[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.03.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2843"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] Prematch games between the challenger and the title-holder always
have an increased psychological significance. In this case Carlsen did put his
opponent under serious pressure, but in the end Caruana escaped and went on to
score a resounding tournament victory.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {Already a slight
surprise.} ({Carlsen more often plays} 2... e6 {, this appeared in round 5.
After} 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bf4
Ne4 10. h4 $5 ({Magnus undoubtedly wouldn't mind repeating} 10. Nc3 g5 $1 11.
Be3 Nd6 12. b3 Nf5 13. g4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 b5 $1 15. e4 b4 16. exd5 bxc3 17. dxc6
Nb8 18. Qe4 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Na6 $17 {Eljanov,P (2760)
-Carlsen,M (2844) Wijk aan Zee 2016.}) 10... Ndf6 ({Black has also tested} 
10... h6 {, or the immediate}) (10... f5) 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Nh5 13. Be3 f5
14. Bf3 Qe8 (14... f4 15. Bxh5 fxe3 16. fxe3 Qd6 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 18. Kf2 e5 $44
{gives Black some compensation, but certainly not more than that.}) 15. Bg5 Nf6
16. e3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Be2 Bb7 21. b4 Rac8 22. c5
e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Qc3 Qf5 $132 {Meier,G (2648)-Carlsen,M 
(2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018 Black had reasonable >><=>, but
overestimated his chances, got into serious trouble and escaped only due to
Meier's inaccuracy.}) 3. Nf3 {The World Champion plays the Grünfeld from time
to time, but Fabiano is not interested.} ({However, after} 3. Nc3 {in round 3
we saw} Bg7 {After} 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3
c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 a6 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rfe1 Qxc5 16.
Ne6 Qa5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 d4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rd8 21. Qe3 Bd7 22. Rad1
Be6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 Qd8 26. Be2 Qd6 27. f4 Bd7 28. Bf3 Bc6
29. Bxc6 Ng4 30. Qg3 Qc5+ 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Ke2 Nf5 33. Qf2 Qxc6 34. g4 Qc4+ 35.
Kd2 Nd4 36. Qe3 $11 {Bluebaum,M (2631)-Carlsen,M (2843) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
2018. Black even despite protracted efforts couldn't manage to disrupt the
balance.}) 3... Bg7 4. e3 ({Caruana has already played} 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5
6. e4 {in the past, this time he opts for the Anti-Grünfeld he had prepared
already for the Berlin candidates.}) 4... O-O 5. Be2 d6 {Black puts his pawns
on the dark squares in King's Indian fashion. This is an important moment,
deciding the character of the game and he also had other options:} ({
Transposing into a Benoni} 5... c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {was long
considered a good solution:} {However, after} 9. Nd2 $5 (9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. g4 c4 (13... h6 $13) 14. Be2 Rc8 $6 (14... Ne5 15.
f4 Nd3 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 h5 $44) 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 18. Bf3
Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ne4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd8 23. Qb4 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5
25. Qxc4 Qb6 26. Qc6 Bxb2 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Ra2 $16 {Morozevich,A (2758)
-Kramnik,V (2769) Mexico City 2007. For details see the notes to this game in
CBM 120 by Marin.}) 9... Na6 ({Black can play the setup with} 9... Nbd7 {
, but then White has no reason to hurry with e4.}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. e4 {Black
even despite his extra tempo due to e3-e4 still has his problems:} Re8 12. a4
Rb8 ({After the more usual} 12... b6 13. Re1 Rb8 {Black has to reckon with} 14.
Bb5 $5) 13. f3 a6 14. a5 Bd7 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bg5 Bxc4 (16... h6 17. Bh4 Bxc4
18. Bxc4 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. Qd2 $2 (20. Qc2 $13 {/+/= is similar to the
following note}) 20... Nxe4 $1 21. Bxd8 Nxd2 22. Bxc7 Rb7 $17 {Granda Zuniga,J
(2646)-Lopez Martinez,J (2508) Ayamonte 2006}) 17. Bxc4 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19.
Na4 (19. Qc2 h6 20. Bh4 $13 {/+/= is similar to the following note} g5 21. Bf2
Nd7 22. Ra2 Qf6 {Hamitevici,V (2430)-Jumabayev,R (2599) London 2015} 23. Nd1 $1
$36 {[%cal Yd1e3,Ye3f5]}) 19... Rb4 20. b3 (20. Qd3 $5) 20... Qc8 21. Bf4 Qd7
22. Ra2 Nh5 23. Be3 (23. Bd2 {is more natural}) 23... Rbb8 24. Qd2 Nb5 25. g4
Nf6 26. Nb2 Qc8 (26... h5 27. g5 Nxe4 $1 28. fxe4 Nc3 29. Rxa6 Qh3 $1 $44 {
is a fully valid engine suggestion, but even a strong human GM would hardly
dare to play like this...}) 27. Bf4 Nd7 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Rb6 30. Bg3 c4
31. bxc4 (31. Qc2 $5) 31... bxc4 32. Qe2 Rb4 33. Bd6 Rb6 34. Bg3 Rb4 {½,
Caruana,F (2784)-Grischuk,A (2767) Berlin ct 2018}) ({Grünfeld intentions are
represented by} 5... d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {and now:} {More direct and energetic is}
7. e4 (7. O-O Nb6 (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 (8. e4 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. Bc4
e6 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Qxc5 14. b4 Qe7 15. Bb2 a6 16. Nbd2 b5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18.
Rac1 Bd7 19. Nb3 Rfc8 20. Rfe1 Bg4 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qd7 $11 {
Ginsburg,G (2526)-Ftacnik,L (2568) Nuremberg 2010}) 8... Na6 (8... Nf6 $6 9.
Nbd2 Qc7 10. Nb3 Rd8 11. Nfd4 e5 12. Nb5 Qe7 13. Nd6 Ne4 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Bf3
Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Rxc5 17. Qa4 Rc7 18. Bd2 Na6 19. Ba5 Rcc8 20. Bd5 Nc5 21. Qa3 e4
22. f3 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5] Laznicka,V (2666)-Naumann,A (2560) Germany 2014}) 9.
Bxa6 bxa6 10. e4 Nb4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Kf8 14. Rad1 Nd3 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. Rxd3 Bxa2 17. Rfd1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Ke8 19. c6 Rc8 20. Rd7 Bf6 21. Bxf6
exf6 22. Rxa7 Rxc6 $11 {Novkovic,M (2373)-Mesaros,F (2266) Austria 2014}) 8.
Nc3 (8. e4 {transposes to 7.e4 and is still more usual.}) 8... Nc6 9. h3 a5 {
is slightly similar to index D76, but here White's bishop is not fianchettoed
and this lessens his chances to get an opening pull:} 10. Qd2 (10. Re1 a4 11.
Bb5 a3 (11... e5 $5 12. Bxc6 exd4 $13) 12. bxa3 e5 13. Bxc6 exd4 14. exd4 bxc6
15. Bg5 f6 16. Qb3+ Kh8 17. Bf4 Bf5 18. Ne4 Nd5 19. Bg3 Bxe4 {½, Shengelia,D 
(2547)-Rustemov,A (2520) Germany 2009} 20. Rxe4 Qd7 $11 {[%cal Yf8b8]}) 10...
e5 11. d5 Nb4 12. e4 f5 13. Ng5 fxe4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Qe7 16. Nxe4 Qxe6
17. Bg4 Qc6 18. Ng5 Rae8 19. Qc3 h6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Ne6 Rf7 22. Be3 Nc4 23.
Rac1 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 h5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Bd7 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Nb8 29.
Ba4 c6 30. Rc5 $11 {Laznicka,V (2672)-Ragger,M (2680) Chartres 2017 White's
compensation was sufficient only to hold the balance.}) 7... Nb6 8. O-O {
and now: transposes to 7.e4 and is still more usual.} Nc6 $5 (8... Bg4 9. Nbd2
Nc6 ({But} 9... e6 $6 {is too passive:} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Qe7
13. Qb3 Rad8 14. Rfd1 a6 15. Rac1 Qe8 16. Bf1 h6 17. d5 $16 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Riga rpd 2013}) 10. d5 Nb8 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ne5
12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. a4 a5 15. Qb3 Qd6 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qxb4 axb4 18. a5
Nd7 19. e5 b6 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bc6 Ra7 22. axb6 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 cxb6 24. Ra7 $16 {
/+-, Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Tabatabaei,M (2482) Doha 2015}) 11. a4 c6 12. a5 N6d7 (
12... Nc8 13. Re1 $6 (13. h3 $142) (13. Qb3 $5) 13... cxd5 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. e5
Ne8 16. Nd4 (16. Qxb7 Nc7 $11) 16... Bc8 17. N2f3 Nc6 18. a6 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 bxa6
20. Nc6 Qc7 21. Qxd5 Bb7 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Qc4 Bxc6 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rb6
26. Ba4 Nc7 $15 {Belanoff,S (2049)-Koch,C (2141) Chessfriend.com 2003}) 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Nxf3 Nf6 15. Qb3 Qc8 16. Bg5 (16. dxc6 $1 Nxc6 17. e5 $36) 16... Nxe4
17. Bxe7 Re8 18. d6 Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Rxe2 20. Ng5 Qd7 $2 ({Black should have
fought for the open file with} 20... Qe8 $1 21. Qxb7 Nd7 $132) 21. Rae1 Rxb2
22. Qc4 Na6 23. Re7 Qf5 24. Rxf7 Qd5 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Riga rpd 2013} 26. Be5+ $1 Qxe5 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. Qxh7+
Kxg5 29. f4+ Qxf4 30. Qe7+ $18) 9. Be3 (9. d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. a4 a5 12.
Qb3 e6 13. Bf3 exd5 14. exd5 Qh4 15. g3 Qb4 16. Qxb4 axb4 17. Re1 {Krishna,C 
(2401)-Puranik,A (2469) Abu Dhabi 2016} Nc4 $1 $36) 9... Bg4 (9... f5 10. exf5
Bxf5 11. Nc3 Qd6 12. Qd2 Rad8 13. Rad1 Qb4 14. Qc1 Bg4 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Rfe1 Qc5 19. Re2 Nd7 20. Ne4 Qxc1 21. Rxc1 Bb6 22. Ng5 Nc5
23. b4 Nd3 24. Rd1 h6 25. Ne6 Nf4 26. Re4 Nxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd6 28. Rxe7 Rf4 $44 {
/+/=,Akdag,M (2560)-Cruzado Duenas,C (2595) email 2013}) 10. Nbd2 e5 $5 11. d5
Nd4 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Qe7 $6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nc4 $11) 14. Nfxd4 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Qxe4 16. Bf3 Qf4 17. g3 Qg5 18. h4 Qf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc5 Rab8 21. Re1
$14 {Dimakiling,O (2353)-Laylo,D (2497) Jakarta 2013}) ({There is also the
interesting and flexible} 5... b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. Nc3 {, but here Black should
already show his cards:} d5 (7... e6 8. b3 (8. d5 $5) 8... d5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10.
cxd5 (10. Qc2 {or}) (10. Rc1 {give White better chances for an edge.}) 10...
exd5 11. a4 a5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 Ne4 14. Nd2 Ndf6 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Re6
17. Rc1 c6 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 c5 20. Bb5 cxd4 21. exd4 Re4 $11 {/=/+,
Caruana,F (2795)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2788) chess.com blitz INT 2016}) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 (9. Qb3 e6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Bd2 c5 12. Rac1 Qe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14.
Qa3 Rfc8 15. Bc3 a5 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxc5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Rg5+ 22. Kf1 Qxd7 23. Rd3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Dubov,D 
(2629)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2751) Doha 2014}) 9... Nd7 (9... c5 $6 10. dxc5 Nxc3
11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 (12... bxc5 13. Qa4 $36) 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Qd4 Qc7
15. Rfb1 Ra5 16. Qb4 e6 17. Qe7 Qd8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Nd4 Ba4 21.
Rdb1 e5 22. Nb3 $14 {/+/-, Giri,A (2793)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2744) Baku 2015
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 169 by Marin.}) 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. Bc3 (11. Qc2 $142 $1 {/\} c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5) 11... c5 12. Rc1 e6
13. Qa4 a6 ({This complicates the issue; a simpler way was} 13... Qe7 $1 14.
Rfd1 Rfc8 $11 {as in Dubov - Vachier Lagrave above.}) 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. dxc5 Bxc3
16. Qxc3 bxc5 $6 (16... Rc8 $142 $1 {is still close to equality.}) 17. Nd2 a5
18. a4 Qb7 19. e4 Bc6 20. b3 Rfb8 21. Qe3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rb4 23. Nc4 Rab8 24. Rc3
Nf6 25. f3 $16 {Nakamura,H (2793)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2751) Zuerich 2017}) 6. Nc3
Nc6 $5 ({Black more often plays} 6... Nbd7 7. O-O (7. d5 e5 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. O-O
e5 10. b3 Kh8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rc1 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Nd2 Nxd2
16. Qxd2 {Harikrishna,P (2763)-Nakamura,H (2787) chess.com blitz INT 2016} Be6
$11) 7... e5 {, but this is practically the King's Indian Attack (C00) with
opposite colours. I wrote an article about this line in CBM 181, the extra
tempo should favour White. After} 8. Qc2 (8. b4 $5 {deserves attention now and
on move 9.}) 8... Re8 9. Rd1 e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rac1 Bf5
14. Nb3 N8h7 15. d5 h4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. c5 (17. h3 $5) 17... dxc5 $6 (17... h3
$1 $132 {[%csl Rg1]}) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Ncb5 c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22.
Nd6 Rf8 23. Ba3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rfb8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Rxb3 27. Bc5 $44 {
|^, Grischuk,A (2785)-Caruana,F (2779) Elancourt 2013. White has more than
enough for the P and Black must tread with great care. For details see the
notes to this game in CBM 157 by Krasenkow.}) 7. d5 ({After} 7. O-O e5 {
the pressure against d4 makes it more difficult for White to retain the
central tension as in the 6...Nbd7 lines. The advance} 8. d5 (8. Qc2 Re8 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. e4 Qc8 12. h3 Be6 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. b4 Nd4 15. Nxd4
exd4 16. Bb2 c6 17. Nf4 c5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2 Bxc4 20. Rac1 b5 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Nb6 25. Nd5 Red8 26. Nxb6 axb6 $11 {
Ragger,M (2632)-Onischuk,V (2594) Dubai blitz 2014}) 8... Ne7 9. b4 (9. e4 {
is the Classical KID, but White is a tempo down - normally it's his move here.}
) 9... a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 f5 14. Ba3 e4 15. Qc2 b6
16. Bb4 Nc5 17. a5 {Kuzubov,Y (2638)-Onischuk,V (2614) Lvov rpd 2016} Na6 18.
Ba3 bxa5 $11 {/\} 19. Nxa5 c5 $1) 7... Nb4 {Here we are gradually entering
uncharted territory.} ({The passive} 7... Nb8 8. O-O Na6 {gave White a
distinct pull after} 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Rb1 e5 12. Nc2 Be6 13. b4 Nb8
14. e4 Nc6 15. Be3 Nh5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Nd5 h4 18. h3 Kh8 19. Qh5 a5 20. Bg5
Qd7 21. b5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 $16 {Hoffmeyer,F (2377)-Paehtz,E (2453) Germany 2018})
8. a3 {Yermolinsky criticises this move and he is probably right.} (8. O-O $142
e6 $5 (8... c6 9. e4 a5 10. e5 dxe5 11. a3 e4 12. axb4 exf3 13. Bxf3 cxd5 14.
cxd5 (14. Nxd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $11 {/+/=}) 14... Bf5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16.
Rxa5 Qxa5 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 $6 (19. Qb5 $11) 19... Qxc5 20. Qxb7
Be5 $44 {Barcza,G-Taimanov,M Copenhagen 1965}) (8... a5 9. e4 e6 10. dxe6 (10.
h3 $6 Re8 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bd3 a4 14. a3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be6 16. Nd5
Nd7 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxg5 19. Nf3 Qd8 20. Rad1 c6 21. Nf4 Qa5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6
23. Re2 Rae8 $11 {/=/+, Lobron,E (2485)-Romanishin,O (2560) Reggio Emilia 1986}
) 10... Bxe6 11. Nd4 $14) 9. e4 Re8 10. a3 Na6 11. Be3 (11. dxe6 $5 {followed
by Nd4 is still a better position, than Caruana got in our game.}) 11... exd5
12. exd5 Nc5 13. Bd4 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nd2 Nfe4 16. Ndxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Vrolijk,L (2433)-Heimann,A (2574) Karlsruhe 2018 Black has
comfortable equality and it's White, who must tread with care.}) 8... Na6 9.
Nd4 (9. O-O Nc5 10. Nd4 a5 11. b3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 Be6 15.
b4 Nce4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2 Bg7 21.
Bd3 c6 22. e4 $11 h5 (22... Rfc8 $5 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) 23. c5 dxc5 24. bxc5 a4 25.
Bc1 Rad8 26. Be3 Bb3 {½, Ginsburg,G (2443)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2794) Germany
2018 This game was played a month later, than ours.}) 9... e5 10. dxe6 $146 {
A novelty, Caruana feels it's necessary to open the centre.} (10. Nc2 Nc5 11.
b4 Nb3 12. Rb1 Nxc1 13. Rxc1 Nd7 14. O-O f5 15. Na4 a5 16. c5 axb4 17. Nxb4
dxc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 e4 20. Qb3 Kh8 21. Rfc1 Be5 $36 {Breutigam,M (2340)
-Brendel,O (2375) Germany 1996}) (10. Nb3 Nd7 11. O-O f5 {is also a pleasant
version of the King's Indian for Black.}) 10... fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 ({
White wants to keep his central pawns mobile. However, a more natural move was
} 12. Nf3 $5 c6 (12... Nc5 13. b4 {and as the knight can't go to e4, Black is
almost forced to play the adventurous} e4 $5 14. Nd4 $14) 13. b4 $13 {with
similarities to Ginsburg-MVL above.}) 12... c6 13. e4 Nc7 14. f4 $5 {
Continuing in the spirit of 10.dxe6, Caruana seeks activity even if it weakens
his setup.} (14. Be3 Ne6 $15 {[%cal Yc6c5,Ye6d4] is unattractive for White.})
14... Ne6 {While the text move is very logical, even} (14... Nfe8 $5 $13 {
makes good sense; Black wants to activate his Bg7.}) 15. f5 (15. fxe5 dxe5 {
[%cal Ye6d4] is pleasant for Black, so Caruana continues to seek complications.
}) 15... Nd4 ({The main alternative is} 15... Qb6+ $5 {However, Magnus maybe
didn't like} 16. c5 $5 (16. Kh1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 (17. c5 Qxb3 18. Qxb3+ Nxb3 19.
Bc4+ d5 20. Bxb3 Nxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Bxf5 22. Ng3 Bd3 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 17...
exd4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. b4 Qd8 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Re4]}) 16... Nxc5 17. Bc4+ d5 ({
Complications after} 17... Be6 18. fxe6 Nxb3+ 19. Kh1 Nxa1 20. e7+ Kh8 21.
exf8=Q+ Rxf8 22. Ba2 $44 {[%csl Ra1]}) ({or} 17... Ne6+ 18. Kh1 d5 19. exd5
cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 gxf5 22. Bd2 $1 (22. Nc5 $2 Rd8 23. Na4 Qc7 24. Qc5
Qf7 $17) 22... Kh8 23. Ba5 Qc6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. Bb4 $13 {/+/= rather favour
White.}) 18. Be3 dxc4 19. Nxc5 Qc7 (19... Qxb2 $2 20. N5a4 Qb3 21. Qc1 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Ra1b1]}) 20. Qe2 Qf7 21. g4 b6 22. N5a4 $15 {/~~ Although here
the engine gives Black an advantage, the issue is not quite clear, as the
extra pawn isn't making itself felt and White has kingside counterplay.}) 16.
Be3 $2 {Only this definitely tips the scales in Black's favour.} (16. Nxd4 $6
exd4 17. Qxd4 Ng4 18. Qd3 (18. Qd2 Qb6+ 19. c5 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 gxf5 $15) 18...
Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Nf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Be3 Qh4 22. g3 Qe7 (22... Qh3 $6 23. Bf1 {
with repetition.}) 23. Bf4 Be5 $15 {also isn't ideal, White doesn't have
enough for the exchange,}) ({The best was} 16. Bd3 $142 $1 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 $5
(17... Qxd4+ $143 18. Kh1 gxf5 19. exf5 e4 20. Bc2 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 $11 {and
White has nothing to fear}) 18. Na4 (18. Ne2 Ng4 (18... Nxe4 19. fxg6 $1 Rxf1+
20. Qxf1 hxg6 21. Bxe4 d3+ 22. Kh1 dxe2 23. Qxe2 Qd4 24. Bxg6 Bg4 $132) 19. Rb1
$13) 18... Qd8 19. b4 $13) 16... Nxe2+ {Now Black's central pawns get moving.}
(16... c5 $6 17. g4 $36 {suits White.}) 17. Qxe2 gxf5 18. exf5 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. Rad1 d4 21. Bg5 {More or less forced.} ({The piece sacrifice} 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Bxd4 Qe8 ({or} 22... Bd7 $15 {/-/+ doesn't give sufficient compensation
and is more suitable for shorter time-controls.})) 21... Qb6 22. Qc4+ Rf7 $1
23. Na4 (23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Rd7c6] only helps Black to get
out his forces.}) 23... Qc7 24. Qxc7 (24. Nac5 Ne4 $17) 24... Rxc7 25. Nac5 b6
26. Bxf6 ({Relatively best, after} 26. Nd3 Ba6 27. Rfe1 Nd7 28. f6 Bxd3 29.
Rxd3 Bf8 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Rf6] Black's pawns are far more dangerous and have
better support, than the lone warrior on f6.}) 26... bxc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Ge5]}
(26... Bxf6 $143 27. Ne4 $132) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Nd2 $6 {The N won't gain a
foothold on e4.} ({A more resilient way was} 28. Rc1 c4 29. Nd2 Ba6 30. f6+ Kf7
31. Rf5 Ke6 32. Rh5 $15 {/<=>}) (28. f6+ {might transpose into the above line.}
) 28... Bb7 29. f6+ Kf8 ({Carlsen wants to avoid complications, but} 29... Kf7
$5 {[%cal Ya8g8]} 30. Nc4 Ke6 $17 {is possibly even stronger.}) 30. Rde1 (30.
Nc4 {gives Black a pleasant choice between} Ba6 ({and} 30... e4)) 30... Re8 31.
Ne4 {[%cal Gf6f7]} Bxe4 (31... c4 $2 32. f7 $18 {indicates the threat, so
Black chops off the Ne4.}) 32. Rxe4 c4 33. g4 Rb8 {Good, but Black was already
spoilt for choice.} ({Both} 33... Kf7 $17 {and}) (33... d3 $17 {give him
excellent winning chances. Yermolinsky gives the pretty line} 34. h4 Kf7 35. g5
Ke6 36. h5 Rg8 37. Rg4 Rb7 38. g6 hxg6 39. hxg6 Rf7 $1 $19 {and White's pawns
drop off.}) 34. Rxe5 (34. Rf2 Rcb7 $19 {doesn't help, White must seek active
counterplay.}) 34... Rxb2 35. Rd5 c3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rh8 $1 Rbb7 $1 38. Rxh7+
Kg6 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40. Kf2 c2 (40... d3 $2 41. Ke3 d2 42. Kd3 $11 {and White
retains the Pf6.}) 41. Rc1 d3 42. Ke3 Rd7 43. Kd2 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] A longer
series of logical and more or less forced moves led to an interesting R
endgame. Black has a distinct advantage, as his pawns are further advanced and
can be quickly supported by his K, but bringing home the full point still
requires precision, as the position is already very simplified.} 44. h4 Ke5 45.
Rf1 Kd4 46. h5 Re7 {Straightforward and should have been sufficient.} ({
Even stronger was} 46... a5 $1 {, taking away the b4-square from White's R.
After} 47. h6 Re7 48. Rf4+ Kd5 49. Rf1 Kc4 50. Rf4+ Kb3 {White has to return}
51. Rf1 {and} Re2+ 52. Kxd3 Rh2 53. g5 Rh5 {disarms White's pawns, so the Pc2
will decide the issue.}) 47. Rf4+ Kd5 48. Rf1 Kc4 49. Rf4+ Kd5 50. Rf1 Kc4 51.
Rf4+ Kb3 52. Rb4+ Kxa3 53. Rc4 Kb3 54. Rc8 (54. Rc5 a5 55. h6 a4 56. g5 Kb4 $1
({Black's K is misplaced after} 56... a3 $2 57. g6 a2 58. g7 {so he improves
it with tempo.}) 57. Rc8 a3 58. Kxd3 a2 59. Rb8+ Kc5 60. Ra8 Re8 $1 61. Rxe8
a1=Q 62. Rc8+ Kb6 63. Rxc2 Qe5 $19 {and the mobile queen picks up White's
pawns.}) 54... a5 $2 {Here this advance doesn't have the idea from move 46,
it's too slow and throws away the win.} ({This could be achieved only by the
paradoxical prophylaxis} 54... Rh7 $3 {, but after} 55. Kxd3 ({Other moves
don't help either:} 55. Rd8 Rc7 56. Kc1 Kc3 57. g5 Rb7 $19) (55. Rb8+ Ka2 56.
Rc8 a5 57. Kxd3 Kb1 58. Rb8+ Kc1 59. Rc8 Kd1 $1 60. Rxc2 Rd7+ $19) (55. Rc5 {
allows} a5 $1 {/\} 56. Rxa5 Rc7 57. Ra1 Kb2 58. Rh1 Rg7 $1 59. h6 Rxg4 60. h7
Rh4 $19) 55... Rd7+ 56. Ke4 a5 57. h6 a4 58. g5 a3 59. g6 {Black must in
advance see another only move} Rd8 $1 60. Rxc2 (60. Rxd8 c1=Q) 60... Kxc2 61.
g7 a2 62. h7 a1=Q 63. g8=Q Qa8+ $19 {Unlike for an engine, calculating this
over the board would be really a great feat. Right after the game the players
themselves were not aware of this "simple" win, thinking that Black had
already squandered his chances earlier.}) 55. h6 Re2+ ({The golden moment is
already gone,} 55... a4 56. g5 a3 (56... Rh7 57. Rb8+ Kc4 58. Ra8 $11) 57. g6
Kb2 (57... a2 $2 58. g7 $18 {[%csl Rb3] turns the tables}) 58. h7 Re8 59. Rc7
a2 60. Rb7+ $11 {leads only to repetition.}) 56. Kxd3 Rh2 57. g5 Rh3+ 58. Kd2
Rh2+ 59. Kd3 {White's pawns are too far advanced and Black must give a
perpetual.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 {This risky system has been played by
Fabiano Caruana several times.} 5. d5 {[%cal Yf3d4] One of the principled
replies, although not too dangerous. White seizes the centre but Black is
ready to undermine it.} Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 e6 (8... c5 {is hardly
good here:} 9. Nc2 (9. Ndb5 a6 10. Na3 b5 $1 $132 {S.Atalik}) 9... Na6 (9... e5
10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. exf5 Bxf5 16.
Ne3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Bg6 18. Bd3 $16 {1/2 (69) Navara,D (2727)-Krzyzanowski,M 
(2400) Wroclaw 2014}) (9... a6 10. a4 Ne8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5
14. Qd2 Nf6 15. O-O Be8 16. Bh6 $16 {Ftacnik-Stratil, CZE-chT 1994}) (9... e6
10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. a3 $14 {1/2 (28)
Kovacevic,B (2434)-Biliskov,V (2325) Bol 2013}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. Bf4 ({or} 11.
a4 a6 12. a5 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. b4 Rxb4 16. Nxb4 cxb4 17. e5 Nfe8
18. Na2 a5 19. Bb6 Bxe5 20. Bxa5 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 $14 {1/2 (63) Stocek,J (2580)
-Dausch,R (2387) Germany 2006}) 11... a6 12. a4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. cxb5 Rb8
15. Na3 $16 {1-0 (32) Bukavshin,I (2648)-Zablotsky,S (2525) Sochi 2015}) (8...
e5 {is probably more accurate than 8...e6:} 9. dxe6 $5 {- see 8...e6} (9. Nb3
a5 (9... c6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 cxd5 12. cxd5 g5 13. Bg3 b5 14. Qb1 b4 15. Nd1
a5 $132 {1-0 (45) Ftacnik,L (2565)-Stocek,J (2545) Slovakia 2002}) 10. Be3 Ne8
11. g4 Qh4 12. Nd2 Na6 13. h3 f5 14. g5 fxe4 15. Ncxe4 Nc5 $132 {1/2 (80)
Ftacnik,L (2532)-Czebe,A (2485) Slovakia 2010}) (9. Nc2 a5 (9... Na6 10. b4 Ne8
11. c5 dxc5 12. Bxa6 cxb4 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Nxb4 Rxb7 {0-1 (57) Gyimesi,Z (2594)
-Czebe,A (2485) Hungary 2010} 15. Ba3 $14) 10. g4 Na6 11. h4 Nc5 12. Bf3 c6 13.
g5 Ne8 14. Be3 {1-0 (54) Goganov,A (2608)-Elfimov,K (2102) Voronezh 2015} Nc7
$13)) (8... Na6 $5 {not yet committing to ...c7-c6 (c5) or ...e7-e6 (e5)} 9.
Be3 (9. f4 c6 $1 $132 (9... c5 $6 10. Nc2 Nc7 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. a5 b5
14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Bf3 e6 16. e5 $16 {1-0 (33) Jankovic,A (2548)-Czebe,A (2468)
Harkany 2008})) (9. O-O Nc5 10. f3 a5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13. Qd2 e5 14. Nb3
b6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. g4 Ng8 17. Kg2 Bf6 $11 {[%cal Yf6g5] 0-1 (41) Ding,L 
(2702)-Jobava,B (2711) Beijing 2012}) 9... Nc5 (9... c5 $5 10. Ndb5 Bxb5 11.
cxb5 Nc7 12. O-O a6 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Qd2 Qb8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Kh1
Rfb8 18. b3 Qb4 $132 {1-0 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2680)-Dizdarevic,E (2491)
Sarajevo 2003}) 10. f3 e5 (10... a5 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. O-O b6 14.
Rad1 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rf7 16. Bc2 $14 {1-0 (23) Ragger,M (2682)-Dobrov,V (2518)
Graz 2016}) 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. g4 h5 $1 14. h3 Nh7 15. Qd2 h4 16.
O-O-O Bf6 17. Rdf1 Bg5 $11 {0-1 (51) Syvalahti,T (2121)-Kulaots,K (2570)
Finland FIN 2016}) 9. Bg5 {A good alternative to} (9. dxe6 $5 fxe6 10. O-O (10.
Be3 Nc6 11. Nc2 Qe7 12. Qd2 a6 13. O-O Rab8 14. b4 Ne5 15. Rad1 b5 16. c5 $14 {
1/2 (80) Gupta,A (2637)-Bortnyk,O (2588) Abu Dhabi 2016}) 10... Na6 (10... e5
11. Nc2 Be6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Kh8 14. f3 Bg8 15. b4 Rf7 {1/2 (41) Gelfand,B
(2723)-Morozevich,A (2721) Monte Carlo 2006} 16. Rad1 Nf8 17. c5 $14) 11. Nb3
b6 12. Be3 e5 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Bg5 $14 {0-1 (78) Korchmar,V (2422)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2661) Minsk 2017}) 9... h6 10. Be3 (10. Bh4 $5 exd5 (10... e5
11. Nc2 g5 12. Bg3 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Bd3 fxe4 15. Bxe4 $14) 11. cxd5 Re8 12.
f3 c5 13. Nb3 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Nd2 Bc8 16. Nc4 Ra7 17. O-O Rb7 18. Kh1 g5 19.
