[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Batchuluun, Tsegmed"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mongolia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MGL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 $6 {This is not the most exact move order.} (9. Qb3) 9... Nc6
10. Qb3 (10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6 $13) 10... e5 $1 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Nxf3+
$1 {Black has to act very quick.} (12... Be6 13. Qc2) (12... Qc8 $6 13. Nxe5
Nxe5 $11) (12... Bxf3 $2 13. Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Qh4) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 $16) 13.
Bxf3 (13. gxf3 Be6) 13... Be6 $1 (13... Bxf3 $2 14. gxf3 Qf6 15. Rxd7 Qxf3 16.
Rg1 Rad8 17. Qd1 $18) 14. Qc2 (14. Qxb7 $6 Rb8 15. Qxa7 Rxb2 16. Qa3 Rc2 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Qa4 Rb2 19. Qxc6 Qa5+ 20. Bd2 Qxa2 $17 {looks very dangerous for
white due to development advantage and lateral pin.}) 14... c6 15. O-O Qa5 $1
16. Na4 $2 (16. Be2 $11 {looks more or less equal to me.}) 16... Rfc8 $1 17. a3
c5 18. Be2 Bd4 19. Bd2 Qd8 $1 $17 {This is not a real retreat.Black is all set
up for queenside play.} 20. Nc3 a6 (20... Qh4 $2 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. Bc3) 21. Kh1
Qb6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nf6 $1 (23... Qd6 24. Bc3) 24. Bf3 Qd6 (24... Qxb2
25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. d6) 25. Bc3 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 b5 $17 {White run into a bad
position in which knight is stronger than his counterpart ,the bishop.} 27. Rd2
Re8 28. g3 Rad8 29. Rc1 c4 30. Qd4 Nd7 (30... Re5 31. Rcd1 Rde8 $17) 31. Rcd1
Nc5 32. Re2 Rxe2 33. Bxe2 Re8 34. Bf3 Nd3 35. Kg1 (35. b3 $2 Qxa3 36. bxc4 Nb2
$19) 35... f5 $1 {For some reason Predrag criticized this move.However this
looks extremely natural to me.I make room for my king to approach the center
and next I will offer to trade queens when I will be in a keeping distance for
the d pawn.} (35... f6 $5) (35... h5 36. h4 Kf8 {is Predrag's way.}) 36. Kf1
Kf7 37. Be2 Nc5 38. Bf3 h5 39. h4 Re7 40. Re1 $2 {This loses on the spot.} (40.
Qh8 Nd3 41. Qh7+ Ke8 42. Qh8+ Kd7 43. Qd4 Nc5 $1 $17) 40... Rxe1+ 41. Kxe1 Qe5+
$1 $19 {The ensueing ending demonstrates powers of the knight over a bishop
even in semi-closed positions.} 42. Qxe5 Nd3+ 43. Kd2 Nxe5 44. Be2 Ke7 45. Kc3
Kd6 46. Kd4 Nd7 (46... Ng4 $2 {backfires.} 47. Bxg4 hxg4 48. a4 c3 49. bxc3
bxa4 50. c4 $18) 47. Bd1 Nb6 48. b3 cxb3 49. Bxb3 Nd7 $1 {Bishop has
difficulties to control critical squares and both wings.} 50. Bd1 Nf6 51. Bf3
Ng4 {This is the right time to offer exchange of minor pieces.} 52. Kc3 Nxf2
53. Kb4 Ne4 54. Ka5 Kxd5 55. Kxa6 Kc5 56. Be2 Nd6 $5 {Overcautious.} (56...
Nxg3 57. Bxb5 f4 58. a4 f3 59. a5 f2 $19 {wins easily.}) 57. Bd1 Nc4 58. a4
bxa4 (58... Nb2 59. axb5 $4 Nxd1 60. b6 $18) 59. Bxa4 Nd6 60. Bb3 Kd4 (60...
Ne4 61. Bf7 Nxg3 62. Bxg6 f4 $19) 61. Bg8 Ke5 62. Kb6 Ne4 {A technical ending.}
0-1

[Event "World-ch24 Petrosian-Botvinnik +5-2=15"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.04.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1963.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 {Botvinnik-Levenfish, 8th URS-ch 1933} dxc4
5. Qxc4 Bg7 (5... Be6 6. Qb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 Nd5 8. e4 Ndb4 $13) 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2
Nc6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qc5 (10. Qd3 f5 $5) 10... Bg4 11. d5 (11. Rd1 Qd6
$132 {Botvinnik-Fischer, Varna (ol) 1963}) 11... Nd7 12. Qa3 (12. Qc4 $5) 12...
Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd4 14. O-O-O Nxf3 15. gxf3 Nb6 (15... c6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4
$14) 16. Qb3 Qd7 (16... Qc8 $5 17. h4 c6 18. d6 exd6 19. Rxd6 Qc7 20. Bf4 Bh6
$1) 17. h4 $1 h5 (17... c6 18. h5 cxd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bxb6 $1 axb6 21. Nxd5
$16) 18. f4 $1 e6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Rhg1 Kh7 (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3
$16) 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. Nd4 Re8 {>=} (23... Bxd4 $5 24. Rxd4 Re8 $1) 24. Nf3 Bh6
25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Rxg5 Nc4 {>=} (26... Rg8) 27. Rdg1 $2 (27. f5 $3 exf5 28.
exf5 Rxf5 29. Rd7+ Kh8 30. Bd4+ Ne5 31. f4 $18) 27... Rg8 28. Kc2 $1 b6 (28...
Nd6 $5 29. f3 a6 {/\ ...Rd7, ...Nf7}) 29. b3 Nd6 30. f3 Rd7 31. R5g2 Rdd8 32.
a4 $1 Nf7 33. Bc1 e5 34. Be3 exf4 $6 (34... Rdf8) (34... c5 $5) 35. Bxf4 Rd7
36. Rd2 Rxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Rd8+ 38. Ke2 c5 39. a5 $1 Rd7 40. axb6 axb6 41. Ra1 Kg7
42. Ra6 (42. Ra8 $1) 42... Rb7 43. Ra8 Kf6 (43... b5 44. Rc8 c4 45. b4 $1 $16)
44. Rc8 Ne5 45. Ke3 Nd7 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. e5 Nf8 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Ke4 b5 50. Rc6
Kf7 51. Rxc5 Ne6 52. Rd5 Ke7 53. Be3 Rb8 54. Rd6 b4 55. Ra6 Rb5 56. Ra7+ Ke8
57. f4 Kf8 58. f5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
e4 Bg4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na5 (11... Ne5 12. Qb3 c6 13. f4 Ned7
14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 e6 18. Qd6 Nb6 $10 {
Furman-Huebner, Wijk an Zee 1975}) 12. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{5 wins again, 10 players are out The second day of the third round brought 5
wins again (4-1 for White). From the yesterday losers nobody could level the
score. Thus 10 matches are already decided. Cheparinov, Shirov, Adams,
Alekseev, Carlsen, Kamsky, Akopian, Jakovenko, Ponomariov and Wang are through
to the next round. 12 players will face tiebreak matches. After the World
Championship in Mexico earlier this year Grischuk said: "Ninety per cent of my
opening preparation was spent on variations that never occurred in a single
game. Not only in my games, but in any game". In chess that means a very bad
luck. The Muscovite struggled well in Mexico, but he finished on the last
place. In Khanty-Mansiysk the tension and level of the games reached the point
where avoiding your opponent's opening preparation is highly important. And if
you succeed in catching the opponent on your well prepared and solid opening
ground, then you can certainly call yourself a lucky guy. Gata Kamsky played
many nice games on the Black side of the Gruenfeld Defense, including wins
against players like Karpov or Gelfand. But that happened in the second
millennium. These days Kamsky usually sticks to the very solid Slav Defense,
which actually suited well for his match situation versus Georgiev, where the
American needed just a draw to win the match. Nevertheless in reply to 1.d4
Kamsky went for his old love - Gruenfeld Defense.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5
4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {The Russian Variation, played by Kiril Georgiev only once -
20 years ago. On the other hand the choice of the Bulgarian Grandmaster can be
explained by the fact that in the past the Russian Variation caused many
troubles to Kamsky.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 {The Smyslov's line, never used by
Kamsky before. The American used to play 7...a6 or 7...Nc6.} Bg4 8. Be3 Nfd7 9.
Rd1 Nc6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qd3 {A rare move, which never caused Black any
problems. In the present game the white queen won't be able to find good
squares and will always offer Black some tempis for regrouping his pieces.} ({
The main continuation is} 11. Qc5 {which was met in the famous game Botvinnik,
M-Fischer,R, Varna Olympiad 1962.}) 11... Qc8 {An old and good move introduced
by Korchnoi in 1984. Later Black started to play more often 11...Bxf3 followed
by 12...e5, but Korchnoi's move is logical and enough for a good play - Black
prepares ...Rd8 to underline the awkward position of the queen on d3.} 12. Qc2
Rd8 (12... e5 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 c6 {was also good
for Black in Andersson,U (2630)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)/London 1984}) 13. d5 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 c6 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Bc1 cxd5 18. exd5 Nh6 19. O-O Nf5 {
Black reached a pleasant equality. Further exchange of pieces is inevitable
and there is little White can do in order to keep the tension.} 20. Bd3 Nd4 21.
Qb4 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxe7 Re5 24. Qb4 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc1 26. Rxc1 Qd7 27.
Bc4 Qe7 28. Qb3 Rd8 29. a4 b6 30. h3 Bf6 31. Rcd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Kg7 33. b3 Re4
34. g3 h5 35. Kg2 h4 36. Qf3 Rd4 {A disappointing draw for Georgiev, who never
got the chance to complicate matters.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Woerishofen op 13th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.03.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. Rd1 (13. exd5 Rc8
14. Re1 a6 15. Qb4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rc4 17. Qa3 b5 18. Be2 b4 19. Qa4 Rc8 20. Bxf6
Bxf6 21. Qxb4 Rb8 22. Qa3 Qb6 23. Rac1 Rec8 $44 {Antoshin-Kotkov/ Moscow 1961})
13... Nc6 14. exd5 Ne5 15. Be2 Ne8 16. Bf4 {N} (16. Be3 Nd6 17. Ne4 Nec4 18.
Bxc4 Nxe4 19. Bf1 Nd6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf5 22. Qe5 Qd6 $11 {Dlugy,
M-Vaganian,R/London 1986}) (16. Ne4 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 (17... exd6 $142) 18. Qb3
b6 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nc5 21. Qa3 a5 22. Bb5 Rac8 23. Bc6 $14 {Lputian,
S-Akopian,V/Erevan ;CBM 53 1996}) 16... Nd6 17. Bf1 {/\Re1} (17. Re1 $5 a6 (
17... Qc8 $2 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg4 $16) 18. Qb3 Rc8 19. Bxa6 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 bxa6
21. Rac1 $14) 17... Qc8 $5 (17... a6 18. Qb3 (18. Re1 b5 19. Qb4 Nec4 20. Bxc4
(20. a4 $6 a5 21. Qb3 bxa4 $15) 20... Nxc4 21. a4 (21. Rxe7 Nxb2 $17) 21... Rc8
$132 {/\Nb2}) 18... Rc8 (18... b5 19. a4 $14) 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Re1 Nec4 $11)
18. Rac1 a6 (18... Qf5 19. Re1 (19. Bg3) 19... a6 (19... Rac8 20. Bg3 Nec4 (
20... Ndc4 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxa7 $14) 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Rxe7 $14) (19... Rfc8
$5) 20. Bg3 Rfe8 (20... b5 $6 21. Qf4 Nec4 22. Rxe7 $16) 21. Qf4 Nd7 $13) 19.
