[Event "Bagneux op"]
[Site "Bagneux"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kovacs, Laszlo"]
[Black "Armas, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Armas,J"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. a4
Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Nd2 $146 (10. O-O a6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. Bg5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7
14. Be2 Re8 15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. f4 c4 18. Bh4 Nc5 19. Bf1 Qb4 20. h3
Nd3 21. Reb1 Nxf4 22. a5 Nd7 23. Bf2 Nc5 24. Be3 Nfd3 25. Ra3 Bxc3 26. Rxc3
Nxe4 27. Ra3 f5 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Qc4 30. Qd1 Qc2 31. Rb3 Re7 32. Kh2 Qxd1
33. Rxd1 Rc2 34. Rb6 g5 35. Rc1 Rxc1 36. Bxc1 f4 37. h4 Rc7 38. Rb4 Nf6 39. Bd2
h6 {Forintos,G (2425)-Boensch,U (2460) Cienfuegos 1979 1/2-1/2}) 10... Re8 11.
O-O Bxb5 12. axb5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nb6 14. Ra3 $6 Ng4 15. h3 Ne5 16. b3 c4 17. Bb2
cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd3 19. Ba1 Nc5 20. Qb4 Qh4 $36 21. Nf3 Qf4 22. Nd4 Nxe4 23. Nde2
Qf5 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 (26. Qxd6 Bd4+) 26... Qxd5 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qb2+ Qe5 29. Qa2 Re7 30. Raf3 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 d5 32. Qb2+ d4 33. Qb3 Rf8
34. g4 Kg8 35. h4 Re3 36. Qb1 Rxf3 37. Rxf3 Rc8 38. Qb3 Qc4 39. Qa3 Qc1+ 40.
Kh2 Qxa3 41. Rxa3 Rd8 42. Rxa7 d3 43. Ra1 d2 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Kg3 Ke7 46. Kf4
Rd5 47. h5 Kd6 48. h6 Kc5 49. Ke4 Kc4 50. g5 Rd7 51. Ke5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "GRE-chT"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Pavlovic, Milos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qd3 14. N2c4
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bd7 $5 $146 16. Ke2 Na6 17. Be3 Rfb8 (17... f5 $5 18. f4 Rab8
19. Rab1 Rf6 20. b4 $1 Rxb4 21. a3 $1 (21. Rxb4 cxb4 22. Bd4 Rf8 23. Bxg7 Kxg7
24. Ne5 $36) 21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Bf8 23. Rb7 $18) 18. Rab1 (18. Rhd1 $1 Bxb2
19. Nxb2 Rxb2+ 20. Rd2 (20. Kf3 $36) 20... Rab8 21. Ne4 $1 Rxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bf5
23. Nxc5 Rb2+ 24. Ke1 Nb4 25. Rd1 $16 Nc2+ 26. Kf1 Rb5 27. Rc1) (18. Kf3 $3
Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Rxb2 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. g4 Bxe4+ 22. Kxe4) 18... Nb4 19. Rhd1 (19.
Bxc5 $6 Nxd5 20. Rhd1 Be6 $44) 19... Nxa2 (19... Ba4 $2 20. Rd2 Nxa2 21. Ra1
Bb3 22. Na5 $18) 20. Ra1 (20. Bxc5 Ba4 21. Re1 Bb3 $132) 20... Nb4 $2 (20...
Rxb2+ 21. Nxb2 Nc3+ 22. Kf3 Nxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Bxc5 $40) 21. Bxc5 Bf8 22.
Bxa7 (22. Ra5 $5 $16) 22... Nc2 23. Bxb8 $6 (23. Ra5 Rb4 24. Rd2 Bxd6 25. Nxd6
Rxb2 26. Kd1 $18) 23... Nxa1 24. Bc7 Ra2 25. Kf3 $6 (25. Kd3 $1 Ba4 26. Re1 Nc2
(26... Bc2+ 27. Kc3 Bg7+ 28. Ne5 Bb3 29. Ndc4 $18) 27. Re2 Nb4+ 28. Kd4 Bg7+
29. Ne5 Bb3 (29... Bd1 30. Rd2) 30. Ndc4 $18 Ra1 31. d6 Nc6+ 32. Kc5 Nxe5 33.
Nxe5) 25... Ba4 26. Rd3 $6 (26. Rb1 Bc2 27. Re1 $18) 26... Nc2 27. Kg3 $2 (27.
Ba5 $8 Bxd6 28. Nxd6 Rxb2 29. Rc3 $1 (29. Nc4 Rb3 30. Rxb3 Bxb3 31. Nb6 Kf8)
29... Rb3 30. Kf4 Rxc3 31. Bxc3 Kf8 $16) 27... Nb4 28. Rd2 (28. Ra3 Rxa3+ 29.
bxa3 Nxd5 30. Bb8 $14) 28... Bb3 $132 29. Ne3 $4 (29. f4 Ra7 30. Nb5 (30. Bb8
Ra8 31. Bc7 Ra7 32. Bb6 Ra6 33. Bc5 $140 $2 Bxc4 $19) 30... Rb7 $10 (30... Rxc7
31. Nxc7 Bxc4 32. d6 $18) 31. Nca3 Nxd5 32. Bd6 $16) 29... Na6 (29... Ra7 $2
30. Ne8 Rxc7 31. Nxc7 Bd6+ 32. Kf3 Bxc7 33. d6 $44) 30. Nb7 $8 Nxc7 31. d6 Ne6
32. d7 Be7 (32... Ra7 33. d8=Q Nxd8 34. Nxd8 Rc7 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Be7 37.
b4 Bxb4 38. Rb5 Bd6+ 39. Kf3 $10) 33. d8=Q+ Nxd8 34. Nxd8 (34. Nxd8 Bf6 $10)
1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT 2nd"]
[Site "Jahorina"]
[Date "2003.06.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Kovacevic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[BlackTeam "Sokolac Glasinac"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 {Modern Benoni is
one of the main weapons of my opponent who has worked for many years with GM
Velimirovic.} 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bf4 ({I have finally lost my belief in} 8. h3 O-O 9.
Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 $11) 8... a6 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 {The
critical position.} Bc8 $2 {No but this can not be a Benoni player's choice.} (
10... b5 11. Bxd6 b4 12. e5 $1 bxc3 13. exf6 cxb2 14. Qxb2 Bxf6 15. Be5 Bxe5
16. Qxe5+ Qe7 17. O-O-O $14) 11. a4 O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nd2 {Usually in this
opening if white sets up a pair of his minor pieces like Bg5, Nd2 or Bf4 Nd2
he is better unless he kacks in development.} Nbd7 14. O-O Ne5 {Black heads
for Kapengut's favorite set up in this opening albeit some tempi down.} 15.
Rae1 $1 (15. h3 Nfd7 16. Be3 g5 17. f4 gxf4 18. Rxf4 Ng6 19. Rf2 Nde5 20. Raf1
{is another way to deal with the position.} Qh4 $13) 15... Ne8 (15... Nh5 16.
Be3 (16. Bxh5 Nd3) 16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc4 $16) 16. Bg3 g5 {Everything
has developped as I have foreseen.} 17. Nd1 {Trying to gain advantage of f5
square.} {Black needs counterplay.} b5 $8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qxb5 Nc7 20. Qb3 $1
{Simple and good.} (20. Qb6 $2 Bd7 $1 21. Ne3 (21. Qxc7 Rfc8 22. Qb6 Rcb8 $11)
21... Rfc8 22. Ndc4 Ne8 $44) 20... Bd7 {f5 square is important.} (20... Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rfb8 22. Bb7 Ra7 23. Ne3 Raxb7 24. Nf5 Qd8 25. Qd1 $16) 21. Nc3 Rfb8 22.
Qc2 $16 {Black does not have enough compensation for the pawn.} Na6 23. Nc4 Nb4
24. Qd2 Na2 25. Nd1 $1 {Covering the weaknesses and giving black minimum
counterplay.} Ra4 $6 $138 {hastens the end.} (25... Ba4 $2 26. Nde3) (25...
Nxc4 26. Bxc4 Rb4 27. b3 Bd4 28. Kh1 $16) 26. Nde3 Nxc4 $2 {A very bad
exchange!} (26... Nb4 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 (28. Nc4 Bxg3 29. fxg3 f6 30. Qc3
Kg7 31. Rf2 $16) 28... Qxe5 29. Nc4 Qxe4 30. Bd1 (30. Nb6 Rxb6 31. Qxg5+ Qg6
32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Qxb6 Nc2 $132) 30... Qxd5 (30... Qxc4 31. Qxg5+ Kh8 32. Qf6+
Kg8 33. Re3 $18) 31. Qxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxa4 Bxa4 33. Nxd6 Rxb2 34. Re5 Bc6 35.
Rxg5+ Kf8 36. Re1 f6 37. Rf5 $18) 27. Nxc4 Rxc4 28. Bxc4 Rxb2 29. Qa5 $1 $18 {
Black has a gone game.} Nb4 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Mar del Plata op 34th"]
[Site "Mar del Plata"]
[Date "2003.04.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lafuente, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {My young opponent Pablo
has chosen Modern Benoni for this encounter.} 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 ({I have to
learn more about} 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 {which is believed to bring
serious advantage for home team.}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 ({Alex sometimes goes for
Knaak's favorite line.} 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 {Now we are in the
stem position for the line which almost anybody believed that it busted Modern
Benoni in late 80s.} (9. Bg5 $142 {Alex's choice is most likely bette.Despite
of losing a tempo in some lines white prevents b5 for good.}) 9... a6 $6 {
I am always happy to see something without b5 over the board.} 10. a4 Nbd7 11.
O-O Re8 ({Romanishin's or Yudasin's way is applicable around here.} 11... Nh5
12. Be3 Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15. Bf4) 12. Re1 Qe7 $6 {I am not an
affiliate of this Minasian maneuver either.I believe that black can not stop
e5 in longterm.} (12... Nh5 {It was not too late for the above mentioned idea.}
13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Bxd6 Qb6 18. e5 Nxe5 19.
Bxe5 Bxe5 20. a5 Qxb2 $140 $2 21. Na4 Qb4 22. Nb6 Rb8 23. d6 $18) 13. Bf4 $1 {
White is preparing e5 thrust.} Nh5 14. Bh2 Qf8 (14... Ne5 15. Be2) (14... Bh6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf4 17. Nxd7 Qxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bxd7 20. Bxf4
Bxf4 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Nxc5 Rc8 23. b4 Bxd3 24. Nxd3 Bd6 25. Kf1 $16) (14... Qf6
15. Qd2) 15. a5 $1 $16 {Putting black under serious pressure.} Ne5 (15... Rb8
16. Qc2 (16. g4 $6 Nhf6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Nxg4
$44 {is not pleasant but...}) 16... b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19. Be2 $16)
16. Be2 $1 {The main idea in this line.I have already applied it on several
occasions:against Stajcic in Budapest 1992,against Khomyakov in Alushta 1999
are typical examples.} Nf6 {Considering the circumstances black goes for
something usually not very recommended.} (16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 $1 {
the whole plan was designed for this.} dxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Na4
$16) 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qc2 (18. Na4 Nxe4 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxc8 Rbxc8 21. Bg4 f5
22. Rxe4 {looked unnecessary to me,so first e4 should be protected.}) 18... Bd7
(18... Nd7 19. Na4 {and black can hardly move.}) 19. Ra3 {This is good but
white had another consequent possibility.} (19. Na4 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 h5 $1 {
preventing Bg4 in case.} 21. b4 cxb4 22. Qb1 $1 {found in analysis by me.} Bh6
23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Rxb4 Qxa5 25. Rxb7 $16) 19... Qd6 {The most normal defense by
black.} (19... c4 20. Bxc4 Qc5 21. Bd3 $16) 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Rb6 c4 22. Ra1 $1 {
Now with a5 defended black days are numbered!} Rec8 23. Rb4 $18 Bb5 {For some
reason this made me confused and I have become overconcerned about my rook on
b6.} 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Rxb5 Ne8 26. Rb4 $4 {Hard to come up with something as
stupid as this!} ({The easy to find} 26. b4 $1 {seals black's faith} cxb3 (
26... Bf8 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Bxc4 Nd6 29. Rc5 Bh6 30. Rd1 $18) (26... b6 27. Ra4
$1 $18) 27. Qxc7 Rxc7 28. Rxb3 Rc5 (28... Nd6 29. Bd3) 29. Rxb7 Rcxa5 30. Rxa5
Rxa5 31. Bg3 f6 32. Bg4 Nd6 33. Be6+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Ra6 35. f3 $18) ({Even the
other move I was looking is enough to deliver!} 26. d6 Nxd6 27. Bxe5 Qc6 (27...
Nxb5 28. Bxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc4 Nd6 30. Ra4 b5 31. axb6 $18) 28. Rd5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5
Re8 30. Rd5 Rxe4 31. Rxd6 Rxe2 32. Qxe2 Qxd6 33. Qxc4 $18) 26... Rxa5 27. Rxa5
Qxa5 28. Rxc4 Qe1+ ({I was only considering the geometrically ridiculous} 28...
Qa1+ $4 29. Bf1 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Nd6 31. Qb4 $18) 29. Bf1 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Nd6 31.
Qe2 $11 {It is a shame to blow such a position but I had to draw this game by
an offer.White can not lose this game.} (31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Bxe2 Nxe4 33. Kf1 Kf8
34. f3 Nd6 35. Bg1 $11) (31. Qd3 Nxe4 32. d6 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Nxd6 $1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Khomyakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Atalik/Alexandrova,O"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 (7. Bg5 $5 h6
8. Be3 exd5 9. cxd5) 7... exd5 8. cxd5 d6 9. h3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 12.
Re1 Rb8 $6 (12... Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qh4 (14... Nf6 15. Bf4) 15. Bxh5
gxh5 16. Qd2 $1) (12... Re8 $142 $1 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16.
Bf4 Nd7 17. Bxd6 Qb6 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $1 (19... Bxe5 $6 20. a5 $1) 20.
Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe2 $1 $13) 13. Be3 Ne5 (13... Re8 14. Qd2) 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15.
Bxf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Ne8 (16... b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 $40) 17. a5
b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb4 20. Bd2 Rb8 (20... Rd4 21. Qc2) 21. Bc3 f6 (21...
Bxc3 $6 22. bxc3 $16) 22. Qd2 Nc7 23. Ba5 $1 $16 Qe7 $5 {The best practical
chance.} (23... f5 24. e5) (23... Qd7 24. Nb6 Qe7 25. b4 (25. Nxc8 Rfxc8 26.
Bg4 Rd8 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Be6+ Kh8 29. Rxa6 f5 $132) 25... cxb4 26. Rab1 Nb5
27. Rxb4 $16) 24. Nxc5 Nb5 25. Na4 $6 (25. Nb3 $1 $16) 25... Qa7 $1 26. Bb4 (
26. Qe3 $6 Nd4 27. Bb6 Nxf3+ 28. gxf3 Qd7 $132) 26... f5 (26... Nd4 $2 27. Bxd6
$18) (26... Rd8 $5 27. Bd1 Nd4 28. Ba5 Re8 29. Rc1 $16) 27. Nc3 fxe4 (27... Nd4
$2 28. Bxd6 Nb3 29. Qf4 (29. Bxb8 Qxb8 30. Qd1 Nxa1 31. Qxa1 $18) 29... fxe4
30. Bxb8 Qb7 (30... Rxf4 31. Bxa7 Nxa1 32. Bxe4 $18) 31. Qxe4 Nxa1 32. Bd6 $18)
28. Nxb5 Rxb5 29. Rxe4 Qb6 $6 (29... Bxh3 $5 30. gxh3 $1 {Miles} (30. Rae1 $6
Qb6 31. Bc3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Rb2 33. Qe3 Bf5 $11) (30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Rea4 $5) 30...
Rxf3 31. Qe2 Qf7 (31... Rf8 $6 32. Re7 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35.
Bc3+ Rf6 36. Rf1 $18) 32. Rxa6 $5 $16 (32. Bxd6 $6 h6 $1 (32... Rxb2 $2 33.
Re8+ Bf8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qe6+ Qf7 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Be5+ Kh6 38. Bxb2 $18)
33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re7 Qxd5 35. Be5 Rf7)) (29... Bf5 30. Re2 $1 (30. Rc4 Bxh3 31.
Rac1 $14) 30... Bxh3 31. Rae1 Qb6 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 $16) 30. Bc3 (30. Rae1
$6 Bxh3) (30. Rc1 $1 Bf5 31. Rc6 Qb7 32. Rec4 $18) 30... Bxc3 (30... Bxh3 $2
31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qc3+) 31. bxc3 Qd8 (31... Bxh3 $2 32. Qh6) 32. Rae1 Rb7 33.
Rf4 Rbf7 $138 (33... Bxh3 $5 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Qd3 Bf5 36. Qxa6 $16) 34. Rxf7
Rxf7 35. Kh2 Bd7 (35... a5 36. Qd4 Bd7 37. c4 $16) 36. Qd4 Qf6 $2 (36... a5 37.
c4 $16) 37. Qxf6 Rxf6 38. Kg3 (38. Re7 $2 Rf7 $1) 38... a5 $2 (38... Rf8 $1 39.
Re7 $1 (39. Rb1 Bb5) 39... Rf7 40. Rxf7 Kxf7 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. Ke4 a5 43. Kd4 a4
44. Bd1 a3 45. Bb3 g5 46. c4 Ke7 47. c5 dxc5+ 48. Kxc5 Be8 49. Kb4 Kd6 50. Kxa3
$18) 39. Ra1 a4 40. Bg4 Be8 (40... Bb5 41. c4 Bxc4 42. Be6+ Kg7 43. Rxa4 $18)
41. Be6+ Kg7 42. f4 Bb5 43. c4 Be8 44. Rb1 Rf8 45. Rb7+ Kf6 46. Ra7 (46. Rxh7
$2 Bf7) 46... h6 (46... g5 47. fxg5+ (47. f5 Ke5 48. Rxh7 Bf7 (48... Kd4 49.
Ra7 Kxc4 50. Kg4) 49. Bxf7 a3 50. Bg6 Ra8 51. Re7+ $18) 47... Kxg5 48. h4+ Kf6
49. Kf4 Kg6+ 50. Ke3 Rf1 51. Ra8 $18) 47. Kf3 g5 48. f5 Ke5 49. Ke3 h5 50. g3 (
50. g3 Rh8 51. Rb7 (51. Ra8 Rf8 52. Bd7 Bxd7 53. Rxf8 Bxf5 54. Re8+ Kf6 55. h4
gxh4 56. gxh4 $18) 51... Rf8 52. Rh7 Kf6 53. Kd4 Bf7 54. Rxf7+ Rxf7 55. Bxf7
Kxf7 56. g4 $18) 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Uritzky, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nf3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Re8 (11... Rb8 $142 12. a4 a6 {Although
white is clearly better in this line.}) 12. a4 a6 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Bf1 $1 {
[%mdl 4] Very important move in variations with Na6,now the main idea of black
to provoke b7-b5 doesn't work .} ({Other lines aren't so clear f.e.} 14. Rb1 {
[%cal Gb2b4]} b5 15. axb5 Nxb5 (15... axb5 16. b4 $14) 16. Bc4 Nd4 17. Qd3 Qc7
(17... Nh5 $142 18. Bh2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Be5 {with very comfortable play for
black.}) 18. Nd2 Nh5 (18... Nd7 19. Bxa6) 19. Bh2 Bh6 $2 (19... Be5 20. Bxa6
Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Nf4 22. Qf1 Bd7 $44) 20. Nf3 Rb4 21. b3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bg7 23.
e5 $1 $36 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Gufeld,E/Moscow 1992/EXT 92op (32)}) (14. Bc2 $5 b5 15.
e5 Nh5 (15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 17. Nc6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxc6 19. dxc6 {with
clear advantage for white.}) 16. Bh2 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bd7 (17... Bxh3 $1 18. Qf3
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 b4 21. d6 Ne6 22. Nd5 (22. Qxh3 bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qg5
$13) 22... Qg5 $13) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxd7 $2 (19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Ne4 $1 $16)
19... Qxd7 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ra7 Be5 $2 (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3 (22. Rxc7 $2 Qxd5
$19) 22... Qxd5) 22. d6 $1 $18 {1-0 Adianto,U-Dao Thien Hai/Cap D'Agde FRA
1998 (31)}) (14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Na4 Rb4 17. Nd2 $2 Nfxd5 $17 {0-1
Gerlach,M-Wallinger,M/Nuernberg 1988/EXT 88op2 (22)}) 14... h6 (14... b5 15. e5
$1 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 (16... Nfxd5 17. Nc6 Nxc3 18. Qxd8 {and white wins.}) 17.
Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 b4 20. Rd1 Qc8 21. Ne4 $16 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 15.
Bh2 {Also very useful move before e4-e5 break.} g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 16. e5 $16
dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rf8 (17... Ncxd5 18. Nxf7 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Kxf7 20. Bxb8 Nxc3 (20...
Bxh3 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. gxh3 Qxb8 23. Bc4 $18) 21. bxc3 Bxh3 22. Bc4+ Kg6 23.
gxh3 Qxb8 24. Qe7 $18) (17... Nfxd5 18. Nxd5 (18. Nxf7 $6 Rxe1 19. Nxd8 Rxd1
20. Rxd1 Nf4) 18... Qxd5 19. Nc4 $1 Rxe1 20. Qxe1 (20. Qxd5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Nxd5
22. Bxb8 b5 23. Rd1 Be6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ne5 c4 $44) 20... Qd8 21. Rd1 Bd4 22.
b4 b6 23. a5 b5 24. Nb6 $18 ({Also interesting.} 24. bxc5 bxc4 25. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4
26. Bxc7 Rb2 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Bxc4 {and white wins.})) 18. Qf3 {
[%cal Ga1d1]} Bd7 19. Rad1 {Black is absouletely hopeless against white's
pressure.} Rc8 20. Bc4 (20. Nc6 $6 bxc6 21. dxc6 Ne6 22. cxd7 Nxd7 {[%cal
Ge6d4] gives black some contrachances.}) 20... Nce8 (20... b5 21. Nc6 $18) 21.
d6 $18 {[%csl Rf7]} Bc6 22. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3g6]} Nd7 23. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 24. Re7
Nef6 25. Rxf7 Kh8 26. Qg6 {not waiting for 26...Bf827Rh7!-Nh728Qg8 mate} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Babula/Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 {aimed
against Bc8-g4} Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 {This is a quite popular setup against
the Benoni. White doesn't transfer his Nf3 to c4 as he would like to fulfil
quickly the e4-e5 advance.} a6 {eine bemerkenswerte Alternative zu 9...b5} 10.
a4 Nbd7 {This is the more frequent move order.} ({Possible is} 10... Re8 11.
O-O Nh5 {to avoid Bc1-f4, after that} 12. Re1 Nd7 {transposes to the game.})
11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 $5 {deserves attention as from the diagonal h2-b8
the bishop controls the key square e5.}) 12... Nh5 {to prevent Bc1-f4} ({Oder} 
12... Qe7 {mit schwerblütigem Kampf, z.B.} 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Qf8 15. Bf1 (15.
a5)) 13. Bg5 {looks logical} ({Other options are immediate} 13. Be3) ({or even
} 13. g4) 13... Bf6 ({The alternative is} 13... Qc7) 14. Be3 {White puts his
bishop to e3 now, when Black's Bf6 occupies the natural retreat square for the
h5 knight.} Ne5 {Black strives to exchange some pieces as he has less space.}
15. Be2 {The typical reaction to Black's last move in this line.} Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 Ng7 {The knight is forced to go there, where it`s slightly misplaced. See
the remark to White's 14th move.} 17. Qd2 {We come to one of the critical
positions in this scheme as I found after the game. Since I didn't expect this
opening same as my opponent, during the game I was not sure about the details.}
(17. a5 Rb8 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qd7 21. Rc4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qb5
22. Rc2 b6 $6 (22... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5,Yb7b6]}) 23. Ra1 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qb6 25.
Ra2 $14 {Xu Jun (2535)-Chekhov,V (2525)/Beijing 1991/CBM 028 (1/2-1/2, 30).})
17... Bd7 ({I Besides the text move I also expected} 17... Rb8 18. Rab1 Qa5 $13
({weaker is} 18... b5 $6 {due to} 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4 $14)) ({II Later at
home I found Gashimov's move} 17... b6 $5 {("multi-purpose and flexible",
Marin) with the idea to transfer Black's a8 rook via a7 to the e- or (after
previous f7-f5) to the f-file.}) ({III Unlängst gespielt wurde auch} 17... Be5
18. a5 b5 19. axb6 Qxb6 20. Reb1 Qb4 21. Ra4 Qb3 22. Bd1 Bxc3 $2 (22... Qb7 $14
) 23. Qc1 Qb5 $2 24. bxc3 Qd3 25. Rb2 $18 {1-0/39, Potkin,V (2629)-Garakov,M 
(2439)/Novokuznetsk 2008}) 18. Bf4 (18. Be2 b5 {gilt als okay für Schwarz.})
18... Be5 19. Be2 {prevents b7-b5} Qe7 $6 {The beginning of a wrong plan:
Black wants to increase the strength of the planned advance f7-f5, but this
concept has two drawbacks. Firstly Black puts his queen opposite to White's
rook, what is usually bad. And secondly the queen actually is needed for the
defence of the queenside.} ({I Of course} 19... Qf6 $2 {is bad due to} 20. Bg5)
({II A better try than the text is} 19... Qa5 $13 {with complicated play, i.e.}
20. Bg4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Rad8) ({III} 19... f5 {ist vielleicht gar nicht so übel,
z.B.} 20. Bc4 (20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Re8 22. Bc4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Ng5 $14)
(20. a5 $14) 20... Qf6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 $2 (21... Qxe5 22. exf5 Qxf5 23. f3 Rxe1+
24. Rxe1 Qf8 25. a5 {/\Ne4+/=}) 22. exf5 $2 (22. f4 $1 Ree8 23. e5 $1 $16)
22... Nxf5 {remis/38, Lazovic,G (2325)-Mantovani,R (2365)/Cannes 1996}) 20. Ra3
$1 $14 {The rook aims to b3, if necessary it can also change to e3.} ({
Sofortiges} 20. a5 {, um den Pb7 zurückzuhalten, kam auch in Betracht, z.B.}
Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Rac8 22. Ra3 c4 23. Bf3 $14 {(} Rc5 24. Raa1 Bc8 25. Qd2 Qd8 26.
Ne2 Qf6 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Rac1 {)}) 20... Rab8 $2 {This mistake allows White to
block Black's queenside profitably.} ({I Better is either to rectify the
previous inaccuracy and return with the queen} 20... b6 21. Rb3 Qd8 $14) ({
II or to capture the c3 knight} 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qxe4 22. Raa1 (22. Bxd6 $5)
22... Qe7 23. Bxa6 $14) 21. a5 $16 ({Weaker is} 21. Rb3 $6 {due to} b5 $1 22.
axb5 Rb6) 21... f5 {Black continues in his plan,} ({but} 21... Qd8 $5 {gives
more chances:} 22. Rb1 Qc7 23. b4 $16) 22. Rb3 {There is no need to worry
about the e4 pawn.} Bxf4 (22... fxe4 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf1 $16 e3 (24... Bf5
25. g4) 25. Qxe3 (25. Rxe3 Qd4) 25... Qf5 26. Ne4 Kh8 27. g4 Qxd5 28. Rd3 Qc6
29. Rxd6 Qc7 30. Rdd1 Ba4 (30... Rbc8 $4 31. Qh6) 31. b3 Bc6 32. Qxc5) 23. Qxf4
g5 24. Qd2 f4 $6 {It is difficult to advise to Black something, but this
advance just frees White`s hands for operations on the queenside.} (24... Qf6
25. Rb6 $1 fxe4 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. hxg4 Qg6 28. Re3 h5 29. b4 c4 (29... Rbc8 30.
Qe1 cxb4 31. Nxe4) 30. Qe2 hxg4 31. Nxe4 $16) 25. Rb6 Qe5 {Although Black has
a nice square on e5, the queen normally is unsuited for a blockade. If Black
could get his knight there, his position would be fine, but with the knight on
g7 he can't organise any effective counterplay on the kingside.} 26. Qd1 {
Prevents h7-h5 and intends Qd1-b3. White's strategical dream is to transfer
his knight to c4.} Re7 $2 {Under pressure Black loses a pawn.} ({Although after
} 26... Rf8 27. Nb1 $5 {(striving to fulfil his dream)} ({or} 27. Qb3) 27...
Qxe4 28. Bxa6 $16 {White would also be clearly better.}) 27. Bxa6 $18 Be8 28.
Be2 {By closing the e-file White avoids Ng7-f5.} Ra8 29. Qb3 Rxa5 (29... Ra7
30. Ra1 {and a5-a6}) 30. Rxb7 Ra7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qb8 Qe7 {(?)} ({This loses
immediately. If Black doesn't want to give up the a-file to White, he has to
play} 32... Ra5 {(+-), which would offer more resistance but unfortunately no
free square for the rook.} {i.e.} 33. Bg4 c4 (33... h5 34. Bd7) 34. Qd8 Ra6 35.
Bc8 Ra7 36. Nb5) 33. e5 $1 {Finally White realizes his opening idea: the break
e4-e5. The rest is simple.} dxe5 34. d6 Rb7 (34... Qb7 35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Qd8)
35. Bc4+ Kh8 36. Qa8 Qd7 37. Rxe5 Ra7 38. Qd5 Bf7 39. Qxf7 Qxf7 40. Bxf7 Rxf7
41. Rxg5 Ne8 42. Ne4 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch"]
[Site "Slavonski Brod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sulava, Nenad"]
[Black "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 a6 15.
Nc3 Re8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 $6 {White wants to keep pressure on the d6P,
however his last move allows the following manouevre and the White B gets into
an awkward position.} f5 $1 18. Nd2 f4 19. Bh2 {For a while (hopefully for
Black, for a good while!) the Bh2 is out of play, which gives Black a strong
initiative.} Nd7 20. Nce4 Ne5 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qh5 Nf7 24. Rae1 Bf5
25. g4 $6 {This leaves B locked on h2 for another while.} (25. g3 $5) 25... Bh7
26. b3 Bd4 27. Kg2 Kg7 $1 {Reminding White that his Q isn't placed well
either! Black threatens Rh8 & Bxe4+ or Bxe4+ & Rh8.} 28. Qh3 Bg6 (28... Ne5 $5
29. Qh5 Nd3) 29. Qd3 Ne5 30. Qe2 Rh8 31. f3 Qg8 32. Nxg5 $2 (32. Rh1 $1) 32...
Bd3 33. Ne6+ Kf7 34. Qd1 Rxh2+ $1 35. Kxh2 Qh7+ 36. Kg2 Qh4 37. Nxf4 Rh8 38.
Nh5 Rxh5 39. gxh5 Bf5 {Black mates by force.} 0-1

[Event "Oberliga Nord W 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.10.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen II"]
[BlackTeam "Isernhagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7
15. Be3 Nb6 $5 (15... Bxb2 16. O-O $5 {von Babula,V vorgeschlagen} Bxa1 17.
Qxa1 f6 18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Qe1 $5 (19. f4 Bb7 20. Qe1 Nf8 $17) 19... Ne5 20. f4
Rxd6 (20... Nf7 21. Qe7 $16) 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. fxe5 Qxd5 23. exf6 $14) 16. Rc1
(16. Qc2 Nxd5 17. Bxc5 Qc6 $44) 16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Rd8 $5 (17... Qxa2 $143 18.
O-O Ba6 19. b3 $11) (17... Bb7 18. O-O Rad8 19. d6 Qc6 20. f3 Ba6 21. b3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Knazovcik,L/CSR-chJ 1990 (56)}) 18. O-O Be6 19. dxe6 $5 (19.
Qc2 Rxd5 $15) 19... Rxd1 20. exf7+ Kxf7 21. Rfxd1 Qxa2 $132 22. Rd3 $6 (22.
Bxc5 a5 $5 (22... Bxb2 $2 23. Rd2) (22... Qb3 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. Bxa7 Rc8 25. Bd4
$1 $14) 23. Rd3 Bh6 $132) 22... Qa6 (22... Bxb2 $2 23. Rd2) 23. Bxc5 Kg8 24.
Ra3 $1 (24. b4 Bh6 $1 $15) 24... Qb7 25. b4 a6 (25... Bf8 $5 26. Ne3 a6 (26...
Bxc5 27. bxc5 Qc6 28. Ra5 $11) 27. Rd3 Rc8 $15) 26. Rd1 Bf8 (26... Qb5 $5 27.
Nb6 Re8 $15) 27. Nb6 Re8 28. Nd5 (28. Rd7 $6 Re1+ 29. Kh2 Qb8+ 30. g3 Bxc5 31.
bxc5 Qf8 $16) 28... Re6 29. Nf4 Re8 (29... Rf6 30. Nd5 Rf7 31. Re3 $11) 30. Nd5
Re6 31. Nf4 Re8 32. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shishkov, Andrei"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne8 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14. Bf4
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 f5 16. Qg3 fxe4 (16... b6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Nd6
20. Rfe1 $14) 17. Bxe4 b6 18. Rad1 Ra7 $132) 14... fxe5 15. Qd2 (15. Be2 Qh4 (
15... b6 16. Rb1 a5 17. Bg4 {1-0 Campos Moreno,J- Cramling,P/Barcelona 1989/
(64)}) 16. Qd2 (16. a5 Nf6 17. f4 Nh5 $13) 16... h6 (16... Nf6 17. f4) 17. a5
Rb8 18. Rab1 b5 19. axb6 Rxb6 $132) 15... Nf6 {/\Nh5-f4} 16. Rfb1 Nh5 17. Kh2
$6 (17. b4 Nf4 18. bxc5 Qg5 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Kh1 dxc5 $13) 17... Nf4 18. Bf1
Qh4 {[%mdl 128]} (18... Nxh3 $6 19. gxh3 Qh4 {/\20...Rf3} 20. Qe2 $16) 19. f3
$2 (19. g3 $1 Qh6 (19... Qh5 20. Qd1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Nh5 22. Rab1 $14) 20. Qc2 g5
$1 (20... Bxh3 $2 21. Bxf4 $18) 21. gxf4 exf4 22. Bd2 Be5 23. Ne2 (23. f3 $2
Bxh3 24. Bxh3 g4 25. fxg4 f3+ $19) 23... Qh4 $5 $40) (19. b4 $2 Nxh3 $1 20.
gxh3 Rf3 $1 (20... Bxh3 21. Bg2 $1 Bg4+ 22. Kg1 Bf3 23. Kf1) 21. Bg2 $8 (21.
bxc5 Bxh3 $19) 21... Bxh3 $1 (21... Rxh3+ 22. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Bg4 24. f3
Bxf3 25. Qh2 Qg4+ 26. Kf1 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Qxe4 28. Qh3 Rf8+ $44) 22. Bh1 (22.
Bxf3 Bg4+ $19) 22... Raf8 $19) 19... Nxh3 $1 {[%mdl 192]} 20. gxh3 Rxf3 21. Qe1
Rxh3+ 22. Bxh3 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Bg4 $1 $19 24. Nd1 Bf3 25. Qd2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 29th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2007.07.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2007.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 {White
decides not to go for any immediate attack with f4 and rather heads for a long
positional manouvre game. This move played to prevent black from ....Bg4 after
Nf3.} Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 {White is ready to castle, but he's not quite
there yet and so black takes the chance to make use of the slow-footed 7.h3.}
b5 $5 {A very logical move, forcing an open game right before White gets time
to castle. This is also the mainline of this variation. Of course, Black also
has a lot of options such as} (9... Nbd7) (9... a6 10. a4) (9... Re8 {and many
more, but in all the cases White is allowed to castle and in my opinion he has
got away a bit too easy.}) ({However, there is also the stright forward option
playing} 9... c4 $5 {with the idea} 10. Bxc4 Re8 (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nxe4 Re8
12. Nfg5 {gave White a clear advantage after} Bf5 13. Qf3 Qe7 14. O-O h6 15.
Ng3 hxg5 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bb5 $1 {1-0 Elsness,F (2350)-Choong,G (2135)/
Jakarta 1997/CBM 058 ext (26)}) 11. e5 $2 ({Giving the pawn back by simple
development after} 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Bg5 $1 {gives
White a nice development advantage. Although black seems to have some
prospects well out with his pieces I am not so sure he will get that far along
the road as Rfe1 will come next with nasty threats on the e-file.}) 11... dxe5
12. O-O e4 13. Nd4 a6 {0-1 Bator,R (2476)-Jepson,C (2465)/Sweden 2001/EXT 2006
(61). with an interesting battle.}) 10. Bxb5 {Taking with the bishop has the
advantage of covering the e8 square for Black's rook. On the other hand it
opens up for a check on a5.} (10. Nxb5 $2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Qe2 f5 {
wins back the piece with a very nice position for Black.}) (10. O-O {also
gives Black too much counterplay. Now he even got a few different tries all
giving excellent chances.} a6 {is the solid option, preparing to develop
before going into any action on the queenside.} (10... b4 11. Ne2 {gives up
the white squares a bit too early and}) (10... c4 11. Bc2 {isn't that
convincing either as now White has an excellent outpost for his knight on d4.
The last two options looks rather risky for Black but they are also very
concrete lines aiming to immediately undermine the e4-pawn.})) 10... Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 $1 {A strong move intending to regroup this knight to the
excellent outpost on c4. Other options are inferior for White.} (12. Nc3 $2
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Be3 Qa5 $1 {with the odea of ...Ba6 gives
Black a very strong initiative and also a clear advantage.}) (12. Bd2 $2 Qxb5
13. Nxd6 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Ba6 {is also terrible for White who is prevented from
castling with a lost position as the result.}) 12... Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 $1 {
The best possible place for the queen at the moment keeping simultaneous
pressure against d6 and on the diagonal a6-f1.} ({An interesting option is} 
13... Qd3 14. N2c4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Bd7 $1 {keeping the pair of bishops and
planning the knight route ...Na6-b4/c7-xd5. It's surpriseingly difficult for
White to protect himself as he got his king in the center and when the game
opens up later on the Black pair of bishops will rule the board. Nevertheless
it's hard to belive Black has enough compensation and I'm sure with corect
defence White would keep at least a small edge.}) ({Also worth of thinking was
} 13... Qd7 {but after} 14. N2c4 Ba6 15. O-O Bd4 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Re1 Bxc4 18.
Nxc4 {White still hold on to the extra pawn as 18...Qxd5 looses to 19.Re8+
followed by exchange on d5 and .Bf4 winning the knight on b8.}) 14. N2c4 {
Now White has put his knights in an impressive way protecting all important
squares and is once again ready to castle. Although the knights are nicely
placed they are also bound to protect each other which make them a bit
vulnerable at the same time. And so there is still Black to move, so the
castle will still be postponed for a few more moves.} Rd8 $6 {A very tempting
move attacking the knight on d6 with different tactical ideas to follow.
However, White has good defensive resources and so it was more important to
continue the development of the queenside with} (14... Nd7 $1 15. O-O Nb6 ({
Also resonable is} 15... Ne5 {Wahls: 'neu'} 16. Nxc8 (16. Nxe5 Qxd6 17. Nc4 Qd7
18. Be3 Bb7 19. d6 Qc6 {givs Black good counterplay.}) 16... Raxc8 (16... Qxc4
17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Nd3 19. Qd2 Qe4 20. f3 Qxe7 21. Qxd3 {1-0 Epishin,V (2550)
-Horvath,T (2415)/Frankfurt 1990/CBM 020/[Wahls] (51). was better for White.})
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qf3 {with a slight advantage to White. Black has good
chances on a draw because of the weak d5-pawn and his active pieces, but White
is still a pawn up and is the one who is trying.}) 16. Nxb6 axb6 {Black has
enough compensation for the sacrificed pawn. Now his pawns on the queenside
are connected again and he has strong pressure against b2 and a2. Moreover the
d5-pawn will also soon come into trouble.} (16... Qxb6 {gives White the upper
hand after} 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 {
and although the d6-pawn will fall White still has some initiative and the a7-
and c5-pawns will become weak.})) 15. Bf4 (15. Qe2 $5 {was also possible with
the idea} Rxd6 ({Stronger is} 15... Bb7 $1 {and after} 16. Qe7 $2 Rd7 17. Qe8+
Bf8 18. Be3 Rxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 {Black has a clear advantage.}) 16. Qe8+ Bf8 17.
Bh6 {and Black must give up an exchange to aviod mate} Re6+ 18. dxe6 Qxe6+ 19.
Qxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxf8 $18) 15... Bf8 ({Another option was} 15... Nd7 16. O-O Nb6
17. Nxb6 axb6 {with some compensation and good drawing chances.} ({Weaker is} 
17... Qxb6 18. Nxc8 (18. Nc4 {is less clear after} Qb7 19. d6 Qe4 20. Qf3 Qxf3
21. gxf3 Bxh3 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Rac1 Rac8 {and Black starts taking over as the
d6-pawn isn't that threatening anymore.}) 18... Raxc8 19. d6 Rd7 20. Rc1 Bf8
21. Qg4 $1 {with a clear advantage to White. The d-pawn is still alive and
White has strong initiative.})) ({The tempting move} 15... Rxd6 $2 16. Nxd6
Bxb2 {isn't that genius after} 17. Nxc8 Qxc8 (17... Bc3+ 18. Bd2 Bxa1 19. Qxa1
Qxc8 20. Bh6 $18 {looses on the spot.}) 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Bd2 Qe8+ 20. Kf1 {
and White simply has an exchange up with a winning position.}) (15... g5 $2 {
is also inferior after} 16. Bh2 $5 (16. Bg3 {is less clear as now Black has
the additional option of playing} f5 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Yf5f4]} (16... Rxd6 $2
{is still losing after} 17. Nxd6 Bxb2 18. Qf3 $1 f5 (18... f6 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20.
Kf1 Qxa2 21. Qe4 $18) 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Qxa2 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Nxf5 $18) 17.
Qh5 $1 f4 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Qe7 Rf8 20. O-O $1 Nd7 21. Bh2 Bf6 22. Qe4 Ne5 23.
Nxe5 Qxd6 24. Nc4 Qd7 $44 {[%csl Gc8,Gf6,Rh2] with a very nice-looking
position for Black.}) 16... Bf5 (16... Rxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxb2 18. Qf3 f6 19. Rb1
Qa5+ 20. Kf1 Qxa2 21. Qe4 $18 {Black is far too slow with his queenside
development.}) 17. O-O Bg6 18. Qd2 h6 19. h4 $16) 16. Qe2 {A nice tactical
defensive resource.} Bb7 {Now this is necessary. Black must accept a slightly
inferior position, but still he has resonable chances of a draw.} ({
Unfortunately} 16... Nd7 $2 {falls into} 17. Bg5 $1 ({In case of} 17. O-O $2
Nb6 {is good for Black.}) 17... Bb7 18. Bxd8 Bxd6 19. Bh4 $1 $16 (19. Bg5 Bxd5
20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. O-O Bxg2 22. Rfd1 Bd5 23. Qf3 Nb6 24. Qf6 $16)) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7
18. O-O-O $5 {A very risky decision, but it's clear that White was really
going for a full point in this crucial last round game which would decide the
Nordic Champion of 2007. I cannot say that the move is bad as it's hard to
believe Black should be better here although he has got some attacking
prospects on the queenside now. Still it gave me some new energy and some real
chances to get into the game.} ({Of course, after the solid option} 18. O-O {
White can play on for a win safely, but there are also resonable drawing
chances for Black e.g.} Rxd5 19. Rad1 (19. Qf3 Rd7 20. Qxb7 Rxb7 21. Rfe1 Nc6
22. Rad1 $14) 19... Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nc6 21. Qe4 (21. Nd6 Qd7 $1 22. Qb5 (22. Ne4
Qe6 {is completely fine for Black.}) 22... Rb8 23. Qxc5 Rxb2) 21... Rd8 22.
Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Qxb7 Nxb7 $14 {White has a small edge in the endgame, but I
doubt there are any real winning chances for him if Black just puts up a solid
defence. ...f6 followed by a king's march to d5 seems to be the best way.})
18... Nd7 $1 {A strong move. Black develops his last piece and is soon ready
for action with ...Nb6 attacking c4 and d5. Also ...Qa6 might come into
consideration at some point.} ({The natural} 18... Rxd5 $2 {actually looses to}
19. Na5 $1 ({Not} 19. Rxd5 Qxd5 20. Rd1 Qxg2 21. Rd8 {when Black still got} Na6
$1) 19... Rxd1+ (19... Qd7 20. Qe4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 $18) 20. Rxd1 Qxg2 (20... Qc8
21. Qe4 Na6 22. Nc6 $16 {is clearly better for White. Black is very passive
and can hardly get his rook out from a8.}) 21. Rd8 $18 {this was the whole
point with long castle.}) 19. Na5 ({Probably stronger is} 19. Rhe1 Nb6 20. d6
$5 (20. Na5 Qd7 21. Nc6 Re8 22. Qd2 (22. Ne5 $2 Qa4) 22... Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Nxd5
$1 {By this move black keeps the position unbalanced and chances to attack the
exposed White king later on still remains.} (23... Qxd5 $6 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25.
Bd2 $14 {gives White a small edge in the endgame.}) 24. Re5 Qxc6 25. Qxd5 Qc8)
20... Qxg2 {with double-edged play.} (20... Rd7 21. g4 $16 {gives White the
upper hand although the position is still rather complex.})) 19... Qb6 20. Nc6
Re8 21. Qc4 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Yd7b6,Yc5c4] An excellent move. By moving
the queen Black frees the b6-square for his knight and the threat of ...Nb6
start to look rather nasty again.} (21... Nf6 {can be met by for instance} 22.
f3) ({and} 21... Bg7 {is simply empty threats after either Rd2 or b3.}) 22. Na5
$6 {White leaves the nice c6-square with his knight who now becomes very
exposed on the edge. It's resonable to understand White is trying a repetition
after ...Qb6 Nc6, but there are better moves for Black now!} ({Instead} 22.
Rhe1 {should have been played right away and after} Nb6 23. Qb5 $1 {provoking
the weakness of ...a6 which also restricts the black queen from going there.}
a6 24. Qd3 c4 25. Qd4 Na4 $5 {The position is still very complex, but I belive
Black has enough compensation for the pawn. However, here White has much
better prospects than in the game.} (25... Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rc8 {is a more solid
option with the idea} 27. Bd2 Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Re8 Kg7 $1 {
and Black is doing fine in the endgame.})) 22... Qc8 $1 23. Rhe1 Rxe1 24. Rxe1
Nb6 25. Qd3 c4 26. Qd2 {Now White is almost asking for c3, but this move would
have come anyway.} (26. Qd4 c3 $1 (26... Qf5 $6 27. Qe5 (27. Re5 Bg7 $1 28. Nc6
$1 (28. Rxf5 $2 Bxd4 29. Rg5 f6 30. Rg3 Nxd5 $36 {with some initiative and a
slightly better endgame for Black.}) 28... Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Qg5+ 30. Kc2 Qf5+ 31.
Kc1 $11)) 27. bxc3 (27. Qxc3 {looses to} Nxd5 28. Qxc8 Rxc8+ {and the Bishop
on f4 is lost.}) 27... Qa6 28. Nc6 Rc8 $1 {with a very strong initiative.
White might be able to hold on with extremely accurate play, but such a
defence is not for humans.} (28... Qxa2 {also look good, but here after} 29. d6
{things starts to look a bit messy.})) 26... c3 $1 27. bxc3 Qf5 28. Kb2 (28. c4
Rc8 29. g4 Ba3+ 30. Kd1 Qd7 $36 {and the attack continues.}) (28. g4 $5 {
was interesting, trying to force matters. Now Black should act correct not to
let White run away with his king unpunished.} Ba3+ (28... Qd7 $5 {just keeping
the pressure.}) 29. Kd1 Qb1+ 30. Ke2 Qe4+ $1 31. Be3 (31. Kf1 Qh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxh3
{and the white king is still in the center, while Black has picked back on of
the pawns and his attack is still going!.}) (31. Kd1 Qa4+ (31... Qf3+ 32. Kc2
Nxd5 33. Bh6 {might give White some counterplay on the back rank.}) 32. Nb3 Rd8
{The d5-pawn is about to fall and White's king will be under great pressure.})
31... Nxd5 32. Qd4 Qg2 {Keeping the white king away from the safe kingside.
Now after} 33. Bh6 Bf8 34. Bxf8 Rxf8 {White still has one extra pawn, but his
exposed king gives Black excellent compensation.}) 28... Bg7 {A very natural
reply, taking control over the diagonal and also preventing Re5. However,
White could have improved here, so instead Black should have gone} (28... Rd8
$1 29. g4 Qc8 30. c4 Nxc4+ 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 32. Be5 Rxd5 $17 {with a crushing
attack against the hopeless open white king.}) (28... Nxd5 $2 {is wrong in
view of} 29. Re5 {After} Qxf4 (29... Rb8+ 30. Nb3) 30. Rxd5 Rb8+ 31. Nb3 Qe4 {
Black still has compensation for the pawn, but not much more than that.}) 29.
g4 $2 {Now Black just heads over with his Queen to the other side with a
crucial attack. Necessary was the strong} (29. Nc6 $1 {threatening Ne7+.} Bf6 (
29... Kh8 30. g4 Qd7 31. Kc1 $1 {is not convincing either.}) (29... Nc4+ 30.
Kc1 Kh8 31. g4 $1 {kills the black attack and the advantage goes over to White.
}) 30. g4 Qd7 (30... Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Bxc3+ $1 32. Kxc3 Nxd5+ 33. Kd4 Nxf4 34. Re3
$14) 31. Kc1 Nxd5 32. c4 Bc3 33. Ne7+ $1 {A nice trick forcing some favourable
exchanges for White.} Qxe7 34. Qxc3 Qc5 $5 ({After} 34... Qd8 $2 35. cxd5 Rc8
36. Bc7 $3 Rxc7 {White has the tactical resource} 37. Re8+ Qxe8 38. Qxc7 {
and even get some winning chances.}) (34... Qd7 35. Qd4) 35. Be3 Qc6 36. Qd4
Rc8 37. c5 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Qxc5+ 39. Qxc5 Rxc5+ $11 {The result is finally a
drawn rook endgame, but seeing all this in time-trouble is not that easy.})
29... Qd7 $1 30. Re4 $2 (30. Ka1 {would have been a better defence, but after}
Qxd5 31. Nb3 (31. Qxd5 $2 {looses to} Bxc3+ 32. Kb1 Nxd5 $19 {[%csl Ra5,Rf4]})
31... Qf3 $36 {Black start picking up some pawns and even thought he doesn't
have any clear win the white position is horrible to play and might fall apart
at any moment.}) 30... Qb5+ 31. Nb3 Rc8 $1 {No need for ...Nc4 yet, keep the
threat and add som more pressure instead. White's position is simply
collapsing.} 32. Kb1 (32. Qe2 Na4+ $1 33. Ka3 Nxc3 34. Qxb5 Nxb5+ 35. Kb4 Nc3
$19 {[%csl Rb4,Rf4][%cal Yc3d5]}) 32... Nc4 33. Qe1 ({After} 33. Rxc4 Qxc4 $19
{White is helpless against all the threats.}) 33... Na3+ 34. Kb2 Bxc3+ 35. Qxc3
Rxc3 36. Kxc3 Qxd5 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re3 Qc4+ $6 (38... Qc6+ {wins on the spot:}
39. Kb2 (39. Kd3 Qc2+ (39... Qc4+ 40. Kd2 Qxf4 $19) 40. Kd4 Qc4+ 41. Ke5 f6+
42. Kd6 Qxf4+ $19) 39... Nc4+ {[%csl Re3]}) 39. Kb2 Qxf4 40. Kxa3 Qxf2 41. Rc3
f5 42. gxf5 gxf5 {White resigned since he doen't have that much resistance to
offer. The passed f-pawn is a winning one!} 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Greenville"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tarjan, James Edward"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4
Bg4 (8... b5 9. Qe2 (9. Nd2 Bg7 10. a4 b4 11. Ncb1) 9... Be7 (9... b4 $2 10. e5
$1) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Bxe5 O-O 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qe5 Qd8 $1) 9. Be2
Nbd7 (9... b5 $2 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5) 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bh6 Bf8 (
12... b5 $2 13. e5 $1 Bxf3 (13... dxe5 14. d6 $1) 14. exd6 $14) 13. Bg5 Be7 14.
Be3 O-O 15. Nd2 (15. a4) (15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 b5 17. a4
b4 18. Nd1 Ng7 (18... Bf6 19. g4 $1 Ng7 20. f4) 19. Bh6 Bg5 $2 (19... Re8 $1)
20. Bxg5 Qxg5 21. Ne3 Rfe8 $6 (21... f5 $1) 22. Rae1 Nh5 $2 (22... f5) 23. f4
$1 Qf6 (23... Nxf4 $2 24. Qf3) 24. Nec4 Nxf4 25. Qg4 $1 Qd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne5 27.
Qxf4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd6 Rxe4 32. Rc1 $1 Qd4
33. Rcd1 $1 Qxb2 34. Qxc5 Rg4 35. Rf2 Qc3 36. Qe7 Rc4 37. d6 Rcc8 38. d7 Rd8
39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. Re2 Qc6 41. Re7 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf1 (14. f3)
14... Rc8 15. a5 c4 16. Ra4 Ne5 17. Be3 (17. h3 b5 $1) (17. f4 Neg4 (17... Nfg4
18. g3 $1) 18. h3 b5 $1 19. Ra1 b4 20. Nb1 Nh6 $13) 17... Nfd7 (17... Nfg4 18.
Bb6 $16) 18. f4 Nd3 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. e5 dxe5 23. d6
(23. Rae4 f5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Qxa5 $13) 23... Rc6 (23... exf4 $2 24.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Re4 Re5 26. d7 Qd8 27. Rc4 $18) (23... Qd7 $5 24. Rb4 $13) 24.
Rd1 exf4 (24... Qd7 25. Rc4 $1 Rxc4 (25... exf4 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. Ne4 $1 $16)
26. Qxc4 exf4 27. Ne4 $13) 25. d7 Re3 26. Re4 Bf6 (26... Rxd3 $2 27. Re8+ Bf8
28. Rxd3 $18) (26... Rxe4 $2 27. Qxe4 Bf6 28. Nd5 $18) (26... Bxc3 $2 27. Qxe3
$18) 27. Rxe3 fxe3 28. Qxe3 Kg7 29. Ne4 Bxb2 (29... Be7 30. Qd4+ f6 31. b4 $16)
30. Qb3 Be5 31. Qxb7 Re6 32. Qd5 Bc7 33. Nc5 Re2 34. Qd4+ (34. Rf1 $2 Qh4 $1
35. Qxf7+ Kh6 $10) (34. Nb7 Qh4 (34... Bxh2+ $2 35. Kf1 $1) 35. Qd4+ $16) 34...
Be5 35. Qg4 Rb2 36. Qe4 (36. Nd3 $1 Rb5 37. Nxe5 Rxe5 38. Qd4 f6 39. Qb6 $18)
36... Bf6 37. Nb7 Rxb7 38. Qxb7 Qxa5 39. Qd5 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Bd8 41. Qd4+ Qxd4 42.
Rxd4 f5 43. Rd6 (43. Rd2 $1 Kf7 44. Re2 Be7 45. Kg1 {/\ Kf2-c6}) 43... Kf7 44.