Bf2 $16 {1-0 (39) Polugaevsky,L-Gurgenidze,B Baku 1961}) 10... exd5 11. exd5
Re8 12. Qd2 Kh7 {It was not necessary to protect the pawn immediately but} (
12... Na6 $5 {was not enough for equality either:} 13. O-O (13. Bxh6 $6 Ne4 14.
Nxe4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxe4 16. Qd2 Qf6) 13... Nc5 14. f3 $14 ({but not} 14. Bxh6
Nfe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qe3 Nc5 17. Qd2 Ne4 $11) 14... Nh5 $5 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16.
Qxh6 Qf6 17. Qd2 Nf4 18. Rfd1 {, and Black's initiative should be parried.})
13. O-O-O $6 {White has completed his development and intends to start a
kingside attack.} ({However,} 13. O-O Na6 14. Rae1 Nc5 15. f3 $14 {is safer.})
13... Na6 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 g5 16. f3 Kg8 17. g4 Rb8 {A loss of time.} (17...
c6 $142 $132) 18. Rhe1 c6 19. Kb1 cxd5 20. cxd5 a6 21. Bd3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Rc8
23. Nde2 $6 {White underestimates Black's counterplay.} (23. Nc2 $142 {but the
position remains unclear after} Nxg4 $1 (23... b5 $143 24. Bd4 $14 {when Black
can't play 24...b4}) 24. fxg4 Bxg4 {e.g.} 25. Bd4 Bxh5 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {
[%cal Rh5g6]}) 23... b5 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 24. Ng3 (24. Bd4 $2 b4) (24. a3 $1 {
was a must but after} Qa5 $1 {[%cal Yb5b4] the initiative belonged to Black.})
24... Rc4 $6 (24... b4 25. Nce4) (24... Qa5 $142 $1 25. Nge4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qb4
27. Bd4 f5 $1 28. gxf5 Qxd4 29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxf5 $17 {This difficult
line shows how complicated the position is; therefore both players can't avoid
mistakes.}) 25. Bd2 $1 $13 Rf8 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 b4 $6 (27... Qc8 $13) 28.
Ne2 Nd7 29. Rc1 $6 (29. b3 Rc8 30. f4 $1 $36) 29... Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 a5 31. Ng3
Re8 32. Re1 (32. f4 $1) 32... Nc5 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. b3 a4 35. Bxb4 (35. Ne4 $1
$11 {e.g.} axb3 36. axb3 Nxb3 37. Bxb4 Qb8 38. Nxd6 $1 Qxb4 39. Qxf7+ $11)
35... axb3 36. axb3 Qb8 37. Bxc5 dxc5 38. Ne4 Qxb3+ 39. Kc1 Bd4 40. Kd2 $2 (40.
Nd2 $1 Be3 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. Qxc5 $3 $11 {was the last, study-like defense.
After the text move Black gets a mating attack.}) 40... c4 41. Qc8+ Kg7 42. d6
Qd3+ 43. Kc1 Be3+ 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 32nd"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 c5 8. d5 {
After the text move Nc6 is not possible and the position needs a lot of
knowledge of the Benoni.} (8. Be2 {is the other alternative keeping the [+]
open.}) 8... g5 {is a straightforward move in order to exchange the B, but the
weaknesses on the >> may become a target soon.} (8... e5 {- Avrukh-Gadjily,
Batumi EU-chT 1999 CBM 78}) (8... a6 {- Yusupov-Gallagher, Dresden zt 1998 CBM
65}) (8... e6 {- Gulko-Sammour, Chandler 1997 CBM 61}) 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bd3 (10.
Nxg5 $143 $2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 hxg5 12. Qh5 Re8 $17) (10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 {
Black's >> is weakened, especially the light squares can be problematic.
However his wonderfully fianchettoed B and active piece play can balance it.}
Nd7 (11... e5 $143 12. g4 {and the weaknesses of the light squares are
unbearable.} f5 13. gxf5 e4 $2 14. g4 $18 {Kempinski-Trisic, Hamburg 1998}) (
11... Bf5 $5 12. e4 Bh7 13. Bd3 e6 14. Nf1 $1 $14 {Glek-Wahls, BL 1995/96}) (
11... f5 12. f4 {fixes >< f5, but ceates weaknesses in White's camp, too.} (12.
Be2 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. g4 f4 $132 {R.Schneider-Lechtynsky,
Bayern 1999}) 12... e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qc2 Nc6 $13 {Vokac-Hedman, Pardubice
1999}) 12. Be2 Nf6 (12... f5 $5) 13. Qc2 e6 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Rd1 (15. Nde4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b5 17. cxb5 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Rfd8 19. a3 a6 20. f4 f5 21. fxg5 fxe4
22. Qxe4 $44 {Nikolaidis-Smirin, Panormo 2001}) 15... Qe7 16. Nde4 Rad8 17.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. O-O Qe7 19. Nd5 {White gains control over >< d5, but he cannot
exchange his B, so Black's ^^ remains threatening.} Qd7 20. Rd2 Rfe8 21. Rfd1
Bf5 22. Bd3 Bg4 {Black has to avoid the exchange of the light-squared B.} 23.
Be2 Bf5 24. Bd3 {1/2:1/2 St.Pedersen-Shchekachev, Cannes op 1995}) 10... f5 (
10... Nd7 $143 $2 11. Nxg5 Nxg3 12. hxg3 hxg5 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Ne4 $18) (10...
e5 $143 $2 {loses a P after} 11. dxe6 Nxg3 (11... Bxe6 12. Bxd6 $18) 12. exf7+
Rxf7 13. hxg3 Nc6 14. Bg6 Rf6 15. Be4 Be6 16. Bd5 $18 {Akobian-Kabanov,
Yerevan 2000}) (10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 e6 12. Bc2 {This plan is a bit
straightforward, although it is clear that White's chances are on the b1-h7 /^.
} f5 13. g4 Bxc3+ $5 {This is an unexpected solution to give away the best
black piece, but the pressure on d5 can be solved this way.} 14. bxc3 Qf6 15.
Qd3 exd5 16. cxd5 c4 $1 17. Qd4 (17. Qxc4 fxg4) 17... fxg4 18. Qxf6 Rxf6 19.
Nd2 Nd7 20. Nxc4 Nc5 $13 {Landenbergue-Kamber, Suhr 1991}) 11. Nd2 (11. e4 $2
f4 12. Nxg5 {founders on the cold-blooded} Qe8 $1 {I.Sokolov}) (11. Nxg5 {
This piece sacrifice gives White an -> leading to only perpetual checks.} Nxg3
12. hxg3 hxg5 13. Qh5 Rf6 14. Qh7+ Kf7 (14... Kf8 $2 15. Qh8+ $1) 15. Qh5+ Kg8
16. Qh7+ Kf7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qh7+ {1/2-1/2 Pert-Smirnov, Aviles 2000}) (11.
O-O e5 (11... Qe8 12. Qc2 Qf7 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 f4 16. exf4 gxf4
17. Bh4 Ne5 18. f3 $14 {Rustemov-Barrero Garcia, Seville 2002}) 12. dxe6 {
creating >< d5} Nxg3 (12... Bxe6 13. Rb1 {/\ Nd5} Nc6 {Black has weaknesses on
the d <->, but he has quickly finished his development as his B on the long /^
is strong.} 14. Nd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Ne7 (15... Rb8 $5 {/\ a6, b5 was possible.})
16. e4 f4 (16... fxe4 17. Bxe4 {allows White to bring his passive B into
action.}) 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. b4 {Since the >> is Black's territory, White has
to find play on the other flank.} cxb4 19. Rxb4 b6 20. Rb3 Nc6 (20... Nxd5 21.
exd5 Bg4 22. Re1 $14 {and the weakness of the light squares begins to tell.})
21. Be2 Rc8 $13 {Speelman-Nataf, Esbjerg 2001 CBM 85}) 13. hxg3 Bxc3 14. bxc3
Bxe6 $13) 11... Nxg3 (11... Qe8 12. Be2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. O-O-O
{(Slipak-Sanchez, Villa Martelli 1999)} b5 $5 $132 {and the white K is also
far from safety!}) 12. hxg3 e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This is a strategical mistake,
White now gets a firm control over the light squares.} (12... e6 13. Qh5 {
This runs into Black's main defensive action Nd7-f6.} (13. g4 $5) 13... exd5
14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5 Nc6) 14... Nd7 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. g4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. gxf5
Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. O-O a6 $11 {Ja.Andersen-Poluliakhov, Gausdal 1994}) (
12... Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 $13) 13... Nf6 14. Qc2 Ng4 {If Black
can keep the flexibility of his pawns, he can always find tactical counterplay.
} 15. Rd1 a6 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. a4 Rb8 19. O-O Qe8 20. Rb1 Ng4 21.
Bxg4 fxg4 {Now Black's ^^ gets a real power.} 22. Ra1 Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 $15 {
Fiorito-Llanos, Rosario 2000}) 13. g4 $1 (13. e4 f4 14. gxf4 exf4 15. e5 dxe5
16. Nde4 $44) 13... e4 (13... fxg4 14. Nde4 $14) 14. Bc2 fxg4 (14... f4 15.
Ndxe4 fxe3 {is strongly met by} 16. f3 $5) 15. Ndxe4 Bf5 16. Ng3 {The exchange
of the light-squared bishops is favourable for White.} Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nd7 18.
Nf5 Qf6 19. e4 {/\ Ne2-g3 strengthening the wonderful N on f5.} Qe5 20. Nxh6+
$6 {White now wins a P, but exchanges his strong N for it.} (20. O-O-O $16 {
was simple and strong.}) 20... Bxh6 21. Rxh6 Nf6 ({missing the tactical
counterchances by} 21... g3 $1 22. f3 Kg7 $1 23. Rh5 Kg6 $1 24. Rh1 g4 $132)
22. O-O-O {White now can double his rooks on the h <->.} Kg7 23. Rdh1 Rh8 24.
Rxh8 Rxh8 25. Rxh8 Kxh8 {White is a P up in the _|_, but Black has built up a
strong blockade.} 26. g3 a6 27. a4 Qd4 28. Qe2 Kg7 $2 (28... a5 $1 $14 {
would be the best defence closing the << forever.}) 29. a5 $1 {White doesn't
give a second chance!} Qe5 30. Kc2 Kg6 31. Kb3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kg6 33. Kd1 {
It's probably time trouble, White simply makes moves to reach the control.} Kg7
34. Ke1 Kg6 35. Qd1 Kg7 (35... Nxe4 {runs into a lethal pin:} 36. Qd3 Kf5 37.
Ke2 Qd4 38. Qxd4 cxd4 39. Nxe4 Kxe4 40. Kd2 d3 41. Kc3 d2 42. Kxd2 Kd4 43. b3
$18) 36. Kf1 Kh6 (36... Nxe4 {is now met by} 37. Qxg4) 37. Kg2 Kg6 38. Qb3 Qd4
$2 {This is the last mistake allowing the breakthrough in the [+].} (38... Nxe4
$1 39. Qc2 Kf5 40. Nd1 Kg6 41. Ne3 (41. Qe2 {Ftacnik} Nf6 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Ne3
$16) 41... Kh5 {was still far from clear.}) 39. e5 $1 {Now Black's position
will soon collapse.} Qxe5 (39... dxe5 40. Qxb7 Qxc4 41. Qc6) 40. Qxb7 $18 Ne4
41. Qxa6 Nxc3 42. bxc3 Qe4+ 43. Kh2 {and there is no perpetual check.} Kh5 44.
Qc8 Qxc4 45. a6 Qa2 46. Qf5 Kh6 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qf7+ Kh6 49. a7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 c5 ({For} 5... Bg7 6. Nd4 {
- Atalik-Nikolov, Nova Gorica op 2003 CBM}) 6. Nd2 (6. Bg5 {First White wants
to bring his B into action, and only then play Nd2 /\ e4.} Bg7 7. Nd2 h6 8. Bh4
g5 {Black immediately wants to exchange the important dark-squared B.} 9. Bg3
Nh5 10. e4 Bg6 11. Be2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 ({The natural developing move} 12...
Nd7 $5 {deserves attention} 13. f4 (13. Bh5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxh5 15. Rxh5 Qa5 {
with pressure on the weakened pawns of the <<.}) 13... Qa5) 13. dxe6 (13. Bh5)
13... fxe6 14. Bh5 Bxh5 15. Qxh5+ Kd7 (15... Kf8) 16. f4 Nc6 $13 {with immense
complications, Blees-Prie, Paris 1988.}) (6. Nh4 Bd7 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O $13 {
/\ Na6 is more solid leading to positions which may resemble to E64, but the N
has to retreat to f3 after which Black is a tempo ahead.} (8... b5 $5 {is
overoptimistic here. The Benko Gambit type of position is favourable for White.
} 9. cxb5 a6 10. bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O (11. Rb1 $14 {/\ b3, Bb2 neutralizing
Black's pressure on the <<.}) 11... O-O {(Ree-Prie, Cannes 1990)} 12. Rb1 $1
$14 {/\ b3 as it was mentioned before.})) 6... e5 (6... g5 $6 {is too
extravagant.} 7. e4 Bg6 {(Sacconi-Kluger, Tatatovaros 1935)} 8. Be2 $16 (8. h4
$16) (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nxg5 Qb6 11. Bd3 Rg8 12. Bxg6 Rxg6 13. O-O h6
14. Nge4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bg7 16. Qf3 $14 {Malakhatko-V.Georgiev, Ohrid 2001})) (
6... Bg7 7. e4 Bd7 {Black doesn't want to lose two tempi.} (7... Bc8 8. f4 $5 {
leading to the Four Pawn Attack is perhaps the best reaction.} (8. Be2 e5 {
radically preventing White from f4.} (8... O-O 9. f4 $5 {Now if Black wants to
attack White's [+], as in the Benoni...} (9. O-O e5 {This is Black's main idea.
Now the N on d2 is rather badly placed, so it is not easy to make profit from
the extra tempi.} 10. Rb1 (10. dxe6 {gives up the [+] and the space advantage.}
Bxe6 11. Nf3 Nc6 {is again leading to E74 positions.} 12. Bf4 Qa5 (12... Re8
$13 {leading to King's Indian Averbakh main lines without h6.}) 13. Qc2 Rfd8
$11 {Parr-Cafferty, Portsmouth 1976}) 10... Na6 {The N is a good defender here.
} 11. a3 Ne8 12. b4 f5 13. Nb3 b6 (13... cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Ba3 a5 16. c5
$44 {ruining Black's << for the P.}) 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bd2 $14)
9... e6 10. O-O exd5 {then after} 11. cxd5 $16 {White is clearly two tempi
ahead!}) 9. g4 (9. O-O O-O {- 8...0-0}) 9... Bh6 $13)) 8. f4 $5 {looks more
precise avoiding e5.} (8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O (9. f4 $5 {again comes into
consideration.}) 9... e5 {was the consistent answer again.} (9... Na6 10. f4 $1
{Now White has an excellent redaction of the Four Pawn Attack!} Ne8 11. Nf3 {
White is totally controlling the [+].} Nac7 12. e5 {Black cannot blow up
neither d5, nor e5.} (12. a4 Rb8 13. Be3 $14 {was also playable.}) 12... Rb8
13. a4 (13. Be3 $14) 13... b6 14. Qe1 e6 15. Be3 $16 {Gelfand-Dizdarevic, New
Delhi/Teheran 2000 CBM 81}) 10. Rb1 (10. Re1 $6 {is completely useless.} Na6
11. Nf1 Nc7 (11... Ne8 $13 {/\ f5}) 12. a4 Nfe8 13. f4 f5 $13 {Sardinha-Geller,
Lugano 1968}) 10... Na6 11. a3 Ne8 12. b4 f5 13. Nb3 b6 {Now the B is better
placed on d7 than c8.} 14. bxc5 dxc5 (14... Nxc5 $5) 15. Bb2 Nd6 {1/2:1/2
Antic-A.Kovacevic, Novi Sad 2000}) 8... O-O 9. Be2 $14 {is similar to the Bc8
positions.}) 7. e4 Bd7 {In this King's Indian position the N on d2 is not
particularly well-placed.} 8. Be2 (8. a3 Na6 {The N is passive on a6, but
defends the <<, especially >< c5 very well.} 9. Rb1 h5 (9... Bh6 $5 {
exchanging the "bad" B is a typical strategy here.}) 10. Nf3 Be7 (10... Bh6 $5)
11. h3 h4 {This closes the >> for White's favour.} (11... Nh7) 12. b4 Nh5 13.
Be3 b6 14. Qd2 Kf8 15. Bd3 Kg7 16. O-O $14 {Scalcione-V.Georgiev, Reggio
Emilia 2002}) 8... Bg7 (8... Bh6 $5 {deserves attention again.}) 9. a3 (9. O-O
O-O {- 6...Bg7}) (9. g4 {only weakens the dark squares after} Bh6) 9... Na6 10.
h4 {/\ h5 preventing Black from any activity on the >>.} (10. Rb1 $14 {/\ b4})
10... h5 (10... Bh6 {allows} 11. h5 (11. g4 Bf4 12. g5 Ng8 {White has gained
some space but Black will blow up the position by ...h7-h6.} 13. Bg4 Bxg4 14.
Qxg4 h6 $132) 11... Kf8 12. Rb1 Kg7 13. b4 $14) 11. Nf1 (11. Rb1 Bh6 12. b4 Kf8
) 11... Nh7 (11... Bh6 12. Bxh6 (12. Ne3 O-O) 12... Rxh6 {and in this closed
position it is not easy to find a breakthrough for White.}) 12. Be3 Nc7 {
Black is waiting with castles.} (12... O-O 13. Qc2 (13. g4 hxg4 14. Bxg4 f5
$132) 13... Qe8 (13... Be8 14. g4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 $40) (13... f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Bxh5 f4 16. Bg6 $16) 14. Nb5 $1) 13. Qd2 b6 (13... O-O $5 14. b4 (14. O-O-O
{runs into Black's << -> after} a6 {/\ b5}) (14. g4 hxg4 15. h5 Bf6 {and White
has no real attacking chances on the >>.}) 14... b6) 14. g3 Qe7 $6 {Black is
waiting a bit too much with ...0-0.} (14... O-O {looked more logical.} 15. g4
hxg4 16. h5 Bf6) 15. O-O-O Rb8 16. Nh2 $6 (16. Nb5 $5) (16. Kb1 $5 b5 17. Bxc5
$1 {Here we see the drawback of 14...Qe7.} a5 18. Ba7 Rb7 19. cxb5 {looks much
better for White than in the game.}) 16... b5 $1 {Black deliberately
sacrifices a P in order to open up the lines against the white K.} 17. Bxc5 {
Was this an oversight?} a5 $1 {Probably not, Black has good counterchances on
the <<.} (17... dxc5 $2 18. d6 $16) 18. Be3 (18. Ba7 Rb7 19. Be3 (19. cxb5 Nxb5
20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. Bxb5+ Rxb5 $44) 19... b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Na2 b3 (21... Na6
22. Kb1) 22. Nb4 O-O $44) 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Na2 Na6 (20... b3 $5 {
deserved serious attention, for example:} 21. Nb4 Ra8 22. Kb1 O-O $44) 21. b3
O-O (21... Nc5 22. Qc2 f5 $44 {looks also promising.}) 22. f3 (22. g4 $2 hxg4
23. Nxg4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 f5 $17 {loses material.}) 22... f5 23. Kb1 f4 {Black
wants to create a stronghold on f4.} (23... Nc5 $5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 {and the lack
of the vital e3 B gives Black ample play.}) 24. Bf2 (24. gxf4 exf4 25. Bd4 Nc5
26. Bxg7 Qxg7 27. Qb2 Nf6 {succesfully blockading the dark squares.}) 24...
fxg3 25. Bxg3 Nc5 26. Kb2 Rf7 (26... Rf4 $5 {is a typical positional exchange
sacrifice in this type of position.}) 27. Ra1 Be8 28. Nc1 Qf8 {preparing the
doubling on the a <->.} 29. Qd1 Bh6 30. Nf1 Nf6 31. Nd3 Nfd7 32. Nxc5 Nxc5 $44
{Black controls all the vital squares, White's pieces are extremely passive.}
33. Be1 Qg7 34. Bd2 Bf4 35. Be3 Bxe3 (35... Ra7 $44) 36. Nxe3 Ra7 37. Nc2 Rba8
38. Qd2 {[#]} Ba4 $1 {[%mdl 128] This is the signal for the direct ->.} 39.
bxa4 b3 (39... Nxa4+ 40. Rxa4 (40. Kc1 b3) 40... Rxa4 41. Kb3 Qa7 $36 {was
also dangerous.}) 40. a5 (40. Na3) 40... Kh7 $4 {This move is hard to
understand.} (40... bxc2 $19 {was as good as winning!}) 41. Nb4 Rxa5 42. Rxa5
Rxa5 43. Ra1 Na4+ 44. Rxa4 (44. Kxb3 $2 Nc5+ 45. Kb2 Rxa1 $19) 44... Rxa4 45.
Kxb3 Qa7 46. Nc2 Ra2 47. Qb4 (47. Bd1 Qa4+ 48. Kc3 Qa5+ 49. Kd3 {looked better.
}) 47... Ra6 48. Kc3 Rb6 49. Qa3 Ra6 50. Qb4 Rb6 51. Qa3 Ra6 52. Qc1 Rb6 53.
Bd1 Qa5+ 54. Kd3 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Qc3 {Now Black's pieces are again very
frightening.} 56. Kf2 Qxc4 57. Qg5 Rd3 58. Qe7+ Kg8 59. Qe6+ Kg7 60. Qe7+ Kg8
61. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 {This setup has earned some
popularity these days, although it's main advantage is that White can avoid
the theoretical main lines and the position has a complex strategical
character with many possibilities for transpositions.} c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 a6 {/\ b5} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 {and}) (8... e6 {are the major alternatives
here.}) 9. Nd2 {against g5 and Nh5.} (9. a4 {White radically prevents Black
from b7-b5.} g5 (9... e5 $6 {closes the long /^ and Black cannot organize
easily counterplay on the >>.} 10. Nd2 Qe8 {/\ Nh7, f5} (10... Qc7 11. Be2 $5 (
11. Bd3 Nh7 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f3 e4 $1 16. fxe4 Ne5 17.
Nf3 f4 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44 {Jussupow-Mochalov, Minsk 1982}) 11... Nh7
12. O-O f5 13. f4 $14) 11. Be2 Nh7 12. g4 (12. O-O f5) 12... f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 {
(Ibrahimov-Purtov, Alushta 2004)} 14. Nde4 Qd7 15. Rg1 g5 16. Bg3 $14) (9...
Qa5 {Black has no counterplay on the <<.} 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Ra3 Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Rfe8 14. f4 $14 {Akobian-Muhammad, New York 2003}) (9... Qb6 10. Ra3 (
10. Ra2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 {Black wants to exchange the important dark-squared B.}
12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rh3 Qd8 18.
Bd3 Nc6 $132 {and White cannot connect his rooks, Soppe-Shchekachev, Santo
Domingo 2002.}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Bd3 (14. Be2
$5) 14... Ne5 15. Bb1 f5 16. Qc2 Bd7 $13 {Oim-Tal, Parnu 1971}) (9... e6 {
leads to Benoni type of positions.}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {is the typical
counterplay for Black.}) 9... Nbd7 ({The idea to play a Benko Gambit type of
position after} 9... b5 {is not quite correct, for example:} 10. cxb5 Nbd7 (
10... axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qb7 15. e4 Nbd7 16.
O-O $16) 11. bxa6 $5 (11. a4 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 $14 {
Hellsten-Salguero, Mendoza 2004}) 11... Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O $14) (9...
e6 {is still valid.}) 10. a4 {Radically preventing the push b7-b5.} (10. Be2
Nh7 (10... b5 $5 {here looks better than before.}) 11. e4 {Now Black can play
for a blockade on the dark squares securing the e5 square for his N.} (11. f4 {
was an interesting alternative against this plan, for example:} g5 $6 12. Bg3)
(11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 f5 $132) 11... Ne5 $1 12. Bg3 (12. f4 g5 $1 {This is the
main idea of Black playing on the dark squares.} 13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 $132
) 12... f5 13. f4 (13. exf5 Bxf5 $132) 13... Ng4 {Now the P structure will be
corrupted, but Black gets the ^^.} (13... Nf7 {is passive.} 14. O-O) 14. Bxg4
fxg4 15. O-O (15. e5 Bf5 (15... g5 16. fxg5 Nxg5 17. e6) 16. O-O g5 $15 (16...
b5 $5)) 15... Nf6 {The N has to come back immediataly.} 16. e5 (16. f5 $5 gxf5
17. exf5 b5 18. Qe2 $13) 16... Nh5 17. Qe2 (17. e6 $2 {was the interesting
idea, when Black has to do efforts to develope his B, the only problem is that
White gets mated after} Nxg3 18. hxg3 (18. Qxg4 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Kh7) 18... Bd4+
19. Kh2 Rf5 {/\ Rh5}) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 b5 $1 19. Rae1 (19. e6 $2 {is still
bad on account of} Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rf5) 19... Bf5 $36 {Jussupow-Gallagher,
Dresden 1998 CBM 065}) 10... Qb6 (10... Ne8 {/\ Nc7} 11. f4 $1 (11. e4 g5 12.
Bg3 Ne5 13. Be2 f5 $11 {Speelman-Lanka BL 1996/97 69/(501)}) 11... Rb8 {
/\ b7-b5} 12. Be2 Nc7 13. e4 {White has got a total control over the centre.} (
13. O-O $6 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 $2 Bxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Nxd5 $17) 13... Nf6 {
(Glek-Lanka, Linz 1997 CBM 059 69/501)} (13... Bd4 14. Nf3) (13... b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. cxb5 Nf6 16. Ra7 Bd7 17. Qa4 $16) 14. O-O $1 $14 {was simple and good!
}) 11. Ra3 Re8 {preparing e7-e6, but is it playable without preparation?} (
11... e6 12. Be2 {cannot be refutation, then Re8 was not necessary.} (12. dxe6
{weakens Black's P structure, mainly >< g6 but how can White exploit it?} fxe6
13. Qc2 Kh7 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 (14... Nxf6 $2 15. Bd3 $16) 15. h4 Kh8 16. h5 g5 17.
Nde4 Rf7 {and Black can defend his somewhat weakened >>.}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5
Re8 14. O-O {- 11...Re8}) 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O (13. dxe6 {is again not logical
giving up the space advantage in the [+].} Rxe6 (13... fxe6 14. Qc2) 14. O-O
Ne5) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 {We have now a Benoni type of position where White's
chances are preferable.} Ne5 15. Bg3 {White's only problem is his dark-squared
B.} (15. Bxf6 {gives up the vital B, but gains a lot of tempi for an -> on the
>>.} Bxf6 16. Nde4 Bg7 17. f4 (17. a5 Qd8 18. f4 Nd7 {- 17.f4}) 17... Nd7 18.
a5 Qd8 19. f5 {White has gained a lot of space but irreversibly weakened >< e5.
} Ne5 (19... Bxc3 $6 20. Nxc3 Rxe3 21. Qd2 $40) 20. f6 Bf8 21. h4 b5 22. axb6
Qxb6 23. h5 $13 {with a rather original middlegame position.}) 15... Qc7 16. h3
{/\ f4} (16. e4 g5 {fighting for the dark squares and securing the strong
centralized N.}) 16... g5 ({There is no time for quiet plans.} 16... b6 17. f4
Ned7 18. e4 $16) 17. f4 {White begins his advance in the [+], but this also
weakens the e <->.} (17. a5 $5) 17... gxf4 18. exf4 (18. Rxf4 Ng6) 18... Ng6
19. f5 Ne7 {counterattacking >< d5 and f5.} (19... Ne5 20. Nde4) 20. Bd3 (20.
Nc4 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxd6 Bg6 23. Nxe8 Qxg3 24. Ne4 Qf4 25. N8xf6+ Bxf6
26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 20... Nexd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 {White has a strong |^
for the P, but the position remains very complicated as in the Benoni most of
the cases.} Qc6 (22... Rd8 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. a5 $44 {trying to paralyze Black's
<<.}) 23. f6 Nxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. Qh5 $44) 24. Nxd6 Be6 (24... Rd8 25. Bc4 (25.
Nxc8 Raxc8) 25... Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Be5 $44) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 {Black has a P
and active pieces for the exchange, White has to find a target.} 26. Bh4 Bd5
27. Bc2 $1 {clearing the way for the R on the third rank.} (27. Rf5 Bxg2 28.
Bc4 Be4 29. Rf4 $13) 27... Ne4 28. Raf3 Ng5 $6 (28... Bxb2) 29. Rg3 Re5 $6 (
29... Be5 30. Rg4 $36) 30. Bxg5 hxg5 {Black has a strong ^^, and the
fianchettoed B defends his somewhat weakened >>.} 31. Qh5 Qh6 32. Qg4 {White
wants to keep his active Q.} (32. Qxh6 Bxh6 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34. Bxf5 {and the _|_
can only be better for White.}) 32... c4 (32... Be6 33. Bf5 $16) 33. Qc8+ Bf8
34. Qd8 $6 {White unnecessarily complicates matters.} (34. Rf5 $1 Be6 (34...
Rxf5 35. Qxf5 $18) 35. Rxe5 Bxc8 36. Rgxg5+ $18) 34... Kg7 35. a5 {White has
lost the thread probably already in time trouble.} Be7 36. Qc8 Qe6 37. Qxe6
Bxe6 {The _|_ is already better for Black!} 38. b3 $2 (38. Ra1 f5 $36) 38...
Rxa5 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Bd3 Be6 41. Be4 b5 42. Rb1 b4 43. Bc2 Ra2 44. Bb3 Ra3
45. Kf2 a5 46. Rf3 Rxb3 47. Rfxb3 Bxb3 48. Rxb3 a4 49. Rb1 a3 0-1

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 (3... Ne4 $5) 4. Nc3 h6 (4... c5 {was played in
the second game of their match, which is also playable.}) 5. Bxf6 {Exchanging
the important dark-squared B cannot be a good strategy} (5. Bh4 $1) 5... Bxf6
$11 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 (7... c5 {opening up the long /^ for the B looks more
common.} 8. dxc5 (8. d5 O-O) 8... Qa5) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ {In the _|_ Black
can hold his own because of his ^^.} Bxd8 (9... Kxd8 {deserves attention as
well, for example:} 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14.
Bd3 (14. e5 Re8) 14... c6 {and the N has to leave the [+].}) 10. fxe5 c6 (10...
Nc6 {is the other idea to get back the P, but then Black has to exchange the
^^.} 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Bxf3 (12... Bg5+ 13. Kc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. f4 (
15. Nd5 Bd8 16. f4 Ng4) 15... Bxf4 16. Nd5 Ng4 17. Nxf4 Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Nxd1 19.
Kxd1 O-O-O+ 20. Kc2 $14 {and two pieces are a bit better than R+P.}) 13. gxf3
Nxe5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rg1 Ne3 16. Rd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 c6 18. e5 $14 {/\ Ne4 and
Black still has problems with his development.}) 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. O-O-O Bg4 13.
h3 Be6 $6 {Black probably didn't see the following tactical blow.} (13... Bxf3
{was the logical continuation.} 14. gxf3 Bxe5 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. f4 Bc7 $11) 14.
