[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. a3 Bxc5 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. e4 Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. b4 Be7 15. h5
Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxd7 Bf6 18. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Bd2 a5 8. a3 Qc7
9. b4 e5 10. bxa5 e4 11. Ng1 Rxa5 12. Nge2 h5 13. Nc1 Be7 14. Nb3 Ra8 15. h3
O-O 16. Be2 h4 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 Bb7 19. Ra2 Nh7 20. Qc2 f5 21. Rxa8 Rxa8
22. Na2 Bg5 23. Nb4 f4 24. exf4 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 Qxf4 26. Qd2 g5 27. O-O Ra4 28.
Qc3 Nhf6 29. Ra1 Rxa1+ 30. Nxa1 Nb8 31. Nb3 Bc8 32. Qe3 Kf7 33. Qxf4 gxf4 34.
Na5 Bd7 35. Bd1 Ng8 36. Bg4 Ke7 37. g3 fxg3 38. fxg3 hxg3 39. Kg2 Be8 40. Kxg3
Kf6 41. Nb7 Ne7 42. Nd6 Bd7 43. Be2 Ng6 44. h4 Nf8 45. Nc2 Ne6 46. h5 Kg5 47.
Nf7+ Kf6 48. Nd6 Kg5 49. Kf2 Nf4 50. Nf7+ Kf6 51. Ne5 Kg5 52. Nf7+ Kf6 53. Ne5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 {Most top players prefer 4...0-0, but
the last thing you may accuse Moro is being a conformist!} 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. Nf3
Bxc5 7. g3 a6 8. Bf4 d6 {The fans of the hedgehog formation should probably
follow Chuchelov's foot steps:} (8... Qb6 $5 9. e3 $140 Be7 10. e4 d6 11. Bg2
Nbd7 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 {Chernin,A-Chuchelov,V/Cappelle la Grande,1994}) 9.
Bg2 h6 {A necessary move if Black intends to play...e5 at some point.} (9...
Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 h6 12. a3 Nh5 13. Bc1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ba7 15. Qd3 $14 {
Bareev,E-Razuvaev,Y/Tilburg 1993}) 10. Rc1 $1 $146 {[%csl Gc2] In some lines
it's very important that the queen is protected.} (10. O-O e5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12.
a3 (12. Nd5 $5) 12... Ne7 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. b3 O-O 15. e3 Rfd8 $11 {Hoang Thanh
Trang-Berkes,F/Budapest 2001}) (10. Rd1 e5 11. Bc1 Be6 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O
14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qb1 Bd4 $15 {Grigorov,G-Genov,P/Sofia 2004}) 10... Nc6 {
It was safer to play} (10... e5 {right away, since after the move in the game
White gets a chance to spice the things up.}) 11. O-O e5 12. Nd5 {This move is
possible due to the position of the rook on c1.} Nxd5 $2 {Moro is too
optimistic. After the modest, but safe} (12... Qd8 {things are not perfectly
clear} 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Bg4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e3 $14) 13. cxd5 exf4 ({After
} 13... Nb4 {White may choose between} 14. Qe4 $5 ({and} 14. Qa4+ Qd7 (14...
Bd7 $2 15. Qxb4) 15. Qxd7+ Bxd7 16. Bxe5 Nxa2 17. Rxc5 (17. Bxg7 Nxc1 18. Bxh8
Nxe2+) 17... dxc5 18. Bxg7 Rh7 19. Bf6 $16 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ge2e5]}) 14... Nxa2
15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Ra2]}) 14. dxc6 fxg3 15. hxg3
Qxc6 $2 {After this mistake there is no way back.} (15... Qe7 $142 16. b4 Bb6
$16) (15... bxc6 16. b4 Ba7 (16... Bxb4 17. Qe4+ $18) 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Qxc6 Qxc6
19. Nxc6 Kh8 20. Rfd1 $16) 16. b4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc2b2]} Bxb4 (16...
Bb6 17. Qb2 $18) 17. Qb2 Bc5 18. Ng5 $1 Qd7 19. Qxg7 hxg5 (19... Rf8 20. Nh7
Qe7 21. Rxc5 dxc5 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Nd5+ $18) 20. Qxh8+ Ke7 21. Rc4
$1 {[%cal Gc4e4] White keeps on attacking} Qd8 22. Qg7 Be6 23. Rb1 $1 {The
fastest way to victory.} Rb8 (23... b5 24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Rxc5 dxc5 26. Qxc5+
$18) 24. Qxg5+ Ke8 25. Bc6+ Kf8 (25... bxc6 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Qg8+ $18) 26.
Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qh4+ Kf8 28. Rxb7 Kg7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32.
Rh4 Qb2 33. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bc5 (6... Bb4 $5
{Einen Tag früher spielte Schwarz diese Fortsetzung in der Partie Tomashevsky,
E - Svidler,P.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 (8. d3 h6 9. a3 a6 10. e3 Ba7 11. b4 c6 12.
d4 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 Bh3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bacrot,E-Sutovsky,E/Albert FRA 2001/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (42)}) 8... d6 (8...
Bb4 9. Bg2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c6 (10... e4 $1 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3 d6 13. d3 Nd7 $1
14. e4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Bg4 $11) 11. e4 Re8 12. a4 d6 13. d3 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15. Rb1
b6 16. a5 (16. g4 $1 Bg6 17. f4 $16) 16... Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Seirawan,Y/
Groningen 1997/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (29)}) 9. d4 (9. a3 Bb6 (9... Re8 10. d4
Bb6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. e4 Bd7 16. Re1
Bd4 17. Be3 c5 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Balcerak,J/Germany 2004/EXT 2006 (29)}) 10. d4
c6 11. d5 Bh3 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Na4 Bc7 15. Nc3 {Weiß möchte die
Züge wiederholen.} Ng4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5 d5 $15 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Aronian,L/
Reykjavik ISL 2004/CBM 109/[Ribli Zoltan] (40)}) 9... Bb4 (9... Bb6 10. b3 c6
11. d5 c5 12. Bg2 Ba5 13. Ne2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. f3 Rae8 16. e4 Bg6 17. g4 h5
18. Ng3 Bd8 {0-1 Sasseville,J-Gilman,A/Beloeil 2000/EXT 2004 (70) Ribli Zoltan}
) 10. Nd5 $5 $146 (10. Qb3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 e4 12. Bg2 Bg4 13. d5 Qd7 14. b3 Qf5
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h5 $11) (10. Ne2 e4 11. Bg2 c6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14.
d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Re8 16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Nf4 f5 18. Qb3 Ne5 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. a4 $36
{1/2-1/2 Damljanovic,B-Bacrot,E/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (35)}) 10... Nxd5 11.
cxd5 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5][%cal Yc1c7] Diese Bauernstruktur ist typisch in der
Englischen Eröffnung (1.c4 e5 Variante); der b4B steht ein wenig exponiert.}
Bh3 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Schwarz zog wohl nur die Antwort 12.Re1 ernsthaft in
Betracht, aber mit dem folgenden Zug folgt eine Überraschung.} (11... exd4) (
11... Ba5 {[%cal Ga5b6]}) {[#]} 12. Qa4 $1 {[%csl Rb4] Ein für Schwarz sicher
unerwarteter Zug.} (12. Bg2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ba5) 12... Bxf1 {[%csl Rb4]} 13. Kxf1
a5 (13... e4 14. Be2 (14. Bxe4 $2 Qe8) 14... c5 15. dxc6 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17.
cxb7 Rb8 18. Qc6 Qe7 19. Ba6) 14. a3 Re8 15. Qd1 (15. axb4 axb4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8
17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Ke2 $16) 15... e4 (15... exd4 16. axb4 $16) 16. Be2 (16. Bg2)
16... c6 17. axb4 (17. dxc6 bxc6 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 $16) 17... axb4 18. Bd2
Qb6 (18... c5 19. Bb5) 19. Rc1 $1 c5 (19... cxd5 $2 20. Qb3 $18) 20. Qb3 Ra5 (
20... cxd4 21. exd4 Qxd4 22. Be3 $16) 21. Kg2 g6 22. h4 (22. dxc5 dxc5 23. f3)
22... h5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qc2 f5 $2 (24... Re8 $1) 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. f3 $1 {
[%csl Gd2,Ge2] Mit seinem Läuferpaar öffnet Weiß die Stellung.} exf3+ 27. Bxf3
Qf6 28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 $18 {[%csl Gd2,Ge4,Rg8][%cal Rd2g5,Rg5d8,Rc2g6][%mdl
2048]} Ra2 30. Bc1 Rf8 31. d6 (31. Qxc5 $18) 31... Kh7 32. Qxc5 Ra5 33. Qxa5
Qf2+ 34. Kh3 Qe2 35. Bxg6+ $1 (35. Qd5 $18) (35. Bxg6+ $1 Kxg6 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37.
Qe7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 {This line was examined
in CBM104, annotations to the game between the same players!} 13. Bg5 {[%mdl 4]
A logical developing move.} (13. Qb3 {-see Bareev-Sutovsky in CBM107.}) 13...
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 {After this move the position of Black's b4 knight
becomes quite foolish.} (15. Qb3 $5 {is also possible:} Re8 16. Rd2 Bg4 17.
Rad1 a5 18. h3 a4 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 Kg7 22. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gyimesi,Z-Iordachescu,V/Tusnad 2005/CBM 106 ext (65)}) {However, White
shouldn't fear the exchange of the light-squared bishops!} 15... Ba6 16. Qb3
Bxe2 {In the following game Black equalized but White's play can certainly be
improved:} (16... Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 (18. Qc4 $5) (18. d6 $5) 18... Rfe8
19. Rde2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25.
Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/
Yerevan 1995/CBM 050}) 17. Nxe2 Qd7 (17... Qd6 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qc4 $16) (17...
Na6 {looks too ugly.}) 18. Qc4 {[%csl Rb4]} Rfe8 19. Rad1 (19. a3 {is
premature:} b5 20. Qxc5 Nd3 21. Rxd3 Rac8 $1 22. Qb4 Rxe2 $44) 19... a5 {
Freeing the knight but terribly weakening the b5 square.} (19... b5 20. Qxc5
Nd3 21. Qa3 $1 $16) 20. Nc3 $1 {Of course!} Na6 21. d6 Nb4 22. a3 Bxc3 (22...
Nc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nc7 $1 Bxc7 25. dxc7 $18) 23. bxc3 {[%csl Rb6] Now the
backward b6 pawn on the open file becomes weak.} Nc6 24. Rd5 Re6 25. h3 Rae8
26. Qb3 Rb8 27. a4 Rb7 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rb8 30. Qc4 Rb7 31. Qa2 {Still,
it's not easy to win as Black's weaknesses (the b6 pawn and White's passed
pawn) are close to each other. Fortunately, the opponent is always there to
help!} Qd8 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Curiously, I committed the same mistake against
Grischuk (see CBM110). Do blockading pieces sometimes get tired of their
thankless role?} 32. d7 $1 {Of course! This pawn cuts up Black's position like
a knife.} Ne7 (32... Re7 33. Qd2) 33. R5d3 Ng8 34. c4 Ne7 (34... Nf6 35. Qb2
Kg8 36. Ne5 {[%cal Rd3d6]}) 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Ne5 Kg8 37. Rd6 {After the rook
exchange White has many winning plans, the simplest being an attack of the
defenseless f7 pawn.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E13"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Qe7 11. Qa4 e5 12. e4 O-O 13. Be2 Rfe8 14. O-O Nf8
15. Rfd1 Ng6 16. Bf2 c5 17. Qc2 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bc8 19. a4 N6h5 20. a5 Rb8 21. Kh1
Rf8 22. Re1 Ne6 23. Nb3 Ng5 24. axb6 axb6 25. Nd2 f5 26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Bd3 Bxd3
28. Qxd3 Nf4 29. Qf1 Qd7 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 exd4 32. cxd4 Rbe8 33. Rae1 Rxe4
34. Rxe4 Qf5 35. dxc5 dxc5 36. Qa1 Ne6 37. Be3 Qf6 38. Qxf6 Rxf6 39. h4 Kf7 40.
Kh2 h5 41. Re5 g6 42. Rd5 Ke7 43. Bh6 Rf7 44. Rd2 Rh7 45. Be3 Rh8 46. Rb2 Rb8
47. Kg3 Rb7 48. Bf4 Nd4 49. Be5 Nf5+ 50. Kf4 Ke6 51. Re2 b5 52. cxb5 Rxb5 53.
Kg5 c4 54. f4 Kf7 55. Ra2 Ne7 56. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxe2 9. Bxe2 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Rd1 bxc4 14. bxc4 Qc7
15. Rb1 Rfb8 16. Rb3 Rxb3 17. axb3 Rb8 18. Bf3 a5 19. Be3 h6 20. Nc3 e5 21. Na4
Qb7 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. Re1 Bb4 24. Re2 Bf8 25. Rd2 exd4 26. Bxd4 Qxb3 27. Bxc6
Qb1+ 28. Qd1 Qf5 29. Bb5 Bb4 30. Re2 Nf8 31. Re5 Qg6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Rg3 Qf5
34. Qa1 Nh5 35. Rf3 Qc2 36. Nb6 Ne6 37. Ba4 Qg6 38. Nd5 Qe4 39. Bb6 Rb8 40. Bb5
Nhf4 41. Nxf4 Rxb6 42. Nd3 Rd6 43. Re3 Qf5 44. Qf1 Nc5 45. g4 Qf6 46. Kg2 Ne6
47. Rf3 Qd4 48. Qe2 Rd8 49. Qe5 Qa7 50. c5 Nd4 51. c6 Nxf3 52. Kxf3 Bd6 53. Qe4
Qb6 54. Qc4 Bb8 55. Nc5 Ba7 56. Ne4 Rd4 57. Qc2 Bb8 58. Ba4 Qc7 59. Nc3 Qf4+
60. Ke2 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D49"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
a4 {Nachdem 15.Rd1 lange Zeit als kritisch galt, wurde dieser Zug wieder aus
der Versenkung herausgeholt ... und zwar von Bareev selbst! Daher sollte man
annehmen, dass Bareev sich seiner Sache bewusst ist, wenn er sich nun mit den
schwarzen Steinen auf diese Variante einlässt. Jedoch geht Bareev im weiteren
Verlauf glatt unter.} Bg7 $146 {Der neue Zug.} (15... Nc5 16. axb5 Bb7 17.
Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Nxd4 $5 $146 {Diese Neuerung beinhaltet ein Figurenopfer,
welches Schwarz jedoch nicht akzeptieren kann.} (18. Bf4 $5 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Hansen,LB] (36)}) (18. Bc4 Nd7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20.
Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Ke7 $15 {Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Las Palmas/1994/}) (18.
b4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 e5 20. Bd2 Bd5 21. Re1 Be7 22. Qf5 Qb7 23. Nh4 Be6 24. Qd3 Kd7
25. Nf5 Rg8 26. Ng3 h5 $17 {0-1 Domotor,J-Lazovic,G/Zalakaros 1995/EXT 97 (42)}
) 18... Qd6 19. b6 Nxd3 {Schwarz kann es sich nicht leisten, den Springer zu
kassieren.} (19... Qxd4 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. Be3 Qd5 22. f3 $1 $16 {und Schwarz
hat keine Verteidigung gegen Rc1 nebst Rd1.}) 20. Qxd3 Qxb6 21. Be3 $40 {
1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Karjakin,S/Beer Sheva 2005/CBM 110/[Lutz] (59) Weiß spielt
auf den unrochierten König des Gegners. Schwarz muss genau agieren.}) (15...
Bd6 $6 16. a5 $1 Qc5 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. b4 $1 Qh5 19. Qxd4 $16 {Lautier,J-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Dos Hermanas/1994/}) 16. a5 {Weiß versichtet auf den sofortigen
Rückgewinn des Bauern, um dafür den Ba6 kaltzustellen.} Qd6 {Schwarz muss den
Pd4 verteidigen, da seine Stellung ansonsten keine positive Aspekte hat.} (
16... Qc5 17. b4 $1 Qxb4 18. Ba3 Qxa5 19. Bf8 $18) 17. Qe4 {Weiß bringt die
Dame in Stellung.} Rd8 18. Qg4 Kf8 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Qh5 {Der schwarze König ist
in der Mitte steckengeblieben, man kann sagen, dass Bareevs
Eröffnungsbehandlung gescheitert ist. Dreev trägt den weiteren Angriff
kraftvoll vor.} Rc8 (20... Qd5 21. Bxe5 fxe5 22. Ng5 Rd7 23. Rfc1 $16) 21. Rae1
Rc5 22. b4 Rc3 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Ng5 Qe7 25. f4 $1 {Alle weißen Figuren wirken
beim Angriff mit.} e4 (25... f5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. fxe5 Kg8 (27... Re3 28. Rxe3
dxe3 29. Rxf5+ Kg8 30. Qd1 Bb7 31. Qb3+) 28. Rxf5 h6 29. Ne4 Rc6 30. Ref1 Bc8
31. Rf7 Qe8 32. Nd6 $18) (25... Rxd3 26. fxe5 f5 27. exf6 $18) 26. Bxe4 h6 27.
Nf3 Qxb4 {Was sonst ?} 28. Ne5 Qe7 (28... Rc7 29. Bg6 fxg6 30. Nxg6+ Kg8 31.
Rxe6 Qc5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Rxa6 $18) 29. Bg6 $1 $18 b4 30. Bxf7 Bxf1 (30... Rc5
31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Ng6+ Kg8 33. Rxe6 Rxh5 34. Rxa6 $18) 31. Ng6+ Kxf7 32. Nxe7+
Kxe7 33. Qg4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nge2 Qd6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qb1 (11. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S-Sokolov,I/
Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Lutz] (26)}) 11... Qc8 {Mit der Idee ...Bf5.} 12. e4
$5 (12. Bd2 $6 Bf5 13. Qc1 c4 14. Ne1 Bd6 15. b3 b5 $15 {0-1 Krasenkow,
M-Sokolov,I/Izmir 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (36) Dank seines Raumvorteils am
Damenflügel und der Kontrolle des Zentrums hat Schwarz bereits Vorteil.}) (12.
Nh4 g5 13. a3 gxh4 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. f3 Nxd2 18. Rxd2
Rc8 $17 {1/2-1/2 Dittmar,P-Bjarnason,O/Bad Woerishofen 2003/CBM 93 ext (34)})
12... Nxe4 $5 (12... dxe4 $5 {wird von I.Sokolov im Informator 92 als genauer
angegeben.} 13. Ng5 (13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfg5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 {führt mit
Zugumstellung zu den Varianten nach 12...Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Nfd2 dxe4 15.Nxe4.
}) 13... Bf5 14. Bc4 $4 (14. Ncxe4 {siehe 13.Nxe4}) 14... e3 15. Bxf7+ Ke7 $19)
13. Re1 (13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfd2 (14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Ng3 c4 $17) (14. Nfg5 $5 {
muss beachtet werden.} h6 15. Re1 hxg5 16. Bg4 dxe4 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Rxe4+ Kd8
19. Re8+ Kc7 20. Qxf5 Rxe8 21. Bxg5 $18 {1-0 Arkell,K-Haslinger,S/Birmingham
2005/EXT 2006 (43)}) 14... dxe4 15. Nxe4 cxd4 (15... Qe6 $5 {Sokolov,I}) 16.
Rxd4 (16. Bd3 $13) 16... Qc2 (16... Nc2 $2 17. Rc4) 17. Bf3 Qxb1 (17... Bc5 $6
18. Qxc2 Nxc2 19. Rc4 Nxa1 20. Nxc5 $36) 18. Rxb1 Nc6 $11 {Sokolov,I}) 13...
Be7 {I.Sokolov analysiert hier nur die Alternativen 13...f5 und 13...Bf5. Der
Textzug sieht natürlicher aus.} (13... f5 14. Na4 $1 Qc6 (14... Qc7 15. a3) 15.
Bd1 $1 $44 {|^} c4 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f3) (13... Bf5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd3) 14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16. a3 Qc6 17. Qb1 Nd5 18. Bd3 h6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Bd2 $6
{Weiß opfert einen Bauern im Kampf um die Initative. Das scheint aber
übertrieben zu sein.} (20. dxc5 $11) 20... cxd4 21. Qd1 Re8 22. Qf3 Qd8 23. Qe4
(23. Rad1 Bd6 24. Nc4 Bc7) 23... f5 24. Qxd4 Bf6 25. Rad1 Qb6 $15 {Nun kommt
Schwarz in Vorteil.} 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. Ba5 Na4 28. Nc4 Nxb2 29. Nxb2 Bxb2 30.
Rb1 Bxa3 31. Rxb7 Bd5 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Rd7 Be6 34. Ra7 {Die weiße Aktivität
kompensiert den schwarzen Mehrbauern.} Rc8 35. Kf1 Bc4 36. Ke2 Re8+ 37. Kd2
Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Re6 39. Bc3 Rg6 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. g3 Bc5 42. Ke2 Re6+ 43. Kf3 Be7
44. h4 h5 45. Ra7 Kg6 46. Bd4 Bf6 47. Be3 Rc6 48. Kg2 Be5 49. Bg5 Bd4 50. Rd7
Bf6 51. Bd2 Be5 52. Bg5 Bc3 53. Ra7 Kh7 54. Kf3 Kg6 55. Kg2 a5 56. Bd8 Rc5 57.
Kf3 Rd5 58. Bg5 Rb5 59. Bd8 Rb3 60. Kf4 Bd2+ 61. Ke5 Rb5+ 62. Kd4 Be1 63. Ke3
Rb2 64. Ra6+ Kh7 65. f3 Rb3+ 66. Ke2 Bc3 67. Bc7 Ra3 68. Bd6 Ra2+ 69. Ke3 Ra4
70. Bc7 Kg8 71. Kd3 Ra3 72. Kc4 Bb4 73. Be5 Re3 74. Kd5 Bc3 75. Bxc3 Rxc3 76.
Rxa5 Kf7 77. g4 fxg4 78. fxg4 hxg4 79. Ke4 Rh3 80. Kf4 g3 81. Kf3 Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Nb3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c4 Ne5 13. N1d2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Bb1 Rad8 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. h3 d6 11. c3 b4 12. d3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Be6 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. cxb4 Bf6 18. Re1 Rxb4 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Qc2 Qd7 21.
Ne4 Bd4 22. Be3 Rxb2 23. Qc4 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxe4 25. dxe4 g6 26. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Nd2 Na5 17. Nf1 Qd7 18. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 h6 10. a4 Re8 11. c3 Bf8 12. Ba2 {[%cal Gd1b3]} (12. Nf1 d5) 12...
d6 (12... d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 $14 {[%cal Gc1h6,Ga2d5,Ge4f6]}) 13. axb5 $5
{Up to this move the players were following the famous game Kasparov-Short/
London 1993, but with his last move White deviates from it in favor of
material gains!} (13. Nh4 Qd7 14. Ng6 Ne7 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 16. f3 $1 Rad8 $2 17.
b4 Ng6 18. Nb3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/London 1993}) 13... axb5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15.
Qxb5 Reb8 {Black has pressure on the a-file as compensation for the pawn. It's
hard to believe that it should be sufficient to keep the balance.} (15... Ba6
$2 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17. Rxa6 $18) 16. Qb3 Ra7 17. Qc2 Rba8 18. b4 Ba6 19. Nc4 $6
{Deciding not to force things up. However after} (19. Bb2 $1 Bxd3 $8 20. Bxf7+
(20. Qxd3 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Nc4 $14) 20... Qxf7 21. Qxd3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 (
22. Bxa1 $5 $16) 22... Rxa1+ 23. Bxa1 Qa2 24. Qf1 $16 {[%cal Gf1c1,Gc1b2,Gb2b1,
Gg2g3] White keeps an extra pawn under rather fortunate circumstances.}) 19...
Bxc4 $8 20. dxc4 Nd8 21. Nd2 c5 $44 {[%csl Ra2] Now White's bishop is stuck on
a2 for a while, so Black gets almost a decent compensation.} 22. Nb3 Nc6 23.
Bd2 Ra4 {Forcing the advance of the pawn.} 24. b5 Ne7 25. Nc1 {[%cal Ga1b1,
Ga2b3] White has to take preventive measures against Rb1 and Bb3.} Qa7 $8 26.
Re2 Nc8 27. Rb1 Nb6 $6 ({Better was} 27... Rxa2 28. Nxa2 Qxa2 29. Qxa2 Rxa2 30.
b6 Nxb6 31. Rxb6 Nxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxd2 $14 {with good chances to survive.}) 28.
