5 {
Inkiov-Lobron/Thessaloniki ol/1990/i50/313} 17. Rhg1 $16 {/\ ->>> Lobron}))
10... Qd6 (10... O-O 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Nf3 $10 {Fischer-Petrosjan
Stockholm izt 1962}) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bf3 $6 (12. Nf3) (12. f4 $5) 12... Rb8
13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $10 Bd7 15. Qe3 Bc6 16. f3 Rfd8 17. Bd3 b5 18. Kb1 b4 19.
h4 Kh8 {/\Qxd4} 20. Be2 Bb5 $15 21. b3 $6 (21. g4) 21... a5 22. Rhe1 a4 23.
bxa4 Bxe2 (23... Bxa4 {Knaak} 24. Bc4 $13) 24. Rxe2 Ra8 (24... Qa6 {Knaak} 25.
d5 Qxa4 26. Red2 exd5 27. Rxd5 Re8 $17) 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Rd3 Rda8 (26... c6 $1 {
/\Tda8}) 27. d5 $1 Rxd5 (27... exd5 28. Rde3 $132) (27... e5 $1 $17 {Knaak} 28.
Qc4 Rxa4 29. Rde3 $6 (29. f4 exf4 30. Qc6 Qd8 $17) (29. Qc6 Rxa2 30. Qxd6 cxd6
31. Re4 R2a4 32. Rb3 $4 Ra1+ 33. Kb2 R8a2#) 29... b3 $1 30. Rxe5 Rxc4 31. Re8+
Qf8 $19) 28. Rxd5 exd5 29. Qd3 c6 30. h5 (30. Qa6 $5 {Knaak}) 30... h6 (30...
Qf6 31. a5 $1) (30... Kg8 31. Qf5 Qf6 32. Qd7 $14) 31. Qf5 Kg8 32. g4 {/\g5/
f3-f4,g4-g5} Qd8 (32... Qf6 {Knaak} 33. Qd7 Qxf3 34. Qxc6 Rf8 35. Re8 Qd1+ 36.
Kb2 Qd4+ 37. Kb1 $10) 33. f4 Rxa4 34. g5 Ra8 35. g6 $1 Qf6 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37.
Re7 fxg6 38. hxg6 Ra3 (38... Ra4 39. Rf7 b3 40. Rxf6 bxc2+ 41. Kxc2 Rxa2+ 42.
Kd3 $13) 39. Rf7 h5 (39... Rf3 {Knaak} 40. Rxf6 Kg7 41. Rxc6 Rxf4 42. Kb2 h5
43. Rd6 Rd4 44. c3 bxc3+ 45. Kxc3 $10) 40. Rxf6 h4 $2 (40... Rf3 $1 41. f5 h4
42. Rf7 h3 43. Rh7 Rxf5 44. Rxh3 Kg7 45. a3 $10) 41. Rxc6 h3 (41... Rf3 {Knaak}
42. Rc7 Rxf4 43. Rh7 Rg4 44. Kb2 $10) 42. Rc7 Rf3 43. Rh7 $14 Rxf4 44. Rxh3 Rg4
45. Rd3 Rxg6 46. Rxd5 Kf7 47. Rb5 Rg4 48. Re5 Kf6 49. Re3 Kf5 50. Kb2 Rg8 51.
Kb3 Rb8 52. Re7 Kf4 53. Kc4 Kf5 54. Re1 Kf4 55. Kc5 Kf5 56. Re3 Kf4 57. Re1 Kf5
58. Re2 Kf4 59. Re6 Kf5 60. Re7 Kf4 61. Re6 Kf5 62. Re1 Kf4 63. Kc4 Kf5 64. Kb3
Kf4 65. Re7 Kf5 66. Rc7 Ke6 67. Rc4 Kd5 68. Rxb4 Ra8 69. a4 Kc6 70. c3 Kc7 71.
Rf4 Ra5 72. Kb4 Rh5 73. a5 Kb7 74. c4 Rg5 75. c5 Rg1 76. Kc4 Ka6 77. Rf7 Rg4+
78. Kd5 Kxa5 79. Kc6 Rg6+ 80. Kb7 Kb5 81. Rc7 Rg5 82. c6 Rg6 83. Rc8 Rh6 {
C. Hansen} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O-O Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Qe6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nc4 Nf6 17. Nc7 Qxe3+ 18. Nxe3 Rb8 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Rhe1 Nf2
21. Rd2 Nxd3+ 22. Rxd3 b5 23. Rd5 Rb7 24. Na6 Re7 25. Nxc5 Rfe8 26. g3 b4 27.
Nb3 Bb7 28. Rd3 Ba6 29. Rd6 Bb5 30. Nd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33.
Rxb4 {R2P<->RB. Das Thema lautet Mattangriff gegen Freibauern.} Bc6 34. Rc4 Re6
35. Kd2 a6 36. a4 Be4 37. b4 Rh6 38. h4 Rd6+ 39. Kc1 Kg7 40. b5 Kg6 41. Rc8 Kh5
42. c4 Kg4 43. Rg8+ Rg6 44. Rf8 Kxg3 45. c5 Kxf4 46. c6 axb5 47. axb5 Rg2 48.
Kd1 Ke3 (48... Ke3 49. Kc1 Rc2+ 50. Kd1 Rb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Azov"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Qf4 Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qc4
e5 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Be6 17. Bd5 Bf5 18. Nd2 Be7 19. Nb3 a5 20. a4 Rac8 21.
Rd2 b6 22. c6 Bb4 23. Rdd1 Rfe8 24. Nc1 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd7 Qxc6 27. Qxc6
Rexc6 28. c3 Bc5 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. Rd1 Kf8 31. Nf4 Bc5 32. Nd3 e4 33. Nxc5 Rxc5
34. R7d6 R8c6 35. Rd8+ Ke7 36. R1d7+ Ke6 37. Rd4 Re5 38. Kc2 h5 39. Kd2 g5 40.
g3 Kf5 41. Ke3 Rf6 42. h3 Rfe6 43. R8d5 f6 44. Rxe4 $1 $16 {Netter taktischer
Witz!} Rxd5 45. g4+ $1 hxg4 46. hxg4+ Kg6 47. Rxe6 b5 48. b3 $5 (48. Ke4 $6 Rc5
$1 (48... Rd2 $2 49. axb5 Rxf2 (49... Rxb2 50. c4 Re2+ 51. Kd5 Rxe6 52. Kxe6 a4
53. b6 a3 54. b7 a2 55. b8=Q a1=Q 56. Qg8+ Kh6 57. Qf8+ Kg6 58. Qf7+ Kh6 59.
Qxf6+ $18) 50. Kd5 Rxb2 51. c4 a4 52. Ra6 $18)) (48. Re4 $142 $1 $16 bxa4 49.
Rxa4 Rb5 50. b4 $16) 48... bxa4 49. bxa4 Kf7 50. Rb6 (50. Ra6 Re5+ 51. Kd4 Re2
52. f3 Rf2 53. Ke3 Rc2 $44) 50... Re5+ 51. Kd3 Rd5+ 52. Ke3 Re5+ 53. Kd3 Rd5+
54. Kc4 Rd2 55. Kb5 Rxf2 56. Kxa5 f5 $10 {Der wR ist zu passiv.} 57. Rb5 Kf6
58. gxf5 g4 59. Rb1 g3 60. Rg1 g2 61. Kb6 Rb2+ 62. Kc6 Ra2 63. a5 Kxf5 64. Kb6
Rb2+ 65. Kc5 Ke4 66. a6 Ra2 67. a7 Kf3 68. Kb6 Rb2+ 69. Kc7 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. c4 O-O-O 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5
Bxd5 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd3 17. Rxc7+ Kxc7 18. Nd4 Nxb4 19. Nc3 Bxa2+ 20. Nxa2
Rxd4 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Nxa2 23. Kxa2 {Man hat den Eindruck, dass nur
Schwarz auf Gewinn spielen könne....! Bis zum letzten Zug bleibt alles unklar.}
h5 24. Qa4 a5 25. Qc4+ Kb7 26. Qb5 Kc7 27. Qa6 Kc6 28. Qa7 Re8 29. h4 f5 30. g3
e5 31. Kb3 e4 32. Kc2 f6 33. Kb1 Bd6 34. Qf7 Re5 35. Qxh5 f4 36. Qe2 fxg3 37.
fxg3 e3 38. h5 Bc5 39. h6 Re7 40. Kc2 Kc7 41. g4 a4 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Kc2 Kc7 44.
Kd1 Rd7+ 45. Ke1 Rh7 46. Qc4 $13 {[#] Ein scharfe Zugfolge zur Aufmunterung
der Gegner der Aufgabe:} (46. Qc4 a3 47. Qf4+ Bd6 48. Qxf6 a2 49. g5 Be7 50.
Qe5+ Bd6 51. Qa1 Rf7 $1 {[%csl Ga2]} 52. Ke2 Bc5 53. g6 Rf2+ 54. Kd3 Rd2+ 55.
Ke4 Bd4 56. Qc1+ Kd7 57. g7 a1=Q 58. Qxa1 Bxa1 59. g8=Q e2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round, and in first 8 I lost 3 and drew 5.
Of course I felt myself obliged to try to win this game} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. Bc4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Be7
10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 h6 $6 $146 (11... cxd4 $142 12. Qxd4 h6 {and it is very
difficult to avoid exchanges} 13. Bh4 Rd8) (11... Rd8 12. Re5 $36 {was played
in Morozevich-Korchnoi, 2001, and black couldn't be very happy with the
openning results}) 12. Bh4 Rd8 13. Qe2 (13. Re5 $5) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15.
Rad1 Kh8 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bb3 (16. Nxe6 $6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh7
19. Rxd8 (19. Qxe7 $2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Qa4 $1 $17) 19... Rxd8 20. Qxe7 Re8 21.
Bxf6 Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Qf5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Rg6+ $11) 16... Qc5 $14) 16. Rd3 (16.
b4 Qc7 17. Bg3 (17. Nf5 $6 exf5 18. Qxe7 Ng4) 17... Qb6 18. Be5 Ba4 19. Rd3
Rac8 20. Rg3 $36) 16... Ng8 (16... Qc5 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Bd3 $14) 17. Bg3 Rac8
18. Rf3 Bf6 19. Bd3 Qd5 $2 {a decisive mistake. During the game I thought that
black's position was already beyond repair, but Fritz7 found a chance to hang
on} (19... Ne7 20. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 21. Bh4 Kg7 22. Qf3 Ng8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Re3 e5
25. Qe4 $18) (19... Bxd4 $1 20. cxd4 f6 $1 {Fritz7} 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qe2 Bc6 23.
Re3 Qd5 24. f3 Qxd4 25. Be5 Qb6 26. Bc4 $44) 20. Be4 Qxa2 21. Bb1 $1 Qd5 22.
Qd3 g6 23. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 24. Be5 Kg7 25. Qg3 Qc5 26. Re3 Bc6 $1 {the only move.
I had forseen this position when playing 20.Be4 and wasn't sure how to proceed,
but still went for it feeling that there should besomething} 27. Bxg6 $1 (27.
Nxe6+ $2 Kh7 28. Re1 Qe7 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 $13) 27... fxg6 (27... Qe7 28. Bc2+ Kf8
29. Qf4 Nd5 30. Qxh6+ Ke8 31. Rg3 $18 {and black is completely helpless} Kd7
32. Nxe6 $1 Qxe6 33. Bf5 $1 Qxf5 34. Qd6+ Ke8 35. Rg8#) 28. Bxf6+ Kh7 (28...
Kxf6 29. Rxe6+ Kf7 30. Qxg6+ Kf8 31. Rf6+) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxe6 Qg5 31. Qxg5
hxg5 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. h3 Bd5 34. Nc2 $1 $18 {Here the ruler of the black
pieces said "You won" and stood up from the table. A second later I heard, not
for the first time in my life, the ominous words "But still he can't play
chess". And for all I know, he might be right.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zalaegerszegi Csuti Antal SK"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen-Kelmis Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhe8 14.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 {A standard position from the 'Rubinstein French'. In most cases
White tries to bludgeon his way through Black's defences by playing c4 and
then d5, though Black's defences appear sturdy enough. The plan that
Groszpeter chooses is more subtle.} 15. c3 Bf8 16. Qc2 {Target: the lone
h-pawn.} Bh6 17. Ned2 f5 {In order to block the attack on the h-pawn, the
f-pawn creeps up the board, but this was just what White was hoping for: the
e5 square, which was securely protected, is now the destination of the White
knights.} 18. Nc4 Nf6 19. Nfe5 $14 Nd5 20. Qe2 Bg7 21. Qf3 a6 22. Nd3 Ka7 23.
Qg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Kb7 25. Rh1 h6 26. Nce5 {A nasty chain reaction could follow
if Black isn't careful: Black is reluctant to expel the knight from e5 with ...
f6 as it would weaken the e6 pawn; and if the e-pawn advances then the f5 pawn
would be weakened.} Re7 27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Kc7 29. Nxh6 f5 30. g4 Bxh6 31.
Rxh6 fxg4 32. c4 g3 33. cxd5 Rxd5 34. Nf4 Rd6 35. fxg3 c5 36. Rc1 Kc6 37. dxc5
bxc5 38. Re1 e5 39. Ng6 Ree6 40. Nxe5+ Rxe5 41. Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Nfd2 {Nicht neu und auch nicht besser.} Nd7
12. Qh5 Nf8 13. Rhe1 Ng6 14. g3 O-O-O 15. c3 Kb8 16. f4 $6 f5 $1 17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. Qxg5 c5 $1 $15 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bb3 b5 $1 (20... Qf2 21. Nc4 Rxd1+ 22.
Rxd1 Bf3 23. Rd2 (23. Rd8+ Kc7 $1 24. Rxh8 $2 Qe1+ 25. Kc2 Qd1#) 23... Qf1+ 24.
Bd1 Bxd1 25. Ne3 $14) 21. Qf6 $6 (21. Bc2 {/\ Nb3} b4 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Nb3 Rc8
) (21. Qh5 $5 b4 22. Nb1) 21... Rd7 $6 (21... Qf2 $1 {/\ Rd2} 22. Nf1 (22. Rf1
Qg2 {/\ Rd2} 23. Rfe1 Rd7 24. Nf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bf3 26. Rd8+ Kc7 $19) 22...
Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bf3 24. Rd8+ Kc7 25. Qxf7+ Kxd8 26. Qf6+ Kc7 27. Qf7+ Kb8 $19)
22. Nf1 Rc7 23. Qd4 h5 $10 24. h4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Ne7 26. Nd2 Rg8 27. Rd3 Nd5 28.
Bxd5 Bxd5 29. b3 Rd7 30. Rd1 f6 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Rde3 e5 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Rxe5
Rxg3 35. Rxf5 Rxc3+ 36. Kb2 Rh3 37. Ne4 Rh2+ 38. Kc3 Rxh4 39. Re5 Bxe4 40.
R1xe4 Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Rh7 42. Rh4 Kc7 43. a4 a6 44. axb5 axb5 45. Kb4 Kc6 46. Rh1
Kb6 47. Rh4 Rh6 48. Ka3 Kc5 49. Kb2 b4 50. Kc2 Rh8 51. Kc1 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz Citroen-Cup"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Jackelen, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. g3 f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 $6 (16... h5 {/\ h4, hg3, f4=}) 17. Nc4 Nf8
$6 18. Rd3 Ng6 19. Red1 h5 20. Ra3 $16 h4 $2 21. Nxb6 $1 Kb8 22. Nc4 hxg3 23.
fxg3 Rd5 24. Rb3+ Ka8 25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Qa6 Rgd8 27. Nc4 Rb8 28. Rxb8+ Kxb8 29.
Rd3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Anand Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5
Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 c5 (8... O-O $1 {Anand-Kortschnoj/Tilburg/1991/CBM26})
(8... O-O {Anand} 9. Qd2 e5 10. O-O-O e4 {Anand-Korchnoi a few rounds later})
9. Qd2 cxd4 (9... O-O {Ftacnik} 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bc4 h6 13. Be3
Ne5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15. Qe2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 a5 17. a4 Bd7 $10 {Chandler,M-Nogueiras,
J/Moscow GMA op/1990/}) 10. O-O-O e5 $6 (10... O-O) (10... O-O {Ftacnik}) 11.
Re1 O-O (11... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxd4 $16) 12. Nxe5 Re8 $2 (12...
Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Be6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd4 Rad8 (15... Rfd8 {Anand} 16. Qe3 {
and white seems to keep his extra pawn}) 16. Qe3 Rfe8 $13 (16... Bxa2 {Ftacnik}
17. b3 $16)) 13. Nxf7 $1 $18 Rxe1+ (13... Kxf7 14. Bc4+ Kf8 (14... Kg6 15. Qd3+
Kh5 16. Bf7+) 15. Rxe8+ $1 (15. Qb4+ Be7 (15... Re7 16. Qd6 Ke8 (16... Qb6 17.
Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. Bxe7+ Ke8 19. Bc5+ $18) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 (17... Nxf6 18. Bf7+ $1
Kxf7 19. Qxd8 $18) 18. f4 {/\ 19.Qd5, 20.Qf7#} b6) 16. Bxe7+ Rxe7 17. Qd6 Ke8
18. h5 Ne5 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Rxe5 Bxb5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxb5 $16) 15... Qxe8
16. Re1 {/\ 17.Qb4+} Ne5 17. Bxf6 (17. Qb4+ {Ftacnik} Qe7 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19.
Rxe5+ Kf8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Re4 $18) 17... gxf6 18. Qh6+ Ke7 19. Qg7+ Kd6 20.
Qxf6+ Kc7 21. Rxe5 $18) 14. Qxe1 Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Kf8 16. Qe6 Bxg5+ (16... Ne5 17.
Qg8+ Ke7 18. Qxg7+ $18) 17. hxg5 Qxg5+ 18. Kb1 Ne5 (18... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 19.
Qg8+ Ke7 20. Re1+ Ne5 21. Qd5 $1 $18) 19. Qg8+ Ke7 20. Re1 $1 Bd7 (20... h6 {
Ftacnik} 21. Qd5 Kf6 22. Qd6+ $18) 21. Qxa8 Qd2 22. Rxe5+ Kf6 23. a3 Kxe5 24.
Qb8+ Kf5 (24... Ke4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxb7+ $18) (24... Kf6 {Anand} 25. Qd8+) 25.
Qf8+ (25. Qf8+ Kg6 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Qxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Zifroni, Dov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. g3 {
Fischers Zug, der aber schon lange vor ihm gespielt wurde.} f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9.
Nge2 Nc6 10. d5 exd5 ({Die Alternative ist} 10... Nb4 11. Bg2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5
exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Nef4 O-O $13) 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Bh8 (
13... Be5 14. Rb1 Na5 (14... Rb8 15. Qc1 $1 Be6 16. Rd1 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qf6 18.
Rdb5 $14 {+/= Nadanian,A-Hachian,M/Armenia 1993}) 15. Qe1 c6 16. Rd1 Re8 17.
Ndf4 Qc7 18. Nh5 Nc4 19. Qb4 Be6 20. Rd3 Bh8 21. Bh3 Qb6 22. Qe1 Qb2 23. Qd1
Ne5 24. Rd6 Bc4 25. Nd4 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Qa3 27. Nxf5 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne1+ 29. Kh1
Qf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Rd7 Ne5 32. Rxb7 Rad8 33. Rxa7 Kf8 34. f4 Ng4 35. Bc4
Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Ne3+ 37. Nxe3 Rxe3 38. Rxf7+ Ke8 39. Rxh7 Bd4 40. Ng7+ Kd8 41. Nf5
{1-0 Bellon Lopez,J-Marovic,D/Medina del Campo 1980}) 14. Rb1 (14. Nef4 Ne5 15.
Qh5 Ng6 16. Rad1 (16. Nh3 Bg7 (16... f6 $6 17. Rad1 c6 18. Ne3 Qc7 19. Nxf5 Qe5
20. g4 Bxf5 (20... Nf4 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. Rd7+ $18)
21. gxf5 {/\ Qg4} Ne7 22. Rd7 Rab8 (22... Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Nxf5 24. Be4 $1 Ng7 25.
Rxb7 $16) 23. Rfd1 $16) (16... Bf6 $1 $14) 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 $1 {N} (
18... Kxf7 $6 19. Nf4 Qg5 20. Bd5+ Kf6 (20... Ke8 21. Rae1+ Kd8 22. Qd1 $1 c6 (
22... Bd7 23. Be6 $18) (22... Nxf4 23. Bc6+ $18) 23. Nxg6 cxd5 (23... Qxg6 24.
Bf7+ $18) 24. Qxd5+ Bd7 25. Rd1 $18) 21. h4 $1 Nxh4 $2 (21... Qxh5 22. Nxh5+
Ke7 (22... Ke5 $2 23. Rad1 $18) 23. Nxg7 $16 {->}) 22. Qd1 $3 c5 23. Qd3 {
1-0 Nadanian,A-Varlamov,V/corr 1993}) 19. Qxg6 Qg5 $1 (19... c6 $2 20. Rad1 $1
Rd7 (20... cxd5 21. Bxd5 Qf6 22. Bxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rd8+ $18) 21. Rfe1 Kf8 22.
Qxf5+ Rf7 23. Qh5 $1 cxd5 (23... Rf5 24. Nf6 $1 $18) 24. Bxd5 Re7 (24... Rd7
25. Be6 $18) (24... Rf6 25. Bc6 $18) (24... Rf5 25. Qg6 $18) 25. Qf3+ $18) 20.
Qxg5 hxg5 21. Rae1 Kf8 22. Re2 c6 23. Rfe1 Bd7 24. Nc7 Rd8 $10 {= Nadanian,
A-Altounian,L/Armenia 1994}) 16... c6 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Kh1 Bg7 19. Bh3 Ne7 20.
Rd3 Be6 21. Rfd1 Bh6 22. Rd4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxf5 Nxf5 26.
Nxf5 Rd5 27. g4 Bxf5 28. gxf5 h6 29. h3 Kh7 30. Qe2 Qe5 31. Qh5 Qf6 32. Qe2 Re5
33. Qd3 Rd5 {1/2-1/2 Fischer,R-Petrosian,T/Buenos Aires (m3) 1971}) 14... Ne5
15. Nef4 c6 16. Ne3 Qf6 17. Nh5 Qe6 18. Re1 Qxa2 19. Rb4 Qa5 20. Qd6 Be6 21.
Reb1 b6 22. Qe7 Ng6 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nh5+ Kh6 25. Qd6 Kxh5 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27.