Be2 Nd7 $6 {[#]} (14... O-O) 15. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] This is the point!} Bb8 (
15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe5 17. dxe6 Bf4+ 18. Kb1 fxe6 19. Rhf1 $16 {with a much
better development for White.}) 16. Nf6+ Ke7 (16... Nxf6 17. exf6 O-O 18. e5
$16) 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. c5 {gaining more space on the <<, while Black is unable
to get back the lost P.} (18. Rd2 Bc7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8) 18... Be6 19. Rd4 Bc7 (
19... Bxa2 {allows White to penetrate on the 7-th rank.} 20. b3 Bxb3 21. Rb4
Be6 22. Rxb7+ Ke8 23. Ba6 Bc8 24. Kc2 $16) 20. Rhd1 Rhd8 21. Ra4 a5 {This
weakness will be vulnerable in the long run.} (21... a6) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Kc2
Rg8 24. a3 g5 25. g4 h5 26. Nd4 hxg4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bxe5 (28... Rh8)
29. Nf5+ Kd7 (29... Ke6 30. Rxa5) 30. Rxa5 Rh8 31. b4 Rh4 $2 {This looks witty,
because White cannot take the R, but in fact this move leads to a lost _|_.} (
31... Rh2+ 32. Kd3 Rh3+) 32. Ra7 $1 $18 (32. Nxh4 $4 {falls into the trap!}
gxh4 33. Ra8 h3 34. Rf8 Ke7 $19) 32... Rxg4 (32... Kc7 $2 {is already met by}
33. Nxh4 gxh4 34. Ra8 h3 35. Rf8 $18) 33. Rxb7+ Bc7 34. Nd6 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Rg3+
36. Kd4 Rxa3 37. b5 Ra4+ 38. Ke5 cxb5 39. Kd5 Ra1 40. c6+ Kd8 41. Nxf7+ Kc8 42.
e5 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1997.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1997.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Jussupow} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 a6 7.
Be2 c6 8. Rc1 $146 (8. O-O {-see games}) 8... b5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qa5 (10...
b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Bd3 $14) 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. Bh4 Rac8
14. h3 h6 15. Bg3 {It's easier to manoeuvre for the white as they possess
greater space.Made by the black pawn advances lead to greater spase edge of
the white.} b4 16. Na4 c5 17. d5 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Bd3 {[%cal Re3e4,Re4e5]}
(19. Nd2 e6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Bh4 Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bd3 Bc6 $11) 19... e5 (
19... e6 20. e4 $14) 20. Nd2 Qc7 (20... Nh7 $1 $132 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 21. e4 h5
$13) 21. Bh4 Nh7 22. g4 {[%cal Rf2f4,Rf4f5]} Qd7 23. Kg2 Ra8 24. Rf1 a5 25. f4
exf4 26. exf4 Nf6 27. Bxf6 $1 (27. f5 $6 g5 28. Bg3 a4 $132) 27... Bxf6 28. Ne4
Bd4 29. f5 $40 g5 30. f6 a4 31. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Rd3c2,Re2d3]} axb3 32. axb3 Ra3
33. Bc2 Re5 34. Qd3 {[%cal Re4d6,Rd3h7]} Kf8 35. Nd2 $1 {[%cal Rd3h7,Rd2f3]}
Ke8 36. Nf3 Kd8 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Qxd4 $16 {[%csl Rb7]} Qc7 39. Rf2 Ra2 40. Kg1
(40. Qd3 $142 $5 Qc5 41. Qh7 Qe3 42. Rd1 $16) 40... Qa5 41. Bf5 Qa7 42. Qxa7
Rxa7 43. Rf3 Ra2 44. Rcf1 Bc8 45. Bh7 (45. Bxc8 Kxc8 $132) 45... Bd7 46. R1f2
Ra1+ 47. Kg2 Kc7 48. Bg6 Be8 49. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Ga1,Gc7,Ge5,Re8][%cal Rf2e2,
Rf3e3,Re3e7] In spite of activeness of the black rooks and the black king the
white keep chances to win as Be8 is out of game.} Kb6 50. Re2 Kc5 51. Rxe5 dxe5
52. Bf5 Kd6 53. Re3 Ra2+ 54. Kf3 Ra1 55. Rd3 Ra6 56. Rd2 Ra3 57. Rb2 Ba4 58.
Bc2 Bd7 59. Ke4 Ra8 60. Bd3 Kc5 61. Bb1 $1 {[%cal Rb2a2]} h5 $1 $132 62. gxh5
Rh8 (62... Bxh3 {Hecht Jussupow} 63. Ra2 Re8 (63... Rxa2 $2 64. Bxa2 g4 65. Bb1
$1 g3 66. Ke3 $1 $18 (66. Kf3 $2 Bg4+)) 64. Ra7 $18) 63. Ra2 Rxh5 64. Ra7 {
[#] Ich setze früh auf, damit uns die scharfen taktischen Endspielwendungen
nicht entgehen. Von unserem thematischen Endspiel T vs. Bauer ist weit und
breit nichts zu shen.} g4 $1 (64... Bxh3 {Hecht Jussupow} 65. Kxe5 g4+ 66. Kf4
$18) 65. Rxd7 $1 (65. hxg4 Bxg4 $132 (65... Bxg4 {Hecht} 66. Ke3 {Es drohte
Lf5+} Rh3+ 67. Ke4 (67. Kf2 Rf3+ {oder Txb3}) (67. Kd2 Kd4 $1) 67... Rh5 {
führt zu gutem schwarzen Gegenspiel})) 65... gxh3 66. Ke3 Rh4 (66... h2 {
Hecht Jussupow} 67. Rc7+ Kb6 (67... Kd6 68. Rc6+ Kd7 69. Be4 h1=Q (69... Rh4 $2
70. Bf5+ Kd8 71. Rc8#) 70. Bxh1 Rxh1 71. Rb6 Rh3+ 72. Ke4 Rxb3 73. c5 Rb1 74.
Kxe5 b3 75. Rb7+ Kc8 76. c6 b2 77. Kd6 $18) 68. Rc6+ Ka5 (68... Ka7 69. Be4
Rh3+ 70. Kf2 Rxb3 71. d6 Rd3 72. Rc7+ Kb8 73. c5 Rd4 74. Rb7+ Kc8 75. c6) 69.
Be4 Rh3+ 70. Kf2 Rxb3 71. d6 Rd3 72. Rc5+ Kb6 73. Rd5 Rxd5 74. cxd5 Kb7 75. Kg2
$18) 67. Rc7+ (67. Be4 $2 {Hecht} Rxe4+ $1 68. Kxe4 h2 $19) 67... Kb6 (67...
Kd6 {Hecht} 68. Rc6+ Kd7 69. Bf5+ Kd8 70. Rc8#) 68. d6 h2 69. c5+ Ka5 70. Bd3
$1 Rh3+ 71. Kf2 Rxd3 72. Kg2 Rd2+ (72... Kb5 {Hecht Jussupow} 73. Kxh2 Rxb3 74.
Rxf7 $1 (74. d7 Rd3 75. c6 b3 76. Rc8 b2 77. d8=Q b1=Q 78. Rb8+ Kc4 $1 $11)
74... Kxc5 75. d7 Rd3 76. Rg7 b3 77. f7 $18) (72... Rxb3 {Hecht Jussupow} 73.
d7 Rd3 74. c6 Rd2+ 75. Kh1 e4 76. Rc8 $18) (72... Rh3 {Hecht Jussupow} 73. Kh1
Rxb3 74. d7 Rd3 75. c6 e4 76. Kxh2 (76. Rc8 e3 77. d8=Q+ Rxd8 78. Rxd8 b3 79.
Ra8+ Kb6 80. Rb8+ $18) 76... e3 77. Kg2 $18) 73. Kh1 Kb5 {[#] Schwarz hat sich
bestens verteidigt, kann aber nicht verhindern, daß er alsbald seinen Turm
hergeben muß.} (73... e4 {Hecht} 74. Rxf7 e3 75. Re7 e2 76. f7 $18) 74. Rxf7
Kxc5 75. Rf8 $1 $18 {Eine taktische Finesse. Nun scheitert Kxd6 an Td8+ und
Tf1 an d7.} Rxd6 76. Rc8+ Kd4 77. f7 Rf6 78. f8=Q Rxf8 79. Rxf8 {[#] Der
e-Bauer ist nicht stark genug. Kann Schwarz mit dem b-Bauern etwas erreichen?}
e4 (79... Kc3 80. Rf3+ Kd2 81. Kxh2 (81. Rh3 $1 {Hecht} e4 82. Kg2 (82. Rxh2+ {
Jussupow} Kd3 (82... Kd1 83. Rh3) 83. Rh3+ e3 84. Kg2 Kd2 85. Rh8 Kc3 86. Kf3
Kxb3 87. Kxe3 Kc2 88. Rc8+ $18) 82... e3 83. Kf3 $18) 81... e4 82. Rf8 Kc3 (
82... e3 83. Rd8+ Kc2 84. Kg2 Kxb3 85. Kf3 Kc2 86. Ke2 b3 87. Rc8+ Kb1 88. Kxe3
b2 89. Kd2 $18) 83. Kg3 Kxb3 84. Kf4 Kc2 85. Rc8+ Kd2 86. Rb8 $1 Kc3 87. Ke3 b3
88. Rc8+ Kb4 89. Kd2 $18) 80. Rc8 e3 81. Kxh2 e2 82. Re8 Kc3 83. Kg2 e1=Q (
83... Kxb3 84. Kf2 Kc2 85. Kxe2 $18) 84. Rxe1 Kxb3 85. Re8 {Sehr richtig. Der
Turm kommt von Hinten und der König von der Seite.} Kc2 86. Rc8+ Kd2 87. Rb8 (
87. Rb8 {Hecht Jussupow} Kc3 88. Kf2 b3 89. Ke2 b2 90. Kd1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.02.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 (3... d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6.
Qb3 $14) 4. Bg2 g6 (4... b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. d4 g6 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d5 Na5 9. b3 e6
10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. e4 O-O 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Qd2 Ba6 15. Rac1 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Simic,R-Kluss,K/Bad Mergentheim op 1989 (40)}) 5. e3 {Weiß folgt dem
Philidor-Prinzip und platziert seine Figuren hinter den Bauern.Ribli.} (5. Nf3
Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 $14 {In symmetrischer Stellung beginnt Weiß mit einer
Aktion, und das bedeutet stets einen kleinen Vorteil.}) 5... d6 (5... b6 6.
Nge2 Bb7 7. O-O Na5 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Rb1 e6 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bxb7
Nxb7 13. Rxb4 O-O 14. Nf4 Qc7 15. d3 Qc6 16. h4 {1-0 Csom,I-Sapi,L/HUN-ch 1976
(40)}) 6. d4 {Hansen,Cu: I wonder why white did not play:} (6. Nge2 Bd7 (6...
Bg7 {Hansen,Cu} 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 $14) 7. d4 Bg7 8. O-O Qc8 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3
Bh3 11. Bh1 h5 12. Bb2 h4 13. Qd2 hxg3 14. hxg3 Bg4 15. Nf4 Nh5 16. dxc5 dxc5
17. Ncd5 Nxf4 18. exf4 Be6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qe3 Rh8 21. Bg2 {1-0 Oliwa,
M-Ciemniak,R/POL-chT 1994 (31)}) 6... Bg4 $5 $146 {Mit dieser
Läuferentwicklung provoziert Schwarz den Zug h2-h3, worauf der Läufer sich
zurückzieht. Durch das spätere Qd7 oder Qc8 kann er das Tempo aber
zurückgewinnen.} (6... cxd4 7. exd4 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. Bb2 Nb4 11.
O-O Rb8 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Nfe2 Bh6 14. f4 Bg7 15. Qd2 a5 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Rad1 b6
18. a3 Nd3 19. Ba1 Ng4 20. Kg1 Qe6 21. Rf3 Ngf2 22. Rxf2 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Qc8 24.
Nb5 $18 {1/2-1/2 Urban,M-Lips,F/CZE Tschechien-ch 1995 (57)}) 7. Nge2 Bg7 8. d5
$6 $13 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht. Mit der Partiefortsetzung öffnet Weiß
die Diagonale für den schwarzen Bg7, und Schwarz bekommt gefährliche
Initiative am Damenflügel.Ribli.} (8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8
12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 {[%cal Ra4c5]} b6 14. Rc1 (14. Nf4) 14... Qc8 $11) 8...
Na5 {Auf den ersten Blick steht der Springer schlecht auf a5, aber in
Wirklichkeit füllt er eine aktive Rolle im schwarzen Spiel am Damenflügel aus.}
(8... Ne5 9. f4 (9. O-O O-O (9... Nxc4 $4 10. Qa4+ $18) 10. b3 Nf3+ 11. Kh1 Ne4
12. Qc2) 9... Ned7 (9... Nxc4 $4 10. Qa4+ $18) 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 $14) 9. O-O
O-O 10. h3 (10. b3) 10... Bd7 11. b3 a6 {[%cal Rb7b5]} 12. Rb1 (12. a4 $6 {
[%csl Rb3,Rb4] Dieser Zug schwächt nur den weißen Damenflügel. Weiß kann den
Vorstoß b7-b5 ohnehin nicht verhindern.} Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7] Schwarz platziert
den Springer nach c7 und spielt anschließend b7-b5 mit aktivem schwarzen Spiel.
}) 12... b5 {Hansen,Cu: The position is somewhat similar to certain g3-lines
in the Kings-indian. However the diffence - white N og e2 instead of d2 - is
clearly to blacks advantage. The fight is for a great part about the square c4.
From e2 the N is many moves away from controlling that square.} 13. cxb5 axb5
14. b4 {Eine typisch positionelle Lösung. Mit dem Partiezug stoppt Weiß den
schwarzen b-Bauern und gewinnt einen Angriffspunkt - den Pb5.} cxb4 15. Rxb4
Qc8 {[%cal Rc8h3] Hier sehen wir die Idee des sechsten Zuges von Schwarz. Weiß
muß ein Tempo mit der Verteidigung des Ph3 verlieren, während Schwarz seine
Stellung am Damenflügel verbessert.} 16. Kh2 (16. Nxb5 $6 Bxh3 (16... Qc5 {
[%cal Rc5b4,Rc5b5]} 17. Qd4 Rab8 $15 (17... Nxd5 $15)) 17. Bxh3 Qxh3 $15) 16...
Qc5 {[%csl Rc4,Gc5]} 17. a3 (17. Ba3 $2 Nc4 $19) 17... Rfc8 $15 {[%cal Gg7a1,
Gc8c1,Ga8a1] Schwarz hat sehr aktives Figurenspiel am Damenflügel, Weiß
hingegen kommt nicht zu Gegenspiel.} 18. e4 {[%cal Rc1e3]} Nc4 {[%csl Gc4] Das
wendet die Drohung 18.Be3 ab. Zudem hängt der Pa3, und der Springer steht sehr
gut auf c4.} 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Nd1 {Die weißen Springer waren gefesselt. Nach
einem Zug des Ne2 ging immer 20...Nxa3, und der Nc3 wäre nicht gedeckt.} (20.
Nf4 $6 Nxa3 21. Bxa3 Qxc3 $17) 20... Ne8 {Hansen,Cu: The last black minor
piece is directed to the main battlefield on the Q-side. White will soon be
overpovered on that part of the board. Dieses Springermanöver ist typisch für
das Wolgagambit. In unserer Stellung zielt er ebenfalls nach c7 und später
nach a6.} 21. Ne3 Nc7 {[%cal Rc7a6] Natürlich tauscht Schwarz die Springer
nicht von selbst.} (21... Nxe3 $6 22. Bxe3 Qc2 23. Nd4 $11) 22. Qd1 {Weiß
macht Platz für den Rb4.} (22. Nxc4 {Hansen,Cu} bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bb5 $1 {and
white is in trouble}) 22... Na6 23. Rb3 Ra8 24. Nf4 $6 (24. f4 $5 {Meiner
Meinung nach kann Weiß nichts verlieren. Er steht schlecht am Damenflügel, von
daher muß er versuchen, Gegenspiel im Zentrum zu finden.}) 24... Qc7 $1 {
[%cal Ra6c5] Schwarz räumt das Feld c5 für den Springer. Danach ist der Pa3
kaum noch zu halten.} 25. Rb1 {Hansen,Cu: White had to try:} (25. Nd3 {Hansen,
Cu =/+/-/+}) 25... Nc5 26. Rb4 (26. Nc2 {Hansen,Cu} Na4 $36 {[%cal Ra4c3]})
26... Nxa3 $17 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern gewonnen und besitzt einen Freibauern
auf der b-Linie.} 27. Bb2 {Es ist logisch, daß Weiß den starken schwarzen
Läufer abtauscht.} Bxb2 28. Rxb2 Ra4 {[%csl Ga3,Ga4,Gc5] Hansen,Cu: White has
nothing for his P} 29. Ng4 {Weiß versucht, im Trüben zu fischen. Da der zweite
Bauer nichts zählt, sucht er am Königsflügel nach taktischen Gegenchancen.}
Nxe4 30. Nh6+ (30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Qa1 {[%cal Ga1h8]} Qc3 $17 (31... Nc4 32. Re2
Rxe2 $2 (32... Bxg4 33. Rxe4 Nd2 $17) 33. Nh6+ Kf8 34. Qh8#)) 30... Kg7 31.
Nxf7 {Zum Unglück von Weiß verschafft ihm sein Kamikaze-Springer keine
ausreichenden Gegenchancen.} Kxf7 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f7,Rf3e4]}
Qc3 $1 $19 (33... Rxf4 34. Qxf4+ Kg8 35. Re2 $17) 34. Nd3+ (34. Qxe4 Qxb2 $19)
34... Bf5 {Schwarz hat eine Figur mehr. Der weiße Angriff ist leicht
abzuwehren.} 35. g4 Rxg4 $1 (35... Rd4 36. gxf5 Qxd3 37. fxg6+ Kxg6 38. Rg1+
Kh6 39. Qf7 $18 {[%csl Rh6]}) 36. Rb3 (36. hxg4 Qxd3 37. Qxd3 (37. Qf4 Rc4 $19)
37... Bxd3 $19) 36... Qxb3 37. Ne5+ dxe5 38. Qxb3 {Nun hat Weiß die Dame
gewonnen. Und dennoch befindet sich Schwarz im Vorteil - er hat R, N und B für
die Q.} Rh4 39. d6+ (39. Qxa3 Rxh3+ (39... b4) 40. Qxh3 Bxh3 41. Kxh3 $19 {
Und das Endspiel mit drei Mehrbauern ist leicht für Schwarz gewonnen.}) 39...
Nc4 {In dieser verlorenen Stellung gab Weiß auf.Ribli.} 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 {A relatively fresh
anti-Grünfeld attempt, to which, however, Black transposes into a relatively
rare system of the King's Indian - with e2-e3.} d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 {
Such positions are much more popular with reversed colours. White has an extra
tempo here, and Alexander Grischuk finds an interesting way to exploit it.} 8.
Qc2 ({The immediate} 8. b4 {is another option.}) 8... Re8 9. Rd1 $5 e4 10. Nd2
Qe7 {[%mdl 32] Black's standard plan is: ...Nd7-f8, ...h7-h5-h4(-h3 if
possible); alternatively ...Bc8-g4 with the pawn on h5; ...Nf8-h7-g5 etc. with
a kingside attack. Meanwhile, White creates counterplay on the queenside and
in the centre.} 11. b4 Nf8 12. Bb2 ({Here is an example how White can be
crushed when he plays inaccurately:} 12. a4 Bf5 13. b5 h5 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Nf1
h4 16. a5 Ng5 17. a6 b6 18. Na2 $4 (18. h3 {was a must}) 18... Nf3+ $1 19. gxf3
exf3 20. Qb2 Qe4 21. Bd3 Qg4+ 22. Ng3 Bxd3 {0-1 (22) Houska,M (2364)-Bisby,D 
(2252) Witley 1999}) 12... h5 13. Rac1 (13. Nb3 $5 N8h7 14. d5 h4 15. h3 Ng5
16. c5) 13... Bf5 (13... h4 14. h3) (13... Bg4 $5) (13... N8h7 $5 14. Nb3 h4
15. h3 g5 $5 (15... Bf5 16. d5 $1 {[%cal Yb3d4]}) 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Nf6 18.
Qc4 b6 19. b5 Bb7 20. Qxc7 Nxd5 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Ba3 {1-0 (50) Hera,I (2557)
-Schreiner,P (2460) Fuerstenfeld AUT 2013} Rd8 $11) 14. Nb3 {A logical plan
after ...Bc8-f5: d4-d5 and Nb3-d4. Actually, White's position turns out to be
quite pleasant, which means that Black should look into this system more
carefully.} (14. Qb3 c6 $5 (14... N8h7 15. c5 a6 16. b5 Ng5 17. bxa6 bxa6 18.
cxd6 cxd6 19. Ba3 $36 {1-0 (47) Freise,H-Wolter,K (2270) Germany 1998}) 15. d5
(15. c5 d5) 15... N8d7 $132 {[%cal Yd7e5]}) 14... N8h7 15. d5 h4 16. Nd4 (16.
h3 {is possible. In such situations a piece sacrifice on h3 can be dangerous
but here White successfully parries Black's threats:} Ng5 17. Nd4 Bxh3 18. gxh3
Qd7 19. Bf1 $1 Nxh3+ 20. Kh1 Qg4 21. Bg2 Ng5 22. Rg1 Nh3 23. Kh2 $1 Nxg1 24.
Rxg1 Qh5 25. Bh3 {keeping better prospects.}) 16... Bd7 (16... h3 $5 17. Nxf5
gxf5 {was an attempt to make use of White's delay of h2-h3 but after} 18. Nb5 {
Black's damaged pawn structure could be an important factor.}) 17. c5 $6 {
A principal error.} (17. h3 {was necessary; only after, say,} Ng5 {White could
continue} 18. c5 $1 dxc5 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qb3 {with a queenside initiative.})
17... dxc5 $6 {Returning the favour.} (17... h3 $1 {, weakening light squares
around White's king, gave Black a good counterplay, e.g.} 18. g3 (18. c6 bxc6
19. dxc6 Bc8 20. g3 Ng5) 18... Ng5 19. c6 bxc6 20. Nxc6 (20. dxc6 Bg4) 20...
Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qe6 22. Nb5 Qc8 $13) 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Qb3 {White's pressure now
forces Black to forget about ...h4-h3.} ({Of course, not} 19. Nxe4 Qxc2 20.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Nxc2 Rad8 $132) 19... Qb6 (19... Qa5 $142 20. Ncb5 Rac8 {
holding on.}) 20. Ncb5 (20. Ndb5 $1 {was even stronger, e.g.} c6 21. Na4 Qd8
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nd6 Re7 24. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6]}) 20... c5 21. dxc6 bxc6
22. Nd6 Rf8 (22... Qxb3 $142 23. axb3 (23. Nxb3 Re7 24. Nc5 {is not so
powerful without queens}) 23... Reb8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rxb3 26. Bd4 Ng5
$14) 23. Ba3 {It was now better to evade the queen exchange on b3:} (23. Qc2 h3
(23... c5 24. Nb3) 24. Ba3 hxg2 25. Nxc6 Ng5 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxc6 Ng5) 26. Kxg2
{with full domination. It is essential that White keeps his a-pawn for a
future ending.}) 23... Qxb3 24. axb3 (24. Nxb3 $143 Rfd8 25. Nd4 Bf8) 24...
Rfb8 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 (25... Rxb3 $2 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bc5 Kxe7 28. Bc4 Rbb8 29.
Nf5+ Kd8 30. Nxg7 {[%csl Rd8]}) 26. Rxc6 Rxb3 27. Bc5 Ng5 28. Bc4 Rbb8 29. Nxf7
{White decides to force matters.} (29. Bd4 $5 $36 {[%csl Gc4,Gc6,Gd4,Gd6]})
29... Nxf7 30. Rc7 Rf8 $138 (30... Rc8 $142 31. Bxf7+ Kh7 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Bd4
Rc7 {, and Black should not lose.}) 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxa7 Ng4 33. Bd5 $138 (
33. h3 $142 Nge5 (33... Nf6 $2 34. Rd6 {[%cal Rd6b6,Rb6b7]}) 34. Bd5 Bf6 35.
Bxe4 Kg7 $16) 33... Bh6 (33... Be5 $1 34. h3 Nf6 {keeping the e4-pawn}) 34. Re7
Bg5 35. Rxe4 Nf6 36. Red4 Nxd5 37. Rxd5 h3 $2 (37... Bf6 $142) 38. f4 Bd8 39.
gxh3 $2 (39. g3 $1 {should be winning. The h3-pawn will fall at a later stage.}
) 39... Bb6 $2 (39... g5 $5 40. f5 Re8 {creating a blockade.}) 40. Kf2 $2 (40.
R1d3 $16 {[%cal Yg1g2,Ye3e4]}) 40... Nh6 {The time pressure is over, and it
becomes clear that White's winning chances have vanished. Black now wants to
give up two pieces for a rook and the e3-pawn, which will lead to a drawn rook
ending.} 41. Kf3 (41. Rd6 Bxe3+ $1 42. Kxe3 Nf5+) 41... Nf5 42. e4 {The last
but unsuccessful attempt.} (42. Rg1 Kh7 43. Rd7+ Kh6 {was equally fruitless.})
42... Ne3 43. Rd6 Nxd1 44. Rxg6+ Kf7 45. Rxb6 Rh8 $1 {White can't keep one of
his h-pawns, and the draw is inevitable.} 46. Rb7+ Kf6 47. e5+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Ke6
49. Rf6+ Ke7 50. Rd6 Nc3 51. f5 (51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Kh5 (52. Kf5 Rf8+) 52... Rh8+
53. Rh6 Rf8 $1 $11) 51... Rxh3+ 52. Kf4 (52. Kg2 Re3) 52... Rxh2 53. f6+ Ke8
54. e6 Rf2+ 55. Ke5 Re2+ (55... Rxf6 $5 56. Kxf6 Ne4+ 57. Ke5 Nxd6 58. Kxd6 Kd8
$11) 56. Kf5 Rf2+ 57. Ke5 Re2+ 58. Kf5 Rf2+ 59. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sollentuna"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 e6
9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Nd7 11. Qa4 $6 $146 {A strange idea - to waste a tempo
provoking castling. It is interesting how Morozevich reacts.} (11. Be2 Qe7 12.
Qc2 a6 13. b4 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. exd4 O-O 17. O-O Nf6 18. Rfe1
Qc7 19. Rac1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Zaitsev,A-Petrosian,T/Moscow 1971/EXT 2001 (42)})
11... O-O 12. Qc2 c5 13. d5 Nb6 {According to Dr.Tarrasch, not the best square
for the knight. However, Black prepares ...e6xd5.} (13... Ne5 $5 {was another
option.}) 14. Bd3 exd5 15. cxd5 f5 16. a4 {[%cal Ya4a5]} f4 $6 (16... Qf6 {
was more solid.}) 17. gxf4 gxf4 18. exf4 Rxf4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 Qg5 21. Ne2
(21. g3 Rf8 (21... Rf5 22. Qd3) 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. O-O-O $36) 21... Rf5
$1 {The d5 pawn is now hanging.} 22. Nf3 (22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Qb3 Qxg2 {is
clearly favorable for Black.}) 22... Qf6 ({After} 22... Qxg2 {White has a draw,
which Black probably didn't want:} 23. Rh2 (23. Rg1 $5 Qh3 24. Ng3 Rf4 25. Rh1
Qd7 $13) 23... Qg4 24. Rh4 Qg2 25. Rh2) 23. Ng3 $6 (23. O-O $5) (23. Rd1 $5)
23... Rf4 24. a5 Nd7 $6 (24... Qxb2 $5 25. Rxh6+ Kg8 26. Qxb2 Bxb2 $13) 25.
O-O-O Nf8 26. Rd2 Bg4 27. Nh2 $6 (27. Ne2 $1 {was very strong:} Rxf3 (27...
Qxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxb2+ 29. Rxb2 Rxe4 30. Rxh6+ Kg7 31. Rxd6 $16) 28. gxf3 Bxf3
29. Bxf3 Qxf3 30. Ng3 $16) 27... Re8 28. f3 Bd7 29. Nh5 Qg5 30. Nxg7 $2 {
Here, too, it was better to take the exchange.} (30. Nxf4 Qxf4 31. Nf1 $16)
30... Kxg7 31. g3 Rf7 32. f4 Qf6 {[%csl Rh2] Because of his poor knight White
can't make use of the exposed position of the black king.} 33. Re2 Rfe7 34.
Rhe1 b5 {Starting queenside counterplay.} 35. Qd2 (35. axb6 axb6 36. Nf3 Bg4 $1
) 35... b4 36. Bd3 $6 (36. Bf3 $142 Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 Qd4 39. Bg4
$132) 36... Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Qd4 $1 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 $17 {The position has
simplified and White's pawn weaknesses (a5,d5) become painful.} 39. Qe2 Bf7 40.
Bc4 (40. Be4 Qg1+ 41. Nf1 Nd7 $17) 40... Qg1+ (40... Bh5 $142 $1 41. Qe7+ Kg8
$17) 41. Nf1 Ng6 42. Qe4 (42. Kc2 $142 $15) 42... h5 43. Be2 (43. Bd3 $5) 43...
Qf2 44. Ne3 Qe1+ 45. Bd1 Kf8 $1 46. Qf3 h4 47. gxh4 Qxh4 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]} 48.
Ng4 $2 {After this passive move Black consequently brings home his advantage.}
(48. Nf5 $1 {was necessary. After} Qxf4+ (48... Qf6 49. Qe4) 49. Qxf4 Nxf4 50.
Bb3 (50. Nxd6 $143 Bxd5) 50... Bxd5 51. Bxd5 Nxd5 52. Nxd6 {White keeps good
drawing chances}) 48... Ne7 (48... Qh5 $5 $17) 49. Ne3 Qf6 50. Qe4 Bg6 51. Qc4
Qh4 52. Qf1 Be4 53. Bb3 Qg3 54. Kd2 Nf5 55. Qe2 Qxf4 56. Bc4 Ke7 57. Qe1 Kf6
58. b3 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:43]} O-O
{[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:31] Expressing a
willingness to play...a Benoni structure! Again Gawain Jones brings something
new to the top table. Obviously ...c6 or ...d6 are completely normal.} 6. dxc5
{[%emt 0:04:39]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 7. Qa4 {[%emt 0:11:04]} (7. Bd2 Qxc5 8.
Rc1 d6 9. b3 Nc6 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. Bxh3 d5 $132 {Greet,A-Howell, D England 2017.
This was a game featuring another English star on the Black side of this line.}
) 7... Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 8. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:42]} (8...