Rxa6 Ke7 45. Ra7 Kd6 46. g3 (46. Kg1 $18) 46... Bc7 47. d8=Q+ Bxd8 48. Rxh7 Ke6
49. Kg2 Be7 50. Kf3 Kf6 51. Rh8 Kg7 52. Ra8 Bg5 53. Ra7+ Kh6 54. Rc7 Bd8 55.
Rd7 Bg5 56. Rd1 Kh5 57. h3 Kh6 58. Rd5 Bc1 59. Rd7 Bg5 60. Rd1 Kh5 61. Rd5 Kh6
62. g4 (62. Ke2 $16 {/\ Kd3-e6}) 62... fxg4+ 63. Kxg4 Bc1 64. Kf3 Bg5 65. Rd4
Kg7 66. Ke4 Bc1 67. Kd5 Kf6 68. Kd6 Be3 69. Re4 Bc1 70. Kd7 Kf7 71. Re7+ Kf6
72. Ke8 Ba3 73. Ra7 Bc5 74. Rc7 Ba3 75. Rf7+ Kg5 76. Rf3 Bd6 77. Kf7 Kh4 78.
Kxg6 Bg3 79. Kf5 Kxh3 80. Re3 Kg2 81. Kg4 Bd6 82. Re2+ Kg1 83. Kf3 Bc7 84. Rg2+
Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $6 10. Bxb5 $1 (10. Nxb5 $6 {!+/=; Inf.45/(95)} Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8
12. Nd2 {+/= Inf.45/(95)} Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nxd6 Nd7 15. f3 (15. Nxe8 $2 Rxe8
16. f3 f5 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kg3 Qc7+ 19. f4 fxe4 $44) 15... Be5 $1 {/\ 16...Bg3#
} 16. Kf2 Bxd6 17. Re1 c4 $44 {Timoshchenko,G-Shabalov,A/URS-OT Barnaul/1988/
1-0/35/}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 $1 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7
15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qb3 Bd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 f5 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. a4
$1 Bxa4 22. Qe3 c4 23. Qe6+ Kg7 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5+ Kg8 26. Qd4 $1 Ra7 27.
Nxc4 Qb7 28. d6 Qf7 29. Re7 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxa4 Rd8 32. Qe5 1-0

[Event "British CF-72 Championship"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1985.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1985.07.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 Be7 $6 (9... Ra7 10. e5 $140 Re7) 10. e5 Nh5 11. Bh6 dxe5 12. O-O-O f6
13. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 14. Qxe5 Kf7 15. d6 Bf6 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qxa8 Qa5 18. Qf3 b4
19. Bc4 $1 Bxc4 20. Qb7+ (20. Qb7+ Kg8 (20... Ke6 21. Rhe1+ Be5 22. Qe7+) 21.
Qxb8+) 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Sovata"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Csaba"]
[Black "Suba, Mihai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bb7 $6 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15.
Qxh6 c4 $6 (15... Rae8) 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Re3 Nf8 $6 18. Rd1 $14 Qd8 (18... b4)
19. Nd4 Kh8 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. e5 N6d7 24. exd6 Rxe3
25. Qxe3 Qf6 26. Qe7 Kg7 27. Be4 Rc5 28. Bb7 Qf5 29. g4 Qc2 30. Bd5 Rxd5 31.
Rxd5 Qxb2 32. Qe3 b4 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Ne4 c3 {Zeit} (34... c3 35. Rc5 (35. Nf6+
Nxf6 36. Qxf6 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh2 c2 38. d7 c1=Q 39. d8=Q Qg1#) 37... c2 38.
d7 c1=Q 39. d8=Q Qe4+ 40. Qf3 Qh1+ 41. Kxh1 Qxf3+ 42. Kg1 Qxh3 $44) 35... Qb1+
(35... Nxc5 36. Nf6+ $18) (35... Qc1+ 36. Kg2 Qf4 37. g5) 36. Kg2 c2 37. Rc8
c1=Q (37... Qd1 38. Qb2) 38. Rxf8+ Nxf8 39. Nf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kaunas, Kestutis"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4
Bg7 (8... Qe7 $5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O b5 {Komarov,D-Agapov,V/URS/1987/0:1/45/}
11. Re1 Ng4 $1 $10) 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Bg4 $5 (10... b5 $5 11. Bxd6 b4 12. Na4
Nxe4 13. Qe3 Bxa4 $1 14. Qxe4+ Kd7 15. Be5 Re8 16. b3 {Krasenkov,M-Shabalov,A/
URS/1987/0:1/34/} f5 $1 (16... Qe7 $1) 17. Qf4 Qe7 $17) (10... Qc7 $2 11. e5
$16) 11. Qxb7 Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. Qxa8 Nxe4 $1 $13) 12... Nh5 13. Bg3 (13. Qxa8
Nxf4 $44) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Qb3 $5 {N/} (15. Bh3 Ne5 16. f4 Nf3+ 17.
Kf1 O-O 18. Kg2 Nd4 $15 {Forintos,G-Szalanczy,E/HUN/1983/}) 15... Rb8 16. Qc2
Qf6 (16... Qb6 $5 17. Rb1 (17. b3 Qb4 18. Rc1) 17... Qb4) 17. Bxa6 (17. Be2 $2
Rxb2 $1 $19) 17... Qxf3 18. O-O Bd4 $6 (18... h5 $5) (18... O-O $5) 19. Ne2 $1
Be5 (19... Rxb2 $2 20. Nxd4 $18) (19... Bxb2 20. Rab1) 20. Rab1 Nf6 21. Nc3 Qh5
(21... O-O $2 22. Be2 $18) 22. Kg2 g5 23. Nd1 $1 (23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Be2 g4 25.
Rh1 Qg6) 23... g4 24. Rh1 Qg6 25. Ne3 O-O (25... Qxe4+ 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 27. Nxg4)
(25... Nxe4 26. Bd3 f5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Bxe4 $16) 26. Nf5 $18 Kh8 27. b3 Rfe8
28. a4 Bd4 29. Bd3 Re5 30. a5 Rxf5 31. exf5 Qg8 32. Bc4 Nd7 33. Rh6 Bg7 (33...
f6 34. Rbh1 Nf8 35. a6 $18) 34. Rxd6 Qe8 35. Rh1 Nf6 36. a6 Qe5 37. Rc6 Ne4 38.
f6 $1 Bxf6 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rc7 Qxc7 (40... Kg8 41. d6 $18) 41. Qxe4 Kg8 42. d6
Qd8 43. Rxh7 Kf8 44. Rxf7+ Kg8 45. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O $5 (10. a4 $5 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 $1 (12. Bf4 $6 Nh5
13. Bxd6 Qb6) 12... Nh5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Be3 $14 {Epishin,V-Chekhov,V/Warszawa/
1990/}) 10... b5 11. Bf4 $5 (11. a3 $5) 11... Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14.
Qc2 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Qb2
Kg8 21. Bb1 Bb7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Re3 Nh5 $1 25. a4 c4 (25... bxa4
26. Nxa4 Qxb4 27. Rb3 Qxa4 28. Rxb7 $44) 26. a5 Qa7 27. Qd2 Ne5 28. Nd4 Nf4 29.
Rg3 Nfd3 30. Nf5 (30. Bxd3 Qxd4 (30... Nxd3 31. Nf5 Nxc1 32. Qxc1 $40) 31. Ne2
Qa7 32. Bc2 $14) 30... Nxc1 31. Qxc1 (31. Qh6 f6) 31... Bc8 $1 (31... Rd7 $2
32. Qg5 $1 {/\ Qf6|^}) 32. Nxe7+ (32. Nxd6 Rd8 $15) 32... Qxe7 33. Qe3 (33. Qd2
$5 {/\ Ne2-d4}) (33. Qf4 $5) 33... Qf6 34. Qg5 $6 (34. Ne2 $142) 34... Qg7 35.
Qe3 $6 (35. Qd2 $1) 35... Nd3 36. Bxd3 $4 (36. Qd2 Nxb4 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. Qxb4
Qa1 39. Qxb5 Rxe4 $13) 36... Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1984.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1984.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 (9... b5 $5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O $44) 10... Qa5+
11. Nc3 Ne4 $5 $13 (11... Nxd5 $5 $13)) 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bg4 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nf6 $6 (14... Nd7 $5 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. O-O Rac8 $14 {Timman,
J-Ljubojevic,L/Amsterdam/1972/}) 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. d6 Qxd6 17. Rd1 (17. Bxb7
Nc6 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 {P d4~/=}) 17... Qe7 18. Qxb7 (18. Bxb7 $5 Nbd7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8
20. O-O $16) 18... Nbd7 19. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 (19... Qe6 20. Nc7 $18) 20. Rxd5 Rad8 (
20... Rfd8 21. Rxd7 $18) 21. O-O Bf6 22. Qxa7 $16 e4 23. Be2 Nb6 24. Qxe7 Bxe7
25. Re5 Bd6 (25... Bf6 26. Rxe4 Rfe8 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bb5 Rc8 29. b3 $18) 26.
Rxe4 f5 27. Re6 (27. Rh4 $2 f4 $13) 27... Kf7 (27... f4 28. Rxd6) 28. Rxd6 Rxd6
29. Bxc5 Rd2 30. Bxf8 Rxe2 $6 (30... Kxf8 $5 31. Bd1 (31. Bf3 Rxb2 32. Ra1 Na4
33. Bc6 Rb4) 31... Rxb2 32. Bb3 Nd7 33. Rc1 Ke7) 31. Bc5 Rxb2 (31... Na4 32.
Bd4 Nxb2 33. Bxb2 Rxb2 34. Ra1 Rb5 35. a4 Ra5 36. Kf1) 32. Bd4 Rb4 33. Bc5 Rb5
34. Bxb6 Rxb6 35. a4 Ke6 (35... Ra6 $5 36. Ra1 Ra5) 36. a5 Ra6 37. Ra1 $18 Kd5
38. Kh2 f4 39. Ra4 Ke5 (39... g5 40. h4 g4 (40... h6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kh3 $18)
41. Rxf4 $18) 40. Kg1 g5 41. Kf1 (41. Kf1 h5 42. Ke2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. Kd3
$18) 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 51st"]
[Site "Lubniewice"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bielsko-Biala Wlokniarz"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Hetman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 (6... h6 7. Be3 e5
8. d5 Na6 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qd2 cxd5 11. cxd5 Kh7 12. g4 Ng8 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Bc2 a5
15. Rg1 Bd7 16. h4 b5 17. h5 g5 18. Qe2 b4 19. Bxc5 bxc3 20. Bxd6 cxb2 21. Rb1
$16 {Polgar,Z-Wang,P/Shanghai/1992/1|0/35/}) (6... c6 7. Bd3 e5 (7... Qb6 $6 8.
Na4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 b6 14. b4 Nbd7
15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. c5 $16 {Bareev,E-Kozul,Z/Biel/1993/1|0/48/}) 8. d5 Na6 9. Nge2
Nc5 10. Bc2 Qb6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 a5 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Kh1 Qd8
16. a3 a4 17. Rbe1 Ra6 18. Nc1 Qa5 $132 {Ivanchuk,V-Kasparov,G/Novgorod/1994/0,
5/29/}) 7. d5 Qa5 (7... b5 8. cxb5 Qa5 9. Bd3 a6 10. b6 $5 (10. Bd2 $5) 10...
Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qxb6 12. Rb1 Re8 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Rac8 15. Qc1 Nf8 16. Bc2 N6d7
17. Ba4 Qc7 18. Qd2 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Wiston/Moscow/1994/1|0/31/}) (7... e6 8.
Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 (9. exd5 $5) 9... a6 (9... h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxb5 Re8 12. Nc3
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Ne2 fxe4 15. Bc2 Ba6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Re1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bg7
19. Nf4 Nf8 20. Bd2 Bd4 21. Bxe4 Qf6 22. Rb3 g5 23. Rf3 $1 $40 {Chernin,
A-Sznapik,A/Budapest/1993/1|0/30/}) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Re1
c4 14. Bf1 Re8 15. Rc1 $16 {Polgar,Z-Nunn,J/Monaco/1994/0,5/57/}) 8. Bd2 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 (10. exd5 $5 Nbd7 11. f4 a6 12. a4 Qd8 13. Nge2 b6 14. O-O
Ne8 15. Kh1 f5 16. Qc2 Nc7 17. a5 $1 $16 {Chernin,A-Arduman,C/San Bernardino
Brocco/1992/1|0/31/}) 10... a6 (10... Re8 $5 11. Nf3 (11. Nge2 $5) 11... c4 12.
Bc2 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O Qh5 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Re1 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nd4
Qxd1 $6 (17... Qe5 $17) 18. Raxd1 $146) (16. Qxd6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxh3 $17) 16...
Be6 $15 {Bilciu,C-Van Der Weide,K/Groningen/1994/0|1/29/}) 11. Nf3 Qc7 (11...
b5 $4 12. Nxb5) 12. a4 c4 $5 {/N/} (12... Nbd7 $5 13. O-O Nh5 14. Be3 (14. g4
$5) 14... Rb8 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Re1 Ne5 $132 {Lazarev,V-Mrdja,M/
Cannes/1995/1|0/38/}) 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. O-O Re8 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. a5 (
17. e5 $6 Nh5 (17... dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qb6 19. Qd4 Qxb2 20. Ra2 $18) 18. Bh2 (18.
exd6 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qb6 $36) 18... dxe5 19. d6 Qb6 20. Nxe5 Qxb2) 17... b5 18.
e5 (18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ra2 $14) 18... Nh5 (18... dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qc8 20. Qd4 $16)
19. exd6 Qb8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Be3 (21. Bh2 $6 b4 22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 Bxb2)
21... Nb7 22. Bd4 Nxd6 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 24. Qd2 b4 25. Re1 Qd8 (25... Qf8 $5) 26.
Ne4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Rc8 (27... b3 $5 28. Bd1 Rc8 $132) 28. Rh4 (28. Qxb4 Bf5 29.
Re2 Qxd5 $10) 28... b3 29. Bb1 c3 $6 (29... Qf6 $5 30. Qh6 Nf5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8
32. Bxf5 Bxf5 $132) (29... h5 $5 30. Qh6 Nf5 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 32. Ng5 Qf6) 30.
bxc3 h5 (30... Qxa5 31. Qh6 Qxc3 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. d6 Nf5 34. Bxf5 Bxf5 35. Rd4
$18) 31. Rb4 (31. c4 Bf5 $1 $132) 31... Qxa5 32. Rxb3 Qc5 33. Rb7 Bf5 (33...
Qxc3 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Bxg6 Be8 36. Bb1 $16) 34. Bxf5 Nxf5 35. Ne5 Nd6 36. Rd7
$18 Nc4 (36... a5 37. Nxg6 fxg6 38. Qh6 $18) 37. Qf4 Nxe5 38. Qxe5 a5 (38...
Qxc3 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+ Rxh8 41. Qxc3 $18) 39. Qf6 Rf8 40. d6 a4 41. Rd8
Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kg7 43. d7 Qxc3 44. Qb8 1-0

[Event "URS-ch54"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Qe3 Bxh6 (12... b4 13. Nd1 Nf6 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. Qh6+ $1 Kg8 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. Qf4 Kg7 18. O-O f6 19. Ne3 $14 {
Tarjan-Fedorowicz USA ch 1984}) 13. Qxh6 b4 (13... Nd7 14. a4 $5 (14. Be2 $5
Qf6 15. O-O Qf4 $6 16. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 17. g3 Qd2 18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. e5 $1 Bf5 $5
20. exd6 Qxb2 $5 21. Rae1+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Rhe8 $132 {Benjamin-Gruenfeld New York
1985}) (14. g4 $6 Nhf6 15. h3 Bb7 $5 16. Bd3 Qb6 $6 (16... Qe7 $1 17. O-O-O
O-O-O $13 {Franco}) 17. O-O Ne5 $2 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be2 $1 $16 {
Kortchnoi-Franko Liechtenstein 1984}) 14... b4 15. Nd1 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Ng1
$5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qe7 19. Nf3 Ng4 20. Qd2 O-O 21. O-O $14 {Agdenstein-Arnason
Oslo 1984}) 14. Nd1 Qf6 (14... Bg4 15. Nd2 Bxd1 $8 16. Rxd1 Qf6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18.
Be2 Nf4 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. O-O $14 {Lputian-Magerramov Uzhgorod 1988
}) 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. a4 Kd8 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ne3 Bf3 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21.
Bg2 Qf6 22. d6 Ra7 23. O-O Ng7 24. Rac1 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Nf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qe3
e4 28. Bxe4 Qe5 29. Rd5 Qe6 30. Rdxc5 Nxc5 31. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "Vrsac"]
[Site "Vrsac"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1989.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 $6 (9... Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 $1 {Lalic,B-Velimirovic,D/Vrsac/
1989/ =/+ ->}) (9... Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bh6 Re8 $6 13. Qd2 a6 14.
g4 $16 {Zaitshik-Romanishin,O/Tbilisi/1988/}) 10. Bxb5 $1 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+
12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qd7 $2 (13... Qa6 $1 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6
Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Bd4 {Salov,V-Tal,M/Skeleftea WCup/
1989/1/2-1/2/ -> CBM 14}) 14. N2c4 Qe7+ 15. Be3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Re1 $16 Ba6
18. Bxc5 Qc7 19. Nxb6 $1 Qxc5 20. Nxa8 Qxd6 21. Rc1 $1 Bxb2 (21... Rxa8 22. Rc6
) 22. Rc2 Bg7 23. Nc7 Bb7 24. Ne8 $1 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxd5 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Re5
Be6 28. Ra5 Ra8 29. Rc6 h5 30. h4 Kf6 31. f3 Rb8 32. Kh2 Rb2 33. a4 Rd2 34. Kg3
Rd1 35. Rxa7 Ke5 36. Ra5+ Kf6 37. Rb6 Ra1 38. Ra7 Ke5 39. a5 Bc4 40. Re7+ Kd4
41. Rb4 Kc5 42. Rxc4+ Kxc4 43. Rxf7 Rxa5 44. Rf6 g5 45. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-20 Group A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1985.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qa4+
Bd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 (9... b5 $5) 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 (12... Bd4 13.
Nb5 $1 Bxb5 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Be2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 $16) 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be2 f4 15.
Bxc5 f3 $5 (15... Na6 16. Ba3 Rae8 17. Nce4 $16) (15... Qxc5 16. Bxh5 $16) 16.
Bxf3 Qxc5 (16... Rxf3 17. gxf3 $1 Qxc5 18. Qxb7 $16 {Kortschnoj,V-Nunn,J/
London/1984/1-0/41/}) 17. Nde4 $1 (17. Nce4 $2 Rxf3 $1 18. Qxf3 (18. Qxb7 Qb6
$17) 18... Qxd5 $17 19. g4 Qe6 $1 20. gxh5 d5) 17... Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Re8 19. O-O
Qc7 (19... Rxe4 $2 20. Qxb7 $18) 20. Rfe1 $1 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Ng7 22. Rc4 $1 Qb6
23. Rb4 Qd8 24. Rxb7 $18 a5 25. Be2 Bf5 26. g4 Bg6 27. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 28. Rxb6 Ne8
29. Bb5 Nc7 30. c4 Nxb5 31. cxb5 Nd7 32. Rxd6 Ne5 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. b6 Nf7 35.
Rdc6 Kg7 36. R1c5 a4 37. f4 Be4 38. a3 Nd8 39. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8264]} 1. d4 {Stohl Psakhis} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5
6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 ({Interesting is} 7. Qa4+ $5 {Stohl} Nbd7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 f6
10. Bh4 Kf7 11. e3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Qc2 Ng7 14. e4 Be7 15. a3 Rf8 16. O-O Kg8
17. Rae1 Ne5 18. Nd2 c4 19. b3 cxb3 20. Qxb3 Nd7 21. a4 Nc5 22. Qb4 bxa4 23.
Nxa4 a5 24. Qa3 Nxa4 25. Qxa4 Bd7 26. Qa3 f5 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Bd3 $36 {
Monterde,R-Ventos Navarro,L/Santa Coloma/1994/}) 7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Be3 $6 {
Stohl: A rather strange new attempt instead of the usual and popular 9.Bd3.
White's K in the middle allows Black to initiate interesting tactics.} Qe7 $1
$146 (9... Re8 10. Nd2 (10. Bd3 Na6 (10... a6 11. a4 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 $2
Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne2 Nb4 16. h4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bxe4 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3
h5 20. O-O-O Nc6 21. Nf4 Nd4 22. Kb1 Re5 23. Qc3 Qf6 24. Ng2 Rae8 $19 {Zelon,
J-Grassi,E/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 11. a3 Nc7 12. O-O b5 13. Rc1 b4 14. axb4 cxb4
15. Na2 Ba6 16. Nxb4 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxe4 18. Rc4 Nf6 19. Rfc1 a5 20. Rxc7 axb4
21. Bg5 h6 $132 {Jeraj,Z-Krivec,J/Bled op/1997/}) 10... Bd7 11. a4 Na6 12. Be2
Nb4 13. O-O b6 14. Bf3 Bc8 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. b3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Ne5 $11 {Piket,
J-Topalov,V/Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo 1998} (17... Ne5 {Stohl} 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19.
axb5 a6 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Be2 Bf6 22. f3 Qd7 23. bxa6 b5 24. Bd2 Nxa6 25. Kh1
Nc7 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Ra2 $15 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo act/1998/})) (
9... b5 {Psakhis} 10. e5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 (12. Nc3 {Stohl}
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxb5 14. Rb1 Qc4 15. Qb3 Ba6 16. Kd1 Qe4 17. Nd2 Qxg2 18. Kc2 c4
19. Nxc4 Qxd5 20. Nd2 Qd3+ 21. Kb2 Nc6 22. Ka1 Rab8 23. Qa3 d5 24. Nf3 Rfc8 25.
Nd4 Ne5 26. Rhd1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1 Nc4 28. Qb4 Rc7 {0-1,Jaeschke,B-Kluss,K/
Kirchheim rapid/1990/}) 12... Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qxb2 14. Rc1 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Na6 16.
Bxc5) 10... Nfd7 11. exd6 a6) ({Similar to the game, but probably even more
convincing is} 9... a6 {Stohl} 10. a4 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxe4 $5 (11... Nbd7 $143 12.
Be2 Rb8 13. O-O Qc7 14. Qc2 h6 15. f4 Nb6 16. Bf2 Nbd7 17. Rae1 c4 18. Ba7 Ra8
19. Bd4 Nxe4 20. Bxg7 Qc5+ 21. Kh2 Nxd2 22. Bxh6 Nxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qd4 24. f5 Ne5
25. Rf4 $40 {Neto,H-Mendes,F/POR-chT/1993/}) 12. Ndxe4 f5 13. Nxc5 $6 (13. Nxd6
Qxd6 14. Be2 f4 15. Bd2 f3 16. gxf3 Nd7 $44) 13... f4 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
fxe3 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qb4 18. Kc2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qe4+ 20. Kb3 Nc6 21. Qxd6
Na5+ 22. Ka3 Rxe6 23. Qb4 Rc8 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Kb2 Rxe3 26. Rc1 Re4 27. Ra1
Rf8 28. Rg1 Rf2+ 29. Ka3 Rc2 30. c4 Re3+ 31. Kb4 b6 {0-1,Zakrevskaja,D-Zykiene,
R/LTU-chW/1996/}) (9... Nbd7 {Stohl} 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Be2 Ne8 12. O-O f5 13.
exf5 gxf5 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Nf3 Ng6 16. Bg5 Qf7 17. Nh4 Bd7 18. Re1 Be5 19. Nxg6
hxg6 20. Bh6 Ng7 21. Bd3 a6 22. a4 Kh7 23. Bg5 Nh5 24. Qf3 Rae8 25. Kh1 Kg7 26.
Re2 Bf6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rae1 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Re8 $11 {Diaz,J-Rodriguez
Gonzales,J/Capablanca mem/1968/}) 10. Nd2 (10. Qc2 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 f5 $36) (10.
e5 {Psakhis} Ne8) (10. Bd3 {Psakhis} b5 11. Nxb5 (11. Bxb5 Nxe4) 11... Nxe4 12.
Bxe4 (12. O-O a6) 12... Qxe4 13. Nc7 Bxb2 14. O-O (14. Nxa8 Ba6 $1 (14... Bxa1
15. Qxa1) 15. Nc7 Bc3+ 16. Nd2 Qxg2 $19) 14... Bxa1 15. Qxa1) 10... Nxe4 $1 (
10... Ne8 {Psakhis} 11. Be2 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bf4 Nd7 $13) 11. Ndxe4 (11.
Ncxe4 f5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 (12... f4 13. Nxc8 Rxc8 14. Qg4 Rf8 15. Bc4 $16) 13. Nc4
Qa6 $36 (13... Qc7 {Stohl} 14. Qb3 $5 $13)) 11... f5 12. Nxd6 (12. Nxc5 $6 {
Stohl} f4 $40) (12. Bg5 {Stohl} Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxe4+ $17) 12... Qxd6 13. Be2
Bxc3+ $6 {Stohl: Here the exchange is justified, although Black doesn't even
gain material (compare with Jussupow-Uhlmann).} (13... a6 14. a4 Nd7 15. O-O b6
{/\Bb7,><d5} (15... f4 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Bf3 $11)) (13... f4 $143 {Stohl} 14. Bd2
{[%cal Yd1b3,Yc3e4] /\Qb3,Ne4}) 14. bxc3 f4 15. Bc1 Nd7 (15... Qe5 16. O-O (16.
Bb2 $140 {Psakhis} Re8 17. Qd2 c4 $13 (17... Bf5 18. c4 $16)) 16... Qxc3 17.
Rb1 $44) 16. c4 (16. O-O Ne5 {/\f3} 17. Bf3 b6 $15 {/\Ba6}) 16... Qf6 $2 (16...
Ne5 17. Bb2 f3 18. gxf3 $14) (16... Qe5 $1 17. Bd2 (17. Rb1 $2 Qe4 $17) 17...
Re8 18. Rc1 Nb6 19. Kf1 Bf5 20. Bc3 Qe4 21. Ba1 $13) 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. Rb3 $1 (
18. Bb2 $2 f3 19. gxf3 (19. Bxe5 {Stohl} Qxe5 20. gxf3 Bf5 21. Rb3 (21. Rxb7
Rab8 22. Rb3 Rxb3 23. axb3 Qc3+ $36) 21... Rae8 $44) (19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3
Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Rf2,Rh3] ק}) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rxf3 $15) (18. O-O $6 {Stohl} f3 19. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3
Bxh3 $15) 18... b6 19. O-O Bd7 (19... Ba6 20. Bb2 Qf5 21. Qc1 f3 22. gxf3 $16)
20. Bb2 Qg5 (20... Ba4 {Psakhis} 21. Qa1 Bxb3 (21... Rfe8 22. Ra3 Bc2 23. Bg4
$1 Bf5 24. Re1 Nf3+ 25. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Qxb2 27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. Rxf4 $18) (
21... Rae8 {Stohl} 22. Ra3 $16) 22. Bxe5 Qg5 23. Bh8 $1 Rf7 24. axb3 $18) 21.
Qc1 $16 {/^a1-h8} (21. Qd2 $16) 21... Rae8 22. Re1 (22. Ra3 $1 $16 {/\Rd1,Bf1,
Qc3}) 22... Rf7 23. Bf1 $2 (23. Ra3 $1 Rfe7 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Bf1 Be4 26. Kh1 $16
{/\Qc3}) 23... Rfe7 24. Re2 (24. Qc3 $2 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Nd4 $17 (25... Nd4 {
Psakhis} 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 $36)) (24. Kh1 $2 Nd3 25. Rxe7 Nxc1 $17) (24. Rd1 $5 Ba4
25. Qc3 (25. Rg3 {Psakhis} Qh5) (25. d6 {Psakhis} Bxb3 26. axb3 Rd7) 25... Bxb3
26. axb3 Rd7 27. d6 Re6 (27... Kf7 28. Rd5 Kf6 29. b4 $13) 28. Rd5 Rdxd6 29.
Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rd1 32. Bb8 (32. Bxf4 Rb1 33. Bb8 a5) 32...
Ra1 33. f3 Ra3 $13) (24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Qxe5 $11) (24. Re4 $2 {Stohl} Nf3+
25. Rxf3 Rxe4 $17) 24... h6 $1 {/\f3} 25. Qc3 (25. Ra3 f3 26. Qxg5 fxe2 $1 27.
Qxe7 $8 (27. Qc1 $2 e1=Q $19) (27. Qxh6 e1=Q 28. Re3 Qb1 $19) 27... exf1=Q+ 28.
Kxf1 Rxe7 29. Re3 Nc6 30. dxc6 Rxe3 31. fxe3 Bxc6 $11 (31... Bxc6 {Stohl} 32.
g4 $15)) (25. Rxe5 $11) (25. Ra3 $5 {Psakhis}) (25. Kh1 $142 $5 {Stohl} Qh4 $13
(25... f3 $6 26. Qxg5 hxg5 (26... fxe2 27. Qc1 $1 Nd3 28. Rxd3 e1=Q 29. Qxh6
Qxf1+ 30. Kh2 $18) 27. gxf3 $16) (25... Nd3 $2 26. Rxd3 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Rxe2 28.
Qc3 $18)) 25... f3 26. Rxe5 (26. Re4 $5 {Stohl} Bf5 $15 (26... Bxh3 27. Bc1
fxg2 28. Be2 Qf5 29. Rf4 Nf3+ 30. Qxf3 Rxe2 31. Qxh3 Qxh3 32. Rxh3 Re1+ 33.
Kxg2 Rxc1 34. Rxh6 Kg7 $11)) 26... Rxe5 27. Qxf3 Re4 (27... Rf5 $2 28. Qc3 Rfe5
29. g3 $18) 28. Qc3 $138 Rd4 $11 (28... R8e5 {Stohl} 29. Qf3 Re8 30. Qc3 $11)
29. Qf3 (29. Qc2 {Stohl} Bf5 $19) 29... Rf8 $138 (29... Rf4 30. Qc3 $11) (29...
Rde4 $1 $11 {Psakhis}) 30. Qg3 (30. Qe2 {Stohl} Rd2 $19) 30... Rdf4 (30... Rd1
31. Qxg5 (31. Qd6 Be8 $1 $13 (31... Qf5 $2 32. Rf3 Rxf1+ 33. Kh2 $16) (31...
Qf5 $1 $17)) (31. Qc3 {Psakhis} Rd4 $11) 31... hxg5 32. Re3 Re8) (30... Qxg3 $5
{Stohl} 31. Rxg3 Rd1 32. Rxg6+ Kf7 $15 33. Rxh6 $2 Bf5 $19) 31. Qc3 (31. Bc1
Qxg3 32. Rxg3 Rxf2 33. Rxg6+ Kf7 $13) (31. Qxg5 $5 hxg5 32. f3 g4 33. hxg4 Bxg4
$11) (31. Bc1 $1 $16 {Psakhis}) 31... Rd4 32. Qg3 Rdf4 33. Qc3 R4f6 $2 (33...
Rd4 $11) (33... R8f6 $2 {Stohl} 34. Bc1 $16) 34. f3 $2 {Stohl: A tactical
oversight in a still unclear situation.} (34. Ra3 $1 Qf4 (34... a5 35. Rb3 $16)
(34... Bxh3 {Psakhis} 35. Qxh3 (35. Rxa7 {Stohl} Qf4 $13) 35... Rxf2 36. Rg3
Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf5 38. Qxh6 $16) 35. f3 Qc7 36. Qe3 $18) (34. Bc1 {Stohl} Qh4 $1
35. g3 Qh5 $17) 34... Bxh3 35. Qe3 $4 (35. Qe5 Qxe5 (35... Bf5 $2 36. Ra3 a5
37. f4 Qh5 (37... Qh4 38. g3 $16) 38. Be2 $16) 36. Bxe5 Bd7 (36... Bf5 $11 {
Psakhis}) 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 $11) (35. Ra3 $5) (35. Bc1 $142 {Stohl} Qg3 36. Bxh6
Bxg2 37. Bxg2 Re8 38. Kf1 $8 (38. Rb1 Re2 $19) 38... g5 $1 39. Bxg5 Qxg5 $17 {
->}) (35. Kh2 {Stohl} Bd7 $17) 35... Rxf3 $19 36. Qxg5 Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 hxg5 38.
Rxh3 (38. gxh3 {Stohl} R8f3 $19) 38... R8f2 39. Be5 Re2 40. Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7+
Ke8 (41... Ke8 {Psakhis} 42. Bg3 (42. Bc3 {Stohl} Rf4 $19) (42. Rh8+ Rf8 $19)
42... Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "NRW-Cup Masters op"]
[Site "Muenster"]
[Date "1997.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Qb7 $2 $146 (18... Qd6 19.
Bg5 h6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Qxd5 22. Qxa7 c4 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. Qc2 Rxa2 25. Rfd1
Qa8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Bxh6 $14 {Ibragimov,
I-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg op/1995}) (18... Rfd8 $1 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8
21. Qd3 (21. Qd2 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 24. Qg5 Rdxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26.
Qxc5 Qxa2 $11 {Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Supertorneo Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57}) 21...
Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Rcxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 c4 26. Rd2 c3 27. Rc2
Qe4 28. Rbc1 cxb2 29. Rxb2 $14 {Legky-Hamdouchi/Ch France (team) 1997}) 19. d6
Rfd8 20. Bg5 $1 Rd7 (20... f6 21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Qd3 Rc6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. b4 $16)
21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Qa4 $16 Bxd6 (22... Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. Rfd1 Bxd6 25. Rd5 Kf8
26. g4 $1 f6 (26... Rd8 27. Rbd1 Ke7 28. Re1+ Kd7 (28... Kf8 $2 29. Bh6+ Kg8
30. Red1 $18) 29. Bxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxc5 Rd2 31. Ra5 $16) 27. Rbd1 Ke7 28. h4 Rd8 (
28... a5 29. g5 fxg5 30. hxg5 {/\Be5,f4}) 29. g5 f5 30. Be5 Ke6 31. f4 $16) 23.
Rfd1 (23. Rbd1 $1 Qc7 (23... Rcd8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Qe8+ Kg7 27.
Qe5+ Rf6 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. a3 c4 30. Qd4 $16) 24. Rfe1 $1 Rcd8 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26.
Re8+ Kg7 27. Be5+ f6 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxa7+ $16) 23... Qc7 24.
Bxd6 (24. Rd5 Rdd8) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Qd3 27. Rf1 Qc2 (27... c4
28. Qb7 Re8 29. a4 $16) 28. b3 (28. Qa6 Re8 (28... Rb8 29. b3) (28... Rd8 29.
Qf6 Rb8 30. Re1 $16) 29. b3 Re2 30. a4 Rd2 {/\Rd3}) 28... c4 (28... Rd8 {/\Rd2}
29. Re1 (29. Qa5 Rd2 30. a3 Rd3 $132) 29... Kg7 (29... Rd2 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31.
Qe5+ $18) 30. Qe7 Ra8 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Qa1 $16) 29. bxc4 Qxc4 (29... Rxc4 {>=}
30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qb3 $16) 30. a4 Qd5 $138 31. Qe3 Qa2 $2 (31... Qa5 32. Qe4 $16
) 32. Qd4 Rc4 33. Ra1 $1 $18 Qb3 $6 (33... Qc2 34. Qe5 Re4 35. Qb8+ Kg7 36. a5
Qc3 37. Qb1 $1 Re2 38. a6 Qf6 39. Kh1 $1 Qxf2 40. Qg1 Qxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Re8 42. a7
Ra8 43. Ra6 f5 44. Kf2 $18) 34. Qe5 Qc2 35. a5 Re4 36. Qf6 Re6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38.
Qd4+ Kh6 39. a6 Re4 40. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Bb7 $1 {Eine gute prophylaktische
Idee. Der schwarze Läufer steht zwar sehr passiv auf b7, gewinnt aber sofort
an Kraft, kaum daß Weiß den typischen Vorstoß e4-e5 durchsetzt.} (12... Qb6 $6
13. a4 $1 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. b4 Na6 18. Be3 Qb8 19.
Qb1 $14 {Vyzmanavin,A-Stefansson,H/Moscow 1989}) (12... b4 $6 13. Na4 Bd7 14.
a3 $1 $16 {Dreev,A-Milov,V/Biel 1995}) 13. a3 Qb6 14. Rc1 {Weiß bereitet b2-b4
vor, um das Feld c5 zu kontrollieren. Verzichtet er auf diesen Zug, kann ein
schwarzer Springer dieses Feld gut gebrauchen.} (14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Re2 c4 16.
Bc2 Nc5 17. Rae1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 Ne5 $13 {
Aseev,K-Magerramov,E/Rostov 1993}) (14. e5 $2 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rd8 {><d5}) 14...
Nbd7 15. b4 Rac8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bh6 $146 (17. Bg5 Nhf6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Bh2 Qe7
20. g4 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Wojtkiewicz,A/Komotini 1993}) (17. Be3 $5) 17...
Bh8 (17... Qd8 $5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {/\Qf6<=>}) 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Be3 h5 $6 ({
M.E. war} 19... Qd8 $1 $132 {besser,/\Nb6, Nfd7.} 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nh2 $6 cxb4
22. axb4 Ne5 $36) 20. g5 Nh7 {Die kritische Stellung. Weiß startet nun einen
falschen Plan, er rückt seinen f-Bauern vor. Die richtige Behandlung der
Stellung bestand in der Überführung des Nc3 auf g3. Die Vorteile dieses
Manövers: 1) Der Springer "hängt" auf g3 nicht, und deswegen 2) Der Bauer e4
ist immer ausreichend geschützt; 3) Der Druck auf den schwarzen Bauern c5 wird
verstärkt (Rc1).} 21. Nh4 $2 (21. Ne2 $1 Qd8 22. h4 $1 (22. Ng3 $2 c4 23. Bf1
h4 $1 24. Nxh4 c3 25. Qc2 Nxg5) 22... Nhf8 (22... c4 23. Bb1 $14) 23. Ng3 $14
c4 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 Bg7 27. Bd4 $16) 21... Qd8 22. f4 Nhf8 23.
Nf3 Nb6 $1 24. bxc5 dxc5 $15 {Schwarz steht bereits besser, seine Bauern auf
dem Damenflügel sind mobiler als das weiße Bauernzentrum.} 25. Qf2 {Ein
prophylaktischer Zug, in vielen Varianten drohte das Springeropfer auf d5.} (
25. Bf2 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Ne2 (27. Nb1 Rxc1 28. Qxc1 Nxd5 $1 29. exd5 Qxd5
30. Rxe8 Qxf3 $17) 27... Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxd5 29. exd5 Qxd5 $17) (25. Ne2 $2 Nxd5
$1 $17) 25... Nfd7 {/\b4} 26. Rf1 $6 {Mit Sicherheit nicht das Beste, aber
guter Rat war Weiß schon teuer.} (26. Red1 Qe7 {/\Nd5} 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Bxb5 Qe6
$17) (26. Ne2 Bb2 27. Rb1 Bxa3 $17) (26. Bb1 Nc4) 26... Qe7 {/\Nd5} 27. Nd1 c4
28. Bc2 $2 (28. Bb1 $142) 28... Qxa3 29. f5 Bg7 (29... Qd6 30. f6 b4 $17) 30.
Nd4 Ne5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Ne6 Nbd7 33. Rb1 (33. Nxg7 Kxg7 $17) 33... Rxe6 $1
34. dxe6 Nf8 35. Bf4 Nxe6 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Qf7+ Kh8 38. Rf3 Nxg5 39. Rxa3 Nxf7
40. Ne3 Bd4 41. Kh2 Bc5 42. Rc3 Bd4 43. Ra3 Bc5 44. Rc3 Ne5 45. Nd5 Rf8 46. Rg3
Kg7 47. Kh1 Rf2 48. Rg2 Rf3 49. Kh2 Bd6 50. Rd2 Ng4+ 51. Kg2 Rg3+ 52. Kf1 Rxh3
53. Re1 Rh1+ 54. Ke2 Rh2+ 55. Kd1 Rxd2+ 56. Kxd2 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 9798"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1998.03.28"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Chemnitz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Rd8 $1 15. Qe2 $2 (15. Bf4 $142) 15... Bb7 16. Nxb7 (16. Qe7 $2 Rd7 $1 17. Qe8+
Bf8 $17) 16... Qxb7 17. Bf4 Qxd5 $6 (17... Rxd5 18. O-O (18. Qe8+ Bf8) 18...
Nc6 $11) 18. Rd1 Bd4 (18... Qxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Nc6 21. Be3 $14) 19.
O-O Nc6 20. Rfe1 $6 (20. b3 Re8 21. Qd2 $14) 20... Re8 $1 21. Be3 $8 (21. Qxe8+
$2 Rxe8 22. Rxe8+ Kg7 23. Rc1 (23. Ne5 Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qxd1 25. Nxc6 Qa4 26.
Be5+ f6 $19) 23... Nb4 24. Be5+ Kh6 25. Bxd4 cxd4 $15) (21. Qf1 $2 Rxe1 22.
Rxe1 Nb4 $17) 21... Rab8 (21... Re6 22. b3 Rae8 $11 {>=}) 22. b3 a5 $2 23. Qd2
a4 24. Bf4 $16 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rd8 26. Nb6 (26. Bc7 $1 Rf8 27. Nb6 Qf5 28. bxa4
Nb4 29. a5 Nd3 30. Rf1 $18) 26... Qf5 27. Bc7 axb3 $5 {In Zeitnot des Gegners
nutzt Schwarz die beste praktische Chance - mit Erfolg.} (27... Rf8 28. bxa4
$16) 28. Bxd8 (28. axb3 Rf8 29. Bd6 Rd8 30. Bc7 $11) 28... b2 29. g4 Qf3 (29...
Ne5 $2 30. gxf5 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxd2 32. a4 b1=Q 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. a5 $18) 30. Bc7
(30. Bh4 $2 Qxh3 $40) 30... Nb4 $1 {Diesen Zug habe ich vollkommen übersehen.
Schwarz plant Nd3 mit dem Angriff auf den Bauern f2, in erster Linie droht
aber 31...Qxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 33.Kxf2 Nd3+ und Nxe1 mit Umwandlung des Bauern
b2. Angesichts dieser Drohungen scheint der weiße Mehrturm keine Bedeutung zu
haben (vor allem in Zeitnot).} 31. Be5 $4 $138 {Mit einem panischen Zug
schmeißt Weiß die Partie weg. Dabei gab es zwei gute Verteidigungen.} (31. Kh2
Nd3 32. Bg3 Nxe1 33. Qxe1 Bxf2 (33... Qd3 $2 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Nd7 $18) (33...
Qb7 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Nd7 (35. Qb5 $2 Qe4 $19) 35... Qxd7 36. Qxd7 b1=Q $11) 34.
Bxf2 b1=Q 35. Qxb1 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qg3+ 38. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) (31. Nc4
$1 {Der natürlichste und wie oft der beste Zug. Der Springer wird gegen den
schrecklichen Pb2 getauscht, und der schwarze Angriff erweist sich als
unzureichend.} Nd3 (31... Qxh3 32. Nxb2 Qxg4+ 33. Kh2 Qh4+ 34. Kg2 Qg4+ 35. Bg3
$18) 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Nxb2 Nxf2 (33... Bxf2+ 34. Kh2 $18) 34. Be5+ Bxe5 35.
Rxe5 Qg3+ (35... Nxh3+ 36. Kh2 $18) 36. Kf1 Nxh3 37. Qe3 $18) 31... Bxe5 $19
32. Nc4 (32. Qd8+ Kg7 33. Nd7 Bh2+ $1 $19) 32... Bc3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Nd6 h6 $8
(34... h5 $2 35. Nf5+ gxf5 (35... Kh7 $2 36. Qf8) 36. Qg5+ $11) 35. Ne8+ Kh7
36. Qe7 Nd3 37. Rf1 Bd4 38. Kh2 Nxf2 0-1

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giese} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+
Nxe8 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Be4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Re1 $14
{Weiß stehet besser weil seine Figuren besser plaziert sind.Außerdem der
schwarze Monarch stehet schlechter im vergleich mit seine Kolege weil, die
Schwarze felder (nach dem abtausch die schwarzfarbigen Läufer)abgeschwächt
sind.} h6 $2 {Das ist eine einladung für Königsangriff sowieso abgeschwächte
König. [#] [#]} (20... Nc7 $142 {/\h6} 21. Qf4 $1 $36) 21. Nxf7 $1 {[%csl Gd2,
Ge1,Ge4,Rg6,Rh6] Nach dieser Springeropfer für bekommt weiß zwei Bauern,
aktiver Dame und Initiative.} Kxf7 22. Qxh6 Ng7 (22... Nxe4 23. Qh7+ {Wichtige
Zwischen schach.} (23. Rxe4 {Dreev} Nf6 (23... Bxd5 24. Qh7+ $18) 24. Rf4 Bxd5
25. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Rd5,Rf6][%cal Ye3g4]} Be4 $1 {[%csl Gg6] Fritz3} (25... Ke6
$2 26. Qxg6 $18) (25... Be6 $2 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxg6 $18) 26. g4 $5 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Yg4g5]} Qh8 27. Qxh8 (27. Qg5 Rd8 $19) 27... Rxh8 28. g5 Rxh3 {[%cal
Yh3h1,Ge4h1]} 29. Rxf6+ Ke7 30. Kf1 {_|_ -/+/(-+) _|_ -/+/(-+)}) 23... Ng7 (
23... Kf8 24. Rxe4 Nf6 25. Rf4 g5 26. Rf5 Bxd5 27. Qg6 $18) (23... Kf6 24. Rxe4
Ng7 25. Rg4 g5 26. Qh6+ Kf7 27. Rxg5 $18) 24. Rxe4 Bc8 (24... g5 25. Re6) (
24... Bxd5 25. Rf4+ $18) 25. Rf4+ Bf5 26. g4 $16 (26. g4 Qg5 27. Nxd6+ Ke7 28.
Nxf5+ $18)) (22... Kg8 $142 $5 23. Qxg6+ (23. Bxg6 Bxd5 $1 24. Bxe8 (24. Rxe8+
Nxe8) 24... Bxc4 $10) 23... Ng7 24. Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ge6]} Bxd5 25. Be6+ Bxe6 26.
Rxe6 Nfe8 (26... d5 27. Nb6 $18) 27. Nxd6 Nxd6 28. Rxd6 $16) 23. Bxg6+ Kg8 (
23... Kf8 24. Re6 $1 Bxd5 25. Rxd6 $18) 24. Re6 $1 $16 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ye6f6]}
Bxd5 (24... Nxe6 25. dxe6 {[%cal Yg6f7] /\Bf7}) (24... Qf8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26.
Bh7+ {[%csl Rf6]} Kf7 27. Nxd6+ Ke7 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. Nxb7 $18) 25. Rxd6 Bxc4
(25... Qe7 26. Rxd5 $1 $18 (26. Rxd5 $1 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Nxd5 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+
Ke7 30. Qxg7+ {#8 #8})) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qh4 {[%csl Rc4,Rf6]} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Maus, Soenke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 (9... a6 {Stohl} 10. a4 Nh5 (10... Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12.
Re1 $14) 11. Bg5 $1 (11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. g4 $5 (14. Rb1 Bg7
15. Re1 Rb8 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Qc2 $14 {Khalifman,A-Suba,M,London WFW-CBM 24})
14... Ng7 15. Kg2 Rb8 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Rac1 c4 18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4
$1 $36 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Wojtkiewicz,A,Ter Apel 1991-CBM 24}) 11... Bf6 12. Be3
Nd7 13. Be2 $1 Re8 14. Nd2 Bd4 15. Bxh5 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qh4+ 17. g3 $1 Qxg3+ 18.
Ke2 Qg2+ 19. Kd3 Ne5+ 20. Kc2 $16 {Ivanchuk,V-Yudasin,L,Riga cm 1991-CBM 22})
10. Bf4 Re8 (10... Qc7 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Na6 13. e5 (13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 b5
15. a3 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 $14 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Psakhis,L/Protvino/1988/
}) 13... Nh5 14. exd6 Qb6 15. Be5 Qxb2 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Nxe5 $36 {
Polgar,Zsu-Blees,A/Lillafured/1989/}) 11. O-O (11. Bxd6 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 $36)
11... b5 (11... Qc7 {Stohl} 12. Re1 $16 {/\e5}) 12. Bxd6 (12. Bxb5 Nxe4 13.
Bxd7 Qxd7 $10) (12. Nxb5 Bxb5 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxd6 Nxd6 14. Bxd6 Qb6 15. Bf4
Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa2 $13) 13. Bxb5 Rxe4 $132) 12... b4 13. Ne2 (13. Na4 Bxa4 14.
Qxa4 Qxd6 15. e5 Rxe5 $17) 13... Nxe4 (13... Bxh3 {Stohl} 14. Bxc5 Bg4 15. Ng3
$16) 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Ng3 (15. Bxc5 Bb5 16. Re1 Na6 17. Be3 Bxb2 $132) 15...
Re8 (15... Rc4 $6 {Stohl} 16. b3 Rc3 17. Ne4 $16) 16. Bxc5 Bb5 (16... Bxb2 {
Stohl} 17. Rb1 Bg7 18. Bxb4 $16) 17. Re1 Rxe1+ (17... Na6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.
Bd4 $16) (17... Bxb2 {Stohl} 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rb1 $16) 18. Qxe1 (18. Nxe1 Na6
19. Be3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bg7 $132) 18... Bxb2 (18... Qxd5 19. Bxb4 Na6 (19... Bxb2
20. Rd1 $18) 20. Bc3 Re8 21. Qd2 $16) 19. Rd1 Bc3 20. Qe4 Na6 (20... Qe8 21.
Be7 $1) (20... a5 $142 $5 {Stohl} 21. Nd4 (21. Be7 Qd7 22. d6 Nc6) (21. Bd4 $5
$36) 21... Ba4 $14) 21. Be7 Qd7 22. d6 Re8 (22... Bc6 23. Qf4 (23. Ne5 {Stohl}
Bxe4 24. Nxd7 Bc6 25. Nf6+ $16) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Re8 25. Ne4 $18) 23. Qh4
Nc5 (23... Bg7 24. Ne4 $18) 24. Nd4 (24. Ng5 h5 25. N3e4 Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Qe6 $132
) 24... Bd3 (24... Ba4 {Stohl} 25. Nh5 $1 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 gxh5 27. Qg5+ $18) 25.
Nh5 $1 Bxd4 (25... gxh5 26. Qg5+ (26. Rxd3 {Stohl} Nxd3 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Bf6#)
26... Kh8 27. Bf6#) 26. Qxd4 gxh5 27. Qxc5 Bg6 28. Rd4 (28. Qxb4 $4 {Stohl}
Rxe7 29. dxe7 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 f6 $10) 28... h6 (28... a5 {Stohl} 29. Qxa5 Rxe7
30. dxe7 $18) 29. Qxb4 Kh7 30. Qa4 Qe6 (30... Bf5 31. Qxd7 Bxd7 32. Rb4 (32.
Rc4 $18 {Stohl /\Rc7}) 32... Bc6 33. Rc4 Rc8 34. Rxc6 Rxc6 35. d7 $18) 31. d7
$1 (31. Qxe8 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Qxd4 $132) 31... Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Rb8 33.
d8=Q Rb1 34. Rd1 {Ftacnik,L} (34. Bf6 $18 {Stohl}) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bh6 {Wang
Yue is indirectly admitting, that even he does not know how white should
obtain the advantage in this position.} (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5
Qxe5 17. g3 Bd7 18. Qc2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxb5 22. Nxb5
Nf6 23. Nc3 Nxe4 24. Re1 f5 25. Re3 $13 {1-0 Vyzmanavin,A (2585)-Tataev,M/
Moscow 1990 (42)}) (14. Bd2 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Rb1 Be5 18. b4
b6 19. Qb3 Qh4 20. Nd1 Bd7 21. Bc3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. bxc5 dxc5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5
25. Qc3 Qe7 26. Ne3 {1-0 Sjodahl,P (2422)-Agrest,E (2604)/Sweden 2004 (45)})
14... Bg7 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Be3 Ne5 (16... Qb6 17. Rb1 Qb4 18. g4 Ng7 19. Bd2 $14
) 17. Be2 Nxf3+ (17... Bd7 18. Nd2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxb5 $14)
18. Bxf3 Ng7 19. Qd2 {The first independent move in this game is hoping to
improve on the older game with a drawish outcome.} (19. a5 Rb8 20. Na4 Bd7 21.
Qd2 Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Qd7 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Rc2 b6 25. Ra1 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Qb6 {
1/2 Xu Jun (2535)-Chekhov,V (2525)/Beijing 1991 (32)}) 19... Bd7 20. Be2 Rc8
21. Bf4 Bd4 $2 {If the advantage is not possible to obtain with the help of
good play there is an opponent who might help. exceedingly risky concept with
trade of the d6 pawn was presumably an attempt to overtake the initiative.} (
21... Be5 22. a5 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Re5 $11) (21... Qc7 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qd7
$11) 22. Bxd6 Bxh3 23. Bh2 Bd7 24. Bf3 f6 (24... g5 25. e5 g4 26. Bd1 h5 (26...
Qh4 27. Re4 Bf5 28. Rxd4 cxd4 29. Qxd4 $16) 27. Ne4 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Qc3
Rf5 30. Nd6 Rxd5 31. Nxc8 Bxc8 32. Bb3 Rd3 33. Rad1 $16) (24... Qf6 25. d6 Be5
26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Be2 $14) 25. d6 $1 {The white pieces are getting a chance to
move to the promissing central squares. The magnificient black bishop is a
weak compensation for the general plight.} Ne6 (25... Qb6 $2 26. Nd5 Qxb2 27.
Qxb2 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. e5 $1 $18) (25... Bc6 26. Ne2 Be5 27. Rad1 Bxh2+ 28.
Kxh2 Qd7 29. a5 $16) 26. e5 Ng5 (26... fxe5 27. Bxe5 (27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bd5 Rf8
29. Re2 Rf5 30. Rae1 $14) 27... Qg5 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Bf4 Nf7 31.
Re7 $1 Rxe7 32. dxe7+ Kxe7 33. Bxb7 $16) 27. Bxb7 Rb8 (27... fxe5 $5 28. Ne2 $1
(28. Bxc8 Bxc8 $14) 28... Rb8 29. Bd5+ Ne6 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Re4 $16) 28. Bd5+
Kg7 29. Bf4 {[%mdl 2048] At this stage of the game Cheparinov must have been
sorry for his optimistic concept with the demise of the d6-pawn. The pieces of
the Chinese player are performing close to their maximum.} (29. exf6+ Qxf6 30.
Rad1 Rxb2 31. Qxb2 Bxc3 32. Qb7 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bxe1 34. Qxd7+ Kh6 35. Bg3 $16)
29... Bxe5 (29... Ne6 30. Bg3 $16) 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 fxe5 32. Re1 Bf5 {
The position of the defender is dancing smowhere between counterplay and
defense. Unfortunately neither one is functioning properly.} (32... Qf6 33. f4
$1 Qxf4 34. Qxf4 exf4 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rxd7 Rxb2 37. Rc7 $18) 33. f4 Nf7 (33...
exf4 34. Re7+ Kh6 35. Qxf4 $18) 34. Bxf7 Kxf7 35. Qd5+ Kg7 36. Rxe5 Qf6 37.
Re7+ (37. Qxc5 Rxb2 38. Qa7+ Kh6 39. Qe7 $18) 37... Kh6 38. Qe5 {After the
swap of queens the central pawns will become unstoppable.} Qxe5 (38... Rf8 39.
d7 $18) 39. fxe5 Rxb2 40. d7 Rd2 41. e6 Bxe6 42. Rxe6 Rxd7 43. Rc6 (43. Rxa6
Rd3 44. Ne4 c4 45. Rc6 Rd4 46. Nc3 $18) 43... Kg5 44. Rxc5+ Kf4 45. Nd5+ {
Wang Yue will demonstrate a very convincing way of converting his material
advantage.} Kg3 (45... Ke5 46. Nb6+ $18) 46. Rc3+ Kh4 47. Nf6 Rd4 48. Rh3+ Kg5
49. Nxh7+ Kg4 50. Ra3 Rf4 51. Kh2 a5 52. Rg3+ Kh5 53. Ng5 Rxa4 54. Nf7 Rg4 55.
Ra3 a4 56. Ne5 Rh4+ 57. Kg1 Re4 58. Nd7 {The fall of the a4 pawn will close
all the pretense of resistance.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.07.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.06.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Qb3 (12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Nc4) (12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Bxe4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Rxe4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16.
Qd3 Re8 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22.