Qd2 Nf4 28. Qxf4 Kg6 29. Bxc6 Qe5 30. Qf3 Rac8 31. Rb5 Qe6 32. R1b4 Bf6 33. Rf4
Bh3 34. Re4 Qc4 35. Qh5+ Kg7 36. Rg5+ Bxg5 37. Qxg5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+
Kh8 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Budnikov, Alexandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. g3
(14. Ng3 $5) 14... f5 15. Ned2 h5 16. Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. Nc4 h4 18. Rd3 (18. Nce5
Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 $10 {(Huergo)}) 18... hxg3 (18... Rg4 19. Ne3 hxg3 20. hxg3
Rgg8 $2 (20... Rg6 $1 21. Nxf5 Bb4 22. c3 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 exf5 $13 {(Rodriguez,A)
}) 21. Nxf5 Bb4 22. c3 exf5 $6 (22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 exf5 24. Rec1 $16 {
(Rodriguez,A)}) 23. cxb4 $16 {Rodriguez,A-Borges Mateos/Holguin/1989}) 19. hxg3
b5 $1 $146 (19... f4 20. gxf4 Qxf4 21. Nfe5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 $14 {Huergo-Borges
Mateos/CUB-ch/1989}) (19... Rg4 $5) 20. Ne3 Bf6 21. c4 $1 Nb6 $1 22. Rc1 $2 (
22. cxb5 cxb5 23. Rc3 Qd7 24. Rec1 $13) 22... f4 $1 23. gxf4 Qxf4 24. cxb5 cxb5
25. Nf1 Rc8 26. Rcd1 Rc7 27. Ng3 Rgc8 28. Qe4+ Nd5 29. Qxf4 Nxf4 30. Rb3 Kb6
31. a4 a6 32. Ne4 Be7 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rg1 Ne2 $17 35. Re1 Rc1+ 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+
37. Ka2 Rc4 38. Re3 Nxd4 39. Ne5 Ra4+ 40. Kb1 f5 41. Nc3 Ra7 42. Ng6 Bg5 43.
Re5 Bf6 44. Re1 b4 45. Ne2 Nb3 46. Kc2 Nc5 47. Nc1 Rc7 48. Nb3 Ne4+ 49. Kb1 Rc6
50. f3 Ng5 51. Nd2 Kb5 52. f4 Nf7 53. Re2 Nd8 54. Ne5 Rd6 55. Kc2 Nb7 56. Nd3
Na5 57. Re3 Bd4 58. Rh3 Rc6+ 59. Kb1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ {verliert ein Tempo} c6 9. Bc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 O-O-O
13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. g3 Kb8 $2 {verliert 2(!) Tempos, denn Weiß verdoppelt auf der
d-Linie und spart The1} (14... f5 15. Ned2 h5 $5) 15. Bxb7 Kxb7 16. Rd3 f5 17.
Ned2 Bf6 18. Rd1 Rge8 19. Nc4 b5 $6 20. Ncd2 $16 Nb6 21. Nb3 Na4 22. Re3 Ka8
23. Ne1 Qb6 24. Qf3 Rd5 25. c3 Qc7 26. Nd3 Rc8 27. Ree1 Be7 28. Qh5 Bf6 29. h4
Nb6 30. Nbc5 Rd6 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. Rc5 f4 35. g4 Rd5
36. Qxh7 Qe7 37. Rxd5 cxd5 38. g5 b4 39. cxb4 Qxb4 40. h5 Qe7 41. g6 Qh4 42. g7
Qg4 43. Rc1 Rxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Qg1+ 45. Kc2 Qxf2+ 46. Kb3 Qe3+ 47. Ka4 Qxd4+ 48. b4
Qd1+ 49. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bc4 Nd7 9. Qe2 Be7 $5 $146 (9... Nb6 10. Bb3 Bd7 11. O-O Bc6 (11... Qe7 12.
Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rad1 Ba4 14. Bxa4 Nxa4 15. Qb5 Nb6 16. c4 c6 17. Qb3 $14 {
Smyslov-Stahlberg/Zuerich/1953}) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $6 13. Rad1 Kh8 14. c4 $14 {
Spassky-Czerniak/Goteborg/1971}) (9... c6 10. O-O b6 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Nxf6+
Nxf6 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14 {Fischer-Pachman/Leipzig ol/1960}) 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O $13) 10... c5 $1 11. d5 $6 (11. Rfd1 $13) 11... exd5 12. Bxd5
Nb6 $15 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. c3 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Ne5 Rae8 18. Nxg6
hxg6 19. Rfe1 c4 20. Bc2 Qc6 21. Rad1 $6 (21. Be4 $13) 21... Qb5 $1 $17 {>< Pb2
} 22. b3 (22. Bb1 Ba3 $19) 22... Bf6 23. Qf3 (23. Ne4 $5 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Rxe2 25.
Nxb5 Rxc2 $17) 23... Qa5 $1 24. a4 (24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Ne4 Qxa2 26. Qe2 Kf8 $17)
24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxc3 $19 26. Re4 Be5 27. bxc4 Nxa4 28. Qa3 Bxg3 29. Bxa4
Be5 30. f4 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 Bd6 32. Qb3 Qf2 33. Qg3 Qf1 34. Qf3 Qxf3 35. gxf3 g5
36. Kg2 gxf4 37. Rd4 Bc5 38. Rxf4 Rd8 39. Rf5 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Bd6+ 41. f4 Rd4 42.
Be8 Kf8 43. Bxf7 Rxf4 44. Rd5 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd3 {Bisher gab es damit keine Probleme für Schwarz.} Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4
Bb7 11. Nfg5 g6 {N} (11... Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5 (12. hxg5 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1
Nf6 15. Qc6 Qf4 16. Rh3 Rad8 $17 {King-Chernin/Moscov GMA-f/1990/TD 3/90})
12... Nf6 13. Be2 Qd6 14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 {=/=/+ Van der
Wiel-Vaganian/Luzern WchT/1989/CBM16}) 12. f4 {/\ h5} h6 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 $2 (15... Qxd3 $10) 16. Qe3 Rad8 17. Bd3 {/\ h5+/-} h5 18. g4
$1 $16 hxg4 19. h5 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qc6 $1 gxh5 22. Rxh5 Qe8 23. Qh1 $18
Qa4 24. Qh2 Qxa2 (24... Rd4 25. Rh1 Rxf4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28. Qg5+ Kf7
29. R8h7 Rg8 30. Qf6+ $18) 25. Rh1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxb2 27. Rh8+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke7
29. Qg5+ Kf7 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 h6 9. Be3 $6 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2) 9... Qe7 10. c3 $6 e5 11. d5 $6 Nb6
$15 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Nd2 Rd8 14. c4 e4 15. Qc2 c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be2 Bf5 (
17... Qb4 18. Rb1 Bf5 19. g4 Bg6 20. b3 (20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5) 20... Bd4
21. Rd1 $15) 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. O-O-O Bxe3 22. fxe3 Qg5
23. Qc3 Na4 (23... Rab8) 24. Qa3 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rab8+ 26. Kc1 Qf6 27. Rhf1 Qe5
28. Nb1 Rd3 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Nc3 Qxe3+ 31. Rd2 Qd4 32. Qa5 c5 33. Re1 Bf5 34.
Rf1 Rb4 35. Qa3 Be4 36. Rb2 $6 d2+ $1 37. Kd1 (37. Rxd2 $2 Qxc3+ 38. Qxc3 Rb1#)
37... Qd3 (37... Bd3 $1 38. Rf3 $1 Qg4 (38... Qg1+ 39. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 40. Qxb2 Qg2+
41. Kc1 Qxf3 42. Qb8+ Kh7 43. Qh2+ Kg6 44. Nd5 $17 (44. Qg1+ Kh6 45. Qxc5 Qf4+
46. Kd1 Bxc4)) 39. Rxb4 Qxf3+ 40. Kxd2 cxb4 41. Qxb4 Bf5 $17) 38. Rf2 Bf3+ 39.
Rxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxd2 Qf4+ $10 41. Kd1 Qf1+ 42. Kd2 Qxc4 43. Ne2 Qd5+ 44. Ke1
Qh1+ 45. Kd2 Qd5+ 46. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7
7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 8. h4 O-O $1 {N} 9. Qd2 {8.h4 oder 9.Qd2 ist ?!} (9. Bd3 c5) 9...
e5 $1 10. O-O-O (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Bxe5 $10) 10... e4 11.
Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Kb1 c5 $15 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Qc3 Rac8 17.
Qb3 Nd5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Nc4 a6 $1 20. Rd2 (20. Ne3 $2 Nc3+ $1 21. bxc3 Rb5
$19) 20... Rfc8 21. Ne3 Nc3+ $1 22. Ka1 $8 Qxb3 23. cxb3 $8 Nd5 24. Kb1 Nxe3
25. fxe3 $17 h5 26. Rhd1 R8c6 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. b4 Re5 29. Rf4 Kh7 30. Rd4 f5 31.
Rf1 Rc6 32. Rd7 Rg6 33. Rxb7 Rxg2 34. Rc7 Rd5 35. Rc5 Rdd2 36. Rfxf5 Rxb2+ 37.
Kc1 Rxa2 38. Rxh5+ Kg8 39. Kb1 Rab2+ 40. Kc1 Rbe2 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Ke6 (
42... Ke7 $5) 43. Rf1 Rxe3 44. Rc6+ Ke5 45. Rxa6 Rc3+ 46. Kb1 Rb3+ 47. Kc1 Rf3
48. Re1 Rc3+ 49. Kb1 Rb3+ 50. Kc1 Rxb4 51. Ra7 Rc4+ 52. Kb1 Rg6 53. Rb7 Rcc6 $2
54. Rb5+ Kf4 55. Rf1+ Kg4 (55... Ke3 56. Re1+ Kf3 57. Rf5+ Kg4 58. Re5 $15) 56.
Re1 Rb6 (56... Rc4 $4 57. Rg1+ $18) (56... Rge6 57. Rg1+ $15) 57. Rxe4+ Kh3 58.
Rxb6 Rxb6+ 59. Kc2 Rh6 60. Re7 g6 61. Re6 Kxh4 62. Kd2 Kg3 63. Re3+ (63. Re3+
Kf4 64. Ra3 {/\ Ke2=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group5"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1993.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1993.09.07"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Zagreb Mladost-Novogradnja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 g6 (11... h6 12. Nh7 Qxd4 13. Nxf8
Kxf8 14. c3 Qh4 15. g3 Qf6 16. Rf1 Nd7 17. f4 Nc5 18. O-O-O a5 19. Bc2 Bc6 20.
Qe3 $14 {Chandler,M-Prasad,D/Novi Sad/1990/}) 12. O-O-O Nd7 $6 $146 (12... Nc6
13. h4 (13. c3 e5 $1 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 c6 $132 {Gurevich,M}) 13... Nxd4 (13...
Rfd8 14. c3 e5 15. Bc4 Rd7 16. h5 Na5 17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. hxg6+ Kg8 19. Bxf7+
Rxf7 20. gxf7+ Qxf7 21. Rh4 $18 {Brunner,L-Kovacevic,Vl/FRG-cup/1991/}) 14. h5
Bxg2 15. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 16. hxg6+ Kg8 17. Rh6 Nf3 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf6 Nxd2
20. Rg6+ Rg7 (20... Kf8 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rg1 Nf3 23. Rxg2+
Kh8 $16 {Sax,Gy-Gurevich,M/Manila izt/1990/}) 13. h4 Rad8 14. h5 h6 15. Nh7 $1
Kxh7 16. hxg6+ Kg8 $8 17. Rxh6 Kg7 (17... Rfe8 18. gxf7+ Qxf7 19. Qg5+ Qg7 20.
Rg6 $18) 18. Rh7+ Kg8 19. g7 $1 Rfe8 20. Rdh1 {/\ 21.Rh8+ Kxg7 22.R1h7#} Nf8
21. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 22. R1h6 Qxd4 23. Qg5 $1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.01.31"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O Qc7 11. c4 Nd7 12. a4 a5 13. Rac1 O-O-O $5 {Das
scheint neu zu sein. Wegen der Kontrolle der schwarzen Felder, insbesondere b4,
dürfte der schwarze König nicht sehr gefährdet stehen.} 14. c5 {Damit ist die
schwarze Stellung nicht zu erschüttern.} (14. d5 $2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxe6
Rde8 17. e7 (17. Bf5 $2 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kb8 $19) 17... Rxe7 $15 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Yc5f2]}) 14... bxc5 15. dxc5 (15. Ba6 {wollte er spielen, aber} Qb6 16.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 {und Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr.}) 15... Ne5 $1 16. Nd6+ (16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 {und es droht f6-f5 mit Übergang in ein sehr angenehmes Endspiel.}) (
16. Rfd1 {wollte er ursprünglich spielen und hatte} Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Rd5 {
befürchtet, aber das ist nicht klar:} 18. Rxd5 cxd5 (18... exd5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6
20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Qd2 $16) 19. c6 Kb8 $13) 16... Bxd6 17. cxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxe5
Qxe5 19. Be4 Rd6 $1 {Ich war hier recht optimistisch, weil Weiß nichts
Konkretes für den Minusbauern hat. Aber natürlich sollte auch die Schwäche der
schwarzen Struktur eine Rolle spielen.} (19... f5 20. Bxc6 Qxe2 21. Bf3+ Kb8
22. Bxe2 Rd2 23. Bh5 Rg8 24. g3 e5 {ist nichts.}) 20. Qf3 Kc7 21. Rfe1 Rhd8 $1
{Schwarz darf sich nicht zu sehr ans Material klammern.} 22. Bxh7 (22. Bg6 Qxb2
(22... Qg5 $6 23. Bxf7 R8d7 24. Qh5 $1 $13) 23. Bxf7 e5 {hat Schwarz auch erst
mal einen Bauern mehr.}) (22. Bxc6 $4 Rxc6 23. Rxc6+ Bxc6 $19) 22... Qd4 $5 {
Die Idee kam mir während der Partie sehr stark vor: Es droht stark 23...f5 mit
Abklemmung des Läufers; erst nach dem Rückzug des Läufers wollte ich dann auf
b2 schlagen.} (22... Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qd4 $13) 23. Qh5 $2 (23. Bb1 f5 $1 (23...
Qxb2 24. Qh5 $1 {[%cal Rh5a5,Rh5f7] Den hatten wir beide übersehen.} e5 25.
Qxf7+ R8d7 $13) 24. b3 $15 {Der Bb7 ist jetzt besser als sein Kollege auf b1.
Selbst c6-c5 nebst Kb6 ist eine Möglichkeit.}) 23... Rd5 $1 $19 (23... f5 24.
Bg8 $1 $13) 24. Qxf7+ (24. Qh3 f5 $19) 24... R8d7 25. Qg6 Qh4 (25... Qh4 26.
Bg8 Rg5 27. Qe8 Rxg2+ $1 28. Kxg2 c5+ 29. Kf1 Qh3+ 30. Ke2 Qd3#) 0-1

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 {Wenn ich diesen Zug spiele, wundere ich mich immer aufs
Neue, wie merkwürdig das Schachspiel sein kann: Zuerst entwickelt Schwarz den
Läufer auf die schöne Diagonale a8-h1, dann schließt er sie freiwillig, so den
Läufer abwertend. Doch damit nicht genug; Weiß nutzt die erste Gelegenheit, um
diesen Läufer zu tauschen.} 10. O-O-O Qc7 {Das ist der Grund für 9...c6:
Schwarz benötigt ein Feld für die Dame.} 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Rhe1 (12. Ba6 $2 Bxa6
13. Qxa6 b5 $1 {/\ 14...Nb8}) 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. c4 {
Die Dame steht auf a6 nicht besonders gut, aber andererseits hat sich 15.Qe2
auch nicht besonders bewährt.} f5 $1 {=/=/+} 16. Neg5 (16. Nc3 Bb4) 16... Bxg5
17. Nxg5 Nf6 18. g3 Ng4 19. f3 Nxh2 20. Rh1 h6 21. Nxf7 Qxf7 22. Rxh2 Qg7 {
[%cal Rg7d4,Rg7g3]} 23. c5 $1 Rxd4 24. Rdh1 bxc5 $5 (24... Rb4 $1 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Rb4b2,Yb4b6]} 25. Qa3 $13 (25. Qd3 Qe5) 25... bxc5 26. Qe3 Ka8 (26... Qf6
27. b3) (26... Qxg3 27. Qxe6) 27. Qxe6 Qb7 (27... Rb6 28. Rc2 Rhb8 29. b3 $13)
28. Qxf5 Rb8 29. Qf6 a5) 25. Qxc6 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxh6 Rxh6 28. Rxh6 Rd3
29. Rxe6 Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.01.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 {Diese
Stellung konnte man in vielen hochklassigen Partien antreffen (Shirov, Bareev
mit Schwarz, Shirov, Leko mit Weiß) - nur Morozevich spielt 6...gxf6.} 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Qd2 Be7 (8... b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5 $40) (8... Nd7 {
gilt als die solide Hauptvariante.}) 9. O-O-O {Weiß hält sich die Option Lc4
oder Ld3 noch offen.} Qd5 $5 {vermutlich vorbereitet} 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. a3 $5 {
Neu, Weiß verhindert einfach Lb4 - sicher eine Brettentscheidung.} (11. Ne5 Bb4
$11 12. Nc4 Bxc3 13. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 {ergibt ein völlig ausgeglichenes
Endspiel.}) 11... Nd7 12. Kb1 Qb6 (12... c6 $5) 13. Qe3 Nf6 14. Ne5 {Pläne
Weiss: Lc4 - das erschwert f6, so wird der Se5 schwer vertreibbar; Bauernzüge
f4 oder g4 Schwarz: eine Idee ist c7-c5; außerdem Sf6-d5, dann hängt es davon
ab, wie Weiß reagiert, das Grundproblem ist aber der Lc8.} Rd8 $6 {Hier hat
Ivanchuk wohl recht lange überlegt.} (14... Nd5 {scheint mir richtig zu sein.}
15. Qf3 (15. Nxd5 exd5 {Weiß steht vielleicht ein klein wenig besser, aber ich
weiß nicht, welcher Plan das bestätigen könnte.}) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 c5 {
Das ist wohl die kritische Stellung, wiederum ist zu prüfen, wie es weiter
geht.}) 15. Bc4 $1 {Weiß steht völlig gesund da, Schwarz hat immer noch das
Problem mit dem Lc8.} Bd7 $2 (15... Nd5 {War wiederum angesagt, wenngleich
hier schon nicht mehr ganz so gut.} 16. Qg3 f6 17. Ng4 $13) 16. Bb3 Be8 17.
Rhe1 Bf8 {Schwarz spielt völlig passiv, nicht einmal a7-a5 kommt aufs Brett.
Aber was kann schon passieren, wenn die Stellung keinerlei Schwächen aufweist?}
(17... c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) (17... Nd7) 18. g4 $1 Nd5 {
Erst jetzt, nach drei wirkungslosen Läuferzügen, kommt dieser Springerzug - zu
spät.} (18... c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 {sieht auch schlimm für
Schwarz aus.}) 19. Qf3 $1 c6 $6 {Der letzte Fehler.} (19... Nxc3+ 20. Qxc3 $16
{ist aber ebenfalls klar besser für Weiß.}) 20. Ne4 $1 Qc7 (20... Rab8 21. g5 (
21. c4 f6 $5) 21... Ne7 22. g6 $5 Nxg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Ng5 Be7 25. Nxe6 $1
$18) 21. c4 $1 Ne7 (21... Nb6 22. g5 $1 Nd7 23. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (23... Nxf6 24.
gxf6 g6 25. h4 {und Schwarz wird nicht lange überleben.}) 24. gxf6 Nxe5 25.
Qg3+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Ng6 27. Qxc7 $18) 22. Ng5 Nc8 (22... Ng6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Qh3
{jetzt sieht man warum der König besser auf b1 steht}) 23. c5 {In weniger als
zwei Stunden war alles vorbei.} 1-0

[Event "Biel Credis"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Zueger, Beat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14.
Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2 Rhe8 {So spielt Ulf Andersson. Die prinzipiell andere
Möglichkeit besteht darin, einen R nach g8 zu spielen.} (15... Rhe8 $140) 16.
c4 Nf8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Re7 20. a3 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Red7 22. Rd2 h5
23. Red1 f5 24. Ne1 f4 25. Nc2 c5 26. b4 cxd4 27. Nxd4 e5 28. Nb5 Qc6 29. Rxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
c4 {N; ! /\ Ne4-c3, d4-d5 (Minasian)} Bb4+ (8... Bb7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. g3 $1 c6 (
10... f5 $5 11. Bg2 Bf6 12. O-O $13) 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Qa4 Kb8 14.
b4 {|_|^<< (Minasian)}) 9. Nc3 $14 c5 10. Bd3 $1 Bb7 11. O-O cxd4 12. Be4 Bxe4
(12... Nc6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Nexd4 $14 {Minasian}) 13. Nxe4 O-O (13... Nc6 14.
Qa4 Rc8 15. Rad1 e5 16. Nh4 $44 {Minasian}) 14. Nxd4 f5 15. Ng3 Na6 16. a3 Bc5
17. Nb5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 $16 Rfc8 19. Rd7 Bf8 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Rc2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. b4 Rd1+ 24. Nf1 Rd7 25. g3 Kf8 26. f4 Ke7 27. Rd2 Rb7 28. Ne3 Bg7 29.
Kf2 Nc7 30. Nd6 Rb8 31. Nxf7 a5 32. b5 Nxb5 33. cxb5 Kxf7 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. Nc4
Bf8 36. Ne5 Bc5+ 37. Kf3 1-0

[Event "WchT 2nd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.10.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 {Gibt laut Theorie +/=. Zudem entspricht der Zug dem Stil von Sax.
Kortschnoj weigert sich im Folgenden konsequent h6 zu ziehen, was vielleicht
eine Verbes- serung des schwarzen Spielplans darstellt.} c5 9. dxc5 {Eine
fragwürdige Neuerung gegenüber 9.Dd2 h6 10.Lxf6 Dxf6 11.0-0-0+/= oder +/- in
Gligoric-Balashov, Skopje 1970 (i9/170). Hatte Kortschnoj hier etwas in petto?}
Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Ng5 {Mit den letzten beiden Zügen versuchte
Weiß nachzuweisen, daß h4 doch seine Berechtigung hat. Der Zeitverlust dieser
Umgruppierung ist jedoch zu groß.} b6 $15 13. Bb5 a6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. Qc2 Nc5 $1
(15... Bxg2 16. Rg1 Qh2 17. O-O-O Bc6 (17... h6 18. Rxg2 Qxg2 19. Bf3) 18. Nxh7
) 16. Bxc5 (16. O-O-O h6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Nf3 Bc6 $17) 16... Qxc5 17. Ne4 Qe5
18. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 $17 (18... Qxf6 19. f3) 19. O-O-O $8 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Bc6 21.
Qd2 Ke7 22. f4 Qd5 $1 23. Qe3 Qc5 $1 24. Rd4 a5 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. Rg7 Bd5 27.
Bd3 Bxa2 $19 28. Rxh7 Rxh7 29. Bxh7 Rxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxd4 31. cxd4 f5 {Der Läufer
ist gefangen und Schwarz gewinnt mühelos.} 32. h5 b5 33. h6 Kf8 34. Kd2 b4 35.