Ne4 (19. Re1 Qf5) 19... Qf5 (19... Qg4 $2 20. Bxe5 Qxe4 (20... Bxe5 $4 21. Nf6+
) 21. Qxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc7 $16) 20. Nxd6 exd6 21. Bg3 $14 Rfc8 (
21... Rac8 $5) 22. Qb4 $1 {><d6,b6} (22. h3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 22... Qd7
23. h3 {/\f4} f5 $8 24. Re1 $1 (24. f4 $2 Nf7 25. Bh4 b5 $11) (24. Bf4 Nf7 $11
{/\Be5}) 24... Rc7 (24... Nf7 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Re6 Be5 (26... Rc1 27. Bxd6
Rc2 28. Bc5 Rxb2 29. Qf4 $16) 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. d6 $14) (24... b5
25. b3 $14 {/\a4}) 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Bf4 Qd7 27. Rc1 Nf7 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Rxc8+
Qxc8 30. Bxd6 Nxd6 (30... Qd7 31. Ba3 Qxd5 32. Qc7 $16) (30... Bd4 31. Qxd4
Nxd6 32. Qe5 Qd7 $16) 31. Qxd6 Bd4 $138 (31... Bxb2 32. Qe7 b5 33. d6 Qf8 34.
Qe6+ Kg7 35. d7 Qd8 $14) 32. Qf4 $6 (32. Qe7 Qc5 33. Qxb7 Bxf2+ 34. Kh2 a5 $44)
(32. b4 Qe8 33. a3 Qe1 34. Qf4 Qe5 35. Qf3 b5 $14) (32. b3 Qc5 (32... Bc5 $2
33. Qe5 Qd7 34. d6 Qxd6 35. Bc4+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ $16) (32... Qe8 $2 33. Qb4 $16)
33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxb7+ Kh6 $44) 32... Bxb2 33. d6 Bf6 (33... Kg7 34. Qd2 Bf6
35. d7 Qc7 $14) 34. g4 Qc5 35. d7 Kg7 36. Bg2 $138 (36. gxf5 Qxf5 (36... gxf5
37. Bd3 $16) 37. Qc7 Qg5+ 38. Bg2 Bd8 39. Qxb7 Qc1+ 40. Bf1 Qg5+ 41. Kh1 a5 $14
) 36... fxg4 $4 (36... b5 37. g5 Bd8 38. h4 $14) 37. hxg4 $4 (37. Qxf6+ Kxf6
38. d8=Q+ $18) 37... Qe7 (37... Bg5 $1) 38. Qc7 Qe1+ $4 (38... Qd8 39. Qxb7 a5
40. f4 $16) 39. Bf1 $18 Kh6 40. Qf4+ Kg7 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qc7+
1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Fritz"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Ne5 Nc6 $5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 (10. Qxc6 Qxd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Qb5 Rab8 $15) (
10. Be3 Rb8 11. Rb1 (11. h3 Be6 12. Qe2 Rb4) (11. b3 c5 $5 12. Qxc5 Nd7 {
/\c7-c5}) 11... Be6 12. Qxc6 Ng4 13. Qc5 (13. d5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qd6 $1) 13...
Qd6 (13... f5 $5) 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Kd2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Giorgadze,G-Jansa,V/
Hamburg Wichern-op 1995/EXT 95op (21)}) 10... Nd5 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Qxc6 Qxd4 13.
Be3 Qb4 14. Bxg4 Qxg4 15. f4 f6 16. e6 (16. exf6 $2 Rxf6) (16. O-O $2 fxe5 17.
Qxc7 exf4 18. Rxf4 Rxf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc4 $17) 16... Rad8 17. O-O Rd6
18. Qxc7 Qxe6 19. Bxb6 Rd7 20. Rae1 Qxb6+ 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. f5 Kf7 23. Re6 Rb8
24. Rc6 Bh6 25. fxg6+ hxg6 26. Re1 Bf4 27. g3 Be5 28. Re2 Rbb7 29. Nb5 Rd5 30.
a4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Nc3 Ra1 33. Rc4 Rc1 34. Rc6 g5 35. Kf3 Bd4 36. Ke4 Rd7
37. Rd2 e5 38. h4 gxh4 39. gxh4 Rh1 40. Kf5 Rf1+ (40... Rxh4 $6 41. Rxf6+ Ke7
42. Re6+ Kf8 43. Rxb6 Rf4+ 44. Kg5 $11) 41. Kg4 Rd8 {Mit der Mattdrohung Tg8}
42. Rc7+ Ke6 $17 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rxb6 Rg8+ 45. Kh5 Kc8 46. Nd5 (46. Rxd4 exd4
47. Nb5 d3 $19) 46... Rh8+ 47. Kg6 Bxb6 48. Nxb6+ Kb7 49. Nd7 Rxh4 50. a5 Rd4
51. Nc5+ Kc6 52. Rc2 Kb5 53. a6 Rc4 54. Rxc4 Kxc4 55. b4 Kxb4 $4 (55... Kd5
$142 $1 56. Nd7 (56. a7 Ra1 $19) 56... Kc6 57. Nxf6 Rxf6+ $19) 56. Ne4 Ra1 57.
Kxf6 Ra5 58. a7 Kc4 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Kxe5 Re8+ 61. Kf5 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O (9. Be2) (9. Rd1) (9. Qb3) 9... a6 $5 (9... Nc6 10. h3 Bxf3
11. gxf3 Nb6 12. Qc5 f5 $13) (9... e5 $5 10. dxe5 Nc6 $10) (9... c6 $5 10. h3
b5 $5 11. Qe2 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qa5 $13 {Szabo-Uhlmann,Munich (ol)}) 10. h3 Bxf3
11. gxf3 b5 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. f4 $146 (13. h4 Nb6 $13) 13... Nb6 14. e5 Na5 15.
Qb4 Nac4 16. Bg2 c6 $1 17. Kb1 (17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. d5 (18. Bb7 Rc7 19. Bxa6 Nxb2
$1 20. Kxb2 Rxc3 $1 21. Bxb5 (21. Qxb5 Qc7 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. Rxc3 Na4+ $19) 21...
Nd5 22. Qa4 Qc7 $17) 18... Qc7 (18... Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nc4 20. Qc5 Na5 21. b4 $1
$16) 19. Kb1 (19. Bc5 Bh6 20. Bxe7 Bxf4+ 21. Kb1 Bxe5 $17) 19... e6 $44)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 (7...
a6) (7... Na6) (7... Bg4) 8. Be2 (8. Be3 Bg4 9. d5 (9. Be2 Bxf3 {/\e5=}) 9...
Bxf3 10. dxc6 b5 $1 $13) 8... Bg4 9. d5 Na5 $1 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 11. Qb3
c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 $5 $14) 10. Qb4 (10. Qa4 $143 Bxf3 (10...
c6 $4 11. e5 $1 $18) 11. Bxf3 (11. gxf3 c6 $15) 11... c6 12. O-O (12. b4 $2
Nxd5 $1 $17) 12... cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 $15 {Vaganian-Shamkovich/Rio de Janeiro
izt/1979}) (10. Qd3 $6 c6 11. b4 cxd5 12. bxa5 Nxe4 $1 $17) 10... Bxf3 (10...
c6 $4 11. e5 $1 $18) 11. Bxf3 b6 $2 (11... c6 12. O-O cxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 {
/\Se8-d6} 14. Re1) 12. O-O c6 13. Rd1 Qe8 (13... cxd5 14. e5 Nc6 15. Qf4 Nd7
16. Bxd5 Bxe5 17. Qa4 $18) 14. Be3 (14. e5 Nd7 (14... Nxd5 $2 $18) 15. Bg5 (15.
dxc6 $2 Nxe5) (15. d6 e6 $1) 15... e6 $13 (15... Nxe5 $13)) 14... Rc8 (14... c5
$2 15. Bxc5) 15. Be2 cxd5 $2 (15... c5 $142 16. Qb5 $16 {_|_}) 16. exd5 $2 (16.
Bb5 $1 Nc6 (16... Qd8 $2 17. e5 {/\18.Sd5+-}) (16... Rc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $16) 17.
Qa4 e6 18. Rac1 a6 $8 19. Qxa6) 16... Qd7 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. h3 Ne8 {Sax offered
a draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O c6 10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Nb6 11. Qc5 N8d7 12. Qa3 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Re8 14. f4 Qc7 15. Bd3 a5 16. h4 a4 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 c3 20. bxc3
Nc4 21. Qb4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rec8 23. e5 {1-0 Kakhiani,K-Claus,C/WchJW CHI/1990 
(33)}) 11. gxf3 b5 12. Qd3 (12. Qb3 a5 13. d5 a4 14. Qa3 Qa5 15. dxc6 b4 16.
Qxa4 Nxc6 17. Qxa5 Rxa5 18. Nb5 Rxa2 19. Rxd7 b3 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 $44
{Sosonko,G-Castro,O/Biel izt/1976/}) 12... Qa5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. f4 {
White immediatelly begins with building the strong center.} (15. Nc1 cxd4 16.
Nb3 Qh5 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Rg1 h6 20. f4 Qxe2 21. Bxe2 Nc6 22. e5
Nxd4 23. Rxd4 b3 24. axb3 Nxb3 25. Rb4 {Tukmakov,V-Lputian,S/URS-ch54 Minsk/
1987/1/2-1/2 (112)}) 15... Nc6 16. d5 b3 17. a3 (17. Qxb3 Rab8 $17) 17... Nb4
18. Qd2 (18. axb4 $4 Qa2+ 19. Kc1 Qxb2#) 18... Nb6 19. Nc1 Qa4 (19... Na4 20.
Nxb3 $18) 20. axb4 cxb4 (20... c4 21. e5 a5 22. b5 $18) 21. Qd3 Bxb2 (21...
Rac8 22. e5 Rxc1+ 23. Kxc1 Qa2 24. Qb1 Rc8+ 25. Kd2 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 $18) 22. Qa6 {
Shirov is very inventive in the attack, but white is on alert with his spare
piece.} (22. Kxb2 $2 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Rfc8 $1 24. Nxb3 Na4 (24... Rc3 25. Nc5 Na4
26. Nxa4 Qxa4 $13) 25. Bd4 Nc3+ 26. Bxc3 bxc3 $19) 22... Qa3 (22... Bg7 $5 23.
Bb5 Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Na4 25. Bd4 b2 (25... Nc3+ 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Nxb3 $18) 26.
Ne2 $16) 23. Bb5 Rfc8 (23... Bxc1 24. Bxc1 Qxa6 25. Bxa6 $18) 24. Qxa3 bxa3 25.
Nxb3 {This amounts to the refutation of black's ideas.} Rab8 26. Bc6 Nxd5 (
26... Nc4 27. Ka2 Nxe3 28. fxe3 $18) 27. exd5 (27. Bxd5 e6 28. Bxa7 Rb5 29.
Bxe6 fxe6 30. Ka2 $18) 27... Rxb3 28. Ka2 Rc3 (28... Rcb8 29. Bxa7 R8b4 30. Bc5
$18) 29. Rd2 e6 (29... Rc4 30. Bxa7 Rxf4 31. Bc5 $18) 30. Bd7 Rc1 31. Rxc1 (31.
Bxc8 Rxh1 32. dxe6 Ra1+ 33. Kb3 $18) 31... Rxc1 32. dxe6 Ra1+ 33. Kb3 Bf6 34.
Ra2 Rb1+ (34... Rxa2 35. Kxa2 Be7 36. Bxa7 $18) 35. Kc2 Rb2+ 36. Rxb2 axb2 37.
Bd4 $1 (37. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 38. e7 $18) 1-0

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Qd4 (12. Qb3 Nh5 (12... Qd7
13. h3 Rad8 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. f4 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Kc1 Nc6 18. e5 Nh5 19.
Bg4 Qa8 20. Bxh5 gxh5 21. Rg1 Ne7 22. Ne4 b6 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qxf7 {Karolyi,
T-Gutman,L/Brussels OHRA-B/1986/1-0 (44)}) 13. h4 c6 14. Kf1 Qc8 15. Rd1 Kh8
16. Kg2 f5 17. f4 Ng4 18. e5 Bh6 19. Kf3 Qc7 20. Rd6 Rae8 21. Qd1 Bxf4 22. Bxf4
Nxf4 23. Kxf4 Nxf2 24. Qd4 Nxh1 {Lobo,N-London,D/New York op/1986/0-1 (42)}) (
12. Qb5 Nh5 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qd5 Qf6 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. Qd2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Nxf3
18. Rd5 c6 19. Rc5 Nd4 20. Qc4 Nb5 21. e5 Qf5 22. e6 Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1
Nxc3 {Bareev,E-Balashov,Y/URS-FL Irkutsk/1986/0.5}) 12... Nfd7 (12... Qxd4 13.