Qh5 9. h3 $1 $14 {is strangely unpleasant.}) 9. c5 {[%emt 0:04:03] This is
very maximalist play, trying to rule out both ... d6 and ...b6 at once.} Nc6 $6
{[%emt 0:09:53] Black prepares a gambit, but this may not have been best.} (
9... Na6 $5 {leads to some lines which just have to be mentioned!} 10. Rc1 $6 (
10. Qb5 Ng4 $132) (10. Nb5 Qe5 11. Bd4 Qf5 12. Rc1 d5 $132) 10... Nxc5 $1 {
Ignoring the idea White had set up against this. The move works due to the
filthy detail} 11. Nb5 Qc6 $3 $15 {and suddenly Black is the one playing for
an edge.}) 10. Rd1 {[%emt 0:04:05]} b6 {[%emt 0:14:56] Practically not a bad
move, as everything else is just nice for White.} (10... Qb8 11. Nf3 b6 {
is too slow: now White almost wins on the spot with} 12. Bf4 $16) 11. cxb6 {
[%emt 0:20:28]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 12. bxa7 {[%emt 0:12:04]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} 13. Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06] Most accurate, but unfortunately for Black
also quite easy to find.} Bb7 {[%emt 0:11:22]} 14. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qxb3 {
[%emt 0:11:47]} (14... Qe5 $5 15. Nf3 Qh5 {is actually not trivial for White
to play - the best move is apparently} 16. Nh4 $1 $16) 15. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]
} Nxa7 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 16. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:00:30]
Bringing about an endgame where Black can put up some very inspired resistance,
but ultimately should lose against good play.} 17. Nxa7 {[%emt 0:15:49]} Rxb7 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 18. f3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (18... e6 19. Nh3
Nd5 20. Bf2 Nc3 21. Rd2 d5 {is also maybe interesting, with the idea of ...d4
and ...e5 to play against White's minor pieces.}) 19. Bf2 {[%emt 0:03:50]} Ra8
{[%emt 0:05:58]} 20. Nh3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 21. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Rbxa7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 22. Bxa7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxa7 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 23. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa1 {[%emt 0:09:10]} 24. Rxa1 $16 {[%emt 0:
00:02] It is now just a technical question. While the fortress possibilities
are not small, and more than likely with perfect play the game is actually a
draw, Black is always going to lose this in a practical game unless he (for
instance) manages to exchange knights.} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Ra7 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 26. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 27.
Ra8 {[%emt 0:10:17]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Ng5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} h6 {[%emt 0:
00:52]} 29. Nh7 $5 {[%emt 0:00:05] An interesting call, and not one I
necessarily agree with.} Kxh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. Rxf8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kg7 {
[%emt 0:02:55]} 31. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. g4 {[%emt 0:
03:10]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 33. h4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:53]} (33...
Ne3+ $5 {deserved consideration. I think if Black can get ...g5 for free then
he draws, but White's tempi don't work out either e.g.} 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kg3 (
35. Ke1 Ne3 {and since ...Ng2 is threatened White will have to go back.}) 35...
g5 36. e4 Nc3 $1 37. Rc8 Ne2+ $1 {It is rather useful that this is check.} 38.
Kf2 Nf4 $11 {This position has got to be a fortress.}) 34. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:56]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 35. Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 36. Rc6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 37. e3 {[%emt 0:02:26]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:24]
} 38. h5 {[%emt 0:00:23] So Black got ...g5 in but his knight has lost its
bearings a little bit.} Na3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} 39. Kg3 {[%emt 0:07:09]} Nc4 $2 {
[%emt 0:02:16] Losing a pawn, and possibly the decisive mistake.} (39... Nb5
40. Kf2 Kf6 {and even though it feels uncomfortable Black may be able to get
back on track soon with ...Ke7 and ...Nd6, since taking the h-pawn gets
White's rook trapped.}) 40. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 41. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 42. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Nd3 {[%emt 0:01:
37]} 43. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:01:09]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 44. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:58]}
Ne6 {[%emt 0:01:32] Initially I thought there were still chances for this to
be a fortress but then I realised Black has too many targets. Maybe with the
h-pawns off the board?} 45. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:12:37]} 46. Rd5 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 47. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 48. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ng2+ {[%emt 0:01:57]} 49. Ke4 $18 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 50. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 51. Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 52. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 53. Kd6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:07:06]} 54. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Kf8
{[%emt 0:03:16]} 55. Rf5 {[%emt 0:03:04]} Ng2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 56. Kd7 {
[%emt 0:03:01]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 57. Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} f5 {[%emt 0:08:
03]} 58. Ke6 {[%emt 0:06:38]} fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 59. Kf6 {[%emt 0:01:40]}
Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 60. Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 61. Re5 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 62. Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Nevostrujev, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 b5 $5 {If Black wants to make
profit from White's move order omitting 4.Nf3, this is the way to do that. Now
a Benko Gambit type of position will arise, where an early Bg5 is not so
effective for White.} 6. cxb5 (6. Nxb5 {is strongly met by} Ne4 $1 {for
example:} 7. d6 $2 Nxg5 8. Nc7+ Kf8 9. Qd5 Nc6 10. Nxa8 Qa5+ $17) 6... a6 7. e3
(7. b6 $143 Qxb6 {White has avoided the opening of the a <->, but he has no
extra P.} 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Nf3 e6 $1 {Black has to blow up the [+] as soon as
possible.} 10. e4 exd5 11. exd5 d6 {>< d5 may become a target.} 12. Be2 Bf5 13.
Rd1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 $36 {Konev-Salinnikov, Tomsk 2002}) (7. bxa6 $143 Bxa6 {
A58} 8. e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 d6 {This is a very good variation of the Benko Gambit
for Black even without the silly B on g5.} 10. h3 O-O 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Bh6 Bxh6
13. Qxh6 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rfb8 $44 {Burwick-Nataf, Stockholm 1998}) (7. e4 $5 axb5 (
7... d6 $2 8. a4 $16) 8. e5 $1 (8. Bxb5 {is certainly met by the standard
counterblow} Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxb5 $13) 8... b4 9. exf6
exf6 10. Bd2 (10. Qe2+ Kf8 (10... Qe7 $2 11. Nb5 $18) 11. Bd2 {- 10.Bd2}) 10...
bxc3 11. Qe2+ Kf8 (11... Qe7 12. Bxc3 Bb7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Bc4 $14) 12. Bxc3
Ba6 $13 {with big complications.}) 7... Qa5 8. Qd2 O-O 9. bxa6 $6 {This only
helps for Black to grab the |^.} (9. Nf3 d6 (9... axb5 {is too early, White
has problems with the development of his B.} 10. Bxb5 h6 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Qxb5 12. Bxe7 $16) 11. Bh4 d6 12. O-O $14) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Be2 (11. Ra3 Qb4 $44
) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nb6 $44 {with good counterchances on both flanks!
}) 9... e6 (9... Bxa6 {was also thematic exchanging the light-squared B and
fight against >< c4 or even >< d3.} 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 (10... Qxa6)) 10. dxe6 $6 {
White again helps for Black with unnecessary exchanges.} (10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne4
Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Bxb2 13. Rb1 exd5 14. Nxc5 Ba3 $13) (10. Bc4 $5) 10... dxe6 11.
Ne4 $6 {[#] This was probably the "refutation"?!} (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3 $13) 11... Nxe4 $3 {[%mdl 512] A blow from the blue!
Black sacrifices his Q for a long-lasting ->. The consequences cannot be
checked during a practical game, but it is very difficult to defend White's
position.} (11... Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Nxa6) 12. Qxa5 Bxb2 {[#]} 13. Ne2 $6 {Now
White has even more serious problems with his development.} (13. Bf6 $5 {
is a phantastic counterblow suggested by Fritz (whoelse?!), but Black has
still good practical chances, for example:} Bxf6 14. Rc1 Bxa6 15. Bd3 (15. Qa4
Bc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Qc2 Nd5 $44) (15. Nf3 Bd8 16. Qa3 Bb7 17. Qb2 Ba5+ $40)
15... Nc6 16. Qa3 Bc3+ 17. Rxc3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Nb4 $44) (13. Bd3
Bc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 $13 {is also rather messy.}) 13... Bxa1 14. Bh6 Bxa6 (14...
Nc6 {looks even more precise :} 15. Qc7 Nb4 16. Bxf8 Bxa6 {- 14...Bxa6}) 15.
Bxf8 (15. Qa4 $5) 15... Nc6 16. Qc7 (16. Qb6 Nb4 $40) 16... Nb4 17. Bh6 (17.
Bd6 Nd3+ 18. Kd1 Ndxf2+ $40) 17... Be5 $1 $19 {and the white K is doomed in
the middle.} 18. Qd7 (18. Qb6 Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Rb8 $19) 18... Nd3+ 19. Kd1 Rb8 20.
Nd4 Rb1+ 21. Ke2 Ne1+ 22. Nb5 Nc3+ {A brilliant attacking game!} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.04"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 b6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Nc3
Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 (9... Re8 {- Zhukova-Wang Pin, FIDE World Cup 2000 CBM 79}) 10.
Nxe4 (10. a4 {doesn't seem a useful move here.} e5 11. Bh2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13.
Nd2 Qe7 14. Bf3 e4 15. Be2 Kh8 16. Qb3 Rac8 17. Rae1 f5 $13 {Balashov-Yuneev,
Miedzybrodzie 1991}) (10. Nd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nf6 (11... e5 $5) 12. b4 a6 13. a4
c5 $1 14. Rab1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rb2 e5 $1 $36 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8
19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Rab8 $36 {Chemin-Chaves, Sao Paulo 1999}) 10... Bxe4 11. Bh2
(11. Rc1 e5 (11... c5 12. b3 e5 {looks crisper} (12... Nf6 13. d5 h6 {This
prophylactic move defends Black against White's attempts to catch the B on e4.}
(13... a6 $6 14. Nh4 Ne8 15. f3 $1 (15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 b5 17. e4 e5 $13 {
Ostl-Howell, Germany 1993}) 15... e6 16. Bg3 $16))) 12. Bg3 (12. Bh2 Bb7 13. b4
Qe7 14. Qc2 c5 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. d5 e4 17. Nd2 f5 $13 {Jussupow-K.Grigorian,
Frunze 1979}) (12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Bh4 h6 14. b4 a5 15. c5 {A desperate try in
order to change the course of the game.} axb4 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18.
Qxd6 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 {(Finegold-Ehlvest, Las Vegas 2003)} Qe6 21.
Qxe6 fxe6 $15) 12... Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11 {
with mass exchanges leading to a boring equality, Kaloussis-Grivas, Nikea 1985.
}) (11. Bg3 c5 (11... Bb7) (11... h6 {This is not necessary at all.} 12. Nd2
Bb7 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3 f5 {Now Black has weakened his light squares.} (14...
c5) 15. Qb3 Kh7 16. Rad1 Qe8 17. d5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne4 19. Bh2 c5 20. dxc6 Qxc6
21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rf7 23. Qb3 Kg7 24. d5 $14 {Brunner-Voekler, Germany 1997
})) (11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 (13... e5 {was also good enough for
equality.}) 14. Qd2 a6 15. a4 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Qb7 17. b4 Rfc8 18. Rab1 e5 19. Bh2
{1/2-1/2 Yuneev-Khalifman, Leningrad 1989}) (11. Qb3 e5 12. Bg3 Qe7 13. Rac1
Rab8 {fighting against c4-c5?!} 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Qb5 exd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 $11 {
Zhukova-Fominykh, Saint Vincent 2005}) 11... e5 (11... c5 {is the other way
attacking White's [+].} 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Rac1 Qb7 $11 {
Johansen-Kasimdzhanov, Mallorca 2004}) 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 (13. Rac1 a5 {
against b4} 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Ne1 {The N left his position. Now it is time to
react in the [+].} exd4 16. exd4 Rfe8 17. Bf3 Nf6 $11 {Nalivajko-Andreikin,
Kharkov 2005}) (13. Rad1 Rfd8 14. Qc1 {The h2 B remains entombbed.} a5 15. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Ehlvest-Ivanchuk, New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 13... Rfd8 {Black has
equalized completely, the h2 B remains passive.} 14. Rac1 a5 {fighting against
b4.} 15. Qe1 Bb7 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Qd2 e4 $6 {Smirin according to his style
wants to attack on the >>. However then the h2 B becomes very important again.}
(16... Be4 {with repetition of moves.}) (16... f5 $5 {looked more flexible.})
17. Ne1 {/\ Nc2-a3} f5 {Black continues the wrong plan. He had to do something
against White's concentration on the <<.} 18. Nc2 g5 19. Na3 Rf8 $6 (19... Rac8
20. Nb5 Qf6) 20. Nb5 {It was a long way to activate the N, but Black's
attacking threats on the >> are still not real.} Nf6 $2 {Completely ignoring
White's threats.} (20... Rac8) 21. c5 $1 {It became clear that White came
first on the << "thanks to" the opening of the h2-b8 /^.} dxc5 (21... Ne8 22.
cxb6 cxb6 23. Bh5 $1 $16) 22. dxc5 $6 (22. Bxc7 $1 Rfc8 (22... Nd7 23. Bd6 Qf6
24. Bxf8 {winning the exchange.}) 23. Bxb6 cxd4 24. Bxd4 $18 {and White is a
healthy P up.}) 22... Rad8 {Now Black is back again.} 23. Bc4+ Kh8 24. Qe2
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 f4 {Black's last chance is fishing in troubled waters.} (25...
Ne8 26. cxb6 cxb6 27. Nd6 $16) 26. exf4 Qxc5 27. f5 $6 (27. Nxc7 $1 Qxc7 28.
fxg5 {would have won the P simply.}) 27... Nd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxc7 Rxf5 {
White is still a little bit better but the fight begins again.} 30. b3 Bg8 (
30... Bd4 $6 31. Bg3) 31. Ne8 (31. Bg3 {was the prophylactic move.}) 31... Bd4
(31... Rd5 $1 32. Nxg7 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Kxg7 {and the ^- gives Black excellent
drawing chances.}) 32. Bg3 Rd5 (32... e3 33. fxe3 Bxe3+ 34. Kh1 $16) 33. Nc7
Rf5 34. Nb5 (34. Na6 $5 {doesn't look nice, but it can be effective...} Qd5 35.
Rd2) 34... Be5 (34... Qxb5 35. Qxb5 Rxb5 36. Rxd4 Rc5 37. Rxe4 $16 {is a
difficult _|_ for Black, if he cannot exchange rooks. Here the ^- is not so
drawish, as without rooks.}) 35. Nd6 Rf8 36. Nxe4 $18 {Finally White has won a
healthy P.} Qc7 37. Rd7 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Bxg3+ 39. Nxg3 Qc3 40. f3 Qf6 41. Qe3 Qf4
42. Qxf4 gxf4 43. Ne2 {In the _|_ >< f4 and b6 are weak.} a4 44. bxa4 Bc4 45.
Nc3 Rg8 46. Rd2 {White is now two pawns up, but he cannot find the clear-cut
way for the win.} Rc8 47. Rd4 Bf1 48. Ne4 Rc2 49. Nd2 Ba6 50. a3 Ra2 51. Nc4
Rc2 52. Nd2 Ra2 53. Kg1 Ra1+ 54. Kh2 Ra2 55. Rd6 Rxa3 56. Rxb6 Rxa4 57. Ne4 {
The >< f4 will fall soon or later.} Ra2 58. Nc3 Ra5 59. Rf6 Ra3 60. Ne4 Bf1 61.
Rxf4 {The rest is easy.} Ra2 62. Rg4 Bd3 63. Nf6 Bg6 64. h4 Kg7 65. Nd5 Kh6 66.
Rd4 Rb2 67. Kh3 Rf2 68. Nf4 Bf5+ 69. Kg3 Ra2 70. Rd5 Bc8 71. Rc5 Bb7 72. Rb5
Ba6 73. Rb6+ Kg7 74. h5 Bf1 75. h6+ Kf7 76. Rb7+ Kg8 77. Rg7+ Kh8 78. Re7 Ra8
79. Kf2 Bc4 80. Rc7 Bg8 81. g4 Ra2+ 82. Kg3 Ra3 83. g5 Ra5 84. g6 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 {Black has an original idea
in his mind waiting with castles.} 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 {This is the most
direct approach here. Black wants to eliminate White's important B at an
expence of weakening his >> pawns.} 8. e3 e6 {is a flexible, but somehow
passive alternative resembling to some Queen's Indian positions.} (8... c5 {
- Jussupow-Ivanchuk, Dortmund 1998 CBM 66}) (8... Bd7 {- Kotsur-Socko,
Chalkidiki 2002 CBM 92}) 9. Qc2 (9. Be2 Nd7 (9... Nc6 {is the main line of ECO,
but it doesn't look very impressive. The idea is to finish the development
quickly by Bd7 Qe7 and 0-0-0. However this looks rather passive and the K is
not in safety on the << either.} 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bd7 (11... Qe7 12. g4 (
12. Bf3 $5) 12... Bd7 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ng3 Rdf8 15. Nh5 f5 $13 {
Doda-Botvinnik, Beverwijk 1959}) 12. Bf3 Qe7 13. Nb5 Kd8 {This game can
possibly improved by White.} 14. Qb3 a5 15. Nc3 Ra7 16. O-O-O a4 17. Qa3 f5 18.
Rde1 Qf6 $13 {Moiseev-Balashov, SU (ch) 1970}) 10. Qd3 (10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3
O-O 12. Qc2 {/\ 0-0-0 and begin an -> against Black's weakened >>.} f5 13. f4 (
13. g4 $5 {is the other way for creating weaknesses on the >>.} Nf6 14. gxf5
exf5 15. Nf1 (15. O-O-O {(Dancevski-V.Spasov, Skopje 1998)} c6 $5 16. Kb1 {
deserves attention.}) 15... c6 16. Ng3 Qa5 17. a3 f4 18. b4 Qc7 $13 {and after
advancing the << pawns the white K has no safety as well, Maslov-Stein, Moscow
1972.}) 13... c5 {opening up the long /^ for the excellent fianchettoed B.} 14.
O-O-O cxd4 15. exd4 g4 {Black wants to avoid the opening of lines against his
K.} 16. Kb1 (16. Nb3 Nf6 $11 {Antunac-Quinteros, Wijk aan Zee II 1973}) 16...
Nf6 17. Bd3 {White has still a strong [+], which can easily be mobilized.} Bd7
18. d5 exd5 19. Bxf5 Rc8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 dxc4 22. Nxc4 $14 {Inkiov-V.
Spasov, Borovetz 2002}) 10... f5 (10... Qe7 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3) 11. Nd2 Nxg3
12. hxg3 O-O 13. g4 $1 Nf6 14. gxf5 exf5 15. O-O-O c6 16. f3 {
(Kovacevic-Thipsay, Thessaloniki (ol) 1988 46/777)} a6 17. Nf1 $1 $14 {/\ Ng3
Kovacevic}) (9. Nd2 Nxg3 10. hxg3 c5 {This is logical, if it cannot be refuted
outright because of the weakness on d6.} (10... Nd7 {or}) (10... Qe7 {are
flexible alternatives.}) 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Nde4 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Nd7 {Black's
strong fianchettoed B may compensate the weaknesses in his P structure.} 14. g4
(14. Be2 $5) 14... Ke7 15. Be2 b6 16. Nd6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 {Now White's P
structure is also corrupted.} Nf6 18. Bf3 Rb8 $11 {Smyslov-Quinteros, Dortmund
1986}) (9. Bd3 Qe7 10. Qc2 $5 (10. Rb1 {doesn't look urgent here at all!} Nd7
11. b4 O-O 12. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Kempinski-Blehm, Warsaw 2001})) 9... Qe7 10. Be2 (
10. Bd3) 10... Nd7 (10... Nc6 {/\ Bd7, 0-0-0 is the other way to finish the
development.} 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bd7 13. a3 (13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. g4 $5)
13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 f5 15. b4 {looks dangerous, but the white K is not safe.}
Rdf8 $13 {Borbjerggaard-Cheparinov, Malaga 2003}) 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 c6 (
12... f5 {looks rather risky.} 13. Bh5+ Kf8 14. Be2 Nf6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. f4
$36 {Dancevski-Socko, Ohrid 2001}) (12... Nf6 {/\ Bd7, 0-0-0 is the natural
way in order to finish the development.} 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Bf3 (14. g4 $5 O-O-O
) 14... O-O-O 15. Qb3 c6 16. Qa3 Kb8 17. Nb3 {1/2:1/2 Inkiov-V.Dimitrov,
Bulgaria chT 1991}) 13. g4 {White doesn't want to decide immediately about his
K's future.} (13. O-O-O {immediately deserved attention.}) 13... a6 {/\ b5
against 0-0-0} 14. Nde4 {This is a provocative move.} (14. O-O-O b5 {was not
so frightening in view of} 15. Nce4 $1) 14... d5 {Now the P structure has been
changed completely.} 15. Ng3 (15. Nd2 b5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nb3 {fighting on
the << was another strategy.}) 15... Nf6 16. O-O-O b5 17. c5 $6 {Now Black
gets some counterplay in the [+].} (17. cxd5 $1 cxd5 18. Nxb5 $5 {wins a P,
but Black can get some compensation on the b and c files.} (18. Na4 Nd7 19. Nc5
Nxc5 20. Nh5 Bf8) 18... O-O 19. Nc3 Bd7) 17... e5 $1 18. Nf5 (18. Kb1 $5 Nxg4
19. Nh5 {may give some compensation for the P.}) 18... Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nd7 {
The target is >< d4.} (19... e4 {closes the position even more, it is not easy
for White to find a breakthrough.}) 20. f3 $6 {looks too passive.} (20. Rhe1 $5
) (20. Bf3 $5 O-O-O 21. Bxd5 $5 {deserved attention.}) 20... exd4 (20... b4 21.
Na4) 21. exd4 Nf8 (21... O-O-O 22. Rhe1 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 {and >< d4 gives
Black a good counterplay.}) 22. Rhe1 (22. Nxd5 $2 {is not correct in view of}
cxd5 23. Qxd5 Rc8) 22... Ne6 23. Bf1 O-O-O 24. Kb1 Qd7 (24... Qf6 {attacking
>< d4 was also possible.}) 25. Ne2 {White has to defend passively his >< d4,
the B on f1 looks rather hopeless.} Rde8 $15 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rc1 {White is
doomed to passivity.} Re7 28. Red1 Rhe8 29. Qd2 Nd8 {It is not so easy to
penetrate the white camp.} 30. Rc3 Ne6 31. Rd3 Nf4 {Black wants to open up the
e <->.} 32. Nxf4 gxf4 33. a4 (33. Ra3 Kb7 34. Qb4 Re3 35. Bd3 {/\ Ra5, a4 ><
b5 creating some counterplay on the <<.}) 33... Re3 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qc3 Bf6
36. Kc2 Qa7 {The opening of the a <-> may backfire.} 37. Qa3 (37. Rxe3 fxe3 38.
Be2 {looked more persistant.}) 37... Qxa3 38. Rxa3 Rxa3 39. bxa3 Kc7 $19 {
The _|_ R and B versus R and opposite coloured B is not drawish at all, even
if the simple R _|_ and ^- _|_ has real drawish tendencies.} 40. Bd3 Ra8 (40...
Bxd4 41. Bxb5 Bxc5 $19) 41. Rh1 Bg5 {Black wants to avoid any counterplay.} (
41... Rxa3 42. Rxh6 Bxd4 43. Rh7) 42. Re1 (42. Kb3 Ra4 $19) 42... Kd8 43. Rd1
Rxa3 (43... Ra4 $19) 44. Kb2 b4 (44... Ra7 $19) 45. Bc2 Rc3 (45... Bf6 $19) 46.
Rd2 (46. Rd3 Bf6 47. Rxc3 Bxd4 48. Kb3 {transposing to a ^- _|_ gave more
practical chances.}) 46... Bf6 47. Bb3 Rxc5 48. Ka2 Rc3 49. Rd1 Ke7 50. Re1+
Re3 51. Rc1 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Wenzhou m"]
[Site "Wenzhou"]
[Date "2018.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.08.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nc3 Bf5 {This is a
typical move in the King's Indian. The B controls the important b1-h7 diagonal.
However on f5 the B can be attackable too.} (6... Nbd7 {is the most popular
move.}) ({Recently Carlsen played} 6... Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Nd4 e5 10.
dxe6 fxe6 11. O-O e5 12. Nb3 c6 13. e4 (13. Nd2 $5) 13... Nc7 14. f4 Ne6 15. f5
Nd4 16. Be3 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 gxf5 18. exf5 d5 $36 {Caruana-Carlsen, Karlsruhe/
Baden-Baden 2018, with a promising middlegame for Black..}) 7. Qb3 {White
immediately tries to exploit the fact that the B is not protecting the b7-pawn.
} (7. O-O {is a more popular move, Ding Liren has also played it with White,}
a5 8. d5 Na6 9. Nd4 Bd7 10. e4 Nc5 11. f3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Be3 Nh5 14. g3
e5 15. Ndb5 Bh3 16. Rf2 Rf7 $13 {Ding Liren-Vachier Lagrave, Stavanger 2018,
with a double-edged fight.}) 7... b6 8. d5 {White has gained some space and he
prepares for Nd4.} ({The natural} 8. O-O {was also possible.}) 8... a5 9. Nd4
Bd7 10. O-O Na6 11. Qd1 Nc5 (11... e5 $5 {was also an interesting option,} 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Bxc6 Qe7 $13 {and White has the bishop
pair, but Black is active, his pawn structure is flexible.}) 12. Bf3 Rc8 {
A prophylactic move, Black prepares for ...e5, but first he goes out the
diagonal of the f3-B.} 13. a3 e5 $1 14. dxe6 Nxe6 (14... fxe6 $6 {could have
been met by} 15. b4 $1 $36 {and the N doesn't have a good place.}) 15. Re1 (15.
b3 {was the alternative move.}) 15... Nxd4 $6 {I think this is an inaccuracy,
because White can open the e-file, improve his structure and open the diagonal
of the c1-B.} ({Black should keep the tension with} 15... h5 $13 {and the
position is unclear.}) 16. exd4 Re8 17. Be3 $1 {The most ambitious reply,
White avoids the exchange of the Rs.} Be6 {Black provokes the d5 to close the
centre.} 18. d5 Bd7 (18... Bf5 {is more natural for me, however} 19. g4 $5 {
can be interesting,} Be4 (19... Bd7 20. g5) 20. Bg5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 h6 $11 {with equalizing.}) 19. h3 {A useful move, White opens the back
rank and controls the g4-square.} ({For example:} 19. Qd2 Bg4 $1 {and Black is
OK.}) 19... Re7 20. Qd2 Qf8 21. Bd4 (21. b4 $14 {was the straightforward move
and White plays for c5.}) 21... Rce8 (21... Bh6 $5 {was a little bit more
accurate,} 22. Qc2 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 {and Black is closer to equalising.}) 22.
Rxe7 Qxe7 23. b4 h5 ({Opening of the a-file with} 23... axb4 $6 {is only
helpful for White, as} 24. axb4 $14 {and Ra7 can be unpleasant for Black.}) 24.
bxa5 bxa5 25. Rc1 {A prophylactic move, White prepares for Nb5 or sometimes c5
and the R will be useful on the c-file.} ({The logical} 25. Rb1 {to gain the
b-file could have been met by} Bf5 {and the R shouldn't leave the 1st rank,
because of ...Qe1.}) 25... Kh7 {A very tempting move, Black prepares for ...
Bh6, however it is not the most accurate.} (25... Nh7 $1 {was the precise
reaction,} 26. Be3 Qh4 27. Nb5 Re5 $1 $132 {with a complicated position.}) 26.
Be3 (26. Nb5 $2 {is bad, as} Bh6 {.}) 26... a4 27. Bf4 ({In the event of} 27.
Nb5 Ne4 $1 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Nxc7 Rb8 $44 {with a good compensation for the P.}
) 27... Bf5 28. Nb5 $1 {The correct reply!} ({The greedy} 28. Nxa4 {could have
been met by} Ne4 $1 29. Bxe4 Qxe4 $44 {and suddenly Black is very active.})
28... Be4 (28... Ne4 $2 {does not work, because of} 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 (29... Qxe4
30. Nxc7 $16) 30. Re1 $16 {and the pin is unpleasant for Black.}) 29. Re1 Qd7
30. Be2 $1 {A great move! White doesn't exchange, because the the black B on
e4 is attackable.} Bf5 {Of course the B escapes immediately.} 31. Bf1 Ne4 ({
After the exchange of the Rs with} 31... Rxe1 $6 32. Qxe1 $16 {the a4 and
c7-Ps become really weak.}) 32. Qe3 (32. Qa5 $5 {was also possible,} c6 33.
dxc6 Qxc6 34. Qa7 $36 {and White's chances are better.}) 32... Nf6 33. Qc1 Ne4
34. Re3 $6 ({Of course White doesn't repeat with} 34. Qe3 $11 {,}) ({however} 
34. Re2 $14 {was more accurate with a little advantage for White.}) 34... g5 $1
{Black immediately finds the counterplay.} 35. Bh2 Bh6 {Suddenly Black is
becoming active and threatening ...g4.} 36. g4 {White tries to solve it with a
tactical move.} hxg4 37. hxg4 Bxg4 38. Bd3 ({The fork with} 38. f3 $6 {is
dubious, as} Bxf3 39. Rxf3 g4 40. Rf4 f5 $1 $36 {and White is under pressure.})
38... f5 39. Qe1 Bh5 40. Bxe4 $2 {The decisive mistake, probably in time
pressure!} ({White should have played} 40. Nd4 $13 {with an unclear position.})
40... fxe4 41. Nd4 (41. Rxe4 $2 {does not work because of} Qg4+ $1 $19 {
and Black is winning.}) 41... Bf7 {Black had to avoid the Ne6.} 42. Bg3 (42.
Rxe4 {is also met by} Qg4+ $1 43. Rxg4 Rxe1+ 44. Kg2 Rc1 $17 {and Black has a
good chance to win the endgame.}) 42... Bg7 43. Nb5 Bg6 {Black improves his
pieces. The B-pair is extremely strong.} 44. Qe2 Re7 ({The engine suggests the
smart} 44... Kh6 $1 $19 {followed by ...Bh5.}) 45. f3 Qh3 46. Qh2 (46. fxe4 {
also doesn't help White, as} Bxe4 47. Qh2 Qxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Kg6 $19 {and Black
should be winning.}) 46... Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 Bb2 $1 $19 {A good move, Black
prepares for ...Bc1 and puts some pressure on a3.} 48. c5 Bc1 49. cxd6 cxd6 50.
Rc3 Bd2 51. Bxd6 Rb7 52. Rc7+ Rxc7 53. Bxc7 exf3 54. Kg3 Be4 55. Bb6 Bxd5 56.
