[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Ne5 (9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14.
Qe2 a6 15. h3 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Rc3 b5 $1 19. Rfc1 Nc4 $15 {
0-1 Portisch,L-Kramnik,V/Biel (izt) 58/398 1993 (42)}) (9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O
11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. dxe5 d4 $1 $11) (9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Ne5 Bxe5
11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. O-O Qb6 $11 {Ivanov,I-Shabalov,A/
New York op/1994/}) 9... Qa5 $1 (9... Bg7 $2 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 $1 $16 Qd7
$8 (11... Bd7 $2 12. Ba6 $18) (11... O-O {N} 12. Qxc6 $18 (12. Qxc6 $8 e5 $1 (
12... Qa5 13. Bc7 Qa3 14. Bd3 $16) 13. Bxe5 $1 (13. Qxa8 exf4 $1 14. Qxa7 fxe3
15. fxe3 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Qf2 17. Be2 Qxe3 18. Rc1 Bh6 19. Rc2 Bf5 $19) 13... Bxe5
14. dxe5 Qa5 15. Bd3 Bb7 $6 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Akopian,V/Linares op ,
CBM 51 1996 (22)} (15... Be6 $1 16. O-O Rfc8 17. Qa6 Qxc3 18. Rab1 Qxe5 19. Rb7
d4 $11))) 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17.
c4 Qc7 $8 18. cxd5 Rxd5 19. Rxd5 $6 (19. Bf3 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bd7 21. h4 $16)
19... cxd5 20. Rd1 (20. Qe8+ $6 Kg7) 20... Be6 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. h4 $1 Qc5 23. h5
(23. Qf4 $5 {Andersson,U} Rb2 24. h5 Rxa2 25. h6 Rc2 26. Bxd5 $1) 23... g5 $8
24. h6 $8 Kf8 $1 25. a3 a5 $1 (25... Ke7 $2 26. Bg4 $1) 26. e4 (26. Bg4 Qc4 $1
27. Qxc4 dxc4 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Rxh7 Kg8 $11) 26... Rb2 27. Qd4
Qxd4 28. Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Lalic,B/Benasque 61/378 1994 (45)}) 10. Qb3
Bg7 11. Bb5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 c4 16. Be2
Bf5 17. Qd2 Rab8 18. O-O Rb3 19. Rfd1 Qxc3 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qd4 Qc2 22. Re1 Qb2
23. Bd1 Rbb8 24. Re2 Qb6 25. Bc2 {Eingorn,V-Dorfman,J/Moscow GMA-qual f (11)
1990/1/2-1/2 (66)}) 11... Bxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bxc6 (13. Bg3 a6 $1 14. Bxc6 (
14. Be2 Qd8 15. O-O Na5 16. Qb4 Be6 $11) 14... bxc6 15. O-O Ra7 16. Qb4 Qxb4
17. cxb4 a5 18. a3 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Bc4 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. e4 Rfa8 22. Rc3 {Kajnih,
D-Payen,A/Eger (06) ,EXT 94 1994/0-1 (60)}) (13. Bg3 $1 Bd7 14. a4 $1 (14. Be2
Rfc8 15. O-O Nd8 $11) 14... Rfc8 (14... Nxd4 $2 15. exd4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 Qxc3+
17. Ke2 Qc2+ 18. Kf1 $16) (14... a6 15. Be2) 15. O-O $14) 13... bxc6 14. O-O
Ba6 15. Rfb1 Rac8 16. Qb4 $11 Qxb4 17. Rxb4 Bb5 18. Rb3 Rfd8 19. Ra3 Rd7 (19...
a6 20. Ra5 f6 21. Bg3 c5 22. a4 Bc4 23. dxc5 $2 (23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Rc8 25.
Rb1 Rxc5 26. Rb8+ Kf7 27. Rb7 Rc6 28. h4 Bd3 29. Rc7 Rb6 30. a5 $11) 23... Rc6
{xRa5}) 20. Rb1 f6 21. Bg3 Bd3 22. Rb2 (22. Rb8 Rxb8 23. Bxb8 Rb7 24. Rb3 Bb5
25. Bg3 $11) 22... c5 23. h4 a6 24. Ra5 (24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Bxb8 cxd4 26. cxd4
$11) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 Bb5 26. a4 $1 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Ra1 28. Raxb5 $1 axb5 29.
axb5 Rb7 30. b6 Kf7 31. Bc7 Ke6 32. Rc2 Rb1 33. Ra2 R7xb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Trophy 26th"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Stojanovic, Dalibor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2488"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2012.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 {There are some
new developments in the Exchange Slav.} Qb6 $5 {An old move championed by
Ehlvest.} (6... Nh5 7. Bd2 (7. Be5 e6 (7... f6 8. Bg3 e5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3
$13) 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 (9. h3 $5) 9... O-O 10. h3 $13) 7... Nf6 8. e3 e6 9. Ne5
{is this an advantage?}) (6... Bg4 $6 7. Ne5 Qb6 8. Nxc6 (8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. e4 e5
10. Bd2 (10. Bb5 Nf6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 $16)
10... f5 11. exf5 Qxd4 12. Qf3 $16) 8... bxc6 9. f3 Bf5 10. Na4 $16) (6... e6 {
The most solid approach.} 7. e3 Nh5 (7... Bd6 8. Bd3 $5 O-O 9. O-O Bxf4 10.
exf4 Qd6 11. Qd2 $14) (7... Be7 8. h3 $5 Bd6 9. Bd3 $13) 8. Be5 Be7 9. h3 Nf6
10. Bd3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qc2 $36) (6... Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Bb5 (
9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Bb5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bg3 $5 $13) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Rab1 $14) (6... a6 {The modern line which may evolve
from Chebanenko's Slav as well.} 7. Ne5 {Jobava's contribution reshaped the
line.} Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f3 $1 {is the main idea saving the f2-square for
the king.} Qxb2 10. Na4 Qb4+ 11. Kf2 Bf5 {There are many sharp lines in this
position.} 12. e3 (12. a3 Qa5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rc1 Nd7 (14... e6 15. Rxc6 Bxa3
16. e3 O-O 17. Bc7 Qb4 18. Bd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Bxd6 20. h4 h5 21. g5 Nd7 22. Bd3
Rfc8 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qd3 Rc4 25. Ra1 Rac8 26. f4 Kf7 27. Kf3 $14) 15. Rxc6 e5
16. dxe5 Nc5 (16... Qb5 17. Rc7 Nb6 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. e3 Bc5 20. Bb5+ axb5 21.
Rxc5 Qxa3 22. Qd4 Na4 23. Nxa4 Qxa4 24. Rxd5 O-O 25. e4 $14) (16... Be7 17. e6
fxe6 18. Rxe6 O-O 19. Rxe7 Rxf4 20. Rxd7 Rxa4 21. Qxd5+ Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxa3 23.
Bg2 $16) 17. Nb6 Rd8 18. Bg5 Ne6 19. Bxd8 Nxd8 20. Rxg6 hxg6 21. Nxd5 Nc6 22.
e3 Bc5 23. Bxa6 O-O 24. Qc2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxe3+ 27. Kxe3 Qxd5 28.
Qc3 Nxe5 29. Be2 g5 30. a4 $14) 12... Nd7 $1 13. g4 Bg6 14. Rc1 e5 (14... e6
15. Qb3) 15. dxe5 Nc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. h4 h6 (17... h5 18. gxh5 Rxh5 19. Kg3
Qa3 20. Bh3 $40) 18. h5 Bh7 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Qxf4 (20... O-O 21. Kg3) 21.
Rxc5 Qxe5 22. Rxc6 O-O 23. Qd4 $14) (6... Bf5 7. Qb3 $5 Na5 (7... Qb6 8. Qxb6
axb6 9. e3 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Rfc8 13. Rfc1 $14) 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9.
Qc2 Rc8 10. e3 b5 (10... e6 11. Bd3 Be7 (11... Bb4 12. O-O Nc4 13. Rfc1 O-O 14.
Qb3 $5 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nc4 14. Qe2 Nd6 $14)
(10... Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. Rb1 h6 14. Ne5 Be7 15. e4 $40) 11. a3
e6 12. Bd3 Nc4 (12... b4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. O-O O-O 15. Ne5 $14) 13. O-O Be7 14.
h3 $14) 7. Na4 $5 {I decided on this one over the board.} ({However I was
aware of Andersson's} 7. a3 $142 e6 (7... Bg4 8. Na4 Qd8 9. Ne5 e6 10. f3 Bf5
11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 $16) (7... Bf5 8. Na4 Qd8 9. e3 e6 10. Qb3 $16) 8. e3 Bd7 9.
Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Qd8 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 $14) 7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8
9. e3 e6 (9... Ne4 10. Bd3 e6 (10... Bg4 $6 11. Qb3 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 e5 13. O-O
$40) 11. O-O {transposes to the text.}) 10. Bd3 (10. Bb5 Bd7 11. O-O {is a
viable alternative.}) 10... Ne4 (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O) 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bxe4
$146 {I decided to sacrifice a pawn, otherwise in this confined position White
could not aim for an advantage.} ({I did not like} 12. Be1 O-O 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14.
Bxd2 e5 $132) ({or} 12. Rc1 O-O 13. a3 Bd7 14. b4 b6 15. Nc3 f5 $15) 12... dxe4
13. Ne5 Nxe5 (13... Bd7 14. Nc4 $1 Be7 15. Nc5 $16) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 $1 (
15. Bc3 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Bd7 18. Nxe4 Ke7 19. Nd6 Bc6 20. e4 $14 {
did not seem to give enough.}) 15... Qd5 $1 (15... Bxh2+ $2 16. Kxh2 Qxd2 17.
Rfd1 Qb4 18. Rd4 (18. Qg5 $6 O-O 19. Rd4 h6) 18... Qe7 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Rc1 $1
{and Black would have terrible difficulties to complete his development.} (20.
Rad1 $6 g6 21. Nc3 Kg7) 20... b6 (20... g6 21. Qe5 f6 22. Qa5 $18) 21. Qe5 f6
22. Qc7 Qxc7+ 23. Rxc7 $18) 16. Rfd1 Bf6 17. Qxd5 (17. Qe2 $2 Qd3 18. Qe1 Qb5
19. Nc3 Qf5 $17) 17... exd5 18. Bc3 Bd7 $1 {So far he has shown the prudence
of the old school.} ({After} 18... Be6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rac1 (20. Nc3 O-O-O
21. Rd4 Rd7 22. Rad1 Rhd8 23. f3 f5 24. Kf2 $14) 20... O-O 21. Nc3 (21. Rc7 $2
Rab8 22. Rdc1 Rfc8 $15) 21... Rac8 22. Rd4 f5 23. Rcd1 Rfd8 24. f3 exf3 25.
gxf3 $14 {only White could try for a win.}) 19. Bxf6 Bxa4 20. Bxg7 Bxd1 21.
Bxh8 Be2 {Draw offer.} 22. Bd4 Kd7 23. f4 $1 (23. Rc1 Rg8 24. Be5 Rc8 $11)
23... exf3 24. Kf2 Bd3 (24... Rc8 25. Bc3 $14 (25. gxf3 Rc2 26. Kg3 a6 27. h4
h5 28. Kf4 Bd3 29. Rg1 Bg6 30. Rg5 Kd6 $11)) 25. gxf3 Bg6 $6 {A strange move,
difficult to explain somehow.} 26. Kg3 $14 {This is a very instructive
position.} (26. a4 Rc8) 26... b6 $6 {Bishops have some strange relationship
with the colours of pawn chains.} ({Therefore he had to chose among one of the
alternatives.} 26... a5 27. Kf4 Rc8 28. Bc3 (28. Ke5 Rc2 $132) 28... a4 29. a3
Ke6 $11) (26... a6 27. a4 Rc8 28. Ra3 Rc6 29. Rb3 Kc8 30. Kf4 Bc2 31. Ra3 Kd7
32. a5 Rh6 $11) 27. a4 Bd3 28. a5 b5 (28... Rg8+ 29. Kf4 Rg2 30. a6 (30. axb6
axb6 31. Ra7+ Ke6 32. Rb7 Rxh2 33. Rxb6+ Kd7 34. b4 $14) 30... Rxh2 31. Bxb6
Rh6 $11) 29. Kf4 {I chose this} ({over} 29. a6 b4 30. Ra5 (30. Kf4 b3) 30...
Bc4 31. Kf4 b3 32. Ke5 Rg8 33. f4 Rg6 34. Bxa7 Re6+ 35. Kd4 Rxa6 36. Rxa6 Bxa6
37. Kxd5 f5 38. Kd4 Be2 $11) 29... a6 $1 30. Rg1 (30. b4 Rg8) 30... Rc8 31. Rg5
$1 (31. b4 Rc4 32. Ke5 Rxb4 33. Rg7 Ke8 34. Rg8+ Kd7 35. Ra8 Ra4 36. Rxa6 b4
37. Rd6+ Kc8 38. Rxd5 b3 $132) (31. Ke5 Re8+ 32. Kxd5 Be2 33. f4 (33. Rg3 Re6
$44) 33... Re6 $1 34. b3 $1 (34. Rg7 Bf3+ 35. Kc5 Rc6+ 36. Kb4 Rc4+ 37. Ka3 b4+
38. Kb3 Bd5 39. e4 Rxd4+ 40. exd5 Rxf4 41. Rxh7 Kd6 $11) 34... Rg6 $11) 31...
Kd6 32. h4 (32. b4 Rc4 33. Rg8 Rxb4 34. Ra8 Ra4 35. Rxa6+ Kd7 36. Ke5 b4 $132)
32... b4 $1 33. h5 $2 {This has unnecessarily broadened the space on the
king's wing.} (33. Rh5 Rc1 34. Rh6+ Ke7 (34... Bg6 $2 35. h5 Rh1 36. hxg6 Rxh6
37. gxf7 Ke7 38. Bg7 Rh4+ 39. Kg5 Kxf7 40. Kxh4 Kxg7 41. Kg5 Kf7 42. Kf5 h6 43.
f4 $18) 35. Rb6 Rf1 36. Rxb4 Be2 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kd7 39. Ke5 Rxf3 40.
Rd6+ Ke8 41. Kxd5 Ke7 42. Rh6 Rf5+ 43. Kc6 Rh5 44. Rd6 Rf5 $1 $14) 33... b3 34.
Rg7 Ke6 35. Rg1 $5 {White should avoid his king being stuck on the king's
flank.} (35. Kg5 $2 Rc1 36. Kh6 Rh1 37. Rg5 Bg6 $1 $11) 35... Rc2 $2 $138 {
The rook should not leave the back rank.} (35... h6 $1 36. Ra1 Rc2 37. Ra4 Rc4
38. Rxc4 dxc4 39. e4 f5 40. e5 Be2 41. Ke3 Bd1 42. Bc3 Kd5 43. Kf4 Ke6 $11) 36.
Rg8 Rh2 37. Re8+ Kd7 $1 {The rook should be attacked immediately.} (37... Kd6
$2 38. Kg5 Be2 39. Rb8 Bxf3 40. Rb6+ Kd7 41. Rxa6 Rxh5+ 42. Kf4 $18) 38. Re5
Kd6 39. Kg5 Rh3 (39... Rxh5+ $2 {might have been risky} 40. Kxh5 f6 41. Rxd5+
Kxd5 42. Bxf6 $18 {due to the pair of connected passed pawns.}) 40. Kg4 (40. f4
Be2 41. Kf6 Rxh5 42. Kxf7 Rxe5 43. fxe5+ Kd7 44. e6+ Kd6 45. Kf6 Bh5 46. Be5+
Kc5 47. Kg7 Bg6 48. e7 Kc6 49. Kf8 Kd7 $11) 40... Rh1 41. Re8 Rg1+ 42. Kf4 Rh1
43. Rd8+ Kc6 (43... Ke6 $2 44. Bc5 Rh4+ 45. Kg5 Rc4 46. Rd6+ Ke5 47. f4+ Ke4
48. Bd4 Rc7 49. f5 $1 $18) 44. Rf8 (44. Kg5 Be2 45. f4 Bxh5 (45... Rxh5+ 46.
Kf6) 46. Rb8 Be2 47. Rxb3 Bb5 48. Rc3+ Kd6 49. Kf6 Kd7 50. Be5 Bc6 51. f5 h5
$132) 44... Rxh5 45. Rxf7 Kd6 46. Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rb6 Rf5+ $2 $138 {This simply
loses a pawn.} (47... Bb5 $5 48. Kg3 Rh1 49. f4 Rh5 50. Be5 Bc4 $11) 48. Kg3
Rg5+ (48... Bc4 49. Rb7+) 49. Kf2 Rg6 50. Rxb3 {Despite the extra pawn things
are far from being clear.} (50. Rb7+ Kd6 51. Rxb3 Bb5 52. Rc3 Bd7 53. Rc1 Bh3
54. f4 Rg2+ 55. Kf3 Rg6 56. Be5+ Ke6 57. Rc7 h5 58. Ra7 Bg4+ 59. Kf2 Kf5 $132)
(50. Bc5+ Kd7 51. Rxb3 Bb5 52. Rc3 h5 $132) 50... Bb5 51. Rc3 Rc6 52. Bc5+ Kf6
53. Rc1 Kf5 54. b4 Rh6 $6 ({His chances lay in} 54... h5 $132) 55. Rd1 Ke6 56.
Rg1 (56. Rd4) 56... Rh2+ 57. Kg3 Rh6 58. Rc1 Rg6+ 59. Kf2 Rh6 60. Bd4 Bc4 61.
Rg1 Rh2+ (61... Rg6 $2 62. Rh1 h6 63. Rh5 $18) 62. Kg3 Rh6 63. Rc1 ({No
improvement could be seen after} 63. Kf4 Rh4+ 64. Kg5 Rh3 65. Kg4 Rh6 66. Rc1
Rg6+ 67. Kf4 Rh6) 63... Rg6+ 64. Kf4 Rh6 65. e4 $2 {Obviously the only chance
left, but the timing of this thrust had to be well prepared.} Rh4+ $2 ({
He could have immediately equalised with} 65... dxe4 $1 66. fxe4 (66. Rxc4 Kd5
67. Bg7 Kxc4 68. Bxh6 exf3 69. Kxf3 Kxb4 $11) 66... Rh4+ 67. Ke3 Rh3+ 68. Kf2
$14) 66. Kg3 Rh6 67. Be3 (67. e5 Kf5 $132) 67... Rg6+ 68. Kf2 Bb5 (68... h5
$142 $132) 69. exd5+ Kxd5 70. Rc5+ (70. Rc7 Bd3 $1 71. Rxh7 Rg2+ $11) 70... Ke6
71. Rh5 Rg7 72. f4 $16 {White is not only a pawn up but he has succeeded in
pushing Black's pieces away.} Rf7 73. Re5+ Kf6 $4 {Hehas just stepped on to a
mined square!} (73... Kd7 74. f5 Re7 75. Rd5+ Ke8 76. Bc5 Rd7 77. Re5+ Kf7 78.
Kg3 Rd1 79. Kg4 $1 (79. Kf4 Rf1+ 80. Kg5 h6+ 81. Kxh6 Kf6 $11) 79... Bd7 80.
Bf2 Kf6 81. Rc5 h5+ $11) 74. Bd4 $18 Rd7 (74... Kg6 75. Rg5+ Kh6 76. Kg3 Bd7
77. Be5 $18 {and he is helpless against the combined march of White's small
army.} Bc8 78. Kh4 Bd7 79. b5 axb5 (79... Bxb5 80. f5 $18) 80. a6 Bc8 81. Bd6
$1 {The easiest since there would be no need to play QvsR+hP ending.} (81. f5
Bxf5 82. Rxf5 Rxf5 83. a7 Rf8 (83... Rh5+ 84. Kg4 Rg5+ 85. Kf4 Rg8 86. Bb8 $18)
(83... Rxe5 84. a8=Q Rh5+ 85. Kg4 Rg5+ 86. Kf4 Kh5 87. Qe8+ Kh6 88. Qd8 Rg6 89.
Qf8+ Kh5 90. Qc5+ Kh6 91. Qxb5 Kg7 92. Qb7+ Kg8 93. Kf5 Kh8 94. Qf7 Rg7 95.
Qf8+ Rg8 96. Qf6+ Rg7 97. Ke6 $18) 84. Bb8 $18) 81... Bxa6 82. f5 Bc8 83. Bf4
$18) 75. Bc3 $4 {I was too lazy to calculate the exchange of bishops with 3
minutes remaining on my clock.} (75. Rxb5+ Rxd4 76. Ke3 Rc4 77. Rb6+ Kf5 (77...
Kg7 $5 78. Rxa6 $1 {The simplest.} (78. Kf3 h5 79. Kg3 Kf7 80. f5 (80. Kh4 $2
Rxf4+ 81. Kxh5 Ke7 82. Kg5 Rf8 $1 $11 {would have drawn since the king would
be cut off.} (82... Rc4 $2 83. Kf5 Rc8 (83... Kd7 84. Ke5 $18) 84. Ke5 Ra8 85.
Kd5 Kd7 86. Rb7+ $18) 83. Rxa6 $140 Rb8) 80... Ke7 81. Rxa6 Rxb4 82. Ra8 Kf6
83. a6 Rg4+ 84. Kf3 Rg7 85. Ke4 (85. a7 $2 Rf7 $1 86. Kf4 h4 87. Kg4 h3 88.
Kxh3 Kxf5 89. Kg3 Rg7+ {and Black establishes the famous mechanism.} (89... Kf6
90. Kf4 Kg6+ 91. Ke5 Rg7) 90. Kf3 Kg6 91. Ke4 Kg5 92. Kd5 Kg4 93. Kc6 Kg5 94.
Kb6 Rg6+ 95. Kc7 Rg7+ 96. Kd6 Kg6 $11) 85... h4 86. Kf4 Rd7 87. Re8 $1 $18 (87.
a7 Rf7 $11)) 78... Rxb4 79. Ra8 Ra4 80. a6 h5 81. a7 h4 82. Kf3 $18) 78. Kd3 $1
Rxf4 79. Kc3 $1 {I missed this idea during the game.} Ke5 80. Rxa6 Kd5 81. Kb3
$18) 75... Kf7 76. f5 (76. Rc5 Rd3 77. f5 h5 78. f6 h4 $11) 76... Rc7 77. Re3
$5 ({The obvious} 77. Rc5 Rxc5 78. bxc5 h5 79. Kg3 Bd7 80. f6 Kg6 81. Bd4 Kf7
82. Kf4 Ke6 83. Kg5 Be8 84. Bf2 Bf7 85. Bg3 Be8 86. Bh4 Kd5 87. Bf2 Ke6 $11 {
ought to lead to a draw.}) 77... h5 78. Kg3 (78. Rg3 Rc4 79. f6 Kf8 80. Be5 Rg4
$132) 78... Rd7 $1 $11 {This was even better} ({than} 78... Rc4 79. f6 h4+ $11)
79. Kh4 {Anyway the exchange on d3 had already become unavoidable.} Rd3 80.
Rxd3 Bxd3 81. Kxh5 Bxf5 82. Kg5 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Paracin Summer op-A 10th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Fernandez, Daniel Howard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2017.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 {
Safest!} (7... Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. f3 $1 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qb4+ 11. Kf2 $44) 8. e3
e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 (11. Rc1 $5) (11. Qf3 $5) 11... Rc8 12. Rac1
Be8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc2 Bd6 15. Bxd6 ({JD played} 15. Bg5 $5 {
Donaldson-Becerra Rivero,USA 2008.}) 15... Qxd6 16. Qf3 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Bd7 $1
18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Kf8 20. f3 Be8 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 {Normally I believe that the exchange variation is
more justified without developping the knight on f3.} Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Nb4 $5 {A weird looking
move.I have understood that the kid wants me to play a3 then he will go for
Nc6-a5.} 11. Qe2 ({Man should of course eat meat and chose this move!} 11. Bb1
Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Ke2 $13) (11. Rd1 Nxd3+ 12. Rxd3
Bb4 (12... Qb6 $6 13. Qe2 Bb4 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1
$16) 13. Bg5 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Qxb2 16. Rb3 Qxa2 17. Rxb7 Qa1+ 18.
Ke2 Qa2+ $11) 11... Bd6 12. Bxd6 (12. Bg5 $5 {Since knights are important in
such a game I could have played} h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O O-O 15. a3 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rc4 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qe7 20. Nb1 Qc7 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22.
Qe4 b5 23. Nc3 $13) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Bb1 Rc7 16. Qd2 (
16. e4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxc7 Qxc7 19. Qxe4 g6 20. a3 Nd5 21. Ba2 Rd8
$15) 16... Rfc8 17. Ne2 $6 {Passive!} (17. Na4 {was more to the point.} Nc6 (
17... Nd7 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Rc1 $11) 18. Nc5 Nd7 (18... e5 $6 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20.
Rfd1 $14) 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rc3 f5 21. Rfc1 Ne7 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24.
Bd3 Nc8 25. Qc2 $11) 17... Nc6 18. Rfd1 {I was annoyed with the possibility of
Ne4 but for no reason.} (18. Ng3 g6 (18... Qb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21.
a3 Nc6 22. Rc1 $11) 19. Rc3 Kg7 (19... Qb4 20. Rfc1 Ne7 (20... Na5 $2 21. Rxc7)
21. a3 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd6 $11) (19... Na5 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. b3 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3
23. Ne2 Rc7 24. Rc1 $11) 20. Rfc1 $13) (18. Rc3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfc1 Qd5
21. Qc2 $140 Qxa2 $2 22. Rc5 $18) 18... g6 (18... Ne4 $2 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ng3
f5 21. d5 Rd8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Qc2 Rdc8 24. dxc6 Qe6 25. Qa4 $16) 19. f3 $6 {
The beginning of later headaches.} e5 $1 {Good timing!} 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Rc3
Re8 $2 {He could have taken advantage of my sluggish play.} (21... Qg5 $1 22.
Kf2 Re7 23. g3 Rce8 24. h4 Qe5 $15) 22. Bc2 (22. Nf4 Rd7 23. Rd3 Qg5 24. Ne2 $1
(24. e4 $2 dxe4 25. Rxd7 e3 $1 $36) 24... Rde7 25. Nc3 Rxe3 26. Nxd5 Rxd3 $1 (
26... Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qxd5 30. Kh2 $11) 27. Nxf6+
Qxf6 28. Bxd3 Rd8 $40) 22... Na5 $1 {A good move!} 23. Rxc7 ({It was possible
still possible to fight with a pawn down.} 23. Qd4 $5 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Nc4 25.
Qxe5 (25. e4 $6 Nxb2 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 Kf8 $17
) 25... Rxe5 26. f4 Rxe3 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxb2 29. Rd7 b5 30. Bb3 Nc4 31.
Kf2 Re6 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rc7 Re4 34. Kf3 Rd4 35. a4 Kg7 36. a5 Rd5 37. Rxc4
Rxa5 38. Rc6 $11) 23... Qxc7 24. b3 $6 {When you have played Bc2 you have to
continue with Bb3 no matter what happens.} (24. Bb3 $5 Qe5 25. Kf2 $15) 24...
Nc6 25. Qc3 $4 {I was trying to get a hang on e5 square but this move is a bad
blunder.} (25. Nf4 Qe5 26. Kf2 h5 27. h4 $11) (25. Bb1 $6 Qe5 26. Kf2 h5 27.
Rc1 h4 $1 $15) 25... Qe7 $1 (25... d4 $6 {is not that effective.} 26. Nxd4 Nd5
27. Qd3 Rxe3 (27... Nxe3 28. Re1 Qb6 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Qe2 Nxd4 31. Qf2 Qc7 32.
Bd3 Ne6 $15) 28. Qd2 Qb6 29. Kh2 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qd6+ 31. Kg1 Re2 32. Qxd5 Qg3
33. f4 Rxc2 34. Qxb7 Rxa2 35. Rf1 $15 {and white survives.}) 26. Kf2 $4 {
I was blind that morning.} (26. Nf4 Nb4 27. Bb1 Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Rc3
$17) (26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. exd4 Nh5 $17) 26... d4 $1 $19 27. Nxd4 Nd5 28. Qd2 $2 (
28. Nxc6 Qh4+ 29. g3 Nxc3 30. gxh4 Nxd1+ 31. Bxd1 bxc6 $19 {is the best under
circumstances but white is totally lost.}) (28. Qd3 Nxe3 29. Nxc6 Nxd1+ $19)
28... Nxe3 29. Re1 Nxd4 ({is a sophisticated alternative!} 29... Qh4+ 30. g3
Qxh3 (30... Qxd4 $4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Bd3 $11 {is an early morning daydream.})
31. Rxe3 Qh2+ 32. Ke1 Qg1+ 33. Ke2 Rxe3+ 34. Qxe3 Nxd4+ $19) 30. Qxd4 (30. Rxe3
Qxe3+ 31. Qxe3 Rxe3 32. Kxe3 Nxc2+ 33. Ke4 f5+ 34. Ke5 Ne1 $19) 30... Ng4+ 31.
fxg4 Qxe1+ {End of a disgusting game for me.} 0-1

[Event "US op 102nd"]
[Site "Framingham"]
[Date "2001.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Foygel, Igor"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2001.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {My opponent had a different approach to this
particular game than I had.For him a draw ment qualification to US
Championship,but for me it was a money game.} cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4
Nh5 $5 {I wanted to play something which will upset the balance.} 7. Be5 $1 (7.
Bd2 e6 8. e3 $11) 7... e6 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. a3 f5 (10... f6 11. Bg3 $1 (
11. Ng5 $6 Qe8 $1 (11... g6 12. Nxh7 fxe5 13. Nxf8 Qxf8 14. Bxg6 Nf6 15. h4)))
11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 Be8 $5 {I did not want to oppose whites rook on c line.
However this might turn out to be a risky decision.} (12... Rc8 13. Qb3 Na5 14.
Qa2 $13) 13. Na4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 $1 (14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Ne4 $5 16. Rc1 Bh5 17.
Bg3 Qb6 $36) (14. Ng5 Bd7 $1 {then black is all setup for Ne4.}) 14... Rxf6 15.
Nc5 b6 16. Nb3 Rc8 $2 (16... Bd6 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Qd3 $13 (18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Ne5
Bb5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Re1 Ba4 22. Qd3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rf7 $17)) 17.
Ba6 Rc7 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. f4 {Draw offer.} Nb8 20. Qd3 Ba4 21. Rxc7 Bxc7 22. Bb5
$2 (22. Nd2 $1 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rf7 24. Nf3 Nxa6 (24... Rc7 25. Nd4) 25. Qxa6 Bb3
26. Rc1 Rc7 27. Qf1 $14) 22... Bxb3 23. Qxb3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rf7 25. Rc1 (25. Qb4
$2 Rc7 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. exd6 Rc8 28. d7 Rd8 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. Rc7 a6 31. Be2 b5
32. Rb7 Ke7 $17 {and the pawn falls.}) 25... Rc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. h3 $11 Kf7 (
27... a6 28. Be2 Qc5 29. a4) 28. Kh2 Qc1 29. Qa4 a6 {Time to force the draw
before it is late.} 30. Bxa6 (30. Bd7 $2 b5 (30... Qc7 $2 31. Bxe6+ $1 Kxe6 32.
Qe8+ $18) 31. Bxb5 Qxe3 $1 (31... axb5 $6 32. Qa7+ Kg6 33. Qxb8 Qxe3 34. Qe8+
Kh6 35. Qxe6+ g6 36. Qxd5 Qxf4+ 37. Kg1 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qxb2+ 39. Kf1 Qxa3 40.
Qxb5 Qe7 41. Qd5 Kg7 $11) 32. Be8+ Ke7 33. Qb4+ Kxe8 34. Qxb8+ Kf7 $17) 30...
Nxa6 {Black is in no danger of losing the game.} (30... Nxa6 31. Qd7+ (31. Qxa6
$2 Qxe3 32. Qa4 b5 $17) 31... Kf8 32. Qd8+ (32. Qxe6 Qxe3 33. Qc8+ (33. Qxf5+
Ke7) 33... Ke7 34. Qb7+ Ke6 35. Qc6+ $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.11.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg7 13. a3 Bd7 14. Na4 Qa5+ 15.
Nc3 Rc8 16. Be2 Qd8 17. b4 g4 18. b5 gxf3 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. gxf3 Qa5 21. Kd2 e5
22. Qd3 {[%tqu "En","Black is clearly winning, but what the most efficient way
to finish the game?","Exploit the shaky position of the white knight.",
"Deflect the enemy queen!","d7f5","This elegant bishop thrust is definitely
the most convincing way to victory.",5]} Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Rd2][%cal Gc6c3,
Ga5c3] The most efficient way to victory.} 23. e4 (23. Qxf5 {loses in view of}
Qxc3+ 24. Kd1 Qxa1+) 23... dxe4 24. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 (24... Bxe4 {, and White
resigned, as after} 25. Qe3 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 O-O {his position is hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9293"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?.2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[BlackTeam "Bielefeld"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Bd3 Kh8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Na4 Ne4 (11... Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Nc3 Bxc3 14.
Rxc3 Qxa2 15. Bd6 Rd8 16. Ba3 $16) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 (13... Bxg3 $1 14.
hxg3 f5 $5 $14) 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nb6 $1 Rb8 16. O-O Bd7 $6 (16... Na5 17. Ndc4
Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd8 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. d5 (20. Nxd7 Qxd7 $10) 20... exd5 (20... Bb5
21. dxe6 $1 $16) 21. Qxd5 Bb5 22. Rfd1 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Rbc8 $10) 17. Qa4 $1 Rbd8
18. Qa3 $1 Qxa3 (18... Qc7 19. Ndc4 f4 $6 20. d5 $1 $16) 19. bxa3 Na5 $5 20. a4
Nc6 $6 {(>= 20 ..Kg8)} 21. Nb3 $1 $16 Be8 22. Nc5 Rf6 23. Nxb7 Rb8 24. Nd6 Rxb6
25. Nxe8 Rf7 $5 (25... Rf8 26. Nc7 $16) 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Nc4 Rb4 28. a3 Rb3 29.
Nd2 Rb6 30. Rc5 Ne7 31. Rfc1 Rfb8 32. Rc7 R6b7 33. f3 Rxc7 (33... exf3 $5 34.
gxf3 $1 (34. Nxf3 h6 $1 $14) 34... Kg8 35. Kf2 Kf8 $14) 34. Rxc7 Nd5 35. Rc6
Nxe3 36. fxe4 $1 (36. Rxe6 h6 37. fxe4 Rb2 38. exf5 Rxd2 39. Rxe3 Rxd4 $14)
36... fxe4 (36... h6 37. exf5 Rb2 38. fxe6 Rxd2 39. e7 $18) (36... Kg8 37. exf5
Rb2 38. fxe6 $18) 37. Rxe6 Nc2 38. d5 $1 (38. Rxe4 Rd8 $14) 38... e3 39. Nf1
Kg8 40. Nxe3 Nxe3 41. Rxe3 Kf7 42. Kf2 Rd8 43. Rd3 Kf6 (43... Ke7 44. Ke3 Kd6
45. Kd4 $16) 44. Kf3 $1 Ke5 45. Re3+ Kd4 (45... Kd6 46. Re6+ Kxd5 47. Re7 $16)
46. Re7 Rxd5 47. Rxg7 Rh5 (47... h5 48. Kg3 Ra5 49. Kh4 $16) 48. h3 Rh6 49. Kg4
Ke3 50. Kg5 Rc6 51. Rxh7 Kf2 52. g4 Kg3 53. Kh5 Kxh3 54. g5 Rc5 55. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 55th"]
[Site "Bhubaneswar"]
[Date "2016.08.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.08.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Bd3 {Diagramm [#]} Bg4 {Ein neuer Zug, der aber nicht schlecht ist.} 10.
h3 Bh5 11. O-O Be7 12. Be2 {Kleiner psychologischer Erfolg für Artemiev: Die
Fesselung seines Springers war Xiong offenbar so lästig, dass er sich zu
diesem Rückzug genötigt sah.} (12. Na4 O-O 13. Qb3 {war aktiver, doch warum
etwas riskieren, wenn man kurz vor Turnierende einen vollen Punkt Vorsprung
hat!}) 12... O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Qb3
Qd7 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qb6 Ne8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Nc3 f6 22. Bg3 Bd8 23. Qb3 Qc6 {
Diagramm [#]} 24. Na4 {Xiong entschließt sich, doch noch einmal etwas zu
unternehmen; ein Risiko geht er dabei ja nicht ein.} Be7 25. Kh2 Kf7 26. Nc5
Bxc5 27. dxc5 g6 {Diagramm [#] Ein hübscher kleiner Zug, mit dem Artemiev die
Aktivierung des Springers vorbereitet.} 28. a4 Ng7 29. Bb8 Nf5 30. Qb4 {
Diagramm [#]} Qc8 ({Mit} 30... e5 $1 {hätte Xiong seinen Gegner noch einmal
ein wenig in die Defensive drängen können.}) 31. Ba7 Ne7 32. Bb6 Nc6 33. Qh4
Kg7 34. b4 Ne5 35. Qf4 g5 36. Qg3 h6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Kf7 39. h4 Qd7 40. f4
{Diagramm [#] Den Bb5 kann Weiß nicht mehr decken, aber das Gegenspiel auf
der anderen Brettseite kompensiert dies problemlos.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 2. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:53]} e6 {
[%emt 0:03:30]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} b6 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:
22]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 6. c3 {
[%emt 0:00:41]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:43]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:01:38]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:20]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:09:02]} 9. a3 {[%emt 0:05:11]} cxd4 {
[%emt 0:07:33]} 10. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 11. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:10:17]} d5 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:05:37]} Na5 {[%emt 0:05:
34]} 13. Nd2 {[%emt 0:05:43]} (13. Nb5 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 a6 15. Bc7 Qa8 16. Nd6 Nc4
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. Qb1 b5 20. Rc1 h6 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Nd7 23.
