[Event "USChesslive.org"]
[Site "USChesslive INT"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Diesen, Mark C"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.10.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 {
Classical line.} O-O 8. Ne2 Qd7 $5 {Larsen's trademark.} 9. f3 $6 (9. O-O b6
10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Rb1 $5) 9... c5 $1 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 $6 (11. dxc5
Qc7 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 $2 Na5 14. Bxf7+ $2 Kf8 $17) 13... Bd7 $44)
11... Na5 $1 (11... Rd8 12. dxc5 {transposes to the last note.}) 12. Bd3 cxd4
13. cxd4 b6 14. Rc1 $6 (14. Rb1 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 $11) 14... e6 15. f4
$6 Bb7 (15... f5 $142 16. d5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bb7 $17) 16. f5 exf5 17. exf5 Rfe8
18. Qd2 Rad8 $2 (18... Rac8 $36) 19. Kh1 $6 (19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Rcf1 Nc4 21. Bxc4
Rxc4 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bh6 Bd5 $14) 19... Rc8 (19... Qd5 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Ne2
$11) 20. Bh6 $1 Qd5 21. Rf2 Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24. Qf1 Bd5 $1
25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Bg5 (26. Bxg6 $2 fxg6 27. Rf8+ Rxf8 28. Qxf8+ Kh7 $19) 26...
Bc4 27. Bxc4 Qxc4 28. Qa1 Qd4 {Tempting.} (28... Qe6 $5 29. Qf1 Nc4 $17) 29.
Qf1 Qe5 30. h4 $1 (30. Bd2 Qd5) 30... f5 $2 (30... Qe1 $2 31. Rxf7 $11) (30...
Qe6 $142) 31. Qa6 $6 (31. h5 $5 gxh5 (31... Qg3 32. Bd2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qxh5 34.
Bxa5 bxa5 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ $44) (31... Kf7 32. h6) (31... Qe1 32. hxg6 Kg7
33. Rxf5 Kxg6 34. Rf6+ $3 $11) 32. Rxf5 Qe1 33. Rf8+ Kh7 34. Rf7+ Kg6 35. Rf6+
$3 $11) 31... Qd4 $5 (31... Qe1+ 32. Rf1 Qe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 $17) 32. Rf3 $1 Nc6
(32... Nc4 $6 33. Qxa7 Ne5 34. Rf1 Ng4 35. Qc7 $11) 33. Qb7 Ne5 $5 (33... Qd1+
$6 34. Kh2 Ne5 35. Rg3 Ng4+ 36. Rxg4 Qxg4 (36... fxg4 37. Qc6 $1 $11) 37. Qd5+
$11) 34. Rf1 Qd7 $1 $17 35. Qxd7 Nxd7 36. Rd1 Nc5 37. Rd6 Kf7 38. Rf6+ Kg7 39.
Rc6 Ne6 40. Kh2 Kf7 $1 (40... Nxg5 $2 41. hxg5 $15 {xKg7,Pg6}) 41. Bc1 Re7 42.
Bb2 Rd7 43. Bc3 $2 (43. Be5 Rd5 44. Bb8 Ra5 45. Rc2 Nc5 $19) 43... Rc7 44.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 $19 45. Kh3 $5 (45. Kg3 Nd5 46. Bd4 Ke6 47. Kf3 a6 48. g4 b5 $19)
45... Nd5 46. Bd2 Nf6 47. Be3 Ke6 48. Kg3 Ke5 49. Bf4+ $2 $138 (49. Kf3 Nd5)
49... Ke4 50. Bb8 a6 51. Bc7 b5 52. Ba5 Nd5 53. Bd2 Ne3 $6 (53... b4 $19) 54.
Kh3 (54. Kf2 f4 (54... Nd5 55. a3 Nb6 $19) 55. Bxe3 fxe3+ 56. Ke2 Kf4 $19)
54... Kd3 55. Bc1 f4 56. g4 $2 (56. Ba3 a5 57. Bd6 Ke4 58. Bc7 a4 59. Ba5 Nd5
60. Kg4 b4 61. Bxb4 Nxb4 62. Kg5 Nxa2 63. Kxg6 a3 64. h5 Nc1 65. h6 a2 66. h7
a1=Q $19) 56... f3 57. Kg3 Ke2 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Vydeslaver, Alik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Bb5 Na5
15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. d5 Qc7 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Be2 h6 19. h4 h5 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Rb1
Qc7 22. Nb5 Qd7 23. Qb4 Ba6 {[#]} 24. Nxa7 $1 Bxe2 25. Nxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxb6 Nc4
27. Qb8 Qxb8 28. Rxb8+ Kh7 29. Bc5 Nd6 {[#] If this position arises by force
after 24 Nxa7!, I'd say that White's combination was a winning one, since the
position must be winning for White. He has got a rook & TWO pawns for bishop &
knight, an outside passed pawn; active pieces & a healthy pawn skeleton - what
else does one need?! Thus, I find it difficult to understand the next White's
move...} 30. f4 $2 {Misjudgement. Why should White give his opponent
counterplay?!} (30. f3 {Better, securing the centre and intending to advance
his a-pawn after due preparation.}) 30... Nxe4 31. Bxe7 Bd4+ 32. Kh2 Nf2 33. d6
Ng4+ 34. Kg3 (34. Kh3 Bg1 $5) 34... Bf2+ 35. Kh3 Ne3 36. Rb1 Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch39 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.09.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Kapengut, Albert Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 (11... Bg4 12. f3 Na5) 12. Bd3 b6
13. Rc1 Bb7 $6 (13... e6 $142 14. e5 (14. Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 Qd7 16. Bh6 Rac8 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qg5 Qd8 $10 {Razuvaev,Y-Jansa,V/Polanica Zdroj/1979/}) 14... Bb7
15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Qg4 Rac8 17. h4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 $13 {Bagirov,V-Tukmakov,V/
Lvov/1978/}) 14. d5 $14 e6 $6 (14... Rc8 $142) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 Qd6 (16...
Qe7 17. Qg4 Rad8 18. Bb1 Bc8 19. a4 {/\Ba2+/-/}) 17. Qg4 Rae8 (17... Bc8 18. e5
$1 Qxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Qf6 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Rc7 $18) (17... Rxf4 18.
Bxf4 Qxd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Be5 $18 {Geller/}) 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfd1 Qe5 20. Bd7
Qxe4 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd4 Qb5 23. a4 $18) 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rd4 $1
Rxf4 (22... Bxd4 23. Bxd4+ Qxd4 24. Nxg6+ $18) 23. Rd8+ $1 (23. Rc8+ Bxc8 24.
Rd8+ Bf8 25. Rxf8+ Kg7) 23... Rf8 (23... Bf8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bd4+ $18) 24.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 25. Qxe4 (25. Qxe4 Bxe4 26. Bd4+ Rg7 27. Rc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Rb1 a6
15. Bxb7 Ra7 16. Bd5 Bb5 17. a4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 e6 19. Bc4 Bxd4 20. Rfd1 Bxe3+
21. Qxe3 Rd7 22. Be2 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Qc8 24. Qc1 (24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Kf2 Qb4 26.
Qc3 Rb8 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Ra8 Nb3 30. Rxa6 {Remis.
Polugaevsky-Mecking, (5) Luzern 1977}) 24... Qb7 25. Qc5 Nb3 26. Qe3 Na5 27.
Rd6 Qb4 28. Qd2 Qxa4 29. Rxa6 Qa1+ (29... Nb3 30. Rxa4 Nxd2 31. Rb4 $14) 30.
Kf2 Nb3 31. Rxa1 Nxd2 32. Ke3 Nb3 33. Rb1 Nc5 34. Kd4 Nd7 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Bb5
Nf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 11th round, right after I had lost the very
important game against Anand. I played for a win, but as usual I did not
expect very much.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 {Ivanchuk chose
this variation against Nielsen in Monaco, after which Nielsen replied:} 12. Rc1
(12. Qd2 $6 e5 {After which Nielsen was gradually outplayed (although he saved
a draw in the end).}) 12... cxd4 {This move, opening the c-file right after
White has played Rc1 doesn't look very good, but it is part of a setup.} 13.
cxd4 e6 {Before developing the bishop on b7, Black wants to prevent d5. This
move does, however, create some weaknesses on the dark squares around the
black king.} 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. h4 {This move has long been considered the best
move here. The h4 pawn is obviously immune.} Qe7 $6 {This is just a bit too
indifferent in my opinion.} (15... Nc6 {Is the main continuation, after which}
16. e5 {Is quite interesting, and probably quite promising for White.}) 16. h5
Rfc8 17. e5 $1 {This is apparently a novelty, but quite a logical one, as to
create play on the dark squares on the kingside is whites plan here.} Rxc1 $2 {
This looks like a very bad plan to me.} (17... Nc6 {should probably have been
tried, I think that Black's first priority here should be to bring the knight
back into the game.}) 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 $6 (20... Qd7 {
was more resistant, but after Bf6 it is in any case very hard to believe that
Black can survive.}) (20... f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Qc2 {Drops a pawn, but the black position is anyway so critical that it may
have considered.}) 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 h6 {This prevents immediate
infiltration, but doesn't help, as after} (22... Nb4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qf6+ Kf8
25. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 26. h6 {and wins.}) 23. Qc1 {Black is completely defenceless.}
g5 (23... Qd7 24. hxg6 {is clearly no better.}) 24. Bb5 Bd7 25. d5 $1 {By
exploiting the pin on the c-file, White wins a piece and the game.} exd5 26.
Nd4 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd6 28. Bxc6 Qxf6 29. Bxd7 Qxd4 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32.
Bc6 d4 33. Bb5 Kf8 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 {After this game had finished I had a
strange feeling, since I could not really understand what that had just
happened: Without making any particularily spectacular moves I had just beaten
one of best players in the world. It seems to me that Ivanchuk must have had
an extremely bad day (as it seemed to me, for most of this tournament he
played really well).} 1-0

[Event "Venice"]
[Site "Venice"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
Ne2 O-O (8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5+ $2 11. Bd2 $1 Qh5 12. d5 $1 Ne5 (
12... Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Ne5 14. f4) 13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Rc1 (15. Rb1 $1
) 15... O-O 16. Rc7 Rfd8 17. Qb1 {Bondarevsky-Katetov/Moscow-Prag/1946} (17.
Rxb7 Nc5 $17)) (8... Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 (10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+
Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 $5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Kg1
Rf8 19. Qe1 (19. Bc5 Rc8 20. Bf2 Rf8 21. Bc5 $10 {Naumkin}) 19... Bh6 20. Ng3
Qa6 {(/\ Rf2)} 21. Kh1 (21. Nf1 Nb2 $1) 21... Qa4 22. Qe2 b6 23. h4 Rf4 $5 {N}
(23... Bf4 24. g5 $1 (24. Nf1 $2 {- inf.49/549}) 24... Nd6 25. Re1 $13 {
Ivanchuk}) 24. Be1 Bf8 25. Rc1 b5 26. Rc3 Be7 27. h5 $13 {Ftacnik-Kudrin/Inf.
53/466}) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Bd7 13. h4 h6 $6 14. Nf4 $1 Kh7 15.
e5 Rad8 16. h5 g5 17. Ng6 $1 fxg6 18. hxg6+ Kxg6 19. Qh5+ Kh7 20. Qxg5 $18 e6
21. Rxh6+ Kg8 22. Rxe6 $1 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Rf7 24. Qg6 Rdf8 25. Bh6 Kh8 26. Bxg7+
{1-0/Guseinov-Isoev/Azov/1991} Rxg7 27. Qh6+ Rh7 28. Qxf8#) 9. O-O cxd4 (9...
Nd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qc1 a6 (11... b6 $143 12. Nf4 e6 13. d5 e5 $2 14. d6 $1 {
Tolush-Kotov/Moscow/1948}) 12. f4 Nb6 13. Bb3 c4 14. Bc2 f5 $1) 10. cxd4 Nc6
11. Be3 Bg4 (11... Na5 12. Bd3 Be6 (12... Bg4 13. h3 $138 Bd7 14. Rb1 Rc8 15.
d5 b6 16. Ba6 Rc7 17. Bf4 Rc5 18. Qd3 f5 19. f3 e6 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 e5
22. Be3 g5 $5 23. Qc2 $1 g4 24. fxg4 fxe4 25. Qc7 Qe8 26. h4 Rf7 27. Qxa7 b5
28. Rf1 $1 Bf6 29. Bg5 Bxg5 30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. hxg5 Nc4 32. Qb8+ $18 {
Soogard-Demetrio/corr EU TTch Prel/1990}) (12... b6 13. Rc1 e6 14. e5 Bb7 15.
Nf4 Qh4 $1 16. g3 Qe7 {Botvinnik}) 13. d5 $1 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 f6 15. Bh6 Re8 16.
Nf4 Bd7 17. e5 $1 $40) (11... Bd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 Qa5 $1 14. Qb2 Qb4 15.
Bb3 e6 16. Rc4 Qd6 17. Qd2 b6 {Tipary-Smyslov/Budapest-Moscow/1949}) 12. f3 Na5
13. Rc1 (13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+) (13. Bd3 Be6 14. d5 $1 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6
16. Bh6 Qb6+ 17. Nd4 (17. Kh1 $142 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Moscow m/1950}) 17...
Bd7 $1 18. Rb1 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Bxf8 $10 {Bronstein-Boleslavsky/Budapest ct/
1950}) 13... Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Qa5 (15... a6 16. Rd1 Rc8 $1 $13) 16.
Nc3 (16. Rfc1 Rac8 17. Rc5 Qa6) 16... b5 $6 (16... b6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. Nd5 Rxc4
19. Qxc4 e6 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Qxc6 Re8 23. Qc7 Qb4 24. Kf1 Qe7 25.
Qxe7+ Rxe7 $10 {Bronstein-Kotov/Saltsjöbaden itz/1948}) 17. Rc5 Rfc8 18. Nd5
Rxc5 19. dxc5 e6 $2 20. c6 $1 Be8 $8 (20... exd5 21. cxd7 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rf8 23.
Bc5 $18) 21. Ne7+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 $2 22. Bc5) 22. Qc2 Qc7 23. Qc5 h6 (23... f6
24. e5 fxe5 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Bg5 Kg7 27. Rd6 Bxe7 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 $2 29. Rd7 $18)
24. f4 $2 (24. Bd4 $1 f6 (24... Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4+ Kh7 26. Qc5 Rd8 27. f4 Rd6 $2 (
27... Rd7 28. f5 $1 Rxe7 (28... Rd2 29. fxg6+ fxg6 30. Ng8 Kxg8 31. Qf8+ Kh7
32. Qxe8 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Qf2 34. Rg1 Rc2 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. c7 Qc5 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38.
Qd7+ Kg8 39. Rd1 $18) 29. f6 Rd7 30. Qf8 $18) 28. f5 $1 Qxe7 29. c7 Bd7 30. e5
$18) (24... e5 25. Bf2 Kh7 26. Rc1 Bf8 27. Nd5 Bxc5 28. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rc8
30. Nxb5 Rxc6 31. Rxc6 Bxc6 32. Nxa7 Bd7 33. Ke3 $18) 25. f4 Kh7 26. f5 gxf5
27. exf5 e5 28. Bf2 Bf8 29. Nd5 Bxc5 30. Nxc7 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rc8 32. Nxe8 Rxe8
33. Rd1 $18) 24... Kh7 25. f5 Be5 26. f6 $2 (26. fxg6+ fxg6 27. Ng8 $1 Bxh2+ (
27... Bxc6 $1) 28. Kh1 Bd6 (28... Kxg8 29. Qf8+ Kh7 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rf8#) 29.
Nf6+ Kh8 (29... Kg7 30. Qc3 Be5 31. Bxh6+ $1 $18) 30. Qc3 Be5 31. Bd4 Bxd4 32.
Qxd4 e5 (32... Qg7 33. Qd6 Rc8 34. Qxe6 $18) 33. Qc5 Bxc6 34. Rc1 Rc8 35. Ng4
Qb8 36. Qe7 $18) 26... Bxh2+ 27. Kh1 Bd6 28. Qxb5 Rb8 29. Qc4 Qa5 $1 {/\30...