Bf2 Bc1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 e6
9. Be2 Nd7 10. Qd3 {A curious move introduced by GM Vlado Kovacevic.} (10. Nd2)
(10. Qc2) 10... f5 11. Nd2 Ndf6 $1 (11... Nxg3 $143 12. hxg3 O-O 13. g4 $1 Nf6
14. gxf5 exf5 15. O-O-O c6 16. f3 a6 $5 (16... d5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. g4 $40 f4
$6 (18... fxg4 $142) 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxh6 $1 $18 {1-0 Kovacevic,V-Thipsay,P/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD(25)}) 17. Rdg1 (17. Nf1 $5 $36 {/\ Ng3, Kovacevic,Vlado})
17... b5 18. Bd1 Rb8 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. g4 Qb6 21. Bc2 Be6 22. gxf5 $2 (22. d5 $1
$36) 22... Bxc4 23. Nxc4 bxc4 24. Qxc4 Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 c5 26. Rb1 Qa3 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. dxc5 d5 29. Qd3 Qxc5 30. Kd1 Rd8 31. Ke2 Qa5 32. Kd1 Ne4 {0-1
Radulski,J-Dimitrov,V/Mataruska Banja 1996/EXT 1999}) 12. O-O-O O-O $6 {
Too early. The black king will be unsafe here.} (12... Qe7 {(delaying castling)
is more flexible:} 13. f4 Bd7 14. e4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 fxe4 16. Ndxe4 gxf4 17. Rhf1
O-O-O 18. Rxf4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Rdf8 20. Rg4 Kb8 21. Rg3 h5 22. Kb1 h4 23. Rgd3
Bc6 24. d5 Be8 $15 {1/2-1/2 Lund,C-Polevoy,N/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105 (52)})
13. f4 $1 Qe7 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Bf2 {[%cal Yh2h3,Yg2g4]} (15. e4 {looks
logical but I guess White was not sure about} Nf4 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Rhf1 (17.
exf5 exf5 18. Rdf1 Qe3) 17... fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qg5) (15. Be1 $5 {
deserved attention. This bishop can then move to c3 (or even b4) and the
d1-rook must remain there anyway as the d-file will now be opened up.}) 15...
e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. h3 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qxb7 Nf6 {[%csl Rc1]
is not too attractive.}) 17... e4 18. Qc2 Qe5 19. c5 $5 {[%cal Ya2g8]} Be6 $1 (
19... Qxc5 $2 20. g4 $1 fxg4 21. hxg4 Bxg4 22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Ndxe4 $18) 20. Nb3
$1 {[%cal Yb3d4] Correct!} (20. g4 {led to an unclear position after} fxg4 21.
hxg4 Bxg4 $1 (21... Nxg4 $143 22. Rxh5 (22. Nc4) 22... Rxf2 (22... Nxf2 23. Rg1
) 23. Qxe4 $1 (23. Ndxe4 $2 Nxe3) 23... Rxe2 $1 (23... Rf7 $6 24. Rg1) 24. Qxe5
Nxe5 25. Nxe2 Bxa2 26. Rg1) 22. Bc4+ Be6 23. Bxe6+ (23. Ncxe4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4+
Rf7) 23... Qxe6 24. Ndxe4 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Nf6 $1 26. Nxg5 Qxa2) (20. Bc4 {
is possible, too (although hardly better than the text).} Bxc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc5 {
is still risky due to} 22. Qb3 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 20... Ng3 (20... Nf4 $6 21. exf4
Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxf2 23. Nd4 {[%cal Yh1f1]}) 21. Bxg3 Qxg3 22. Nd4 Bd7 (22...
Qxe3+ 23. Kb1 Bf7 (23... Bd7 24. g4 $1 f4 25. h4 $1) 24. Ncb5 $1 (24. Nxf5 $143
Qxc5) 24... Qg3 25. Nxf5 Qe5 26. g4 $16 {[%csl Gf5]}) 23. Kb1 Rae8 24. Bc4+ {
White starts losing the thread in the complications.} (24. Bb5 $142 $1 c6 (
24... Bxb5 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Ncxb5 $16 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yh3h4]}) 25. Qb3+ Kh7
26. Nce2 Qe5 27. h4 $1 g4 28. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Rf5]}) 24... Kh8 25. Nce2 $6 {
There was no need to give up the e3-pawn.} (25. Qd2 $142 $16 {[%cal Yh3h4,
Yc3e2]}) 25... Qxe3 26. g4 {This is not as strong now as it was before.} Nh7 $1
27. h4 gxh4 (27... fxg4 28. hxg5 Qxg5 29. Ng3 $44) 28. gxf5 Bf6 (28... Bxf5 29.
Nxf5 Rxf5 30. Rxh4 Bf6 $13 {was perhaps better.}) 29. Ne6 (29. Be6 $142 Rd8 (
29... Bxe6 $2 30. Nxe6 Rf7 31. N2f4) 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. Ne6 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Rg8
$1 33. N2f4 Qf2 34. Qc1 e3 35. Rf1 (35. Ng6+ Rxg6 36. fxg6 Qf5+ 37. Qc2 Qxe6
38. gxh7 h3 $132) 35... Qg3 36. Ng6+ Rxg6 37. fxg6 Qxg6+ 38. Qc2 Qg4 {although
it is not easy for White to bring home his material advantage.}) 29... Bxe6 30.
fxe6 Rd8 31. Bd5 (31. Rd7 $6 Rxd7 32. exd7 Rd8 33. Be6 Nf8) 31... c6 32. Qxe4
$4 {[%mdl 16384] A terrible mistake. In the endgame Black's h3-pawn becomes a
decisive factor. The position was still unclear after} (32. Bxe4 $142 $13)
32... Qxe4+ 33. Bxe4 Rxd1+ 34. Rxd1 Ng5 35. Bf5 Be7 36. Bg4 Rf2 37. Nc1 $2 (37.
Rd7 {was more stubborn. Black's way to a win was really brilliant:} Rg2 $1 (
37... h3 $143 38. Bxh3 $1 Rxe2 39. Rxe7 Nxh3 40. Rxb7) 38. Bf5 (38. Rxe7 Rxg4
$19 {[%csl Gh4]}) (38. Bh5 $2 h3 $19) 38... Kg7 $3 39. Rxe7+ Kf6 40. Rxb7 Rxe2
$19) 37... Rf4 $1 38. Be2 Re4 39. Rh1 Nxe6 {White loses two pawns and the game.
} 40. Bd3 Re3 41. b4 Nd4 42. Bc4 Kg7 43. Nd3 Nf3 44. Rd1 h3 45. Nf2 h2 46. Rd7
Kf8 47. Rd1 Bh4 48. Nh1 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. O-O e6 8. Nc3
exd5 ({Recently Gelfand had 2 games with} 8... Re8 9. e4 (9. Nd2 Na6 10. dxe6
Bxe6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 $1 $132 {with a double-edged fight,
Svidler-Gelfand, Jerusalem rapid 2014.}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. b3 a6 15. h3 $14 {and White has a comfortable
position, later he managed to win, Mamedyarov-Gelfand, Baku 2014.}) 9. cxd5 Bg4
(9... Re8 {is a more common move.}) 10. e4 $146 {A novelty by Mamedyarov. The
position is transposing to a line of the Benoni, but Black has an extra tempo.}
({8 month ago Anand played} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Na6 12. Bd2 Rc8 13. Qb3 c4 14.
Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Na4 Ra6 19. b3 Nfe4 20. Bxe4
(20. Bb4 $5) 20... Nxe4 $132 {and Black has great compensation for the pawn,
Anand-Ragger, Solingen 2014.}) 10... Re8 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Bxf3 (12... Qe7
$1 {was more natural, hitting the P on e4 and defending d6.} 13. Rfe1 a6 (13...
Nxe4 14. Bb5 $1 Bf5 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qd2 Qd8 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Bxd6 Qd8 $13 {with a complicated position.}) 14. h3 (14. a4 Nxe4 $1 {Black has
prevented Bb5.}) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 c4 {followed by Nc5 and b5, Black looks
nicely placed.}) 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 a6 15. a4 Rc8 (15... Qa5 $5 {was an
interesting alternative, because sometimes the b4-square can be a good base
for the Q.} 16. Bd2 c4 $13 {with a balanced game.}) 16. Rae1 $6 {This is a
very logical reaction, because for White's main plan by f4, e5 the R is very
useful on e1. On the other hand, the R leaves the queenside, which he will
regret in the next move.} (16. a5 c4 $13) 16... Qb6 $6 (16... Qa5 $5) ({or} 
16... c4 {was more accurate, because the Q can be attackable on b6.}) 17. Ra1
c4 ({Still} 17... Qa5 $5 {was a good reply to avoid White's a5.}) 18. a5 $1 {
An important move. White has gained some space on the queenside and Black has
to leave with his queen.} Qd8 19. Be3 Nfd7 20. Na4 $1 h5 ({The engine suggests
} 20... Qh4 $5 {. Suddenly the queen starts to play on the kingside; Black
prepares for ...Nd3 or ...Ng4.}) 21. h3 Qe7 22. Rac1 Kh7 $2 {A logical idea,
sometimes Black can play for Bh6 to try to exchange the dark squared Bs.} (
22... Nd3 $1 {was correct} 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxe4 {and
Black has good drawing chances.}) 23. b3 $1 cxb3 24. Qxb3 {Now White has a
very comfortable position, as the b-file is opened, Black's b7-pawn is weak.}
Nf6 25. Qb4 (25. f3 {is the computer move, but in a practical game White could
be afraid of the dark squares weakness.}) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bh6 27. Bxh6 Kxh6
28. Nb6 Ned7 29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Qxb7 Nc5 31. Qxe7 $6 {In a practical game this
is a logical decision, but objectively not the best.} (31. Qb6 $1 {was
stronger, but it leads to complications by} Qxe4 32. Qxd6 Qxe2 (32... Nb3 33.
Bf3 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rc6 Nxa5 37. Rc5 $1 (37. Rxa6 $2 Nc4 $11 {
and draw.}) 37... Nb3 38. Rd5 $1 {and now the N is in a big trouble. For
example:} Nc1 (38... Kg7 39. Be2 a5 40. Bb5 Rd8 41. Ba4 Nc1 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. d7
$18 {and the N is trapped, White will play Kf1-e1-d1.}) 39. Bd1 $1 Na2 40. Ba4
Rd8 41. Rd3 Nb4 42. Rd2 a5 43. d7 Kg7 44. Re2 $18 {followed by Re8 and White
wins.}) 33. Qf4+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} (33. Qxc5 Qd2 34. Rc4
Rd8 {and still not so easy for White.}) 33... Kg7 34. Qd4+ $16 {and now
White's Q is also active, he is better.}) 31... Rxe7 32. f3 {White has an
extra P, but Black is very fast on the kingside; he can create some
counterplay.} f5 $1 {The best move. Gelfand immediately finds the counterplay;
now White has to sacrifice the e4 P and he should activate his R on b6.} 33.
Rb1 fxe4 34. Rb6 exf3 35. Bxf3 Rd7 36. Kf2 (36. Be2 {is not enough} Kg5 37.
Bxa6 Nxa6 ({or} 37... Ra7) 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke5 {should be an equal R
endgame.}) 36... Kg5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. Kd4 Rd8 39. Be2 Ke7 40. Rc6 Rb8 41. Rc7+
Kf6 42. Rxc5 $5 {A very ambitious sacrifice by Mamedyarov. White removes the
strong c5 N, because he gets a P and the a6 is also weak. On the other hand
Black's R is active, so he should hold the position.} dxc5+ 43. Kxc5 Rc8+ 44.
Kb6 Ke5 45. Bxa6 Rc2 46. Bf1 Rf2 (46... Kd6 47. a6 Rb2+ 48. Bb5 {transposes to
the next comment.}) 47. Bc4 Rxg2 $4 {The decisive mistake.} (47... Kd6 $1 {
was the only move,} 48. a6 Rb2+ 49. Bb5 Rxg2 50. a7 (50. h4 Ra2 $1 51. a7 Rxa7
$1 52. Kxa7 Kxd5 $11 {with a draw, because of the bad corner.}) 50... Ra2 51.
Ba6 (51. Bc6 g5 {and Black has counterplay on the other side.}) 51... Rb2+ 52.
Bb5 $11 (52. Ka5 $4 Kc5 $1 $19 {and suddenly Black wins.})) 48. a6 $18 {
Now Black can't save the game.} Rf2 ({Now} 48... Kd6 {is too late, because of}
49. a7 Rb2+ 50. Ka5 $1 {and the B is very good on c4.} Rb1 51. Bb5 $18) 49. Kc5
Rf8 50. Bb5 Ra8 51. d6 Ke6 52. h4 $1 g5 53. hxg5 h4 54. d7 Ke7 55. g6 h3 56. g7
h2 57. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nh3 {A rare, but
a smart move. White prepares for ...e6, because the knight will be very useful
from f4.} (7. Nf3 {is the main continuation.}) 7... a6 (7... Na6 {is more
common,} 8. Nf4 Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nd3 a6 13. Bd2 b5 14.
b3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 $13 {Burmakin-Aroshidze, Balaguer
2009, with a balanced middlegame.}) 8. a4 $146 {A novelty by Ding Liren.} (8.
Nf4 {was played, for example} b5 (8... Ng4 $5) 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 g5 11. Nh3
Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 Ne4 (13... Nxd5 $2 {does not work because of} 14.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxa1 17. Qxa8 $16 {and White is better}) 14.
O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 $36 {Burmakin-Vaulin, St Petersburg 1998, with
the initiative.}) 8... e6 9. Nf4 exd5 10. Nfxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Re8
13. Ra2 $5 {A smart move, White avoids the pin by the g7-bishop and he
prepares for b3.} Rb8 14. b3 b5 {An ambitious move, but risky too, moreover
this is a pawn sacrifice.} ({In the event of} 14... Be6 15. Rd2 $14 {White
looks more comfortable, because he can put pressure on d6.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16.
cxb5 {Probably more accurate, than 16.Nf6+.} (16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Re6 18.
cxb5 Bb7 {and Black has some compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Nd4 17. b6 {
Of course White tries to save his pawn.} Be6 18. e3 Nb5 {Otherwise Nc7.} 19.
Bd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxb6 {Black has recovered the pawn, but White has a really
strong bishop on d5, so his position is more tempting.} 21. Qf3 Re7 $2 {
A mistake, which loses material.} (21... Qc7 {was important, however} 22. Ba5
Qe7 23. Rc1 Qf6 24. Kg2 $14 {and still it will be torture for Black.}) 22. Ba5
Qa7 23. Bd8 $1 {This is the point!} Rxd8 {Still the best practical chance.} ({
In the event of} 23... Qxa2 $2 24. Bxe7 $18 {Black can't protect the f7-pawn.})
24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bc4 Nc3 26. Qc6 d5 27. Bd3 $1 {The most accurate reply!
White wants to save his b3-pawn.} (27. Qxc5 Rb7 {and Black wins the b3-pawn.})
27... Ra3 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Ra1 Bg7 32. Rb1 Nb4 33. Bb5
Bf8 34. e4 $1 {A very ambitious move, White sacrifices a pawn, because he
wants to open files and diagonals for his pieces.} Raa8 {Threatening ...Rcb8.}
(34... dxe4 {could have been met by} 35. Rd1 $1 $18 {followed by Rd7 with a
decisive attack.}) 35. Bf1 Rab8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Qb7 Rab8 38. Qa7 Ra8 39. Qd7 c4
$6 {Black sacrifices a pawn, because he wants to prevent Bc4.} ({If} 39... dxe4
40. Bc4 $18 {and White is winning.}) ({Probably} 39... Rd8 $1 {was the most
accurate,} 40. Qg4 h5 41. Qh4 Bg7 {and it is still not easy to break Black's
fortress.}) 40. bxc4 dxe4 (40... dxc4 41. e5 $1 {is also dangerous for Black.})
41. Qb7 Nc6 42. Re1 Rab8 43. Qd7 Ne5 44. Qd5 Rc5 45. Qxe4 $18 {Finally White
wins the e4-pawn too; now his position is completely winning. The remaining
moves do not require complicated technique from Ding Liren.} Rbc8 46. Rc1 R8c7
47. Be2 Rc8 48. f4 Nd7 49. Ra1 Nf6 50. Qf3 Re8 51. Ra8 Re6 52. Qd3 Kg7 53. Bf3
Rd6 54. Qc3 {He improves all his pieces.} h5 55. h3 Kg8 56. Qb4 Nd7 57. Bd5 Rb6
58. Qd2 Rc7 59. f5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 {Apparently, White has played the
opening without any ambition. Aparentemente, las blancas han jugado la
apertura sin ningún ambición.} 5. d5 $5 {But this move causes an opposite
impression. Pero esta jugada provoca una sensación enteramente opuesta.} O-O 6.
Nf3 e6 7. Be2 exd5 8. cxd5 d6 {As an experienced Benoni player, I have
problems finding a proper name for this almost non-existent variation; "the
e3-Benoni" sounds almost comical! However, White's setup is not without venom.
By refraining from exposing his e-pawn to early attacks (...Re8), White
intends to obtain more freedom of action for his minor pieces. His king's
knight could go to c2 (via e1) in order to counter a later ...b5 with b4, or
to the more usual c4-square, without having to care about defending the
e4-pawn from d2. We shall see further differences with respect to the
classical system (e4, Nf3 and Be2) as the game advances. White's philosophy is
similar to that from the fianchetto system: White refrains from an early
occupation of the centre, but the later advance of the e-pawn should not be
discarded. One possible drawback of this system is that the c1-bishop will
remain passive for a long time. From psychological point of view, Morozevich's
choice is simply brilliant. Kramnik does not play this opening regularly 
(although he employed it in the penultimate game of his match against Leko,
when he desperately needed to win) and, almost surely, never studied the
e3-system! There are not many recent cases when the World Champion was taken
"out of the book" at such an early stage, with the position remaining complex
at the same time. Como jugador con mucha experiencía de Benoni, tengo
problemas en encontrar un nombre a esta casi inexistente variante; "la Benoni
con e3" ¡sueña casi cómico! Sin embargo, el sistema de desarrollo escogido por
las blancas no carece de veneno. Al evitar de exponer su peón de e a ataques
tempranos (...Re8), las blancas aseguran mayor movilidad a sus figuras menores.
Por ejemplo, el caballo de rey puede ser trasladado a c2, para contestar un
eventual ...b5 con b4, o a c4, sin necesidad de defender el peón de e4 desde
d2. Veremos más detalles a lo largo de la partida. Una posible desventaja
sería conectada con las dificultades en desarrollar el alfil de c1. Desde un
punto de vista psicológico, la escogida de variante de Morozevich es
simplemente brillante. Kramnik casi no juega la Benoni (aunque si la empleó en
la penúltima partida de su encuentro contra Leko, cuando necesitaba
desesperadamente ganar) y, ciertamente, ¡nunca debio de estudiar la variante
de e3! Noson muchos los casos recientes cuando el Campeón del Mundo fue sacado
de su libro de aperturas en un estado tan temprano de la partida, con la
posición quedando suficientemente complicada.} 9. O-O Bg4 {Since Black is
under no immediate pressure, he had a relatively wide choice of typical plans.}
({The first game which made me aware of the e3-Benoni continued} 9... Na6 10.
Ne1 $5 Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Nc2 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nc7 15. Rb1 Re8 16. Bd2
{White has discouraged any queenside attack, because ...a6 followed by ...b5
would always be met by b4, aiming to open the way for the knight towards c6.}
Qe7 17. f3 Qe5 18. e4 {Finally, White has occupied the centre under favourable
circumstances. The c7-knight is passively placed now.} Qe7 19. Rbe1 Rac8 20. f4
{And now he starts the typical attack in the centre.} c4 $6 21. Qf3 Nd7 22. Nb4
$16 {Miles,A (2565)-De Kleuver,E (2150)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039 (1-0, 37). I
happened to play in this KO event and became very worried about this setup. A
few months later, I shared my fears with GM Mihai Suba (one of the greatest
Romanian Benoni specialists), but he simply laughed. I can understand him, but
if it works against a World Champion, the system cannot be that bad...}) (9...
a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. Nd2 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {would transpose to the main game.}
) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Re8 (13... Rc8 14. b3 Nb6 15. Qd3 Ng4 16.
Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 f5 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. Nf4 $14 {[%csl Ge6] De Greif,B-Lebredo,G/
Camaguey 1974/EXT 2001 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 14. b3 {This move is enabled by the
fact that Black has not the tactical possibility of destroying White's centre
with ...Nxe4 followed by ...f5.} Rb8 15. Bb2 h5 16. h3 Qa5 17. Ra1 Re7 18. Rfd1
Rbe8 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Rac1 $14 {Lobron,E (2540)-Wiersma,E (2300)/Leeuwarden
1997/EXT 99 (1-0, 64). Black has completed his regrouping, but his position is
quite passive in the absence of objectives for attack.}) (9... Re8 10. Nd2 Na6
(10... b6 11. a4 a6 {looks too passive.} 12. Qc2 Nbd7 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. h3 h5 15.
f4 $1 Ned7 16. e4 {White has transposed to a favourable form of the 3 pawns
attack, with gain of time.} Rb8 17. b3 Qc7 18. Bb2 $16 {Palermo,V (2300)
-Arencibia,W (2425)/Mar del Plata 1990/EXT 2000 (1-0, 34)}) 11. Nc4 Nc7 12. a4
b6 13. Ra2 $5 {[%cal Yb2b3,Gg7a1]} Ne4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. b3 f5 16. Bf3 Re8 17.
Qd2 Ba6 18. Bb2 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Na6 20. Re1 Nb4 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 $14 {
Lobron,E (2550)-Wojtkiewicz,A (2563)/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 076 ext (1/2-1/2, 52).
The knight stands nicely on b4, but does not do too much (compare with
Anand-Grischuk, Mexico 2007), while the queenside majority cannot be
transformed into a passed pawn easily. At the same time, the black king's
position is weakened and White only needs to prepare e4 to get attacking
chances.}) 10. h3 (10. Nd2 $5 {is possible here, too.}) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3
Nbd7 12. a4 $146 {Technically speaking, a novelty.} ({Allowing Black's
queenside expansion with} 12. Rb1 a6 13. b3 {does not make too much sense.} b5
14. Bb2 Re8 15. g3 b4 16. Na4 Ne4 $132 {[%csl Gc3] Ilinsky,V (2340)-Lukin,A 
(2450)/Frunze 1989/TD (1/2-1/2, 29)}) 12... a6 13. g4 $5 {This original
attempt to win space will be fully crowned by success. Este original intento
de ganar espacio en el flanco de rey será coronado por exito.} c4 $5 ({This is
a typical move in the Benoni, but maybe the prophylactic Esta es una jugada
típica en la Benoni, pero aquí la jugada profiláctica} 13... h6 $5 {deserved
serious attention here. Deprived of the plan of winning more space on the
kingside, White would not have been entitled to claim an advantage. hubiera
sido preferible.} 14. Be2 (14. h4 $2 Nh7 $1) 14... Re8 $13) 14. Be2 $1 Rc8 $6 {
With the pawn on e4, Black could answer 14...Nc5 15.f3 Rc8. Con el peón en e4,
las negras podían haber contestado 14...Cc5 15.f3 Tc8.} ({Not having too much
experience as a Benoni player, Kramnik did not feel prepared to carry out a
thematic pawn sacrifice:} 14... Ne5 $5 {(Clearing the d7-square for the other
knight.} 15. f4 Nd3 $1 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 h5 18. g5 Nd7 19. e4 Nc5 20. Qf3
Re8 21. Re1 Qa5 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Yb7b5]} 22. Ra2 Qb4 $132 {[%cal Ye8e7,Ya8e8]
White's far advanced pawns have left behind many vulnerable squares.}) 15. g5
Ne8 16. f4 $14 {Now, the c1-bishop proves useful by safely defending the
backward pawn. De repente, el alfil de c1 se vuelve útil, al defender el peón
retrasado de e3.} Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 $6 ({Kramnik's play in this phase of the
game is not too logical. He starts queenside operations with his knight and
king's rook passive on the other wing. Personally, I would first think of
eliminating the g5-pawn with El juego de Kramnik en esta fase de la partida no
parece muy lógico. Él inicía operaciones activas en el flanco de dama, en un
momento en que su caballo y torre rey se encuentran pásivas en el flanco
opuesto. Yo hubiera pensado en eliminar el molesto peón de g5 con} 17... h6 $5
18. h4 f6 {when cuando} 19. Bg4 {, threatening to invade the e6-square, can be
answered with , amenazando con invadir la casilla de e6, podía ser parada con}
Nc7) 18. Bf3 Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2 Nb3 21. Ne4 $16 {We can see that White
makes use of the e4-square to activate his knight. Now, ...f6 is out of
question already, because of gxf6 followed by Ng5-e6. Podemos ver que las
blancas utilizan la casilla de e4 para activar su caballo. Ahora, las negras
no pueden ni pensar en jugar ...f6, por gxf6 seguído por Ng5.} Nxd2 (21... Rxd5
22. Qxc4 Rxd2 23. Rxb3 $16) 22. Qxd2 {After the exchange of his queen's bishop,
White has solved all his problems with the development. Black's control on the
dark squares is less relevant than in a normal Benoni, because the d4-square
has not been weakened with e4 yet. White has a clear and stable advantage.
Después del cambío de este alfil, las blancas resolvieron por fin sus
problemas de desarrollo. La dominación de las negras en casillas negras es
menos relevante que en una Benoni normal, porque la casillade d4 no ha sido
debilitada con e4.} Qd8 23. Qb4 b5 24. axb5 Rxb5 25. Qxc4 Qb6 26. Qc6 Bxb2 27.
Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Ra2 Bg7 29. Rc1 h6 30. h4 hxg5 31. hxg5 f6 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6
fxg5 34. Nxg5 Nc7 {Despite simplifications, Black has a difficult position.
White has an enormous advantage of space and his c6-pawn is very dangerous. A
pesar de las simplificaciones, las negras se encuentran en apuros graves. Las
blancs disponen de una enorme ventaja de espació, mientras que el peón de c6
es muy peligroso.} 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Bg4 Bc3 37. Rd3 Ba5 38. Kg2 d5 39. e4 {
It was worth waiting with this move for so long. The advance of the e-pawn
will increase White's advantage. Mereció la pena esperar tanto tiempo antes de
efectuar esta jugada. El avance del peón de e incrementa la ventaja de las
blancas.} d4 40. e5 Bb6 41. Rb3 Rb8 42. Rh3 Ba5 43. Rh6 Rb2+ 44. Kg3 Be1+ 45.
Kf3 d3 46. Rxg6+ Kf8 47. Rd6 d2 48. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 {A tournament in which
Gelfand had to endure a painful number of losses and was in poor form.} 6. e3 (
6. Nf3 d5 {was probably what Anish intended.} (6... d6 {leads to the Panno
King's Indian.})) 6... d6 ({The direct move 6...e5 could be considered for
theroretical purposes and probably allows Black to equalise more comfortably.} 
6... e5 $1 7. Nge2 (7. d5 Ne7) (7. Bxc6 exd4 $1) 7... exd4 8. exd4 Ne7 (8... d5
9. cxd5 Ne7) 9. O-O d5 10. b3 Re8 11. Re1 c6 {Black achieves similar positions
to those in the game with an extra tempo.}) 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O exd4 9. exd4 Ne7
(9... Bf5 {has been played most often.} 10. h3 h5 (10... Re8 11. g4 Bd7 (11...
Be4 12. f3) 12. Nf4 $14) 11. f3 $5 {appears to be a strong idea that works for
White.} (11. Bg5 {This is a model game for White but arose from a different
opening and White chose a different move order for the plan.} Qd7 12. Kh2 Rfe8
13. Qd2 Rab8 14. Rad1 Nb4 15. a3 Na6 16. f3 Nh7 17. Bh4 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. Nxd4
Be6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. f4 Qxc4 23. Bd5 Qc5 24. Rg1 Qe3 25. Qg2
Qxf4+ 26. Kh1 Qh6 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Rxd6 Nf6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Qd5+ {1-0 (30)
Khismatullin,D (2657)-Bosiocic,M (2577) Rijeka CRO 2010}) 11... d5 12. g4 Be6
13. Bg5 Qd6 14. c5 Qd7 15. Rb1 $14) 10. Bf4 {White wants to exchange the
dark-squared bishops and the bishop is also ideally placed on f4.} Nf5 (10...
d5) (10... h6 {was an interesting possibilty for Black, planning to dislodge
the bishop from the diagonal and also playing against the idea of Qc1-Bh6:} 11.
Qc1 (11. d5 Re8 12. h3 Bd7 $13) (11. h3 g5 12. Be3 d5 13. b3 {I believe
Black's chances are not worse}) 11... Nf5 12. h3 g5 13. Bd2 Re8 {with a
balanced game.}) 11. Qc1 (11. h3 c6 (11... h5 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Qd3 c6 14. b4)
12. g4 Nh4 13. Bh1) 11... Re8 12. h3 c6 (12... h5 13. Bg5 c6 14. g4 (14. Qd2
Qc7 15. b3) 14... hxg4 15. hxg4 Ne7 16. f3 d5 17. c5 b6) 13. g4 Ne7 14. Bh6 d5
15. c5 b6 16. cxb6 $6 {A very strange decision.} ({The more obvious} 16. b4 {
would be better} Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Ba6 18. Rfe1 Bc4 19. a4 {Even though the black
bishop is outside the pawn chain on c4 White has slightly better chances
because of the extra space.}) 16... axb6 17. Re1 Bh8 18. Qf4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf8
20. Nf4 Ne6 21. Nce2 c5 $6 {An interesting but objectively dubious
continuation. White did not cope with the complications in the game.} 22. dxc5
bxc5 23. Nxd5 $6 (23. Nc3 $1 Ra7 (23... Nxf4 24. Bxf4 $14) 24. Rac1 d4 25. Ne4
$16 {In all variations White is able to curtail Black's activity and end up in
a better position.}) 23... Bb7 24. Nec3 (24. Nf6+ {is White's emergency exit
to a draw and probably should have been played.} Bxf6 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Bg2 Qxd2
27. Bxd2 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Rxa2 29. Nc3 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 $11) 24... Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bd4
26. Nc3 $2 (26. Nf4 {was best} Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Qb6 28. Nxe6 fxe6 29. Qc2 Bxb2 $11
) 26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 g5 $1 {Anish Giri is exceptionally precise after this
and does not give any opportunities to Gelfand.} 28. h4 gxh4 29. Ne4 Qd5 30. f3
Rad8 31. Rad1 Kh8 32. Bg5 f5 33. Bxd8 Rxd8 34. gxf5 (34. Qh6 h3+ 35. Kh1 fxe4
36. Rxe4 {is White's best try to keep the game going but his position is far
from enviable.}) 34... Qxf5 35. Kh1 Rg8 36. Rf1 Be5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Merida Linex Magic"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 {This system is called
"courteous" in Poland - due to its harmlessness.} c5 6. d5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. e3
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. Bd3 {For this line - see CBM 90,
annotations to I.Sokolov-Radjabov by IM L.Hazai.} Na6 $146 {Moves seen in
practice:} (12... e5 $6 13. g4 $1 e4 14. Bc2 fxg4 15. Ndxe4 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bxc2
17. Qxc2 Nd7 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. e4 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Radjabov,T/Sarajevo 2002/
CBM 090[Hazai] (48)}) (12... Nd7 13. Nf3 (13. Qc2 Ne5 14. Be2 Ng4 (14... e6 15.
Rd1 f4 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. exf4 Rxf4 18. Nde4 exd5 19. Nxd5 Rh4 20. O-O $16 {
0-1 Lecuyer,C-Libiszewski,F/Paris 2003/EXT 2005 (34)}) 15. Nf3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6
17. Rd1 a6 18. Kf1 $13 Qe7 $6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxe3 21. Bd3 $16 {1-0
Mendez Ataria,E-Llanos,G/Buenos Aires 1998/EXT 2005 (60)}) (13. f4 e6 (13...
Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 $132 {Hazai.}) 14. dxe6 Nb6 15. Qc2 Bxe6 16. O-O-O d5 17. cxd5
Nxd5 18. Bc4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qf6 20. Qb3 Nc7 21. Nf3 b5 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Ne5 c4
24. Qxb5 Rab8 25. Qa5 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M-Calistri,T/Gonfreville l'Orcher FRA
2007/The Week in Chess 656}) 13... Nf6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Nh2 $1 (15. Rd1 a6 16.