Bf4 Nb6 24. Rd1 Nc4 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Qb6 27. d5 e5 28. Bg3 Bd6 29. h4 Qd8
30. Bf5 Rc7 31. Re1 g6 32. Bd3 h5 33. b3 e4 34. Bxe4 Bxg3 35. bxc4 Bxh4 36.
cxb5 axb5 37. Qxb5 Kg7 38. a4 Qf6 39. g3 Bg5 40. d6 Rc3 41. d7 h4 42. g4 Qf4 {
Kamsky,G (2741)-Sargissian,G (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1/2-1/2 (69)}) 13...
Nc4 {[%emt 0:07:41]} 14. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:03:15]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bb1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 16. Be5 {[%emt 0:06:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:04:12]
} 17. e4 $146 {[%emt 0:02:02]} (17. Qc2 g6 18. e4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. Bf4 Rfd8
21. e5 Qa7 22. Rcd1 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qa8 24. f3 Nd3 25. Bg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qa7 27.
Qe3 Qxd4 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rfe1 Rc5 31. Re3 a5 32. Rdxd3 Rxd3 33.
Rxd3 Rxe5 34. Rd7 Bd5 35. Nxb5 Bxf3 36. Nd6 Rg5 37. g4 Rd5 38. Kf2 Bh1 39. b4
axb4 40. axb4 e5 41. g5 Rd4 42. b5 h6 43. gxh6 Kh7 44. b6 Kxh6 45. Nxf7+ Kh5
46. Nxe5 Rxd7 {Rustemov,A-Frog,I (2370) Moscow 1992 1-0}) 17... Qb6 {[%emt 0:
07:19]} 18. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:18]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:08:22]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:40]
} Rcd8 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 20. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 21. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:08:54]} 22. Qg3 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:01:
16]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:02:42]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:04:02]} 24. e5 {[%emt 0:02:52]} Ng6
{[%emt 0:00:55]} 25. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:09:12]} (25... Nh4 $1
$11 {Donné par Laurent FRESSINET lors de l'analyse post-Mortem}) 26. Ng5 {
[%emt 0:04:47] Probiert man in dieser Stellung im Geiste einen Zug wie Sxh7
durch, dann sieht das eigentlich noch nicht gefährlich aus...} f5 $2 {[%emt 0:
01:01] ... aber nach dieser fatalen Schwächung ändert sich das. Schwarz
verlängert zwar die Wirkung seines Turmes nach g7, verkennt dabei aber, dass
der Punkt g7 gar nicht bedroht war. Die verdeckte Gefahr lauerte auf den
weißen Feldern!} 27. exf6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Nxh7 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:47]} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:03:
00]} (29... Qf7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qh5 $18) 30. Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qd8 9. e3 (9. Qb3 Ne4 10. e3 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 e6 12. Bb5 Qa5 13. Nc3 $14 {
Lim Kok Ann-Reyes, Manila 1968}) 9... e6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bd3 (11. Bb5 {
Bukic-Portisch, Bugojno 1978 (Partie 88)}) 11... Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 Qe7 14.
b4 e5 15. dxe5 (15. b5 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 (16. Qxd2 Nxd4 {/\..e4}) 16... Na5 $15)
15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rd8 20. Qc2 h6 21. e4
d4 (21... dxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 a5 23. bxa5 Bxa3 24. a6 $1 Bb4 25. Rc7) 22. Rc4 Be6
23. Rxd4 Rac8 (23... Bc5 $5 24. bxc5 $1 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rdd8 26. f5 $13) 24. Qb2
Bc7 (24... Bc7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $10 26. Rf3 (26. Be2 Bb6+ 27. Kh1 Bc4) 26... Bb6+
27. Kh1 Bg4 28. Rg3 h5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 (7. a3
Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Bb5 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. O-O $14 {
Braun-Baumbach, DDR 1971}) 7... Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qd8 9. e3 e6 10. Rc1 Ne4 11. Bb5
Bd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. dxc5 O-O 15. b4 a6 16. Be2 Na7 17. Be1 (17. a4
Qe8 18. Ra1 a5) 17... Bb5 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd7 20. Rc2 e5 21. Nb3 Nc6 22.
a3 Qe6 23. Rb2 Rfe8 (23... f5) 24. f3 Nf6 25. Bh4 Nd7 26. Rd1 Nf8 27. Be1 Ng6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. a3 Bf5 8.
Na4 $5 Qd8 9. e3 Nd7 10. Bb5 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Bxc6 (13. Ne5 Ncxe5
14. Bxe5 O-O $10) 13... bxc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 O-O 16. Nc5 f6 17. Bg3 Re8
18. Rc3 e5 19. Qd2 exd4 20. exd4 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22. h3 Bd7 23. b4 Re6 24.
Re1 $1 Rce8 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Kh2 Bc8 27. Qc2 $14 Bd7 28. b5 Qb7 29. a4 Be8 30.
Qf5 Qe7 31. a5 g6 32. Qf3 Qb7 33. Qb3 {/\ b6} cxb5 34. Rxd5 Kg7 35. Rc5 Re7 36.
d5 a6 37. d6 $16 Rf7 38. Qe3 Bc6 39. f3 Bd7 40. Rc7 Qb8 41. Qb6 $1 Qa8 42. Ra7
Qd5 43. Rxa6 g5 44. Ra7 h5 45. Rc7 g4 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. h4 f5 48. Qe3 Kh7 49.
Qg5 Qe4 50. a6 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 (10... a6 $5) 11. a3 $1 (11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 Be8
$10) 11... Na5 12. b4 $10 Nc4 13. Ne5 $1 Rac8 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bg5 (15. Ne4 $5
Rfd8 16. Nc5) 15... Qd8 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 (
19... Qxe7 $1 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 c3 $44) 20. e4 a6 (20... f5 21. b5 $1 (21.
d5 $6 fxe4 22. dxc6 exf3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. cxb7 Rb8 $10) 21... Rd6 22. exf5
Nxf5 23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Kh1 $16 {Zaitsev}) 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rd6 23. Rd2 $6 (
23. Rd4 $1 $16) 23... Qc7 24. Qg3 (24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Rxd5 26. Ng5 Rxd2 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qf8+ Ng8 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Qxf7 c3 32. Qc7 c2 33.
Kh2 Rxf2 $10 {Zaitsev}) 24... Qd7 (24... Nc8 $2 25. Ne4 Rd7 26. Nf6+ $18) 25.
Kh1 (25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Qf3 Nf5 27. Nc5 Nh4 $19) 25... Nc8 26. Ne4 Rg6 27. Qf4 Nd6
28. Nxd6 (28. Nc5 Qc8) 28... c3 $1 29. Rd3 Rxd6 30. Rxc3 Rxd5 31. Rc7 Qb5 32.
Re1 g6 33. Kg1 a5 $6 (33... Rd7) 34. Ree7 Rf5 35. Qd4 b6 36. Rb7 axb4 $2 (36...
Qc6 37. Rxb6 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxa3 $10) (36... Qc6 37. Qxb6 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qf4+ $10)
37. Rxb6 Qd5 38. Qxd5 Rxd5 39. axb4 h5 40. h4 Kg7 41. g3 $2 (41. Rbb7 Rf5 42.
Re2 {/\ Rb2+/-}) 41... Ra8 42. Rbb7 Rf5 43. Re2 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Rb1 45. Re3 Rb2
46. Rf3 Rxf3 47. Kxf3 Kh6 $1 48. Ke3 (48. b5 $5 f6 49. b6 g5 50. Ke4 $14) 48...
f6 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Rb8 g5 52. b5 gxh4 53. gxh4 Kg6 54. b6 Kf5 55.
Kd4 Rxf2 $2 (55... Kg4 56. Rg8+ Kxh4 57. Kd5 Rc2 58. Kd6 Rd2+ 59. Kc7 Rc2+ 60.
Kb8 Rxf2 61. b7 Rb2 62. Kc7 f5 $10) 56. Ra8 $1 Rb2 57. Kc5 Rc2+ 58. Kd4 Rb2 59.
Ra5+ Ke6 $2 (59... Kg4 $1 60. Ra4 Kh3 $3 (60... Kg3 $2 61. Kc5 f5 62. Rb4 Rxb4
63. Kxb4 f4 64. b7 $18) 61. Kc5 f5 62. Rb4 Rxb4 63. Kxb4 f4 64. b7 f3 65. b8=Q
f2 $10) 60. Kc5 Rc2+ 61. Kb5 Kd6 62. Ka6 Kc6 63. Ra1 Rc4 64. b7 Rb4 65. Rc1+
Kd7 66. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Petrosian-Portisch +3-2=8"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1974.01.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1974.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 (4. Nf3) 4... cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7.
e3 Be7 (7... Bd6 8. Bg3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Nc5 $5
(12... Qb6 $6 13. O-O $1 $16 {Portisch,L-Petrosian, T/Moscow/1967/}) 13. Bb1 b6
) 8. h3 Bd6 $2 (8... O-O) 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 $2 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7) 9... Bxf4 $6 (
9... O-O) 10. exf4 O-O 11. O-O $16 {@} Bd7 12. Rc1 g6 $1 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfd1
$6 (14. Bb1 $5 Qe7 15. Ne5 $16) 14... Qe7 15. g3 $6 (15. Bb1) 15... Rfd8 16. a3
Be8 17. Re1 Qf8 18. Rc2 (18. g4 Qg7 {/\ Ne4}) 18... Qg7 19. Rec1 Rb8 (19... Ne4
$2 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxd4 $2 22. Rxc8 $18) 20. Ne2 Ne4 $1 21. Qe1 Nd6 22.
Ne5 f6 23. Nf3 $6 (23. Nxc6 $5 Bxc6 24. Qa5 $14) 23... Rdc8 24. Nc3 Nd8 25. Qe2
Bd7 26. Nb5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. Qc2 Nd6 31. Ba4 (
31. Qc5 Qe7 32. Bd3 b6 $10) 31... b6 32. Qc3 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gamundi Salamanca, Antonio"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Bb1 b5 15.
a4 b4 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qf4 Qd7 19. Bd3 (19. Rc5 $14) 19... Na5 20.
Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Cozianu, Costin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 12. Ba6 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rab1
e5 15. Bg3 Re6 16. Bxc8 (16. Be2 $1) 16... Qxc8 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19.
Rb4 Re6 20. Rfb1 c5 21. Rb5 Rb6 22. h4 Qc6 23. Qa5 Rab8 24. a4 Rxb5 25. Rxb5
Rxb5 26. axb5 Qb6 27. Qa4 h5 28. g3 Kf8 29. c4 dxc4 30. Qxc4 Qd6 31. Kf1 Qe5
32. Ke2 Qb2+ 33. Kf3 Qf6+ 34. Qf4 Qb6 35. Qa4 Qf6+ 36. Kg2 Qe7 37. e4 Qc7 38.
Qc4 Qd6 39. Kf3 Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WDR Match TV g/60"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "2005.08.21"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.08.21"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e3 O-O 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. Nd2 Rfc8 14. Nb3 Qd8 15.
a3 Be7 16. Na4 Na5 (16... Rc7 $5) 17. Nac5 Rab8 (17... Nc4 18. e4 {gefiel Hort
nicht}) (17... b6 $5 18. Nxa5 bxc5 19. Nb7 Qb6 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22.
dxc5 Qxc5 23. b4) (17... Nxb3 $5 18. Qxb3 b6) 18. Nxa5 (18. Nd2 $2 b6 19. Na6
$2 Rxc1 $19) 18... Qxa5 19. Nxb7 Qb6 (19... Qa6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
dxc5 Rxc5) (19... Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qb5 21. Nc5 Qxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxb2 $15) 20. Nc5
Qxb2 (20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5) 21. Qa4 Rc7 (21... Bxc5 22. dxc5)
22. Nd3 Qb6 (22... Bxd3 23. Rxc7 Bxf1 24. Bxf1) (22... Rxc1) 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24.
Rc1 Qb6 (24... Qxc1+ $2 25. Nxc1 Rb1 26. Qe8+ (26. Qd1) (26. Qc6) (26. Qd1 Bxa3
) 26... Kh7 $18 {kommt nicht in Betracht.}) 25. Bf1 Bxd3 26. Bxd3 Bf8 27. Kg2
a5 28. Rb1 Qc7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qxa5 Qb3 31. Bb5 Qxa3 32. Qxa3 Bxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 $5 $146 (6...
a6 $5 7. Ne5 Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. a3 $5 $146 (9. Qd2) 9... Bf5 10. Na4 Qb7 11.
e3 e6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 a5 16. Rc3 $14 {Dorfman,
J-Hansen,L.Bo Polanica Zdroj 1993/}) (6... e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5 Qb6 9. Rb1 h6
10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 Ng7 12. Bg3 Nf5 13. b4 $5 Bg7 14. Bd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qd8 $132
{Bronstein,D-Sherbakov,R London 1992 Inf 55/375/}) (6... Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 (
8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Qa4 Rc8 10. O-O a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 Be7 $132) 8... Bb4 9.
Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qb6 13. Qc5 Nxd4 14. Qxb6 Nxf3+ 15.
gxf3 axb6 16. Bd6 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ra8 18. Rc7 h5 19. Kg2 h4 20. h3 Rxa2 21. Be5
Ra5 22. Be2 Rc5 $1 $10 {Eingorn,V-Hector,J Metz 1992/}) 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6
9. Bd3 (9. Bb5 $5) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 $6 (11. Rb1 $5) (11. h3 $5)
11... Bg4 $1 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 $1 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. exd5 (15. Bh6 dxe4
16. Bxe4 Re8 17. Rad1 Qf6) 15... Bxf4 16. dxc6 bxc6 $10 17. Rab1 Qf6 18. Be4
Rab8 $1 19. c4 (19. Bxc6 Rxb1 20. Rxb1 Rc8) 19... c5 20. Bd5 Kg7 21. g3 Rxb1
22. Rxb1 Rb8 23. Re1 Bg5 24. Qd3 Rb2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Keres-Euwe +6-5=3"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1940.01.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1939.12.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Keres celebrated his 24th birthday. Flowers from Mr and Mrs Euwe, speeches
and presents of books before the game.  Keres feierte an diesem Tag seinen 24.
Geburtstag. Blumen von Frau und Herrn Euwe, Ansprachen und Buchgeschenke vor
der Partie.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qa5 $6
(6... e6) (6... Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. g4 $1 {Aljechin-Euwe/AVRO/1938/}) (
6... Qb6) (6... a6) 7. e3 Ne4 (7... Bf5 8. Qb3 Qb4) 8. Qb3 (8. Qc2 $142 Bf5)
8... e6 9. Bd3 Bb4 (9... Nxc3 $2) 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O (12. Ndxe4
e5 $6 13. dxe5 Be6 14. Qc2 Bc4 15. Nd6 Ba6 $142) 12... Qf5 (12... Bxc3 13. bxc3
f5) (12... f5 13. Nc4 $2) 13. Ndxe4 Bxc3 14. Ng3 {/\ 13... Be6-/+} (14. Nxc3
Nxd4 $17 {Hannak}) (14. Nd6 Nxd4 15. Qxc3 (15. Nxf5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxb2 $6)
15... Qxf4 $16 {Hannak} 16. Qxd4 (16. exf4 Ne2+) 16... Qxd4 17. exd4 Rd8 $1 {
+- Hannak}) 14... Qd5 (14... Nxd4 15. Qxc3) 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 $1) 15... Na5
16. Qb4 b6 17. e4 Qc6 (17... Qc4 18. Qe7 $1) 18. Rfd1 $17 Rd8 19. Rd3 Ba6 20.
Rf3 (20. d5 exd5 (20... Qb7 $1) 21. Nf5 $2) 20... Rd7 21. Nh5 f6 (21... Be2 22.
Nf6+ gxf6 23. Rg3+ Kh8 24. Bh6 Bh5 (24... Rg8 $17 25. Rxg8+ Kxg8 26. Qf8#) 25.
Bg7+ Kg8 26. Bxf6+ Bg6 27. f3 (27. e5 Qe4 28. Qb2 Kf8 29. Qd2 Ke8 30. Qh6 Rc7
31. h4 Kd7 32. h5 $5)) (21... Qxe4 22. Rg3 $1) 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Nxg7 Qxe4 (23...
Rxg7 24. Rxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe7+ Kg8 (25... Kg6 26. e5) 26. Qxf6 {/\ 19.d5} e5 $6 (
26... Nc4 27. d5 $1 $14) (26... Rf8 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Be5 Rg8 29. Qh5+) 27. Bxe5
Qxf6 28. Bxf6 $16) 24. Nh5 Qf5 (24... Rf7 25. Bh6 Rg8 26. Bg7+) 25. Nxf6 Rf7 (
25... Nc6 26. Nxd7 Nxb4 27. Be5+ $2) (25... Qxf6 26. Be5 $4) (25... Qxf4 26.
Nxd7) 26. Be5 Nc6 (26... Rxf6 27. Qe7 {/\ Q-> >>}) 27. Qd6 (27. Nd7+ {+- Euwe,
/+/- Keres} Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxf2+) 27... Nxe5 28. dxe5 Raf8 29. h3 (29. Rd1)
29... Bc4 30. Rd1 Bxa2 31. Qd8 $2 (31. Qd8 $1 Rxf6 (31... Rxd8 32. Rxd8+ Rf8
33. Rxf8#) 32. exf6 Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rd8+ Rf8 35. Rxf8# $1) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 03rd"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Ne5 $5 {Andersson,U} (9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4
Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 a6 15. h3 Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Rc3 b5 $1
19. Rfc1 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Portisch,L-Kramnik,V/Biel (izt) 58/398 1993 (42)}) (9.
Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. dxe5 d4 $1 $10) (9.
Bb5 Bg7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. O-O Qb6 $10 {
Ivanov,I-Shabalov,A/New York op/1994/}) 9... Bg7 (9... Qa5 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. Bb5
Bxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Bg3 $14) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 O-O $1 {N} (11... Qd7 12.
Be2 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. Rfd1 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. c4 Qc7 18. cxd5
Rxd5 19. Rxd5 $14 {Andersson,U-Lalic,B/Benasque 1994}) (11... Bd7 $2 12. Ba6
$16) 12. Qxc6 $8 e5 $1 (12... Qa5 13. Bc7 Qa3 14. Bd3 $16) 13. Bxe5 $1 (13.
Qxa8 exf4 $1 (13... Qc7 $2 14. Rc1 $1 Be6 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qxf8+ Kxf8 17. dxe5
$18) 14. Qxa7 fxe3 15. fxe3 Qh4+ (15... Re8 $5) 16. Kd1 (16. Kd2 Qf2+ 17. Be2
Re8 18. Rae1 Qxe3+ 19. Kc2 Bf5+ 20. Kb3 Qd2 $19) 16... Qf2 17. Be2 Qxe3 18. Rc1
(18. Qa3 Bg4 $1 19. Bxg4 Qd3+ 20. Ke1 Re8+ 21. Kf2 Bxd4+ $19) 18... Bh6 19. Rc2
Bf5 $19) 13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15. Bd3 Bb7 $6 (15... Be6 $1 16. O-O Rfc8 17.
Qa6 (17. Qd6 Qxc3 18. Rad1 Rc6 19. Qe7 Qxe5 $10) 17... Qxc3 18. Rab1 Qxe5 19.
Rb7 d4 $10) 16. Qxb7 Rab8 (16... Qxc3+ $2 17. Ke2 Rab8 18. Qxd5 $1 Rfd8 (18...
Qb2+ 19. Kf3 Rfd8 20. Qe4 Rb4 21. Rab1 $18) 19. Qc4 Rxd3 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Rhd1
$18) 17. Qa6 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Rb6 (18... Rb2+ 19. Kf3 Qxe5 20. g3 $18) 19. Rac1 $1
(19. Qxa7 Rb2+ 20. Kf3 Qxd3 21. Kg3 Qf5 22. Raf1 Rxf2 $1 23. Rxf2 Qg5+ 24. Kf3
Qf5+ 25. Ke2 Qc2+ $10) 19... Qb2+ 20. Rc2 $8 Qxc2+ 21. Bxc2 Rxa6 22. Bb3 Rc6
$14 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7.
Rc1 Bf5 8. Nf3 Rc8 9. Ne5 e6 {Schlechter wäre 9...Nxe5, was vor kurzem in
einer Partie von Vl. Georgiev vorkam.} (9... Nxe5 $6 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxc1
12. Qxc1 Bxe4 13. e6 $1 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 fxe6 15. f3 e5 16. Bxe5 Bf5 17. Kf2 Kf7
18. g4 Bd7 19. a3 e6 20. b4 Qa4 21. Bd3 Be7 22. Qb2 $14 {Georgiev,V-Lesiege,A/
Philadelphia 2003}) 10. g4 $6 $146 {Als mein Gegner die Abtauschvariante
wählte , war ich von seinen friedlichen Absichten ausgegangen, deswegen
überraschte mich der Textzug etwas. Es ist allerdings eine Neuerung. In den
meisten Partien wurde 10.Qb3 gespielt, wonach Schwarz eine ausgeglichene
Stellung erreicht.} (10. Bxa6 $2 bxa6 11. Qa4 Qb6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Nxc6 (14. Rxc6 Rxc6 15. Nxc6 Bd3 $17) 14... Ra8 $17) (10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 (
11. dxe5 $2 Nd7 $15) 11... Qd7 $11) 10... Nxe5 {"Es kann nicht sein, daß all
die Weißspieler diesen Zug unentdeckt gelassen hätten, wenn er gut wäre",
tröstete ich mich, nachdem der erste Schock vorbei war. Die Partiefortsetzung
kam mir sehr plausibel vor.} (10... Bg6 $5 11. h4 {hielt ich während der
Partie gefährlich für Schwarz, aber FRITZ findet eine gute
Gegenspielmöglichkeit} Qb6 $1 $132) 11. gxf5 (11. dxe5 $2 Nxg4 $17) 11... Nc4
12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qb3 {Weiß deckt b2 und möchte mit Bf1-h3 die Schwäche e6
angreifen, aber mein nächster Zug macht ihm einen Strich durch die Rechnung.} (
13. b3 $2 Bb4 14. bxc4 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Qa5 $17) (13. Bh3 $2 Nxb2 14. Qc2 Bb4 15.
Qxb2 Bxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Qa5 17. O-O Qxc3 18. Qxb7 Qc6 $17) 13... Bd6 $1 {
Eigentlich opfere ich ungerne Material, aber hier war es zu verlockend.
Schwarz beendet schnell seine Entwicklung und will den gegnerischen König ins
Visier nehmen.} (13... b5 14. Bh3 Kf7 15. a4 $13) 14. Bxc4 $6 {Konsequent,
aber zu riskant. Weiß sollte sich mit einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung nach
14.Bg3 abfinden.} (14. Bg3 b5 (14... O-O $6 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Qxb7 $14) (14...
Na5 $5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Bd3 Nc4 $11) 15. a4 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bh3 Qe7 $11)
14... Rxc4 15. Qxb7 ({Kaum besser ist} 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qxb7 O-O $44) 15...
Bxf4 16. exf4 O-O (16... Nh5 17. f5 $5 O-O 18. fxe6 Nf4 19. Rg1 $13) 17. Qxa6
Nh5 $1 {Der beste Zug. Schwarz opfert den dritten Bauern, bringt aber seinen
Springer auf die aktive Position f4. "Für einen Springer auf f5 (für Schwarz
auf f4) kann man einen Bauern opfern", - der Satz stammt, wenn ich mich nicht
irre, von Kasparov. Des Beweises blieb der Mann vor allem in seinen früheren
Partien nicht schuldig. Weniger versprachen die anderen Züge.} (17... Rxd4 18.
Qxe6+ Kh8 19. O-O Rxf4 $44) (17... Qe7 18. O-O Rxd4 (18... Nh5 $2 19. Ne2) (
18... Ng4 $2 19. h3) 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Ne2 Rd2 21. b3 $13) (17... Qe8 18. Ne2
Ra4 19. Qb7 Rxa2 20. Qb3 Ra8 $44) 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Kd1 $2 {Es ist
verständlich, daß Georgiev seinen König weg vom Königsflügel haben wollte.
Dennoch war 19.0-0! besser, wie die folgende Variante belegt.} (19. O-O $1 Nxf4
20. Qg4 Rc6 21. Qf3 Rh6 $1 {Mit der Idee 22...Qh4.} 22. Kh1 Rxh2+ $1 (22... Qh4
$2 23. Qg3 Qh5 24. Rce1 $16) (22... Rh3 23. Qg4 Qb6 24. Rce1 Qh6 25. Qg1 $13)
23. Kxh2 Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf3 $1 (25... Nf4+ $11) 26. Kxf3 Qf4+ 27.
Ke2 Qxd4 28. Rcd1 $1 (28. Nxd5 $2 Qe4+ 29. Ne3 Nf4+ 30. Ke1 Qb4+ $1 31. Rc3 h5
32. Kd1 Qxb2 33. Rc2 Qd4+ 34. Ke1 Qb4+ 35. Kd1 h4 $17) 28... Qe5+ (28... Qc4+
29. Ke3 $1 Qf4+ 30. Kd3 Qf5+ 31. Ke3) 29. Kd2 $15 {Hier kann Schwarz 29...d4
oder 29...h5 fortfahren, jeweils mit einem kleinen, aber für Gewinn kaum
ausreichenden Vorteil.}) 19... Rxd4+ {Hier habe ich recht viel Zeit investiert,
fand aber den besten Weg.} (19... Nxf4 $2 20. Qe3 Qb6 21. Ne2 Nxe2 22. Rxc4
dxc4 23. Qxe2 Qxd4+ 24. Kc1 $11) 20. Kc2 Nxf4 21. Qe5 (21. Qe3 Rb4 $17 {/\d4})
21... Rb4 $1 {Der Schlüsselzug! Wegen der Drohung 22...Rxb2+ hat Weiß keine
Zeit für die Gegendrohung Rh1-g1.} 22. Rcd1 {Verliert die Qualität, sichert
aber zumindest den König.} (22. b3 Re8 23. Qf5 d4 24. Na4 d3+ 25. Kb1 Ne2 $19 {
führt zum vernichtenden schwarzen Angriff.}) 22... Qb6 23. b3 (23. Kc1 Rxb2 24.
Rhg1 Ng6 $19) 23... Qg6+ $19 24. Kb2 Nd3+ 25. Rxd3 Qxd3 $138 26. Rd1 Qf3 27.
Rd2 d4 28. Nd1 (28. Ne4 Rd8 29. Qc5 Rbb8 30. Rxd4 Qe2+ 31. Nd2 Rdc8 $19) 28...
Ra8 {Schwarz steht auf Gewinn, aber ich mußte noch die Uhr im Blick behalten,
denn die Zeit war knapp.} 29. Qg3 Qf6 30. Qd3 h6 31. a3 Rb6 32. Rc2 (32. Qxd4
Rd8 33. Qxf6 Rxd2+ 34. Kc3 gxf6 35. Kxd2 Rxb3 36. a4 Rh3 $19) 32... Qd6 33. a4
Rab8 34. Ka2 Qxh2 35. a5 (35. Qf5 Qd6 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Qg6
$19) 35... Rxb3 36. Qxb3 (36. Qf5 Qh3 $19) 36... Rxb3 37. Kxb3 Qb8+ 38. Ka4 (
38. Kc4 Qc7+ 39. Kd3 Qxa5 $19) 38... Qb1 39. Rc8+ (39. Rd2 Qc1 $19) 39... Kh7
40. a6 Qxd1+ 41. Ka5 Qa1+ 42. Kb6 d3 43. a7 d2 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Lytchak, Alexander"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Nh5 $5 {
Eine interessante Alternative zu der Hauptfortsetzung 7...Bf5. Schwarz möchte
den Läufer vertreiben oder abtauschen.} (7... Bf5 8. e3 Rc8) 8. Bd2 (8. Bg3
Nxg3 9. hxg3 e5 $5) (8. Be5 f6 9. Bg3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 e6 (10... e5 $5) 11. e3 g6
12. Bd3 Kf7 13. e4 Nb4 14. Bb1 Kg7 $14 {Velikov,P-Lukov,V/Elenite 1986}) (8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 $11) 8... e6 {Sollte Schwarz nur an
Remis interessiert sein, kommt 8...Nf6 in Frage.} (8... Nf6 $5 9. e3 Bg4 10.
Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e6 $11) 9. Ne5 (9. e3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O $11 {
, und diese symmetrische Stellung ist ausgeglichen.}) 9... Nf6 10. Nxc6 (10.
Bf4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 $11) 10... bxc6 11. e3 $2 {Dies erlaubt Schwarz den
Vorstoß c6-c5 und damit einen bequemen Ausgleich. Prinzipiell war 11.Na4,
wonach ich 11...Ne4 plante.} (11. Na4 $1 Ne4 $1 12. e3 Rb8 13. Bd3 (13. a3 $5)
13... Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Bb4 15. Nc3 c5 $11) 11... c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nb5 $6 {
Mit diesem pseudoaktiven Zu bringt sich Weiß selbst in Gefahr.} (13. Bd3 O-O
14. O-O Bd6 $11) 13... Ne4 $1 (13... Bb6 14. Nd4 Ne4 $1 (14... O-O 15. Nc6 Qd7
16. Bb4 Re8 17. Ne5 Qb7 $11) 15. Bd3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. O-O Bd7 $11) 14. Bd3
(14. f3 Nxd2 15. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 axb5 17. Bxb5+ Bd7 18. O-O O-O 19. Bxd7
Qxd7 20. a3 Qb7 $15) 14... axb5 15. Bxe4 Bd6 $1 {Das Spiel gegen die Schwäche
a2 ist die richtige Entscheidung. Der Bauerngewinn 15...Bxe3 erschien mir
wenig aussichtsreich.} (15... dxe4 16. Rxc5 Rxa2 17. Qb1 Ra7 18. Qxe4 O-O 19.
Qc2 $11) (15... Bxe3 16. Bxe3 dxe4 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. O-O Ke7 19. Rc7+ Kf6 20.
a3 $44 {/\f3 , und die schwarzen Figuren sind sehr passiv.}) 16. Bd3 b4 17. Qb3
(17. Qg4 $2 O-O 18. Bxb4 $2 e5 $19) 17... Rb8 $1 ({Das Endspiel nach} 17... Qe7
18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Bxb4 Rb8 21. a3 Bxb4+ 22. axb4 Qb5 23. f3 O-O
24. Kf2 Qxb4 25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Rc2 Rfb8 27. Rb1 $15 {ist remislich.}) 18. Rc6
$2 (18. O-O O-O (18... Bd7 $5 $15) 19. Rc6) 18... O-O $2 {Mit 18...Bb7! könnte
ich den gegnerischen Fehler ausnutzen.} (18... Bb7 $1 19. Rxd6 (19. Rc2 O-O 20.
Bxb4 $2 d4 $1 $17) 19... Qxd6 20. Bxb4 Qb6 21. O-O Ba6 22. a3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 f5
24. Rc1 Kf7 $15) 19. O-O Re8 {/\Bb7} 20. Ba6 (20. Rfc1 Bb7 21. R6c2 Qe7 $15)
20... Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Qc7 {Der Vorteil von Schwarz ist außer Frage: der weiße
Damenflügel ist durch den starken Bauern b4 lahmgelegt, und der Bd2 ist sehr
passiv.} (21... Qe7 22. Rc1 Rec8 23. Rac6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Ra8 $15) 22. g3 Bf8 23.
Rc1 Qb7 (23... Qe5 $5 $15 {/\Qe4}) 24. Rac6 Qb5 {Hier steht die schwarze Dame
sicher und aktiv.} 25. Qd1 $6 $138 {Diese Überführung der Dame wird Weiß
lediglich den Bauern a2 kosten. Die Dame stand sehr gut auf b3, Lytchak sollte
bei der Abwartetaktik bleiben.} (25. Rc7 Red8 26. Kg2 $15) 25... Red8 26. Qf3
$2 (26. Qb3 $1 $15) 26... Qd3 $17 27. Be1 Ra8 28. Rc7 Qg6 29. b3 {Zäher war 29.
Ra1.} (29. Ra1 $17) 29... Rxa2 30. Qf4 (30. Rb7 Rb2 31. Bxb4 Rxb3 32. Be7 Rxb7
33. Bxd8 $17) 30... Qf6 $2 {Stärker war 30...Qh5!} (30... Qh5 $1 31. Qd4 Qf5
32. Rb7 e5 33. Qb6 Rda8 34. Rb8 Rxb8 35. Qxb8 $17) 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rb7 Rb2
33. Rcc7 $2 {In Zeitnot bricht Weiß zusammen. Mit 33.Bxb4! sollte er zumindest
die Damenflügelbauern auflösen.} (33. Bxb4 $1 Rxb3 34. Be7 Rxb7 35. Bxd8 Kg7
$17) 33... Rxb3 $19 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Bd2 Rb2 36. Bc1 Ra2 37. e4 (37. Rxf7 Rc8
38. Rxf6 Rac2 $19) 37... d4 38. Rxf7 Rc2 39. Bf4 e5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.12.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 b5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3
Nbd7 9. Bd3 Nxe5 (9... Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc1
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nb3 Rc6 17. f3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. Bg3 $14 {Huebner,
R-Pieper Emden,C/BL 1991}) 10. Bxe5 Bd6 (10... Nd7 11. Bg3 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13.
e4 b4 14. Ne2 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Ra7 16. Nf4 Be7 17. Qf3 $16 {Gofshtein,L-Hodgson,J/
Ischia 1996}) 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 (12. a4 b4 13. Na2 Bb7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Nc1
$14) 12... Bb7 (12... b4 $6 13. Na4 {><c5}) 13. Rf3 $1 (13. Qf3 Bb4 $5 (13...
Rc8 14. a3 Qe7 15. Bxd6 (15. g4 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Qh3 h6 $13) 15... Qxd6
16. g4 Qc6 $132) 14. f5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. fxe6 (16. f6 $2 Nxf6) (16. Bxe4
dxe4 17. Qg3 f6 18. Bd6 Re8) 16... fxe6 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Bxe4 dxe4 $11) 13... g6
(13... Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rh3 f6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Qh5 h6 18. Rg3 $16) 14.
Rh3 Bxe5 $1 (14... Ne4 $4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 (15... Bxe5 16. Nc5) 16. Qh5 $1 $18)
15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 (16. Qg4 $2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rc8 18. Qf4 f5 $17) 16... dxe4
{צh3} 17. Qe1 $1 (17. Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 $132) (17. Qb3 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
$15 {<->c}) 17... Rc8 18. a3 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Rh4 {><e4} g5 (20... Qg5 21.
Rd1 $1 (21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 a5 23. Nxb5 Rc2 $11) 21... Rf3 (21... h5 22. Nxe4
Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc2 24. Rd2 Rfc8 25. Re5 $16) (21... Qf5 22. Rf4 $16) 22. Nxe4
Qxe3+ $2 (22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc2 24. Rd2 $16) 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 24. Nc5 Bd5 25.