Dh5} (29... Bxe7 $143 30. fxe7 Qxe7 31. c7 $1 Rc8 32. Rc1) 30. Qe2 Qc3 31. Qe1
Qe5 32. Qh4 (32. Bf4 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Qc5+ 35. Qf2 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5
$6 (36... Rc1 $1) 37. Nxg6 $1 Qh5+ (37... fxg6 38. Qxa7+ $18) (37... Kxg6 38.
Qg3+) 38. Qh4 Qc5 39. Ne7 Qg1+ 40. Kh3 e5) 32... g5 33. Qh3 Rb4 34. Bg1 $2 (34.
c7 $1 Bxc7 35. Ng8 Kxg8 36. Qxh6 Qh2+ 37. Qxh2 Bxh2 38. Kxh2) 34... Qxe4 35. c7
Bxc7 36. Rc1 Be5 37. Rc8 Rb1 (37... Rb1 38. Rxe8 Rxg1+ $1 39. Kxg1 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. dxe5 {N} (16. d5 Nc4 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Qe1
Bh6 20. Ng3 Qa6 21. Kh1 Qa4 22. Qe2 $13 {Georgiev,Kir-Ivanchuk,V/Reggio Emilia/
1989/}) 16... Bxe5 17. Qxd8+ (17. Rc1) 17... Rxd8 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. g3 Rd3 20.
Bf4 (20. Kf2 Ra3 $132) 20... Bd4 (20... Ra3 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Rc8+ Kg7 23. Rc7+
Kg8 24. Rxb7 $14) 21. Nxd4 (21. Rb1 Bb6) 21... Rxd4 22. Rb1 Rb4 $1 (22... Rxe4
23. Rxb7 $14) 23. Rxb4 Nxb4 24. a4 Nc6 25. Ke2 (25. Bd2 b6 26. Ke2 a6 27. Kd3
b5 $1) 25... a6 26. Bd2 b5 $1 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bc3 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke6 30. Kf4 b4
31. Ba1 Nd8 32. h4 (32. Kg5 Nf7+) 32... Nf7 33. Ke3 Ne5 34. Kf4 Nf7 35. Ke3 b3
36. Kd4 (36. Kf4 Nd6 {/\ Nc4, b2}) 36... Ne5 37. g5 Ng4 38. Kc4 Nf2 39. Kxb3 (
39. e5 Ne4 40. Kxb3 Nxg3 41. Kc4 Nf5 42. Kd3 Kd5 $17) 39... Nxe4 40. g4 Nf2 41.
h5 $1 Nxg4 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Bb2 Kf5 44. Bc1 Nf2 45. Kc2 Ne4 46. Kd3 Nxg5 47.
Ke2 Ne6 48. Kf3 Nd4+ 49. Kg2 Ne2 50. Bh6 Kg4 51. Kf2 Ng3 52. Bc1 Nh5 53. Bh6
Nf4 54. Kf1 Kf3 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1987.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. d5 Ne5 (13... Na5
14. Bb5 $1 $14) 14. Bb5 (14. Bb3 Ba6 $1 $132 (14... Qd6 $6 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bd4
$16)) 14... Qd6 (14... a6 $6 15. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 16. dxc6 $16) 15. f4 (15. Nd4 Rfc8
16. f4 $1 Rxc1 17. Bxc1 $13) 15... Ng4 16. Bd4 e5 $1 (16... Bxd4+ $2 17. Qxd4
e5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 $2 19. Bd7 $18) 17. h3 $1 (17. dxe6 $2 Qxe6 18. Bxg7 Qxe4 $1
$19) 17... exd4 18. hxg4 Rac8 19. Qd3 $6 (19. Bc4 $1) 19... f5 $1 $132 20. gxf5
gxf5 21. e5 $8 (21. Nxd4 $2 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Qb4 $1 $19) 21... Qxd5 22. Bc4 Rxc4
23. Qxc4 Qxc4 24. Rxc4 Ba6 25. Rxd4 $1 (25. Rfc1 $2 d3 {/\d2-+}) 25... Bxe2 26.
Rc1 b5 27. Rc7 Ra8 (27... Rf7 $2 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rcc8 $1 Bc4 (29... Kg7 30. e6
Rf6 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. e7 $18) 30. Re8 $1 Kg7 31. e6 $18) 28. Rdd7 Bf8 29. Rxh7 (
29. e6 $2 Re8 $1 (29... Bb4 $2 30. Rxh7 Bf8 31. e7 Bg7 32. Rxg7+ $18) 30. e7
Bg7 31. Rxa7 Kf7) 29... a5 30. Kf2 Bg4 $1 (30... Bc4 $6 31. g4 $1 fxg4 (31...
Be6 $2 32. gxf5 Bxf5 33. Rh5 $1) 32. f5 Bxa2 33. Rh4 $1 $36) 31. Kg3 $1 a4 32.
Kh4 b4 33. Ra7 $1 $10 (33. Kg5 $2 b3 $1 34. axb3 axb3 35. Rb7 b2 36. Rhd7 (36.
Rh1 Ra1) 36... Ra7 $3 $19) 33... Rxa7 34. Rxa7 b3 (34... a3 $2 35. Kg5 (35. e6
Bc5)) 35. axb3 axb3 36. Rb7 (36. Kg5 Bd1 37. Kf6 Bc2 38. Rb7 Ba3 39. e6 b2 40.
e7 Bxe7+ 41. Kxe7 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Bxb1 43. Kf6 $10) 36... Bh6 $1 37. Rxb3 Bxf4
38. Rb4 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 b5 (17... Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. Qg3 (19.
h3 b6 (19... Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 $1 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1
Rf2 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla 1998/ (34)}) 20. Kg1 Bf8 21. Kh1 Bc5
22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Ng1 Qf2 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qa6 Rf8 26. Ng5 {1-0 Nenashev,
A-Conquest,S/Groningen 1997/ (37)}) 19... Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3 21. Nxg3 Bh6 22.
Rf1 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. h4 Rc2 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. h5 Rxa2 {0-1 Tuchtfeld,
J-Stephan,A/OLNN 1993/EXT 97-B (42) 0-1}) 18. Ng1 (18. g5 Bf8 19. Ng1 a6 (19...
Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 $5 21. Qc3 (21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nf3 Bc5 $1 23. Rb1 Rxa2 24.
Rxb5 Rf2+ 25. Ke1 Rxg2 26. h3 Rg3 27. Nxe5 Re3+ 28. Kd1 Rxe4 $11) 21... b4 22.
Qc4 (22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Rc8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Nf3 Ke6 $13) 22... Bd6 23. Ke2
$6 (23. Nf3 a5 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. dxc6 Rc8 26. Rc1 Kf7 $13) 23... a5 24. Nh3 a4 {
0-1 Van Wely,L-Nijboer,F/Rotterdam 1998/ (39)}) 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Re2
Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qc7 24. Qb3 Qc1+ 25. Re1 Qc4+ 26. Re2 a5 {0-1 Van Tilbury,
C-Zadrima,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (41) 0-1}) 18... Bf8 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bf2 (
20. g5 Qa5 $5) 20... Qa5 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. Ng5 $2 {White misses a strong answer
of his opponent, black can transpose to the endgame due to excellent
cooperation of his pieces.} (22. Qe2 $5 Na3 23. Ng5 $16) 22... Qd2 23. Qxd2
Nxd2 {[%mdl 4096]} 24. Be3 (24. Bxa7 h6 25. Ne6 (25. Rd1 Rc2 26. Ne6 Nxe4 $11)
25... Nxe4 26. Be3 g5 $11) 24... Nc4 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bf2 b4 27. Rc1 $6 (27.
Ne6 $2 b3 $17) (27. Rb1 $5 Rxa2 28. Nf3 Re2 $13) 27... Rxa2 28. Rxc4 Ra1+ 29.
Be1 b3 $1 {Tyomkin has probably missed this fine idea, black's main trumph is
making a home run.} (29... Rxe1+ $2 30. Kf2 Ra1 31. Rc6 $16) 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31.
Kf2 (31. Ne6+ Kf7 (31... Kf6 32. g5+ Ke7 33. Kf2 b2 34. Bb4 Bxb4 $1 (34... b1=Q
35. Rc7+ Ke8 36. Ng7+ Kf8 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. Rc8+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kf7 (
40... Kd7 41. Rd8+ Kc7 42. Bxd6+ $18) 41. Nd8+ $11) 35. Rc7+ Kd6 36. Rc6+ Kd7
37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Ng7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Kg8 40. Rc8+ Kf7 41. Rc7+ Be7 $19) 32. Nd8+
Ke7 33. Nc6+ Kd7 34. Rd8+ Kc7 35. Kf2 b2 36. Rb8 Bc5+ (36... b1=Q $2 37. Ba5+
Rxa5 38. Rxb1 $18) 37. Ke2 Rxe1+ $1 38. Kxe1 Bb6 $19) 31... b2 32. Ne6+ Kf7 (
32... Kf7 33. Nd8+ Kf6 34. g5+ Kxg5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1989.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qd7 15. h3 {N} (15. g5 Rd8 16. Kg1 e6 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. Bf2 b5 $14 {
Gligoric,S-Popovic,P/Jugoslavija/1988/1/4-1/4/39/} 19. Qd3) 15... Nc4 16. Bf2
cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. dxe5 (18. d5 Bh6 $44) 18... Nd2+ 19. Ke1 $8 (19. Kg1 Bxe5
20. Rc1 Bb2 21. Be3 Bxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Qxd2 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Rc2 $19) 19...
Bxe5 $2 (19... Bh6 $5 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Qb2 Nxe4 22. Qb3+ $13 (22. Rd1 $2 Qxd1+
23. Kxd1 Nxf2+ 24. Ke1 Nd3+ $19)) 20. Rc1 Rd8 (20... Rf8 21. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 22.
Kxd2 Rxf2 23. Ke3 Rxg2 24. Rc5 $16) 21. Qc2 Qf7 22. Rd1 Rf8 23. Bc5 $1 Rc8 $8
24. Rxd2 b6 25. Rd5 Bg7 26. Qd3 bxc5 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxd8+ Bf8 29. Qd5 Kg7
30. g5 c4 $6 (30... Qc7 $5 $16) 31. Nd4 Bb4+ 32. Ke2 Qxd5 33. exd5 a5 34. Nc6
Kf8 35. Ne5 c3 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Nc4 a4 38. a3 Bc5 39. Kxc3 Kd7 40. Kd3 Be7 41.
Kd4 Bxg5 42. Kc5 {Ftacnik} 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Kladovo"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be6 13. d5 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 f6
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Nf4 Bf7 17. Bb5 $6 (17. e5 $1 $40 Bxd5 18. Rd1) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Qc3 b6 20. Rc1 Nb7 21. Nd3 (21. Qc7 Nc5) 21... Rd8 22. h3 (22.
Bf4 e5 $1) 22... Be8 {/\ Bb5} 23. e5 Qxd5 24. exf6 Qxd3 25. f7+ Kxf7 26. Qg7+
Ke6 27. Re1+ Kd5 $1 (27... Kd6 28. Qxe7+ Kc6 29. Re6+ $16) 28. Qxe7 Bd7 (28...
Bc6 29. Qe5+ Kc4 30. Rc1+) 29. Bf4 Kc6 30. a4 Re8 31. Qf6+ Nd6 $8 32. Rc1+ Kb7
33. Qxd6 Qxd6 34. Bxd6 Rc8 35. Rxc8 Bxc8 $10 36. a5 b5 37. Kf1 Kc6 38. Bb8 a6
39. Ke2 Kc5 40. Kd2 h5 41. Kc3 b4+ 42. Kb2 Kb5 43. Bc7 h4 44. Bd8 Be6 45. g3 {
Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch53"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1998.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 (16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. g3
Rd3 20. Bf4 Bd4 $1 {Seirawan,Y-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik/1990/}) (16. Rc1 $5 Qd7 17.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19. Bf2 Bxe5 20. Rd7 b6 21. h3 $5 a6 22. Ke1 $14 {
/\Nd4-f3}) 16... Nc4 17. Qd3 (17. Bf2 Qf6 (17... Bh6 18. Qd3 Rc8 19. Kg1 b6 20.
Kh1 Qd7 21. h3 Nd6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Rc4 24. Ng3 Qc7 25. Rf1 Rc3 26. Qf2 {
1-0 Nickoloff,B-Baquero,L/Canadian op/1997/ (33)}) (17... Qa5 18. Qd3 Nd6 19.
Kg1 Rc8 20. Qe3 Rc2 21. Ng3 Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Qxa2 23. h4 Qc2 24. Qxa7 Qd1+ 25. Kh2
Qxg4 {1/2-1/2 Frare,F-Tsuboi,E/Registro op/1997/ (31)}) (17... Qg5 18. Qc1 Nd2+
19. Ke1 Bh6 20. h3 Rf8 21. a4 Qf6 22. Qd1 Qxf2# {0-1 Sorensen,M-Leth,U/
Aarhus-D 1991}) 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Qe1 (19. Bc5 Rc8 20. Bxa7 (20. Bf2 Rf8 21. Qe1
(21. Bc5 $11) 21... Bh6 22. Ng3 Qa6 23. Kh1 Qa4 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. Nf1 b6 (25...
Nd6 $1 26. Bc5 Nxe4 $3 27. Bxf8 Qd4 $1 28. Bc5 $8 Qxa1 29. Qxe4 Qxf1+ 30. Bg1
Bd8 $11) 26. h4 Be7 27. g5 Bc5 28. Bg3 (28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Rc1 Nd6 $15) 28...
Nd6 29. Nd2 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Miralles,G/Voskresensk/1990/ (36)}) 20... Bh6 (20...
b6 21. Qb3 Bh6 22. Rd1 $8 Qd6 $5 23. Kh1 $1 $8 Bd2 24. Rb1 Be3) 21. Nc3 Qa6 22.
Bf2 Nd6 23. g5 Rxc3 24. gxh6 Nxe4 25. Qg4 Nf6 26. Qg5 {Horvath,C-Filipovic,B/
Budapest/1990/1-0 (68)}) (19. Bxa7 $2 b6 20. Qe1 Qf7 21. Rc1 Qxa7 22. Rxc4 b5+
$19) 19... Bh6 {/\ Bd2} 20. Ng3 (20. Bxa7 $2 b6 21. h4 Qe7 $1 22. g5 Bg7 23.
Rc1 Qxa7 $19) 20... Qa6 {/\ Rf2} (20... Qxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Be3 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23.
Rc1 $14) 21. Kh1 (21. h4 $2 Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Qb6+ 23. Kf3 Nd2+ 24. Ke2 Qe3+ 25.
Kd1 Qd3 $1 26. Qe2 Qd4 27. g5 Nxe4+ $19) (21. Qe2 Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Be3+ $17) (
21. Nf1 $6 Nb2 $1 $17) 21... Qa4 (21... Nb2 22. Bg1 $8 Nd3 23. Qc3 Nf2+ 24.
Bxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd1 $16) (21... Nd6 22. Bc5 $1 Bf4 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Ne2 $16) (
21... b6 $5 22. Bg1 Bf4 $13) (21... Qa3 $5) 22. Qe2 (22. Bg1 $1 b6 (22... Rc8
$5 23. Qc3 $5 Bf4 24. Qb3 Qa6 25. Ne2 Bg5 $13) 23. Qc3 $5 (23. h4 Bd2 24. Qd1
Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf4 26. Ne2 Nd6 27. g3 Bh6 28. g5 Bg7 29. Nc3 Rc8) 23... Rf7 $5 {
/\ Nd6} (23... Bf4 24. Ne2 Bd2 25. Qd3 $16) (23... Rc8 24. Ne2 $5 $14) (23...
Nd6 24. Qxe5 Bg7 25. Qe6+) 24. Rb1 $1 {1-0 Seirawan,Y-Popovic,P/Manila izt/
1990/ (32)}) 22... b6 (22... Bg5 23. Nf1 Nd6 24. Bc5 Nxe4 25. Bg1 b6 26. Re1
Be7 27. Rc1 Bc5 {Dzevlan,M-Hjelm,N/Rilton Cup op9394/1993/1-0 (58)}) 23. h4 (
23. h3 Bf4 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Rc8 27. Kg1 Rc2 {0-1 Gomez
Esteban,J-Hellers,F/EU-chT/1992/ (40)}) 23... Bf4 (23... Rf4 $5 24. Be1 (24.