Rxe1 a6 23. Qe3 Qb5 $17 {Franco,Z-Otero,E/Capablanca mem-B (07)/1991/ (27)}) (
12. Qc2 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Nbxd5
18. Be4 Nb4 19. Qd1 d5 20. a3 Bb7 21. axb4 dxe4 22. Nfe5 Qc7 23. bxc5 Nd5 {
0-1 Bellin Jana-Sher Miron N/Isle of Man op (06)/1995/ (29)}) (12. Re1 Bd7 13.
a4 a6 14. Na3 Nf6 15. Nc4 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Ra7 17. Qf3 Bc8 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Bg5 h6
20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. N2e3 Bg5 22. Qg3 Ba8 23. a5 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26.
Re1 Kf8 {1-0 Horvath,J-Dinstuhl,V/Budapest FS03 GM (10)/1994/ (40)}) 12... a6
13. Na3 (13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. Be3 Rb8 $17) 13... Nd7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15.
Qc2 f5 (15... Ndf6 $2 16. Re1 $18) 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 (17. Na5 $2 Nxd5 18.
Nc6 Qb6 19. Nxb8 Nxf4 20. Qa4 Rf8 $19) 17... Qxb6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20.
Qxd2 Bd4 $5 (20... Bb5) (20... Be5 21. Rfe1) 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23.
Qd2 a5 24. b3 Be5 25. a3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Re1 $1 Kf7 $2 (
28... Qe8 29. Kf1 (29. Rxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxa5 Qxd5 31. Qb5 $5 $10) 29... Qb5+ 30.
Kg1 Qe8 $10) 29. Rxe5 dxe5 30. Qh6 $1 (30. d6 $2 Ke6) 30... Kg8 31. Qd2 Kf7 32.
Qc3 Kf6 (32... e4 33. Qe5 (33. Qh8 $5) 33... Qxb3 34. d6 Qe6 35. Qxc5 $16) 33.
f4 Qe2 34. Qxc5 (34. fxe5+ Qxe5 35. Qxc5 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qe5+ $10) 34... exf4 {
Black king is too close to the center for the d5 pawn to be dangerous.} 35.
Qc3+ Qe5 $1 36. Qc6+ Kg5 37. d6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qg3+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qg3+ 41.
Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. a5 Be5 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nc4
$5 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxe4 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf4 Nf5 (25... Rd8 26. Nxd6
(26. Qf6 Ne8) 26... Rxd6 (26... Ne8 27. Nxe8 Qxf4 28. Qg7#) 27. Qe5 $18) 26.
Nxd6 $1 Nxd6 27. Qf6 Bf5 (27... Rd8 28. Be5 $18) 28. Bxd6 (28. Bxd6 Qd8 29.
Qxd8 Rbxd8 30. Bxc5 Rxd5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Ne5 12. Bb1 Nh5 (12... g5 13. Re1 Nh5 14.
Nc4 a6 15. Ne3 Nf4 16. Nxg4 Nxg4 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 h6 20. a4
Re8 21. Ra3 f5 22. f4 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Tatai,S/Las Palmas/1972/ (29)}) 13. f3 Bh3
$2 {[%mdl 1024] Very nervous move, Vera is trying to benefit imeediatelly from
the lesser coordination of white's pieces. Unfortunatelly this approach
requires the sacrifice of many pieces without real chance of the perpetual.} (
13... Bd7 14. Qb3 b5 $1 15. f4 Ng4 $15) 14. gxh3 (14. f4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Ng4 $11)
14... Qg5+ 15. Kh1 (15. Kf2 Nf4 16. Ke1 $16) 15... Ng3+ (15... Nf4 16. Rg1 Qh4
17. Qb3 Nxh3 18. Rg3 $18) 16. hxg3 Qxg3 17. Ne2 $1 {This defensive idea might
have slipped black's attention the game is already decided.} (17. Rd1 Nxf3 $40)
17... Qxh3+ 18. Kg1 Ng4 (18... f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Qf4 Rf6 21. Qh2 $18) 19.
fxg4 Bd4+ 20. Rf2 (20. Nxd4 $2 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qh3+ $11) (20. Qxd4 Qxg4+ 21. Kf2
Qh4+ 22. Ng3 cxd4 23. Nf3 $18) 20... Qxg4+ 21. Kf1 Bxf2 22. Kxf2 f5 23. Nf3 {
White has amassed unbelievable 4 light pieces for the opponent's rook.} Rae8 (
23... fxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rf8 26. Bf4 $18) (23... b5 24. Qc2 Rae8 25.
exf5 Rxf5 26. Nf4 $1 Rxf4 27. Bxf4 Qxf4 28. Qd2 $18) 24. Qd7 Rxe4 (24... Qh5
25. Nf4 Qh1 26. Ne6 Rxe6 27. Qxe6+ Rf7 28. Bf4 $18) 25. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 {Those players brave enough to use the Benoni Defence must be
prepared for the very unpleasant system connected with the moves h3 and Bd3.
Jobava is playing confidently enough and his choice seems to be quite
promising.} (9... b5) 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Bf4 Rb8 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6
15. Ra2 {There were times when players tended to believe the premise that
freeing the position with a swap of White's a-pawn for the black b-pawn may
prove to be insufficiently effective. Despite the superstitions, the pressure
along the b-file turns out to be quite a burden for White's ambitions.} (15.
Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Qb8 17. Rab1 Qb7 18. Bc4 Bb5 19. Ba2 Rd8 20. b4 cxb4 21. Rxb4
$16 {1/2 (64) Schlosser,P (2465)-Geveke,M (2320) Germany 1991}) 15... Nb5 $146
{The novelty on Black's part may not solve all the problems, but it succeeds
in limiting the options of the white knight on c3.} (15... Bd7 16. Nd2 Bb5 17.
Nc4 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd7 (18... Re8 19. Qd3 Nb5 20. Re1 Nh5 21. Bd2 Be5 22. Nxb5
axb5 23. Bxb5 $16 {1-0 (39) Emodi,B (2280)-Kubacsny,L (2335) Hungary 1995}) 19.
Qe2 Qf6 20. Bc1 Ra8 21. f4 Qd8 22. e5 dxe5 23. Ne4 $14 {1-0 (37) Shapiro,D 
(2315)-Gurevich,D (2470) USA 1990}) (15... Rb4 16. Bh2 Nb5 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Qc1
Qf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nde4 Qe7 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 $11 {1/2 (37)
Galojan,L (2163)-Sikorova,O (2298) Varna 2002}) 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. Bh2
h5 {The adavnce of the h-pawn seems innocuous, but from the longer term
perspective it seriously weakens the kingside.} ({An objectively stronger
solution should have been the natural queen move} 18... Qe7 $142 19. Re1 Nd7
$11) 19. Kh1 (19. Nc3 $5 Bf8 20. Re1 $14) 19... h4 20. f4 {Building White's
pawn centre opens up the new possibilities in the attack. The defender has to
be clever in twisting his pieces in order to preapre for the various potential
forms of activity available to his opponent.} (20. Bf4 Nh5 21. Be3 Nd4 22. Bxd4
cxd4 23. Nf3 Rb4 $11) 20... Nc7 21. Nc3 Rb4 22. Qf3 (22. Nc4 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4
24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. b3 Qe7 $44) 22... Nb5 23. Bxb5 axb5 24. e5 {The central
breakthrough in Benoni structures tends to represent the critical point in the
game. Fortunately Jobava is prepared for the attack thanks to his active
pieces.} (24. b3 Nd7 25. f5 g5 $11) 24... Nh5 25. Nde4 (25. exd6 $6 Bf5 26.
Rfa1 Qxd6 $15) 25... dxe5 26. fxe5 Bf5 27. d6 {The tension in the position
culminates and the choice of the continuation in the complicated position was
anything but easy for Dubov. A very attractive option was the move of the
knight to the d6-square, but with the help of exact defence Black could get
out of trouble and maintain equality on the board.} (27. Nd6 Rxe5 28. Ra6 (28.
Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Nxf5 Rf4 30. Qd1 Rxf5 31. Rxf5 Ng3+ 32. Kg1 Nxf5 33. Ne2 c4 $17)
28... Ng3+ (28... Rxb2 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxf5) 29. Bxg3 hxg3 30. Qxg3 Qd7 (
30... Rxb2 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxg6+ Kg8 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Qxf5 Qf8 35. Qg4 b4
36. Ne2 $16) 31. Kh2 $11) 27... Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Ra8 $1 {It would have
been naive to presume, that with the help of the elimination of the queen
White has already decided the game. Black enjoys active pieces and real
counterplay on the queenside.} Qxa8 (29... Bc8 $2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. d7 $18) 30.
Nf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. Qa1 Rb3 33. Re1 {White would like to make an
attempt to win the whole point, but he could not appreciate fighting against
the active forces of his adversary. The exchange of the pair of rooks
diminishes the risk of Black's counter attack.} (33. Qc1 b4 34. Na4 Rg3 35.
Nxc5 Bxh3 36. gxh3 Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 Rg3+ 38. Kh1 Rh3+ $11) 33... Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 b4
(34... Rxb2 35. Qe5 Rd2 36. Qxc5 Bd7 $11) 35. Na4 c4 36. Kh2 (36. Qe5 Rd3 37.
Kh2 Rd1 38. Nb6 c3 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Qxc3 Rxd6 $11) 36... Rg3 37. Nc5 c3 38.
bxc3 bxc3 39. Qe5 c2 40. d7 $2 {Time pressure might be a legendary enemy of
exact play, but it often enables fascinating combinations or solutions. White
has overstepped the level of risk, but the consequences were not at all easy
to judge.} (40. Qb2 $1 Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qb2 Kg8 43. Qb8+ $11) 40... c1=Q
41. d8=Q (41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. d8=Q+ Kg7 43. Qd4+ f6 44. Ne6+ Kh7 45. Qxh4+ Qh6
46. Qxg3 Bxe6 $19) 41... Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 1024] Remarkably enough White is unable
to save the game, since his king is too weak and the counterplay with two
queens simply way too feeble. At long last Jobava has managed to get into the
position, that can be called his territory. The exception to the rule must
surely have pleased his heart.} 42. Qa8 (42. Qe2 Bxh3 43. Qdd2 Qxc5 $19) (42.
Kh1 Rxh3+ 43. gxh3 Be4+ 44. Qxe4 Nxe4 45. Qd4+ Nf6 46. Qc3 Qf4 $19) 42... Qd2
43. Qc6 (43. Qe7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+ 45. Kf2 Ng4#) 43... Kh7 $1 (43... Kh7 $1
44. Qexf6 (44. Qcxf6 Qxg2#) (44. Nd3 Be4 45. Qcxe4 Nxe4 46. Qxe4 Rxd3 $19)
44... Rxh3+ 45. Kg1 Qe1#) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7
8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+
Nxe8 15. Bg5 Qc7 $1 (15... Bf6 16. Qd2 (16. Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Ne3
Nbd7 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. b3 a5 $15) 16... Bb7 17. Re1 (17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Bxg5 19.
Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Ne3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qg5 23. g3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Re8 $10 {
Neverov,V-Berelovich,A/Sochi/1993/1:0/39/}) 17... Nd7 18. Be4 $1 Nb6 19. b3 $1
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. bxc4 $14 {Epishin,V-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/
1994/0,5/72/}) 16. Qd2 (16. Qe2 $5) (16. Qa4 $5 Nd7 17. Re1 Nef6 18. Qc6 Qb8
19. Nc4 Bb7 20. Qxd6 {Horvath,Cs-Hardiscay,P/HUN/1994/0,5/68/} Qxd6 21. Nxd6
Bxd5 22. b3 a5 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 a4 $10 {Hardiscay/}) 16... Bb7 17. Re1 Nd7
18. Bc2 (18. Be4 Nef6 19. Nc4 Re8 $15) 18... Nef6 19. Bb3 Re8 $15 {>< d5/} 20.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nc4 Nef6 $1 (21... Ndf6 22. Bf4 Nh5 23. Qe3 Qd8 24. Bg5 Nhf6 25.
Ncd2 $14) 22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Ne3 $6 (23. Na5 $5 Ba8 $15 (23... Bxd5 $6 24. Bxd5
Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxa5 26. Bxd6 $10)) 23... Nb6 {>< d5/} 24. Qd3 Qd7 $1 {/\ Qb5/}
25. Bc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb5 $1 {^^ ><d5/} 27. b3 Qb4 $1 {/\ Nd5/} 28. Bg5 $6 (28.
g4 $2 Nxd5 $1 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Qxf4 $17) (28. Bg3 a5 $15) 28... Bg7 29.
a4 Ne4 30. Bd8 $2 {>< Bd8/} (30. Bf4 $15) 30... f5 $1 $17 31. g4 (31. Qxb4 cxb4
32. Ba5 Bc3 $17 {>< d5/}) 31... f4 $1 32. Nc2 Qxc4 33. bxc4 Bc8 $1 {>< a4/} 34.
a5 (34. Ba5 Bd7 $19) 34... h6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke8 37. Bc7 Kd7 38. Bb6 Ke7
39. Nd2 Nc3+ 40. Kf3 g5 41. Ne4 Bd7 42. Nxc3 (42. Nd2 Ba4 $19) 42... Bxc3 43.
Ke2 {-+ Hecht: The very good 2B give Black the advantage. The weak Pc4 and the
very badly posted Bb6 give Black a winning position.} Bf6 44. Na3 Ba4 45. Nb1
Bc2 46. Nd2 $8 (46. Na3 Bg6 $19) 46... Bc3 $1 $19 47. Nf3 Bb4 48. Bc7 Kd7 49.
Bb6 Bb3 50. Kd3 Ke8 $1 51. Bc7 Ke7 $1 52. Bb6 Kd7 {(.)/} 53. Ng1 (53. Nd2 Bxd2
$19) (53. h4 Bd1 54. Ke4 Bc2#) 53... Be1 54. f3 (54. Ke2 Bc3 55. Kd3 Bd4 $19)
54... Ba2 $1 55. Ke2 (55. Ne2 Bb1#) 55... Bb4 56. Kd3 Bb1+ 57. Ke2 Bc3 $1 {(.)/
} 58. h4 $8 gxh4 59. Nh3 Be5 60. Nf2 Bg6 (60... Bg6 61. Nh3 h5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th Group2"]
[Site "Bonnevoie"]
[Date "1998.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.09.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "LUX"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Geneve"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 $6 {This is not actually} (9... b5 $5) 10. Bf4 $5 ({Good enough
} 10. O-O $5 b5 11. a3 $1 {N} (11. Nxb5 $143 {- 55/98}) 11... Na6 (11... b4 $6
12. axb4 cxb4 13. Na2 Qb6 14. Bd2 $1 {+/-} (14. Be3 $143 Qb7 {+=})) 12. Re1 c4
13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e5 $1 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Rad8 17. Qf3 {+/-} a5 18. Be3
Rc8 $2 19. Ne4 {+- 1-0 Browne,W-Gurevich,D/World op 1993 (47)}) (10. a4 $5)
10... Re8 $5 ({Dubious:} 10... Qc7 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Na6 13. Re1 (13. e5 $143
Nh5 14. exd6 Qb6 15. Be5 Qxb2 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Nxe5 Bf5 19. Rxb7
Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nc5 21. Bb1 Qa6 22. Rb4 Qxd6 23. Nxc4 {+= 1-0 Polgar,Z-Blees,A/
Lillafured 1989 (38)}) 13... Rfe8 14. Qd2 b5 15. a3 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5
Qb6 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. d6 Ne6 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qd4 Ne6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rad1 {
+/- 1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Psakhis,L/Moscow-A 1988 (37)}) 11. O-O $5 (11. Bxd6 $2
Nxe4 $5 (11... Bxh3 12. Rxh3 (12. Bxb8 $2 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rxb8 {-/+}
) 12... Qxd6 {=+}) (11... Qb6 $5) 12. Nxe4 f5 $36) (11. Nd2 $6 b5 12. O-O c4
13. Bc2 b4 14. Ne2 c3 15. bxc3 bxc3 16. Nc4 Nxe4 17. Ng3 Qh4 {~ 1-0 Bronstein,
D-Gurevich,D/Las Vegas op 1993 (36)}) 11... c4 $6 (11... Qc7 $6 {Stohl} 12. Re1
{+/- /\e5}) (11... b5 $5 {See comments to Khalifman,A-Maus,S/Hamburg,1991(cbm
24)1-0 (34)Ftacnik}) 12. Bc2 {+=} Qb6 $5 {N} (12... Qc7 13. Re1 Na6 14. a3 Nc5
15. Qd2 b5 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 {+/- 1-0 Sturua,Z-Hulak,K/
Manila olm 1992 (25)}) 13. Rb1 Na6 14. a3 {(><b4)} Nc5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Nb3
$2 {After this move white has a big positional advantage} (16... Qa6 $142 {/\b5
}) 17. Bxb3 cxb3 (17... Qxb3 $2 18. Bxd6 Bxh3 $140 {??} 19. Bb4 {+-}) 18. Be3
$1 {/\Bd4} Qa6 19. Bd4 {+/-} Bb5 $5 20. Rbd1 Bc4 21. Qf4 (21. Qg5 $143 h6 $1)
21... Nh5 (21... Nd7 $143 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6
(25... Qd6 26. Rxe8 Qxf4 27. Rxd8 {+/-}) (25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5+ Qf6 27. Qc7 $5 {
+-} (27. f4)) 26. Rxe8 Qxf4 $8 27. Rxd8 {+/-}) 22. Qg5 $1 h6 23. Qe3 Nf6 24.
Bxa7 $1 (24. Bxf6 $143 Bxf6 25. Qxh6 Bg7 (25... Bxc3 $2 26. bxc3 {/\Ng5+-}) 26.
Qd2 {+/-} (26. Qh4 $6 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Kg7 28. Ng5 Rh8 29. Qf4 Rd7 {+=})) 24...
Re7 (24... Nxe4 $2 25. Nxe4 f5 26. Nf6+ $3 (26. Bd4 {+/-}) 26... Bxf6 27. Qxh6
Bg7 28. Qxg6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxa7 30. Re7 {+-}) 25. Bd4 Rde8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27.
Qxh6 {+-} Bd3 (27... Bg7 $142 28. Qd2 {+-}) (27... Bxc3 $6 28. bxc3 {/\Ng5}
Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Ng5 Rf4 31. Rd4 {!} b2 (31... Rf5 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Re4 {
+-}) 32. Rxf4 b1=Q+ 33. Kh2 Bxd5 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Qg8#) 28. Ng5
Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Bxe4 30. Qh4 $1 (30. Rd4 $4 Bxg2 31. Rc1 (31. Rxe7 $4 Qf1+ 32.
Kh2 Qh1+ 33. Kg3 Qxh3+ 34. Kf4 Qf3#) 31... Bf3 $36) (30. f3 $6 Re5 {+/-}) (30.
Qf6 $5 Re5 31. f4 Qb6+ (31... Rf5 $4 32. Qd4 {+-} (32. Nxe4 {+-})) 32. Kh2 R5e7
(32... Qf2 33. Re2 Rf5 $8 34. Qxd6 Qxf4+ 35. Qxf4 Rxf4 36. g3 {+-}) 33. Rc1 $1
{+-}) 30... Qc4 31. Re3 $2 (31. f3 $1 Bxd5 (31... Qc5+ 32. Kh2 {+-}) 32. Rxe7
Qxh4 33. Rxe8+ Kg7 34. Rxd5 {+-}) 31... Re5 32. Qf6 (32. f3 $4 Bxd5 $1 (32...
Qc5 $2 33. Qf2 Bc2 34. Rxe5 Qxf2+ 35. Kxf2 Rxe5 36. Rd4 {+-}) 33. Rxe5 dxe5 {~}
) 32... Bc2 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 (33... dxe5 $143 34. d6 {+-}) 34. Qxd6 Qf4 35. Ne2 $1
Qe4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Qb4 (37. Qf4 $142) 37... Qe5 $6 (37... Qxb4 $142 38. axb4 {
+/-/+-}) 38. d6 Rd8 39. Qd4 {+-} Qe6 40. Kh2 Rd7 41. Nf4 Qe4 42. Qf6 $1 Qe8 (
42... Kh7 43. Rd4 Qf5 44. Nd5 {+-}) (42... Qf5 43. Nd5 {+-}) 43. Nd5 {(2.01-2.
05)} 1-0

[Event "Montreal 6th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2005.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 {According to my database, this is Irina's first game in
this opening.} 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O $140 Nh5 {Probably, Irina Krush prepared this idea to play
against me.} 11. Re1 $5 ({A more popular continuation to my opponent's last
move:} 11. Bg5 $5) 11... Re8 $6 $146 ({Before that, this was seen twice:} 11...
Ne5 $6 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qh4 (13... Nf6 14. Bf4 $14 {/\e5}) 14. Bxh5 gxh5
15. Qf3 (15. Qd2 Be5 16. Qg5+ Qxg5 17. Bxg5 Bd7 18. a4 f5 $13 {Merbis,
M-Langedijk,A/Haarlem,2005(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 15... f5 16. Qf4 $14 {Campos Moreno,
J-Guerra Bastida,D/Andorra,2003(1-0)(51)}) ({And three times:} 11... a6) 12. g4
$1 {I kick back black's knight, and gain more space in the process. You can
also see the disadvantage of this move - a huge weakening of the king side.} (
12. Bg5 $143 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Ng7 $13) 12... Nhf6 13. Bf4
Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 $14 b6 16. a4 {Quite a controversial move,
positionally.} (16. Bb5 $5 {/\Bc6}) 16... a5 $1 {Black gives away her chance
for counterplay, but begins building a strong defense on the kingside.} 17. Bg5
$1 {[%csl Rd8,Rf6][%cal Gd1f3]} h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 {Now Black doesn't have
counter play on the kingside as well.} Re7 20. Kg2 Ne8 21. h4 {I'm trying to
open the h-file and to get to my opponent's king.} f6 $1 22. hxg5 $140 fxg5 {
Black ruins his pawn structure, but now his king is quite safe against my
attack on the h-file.} (22... hxg5 $143 23. Rh1 $36 {[%csl Rg8,Gh1][%cal Gh1h8]
}) 23. Nb5 (23. Bb5 $5 {[%cal Gb5c6] /^a4-e8}) 23... Nd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Bb5
Bb7 $1 {Black fairly doesn't exchange the light squared bishops:} (25... Bd7 $2
26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Qe2 $16 {with a lot of pressure on the light squares.}) 26.
Ra3 Rf8 27. Rf3 Rxf3 {Except this awaited exchange, I also checked the
following alternatives:} (27... Rf4 $6 28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Rh3 $1 (29. b3 $143 h5
$1 $132) 29... Bxb2 $140 30. Bc6 $1 {+/=/+/-}) (27... Ref7 28. Rf5 $5 Bc8 $140
29. Rh1 $1 Bxf5 30. gxf5 {with a lot of compensation for the exchange.}) 28.
Qxf3 Rf7 29. Qe2 Bc8 30. Bc6 Bf6 31. Be8 Rg7 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ge8g6,Gg6f5,
Yg7g6]} (31... Re7 $2 32. Bg6 {/\Bf5}) 32. Rh1 Bd8 33. f3 {Unfortunately, I
had to make this move, and prevent my heavy pieces from reaching that square.}
Re7 34. Qb5 Bb7 35. Bc6 $6 Bc8 {Irina didn't use my mistake.} (35... Bxc6 $5
36. Qxc6 (36. dxc6 Kg7 $13 {[%csl Rc6]}) 36... Qxc6 37. dxc6 Re6 38. Rd1 (38.
Bxe5 $4 Rxe5 39. Rd1 $140 Re8 40. Rd7 Bf6 $17) 38... Bc7 39. Rd7 Rxc6 40. Be1
$44) 36. Bf2 {I'm trying to break through at the queenside, and so I move my
bishop to the /^a7-g1 diagonal, and my rook will go to b3.} Ra7 {[%csl Rb5]
[%cal Gc8a6]} 37. Be8 Rc7 38. Rc1 Kf8 39. Rc3 Ke7 40. Rb3 (40. Bc6 $143 Ra7 41.
Rxc5 $140 $4 Ba6 $19) 40... Ra7 41. Qc6 {My initiative on the queenside has
stoped, however, I did manage to exchange the queens, which will help me to
get through my opponent's defence in the future.} Qxc6 42. Bxc6 $14 Kd6 43. Rc3
Bf6 $6 (43... Rh7 $5 {/\h5}) 44. Rc1 Bg7 45. Be3 Bf6 46. Kg3 {My pieces are
standing well now, and I'm trying to prepare a sacrifice on g5.} Bg7 47. Bb5
Bf6 48. Be8 Bg7 49. Rh1 (49. Bg6 $6 Re7 {><e8} 50. Bf5 Ba6 {/^a6-f1}) 49... Ra8
50. Bc6 Ra7 51. Bb5 Ra8 $2 {An inaccurate rook retreat by Black, which allowed
me to realize my plan within 2 moves.} (51... Rf7 $142 {and now it's unclear
on which side I will have to break through.}) 52. Rh5 Ra7 $6 (52... Bd7 $142
53. Bxd7 Kxd7 54. Kf2 {[%cal Yf2e2,Ye2d3,Yd3c4,Yc4b5] +/=/+/-}) {[%tqu "En",
"White has a typical sacrifice that completely destroys Black's position?","",
"","e3g5","After a lot of thought, I decided to make this move:)",10]} 53. Bxg5
$1 {After a lot of thought, I decided to make this move :)} hxg5 54. Rxg5 $16 {
[%csl Rd6,Rg7][%cal Gg5g6]} Rf7 (54... Bf8 $142 55. Rg6+ Kc7 56. g5 $1 $16) (
54... c4 $4 55. Rg6+ {[%csl Rd6,Rg7]} Kc5 $8 56. Rc6+ Kb4 57. Rxc4+ Kb3 58.
Rxc8 $18) (54... Bf6 $4 55. Rg6 Ke7 (55... Rf7 56. g5 $18) 56. g5 Bxg5 (56...
Bh8 $143 57. Rg8 {ץc8,Bh8}) 57. Rxg5 $18) 55. Rg6+ Ke7 $8 (55... Kc7 $4 56.
Be8 $18 {[%csl Rc7,Rf7,Rg7][%cal Ge8f7,Yf7g7,Gg6g7]} Re7 $140 57. d6+) 56. Rxb6
{[%cal Gg4g5,Gd5d6] I didn't have to take the Pb6 right away, I could have
limited my opponent's dark -squared bishop at first:} (56. g5 $5 {/\Rxb6
Mikhalevski,V}) 56... Bf6 $6 {/\Bg5 /^c1-h6} (56... Kd8 $5 57. Rd6+ (57. g5 $5
$16) 57... Kc7 58. Rc6+ Kb8 59. Rxc5 $16) (56... Rf6 $5 57. Rb8 Kd8 58. g5 $16)
57. d6+ Kd8 $8 58. Rb8 $1 Rb7 $140 59. Ra8 Bg5 60. d7 Rc7 $4 {This is already
a decisive mistake.} (60... Rxd7 $8 61. Bxd7 Kxd7 62. Rxa5 Kc6 (62... Bf4+ $2
63. Kh4 {/\g5}) 63. Rb5 {/\b4} (63. Ra7 $2 Bc1 64. b3 Be6 $132) 63... Bd2 64.
Kh4 Ba6 65. Rb8 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gg4g5,Gg5g6,Gg6g7,Gg7g8] +/-/+-}) 61. dxc8=Q+
Rxc8 {^-} 62. Rxa5 $18 {The rest is just a matter of technique.} c4 63. Ra7 Rc5
64. Rd7+ Kc8 65. Rd5 Bf4+ $8 {I completely forgot about this intermediate move.
} (65... Rxd5 $143 66. exd5 Bc1 67. Bxc4 Bxb2 68. g5 $18) 66. Kh4 Rc7 67. Kh5
c3 68. bxc3 Rxc3 69. Rd3 Rc1 70. Kg6 Kb7 71. Kf5 Rg1 72. Rd6 (72. a5 $142 {/\a6
}) 72... Rg3 73. Be2 {[%csl Ye2,Rf3][%cal Ye2f3] I decided to be on the safe
side.} (73. a5 $5 Rxf3 74. a6+ {and so on.}) 73... Rg2 74. Bd1 Rg1 75. a5 {
Unfortunately, this was my only win in the entire tournament.} 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Gurevich, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.01.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 ({I can not recommended in this position:} 9... Bd7 $6 {You can
see my annotations to game: Golod,V-Gurevich,D/Luxemburg,1998/CBM 67(1-0)(43)})
10. Nxb5 $5 ({Less popular is:} 10. Bxb5 $5) 10... Nxe4 ({Nowadays,more
popular is:} 10... Re8 $5) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 {[%csl Rg6] In last
years in this variant,White has a excellent statistics.} Qa5+ $8 (13... Bxe6 $4
{is refuted by:} 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd5 $18 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Ge1g1,Gh1f1]}) 14.
Nc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qc4 {[%csl Re1,Re4,Re6]} 17. Qf3 {I have
prevented threat of Black and I plan to play on the following move- Rc1.} Bxe6
18. Rc1 Qd4 $1 {Black had no other worthy alternative.} 19. O-O $1 (19. Bc3
$143 Bg4 20. hxg4 Qxe4+ $6 (20... Qc4 $1 {[%csl Re1,Re4][%cal Gc4f1,Ge8e4]})
21. Qxe4 Rxe4+ 22. Kd2 $14 {Valenzuela Fuentealba,L-Egger,J/Vina del Mar,1998
(1/2-1/2)(38)}) 19... Bxh3 $1 $146 {[%csl Rd2,Re4]} ({Comments to} 19... Bf5 $6
{[%csl Rd2,Re4] and also to 19...Bg4?! you can find in annotations to game:
Golod,V-Kozakov,M/Bucharest,1992/Inf 55/97(1-0)(Golod,V; Kozakov,M)(43) 
Interestingly that in these comments,made 12 years ago( in 1992) I has put
"??" to 19...Bxh3.}) 20. Bc3 $140 $8 Bxg2 $1 {In it all sense of Black's idea!}
(20... Qxe4 $2 21. Rfe1 (21. Rce1 $5) 21... Bf5 (21... Qa4 $2 22. Qf6 {[%csl
Rg8][%cal Gf6g7]} Re5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Bxe5 Kf8 25. d6 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Gf6h8,
Gf6e7]}) 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 21. Qf4 $1 (21. Qg3 $143 Qxe4
22. Rfe1 Nd7 $5 (22... Qa4 23. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Ge1,Re8,Gf4,Rg8]} Be4 $8 (
23... Rxe1+ $2 24. Rxe1 $18 {[%csl Ya4,Rg8][%cal Ge1e8,Ya4e8,Gf4f6]}) 24. Qxh6
Re5 $1 (24... f6 $4 25. Bxf6 Qd7 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qg7#) 25. f4 Nd7 26. Re2 $40
{[%csl Gc3,Ge2,Rg8,Gh6][%cal Ge2h2]}) 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 {and in comparison from a
position,after 21.Qf4 I can not take away Ph6.} 24. Qxd6 Bf5 $13) 21... Qxe4 $8
{Black had no other alternative.} (21... g5 $4 22. Bh7+ $18 {[%csl Rd4,Rf7,Rg8]
[%cal Gf4f7,Gf4d6,Gc3d4]}) (21... Rxe4 $2 22. Qxd6 $1 {[%csl Gc3,Rd4,Gd6,Rg8]
[%cal Gd6d8]} (22. Qxh6 $4 Rh4 $19 {[%csl Yh4,Rh6]}) 22... Bf3 (22... Qa4 $2
23. Qf6 Kf8 (23... Rd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 $8 (24... cxd4 $4 25. Rc8+ Kh7 26. Rh8#)
25. Qxd4 cxd4 26. Rc8+ Kg7 27. Kxg2 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Gc8,Yg2][%cal Gf1b1]})
24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Bf6+ Kd6 $8 (25... Kd7 26. Qd8#) 26. Qf8+ $1 {I expected for
this move,when I made 21.Qf4.} Kc7 $8 (26... Kxd5 27. Rxc5+ Ke6 28. Qe7#) (
26... Kd7 27. Qd8#) 27. Rxc5+ {[%cal Gf1b1]} Nc6 (27... Kb6 28. Rb1+ Rb4 (28...
Ka6 29. Qc8#) 29. Rxb4+ Qxb4 30. Qd6+ Kb7 31. Rc7#) 28. Qxa8 Bxf1 $140 29.
Rxc6+ Qxc6 (29... Kd7 30. Qc8#) 30. Qxc6+ Kb8 31. d6 $18 {[%csl Rb8,Gc6,Gd6,
Re4][%cal Gc6c7,Gd6d7]}) (22... Qxc3 $143 23. Rxc3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 {[%csl Ra8,
Rb8]} Re8 25. Rxc5 $18) 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxc5 {[%cal Gc5c8]} Nd7 (24... Rh4 $4
{[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h1]} 25. Qd8+ {[%csl Rg8,Rh4]}) 25. Rc3 $1 (25. Qxd7 $4 Rh4
{[%csl Rg1][%cal Gh4h1]}) 25... Rxd5 26. Qa3 Rg5+ 27. Kh2 $16) 22. Rfe1 {
[%csl Gc3,Ge1,Re8,Rg8]} Nd7 (22... Qxe1+ $4 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Bxe1 Bxd5 25.
Qxd6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rb8,Rd5,Gd6,Ge1,Rg8]}) 23. Rxe4 Bxe4 {[%mdl 1024] All
these moves my contender has made very quickly.} 24. Qxh6 $1 ({Gregory
specially has analysed the following position,before this game:} 24. Qxd6 Bf5
$13 (24... Rad8 $143 25. Re1 $14 Ne5 $140 $2 26. Qf6 $1 Nf3+ (26... Rd6 27. Qf4
$1) 27. Kg2 $1 Nxe1+ 28. Kg3 {[%csl Rg8]} Kf8 29. d6 $18 {[%csl Gc3,Yd6,Re1,
Gf6,Rf8][%cal Yd6e7]})) 24... f6 25. f3 {[%csl Ye4,Gf3,Rg6,Gh6][%cal Ye4g6,
Gf3e4]} (25. Qf4 $142 {[%csl Rd6] Gregory Gurevich} Bxd5 26. Qxd6 Be6 27. Re1
Rad8 $1 $13 28. Rxe6 $140 $2 Nf8 {[%csl Rd6,Re6]} 29. Qxc5 (29. Rxf6 $143 Rxd6
30. Rxd6 $15) 29... Rxe6 30. Qxa7 $13) 25... Bf5 26. Kf2 {[%csl Rg8,Gh6][%cal
Gc1h1]} Re7 27. Rh1 Rf8 {Last moves were made according to the standard chess
norms.} 28. Qh2 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Novelty,from the point of the home analyses of
my contender!!!} Ne5 $8 29. Bxe5 fxe5 $8 ({It was badly:} 29... dxe5 $2 {
in view of:} 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Ke8 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Qg7+ {[%csl Ra7,Re7,
Rf8]} (33. d6+ $144 Ke8 34. Qg7 Rf7) 33... Rf7 34. d6+ Ke8 (34... Ke6 $4 35.
Qg8 {[%csl Ye6,Rf7][%cal Gg8e8]}) 35. Qg8+ Rf8 36. Qd5 {[%csl Ra7,Rc5,Gd6] +/=/
+/-}) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Ke8 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 33. Qh4+ {[%csl Ra7,Re7]}
Ke8 (33... Rf6 $5 $11) 34. Ke3 ({Leads to unnecessary complications:} 34. Qa4+
$6 Bd7 35. Qxa7 $140 $2 e4 $1 (35... Rf4 $5 {[%csl Yd7,Yf4][%cal Yf4a4]}) 36.
f4 g5 $1 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2g7]} Rxf4+ 39. Ke3 $15) 34... Bd7 ({
Leads to drawn game:} 34... Rf7 $5 35. Qh8+ Rf8 36. Qg7 Rf7 {[%csl Yf7][%cal
Yf7a7]} 37. Qg8+ Rf8 {and so on.}) 35. Qh6 Rf4 {[%csl Yd7,Yf4]} (35... Rg8 $6
36. f4 $1 $14) 36. Qxg6+ Ke7 {At this moment I have accepted the grandiose
decision- to transfer turn of a move to the my contender:} 37. Qg5+ Ke8 38.
Qg8+ Ke7 39. Qg6 Rb4 $2 {Black immediately makes painful positional blunder.} (
39... a5 $5 40. Qg5+ Ke8 41. Qg8+ Ke7 42. Qg6 a4 43. a3 Rf5 $11) ({
Unexpectedly at once loses a game:} 39... Rd4 {in view of:} 40. Qg5+ $1 Ke8 (
40... Kf7 41. Qd8 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7,Gd8]}) 41. Qf6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd6]} Rxd5
$140 $2 42. Qh8+ Kf7 (42... Ke7 $143 43. Qg7+ {[%csl Rd5,Re7][%cal Gg7g8]}) 43.
Qh7+ {[%csl Rd5,Rd7,Rf7,Gh7][%cal Gh7g8]} Kf6 (43... Ke6 $143 44. Qg8+ {
[%csl Rd5,Re6,Gg8]}) 44. Qxd7 $18 {[%csl Ga2,Ra7]}) 40. Qg5+ Ke8 (40... Kf7
$143 41. Qd8 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7]} Rb7 42. f4 exf4+ 43. Kxf4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Gd8,Gf4,
Rf7][%cal Gf4g5,Gd8f6]}) 41. Qf6 Rb6 42. f4 $1 {Differently to not break
through a defense of the contender!} exf4+ 43. Kxf4 $14 Ra6 (43... a5 $2 44.
Qh8+ Ke7 (44... Kf7 45. Qd8 Rb7 46. Kg5 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7][%cal Gd8f6]}) 45.
Qh4+ {[%csl Rd8]} Ke8 46. Qe1+ {[%csl Ra5]}) (43... Bc8 $2 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45.
Qg7+ {[%csl Ra7,Rd7,Gg7]}) (43... a6 $5 {/\Bc8,Kd7 +/=}) 44. Kg5 Bb5 $2 {
It's already decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary:} 44... Bc8 45. a4 $5 Kd7
46. a5 Kc7 (46... Rxa5 $2 47. Qg7+ Kd8 48. Kf6 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gg7e7]} Bd7
$140 49. Qf8+ {[%csl Rd6,Rd8]} Kc7 50. Ke7 $18 {[%csl Ra5,Rc7,Rd7][%cal Gf8d8]}
) 47. Qe7+ $1 Bd7 $140 48. Qe1 {[%cal Gg5f6]} Kd8 49. Kf6 Kc7 $14) 45. Qh8+ $1
Kd7 ({Hardly it was better:} 45... Ke7 46. Qg7+ Kd8 47. Qb7 $18 {[%cal Gg5f6]})
46. Qb8 Bc4 ({I do not think that it was much better:} 46... Be2 47. Kf6 Bf1 {
[%csl Yf1][%cal Yf1h3]} 48. a4 $22 {[%csl Gb8,Rd6,Re6,Yf1,Gf6][%cal Yf1h3,
Yf1a6,Ya6d6] A nice example of zugzwang:} Bc4 (48... Be2 49. Qb7+ Kd8 50. Qe7+
{[%csl Rd8,Re2]}) (48... Rxa4 49. Qb7+ Kd8 50. Qa8+ {[%csl Ra4,Rd8][%cal Ga8c6]
}) 49. Qb7+ Kd8 50. Ke6 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gb7d7]}) 47. Qb7+ Kd8 48. Kf6 $18
{[%csl Rd8][%cal Gf6e6,Gb7d7,Gb7b8]} Rb6 (48... Bf1 {[%csl Yf1][%cal Yf1h3]}
49. a4 $22 $18 {[%csl Gb7,Rd6,Re6,Yf1,Gf6][%cal Yf1a6,Yf1h3,Ya6d6]}) 49. Qxa7 {
The rest is just a matter of technique.} Ra6 (49... Rb1 $143 50. Ke6 Re1+ 51.
Kxd6 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Ga7b8]} Ke8 52. Qa4+ {[%csl Rc4,Re8]}) 50. Qb8+ Kd7 51.
Qb7+ Kd8 52. Ke6 {[%csl Rd8][%cal Gb7d7,Gb7b8]} Bxd5+ $8 53. Kxd5 Rxa2 54. Kc6
$1 {[%csl Ra2,Rd8][%cal Gb7d7] The most simple decision. I beforehand have
calculated that I take away a Black's rook.} Ke8 55. Qd7+ Kf8 56. Qxd6+ {
[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Rc4,Rd5,Gd6,Re6,Rf7,Rg8][%cal Rg8a2]} Kg7 57. Qe7+ Kh8 58. Qf8+ {
[%csl Ra2,Rh8][%cal Gf8f7]} 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $1 (9... a6 10. O-O b5 11. Bf4 {scores rather well for White and
I've played this line myself with success - it's not too difficult to find
moves like Re1, Qd2 and Bh6. So Shak goes for the principled line.}) 10. Nxb5 (
10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 {but White
has struggled to prove any advantage here - eventually the white d5-pawn will
likely drop off, leading to inevitable equality.}) 10... Nxe4 $5 {By theory
this is considered slightly unsound. However Shak manages to put a different
slant on it.} ({Normally they play the} 10... Re8 {move order.} 11. O-O ({
the attempt to hold on to the pawn fails after} 11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5) 11...
Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 $1 {an important interposition.} ({I once forgot to include
this move and played} 12... Nf6 $6 {and promptly got swept off the board by
Peter Wells at the Portsmouth weekend congress after} 13. Rxe8+ Nxe8 14. Bg5 $1
{I think that game was most memorable for the fact that it was the decisive
one in the event, and meant I blew a potential 500 pound jackpot. Before that
game I had been clear leader. I recall sludging the seven hours back to Durham
having not even made enough to cover my expenses - I think I won 130 or so -
chess can be a depressing game at times!}) 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5
Qc7 16. Qa4 {However here White can hope for an advantage, and it's less fun
than in the game.}) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $1 {This is supposed to be the reason
why they play ...Re8 before taking on e4. However Shak is able to show that
it's not completely clear.} Qa5+ ({It is easy for Black to fall into a trap -} 
12... h6 $2 13. Ne6 $1 {I once caught Stuart Conquest like this in a rapidplay
game.} Bxe6 (13... fxe6 14. O-O e5 15. Bxg6 {is terrible for Black}) 14. dxe6
Rxe6 15. O-O Rxe4 16. Qd5 {and it's already over.}) 13. Nc3 Ba6 $1 {In
exchange for the piece Black has pinned the white king in the centre and has a
healthy lead in development. Of course White can go queenside but the open
b-file should give Black excellent attacking prospects. Personally speaking
even with the extra material I would find facing Mamedyarov in this scenario a
truly frightening prospect. He's one of the best attacking players in the
world and the Benoni truly plays to his strengths - an ability to finely
appreciate the dynamics of a position. Jobava however seemed to go to a new
level in this tournament and has no such concerns - at least for the moment.}
14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Qc2 Rab8 16. O-O-O Ne5 $1 {I think this is correct at least
from the practical viewpoint - Black ramps up the pressure. Ok it's easy to
sit there watching the game with an engine that consistently says plus two for
White, however over the board the problems are far from easy to solve! There's
a lot going on and even for a calculating machine like Jobava, it's almost
impossible to navigate your way through this mess.} ({It was tempting to try
and win back some material with} 16... f5 $6 {which only seems to backfire
because of the strong reply} 17. Na4 $1 (17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Ne5 19. Qc2 c4 {
with a dangerous initiative}) ({The immediate counter sacrifice} 17. Bxf5 $5 {
only seems to lead to a draw;} gxf5 18. Qxf5 Ne5 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qf5+ Kg8 21.
Bf4 Qb4 {when the threats are really too dangerous so it's time to pull the
escape hatch with} 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qf5+ $11) 17... Rb4 (17... Bxb2+ 18. Nxb2
Qxa2 19. Bc3 {surely can't be enough for Black}) (17... Qb5 18. Bf3 Ne5 19. Bc3
{and again it's difficult to demonstrate anything.}) 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Bxf5 Rc8
20. Be6+ Kf8 21. Bxd7 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 {leaves White with just too much material.
}) 17. Rhe1 Rec8 {Now everything is in place for ...c4 and ...Nd3, with an
early slaughter of the White king. But the problem is Jobava has plans of his
own...} 18. Na4 $1 Rb4 $1 {Throwing more wood on the fire.} ({In fact I doubt
that Mamedyarov even considered playing any other move - for example the
pitiful} 18... Qd8 $2 {quickly loses all hopes of an attack after} 19. f4 Nc4
20. Bc3 $18) 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bf5 $1 Rcb8 (20... gxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxa4 22. Qxf7+ Kh8
23. Bc3 $1 {is a cold shower.}) 21. Bxb4 Qxb4 {perhaps the critical moment in
the game.} 22. a3 $2 {Unwisely provoking a firestorm. It is difficult to
imagine what provoked Jobova to play such a move, as it's not hard to ensivage
Mamedaryov's reply. But last rounds have their own rules - fatigue and nerves
play a large part.} ({White had two ways to beat off the attack. The first was
with} 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qb3 {but this is somewhat inaccurate because of} Bb5
24. Nc3 Qa5 $1 (24... Nxb2 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Nxb5 Nxd1 27. Nxa7 $1 {when White
can claim an edge in the ending}) 25. Nge4 f5 $1 26. Ng5 Nxb2 27. Nxb5 c4 28.
Qe3 Qxb5 29. Qe6+ Kh8 {when again White has to reach for the escape route with}
30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ $11) ({A better way is surely with the immediate} 22. Qb3
$1 gxf5 23. Re7 {although even here the game remains something of a mess;} h6
24. Rxa7 Bb5 25. Ne6 $1 Bxa4 26. Rxa4 Bxb2+ 27. Kb1 Qxb3 28. axb3 Nb6 $1 29.
Ra7 $16 {finding all these moves over the board however is far from easy.})
22... Nxa3 $1 {Snapped off. Now it is White who finds himself on the
uncomfortable side of a draw.} 23. bxa3 Qxa3+ 24. Kd2 Qg3 $1 {White is a rook
and bishop ahead but that's the end of the good news. Black's remaining forces
are co-ordinating beautifully while by contrast White has too many pieces
hanging and his king is too exposed to have any hope of consolidating his
material advantage.} 25. Rb1 $1 Qxf4+ 26. Kd1 Rxb1+ 27. Qxb1 Qd4+ {Mamedaryov
decides his shredded nerves have had enough of a workout for one day and
decides to steer the game towards equality.} (27... Qxa4+ {would have really
put the question to White.} 28. Qc2 Qa1+ 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Bh6 $1 31. h4
$1 gxf5 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Re7 Kg6 34. Rd7 $1 f6 35. Rxd6 Bc4 {is rather an
unclear endgame that why well might favour Black, is not easy to assess from
afar.} 36. Kd2 Bf8 37. Rd8 fxg5 38. Rxf8 Bxd5 39. Rd8 Bxg2 40. Rg8+ {and a
draw is highly likely.}) 28. Kc1 Qf4+ 29. Kd1 gxf5 30. Re8+ Bf8 {I was
watching this game on chessbomb, which gives a computer evaluation for every
move. It was giving Nxc5 as White's main choice here. I thought to myself
Jobava likely won't find it, as it's a computer like move. In fact he smashed
it out instantly....} 31. Nxc5 $1 {I think the really impressive thing is that
Jobava had about an hour left at this point, an astonishing refusal to be
dragged into time trouble when you consider the complexity of the game.  Now
it really is going to be a draw. Black is pinned down by the rook on e8 and
the White king is too exposed to hope to escape all the checks.} Qd4+ 32. Kc1
Qxc5+ 33. Qc2 Qg1+ 34. Qd1 Qc5+ 35. Qc2 Qg1+ 36. Qd1 Qxg2 37. Qh5 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Gustafsson,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Bindlach"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{German Bundesliga, Sunday morning. Nowadays starting at 10am, which is better
than 9am, but still....} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 $6 {The first surprise.
Arkadij normally goes for the Nimzo and I hadn't seen him play the Benoni
before. After the game he told me "You looked so sleepy, I just had to make a
fight out of it". Of course it's a legitimate and fine strategy to opt for an
unbalanced fighting position being the stronger player. But I still don't
think his choice was clever here. First of all, he didn't have any experience
in the Benoni, and the resulting positions can be quite hard to play from the
black side. Secondly, while the position is complicated, White can just
develop his pieces normally and get a pleasant position without too many
pitfalls. So he failed in making me face too many tough decisions early in the
morning, in spite of the surprise.} 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 {
I decided to opt for the solid "modern main line" or whatever it's called.
Arguably 7.f4 is more critical, but it's not really in sync with my solid
cowardish style, especially without any preparation.} Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Na6
$6 {The second surprise, and this time definitely a pleasant one. This move is
generally considered to be too slow and doesn't really interfere with White's
plans. Arkadij's trainer Beliavsky used it once, but as far as I can see, he's
the only strong player who ever actually won with it! The main line is ... b5,
but then again that move tends to lead to forced play and simplifications,
something that wasn't really on my opponents agenda.} (9... b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Rd8 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 {
is the main line, with Black regaining the pawn eventually. White seems to be
able to keep a tiny edge, but in practice Black has normally been able to hold.
}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 {Simple chess. I'm just getting
the pieces out. Eventually, White is dreaming of Nd2-Nc4.} Ba6 14. Rb1 $1 {
Prophylaxis. The rook gets out of the range of Black's g7 guy, and more
importantly, I am now ready to counter the main idea of Black's setup
effectively: I am getting ready for b4 before Black can get in b5!} h6 {
A strange move, showing Black doesn't really have a constructive plan.} (14...
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 a6 16. b4 {and White is better.}) 15. Bh2 {As h6 didn't scare me
too much, I decided to bit some time and get my bishop out of possible furture
harrasment by means of g5 or Nh5.} Rc8 $2 {In my opinion, this is already the
decisive mistake. Now I get the chance to go for a forced sequence exploiting
Black's weaknesses on d6 and a7. Then again, its hard to come up with good
advice for Blacks cause already. As I said, I'm not a big fan of the Na6-Nc7
idea..} 16. Bxa6 $1 {I spent almost one hour on this move trying to calculate
stuff. It's not that logical, since I invite Black's knight to enter b4, but
who cares if it works? White is just quicker.} Nxa6 17. Nd2 Bf8 (17... Rc7 18.
Nc4 Rd7 {is more resilient, but its not a pretty sight either}) 18. Nb5 {
The start of the forced line I had been spending my time on before Bxa6.
Luckily it works fine for White.} Ra8 (18... Qd7 19. Qf3 Nh7 20. Qg3) 19. Qf3
Nb4 20. Nc4 Nc2 21. Nbxd6 $1 (21. Rec1 Nd4) (21. Re2 a6) 21... Nxe1 22. Rxe1
Bxd6 23. Nxd6 Rf8 24. Nb7 $1 Qe7 25. Bd6 {This is where my calculations ended.
White remains a pawn to the good with a winning position. As they say, the
rest is a matter of technique. I never really got what that means though, I
guess the key is just to keep playing well even though you know that you have
a winning position?} Qxb7 26. Qxf6 (26. Bxf8 Nxe4 27. Bxh6 f5 {is less
clearcut.}) 26... Rfe8 (26... Rfc8 27. Be5 Kf8 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Bf6 {isn't
much fun for Black, so has to give back the exchange immediately.}) 27. Be5
Rxe5 28. Qxe5 Qa6 29. b3 {I'm confused. After the match my team captain Mrs.
Zickelbein told me b3 was a serious inacuracy accordig to her Fritz and Qf6
would be much stronger. My Fritz likes b3 though. And it does cover the a4
pawn, so I didn't really think twice about it. I like my pawns!} c4 {
Accelerating the end, but Black's position was fairly hopeless anyway.} 30. d6
$1 {I changed my mind and decided to give some pawns up for the greater good 
(Black rook on a8 that is).} cxb3 31. d7 Qxa4 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Qe7 b2 34. Qxd8+
Kg7 35. Rb1 Qxe4 (35... Qa1 36. Qf8+ Kxf8 37. d8=Q+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Rxa1)
36. Rxb2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. f4 $1 {So I finally managed to win a game on
board 1 in the Bundesliag again! The prop betting whether I will be able to
win another one a) this season b) this year c) ever has already started. Time
will tell!} 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Stohl Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7.
h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... b5 {Stohl} 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12.
Ng5 h6 $5 13. Ne6 Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qc4 {Poluliakhov,
A-Glianetz,A,Moscow 1991} 17. Qe2 $5 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Na6 19. Rhe1 $36) 10. O-O
c4 11. Bxc4 (11. Bc2 Bd7 (11... b5 {Stohl} 12. Nxb5 (12. a3 a6 $13) 12... Nxe4
13. Re1 Ba6 14. a4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc5 16. Nd2 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 c3 18. bxc3 Bxc3
19. Ra3 Bb4 20. Re3 Nbd7 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. Bb2 {Dreev,A-Wedberg,T,New York op
1991-CBM 23} Nxd5 $5 23. Ne4 Rc8 $146) 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Na6 14. e5 $14 {
Fishbein,A-Larsen,B New York 1990}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 (13. Bd3 {
Ftacnik} Re8 14. Bg5 Qb6 (14... Qa5 $5 {Stohl} 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Bb5 Nf6 $10 {Ribli,Z-Gschnitzer,O,BL 1990/91}) 15.
Re1 (15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qf4 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bf6 Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b3 Re4
$15 {Kozul,Z-Velimirovic,D/Jug ch/1990/} (20... Re4 21. Qd2 Rae8 $15 {Kozul,
Z-Velimirovic,D,YUG-ch 1990-CBM 17})) 15... Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Rc1 (17. Qe2
{Stohl} Nd7 18. Re1 Ne5 $10 {Pardo,M-Watanabe,A,Santiago W-chjr 1990}) 17...
Nd7 18. b3 $14 {Epishin,V-Haist,W/Baden Baden op/1990/}) 13... Bf6 14. Bd3 Re8
15. Qd2 {N} (15. Qa4 Nd7 16. Qh4 $14 {Cramling,P-Wedberg,T Stockholm 1990} (16.
Qh4 {Ftacnik} a6 (16... Bxg5 $142 17. Nxg5 Nf6) 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 b5 19.
Re4 Bb7 20. Rf4 Kg7 21. Qh6+ (21. Nd4 $3 {Stohl} h5 (21... Bxd5 22. Rxf6 $1
Nxf6 23. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Bxf6 $18) (21... Bxg5 22. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7
23. Qxh7+ Kf6 $8 (23... Kf8 24. Ne6+) 24. Qxg6+ Ke5 $8 (24... Ke7 25. Nf5+ Kf8
26. Qg7+ Ke8 27. Nxd6#) 25. Qe4+ Kf6 26. Qf5+ Ke7 (26... Kg7 27. Ne6+ {/\Qh7#})
27. Qxg5+ Ke8 (27... Kf7 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Ne6+ $18) (27... Nf6 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29.
Bg6#) 28. Bg6+ $18) 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxg6 $1 Nxd5 (23... fxg6 $2 24. Ne6+) (
23... Kxg6 24. Rf5 $1 $18 {/\Qg5}) 24. Rxf7+ Kxg6 25. Rg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Ne6+ $18
) 21... Kg8 22. Qh4 $10 {Cramling,P-Wedberg,T/Stockholm/1990/})) 15... Bxg5 (
15... Nd7 16. Rfe1 {+/=/+/-}) 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 (17. Ne4 Bf5 $10) (17. Nxf7
Kxf7 18. Qxh6 Bf5 {/=}) 17... Kg7 18. Rfe1 (18. Qc3+ {Stohl} Qf6 19. Qc7 Nd7
$13) 18... Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nd7 20. Re4 $1 {/\Rh4/Qc3+,Rf4} (20. Qc3+ {Stohl} Qf6
21. Re8 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Nb6 $15 {/\Bd7}) (20. Qf4 {Stohl} Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Nxf6 $10)
(20. Bc2 $5 {Stohl /\Qd4|^}) 20... Nc5 (20... Nb6 21. Rh4 $40) (20... Nf6 21.