Bb3 Nxc4 {Black has no choice, but to enter the complications which turn up
favorable for White.} 29. Bxa4 Na3 30. b6 $1 Qb7 (30... Qxa4 31. Qxa4 Rxa4 32.
b7 $18) 31. Qb3 Nxb1 32. Be1 $1 Nxe4 (32... c4 33. Qb5 Na3 34. Qc6 $16) 33. Ra2
$1 $16 {[%csl Rb1] The knight is trapped on b1.} Nbxc3 34. Bxc3 Nxc3 35. Qxc3
Qxb6 36. Bb3 Rc8 {Black's pieces are too passive, so it's very hard to defend
this position.} (36... Rxa2 37. Bxa2 Qb7 38. Qd2 g6 39. Ne2 Kg7 40. h4 $16) 37.
Qc4 Rc7 38. Ra4 (38. Nd3 $2 d5 39. Qxd5 c4 $17 {[%csl Rg1]}) 38... g6 (38...
Rd7 39. Qd5 Qb7 40. Ne2 Qxd5 41. Bxd5 g6 $16) 39. g3 Kg7 40. Ne2 Rb7 41. Ba2
Qc6 (41... Ra7 42. Nc3 Qb7 43. Rxa7 Qxa7 44. Qd5 Qc7 45. Bc4 $18) 42. Ra3 Rd7
43. Nc3 Qf3 44. Qa4 Qb7 45. Bd5 Qc7 46. Kg2 Qd8 47. Qb5 Qe7 48. Qb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Rb8 8. Qd2
Qa5 9. Be2 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Nd1 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. Nf2 Be7 14. Nd3 c4 15.
Nf2 c3 16. bxc3 Qc4 17. cxb4 Bxb4 18. Qd3 Nb6 19. Rab1 Qxd3 20. cxd3 Kd7 21.
Ng5 Rbf8 22. Rfc1 h6 23. Nf3 Be7 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Rb3 Na4 26. Kf1 Na5 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Rb1 Rxb1+ 29. Nxb1 Nc6 30. Nd1 Bb4 31. g4 Ba5 32. Na3 h5 33. gxh5 Ne7
34. Nb5 Nf5 35. Nxa7 Bb4 36. Bf2 Kc7 37. Ke2 Kb6 38. Nc8+ Kc7 39. Nd6 Bxd6 40.
exd6+ Kxd6 41. Kd2 Kc6 42. Nc3 Nb6 43. Ne2 Nd7 44. Ng3 Nf6 45. Nxf5 exf5 46. h6
gxh6 47. Kc3 Kb5 48. Kb3 Nh5 49. a4+ Kc6 50. Be3 Ng7 51. Kb4 Ne6 52. Ka5 Nc7
53. Bc1 Ne6 54. Be3 Nc7 55. h3 h5 56. Bd2 Ne6 57. Be3 Nc7 58. Kb4 Ne6 59. a5
Nc7 60. Ka4 Ne6 61. Bd2 Nc7 62. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{forfait}  1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O
9. h3 {Dies ist ein neuer Zug; Weiß bereitet Lc1-e3 vor. Besonders wirksam
sieht dieses Manöver nicht aus, aber mit dem bisher gespielten Sf3-e5 erreicht
Weiß ebenfalls nicht viel:} (9. Ne5 Be6 10. h3 Qc8 11. Kh2 Ne4 (11... Nfd7 12.
Nf3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfd7 14. f4 f5 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Najer,E/Istanbul 2003/
CBM 096 (65). (64)}) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Rd8 14. f4 Bxh3 15. Rh1 (15. Rf2
Be6 16. e3 f5 17. Bf3 Bd5 $11 {1-0 Goldin,A-Bologan,V/New York 1993/TD (64). 
(63)}) 15... Bf5 16. Qd3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe6 18. g4 f6 19. f5 Qd5 20. Qxd5+ Rxd5
21. Nf3 gxf5 22. gxf5 Rxf5 23. Kg2 Rd5 24. e4 Rd8 25. Be3 $11 {0-1 Ulibin,
M-Voiska,M/Heraklio 1993/TD (39). (39)}) 9... Nbd7 10. Be3 b4 11. Nb1 a5 12. a3
Ba6 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ra4 {Weiß entschließt sich für ein sehr direktes
Vorgehen, und ich sehe in der Tat nicht, wie er auf andere Weise etwas
erreichen könnte.} Bb5 15. Rxb4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Ne4 17. Re1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e5 19.
Na3 Ba6 20. Nc2 Qc7 $6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 20... e4 21. Rb8 Qc7 (21... Qxd2 22.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nxd2 {überläßt dem Weißen Vorteil. Es ist für Schwarz wichtig,
die Damen auf dem Brett zu behalten, um Angriffsmöglichkeiten am Königsflügel
zu haben.}) 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nh2 {ergibt eine ähnliche Stellung wie die
Partiefolge, nimmt dem Weißen aber die im folgenden angegebene Möglichkeit.})
21. Rc1 $6 (21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21... Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxc5 23. Nd4 {sieht auch
unbequem für Schwarz aus.}) 22. dxe5 {lohnte einen Versuch.}) 21... e4 22. Nh2
f5 {meines Erachtens verfügt Schwarz über genügend Gegenspiel für den
geopferten Bauern.} 23. Ra4 Bb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bf1 Nf8 26. e3 Bxf1 27. Nxf1
Ne6 28. h4 h6 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Ne1 g5 31. Ng2 Bf6 {Dieser Zug ist nicht nötig.
Schwarz hat zwei andere Fortsetzungen, die zu gutem Spiel führen:} (31... Qb7)
(31... f4 32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. exf4 Rf8) 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Ra6 f4 (
33... Kf7 {kommt in Betracht, wenn Schwarz auf Gewinn spielen will.}) 34. gxf4
{Wenn Weiß f4-f3 zuläßt, gerät sein König in allzu große Gefahr. Jetzt
entsteht eine Stellung, in der Weiß über gutes Gegenspiel verfügt, weil auch
der König des Schwarzen unsicher zu stehen kommt.} gxf4 35. Nxf4 Nxf4 36. exf4
Qg7+ 37. Kh1 Bxd4 38. b4 Qb7 ({Die Fortsetzung} 38... Bc3 39. Qe3 Qh6+ 40. Kg2
Bxb4 41. Ng3 {führt ebenfalls zu einer etwa ausgeglichenen Stellung.}) 39. Qe2
{Eine andere Ausgleichsfortsetzung besteht in} (39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. Qxd4 Qh6+ 41.
Kg2 Qg7+ 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Ne3 d4 44. Nf5+ Kf6 45. Nxd4 Rxb4 46. Nc2 Rc4 47.
Ne3 Rxc5 48. f3) 39... Bxf2 (39... Qc8 40. Ra3 Rxb4 41. Rg3+ Kf8 42. Qh5 {
gefolgt von Sf1-e3 hat Weiß nicht zu fürchten.}) 40. Kg2 Bd4 41. Ng3 Qc8 42.
Qh5 Qxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3
Qb6 9. O-O Bc5 10. Na4 Bxd4 11. Nxb6 Bxe3+ 12. Kh1 Bxb6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O c6 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 b5
15. Ne1 a5 16. Nd3 Nb6 17. Nc5 axb4 18. axb4 Nc4 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
b6 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7
15. e3 Rac8 16. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Ba5 10. a3 h6 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Nce7 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Bc6
15. Ne5 Bc7 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 cxd4 10. O-O Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Qxb2 14.
Nf5 exf5 15. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Rc1 Bf5 8. e3
Rc8 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Qb3 Rc7 14. Nc5 Rb8 15.
Rc3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 e5 18. Qb6 exd4 19. exd4 g6 20. Rd1 h5 21. b4 Kg7
22. Be2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. b5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nd8 26. Qa7 Re7 27. Qc5 Re6 28.
Rb1 Ra8 29. a4 Nc6 30. Qb6 Qe7 31. Bxc6 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Qd6+ 33. g3 Rxb1 34. Qxb1
bxc6 35. Qa1 Qf6 36. Rc2 h4 37. a5 Qf5 38. Ra2 Rxa5 39. Rxa5 Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 hxg3
41. Qg1 g2+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kxg2 Qd2+ 44. Kg3 Qxa5 45. Qe3 Qc7+ 46. Kg2 Qd6
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qa5
15. Qc2 Nb6 16. Bd3 g6 17. e4 c5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Rf8 21. Bh6
Rfd8 22. Bb5 Nxc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qh4 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O Qxb6 10. b3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Na4 Qa7 15.
Ne5 Rac8 16. Kh1 Be7 17. Rae1 Bb4 18. Rd1 a5 19. a3 Be7 20. Rde1 Qb8 21. Bb5
Rc7 22. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bd2 {A very rare move. Kramnik puts aside his favourite Bayonet attack 
(9.b4) and surprises Zviaginsev with a quiet positional plan of attack on the
queenside by means of Rc1; b4 and c5.} Kh8 {Vadim decides to avoid the main
theoretical lines, which usually arise after 9...Ne8 and 9...Nh5. The idea of
9...Kh8 freeing the g8-square in the Bayonet attack was popularized by English
GM Hebden. Probably Zviagintsev prepares a similar manoeuvre of the queen
knight.} ({I believe in case of} 9... Nh5 {White can play not only} 10. g3 ({
but also} 10. Re1 {with the idea} f5 11. exf5 gxf5 $2 (11... Nxf5 {is better.})
12. Nxe5 {and unlike the Bayonet attack the knight on c3 is protected and
White wins a pawn. This is one of the ideas behind 9.Bd2.})) ({A more popular} 
9... Ne8 {which was initiated by Fisher in his match vs Taimanov in 1971 was
tested by Bologan in the following game.} 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 fxe4 12. Nxe4 c6
13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rae1 b5 15. Nb4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rb8 17. Qa3 Qb6 {with mutual
chances in Hansen,C-Bologan,V/Skanderborg DEN 2003.}) 10. Rc1 b6 {Usually it's
not recommended to play on the side where you're worth, but sometimes strong
players break rules usually having an idea in mind. This time Zviaginsev makes
the break c4-c5 more difficult. Is this a good reason to weaken queenside? The
game will show.} ({The only preceding game saw} 10... c5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b4
Bb7 13. Bg5 (13. c5 $5) 13... Nfg8 14. Qb3 f6 15. Be3 f5 16. Rfd1 $16 {and
White obtained a clear positional advantage in Peek,M-Coleman,D/Amsterdam 1996.
}) 11. b4 Nd7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf7f5] Preventing c5 and preparing f5.} 12. Ne1
{[%cal Ge1d3,Gc4c5] The knight goes to d3 to support an advance of the c-pawn.}
f5 13. f3 (13. Nd3 {looks more flexible as it leaves an option of f4 open, but
after} Nf6 {it would most likely transpose to the game.} 14. f3 Neg8 15. c5)
13... Ng8 14. Nd3 Ndf6 15. c5 $14 {Usually White can only dream of such a
position - his pieces are on nice squares, the program break c5 was executed.
What else one needs to claim an advantage?} Bh6 $5 {When you have less space
try to get a relief exchanging pieces - this is the idea behind Black's move.}
16. cxd6 {I believe White shouldn't be in a hurry with this exchange. Anyway
Black can't avoid it.} ({Why not to prepare doubling of pieces along the
c-file?} 16. Rc2 $5) 16... cxd6 17. Bxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 f4 {Black unties White's
hands for attack on the queenside.} (18... Kg7 {retaining pressure on the
e4-pawn deserved attention.}) 19. Nb5 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gc7e6] White prepares
penetration to c7.} ({Once again} 19. Rc2 {[%cal Gf1c1] with the idea Rfc1
looked strong.}) 19... Ne8 {[%csl Rc7,Rd6]} 20. Qc3 {Renewing an idea of Nc7
and having in mind a positional piece sacrifice in the centre.} Qe7 {Black
protects the centre and provokes Nc7.} ({He could also cover the c7-square by
means of} 20... Rf7) 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Qxc7 Bd7 {Now it turns out that the
queen won't be able to stay on the seventh rank, but White had a way to retain
his advantage with 23.b5.} 23. Nf2 {Simple chess. White prevents possible
attack on the kingside in advance and opens the a6-f1-diagonal for the White's
light-squared bishop.} (23. b5 $5 {[%cal Gd3b4,Gb4c6] Preparing a manoeuvre of
the knight via b4 to c6 deserved serious attention.} Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rcb8 25. Qa6
Bc8 26. Qa3 a6 27. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rh8][%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b4,Gb4c6] with a
threat of Nf4 and then Nb4-c6. Probably Kramnik rejected this idea as he was
afraid that it would be difficult to break through on the queeside while Black
has counterchances on the other side of the board.}) 23... Rfc8 24. Qb7 Rcb8
25. Qa6 Bc8 26. Qa3 {[%cal Ge2a6]} a6 $5 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7][%cal Gc8d7,Gh6g8,
Gg8f6,Gf6e8] Black prevents Ba6, which would help White to take control over
the only open file. Now his plan includes Bd7 and Ng8-f6 in order to take
control over the c7-square by means of Ne8 when necessary. Eventually it turns
out that one open file is not enough for win.} 27. Rc6 {[%cal Gf1c1] The idea
of doubling rooks along the c-file is definitely right, but I believe White
could save at least a tempo doubling the rooks the other way.} ({F.e.} 27. Rc3
Bd7 28. Rfc1 Ng8 {and now White can try} 29. Bxa6 $5 {Pinning your own bishop
doesn't look like a great idea, but I don't see how Black can exploit the pin.}
Qd8 (29... Bb5 $6 {looks risky as White obtains full control over the c-file.}
30. Bxb5 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 $14) (29... b5 30. Qa5 $1) 30. Rc6 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qc7 32.
b5 $1 $44 {[%cal Ga3b2,Gf2d3,Gd3b4,Gb4d5] Preparing Qb3(b2) and Nd3-b4-d5.})
27... Bd7 28. Rc7 Ng8 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gg8f6,Gf6e8] The knight goes to e8 to
attack the white rook.} 29. Rfc1 Nf6 30. Qb2 ({It wasn't late to try} 30. Bxa6
$5 {although here White is a tempo down comparing to 27.Rc6. Here is a
possible continuation of play.} Qd8 31. R7c6 Bxc6 32. dxc6 Ne8 33. b5 Nc7 34.
Qb3 Nxa6 35. bxa6 Ra7 36. Nd3 b5 37. Nb4 {with a clear advantage for White.
However not all moves are forced.}) 30... Kg8 31. Bf1 Ne8 32. R7c3 Qd8 {
Black is planning to wait and it's not easy to do much about it.} 33. Qd2 Nf6
34. Rc7 Ne8 35. R7c3 Nf6 36. Rc7 Ne8 37. R7c2 Nf6 38. Rc3 Ra7 39. Qc2 {And
having no idea how to break through Black's fortress Kramnik offered a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 {Volkov is a specialist in the Slav with
a7-a6, so Kramnik chooses a clever move order to avoid his opponent's known
positions.} Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4] A natural answer, other options are} (3...
d5 4. e3 {- D10}) (3... d6) 4. Qd2 d5 {Black tends to the known structure.} ({
But a logical continuation of the previous move is} 4... Ne4 $5 5. Qc2 {
and now it deserves attention} d6 $5 {[%cal Ye7e5]} (5... d5 6. f3 e5 (6...
Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Nxd2 8. Bxd2 Qd8 9. e3 g6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. Ne2 $14 {0-1
Chiburdanidze,M-Stefanova,A/Elista 2004/CBM 100 ext (55)}) 7. Bxe5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. e4 b5 11. Ne2 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Kramnik,V/Sanghi
Nagar 1994/CBM 042/[Gelfand] (76)}) (5... Qxd4 $4 6. e3 $18) {for example} 6.
f3 Nf6 7. Qd2 e5 8. Be3 (8. dxe5 $6 dxe5 9. Bxe5 Bc5 {[%cal Gb6g1]}) 8... Qa6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Zhukova,N-Stefanova,A/Krasnoturinsk 2004/CBM 103/[Wells] (19)})
5. Nc3 Bf5 6. f3 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yg2g4] A more ambitious move than the
normal} (6. e3) ({The double attack} 6. Bxb8 $6 Rxb8 7. Qf4 {[%csl Rb8,Rf5]
doesn't work because of easy} Rd8 8. Qxf5 $2 Qxb2 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3]}) 6... e6 ({
Black has no time to avoid the g2-g4 advance by} 6... h5 $6 {due to} 7. cxd5
cxd5 $2 (7... Nxd5 $142 8. Bg3 $5 $14) 8. Bxb8 Rxb8 9. e4 $1 $16 dxe4 $140 $2
10. Qf4 $18 Rd8 11. Qxf5 Qxb2 12. Qb5+ $1) 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5 $5 ({Possible is
also} 8... h6 {, which keeps the knight on f6. The choice is a matter of taste.
}) 9. g5 Nfd7 {A key to Black's counterplay is the e6-e5 (or even c6-c5)
advance, from here the knight can support it.} ({Too passive is} 9... Ng8 $6
10. e4 $14 Bb4 $140 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 dxe4 $6 13. d5 $1) 10. e3 Be7 11. Nh3
{[%csl Rg6,Rh5][%cal Yh3f4]} O-O 12. Bg3 {White has a space advantage, on the
other hand Black leads in development. To convert it to something real and to
get counterplay, Black needs generally to open the position.} Re8 $6 {And he
misses a good moment for it.} (12... e5 $142 $1 {with the complicated play,
for example} 13. cxd5 (13. dxe5 Bc5 14. Na4 (14. Bf4 $2 Nxe5 $1 $17 15. Bxe5
Bxe3 16. Qh2 Re8) 14... Bxe3 15. Nxb6 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 axb6 $11) 13... exd4 (
13... Bb4 $5 14. dxe5 cxd5 $13) 14. exd4 Bb4 $5 $13 (14... cxd5 $6 15. Nf4 $1
$14)) 13. Be2 $6 {White gives Black for nothing the chance again.} (13. Nf4
$142 $5 $14 e5 $140 $2 14. Nxg6 exd4 15. Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Na4 $18 dxe3 17. Qc3
$18) 13... dxc4 $6 {And Black misses it over again!} (13... e5 $142 $1 14. cxd5
(14. dxe5 Bc5) 14... Bb4 $13) 14. Nf4 Bd6 15. Bxc4 $14 {Now Black has to
suffer under positional pressure.} Na6 (15... Bxf4 16. Bxf4 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5
18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. e4 (19. O-O-O $5 $14) 19... Nd7 20. O-O-O $14) (15... c5 $5
16. d5 $1 $14 (16. Nb5 $2 Bxf4 17. Bxf4 cxd4 $1 $36 18. Nc7 Nc6 $1 19. Nxa8
Rxa8)) 16. O-O-O $5 Rad8 17. e4 {[%csl Rg6] Closing the working diagonal of
the Bg6.} Nf8 18. Nxg6 Nxg6 (18... Bxg3 $2 19. Nxf8 Kxf8 20. g6 $16 {weakening
the Black's king} f6 21. f4) 19. f4 Qb4 20. Be2 {White's centre is well
protected and Black can't successfully attack it.} Bc5 (20... c5 21. e5 cxd4 (
21... Bf8 $2 22. d5 $16) 22. Qxd4 $14) 21. Bxa6 bxa6 (21... Rxd4 $4 22. Bd3 $18
) 22. Ne2 Qb7 $2 {Black keeps wrongly the queens on the board.} ({Without them
he can hope for some counterplay on the kingside, for example} 22... Qxd2+ $142
23. Rxd2 Bb6 24. Rhd1 f5 $1 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rc2 $14 f5 $140 27. Rxc6 fxe4 28.
d5) 23. Qc2 $16 Bb6 24. Kb1 Ne7 25. Bf2 g6 26. Ng3 $5 {[%csl Ge4] Kramnik
doesn't give his opponent any chance. He defends the e4 pawn and plans to
double his rooks on the d file.} (26. Rd3 c5 $5 27. dxc5 Qxe4) 26... Bc7 27.
Be3 Rd7 28. Rd3 Red8 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Ne2 Bb6 31. Ng1 $18 {[%cal Yg1f3,Yf3e5] A
strong maneouvre, after which Black can't resist for long.} Qa6 32. Nf3 Bc7 33.
Rc3 Qb7 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 Rc7 36. Rc5 Qb4 37. a3 Qb6 $6 38. d5 $1 {[%cal
Ge3b6] A small trick finishes the game.} exd5 39. Rcxd5 Qxe3 40. Rxd8+ Kg7 41.
Qd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 $5 {
In my opinion this move is more promising than 7.Nf3.} (7. Nf3 h6 8. Bh4 c5)
7... h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 (10... Bxc5 $2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. b4
$18) 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. O-O-O Bd7 (13... Rd8 14. Ne5 Rd5 (14... Nd7
15. Qe4 Bxh4 16. Qxh4 Rf8 17. Nf3 Ne5 $6 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Rhe1 $36 {Palac,
M-Jaroka,S/Zuerich 2004}) 15. f4 a5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. c4 Rd8 18. g4 $36 {Polgar,
S-Soos,B/Budapest 1991}) 14. Ne5 Ba4 (14... Bc6 15. Rhg1 (15. f4 Nd5 16. Bxe7
Qxe7 17. g3 Rac8 18. Rhe1 Ba4 $6 19. Qe4 Rxc3+ 20. Kb1 Rxd3 21. Rxd3 $16 {
Leventic,I-Petrov,J/Medulin 1997}) 15... Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. g3 Rac8 18. Kb1
Rfd8 19. f4 $14 {Hagarova,Z-Macak,S/Presov 2001}) 15. Rd2 a6 {[%csl Gb5][%cal
Ga4b5] The way I see it the idea behind this move is not to play ...b5 later
on, but to secure this square for the bishop.} (15... Rfd8 16. Re1 Be8 $13) 16.
Re1 Bc6 $6 {After the move in the game 15...a6 turns out to be a waste of time.
16...Bb5 looking for simplifications deserved attention.} (16... Rfd8 $2 17.
Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bc4 $18) (16... Bb5 $5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 (17... axb5
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Qa7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. a3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd2d3,
Gd3g3,Ge2h5]}) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxb5 axb5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd7 Rxa2 21. Nxf6+
gxf6 22. Kc2 $11) 18... Qxe2 19. Rexe2 Bxf6 20. Rd7 $14) 17. f4 {Moro prefers
to keep the pressure, even though White could've definitely tried} (17. Ng6 $5
fxg6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxg6 Raf8 20. Re5 Qa7 21. g4 $14 {with a very promising
position.}) 17... Nd5 18. Qe4 f5 {[%csl Re6] After the move in the game Black
is left with a weakness on e6 for good.} (18... Nf6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Nd5
21. Bxe7 (21. Nxc6 $2 Bxh4) 21... Nxe7 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 $14) 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Qc4
$6 {I think it was better to keep the queens by} (20. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Gg2g5]})
20... Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Rf6 (21... Bd5 $5 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Bc4 Nxf4
25. g3 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Rc8 27. Bb3 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 Nd5 29. Rxe6 Kf8 $14) 22. Na5 g5
23. Nxc6 bxc6 (23... Nxc6 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. g3 $16) 24. Bf1 gxf4 25.
Rd6 {White's chances are clearly better in the endgame, but Zvjaginsev manages
to hold the position by stubborn defense.} Kf7 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Re5 (27. Rxc6
Ne3 28. g3 Nxc4 29. gxf4 Nxb2 30. Rc7+ Kf8 31. Kxb2 $14) 27... Rc8 28. Rd7+ Ke8
29. Ra7 Rc7 (29... Rd8 30. Be2 $14) 30. Rxa6 Kf7 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Kd2 Rc4 (
32... Rg6 $5) 33. Ra7+ Ke8 34. Re2 Re4 35. b4 e5 36. b5 Kd8 37. a4 Rg6 38. a5 (
38. Rf2 Kc8 39. Kc2 Kb8 40. Rd7 Rxa4 41. Kb3 Re4 42. Rxd5 Kc7 43. Rfd2 $14)
38... Rxe2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rb2 41. b6 $6 (41. Rb7 $5 Kc8 (41... Rc2 $6
42. a6 Rxc3+ 43. Ke2 Re3+ (43... Kc8 44. Re7 $18) 44. Kf2 Ra3 45. a7 Ra2+ 46.
Ke1 Ra1+ 47. Kd2 Ra2+ 48. Kc3 f3 49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. a8=Q Rxa8 51. Rxa8 f2 52. Ra1
e4 53. Rf1 e3 54. Kd3 f4 55. Ke2 $18) 42. a6 Rb3 43. Re7 $16) 41... Kc8 $1 $11
(41... d4 $2 42. Ra8+ Kd7 43. a6 Rxb6 44. a7 Ra6 45. Rh8 $18) 42. Rc7+ Kb8 43.