Re1 Bf8 $5) 24... Bf8 (24... Nd6 25. Bd2 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Be1 $16) 25.
Rc1 b5 (25... Nd6 26. Bd2 Rf7 27. Bc3 $36) 26. Rc3 (26. h5 $5) 26... Be7 (26...
Nd6 27. Bd2 $1 Nxe4 28. Bxf4 Nxc3 29. Qxe5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Nxd5 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32.
Be5+ $18) (26... Bb4 27. Rxc4 $5 bxc4 28. Qxc4 a5 $8 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30. Qe6+ Rf7
31. Bc3 $132) 27. h5 Qa6 {0-1 Ftacnik,L-Kudrin,S/Reno/1991/ (37)}) 24. Nf1 (24.
g5 $5 Nd6 25. Re1 $13) 24... Nd6 25. Re1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27. Qf3 Qxa2 28. Kg1
Bh6 {Georgiev,K-Ivanchuk,V/Reggio Emilia8990/1989/0-1 (72)}) 17... b5 (17...
Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. Qg3 (19. h3 b6 (19... Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22.
Kh1 Qe3 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2
Bxf2 29. Nf3 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/WCC Cand f/1998/ (33)}) 20. Kg1
Bf8 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Ng1 Qf2 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qa6 Rf8 26. Ng5 Qe3 27.
Ne6 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Conquest,S/Groningen op 1997 (36)}) 19... Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3
21. Nxg3 Bh6 22. Rf1 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. h4 Rc2 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. h5 Rxa2 {
0-1 Tuchtfeld,J-Stephan,A/OLNN/1993/ (42)}) 18. g5 Bf8 19. Ng1 Nxe3+ (19... a6
20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Re2 Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qc7 24. Qb3 Qc1+ 25. Re1 Qc4+
26. Re2 a5 {0-1 Van Tilbury,C-Zadrima,A/Moscow olm/1994/ (41)}) 20. Qxe3 Qb6 $5
{Nijboer uses tactics to occupy the important a7-g1 diagonal. Van Wely has to
refrain from the immediate endgame, since blac piece would have become too
active.} 21. Qc3 (21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Nf3 Bc5 $1 (22... b4 23. Rb1 (23. Nxe5 b3
24. Nd3 Bg7 25. e5 bxa2 26. h4 Ra5 27. Nb4 Rb5 28. Nxa2 Rxd5 $15) 23... Rxa2
24. Nxe5 Bc5 25. Nd3 Rd2 26. Rb3 $16) 23. Rb1 Rxa2 24. Rxb5 Rf2+ 25. Ke1 Rxg2
26. h3 Rg3 27. Nxe5 Re3+ 28. Kd1 Rxe4 $11) (21. Qb3 Rc8 22. Nf3 Bd6 $13) 21...
b4 22. Qc4 (22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Rc8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Nf3 Ke6 $13) 22... Bd6 (
22... Qe3 23. Qc6 $1 $16) 23. Ke2 $6 {White believes, that he has all the time
in the world to improve his pieces. To his great surprise the endgame will be
difficult in the light of the active black pieces.} (23. Nf3 a5 24. Qc6 Qxc6
25. dxc6 Rc8 26. Rc1 Kf7 $13) 23... a5 24. Nh3 a4 25. Nf2 Qd8 26. Qc1 (26. Rc1
Qxg5 27. Qc6 Rd8 $15) 26... Rc8 27. Qd2 Rc4 28. Kf1 Qf8 29. Qe2 (29. Qd3 Bc5
30. Qf3) 29... Bc5 30. Qf3 Bd4 31. Rd1 (31. Rb1 Rc2 32. Qxf8+ Kxf8 33. Nd3 b3
34. axb3 a3 35. Nb4 Rf2+ 36. Ke1 Rxg2 $19) 31... Rc2 {Something went badly
wrong for white, b pawn is more dangerous than d pawn.} 32. Ng4 (32. Qxf8+ Kxf8
33. Nd3 Rxa2 34. Nxb4 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 Rxg2 $17) 32... Qxf3+ 33. gxf3 Kf8 34. d6 (
34. f4 b3 35. axb3 axb3 36. d6 b2 37. d7 Ke7 38. Nxe5 Rc1 $19) 34... Ke8 35. f4
(35. d7+ $6 Kxd7 36. Nxe5+ Ke6 37. Rxd4 (37. Nxg6 $6 hxg6 38. Rxd4 b3 $19)
37... Kxe5 38. Rxb4 Rxa2 $15) 35... b3 $1 36. axb3 axb3 37. fxe5 (37. d7+ Kd8
38. Nxe5 b2 39. Nd3 (39. Nf7+ Kxd7 40. Rxd4+ Ke7 41. Rb4 Kxf7 $19) 39... Rxh2
40. Nxb2 Bxb2 $19) 37... b2 38. Nf6+ (38. e6 Rc1 39. Nf6+ Bxf6 40. d7+ Kd8 $19)
38... Kf7 39. d7 Bb6 $1 (39... Ke7 $6 40. d8=Q+ Kxd8 41. Rxd4+ Kc8 42. Rb4 Rxh2
43. Nxh7 Rh1+ 44. Kg2 b1=Q 45. Rxb1 Rxb1 46. Nf8 $14) (39... Bb6 $1 40. d8=Q
Bxd8 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rb7 Rc1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Liss, Eran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{First game of a quarterfinal of Israel Championship.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10.
O-O Bg4 11. f3 cxd4 $5 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bxf7+ $5 ({Another line is:} 13. Bd3 $5
) 13... Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 e5 $5 16. d5 $5 {is the main line.Besides,
white has several options:} (16. Rc1 $5) (16. Bf2 $6) (16. dxe5 $5) 16... Qh4
$2 {After this move I has big advantage.} (16... Nc4 $5 {Is the main line}) ({
Worse is:} 16... Qf6+ $6 17. Kg1 Nc4 18. Qd3 $5 $14 (18. Bf2 $2 {0-1 Barbot,
O-Levieux,P/Torcy 1991/TD 91\02 (26)})) 17. d6 $1 $146 {[%csl Ra5,Rg8][%cal
Gd1d5,Gd5a5][%mdl 8]} ({Was checked in the previous game:} 17. h3 Rf8+ 18. Kg1
b6 19. Qe1 Qe7 20. Qc3 Nb7 21. Rc1 Nd6 22. Ng3 {1-0 Fruck-Hacker,C/Mannheim
1987/EXT 87ch (37) +/=/+/-}) 17... Nc6 $6 (17... Kh8 $142 {is the best move.+/
=/+/-}) ({Loses:} 17... Qxh2 $4 18. Qd5+ Kh8 19. Qxa5 Rf8+ 20. Bf2 Qh1+ 21. Ng1
$18) 18. Qb3+ $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rg8][%cal Gb3b7]} Kh8 19. Qxb7 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Nd4 $1
({Worse is:} 20... Bh6 21. Bxh6 Qxh6 22. Qxc6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxe2 24. Rg1 $1 {
+/-/+-}) ({Badly:} 20... Qxg4 $2 {in view of:} 21. Qxc6 Qxe2 22. Bxa7 $18) 21.
Qb2 $1 $16 {[%cal Yb2e2,Gb2d4]} Qf6 $8 22. d7 $1 (22. Rd1 $2 Qxd6 23. Nxd4 Rd8
24. Bg5 Rg8 $5 $14 (24... Rb8 $2 25. Be7 $5 $16)) 22... Qd6 $1 ({Right away
loses:} 22... Qb6 $4 {because of:} 23. Qxb6 $1 Nxe2+ (23... axb6 $143 24. Nxd4
exd4 25. Bg5) 24. Kh1 axb6 25. Bg5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Gd7d8]} (25. Bxb6 $2
Bf6 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. g3 Nc3 $16)) (22... Rd8 $6 23. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rh8][%cal
Gc1c8]} Qd6 24. Bg5 Nxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Rxd7 26. Rc8+ Bf8 27. Qf1 $16 {[%csl Rf8]
[%cal Gc8f8,Gf5f8,Gf1f8]} (27. h3 $5)) 23. Nxd4 $1 exd4 24. Rd1 d3 (24... dxe3
$4 25. Rxd6 (25. Qxg7+ $4 Kxg7 26. Rxd6 e2 $19 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Ge2e1]}) 25...
Bxb2 26. d8=Q Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Kg7 28. Kf1 $18) (24... Qxd7 $143 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+
26. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 27. Rxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4a4]}) 25. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3d3,Yb3d1]} (
25. Qd2 $2 Bd4 26. Bxd4+ (26. Qe1 $5) 26... Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxd7 28. Qc3+ {
+/=/+/-}) 25... Qxd7 26. Qxd3 Qa4 $5 (26... Qxg4 27. Bxa7 $18) 27. Rd2 $1 {
[%cal Ge3d4]} h6 (27... Rc8 $2 28. Qd8+ Qe8 (28... Rxd8 $4 29. Rxd8+ Bf8 30.
Bh6 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd8f8]}) 29. Qxe8+ Rxe8 30. Bxa7 $18) 28. Bd4 Re8 29.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc3+ $2 ({It is simple} 30. Qd7+ $5 Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kf6 32. Rd4
$18 {[%cal Gd4a4]} (32. Rxa7 $6 Rxe4 $16)) ({or:} 30. Qd4+ $1 Qxd4+ 31. Rxd4
$18 {/\Ra4 and I get absolutely winning endgame.}) 30... Kg8 31. Rd4 $5 (31.
Re2 $5) 31... Qxa2 32. Rd7 Qb1+ 33. Kf2 Rf8+ $1 (33... Qb6+ $143 $2 34. Kg3
Qb8+ 35. Kh3 Qe5 (35... Re5 $4 36. Qc4+ Kh8 37. Qf7 $18) 36. Qc6 Re6 (36... Qe6
$2 37. Rd6 Qb3+ 38. g3 $18) (36... Qxe4 $4 37. Qf6 $18) 37. Qc8+ Re8 38. Qa6
Re6 39. Qxa7 {+-/+/-}) 34. Kg3 Qb8+ 35. Kh3 Rf7 $8 36. Qc4 Qf4 37. g3 $5 (37.
Qe6 $143 Kf8 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Qe8 Rf8 40. Rd7+ Rf7 41. e5 Rxd7 42. Qxd7+ Kf8
$14) (37. Rxa7 $4 Qe3+ {[%csl Ra7,Rh3][%cal Ge3a7]} 38. g3 Qxa7 $19) 37... Qf1+
38. Qxf1 Rxf1 39. Rxa7 Rf2 $14 {[%mdl 4096]} (39... Re1 $5 40. Re7 $140 Re2 $14
{[%csl Rh2][%cal Ge2h2]}) 40. g5 $1 h5 41. Ra6 $1 {[%csl Rg6] (/\Rf6-f4;><e4)}
Kg7 (41... Kf7 $4 42. Rf6+ Rxf6 43. gxf6 Kxf6 44. Kg2 Ke5 45. Kf3 g5 46. h4 $18
) 42. Ra7+ Kf8 43. Ra8+ Kg7 44. Ra7+ Kg8 45. Ra6 Kg7 46. Rf6 Re2 47. Rf4 Kg8
48. g4 h4 $1 (48... hxg4+ $2 49. Kg3 $18) 49. Kxh4 Re3 $3 {very strong move!} (
{Loses:} 49... Rxh2+ $2 50. Kg3 Re2 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Rf6 Kg7 53. Ra6 $1 $18 (53.
Kf4 $143 Rf1+ 54. Ke5 Rg1 55. Rf4 Ra1 56. Rf6 $16)) 50. Rf6 Kg7 51. h3 Kh7 $5
$14 (51... Rxe4 $5) 52. Re6 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Kg7 53. e5 Kh7 54. Re7+ Kg8 55.
e6 Kf8 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Rf2 Kg7 58. Rf7+ Kg8 59. Rf4 Kg7 60. Rf6 Kh7 61. e7 {
[%csl Ge7][%cal Ge7e8,Gh4g3] Most probably black resigned in a drawish
position.} (61. e7 Kg7 $5 62. Rf2 Rxe7 63. Kg3 Re1 $14 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Ge1h1]}
) 1-0

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1
cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 {It seems this move was played the first
time between to unknown players at the olympiad in  Moscow 1994.} Nxe3+ 18.
Qxe3 Qh4 19. h3 Bh6 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 {Black has no targets to
attack in this middlegame position} Qe3 $1 {However in the endgame both Pe4
and Pa2 could become weak.} 23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7 26. Rd3 Bb6
27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Nf3 Kd6 30. g3 (30. Ng5 b5 $1 (30... Ke7 31.
Nxh7 Be3 32. g3 b5 33. Kg2 a5 34. Kf3 Bc1 35. Ke2 b4 36. Kd3 a4 37. Kc2 $16) (
30... Bd4 31. Nxh7 b5 32. h4 a5 33. h5 gxh5 34. gxh5 b4 35. Ng5 a4 36. h6 b3
37. axb3 axb3 38. h7 b2 39. h8=Q b1=Q+ 40. Kh2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qh1+ 42. Kg4 Qxg2+
43. Kf5 $18) 31. Nf7+ (31. Nxh7 a5 $17 {[%csl Rh1]}) 31... Kc5 32. Nxe5 Kd4 $1
33. Nc6+ Kxe4 34. d6 Kd5 35. d7 Bb6 36. d8=Q+ Bxd8 37. Nxd8 a5 38. Nb7 (38. Nf7
b4 39. Ng5 a4 40. Nf3 Kc4 41. Kg1 Kc3 $19) 38... a4 39. Kg1 Kc6 40. Nd8+ Kd5
41. Nb7 $11) 30... Bxg3 31. Kg2 Bf4 32. Kf2 $6 (32. Ne1 $142 Z0 33. Nd3) 32...
Kc5 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostock-10 GM Group"]
[Site "Rostock"]
[Date "1984.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1984.08.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Rb1 a6 (13... e6
14. Qd2 Na5 15. Bd3 a6 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bh6 $5) 14. Qd2 (14. Rxb7 Na5 15. Rb4
Nxc4 16. Rxc4 Bb5 17. Rb4 Qa5 (17... Qd6) 18. Rb2 Rad8 {/\ Be2} (18... Qa3 19.
Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rab8 21. Kf2 f5 22. e5 Bc4 23. b4 e6 $44) 19. Rd2 Qa3 20. Kf2
(20. Bf2 $6 Bh6 $1) 20... f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Qb3+ Qxb3 23. axb3 Rfd5 $44 {
Razuvaev}) 14... Rc8 15. Bd3 b5 16. Rfc1 e6 17. Rc2 (17. a4 $5 bxa4 (17... Qa5
$2 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 $16) (17... Na7 $6 18. d5 Rxc1+ 19.
Qxc1 $1 Qb8 20. Qc5 $16) 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. Bb5 Nxd4 (19... Rxb5 $6 20. Rxb5 Nxd4
21. Rb7 $16) (19... Na7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qa5 $16) 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxb5
22. Qe5 Bd7 23. Bh6 f6 24. Qd6 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Re8 26. Rd1 Re7 27. e5 $16 {
(Razuv.)}) 17... Re8 18. Rbc1 Qe7 19. a4 $1 $14 bxa4 20. Bxa6 Ra8 21. Bb5 $5 (
21. Rxc6 $13 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 a3 23. Bc4 Qb7 24. Rc5 Qb1+ 25. Nc1 Reb8 $36 {
(Razuv.)}) (21. Bb7 $6 Na5 $1 22. Bxa8 Nb3 $15) 21... Nb8 (21... Na5 22. Rc7
Red8 23. Bxa4) 22. Rc7 a3 $6 (22... Qd8 $5 {(Zeschk.)} 23. Bxd7 Nxd7 24. Rb7
Rc8 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qb4 $14 {(Razuv.)}) 23. Qa2 Qd8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. R1c3 (
25. Rb7 $1 $16 {/\ Rcc7 (Razuv.)}) 25... Nb6 26. R7c6 Bf8 $1 27. Bf4 $14 Nd7
28. Rc7 (28. Bd6 Nb8 $1) 28... Nb6 29. Rb7 Nc8 $1 30. Rbc7 (30. Rcc7 Re7 $17)
30... Nd6 $1 31. R7c5 Qb6 32. Rc6 (32. Rb3 $1) 32... Qb2 $15 33. Rc2 Qxa2 34.