Rh4 h5 (21... Ng8 22. Rf4 {/\Dc3+}) (21... g5 $2 22. Nxg5) 22. Rf4 (22. g4 $40
{Ftacnik}) 22... Nh7 $16 (22... Bd7 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd4 Rc5 25. Bc4 $18 {
/\g2-g4-g5})) 21. Rh4 h5 (21... g5 22. Qc3+ $1 f6 23. Rd4 $16 {/^b1-h7,><e6})
22. Bb1 (22. Bc2 $5 {Ftacnik}) (22. g4 {Stohl} Qf6 $36) 22... a5 (22... Bd7 {
Ftacnik} 23. b4 Na4 24. Rf4 $16) 23. g4 $5 (23. Rf4 Bd7 24. g4 (24. Qd4+ $14 {
Ftacnik}) 24... hxg4 25. hxg4 {/\Qc3+,g5,Rh4} Qh8 $1 $14) (23. b4 $5 {Stohl}
axb4 24. Rxb4 $132) 23... Nd7 (23... Qf6 24. gxh5 Bf5 (24... Qxf3 25. hxg6 $18)
25. hxg6 Qxg6+ 26. Rg4 $18) 24. gxh5 $138 (24. g5 {Ftacnik} Ne5 $14) 24... Ne5
25. h6+ $6 (25. Rf4 Bxh3 26. hxg6 fxg6 {+/=/}) 25... Kh7 (25... Kh8 {Ftacnik}
26. Nxe5 Qxh4 $2 27. Nxf7+ Kh7 (27... Kg8 28. Bxg6 $18) 28. Qc3 $18) (25... Kf8
{Ftacnik} 26. Rf4 $16) 26. Qf4 $2 (26. Rf4 Qe7 $13 (26... f5 $13) (26... Bxh3
$2 27. Nxe5 Qg5+ 28. Ng4 f5 (28... Bxg4 29. Rxf7+ Kxh6 30. Rh7+) 29. Qc3 $18) (
26... f5 $13 {Ftacnik}) (26... f5 $13 {Stohl})) (26. Ng5+ $2 Qxg5+ 27. Qxg5
Nf3+ $19) 26... Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Qg5+ $19 (27... Qxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxf7+ Kxh6
29. Qxg6#) 28. Kh2 (28. Rg4 {Ftacnik} Bxg4 29. Qxf7+ Kxh6 $19) 28... Bf5 (28...
Qxh4 $4 {Stohl} 29. Qxf7+ $18) 29. Rc4 (29. Rf4 {Ftacnik} Bxb1 30. Rxf7+ Kxh6
$19) (29. Bxf5 {Ftacnik} Qxh4 $19 (29... Qxh4 {Stohl} 30. Bd3 Rf8 $19)) 29...
Bxb1 30. Qxf7+ Kxh6 31. Rg4 (31. Rc7 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 (32. f4 {Ftacnik} Qxb2+ 33.
Kg3 Rh8 $19) 32... g5 33. Re7 Bg6 $19) 31... Qe5+ (31... Qf5 {Ftacnik} 32. Rh4+
Kg5 33. f4+ $1 (33. Qe7+ Qf6 34. Rg4+ Kf5 35. Rf4+ $18) 33... Kxh4 34. Qh7+ Qh5
35. Qe7+ g5 36. Qe1#) (31... Qh5 {Ftacnik} 32. f4 $1 Bf5 33. Kg3 Bxg4 34. hxg4
Qh1 35. g5+ Kh5 36. Qh7#) 32. Kg2 g5 33. h4 Bg6 34. hxg5+ Qxg5 (34... Kh5 {
Ftacnik} 35. Qf3 $1) 35. Qe6 (35. Qf3 Qe5 $19) 35... Re8 $138 (35... Re8 $1 {
Ftacnik} 36. Rxg5 Rxe6 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
(7... a6 $5 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 $6 12. Nc4 Nb6 13.
e5 $1 dxe5 14. Qxe5+ Kf8 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O Re8 17. Qf4 h5 18. a5 Qb3 19.
Qc7 h4 20. d6 Qe6 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Rfe1 $16 {Benjamin,J-De Firmian,N/New York
op/1993/}) 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 (9... Re8 10. O-O c4 $5 11. Bxc4 $1 Nxe4 12.
Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 $1 $14) (9... a6 10. a4 $5 Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bxc4 $1) 10.
O-O (10. Nxb5 $1 Nxe4 (10... Re8 $1 $44 {Stohl}) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Nd2 $14)
10... a6 (10... b4 $5 {Stohl} 11. Ne2 $5 (11. Nb1 Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Nb6
14. a3 $1 bxa3 15. Rxa3 a5 16. Nb1 Ba6 17. Nc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nfd7 19. Bf4 c4
20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 23. Ng5 Qg7 24. Qh4 Nbd7 {1/2:1/2,
Kishnev,S-Womacka,M/Munich op/1992/}) 11... Nbd7 12. Ng3 Nb6 13. Bg5 a5 14. Rc1
Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Qf4 Nbd7 18. Qh4 h6 $1 19. Bxh6 Nxe4 $13 {
Yermolinsky,A-Wolff,P/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 11. a3 (11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a4 $1 (12.
Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rac1 c4 15. Bb1 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Ne3 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Ba6 22. Nce5 Nc5 23. Nc6 Bf6 24. Qe3 Qd7
25. Qf4 Bxb2 26. Rxc5 dxc5 {Pritchett,C-Hall,J/Rilton-Cup 1988/1-0 (38)}) (12.
Bf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. Ndxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18.
Nxd6 Rec8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rab1 Bf8 21. a3 Nc5 22. Qd4 Nfd7 23. Be3 Qb5 $44 {
Fischdick,G-Fabisch,C/Dortmund op-A/1993/}) 12... b4 (12... c4 13. Bf1 b4 14.
Na2 a5 15. Bxc4 Nc5 16. e5 $36) 13. Nb1 {[+],><c4} a5 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Ra2 $1
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b3 Ra7 (17... Nfd7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qf6 20. Rc2 $14)
18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qa1 Rc7 {/\c4} 20. Nc4 $1 $8 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7
23. Rae2 Rce7 (23... Nh5 $142 $5 {/\Nf4,Qf6}) 24. Nd2 $36 {><a5} f5 25. e5 (25.
e5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 $16 {><c5,a5}) 25... Nh5 26. e6 Ra7 27. Nb3 Qh4 28. Qc1 Qf6
29. Re3 g5 30. Rf3 Qg6 31. Qd1 Kg7 32. Rfe3 Nf6 33. Qa1 h5 34. Qc1 g4 35. h4 f4
36. R3e2 f3 37. Re3 fxg2 $6 38. Nxc5 $5 Rc7 $2 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Qf6 {
Psakhis,L-Spraggett,K/EUCup Gr7Barcelona 1993/1-0 (52)}) (11. Bf4 Re8 (11...
Bb7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rc1 (13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. b3 $13) 13... Nbd7 14. b3 Nh5 15. Be3
(15. Bh2 Bh6) 15... Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. a4 c4 $1 18. bxc4 bxc4 (18... b4 19.
Na2 $16) 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20. Nd1 $1 $8 Qxa4 21. Nb2 Qa3 (21... Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Rxc4
23. Qxb7 $14) 22. Nd4 (22. Bd4 $5) 22... Nhf6 23. f3 Nb6 $1 24. Ra1 Qc5 25.
Rec1 Nxe4 $1 26. fxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxa6 Bxd4 $8 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. Qf2 Qb4 30. Rxc8+
Bxc8 31. Nd3 $1 Rxd3 32. Bxd3 Nxd5 33. Ra8 Qc3 34. Ba6 Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qd4+ 36.
Kh1 Nb6 37. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {Vyzmanavin,A-Suba,M/Kobenhavn/1991/1-0 (58)}) 12. Re1
Bb7 (12... Qb6 13. a4 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. b4 Na6 18.
Be3 Qb8 19. Qb1 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Bc3 Bc8 24. Qb2
Bd7 25. Nd4 Nc7 {Vyzmanavin,A-Stefansson,H/Moscow GMA-op (8) 1989/1-0 (46)})
13. a3 Qb6 14. Qd2 (14. Rc1 Nbd7 15. b4 Rac8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bg5 Nhf6 18. Bf4
Qd8 19. Bh2 Qe7 20. g4 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Wojtkiewicz,A/Komotini GP-1 (03)
1993}) 14... Nbd7 15. Re2 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Rae1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rac8
20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qf7 23. f3 Re7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Rf1 Rec7 26. Bg1
Ned3 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Ree1 Qf7 29. Rd1 f5 30. exf5 Bxd5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Nxd5
Qxd5 33. Qf4 Rf8 34. Qg4 g5 35. g3 Re7 36. b4 Nd7 37. Rxd3 Nf6 {0-1 Aseev,
K-Magerramov,E/Rostov op(04) 1993}) (11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. a4 c4 13. Bb1 Rb8 14.
axb5 axb5 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Ra3 Re8 17. Ng3 b4 18. Rf3 Ba6 19. Re1 Nfd7 20. Ndf1
Ne5 21. Rfe3 Ned3 22. R1e2 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 c3 24. Re1 cxb2 25. Qd1 Qd7 {Bouchaud,
V-Mascarinas,R/Genf op (1) 1991/0-1 (42)}) 11... Re8 (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4 {N}
(12... Ne8 13. Rc1 {/\ b4} Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qd2 $1 $14 Rb8 (15... Ra7 16.
Be3 {/\ b4, f4}) 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. f4 Bd4+ 18. Kh2 (18. Kh1 f5 19. Ne2 Bf6 20. e5
$5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxc5 $14) 18... f5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b4
$1 c4 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. Rce1 Rbe8 24. Re3 $16 Nh5 25. Bd1 Ng7 26. Bc2 $6 {
Naumkin,I-Khalifman,A/Vilnius/1988/1/2-1/2 (43)}) 13. Bc2 (13. Bxd6 $5 cxd3 14.
Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Qxd3 $1 Qd6 $13) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 (14. Nd4 Ne5 $5 {/\ Nfd7})
14... Re8 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Rae1 $6 Bd7 17. g4 $6 {/\ Bg3, f4} Qb6 $1 {פd4} 18.
Be3 Ncxe4 $6 (18... a5 $1 19. f3 {Vladimirov,E} b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nce2 Ra2 {
/\ c3} 22. Qc1 Qa6 {/\ 23... Ba4, 23... Nd3-/+}) 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4
21. Nf5 Rxe3 22. Nxe3 Qd4 $6 (22... Rc8 $1 {/\ a5, b4} 23. Rc1 {/\ 23... a5 24.
a4} Qc5 $5 {/\ c3-/+}) 23. Qxd4 Bxd4 24. Nd1 g5 $1 25. Kg2 Be5 26. Re2 f5 27.
f3 {Vladimirov,E-Franco,Z/Marchena/1989/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (11... Nh5 $5 12. Bg5
Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. b4 Bc8 17. Bh6 c4 18. Bc2 Ne5
19. Nd4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 $132 {Levitt,J-Suba,M/Dublin Telecom/1991/}) 12. Re1
Nbd7 (12... Ra7 13. Bf4 (13. Be3 $1 Nbd7 (13... Rae7 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Bxc5
Rd7 16. d6 $5 Nc6 17. Ne4 $14 {->}) 14. Rc1 Ra8 (14... Rc7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Qd2
$14) 15. Bf4 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Qd2 $36 {(),[+]} Qb6 18. Rcd1 Nfd7 19. Be3 Bb7
20. Bd4 f6 $6 (20... Bxd4 $8 21. Qxd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 $5 23. Qe3 Nd7 $14) 21.
Nh2 Re7 22. Nf1 Rae8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. f3 Qc7 25. Qf2 (25. Qf2 Bg7 {/\Ne5-d3} 26.
f4 $1 $8 {ץg7} Qb6 27. Qg3 a5 {Sakaev,K-Lyrberg,P/Helsinki op (03) 1992/1-0 
(52)}) 25... Ne5 26. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 27. hxg4 $16) 13... Rae7 (13... h6 14. Qd2 g5
15. Bh2 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rae7 18. d6 Re6 19. Ng4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Bxg4 $132 {0,5/Cramling,P-Gavrikov,V/Bern/1991/}) 14. Qc2 b4 (14...
Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Qb2 Kg8
21. Bb1 Bb7 (21... Bb7 $132 {Ibragimov,I-Pigusov,E/S-Peterburg/1993/}) 22. Qd2
Kg7 $10 {= Ibragimov,I-Pigusov,E/Sankt_Peterburg (zt) 57/(101) 1993}) 15. axb4
cxb4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Re3 Bb5 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh6 20. Re2 f5 21. Nc4 fxe4
22. Bxe4 b3 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Bxd6 Qxc4 25. Bxe7 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Ree1 {
Yurtaev,L-Yudasin,L/URS-FL56 Simferopol 1988/1/2-1/2 (42)}) 13. Bf4 c4 14. Bc2
Nc5 (14... Qb6 {Stohl} 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Be3 Qc7 (16... Nc5 $142 $5) 17. Bh6 Rac8
(17... Bh8 $5 $14) 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd4 Re7 21. Qf4 Re5 22. Qg3
Nh5 23. Qe3 Nhf6 24. Kh2 Rce8 25. f4 R5e7 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Qg5 $16 {Yermolinski,
A-Marin,M/Tilburg/1994/}) 15. Qd2 {/\Rad1,e4-e5} Bb7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bh6 (17.
e5 $2 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Rad8) (17. Be3 {Stohl} Rac8 18. Bd4 Qd8 19. Nh2 h5 $1 20.
f4 a5 $1 $15 {Shevelev-Gavrikov,V/Malgrat de Mar/1993/}) 17... Nfd7 (17... Bh8
$5) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Nd2 {/\f2-f4} Rac8 $6 (20... Re7) 21. Re3 {
/\Rde1,f2-f4,e4-e5} Re7 22. f4 Rce8 (22... a5 $2 23. a4 $16) 23. Rde1 {
/\Nd2-f3,e4-e5} Na4 $8 (23... a5 $2 {Stohl} 24. Nxb5 $1 Qxb5 25. Nxc4 Qa6 $8
26. b4 axb4 27. axb4 Na4 28. b5 $18) 24. Qxb6 Naxb6 {/\Nd7-c5,Bb7-c8-d7,a6-a5,
b5-b4} 25. Kf2 Nc5 26. Nf3 {/\Nd4} f5 $2 (26... Bc8 {Stohl} 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. g4
$16 {/\f5,Ne6}) 27. exf5 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 Nxd5+ 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31.
Nh4 $1 Bf7 (31... a5 $5 32. fxg6 (32. g4 $16) 32... hxg6 33. Bxg6 $2 Bxg2) (
31... gxf5 {Stohl} 32. Nxf5+ Kf6 33. g4 Nb7 34. g5+ $40) 32. g4 a5 33. fxg6 (
33. g5 b4 34. axb4 axb4 $132) 33... hxg6 34. f5 $16 g5 (34... gxf5 {Stohl} 35.
Nxf5+ Kf6 36. Nxd6 b4 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Kd4 $18) 35. Nf3 b4 (35... Kf6 36. h4
$18 (36. h4 {Stohl} gxh4 37. g5+ Ke7 38. Nxh4 b4 39. f6+ Ke6 40. Kd4 $1 $18 {
/\Bf5#})) 36. axb4 axb4 37. Nxg5 b3 38. Bb1 Na4 39. Kd4 (39. Nxf7 $2 {Stohl}
Kxf7 40. Kd4 Nxb2 41. Kc3 Nd1+ {/\Nf2=}) 39... Bg8 (39... Nxb2 40. Nxf7 Kxf7
41. g5 (41. Kc3 Nd1+ 42. Kxc4 Nf2 $10) 41... d5 42. f6 (42. h4 $2 Nd1 {/\c4-c3}
) 42... Ke6 $1 (42... Nd1 43. Ke5 c3 44. g6+ Kf8 45. Bf5 $18) 43. Bh7 $1 (43.
h4 Nd1 44. h5 c3 45. h6 c2 $19) 43... Nd1 44. Bg8+ Kd7 45. Bxd5 b2 46. Be4 $18
Nf2 47. Bc2 (47. Bf5+ Kd6 48. g6 Nd3 $13) 47... Ke6 (47... Nxh3 48. g6 $18) 48.
h4 $18) 40. Ne4 Nxb2 (40... d5 41. Nc3 Nxb2 42. g5 $18) 41. g5 (41. Nxd6 Nd1 {
/\c4-c3} 42. g5 (42. Nxc4 Bxc4 43. Kxc4 Nf2 $10)) 41... Nd1 42. Nxd6 c3 43. f6+
Kf8 (43... Kh8 {Stohl} 44. Bf5 Bh7 (44... c2 45. g6 $18) 45. Be6 $1 c2 46. Nf7+
Kg8 47. Ne5+ Kh8 48. f7 Kg7 49. Nd7 c1=Q 50. f8=Q+ Kg6 51. Qh6#) 44. g6 {
/\45.g7#} Bd5 (44... Be6 45. Bf5 $18 (45. Bf5 $1 {Stohl} Bxf5 46. g7+ Kg8 47.
Nxf5 c2 48. Nh6+ $18)) (44... Bc4 {Stohl} 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Bg6 $1 c2 47. Nc8 $18
) 45. g7+ Kg8 46. Bg6 {/\Nf5-h6/Nf5-e7 #} Be6 47. Nf5 (47. Nf5 {Stohl} Bxf5 48.
Bxf5 Kf7 49. Bh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.7"]
[White "Meins, Gerlef"]
[Black "Kuraszkiewicz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Be2 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qc1 Rb8 15. a5
Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3 Kh7 18. Re1 Qf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Qd8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Qxc5 e4 23. Nd2 Nf4 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Qd4 Ne6 26. Qb4 Qxd5 27. Nxe4 Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 Red8 29. Rae1 Qd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bc4 b6 32. axb6 Rbxb6 33. b3 Kg7 34.
Ra1 Kf8 35. Re3 Kg7 36. g3 g5 37. Kg2 Kf8 38. Ra5 Kg7 39. Rf3 f6 40. Re3 Kf8
41. Ra1 Ke7 42. Rae1 Kd7 43. Re4 Nd4 44. Re7+ Kc6 45. Rc1 Kc5 46. Bxa6+ Kb4 47.
Bc4 Nxb3 48. Bxb3 Kxb3 {Spiel gegen die Bauernschwächen f6 und h6} 49. Rc5 Kb4
50. Rf5 Kc4 $2 (50... Rb5 $1 51. Rxb5+ Kxb5 52. g4 Kc5 53. Rh7 (53. Rg7 Kd5 54.
Rg6 Ke5 55. Rxh6 Kf4 {oder ein Turmzug riecht ebenfalls streng nach Remis})
53... f5 54. gxf5 Kd5 55. Kg3 Ke5 $11) 51. Rh7 Kd4 52. Rxh6 Ke4 53. g4 {
Jetzt bleibt die Schwäche f6 fixiert.} Rdc6 54. h4 gxh4 55. Rxh4 Kd3 (55... Rb1
{[%cal Rc6c1]} 56. Rh1 $1 Rxh1 57. Kxh1 Ra6 58. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rg2g3,
Rg3h4,Rh4h5,Rh5g6]}) 56. Rh3+ Kd4 57. Rhf3 Re6 58. Kg3 Rbc6 59. Kh4 Rb6 60.
R3f4+ {[%csl Rf6][%cal Rh4h5,Rh5g6]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arlandi, Ennio"]
[Black "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 b6 15.
Qc2 Bg7 16. g4 Nhf6 17. f4 h6 18. Rae1 Nf8 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Bf2 h5 21. Bh4 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. e5 Qb6 25. exf6 Rxe1 26. fxg7 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1
Kxg7 28. Ne4 Nd7 29. Qc3+ Kg8 30. gxh5 b4 31. Qg3 Bb7 32. Bc4 Re8 33. Ng5 Ba6
34. hxg6 fxg6 35. Ne6 Nf8 36. Nxf8 Kxf8 37. Qd3 Bxc4 38. Qxc4 Qa5 39. Kg2 b3
40. Bf2 Qd2 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Bxc5 Kh6 43. Qxb3 Qh2 44. Qb5 {[#] Hilfsmatt statt
Dauerschach.} Qxh3+ 45. Kf2 Qh2+ 46. Kf3 Re1 $4 {[%mdl 12288]} (46... Qh3+ $11)
47. Bf8+ Kh5 48. d6+ Kh4 49. Qg5+ Kh3 50. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. e4 Bg7
9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. h3 b5 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bf4 Na6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Bxe5 Rad8 17. Qd2 c4 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. Qd4 Bf5 20. d6 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Nfd7
22. Bxf5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 gxf5 24. Rd1 Ne4 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Nc6 Rxd6 27. Ne7+ Kf8
28. Nxf5 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Be5 30. Nfe3 Nc5 31. Nd5 Na4 32. N1c3 Nxb2 33. Nxb5 Na4
34. Kf1 Ke8 35. f4 Bb8 36. g3 Kd7 37. Nb4 Nc5 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Kf3 Nd6 40. Nc3
b5 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Ba7 43. Nc3 Bd4 44. Ne2 Bc5 45. Nc2 Ke6 46. g4 Nb5 47.
h4 f6 48. Ne3 Nd6 49. Nc3 Bd4 50. Ne2 Bc5 51. Ng3 Kf7 52. Nd5 Ke6 53. Nc3 Bd4
54. Nge2 Bxc3 55. Nxc3 Kf7 56. h5 Nb7 57. Ne4 Ke7 58. Ke3 Nd8 59. Nc3 Nf7 60.
Kd4 Nh6 61. Nd5+ Ke6 62. Ne3 c3 63. Kxc3 {[#]} Nxg4 64. Nxg4 Kf5 65. Nxf6 Kxf6
$1 {[#] Diese Position ist remis, weil der weiße h-Bauer bereits gezogen hat
und der schwarze Randbauer auf h7 verharrt. Mit dem Randbauer auf h2 gewinnt
Weiß prinzipiell, indem er seinen f-Bauern nach f7 bringt. Dabei ist es
unerheblich, ob der weiße König noch nach f6 gehen muß oder nicht. Zieht dann
der schwarze h-Bauer, so bringt Weiß seinen Randbauern wahlweise einen oder
zwei Felder voran, so dass keine Pattstellung entsteht. Sobald der weiße
Randbauer auch nur ein Feld weiter vorne steht, entfällt die Wahlmöglichkeit
und das Endspiel bleibt remis.} ({Was passiert, denn Schwarz den Springer am
Leben lässt?} 65... Kxf4 $2 66. Kd4 h6 67. Kd5 Kf5 {[#] Variantendiagramm Weiß
gewinnt kunstvoll mit eleganten Bocksprüngen des Springers und schlussendlich
mit einem präzisen Königszug.} 68. Ne8 Kg5 69. Ng7 Kf6 70. Ne6 {[%csl Gg5]} Kf5
71. Kd6 Kf6 72. Kd7 Kf7 (72... Kf5 73. Ke7 Kg4 74. Ng7 Kg5 75. Kf7 $18) 73. Nc5
$1 Kf6 74. Ne4+ {[%csl Gg5]} Kf5 75. Ng3+ {[%csl Gh5]} Kg4 76. Ke6 Kxg3 77. Kf5
$1 Kf3 78. Kg6 Kf4 79. Kxh6 Kf5 80. Kg7 $18) 66. Kd4 Kf5 67. Ke3 Kf6 68. Ke4
Ke6 69. Kf3 Kf5 70. Kg3 Ke6 71. Kf2 Kf5 72. Kf3 Ke6 73. Ke4 Kf6 74. f5 Kf7 75.
Ke5 Ke7 76. f6+ Kf7 77. Kf5 Ke8 (77... Kf8 $2 78. Ke6 Ke8 79. f7+ Kf8 80. Kf6
h6 81. Kg6 $18) (77... h6 $2 78. Ke5 Kf8 79. Kf4 Ke8 80. Ke4 Kf8 81. Ke5 $18 {
Nach diesem Dreiecksmanöver gewinnt Weiß}) 78. Kf4 Kf7 79. Kg5 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LTU-ch"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakalauskas, Vaidas"]
[Black "Piesina, Gintautas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2424"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qb6 {With the different
order of moves this position was occurred enough frequently. White does not
want to enter theoretical discussions and prefers to place figures at centre
quietly and strongly .} 14. Qd2 {'Stohl: 'A complicated position. Despite
allowing Black's expansion on the Q-side, White has a strong center and that's
where his chances lie. But Black has pressure on the half open e-file, thus
making it difficult for White to make any progress. Also an advance of the
Q-side pawns may be dangerous in favourable circumstances. Basically it can be
said White's typical central plan is much harder to realize without the
typical prophylactic a4.''} Bb7 (14... c4 $5) 15. Rac1 (15. Re2 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5
17. Rae1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qf7 23.
f3 Re7 24. Kh1 Qe8 25. Rf1 Rec7 26. Bg1 Ned3 $132 {Aseev-Magerramov, Rostov
open 1993}) (15. Rad1 Rac8 (15... Rad8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Kh1 c4 18. Bc2 Ne5 19.
Nd4 Nfd7 20. Be3 Nc5 21. f4 Ned3 $132 22. Bxd3 Nxd3 23. Ne6 Qa5 24. Nxd8 Qxd8
25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Qc2 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxe4 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qxd3 Bxd5 30. Qxd5
Rxe3 31. Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Estremera Panos,S-Alvarez,E/Oropesa del Mar 1996}) 16.
Bh6 Bh8 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qf3 Ree8 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. Qg3 Ne5 22. Bf1
Bg7 23. Qh4 c4 $132 {Christiansen,L-De Firmian,N/Seattle USA 2002}) 15... Rac8
16. Kh1 $146 {In this variant, when white accept activity of the opponent on
the queenside, a typical central breakthrough plan isn't so effective here
because of weakness of a pawn d5.} ({but more effective plan,when black
doesn't harry with c5-c4, with} 16. b4 $5 {and white want to get the important
square d4!} Nh5 17. Bg5 $1 (17. Be3 $5 {[%cal Ge3b6,Gc1c8]} Qd8 18. Ne2 Qe7 19.
g4 Nhf6 20. Ng3 cxb4 21. axb4 Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4]} 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qe7 24.
Bf2 Nd7 25. g5 f6 $5 26. h4 Qf7 27. Bf1 Nf8 28. Bh3 $14 {[%cal Gc1c8,Gh3c8]
Georgiev,V-Delchev,A/Benasque 1996}) (17. Bh6 Bh8 (17... Qd8 $5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 {
[%cal Gd8f6] /\ Qf6<=>}) 18. g4 Nhf6 19. Be3 h5 (19... Qd8 $1 $132 {[%cal
Gd7b6,Gf6d7] (/\ Nb6, Nfd7)} 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nh2 $6 cxb4 22. axb4 Ne5 $36 {
[%cal Ge5d3,Ge5c4]}) 20. g5 Nh7 21. Nh4 (21. Ne2 Qd8 22. h4 (22. Ng3 $2 c4 23.
Bf1 h4 $1 {[%csl Gc4,Rg5]} 24. Nxh4 c3 25. Qc2 Nxg5 $36) 22... c4 (22... Nhf8
23. Ng3 $14 c4 24. Bf1 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 Bg7 27. Bd4 $16) 23. Bb1 $14 {
Dautov}) 21... Qd8 22. f4 Nhf8 23. Nf3 Nb6 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Qf2 (25. Ne2 $2
Nxd5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd8d5,Gb7h1]}) (25. Bf2 b4 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Ne2 Rxc1 28.
Rxc1 Nxd5 $1 29. exd5 Qxd5 $17) 25... Nfd7 26. Rf1 (26. Red1 Qe7 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Gb6d5] /\ Nd5} 27. d6 Qxd6 28. Bxb5 Qe6 $17 {[%csl Rh3]}) (26. Ne2 Bb2
27. Rb1 Bxa3 $17) (26. Bb1 Nc4 $132) 26... Qe7 27. Nd1 c4 28. Bc2 (28. Bb1 $5)
28... Qxa3 29. f5 Bg7 (29... Qd6 30. f6 b4 $17 {[%cal Gc4c3,Gb4b3]}) 30. Nd4
Ne5 $17 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gb6d5] Dautov,R-Lobron,E/Essen 1999/Inf 75/[Dautov,R]}
) 17... Qc7 (17... Nhf6 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Bh2 Qe7 20. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,
I-Wojtkiewicz,A/Komotini GP-1 1993}) (17... Ne5 $5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 (18... Rxe5 $6
19. Be3 $14 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge3b6]}) 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. g4 Nf6 21. Ng3 Nd7 22.
Bf1 $132 {[%cal Gg7d4,Gb6f2]}) 18. Ne2 $1 (18. a4 $6 cxb4 19. Nxb5 Qb8 20. Nbd4
Nc5 $132 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Gc5d3]}) 18... Qb8 (18... c4 $6 19. Bb1 $14 {[%csl
Rg8]}) 19. g4 Nhf6 20. Ng3 cxb4 (20... Nb6 $6 21. Bh6 $40 {[%cal Gg3f5]}) 21.
axb4 Nb6 22. Bh6 Bh8 (22... Nc4 $2 23. Bxc4 Bxh6 $8 24. Qxh6 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4
26. Nf5 $1 $18) 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 (23... Rxc8 $5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Qg5 Qd8 26. Qh4 (
26. N3d4 $5) 26... Rc3 27. Rd1 Nc4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 29. Re1 $132 {[%csl Rb4,Re4]
[%cal Gh4d8]}) 24. Nf5 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2g5]} Qd7 25. Qf4 Rd8 (25... Nfxd5
$6 26. exd5 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Be5 $1 (27... Nxd5 $140 $2 28. Qxd6 $18) 28. Qd2 (
28. Qg5 $6 f6 29. Qe3 Nxd5 30. Qa7 Bc6 31. Qxa6 Nxb4 32. Qb6 Nxd3 33. Qb8+ Qe8
34. Qc7 Qd7 $11) 28... gxf5 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Nf3 $1 Bc3 (30... f6 $140 $6 31.
Nxe5 $1 fxg5 32. Nxd7 Nxd7 33. Bxf5 Nf6 34. Bxg5 Nxd5 35. Be4 $18) 31. Bxf5 (
31. Qh5 $5 $40) 31... Qe8 32. Be4 $5 $16 {[%csl Rh8]}) 26. Qg5 Re8 27. Qf4 Rd8
{Rustemov Alexander-Wedberg Tom /Stockholm 84/40 2002} 28. N5d4 Rc8 29. Rc1
Rxc1+ 30. Qxc1 Nc4 $5 (30... Nxg4 $140 $6 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Bxd4 33. Nxd4
f5 34. Qf4 $1 $18 {Rustemov,A}) 31. Qf4 Ne5 32. Bb1 Qc7 $132) 16... Nh5 17. Bh2
c4 18. Bc2 $11 Nc5 19. Rcd1 a5 $5 {Black prepare further progress queenside
pawns.} (19... Nf6 20. Qf4 Rcd8 21. Qh4 a5 $132 22. e5 $140 $6 {[%csl Rd5]}
dxe5 23. Nxe5 Nxd5 $17) 20. e5 $5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 b4 $5 22. Na4 Nxa4 (22... Qb5
$5 23. d6 $5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nd3 $5 25. Bxd3 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Bxc4 Nf4 $5
$44 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]}) 23. Bxa4 Red8 24. d6 ({crisper was} 24. Nd7 $5
Qa6 (24... Rxd7 $6 25. Bxd7 Rd8 26. Qe2 $1 Nf6 27. Bc6 Nxd5 28. Bxb7 Qxb7 29.
Qxc4 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rd8][%cal Gd1d8,Ge1e8]}) 25. Re7 $5 (25. axb4 c3 $5 26.
bxc3 Bxc3 27. Qe2 (27. b5 $140 $2 Qa8 $19 {[%cal Ga8g2,Gc3e1]}) 27... Bxe1 28.
Qxe1 axb4 29. Qxb4 Qc4 $11 {[%csl Ra4,Rd1,Rd7]}) 25... c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Qa2
Qc4 28. Qxc4 (28. Bb3 $6 c2 $1 29. Rc1 Qd4 30. Rxc2 (30. d6 $140 $6 a4 $19)
30... a4 31. Bc4 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Qd1+ 33. Bg1 Rxc2 34. Bxf7+ Kh8 $19 {[%cal
Gc2c1,Gc1h1]}) 28... Rxc4 29. Bc2 Rd4 30. Rde1 $36 {[%cal Ge7e8]}) 24... c3 25.
bxc3 $5 Rxc3 (25... Rxc3 26. Nd7 $5 (26. d7 Nf6 27. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 28. Re8 Rxh3
$1 $13 {[%cal Gb7h1]}) 26... Qa6 27. Qg5 Qa8 $132 {[%cal Ga8h1]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Lagowski, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 {Current opening theory has more
and more forced lines, which after forced play lead directly into an _|_. This
variation is one of them, there is almost no middlegame.} 18. Bg5 {This move
doesn't get even a slight advantage.} Qxb2 19. Qf3 Qe5 (19... Rfe8 $6 20. d6
Qe5 21. d7 Qxg5 22. dxc8=Q Rxc8 23. Rab1 $1 c4 24. Qb7 (24. Rb7 Qf6 25. Qg4 Qe6
26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rc1 c3 28. Rc2 Bd4 $14) 24... Qc5 25. Rb5 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6
27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Rd1 c3 29. Rc1 h5 30. Kf1 $16 {Sismanis,A-Kirgeridis,P/
Halkidiki GRE 2001}) 20. Bf4 (20. h4 $5 Rfe8 21. Rab1 h6 $5 (21... Qc7 $6 22.
Rfd1 Qd7 23. d6 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. h5 Re8 26. h6 Bf8 27. Qd5 Re6 28. Bf4 $16
{Halkias,S-Stefanopoulos,O/Athens 1999}) 22. Be3 Qe4 {[%csl Rd5]} 23. Qxe4 Rxe4
24. Rb7 Rd8 25. Rxa7 Rxd5 $11) (20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Qf6 22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Rad1 f5
$5 $132 {[%csl Rg3]}) 20... Qf5 21. g4 {Black is afraid of pawn d5, but for
white unnecessarily to weaken own kingside. After a few moves the pawn on h3
may become a target.} (21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rfe1 c4 23. g4 Qf6 $132) 21... Qf6 22.
Qg3 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Lately White managed to create some problems for Black
especially after this move.} (22... Rfd8 23. Rad1 c4 24. d6 Rd7 25. Rfe1 c3 26.
Be5 $11) ({Now it became clear that White has got nothing after the opening
and he has to play carefully in order to keep the balance. After} 22... Qa6 $5
23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd3 25. Kg2 Rfe8 26. Rfd1 Qxh3+ $15) 23. Bc7 Qc3 24. Rac1
(24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc3 Rd8 27. Rd1 $11) 24... Qxg3+ 25. Bxg3 Bd4
$6 (25... f5 $5 26. Bd6 Rfd8 27. Bxc5 Rxd5 28. Be3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 f4 $11) (25...
c4 $5 26. f4 Rfd8 27. Rfd1 h6 $11) 26. d6 Rcd8 27. Rfe1 Rd7 28. Re4 Kg7 29.
Rce1 Rfd8 30. Kf1 h6 31. Re7 $14 Kf8 $6 ({Black's task is not so simple,
although with accurate play he should be able to save the game.} 31... Kf6 32.
f4 $5 Rxe7 33. dxe7 Re8 34. h4 $1 gxh4 35. Bxh4+ Kg7 36. f5 f6 37. Bf2 Kf7 38.
Bxd4 cxd4 39. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rf6,Rh6] Now Black has a passive, but
defensible position.}) 32. R1e4 Bf6 (32... h5 $6 33. Ke2 $1 {Unpleasant
surprise! White,s king has to start dangerous trip to the center of the board}
(33. gxh5 $140 $6 f5) 33... h4 34. Bh2 Bf6 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Kd3 Bd4 37. Kc4
Bxf2 38. Kd5 Bg3 39. Bxg3 hxg3 40. Kc6 $18) 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Ke2 $16 Rb7 (
34... Bd4 35. Kd3 h5 36. Kc4 h4 37. Bh2 Bxf2 38. Kd5 {-32...h5}) 35. Kd3 Rb4
36. d7 $1 $18 Rb1 (36... Rxe4 $140 37. Bd6+ $18) 37. Kc2 Rb2+ 38. Kc1 Rxa2 39.
Re8+ Kg7 40. Be5 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 {A relatively less played idea, which however can give Black
very good counterplay if White doesn't react accurately.} 10. a4 {White limits
Black's << expansion, but instead he gives up the important square b4.} ({
It's not typical for White to ignore Black's << expansion with b5 in Benoni
positions; nevertheless he doesn't need to hurry with a4. After} 10. Bf4 Re8 $1
11. O-O b5 $5 {one of the basic positions of the variation have been reached.})
10... Na6 (10... Re8 11. O-O c4 (11... Na6 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Bb1 c4 14. Bf4 Qb6 (
14... a5 15. Bxd6 Bxh3 $6 16. e5 $1 $16) 15. a5 Qc5 16. Qd2 b6 17. Be3 Qc7 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb4 Ra5 22. Nd4 Qd7 (22... Qc5 $5)
23. Bc1 Nxd5 $5 (23... Ne8 $6 24. Nc6 Bxc6 25. Qxb6 Ra1 26. dxc6 Qc7 {Molnar,
L-Kraai,J/Budapest 1998} 27. Be3 $16) 24. exd5 Bxd4 25. b3 Ba6 $132) 12. Bc2 (
12. Bxc4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Re8 {without a4 Bd7} 15. Qb3 Na6 $1 16. Be3
Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qxb7 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rexc8 (19... Raxc8 20. Bb5 $1) 20. Ba6
Rcb8 21. Rac1 Rxb2 22. Rxc5 Bxa4 $11 {Bazan Solera,M-O'Neill y Dayneko,J/
Asturias 1995}) 12... Na6 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rb1 Nb4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5
Nxc2 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxc2 a6 (18... Nc5 $6 19. Nb5 $1) (18... Ne5 $5) 19.
Rfd1 Ne5 20. Be3 Qb4 21. d6 $5 Rad8 22. Nd5 Qxd6 23. Bg5 Nd3 $5 24. Bxd8 Qxd5
25. Bb6 Qg5 26. Qxc4 $6 (26. g3 Qf6 27. a5 $44) 26... Nxb2 27. Rxb2 Bxb2 $15 {
Vioreanu,B-Ardelean,G/Sovata 2001}) (13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rac8 16.
e5 $5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nb3 $6 (17... Qa6 18. d6 Rcd8 $13 {AK}) 18. Be3 Qd6 19.
Nxc4 $1 Rxc4 20. Bxb3 Rb4 21. Rc1 b6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Rxb5 24. Qd3 Rb4 25.
Rc6 Qd7 26. Rec1 $16 {Shulman,Y-Ivanov,A/Vladivostok 1994}) 13... Nb4 (13... b6
$6 14. Nd4 (14. Bd4 $5) 14... Nc5 15. f3 a6 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Re7 18. Rd2
Qe8 19. Rad1 {[%cal Gd4c6]} b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 22. dxc6 b4 23.
Nb5 Qxc6 24. Nxd6 $18 {Wojtaszek,R-Sikora Lerch,J/Prerove CZE 2001}) (13... Rc8
14. Bd4 (14. Bxa7 $6 b6 $13) 14... Nb4 15. Bb1 b6 16. Re1 Nh5 17. Qd2 a5 $5 18.
Be3 Na6 (18... f5 $5) 19. g4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Nc5 21. Bc2 Rb8 22. Nd4 Qe7 23. Rad1
Qf8 24. f3 h6 25. Bf4 Nh7 26. Nc6 Rbc8 27. Nb5 Ng5 28. Kg2 Be5 29. h4 Bxc6 30.
dxc6 {Tella,J-Morgado,S / 1995} Bxf4 31. Qxf4 Nge6 32. Qxd6 Qg7 $36) (13... Qa5
14. Bd4 $1 (14. Nd2 $5 Rec8 15. Qb1 $5 (15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Qa6 17. Ra3 Rc7 (
17... Nh5 $5) 18. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. b3 $14 Qe8 21. bxc4 Na6 22. Bf4
Rd8 $6 (22... Qe7 {/\ Nd7+/=}) 23. Qe3 $1 Re7 24. Qxa7 $16 {Kakageldyev,
A-Moldovan,D/Romania 1994}) 15... Nb4 $6 (15... Rc7) 16. Bd1 Nd3 (16... Rc7 17.
Be2 Rac8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Rxa7 $14) 17. Nxc4 Rxc4 18. Qxd3 Rac8
19. Bf3 Ne8 20. Rfc1 Rb4 21. Qd2 a6 22. Bd1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe4 24. Rcb1 Qxc3
25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxb7 Bc8 27. Rb6 $16 {Lputian,S-Dumitrache,D/Cappelle 1991})
14... Nb4 (14... Nc5 $6 15. Nd2 $5) 15. Bb1 Rac8 16. Qd2 $1 Qa6 (16... b5 $140
$2 17. Na2 $18) 17. Re1 Nd3 $140 $6 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. b3 $16 {[%csl Rd3]}) 14.
Bb1 Qa5 (14... a5 15. Re1 Re7 (15... h6 16. Qd2 g5 $14 {AK}) 16. Qd2 Ne8 17.
Nd4 Nc7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bf4 Be8 20. Ra3 Rc8 21. b3 cxb3 22. Rxb3 Bf8 23. f3 Bf7
24. Ncb5 Re8 25. Rc3 $16 {Krallmann,M-Maus,S/Hamburg/1992/}) 15. Qd2 {[%cal
Gc3a2]} (15. Ra3 Na6 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. Ba2 Qb4 18. Qb1 Nc5 19. f3 Nxa4 20. Nxa4
Bxa4 21. Bxc4 b5 22. Bb3 Nd7 23. Kh1 Nc5 24. Bxa4 bxa4 25. Ra2 f5 (25... Bd4 $6
26. Bf4 Qb5 27. Bxd6 Nd3 28. b3 $18 {Gamundi,A-Garcia Palermo,C/Palma de
Mallorca 1992}) 26. Rc1 fxe4 27. Rc4 Qb5 $132 {AK}) 15... Qa6 16. Bd4 Rac8 17.
Re1 Nd3 (17... b5 18. Nxb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb4 $16) 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Rad1 Qc4 (19...
Bxa4 $4 20. Ra1 $18) 20. Qxd3 a6 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxe5 Rb4 24. d6
Be6 25. Rd2 $16 {Karner,C-Stanec,N/Oberwart AUT 2002}) 11. O-O (11. Bxa6 $6
bxa6 12. Qd3 Bc8 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Bg3 Rb4
18. Nd2 g5 19. b3 Ne5 20. Na2 Rb8 21. Rad1 Bd7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Rb6 24.
Nc1 f5 $5 $15 {Silva,S-Panno,O/Sao Paulo 1993}) (11. Bf4 $5 Re8 (11... Qc7 $6
12. O-O Rfe8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bh2 Be5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ng7 17. Nc4 f6 18. Ne2
b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd6 $1 $18 {Gassij,O-Zaporozhchenko,A/
Kolontaevo RUS-chJW/1998}) 12. O-O Nb4 13. Re1 (13. Bxd6 Bf5 $5) 13... Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Bh2 Be5 17. Nc4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Rad8 19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2
Peisser,M-Pesorda,I/Graz op-A 1999}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 {This position had
occurred with another order of moves.} Nb4 (12... Qb6 $5 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. O-O $1
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 {/\ Qb2 Goldin,A}) 13. O-O Re8 (13... Qb6 14. Bc4
$16 {Goldin,A}) 14. Re1 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb6 16. Nd2 $1 Nh5 17. Nc4 Qa6 (17... Qc7
18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 $16 {Goldin,A}) 18. b3 $1 f5 $1 (18... Rab8 $2 19. Bg3
Nxg3 20. Qxg3 g5 21. Nb5 $5 Bxa1 (21... Bxb5 $6 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Nxd6 Qb4 24.
Nxe8 Bxa1 25. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 26. Qxb8+ $18 {Goldin,A}) 22. Nc7 Be5 $5 (22... Qxc4
23. bxc4 Be5 24. Nxe8 $1 Bxg3 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxd7 Rd8 27. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2
dxc5 29. e5 $1 $16 {Goldin,A}) 23. Nxa6 $1 (23. Qf3 Qxc4 $1 24. bxc4 Rec8 25.
Nb5 a6 26. Nc3 $44 {/+/- Goldin,A-Minasian,A,Paris 60/76 1994}) 23... Bxg3 24.
Nxb8 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxb8 26. Nxd6 f6 27. e5 $1 fxe5 28. Rxe5 $16 {Goldin,A})
19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qf3 (20. Qd2 g5 21. Bg3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 $13) 20... Bc2 $5 21.
Nb5 Bxa1 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nc7 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Be4 $1 (24... Be5+ $2 25. Nxe5 Qf1
26. Qf7+ $18) 25. Qg4 Bf5 $11 {Goldin,A}) 11... Nb4 12. Bf4 $5 $146 {White
gives up the pair of bishops, but gains control over the centre, and it is not
easy for Black to find an adequate plan.} (12. Bc4 Re8 (12... Nh5 13. Re1 Qc8
14. Ra3 Re8 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 (16. axb5 $6 a6 $132 {AK}) 16... Re7 17. Bg5
f6 (17... Re5 $2 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 $18 {Kurz,A-Heinz,J/BL2-O 1993}) 18. Bd2
f5 $140 $6 19. exf5 Rxe1+ 20. Nxe1 Qxf5 21. g4 Qxd5 22. b3 $16 {AK}) 13. Re1 a6
14. Bf4 b5 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 bxa4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxa4 Rxe1
20. Qxe1 Qb7 21. Rc1 Qxd5 22. g3 $1 Nd3 (22... Qf5 $5 23. Nxc5 $140 Nd5 $132 {
AK}) 23. Rd1 c4 (23... Nxe1 24. Rxd5 Ra7 25. Be2 $16 {AK}) 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25.
Bg2 Qb3 26. Bxa8 d2 (26... Qxa4 $140 $2 27. Qe8+ Bf8 28. Bd5 $18 {AK}) 27. Bxd2
Qxa4 28. Qe8+ Bf8 29. Bd5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Ne5 31. Bh6 {1-0 Zimmerman,Y-Sziebert,A/
Eger/1993}) 12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Qb6 {Black has some pressure on
the dark squares because of the weakening a4, but White has a strong centre
and perspectives of a break at centre with e4-e5.} 15. Re2 Rd8 ({In this
position the standard way to activate doesn't work:} 15... f5 $6 16. e5 $1 dxe5
17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. Qe3 Nf6 19. a5 Qb4 20. Nd3 Qd4 21. Nxc5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23.
Rd2 Qc6 24. Rad1 $16) 16. Qd2 Qa6 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 17. Rae1 Bxa4 $6 ({This
allows the freeing move} 17... b5 $5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Nxb5 Qxb5 $132) 18. Ra1
Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qc4 20. Bh6 Ng7 21. e5 $1 {This is one of the main ideas solving
the central problems in the Benoni.} Bb5 22. Rae1 Qb3 $6 ({The last chance to
defend was} 22... dxe5 23. Nxe5 (23. Rxe5 a5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a2]}) 23... Qxd5 24.
Qxd5 Rxd5 25. c4 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bxc4 27. Rxc5 b5 $14) 23. Re4 dxe5 24. Bxg7 $1 {
I think, at this moment White already calculated the winning combination.} (24.
Rxe5 $5 {is another possibility} a5 (24... Bc4 $140 $2 25. Qf4 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gf4f6]}) (24... Rd6 $6 25. Ng5 $1 f6 26. Bxg7 $1 fxe5 27. Bxf8 Qxd5 28. Qxd5+
Rxd5 29. Ne6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge6c7]}) 25. Ng5 f6 (25... a4 26. Ne4 a3
27. Bg5 $1 Ra8 $140 28. Be7 a2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Qh6 $18) 26. Bxg7 fxe5 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. Ne6 $16 {,but the text looks more logical.}) 24... Kxg7 25. Rh4 h5 {
[#]} 26. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 ({The lesser of two evils was} 26... Rh8 27. Rxh8 Rxh8
28. Nxe5 Re8 29. d6 $16) 27. Qg5+ Kh7 28. Qxh5+ Kg7 29. Qg5+ Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8 (
30... Kg7 31. Re4 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe4 33. Qxe4 f6 34. Nh4 $18) 31. Ng5 Kg7 ({
Black passes by the last chance} 31... Bd3 32. Qxd3 f5 33. Rxe5 (33. Ne6 Rxd5
34. Qg3+ Kf7 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37. Qxe5 $16) 33... c4 34. Qf3 {
with a strong attack.}) 32. Re3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd6 (33... Qh5 34. Rg3 Qg6 35.
Ne6+ $18) 34. Rg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Velicka, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 {It is the popular main line these days with a complex
middlegame position.} 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6
14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Re1 {Current opening
theory has more and more forced lines, which after forced play lead directly
into an _|_. This variation is one of them, there is no middlegame.} (18. Rb1)
(18. Qb3) (18. Bg5) (18. Qc2) (18. Qf3) 18... Bd4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5,Rf2][%cal
Gb6g1]} (18... Rfd8 $6 19. Bg5 $5 (19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 $5 22.
Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rad1 Qd7 24. Qa3 (24. Qg3 $5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Re8+ Kg7 27.
Qc3+ f6 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Qxc5 $16) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Qd4 (
26... Qd2 27. Qe7 Ra8 28. a3 $16) 27. Qe7 Ra8 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4 $6 (29. Re5 $5
{[%csl Rc5]}) 29... Qd3 $6 (29... cxb4 30. Qc7 Rf8 $11) 30. Rc1 Qxa3 31. Rxc5
Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. b5 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Qe1 Qd4 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rb1 $16 {
Seres,L-Vajda,S/Budapest 2001}) 19... Rd7 (19... f6 $6 20. Bf4 Qxb2 21. d6 Rd7
22. Qd5+ Kh8 23. Rab1 Qd4 24. Qe6 Rcd8 25. Qxd7 $1 $18 {Campos,J-Martin,A/
Barcelona 1994}) 20. Qa4 $1 Qb7 $5 {[%csl Rd5]} (20... Qd6 $6 21. Rad1 Bd4 22.
b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Gd5]} (22. Be3 $2 Qxd5 23. b4 Rcd8 24. bxc5 {Sapis,
W-Skrobek,R/Bielsko Biala 1990} Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Rc8 Kg7 $11)) 21. Rad1 (
21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 Rdd8 24. Rae1 Qb4 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Granados Gomez,M-Braga,F/Benasque op 1999}) 21... h6 (21...
Bd4 22. b4 Qxd5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 {1/2-1/2 Vescovi,G-Hoffman,A/Aracatuba 1998}) 22.
Bh4 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Re8+ $6 Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. b3 c4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Ra2,Rh4] Cruz,C-Reinoso,S/Lima 2002}) (18... c4 {Stohl: 'Not ideal, as
now White retains an advantage.'} 19. Re2 {/\ 20.Be3; 1/2-1/2 Delabie,
J-Polaczek,R,Belgian Invitational Tn CCYB 5/38 1991'} (19. d6 $140 $2 Bd4 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf2]}) 19... Rfd8 (19... Bd4 $1 20. Be3 (20. Rd2 $5 Bg7 21. Re2 Bd4
$11) 20... Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rfe8 22. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Rb2,Gc4,Gd5,Re3] Delabie,J}) (
19... c3 $143 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Be3 $16 {[%csl Gd5] /\Rc1}) 20. Bg5 Rd7 (20...
f6 $2 21. Be3 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb3g8]}) 21. Qe1 $142 $5 {[%cal Ge2e8]} (21.
Qa4 Qb7 (21... Rxd5 $2 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Bf8 24. Be7 $18) 22. Rc1 (22.
Rae1 h6 23. Bc1 Kh7 $5 $14 (23... Qxd5 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Red1 Qe6 $1 {[%csl Rc1]
[%cal Ge6e1]} 26. b3 $1 $16)) 22... h6 23. Be3 Rxd5 (23... Qxd5 $5 24. Rd2 Qxd2
25. Bxd2 Rxd2 $14 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2][%cal Gd2a2,Gd2g2]}) 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4
Bxb2 26. Bxh6 (26. Rxb2 $4 Rd1+ $19) 26... Bf6 $16 {White has an extra pawn
and although his technical task is not easy, he can torture his opponent
practically forever. Krasenkow,M-Gdanski,J/Warsaw 2001}) 21... Bf8 (21... Qb8
22. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rd7]} Qa8 23. d6 $16) (21... Qb7 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 Rdd8
24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qc3 $1 $18) 22. Rd1 $16) (18... Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Be3
(20. Rb1 $5) 20... Bd4 $5 {[%cal Gb6f2]} (20... Qxb2 $6 {is too hasty:} 21. Rb1
Qxa2 22. Bxc5 {[%csl Gd5] +/= Sapis,W} Bc3 23. Qd3 Qxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Re1+ 25. Qxe1
Bxe1 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Bxa7 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Bc5+ Kd7 30. Ke3 h5 (30... Bc7
31. f4 h5 32. f5 $16 {Kingso,S-Koehler,D/cr VI-BSTT/5 1993}) 31. Kf4 Bd2+ 32.
Ke5 Bg5 33. f4 Bh4 34. f5 $16 {Skalik,P-Robak,Z/ch Bielsko Biala 1991}) 21. Qb3
(21. Qd2 Rd8 22. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Degraeve,J/Belfort 1998}) 21... Qxb3
22. axb3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 $11 {[%csl Ra7,Rb2,Rb3,Rc5,Gd5] Lauber,A-Kotsur,P/
Hamburg 2001}) 19. Qf3 $146 (19. Bh6 Qxb2 20. Qf3 Rfe8 $11) ({In my article in
"New in chess" Yearbook 28 p198 I had recommended:} 19. Rb1 $5 Rfd8 20. Qf3 {
[%cal Gc1g5,Ge1e7] /\Bg5,Re7} Qf6 $1 $11) 19... c4 (19... Rfd8 $6 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. Re2 Qd6 22. Rae1 f6 23. Bh6 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) ({Black's task is not so
simple, although with accurate play he should be able to save the game.} 19...
Rfe8 $5 20. Bg5 Bxb2 21. Rab1 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Re1]} 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Bf4 Qf6
$11) 20. Bh6 (20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3 f5 23. g4 (23. Rc1 Re4 24. g4
Rce8 $11 {[%csl Re3,Rf5][%cal Gb6g1]}) 23... fxg4 24. hxg4 Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rd5]}
) 20... Bxb2 21. Bxf8 $16 Kxf8 (21... Bxa1 22. Be7 $1 Bg7 23. d6 Qb5 24. Bf6
$16 {[%csl Gd6,Rf7][%cal Ge1e7]} Qb4 (24... c3 $140 $6 25. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 (25...
Bxc3 26. Re7 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qf5 28. d7 $18) 26. Qa8+ Bf8 27. Re8 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Kg7
29. Rxf8 Qe5+ 30. g3 Qxd6 31. Rg8+ Kh6 32. Qxa7 $18 {[%csl Rc1,Rf7,Rh6][%cal
Ga7e3]}) 25. Rd1 Bxf6 26. d7 Rd8 27. Qxf6 Qa5 28. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Gd7,Rg8]}) 22.