Kf2 $18) 21. Qg3 (21. Rg4 h5 22. Nxe4 (22. Rg3 {צg3}) 22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc2
24. Re5 {/\Qg3} h4 25. h3 (25. b4 Rxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 25...
Rxb2 26. Rc1 $14) 21... Qf2+ $1 (21... Kh8 22. Rg4 h6 23. h4 $16) (21... Qg7
22. Rg4 Rf5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rf1 $16) 22. Qxf2 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 gxh4
24. Rc1 (24. Kg1 Bd5 25. Rf1 a5 26. Nxb5 Rc2) 24... Bd5 25. Ne2 $2 (25. Ke1 $1
Kf7 26. Rc2 $1 (26. Kd2 Rg8 27. Rf1+ Ke7 28. Rf2 Bc6 $14) 26... Kg6 27. Rf2 $16
{/\Rf4}) 25... Rxc1 26. Nxc1 Bc4 27. Ke1 $14 Kf7 28. b3 Bd5 29. Kd2 Kf6 30. Kc3
a5 31. Ne2 (31. h3 Kf5 32. Na2 $14 {/\Kc2,Nc3}) 31... Kf5 32. h3 Kf6 33. Kc2
Kf5 (33... b4 $5 34. axb4 axb4 35. Nc1 Bc6 36. Kd2 Bd5 $11) 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. b4
axb4 36. axb4 Kf6 37. Kd2 Kf5 38. Ke1 Kg5 39. Kf2 h5 $1 $11 40. Kg1 (40. g3
hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 h4+ $11) 40... Kf5 41. Kf2 Kg5 42. Ke2 Kf5 43. Kd2 Kf6 44. Nb1
Ke7 45. Kc2 Bd5 46. Na3 Bc6 47. Kc3 Kd6 48. Kd2 Ke7 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Kd2 Ke7 51.
d5 exd5 (51... Bxd5 52. Nxb5 Bc4 53. Nd4 Bf1 54. b5 Kd7 55. b6 e5 $1 56. Ne6
Kc6 $11) 52. Kc3 Ke6 $1 53. Kd4 Kd6 54. Nb1 Bd7 55. Nc3 Bc6 56. Ne2 Be8 57. Nc3
Bc6 58. Ne2 Be8 59. g3 hxg3 60. Nxg3 Bd7 61. Nxh5 Bxh3 62. Nf6 Be6 63. Ne8+ Kd7
64. Nf6+ Kd6 65. Nh5 Bg4 66. Nf4 Be6 67. Ne2 Bd7 68. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Neukoelln"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
b5 9. O-O Bb7 (9... O-O 10. Ne5 (10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 Kh8 13. Nxd5
Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bd7 17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Bxa6 Qb6 $11 {
Kortschnoj,V-Movsesian,S/Neum 2000}) 10... Bb7 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Qf3
b4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne2 g6 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Rxc6 a5 $11 {Ftacnik,L-Movsesian,
S/BL00-01}) 10. Qe2 $1 {Eine neue Idee. Die Praxis hat gezeigt, daß die weiße
Königsflügelaktivität - Ne5, f2-f4 - für Schwarz ungefährlich ist. Der Textzug
leitet das Spiel auf dem Damenflügel ein.} O-O 11. a4 b4 ({In Frage kommt} 
11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 a5) 12. Nb1 Nc6 13. Nbd2 Na5 $1 {Gerade rechtzeitig!
Schwarz darf den weißen Springer nicht auf b3 kommen lassen.} 14. Rfc1 $14 h6 (
14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ne5 $14) 15. Bh4 (15. Bf4 $5) 15...
Qb6 $6 16. Ne5 $16 Rfc8 {Wegen der Drohung Bxf6, Nd7 hatte Schwarz bereits
ernsthafte Probleme. In der Partie entscheidet er sich, die Schwächung seines
Königsflügels zuzulassen.} (16... Rfd8 17. Ng4 $16) 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nd7 Qd6 (
{In Falle von} 18... Qd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 (19... Bxc8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Rc1 $16)
20. Nxf6+ ({Während der Partie plante ich} 20. Nc5 {und dachte nach dem
Qualitätsopfer} Rxc5 $1 21. dxc5 Bxb2 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Nf3 {besser zu stehen,
aber mit} Qc8 $132 {bekommt Schwarz gute Gegenchancen.}) 20... Qxf6 21. Bxa6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Rc2 23. Nf3 Nb3 24. Rf1 $1 {ist das Gegenspiel von Schwarz nicht
ausreichend.} Rxb2 25. Qb7 $16) 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nc5 $5 e5 20. Nxb7 Rxc1+ 21.
Rxc1 Nxb7 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 $14) 19... gxf6 20. Qg4+ (20. h3 $5) 20... Kf8
21. Qh5 Kg7 22. Qg4+ $6 {Die weiße Dame steht besser auf h5 als auf h4 weil 1)
Weiß hat die Möglichkeit Qh5-d1; 2) im Falle von f6-f5 ist die Überführung des
weißen Springers nach e5 sehr effektiv (><f7).} ({Nach dem prophylaktischen
Zug 22.h3! hätte Weiß die Angriffsroute seines Springers später festlegen
können.} 22. h3 $1 f5 (22... Rxc1+ $6 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Bxc8 25. Qg4+ Kf8
26. Qh4 Kg7 27. Nf1 Nc4 28. b3 Na5 29. Ng3 $18) 23. Nf3 Nb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25.
Rf1 Qe7 (25... Rc1 26. Ne5 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qc7 28. g4 $16) 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4+
Kh8 28. Qf4 $16 {->}) 22... Kf8 23. Qh4 Kg7 24. Nf1 $6 {Ich unterschätzte die
gegnerischen Möglichkeiten auf dem Damenflügel. Auch hier war die Prophylaxe
24.h3! angebracht.} (24. h3 $1 f5 $1 (24... Nc4 $2 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Bxc4 $18)
25. f4 (25. Nf3 $5 Nb3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rf1 $14) 25... Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27.
Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Nf1 Nc4 29. b3 Na5 30. Ng3 (30. Bc2 Qc6 31. Ng3 Qxc2 32. Nh5+ Kh7
$11) 30... Nxb3 31. Nh5+ Kf8 32. Nf6 $14) 24... Nb3 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rd1 Rc1
27. Qg4+ $6 (27. Rxc1 $1 Nxc1 28. Bb1 Qc6 29. Qg3+ Kf8 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Ng3 $14
) 27... Kf8 28. Rxc1 Nxc1 {Nun hat Schwarz gute Gegenchancen.} 29. Bh7 $6 {
Ein äußerst riskanter Versuch. Der weiße Läufer wird nach f6-f5 vom
Damenflügel abgeschnitten, wodurch der schwarze Bauer b4 sehr gefährlich wird.
Stattdessen sollte ich eine der möglichen Alternativen wählen.} (29. Bb1 Qc6
30. Qd1 a5 31. Bc2 (31. Ng3 Ba6 32. h3 Qc4 $132) 31... Ba6 $1 $132) (29. Bc2 b3
30. Bb1 Qc6 $132) (29. Qd1 Nxd3 30. Qxd3 a5 $132) 29... Qc6 30. Ng3 f5 31. Qg8+
{Nach all den Ungenauigkeiten, die mir vom 22. bis zum 29. Zug unterliefen,
sollte ich bereits das Unentschieden anstreben.} ({Am besten war dafür} 31. Qh4
$1 {geeignet. Nach} Ke8 $1 ({verliert} 31... Kg7 $2 32. Qe7 $3 (32. Nh5+ Kxh7
33. Qf6 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 Qc1+ 35. Kxe2 Qc2+ $11) 32... Kxh7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. h3 $1
Bc8 35. Nh5 Qb7 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Nf6+ Kg6 38. Ng8 $1 $18) 32. Bg8 $1 Nd3 33.
Qf6 Qc7 (33... Qc1+ 34. Nf1 Qc7 35. b3 $14) 34. b3 Nc1 35. Nh5 Ne2+ (35... Qe7
$6 36. Qe5 $1 $40) 36. Kf1 Qc1+ 37. Kxe2 Qc2+ $11 {gibt Schwarz Dauerschach.})
31... Ke7 32. h3 {Sollte man diesen Zug nicht früher machen?} Nd3 33. Qg7 $2
$138 (33. Bxf5 $1 {hätte noch Remis gehalten:} exf5 34. Nxf5+ Ke6 35. g4 Qc1+ (
35... Nxb2 $2 36. Qd8 Qd7 37. Qf8 $18) 36. Kg2 Qxb2 37. Qe8+ Kf6 38. Qd8+ Kg6
$11) 33... Nxb2 34. Bg6 Qe8 $2 {Zuerst traut sich Sergei nicht, auf Gewinn zu
spielen...} (34... Nd3 $1 35. Bxf7 (35. Qxf7+ Kd8 $1 (35... Kd6 $2 36. Bxf5 $18
)) 35... b3 36. Bh5+ (36. Nxf5+ Kd8 $19) 36... Kd8 37. Be2 Nc1 $17) 35. Nh5 Nc4
36. Nf6 Qc8 $4 {und dann riskiert er es plötzlich doch!} (36... Qf8 37. Ng8+
Ke8 38. Nf6+ $11) 37. Qxf7+ Kd6 38. Ne8+ Kc6 39. Qe7 $18 b3 40. Qc5+ $4 {
Der verflixte 40. Zug!} ({Mit einer Minute auf der Uhr sah ich nicht das
gewinnende Schach} 40. Nf6 $1 Kb6 (40... Nd6 41. Be8+ $18) 41. Qb4+ {, und
Weiß gewinnt den Riesenbauern b3.} Ka7 42. Qxb3 $18) 40... Kd7 $19 {Nun hat
dieser Bauer überlebt, und Schwarz steht glatt auf Gewinn.} 41. Nf6+ Kd8 42.
Qf8+ (42. Qb4 b2 43. g4 a5 44. Qb3 Qc6 45. gxf5 exf5 $19) 42... Kc7 43. Qe7+
Kb8 44. g4 (44. Nd7+ Ka7 45. Qxe6 Bc6 46. Bxf5 (46. Nc5 Qxe6 47. Nxe6 Nd6 $19)
46... Bxd7 47. Qxd7+ Qxd7 48. Bxd7 Nd6 $19) 44... b2 45. Qb4 a5 46. Qb3 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.04.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 {Meine Auswahl der Eröffnung fiel aus den Gründen
der Sicherheit relativ leicht. Ich verlor die zwei letzten Weißpartien gegen
Dreev und wollte zum Auftakt des Turniers nichts riskieren.} cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.
Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. a3 (8. Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Qb3 (10. e3 e6
11. a3 Rc8 12. Nd3 Na7 13. Rxc8 Nxc8 14. Be2 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bd6
17. Bg3 Ke7 18. Rc1 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd6 20. Rc7 Kd8 21. Rc1 $11 {Andersson,
U-Shirov,A/Biel 1991}) 10... f6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e3 e6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Kf7
15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Qd1 g6 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Rublevsky,S/Novgorod op 1995}) (8.
Qb3 $5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 e6 10. a3 Bd6 $11) 8... Nxc3 (8... Bf5 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 (
10. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 11. Nd2 $14) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Dreev,A/Dortmund 1994}) 9. Rxc3 Qb6 $1 $11 10. Qd2 (10.
Qc2 g6 (10... Bg4 $5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 (12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bc7 Qxd4) 12... Bd7
$11) 11. e3 Bg7 12. Rc5 Bf5 13. Qc3 O-O 14. Be2 Rac8 15. b4 a5 16. b5 e5 $1 $15
{Lev,R-Lutz,C/EU-chJ U18 1987}) 10... Bg4 {Schwarz strebt eine ausgeglichene
symmetrische Stellung an. Etwas ergeiziger war 10...f6, um Ne5 zu verhindern.}
(10... f6 $5 11. h3 (11. e3 Bg4 $11) 11... Bf5 12. e3 Be4 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O
Be7 $11) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. e3 f6 14. Bg3 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd7 $1 16.
Bd3 e6 17. O-O Be7 $1 (17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rc1 Ke7 20. Qc7 $16 Qxc7 21.
Rxc7 b5 22. Kf1 $16) 18. Bc7 ({Auf das von mir ursprünglich geplante} 18. Rc1 {
hat Schwarz zwei gute Möglichkeiten- 18...Bc6 oder 18...Kf7.} Kf7 (18... Bc6
$11 {/\Kf7}) 19. Qc7 $2 (19. Bc7 Qa7 $11) 19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 $2 Qxb1+ 21. Bxb1
Rc8 $17) 18... Qc6 19. Rc1 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 {Mit Remisangebot...} Bc6 {,aber mein
Gegner lehnte ab.} 21. h4 Kd7 22. Bf4 h6 (22... g6 23. g4 {/\g5}) 23. h5 a5 24.
f3 {/\e4} b5 $2 {Dieser unvorsichtige Zug bringt Schwarz in einer unangenehme
Lage. Sein Bc6 hat keinen Halt mehr, was die weiße Zentrumöffnung e3-e4 noch
unangenehmer macht. Angebracht war 24...Ra8=.} 25. Rc1 $1 $14 (25. e4 b4 26.
axb4 axb4 (26... Bxb4 $2 27. exd5 $16) 27. Rc1 dxe4 28. fxe4 Ra8 $11) 25... Bd8
$2 {Mit Remisangebot..} (25... b4 26. a4 $1 {/\Bb5}) (25... Ra8 $142 26. e4
dxe4 27. fxe4 b4 28. Bc4 $14) 26. b4 $1 {Diesmal wollte ich auf Gewinn spielen.
} (26. e4 $2 Bb6) 26... axb4 (26... Bb6 $2 27. bxa5 Bxa5 28. Rb1 $16) (26... a4
27. g4 Bb6 28. Kf2 $14) 27. axb4 Be7 (27... Bb6 28. Ra1 {/\Ra6} e5 29. dxe5
fxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxe3+ 31. Kf1 $16) 28. e4 $1 (28. Ra1 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Bxb5+
Bc6 $11) 28... dxe4 (28... Bxb4 $2 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Bxb5+ $16) 29. fxe4 Ra8 (
29... Bxb4 $2 30. d5 exd5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bf5+ Ke7 33. Rc7+ $18) 30. Be2 $1 {
/\Bg4} (30. d5 {bringt Weiß nichts} exd5 31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Bxb5+ Ke6 $11) 30...
Bd6 $1 ({Beide Gegner hatten hier nur wenig Zeit. Dreev ist auf der Hut und
sieht die Fallen:} 30... Bxb4 $2 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Rd1 Ke6 34. Rxd5
Kxd5 35. Bf3+ Kc4 36. Bxa8 $18) (30... Ra2 31. Bf3 $1 (31. d5 $2 Rxe2 (31...
exd5 32. Bg4+ $18) 32. dxc6+ Kc8 33. Ra1 e5 $17) 31... Bxb4 (31... Bd6 $4 32.
Bxd6 Kxd6 33. e5+ $18) 32. d5 Ba8 33. Rc7+ Ke8 34. dxe6 $16) 31. e5 $5 {
/\Rxc6 Hier dachte ich bereits zu gewinnen, unterschätzte jedoch die schwarzen
Verteidigungsmöglichkeiten.} (31. Bxd6 $1 Kxd6 32. e5+ {reicht zwar nicht zum
Gewinn, war jedoch die objektiv beste Fortsetzung. Schwarz müßte noch in der
Zeitnot einige Klippen umschiffen:} (32. Bf3 e5 $11) 32... Kd7 33. Rc5 fxe5 34.
dxe5 Ra1+ $1 (34... Ra2 35. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Rb2 37. Rxb5 Kc6 38. Rc5+ Kb6
39. Rc4 $16) 35. Kh2 (35. Kf2 Ra2 $11) 35... Ra2 36. Bxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxb5 Kc6 38.
Rc5+ Kb6 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. Rc4 Re2 $11) 31... Ra2 $1 {Die einzige Verteidigung
und eine sehr gute dazu. Es hängen gleichzeitig zwei Läufer.} (31... fxe5 $2
32. dxe5 Rf8 (32... Bxb4 33. Rxc6 $18) (32... Ra2 33. Rxc6 Kxc6 34. Bf3+ Kd7
35. exd6 Rb2 36. Be5 Rxb4 37. Be2 $18) 33. Rd1 Rxf4 34. Rxd6+ Kc7 35. Rxe6 Rxb4
36. Re7+ Kb6 37. Rxg7 $16) 32. d5 $1 {Und nun sind es sogar drei!} (32. Rxc6
Kxc6 33. Bf3+ Kd7 34. exd6 Rb2 {führt zu einer Stellung, wo Schwarz nichts zu
befürchten hat.} 35. g3 Rxb4 36. Be2 Rxd4 $1 (36... Kc6 $2 37. Bg4 $16) (36...
Rb2 $2 37. Kf1 $1 b4 38. Bb5+ Kd8 39. d5 $1 exd5 40. Be3 $18) 37. Bxb5+ Kd8 38.
d7 Rd5 39. Bc6 Rc5 40. Ba4 Rc4 $11) (32. Bxb5 Bxb5 33. exd6 Ra7 34. Rc5 Rb7 $11
{/\Bc6}) 32... fxe5 33. dxc6+ Kc7 34. Bxe5 Bxe5 35. Bxb5 Rb2 $11 36. Bc4 $6 {
In der gegenseitiger Zeitnot verpasste ich die letzte Chance, meinen Gegner
vor Probleme zu stellen:} (36. Rc4 $1 Kb6 $1 (36... Bd6 37. Rg4 Bf8 38. Rf4
Bxb4 39. Rf7+ $16) 37. Ba4 Bg3 38. Bc2 Bd6 $11) 36... Kxc6 37. b5+ Kd6 38. Rd1+
Ke7 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 (9... Bxg3 10. hxg3 Qd6 11. g4 $14) 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7
12. f4 Qb6 $2 (12... Nc5 13. Bb1 b6 $10) 13. O-O Qxe3+ (13... Nc5) 14. Kh1 Qb6
15. Qh5 Nf8 16. Rf3 Ng6 (16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 $16) 17. Bf2 Qd8 18. Nb5 Nce7 19.
Nd6 Bd7 20. Bh4 Qb6 21. Rh3 h6 22. Bf6 $1 Qxb2 23. Rf1 Nf5 24. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 (6... Bf5) (6...
e6) 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 (8... Bh5) 9. Qxf3 e6 (9... Qb6 10. Qe2 {Sadler}) 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. O-O (11. g4 $5 $13) 11... O-O 12. Rfc1 Rc8 13. Qd1 (13. Bg5 $6 Nd7
14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Na4 Nb4 {Sadler}) 13... Nd7 (13... Ne8 14. Na4 Bd6 15. Bxd6
Nxd6 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rc3 e5 18. Nb3 exd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. exd4
g6 22. Rc1 Kg7 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 $11 {Matlak,M-Gurevich,M, EUCup Gr6Clichy 1993})
14. a3 (14. Na4 b5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Na5 (16... e5 $6 17. Bg3 $14 {Sadler})
17. b4 Nc4 $11) 14... Nb6 15. Na4 Nc4 $6 (15... Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd6 (16... Qa5
17. Qb3) 17. Bxd6 (17. Bxa6 $2 Ra8) 17... Qxd6 18. Rc3 g6 19. Rac1 Ne7 20. Rxc8
Nxc8 21. Qc2 Qb8 22. Qc7 Nd6 23. Qb6 Qd8 24. Qxd8 {1/2 Vokac-Haba, CFSR 1988})
16. b3 $1 (16. Qe2 b5 17. b3 N4a5 $1 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Nxb3 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qc2+ Kg8 22. Qxb3 Na5 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qb4 Nc4 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qxa4 a5 {
/\ Qe8}) 16... Nxa3 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nb5 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 $14 Qe7
21. Rb6 $5 (21. Qe2) (21. Bg3) 21... Rfd8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Qb5 f6 24. Bg3 Qf7
25. Kh2 h6 26. Qd3 Qe7 27. Rb5 Rcd8 28. Qc3 e5 29. Rc5 (29. dxe5 $5) 29... exd4
30. exd4 Qe4 31. Re1 Qf5 (31... Qxd4 $4 32. Rxc6 $18) 32. b4 Na7 33. Qe3 (33.
Bc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Nb5 35. Qg3 Nxc7 36. Qxc7 Rd7 $1 (36... Rc8 37. Qxb7 Rc2 38.
Re8+ Kh7 39. Re3 $1 Kg8 40. Rg3 g5 41. Rf3 $16) (36... Qd7 37. Re7 Qxc7+ 38.
Rxc7) 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Kg1 {/\ g4+-} h5 {/\ Kg6} 39. Re8 Kg6 $13) 33... Kh7 34.
Qa3 $2 $138 (34. Kg1 {Sadler}) 34... b6 35. Rcc1 Nb5 36. Qe3 Qe4 $1 $11 37.
Qxe4+ (37. Rc6 Nxd4 38. Rxb6 Qxe3 39. Rxe3 Nf5 $11) 37... dxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxd4
39. Rxd4 (39. Re6 $1 Rxb4 40. Rxb6 Rdd4 $1 41. Rb7 Na3 42. Re7 Rdc4 43. Ra1 Ra4
$11) 39... Rxd4 40. Rc6 Rxb4 41. Rxb6 Rb3 42. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 g6 8. Ne5
Bg7 9. e3 Be6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. Na4 Nxa4 14. Qxa4 Bd7
15. Rc5 O-O 16. Qa5 Qxa5 17. Rxa5 f6 18. Bg3 Rfd8 19. h3 Be8 20. Rd1 e5 21.
dxe5 fxe5 22. e4 Bf7 23. b3 h5 24. Bf3 $6 (24. Bh4 $142 $1 Rdb8 $5 25. Bf3 $16)
24... Bf6 25. h4 $2 (25. exd5 $142 h4 26. Bh2 cxd5 27. Bxd5 Kg7 28. Rc5 $16)
25... dxe4 26. Be2 (26. Rxd8+ $2 Bxd8 $1 $19) 26... Rd5 27. Rdxd5 cxd5 28. Rxa6
Rxa6 29. Bxa6 Kf8 30. Bb7 Ke7 31. a4 Kd6 32. a5 Bd8 33. b4 Be8 34. f4 exf3 35.
gxf3 Bc6 36. Bxe5+ Kxe5 37. Bxc6 Bxh4 38. f4+ Kxf4 39. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pinamar Masters 1st"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2001.03.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hobaica, Juan Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. e3 e6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nd3 Na7 13. Rxc8 Qxc8 14. Be2 Be7
$14 15. O-O O-O 16. a4 f6 $2 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Qb6 Qa8 $16 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Rc1
Bd8 21. Qb4 Be7 22. Bd6 Re8 23. Nf4 Bd8 24. Nd3 $1 Nc8 25. Bg3 Be7 26. Qb3 Nd6
27. Nc5 Bf8 28. Qc2 g6 29. b3 Nf5 (29... Qa7 $16) 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Qd1 Bxc5 $6
{This exchange was not necessary, but black is heading for opposite-coulored
bishops.} 32. Rxc5 b6 $2 {The bishop was wellprotected.} 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. h4 Bd7
35. Kh2 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qc6 37. Qa3 $16 h5 38. Bf4 b5 39. a5 Qc3 40. Qd6 Qc6 41.
Qb8 Qc8 42. Qa7 Qc6 43. Bc7 Bc8 44. Bd6+ Qb7 45. Qc5 Be6 46. Bf4 Qc8 47. Qd6
Qb7 (47... Qc2 $2 48. Qxa6 Qxf2 49. Bg3 Qxe3 50. Qb7+ Kg8 51. Qb8+ Kg7 52. a6
$18) 48. Bh6 Qc8 49. f3 Bd7 50. Kg1 Bc6 51. Kh1 Bd7 52. Kh2 Bc6 53. Bf4 Bb7 54.
Bg3 Qc6 55. Qf4 Qc8 56. Be1 $1 {The bishop is heading for a new diagonal.} (56.
Qh6 Qg8 $1) 56... Qf8 57. Qc7+ Qe7 58. Qb8 Kg7 59. Bg3 Qd7 60. Be1 Qe7 61. Bb4
$1 Qf7 (61... Qxb4 62. Qxb7+ Kh6 63. Qxa6 Qe1 64. Qxf6 $18) 62. Bd6 Bc6 63. Bc5
Kh7 64. Kg3 Kg7 65. Kf2 Kh7 66. Qd8 Kg7 67. Be7 $22 Qe8 (67... Bb7 68. Qc7 Ba8
69. Qa7 Qe8 70. Bd8+ $18) 68. Qd6 Kh7 69. Bxf6 Kg8 70. Be5 1-0

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ne5 e6 8. e3
Bd6 $5 (8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Be7 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 $10 {
Khalifman,A-Gurevich,M/Reggio Emilia/1991/}) 9. Bg3 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4
O-O 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nc5 $132) 12... b5 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 (
14... Qb6 15. Bf2 b4 16. e4 d4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 $16) 15. Bd3 Qe7 (15... f6
16. exf6 (16. Qh5 f5 $13) 16... Nxf6 17. Bh4 $14) 16. Bb1 Rfe8 17. Qc2 g6 (
17... Nf8 18. Qf2 {/\ Bh4}) 18. Qf2 f5 19. exf6 (19. Bh4 Qf8 $13) 19... Nxf6
20. Bh4 Qg7 21. Bg5 (21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. e4 d4 $1 23. e5 $140 Nxe5 $1 24. fxe5
$140 Qxf2+ 25. Rxf2 dxc3 $17) 21... Ne7 22. Ne2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc6 (23... Rc8
24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Nd4 $14) 24. Bxf6 (24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxf6 (25. exd4 Ne4 26.
Bxe4 dxe4 $10) 25... Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 Qxf6 27. Rc7 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ (28. Rxb7 $2 Rc1+
29. Kf2 Rxb1 $17) 28... Bxc8 29. Qc2 $14) 24... Qxf6 25. Nd4 Rc8 (25... Nxd4
26. exd4 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14) 26. Bd3 e5 $1 27. fxe5 Qxf2+ (27... Qxe5 28.
Rf1 $14) 28. Kxf2 Nxe5 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Be2 Kf8 31. h4 Ke7 32. b4 h6 33. Ke1
Nc4 34. Kf2 (34. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 $15) 34... Ne5 35. Ke1 Kf6 36. Kd2 Bg4 (36...
Nc4+ 37. Kd3) 37. Bf3 h5 $6 (37... Nxf3+ 38. gxf3 Bd7 39. f4 $10) 38. Kc3 Bxf3
39. gxf3 Ke7 40. Kd2 Kf6 41. Ke2 Nc4 42. f4 (42. Nb3 g5 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Nc5
a5 $10) 42... Nd6 43. Kd3 Kf7 (43... Nf5 44. Nxf5 Kxf5 45. Kd4) 44. Ke2 Ke7 45.
Kd3 Kf6 46. Ke2 Ne4 47. Kd3 Ng3 48. Kc3 Nf5 49. Nxf5 $8 Kxf5 50. Kd4 Kg4 (50...
Ke6 $2 51. Kc5) 51. Kxd5 Kxh4 52. e4 Kg4 (52... Kg3 53. e5 h4 54. e6 h3 55. e7
h2 56. e8=Q h1=Q+ 57. Qe4 Qxe4+ $2 (57... Qf3 58. Qxf3+ Kxf3 59. Ke5 Ke3 60. a3
Kd3 61. Kf6 Ke4 62. Kg5 Ke3 $10) 58. Kxe4 Kf2 (58... Kg4 59. a3 Kg3 60. f5
gxf5+ 61. Kxf5 Kf3 62. Ke5 Ke3 63. Kd5 Kd3 64. Kc5 Kc3 65. Kb6 $18) 59. f5
gxf5+ 60. Kxf5 Ke3 61. Ke5 Kd3 62. Kd5 Kc3 63. Kc5 Kb2 64. Kb6 Ka3 65. Ka5 $1
$18) 53. e5 h4 54. e6 h3 55. e7 h2 56. e8=Q h1=Q+ 57. Kc5 Qg1+ 58. Kc6 Kxf4 59.
Qf7+ Kg5 60. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch16 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1948.12.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bg3
Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Nb4 (11... O-O $143 12. Ne5 {/\13.Lh7})
12. Ne5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Ke7 (13... h6 14. g4 $1) 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. O-O {/\Sa4-c5
} Qc6 16. Rbc1 Rhc8 17. f3 Qc4 18. Qd2 $1 Ke8 19. e4 Qb4 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 Rc4
22. Rcd1 Qb6 23. b3 (23. f5 $1 Nxe5 (23... Rac8 24. fxe6 Qxe6 25. Qg5 {/\26.
Dg7, 26.Sb5}) 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Qf4 $18) 23... Rc6 24. Qd3 {/\25.Sa4, 26.Dh7}
g6 25. Nb5 Kf8 26. g4 Kg8 27. Kh1 (27. f5 $2 Nxe5) 27... f5 28. gxf5 $1 exf5 (
28... gxf5 29. Nd6 {/\30.Dg3}) 29. Nc3 Qa5 30. b4 Qxb4 31. Nxd5 Qf8 32. Qb3 Kh8
33. Qxb7 Qc8 34. Qxc8+ Rcxc8 (34... Raxc8 $2 35. Ne7) 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. e6 Nb6
37. Nc7 Rab8 38. e7 Re8 39. Nxe8 Rxe8 40. Rc7 Kg7 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 $1 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. a3 $1 Bf5 (9... Qxb2 10. Na4 Qb5 11. Bd2 $44) 10. Na4 Qb7 11. e3
e6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 (15. b4 a5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5
$13) 15... a5 16. Rc3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bb4 $5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rb3 Rxa4 20. Bd6
c5 21. dxc5 Nb8 22. h4 $1 h6 23. Bd1 $1 Be4 $1 (23... Bg6 24. h5 Bh7 25. e4 $1
Bxe4 26. Rg3 $40) 24. f3 Bg6 25. e4 dxe4 26. fxe4 h5 $1 27. e5 Nc6 28. Rg3 b3
$1 29. Bxb3 (29. Rxb3 $16) 29... Rd4 30. Qg5 Re8 31. Bd1 $2 (31. Rf1 $1 $16)
31... Qxb2 32. Bxh5 Rxh4 $1 33. Bxg6 Qd4+ 34. Qe3 fxg6 35. Qxd4 Nxd4 36. Re3
Rc8 37. Rd1 Nc6 38. Rg3 Kh7 39. Ra1 Nd4 40. Kf2 Nc6 $138 41. Rga3 Re4 $2 42.
Rh1+ $2 (42. Ra4 $1 Rxe5 $5 43. Bxe5 Nxe5 44. Ra8 Rxc5 45. Rh1#) 42... Kg8 43.
Rah3 Kf7 44. Rf3+ Kg8 45. Rfh3 Kf7 46. Rh8 Re8 47. Kf3 Rc4 48. Ke3 Rxh8 49.
Rxh8 g5 50. Rc8 Nb4 51. Kf3 Kg6 52. Re8 Nc6 53. g4 (53. Rxe6+ $2 Kf7) 53...
Rf4+ 54. Kg3 Re4 55. Kf3 Rf4+ 56. Kg3 Re4 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Graf, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Na4 g5 {Graf has specially prepared
this set up against the Slav variation with a6, but Grischuk is well informed.}
(12... Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nc5 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. b3
Nd6 19. Be2 h6 20. Bd3 {1-0 Sulava,N-Pert,N/Montpellier 2003/ (65)}) (12... O-O
13. Nc5 (13. h3 h6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Ne1 Rc8 16. Nd3 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 b5 18. Nc5
Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qb4 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Rd2 Ne5 22. a3 Qa5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. b4 Qc7
25. Rdd1 Rd8 26. e4 {1-0 Surjadnji,A-Sumets,A/Alushta 1999/ (63)}) 13... Nxc5
14. dxc5 Bg4 15. h3 (15. Rfd1 Qa5 16. Qb6 Rc8 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. h3 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Raa8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc5 22. Rd7 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Kf8 24. Bd2 Rd8 25.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Bxb7 Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Graf,A-Goloshchapov,A/Novgorod
1999/ (59)}) 15... Bh5 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Rd2 Ra8 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. b4 f6 20. Bg3
Bf8 21. Qb3 Bf7 22. a3 e5 23. Qb2 Qe6 24. Bd1 Rd7 25. Bb3 Qe8 26. Rcd1 Rad8 27.
Qa2 {1-0 Sulava,N-Dumitrache,D/Nice 2002/ (50)}) 13. Be5 Ncxe5 (13... Rg8 14.
Bg3 h5 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 h4 17. Bd6 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 f5 20. Bh5+
Kf8 21. e4 Bxd6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rfd1 Ne7 25. Bf3 Rg6 26. Bxd5 {
1-0 Milov,V-Piket,J/Groningen 1998/ (46)}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 16. Nc5
O-O 17. Bd3 Bg6 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Nd3 (19. Qd3 Rc7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8
22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxe6+ Kg7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. h4 gxh4 26. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Eingorn,
V-Grabarczyk,M/Bad Wiessee 1999/ (33)}) 19... d4 (19... Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21.
Rc1 Qa5 22. a3 $14) 20. e4 (20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 dxe3 22. Qxe3 Rd7 23. Rc6 $14
) 20... Qa8 {Black has to be careful due to the blockading knight on d3, but
his counterplay along the c file will be sufficient.} 21. Rce1 Rc7 22. Qd1 Kg7
23. Qg4 Rh8 24. g3 Rc2 (24... Qg8 25. Re2 (25. Qe2 Qh7 26. f3 Qh5 $11) 25...
Qh7 26. f4 Qh5 27. Qxh5 Rxh5 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Rxf5 Rh6 31. Ref2
Bd8 $11) 25. Re2 Qc6 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Qd1 Rc8 (27... Qxd1 28. Rxd1 g4 29. Rc1
Rb8 30. Rc7 Bd8 31. Rd7 Bb6 32. b4 Rc8 33. Nf4 Rc6 $13) 28. h3 Qc7 (28... Qxd1
29. Rxd1 Rc2 30. Kf1 a5 31. Rc1 Rc4 (31... Rd2 $2 32. Ke1 Rxd3 33. Ke2 $16) 32.
Ke2 a4 $11) 29. Qe2 Qa5 30. a3 Rc4 31. f4 Qd8 32. Rf2 (32. f5 exf5 33. exf5
gxf5 34. Rxf5 Qd5 $11) 32... a5 {Black is tirelessly creating counterplay, the
position is more or less balanced.} 33. Qg4 (33. Qf3 gxf4 34. gxf4 Qa8 $11)
33... b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. f5 exf5 36. exf5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Qd5 38. h4 Qe6 39.
Qf3 (39. Qxe6 fxe6 40. h5 g4 41. Nf4 (41. Rf4 Bg5 42. Rxg4 Kh6 $15) 41... Rc6
42. Rd2 Kh6 43. Kf1 Rc5 $15) 39... gxh4 (39... b3 40. Qd1 Rc8 41. h5 f6 42.
exf6+ Bxf6 43. Qf3 Rc2 44. g4 Be7 45. Kf1 Bd6 46. Re2 Rxe2 47. Qxe2 Qd5 48. Kf2
$11) 40. gxh4 Bxh4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Serious tactical mistake, Grischuk will not
be able to coordinate pieces for the sufficient counterplay.} (40... b3 41. Qh5
Rc2 42. Rf4 Bd8 43. Rg4+ Kf8 44. Qh8+ Ke7 45. Rg8 Kd7 46. Rxd8+ Kc7 47. Qg8 (
47. Rg8 Qh3 $19) 47... Qh3 48. Qxf7+ Kxd8 49. Qf8+ Kd7 $11) 41. Rg2+ Kf8 (41...
Kh6 42. Qf4+ Kh5 43. Rg7 $18) 42. Qh5 Bd8 (42... Be1 43. Nxe1 $18) 43. Qh8+ Ke7
44. Rg8 Kd7 {Sad necessity in the attempt to prevent Re8+, with an extra piece
Graf will win quite easily.} (44... Qb6 45. Qh4+ $1 (45. e6 Qc6 (45... Kxe6 46.
Qe5+ Kd7 47. Qd5+ $18) (45... fxe6 46. Re8+ Kd7 47. Ne5+ Kc8 48. Nxc4 $18) 46.
Qh4+ (46. Rxd8 Rc1+ 47. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 48. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 46... f6 (46... Kxe6 47.
Qe1+ $18) 47. Qh7+ Kxe6 48. Rxd8 Rc1+ 49. Kf2 Rc2+ 50. Ke1 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 Qg2+
52. Nf2 d3+ 53. Qxd3 Qf1+ 54. Kf3 Qxd3+ 55. Nxd3 $18) 45... Kd7 46. e6+ $1 fxe6
47. Ne5+ Kc8 48. Nxc4 $18) 45. Rxd8+ Kc7 46. Rg8 Rc2 (46... Qf5 47. Qh4 (47.
Rg3 Rc2 48. Qa8 $18) 47... Qxd3 48. Qe7+ Kc6 49. Rc8+ Kd5 50. Qxf7+ Ke4 51.