Rxa2 Nb5 35. Rcc2 (35. Rb6 $2 Nxd4 $1 36. Nxd4 Bc5 37. Rd6 e5) 35... Rec8 36.
Rxc8 Rxc8 37. Kf2 Rc4 38. Ke3 Rb4 39. Kd3 f6 40. Bd2 Rb1 41. Nc3 $4 {Sealed
move} Rb3 42. d5 exd5 43. Kc2 Nxc3 44. Bxc3 Rb5 45. Bxf6 dxe4 46. fxe4 Kf7 47.
Bc3 Ke6 48. Kd3 Rb7 49. h3 Ra7 50. Bd4 Ra4 51. Bc3 Bc5 52. e5 Kd5 53. Re2 a2
54. e6 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "2004.03.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. f3 Na5 13. Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. fxg4
Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. Rb1 {About this move - see CBM 95,
annotations to Pinter-Karr.} b6 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxd8+ (19. Bf4 Nc4 20. h3
Bxf4 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nxf4 Rd4 23. Nd5 Nd2 24. Re1 Nxe4 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nc6
Ra4 27. Nxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxe4 Rxa2 29. Re7+ Kg8 30. Rb7 Rb2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Rb7+
Kg8 33. Rb8+ {1/2-1/2 Farago,I-Holzke,F/Senden GER 2003/The Week in Chess 469 
(33).}) 19... Rxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 20. Bf4 Bxf4 $6 {This is inaccurate. The
white knight now goes for the h7 pawn via d5-f6.} (20... Nc4 $142 $11) 21. Nxf4
Rd4 22. Nd5 $1 Nc4 23. Re1 (23. Nf6+ $5 Kg7 (23... Kf7 24. Nxh7) 24. g5) 23...
Nd2 $2 (23... Kf7 $142 24. g5 Ke6 $11 25. Nf6 $140 h5 $5) 24. Re2 $2 {This
appears to be a blunder.} ({After} 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. Nxh7 (25. e5 $143 Ke6 26.
Nxh7 Rxg4) {followed by the march of the h-pawn, White maintained good winning
chances, e.g.} 25... Ra4 26. Ng5+ Ke7 27. h4 Rxa2 28. h5 $16) 24... Nxe4 (24...
Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxd5 {and White must take care of the draw.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stocek, Jiri"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 e6 14. Qd2 Bb7
15. h4 Nc6 {A rare move, instead of the normal continuations} (15... Qe7) ({and
} 15... Qd7) 16. Bb1 $2 {A poor novelty enabling Black to capture the h4 pawn.}
(16. Bb5 Rc8 (16... Ne7 17. f3 Rc8 18. Bh6 a6 19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Qd6 21. h5 Nc6
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Kf2 Qe7 24. Rh1 g5 25. h6+ Kh8 26. d5 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 De
Boer,G-Henley,R/Amsterdam 1983/MCD (67)}) 17. h5 a6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. f3 Qd7
20. Bh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Rfc8 $11 {1-0 Knaak,R-Jansa,V/Polanica Zdroj 1979/MCD 
(37)}) 16... Qxh4 17. Bg5 Qh5 {[%cal Rc6d4]} 18. e5 (18. Ng3 Qg4 19. d5 exd5
20. exd5 Nd4) (18. d5 $5 {is probably more tenacious although Black is clearly
better after, say,} exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Ng3 Qg4 21. Rfd1 Rac8 (21... Bxd5 $5
22. Be7 Be6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8)) 18... h6 19. Be3 Rfd8 {and Black consequently
brought home his advantage:} 20. Nf4 Qh4 21. Be4 Rac8 22. g3 Qe7 23. Qb2 Na5
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qe2 Nc6 26. Rc4 Ne7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd1 Qd7 29. Qf3 Rd8 30.
Rc1 Nf5 31. d5 {despair} exd5 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxg6 Qf7 34. Nf4 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 e5
36. Nd3 Re8 37. Rc6 e4 38. Nf4 d4 39. Qe2 e3 40. Qc2 Rf8 (40... exf2+ $5 41.
Qxf2 Qf5 42. Rc7 Rc8 $19 43. Rxa7 $2 Rc1+) 41. Rc7 (41. fxe3 dxe3 42. Kf1 Qf5
$19) 41... e2 $1 42. Nxe2 (42. Nd3 Qxf2+ (42... Qe6 $5 43. Ne1) 43. Nxf2 e1=Q+
44. Kg2 Qe3 $19) 42... Qxf2+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Ng1 Qxg3 45. Rxa7 Qh4+ 46. Kg2 d3
47. Qb3+ Kh8 48. Qxb6 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rac1
Qd7 {This game shows that delaying ...e6 doesn't bring Black any benefit.} (
14... e6) 15. Qb4 $1 (15. Bh6 Rfc8 (15... Rac8 16. h4 $1 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qb2
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 {1/2-1/2 Unger,M-Pfeiffer,P/Germany 1988/
GER-chT2 (19)}) (16. d5 e6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd4 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rce1 Nc6
21. Qf4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Kg8 23. Re3 f5 24. e6 f4 25. Re5 Qc5 26. Qb2 f3 27. gxf3
Rc7 28. Rfe1 Re7 $17 {0-1 Lobron,E-Malisauskas,V/Manila 1992/TD (37)}) 16...
Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Bxg7 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Kxg7 20. d5 e6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. h5
exd5 23. h6 $36 {1-0 Cramling,P-Doncevic,D/Benidorm 1988/EXT 2002 (45)}) 16.
Bxg7 (16. h4 Bxd4) 16... Kxg7 17. d5 e6 (17... Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8
20. h4 $36 {1-0 Teschner,R-Bagnoli,P/Reggio Emilia 1964/EXT 2000 (43)}) 18.
dxe6 Qxe6 19. Ng3 Qe5 20. Qe3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Calneggia,R-Foguelman,
A/Buenos Aires 1965/MCD (53)}) (15. f3 Rfd8 (15... Rac8 16. d5 e6 $11 {0-1
Bastas,G-Tsagan,T/Havana 1966/EXT 99 (34)}) 16. Rfd1 e6 17. h4 Rac8 18. h5 Rxc1
19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. Bh6 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Qxc4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Mochalov,E-Voitsekhovsky,S/Roslavl 1989/EXT 98 (38)}) (15. Rfd1 Rfc8
16. Qb4 e6 17. f3 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qa4 19. Bb5 Qa3 20. Qxa3 Bxa3 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 $132
{0-1 Martinez,D-Kovchan,A/ESP 1995/EXT 97 (56)}) (15. d5 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17.
Ng3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cisneros Alomar,J-Gonzalez Pruneda,A/Cala Mendia 2001/
CBM 85 ext (71)}) (15. Rc3 Rac8 16. Rfc1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Trindade,
W-Meng,N/Serra Negra 2002/CBM 88 ext (28)}) 15... Nc6 $6 (15... Rfc8 16. d5
Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Bf1 $14 {1-0 Pedersen,E-Platz,
H/Helsinki 1952/MCD (32)}) (15... Rac8 16. d5) ({It was not too late to play} 
15... e6 $5 16. Bb5 Nc6 (16... Bc6 $2 17. Rxc6 Nxc6 18. Qa4) 17. Qc4 (17. Qa4
Rfc8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Nf4 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Nd4 $1) 17... Rac8 18. d5
exd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. Qxc8 Qxc8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 (21... Bxc8 22. Rc1) 22. d6 Bf6
$11) 16. Qa4 Qd6 (16... Rfc8 17. d5 Ne5 18. Bb5 Qd6 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bd4 $14) 17.
Bb5 $1 Na5 {A sad necessity.} (17... Rfc8 {loses in view of} 18. e5 Qd7 19. d5
$1 Qxd5 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Qe8 22. Nd5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rb5c6,Rd5b4]}) 18. e5 (
18. d5 $5 $14) 18... Qd8 19. Rfd1 $6 {Too passive.} (19. Bd2 a6 20. Bd7 (20.
Bd3 Bxe5) 20... Nc4 $1 21. Rxc4 $140 b5) (19. Bd7 $1 {/\e6} a6 20. e6 b5 21.
Qb4 Bd5 22. Nf4 $1 $36) 19... a6 20. Bd3 b5 21. Qb4 Bd5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5]} (21...
e6 22. a4 $1) 22. Nf4 Bc4 (22... Bxa2 $6 {is too risky although not easy to
refute:} 23. Be4 Rb8 (23... Ra7 24. Ra1 (24. d5 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ra1 Qxe5
27. Rxa2 Nc4 $132) 24... Bb3 25. Re1 Ba4 26. d5 Rd7 (26... Rb7 27. d6) 27. Rxa4
bxa4 28. Bb6 $16) 24. Ra1 Bb3 25. Rdb1 Ba4 26. Nd5 e6 (26... Nc6 27. Qc5 Rc8
28. Nb6) 27. Nc3 Nc4 28. Rxa4 $1 Nxe3 29. Rxa6 $16) 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Qa3 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Ra6]} Re8 25. h4 e6 26. g3 {Once again White doesn't play
energetically enough.} (26. h5 $142 $36 {>>}) 26... Bf8 27. Qb2 Qe7 (27... Nc6
$5 28. d5 $140 Nxe5 $1 29. dxe6 Qf6 30. Bd4 Bd6 $13) 28. Bd2 $6 {Preparing the
break in the centre, which is incorrect.} (28. h5 Qa3 $1 29. Qxa3 Bxa3 30. Rc2
$11) 28... Nc6 29. d5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Consequent but wrong.} (29. Be3 $142) 29...
exd5 30. Rxc4 dxe4 $2 {Black fails to find an easy refutation:} (30... dxc4 31.
Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf6+ Qxf6 $1 (32... Kh8 $2 33. Bd5) 33. exf6 Rxe4 {[%csl Gc4] The
material relation is now rather equal but the passed c4 pawn guarantees Black
a big advantage, e.g.} 34. Be3 Nb4 35. Qc3 (35. Rd7 c3 36. Qb3 Rcc4 37. Rd1 a5
$19) 35... Ree8 $1 $17 ({rather than} 35... Rce8 36. Rd7 Nxa2 37. Qa5 $13)) 31.
Nd5 Qe6 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Rxe4 Red8 {Black thought his domination in the centre
would give him an advantage but...} 34. h5 $1 $132 {[%csl Rh8]} Bg7 35. Rde1
Nxe5 {what else?} 36. Rxe5 Bxf6 (36... Qxf6 $4 37. h6 $18) 37. Bg5 $1 Rf8 $6 {
Black consequently loses his way!} ({There was nothing wrong with} 37... gxh5
$1 {and White should take care of the draw:} 38. Bxf6+ (38. Rxe6 $143 Bxb2 39.
Rxa6 Rd5 $15) 38... Qxf6 39. Rxb5 Qxb2 40. Rxb2 $11) 38. Rxe6 (38. Bxf6+ Qxf6
39. Rxb5 $11) 38... Bxb2 39. Rxa6 gxh5 $2 {White now wins the b5 pawn and
obtains good winning chances.} (39... Rc2 $1 $11) 40. Rb1 Bd4 41. Rxb5 f6 (
41... Rc2 42. Rf5) 42. Bh6 $2 {Tentative but wrong. This bishop should stay on
h4 to attack the black f6 pawn:} (42. Bh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4]} Rc2 43. Rf5 Kg7 44.
a4 $16) 42... Rg8 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. Rf5 Rd8 45. a4 (45. Rd5 $5 {was an
interesting attempt but Black eventually held his ground:} Rxf2+ 46. Kg1 Rd2+
47. Kh1 Rd1+ 48. Kg2 Re8 49. Re6 Rb8 $1 50. Re2 h4 $1 51. Be3 Re8 $11) 45...
Kg8 46. Rf3 Rd5 47. Be3 {White has nothing better but Black easily escapes in
the rook endgame:} Bxe3 48. Rxe3 Rf5 49. Re2 Rxe2 50. Kxe2 Kg7 51. Ke3 h4 52.
gxh4 (52. gxh4 Rh5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 {
A rare move.} (14. Bh6 {or}) (14. Rac1 {is mostly played.}) 14... Rc8 (14... e6
{is the principal move needing more tests. In the following game Black
obtained a good position:} 15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Nc6
19. e5 Qe7 20. Nf4 Kh8 21. Be4 Rfd8 22. d5 $6 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nxe5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7
25. Qg5 Re8 $17 {0-1 Schmitzer,K-Mohr,S/Schoeneck 1988/TD (47)}) 15. d5 {
Restricting the b7 bishop - a standard idea.} (15. Qb4 Qd7 16. d5 Qd6 17. Bd2
Rc5 18. Qa3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxa7 Qd7 21. Qxb6 Rxe4 22. Be3 Bxd5 $11 {
0-1 Keatinge Clay,A-Krnic,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 074 ext (42)}) 15... Nc4 16.
Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb4 20. Qe3 {Compare this position
with Milov-Krasenkow in this issue!} Rfc8 21. h4 Kg8 {GM Peter Svidler avoids
the weakening ...h7-h5 but allows h4-h5-h6.} 22. h5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qb2 24. h6 (24.
Rfd1 $5 {, played by GM V.Milov in a similar position in the game mentioned,
deserved serious attention.} Rc3 $140 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qg5) 24... Rc3 {
[%cal Cd4c6,Cd3c3] /\Rxd3 Qxd3 Q(R)c3} 25. Nc6 $1 {White certainly relied on
this move. He had no other good ways to avoid the queen exchange anymore.} Rxd3
26. Qxd3 Kf8 27. a4 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qf6 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Qc3 $6 {GM Loek Van Wely
probably failed to calculate the rook endgame; therefore, he decided to evade
the exchange of queens. He was apparently wrong:} (30. Qxd6 exd6 {[%mdl 4096]}
31. f4 (31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Ke6 (32... Kd8) (32... d5 33. exd5 Kd6 34. Rd1 Re8+
35. Kf3 $16) 33. f4 (33. Kd3 d5) 33... d5 (33... f5 $6 34. Kd3 $16) 34. e5 g5
$1 35. g3 (35. Ke3 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rc7 $11) 35... gxf4 36. gxf4 f6 37. exf6 Kxf6
38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 $11) 31... f5 (31... Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Ke3 Kc7 34.
Kd4 Re8 35. Kd5 $16) 32. Kf2 fxe4 33. Ke3 d5 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Kxd5 e3 36. Re1
Rd8+ 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Rxe3 Rf8 39. g3 Rf5 40. Re8 Rc5+ 41. Kb4 Rxc6 42. Rg8 $16
{The "nail" on h6 gives him good winning chances.}) 30... e5 31. c7 {This
looks formidable but now the black king joins struggle against this passed
pawn.} Ke7 32. g3 a6 33. Kg2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qa5 g5 36. Qa7 Kd7 37. Qa1
Ke7 38. Qa7 Kd7 39. Qb7 Rxc7 40. Qxb5+ Ke7 41. Ra1 Qc5 42. Qb8 Qc6 43. Re1 (43.
Kg1 $142 $1 {maintaining various threats.}) 43... g4 44. Qh8 (44. Kg1 Qd6 45.
Qh8 Qf6 46. Qxh7 Rc2 47. Qf5 (47. Rf1 Kf8 $11) 47... Qxf5 48. exf5 Kf6 49. Kg2
Rc8 $11) 44... Qf6 45. Qxh7 Qf3+ (45... Rc2 $2 {is now insufficient due to} 46.
Qf5 Qxf5 47. exf5 Kf6 48. Rh1 Rc8 49. Rh5) 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Rf1 (47. Qf5 Qxf5
48. exf5 Kf6 $11 {- Black gains a crucial tempo}) 47... Rxf2 $1 {Accurate
calculation proves that this sacrifice secures a draw.} 48. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1
Qd3+ 50. Re2 (50. Ke1 Qe3+ 51. Re2 Qg1+ 52. Kd2 Qd4+ 53. Kc1 Qa1+ 54. Kc2 Qa4+
55. Kc3 Qd4+ $11) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kf2 g3+ 52. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial-B"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 {A new idea of Ivanchuk. The endgame after the
exchange on d4 looks harmless but still White's extra pawn is quite
significant.} exd4 17. Bxd4 Nc4 (17... Bxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Rc8 19. Nf3 Qxd1+ $2 20.