Rc5 d4 44. cxd4 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb2+ 46. Kf1 exd4 47. Rxf5 d3 48. Rd5 Ra2 49. h4
h5 50. Rxd3 Rxa5 51. Kf2 Ra2+ 52. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 e4 7. Nc3 d5 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. f3 exf3 10. exf3 O-O 11. Nge2 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Rad1
Re7 15. g4 Qd6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Nh5 a6 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Qf2 f6 21.
gxf6 Nxf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qg3+ Qxg3 24. hxg3 Bf7 25. Kf2 Na5 26. Rfe1 Rxe1
27. Rxe1 Nc6 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Bf1 Ne7 30. Rd2 a5 31. Bb5 Kg7 32. Na4 Rc7 33. Bd3
Bg6 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. Bb5 Nf5 36. Na4 Nd6 37. Bf1 Rc2 38. Rxc2 Bxc2 39. Nc3 Ke6
40. Nb5 Nxb5 41. Bxb5 Bb1 42. a3 Bc2 43. Ke3 Bd1 44. Bd3 h6 45. Kf4 b6 46. Bf5+
Ke7 47. g4 Kf7 48. Kg3 Ke7 49. f4 Kf7 50. Kh4 Be2 51. g5 hxg5+ 52. fxg5 fxg5+
53. Kxg5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 (
7. Nfd2 $6 {is rather sophysticated.} Nh6 8. c4 Be7 (8... Nf5 $5) 9. c5 Nf5 $1
(9... O-O 10. b4 f6 11. Nb3 Nf7 (11... fxe5 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4
Rf6 $13) 12. f4 $142 {keeping White's space advantage.} (12. Bf4 {cannot hold
>< e5 for long.} Be4 (12... fxe5 13. dxe5 Nfxe5 {immediately is punished by}
14. Nd4 $1) 13. N1d2 g5 $5 (13... fxe5 14. dxe5 Nfxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe4
dxe4 17. Qc2 $44) 14. exf6 Bxf6 {So Black has eliminated the strong e5 P.} 15.
Bg3 (15. Nxe4 $5 gxf4 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 15... Bg6 16. Nf3 e5 $11 {
Sutovsky-Slipak, Villa Martelli 1997})) 10. Nf3 O-O $13) (7. Na3 $6 {misplaces
the N.} Nh6 (7... Ne7 $5) 8. c4 Nf5 9. c5 {White cannot hold his vanguard on
c5 because of the bad a3 N.} h5 10. Nc2 a5 11. Bf4 b6 {White's space advantage
is vanishing soon.} 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. b3 c5 {blowing up White's [+] completely.
} 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bd3 Ne7 16. h3 h4 17. Rb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nf5 $11 {D.
Herman-Slipak, Buenos Aires 1998}) (7. Nbd2 Nh6 (7... Ne7 8. c3 (8. c4 {
is again hazardous because >< d5 remains in Black's hand.} dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10.
Bg5 Qc7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bh4 N7b6 13. b3 Nf4 14. Bg3 Nbd5 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3
Nd5 17. Bf2 Ba3 $17 {J.Polgar-Arlandi, Jakarta 1996}) 8... Nf5 $13) 8. Nb3 (8.
c4 Nf5 (8... Be7 9. cxd5 (9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Nf5 11. h3 f6 12. g4 Nh6 {Now ><
f4 is weakened.} 13. Nh4 Be8 14. Kg2 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qb6 16. Nhf3 Bf7 17. Kh1 $15
{1/2-1/2 Erenburg-Galkin, Istanbul 2003}) 9... cxd5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bd2 (11.
Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Ne1 a5 15. Nd3 Rfc8 16. Rc3 Rxc3 17.
Qxc3 a4 18. Nbc5 Nxc5 19. Nxc5 Rc8 20. Rc1 {1/2:1/2 Inarkiev-Galkin, RUS-chT
2005}) 11... f6 {This blow secures Black enough counterplay.} 12. exf6 Bxf6 13.
Ba5 Qe7 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Bc3 Nf7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 $13 {and although the
backward e6 P is a structural weakness, but the c3 B is passive,
Volokitin-Pogorelov, Istanbul 2003.}) 9. b3 f6 $5 (9... Be7 10. Bb2 O-O) 10.
cxd5 cxd5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 (13... O-O-O $6 14. Ndf3
$14 {- Roiz-Burmakin, Istanbul 2003 CBM 96}) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bb5+ Kf7 16.
Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qf6 18. Re1 $44) (8. b3 Bb4 9. Bb2 O-O 10. a3 Ba5 11. c4 f6
12. b4 Bc7 13. Nb3 Bh5 14. Nfd2 Bg6 15. Nf3 Bh5 $13 {with repetition of moves,
Lutz-Schlosser, Germany 1997.}) (8. c3 {- 7.c3}) 8... Nf5 9. c3 Be7 (9... a6 {
- 7.c3 a6 8.Nbd2 Nh6}) 10. g4 $5 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 (13. g5 {
cannot catch the trapped B because of} Qe7 14. Nd2 h6 $1 15. Nf3 hxg5 16. fxg5
Bh5 $1 17. Nxh4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxh4 {/\ 0-0-0}) (13. h3 Qe7 {/\ 0-0-0}) 13...
Bxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Nd2 h5 15. g5 Qf5 16. Nf3 Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Be4 18. Bd3 $16)
14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {The >< e6 is a target, but White's B is passive, and
his >> is a bit weakened.} O-O $11 (15... g6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 O-O (17...
O-O-O $5 $132 {looked more exciting!}) 18. Kh1 Rae8 19. f5 $5 {-
Delchev-Schlosser, France 2003 CBM 95} (19. Re2 $11))) (7. c4 {immediately
allows Black to build up a stronghold on d5.} dxc4 $1 8. Bxc4 Nb6 9. Be2 Ne7
10. Nc3 Ned5 {The N is wonderful here blockading the backward P.} 11. Bd3 Be7
12. Bxg6 fxg6 $5 (12... hxg6) 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Ne1 Nf4 15. Be3 Nbd5 $13 {
Magomedov-Rogers, Yerevan 1996}) (7. a3 $5 {Since White's main plan is to play
c4, this move doesn't help much for that.} Nh6 $1 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. c4 (9. b3 O-O
10. Bb2 Nf5 11. Re1 c5 $11) 9... O-O 10. b3 (10. b4 a5 $1 11. b5 c5 $132) 10...
f6 $1 {This is Black's main counterplay.} (10... Nf5 11. Bb2) 11. Bb2 (11. exf6
{gives more freedom for the black pieces.} Bxf6 12. Bb2 Nf5 $11 (12... Nf7 $5
13. Re1 e5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Ndxe5 16. Nd4 Qb6 $13)) 11... fxe5 (11... Nf7
$6 {is strongly met by the forceful} 12. Nh4 $1 fxe5 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bg4 $1
$16) (11... Nf5 12. g4 (12. exf6 Bxf6) 12... Nh6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. h3 Nf7 {
/\ e5}) (11... a5 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nf5 15. Nf1 Rae8 16. Bd3
Qf4 17. g3 Qh6 18. Bc3 Qh3 19. Ne3 Bd8 20. Ng2 Nd6 21. Bf1 Qf5 22. Nf4 Ne4 23.
Bh3 Qf7 24. Bb2 Bf5 $13 {Nijboer-Bartel, Istanbul 2003}) 12. dxe5 Nf5 {-
Nijboer-Dautov, Essen 2001 CBM 83}) (7. Be3 {The B is usually badly placed
here.} Nh6 8. Nbd2 Nf5 (8... Be7 $5 9. Bxh6 (9. Re1 Nf5 10. Bf4 {White's setup
lacks harmony.} O-O 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Bd3 c5 $15 {
Bernardo-Slipak, Mar del Plata 1997}) 9... gxh6 {Black is not afraid of his
corrupted P structure, because of the ^^, <-> g and quick development.} 10. c4
O-O 11. Kh1 (11. cxd5 cxd5) 11... f6 $1 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 (13. Re1) 13...
Qb6 $11 {Klimpel-M.Tseitlin, Wiesbaden 1996}) 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Nb3 c5 11. dxc5 (
11. c4 $5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 $15 {Solak-Hellsten,
Halle 1995}) 11... Nxc5 $11) (7. b3 $142 {This is the consistant plan
preparing for c2-c4.} Nh6 8. c4 (8. Bb2 {is not important at all.} f6 $1 9.
exf6 Qxf6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qh4 12. Nd2 Bc5 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Bc1 Nf5 15. c3
O-O $17 {Schoenberger-Doettling, Schwaebisch Gmuend 2000}) 8... Nf5 (8... Be7
9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bb2 a6 {Black is playing rather passively.} 11. Qd2 Bh5 12. Rad1
Kh8 13. Ne1 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nf5 15. Nc2 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Ne3 $14 {
Luther-Kachiani Gersinska Bad Wiessee 1998}) 9. Nc3 (9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 {
helps only for Black to finish his development and blow up White's [+] by
f7-f6.} 11. c5 O-O 12. b4 Bh5 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 f6 $15 {Calzetta
Ruiz-Piankov, Linares 2000}) (9. Bb2 Be7) 9... Bb4 (9... a6 $6 {is again too
slow:} 10. g4 $1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 Bb4 13. Bd2 h5 14. g5 Bxc3 15. Bxc3
Be4 16. Rc1 Nf8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 $18 {Smirin-Blocker, Philadelphia 1996})
(9... Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. g4 $5 (11. Qd2 a6 $6 {is again slow.} 12. c5 $1 b6
13. b4 a5 14. a3 {White can keep his space advantage on the <<.} Qb8 15. h3 h5
16. Bd3 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxh4 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. f4 g6 (
21... Be7 $2 22. f5 $16 {Kallai-Metz, Budapest 1995}) 22. g4 $1 hxg4 23. hxg4
$14 {with a huge space advantage on both flanks.})) 10. Bb2 (10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3
Be7 12. g4 Nh6 13. h3 Kh8 14. Be3 Ng8 15. Qd2 f6 $13 {Lane-Rogers, Suncoast
1999}) 10... O-O 11. a3 Ba5 $5 (11... Be7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. g4 $1 (13. Bd3 Rc8
14. Ne2 Nh4 {Black is happy to exchange the light-squared B.} 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16.
f4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 {fighting against f4-f5} 19. Qd3 Be7 20. Rxc8
Rxc8 21. g3 Nb8 $11 {Flores-Gomez Baillo, Buenos Aires 1999}) 13... Nh6 14. Ne1
f6 15. exf6 gxf6 (15... Bxf6 16. f4 $16) 16. h4 f5 17. g5 Bxg5 {This piece
sacrifice doesn't solve Black's problems.} 18. hxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Ng2 f4 20. Qd2
Rf7 {(Wahls-Rogers, GER-chT 1996 )} 21. Rae1 Kh8 22. Bf3 $16 {parrying all the
threats.}) 12. Rc1 a6 13. b4 Bc7 14. cxd5 (14. c5 $5 f6) 14... cxd5 15. Bd3 Nb6
{>< c4} 16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Nf4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 $11 {Zarnicki-Slipak, Villa
Gisel 1998}) 7... a6 (7... Nh6 8. Bxh6 (8. Re1 Nf5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. b3 (10. Nf1
O-O 11. Ne3 {The exchanges on f5 help for Black.} (11. Be3 c5 12. a3 Rc8 13.
Rc1 Qb6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 Nb8 17. Qd2 Be4 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19.
Qxc3 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 {Arzumanian-Kornev, Tula 2002}) 11... c5 12. Bd3
Nxe3 13. Bxe3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qd3 {The position has some
similarities to the Slav.} Nb8 {improving the N's position.} 17. a3 Re8 18.
Red1 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rc6 20. Bg5 Bf8 {This is the "good" B because of the P
structure, so Black wants to keep it.} 21. Bd2 Rec8 22. h4 Qa6 $11 {
Gallagher-P.Schlosser, GER 1997}) 10... O-O {Black has successfully finished
the development, and gets counterplay after c6-c5.} 11. Bb2 c5 $11 {-
Lutz-Dautov, GER-chT 1997 CBM 63}) (8. Nbd2 Be7 (8... a6 {- 7..a6}) 9. Nb3 (9.
g3 {/\ h4} O-O 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Nb3 {The fight for >< e5 begins.}
Nf7 13. Nh2 {/\ h5 capturing the B.} Nd6 14. h5 Bf7 15. f4 {>< e6 is fixed.} c5
{Black sacrifices a P in order to execute the frreing move e5.} 16. dxc5 Ne4
17. Kg2 e5 (17... Ndxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Ng4 Ne4 20. Be3 $14) (17... a5 $5 18.
a4 Ndxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Ng4 $14) 18. Ng4 $14 {Am. Rodriguez-Slipak, Villa
Ballester 1999}) (9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 Nf5 {- 8.Re1}) 9... O-O 10. Bxh6 gxh6 {
Corrupting Black's P structure. Now Black has to prepare for c5 or f6 blowing
up White's strong [+].} 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. Rae1 a5 13. Nc1 c5 14. Bb5 Nb6 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Nd3 Be7 17. Nd4 $16 {Vallejo Pons-Pedersen, GER-chT 2004}) (8. Na3 Be7
(8... Nf5 9. Nc2 c5 10. Nce1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 {- 8..Be7} (11... Qb6 $5 12. Qa4
$16)) 9. Nc2 Nf5 10. Nce1 {This N manoeuvre looks slowish, although not
without reason.} c5 (10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. g3 Be7 13. Ng2 (13. h4 h6 14.
Ng2 O-O 15. Nf4 Be4 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Qe2 Rc8 $132 {
Sutovsky-Pantsulaia, World Team Ch 2005}) 13... h6 14. Nf4 {finally the N has
found his right place.} Be4 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rc1 c5 17. Bg4 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bg5
19. Qd2 Nb8 $5 {/\ Nc6} 20. h4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 {White's ^^ can be effective
later.} Nc6 22. Bc5 $14 {Perunovic-Anastasian, ETC Gothenberg 2005}) (10... O-O
11. g3 c5 {- 10...c5}) 11. h3 (11. g3 {against Nh4 and sometimes Ng2 may come.}
cxd4 (11... O-O 12. h3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nd3 h6 15. Nf4 {This was the
final destinatination of the white knight's journey.} Bh7 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. a4
Nb8 18. a5 Qd8 19. Bd2 Nc6 $13 {Volokitin-Rasmussen, GER-chT 2004/05}) 12. cxd4
Nb8 13. Ng2 Bh5 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15. Bxe3 Nc6 16. Ne1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 {This type of
position is fully acceptable for Black, his lack of space is balanced by >< d4
and the bad B on e3.} O-O 18. Nd3 Qb6 $11 {Nataf-Roussel Roozmon, Montreal 2005
}) 11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. g3 Be7 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Be4 17.
Bd3 Bxd3 18. Nxd3 O-O 19. Be3 Rc8 20. Qa4 {1/2:1/2 Motylev-Pantsulaia, EU-ch
2005}) 8... gxh6 9. Nbd2 f6 10. Nb3 $5 (10. Qb3 {Lukacs} Qb6 11. exf6 $14 {
fighting for >< e5.}) 10... Bg7 11. exf6 {White has to give up his stronghold
on e5 anyway.} (11. Re1 O-O $1 $13 (11... fxe5 $6 12. Nxe5 (12. dxe5 O-O) 12...
Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg4 $16)) 11... Qxf6 {The game has now a French type of
character.} (11... Bxf6 12. Bd3 $14) 12. Ne1 {/\ f4 fixing the target >< e6
forever.} (12. Re1 O-O 13. Bd3 Rae8 $13 {White cannot fully control by a piece
the vital blockading square e5.}) 12... e5 $1 {Black has now time for this
freeing move.} (12... O-O {allows} 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nd3 b6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5
c5 17. g3 $14 {Inarkiev-Pantsulaia, Saint Vincent 2005}) 13. Bg4 (13. dxe5 Nxe5
14. f4 Nd7 15. f5 Bf7 16. Bh5 O-O-O {leads to big complications.} (16... O-O
17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nd4 $14) 17. Bxf7 Qxf7 18. Nd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Kb8 20. Nd3
Rde8 21. Rae1 $13) 13... Bf5 (13... O-O-O 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Nc5 $14 {with an
annoying pin on the h3-c8 /^.}) 14. dxe5 {This activates the opponent's pieces.
} ({It was better to hold the [+] by} 14. Nd3 $142 {Lukacs} O-O (14... O-O-O
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 $1 {This is the point!} Bxg4 (17... Qxd4 $4
18. Bxf5+ $18) 18. Qxg4+ Kc7 19. Rae1 $16) 15. f4 e4 16. Ne5 $14 {keeping the
position closed against the ^^.}) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxf5 (15. Bh5+ Bg6 $13) 15...
Qxf5 16. Nd4 Qf7 {(Bologan-Izoria, Saint Vincent 2005 CBM 110)} 17. Nd3 $142 {
was again more precise.} O-O (17... O-O-O 18. f4 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Rhe8 20. f5 {
/\ Ne6 and go to sleep...} Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Qf6 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rf8 24.
Re5 $14) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 (19. Nf3 Bf6 $11) 19... Bxd4+ (19... Bxf4 20.
Qg4+ Kh8 21. Kh1 $1 $16) 20. Qxd4 Qf6 (20... Rae8 21. Rf3) 21. Qf2 $14 {
with a somewhat better P structure for White.}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Bf4 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Nc8
10. Be3 b5 11. a4 Ncb6 12. a5 Na4 {1/2-1/2 Najer-Dreev, St Petersburg 2004}) (
8. Qb3 Rb8 (8... Qb6) 9. Na3 b5 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Nc2
Ne7 $11 {White can blockade >< d4, but this is the maximum he can get,
Dochev-Nikolaidis, Nikaia 2005.}) 8... Nh6 9. g3 {This was not urgent.} (9. Nb3
$142 {immediately looked more promising.} Nf5 (9... Be7 {allows White to
corrupt the >>.} 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qd2 $14) 10. g4 (10. Bg5 $5) (10. g3 Be7 {
- 9.g3}) 10... Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 f5 {- Parligras-Svetushkin, Calvia ol 
(Men) 2004 CBM 104}) 9... Be7 (9... Nf5 10. Nb3 (10. Ne1 {/\ Ndf3, Ng2} c5 11.
Ndf3 Qb6 12. h3 (12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Ng2 O-O-O $5) 12... cxd4 (12... Ne7 13. a3
Nc6 14. b4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Be7 16. Be3 O-O $13 {and the white N is far from c5,
V.Popov-Dreev, Moscow 2006.}) 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Ng2 Ne7 (14... Nb8 $5) 15. b3
Nc6 16. Bb2 (16. Be3 Ba3) 16... Be7 $13) 10... Be7 {- 9...Be7}) 10. Nb3 Nf5 11.
g4 $5 Nh4 (11... Nh6 12. h3 $14 {The N on h6 is out of play.}) 12. Nxh4 Bxh4
13. f4 $14 {White has some space advantage on the >>.} f5 14. Bd3 Be7 (14...
fxg4 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Qxg4 Nf8 17. Nc5 $14) (14... Qe7 15. Na5 $1 {fighting
against 0-0-0} Rb8 (15... O-O-O $6 {founders on} 16. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 17. Nxc6 $16)
16. gxf5 (16. c4) (16. g5 h6 $132) 16... Bxf5 (16... exf5 17. Kh1 $14) 17. Bxf5
exf5 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh6 $14) 15. Be3 O-O (15... fxg4 $5 {is the other try,
the N on f8 defends >< g6 and e6 and later Black can castle long side.} 16.
Bxg6+ hxg6 17. Qxg4 Nf8 18. Rf3 Rh4 19. Qg2 Qd7 20. Rh3 Rxh3 (20... Rh6 21.
Rxh6 gxh6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Bf2 O-O-O 24. Bh4 $14) 21. Qxh3 O-O-O $14) 16. h3 b5 {
Black wants to keep the position as closed as possible.} (16... b6 {/\ c5} 17.
c4 $14) 17. Qe2 Qe8 18. Rad1 {Why is this necessary?} (18. Kg2 $14) (18. a4
bxa4 19. Rxa4 c5 $13) 18... Rc8 (18... a5 $5 {/\ a4 gaining space on the <<.}
19. Nd2 a4 20. Kh2 Nb6 $13) 19. Qg2 Rc7 (19... fxg4 20. Bxg6 Qxg6 21. hxg4 Nb6
22. Nc5 Nc4 23. Bc1 Bxc5 24. dxc5 $14 {is a favourable change of the P
structure.}) 20. Nc1 $1 {/\ Ne2-g3 emphasizing the pressure on the >>.} Nb6 {
Black continues his wait and see policy, but it was time to react in the [+].}
(20... c5 $1 21. Ne2 c4 22. Bb1 Nb6 23. Ng3 b4 $132 {with a counterplay on the
other flank.}) 21. Ne2 Bd8 $2 {This is simply loss of time.} (21... fxg4 22.
Bxg6 (22. hxg4 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qg6 24. f5 $5 exf5 25. Nf4 Qxg4 26. Ne6 Qxg2+ 27.
Kxg2 Rcc8 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29. Bc1 $14) 22... Qxg6 23. hxg4 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rcc8 25.
b3 Nb6 26. f5 $1 exf5 27. gxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. Rf1 $14) (21... Nc4 22.
Bc1 $14) 22. Bc1 Nc8 (22... Be7 23. Ng3) 23. b3 $1 {White has also some
options on the <<.} Be7 (23... Nb6 24. Ba3 $16) 24. Kh1 c5 $2 {Black opens up
the position but not in the right time.} (24... Nb6 25. Ng3 $14) 25. gxf5 $1
exf5 $2 {This loses quickly.} (25... Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Ng3 Rf8 28. f5 $16
{was not rosy either.}) 26. c4 $1 $18 {Black's [+] collapses, the active white
pieces decide the battle in the opened position.} (26. Qxd5+ Bf7 27. Qg2 $16 (
27. e6 Bh5)) 26... dxc4 27. bxc4 cxd4 (27... bxc4 28. Bxc4+ Kh8 29. d5 $18 {
with the mighty connected passed pawns in the [+].}) 28. cxb5 Bc5 (28... axb5
29. Nxd4 $18) 29. bxa6 Nb6 30. Bc2 Qc8 31. Bb3+ Kh8 32. Bb2 Be8 33. Kh2 Bc6 34.
Qg3 Bb5 35. Rfe1 d3 36. Nd4 Bc4 37. e6 ({or} 37. Rxd3 Bxd3 38. Qxd3 Rd8 39. e6
$18) 37... Re7 38. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 39. Qxd3 Qc7 40. Re5 Rd8 41. Qxf5 Bb4 42. Nf3
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 h6 10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bb3 c6 12. Ne3 Qc7 13. h3 b5 14. g4 Bb7 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. h4 Qd7 20. Rg1 gxh4 21. Nxf6 Nxf6
22. Nxh4 Rh8 23. Qg5 Rxh4 24. Qxh4 Rh8 25. Qg5 Rh5 26. Qd2 c5 27. O-O-O c4 28.
dxc4 Nxe4 29. Qe3 Rh3 30. f3 Nf6 31. c5 Rxf3 32. Qe1 a5 33. cxd6 a4 34. Bc2 Qe6
35. a3 Bd5 36. Qe2 e4 37. Qxb5 Qxd6 38. Qxa4 Qf4+ 39. Kb1 g5 40. Rxd5 Nxd5 41.
Qxe4 Rf1+ 42. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 43. Ka2 Nf6 44. Qe5 g4 45. a4 Qf2 46. Qf5 Qe3 47. Bd1
g3 48. Bf3 Nd7 49. a5 Ne5 50. Bd5 f6 51. Qc8 Qf4 52. Qb7+ Kh6 53. Qb4 Qf2 54.
Qd4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d3 {Dieser Zug ist ein seltener Gast in der
Turnierpraxis.} d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Nb6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 {Statt
d2-d3 spielt Weiß gewöhnlich b2-b4.} a5 (9... Re8 $5) 10. Be3 Re8 (10... Be6 $5
) 11. Rc1 h6 (11... Bf8 12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd7 16.