Qxc4 (51. Qh7+ Ke3 52. Qxd3+ $2 Kxd3 53. Rxc4 Kxc4 54. e6 d3 $17) 51... Qg3+
52. Kf1 Qh3+ 53. Ke1 $18) 47. Qh4 Rd2 48. Qd8+ Kc6 (48... Kb7 49. Nc5+ $18) 49.
Qa8+ Kb5 (49... Kc7 50. Qb8+ Kc6 51. Nxb4+ Kc5 52. Qc7+ Kb5 53. Rb8+ $18) 50.
Rb8+ Kc4 51. Rc8+ (51. Rc8+ Kxd3 (51... Kb3 52. Nc5+ Kxb2 53. Nxe6 $18) (51...
Kb5 52. Rc5+ Kb6 53. Qb8+ Ka6 54. Nxb4#) 52. Qf3#) 1-0

[Event "URS-sf Russia-ch"]
[Site "Gorky"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg5
Qb6 9. Bb5 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. O-O Bd6 {N} (11... g5 12. Nd2 Ng7 13. Bg3 a6 14.
Bd3 Be7 15. Na4 Qd8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 e5 18. e4 $16 {Osnos-Nogueiras,J/
Plovdiv/1982/}) 12. e4 (12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. Qxh5 (13. dxe5 g6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 $10)
13... Bc7 14. a4 a6 15. a5 Qa7 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. f4 g6 18. Qg4 Bd8 19. Bxd8
Rxd8 20. Qh4 $14 {Murshed,N-Dreev,A/Palma GMA-op/1989/0-1/58/ -> TD 1989/12})
12... O-O (12... dxe4 $2 13. d5 $1 $16) 13. exd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nf4
(15... d4 $5) 16. Bg3 Ne6 17. Qxd5 Rfd8 18. Qe4 Ned4 19. a4 $13 Bf5 20. Qh4 a6
21. Bc4 Qxb2 22. Nd5 Be6 23. Rab1 (23. Rfb1 $5) 23... Qa3 24. Ne3 Rab8 25. Bf4
Bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qxa4 {Ftacnik} 0-1

[Event "BEL-chT 9697"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rc1 Rfc8 $5 (13...
Rac8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. g3 h6 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Nb1 $10 {1/2-1/2 Huss,
A-Wojtkiewicz,A/Neuchatel op (04) 1996 (35)}) 14. e4 $5 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Bxe4 Nxd4 17. Rxc8+ $6 (17. Qd3 $1 Qb6 $5 (17... h6 18. Bxb7 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 $14)
18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $10 Qxb2 $6 20. Rb1 $36) 17... Rxc8 18. Bxb7 (18. Qd3 b5
19. Bxh7+ Kf8 20. Rd1 $10) 18... Rc2 $36 19. Bxa6 Rxb2 20. Qa4 (20. Bc4 g6 21.
Qa4 Qf4 $36) 20... g6 21. Rd1 Rb4 $1 $17 (21... e5 22. Re1 Kg7 23. Qa5 $132)
22. Qe8+ (22. Qa3 $2 Rb1 $1 23. Qxd6 (23. Qa4 Nf3+ $19) (23. Qd3 Nf3+ $19)
23... Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Nf3+ $19) (22. Qa5 Nf3+ $19) 22... Kg7 23. Bd3 Qd5 $1 (
23... Rb2 24. Qa8 (24. a4 $2 Rb8 $19) 24... Qf4 25. Rf1 $15) 24. Qe7 (24. a3
Qb3 $1 25. Rb1 Qxd3 $1 26. Rxb4 Ne2+ 27. Kh2 Qd1 $19) (24. a4 Qb3 $19) (24. Rd2
Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qg5+ $19) 24... Rb2 25. Qc7 Rxa2 $17 26. Qc3 Qe5 27. Qc4 Rb2 28.
Bf1 Nf5 29. Qd3 h5 30. Rb1 (30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 h4 $17) 30... Ra2 31. Qb3 Rd2
32. Rd1 Rb2 33. Qa3 Qf6 $5 {><f2} 34. Rd8 Nh6 $1 $19 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. f3 (36.
f4 Qc3 $19) 36... Rb1 37. Kf2 Qb2+ 38. Be2 Qb6+ 39. Kg3 Nf5+ (39... Nf5+ 40.
Kh2 (40. Kf4 Qe3#) 40... Qg1#) 0-1

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Antunes, Antonio"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 e6 $5 {TN} (9... Bd7 10. Qb3 $5 (10. e3 {-52/(373)}) 10... f6
11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. e3 e6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Kf7 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Qd1 g6 {
(1/4 1/4 Volzhin,A-Rublevsky,S Novgorod op 1995}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {[/\11...Bb4]}
11. a3 (11. Rxc6 $6 Bd7 (11... Qa5+ $5) 12. Rc2 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qxa2 $132) 11...
Bd6 $5 12. e3 (12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e3 O-O 14. Bd3 Bd7 $10) 12... Bxf4 13. exf4
Qb6 14. Rb3 $6 (14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Rc2 O-O 16. Be2 a5 17. O-O Ba6 $10) 14... Qc7
15. Qc1 O-O 16. Rc3 Qb6 17. Qd2 (17. Rxc6 Qxd4 18. Be2 Bb7 $15) 17... Rb8 18.
b3 Bd7 (18... f6 19. Bd3 $1 (19. Be2 e5 $36) 19... Kh8 20. Bc2 $36) 19. Be2
Rfc8 {[/\20...c5]} 20. O-O (20. b4 $6 a5 $36 21. bxa5 Qxa5 22. O-O c5 $17) (20.
Qe3 $5 f6 $5 21. Bg4 $1 (21. O-O e5 $1 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 (23. dxe5 $2 d4)
23... Re8 24. Qd6 (24. Qh5 $2 Qxd4 $17 25. Rfc1 Re5 26. Qf3 Rf8 $19) 24... Qxd4
$132) 21... Re8 (21... Kh8 22. O-O e5 23. Bxd7 exd4 24. Qe6 dxc3 25. Bxc8 Qd8
26. Bxa6 $16) (21... e5 $2 22. Bxd7 exd4 23. Qe6+ $18) 22. O-O Qc7 $5 (22... e5
$2 23. Bxd7 exd4 24. Rxc6 $16) 23. Re1 Qd6 24. b4 $14) 20... c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5
22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 Qd6 $10 24. Rc1 (24. Qd4 Rc8 $15) 24... Bb5 (24... d4 $2
25. Rc4 $16) 25. g3 (25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Qd4 h6 $10) 25... d4 26. Bxb5 axb5 {
And not 29...Rxb5, as given in sam sources.} 27. Qd3 Qd7 28. Rc5 g6 29. h4 h5
30. Kf1 Rb6 31. Ke2 Rb8 32. Kd2 Rb6 33. Ke1 Rb8 34. Kd1 Rb6 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. Kb2
Rb6 37. f3 Rb8 38. Kb3 Rb6 39. Kb2 (39. g4 $6 hxg4 40. fxg4 e5 41. Rxe5 Qxg4
42. Qxd4 (42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Qxd4+ Rf6 $10) 42... Rb8 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 36th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 (10... Nd7 11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Na4 O-O 14. a3
Re8 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Bxh4 Qxh4 17. Nac5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Short,N/Pula
1997/CBM 57 ext (27)}) 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 $5 {TN} (12. Qb3 Rc7 13. Na4 Nd7
14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 Bg4 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. Qb6 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd7 19. Bd1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Szekely,P-Kaufman,L/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) 12... O-O 13. Nc5 Rc7
14. Qb3 Qe7 $1 15. Rc3 (15. Qb6 Rfc8 $132 {(/\16...Nd8)}) (15. Qa4 Rfc8 $132
16. Nxb7 $2 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Rxc1 18. Nxf5 (18. Qxa6 Bg4 $19) 18... exf5 19.
Qxa6 Ne4 $19) 15... Bg4 $5 {[/\16...e5; 16...Bxf3, 17...e5<=>[+]]} 16. h3 (16.
Rfc1 e5 $5 (16... Ne4 17. R3c2 Nxc5 18. Rxc5 $14) 17. dxe5 (17. Nxa6 Nxd4 $1
18. exd4 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 exd4 20. Nxd4 Bxe2 (20... bxa6 $11 21. Bxa6 Qe1+ 22. Bf1
Ne4 $17) 21. Re3 Qd6 22. Rxe2 bxa6 $11) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe2 19. Ncd3 Rfc8
$132) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 $1 $132 18. Qa4 (18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Rfc1 Nxf3+ 20.
gxf3 d4 $5 21. exd4 Nh5 $44) 18... exd4 19. exd4 Na7 $1 {/\20...Nb5<=><<} (
19... b5 20. Qd1 $14) 20. Re3 Qd6 21. Qd1 Nc6 $5 (21... Nb5 22. Nb3 Rfc8 23.
Rfe1 $13) 22. Rc3 (22. Nb3 a5 $5 {/\23...a4<=>}) 22... Rfc8 23. Bg4 Nxg4 $5 (
23... Rd8 $5 $15) 24. Qxg4 {[#]} h5 $5 (24... f5 $5 25. Qxf5 (25. Qh4 Nxd4 26.
Qxd4 (26. Nxb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Qd7 $15) 26... Rxc5 $15) 25... Nxd4 26. Qd3 (26.
Qg4 Qf4 $3 27. Qxf4 Ne2+ 28. Kh2 Nxf4 29. Nxb7 Rxc3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 $15)) (24...
Nxd4 25. Nxb7 $1 $14) 25. Qxh5 Nxd4 26. Rd1 $1 (26. Nxb7 Qe7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28.
Na5 Qe4 $44) 26... Rxc5 27. Rxd4 Rxc3 28. bxc3 Rxc3 29. g3 $11 g6 30. Qxd5 Qxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Odense"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. e3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 g6 9. Be2 (9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bf5
14. O-O Qb6 $10 {Ivanov,I-Shabalov,A/New York op/1994/}) (9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O
O-O 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. exd5 Bxf4 16. dxc6
bxc6 17. Rab1 Qf6 $10 {Andersson,U-Hansen,LB/Polanica Zdroj/1993/}) 9... Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 $146 (12... Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 $14 {
Portisch,L-Kramnik,V/Biel izt/1993/}) 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qa4 $5 (14. Qe2) 14... a6
$1 (14... Na5 $6 15. Bc7 $1 Qc8 16. Be2 $14 (16. Bxb6 $2 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 Qf5 $17)
) 15. Qa3 Rc8 16. Qb2 b5 17. Be2 Qd7 18. a4 $1 $14 Na7 $1 19. axb5 Nxb5 $1 20.
Qb4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $14 {^^} Bb7 25.
f3 f6 26. Bg3 Kf8 27. Be1 Qd6 28. Qb2 Qa3 29. Qxa3 Nxa3 30. Kf2 Nb5 31. h4 Kf7
32. Ba5 Bc6 $6 (32... f5 $1 $14 33. g4 $140 fxg4 34. fxg4 Nd6 $1 {>< e4}) 33.
Bd3 $6 (33. g4 $1 $16) 33... Bb7 $6 $138 (33... f5 $1 $14) 34. g4 $1 $16 e6 35.
Kg3 Bd5 36. Bb4 Bb7 37. g5 $1 Nc7 38. Ba5 Nd5 39. e4 Ne7 40. Bc3 $1 f5 $8 41.
Kf4 $18 fxe4 42. fxe4 Nc6 43. Bc4 Ke7 44. d5 $1 exd5 45. exd5 Nd8 46. Bb4+ Kd7
47. Ke5 Nf7+ 48. Kf6 Nd6 49. Bb3 Ne8+ 50. Ke5 $1 {>< Ne8} Kc8 51. d6 Bc6 52.
Bg8 Ng7 53. Bxh7 (53. Bxh7 Be8 54. Bxg6 $1 Bxg6 55. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-B"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[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 "Nice"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Na4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Nf6 16. Nc5 Na5 17. Qc2 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. Be2 h6 20. Bd3 Nde8 21. Be5 Bd6
22. Kh1 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qxd7 24. e4 Ba3 25. Rb1 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Bd6 27. Qe2 Nc7 28.
Rbc1 f6 29. Qh5 b5 30. Rc6 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. exf6 Rxf6 33. f3 b4 34. Rcd6
Ne8 35. Rd8 Rf8 36. Qe5 Nf6 37. R8d6 Nxe4 38. Qxe4 a5 39. Rxe6 Qf7 40. Red6 Re7
41. Qd5 Re2 42. Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. Rd7+ Re7 44. R1d5 Ra8 45. Kg1 Ra7 46. Rxa7 Rxa7
47. Rd6 Rc7 48. Rd5 Ra7 {Aktive weiße vs passive schwarze Figuren} 49. Kf2 Ke6
50. Rh5 Kd6 51. Ke3 Kc6 ({Nicht von der Hand zu weisen ist} 51... a4 $5 52. Rb5
axb3 53. axb3 Ra2 54. g3 Rg2 55. g4 Rh2 56. Rxb4 Rxh3 57. Rb6+ Ke7 58. Rb7+ Kf6
59. b4 Rh1 {um einen Teil der Bauernschwächen loszuwerden und auf Kosten eines
Minusbauern einen beweglichen Turm zu erhalten. Eine kleine Gegenspielchance
lautet hier g6 nebst h5 (Freibauernbildung).}) 52. Kd3 Kb6 (52... a4 53. Kc4
axb3 54. axb3 Ra2 55. g4 Rf2 56. Rf5 Rh2 {mit ähnlichen Ideen wie in der
vorigen Anmerkung skizziert.}) 53. Rd5 Rc7 54. h4 Ka6 55. h5 Rf7 {Bleibt bis
zum bitteren Ende passiv. Wenn man keine eisenharte Verteidigungsstellung
einnehmen kann, so sollte man stets auf der Suche nach Aktivität sein.} (55...
Rc3+ 56. Kd2 a4 57. bxa4 (57. Rd3 Rc5 58. g4 a3) 57... Ra3 {ist erneut der
aktivere Weg}) 56. Kc4 Rc7+ 57. Rc5 Rd7 58. Rc6+ Kb7 59. Rg6 Re7 60. g4 Kb8 61.
Kb5 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rg7] Beide schwarzen Bauernschwächen sind fixiert und der
schwarze König abgedrängt. Besser kann das Bild einer aktiven und einer
passiven Figurenaufstellung nicht festgehalten werden.} Ra7 62. f4 Kc8 63. f5
Kb8 64. Kb6 a4 65. bxa4 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ballmann, Martin"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rfc1 Be7 14. Qb5 Qd7 15.
Na4 Ne5 16. Qxd7 Nxd7 17. Bf1 a6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 f6 20. Nb6 Rc6 21. Rxc6
bxc6 22. Rc1 c5 23. Nd7 Rc8 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 Rxa2 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Bf1 c4
28. Bg2 Rxb2 29. e4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rxc4 {[#] Bauern auf 1 Flügel;
guter L trotz falschem Eckfeld h1; passive weiße Figuren auf engem Raum;
Taktik; Freibauern nach Qualleopfer} Rb7 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nb8 Bd6 34. Nc6 Rb1+
35. Kg2 Rb2 36. Nd4 Be5 37. Nc2 f5 38. Ne3 Ra2 39. Rc4 Kf6 40. h3 Rd2 41. Rc2
Rd3 42. Nf1 h5 43. h4 Bd4 44. Ra2 e5 45. Ra6+ Kg7 46. Ra2 f4 47. gxf4 exf4 48.
Ra5 (48. Nd2 Bxf2 49. Nxe4 (49. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 50. Rxd2 e3+ 51. Ke2 exd2 52. Kxd2
Kf6 $19) 49... Bxh4 $19) (48. Nh2 f3+ 49. Kh3 Be5 50. Ra4 Rd4 51. Ra7+ (51.
Rxd4 Bxd4 52. Nf1 Kf6 53. Ng3 (53. Nd2 Kf5 54. Kg3 Be5+ 55. Kh3 Kf4 56. Kh2 Bc3
$19) 53... Ke5 54. Nxh5 Bxf2 $19) 51... Kg6 52. Ra6+ Kf5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal
Rd4d1,Rd1h1] weiße Pattchance nach Turmmanöver Td4-d1-h1!?}) 48... Kf6 49. Rxh5
Rf3 50. Nh2 Rxf2+ 51. Kh3 Rxh2+ 52. Kxh2 e3 53. Rh6+ Kf5 54. Rh5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Espergarde PC"]
[Site "Espergarde"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Berg, Klaus"]
[Black "Fries Nielsen, Niels Jorgen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nh5 7. Bd2 (7. Be5
f6 8. Bg3 g6 9. e3 Bg7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bf7 $10 {
ECO}) (7. Bg5 $5 h6 8. Bh4) 7... e6 (7... g6 8. e3 Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O e6
11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Na4 b6 $14 {ECO}) 8. e3 Bd6 9. Bd3 (9. Ne5 Nf6 10. f4 $14) 9...
f5 10. Ne5 g6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 f4 14. e4 (14. Rxc6 fxe3 15.
Bxe3 Bb4+ $44) 14... Qh4 15. e5 (15. Rxc6 f3 16. gxf3 Bf4 $44) 15... f3 16.
gxf3 (16. g4 Ng3 $1 $13) 16... Be7 17. Be3 Bb4+ 18. Nc3 c5 19. Bf1 c4 20. Qd2
Rf5 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rg1 Qe7 23. Be2 Raf8 24. Rg4 Qf7 25. Bh6 Rb8 26. Kf1 Bf8 27.
Be3 Bg7 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Bd1 Qe7 30. b3 cxb3 31. axb3 R8f7 32. Ra1 Be8 33. Ra6
Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 Bd7 $5
$146 (7... e6) (7... Qb6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. f3 {Wojtkiewicz,A-Shirov,
A/Manila ol/1992}) 8. e3 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 Re8 12. g4 h6 13.
Rad1 Rc8 14. Bb1 b5 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 b4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Ne2
Qd6 20. Ng3 Kf8 $1 21. Bd3 a5 22. Rc1 Ne7 23. Nh5 Bg5 24. Qg3 (24. Qg4 Bh6)
24... Qxg3+ 25. hxg3 $10 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. Kf1 Nb6 29. b3 a4
30. bxa4 Nxa4 31. Bc2 Nc3 32. Bb3 Be7 33. Nf4 Bd6 34. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({After 4...Nc6 in today's game, we get a position that is similar to} 
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 {but there is actually a big
difference here, as the knight is more aggressively positioned on c3, than one
would be on f3. One reason is that} 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 {can be met with} 7.
Be2 $5 ({rather than} 7. Nf3 {when} Bg4 {is comfortable for Black.})) 1... c5
2. c3 {At such a high level, this move has mostly been played in blitz games.
It is a I'm-inviting-you-to-a-Slav-with-opposite-colours-move, that is to say
a tricky move against those who don't have the Slav in their repertoire with
either White or Black. Nepomniachtchi hasn't played the Slav for almost a
decade, so it makes a lot of sense for Carlsen to play like this.} d5 {This
move is the equivalent of "calling" in poker. Saying: -So, you want to play
the Slav a tempo up? Go ahead, please.} ({The other respectable continuation is
} 2... Nf6 3. d4 e6 {a setup that Carlsen had a close encounter with only a
short time ago:} 4. Bg5 d5 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nc6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O Nd7
10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. Re1 Rc8 15. Nf3 {
Carlsen,M (2825)-Xiong,J (2630) chess.com IoM Masters 2017, with a promising
position for White,.}) 3. d4 cxd4 {And Black calls again, forcing White to
enter an Exchange Slav, where he is unable to play the most critical lines 
(due to the early development of the knight to f3).} 4. cxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6.
Bf4 Nh5 $5 {Black chooses a rather rare line, probably wanting to avoid a
theoretical battle after} (6... Bf5) ({or} 6... a6) 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. e3 {I often
complain that Bc1-d2 and Bc8-d7 are sad excuses for moves, but here White got
it for free and it does free the c1-square for the rook.} e6 ({Ideally, Black
would like to play} 8... Bf5 {but after} 9. Ne5 $1 {Black has to deal with a
number of annoying ideas, of which g2-g4 is only one.}) 9. Bd3 $1 {If White is
to gain a promising game, then there is no way around playing e3-e4.} (9. Bb5
Bd7 10. O-O Bd6 {and there is no way to make headway on the queenside.}) 9...
Bd6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Be7 {Although this leads to a standard setup for
Black, it was somewhat surprising to me, as it seems that White has gained a
tempo in the process (Bd2).} ({Karpov was one of the greatest handlers of this
structure and I believe that he might have chosen} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Ne7 $5
13. O-O O-O {After} 14. Qc2 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg6 16. Qg4 f5) (14.
Ne5 h6 15. Re1 {might be a better setup aiming to lift the rook to the third
rank.}) 14... h6 15. Ne5 Rb8 {, followed by ...b5 and ...Bb7, or just ...Bd7,
Black is doing fine.}) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 {I would not place my queen here,
but Magnus has a 300 ELO-point margin over me, so I guess it is good. Possibly
he wanted to force Black into some kind of concession on the kingside.} (13.
Qe2 {is the natural place for the queen in this structure (as I see it).})
13... h6 ({With the bishop on e7 Black ususally plays} 13... g6 {If White
continues like in the game with} 14. Rad1 Bd7 15. a3 Rc8 16. Nc3 a6 {then it
seems to me that it is harder for White to create threats against Black's king.
} (16... Nd5)) (13... Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 $2 (14... g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1) 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfe1 $16) 14. Rad1 Bd7 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Bc3 Qb6 17.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Qd2 Kg7 20. Bb1 {leaves White with a nasty
initiative on the diagonal.}) 15. a3 Rc8 {Black has no complaints after the
opening. The queen seems to be misplaced on c2.} 16. Nc3 $1 a6 {Black is
obviously happy with his position and chooses to play an ambitious plan,
involving b7-b5-b4. Other possibilities were} (16... Nd5) (16... Na5) ({
and my favourite (Karpov-inspired) plan:} 16... Bd6 {intending ...Ne7 and ...
Bc6.}) 17. Qc1 $5 {Magnus finds a way to make the queen's position count for
something. Perhaps he had the whole setup planned and this is indeed the most
challenging idea against h7-h6!?? It seems far-fetched.} Re8 18. Rfe1 Bf8 19.
Bf4 {White has managed to get coordinated and it is time for Black to act
before White starts attacking.} b5 $1 20. Qd2 b4 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Ne5 $1 ({
Most mortals would hang on to the bishop with} 22. Bb1 {but Carlsen correctly
assesses that it is the dark squares that matter most in the attack.} Nbd5 23.
Ne5 Bb5 {and Black is more than comfortable.}) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3 a5 {This is
either a very confident move or a wish to play with fire. White can continue
to build up on the kingside as long as he hasn't lost all control of d5, so
Black's simplest defence is to challenge that:} (23... Bb5 $5 24. Nxb5 (24. Qf3
Bc4 $1) 24... axb5 25. Qxb5 Nd5 {holds no danger for Black. The knight on d5
is wonderful, while White's extra pawn on b2, is a target.}) 24. Qf3 $1 {
Suddenly Black is faced with a series of more serious threats. Both Bf4-g3-h4
and h4 followed by Bg5 can become annoying. The biggest tactical weakness in
Black's position is the pawn on f7, so the best defence probably involves
protecting that pawn once more...} Bb4 $2 {This leaves the king far too
exposed.} (24... Qe7 $1 {, is the right move, in order to be able to move the
knight from f6 without inviting a catastrophe on f7:} 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 (25... Qxd7
$5 26. Bxh6 a4 {followed by ...Nd5, leads to a position that is very hard for
White to win (since all the pawns are on the "wrong colour").}) 26. d5 Nc5 {
is balanced.}) 25. Re3 ({Carlsen's move is not bad at all, but possibly a
stronger one was} 25. Bxh6 $1 {It is quite untypical for such a strong player
to miss such a shot (so perhaps he didn't). The point is that after} Bxc3 26.
bxc3 gxh6 27. Qg3+ {Black cannot go to f8:} Kh7 (27... Kf8 $2 28. Rd3 $1 Bc6 (
28... Ke7 29. Qg7 Rf8 30. d5 $1) 29. Qf4 Ke7 30. c4 {and Black has no defence
against d4-d5.}) 28. Nxf7 Qe7 29. Qd3+ Kg7 (29... Kg8 30. Qg6+) 30. Ne5 {
and Black has no way to avoid giving back material. For instance} Rf8 31. Qg6+
Kh8 32. Qxh6+ Qh7 {and the best way to take the exchange is} 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34.
Qg5 Qh5 35. Qxh5 Nxh5 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 {followed by} 37. d5 $1 {when Black will
not be able to create enough counterplay with the a-pawn. Perhaps Carlsen saw
some of this and decided that he didn't like the look of that a-pawn and that
it was just as good to just build.}) 25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 {This positional
transformation favours White. Now, not only are the threats on the kingside,
but also c4/d5 becomes a factor.} Ba4 $1 {Usually I don't watch the comments
or the inteviews with the players, but this time I was sent a short piece
where Carlsen talked about the game. He was searching to explain his feeling
about the game and he said: "I failed to predict a single one of his moves",
which is a strong indication that he was not his normal self today. Especially
the next few moves are puzzling.} 27. Ra1 $6 {This allows Black to get the
bishop back in the defence.} ({A much stronger move was} 27. Rc1 $1 {when the
bishop is rather weird on a4, whereas} Qxd4 {, doesn't work due to} (27... Rf8
$1 28. Rd3 Nd5 29. c4 $1 (29. Bd2 f6 30. Ng6 Re8 {is not so clear.}) 29... f6
30. Ng4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 {and the central pawns, combined with Black's awkward
pawn structure, leave White with an advantage.}) 28. Ra1 $1 Qb6 29. Bxh6 $1 {
with disastrous concequences for Black.}) 27... Bc2 $1 28. h3 $5 {Many are
reluctant to play such a move since the rook might go there later. However,
giving the king some breathing space, means that White is more free to use the
rook on a1, as there are no more back rank mates.} Bf5 $2 ({The most tenacious
defence could have led to serious complications:} 28... Nd5 $5 29. Bxh6 Qe7 $1
(29... Bg6 30. c4 Nxe3 31. Bxe3 Bf5 32. c5 Qd5 33. Qh5 Re7 34. Rxa5 f6 35. Ng6
Bxg6 36. Qxg6 Ra8 {is the kind of line that the engines give as "=", but where
it is far easier to play the White side.}) (29... f6 30. Bxg7 fxe5 31. Bxe5 $40
) 30. Bxg7 (30. Qg3 f6 31. Re2 Rxc3 32. Nf3 Qc7 33. Bd2 Qxg3 34. fxg3 Rc6 35.
Rxa5 {is a position where White's extra pawn doesn't count for much.}) 30...
Kxg7 31. Qg4+ Bg6 (31... Kh6 32. Rf3 Bg6 $1 33. c4 Bh5 34. Nxf7+ Qxf7 35. Rxf7
Bxg4 36. cxd5 Bh5 37. Ra7 exd5 38. R1xa5 $11) 32. Rf3 Nf6 33. Qg3 {and White
has dangerous compensation for the piece. Still, it is not clear that White
has a way forward.}) (28... Rf8 29. Rc1) 29. g4 $1 {There were probably a few
who thought that Magnus would win at this stage and I/he would have thought so
too.} Bh7 30. c4 $6 ({It is truly strange that Carlsen didn't play} 30. g5 Nd5
31. Nxf7 $1 {Suffice to say, that White gets a huge attack. After} Qb6 32. Nd6
Nxe3 $1 (32... Rf8 33. Nxc8) 33. Qxe3 h5 34. c4 {White is dominating. It is
quite out of character for Carlsen to miss something like this. It seems like
he wasn't able to think clearly today.}) 30... Nd7 {Although this doesn't
solve all of Black's problems, it is clearly an improvement to be able to
exhange the menace on e5.} 31. Nc6 $2 (31. c5 $1 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 f6 33. Bd6 Ra8
34. Qc6 {would have kept a rather large advantage for White.}) 31... Qf6 32.
Nxa5 Nb6 {Now White's pieces are all in the wrong places. If only one could
play c5 and Na5-c4-d6...} 33. c5 $2 Rxc5 $1 {Missing such a move is truly
demoralizing.} 34. dxc5 $2 {Here Carlsen seems to lose his will to fight. Now
one mistake follows another.} (34. Be5 Qxf3 35. Rxf3 Rc2 {is very unpleasant
for White, but was nethertheless necessary.}) 34... Qxa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa5 36. Qc6
$2 (36. cxb6 Qxb6 {is no fun for White, but not quite lost yet.}) 36... Qa4 {
Forking the queen and the bishop and the game is over.} 37. Qxa4 Nxa4 38. c6
Nb6 39. c7 f6 40. Rb3 Nc8 {A good day for Nepomniachtchi. He was lucky to
escape and win, but luck usually comes to those who deserve it.} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Donaldson, John W"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 h6 8. Ne5
e6 9. e3 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Bd7 11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 $6 {Jetzt bleibt der Bauer
auf a6 ohne Deckung. Solider ist} (12... O-O) 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 b4 15. Bxa6 $1
{Dieser Einschlag ist vielversprechend für Weiß: er bekommt zwei verbundene
Freibauern, die recht weit vorrücken, während Schwarz seine Entwicklung
vollendet.} (15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxa6 bxc3 17. Bxc8 Bxc8 18. Rxc3 {ist auch sehr
aussichtsreich.}) (15. Ne2 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa5 {ist weniger klar.}) 15... bxc3
16. Bxc8 Bxc8 17. Qxc3 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. b4 Qe8 20. b5 e5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22.
Qc6 Qe7 23. a5 Bf5 24. Qxd5 Be4 25. Qc4 Re8 26. f4 $2 (26. f3 Bg6 ({Nach} 26...
Qh4 27. h3 Qg3 28. fxe4 Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke2 {gewinnt Weiß mühelos.}) 27.
a6 {führt zum Sieg.}) 26... Bb2 27. Rcd1 Qa3 28. Kh1 ({Nach} 28. a6 Qxe3+ 29.
Kh1 Bf6 30. Qa2 Qc5 31. Rfe1 Qf5 32. b6 Qxf4 33. Rf1 Qg4 {entsteht eine
äußerst scharfe, schwer einzuschätzende Stellung. Der Textzug ist sicherer.})
28... Qxa5 ({Auf} 28... Qxe3 {kann nun} 29. Rde1 Bxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3
Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Qxe1 33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc2+ g6 35. Qxb2 {mit Gewinnstellung für
Weiß folgen.}) 29. Rd7 Kh7 30. Rxf7 $2 (30. f5 Qa8 31. Rd2 Bf6 32. Qxf7 Re5 {
führt zum Ausgleich.}) 30... Qd2 $19 31. Rg1 Qxe3 32. Rd7 Qxf4 33. Qf1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rac1 Qd6
15. Qe2 e5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Qh5 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Qe2 Qa5 21.
Bc4 Rad8 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Red1 Nd4 24. Qe1 Qb6 25. Ng5 Bf6 26. Ne4 Be5 27. Qe3
Kg7 28. Kh1 Rfe8 29. Re1 Bb8 30. Qc3 Qc7 31. g3 Qc6 32. Bf1 Qd5 33. Bg2 b6 34.
f4 Qa5 35. b4 Qxa2 36. Re3 a5 37. Rd3 axb4 38. Qxb4 Ne2 39. Rxd8 Rxd8 40. Qxb6
Rf8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Ra1 Qb3 43. Qh4 Qb2 44. Re1 Rc8 45. Kh2 Kg7 46. f5 Nxg3 $2
{Dies ist nicht korrekt.} 47. Nxg3 Rc2 48. Kh1 Bxg3 (48... Rxg2 49. f6+ {
führt in den Orkus.}) 49. Qxg3 Rc1 {Schwarz kann den Abtausch des f-Bauern
nicht erzwingen:} (49... Rf2 50. Bf3 {oder}) (49... Rc5 50. Rf1) 50. f6+ $18
Kg8 (50... Kxf6 51. Qf4+ Kg7 52. Rxc1 $18) 51. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 52. Kh2 Qb2 53. Qd6
h5 54. h4 Qf2 55. Kh3 Qf5+ 56. Kh2 Qg4 57. Qg3 Qd4 58. Qg5 Kh7 59. Bd5 Qf2+ 60.
Bg2 (60. Kh3 $142 {Die Stellung sollte für Weiß mühelos gewonnen sein. Schwarz
hat augenblicklich nur Damenzüge, so daß er das Vordringen des gegnerischen
Königs ins Zentrum nicht verhindern kann.}) 60... Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. f4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qh5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Be7 16. Rf3 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rg3 Bb4 19. Bb1 Be8 20. Qd1 Qb6 $2 {
Das ist nicht das Genaueste. Nach} (20... Bc5 21. Qd3 g6 {braucht Schwarz
keineswegs zu verzweifeln.}) 21. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Villa Gesell"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Garcia Palermo, Carlos H"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Bxf4 9. exf4 Bd7 10. a3 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. f5 Nd6 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. fxe6 fxe6 (
14... Bxe6 $5 15. Ng5 $140 g6 (15... Qxd4 16. Ne2 $16) 16. Nxe6 fxe6 {, und
Weiß hat Schwierigkeiten mit der Deckung von d4.}) 15. Rae1 Qf4 16. Re3 Qh6 17.
Rd1 {Weiß wehrt die Drohung 17...Tf3: auf diese Weise ab.} Rf7 $6 (17... Be8
$142 $5 {mit der Absicht, 18...Lh5 folgen zu lassen. 18.De2 wird mit 18...Tf6
pariert. Der Turm steht auf f7 ungünstig.}) 18. Nb5 $1 Ne8 (18... Nxb5 19. Bxb5
{ist fatal für Schwarz, weil er die Kontrolle über das Feld e5 verliert.}) (
18... Nf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 (19... exf5 20. Ng5 (20. Nc3 f4 {gefolgt von 21...Lg4
ist nicht empfehlenswert für Weiß.}) (20. Nc7 f4 21. Rc3 Rd8 {verspricht dem
Schwarzen Gegenspiel:} 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 {scheitert an} Bc6 {, und auf 22.
Sd5: folgt 22...Lg4.}) 20... Re7 (20... Qxg5 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxg5 Rfe7 23. h4
{bietet dem Schwarzen keine Rettunsgsaussichten.}) 21. Rh3 Qg6 22. Rxh7 (22.
Nc7 Rd8 (22... f4 23. Nxa8 Qxg5 (23... Bxh3 24. Nxh3) 24. Rc3 {ist
hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 23. Nxd5 Ree8 24. Nxh7 {führt ebenfalls zum Gewinn
für Weiß.}) 22... Rae8 23. h4 f4 24. Qxf4 Bf5 25. Nd6 Rf8 26. g4 {führt zum
Gewinn für Weiß.}) 20. Nd6 Rf4 21. Nxb7 {nebst 22.Sc5 ist hoffnungslos für
Schwarz.}) 19. Ne5 $1 {Danach kann der Springer auf e8 keine guten Felder mehr
finden.} Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxb5 {Schwarz darf nicht erlauben, daß sich dieser
Springer auf d4 festsetzt.} 21. Bxb5 g6 (21... Rc7 $5) 22. g3 Ng7 $6 (22... Rc7
$5 {Schwarz sollte um die c-Linie kämpfen. Nach} 23. Rc1 Qf8 24. Bxe8 Rxc1+ 25.
Qxc1 Rxe8 26. Rc3 Qf7 {ist er wenigstens seines schlechten Springers ledig und
hat gute Rettungsaussichten. Weiß sollte anders fortfahren, aber auch dann hat
Schwarz nach Dh6-f8 und Ta8-c8 bessere Aussichten als nach der Partiefolge.})
23. Rc3 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Raf8 25. Kg2 Nf5 26. h4 h6 27. Be2 Kg7 28. Bg4 Rd7 29.
Rc5 h5 $2 (29... Kf7 {mußte versucht werden. Nach} 30. Bd1 {ist jetzt die
Antwort} g5 {spielbar.}) 30. Bd1 Rdf7 31. a4 Ne7 32. a5 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Nxc8 34.
Rc2 Ne7 35. f4 Nc6 36. Rc5 Nb4 37. Be2 a6 38. Kf2 Rd7 39. Ke3 Kf7 40. Kd2 Nc6
41. Bxa6 $18 Nd4 (41... Nxe5 42. Bb5 Nc4+ (42... Nc6 43. Bxc6 bxc6 44. Rxc6 $18
) 43. Kc3 $18) 42. Kd3 Nf5 43. Bb5 Re7 44. b4 Nxg3 45. Ba4 Nf5 46. b5 Nxh4 47.
b6 Nf5 48. a6 bxa6 49. Bc6 Nh4 50. b7 Rxb7 51. Bxb7 Ng2 52. Rc7+ Kf8 53. f5
gxf5 54. Bc8 h4 55. Kd2 Nf4 56. Rh7 h3 57. Rh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Bd3 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rac1 Nbd7 13. Rc2 Nb6 14. Rfc1 Rfc8
15. Nb1 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qc2 b4 20. Ne5 Bb7 21.
Nd2 h6 22. h3 Nfd7 23. Ndf3 Nf8 24. Be2 f6 25. Nd3 Nbd7 26. Nb2 e5 27. Qd2 Ne6
$6 (27... e4 28. Ne1 (28. Nh4 g6) 28... a5 {führt zum Ausgleich.}) 28. Nh4 e4
$2 ({Nach} 28... a5 {hatte Schwarz noch nichts zu befürchten.}) 29. Nf5 Qf8 30.