Be2 Nf6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. a4 Rb8 19. O-O Qe8 20. Rb1 Ng4 21. Bxg4 fxg4 22. Ra1
Bf5 23. e4 Bd7 $15 {0-1 Fiorito,F-Llanos,G/Rosario 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 15...
Ne5 16. Be2 e6 17. f4 Nf7 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. O-O Rae8 21. g4 $1 $16
{1-0 Agrest,E-Nithander,V/Copenhagen 2007/CBM 119 ext (44)}) (12... a6 13. f4
g4 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. O-O-O b5 16. e4 b4 17. Na4 a5 18. exf5 Bd7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20.
Rde1 b3 21. axb3 a4 22. f6 Rxf6 23. Ne4 Rf8 24. Nxd6 Qd8 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Nf5
axb3 27. Qxb3 Nf6 28. Nxh6+ {1-0 Goldenberg,R-Basso,F/Cannes 2000/EXT 2001}) (
12... e6 $5 {Probably the most flexible: the b8 knight will choose its route
later on.} 13. Qc2 (13. Qh5 exd5 14. cxd5 (14. Nxd5 Nc6) 14... Nd7 15. Nc4 Qe7
16. g4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. O-O a6 21. a4 Rae8 $13
{0-1 Andersen,J-Poluljahov,A/Gausdal 1994/EXT 1997 (56)}) (13. g4 $5 {Hazai})
13... Na6 (13... exd5 14. cxd5 a6 15. a4 Qf6 16. Nc4 Nd7 17. f4 Rb8 18. a5 b5
19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Na5 Re8 21. Qd2 Qf7 22. Be2 g4 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. Kf2 Bd7 25.
Rhd1 $14 {1-0 Quinn,M-Solleveld,M/Cork 2005/CBM 105 ext (34)}) 14. a3 Nc7 15.
O-O-O (15. f4 exd5 16. cxd5 b5 17. Nf3 c4 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. Be2 g4 19. Nd2 (
19. Nd4 $142) 19... Re8 20. e4 fxe4 21. Rh4 a5 22. Bxg4 Bf6 23. Rxh6 Kg7 24.
Bxc8 Kxh6 $17 {0-1 Tihonov,J-Khruschiov,A/Moscow 2006/CBM 110 ext (35)}) (15.
Rd1 exd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Kf2 Rae8 19. Rde1 b5 20. Qb1 a5 $17 {
0-1 Abdulla,A-Harika,D/Mumbai 2003/CBM 093 ext (26)}) (15. dxe6 $5 Bxe6 16.
O-O-O) 15... Qe7 16. g4 (16. e4 $5) 16... fxg4 17. Nde4 exd5 18. cxd5 b5 {
1/2-1/2 Logothetis,S-Siamidis,D/Attica 2003/EXT 2005}) 13. e4 $1 {A logical
reaction to the distraction of the black knight.} e6 (13... f4 $6 14. g4 {
[%cal Ye4e5]}) 14. dxe6 $6 (14. O-O $142 $1) 14... Nb4 {The knight has
obtained the c6 square and now enters the game.} 15. Bb1 f4 $6 {It is risky to
open up the b1-h7 diagonal.} (15... Bxe6 $142 $13) 16. gxf4 gxf4 17. e5 $1 Bxe6
$1 18. Be4 (18. Nce4 $142 $1 $36) 18... Qd7 19. Nf3 $5 Bxc4 (19... Rad8 $5) 20.
a3 Nc6 21. Bd5+ (21. Qxd6 Nxe5 $1 22. Qxd7 Nxd7 23. O-O-O Nf6 24. Bxb7 Rab8 $13
) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. exd6 Re8+ 25. Kf1 Re6 26. Rd1 Nd4
27. Rh5 b6 28. Rd5 Rd7 29. Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Rf5 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rdxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxd6
33. Rxf4 {After some complications the game reaches a roughly equal rook
ending.} Rd3 34. Rc4 Rd2 35. g4 $1 Rc2 36. Kg2 Kf7 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Re4+ Kf6 (
38... Kd6 39. Re3 Ra2 40. f4 Rxa3 41. g5 hxg5 42. fxg5 Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra4 44. Kg3
$11) 39. Re3 Ra2 40. f4 Rxa3 41. f5 {This pawn gives White sufficient
counterplay.} Kg5 42. Rf3 Kf6 43. Re3 b5 44. Re6+ Kg7 (44... Kf7 45. Rxh6 b4 (
45... Rxc3+ 46. Kf4 $132) 46. Kf4 bxc3 47. Rh7+ Kg8 48. Rc7 Ra4+ (48... Ra5 49.
Ke3) 49. Kg5 Rc4 50. Kf6 $11) 45. Kf4 a5 (45... Rxc3 46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Rxa7 $132
) 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Rb6 Rxc3 48. Rxb5 Rc4+ 49. Ke5 Rxg4 50. Rxa5 h5 51. Rxc5 Ra4
52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Kf6 Ra6+ 54. Kg5 Kf8 55. Kxh5 Rb6 56. Kg5 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grand Slam Final 8th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2015.10.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2015.10.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd2 Re8
9. O-O Na6 10. e4 (10. dxe6 {has also been played,} Bxe6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Nc6
13. Bf4 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 ({In the event of} 15. Qxd4 Nd5 $1 16. Qd2
Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Rc8 $132 {with strong counterplay for the P.}) 15... Nxe4 16. Bd3
Bd7 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Bc6 $132 {Svidler-Gelfand, Jerusalem rapid 2014,
with a double-edged fight,.}) 10... Nc7 11. a4 $146 {A novelty by Ding Liren.
The position is transposing to a line of the Benoni, but Black has an extra
tempo.} ({Dreev played} 11. Re1 Rb8 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nb3 Nd4 14. Bf1 Ng4 15.
h3 Ne5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nb5 Qb6 18. Nxd4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxd4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21.
Rxe3 Qxb2 22. e5 Qb4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. exd6 Be6 $11 {Dreev-Grischuk, Loo 2014,
with an equal endgame.}) 11... Na6 {A logical decision. White avoids the ...b5
plan, but he weakens the b4-square, which is a nice place for the N.} 12. f3
Nb4 13. Rf2 {An unexpected move. White frees the f1-square, so sometimes he
can play Nf1 or even Bf1.} Nh5 {An ambitious reaction. Black starts to play on
the kingside and he is threatening ...Bd4.} 14. dxe6 (14. Nb3 {was the
alternative,} exd5 15. cxd5 f5 $132 {with a complicated middlegame.}) 14...
Bxe6 15. Nb3 {Otherwise ...Bd4.} f5 {So immediately starts his play on the
kingside.} ({The solid} 15... Qe7 $5 {was also possible,} 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Qd2
f5 $13) 16. Bf1 ({The engine suggests} 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bf1 ({The careless} 
17. g4 $2 {could have been met by} Bc2 $1 $19 {and Black wins.}) 17... Rf8 {
and now} 18. g4 $2 {is too optimistic, because of} Bxg4 $1 19. fxg4 Rxf2 20.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Be5 22. Qe2 Rf8 $1 $40 {with a strong attack.}) 16... Qe7 17.
Be3 $6 {An inaccuracy. The B is not the best on e3.} (17. exf5 {was important,
but} gxf5 ({now} 17... Bxf5 $2 {does not work because of} 18. g4 $1 $18) 18.
Re2 Nc6 {and Black's position looks more tempting.}) 17... f4 {A logical move,
but it closes the important b8-h2 diagonal.} ({Probably} 17... Be5 $1 {was
more accurate, for example} 18. f4 (18. Qc1 {is bad, as} Bxh2+ $1 19. Kxh2 Qh4+
20. Kg1 Ng3 $19 {with a decisive attack.}) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nc6 $15 {
and Black looks slightly better.}) 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Be1 Nc6 20. Nd5 Qg7 21. Bc3
Rad8 22. Nc1 g5 {The position is very similar to the King's Indian Classical
variation. Black tries to attack on the kingside with ...g4.} 23. Nd3 Bxc3 (
23... Bd4 $5 {was also an interesting option.}) 24. bxc3 {The right reply.
White has to control the d4-square.} Bxd5 25. cxd5 Ne5 ({The computer suggests
the strange} 25... Na5 26. Qc2 Nf6 {and Black looks fine.}) 26. Rb1 Re7 27.
Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rb3 Rdd7 29. Qc1 Nf6 30. h3 h5 31. c4 Rg7 32. a5 Rdf7 33. Qb2 g4
{After some piece manoeuvres Black achieves ...g4. Of course White forces the
exchange of Qs, otherwise Black's attack is too dangerous.} 34. Qxe5 dxe5 35.
Kh1 gxf3 ({The positional} 35... Ne8 $5 {was the alternative, followed by ...
Nd6. Black is obviously slightly better, but the position is closed, so it is
not easy to break open White's fortress.}) 36. gxf3 h4 37. Rb5 Rc7 38. Rd2 Nh5
39. Kh2 Ng3 40. Bg2 Rgd7 41. d6 Rc6 42. Rd5 {White creates counterplay, he
activates his R, Black can't protect the e5-P.} b6 43. Rxe5 Rcxd6 44. Rg5+ Rg7
45. axb6 axb6 46. Rg4 Rd2 47. Rxb6 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Rxg4 49. hxg4 Ne3 50. Bh3 Rd1+
51. Kh2 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rd1+ 53. Kh2 Rd2+ {A nice and well-played game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 c5 7. d5 Qb6 $5 {
An unusual but decent move.} (7... Qa5 {and}) (7... Na6 {are normally played.})
8. Rb1 (8. Qd2 Bf5 9. Rc1 a5 10. b3 a4 11. bxa4 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ng5 Bf5
14. e4 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rxa4 $13 {1-0 Drozdovskij,Y-Alford,P/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM
099 ext (30)}) (8. Qb3 Qxb3 9. axb3 Na6 10. e4 Nb4 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Bg3 f5 13.
h3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nh6 15. Bd3 Nf5 16. Bh2 Bd7 17. Rhe1 b5 18. Nc3 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3
bxc4 20. bxc4 Rab8 21. g4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Nd1 Bf6 24. b3 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Anastasian,A-Kruppa,Y/St Petersburg 1993/TD (43)}) 8... e5 $5 {As White can't
take on d6 now, his whole setup with Bf4 loses sense.} (8... Na6 9. a3 Nh5 10.
Bg5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nb8 12. Be2 Nf6 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Qc2 e6 15. e4 e5 16. b4 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Cornelisse,J/La Fere 2007/CBM 119 ext (41)}) 9. Bg5 (9. dxe6
Bxe6 10. Qb3 (10. Qxd6 $6 Nc6 $36) 10... Qc6 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. Be2 h6 13. O-O Na6
14. Rd2 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Rab8 $132 {0-1 Nikolic,
B-Vojinovic,G/Vrsac 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 9... Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7
12. Nd2 (12. e4 Nh5 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 12... Rae8 13. a3 a6 14. f3 Qc7 15. Bh4 Nh5
$1 16. g4 e4 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent positional sacrifice based on a
tactical idea.} 17. fxe4 (17. Ncxe4 f5 $1 {the point!} 18. gxh5 fxe4 19. fxe4
Ne5 20. Qe2 $13 {may be better for White than the text as he has two extra
pawns here!}) 17... Bf6 $1 18. Bxf6 (18. Bf2 Bxc3 $1 19. bxc3 $8 Nhf6 20. h3 {
With two pairs of doubled pawns White's position is not too attractive.}) 18...
Nhxf6 19. Qe2 {Black has a strong e5-square but White's position is quite
solid and he eventually holds his ground. It is curious that doubled pawns
have a certain merit: they protect all the important squares beside (though
not in front of) them!} Ne5 20. h3 Qe7 21. Rg1 Nfd7 22. Kd1 Qh4 23. Kc2 Rb8 (
23... Qxh3 $2 24. Rh1 Qxg4 25. Qh2 {[%cal Rh2h7,Rb1g1]}) 24. Rh1 Kg7 25. a4 Rh8
26. Qg2 Qg5 27. Qg3 h5 28. Qf4 Qe7 29. g5 Rhf8 30. Rbf1 Qd8 31. Qg3 Qa5 32. Ra1
Qb4 33. a5 b5 34. axb6 Nxb6 35. Na2 Qa5 36. Nc3 Qb4 37. Na2 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 {By this move order Black
sometimes wants to vacate the d6 square for his N in a peculiar variation.} (
5... d6 {is the natural and usual move here.}) 6. e3 {Here this modest move
contains more venom, because the N belongs to d7 instead of c6.} (6. Nf3 a6 (
6... d6 {transposes to the main lines.}) 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2 c5 9. O-O Ne8 {
/\ Nd6 is an original, but not completely correct idea to put pressure on ><
c4.}) 6... e5 7. d5 (7. Nge2 {gives also a small, but durable advantage for
White:} exd4 (7... d6 8. O-O) 8. exd4 d6 (8... d5 $6 {is incorrect because of}
9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Ne7 11. Nc3 $16) 9. O-O Bg4 (9... Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11. Be3
$14 {and Black cannot find a good plan.}) 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Re8 12. Nc3 Qd7
13. Be3 $14 {White has a strong [+], and a nice fianchettoed B controlling the
long /^, Pcola-Pribyl, Pardubice 1996.}) 7... Ne7 (7... Nb8 {is even worse.} 8.
Nge2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rb1 Re8 11. e4 $16 {Alatortsev-Kasparian, Kiev 1940}) (
7... Na5 {puts the N to an awkward place.} 8. b3 c5 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Ba3 Re8
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bb4 b6 13. Bxa5 bxa5 14. Bxc6 $16 {Yrjola-Pyhala, Helsinki
1990}) 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O (9. e4 Nd7 10. Be3 (10. O-O f5 11. Rb1 a5 12. a3 Nc5
13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nc3 Nf5 17. Nxe4 Nd4 {gives Black
good chances for equality.}) 10... f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
O-O {(Kengis-Lukin, Daugavpils 1989)} d5 $1 $13) (9. b3 {doesn't look really
frightening.} Nf5 {This looks a bit sophisticated. Black is fighting against
e3-e4, but he has no f7-f5 plans as well.} ({Why not} 9... Nd7 10. Bb2 f5 {
with a normal play on the >>?}) 10. Bb2 e4 11. Qc2 Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Bd7
14. Rhg1 h5 15. Kb1 a6 16. Nc1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 c5 19. dxc6 {1/2-1/2
Smejkal-Stohl, Ostrava 1994} Bxc6 20. Nb3 $14) 9... h5 $6 {This plan will
hardly find any followers.} (9... Nd7 {is the standard reply here.} 10. e4 f5 {
- 9.e4}) 10. e4 Kh8 {/\ Ng8, but these moves are easy to condemn.} 11. f4 {
White grabs the |^ in the [+]. Playing on the << was also possible.} (11. b4 $5
) 11... exf4 12. gxf4 c6 13. Kh1 Bg4 14. f5 $5 {This gives up some dark
squares(especially the important central square e5) in order to get a direct
pressure on the >>.} cxd5 15. cxd5 Rc8 ({Accepting the sacrifice gives White
enormous compensation after} 15... gxf5 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2) 16. Be3 Qa5 17.
h3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 a6 (18... gxf5 {is now met by} 19. Bg5) 19. Bd4 Kh7 20. a3
Neg8 21. Bf3 $1 Nd7 {[#]} 22. Bxh5 $1 {This was the idea of Bf3. Soon or later
the N had to leave f6 in order to get control over e5, but then >< h5 will be
undefended.} Bxd4 (22... gxh5 $2 {loses outright after} 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qxh5
Rfe8 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Rxg8+ $1 Kxg8 27. Qh6 $18) 23. fxg6+ fxg6 (23... Kg7 $2
24. gxf7 Ngf6 25. Qg2+ Kh8 26. Qd2 $1 Kh7 27. Qg5 $1 Rfd8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rxf6
$1 Nxf6 30. Qh6+ Nh7 31. Bg6 $18) 24. Bxg6+ $1 {destroying Black's defensive P
barrier.} Kg7 (24... Kxg6 25. Qg4+ Kh6 26. Rg1 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 $18) 25. Bf5 (25.
Qg2 $5 {was a serious alternative, for example:} Ndf6 26. Rf4 Rc7 27. Rh4)
25... Ndf6 $1 {Now Black's defence is on the top.} (25... Ne5 26. Qd2) 26. Qd2
$1 (26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Rf3 Kh8) 26... Bxc3 $2 {This is the decisive mistake.} (
26... Rc4 $1 {was the only defence, for example?} 27. Qg5+ (27. Be6 Qd8 {/\ Kh8
}) 27... Kf7 28. Be6+ Ke8 29. Qg6+ Kd8 30. Qg7 Re8 31. Qxb7 Bxc3) 27. Qg5+ $18
{Now the black K cannot escape anymore.} Kf7 28. Be6+ Ke7 (28... Ke8 29. bxc3
$1 Rxc3 30. e5 $1 $18) 29. Qg7+ Ke8 30. Bxc8 Rf7 (30... Bxb2 31. Bg4 $1 {
This is a nice switch-back.} Bxa1 32. Bh5+ $18) 31. Qg2 Be5 32. Be6 Ne7 (32...
Rf8 33. Qg6+ Kd8 34. Rac1 Ne7 35. Qg7 Re8 36. Rxf6 $1 {leads to a pretty mate
after} Bxf6 37. Rc8+ $1 Nxc8 38. Qd7#) 33. Rac1 $1 Rh7 {[#]} 34. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6
35. Rc8+ $1 Qd8 {Sad, but there was no alternative.} (35... Nxc8 {leads to a
nice mate again after} 36. Qg8+ Ke7 37. Qxh7+ Ke8 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Qd7#) 36.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Qf2 Be5 38. Qb6+ Ke8 39. Qxb7 Kf8 40. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{If ever you were in doubt about how important an advantage in space is then
you should have a look at this game!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O
5. Be2 {This line with not committing your knight to c3 is becoming quite
popular against Grünfeld experts. ...d5 now would not be so great due to cxd5
Nxd5 and e4, and there is no knight to exchange on c3.} d6 (5... c5 $5 {
A possible decision could be to transpose into a Benoni structure where e3 is
not such a dangerous line.}) 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Re1 exd4 (9...
e4 10. Nd2 Qe7 {is a reversed King's Indian Attack. This is definitely
preferable to exd4. The attack might not be very dangerous, but it is better
than what happened in the game.}) 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bf4 $14 {White now has a
static advantage of space which is difficult to neutralise due to the
symmetrical pawn structure.} Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 (12... Nxc4 $6 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14.
Qxf5 $16) 13. Qxd3 Qd7 14. b3 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. h3 {
So what exactly is White's advantage? In one simple word it is - space! White
has so much space in this position that it is extremely difficult for Black to
find a constructive plan. And Ni Hua is pretty good at converting such dry
technical positions.} a6 18. a4 Nbd7 19. a5 {Gaining further space.} Qd8 (19...
Qe6 {with the idea of c6 followed by d5 would have at least brought some
active possibilities to the second player.} 20. b4 c6 21. b5 h6 22. bxa6 bxa6
23. Kf1 (23. c5 dxc5 24. Qxa6 cxd4 $132) 23... Ne8 $14 {[%cal Ge8c7] White's
advantage still exists but it is not as huge as in the game.}) 20. b4 b6 $6 {
Tired of waiting passively, Vidit lashes out, but now the a6-pawn becomes weak.
} 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Bg5 Qa8 (22... h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. c5 $16) 23. Bxf6 Bxf6
24. c5 Nd7 (24... Nd5 25. Qe4 c6 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Qf4 $16) 25. Qc4 dxc5 26.
bxc5 a5 ({A relatively better try was} 26... Qc6 27. Kf1 Kg7 28. Nd2 Qe6 $14)
27. Nd2 Bg7 28. Nde4 Nf6 $6 (28... h6 29. d5 Qe8 {is better than what happened
in the game, but this still looks pretty depressing for Black.}) 29. d5 Nxe4
30. Nxe4 a4 31. d6 $1 {The d-pawn is much more dangerous than the a-pawn.} a3 (
31... cxd6 32. cxd6 a3 33. d7 $18) 32. dxc7 Qb7 (32... a2 33. Qxa2 Qxa2 34.
c8=Q+ Bf8 35. Qe8 $1 $18) 33. Qd5 $1 a2 (33... Qxd5 34. c8=Q+ Bf8 35. Nf6+ $18)
(33... Qxc7 34. Qa8+ $1 Bf8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ne8+ $18) 34. Qxb7 (34. Qxb7 a1=Q+
35. Kh2 Qe5+ 36. g3 $18 {A superb game by Ni Hua who showed why space is one
of the important assets to have in the game of chess.}) 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dautov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 O-O 5. e3 d6 (5... c5 $5 6. Nf3 (
6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Ne4 Qb6 $10) 6... cxd4 7. exd4 (7. Nxd4 Qa5 8. Bh4 Ne4) 7... h6
8. Bf4 d5 $10) 6. Nf3 c5 7. Be2 cxd4 $5 $146 (7... h6 8. Bh4 Bg4 (8... cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Rc8 $10 {Barbero,
G-Uhlman,W Debrecen 1989 Inf 47/699/}) 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12.
Qxe2 a6 13. e4 Nd7 14. f4 $14 {Knaak,R-Azmayparashvili,Z Dortmund 1992 Inf 54/
557/}) 8. exd4 (8. Nxd4 $6 {Dautov} Qa5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O Bg7 $15) 8... h6
9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 $6 Nh5 $1 (9... Bg4 {Dautov} 10. O-O Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. b3 Qa5 15. Rc1 a6 $132) (9... Bf5 $5 10. O-O Ne4 $132) 10.
Qd2 g5 11. Nxg5 (11. Bg3 f5 $17) 11... hxg5 12. Qxg5 Nf6 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Rd3
Nh7 15. Qf4 f5 $17 {Goldenberg,R-Marin,M Belfort 1990;9.Be3!?/}) 9... Bf5 10.
O-O Ne4 $1 11. Nxe4 $5 (11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 $15) (11. Rc1
$5 Nxc3 (11... Nc6 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. d5 $14) 12. Rxc3 (12. bxc3 $5) 12... Nc6
$10 (12... Nc6 {Dautov} 13. Qd2 g5 14. Be3 e5 $10)) 11... Bxe4 12. Qd2 (12. Nd2
$6 Bf5 13. Nb1 (13. Nb3 a5) 13... Nc6 14. Be3 Qb6 $17) 12... g5 (12... Kh7 {
Dautov} 13. Rad1 e6 (13... Nc6 {>=} 14. d5 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne5) 14. Qe3 f5 15.
Qa3 d5 16. Be5 $14) 13. Be3 e6 $1 (13... Nc6 $6 14. d5 Bxf3 (14... Ne5 {Dautov}
15. Nd4 $16 {/\f4}) 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 $14) 14. Ne1 $6 (14. d5 $5 e5 15. Ne1
(15. c5 {Dautov} f5 16. cxd6 Qxd6 $17) 15... Bg6 16. c5 f5 17. f3 $13) (14. h4
$1 {Dautov} gxh4 (14... g4 15. Nh2 h5 (15... f5 16. f3 gxf3 17. gxf3 Bc6 18. d5
Bd7 19. Bxh6 Qxh4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. dxe6 $16) 16. f3 Bg6 (16... gxf3 17. Nxf3
Nc6 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19. g3 $16) 18. Ng5 Bg6 19. Bd3 $16) 17. fxg4 hxg4
18. Nxg4 Qxh4 19. Bg5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Qxg5 21. Nf6+ $16) 15. Bxh6 Nc6 16. Bxg7 (
16. d5 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 $132) (16. Bg5 Qb6 $13) 16... Kxg7 17. Qf4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Qf6 $13) 14... Nc6 $15 15. f3 (15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 d5 17. c5 f5 $17)
15... Bg6 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 18. Rd1 (18. Bd4 {Dautov} Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nf5
20. Qf2 Re8 $15) 18... Rc8 19. Bf2 (19. Bxa7 Ra8 20. Bf2 (20. Bd4 {Dautov}
Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Nf5 22. Qf2 Re8 23. Bb5 Ne3 24. Bxe8 Nxd1 25. Qd4 Qxe8 26. Qxd1
Qe3+ 27. Kh1 Rxa2 $17) 20... Rxa2 $17) (19. f4 $1 {Dautov >=} Nf5 20. Bf2 gxf4
21. Qxf4 $132) 19... a6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Qa5 22. Qb3 Qb5 $1 23. Qxb5 axb5
24. Rd2 b4 25. Bd4 (25. g3 Ra8 26. b3 Ra5) 25... Rfe8 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Nc2 (
27. g3 Rc5) (27. Rd4 {Dautov} Nf5 28. Rxb4 Ne3 29. Rf2 Nxd5 30. Re4 Rxe4 31.
fxe4 Rc1 $17) 27... Nxd5 $1 28. g3 (28. Rxd5 Rxc2 29. Rf2 (29. Rxd6 Ree2) 29...
Re1+ 30. Rf1 Ree2 $19) (28. Rff2 $2 {Dautov} Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Re1+ $19) 28... Re5
29. Nd4 (29. f4 $5 gxf4 30. gxf4 Re4 (30... Rf5 31. Nd4) 31. Rxd5 Rxc2 32. Rf2
$17) (29. Rfd1 {Dautov} Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Ne3 31. Rdd2 Nxc2 32. Rxc2 Kf6 $17) 29...
Ne3 30. Rb1 (30. Re1 Nc4 31. Rde2 Kf6 $17) 30... Rd5 {/\31...Rc4/} 31. b3 Kf6
32. Re1 Rc3 33. Kf2 Nf5 34. Red1 $8 Nxd4 35. Rxd4 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 $6 (36. Ke3 Rxd4
(36... Re5+ 37. Kd3) 37. Rxd4 Ke6 38. Re4+ $1 Kd5 39. Rxb4 Rxa2 40. Rxb7 f5 $15
) 36... Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Ke5 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 39. Rxb7 f5 40. Re7+ $6 {>=40Rb4, 41.
f4/} Kd4 $17 41. Re6 d5 42. Rxh6 Ke3 43. Rf6 d4 44. Rxf5 d3 45. Re5+ Kxf3 46.
Rf5+ Ke3 47. Re5+ Kd4 48. Re8 d2 49. Rd8+ Ke3 50. Re8+ Kf3 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. b3
Bf5 9. d4 Qc8 10. Re1 e5 11. Ba3 Rd8 12. Rc1 $146 {A novelty by Dominguez.} (
12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nd5 e4 14. Nef4 b6 $11 {with solid play, Ristoja
Lehtimaeki-Karvi, Finland 1973.}) 12... Bh3 13. dxc5 (13. Bh1 Qf5 {and Black
would like to attack with Ng4.}) 13... Bxg2 14. Kxg2 dxc5 15. Nd5 b6 16. Nxf6+
(16. Nec3 {was the alternative move} e4 $1 17. Qc2 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5 19. Nxe4 (
19. Qxe4 $6 {is dubious, because of} Qa6 $1 $36 {and suddenly Black has a
great initiative.}) 19... Rxd5 {with a balanced middlegame.}) 16... Bxf6 17.
Qc2 Qa6 $1 {The queen is very unpleasant from a6. White's a3 B and a2 P are in
trouble.} 18. Qb2 Bg7 {Too careful.} ({It was much stronger to play} 18... Rd6
$1 19. Rcd1 (19. Nc3 $2 e4 $1 $19) ({and White can't play} 19. e4 $2 Rad8 $17 {
and Black controls the d-file, now White is in big trouble.}) 19... Rad8 20.
Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Qc1 e4 $1 $36 {followed by ...Ne5, Black has a hopeful position.}
) 19. e4 Nd4 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nd5 {Strategically White's position looks good,
because he has a great knight on d5 and he has the "good B". On the other hand
he can't come back with his bishop which is completely out of play, so only
Black can fight for the initiative.} Rd7 ({Probably} 21... fxe4 $1 {was more
accurate} 22. Rxe4 Rf8 23. b4 Rab8 24. b5 Qb7 {and Black can create some sort
of attack on the f-file.}) 22. b4 $1 cxb4 23. Bxb4 {Now the bishop is active
again; White has equalised.} fxe4 24. Qb1 $1 Qb7 $6 {A dubious move, because
White can immediately activate his queen.} ({Black should have played} 24...
Re8 25. Rxe4 (25. Qxe4 $6 Qxa2) 25... Rf7 $13 {still an unclear middlegame.})
25. Qxe4 Rc8 $4 {A terrible blunder, which both players missed in the game.} (
25... Rad8 26. Rcd1 $14 {and White's position is more comfortable.}) 26. a4 $4
({The tactical} 26. Ne7+ $1 {was working} Rxe7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Qxd4 $1 $18 {
and White has a clear exchange up, he is completely winning.}) 26... Kh8 $6 {
A logical move, but too slow.} (26... Nc6 {was more accurate} 27. Ba3 Rf7 {
and Black can try to hold on.}) 27. f4 $1 {An ambitious move, now White has
the initiative again.} Nc6 28. Bc3 Re8 29. Rcd1 Qc8 30. f5 $6 ({Still} 30. Re2
$1 {was the best, Black is in an unpleasant pin on the e-file, so White has
some advantage.}) 30... gxf5 (30... gxf5 31. Qxf5 Rf8 32. Qd3 Rdf7 (32... Nd4
$5) 33. Rf1 {with a nearly equal position.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. e3 {A rare move.} (5. g3) ({and} 5.
Nh4 {are the main continuations.}) 5... Bg7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7
9. b3 (9. e4 e5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 h5 13. dxe5 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Qd5+ Rf7 16. f4 c6 17. Qd4 g5 18. fxe5 fxe5 19. Qe3 gxh4 20. Rxf7 Kxf7 21.
Rf1+ Kg6 $132 {Svane-Adhiban, Sharjah 2017, with a double-edged fight.}) 9...
e5 10. dxe5 (10. Bb2 Re8 11. Qc2 exd4 12. exd4 d5 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1 Rc8
15. c5 c6 16. b4 a6 $11 {Lentrodt-Blatny, Bad Wiessee 1997, with a balanced
position.}) 10... dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Ne4 {White is simplifying the position.
He is playing for a draw from the very beginning.} Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qc8 14. Rad1
Nf6 15. Qc2 e4 16. Nd4 Ng4 {Ambitious play by Black, he prepares for ...Ne5-d3,
however the position is equal.} 17. Bb2 Ne5 18. Ne2 Qg4 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Rd2 c6
({The natural} 20... Rad8 {was also possible.}) 21. Rfd1 h5 22. h3 h4 23. Rd6
Bh8 {A strange move, but White controls the d-file, so Black can only hold the
position.} 24. c5 a5 25. a3 Kh7 26. Qe2 Bg7 27. Qc2 Bh8 28. Kf1 Re7 29. Rd8 {
White avoids the repetition and he decides to exchange the rooks on d8. On the
other hand, the exchange is only helping for Black.} Rxd8 30. Rxd8 Bf6 31. Qd2
(31. b4 Rd7 $11 {leads to a drawish endgame.}) 31... a4 $1 {Black immediately
creates counterplay on the queenside.} 32. Qc2 axb3 33. Qxb3 Nd7 34. Qc2 $6 {
This is a dubious move, which involves some difficulties for White.} (34. Qxb7
Qxc5 35. Bxf6 Qc1+ 36. Ke2 Qc2+ $11 {was a quick draw.}) 34... Kg7 35. Ne2 $2 {
Mistake! White simply sacrifices his c5-pawn.} (35. Kg1 {was important,} Qxc5
36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. Qb2+ Ne5 38. Rd4 $44 {with a good compensation for the pawn.