Nxb6 cxb6 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Re1 Be6 19. Qa4 {0-1 Balster,S-Timman,J/Essen 1994/
CBM 43 ext (51) +/= Ribli}) (11... Bg4 12. Re1 (12. Na4 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bf6 14. h3
Be6 15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Kh2 g6 17. Rfd1 b6 18. e4 Nde7 19. d4 {1-0 Allahverdiev,
A-Gadjily,R/Baku 1996/EXT 2000 (22)}) 12... Bf8 13. Na4 (13. Nd2 $5) 13... Nxa4
14. Qxa4 Bd7 $2 (14... Qc8 $5 $14) (14... Bc8 $142) 15. Qb3 $1 $16 {1-0 Suba,
M-Mestel,A/Beersheba 1984/MCL/[ChessBase] (38)}) 12. Bxb6 cxb6 13. Nd2 {
[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4b6][%mdl 32] Der Springer zielt auf das c4-Feld, wonach er den
b6-Bauern kontrollieren kann.} Bf8 (13... Bg4 14. Nc4 Bc5) 14. Nc4 a4 $6 (14...
Bg4 $142) 15. Nd2 {[%csl Ra4] Der Springer kommt zurück, jetzt ist der a4P das
Ziel des weißen Spiels.} (15. Nxa4 $2 b5 16. Ncb6 (16. Nab6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 bxc4
$19) 16... Ra6 17. Nxc8 bxa4 $19) 15... Nd4 $6 {Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug
hilft dem Gegner.} (15... b5 16. Nxb5 Bg4 (16... Qb6 17. Nc3 Qxb2 (17... Be6 $5
) 18. Nc4 Qb3 19. Qd2 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Rc1b1,Rb1b3]} Na5 20. Nxa5 Rxa5 21. Rb1
Qxa3 (21... Qe6 22. Nb5 $18) 22. Nb5 Rxb5 23. Rxb5 $18) 17. Nc3 (17. Nc4 Nd4)
17... Nd4 18. Re1 Qd7 $44 {Ich bin nicht sicher, ob Schwarz genügende
Kompensation für den Bauern besitzt, aber er verfügt über ein aktives
Figurenspiel.}) 16. e3 Ne6 17. Nxa4 b5 (17... Qxd3 $2 18. Nxb6) 18. Nc3 Qxd3 (
18... Nc5 19. Nxb5 Nxd3 20. Rc2) (18... b4 19. axb4 Qxd3 20. Nd5) 19. Nd5 {
[%csl Rd3,Gd5][%cal Rg2e4,Re4d3] Der d5N steht gut und es droht jetzt 20.Be4
mit Damenfang.} Qg6 20. Qe2 Rd8 (20... Bd7 21. Nf3 f6 22. Nb6 Rad8 23. Nh4 Qf7
24. Nxd7 $18) 21. Qxb5 $16 Bd7 {Mit diesem weiterem Bauernopfer möchte Schwarz
das Spiel kompliziert gestalten.} (21... Ng5 22. h4 $1) 22. Qxb7 Rab8 23. Qa7
Ng5 (23... Rxb2 24. Nc4 Ra2 25. Nxe5 $18) 24. h4 $1 Nh3+ 25. Kh2 {[%csl Rh3]}
Rxb2 26. Qc7 Rbb8 27. Nc4 {[%mdl 2048]} Rbc8 28. Qxe5 $18 Re8 29. Qb2 Qh5 30.
Ncb6 Rxc1 31. Nxd7 $5 {[%cal Rd7f6,Rf6g8,Rf6h5,Rd5f6]} (31. Rxc1) 31... Qxd5
32. Bxd5 Rxf1 33. Kxh3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 g5 {The number of the games played with this move is too low yet to jump
to the conclusions, but it seems to be pretty dangerous for Black.} 10. fxg5 (
10. dxc5 $6 gxf4 11. Bxf4 Bxc5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2
bxa4 $1 $15 {Frolyanov,D-Volkov,S/Sochi 2005}) (10. Nxg5 $5 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nd1 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 O-O $36) 10... cxd4
11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 $6 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Na2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe5 15. h4 Nc4
16. Bxc4 bxc4 $17 {Anand,V-Morozevich,A/Monte Carlo 2005}) 11... Ncxe5 12. Bd3
$5 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3,Gg3h5] White prefers to send the knight to h5 instead of
the bishop. In the previous game White preferred 12.Be2, but the move in the
game is definitely a more logical choice.} (12. Be2 Bb7 $6 13. Bh5 Qe7 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Nce2 O-O 16. b3 Rac8 17. Ng3 $14 {Zhang Zhong-Roiz,M/Beer Sheva ISR
2005}) 12... Bb7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Kh1 Bg7 15. Rae1 $6 {The rook isn't
necessarily well-placed on e1, so 15.Qf2 followed by Qh4 and Ne2-g3-h5
deserved attention.} (15. Qf2 $5) 15... O-O 16. Nce2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 $1 {
It's more important to open up the diagonal a8-h1 for the bishop than to keep
a strong center, even though after} (17... bxc4 18. Ng3 Be5 19. Rf3 c3 20. bxc3
Rac8 $132 {things are not perfectly clear.}) 18. Ng3 c3 $1 19. bxc3 Rac8 20.
Nh5 Qxc3 $2 {A very bad move after which White gets the decisive advantage.
After the correct} (20... Be5 21. Qf2 (21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. gxf6 Qxc3 23. Qf2 Kh8
$36 {[%cal Gf8g8]}) 21... Qxc3 22. Rd1 (22. Qh4 $2 Rc4 23. Nf6+ Nxf6 24. gxf6
Qxc2 $17) 22... Kh8 $132 {the position would've remained highly unclear.}) 21.
Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Nxg7 Rxe3 $8 (22... Kxg7 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Bd4+ $18) 23. Rxe3
Kxg7 24. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Gc3c7] White is just an exchange up.} Bd5 25. Rc7 Nb6
26. Rf6 {[%csl Re6]} Kg8 27. Ra7 Nc4 28. Rxa6 Rd8 $1 {Black's only chance to
get counterplay is by activating the rook.} 29. Kg1 Be4 30. c3 e5 31. Nf3 $6
Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Bd5 33. a4 $1 (33. Rf5 Be6 34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Nxe5 Rc1 $16) 33...
e4 34. axb5 $1 (34. Ne1 $2 e3+ 35. Ke2 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Nb2 $1 $36 {[%cal Gd5c4,
Gd2d1]}) 34... exf3 35. gxf3 Rb1 36. b6 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Kg7 (37... Rb3 38. h4 Rxc3
39. Ra7 Rb3 40. Rd7 Be6 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42. h5 h6 43. Rxh6 $18) 38. Rf4 Be6 $6 (
38... Nxb6 39. Rb4 Rxb4 40. cxb4 $18) (38... Rxb6 $142 39. Rxb6 Nxb6 40. h4 Be6
$16) 39. b7 Ne3 (39... Bd5 40. Ra4 Ne5 41. Rab4 $18) 40. Rb4 Rg2+ 41. Kf4 Nd5+
42. Ke4 Nxb4 43. cxb4 Bc4 44. Ra8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Ne7 8. Bg5 (8. c4 {White wants to open up the position for his better
developed pieces.} Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. cxd5 (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O
(12. cxd5 {helps Black to solve his problem of development.} Nxd5 $5 (12...
exd5 13. O-O Nac6 14. Rad1 $14 {Gallagher-Krueger, Bern 1995}) 13. Nxf5 exf5
14. Bd2 Nc6 $11) 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8
17. Rxc8+ (17. f4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Kd7 19. a3 Nc6 {and Black will finish his
development with ease.} 20. Nf3 Be7 $11 {Svidler-Epishin, St Petersburg-ch 1997
}) 17... Nxc8 {(1/2:1/2 Svidler-Anand, Tilburg Fontys 1998)} 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. b4
Ng6 20. b5 Ba3 21. Rc3 Bb4 22. Rc8+ Kd7 23. Rxh8 Nxh8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 {
1/2-1/2 Alekseev-Bareev, Sochi 2004}) (10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Ncd4 {White cannot keep his
strong ^^.} 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11 {Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze,
FIDE World Cup-C (Women) 2000}) (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 $1 {
This is the typical defensive method here. Other tries are less impressive.} (
11... b5 $4 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Nxb5 $18) (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5
14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $44) 15. Bf3 $44 {with a very active ^^.}) 12.
Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 (13... b5 $2 {founders on} 14. Ndxb5 Qxd3 15. Rd1 $18)
14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11 {and Black has time to finish his development because of the
hanging e5 P.}) 11... Bd3 (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 (12. Qxc4 Rd8 13. O-O Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qa4+ $11 {Mitkov-Garant,
EU-chT 1997}) 12... Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 {
(Soln-Sitnik, SLO-chT Ljubljana 1997} g5 $5 16. g3 (16. g4 Nh4) 16... gxf4 17.
gxf4 Bh6 $132) 15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 (13... Qa5) 14. Ndxb5 $5
{- Ni Hua-Wu Shaobin, Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup 2001 CBM 85} (14. Qb3 {
- Svidler-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99})) 10... Nxd5 (10... Qxd5 $6 11. Nc3
(11. Nd2 Qa5 (11... Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qb8 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Bg6 15.
Bf3 $16) 15. Bf3 $1 $16) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 Bb4
16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. a3 Be7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Bb2 $14 {Sikula-Mihalko,
Nyiregyhaza 1999}) 11... Qxe5 $5 {looks risky, but this was the main idea!} (
11... Qa5 $6 {This is the clear sign of something went wrong. Anand has chosen
very cautious solution, since accepting the pawn sacrifice was probably too
risky for his taste.} 12. Nxf5 $14 {- Svidler-Anand, Moscow 2002 CBM 091}) 12.
Bf3 Rc8 13. O-O $14 {with a big lead of development for the P.}) (10... b5 $5
11. Nxc6 (11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5 13. Nc3 (13. O-O Nb4 (13... Nf4 $5 14. Nc3
Rc8) 14. Nc3 {- 13.Nc3}) 13... Nb4 14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nc2 $5 15. Nxb5 $1 Be7 $1
$15) 14... Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qxd4 $17 {Trygstad-Solozhenkin,
Classics GM Gausdal 2001}) (11. Nxf5 Nxf5 $15) 11... Nxc6 12. Qf4 (12. Qd1 Nb4
13. Na3 Nxd5) 12... Nb4 $1 (12... Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 (13... Bb4+ 14. Nc3 $16) 14.
O-O $14) 13. O-O Nxd5 {Taking the central P is more important than the a1 R!} (
13... Nc2 14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 $44) 14. Qf3 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $14) 15.
Rd1 Bb4 $13) 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nxc3 $1 {was required, because after} (12...
bxc6 13. Rd1 Qb7 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 $16) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O $14 {and
Black has weaknesses on the <<.}) (12... Nxe3 $5 {Taking the wrong piece,
although it looks very logical.} 13. fxe3 bxc6 ({Now} 13... Qxc6 $2 {simply
loses to} 14. Bb5 $18) 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Ne2 (15. Qxa6 Bc5 $1 (15... Bd3 16. Qb6
(16. Qa4 Qb7 17. Rd1 Ba6 $44) 16... Be7 17. Rd1 $1 $16) 16. Ne4 (16. Rd1 $6 Qc7
17. Rd6 $5 O-O $1 (17... Bxd6 $2 18. exd6 Qd7 19. Na4 Qd8 20. d7+ $1 Kxd7 21.
Nb6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa3+ c5 24. Qa7+ $16) 18. Rxc6 Qb8 $1 19. Rxc8 Rxc8
20. O-O Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 Bd4 $15 {Tseitlin-Erenburg, Ashdod 2004}) 16... Bxe4 17.
Bxe4 O-O 18. Qc4 Qa7 (18... Bxe3 $2 19. Bxh7+) 19. O-O Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bd4 $11)
15... Bc5 $1 $132 {Bologan-Bareev, Ekaterinburg 2002 CBM 090}) 13. bxc3 Qxc6 {
is possible in contrary to the game!} 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Bf3 Kd7 $11) 8... Qa5+
(8... Qb6 {The weakness of the b2 P is not serious.} 9. Nc3 {If Black cannot
take on b2, his plan is dubious.} Nbc6 (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Ncb5 $40) 10. Ncb5
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Bxe7 {Liquidating to a better _|_ despite
of the ^-, because >< d5 is weak.} Kxe7 14. Nxf5+ exf5 15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Bf3
Ke6 17. c4 Bc5 18. Bxd5+ Kxe5 19. Bxb7 $16 {Kovchan-V.Gaprindashvili, Alushta
1999}) (8... Qd7 {allows White to ruin Black's P structure at an expence of
the ^-.} 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Bf3 d4 (11... Nc6 $5) 12. O-O Nc6 13.
Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. b3 {White has a nice blockading position, but >< e5
is a target.} Rb5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. Nc4 Bc3 19. Rad1 Qe6 20. Rd3 Rc5
$13 {Volokitin-Bareev, Warsaw 2002}) (8... Qc7 {targeting >< e5 immediately.}
9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Qxd5 (11. O-O Qxe5 12. Nc3 d4 13. Nb5 Nc6) 11...
Nc6 $44) 9. Nc3 (9. Qd2 Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bg6 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. c4 {White wants to
change the structure in order to open the position for his better developed
pieces.} Nbc6 13. Nf3 Be4 {White cannot attack the key-square d5.} 14. Rd1 (14.
Nd2 $5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bh3) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nxe5 16. Be2 f6 17. Bc1 (17. Be3)
17... a6 18. Nc3 Kc6 $15 {Morozevich-Galkin, Moscow 1998}) (9. c3 Bxb1 10. Qxb1
Nec6 11. Nb3 (11. Nf3) 11... Qc7 12. f4 {If White can consolidate his position,
he can obtain a slight egde.} h6 (12... Nd7 13. O-O g6 (13... Ncxe5 14. fxe5
Qxe5 15. Bb5 Qxg5 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rxf7+ $14) 14. Kh1 Bg7 {The fianchetto of
the B doesn't look logical in a French type of position.} 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qe1
$14 {Xie Jun-A.Maric, Shanghai 2001}) 13. Bh4 g5 $5) 9... Nbc6 (9... Bg6 10. b4
$5 (10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Nb5 Nec6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. f4 {Now White has a total control
over >< d4.} a6 14. Nc3 {White doesn't want to help Black to solve his problem
of development.} Be7 (14... d4 $6 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18.
Bb6 $14 {Svidler-Epishin, St Petersburg 1997}) 15. O-O O-O 16. g4 $5 (16. Bh5
Nd7 17. Bxg6 hxg6 $11) 16... f6 17. f5 Bf7 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Bf3 (19. Nc5 Bxc5
20. Bxc5 Rf7 21. exf6 Nd7 $1 22. Bd4 Nxf6 $15 {Kurnosov-Li Wenliang, Groningen
2003 CBM 99}) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 $13) (10. O-O a6 (10... Nec6 11. Nb3 Qb6
(11... Qc7 $5 12. f4 Nd7 $13 {Gagarin}) 12. Be3 Qd8 13. f4 {- Kveinys-Epishin,
Parnu-B 1996 CBM}) 11. Bd3 (11. h4 h5 {doesn't allow the previous ->.} (11...
h6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13. Nxe6 $5 {This attacking idea against the K in the middle
deserves attention.} fxe6 14. Bh5 Bf7 (14... Bxh5 15. Qxh5+ Kd7 (15... Kf8 16.
Ne2 $16) 16. Nxd5 $1 {White has to open up the lines and diagonals against the
badly posted K.} exd5 17. c4 $1 Nc6 18. cxd5 $40) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne2 $1 {
/\ Nf4 is not easy to find, White positionally continues the game.} Rc8 17. Nf4
Kg8 18. Nxe6 Nc6 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. f4 $36) 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Ng6
$1 $13 {Svidler-Epishin, FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 CBM 63}) 11... Nbc6 ({Or simply} 
11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 Nbc6 {and Black can successfully finish his development.})
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Re1 Bb4 $13 {The N is usually badly placed on c3.} (13... Bc5
) 14. Bd2 Rc8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc5 $13 {In this French type of position
everything is OK for Black, because his B is great on g6, Nijboer-Ruck,
Plovdiv 2003 CBM 98.}) 10... Qb6 (10... Qxb4 $2 {loses more tempi with the Q.}
11. Ndb5 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxb7 Qc7 15. Nd6 $18 {Volokitin-Ruck,
SLO-chT Cetje 2005}) 11. Ndb5 Nc8 12. O-O $1 (12. Na4 Qc6 13. c3 (13. c4 $6 {
is too hazardous:} Bxb4+ 14. Kf1 Na6 15. cxd5 (15. a3) 15... Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5
17. Rc1 (17. a3 Be7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nac3 Nb6 20. h4 $44) 17... O-O 18. Be3 {
1/2:1/2 Turov-Zontakh, RUS-chT 2005}) 13... a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. O-O $1 Be7 (
15... Qxe5 16. f4 $44) 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 $13) 12... a6 13. Na4 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14.
Be3 d4 15. Nxd4 Qc7 16. c4 $44) 13... Qc6 14. c4 $1 axb5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 (15...
Qd7 16. Nc3 $44) 16. Qc1 $1 Nc6 (16... Nd7 17. Nc3 Qxe5 (17... Qc6 $2 18. Bxb5
$18 {Gong Qianyun-Yuanyuan, Torch Real Estate 2005}) 18. Bf4 $44) 17. Rd1 bxa4
18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bb5 N8a7 20. Bxa4 Bxb4 21. a3 $44) 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O Bg6
12. Qg4 (12. Re1 a6 {White is better developed, but it is not easy to open up
the position.} 13. Ba4 Nf5 14. Nf3 h6 15. Bf4 Be7 $13 {Bhat-Zivanic, Menorca
1996}) 12... a6 13. Ba4 $1 {White has to keep the tension.} ({Time is not ripe
for} 13. Rfe1 $2 axb5 14. Ndxb5 Qb8 15. Nd6+ Kd7 $17) 13... Qc8 (13... b5 $2 {
collapses after} 14. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxb5 {/\ Be7}) (13... Qd7 $2 {This is
not the best way for unpinning the piece...} 14. Rad1 b5 (14... Nf5 $2 15. Nxc6
bxc6 16. Qf3 $1 {/\ Nxd5} Be7 (16... h6 17. Nxd5 $1 $18 {is a nice tactical
blow against the K in the middle.}) (16... Ne7 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Nxd5 $18) 17.
Nxd5 $1 $18 {Roiz-Erenburg, Ashdod 2004}) 15. Ncxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $44) (13...
Rc8 14. Rfe1 Qb8 {/\ b5} (14... b5 $2 {is again inferior due to} 15. Ndxb5 $1
axb5 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Nd6+ $18) 15. b4 $5 Nf5 (15... b5 $6 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17.
Bxb5 $44) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. a3 $14) 14. Qf3 (14. Rfe1 Rb8 (14... b5 $6 {
is again premature:} 15. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 16. Bxb5 $44 Rb8 17. a4 $1 (17. Bxe7
Rxb5 $1) 17... Rxb5 18. Nxb5 Nf5 19. c3 $14) (14... h6 $5) 15. Rad1 Nf5 (15...
b5 $6 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 $16) 16. Nce2 (16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qf3 b5 18. Bb3
Bb4 $13) 16... b5 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bb3 Bc5 $13) (14. Rad1 Rb8 ({Here} 14... h6
{is not a big deal.} 15. Bh4 b5 16. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 17. Bxb5 $44) (14... b5 $2
15. Ncxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $16) 15. Rfe1 {- 14.Rfe1}) 14... h6 (14... b5 15. Ncxb5
$1 axb5 16. Bxb5 $44) 15. Bf6 $2 (15. Bh4 {keeping the pressure was more to
the point.} Rb8 $13 (15... b5 $5 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. a4 (18. Bxe7
Rxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxe7 $15) 18... Rxb5 19. Nxb5 Nf5 $15)) 15... Rb8 (15... b5 $5 {
Here this push is possible finally.} 16. Ncxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Ra5 $1 (17... gxf6
18. exf6 Rg8 {/\ Be4} 19. Rfe1 (19. Qd1 Kd8 20. fxe7+ Nxe7) (19. Qc3 Kd8 $17)
19... Kd8 20. fxe7+ Nxe7 21. a4 Bg7 22. Rad1 Qc5 23. c3 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Kc7 $15)
18. Bxe7 (18. a4 Rxb5) 18... Rxb5 19. Nxb5 Bxe7 $17) 16. Rad1 gxf6 17. exf6 b5
(17... Nf5 $5) 18. Ncxb5 $1 {White has to continue his sacrificing policy.} (
18. fxe7 Bxe7 19. Ncxb5 (19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bb3 O-O) 19... axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5
21. Nxb5 O-O $17) 18... axb5 19. Nxb5 {[#]} (19. Bxb5 Rxb5 $1 $19) 19... Rxb5
$2 (19... Nf5 $1 {was the cold-blooded defence.} 20. Na7 (20. c4 Ra8 21. cxd5
Rxa4 22. dxc6 Bc5 23. c7 O-O $19) 20... Qa6 21. Bxc6+ (21. Nxc6 Qxa4 22. Nxb8
Bd6 $19) 21... Kd8 22. Bxd5 exd5 (22... Qxa7 $5) 23. Qxd5+ Bd6 $1 $15 (23...
Nd6 $2 {is weaker because of} 24. Nc6+ Kc7 25. Nxb8 Kxb8 26. Rfe1 Bf5 (26...
Qb7 27. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 28. Qd8+ Qc8 29. Qb6+ Ka8 30. Rd4 $18) (26... Bxc2 27. Rd4
Qb6 28. a3 Nc8 29. Re7 $1) 27. Qb3+ Qb7 28. Qg3 Qc6 29. Re3 $1 Bxc2 30. Rd4 $16
)) 20. Bxb5 $16 {Now White has an excellent position, Black is tied up.} Qb7 (
20... Nf5 21. Rxd5 $1 {opening up the lines against the K in the middle.} exd5
22. Qxd5 Bd6 $1 23. Bxc6+ Kd8 24. Rd1 $16) (20... Ng8 21. c4 $1 $16) 21. c4 $1
{The rooks need open lines.} Be4 (21... Nc8 22. Rxd5 $1 {This motif is again
very strong.} N8a7 23. Rfd1 exd5 24. Qxd5 $16) 22. Qe2 $1 (22. Qb3 $5 Rg8 $1 (
22... dxc4 23. Qxc4 $16 {- 12.Qe2}) 23. f3 dxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd5 25. Qa4 Rg6 26.
fxe7 Bxe7 27. Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. Rc1 $44) 22... Rg8 $1 (22... dxc4 23. Qxc4 $1
Bd5 $140 24. Rxd5 $1 exd5 25. Qc5 $18) 23. f3 dxc4 24. fxe7 $1 (24. Qxc4 {
- 12.Qb3}) 24... Kxe7 (24... Bxe7 25. Qxc4 $1 $18) (24... Qxb5 25. exf8=Q+ $18)
25. Qxc4 Bd5 26. Rxd5 $1 {Finally White has executed the R sacrifice on d5!}
exd5 27. Qxc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 $18 {and the _|_ is completely lost.} Kd6 29. Bb7
Bg7 30. Rd1 Bxb2 31. Bxd5 Ke7 32. Rb1 Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Rc8 34. Rb7+ Kd6 35. Bb3
Rc1+ 36. Ke2 f6 37. Rh7 Rg1 38. g3 Rg2+ 39. Kd3 Bg1 40. Rxh6 Ke5 41. f4+ Kf5
42. Ba4 Ke6 43. Ke4 Bxh2 44. Bb3+ Ke7 45. Kf5 Bxg3 46. Rxf6 Rf2 47. Re6+ Kd7
48. Re4 Bh4 49. Kg6 Be7 50. Kf7 Ba3 51. Be6+ Kd6 52. Rd4+ Kc5 53. Ra4 Bb2 54.
f5 Rh2 55. f6 Rh6 56. Rf4 Kd6 57. Bb3 Bc3 58. Rf1 Bd4 59. Rf5 Be5 60. Rf3 Bd4
61. a4 Bb2 62. Bc4 Kc5 63. Bd3 Kb4 64. Bb5 Rh1 65. Ke6 Re1+ 66. Kd7 Rd1+ 67.
Kc8 Rc1+ 68. Kb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Ngf6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Rhe1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bc3 Rfe8 20. Qe2 a5 21.
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 c6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. d5 cxd5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nc7 24. Ba4 Re6 25. b4 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 d5 28.
Ree1 Nb6 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Bc1 Rc8 31. Be3 Nb5 32. Bc5 Rxc5 33. bxc5 Qxc5 34. Nd4
exd4 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Qxg6 Qe7 37. cxd4 Nd7 38. Qg3 Qb4 39. Bc2 Nxd4 40. Bd3
Qb8 41. Qxb8+ Nxb8 42. Rb1 Nd7 43. g3 e5 44. Bg6 e4 45. Kg2 Ne5 46. Be8 Kh7 47.