Bg4 Kf7 31. Nxg7 $1 {Weiß unternimmt einen gefährlichen Gewinnversuch.} Qxg7
32. Qxb4 Bc8 33. Qd6 $6 {Aber dies ist nicht das Stärkste. Richtig war} (33.
Nc4 dxc4 34. Bxe6+ Kxe6 35. Qxc4+ Ke7 36. Qxc8 {mit ausgezeichneten
Gewinnaussichten.}) 33... Ndf8 $2 ({Nötig war} 33... f5 34. Bh5+ (34. Bxf5 Nf6
$11) 34... Kf6 35. Qxd5 Nb6 36. Qd6 (36. Qe5+ Kg5) 36... Qc7 $11) 34. Qxd5 Kg8
35. Qxe4 Qf7 36. Nc4 Bb7 37. Bxe6 Nxe6 38. Qg4+ Ng7 39. Nd6 Qd5 40. Ne8 Qf7 41.
Qxg7+ $2 (41. Nd6 Qd5 42. Nxb7 Qxb7 43. Qg6 $18) 41... Qxg7 42. Nxg7 Kxg7 43.
g4 Kf7 44. Kh2 Be4 45. Kg3 Bb1 46. a3 Bc2 47. b4 Ke6 48. Kf4 Kd5 49. f3 Kc4 50.
e4 Kxd4 51. Kf5 Ke3 52. Kxf6 Kxf3 53. e5 Kg3 54. e6 Ba4 55. g5 hxg5 56. Kxg5
Kxh3 57. e7 Kg3 58. Kf5 Be8 59. Ke5 Kg4 60. Kd6 Kf5 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Kb6 Kxe7
63. Kxa6 Kd6 64. b5 Bxb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Black "Rogic, Davor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nh5 11. Be5 f6 12. Bf4 $6 (12. Bg3 {ist solider.}) 12...
Nxf4 13. exf4 Bd6 14. g3 g5 {Dies ist eine interessante Idee.} 15. Ne2 ({Nach} 
15. fxg5 fxg5 {hat Weiß keine wirksame Möglichkeit, die Fortsetzung Dd8-f6 zu
entkräften; der wird seinen d-Bauern verlieren.}) 15... Kh8 16. Qd2 Rg8 17. Qe3
$6 {Der Textzug leistet nichts; die Dame steht auf e3 nicht gut. Weiß sollte
sich nach anderen Plänen umsehen.} (17. fxg5 e5 (17... fxg5 18. Bb1 (18. Qe3
Qf6 {nebst Lc8-d7 führt zu ähnlichen Bildern.}) 18... Qf6 19. Qd3 Rg7 20. a3
Bd7 21. Kg2 {mit etwa ausgeglichenem Spiel.}) 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. g6 Rg7 (19...
e4 20. Ng5 {sieht ungesund für Schwarz aus.}) 20. Bc2 {führt zu einer unklaren
Stellung.}) (17. a3 {ist stets ein nützlicher Zug; Tf1-e1 und Ld3-b1-a2 (mit
Druck gegen d5 zur Verhinderung von e6-e5) wird vorbereitet.}) (17. Bb1 {
kommt ebenfalls in Betracht.}) 17... Bd7 18. Bb1 gxf4 19. Nxf4 Qe7 20. Rfe1
Rae8 21. Re2 $2 {Dies leistet nichts zur Verhinderung von e6-e5; der Turm ist
im Gegenteil auf e2 Angriffen ausgesetzt.} (21. a3 Qf7 22. Ba2 {kam in
Betracht, wenn Schwarz auch nach} Rg4 {einen unangenehmen Druck entwickeln
kann.}) 21... Qf7 22. Rce1 $2 e5 $19 23. dxe5 (23. Ng2 Bg4 $19) 23... fxe5 24.
Ng2 e4 25. Qc3+ Rg7 26. Ng5 Qf8 ({Auch} 26... Qg8 {führt sofort zum Gewinn.})
27. a3 Be5 28. Qd2 Nd4 29. f4 Rxg5 30. Rf2 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Piket} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1
Bf5 8. e3 Rc8 9. Ne5 e6 (9... Nxe5 {Piket} 10. dxe5 $5 (10. Bxe5 e6 11. Qb3 Qd7
$11 (11... Qd7 {Piket} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 Bd6 14. O-O O-O 15. Na4 Rxc1 16.
Rxc1 Rc8 17. Nc5 Qe7 18. Qd1 Rc6 $11)) 10... Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxc1 12. Qxc1 Bxe4 (
12... dxe4 13. Bc4 (13. a3)) 13. e6 $3 fxe6 14. f3 Bg6 (14... Qa5+ 15. Qd2 (15.
Kf2 Bg6 16. Qc8+) 15... Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Bg6 17. Be5 $16) 15. Be5) 10. Qb3 (10.
Be2 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. O-O Nxe5 13. dxe5 $11 {1-0 Misanovic,V-Madl,I/Porec
1998/EXT 99 (29)}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 $6 {Dies wäre nur sinnvoll, wenn der
Springer des Weißen nach d4 gelangen könnte. Unter den bestehenden Umständen
beschneidet der Zug die Wirkungsmöglichkeiten des Damenläufers und gibt dem
Gegner dynamische Möglichkeiten in Gestalt des Vorstoßes d5-d4 an die Hand.}
Ne4 12. Be2 (12. Qxb7 {Piket} Nc5 $19) 12... g5 {'!' Piket.} 13. Bg3 (13. Qxb7
{Piket} Nxc3 (13... gxf4 14. Bxa6) 14. Bxa6 Rb8 $17) (13. Bxg5 {Piket} Qxg5 (
13... Nxg5 14. Qxb7 Qc7 $15) 14. Qxb7 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Ba3 $1 $17) 13... b5 {
'!' Piket.} (13... Be7 {Piket} 14. O-O Nd2 15. Qa4+ $13) 14. Nxe4 (14. O-O {
scheitert nämlich an} Nd2 (14... Nd2 {Piket} 15. Bxb5+ axb5 16. Qxb5+ Qd7 17.
Rfd1 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Kd8 $17)) 14... Rxc1+ 15. Kd2 Qa5+ {'!' Piket.
} ({Die Fortsetzung} 15... Bxe4 16. Rxc1 Qa5+ (16... Bxg2 $2 17. Bxb5+ $18) 17.
Kd1 Bxg2 18. Rc8+ Kd7 19. Ra8 {birgt für Schwarz offensichtlich große Gefahren.
}) (15... Rxh1 {Piket} 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Qb4+) (15... Rc4 $5 {Piket} 16. Nf6+
Ke7 17. Rc1 (17. Qa3+ b4 18. Qxa6 Rc2+ 19. Ke1 Rc1+ (19... Bg7 20. Qb7+ Qc7 21.
Qxb4+ Kd8 (21... Qc5 22. Qb7+ Qc7 23. Qb4+)) (19... Qc7 20. Nxd5+ $1 exd5 21.
Qf6+ Ke8 22. Qxf5) 20. Bd1 (20. Kd2 $11)) 17... Qa5+) 16. Kxc1 Bxe4 {'=/+'
Piket.} 17. f3 Bg6 18. Be1 {'!' Piket.} ({Nach} 18. h4 gxh4 19. Bxh4 Bg7 20. f4
O-O 21. Be1 Rc8+ 22. Kd1 Qb6 {ist Weiß in ernsthaften Schwierigkeiten.}) (18.
Qc3 {Piket} Bb4 (18... Qxc3+ 19. bxc3 Ba3+ $17) 19. Qc8+ Ke7 20. Qxh8 (20. Qb7+
Kf8) 20... Qxa2 $19) 18... Qb6 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. h4 O-O 21. Kd1 (21. hxg5 {Piket}
Rc8+ 22. Kd1 Bc2+) 21... gxh4 22. f4 d4 {'!' Piket.} (22... f6 {bot meines
Erachtens bessere Aussichten auf Vorteil.}) 23. Rxh4 Rc8 24. e4 $2 (24. Bd3 {
war nötig:} dxe3 (24... Qd8 25. Rh3 dxe3 26. Rxe3 Qh4 27. Bxg6 Qg4+ (27... hxg6
28. Rc3 {Weiß dürfte die Stellung halten können.}) 28. Ke1 hxg6 29. g3 {
Auch hier hat Weiß gute Rettungsaussichten.}) 25. Bxg6 Qd8 26. Bxh7+ Kh8 27.
Be4+ Qxh4 28. Qxe3 {Der Vorteil des Schwarzen ist gering.}) (24. Ke1 {Piket} d3
$5 (24... Bc2 25. Qa3 Bf8 26. Rg4+ Kh8 27. Bb4 Bxb4+ 28. Qxb4 d3 29. Qe7 Qd8
30. Qxf7 d2+ 31. Kf2 Rc7) (24... Qc6 25. Bf3 Qc2) 25. Bf3 (25. Bxd3 Qd8) 25...
Rc2 (25... Qc5) (25... a5)) 24... d3 $19 {'!' Piket.} 25. Bxd3 ({Nach} 25. Qxd3
{gewinnt Schwarz mit der Fortsetzung} Rd8 26. Qg3 (26. Qc3 Qg1+ 27. Kc2 Bxe4+
28. Kb3 Qf2) (26. Qf3 Qd4 (26... Qd4 {Piket} 27. Qc3 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Bxe4+ 29. Kb3
Qf2) (26... Rxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Qd8+)) 26... Qd4 27. Qe1 Qa4+ 28. b3 (28. Kc1 Bxe4)
28... Qxa2) 25... Qg1+ 26. Ke2 Qxg2+ 27. Kd1 Qg3 28. Be1 Rc1+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Black "Delemarre, Jop"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Nh5 8. Be5
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. g4 (10. O-O {gefällt mir besser.}) 10... Nf6 11. Rg1 Qb6 12.
Qe2 Bd7 13. Rg3 $6 (13. g5 $5) 13... Rfc8 14. a3 Be8 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bf4 Nf8 17.
Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ng6 19. Kf1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 g6 21. h4 (21. Rg4 $5) 21... Qb3
22. Qc2 $6 (22. Rg4) 22... Qxc2 23. Bxc2 Rc4 24. Rh3 Rac8 25. Bd3 R4c6 $2 (
25... Rxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 $17) 26. e4 $2 (26. Ne2 $5) 26... Rb6 27. exd5 Rxb2
28. Nd1 Rb3 29. d6 Bd8 30. Kg1 Rc5 31. Bf1 (31. f4 Bb6 32. Kh2 Rd5 33. Bf1 Rd2+
34. Kh1 Bc6+ $19) 31... Rxh3 32. Bxh3 Rxe5 33. Ne3 Bc6 34. Bg2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2
Rc5 36. Rb1 b6 37. Rd1 h5 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. Nd1 Ke8 40. Nc3 Rc4 41. Kg3 Kd7 42.
f3 f5 43. gxf6 Bxf6 44. Ne4 Be5+ 45. Kf2 Rd4 46. Rb3 Bxd6 47. Ke3 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 30th"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Arencibia, Juan Joel"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rac1 Rc7
15. Na4 Rfc8 16. Nc5 e5 17. dxe5 $6 {Nach 17.b4 hätte Schwarz natürlich
keinerlei Vorteil.} Nxe5 18. Nb3 (18. Nxb7 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qe6 (19... Qb6 20.
Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Na5 {bringt dem Schwarzen nichts ein.}) 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Na5
Qxh3 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Qxc1 h5 24. Qd1 g5 $17) 18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Re8 20.
Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qd4 Re5 22. Qf4 h6 23. Nd4 (23. Rc1 Rg5+ 24. Kf1 Qxf4 25. exf4
Rf5 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rc7 $13) 23... Nh5 24. Qh4 $2 (24. Qh2 Rg5+ 25. Kh1 $13)
24... Rg5+ 25. Kh1 Qe7 $19 26. Nf5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 Qb6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. a3 Qxb2 10. Na4 Qb5 11. Bc7 Qb7 12. Ba5 (12. Bf4 Bf5 13. Ra2 Nd7
14. Rb2 Qc8 15. e3 e6 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Rxb6 Qd8 18. Qb3 Bc2 19. Qb2 Bxa3 20.
Qxa3 Qxb6 {0-1 Gretarsson,H-Schandorff,L/Copenhagen op 1994 (34). Der Textzug
ist eine deutliche Verbesserung; die Diagonale a5-e1 wird geschützt.}) 12...
Bf5 13. Nc5 Qb2 (13... Qc8 $5 {verdient Erwägung.}) 14. e3 e6 $6 (14... e5 15.
Na4 (15. Qc1 Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 exd4 17. exd4 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Kd7 {hätte dem
Schwarzen gegenüber der Partiefortsetzung einige Mehrtempi verschafft.}) 15...
Qc2 16. Qxc2 Bxc2 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. dxe5 Nd7 {genügt zum Ausgleich.}) 15. Qc1
Qxc1+ 16. Rxc1 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Kd7 18. Bb4 Kc7 19. Ra5 Kb6 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Kd2 e5
22. Rc1 exd4 23. exd4 Rhe8 24. f3 Nf8 25. Rac5 Bd7 $2 ({Die Kontrolle über das
Feld b1 sollte Schwarz nicht aufgeben;} 25... Re6 {mit der Idee Sf8-d7 war
nötig.}) 26. Rb1 Kc7 27. Ba5+ Kd6 28. Rb7 Ne6 29. Rc3 Bc8 ({Hier konnte nur
noch mutige Flucht mit} 29... Ke7 {helfen:} 30. Rxc6 (30. Bb4+ Kd8 {bringt dem
Weißen nichts ein.}) 30... Nxd4 31. Bb4+ (31. Rcc7 Red8 32. Rc5 Kd6 33. Bxd8
Rxd8 34. Rc1 Nxe2 35. Kxe2 d4 {ist auch nicht ganz hoffnungslos für Schwarz.})
31... Kd8 32. Rd6 Rxe2+ 33. Kd3 Re7 34. Rxd5 Kc8 35. Bxe7 Bc6 {mit
Rettungsaussichten.}) 30. Bb4+ $18 c5 31. dxc5+ Ke5 32. Rxf7 d4 33. Rc1 Nf4 34.
Re1 Nxg2 35. f4+ Ke4 36. Bd3+ Kf3 37. Rxe8 1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Haba, Petr"]
[Black "Velicka, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Ne5
e6 8. e3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bd6 (9... Be7 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bd7 13. a4
b4 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne2 f5 16. a5 Bd6 17. Qd1 Kh8 18. Nc1 f4 19. Qh5 f5 20.
exf4 Bxf4 21. Nb3 Rg8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. f4 Rg4 25. Be2 Be8 26. Qh3 Rg7
27. Qg2 h5 28. h4 Bc6 29. Qf2 Rag8 30. Rg1 Bb7 31. Rac1 Qd8 32. Kh2 Bc8 33. Kh1
Bb7 34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Gurevich,M/Reggio Emilia 1992/CBM
27}) 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 (11... b5 12. Qc2 g6 13. e4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Rae1 d4 17. Nd1 Re8 18. f4 Bd7 19. h3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nh6 21. Nf2 f5
22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Bc2 Kg7 24. Bb3 a5 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 g5 27. fxg5 Nf7 28.
Bxf7 Kxf7 29. Nd3 Kg6 30. Rd6+ Kxg5 31. h4+ Kg4 32. Kh2 Be4 33. Rf4+ Kh5 34.
Rxe4 fxe4 35. Kh3 {1-0 Zeller,F-Hetey,L/GER-ch 1996/EXP 55}) 12. Bxd6 (12. Rc1
Bd7 13. Qf3 Bc6 14. Qg3 Rad8 15. Rc2 Ne8 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Rfc1 Rc8 18. h3 h6
19. a3 Rfd8 20. Na2 Bd7 21. Qf3 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Qe2 Qd8 24. Rxc8 {
1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Seifert,H/POL-ch 1992/EXP 29}) 12... Qxd6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Na4
Nd7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rfc1 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rfb8 18. Rc2 g6 19. Rac1 Kg7 20. a3 Ra7
21. h3 h5 22. Nc3 Rc8 23. Ne2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 Ne8 25. Nf4 Rc7 26. Qb1 Rxc1+ 27.
Qxc1 Nc7 28. Bxg6 $2 {Dies ist ein tapferer Versuch; aber leider ist die
Kombination nicht korrekt.} fxg6 29. Qc2 e5 (29... Be8 $2 30. Qxc7+ Qxc7 31.
Nxe6+ {würde den Absichten des Weißen offenbar entgegenkommen.}) 30. dxe5 Qc6
$19 31. e6 Be8 ({Nach} 31... Qxc2 $2 32. exd7 g5 33. Nxh5+ Kh6 34. d8=Q Kxh5
35. Qd6 {hätte Weiß natürlich keine Sorgen.}) 32. Qd2 g5 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Nd3
Qxe6 35. h4 Nb5 36. Qa4 Qe4 37. Qb3 Qc4 38. Qd1 g4 39. Nf4 Bf7 40. f3 d4 41.
fxg4 Qb3 42. Qxb3 Bxb3 43. exd4 hxg4 44. Kf2 Nxd4 45. Kg3 Bd1 46. Nd5 Nf5+ 47.
Kf4 Nxh4 48. Ne3 Be2 49. Kg5 Nxg2 50. Nxg2 {[#] Hecht A strong bishop with an
extra pawn. The extra pawn can only be captured by abandoning the knight.
White's defense is based on the fact that the bishop has control of the wrong
color square for the a-pawn. For this reason, the knight should give up the
ghost. [#] Hecht starker Läufer mit Mehrbauer. Der Mehrbauer kann nur unter
Aufgabe des Springers erobert werden. Die weiße Verteidigung basiert auf dem
Umstand, daß der Läufer die falsche Felderfarbe bezogen auf den a-Bauern hat.
Dafür soll der Springer sein Leben aushauchen.} Bf1 51. Ne3 (51. Nh4 {Hecht} g3
52. Kf4 g2 53. Nf3 Kf7 54. Ke5 Ke7 55. Ng1 Kd7 56. Kd5 a5 57. Nf3 Be2 58. Ng1
Bg4 $19) 51... g3 52. Kf6 Kf8 {Hecht: Stay on the safe side! White is slowly
but surely outmaneuvered in a truly elegant manner. It would be interesting to
determine whether the simple ...g2 and possession of a passed pawn on the
queen's side would have won. As far as I can see, Black actually wins, not
discounting the possibilty of mistakes! Follow my attempts: HechtBleibt auf
der sicheren Seite! Weiß wird langsam aber sicher und recht elegant
ausmanövriert. Es ist interessant festzustellen, ob das simple g2 und
Behauptung eines Gewinnbauern am Damenflügel gewonnen hätte. Soweit ich sehen
kann, gewinnt Schwarz tatsächlich, Irrtum nicht ausgeschlossen!. Folgen Sie
meinen Versuchen:} (52... g2 $5 {Hecht} 53. Nxg2 Bxg2 54. Ke6 a5 (54... b5 55.
a4 (55. b4 Bf3 56. Kd6 Bd1 57. Kc5 Ba4 58. Kb6 Kf7 59. Kxa6 Ke6 $19 {We know
this procedure from Number 12. Dieses Verfahren kennen wir aus der Nr.12}) (55.
Kd6 Kf7 (55... a5 56. a4 b4 $2 (56... bxa4 $1 57. Kc5 Be4 58. Kb5 Bc2 59. Kxa5
Kf7 60. Kb4 Bb3 61. Kc3 Ke6 62. Kd2 Kd5 63. Kc1 Ba2 64. b4 (64. Kc2 Kc4 65. Kd2
Bb1 66. Kc1 Bh7 67. Kd2 Kb3 68. Kc1 Bc2 $19) 64... a3 $3 65. b5 Kc5 66. Kc2
Kxb5 67. Kc3 Kc5 $19) 57. Kc5 Be4 58. b3 Bc2 59. Kb5 Bxb3 60. Kxa5 $11) 56. Kc5
Ke6 57. Kb6 Kd5 58. Kxa6 Kc5 59. Ka5 Bc6 60. b3 Be8 61. Ka6 Bf7 62. b4+ Kc6 63.
Ka5 Bb3 $19) 55... Kf8 56. Kd6 Ke8 57. Kc5 Bf1 58. a5 Kd7 59. Kb6 Kd6 60. Kxa6
Kc5 61. Kb7 b4 62. a6 b3 63. a7 Kd4 $19) 55. a4 $1 (55. Kd6 $2 a4 56. Kc7 b5 (
56... Bd5 57. Kxb6 Bb3 {Even giving up the b-pawn wins. Proof: sogar die
Aufgabe des b-Bauern gewinnt. Beweis:} 58. Kc5 Kf7 59. Kd4 Ke6 60. Kc3 Kd5 61.
Kd2 Kd4 62. Kc1 Kd3 63. Kb1 Kd2 64. Ka1 Kd1 65. Kb1 Bc2+ 66. Ka1 Kc1 67. Ka2
Bb1+ 68. Ka1 Kc2 69. b4 axb3 70. a4 b2#) 57. Kb6 Bf1 $19) 55... Bc6 56. Kd6
Bxa4 57. Kc7 b5 58. Kb6 Kf7 59. Kxa5 Ke6 60. b3 $11) 53. Ke6 Bh3+ 54. Kd6 Kf7
55. Ke5 (55. Kc6 {Hecht} Ke6 56. Kxb6 Ke5 57. Kxa6 Ke4 58. Nd1 Kf3 $19) 55...
Bf1 56. Kd6 Kf6 57. Kd5 Bh3 58. Kd6 Bf5 59. Kd5 Bc8 60. Kd6 Bb7 61. Kc7 Bf3 62.
Kxb6 Ke5 63. Kxa6 Kf4 0-1

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meduna, Eduard"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 e6 (7...
Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd7 11. Bg3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Be7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rc2 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Epishin,V/Ter Apel 1995/CBM 47}) 8. a3
Bd7 (8... Be7 9. e3 Nh5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd6 12. Bd3 g6 13. e4 dxe4 14.
Bxe4 Bd7 15. Qe2 Kf8 16. Rd1 Kg7 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rd2 Na5 20. O-O
Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Bakic,R-Petronic,J/JUG-chT 1997/EXP 59}) 9. e3 Na5 10. Bd3 Rc8 11.
O-O Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. h3 Nc4 14. Qe2 b5 15. e4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. exd5
Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. b3 $6 {Der Textzug dürfte zum Ausgleich genügen.} ({
Solider war aber} 19. Rfe1 Re6 (19... Bd6 20. Bxd6 (20. Qh5 g6 21. Qxd5 Bxf4
22. Qxc6 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxb2 {ergibt Ausgleich.}) 20... Rxd6 21. b3 {mit
besseren Aussichten für Weiß.}) 20. Qc2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 g6 22. a4 {Weiß steht
etwas besser.}) 19... Bxa3 20. bxc4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 dxc4 22. Be4 Re6 23. Qf3 ({
Ungenügend ist der Versuch} 23. Be5 f6 24. Qh5 g6 25. Bxg6 Re7 $19) (23. Qc2
Qxd4 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Be3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Kh1 g6 {ist ebensowenig
erstrebenswert für Weiß.}) 23... Qxd4 24. Bf5 Rf6 25. Bg5 Qb2 26. Re1 (26. Qe4
{kam in Betracht:} g6 27. Rb1 Qc3 (27... gxf5 28. Rxb2 fxe4 29. Bxf6 {überläßt
dem Weißen die besseren Aussichten.}) ({Nach} 27... Qxb1+ 28. Qxb1 Rxf5 29. Bh6
{erhält Weiß gefährliche Drohungen.}) 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Bg4 {mit unklarer Lage.
}) 26... Rd6 (26... Rb6 $5) 27. Be7 Qd2 28. Rb1 g6 29. Be4 Rd7 30. Bb4 Qd4 31.
Bc3 {Weiß versucht, einen Mattangriff auf der langen Diagonale aufzubauen.} (
31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bc2 $14 (32. Bb7 Qb6 33. Qa3+ Kg8 34. Bxa6 Ra7 35. Ra1 b4 36.
Qa4 {dürfte eine Remisstellung ergeben.})) 31... Qb6 32. Bd5 Rfd8 {Schwarz hat
wohl nichts Besseres. Nach} (32... Rc8 33. Qe4 {muß er die Qualität auf d5
opfern; Weiß behält seinen drohenden Läufer.}) (32... Qd8 33. Bf6 {bringt ihn
auch nicht weiter.}) 33. Bxc4 Rc8 34. Be2 Rdc7 (34... Qc6 {mit Damentausch ist
für Schwarz jedenfalls ohne Risiko.}) 35. Be5 Rc2 (35... Rc1+ $5) 36. Bd3 Ra2
$2 {Dies ist ein Fehler; richtig war} (36... Rc1+) 37. Bc4 Qxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Rxf2
39. Kxf2 Rxc4 {Offenbar überschritt Weiß hier die Zeit; er hat inzwischen
einige Gewinnaussichten.} 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch Final stage"]
[Site "Besancon"]
[Date "1999.08.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Black "Boudre, Jean Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1999.08.23"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. Qe2 Nb4 (13... Rfd8) 14.
Bb1 Ne4 (14... Nc6) 15. Ne5 Nxc3 (15... Nf6) 16. bxc3 Bb5 17. Qh5 f5 (17... g6
18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg6) 18. cxb4 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qxb4 20. g4 g5 21. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Koutsin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Ne5 Nbd7 (5... Bf5 $6 {Belov}
6. Qb3 b5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. a4 bxa4 9. Qxa4+ Bd7 10. Nxd7 Nbxd7 11. Bg5 e6 12. e4
$1 dxe4 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 $2 (14... gxf6 $16) 15. Nxe4 Bxd4 16. Bc6
Bxb2 17. Rd1 Ra7 18. Bxd7+ $18 {Yermolinsky,A-Rohwer,P/Philadelphia op(1)/1992/
1:0/18/}) (5... g6 {Belov} 6. cxd5 (6. Bf4 Bg7 7. e3 Nh5 8. Bg3 Nxg3 9. hxg3
Nd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 e6 13. Na4 $14 {Alterman,B-Titov,G/
Manila(ol)/1992/1:0/40/}) 6... cxd5 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Bg5 $14
{Yermolinsky,A-Kogan,B/Asheville/1992/}) (5... e6 {Belov} 6. Bf4 Be7 7. e3 b5
8. cxb5 cxb5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 O-O 13. Nc1 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Qe2 a5 18. Rfc1 Ba6 19. Nd2 $14 {Alterman,
B-Vainstein,V/ISR(ch)/1992/1:0/52/}) 6. Bf4 (6. cxd5 cxd5 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5
Nxd5) 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 $14 {
Gelfand-Shirov, Chalkidiki Afitos 1993} (12. Ne2 Rc8 13. a5 O-O 14. Nc1 Nxe5
15. Bxe5 Ne4 16. Nb3 $14 {Huebner,R-Pieper,T/Emden/1991})) (6. g3 $5) (6. g3 $5
e6 {Belov} (6... dxc4 7. Nxc4 b5 {(Yermolinsky,A-Khmelnicky,I/Somerset/1992/1:
0/43/)} 8. Nd2 e5 9. Nb3 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nc6 Qb6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Nd5 Nxd5
14. Qxd5 Be7 15. Qe4 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 $14 {Yermolinsky/}) (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 Ne4
8. Nxe4 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. Bg2 e6 13. Be3 $14 {
Davies,N-Velicka,P/Budapest(9)/1993/1:0/38/}) 7. Bg2 (7. Nxd7 Bxd7 8. Qb3 b5 9.
cxd5 cxd5 $10 {Tratar,M-Barle,J/Maribor Pirc(08)/1994/0,5/19/}) 7... Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f4 Bc5 11. e4 d4 12. Nb1 $13 {Komarov,D-Kirov,N/FRA/
1993/} Qa5+ 13. Bd2) 6... e6 (6... Nxe5 7. dxe5 (7. Bxe5 $5) 7... Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Ke8 11. f3 Be6 12. e3 Rd8 $10 {Huebner-Bagirov,
Bundesliga 1993/94}) 7. e3 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 (8. dxe5 Ne4 (8... Nd7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10.
Bd3 $14) 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Ke8 12. g4 $16) 8... Be7 (8...
Bd6 $6 {Belov} 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c5 Qe7 11. f4 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Nikolic,Pr/
Horgen/1994}) 9. Bd3 b5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O (11... Bb7 $5 {Belov}) 12. a4
bxa4 (12... b4 $142 13. Na2 {Belov} Bb7 14. Nc1 a5 15. Nb3 $14) 13. Nxa4 a5 (
13... Bb7 {Belov} 14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Nb6 $16) 14. Qe2 Bd6 (14... Bd7 {Belov} 15.
Rfc1 Bxa4 16. Rxa4 Bb4 $5) 15. f4 Bb4 (15... Bxe5 {Belov} 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Rac1
f6 18. Qh5 f5 $16) 16. Rac1 Ne8 (16... Ne4 $5) 17. Qh5 g6 (17... f5 18. Nc5 $14
(18. Rc2 {Belov} Bd7 19. Nc5 $16)) 18. Rf3 f6 (18... f5 19. Rg3 Ra7 (19... Qe7
{Belov} 20. Nb6 $18) (19... Rf7 20. Rxg6+ hxg6 21. Qh8#) 20. Nc5 $16) (18...
Ra7 {Belov} 19. Qxh7+ Kxh7 20. Rh3+ Kg8 21. Rh8#) (18... Nf6 {Belov} 19. Qh4
Nh5 (19... Kg7 20. Rh3 h5 21. Rg3 Rh8 22. Qg5 $18) 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. Rg3+ $18)
(18... gxh5 {Belov} 19. Rg3+ $18) 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Ng7 21. Rc7 Bd7 (
21... Be7 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Rh3 $18 (23. Bxf6 Qxc7 24. Bxg7 Qc1+ 25. Kf2 Qd2+ 26.
Kf3 Qd1+ $10) 23... Rf8 24. Rh7 Rf7 25. Bxf6) 22. Nb6 Qe8 $2 (22... Rf7 $142
23. Rh3 (23. Nxa8 fxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Bf8 $13) (23. Nxd7 fxe5 24. Rh3
Rxd7 $13) (23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Nxd7 (24. Bxf6 Qxb6 25. Rh3 Bf8 $19) 24... Qxd7
25. Bxf6 Bf8 $13) 23... fxe5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Qh8+ (25. Nxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7
Qxd7 27. fxe5 (27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxa8 exd4 $13) 27... Rc8 28. Rf3+ Ke7 29. Qxg7+
Kd8 30. Rf7 Rc1+ $13) (25. Nxa8 exf4 $13) 25... Ke7 26. Rxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qh4+ $13
) 23. Qh6 Nf5 (23... Qh5 24. Qxh5 Nxh5 25. Nxa8 (25. Nxd7 Rf7 26. g4 fxe5 27.
gxh5 Rd8 $17) 25... Bb5 26. Nb6 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Ng7 29. e4 dxe4 30.
fxe4 Bd3 31. d5 $18) (23... fxe5 24. Rxd7 (24. Nxd7 Qe7 25. Nxf8 Qxc7 26. Qh7+
Kxf8 27. fxe5+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Be7 30. Qxa8 (30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qxg7+
Kd8 32. Qf8+ Kd7 33. Qxa8 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qd1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3
Qxe3+ 38. g3 Qh6+ $10) 30... Qc1+ 31. Rf1 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 Nf5 $13 (32... Qxd4 33.
Rc1 $18)) 24... Be7 (24... Rf7 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Nxa8 $18 (26. fxe5 $18)) 25.
Rg3 Qf7 (25... Rf7 26. Rh3 Rf5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rg3 Qf7 29. Nxa8 $18) 26. Nxa8
$18 (26. Rh3 Qf5 $13 (26... Qf6 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. fxe5 $18))) 24. Rg3+ Nxg3 25.
Nxd7 Qh5 (25... Rf7 {Belov} 26. Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qg7#) (25... Nf5 {Belov} 26.
Nxf6+ Rxf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8#) 26. Nxf6+ (26. Nxf6+ {Belov} Rxf6 27. Qg7#)
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donchenko, Anatoly G"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2382"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. e3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O Na5 (12... Bd6 $11) 13. Nd2
b5 (13... Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Rxc4 O-O $11) 14. a4
bxa4 15. c4 Bb4 16. cxd5 Qxd5 {Zu gefährlich für Schwarz ist die Fortsetzung} (
16... Bxd2 17. Rc7 (17. Qxd2 Nb3 18. Qc3 Nxc1 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. Rxc1 exd5 $17)
17... Nb3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qc4 Qd5 20. Qxa4+ Qb5 21. Qa3 Qb4 22. Qa2 ({Auch} 
22. Qxb4 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Ba5 24. Rxg7 Nd2 25. Rc1 (25. Rbb7 Bd8 26. f3 a5 $13)
25... h5 26. Rc6 Kf8 27. Rb7 {führt zum Vorteil für Weiß.}) 22... a5 23. Qc2 {
mit entscheidendem Angriff.}) ({Nach} 16... exd5 17. Rc7 O-O 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qf5
{erhält Weiß die Initiative.}) 17. e4 Qb5 18. Qg3 O-O $2 {Nach diesem Zug
verliert Schwarz die Qualität, ohne genügenden Ersatz dafür zu bekommen.
Angewiesen war} (18... g6 {. Nach} 19. Be5 (19. Rb1 Nc6) 19... Rf8 (19... O-O
20. Qh4 f6 21. Rc7 {ist ungesund für Schwarz.}) ({Nach} 19... f6 20. Qh3 (20.
Bxf6 Rf8 21. Bg5 Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Nb3 23. Qd6 Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rcd1 Rfc8 {
erreicht Schwarz ein günstiges Endspiel.}) 20... fxe5 21. Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qf6+
Kd7 23. Nf3 {steht Weiß auf Gewinn.}) 20. Rb1 Nc6 {entsteht eine schwer zu
beurteilende Lage:} 21. Bd6 {wird mit} Nxd4 {pariert.}) 19. Bh6 g6 20. Bxf8
Bxd2 21. Rc2 Rxf8 22. Rxd2 Nb3 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. d5 (24. Qe3 {war genauer.})
24... exd5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qb4 Qc6 29. Rd1 a5 30.
Qe7 h5 31. f3 Qb6+ 32. Kf1 Qb5+ 33. Kf2 Qb6+ 34. Kg3 Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. Rd3
Ke5 37. Kf2 Nc5 {Schwarz verfolgt einen verfehlten Plan. Er möchte seinen
König zum Damenflügel bringen; aber der König des Weißen läuft mit und hält
die a-Bauern auf, während der Turm des Weißen die Königsflügelbauern des
Schwarzen angreift. Bessere Remisaussichten bot} (37... g5 {mit dem Ziel,
Bauerntäusche am Königsflügel zu erreichen.}) 38. Rd2 Nb3 39. Ra2 Nc5 40. Ke3
Kd5 41. Kd2 Kd4 42. h4 Kc4 43. Kc2 Kb4 44. Rb2+ Nb3 45. Rb1 Kc4 46. Kb2 Nc5 47.
Ka3 Kd4 48. Re1 f6 49. Re8 g5 50. Rh8 Ke3 51. Rxh5 Ne6 52. Rh8 Kf4 53. h5 g4
54. fxg4 Kxg4 55. h6 Kh5 56. Kxa4 Kg6 57. Kxa5 Ng5 58. Kb4 Nf7 59. Rg8+ Kxh6
60. Kc3 Kh5 61. Kd2 Nh6 62. Rh8 Kg5 63. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10. Ne5 Be7 {Nach dem Textzug kommt Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.
Solider ist} (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {
1-0 Cifuentes Parada,R-Bravo,N/Terrasa 1995/EXT 98 (34)}) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Be2
Nd7 13. O-O c5 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Qxb4 (16... Be7 17. Be5 {
ist nicht besser.}) 17. Qxb4 Bxb4 18. Nxd5 Bc5 19. Nc7+ ({Die Fortsetzung} 19.