}) 35... Qxc5 $1 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {The black king comes out a bit, but White
can't create counterplay against it.} 37. Nc3 Kg7 $1 38. Kg1 (38. Qb2 {was
tougher, but} Qb6 $17 {and Black has a healthy pawn up.}) 38... Qxa3 39. Qd2 ({
In the event of} 39. Nxe4 Qa1+ 40. Kh2 Qe5+ 41. Kg1 Qxe4 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 43. Rxd7
b5 $19 {and thanks to the two connected passed pawns Black should be winning.})
39... Nf6 $19 {Black is two pawns up, his position is completely winning. We
still can not guess what's going to happen.} 40. Qd4 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qa5 42. Kg1
Qe5 43. Qb4 b6 44. Ne2 Qc7 45. Ra8 c5 46. Qb2 Rd7 47. Ra1 Rd6 48. Nc3 Qe7 49.
Nb5 Rd3 50. Rb1 Qe6 $6 {Inaccuracy which gives a pawn and some practical
chances for White.} (50... c4 $19 {was winning without any counterplay.}) 51.
Nc7 $1 Qd7 52. Qxb6 c4 53. Nb5 Rd1+ 54. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 55. Kh2 Qd5 (55... Qd2 $1
$19 {was stronger, still Black is winning.}) 56. Nd4 Nd7 57. Qd8 Qd6+ $2 {
A tempting move, but this is a mistake.} ({Black should have played} 57... Qe5+
58. Kg1 Nc5 59. Qxh4 Nb3 $17 {and Black still has a good chance of a win.}) 58.
Kg1 c3 59. Kh1 $1 {This is a very good waiting move!} Qd5 60. Kg1 {It is not
easy to improve the position for Black.} Qb7 61. Qe7 $2 {Error in reply!} (61.
Nf5+ $1 {was a draw immediately,} gxf5 62. Qg5+ Kh7 63. Qh5+ $11 {and
perpetual checks.}) 61... Kg8 62. Qe8+ Nf8 63. Qa4 Qb1+ 64. Kh2 Qe1 65. Qc6 Qd2
(65... Qxf2 66. Qxc3 Nh7 {is similar to the game.}) 66. Kg1 Nh7 67. Qc8+ (67.
Qe8+ $1 {was tougher, because Black has to repeat with} Nf8 {otherwise,} (67...
Kg7 68. Qe5+ Nf6 69. Qe7 $1 Qa2 70. Qc7 $1 $11 {and White survives.})) 67...
Kg7 68. Qc7 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 Qxf2 70. Qxc3 Kh6 71. Nc6 Qg3+ 72. Kh1 Qc7 73. Qc5 Qc8
$6 (73... f5 $17) ({or} 73... Kg7 $17 {still continue the pressure.}) 74. Qd6
$1 Qf5 75. Ne5 Kg7 (75... Qe6 $5) 76. Qd4 $1 f6 $4 {A terrible blunder, which
loses immediately!} (76... Nf6 77. Ng4 {and White equalises.}) 77. Qa7+ $1 $18
{Suddenly the black king is in big trouble!} Kh6 78. Ng4+ Kg5 79. Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 Bg7 5. d5 O-O 6. Nf3 {White is ready to
play the Benoni with the pawn on e3. This is a more dangerous variation than
it may seem. Since Black does not have the pressure against e4, White can
organise his plans better, he would most likely prepare b2-b4. A similar
approach can be seen in the fianchetto system, where the pawn stays on e2 for
a long time.} d6 7. h3 (7. Be2 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3
{transposes to two games played by World Champions.} Nbd7 (11... Na6 12. Bd2
Rc8 13. Qb3 c4 14. Qxb7 Nc5 15. Qb4 Rb8 16. Qa3 Rb6 17. Rab1 Qb8 18. Na4 {
Anand,V (2775)-Ragger,M (2668) Germany 2014 (1-0, 67). The position is messy
but Black did not get the best out of his compensation.}) 12. a4 a6 13. g4 c4
14. Be2 Rc8 15. g5 Ne8 16. f4 Qe7 17. Ra3 Rc5 18. Bf3 Ra5 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. Qe2
Nb3 21. Ne4 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd8 23. Qb4 $14 {Morozevich,A (2758)-Kramnik,V (2769)
Mexico City 2007 CBM 120 [Marin,M] (1-0, 48). This is precisely the game which
caused something of a sensation and possibly launched a slight fashion trend.})
7... e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Nh5 $146 (12...
Qc7 13. e4 Rb8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2 c4 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5
19. a5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (61) Burmakin,V (2555)-Zontakh,A (2460) Portoroz 1995}) 13.
Be2 f5 14. Rb1 h6 15. Nd2 Ne5 $6 {This is a bit too much. Black's queenside
counterplay will be not strong enough to compensate for the kingside
weaknesses and for the missing pawn.} (15... Nhf6 16. Nc4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 (17. b3
$5 $14) 17... Rxe5 18. b4 $14) 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 b5 19. Nf3 Bd7
20. Ne2 Nh8 21. axb5 axb5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Ng3 (23. Nfd4 $16) 23... Rf8 24. Nd4
$6 Bxd4 $5 25. exd4 Qf6 $132 {/+/=} 26. Rxb4 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Kh2 Kh7
29. Rb3 Rc8 30. Ra3 Rxc1 31. Ra7 Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Nxf7 33. Rxd7 Kg6 34. Re7 b4 35.
Re6+ Kh7 36. Re7 Kg6 37. Re6+ Kh7 38. Nxf5 $6 $14 (38. Re8 Kg6 (38... b3 39.
Rb8 Rc3 40. Nxf5 $18) 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rb8 Kg6 41. Rxb4 $16) 38... b3 39. Re2
h5 40. Rb2 Rc3 41. Ng3 Kg6 42. f5+ Kh6 43. Ne2 Rc2 44. Rxc2 bxc2 45. Kg3 Kg5
46. Kf3 Nh6 47. f6 Kxf6 48. Ke3 Nf5+ 49. Kd2 Kg5 50. g3 h4 51. g4 Nh6 52. Kxc2
Nxg4 53. hxg4 Kxg4 54. Ng1 Kg3 55. Kd2 Kf2 56. Nh3+ Kg3 57. Ng1 Kf2 58. Nh3+
Kg3 59. Ng5 Kf4 60. Ne6+ Ke4 61. Ng5+ Kxd4 62. Nf3+ Ke4 63. Nxh4 Ke5 64. Kd3
Kxd5 65. Nf5 Kc5 66. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 {Fabiano is not known for his King's Indian, but the tournament
situation called for something extra.} 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 {Caruana
had already played this line a bunch of times, losing to Kramnik, Morozevich,
Ragger and Lenic, with only one draw against Gelfand to his credit. Some bad
memories to wipe out...} 5. g3 Ne4 6. Bd2 {One of the quietest responses. The
experienced Onischuk is content with a safe, easy to play position.} Bg7 7. Bg2
Nxd2 8. Qxd2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 (9... c5 10. d5 Na6 {didn't score well for Black
in Le Quang Liem-Ivanchuk, 2013.}) 10. d5 Na5 $5 {That's pushing it.} (10...
Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 {was certainly a safer choice.}) 11. b3 c5 12. e4 Bd7 13.
Rae1 Qc7 14. Qe3 {White doesn't seem to be missing his dark-squared bishop
because of the more than adequate development.} a6 {Caruana correctly decides
to speed up his counterplay, otherwise in the long run the terrible position
of his Na5 may cost him the game.} (14... f6 $6 {would have stopped White's
intended e-pawn push, but at the rather steep cost of weakening the king and
making the Bg7 miserable.} 15. h4 $1 {and I take White here.}) 15. e5 b5 16. e6
fxe6 17. dxe6 Bc6 18. Nd5 Qb7 $1 (18... Bxd5 19. cxd5 b4 (19... c4 20. b4 {
is the knight trap known from the classical Chigorin Ruy Lopez.}) 20. Rc1 c4
21. bxc4 Nb7 22. h4 Nc5 {would be a standard pawn sac to create queenside play,
but with the e6-pawn cutting the board in two (borrowed that one from G.
Kasparov) White has great chances to checkmate the black king.} 23. h5 gxh5 24.
Ng5 Bh6 25. f4 {etc.}) 19. Qg5 $6 {Alexander was too eager to create chances
against Fabiano's king.} (19. Rb1 {would have been more prudent.}) 19... Rae8
20. Qh4 bxc4 21. bxc4 Bxd5 ({Did Fabiano miss the} 21... Nxc4 $1 22. Ng5 h6 23.
Qxc4 {idea? Probably not, only the follow-up move,} Rf5 {that makes the whole
thing work!}) 22. cxd5 Bf6 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Qb2 25. Qh4 ({The endgame
after} 25. Rc1 Qd4 26. Qe3 {would more likely than not end in a draw.}) 25...
c4 26. Re4 Qg7 $6 {Feeling uncomfortable with his clock situation Caruana
decides to play it safe.} ({Snatching a pawn with} 26... Qxa2 {was possible:}
27. Rf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qh4 Rf6 30. Qd4 Qb3 {and now White has to be
careful not to end up in a bad position. The right move is} 31. Ra1 ({not} 31.
Qa7 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Nxb7 33. Rc1 Nc5 34. Rxc4 a5 {Black will win this for sure.})
31... c3 32. Be4 Nc4 33. Rb1 c2 34. Rc1 Na3 35. Qd2 {Black has made some
strides but his knight is still not well-positioned, and White's counterplay
with h4-h5 is something to worry about.}) 27. Rf4 Rxf4 28. Qxf4 Rc8 29. Rc1 Rc5
30. Be4 {This is the moment I rated Onischuk's chances very highly. He was
better on the board and on the clock as well. To call it a win for White may
be a stretch, but I thought he should push for it. The next few moves were
easy to predict. Caruana just had to play this way or lose on time.} c3 31. h4
{Not a top priority move.} (31. Bd3 $1 Qf6 32. Qxf6 exf6 33. Bxa6 Kf8 34. h4
Ke7 35. Kg2 $14) 31... Qf6 $1 32. Qxf6 exf6 33. g4 Kf8 34. Kg2 (34. f4 Ke7 35.
f5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 h6 37. Kf2 Rxd5 38. Rxc3 Rc5 39. Ra3 {Black is totally stuck
here. Maybe he can hold on, maybe not, but surely White's is the one to try.})
34... Ke7 35. Kg3 $4 {Oh, horror! One thing White had to make sure of was to
keep the black knight out of the game.} Nc4 $1 {This was played
instantaneously. "How do you spell r-e-l-i-e-f" was a 1976 TV commercial. I'm
not sure Caruana (b. 1992) has ever seen it, but he knows now.} 36. Kf4 $2 {
Onischuk must have been shaken up.} (36. Rxc3 Nd2 {is the trick.}) ({
Objectively best was} 36. Rb1 $11) 36... Nb6 $17 37. g5 fxg5+ 38. hxg5 Nxd5+
39. Bxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxc3 Rf5+ 41. Ke3 $1 {One has to admire Alexander's
composure. Facing extreme adversity he fights on.} ({A lot of people would go} 
41. Kg4 {to perish after} Rxf2 42. Ra3 Kxe6 43. Rxa6 Rf7 44. a4 Ke5 45. Ra8 d5
46. a5 Rf4+ 47. Kg3 Ra4 {etc.}) 41... Kxe6 42. Rc7 Rxg5 43. Rxh7 Re5+ (43...
Ra5 44. Rg7 Kf5 45. Rf7+ Ke5 46. Re7+ Kd5 47. Rg7 Ra3+ 48. Kf4 Rxa2 49. Ke3 a5
{looked a better try.}) 44. Kf3 a5 {Black retains some practical winning
chances here, but White should hold with correct play, which is exactly what
Onischuk demonstrated.} 45. Rg7 Kf6 46. Rd7 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Ke6 48. Ra7 Rc5 49.
Rg7 g5 50. Rg6+ Kd7 51. Rf6 Rc2 52. Rf5 Rc5 53. Rf6 Kc6 54. Kd3 Rd5+ 55. Kc3
Re5 56. Kd3 Kc5 57. f4 gxf4 58. Rxf4 Rh5 59. Rc4+ Kb5 60. a4+ Kb6 61. Rg4 Kc5
62. Rc4+ Kd5 63. Rd4+ Kc6 {It should be pointed out that White's a-pawn is
utterly unimportant here, and this exact position would still be a draw even
if White had no pawn.} 64. Rc4+ Rc5 65. Rh4 Rc1 66. Rh5 Rc5 67. Rh8 Rg5 68.
Rc8+ Kb7 69. Rd8 Kc7 70. Ra8 Rh5 71. Ra6 Rd5+ 72. Kc4 Rc5+ 73. Kd4 Rh5 74. Kc4
Kd7 75. Ra8 Kc7 76. Ra6 Rh4+ 77. Kb5 Rb4+ 78. Kxa5 Rb8 79. Ra7+ Kc6 80. Rh7 d5
81. Rh1 d4 82. Rc1+ Kd5 83. Ka6 d3 84. Rd1 Kc4 85. a5 Rb2 86. Ka7 d2 87. a6 Kc3
88. Ka8 Kc2 89. Rxd2+ Kxd2 90. a7 Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu-A"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1996.02.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bd7 6. e4 Bg7 $1 {N} (6... e5 7.
Nf3 exd4 (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. c5 $1 Bg7 10. Qb3 Qb8 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Bb5 O-O
13. a4 Bg4 14. Nd2 $14 {Psakhis,L-Wolff,P/New York 55/564 1992}) 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9.
Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 Nc6 12. Nc2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Be3 a6 15. Qd2 Ne5
16. Rad1 Be6 17. b3 b5 18. cxb5 axb5 19. g5 Nfd7 20. Bxb5 $16 {Sokolov,
I-Hodgson,J/Groningen (03) ;CBM 45 1994}) 7. Be2 (7. f4 $6 e5 $1 8. Nf3 exd4 9.
Nxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Bf3 Nc6 $15) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 e5 {Schwarz bekam eine
bekannte theoretische Stellung mit einem Mehrtempo-der Läufer steht bereits
auf d7. Ob dies von Vorteil für ihn ist, läßt es sich noch nicht sagen.} 9. Be3
$1 (9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 $6 a5 $10 {Hier steht der Läufer auf d7 gut,
z.B 12.a3? a4!}) 9... Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd5+ {
Hauptsächlich wegen dieser Schachmöglichkeit wählte Khalifman seinen 9. Zug.
Stünde nun der Läufer wie üblich auf c8, könnte nun Qxd5 folgen, mit einem für
Schwarz günstigen Endspiel.} Kh8 (13... Rf7 $6 14. c5 Qe7 15. Bc4 Nd8 16. O-O-O
Be6 17. Qd3 Kh8 (17... Qxc5 $4 18. Qxd8+ $18) (17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 $16) 18. h3
Nh6 19. Nxe5 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Qxc5 21. Qd5 $16) 14. O-O-O $1 Be8 15. Qe6 $6 (15.
h3 Nh6 16. Qxd8 (16. g4 $5 Nf7 $13) 16... Rxd8 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. Rd1 (18. Nxe5
$2 g5 $19) (18. Nb5 $5) 18... Ne6 $10) (15. Qxd8 $5 Rxd8 16. Rxd8 Nxd8 17. Nb5
Bxb5 (17... c6 $2 18. Nxa7 $16) 18. cxb5 Ne6 19. Rd1 $14 {^^}) 15... Qc8 16.
Qxc8 Rxc8 17. h3 Nh6 18. Rhe1 Nf7 $10 {Weiß handelte zu passiv, die Stellung
ist schon zumindest ausgeglichen, eher etwas besser für Schwarz wegen der
Schwäche des Punktes d4. Erstaunlicherweise führt aber diese passive Taktik
zum weißen Erfolg.} 19. Kb1 Nfd8 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Bg3 Rf7 22. Nd2 Ncd4 23. Nb3
Bf8 $6 (23... Nxb3 $1 24. axb3 Bf8 25. f3 Bc5 $15) 24. Nxd4 exd4 (24... Nxd4
25. f4 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne6 27. Bg3 $10) 25. Nd5 g5 $2 {/\c6 Ein grober Fehler.
Schwarz sah nur seine Drohungen...} (25... c6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 c5 28. Bd3
Bc6 29. f3 $10) 26. Be2 $1 $16 {/\Bg4,Bh5,><f6} c6 (26... c5 27. Bg4 Bd7 28.
Bh5 Rg7 29. Nxf6 $16) 27. Bg4 Bd7 28. Bh5 Kg8 $5 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne3 $8 Rd8
31. Nf5 c5 32. Bd6 $18 b5 $2 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. cxb5 Bxb5 35. g3 c4 36. e5 $1
Ba4 37. Rd2 fxe5 38. Rxe5 Kf7 39. Nh6+ Kf6 40. Ng4+ Ke7 41. f4 gxf4 42. gxf4
Kf7 43. Ra5 c3 44. bxc3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bf4 (5. e4) (5. g3) 5... Nh5 (5...
b6 {/\ ...Bb7, ...c5 - Bronstein, Boleslavsky}) (5... O-O {Petrosian}) 6. Bg5
h6 7. Be3 c6 (7... O-O 8. Qd2 Kh7 9. h3 {/\ g4|^}) 8. g3 (8. h3 {/\ g2-g4; 8.
Qd2}) 8... Nd7 9. Bg2 Nhf6 (9... e5 10. Ne4) 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O Kh7 {>=} (11...
e5) 12. g4 (12. Qc2 {/\ Rad1}) 12... e5 13. Qb3 exd4 $1 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxd4 {
/\ Qc2}) 14... Ne5 {(/\ 15...Nfd7, ...Nc5/...Nb6)} 15. Rad1 (15. f4 $2 Nexg4
16. hxg4 Nxg4 $36) 15... Qe7 (15... Nfd7 16. Ne4) 16. Bf4 (16. g5) 16... h5 $2
(16... Nfd7 $142 {(/\ 17...Nb6, 17...Nc5)} 17. Na4 $10) 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Ne4 Nb6
$2 (18... Nc5 $142 19. Qc2 Bd7 $14) (18... Nc5 19. Qc2 Bd7 $10 {/+/= Keres})
19. Qg3 $1 {(/\ 20.b3+/-; 20.c5! dxc5 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22gxf6)} Nexc4 $8 20. b3 (
20. Nxd6 Nxb2 $10) 20... Ne5 21. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 $8 (21... Nd5 22. Nxc8 {, 23.
Bc1+/-} Raxc8 23. Bc1 $16 {^^ ->[+] ->>>}) 22. Nf5 Qa3 (22... Qxd1 23. Rxd1
Bxf5 24. Bxe5 $18) (22... Qc7 23. Nxg7 Nbd7 24. Rxd7 $1 {, 25.Bxe5} Qxd7 25.
Bxe5 $18) (22... Qc5 $5 23. Nxg7 Nbd7 (23... h4 24. Qxh4+ Kxg7 25. Rd5 $1 Nxd5
26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Bxe5 $18) 24. Be3 (24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Bd6 Qa5 26. Bxf8 Nxf8 27.
Ne8 $16) 24... Qe7 25. f4 Kxg7 26. fxe5 $16 Nc5 27. e6 $1) 23. Nxg7 Ned7 24.
Bd6 Qa5 (24... Qxa2 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Ne8 {(/\ 27.Qe5, 27.Qc3, 27.Nc7 +-)}) (
24... Qb2) 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Ne8 $16 (26. b4 $6 Qxb4 27. Ne8 Be6 28. Nf6+ Kh8
29. Qe5 Nc4 $1) 26... Be6 27. Nf6+ Kh8 28. Qf4 Nh7 29. Qd4 Nxf6 30. Qxf6+ Kh7
31. e4 $18 (31. Rd6 Nd5 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Rxe6 fxe6 34. Qf7+ {/\ Rc1 +-}) 31...
Qxa2 32. f4 Bxb3 33. Rd6 Rg8 34. f5 {(/\ 35.Rd8 Rxd8 36.fxg6+ fxg6 37.Qe7+; 35.
e4-e5-e6)} Rg7 35. Rd8 Qa5 36. Qd6 f6 37. Qf8 gxf5 (37... Bg8 38. gxf6 $18) 38.
Qh8+ Kg6 39. Qh6+ {[Keres]} 1-0

[Event "Yaroslavl"]
[Site "Yaroslavl"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. h3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e3 ({If White
plays} 7. d5 {Black will have a great play after} e5 8. Bg5 Ne7 $11) 7... Nd7 {
[%cal Ye7e5] Black's idea is to play ...e5.} 8. d5 (8. Be2 e5 {leads to equal
play.}) 8... Nce5 9. Be2 (9. Nd4 c5 $11) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 e5 $1 {Black
solved all the problems in the opening. Moreover, he has a possibility to take
the initiative by playing ...f5.} 11. dxe6 (11. Bh2 f5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] Black
has a small advantage.}) 11... fxe6 ({Very interesting is} 11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3
fxe6 {with a quite unclear position.}) 12. O-O Ne5 ({Interesting is} 12... Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nc5 {Black has an excellently placed knight on c5. Of course, at the
time when this game was played, KID bishop was not given so easily.}) 13. Be2
b6 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe5 {is an interesting possibility with the idea to control
the light squares after} Bxe5 15. Bf3 $11) 14... Ba6 15. f4 $5 ({Kholmov feels
very well that his position will be bad if he continues playing like this.
That's why he tries to play actively. To equal play led} 15. Rc1) 15... Nxc4 $6
(15... Nd7 {was better. Now White takes the initiative.}) 16. Qa4 $1 Nxb2 17.
Qxa6 Bxc3 18. Qa3 Bg7 {Though Black is two pawns up his position is inferior
because of dynamic possibilities of white pieces.} 19. Rab1 Qf6 20. Rfc1 {
The knight on b2 is in danger and Black has to give material back.} d5 21. Rxc7
Rf7 (21... Nc4 {also leads to an inferior position} 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rb4 Rf7
24. Rbxc4 $14) 22. Rc2 $6 {With this move, White loses the initiative.} ({
Better was} 22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Rc1 {with a small advantage, for instance} Bf8
24. Rc7+ Kg8 25. Qb3 $14) 22... Nc4 $1 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rd8 25. Rbc1 (25.
Qb3 {leads to a quite equal play.}) 25... Bf8 26. Qb3 Bc5 27. Kh2 ({If White
tries to improve the position of his bishop} 27. Be1 {after} Rfd7 $15 {Black
will stand slightly better.}) (27. Re4 {led to approximately equal play.})
27... Rd2 28. Re4 $2 {The move that leads to a difficult position.} ({Better
was to improve the position of the bishop by} 28. Be1 Re2 29. Bc3 Qd8 30. Rd1
Qe8 31. Re1 $11) 28... Qb2 $1 {Now it's Black who takes the initiative.} 29.
Qxb2 Rxb2 $17 30. a4 ({Active counter-play leads Black to an inferior position:
} 30. Rd1 Rxa2 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 Re7 $17) 30... Rd7 31. Rxe6 Rdd2 $2 ({
More active was} 31... Ra2 $17) 32. h4 $1 {White looks for active counter-play.
} ({If he plays} 32. Rg1 Re2 $17 {Black will have a dominant position.}) 32...
Rxg2+ 33. Kh3 Rge2 34. Rd1 $2 ({The activity of pieces is one of the basic
principles. White had a great chance to improve his position by} 34. f5 $3 gxf5
(34... Kf7 {also leads to equal play} 35. fxg6+ hxg6 36. Rc6 Rxe3 37. Rf1+ Ke7
38. Rxg6 $11) 35. Bf4 {[%cal Yc1g1]} Rg2 36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Ra8 $11) 34... Kf7
35. Re4 h5 $5 {With this interesting attempt, Black wants to attack the white
king.} ({Objectively, better was} 35... Rbd2) 36. Re5 $2 {The game move loses.}
({After} 36. f5 $1 {the position is equal:} Rxe3 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39.
fxg6 Kxg6 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Ke4 42. Rxh5 $11) 36... Kf6 $2 {Black makes a
mistake as well.} ({Winnng was} 36... Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bxe3 $19) 37. f5 $1 {
White finally starts playing actively} Rxe3 38. Rd6+ $2 {But here, he makes a
mistake.} ({After} 38. fxg6 Rbb3 39. Rg5 Kg7 40. Kg2 $11 {the position is
equal.}) 38... Bxd6 39. Rxe3 Bxg3 40. Rxg3 gxf5 $19 41. Rg5 Rb3+ 42. Kg2 Rb4
43. Rxh5 Rxa4 44. Kf3 Ke5 45. Rh8 Ra3+ 46. Kg2 Kf4 47. h5 Rg3+ 48. Kh2 Rg7 49.
h6 Rb7 50. Rg8 Rh7 51. Rg6 b5 52. Kh3 b4 53. Kh4 b3 54. Kh5 b2 55. Rg1 Rb7 56.
Rb1 a5 57. Kg6 a4 58. h7 Rxh7 59. Rxb2 Ra7 60. Rb4+ Ke3 61. Kxf5 a3 {In his
book "Selected games", Nezhmetdinov annotated this game. However, there are
many mistakes in his analysis. In this analysis, I corrected some of his
mistakes.} 0-1

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 {A logical reply to White's
anti-Gruenfeld setup: Black obtains the Modern Benoni defence with an extra
tempo.} 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Nd2 Na6 {This is not Black's main plan in the
Modern Benoni but it is quite popular here.} 9. O-O Re8 {Black can do without
this move, too:} (9... Nc7 10. e4 a6 $5 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 Nfe8 $5 12. a4 b6
13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. a5 Rb8 16. axb6 axb6 $13 {1-0 (71) Dreev,A (2654)
-Margvelashvili,G (2540) Las Vegas 2014}) 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Rb8 13. dxe6 $6 (
13. Nf1 $5 exd5 $140 14. exd5) (13. h3 $5) 13... Nxe6 14. Nb3 Bb7 15. Bf1 Re8
16. f3 h5 (16... Nh5 $36 {[%cal Yf7f5]}) 17. Be3 h4 $13 {0-1 (45) Kunin,V 
(2551)-Baldauf,M (2460) Riga 2017}) 10. e4 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3
Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 $1 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18.
Bxd6 Bc6 $132 {1/2 (33) Svidler,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2753) Jerusalem 2014})
10... Nc7 11. a4 (11. Re1 b6 (11... Rb8 12. a4 (12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nb3 Nd4 (
13... b6 $1 $13) 14. Bf1 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 {1/2 (34) Dreev,A (2670)
-Grischuk,A (2777) Loo 2014} 17. Nd5 $14) 12... Na6 13. f3 (13. Bf1 Nb4 14. Na2
{0-1 (46) Moradiabadi,E (2549)-Ruck,R (2505) Las Vegas 2018} a5 $13) 13... Nb4
14. Nf1 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. Bg5 Bd7 (16... h6 $5) 17. Qd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Ra7 $14 {0-1 (40) Georgescu,T (2453)-Melkumyan,H (2632) London 2015}) 12. h3 (
12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nf1 Nd4 14. f3 Nh5 15. Bd3 Be5 16. Be3 Nf4 $132 {1-0 (117)
Nakamura,H (2787)-Caruana,F (2804) Leuven 2016}) 12... Rb8 13. a4 exd5 14. exd5
Na6 15. Nf1 Nb4 16. Ng3 h6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bd2 Rb7 19. Qb3 Rbe7 20. Bf1 a6 21.
Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Bxe1 Qe7 $11 {1/2 (90) Postny,E (2611)-Cheparinov,I
(2677) Sibenik 2016}) 11... b6 (11... Rb8 12. f3 a6 13. a5 Bd7 14. Kh1 Qe7 15.
Nb3 exd5 16. cxd5 Nb5 $132 {1/2 (93) Kuzubov,Y (2637)-Ragger,M (2680) Chartres
2017}) (11... Na6 12. f3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Nh5 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Nb3 f5 $132 {
1/2 (53) Ding,L (2782)-So,W (2760) Bilbao 2015 CBM 169 [Szabo,Kr]}) 12. Re1 Na6
{[%mdl 32] After a2-a4 Black's knight has obtained a comfortable b4 square.
Well, in case of ...e6xd5 c4xd5 it may obstruct Black's queenside counterplay
a little bit (after ...a7-a6 and ...b6-b5 he will be unable to play ...b5-b4)
but otherwise it is placed perfectly there.} (12... exd5 13. cxd5 Rb8 14. Rb1
h5 15. h3 Nh7 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. Qc2 Bd4 18. Be3 Qf6 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Na2 Ng5 21.
Bd3 $14 {0-1 (32) Novkovic,M (2402)-Heimann,A (2528) Switzerland 2018}) 13. h3
Nb4 14. Ra3 exd5 15. cxd5 a6 16. Bf1 Nd7 17. Na2 Ra7 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
20. Nxb4 cxb4 21. Rf3 {Hardly a good idea. The rook will be even more awkward
here than on a2.} (21. Ra2 $13 {[%cal Yc1e3]}) 21... Bd7 22. b3 b5 23. Be3 Ra8
$6 (23... Rb7 $5 $11) 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd4 Ra2 26. Re2 $6 (26. Bxe5 $142 dxe5
27. Re2 $14) 26... Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Qe7 {White suddenly has problems on the
e-file.} 28. Re3 $6 (28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Re3 Rc8 $36) ({After} 28. Rd3 $6 f5 $1 {
is dangerous.}) (28. Bf1 {was probably the most solid defence. If} Bxd4 29.
Qxd4 Qxe4 {then} 30. Qa7 $1 $132) 28... Bf4 {White must give up the e4 pawn or
an exchange. He prefers the latter.} 29. Bf3 Bxe3 30. Bxe3 Rc8 (30... Ra8 $5
31. Bd4 (31. Qd4 Qe5 {[%cal Ra8a1]}) 31... f5 $5 32. exf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Yf5e4]
The position remains tense but Black has winning chances.}) 31. Qd4 Qe5 32. Qa7
Be8 33. g3 $44 {White has activated his queen and obtained good counterplay.}
Rc3 $5 34. Bd4 ({After} 34. Bf4 Qf6 35. Qb8 $1 {it was Black who must secure
the draw:} Rxf3 36. Qxe8+ (36. Bxd6 Qa1+ 37. Kg2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 Qd4+ 39. Kf3
Qd3+ 40. Kf4 Qd2+ $11) 36... Kg7 37. e5 Qf5 38. exd6 Qxd5 39. d7 Qd1+ 40. Kg2
Rxf4 $1 41. gxf4 Qd5+ {(a well-known motif)} 42. Kh2 Qd2 43. Kg3 Qd3+ 44. f3
Qd1 $1 $11) 34... Qg5 35. Be2 $2 ({White was still OK after} 35. h4 $1 Qd2 36.
Be3 $1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2) 35... Qd2 36. Bf1 Rxb3 37. Kg2 (37. Bf6 Rf3 $1 {
destroying White's attacking setup.}) (37. Be3 Rxe3 38. fxe3 b3 39. Qe7 b2 40.