Rd1 Nd3 48. Rb1 Nc2 49. Rb7 Ne5 50. Ba4 Nd4 51. Rb8 Ndf3 52. Bb3 d4 53. Bd5 Nd2
54. Rb2 e3 55. fxe3 dxe3 56. Rb6 Nd3 57. Re6 Be5 58. Bb7 e2 59. Rxe5 Nxe5 60.
Kf2 Nf1 61. Kxe2 Nxg3+ 62. Ke3 Nh5 63. Ke4 Nf7 64. Bc6 Kg6 65. h4 Kf6 66. Ba4
Ne5 67. Bc2 Ng7 68. Kf4 Ne6+ 69. Kg3 Nd4 70. Bb1 Ne2+ 71. Kf2 Nc3 72. Bc2 Nd7
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd2 d6 10. a4 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Re1
Re8 16. Qf3 Nf8 17. Nf5 Ne6 18. c3 dxc3 19. bxc3 Bf8 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. h4 Qd7 22.
h5 h6 23. d4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Ng5 25. Qg4 Bc8 26. Bc2 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qxe4
Bb7 29. Qg4 Bc8 30. Qe4 Bb7 31. Qf4 bxa4 32. Bc1 Qc6 33. f3 Bc8 34. Ba3 Bxf5
35. Bxf8 Be6 36. Rec1 Qb5 37. Bc5 Rab8 38. Qe4 Red8 39. Rab1 Bb3 40. Kf2 Qd7
41. Bd6 Rb5 42. Rc7 Qe6 43. Rbc1 Re8 44. Qc6 Bd5 45. Qd7 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rd2 47.
Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. c4 Bc6
$146 (14... Be6 15. Qf3 Bxc4 16. Bh6 (16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf6 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6
19. Rb1 b6 20. Re1 Rfe8 $11 {0-1 Hanley,C-Gwaze,R/British Rapidplay Halifax
2003/FCD (51)}) 16... Rfe8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. g3 (18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qf6 Bf8 20.
Bf4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxc4 Rxa2 23. Rcc1 Rxa1 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,
A-Rabiega,R/Leiner 1996/EXT 98 (23)}) (18. Be4 Rac8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Bxh2+
21. Kh1 Re6 22. d5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Be5 24. Re1 $40 {1-0 Hunt,A-Hanley,C/
Blackpool 2003/CBM 95 ext (32)}) 18... Rad8 19. a4 (19. Rab1 Bf8 20. Bxc4 $6 (
20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Rxb5 Rxd4 22. Bf1 $1 $16) 20... Bxh6 21. Bxb5 $4 Bxc1 22.
Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rb7 Qc4 $1 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D-David,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Huzman]
(23)}) 19... a6 {[#]} 20. Rab1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/Calvia Olympiad
2004/(40)}) (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 $1 (15... Bc6 $1) 16. c5 Be7 17. Qf3 Be6
18. d5 Qe5 19. dxe6 Qxa1 20. exf7+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Nguyen Van
Huy-Abhyudaya,R/Bikaner IND 2004/(27)}) 15. Qg5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. d5 (17.
Bb2 $5 Rae8 (17... f6 18. Qg4) 18. Rae1 f6 19. Qg4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Qa5 21. Re6
Qd2 $132) 17... Rae8 $1 {An important intermediate move helping Black to
consolidate his position.} (17... Bd7 18. Bb2 $16) (17... f6 18. Qh4 (18. Qh6
Bd7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bh6 Be8 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Bxf8
Qh7+ 25. Qh3 Qxh3+ 26. gxh3 Bxf8 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Bb2 Be5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 $11)
18. f4 (18. dxc6 $2 Re5 19. Qh4 Rh5 $17) (18. Bb2 Be5 $1 19. Rab1 Bxb2 20. Rxb2
Bd7 (20... Re5 21. Qg3 Ba4 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Rfe1 Rxe2 24. Qxc7 Rxe1+ 25. Kh2
Rd1 26. Qa5 $1 Rxd3 27. Qxa4 Rc8 $1 $11) 21. Qf6 b6 $11) 18... f6 19. Qg3 Bd7
20. Bxg6 (20. Rb1 Rf7 21. Be3 b6 $11) 20... hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh6+ (22.
Bb2 Re7 23. Bxf6+ Rxf6 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 $40 {[%cal Ye7h7,Yd6c5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bh6
Rfe8 (14... Rfd8 15. Qf3 (15. h4 Be6 16. Qf3 Qxc3 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qc8 19.
Bb5 Bg4 20. Qd5 Rd8 21. Bxd8 Qxd8 22. g3 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Van der Weide,
K-Atalik,E/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/(23)}) 15... Qxc3 16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8
18. Be4 Rad8 (18... Bc6 19. Rac1 Qb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. d5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ralls II,
R-Borst,J/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)}) 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Bxb7
$16 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Dorfman,J/Germany 1999/CBM 74 ext (24)}) 15. h4 (
15. Rab1 b6 16. c4 (16. h3 Be6 17. Qf3 Qxc3 18. Qf6 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Be4
Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Dijk,J-Tann,R/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (54)}) 16...
Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Qf3 Qd8 20. g3 Rc8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Matosec,
T-Url,M/ICCF email 1997/E-Mail 2000 (27)}) (15. Rac1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 (16...
Be5 17. Qf3 (17. f4 Bc6 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. f5 Bg3 $13 {0-1 Lepelletier,
B-Marciano,D/France 1996/CBM 54 ext (43)}) 17... Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. c4 Rad8
20. Be4 Bg4 21. Qd3 f5 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qf4 24. d5 Qh4+ {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,
E-Fridman,D/Macabiah 1997 (24)}) 17. c4 Bc6 (17... Be5 $1) 18. Qg5 Be4 $4 19.
Qf6 Be5 20. dxe5 {1-0 Ziatdinov,R-Caveney/Atlanta op 1998 (20)}) (15. c4 Be6
16. Qf3 Bxc4 17. Rfc1 b5 18. Be4 Rac8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bc6 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re6 22.
d5 Rxc6 23. dxc6 Be5 24. Re1 $36 {1-0 Hunt,A-Hanley,C/Blackpool 2003/CBM 95
ext (32)}) (15. Qf3 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. c4 Rae8 20.
a4 (20. Rab1 Re6 21. Qf3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Martin,M-Samraoui,A/IECG 2001/
Telechess CBM 105 (26)}) (20. Qh4 Qa5 21. Rfc1 Bf5 22. Qg3 Re7 23. Bxf5 Qxf5
24. Kg1 Re4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Copie,J-Samraoui,A/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 105 (48)})
20... Re6 21. Qh4 Qa5 22. Be4 Qc3 23. Bd5 Re2 24. Rac1 Qb4 25. Rb1 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Lakatos,S-Baroin,B/ICCF Email 2003/CBM 109 (31)}) (15. h3 Be6 16. Qg5
Be7 17. Qe3 Qxc3 18. Be4 Bb4 19. Rac1 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Bxa2 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bc6
Rec8 23. Bf4 Ba3 24. Ra1 Rb2 25. d5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ludwig,C-Stagl,G/ICCF 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 104 (41)}) 15... Be6 16. Qf3 Qxc3 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8
19. Rfd1 (19. Be4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bd5 (20... Bg4 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. f3 Bc8 23. Rc2
$16 {1/2-1/2 Braakhuis,W-Fritz,M/IECC email 1998/E-Mail 2000 (39)}) 21. Rac1
Qa3 22. Bxd5 (22. h5 Qd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc7 Rb8 {1/2-1/2
Shchebenyuk,M-Fuhrmann,A/IECC 2001/Telechess CBM 93 (25)} (25... Rb8 26. h6 a5
27. Re1 Rxd4 28. Rxb7 Rf8 29. Ra7 Ra4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Capezza,M-Touzane,O/FIDE.
com 2002/EXT 2003 (65)}) (25... Rfd8 26. Rxb7 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxa7 gxh5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Lepelletier,B-Koch,J/Besancon 1999/CBM 73 (40)}) (25... Rxh5 26.
Rxb7 Ra5 27. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Tsvetkov,A-Bormida,A/email CAPA 1999/79 telechess 
(27)})) 22... Rxd5 23. Rc7 Qxa2 24. Qe7 Rxd4 $17 {0-1 Berg,E-Karpov,A/Tallinn
EST 2006/(49)}) 19... Rfd8 (19... Rad8 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Qg5+ Kh7
23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rac1 Qb4 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ {1/2-1/2 Van der
Weide,K-Atalik,S/Wijk aan Zee NED 2006/(27)}) 20. Be4 Bd5 21. Rac1 (21. h5 Qc6
$11) (21. Qe5 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qc6 23. d5 Qf6 $11) 21... Qa3 (21... Qa5 22. h5 Qb6
23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. h6 $16) 22. Rc7 Qxa2 23. h5 Qe2 (23... Qa6 $1
24. Qxa6 (24. Qf3 Qe6 $11) 24... bxa6 25. f3 (25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. h6 Rad8 27.
Rxa7 Rh5 $11) 25... Kg7 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kf2 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Feller,
S/ECU-ch Internet Candidates 5m+1s blitz 2006/(45)}) 24. f3 $1 Qa6 (24... Qxd1+
25. Kh2 Be6 (25... Rd6 26. Qxd6 Bxe4 (26... Be6 27. d5 $18) 27. Qf6 $1 Rf8 28.
h6 $18) 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Qb3 28. Qg5 $1 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Bc2+ $18) (
24... Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Be6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Bxg6 Rd7 28. Rd3 $1 Qxd3+ 29. Bxd3
Rxc7 30. d5 $18) 25. Qxa6 bxa6 26. h6 $1 $36 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd6 27. Kf2 g5 (
27... Rad8 28. Rxa7 Bb3 29. Rd2 g5 30. Rb2 Bc4 31. Ke3 Rxh6 (31... Rxd4 32. Rb4
$1) 32. Rc2 Bd5 33. Rc5 Re6 34. Kd3 Bxe4+ 35. fxe4) (27... a5 $142 $5 28. Rdc1
(28. Rc5 Rad8 29. Rxa5 Bb3 30. Rb1 Bc4 31. Rxa7 (31. Ke3 f5) 31... Rxd4 32.
Rbb7 $14) 28... Rad8 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. R1c4 a6 31. Ra7 R5d6 $14) 28. Rdc1 $1
Bxe4 (28... Kf8 29. R1c5 Rad8 $142 (29... Bxe4 30. fxe4 Re8 31. Rxg5 Rxh6 (
31... Rxe4 $2 32. Rg8+ $18) (31... Rxd4 32. Rg7 Re7 33. Rg8+ Kxg8 34. Rc8+ Re8
35. Rxe8#) 32. e5 $1 Rhe6 33. Kf3 $1 $16) 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 32. Rxg5
$36) 29. Rc8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. fxe4 $16 f5 $2 (31... Kf8 $142 32. Ke3 Rd6
33. d5 Rxh6 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Kd4 $1 (36. e5 Rh4 $1) 36... Rh2 $132
) 32. Ke3 fxe4 33. Rc7 $1 $18 Rd6 34. Rg7+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 35. Rxh7 Kg8 36. Rg7+
Kf8 37. Rxg5 $18) 35. Rxg5 Rxh6 36. d5 $1 (36. Kxe4 $2 Rg6 $1 $11) 36... a5 37.
Kxe4 a4 38. Rg3 a3 (38... Ra6 39. Rd3 $1 a3 40. d6 Ra4+ (40... a2 41. d7 a1=Q
42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qe7+ $18) 41. Kd5 Ra5+ 42. Kc6 Ra6+ 43. Kb7 a2 44. d7 a1=Q
45. d8=Q+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Rg6 47. Rd7+ Kh8 48. Rd8+ Kg7 49. Qe7+ Kh6 50. Qh4+ Kg7
51. Rd7+ $18) 39. Rxa3 Kg8 (39... Kg7 40. Rxa7+ Kf8 41. g4 Rg6 42. Kf5 Rd6 43.
Ke5 Rg6 44. Rxh7 Rxg4 45. Ke6 Re4+ 46. Kd7 Ra4 47. Rh8+ Kf7 48. Rc8 $18) (39...
Rg6 40. Rd3 Rxg2 41. d6 $18) 40. Kd4 (40. Rf3 $5) 40... Kf8 41. Re3 Rh2 (41...
Rg6 42. g3 Kf7 43. Kc5 Rg8 44. Kc6 $18) 42. Re2 Rh1 43. d6 a5 44. Kc5 Rc1+ 45.
Kb6 Rb1+ 46. Kc7 Rc1+ 47. Kd8 a4 48. Ra2 $1 (48. d7 $2 a3 $11) (48. Ra2 Rc4 49.
d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 ({Rublevsky and Bareev have already played this variation at
the 1998 Russian Championship in Saint Petersburg. White chose} 9. dxc5 {
and after} Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qf5 Qd8 14. Bf4 g6
15. Qh3 Re8 16. Rad1 Bd6 {a draw was agreed.}) 9... O-O 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nf1
Re8 12. Be3 {This plan is considered to be the most unpleasant for Black as
White can play for a win without any risk.} b5 {Donev: 'Schwächt das Feld a5.'}
(12... Qc7 13. c3 Ncd7 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. Ne3 Re4 16. Bxc5 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxd5
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qc5+ 19. Kg3 Qd6+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Kg3) 16... Qxc5 17. Nd2 Re5
18. Qb3 Nb6 19. a4 Rae8 $13 {Svidler,P (2713)-Pelletier,Y (2623)/Poikovsky
2003/CBM 95/1/2-1/2 (33)}) (12... Ne6 13. Nd4 a6 14. Qf3 Rc8 15. c3 Bc5 16. Nb3
Bf8 17. h3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Xie Jun (2564)-Short,N (2684)/Taiyuan Sanjin Hotel Cup
2004/T 507}) (12... Nce4 13. c3 Qc7 14. Bd4 Bc5 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qd3 Qb6 17.
Re2 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qa6 20. a3 Qd3 21. Qxd3 Nxd3 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Kf1
Rd7 24. Ng4 Nce4 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Nf5 {1-0 Adams,M (2740)
-Pelletier,Y (2545)/FRA t-ch 0102 2002/ChessBase (51)}) ({According to theory} 
12... a5 $5 {has the best reputation, but I am sure that Sergei Rublevsky had
in mind intreresting ideas.} 13. c3 (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Ne3 (14. Be5 Bc5 15. Re2
Ne4 16. Ne3 N6g5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bd4 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxe3 21.
Qxd5 Re7 22. Rd1 h6 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E (2645)-Gurevich,M (2620)/Belfort
1997/ChessBase}) 14... Nxd4 15. Qxd4 $6 (15. Nxd4 $140) 15... Rc8 16. Qd3 Bc5
17. Nd4 Qb6 $36 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R (2467)-Ravi,L (2383)/Calcutta op 2001/
ChessBase (34)}) (13. Re2 b5 14. Bd4 Ne6 15. Be5 Ng4 16. Bg3 b4 {with
sufficient counterplay.}) 13... a4 14. a3 Nb3 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Qc2 Na5 17. Re2
Nc4 18. Rbe1 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bc5 20. Qd3 Re6 21. Nd4 Re5 22. Nec2 Rxe2 23. Rxe2
Re8 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R (2616)-Dizdar,G (2549)/SLO t-ch Bled 1999/ChessBase 
(47)}) 13. c3 (13. Bd4 Ne6 14. Be5 $5 (14. Ne3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Rc8 16. Qd3 {
Donev: '/\Rad1 oder Nf5'} (16. Qxa7 $2 Bc5 17. Qa6 Rb8 18. Nf5 Ng4 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. N3d4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qe5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2565)-Ulibin,M (2510)
/Elista 1994/ChessBase (43)})) 14... Ng4 15. Ne3 Nxe3 (15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 d4
17. Nf5 $14) 16. Rxe3 {Donev: 'Mit jedem Figurenabtausch werden die schwarzen
Angriffschancen vermindert und der schwache Isolani d5 spürbarer.'} Qd7 17. Qd2
Rad8 18. Rd1 Nc5 19. Bc3 Bf8 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Yurtaev,L (2495)
-Ulibin,M (2555)/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59/ (40)}) 13... Qd7 ({The continuation} 13...
a5 14. Bd4 b4 {looks logical but in the game Svidler-Ulibin, Maikop 1998 it
was met by} 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Rc8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc4 Rc8 20.
Nb6 Rb8 21. Na4 Bf8 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 {with a better ending
for White due to the weakness of the Pa5.}) 14. Bd4 {[%mdl 4]} Rad8 $146 {
Only this move turns out to be a novelty.} (14... Nce4 {led to equality after}
15. Ne5 (15. Ne3 $5 {looks more logical.}) 15... Qb7 16. Nd3 Ng5 17. Ne3 Ne6
18. Nf5 Nxd4 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. cxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qb6 22. Nc5 {Yemelin -
Dokutchaev, Novgorod 1995.}) 15. Ne3 Nce4 16. Qb3 {[%csl Rd5] As usual, the
best results are obtained by playing for small advantages, by not overreacting!
} a6 17. Ne5 Qb7 18. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ga2a4,Gf2f3] The c5 square is
under White's control.} Qc6 19. a4 $1 Nd2 (19... Bd6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nf5 $36)
20. Qc2 (20. axb5 $5) 20... Nc4 21. axb5 axb5 ({Or} 21... Nxe3 $5 22. Rxe3 axb5
23. Rae1 Bf8 24. Ne5 $14) 22. Nf5 {White's got a clear plan to improve his
position, while it is not so easy for Black to come up with active
counter-play.} Bf8 (22... Qd7 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bxf6 $16 (24. b3 $5)) 23. b3 {
Rublevsky skilfully changes the direction of his attack - White's knight will
run soon on e5, very close to the residence of the black monarch .} Nb6 (23...
Na3 {[%csl Ra3]}) 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. f3 $5 (25. Ra6 Rb8 26. Ng3 $5 $14) 25... Ra8
$6 ({In case of} 25... Nbd7 $1 {White would have had a great choice:} 26. Nxd7
Qxd7 27. Nh6+ $5 ({After} 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. b4 $1 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]
Black has chances to defend.}) 27... gxh6 (27... Kh8 28. Qf5 $16) 28. Bxf6 Rc8
29. Qd2 $16) 26. Rad1 b4 ({Possibly} 26... Nbd7 $5 $16 {would have been
somewhat more stubborn, although the outcome of the game was decided anyway.})
27. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Gf5,Gg4] The beginning of a decisive attack.} Qxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 Rea1 30. Nfh6+ $1 $18 Kh8 (30... gxh6 31. Nxf6+ Kh8 32.
Qxh7#) 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nfh6+ Kh8 33. Nxf6 $1 gxf6 (33... R8a2 34. Nf7#) 34.
Qf5 {[%csl Rh8]} Bg7 35. Nf7+ (35. Qxf6 $5 {wins as well.}) 35... Kg8 36. Qe6
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7.
Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nc3 (9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10. c3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nbd2
Nd5 13. Qc2 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. a3 Rad8 18. Rac1 $14
{1-0 Okhotnik,V-Kostin,A/Gyongyos 1994/EXT 98 (40)}) (10. c4 Nc6 11. g4 Bg6 12.
Nc3 Qd7 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. d5 Nd8 15. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Rutter,N-Simpson,B/
Shropshire-ch 9900 1999/ENG (45)}) 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 (11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nbd2
Bg6 13. Nf1 Nd5 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 N7f6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Rojas,L-Ferrara,A/Villa del Parque 1998/EXT 2001 (48)}) 11... d5 (11...
Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nf1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Adams,M/Izmir TUR 2004/(13)})
12. c3 Bd6 13. Rxe8+ Qxe8 14. Qb3 Qc8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Varga,Z-Schwartzman,G/
Odorheiu Secuiesc 1992/EXT 97 (29)}) (9. Nbd2 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. Nf1 Re8 11.
Ng3 Bf8+ 12. Be3 Bg6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bg5 c6 15. Qd2 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Savic,
M-Polovnikova,E/Zenica BIH 2005/(50)}) 10. c4 c6 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13.
Nf1 Bg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Chaumont,G-Noradounguian,G/Paris 1992/EXT 97 (31)}) (9. Bf4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11.
dxc5 (11. d5 Nbd7 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. g4 e4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. gxh5 Bd6
$40 {0-1 Kiltti,J-Pihlajasalo,A/Espoo 1996/EXT 99 (32)}) 11... dxc5 12. Na3 Nc6
13. c3 a6 14. Nc4 b5 15. Ne3 Qb6 16. Nf5 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd5 $15 {
0-1 Spangenberg,H-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires 1994/TD (47)}) (9. b3 Qd7 10. Bb2 Nc6
11. a4 Nb4 12. Be2 Bg6 13. Na3 O-O $15 {1-0 Hajdu,I-Barabas,A/Hungary 1999/EXT
2000 (29)}) (9. c3 Nbd7 (9... O-O 10. O-O d5 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2
c6 14. Qc2 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wernik,R-Tempone,M/Brasilero op 1982 (32)}) 10. Bf4
d5 11. Nbd2 Nf8 12. Qa4+ c6 13. O-O Bg6 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Ng6 $11 {0-1
Ford,M-Malkin,K/Hawick 2000/EXT 2001 (72)}) (9. c4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. O-O Nc6 13. Be3 a6 14. Be2 Nb4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nbd5 $11 {1-0 Gracey,
M-Buchanan,M/Dallas 2000/EXT 2002 (62)}) 9... c6 (9... Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nb6 11. Qe2
O-O 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. O-O-O Rae8 16. Qd3 Qc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Zheliandinov,V-Butnorius,A/Kharkov 1967/URS-ch (60)}) (9... Nc6 10. g4
Bg6 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. gxf5 Qd7 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qd3 Bf6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Schwartzman,G/Dortmund 1992/TD (21)}) 10. g4 $5 Bg6
11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Qe2 {Space and development advantage gives White
a dangerous initiative.} d5 (13... Qb6 14. Bf4 $1 Qxb2 15. Kd2 Kd8 16. Rab1 Qa3
17. Rxb7 $40) 14. Bd2 (14. Bf4 Nf8 15. O-O-O Ne6 $11) 14... Nf8 15. O-O-O Qd6 (
15... Ne6 16. h4 Nd7 $140 17. h5 $1 gxh5 18. g6 $40) 16. Rde1 Nbd7 17. h4 $1
Ne6 (17... Rh5 18. Qd3 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Ng3 Rh7 21. h5 $16) 18. h5 O-O-O
$1 (18... Rxh5 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. g6 O-O-O 21. gxf7 Ndf8 22. Ne5 $16) 19. hxg6
Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 21. Qe3 $1 {White succseed to improve the pawn structure
that permits him to create a passed pawn later.} Qxe3+ 22. fxe3 Rxh1 (22...
fxg6 23. Rxh8 (23. Ne2 $5 Rhf8 24. Ref1 Rf5 25. Nf4 $14) 23... Rxh8 24. e4 $14)
23. Rxh1 fxg6 24. Ne2 $1 {[%mdl 32]} (24. e4 $6 Rf8 25. Rh3 dxe4 26. Nxe4 Rf4
$132) 24... Rf8 25. Nf4 Bd6 26. Rh4 $14 Rf7 27. Kd2 Nf8 28. Ke2 Kd7 29. b3 $1 {
[%cal Gc2c4]} (29. Nd3 Rf5 $132) 29... Rf5 (29... b5 $5 30. Nd3 Rf5 31. c4 $36)
30. Rg4 Be7 31. Nh3 Bd6 32. Nh4 Rf7 33. c4 $16 b6 34. Nf2 dxc4 35. bxc4 b5 (
35... c5 $142 36. Ne4 (36. Nd3 Re7 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Nf3 $16)) 36. c5 Bc7 37.
Nd3 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rg6][%cal Gh4f3,Gf3e5,Gd3e5][%mdl 4096]} a5 38. Nf3 Re7 39.
Rh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4h8]} Ne6 40. Rh8 (40. Nde5+ Bxe5 41. Nxe5+ Kc7 42. Nxg6 $18)
40... Nf4+ 41. Kd2 Nxd3 42. Kxd3 Rf7 43. Nh4 Bg3 (43... Ke6 44. Rc8 Kd7 45. Ra8
a4 46. Nxg6 $16) 44. Nxg6 Rf5 $2 (44... a4 45. Ra8 Bc7 46. Rg8 $16) 45. Ra8 $18
Ke6 (45... Bc7 46. Ra7 Kd8 47. Ne7 $1 $18) 46. Ra7 Rf7 (46... Rxg5 47. Ne7 Bb8
48. Rb7 $18) 47. d5+ $1 cxd5 48. Nf4+ Bxf4 49. Rxf7 Bxe3 (49... Kxf7 50. exf4
b4 51. f5 $18) 50. c6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. e5 $5 {
[%mdl 4] A very interesting move, Rublevsky begins concrete play immediately,
while White is ahead in development.} (7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4
Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Bf4 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. g4 Bg6 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5 17.
h4 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Kobalia,M (2634)-Zhang Zhong (2598)/WCC Khanty Mansyisk 2005/
The Week in Chess 578 (44)}) 7... dxe5 (7... f6 8. e6 f5 9. b3 Nf6 10. Bb2 Qc8
11. Re1 Rg8 12. d3 $14 {1-0 Kobalia,M (2830)-Gutman,L (2525)/ECU-ch Internet
Candidates 5m+1s blitz 2006/ (21)}) (7... e6 $6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Nbd2
O-O 11. Ne4 {Black hasn't any real compensation for his weak pawn structure.