Re6 $1 Bxa1 $8 (22... Qb4 $140 $2 23. Rae1 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7]}) 23. Rxb6 axb6
24. d6 Rd8 25. Qc6 Bf6 (25... Be5 26. Qxb6 Rxd6 27. Qc5 {[%csl Ga2,Rc4,Rd6,Re5]
} f6 28. Kf1 c3 29. f4 Bxf4 30. Qxc3 $18) 26. Qxb6 c3 27. a4 $18 {[%csl Ga4,
Gd6]} Kg7 28. g3 h5 29. Kg2 c2 30. Qc6 Rxd6 31. Qxc2 Ra6 32. Qc4 Ra5 33. Qb4
Bd8 34. Qd4+ Bf6 35. Qd7 Be5 36. Kf3 Bf6 37. Ke3 Re5+ 38. Kd3 Rf5 39. Qa7 h4
40. a5 hxg3 41. fxg3 Rf3+ 42. Kc4 Rxg3 43. a6 Rxh3 44. Qd7 Rc3+ 45. Kb4 Rc1 46.
a7 Rb1+ 47. Kc4 Rc1+ 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Qa4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Be3 Re8 {In this variation White tries
to take space advantage without any counterplay.} 13. Qd2 $6 ({More often met} 
13. Re1 $5 {when White prepares a breakthrough in the centre.} Ne5 (13... Qe7
$6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Ne5 15. Be2 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bf3
Rb8 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4,Ga4a5,Ge4e5] Sasata,R-Hameister,R/IECG 1999}) (
13... Rb8 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ (15... Qf6 $5 $132 {
[%cal Gg7b2]}) 16. Bxf3 b5 (16... Nf6 $6 17. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf4b8] '/\e5|^'
Chernin,A} b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Rb6 21. d6 Bb7 22. Bxb7
Rxb7 23. Qf3 Rb6 24. Rcd1 $16 {A.K.}) (16... Qh4 $142 $5) 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4
$1 cxb4 19. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ga2b4,Gb4c6]} b3 (19... Qa5 20. Qd2 $16 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gd2a5]}) 20. Qxb3 Qh4 $5 (20... Qf6 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Nb4 $1 {[%cal
Gb4c6] Chernin,A-Minasjan,A/Lvov 1990}) 21. Bxh5 gxh5 (21... Qxh5 $6 22. Bf4
$16) 22. Nb4 $5 $14) 14. Be2 (14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13 15. Qd2 Qh4 $13) 14... Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Nf6 (15... Re5 16. g4 $5 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 (18... Nd7 $5 {
[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Gf4d6,Gd8b6]} 19. Bxd6 $140 $6 Qb6 $5) 19. a5 Qd8 20. Qd2
h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. Na4 Be5 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Nb6 $16 f6 $2 25. f4 $18 {[%csl Re5]
Stimpel,F-Hausknecht,M/Bruchkoebel 1993}) (15... Qh4 16. Qd2 $14 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Ge3g5]}) 16. Bf4 Nd7 $5 17. Bxd6 $1 (17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd7 (18... f5
$13) 19. Bh2 g5 20. f4 $5 $13) 17... Qb6 18. e5 $1 (18. Bf4 $2 Qxb2 $17) 18...
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $5 (19... Bxe5 20. a5 $1 Qd8 (20... Qxb2 21. Na4 $44 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4b6]}) 21. d6 $1 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc3d5,Gd5e7,Gd5c7,Gd5b6]} (
21. Ne4 $6 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bd4 $17 {[%cal Gc8f5]}) (21. Qb3 {Kortschnoj /\ 22.Ne4
was worth a consideration.}) 21... Re6 $1 (21... Bd4 $2 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nd5
$16) 22. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3g8]} (22. Bd5 Bxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Rxd6 24. Qa4 Bd7 25.
Qb3 $13 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 22... Qxd6 (22... Bxd6 $6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6
24. Rd1 $16) 24. Qxb7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]}) 23. Bd5 (23. Rad1 Bd4) 23... Re7 (
23... Bxc3 24. Bxe6 Bxe1 25. Bxf7+ $14 {Kortschnoj}) 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Ng5 {
Polgar,Zsu-Yudasin,L/Pamplona 1991} Bd4 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxf7 Kg7 28. Qb6 Bf5
29. Nd6 Rf8 $132 {[%csl Rb7,Rf2]}) 20. Rxe5 (20. a5 $2 Qxb2 $17) 20... Bxe5 21.
Qe2 {this variation would not bring a relief to black.} f6 $8 (21... Qd6 22.
Ne4 $16 Qxd5 $2 23. Nf6+ $18) 22. a5 $1 (22. d6 Be6 $1 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Qc4
$1 (23. d6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc7 $13 {<=> ><a5}) 23... Kg7 $8 24. Ne4 Bf5 $11 {
[%csl Rb2,Rc5] Cramling,P-Yudasin,L/Dos Hermanas /1992}) 13... Rb8 {It is
necessary to apply this natural for Modern Benoni manoeuvre assisting to
realize idea of releasing break b5, with care, because of Rb8 frequently gets
under X-ray of Bf4.} 14. Rfe1 (14. a5 Qc7 15. Bh6 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. g4 $2 (19. Ra2) 19... Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 20. Kg2 Ne5 21.
Nxe5 Nf4+ 22. Kg3 dxe5 23. f3 h5 $17 {[%csl Rb2,Gf4,Rg3] Cvek,R-Sadvakasov,D/
Guarapuava 1995}) (14. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4] /\b4} Qa5 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nf6 16.
b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Qa5 18. Rfb1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nd7 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Nc5 22.
Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ f6 24. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6] Grabarczyk,M-Lachowski,A/
Warszawa 1997}) 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nd7 (16... Nxf3+ $6 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. Bf4
$1 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rd6][%cal Gf4b8]}) 17. Qc2 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]
/\Nd2} Qd8 18. Bg5 (18. g4 Nhf6 19. Nd2 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 f6 $132) 18... Bf6
19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Nf4 22. Bf1 Qf6 23. Qd1 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Nc5 $6 (
24... Ne5 $5 $132) 25. Rc4 Nd7 26. Qd4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2
Bd7 30. Rc7 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gc1c8] Giorgadze,G-Stein,B/Gausdal 1992})
14... Ne5 (14... Qe7 $6 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19.
f4 (19. a5 $5) 19... Nd7 20. f5 c4 21. Bf1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Qf2
Bf8 25. Ra7 b4 26. Ra5 $1 Nb3 27. Nb5 Qd8 28. Ra7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Ga7f7,Gf2f7] Mueller A-Hausmann I /1996}) (14... Qc7 $6 15. Bh6 Ne5 16. Be2
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Re5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Be2 g5 (19... f5 $5) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rf1
Qe7 22. Rxf4 Bd7 23. Raf1 Rf8 24. a5 f6 25. Bg4 $1 $14 {Lukov,V-Kovacevic,S/St
Quentin 1999}) 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 b5 $5 {Black agrees to corrupt his pawn
structure in order to play a quick b5.} (16... Nf6 $6 17. Bf4 b5 18. e5 $5 dxe5
19. Bxe5 Ne4 $5 (19... Rb6 $140 $6 20. Qf4 $16 {[%cal Ge5c7]}) 20. Nxe4 Rxe5
21. Nxc5 bxa4 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd3 $16 {[%csl Ra4,Gd5]}) 17. axb5 axb5 18.
Bxh5 gxh5 19. Bg5 f6 (19... Qb6 $6 20. Bh6 Bd4 $140 $2 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. e5 $1
$18) 20. Bh6 Rb7 21. Qf4 Qe7 $6 $16 (21... b4 $5 22. Nb1 f5 $5 23. Bxg7 Rxg7 {
Black was not afraid of doubled pawns as he will have a strong attack because
all of white's pieces are on the queenside doing nothing.} 24. Nd2 Rf8 (24...
fxe4 25. Nxe4 Rf8 26. Qxd6 Bxh3 27. g3 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 h4 29. Ne4 $14) 25. e5 $5
Bb7 $5 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 26. Qf3 (26. Nc4 $6 Bxd5 27. Ne3 dxe5 28.
Qxe5 Bf3 $13) 26... dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd7 28. Nf1 Bxd5 $132) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re3
Qe5 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qh6 f5 $2 ({The more played alternatives are} 25... b4 26.
f4 $1 Qe7 (26... Qd4+ $140 $6 27. Kh2 h4 (27... bxc3 $4 28. bxc3 $18 {[%csl
Rd4][%cal Gh6f6]}) 28. Qxh4 Rf7 29. Nb5 $18 {[%csl Re4,Re8,Rf7][%cal Gb5d6,
Gd4e4]}) 27. Nd1 Qf8 28. Qxf8+ Rxf8 29. Ne3 $16 h4 (29... Re7 $140 $2 30. Nc4
Rxe4 31. Nxd6 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8][%cal Ga1a8,Ga8h8] /\Ra8}) 30. Rf3 Rd8 31. Nc4
Re7 32. Re3 (32. Ra8 $6 Rxe4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8 34. Nxd6 Rce8 $14) 32... Bb7 33. Nb6
Rde8 34. Ra7 $16) 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Nxb5 {[%csl Rb7,Re8,Rf5,Rh8][%cal Gb5d6]}
1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2002.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 {This sharp continuation leads to interesting complications} 10.
Nxb5 Nxe4 $6 ({In recent years more usual is} 10... Re8 $5) 11. Bxe4 ({If
White does not want to enter theoretical discussions, they play} 11. O-O) 11...
Re8 {More than ten years ago was considered the best, but lately White managed
to create some problems for Black.} (11... Qa5+) (11... Ba6) {White has turned
to the more modern continuation, introduced by Chernin.} 12. Ng5 $1 {[%cal
Gg5e6] /\ Ne6} (12. Nd2 {had been previously popular.}) 12... Bf6 $6 {In this
game Black didn't succeed to develop his pieses without material wastes. As
result, Black have to choose other possibilities:} (12... f5) (12... Bf5) (
12... h6) (12... Qa5+ $5) (12... Ba6 $5) 13. O-O $1 a6 (13... Ba6 14. Bd3 $18)
(13... Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxd6 Re7 16. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 17. Rfxc1 Nd7 18. Bd3
Rb8 19. Bb5 Bb7 20. b4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gc1c7]}) 14. Ne6 $1 {
the idea behind 12.Ng5.} fxe6 15. dxe6 axb5 16. Bxa8 Bxe6 17. Bd5 Kg7 18. Bf4 (
18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. a4 $1 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Ga1a7]} bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nc6
22. Be3 Qf7 23. Qb6 Ne7 (23... Nd4 24. Ra7 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. b4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb4b5]}) 24. Ra7 h6 25. Bf4 Bd4 26. Bxd6 Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28.
Bxe7 {1-0 Timoshenko,G-Chehlov,A/Yalta 1996}) 18... Bd4 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Bxd6 ({
more clearly is} 20. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 21. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga1a8]} bxa4 22. Rxa4 g5 23.
Ra7+ Kf8 24. Ra8 $1 $16) 20... Bxd5 (20... Rd8 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} 21. Bxb8 $1 {
have left White with a large material advantage.} (21. Qxf6+ $6 Bxf6 22. Bxe6
Rxd6 23. Rae1 Bxb2 $16) 21... Bxd5 22. Qg3 Bxb2 23. Rad1 c4 (23... Bd4 $140 $4
24. Rxd4 $1 {[%cal Gb8e5]}) 24. Rfe1 $18 {[%cal Gb8e5]}) 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qb7+
Rd7 23. Qxb8 Rxd6 (23... Qxd6 24. Qxb5 Rf7 25. Rae1 Qf4 26. Re2 $18) 24. Qc7+
Kh6 25. Rae1 Re6 26. Rxe6 Qxe6 27. b4 $1 {[%cal Gc7f4]} Qf5 28. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Stohl Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5
g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 {Stohl: Topalov is currently the greatest
Benoni expert and he has enriched this topical line with quite a few ideas of
his own.} 10. Nxb5 ({Stohl: One of the Bulgarian's novelties is} 10. Bxb5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 $1 {which he used against Karpov in
Las Palmas 1996.} 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 $5 $146 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Rcxd6 (
23... Qd7 24. Qa3 $5 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 $14) 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 c4
26. Rd2 c3 27. Rc2 Qe4 28. Rcc1 cxb2 29. Rxb2 h5 30. g3 a5 31. Rb3 Qd5 32. Rcb1
Qd2 33. a3 Qc2 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Re1 Qc3 36. Re3 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+
39. Kg2 Qc6+ {1/2,Shipov,S-Velimirovic,D/m Belgrade-Moscow 1998}) 10... Re8 (
10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $1 (12. Qc2 $6 Bf5 $5 (12... f5 $1 13. O-O
fxe4 14. Ng5 Bf5 15. g4 $140 $2 e3 $1 {AK}) 13. Nc3 $6 (13. Nd2 Bxe4 14. Nxe4
f5 15. O-O Rxe4 16. f3 Rb4 $15 {AK}) 13... Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bxe4 15. O-O Nd7 $1
16. Rd1 Qf6 17. Ng5 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. f3 Bxd5 21. c4 f6 22.
cxd5 fxg5 23. Bxg5 Rd7 24. Bf6 Rf8 25. Bc3 Rf5 26. Ba5 Rxd5 27. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 axb6 $17 {Solana Alvarez,E-Garcia Gonzalez,G,Cadiz open 1990}) (12. O-O {
->10...Re8})) 11. Nd2 Nxe4 {Stohl: A duble-edged sacrificial line.} ({Stohl:
Quite playable is the safer} 11... Nxd5 12. Nc4 (12. O-O Nf4 13. Nc4 Nxd3 14.
Qxd3 Ba6 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Ncxd6 Re7 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rac1 Nd4 20.
Rfe1 Ne6 21. Be3 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. e5 Rd5 25. f4 Bf8 26. Ncd6
Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rd3 $11 {Ambarcumjan,A-Wang Zili/PRC-CIS Beijing 1991/0-1 (54)})
12... Nb4 13. Be2 Ba6 $5 (13... Rxe4 14. Ncxd6 Rxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Ba6 16. Bg5 Bxb5
17. Bxd8 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 N8c6 19. Bg5 Nd4+ 20. Kf1 Ndc2 21. Rd1 Nxa2 22. Nc4 Bd4
23. Rd2 Nab4 24. g4 Kg7 25. Kg2 $14 {Lazarev,V-Cebalo,M/Cannes op 1995/1/2 (30)
}) 14. Nbxd6 Re6 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. a3 Rxd6 19. Nxd6
Qxd6 20. axb4 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 cxb4 23. Ra4 a5 24. b3 Rd8 25. Be2
Bc7 $11 {1/2,Hillarp Persson,T-Gdanski,J/Goteborg Excelsior Cup (2) 1997}) 12.
Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 {Stohl} f5 13. O-O fxe4 $13) 12... Ba6 $1 (12... a6 $6 13. Nxd6
$1 (13. Nc3 f5 14. O-O fxe4 15. Ndxe4 Bf5 16. Re1 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Rxe4 $1
Rxe4 18. Nxe4 Qe7 19. Qc2 $16 {AK}) 17... Nd7 18. Bg5 Qb6 19. Qa4 (19. Rb1 $1 {
AK}) 19... Qb5 20. Qc2 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Rab8 23. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1
Nb6 25. Ne4 Nxd5 26. Nxc5 $16 {Kuzmin,G-Taimanov,M,Rostov 1969}) 13... Qxd6 14.
O-O Nd7 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Rfe1 Ne5 19. Bc3 Qd8 20. Nxe5
Bxe5 21. Bf3 Bd6 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qf8 24. Qa4 $16 {Arlandi,E-Olivier,JC,
Geneva SUI open 1997}) (12... Qb6 $6 13. a4 a6 14. Nc3 f5 15. O-O fxe4 16. Nc4
Qc7 17. Bf4 Bd4 18. Ne2 (18. Bxd6 Qb7 19. Re1 Qb4 $140 $4 20. Qxd4 $1 {AK})
18... Qg7 19. Nxd6 Rd8 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nxe4 Bb7 22. Bg5 $1 Rf8 23. Qb3 Qf7
24. Rad1 Nc6 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qb6 $18 {Sapis,W-Labuckas,A, Katowice open 1995})
(12... f5 $6 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nc4 $1 (14. Re1 Ba6 15. a4 e3 $5 16. Rxe3 Rxe3
17. fxe3 Bxb5 (17... Nd7 18. Ne4 Qh4 19. Nbxd6 Rf8 20. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Barbero,
G-Raina,G,Budapest 1988}) 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Qg4 Qe7 20. Nc4 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5
22. Qe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Kf8 24. Ra6 Ke7 25. b6 Kxe6 26. b3 Kd5 27. bxa7 Ke4 28.
Bd2 Kd3 $132 {Novak,I-Rosiak,A,Bydgoszcz tt 1990}) 14... Ba6 $5 15. Nbxd6 (15.
a4 {->12...Ba6}) 15... Bd4 $1 {AK} (15... Be5 16. Qa4 Bxd6 17. Nxd6 Rf8 18. Nc4
Qxd5 19. b3 $16 {Bae,T-Gassouma,M,World Juniors, Zagan 1997})) 13. a4 Qa5 (
13... f5 $6 14. O-O fxe4 15. Nc4 Bf8 (15... Be5 $2 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. b4 $1 Bb7
18. Bb2 Nd7 19. Nxd6 Rxd5 20. Qb3 Qc7 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Rad1 c4 23. Qxc4 Nb6
24. Qc3 {1-0 Shipov,S-Maslej,M,Katowice open 1992}) (15... Bd4 $6 16. Ncxd6
Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 $5 18. Be3 $1 Bxe3 (18... Bxb2 19. Rb1 Be5 20. d6 $16) 19.
fxe3 Na6 (19... a6 20. d6 $1 $18) 20. d6 Rad8 21. Qd5+ $16 {AK}) 16. Bf4 Bxb5 (
16... Qf6 17. Qg4 Nd7 18. Bxd6 Nb6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qxe4 Rae8 21. Qd3 Bxb5 22.
axb5 Qd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Ra4 Re4 26. d6 Rd8 27. f3 Rf4 28. g3
Rf6 29. Rxd4 $16 {Barbero,G-Zelcic,R,Belgrade GMA-op 1988}) 17. axb5 Qf6 18.
Qg4 Nd7 (18... Qd4 $6 19. Nb6 $1 axb6 20. Rxa8 Qxd5 21. Ra7 Qd3 22. Qh4 Bg7 23.
Bg5 Be5 24. Bf6 $1 Re6 25. Bh8 $1 Qxb5 26. Qd8+ Re8 27. Qg5 Re6 28. Bxe5 dxe5
29. Qd8+ {1-0 Aronov,Y-Ibraev,N,WchJ-18 Guarapuava 1995}) 19. Bxd6 Qf7 20. Bxf8
Nf6 21. Qe2 Rxf8 22. d6 Qb7 23. Ne3 Rab8 24. Qc4+ Rf7 25. Ra5 Qb6 26. Rfa1 $16
{Lazarev,V-Kreutzkamp,R,Hamburg Wichern-op 1993}) 14. Nxd6 (14. O-O $6 Bxb5 15.
Nb3 (15. axb5 $2 Qxa1 16. Nc4 Rxe4 17. Nxd6 Re7 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nb6 20. d6
Rd7 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Bh6 Qa4 23. Bxg7 Qxc4 {0-1 Miladinovic,I-Kovacevic,A,
Arandjelovac 1993}) 15... Qb6 16. axb5 Rxe4 $15 {Ilic,Z}) 14... Nd7 (14... Rd8
$2 15. Nb5 $1 (15. Nb7 Bxb7 16. O-O Qb4 17. Ra3 c4 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. a5 Qb5 20.
Ra4 Nd7 21. Rxc4 f5 22. Bd3 Qxa5 23. d6 Ne5 24. Qb3 Bd5 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Qb5
Qxb5 27. Bxb5 Rb8 28. Be2 Rd8 29. Rd1 Rxd6 30. Nb1 Rc6 31. Be3 Bc4 32. Bxc4+
Nxc4 33. Bxa7 Bxb2 $11 {Vezzosi-Vera,R, Aosta 1988}) 15... Bxb5 16. axb5 Qxa1
17. d6 Re8 18. O-O $16 {Marin,M}) (14... Re7 $6 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Kd1 f5 17. Nxf5
$1 gxf5 18. Qxf5 Rae8 19. Bd3 Nf6 20. d6 Re5 21. Qf3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd5 23. Qc4
Kh8 24. Kc2 Rb8 25. Nb3 Qd8 26. Bd2 Qxd6 27. Bc3 $16 {Lazarev,V-Handke,F,MTO
Biel 1997}) 15. Qc2 {The best move.} (15. f3 $2 Be5 $1 {/\Bg3#} 16. Kf2 Bxd6
17. Re1 c4 18. Nf1 Nc5 19. Be3 Nxe4+ 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Nf3 Rxd5 23.
Qc2 Rd3 24. Rad1 Qd5 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Re3 Qb7 $17 {AK} (26... Bf4 $4 27. Rdxd3
$1 $18 {Timoshchenko,G-Shabalov,A,Barnaul 46/(119) YB/14(136) 1988})) (15. Nxe8
$6 Rxe8 16. f3 (16. Qc2 {->}) 16... f5 17. Kf2 Bd4+ 18. Kg3 Nf6 $1 19. f4 (19.
Bb1 $2 Nh5+ 20. Kh2 Qc7+ $18) (19. Kh2 $2 Qc7+ 20. g3 Bf2 21. f4 fxe4 {/\e3,
Nh5-+}) 19... Qc7 $1 20. Bf3 Re3 $1 21. Kh2 Be2 $1 22. Qc2 (22. Bxe2 Qxf4+ 23.
Kg1 Rxe2#) 22... Nh5 23. g3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Rxf3 $19 {Z.Ilic}) (15. g4 Ne5 (15...
Rxe4+ 16. N6xe4 Ne5 (16... Re8 $6 17. f3 Bd4 18. Qc2 c4 19. Kf1 $1 Qxd5 20. Kg2
f5 21. Rd1 Re6 22. Ng3 Nc5 23. Ra3 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3 25. Qb3 Bb7 26. Qxd3 fxg4
27. hxg4 Re3 28. Qb5 Qf7 29. Rf1 Be5 30. Nde4 {1-0 Pisulinski,J-Gdanski,J,
Bielsko Biala 1990}) 17. Qc2 $5 (17. Ra3 Nd3+ 18. Rxd3 (18. Kf1 $6 Nxc1+ 19.
Kg2 Bxb2 20. Rg3 Ne2 $17 {AK}) 18... Bxd3 19. f3 (19. Qb3 $2 Bxe4 20. O-O c4 $1
21. Qxc4 (21. Nxc4 Qxd5 $19) 21... Bxd5 $19 {Barlov,D}) 19... f5 20. gxf5 (20.
Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Re8+ 22. Kf2 Re2+ 23. Kg1 Qxc3 24. Rh2 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 $11 {
Barlov,D}) 20... gxf5 21. Ng5 c4 $1 22. Ne6 Bf6 23. Kf2 Qxd5 24. Re1 Bh4+ 25.
Kg2 Qd6 $1 (25... Bxe1 26. Qxe1 Re8 27. Qg3+ Kf7 28. Ng5+ $13 {Barlov,D}) 26.
Nf1 Bxe1 27. Qxe1 Re8 28. Ng3 Rxe6 29. Qf2 f4 $19 {Kozul,Z-Barlov,D,Kladovo 47/
118 1989}) 17... Nf3+ $140 18. Kd1 Be2+ 19. Kxe2 Nd4+ 20. Kd1 Nxc2 21. Kxc2 $44
{AK}) 16. Ra3 Nd3+ $5 (16... Qb4 $2 17. Qc2 Bh6 18. Kd1 $1 Qd4 19. Re1 Bf4 20.
Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Bf3 Kg7 22. Qc3 Qxf2 23. Ne4 Qh2 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 25. Qd2 {1-0
Blees,A-Tolnai,T,Kecskemet 1989}) 17. Rxd3 Bxd3 18. Qf3 (18. f3 $2 f5) 18...
Rxe4+ 19. N6xe4 c4 20. Nd6 (20. Qe3 Qxd5 21. f3 Bd4 22. Qf4 Re8 23. g5 Qa5 $44)
20... Rf8 $5 (20... Qxa4 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qb7 Rf8 23. f3 Qc2 24. Kf2 Bd4+ 25.
Kg2 Be2 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Ng5 $1 $18) 21. Rg1 Qxa4 $44 {AK}) 15... f5 16. Nxe8 (
16. Kd1 $5 $11 fxe4 17. N2c4 $5 (17. Nxe8 Bd3 $5 {/\ Re8-/+ AK}) 17... Qd8 $1 (
17... Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qa6 19. Re1 $5 {/\ Re2, Ke1-f1-g1 /\ Re2, Ke1-f1-g1} Nb6 $5
{Marin,M} (19... Qb7 20. d6 Rad8 21. Bd2 (21. Bg5 $140 $2 Qd5+ $6 $19 {Vilela,J
}) 21... Bd4 22. Ba5 $1 Rb8 23. Re2 Qa6 24. Rb1 Re6 25. b3 Rbe8 26. Bd2 $1 (26.
Ke1 $6 Ne5 $5 {Vilela,J}) 26... Qc6 27. Be3 Nb6 28. Ke1 $6 (28. Nxb6 Qxb6 29.
d7 Rd8 30. Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxe4 $14 {Vilela,J}) 28... Nd5 29. Rd1 $1 (29. Bd2 $2
Rf8 30. Rc1 Qd7 31. Qa2 Qf7 32. Kd1 Kg7 (32... Bxf2 33. Bh6) 33. Rc2 (33. Rb1
$2 Bxf2 34. b4 e3 35. Qb2+ Kg8 36. Bc3 Re4 $19 {Vilela,J-Ristic,Neb,Bela Crkva
47/119 1989}) 33... Bxf2 $140 34. Bh6+ {Vilela,J}) 29... Nb4 (29... Rf8 30.
Bxd4 cxd4 31. Rxd4 Nf4 32. Rexe4 $18) (29... Nc3 30. Bxd4 Nxe2 31. Qxe2 cxd4
32. Rxd4 $16) (29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 $14 {Vilela,J}) 30. Qb1 Nd3+ 31. Kf1 (31.
Rxd3 exd3 32. Qxd3 Qxg2 $13 {Vilela,J}) 31... Be5 32. Nxe5 Rxe5 (32... Nxe5 33.
Red2 {Vilela,J}) 33. Rxd3 exd3 34. Qxd3 Rd5 35. Qc4 Qxd6 36. Rd2 Rd8 (36...
Ree5 $2 37. Bf4 {Vilela,J}) 37. Bxc5 $1 $13 {Vilela,J}) 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bf4
Rad8 (21... b5 $5 22. Rxe4 bxa4 {Garcia,G}) 22. d6 Be5 23. Bxe5 (23. Rxe4 $140
$4 Qf1+ 24. Re1 Bxf4 $1 25. Rxf1 Rxd6+ $19 {Stohl,I}) 23... Rxe5 24. Ra3 Rxd6+
25. Kc1 Rd4 26. Kb1 Kg7 27. Qe2 (27. Rd1 $5 {Stohl,I}) 27... Qa5 28. f3 Rd2 29.
Qe3 Rxg2 30. fxe4 Qd2 $1 31. Qxd2 Rxd2 32. Rb3 Re6 $15 {Sarno,S-Garcia
Gonzales,G,Aosta 48/(115) 1989 _|_,ק}) 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Bd2 Qf7 $1 20. Nd6 $5
Qxf2 $5 (20... Qxd5 $5 21. Qxe4 Qb3+ 22. Qc2 Qd5 $1 $11 {Prudnikova,S}) 21.
Qxe4 Rf8 $5 (21... Ne5 22. Nb5 $5 (22. Ra3 $6 Rd8 23. Nb5 Bb7 $1 24. Nc3 {
Matveeva,S-Prudnikova,S/USSR (ch) 1991} c4 $1 $17 {Prudnikova,S}) 22... Rd8 23.
d6 (23. Re1 Bb7 24. Nc3 c4 $13) 23... Qf7 24. Ra3 Bb7 $13 {Prudnikova,S}) 22.
Qe6+ Kh8 23. Re1 (23. Qxd7 $2 Qe2+ 24. Kc2 Qd3+ 25. Kc1 Bxb2+ 26. Kd1 Qb3+ 27.
Ke1 Bxa1 $19 {Prudnikova,S}) 23... Nb6 (23... Bxb2 $2 24. Ra2 Qd4 25. Qxd7 $18
{Prudnikova,S}) 24. Ra3 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Rf3 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qxf3+ (27...
Bb3+ 28. Kc1 Bxb2+ 29. Kb1 $1 {Prudnikova,S} (29. Kxb2 $140 Qxd2+ $11)) 28. Kc1
Bxb2+ $1 (28... Bxd5 29. Qc8+ Bg8 30. Qxc5 $16 {Prudnikova,S}) 29. Kxb2 Qb3+
30. Kc1 Qa3+ $11 {Prudnikova,S}) 16... Rxe8 17. Kd1 fxe4 18. Ra3 {Ftacnik:
With so many black pieces directed against the poor white king Van Wely has to
trade very carefully. White hopes to survive the threats and keep part of
sacrificed material.} (18. Nxe4 Qb4 (18... Re5 $5 19. Bd2 Rxd5 20. Kc1 Qd8 $5 {
/\Ne5} (20... Qc7 $6 21. Ra3 Ne5 22. Nc3 Nd3+ 23. Kb1 Rd7 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5
c4 26. Bc3 Bf8 27. Ra6 Qb7 28. Qa4 Qd5 29. Rxa7 $18 {Koczka,Z-Kozlov,V,
Budapest Festival 1991} (29. Rxa7 {Stohl} Rxa7 30. Qxa7 Qxg2 31. Rd1 Qf3 32.
Qa4 Qf7 33. b6 h5 34. Qc6 Nc5 {1-0,Koczka,Z-Kozlov,V/Budapest Spring op 1991}))
21. Nc3 Bd3 22. Qd1 Rf5 23. Be3 c4 $44 {AK}) (18... c4 $5 {Stohl}) 19. f3 (19.
Re1 Qd4+ 20. Nd2 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Ne5 22. Ra3 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 $19) (19. Nc3
Ne5 $40 {Marin,M}) 19... Re5 $5 (19... Qd4+ 20. Qd2 Bd3 21. Ra3 c4 22. Re1 Qxd5
(22... Re5) (22... Rb8 23. Re3 {/\ Rd3 /\ Rd3} Bh6 24. Rexd3 cxd3 25. Qxh6 $16
{Marin,M}) (22... Re5 {Ftacnik 1/2-1/2 Kloepfer,M-Meissner,B/Altensteig-B 1993/
}) 23. Nf2 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nc5 25. Qe8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Bf5+ 27. Rd3 $1 Qf7 28. Rd8
Ne6 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rd7+ $18 {Van Rijn,A-Enklaar,B,Nederland tt 1995}) 20.
Bd2 $5 {Marin,M} (20. Qd2 Qb3+ 21. Ke1 Rxd5 22. Ra3 Rxd2 (22... Qb7 $44 {
Marin,M}) 23. Rxb3 Rxg2 {/\ Bd4, Ne5~/= Marin,M}) (20. Nc3 Qd4+ 21. Qd2 Bd3 {
/\Re8,c4,Nc5-b3~/= /\ Re8, c4, Ne5} 22. Re1 Bh6 $8 23. f4 $8 (23. Qxh6 $2 Rxe1+
24. Kxe1 Qg1+ 25. Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kxd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qd4# {# Marin,M}) 23... Bxf4
24. Qxf4 Be2+ 25. Kc2 Bd3+ 26. Kd1 (26. Kb3 $2 c4+ 27. Ka2 Qb6 {/\ Re1-/+Marin,
M}) 26... Be2+ 27. Kc2 Bd3+ 28. Kd1 Be2+ {1/2-1/2 Lokotar,E-Marin,M,Vosu 48/
115 1989}) 20... Rxd5 (20... Qd4 21. Ra3 Rxd5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 (22... Ne5 23. Qxd4
Rxd4 24. Kc2 Bd3+ 25. Rxd3 $1 Nxd3 26. Bc3 $18) 23. Nxc3 Rd4 24. Kc2 Bd3+ 25.
Kc1 Ne5 26. Rb3 $16 {Lokotar,E}) 21. Kc1 Qb8 (21... Qd4 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. Qxd4
Rxd4 24. Nf2 $1 $16 {Lokotar,E}) 22. Ra3 Ne5 (22... c4 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Bc3 Nd3+
25. Kb1 $16 {Lokotar,E}) 23. Rb3 $1 Qf8 24. Kb1 $16 {Lokotar,E-Maidla,Tallinn
51/(77) 1991}) 18... c4 {Stohl: Again Topalov comes up with a new move.} (18...
Bd3 19. Rxd3 $8 exd3 20. Qxd3 Qxa4+ 21. b3 (21. Qb3 $5 $13 {Palkovi,J}) (21.
Qb3 $5 {Ftacnik}) (21. Qb3 $5) 21... Ne5 $1 (21... Qd4 $2 {/\} 22. Qxd4 Bxd4
23. Re1 $16 {Legky,N}) (21... Qa1 $2 22. d6 Kh8 23. Qb5 Bb2 (23... Nf6 $2 24.
Qxe8+ $1 Nxe8 25. d7 $18) 24. Kc2 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Qg7 26. Rd1 $18 {Legky,
N-Muller,H,Liechtenstein 1990}) 22. Qe3 (22. Qe4 $2 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd3 24. f3
Rxe4 25. fxe4 Nf2+ 26. Ke2 Nxh1 27. Bf4 Bd4 $1 28. e5 Kf7 $19 {Palkovi,J}) (22.
Qxg6 $5 Qb5 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Qg3 $16) (22... hxg6 $5 23. bxa4 Nd3 24. Rf1 $13)
(22... Nxg6 $5 23. bxa4 Rd8 $13) 23. Qf5 (23. Qg3 Nd3 24. h4 h5 $1 25. Rf1 $13)
23... Nd3 24. d6 Kh8 (24... Rf8 $6 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. Ne4 $14) 25. Rf1 $13 {
Legky,N}) 22... Qb5 $5 (22... Qd7 $2 23. Re1 Rd8 24. f4 Nf7 25. Qxc5 $5 Rc8 (
25... Qxd5 $2 26. Re8+ $18 {Legky,N}) 26. Re7 Qf5 27. g4 (27. Rc7 $5 {Legky,N})
27... Rxc5 (27... Qxg4+ $2 $16 {Legky,N}) 28. gxf5 Rxd5 29. Rxa7 (29. Re8+ Bf8
30. Ba3 Rd8 $14) (29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Rxa7 Rh5 31. b4 Rxh3 $14 {Legky,N}) 29...
gxf5 (29... Rxf5 $2 30. Ra8+ Bf8 31. Ba3 $16 {Legky,N}) 30. Ke2 $1 h6 $2 (30...
Bf8 $5) (30... Nd6 $1 $14 {Legky,N}) 31. Nc4 $1 {/\} Bf8 (31... Rb5 $2 32. Rxf7
$18) 32. Rb7 $1 Nd6 33. Nxd6 Rxd6 34. b4 $16 {Legky,N-Lupu,M,Val Torens 1990})
(22... Qd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Ba3 {1/2-1/2 Kloepfer,M-Meissner,B,Altensteig-B
1993} (24. Re1 Rd8 $11 {Legky,N}) 24... Nd3 25. Rf1 Nf4 26. d6 Nd5 $1 27. Nc4
d3 $5 {/\ Re2} 28. Ne3 (28. Kd2 $4 Re2+ $1 29. Kxd3 Nf4# {# Palkovi,J}) (28.
Re1 Nc3+ 29. Kd2 Ne4+ 30. Kxd3 Nxf2+ 31. Kd2 Ne4+ 32. Kc1 Nxd6 $11 {Palkovi,J})
28... Rxe3 29. fxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Kd2 Nxf1+ 31. Kxd3 $11 {Zueger,B-Palkovi,J,
Leibnitz 50/90 1990}) 23. Re1 Rd8 24. Kc2 $1 (24. Qe4 $1 $13 {Ftacnik}) 24...
Rxd5 $140 25. f4 Nd3 26. Qe6+ Kf8 $8 27. Qxd5 Nxe1+ 28. Kd1 $14 {Legky,N}) 19.
Re3 (19. Nxe4 $2 Qxd5+ 20. Nd2 (20. Qd2 {Stohl} Qxe4 21. Re3 Qa8 $17 {/\} 22.
Qxd7 $2 Rd8) 20... c3 $1 $19) (19. Nxc4 $6 Qxd5+ 20. Nd2 Nc5 $17) (19. Re1 $6
Nc5 20. Nxc4 Qb4 {/\ Nd3~/=}) 19... Qxd5 $5 $146 {Stohl: In fact only this
move is new.} (19... Nc5 20. Nxc4 Qb4 21. b3 $1 $18 {Palkovi,J}) 20. Rxe4 Rf8
$1 {[#] @עd1,Rh1 Stohl: Despite being an exchange and a pawn down Black has
promising compensation in good piece play. White's forces are in a tangle and
he is behind in development.} 21. f3 $6 {Ftacnik: The problems are not over
yet, black remains with many active possibilities.} (21. Rhe1 $142 $11 Ne5 $5 (
21... c3 22. bxc3 Bd3 23. Qb3 Qxb3+ 24. Nxb3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxf2 26. Re7 $16)
22. f3 Nd3 {->21...Ne5}) (21. Re7 $5 Ne5 (21... Bf6 $140 $2 22. Qe4 $16) (21...
Qxg2 $6 22. Qe4 Bb7 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Re1 Bc6 25. Qxc4 Rxf2 26. b3 $16) (21...
Nc5 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxa7 (22. f3 {Stohl -21.f3}) 22... Qxg2 $132) (21... Rxf2 22.
Qe4 Nf6 23. Qxd5+ (23. Re8+ $1 $18) 23... Nxd5 24. Rxa7 $16) 22. Qe4 (22. f3 {
->21.f3}) 22... Qc5 (22... Qa5 $2 23. Rxa7 Qxa4+ $140 $2 24. b3 $18) 23. Re6
Qa5 (23... Nd3 24. Rf1 c3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxa6 (26. Rc6 Qa1 27. Nb3 Qb1 28.
Qd5+ Kh8 $44) 26... Qxc1+ 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Qxf4 Re8+ 29. Qe3 Qc8 $14) 24. Rf1
c3 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. bxc3 Rd8 27. Re1 Nc4 (27... Nd3 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6
Bxc3 30. Kc2 Bxd2 31. Bxd2 $14) 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxc3 30. Re2 Rd4 31. Kc2
Bxd2 32. Bxd2 Nxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxa4 $11) (21. Rxc4 $5 {Stohl} Bxc4 (21... Rxf2 $5)
(21... Qxg2 22. Qe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bb7 24. Rhe1 Bxe4 25. Nxe4 $14) 22. Qxc4 Qxc4
23. Nxc4 Rxf2 24. g4 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. b3 Bc3 $44) 21... Nc5 (21... Ne5 22.
Rhe1 Nd3 23. R1e2 Nb4 24. Qb1 c3 25. bxc3 (25. Rxb4 $6 Bd3 26. Qa1 Bxe2+ 27.
Kxe2 cxd2 28. Bxd2 Re8+ $36) 25... Na2 $5 (25... Bxe2+ $6 26. Rxe2 Na2 27. Bb2
Bxc3 (27... Nxc3+ 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Qb5 $16) 28. Qe4 Qf7 29. Qc2 Bxb2 30. Qxb2
Rd8 31. Ke1 $16) 26. R2e3 Nxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Bxc3 $44) 22. Re7 Bf6 $1 (22... Nd3
23. Rf1 (23. Rxg7+ {Stohl} Kxg7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Kc2 $14) 23... Bd4 24. Re4 Rb8
$44) (22... c3 $5 {Stohl} 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qxc3+ Kg8 $44 {/\} 25. b3 Nd3 26.
Bb2 Nf2+ $1 27. Ke1 (27. Kc1 Rc8 28. Nc4 Nd3+ $36) 27... Nd3+ $11) 23. Rxa7 c3
24. Rxa6 {Ftacnik: Panicky reaction in the face of mounting pressure, white
had to cross fingers and defend. Stohl: A tactical mistake, which loses the
game.} (24. bxc3 $6 Bc4 {/\Bb3} (24... Bd3 25. Qb2 Re8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Qe5+ 28. Ne4 Bxe4 29. Kf1 Bc6 $14) 25. Ra5 Re8 $40 (25... Re8 {Ftacnik} 26. Re1
(26. Rxc5 $4 {Stohl} Be2+ 27. Ke1 Bh4+ 28. g3 Bxg3#) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Nd3+
28. Kd1 (28. Kf1 {Stohl} Nxc1+ 29. Nxc4 Qxc4+ 30. Kg1 Ne2+ $11) 28... Nf2+ (
28... Qxa5 $2 {Stohl} 29. Nxc4 $18) 29. Ke1 Nd3+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1+ 31. Nxc4 Qxc4+
$13) (25... Bb3 $2 {Stohl} 26. Qxb3 $18)) 24... cxd2 25. Rxf6 (25. Rb6 dxc1=Q+
26. Kxc1 Qa2 $17) (25. Qxd2 {Ftacnik} Qxd2+ (25... Qb3+ {Stohl} 26. Qc2 $8
Qxc2+ 27. Kxc2 Nxa6 $15) 26. Bxd2 Nxa6 $15) 25... dxc1=Q+ 26. Kxc1 Rxf6 {
-> Stohl: Despite having 3 pawns for the N White's position is very difficult,
as his K is still in danger and he will have to give up at least a pawn to
stave off the attack.} 27. Rd1 (27. Kb1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 $15 (
28... Rxf5 {Stohl} 29. a5 Nb3 $17)) 27... Qc6 28. Kb1 (28. a5 {Ftacnik} Nb3+
29. Kb1 Qxc2+ (29... Nxa5 $19 {Stohl}) 30. Kxc2 Nxa5 $17) 28... Nxa4 29. Qxc6
Rxc6 $17 {Ftacnik: Winning this endgame will be anything but easy, white has
to push b pawn in order to generate counterplay. [#] Hecht:  Klarer Vorteil
für Schwarz bei einem Springer gegen 2 Bauern. Die weißen Hoffnungen beruhen
auf dem geringen Bauernmaterial sowie dem Umstand, daß ein Springer bei Bauern
auf beiden Flügeln weniger effektiv ist als ein Läufer. Bei Turmtausch hätte
Weiß mit dem entfernten Freibauern etliche Überlebenschancen. Kommentare nach
Van der Wiel. Eine Medaille für schwierige Strategie + Taktik} 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31.
Rd7+ Kh6 32. h4 $6 (32. Rd4 Nb6 33. b3 Kg5 34. Kb2 $17) (32. g4 {Ftacnik} Nb6 (
32... g5 33. Rd4 Nb6 34. f4 $15) 33. Ra7 g5 (33... Rf6 34. h4 $1) 34. Ra6 Rg6
$17) (32. b3 {Stohl} Nc5 $19) 32... Nc5 (32... Rb6 $2 {Stohl} 33. g4 $1 Rxb2+
34. Kc1 g5 35. hxg5+ Kg6 36. f4 $11) 33. Rf7 Ne6 34. Ka2 (34. g4 $140 Rc7 $1 (
34... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 35. Rxc7 Nxc7 36. Kc2 {mit einigen technischen
Schwierigkeiten für Schwarz, da der Springer nur von einer zentralen Position
aus (etwa d5) nach beiden Flügeln wirken kann. In Betracht kommt nun neben Kg7
auch g5. Hier einige Remis- und Gewinnaspekte. Wie man unschwer erkennt, fällt
der Gewinn mit dem lahmen Gaul schwer.} Kg7 $17 (36... Kg7 {Hecht} 37. Kd3 Kf6
38. Kd4 Ke6 39. b4 Kd6 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Nd5 42. b5 Nf6 43. h6 Ng8 44. b6
Nxh6 45. b7 Kc7 46. Ke5 Nf7+ (46... Ng8 47. f4 Kxb7 48. f5 h5 49. Kf4 Kc6 50.
Kg5 Nf6 51. Kxf6 h4 52. Kg7 h3 53. f6 h2 54. f7 $11) 47. Kf6 h5 (47... Kxb7 48.
Kxf7 h5 49. f4 h4 50. f5 h3 51. f6 h2 52. Kg7 h1=Q 53. f7 $11) 48. Kf5 $3 (48.
Kxf7 h4 $19) 48... Z0 49. Kf4 Z0 50. Kg3 Z0 51. Kh4 {Der Springer ist mit wie
auch gegen Randbauern ein Ritter von der traurigen Gestalt.}) (36... g5 37. h5
(37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Kd3 Kf4 39. Ke2 Nb5 $19 {[%cal Rb5d4,Rd4f3]}) 37... Kg7 38.
Kd3 Kf6 39. Ke4 h6 40. f4 gxf4 41. Kxf4 Nd5+ (41... Na6 42. g5+ hxg5+ 43. Kg4 {
[%cal Rh5h6,Rh6h7]}) 42. Ke4 Nb4 43. Kf3 Kg5 44. Kg3 Nd5 45. Kf3 Nf6 46. b4
Nxg4 47. Ke4 (47. b5 Kf5 48. b6 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. b7 Nd7 51. Ke3 Kxh5 52.
Kd4 Kg6 53. Kd5 Kf7 54. Kd6 Ke8 55. Ke6 $11) 47... Kxh5 48. b5 Nf6+ 49. Kd4 Nd7
50. Kd5 Nb6+ 51. Kc5 (51. Kc6 Na4 $19) 51... Nc8 $1 $19)) (34... g5 $2 35. Rf6+
Kg7 36. hxg5)) 34... Ra6+ 35. Kb1 (35. Kb3 {Ftacnik} Nd4+ 36. Kc3 Nf5 37. g4 $1
(37. h5 {Hecht} Rc6+ 38. Kb4 Rb6+ 39. Kc3 Nd6 40. Rd7 gxh5) 37... Nxh4 38. f4
Ng2 39. b4 Ne3 40. b5 Rd6 41. g5+ Kh5 $19) 35... Nd4 36. Rf4 (36. g4 $1 {
Ftacnik} g5 37. hxg5+ Kg6 38. Rf4 (38. Rf6+ Rxf6 39. gxf6 Nxf3 40. b4 Kxf6 41.
Kc2 Ke5 42. Kd3 Nh2 43. b5 Nxg4 44. b6 Kd6 45. b7 Kc7 46. Ke4 Kxb7 47. Kf5 h5
48. Kg5 Nf6 $19) 38... Rd6 39. Rf8 (39. b4 {Hecht} Kxg5 40. Rf8 Rb6 41. Kb2
Rxb4+ 42. Kc3 Ra4 $19) 39... Kxg5 $15) (36. f4 {Stohl} Nf5 37. g4 Nxh4 38. g5+
Kh5 39. Rxh7+ Kg4 $19) 36... Nf5 37. Re4 (37. h5 {Stohl} Kxh5 38. g4+ Kg5 $19)
37... Rd6 {/\Rd4} 38. Kc2 (38. b4 {Ftacnik} Rd2 39. b5 Nd6 40. Rb4 Rxg2 41. b6
Rf2 $19) 38... Ng3 (38... Rd4 {Stohl} 39. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 40. Kc3 Nf5 41. b4 Nxh4
42. b5 Nf5 43. b6 Nd6 44. Kd4 $132) 39. Rg4 (39. Re7 {Ftacnik} Rd4 $19) 39...
Nf1 40. Kc3 (40. Re4 $2 {Stohl} Rd2+ $19) 40... Ne3 41. Rg5 (41. Rg3 {Stohl}
Kh5 $19) 41... Nf5 42. Rg4 (42. g3 {Ftacnik} Re6 43. Kd2 (43. f4 Re3+ (43...
Rc6+ {Hecht} 44. Kb4 Rb6+ 45. Ka3 Nd6 46. b4 Ne4 47. Re5 Nxg3 48. b5 Rf6 (48...
Nf5 49. Kb4 Nd6 50. Kc5 $1) 49. Kb4 Rxf4+ 50. Kc5 Ne4+ 51. Kc6 Rf6+ 52. Kc7 Nd6
53. b6 Nc4 54. b7 Rf7+ $19) 44. Kd2 Rxg3 45. Rxg3 Nxg3 46. b4 Nf5 $19) 43...
Nd4 44. Rd5 Nxf3+ $19) 42... Kh5 43. b4 (43. g3 {Hecht} h6 44. b4 Rd5 $1 {
[%csl Rf3,Rg3][%cal Gd5b5,Gf5e3,Re3g4,Re3c4,Ge3d5,Gd5d3] verhindert b5, Kc4
und Kc2. Damit fällt f3 und/oder g3}) 43... Ne3 {Ftacnik: From this square the
knight manages to attack on both sides.} (43... Nxh4 {Ftacnik} 44. b5 Rb6 45.
Kc4 $132) (43... Nxh4 $19 {Stohl}) 44. Rd4 (44. Re4 {Ftacnik} Nxg2 $19) (44.
Rg3 $5 {Ftacnik} Kxh4 (44... h6 $5 $19 {Stohl}) 45. Rh3+ Kg5 46. Rxh7 Nxg2 $19)
44... Rxd4 45. Kxd4 Nc2+ 46. Ke5 (46. Kc3 {Ftacnik} Nxb4 47. Kxb4 Kxh4 $19)
46... Nxb4 47. Kf6 Nd5+ 48. Kg7 Ne3 (48... Ne3 {Ftacnik} 49. g4+ (49. Kxh7 Nxg2
$19) (49. g3 Nf5+) 49... Nxg4 (49... Kxh4 {Stohl} 50. Kxh7 g5 51. Kg6 Nxg4 $19)
50. fxg4+ Kxh4 51. Kxh7 g5 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2408"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz II"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
{Black want to avoid the knight manoeuvre to c4, where it would be annoying
for opponent.} 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Bg7 13. e5 $5 {
White tries to take advantage of the disharmony in Black's camp.} dxe5 14. d6
Qe6 (14... Qd8 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re7 Rb8 19. Qe2 Bd4
20. Nd5 $6 (20. Re1 $14 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge1e8,Gc3d5]}) 20... Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6
22. d7 Qd6 23. Re1 Bf6 24. d8=Q Rfxd8 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 a5 $15 {Hug,
M-Antonio,R/Lugano 1989}) 15. Bxb7 (15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qf6 (16... Qxd6 $140
$2 17. Bxf7+ $16) 17. Bg3 Rb8 18. f4 e4 $5 19. Bxe4 O-O 20. Kh1 Rfd8 21. f5 g5
22. Qg4 h6 23. h4 Qxb2 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qf6 $15 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Gb7b5]
Gallego,V-Franco,Z/Linares 1991}) (15. Bg3 Rb8 16. Re1 O-O 17. Nd5 e4 (17...
Rfd8 $5 18. Nc7 Qf5 $15) 18. Nc3 Rfe8 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 (19... Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5
21. Rc1 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 $14 {[%csl Gd6]}) 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd2 (
22. Qd5 $5 Rb4 $13 {[%csl Rb2,Rg1][%cal Gb8e8]}) 22... Rbe8 23. h4 Bf6 (23...
Re2 24. Qa5 Bxb2 25. Rd1 $132) 24. Qa5 (24. Qd5 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Rb4 $13) 24... Bd8
25. Qc3 Bf6 26. Qa5 Bd8 27. Qc3 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Xu Jun-Hracek,Z/Bad Homburg 1997})
(15. Bg5 Rb8 16. Re1 O-O 17. Qd2 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra6 Rb6 20. Rxb6 Nxb6 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Nc4 $6 (22... Nd7) 23. Qd5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Bd8 24. Qxe6 fxe6
25. b3 $18 {Larsen,S-Thuesen,M /1991}) ({This position after:} 15. Re1 O-O {
can be reached with different move orders from A75} 16. Bxb7 Ra7 $5 (16... Rab8
$6 {[%csl Ra6]} 17. Bxa6 Rxb2 18. Bb5 $1 (18. Nb5 $6 Qf5 19. Bg3 e4 20. Na3 Ng4
21. Be2 e3 $1 22. f3 Nf2 $17 {Schneider,A-Salanczy.E /Budapest 1981}) (18. Qd3
Rb4 19. Bg3 Rfb8 (19... Rd4 20. Qf1 $1 Qxd6 21. Bc4 $36) (19... Nh5 $5 {
[%cal Gh5f4,Ge5e4]}) 20. Bb5 e4 21. Qc2 Nh5 22. Rad1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 f5 24. Nd5
R4xb5 25. axb5 Qxd6 26. Qb3 $36 {[%cal Gb3g8] Ftacnik,L-Kudrin,S/Hastings 1983/
Inf 37/ (113)}) 18... Rd8 $1 (18... Rb4 $5) (18... Qf5 $6 19. Be3 e4 (19... Ng4
$2 20. Nd5 (20. Bxd7 Nxe3 21. Bxf5 Nxd1 22. Nxd1 $18 {Browne,W}) 20... Kh8 21.
Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Nb6 Rxb6 24. Bxb6 Rc6 25. a5 $1 Rxd6 26. a6 $3 {
1-0 Bonin,J-Abramson,D/New York Summer Fut 1991}) 20. Rb1 $1 Rxb1 (20... Rb4 $2
21. Rxb4 cxb4 22. Na2 Ng4 23. Nxb4 Bc3 24. Nd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8][%cal Gd5e7]}
) 21. Qxb1 Ne5 (21... Qe5 22. Bxd7 $1 Nxd7 23. Nxe4 f5 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Qb7 $1
Qxe4 26. Qxd7 $16) 22. f3 $1 exf3 (22... Nd3 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Bxd3 Nxc3 25.
Bxf5 $18) 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Bxc5 Ned7 25. Bb4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ga4,Gd6][%cal
Gb5d7,Gb4f8] Browne,W-Chase,C/New York 1984/Inf 37/(114) Browne,W}) (18... Rb8
19. Qd3 $6 Rb4 20. Be3 e4 21. Qd2 Ng4 22. Bf4 Rd4 23. Qc2 e3 $1 24. fxe3 Rxf4
$1 25. exf4 Bd4+ (25... Qxd6 26. g3 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qxc3 28. Qxc3 Bxc3 29. Bxd7
Bxa1 30. Rxa1 Ne3 31. Bb5 Rd8 $132 {Crafty 16.3-Crafty 16.1/Cologne GER 1999})
26. Kh1 Qxd6 $17 {Garcia Martinez,S-Ljubojevic,L/Madrid 1973}) (18... Ng4 $1
19. Bg3 $1 (19. Qd5 $2 Qxd5 20. Nxd5 exf4 21. Bxd7 Bd4 $17) (19. Be3 {Browne,W}
e4 $5 $132)) 19. Rc1 $1 (19. Be3 Bf8 $132 {[%csl Rd6]}) (19. Bg5 $6 Qf5 $1 20.
Be3 Ng4 $1 (20... e4 $5 21. Qc1 $1 Rb3 (21... Rb4 $5 22. Na2 Rb3 23. Qc2 Ra3
$13 {[%cal Gf6g4,Gg7a1]}) (21... Nd5 22. Qxb2 (22. Bxd7 Rxd7 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24.
Bxc5 Bd4 $11) 22... Bxc3 23. Qc2 Qe5 $13 {[%cal Gc3a1,Ge5d6]}) 22. Qc2 $1 Rxc3
$2 (22... Rb4 $5 23. Na2 Rd4 $5) 23. Qxc3 Nd5 {Van der Sterren,P-Stoica,V/
Albena 1983} 24. Qa5 $1 Rc8 25. Rac1 Ne5 $1 26. d7 $1 Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28.
Red1 $16 {Stoica,V}) 21. Bxd7 (21. Qf3 $5 {AK}) 21... Rxd7 22. Bxc5 Nxf2 23.
Qd5 $1 e4 $1 24. Qa8+ Bf8 25. Nd5 Nh3+ $1 26. Kh1 Nf2+ (26... Qg5 $5 27. g3 Qd2
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Ne8+ Kg8 $1 30. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) 27. Bxf2 (27. Kg1 Nh3+ $11)
27... Qxf2 28. Rg1 Kg7 29. Raf1 Qh4 30. Nf6 Rxd6 $1 31. Ne8+ Kh6 32. Rxf7 $1
Rxg2 $1 33. Rxg2 Rd1+ 34. Rg1 Rxg1+ 35. Kxg1 Bc5+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ $11
{Stoica,V}) 19... Qf5 (19... Bf8 $5 {AK}) 20. Be3 e4 (20... Ng4 $5) (20... Bh6
$5 21. Re2 $1 Bxe3 22. Rxb2 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $14) 21. Bxd7 $1 Rxd7 22. h3 c4 23.
Re2 Rb3 24. Nb5 Rd3 25. Qc2 c3 (25... Ne8 $142) 26. Nxc3 R7xd6 27. Nb5 Rd8 28.