Bxd4 Nc6 $1 (13... Nh5 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. O-O Nd3 16. Nd5 c6 17. Bxd3 cxd5 18.
exd5 Rxd5 19. Be4 Rb5 20. a4 Rb4 21. Bc5 Rxb2 {Gurevich,M-Ristic,Nen/Rilton
Cup/1987/0.5}) 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Rc1 (15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Rd8+ 17. Kc1 Nd4
$10) 15... Nd4 16. Nb5 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 c6 18. Be2 Nh5 $10 {Gurevich,M-Romanishin,
O/Lvov/1987/}) 13. O-O-O Nb6 (13... g5 $2 14. Qd2 h6 15. h4 $16) 14. f4 Ned7 (
14... Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nb5 $14) 15. e5 Qh4 16. Qe4 c6 (16...
Bh6 17. Rhg1 $14) 17. Qg2 f5 $6 {Strategically wrong, since it helps white to
turn his double edged pawn structure f4-e5 into superpower and g6 pawn becomes
weak.} (17... Bh6 18. Qg3 $1 Qe7 19. h4 $16) (17... Rad8 $5 18. Qg3 Qe7 19. h4
$14) 18. Qg3 Qe7 (18... Qxg3 19. hxg3 $16) 19. h4 Rfd8 20. h5 g5 {This is no
way to break the enemy's pawn structure. Black is admitting to have lost the
fight.} (20... Nf8 $2 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Bc4+ $18) (20... Qf7 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 $16) 21. h6 Bf8 (21... Bh8 22. Rh5 $18) 22. Rdg1 Kh8 (22...
g4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. Qxg4+ Kf7 25. Qg8+ Ke8 26. Rg7 $18) 23. Qxg5 Qe6 (23...
Qxg5 24. Rxg5 Re8 25. Rxf5 $18) 24. Bd3 Nxe5 25. Bxf5 Nd3+ 26. Kb1 (26. Bxd3
Rxd3 27. Re1 $18) 26... Qf7 27. Bxd3 (27. Bxd3 Rxd3 28. Qe5+) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Holmsten, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 (10. dxe5 Bxf3 11. exf6 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qxf6 $11) (10.
Nxe5 $5 Bxe2 11. Kxe2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Kxe3 c6 15. Rad1 $14)
10... Bxf3 11. dxc6 (11. gxf3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c6 14. Rd1 Re8 $13) (
11. Bxf3 Nd4 $1 12. Nb5 c5 $11) 11... Bxg2 12. cxb7 Bxh1 (12... Rb8 13. Rg1 Bh3
14. Qa6 $16) 13. bxa8=Q Qxa8 14. f3 Bg2 (14... Rb8 $2 15. Kf2 Bxf3 16. Kxf3
Rxb2 17. Qxc7 $16) 15. Qxc7 {White has a pawn majority on the queenside, so
endings could be quite dangerous for black.} a5 16. Na4 (16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Qxe5
Ng4 18. Qg5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb8 20. Nd5 $14) 16... Nh5 (16... Rc8 17. Qe7 (17.
Qxe5 $2 Ng4 18. Qg5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qb8 $17) 17... Re8 18. Qc5 Bf8 $13) 17. Nb6
Qb8 (17... Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 $14) 18. Qxb8 Rxb8 19. Nc4 (19. Rd1 Nf4
20. b3 Bh3 (20... Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Bh3 22. Rd5 $16) 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Nd5 $14) 19...
Nf4 (19... a4 20. Nb6 a3 21. bxa3 $14) 20. Rd1 Bh3 (20... Nxe2 21. Kxe2 Bh3 22.
b3 a4 23. bxa4 Rc8 24. Nb6 $16) 21. Bf1 (21. b3 Ng2+ 22. Kf2 Nxe3 23. Kxe3 Be6
24. Nxa5 Ra8 25. b4 $14) 21... Be6 (21... Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Ne6 23. Rd7 $14) 22.
Nxa5 {[%mdl 4096] Black will have to fight against one of the marching pawns,
his position is not sweet.} Bf6 (22... Rxb2 $2 23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Bc5 Rb1+ 25.
Kf2 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Bh3+ 27. Kf2 Ne6 28. Bxf8 $1 Nxd8 29. Be7 Ne6 30. Nc6 $18) (
22... Bxa2 23. b4 $16) 23. b3 Ra8 24. Bb6 Bh4+ (24... Rb8 25. Ba7 Ra8 26. Nc6
$16) 25. Kd2 Bd8 (25... Bf2 26. Bxf2 Rxa5 27. a4 Bxb3 28. Rb1 Bxa4 (28... Be6
29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Bb5 $16) 29. Rb8+ Kg7 30. Bb6 Bb5 31. Bxa5 Bxf1 32. Bc7 $16)
26. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 27. Kc2 Ra8 (27... Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Kf8 29. a4 $18) 28. b4 Bxa2 29.
Nc6 f6 (29... Be6 30. Nxe5 Ra2+ 31. Kc3 $16) 30. b5 Bf7 31. b6 (31. b6 Ra2+ 32.
Kb1 Ra3 33. Na5 $1 Ra4 (33... Rxa5 34. b7) 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.06.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Karpov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
Nc6 8. Be2 Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 (11. Rd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13.
Rxd4 Nd7 14. Rd2 Ne5 15. Qb3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qg5 {0-1 Borsi,I-Mohr,S/Eger op
Agria/1986/ (25)}) 11... Nd4 12. Bd1 (12. Bxd4 $2 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
$2 Re8 $19) (12. O-O-O Nd7 (12... Ne8 13. Kb1 (13. h4 Nd6 14. Qd3 c5 15. h5 g5
16. h6 Bf6 17. Rh5 Kh8 18. Kb1 Rg8 {Goldberg,G-Rudakovsky,I/URS-ch14/1945/})
13... Nd6 14. Qd3 c5 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa6 Rb8 17. Na4 Rb5 18. Bxd4 exd4 19.
Rc1 d3 20. Rhd1 Qf6 21. Rd2 Rfb8 22. Rxc6 Rxb2+ 23. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 24. Kc1 Qf4+ {
0-1 Sapi,L-Lechtynsky,J/Berlin op (04)/1988/}) 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. Qd3 Nxf3 15.
gxf3 Qf6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. d6 Na8 18. Kb1 Nxc7 19. dxc7 $10 {Byrne,R-Byrne,D/
USA-ch/1963/}) 12... b5 $5 (12... c6 $5 13. dxc6 Rc8 14. O-O Rxc6 15. Qa4 Ra6
16. Qc4 Rc6 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Bd8 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22.
Nxb4 Rb6 23. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Corral Blanco,J-Malisauskas,V/Oviedo 25' (10)/1993/ 
(32)}) 13. Nxb5 (13. Qd3 c5 14. O-O c4 15. Qb1 b4 16. Ne2 Nd7 $17 {
Wachtel-Gurevich,I/Las Vegas/1992/}) (13. Qb4 $5 {Karpov}) (13. Qc5 $6 {Karpov}
) 13... Nxe4 (13... Nxb5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4 15. Bc2 Nd6 16. Qc6 f5 $132) 14. O-O (
14. Nxc7 $2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Nd6 16. Qc3 N6b5 17. Nxb5 Rxc3 18. Nxc3 Qb6 19. b3 f5
$17) (14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qg5 16. O-O Nd2 $17) 14... a6 (14... Nd6 {Karpov}
15. Nxd6 cxd6) (14... Nxb5 {Karpov}) 15. Nc3 (15. Nxd4 $5 exd4 16. Bxd4 Nd2 17.
Qc3 Bxd4 18. Qxd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 Ra7 $14) (15. Nxc7 Rc8 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. Qc3 N6b5
18. Nxb5 Rxc3 19. Nxc3 f5 $15) 15... Nd6 16. Qd3 (16. Qc5 {Karpov} N6f5 17. Rc1
Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 $132) 16... Qh4 (16... N6f5 {Karpov}) 17. g3 (17. f4 Rfe8 $10
) 17... Qh3 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne2 {x Pd4} Qf5 (19... Nf5 $6 {Karpov} 20. Nf4
Qh6 21. Bg4 $36) 20. Nf4 (20. Qxf5 Nxf5 21. Rc1 Rab8 $15) 20... Rfb8 21. Qxf5
Nxf5 22. Nd3 Bh6 23. Re1 a5 24. Bg4 (24. Bf3 $1 Ra6 25. Re2) (24. Ba4 $6 {
Karpov} Ra6 25. Re2 Rd6 26. Rc2 Ne7 $1 27. Rxc7 Nxd5 28. Ra7 Nb4 $1 $132) 24...
Nd6 25. Re2 a4 $2 {/\ 26...a3 27.b3 Nb5-c3} (25... Re8 $142 26. Rc2 Re7 $14)
26. a3 $1 {xa4} Ra5 27. Rc2 (27. Bf3 $6 {Karpov} Rb3 28. Rd1 Nc4 {/\ Rab5} 29.
Rc2 Rxd3 $1 30. Rxd3 Ne5 31. Be2 Nxd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd5 33. Rxc7) 27... Rxd5 (27...
Rb7 28. Bd7 $1 Ne4 29. Re1 $16) 28. Rxc7 Ra5 (28... Rb7 29. Rxb7 Nxb7 30. Bf3
Rb5 31. Bc6 Rb3 32. Rd1 $16) 29. Bf3 Bg5 30. Rd1 (30. Re1 {Karpov /\ Bf3-d1}
Rb3 $1) 30... Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Nxc8 32. h4 Bf6 (32... Bh6 33. Nb4 (33. Re1 {Karpov
}) 33... Bg7 34. Rc1 $16) 33. Rc1 Nd6 (33... Nb6 $5 34. Rc6 Nd7 35. Rd6 $14)
34. Kf1 Be7 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Rc7 Bf6 37. Kd2 h5 38. Ke2 Nf5 (38... Kg7 39. Nc5
Kf8 40. Kd3 Be7 41. Bd1 $16) (38... Bd8 {Karpov} 39. Rc5 Rxc5 40. Nxc5 Nc4 41.
Nxa4 Bf6 42. Bd5 $1 (42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Ke4 d3 $132) 42... d3+ 43. Kxd3 Nxb2+ 44.
Nxb2 Bxb2 45. a4 Be5 46. a5 Bc7 47. a6 Bb6 48. f4 $18 {/\ Kd3-c4-b5-c6-b7}) 39.
Rc4 Nd6 40. Rb4 Ra6 (40... Ke7 41. Bc6 $16) 41. Nc5 Ra7 (41... Ra5 42. Nd7+ Ke7
43. Nxf6 Kxf6 44. Rxd4 $16) 42. Kd3 (42. Rxa4 $1 {Karpov} Rxa4 (42... Rc7 43.
Nd3 $1 Rc2+ 44. Kd1) 43. Nxa4 Nc4 44. Bd5 $1 d3+ 45. Kxd3 Nxb2+ 46. Nxb2 Bxb2
47. a4 $18) 42... Rc7 43. Nxa4 Rc1 44. Nb6 {/\ Nb6-d7+-:f6, R:d4} Bg7 (44...