White is better and... ready for a draw.} Nd5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Ne4 {
Shirov,A (2695)-Gelfand,B (2710)/Dortmund cm 2002/ChessBase (51)}) (7... d5 8.
e6 $5 fxe6 9. Re1 $44) 8. g4 (8. Re1 f6 9. Nc3 Nh6 10. d3 Nf7 11. Qe2 e6 12. b3
Nd6 13. Ne4 Nb5 14. c3 Be7 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rec1 O-O 17. a4 Nc7 18. Nxc5 Bxc5
19. b4 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Qxb4 21. Bc5 Qb7 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Rab1 Qa8 {1-0 Brodbeck,
S (2213)-Maier,A (2365)/Schwaebisch Gmuend op 2003/EXT 2004 (33)}) (8. Nc3 e6
9. g4 Bg6 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 Rc8 13. d3 Nf6 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bd2
Nd5 16. Ne4 Bf4 17. Be3 c4 18. dxc4 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bh2+ 20. Kg2 Be5 21. Rad1 O-O
22. b3 f5 {1/2-1/2 Zambor,N (2505)-Dothan,Y (2570)/corr Olympiad XV 2003/ICCF
Telechess (33)}) 8... e4 (8... Bg6 $5 9. Nxe5 f6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Qd5 12.
Qg2 e5 13. Nc3 Qxg2+ 14. Kxg2 Ne7 15. d3 g5 16. Be3 Nd5 17. Ne4 Be7 18. a3 g6
19. c4 Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. b4 O-O-O 22. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Rausis,I (2535)-Lopez
Martinez,J (2434)/Badalona 2003/ChessBase (59)}) 9. gxh5 (9. Nh4 e6) (9. Ne5
Bg6 (9... Qd5 10. f4 exf3 (10... Bg6 11. Nc3 Qd4+ 12. Kg2) 11. Qxf3 Bg6 12. d3)
10. Nc3 Qc7 11. f4) 9... exf3 10. Nc3 (10. Qxf3 Qd5) 10... Rc8 $146 (10... Nf6
11. Qxf3 Qd7 12. d3 g6 (12... Nd5 13. Ne4 e6 14. Be3 $14) 13. h6 Nd5 14. Ne4
Qf5 15. Qxf5 (15. Qg3 $5 O-O-O (15... f6 16. Bd2) 16. a3 g5 17. Re1 Bxh6 18.
Qg4 Qxg4+ 19. hxg4 $14) 15... gxf5 16. Nxc5 e5 (16... e6 $5 17. Nb3 $5 f4 18.
Kg2 Bxh6 19. Kf3 $14) 17. Nb3 $14 {Hasangatin,R (2517)-Dobrov,V (2443)/
Voronezh 2003/ (24)}) 11. Qxf3 {This position looks very promising for White
who is ready to start direct action.} e6 12. d3 Qf6 13. Qg3 Qf5 (13... c4 $5
14. dxc4 Qf5 15. Be3 $36) 14. Re1 $1 Qxh5 15. Re5 Qg6 16. Rg5 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qd8 {
A funny position: The queen - the only one active black piece - comes back to
its starting position. White has a huge advantage in development and Rublevsky
continues the attack with big energy.} 18. Rxg7 (18. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ge4d6]})
18... Nf6 ({Possibly Dreev had to play} 18... Bxg7 19. Qxg7 Qd4 20. Qxd4 cxd4
21. Nd6+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Ne7 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Bf4 {with some chances for defense
in the endgame, but he prefers to keep the material balance.}) 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6
20. Rg4 Be7 (20... h5 $5 21. Ra4 $140 Rh7 {[%cal Gh7g7]}) 21. Bf4 $1 Qf5 22.
Re1 (22. Be5 Bf6 (22... f6 23. Bd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 {[%csl Re8]}) 23. Re1) 22...
Bf6 23. Be5 $1 {A simple and strong move. After} (23. Re5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 f6 (
24... Rf8 25. Rg5 $1 {[%csl Rf5]}) 25. Rg8+ Rxg8 26. Qxg8+ Ke7 27. Qxc8 Qxe5
$16 {White would need to show good endgame technique.}) 23... h5 24. Bxf6 (24.
Rge4 $5) (24. Rg8+ Kd7 $1 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Re4 $36) 24... Qxf6 25. Ra4 {
[%csl Ra7,Rc5]} Qe7 (25... Ra8 $5 {[%csl Ra8]}) (25... Qxb2 26. Rxa7 Qf6 27.
Qd6 $18) 26. Qg7 Rf8 27. Re5 $1 {[%csl Ga4,Ge5] The beggining of the end!} h4
28. Rh5 Rd8 29. Rhxh4 Rd5 30. Kf1 (30. Qg3 $5 Rg5 31. Rhg4 Rfg8 32. Kf1 $5 $18
{was enough for victory, too.}) 30... Rg5 31. Qh7 Rfg8 (31... Qf6 32. Qe4 Rd5
33. Rxa7 Qxb2 34. Qa4 $1) 32. Rhg4 Rxg4 33. hxg4 (33. Rxg4 $5 $18) 33... Qg5
34. Ke2 {White's king is well protected - a big difference with his black
collegue! - and Alexey Dreev could stop resistance already now.} Kf8 35. Qh5
Qe7 36. Qe5 Rg5 37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qe5 Rg5 39. Qb8+ Kg7 40. Rxa7 Qf6 41. Ra8 {
White converts his advantage into a win very convincingly.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. Ne4 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Be4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4
Bxe4 15. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 O-O-O 17. Bf4 e5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Rd2 20. Rc1
Kb7 21. Kf1 Rc8 22. Re2 Rd4 23. Re4 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Rc4 25. f3 f5 26. exf5 Rf4
27. Ke2 Rxf5 28. Rg1 Kc6 29. Rg7 h6 30. Rh7 Rf6 31. Ke3 Kd5 32. Rh8 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Qf3
Qxc3 (14... Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. c4 $1 (16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Qf6 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8
19. d5 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Qc5 21. c4 b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Van der Sterren,
P/Gouda 1997/EXT 99 (35)}) 16... Rfe8 17. c5 Bf8 18. Be4 Bc6 19. d5 Bb5 20. d6
Qxc5 21. Bd5 $16 {1-0 Erenburg,S-Mikhalevski,V/ISR-ch Ramat Aviv 2004/
ChessBase (42)}) 15. Bh6 (15. Qf6 Qc6 16. Bg5 Bc7 (16... Rfe8 17. Rac1 Re6 18.
Rxc6 Bxc6 $5 (18... Rxf6 19. Rcc1 Re6 $11) 19. d5 Rxf6 20. dxc6 Re6 21. cxb7
Rb8 22. Rb1 $44) 17. Be4 $1 Qxf6 18. Bxf6 Rab8 19. Rfc1 Bf4 20. Rc3 Rfe8 21.
Bd5 $14 {1-0 Galkin,A-Beletsky,A/Sochi 2004/CBM 101/[Huzman] (58)}) 15... Rfe8
16. Qf6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Be4 Bc6 $1 (18... Rab8 $2 19. h4 $1 Rfe8 20. Bf3
Qa5 21. d5 Rbc8 22. Rfc1 $1 Qb6 23. Qf4 $1 $36 {1-0 Psakhis,L-Alterman,B/
Israel 2005/CBM 107/[Psakhis] (40)}) (18... Be6 19. Bxb7 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bxa2 21.
Rxa2 Qb3 22. Rad2 (22. Rda1 Qxb7 23. Rxa7 $16) 22... Qxb7 23. d5 Rfe8 24. d6
Qb4 25. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Borisek,J-Krivokapic,M/EUR-ch B18 Budva 2003/(31)}) (
18... Rad8 19. Rfc1 Qa5 20. Bxb7 Be6 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Rd1 (22. Qe5 $5 $16) 22...
Rfd8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van der Wiel,J-Dorfman,J/Germany 1999/CBM 74 ext (24)}) 19.
Rac1 Qb4 $1 {The surest path to equality.} (19... Qa5 20. Bxc6 (20. Rc5 $5 Qd8
(20... Qxa2 21. d5 Ba4 22. d6 $36) 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. d5 Ba4 23. Rc7 Rd7 24.
Rfc1 $14) 20... bxc6 21. Rxc6 Qxa2 $11) (19... Qb2 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. d5 Rfe8 22.
Bf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ralls II,R-Borst,J/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 99 (40)}
) 20. Bxc6 (20. Rb1 Qa4 $11) 20... bxc6 21. Rxc6 Rad8 22. Rd1 (22. Ra6 Qxd4 23.
Qxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxa7 Re8 25. g3 Re2 $11) 22... Qa4 $1 23. Rd2 Qb4 24. Rd1 Qa4 25.
Rcc1 Qxa2 26. Ra1 Qb3 27. Rdb1 (27. Rdb1 Qd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 $5 {A very rare continuation, but not
such a bad one - White's idea is to trade the dark-squared bishops reducing
Black's attacking potential on the queenside.} Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. h4 b5 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ng5 Re8 $13 {Luther,T-Knaak,R/Berlin 1990}
) (11... Na5 12. Ng3 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Nge2 Qe7 17. Nxc6
Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bd3 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2000}) 12. Nb3 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 f6 $1 {Starting counterplay in the center.} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 {
White is forced to waste a tempo since Ng4 is not so easy to meet. For example
after} (15. Ned4 Ng4 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 $1 18. h3 (18. Qxd5+ $6 Kh8 $36)
18... exd4 19. hxg4 Qe3+ $11) 15... a5 16. a3 (16. Nbd4 a4 17. a3 Ne4 18. g3 e5
$13) 16... b5 17. g4 a4 18. Nbd4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4,Gf6e4] Active counterplay
is much more important than the pawn!} 19. Nxb5 (19. Nc3 $6 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4
21. Nxe6 Rb8 $40) 19... Nc4 20. Qd4 Bd7 21. Nec3 (21. Nbc3 $2 Rab8) 21... Rac8
(21... Bxb5 $142 $1 22. Nxb5 Rfc8 23. Bxc4 ({After} 23. Re1 Rab8 24. g5 Nh5 25.
Na7 Rc7 26. Bxc4 dxc4 $17 {the knight is trapped on a7.}) 23... Rxc4 24. Qb6 (
24. Qe5 Re4 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rxf4 $15) 24... Nd7 25. Qf2 Rb8
26. Nd4 Nc5 $36) 22. f5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Ne4 (23... e5 24. Qa7 Qd8 25. Qxa4) 24.
Bxc4 $5 {The black knights are very annoying on e4 and c4, so Svidler decides
to trade them.} (24. Bd3 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Ned2+ (25... Ncd2+ 26. Ka1 Nf3 27. Qb6
$14) 26. Ka2 Rb8 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. fxe6 Qxe6 $15) 24... Rxc4 25. Qe5
{White gets 2 pawns for the exchange so it's hard to call this move a
sacrifice.} Nf2 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. fxe6 Nxd1 {Taking the ''right'' rook!} (
27... Nxh1 $2 28. e7 Re8 29. Nd6 Rxe7 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Rxh1 Re3 32. Kd2 Rg3
33. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e4]}) 28. e7 Rb8 29. Rxd1 ({Unfortunately for Svidler} 
29. Nd6 Nxb2 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Nxe8 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Nf2 33. Rf1 Ne4 $19 {[%csl
Re8] doesn't work as the white knight is trapped on e8.}) 29... Re4 30. Nc3
Rxe7 31. Nxa4 Re3 32. Rxd5 Rxh3 33. c4 Rh4 34. c5 Rxg4 35. Nb6 ({Svidler is
not willing to take risks after} 35. b4 Ra8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kb2 Ra8 38. Kb3 {
with a very complicated struggle.}) 35... Kf7 36. a4 Rxb6 $1 {Forcing a draw.}
37. cxb6 Rxa4 38. b7 Rb4 39. Rd7+ Ke6 (39... Kf6 $2 40. Kc2 h5 41. Kc3 Rb5 (
41... Rb6 42. Rd6+ $18) 42. b4 Ke6 43. Rxg7 Kd6 44. Kc4 $18) 40. Rxg7 h5 41.
Kc2 Kd6 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. a4
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Be8 14. e5 Qc7 15. b6
Qc6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bf3 Qb8 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Be7 20. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8.
Na3 Be7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Ba6 12. Ne1 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.
Nd3 c4 15. Nb4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Kc7 17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nb1 Rd8 20. Rxd8
Kxd8 21. Nc3 Ke7 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. Ke2 Ke5 24. Kd2 Bc8 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Bd7
27. Na3 Kd4 28. f3 f5 29. e5 c3+ 30. bxc3+ Kxe5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. c4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 a6 13. Bd3
Ne5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd5 19. f3 Rhe8
20. Bd3 Re7 21. h4 Rde8 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Borin,F-Bondielli,G/Arco 2003/EXT
2004 (44)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Be2 (13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3
Qf5 17. c4 Kb7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 $14 {/=}) 13... Rhe8 14. h3 Kb8 15. b3
Ne7 {Black's maneuvres are directed against White main threat of c3-c4-c5. As
a result, White fails to turn his pair of Bs into a real attacking force.} 16.
f3 (16. c4 $5 b6 (16... Nf5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 Qc6 19. g4 Nh4 20. f4 $36) 17.
Bf3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Nh4 $11) 16... Bd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 b6 $11 19. Bf1 Ng6 20.
Bd4 Qf7 21. Kb2 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qc3 Bb7 24. a4 (24. b4 $5 Ne5 (24... Nf4
25. Be3 Ne6 26. c5 $36) 25. c5 Bd5 $11) 24... a5 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Re1 {f3-f4 is
quite risky, because it would result in weakening the strategic "e4" square.
Since there are no other possibilities to develop White's initiative, the draw
agreement looks pretty natural.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Nxb5 d6
15. Ba4 Bg4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Qxc7 Bd3 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bc6 Kf8 27.
b3 Rc7 28. Bd5 h6 29. h4 Rc5 30. Bc4 Ra5 31. Rd1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Nd2 Rd8
34. Ne4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Bd5 Rd1 37. Bc4 Rd4 38. f3 Rd1 39. h5 Bd4 40. Kh3
Rg1 41. g3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1
Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. a3 Re6 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc7 Rc6 30. Ne8 Kg8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nd6 f5 33. a4 Ne6 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Nxf4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Kg5 39. b3 Ne6 40.
Kb2 Kh5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. h7 Rb8 43. Re7 Ng5 44. f4 Nh3 45. Nc7 Rh8 46. Nd5 g5
47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. Re5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 (5. Nc3 e6 {-A33}) 5... Qb6 6.
Nc2 (6. Nb5 $5 {is still played rarely, but it deserves more attention:} a6 (
6... Ne5 7. Bg2 d6 8. Be3 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. O-O $6 (10. b3 $142 $14) 10...
Nxc4 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Qxc4 Bxb5 13. Qc2 Bc6 14. e4 e6 15. Nc3 Be7 16. b4 {
Narciso Dublan,M-Garcia Romero,B/Navalmoral de la Mata/2004/} O-O $17) 7. N5c3
g6 (7... e6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. O-O d6 10. Na4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nbc3 O-O 13. Rc1
Nce5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bd4 Rb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. h4 Bf6 19. Bf2 Nc5 20.
Nxc5 dxc5 21. h5 Rd8 22. Qc2 Nf8 23. Ne4 Be7 24. h6 $36 {Labollita,M-Pierrot,J/
Asuncion/2003/}) 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Nd2 Qh5 13. e4
Qxd1 14. Rfxd1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nc5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nf1 b5 19. b4 Nd7
20. Nfe3 $14 {Topalov,V-Karjakin,S/Leon/2003/}) 6... h5 $5 {Morozevich has
high ambitions and plays the opening very aggressively even with Black.} ({
An enterprising try to quickly solve the opening problems is} 6... Ne5 7. b3 (
7. Ne3 Nfg4 8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. e3 Qc6 10. Qd5 Nf6 11. Qxc6 dxc6 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O
Be6 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. Nd2 f6 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. Ba1 Be7 $11 {Filippov,
V-Malinin,Y/Omsk-Perm/1998/}) 7... d5 {, but White retains some pressure in a
Catalan-like position after} 8. cxd5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 Qxd5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 e6
12. Bb2 Nb4 (12... f6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. Nba3 b5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Bxe5 fxe5 18. Rxd5 Be7 19. Rad1 Bc6 20. Rxe5 Kf7 21. Rf5+ Kg6 22. Rf4 $16 {
Filippov,V-Balashov,Y/Samara/1998/}) 13. Ne3 Nbc6 14. O-O f6 15. Rc1 Be7 16.
Nd2 Kf7 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Rc7 Rd8 19. Ndc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 $14 {Horvath,J-Cao
Sang/HUN-chT 9899/1999/}) ({Lately Black has usually played} 6... e6 {, which
is arguably the most solid alternative.} 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O Be7 (8... dxc4 $5) 9.
cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Be6 13. Qh5 $146 Bf6 14. e4 Ne5
15. Ne3 Nd3 16. a4 Rac8 $44 17. Qe2 Qb3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rc2 20. Qf3 Rxc1
21. Raxc1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Qb4 24. d6 $11 {Stefanova,A-Karjakin,S/
Wijk aan Zee-B/2005/}) 7. h3 Ne4 $146 (7... Ne5 8. Ne3 e6 9. Bg2 h4 10. g4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Ng6 12. Nc3 Nf4 13. Bf3 Be7 14. Qb3 g5 {1/2,Fang,J-Turov,M/Budapest/
2003/} 15. Ng2 $16) 8. e3 Qa5+ 9. Nd2 Qf5 10. Nf3 (10. Nxe4 Qxe4 11. f3 (11.
Rg1 g6 (11... Ne5 $6 12. Nd4 $36) 12. Nd4 (12. Bd3 $6 Qe6 $36) 12... Bg7 $1 (
12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. exd4 Bg7 15. Be3 d6 16. Bg2 Bd7 $14 {/=}) 13. Bg2
Qe5 $11) 11... Qg6 12. Rg1 d6 (12... e6 $5 {[%cal Yd7d5] /\d5}) 13. Nd4 $13) (
10. Qf3 $2 Nxg3 $1 $17) 10... Qa5+ 11. Nd2 Nc5 (11... Ne5 $2 12. b4 $18) (11...
Qf5 $11 {However, already on move 6 Black has indicated he has higher
ambitions.}) 12. Be2 (12. Rb1 $2 Ne5 $36) 12... g6 13. Rb1 $1 Qc7 (13... Na4
14. Nd4 $1 $36) 14. Nd4 (14. b4 Ne6 15. Bb2 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. b5 $5 {
/\Nb4+/=}) 14... Bg7 (14... Nb4 $143 15. N2f3 Nxa2 $6 16. Bd2 Na6 17. Qb3 N2b4
18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 e5 20. Qc3 $16) 15. b4 (15. Nb5 Qb8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Nf3
a5 $132) 15... Ne6 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Bb2 $14 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 b6 19. Qb3 (19. O-O
h4 20. g4 $14) 19... Bb7 20. Qc3 O-O 21. Rg1 $2 (21. O-O $142 $14 {/~~ was
still more reasonable, now White's K will be vulnerable in the [+], while his
>>-> chances are negligible.}) 21... Rfd8 22. f4 a5 $1 23. b5 (23. a3 $5 axb4
24. axb4 $13 {/\} e5 25. b5) 23... Nb4 {[%cal Yb4d5,Yd5f6] /\Nd5-f6} 24. Qb3 (
24. e4 Rd7 $5 25. a3 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qc5 27. Kf1 Qe3 28. Rb3 Rad8 $36) 24... Qd6
(24... Qc5 $5 25. Kf2 Qf5 $36) 25. a3 {To lessen the danger to his K, White
forces an _|_, in which he retains <=> despite losing a P.} (25. Kf2 e5 $1 $40)
25... Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Ke2 Rxa3 29. c5 $1 {[%mdl 64] []
From now on the game enters an interesting tactical phase.} bxc5 30. Rc1 Rd8 (
30... a4 $142 $5 31. Rxc5 Ra1 $17) 31. Rxc5 $6 (31. Nb3 $142 c4 32. Rxc4 Bd5
33. Rd4 $15) 31... Rdd3 32. Rc7 (32. Nc4 Rac3 $17 {[%cal Rb7d5,Rd3e3] /\Bd5,Re3
}) 32... Rxe3+ 33. Kf2 Bd5 34. Rd7 Rxg3 $2 (34... h4 $1 35. Rxd5 (35. gxh4 Rxh3
36. Rxd5 exd5 37. b6 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Rxd2 39. Rxd2 Rb3 40. Rxd5 Rxb6 41. Rxa5 Rb4
$19) 35... hxg3+ 36. Kf1 exd5 37. b6 g2+ 38. Kxg2 (38. Kf2 Re2+ $19) 38... Re2+
39. Kf1 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Rb3 41. Rxd5 Rxb6 42. Rxa5 Rb4 $19) 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. b6
Rgd3 37. Ke2 $1 (37. b7 $2 Rxd2+ 38. Rxd2 Rb3 $19) 37... Re3+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kd1
Ra1+ 39. Nb1 $8 (39. Kc2 $2 d4 $1 40. Rb5 Ra2+ 41. Kd1 Rd3 42. b7 Rdxd2+ 43.
Kc1 Kh7 44. b8=Q Rac2+ 45. Kb1 d3 46. Ka1 Rf2 $19) 39... Ra2 40. Rxa2 Rb3 41.
Nd2 Rxb6 42. Rxa5 $11) 38... Ra1+ $138 (38... Ra4 $1 39. b7 Rxf4+ 40. Kg2 Re2+
41. Kg3 e5 42. b8=Q+ Kg7 43. Nf3 (43. h4 Re3+ 44. Kg2 Re2+ $11) 43... h4+ 44.
Nxh4 Re3+ 45. Kg2 Rxh4 $44 {/=}) 39. Nb1 $2 $138 (39. Kf2 $142 Rae1 40. b7
R1e2+ 41. Kg1 Rg3+ (41... Re1+ 42. Nf1 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Re2+ 44. Rxe2 Rb3 45. Rxe7
$18) 42. Kf1 Rgg2 43. b8=Q+ Kg7 44. Qa7 (44. Qb6 Rxd2 $11) 44... Rxd2 45. Rxd2
Rxd2 46. Qxe7 $14) 39... a4 $2 (39... Rxh3 $1 40. Kg2 (40. b7 $2 Rxb1+ 41. Rxb1
Rh1+ $19) 40... Ra2 $1 (40... Re3 41. Kf2 (41. b7 $2 Re2+ $19) 41... Ra2 $1 $17
{is similar to the main line.}) 41. Rxa2 Rb3 42. Nd2 Rxb6 $17) 40. b7 a3 41.
b8=Q+ Kh7 42. Qf8 (42. Qf8 axb2 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 (43... Kh6 44. Qg8 $1 Rxb1+ 45.
Kf2 Rf1+ 46. Kxe3 d4+ 47. Ke2 Rxf4 48. Qb8 $14) 44. Qxg6 (44. Qf8+ $11) 44...
Re4 45. Qxh5+ (45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qg6+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ $11) 45... Kg7 46. Qd1 Rxf4+
47. Ke2 e5 $44) (42. Rb7 a2 43. Kf2 Re4 $11) (42. Kf2 axb2 (42... Rxh3 $44) 43.
Qxb2 Rxb1 44. Qxb1 Rxh3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Nh4 O-O 7. Bg2 Re8 8. O-O
Bc5 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. Bxc5 d6 14. Bd4 dxc4
15. Rfd1 d5 16. Bc3 Nc6 17. Nf5 Be6 18. Ne3 Qe7 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Rxd5 Qxe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Rc5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug ist ebenso gut,
wie die populären Alternativen 4...Bb4 und 4...d5.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7.