Bd6 exd5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxc5 Be6 22. Rd1 {bot möglicherweise bessere
Gewinnaussichten.}) 19... Ke7 20. Nxa6 Ba3 21. Rc3 Bb2 22. Rb3 Be5 23. Nb4 Rc8
24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. f4 Nd7 26. Bf3 Kf8 27. e4 Bg6 28. Rd1 f6 29. a3 Rac7 30. Rbd3
Nc5 31. Re3 Na4 32. e5 Nb2 33. Ra1 Rc1+ 34. Re1 Rxa1 35. Rxa1 fxe5 36. fxe5 Rc5
37. a4 Rc4 38. a5 Rxb4 39. a6 Ra4 40. Rxa4 Nxa4 41. a7 Nb6 42. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. d4 {Hertneck} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 $5
7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 $1 9. Be2 (9. c4 Bg7 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2
O-O {Ehlves,J-Neverov/Helsinki op/1992/}) (9. Bd3 $5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 $14
) (9. Ne5 {Hertneck} Qa5 10. Qb3 Bg7 11. Nxc6 $6 (11. Bb5) 11... bxc6 12. a3 $6
e5 $132 {Eingorn,V-Dorfman,J/Moskva GMA/1990}) 9... Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 dxc4
12. Bxc4 Bf5 (12... Bg4 13. h3 (13. Be2 $14 {Hertneck}) 13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 e5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bd5 Rab8 $10) (12... a6 $5) 13.
Rc1 Rc8 14. Qe2 (14. Qa4 {Hertneck}) 14... a6 (14... Na5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3
Qd7 17. Qa3 $1 $14) 15. h3 $2 (15. Rfd1) (15. d5 $1 Na5 (15... b5 $5 16. Bb3 $1
(16. dxc6 bxc4 17. e4 (17. c7 Qd3) 17... Be6 $13) 16... Na5 17. e4 $14) 16. e4
$14) 15... Na5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Rc3 (18. e4 Qa4) (18. Qa3 Nc4 19.
Qb4 (19. Qb3 b5 $15) 19... b5 20. a4 Nb6 21. axb5 Nd5 $15) 18... b5 $1 $15 19.
Rfc1 (19. Ra3 $2 Nc4 $1 20. Rxa6 $2 Qb7) (19. Rxc8 $5 Rxc8 20. Qa3 Qd8 21. e4)
19... Nc4 20. Qe2 (20. Nd2 e5 $1 21. dxe5 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Nxe5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17)
(20. e4 f5 $1) 20... Nb6 $1 (20... e6 21. a4 $1) 21. Rc7 $6 (21. Be5 $5 $15)
21... Qe6 22. Bg5 $6 (22. e4 $6 Rxc7 $6 23. Bxc7 (23. Rxc7 $2 Nd5) 23... Rc8
24. Bf4 Rxc1+ 25. Bxc1 Qc6 (25... f5 $5) 26. Bf4 e6 {/\ a5,b4-/+}) (22. Ng5 Qf5
23. g4 $2 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qb1+ 25. Kg2 Nd5) (22. Be5 $5) 22... Nd5 23. R7c5 (23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. e4 Nc3 $17) 23... h6 24. Bh4 b4 $1 $17 25. Qb2 (
25. Qc4 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 (26. dxc5 Nc3 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rc2 g5 29. Bg3 Rc8) 26...
Nc3 27. Rc2 $8 Qe4 $5 $17) 25... Nc3 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Kh1 Kh7 $3 {/\ Na4} (
27... a5 28. a3 $1 Na4 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qb3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa3 32. Qd5 $1 $132
) 28. Ra1 $8 a5 29. Qb3 $1 (29. Nd2 $1 $17) 29... Qxb3 30. axb3 g5 31. Bg3 a4
$1 $19 32. Nd2 (32. bxa4 b3 33. Nd2 b2 34. Re1 Nxa4 $19) 32... a3 33. Rc1 (33.
Nc4 Rxc4 34. bxc4 a2 $19) 33... e5 $1 (33... f5 $5 {/\ f4}) 34. d5 (34. Bxe5
Bxe5 35. dxe5 Rd8 36. Nc4 Rd1+ 37. Rxd1 Nxd1 $19) 34... a2 35. Ra1 e4 36. d6
Ra8 37. Nc4 (37. d7 Rd8 $19) 37... Nb5 38. Be5 Nxd6 $1 39. Rxa2 $8 Rxa2 40.
Bxd6 Rxf2 41. Bxb4 Rf1+ 42. Kh2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "AUT-chT 9899"]
[Site "Austria"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Nd2 $2 Nxc3
8. bxc3 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. Qd2 {/\ Bh6, h4} Qd5 $1 $15 {/\ 0-0, e5}
(11... e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bh6 $132) (11... O-O 12. Bh6 $132) 12. f3 (12. Bd3 f5
13. Ng3 Qxg2 14. Qe2 $1 (14. O-O-O Qd5 15. h4 Be6 $17) 14... Bd7 $1 (14... Qd5
15. O-O Qa5 16. Rac1 O-O 17. d5 $132) (14... O-O 15. O-O-O Kh8 {/\ Qd5} 16. h4
$132) 15. O-O-O O-O-O $17) 12... O-O 13. Bh6 e5 14. dxe5 (14. Qg5 $2 f6 $17) (
14. h4 $2 Bf5 $1 (14... f5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 $5 fxe4 17. hxg6 e3 18. Qxe3
hxg6 19. Qh6+ Kf7 20. Qh7+ Kf6 21. Qh4+ Ke6 22. Qg4+ Kd6 23. Qxg6+ Be6 $15) 15.
Bd3 (15. h5 $2 Bxe4 16. fxe4 (16. hxg6 $2 Bxg6 $19) 16... Qxe4+ $19) 15... exd4
$17) (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qd6 (16. Be2 Bf5 $36) 16... Rd8 (16...
Bf5 17. Qxe5+ Nxe5 18. Nd6 $132) 17. Qxe5+ Nxe5 $15) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Nxe5
16. Be2 f5 (16... Bf5 $6 17. Nd6 Bd3 (17... Nd3+ 18. Kf1) 18. Nxb7 $13) 17. Nd6
Rd8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. O-O-O Nd3+ (19... Nc4 20. Be1 Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Ne3 22.
Bb3+ Kf8 23. g3 b5 (23... Bxc3 $4 24. Bxc3 Rxc3+ 25. Kd2 $18) 24. Bd2 Nc4 25.
Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Kc2 $15) 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21. Kc2 Rd7 22. Rb1 Kf7 23. Rhd1 b6 24.
Rb3 $2 (24. Be1 $6 Re7 $36) (24. g4 $5 $15) 24... Re8 $1 $17 25. g4 $8 (25. Re1
$2 Bh6 $1 $19) 25... Re2 26. h4 Rh2 27. Rb4 (27. h5 $2 Bh6 $19) 27... Rf2 (
27... h5 $5 $17) 28. gxf5 gxf5 29. f4 (29. Rf4 $2 Rdxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31.
Kxd2 Bh6 32. Ke3 Ke6 $19) 29... Bf8 30. Rb3 (30. Rd4 $2 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Bb4 32.
Kd3 Bxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 34. Kxd2 Ke6 $19) 30... Rh2 31. c4 Rxh4 32. Be3 Rh2+
33. Rd2 Rdxd2+ 34. Bxd2 h5 $19 35. Kd1 h4 36. a4 Bc5 37. a5 Kg6 38. Rd3 Rg2 39.
Be1 Rg4 40. axb6 axb6 41. Rd8 Rxf4 42. Rh8 Rd4+ $1 43. Ke2 Rxc4 44. Bxh4 Re4+
45. Kd3 Bd4 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8.
Ne5 Nxc3 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. e3 e6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bd3 Na7 14. Rxc8+
Nxc8 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Be5 f6 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Ke2 Ke7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qd2 f5
21. f3 h6 22. Rc5 b6 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qe1 a5 25. Qh4+ Kd7 26. Kd2 Qf8 27. Qe1
g5 28. h4 f4 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. g3 Qh8 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Qg1 fxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Qh2+
34. Qe2 Qg1 35. Kc3 Qc1+ 36. Kb3 Qf4 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. a4 Kf6 39. Qg2 Qc1+ 40.
Qc2 Qf4 41. Qg2 Nf7 42. Qg6+ Ke7 43. Be2 Qc1+ 44. Qc2 Qg1 45. Kd3 Qg6+ 46. Kc3
Qg3 47. Kb3 Kf6 48. Qd2 Qg5 49. Qc3 Qf4 50. Ka2 Qd6 51. Bd1 Nd8 52. Qd2 Qg3 53.
Qc3 Nf7 54. Be2 Qf2 55. Qd2 Qh2 56. Qd3 Qc7 57. Qd2 Qh2 58. Qd3 Nh6 59. Bd1 Nf5
60. Qb5 Qd2 61. Bb3 Qxd4 $2 (61... Qb4 62. Qe8 Nxd4 $19) 62. Qe8 $15 Qc5 63. f4
Qd6 64. Bc2 Qxf4 65. Qd8+ Kf7 66. Qxb6 Qd2 67. Bxf5 exf5 68. Qc7+ Ke6 69. Qc8+
Ke5 70. Qh8+ Ke4 71. Qh1+ Ke5 72. Qh8+ Ke6 73. Qe8+ Kf6 74. Qd8+ Kg6 75. Qg8+
Kh5 76. Qh7+ Kg4 77. Qg6+ Qg5 78. Qe6 Qf4 79. Qg8+ $2 (79. Qe2+ Kh3 80. Qd1 $17
) 79... Kh3 $19 80. Qh8+ Kg2 81. Qg7+ Kf1 82. b3 d4 83. Qd7 Ke2 84. Qe8+ Qe4
85. Qh5+ Ke1 86. Qg5 d3 87. Qg1+ Ke2 88. Qh2+ Kf1 89. Qh6 f4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lobron,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 $5 5. cxd5 $5 (5. e3) (5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4
Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. g3 b5 $13 {Thorsteins-Dreev/}) 5... cxd5 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4)
6... Nc6 (6... Ne4 $6 7. Bh4 Qa5 $2 8. e3 e6 (8... Nxc3 $2 9. Qd2 $16) 9. Qb3
Bb4 10. Rc1 $16 {@}) (6... e6) 7. e3 (7. Bxf6 $5 $13) 7... Bg4 (7... e6 8. Bd3
$14) 8. Be2 Bxf3 $1 (8... e6 $6 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O
Nd7 (12... O-O 13. Na4 $14 {x a6,c6}) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Na4 c5 $2 (14... O-O
15. Rac1 $14) 15. Qg4 $1 O-O $2 (15... f5 16. Qf4 c4 (16... cxd4 17. exd4 $16 {
x a6,e6}) 17. b3 $14) 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb7 $8 19. Qxb7 Nxb7
20. Nb6 $16 {_|_ <->c, xa6}) 9. Bxf3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Na4 $14 {
<-> c, x b6,c5} Nd7 $1 13. Bxe7 $1 (13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 f5 $13) 13... Qxe7 14.
Qb3 Rab8 15. Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qd8 17. Be2 Ne7 $6 (17... Qf8 $142 {/\ Ne7}) 18.
Qb4 $1 Nc6 (18... Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Nc6 20. Qd6 Qa5 (20... Nf6 21. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (
21... Rxd8 22. Nc5 Nb4 23. Nxb7 $16) 22. Nb6 $14) 21. Qxd7 Qxa4 22. b3 Qb4 23.
Qc7 $1 $14) 19. Qa3 Qa5 $2 (19... Qe7 $2 20. Rxc6 $18) (19... Qf8 20. Qxf8+
Kxf8 21. Bxa6 $18) (19... g6 $2 20. Bxa6) (19... Na7 $1 $14) 20. b4 Qc7 21. h3
(21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. h3 $13) 21... Qd6 22. Qb2 b5 $2
(22... g6 $14) 23. Nc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 $1 Na7 (24... Ne7 $142) 25. Bd3 g6 (25...
Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rc8 $2 27. Qc2 $16) 26. R1c3 Rxc5 27. Rxc5 Nc8 (27... Rc8 28. Qc3
Rxc5 29. dxc5 $16 {/^ a1-h8}) 28. Qa3 $1 Ne7 (28... Qb6 29. Qc3 Nd6 30. Rc6 $16
) 29. Qc3 Rb7 30. Qc2 $2 $138 (30. a3 $142) 30... Rb6 31. a3 Nc6 32. Qc3 Kf8
$138 33. Bc2 h5 34. h4 Ne7 35. g3 Rc6 36. e4 dxe4 $2 (36... Qd7 $142 $14) 37.
Bxe4 Rb6 $8 (37... Rxc5 38. dxc5 Qc7 39. f4 {Kf2-e2, Qe5+-}) 38. d5 $5 e5 (
38... f5 39. dxe6 Qxe6 (39... fxe4 40. Qh8+ Ng8 41. Rc8+) 40. Bc2 {/\ Bb3+-})
39. Qc1 $138 Kg7 40. Qc3 f5 $2 (40... Kg8 $142 $14) 41. Bc2 $18 {/\ Bb3, Rc7,
Qc5} Qf6 (41... Nxd5 42. Rxd5 Qxd5 43. Qc7+ $18) 42. Rc7 Rd6 (42... Kf8 43. Ra7
$1 Rd6 44. Qc7 Rxd5 (44... Nxd5 45. Ra8+ $18) (44... e4 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Ra8
$18) 45. Qb8+ Kg7 46. Qe8 $18) 43. f4 $1 Rxd5 44. Bb3 Qb6+ (44... Rd8 45. Qc5
Kf8 46. fxe5 Qg7 47. Rc6 $18) 45. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Malakoff op 09th"]
[Site "Malakoff"]
[Date "2009.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Onkoud, Abdelaziz"]
[Black "Kozhuharov, Spas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[Annotator "Malakoff/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Nc3 {la partie retombe
par interversion de coups d'un système de Londres vers une varainte d'échange
de la Slave qui a un fort caractère annulant.} a6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} O-O (12... Nd7 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc5]}) 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Nc5 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Gc5]} Rc7 15. Qa4 Rfc8
16. Rc3 {[%cal Gf1c1]} Nd7 ({RR} 16... Na7 17. Rfc1 Nb5 18. R3c2 Qe7 19. Be2
Nd6 20. Qb3 g6 21. h3 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A (2600)-Hodgson,J (2580)/Groningen 1994/
CBM 045}) 17. Rfc1 $146 ({RR} 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rfc1 g6 19. h3 Qd6 20. Qc2 Kg7
21. a3 h5 22. Rc5 h4 23. Be2 Ra8 24. b4 Rcc8 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. b5 Rxa3 27. bxc6
b6 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rc7 30. f3 g5 31. e4 f6 {Qendro,L (2331)-Drazic,S 
(2474)/Milan 2002/CBM 088 ext/1-0 (50)}) 17... Nxc5 18. Rxc5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Nh4 {Almost never played before.} (
{The usual continuation is} 12. Na4 {, as played by Morozevich himself in
Morozevich,A (2765)-Van Wely,L (2681)/Nice 2008/CBM 123 Extra (1/2, 26)}) 12...
Bg6 13. g3 O-O 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Na4 Nd7 16. a3 Ne7 17. b4 a5 18. bxa5 Qxa3 19.
Bb5 Nf6 20. Rb1 Nf5 21. Rb3 Qe7 22. Bd3 Nd6 23. Qe1 Rc7 24. Qb4 Nd7 25. Bb5 Nf6
26. Rfb1 Rfc8 27. Kg2 Rc1 28. Bd3 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Rc7 30. Qa3 Nd7 31. Rb3 Qf8 32.
Rc3 Rxc3 33. Qxc3 Qd8 34. h4 Qb8 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Qb4 Qc7 37. Nc5 Ke7 38. e4 b6
39. axb6 Qxb6 40. Qxb6 Nxb6 41. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Nauheim Olympia Trainingsturnier"]
[Site "Bad Nauheim"]
[Date "1935.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Michel,P"]
[PlyCount "205"]
[EventDate "1935.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qd8 9. e3 e6 10. Be2 (10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14.
dxc5 O-O 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. a3 Ne5 $10) 10... Bd6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Be1 O-O 13. Nd2
e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc4 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Bc3 f6
20. Rad1 Bg4 21. Qxd6 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxd1 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Rxd1 b6 25. Qxc4 Rac8
26. Qb4 Rfe8 27. h3 Re4 28. Qb5 Qxf4 29. b3 h6 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Qf5 Qe6 32. Qxe6
Rxe6 33. Rf3 Re2 34. a3 b5 35. Nb2 Rc2 36. Nd1 Rc1 37. Rd3 R8xc3 38. Rxc3 Rxd1+
39. Kh2 Rd7 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Rb8 a6 42. Rb6 Rd3 43. Rxa6 Rxb3 44. a4 b4 45. Rb6
h5 46. a5 Kg6 47. a6 Ra3 48. Rxb4 Rxa6 49. h4 Re6 50. g3 Kf5 51. Kh3 Re2 52.
Rb5+ Re5 53. Rb4 g6 54. Rf4+ Ke6 55. Kg2 Rd5 56. Re4+ Kf5 57. Rf4+ Ke5 58. Ra4
Rd4 59. Ra6 Kf5 60. Kh3 Ke5 61. Kg2 Rd2+ 62. Kh3 Re2 63. Rb6 Kf5 64. Rb4 Ke5
65. Rb6 Rd2 66. Ra6 Rd3 67. Kg2 g5 68. hxg5 fxg5 69. Ra5+ Rd5 70. Ra2 Ke4 71.
Re2+ Kd3 72. Re8 g4 73. Re7 Kd4 74. Re8 Re5 75. Rd8+ Ke3 76. Ra8 Ke4 77. Ra4+
Kd3 78. Ra3+ Kc4 79. Ra4+ Kc3 80. Ra3+ Kb4 81. Ra8 Rd5 82. Rb8+ Kc4 83. Rc8+
Kd4 84. Ra8 Kd3 85. Re8 Kd2 86. Re7 Kd1 87. Re8 Rd2+ 88. Kf1 Rd3 89. Kg2 Rd5
90. Re7 Kd2 91. Re8 Kd3 92. Re7 Kc3 93. Rc7+ Kd4 94. Re7 Kc5 95. Rc7+ Kd6 96.
Rc2 Rd3 97. Ra2 Ke5 98. Ra5+ Ke4 99. Rxh5 Rd2+ 100. Kg1 Kf3 101. Ra5 Rg2+ 102.
Kh1 Re2 103. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen Festival"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1998.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1998.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Huebner,R. Marin,M} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6.
Nf3 a6 {Not willing to go for variation 6...Bf5 7.e3 e6 8.Bb5, Black keeps the
possibility in case of 7.e3 to play 7...Bg4. That`s why avoiding the pin I
made the other useful move} 7. Rc1 {'!?' Marin,M. Marin,M: 'With this move
white clearly shows that he can play waiting moves, too.'} Bf5 ({Piket already
had some experience with this position, but looking from the other side.} 7...
Qb6 {Marin,M} 8. Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. e3 Ne4 11. Qb3 e6 12. Nb6 Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 Ra7 14. Bd3 (14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Bd3 Bd6 16. O-O O-O 17. f4 {1/2-1/2
Andersson Ulf-Bologan Viktor Olimpiada, Manila 1992 isn't very dangerous
either.}) 14... Bd6 15. O-O {1/2-1/2 Piket Jeroen-Shirov Alexei Interzonal de
la PCA, Groningen 1993. It would be interesting to know why did Jeroen avoid
this line.}) (7... Ne4 {(Marin,M) is another possibility.}) 8. e3 e6 (8... Rc8
$142 9. Qb3 $140 (9. Be2 {Marin,M} e6 10. O-O Nd7 (10... Be7 {:} 11. Qb3 Na5
12. Qa4+ b5 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5+ Kf8 15. Rxc8) 11. Qb3 (11. Nd2 Bg6 12. Nb3
Be7 $11 {Andersson,U-Short,N Pula 1997}) 11... Na5 (11... Qb6 $142 12. Qxb6
Nxb6 13. Nh4 $14) 12. Qa4 b5 $140 13. Nxb5 axb5 14. Bxb5 Nc4 15. Qa6 {/\16.Ne5}
f6 16. Nh4 $40 {/\b3}) 9... Na5 (9... Na5 10. Qa4+ b5)) 9. Qb3 $1 {Marin,M:
'It is funny that this move wasn't very popular till now.'} Ra7 {Huebner,R:
'Besonderes Vertrauen hat mir diese Aufstellung des Turmes nie eingeflößt,
aber spielbar ist manches.'} (9... Na5 $2 10. Qa4+ Nd7 (10... Nc6 11. Ne5 (11.
Ne5 {Marin,M} Qb6 12. Bb5 $16)) (10... b5 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5+) 11. Ne5 b5
12. Nxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Nc6 14. Nxc6 $16) (9... Qd7 {(Marin,M) ><c5, b6} 10. Be2
Be7 11. O-O O-O (11... b5 $2 12. Nxb5 $1) 12. Na4 Na5 13. Qd1 Rac8 14. Nc5 (14.
Nb6 $5) 14... Bxc5 15. dxc5 $14) (9... Qc8 {Marin,M} 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O
12. Na4) (9... Bb4 $14 {Marin,M}) 10. Be2 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3
Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O b5 $11) 10... Nd7 (10... Bd6 {Marin,M} 11. Bxd6 Qxd6
12. Na4 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. Rxc5 $16 {/\ Rfci, Qb6.}) 11. O-O Be7
(11... Qb6 12. Qxb6 (12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Be7 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Kd7 16.
Nd4 Bg6 $13) 12... Nxb6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 $14) 12. Na4 $14 g5 $5 {'?!'
Marin,M.} ({Avoiding to play a slightly worse position after} 12... O-O 13. Nc5
Nxc5 14. dxc5 {Black tries to grab the initiative on the kingside. However, he
is late with his development and the rook on a7 doesnot make things any better}
) 13. Be5 $1 (13. Bg3 $6 h5 14. h3 (14. Nc5) 14... g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Nd2 Bh4
$36) 13... Rg8 (13... f6 14. Bg3 h5 (14... O-O 15. Nc5 $16 (15. Nc5 {Marin,M}
Nxc5 16. dxc5 $14 {/\Nd4, >< e6})) 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 $16) (13... O-O $5 14. h3
(14. Bg3 $5) 14... Ndxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 b5 17. Nc5 Qb6 18. Qc3 $16 Rc8
$140 19. Na4) (13... Ndxe5 {Marin,M} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 b5 (15... O-O 16.
Nb6) 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Qc3 $14 {/\b4, Qd4, g4, f4-f5.}) 14. Bg3 h5 15. Nc5 $1 {
An impotant move. White makes use of the Knight that seemed to be so far away
from the events and after its swap gets a very good square for the Bishop} (15.
h3 h4 16. Bh2 g4 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. Kh1 h3 19. g3 $13) 15... Nxc5 (15... h4 16.
Nxb7) 16. dxc5 {Marin,M: '[#]'} h4 17. Bd6 {'!' Marin,M.} Bg4 {'?!' Huebner,R.}
(17... Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 {'!?' Huebner,R.} (18... h3 $5 {Huebner,R} 19. g3 Bg4
{mag auch spielbar sein.}) 19. Qb6 $18 {Marin,M: '/\20.Rxc6'} (19. Qb6 {
(Marin,M) /\20.Rxc6} Qe7 {Huebner,R: 'bietet keine Auskunft, weil'} (19... Qb4
20. Rxc6) (19... Qd7 {bietet keine Auskunft, weil} 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Qb8+ {
folgt.}) 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Qb8+)) (17... h3 18. g3 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Bxd6 $140 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb6 Qd7 23. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 24. Qb8+ $18) (17... h3 $5
{Huebner,R kommt in Betracht.}) 18. h3 Bxf3 $6 (18... Bh5 $142 19. Rfe1 $1 $16
{( Piket )} (19. Qc2 $6 Bg6 20. Qa4 Qa5) (19. Rfd1 $5) 19... g4 $140 20. Nh2)
19. Bxf3 {Marin,M: '/\e4'} f5 $6 {'?' Marin,M. '?' Huebner,R. Trying to close
the position but in fact just opening it up Huebner,R: 'Schwarz verhindert die
Öffnung der Stellung durch e3-e4 und droht, gelegentlich mit g5-g4
fortzusetzen; aber er kommt nicht zu seinem Ziele, und seine Königsstellung
wird gefährlich entblößt. Besser war'} (19... Kf8 $142 {Marin,M} 20. Rfd1 (20.
Bxe7+ Qxe7 21. Rfd1 f5) 20... Bxd6 (20... f5 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 $16) 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb6 Qe7 (22... Qd7 23. e4 d4 24. e5) 23. e4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Kg7 25.
Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qxc6 Rb8 27. b3 $16) (19... Qd7 {Huebner,R}) (19... Bxd6 {
Huebner,R} 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Qb6 {ist natürlich auch hier fatal für Schwarz.})
20. Bh5+ Kf8 {Marin,M: '[#]'} 21. e4 $1 $16 {Huebner,R: 'Schwarz hat also
e3-e4 doch nicht verhindern können.'} Bxd6 (21... fxe4 22. f3 $18 (22. f3 {
ist scheußlich für Schwarz;} e3 23. Qxe3 Bxd6 24. Qxe6 {ist ebenfalls stark.}))
22. cxd6 Qxd6 (22... fxe4 23. f3 e3 24. Qxe3 Qxd6 (24... Qd7 {Huebner,R} 25. f4
{usw.}) 25. Rxc6 $18) 23. exf5 exf5 24. Rfd1 Ne7 25. Bf3 {Huebner,R: 'Weiß
gewinnt den geopferten Bauern zurück, und danach besteht die Stellung des
Schwarzen nur aus Löchern und Schwächen; auch der Turm auf a7 ist keine Zierde
des schwarzen Spiels.'} Rg6 26. Bxd5 Qb6 27. Qc3 {Huebner,R: 'Natürlich
tauscht Weiß nicht die Damen.'} (27. Qxb6 $5 Rxb6 28. Bf3 Ra8 29. Rc7 Rxb2 30.
Re1 $18) 27... Qf6 28. Qc7 Ra8 29. Bxb7 Re8 30. b4 $18 Qb6 (30... Qb2 31. Qc4
Rb6 32. Bxa6 $18) (30... g4 31. hxg4 fxg4 32. Rc4 $18) 31. a3 Re6 32. Qxb6 (32.
Bf3 $5 {Huebner,R}) 32... Rxb6 33. Rc7 $6 (33. Rd7 Kf7 34. Bf3 Kf6 35. Re1 $18)
33... Kf7 34. Bf3 Kf6 35. Ra7 $6 (35. Re1 $6 Nd5) (35. Kf1 $142) 35... Ng6 36.
Kf1 Nf4 37. Rc7 Ree6 38. Rc5 Re5 39. Rdc1 Ne6 (39... Nd3 40. Rc6+ Rxc6 41.
Rxc6+ Ke7 42. Be2 $18) 40. Rxe5 Kxe5 41. Rc6 Rxc6 42. Bxc6 Kf4 43. Bb7 Nc7 44.
Ke2 g4 45. a4 g3 46. Kf1 {Marin,M: 'A very elegant move. White will create a
passed h-pawn, for instance 46...Ke5 47.fxg3 or 46...gxf2 47.Kxf2 Kg5 48.g3.
As the knight cannot move, The rest would be easy.'} 1-0

[Event "Seville op 39th"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "2014.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Simonian, Tigran"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Montecatine,R"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.01.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.02.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Un interesante final de torres caracteriza esta partida. Es complejo y tiene
errores, pero Haslinger pudo vencer en la jugada 37 o tener clara ventaja en
la 39.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1
Bf5 8. Nf3 Rc8 9. Ne5 e6 10. g4 Nxe5 11. gxf5 Nc4 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Bxc4 Rxc4
14. O-O Bd6 15. Ne2 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 O-O 17. f3 (17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Qd2
e5 $11) 17... Ne8 $15 18. Qe1 (18. Rf2) 18... Qf6 19. Qg3 Bxf4 20. Nxf4 Nd6 21.
Nh5 Qe7 22. Kh1 Nf5 23. Qe5 Qh4 (23... Qd6 24. Qxd6 Nxd6 25. Nf4 Nc4 26. Nxe6
Rf6 27. Ng5 h6 $17) 24. Ng3 Nxg3+ 25. Qxg3 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rc8 27. Kg2 h5 28. Rf2
Kf7 29. Kh3 Rc1 30. Re2 (30. g4) 30... Kf6 31. g4 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 Ra1 33. gxh5
Rxa2 34. Kg3 a5 35. e4 (35. Kf4 Ra4 36. Kg3 Kg5 37. Rc2 Ra2 $17) 35... a4 $6 (
35... Ra4 36. Rd2 Kg5 $17) 36. Kf2 (36. Kf4 $11) 36... b5 37. Ke1 {Diagrama [#]
} b4 (37... Kg5 $19 38. exd5 exd5 39. Kd1 Kf4 $19) 38. Kd1 a3 39. Kc1 b3 (39...
e5 40. Kb1 Rxb2+ 41. Rxb2 axb2 42. exd5 exd4 43. f4 $11) (39... Ra1+ 40. Kc2
Rf1 41. bxa3 bxa3 $17) 40. Kb1 Kg5 $6 (40... dxe4 41. fxe4 Ke7 $15) 41. exd5
exd5 42. Re5+ Kf4 43. bxa3 Kxf3 44. Rxd5 Ke4 45. Rd7 Rh2 46. Rxg7 Kxd4 47. Rd7+
Kc3 48. Rc7+ Kd4 49. a4 Rxh5 50. Kb2 Rh3 51. a5 Kd5 52. Rc8 Kd6 53. a6 Rh7 54.
Kxb3 Ra7 55. Rh8 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 a6 14. a4 Bd6 (14...
Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb8 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Qe2 Ra8 $11 {Smit,D-Zagorovsky,V/corr France
1989}) 15. Qe2 Bxe5 (15... Ra8 16. f4 $14) 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Bxa6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6
Nxe5 19. Rfd1 $14 Ra8 (19... Nc4 20. Qb5 Nd6 21. Qe2 Qh4 22. Nb5 $14) 20. Qb5
Qf6 $6 (20... Ra5 21. Qb4 Nc6 22. Qa3 Qa8 $13) 21. Ne2 $40 h6 $6 (21... g5 $5)
22. b3 Rab8 23. Nd4 $16 g5 24. Nc6 Nxc6 25. Rxc6 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Qxb6
Rc2 28. Rf1 Qc3 29. a5 Ra2 30. b4 Ra4 31. Rb1 Qc2 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Qb3 $2 (
33... Kg7 34. Qe5+ Kg6 35. Qh8 Qd2 36. Qg8+ Kf6 37. Qh7 Ke7 38. Qxh6 Qxb4 39.
Qxg5+ Kd7 40. Qg7 Ke7 41. h4 Rxa5 42. h5 $16) 34. b5 $18 Rxa5 35. Qc7 Rxb5 36.
Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Rc1 Rb8 38. Rc7 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 $2 {Ivanchuk badly need to win, and chooses the Slav!} 3. Nf3
Nf6 4. cxd5 $1 {#} cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bg3 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Qa8 15. Nb1 Rc8 16. Bd3
Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc6 $1 {To unbalance the position a bit.} 18. Rc2 Nb6 19. Rfc1
Nc4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 a5 22. Qd3 a4 23. f3 Raa6 24. e4 Qd8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6
26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Bf2 h5 28. Be3 Qa5 29. Kf2 h4 30. g4 $2 h3 $1 31. Kg3 Qe1+
32. Kxh3 dxe4 33. Qxe4 {#} Qf1+ {Missing a golden chance.} (33... Qe2 $1 {
This threatens ...Bd6.} 34. Bf4 (34. a3 {(just to use a random move to
illustrate)} Bd6 35. f4 g5) 34... Qf1+ 35. Kg3 g5 $1 36. Bc7 Bb4 $1 {being the
point - creating a mating net.}) 34. Kg3 Bd6+ 35. Bf4 Bb4 36. g5 Be1+ 37. Kg4
Qg2+ 38. Bg3 Bxg3 39. hxg3 Qxb2 40. Qxc6 Qxd4+ 41. f4 g6 42. Qc2 a3 43. Kf3 e5
44. fxe5 Qxe5 45. Qd3 Qb2 46. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch 56th playoff"]
[Site "Vitrolles"]
[Date "1981.09.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldenberg, Richard"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1981.09.30"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Le match de départage s'est joué un mois après la fin du championnat de
France de Vitrolles. La formule des matchs de tie-break a été abandonnée au
cours des années 80.  JL.SERET bénéficiait de son expérience de l'année
précédente ou il avait gagné le match de départage.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5
4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 (6... Bf5 {La suite principale qui est très
annulante.} 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5 Nd7 (8... Bb4 $6 9. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c6]} Qa5 (9...
Qb6) 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O $1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Qc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc6,
Rf5];Botvinnik,M-Tal,M World Championship 24th (11) 1-0 Avec une finale très
difficile pour les noirs}) 9. Qa4 $1 Rc8 (9... Qb6 $143 10. Nh4 $1 Be4 11.
O-O-O $1 Rc8 12. f3 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Kb1 $14 {[%cal Ca7a6,Ca6b5,Gd1c1]})
10. O-O (10. Bxc6 $143 Rxc6 11. Qxa7 Qc8 12. Qa5 $8 Ra6 (12... b6) 13. Qc7 Qa8
$13) 10... a6 11. Bxc6 Rxc6 12. Rfc1 $1 Be7 13. Ne2 $1 {[%cal Gc1c6]} Qb6 $1
$11 {[%cal Gb6b2,Gb6c6,Gb6a6] La défense qui a fait perdre sa popularité а la
variante d'échange.}) 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 ({RR} 10... a6
) 11. a3 $1 ({RR} 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 Be8) 11... a6 ({RR} 11... Na5 {[%csl
Rb3,Rc4]} 12. b4 Nc4 13. Ne5 Rac8 (13... Nxe5 $142 14. dxe5 Ne8 15. Na4 Qd8 16.
Qb3 h6 17. Rac1 Rc8 18. Rfd1 b6 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6]} 19. Nc3 Nc7 20. Bb1 Bg5 $1 $14
) 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Bg5 ({RR} 15. Ne4 Rfd8 16. Nc5) 15... Qd8 16. Qf3 Bc6 17.
Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Rad1 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 ({RR} 19... Qxe7 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 c3
) 20. e4 a6 ({RR} 20... f5 21. b5 ({RR} 21. d5 fxe4 22. dxc6 exf3 23. Rxd8 Rxd8
24. cxb7 Rb8) 21... Rd6 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qxb7 Nxd4 24. Kh1) 21. d5 $1 $36 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Od5c6,Gd1d8]} exd5 22. exd5 Rd6 23. Rd2 ({RR} 23. Rd4) 23...
Qc7 24. Qg3 ({RR} 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Ne4 Rxd5 26. Ng5 Rxd2 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28.
Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qf8+ Ng8 30. Nf7+ Qxf7 31. Qxf7 c3 32. Qc7 c2 33. Kh2 Rxf2) 24...
Qd7 ({RR} 24... Nc8 25. Ne4 Rd7 26. Nf6+) 25. Kh1 ({RR} 25. Ne4 Rg6 26. Qf3 Nf5
27. Nc5 Nh4) 25... Nc8 26. Ne4 {Portisch,L (2645)-Petrosian,T (2640)/Palma de
Mallorca 1974/Candidates/[Bulletin]/1-0 (66)}) (11... Qxb2 $4 12. Na4 {[%csl
Rb2]}) 12. b4 $146 {[%csl Rc4]} ({RR} 12. Na4 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Ga4b6,Ga4c5]}
Qa7 13. b4 b6 14. Qb3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Ne8 16. Rc2 Nd6 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rac1 Rc7
19. g3 Rac8 20. Nd2 Be8 21. f4 g6 22. Nf3 Kg7 23. Kg2 Qb7 24. g4 Nb8 25. Rxc7
Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 {Glotov,M (2105)-Akimov,I (2244)/St Petersburg 2002/EXT
2003/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 12... Rac8 13. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5,Ga4b6]} Qa7 14. Nc5 Nb8 $1
{[%cal Gb7b6,Gb8a6]} 15. Qe2 a5 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ng4 b6 $6 (17... Nxg4 18. hxg4
{[%csl Gf5,Gh5]}) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Na6 $6 {Echange un bon N actif contre un
N passif} Nxa6 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. b5 $6 {[%csl Ra6] Le B est hors-jeu et il n'a
pas rejoué pendant toute la partie} Qe7 22. Qb2 Bd7 23. Rfc1 Ra7 24. Rc2 g5 25.