Bb6 $16 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a5] Hjartarson,J-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik 37/113
1984/[Byrne,R; Mednis,E]}) 17. Bf3 (17. Bc6 {-15.Bb7}) 17... Rb8 {Now Black
has more than one way to get a satisfactory position:} 18. Nd5 (18. Qd2 $6 Rb6
(18... Rb4 $5 19. Be3 e4 20. Be2 Ne8 $13 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Ga7b7,Gb7b2]})
19. Rad1 Bf8 20. Be3 Rxd6 21. Qc2 Rc7 {1/2-1/2 Molnar,L-Hardicsay,P/HUN 1999}
22. Rxd6 Bxd6 23. Rd1 Bf8 24. a5 $44 {^^ Pacheco,D-Glavina,P/ARG-chJ Neuquen
1986}) (18. Re2 Bf8 19. Bg5 Rb6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxd6 22. Rd2 Rd4 $1 23.
Bc2 Qd6 24. Be3 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 c4 $17 {[%cal Gf8c5,Ga7b7,Gb7b2]
Magallon,A-Gil Reguera,J/Zaragoza 1989}) (18. a5 Ne8 (18... Rxb2 $5) 19. Na4
Nxd6 20. Be3 Rc7 21. Bd5 $6 (21. Rc1 c4 22. Bd5 Qf6 23. Nb6 $44) 21... Qf6 22.
Rc1 Nf5 $1 23. Nxc5 Nxe3 24. Nxd7 Qxf2+ $1 25. Kxf2 Nxd1+ 26. Rexd1 Rxb2+ 27.
Kg3 Rxd7 28. Bc4 Ra7 $17 {Costantino,G-Nasman,P/IECG 1997}) 18... Qxd6 19. Bg5
$1 Nxd5 (19... Qe6 20. Ra3 $5 $14 (20. b4 $140 $6 Nxd5 $1 21. Bxd5 Qf5 $17 {
[%csl Rb4,Rg5]})) 20. Bxd5 Qf8 21. Qc2 Nb6 22. Ba2 $1 (22. Rad1 $6 Nxd5 23.
Rxd5 Rab7 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8b2]}) 22... Rab7 23. Rab1 (23. a5 $2 Na8 $1)
23... Qe8 $1 24. Bb3 $1 (24. a5 Qa4 $1) 24... Qc8 (24... Qc6 25. Be3 Rc8 26.
Rec1 $44) 25. a5 Na8 26. Bc4 (26. Red1 $2 Qg4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Rg5]}) 26...
Nc7 27. Red1 {Browne W-Gurevich Dimitri/37/114 1984} Ne6 28. Bxe6 Qxe6 $15 {
Browne,W}) 15... Ra7 $5 {is the precise move order.} (15... Rb8 $6 16. Bc6 O-O
17. Be3 (17. Bg5 $6 Rb4 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Be7 Rfb8 20. Rc1 Rxb2 21. Ne4 Rc8 22.
Qd3 c4 23. Ng5 Qf5 24. Qd5 e4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Nxe4 c3 $19 {Bronstein,
L-Tempone,M/Buenos Aires 1997}) 17... Rxb2 18. a5 e4 19. Na4 Rb4 20. Nxc5 Qf5
21. Nxa6 Rc4 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Ra4 Rxa4 24. Qxa4 $16 {Herrmann,K-Lisak,J/W-ch
M439 corr 1988}) 16. Bc6 O-O 17. Re1 (17. Be3 $6 Rc8 18. Nd5 Bf8 $5 (18... Qxd6
19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qg3 Rdxd7 23. Bxc5 Rab7 24. b4 e4
25. Rad1 Qc6 $132 {Agnos,D-Ionescu,C/Berga 1994}) 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6
21. Qg4 Qf5 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rac1 c4 24. Rfd1 f4 25. Bd2 Rxd6 26. Bc3 f6 $17 {
Gomez Esteban,J-Franco,Z/Oropesa del Mar 1996}) 17... Rb8 {[%csl Rb2][%cal
Gb8b2]} (17... Rc8 18. Nd5 Nxd5 (18... Qxd6 $6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21.
Bxe5 Qb6 $1 22. a5 $1 Qb7 23. Qc1 $16 {Browne,W}) 19. Bxd5 Qf6 20. Bg3 (20. Be3
Bf8 $1 $13 {Browne,W}) 20... Bf8 21. Ra3 Qxd6 22. Rd3 Qe7 23. Bc4 e4 24. Bd6
Qe8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rd6 Qe7 27. Bxa6 Rb8 28. Bb5 $16 {Granberg,N-Hyldkrog,L/
DEN-ch corr 1984}) 18. Qd2 $8 (18. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 19. f4 Nxc6 $1 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Qe2 Nd4 22. Qc4 Nd7 23. Rb1 Rb4 $19 {Vermiash-Pinchuk,S/corr. 1997}) (18.
Bxd7 $6 Nxd7 19. Qd2 Rab7 20. Rab1 Rb6 21. Bg3 Rxd6 22. Qe2 f5 23. Rbd1 Rd4 24.
f3 Rdb4 $17 {Schwarzmeier,J-Ihlenfeld,E/corr 1986}) (18. Bg3 $6 Rb4 $1 19. Nd5
$6 Rd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nc8 (21. Qf3 $140 $6 Rxd6 22. Nc8 Rxc6 23. Nxa7 Rc7 $19
{[%csl Ra7]}) 21... Rxd1 22. Raxd1 Qb3 23. Nxa7 Qb6 24. Bxe5 (24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25.
Nc8 Qc6 26. Ne7 Qxa4 $17 {Huss,A-Kindermann,S/Beersheba 1985}) 24... Qxa7 25.
a5 Nxe5 (25... Ng4 $6 26. Bg3 Bf6 27. Re7 $1 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Ge7a7]}) 26. Rxe5
Qb8 27. Rxc5 (27. d7 $140 $6 Nxd7 28. Red5 Qc7 29. Bxd7 Bxb2 $17 {[%csl Gc5]
[%cal Gc5c4]}) 27... Qxb2 28. Bb5 $1 $13 {[%csl Ga5,Gd6][%cal Ga5a6]}) 18...
Rb6 (18... Rb4 $6 19. Be3 Rb6 {[%cal Ge3a7]} 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qe8 (21...
Qxd6 $140 $2 22. a5 $1 {/\Bf7}) 22. b4 $1 Rxb4 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qxb4 Nd3 25.
Qd4 $1 $18 {Netsurfer-Leop/ICC 1996}) 19. Bxd7 (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Qe8 (
20... Qxd6 $140 $2 21. a5 $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd5f7]}) 21. Be3 Qb8 22. Rab1 a5
$1 23. Rbc1 Qxd6 24. Red1 Bf8 25. Bc4 Qf6 26. Bb5 Rd6 27. Qe1 e4 28. Rxd6 Bxd6
29. Qd2 $44 {Hansen,C-Gruenfeld,Y/Thessaloniki olm 1984}) 19... Nxd7 20. Rad1
Rab7 $17 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb7b2] Black has cleverly quenched White's temporary
activity and now intends to start his own play.} 21. Qd3 (21. Nd5 $5 Rxd6 22.
Ne7+ Qxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 exf4 25. Re7 Rxb2 26. Rexd7 Bd4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb2b1]}) 21... Bf8 22. Qf3 (22. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 23. Qg3 Bxd6 24.
f4 f6 25. Ne4 c4 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 28. fxe5 Rd2 $17) 22... Rb8 23.
Bc1 (23. Bg3 Rxb2 24. Qd5 Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Bg7 $17) 23... Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Bxd6 25.
Qc6 Be7 $5 (25... Rb6 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27. Rd1 Rd6 28. Rxd6 Qxd6 29. a5 $15) 26.
Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rd1 Rb7 28. Ne4 Nb6 $6 (28... c4 $5 29. Kf1 Nb6 30. a5 Nd5 31.
Nd2 Rb4 $17) 29. b3 Nd5 30. Ba3 Rxb3 31. Bxc5 Nc3 $1 32. Nxc3 Bxc5 33. Ne4 Be7
(33... Bd4 34. Ng5 $5 Rb2 35. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 36. Kf1 Bb6 37. Rd7 $15) 34. f3 $6 (
34. Ra1 $15) 34... Ra3 35. Rd7 Kf8 36. Rb7 Rxa4 37. Rb8+ Kf7 38. Rb7 Ke8 39. g4
a5 40. g5 Rb4 0-1

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2002.06.03"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Loncar, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2002.06.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Bugojno"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e4 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Ne5 {This is one of
important Modern Benoni "tabyias". Black has secured the control of several
dark squares in the centre (the most important beeing e5 and d4) and has
avoided for the moment the dangerous break e4-e5. On the other hand, white
defended very well his central pawns and can decide later on which side he
should start concrete actions.} (13... Re8) 14. Be2 $5 {More precisely than} (
14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 $1 (15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rab1 (16. f4 $6 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Ng3 $17
{Gheorghiu,F}) (16. g4 $2 Qh4 $1 17. gxh5 Bh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Qxh3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+
20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kh2 Re5 {0-1 Calderin,R-Sariego,W,Manzanillo 1991}) 16... Bd7
17. b4 c4 $1 18. Bc2 (18. Bxc4 $140 $4 Rc8 $19) 18... b5 $15 19. a5 $5 f5 $1
20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 $5 23. Qxd4 Qf6 (23... Qg5 24. Rfe1
Nf4 $17 {[%csl Rg2,Rh3] Gheorghiu,F}) 24. Qd2 (24. Qxf6 Nxf6 $17 {[%csl Gc4,
Rd5] Gheorghiu,F}) 24... Re5 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Kf1 Nf4 $3 $17 {[%csl Rb4,Rc3]
[%cal Gf4d3] Georgiev,Ki-Gheorghiu,F,Iraklion tt 40/119 1985}) 15... Bg7 (15...
Bd4 $6 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Ne2 {[%csl Rd4]} Qb6 (17... Nf6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Ng3
Bd7 20. Qb4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd4,Rd6]} Nxd5 $6 21. exd5 Re3 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23.
gxf3 Qh4 24. Kf2 Qxf4 25. Re1 $18 {Dautov,R-Cherniak/Leningrad-chT/1989/}) 18.
a5 $1 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 (19... Qa3 20. Qd2 $1 Qc5 21. Rfc1 Qa7 22. Rb6 $16 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd4,Rd6]}) 20. Qe1 $5 Qa4 21. Qb4 $16 {[%csl Rd4,Rd6]
Zimmermann-Vaulin, Kobanya 1992}) 16. Qf3 {[%cal Gg2g4] /\ g4+/= Cimmerman,J} (
16. f5 $6 {[%csl Ge5]} Nf6 17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Qb3 Nd7 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7
$132) 16... Re8 17. g4 $5 (17. e5 $6 dxe5 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxc5
Bxh3 $5 $11 {Csiszar,C-Vaulin,A/Zalakaros 1992}) 17... Nf6 {White have a big
space advantage and tries to realize it} 18. e5 $1 (18. Rae1 Nd7 19. e5 $5 dxe5
20. f5 $5 e4 $1 $11 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Gg7b2]}) 18... dxe5 19. fxe5 Rxe5 20. Bf4
Re8 21. Bg5 {[%csl Rf7]} c4 22. Bxc4 Qc7 23. Qf4 $14 {[%csl Gd5]}) 14... Nxf3+
15. Bxf3 Ng7 16. Bf4 (16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Rab1 b5 18. b4 $5 c4 (18... cxb4 $6 19.
Rxb4 Qa5 20. Rfb1 Bd7 21. Bd4 $16) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1 Be5 21. Ra5 $6 (21.
Ra3 f5 $5 {[%cal Gf5f4,Gf5e4,Gg7f5,Gf5d4,Gd8f6]}) 21... Bxh3 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}
22. Nxb5 (22. gxh3 $140 $2 Qf6 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]}) 22... c3 $5 23. Nxc3 Rxb4
24. Ra2 Bd7 $132 {Gonzalez Garcia,J-Borocz,I/HUN 1998}) ({Very often we can
meet the position after} 16. Re1 Re8 {with other move order:} 17. Qd2 (17. a5
Be5 (17... Rb8 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Qd7 21. Rc4 Qb5 22. Rc2 b6 23.
Ra1 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qb6 25. Ra2 a5 $11 {Xu Jun-Chekhov,Beijing 1991}) 18. Qd2 Bd7
19. Na4 Bb5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Rac1 f5 22. b4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 Qf6 24. Rc7 Re7 (24...
f4 $140 $6 25. Bd2 $16) 25. Rec1 Rbe8 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nc4 fxe4 28. Bxe4 Bh2+
29. Kxh2 Qxe4 30. Bd2 Qxd5 31. Nxd6 Rd8 32. Rc8 Rxc8 33. Nxc8 Qc4 $11 {Dobrev,
N-Todorov,O/Bulgaria 1994}) 17... Rb8 (17... Bd7 18. Rab1 (18. a5 b5 19. axb6
Qxb6 20. Ra2 Be5 21. Bh6 f5 22. Kh1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Nf5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5d4]}
24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Bf4 a5 26. Bg5 Nd4 $15) (18. Ra2 h5 19. Rb1 Rc8 20. Ne2 Be5 21.
b4 c4 22. Rc1 f5 23. Bg5 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. exf5 Nxf5 $14 {Solozhenkin,
E-Kuzmin,G/St.Peterburg op 1993}) 18... Rc8 19. g4 Be5 20. Bg2 Qc7 21. f4 Bxc3
22. Qxc3 f5 $5 (22... Bxa4 $6 23. f5 $1) 23. gxf5 (23. exf5 gxf5 24. g5 b5 $132
) 23... gxf5 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11 {Nava,E-Wurschner,M/
IECG 2000}) (17... b6 18. Rab1 Be5 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b4 Re5 22.
bxc5 bxc5 23. Bg4 (23. Rb6 $6 Bxh3 $5) (23. Be2 Qh4 24. Rb6 Bxh3 $5 25. gxh3
Rg5+ 26. Bg4 f5 $5) 23... Bxg4 24. hxg4 Rg5 $11 {Savchenko,S-Cornette,M/
Cappelle la Grande 2002}) 18. Rab1 Qc7 (18... Be5 19. b4 $6 cxb4 20. Rxb4 Bxh3
$1 21. Reb1 Bc8 22. Rb6 Qh4 23. Bd4 Qh2+ 24. Kf1 {Avrukh,B-Sergienko,S/
Budapest 1993} f5 $5 $40) 19. g4 b5 $5 (19... Bd7 20. Bg2 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22.
g5 Bd8 23. b4 cxb4 24. Na2 Qa5 25. Nxb4 $11 {Epishin,V-Chekhov,V/Warsaw 1990})
20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 $140 $6 cxb4 22. Na2 Bc3 $1 23. Nxc3 bxc3 24. Qd4 f5 $1
$132) 16... Re8 17. Re1 Be5 (17... Qe7 18. a5 Bd7 19. Qb3 Rab8 20. Qb6 Be5 21.
Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rac1 Rec8 23. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gb1a3,Ga3c4]} Bb5 24. Na3
Bd3 $5 25. Rc3 c4 26. Rec1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rc4,Rd6] Savchenko,S-Todorov,O/
Cappelle la Grande 1994}) 18. Qd2 $36 Bd7 19. a5 ({A little easy for black is:
} 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Bd1 (20. Be2 g5 21. Rab1 {1/2-1/2 Polak,T-Gdanski,J/
Krynica 1997}) (20. a5 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Nd1 f5 23. Ne3 Bb5 24. exf5 Nxf5 $6
(24... gxf5 $5) 25. Nxf5 Rxf5 26. Bg4 Rf6 27. Re7 $16) 20... g5 21. Bg4 {
Dautov,R-Luther,T/Sverdlovsk 1989} h5 $5 $132) (19. Be2 f5 20. Bc4 (20. a5 Bxf4
(20... Qf6 $5) 21. Qxf4 Re5 22. Bd3 Nh5 23. Qd2 f4 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Bf3 Rae8
$132) 20... Qf6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Re1 Qd4 25. Qd3
Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. a5 $11 {Lazovic,G-Mantovani,R/Cannes op 1996}) 19...
Bxf4 (19... f6 $6 20. Bd1 Rb8 21. Bc2 b5 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Ra2 Nh5 24. Bh2 Bb5
25. Rea1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qc7 $14) 20. Qxf4 Re5 {The black's plan is 21...f5 to
improve the inferior position of the knight on g7.} 21. Ra3 $2 ({would be the
consistent plan here to play on queenside:} 21. Reb1 $5 Qe7 22. b4 c4 23. Qe3
f5 $5 24. Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6]} fxe4 25. Qxb7 $5 Rd8 26. Be2 {[%csl Rc4]} Bb5
27. Qb6 Qd7 28. Bg4 Nf5 29. Re1 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Gc3,Re4,Gg4][%cal Gg4d7]}) 21...
Nf5 $1 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 22. Ne2 Ng7 $6 (22... Nh4 $5 23. Ng3 f5 $132 {[%csl Rh3]
[%cal Gh4f3,Gf5e4]}) 23. Rea1 $14 Ne8 24. Rb3 Bb5 25. Ng3 Qg5 (25... b6 $5 26.
axb6 Rb8 27. b7 Nf6 28. Rc3 Qe7 29. Qd2 Rxb7 30. b4 Nd7 31. Bg4 $14) 26. Qxg5
Rxg5 27. Bg4 Re5 28. f4 Re7 29. h4 (29. Bf3 Nf6 $132) 29... Nf6 30. Bf3 Nd7 31.
Rc3 Rae8 32. Rb1 c4 33. b3 cxb3 34. Rbxb3 f6 35. Kf2 Nc5 36. Ra3 Rc7 $6 (36...
b6 $5 {is worthy of consideration.} 37. axb6 Rb8 38. Ke3 Rxb6 39. Kd4 Be8 $132)
37. Ke3 Rec8 38. Bg4 $16 {[%csl Re6,Gg4]} f5 $6 (38... Bd7 39. Bxd7 Nxd7 40.
Rxc7 Rxc7 41. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2d4,Gd4e6] /\Nd4-e6}) 39. exf5 Bd7 40. Kf3 Kg7
41. fxg6 Bxg4+ 42. Kxg4 hxg6 43. Ne2 $6 (43. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7]}) 43...
Ne4 44. Rxc7+ Rxc7 45. Nd4 Nf6+ ({Probably objectively better was:} 45... Rc4
$5 46. Ne6+ Kf7 47. Ng5+ Nxg5 48. Kxg5 Rd4 49. g4 Rxd5+ 50. f5 gxf5 51. gxf5
$14) 46. Kf3 Rc4 47. Ne6+ Kf7 48. Ng5+ Kf8 49. Rb3 Nxd5 50. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd6]} Ra4 51. Rxb7 Rxa5 52. Nxd6 $16 Ra4 (52... Ra1 53. f5 gxf5 54. Nxf5 a5 55.
Ke4 Nf6+ 56. Ke5 Ng4+ 57. Kf4 $18) 53. g3 Rd4 (53... Rb4 54. Ra7 Rb6 55. Nc4
Re6 56. Ne5 $18) 54. h5 Rb4 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. h6 $18 Rb6 57. Rg7+ Kf8 58. Rd7
Rb3+ 59. Kf2 Rb2+ 60. Kg1 Rb1+ 61. Kh2 Rb2+ 62. Kh3 Rb1 63. h7 Rh1+ 64. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2005.04.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2005.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 a6
9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 {This is one of important Modern Benoni
"tabyias". Black has secured the control of several dark squares in the centre
(the most important ones are e5 and d4) and has avoided the dangerous break
e4-e5 for the moment. On the other hand, White defended his central pawns very
well and can decide later on which side he should start concrete actions.} 12.
Be3 {In this variation White tries to take space advantage without any
counterplay.} (12. Bg5) (12. g4) (12. Be2) (12. Nd2) (12. Re1) (12. Ne2) (12.
a5) 12... Re8 (12... Rb8 13. a5 Re8 14. Re1 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Qc2 Ne5 17.
Be2 Qf6 $5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Ra3 Nf4 20. Bf1 g5 21. Rea1 f5 $5 $132 22. Bxf4
gxf4 23. Bd3 c4 $5 24. Bxc4 fxe4 25. Bxa6 Bf5 $44 {Rodriguez,J-Sanchez,R/Las
Palmas op 1997}) (12... Ne5 13. Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 (14... Qh4 $6 15. Bxh5
$5 (15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Be7 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Bg3 Qf6
21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Qg5 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. d6 $1 $16 {Vybiral,Z-Jaworski,M/
Ceske Budejovice op 1992}) 15... gxh5 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Bg5 f6 18. Bh4 Bd7 19. a5
Kh8 20. Rab1 Rg8 21. Qf4 Bxh3 22. Bg3 f5 23. exf5 $5 (23. Qxd6 $6 Qxd6 24. Bxd6
Bd4 $15 {Krallmann,M-Weidemann,C/Muenster 1998}) 23... h4 24. Rbe1 Be5 25. Rxe5
$5 dxe5 26. Qxe5+ Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. gxh3 hxg3 29. fxg3 $16) 15. Qd2 Re8
16. a5 Nd7 $5 (16... Bd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Bb5 19. Rfe1 Nd7 20. g3 Ne5 21.
Bg2 Qf6 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Red1 c4 $132 {Kunin,V-Huhndorf,A/Bad Woerishofen GER
2003}) 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Rab1 f5 $5 19. b4 (19. exf5 Ne5 $5 $44) 19... fxe4 20.
Bg4 Ne5 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Qe2 $6 Qf5 23. bxc5 Nf3+ $1 24. Kh1 Qe5 25. gxf3 (25.
g3 $4 Qh5 26. h4 Qg4 {0-1 Vasilev,M-Chatalbashev,B/Calvi FRA 2004}) 25... Qh5
26. h4 $1 (26. Kg2 $140 Rf8) 26... Qxh4+ (26... Rf8 27. Bg5 $1) 27. Kg2 exf3+
28. Qxf3 Qxa4 $15) (12... b6 13. Be2 (13. Qd2 Ra7 (13... Bb7 $6 14. g4 Nhf6 15.
Bf4 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. f4 Nd7 20. f5 f6 (20... c4
$5) 21. Be3 g5 22. Rab1 Rfc8 23. Bc4 Kf7 24. Ne2 Bf8 25. Kf2 Be7 26. Rh1 Rh8
27. h4 $14 {Marsland,S-Kessler,D/cr compuserve 1997}) (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 (14.
Be2 f5 15. exf5 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf5 17. Rfe1 Nf6 $132) 14... Bxe5 15. f4 Bg7
16. Qf2 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Rae1 Ra7 20. Bf2 Re8 21. Qd1 Rae7 22.
Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Arduman,C-Quinn,M/Leon ESP 2001}) 14.
Rab1 Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. a5 bxa5 17. f4 Bg7 18. e5 $5 Ng3 19. Rfe1
Nf5 20. Bf2 $14) 15... Nxf3+ (15... f5 $5) 16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Rfc1 f5
19. a5 $5 Ne5 20. Be2 fxe4 (20... f4 $5 21. Bxf4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 b5 23. Be3 Qxa5
24. Ra4 $1 $14) 21. axb6 Raf7 22. bxc5 Qh4 23. Nxe4 $1 Qxe4 24. Rb4 Qf5 25. Rf4
Qd7 26. c6 $18 {Aloma Vidal,R-Recuero Guerra,D/Toledo 2003}) (13. Re1 Ne5 14.
Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. e5 $6 (16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Be2 Re8 18. Bf1 Rb8 19. Rab1
Qf6 $132) 16... dxe5 17. d6 Rb8 18. Bg5 Be6 19. Rxe5 h6 20. Bh4 Qd7 21. Bg3
Rfd8 22. Re2 Kh7 23. Rc1 Bf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxd6 $5 26. Rd2 Bxg3 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Qe2 Bc7 29. Qxa6 Rd2 $44 {Uralde,O-Neto,H/ICCF Email 2001}) 13...
Re8 14. Nd2 Nhf6 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Nc4 (16. Rae1 Qc7 17. f4 Bb7 18. Bc4 Rbd8 19.
Qd3 Qc8 20. Bf2 Nh5 21. Qf3 Bh6 22. Be3 Bg7 23. g4 Nhf6 24. Bf2 h6 25. Bh4 Qc7
26. Qd3 $16 {Akobian,V-Langer,M/Los Angeles USA 2001}) (16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Bh2 (
17. Nc4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be3 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Rfe1 Bc8 19. Rac1 Re7 20.
f4 Ne8 21. Nf3 c4 22. Kh1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bf1 Ba6 25. b4 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Qa5
27. e5 $5 Nc5 {Sugden,J-Trangmar,A/BCF-ch Qualifier [D/ 1971} 28. Qd1 $1 $16)
16... Ne5 17. Na3 Qe7 (17... Ned7) 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. f4 Ned7 20. Bf3 Rec8 21.
Nc4 Ne8 22. Bd2 Ba8 23. Kh1 (23. e5 $5 dxe5 24. fxe5 b5 25. d6 $16) 23... b5
24. axb5 axb5 25. Na5 b4 26. Nd1 c4 27. Nxc4 Nb6 28. Nde3 Bb7 29. b3 Ba6 30.
Be2 Nf6 31. Bd3 Nh5 32. Rf3 $16 {Ristic,N-Van der Griendt,J/Dieren op 1990}) (
12... Qe7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 Re8 14. Be2 Nhf6 15. Qc2 (15. Z0 Rf8 16. Qc2 Ne8 17.
Rfe1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 $6 (18... gxf5 19. Nf3 f4 20. Bd2 Ne5 $14) 19. Bg4 Rf8
20. Be6+ (20. Bxc5 Ne5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bd4 Qf7 {[%csl Rd5]} 23. Rac1 Nc7 24.
Nce4 Qxd5 25. Qb3 $14) 20... Kh8 21. f4 Qd8 22. Nf3 Ndf6 23. Ng5 $16 {Tornerup,
J-Hansen,H/Copenhagen 2000}) 15... Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Nc4 Rb4 19.
Na5 Nb8 20. Bf3 Bd7 (20... Nfd7 $5 $132) 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Ra3 Re7 23. Bg5 h6
24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Ne8 26. Rd1 $16 {Krzywda,A-Jakubowski,J/Polanica Zdroj 2004}
) 13... Re8 (13... Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. e5 $5 (16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4
Bd7 {*} 18. Z0 Rab8 19. Qd2 Rfe8 20. g4 Qf8 21. Bg2 Nh7 22. Bg3 f5 $5 23. exf5
gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nf6 28. Qe3 Nd7 $132 {
Molnar,L-Mansurov,V/Kobanya op 1996}) 16... dxe5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Bxc5 Bd7 19.
Nd5 Rab8 20. Ba7 Rbd8 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxb7 $16 {Irwanto,S-Rayner,F/Bled SLO
2002}) (13... Rb8 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rad1 (17. f4 $1 $14
) 17... Bd7 18. Ra1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 b4 21. Ne2 Ra8 22. Rea1 Rxa7 23.
Rxa7 Qd8 24. Bg5 $14 {Adriaans,M-Jannink,B/NLD-ch J20 1995}) 14. Z0 Qf8 (14...
Ne5 15. Bf1 (15. Be2 $1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. a5 $14) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 b6
17. g4 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nd7 19. f4 Qf8 20. Bg2 Rb8 21. Rf1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. e5
$5 Nb6 (23... dxe5 24. f5 c4 $5 $132) 24. Ra7 $6 (24. Nxb5 $5 Nc4 25. Nxd6 Nxd6
26. Bxc5 $5 (26. exd6 $140 $4 Rxe3 $19) 26... Ne4 $1 27. Bxf8 Nxg3 28. Bd6 Nxf1
29. Bxb8 Ne3 $11) 24... Nc4 25. Bc1 dxe5 26. Ne4 (26. f5 $5) 26... exf4 27.
Bxf4 Rb7 $17 {Kanko,I-Innala,H/Ch Finland (team) 1994}) (14... Nhf6 15. Z0 (15.
Qd2 Qf8 16. Rab1 h6 17. b4 c4 18. Bc2 g5 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. g3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Ng7
22. f4 $16 {Rojo Huerta,G-Vehi Bach,V/Pontevedra 2002}) 15... h6 (15... Ne5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 Qe7 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Bf2 Qf6 $6 (19... Rb8) 20. Rf1 g5 $6 21.
e5 $1 (21. fxg5 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ne5 23. Be2 Bxh3 24. Rfd1 Ng6 $132 {Daamen,
F-Simons,R/1992}) 21... Qxf4 22. Qh5 Bxe5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bg3 Qd4+ 25. Kh1
$16) (15... b6 16. Qc2 (16. Qd2 {see below Horvath,C-Hardicsay,P/1992}) 16...
h6 17. Rac1 Nh5 (17... g5 $5) 18. Qd2 g5 19. Rb1 Nhf6 (19... Ne5 20. Be2 $1 $14
) 20. b4 g4 $5 (20... Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Ne2 $6 (22. Rec1 $5 $14) 22... Nxe4
$5 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. a5 $5 (24. Bxc5 Bb7 25. Bxb6 Qxd5 $132) 24... bxa5 25.
bxc5 dxc5 26. Ng3 Qg6 27. Bxc5 Bd7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rb6 $14 {Flumbort,
A-Arnold,L/Budapest 1998}) 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Bf4 Nde5 23. Be2 Ng6 24. Bg3 Qf6 {
1/2-1/2 Perez,J-Balza,F/IECG 2002}) (15... Rb8 16. Nd2 Qf8 17. f4 h6 18. Qc2 b6
19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Ra8 21. Nf3 Qe7 22. Bd2 Nh7 23. Re2 g5 24. e5 $5 $14 {
Korotylev,A-Stocek,J/Pardubice 1996}) 16. Qd2 g5 17. h4 $6 (17. Rab1 {see
above Flumbort,A-Arnold,L}) 17... g4 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. Be2 Nh5 20. Bxh6 Qf6 (
20... g3 21. fxg3 Nxg3 22. Bg5 $13) 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. g3 Qg6 23. a5 Re7 (23...
f5 $5) 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Ra3 Rae8 26. Nd1 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Vokac,M/Prague
1992}) 15. Qd2 h6 (15... f5 $5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 (18...
dxe5 $6 19. a5 h6 20. Be2 Nf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Na4 $16) 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Bh6
Qf7 21. Be2 Nf6 22. b3 {Poetsch,K-Boehm,M/Bad Wiessee 1997} Ne4 $5 23. Nxe4
fxe4 {[%csl Ra1,Rf2]} 24. Qg5+ Qg6 25. Ra2 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 b5 $15) (15... Rb8 16.
Rab1 h6 17. Nh2 Nhf6 18. f4 c4 $5 19. Be2 $2 (19. Bxc4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rbc1 $11) 19... b5 (19... Nxe4 $5 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bf3 Re7 22. Ba7 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Ra8 24. Bd4 b5 $17) 20. axb5 axb5 21. b4 cxb3 22. Rxb3 b4 $17 {Tolkacheva,
V-Matseyko,K/Alushta UKR Summer Games w 2003}) 16. Rab1 (16. g4 Nhf6 17. Bf4
Nh7 18. Bf1 $6 (18. a5 b5 $5 (18... g5 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5
22. Na4 $16) 19. axb6 Nxb6 (19... Rb8 20. Na4 Nxb6 21. Nxc5 $16) 20. Rad1 $5
$14 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bb7 $132)) 18... g5 $1 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a5 (22. Nb1 Bd7 23. Na3 b5 $1 24. axb5 axb5 $13) 22... Bd7 23.
Re3 (23. Rab1 $5 {/\b4|^}) 23... Rae8 24. Bg2 h5 $1 25. gxh5 (25. f3 $6 Qh6 {
/\Nf8-g6-f4->}) 25... Qh6 26. Rg3 Kh8 (26... Qxh5 $2 27. f4 $16) 27. Rf1 (27.
Bf3 Nf6 28. h4 (28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17 {<->e}) 28... Rg8
{/\Nh5|^}) 27... Rg8 (27... Qxh5 28. f4 gxf4 29. Qxf4 Rg8 $13) 28. f4 (28. Bf3
Nf6 29. Bg4 Bb5 $1 $15) 28... gxf4 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rxf4 Rxh5
$10 {Epishin,V-Minasian,A/Groningen 1990 [Stohl,I ]}) 16... b6 17. b4 f5 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Qc2 Ne5 (19... f4 20. Bd2 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 cxb4 22. Ne4 Nc5 23.
Bxb4 $16) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd2 Ra7 22. a5 $6 (22. bxc5 $5 bxc5 23. Qd1 Ng7 24.
Qf3 Qf6 25. Ne2 Rae7 26. Rb6 $16) 22... b5 23. bxc5 $6 (23. Nxb5 $1 axb5 24.
Bxb5 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. b5 $16) 23... dxc5 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Bd7 26.
Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rb6 Bd4 $5 (27... Qf7 $6 28. Re6 Rxd5 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. a6 $16)
(27... Rg7 $2 28. Bxh6 Bf4 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Re6 Re7 31. Qxf5 $18 {Izoria,
Z-Zhang Pengxiang/Yerevan 2000}) (27... Rxd5 28. a6 Bc7 29. Qc4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1
Bxb6 31. Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qc6 Ba7 33. Qxh6 $11 {Akobian,V-Zhang Pengxiang/Yerevan
2000}) 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. a6 Qe5 (29... Qe2 $140 $2 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rf8+ $18) (
29... Ng3 $140 $6 30. Re6 $16) (29... Nf6 30. Qxf5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 (31. Qe6+ Qxe6
32. dxe6 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Rxd2+ 34. Kf3 Ra2 35. e7 Ra3+ $11) 31... Bxe5 32. d6
Kf7 33. Be3 Bd4 34. Rb7 Rxb7 35. axb7 Nd7 36. Bxh6 $14) 30. Rb7 (30. d6 Kh7 31.
Qa4 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. a7 Bxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 35. Kg1 Ng3 36. Qa1 Qe3+ 37.
Kh2 Qf2 38. a8=Q Nf1+ 39. Kh1 Ng3+ 40. Kh2 $11) (30. Qa4 Rd8 31. Re6 Qxd5 32.
Re8+ Kh7 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. a7 Bxf2+ $11) 30... Rg7 31. Rxg7+ (31. d6 Bxf2+ $1
$11) 31... Kxg7 32. a7 Qxd5 33. Bc3 Nf4 34. Bxd4+ Kg6 35. f3 cxd4 36. Qc8 Qa2
37. Qe8+ $11) 13. Qd2 (13. Qc2 Rb8 14. Rae1 (14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Nd2 Nhf6 16. Bf4
Ne5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bd7 19. Qd3 Nh5 20. Bh2 f5 21. Rbe1 Kh8 22. exf5 Bxf5
23. Qd2 Nf6 24. g4 Bd7 25. Qf4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Ne8 29.
Ne4 Bxa4 30. b3 Bb5 31. Nxd6 $16 {Bekmukhamedova,T-Sycova,M/WchJW-U14
Bratislava 1993}) 14... b6 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17. Qe2 {[%csl Ra6]} Bb7 $5
18. Bxa6 Nxd5 $5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qd3 Bb7 $5 (20... Be6 $6 21. Bxd6 Qa7 22.
Bxb8 Qxb8 23. Bb5 $16 {Harestad,H-Georgiev,K/Panormo GRE 2001}) 21. Bb5 (21.
Bxd6 $140 $2 Bxa6 22. Bxc7 Bxd3 23. Bxb8 Nxb8 $19) 21... Be5 22. Bxd7 c4 (22...
Bxf4 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 $44) 23. Qd1 Red8 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Bg3 Ra8 26. Re3 h6 27.
b3 cxb3 28. Rxb3 Bxe4 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Bxe5 Qxd7 31. Rxb6 Re8 $11) ({More often
met by} 13. Re1 $5 {and White prepares a breakthrough in the centre.} Ne5 (
13... Qe7 $6 14. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4]} Ne5 15. Be2 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Nf6 16. f4 Ned7
17. Bf3 Rb8 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd2c4,Ga4a5,Ge4e5] Sasata,R-Hameister,R/IECG
1999}) (13... Rb8 14. Rc1 (14. Qd2) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ (15... Qf6 $5 $132
{[%cal Gg7b2]}) 16. Bxf3 b5 (16... Nf6 $6 17. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gf4b8] /\e5|^
Chernin,A} b5 (17... Qc7 18. b4 $1) 18. axb5 axb5 19. e5 $1 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Rb6
21. d6 Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qf3 Rb6 24. Rcd1 $16 {A.K.}) (16... Qh4 $5) 17.
axb5 axb5 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. Na2 $1 {[%cal Ga2b4,Gb4c6]} b3 (19... Qa5 20. Qd2
$16 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5]}) 20. Qxb3 Qh4 $5 (20... Qf6 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Nb4
$1 {[%cal Gb4c6]} Qb2 (22... Rxe4 23. Ba7 $1 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Ra8 25. Re8+ Bf8
26. Nc6 Bb7 27. Ne7+ $18) (22... Qg6 23. Bf4 $16) 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Ba3 (
24... Bf6 25. Bf4 $16) 25. Bd2 $1 $18 {Chernin,A-Minasjan,A/Lvov 1990}) 21.
Bxh5 gxh5 (21... Qxh5 $6 22. Bf4 $16) 22. Nb4 $5 $14) 14. Be2 (14. Nxe5 Bxe5
15. Qd2 Qf6 (15... Qh4 $5 16. a5 Rb8 17. Bg5 $140 Bf4 $5 18. Bxh4 Bxd2 19. Red1
Bh6 $132) 16. Bg5 Bf4 $5 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Bf1 Qg5 19. Kh2 f6 $6 (19... h6 20.
g3 Ne6 $5 21. f4 Nd4 22. Qxd4 $1 cxd4 23. fxg5 dxc3 24. gxh6 cxb2 25. Rab1 f5
26. Rxb2 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 fxe4 28. a5 $16) 20. Rad1 Nh5 21. Qxg5 fxg5 22. e5 $1
Rxe5 23. Rxe5 dxe5 24. Ne4 b6 25. a5 Bf5 26. Nxg5 Nf6 27. axb6 Rb8 28. g4 Bd7
29. Nf3 Rxb6 30. g5 Ne4 31. Nxe5 $16 {Bobula,M-Dudukovic,N/Urgup 2004}) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 (15... Re5 16. g4 $5 Nf6 17. Bg2 Re8 18. Bf4 Qb6 (18... Nd7
$5 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6][%cal Gf4d6,Gd8b6]} 19. Bxd6 $140 $6 Qb6 $5) 19. a5 Qd8 20.
Qd2 h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. Na4 Be5 23. Be3 Rb8 24. Nb6 $16 f6 $2 25. f4 $18 {
[%csl Re5] Stimpel,F-Hausknecht,M/Bruchkoebel 1993}) (15... Qh4 16. Qd2 $14 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Ge3g5]}) 16. Bf4 Nd7 $5 17. Bxd6 $1 (17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Be2 Bd7 (
18... f5 $13) (18... Be6 19. Bh2 g5 20. f4 $13) 19. Bh2 g5 20. f4 $5 $13) 17...
Qb6 18. e5 $8 (18. Bf4 $2 Qxb2 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $5 (19... Bxe5 $6
20. a5 $1 Qd8 (20... Qxb2 $6 21. Na4 $44 {[%csl Rb2][%cal Ga4b6]}) 21. d6 $1 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Gc3d5,Gd5e7,Gd5c7,Gd5b6]} (21. Ne4 $6 Bxb2 22. Ra2 Bd4 $17 {
[%cal Gc8f5]}) (21. Qb3 {/\ 22.Ne4 was worth a consideration.}) 21... Re6 $1 (
21... Bd4 $2 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nd5 $16) 22. Qb3 $1 {[%cal Gb3g8]} (22. Bd5
Bxc3 $1 23. bxc3 Rxd6 24. Qa4 Bd7 25. Qb3 $13 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 22... Qxd6 (
22... Bxd6 $6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Rd1 $16) 24. Qxb7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc5]}) 23. Bd5 (23. Rad1 Bd4) 23... Re7 (23... Bxc3 24. Bxe6 Bxe1 25. Bxf7+ $14
{Kortschnoj}) 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Ng5 {Polgar,Z-Yudasin,L/Pamplona 1991} Bd4 26.
Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxf7 Kg7 28. Qb6 Bf5 29. Nd6 Rf8 $132 {[%csl Rb7,Rf2] Polgar,Zsu}
) 20. Rxe5 (20. a5 $2 Qxb2 $17) 20... Bxe5 21. Qe2 {This variation would not
bring a relief to black.} f6 $1 {'[]'} (21... Qd6 22. Ne4 $16 Qxd5 $2 23. Nf6+
$18) 22. a5 $1 (22. d6 Be6 $1 $11) 22... Qc7 23. Qc4 $1 (23. d6 Qxd6 24. Rd1
Qc7 $13 {<=> ><a5}) 23... Kg7 $8 24. Ne4 Bf5 $11 {[%csl Rb2,Rc5] Cramling,
P-Yudasin,L/Dos Hermanas /1992} (24... Bxb2 25. Nxc5 $1 {/\ Ne6+-})) 13... b6 (
13... Rb8 {It is necessary to apply this natural manoeuvre for the Modern
Benoni realizing the idea of the releasing break b5, with care, because of Rb8
frequently gets under X-ray of Bf4.} 14. Rfe1 (14. Z0 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4
Bg7 17. g4 $6 (17. Rf3 f5 $132) 17... Ng3 18. Rf3 Bxc3 $1 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qc2
Nf6 21. f5 Nxd5 22. fxg6 {Schroeter,H-Camargo de Miranda,L/Dos Hermanas 2004}
Rxe3 $1 23. gxf7+ Kf8 24. Rxe3 Nxe3 25. Qd2 Qg5 26. Re1 Bxg4 $1 $17) (14. a5
Qc7 15. Bh6 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc4 Qd8 19. g4 $2 (19. Ra2)
19... Qf6 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Nf4+ 22. Kg3 dxe5 23. f3 h5 $17
{[%csl Rb2,Gf4,Rg3] Cvek,R-Sadvakasov,D/Guarapuava 1995}) (14. Rab1 {[%cal
Gb2b4] /\b4} Qa5 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nf6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nf6 17. b4 Nd7
18. Bf4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nc5 20. Rc4 b6 21. Rb1 Rb7 22. g4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. g5
Rc7 25. Qc2 Nd7 $132 {Glaser,H-Nyvlt,Z/ICCF Email 2001}) 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4
Qa5 18. Rfb1 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Nd7 20. Ba7 Ra8 21. Bd4 Nc5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+
f6 24. Rb6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rd6] Grabarczyk,M-Lachowski,A/Warszawa 1997}) 15.
Rfc1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nd7 (16... Nxf3+ $6 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. Bf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb8,
Rd6][%cal Gf4b8]}) 17. Qc2 {[%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4] /\Nd2} Qd8 18. Bg5
(18. g4 Nhf6 19. Nd2 h5 20. g5 Nh7 21. h4 f6 $132) 18... Bf6 19. Bh6 Bg7 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4 Nf4 22. Bf1 Qf6 23. Qd1 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Nc5 $6 (24... Ne5 $5
$132) 25. Rc4 Nd7 26. Qd4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Ne2 Nxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Bd7 30. Rc7
$14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd7][%cal Gc1c8] Giorgadze,G-Stein,B/Gausdal 1992}) 14... Ne5 (
14... Qe7 $6 15. g4 (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Be3
f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Bh6 (22. f4 Bxc3 $5 23. bxc3 Qg7 $132) 22...
Qf7 23. Qd3 Kh8 24. Bd2 Rg8 25. Kh1 Rg7 26. Qf3 Rbg8 27. Rg1 Rg3 $5 28. fxg3
Nxg3+ 29. Kh2 Nf1+ 30. Kh1 Nxd2 31. Qd3 Qg6 $1 $40 {Grill,H-Khokhlov,I/ICCF
1995}) 15... Nhf6 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bg5 Qd6 19. f4 (19. a5 $5)
19... Nd7 20. f5 c4 21. Bf1 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Qf2 Bf8 25. Ra7 b4
26. Ra5 $1 Nb3 27. Nb5 Qd8 28. Ra7 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Ga7f7,Gf2f7]
Mueller,A-Hausmann,I/1996}) (14... Qc7 $6 15. Bh6 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Nf6 (17... Re5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Be2 g5 (19... f5 $5) 20. f4 gxf4 21. Rf1 Qe7
22. Rxf4 Bd7 23. Raf1 Rf8 24. a5 f6 25. Bg4 $1 $14 {Lukov,V-Kovacevic,S/St
Quentin 1999}) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rac1 Qa5 $5 20. Rb1 Bd7 21. b3 Qb4 (21... b5
$5 22. axb5 Bxb5 $5 23. b4 $140 $6 cxb4 24. Na2 Bd3 $1 25. Qxd3 Qxa2 26. Ra1
Qb2 27. Rxa6 Qe5 $15) 22. Qb2 Qd4 23. b4 Rbc8 24. Red1 Qe5 25. Rbc1 cxb4 26.
Qxb4 Rc5 27. a5 Rec8 28. Ne2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Qa1 $11 {Nielsen,
P-Velickovic,S/FIDE.com 2002}) 15. Be2 (15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bf6 $5 $132) 15...
Nxf3+ (15... Nf6 $5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Re7 18. Bf3 Ne8 $132) 16. Bxf3 b5 $5
{Black agrees to corrupt his pawn structure in order to play a quick b5.} (
16... Nf6 $6 17. Bf4 b5 18. e5 $5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Ne4 $5 (19... Rb6 $140 $6 20.
Qf4 $16 {[%cal Ge5c7]}) 20. Nxe4 Rxe5 21. Nxc5 bxa4 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. Nd3 $16 {
[%csl Ra4,Gd5]}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxh5 gxh5 19. Bg5 f6 (19... Qb6 $6 20. Bh6
Bd4 $140 $2 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. e5 $1 $18) 20. Bh6 Rb7 21. Qf4 (21. Bxg7 Rxg7 22.
Re3 b4 23. Ne2 h4 $132) 21... b4 $5 (21... Qe7 $6 $16 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Re3 Qe5
24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Qh6 $16 {Shengelia,D-Ehlvest,J/Batumi 2002}) 22. Nb1 f5 $5 23.
Bxg7 Rxg7 {Black was not afraid of doubled pawns as he will have a strong
attack because all of White's pieces are on the queenside doing nothing.} 24.
Nd2 Rf8 (24... fxe4 25. Nxe4 Rf8 26. Qxd6 Bxh3 27. g3 Qxd6 28. Nxd6 h4 29. Ne4
$14) 25. e5 $5 Bb7 $5 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2]} 26. Qf3 (26. Nc4 $6 Bxd5 27.
Ne3 dxe5 28. Qxe5 Bf3 $13) 26... dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rd7 28. Nf1 Bxd5 $132) 14. Rfe1
Ra7 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 (15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. g4 Nf6 $5 $132) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Nf6 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b4 Ne5 19. Be2 f5 20. bxc5 bxc5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rb7 Qa5
23. Ne4 {Henrichsen,J-Andersen,P/Copenhagen 1995} Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Nd3 25. Rd1 Nb2
$132) (14... Qe7 15. Rab1 Qf8 16. b4 h6 17. Qc2 g5 {*} 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd1
Ne5 (19... Nf4 $5) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb2 Nf4 22. Nc4 Ng6 (22... Nxd3 23. Qxd3
f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qg7 26. Rb6 $16) 23. Rb6 Qe7 24. Bc1 (24. a5 $16) 24...
Qc7 25. Bb2 Rb8 26. a5 Rxb6 27. axb6 Qb8 28. Rb1 $16 {Horvath,C-Hardicsay,P/
1992}) 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nd7 $6 (16... Nxf3+ $5 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19.
Rc1 h5 $5 (19... Nd7 20. Be2 (20. b4 Qb8 21. Rb1 (21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Ra3 $132
) 21... cxb4 22. Rxb4 Nc5 23. Be3 Rb7 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bd7 $132) 20... Bd4
$5 21. b4 Nf6 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. b5 h6 24. Bxh6 axb5 25. Nxb5 Be5 26. Qf3 Rxa4
$132) 20. b4 Nh7 21. Bf4 Qd8 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Bd1 $5 Rb7 24. Bc2 g5 25. Bg3
Rb4 26. Rb1 a5 (26... h4 27. Bh2 Nf8 28. Rxb4 cxb4 29. Ne2 b3 30. Bxb3 Rxe4 31.
Rc1 $14 g4 32. Bc2 Re8 33. hxg4 Bxg4 $14) 27. Nb5 h4 28. Bh2 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5
30. Bd3 Nf8 (30... Rxa4 31. Ra1 Rb4 32. Na3 Re8 33. Nc2 Rb2 34. Reb1 Rxb1+ 35.
Rxb1 g4 36. hxg4 Bxg4 37. Ne3 Qg5 38. Qxa5 Bf3 $132) 31. Na3 Ng6 32. Nc4 Re8
33. Qc2 Nf4 34. Bf1 Ba6 $132) 17. Bc4 Ne5 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Nd2 Qh4 (
20... Qf6 $5 21. e5 $1 (21. Nc4 Nf4 22. e5 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Nxe5 24. Ne4 Nf3+ 25.
gxf3 Rxe4 26. Nxd6 (26. Qxe4 $6 Re7 27. Qd3 Qxf3 28. Nd2 Qxh3 29. Qc4 Bg4 30.
f3 (30. Qxa6 Re5 $17) 30... Bxf3 31. Nxf3 Qg3+ $17) (26. fxe4 $6 Qf3 27. Bg5
Bxh3 28. Ne3 f6 29. Bh4 Re7 $17) 26... Bxh3 27. Qxe4 $8 Qxd6 28. Bf4 (28. Qe8+
Bf8 29. Bh6 Bd7 30. Bxf8 Qxf8 31. Qe4 Bf5 32. Qf4 Rd7 $14) 28... Qf8 29. Rde1
h6 30. Qc4 Bd7 31. Be5 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Qd6 33. f4 $14) (21. Bxh5 $5 gxh5 22. Nc4
Qg6 23. Bf4 Ne5 (23... Be5 24. Bh2 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rb7 26. Rb1 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5
28. b4 h4 29. Qd3 Rg5 30. bxc5 $16) 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Kh1 f5 26. Nxe5 dxe5 (
26... Rxe5 27. f4 Re8 28. e5 $16) 27. d6 $1 Rg7 28. f3 Kh8 29. Re2 h4 30. a5 $1
b5 31. Red2 Rd8 32. Nd5 $16) 21... Nxe5 22. Nce4 Qe7 23. f4 f5 24. fxe5 fxe4
25. Bxh5 gxh5 (25... Qxe5 $6 26. Bg4 $1 (26. Nc4 Qxh5 27. Nxd6 Rf8 28. Nxc8
Rxc8 29. d6 Qf5 30. Qb3+ c4 31. Qxb6 Rf7 32. Qxa6 Qd7 33. Rd5 Rc6 34. Qb5 Rxd6
35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qxc4 Bxb2 37. Qxe4 $16) 26... Bxg4 27. hxg4 b5 28. b4 Qxd5
29. bxc5 dxc5 30. axb5 (30. Bxc5 Bd4+ 31. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kh1 e3 33. axb5 $16)
30... axb5 31. Bxc5 Bd4+ 32. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kh1 e3 34. Qb3+ Rf7 35. Nf3 $18)
26. e6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 d5 (27... Qxe6 28. a5 Rb7 29. Nc4 d5 $5 30. Nxb6 d4 31.
Bf4 Rf7 32. Bh2 e3 $16) 28. a5 Qxe6 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Qxc5 (30. Bxc5 Rc7 31.
Nb3 $16) 30... Qxc5 31. Bxc5 Rb7 32. b4 Bc3 33. Re3 Bxb4 34. Nb3 $16) 21. Nc4
$16 Bf8 22. Qd2 f6 $6 (22... Qd8 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qe2 $16) 23. Bg4 Ne5 24.
Nxe5 dxe5 25. g3 $18 Nxg3 26. fxg3 Qxg3+ 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bd6 29. Bxc8
Rxc8 30. Kf3 Kf7 31. Nb1 Rb7 32. Nd2 c4 33. Ra1 Ke7 34. Rec1 b5 35. axb5 axb5
36. Ra6 Kd7 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. h4 h5 39. Rg1 Rg8 40. Rc6 Rbb8 41. Ra1 Ra8 42. Rxa8
Rxa8 43. Bc5 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Rb8 45. Rc7+ Kd6 46. Rf7 f5 47. Ke3 f4+ 48. Ke2 Ra8
49. Rf6+ Kc5 50. Nf3 Ra2 51. Rc6+ Kb4 52. Nxe5 Rxb2+ 53. Kf3 Rd2 54. Kxf4 c3
55. Ke3 Kb3 56. d6 Kc2 57. d7 b4 58. Rc8 Rxd7 59. Nxd7 b3 60. Nc5 b2 61. Rb8
Kb1 62. Na4 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Pinamar"]
[Date "2002.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Black "Rosito, Jorge"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2002.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4 b5
9. Qe2 {The system with early Bf4 is on crossroads of two main directions of
Modern Benoni - A65 and A70, on both themes the author has written the books
and number of the articles.To avoid the variant Qa4 +, Black at an early stage
play a7-a6 and, after standard a2-a4, hereinafter select the plan with Bg4.
However White can ignore planned by black b7-b5, preferring the game at centre.
} Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Qe3 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Qf6 $5 $146 {This is the
important novelty in the position, which was popular 10-20 years ago. Black
avoid fixings pawns on the Queen's flank.} ({Usually had played} 13... Nd7 14.
g4 (14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ndf6 (15... Qe7 16. Bd3 c4 $2 17. Bxc4 Qxe4+ 18. Ne3 $16
{Agdestein,S}) 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Ng1 ({White's queen unexpectedly ends up
trapped after} 17. Nd2 $4 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Ng4 $19 {[%csl Rh6] AK}) 17... Bxd1 18.
Rxd1 Qe7 (18... Ng4 19. Qd2 O-O 20. Nh3 $1 $14 {Agdestein,S}) 19. Nf3 Nxe4 $5 (
19... c4 20. Bb1 $14 {Agdestein,S}) (19... Nxd5 $6 20. O-O $40 {Agdestein,S}) (
19... Ng4 20. Qd2 O-O (20... f5 21. O-O fxe4 (21... f4 22. e5 $16) 22. Bxe4 O-O
23. Ng5 $5 (23. Rde1 $14) 23... Nf4 24. Ne6 Qh4 25. h3 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Nxe6 27.
dxe6 Qxe4 28. Re2 $16) (20... Ne5 21. Be2 Nf6 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f3 $14 {
Agdestein,S}) 21. O-O a5 (21... Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. f4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Rfe8 (
24... c4 $140 $2 25. Qxb4 $16) 25. Qc1 $14) 22. g3 c4 23. Bxc4 Qxe4 24. Nd4 Ne5
25. f3 Nxc4 26. fxe4 Nxd2 27. Rxd2 Rae8 28. Re2 $14 {Agdestein,S-Arnason,J/
Oslo 1984/Inf 37/101 YB/1-409}) 20. O-O f5 21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nd2
$14) (14. Be2 $5 Qf6 (14... Qe7 15. Nd2 Nhf6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfe1 O-O-O 18. Qe3
Rhe8 19. Rac1 Kb8 20. h3 b4 $6 (20... Qf8) 21. Na4 Nxe4 22. Bd3 Qf8 23. Bxe4 f5
24. Qg3 fxe4 25. Nxc5 Nxc5 26. Rxc5 $16 {Gelpke,P-Goldstern,F/NED-ch Hilversum
1986}) 15. O-O (15. g3 $14 {Franco,Z}) 15... Qf4 $6 16. Ng5 $1 Ndf6 17. g3 Qd2
18. Bxh5 Nxh5 19. e5 $1 Bf5 $5 20. exd6 Qxb2 $5 21. Rae1+ Kd7 22. Nxf7 Rhe8 23.
Qxh7 $40 {Benjamin,J-Grunfeld,Y,New York YB/4 1985}) (14. g3 $5 {A pawn
sacrifice was suggested by Agdestein,S. Play would continue} Ndf6 (14... Qe7
15. Bg2 b4 16. Nd1 Qxe4+ 17. Ne3 $44) 15. Bg2 b4 16. Nd1 Nxe4 17. O-O Nef6 18.
a3 $44 {with an initiative for White in both cases.}) 14... Nhf6 15. h3 Bb7 $5
(15... b4 16. Nd1 Nxe4 $2 17. Bd3 $16 {Franco,Z}) 16. Bd3 Qb6 $6 (16... Qe7 {
/\ 0-0-0} 17. O-O-O (17. O-O O-O-O {/\g5-/+ Kortchnoi,V}) 17... O-O-O) 17. O-O
O-O-O $13 {Franco,Z} (17... Ne5 $6 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Be2 $1 Nd7 20. a4 b4 21.
a5 Qd6 22. Na4 O-O-O 23. Nb6+ (23. Rfc1 {/\Qe3+/- Franco,Z}) 23... Kb8 24. Rfc1
f5 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. f3 $16 {Kortchnoi,V-Franco,Z,Liechtenstein 37/102 1984}) 18.