Qb3 Bc5 $5 8. d3 (8. O-O O-O (8... c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 {0-1 Bareev,
E-Svidler,P/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (33)}) 9. d3 h6 (9... c6) 10. Bd2 Re8
11. Bg2 c6 $5 {Ein Schlüsselzug in dieser Variante. Schwarz schränkt die
Beweglichkeit des Läufers g2 ein.} 12. Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 d6 14. b4 Be6 $11 {
. 0-1 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (77)}) 8... c6 (8...
h6 $6 9. h4 $5 (9. g4 c6 10. h4 Qb6 (10... d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.
Bxh1 Ng4 14. cxd5 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Bb6 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 (17... Bxc6)
18. Bd2 {1-0 Gulko,B-Hector,J/Kobenhavn 2000/ (31)}) 11. Qxb6 Bxb6 12. g5 hxg5
13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh7 15. f4 d6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. b4 {
1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Balcerak,J/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (45)}) 9... Nh7 $2 10.
Ne4 $1 Be7 11. Qb5 c5 $6 12. Be3 a6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Piket,
J-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam 82/23 2001/[Piket,Je] (39)}) 9. O-O (9. g4 d6 $5 10. g5
Nd7 $5 (10... Ng8 11. Na4 (11. Ne4 Bb6 (11... Ne7) 12. Qa3 Bc7 13. c5 dxc5 14.
Qxc5 Ne7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qa3 b6 17. Rc1 Bd5 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/Moscow
2001/(44)}) 11... Ne7 $6 (11... Qa5+ $142) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 $1 O-O 14. h4
Nf5 15. Qc3 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Gelfand,B/Pamplona 1999/CBM 75/41)}) 11. Ne4
O-O 12. Rg1 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. d4 Qe7
{1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Gelfand,B/Saint Vincent 2005/(24)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 $1
{Ein starker Verteidigungszug: der Läufer geht zurück und verteidigt sich
gegen das Motiv Ne4.} (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3
a5 15. a3 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... a4 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. c5 d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb4
Qc7 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rb5 {1-0 Timman,J-Hector,J/Sigeman&Co 2005/
CBM107[Ribli](61)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4] Dieser Zug scheint
mir logischer, als die Partiefortsetzung, da Weiß eventuell nach 11...h6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 - 13.b4 ziehen kann.}) 11... d6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e3 Qc7 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bh3) 13... Qc7 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. Qa4 (15. e4 Bd7)
15... Qd7 16. b4 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 b5 $1 18. a4 Be6 {[%cal
Ge6b3]} 19. Qb2 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 $11) 19... d5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Schwarz
besitzt eine starke Zentrumstellung, mit besseren Gewinnaussichten.} 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 (22. e3 {[%cal Gc3e2]}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rdc1 Bh3 24.
Bh1 (24. Bxh3 $2 Qxh3 25. f3 $17) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 d4 $1 26. Ne4 Nd5 {
[%csl Rb4,Yc3][%cal Gd5b4,Gd5c3]} 27. Qa3 (27. Bf3 Bg4 $15) 27... Qc7 {[%cal
Gc8c1] Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie und provoziert den nachfolgenden
Fehler.} 28. Rc1 $2 $138 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner
Kombination gewinnt Schwarz einen Schlüsselbauern und die Partie.} 29. Qb2 (29.
Rxc7 Bxa3 30. Rxc8+ (30. Rb7 Nc3) 30... Bxc8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd5) 29... Qe7
30. Nf6+ (30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Nd6 Bd7 $19) 30...
gxf6 (30... Qxf6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qa6 $19) 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8
32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. h3
b6 9. g4 Bb7 10. g5 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Bg2 Rc8 14. f4 Bc5 15. Nce2
Nd6 16. Nf3 dxc4 17. h5 Bb4 18. h6 g6 19. O-O cxb3 20. axb3 a5 21. Rad1 c5 22.
Ba1 Kf7 23. d3 Ke8 24. Nc3 b5 25. Na2 Ba3 26. Qd2 b4 27. Nc1 Kf7 28. Ne2 Kg8
29. Ne1 Bd5 30. Nc2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e5 32. Nxa3 bxa3 33. Qc3 Nf7 34. Ng3 Nb6 35.
e4 fxe4 36. dxe4 c4 37. fxe5 cxb3 38. Qxb3 Nc4 39. e6 Qxe6 40. Rf6 Qe7 41. Rdf1
$2 (41. Rd5 $5 Qb4 42. Qd3 Nb6 (42... Nb2 $2 43. Qa6 $18 Qe7 44. Rxg6+ Kh8 45.
Rg7 Rc2+ 46. Kh3 Rc3 47. g6 Rxg3+ 48. Kxg3 Qc7+ 49. Kh3 Qc3+ 50. Qd3 Qxd3+ (
50... Nxd3 51. Bxc3 $18) 51. Rxd3 Nxh6 52. Rxh7+ Kg8 53. Rxa3 $18) 43. Qa6 Rb8
44. Rb5 Qe1 45. Rf1 (45. Rbxb6 Rxb6 46. Rxf7 (46. Rxb6 Qxa1 47. Rxg6+ hxg6 48.
Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 46... Kxf7 (46... Rxf7 47. Qa8+ Rf8 48. Qd5+ Rf7 49. Qa8+ $11)
47. Qxb6 Qxa1 48. Qb3+ Ke7 49. Qb7+ Ke8 50. Qb8+ $11) 45... Qd2+ 46. Rf2 Qd1
47. Bg7 Nc4 48. Bxf8 Ne3+ 49. Kh2 Rxb5 50. Qxb5 Ng4+ 51. Kg2 Ne3+ 52. Kh2 (52.
Kh3 Qg4+ 53. Kh2 Qh4+ 54. Kg1 Qxg3+ 55. Kh1 Qxf2 $19) 52... Ng4+ 53. Kg2 $11)
41... Qb4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d3
Nge7 9. a3 a5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Qc2 Be7 13. Rb1 Be6 14. h4 f6 15. c5
Rc8 16. Ne4 b5 17. cxb6 Qxb6 18. h5 Nh8 19. Qe2 Nf7 20. Ned2 Nd6 21. Nh4 Qd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Rb1 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. O-O h5 8. e3
Nh6 9. d4 Na5 10. b3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. Bb2 h4 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Ne2 hxg3 15.
hxg3 Nf5 16. Rd2 d6 17. Rbd1 Kf8 18. Nf4 Kg8 19. Bh3 Qd7 20. Qg2 cxd4 21. e4
Kf8 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Qf1 e5 24. Nd5 Qe6 25. Bg2 Ke8 26. Qe2 Kd7 27. b4 Rh6 28.
c5 dxc5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qb5 Bf8 31. Ba3 Rb8 32. Qc4 Qd6 33. Rc2 e4 34. Ne3
Qe6 35. Bxc5 Ke8 36. Bxd4 Nb4 37. Rcd2 Nc6 38. Rc2 Nb4 39. Re2 Be7 40. Bxa7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 7. g3 f5 8. e4
b6 9. Nh3 d6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. exf5 exf5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Re1 d5 15.
c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Nf4 Nc6 18. Bb2 Rb8 19. cxd4 Kh8 20. Qf2 Nd5 21. Bc4
Nxf4 22. gxf4 Ne7 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Be5 Be6 25. c6 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxc4 27. Rac1
Qd5 28. Qg3 Rf6 29. Bxc7 Rc8 30. Qf4 Rxc6 31. Be5 Qf7 32. Kh1 Bd5 33. Rcd1 Rg6
34. Rd3 h6 35. Red1 Rd8 36. h3 Rd7 37. Kh2 Bc6 38. Rxd7 Bxd7 39. Rd2 Kh7 40. h4
Bc6 41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 a5 43. Kg3 a4 44. Bb2 Qd5 45. Qe3 Kg6 46. Kf2 Qd7
47. Qd4 Qb7 48. Qe5 Qd7 49. Bd4 Kh5 50. Kg3 Kg6 51. Bb2 Bb7 52. Qd4 Qc7+ 53.
Qe5 Qf7 54. Kf4 Qd7 55. Kg3 Kh7 56. Bd4 Qf7 57. Kf4 Bc8 58. Kg3 Bd7 59. Bc3 Bc8
60. Bd4 Qf8 61. Bb2 Bd7 62. Bc1 Be8 63. Bb2 Bh5 64. Qc7 Qg8 65. Bc3 Qf8 66. Bb2
Bf7 67. Qe5 Bg6 68. Qc7 Bh5 69. Kf2 Bf7 70. Kg3 Be6 71. Bd4 Kg6 72. Bb2 Bf7 73.
Qe5 Be8 74. Qc7 Kh7 75. Kf2 Kg8 76. Qc4+ Kh8 77. Qc7 Kh7 78. Kg3 Bg6 79. Kf2 f4
80. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 c6 ({More flexible is
} 6... Nbd7 {Black can play then c7-c6 or c7-c5.}) 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 {White
clarifies the situation in the centre, what looks slightly premature.} ({
More frequent and also more logical is} 8. Rd1) 8... Nxd5 ({More solid} 8...
exd5 {leads to the classical Carlsbad.}) 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Be2 Re8 {[%cal Ye6e5]
Black prepares the liberating e6-e5 advance.} ({When Black realizes his idea
immediately} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 $5 (11. Qxc3 c5 12. O-O b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14.
dxc5 Rfc8 15. b4 bxc5 16. b5 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B-Tregubov,P/Moscow 2002/CBM 088})
11... e5 {then White has an unpleasant move} 12. Bd3) 11. O-O {Unbelievable,
this logical move is a novelty.} (11. Rd1 N5f6 12. O-O e5 13. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Miniboeck,G-Casagrande,H/Austria 1995/CBM 045 ext (41)}) 11... Nxc3 {Black
exchanges the knights first,} ({otherwise he would stay with the weak isolated
pawn d5} 11... e5 $143 $6 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfd1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}
) 12. bxc3 {White takes on c3 by pawn to strengthen his centre.} e5 13. a4 {
This is the typical plan in such positions, by the further advance of his a
pawn White strives to create Black on the queenside a weakness.} e4 (13... b6
14. a5) 14. Nd2 Nf6 {Black would like to get the counterplay against White's
king by the active piece play.} ({Weaker is a committal move} 14... f5 $143 $6
{limiting the scope of Black's bishop. Then White can continue in his play on
the queenside or he can even start the active operations on the kingside} 15.
f3 $5) 15. Rfb1 Bg4 (15... Bf5 $143 $6 16. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 16. Bf1 {
White keeps the bishops as their exchange would be advantageous for Black.}
Rad8 {Black is now ready to defend his b7 pawn by Bg4-c8 or Rd8-d7. But it is
important, without a committal move b7-b6.} 17. c4 $14 {[%cal Yc4c5] White's
position is better, he prepares c4-c5 and then Nd2-c4-d6.} c5 (17... b6 18. a5)
18. dxc5 $1 {A correct decision.} ({After closing the position} 18. d5 $143 $6
{Black has good prospects to organize an attack against White's monarch.})
18... Bc8 {Black protects his weakness b7 and frees the square g4 for the
sortie Nf6-g4.} (18... Qxc5 $2 19. Rxb7 $16) 19. Nb3 {The knight defends the
c5 pawn and also aims to d4.} Qe5 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Yf6g4] Black transfers his
queen closer to White's king.} 20. h3 {[%csl Gg4] White parries Black's threat
however weakens the pawn cover of his king. But White foresees that Black
can't profit from it.} ({Possible is also} 20. Be2 {with the intention} Ng4 $6
21. Bxg4 Bxg4 22. Nd4 {and White's king is secure enough, for example} Qg5 23.
Rxb7 Bf3 24. g3 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qg4 (25... e3 26. Rb3) 26. Qc1 Qh3 (26... e3 27.
Qxe3) 27. Qf1) 20... Qg5 $2 {[%cal Yc8h3] A step in the wrong direction, Black
believes in his attack.} ({But this is a suitable moment for attacking the c5
pawn} 20... Nd7 $142 $5 {After} 21. Rd1 Nxc5 {White can't namely gain the e4
pawn because of the hanging rook on a1} 22. Nxc5 (22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxc5 $4
Qxa1) 22... Rxd1) 21. Kh1 Re5 {There is no way back.} (21... Nd7 22. Rd1 Nxc5 {
loses the e4 pawn} 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxe4 $16) 22. Rd1 $1 {
White acts according the rule which says that the best reply to the flank
attack is the play in the centre.} Rde8 {Black needs his rook to safeguard his
basic rank.} 23. Rd6 Qh4 24. Rad1 {White continues in his central play.} Rf5 {
[%csl Rf2]} 25. R1d2 Ng4 26. g3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} ({Simple} 
26. Kg1 $142 $16 {crowns White's good play and keeps an advantage. It is hard
to believe but Black can't break White's defence, for example} Ne5 27. Nd4 Rg5
28. g3 $1 Bxh3 29. Bg2 $1 Qh5 30. Qxe4) 26... Qxg3 $3 $19 {A nice tactical
blow immediately decides the game.} 27. hxg4 (27. fxg3 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Nxe3+ 29.
Kh2 Nxc2) 27... Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qxg4+ 29. Bg2 Rg5 30. f4 exf3 31. Rd8 f2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. g3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bd2 c6 12. Rc1 Nc7 13. Na4 Ne6 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Be1 axb4 16. axb4 Nd6 17. Nc5 Nc7 18. Nb3 h5 19. Na5 h4 20. Nf4 hxg3 21. hxg3
Ne6 22. Nd3 Ng5 23. g4 f5 24. Ne5 fxg4 25. Nxg4 Ngf7 26. f4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Rxe3
28. f5 Ne4 29. Nxb7 Qf6 30. Rd1 Ra2 31. Nc5 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Ree2 33. Bf3 Rh2 34.
Bxe4 dxe4 35. Bf2 Qh6 36. Qxe4 Re2 37. Qg4 Ng5 38. Qg3 Nh3+ 39. Kxh2 Nxf2+ 40.
Kg1 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 d6 8. e4
Nbd7 9. Ne2 Ne5 10. Ng3 Bd7 11. a4 h5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Be2 Ng6 {An interesting
novelty, which seems to be a good alternative to 14.Kf2.} 14. Nf1 Kb8 15. Qc2
Ka8 16. Ra2 Rb8 17. Ne3 Rhe8 18. Kd1 Ne7 19. Kc1 Nfg8 20. Bd3 Nh6 21. Kb2 Ng6
22. Ka1 Rf8 23. Nf1 Ng8 24. Ng3 Nf6 25. Be2 Rh8 26. Nf1 Rhf8 27. Ne3 Ne7 28.
Be1 e5 29. g3 Nfg8 30. Bd3 Nh6 31. Rg1 f5 $5 (31... g6 $5 {preparing 32...f5,
was a good alternative.}) 32. exf5 Nhxf5 33. Nd1 Nh6 34. Qe2 Bf5 35. Nf2 Bxd3
36. Qxd3 Qc7 37. Ne4 Qd7 38. Ng5 Rf6 39. Bd2 Nhf5 40. Ne4 Rf7 41. Ng5 Rf6 42.
Qe2 Ng6 43. Kb2 Rff8 44. Ka3 Rfe8 45. Qe4 Nf8 46. Qb1 Ne7 47. Rb2 Ng8 48. Bc1
Nf6 49. Re2 b6 50. Rge1 a6 51. Rb2 Qa7 52. Qd3 N8d7 53. Ne6 Nf8 54. Bg5 Nxe6
55. dxe6 Rxe6 56. Reb1 Qc7 57. Qf5 Ree8 58. Bxf6 gxf6 59. Qxh5 Rg8 60. g4 Rh8
$2 ({After this mistake Black's position falls apart. Correct was} 60... Ka7) {
[%tqu "En","How can White take advantage of Black's imprudent rook move?",
"Exploit the shaky position of Black's h8-rook.","Use the power of your
battery on the b-file.","b2b6","This excellent move decides the game.",5]} 61.
Rxb6 $1 {[%csl Rb8,Rh8][%cal Ob6a6,Ca8a7,Cb8b6,Gb1b8] Convincingly punishing
Black's mistake. Now the game is over.} Rxb6 (61... Rxh5 {loses to} 62. Rxb8+
Ka7 63. R1b7+ Qxb7 64. Rxb7+ Kxb7 65. gxh5) 62. Qxh8+ Ka7 63. Rxb6 Kxb6 64. Qe8
Qh7 65. Qb8+ (65. Qb8+ {, and Black resigned in view of:} Kc6 66. Qa8+ Kb6 67.
a5+ Kxa5 (67... Kc7 68. Qa7+ {, winning the queen.}) 68. Qd8+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 b6 5. g3 Bb7 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O g6 8. Nfd2 Nc6
9. a4 Bg7 10. a5 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Na3 Qd7 14. Nac4 Nce7 15. Qb3
Qc7 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Bg5 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 $5 {[%mdl 8] Incredible in the highest level, a novelty
already on the 2-nd move! In fact, the move is not new, but before it was
played by weaker players only. Objectively, 2.Na3 can't be better than other
common options, most probably it is even weaker. Its drawbacks are clear,
White doesn't fight for the centre, the knight is slightly misplaced on a3.
But it has also advantages, White keeps the possibility to play c2-c3, the Na3
can find a good square on c4 or White can transfer it via the c2 square (after
c2-c3). But the main plus of the move is, that an opponent is surprised, he
can forget about his preparation and has to think from the very beginning.
What could be very unpleasant, mainly in the current chess world full of huge
opening's theory.} (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 a6 7. Bxc6
Qxc6) 2... Nc6 {Of course, Black has many other options, he can play almost
everything. But a so wide choice could be often rather a disadvantage than an
advantage!} (2... e6 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Dreev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (55)})
3. Bb5 (3. c3 $6 Nf6) 3... Qc7 {Black prevents the creation of doubled pawns.}
({The critical position for the evaluation of} 3... Nd4 {arises after} 4. Ba4
$5 (4. Bc4) 4... Qa5 (4... g6 $6 5. c3 $14) 5. c3 b5 $13) (3... g6 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (35)}) 4. Nf3 g6 (4... Nf6 $5) 5. c3
a6 $6 {Black neglects the development.} ({After} 5... Nf6 {looks promising the
pawn sacrifice} 6. O-O $5 Nxe4 7. Re1 $44) 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. O-O Bg7 {This
position is not new, it arises after the move order shown in the line to move
2.} ({Surely bad is} 7... Qxe4 $2 8. d4 $36 cxd4 $140 9. Nc4 {[%cal Yc4d6,
Yf1e1]}) 8. d4 $5 {More energetic than} (8. Re1) 8... d6 ({The alternative is
to accept the pawn sacrifice} 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qd5 11. Bg5 $44 {
1-0 Kargin,A-Bogomolov,A/Novokuznetsk 2001/CBM 085 ext (33)}) 9. d5 {The most
logical continuation.} ({It was played also} 9. e5) ({and} 9. Re1) 9... Qc7 10.
h3 $6 {[%csl Gg4] The useless prophylaxis costs time and it allows Black to
finish his deployment.} ({Energetic} 10. Bf4 $1 $14 {with intention to realize
the e4-e5 break gives White the opening's advantage, for example} Bg4 (10...
Nf6 $6 11. e5) 11. Re1 $1) 10... Nf6 11. Bf4 O-O (11... Nxe4 $4 12. Qa4+ $18)
12. Re1 {White's next plan is to realize the e4-e5 advance in favourable
circumstances.} (12. e5 Nh5 (12... dxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd8 14. c4 b5 $11) 13. exd6
exd6 $11) 12... b5 $11 {[%csl Ra3] פa3 Now it is obvious, that the Na3 is
misplaced.} 13. Qd2 (13. e5 Nd7 $11) 13... Bb7 {[%cal Ye7e6] And Black's plan
is to realize the e7-e6 advance and to open the position for his pair of
bishops.} 14. Rad1 (14. Bh6 e6 $1) 14... Rfe8 15. c4 Qb6 ({The principal
continuation is} 15... e6 $5 {Complications in the centre looks better for
White, for example} 16. dxe6 $140 $6 (16. e5 $6 dxe5 17. d6 (17. Bxe5 Qb6 $15)
17... Qc6 18. Bxe5 b4 $15) 16... Nxe4 $15 17. Rxe4 Bxe4 18. Ng5 Rxe6 19. Nxe6
fxe6 {^^}) 16. Bh6 (16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Rad8 $11) 16... Bh8 17. b3 {It allows
Black to realize the e7-e6 advance.} (17. Ng5 $5 $13) 17... e6 $5 18. Ng5 (18.
dxe6 $2 Rxe6 $17) 18... exd5 19. cxd5 $6 {Now Black gets the advantage.} ({
Correct is the other capture} 19. exd5 $142 bxc4 20. Nxc4 $1 (20. bxc4 $6 Qb4
$1 $15) 20... Qc7 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5} 21. Qf4 $1 $11 {and in spite of the d5
weakness White keeps the balance, for example} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Ne4 $1
Nxd5 24. Qg3 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) 19... Re7 20. Re3 Rae8 $15 {Black has the
strong pressure on the e-file against White's centre.} 21. Rde1 a5 22. Nb1 b4 {
It weakens the c4 square.} (22... Nd7 $5) 23. Qc2 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4]} Nd7 (
23... Nh5 $6 24. g4) 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Ngf3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] White takes the
important e5 (and also d4) square under control.} (25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 (26.
bxc4 Bd4 $15) 26... Bd4 $1 27. Rg3 $15 (27. R3e2 $4 Bc3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rc4]
[%cal Yd7e5]})) 25... Ne5 $6 {An inaccuracy losing the advantage.} ({It is not
good neither} 25... Bc3 $6 26. Rxc3 $5 bxc3 27. Qxc3 f6 $44) ({nor} 25... a4 $6
26. Bg5 (26. bxa4 $6 c4 27. Nxc4 Qc5 28. Rc1 Rc8)) ({Correct is paradoxical} 
25... Bd4 $142 $1 {Black exchanges his strong dark-squared bishop, but he
gains the passed pawn d4, the square c5 for the knight and the most important
fact is that White is forced to disconnect his rooks and so Black strengthens
the pressure against the e4 pawn.} 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rg3 f5 $5 $15 28. Bg5 Re5)
26. Bg5 Nxf3+ $6 {Another step in the wrong direction, Black frees the
important square e5.} (26... Rc7 $142 {[%cal Yc5c4]} 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 Bxc4
29. Qxc4 $11 a4 $5) 27. Nxf3 Rd7 {Black believes that the advance e4-e45 is
not possible.} ({More circumspect is} 27... f6 $5 $14) 28. e5 $1 {[%mdl 64]
But yet!} dxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxd5 30. Nxf7 $1 {The point.} (30. Nc4 $4 Rxe3) 30...
Rxe3 31. Rxe3 $6 {Most probably White wanted to surprise his opponent being in
time-trouble.} ({After} 31. Nh6+ $142 Kf8 32. Bxe3 $40 {Black has worries with
his weak king.}) 31... Kxf7 {It is not a mistake, but it requires precision
from Black.} ({More safer way is} 31... Bf6 $5 $11 {and White has nothing, for
example} 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Ng4 Qd6 35. Qb2+ Rd4) 32. Re7+ Kf8 (
32... Kg8 33. Re8+ Kf7 (33... Kg7 $2 34. Qe4 $18 Qd6 35. Bf4) 34. Rxh8 (34.
Re7+ $11) 34... Rxg5 35. Qe4 {looks very dangerous, but in fact White has only
a draw after} Rf5 $11) 33. Qe4 Rd1+ $4 {A blunder losing the game. Black opens
the long white diagonal and White's queen has an access to the a8 square.} ({
After correct} 33... Qd6 $142 $1 34. Bh6+ (34. f4 $4 Rxg5 $19) 34... Bg7 $1 (
34... Kg8 $2 35. Re8+ Kf7 36. Rf8+ Qxf8 37. Qxd5+ $18) 35. Bxg7+ Kg8 {Black
holds the game, for example} 36. f4 Bb5 37. Bh6 Bc6 38. Rg7+ (38. Qe6+ Qxe6 39.
Rxe6 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bd5 $11 {[%csl Rg2] ><g2} 41. Rf6 Bf7 42. Rc6 Bd5) 38... Kh8
39. Re7 Kg8 $11) 34. Kh2 $18 Qd6+ 35. f4 {Now Black can't escape.} Bf6 36. Bh6+
Kg8 37. Qa8+ (37. Qa8+ Qd8 38. Re8+) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 (2... e6 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Dreev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111
(55)}) 3. Bb5 g6 $5 {Black ignores the threat of the doubled pawns creation.} (
3... Qc7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Khalifman,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (37)}) 4. Bxc6 bxc6
{For the compromised pawn structure Black has a pair of bishops.} 5. d3 Bg7 6.
f4 $6 {The premature advance.} ({Solid alternatives are better:} 6. Nf3 $142) (
6. c3 $142 d5 $140 7. Qa4 $5) 6... d5 $1 {[%csl Ra3] פa3 The correct answer.