Kc2 a4 36. Kd2 Bb1 37. Kc1 Bd3 38. Kd2 Be4 39. Kc1 a3 40. bxa3 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc zt"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Black "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 f5 $2 {In der Variante mit 7...b6 muß der Bauer auf f6 stehen
bleiben und das Feld e5 schützen.} 10. Nc3 $16 c6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 Nd7
13. Kb1 {/\ 14.Bxf5} Nf6 14. Ne5 Rf8 {Schwarz muß Klimmzüge machen, um noch
zur langen Rochade zu kommen. Aber Weiß hat schon alle Figuren optimal
plaziert und hat einen typischen Durchbruch.} 15. d5 $3 Ne4 $6 (15... Nxd5 $6
16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bb5+ Kd8 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Rg7 20. Rxd5+ Bxd5 21. Qxd5+
$18) (15... cxd5 $6 16. Bb5+ Kd8 17. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 18. Qxe6 Rf8 (18... Rg7 19.
Qxf6 $18) 19. Nxd5 $1 $18) (15... exd5 16. Bxf5 Rd8 17. Qe3 {Schwarz hat keine
Perspektive, der weiße Sieg ist nur eine Frage der Zeit.}) 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17.
dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe4 $18 Rg8 20. g3 Rg6 21. Qh5 h6 22. Qe5 Rg8 23.
Qf4 Rg6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qc5 26. Rd7 Rg7 27. Red1 Rc8 28. c3 a5 29. Qxh6
Qf5+ 30. Ka1 Rh7 31. Qd2 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Qd2 b6 8.
Nc3 c6 {Damit wird das positionelle Bauernopfer d4-d5 verhindert.} 9. O-O-O Bb7
10. f4 $2 {Das Feld f4 sollte für einen weißen Springer reserviert werden.} f5
$15 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. g3 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Ba6 h5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qf3 a6 19. Rd3 h4 20. Rhd1 hxg3 21. hxg3 Rh2 22. a3 b5 23. Kb1
Bxe5 24. fxe5 Ng4 25. Na2 Rf2 26. Qh1 Rh2 27. Qe1 Qb6 28. R1d2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 c5
30. dxc5 Rxd3 31. cxd3 Qxc5 32. d4 Qc6 33. Nc3 f6 34. exf6 Nxf6 35. Qg5 Nd5 36.
Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Qe7+ Kb6 38. Qf6 a5 39. Qh8 Kb7 40. Qe8 a4 41. Ka1 Kc7 42. Qe7+
Kc6 43. Qe8+ Kc7 44. Qe7+ Kb6 45. Qe8 Qc4 46. Qd7 Qc1+ 47. Ka2 Qc6 48. Qd8+ Qc7
49. Qe7 Qxe7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. Ng3
Bb4 {Weiß hat nichts zu befürchten, solange er seine Bauern nicht vorstößt.
Dies zu provozieren ist offensichtlich M.Gurevichs Strategie.} 15. c3 Bf8 16.
Bxb7+ Kxb7 17. c4 Kb8 18. d5 Bb4 19. Rg1 Rge8 {Natürlich muß Schwarz den Punkt
e6 halten.} 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd4 $6 e5 $1 {Schwächt zwar f5, doch der Punkt
d4 ist wichtiger.} 22. Rh4 Nf8 23. a3 Bc5 24. Ne4 $6 f5 $1 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26.
Rh5 e4 27. Nh4 Ne6 28. g3 (28. Qe1 f4 29. Qxe4 Ng7 30. Qxh7 $2 (30. Qf3 $5 Nxh5
31. Qxh5 Qe5 32. Qxe5+ Rxe5 $17) 30... Nxh5 31. Qxh5 Rh8 32. Qg5 Rdg8 33. Qf6
Rf8 34. Qg5 Qh7+ $19) 28... Nd4 $17 29. Qe3 Qf7 30. Rh6 Ka8 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Rd6
Qe7 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Qxd4 Qxa3 35. Rc2 e3 36. Qf6 Qc5 37. fxe3 Rxe3 38. Ng2
Rd3 39. Qh4 Rd1+ 40. Rc1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1990.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Qf4 Nd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ {N} (13. Neg5
{Sax-Ehlvest/Rotterdam/1989/0-1/CBM13}) 13... Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nh7 Re8 16.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 $10 18. f3 f5 19. Rhf1 Rad8 20. c3 f4 21. Be4 Ba6 22.
Rfe1 Rd6 23. Bc2 Bb7 24. Be4 Ba6 25. Bc2 Bb7 26. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-C"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lau, Ralf"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 10. d5 O-O (10... exd5 $6 11. Qe3+ $1 Be6 12. Qxc5 $16 {
Arnason-Skembris/Thessaloniki ol/1988/ED Französisch/i46}) (10... e5 $5 {
Nogueiras}) 11. O-O-O e5 12. h4 Nd7 {N} (12... Bg7 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Be2 b5 $13 {
Vujakovic-G.Dizdar/JUG-chT/1989/TD 7/89}) 13. d6 $1 $14 Nb6 14. Qe3 e4 15. Ng5
Bd7 (15... Bd4 $6 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Nb5 $16) 16. g4 $5 (16. f4 $5) 16... Bd4 17.
Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 f6 $8 19. Bc4+ (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kg7) 19... Nxc4 20.
Qxc4+ Kg7 21. Ne6+ Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Re8 $1 23. Qxf5 Re5 24. Qf4 Qxd6 25. Nxe4 Qe6
26. f3 Rd8 27. b3 Red5 28. g5 f5 29. Qc7+ R8d7 30. Qc3+ Qe5 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32.
Ng3 Kf7 33. f4 Red5 34. Re1 Re7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. c4 Rd3 37. Nxf5+ Ke6 38. Kc2
Rh3 39. Nd4+ Kd7 40. Kd2 Rxh4 41. Ke3 Rh2 42. a3 Ra2 43. a4 a5 44. c5 Ra1 45.
Ke4 Rg1 46. Ke5 Re1+ 47. Kd5 Re3 48. c6+ bxc6+ 49. Nxc6 Rxb3 50. Nxa5 Rf3 51.
Ke5 h5 52. gxh6 Rh3 53. Nc4 Rxh6 54. f5 Rh4 55. Nb6+ Kc6 56. a5 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Borges Matos, Juan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. a4 Nd7 11. O-O Qc7 (11... a5 $1 $10) 12. a5 $1 c5 (12...
bxa5 $6 13. Ra2 {/\ 14.Rfa1+/-}) 13. a6 Bc6 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Be4
$16 f5 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. d5 $1 Bf6 20. Qc6 $1 Qxc6 21. dxc6 Nb8 22.
c7 Nc6 23. Nb5 Rec8 24. c3 Ne7 25. Rad1 Nd5 26. Rxd5 $1 exd5 27. Ne5 Re8 28.
Nd6 Bxe5 (28... Rxe5 $2 29. Rxe5 Bxe5 30. c8=Q+ Rxc8 31. Nxc8 Bb8 32. Ne7+ Kf8
33. Nc6 Bc7 34. Nxa7 $18) 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe5 Rc8 31. Rxd5 Rxc7 32. Kf1 $1
f4 33. Ke2 b5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Rb8 $18 b4 36. Rb7 Rc6 37. Rxa7 bxc3 38. bxc3 c4
39. Kf3 Rd6 40. Kxf4 Rd3 41. Ke4 Rxc3 42. Kd4 Rc2 43. Rc7 Rd2+ (43... Rxf2 44.
a7 Ra2 45. Kxc4 $18) 44. Kc3 Ra2 45. Rc6 (45. a7 $1 Ra4 46. Kd4 Kf6 47. Kc5 c3
48. Kb6 $18) 45... Ra4 46. Kd4 h5 47. h4 Kh7 48. Rf6 Kg7 49. Rc6 Kh7 50. Rd6
Kg7 51. Rb6 Kh7 52. Kc3 Kg7 53. Rd6 Kh7 54. Rf6 Kg7 55. Rc6 Kh7 56. f3 Kg7 57.
Rd6 Kh7 58. Rf6 Kg7 59. Rb6 Kh7 60. g4 hxg4 61. fxg4 Kg7 (61... Kg7 62. g5 Kh7
63. h5 Kg7 64. Kd4 Kg8 (64... Ra5 65. h6+ Kh7 66. Kxc4 Rxg5 67. a7 Ra5 68. Rb7
Kxh6 69. Kb4 Ra1 70. Rxf7 Kg6 71. Rc7 Kf6 72. Kc5 Ke6 73. Kc6 $18) 65. Rb8+ Kg7
66. Ra8 Ra5 67. a7 Ra4 68. Kc3 Kh7 69. h6 Ra1 70. Kxc4 Ra2 71. Kc5 Ra1 72. Kd6
$18) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 $1 O-O (8... h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 $14 {Die eingeschobenen Züge h4 und
h6 begünstigen Weiß, denn im Falle der kurzen schwarzen Rochade gibt es mit
g2-g4-g5 einen klaren und starken Plan.}) 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bxf6 $1 (10. dxe5 Nxe5
11. Qxd8 Nxf3+ $10) 10... Qxf6 11. O-O-O exd4 (11... e4 12. Ng5 $16 {>< Pe4})
12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Rxd4 {Weiß hat nur einen winzigen Vorteil, aber die einzigen
Partien mit diesem Endspiel endeten beide 1-0.} Nf6 (13... Re8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15.
Re1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 Kf8 18. Nd3 $14 Re8 19. Kd2 Bc6 20. f3 a5 21. a3
Re7 22. c4 Nd7 23. c5 Ke8 24. Ba4 Re6 25. Kc3 Bxa4 (25... b5 26. cxb6 cxb6 27.
Bxc6 Rxc6+ 28. Rc4 $14) 26. Rxa4 b6 27. Re4 Rxe4 28. fxe4 $16 {Brodsky,
M-Doroshkievich,V/Rostov op 1993/1-0 (100)}) 14. Bc4 $14 a6 15. Re1 b5 (15...
b6 16. Re7 $16) 16. Bd5 Rb8 (16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Be6 18. Rc5 {>< Pc7}) 17. Bc6
Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Re7 $16 {>< Rb7} Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Rd8 Kf8 22. Ne5
Rb6 23. Ra8 Ke7 24. Nd3 Nf6 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. Nxa6 b4 27. a3 bxa3 28. bxa3 c5 29.
a4 Nd7 30. Ra7 Ne5 31. Nc7 Rb4 32. Nb5+ Kc6 33. g3 Kb6 34. Re7 Re4 35. Nd6 Re1+
36. Kd2 Nf3+ 37. Kc3 Rxe7 38. Nc8+ Ka5 39. Nxe7 Kxa4 40. Kc4 Nd2+ 41. Kxc5 Ne4+
42. Kd5 Nxf2 43. c4 g6 44. c5 Kb5 45. Nc8 f5 46. c6 Ka6 47. Kd6 Ne4+ 48. Kc7
Nc5 49. Ne7 Kb5 50. h5 f4 51. gxf4 gxh5 52. Nf5 Na6+ 53. Kd6 Kb6 54. Nh4 Nc5
55. f5 Ne4+ 56. Ke5 Nf2 57. Kd5 Ng4 58. Kd6 Nf6 59. Nf3 Ne4+ 60. Ke5 Nf2 61.
Kd5 Kc7 62. f6 Nd3 63. Nh4 Nb4+ 64. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 b6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. O-O-O g6 $2 {Schwächt den König freiwillig.} (
11... Qe7 12. h4 Rfd8 13. Neg5 g6 14. Be4 $6 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. h5 c5 $10 {
Nikolic,Z-Kovacevic,Vl/JUG-ch/1989/CBM13}) 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 Nf6 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. Neg5 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Qd6 17. Rh4 Nd5 18. Rdh1 f5 19. Qd2 c5 20. Qg5 Rf6 21.
Ne5 cxd4 22. cxd4 Ne7 23. Rh7 Rf7 24. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ $6 {Ich sehe keinen Sinn darin, einen Zug zu provozieren, den Schwarz
soundso macht.} c6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. a4 a5 12. O-O Nd7 13. c4 O-O {
Auf die gleiche Seite zu rochieren wie der Weiße ist in dieser Variante sehr
wichtig.} 14. Rfd1 Kh8 15. Rac1 f5 16. Ng3 Rae8 17. Bb1 Qf4 18. Rc3 Nf6 19. Ne5
c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd2 b6 {Diese Zugfolge war in den letzten zwei Jahren häufig anzutreffen.
Chandler meint >= 8...Nd7.} 9. O-O-O (9. Nxf6+ $5 {N} Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Ng5
h6 $5 12. Nh7 Qxd4 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 $8 (13... Qxb2 14. Bh7+ Kh8 $8 15. O-O {
Chandler}) 14. c3 Qh4 15. O-O-O Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bc6 17. f4 $14 {Chandler,
M-Psakhis,L/Moskva GMA-final/1990/1-0}) 9... Bb7 {Die Ergebnisse mit dieser
Variante sind zufriedenstellend für Schwarz. Dies zeigen auch die Partien 238
und 326.} 10. Qf4 Nd7 $10 11. Bd3 Be7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 {Auch 13...Qd6
war nicht schlecht in Sax-Ehlvest, Rotterdam 1989.} 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15. Ne5 $6 c5
$1 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $15 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Qf3 Rd5 19. Qe2 b5 20. f4 a6 21. g3 g6
22. Kb1 Rfd8 23. g4 Nd7 24. Nf3 Nb6 25. Ng5 Na4 26. Ne4 Qb4 27. c3 Qxb2+ 28.
Qxb2 Nxb2 29. Kxb2 Rxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxd3 31. f5 exf5 32. gxf5 Bxh4 33. Rh1 Be7 34.
f6 Re3 35. Rh4 Bd8 36. Rf4 Bc7 37. Rh4 Be5 38. Kc2 Rf3 39. a4 h5 40. axb5 axb5
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Rhe1 Qc7 12. Nc3 $5 {N} Nf8 $6 (12... O-O-O
13. d5 $5 cxd5 (13... exd5 14. Qxe7 dxc4 15. Qxf7 b5 16. Nd4) 14. Bxd5 Kb8 $13
(14... Bb4 $2 15. Bxb7+ Qxb7 16. Qc4+ Bc5 17. b4) 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7)
13. Ba6 Bxa6 (13... O-O-O 14. d5 $5) 14. Qxa6 Ng6 15. Qc4 Qd7 16. g3 h5 17. h4
b5 18. Qd3 Kf8 19. Nd2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Kg7 21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Qf3 f5 23. Nc5 Qc8 24.
a3 Ba5 25. b4 Bb6 26. Ne2 Bxc5 27. dxc5 e5 28. Rd6 Rxd6 29. cxd6 c5 30. Qd5
cxb4 31. axb4 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 33. Kb2 Kf6 34. Kc3 Rd8 35. Rd1 Ke6 36. Kxc4
Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Nc3 Kc6 39. Nd5 f4 40. Nf6 fxg3 41. fxg3 Ne7 42. Nxh5
Nd5 43. Ng7 Nb6+ 44. Kb3 Kd5 45. h5 e4 46. h6 e3 47. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7.
Nf3 b6 8. Bc4 Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O {Der Standardzug ist 10.0-0-0. Dann spielt
Schwarz Qc7, Nd7 und 0-0-0. Nach der kurzen Rochade von Weiß kommt dieser Plan
auch in Frage.} Nd7 $2 {Diese "kleine" Ungenauigkeit in der Zugreihenfolge
zieht fatale Konsequenzen nach sich.} (10... Qc7 {Vielleicht kann Weiß die
gleiche Idee wie in der Partie anwenden, aber mit ungleich höherem Risiko:} 11.
Nh4 $5 (11. Rfe1 {Finkel,A} Nd7 12. Ng3 (12. Rad1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Nf8 (13... f5
$5 14. Ng3 Bd6 15. Nh5 $6 Rhg8 $15 16. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. dxe5 Bxe5
$1 $17 {Kuna,R-Berndt,M/OLO-A 1994/0-1 (66)}) 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 Ng6 16. Qe3
f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 $13 {Vlad,D-Gonzales,G/WchJ Mamaia 1991 (38)}) 12... O-O-O 13.
Ba6 (13. a4 a5 14. Ba6 h5 $1 15. c3 h4 16. Nf1 Nf8 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Ng6
$132 {Kindermann,S-Meister,P/BL 1990 (45)}) 13... Kb8 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. a4 Nf8
(15... a5 $5 $13) 16. a5 Ng6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Ra4 $14 {Rossolimo,N-Kramer,H/
Amsterdam 1950 (40)}) (11. a4 a5 12. c3 Nd7 13. Rfb1 $6 h5 14. h4 Qf4 15. g3
Qg4 $13 {Stelting,T-Putzbach,G/BL2-N 1991/0-1 (64)}) 11... f5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13.
Ng5 Ba6 {(Fritz)} 14. Nxf7 (14. Bxf7+ $2 Kf8 15. Ne6+ Kxf7 16. Nxc7 Bxe2 17.
Rfe1 Na6 18. Nxa8 Bc4 $19) 14... Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Rf8 16. Ne5 $13) 11. Nh4 $1 (11.
a4 $5 {Finkel,A} a5 12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. Qe3 Ng6 14. Ng3 Qd6 15. Nh5 Rg8 16. c3 $14
{Heinatz,T-Liedtke,M/Dresden op 1992 (60)}) (11. Ba6 {Finkel,A} Bxa6 12. Qxa6
Qc7 13. c4 O-O 14. Qa4 Kh8 $5 15. Rad1 Rg8 16. Rfe1 Rg4 $13 {Janovsky,S-Zysk,R/
Werfen op 1993/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 11... O-O ({Nach} 11... Qc7 12. Qh5 $1 {bleibt
Schwarz nichts anderes übrig als} O-O {Aber auch das ist ziemlich hoffnungslos:
Mit} (12... f5 {Finkel,A} 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Qd8 15. Qg3 Nf6 16. c3 $14) (
12... Qf4 13. Bxe6 $1 Qxe4 14. Qxf7+ Kd8 15. Nf5 Re8 16. Rae1 $1 $18) 13. f4 $1
{wird die Verteidigung Qc7-f4 gleich rausgenommen.} f5 14. Ng5 Nf6 (14... Bxg5
15. fxg5 $18) 15. Qh6 Qd7 (15... Qd8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Rf7 18. Nxf5 $18)
16. Rad1 Z0 17. Rf3 $18) (11... f5 $2 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Nd6+ $18 (13. Nd6+ {
Finkel,A} Kf8 14. Qh5 $18)) 12. Ng3 f5 {Finkel: Extremly dangerous dicision,
almost by force leading to lost position.} (12... Re8 13. Qh5 $16 {/\} (13.
Qg4+ Kh8 14. Qh5 f5 15. Ngxf5 exf5 16. Nxf5 $16) 13... Z0 14. Nhf5) (12... b5
$5 {Finkel,A}) 13. Nhxf5 $1 exf5 14. Nxf5 Bf6 (14... Bg5 {Finkel,A} 15. f4 Bf6
16. Qh5 Nb8 17. Rf3 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gf3h3]}) 15. Qh5 $1 {/\ 16.Bd3 +-} (
15. Qg4+ Kh8 16. Nd6 {ist auch klar vorteilhaft.}) 15... Bg7 {Das ist gänzlich
hoffnungslos.} (15... Kh8 16. Bd3 Rg8 17. Nd6 Rg7 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 Qe7
20. Qxe7 Bxe7 $18) (15... Qc7 {Finkel,A} 16. Bd3 $1 $18) 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nxg7
Qxg7 18. Qxd7 {Finkel: Now we can see the consequences of 12th move of black:
white has two extra pawns and quiet easy technical job to convert this
advantage into win.} Rab8 19. Rad1 c5 20. d5 b5 21. Rd3 Kh8 22. Rg3 Qe5 23.
Qxb5 Ba8 24. Qa6 Rxb2 25. Bb3 f5 26. Qxa7 c4 27. Qc5 Rd8 28. Qxc4 Bxd5 29. Qc5
1-0

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bxf6 {Damit hat es keine Eile. Weiß kann diesen Zug später spielen oder auf
ihn verzichten.} gxf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. O-O-O Bc5 13.
Nxd4 O-O-O 14. Nb3 Qc6 15. f4 (15. Nxc5 $14) 15... Bb6 16. g3 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1
Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. c3 Ke7 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. b3 f5 22. Kc2 f6 23. a4 Kf7 24.
Qh5+ Kg7 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Nxf3 Kf7 27. Kd3 Ke7 28. b4 a5 29. Kc4 axb4 30. cxb4
Kd6 31. a5 Bf2 32. b5 h5 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Kxd4 e5+ 35. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch45"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1990.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Black "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. d5 $5 {Seit Savshenko-Shabalov gilt 8.
Ng3 in Verbindung mit dem Textzug als gut. Aber dieses Urteil muß vielleicht
revidiert werden.} (11. dxc5 Qb5 (11... Bxc5 $10) 12. Qd4 Rg8 13. O-O-O Qxc5
14. Qd2 $14 {Gligoric-Dizdar,G/Jugoslavija ch/1990}) 11... exd5 12. Ne5 (12.
Qd3 Nc6 (12... Qe6+ $6 13. Kd1 $1) 13. O-O-O (13. Qxf5 Qe6+ $10) 13... f4 14.
Nh5 Qg4 $2 (14... Nb4 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nxf4) (14... O-O-O $1 15.
Nxf4 Nb4 16. Qa3 Qg4 17. g3 Bd6 $1 $17) 15. Qxd5 Rd8 16. Qf5 $1 $16 {
Savshenko-Sabalov/URS-YM/1989}) 12... Qe6 13. f4 Nc6 14. O-O {Von Vorteil für
Weiß kann keine Rede sein: =/+/=} Nxe5 15. fxe5 O-O-O 16. Qh5 Qxe5 17. Rae1
Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Qh4 19. Rxf5 Qxh5 20. Nxh5 Rd7 21. Rxf7 Bh4 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. g3
Be7 24. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
c4 $5 Bb7 9. Nc3 f5 $1 $146 10. d5 $5 (10. g3 Bf6 {><d4}) 10... Bf6 11. Qd2 c6
$1 12. O-O-O O-O (12... cxd5 $5 13. cxd5 O-O 14. dxe6 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 fxe6 16.
Bc4 Bxf3 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. gxf3 $10) 13. g4 $1 cxd5 14. gxf5 $1 Kh8 15. Rg1 $6
(15. Bg2 $5 $13) 15... Nd7 16. cxd5 $6 (16. Qh6 $2 Rg8 $17) (16. fxe6 fxe6 17.
Rg3 $13) 16... Bxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 $15 18. Kb1 (18. Qxd5 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Qc7 $15)
18... Qe7 $6 (18... Rc8 $15) 19. Re1 Qd6 20. Bc4 $1 Rad8 21. Qxd5 $1 Qb4 22.