Rf1 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. Nxf6 Kxf6 47. Rxd4 $16) 45. a4 Ra1 (45... Rf1 46. a5 $1
Rxf2 47. Bc6 (47. Bd5 {Karpov} Bh6 {/\ 48...Rd2 matt!} 48. Kxd4 Bd2 49. Ra4 Be1
50. Kc5 Ke7 51. b3 Rc2+ 52. Nc4 (52. Bc4 $2 Nb7+ 53. Kb5 Nxa5 54. Rxa5 Bxa5 55.
Kxa5 Rg2 $132) 52... Bxg3 53. a6 Bf2+ 54. Kc6 Ba7 55. Ra1 $16 {/\ Ra1-e1+})
47... Rf1 48. a6 Ra1 49. Ra4 $18) 46. Nd7+ Ke8 47. Nc5 Ke7 48. Kc2 (48. Bd5 $5
{Karpov} Rc1 49. Nb3 Rf1) 48... Rf1 49. Nd3 Ra1 50. Kb3 {/\ Rb4-b6-c6-c1 +-} f5
{/\ Nd6-e4 <=>} 51. Rb6 Bh6 52. Bd5 (52. Ra6 $1 Ne4 (52... g5 53. hxg5 Bxg5 54.
Bxh5 $18) (52... Bd2 53. Kc2 $1 Bh6 (53... Be1 $2 54. Bd1 $1 $18) 54. a5 $18)
53. Rxg6) 52... g5 53. Ra6 {/\ Ra6-a7-h7-h5} (53. hxg5 Bxg5 {/\ h5-h4}) 53...
gxh4 54. gxh4 Rd1 55. Bc4 (55. Kc2 $2 {Karpov} Rd2+ $19) 55... Rh1 (55... Nxc4
56. Kxc4 Bf8 57. a5 $18) 56. a5 Rxh4 (56... Rxh4 57. Bd5 Rh3 (57... Bd2 58.
Ra7+ Kf6 59. a6) (57... Rg4 58. Ra7+ Kf6 59. a6 Nb5 60. Rf7+ Kg6 61. Rd7) 58.
Kc2 Rh2 {Karpov} (58... h4 59. Rb6 Rh2 60. a6 $18) 59. Ra7+ Kf6 (59... Kd8 60.
a6 Be3 61. Rh7 Nb5 62. Bc6 Nc7 63. a7 Bxf2 64. Rd7+ Kc8 65. Rxc7+ Kxc7 66. a8=Q
) 60. a6 Kg6 61. Rd7 Nb5 62. Bc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Pierrot, Juan Facundo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qb3 e5 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qc2 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 c6 15. O-O Qe7 {Black should have fair chances to keep balance despite
white's kingside majority.} 16. Be2 Rfd8 17. f4 Nb6 (17... Nc5 18. Bf3 (18. b4
$2 Nxe4 $1 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Bd3 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. Rd1 h6 24.
Bxa7 Qxe4 $15) 18... b6 (18... Bf5 19. Bf2 Bd7 20. Nd5 cxd5 21. Bxc5 Qf6 22.
exd5 $16) 19. e5 Bf5 20. Ne4 $14) 18. Bf2 Rxd1 (18... Qb4 19. f5 gxf5 20. exf5
Bc4 $11) 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. b3 (20. Rd3 Re8 21. Rd1 Rd8 $11) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1
(21. Bxd1 Qb4 22. Ne2 h6 23. Ng3 Bd4 $11) 21... Qd8 22. Ne3 (22. f5 gxf5 23.
exf5 Bd7 24. Ne3 Qf6 $13) 22... Bd4 23. g3 (23. f5 gxf5 (23... Bd7 24. Qd3 c5
25. Ng4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 h5 27. Ne5 Qh4+ 28. Qg3 Qxe4 29. fxg6 $14) 24. exf5 Bd5
25. Qd3 Qf6 26. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Nxd5 $11) 23... a5 24. Kg2 (24. Ng4 Bxf2+
25. Kxf2 Qd4+ 26. Kg2 a4 $11) 24... Qd6 25. Qd2 Qc5 26. f5 Bd7 (26... gxf5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 $2 28. Nxf5 Bxf2 29. Qg5+ $1 Kf8 30. Qd8#) 27. f6 Qb4 28. Qd3 $6 {
Onischuk should have tried his luck in the very pleasant endgame after 28.Qxb4.
} (28. Qxb4 axb4 29. Nd1 c5 (29... Bxf2 30. Nxf2 Be6 31. g4 g5 32. Nd3 Nd7 33.
e5 c5 34. Bf3 b5 35. Bc6 c4 36. Bxd7 Bxd7 37. bxc4 bxc4 38. Nxb4 Bxg4 39. Kf2
$16) 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Kf3 Bc6 32. Kf4 Nd7 33. Nf2 (33. e5 $2 h6 34. h4 Nc5 $11
) 33... h6 34. g4 g5+ (34... Nxf6 35. Ke5 Nh7 36. Kxd4 $16) 35. Kf5 $16) 28...
Qc5 29. Bf3 h5 30. Qd2 Bc3 (30... Qb4 31. Qxb4 axb4 32. g4 Bxf6 33. gxh5 gxh5
34. Bxh5 Bd4 $14) 31. Nf1 Qb4 (31... Qb5 32. Qc2 (32. Qxc3 Bh3+ 33. Kxh3 Qxf1+
34. Bg2 Qxf2 $17) 32... Nc8 (32... Bxf6 33. Be2 Qb4 34. Bc5 $18) 33. Qxc3 Bh3+
34. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 35. Bg2 Qxf2 36. Qe5 Kh7 37. Qc7 Qxf6 38. Qxc8 $16) 32. Qd3 c5
33. Qd6 (33. a3 Qb5 34. Qxc3 Bh3+ 35. Kxh3 Qxf1+ 36. Bg2 Qxf2 37. Qe5 Nd7 38.
Qf4 Qd4 $15) 33... Bd4 34. e5 Bxf2 35. Kxf2 c4 36. Qb8+ $2 (36. Bxb7 cxb3 37.
axb3 Qxb3 38. Nd2 Qb4 39. Qxb4 axb4 40. Ke3 $14) 36... Kh7 37. Qxb7 $6 {
Two mistakes have turned the tables, white will experience enormous problems
just to slow down black's a pawn.} (37. Bxb7 cxb3 38. axb3 Be6 (38... Qxb3 $2
39. Qf8 $18) 39. Qd6 Bxb3 40. Nd2 Bd5 41. Qxb4 axb4 42. Bxd5 Nxd5 43. Kf3 $11)
37... cxb3 38. axb3 Be6 (38... Qxb3 39. Ne3 Be6 $17) 39. Ne3 Bxb3 (39... Qxb3
40. Be2 a4 41. Bd1 Qb2+ 42. Nc2 a3 43. Qe7 Qxe5 44. Qxa3 (44. Nxa3 Qd4+ 45. Ke1
Nd5 $19) 44... Nc4 45. Qd3 Qxf6+ $17) 40. g4 (40. Be2 Be6 41. Qb8 Nd7 $17)
40... hxg4 41. Nxg4 (41. Bxg4 Qf4+ 42. Bf3 Qd4 $17) 41... Be6 42. Kg3 Nd7 43.
Qxb4 axb4 {White is lost, since his pawn structure is too exposed.} 44. Kf4 b3
45. Be4 Bxg4 46. Kxg4 Nxe5+ 47. Kg5 b2 48. h4 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Nagykanizsa 1st"]
[Site "Nagykanizsa"]
[Date "2003.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Flumbort, Andras"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qxe7 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Gyimesi is trying to improve for white in a variation, that is quite
irritating for white. Black's concept with 12...Qb6 had brought him reasonable
success in the past.} (13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Rd1 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Be2 Qb4
17. a3 Qb3 18. Qxb3 Nxb3 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. Be3 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 b6 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Sutovsky,E/Batumi 2001/ (68)}) (14. Be2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qb4
16. Be3 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxc5 Qxb2 20. Bf3 b6 21. Qxe7 Rfe8
22. Qd7 Red8 23. Qc7 Qxa2 24. e5 {1-0 Bareev,E-Lalic,B/Jahorina 2003/ (50)})
14... Qxb2 15. Rfc1 Bxc3 16. Rab1 b5 (16... Nb6 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 19.
Rd1 cxd5 20. exd5 Be5 21. Bg4 Bd6 22. Qb5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Vokarev,S/Togliatti
2003/ (43)}) 17. Rxb2 bxa4 18. Rxc3 cxd5 19. exd5 Rac8 20. Rbc2 Nb6 21. Rc7
Nac4 22. Rxe7 Nxe3 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Rxe3 Rd8 25. h4 Nb6 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Re7 {
1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Mirumian,V/Olomouc 1998/ (27)}) (13. Qxb6 axb6 14. dxc6 bxc6
15. Rb1 Rfd8 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Be3 b5 18. Rfc1 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. b3 Ra3 21.
Kf1 Ne5 {0-1 Kaspi,A-Sutovsky,E/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/ (66)}) 13... Nc4 (13...
Rfe8 14. Qa3 Nc4 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Ne5 17. Be2 $16) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bf4 (
15. a3 a5 16. Na4 Qb5 17. Nc3 Qb6 $11) 15... Rfe8 16. Qc7 Qxc7 17. Bxc7 Nd7 {
Black has many possibilities in this phase and counterplay against b2
promisses good chances for the equality.} (17... Rac8 18. Bg3 Nxb2 19. Rab1 Nc4
20. Rfd1 Nh5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Rb4 Nb6 $13) 18. Rad1 (18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Bf4 Nc5
$11) 18... Nde5 (18... Nc5 $5 19. e5 (19. Bd6 Ne6 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22.
Be4 Rad8 $11) 19... Ne6 20. Bxc6 Nxc7 21. f4 Nxb2 22. Rd2 Nc4 23. Rd7 $11) 19.
Na4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nxb2 (20... Bxb2 21. Nxb2 Nxb2 22. Rd7 $14) 21. Nxb2 Bxb2
22. Rd7 Ba3 (22... c5 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. Rb7 f5 25. e5 f4 26. Bd6 $14) 23. Rb1 Re7
24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. Rb7 a5 {Black sits in an endgame, that is uncomfortable due
to very active white pieces.} (25... Bc5 26. Be5 (26. Bf4 Re8 27. Be3 Bxe3 28.
fxe3 a5 29. Kf2 Re5 $11) 26... Re8 27. Bf6 Bb6 28. Kf1 c5 29. Ke2 c4 30. Bc3
$14) 26. Kf1 a4 27. Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Bc5 29. Kc4 $6 (29. Bg3 Rd8+ 30. Kc4 Be7
31. Ra7 $14) 29... Ba7 $2 {It is not easy to guess what made both players
ignore the move 29...Bxf2. Flumbort's retreat is very passive, indeed suicidal.
} (29... Bxf2 30. Bd6+ Kg8 31. Rc7 Ra6 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Kxc5 Ra5+ 34. Kxc6 Rh5
35. Ra7 Rxh2 36. Rxa4 $11) 30. Bg3 $1 Kg7 31. Rb4 (31. Rb4 Rd8 32. Rxa4 Rd4+
33. Kb3 Rxa4 34. Kxa4 $16) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Na5 10. Qa4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O b5 13. Qb4 a6 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Rad1 c5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Rc8 18. Qa7 Nc4 19. d6 exd6 20. Qxa6 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Qd7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc6 Qd8 24. Bd5 Rb6 25. Qa7 Nxe5 26. Rfe1 Nc6 27.
Qa3 Qf6 28. Qb3 Ne7 29. Bf3 Rc8 30. Re3 Rc4 31. g3 Nf5 32. Red3 Kg7 33. Bd5 Rc5
34. a4 Qd8 35. Rb1 Qf6 36. axb5 Rcxb5 37. Qxb5 Rxb5 38. Rxb5 {[#] Der weiße
Vorteil stützt sich auf den Umstand, den Bd6 doppelt direkt und mit dem
Läuferangriff auf den Springer ein weiteres Mal indirekt angreifen zu können.}
Qe5 39. Rb1 h5 40. h4 Qe2 41. Rbd1 Qe5 42. Bf3 Qc5 43. Bd5 Ne7 44. Bg2 Nf5 45.