The knight on a3 is misplaced now and Black is not afraid of the advance e4-e5
closing his Bg7.} (6... Rb8 $143 $6 7. Nf3 $5 (7. c3) 7... Bxb2 8. Bxb2 Rxb2 9.
Qd2 $44) 7. e5 $6 {White continues in his dubious plan.} (7. Qe2 $6 {is not
suitable as well due to} Qa5+ $5 8. Bd2 Qb6 $15) ({But perhaps better is} 7.
Nf3 $142 $5 {After} dxe4 8. dxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nf6 $36 {it looks so that Black
has an initiative but position is still not clear} 10. e5 (10. Re1 O-O) 10...
Nd5) 7... f6 $1 $15 {Black immediately attacks White's centre, his position is
already slightly better.} 8. Qe2 $2 {And this is already a serious mistake.
White believes wrongly that he can keep the wedge e5. But the game will show
that it is not possible.} ({Therefore it is better to exchange on f6. White
can do it right now} 8. exf6 $142 {, but it just helps Black to finish his
development.} Nxf6 $15) ({More convenient is} 8. Nf3 $142 $5 {and exchange on
f6 later in better circumstances, for example} Bg4 (8... fxe5 $6 9. Nxe5 $11)
9. O-O Nh6 $5 (9... fxe5 10. fxe5 Nh6 (10... Bxe5 $2 11. Qe1 $1 Bg7 12. Ne5 $14
) 11. Bf4 $15 {[%cal Yd1d2,Ya1e1]}) 10. exf6 $5 {White captures on f6 just now
when Black has already developed his knight} Bxf6 11. Qe1 $15) 8... fxe5 $1 {
><e5 It creates White the weakness e5.} (8... Nh6 $143 $6) 9. fxe5 {[%csl Re5]}
Nh6 10. Nf3 ({White has no time for the prophylaxis h2-h3 to avoid Bc8-g4} 10.
h3 Nf5 11. Bf4 O-O (11... Nd4 $5) 12. Nf3 Nh4 $17) 10... Bg4 11. O-O O-O 12. c3
({After} 12. Bxh6 Bxh6 $17 {Black is much better due to his strong pair of
bishops.}) 12... Qc7 13. Nc2 Nf5 $5 $17 {Black's pressure is very unpleasant.}
(13... Nf7 $143 $6 14. d4 $15) 14. Bf4 {It is difficult to recommend anything
better.} (14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 c5) (14. Nce1 Nh4) 14... Nd4 $2 {Black goes for
useless complications and loses part of his advantage.} (14... Nh4 $142 $17 {
is the correct continuation.}) 15. Ncxd4 $5 {White tries to get more
complicated position, where he would have more chances to escape.} ({After} 15.
cxd4 Rxf4 16. dxc5 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Bxe5 19. Re1 Bf6 $15 {the
position is rather simple and White can suffer only.}) 15... Rxf4 (15... cxd4
16. Bg3 $15) 16. h3 $2 {But this move loses a pawn.} ({It is necessary} 16. Nb3
$142 Qb6 $15 (16... c4 $6 17. dxc4 Rxc4 18. Nbd4 {[%csl Rc4] צc4})) 16... cxd4
17. hxg4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Rxg4 19. Nd2 {[%csl Rg4] צg4 Black's rook is slightly
misplaced now.} Rg3 $1 $17 {This important move regains the advantage.} (19...
Rg5 $2 20. d4 {[%cal Yd2b3,Yb3c5]}) 20. Rae1 e6 ({Possible is also} 20... Qb6+
$5 21. d4 (21. Kh2 Rg5) 21... Rxc3 {Black needn't be afraid of} 22. Qg4 {
because of} c5 $17 {, for example} 23. Qd7 Qd8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Rf7 (25. Nf3
Bh6) 25... cxd4) 21. Nb3 c5 $2 {A mistake allowing White to escape.} ({Correct
is} 21... Qb6+ $142 22. d4 Rxc3 $17 23. Qg4 Re8) 22. Qf2 $1 Rxd3 23. Nxc5 Rxc3
24. Nxe6 Qb6 {Black is forced to exchange the queens.} (24... Qe7 $2 25. Qd4)
25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rf2 $15 {o^e5 This ending Black can't win. A
maximum, what he can achieve, is the ending R+P:R+2P on one flank, what is a
theoretical draw.} Re8 (27... Raa3 28. Rb2 Re3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxb6 Rxe5 31.
a4) 28. e6 Re7 (28... Rc6 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Rd7 Rcxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rxd5)
29. Rd2 Rc5 30. a4 h5 31. Kh2 Kf6 32. Rf2+ Kg7 33. Rd2 Ra5 34. Rd4 Rc5 35. Rd2
Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Babula,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 c5 2. Na3 (2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 e6 5. Na3) 2... e6 (
2... Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Khalifman,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (37)} (
3... g6 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Motylev,A/Moscow 2005/CBM 111 (35)})) 3. c3 d5 4.
e5 {Now the position has the traits of the French 3.e5.} (4. exd5 {is less
suitable due to} exd5 $5 {[%csl Ra3] פa3} ({after} 4... Qxd5 5. d4 {it arises
the position from the Sicilian 2.c3, for the common move order see the line to
move 2.})) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. g3 $6 {It looks strange, White wastes time.}
({After} 6. d4 {arises a clear French 3.e5.}) ({But a more frequent option is} 
6. Nc2 f6 7. d4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Qc7 9. Bf4 $13 {1-0 Cicak,S-Dimitrov,V/Figueira
da Foz 2005/EXT 2006 (36)}) 6... a6 {[%csl Gb5]} (6... f6 $5) 7. Nc2 {After
Black's previous move the knight has on a3 no perspectives.} Rc8 $5 ({After} 
7... Qc7 {White is forced to play} 8. d4 $11 ({weaker is namely} 8. Qe2 $143 $6
{due to} Nge7 $15 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ye7g6]} 9. Bg2 $140 Ng6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4
Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c2]})) 8. Bg2 (8. d4 $11) 8... Qc7 {The point of
Black's previous move, White can't defend his pawn wedge e5 by playing d2-d4.}
9. Qe2 (9. d4 $2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nxe5 $17) 9... c4 {Now White's d pawn can never
defend the e5 pawn, after d2-d4 Black takes it c4xd3 en passant.} ({But Black
can continue the fight against the e5 pawn more energetic way} 9... g5 $5 {
[%csl Re5,Rf3][%cal Yg5g4,Yf8g7] , for example} 10. h3 Bg7 11. d4 (11. d3 h6)
11... cxd4 12. Ncxd4 (12. cxd4 $6 Nxe5 $1) 12... h6 $5) 10. O-O Bc5 (10... f6
$5) (10... g5 $5) 11. Nce1 $5 {White prepares d2-d4 and after c5xd3 the point
is Nxd3 with protecting the e5 pawn.} ({Other plan is to start the play on the
queenside} 11. b3 {, for example} b5 12. a4 Nge7 (12... cxb3 $143 $6 13. axb5
axb5 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Qxe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxb5 16. Ne1 $16) 14. Ba3 $1 $14 Qb6
15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Ncd4) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ba3 Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Rb8 $11) 11... Na5
{Black prepares to meet White's idea with Bd7-b5.} ({Possible is also simple} 
11... Nge7 12. d4 cxd3 13. Nxd3 Ba7 $11) 12. d4 cxd3 13. Nxd3 Bb6 {Finally
Black changes his mind.} ({But} 13... Bb5 $5 {deserves attention, Black can't
be afraid of} 14. b4 {because of} Bf8 $13 (14... Ba7 $143 $6 15. bxa5 Qxc3 16.
Rd1 Qxa1 17. Be3 $14)) 14. Nd4 {[%csl Gb5]} Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 $6 {It gives White
a tempo for the advance of his h pawn.} (15... Nec6 $6 {is also not suitable
because of} 16. Nf3 $5 {[%csl Ra5] פa5}) (15... Nac6 $142 $5 $13 {looks the
best.}) 16. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Yh4h5]} h6 17. Bc1 $6 {It gives Black time
to consolidate.} ({Energetic} 17. h5 $142 $5 $14 {gives White an edge.}) 17...
Ne7 18. Rd1 (18. Qg4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Nf5 $132 {[%csl Rd4] is similar to the game.
}) 18... Bxd4 $5 {The correct and strong decision, now it is White who has to
hold the balance.} ({Premature is} 18... O-O $6 19. Qg4 $14) ({but} 18... Nac6
$11 {is possible also.}) 19. cxd4 Nf5 20. Ne1 $6 {[%csl Gc2] White plays in
this game strategically very interesting, but this move is dubious, the knight
here on e1 will be soon source of problems.} (20. Nf4 $142 $11) 20... Bb5 21.
Qg4 Nc6 $15 {Black's position is already slightly better.} 22. Rd2 $6 {[%csl
Gc2,Ge2] Another anti-developing move.} ({It is not possible} 22. b3 $4 {
because of} Ncxd4 $1 $19 23. Rxd4 $140 Qc3 {[%csl Ra1,Rd4]}) ({dubious is also
} 22. Bxd5 $6 Rd8 $15) ({Perhaps the best is} 22. Be3 O-O $15) 22... Qa5 $1 {
[%csl Re1][%cal Ga5e1]} ({Weaker} 22... O-O $143 $6 {allows White to finish
his development} 23. b3 $1 $11 {, for example} Qa5 (23... Ncxd4 $2 24. Bb2 Nc6
25. a4) 24. Qd1 $5 Ncxd4 $140 $2 25. Bb2 Nc6 26. a4) 23. Nc2 {It looks like
the only move.} (23. Qd1 $2 Ncxd4 $1) (23. b3 $2 Ncxd4 $1) 23... Nb4 $2 {
An mistake which turns the tables.} ({After correct} 23... O-O $142 $15 {
White has big problems to finish the development, for example} 24. b3 Qc3 25.
Qf3 Qxc2 $5 26. Rxc2 Ncxd4) 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Qd1 $14 {White pieces regain
lost coordination and White is even slightly better as Black can't prevent
White's next simple plan b2-b3, a2-a4 and Bc1-a3.} O-O (25... a5 26. a3 $1 (26.
b3 $6 a4 $1) 26... Qe7 27. a4 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yc1a3]}) (25... Rc4 26. a3 Qa5
27. b3 $14) 26. b3 $1 {[%cal Ya2a4,Yc1a3]} Qa5 27. a4 Bd7 28. Ba3 Rfe8 29. Bc5
Qd8 ({After sacrificing the exchange} 29... Rxc5 30. dxc5 Qxc5 31. Rc1 $14 {
Black fights for a draw.}) 30. a5 Bb5 31. b4 $14 {The position on the
queenside has stabilized, White's bishop on his outpost c5 can't be attacked
and the d4 pawn isn't the weakness any more. The centre of the forthcoming
play moves to the kingside.} f6 32. Qe1 $6 {Too passive.} ({After better} 32.
Qh5 $142 $1 $14 {Black has much more worries than in the game, for example}
fxe5 (32... Kh7 33. Re1) 33. dxe5 Qc7 (33... Kh7 $2 34. Rxd5 $1 exd5 35. Qxf5+
$16) (33... Bc4 34. Rc1 {[%cal Yc1c4]}) 34. g4 Ne7 35. Re1) 32... Qd7 {[%cal
Yd7f7,Yf7g6]} 33. Bh3 (33. h5 $6 Qf7 {[%csl Rh5]}) 33... Qf7 34. Ra3 h5 {
Blocking the kingside.} 35. Rf3 Qg6 36. Qb1 {Leads to simplification.} (36.
exf6 $5 {gives more chances, for example} Qxf6 (36... gxf6 $143 $6 37. Qb1 Qh6
(37... Nxh4 $2 38. Qxg6+ Nxg6 39. Rxf6 $18) 38. Rf4) 37. Rf4 $14) 36... fxe5 $5
({Of course not} 36... Nxh4 $2 {because of} 37. Qxg6 Nxg6 38. exf6 $16) ({But} 
36... Qh6 {is playable as well.}) 37. Bxf5 (37. dxe5 $2 Nxh4) 37... exf5 38.
Qxf5 Qxf5 39. Rxf5 exd4 40. Rxd4 (40. Rxh5 $143 $6 {lets Black the strong
passed d pawn} Re1+ 41. Kh2 d3 {o^d3}) 40... g6 41. Rg5 (41. Rfxd5 $2 Bc6 $17 {
[%cal Ye8e1]}) 41... Re6 $14 {The drawish tendencies of the opposite coloured
bishops ending are well known, they increase with exchanges of other pieces.
But in this position there are still both rooks on the board and White has
good prospects to organize an attack against Black's monarch with them. In
such cases the factor of the opposite coloured bishops helps the attacking
side. So the conclusion is, that the position still requires from Black
patient and careful defence.} 42. g4 $1 {Starting the active operations
against Black's king and also gaining some space for his own one.} (42. Rdxd5
$143 $6 Bc6 43. Rde5 $140 Rxe5 44. Rxe5 Re8) 42... hxg4 43. Rdxg4 Kh7 44. h5 $6
{This move leads only to further simplifications. Most probably White
overlooked something,} ({otherwise he would continue} 44. Rxd5 $142 $14) 44...
Be8 $1 (44... gxh5 $2 {gives White the winning attack} 45. Rxh5+ Rh6 46. Rhg5
$18) 45. hxg6+ Rxg6 46. Rh5+ Kg8 47. Rxg6+ Bxg6 48. Rxd5 $14 {Now White's
advantage is only symbolic, to convert his extra pawn is not possible.} Be4 49.
Re5 Bc6 50. f4 Re8 51. Rg5+ Kf7 52. Kf2 Re4 53. Rf5+ Kg6 54. Rg5+ Kf7 55. Rf5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 $5 (6... Bg6 {
vacating the f5 square for the N.} 7. Be2 Nh6 {Black is not afraid of taking
on h6.} (7... Ne7 8. O-O {- Delchev-P.Schlosser, FRA-chT 2003 CBM 95}) 8. O-O
Be7 (8... Nf5 9. c3 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 $1 {is the
precise defence.} (12... f6 {allows the agression after} 13. f5 Bf7 14. g5 exf5
(14... fxe5 15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Bg4 $16 {Groszpeter-A.Vajda, Zalakaros 2002}) 15.
gxf6 gxf6 16. e6 Rg8+ 17. Kh1 Bxe6 18. Bh5+ $40)) (9. Ne1 Be7 10. c3 (10. Nd3
O-O 11. c3 Qb6 12. Bf4 (12. Nf4 c5) 12... Rac8 13. g4 Nh4 14. Bg3 Bxd3 15. Bxd3
c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zhigalko-Galkin, Rethymnon 2003,
but White's ^^ gives some small chances for him.}) (10. Bd3 O-O 11. f4 c5 12.
dxc5 Nxc5 13. g4 Nh4 $15 {and White has created only weaknesses in his camp,
De.Boros-Krivoborodov, Peniscola 2002.}) 10... Qc7 11. Nd3 f6 12. Bf4 (12. f4
O-O) 12... fxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd6 {White cannot hold the vital e5 square with his
pieces anymore.} 14. Re1 (14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h3 O-O-O $13 {
/\ e5 with an active position for Black.}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Bxe5 Nxe5
16. dxe5 O-O (16... Qxe5 $2 17. Nc5) 17. Bd3 (17. Nc5 {This only helps for
Black's central plans.} Qe7 18. b4 b6 19. Nd3 c5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. Bh5 Nh4 $15
{Collutiis-Efimov, Porto San Giorgio 2004}) 17... c5 18. c4 $13) 15... O-O 16.
Nd4 Nc5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Be3 b6 $13) 9... a6 (9... Be7 10. g4 $5 Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 (13. g5 {cannot catch the trapped B because of} Qe7 14.
Nd2 h6 $1 15. Nf3 hxg5 16. fxg5 Bh5 $1 17. Nxh4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rxh4 {/\ 0-0-0})
(13. h3 Qe7 {/\ 0-0-0}) 13... Bxf6 (13... Qxf6 14. Nd2 h5 15. g5 Qf5 16. Nf3
Qg4+ 17. Kh1 Be4 18. Bd3 $16) 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {The >< e6 is a target,
but White's B is passive, and his >> is a bit weakened.} O-O $11 (15... g6 16.
Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 O-O (17... O-O-O $5 $132 {looked more exciting!}) 18. Kh1 Rae8
19. f5 $5 (19. Re2 $11) 19... gxf5 20. gxf5 e5 21. dxe5 (21. Na5 $5 e4 22. Qh3
Nb6 23. Rg1+ Kh8 $13) 21... Nxe5 22. Qh3 {/\ Nd4-e6} Kh8 23. Nd4 Rg8 24. Ne6
$14 {The N is very nice on e6, but White cannot connect another piece to him,
Delchev-Schlosser, France 2003 CBM 095.} (24. Bf4 $14))) 10. g4 (10. Bg5 Be7
11. Bxe7 Nxe7 {The exchange of the dark-squared B is good for White from
strategical point of view, but now Black has no space problem on the e7 square.
} 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nh3 {/\ Nf4} Qb6 15. Nf4 c5 16. Bh5 (16. Nxg6 fxg6
$5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. Bg4 Nf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 $11) 16... Bh7 17. Rfe1
cxd4 18. cxd4 Rac8 $132 {I.Markovic-Pejovic, Budva 2003}) 10... Nh4 11. Nxh4
Qxh4 12. f4 f5 $1 {If Black can blockade the >>, his chances are no worse.} 13.
Be3 (13. exf6 Nxf6 $13) 13... Qe7 14. g5 h6 15. h4 hxg5 16. hxg5 Qf7 17. Kg2
Bh5 18. Rh1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Be7 $13 {Parligras-Svetushkin,
Mallorca 2004}) 9. Bxh6 {In general the corruption of Black's >> is not a big
price for the ^^.} (9. a4 {The advance on the << is not a dangerous plan for
Black.} O-O 10. a5 (10. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 11. Bd3 f6) 10... b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. c4
Rxa1 13. Nxa1 Nf5 $11 (13... dxc4 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Bxc4 $14 {Markovic-Zelcic,
Bled op 2000})) 9... gxh6 10. Qd2 h5 $14 {- Rublevsky-Lastin, Kazan 2005 CBM
109}) 7. Be2 h6 {Securing the retreat for the important B.} (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5
(8. O-O Ne7 (8... c4 9. Nbd2 Ne7) 9. c3 c4 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Ne1 g5 (11... Be7
12. f4 $14) 12. Nc2 $1 $14 {/\ Ne3} (12. g4 Bg6 13. Ng2 Bg7 $13 {
Polovnikova-Khurtsidze, Istanbul 2003})) 8... Ne7 (8... Nxc5 9. Nbd4 Be4 {
in order to put pressure on the [+].} (9... Bg6 10. O-O) 10. O-O Ne7 $13) 9.
O-O (9. Nbd4 Nxc5 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 {wins the ^^, but helps for Black to finish
his development.} 11. O-O Be7 $11) (9. Bg5 Qc7 {leaving the pin immediately.}
10. c4 {White wants to open up the position.} dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+
13. Qe2 Nc6 {and Black will successfully finish his development.}) 9... Nc6 10.
Nbd4 Bg4 (10... Ndxe5 $2 {runs into the pin on the e <-> after} 11. Nxf5 exf5
12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Re1 $16) (10... Be4 {deserves attention again.} 11. c4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Bxc5 $11) 11. c4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 a5
$1 {closing the long /^.} 15. c3 Be7 $13 {and Black's perspectives in the [+]
are not worse than White's chances on the <<.}) 11... Bxc5 12. cxd5 exd5 $5 {
was simplest way for equalization.} (12... Nxd4 $6 13. Nxd4 Bxe2 (13... Bxd4 $6
14. Bxg4 $16) 14. Nxe2 Nxe5 (14... exd5 $2 15. Qxd5 $16) 15. Bf4 $14 {-
Zvjaginsev-Sargissian, Ubeda 2000 CBM 075} (15. Nf4 $5 O-O $1 (15... exd5 $2 {
opens the e <-> while his K is still in the [+].} 16. Re1 f6 17. Qh5+ $16) (
15... g5 {is strongly met by the intermediate move} 16. Re1 $1 Bd6 17. dxe6
gxf4 18. Bxf4 $16 {winning back the piece with a strong ->.}) 16. Qe2 (16. dxe6
$143 {wins the P, but loses the |^.} Qxd1 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Rxd1 Ng4 19. Rf1
Raf8 $36) (16. Qh5 $143 Qd6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 {runs into the counterattack
after} Bxf2+ $1 19. Kxf2 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Qxd3 21. Be3 e5 $1 {opening up the
lines for the rooks.} 22. Qxe5 Rae8 23. Qc5 b6 24. Qxb6 g5 25. g3 gxf4 26. gxf4
Qc2+ 27. Kg3 Rf7 $17) 16... Qd6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3
Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Rac1 $14 {with a slight edge in the _|_
because of the rooks on the opened lines and the backward P on e6.})) 13. Nb3 (
13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qb6 $11 {with a strong pressure on the
dark squares.}) 13... Bb6 14. Qxd5 (14. Bf4 O-O $11 {and >< e5 is also weak.})
14... Ndxe5 $11) 8. O-O Ne7 9. c3 {White's play is caotious, quiet, but not
forceful.} Rc8 10. h3 Be4 $5 (10... g5 $5 {was the aggressive setup.}) (10...
Bh7 {/\ Nf5} 11. Re1 Nf5 {/\ Be7}) 11. Nbd2 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 {White has secured
the ^^ by losing some tempi, but Black will attack his [+].} c5 13. Bd3 cxd4
14. cxd4 Qb6 15. Bc2 Nc6 $13 {Black has the well-known "French" pressure
against >< d4.} 16. Rb1 Qa7 $5 {vacating the b6 square for the N.} (16... Be7
17. a3 Qa7 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Nd2) 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Nd2 g6 19. a3 Be7 20. Bd3 Na5
21. Nf3 {White's strategical plan is usually f4, g4, f5, but it was not easy
to execute.} Nac4 22. Bc1 Nd7 23. Re1 Kf8 $1 {/\ Kg7, since f4-f5 is far from
easy.} 24. h4 {/\ h5} Kg7 25. Bf1 Qb6 26. Qd3 Na5 27. b4 Nc6 (27... Nc4 {
The N is excellent here, but in a way also blocks the further advance on the
<<.} 28. h5 $1 g5 29. Nh2 a5 30. Ng4 $36) 28. Rd1 h5 {against h5, but the ><
g5 becomes weak.} 29. Rb3 Bd8 30. b5 {White's chances on the << are not very
promising.} axb5 (30... Na5 $5 31. Rb1 Nc4) 31. Rxb5 Qa7 32. Qb1 b6 (32... Rc7
33. Bg5 Be7 34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Qb2 Ra8 $11) 33. Bd3 Qa4 34. Bc2 Qa8 35. a4 Ne7
36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Bd3 Nf5 $11 {and White's action on the << has also been
stopped.} 38. g3 Qc3 39. Bd2 Qxb3 40. Rxb3 Rc7 (40... Rf8 41. Bb5 Nb8 42. Bb4
Be7) 41. Bb5 Be7 $1 {Activating the B Black sacrifices the b P, but he has an
enormous pressure on a4.} 42. Rc1 (42. Bxd7 Rxd7 43. Rxb6 Ra8 44. a5 Bd8 45.
Rb5 Rda7 46. Ra1 Ne7 47. Rc5 Ra6 $11 {/\ Nc6 and the o^ will fall.}) 42...
Rxc1+ 43. Bxc1 Rc8 44. Bd2 Nb8 {Black can hold the _|_ without problems, the
^^ is not so effective in a closed position, and >< d4 is also a target.} 45.
Rc3 (45. Kf1 Rc7 46. Ke2 Nc6 47. Kd3 Na5 48. Rc3 Rxc3+ 49. Bxc3 Kf8) 45... Rxc3
46. Bxc3 Ba3 47. Ne1 Bf8 48. Nc2 Ne7 49. a5 (49. Kf1 Nec6) 49... bxa5 50. Bxa5
{Now the rest is easy.} Nec6 51. Bb6 Be7 52. Kg2 Bd8 53. Bxd8 Nxd8 54. Nb4 f6
55. f3 (55. Be8 fxe5 56. dxe5 Nf7 $11) 55... Kf7 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 g5 58.
Kg3 Ke7 59. exf6+ 1/2-1/2