Bg3 Rfa8 $5 {L'idée motivant ce coup est peu évidente} 26. Rac1 Qf8 27. Bc7 {
[%csl Rb6]} Bd8 $8 28. Bxd8 Qxd8 29. Rc3 Kg7 30. Qe2 Be8 31. Qf3 Qd6 32. h4 h6
$1 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Qg4 Qe7 35. f4 f5 $1 36. Qxg5+ Qxg5 37. fxg5 Kg6 $17 38.
Rc7 Kxg5 39. Rxa7 Rxa7 40. Rc8 Bd7 41. Rb8 f4 42. Kf2 Rc7 43. Rxb6 Rc2+ $1 44.
Kf3 $4 (44. Kf1) 44... e5 $1 {[%cal Oe5e4,Gd7g4] Un réseau de mat en pleine
finale!} 0-1

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.02.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 e6 (6... Bf5) (6...
a6) 7. e3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. h3 (9. Ne5 {Marshall,F-Atkins,H ENG-USA cable m
1903 1-0}) 9... Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qe2 Rfc8 12. Rac1 Be8 13. Rfd1 Qd8 14. Ne5
$146 (14. Bb1 {Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V URS-ch20 Moscow 1952 1/2}) 14... a6 15.
Qe1 b5 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Ne2 Rac8 $132 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Nc1 b4 20. Bb1 a5 21.
Nd3 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Ge8b5,Gb5d3]} 22. Rc1 Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]} 23. Bg5 h6 (23... Bxd3
24. Bxd3) 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Ne4 26. Bh2 Bxd3 (26... h5 $5) 27. Bxd3 Bd6 28.
Bxd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "El Gindy, Essam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Prusikin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Qb6 $6 {
Wohl nicht ohne Grund ein seltener Zug.} (7... Bf5) (7... Ne4) (7... Nh5 $5) 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qd8 10. Qb3 $1 $146 {Ein starker neuer Zug, den ich am Brett
fand.} e6 11. Qb6 $6 {Zu gradlinig} (11. Nb6 Rb8 12. e3 Ne4 13. Nxc8 Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 Bb4 15. a3 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Qxc8 17. Bxa6 $16 {1-0 (51) Akobian,V (2526)
-Wojtkiewicz,A (2551) Philadelphia 2004}) 11... Nd7 $6 (11... Bd7 $1 $11) 12.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 13. e3 (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Bd6 14. Bd3 $6 {Dieser natürliche Zug
erwies sich im Nachhinein als ungenau: das Feld d3 hätte ich für den
Springer frei halten sollen!} (14. Be2 $1 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rc2 f6 17. Rfc1
O-O 18. Ne1 $1 Nf7 19. Nd3 Rfc8 20. Nac5 $3 $16) 14... b6 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rc2
Rc8 (16... f6 $1 $11) 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. b4 $1 (18. Rc1 $5 Bb7 19. Ne5 $1 $14)
18... Bb7 $2 (18... f6 $8 19. b5 a5 20. e4 dxe4 (20... Bb7 $6 21. e5 $1 Bb8 22.
exf6 gxf6 23. Re1 Kf7 24. g3 Bd6 25. Kf1 $16) 21. Bxe4 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23.
Rc1 Ke7 24. Be3 $1 $16 {xb6}) 19. b5 a5 20. Ne5 $1 $18 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22.
Nxb6 f5 23. Bxa5 Nf7 24. Rc1 Bd6 25. Nc8 Be5 26. f4 Bb8 27. Bc7 Bxc7 28. Rxc7
Bxc8 29. Rxc8+ Kd7 30. Rxh8 Nxh8 31. a4 Nf7 32. a5 Kd6 33. a6 Kc7 34. a7 Kb7
35. b6 Nd6 36. Ba6+ Ka8 37. Kd3 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 06th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2006.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2459"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2
e6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 ({RR} 11. Nxc6 Bxd1 12. Nxd8 Bxf4 13. Nxb7
Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bh5 15. b4 {1/2-1/2 Wang Rui (2457)-Volkov,S (2634)/Dubai 2005/
CBM 105 ext}) 11... Rc8 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Nd3 $146 {une nulle rapide dans cette
journée а deux rondes} ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Qe7 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Na4
Rc7 17. Rc3 e5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Rc5 Ne7 21. Qa5 Rdc8 22. Rdc1 Rc6
23. Rxc6 Nxc6 24. Qc3 Qf5 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Qc5 Qd3 27. Qc2 Qb5 {Veselsky,J 
(2220)-Dovzik,J (2400)/Hlohovec 1996/EXT 2000/0-1 (60)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 {This version of the
Exchange Slav has never been deemed as dangerous; and for a good reason. The
development of the knight to f3 doesn't allow White some options that he has
when he first develops other pieces.} 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 (7. e3 Bg4 $11) (7. Rc1
{is a little more tenatious, but here too Black has been doing just fine.})
7... e6 (7... Bd7 {was Mamedyarov's choice twice against Morozevich in the
Mindgames in China a couple of years ago - first in the rapid and then in the
blitz, though the Azeri lost both games.}) 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 Bd6 10. Qd2 c5
11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 O-O {since d5 cannot be taken it is quite obvious that
Black has no problems from the opening. His development is nearly complete,
his central control is good and his pieces will be active.} 13. Be2 (13. Nxd5
Ne4 $1 $19) 13... Bd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Be5 Rfc8 16. Bxf6 $6 {The structural
weakness that Black suffers is not worth as much as the pair of bishops.
Mamedyarov stands with a slight advantage thanks to his superior activity.}
gxf6 17. e4 d4 18. e5 {This was Andrekin's idea. Clever, but insufficient.} Be7
(18... fxe5 $2 19. Qg5+ $16) (18... dxc3 19. Rxc3 $1 Bc6 20. Rg3+ Kf8 21. exf6
{with a serious attack, though only deep analysis will reveal if it is enough
for an advantage, there is no reason for Mamedyarov to go into this.}) 19. Bd3
f5 20. Ne2 (20. Ne4 $5 {This move was probably more in tune with continuing
the attack, but it does seem that Black has a good way out of it:} fxe4 21.
Bxe4 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qh6 Bg7 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 {and since White has no space
to rooklift his best would be to take on a8, leaving him with two rooks and
two pawns for two bishops; a favorable material ratio for the two bishops in
this position.}) 20... Kh8 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Qxd4 Qb7 23. g3 Bg5 24. Nf4 Be4 25.
Qe3 (25. Qd2 Rd8 26. Ng6+ hxg6 27. Qxg5 Bh1 28. f3 Bxf3 $15) 25... Qxb2 26.
Ng6+ hxg6 27. Qxg5 Qxe5 28. Bxa6 Rxc1 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rxc1 Bd5 {White is just
worse. He has problems down the diagonal and his a-pawn is a weakness rather
than a strength.} 31. Bc4 Bb7 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 Rc8 34. Rb1 Rxc4 35. Rxb7
Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rxh2 {A nice transformation of advantages. The
a-pawn is White's only chance to survive, but winning the h-pawn guarantees
that the kingside pawn structure cannot be held together.} (37... Rxa2 38. h3
Kg7 {is not as clear.}) 38. a4 Ra2 39. Ra7 Ra3 40. a5 Kg7 41. a6 Kf6 42. Ke2 e5
(42... Kg5 $19) 43. Kd2 e4 44. Kc2 {Grandmasters are known to be as clever as
possible. This doesn't work, but since passive defense clearly falls apart
Andreikin tries to create some practical chances.} Rxe3 45. Kb2 Rd3 46. Rb7 Rd6
$1 (46... Rd8 47. a7 Ra8 48. Kc3 Kg5 49. Rxf7 Kg4 50. Kd2 {should also be
winning, but it is more complicated.}) 47. a7 Ra6 48. Kc3 Kg5 49. Rxf7 Kg4 50.
Rg7 Kf3 51. Rxg6 Rxa7 52. Rg5 Rf7 53. Kd2 Kf2 54. Rh5 e3+ 55. Kd3 e2 56. Rh2+
Kf3 57. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Cutro op-A 15th"]
[Site "Cutro"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rusev, Krasimir"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.04.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8.
Ne5 Rc8 (8... Bd7 9. e3 e6 10. Bd3 $14 {0-1 Feller,S (2522)-Svetushkin,D (2565)
/France 2008 (82). secures Black a solid, though slightly passive position.})
9. Qa4 $5 {A rare and tricky move, requiring from Black precise defence.} ({
The usual continuation is} 9. e3) 9... Qb6 ({Correct is} 9... Bd7 $1 10. Qb3 (
10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e3 e6 $11) 10... Na5 11. Qd1 e6 $14 {/=, 1-0 Sulava,N (2478)
-Kuljasevic,D (2408)/Pula 2004 (62)}) (9... e6 $2 {is even worse:} 10. Nxc6
Rxc6 (10... bxc6 11. e4 $1 dxe4 12. Bxa6 $18) 11. e4 $1 dxe4 12. Bxa6 $18) 10.
g4 $1 Be6 (10... Bg6 $2 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxd5 Qxb2 13. Nxc6 $18) ({Curiously,} 
10... Nxg4 {was not only possible, but the best chance, since after} 11. Nxd5
Qxb2 12. Nxc6 {Black has} Bd7 $1 13. Qb4 Qxb4+ 14. Ncxb4 Rxc1+ 15. Bxc1 e6 $1
$14 {regaining material.}) 11. g5 Nd7 $2 {After this mistake Black's position
collapses. As often happens in the Exchange Slav, without good theoretical
knowledge things can go wrong surprisingly quickly for Black even in the
apparently simple positions.} ({Necessary was} 11... Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nxc6
Rxc6 14. Rxc6 (14. e3 Bd7 $1 $132) 14... Qxc6 (14... bxc6 15. e3 $14) 15. Qxc6+
bxc6 $14) 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 (12... bxc6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxa6 $16) 13. Bg2 $16 h6 (
13... Rc4 14. Qb3 f6 15. Nxd5 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rxd4 17. Nc7+ Kf7 18. Be3 Rb4 19.
Nxe6 Kxe6 20. O-O $16 {1-0 Nyback,T (2459)-Kuljasevic,D (2365)/Hengelo 2002 
(35)}) (13... Qxb2 14. Rc2 Qb6 (14... Qa1+ 15. Kd2 $18) 15. O-O $18) 14. O-O (
14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 16. Bxc1 Qc6 17. Qxc6 bxc6 18. Nc7+ Kd8 19. Nxa6
$16) 14... hxg5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 gxf4 (16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 $18) 17. Bxc6
bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qb7 19. Qxa6 {Exchanging queens is the easiest way to win.} (19.
Rxa6 $18) 19... Qxa6 20. Rxa6 e6 21. Rc1 $18 Rh5 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Raa8 f6 24.
a4 Kf7 (24... Rd5 25. a5 Rxd4 26. a6 Ra4 27. a7 e5 28. Rc7 $18) 25. Ra7 Rd5 26.
a5 e5 27. a6 Ke6 28. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Aosta op 12th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2004.02.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {I was very surprised,
when my experienced opponnent had thought here for 45 minutes!} Be7 {A quiet
option.} (6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {is the most popular variation nowdays.}
) 7. e3 ({white cannot get any advantage after} 7. cxd5 exd5 {[%cal Gc8f5]} 8.
Qc2 g6 $11 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) 7... O-O 8. cxd5 {I have no much experience in the
Queen's Gambit with Bg5,so I have decided to choose a less known line.} ({
The main lines are:} 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O) (8. Rc1 Nbd7 9. a3) ({and} 8. Qc2 Nbd7
9. Rd1) 8... cxd5 {The most solid continuation.Black goes for a slighty
passive position,but the pawn structure is symetrical and doesn't allows white
to get serious advantage.} ({after} 8... exd5 9. Bd3 {black gets a classical
exchange variation,but the redaction is not good,since h7-h6 is not useful
(especially if white would attack black's king with g2-g4).}) (8... Nxd5 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bd3 {is also not perfect,since it's not easy for black to play
either c6-c5 or e6-e5-without that black cannot hope for equality.}) 9. Bd3 Nc6
{Quite the best.That position can arise also from Classical Exchange variation
of Slav Defence.} ({another way of development leads to a stable advantage of
white:} 9... b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rc1 (14.
Nxe4 $143 dxe4 15. Bc4 Nf6 16. f5 Bd5 17. Be2 Rac8 $11 {1-0 Hernandez,
H-Gunajew,R/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (45)}) 14... Rfc8 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qa4 $14 {
1-0 Thuesen,M-Mortensen,H/Copenhagen 1992/EXT 2001 (33)}) 10. O-O (10. Rc1 Ne8
(10... Ne4 $5 11. Bxe7 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qxe7 13. O-O Bd7 {[%cal Gf8c8]}) 11. Bg3
f5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Ng6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Van
der Wiel,J/Rotterdam 1988/CBM 09 (65)}) 10... Ne4 $5 {Black is intending to
exchange as more minor pieces,as he could.That is a well known method of
defence.} (10... b6 $5 11. Ne5 (11. a3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 $11) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5
Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Ne2 a5) (10... a6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13.
f4 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qb3 Nd6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 $11 {0-1 Van der Sterren,
P-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam 2000/CBM 77 ext (42)}) 11. Bxe7 (11. Nxe4 Bxh4 12. Nc5
Bf6 $11) (11. Bxe4 Bxh4 12. Bc2 Bf6 13. Qd3 g6 14. a3 Bd7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4
Bg7 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 {1/2-1/2 Larsen,B-Hamann,S/Grenaa 1973/EXT 2000 
(18)}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 ({nothing gives} 12. Bxd8 Nxd1 13. Rfxd1 Rxd8 14.
Rac1 Bd7 15. a3 Rac8 16. Rc5 f6 17. Rdc1 Kf8 18. Bb5 Ke7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Soln,
P-Sveshnikov,E/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (56)}) 12... Qxe7 $6 {That was played
quickly,but i am sure that more accurate is 12...Nxe7.} (12... Nxe7 $142 13. c4
{(I don't see any other reasonable continuation)} b6 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Bb7
$11 {[%cal Gd8g5]}) 13. Re1 $5 $146 {A tricky move.I wanted to exploit some
uncomfortable placement of Qe7.At the same time,black has also to consider
possible c3-c4.That's why it's not so easy to regroup the pieces for both ways.
} (13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b6 $11) (13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. Bc2 Rfd8 16. Qd3
g6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Qd2 Qg7 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rab1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Bondarevsky,
I-Simagin,V/Moscow 1946/MCD (89)}) 13... Qc7 $6 {A waste of time-the queen is
also vulnerable on c7.} ({after} 13... b6 {white has a strong reply:} 14. Qe2
$1 {[%cal Ge3e4]} (14. e4 $143 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qc7 $1 16. Bc2 $140 Ba6 $11) {
in order to meet} 14... e5 {with} 15. e4 $1 $16) ({after} 13... Bd7 {white can
also play} 14. Qe2 $1 (14. e4 $143 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Qd6) 14... e5 15. e4 dxe4 16.
Qxe4 f5 17. Qe3 e4 18. Bb5 $1 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5] with
a clear advantage.}) ({The best was probably:} 13... Qd6 14. e4 ({now nothing
gives} 14. Qe2 {in view of} e5 $1 15. e4 exd4 16. cxd4 $6 Bg4 $15) 14... dxe4
15. Bxe4 b6 {and black's position is solid enough.}) 14. Rc1 $1 {The point is
that now c3-c4 is also unpleasant for black.} Bd7 15. Qe2 {[%cal Ge3e4]} ({
I could already reach a pleasant edge after} 15. c4 dxc4 16. Rxc4 $14 {but i
wanted to fight for more.}) 15... Ne7 ({Badly was} 15... e5 $2 16. e4 $1 Be6 (
16... Rfe8 17. exd5 exd4 18. Qb2 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 $16) 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe5 $16
) (15... Rac8 {I can hardly find any plan of defence after} 16. e4 Na5 17. e5
$40 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd3b1,Ge2d3,Gg2g4,Gg4g5]}) 16. Ne5 $6 {That allows black
to simplify the position.} ({Much stronger was:} 16. e4 $142 $1 dxe4 (16... Ng6
17. g3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne7 19. Ne5 Bc6 20. Bb1 $16 {[%cal Ge2d3]}) 17. Qxe4 Ng6 (
17... Nf5 18. Ne5 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 18. Ne5 f5 19. Qf3 {I have considered this
position as only slighty better for me,but actually,white has a great
advantage.} {For example:} Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Rac8 21. g4 $1 Rf6 22. gxf5 exf5 23.
Bxf5 $16) 16... Nc6 17. Nf3 Ne7 {Here i missed the last opportunity of 18.e4!}
18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 {Now white has only a symbolic advantage-his bishop
is slighty stronger than black's knight.} 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rxc4 Na5 $2 {[%mdl
16384] A serious strategical mistake.The knight is going to be completely out
of play.} ({after the simple} 21... Ne7 22. Bb1 Rfc8 23. Qd3 g6 {black could
get an excellent chanses of equality.}) 22. Rc5 b6 $2 {As it usually happens,
one mistake leads to another.} ({better was:} 22... Nc6 23. Rec1 Rac8 24. Bb5 (
24. Be4 Ne7 $14) 24... Rc7 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 $16 {and black has good
practical chanses of draw,although white's advantage is obvious.}) 23. Rc2 Rac8
24. Rec1 Rxc2 25. Qxc2 {[%cal Gc2c7] Now black's position is lost from
strategical point of view:the Na5 is completely out of play.More than that,he
cannot avoid penetration of white's pieces on c7.} Rd8 26. Qc7 Kf8 ({more
resistant was:} 26... Nb7 27. Qxd7 Rxd7 28. Rc8+ Nd8 29. Bb5 Rd5 30. a4 {
[%cal Gc8c7] although that didn't change the evaluation.}) 27. Bb5 $1 Qd5 (
27... Qxc7 28. Rxc7 Ra8 29. Ba6 $18 {was completely hopeless.}) 28. g3 $1 {
Intending to transfer the bishop to a very effective diagonal via f1.} Ra8 {
Letting black to take an important pawn.} 29. Bf1 $6 ({More technically was:} 
29. a4 Qb7 30. Qd6+ Qe7 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Bd3 $18 {and black
cannot avoid a loss of material,while his knight is still out of play.}) 29...
Qxa2 30. Bg2 Re8 31. Qxa7 Kg8 $1 {I have overlooked that simple move.Now there
is no pawns on the qside,so black has at least some practical chanses of draw.}
({I have only calculated} 31... Qb3 32. Rc7 e5 33. Rd7 Qb1+ (33... e4 34. d5
$18) 34. Bf1 Qf5 35. Rd5 $18) 32. Qxb6 Nb3 33. Qb5 $6 {Another inaccurate move.
} ({better was:} 33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Rc2 Qb1+ 35. Bf1 $18 {and black's knight has
no good squares.}) 33... Rd8 (33... Nxc1 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qxf7 Ne2+ 36. Kf1
Nc3 37. Bf3 $18) 34. Rd1 Nd2 $4 {The final blunder.} ({At the same time,after} 
34... Qc2 35. Qd3 (35. Bf3 Nd2 36. Bh5 Ne4) 35... Qxd3 36. Rxd3 Nc5 $1 {
black's chanses of draw cannot be understated.}) 35. Qe2 {[%mdl 32784]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 65th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ovod, Evgenija"]
[Black "Gunina, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 {How dangerous can the exchange Slav actually
be? Ovod shows in this game that if Black is not careful then it doesn't
really matter that her opponent is 200 points rated above her, the static
nature of the position makes it extremely hard to defend.} 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. Bf4 e6 $6 {To voluntarily shut off your c8 bishop is not a great idea.
Although more than 2000 games have been played with this move I think White
can definitely hope for an advantage here. Instead Bf5 and a6 are better tries.
} 7. e3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Be8 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 a6 13. Bb1 b5
14. Qd3 b4 15. Ng4 g6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne2 (17. Na4 {would have been ideal
to take advantage of the c5 square weakness but it loses a pawn to} Nxd4 $1 $15
) 17... a5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 {With every piece getting exchanged the
weakness of Black's queenside increases.} 20. Rc5 Nb8 21. Rfc1 Rxc5 22. Rxc5
Qb6 23. Qd2 (23. Qc2 Na6 $11) 23... Na6 24. Rc1 Bb5 {Black has a} 25. Nf4 $1 {
White prepares Bd3 exchanging the bishops and getting the c5 square for his
knight.} Rb8 26. Bd3 Nc7 27. Rc5 Bxd3 28. Nxd3 $14 {You can see that even
after exchanges White maintains a nice and pleasant initiative because of the
control of the c-file and weakness of the c5 square.} Ne8 29. Ne5 Rb7 30. Qc2 (
30. Qc1 {was much better.}) 30... Nd6 (30... b3 $1 31. axb3 Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3
33. Rxa5 Rxb2 34. Ra7 Nd6 35. Rd7 Rb6 $11 {Here White has activity but with
such less material he cannot count on too much.}) 31. Qa4 Ne4 32. Rxa5 $16 {
White wins a pawn and is crusing towards victory.} Rc7 33. Nd3 Rc4 34. Ra7 Qd8
35. Ne5 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qd7 $1 Qxd7 38. Nxd7 Nd2 39. Nc5 Kf6 40. b3 e5 $2
41. Nd7+ {Blunders another pawn but Black's position was already hopeless. A
fine game by Ovod and this just shows that the exchange Slav is not as
harmless as it looks at first sight. Black must play actively and accurately,
a task which even a strong player like Gunina couldn't achieve.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.16"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Ne5 $5 (7. e3
Bg4 8. Qb3 (8. Be2 e6 $10) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Na5 10. Qa4+ Nc6 $10) 7... Qb6 $5
(7... Nxe5 $2 8. dxe5 d4 (8... Nh5 9. Be3 $16) 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.
fxe7+ Bxe7 12. bxc3 $16) (7... Bd7 8. e3 $16) (7... e6 $5) 8. Nxc6 (8. Na4 $5
Qb4+ 9. Bd2 Qxd4 10. Nf3 Qe4 $13) 8... bxc6 9. Qd2 Bf5 10. f3 $1 (10. Rc1 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a3 (12. f3 e5 $1 13. Bxe5 Bb4 14. Rc3 f6 $1 $17) 12... e6 13.
e3 Be7 $15) 10... e6 11. e3 $6 (11. Rc1 $1 Nd7 (11... Be7 $6 12. Na4 Qb7 13.
Nc5 $14) 12. e4 dxe4 (12... Bg6 $2 13. exd5 $16) 13. fxe4 Bg6 $13) 11... Nd7
12. Rc1 Be7 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Rfc8 15. a3 Qb7 $142 $5 (15... c5 $6 16. e4 $1
Bg6 (16... dxe4 17. fxe4 Bg6 (17... cxd4 $2 18. Na4) 18. d5 $14) 17. exd5 $16)
16. Na4 (16. e4 $142 Bg6 17. Rfd1 $10) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19.
Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Nd3 21. Rxc8+ $2 (21. Bxd3 Bxd3 22. Rfd1 Be2 23. Re1 f6 $15)
21... Rxc8 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Rd1 Bb5 $17 24. Be5 Rc2 25. Bc3 f6 26. Rd2 Rc1+
27. Kf2 Kf7 (27... h5 $142 28. h4 Kf7 {/\ 29...Bc4, 30...e5}) 28. g4 Bc4 29. f4
$2 (29. e4 dxe4 30. fxe4 Ke7 31. e5 f5 32. gxf5 Rf1+ $17) 29... Kg6 30. Kg2 h5
31. h3 h4 $142 $1 32. Kf3 (32. Rf2 $2 Bd3) (32. Kh2 $142 Re1 33. Bd4 Be2 34.
Kg2 Bf1+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kf2 Rc1) 35... e5 $1 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Bxe5 Rxe3 38. Rxd5
Re2+ 39. Kg1 Bxh3 $19) 32... Bb3 $19 {/\ 33...Bc2} 33. e4 Rf1+ 34. Ke3 dxe4 35.
Rf2 Rh1 36. Kxe4 Rxh3 37. Bd2 Rg3 38. g5 Bd5+ 39. Kd4 Kf5 40. gxf6 gxf6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 6th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.06.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{People like to say that I don't play my best against Carlsen. Don't think I
hadn't noticed that, but it took my dad Renato to explain it to me.   He told
me it is like being a very young and talented soccer player and having
pictures of Pele all over your room and knowing by heart every game he ever
played. You think about him, dream about him, grow up wanting to be as good as
him and when playing by yourself even pretend you are him. And then one day
Pele suddenly appears on the field. You can’t move. You can't breathe.
Everything is a blur. Which goal posts are yours? You feel like you might
faint. Or die. You are overwhelmed because he is older, bigger and has years
of experience on you. You see that you are a kid with over size dreams.  
Playing Carlsen in Norway is probably like playing Pele in Brazil. It has good
points in that the focus is always on him and no one really cares about your
games unless you lose to him. You can be sure of a dismissive attitude from
the Norwegian commentators and a local audience who only came to see one
player (who is that brown boy anyway?).   I appreciate this because it’s
very freeing not to carry the burden of expectation. It allows me to focus on
the excellence of the Altibox Norway Chess experience (which is one of the
best organized events in Europe - a professional chess players dream
tournament).   I really love Stavanger and after a meal of my favorite food 
(salmon), I went to play my game against the favored son of Norway, whom in my
3.5 years of professional play, I had never beaten in a classical game.} 1. d4
{Considering how well prepared Magnus is in the opening these days, I decided
to stick to normal lines and not challenge him on the intricacies of the Ruy
Lopez.} d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 (3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 {is usually how my games with
Magnus go. I've had this position against him with both colors.}) 3... cxd5 {
Apparently the commentators announced I was playing for a draw by taking on d5.
.. A shocking analysis, as we'd only traded one pawn!} 4. Bf4 Nf6 ({I thought
he'd start with} 4... Nc6 5. Nc3 {and now he has the extra option:} e5 $5 (5...
Bf5 6. e4 $5)) 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 ({I was expecting} 6... Nh5 7. Bd2 Nf6 {
which seems to be the most solid variation, but Magnus went for the sideline.})
(6... Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3 Bb4 9. Ne5 {has become very fashionable lately.
Yaroslav Zherebukh beat Ray Robson with it just a couple of months ago in the
US Championships.}) 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3 {I had a little experience with this
variation, having played it against Ivanchuk almost a decade ago when I was
thirteen!} Rc8 (8... e6 9. Qb3 Ra7 {is how my game with Ivanchuk went, in
World Cup 2009.}) 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Nd7 {He played this quite fast, so I
assumed he was still following his opening ideas.} (10... Be7 11. Qb3 $1 Na5
12. Qa4+ {is supposed to be better for White due to} Nc6 13. Bxa6 $1) (10...
Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 {is not a nice position for Black. Usually he
wouldn't want to trade his dark-squared bishop in the Exchange Slav.}) 11. Na4
Be7 {This quietly threatens to attack on the kingside with ...g5-h5.} 12. h3 {
Prophylaxis against the aforementioned idea.} O-O ({Magnus castled quite fast.
Apparently still} 12... g5 $5 {is very good here. I won't give it an
exclamation mark since the position remains very unclear, but it is definitely
a good alternative.} 13. Bh2 h5 {Now the kingside pawns look threatening. The
position is quite weird and analysis shows it's not easy to play for both
sides:} 14. Nd2 (14. Ne1 g4 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Rg8 17. Kh1 $13) 14... g4 (
14... b5 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 b4 17. Ncb1) 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Bd3 $1 17. Be2
Bb4 $1 18. Nf3 Be4 $132) 13. a3 {Preparing to push my pawns forward. White is
simply faster and better equipped to seize the initiative on the queenside.}
Na5 (13... b5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bf6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. exd4 Qf6 18. Be3 e5
19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 $14 {is a long forcing line that favors White.}) 14. Nc5
$1 Nc4 15. b4 Nxc5 (15... b5 16. Nxa6 Nxa3 17. Nc5 Nc4 18. Ra1 $14) 16. dxc5 ({
And not} 16. bxc5 b6 $11) 16... Nxa3 $6 (16... b6 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Bxd8
19. Bd6 $16) ({With hindsight} 16... b5 $1 {bolsters the knight and it might
be the best defense.} 17. a4 Nb2 18. Qd2 Nxa4 19. Nd4 Bg6 {is very unclear.
White has compensation for the pawn but perhaps not much more.}) 17. Nd4 Be4
18. f3 Bg6 19. Qb3 {I wasn't really worried about sacrificing the a-pawn since
his knight is sidelined in many lines.} Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qe8 $5 {
Interesting option and one I could hardly expect. Black keeps the bishop pair
for now and he wants to kick my knight away from its central outpost by making
the ...e6-e5 break work.} ({I thought he would go for} 21... Bg5 {which is the
most natural move, and now} 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 {since I am slightly better, but not
much more than that. In fact during the game I couldn't see anything clearly.
My dark squares are a little vulnerable and Black is ready to fight for
control of the d-file.} 23. Qc3 {is what I was thinking to play, and then:}
Rfd8 24. Rfd1 h5 (24... Qe5 25. Kf2 Qf6 26. Ne2 $14) 25. Nb3 Bf5 26. Kh1 $1 Qg3
27. Qe1 $14 {with a few accurate moves White will manage to keep a nagging
edge, but over the board the position is never really crystal clear.}) 22. Bg3
{Just a quiet non-commital move, because I couldn't find anything definitive.
I decided to just make a move and see what Magnus intended to do next.} (22. c6
$5 e5 $1 (22... b5 23. Qc3 $18 {is just winning for White, the c-pawn is
simply too strong.}) 23. Bxe5 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Bxb4 {was the line that Magnus
calculated. Black holds here.}) (22. e4 e5 23. Bxe5 Bxc5 24. bxc5 Qxe5 {
is better for White, as the bishop on g6 is buried for the time being, but I
think Black can hold here too.}) 22... e5 (22... Bg5 {is better.} 23. Rfe1 Qd7
$14 {it's not that easy to break Black's defenses.}) 23. Nb3 Bd8 $2 {This just
blunders a pawn. Magnus missed 26.Bd6 in the variation below.} (23... e4 {
is an option but I suppose he wasn't attracted to it.} 24. f4 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bd7
26. f5 $16) (23... Bf5 {also does not fully equalize:} 24. Bxe5 Be6 25. Qc3
Bxb3 26. Qxb3 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Bxg7 $1 $36) (23... h6 $1 {is the best
defense, but over the board it is hard to see why.}) 24. Qd5 {Grabbing the
gift.} Qb5 $6 {Another mistake.} (24... Bc7 {is perhaps a better defense.} 25.
Na5 (25. Qxb7 Bd3 26. Rfd1 Bb5 27. Nd2 $16) 25... Bxa5 26. bxa5 Qe7 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. Bxe5 Bd3 29. Rfd1 Bb5 {White is a clear pawn up, but the presence of
opposite colored bishops give Black good holding chances. I would estimate
Black's chances to draw around 30-40%.}) 25. Bxe5 Be7 (25... Qxb4 26. Bd6 {
is what he overlooked.}) 26. Qd2 {I consolidate the pawn of course. Here I was
very much delighted with my position.} (26. Na5 $1 b6 27. Nb7 {is the
computer's fastest way to destroy any Black resistance. Suffice to say that I
did not even see 27.Nb7 during the game.}) 26... Rfd8 27. Bd6 Bf6 28. e4 h6 {
White is definitely winning now. The only question is how to convert my
advantage. Having a winning position does not mean a thing unless you can
carefully nurse your advantage to a win. As a famous player once pointed out:
'Anyone can get an advantage, but only the BEST players convert them.'} 29. Nd4
Bxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Re8 ({Trading pawns does not help at all:} 30... a5 31. bxa5
Qxa5 32. Ra1 $18 {when the b7 pawn is going to fall.}) 31. Rfe1 Kh7 32. g4 $1 {
We were already quite short on time here that's why I didn't hesitate to
attack!} (32. f4 f5 {is what I wanted to prevent. The last thing we want is
for Black to have some sort of a light-square blockade.}) 32... f6 33. f4 Qc6
$2 {After this blunder Black should be totally 100% lost.} (33... Bf7 {is
clearly a better defense. The queen is just better placed on b5.} 34. f5 a5 35.
bxa5 Ra8 {and if Black can activate a rook along the a-file he has some saving
chances.}) 34. f5 Bf7 35. h4 {Here I knew for a fact that I was winning,
however converting advantages is never easy, as you can see from the past
games. For example there is a famous game of Magnus back in 2014, in a 4.f3
Nimzo. His opponent was totally winning for many moves, even reaching 
(computer evaluation) +15 at some point, but nevertheless he managed to find
all the worst moves and in the end succeeded in losing the game.} Ra8 36. Rc2 (
36. Rc3 {was my first intention and would be very strong. I rejected it
because of} a5 37. g5 axb4 (37... Bh5 38. Rg3 {and compared with the rook on
g2 there is a big difference: Black has no 38...Bf3! counterplay.}) 38. g6+
Bxg6 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 {and Black has two pawns but hey, a piece is a piece!})
36... a5 37. g5 Bh5 $1 {A very good sneaky last try, and one which I
underestimated.} 38. g6+ {In Norway there is no time increment or delay until
move 60, so time trouble is definitely an issue. Here I used up all my time
calculating until I found a series of moves that would bring me to move 40
safely.} ({I was hesitant to open the g-file, but simplest is} 38. gxf6 gxf6
39. b5 $1 {(A very important move, closing the a-file and opening the b-file
for White.)} Qxb5 40. Rb2 Qd7 41. Qxf6 Rg8+ 42. Kh2 {when Black has absolutely
no counterplay.}) 38... Kh8 39. b5 $1 Qxb5 40. Rb2 Qc6 $2 {Magnus used up
almost all of his remaining time and made another mistake. This makes the game
very easy to convert.} (40... Qd7 {would have made the game harder for me, but
as my friend Anish Giri pointed out White still wins easily with the right
moves:} 41. Qd5 $1 (41. Reb1 Bf3 42. Rxb7 Qc6 43. e5 Qc8 $1 {is what I missed
in my calculations back in move 37.}) 41... Qc6 42. Qd3 a4 43. Rb6 Qc8 44. Qd5
$1 {White just plays the same position a tempo down as in the game. No worries.
} a3 (44... Ra7 45. Qf7 $1 a3 46. c6 a2 47. Rxb7 $18) 45. Rxb7 Rg8 (45... a2
46. Rxg7) 46. c6 a2 47. Ra1 $18) 41. Rb6 Qc8 42. Qd5 a4 (42... Ra7 43. Qf7 {
threatens c6 and wins. Due to back rank issues Black's counterplay comes way
too late.} Bf3 44. c6 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Bxe4 46. Bf8 $18 {and mate next move.}) 43.
Rxb7 Rg8 (43... Bxg6 44. fxg6 Qg4+ 45. Kf2 {does not do much either, as I have
Bg3 to counter his check on h4.}) 44. c6 {Threatening c7 and Rb8, therefore
Magnus finally resigned! This was a clear big win for me, being my first
victory against him in classical chess, and it also evened up the standings in
the tournament since we were now co=leaders with +1, and only three games to
go.} (44. Rc7 Qe8 45. Qd2 a3 $2 46. Qxh6+ $3 {is another way to win. In the
after game interview, Ian Rogers asked me if I played especially focused
because I was provoked by a statement my opponent made before the game. It
seems he said that I am a player who makes boring draws and he could draw me
at will. Actually, having no interest in social media I was completely unaware
of the comments. When they told me, I burst out laughing because after all, so
what? Sometimes I do make boring draws. Sometimes.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 18th"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "2017.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Nh5 {If Black
still wants to fight, this is one of the best options.} 7. Bd2 {Aleksandr
deviates from his previous game against Fedoseev.} (7. Be5 e6 (7... f6 $5 8.
Bg3 e5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bb4 (10... e4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Ndxe4 Qb6 $2 (12...
dxe4 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 O-O-O 16. O-O-O $14) 13. Nc5 $2 (13.