Qb5 Qd6 $1 23. Rd1 Qc7 $1 24. Bd5 Qf4 $1 25. Qc4 $10 Qxf5+ 26. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 b6 $6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 Bb7 (10... h6 11. Be4 $16) 11. Ng5
$1 h6 (11... g6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. h4 $1 Nxd4 14. h5 Bxg2 15. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 16.
hxg6+ Kg8 17. Rh6 $1 Nf3 18. gxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxf6 Nxd2 20. Rg6+ Rg7 21. Rxg7+
Kxg7 22. Rg1 Nf3 23. Rxg2+ Kh8 24. Rg6 $16 {Sax,G-Gurevich,M/Manila izt/1990/})
12. Nh7 Qxd4 13. Nxf8 Kxf8 14. c3 Qh4 15. g3 $1 (15. O-O-O Bxg2 16. Rhg1 Bf3 $1
17. Be4 (17. Rde1 Nd7 18. Re3 Bc6 19. Reg3 g5 $15 {Bareev}) 17... Bxe4 18. Rg4
Qe7 19. Rxe4 Nc6 20. Rg1 Qd6 $10 {Polgar,J-Bareev,E/Linares/1994/}) 15... Qf6
16. Rf1 Nd7 (16... Bf3 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qe3 Qh5 20. Rd1 $16) 17.
f4 $1 $16 (17. Be2 Nc5 18. O-O-O Bg2 $10 {Bareev}) 17... Nc5 18. O-O-O Bd5 (
18... Rd8 19. Qe3 $8 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Ba6 21. Rdd1 $16 {Prasad}) (18... a5 19. Bc2
Bc6 20. Qe3 a4 $14 {Prasad} 21. Rd4 $16 {Chandler,M-Prasad,D/Novi Sad ol/1990/}
) 19. c4 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Bc6 21. Qd4 $6 Ke7 $6 (21... Qxd4 $1 {Kindermann}) 22.
Qe3 Qf5 23. g4 $1 Qxg4 24. Qe5 Rc8 25. Rg1 Qh4 26. Rxg7 Qxh2 27. Re1 Bd7 28. c5
$1 Qf2 (28... Qh3 29. f5 $18) (28... bxc5 29. Qxc5+ Kf6 30. Qd4+ Ke7 31. Rxf7+
Kxf7 32. Qxd7+ $18) 29. c6 Be8 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Qe5 (31. Rxf7+ $1 Bxf7 32.
Qxc8+ Kg7 33. Qg4+ Kf6 34. Re5 $18) 31... Rd8 32. Rgg1 Qc5+ $8 33. Qxc5+ bxc5
34. Re5 Rd4 35. Rxc5 Rxf4 36. Rg3 Rf1+ 37. Kc2 Rf2+ 38. Kb3 f5 39. Re3 f4 40.
Re1 h5 41. Rf5+ Bf7+ 42. Kc3 h4 43. Rh1 Rf3+ 44. Kd4 h3 45. Ke4 Rf2 46. Rxh3
Kg7 47. Rxf4 Rxb2 48. Ra3 Rc2 49. Rg3+ Bg6+ 50. Kd5 Rxa2 51. Ke6 (51. Rfg4 $2 {
Hecht} Rd2+ 52. Kc5 Rd6) (51. Ke6 {Hecht} Rd2 52. Rf7+ Kh6 53. Rf6 Rd6+ 54. Ke7
Rxf6 55. Kxf6 Bh5 56. Rh3 a5 57. Rh4 a4 58. Rxa4 Bf3 59. Rh4+ Bh5 60. Rh2 $18)
1-0

[Event "Rotterdam"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
c3 {Der neue Trend !?} Nd7 9. Qc2 e5 10. O-O-O exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Rxd4 Qe7
13. h4 (13. f4 h6 14. g3 Nb6 $6 15. Bg2 Bf5 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Rdd1 Bg4 $4 18.
Ng5 {1-0/Ivanovic,B-Kovacevic,Vlado/JUG-ch/1989/CBM13}) 13... Ne5 $1 14. Ng5 g6
15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qf4+ 17. Nd2 Qf6 18. h5 Bf5 19. hxg6 (19. Ne4 $5) 19...
Bxg6 $10 20. Ne4 Qe6 21. f3 Nc6 22. Ra4 a6 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Nf6+
Kg7 26. Nxd5 Rae8 27. Rah4 Re1+ 28. Kd2 Rb1 29. Bd3 Rxh1 30. Rxh1 Rd8 31. c4
Ne5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Kc3 c6 34. Nf4 g5 35. Rh5 Kf6 36. Rh6+ Ke7 37. Rh5 Kf6
38. Rh6+ Ke7 39. Rh5 Nxc4 40. Rxg5 Nb6 41. b3 Kf6 42. Rh5 Rd1 43. a4 Nc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dworakowska, Joanna"]
[Black "Michna, Marta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Qd2 (9. O-O e5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. c3 Bf5
14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 {1/2-1/2 Sydor,A-Panchenko,A/Lublin 1977/}) 9... e5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Neg5 h6 12. Ne4 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14.
g4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. fxe5 fxe4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20.
Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rad8 22. Rhd1 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 e3 24. e6 Re8 25. Rd7 e2 26. Kd2
Bf3 27. e7 Bh5 28. Rd8 Kh7 29. Bd3+ Kg8 30. Bb5 {1-0 Prudlo,S-Kornek,A/GER
1995/}) (9... h6 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 c5 12. dxc5 f5 13. Nc3 Nxc5 14. Bc4 Qxd2+
15. Rxd2 a6 $11 {Baerner,H-Moosleitner,H/St Veit 1998/}) 10. d5 Be7 11. O-O-O (
11. O-O Nb6 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 $11) 11... Nb6 12. Nxe5 (12. Nc3 $5) 12... Qxd5 13.
Nc4 Be6 14. Nc3 Qh5 15. Ne3 Rfd8 16. a3 c6 17. h4 Qa5 18. Ne4 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 h6
20. f4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nc3 Bf6 (22... Be6 $5) 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Re2 Kf8
25. g3 Re8 26. Rhe1 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Neg5 h6 (11... Bxg5 $5 {Finkel,A
} 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. h4 c5 14. dxc5 Qd5 15. Kb1 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8
18. Qd6 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Dizdar,G/Celje 2003/CBM 097 ext (18)}) 12. Bh7+ Kh8
13. Be4 {The opponents are on the path of the famous game J. Polgar-Berkes,
but black has something up his sleeve.} Bxg5 {In the above mentioned game 13...
hxg5 happened. And after 14.g4!! white achieved a strong attack.} 14. Nxg5 Rb8
15. Nf3 ({Or} 15. h4 Nf6 16. Qe3 Qd6 {and the black position looks quite solid.
}) 15... Nf6 ({Finkel,A: Another possible defensive plan was to trade the
lightsquared bishops, but white seem to keep a small plus in any case.} 15...
Bb7 {Finkel,A} 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. d5 $5 {[%csl Rd7]} e5 18. Rhe1 (18. d6 e4 19.
Qd5 Nc5 $11) 18... Re8 19. Re4 $14) 16. Bc6 {Otherwise white has no advantage
at all.} Qd6 17. Ne5 (17. Qc3 $5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxc7 Rb7 20. Qc3 Qxa2
$13) 17... Ng4 $1 18. Nxg4 (18. Qc3 Nxf2 19. Rdf1 Nxh1 20. Rxf7 (20. Nxf7+ Rxf7
(20... Kg8 $5) 21. Rxf7 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qf3 Rb8 24. g3 Kg8 25. Rf4 Nxg3
$17) 20... Kg8 $19) 18... Qxc6 19. Rhe1 (19. Nxh6 $2 e5 $1 $17) 19... Qd5 {
Finkel,A: 'It was too dangerous to take the pawn on g2:'} (19... Qxg2 $6 {
Finkel,A} 20. Qf4 Qh3 21. Ne5 Qh5 22. Rg1 $36 {[%cal Gd1d3,Gd3g3]}) 20. Re3 (
20. Nxh6 $2 Qh5 21. Re3 e5 $1 $17) ({Still more solid was} 20. Kb1 {with equal
play.}) 20... f6 (20... Qxa2 {Finkel,A} 21. Ra3 Qd5 22. Nxh6 Qxg2 23. Rg3 Qxh2
24. Ng4 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd1g1,Gd2e3]}) 21. Rg3 Qxa2 $1 {Unexpected and
strong. White now has to restrict his ambitions.} 22. Ra3 ({White has rejected
} 22. Qb4 {, perhaps because of} Qa1+ 23. Kd2 Qa5 24. Qxa5 bxa5 {- he is a
pawn down and also - the knight g4 certainly does not decorate the white
position.}) 22... Qd5 (22... Qc4 {Finkel,A} 23. Nxh6 e5 $1 $13 {[%csl Gh3]})
23. Rh3 {Look: two moves before white put his rook only to g3...} Qg5 $2 {
It is so tempting to get rid of the assault against the black king, but it
turns out to be not satisfactory because of other reasons. Finkel,A: 'Black
underestimates his chances in the middlegame transposing into a worse ending.
After the correct'} ({Another move was much safer:} 23... e5 $1 24. Rxh6+ (24.
Nxh6 $4 Bxh3 25. gxh3 f5 $19) 24... Kg8 (24... gxh6 {Finkel,A} 25. Qxh6+ Kg8
26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Nxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxf6+ $18) 25. Rh4 (25. Rg6 $2 Qe4 26. Qh6 (26.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Nxf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Qf4+ $17 (29... Bf5 $19)) 26...
Qf4+ $19) 25... exd4 (25... Qxg2 $5 $132 {Finkel,A the position would be
highly unclear.}) 26. Ne3 Qa2 27. Qxd4 Be6 28. Qa4 {with an about equal
endgame.}) 24. Qxg5 fxg5 25. Rc3 $1 $44 {In fact white, getting an excellent
square for his knight and the rook to the seventh rank, has a clear edge!} e5 {
The move is self-evident.} ({But another move had to be taken into account as
well:} 25... h5 26. Ne5 (26. Rh3 h4 27. Rc3 e5 $13) 26... Rxf2 27. Rxc7 Bb7 (
27... Rxg2 28. Rf1 $16) 28. Nf7+ Kg8 29. Nxg5 Rc8 $1 {black has good chances
to achieve a draw.}) 26. Nxe5 Rxf2 27. Rxc7 Bf5 28. d5 (28. g4 $5 Rc8 29. Rxc8+
Bxc8 30. h3 {followed then by Rd3, b2-b4, eventually Rc3 or d4-d5 would lead
to a certain advantage for white. The idea g2-g4 came to mind of Volokitin two
moves later.}) 28... Rb7 $1 29. Rc6 Re7 30. g4 $1 {Excellent!} (30. Re1 Kh7 31.
d6 Re6 $1 {would not promise much - it are the white pieces which are pinned
all over.}) (30. Nf3 Rxg2 31. d6 Re3 32. Nd4 Bg4 33. Rc7 Re8 34. d7 (34. Nc6 $2
Bxd1 $17 35. Kxd1 (35. d7 Bh5 36. Rc8 $4 Rg1+ 37. Kd2 Rd1+ $19) 35... Re6 $1)
34... Rd8 35. Nc6 Rxd7 36. Rcxd7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Rxh2 {would lead to a position
where white had technical problems to win the game. But the move in the game
leads to a won rook endgame.}) 30... Rxe5 (30... Bxc2 31. d6 $18) 31. gxf5
Rfxf5 32. c4 {Inaccuracy.} ({Stronger} 32. d6 Rd5 (32... Re8 33. c4 Rd8 (33...
Rc5 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. b4 $18) 34. b4 {followed by c5.}) 33. c4 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1
Rf4 35. Ke2 Rd4 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ke4 Kg8 38. Kf5 Kf7 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40. Ke6 Re1+
41. Kd5 {winning.}) 32... Rf2 $1 33. Rd2 Rxd2 34. Kxd2 Kg8 35. b4 {Or 35.Rc8
Kf7 36.Rc7 Kf6 37.Ra7 g4,followed by Rh5-the position is sharp but it
looks-black has good counterplay.} (35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37. Rxa7 g4)
35... Kf8 $2 {Waiting move, just a loss of a tempo.} ({After} 35... b5 {
white is not winning at once:} 36. d6 ({and hardly wins at all - after} 36. Kd3
bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Re2 38. Ra6 (38. h3 h5) 38... Rxh2 39. Rxa7 g4 {...}) 36... bxc4
37. Rc5 Re6 38. Rc6 Re4) 36. Rc8+ Re8 37. Rc7 {Now white is winning easily.}
Rd8 38. b5 Ra8 39. Kd3 a6 40. bxa6 Rxa6 41. Rb7 g4 42. Kd4 Ke8 43. Ke5 Kd8 44.
Rxg7 h5 45. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. h4 O-O 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. O-O-O Nc5 {A new move.} ({After the
theoretical} 11... e5 12. Qe4 g6 13. Rhe1 {black, due to poor development of
his pieces, has some difficulties. But this novelty still does not solve all
black problems.}) 12. Bc4 e5 {A quite natural move. 12...Bd7 looks too slow,
12...b5!? - rather light-hearted...} 13. Nxe5 Bxg5+ 14. hxg5 Qxg5+ 15. Kb1 {
Here 16.Nxf7 is threatening, so the next move of black is more or less forced.}
Be6 16. Rxd4 {Played the most solid way.} (16. Rh5 {was also tempting. Then,
in case of} Qe7 $6 {white could continue} 17. Rxh7 $1) 16... Rad8 {The best.} (
{After a greedy} 16... Qxg2 $2 {white was winning on the spot:} 17. Qh5 h6 18.
Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg4 Qxf2 20. Rxg7+) 17. f4 Qf6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20.
Rd1 $1 $14 {White is playing simple and at the same time, I would say,
profound chess. After all exchanges he will stand better - due to an excellent
location of the knight (whereas his counterpart, standing on c5 is like
hanging in the air), and because of the more centralized position of the white
pawns.} Rc8 $6 {To yield voluntarily a central file is hardly recommendable -
20...Qe8 or 20...Rd6 was called for.} ({Another interesting move was} 20... Re8
{with the idea to play soon f7-f6. Black, perhaps, rejected it because of the
annoying reply} 21. Qb5 $5) 21. Qd2 $1 h6 {Here f7-f6 does not work out
properly:} (21... f6 22. Qd8+ Qe8 23. Qd5+ Qe6 (23... Kf8) 24. Qxc5 $16) 22. a3
f6 23. Nf3 Kh8 $6 {Stronger was} (23... Ne4 24. Qd4 Qc6 {and eventually, if
necessary, f6-f5. As we will see, step by step black yields to the opponent
all important central files and squares...}) 24. Re1 Qf5 25. Re7 a6 26. Qe3 Rd8
{The first threat of black - 27...Rd1+ 28.Ka2 Qxc2.} 27. b3 Kh7 $2 {In spite
of rather feeble play of black his position still was not lost. After 27...b6
black had chances to save his game. Instead he commits a blunder.} (27... Rd7
$2 28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Nd4 Qxf4 31. Qxd7 $18) 28. Rxg7+ $18 Kxg7 29.
Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qxd8+ Kf7 31. Qc7+ Kg8 32. b4 Ne4 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7+ Kg8 35.
Qb8+ Kg7 36. Qc7+ Kg8 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kg8 39. Qe8+ Kg7 40. Nd4 Nc3+ 41.
Ka1 1-0

[Event "London Classic"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2009.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Ni, Hua"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 (4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 $14
{fuehrt zu komplexem Spiel mit Chancen für beide Seiten. Allerdings bei
genauem Spiel kann sich Weiß in allen Varianten einen kleinen Vorteil sichern.}
) 4... dxe4 (4... Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10.
dxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O-O $14 {Typische französische Stellung, in der Weiß einen
stabilen Vorteil hat, weil der schwarze Läufer c8 schlecht ist.}) (4... Bb4 {
die aggressivste Fortsetzung.} 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 (6. exf6 $2 hxg5 7. fxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh5 Qf6 $15) 6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4 g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. h4 $36
) 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 ({Schlechter ist} 5... Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. h4 $14 {Weiß hat bessere Aussichten am Königsflügel
als Schwarz hat am Damenflügel.}) 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 ({Eine Alternative ist} 
7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 ({Zum gleichen Spiel führt} 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+
Qxd7 11. Qe2 (11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Ke2 Rhd8 15. Rhd1+
Kc6 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Sulskis - Vaganian (Gothenburg, 2005)}) 11... cxd4 12.
O-O-O Bc5 13. Qe5 Qe7 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 $11 {Anand - M. Gurevich 
(Bastia, 2004)}) ({Auch nichts bringt} 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 (9... Bd7 $5 {
vielleicht kann Schwarz so auch ausgleichen} 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Ne5+ Kc8 12.
O-O Bd6 13. Qe2 c6 $11) 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Rad8 14. f4
g6 15. Rf3 c5 $132 {Sutovsky - Akopian (Moscow, 2002)}) 8... Nd5 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2
Bd6 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Be4 Nf6 13. Bd3 (13. Bxb7 $2 Rb8 14. Ba6 Ba3
$19) 13... Nd5 14. c4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 c5 16. Be4 O-O-O $11 {Nakamura - Akobian 
(Miami, 2007)}) 9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 {Leko - Ivanchuk (Morelia/Linares, 2007). und Schwarz
konnte das Endspiel trotz des Minusbauern leicht halten.}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 (8.
Be3 Nd5 9. Nf3 {Meister - Glek (Sochi, 2005). -> 7.Nf3 wobei der Zug c3 keinen
Sinn macht.}) 8... c5 (8... Be7 {sieht logisch aus.} 9. Nf3 O-O $11 {Im
nächsten Zug spielt Schwarz c5 oder b6-Bb7 und gleicht aus.}) 9. Bxf6 $5 ({
Nichts bringt} 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 (10... Bd7 $2 11. Qxb7 $16) 11. Bxe7
Qxe7 12. Ne2 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Short -
Korchnoi (Najdorf Memorial, 2001)}) 9... gxf6 10. Qf3 $1 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 $11) 10... cxd4 $2 {Ein grober Fehler, nach dem Schwarz in
Schwiriegkeiten gerät.} (10... Bd7 $1 11. O-O-O (11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qxa7 Rxb2 $15
) 11... cxd4 12. Rxd4 Qc7 $1 13. Qxf6 Rg8 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. Qf4 O-O-O 16. Qxc7+
Kxc7 17. Rd1 Bf6 $44 {Schwarz hat exzellente Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 11.
Bb5+ Ke7 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Qxb7 Rc8 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. O-O-O e5
16. Kb1 Bc5 17. Ne2 $16) 12. Ne2 Qd5 $6 {Ein weiterer Fehlgriff, der Schwarz
an den Rand der Niederlage bringt.} (12... Qb6 $1 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Qe2 Kd8 $3
15. Nb3 Kc7 16. O-O-O Be6 $14 {Die schwarze Stellung ist zwar etwas schlechter,
aber trotzdem spielbar. Der weiße Springer auf b3 spielt nicht mit.}) 13. Qxd5
exd5 14. Nxd4 $16 {Weiß besitzt riesigen strategischen Vorteil.} f5 15. O-O-O
Kf6 16. Ne2 (16. Be2 $5 {Die Überführung des Läufers nach f3 sieht sehr
logisch aus.} Be6 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. h3 Rhe8 20. Rhd1 $16) 16... Be6
17. Nf4 $6 {Der Bauer sollte zuerst blockiert und erst dann angegriffen werden.
Weiß hat wohl das schwarze Gegenspiel unterschätzt.} Rd8 18. Bc4 d4 $1 {
Nun läuft das Spiel forciert und endet in einer Stellung, wo Schwarz doch
gutes Gegenspiel hat.} 19. Bxe6 (19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxd4 (20. cxd4 $4 Rc8 21. b3
b5 $19) 20... Rxd4 21. cxd4 Bd6 22. Re1 Re8 23. Kc2 e5 $1 24. dxe5+ Rxe5 25.
Rd1 Bc5 26. f3 $14 {Weiß hat bessere Chancen, aber das Endspiel ist mit
größter Wahrscheinlichkeit Remis.}) 19... fxe6 20. Rxd4 (20. cxd4 Rc8+ 21. Kb1
Bd6 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Ng3 h5 $44) 20... Bc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nh3 (22. Rf1 e5
23. Ne2 b5 24. Kc2 h5 $44 {Schwarz hat eine gewisse Kompensation für den
geopferten Bauern.}) 22... h5 23. Re1 e5 24. Re2 e4 $44 {Die selbe Situation
auch hier. Die weißen Aussichten sind natürlich besser, aber Schwarz hat doch
sehr aktive Figuren, die ihm Kompensation und gute Rettungschancen versprechen.
} 25. Kc2 h4 26. f3 (26. Rd2 Rg8 (26... Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Ke5 28. g3 hxg3 29. hxg3
b5 $44) 27. Nf4 Ke7 28. Nd5+ Ke6 29. g3 hxg3 30. hxg3 (30. Nc7+ Ke5 31. hxg3
Bb6 $44) 30... Bd6 $44) 26... Re8 27. fxe4 fxe4 {Das größte Problem des
Weißspielers ist sein Springer h3.} 28. b4 $2 (28. Nf4 Bd6 (28... Kf5 $5) 29.
Nd5+ Ke5 30. Ne3 (30. Rxe4+ $4 Kxe4 31. Nf6+ Ke3 32. Nxe8 Bxh2 33. Ng7 Bg3 34.
Nf5+ Kf2 $19) 30... b5 31. Rf2 Rg8 $44) 28... Bd6 {Schwarz gewinnt den Bauern
zurück und die Stellung wird ausgeglichen.} 29. Rf2+ (29. Nf2 Kf5 30. h3 b5 $44
) 29... Ke5 (29... Kg6 $5 30. Nf4+ Kg5 31. Ne2 Bxh2 32. Rf7 Rg8 $132) 30. Ng1
Rg8 31. g3 (31. Ne2 e3 32. Rf7 Rxg2 33. Kd3 Rxh2 $17) 31... hxg3 32. hxg3 Rxg3
33. Ne2 Rf3 34. Rg2 {Es ist eher Schwarz, der hier am Drücker ist. Trotzdem
ist die weiße Stellung sicher genug, um dem schwarzen Druck standzuhalten.} Kd5
35. Nd4 Rh3 36. Nb5 Be5 37. Rd2+ Ke6 38. Nd4+ Bxd4 (38... Kf6 39. Rf2+ Kg6 40.
Rg2+ $11) 39. Rxd4 {Das Turmendspiel ist absolut Remis, keine der Seiten hat
realistische Gewinnchancen.} Rh2+ 40. Kb3 (40. Rd2 $4 Rxd2+ 41. Kxd2 Kd5 42.
Ke3 Kc4 $19) 40... Re2 (40... Ke5 41. Rd7 e3 42. Rxb7 Kf6 43. Rb8 Ke7 44. Rb7+
Kd6 45. Rb8 $11) 41. a4 e3 42. Kc4 (42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Re7 Kf4 44. Rf7+ Ke4 45.