Rfc1 Rde8 19. a3 Kb8 20. b4 Re7 $14) (13... b4 14. Nd1 Qf6 (14... Bg4 15. Nd2
Bxd1 $8 16. Rxd1 Qf6 17. Nc4 (17. g3 Nd7 18. Be2 Qg7 19. Qe3 Qxb2 $6 (19... Nb6
20. O-O O-O $14 {AK}) 20. Nc4 Qf6 21. f4 Ng7 22. Bg4 Qe7 23. e5 O-O 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Nxd6 Qh3 {Twardon,M-Rosiak,A/POL-chT Porabka 1986/EXT 86ch} 26. Kf2
$16) 17... Nd7 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bf3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. O-O $14 c4 22. Rd2 Rc8
23. g3 Nd3 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Rc3 26. Bd1 {Lputian,S-Magerramov,E/Uzhgorod
1988 and now} Nc5 $5 $132 {was necessary, with equality.}) (14... Qe7 15. Bd3
Bg4 16. Nd2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1 Qf6 18. O-O Qf4 19. Qxf4 Nxf4 20. Nc4 Ke7 21. Rfe1 f6
22. Bf1 g5 23. Ne3 h5 24. Ra1 Kd8 25. a3 Nd7 26. axb4 cxb4 27. Bxa6 $16 {
Agdestein,S-Bjornsson,B/VISA GP, Reykjavik ISL 1998}) 15. Nd2 $1 {/\ g3} Ng7 (
15... Bd7 $6 16. a4 $1 $16 {>< b5} Kd8 17. g3 Bg4 18. Ne3 Bf3 19. e5 $1 (19.
Nxf3 Qxf3 20. Bg2 Qf6 21. Nc4 $16 {Yusupov,A}) 19... dxe5 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21. Bg2
Qf6 22. d6 (22. O-O {Yusupov,A}) 22... Ra7 23. O-O (23. Nd5 Qe6 $1 {/\ Rd7
Yusupov,A}) 23... Ng7 (23... Nd7 24. Nd5 $5 Qg7 25. Qe3 {/\ Ne7 +- Yusupov,A})
24. Rac1 $1 Nd7 25. Rfd1 Nf5 (25... Ne6 26. Nd5 Qg5 27. Qxg5+ Nxg5 28. Ne7 $18
{Yusupov,A}) 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Qe3 $1 $18 {White had a decisive attack against
the king trapped in the centre. Yusupov,A-Dolmatov,S/URS-ch Minsk 43/97 1987})
(15... Nd7 16. g3 Ne5 17. Be2 $1 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Ne3 $16 {Yusupov,A} (19.
f3 $16)) (15... Ra7 $5 16. Bc4 Re7 17. O-O Nd7 $14 {AK}) 16. Nc4 O-O 17. Nde3 (
17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Nde3 a5 19. a4 Ba6 20. Be2 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Qd4 22. Bb5 Qxd2+ 23.
Kxd2 Nb6 24. f3 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt-Pedersen/Trnava 1985 (24)}) 17... Nd7 18.
O-O-O $1 Ne5 (18... Qxf2 $2 19. Ng4 $18) 19. f4 $16 {AK}) 14. Nd2 c4 {[%csl
Ra1,Rb2][%cal Gb5b4,Gc4c3,Gf6a1] Black threaten with further progress pawns of
the Queen's flank.} 15. Nd1 Nd7 16. g3 Ne5 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Ge5g4]} ({
Interestingly} 16... Nc5 $5 17. f3 Ra7 $132) 17. Qe3 (17. Be2 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4
19. f3 Bh3 $132) 17... O-O ({To loss of time leads} 17... Bg4 $6 18. f4 Nd7 19.
Nc3 $1 (19. Nf2 $6 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gf6a1]} Qxb2 $5 20. Rb1 Qc2 21. Nxg4 c3 22.
Bd3 $1 cxd2+ 23. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Nc5 25. Rhe1 $14) 19... Nc5 20. h3 Bd7 21.
e5 Qe7 22. Nde4 $16) 18. Be2 Ng4 $6 ({Deserves attention} 18... Bh3 $5 {
because White have lagged behind in development.} 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21.
Nf2 (21. e5 Qe7 22. Nf2 Nf6 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Nh6 25. O-O-O Rfc8 $132)
21... Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qc2 23. Nxg4 c3 24. Nf2 Rfe8 (24... cxd2+ $140 25. Qxd2
Qxb1+ 26. Ke2 $132 {[%csl Rb1]}) 25. Rd1 cxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Rac8 $132) 19. Qc3 Qe7
20. f3 Ne5 21. Nf2 f5 22. f4 Nd3+ $6 {Doubtful sacrifice of a pawn.} ({Black
had to play} 22... Ng4 23. Bxg4 fxg4 24. O-O Nf6 25. Rae1 Bb7 {[%csl Rd5]} 26.
Qd4 Qd7 $14) 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. O-O Nf6 25. Qxd3 fxe4 26. Ndxe4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4
Qf6 28. Qb4 (28. Qe2 Bf5 29. Rfe1 Rac8 30. Rac1 Qd4 $14) 28... a5 29. Qd2 Bf5
30. Rac1 Rfe8 31. Rc7 b4 32. Rfc1 Re7 $16 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Qd4 $6 (34. Re1 $16
) 34... Re8 35. g4 Bc8 36. Qb6 $6 {White underestimates the initiative of the
partner .} ({To draw leaded} 36. Ne4 Qxe4 37. Qxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxc8+ Kf7 39. Rc7+
Kf6 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Rb2,Rd5,Rd6,Rf4,Rg4,Rh7]}) 36... Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rb2,Rf4,Rg4]
} 37. Rc4 $6 {[%csl Rg1]} (37. Qb5 Rf8 38. Qe2 Qf7 {[%csl Ra2,Rd5]} (38... Qxf4
$140 $2 39. Rxc8 $18) 39. a3 bxa3 40. bxa3 Qxd5 41. Qc4 $11) 37... Qxb2 $40 38.
Qxd6 Bxg4 $1 $17 {The poor situation of the white king allows black to develop
deciding attack .} 39. Kg2 (39. Qc6 Qe2 40. Rc2 Qe3 $17) 39... Qe2 40. Rc1 Bf3+
41. Kg3 Bh5 42. Kg2 Bf3+ 43. Kg3 Qe3 44. Re1 Be2+ 45. Kg2 Bf3+ 46. Kg3 Qxe1 47.
Kxf3 Qe2+ 48. Kg3 (48. Kg2 Qxa2 49. Qd7 Re2 $19) 48... Re3+ 49. Kg2 Qf3+ 50.
Kf1 Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kh6 52. Qd8 Qxf4 53. d6 Rf3 54. Qb6 Rxf2+ 55. Qxf2 Qxd6 $19
56. Qe3+ g5 57. Qa7 Qf4+ 58. Kg2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Qxa2 60. Qa8 Qb3+ 61. Kg4 Qc4+
62. Kg3 Qf4+ 63. Kg2 Qf6 64. Qxa5 b3 65. Qb5 b2 66. h3 Kg7 67. Qb7+ Kg6 68.
Qe4+ Qf5 69. Qc6+ Kh5 70. Qe8+ Kh6 71. Qc6+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 {With a different order of moves this position
occurred enough frequently. White does not want to enter theoretical
discussions and allows the << expansion to fight for an opening advantage.} Qe7
12. e5 $6 $146 {This is not entirely convincing novelty.} ({More usual is} 12.
Re1 Nbd7 (12... Nfd7 13. Qd2 (13. Bf1 $5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16.
Qd2 g5 $13) 13... f6 14. Bf1 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Be3 Nd7 17. a4 b4 18. Nd1
Ra7 19. b3 a5 20. Nb2 Nb6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Qd8 (22... Bf6 $2 23. Bxc5 $1
$16 {Staniszewski,P-Dejkalo,S/Poland 1986}) 23. Rf1 Raf7 $132) 13. Rc1 Bb7 14.
b3 Nh5 15. Be3 (15. Bh2 Bh6) (15. Bg5 $5) 15... Rae8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Be2 $2 (
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bd4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Ne2 Qh4 $13) 17... f5 $2 (17... b4
$1 18. Na4 Nf6 $17 {Graf,A}) 18. Nxe5 f4 (18... Bxe5 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Bg4 $1)
19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc5 Bd7 21. Bxh5 dxc5 (21... gxh5 $11 {Graf,A}) 22. Bf3 Be5
$2 (22... b4 $5 $44 {/\ 23...Qd6 /\ 24...Be5, 24...Bd4}) 23. d6 Qg5 24. Nd5 $18
{Graf,A-Marin,M/Espana 2003[Marin,M]}) 12... dxe5 13. Bxe5 Bb7 (13... Nbd7 14.
d6 Qd8 15. Be4 (15. Bg3 Bb7 16. Re1 c4 17. Bc2 Qb6 $15) 15... Rb8 16. Bc6 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Bxd7 (19. Qd5 $6 Be6 20. Qxc5 Qb6 $17) 19...
Qxd7 20. Qd5 Rb6 21. Rad1 (21. Qxc5 Rc6 22. Qe3 Re8 23. Qf3 Qxd6 $15) 21... Rd8
22. Ne4 c4 (22... Bxb2 $6 23. Qxc5 Rc6 24. Qe3 f5 25. Nc5 $14) 23. b4 Qf5 24.
d7 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 f5 26. Nc5 $11) 14. d6 (14. Re1 Qd8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bc2 Qxd5 19. Re7+ Rf7 20. Qe1 Nc6 21. Qc3+ Kg8 (21... Nd4 $6
22. Bb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Rxe7 24. b4 $14) 22. Rxf7 Qxf7 23. Qxc5 Na5 24. Ne5 Qf6
$132) 14... Qd7 (14... Qd8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Be4 Nc6 17. Qd2 Rfd8 18. Rad1 $132
) 15. Re1 Rd8 (15... Nc6 16. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 17. Ne4 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Ge4f6,Ge4c5]
} Qf5 18. a4 Nb4 $5 19. axb5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bg7 22. b6 Rfd8 $132
23. Rbd1 (23. Nfd2 $140 $6 Bd4 $15) 23... Rab8 24. d7 (24. Qc4 $140 $6 Bxe4 25.
Rxe4 Rxb6 $15) 24... Bc6 25. Qc4 (25. Qd6 $140 $6 Bxe4 26. Nh4 Qxd7 $1 27. Qxd7
Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Bc6 $17) 25... Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27. Qxc5 Qd5 $15) 16. Rc1 c4
17. Ne4 (17. Bf1 Nc6 18. a4 Rab8 (18... Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qf5 20. axb5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
Bxe5 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. bxa6 Bxd6 24. Nb7 Bxb7 25. axb7 Rab8 26. Qc2 $14) 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Na5 22. b4 cxb3 23. Ne5 Qf5 24. Rc5 Qf4 25. g3 Qb4
26. Nd3 Qa4 27. Ne5 $11) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 (20.
Rxe5 Nc6 21. Re3 Kg7 (21... Qxd6 $140 $4 22. Re8+ $18) 22. b3 Qxd6 23. Qxd6
Rxd6 24. bxc4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
{Black wants to avoid the knight manoeuvre to c4, where it would be annoying
for opponent or the very popular system with Bd3 and h3.By this move order 
(refraining from playing Bg7 temporarily) he solves the problem of his "bad"
bishop.} 9. Qb3 {is a risky continuation, which has appeared in high-level
practice very rare} Bxf3 (9... Qe7 $6 10. Nd2 Bc8 (10... Bg7 $6 11. f3 Bc8 12.
Nc4 O-O $2 (12... Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 $16 {AK}) 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Nb6
$1 (14. Be2 $6 Nh5 15. Be3 Bd4 $5 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Nf2 {Alvarez,R-Joanpera,A,
ESP-chT 1990} f5 $13) 14... Ra7 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Qb6 $18 {AK}) 11. Be2 Nbd7
12. O-O Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. Bf3 h5 15. h3 Ng4 $5 16. Ne2 Ngf6 17. Qc2 Re8 18.
Ra3 Rb8 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Nc3 $6 (21. b3 {AK}) 21... Nh7 22. Be2 Bd4+
23. Kh2 Nf6 24. Bf3 Ng4+ $1 $17 {Hager,F-Hardicsay,P,Werfen m 1993}) 10. Qxb7 (
10. gxf3 Qe7 (10... Qc7 $13) (10... Nbd7 $5 {AK}) 11. a5 (11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bxd6
Qxd6 13. Qxb7 Bh6 14. Bb5+ (14. Qxa8 Qb6 {/\0-0 ><Qa8 AK}) 14... Kf8 15. Be2
Kg7 16. Qxa8 Qb6 17. Rb1 Nf4 18. a5 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Molvig,
H-Emms,J,Politiken Cup Copenhagen 1996}) 11... Bg7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Nbd7 14.
f4 (14. Qxb7 Rfb8 15. Qc6 Ne5 16. Qa4 Nd3 $44 {Psakhis,L}) 14... Rab8 15. Qd1
Ne8 $5 16. Re1 b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Ra4 (18. Qe2 Nc7 {LP}) 18... Bd4 $1 19.
Rxd4 $5 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Ng7 21. Re3 (21. Bf3 $2 Nf5 $1 22. Qd1 Nh4 {LP}) 21...
Rfb8 22. Qd1 Nc5 $15 23. Rh3 f5 $5 (23... a5 $15 {LP}) 24. e5 $8 Rb4 $1 (24...
dxe5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Re3 $44 {LP}) 25. Ne2 $1 Nb3 (25... Ne4 $2 26. Nd4 {LP})
26. Be3 Ra4 $5 27. Bf1 Ra1 28. Qd3 Qb7 $1 $44 {Porper,E-Psakhis,L,Israel 51/76
1991}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Nxe4 $2 11. gxf3 Nxc3 12. Qxa8 Bg7 13. Ra3 $1 (13. Be3
O-O 14. Ra3 Nb1 $1 $40 15. Ra2 Qa5+ 16. Kd1 Bd4 $1 17. Bc1 Qb4 18. Kc2 Nc3 $1
19. Ra3 Nd1 (19... Nxa4 $2 20. Rb3 Qe1 21. Rxb8 $18 {AK}) 20. Kxd1 Bxb2 21.
Bxb2 Qxb2 22. Re3 c4 23. Bxc4 Qb1+ 24. Ke2 Qxh1 25. Qb7 Qxh2 26. Qc7 Qf4 27.
Re4 Qf6 28. Qe7 Kg7 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $17 {Alvarez,R-Suba,M,Palma op 1992}) 13...
O-O (13... Nb1 $140 14. Re3+ Kf8 15. Bd3 Bh6 16. Bxb1 $18 {AK}) 14. bxc3 Re8+
15. Kd1 Qf6 16. Be2 {1-0,Van Wely,L-Guseinov,A/EU-chTM Pula/1997}) (10... Bxg2
11. Bxg2 Nbd7 12. Qc6 (12. O-O Qb8 $5 (12... Be7 $5 13. f4 (13. b4 O-O 14. bxc5
Nxc5 15. Qb1 Ng4 16. Ra3 Bf6 17. Ne2 Re8 18. Bf4 Bg7 19. a5 Rb8 20. Qd1 Rb4 21.
Bd2 Rb7 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qh4 24. h3 Nf6 25. Qd4 Nh5 $17 {Schmidt,
B-DeFirmian,N,Biel op 1994}) 13... O-O 14. a5 $1 (14. e5 dxe5 15. d6 Bxd6 16.
Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Ra7 21. Rae1 Kg7 22.
Re2 Rb7 23. h3 h6 24. Rc2 g5 25. Bh2 Rb3 $15 {Murdzia - Yakovich, Swidnica
1999 - 76/(71)}) 14... Re8 15. Qc6 $1 Ra7 16. Bd2 Qb8 17. Nd1 Bf8 18. Qa4 Bg7
19. Bc3 Qb5 $13 {Bratchenko - Berelovich, Minsk 1999 - 76/71}) (12... Bg7 $5
13. Bf4 $36 {+/- Psakhis - Sl. Kovacevic, Metz 1994 - 63/(72)} O-O $6 (13...
Qb8 $5 $14) 14. Bxd6 Nh5 (14... Re8 15. f4 $18) 15. Bxf8 Nf4 16. Bd6 Ne5 17.
Qe7 $18 {Regert,C-Villwock,M/Dortmund 2001}) 13. Qc6 Bg7 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. e5 (
15. a5 $2 Rc8 16. Qa4 Qxb2 $17 {Komarov,D}) 15... dxe5 16. Rfe1 (16. d6+ Qxd6
17. Qxd6+ Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15 {Komarov,D}) (16. Bg5 Rc8 $1 (
16... Qd6 17. Ne4 $1 $16) (16... Ra7 17. d6+ Kf8 18. f4 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20.
Bh3 Qxb2 21. Ne4 Qd4+ 22. Nf2 Bh4 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. fxe5 Nd5 $6 (24... Nh5 25.
e6 $140 Nf4 26. e7+ Kg7 27. e8=Q Nxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Nxf2 $13 {AK}) 25.
Rd1 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qh4 27. Qxd5 $16 {Iruzubieta,JM-Franco,Z,Sebastian op 1990})
17. d6+ Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Kxd6 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Rfd1+ $11 {Komarov,D}) 16... Rd8
(16... Qd6 17. Bxe5 $1 (17. Bg5 h6 $5 (17... Rhc8 18. Qxd6+ Kxd6 19. f4 e4 $1
$132)) 17... Nxe5 18. f4 $1 (18. Rxe5+ Qxe5 19. d6+ Ke6 20. Bh3+ Ng4 21. d7+
Kf5 $5 (21... Qd6 22. Qe4+ Qe5 $11) 22. Qf3+ Kg5 23. Ne4+ Kh6 24. Bxg4 Bf8 $1
$13) 18... Nfd7 19. fxe5 Qxc6 (19... Nxe5 20. Ne4 $1 $16) 20. dxc6 (20. d6+ $2
Qxd6 21. exd6+ Kxd6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 20... Nxe5 21. Rad1 $1 $36 {Komarov,D})
(16... Rc8 17. d6+ Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Kxd6 19. Rad1+ Ke6 (19... Kc7 20. Bxe5+ Nxe5
21. Bxa8 $16) 20. Bh3+ $1 Ke7 21. Bg5 $1 $16 {Komarov.D}) 17. d6+ (17. Bxe5
Nxe5 18. f4 (18. Qxc5+ $2 Ke8 19. f4 (19. d6 Nfd7) 19... Nfd7 20. Qa3 Bf8 $1
$17) 18... Nfd7 (18... Nfg4 19. Qxc5+ $1 Qd6 20. Qxd6+ Kxd6 (20... Rxd6 21.
fxe5 Nxe5 22. Ne4 $16) 21. fxe5+ Nxe5 (21... Bxe5 22. Ne4+ {/\ h3+/-}) 22. Ne4+
$16) 19. d6+ $1 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. d6+ Qxd6 21. Qxd6+ Kxd6 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15)
19... Qxd6 $1 (19... Kf8 20. Qxa8 Qxa8 21. Bxa8 Nd3 (21... Rxa8 22. fxe5 $16)
22. Re7 $1 $16) 20. Nd5+ Ke6 21. Nc7+ Ke7 $11 {Komarov,D}) 17... Qxd6 18. Qxd6+
Kxd6 19. Rad1+ Ke6 20. Bg5 h6 $5 $13 21. Nd5 $5 (21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $15) (21. Bh3+
Ke7 22. Bxf6+ (22. Rxd7+ $2 Rxd7 23. Bxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxd7 Kxd7 25. Nd5 Bd8 $1
$19) (22. Nd5+ Kf8) 22... Nxf6 23. Rxe5+ Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxc5 $11 {
Komarov,D}) 21... hxg5 22. Nc7+ Ke7 23. Bxa8 Rc8 $1 24. Nd5+ Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Nb6
$1 $132 {Komarov,D-Foisor,O/Lyon 1995}) (12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bh3 $5 f5 14. Bg5 Rb8
15. Bxd8 Rxb7 16. Ba5 Ne5 17. Bf1 {Najdorf,M-Camara,R,Mar del Plata 1961} Rxb2
18. Ra2 Rxa2 19. Nxa2 Bh6 20. Bxa6 O-O $13 {AK}) 12... Be7 (12... Qb8 $6 13. e5
dxe5 14. d6 Ra7 15. Bg5 $16 {AK}) 13. e5 $6 Rc8 14. exf6 Rxc6 15. fxe7 (15.
dxc6 Nxf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 O-O $15 {AK}) 15... Qxe7+ 16. Kd1 Rb6 17. Re1
Ne5 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Kc2 f5 21. Rb1 Rb4 22. Be3 Rfb8 $17 {Olafsson,
H-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik op 1994}) 11. gxf3 Bg7 12. Qc6 $1 (12. Bxa6 $6 Rb8 13.
Qa7 {gives Black good compensation with a draw whenever he wants.} (13. Qc6 $6
O-O $44 {[%csl Rc6,Re1][%cal Rb8b6,Rd7e5] /\Ne5,Rb6,ע,Q} (13... Rb6 14. Qc8)))
(12. Qb3 O-O 13. Be2 Nh5 14. h4 Be5 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Bf4 (16... Rab8 17. Qc2
Nf4 $36 {AK}) 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. Nd1 Ne5 19. Ne3 Qf6 20. Rh3 Bh6 21. Ng4 Bxd2+ 22.
Qxd2 Qg7 23. Ne3 Rfb8 24. Nd1 Rb3 25. Rc1 Qf6 $44 {Black has fantastic
black-square play for the pawn.} 26. Rc3 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Nf4 28. Rh2 c4 $1 $17 {
Kurz,E-Emms,J,OLBaden 1992}) (12. Bf4 $6 Rb8 $8 13. Qxa6 Nh5 $1 (13... Rxb2 $5
14. Nb5 (14. Qxd6 $2 Nh5 $40) 14... O-O 15. Bxd6 (15. Bc1 {Stohl} Rb3 $36)
15... Nh5 $5 $36) (13... Rb6 $143 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bc1 $5 {[%csl Ga4,Rb6][%cal
Ga4a5] and the misplaced Rb6 just gives White a tempo to advance his passed
pawn.}) 14. Bc1 (14. Bxd6 $2 Rb6 $19) (14. Qxd6 $2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Rxb2 $40)
14... O-O 15. Be2 (15. Qxd6 $4 Rb6) ({White must allow the blockade of his
doubled pawn, as} 15. f4 $6 Re8 {[%csl Re4,Rf4] ה is too dangerous.}) 15...
Be5 {/\ Qh4 Van Wely,L} 16. h4 $1 {White has to prevent Qh4} Nf4 (16... Qf6 $5
17. Bg5 Qg7 (17... Bxc3+ $2 18. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. Nb5 $5) (16... f5 $5 $36 {Stohl
}) 17. Bb5 f5 $6 (17... c4 $1 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Bxf4 (19. Qxc4 {Stohl} Rfc8 20.
Qa6 $5 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxc4 Rxb2 $36) (17... Ra8 $143 18. Qb7 Nb6 19. a5
$14 {[%cal Ra1a3] /\Ra3}) 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Qe2 Be5 {White
managed to exchange a lot of pieces, but Black still has compensation.} (20...
Rbe8 $143 21. Kf1 fxe4 22. Nxe4 $5 {[%cal Rf1g2] /\Kg2, escaping to relative
safety.}) (20... Rb4 $5 $44 {[%cal Gb8b1] <->b}) 21. Nb5 $5 (21. a5 $5 {
/\ a6, Kf1-g2}) 21... Kh8 $6 (21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Rf4 23. f3 Rbf8 24. Ra3 Qg7
25. Rh2 $14 {[%csl Ga4] is not too promising, the a-pawn can become dangerous.}
) 22. O-O-O $5 (22. Kf1 $2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 24. f3 Rbf8 25. Ra3 Qg4 $19) ({
More flexible was} 22. Ra3 $5 {White will decide about his K later on, Black
is pressed to show his compensation.}) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 {Van Wely,L Topalov,
V /Antwerpen 1997} Ra8 $1 24. Qc2 Rfb8 $44 {[Van Wely,L]}) 12... Rb8 (12... Qb8
13. a5 $5 (13. Bxa6 $6 O-O 14. Qb7 (14. Be2 Ra5 $1 {LP}) 14... Ne5 15. Qxb8 (
15. Ke2 Qd8 $13 {LP}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Kf1 (16. Ke2 Nd4+ {LP}) 16... Rfxb8 17.
Be2 Nd4 18. Bd1 Nd7 $1 $44 19. h4 (19. Ra2 c4 $5 {LP} (19... Ne5)) 19... c4 (
19... Ne5 20. Rh3 {LP}) 20. Ra2 $17 Nc5 21. Bf4 (21. Be2 Nxe2 $5 22. Kxe2 Bxc3
23. bxc3 Nxe4 $17 {LP}) 21... Ra6 $17 22. h5 Nd3 $40 23. Bg3 Nxb2 24. hxg6 (24.
h6 $5 {LP}) 24... hxg6 25. Kg2 Nd3 26. Ne2 Nb3 (26... Nb4 $5 {LP}) 27. f3 Rc8 (
27... Nb4 28. Ra3 $5 Bb2 29. Rxb3 cxb3 30. Bxb3 $15) 28. Kh3 Nbc5 $17 {Douven,
R-Psakhis,L/Groningen op 1993}) 13... O-O 14. Qa4 Re8 (14... Qd8 15. Be2 Qe7
16. O-O Rfb8 $14) 15. Be2 Qc8 16. Ra3 Nh5 17. Qc6 $1 Be5 18. Qxc8 Rexc8 19. Rb3
Rcb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Nd1 Bf4 22. Ne3 Ne5 23. Kd1 $16 {Niessen,T-Esses,M /
IECG 2001}) ({Because of the important Mamedyarov's novelty on 16th move, the
author pays attention to this rare continuation and, after the deep analyses,
makes a decision that including 12...Rb8 13.a5 leads to White's reason.} 12...
O-O $1 13. Qxd6 Nh5 14. Bh3 $1 (14. f4 $6 Re8 15. Be2 (15. Bg2 Ra7 16. a5 Qh4
17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nb6 Bf8 19. Nxc8 Bxd6 20. Nxa7 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nc6 Nf6
$17 23. Rd1 Nxe4 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. h3 Qh2 26. Bf3 Qxh3 27. Be2 Qb3 $19 {Gavrikov,
V-Lutikov,A/Minsk Sokolsky mem 1981}) 15... Bxc3+ $5 (15... Ra7 $6 16. Bxh5 $5
(16. a5 Qh4 17. Bxh5 (17. Be3 Bf8 18. Qc6 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 $15) 17... Qxh5
18. Be3 Rc8 19. Qe7 $4 (19. f5 Be5 20. Qe7 Rb8 $17) 19... Bf6 20. Qd6 Qh4 {
[%csl Rd6] 0-1 Papp,G-Hoffmann,M /Budapest HUN 2003}) 16... Bf8 17. Qc6 Nb8 18.
Qxe8 $1 Qxe8 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Kf1 Rb7 (20... c4 21. e5 Rb7 22. d6 $1 Rb8 23. h4
Nxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. h5 Bxd6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Kg2 $16) 21. e5 Qb8 22. Ne4 (
22. Kg2 g5 $5 23. e6 fxe6 24. dxe6 g4 $5 25. Bc6 Nf6 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. f5 Qc8 $1
28. Bg5 Be7 29. Bd7 Qa8 $17) 22... Rb3 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Rc1 Nxa4
26. Kg2 (26. d6 Nxb2 $13) 26... g5 $5 27. d6 gxf4 28. Bxf4 (28. Bxc5 Rxf3 $5
29. Kxf3 Qb7+ 30. Ne4 Qb3+ 31. Kg2 (31. Rc3 Qd5 $17) 31... f3+ 32. Kg3 Qxb2 $36
) 28... Nxb2 29. Bd5 Nd3 (29... c4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Rxc4 Qa8+ 32. Re4 Bg7 33.
Bg5 h6 34. Bh4 Bxf6 35. Bxf6+ Kh7 36. f3 Qd5 $132) 30. Bg3 Rb4 (30... Rb2 31.
Rcd1 Nxf2 32. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qb2+ 34. Kf3 Qxe5 35. Ne4 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 Qxd6
$14) 31. Ra1 Qb5 32. Rhd1 c4 33. Bxf7 Bg7 34. Nd5 Rb2 $13) 16. bxc3 Rxe4 17.
Be3 Qh4 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 18. O-O Qh3 (18... Nxf4 $6 19. Bxf4 Rxe2 20. Bg3 $14)
19. Rab1 (19. Bxh5 $140 $2 gxh5 $1 $19) (19. c4 Ndf6 $36) 19... Ndf6 20. Bxh5
Nxh5 (20... gxh5 21. f3 Ng4 $5 22. fxg4 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 hxg4 24. Qf6 $11) 21.
Qxc5 Rc8 22. Qd6 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 Rxf4 26. Rb4 Rf5 27.
Qg3 Qxd5 $17) (14. Be2 Rb8 15. Qxa6 Qh4 16. Qd6 Qh3 $1 17. Rf1 Rfc8 18. a5 (18.
Qa6 c4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxb2 $1 21. Be3 Bxc3+ 22. Kd1 Be5 23. Ra3 (23. Re1
Nf4 $19) 23... c3 $19) 18... Be5 19. Qa6 c4 20. Na4 c3 21. b4 (21. bxc3 $6 Nc5
22. Nxc5 Bxc3+ $17) 21... Nf4 22. Be3 Ra8 (22... Ng2+ 23. Kd1 c2+ (23... Nxe3+
24. fxe3 c2+ 25. Kd2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxh2 $17) 24. Kd2 Bxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxh2 26. Rc1
Nxe3 27. fxe3 Ne5 28. Nc5 Nxf3+ 29. Kxc2 Ra8 30. Qd3 Rxa5 $1 $19) 23. Qb7 Bd6
24. Qb5 c2 25. Kd2 Nxe2 26. Kxe2 Ne5 27. Kd2 Rc4 $19) 14... f5 15. Qe6+ (15.
Rg1 $4 {[%csl Rd6]} Rf6 16. Bg5 Rxd6 {0-1 Vavrak,P-Palkoevi,J/AUT 2000}) 15...
Kh8 16. Kf1 (16. d6 Ne5 $1 (16... Re8 17. Qd5 Bd4 18. O-O Qh4 19. Bg2 Nhf6 20.
Qb3 Be5 21. f4 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nd5 Qxd6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. e5 {Recoulat,
E-Albarran,G /Trenque Lauquen 2000} Nxe5 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Qc3 Qg5+ 28. Kh1 Qf4
29. Rfe1 Qf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nxf3 31. Re7 $16) 17. Qe7 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Qb8 $40) 16...
Rf6 $5 (16... Ne5 17. d6 Qh4 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. Qd5 Nf6 $6 (19... Nxf3 $5 20. d7
(20. Bxf3 $140 $2 Bd4 $1 $19) 20... Re5 21. Qd6 fxe4 22. Be3 Rd8 $17) 20. Qd2
Nfg4 $6 21. fxg4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxg4 23. d7 $2 (23. f4 $1 $16) 23... Rxe4 $1 24.
d8=Q Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qxd8 26. Bxe4 Qd4 $19 {Sisatto,O -Kosmo,S/Helsinki 2002})
17. Bg5 Nf4 18. Bxf4 (18. Bxf6 $140 $6 Bxf6 19. Qd6 Be5 20. Qc6 Nxh3 $17) 18...
Rxe6 19. dxe6 Qh4 20. exd7 Qxh3+ 21. Ke2 fxe4 $19) 13. a5 O-O 14. Qxd6 Nh5 15.
f4 Bd4 16. Be2 $1 $146 {It is much stronger than} (16. Nd1 Re8 17. Bg2 Nhf6 18.
O-O Nxe4 19. Qxa6 Ndf6 20. Qc4 (20. Qd3 Qxd5 21. Be3 Qd7 22. Re1 Rb4 23. Re2
$16 Qf5 (23... Kh8 24. Qc2 h6) 24. Qc2 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Rd8 26. a6) 20... Ng4 (
20... Nxd5 $5 21. a6 Qd7 (21... Re7 22. a7 Ra8 23. Be3 Nb6 24. Qb3 Bxe3 25.
Nxe3 Nd2 26. Qc3 Raxa7 27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rd1 Rd7 29. Qxc5 $16) 22. a7 Ra8 23.
Be3 Nb6 24. Qa6 Nc8 25. Qd3 f5 $14) 21. Be3 $6 (21. Ra3 $5 Rb4 22. Qc2 Qxd5 23.
Be3 $16) 21... Qh4 22. h3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Nd2 24. Qd3 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 Qg3 $1 26.
Qf2 $6 (26. d6 Rxe3 $5 (26... Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. d7 Rf8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Qf2
Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Rb3 32. a6 Ra3 33. Bb7 $132) 27. Nxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxf4 29. Qg1
Bxd6 $132) 26... Rxe3 $1 27. Qxg3 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 Rd3 29. a6 c4 $17 {Halay,T
-Cheparinov,I /Amsterdam NED 2005}) (16. h4 $5 Qe8 (16... Re8 17. Bxa6 Bxc3+ (
17... c4 18. e5 Bc5 19. Qc6 Rxe5+ 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Qe6+ $18) 18.
bxc3 Rxe4+ 19. Kf1 Qe8 20. Kg2 Rxf4 21. Bxf4 Qe4+ 22. Kg1 Nxf4 23. Bf1 Qf5 24.
Rh2 Re8 25. a6 Qg4+ 26. Rg2 Nxg2 27. Bxg2 Ne5 28. Qf6 $18) (16... Rb3 17. Rh3)
17. Bg2 c4 18. O-O Nc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 (19... Rd8 20. Qb6 Rb8 21. Qc6 $18) 20.
fxe3 Qc8 21. Rab1 Ng3 (21... Nb3 22. Rf2 Nxa5 23. f5 $1 $18) 22. Rf2 Re8 23.
Qc6 Ngxe4 24. Qxc8 Rbxc8 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rc2 $16) ({To similar position leads
} 16. Kd1 $5 c4 (16... Qh4 17. Qxd7 Qxf2 {-see below}) (16... f5 17. e5 Qh4 (
17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Rxb2 19. e6) 18. Qxd7 Nxf4 19. d6 $18) 17. e5 Bc5 18. Qxa6
Qh4 (18... Bxf2 19. Qxc4) 19. Ra4 Qxf2 20. Be2 Qd4+ 21. Kc2 Nxf4 22. Qxc4 Nxe2
23. Qxe2 Rb4 24. Rd1 $18) 16... Qh4 17. Qxd7 Nf6 (17... Nxf4 $6 18. Qg4 (18.
Bxf4 Qxf2+ 19. Kd1 Qxf4 20. Qg4 $16) 18... Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Qxg4 20. Bxg4 Nxf2 21.
Bf3 (21. Rg1 Nxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Bxg1 23. Be2 $16) 21... Nxh1 22. Bxh1 Be5 $16) (
17... Qxf2+ 18. Kd1 Qg2 (18... Nf6 19. Qh3 $1 (19. Qc6 $140 $6 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Nxe4 21. Ra3 Rb1 $44) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Qf3 $18) 19. Re1 (19. Rf1 $6
Nf6 20. Qa4 Nxe4 21. Qc4 Rb4 22. Qd3 Nf2+ 23. Rxf2 Bxf2 24. Qxa6 Re8 25. Ra3 $5
c4 $44) 19... Nf6 20. Qa4 Rb4 (20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bc4 Qf3+ 23. Kc2
Rb4 24. Qa2 Rfb8 25. Rb1 Qh3 26. Bd2 Rxb2+ 27. Rxb2 Rxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29.
Kxb2 Qxh2 30. Kc2 $18) 21. Qc2 $1 (21. Qa3 Rfb8 $5 (21... Bxc3 $6 22. bxc3 (22.
Qxc3 Rd4+ 23. Bd3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Kc2 Qxd5 26. Be3 Rb8 (26... Rb4 27.
Bxc5 Qg2+ 28. Kb1 Qh1+ 29. Ka2 Ra4+ 30. Ba3 Rxa3+ 31. bxa3 Qxh2+ 32. Bc2 Qxf4
33. Re1 $16) 27. Bxd4 cxd4 28. Qc4 Qg2+ 29. Be2 Re8 (29... Qe4+ 30. Qd3 Qxf4
31. Rf1 Qxh2 32. Qxa6 $16) 30. Re1 Qe4+ 31. Qd3 Qxf4 32. Qxa6 $16) 22... Rxe4
23. Ra2 Rfe8 24. d6 (24. Qxc5 Ng4 25. Ba3 Ne3+ 26. Kc1 Qf2 27. Rd1 Nxd1 28.
Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Bxa6 Re1+ $14) 24... R4e6 25. c4 $1 Ne4 26. d7 $1 $16) 22. Ra2 (
22. Nb5 $2 Qxe4 23. Qd3 (23. Bc4 $2 Be3 24. Rxe3 Qxc4 25. Nc3 Nxd5 26. Nxd5
Qxd5+ 27. Kc2 Rc4+ $19) 23... Qxd5 24. Nc3 Qd7 25. Ra2 c4 26. Qd2 Rd8 $19) (22.
Bf1 Qf3+ 23. Be2 Qg2 $11) (22. Kc2 Qf2 23. Rf1 (23. Bd2 Rxb2+ 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+
25. Kxb2 Nxe4 26. d6 Bf6 27. d7 Nxd2 28. Red1 Qxf4 29. Kc2 Qf5+ 30. Kxd2 Qxd7+
31. Kc2 Qe6 $17) 23... Qxh2 24. Re1 Qf2 25. Rf1 $11) 22... Rb3 23. Qa4 (23. Bf1
$2 Qf2 24. Qa4 R8b4 25. Qc6 Rxc3 26. bxc3 Qxa2 $19) 23... Rxc3 $5 (23... Bxc3
24. Bf1 Qf3+ 25. Be2 Qg2 $11) 24. bxc3 Nxe4 25. cxd4 Nc3+ 26. Kd2 Nxa4 27. Rxa4
Qxd5 28. Bd3 cxd4 29. Re5 Qg2+ 30. Re2 Qd5 $11) 21... Bf2 (21... Bxc3 22. bxc3
Rxe4 23. Ra4 $16) 22. Ra4 Bxe1 23. Kxe1 Qxh2 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. Rxb4 cxb4 26. Nd1
Qh1+ 27. Kd2 Nxe4+ 28. Kc1 Ng3 (28... Rd8 $6 29. Qc7 Rxd5 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Bd4+
$1 $16) (28... Nd6 29. Bxa6 Qxd5 30. Qc5 Qe6 31. Qe5 $16) 29. Bxa6 Qxd5 30. Bb6
$1 Re8 31. Bc4 Qf3 32. b3 Qxf4+ 33. Qd2 $16) 18. Qa4 Qxf2+ (18... Rfe8 19. Rf1
(19. e5 Qxf2+ 20. Kd1 Bxc3 21. Rf1 Qxh2 {-see 20...Qh2}) 19... Nxe4 20. Nxe4 (
20. Nd1) 20... Rxe4 $5 21. Kd1 $5 Rb4 22. Qc2 Bxf2 23. Bd2 Rbd4 24. Bd3 Qh3 (
24... Be3 $6 25. Bxe4 Qh5+ 26. Bf3 Qxh2 27. Be2 $18) 25. Rxf2 Rxd3 26. Kc1 Red4
(26... c4 27. Ra3 Rxa3 28. bxa3 Qxa3+ 29. Qb2 $18) 27. Bc3 (27. Ra4) 27... Rxd5
$16) 19. Kd1 Rfe8 (19... Rb4 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxe4 22. Rf1 Qxh2 23. Bf3
Qh3 24. Qf2 Nxd5 25. Bd2 $16) (19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rfe8 21. Rf1 Qxh2 22. Bf3
Qh3 23. Qc4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxf1+ 26. Kc2 Qb5 27. f5 $1 Re8 28. c4
$1 $18) 20. Rf1 Qg2 (20... Qxh2 21. e5 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxd5 23. Qc4 Rb2 $5 24.
Bxb2 $1 Ne3+ 25. Kc1 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 $16) 21. Qc2 Bxc3 22. Bxa6 Qg4+ 23. Be2 Qg2
24. Bb5 Qg4+ 25. Qe2 Qxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bxc1 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Kxc1
Nxe4 30. Kc2 $16 (30. a6 $5 Nc3 31. Bc4 Rb1+ 32. Kc2 Rxf1 33. d6 $1 $18) 30...
Kf8 31. a6 Ke7 (31... Re8 32. Rb1 Nd6 33. a7 $1 Rxe2+ 34. Kd3 Ra2 35. Rb8+ $18)
32. Ra1 Nd6 33. Ra5 Rc8 34. Kc3 h6 35. h4 f6 $6 $18 (35... Kd8 36. a7 Ra8 37.
Ra6 Kc7 $16) 36. Bb5 Ra8 37. Bd3 g5 38. Rxc5 Ra7 39. fxg5 fxg5 40. hxg5 hxg5
41. Kd4 g4 42. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Cochin"]
[Date "2004.11.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.11.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 {Current opening theory has more
and more forced lines, which after forced play lead directly into an _|_. This
variation is one of them, there is almost no middlegame.} 18. Bg5 $6 {This
move doesn't get even a slight advantage.} Qd6 (18... Qxb2 19. Qf3 Qe5 (19...
Rfe8 $6 20. d6 Qe5 21. d7 Qxg5 22. dxc8=Q Rxc8 23. Rab1 $1 c4 24. Qb7 (24. Rb7
Qf6 25. Qg4 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rc1 c3 28. Rc2 Bd4 $14) 24... Qc5 25. Rb5 Qc6
26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Rb8+ Bf8 28. Rd1 c3 29. Rc1 h5 30. Kf1 $16 {Sismanis,
A-Kirgeridis,P/Halkidiki GRE 2001}) 20. Bf4 (20. h4 $5 Rfe8 21. Rab1 h6 $5 (
21... Qc7 $6 22. Rfd1 Qd7 23. d6 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. h5 Re8 26. h6 Bf8 27.
Qd5 Re6 28. Bf4 $16 {Halkias,S-Stefanopoulos,O/Athens 1999}) 22. Be3 Qe4 {
[%csl Rd5]} 23. Qxe4 Rxe4 24. Rb7 Rd8 25. Rxa7 Rxd5 $11) (20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3
Qf6 22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Rad1 f5 $5 $132 {[%csl Rg3]}) 20... Qf5 21. g4 {Black is
afraid of pawn d5, but for white unnecessarily to weaken the own kingside.
After a few moves the pawn on h3 may become a target.} (21. Rad1 Rfd8 22. Rfe1
c4 23. g4 Qf6 $132) 21... Qf6 22. Qg3 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg5] Lately White managed
to create some problems for Black especially after this move.} (22... Rfd8 23.
Rad1 c4 24. d6 Rd7 25. Rfe1 c3 26. Be5 $11) ({Now it became clear that White
has got nothing after the opening and he has to play carefully in order to
keep the balance. After} 22... Qa6 $5 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qd3 25. Kg2 Rfe8
26. Rfd1 Qxh3+ $15) 23. Bc7 Qc3 24. Rac1 (24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc3
Rd8 27. Rd1 $11) 24... Qxg3+ 25. Bxg3 Bd4 $6 (25... f5 $5 26. Bd6 Rfd8 27. Bxc5
Rxd5 28. Be3 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 f4 $11) (25... c4 $5 26. f4 Rfd8 27. Rfd1 h6 $11)
26. d6 Rcd8 27. Rfe1 Rd7 28. Re4 Kg7 29. Rce1 Rfd8 30. Kf1 h6 31. Re7 $14 {
Krasenkow,M-Lagowski,P/Warsaw 2002}) 19. Qf3 $146 (19. Qd2 Bd4 $5 20. Rfd1 Rfe8
21. Rac1 Qxd5 22. b4 $5 (22. Bf6 Qxa2 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Qxd4 a5
$11) 22... Qf5 23. Bh6 (23. bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bh6 Qh5 25. Qf4 Bb6 $11) 23... Bf6
24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd7 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Bxe7 28. Rd7 $14 {Garza Marco,
S-Ayas Fernandez,A/Cala Mendia 2001}) 19... Rfe8 $6 (19... Bxb2 $142 $5 20.
Rab1 (20. Rad1 Be5 21. Bd2 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Bh2+ 23. Kh1 (23. Kf1 $6 Qa6+ $15)
23... Be5 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 c4 27. Qc3 Rc5 28. Re1 Rc8 $11)
20... Be5 21. Rb7 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Qe4 f6 24. Be3 f5 25. Qc4 Bh2+ 26. Kh1
Bd6 27. Rc1 f4 $11 28. Bxc5 $140 $6 Rc8 29. Qb3 $4 (29. Qa6 $11) 29... Qe7 $17)
20. Bf4 Qd7 (20... Be5 21. Bg3 Qd7 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rad1 (23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. d6
Re6 25. Qa3 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxa7 $14) 23... Rf5 24. Qe4 Qd6 25. Rd3 Re5
26. Qf3 Rce8 27. Qg3 h6 28. Rfd1 Rd8 29. b3 $16) 21. d6 c4 22. Qd5 (22. Rab1 $5
h6 (22... Re6 23. Rfe1 Rce8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 (24... Rxe6 25. Qd5 $16) 25. Qg4 (25.
Qe3 Rd8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Re1 Qf5 28. Rc1 Kh7 29. Rxc4 Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxa2 31. Rc7
$18) (25. Qc6 h6 26. Qc7 Bf6 27. Rd1 Qe2 28. Rf1 Rd8 29. b3 cxb3 30. axb3 Qe6
31. b4 Rd7 32. Qc8+ $16) 25... f5 26. Qf3 h6 27. Qb7 Rd8 28. Rc1 g5 29. Qe7 $1
Qxe7 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Bd6 Bf6 32. Rxc4 $16) (22... Qf5 23. Bg5 (23. Rfd1 Red8
24. Qg4 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd2 h6 27. Re1 $16) (23. Rfe1 g5 24. Bh2 Qxf3 25.
gxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rd8 27. Re4 Bxb2 28. Rxc4 Ba3 29. Rd4 $16) 23... Qd7 24.
Be7 Rc5 (24... Rc6 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qf3 h6 27. Qd5+ Kh7 28. Rfe1 $16) 25. Qg4 f5
26. Qh4 Rc6 27. Rbc1 Rec8 28. b3 cxb3 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. axb3 $16) (22... Be5
23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Rfd1 (24. Rbd1 Re6 25. Qf4 Rc6 26. Rd4 Rexd6 27. Rxc4 $16)
24... Rc6 25. Qg4 f5 26. Qf3 (26. Qf4 Re4 27. Qg3 Re6 28. b3 c3 29. Rbc1 Rexd6
30. Rxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rxc3 $16) 26... Rxd6 27. Qa8+ Kg7 28. Rxd6 Qxd6
29. Qxa7+ Kh6 30. Qa4 Re4 31. Qc2 $16) 23. Qd5 (23. Rfe1 $6 Kh7 (23... Qb5 24.
Rbd1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxb2 26. Bxh6 Re8 27. Re7 $16) 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rc1 Qb5
26. Bg3 Qxb2 27. Rd1 (27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Qc6 c3 $132) 27... c3 $132) 23... Red8
24. Rfe1 Qc6 25. Rbd1 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Rd7 27. Re7 $16) 22... Bxb2 23. Rab1 (23.
Rae1 $142 $5 c3 24. Qd4 Red8 (24... Rb8 $6 25. Bh6 f6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxf6
Qf7 28. Qh4 Rc8 29. Qa4 $16) 25. Bg5 $1 (25. Bh6 $6 f5 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Bc1 Bxc1
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Rxc1 Rc8 $11) 25... Re8 26. Bh6 f5 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Re5 $1
c2 29. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 30. Rxb5 c1=Q 31. Bxc1 Rxc1 32. Rxb2 $16 {White has an
extra pawn and although his technical task is not easy, he can torture his
opponent practically forever.}) 23... c3 24. Qd4 Re6 25. Rbe1 Rce8 26. Rxe6
Rxe6 27. Qc5 Re8 28. Be5 Ba3 29. Qxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. h3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Rd8
15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 {Current opening theory
has more and more forced lines, which after forced play lead directly into an
_|_. This variation is one of them, there is almost no middlegame.} 19. Rb1 Qb7
20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 $1 {Simplest and the best is however.} (21... Rc6 22.
Rfd1 {[%cal Rd6d7] /\d7} Bxd6 {-21...Bd6}) (21... c4 $6 22. Qg3 $16 (22. Qd4
Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc6 $11) 22... Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qb6 $5 24. Rd5 (24. d7 Qb7 25. Qg4 h5
$11) 24... Bxd6 25. Rbd1 Be7 $132) (21... Qb4 $143 22. Qg3 $36 {[%csl Gd6] o^d6
}) 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 {Now both Black's moves lead to slightly worse
positions, which he nevertheless should be able to hold with good defence: 
[Stohl,I]} Qd7 $5 {After quite a few people suffered in the 2R:Q _|_ finally
someone at last repeats Leko's idea. [Stohl,I]} (23... Qb6 $2 24. Bxc5 $1 Rxd3
25. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 axb6 (26... Rxb6 27. Rd2 $16) 27. Rd2 $16) (23... Qa6)
24. Qa3 $5 (24. Rbc1 {see Babula,V-Wojtaszek,R/Gothenburg 2005}) (24. Qe3 Rxd6
25. Rdc1 Qf5 $1) (24. Qb5 Rxd6 25. Qxd7 R8xd7 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11) 24... Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 (25. Rdc1 Qf5 $11) 25... Qxd6 26. Qxa7 $14 Qd3 $146 (26... Qd4 $6 27. Qe7
(27. a4 Rd5 $2 28. Qb8+ Kg7 29. Qb3 f6 30. Re1 Rd7 31. a5 Qd2 32. Ra1 c4 33.
Qc3 $18 {Breier,A-Kleeschaetzky,R/2BLN-9900/2000/}) 27... Ra8 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4
Qd3 30. Rc1 Qxa3 31. Rxc5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qd4 33. b5 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Qe1 Qd4
36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rb1 $16 {Seres,L-Vajda,S/Budapest/2001/}) (26... Qe5 $6 27. Qa5
Rb8 28. b3 Rb4 29. Rc1 Re4 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. a4 Rb2
34. a5 Kf8 35. h4 h5 36. f3 $16 {Campos Moreno,J-Outerelo,M/Burgas/1999/}) (
26... Re8 $1 27. Qa3 $5 (27. a3 Qd4 28. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Collazo,F-Kisimenko,N/
IECG 2001/Complete 2001}) (27. Rc1 Re2 28. b3 Rxf2 29. Rxc5 (29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30.
Rxc5 Rxa2 $11) 29... Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ $11) (27. b3 $6 Re2 28. Rf1 Qd5 29.
Qa5 Rc2 30. Ra1 $6 (30. Qa4 Kg7 31. a3 Rb2 32. Qc4 Qd4 $5 $11) 30... Qd4 (30...
Rxf2 $1 31. Kxf2 Qd4+ $11) 31. Qe1 Rxf2 $1 32. Qxf2 Qxa1+ 33. Kh2 Qc3 $11 {
Zacek,J-Pesa,L/corr 1999}) (27. a4 Re2 28. Qa8+ Kg7 29. Qf3 Qe5 30. b3 Rc2 31.
a5 Ra2 $1 (31... c4 $6 32. Qd1 Qe4 {1-0 Neverov,V-Simantsev,M/Kharkov
Region-ch 1999}) 32. Qa8 (32. Qb7 Qd4 33. a6 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Qf6 35. a7 $140 $6
Qa6 $15) 32... Qc3 33. a6 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qxb3 $11) (27. Qa5 Re2 (27... Qd4 28. Qc3
$16) 28. Qa8+ (28. Re1 Rxb2 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Qd4 $11) 28... Kg7 29. Qf3
Qe5 30. Qc3 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rc2 32. a4 (32. Rb3 c4 $11) 32... Rxc3 33. Ra1 c4 34.
Kf1 (34. a5 Rb3 35. a6 c3 36. a7 c2 37. a8=Q Rb1+ 38. Kh2 c1=Q $11) 34... Rc2
35. a5 Rb2 (35... c3 36. Ra3 $14) 36. Ke1 (36. a6 c3 $11) 36... c3 37. Kd1 Rxf2
38. Ra3 Rxg2 39. a6 Rd2+ 40. Kc1 Rd8 $11) (27. Qa4 Re2 28. Qc4 Qe5 $11 29. Qc3
(29. a3 $5 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ 31. Ke3 Qxb1 32. b4 $11 {/+/= keeps some tension
in the position, but the _|_ should be a draw anyway.}) 29... Qf5 (29... Qxc3
$2 30. bxc3 Rc2 (30... Rxa2 31. Rb5 $16) 31. Ra1 Rxc3 32. a4 Rb3 33. a5 Rb7 34.
a6 Ra7 35. Kf1 $16) 30. Rf1 Rc2 31. g4 (31. Qb3 c4 $44) 31... Rxc3 32. gxf5 Rc2
33. Rb1 Kf8 34. a4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. b4 cxb4 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxb4 Ke5 $11 {
Savchur,F-Lecroq,M/ICCF 2000}) 27... Re2 28. Qc3 Qb6 $1 (28... Qd5 29. a4 Rxf2
(29... Qf5 30. Rf1 Rc2 31. Qa3 $16) 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ 31. Kg3 Qxb1 32. a5 Qd1 (
32... Qa1 33. Kh2 (33. Qxc5 Qxb2 34. a6 Qb8+ $132) 33... c4 34. Qb4 h5 35. Qb5
$5 $16 {Ionov,S} (35. Qb6 $6 Qa4 36. a6 c3 $1 37. bxc3 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qf1+ $11))
33. Kh2 c4 34. Qb4 Kg7 35. Qb5 Qf1 36. Qe5+ $18 {Ionov,S-Berelovich,A/St
Petersburg 1999}) 29. a4 c4 30. Rf1 Qb3 31. Rc1 (31. Qxb3 cxb3 32. Rb1 Re4 33.
Ra1 (33. Kf1 Rxa4 34. Ke2 Rc4 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Rd3 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Rc1 38. Ke3 Rb1
39. Kd3 Rc1 $11) 33... Re2 34. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Komarov,D-Leko,P/Ulcinj YUG Cup /
1997} Re4 35. a5 Ra4 36. Re1 Rxa5 (36... Ra2 37. a6) 37. Re3 Rb5 38. Kf1 $14 {
Ionov,S}) {Safer was} 31... Rxb2 $5 (31... Qb6 $2 32. Qf3 Qxb2 33. Rxc4 $16) (
31... Qxa4 $2 32. Qd4 $1 (32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 $11) 32... Qa6 {Black is
in trouble, as his >> is shaky and the K will be exposed.} ({A possible
example is} 32... Rc2 33. Re1 Qb5 (33... Qa8 34. Qd7 Kg7 35. Qd1 $1 Qa5 36.
Qd4+ Kh6 37. Re4 $18 {->}) (33... Qc6 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Re8 Qc5 36. Rg8+ Kh6 37.
Qh4+ Qh5 38. Qf4+ Qg5 39. Qxf7 $18) 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Re8 $40 {/\} Rxb2 36. Rg8+
Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg5 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. g4 $1 $18) 33. Rxc4 (33. Qf4 $2 Kg7 $1 34.