Bh3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Rh3f5]} Nh6 46. Re3 {Umgruppierung der Türme mit dem Ziel,
dem Hintermann die Deckung des Bc3 zuzuweisen.} Qc7 47. Rd4 Qc5 48. Red3 Qe5
49. Kf1 Ng8 50. Rxd6 Nf6 51. R6d4 Qb5 (51... Ne4 52. Re3 f5 53. Bg2 Qb5+ 54. c4
Qb1+ 55. Re1 Qb6 56. Rd7+ Kf6 57. Bxe4 fxe4 58. Rxe4 $18) 52. c4 Qb7 53. Bg2
Qb1+ 54. Rd1 Qc2 55. Bf3 Ng8 56. Re1 Nh6 57. Rf4 Nf5 58. Rd1 Kh6 59. Rd7 f6 60.
Re4 {[%cal Re4e8,Re8h8]} g5 61. hxg5+ Kxg5 62. Rd5 Kg6 63. Rf4 Qb1+ (63... Qc1+
64. Rd1 Qc2 65. Bxh5+ Kxh5 66. Rd5 $18) 64. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Nd2 {A continuation, taken out from the past. It was played at the
dawn of the Smyslov System, in the 1948 World Championship, when Botvinnik
opposed the author of the system. And now it re-emerges in modern practice.}
Na6 (9... Nb6 {looks more natural:} 10. Qc5 {is the modern approach. Quite
surprisingly, several correspondence games have shown that Black faces some
problems in that case:} (10. Qd3 {was played by Botvinnik, and that is
harmless, indeed:} c6 (10... f5 $5 11. f3 fxe4 12. Ndxe4 (12. fxe4 $2 Nc6 13.
Nb3 a5 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Ne5 16. Qc3 Nec4 $36 17. Bf2 {1-0 (26) Vokoun,
J-Skacel,B Harrachov 1970} Rxf2 $1 18. Kxf2 e5 $40) 12... Bf5 $11) (10... Nc6
11. Nb3 (11. d5 $5 Ne5 12. Qc2 $13) 11... a5 12. a4 Nb4 (12... f5 $1 $36) 13.
Qd2 c6 14. Rc1 Be6 15. Nc5 Bc4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qc7 18. O-O Rfd8 $11 {
1/2 (26) Fredouille,P-Chaude de Silans,C Besancon 1949}) 11. f3 $6 (11. h3 $5
Be6 12. Be2 Na6 13. a3 f5 $132) 11... Be6 12. Rd1 Na6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Qc2 Bxd4
$15 {Botvinnik} (14... Nc7 $143 15. Nb3 Bc4 16. Be2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rad8 18. O-O
Qe6 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Kh1 Nd7 21. Nb3 $14 {1/2 (79) Botvinnik,M-Smyslov,V The
Hague/Moscow 1948 MainBase [Schluricke]})) 10... c6 11. h3 $5 (11. f3 $143 Be6
12. O-O-O f5 13. e5 N8d7 14. Qa3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. h4 h6 17. Nb1 Nb6 18.
Nc3 Be6 19. Kb1 Qd7 20. Bd3 Nd5 $13 {1/2 (57) Bukavshin,I (2655)-Svidler,P 
(2739) Chita RUS 2015}) 11... Be6 12. Be2 Qd6 (12... a5 13. Rd1 Nc8 14. d5 cxd5
15. exd5 Bf5 16. O-O Na6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Nxd6 exd6
21. Qb5 Qd7 22. Qb3 $14 {1-0 (37) Jarabinsky,M (2164)-Rovchakov,V (2020)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) 13. Nb3 N8d7 14. Qxd6 exd6 15. Na5 Rab8 16. Bf4
Nc8 17. Rd1 f5 18. Bh2 f4 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bxf4 Be4 22. Nxe4 Rxf4
23. f3 Bxb2 24. Nc4 $14 {1-0 (52) Ivanov,V (2271)-Schenning,A (2084)
Lechenicher SchachServer 2012}) {Since the text move is even less convincing,
the ball is in Black's court in this line.} 10. h3 $146 (10. f3 {is less
appropriate but even then Black can hardly equalise:} Nb6 (10... c5 $5 {
[%cal Rd7b6]} 11. d5 $1 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bd7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. O-O $14) 11. Qb3 Be6
(11... Bc8 12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Ne2 $14) 12. d5 Bd7 13. a4 (13. Rd1 $5) 13... e6
$1 (13... c6 14. a5 cxd5 15. exd5 Nc8 16. Qxb7 Nc7 17. Nde4 $14) 14. a5 exd5
15. exd5 Re8 16. Nce4 Ba4 17. Rxa4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 f5 19. Bb5 fxe4 20. Bxe8 Qxe8
21. Qxe8+ Rxe8 22. fxe4 Bxb2 23. Ke2 Bc3 {1/2 (28) Van den Broeck,H-Witkowski,
S Munich 1958} 24. Nc4 $1 $14) 10... Nb6 11. Qb3 Be6 (11... Bc8 12. Nf3 $14 {
- one of the reasons why h2-h3 is better than f2-f3.}) 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bxa6 (13.
a4 $5) 13... bxa6 14. O-O $14 {Black's bishop pair doesn't fully compensate
for the destruction of his pawn structure.} c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Qc7 17.
Rac1 Qb7 $6 (17... Rab8 $5) 18. Qb4 Rab8 19. Nb3 Qa8 20. Qxe7 Rfe8 21. Qg5 h6
22. Qg3 Na4 (22... Bxe4 23. Nc5 {with strong pressure.}) 23. Nd5 Nxb2 24. Rd2
Bxd5 25. exd5 {Black has regained the pawn but his doubled a-pawns are of
little value so White is almost a pawn up anyway.} Rbc8 26. Nc5 Re4 (26... Na4
27. d6 Nxc5 28. Rxc5 {is hopeless, too.}) 27. d6 Rc4 28. Rb1 R8xc5 29. Bxc5 $18
Qe4 30. Rf1 $6 {White starts playing too cautiously, missing decisive
continuations several times.} (30. d7 $142 Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 Bf6 (31... Rxc5 32.
d8=Q+ Kh7 33. Rd7 Rc1 34. Qf4 $18) 32. d8=Q+ Bxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 $18)
30... Rxc5 31. d7 Bf6 32. Rxb2 $2 {This knight is out of play; it was more
important to eliminate the bishop:} (32. d8=Q+ Bxd8 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. Qd6 Rg5
35. g4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd6f6]}) 32... Rg5 $132 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. g3 $2 (34. Qb7 $5
{was already too difficult to find under time pressure. White has a decisive
advantage, e.g.} Qd4 35. Rbb1 Rd5 36. Qb3 $1 ({but not} 36. Rbd1 Qxd1 37. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 38. Kh2 Bd8 39. Qxa7 $140 Rd6 {, and White can hardly win.}) 36... Qc5
37. Rfd1 Bd4 38. Rd2 Rxd7 39. Rbd1 $18 {[%cal Rb3a4]}) 34... Qd4 35. Rb4 $2 (
35. Rb7 $142 {with the following possible line:} h5 (35... Be5 36. d8=Q Rxg3+
37. Kh2 Rd3+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. f3 Qe2+ 40. Rf2) 36. Rc1 $1 (36. h4 $2 Be5) 36...
h4 37. g4 $1 Rxg4+ 38. hxg4 Qxg4+ 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. d8=Q Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf3+ 42.
Kg1 Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qxc1+ 44. Ke2 Bxd8 45. Qxd8 {with good winning chances for
White. Of course, no one can calculate such a line over the board.}) 35... Qxd7
{The most dangerous pawn has fallen, White's king is unsafe; not surprisingly,
White fails to convert his remaining material advantage.} 36. h4 Rf5 37. Rbb1
Qd2 38. Rbd1 Qxa2 39. Qxa7 Qc4 40. Qe3 a5 41. Qd3 Qxd3 42. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. O-O-O a6 {A rare move but its idea is logical: ...b7-b5 etc.
attacking the white king. The most popular continuations are:} (9... Nb6) ({and
} 9... Nc6) ({praxis has also seen} 9... c6) (9... e5) ({and even} 9... Na6)
10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Qb3 c5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (12... Nc6 {is probably too
slow:} 13. h4 (13. f4 $5 Nb6 14. e5 Na5 15. Qb4 Nac4 16. Bg2 c6 $1 17. Bxc6 (
17. Kb1 {1/2 Sosonko,G (2575)-Dzindzichashvili,R (2550)/Tilburg 1978/MCL/
[Ftacnik]}) 17... Rc8 18. d5 (18. Bb7 Rc7 19. Bxa6 Nxb2 $1 20. Kxb2 Rxc3 $1)
18... Qc7 19. Kb1 e6 {L.Ftacnk} 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Ne4 Na5 22. Bd7 Rc4 23. Qd6 {
- White keeps serious pressure.}) 13... Nb6 14. e5 Na5 15. Qb4 Nac4 16. Bxc4 (
16. h5 $142 $1 $36) 16... Nxc4 17. f4 Qd7 18. h5 c6 19. f5 $6 Qxf5 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Qxe7 c5 $132 {1-0 Gulko,B (2435)-Tseshkovsky,V (2545)/Leningrad 1974/
URS-ch (35)}) (12... e6 $5 13. h4 (13. d5 $5) 13... c5 14. dxc5 Qe7 15. Kb1 Rc8
16. Rc1 Nxc5 17. Qd1 Nbd7 18. Bg2 Rc7 19. f4 Rac8 20. h5 Nb6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22.
e5 Nc4 $13 {1/2 Traito,K-Epishin,V (2400)/Leningrad 1987/EXT 2002 (33)}) 13.
dxc5 e6 14. f4 (14. h4 {leads to Traito-Epishin. Levon Aronian is trying
another plan.}) 14... Qe7 15. Rd6 (15. Qa3 Nc6 {[%cal Rb5b4]}) 15... Rc8 16. e5
Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Kb1 Rc8 {[%cal Ya8a7,Ya7c7]} (18... Ra7 19. Bg2 Rac7 20.
Rhd1 {[%cal Rd6d8]}) (18... Nd7 $5 19. Bg2 Rac8 20. Rxa6 Qh4 $132) 19. h4 (19.
Bg2 $5 Ra7 20. h4) 19... Qb7 20. Rg1 Qf3 21. Bg2 $2 {Giving up material, after
which White must fight for survival.} (21. Nd5 $6 Qxb3 22. Ne7+ Kh8 $1 (22...
Kf8 $4 23. Nxc8 $18) 23. axb3 Rf8 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) (21. Qc2 $1 {was a hidden
way to indirectly protect everything:} Bf8 $1 (21... Qxf4 $6 22. Nd5 $1 Rxc2
23. Rd8+ Bf8 24. Nxf4 Rxf2 25. Nd3 Rh2 26. Bg2 $16) (21... Ra7 22. Qd2 $14) 22.
Bg2 Qg4 $1 23. Rd3 (23. Qc1 Ra7 24. Qe3 $5 Bxd6 25. Qxa7 Bb4 $13) 23... Ra7 24.
Ne4 $1 Rxc2 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxg4 Rc8 27. h5 $36) 21... Qxf2 22. Qd1 Ra7 23.
Ne4 Qxh4 24. Qd4 {Of course, White has some compensation for 2 sacrificed
pawns but it is hardly enough to keep the balance.} Rac7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. exf6
Rf8 27. b3 Qh5 28. Rd1 Qf5+ 29. Ka1 h5 30. Rd8 Rc8 31. Rd6 a5 $6 {Black's best
winning chance was to exchange queens:} (31... Qc2 {[%cal Yc2c3] or even}) (
31... Kh7 32. Be4 (32. Bb7 Rc7) 32... Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 {[%cal Yh7h6,Yh5h4]})
32. Bb7 $1 Rce8 (32... Rc7 33. Rd8) 33. Re1 b4 34. Kb2 Qh3 (34... h4 $5 {
was the only possibility to make progress. If White removes his rook from e1,
Black can push ...e6-e5.}) 35. Re5 a4 36. Qxb4 axb3 37. axb3 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Rxd8
39. Re2 $2 (39. Qe7 Qd3 40. Rd5 exd5 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qxb8 Qd2+ $11) 39... Qf5
$2 {Returning the favour.} (39... Qd3 $17 40. Rc2 $140 Nd7 $1 41. Rd2 $2 Nc5 $1
) 40. Qe7 Qd3 41. Rc2 Qd4+ 42. Ka2 h4 43. Rc7 Qd2+ 44. Ka3 (44. Ka3 Qa5+ 45.