Re7+ Kd3 46. Rd7+ Ke4 $11 {Schwarz sollte nicht zu weit mit seinem König
laufen:} 47. Re7+ Kf3 48. Rf7+ Kg2 49. Rg7+ Kf2 50. Rxb7 (50. Rf7+ Ke1 51. Re7
Kd2 52. Rd7+ Kc1 53. Rxb7 Rb2+ 54. Kc4 e2 55. Re7 Kd1 56. Kb5 e1=Q 57. Rxe1+
Kxe1 58. c4 Kd2 59. c5 Kc3 $19) 50... Rd2 51. Rxa7 e2 52. Rf7+ Ke1 53. a5 $18)
42... Ra2 43. a5 e2 44. Re4+ Kd6 45. Kd3 b6 46. axb6 (46. Rxe2 Rxe2 47. Kxe2
bxa5 48. bxa5 Kc5 49. Kd3 Kb5 50. Kd4 Kxa5 51. Kc5 Ka4 52. c4 a5 53. Kb6 Kb3
54. c5 a4 55. c6 a3 56. c7 a2 57. c8=Q a1=Q $11) 46... axb6 47. Rxe2 Rxe2 48.
Kxe2 b5 49. Kd2 Ke6 $1 {Das Bauernendspiel ist theoretisch Remis.} (49... Kd5
50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kd4 Kc6 52. Ke5 $18) 50. Kd1 (50. Kd3 Kd5 $11) 50... Kd5 51.
Kc2 Kd6 52. Kd2 Ke6 53. Ke3 Ke5 54. Kd3 Kd5 55. c4+ bxc4+ 56. Kc3 Kc6 57. Kxc4
Kb6 58. b5 Kb7 59. Kc5 Kc7 60. b6+ Kb7 61. Kb5 Kb8 62. Kc6 Kc8 63. b7+ Kb8 64.
Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. c3 f5 8.
Ng3 c5 9. Bb5+ (9. Nf3 $5 Qb6 $5 $13 (9... Nc6 10. Bb5)) 9... Bd7 10. Bxd7+ (
10. Qe2 $6 cxd4 $17) (10. Qa4 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Qd7 $10) 10... Qxd7 11. Nf3 Nc6
12. dxc5 (12. O-O $6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 $15) 12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxc5 14. O-O
Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Ke7 17. Re1 (17. Kf1 h5 18. h4 Bd6 $1 $15 {Lautier}
) 17... Kf6 18. Nh5+ Kg6 19. Nf4+ Kf6 20. Nh5+ Kg6 21. Nf4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bb5+ $6 {>=Bd3} c6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. O-O-O (11. Qh6 $6 Nd7 {/\12.Qg7
Rf8 13.Qxh7 f5 14.Ng3 c5!|^}) 11... Nd7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. c4 Kb8 14. Nc3 Nf8
$1 15. Kb1 Ng6 16. g3 f5 (16... Bb4 $6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 c5 19. Be4 Bxe4+
20. Rxe4 cxd4 21. Rexd4 $14) 17. Qe3 $1 c5 $2 (17... a6 $6 18. c5 $1 $16) (
17... Rhe8 18. Ne5 (18. Bc2 $5) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Bc5 20. Qe2 Bd4 21. Kc2 $13
) 18. d5 $1 $16 Rhe8 (18... exd5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxf5 Bxf3 (20... Bb7 $2 21.
Bxg6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 hxg6 23. Nb5 $18) 21. Qxf3 $16) 19. Bc2 (19. Ng5 $1 $16 {
Kortschnoj; /\} f4 20. gxf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf7 Ng2 22. Qxe6 Nxe1 23. Nxd8 Nxd3 24.
Nxb7 Nf4 25. Qe4 $18) (19. Nb5 $5 Qc8 20. Ne5 Bf6 $1 $8 (20... exd5 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. Qf4+ Ka8 23. Nc7+ $18) 21. Nxf7 $1 exd5 22. Qxe8 $1 Rxe8 23. Nfd6 Rxe1
24. Rxe1 Qf8 (24... Qd7 25. Bxf5 $16) (24... Qd8 25. Re8 a6 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.
Nxb7 Kxb7 28. Nd6+ Kc7 29. Nxf5 Ne5 30. Be2 $16) 25. Re8+ Qxe8 26. Nxe8 Bh8 27.
Bxf5 dxc4 $14) 19... a6 20. Ba4 (20. Ng5 $1 $16) 20... Rf8 $13 21. Rd3 $5 (21.
Ng5 f4 $1) (21. Qd3 Rd6 (21... Bc8 $5) 22. Bb3 Rfd8 $15) 21... b5 $1 22. cxb5
$8 (22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qb6 24. Rb3 exd5 $17) (22. Bb3 b4 23. Na4 Rfe8 $17 {
פa4}) 22... exd5 23. bxa6 d4 24. Qe2 (24. a7+ Ka8 25. Nb5 Qa5 26. Qd2 Qxa4 27.
Nc7+ Kxa7 28. Ra3 Qxa3 29. bxa3 Kb6 $1 $17) (24. Qc1 $2 dxc3 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $1
26. axb7 Qd3+ $19) 24... Bxf3 (24... Bxa6 $6 25. Nb5 $36) 25. Qxf3 $138 dxc3
$138 26. Rxc3 Ka7 27. Qxf5 (27. Rb3 $5 Rb8 28. Qxf5 $13) 27... Rd4 $1 28. Bb5
Bd6 $1 29. a4 Ne7 30. Qxh7 Nd5 31. Rd3 Be5 (31... Nb4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe4 $13
) 32. Rxd4 Bxd4 33. Qf5 Rd8 34. Re8 $1 Rxe8 35. Bxe8 Nf6 36. Bb5 Qe7 37. Qc8 $4
(37. Ka2 $1 $14) 37... Qe1+ $4 (37... Nd5 $1 38. Ka2 (38. Bc6 Qe1+ 39. Ka2 Nb4+
40. Kb3 Qd1+ 41. Ka3 (41. Kc4 Qd3#) 41... Bxb2+ 42. Kxb2 Qc2+ 43. Ka3 Qa2#)
38... Bxf2 $19) 38. Ka2 Qe6+ 39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. f3 Bg1 41. h3 Nh5 42. g4 Nf4 43.
h4 Be3 (43... Be3 44. Kb3 $1 (44. h5 Nh3 $1 {/\Ng1=/+}) 44... Ng6 45. h5 Ne5
46. Kc3 Kb6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baron, Tal"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
Qe2 b5 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Nd7 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Bd5 13. Rfe1 b4 14. c4 bxc3 15.
bxc3 f5 16. Ned2 Bf6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Rab1 Rb8 19. Qe3 c5 20. d5 Re8 21. Bh3 Qc7
22. Qd3 Nf8 23. Re3 Rbd8 24. Rbe1 Re7 25. Qb1 Rde8 26. Qd3 Rd8 27. Qe2 Rde8 28.
Qd3 exd5 29. Qxf5 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qd8 31. Bf1 d4 32. e4 Qe7 33. e5 Bg7 34. Bd3
Qe6 35. Qg5 Qh6 36. Qf5 Bc8 37. Qe4 Nd7 38. Qd5 Qh5 39. Ne4 $2 (39. e6 Qxd5 40.
cxd5 $16) 39... Qxf3 $19 40. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 41. exf6 Rxe1+ 42. Kf2 Nxf6 43. Qxc5
Re8 44. Kg2 Bb7+ 45. Kh3 Ne4 46. Bxe4 Bxe4 47. Qd6 d3 48. c5 Re6 49. Qd8+ Bf8
50. Kg4 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 Qd6 $146 (11... b6 {Fritz 5.00 
(100s)} 12. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Pushkov,N/RUS-ch Elista 1994/CBM 44} (12.
Bf3 Rb8 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Kb1 Qd6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Nf3 b5 18. g3 b4
19. Qd3 a5 20. f5 exf5 21. Qxf5 a4 {Ochoa de Echaguen,F-Kortschnoj,V/Barcelona
1992/CBM 30/1/2-1/2 (44)})) 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. f4 Bc6 14. Bf3 Rfd8 15. Bxc6 Qxc6
16. Nf3 Rd6 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. c3 Qb5 19. Qc2 c5 20. Re5 Qb6 21. Rde1 (21. Rxc5
Qxc5 22. dxc5 Rxd1+ $19) 21... cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nd5 23. Nf5 R6d7 24. g3 g6 25. Nh4
{פh4} Rc8 26. Qb3 Qc5 27. R5e2 Rd6 28. Qc2 (28. Qxb7 $4 {Fritz 5.00 (100s)
vergiftet...} Rb6 29. Qxa7 Nxc3+ $1 (29... Rxb2+ $19) 30. Ka1 Nd1 31. Rxd1 Qc1+
32. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 28... Rb6 29. Ka1 Ra6 30. a3 $2 (30. Qb3 $142 $5 $15 {Fritz 5.
00 (100s) muß unbedingt geprüft werden}) 30... Qa5 31. Re5 b5 32. Qb3 Rac6 33.
Rc1 b4 $3 {(Itkis played this move rather quickly, as he usually does when
enjoying his own position, but when his opponent answered)} 34. Qxb4 $8 {
he started shaking his head as a sign that he completely overlooked the pin.
Still, he discovered that the position was still winning, and his involuntary
sacrifice was not that bad after all...} Qa6 $1 35. f5 $4 {For some misterious
reasons, Nevednici must have forgotten that just one move before he had put
his queen en prise. After the game he complained that he blundered the queen
beeing a pawn up, but later he agreed that he was losing:} (35. Qd4 Rxc3 36.
Rxc3 Nxc3 37. Re1 Qa4 $17) (35. Qb3 Rb6 36. Qa2 Nxc3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 $19) 35...
Nxb4 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It is funny how both leaders played their best game of the two rounds
in the sixth round.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 $5 {An interesting
choice by Howell.} 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Nxf6+ {It seems that the Ukrainain GM, who
is known for his aggressive style, was caught off guard. Thus, Onischuk goes
for a less common line.} (6. Bxf6 gxf6 {is considered the mainline. However,
Onischuk may have not been prepared against ...Bxf6.}) 6... Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. Qd2 c5 $1 {This is a mainline and equaliser. Could it be that
Howell wanted more complications?} 10. O-O-O Rd8 11. Qc3 cxd4 {Another long
pause for a well-known forced line.} 12. Rxd4 Rxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 {
This is a completely equal endgame. The way the British GM outplays his strong
opponent reminds one of Capablanca's victories. Either it was bad day at the
office for the Ukrainian or a Magnus-like performance from Howell. Either way
this game is a great example and a worthy textbook lesson!} b6 15. Be2 Bb7 16.
Nb5 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nf6 18. f3 {This is an ugly move and a bad sign. I would
rather play g3 and keep my pawns on the squares that do not restrict my bishop.
} Kf8 19. c4 Ke7 20. Kd2 g5 $1 {A great move by Howell. This is a typical move
that every coach shows to their students. Black is trying to undermine White's
pawn structure with ...g4. Another reason why f3 was not necessary.} 21. Ke3
Bc6 22. Nc3 a5 $1 {A great prohylactic move which costs White more moves to
create a mobile majority. It is noteworthy to see that a3 will be faced with
a4.} 23. b3 h6 24. a3 Ne8 $1 {Another excellent idea from Howell. The knight
is going to d6 from where it can support Black's kingside majority.} 25. g4 {
Tactically sound but still very ugly! Do not put your pawns on the same colour
as your bishop in the endgame!} Nd6 26. f4 Rc8 27. Rc1 f5 $1 {Now the
situation is critical and only accurate play can give White a draw.} 28. h3 Kf6
29. Rd1 $2 {A surprising losing blunder.} (29. fxg5+ hxg5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bf3
{was needed and White should sit tight and prepare to defend a probable rook
and pawn endgame with a pawn down but where a draw is still very much a
conceivable outcome.}) 29... gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 e5+ 31. Ke3 f4+ {Now Black's
central pawns are unstoppable. The game is decided both practically and
scientifically!} 32. Kf2 Ke6 33. Nd5 Ne4+ 34. Ke1 Bxd5 35. Rxd5 Nc3 36. Bd3 e4
37. Rd4 Ke5 38. Rd7 Ke6 39. Rd4 Ke5 40. Rd7 exd3 41. Rxd3 Nb1 42. a4 Ke4 43.
Rd1 Nc3 44. Rd6 Ke3 {A lesson for all of us: Never play outside your element.
Vladimir Onischuk is an ultra-sharp player with an aggressive style with both
colours. That is what he is good at. By choosing a calm position against David
Howell, he just got himself into the wrong psychological battle where he had
to play against his own preference. More experienced and more universal,
Howell on the other hand exploited every small mistake by Onischuk to score a
crucial victory with Black.} 0-1

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.05.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Qf3 Be7 7. O-O-O h6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qe4 Bd7 11. Bc4 O-O 12. Nf3 Bc6 13. d5 exd5 14.
Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rfxe8 17. Rhd1 Re2 18. R1d2 Rxd2 19. Kxd2 c6
20. Rd7 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {A fascinating endgame bishop versus knight follows.
I can only scratch the surface: Es folgt ein spannendes Endspiel Läufer gegen
Springer, bei dem sicher noch weiterer Analysebedarf besteht.} 22. Ne1 f5 23.
Nd3 Kf7 24. f3 Be7 25. c4 Bd6 26. f4 Ke6 27. Ke3 Be7 28. b3 Kd6 29. Ke2 b5 30.
h3 h5 31. Ke3 Bf6 32. Kf3 h4 33. Ke3 Kc7 34. cxb5 $6 {opens inroads for
Black's king. öffnet dem schwarzen König Zugstraßen.} ({I like} 34. Nc5 $11 {
more. gefällt mir besser.}) 34... cxb5 35. Ne1 Kd6 36. Nc2 Kc5 37. Kd3 a5 38.
Ne3 g6 39. Nc2 Bb2 40. Ne1 Bf6 41. Nc2 Bb2 42. b4+ $6 ({Why not Was sprach
gegen} 42. Ne1 {? ?}) 42... axb4 43. Ne1 Bf6 44. Nf3 Kd5 45. Ng1 Bd4 46. Nf3
Bf2 47. Ke2 Bg3 48. Kd3 Kc5 49. Nd4 Kb6 50. Nf3 $2 (50. Ne6 {offered better
chances to save White, e.g. verspricht bessere Rettungschancen, z.B.} Ka5 51.
Kc2 Ka4 52. Kb2 Bf2 53. Nf8 Bd4+ 54. Kb1 b3 55. Nxg6 $11) 50... Ka5 51. Kc2 Ka4
52. Kb2 Bf2 53. Nd2 Bd4+ 54. Kb1 Ka3 55. Nf3 Bf6 56. Nd2 Bd8 57. Ka1 Bf6+ 58.
Kb1 Ka4 59. Kc2 Be7 60. Kb2 Bd8 61. Kc2 Bf6 62. Kc1 g5 $1 63. Kb1 gxf4 64. Nb3
Ka3 65. Nd2 Bd4 66. Nf3 Bf2 67. Nd2 Bg3 68. Nb3 Ka4 69. Kb2 Bf2 70. Kb1 Bg1 71.
Kb2 Be3 72. Kb1 Ka3 73. Na5 b3 74. Nxb3 Kb4 75. Kc2 Kc4 76. Na5+ Kd4 77. Nc6+
Ke4 78. Ne7 Bb6 79. Kd2 Bd8 80. Nc6 Bb6 81. Ne7 Bd8 82. Nc6 Bf6 83. Na7 f3 84.
gxf3+ Kxf3 85. Nxb5 Kg2 86. a4 $2 (86. Ke3 {was much more tenacious, e.g. war
viel zäher, z.B.} Bg5+ 87. Ke2 f4 88. Nd4 Bd8 89. Nf3 Kxh3 90. Kd3 (90. Kf1 Bb6
91. Nd2 (91. a4 Kg3 92. a5 Ba7 93. Ke2 h3 94. a6 Be3 95. Nd2 Bxd2 96. a7 f3+
97. Kxd2 h2 $19) 91... Be3 92. Nf3 Kg3 93. Ke2 h3 $19) 90... Kg3 91. Ke4 h3 92.
Nd2 Kf2 93. Nf3 Bc7 94. a4 Bb8 95. a5 Kg3 96. a6 (96. Nd2 Bc7 97. a6 Kg4 98.
Nf1 Bb8 $19) 96... Ba7 97. Nd2 Kg2 98. Nf3 Be3 99. Ne1+ Kf2 100. Nf3 Kg3 $19)
86... f4 87. a5 Bd8 88. a6 Bb6 89. Nc7 f3 90. Nd5 f2 91. Nxb6 f1=Q 92. a7 Qf4+
93. Kc3 Qc7+ (93... Qc7+ 94. Nc4 Qxa7 $19) 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1961.12.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 (4... Be7) (4... Bb4) 5. Nxe4 Be7 6.
Bxf6 gxf6 (6... Bxf6 {L'alternative} 7. Nf3 {[%csl Ge5]} O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9.
O-O-O) 7. Nf3 b6 (7... f5 $5 8. Nc3 a6 9. g3 Bf6 $132 {[%csl Gf6]}) 8. Bc4 (8.
Bd3) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 {[%cal Ge1c1]} c6 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Gd5] Les Noirs peuvent
difficilement se passer de coup prophylactique mais c'est au détriment du
développement} 10. O-O-O (10. O-O Nd7 (10... Rg8 $5 $146 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Gb7g2,Gg8g2] Curieusement ce coup naturel n'a jamais été tenté selon les bases}
) 11. Nh4 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Kb1 (11. Rhe1 {[%cal Ge1e8] La grande ligne} Nd7
12. Kb1 O-O-O 13. Ba6 Rhg8 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. g3 f5 16. Ned2 h5 17. Nc4 $14)
11... Nd7 12. Bb3 b5 $146 {[%cal Gd7b6,Gb6c4] Un coup relativement
affaiblissant et un peu surprenant de la part d'un joueur aussi solide} (12...
O-O-O 13. c4 Rhg8 (13... Kb8 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4
cxd5 18. Qf3 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qe5 20. Rhd1 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Alster,L/Brno
1964/MCD}) 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Nc5 16. Bc2 Rxd5 17. Rxd5 cxd5 18. Ng3 Kb8 19.
Bxh7 Rh8 20. Bc2 Bd6 21. Nf5 Be5 22. h4 Ne6 23. g3 Rc8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. N3d4 a6
26. h5 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 {Steiner,L-Kolnhofer,J/Vienna 1935/HCL/1-0 (44)}) 13. Rhe1
$32 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Ge1e8]} O-O-O 14. c4 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd1c1,Gc1c8]
Réfutant la nouveauté b5} (14. d5 $5 exd5 (14... cxd5 15. Nc3 $44 {[%cal Gc3d5,
Ge2e7]}) 15. Neg5 fxg5 16. Qxe7 {[%csl Rf7]}) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 Rhg8 16. Rc1
$1 Kb8 (16... Rxg2 $2 17. Ng3 {[%csl Rg2]}) 17. g3 Qa5 18. Nfd2 f5 19. Nb3 $14
{[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3a5,Gb3d4] Les Blancs ont un petit avantage d'espace mais
en contrepartie, la paire de B des Noirs donne un bon contre-jeu au Champion
du Monde} Qc7 20. Ned2 Nf6 {[%csl Gd5]} 21. Nf3 {[%csl Ge5]} Bd6 {[%csl Ge5]} (
21... h5) 22. Rc2 Qb6 23. Ne5 Rgf8 24. Bd3 Nd5 25. Nc4 $16 {[%cal Gc4d6,Gc4b6]}
Qc7 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 26. a3 Ne7 27. Rec1 $36 {[%csl Rc6]} Rd7 28. Nca5 $1 {
[%csl Rb7,Rc6]} (28. Nxd6 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]}) 28... Ka8 $6 (28... Qb6 29. Qh5
(29. Nc4 Qc7) 29... Nd5 30. Qxh7) 29. Ka2 $6 (29. Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 30. Na5 Qb6 31.
Nxc6 Nxc6 32. Rxc6 $18) 29... Rb8 30. Qh5 $6 {[%csl Rf7,Rh5,Rh7] Comme souvent
"Victor le terrible" aime gagner du matériel mais la Q serait plus utile dans
l'attaque а l'aile-dame} Nd5 31. Nxc6 (31. Ba6 $1 Bxa6 32. Rxc6) 31... Bxc6 32.
Rxc6 Qb7 33. Qd1 {Reconnaissant que Qh5 était une perte de temps} Ne7 34. R6c4
(34. Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rb7]} Qxb3+ 35. Qxb3 Rxb3 36. Kxb3 Nxc6 37. Rxc6 $40 {
[%csl Ga6,Ra8,Gc6][%cal Gc6c8] Les Noirs sont proches du zugzwang}) 34... e5
35. Qc2 (35. dxe5 {[%csl Rf5,Rf7] Semblait plus simple} Bxe5 36. Rb4 Qd5 37.
Rxb8+ Kxb8 38. Qe2 Bf6 (38... Qxd3 39. Qxe5+) 39. Bc4 {[%csl Rf7]}) 35... e4
36. Bf1 h5 37. Nc5 Qd5 {Erreur de saisie?} (37... Bxc5) 38. b4 (38. Nxd7) 38...
f4 39. Nb3 f5 40. Rc3 Qb7 41. Bc4 fxg3 42. hxg3 Nd5 43. Na5 $1 Nxc3+ 44. Qxc3
Bxb4 45. axb4 Qxb4 46. Qxb4 Rxb4 47. Be6 Rd6 48. Nc6 Rb6 49. Bxf5 (49. d5 $1 {
[%cal Gd5c6,Gd5e6]}) 49... Ra6+ {[%cal Gf5e4,Ge4a8]} 50. Kb3 $1 {[%csl Ra8,Gb3]
[%cal Gb3a4,Ga4b5,Gb3b4,Gb4b5] Une belle manoeuvre des Blancs et la différence
d'activité des deux K sera le facteur déterminant dans la finale} Rb6+ 51. Ka4
Ra6+ 52. Na5 Rxd4+ 53. Kb5 Rb6+ 54. Kc5 Rdb4 55. Bd7 {[%csl Gb5]} Rb1 $1 {
L'échange d'une paire de R soulagerait la défense} 56. Rc3 Kb8 57. Bc6 Re1 58.
Nc4 Rbb1 59. Kd4 {[%csl Re4]} Rbd1+ 60. Ke5 {[%cal Gc6e4]} a5 $2 (60... Rc1 61.