Rxd1 Rc2 $2 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Ne6 Rxa2 25. Rg7+ Kh8 26.
Rxg6 Nc4 27. h3 a5 28. Rxh6+ Kg8 29. g5 Ne3 30. Rg6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 a4 32. Rb6 a3
33. Rxb7+ Kg8 34. Ra7 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Nd1+ 36. Kf3 Nc3 37. Nd5 {1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Shirov,A/Keres Mem (Rapid) 2000 A good example of White's possibilities!})
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Qxd1+ {Here, too, Black goes for the endgame. However,
with both rooks and knights on the board it is not easy for him to push his
queenside pawns while White can combine the threat of pushing his e-pawn with
attack of Black's weaknesses (first of all, h7 pawn after g4-g5).} (19... Qb6+
20. Kh1 Ne3 $5 21. Qf3 $16 (21. Qd7+ $143 Kh8 22. Rc1 Rd8) (21. Qd3 $143 Qf6))
20. Rxd1 Ne5 21. g5 $1 Re8 22. Rb1 b6 23. h4 Rc8 (23... Nc4 24. Re1 Re5 25. Nd3
) 24. Rb5 Ng4 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Re1 {The position of the white rook looks very
passive; however, Black has his own problem: if he moves his king to the
centre then his h7 pawn can then be attacked.} Kf7 (26... Ne5 27. Rf1) 27. g3
Ke7 $2 {Of course, the e4 pawn should not be allowed to move. After} (27... Ne5
28. Re2 (28. Rf1 Rxe4) 28... Ke7 ({or even} 28... b5) 29. Nd5+ $140 Ke6 30. Nf6
h6) {Black should not lose.} 28. e5 Rc5 $6 {Black could try to cut off the
opponent's king by means of} (28... Rc2 29. e6 Rd2 $5 {but after} 30. a4 $1 {
it is not easy for him to find the next move.} (30. Re4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2+ 32.
Ne2 Rxa2) (30. Rc1 Ne5 $1 31. Kf1 Kd6 32. a4 Rd4 33. Re1 Nc6 {is less
convincing.})) 29. e6 Ne5 (29... Rc2 {is already late in view of} 30. Nd5+) 30.
Re2 {[%csl Gf4] Now the white king will be able to enter the game. Pay
attention to the strong, invulnerable position of the white f4 knight - it is
because of White's extra kingside pawn!} b5 31. Kf2 b4 32. Ke3 Rc4 33. Rd2 Ng4+
34. Ke2 Ne5 35. Rd5 {The rook penetrates into Black's camp and Black has
problems successfully stopping the e6 pawn.} Re4+ 36. Kf2 Ke8 37. Rd6 {[%cal
Yf4d5]} a5 $2 {Black were in severe time-trouble here but after} (37... Rc4 38.
Ke3 $16 {White has good winning chances in any case.} (38. Nd5 $143 Rc2+)) 38.
Ra6 Nc4 $6 39. Nd5 {A well-played endgame by Andrey Maksimenko!} 1-0

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 {About this line - see CBM77.} exd4 17. Bxd4
Bxd4+ (17... Nc4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nf4 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ne5 21. g5 $1 Re8 22. Rb1
b6 23. h4 Rc8 24. Rb5 Ng4 25. Rb1 Rc4 26. Re1 Kf7 $11 {1-0 Maksimenko,A-Sulypa,
A/Lviv 2000/CBM 77}) 18. Nxd4 (18. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Rd8 20. Nf3 b5 21. Rc1
Nc4 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. Rb4 Re8 26. Rxb5 Nd6 27. Ra5 Nxe4 {
1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Marcelin,C/Herzliya 2000/CBM 79 (62)}) 18... Qg5 $6 {
Keeping the queens on the board is a new concept for Black in this position.
In my opinion, it is a bit risky as his king is not protected enough.} (18...
Rc8 19. Nf3 Qxd1+ $2 20. Rxd1 Rc2 $2 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Rd7+ Kg8 23. Ng5 h6 24.
Ne6 $16 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Tallinn 2000/CBM 74 ext (37)}) 19. Nf3 Qe3+
20. Kh1 Qxe4 21. Rc1 Nc4 $2 {Now White wins the pawn back.} (21... Qf4 $5 {
deserved attention although White maintains initiative after} 22. Qd5+ Kh8 23.
Rb1 Qc7 24. Ng5) 22. Qb3 b5 23. Qxb5 Nb6 (23... Rc8 24. Qd7 {[%cal Rd7a7,Rd7c8]
}) 24. Rc7 Rd8 {Black gives up a second pawn to activate his rook, after which,
however, White consequently brings home his material advantage.} (24... Qd5 $5)
25. Qb3+ Qd5 26. Qxd5+ Rxd5 27. Rxa7 Rd1+ 28. Ng1 Nc4 29. Re7 (29. a4 $5 Ne3
30. g5 {was also possible.}) 29... Rd3 30. h3 Ra3 31. Re2 Ne3 32. Nf3 Nd5 33.
Rb2 Ra7 34. Ng5 Nc3 35. a3 Rxa3 (35... h6 36. Rb3 $1) 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7+ Kf6
38. Nxh7+ {Now, with two extra pawns on the kingside, White wins easily.} Ke5
39. Re7+ Kd4 40. Ng5 Nd5 41. Re6 Ne3 42. Nf3+ Kd5 43. Rxg6 Ra2 44. Nh4 Ke5 45.
Kh2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ne3 47. Rg8 Kf4 48. Rf8+ Kg5 49. Nf3+ Kh6 50. Re8 Nxg2 (50...
Rxg2+ 51. Kh1 Re2 {was equally hopeless.}) 51. Re4 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch"]
[Site "Lillafured"]
[Date "1999.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.02.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 {The most topical line in the Sevilla variation nowadays.
Black blockades the white pawn centre and prepares counterplay along the c-
and f-files.} 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 b5 $5 (17... Nxe3+) 18. Rb1 $6 $146 {This
move is hardly useful as the a2 pawn will be hanging in some variations.} (18.
g5 Bf8 19. Ng1 Nxe3+ (19... a6 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Re2 Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3
Qc7 {0-1 Van Tilbury,C-Zadrima,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (41) 0-1 (26)}) 20.
Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bd6 23. Ke2 a5 24. Nh3 a4 25. Nf2 Qd8 26. Qc1 Rc8
27. Qd2 Rc4 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Nijboer,F/NLD-ch 1998 (39)}) (18. Ng1 {[%cal Yg1f3,
Yf3g5,Yg5e6]} Bf8 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. Qe2 $5 (22. Ng5 $6
Qd2 23. Qxd2 Nxd2 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bf2 b4 27. Rc1 (27. Rb1 Rxa2 28.
Nf3 Re2) 27... Rxa2 28. Rxc4 Ra1+ 29. Be1 b3) 22... Qc3 $5 (22... Na3 23. Ng5
$16 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rf1 a5 {and I am not so optimistic about White's position.})
18... a6 19. Kg1 (19. Ng1 $5 Qa5 $1 (19... Bf8 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Bf2 Qa5 22. Qe2)
20. d6 $2 Rd8) 19... Rc8 20. Bf2 Bf8 21. h3 Qa5 $36 {[%csl Ra2]} 22. d6 {
A desperate attempt to achieve counterplay. It is clear that White has lost
the opening duel.} (22. Ra1 $15) 22... Nxd6 23. Qd5+ Nf7 24. Rf1 Rc2 $1 25. Nc1
Qd8 26. Qb3 Qc7 27. Nd3 Qc4 $19 28. Ra1 Rd2 (28... Rc3 $19) 29. Ne1 Qe2 (29...
a5 $5) 30. Bb6 Be7 {[%cal Re7h4]} 31. Qf3 Rxa2 (31... Ng5 32. Qc3 Nxe4 33. Qxe5
) 32. Qxe2 Rxe2 33. Nd3 Rxe4 34. Rxa6 Ra4 35. Ra5 Rxa5 36. Bxa5 Kg7 {Black is
clearly winning but starts to play inaccurately and his victory slips away.} (
36... e4 $5 37. Nf4 (37. Nf2 Bc5 38. Kf1 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Nd6 $19) 37... Bc5+ (
37... b4 38. Nd5 Bc5+ 39. Kf1 b3 40. Nf6+ Kf8 41. Bc3 Ba3 42. Nxe4) 38. Kf1 Nd6
39. Ne6 Ba3 $19) (36... Kf8) 37. Bc3 Kf6 38. Nf4 Bc5+ (38... Bd6 {to control
the c7 square} 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. Nd5+ Ke6 $19) 39. Kf1 Nd6 $6 {weakening the e5
pawn} (39... Ke7 40. Nd5+ Kd6 $19) 40. Ke2 g5 {An obvious inaccuracy (in the
time-trouble?) - the pawn is put on a square of the bishop's colour.} (40...
Ne4 41. Nd5+ (41. Bb2 b4 42. Kd3 Nd6) 41... Kf7 42. Bb2 Bd6 43. Ke3 Nf6 {
was still winning}) 41. Nd5+ Ke6 42. Nc7+ Kf6 $2 (42... Kd7 43. Nd5 Ne4 $1 44.
Kd3 (44. Bb2 Kd6 $19) 44... Nxc3 45. Kxc3 Kc6 46. Nf6 h6) 43. Kd3 Ba3 44. Kc2
Bc5 45. Kd3 h6 46. Ke2 Ba3 {The black pieces are now tied with the defence of
his pawns and he has no way to win.} (46... Ne4 47. Nxb5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4
Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qh4 {If
White manages to consolidate his position (transpose his knight to f3 and
start his d-pawn), he will be obviously better. Black should urgently create
counterplay.} 19. h3 (19. Qg3 Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3 21. Nxg3 Bh6 22. Rf1 Be3+ 23.
Kh1 Rc8 24. h4 Rc2 25. Rf3 Bc5 {0-1 Tuchtfeld,J-Stephan,A/OLNN 1993 (42)}) (19.
Kg1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxg4 20. Rc1 Bh6 21. Qxh6 Qxe2 22. h3 $36) 19... Bh6 (19... b6
20. Kg1 Bf8 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Ng1 Qf2 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qa6 Rf8 26. Ng5
Qe3 27. Ne6 Qc3 28. Rg1 Rf7 29. Ng5 Re7 30. Rf1 {1-0 Nenashev,A-Conquest,S/
Open, Groningen NED 1997 (36). The game shows how White can fulfil his plan if
Black plays inaccurately.}) 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1 Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 $1 {The
exchange of queens is favourable for Black as his king becomes safe and his
queenside pawn advantage becomes important.} 23. Qc4 (23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 Rf2
25. Ng1 Kf7 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Nf3 Kd6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/WCC cand Cazorla 1998 (33)}) 23... b5 $1 (23... Rf2 $2 24.
d6+) 24. Qxb5 Rf2 25. Qe8+ Bf8 $1 $146 {An important improvement comparing to}
(25... Rf8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. g5 $1 Bxg5 28. Qxe5+ Bf6 29. Qd6 Bg7 30. Ng1 Qxe4
31. Rc1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/EUCup final/Belgrade/1999 (44)}) 26.
Qe6+ (26. d6 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxe2 27. d7 Qxe4 28. Rg1 Rf3 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. g5 Be7
31. gxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Rg2 Qf1+ 33. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 26... Kh8 27. d6 Qxe2 (27... Qxe4
28. Rg1 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxe2 {is also a draw}) 28. Qxe5+ Bg7 {'!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Kasparov's opening preparation goes to the mindbogling depths. The
world champion knows enough about this long line to be sure not to lose the
game.'} (28... Kg8 {Ftacnik} 29. Qd5+ Kg7 30. d7 Be7 31. d8=Q Bxd8 32. Qxd8
Qxe4 (32... Rf1+ 33. Kh2 $1) 33. Qc7+ $14) 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. d7 Qd3 31. e5 h6 {
'!' Ftacnik.} 32. e6 Kh7 33. Rg1 Rf3 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The main
equalizing idea is connected with the perpetual check to the white king.'} 34.
Qb8 Rxh3+ 35. gxh3 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 {We discussed this line in CBM77. This move
is a fresh attempt to improve Black's play. He avoids the endgame but the
middlegame is not easy for him either.} 17. d5 Nc4 18. Bf2 Nd6 ({Another
example:} 18... Qd7 19. Rc1 b5 20. g5 a5 21. Ng3 Nd6 22. h4 Bf8 23. Rc2 a4 24.
Be1 $2 {after this blunder Black obtains an excellent position} Rxc2 25. Qxc2
Qg4 26. Bf2 Qxh4 27. Bc5 Qxg5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Leko,P/Monaco rapid 2001/
CB17 (53). (52)}) 19. Ng3 Bh6 {[%mdl 32]} 20. h4 Bf4 21. g5 Qd7 22. Qf3 Rf8 $6
{Not a good idea. The rook leaves the c-file, where it was placed very
actively, and moves to the f-file, where it has much less active possibilities.
} (22... b5 $5) 23. Qe2 Qc8 ({Perhaps it was better to return the rook:} 23...
Rc8) 24. Nf1 {[%cal Yf1h2,Yh2g4]} Bc1 25. g3 Ba3 26. Kg2 Qc3 27. Rb1 Bc5 28.
Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Nh2 $1 {This is the point of White's whole plan. The knight
starts processing the weak squares in Black's camp (e5,f6,h6) while Black's f8
rook is completely unemployed.} Rc8 {too late!} (29... Qd4 {was a blank shot:}
30. Ng4 $1 Nxe4 (30... Qxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxb7) 31. Rd1 Nc3 (31... Qb4 32.
a3 Qa4 33. Re1) 32. Rxd4 Nxe2 33. Rc4 $18 {[%csl Re2,Re5]}) 30. Ng4 Qc2 31. Rb2
Qxe2+ 32. Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096] In this endgame White's extra g3 pawn is a factor
of great importance as it covers his king and potentially weak squares. But,
of course, what brings White victory is the weakness of the black e5 and h7
pawns and f6 square.} Kg7 33. Kf3 Nf7 (33... Rf8+ 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kd3 b5 {
is useless in view of} 36. Rf2) 34. Re3 Kf8 35. Ra3 $1 Ke7 ({If} 35... a6 {then
} 36. Rb3 b5 37. Ra3 Ra8 38. Rc3 {etc. It is remarkable that Black, because of
his weaknesses, turns out to be weaker at the queenside, where, theoretically,
he is the active party. I remember one of the most spectacular examples of
such a paradox: Karpov-Kamsky (Moscow 1992).}) 36. Rxa7 Rc3+ 37. Kg2 Nd6 38.
Nf6 h6 {Black gives up everything (probably in time-trouble).} 39. Ng8+ Kf7 40.
Nxh6+ Kg7 41. Ng4 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gutman, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 {A rare
line condemned long ago.} (13... e6 {is usually played.}) 14. Qd2 {A quiet
move. Other options:} (14. f3 {(harmless)} e6 15. Qa4 Qd6 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg3
Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. d5 Bh6 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Kh1 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Sliwa,B-Filip,
M/Sofia 1957/EXT 98 (44)}) (14. f4 e6 $5 (14... f5 $5 15. Qc2 e6 {0-1 Araujo,
R-Nobrega,A/Blumenau 1972/EXT 2001 (41)}) 15. Qe1 f5 16. e5 Qd5 17. Rf2 Qxa2
18. Bd2 Rfc8 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Rb1 Rab8 21. Bb5 Qd5 22. Ba4 Ba6 23. Rd1 Bf8 24.
Rf3 Bb4 25. Qf2 Qa2 {0-1 David,R-Prosch,C/Germany 1995/Juniors (25)}) (14. Qa4
Rc8 (14... Qd6 15. Rc3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Rd8 18. e5 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7
20. Bb5 Rd8 21. f4 a6 22. Bd3 b5 23. Rc7 Bd5 24. a3 Nc6 25. Nc3 Na5 26. Nxd5
Rxd5 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. f5 {1-0 Baumgarten,W-Boeing,F/Bad Laasphe 1994/EXT 99 
(28)}) (14... e5 15. d5 f5 16. f3 Bc8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Qb4 b5 19. Bc5 Rf7 20. a4
Nb7 21. axb5 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 Bf8 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qe2 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Be3 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Sanguinetti,R-Pilnik,H/Mar del Plata 1959/MCL (58)}) 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16.