Kb2 Qd2+ $11 (45... Rd2+ $4 46. Kc1)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kazan FIDE GP (Women) 4th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2012.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be2 Nfd7 9. Be3 Nb6 10. Qd3 {An old fashioned move; Black faces more problems
after 10.Qc5.} Nc6 ({It is possible to chose the positional way} 10... Bxf3 11.
gxf3 e6 12. h4 Nc6 13. O-O-O Qd7 14. h5 Rfd8 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. e5 Nb4 17. Qe4
Qc6 18. Kb1 N6d5 19. Rc1 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxe4+ 21. fxe4 c5 22. Nb5 cxd4 23. exd4
Nc6 24. Rcd1 {1/2 Kotov,A-Smyslov,V/Parnu 1947/MCL (31)}) ({Or a direct attack
on the centre:} 10... f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O e5 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Rfd1 Nec8 16. Bh6 Qe7 17. Bxg7 Qxg7 18. a4 Nd6 19. a5 Nd7 20. Qe3 a6 21. Rac1
Rae8 22. Na4 e4 23. Nd4 Ne5 24. Nc5 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Nde6 Bxe6 27. Nxe6
Qxb2 28. Rxc7 {1/2 Luckis,M-Castillo,M/Mar del Plata 1950/MCL (42)}) 11. d5 ({
The question is - to move forward or to try to centralise the rook:} 11. O-O-O
Qc8 12. Qc2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxg4 Qxg4 16. f3 Qe6 17. Bd4
Rad8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. g3 c6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rd4 22. f4 Qc5 23. Rxd4 Qxd4
24. b3 Qg1+ 25. Kb2 Qe3 26. Qe2 {1/2 Pachman,L-Keres,P/Moscow 1947/MCL (33)}) (
11. Rd1 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Be2 f5 15. f3 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 fxe4 17.
Bxh4 exd3 18. Bxd3 Bh6 19. O-O Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Rfe1 Nc4 22. b3 Nb2 23.
Rb1 Bd2 24. Nb5 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rf7 26. Rxe5 Nd3 27. Re3 {0-1 Bain,B-Chow,A 
(2300)/Chicago 1990/EXT 1997 (55)}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 13. Qb5 ({A
slightly better try was} 13. Qc2 Nec4 14. Bc1 e6 15. Qb3 ({Better was} 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. f4 Qd7 {with unclear play} 17. O-O) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Na5 17. Qa3
Nxd5 18. Qxa5 Ne7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Be3 Qc8 22. Bc4 Nc6 23. Qa3 Qh3
24. Bf4 {0-1 Skacelik,P (2270)-Rosko,L (2313)/Czechia 2010/CBM 135 Extra (39)})
13... c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Rd1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 ({After} 16. Qd3 e5 17. Nb5 Qe7 18.
O-O Rfd8 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bd2 Nd7 {The black knight returns powerfully to the
game.}) 16... Bxd4 17. Qb4 e5 18. Nb5 ({Black would remain slightly better
after} 18. h4 a6 19. h5 Qf6 20. a4 a5 21. Qb3 Rfd8) 18... Qg5 ({A very good
option was the try to control the black squares:} 18... a5 19. Qb3 Qf6 20. Nxd4
exd4 21. f4 Rfe8 22. Qf3 Qe6 23. e5 Qxa2) 19. Kf1 Qh4 ({Black did not like to
be driven back:} 19... Rfd8 20. h4 Qf6) 20. Nxd4 Qh3+ ({Black could get very
good compensation for the pawn after} 20... exd4 21. Rxd4 Rac8 22. Qd2 Rfd8 23.
Kg2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Qg5+ 25. Kh3 Rd8 26. Qb4 Rd2) 21. Kg1 exd4 22. Rxd4 Rfd8 23.
f4 (23. b3 {was slightly better:} Rxd4 24. Qxd4 Rc8 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Bf1 Qxf3
27. Qxd7 Rc1 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ {with a perpetual.}) 23... Rac8 24. Rxd8+
Rxd8 25. f5 (25. b3 {guaranteed more chances of equalising:} Qh4 26. Kg2 Qxf4
27. Rd1) 25... Qh4 $1 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. h3 Rc8 ({It was necessary to bring
back the knight into the game} 27... Nd5 28. Qxb7 Qg5+ 29. Kh2 Qe5+ 30. Kg1 Nf4
31. Bf1 Qg5+ 32. Kh2 Rd2 {with the decisive threats.}) 28. Qd4 Rc2 ({Much more
direct would be} 28... Qg5+ 29. Bg4 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Rd2+
) 29. Kf1 Qg5 30. Bg4 Qc1+ (30... Rd2 $1 {was very good:} 31. Qc3 Na4) 31. Kg2
Qxb2 32. Qxb2 Rxb2 33. Rc1 $1 Rxa2 34. Rc7 {Now White has sacrificed a pawn
and was able to activate her pieces.} a5 35. e5 $1 {Threatening e5-e6
activating the bishop.} Nd5 36. Rxb7 Ne3+ {Giving up any ambitions of winning.}
37. Kg3 Nxg4 38. hxg4 g5 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rb7 $1 Re2 41. Rb5 a4 42. e6 f6 43.
Ra5 Rxe6 44. Rxa4 Rb6 45. Rc4 Ra6 46. Rb4 Rc6 47. Ra4 Rb6 48. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Onischuk,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was my best game in Biel. Dies war meine beste Partie in Biel.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {I often choose Qb3 against the Grunfeld.
Black has a relatively big choice of different lines in this system, so White
has to be well prepared to play it. Ich spiele oft Qb3 gegen Grünfeld. Schwarz
hat in diesem System eine relativ breite Auswahl an Abspielen, daher muss Weiß
gut vorbereitet sein.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 {Avrukh chooses a not very
popular line. Avrukh wählt ein nicht sehr beliebtes Abspiel.} ({The two main
moves are Die Hauptzüge sind} 7... a6) ({and und} 7... Na6) 8. Be2 Bg4 9. d5
Na5 10. Qb4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qa4 Nd7 14. Rd1 $5 ({An
interesting alternative is Eine interessante Alternative ist} 14. Be3 Qxb2 15.
Rfc1 Bxc3 16. Rab1 {and now Black can either play und nun kann Schwarz entweder
} b5 {spielen} ({or he can sacrifice the queen oder mit} 16... Nb6 17. Bxb6
axb6 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 {with a solid position in both cases die Dame opfern, in
beiden Fällen mit solider Stellung.})) 14... Rfd8 {I was not aware of this
move. Diesen Zug hatte ich nicht auf der Rechnung.} ({The usual reply is Die
übliche Erwiderung lautet} 14... Nc5 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Be2 Qb4 17. a3 Qb3 18.
Qxb3 Nxb3 19. Rb1 {with a slightly better endgame for White mit leicht
besserem Endspiel für Weiß.}) 15. Qc2 {Preparing Be3. Bereitet Be3 vor.} Rac8
16. Be3 Qb4 17. dxc6 bxc6 (17... Nxc6 {If Black took the pawn with the knight
I was going to play Nach dem Schlagen mit dem Springer wollte ich mit} 18. a3
Qa5 19. Rac1 $14 {fortsetzen} ({of course not natürlich nicht} 19. Rd5 Nb4 $1))
18. Be2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rac1 ({First I was going to play Zuerst wollte
ich in dieser Stellung} 20. Qa4 $1 {in this position, with the idea spielen,
mit der Idee} Qxa4 ({but then I saw , doch dann sah ich} 20... Ne5 $5 21. Rxd8+
(21. Qxa7 Nd3 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Qa3 Ra8 $17) 21... Rxd8 22. Qxa7 Qb4 {and I
thought he should have enough compensation for the pawn und dachte, er sollte
genug Kompensation für den Bauern haben.} (22... Nd3 23. Qxe7 $16) {But this
evaluation is not correct. White is still better here. Doch diese Einschätzung
ist nicht korrekt. Weiß steht hier trotzdem besser.} 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Bc5 Qb8
25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Na4 Nd2 27. Rc1 Bxb2 (27... Nxe4 28. Bxe7 $16) 28. Nxb2 Rxb2
29. Bxe7 Rxa2 30. f3 {and the endgame is very unpleasant for Black. , und das
Endspiel ist sehr unangenehm für Schwarz.}) 21. Nxa4 {with a better endgame.
mit besserem Endspiel.}) 20... Nb6 21. h3 {With the idea b3, I could not play
this move before because of Qxc3. Mit der Idee b3, vorher ging dieser Zug
nicht wegen Qxc3.} Bxc3 $2 ({The correct way was Der richtige Weg war} 21...
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 c5 {with an almost equal position mit nahezu gleicher Stellung.}
) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxc3 Qxa2 (23... Qxe4 24. Qxc6 Rd1+ 25. Kh2 $16 Qe5+ $2
26. f4) 24. b3 $1 ({Unfortunately Leider gewinnt hier nicht} 24. Qe5 {does not
win here, since he has the great defensive move , denn er hat den großartigen
Verteidigungszug} Re8 $1 25. Rxc6 (25. Bd4 f6 26. Qc7 c5 $1) 25... Nc4) 24...
Qe2 25. Qe5 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Rxc1 27. Qxe7 $1 {The only winning move! Der einzige
Gewinnzug!} ({After Nach} 27. Bxc1 {White is only a bit better: steht Weiß nur
ein bisschen besser:} Qd1 $8 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Bb2+ f6 30. Qxa7 Nc8 31. Qb7 Qb1
$1) ({and if , und falls} 27. Bh6 {then} Rh1+ $1 28. Kg3 (28. Kxh1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2
Qd6 $17) 28... Qd3+ 29. Kh4 f6 30. Qe6+ Kh8 {and I have to give a perpetual
check , muss ich Dauerschach geben mit} 31. Bg7+ (31. Qxe7 g5+) 31... Kxg7 32.
Qxe7+) 27... Rh1+ {The best chance, all other moves lose immediately. Die
beste Chance, alle anderen Züge verlieren sofort.} (27... Qd1 28. Bh6 Qg1+ 29.
Kg3 Rc3+ 30. f3 Rxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Qd1+ 32. Kg3 {and the king is escaping. und der
König entkommt.}) (27... Qxe3 28. fxe3 Rb1 29. e5 Nd5 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. e6 fxe6
32. e4 $18) 28. Kxh1 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qd7 30. Qf6 {This move wins a pawn by force.}
({Of course not Natürlich nicht} 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxa7 c5 {and because the
bishop is trapped it is impossible to win this endgame. und aufgrund des
gefangenen Läufers ist dieses Endspiel nicht zu gewinnen.}) 30... Qe6 31. Qd8+
Kg7 32. Bd4+ f6 33. Qc7+ Nd7 34. Qxa7 g5 35. Qc7 Kg6 36. f3 {We both were in a
little time pressure here and I decided to wait till he plays h5 and only then
to play f4. Wir waren hier beide in leichter Zeitnot, und ich beschloss, erst .
..h5 abzuwarten, um erst dann f4 zu spielen.} ({However, now I think that the
immediate Jetzt aber denke ich, dass das sofortige} 36. f4 {was more precise
since it does not give him a chance to play Ne5. genauer war, da es ihm nicht
die Chance zu Ne5 gibt.}) 36... h5 $6 (36... Ne5 $16) 37. f4 gxf4 38. Qxf4 Kf7
39. b4 Kg6 40. Be3 Qe5 {The game transfers into classical endgame bishop vs.
knight with pawns on both sides. Usually it is not easy to defend such
positions even with an equal number of pawns and, of course, with a pawn down
the task becomes even harder. The bishop is much stronger than the knight here.