Rb3+ Kc7 62. Bd5) 61. Rb3+ Kc7 62. Bxe4 $18 a4 63. Rb7+ Kd8 64. Nd6 a3 65. Ra7
Ra1 66. Ke6 Rxe4+ 67. Nxe4 a2 68. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {Once I choose 1... c5 against Emil - without big success! - and
decided that French defence will be the best opening against young Israeli
grandmaster.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 ({I played} 4... Bb4 {in Israeli
championship 99}) 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bc4 {Fashionable move}
Nc6 $5 9. c3 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. Qe2 Bf5 12. O-O $146 {Too modest} (12. O-O-O Nd7
13. Ng3 (13. Rhe1 Re8 14. h3 a6 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rg1 b5 17. Bd3 Be7 18. h4 Nc5
19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Ng5 Qf6 {Vinitsky,I-Leschenko,V/Kiev-ch 1998/
0-1 (52)}) 13... Bg6 14. Bd3 {little bit more dangerous for black-} (14. h4 e4
$1 15. Nxe4 Re8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bc2 Qxc2+ 20. Qxc2
Bxc2 21. Kxc2 Rad8 22. Rhe1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Kf8 24. a4 Rxd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,
V-Gurevich,M/Belfort 1999 (30)}) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe3 b6 17. h4 Re8
18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 g6 20. g4 Bg7 21. h5 Qf6 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Nd2 c6 24.
dxc6 Rac8 25. f3 Rxc6 26. Qe2 Qe6 {Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Budapest m 2000//1-0 (53)
}) 12... Bxe4 $1 13. Qxe4 Qd6 $11 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gg7g6,Gf6g7]} 14. Rad1 Nd7 {
Black finished development and got equal game.} 15. Bb5 Nb6 $5 (15... Nc5 {
with possible continuation} 16. Qe3 a6 17. b4 axb5 18. bxc5 Qd7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
20. Qxe5 Rfe8 {was also not so bad, but move i9n the text is stronger}) 16.
Rfe1 a6 17. Bd3 g6 $11 18. Nxe5 $2 {Emil made this strange move after very
short calculations and , to be honest, even now I don't know what he missed.} (
{Black has nothing to worry about and after} 18. c4 Nd7 {[%cal Ga6a5,Gd7c5]})
18... Rae8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Qb4 $8 ({In the case of} 20. Nxd7 Rxe4 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6
22. Rxe4 Qb6+ $17 {[%cal Rb6g1,Rb6b2] White havn't too many chances for
survival.}) 20... Qxb4 21. cxb4 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Bxe5 $15 {Black's advantage is
obvious now, but I was't too optimistic about winning chances.} 23. Re2 $2 {
Second mistake} ({White could successfully defend position after} 23. b5 $142
a5 24. b3 $15) 23... Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Bxb2 26. d6 c6 $1 {Much better
than} (26... cxd6 $143 27. Rxd6 {[%cal Gd6b6,Gd6d7]}) 27. a4 Rd8 28. b5 cxb5 $5
({I wasn't sure that black can win after} 28... axb5 29. axb5 Be5 30. bxc6 bxc6
31. Bf3 c5 32. d7 Bxh2 33. Bc6) 29. axb5 a5 {[%csl Ga5]} 30. Rd2 $8 (30. Bf3 a4
31. Bxb7 a3 32. Bd5 Rxd6 $19) 30... Be5 31. d7 (31. Bf3 Bxh2 (31... Rd7 $2 32.
Bxb7 Rxb7 33. d7 Bf6 34. d8=Q+ Bxd8 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Rd5 Kf6 37. b6 $11) 32.
d7 (32. Bxb7 Rxd6 $19) 32... b6 $19) 31... a4 $5 (31... Bxh2 32. Bf3 (32. b6)
32... b6 33. Bc6) 32. Ra2 (32. g3 a3 33. Bc4 Kf8 $19) 32... Bxh2 33. Rxa4 Rxd7
$19 34. Ra7 Bg3 $1 {This moment I was ABSOLUTELY sure about result of the game,
but....} 35. Ra3 (35. Bf3 Re7 $19) 35... Bc7 (35... Bf4 36. b6 $5) 36. Bf3 b6
$19 37. Ke2 (37. g4 $5) 37... h5 38. Rd3 Rxd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] I just can't
explain this move} (38... Re7+ 39. Re3 (39. Kf2 h4) 39... Be5 $19 {wins very
easily, but I had 3 minutes left before time control and decided to spent this
time trying to find victory in bishops ending and I " found " it!}) 39. Kxd3
$11 f5 40. Bc6 Kg7 41. Be8 h4 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Bd7 Ke5 44. Be8 g5 45. Bd7 Bd6
46. Bc8 Bc5 47. Bd7 Kf4 48. Kf1 g4 49. Bc8 h3 (49... Kg5 {was slighly better
but after} 50. Bd7 (50. Ke2 f4 51. Kd3 f3 (51... h3 52. gxh3 g3 53. Bb7 Kh4 54.
Ke2 (54. Bg2 $2 f3 55. Bxf3 Kxh3 $19) 54... Kxh3 55. Kf1 $11) 52. gxf3 g3 53.
Bh3 Kf4 54. Ke2 (54. Bg2 h3) 54... g2 $1 55. Bxg2 Kg3 56. Bf1 h3 $19) 50... f4
51. Bc6 {White keep balance -} (51. Bc8 f3 52. gxf3 gxf3 53. Bd7 Kf4 {[%cal
Gf4g3,Gh4h1]}) 51... h3 (51... Kf5 52. Bd7+) 52. gxh3 gxh3 53. Ke2 $1 Kg4 54.
Bf3+ Kg3 55. Bc6 Kh2 56. Kf1 $11) 50. gxh3 gxh3 51. Bd7 Kf3 52. Be6 h2 53. Bd5+
Ke3 (53... Kg3 54. Ke2) 54. Kg2 Bd6 55. Be6 Ke4 56. Bd7 Bf4 57. Bc8 Ke5 58. Bd7
Kf6 59. Bc6 Kg5 60. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pruess, David"]
[Black "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Bxf6 (5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 $14 {[%cal Gf1d3]}) 5... gxf6 6. Nxe4 f5 {Assez peu joué} (6... Be7 7. Nf3
b6) 7. Ng3 c5 $5 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8] Une idée ancienne déjà jouée par Lasker en
1892!} (7... Bg7 $143 {Peut-être moins précis} 8. c3 $14) 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. dxc5
Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 $11 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rd3 a6 $146 ({RR} 13...
Be7 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Ne5 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 Be8 18. f4 h5 19. c4 Bc5+
20. Kf1 f6 21. Nf3 h4 22. Ne2 h3 23. g3 Bc6 24. Ned4 Be4 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Nh4
Bb4 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Ke2 {Weiler,L-Stimpel,F (2255)/Hofheim 1995/GER/0-1 (61)})
14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Rxd3 16. cxd3 Bd4 $1 17. Nxc6 (17. Nxf7 $2
Rg8 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gh7h5,Gh5h4,Gg8g7]} 18. Re1 Bd5 $40) 17... bxc6 18. b3 $15
{[%csl Gd4]} Rd8 19. Rc1 Be5 20. Rxc6+ Kb7 21. Rc5 Bf6 22. Kf1 Rxd3 23. Ke2 Rd4
24. Nf1 Re4+ 25. Kd3 (25. Ne3 f4 26. Rc4 $1) 25... Rd4+ 26. Ke2 Re4+ 27. Kd3
Rd4+ {Un 1/2 point précieux pour l'américain dans sa course а la norme de GMI}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Qd3 (8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Qf4 (11. h4 Be7 12. Rh3 {N} (12.
Qf4) 12... Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ng5 h6 15. f4 c5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bh7+ Kh8
18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 g6 20. Nf3 h5 21. Ne5 Qe7 22. Rxd4 Rad8 $10 {Chandler,
M-Dolmatov,S/Hastings/1990/0.5/}) 11... Be7 12. h4 Nf6 13. Neg5 Bxf3 (13... Qd6
$6 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. Rh3 c5 (15... g6 $5) 16. dxc5 $1 {N} (16. Rg3 Qxd4 $1)
16... Qxc5 17. Nexf7 $1 Rxd3 (17... Rxf7 18. Bxh7+ $18) (17... Rd4 18. Bxh7+
$18) 18. Rhxd3 Bd5 (18... Rxf7 19. Qb8+ Qc8 (19... Bc8 20. Rc3) 20. Rd8+ $18)
19. Rxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 $18 {Zelic,Ml-Kalanj/Sibenik /1990/}) 14. Nxf3 Qd6 15.
Ne5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rhe1 Rac8 {N} (17... Rad8) 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. g4 Bd6 20.
g5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Qxe5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Gurevich,M/Belgrade/1991/}) 8... Nd7 (
8... Nc6 $6 9. O-O-O Be7 {/\ Nb4, Qd5} 10. a3 $1 Qd5 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Qe3 Rd8
13. Bd3 g6 14. Be4 {/\ Bc6, Ne5} Bd7 15. h4 h5 16. Nd2 (16. d5 $5) 16... Qb6
17. Nb3 (17. Nc4 Qa6 {/\ b5}) 17... Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. f3 $6 (19. g4 $1 $36)
19... c5 $1 20. d5 Bf6 $10 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Nd5 Bd4 23. Qg5 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Kg7
25. Rhe1 $2 Bf6 26. Qf4 $4 Rxd5 {0-1/Speelman,J-Nogueiras,J/WchT-Luzern /1989/}
) 9. O-O-O b6 10. h4 Bb7 11. Neg5 (11. Nfg5 $6 Bxg5+ 12. Nxg5 Nf6 13. Be2 Qd6
14. Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 $10 {Van der Wiel,J-Vaganian,R/WchT-Luzern /1989/})
11... g6 (11... Bxg5+ 12. hxg5 $1) 12. Qe3 h6 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bd3 c5 15. c3 Qe7
16. h5 g5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Rhe1 $10 g4 21. Ne5
Bxg2 22. Nxg4 Bd5 23. a3 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Kf8 25. Kc2 Rac8 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. c4 Bg2
28. f4 Rxd1 (28... Ke7) 29. Rxd1 Bxe5 (29... Be4+ 30. Kc3 Bxe5+ 31. fxe5 Ke7
32. Bb5 Rd8 $10) 30. fxe5 Bc6 31. b3 Ke7 32. Kc3 Rd8 33. Re1 Rd4 $2 34. Bb5 Bf3
35. Re3 Bxh5 36. b4 Bg6 37. bxc5 Rd1 38. Ba4 Rc1+ 39. Kb4 a5+ 40. Kxa5 Kd8 (
40... Rxc4 41. Kb5 $18 Rc1 42. c6 Kd8 43. Kb6 Rb1+ 44. Rb3 Rc1 45. Kb7 Be4 46.
Rb6 h5 47. Kb8 h4 48. c7+ Rxc7 49. Rd6+ Ke7 50. Kxc7 $18) 41. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 0102"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Radjabov,T"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2001.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7.
Nf3 Nd7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Be7 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Keeping the bishop
on the board is very logical decision, however in such kind of positions every
tempo is extremly precious, so this move is quiet risky one.'} 10. Bc4 (10. Qf4
$5 {Finkel,A} Nf6 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd3 c5 $2 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qc4 e5 15. Be4
$1 $16 {Galkin,A-Pushkov,N/Azov 1995/1/2-1/2 (69)}) (10. Kb1 {Finkel,A} b6 (
10... c5 {Finkel,A} 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Bd3 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Rhe1 Bf6 $132 {
Meulner,K-Eckstein,B/Germany 1997/EXT 99}) 11. Bc4 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rhe1
(13. Qe3 {Finkel,A} Bb7 14. Rhe1 Qe7 15. g4 Rad8 16. Ne5 c5 $11 17. dxc5 Rxd1+
18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ {1/2-1/2 Stefansson-Bareev/32nd Chess Olympiad, Yerevan
1996}) 13... Bb7 14. Qf4 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Morovic Fernandez,I-Dizdar,G/New York
op 1997}) (10. Bd3 {Finkel,A} b6 11. Kb1 (11. h4 $6 {Finkel,A} Bb7 12. Neg5 h6
13. Rh3 c5 14. Kb1 cxd4 15. Qf4 Qb8 $1 $15 {Riegler,P-Dizdar,G/Bled 1994/TD})
11... Bb7 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. h4 Qe7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bc2
g6 18. Nh3 Bg7 19. h5 $1 $36 {Lanc,A-Dizdarevic,E/Luxembourg 1993/EXT 97})
10... c5 (10... Nf6 {Finkel,A} 11. Nxf6+ (11. Rhe1 {Finkel,A} Nd5 $6 12. Ne5 f5
13. Bxd5 $1 exd5 (13... Qxd5 {Finkel,A} 14. c4 $1 Qd8 15. Nc3 $14) 14. Nc5 Bg5
(14... Bxc5 $6 {Finkel,A} 15. dxc5 c6 16. c4 $16) 15. f4 Bf6 16. h3 Qd6 (16...
b6 {Finkel,A} 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. g4 $14) 17. Ncd3 $14 {Shirov,A-Bareev,E/New
Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 80}) 11... Bxf6 12. Rhe1 Rb8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Bd3 Rb6 $5 (
14... Bb7 $5 {Finkel,A} 15. f4 b4 16. g4 $14 {[%cal Gg4g5]}) 15. Qe3 $14 {
Yermolinsky,A-Bareev,E/Luzern 1997/CBM 62}) (10... a6 $5 {Finkel,A} 11. Bb3 c6
12. Qf4 b5 13. h4 (13. Ne5 $5 {Finkel,A}) 13... Ra7 14. Neg5 Nf6 15. c3 Qc7 $1
$13 {Khalifman,A-Bareev,E/Beograd 1993}) (10... b6 {Finkel,A} 11. d5 $1) 11.
Rhe1 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'This natural move centralizing the rook
shouldn't be bad, but white has quiet a few other tempting options: '} (11.
dxc5 {Finkel,A} Qc7 12. Rhe1 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 Bf6 15. Qe2 g6 16. h4
Rd8 17. Bb5 Bxb2+ 18. Kxb2 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Dizdar,G/Makarska Tucepi 1995/EXT
97 (18)}) (11. d5 $5 {Finkel,A} exd5 (11... Nb6 $2 {Finkel,A} 12. dxe6 Nxc4 13.
exf7+ Kh8 14. Qc3 $16) 12. Bxd5 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Rhe1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Be6 $1
16. Nc4 Qa6 17. Qa5 $14) 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Qxd4 {Finkel,A} Nb6 13. Bb3
Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 {hardly promises anything to white.}) 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Bd7
14. Qf4 {'!?' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'Keeping in mind continuation which actually
occured in the game.'} a5 (14... Qb8 $5 {Finkel,A} 15. Qf3 a5 16. a3 $14 {
is quiet unclear either, but white seems to hold the initiative.}) 15. Qg3 $6 {
Finkel,A: 'Inviting black to play a4! Another possibility was to play'} (15. a3
$13) 15... a4 $1 {Finkel,A: 'Accepting the challenge.'} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6
Bxe6 {'[]' Finkel,A.} 18. Rxd8 Bxd8 {'[]' Finkel,A.} (18... Raxd8 $2 {Finkel,A}
19. Qe5 $18 {[%csl Re6,Re7]}) 19. Nd6 Bd5 (19... Bxa2 $5 20. b3 axb3 (20... h6
$5 21. Re4 (21. Nxb7 Bg5+ 22. Kb2 axb3 23. cxb3 Rfc8 $19 (23... Bf6+ $19))
21... Bf6 22. Rb4 Ra6 $17) 21. cxb3 h6 22. Nxb7 (22. Re5 Bf6 23. Rb5 Ra6 $13)
22... Bg5+ 23. Kd1 Ra3 $19) ({Very serious attention deserved} 19... Bxa2 $5 {
(Finkel,A) taking very important pawn on a2}) 20. Re8 Rxe8 {Finkel,A: 'Black
should try to keep more pieces on the board, but after'} (20... Bf6 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Qe3 $5 $14 a3 (22... Nc4 $1 23. Qc5 $6 (23. Qd3 $1 $16 Nb6 24. Qb5)
23... Be6 24. Nxc4 Rc8 25. Qb5 Bxc4 26. Qxb7 Bg5+ 27. Kb1 Rd8 $15) (22... Nd7 {
Finkel,A} 23. c4 Bf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Qe4 $14) 23. b3 Nd7 24. c4 $14) (20...
Bc7 $5 21. Rxa8 (21. Re7 Rf7 $1 $17) 21... Rxa8 22. Qe5 h6 $15) 21. Nxe8 Bg5+
22. Qxg5 Rxe8 {'<=>' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'At first hand look it seems that
white is the one who stands better, but 14-years old GM shows great endgame
skills and slowly outplays his expirienced (20 yers old) opponent!'} 23. b3 Bc6
$5 {idea Nd5 , control of the center} 24. Kb2 Nd5 25. Qd2 {'!?' Finkel,A.
Finkel,A: 'Covering second rank.'} (25. c4 $2 {Finkel,A} Re2+ 26. Ka3 Nc3 $15 {
[%csl Ra2]}) 25... Nf6 26. f3 Nd5 {xe3 Idea Ra8-a3} 27. h4 (27. c4 $5 {Finkel,A
} Ne3 28. Kc3 $14) 27... Ra8 {'!?' Finkel,A. idea a3} 28. c4 Nf6 {'!?' Finkel,
A.} ({Black could also play} 28... axb3 {Finkel,A} 29. axb3 Nf6 {with equal
position, but he decides to keep the a-pawn in order to play for a win.}) 29.
b4 a3+ $1 30. Kc3 $2 (30. Kb1 $1 b5 (30... Bd7 $5 31. g4 Be6 32. Qd3 b6 $17)
31. Qd6 Bd7 32. c5 Re8 33. c6 Be6 $15) (30. Kb3 $6 {[%cal Gb4b5] Finkel,A} b5
$8 31. cxb5 Bd5+ 32. Kc3 Bf7 $1 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3][%cal Ga8c8]} 33. Qd6 Bxa2 34.
b6 Bd5 $19) 30... Rc8 $1 31. Qc1 (31. Kb3 b5 $1 32. cxb5 (32. c5 Bd5+ 33. Kc3
Bc4 $5 {idea Nd5 and Re8} (33... Bf7 $17)) (32. Kxa3 bxc4 33. Qc2 Bd5 34. Qf5
Re8 35. b5 Be6 $17) (32. Qd6 bxc4+ $19) 32... Bd5+ 33. Kxa3 (33. Ka4 Ra8#)
33... Ra8+ 34. Kb2 Rxa2+ $19) (31. Qd6 Bd5 32. c5 Bxa2 $19) 31... Bd5 32. Qxa3
{'?!' Finkel,A.} (32. c5 {Finkel,A} Ra8 33. Qd2 $13) 32... Bxc4 {'-/+' Finkel,
A. Finkel,A: 'It turns out that white can't defend the pawn on a2!'} 33. Kd2
Rd8+ 34. Ke1 Re8+ 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 $19 37. Qe3 b5 $1 {Finkel,A: 'Now
it's just a matter of technique, even though white puts up sever resistanse'
xb4 xc4} 38. g4 Re2 39. Qc5 Kf7 40. Qf5 g6 41. Qf4 Ke6 $1 {idea h5 xg4 x h4}
42. Qc7 $2 (42. h5 $8 gxh5 (42... Re5 $5 $17 {idea Bd3 x h5 xg6}) (42... Bd5 $5
{xf3  idea Re5!} 43. h6 Nd7 44. g5 Re5 (44... Ke7 $5 45. Kf1 Re5 {idea Rf5-xf3}
46. Kg1 Ke8 47. Qg3 Re2 48. Qg4 Bc6 {idea Ne5} 49. Qd4 Bxf3 50. Qd3 Ne5 $17)
45. Kh2 Ke7 46. Kg3 Rf5 47. Qe3+ Kd6 48. f4 Rf7 $17) 43. Qf5+ Ke7 44. g5 Nd5
45. Qxh7+ Kd6 $17 (45... Ke6 $5 46. Qxh5 $15) 46. g6 Nf6 (46... Re5 47. g7 Ne7
$15) 47. Qa7 (47. Qh6 Ke6 48. Qg5 Re5 $19) 47... Ke5 $19) 42... h5 $1 $19 43.
Qd8 Kf7 (43... hxg4 44. fxg4 Kf7 $19) 44. g5 Nd5 {Finkel,A: 'Now black's plan
is to attack the pawn on h4. He needs to transfer the knight to f5 and with
the help of rook to escape the perpetual check..'} 45. Qh8 (45. Qd7+ {Finkel,A}
Re7 46. Qd6 Re6 47. Qd7+ Ne7 48. Kf2 Re5 $19) 45... Ne7 46. Qh7+ Ke6 47. Qg7
Kd5 {'!' Finkel,A.} 48. Qf6 Re6 49. Qg7 Nf5 50. Qa7 Ke5 $1 (50... Nxh4 $4 51.
Qc5#) 51. Kf2 Rd6 {'!' Finkel,A.} (51... Nxh4 $2 {Finkel,A} 52. Qc7+ Kd4 (52...
Rd6 {Finkel,A} 53. Qe7+ Re6 54. Qc7+ $15) 53. Qf4+ Kc3 54. Qxh4 Kxb4 55. Qd4
$15) 52. Qa1+ Ke6 53. Qh8 Kf7 54. Qe5 Re6 55. Qc7+ Re7 56. Qb6 Kg7 $1 {Idea
King on h7 and taking pawns f3-h4  0-1 White Resigned} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Reeh,O"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. Nc5 Bd5 13. Rg1 h5 14. h3 c6 15.
g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Qa5 17. gxf5 Qxa2 18. Nd3 Nd7 19. Nfe5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O-O 21.
fxe6 Bd6 22. Qe3 fxe6 23. Bg2 Rh7 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Rde1 b3 26. cxb3 Rb7 27.
Qe6+ Kb8 28. Rg8 Rxg8 29. Qxg8+ Ka7 30. Re8 Qxb3 31. Ra8+ Kb6 32. Qd8+ Bc7 {
Now White seems to have problems, but... Nun scheint Weiß Probleme zu haben,
aber...} {[%tqu "En","White's queen is attacked, and also his knight is
hanging. How to continue?","Of course White had something in mind when giving
the queen check on d8...","Try to employ a knight fork!","a8a6","Nice!  This
is the most effective way... to draw the game!",15,"De","Die weiße Dame von
Weiß ist angegriffen, und auch sein Springer hängt. Wie soll es weitergehen?",
"Natürlich führte Weiß etwas im Schilde, als er das Damenschach auf d8 gab...",
"Versuchen Sie, eine Springergabel anzubringen!","a8a6","Schön!  Dies ist die
effektivste Methode... die Partie zu remisieren!",15]} 33. Rxa6+ $1 {Dragging
the black king into the open - and setting a nice trap... Zerrt den schwarzen
König ins Freie... und stellt eine schöne Falle...} Kxa6 (33... Kb5 34. Qa8 {
and now Black should force the draw with , und nun sollte Schwarz am besten mit
} Qc4+ 35. Kd2 Rb8 36. Qa7 Bb6 $1) 34. Qa8+ {[%tqu "En","How would you react
to White's queen check?","Black has to options: one loses, the other draws.",
"Beware of knight forks!","a6b6","This loses, since White can make use of a
knight fork.",0,"b7a7","Good!  This cool-blooded defence leads to a draw.",15,
"De","Wie würden Sie auf das weiße Damenschach reagieren?","Schwarz hat zwei
Optionen: Die eine verliert, die andere macht Remis.","Beware of knight
forks!","a6b6","Dies verliert, da Weiß eine Springergabel anbringen kann.",0,
"b7a7","Gut!  Diese kaltblütige Verteidigung sichert das Remis.",15]} Kb6 $4 (
34... Ra7 $1 {would have led to a draw: hätte zum Remis geführt:} 35. Qxc6+ (
35. Nc5+ Kb5 {(now both queens are attacked!) (nun sind beide Damen
angegriffen!)} 36. Qxa7 Bf4+ 37. Kb1 Qd1+ 38. Ka2 Qxd4 {, and now White has to
resort to yet another knight fork, this time in order to save himself: und nun
muss Weiß wieder eine Springergabel zur Anwendung bringen, diesmal, um sich zu
retten:} 39. Qa5+ $1 Kxa5 (39... Kc4 $4 40. b3#) 40. Nb3+ Kb4 41. Nxd4) 35...