Qxe8+ Kg7 $19) 37... Ra3 (37... Rb1 {[%cal Rd2d1] was even stronger but Black
had to calculate} 38. Be3 Qd1 39. Qe7 Qxf1+ 40. Kf3 Qd1+ 41. Kf4 b3 42. Qxe8+
Kg7 {and make sure White couldn't do anything here.}) 38. Qb6 Ra6 {The
simplest.} 39. Qxa6 Qxd4 40. Qc8 (40. Qxd6 Qxe4+ 41. f3 Qe1 42. Qb8 b3 43. Bd3
(43. Bxb5 Kg7 44. Bxe8 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 b2 $19) 43... Kg7 44. Qf4 Qc3 {, and Black
easily wins.}) 40... Qxe4+ 41. f3 Qe3 42. Bxb5 b3 43. Bxe8 Qe2+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ (
44... Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Qc2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. Be2
h6 8. Bh4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfd1 $10 {ECO}) 7. Qc2 (
7. Be2 c6 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $10) 7... a6 {N} (7... c6 8. Be2 Qc7
(8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 Qf8 13. b5 Nh7 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. d5 Bb7 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Na4 $16 {Bosboom,M-Nijboer,F/NLD-ch (07) 1991}) 9.
O-O e5 10. Rad1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. c5 Bf5 14. Qc1 N6d7 15. b4 a5
16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Bg6 20. Nc4 $14 {Inkiov,V-Krnic,Z/
West Berlin 1986}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
O-O Qc7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c5 Bf5 15. Qc1 N8d7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 b6
19. Nc4 Be6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Ncd6 Rf8 23. Bc4 $14 {Inkiov,
V-Uhlmann,W/Bulgaria-DDR 1986}) 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... c6 10. O-O b5 11. a3
Bb7 12. b4 $14) 10. O-O cxd4 $6 (10... Re8 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Bb7
$14 {Knaak-Riemersma/Wijk/1988}) 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rfd1
$14 {Man vergleiche die Stellung mit der theoretischen Variante (s. die
Anmerkung zum 6. Zug ), Weiß hat hier 2 Tempi mehr (Rac1 und a3).} Qb8 15. b4
Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. c5 (17. d5 $5 Bd7 18. c5 Rc8 (18... dxc5 19. bxc5 Rc8 (
19... Qc7 $2 20. d6 $1 Qxc5 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 $18) 20. Ne4 (20. Na4 $2 Qf4)
20... Bf5 (20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $16) 21. Bxf6 (21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qa4 b5 23.
cxb6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb6 $10) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxf6 23. Bg4 Rc7 24. Qb4 $16 {
/\d6}) 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bxf6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxf6 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. c6 bxc6 24. Rxc6
Rxc6 25. dxc6 Qc7 26. Bd7 $16) 17... dxc5 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qe6 20. Re1 Qc8
21. Bc4 $16 e6 22. a4 $2 {Ein Fehlgriff. Das Spiel im Zentrum war dem
verlockenden Plan a4, b5 vorzuziehen.} (22. Rcd1 Rd8 23. Be5 $16 {/\} Nd5 $2
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 {/\Red1, ><d5}) 22... Rd8 23. Red1 Nd5 $1
$132 24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... Bxd5 $2 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 {/\c6-c7+/
-}) 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra3 $1 $10 27. bxc6 (27. Nb1 Rxg3 28. hxg3 Bxb5 29.
Nc3 Bc6 (29... Qxc5 $2 30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 $14) (29... Bc4 30. Ne4 $1 {/\Nd6
}) 30. Ne2 d4 $13) 27... Rxc3 28. Qxc3 $5 (28. cxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd2 $10) 28...
Bxc3 29. c7 Bg7 $1 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Rxc3 $16) 30. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 31. Rb1 Qd7 32.
Bd6 $6 {Weiß ist fest davon überzeugt, noch in Vorteil zu sein und spielt
unvorsichtigt. Der Läufer steht schön auf d6, kann aber nicht von dort den
gefährlichen schwarzen Freibauern kontrollieren. Umsichtiger war} (32. f3 d4
33. Rd3 Qf5 34. Rbd1 Qxc5 35. Bf2 $10) 32... d4 33. Rb6 $6 Qa4 34. Rbb1 (34.
Rdb1 $2 d3 35. Kf1 Qc2 $19) 34... g5 $1 {Schwarz plant nun mittels f5-f4 dem
weißen Läufer die Rückzugmöglichkeit wegzunehmen.} 35. h3 $2 {Es war noch
nicht zu spät, die Notbremse zu ziehen-} (35. f3 $1 Qc2 36. Rbc1 (36. Rdc1 $5)
36... Qb3 37. Rb1 Qd5 38. Rd2 $1 f5 (38... d3 $2 39. Rbd1 $10) 39. Bg3 Qxc5 40.
Bf2 b5 41. Rdb2 $15) 35... Qc6 (35... Qc2 $5) 36. Re1 $2 (36. f3 f5 $1 37. Bg3
(37. Rd2 f4 $17) 37... Qxc5 38. Rxb7 d3+ 39. Bf2 Qc2 40. Rbb1 d2 $17) 36... d3
$19 37. Rbd1 Qd5 38. Re3 d2 39. g4 (39. Kf1 Qc4+ 40. Re2 Bc3 41. f3 Ba5 42. Kf2
Qc2 $19) (39. Kh2 b6 40. Re2 Bc3 $19) 39... Qc4 (39... Qc4 {/\Qc1} 40. Rxd2
Qc1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1953.09.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.08.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the historic Candidates tournament in Zürich 1953 the ageing Euwe wasn't
able to face up to the young contenders. But despite his poor over-all
performance he did play two very attractive games with rook sacrifices. Im
historischen Kandidatenturnier in Zürich 1953 war der alternde Euwe nicht mehr
imstande, sich gegen die jungen Herausforderer zu behaupten. Aber trotz seines
insgesamt schlechten Abschneidens hat er in diesem Turnier zwei sehr
attraktive Partien mit Turmopfern gespielt.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4.
Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d5 e5 {Provoking sharp action from his opponent.
Provoziert eine scharfe Gangart des Gegners. 6...d6 führt zu ruhigeren,
traditionellen Stellungen.} (6... d6 {leads to calmer, more traditional
positions.}) 7. Bg5 h6 {Wenn Schwarz hier 7...d6 spielt, dann ist die
Fesselung nach 8.Dd2 unangenehm.} ({Now if} 7... d6 {then} 8. Qd2 {and the pin
is unpleasant.}) 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. d6 $1 {Brave and aggressive! The pawn on d6
is, of course, quite vulnerable, but it cuts Black's lines of communication.
Tapfer und aggressiv! Der Bauer auf d6 ist natürlich ziemlich anfällig, aber
er unterbricht die Bahnen des schwarzen Zusammenspiels.} Nc6 10. e3 b6 11. Bd5
$1 {There is no way back. White has to organize an full-fledged attack before
Black can finish his development and begin to use the power of his two bishops,
especially the one on g7. Es gibt keinen Weg zurück. Weiß muß einen vollen
Angriff organisieren, bevor Schwarz seine Entwicklung vollenden kann und die
Kraft seiner beiden Läufer – besonders desjenigen auf g7 – einzusetzen beginnt.
} Kh8 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. h4 $5 f5 14. Ng5 Bb7 $1 {"Inviting" White to play...} 15.
g4 $1 {From now on the black king will never feel safe.} ({"Inviting" White to
play Lädt Weiß zu} 15. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Nb4 {[%cal Yb7h1]} 17. Rh2 Qf6 18.
Bd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 e4 {with a rapidly unfolding counter-attack. ein, mit einem
rasch aufkeimenden Gegenangriff.}) 15... e4 {Opening the bishop diagonal Black
hopes to free the square on g7 for his king. But in the process he allows the
second knight to join the attack from a wonderful forepost on f4.} 16. Ne2 Bxb2
17. Nf4 {The attacking forces have reached critical mass. DIAGRAM [#]} Qf6 {
Combining defence and attack. What could be more natural? But anyway we have
to find out what's wrong with} (17... Bxa1 $2 {After the obvious} 18. Qxa1+ $2
{Black is winning:} ({White of course cannot afford to waste time, even for
taking such an important bishop. He must concentrate on his main target -
getting at his opponent's king as soon as possible!} 18. Nxg6+ Kg7 19. gxf5 $1
{It is beyond human ability to predict the exact results of these
complications, but it looks to me now that Euwe's approach was correct. White
has sufficient attack to compensate for his substantial material deficit.} Bc3+
20. Kf1 {and now} Rxf5 (20... hxg5 21. Qh5 $1 Qe8 $1 22. Qxg5 $1 ({not} 22.
hxg5 Rh8 23. f6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6+ Kxf6 25. Nxh8 Qxh5 26. Rxh5 Na5 $1 {and the
endgame is in Black's favour.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qg4 Rh8 24. Rg1 $3 ({immediate} 
24. Ne5+ {hoping for} Kh7 $2 ({doesn't work, because the black king can escape,
exhorting a high tribute:} 24... Kf8 $1 25. Rg1 $1 Ne7 $3 26. dxe7+ Kxe7 27.
Ng6+ Kd8 28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Bxe4 {with a clear edge.}) 25. Nxd7 $1 Bc3 26. f6 {
and mate}) 24... Kh6 25. Nxh8 Ne5 26. Nf7+ $1 Qxf7 27. Qf4+ Kh7 28. Bxf7 Nxf7
29. Qg4 {etc.}) 21. Nxe4 Rxd5 (21... Kxg6 22. Qg4+) 22. Qxd5 Kxg6 ({or} 22...
Qg8 23. Qd3 $1 Bf6 24. Rg1 Nb4 25. Qe2 $1 Bxe4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 (26... Kf7 27. Qh5+
) 27. Rxg8+ Rxg8 28. Nxg8 Bd3 (28... Kxg8 29. Qg4+) 29. Nxf6 {and finally}) (
22... Na5 23. Qf5 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Kxg6 26. Rg1+ Kf5 27. Qd5+ Be5
28. e4+ Kf4 (28... Kf6 29. f4 $1) 29. Ke2 $1 {closing the mating net} c4 ({
the threat is} 29... Z0 30. Qd2+ Kxe4 31. Qd3+ Kf4 32. Qf3#) 30. f3 $1 {
followed by either} Z0 31. Qd2# {or} (31. Rg4#)) 23. Rg1+ Kh7 24. Qd3 $3 {
mating; or 22...Qg8 (see above)}) 18... Qf6 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20. Qxf6+ Rxf6 21.
Nf4 hxg5 22. hxg5 Rg6 $1 {etc.}) {Uf-f-f! What a jungle! But please don't lose
your determination and courage. We are not through yet!} 18. gxf5 $1 Bxa1 (
18... gxf5 $5 {keeping the defensive pawn construction intact would have
reduced White's opportunities. For instance} 19. Rb1 $2 {loses momentum} (19.
Qh5 $1 {(who counts rooks?) would have signalled the ultimate assault:} Bxa1
20. Ng6+ Kg7 21. Rg1 Qc3+ (21... hxg5 22. Rxg5) 22. Kf1 Rf6 23. Nf4 Qc1+ 24.
Kg2 Qb2 25. Nf7 $1 (25. Kh1 $2 {leads to an equal endgame:} Qxf2 $1 26. Nxe4+
Qxg1+ 27. Kxg1 fxe4 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qxd7 Rb8 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Qxc6 Be5) 25...
Ne5 26. Nxe5 (26. Kh1+ $2 Ng4) 26... Bxd5 (26... Qxe5 27. Kf1+ $1 Kh7 28. Rg6
Qxf4 29. Rxf6 $1 Bxd5 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. exf4 Bxc4+ 32. Ke1 Bc3+ 33. Kd1) 27.
Kh1+ Kh8 (27... Kh7 {loses nicely:} 28. Rg6 $1 Rxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Nxd5 Qxe5
31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Ne7+ Kf7 33. Qg6+ {and mate.}) 28. Neg6+ Kh7 29. Nxd5 Rg8 (
29... Qxf2 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31. Nf8+ $1 Rxf8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qxh6#) 30. Nge7 $3
Rxg1+ 31. Kxg1 {and the black pieces have to watch helplessly while their king
perishes under the fierce attack of the enemy cavalery, lead by a dauntless
amazon!}) 19... Be5 20. Nh5 $2 Qg6 21. Rg1 hxg5 22. Rxg5 Qh7 $1 (22... Qe8 $2
23. Ng7 $1) 23. Nf4 Rf6 {and the game is up. But 19.Qh5!...}) 19. Nxg6+ Kg7 20.
Nxe4 Bc3+ 21. Kf1 Qxf5 {DIAGRAM [#] Has Black managed to avoid disaster? He
has kept decisive material advantage and activated his pieces. However...} 22.
Nf4 $3 {This quiet retreat changes the whole picture, winning the unlucky
bishop.} Kh8 {Black's royal couple was in danger.} (22... Be5 23. Ng3 Qh7 24.
Qg4+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ {or}) (22... Bf6 23. Ng3 Qe5 24. Qg4+) 23. Nxc3 Rae8 24. Nce2
{After making a circle this knight comes back to participate in the final
attack} Rg8 $2 {Desperately trying to "exchange" the dominating white bishop.}
(24... Nd8 {with the same idea would fail after} 25. Ng3 Qf6 26. Ngh5 {and the
black queen cannot protect the diagonal a1-h8 and the square g6 simultaneously.
}) ({The best chance was} 24... Ba6 {[%cal Yc6e5] preparing Nc6-e5 with a
consolidated position.}) 25. h5 $1 Rg5 26. Ng3 Rxg3 {This rook is forced to
exchange itself for the least active white minor piece} (26... Qf6 27. Ne4) 27.
fxg3 Rxe3 28. Kf2 {with material equality restored the difference in piece
quality becomes fatal.} Re8 (28... Ra3 29. Qe2 Kg7 30. Rf1 {and then} Z0 31.
Kg2 {also doesn't leave any hope.}) 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 {With the number of
his defensive men reduced to a minimum the black king has to face inevitable
disaster.} Kg7 (30... Ne5 {is met by} 31. Qxe5+ $1 (31. Bxb7 $4 {it's never to
late to make a bad mistake} Nd3+) 31... Qxe5 32. Ng6+) 31. Qe8 Qc2+ 32. Kg1
Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qc2+ 34. Ng2 {This knight is very good for defensive purposes as
well.} Qf5 35. Qg8+ Kf6 36. Qh8+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ {and the king hunt is complete -
Black resigned. A very impressive victory based on pure intuitive belief in
White's unlimited attacking resources. I bet that even Tal wouldn't have
refused to be the author of this masterpiece!} 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be2 h6 8. Bh4
cxd4 (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qd2 {/\0-0-0 Azmaiparashvili}) (8... Bg4 $5 9. O-O
cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ne5 13. Be2 Rc8 14. b3 $14) 9. Nxd4 Nc6
10. O-O a6 11. Rc1 (11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Rb8 {/\b5}) 11... Bd7 12. a3 Rb8 {N} (
12... Rc8 13. b4 a5 (13... Ne5 14. Qb3 $14) 14. b5 $1 {Knaak} Nb8 (14... Ne5
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 $16) 15. f4 $14) 13. b4 Nxd4 $6 (13... Ne5 14. Qb3 $14) (
13... b5 {>=} 14. Nb3 $1 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 g5
18. Bg3 Qb6 $10) (14. cxb5 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 axb5 $10) (14. c5 dxc5 15. bxc5 Rc8
$10) 14... bxc4 (14... Ne5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd4 $16) (14... Na7 15. c5 $16)
15. Bxc4 g5 (15... a5 $6 16. b5 Ne5 17. Be2 $16) (15... Qb6 $2 16. Bxf6 Bxf6
17. Nd5 $16) 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. Qe2 Ra8 18. Rfd1 $14) 14. exd4 Bf5 15. Re1 (15.
Bf3 $5) 15... Re8 (15... g5 $5 16. Bg3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. c5 f5 19. Bc4+ Kh8
20. Be6 $16) (15... e5 $2 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Nd5 Rd6 19. Nxf6+
Bxf6 20. c5 Re6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Bc4 $16) 16. Bf3 Qd7 $2 (16... g5 {>=} 17.
Bg3 Qd7 18. c5 $16 {/\Na4-b6,d5}) 17. Bxf6 exf6 (17... Bxf6 $2 18. g4 Be6 19.
d5 $18) 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. c5 h5 20. Nd5 dxc5 (20... Rd8 21. Nb6 Bh6 22. Rc4
Qe7 23. d5 $16 {/\c6}) 21. bxc5 Rd8 22. Nb6 {o^} Bh6 23. Rc4 Bg4 24. d5 $1 (24.
Bxg4 hxg4 25. d5 f5 26. d6 Qe6 $16) 24... Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qe5 26. d6 Bf4 $2 (
26... f5 $142 27. Rc2 $16) 27. Nd5 $1 $18 Qg5+ (27... Bxh2+ 28. Kg2 $18 {
/\f4,/\Re4}) (27... Bh6 28. f4 Qe6 29. Re4 $18) 28. Kh1 Be5 29. h4 (29. f4 Qh4)
(29. h4 Qh6 30. f4 Bb2 31. Qb3 Ba1 32. Qb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. Nf3 {4.f3; 4.g3} g6 5. Nh4 $5 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7.
Nf3 Nc6 (7... exd4 $5 8. Nxd4 Bg7 9. Be2 Nc6) 8. d5 Ne7 9. c5 $1 Bg7 10. cxd6
cxd6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Be2 Ne8 13. a4 $1 f5 (13... Bh6 $1 14. h4 f5) 14. Nc4 fxe4
15. Nxe4 Bf5 16. f3 Nf6 (16... Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf6 18. Bf3 $16) 17. Ncxd6 Nxe4 $8
(17... Nfxd5 $2 18. Bc4) 18. Nxe4 Nxd5 19. O-O (19. Bc4 $2 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qh4+
21. g3 Qxe4+ $19) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf4 21. Bc4+ Kh8 {21...Be6!?} 22. Qd6 $1
Qxd6 23. Nxd6 Bd3 24. Bxd3 Nxd3 25. Ne4 $1 $16 b6 26. b3 {/\ 27.Ba3+/-} Nxc1
27. Raxc1 Rac8 28. Rfd1 Bh6 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. g3 Rc7 (30... Rc1 31. Rxc1 Bxc1
32. Nd6 Kg7 33. Nc8 $18) 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rb1 34. Re7+ (34.
Rxe5 $5 Rb2+ 35. Kh3 Rxb3 36. Re7+ Kf8 (36... Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Rxa7 Rxf3
39. Nxh7+ $16) 37. Rxh7 Bg7 38. Ng5 Kg8 39. Rh4 $16) 34... Kf8 35. Rxa7 Rb2+
36. Kh3 Rxb3 37. Kg4 {/\ 38.Nf6 +-} Bg7 38. Ng5 $2 (38. h4 $1 Rb4 (38... h5+
39. Kg5 $18) (38... Ra3 $8 39. Kh3 $3 h5 (39... Rxf3 $2 40. Ng5 $18) (39... h6
40. Kg4 $1 {/\ 41.Rb7 +- (RR 40...b5!?)}) (39... Kg8 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. Ng5+ $18)
(39... b5 40. Ng5 Bh6 41. Nxh7+ Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kd8 43. Ng4 Rxa4 44. Rb7 $18) 40.
Rb7 Rxa4 41. Rxb6 Ra3 42. Ng5 $18) 39. h5 $18) 38... h5+ 39. Kh3 Bh6 $1 40.
Ne6+ Kg8 41. Rb7 Rxf3 42. Rxb6 Ra3 {[ Polugevsky ]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zonal Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1978.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 d6 7. Be2 Qa5 $6 (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 h6 $1 {N} (8... Bg4) 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 $6 Nh5 10. O-O f5 $1 $36 {
Epishin/}) 9... Bf5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qd2 g5 13. Be3 e6 $1 $15 {
Smyslov,V-Epishin,V/Rostov/1993/0:1/50/}) 8. O-O cxd4 $6 (8... Bg4) 9. exd4 Bg4
10. Be3 Nc6 (10... Nbd7) 11. a3 $1 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rfc8 14. b4 Qd8 15.
Qb3 $16 a5 (15... Nxd4 $2 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 $18) (15... Bxd4 $2 16. Bxc6
Bxc3 17. Bxd7 Bxa1 18. Bxc8 $18) 16. Rad1 axb4 17. axb4 Nf8 18. c5 Ne6 19. Nb5
Nc7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7 21. b5 Na5 22. Qb4 d5 23. Ra1 Rcc8 24. Be2 b6 25. Rfc1 $1
bxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 Rc8 28. Qa7 $1 Nc4 (28... Nb3 29. Ra3) (28... Ra8
29. b6 $1 Rxa7 30. bxa7 e6 (30... e5 31. Bd2 exd4 32. Rxa5 $18) 31. Bd2 Bxd4
32. Rxa5 Qa8 33. Be3 Bxe3 (33... Bc3 34. Rb5 $18) 34. fxe3 $18 {/\ 36.Bb5-c6})
29. Bxc4 dxc4 30. b6 Bf8 (30... e5 31. b7 Rb8 32. Qxb8 Qxb8 33. Ra8 $18) (30...
Rb8 31. Bf4 $1 (31. b7 Bf8) 31... Rxb6 (31... e5 32. b7 $1 (32. dxe5 Rxb6 33.
Bg5 (33. Qxb6 $2 Qxb6 34. Ra8+ Bf8 35. Bh6 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qb4 $19) 33... Qb8 $10)
32... exf4 33. Qxb8 Qxb8 34. Ra8 $18) 32. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 33. Ra8+ Bf8 34. Bh6 $18
) 31. b7 (31. Bf4 $1 e5 (31... Qxd4 32. b7) 32. Bxe5 Bd6 33. b7 Rb8 34. Bxd6
Qxd6 35. Qxb8+ Qxb8 36. Ra8 $18) 31... Rb8 32. Bf4 $2 (32. g3 $1 $18 {/\ 33.
Be3-f4}) 32... Rxb7 $1 33. Qxb7 Qxd4 $14 34. Ra8 Qxf4 35. g3 Qd6 36. Qc8 e6 37.
Qxc4 h5 38. h4 Kg7 (38... Qe5 39. Qc8 Qg7 $1 $14) 39. Qc3+ Kh7 $4 (39... e5 $6
40. Ra5 f6 41. Ra7+ Be7 42. Qc4 $16) (39... Kg8 40. Qf6 Qd7 $14) 40. Qf6 $18
Kg8 (40... Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Ra7 $18) 41. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 {The fianchetto system is one
of the most solid ways to meet King's Indian.} c6 {Radjabov prepares the
advance d5, which would transpose into the Gruenfeld Defence.} 6. e4 $5 {
A somewhat unexpected decision. It turns out that Aronian is looking for more
than fight for a slight edge in the position arising after 6.Bg2 d5 7.cxd5
cxd5.} d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3
Rc8 {#} 13. h4 {This is a standard advance in such structures. White gains
more space on the kingside and might launch an attack later on. Black is
usually looking for counterplay on the opposite side. However, there is
another idea behind the advance of the h-pawn. Somitemes Black can fight for
the supremacy in the center by means of f7-f6. In that case the advance of the
h-pawn will weaken the pawn g6, discouraging Black from the mentioned plan in
the center. Although Black has no weaknesses, White's chances are slightly
preferable first of all thanks to his space advantage.} (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Qxd4 15. Bxc6 ({or} 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 {followed by 17...Bxe5}) 15...
Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rxc6 {is equal}) 13... Qa5 {By increasing pressure on c3
Radjabov tries to force his opponent to take on e4, which would open for Black
the d-file and considerably increase the influence of his bishop on the long
diagonal.} ({The standard method} 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Qd3 {doesn't
fully solve Black's problems: White easily protects his only weakness on c3
and can concentrate on developing the attack on the kingside.}) 14. Qd3 (14.
Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 {would be a mistake. After} Rfd8 {Black will retain the
pawn in a favourable situation - all his pieces will remain active.}) 14...
Rfd8 15. Be3 {A clever move, provoking the following answer.} ({The tactics} 
15. Nxd5 {doesn't work:} Rxd5 16. Bxe4 Rxd4 {and White will remain with a pawn
down.}) 15... Nb4 {This leads Black nowhere, but it was not easy to create
counterplay anyway.} (15... f6 16. exf6) 16. Qe2 Nxc3 17. bxc3 {#} Nc6 ({
It turns out that after} 17... Rxc3 18. Bd2 {Black must sacrifice the exchange
and although this is quite interesting, it is insufficient to equalise:} Nc6 (
18... Ra3 $2 19. Rfb1 Ra4 20. a3 {loses a piece}) 19. Bxc3 Qxc3 20. Rac1 $1 Qa3
({worse is} 20... Qxd4 21. Rfd1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxd5 {with a difficult
endgame for Black}) 21. Rcd1 e6 22. Rd3 Qa4 23. Qd2 {and White is better}) 18.
Rfc1 {A rather surprising decision to play on the queenside. In the end it
will only lead to massive exchanges and a draw.} ({Stronger looks the typical} 
18. Rac1 {with the idea to use the other rook on the h-file after Kg2 and
h4-h5.}) 18... e6 19. c4 Qb6 $1 {Radjabov points out the drawback of White's
plan: the weakness of pawn d4.} ({In case of} 19... dxc4 20. Rxc4 {Aronian's
idea would have worked out: his light-squared bishop would have been very
strong.}) 20. c5 (20. cxd5 Nxd4 {brings White nothing}) 20... Qa5 {Black has
little to complain that the pawn moved from c3 to c5 - on c5 it only helps
Black to exchange it by means of b7-b6 and also open more files.} 21. Rab1 b6
22. h5 {Well, now this doesn't really look like an attempt to attack. Black
has already sufficient counterplay.} Qa4 {Again pointing out the main drawback
of the advance of the c-pawn.} 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Bf8 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Rcb1
(26. Rxb6 {runs into} Nxd4 $1 {and it is White who must be careful to achieve
a draw.}) 26... Ne7 $1 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. g4 (28. Rxb6 Nf5 {allows Black
sufficient activity.}) 28... Ra8 29. R1b2 Nc8 {# Right in time. Radjabov
protected well his only weakness and White's advantage has only a symbolic
character.} 30. Bd1 ({Perhaps} 30. Rc2 {would have required from Black more
accuracy.}) 30... Rd7 31. a4 Rc7 32. f4 Rc3 {After activating the rook Black
has little to fear.} 33. Kf2 Ra7 34. Rc2 Rxc2+ 35. Bxc2 Rc7 36. Bd1 Rc4 37. Ke2
Rb4 38. Rxb4 Bxb4 39. Bc2 Ne7 40. Bd3 Nc6 41. Bb5 Na7 42. Ba6 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ehlvest} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nd2 h6
8. Bh4 a6 (8... e5 9. e4 a6 10. Be2 Qc7 11. O-O Nh7 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5
14. f3 Rf7 15. Kh1 Nf8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Rg1 Nd7 20. g5
hxg5 21. Rxg5 Ne5 22. Rag1 Bd7 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. Qf1 Bh6 25. Qg2 Qd8 26. Rh5 Qf8
27. Bd3 Rf6 28. Nde4 Nxd3 29. Qg8+ {1-0 Kogan,A-Afek,Y/Kecskemet ;EXP 45 1994})
(8... Qb6 9. Qc2 e5 10. e4 Nh7 11. Be2 h5 12. f3 Bh6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Kb1 Ndf6
15. Bf2 a6 16. Rdg1 Bd7 17. Nd1 Qa5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 b5 20. h4 Kh8 21. g4
Rab8 22. g5 Ne8 23. f4 exf4 {Rustemov,A-Isupov,V/RUS-chT Moscow (08) ;EXP 45
1994/1-0 (56)}) (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 (9... e6 10. e4 exd5 11. cxd5 $14) 10. e3
Nxg3 11. hxg3 f5 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 $5) 12... Nd7 13. Nf3 e6 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. g4 $5 fxg4 16. Ne4 b6 17. Ng3 $44) 14. dxe6 Nb6 $1 15. g4 {Ehlvest,
J-Pugachev,A/St.Petersburg op (06) ;CBM 41 1994/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 9. e4 b5 10. Be2
b4 11. Na4 Nh7 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Rae1 a5 16. Nf3 Ng6 (
16... Bd7 $10 {Ehlvest}) 17. e5 (17. Bd3 Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. e5 Ng5 20. Nxg5
hxg5 21. e6 $13 {Ehlvest}) 17... g4 18. Nh4 Nxe5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Qc8 21.
Qxc8 Raxc8 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Bxg4 f5 24. Bd1 Ng5 25. f3 Nf7 26. Bc2 Nd6 27. b3
e4 28. g3 Bd4+ 29. Kg2 e3 30. f4 Rfe8 31. Re2 Rb8 32. Kf3 e6 33. dxe6 Rxe6 34.
Rg2 h5 35. Ke2 Kf7 36. h3 Rg6 37. Rfg1 Rg7 38. Bd3 Rbg8 39. Nb6 h4 40. g4 fxg4
41. Rxg4 Rxg4 42. hxg4 h3 43. g5 Rh8 44. Nd5 h2 45. Rh1 Ke6 46. Nc7+ (46. Nxe3
Bxe3 47. Kxe3 Rh3+ 48. Ke2 Nf5) (46. f5+ Nxf5 47. Nf4+ Kd6 48. Bxf5 Rf8 49.
Rxh2 Rxf5 50. Rh6+ Kd7 $10) (46. g6 Nf5 47. Nc7+ Kf6 48. Nd5+ Ke6 $10) 46...
Kd7 47. Nd5 Ke6 48. Nc7+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. d5 Bg7 6. Nd4 Bd7 7. e4 c5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. h3 e6 10. Bd3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 b5 13. cxb5 a6 14. bxa6 Nxa6
15. O-O Nb4 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. a3 Nc2 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21.
Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Bd3 Bxb2 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Re1 Bxd5 25. Rb1 Qf6 $2 {This is a
serious mistake as Black has no good answer to Be3.} (25... Be5 26. a4 {
gives Black chances to draw this with his powerful pair of bishops, but White
still is the one in the drivers seat.}) 26. Be3 Bd4 (26... Ba2 27. Rxb2 Qxb2
28. Qxd6 {is too dangerous for Black. His dark squares around his king are
almost impossible to hold.}) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Ra1 (28. Rb4 Rxa3 29. Qxd4 Qxd4
30. Rxd4 Ra5 31. Red1 Bb3 32. Rb1 Bd5 {is probably a win but Lysyj wants to
keep his last pawn on the queenside alive.}) 28... h5 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. a4 Bc4
31. a5 d3 32. Rab1 h4 33. Re4 Be6 34. Rf4 Bf5 35. Qb4 Rc8 36. Rd1 Qe5 37. Rxh4
d5 38. Qd4 Kf6 39. Qxe5+ Kxe5 40. Ra4 Bd7 41. Ra3 Ra8 42. Rdxd3 Bb5 43. Re3+
Kd6 44. Rf3 Ra7 45. a6 Kc5 46. Rfb3 Rxa6 47. Rxa6 Bxa6 48. f3 Kd4 49. Kf2 Bc8
50. h4 Be6 51. g3 Kc4 52. Rb6 Kc5 53. Ra6 Kd4 54. Ra4+ Ke5 55. Ke3 Bd7 56. Ra5
Be6 57. g4 Bd7 58. f4+ Kd6 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 Bf5 61. Kd4 1-0