Rc1 (16. Bd2 Ba6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 $11 {1-0 Pusec,P-Mocary,M/
Bratislava 1990/EXT 2001 (33)}) 16... Qa8 17. d5 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Qxc8 19. Bd2 Qd8
20. Bxa5 bxa5 21. Qb5 Qb6 22. Kf1 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Troianescu,
O-Molnar,I/Bucharest 1951/EXT 2001 (36)}) (14. d5 $1 {The main move considered
dangerous for Black} e6 (14... Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Qa4 Ba6 17. Rc1 Qb7 18.
Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Nd4 Qd3 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Be5 22. f4 Bd6 23. Nb5 Bb8 24. Kf2
$16 {1-0 Hoffman,A-Marino Bravo,M/Oviedo 1991/EXT 97 (45)}) (14... Qd7 15. Nd4
Rfc8 16. Qd2 e6 17. Bb5 Qd6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Qc7 20. Qd7 Qe5 21. c7 Qxe4
22. Ba6 Nb7 23. Rc4 Qd5 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Rxd5 {1-0 Radev,N-Orev,P/BUL 1975/EXT
99 (25)}) (14... Qd6 $5 15. Bf4 Qa3 {1/2-1/2 Hallerova,E-Savkov,F/CZE 2001/EXT
2003 (70) needs more tests}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nf4 Qd6 (16... Qe7 17. Qg4 Rad8
18. Rfd1 (18. Bb1 Bc8 19. a4 {/\Ba2+/-, I.Belov}) 18... Rd6 19. e5 Bxe5 20.
Bxg6 Bxf4 21. Bf7+ Kh8 22. Bxf4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 e5 24. Rd7 Qf6 25. Bg5 Qg7 26.
Qh4 Bc8 27. Rc7 Qxf7 28. Bf6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Qg6 30. Rg7+ {1-0 Wells,
P-Groszpeter,A/Austria 2000/CBM 81 ext (30)}) 17. Qg4 Rae8 (17... Bc8 18. Rfd1
(18. e5 $5 Qxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Nxg6 Qf6 21. Nxf8 Qxf8 22. Rc7 $18 {I.Belov})
18... e5 19. Rxc8 Raxc8 20. Ba6 Qc6 21. Ne6 Nc4 22. Bc5 bxc5 23. Bxc4 Kh8 24.
Nxf8 Rxf8 25. g3 Qb6 26. Qe2 a5 27. Kg2 Qb4 28. Qd3 Qb2 29. Rd2 Qd4 30. Qc2 {
1-0 Gustafsson,J-Khamrakulov,I/Ano Liosia 2000/CBM 79 ext (30)}) (17... Rxf4
18. Bxf4 Qxd3 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Be5 $18 {E.Geller}) 18. Bb5 Re7 19. Rfd1 Qe5
20. Bd7 Qxe4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rd4 $1 Rxf4 23. Rd8+ $1 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Bxf8 25.
Bd4+ Rg7 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Rc8 {1-0 Klauser,M-Spycher,B/Zuerich 1989/EXT 97 
(27)}) 14... Qd6 (14... Qd7 15. Bh6 (15. d5 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Nf4 Qe5 {
1/2-1/2 Maric,A-Hill,S/Oakham 1990/CBM 16 ext (17)}) (15. Rc3 Rac8 16. Rfc1
Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc8 $11 {0-1 Trindade,W-Meng,N/Serra Negra 2002/CBM 88 ext (28)})
(15. Qb4 Rfc8 16. Bb5 Qd8 17. d5 Be5 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. Nxf4 Qd6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Kargoll,B-Blum,N/Untergrombach 1989/EXT 2003 (42)}) (15. Rfd1 Rfc8 16. Qb4 e6
17. f3 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qa4 $36 {0-1 Martinez,D-Kovchan,A/ESP 1995/EXT 97 (56)})
15... Rac8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. d5 e6 18. Nd4 exd5 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rce1 Nc6 21. Qf4
Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Kg8 $13 {0-1 Lobron,E-Malisauskas,V/Manila 1992/TD (37)}) (14...
Nc6 $5 15. Bb5 Rc8 16. d5 Ne5 17. f3 Qd6 18. Nd4 a6 19. Be2 b5 20. Nb3 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 bxc4 22. Na5 c3 {1/2-1/2 Laine-Constantinou,A/Siegen 1970/EXT 2002 (32)})
(14... Rc8 15. d5 e6 (15... Qd7 16. Nd4 (16. Qb4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Rxc8+
Bxc8 19. Nd4 e6 (19... Bb7 20. a3 Bf8 21. Qc3 Qc8 22. Qxc8 Bxc8 23. Nb5 Ba6 24.
Kf1 Nb7 25. Ke2 $14 {1-0 Lytchak,A-Von Rahden,A/Pinneberg 1996/EXT 97 (58)})
20. Bb5 Qd8 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. h3 Be5 23. f4 Bd6 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26.
Bd2 a6 27. Bd3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Knaak,R-Szitkey,M/Berlin East 1987/EXT 99 (58)})
16... Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18. Bb5 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Qd6 20. Bf1 Qd7 21. Nb5 Ba6 22.
a4 h5 23. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Lukacs,P-Dembo,Y/Budapest 2002/CBM 87 ext (55)}) 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. f3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11
{0-1 Schuster,B-Bednarska,M/Germany 1997/EXT 2000 (40)}) (14... e6 {leads to
the 13...e6 line.}) 15. Bh6 Bxh6 {A fresh approach in this kind of positions.
Black lures the white queen to h6 and then starts counterplay in the centre 
(cf. Kobalija-Eljanov in CBM89). This is an even better version as the white
rook is misplaced on c1.} (15... Rac8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8
19. f5 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 gxf5 21. exf5 Qh6 22. Nf4 $36 {1-0 Ernst,H-Kobler,M/
Pizol 1998/CBM 64 ext (43)}) 16. Qxh6 Nc6 17. d5 (17. Rfd1 $5 {deserved
attention although White can hardly win after} Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Ba6 Qxd1+
20. Rxd1 Bxa6) 17... Ne5 18. Qd2 (18. Rfd1 Rac8 $132) 18... Rac8 (18... e6 $5)
19. Nd4 a6 (19... e6 $142 $1 {as} 20. Nb5 Qd7 {is not dangerous for Black.})
20. Be2 Nd7 21. Qe3 Nc5 22. Bg4 {Leads to complications in which Black holds
his ground.} Rcd8 23. Rfe1 f5 24. exf5 Qxd5 25. Nf3 gxf5 (25... Rd6 $5) 26.
Qg5+ Kh8 27. Rxe7 Qg8 28. Bh5 (28. Qh5 {was the last attempt but Black is OK
after} Be4 $1 (28... Rd7 $143 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxf5 Nf6 31. Qh3 Bxf3 32. Qxf3
Qxa2 $14) 29. Ng5 fxg4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rde8 $1 $11) 28... Bxf3 29. Qxg8+
Kxg8 30. Bxf3 Rf7 31. Re2 Kf8 32. g3 Re7 33. Rec2 Re5 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Rb1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule basse"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Karr, Jean Philippe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2376"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bischwiller"]
[BlackTeam "Noyon"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 {We examined this line several times, e.g. in
CBM 77,83,87} Rc8 17. Rb1 {GM Jozsef Pinter's move. Its apparent idea is to
remove the rook from the long diagonal in case of dxe5 Bxe5.} ({For} 17. d5 {
here are two recent examples:} Nc4 18. Bf2 Bh6 (18... Nd6 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Be3
Rc4 21. Ng3 Rc3 22. Qe2 Nc4 23. Bf2 Bh6 24. g5 $5 Bxg5 25. Qg4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Garlik,M-Smistik,M/Ostrava 2002/CBM 88 ext (41)}) 19. Qd3 Qd7 20. h3 b5 21. Ng3
a5 22. Nf1 b4 {1/2-1/2 Campos Moreno,J-Jerez Perez,A/Barcelona 2002/CBM 90 ext
(22)}) 17... Qd7 (17... Nc4 {(which looks more logical) was played in Pinter's
earlier game:} 18. Bf2 Qd7 19. h3 b6 20. Rc1 b5 21. dxe5 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nxe5
23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Rb1 a6 25. Ne6 Rd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Pinter,J-Gustafsson,J/Jenbach
AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 429 (60). (60)}) 18. h3 (18. dxe5 $5 Qxd1+ (18...
Qxg4 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Ng3) 19. Rxd1 Bxe5 20. Bxa7 Rc2 $44) 18... b6 19. dxe5
Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096] White's extra pawn should not be
underestimated (see e.g. Maksimenko-Sulypa in CBM77) but still is very
difficult to convert into a victory.} 21. Bh6 $6 {This attack doesn't bring
White any dividends.} (21. g5 $5 Rc2 22. Kf2) 21... Rc2 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Nf4
Nc6 24. Rf8+ (24. Rd7+ Ke8 $1 (24... Kg8 $6 25. Nd5 Rxa2 26. g5) 25. Rxh7 Rxa2
26. Nxg6 $140 $4 Bg3) 24... Ke7 25. Nd5+ Ke6 26. a3 Rc4 27. Bg5 $6 {White
should have thought about defense:} (27. Nf4+ Ke7 (27... Bxf4 28. Rxf4 $15) 28.
Nd3 $15) 27... Rxe4 28. Nf6 Ra4 29. Nxh7 Rxa3 30. Rf1 b5 (30... a5 $5) 31. Nf8+
Kd5 32. Nxg6 {White is a pawn up once again but Black's pawns are more
advanced and supported by his king, which gives him a big advantage.} Bd4+ 33.
Kh2 b4 34. Nf4+ Kc4 35. Ne2 Be5+ 36. Bf4 b3 37. Rc1+ Kd3 $2 {Promoting a pawn
at any cost doesn't always pay off.} (37... Kb5 $142 38. Bxe5 (38. Rb1 a5)
38... Nxe5 39. Nd4+ Kb4 {and Black should win.}) 38. Rxc6 b2 39. Bxe5 b1=Q 40.
Nf4+ Kd2 41. Rd6+ Ke1 42. Re6 Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. Kg1 Rc8 17. d5 Nc4 18. Bxa7 {A new and quite risky
attempt as the bishop can be trapped here. Rescuing it, White eventually ends
up in a drawish endgame.} (18. Bf2 {was examined in CBM83, in annotations to
the game Jussupow-Sutovsky/Essen 2001.}) 18... b6 19. d6 Kh8 (19... Qd7 {
doesn't work in view of} 20. Bxb6 $1 Nxb6 21. Qb3+ Nc4 22. Rc1 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Qf7
24. d7 {recapturing the piece, with a material advantage for White.}) (19...
Qxd6 20. Qxd6 Nxd6 21. Bxb6 Nxe4 22. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga4]}) 20. Qd3 (20. Qd5 Qd7
21. Rc1 (21. Bb8 $5 Ne3 {gives Black good counterplay.}) 21... Qxa7 22. Kh1 (
22. Qb5 Qf7 23. d7 Rf8 24. Qxc4 Qxd7) 22... Rc5 23. Qe6 Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxa2 $11)
20... Bh6 (20... Bf8 21. Bb8 (21. d7 Rc7 22. Bb8 Qxd7) 21... Bxd6 {was
probably a simpler way to equality.}) 21. d7 Rc7 22. Rd1 Bd2 ({of course, not} 
22... Nb2 $4 23. Qd6 $1 Be3+ 24. Kh1 Nxd1 25. Qxe5+ Kg8 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27. Qxd8
Nf2+ 28. Kg1 $18) 23. Kh1 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11 25. Bb8 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rd7 27.
Bb8 Kg8 {A harmless attempt to play for a win.} 28. Ng1 Rd8 (28... Ne3 29. Rb1
Nxg4 30. Nf3 Nf2+ 31. Kg1 Nxe4 32. Bxe5 Be3+ 33. Kf1 $11) 29. Bc7 Rd7 30. Bb8
Rd8 31. Bc7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kharkov Rector Cup 4th"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Bh6
Bxh6 (14... e6 {is the main theoretical line.}) (14... Qd7 {is also played.})
15. Qxh6 Nc6 {[%mdl 32] A provocative approach. Instead of standing up to
White's central pawns, Black prompts them to move forward before the rooks
support them.} 16. d5 Ne5 17. Rad1 Qd6 18. Bb1 $6 {This retreat looks too
passive.} (18. f4 $2 {didn't work in view of} Ng4 {[%cal Rd6c5,Rg4e3]}) ({but} 
18. Nd4 $5 {deserved attention, e.g.} e6 (18... Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Qe5 20. Rfd1 $14)
19. f4 Ng4 20. Qh3 $14) 18... Ba6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. Qh4 Kh8 (20... Bxe2 $5 21.
Rxe2 Rc3 22. f4 Nc4 $132) 21. Kh1 (21. Nd4 $5) 21... Qf6 $2 {A wrong
assessment of the situation. In the endgame White's protected passed pawn will
be an important factor.} (21... Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Nd7 $5 $13 23. f4 $140 e5 $1) 22.
Qxf6+ exf6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Rd2 Ne3 25. Nd4 Rfe8 26. Nf3 Rc3 {Now this
counterplay can't compensate permanent drawbacks of Black's position. The
passed pawn brings White the victory.} 27. h3 Kg7 28. Kg1 Rec8 29. d6 $1 {
[%csl Gd6]} Nc4 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 b5 32. e5 fxe5 33. fxe5 Rc5 34. Bxc4 bxc4
35. Rd1 Rc8 36. e6 fxe6 37. d7 Rd8 38. Nd4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2501"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Na5 (10... Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c4] La grande ligne}) (10...
Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ {La variante de Séville}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2)
12... cxd4 13. cxd4 e6 {[%csl Gd5]} 14. Qd2 (14. Qa4 $5 Bd7 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Bd2
Nc6 17. Bc3 Bf8 18. Qb2 Qe7 19. Rb1 $14 {[%emt 0:33:11] Ivanchuk,V (2735)
-Ehlvest,J (2605)/World Cup Reykjavik (3)/1/2-1/2}) 14... Bb7 15. h4 $5 {
La spécialité du GMI KNAAK} (15. Bh6 {Plus naturel}) (15. f3) 15... Qd7 (15...
Qxh4 $2 16. Bg5 Qg4 17. f3 Qh5 {[%csl Rh5]}) (15... Qe7 {Moins souvent joué}
16. h5 Rfc8 17. e5 Rxc1 (17... Nc6) 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ {Carlsen,M (2690)
-Ivanchuk,V (2750) Morelia/Linares 24th 2007 (11) 1-0}) 16. h5 $36 (16. Bh6)
16... Rfc8 {Donnant une case de fuite pour le K ou le B} 17. Rfd1 (17. h6 Bf8
18. Bg5 $14) (17. e5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8) 17... Rxc1 {Les échanges sont
normalement dans l'intérêt des Noirs} 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ $146 ({RR} 19.
hxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:33:21] 1/2-1/2 Perdomo,L (2229)
-Semerene,D/Bento Goncalves 2000/EXT}) 19... Qxc8 20. Bh6 {Moins fort sans les
R} Bxh6 $1 21. Qxh6 Ba6 $132 22. Qd2 (22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Qd2) 22... Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 Kg7 (23... Qc4 $5 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6]}) 24. Qd2 (24. d5 $143 Qc4 {[%csl Rg1]})
24... f6 $6 {Un sérieux affaiblissement de l'aile-roi} 25. e5 $1 Nc6 (25...
fxe5 26. dxe5 Nc6 27. h6+ {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gd2g5]} Kf7 28. Nc3 {[%cal Gd2f4,
Gc3e4]} (28. Qg5 Qd8) 28... Qd8 29. Qf4+ Kg8 30. Qe4 $14 (30. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6,
Ge4g5]} Qd1+ 31. Kh2 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 Qd1+)) 26. exf6+ (26. h6+ $6 Kf7) 26... Kxf6
27. Qh6 {[%csl Rf6,Rh7] Le K noir est trés exposé} Qd7 28. Qf8+ Qf7 29. Qd6 $40
{[%csl Rc6]} Qe8 30. Nf4 {Les pièces Blanches sont nettement plus actives et
le bulgare a des bonnes chances de gain} Kf7 31. Qc7+ Ne7 32. hxg6+ hxg6 33.
Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3e5]} Qa4 34. Ne5+ Kf6 35. Qd8 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd8d4,Gd8f8]
Menace de gagner le N} Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qh5+ 37. Kg1 {Les Blance répètent la
position 2 fois pour gagner du temps avec l'incrément} Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qh5+ 39.
Kg3 $1 {Evite la répétition de coups} Qg5+ 40. Kf3 Qf5+ 41. Ke3 Qg5+ 42. Ke2 {
Le K a obtenu une position relativement а l'abri des échecs de la Q adverse}
Kg7 (42... Qh5+ $2 43. f3) 43. Qc7 Qh4 44. g4 $1 Kh6 45. g5+ $1 {[%cal Ge5f7]}
Kh5 (45... Kxg5 46. Qxe7+) (45... Qxg5 46. Nf7+) 46. Qxe7 Qe4+ 47. Kd2 Qf4+ 48.
Kd3 Qf5+ 49. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Match/Training Botvinnik-Kan +8-0=8"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kan, Ilia Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1954.01.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Bc4 {
la variante la plus populaire а l'époque contre la Grünfeld} Bg7 8. Ne2 (8. Nf3
$6 Bg4 $1 $11 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc5d4,Gc3d4,Gg4d1]}) 8... O-O 9. O-O (9. Be3)
9... cxd4 (9... Nc6 $142 {C'est normalement une simple interversion de coups
après 10. cd4 mais les noirs ont une option supplémentaire avec Qc7} 10. Be3
cxd4 (10... Qc7 $5 {C'est l'intérêt de jouer d'abord Nc6 avant cd4} 11. Rc1 (
11. Qc1 $6 {Bondarevsky,I-Levenfish,G URS-ch11 Leningrad 1939 (10) 0-1}))) 10.
cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bg4 (11... Na5 {L'alternative} 12. Bd3 b6 {Kramer,H-Yanofsky,
D Hoogovens Beverwijk 1952 (8) 0-1}) 12. f3 Na5 13. Rc1 (13. Bd3 $142 {Devenue
ensuite la ligne principale}) (13. Bxf7+ {la pratique a montré que les noirs
ont des compensations dans cette ligne jouée dasn l'esprit de la variante de
Séville jouée dans les années 80 par "les deux K"} Rxf7 14. fxg4 Rxf1+ 15. Kxf1
Qd7 {Spassky,B-Kortschnoj,V URS-ch22 Moscow 1955 (18) 1-0} (15... e5)) 13...
Nxc4 14. Rxc4 Bd7 15. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf1c1] La position est assez
équilibrée avec d'un coté le centre et l'activité des pièces pour les blancs
et de l'autre la paire de B et une pression sur "d4"} Qa5 (15... a6 $142 $1 {
davantage dans l'esprit de la position car les blancs peuvent difficilement
accepter le sacrifice du P"b7"} 16. Nc3 b5 $132 (16... Rc8 {Tartakower,S-Milic,
B Bled 1950 (6) 1/2})) 16. Nc3 b6 $6 {[%csl Ra5] Ce coup est le signe que la
position noire n'est pas trés saine car les noirs font une concession et dans
certaines variantes, la Q noire est en danger} (16... b5 {plus actif} 17. Rc5
Rac8 (17... a6 $143 18. Nd5) (17... Rfd8 18. Nxb5 Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b3]})) 17. Rc1
(17. Rc7 $6 Rfc8 $1 {[%csl Rc3]}) (17. Nd5 $142 {[%cal Gd5e7]} Bb5 {[%cal
Gb5f1]} (17... Rae8 18. Rfc1 $16 e6 (18... Be6 $4 19. Ra4 {exploitant а
nouveau la faiblesse créée par la poussée b6})) 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Nc6 $1 {
[%csl Ra5] La pointe!} Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qa3) 17... Rfd8 $146 (17... Rfc8 {
Bronstein,D-Kotov,A Saltsjobaden Interzonal 1948 (2) 1-0}) 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nc7
$5 $36 {[%csl Ra8]} Rac8 20. e5 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6,Rd7,Rf6,Rg7] la paire de B
des noirs ne joue plus} (20. d5 $5 {c'est une position critique car les blancs
ont le choix entre jouer l'avantage de structure avec e5 ou préférer
l'alternative plus dynamique mais plus risquée d4d5} exd5 21. Nxd5 Rxc4 22.
Qxc4 Be6 23. Qc7 Rf8 24. Bc5 $1 {Un coup d'ordinateur difficile а trouver
devant l'échiquier} Re8 25. Qc6 Rb8 26. Bd6 $36) 20... h6 21. a4 $14 a6 22. Qb4
{la Qa5 était inactive et il n'est pas dans l'intérêt de BOTVINNIK d'échanger
les Q. Toutefois, les alternatives ne donnent pas davantage de jeu pour les
blancs.} (22. f4 Bf8 {[%csl Rb4]} 23. Qd3 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge3d2]} (23. f5 $5
gxf5 24. Bf2 $44 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gf2h4,Gf2e1]} (24. d5 b5 25. axb5 axb5) 24...
b5 25. axb5 (25. Be1 Qb6 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. Bf2 $13 {[%cal Gd4d5,Gf2b6]}) 25...
axb5) 23... b5 24. axb5 Bxb5 25. Qc3) (22. Qd3 {[%cal Ge3d2]} Bxa4 23. Bd2 $2
Qxe5) 22... Qxb4 23. Rxb4 a5 24. Rxb6 Bf8 25. Ra6 Ba3 26. Ra1 Bb4 27. Ra7 {
[%csl Rc7]} Bc6 28. Nb5 Bxb5 (28... g5 {[%csl Rh6]}) 29. axb5 Rd5 30. b6 $40 {
[%csl Gb6]} Rb5 31. Rc7 Rb8 32. Bxh6 (32. d5 $1 {Il vaut mieux garder le fort
P passé "b6" plutôt que de l'échanger contre la faiblesse "h6"} exd5 {[%cal
Ge3b6]}) 32... R5xb6 33. Kf2 R6b7 34. Rc2 Rd7 {[%csl Rd4] en ayant joué 32.d5,
les blancs pouvaient aussi se débarasser de cette faiblesse du P "d" arriéré.}
35. Ke3 Rd5 36. Ke4 Be7 37. Ra4 Rb7 38. Bd2 Bb4 $6 (38... f5+ $142) (38... Rbb5
) 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Bg5 Be7 41. Bxe7 Rxe7 42. Rc5 f5+ 43. exf6+ Kxf6 44. Rxd5
exd5+ 45. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Popovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 (10... cxd4) 11. f3 Na5 (11... Bd7 $5)
12. Bxf7+ (12. Bd3) (12. Bd5) 12... Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 (14. Qxf1 $2
Nc4 $22 15. Bf2 Nd2 $17) 14... cxd4 (14... Qd6 15. e5 (15. Kg1 $5 {Seirawan})
15... Qd5 $146) 15. cxd4 e5 {Ivanchuk} (15... Qb6 16. Kg1 Qe6 17. Qd3 $1 Qxg4
18. Rf1 $14 {Karpov-Kasparov,m Sevilla 1987}) 16. d5 (16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxd8+
Rxd8 18. Rc1 Nc6 19. g3 Rd3 20. Bf4 Bd4 $1 $146 {Seirawan-H.Olafsson,Reykjavik
1990}) (16. Rc1 $5 Qd7 (16... exd4 17. Bxd4 Qf8+ 18. Kg1 Rd8 19. Qa4 Bxd4+ 20.
Nxd4 Qf4 21. Re1 Qxg4 22. Qxa5 Rxd4 23. Qc7 $1 Qd7 24. Qb8+ Kg7 25. Qxa7 Rd2
26. h3 $14 {A.Shneider-Alonso,Havanna 1990}) 17. dxe5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Nc4 19.
Bf2 Bxe5 20. Rd7 b6 21. h3 $5 (21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Nd2+ $10 {
Schussler-Kudrin,St.Martin 1990}) 21... a6 (21... a5 $6 22. Rb7 $36) 22. Ke1
$14 {/\Sd4-f3}) 16... Nc4 17. Bf2 Qf6 18. Kg1 $8 Rf8 19. Qe1 (19. Bxa7 $2 b6
20. Qe1 Qf7 21. Rc1 Qxa7 22. Rxc4 b5+ $19) (19. Bc5 $5 Rc8 $1 $8 (19... Rf7 20.
Qa4 $16) 20. Bxa7 (20. Bf2 $6 Bh6 $36) 20... b6 21. Qb3 Bh6 (21... Qd6 22. Rc1
Qc7 23. Kh1 {/\d6}) 22. Rd1 $8 Qd6 $5 (22... Be3+ 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. d6 Qxa7 25.
d7 $18) 23. Kh1 $1 $8 (23. Qb5 Qa3 $1) 23... Bd2 24. Rb1 Be3 $146) 19... Bh6 {
/\Ld2-+} 20. Ng3 $8 (20. Bxa7 $2 b6 21. h4 Qe7 $1 22. g5 Bg7 23. Rc1 Qxa7 $19)
20... Qa6 (20... Qxf2+ {Ftacnik} 21. Qxf2 Be3 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Rc1 $14) 21.
Kh1 $8 (21. h4 $2 Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Qb6+ 23. Kf3 (23. Ke2 Qe3+) 23... Nd2+ 24.
Ke2 Qe3+ 25. Kd1 Qd3 $1 (25... Qd4 26. Ke2) 26. Qe2 Qd4 27. g5 Nxe4+ $19) (21.
Qe2 {Ftacnik} Rxf2 $1 22. Kxf2 Be3+ $17) 21... Qa4 (21... Nb2 22. Bg1 $8 (22.
Be3 Nd3 23. Qe2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Nf2+ 25. Kg1 Nxg4) 22... Nd3 23. Qc3 Nf2+ 24.
Bxf2 Rxf2 25. Rd1 $16) (21... Nd6 22. Bc5 $1 Bf4 (22... Rc8 23. Qb4 Bf8 24. h3
$16) 23. Bxd6 (23. Ne2 Bd2 $1) 23... Qxd6 24. Ne2 $16) (21... b6 $5 22. Bg1 (
22. a4 $5 Nb2 $5) 22... Bf4 $13 (22... Nd6 $6 23. Qb4 $1)) 22. Bg1 $1 {N} (22.
Qe2 b6 23. h4 (23. Bg1 Nd6 24. Re1 Bf4 $36 {><e4,<->c}) 23... Bf4 24. Nf1 Nd6
25. Re1 Rc8 26. g3 Rc2 27. Qf3 Qxa2 $15 {Kir.Georgiev-Ivanchuk,Reggio Emilia
1990}) 22... b6 (22... Rc8 $5 23. Qc3 $5 (23. h4 Bf4 24. Ne2 (24. Nf1 Nd6 25.
g3 Bh6 26. g5 Bf8 {><e4}) 24... Bd2 25. Qd1 (25. Qg3 Qc2 $36) 25... Qd7 $146)
23... Bf4 (23... Nd6 $2 24. Qxe5 Bg7 25. Qxd6 Bxa1 26. Qe6+ $18) 24. Qb3 Qa6 (
24... Qxb3 $5 25. axb3 Nd2 $132) 25. Ne2 Bg5 $13 (25... Nd2 $6 26. Qd1 Nxe4 27.
Nxf4 exf4 28. Qf3 $40)) 23. Qc3 $5 (23. h4 Bd2 24. Qd1 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Bf4 26.
Ne2 Nd6 27. g3 Bh6 28. g5 Bg7 29. Nc3 Rc8 $146) 23... Rf7 $5 {/\Sd6} (23... Bf4
24. Ne2 Bd2 25. Qd3 $16) (23... Rc8 24. Ne2 $5 $14) (23... Nd6 {Ftacnik} 24.
Qxe5 Bg7 25. Qe6+) 24. Rb1 $1 Bd2 (24... Qxa2 $2 25. Rb4 $16 {/\De5}) (24...
Nd6 $5 25. Qxe5 Bf4 26. Qc3 $1 (26. Qe6 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe4 28. Re1 (28. Qxd6 $5
Qxb1 29. Kh2 Qc1 $10) 28... Qxe6 29. dxe6 Re7 30. Bd4 Ne8 {/\Sc7}) (26. Qd4
Qxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxg3 28. hxg3 Nxe4 29. Re1 Nd6 (29... Re7 $2 30. d6 $1) 30. Re6
Rd7 $10) 26... Nxe4 (26... Bxg3 27. Qxg3 Qxe4 (27... Nxe4 28. Qe5 $16) 28. Rd1
$16) 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Rd1 $14) (24... Nd2 $5 {Ftacnik} 25. Re1 (25. Rb4 Qd1
26. Qxe5 Be3 27. Qe8+ $10)) 25. Qd3 (25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. axb3 Nd6 $146) 25... Qxa2
$2 (25... Bf4 $1 26. Ne2 Nd6 (26... Qxa2 27. Nc3 Qa6 28. Rb4) 27. Nc3 Qc4 $5 (
27... Qa3 28. Rb3 Qc1 29. Nb5 $16) 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 $132 {/\Ld2}) (25... Bh6 {
Ftacnik} 26. Ne2 Nd2 27. Nc3 Qc4 28. Qxc4 Nxc4 $14) 26. d6 Nxd6 $8 (26... Rd7
$6 27. Qd5+ Kf8 $5 (27... Kg7 28. Rf1 Bf4 (28... Qa4 29. Qe6 Rxd6 30. Qe7+ Kh6
31. g5+ $1) 29. Rxf4 $1 exf4 30. Nf5+ $3 (30. Bd4+ Kf8 (30... Kh6 {Ftacnik} 31.
g5#) 31. Qa8+ Kf7) 30... gxf5 (30... Kf8 31. Nh6 $1 Kg7 32. g5 $1 $18) 31. Bd4+
Kf8 32. Qxf5+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ $1 $18 {/\Df6-h8-g7-f6(g8)}) 28. Rf1+ Bf4 29. Nh5 $1
(29. Be3 $2 Qxg2+ $1) 29... gxh5 (29... Qe2 30. Nxf4 Qxf1 31. Ne6+ Ke8 (31...
Kg8 32. Nc5+ Rf7 33. d7 $18) 32. Qa8+ Kf7 33. Qf8+ $18) (29... Rxd6 30. Qa8+
Ke7 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Rxf4 $40) 30. Rxf4+ exf4 31. Qf5+ Rf7 (31... Ke8 32. Qe6+
Kf8 33. Qxd7 $18) 32. Qc8+ Kg7 33. Bd4+ Kg6 34. Qe6+ Kg5 35. Qxf7 Qb1+ 36. Bg1
Nxd6 37. Qe7+ $18) 27. Qxd6 Qxb1 28. Qxd2 $14 {><e5,>>} a5 $2 (28... Qb5 {/\Dd7
} 29. Qd6 Qe8 (29... a5 30. h4 $1 a4 31. h5 $40) 30. Ne2 Rd7 31. Qc6 $36 {
/\Sc3-d5}) (28... Qb5 $5 $14 {Ftacnik}) 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qg5 $1 $18 h6 (30...