Ka5 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qc6+ {with a perpetual. mit Dauerschach.} (37. Nb4+ Kb7
38. Qc6+ Kb8 39. Qe8+ Kb7 40. Qc6+)) {[%tqu "En","Show why Black's last move
was wrong!","White can regain his material with interest!","","a8b7","Of
course!  This wins back the rook, and White remains a pawn up in the endgame!",
10,"De","Zeigen Sie, weshalb der letzte schwarze Zug verfehlt war!","Weiß kann
sein Material mit Zinsen zurückgewinnen!","","a8b7","Na klar!  Dies gewinnt
den Turm zurück, und Weiß verbleibt im Endspiel mit einem Mehrbauern.",10]} 35.
Qxb7+ $1 {Luring the black king to b7, after which the knight to triumphantly
jumps to c5! Lockt den schwarzen König nach b7, wonach der Springer
triumphierend c5 besetzt!} Kxb7 36. Nc5+ Kb6 37. Nxb3 {with a white plus pawn
in the endgame. mit weißem Mehrbauern im Endspiel.} Kb5 38. Nc5 Bh2 39. Ne6 Kc4
40. Kc2 Bd6 41. f3 Be7 42. f4 Bf6 43. f5 Bh8 44. Kd2 Bf6 45. Ke3 Be7 46. Kf4
Bd6+ 47. Kg5 Kb3 48. f6 Kxb2 49. Kg6 Kc3 50. Kf7 Kc4 51. Ke8 Kb5 52. f7 Ba3 {
[%tqu "En","","","","e6c5","",10]} 53. Nc5 $1 {And again this move! Und wieder
dieser Zug!} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Damjanovic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 (6... Bxf6)
7. g3 f5 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 $1 (10... exd5) 11. Bg2 (11. dxe6 $2
Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe6 $17) 11... Nxd5 (11... c6) 12. Nxd5 $6 (12. Bxd5 exd5 13.
Qxd5 O-O $13 (13... Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxb2 15. Nxc7+ (15. Rb1 Be5) 15... Kd8 16.
Rb1 Kxc7 17. Rxb2 Be6 $11)) 12... exd5 13. O-O (13. Bxd5 c6 $17) 13... O-O 14.
c3 c6 15. Nd4 f4 $5 16. gxf4 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 $15 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Kh1 Kh8 20.
Ng5 {/\ Q} Bf5 (20... h6 $5 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 $15) 21. Rae1 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 h6 23. Nf3 (23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 $15 (24. Bxe4 $2 Re8 $19)) 23... Rg8 24.
Ne5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qg6 26. f3 (26. f4 Qh5 $15) 26... Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Kg1
Kg7 29. Kf2 Kf8 $2 (29... Rh8 30. Kg3 Be6 $1 31. Rd1 (31. Rh1 Rh4) 31... c5)
30. Rh1 Rh8 31. Kg3 Rh4 32. Rd1 Ke7 33. Rd4 $1 Rh8 34. h4 $11 gxh4+ 35. Rxh4
Rxh4 36. Kxh4 Bb1 37. a3 f6 38. exf6+ Kxf6 39. Kg3 c5 40. f4 Be4 41. Bh3 d4
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.26"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 {
A fashionable way of handling the well known theoretical position. Black is
ready to waste a tempo in order to seize some space on the q-side.} 8. g3 b5 9.
Bg2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O {This move looks most ambitious, but the king is
not completely safe on the queenside.} ({Instead, White has 2 alternative ways
to fight for the opening advantage:} 11. a4 O-O (11... Nb6 $5 {might be an
improvement for Black here.}) 12. O-O Bd5 13. Ned2 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. c3 c5
16. Rfd1 Qc7 17. Nf1 $14 {0-1 (49) Almasi,Z (2676)-Morozevich,A (2678)/Monte
Carlo 2003/CBM 093 ext}) ({Possibly, the most unpleasant approach is} 11. O-O {
, since Black's active possibilities are limited in all cases:} O-O (11... f5
12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bf6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. b4 O-O 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 $14)
12. Rfd1 Bd5 (12... f5 13. Nc5 Bd5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17.
c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 $14) 13. c3 f5 14. Ned2 c5 (14... Nf6 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2
Qd5+ 17. Qf3 $14) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nf1 $36 {1-0 (53) Kasparov,G (2851)
-Gurevich,M (2694)/Sarajevo 2000/CBM 077/[Finkel,A]}) 11... Bd5 12. Rhe1 $146 (
{Black's position seems rather solid in the event of} 12. Kb1 c6 13. Nc3 Nb6
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. f4 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Nc4 $132 {0-1 (58)
Gligoric,S (2481)-Zontakh,A (2529)/Herceg Novi 2001}) 12... c6 ({The greedy} 
12... Bxa2 $6 {fails to} 13. Nh4 $1 Bd5 14. Nd6+ cxd6 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 Ne5
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. f4 $40 {with a powerful attack.}) ({But} 12... O-O $5 {
also deserves some attention:} 13. Nc3 c6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nh4 Bb4 16. c3 Ba5
17. Qh5 Kh8 $132 {with a complex battle.}) 13. Nc3 Qa5 $6 {A risky move, since
Black's king is getting more vulnerable without the queen's protection.} ({
A better way was} 13... Nb6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Kb1 Rc8 $132) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Bh3 $2 {Emil's attacking idea looks attractive, White should be able to afford
giving up the Pa2, which has important defensive functions.} ({The normal} 15.
Kb1 {was called for:} Nb6 16. Nd2 Nc4 17. Bxd5 ({The quiet} 17. c3 $5 {also
looks unpleasant for Black.}) 17... Nxb2 18. Bxe6 Nxd1 19. Bd7+ Kxd7 20. Qxe7+
Kc8 21. Rxd1 $14 {White has more than sufficient compensation for an exchange.}
) 15... Qxa2 16. Bxe6 O-O-O $2 {Aleksandr returns the favour.} (16... Qa1+ {
was much stronger:} 17. Kd2 Bb4+ 18. Ke3 Qxb2 19. Bxd5 O-O-O $1 {and White is
in trouble:} 20. Kf4 $8 Bxe1 21. Qxe1 Rhe8 22. Qa5 Nb8 $17) 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18.
Nd2 {As a result of Black's mistake, White gets an important tempi for
consolidating.} Kb8 {A useful prophylactic move. The c8-spot is vacant for
Black's rook now.} (18... Rc7 19. Qf3 Bb4 20. Re3 (20. Qxf6 Kb7 $1 21. Qxh8 Ba3
$1 22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. Kd2 Qxb2 24. Ke3 Bb4 $15) 20... Kb8 21. Rb3 Rhc8 22. c3
$132) 19. Nb3 $2 {White's defensive setup is not stable at all!} ({The
position would remain double-edged after} 19. Qf3 a5 20. Re3 a4 21. Nb1 b4 22.
Rde1 $132) ({Or} 19. Nb1 Rc8 20. Rd3 Bb4 21. c3 $132) 19... Rc8 $1 {White
lacks any counterplay, while his king is under powerful attack.} ({The text is
much stronger than} 19... Bb4 20. c3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxb3 22. Qc2 $15) 20. Rd3 $2
({The only way to stay in the game was connected with giving up a pawn:} 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Qe3 Qb4+ 24. Qc3 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 $17
) 20... Bb4 $1 $19 {Black is already winning.} 21. Qd1 (21. Qe3 Rdc7 22. Re2
Ba3 23. Kd1 Bxb2 $19) 21... Rdc7 22. Re2 a5 23. Nd2 ({Or} 23. c3 Rxc3+ 24. Rxc3
Rxc3+ 25. bxc3 Ba3+) 23... Bxd2+ {Correctly liquidating the main defender of
White's monarch.} 24. Kxd2 Qxb2 25. Ke3 {A desperate attempt to run away.} Rxc2
{The rest was just an agony - Black's passed pawns easily decide the game.} 26.
Red2 R8c3 ({There was also nothing wrong with} 26... a4 $19) 27. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 28.
Rd3 Qc8 29. g4 Rc1 {Lenderman had many winning ways, but choosing the
attacking approach is always tempting.} 30. Qf3 Re1+ 31. Kf4 Qc7+ 32. Kf5 Re5+
{The mate is coming.} 33. Kxf6 Qd6+ 34. Kg7 Qg6+ 35. Kf8 Qh6+ {White resigns.}
(35... Qh6+ 36. Kxf7 Qg6+ 37. Kf8 Re8#) 0-1

[Event "USA tt KO"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2015.11.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Ruifeng"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2015.11.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dallas"]
[BlackTeam "St Louis"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

{This game was played on board 2 of the US Chess League Semi-final match
between "Dallas Destiny" and "St. Louis Archbishops." In this match Dallas
team has draw odds (meaning if the score was tied 2-2, Dallas will advance to
the semi-finals), therefore many predicted that St. Louis players will go all
out or at least take more risks.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5.
Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 $5 {And here we have it! The Burn Variation is known for
its imbalanced or double-edged battles and Varuzhan's choice of this over his
favourite 6...Bxf6 clearly shows his intention to fight without giving White a
clear path to a calm, equal game.} 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3 a6 9. Qe2 ({Other popular
alternatives are} 9. g3) ({and} 9. Qd2) 9... b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 {
All this has been played before.} 12. Qc4 ({A safer line may be} 12. b3) (12.
Kb1 Nd7 {another game in the US Chess League went:} 13. g3 $2 (13. c4 $142 $6
Qe4+ 14. Ka1 Qxe2 15. Bxe2 Bb7 $15) (13. Qe3 Bb7 14. b3 (14. Be2 Qe4 $1 $15)
14... Rg8 15. Rg1 O-O-O {0-1 (30) Ganguly,S (2651)-So,W (2673) Wijk aan Zee
2011, with a comfortable game, which Black eventually won.}) 13... Bb7 14. Bg2
Qb5 $1 {an idea worth remembering in the Burn, after which Black wins a pawn
and retains a strong queenside initiative:} 15. Qxb5 axb5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5
Bxc5 18. Rhf1 Ra6 $1 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Ke7 21. Nf4 Rha8 22. a3 bxa3 23. b3
a2+ 24. Ka1 Bb4 25. Ne2 Rc6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Rc1 Bd2 $1 {transferring the
bishop to greener pastures} 28. Rc2 Bh6 $1 {0-1 (28) Ruiz,J (241)-Liu,E (2329)
USCL Week 9 2015. White cannot stop Black from gaining more material so he
resigned.}) 12... Bb7 $1 {Sacrificing a pawn for piece activity.} ({Much
earlier in the season another game in this variation went} 12... Qxc4 {but it
didn't pose White any problems} 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. Bb3 Nc6 15. Nc5 (15. d5 $5)
15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 O-O-O 17. Ng5 $14 {and it is Black who has to play
accurately to hold the balance.} (17. Bc4 $5 Kb7 18. Rhe1 $14) 17... Be8 18.
Ba4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nd8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. f4 h6 22. Nf3 Nc6 23. Rd3 f6 24. g3 e5
25. Nh4 exf4 26. gxf4 Re4 27. Nxf5 Rxf4 28. Nxh6 Rh4 29. Ng8 f5 30. h3 a5 31.
Nf6 Kb7 32. a3 Ne5 33. Re3 Nc4 34. Rf3 bxa3 35. bxa3 Kc6 36. a4 f4 37. Ng4 Kxc5
38. c3 Nb6 39. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 (39) Stukopin,A (2587)-Moradiabadi,E (2587) USCL
Week 2015}) 13. Qxc7 Bd6 14. Qc4 Nd7 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. b3 $2 {The beginning of
White's difficulty, as it gives Black time to create pressure on the kingside.}
({A better reply is} 16. c4 {which has been tested in GM and Correspondence
practice.} bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ke7 19. Bd3 Rhg8 $11 {and there arises
a dynamic balance wherein Black's pawn deficit is compensated for by his piece
activity and the presence of White's weak pawns.}) 16... Rg8 $15 {[%csl Gd5,
Rg2,Gg8][%cal Gg8g2,Gd5g2]} 17. Ne1 $6 {White's idea is to transfer his bishop
to f3 while holding on to the pawn, but he underestimated the consequence it
has on his piece coordination.} ({A better defence is} 17. Nd2 $5 Ke7 (17...
Bxg2 $4 18. Rg1) 18. f3 h5 $1 {preventing g2-g3} 19. c4 (19. g3 h4 $1 $17)
19... bxc3 20. Nxc3 Nf6 21. Kb2 {of course Black is better off but White can
still resist.}) 17... Ke7 18. Be2 Rad8 $1 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bf4+ 21. Kb1
Ne5 $1 {Now every black piece is happy while White's pieces look ugly and
disconnected from each other.} 22. c4 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Nc6 24. Nc2 Rg2 {
Unfortunately, White cannot hold on to all his pawns and control key squares.}
25. d5 {A desperate attempt to create counterplay.} Ne5 26. Rd4 {Black to play.
..} Rxf2 $1 {Varuzhan uses tactics to keep the momentum going.} 27. Rxf4 Rc8
28. Rc4 Nxc4 29. bxc4 Rxc4 30. Kb2 Rxf3 {With two pawns and a rook for 2
pieces plus great activity, Black is winning. The rest of the game just shows
White prolonging the agony of defeat.} 31. Nd1 Rh4 32. Nde3 Rfh3 33. Nf1 Rf4
34. dxe6 fxe6 35. Nfe3 Rf2 36. Re1 Rhxh2 37. Rc1 h5 38. Kb1 h4 39. Nc4 Rxc2 40.
Rxc2 Rxc2 41. Kxc2 h3 42. Ne5 h2 43. Ng6+ Kf6 {Smooth play from Var. This game
is an important win for the "Archbishops" in helping them win the match, thus
gaining a spot in the USCL Finals.} 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Erdogdu, Mert"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 {The Burn
Variation is known to lead to complex, fighting positions.} 7. Nf3 f5 8. Nc3
Qd6 $5 ({The more common continuation is} 8... a6 {which could branch out in
different ways:} 9. Qe2 (9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Qd6) (9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7) 9...
b5 10. O-O-O b4 11. Na4 Qd5 {I annotated a game in this line (Li-Akobian) in
CBM 170.}) 9. Qe2 ({Another way to play this is} 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O b5 {
which transposes to one of the lines under move 8...a6} 11. Qe3 (11. Kb1 Bb7) (
11. d5 e5) 11... b4 12. Ne2 (12. Na4 Nd7) 12... Nd7 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. Nd3 (14.
Kb1 Rg8 15. h3 O-O-O 16. Bc4 Bf6 $15 {0-1 (36) Eggleston,D (2396)-Fodor,T 
(2492) Hastings 2016}) 14... Rg8 15. Nfe5 $6 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 c5 $1 $15 17. Be2
Be4 $1 (17... f4 {0-1 (35) Nestorovic,N (2430)-Sedlak,N (2538) Hungary 2013})
18. f4 (18. f3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxg2 $19) 18... Rc8 $36) 9... a6 10.
O-O-O Nd7 11. g3 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Rhe1 b4 14. Na4 $146 (14. Nb1 O-O (14...
Nb6 $5 15. Nbd2 a5 $1 16. Nh4 Bd5 $1 (16... Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qd5 18. Qe5 (18. Ne3
Qxa2 19. Nxf5 Na4 20. Qb5+ $1 (20. Nc4 Nc3 21. Qh5 $13) 20... Kf8 21. Nc4 Bf6 (
21... Nc3 22. Qe5 Bf6 23. Qc5+ $1 (23. Qxf6 Qb1+ 24. Kd2 Qxd1+ $1 25. Rxd1 Ne4+
$19) 23... Kg8 24. Qc6 Rd8 25. Rd3 $16) 22. Qc6 Rd8 23. Rd3 $13) 18... Qxe5 19.
dxe5) 17. Kb1 a4 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 $15) 15. Nbd2 Nb6 16.
g4 $1 Bf6 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Bh3 Qd5 19. Ne5 $6 {too risky or hasty} (19. Kb1 $1
{simple & strong!} Kh8 20. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gd3f5,Gh3f5]} Bc8 (20... f4
21. Bf5 $16) 21. Ne5 $16) 19... Qxd4 {White has no good way to use the
discovered attack} 20. Bxf5 (20. Ndf3 Qf4+) (20. Ndc4 Qf4+) 20... Na4 (20...
Rfe8 $1 21. Qh5 (21. Rg1+ $2 Kf8 $19) (21. Qg4+ Qxg4 22. Nxg4 Bg5 $11) 21...
Bxe5 (21... Rxe5 $4 22. Ne4 $18) 22. Rxe5 (22. Nc4 Qf4+ $1 23. Kb1 Nxc4 24. Rd7
Bd5 25. Rxd5 Bg7 $19) 22... Qxe5 23. Rg1+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ f6 26.
Qxb4+ Kf7 $19) 21. Nec4 $6 (21. Bxh7+ $1 Kh8 22. Nec4 Nxb2 23. Bf5 Rfe8 (23...
Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Qa1+ 25. Nb1 Bg5+ 26. Ncd2 $18) 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26.
Qh6+ Bg7 27. Rxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Kxb2 $16) 21... Qh4 {now it's
difficult for White to continue his attack} 22. Be4 (22. Rg1+ Kh8 23. Rg4 Qxh2
$1 {Black has to be brave!} (23... Qh6 24. Ne5 (24. Kb1 $2 Bxb2 $1) 24... Rad8
25. f4 {with a strong bind.}) 24. Rg3 Rfe8 25. Qf1 Rad8 $1 26. Rh3 Qg2 27.
Rxh7+ Kg8 28. Qxg2+ Bxg2 29. Rg1 Kf8 $11) 22... Rae8 23. Qf3 $1 Bxe4 24. Nxe4
Bg7 25. Rd7 $2 Nc5 $19 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 (27... Rxf6 28. Rxe8+ Kf7
29. Qe2 Rxf2 $19) 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 {0-1 (28) Patel,A (2329)-Popilski,G (2552)
Dallas USA 2015}) 14... Bd5 (14... Be4 15. d5 $1 (15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5)
15... Bxd5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5 exd5 (17... Nc6 $2 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4
20. Bxa8 $18) 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Rxe5 c6 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Rde1 $16) (14... Bc6
15. d5 $1 Bxa4 (15... Bxd5 16. Ne5) 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nd4 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 $18) (
14... O-O $142 $1 {this is a better version of the Patel-Popilski game above
as White's knight is worse off on a4 than on d2.} 15. d5 (15. g4 Bc6 16. Nc5
Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qf4+ $17) (15. Kb1 Rad8 16. g4 Bc6 17. Nc5 fxg4 18. Ne5 (18. Nd2
Bxg2 19. Qxg4+ Kh8 20. Qxg2 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qxc5 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxc5
20. Bxc6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Kh8 $1 (21... Qxc6 $4 22. Qxg4+ Kh8 23. Rg1) 22. Qxg4
Rg8 23. Qe4 (23. Qf3 Qxe5 $17) 23... Qxf2 $17) 15... Bxd5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxd5
Nc6 $1 {now this works} 18. Bg2 Nd4 19. Qc4 (19. Qe5 Rad8) 19... Rad8 $17) 15.
Nc5 $6 {This leads to an imbalanced situation in which White has to play more
carefully.} (15. Kb1 O-O 16. g4 $1 fxg4 (16... Bc6 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5
19. gxf5 Kh8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6 Bf6 $2 (21... Rae8 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Ng6+
hxg6 24. Qxg6 $11) 22. Ne5 $36) 17. Ne5 $40) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Rxd5
{The logical follow-up.} Qxd5 18. Nh4 Qxa2 19. Bc6+ $1 {The only way to keep
the balance.} (19. Bxa8 O-O 20. Nxf5 Bg5+ 21. f4 Rd8 22. c4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qa1+
24. Kc2 Qa4+ 25. Kc1 Bf6 $19) (19. Nxf5 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Rd8+ 21. Ke3 Qxb2 $19)
19... Kf8 20. Bxa8 $2 {White underestimates the strength of Black's pieces or
lacks a sesnse of danger for his king.} ({The narrow path was} 20. Qe5 $1 f6
21. Qxe6 Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Kf7 23. Bd5 Rad8 24. Bb3 $44 {and White's piece
activity and Black's weaknesses should allow White to hold this complex ending.
}) 20... Bf6 (20... Bg5+ $5 {forcing f4 first also leads to the same thing} 21.
f4 Bf6 22. Qd3 (22. Kd2 Kg7 23. Be4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxb2 $19) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd1
Kg7 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. Bd7 Qc3 $19 (25... Qd4)) 21. Qd3 (21. Kd2 Kg7 22. Be4 fxe4
23. Qg4+ Kh6 24. Qxe4 Rd8+ $19) 21... Kg7 22. Bc6 Qxb2+ 23. Kd1 Rd8 24. Bd7 Qd4
(24... Qc3 {also wins:} 25. Re3 Qd4 $1 26. Qxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd3 Rxd7) 25. Qxd4
Bxd4 26. Ba4 Bxf2+ 27. Ke2 Bxe1 28. Kxe1 {Black has too many passed pawns, so
White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 {The French is one of Harikrishna's main weapon against 1.e4.} 2. d4
d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 $5 {This release of pressure in the centre is
something that Harikrishna has played three times recently. He has a 100% with
his opponents being Naiditsch, Maze, and Libiszewski.} 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6
{Vidit Gujrathi also plays this line quite often, hence it is very much a
possibility that Hari and Vidit prepared this together.} 7. Qd2 b6 8. O-O-O Bb7
9. Nc3 c6 $5 {Very interesting prophylactic move against White's idea of d4-d5.
c6 looks weird but is not so bad because after Black develops, say, Nbd7 and
Qc7 and 0-0-0, then he can go for the c5 break.} 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Qh6 Qc7 $5 {
Hari doesn't really care about his h7 pawn.} 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Qxh7 f5 14. Bc4
Nf6 15. Qh6 {It looks like the white queen will go back to d2 and White would
be a pawn up. However, here Black should have either 0-0-0 or started a
queenside pawn expansion.} Ng4 $6 (15... b5 16. Bb3 a5 $1 17. d5 (17. a3 a4 $1
18. Ba2 b4 19. axb4 a3 {and Black is breaking through.}) 17... Ng4 18. Qd2
O-O-O {Regaining the pawn.}) 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. h3 Nf6 18. Ne5 {Threatening
moves like Nxf7 followed by Bxe6.} Kb8 19. Rhe1 b5 $1 20. Bb3 b4 21. Ne2 (21.