Na4 $1 Qa5+ 14. Nec3 $16 {White has an extra pawn and a much better position.})
13... Bxc5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bb5 Kf7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 $14 {Vakhidov,J 
(2392)-Salvador,R (2527) Kuala Lumpur 2011 0-1 (65)}) 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Be2 Be6
13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Rc8 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd2 Ne7 $11 {Rakhmanov,A (2590)
-Tikkanen,H (2469) Pardubice 2010 1/2 (43)}) 8. e3 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7
11. Rc1 f6 12. Bg3 Nxg3 {a concession.} (12... Be8 {is stronger.} 13. a3 (13.
e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bxc6 $8 Bxc6 $11) 13... Nxg3 (13... g5 $5 14. Qc2 Kg7
15. Na4 g4 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bd6 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. Be2 h5 $13 {0-1 (34)
Allen,K (2278)-Volkov,S (2554) Port Erin 2000}) 14. hxg3 Bh5 $11) 13. hxg3 Be8
14. e4 $14 {Shimanov,A (2650)-Fedoseev,V (2597) Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 1/2 (41)})
7... g6 (7... e6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Be7 {Julio doesn't need to play e5 to win
the game. He can outplay his opponent everywhere.} ({I have my own bad
experience after} 9... Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 a6 12. a3 ({I think White
should have played} 12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16.
d5 $14) 12... e5 {During my preparation I was concerned that pushing e5 is the
only chance to avoid drawish positions.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qc2 Rc8
16. Rfd1 b5 17. Be1 Qe7 18. Qb1 Rfd8 $11 {Loiseau,Q (2401) -Sumets,A (2574)
Rochefort 2015 1-0 (58). Black has got an equal position.}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1
Qd6 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. h3 Be8 15. a3 a6 16. Be1 (16. e4 $1 dxe4 17.
Nxe4 Qb8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe4 g6 20. Bf4 Qa7 21. Be3 Qb8 22. Bc4 $14) 16...
Rac8 17. Bb1 Qb8 18. e4 $2 {White found the worst moment to play e4.} dxe4 19.
Nxe4 Nd5 $2 (19... Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxd4 22. Bc3 Qf4 23. Re1 Rd8
$17) 20. g3 Bf8 21. Ba2 $11 {Stern,R (2521)-Granda Zuniga,J (2648) Berlin GER
2017 0-1 (48)}) 8. e3 e6 9. Bb5 {White is fighting for the e5-square. Let's
look at other options.} (9. Ne5 Bd6 10. g4 $6 {A strange move.} (10. Nd3 O-O
11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. f3 Rc8 15. Be1 {White has slightly
better chances.}) 10... Ng7 11. Nf3 h5 12. gxh5 Rxh5 13. Be2 Nf5 14. Qc2 Bd7
15. O-O-O Rc8 $15 {Arnaudov,P (2457)-Volkov,S (2579) Konya 2014 0-1 (43)}) (9.
Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 f5 12. Na4 f4 $2 (12... Nf6 13. b4 a6 14. Nc5 $14)
13. Bb5 Ne7 14. Bb4 fxe3 15. fxe3 b6 16. Ne5 $2 (16. Qc2 Bh6 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18.
Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qc7 Qxa4 (19... Qxc7 20. Rxc7 Nf5 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rxa7 $16) 20.
Bxe7 $18) 16... Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Nf5 $14 {Colovic,A (2457)-Salvador,R (2527)
Milan 2010 1/2 (27)}) 9... Bd7 10. Ne5 $146 Nxe5 {Vladimir is looking for
counterplay. If he needs to play solidly he could choose 10...Bd6.} ({I don't
think that White has an advantage after} 10... Bd6 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Rc1 Rc8
13. O-O O-O $11) 11. dxe5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 a6 13. Nd4 {The position which has
arisen should be in White's favour.} Bc5 (13... Rc8 14. O-O Be7 15. Qb3 Qd7 16.
Rac1 O-O 17. Bb4 $14) 14. Nb3 {Now the position is about equal.} ({White could
have got an advantage after} 14. Rc1 $1 Rc8 (14... Bb6 $2 15. Bb4 $16) 15. O-O
O-O 16. Qa4 $1 {and Black faces some problems. For example} Ng7 (16... Bb6 17.
Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Qb4 Ba7 20. g4 Ng7 21. Qd6 Qa8 (21... Rc8 22. Qxb8
Rxb8 23. Kf1 $16) 22. Qd7 Bb6 23. Bb4 Rd8 24. Qe7 Re8 25. Qd6 $14) 17. Nb3 Bb6
18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Qb4 $14 {Black has weaknesses on the queenside
and his knight is too far away to help him. Actually, White has an extra piece
on the queenside.}) 14... Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rc1 Qd7 ({A draw could be
reached after} 16... Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Rc1 Rc8 $11) 17. Ba5
Rac8 18. Qd4 Ng7 19. g4 $6 {It wasn't necessary to weaken his king. ...Nf5 is
not a threat.} (19. e4 {the most likely result of the game is draw.} Qb5 20.
Bc7 $5 (20. exd5 Nf5 21. Qd2 exd5 22. Bc3 Rc4 23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Bxd4 Rfc8 $11)
20... dxe4 (20... Ne8 21. Bb6 Ng7 22. Bc7 Qd7 23. Ba5 Qb5 24. Bc7 $11) (20...
Qd7 21. Bb6 $5 (21. Ba5 Qb5 22. Bc7 Qd7 $11) 21... Bg5 22. Rcd1 Qb5 23. exd5
Nf5 24. Qg4 Be7 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 exd5 27. Rd2 Qb6 28. Nd4 Rce8 $13) 21.
Qxe4 Ne8 (21... Nf5 22. Rfd1 a5 23. Bxa5 $6 (23. h3 a4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 $6 25. Qxd4
Bg5 26. Rc2 $14) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra8 25. Qe1 b6 26. Bc3 Rxa2 $15) 22. Ba5
Ng7 23. Bc7 $11) 19... f5 ({Vladimir could have got some advantage after} 19...
f6 $1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Bc3 (21. exf6 Rc4 22. Qe5 Rxg4+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 $17) 21...
Rc4 22. Qd1 fxe5 23. Bxe5 Ne8 {Black is slightly better.}) 20. h3 Qb5 21. Qb6 {
It seems to me that White shouldn't trade queens.} (21. Qd2 b6 22. Bc3 a5 23.
Nd4 Qd7 24. f4 Bc5 25. Rc2 {with an approximately equal position.}) 21... Rc4
22. Qxb5 $6 {A serious mistake, which leads to a bad position.} (22. Nd4 $1
Qxb6 23. Bxb6 Rb4 (23... Rfc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. a3 Kf7 26. f3 h5 27. Rd1 {
and only White can play to win.}) 24. Rc7 Rxb6 25. Rxe7 Rxb2 26. Rc1 fxg4 27.
hxg4 Rbxf2 28. Rxb7 h5 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Nxe6+ Kh6 31. Nxf8 Rxf8 $11) 22...
axb5 23. f3 $2 {I think that Aleksandr missed Black's next move.} (23. Nd4 Ra8
24. Bc7 fxg4 $1 25. hxg4 Ne8 26. Bd6 Nxd6 27. exd6 Bxd6 $15) 23... h5 24. gxh5
Nxh5 25. Nd4 Ra8 $6 (25... Bc5 $1 26. Rxc4 bxc4 27. Bc3 Kf7 28. Kg2 (28. f4 Ng3
29. Ra1 Ne4 30. Kg2 g5 31. fxg5 Nxg5 $17) 28... Ra8 29. a3 f4 30. e4 Bxd4 31.
Bxd4 dxe4 32. fxe4 Rd8 $17 {Black should win the game.}) 26. Rxc4 $6 {It leads
to a lost position.} ({White should have tried} 26. Bd2 $5 Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rxb2 (
27... Rxa1 28. Rxa1 f4 29. b3 fxe3 30. Bxe3 Rc3 31. Kf2 $15) 28. Bc1 Rbb4 29.
Ba3 f4 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. Rfb1 $17 {The position which has arisen is in Black's
favour but at least White has some counterplay.}) 26... bxc4 27. Bc3 Kf7 $17
28. a3 Ng3 ({It was even stronger to play} 28... f4 $5 29. e4 (29. Ne2 fxe3 30.
Bd4 g5 31. Bxe3 Nf4 $1 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 Bc5+ 34. Kh2 Bd4 $19) 29... Bc5
30. Kg2 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 Rd8 33. Bb6 Rd3 $17 {Black should win the
endgame.}) 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Kg2 ({White could have tried.} 30. Nb5 f4 $1 31. Bd4
Bxd4 32. Nd6+ Kg7 33. exd4 Ra6 $19) ({White's best chance was} 30. Kh2 $1 f4
31. exf4 Nf5 {White shouldn't take on f5.} 32. Rd1 Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Ke7 34. Bf2
$17) 30... f4 $1 31. exf4 Nf5 32. Nxf5 (32. Rd1 $4 Ne3+ {That's the difference
between Kg2 and Kh2.}) 32... gxf5 33. Rd1 {Despite an extra pawn, White's
position is hopeless.} Rg8+ 34. Kh2 b5 $2 {Vladimir could have got a winning
position after ...Kg6. The king is aiming to penetrate on h4. If White doesn't
want to trade bishops then Black will gain the f4-pawn.} (34... Kg6 $1 35. Bd4
(35. a4 Kh5 36. b3 (36. Bd2 Bd4 37. Bc1 Bf2 38. Bd2 Bg3+ 39. Kh1 Kh4 40. Rg1
Kxh3 $19) 36... d4 $1 37. Bxd4 Rd8 38. Bxc5 Rxd1 39. bxc4 Ra1 $19) 35... Bxd4
36. Rxd4 Kh5 37. Rd1 b5 38. Rc1 (38. Ra1 Kh4 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Rb8 $19)
38... Kh4 39. Rd1 Rg3 40. Rf1 d4 $19) 35. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Kg6 37. Kg3 Kh5+
38. Kf2 {Now White's king can help to fight against the d4-pawn. However,
Black's position is still winning.} Kh4 39. Rd1 Rg7 {Black shouldn't be in
hurry, even if he could have won imediately. He'll still have his chance to
play b4.} (39... b4 $1 $19) 40. Ra1 Rg8 41. Rc1 (41. b3 d4 42. Rd1 Rd8 43. Ke2
Kg3 {is hopeless for White.}) (41. a4 bxa4 42. Rxa4 Rb8 43. Ra7 (43. Ra6 d4 44.
Rxe6 Rxb2+ $19) 43... Rxb2+ 44. Ke3 Kxh3 45. Re7 c3 46. Rxe6 (46. Rc7 c2 47.
Rc8 Ra2 48. Rc7 Kg2 49. Rg7+ Kf1 50. Kd2 Kf2 51. Re7 d4 52. Rxe6 d3 $19) 46...
Rd2 $19) 41... b4 $1 42. axb4 Rb8 43. Kg2 Rxb4 $19 {The rest is very easy. The
rook endgame with an extra pawn is completely hopeless for White.} 44. Rc2 Rb8
45. Kh2 Rb3 46. Kg2 Rd3 47. Re2 Rd4 {Black regains a pawn.} 48. Rc2 Rxf4 49.
Rc3 Rd4 50. b3 (50. Rc2 Rd3 51. Re2 Rb3 52. Rd2 Re3 $19) 50... f4 51. bxc4 Rxc4
52. Ra3 Rc2+ 53. Kf1 Kg3 54. h4 Rh2 55. Ke1 Rxh4 56. Ra6 Kxf3 57. Rxe6 Ke3 58.
Kd1 d4 59. Kc2 Rh7 60. Rd6 f3 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Black "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "TFS"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Qb3 e6 8. e3
$6 g5 $1 9. Bg3 h5 $1 10. Bd3 (10. h3 Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bd6 12. Kf2 h4 $1 $17)
10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 h4 12. Be5 f6 13. Nxg5 Nxe5 (13... Rg8 $1) 14. dxe5 fxg5
15. Bg6+ Ke7 16. O-O Qb6 17. Qc2 h3 18. e4 $1 hxg2 19. Rfe1 d4 20. Qd2 $1 Bh6
21. cxd4 Kf8 22. Bh5 g4 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Bxg4 Bd7 25. d5 Bf4 26. h3 Rh7 27. Rab1
$1 b6 28. dxe6 Be8 29. Red1 Qg5 30. Rd5 Re7 31. Rbd1 Bg6 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33.
Rxd8+ Kg7 34. Qc8 Qxe5 35. Rh8 $1 Bh2+ 36. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 37. Bf3 $2 (37. Kf1 $1
$11) 37... Bxf3+ 38. Kxf3 Qd5+ $1 0-1

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Roussel Roozmon, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. a3
{According to Dautov, that's the best move for White here. See below other
options based on recent games:} (8. e3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5 (9... g6 10. Bd3 $146 (
10. h3) (10. c4 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Bb4+ 12. Nd2 Be6 $44) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12.
e4 (12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14. Qe2 Rc8 $11) 12... Be6 13. Qd2 (13. Ng5 $2
dxe4 14. Nxe6 $2 fxe6 $19) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bc4 15. Rfe1 Qa5 (15... Rc8 16.
Bh6 $14) 16. Rc2 (16. Rb1 Bd5 $1 17. Rxb7 (17. c4 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxe4 19. Rxe4
f5 20. Re6 Nxd4 $11) 17... Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5 $1 19. Qd3 Nxd4 $11) 16... Rfe8
17. Bxc6 $1 (17. Bh6 Rac8 $11) 17... bxc6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 (18... Bd5 19. c4 Qxd2
20. Bxd2 Bxe5 21. cxd5 Bxd4 22. dxc6 $16) (18... Qd5 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20. Qe2 Qxe2
21. Rcxe2 e6 22. Rb1 $14) 19. Rxe5 $16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Shabalov,A/Willemstad 2003
2003/Informator 89/[Gulko,B ] (27)}) (9... Bg4 10. Be2 e6 {1/2-1/2 Dumitrache,
D-Istratescu,A/Avoine 2003/CBM 095 ext}) 10. Bd3 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12.
Bg3 e6 13. Qb3 b5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Qd7 16. Ra1 Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Bacrot,E/Dubai 2002/CBM 089}) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6
Qxd6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rxc4 O-O 16. Rfc1 h6 (16... e5 17. Qb1 $1) 17. Qc3 $14 {
1-0 Veingold,A-Wu Shaobin/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (56)} (17. Qe4 $5)) (8.
Ne5 Nxc3 (8... Nxe5 9. Bxe5 e6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. e3 Qa5+ 13. Qd2
Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bc6 15. Bc4 Kd7 16. Ke2 f6 17. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Acs,P/
Paks 2004/CBM 102}) 9. Rxc3 Bd7 10. Nxc6 (10. Qb3 Nxe5 (10... f6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6
12. e3 e6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. O-O Kf7 15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. a3 Rhc8 17. Qd1 g6 18. Qe2
$14 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Sakaev,K/Germany 2004/CBM 100}) 11. Bxe5 Bc6 12. e3 e6
13. Be2 f6 14. Bg3 Be7 15. O-O O-O 16. a3 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. h3 Ba5 19. Rc5
Ba4 20. Qa2 Bb6 21. R5c3 Ba5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qb1 h6 25. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Skorchenko,D/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 551}) (10.
e3 e6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Nxc6 (12. Qc2 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rxc3 14. Qxc3 Qc8 15. Kd2
Qxc3+ 16. Kxc3 f6 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Iordachescu,V/Bucharest
2001/CBM 082}) 12... Rxc6 13. Rxc6 Bxc6 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Kd7
17. Rc1 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Reinderman,D-Wells,P/Pulvermuehle 2005/CBM 104 ext}) 10...
Bxc6 11. a3 e6 12. e3 Be7 13. Bd3 g6 14. O-O f6 15. Qg4 Kf7 16. Rfc1 a5 17. h3
Rg8 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. a4 Rgc8 20. b3 Ba3 21. Ra1 Qe7 22. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,
A-Dreev,A/Dos Hermanas 2005/CBM 107}) 8... Nxc3 (8... Bf5 {Dautov} 9. e3 e6 10.
Bd3 (10. Nxe4 $5 Bxe4 11. Nd2 $14) 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Bd6 13.
Bxd6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Dreev,A/Dortmund 1994}) 9. Rxc3 e6 {Thomas was not
familiar with Dautov's analysis, and chose the logical developing move.} (9...
Qb6 $1 $11 {Dautov} 10. Qd2 (10. Qc2 g6 (10... Bg4 $5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 (
12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bc7 Qxd4) 12... Bd7 $11) 11. e3 Bg7 12. Rc5 Bf5 13. Qc3 O-O 14.
Be2 Rac8 15. b4 a5 16. b5 e5 $1 $15 {Lev,R-Lutz,C/EU-chJ U18 1987}) 10... Bg4 {
Schwarz strebt eine ausgeglichene symmetrische Stellung an. Etwas ergeiziger
war 10...f6, um Ne5 zu verhindern.} (10... f6 $5 11. h3 (11. e3 Bg4 $11) 11...
Bf5 12. e3 Be4 13. Be2 e6 14. O-O Be7 $11) 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. e3 f6
14. Bg3 Rxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd7 $1 16. Bd3 e6 17. O-O Be7 $1 (17... Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6
19. Rc1 Ke7 20. Qc7 $16 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 b5 22. Kf1 $16) 18. Bc7 ({Auf das von
mir ursprünglich geplante} 18. Rc1 {hat Schwarz zwei gute Möglichkeiten- 18...
Bc6 oder 18...Kf7.} Kf7 (18... Bc6 $11 {/\Kf7}) 19. Qc7 $2 (19. Bc7 Qa7 $11)
19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 $2 Qxb1+ 21. Bxb1 Rc8 $17) 18... Qc6 19. Rc1 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Essen 2000/CBM 077/[Dautov] (40) Mit Remisangebot...})
10. e3 Bd6 11. Bg3 O-O 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bb1 {White wants to provoke the
weakening f5 ...} Qe7 14. Qc2 {Perhaps 14.Qd3 is better since it doesn't block
the c-file for the white rooks, but on the other hand 14.Qc2 has more
flexibility, e.g. keeping the Qb3 option;} f5 {14...g6 doesn't weaken the dark
squares as much as in the game, but has other disadvantages;} (14... g6 15. Ne5
$5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rc1 Na7 19. Qd2 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Rc8 21.
Rxc8+ Nxc8 22. e4 $16 {[%cal Gg3f4,Gf4e3]}) 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Qb3
Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qc2 $14 {That's almost the
maximum that White can get in this line- outpost e5, Black has a bad pawn
structure and a half-dead Bc8;} Nc6 22. g4 {White is not satisfied with a
clear positonal advantage, and is looking for tactics;} ({The severe way is:} 
22. Ne5 Bd7 23. Nd3 $16 {[%cal Gg3g4] keeping all the positonal advantages;})
22... Bd7 23. g3 $6 (23. gxf5 exf5 24. Qb3 Be6 25. Qb6 $16 {Black's position
is very sad here, but not lost yet;}) 23... fxg4 $1 {Correctly accepting the
complications- Black prefers to have his king in some danger (after all White
has only 3 pieces in this attack) than to die slowly;} 24. Qh7+ Kf7 25. Bg6+
Kf6 26. Nh4 {But now I realized that on 26.Nh2 Black replies 28...Kg5 and
White can't exploit the black king anyhow...} (26. Nh2 Kg5 $1) 26... e5 $2 {
Black didn't stand a pressure and failed in defense;} (26... Be8 $1 27. Bf5 Kg5
$1 {Also here this crazy move saves Black;} 28. Bg6 Kf6 29. Bd3 (29. Bf5 Kg5
$11) 29... Qf7 30. Ng6 Kg5 $5 31. Nf4 Ne7 {White's queen has no way back....})
27. Bh5 $1 $16 (27. Bf5 Kf7 $1) 27... Qf8 28. Bxg4 Bxg4 29. Qg6+ Ke7 30. Qxg4
Qf6 (30... Kd8 31. dxe5 $18) 31. Qc8 $6 {Now it is White's turn to go wrong-
31.dxe5 wins the game easily;} (31. dxe5 Nxe5 32. Qb4+ Ke8 33. Qxb7 $18) 31...
exd4 32. Nf5+ $16 Kf7 33. Qxb7+ Kg8 34. Qxc6 Qxf5 35. exd4 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qf5 37.
Kg1 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Qf5 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Kg2 {This queen's ending is an easy win
for White- he has an extra pawn, and the black pawns a6 and d5 are targets for
attack;} Qb1 41. b4 Qb2 42. Qe3 Qb1 43. Qe5 (43. Qf3 $1 {is even better- it
wins one of Black's pawns on the spot;}) 43... Qd3 44. Qxd5 Qxa3 45. Qe4+ (45.
Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qa8+ Kh7 47. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2001.05.04"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gurevich, Gregory"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2369"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 7. Qb3 {
Rare move. Usually white plays 7.e3;} Nxc3 {In the spirit of the variation. 7..
e6 also leads to the good position of black:} (7... e6 8. e3 g5 (8... Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Rfc1 Na5 14. Qb4 Qd8 15. Ne5
Bb7 16. Rab1 f6 17. Nf3 Rc8 $15 {[%csl Rc3] 1/2-1/2 Andersen,J-Gretarsson,H/
Gausdal 1994/EXT 97 (61)}) 9. Nxe4 (9. Bg3 h5 {Typical idea in Slav Defense-
it destroys white's pawn structure on the kingside;} 10. h4 Nxg3 11. fxg3 g4
12. Ng1 Bh6 $17 {0-1 El Arousy,A-Tissir,M/Tanta 1997/EXT 98 (48)}) 9... gxf4
10. Nc3 Bd6 11. exf4 Bxf4 12. Bd3 Qf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfe1 (14. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 15.
Qa6 Nb4 $19 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14... O-O-O $15 {0-1 Shpilker,B-Khenkin,I/Metz 1997/
EXT 99 (41)}) 8. bxc3 g6 9. e4 $1 {Now white can use it's queen on b3- f7
becomes a target;} dxe4 {Principal move. After 9...e6 black doesn't have too
much troubles,and this is probably the best move for black:} (9... e6 10. exd5
(10. Bd3 Bg7 11. h4 h6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 b6 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. h5 $13 {[%cal
Gg2g3,Yg1g2,Yf1h1] White is playing ofr attack on black's king here; 1-0
Koutsin,S-Dashko,G/Minsk 1996/CBM 52 ext (33)}) 10... exd5 11. Bb5 Bg7 12. Qa3
Qe7+ 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. O-O f6 15. c4 a6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1
Ra7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Shaw,J/Aberdeen 1998/EXT 99 (36)}) {Seeing this
position for the first time, I was a little bit warried: 10.Ng5 and 10.Ne5-
both look dangerous for black.} 10. Ng5 (10. Ne5 Nxe5 $8 (10... Be6 11. Qxb7
Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 13. Bxf6 $3 {[%cal Rf1b5]} Rb8 14. Qxe4 $18 {[%csl Re6]}) 11.
Bxe5 f6 12. Bc4 Bh6 {[%cal Ge8f8,Gf8g7] and black is safe.}) 10... e6 11. Nxe4
Be7 {Unfortunately bishop can not be developed to g7- d6 is weak;} 12. Bb5 $6 {
After 12.Bh6 white could choose between forcing the draw by repeatition by 12..
.Bf8 13.Bf4 13...Be7 etc., or playing with some edge after 13.Bxf8;} (12. Bh6
Bf8 (12... Qd5 13. f3 $5 (13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Bg7 Rg8 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 $14)
) 13. Bxf8 (13. Bf4 $11 {and draw by repeatition;}) 13... Kxf8 14. Be2 Qe7 15.
O-O b6 {[%cal Gc8b7] Black isn't too much worse here;} 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Qb2 Rd8
18. Qd2 (18. c4 Qb4 $1) 18... Kg7 19. Qe3 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rhd8 21. Rad1 Qa3 22. h4
Ne7 23. Nf6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. h5 {1/2-1/2 Lytchak,A-Marzolo,C/Tallinn 1997/
CBM 59 ext (25)}) 12... O-O 13. O-O Na5 {[%csl Yc4] Black intends to create
pressure over c-file on the weak c3-pawn; Probably this position is already
better for black- white has to create something very quick, because it has
worse pawn structure, and white gonna suffer in positional play;} 14. Qb1 {
[%cal Rf4h6]} Bd7 {Unfortunately black can not develop Bc8 to the big diagonal:
} (14... b6 $2 15. Bh6 {[%csl Rf8]}) 15. Nc5 {White doesn't want to suffer
because of worse pawn structure and tries to complecate the game;} Bxb5 16.
Qxb5 a6 $1 {It Checks out the queen, removing it from annoying place;} 17. Qd7
Bxc5 {Forthcoming ending is much better for black;} 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. dxc5 {
[%csl Ra2,Ga5,Rc3,Rc5][%cal Ya5b7,Ya5c4,Ya5c6] It looks like white has better
bishop than black knight in this ending, but the bishop is quite useless-
white can not create any counterplay against black king; On the other hand,
white queenside pawns are very weak, and black knight is in the right area,
also c4 can be perfect outpost for the knight;} Rd5 $6 {Unaccuracy- White has
got some chances to save the game;} (19... Rac8 $142 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1
Rxc5 22. Rd8+ Kg7 23. Be3 Rb5 $19 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 20. Be3 (20. Bd6 $142 Nc4 21.
Rfd1 Nxd6 22. cxd6 Rd8 23. Rxd5 exd5 $17 {but white has some practical chances
in this rook's ending;} 24. Rb1 $140 b5 25. a4 Rxd6 26. axb5 Rb6 {[%cal Yb6b5]}
) 20... Nc4 21. Rab1 Rb8 $1 {This short move stops all counterplay of white-
c5-pawn is lost now;} 22. c6 (22. Rfd1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxc5 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,
Re3] Pawn up and pawn weaknesses of white should be enough for black to get a
win;}) 22... b5 23. a4 Rc8 {Time to pick up white pawns;} 24. axb5 axb5 25.
Rfd1 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxc6 28. Rd3 Kf8 29. Kf2 {Better chance was:}
(29. e4 $5 Ke7 30. e5 Rc5 31. Re3 Rd5 $19) 29... Ke7 {[%cal Rc6d6] Intending
Rd6 to trade rooks;} 30. e4 Rd6 31. Rh3 h5 32. Ke3 e5 {[%csl Rh3] White rook
is trapped on the kingside now, and black gonna use it immediatly;} 33. Rf3 Rf6
$1 {Not letting white rook to escape;} 34. Rg3 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Rf4g4]} 35. Rh3
Rg4 36. g3 {Now white can forget about the rook- now this is like in pawn's
ending;} Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Gonen Memorial"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2000.02.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mittelman, Gur"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "4"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Ne4 {That is the
way to get rid of simmetrical pawn structure in Slav Exchange. This move
brought me few wins against lower rated players.} 7. e3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 g6 9. Ne5
$5 Bg7 10. Bb5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. Bg3 $5 $146 {White shows the way to play
for advantage in this line. The previous attempt of white in this position
just leads to the equal position with opposite colour bishops.} (12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. Qa4 Bf5 14. O-O Qb6 15. Qb4 (15. Rfd1 f6 16. Bg3 Qb5 $11 {0-1 Bouaziz,
S-Rausis,I/Dubai UAE 1999 (60)}) 15... Rfe8 16. h3 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
I-Shabalov,A/New York 1994 (29)}) (12. Bf4 $5) 12... Na5 {[%csl Yc4] Blacks
plan is to take control over c-file, pressing on c3-pawn, and c4 is an outpost
for the knight.} (12... Qa5 $6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Bd3 $14) (12... Bf5 $5) 13. Bd3
(13. O-O b6 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Ya8c8]} (13... Bf5 14. Qa4 Rc8 15. Qb4 Qb6 16. Be2
$14)) 13... b6 (13... Bf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Qh5 e6 (15... Qd7 16. Bf4 $40) 16.
Bf4 {/\Bh6, /\g4} Qf6 {and black succesfully defended his king.}) 14. O-O Bb7 {
[%cal Gd8c8,Yb7a6] /\Qc8,Ba6 Black has a strategical threat to exchanfe light
square bishops.} 15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. h4 {[%cal Gh4h5] White is trying
to create weaknesses on the kingside.} h5 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. f3 Nc4 20. e4 b5 $11
21. Rfe1 Rfe8 {[%csl Ye7]} 22. Qf2 a6 23. e5 Rc6 $6 {This move cuts out the
black queen, which will be sensative while white push f3-f4-f5.} (23... Rc7
$142 {[%cal Ye6b6]} 24. Bg5 Bc8 {[%cal Gc8d7]}) 24. Bg5 Bc8 25. Kh2 Bd7 26. Rf1
Kg7 (26... Rec8 27. f4 Nb6 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qe2 Qg6 30. Bxe7 $16) 27. Rce1 Nb6
28. f4 $1 Rxc3 (28... Qg4 $2 29. f5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Rd3e2]}) 29. f5 $1 {
White breaks out the kingside and black doesnt have enough resources in
defense.} gxf5 30. Re3 Rxd3 (30... b4 31. Rg3 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 $16) 31. Rxd3 Rh8 {
The material is balanced, but blacks position is almost defendless because of
passive pieces and weaknesses all around.} 32. Rg3 Kf8 33. Qd2 {[%cal Yd2b4,
Yb4a5]} Ke8 34. Qb4 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gg3f3,Rf3f5]} Kd8 {Black can not prevent
the loss of one of his pawns. In this point I was thinking to give up, but...
I had a large experience in completely losing positions, and just started to
look for practical chances.} (34... Nc4 35. Rgf3 $16) 35. Rgf3 f6 {The best
way I have seen just to go to the ending.} (35... Nc4 36. Rxf5 Rh7 37. Rf6 $1
$18) 36. exf6 exf6 37. Re1 Qc6 38. Qe7+ Kc8 39. Qg7 $1 (39. Qxf6 Qxf6 40. Bxf6
Rh6 41. Bg5 Rc6 {[%cal Gc6c2] with some counterplay.}) 39... Qd6+ 40. Bf4 Qf8
41. Rg3 Qxg7 42. Rxg7 {The ending is clearly hopeless for black, but still I
have some practical chances.} Nc4 43. Ree7 Rd8 44. Ref7 a5 45. Rxf6 b4 46. Bg5
(46. Rh7 $142 Re8 (46... a4 $140 47. Ra6 $18) 47. Rff7 Nb6 48. Bd6 $18 {
[%cal Gd6c5]}) 46... Re8 47. Ra6 Kb7 48. Rh6 Kc8 49. Be7 (49. Rhh7 Nb6 50. Be7
Ba4 (50... Bb5 51. Bxb4 $1 axb4 52. Rc7+ Kd8 53. Rb7 $18) 51. Rxh5 $18) 49...
Ne3 50. Rhh7 f4 51. Kg1 {Here my opponent has offered me a draw because of
just two minutes left on his clock to finish the game.I did not want to try to
beat him, winning on time, because of my position is still much worse.} (51.
Kg1 Nf5 52. Rf7 Be6 53. Rf8 (53. Rf6 Bg8 $17) 53... Rxf8 54. Bxf8 Nxd4 55. Rxh5
Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nc3 57. Re5 $16 {[%cal Rh4h5,Rh5h6]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Spring-A"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Robson, Ray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 a6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
e6 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bg6 13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Bd3 f5 15.
g4 g6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. O-O O-O 19. Ne2 Na5 20. Qd1 Qf6 21. Qa4 Nc4
22. Qc2 Na5 23. Ne5 $1 {An excellent positional pawn sacrifice.} Bxe5 24. dxe5
Qxe5 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Rxc7 {[#]} Rfc8 $2 ({The way to solve problems lied in} 
26... Rab8 27. b3 (27. Rfc1 Nc4 28. b3 Ne5 {and the stray knight returns.})
27... Rfc8 28. Rfc1 Nc6 $1 {depraving White of all Bxa6 ideas.}) 27. Rfc1 Rxc7
28. Rxc7 {[#]} d4 {Finding himself in a spot of trouble Ray tries to
counterattack, but everything becomes very forced, and in the end White always
stays on top.} ({Now} 28... Rb8 29. b3 Nc6 {is well met by} 30. Bxa6 {but
still, the line continues:} Nd8 31. Bd3 Ne6 {evicting the offending rook with
good prospects of defending successfully.}) 29. Nxd4 Bxa2 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nxc6
bxc6 32. Rxc6 a5 33. b5 a4 (33... Kf8 34. b6 Rb8 35. Ba6 Bd5 36. Rc8+ {leads
to the same thing: White is going to be up a piece.}) 34. b6 Rb8 35. Ba6 Kg7
36. b7 Bd5 37. Rc5 Be6 38. Rc8 Rxb7 39. Bxb7 Bxc8 40. Bxc8 Kf6 41. Ba6 Ke5 {
[#] Smoke cleared, and White is facing a difficult technical task.} 42. f3 $1 (
{The direct} 42. f4+ Kd5 43. Bd3 a3 44. Bb1 Kc4 45. Ba2+ {works well in case of
} Kc3 ({but not against the crafty} 45... Kd3 $1 46. Kf2 h5 47. g3 Kd2 48. Kf3
Kd3 49. Bf7 Kd2 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4 Ke2 $1) 46. Bf7 Kb2 47. e4 $1 fxe4 48.
Kf2 a2 49. Bxa2 Kxa2 50. g4) 42... f4 $1 ({Another interesting line is} 42...
Kd5 43. Bb5 (43. Bd3 a3 44. Bb1 Kc4 45. Ba2+ Kd3 {is the same thing.}) 43... a3
44. Be8 Kc4 45. Kf2 Kd3 46. Bf7 {[#] and now it's not obvious how White wins
after} h5 47. Bd5 g5 {The solution is} 48. Be6 $1 ({but not} 48. e4 Kd4 $1)
48... Kc3 49. g3 h4 50. g4 $1 fxg4 51. fxg4 Kd3 (51... Kb4 52. e4 Kc5 53. Ke3
Kd6 54. Ba2 Ke5 55. Bd5 {It's easy to zugzwang when you're up a bishop.}) 52.
Bd5 Kc3 53. Ke2 Kb4 54. e4 Kc5 55. Ke3 Kd6 56. Kd4 Ke7 57. e5 Kd7 58. Kc3 {
going after the a-pawn.}) 43. Kf2 a3 44. Bc4 h5 45. exf4+ Kxf4 46. g3+ Kf5 47.
Ba2 g5 48. Ke3 {[#] Sorry to say that, but it's not the first time Ray Robson
goes wrong in the endgame.} Ke5 $2 {Waiting is hopeless.} ({Perhaps, salvation
could have found in} 48... g4 $1 49. Bb1+ Kg5 50. f4+ Kf6 51. Ke4 Ke6 52. Ba2+
Kf6 53. Kd4 Ke7 54. Kc3 Kd6 $1 {taking control of d5, and therefore planning
the break h5-h4. I don't see how White wins this. Maybe my dear readers can
help.}) 49. Bb1 Kf6 ({Too late to try} 49... g4 {on account of} 50. fxg4 hxg4
51. Ba2) 50. Ke4 Ke6 51. Ba2+ Kf6 52. Bb3 Kg6 53. Ke5 Kg7 54. Kf5 Kh6 55. Ba2
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Zagrebelny,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 e6 (7...
Bg4 $5) (7... Bf5 $5) 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 (9... Bd7 $5 {Salov,V-Kamsky,G/
Madrid/1994/}) 10. Bxe5 (10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qg4 $10 (11. Rc1 $10) 11... g5 $1 12.
Bg3 h5 $19) 10... b5 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 (12. Rc1 $32 Bb7 13. f3) 12... g6 $1 (
12... Nd7 $2 13. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 $2 (15... f6 $2
16. Rf3 Qe8 17. Qh8+ Kf7 18. Qh7 $18) (15... f5 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 $8 (16... Qxf8 $2
17. Qg6+ Qg7 18. Qxe6+ Qf7 19. Qxd5 $18) 17. g4 $1 $16) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Rf3
Nf6 18. Rh3+ Nh7 19. Qh5 $18) 13. Bxf6 $10 Bxf6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qb3 (15. a4 Qb6
$1 16. a5 Qd6 $10) 15... Qb6 16. Kh1 Be7 17. Rfb1 Rfb8 18. h3 Qd6 (18... Bd6 {
>=Bd6,Qd8-e7,Kh8,Rg8,g5|^/}) 19. a3 Kh8 20. Qd1 Rc8 (20... Rg8 21. a4 $1) 21.
Rc1 Qb6 22. Na2 (22. Ne2 a5 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $17) 22... Rg8 23. Rc2 g5 24. Qf3 f5
25. fxg5 Rxg5 26. Bf1 Bd6 27. Nc1 Be8 $2 (27... f4 28. exf4 Qxd4 29. fxg5 Qxa1
30. Nb3 Qe5 $17) 28. Nd3 Bh5 29. Qf2 Bg3 30. Qd2 Rag8 31. Rac1 Qd8 32. Nf4 $6 (
32. Rc6 $5 R5g6 33. Rxa6 Qh4 $40) 32... Bxf4 33. exf4 Rg3 34. Rc3 Qh4 35. Rxg3
$2 Rxg3 36. Qe1 Qxf4 $19 37. Rc8+ (37. Qxe6 Rxh3+ $1 (37... Qxc1 38. Qe5+) 38.
gxh3 (38. Kg1 Qh2+ 39. Kf2 Rf3+ $19) 38... Bf3+ 39. Bg2 Qxc1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ $19)
37... Kg7 $138 0-1