Qb2 31. Nf5+ Kg8 32. Nh6+) 31. Qxe5+ Kh7 32. h3 {/\Kh2,Ld4} Rd7 $6 (32... Qd3 {
Ftacnik} 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Qf4 {/\ e5, Ne4+-}) 33. Nh5 $1 (33. Nh5 gxh5 34. Qf5+)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[Annotator "Sutovsky,E"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Lipovec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SVK"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 {A bit unexpected. Loek tried 7.Be3 against me in a couple of our
previous encounters, but this time he opts for a more fashionable line.} c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 {I was ready for the theoretical dispute,
though the more solid 10...Bd7 (favoured among others by Svidler) is pretty
playable, of course.} 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ {Seville variation! Van Wely
deviates from the 12.Bd3 line, which became topical recently. I didn't expect
that from Loek, but luckily, I was prepared for it ''in general''!} Rxf7 13.
fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 Qd7 $5 {A pretty rare move. 14...cxd4 15.cxd4 e5 is to be
considered the main line, but I had my own ideas. Krasenkow,M: 'An old but
quite solid line.'} (14... cxd4 {Krasenkow,M} 15. cxd4 e5 {is more popular
nowadays.}) 15. h3 {Krasenkow,M: 'This modest move gives Black sufficient
counterplay.'} (15. g5 {(Krasenkow,M) is more straightforward to restrict the
black bishop.} Nc4 (15... Rd8 16. Kg1 e6 17. Rb1 Nc4 18. Bf2 b5 19. Qd3 a6 20.
h4 (20. a4 $6 Ne5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S-Popovic,P/Jugoslavija 1988/Inf 46 
(39)}) 20... Ne5 21. Qh3 $16 {S.Gligoric}) (15... Qe6 16. e5 Qc4 17. Kg1 Rd8
18. Qe1 Nc6 19. Bf2 $13 {Karpov,A-Gavrikov,V/Gijon 1988/Inf 46 (19)}) 16. Bf2
e5 $5 17. dxc5 Rd8 (17... Nd2+ 18. Kg1 $5) 18. Qxd7 Rxd7 19. Ke1 Nb2 20. Nc1
Na4 21. Nb3 Nxc3 22. Rc1 Nxa2 23. c6 $1 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Bf8 $11 {1-0 Jussupow,
A-Van Wely,L/Germany 1998/CBM 65/[Van Wely] (52)}) (15. dxc5 $5 {Krasenkow,M}
Rf8+ 16. Kg1 Qxg4 17. Nf4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxc3 19. Nd5 Bf6 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Nxf6+
exf6 22. Rd7 Rxe4 23. Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rc7 (24. Rf7 Re8) 24... Kg8 25. Rg7+ (25.
Bd2 Nc6 26. Rxb7 Re7 $11 {Gurevich,M}) 25... Kh8 $11 {Chernin,A-Gavrikov,V/
Lvov 1987/Inf 44 (25)}) 15... Nc4 (15... Qe6 {(Krasenkow,M) is quite
appropriate, perhaps more accurate than the text move:} 16. e5 (16. Qd3 Qc4 $1
{the point behind 15...Qe6!} 17. Qxc4+ Nxc4 18. Bg5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 e5
$5 20. Rc1 Nd6 $1) 19... Kf7 (19... h6 $1 $15) 20. Ke2 Bxd4 21. cxd4 b5 22. Kd3
$14 {1-0 Marta,D-Piancatelli,M/ITA 1998/EXT 2001 (53)}) 16... Nc4 17. Bf2 (17.
Qd3 Rd8 18. Nf4 Qf7 19. e6 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qf6 $17 {0-1 Fonseca,I-Moyses,Z/
Imperatriz BRA 2003/The Week in Chess 454 (27)}) (17. Bg1 Rf8+ {0-1 Hall,
C-Mamedov,R/Tallinn 1997/EXT 98 (17)}) 17... Bh6 18. Kg1 Rf8 19. Bg3 (19. Qd3
Qd5 20. Re1 Nxe5 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd3 24. Rf1 Nxf2 {0-1
Theile,C-Thimm,T/Giessen 1996/EXT 98 (24)}) 19... Be3+ 20. Kh1 Nd2 21. Qa4 a6
22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd4 Qd5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Kalinkin,B-Padalkin,I/Kiev 2002/EXT
2003 (38)}) (15... Rd8 $5 {Krasenkow,M}) (15... Rf8+ {Krasenkow,M}) 16. Bf2 ({
Also after} 16. Qd3 $5 {'>=' Krasenkow,M.} b5 $44 {black has a decent
compensation.} (16... Ne5 $5 {Krasenkow,M} 17. Qc2 Nc4) 17. Bf2 {Krasenkow,M}
Rf8 18. Kg1 Bh6 19. Bh4 $1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 cxd4 (20... e6 $6 {Razuvaev,
Y-Krasenkow,M/Moskva 1991/Inf 51 (20)} 21. d5 $1 $16 {[%csl Re3]}) 21. cxd4 e6
$13) (16. Qb3 {Krasenkow,M} b5 17. Bf2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Rf8 19. Kg1 $4 Rxf2 {
0-1 Tabak,F-Pierrot,J/Ostende 2002/CBM 87 ext (19)}) 16... cxd4 (16... Qe6 {
(Krasenkow,M) is a bit too late now as White can play} 17. Qd3 {. Still, Black
maintains sufficient counterchances, e.g.} Rc8 18. Kg1 cxd4 19. cxd4 b5 20. Rb1
a6 21. Bh4 Rd8 22. d5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qd6 24. Rf1 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Raisa,U-Salokangas,
H/Finland 1998/EXT 2002 (24)}) (16... Qc6 {(Krasenkow,M) is apparently less
appropriate:} 17. Qd3 Nb2 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Kg1 Rf8 20. g5 h6 21. Ng3 hxg5 22.
Qe2 b5 23. e5 Rf4 24. Re1 $14 {1-0 Graf,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Novgorod 1995/EXT 2000
(34)}) 17. cxd4 e5 (17... Rf8 {(Krasenkow,M) is possible, too:} 18. Kg1 e5 (
18... Bh6 19. Qb3 b5 20. a4 a6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nc3 Rxf2 {0-1 Tatarliev,
G-Mont Reynaud,J/Duisburg 1992/TD (36) doesn't work in view of} 23. Nxb5 $1 Rc2
24. Rb1 $1 Be3+ 25. Kh1 $16) 19. d5 Qf7 20. Qe1 Bh6 21. Ng3 b6 22. Rb1 Nd6 23.
Rb3 Rc8 24. Rc3 Qd7 25. Be3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Kf8 28. Qc3 Nf7 29.
Kf2 Qa4 {1/2-1/2 Rozenberg,D-Glazman,M/Isr. CC Final 2000/ICCF Telchess CBM 96
(45) Black's queenside counterplay proved sufficient for the draw.}) 18. dxe5
$2 {A serious mistake! Curiously, this bad move was played many years ago by
one of the great experts of the Seville variation, GM Jussupow! White had to
consolidate with  Krasenkow,M: 'Now White gets into trouble.'} (18. Qd3 $1 Rc8
(18... b5 19. a4) 19. Kg1 $13 {Although, I felt, black active pieces ensure me
a very good compensation, white's chances shouldn't be underestimated either.})
(18. d5 {Krasenkow,M} Bh6 $44) 18... Nd2+ $1 19. Ke1 (19. Kg1 Bxe5 20. Rc1 Bb2
$17 {as correctly pointed out by Jussupow in informator 48/624.}) 19... Bh6 $1
$146 {A powerful novelty, originally recommended by Jussupow himself, however,
he wrongly evaluated the resulting lines as unclear! In fact, black is almost
winning here! In the game Jussupow-Popovic, Belgrade, 1989 black played} (19...
Bxe5 $2 {and after} 20. Rc1 {white got a serious advantage.}) 20. Nd4 (20. Qc2
Rf8 $1 {Bh6-e3 is a very dangerous threat now.} (20... Rc8 $6 21. Qb2 {given
by Jussupow is not so clear.}) 21. Qc5 $8 Nxe4 $1 22. Qc4+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 Qd2+
24. Kf1 Be3 25. Qf3 Rxf3 26. gxf3 b5 $19) 20... Rf8 21. Qe2 (21. Nf3 {loses on
the spot:} Rxf3 $1 22. gxf3 Qd3 23. Qe2 Nxf3+ 24. Kf1 Nh2+ $1 25. Ke1 Qc3+ $19)
(21. e6 Qc7 $1 22. Qc2 Qe5 23. e7 Qxe7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rxf3 $19) 21...
Qc7 $1 {All my pieces are targeting the white king, and now the queen joins it
to decide the outcome of the game!} 22. Qd3 (22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Nb5 Qa5 $1 $19)
22... Qxe5 (22... Qa5 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Nf3 {not that convincing}) 23. Rd1 Qa5
$1 (23... Nxe4 $2 24. Qc4+ Rf7 25. Nf3 $13) 24. Ke2 $6 (24. Qb5 $8 {would be
the better try, though after} Qxb5 25. Nxb5 Nxe4 26. Bh4 (26. Bxa7 Ng3 $1 $19)
26... g5 $1 {white got to find the long chain of only moves in order not to
lose immediately:} 27. Rd4 $8 Re8 28. Nc7 $1 Bg7 $1 29. Rd7 $1 Re5 30. Rd8+ Kf7
31. Bf2 Ke7 $1 32. Rd3 Nc5+ 33. Re3 Nd3+ 34. Kf1 Nxf2 35. Kxf2 Kd7 36. Rf3 Kxc7
37. Rf7+ Kc6 38. Rxg7 Ra5 {this looks like a winning position for black,
though, some technique is required of course.}) 24... Qxa2 25. Nc2 Qf7 (25...
Nb1 $1 $19 {with a winning threat of Nb1-a3!!, white can't do anything.} 26.
Kf1 Na3 $1) 26. Bh4 (26. Qd5 {couldn't change anything:} Nxe4 $1 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
$1 (27... Rxf7 $2 28. Rd8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Bxf8 30. Bxa7) 28. Bd4 Rc8 29. Kd3
Nc5+ $19) 26... Nxe4 $1 {The final combination, using the geometrical motive
is pretty simple, but cute.} 27. Qxe4 Re8 28. Rd8 Qc4+ $1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 {Hecht. Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3
Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13.
fxg4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 cxd4 15. cxd4 e5 16. d5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Nxe3+ (17... b5 {
Ftacnik} 18. g5 (18. Ng1 Bf8 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Bf2 Qa5 21. Kg1 Rc8 22. Ng5 Qd2
23. Qxd2 Nxd2 24. Be3 Nc4 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bf2 b4 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Liss,E/Ramat
Aviv 1998/ (32)}) 18... Bf8 19. Ng1 a6 (19... Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qb6 $5 21. Qc3 b4
22. Qc4 (22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Rc8 24. Rc1 Kf7 25. Nf3 Ke6 {~}) 22... Bd6 (
22... Qe3 23. Qc6 $1 {+/-}) 23. Ke2 $6 a5 24. Nh3 a4 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Nijboer,F/
Rotterdam/1998/ (39)}) 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. Re1 Rc8 22. Re2 Nxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Qc7 24.
Qb3 Qc1+ 25. Re1 Qc4+ 26. Re2 a5 {0-1 Van Tilbury,C-Zadrima,A/Moscow 1994/ (41)
}) 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. h3 (19. Qg3 {Ftacnik} Rf8+ 20. Kg1 Qxg3 21. Nxg3 Bh6 22.
Rf1 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. h4 Rc2 25. Rf3 Bc5 26. h5 Rxa2 {0-1 Tuchtfeld,
J-Stephan,A/OLNN/1993/ (42)} 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Rf6 Kg7 29. Re6 Kf7 30. Kh2 Bd4
{0-1 Tuchtfeld,J-Stephan,A/OLNN/1993/ (42)}) 19... Bh6 (19... b6 {Ftacnik} 20.
Kg1 Bf8 21. Kh1 Bc5 22. Qd3 Qf6 23. Ng1 Qf2 24. Nf3 Bd6 25. Qa6 Rf8 26. Ng5 Qe3
27. Ne6 {Nenashev,A-Conquest,S/Groningen op 1997 (36)}) 20. Qd3 Rf8+ 21. Kg1
Qf2+ 22. Kh1 Qe3 23. Qc4 $5 {N Ftacnik: 'The new hot item in the Gruenfeld
with 12.Bxf7+. Black is quick with counterplay, but white has a spare pawn and
the protected d5 asset.'} (23. Qxe3 Bxe3 24. Rd1 Rf2 25. Ng1 Kf7 $1 (25... Rxa2
26. Nf3 Ra4 27. d6 Bb6 28. d7 Bd8 29. Rb1 {=}) 26. Rd3 Bb6 (26... Bd4 $1 27.
Nf3 Rxa2 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Rxd4 Ke7 {=+}) 27. Rf3+ Ke7 28. Rxf2 Bxf2 29. Nf3
Kd6 {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla/1998/ (34)'} 30. g3 Bxg3 31.
Kg2 Bf4 32. Kf2 Kc5 33. Ke2 b5 34. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla
1998/ CBM 65 (34)}) 23... b5 {'!' Ftacnik.} 24. Qxb5 Rf2 (24... Qxe4 25. Ng3
Qf4 (25... Qd4 26. Rb1 Rd8 27. Qe2 (27. Qb3) 27... Qxd5 28. Ne4) (25... Qe3 26.
Qb3)) 25. Qe8+ Rf8 (25... Bf8 26. d6 (26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. d6 Rxg2 (27... Qxe4 28.
Rg1 Bxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxe2 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7+ Rf7)) 26... Rxe2 (26... Rxg2) 27.
d7 Qxe4 28. Rg1 Re3) 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. g5 (27. Ng1 {Ftacnik} Qxe4 28. d6 Rf2 29.
Qe8+ Bf8 30. Nf3 Rxf3 31. gxf3 Qxf3+ {=}) (27. Qxe5+ $2 {Ftacnik} Bg7 28. Qe7
Qxe2 {-/+}) 27... Bxg5 (27... Qxg5 {Ftacnik} 28. d6 Rf2 29. Qe8+ Kg7 30. g3 Qf6
31. Qd7+ Kh8 32. Ng1 {=}) 28. Qxe5+ Bf6 29. Qd6 Bg7 30. Ng1 (30. Ng3 h5 (30...
h5 {Ftacnik} 31. Rd1 Kh7 {~})) 30... Qxe4 31. Rc1 (31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Re1 Qxa2)
31... h5 32. Qe6 Be5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is cleverly toying with
the attacking chances against white king.'} 33. Rc5 (33. Rc6 Kg7 34. Rc7+ Kh6
35. Qe7 Rf2 36. Qh7+ Kg5 37. Qe7+ {=}) (33. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Rxf3 34. Qc8+ (34.
Rc8+ $2 Kg7 35. gxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Kg1 Bd4+ 37. Kh2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qg1#) 34... Kh7
35. gxf3 Qxf3+ {~}) (33. Qe7 $2 {Ftacnik} Qf4 {-+}) 33... Qe3 (33... Rf2 34.
Rc8+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kh6 (35... Rf7 36. Qe8) 36. Rh8+) (33... Kh7 34. d6 Rf2 35.
Qd5 {+-}) (33... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 34. Nf3 Bd6 35. Rc6 {+/-}) 34. Rc8 (34. Qe7 Qf4
35. Nf3 Bd6) (34. Qxg6 Qxc5 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Qxe5 Rf1 {=+}) 34... Rxc8 35.
Qxc8+ Kg7 36. Nf3 Bf4 37. Qc2 (37. Qd7+ {Ftacnik} Kh6 (37... Kf8 38. Qc6 g5 39.
Qf6+ Ke8 {+=}) 38. Qc6 h4 39. d6 Qd3 {+=}) 37... g5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'The worst for black is over, white must defend his own monarch against direct
assault.'} 38. Qd1 (38. Qc6 {Ftacnik} Qe2 {~}) 38... g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Nh2 (
40. Nh4 $6 {Ftacnik} Kf6 41. Qb1 Kg5 42. Ng6 Bd6 {-/+}) 40... g3 41. Nf3 (41.
Ng4 {Ftacnik} Qe7 42. Kg1 {=} (42. Qd4+ $2 Kg6 {-+})) 41... Bd6 42. Qd4+ Qxd4
43. Nxd4 Kf6 {Hecht: '# Hat Wei� Probleme durch den eingeklemmten K�nig?
Nein, er benutzt gerade diese Position, um auf der Stelle eine theoretische
Remisstellung zu erreichen. '} 44. Nb5 (44. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Bc5 {=}) 44... Bc5
45. Nxa7 {Hecht: 'Sie d�rfen nun getrost alle wei�en Steine au�er dem
Bg2 entfernen und den wei�en K�nig sogar nach f1 stellen. Die Stellung ist
und bleibt remis. '} (45. Nxa7 {Ftacnik} Bxa7 46. a4 Ke5 47. d6 Kxd6 48. a5 Kc6
49. a6 Kb6 50. Kg1 Kxa6+ 51. Kh1 {=}) 1/2-1/2