White should win easily by creating a passed pawn on the kingside. Die Partie
geht in ein klassisches Endspiel Läufer gegen Springer mit Bauern auf beiden
Seiten über. Gewöhnlich ist dies sogar mit gleicher Bauernzahl nicht einfach
zu verteidigen, und mit einem Bauern weniger wird die Aufgabe natürlich noch
schwerer. Der Läufer ist hier viel stärker als der Springer. Weiß sollte
leicht gewinnen, indem er am Königsflügel einen Freibauern bildet.} 41. Kg3 $1
{Winning a tempo. Gewinnt ein Tempo.} Qxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Nf8 43. g4 Ne6+ 44. Kg3
hxg4 45. Kxg4 Ng7 46. h4 Nh5 47. Bd4 Ng7 48. Bc5 Ne6 (48... Nh5 {is losing
after verliert nach} 49. Bf8 {due to Zugzwang. wegen Zugzwang.}) 49. h5+ Kf7
50. h6 $1 Ng5 (50... Kg6 51. h7 Kxh7 52. Kf5 Ng5 53. e5 $18) 51. Kf5 Nf3 52.
Bf2 Nd2 53. Bd4 Nc4 54. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Malisauskas, Vidmantas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be2 Bg4 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Ne5 (10... Na5) 11. Qb3 c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Be3 (13.
dxc6 bxc6 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 e6 17. Qd6 Nb6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 $146)
(13. Qxb7 $6 cxd5 14. exd5 (14. e5 $5) 14... Qa5 $17) 13... Nb6 (13... cxd5 $2
14. e5 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxb7 $16) 14. Rd1 (14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Qc8 $1
16. Kh1 Qh3 17. Rg1 Bh6 18. Rg3 Qh4 19. e5 Nfd5 20. Rg4 Qh3 21. Rag1 Nxe3 22.
R4g3 Qc8 23. fxe3 Rb8 $132 {Flear,G-Milos,G/HUN/1987/0.5/61/}) 14... Qc7 (14...
cxd5 $6 15. e5) 15. a4 (15. h4 Rfd8 16. Bf3 Bh6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19.
dxc6 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 bxc6 $10 {Piket,J-Malishauskas,V/Moscow/1994/0.5/20/})
15... cxd5 $1 (15... Rad8 16. a5 Nc8 (16... Nbd7 17. Qa3 $1 $36) 17. Qa4 $1 Bh6
18. dxc6 bxc6 19. e5 Nd5 20. h4 $1 $14 {Piket,J-Leko,P/Groningen/1995/1:0/58/})
16. e5 (16. a5 Nc4 $1) 16... Nfd7 (16... Ne4 $2 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 $16 {
>< Ne4/}) 17. Nxd5 (17. a5 Nc4 18. Rxd5 (18. Nxd5 Qxa5+ $13) 18... Nxe3 $10)
17... Nxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Rxd5 e6 19. Rd2 Qc6 20. O-O Nc5 $10) 18... Nb6 19. Qb5
Qc6 $1 (19... Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22. Bb5 $36) 20. Qxc6 (20. O-O $2
Nxa4 $1) 20... bxc6 $10 21. Bf3 $6 (21. b3) 21... Rfc8 $1 (21... Nxa4 22. Bxc6
Nxb2 23. Ra1 $10) 22. b3 (22. a5 Nc4) 22... e6 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Rc1 (24. Rd3 $5
{/\ Rc1/}) 24... Bf8 25. Rhd1 a5 $36 {>< b3/} 26. Rd4 (26. Rd3 $5) 26... Rab8
27. Bd2 Ba3 (27... Rxb3 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 $10) 28. Rc2 $2 (28. Rcc4 $1 $10
) 28... c5 $1 29. Rd3 Nb4 $1 30. Bxb4 Rxb4 31. Ke3 (31. Rc4 $5 {/\} Rxc4 (31...
Rcb8 $1 $17) 32. bxc4 Bc1 33. Rb3 Bxf4 34. Rb5 Bxe5 35. Rxa5 $146) 31... c4 $17
{>< f4,a4/} 32. Rdc3 (32. bxc4 Rxa4 $17) 32... Rxb3 $1 33. Be2 (33. Rxb3 Bc5+
34. Ke2 cxb3 $17) 33... Bb4 34. Rxb3 Bc5+ 35. Kf3 cxb3 36. Rb2 Rb8 37. Bb5 $2 (
37. Bd1 Rd8 38. Bxb3 Rd3+ 39. Ke2 (39. Kg2 Bb4 $17) 39... Rh3 $17) 37... Rxb5
$1 38. axb5 a4 $19 39. b6 (39. Ke4 a3 $1 40. Rxb3 a2 $19) 39... Bxb6 40. Ke4
Bc5 $1 41. Kd3 Bb4 $1 {/\ 42...a3!/} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-15 Final A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 (2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4) 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 {"Die Eingebung des
Augenblicks. Ich konnte am Leuchten seiner Augen erkennen, daß er für mein
Königsindisch gut gerüstet war", schreibt Fischer in seiner berühmten
Partiensammlung "My 60 Memorable Games".} 4. Nf3 (4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4) 4... Bg7
5. Qb3 dxc4 (5... c6) 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 {Eine deutliche Kampfansage! Die
Smyslov-Variante führt in der Regel zu sehr kompliziertem Spiel. Schwarz
vermeidet Vereinfachungen und versucht, mit seinen Leichtfiguren Druck auf das
weiße Zentrum auszuüben.} (7... Nc6 {Byrne,D}) 8. Be3 (8. Ne5 Be6 9. d5 Bc8 $10
{/\ e7-e6}) 8... Nfd7 {Smyslov,V} 9. Be2 (9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Be2 Nb6 11. Qc5 Qd6
12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 f5 $1 (13... Rfd8 $2 14. e5 $1 $18 {Reshevsky,S-Evans,L
Las Vegas 1965} Qd7 15. d5 $1 Nxe5 16. f4) 14. d5 (14. e5 Qxc5 15. dxc5 f4 $1
$10) 14... Ne5 15. f4 (15. Nb5 $2 Qf6 16. Bd4 fxe4 17. fxe4 Qf4+) 15... Ned7
$10) (9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qb3 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ncxe5 13. Bh3 Nxf3+ 14.
Ke2 $1 Nfe5 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Qb5 c6 17. Qxb7 Rb8 18. Qxd7 Rxb2+ 19. Kf1 Qxd7 (
19... Qf6 $10 {Smagin,V}) 20. Rxd7 Bxc3 $10 {Evans,L-Fischer,R ch-USA 1962})
9... Nc6 ({Botvinnik erachtet} 9... Nb6 {als genauer. Geht die weiße Dame dann,
wie in der Partie, nach c5, hat Schwarz die zusätzliche Möglichkeit, mit Na6
oder N8d7 ein Tempo zu gewinnen. Botvinnik,M: >=}) 10. Rd1 Nb6 (10... Bxf3 {
/\ e7-e5 |^}) 11. Qc5 Qd6 $1 12. h3 (12. Qxd6 cxd6 $1 $10) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3
{Weiß ist gezwungen, seine Bauernstellung zu schwächen.} ({Nach} 13. Bxf3 $2
Qxc5 14. dxc5 Nc4 {steht Schwarz prächtig.}) 13... Rfd8 (13... Qxc5 14. dxc5
Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Na4 16. Kd2 $1 e6 $16 {Furman,S}) 14. d5 (14. e5 Qxc5 15. dxc5
Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Nd7 17. f4 g5 $1 18. fxg5 Bxe5 $10) (14. Qxd6 cxd6 $10) (14. Nb5
Qxc5 15. dxc5 Na4 $1) 14... Ne5 15. Nb5 (15. f4 Nec4 (15... Ned7 16. Qb5 (16.
Qxd6 cxd6 $10) 16... e5 $1 17. f5 $10 (17. dxe6 Bxc3+ $1 18. bxc3 Qxe6)) 16.
Bxc4 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc4 18. e5 Nxb2 19. Rd4 f6 $1 $17 {Botvinnik,M}) 15... Qf6
$1 (15... Qxc5 16. Bxc5 c6 17. Nc7 (17. Nxa7 $2 Na4) 17... Rab8 18. Bxe7 Rd7
19. d6 Nc8 20. Ne8 $1 (20. f4 Nxe7 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe7 Rxe7) 20... Nxe7 21.
Nxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 $1) 16. f4 Ned7 17. e5 {[#] "Als ich mich auf den Kampf mit
Smyslov vorbereitete, stellte ich natürlich gründliche Analysen der
Smyslov-Variante im allgemeinen und der Diagrammstellung im besonderen an!
Hier sah ich, daß die schwarze Dame in Gefahr gerät, gleichgültig, ob sie nach
h4 oder f5 geht", schreibt Botvinnik und unterstreicht seine Aussage mit den
Varianten 17...Qh4 18.Qc2 g5 19.Rd4! bzw. 17...Qf5 18.Qb4 a5 19.Qd4 und der
Drohung 20.Bg4.} (17. Qxc7 $2 Qxb2 {/\ Qb4+}) 17... Qxf4 $1 {Diese einfache
Möglichkeit hatte Botvinnik nicht berücksichtigt. Trotzdem besteht für ihn
vorerst kein Grund zur Panik. Für den verlorengehenden Bauern erhält er
Vorposten auf d6 und c7 sowie ein lebendiges Figuenspiel.} (17... Qf5 18. Qb4
a5 19. Qd4 {/\ Bg4}) (17... Qh4 18. Qc2 g5 19. Rd4 $1) 18. Bxf4 (18. Qxb6 Qe4
$1 19. f3 Qh4+ $1 20. Bf2 Qb4+ $19 {/\ axb6!}) 18... Nxc5 19. Nxc7 Rac8 20. d6
exd6 21. exd6 (21. Rxd6 $2 Ncd7) 21... Bxb2 22. O-O Nbd7 (22... Ncd7 23. Bf3
Be5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxb7 Rb8 $14 {Botvinnik,M}) 23. Rd5 (23. Nd5 Kg7) 23...
b6 24. Bf3 $2 {Fischer und Botvinnik stimmen darin überein, daß dies der
falsche Platz für den Läufer ist, aber bei der Stellungsbeurteilung nach dem
richtigen Bc4 scheiden sich die Geister.} (24. Bc4 $1 {Während sich Botvinnik
angesichts der Drohung Re1-e7 im Vorteil sieht, kann Schwarz nach Fischer mit /
\ Rf1-e1-e7 |^} Ne6 25. Bh2 Nd4 26. Rb1 Bc3 27. Rc1 Bb2 $10 {Remis erzwingen -
"wenn er es will".}) 24... Ne6 $1 25. Nxe6 $2 {Nach diesem zweiten Fehler in
Serie wird die weiße Lage schon hoffnungslos.} ({Fischer glaubt nicht an
Gellers Empfehlung} 25. Bh2 Nd4 26. Rxd4 (26. Bg2 Nf6 27. Rxd4 {Geller,E} Bxd4
28. Re1 Bc5 $13) 26... Bxd4 27. Re1 {"Schwarz sollte sich mit} Bc5 {und ...Nf6
oder ...Nf8 herauswinden können."}) ({aber mit} 25. Be3 {konnte Weiß seiner
Meinung nach noch mitspielen.}) 25... fxe6 26. Rd3 (26. Rdd1 $2 Rf8 $1 27. Bg4
Rxf4 28. Bxe6+ Rf7 $19) (26. Rd2 $2 Bc1 27. Rd4 e5 {bedeuten jeweils das
sofortige Aus für Weiß.}) 26... Nc5 27. Re3 (27. Rd2 Rf8 28. d7 Rcd8) 27... e5
(27... Bd4 28. Ra3 e5 29. Bg5 Rxd6 30. Be7 Rd7 31. Bg4 {Botvinnik,M}) 28. Bxe5
$19 (28. Rxe5 $5) 28... Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxd6 30. Re7 Rd7 31. Rxd7 (31. Rfe1 Rcc7
$1) 31... Nxd7 {Nahezu forciert hat sich diese Stellung nach den beiden
Fehlern im 24. und 25.Zug ergebn. Der Minusbauer und die zerfledderte
Bauernstellung machen die Lage des Anziehenden hoffnungslos, zumal (vorläufig)
auch alle Übergänge in ein Turmendspiel aussichtslos sind.} 32. Bg4 $6 {
Stellt auch noch den Läufer schlecht.} (32. Re1 {>=} Kf8 33. Re3) 32... Rc7 33.