Na4 c5 $1 22. Qf4 c4 $1 23. Bxc4 Ne4 $1 {Bg5 is really a difficult threat to
meet and so is f6.}) 21... c5 (21... Ne4 22. Qe3 c5 {transposes to the game.})
22. Qe3 Ne4 23. f4 cxd4 $1 {This along with f6 are strong continuations.} (
23... f6 $1 24. Ng6 (24. Nc4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Bc5 26. Kb1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 e5 $19)
24... c4 25. Ba4 (25. Nxe7 cxb3 $19) 25... Rf7 26. Nxe7 Rxe7 $17) 24. Nxd4 Bc5
{This pin is quite irritating.} 25. Nef3 Rg8 $6 {Hari in the press conference
said that this was a stupid move.} (25... Qb6 $1 {Increasing the pressure on
d4 puts White in a real bind. The idea is to simply follow up with f6 and e5.}
26. Kb1 Rd6 {With the idea of Rfd8 looks very strong. If White is forced to
play the move c3 he cannot be very happy.}) 26. g4 fxg4 (26... Qb6 $1) 27. hxg4
Rxg4 {Black has recovered the pawn and still keeps his edge.} 28. Ne5 Rxd4 $1
29. Rxd4 Rg3 30. Qxe4 {The queen sacrifice is forced. Or else you lose the
rook on d4.} Bxe4 31. Rdxe4 {Even though Black is better, this position is not
so easy to play. Mainly because the Black king isn't very secure. Harikrishna
tries to exchange a pair of rooks but in that process gives up the b4 pawn.}
Rg1 $6 (31... Ka8 {was better.}) 32. Rxg1 Bxg1 33. Rxb4+ Bb6 34. a4 {Now White
should have too many problems to hold this.} Ka8 35. Kb1 Qe7 36. Rc4 Bc7 37.
Nd3 Bd6 38. a5 Kb8 39. Ba4 Qb7 40. Rc6 Bxf4 41. Nc5 (41. Nxf4 $2 Qb4 $1 $17)
41... Qe7 42. Na6+ Kb7 43. Nc5+ Kb8 44. Na6+ Kb7 45. Nc5+ {An excellent game
by Harikrishna who really outplayed Nils in the opening and the middlegame. Bu
the Swedish player showed great tenacity and was able to find some nice
resources to hold the draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 $5
(7... b6) 8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Qd2 c5 $1 10. dxc5 (10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. dxc5 a6 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Qd6 Rc8 15. Nd5 Qxc5 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Qxc5 Rxc5 $10 {
Sax,G-Lautier,J/FRA/1989/}) (10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Bb5+ $5 (11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Bb5
Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Nxc6 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 bxc6 $10 {Zhidkov,V-Luther,T/
Sverdlovsk/1989/}) 11... Ke7 $1 (11... Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $6 (12... Nxd7 13.
Nxd4 Nb6 $5) 13. Qh6 Qd8 14. Rhe1 Nd7 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. Rxd4 $1 $40 {Tseshkovsky,
V-Danielian,O/Novgorod op/1995/}) 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 a6 15.
Be2 Nc6 16. Rh4 Ne5 $1 $10 {Tseshkovsky,V-Volkov,S/Novgorod op/1995/}) (10. d5
O-O 11. O-O-O e5 (11... Bg7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Ne5 exd5 $5 14. Nxd5 Qe6 15. Nc4
Bh6 16. f4 b5 $1 $13 {Glek,I-Luther,T/GER/1993/}) 12. h4 Nd7 13. d6 Nb6 14. Qe3
e4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. g4 $1 Bd4 17. Rxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 $44 {Lau,R-Sakaev,K/GER/
1991/}) 10... Qxd2+ (10... Qa5 $2 11. Nb5 $16) 11. Nxd2 (11. Kxd2 $5) 11... Ke7
12. Nb3 Bd7 13. O-O-O a5 $2 (13... Bxc3 $32 14. bxc3 Bc6) 14. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 (
14... Rc8 15. Nxf5+ exf5 16. Nd5+ Ke6 17. Bc4 $40) (14... Bg5+ $5 15. Kb1 Rc8)
15. Rxd4 Nc6 (15... Rc8 16. Rh4 Rxc5 17. Rxh7 b5 18. Bd3 b4 19. Ne2 $16) (15...
Bc6 $5) 16. Rd2 Rac8 17. Be2 Ne5 18. Rhd1 Be8 (18... Rhd8 $32 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3
$16) 19. f4 Ng6 20. g3 $16 Rxc5 21. Bf3 b5 22. Re1 Kf6 23. Rd6 b4 24. Nd5+ Kg7
25. Ne3 Bb5 26. Red1 Rhc8 27. Rd8 $1 Nf8 28. R1d6 (28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rd6 $16)
28... Rxd8 29. Rxd8 Bd7 (29... Nd7 30. Ra8 $1) 30. Kd2 f6 31. Ra8 e5 (31... Kf7
32. Kd3 $1 {/\Kd4+-/}) 32. Bd5 $1 exf4 (32... e4 $5) 33. gxf4 Be6 (33... Ng6
34. Ra7 $18) 34. Rd8 Kg6 35. c4 $1 (35. Rxf8 Bxd5 $16) 35... bxc3+ 36. bxc3
Bxd5 37. Rxd5 $18 Rc7 38. Rd6 Rc5 39. c4 Kf7 40. Kc3 Ne6 41. Nd5 h6 42. a3 h5
43. h4 Rc8 44. Rd7+ Kf8 45. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.05.27"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Heyken, Enno"]
[Black "Buhr, Carl Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.05.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 h6 5. Bh4 e6 6. e4 dxe4 7.
Nxe4 Be7 8. Nxf6+ Bxf6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qd2 O-O (10... a6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Qe3
Nb6 13. Qe4 Nd5 14. g3 $14 {1-0 Sursock,S-Savva,A/Dubai olm 1986 (41)}) 11.
O-O-O (11. Qe3 Rd8 12. O-O-O b6 13. Qe4 Rb8 14. Bb5 Bb7 15. Bc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6
Qf4+ 17. Kb1 Qd6 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Nunn,J/Lugano op 1987 (17)}) 11... e5
12. Re1 (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Qd4 Ng4 (13... Nxf3 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. gxf3
Be6 16. Rg1+ Kh8 $11) 14. Qxf6 Nxf6 15. Bc4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Walti,R-Wirthensohn,H/
SUI-chT 1995 (40)}) 13... Qxe5 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. Rde1 Qf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,
C-Larsen,B/Copenhagen 1985 (42)}) 12... exd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Nxd4 Rd8 14. Qe3 Nc5
$11) 13... Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15. c3 (15. Nb5 c6 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Bc4 Nb6 18. Bb3
Kf8 19. Re3 Bd7 20. Rhe1 c5 (20... Rbc8 21. Re7 Rxc7 22. Rxf7+ $18) 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 b6 $11) 15... Nb6 (15... Nf8 16. Bc4 c5 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Re4 (18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 $11) 18... Bxc4 19. Rxc4 b6 $11) 16. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gg2b7]} Kf8 (
16... c6 17. Bg2 Kf8 18. Re2 Bg4 19. Re4 Bd7 20. Rhe1 Re8 $11) 17. Bg2 Rb8 (
17... c6 $11) 18. Re5 Bd7 19. Rhe1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. f4 Nc4 22. b4 Nd6 23.
Kb2 Bd7 24. Kb3 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. c4 c6 (26... b6 $11) 27. Kc3 (27. c5 Nf5
28. Nc2 (28. Nxf5 Bxf5 $11) 28... Be6+ 29. Kb2 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. a4 Ke7 $14)
27... Kd8 28. a4 Kc7 29. a5 Nf5 (29... b6 30. c5 bxc5 (30... Nb7 31. cxb6+ axb6
32. a6 Nd6 33. b5 $18) 31. bxc5 Nb5+ 32. Nxb5+ cxb5 $11) 30. Nc2 Nd6 (30... b6
$11) 31. c5 Nb5+ 32. Kd2 Kd8 (32... Bf5 33. Ne3 Bb1 $11) 33. Ne3 Ke7 34. Kd3 a6
(34... g5 $6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. h4 gxh4 37. gxh4 Kf6 38. Nc4 Bf5+ 39. Ke3 Be6
40. Nd2 Bd5 (40... Na3 41. Be4 Nc4+ 42. Nxc4 Bxc4 43. Kf4 Be2 44. Bf5 Bf1 45.
Bc8 Ba6 46. h5 Kg7 47. Ke5 Kh6 48. Kd6 Kxh5 49. Kc7 Kg5 50. Bxb7 $18) 41. Bxd5
cxd5 42. Nf3 Kf5 43. h5 Na3 44. Kd3 $16) 35. Be4 Be6 36. h4 Na7 (36... f6 $14)
37. g4 Nb5 $2 $16 (37... f6 $14) 38. g5 $1 hxg5 (38... f6 39. gxh6 gxh6 40.
Nf5+ Bxf5 41. Bxf5 $16) 39. fxg5 g6 (39... f6 40. Nf5+ (40. g6 Nc7 41. h5 Bc8
42. Bf5 Be6 43. Ke4 $14) 40... Kf7 (40... Bxf5 41. Bxf5 fxg5 42. hxg5 Kd8 43.
Be6 (43. Ke4 $1 Nc3+ 44. Ke5 Nd5 45. Ke6 Ke8 (45... Nxb4 46. Kf7 $18) 46. Bg6+
Kf8 47. Kd7 Nxb4 48. Kc7 Ke7 49. Kxb7 Ke6 50. Be4 Ke5 51. Bxc6 Kd4 52. Kb6 Nd3
53. Kxa6 Kxc5 54. Be4 Nf2 55. Bf3 $18) 43... Nc7 44. Bc4 Ke7 45. Ke4 Ne6 46.
Kf5 Nf8 47. Bb3 Kd7 48. Bd1 Ke7 49. Bh5 Kd7 50. Ke5 Ke7 51. Bg4 Ng6+ 52. Ke4
Kd8 53. Kf5 Nf8 54. Ke5 Nh7 55. Kf4 (55. g6 Nf8 56. Bf5 Kc7 $11) 55... Nf8 56.
Bf5 $16) 41. Nd6+ Nxd6 42. cxd6 fxg5 43. hxg5 Ke8 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Ke5 (45. Kc5
Bh3 46. Kb6 Kc8 (46... Kxd6 47. Kxb7 c5 48. bxc5+ Kxc5 49. Kxa6 Bc8+ 50. Ka7
Kb5 51. a6 $18) 47. Bg6 Bd7 48. Bh5 (48. Bf7 Kb8 49. Kc5 Kc8 50. Kd4 Bh3 51.
Ke5 Kd7) 48... Kb8 $11) 45... Bh3 46. Bf3 Kd8 (46... Be6 47. b5 $1 axb5 48. a6
$18) 47. Be4 Kd7 48. Bg6 Bg4 49. Bf5+ Bxf5 50. Kxf5 Kxd6 51. Kg6 $18) 40. Nd1
Bb3 (40... f5 41. gxf6+ $2 (41. Bf3 Nc7 42. Nc3 Bg8 43. Kd4 Bb3 44. Ke5 Ne6 45.
Ne2 Bd1 46. Nd4 Nxd4 (46... Bxf3 47. Nxf3 Nc7 48. Nd4 Nd5 49. h5 (49. b5 Nb4
50. bxc6 Nxc6+ 51. Nxc6+ bxc6 52. h5 gxh5 53. Kxf5 Kf7 54. g6+ Kg7 55. Kg5 h4
56. Kxh4 Kxg6 57. Kg4 $11) 49... gxh5 50. b5 $1 Nb4 51. Nxf5+ Kf8 (51... Kf7
52. Nd6+ Kg6 53. b6 h4 54. Kf4 Nd3+ 55. Kg4 Nxc5 56. Kxh4 Kg7 57. Kh5 Kh7 58.
g6+ Kg7 59. Nf5+ Kf6 60. g7 Kf7 61. Kh6 Ne6 62. Nd6+ Kg8 63. Nxb7 $18) 52. bxc6
Nxc6+ 53. Kf6 Nb8 (53... Nb4 54. g6 Nd5+ 55. Kg5 $18) 54. Ke6 (54. g6 Nd7+ 55.
Kg5 Nxc5 56. Kxh5 Ne4 57. Kh6 Nf6 58. Nd6 Kg8 59. Nxb7 Ng4+ 60. Kg5 Ne5 61. Nc5
Nc6 62. Kh6 Nb8 63. Ne4 Nd7 64. g7 Kf7 65. Kh7 Nf8+ 66. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 67. Nc5
$18)) 47. Bxd1 Ne6 48. Bf3 $16) 41... Kxf6 42. Ne3 Nc7 43. Nc4 Bxc4+ 44. Kxc4
Ne6 45. Bf3 Kf5 46. Kd3 Kf4 47. Be4 Nf8 48. Kd4 Kg3 49. Ke5 Kxh4 50. Kf6 Kh5 (
50... g5 51. Ke7 $16) 51. Bf3+ Kh4 (51... Kh6 52. Bg4 Nh7+ 53. Ke5 Kg5 54. Bc8
$18) 52. Be4 Kh5 $11) 41. Bf3 Bxd1 42. Bxd1 Nc7 43. Bf3 Ne6 44. Ke4 f6 45.
gxf6+ Kxf6 46. Bg4 Ke7 47. Ke5 $18 Nd8 48. Bc8 Nf7+ 49. Kf4 Nd8 50. Kg5 Kf7 51.
Kh6 Kf6 52. Kh7 $1 {White win through detour and zugzvang.} Kf7 53. Bh3 Kf6 54.
Bd7 (54. Kg8 Ne6 55. Bxe6 Kxe6 56. Kg7 Kf5 57. Kf7 Kg4 58. Kxg6 Kxh4 59. Kf5
Kg3 60. Ke5 Kf3 61. Kd6 Ke4 62. Kc7 Kd4 63. Kxb7 $18) 54... Ke7 55. Bg4 Kf7 56.
Bc8 Kf6 57. Kg8 {Instructive endgame!} 1-0

[Event "Eksjo m 80 Jubilee"]
[Site "Eksjo"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bc4 (8. g3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Qd5 10. Ned2 Nc6 11. c3 O-O-O 12. Bg2 Qh5 13. O-O e5 14.
Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 h5 17. h4 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bc5 $13 {Heller,
F-Andersson,U/Haninge/1989/}) (8. Bd3) (8. c4 $5) 8... Bb7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O
Qc7 11. Rhe1 Nd7 12. Kb1 (12. Nc3 $5 {/\ 13.d5!?}) 12... O-O-O 13. Ba6 Bxa6 (
13... Rhe8 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. c4 Nf8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nc3 Bf6 18. Re3 Re7 19.
Red3 Ng6 20. d5 Red7 21. Qb3 Ne7 22. dxc6+ Nxc6 23. Nb5 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qb8 25.
Qd1 Rxd3 {0,5/Kortchnoj,V-Andersson,U/Reykjavik/1988/}) 14. Qxa6+ Kb8 15. Qe2
Rhe8 (15... Rhg8) 16. a3 Bf8 17. c4 h6 18. Nc3 f5 19. d5 Bg7 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Nf6 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. cxd5 e5 24. Rh4 h5 (24... Qc5 25. Rxh6 (25. b4 $5)
25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qc2) 25. Qg5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxf5 Red8 28.
Qf3 (28. Qxh5 e4 29. Qg4 $1 (29. Qe2 f5 $132) 29... f5 30. Qf4 Rd1+ 31. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 32. Ka2 Rd6 $1 33. Rh8+ $140 Kb7 34. Rh7 Qxh7 35. Qxd6 Qg8+ 36. Kb1 Qxg2
$10) 28... Rd2 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Rxh5 Qd4 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxf2 33. Rf3 Rxf3
34. gxf3 f6 35. Kc2 Kc7 36. Rh6 Rf8 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. f4 exf4 40. Rh7
Rc8 41. Kxf4 Rc4+ 42. Kf3 Rc2 43. Rxa7 Rxb2 44. h4 Kf5 45. a4 Rb3+ 46. Kf2 Kg4
47. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Qf4 Be7 12. d5 $1 {Initiating a clearance
on the light squares which will leave black with no glaring weaknesses but
some slightly vulnerable spots, which white can aspire to accessing with his
'extra knight'.} exd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Qc8 15. Nd4 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yd4f5]}
Nf6 $1 16. Re5 Nxe4 17. Rxe7 Nd6 $14 18. Rhe1 Qa6 19. Rxc7 Ne8 20. Rc3 Qxa2 21.
Ra3 Qc4 22. Ne6 Qxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Nf6 24. Ra6 $14 {with a slight but persistent
edge.} Rfd8 25. Re7 Nd7 26. Nd3 Kf8 27. Re4 Nb8 28. Ra3 Nc6 29. Rc3 Ne7 30. Rc7
Nd5 31. Rb7 Rdb8 32. Rxb8+ Rxb8 33. Ne5 Rc8 34. Nd7+ Kg8 35. Rd4 Ne7 36. Ne5
Ng6 37. Nd3 Nf8 38. Kd2 g6 39. b4 Kg7 40. b5 Rc7 41. Nf4 Nd7 42. c4 Nc5 43. Kc3
Re7 44. Nd3 Nxd3 45. Kxd3 Re1 46. g3 Ra1 47. Ke3 Kf6 48. Rd6+ Ke7 49. Rc6 Ra2
50. h4 h5 51. f3 Kd7 52. Rf6 Ke7 53. Rc6 Kd7 54. Kf4 Ra3 55. g4 Rc3 56. gxh5
gxh5 57. Ke4 Ke7 58. f4 Kd7 59. Kf5 a5 60. Kf6 a4 61. f5 a3 62. Rxb6 Rxc4 63.
Ra6 Rxh4 64. Rxa3 Kd6 65. Rb3 Kc7 66. b6+ Kb7 67. Kxf7 Rg4 68. f6 h4 69. Rh3
Kxb6 70. Ke6 Rf4 71. f7 Kb5 72. Ke7 Re4+ 73. Kf6 Rf4+ 74. Kg7 Rg4+ 75. Kf6 Rf4+
76. Ke6 Ka4 77. Re3 Kb5 78. Ke7 1-0

[Event "SWE-ch"]
[Site "Orebro"]
[Date "2013.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Wiedenkeller, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Ziegler,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.08.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+975"]
[WhiteClock "0:12:03"]
[BlackClock "0:03:45"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 (3... Bb4 {In the eighties Wiedenkeller was one
of our biggest connoseurs of the Winawer. It would have been very interesting
to see him play it against the biggest star of the new generation of
chessplayers in Sweden.}) 4. Bg5 dxe4 {I have never liked this move. Black has
no hopes for any kind of strategic advantage. It is only about neutralising
White. In case you like to play dxe4 against the French, then 3...dxe4 offers
somewhat more flexibility.} 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 (5... Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 {
Will most likely transpose.}) 6. Nf3 (6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 {gives Black an
easier task.}) 6... Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (7... Nxf6 {gives Black a very passive
position. One of the most normal ideas is to play ...c5, and now it has to be
associated with Qa5xc5 when White takes it, otherwise the pinBg5-d8 will be
felt.} 8. Bd3 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 $1 {White prepares castling
on the queen's side.} Bd7 12. Ne5 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rhe1 {
Mamedyarov-Makhar amedyarov-Makharadze, Batumi 2002. And here White is clearly
better because Black can not advance with his a- and b-pawns with facing
serious tactical problems.}) 8. h4 {White's position is slightly better. In a
practical sence perhaps better. Black's problem here is the bishop on c8. It
will take time to bring it into action. During this time White will be able to
develop his pieces freely in order to exploit the way Black chooses to
liberate the bishop.} a6 $6 {This move does not solve the problem described
above, so in essence this is a loss of time.} 9. Bd3 c5 10. Qe2 {A very
aggressive choice. White decides that his lead in development is massive
enough to compensate for a centre pawn.} ({A more traditional way of meeting
the ...c5 trust is:} 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxc5 13. O-O-O Bd7 14.
Rhe1 O-O 15. Ne5 {with a comfortable edge for White. (g2-g4 is coming...)})
10... cxd4 11. O-O-O {This concept of sacrificing the d4-pawn can also be seen
in a pure form in the instructive: Vaganian-Pogonina, 2011. That game was a
Queen's Gamit declined!} Nc5 (11... O-O 12. Nxd4 Bxg5+ 13. hxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1
g6 15. Nf3 $1 {And white is about to invade on the Black squares.}) 12. Be4 (
12. Bc4 {gives Black the possibility to head for a more technical type of
position:} b5 13. Rxd4 Qe7 14. Bxf6 gxf6 (14... Qxf6 15. Bd5) 15. Bb3 e5 16.
Rd2 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 O-O {White is slightly better.}) 12... Bd7 (12... Qa5 {
with the idea of Queen side castling was Black's last hope:} 13. Kb1 Bd7 14.
Nxd4 Bxg5 15. hxg5 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O-O {But as we can see White is
nevertheless on top.}) 13. Rxd4 Rc8 {Black is hoping to solve his problems by
tactical means. This is usually not a good recepy when your opponents pieces
have better coordination.} 14. Rhd1 Qa5 $2 15. Bxf6 Qxa2 (15... gxf6 16. Kb1
Bb5 (16... e5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bc6 bxc6 19. Qxe5+ Be6 20. Qxh8+)) 16. Bd5 Qa1+
17. Kd2 Qxb2 18. Bxg7 Rg8 {After 14...Qa5, this position was practically
forced. White is winning.} 19. Bf6 Nb3+ 20. Ke1 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 {Artistic} (21.
Qe5 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc3+ 23. Kf1 Rc1 24. Qb8+ Qc8 25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Bxb7 {
is also winning.}) 21... Qxc2 22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Rc1 {Very beatiful!} (23. Rxd7
Qb4+ 24. Ke2 Qb5+ 25. R7d3 {wins.}) 23... Qb6 {only move, but it gives White
the opportunity to win the queen back.} 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Ne5+ Kd6 26. Nc4+ Kc6
27. Nxb6+ Kxb6 28. g3 {The bishop on f6 is a monster, displaying the one
diagonal principle. Helping White in the attack and stops the the Queen side
pawns from promoting.} a5 29. Kd2 h5 30. Kd3 Rg4 31. Bd4+ Ka6 32. Rc5 a4 33.
Rxh5 f5 34. Rh6 Re4 35. f3 Re1 36. Kd2 1-0