Re1 (33. Bxd7 Rxd7 $19) 33... Kf7 34. Kg2 (34. Be6+ {>=}) 34... Nc5 35. Re3 Re7
36. Rf3+ (36. Kf3 h5 $1 $19) 36... Kg7 37. Rc3 Re4 38. Bd1 Rd4 (38... Re1 39.
Bb3 (39. Bc2 $2 {Botvinnik,M} Rc1)) 39. Bc2 Kf6 40. Kf3 Kg5 41. Kg3 {[#] Nach
und nach hat Schwarz die Stellung seiner Figuren optimiert und sollte nun am
besten irgendeinen unverfänglichen Zug ins Kuvert geben.} Ne4+ $2 ({Nach
Botvinnik konnte Schwarz z.B. mit} 41... Rb4 42. a3 Rd4 43. f3 a5 {leicht
gewinnen - Weiß wären dann die vernünftigen Züge ausgegangen, siehe z.B.} 44.
Kg2 Kh4 $19 {/\ Nc5-e6-f4xh3; Botvinnik,M}) {Stattdessen wählt Fischer den
schwierigen Übergang ins Turmendspiel.} 42. Bxe4 Rxe4 43. Ra3 $6 ({Richtig war
sofort} 43. Rc7 $1 {, was nach} Ra4 44. Rxh7 Rxa2 {zu einer der Partie sehr
ähnlichen Stellung führen konnte. Natürlich war es für Botvinnik sehr schwer,
eine so wichtige Entscheidung kurz vor dem Abbruch am Brett zu treffen.} ({Mit
} 44... Ra3+ $1 {(Fischer, statt 44...Txa2+)} 45. f3 ({Nicht} 45. Kg2 Rxa2 46.
Rb7 Ra1 47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke5 49. Rg7 b5 $19 {, und Schwarz hat gegenüber
dem Partieverlauf ein entscheidendes Tempo gewonnen, der weiße h-Bauer steht
noch auf h3 statt auf h4.}) 45... Rxa2 {konnte Schwarz einen kleinen
Unterschied zum Text erzwingen, der weiße f-Bauer steht dann schon auf f3
statt auf f2. Auch Fischer war sich nicht darüber im klaren, ob daraus Kapital
zu schlagen gewesen wäre.})) 43... Re7 {Noch immer ist sich Fischer offenbar
keiner Gefahr bewußt und glaubt an einen leichten Sieg.} ({Der wäre aber nur
noch mit} 43... a5 $1 44. Rb3 Rb4 $1 {zu erringen gewesen, da das
Bauernendspiel nach} 45. Rxb4 axb4 {hoffnungslos für den Anziehenden ist, z.B.}
46. f4+ Kf5 47. Kf3 Ke6 48. Ke4 (48. Kg4 h6) 48... Kd6 49. Kd4 b5 50. Kd3 Kd5
$19 {usw (Botvinnik). Botvinnik,M}) 44. Rf3 Rc7 {Noch eine Ungenauigkeit. Auf
g5 steht der schwarze König später nicht gut, dem war mit 44...Kh6 und 45...
Kg7 Abhilfe zu schaffen.} 45. a4 {[#] Hier wurde die Partie endlich
abgebrochen. Wie es scheint, hat Schwarz bei beiderseits bestem Spiel keine
Gewinnchancen mehr. Zudem darf man nicht vergessen, daß Botvinnik mit der
sowjetischen Mannschaft das beste Analyseteam der Welt zur Seite stand, ganz
zu schweigen von seinem eigenen riesigen Erfahrungsschatz.} Rc5 (45... Rc4 46.
a5 bxa5 $10 {Botvinnik,M} (46... b5 47. Rf7 a6 48. h4+ Kh6 49. Rd7 $10 {
Botvinnik,M})) (45... Kh6 46. Rd3 $1 Rc5 47. h4 Ra5 48. Rd4 $10 {Botvinnik,M})
46. Rf7 Ra5 47. Rxh7 $1 {In Botvinniks Buch "Meine 25 interessantesten
Endspiele" ist nachzulesen, daß Fischer später schrieb, diese Feinheit
übersehen zu haben. Erstaunlich, behauptet Fischer doch in seiner ganze 16
Jahre vorher erschienenen Partiensammlung "Dies war die erste Verteidigung,
die ich untersuchte!"} ({In der Tat war es wohl erst 52.h5!, was er übersehen
hat, denn Weiß hat keine vernünftige Alternative zum Textzug. Nach} 47. Rf4 Rf5
48. Rc4 Rf7 $19 {steht dem schwarzen König der gewinnbringende Weg zum
Damenflügel offen. /\ Kf5}) 47... Rxa4 48. h4+ $1 Kf5 ({Nach} 48... Kf6 49. Rb7
$1 {erweisen sich die beiden schwarzen Damenflügelbauern als zu schwerfällig,
z.B.} Ra5 50. Kg4 b5 51. f4 a6 52. Rb6+ Kg7 53. Rb7+ $10 {(Botvinnik) und Weiß
behauptet sich leicht. Botvinnik,M}) 49. Rf7+ Ke5 50. Rg7 {Botvinnik,M: ©} Ra1
51. Kf3 {[#] Diese Stellung leitete eine Privatfehde zwischen Fischer und
Botvinnik ein. Ist sie remis, oder (nach dem besten Zug 51...Kd4) für Schwarz
gewonnen?} b5 $2 (51... Kd5 52. Rxg6 b5 53. Ke2 Kc4 54. h5 b4 55. Rg4+ Kb5 (
55... Kc3 56. Rh4 {/\ h5-h6-h7-h8Q}) 56. Kd3 $10 {Botvinnik,M}) ({Nach} 51...
Kd4 $1 52. Rxg6 {beginnt der Wettlauf der Bauern:} b5 53. h5 b4 54. h6 $1 (54.
Kg2 b3 55. h6 b2 56. h7 Rh1 $1 57. Kxh1 b1=Q+ 58. Kh2 Qb8+ 59. Kg1 Qh8 (59...
Qe5 $1 60. Rg8 (60. Kf1 Qh2 61. Rg7 a5 62. Ra7 Kd3 $1) 60... Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qxf2+
62. Kh3 Qf3+ $1 $19) 60. Rg4+ Kc3 61. Rh4 a5 62. Kg2 Kb3 63. Rh3+ Kc2 64. Rh4
a4 65. Rxa4 Qg7+ $1 (65... Qxh7 66. Rg4 $10 {/\ Rg3(-e3)}) 66. Kf1 Qxh7 67.
Ra2+ (67. Ra3 Qh1+ 68. Ke2 Qd1+ 69. Ke3 Qc1+ $19) (67. Rg4 Qh1+ 68. Rg1 (68.
Ke2 Qd1+ $19) 68... Qh3+ 69. Rg2 (69. Ke1 Qf3 $19) 69... Kd2 70. Kg1 Ke1 71.
Rg3 Qf1+ $19) 67... Kb3 68. Ra5 $13) 54... b3 (54... Rh1 55. Kg2 $1 Rh5 56. Ra6
b3 57. Rxa7 Rxh6 58. Rb7 Kc4 59. Kf3 {mit einer theoretischen Remisstellung,
Botvinnik}) 55. Rg4+ ({Damit setzt eine Serie von Schachgeboten ein, die das
Ziel haben, den schwarzen König auf schlechte Felder zu drängen. Verlieren
würde} 55. h7 Rh1 56. Rg7 a5 $19) 55... Kc5 $1 (55... Kc3 $2 56. Rh4 $1 {
, und der weiße Bauer zieht mit Schach ein:} b2 57. h7 b1=Q 58. h8=Q+) (55...
Kd3 $2 56. Rb4 Kc2 57. Rc4+ $10) 56. Rg5+ Kc6 $1 (56... Kb4 57. Rg7 $1 b2 (
57... a5 $2 58. Kg2 $1 $18) 58. h7 Rh1 $1 59. Rxa7 Kb3 60. Rb7+ Kc2 61. Rc7+
Kd2 62. Rb7 $10 {Fischer}) 57. Rg6+ Kb7 $1 58. Rg7+ (58. Rg4 a5 $19) 58... Ka6
$1 {Der schwarze König darf die b-Linie nicht betreten, damit Weiß keine
Schachs von hinten geben kann.} 59. Rg6+ (59. Kg2 b2 60. h7 b1=Q 61. h8=Q Qe4+
$19) 59... Ka5 60. Rg5+ (60. Rg7 $2 b2 61. Rxa7+ Kb6 $19) 60... Ka4 $1 61. Rg4+
(61. Rg7 a5 62. Rb7 Rh1) (61. Rh5 b2 62. h7 b1=Q 63. h8=Q Qd3+ 64. Kf4 Re1 $1
65. Re5 Qd4+ 66. Kf5 Qxf2+ 67. Ke6 Qb6+ $19) 61... Ka3 {Das Zwischenspiel ist
beendet - Weiß hat keine Schachgebote mehr.} 62. Rh4 b2 63. h7 b1=Q 64. h8=Q {
[#] Diese Stellung hatte Botvinnik in seinen ersten Analysen ("nach
beträchtlicher Seelenforschung", Fischer) mit remis abgetan. Der Amerikaner
konterte mit} Qb3+ $1 65. Ke2 (65. Kf4 Qf7+) (65. Kg2 Qd5+ $2 66. f3 Qd2+)
65... Qd1+ 66. Ke3 Rb1 $3 67. Qf8+ (67. Qc3+ $2 Rb3) (67. Rh3 Ka2 $1 68. Qg8+
Qb3+ $19) (67. Rc4 $1 {Kasparov} Rb3+ 68. Rc3 Qe1+ 69. Kd3 Qf1+ 70. Kd2 Qxf2+
71. Kd3 {, und Schwarz kann nicht gewinnen}) 67... Ka2 $40 {"und der weiße
König steht der kommenden Schachlawine schutzlos gegenüber." Diesmal blieb
Botvinnik das letzte Wort vorbehalten. Zum einen könne sich Weiß mit} 68. Qc5 {
verteidigen, der eleganteste Remisweg aber sei der vom 13jährigen Garri
Kasparov (damals in Botvinniks legendärer Schachschule) gefundene [s.o.].}) {
Zurück zur Partie.} 52. h5 $1 $10 {Danach ist die Stellung remis, endlich kann
Botvinnik zu gelösten Sticheleien übergehen.} (52. Rxg6 Kd4 $19) 52... Ra3+ 53.
Kg2 gxh5 54. Rg5+ Kd6 55. Rxb5 h4 56. f4 Kc6 {Botvinnik: "Der Leser möge sich
nicht wundern, daß das Spiel in einem theoretisch unentschiedenen Spielausgang
so lange hinausgezögert wird. Es gibt Schachspieler, die sich nach einer von
ihnen nicht erwarteten Wendung der Ereignisse nicht leicht umstellen können."}
57. Rb8 $1 h3+ 58. Kh2 a5 59. f5 Kc7 60. Rb5 Kd6 61. f6 Ke6 62. Rb6+ Kf7 63.
Ra6 Kg6 64. Rc6 a4 65. Ra6 Kf7 66. Rc6 Rd3 67. Ra6 a3 68. Kg1 {"Erst hier
drückte mir Fischer die Hand mit einem Gesicht, das weiß wie die Wand war, und
verließ mit nassen Augen den Saal", überschreitet Botvinnik zum Schluß die
Grenze des Erträglichen. nach Angaben von Botvinnik und Fischer in Tischbierek
"Sternstunden des Schachs, 30 x Olympia" Sportverlag 1993} 1/2-1/2