Rxc4 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb2 $11) 33... Rxb2 {Hecht: '[#] Nach dem Verschwinden
aller Damenflügelbauern spielt Weiß nun auf Matt. Die erschwerten Bedingungen,
nämlich Blind-Rapid-Schach, sind bei der Bewertung zu berücksichtigen.' Hecht:
'[#] Nach dem Verschwinden aller Damenflügelbauern spielt Weiß nun auf Matt.
Die erschwerten Bedingungen, nämlich Blind-Rapid-Schach, sind bei der
Bewertung zu berücksichtigen.'} 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 $40 {Piket,J-Topalov,V/
Monte Carlo blind/2000 White has again doubled his major pieces on the 8-th
rank as above.}) 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Ra2 $14 {/= This _|_ is theoretically
drawn, but who wants to fight a pawn down?} (33... h5 34. h4 Kg7 35. g3 Ra2 36.
Rf4 f6 37. Rb4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Rb5 Kg6 40. a5 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 g4 $1 $11 {
Simonenko,S-Busemann,S/ICCF Email 2000}) 34. h4 h5 35. g3 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37.
Re4+ Kd6 38. Ke1 f6 39. Rf4 Ke6 40. Re4+ Kf5 41. Rb4 g5 $1 42. f3 gxh4 43. Rxh4
Kg5 44. Rc4 f5 $11 {Flumbort,A-Loetscher,R/Zug SUI 2003}) 27. Rc1 Qd2 28. Qxc5
Qxb2 {This position reminds me the situation after 35 moves from 34th game of
World championship match Alekhine,A-Capablanca,JR/Buenos Aires 1927.} 29. Qc2 (
29. a4 Rd5 $5 (29... Rd2 30. Re1 Kg7 31. Qe3 Rc2 32. a5 Qf6 33. Rd1 Ra2 34. Qc5
h6 35. Rb1 $16) 30. Qe3 (30. Qxd5 $140 $2 Qxc1+ 31. Kh2 Qf4+ $11) 30... Kg7 31.
Rc4 Qd2 32. Qe4 (32. Qxd2 Rxd2 33. a5 Ra2 34. Rc5 $14) 32... Qd3 $14) 29... Qa3
(29... Qxc2 $5 30. Rxc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Kg7 32. g4 h6 33. Kg3 Rd3+ 34. Kg2 Ra3 $11
) 30. Re1 Ra8 31. Re2 h5 32. h4 (32. Qc6 Kg7 33. Qd5 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Ra4 35. Qe5+
Kh7 36. Qf6 Qf4+ $14) 32... Qa4 $1 $11 33. g3 Qxc2 34. Rxc2 f6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36.
Ke2 Ra3 37. Kd2 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Ke2 Kf6 40. Kf1 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Kg2
Kf5 43. Rb2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Rd8 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb1 Qb7 $1 {
This important move was played by Topalov in his game against Karpov in Las
Palmas 1996. In all other variations White keeps an initiative (and sometimes
the pawn too!).} 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 $5 (21. b3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Qa6 23. Re1 Rxd6
24. Qc2 c4 25. bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb8+ {1-0 Weber,K-Bartsch,M/IECG 2002 (26)}) (21.
Qd2 $6 Bxd6 $1 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 (23. Qc3 Rdxd6 24. Rbd1 Qd7 25. Rxd6 Qxd6
26. Re1 (26. Rc1 $142 $5 $14) 26... Qd4 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Rd1 Rc2 {1/2-1/2
Neumann,U-Turcan,M/IECG 1999 (28)}) (23. Rbd1 Rcxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxb2
26. Ra6 c4 (26... Qb7 27. Ra4 Qd7 28. Rc4 Qd2 29. Rxc5 Qxa2 30. Rcc1 $16) 27.
Rxa7 c3 28. Rc7 Qa3 29. g3 $16 {Sjodahl-Wedberg/Sweden 1994}) 23... Qa6 $1 24.
Qg5 (24. Qc2 Rcxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. b3 Rd5 $11) 24... Rdxd6 (24... Rcxd6 $2
25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. a3 $16) 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 $1 {
Tactically, Black holds the equality.} 27. Re1 Rd8 (27... Re6 28. Rd1 (28. Rxe6
Qxe6 29. Qxa7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 28... Re8 $11 (28... Qxb2 $4 29. Rd8+ Kg7
30. Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ $18)) 28. b4 (28. Qc7 Rf8 29. Qb7 Rd8 30. Qc7 Rf8 31. Qb7
{1/2-1/2 Csiszar,Z-Flumbort,A/Hungary 1997 (31)}) 28... a6 $11 29. Qg5 Rf8 (
29... Qd5 $4 30. Re8+ $18) (29... Rc8 $142 $5) 30. h4 {White is still better,
but it is hard to believe that he can win the game.} Qc4 31. Qe7 h5 {=} (31...
Rb8 32. Re4 Qd5 $11) 32. g3 $11 {White's pieces are slightly more active, but
of course this advantage is merely formal. Karpov continues to probe in this
lifeless position. Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Las Palmas 1996}) 21... Rc6 (21... c4 $6
22. Qg3 $16 (22. Qd4 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc6 $11) 22... Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qb6 $5 24. Rd5 (
24. d7 Qb7 25. Qg4 h5 $11) 24... Bxd6 25. Rbd1 Be7 $132) (21... Qb4 $143 22.
Qg3 $36 {[%csl Gd6] o^d6}) 22. Rfd1 {/\d7} Bxd6 23. Bxd6 {Now both Black's
moves lead to slightly worse positions, which he nevertheless should be able
to hold with good defence:  Current opening theory has more and more forced
lines, which after forced play lead directly into an _|_. This variation is
one of them, there is no middlegame.} Qd7 $5 {After quite a few people
suffered in the 2R:Q _|_ finally someone at last repeats Leko's idea.} (23...
Qa6) (23... Qb6 $2 24. Bxc5 $1 Rxd3 25. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 axb6 (26... Rxb6
27. Rd2 $16) 27. Rd2 $16) (23... Rcxd6 $6 {This leads to an endgame, in which
White is somewhat better, although his advantage is probably insufficient to
win.} 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 $16 {Two mobile R are stronger than the Q in such
open positions.} c4 $1 {[%cal Gc4c3]} (25... Kg7 26. Rd2 Qa6 27. a3 Qc4 28. Re1
h5 29. Rde2 h4 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Rxh4 Qxb2 32. Rc4 Qxa3 33. Rec1 a5 34. Rxc5 a4
35. R5c3 Qb2 $11 {Kolev,A-Suba,M/Mallorca/2000/}) 26. Rd2 {Now Black
immediately exchanges his weak Pc4.} ({White can't avoid the exchange of one
pair of P on the <<:} 26. Rdd1 $5 h5 (26... Qb4 27. Rdc1 $14 Qa4 $5 28. a3 Qb3
29. Rc3 Qa2 30. Rbc1 Qxb2 31. a4 $14) 27. Re1 Qb5 28. Rec1 Qf5 29. Ra1 Qd3 30.
Rc3 Qe2 31. Rb1 a5 32. a4 Kg7 33. Rbc1 Qxb2 34. Rxc4 h4 $14 {Shalimov,
V-Simantsev,M/Kharkov 2000}) 26... c3 27. Rc2 Qe4 28. Rbc1 (28. Rcc1 $2 c2 29.
Ra1 a5 30. a4 Qd3 $19 {[%cal Rg8f8,Rf8b3] /\Kf8-e7-d6-c5-b4-b3 paralyzes White.
}) 28... cxb2 29. Rxb2 $14 {Black's task is not so simple, although with
accurate play he should be able to save the game. He should pin White's R to
the defence of the a-pawn or >>, not allowing them to coordinate and attack
Black's >>P, as in Babula-Velicka.} h5 $1 {/\h4,עg1 An important motive.
White's only chance to win is a coordinated attack by his R. If Black's P gets
to h4, this will always lead only to perpeual check. [Stohl,I]} (29... a5 {
It is difficult to believe, but just this move is a new one! In two previous
games Black drew without big problems, but in this game the task was not so
easy.} 30. Rbc2 {Stronger was to play} Qa4 $1 (30... h5 $6 31. Rc4 $1 Qd5 32.
a4 $16 {Karpov,A-Polgar,J/Budapest rapid m/1998}) 31. Re2 (31. Rd2 h5 $14 {
[%csl Ra2][%cal Ga4a2] and it will be difficult for white to improve position})
31... Kg7 32. g3 Qd4 33. a3 Qd6 34. Re3 g5 35. Rb1 Qd7 36. Re5 f6 37. Rxa5 Qxh3
38. Ra7+ Kg6 {Hoerstmann,M-Womacka,M/Pardubice CZE 2002} 39. Rb6 $16) (29...
Qa4 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Rcc2 h5 32. Rcd2 Qc4 33. Re1 a5 34. Red1 Qa4 35. Rb1 Qe4
36. Ra1 Qb4 37. Re2 Qc3 38. Rae1 Qa3 39. h4 Kh6 40. g3 f5 41. Kg2 Qa4 42. f4
Qc6+ $11 {Legky,N-Hamdouchi,H/FTA t-ch 1997}) (29... Kg7 30. Rbc2 (30. g3 a5
31. Rc7 h5 32. Rbb7 $16) 30... Qa4 31. Rd2 Qb4 32. Rcd1 Qa4 33. Kh1 h5 34. Kh2
h4 35. Kg1 a5 36. Re1 Qc4 37. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Sheehan,M-Trani,F/ICCF Email 2000})
30. Rbc2 (30. Rc7 $4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) (30. Rb3 h4 $11) (30. Rcc2 Qa4 31.
Rd2 Qa5 {1/2,Gomez Esteban,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/Salamanca/1998/}) (30. g3 $5 a5
(30... h4 $6 31. g4 Qf3 32. Rb3 $14 {would be premature.}) 31. Rb3 (31. h4 $142
$5 $14) 31... Qd5 32. Rcb1 (32. h4 Qd2 33. Ra1 Qc2 $11) 32... Qd2 33. a3 Qc2
34. Rb8+ (34. h4 a4 35. Rb4 Qa2 $11) 34... Kg7 35. Re1 Qc3 36. Re3 $8 Qc1+ 37.
Kg2 (37. Kh2 h4 $5 (37... Qd2 38. Rf3 Qd5 $11) 38. Rb7 hxg3+ 39. Rxg3 Qf4 $132)
37... Qc6+ 38. Kg1 (38. Rf3 $2 g5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5 $19) 38... Qc1+ 39.
Kg2 Qc6+ {1/2-1/2 Shipov,S-Velimirovic,D/Belgrade-Moscow m 1998}) 30... h4 (
30... Qa4 $6 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. R1c2 Qe4 (32... h4 33. R8c4 Qb5 34. Rc1 Qb2 35.
a4 Qd2 36. Rf1 Qd8 37. Rg4 f5 38. Rc4 Kh6 39. Rfc1 Kh5 40. Rc7 Qd4 {Estremera
Panos,S-Martin Gonzalez,A/Salamanca 1998} 41. a5 $14) 33. R8c4 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qd1
35. h4 Qd6+ 36. g3 Qa3 37. R4c3 Qa4 38. Rc4 Qa3 39. R4c3 Qa4 40. a3 a6 41. Re2
Qd7 42. Re4 Qd2 43. Rf3 Qd5 44. Ref4 $16 {Babula,V-Velicka,P/CZE-cht 99/2000})
31. Rc4 Qe7 32. a4 Qg5 $5 (32... Kg7 33. Kf1 (33. Rd1 Qe2 34. Rcd4 {1/2-1/2
Ozmen,H-Pommerel,W/ICCF Email 2000/ICCF tele 09/2001 (34)}) 33... Qa3 34. Rd1
Qb3 35. Rcd4 Qc2 36. Re1 g5 37. Kg1 Qc3 38. Red1 Qc2 39. f4 gxf4 40. Rf1 $16 {
Veingold,A-Saldano,H/Alicante/2000/}) 33. Re1 Qd8 34. Rec1 Qd2 35. R4c2 Qb4 36.
Rc4 Qd2 37. Rc5 Kg7 38. a5 a6 39. Rf1 Kh6 40. Rc4 Kh5 41. Rfc1 f5 42. Rc5 Kg5
$132 {Karpov,A-Van Wely,L/Amber rapid/1999/}) 24. Rbc1 (24. Qa3 $5 {see
Banikas,H-Gashimov,V /Gothenburg SWE 2005}) (24. Qe3 Rxd6 25. Rdc1 Qf5 $1) (24.
Qb5 Rxd6 25. Qxd7 R8xd7 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11) 24... Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6
Rxd6 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. f3 (29. Ra5 Rxb2 30. f4 (30. Kg3 Rb7 $11)
30... Rb7 $11) (29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Rxf2 31. Kg3 Rc2 32. Rb7 a6 33. a4 h5 34.
b4 h4+ $1 35. Kf3 Rb2 36. Rb6 $14 {/= Brulic,D-Varsamis,C /IECG Email 2000})
29... Rxb2 $11 30. Ra5 Rb7 31. g4 Kg7 32. Kg3 h6 33. h4 Rc7 34. Kf4 Re7 35. Ra6
Kh7 36. Ra5 Kg7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxh5 Re6 39. Ra5 a6 40. Rc5 Kf6 41. a4 Kg6 42.
a5 Rf6+ 43. Ke4 Re6+ 44. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 13th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14. Qd2 Qb6 {
With the different order of moves this position was occurred enough frequently.
White does not want to enter theoretical discussions and prefers to place
figures at centre quietly and strongly .} 15. b4 $5 (15. Re2 Nbd7 16. Rae1 Nh5
17. Be3 (17. Bh2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 $1 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc5c4] /\ c4, Rd8} (
18... Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 (19... dxe5 20. Qe3 $14) 20. Kh2 $14 {[%cal Gf2f4,
Ge4e5]})) 17... Bd4 $1 (17... Ne5 $6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. g4 Ng7 20. f4 Bd4 21.
Bxd4 cxd4 22. Nd1 $16 {/\ Nf2}) 18. Bc2 (18. Bxd4 cxd4 19. Na2 Ne5 $132 (19...
a5 {/\ Ne5})) 18... Bxe3 (18... Ne5 $5 19. Nxd4 Nc4 20. Qd1 Nxb2 21. Qc1 cxd4
22. Qxb2 dxe3 23. Rxe3 $14 {/\ Ne2-d4}) 19. Rxe3 Ne5 (19... f6 $5) 20. Nxe5
Rxe5 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Kamsky,G/Amsterdam 1996/Inf 67/[Piket,Je]} (20... dxe5
21. Ne2 $14 {/\ Rc1, Rc3, Qe3}) 21. Ne2 $5 (21. g4 $6 Nf4 22. Rf3 g5 23. Rxf4
gxf4 24. Qxf4 b4 $15 {Piket,Je}) (21. Bd1 $5 {Kamsky,G}) 21... Nf6 22. Ng3 {
/\ f4}) (15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qd2 (17. Qh4 $2 {is problematically
because of exellent rook's sacrifice} Re5 $3 (17... Ne5 $6 18. Be2 Nxf3+ 19.
Bxf3 Re5 20. Bxh5 h6 21. Bxg6 Rxg5 {/\ b4<=>}) 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 h6 20. Be7
(20. Be3 $4 Bf6 $19) 20... Qc7 21. Bxh5 (21. f4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxe7 $17) 21...
gxh5 22. Bf6 Ng6 23. Qxh5 Bxf6 24. Qxh6 Qe7 $17 {Sherbakov,R}) 17... Nhf6 18.
Qf4 Nh5 19. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Mitenkov,A-Sherbakov,R/Moscow 1999/Inf 75}) 15... Nbd7
16. Rac1 Bb7 (16... Nh5 17. Be3 Qb8 18. g4 $14 {Piket,Je}) (16... c4 {/\a5} 17.
Be3 Qb7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Nd4 Nxe4 $6 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Ne2 Re8 23.
Nc3 Bf5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Qb8 26. Qf6 $18 {Foisor,O-Pigusov,E,Moscow-II
1987}) 17. Be3 $5 {It is a better place for the bishop than} (17. Bh2 $6 c4 18.
Bc2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 (19. Nd4 $140 $2 Nd3 $1) 19... dxe5 {[%csl Rh2]} 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 Rb8 22. a4 Bc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Ne8 25. Ra5 Reb7 26. Bg3 f6 27.
Rb1 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d8,Gd8b6]} 28. Be1 Be7 29. Nd1 Bd8 30. Ra3 Bb6 $15 {
[%cal Ge8d6,Gf6f5] Gelfand,B-Topalov,V/Monaco 2001}) 17... Qd8 18. Bg5 Qb6 19.
Be3 Qd8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Rec1 c4 22. Bc2 {[#]} Nxe4 $5 {Black have to sacrifice,
becase in another case it would have the worse position.} 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24.
Bxe4 Rxe4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Rd5] /\Nf6 Xd5} 25. Bh6 $5 {White tries to create an
attack.} Bxh6 26. Qxh6 Nf6 ({It was enough for equality:} 26... f6 27. Re1 Bxd5
28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Re1 f5 (29... d5 $6 30. Nd2 $14 {[%csl Re4]}) 30. Qh4 c3 {
[%csl Gc3]} (30... Nf8 $6 31. Qf6 d5 32. Ne5 $16) 31. Qe7 Bxf3 32. Qe6+ $11)
27. a4 Bxd5 28. axb5 axb5 29. Rd1 c3 $5 30. Rbc1 Rxb4 (30... Bb3 $6 31. Rd3
Rxb4 32. Rdxc3 Rc4 33. Rxc4 Bxc4 34. Qg5 $14) 31. Nd4 {In almost all cases
white can achieve the draw by a sacrifice of khight, therefore black
constantly should take into account this possibility.} Be4 $6 (31... Qc5 32.
Nf5 $1 $11) (31... Be6 32. Nxe6 (32. Qe3 $140 $5 Nd5 33. Nxe6 Nxe3 34. Nxc7
Nxd1 35. Rxd1 c2 $19) 32... fxe6 33. Qe3 Ne4 34. f3 c2 35. Re1 Nc5 36. Rxc2 Rc4
37. Ra2 Ra4 $11) (31... Ne4 $5 32. Nc2 $1 Qc5 33. Rxd5 $1 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Rb2 35.
Ne3 Re2 $11) 32. Qh4 Kg7 33. Nf5+ $1 gxf5 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. Qxf6 c2 36. Rxd6 Ke8
37. Qe5+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qe5+ Kf8 40. Kh2 Rb1 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Ke8
43. Qe5+ Kf8 44. Rxc2 Bxc2 45. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 {If Black doesn't know any novelty about the sharp 9...b5! lines,
which is according to the current stand of theory his only chance for active
counterplay, he will suffer under strong central pressure.} 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O
Qe7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 Qf8 $5 {This manoeuvre becomes very popular nowadays
in various systems of the Modern Benoni.} 14. Bh2 (14. Bf1 h6 15. Qd2 Nh7 16.
Rad1 g5 17. Bg3 f6 $2 (17... Ne5) 18. Nh2 Ne5 19. f4 gxf4 20. Qxf4 $16 {
Gaso,D-Peicheva-Hansen,E/Debrecen EU-tch 1992}) (14. Qd2 Nh5 15. Be3 (15. Bh2
Bh6 $5 (15... b6 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. g4 Nhf6 20. Nd2 (20.
e5 $6 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 Abegg,
B-Stefanov,P/ICCF Email 2000}) 20... h5 21. g5 Nh7 22. h4 Ne5 23. Qb3 $14) 16.
Qc2 Nf4 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Re8 21. Bc4 Bg7 22. f4
Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qg7 24. Re2 Bd7 25. Rae1 b5 $132 {Allen,A-Valdez,D,WchJM Buenos
Aires 1992}) ({The position after} 15. Bg5 {had occurred in the game Molnar,
L-Timko,M} Ne5 (15... Rb8 16. Nh2 Nhf6 17. f3 $6 b6 18. Nf1 Bb7 19. Be3 Rbc8
20. Qe2 Nb8 21. Qf2 Nfd7 22. Nd2 Ne5 23. Bc2 $14 {Voiska,Margaret-Madl,Ildiko/
Hajduszoboszlo, wzt 1991}) 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 dxe5
20. d6 e4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 $14 {Molnar,L-Timko,M/Budapest Balatonturist
op 1997}) 15... h6 (15... f5 $6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bg5 (17. Qd1 $5 {[%csl Rh5]
[%cal Gd1h5]} f4 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1 Qf7 20. Qc2 Bd4 21. Ne4 Ne5 22. Nxd6
Qxd5 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. Bc3 $16) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Kh1
Bd7 20. Bh6 Qf7 $132 {Poetsch,K-Boehm,M/Bad Wiessee 1997}) 16. Rab1 $5 (16. g4
Nhf6 17. Bf4 Nh7 18. Bf1 $6 (18. a5 b5 $5 (18... g5 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Na4 $16) 19. axb6 Nxb6 (19... Rb8 20. Na4 Nxb6 21. Nxc5 $16)
20. Rad1 $5 $14 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bb7 $132)) 18... g5 $1 19. Bg3 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a5 (22. Nb1 Bd7 23. Na3 b5 $1 24. axb5 axb5 $13)
22... Bd7 23. Re3 (23. Rab1 $5 {/\b4|^}) (23. Rab1 $5 {/\b4|^}) 23... Rae8 24.
Bg2 h5 $1 25. gxh5 (25. f3 $6 Qh6 {/\Nf8-g6-f4->}) 25... Qh6 26. Rg3 Kh8 (26...
Qxh5 $2 27. f4 $16) 27. Rf1 (27. Bf3 Nf6 28. h4 (28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. hxg4 Nxe4 30.
Nxe4 Rxe4 $17 {<->e}) 28... Rg8 {/\Nh5|^}) 27... Rg8 (27... Qxh5 28. f4 gxf4
29. Qxf4 Rg8 $13) 28. f4 (28. Bf3 Nf6 29. Bg4 Bb5 $1 $15) 28... gxf4 29. Qxf4
Qxf4 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rxf4 Rxh5 $11 {Epishin,V-Minasjan,A/Groningen op 1990})
16... b6 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Qc2 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd2 Ra7 22. a5
b5 23. bxc5 (23. Nxb5 $5 axb5 24. Bxb5 Bd7 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. b5 $36) 23... dxc5
24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rb6 Rxd5 $1 (27... Rg7 $6 28. Bxh6
Bf4 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Re6 $16 {Izoria,Z-Zhang Pengxiang/Yerevan 2000}) 28. a6
Bc7 (28... Re7 29. Qb3 Qf7 30. Bc3 c4 $1 $132) 29. Qc4 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 Bxb6 31.
Qxd5+ Qf7 32. Qc6 $44 {Akobian,V-Zhang Pengxiang/Yerevan 2000}) 14... Nh5 (
14... Ne5 $2 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 (16. a5 $1) 16... b6 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. Qb3 Nd7
{Aagaard,J-Ciemniak,R,Aalborg jr 1991} 19. d6 $16 {AK}) 15. a5 (15. Qc2 $6 Qe7
(15... b6 16. Nd2 Be5 17. Nc4 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Nf4 19. Ne2 (19. Bf1 Rb8 {
followed by ...b5...Ne5 & ...Qh6 when the pressure on h3/f3 becomes a little
unbearable!}) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rb8 21. b3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ne3 (23. Na5
{the knight becomes off-side and at c6 only a target.}) 23... c4 24. bxc4 Nc5
25. Qb1 (25. Qc2 $2 b4 26. Rab1 (26. Nd4 b3 27. Qb1 Rxe4 28. Nc6 Rb6 {& ...Qg7}
) (26. f3 f5 $1) 26... Bd7 {/\ b3, Ra8}) 25... Nxe4 26. Kg1 Qh6 {/\Nf2} 27. Nf1
$132 {Runting,T-Kuznetsov,S/cor ol XII prel 1992}) 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Qc2 $6 Ne5
18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qd2 g5 21. Ne2 Qh6 22. f4 $6 (22. b4 $5 $14)
22... gxf4 23. Rf1 Rg5 24. Nxf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Bxh3 $17 {Yanayt,E-Sevillano,E/
Los Angeles USA 2003}) (15. Be2 $6 Bh6 $1 16. Nd2 Nf4 17. Nc4 Rb8 18. a5 Ne5 $1
19. Nb6 Qe7 $11 {Psakhis-Minasian, Groningen open 1990}) (15. Nd2 Be5 16. Nc4
Bxh2+ 17. Kxh2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 g5 $5 (19... Bd7 20. g4 $5 (20. f4 Qh6
$5) 20... Nf6 21. g5 Nh5 22. f4 $14 {Horvath,C-Szalanczy,E /Kecskemet 1992})
20. Nb1 Nf4 21. Na3 Qh6 22. Bf1 b5 $5 (22... f5 $6 23. Nc4 Rxe4 24. Nb6 Rb8 25.
f3 Re5 26. b4 $16) 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxe4 26. Qa5 Bxh3 $1
27. gxh3 Qh4 28. Kg1 Re2 $1 $44 {Horvath,C-Zhang Pengxiang/Budapest 2000}) (15.
g4 Nhf6 16. e5 $6 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 $5 19. Rxe5 Nxg4 $1 20. Re1
Ne5 21. Bf1 g5 (21... Bf5 $5 22. Ne4 c4 23. Ra3 Rd8 $44) 22. Qh5 Bf5 23. Re3 h6
24. Rae1 Ng6 25. Qf3 Nh4 26. Qg3 Bg6 27. Bd3 f5 28. Re6 Rd8 $44 {Estremera
Panos,S-Hoffman,A/Mancha Real 2000}) (15. Bf1 $5 b6 (15... Bh6 $140 $2 16. g4
$18) (15... Ne5 16. a5 (16. Nd2 Bh6 17. a5 Bd7 18. Na4 Bb5 (18... Bxh3 $2 19.
Bxe5 $1 $18) 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Ndc4 Bf4 21. g3 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Be5
24. Qb3 Rd7 (24... f5 $5 25. Qxb7 $140 fxe4 $13) 25. Kg2 f5 26. f4 Bd4 $132 {
Paldanius,P-Salimaki,J/ 1993}) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Be5 (17... Bd4 18. Na4 Bd7
19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bb5 21. Nc4 Qe7 22. b4 $1 $16) 18. Na4 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Bd7
20. Nb6 Rad8 21. b4 $1 cxb4 22. Rac1 Re7 23. Kg1 Qe8 24. g4 Ng7 25. Qf6 h5 26.
Rc7 $16 {Xu Yuanyuan-Wang Yu/HeiBei CHN 2001}) 16. g4 $1 Nhf6 17. Nd2 Rb8 (
17... h5 $2 18. Nc4 $16) 18. f4 h5 19. e5 $16 hxg4 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Rxe8 Qxe8
22. Qe1 Qf8 (22... gxh3 23. Qxe8+ Nxe8 24. Nde4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 $14) 23. Qh4 Bb7
24. Bg2 gxh3 25. Qxh3 Re8 26. f5 $16 {Huzman,A-Davies,N/Vrnjacka Banja 1991}) (
15. Rb1 b6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Be2 Bh6 18. Nd2 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ne5 20. g3 $2 Nxh3+ $1 (
20... Nh5 21. f4 Nd7 22. Nc4 Rab8 23. Rbd1 $16 {Shipov,S-Zhang Pengxiang/
Internet Chess Club 2002}) 21. Kg2 (21. Bxh3 $140 $2 Bxd2 $17) 21... Bc8 (21...
Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Bc8 23. g4 $5 Bxg4 24. Be2 f5 25. f3 Bxf3+ $5 26. Kxh3 fxe4 $40)
22. f4 Ng4 23. Nc4 Rb8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Rxb4 Nxf4+ $5 26. gxf4 Nxh2 27. Kxh2
Bxf4+ $44) 15... Rb8 $146 (15... Bh6 16. Bf1 (16. e5 $5 Nf4 (16... Bf4 $5) 17.
e6 (17. exd6 Rxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Qxd6 19. Be4 Nf6 $132) 17... Nf6 18. Bc4 $36) (16.
Ne2 f5 $1 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Qc2 Ne5 $132) 16... f6 17. Nd2 (17. Na4 Rb8 18. Rb1
$14 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. g3 Nh5 21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qg7 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Rc4
$36 Qd8 25. Qc3 f5 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Nhf6 28. Nb6 Ne4 {[#]} 29. Rexe4
fxe4 30. Ng4 $1 $16 {Komljenovic,D-Yudasin,L/Sevilla op 1993}) 17... Ne5 18.
Na4 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rad8 20. Ra3 (20. Ndc4 $5 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Qe7 23.
Bxe5 $5 fxe5 24. Qb6 Rf8 25. b4 $5 $16) 20... Bb5 21. Rb3 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nf4 23.
Bxf4 Bxf4 24. g3 (24. Nf3 f5 $132) 24... Bxd2 25. Qxd2 f5 $11 {Golod,
V-Sevillano,E/Santa Monica USA 2004}) 16. Na4 Ne5 (16... b5 $140 $2 17. axb6
Nxb6 $2 {[%csl Rb8][%cal Gh2b8]} 18. Nxc5 $1 $18) 17. Be2 f5 (17... Nd7 18. Bf1
$16) 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxh5 gxh5 20. Qxh5 (20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nc3 (21. exf5
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxf5 23. Ra3 Re8 24. Re3 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 $16) 21... fxe4 22. Rxe4
Rxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Ra4 Re8 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. Nxh5 $16) 20... fxe4 21. Bxe5
Rxe5 22. Qh4 Bf5 23. Nb6 Qg7 (23... Qe7) 24. Ra3 Rf8 25. Rae3 Bg6 26. R1e2 Kh8
27. Rd2 Ref5 28. Nc4 Rf4 29. Qg5 h6 (29... Qd7 30. Rg3 R8f7 (30... Kg7 $6 {
[%csl Rg5][%cal Gf8f5]} 31. Rb3 $16) 31. Qh6 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg3g6]} R4f6 32.
Qe3 Qa4 33. Qb3 $1 $16) 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Rb3 Bh5 $6 (31... e3 $5 32. Nxe3 h5 33.
Nd1 Rf7 34. Qc3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 cxd4 36. Qd2 (36. Qc8+ $6 Rf8 37. Qxb7 Re8 $44 {
/+/=}) 36... Be4 37. Rb4 Bxg2 $5 38. Qxd4 $1 $16) 32. Qc3 $18 Rg8 33. Rxb7 Qxc3
34. bxc3 Rf3 (34... Rf6 35. Rdb2 $18) 35. Nxd6 Rf4 36. Nc4 Bf3 37. Ne3 Rh4 38.
d6 1-0

[Event "Perenyi Memorial"]
[Site "Gyula"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Wenliang"]
[Black "Danner, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.01.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 d6 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Re1 Nc5 15.
Bd4 Bd7 16. a5 Bb5 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Re2 Nb3 19. Bxb3 cxb3 20. Nxb5 axb5 21.
Rae1 Qc4 22. Qd1 Qb4 23. Re3 Rc2 24. Bc3 Qa4 25. e5 {White makes the classic
Benoni pawn break. The d-pawn proves too much for Black as the 'attacking'
queen and rook are out in Siberia, unable to assist with the defence.} dxe5 26.
d6 Rd8 27. Bxe5 Nd7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Re4 $1 {Nice touch. If the rook had
landed on e7 straightaway, Black's queen could have moved to f4, contributing
to the defence. By interpolating Re4, Black is forced to block the queen's
path.} Rc4 ({Neither} 29... Qxa5) ({nor} 29... Qa2 {would have improved
matters: the queen cannot defend f7.}) 30. Re7 Rf4 31. Ng5 Nf8 32. g3 Rf6 33.
Ne4 Re6 34. Qf3 {The d-pawn drew Black's rook and knight away from the defence
of the king like a magnet, making it a relatively easy task for White's attack
to succeed.} 1-0

[Event "Asti op 17th"]
[Site "Asti"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Mrdja, Milan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 $6 $146 (12... a6) 13. Bf4
Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 Bf8 $6 {><Bf8} (14... Ne8 $14) 15. Nc2 a6 16. Nc3 Nbd7 17. Ne3
$16 Nb6 18. Bg5 $1 (18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Bh2 Qf6) 18... Be7 19. Qf3 Ra7 (19... Ne8
20. Bf4) (19... Nh5 $5) 20. Bf4 $1 $16 Ne8 21. Re1 Bf6 22. Ng4 Bxg4 23. hxg4
Nc7 $2 (23... Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxa6) (23... a5 $16) 24. Bxd6 $1 $18 Bxc3
25. Re7 $1 (25. Bxc7 $2 Rxc7 26. bxc3 c4 27. Be4 Qd6 $16) 25... Qxe7 (25... f5
26. Rxc7 (26. Bxf5 $6 Bf6 $1 27. Bxc7 $1 Qxe7 28. Be6+ Kg7 29. Bxb6 Ra8 $16)
26... Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. bxc3 c4 29. Bf1 $18) (25... f6 26. Qh3 h5 27. Rxc7
Rxc7 28. Bxc7 Qxc7 29. bxc3 $18) 26. Bxe7 Ncxd5 27. Bxc5 Bxb2 $6 28. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Qa4 $146 (13. Na3) 13...
Bd7 (13... Nd7 14. Rxe4) 14. Qa3 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 (15... Nf6 16. Bf4 $14 {xBd7}
) 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4 $14 {()} Qc7 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. c4 a5 21.
Ng5 {/\22.Ne4} (21. Bf1 $5) 21... Nd7 $1 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Nf3 (23. Ne4 h6 {
/\24...f5<=>}) 23... Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Re1 $1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 Re8
(27... Rb2 $5 28. Ra1) 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. h4 Qe7 $6 (29... h5 $142) 30. Bg5 Qc7
31. h5 Bg7 32. Bf4 Bf8 (32... Be5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 (33... Rxe5 34. hxg6 hxg6 35.
f4) 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Re1 Re8 36. Bb1 $16) 33. h6 $5 {/^a1-h8} Qe7 34. Bg5 f6 35.
Bd2 $1 Kf7 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Bc3 Rb8 38. Rf1 Bd7 39. Qh4 Qd8 40. g4 f5 $2 (40...
Be7 41. f4 $16) 41. g5 a4 42. f4 Be7 43. Qg3 {/\Qe3-d2,Ba1,Qc3} (43. Qe1 $2
Bxg5) 43... Qc8 44. Qe1 Qa6 45. Ba1 Rg8 46. Qc3 Bd8 47. Rb1 Be7 48. Kf2 Qa7 49.
Ke2 Qa6 50. Qb2 Qa7 51. Qb7 Ra8 52. Qb2 (52. Qxa7 $6 Rxa7 53. Rb8 Be8) 52...
Rg8 53. Kd1 (53. Bc2 $5 {/\54.Kd3}) 53... Qc7 (53... Qa6 54. Qb7 Bc8 55. Qc7) (
53... Qa8 54. Qb7 Rd8 55. Qc7) 54. Qb7 Rc8 55. Bc2 $1 {Zugzwang!} Qxb7 (55...
Be8 56. Qb2) (55... Bf8 56. Qb2) (55... Qd8 56. Qb2 Qf8 57. Qg7+ Qxg7 58. hxg7
$18) 56. Rxb7 Ke8 57. Ra7 Bd8 58. Bxa4 $6 (58. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 59. Rxh7 Rb8 60.
Rh8+ Kd7 61. Bf6 Rb1+ 62. Ke2 Ba5 63. Rh7+ Kc8 64. Ra7 Bg4+ 65. Kf2 $18) 58...
Bxa4+ (58... Rc7 59. Bxd7+ Kxd7 60. Ra6 {- 58...Bxa4+}) 59. Rxa4 Bb6 (59... Kd7
{/\Bb6,Kc7,Re8} 60. Ra7+ $3 (60. Ra6 $2 Bc7 (60... Rb8 61. Rxd6+ $1) 61. Bc3 (
61. a4 Rb8 $1 (61... Re8 62. Bc3)) 61... Rb8 (61... Re8 62. Ra7 Kc8 63. Ba5
Bxa5 64. Ra8+ Kd7 65. Rxa5 $18) 62. Ba5 (62. Ra3 Bb6) (62. Kc2 Kc8 63. a4 (63.
Ba5 Bxa5 64. Rxa5 Kb7) 63... Kb7 64. Rc6 Ra8 65. Kb3 Ra6 66. a5 Rxc6 67. dxc6+
Kxc6 68. Ka4 Bb8 (68... d5 69. cxd5+ Kxd5 70. Be5) 69. Bg7 Bc7 70. Bf6 Bb8 71.
Bd8 Ba7 $10 (71... d5 72. cxd5+ Kxd5 73. Kb5 Bxf4 74. a6 Bb8 75. Kb6 c4 76. Kb7
$18)) (62. a4 Kc8) 62... Bxa5 63. Rxa5 Kc7) 60... Rc7 (60... Bc7 61. Bc3 Kd8
62. a4 Rb8 63. a5 Kc8 64. a6 $18) 61. Ra6 Rb7 62. Bc3 Bc7 (62... Bb6 63. Ra8)
63. a4 (63. Ra8 Rb8 64. Rxb8 Bxb8 65. Kc2 Kc7 66. Kb3 Kb6 67. Ka4 Ka6 68. Ba5
$18) 63... Rb6 64. Ra7 Kc8 65. a5 Rb7 66. Ra6 Rb8 67. Rc6 $18) 60. Ra6 $1 Rb8
61. a4 Kd7 62. a5 Bc7 63. Bc3 Kc8 64. Rc6 (64. Kc2 $4 Kb7 65. Rc6 Ra8 $10)
64... Kd7 65. Kc2 Kc8 66. a6 Kd7 67. a7 Ra8 68. Ra6 Kc8 69. Ra1 (69. Kb3 Kb7
70. Ra1 $18) 69... Bd8 (69... Bb6 70. Re1 Kd7 71. Bf6 Rxa7 (71... Bd8 72. Bxd8
Kxd8 73. Ra1 Kc7 74. Ra6 $18) 72. Re7+ Kc8 73. Re8+ Kb7 74. Rh8 Ka6 75. Bg7 $18
) 70. Bf6 Kb7 (70... Bxf6 71. gxf6 Kd8 (71... Kd7 72. Re1) 72. Rb1) 71. Re1 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Oliwa, Marek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 $6 $146 (14.
Qd2 $1 Rb8 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
f4 $14 {Garcia Ilundain,D-Romanishin,O, Terrassa 1991 -Inf.52/(93)}) 14... Bd4
$1 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ra3 (17. Qc2 f5 $1) 17... Bd7 18. Bc2 d3 19.
Bxd3 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nxd3 21. Rd4 Ndf4 (21... Nhf4 $1 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 $10) 22. Nc3
$1 $14 Qf6 23. Nc4 (23. Nf3 $1 $14) 23... g5 $2 (23... b5 24. Ne3 Rab8 $132 {
/\25...b4}) 24. Kh2 (24. g3 $5 Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 N5f4+ 26. gxf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kg3 $16)
24... Ng7 25. g3 Ng6 26. f4 $1 b5 27. Ne3 (27. e5 $5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qe7 (28...
Qd8 29. e6 fxe6 30. dxe6 Qb8 31. Nd6 Rxe6 32. Nce4 $16) 29. Nd6 Rf8 30. Nf5
Nxf5 31. Rxf5 $16) 27... h5 $8 28. fxg5 Qxg5 29. Nf5 $1 h4 30. gxh4 Nxh4 31.
Qg4 (31. Rg1 Qf4+ 32. Kh1 Nhxf5 (32... Ng6 33. Rf1 Qg5 34. Rd2 $16) 33. exf5
Qxf5 34. Qg4 Qf6 35. Rd3 (35. Rf4 Qh6 36. Ne4 f5) 35... Kh8 36. Ne4 Qh6 37.
Nxd6 $16) 31... Qxg4 32. Nh6+ $6 (32. hxg4 Nhxf5 33. exf5 $16) 32... Kh7 33.
Nxg4 Nh5 $1 34. e5 (34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rf2 Rf8 $132) 34... Kg7 $2 (34... dxe5
35. Nxe5 (35. Nf6+ Nxf6 36. Rxh4+ Kg6 37. Rg1+ Kf5 38. Rh6 Ng8 39. Rh5+ Kf6 40.
Ne4+ Ke7 41. Rxe5+ Kd7 $10) 35... Rxe5 36. Rxh4 Kg7 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. d6 $14)
35. Ne3 $18 (35. Nf6 Rxe5 36. Rxh4 Nxf6 37. Rg1+ $18) 35... Ng6 36. Nf5+ Kh7
37. Nxd6 Rxe5 38. Rxf7+ Kh8 39. Rg4 Rg8 (39... Ne7 40. Re4 Rxe4 41. Ndxe4 Ng6
42. d6) 40. Ra7 Re7 (40... Re1 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Ne4 Re2+ 43. Kg1 $18) 41. Rxe7
Nxe7 42. Rh4 1-0

[Event "POL-ch playoff"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Bg5 c4 $1 $146 12. Bxc4 Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2
(14. Nc3 Rxe2+ $5 (14... Nxd5 15. O-O Nxc3 (15... Bxc3 $6 16. Bd3) 16. bxc3 Ba6
$11) 15. Qxe2 Ba6 16. Qd2 Nbd7 $40 {Gdanski,J}) 14... Ba6 15. Nc3 Bxe2 $6 (
15... Rxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. O-O $16) (15... Re5 $1 16. Bxf6 (
16. Bf4 Rxe2+ $1 17. Nxe2 Nxd5 $17) 16... Bxe2 $1 (16... Bxf6 17. Nb3 $1 (17.
O-O Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Rxd5 $17) 17... Bxe2 18. Nxa5 Bxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rf5 20. Ke2 $11)
17. Nxe2 Bxf6 $17) 16. Nxe2 Re5 17. Bf4 Rxd5 18. O-O $14 {xd6} Nh5 $6 (18...
Ne4 $2 19. Qc2 Nxd2 20. Qc8+ Bf8 21. Bh6 Nd7 22. Qxa8 Nxf1 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Bxf8
$18) (18... g5 $2 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Qc2 Nxd2 21. Qc8+ Bf8 22. Rfd1 Ne4 23. Qb7
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qa6 25. Qxa8 Qxe2 26. Rc1 $18) (18... Nbd7 $142) 19. Qc2 $1 Nd7
(19... Nxf4 20. Qc8+ Bf8 21. Nxf4 Rxd2 (21... Qxd2 22. Qb7 $1 Qxf4 23. Qxd5 $18
) 22. Qb7 $18) 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Ne4 $1 (21. Nc3 Rd3) 21... Nc5 (21... Rc8 22.
N2c3 $16) 22. N4c3 (22. N2c3 $5 Re5 $16 (22... Qd3 23. Qc1 $1 Nxe4 24. Rd1 Nxc3
25. Rxd3 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxc1 27. Rxd5 $18 {Gdanski,J})) 22... Rd3 $5 (22... Qd3
23. Rac1 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Re5 25. Rd1 $16) 23. Rfd1 $6 (23. Nc1 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Re8
$132) (23. g4 $1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Nf4 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Re8 27. Qd2 Nfe4 28.
Qd4 $18) (23. Rad1 $5) 23... Nf6 $6 (23... Re8 $1 24. Rac1 $14 (24. b4 $140 $6
Bxc3 25. Nxc3 Qc4 $11)) 24. b4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ne6 26. Qb3 $16 (26. b5 Qa3)
26... Ne8 27. a4 Qb7 28. b5 Rc8 29. Nd5 Nc5 30. Qb4 Qd7 31. a5 $18 Ne6 32. b6
$6 (32. a6 $18) 32... axb6 33. Bxb6 $6 $138 (33. a6 Rc2 34. Nxb6 Qa7 35. Qa4
Rxe2 36. Nc8 $18) 33... Qb7 34. Nef4 $6 (34. a6 Qxa6 35. Ne7+ Kh8 36. Nxc8 Qxe2
$16) (34. Qb5 Nc5) 34... Be5 $1 35. Nxe6 (35. a6 Qxa6 36. Nxe6 (36. Ne7+ Kh8
37. Nxc8 $4 Nxf4 38. Ne7 Qb7 $19) 36... Rc4 $1 37. Qb3 fxe6 38. Ne3 Rc8 39.
Qxe6+ Kh8 $16) 35... fxe6 36. Nf4 (36. a6 $4 Qxd5 $1) 36... Kf7 (36... Ng7 $142
37. Nd3 Qd5 $16) 37. Nd3 Bf6 38. Qb5 Qc6 $6 (38... Ra8 39. Nb4 Rb8 40. Nc6 Ra8
$16) 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Nb4 Rc3 (40... Rc4 41. Rb1 Nc7 42. a6 Na8 43. Be3 $18) (
40... Rc8 41. a6 $18) 41. a6 Ra3 42. a7 d5 43. Rc1 (43. Rd2 {/\44.Ra2} Rxa7 44.
Bxa7 Bc3 45. Rd4 $18) 43... Nd6 44. Rc7+ Ke8 45. Nc2 Ra4 (45... Ra6 46. Bc5 Bd8
47. Rxh7 Nf7 48. Rg7 $18) 46. Rc5 Nc4 47. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,72,19,25,23,8,0,-4,38,30,77,73,82,69,116,95,95,105,94,88,94,87,104,89,
101,91,124,83,83,68,96,106,101,107,119,117,104,109,108,117,128,135,290,-5,-33,
19,12,-66,0,-121,-154,-154,-154,-154,-176,-199,-190,-215,-220,-207,-220,-220,
-233,-280,-226,-268,-259,-248,-260,-292,-260,-296,-325,-312,-338]} 1. d4 Nf6 2.
c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6
10. a4 Nh5 11. g4 {This move is quite rare and looks somewhat premature as
Black can undermine White's pawn structure by means of ...h7-h5. Still, it
deserves serious attention.} Nf6 12. Bf4 (12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Kf1 c4
15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Qf4 Nfd7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Kg2 Ne5 $13 {1/2 (37)
Moskalenko,V (2520)-Dochev,D (2430) Pardubice 1994}) 12... Ne8 {Apparently
renouncing the idea ...h7-h5 in favor of ...f7-f5. But...} (12... h5 13. Nd2 $1
hxg4 14. Nc4 $1 gxh3 15. Be2 $1 $16 {preventing ...Nf6-h5} (15. Bxd6 $143 Re8
16. Qf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 bxc4 19. Bf4 cxd3 20. Rxb8 {1-0 (43) Barsov,
A (2517)-Reinaldo Castineira,R (2458) Mondariz 2007} Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Qa5+ 22. Kd1
Qa4+ $19)) (12... Qe7 13. Kf1 Nbd7 14. Qd2 h5 15. Bg5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f3
Nh7 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Kg2 $14 {1/2 (44) Razmyslov,A (2431)-Spraggett,K (2586)
Seville 2010}) 13. Qd2 (13. Qe2 {looks less natural.} f5 $6 (13... Nd7) 14.
gxf5 gxf5 15. exf5 Nc7 16. Rg1 Re8 17. Ne4 Bxf5 18. O-O-O $18 {1-0 (30)
Richter,M (2410)-Andersson,N (1996) Hamburg 1999}) 13... Nd7 14. O-O h5 {Still!
} 15. gxh5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bg5 $1 f6 18. Be3 c4 $5 {Black continues
complicating the game.} (18... Bxh3 {was more normal but White could have
replied with} 19. d6 $1 Bxf1 (19... Nxd6 20. Rfd1 $16) 20. Bxf1 Qxd6 (20...
Nxd6 21. Rd1) 21. Bc4+ Kh8 (21... Kh7 22. hxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qe2 {[%csl Rg6]}) 22.
h6 $16) 19. Bxc4 (19. Be2 $5 Bxh3 (19... Nd6 20. Kh2 Qd7 21. Rh1 $1) 20. d6 $1
{was probably more promising.}) 19... Nd6 {[%mdl 2048]} 20. Qe2 $2 {It is easy
to make a mistake in such a complicated position.} (20. Be2 Bxh3 (20... f5 21.
Bg5) 21. Rfe1 f5 $13) 20... f5 $1 21. f4 Qh4 {Black starts a strong
counter-attack.} 22. Bc5 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 (23. Qg2 $142 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxc4 25.
Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rae1 exf4 27. Rxf4 g5 $1 28. Rf2 f4 $17) 23... Qxh3+ 24. Qh2
Qxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Nxc4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. hxg6 exf4 {White can't recapture this
pawn, and Black's advantage becomes decisive.} 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rae1 Re8 30.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Re1+ Be5 32. Nd1 Bxg6 33. Kg2 Bc2 34. Kf3 Kd7 35. Nf2 Kd6 36.
Rc1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raznikov, Danny"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Bd3
d6 9. h3 a6 (9... b5 {[%csl Re1,Re4] La grande ligne} 10. Nxb5) 10. a4 Nbd7 11.
O-O Nh5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 (13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1) 13... Re8 ({RR} 13... Bg7 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 Qf6 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 19. Nd2 c4 20. Bxc4
Nxc4 21. Nxc4 Rxe4 22. Nd4 Nf4 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Rfe1 Re5 25. Nf3 Re2 26. Rxe2
Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Nf4 28. Nd4 {Granda Zuniga,J (2644)-Gashimov,V (2740)/Ourense
2009/EXT 2010/1-0 (55)}) 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Be2 Ng7 $146 ({RR} 15... Bg7 16. Bg5
Qc7 17. Nd2 h6 18. Be3 Nhf6 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5
23. Be3 g5 24. Qc2 f5 25. exf5 Qf7 26. Qd2 Bxf5 27. f4 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Qg6 29.
Kh1 Kh8 30. Bh2 {Olarasu,G (2415)-Georgiev,K (2655)/Bad Woerishofen 2002/EXT
2003/0-1 (33)}) (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rxe4 17. Nd2 $44 {[%csl Rg7,Gh6]}) 16. Bf4
Nf8 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bh2 Ng6 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Bg4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Na5 b4 23.
Nc6 bxc3 $3 {Un joli sacrifice de Q} 24. Nxd8 cxb2 25. Rb1 Rxd8 26. Bxf4 gxf4
27. Bxc8 Rdxc8 $44 {[%csl Gb8,Gc5,Gc8][%cal Gc5c2]} 28. e5 $1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 $1
dxe5 30. Qe2 f3 $1 31. Qxe5 (31. Qxf3 $2 c4 $40 {[%cal Gc4c3]}) 31... Re8 32.
Qc3 Re2 33. Qxf3 $6 {Il fallait laisser la Q sur la colonne "c"} (33. Kf1)
33... Rc2 $1 {[%cal Gc2c1]} 34. Qd1 Rc4 35. Qd2 Rcb4 36. Qc3 R4b5 37. h4 (37.
d6 Ne6) 37... h5 38. d6 Ne6 39. Kh2 R5b6 40. Qc2 (40. Qg3+) 40... Rb5 41. g3 c4
42. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. a3 Ra7 $5 13. Bf4 Rae7 {This is a
relatively rare plan. Black makes use of his advantage of space on the queen
side (resulting in the availibility of the seventh rank) to transfer his
queen'srook on the e-file and thus increase the pressure against the critical
e4- and e5-squares. While the attractive parts of this plan are obvious, there
are certain drawbacks, too, which are less easy to notice at a superficial
glance. First of all, White disposes over sufficient means to defend his
central pawn. At the same time, Black's queen side is slightly weakened by the
transfer of the rook to the other wing, especially that the knight's
development is considerably delayed. Finally, the rook is relatively exposed
on e7 (which can be seen in such cases when the thematic ...Nh5 is met by Bg5).
} 14. Rc1 {(!) White's general plan of development consists of Qd2, Rac1, b4,
aiming to force Black advance his c-pawn in order to take over the control of
the central dark squares. However, the move order in accomplishing that is
quite important.} ({First of all, I would say that the mechanical defence of
the e4-pawn with} 14. Qc2 {does not seem too accurate. First of all, the
c2-square is supposed to be left available to the bishop in case of the
eventual advance of the black c-pawn. Secondly, after} b4 (14... Nh5 {is also
possible, 0-1 Ibragimov,I (2540)-Pigusov,E (2575)/St Petersburg 1993/CBM 034/
[Chekhov] (36)}) ({but my favourite is} 14... c4 15. Bf1 Qb6 {[%cal Yb8d7]})
15. axb4 cxb4 16. Na4 {the b4-pawn is not attacked (as would be the case with
the queen on d2), allowing Black win a tempo for his development:} Bd7 17. Re3
Bb5 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh6 20. Re2 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L (2485)-Yudasin,
L (2505)/Simferopol 1988/CBM 011 (42). However, I must say that I do not
entirely trust this early advance of the b-pawn.}) ({More natural is} 14. Qd2 {
, of course.} Bb7 $1 {For the moment, it is far from clear why this move,
placing the bishop onan apparently "dead" diagonal, would be the best.} (14...
Qb6 15. Re2 {Possibly, not the best plan.} ({both} 15. Rac1) ({and} 15. b4 {
would transpose to the comment from the next move, since now, unlike in the
b-line,} c4 $6 16. Bc2 Nxe4 $2 17. Bxe4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 {
does not work in view of} 20. Bh6 {mating.}) 15... Nbd7 16. Rae1 Nh5 17. Be3 (
17. Bg5 Bf6 18. Be3 Bd4 {only transposes}) 17... Bd4 18. Bc2 (18. Bxd4 cxd4 19.
Na2 Ne5 $132 20. Nh2 $2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nf4 $19) 18... Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Ne5 20. Nxe5
Rxe5 {Black has considerably eased his play by exchanging two pairs of minor
pieces. He is ready for expanding on either wing (with ...a5, c4, b4 or g5,
Nf4). 1/2-1/2 Piket,J (2580)-Kamsky,G (2745)/Amsterdam 1996/CBM 055}) 15. b4 $6
({This is premature, but White can already not transpose to the main plan with
} 15. Rac1 {because after} b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Na2 Nxe4 $132 {the d5-pawn is
hanging in case of} 18. Qxb4 $2 Bxd5 $17) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Nxe4 $1 17. Bxe4
Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. Bh6 f6 {With the queen on d8, this simple
move kills White's attack.} 21. Ng5 Re8 22. Rd1 Qe7 23. Nf3 Nd7 $17 {0-1
Banikas,H (2526)-Mastrovasilis,A (2442)/Thessaloniki 2001/EXT 2003 (42)}) 14...
h6 $146 {The idea behind this novelty is simple to understand from an abstract
point of view: since White has been concentrated mainly on the queen side,
Black starts active play on the opposite wing. However, in this game he will
not manage to prove the corectness of his plan entirely.} (14... b4 {is
premature now because of} 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Na4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4
Rxe4 19. Bxd6 $16 {as indicated by Karpov. We can see here the usefullness of
the rook on the c-file.}) ({The natural continuation is} 14... Qb6 15. b4 Nbd7
(15... c4 16. Bb1 {/\ a4+/-}) 16. Qd2 Bb7 {Both sides have completed their
development. Black's position looks pretty solid, but he has to refrain from
releasing the queen side tension by means of ...c4 or ...cxb4.} 17. Be3 $5 {
By pinning the c5-pawn, White creates the unpleasant positional threat a4.} (
17. Bh2 {leaves Black with no problems along the g1-b6-diagonal:} c4 18. Bc2
Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2712)-Topalov,V (2718)/Monte Carlo
2001/CBM 081 ext (60)}) 17... Qd8 18. Rb1 {This looks like a critical position
of the variation. White prepares to open the queen side with a well timed
a3-a4, but he should permanently watch an eventual exchange sacrifice on e4,
made possible by the position of the bishop on e3.} c4 (18... Nh5 $2 {places
the knight on a passive square, with no connection with the main theatre of
operations, allowing} 19. a4 $1 $16 {1-0 Karpov,A (2674)-Hamdouchi,H (2559)/
Bordeaux 2005/CBM 105 ext}) ({The most flexible continuation is} 18... Qc7 {
leading to the position after 20 moves in 1/2-1/2 Aleksandrov,A (2645)
-Sherbakov,R (2539)/Calcutta 2002/CBM 088/[Kapengut] (43)}) 19. Bc2 Nxe4 $5 20.
Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bg5 Qe8 23. Qf4 $5 Bxd5 24. Qxd6 Qe6 $44 {1-0
Istratescu,A (2622)-Mastrovasilis,A (2461)/Korinthos 2002/CBM 089 ext (60)})
15. b4 c4 16. Bb1 g5 17. Bh2 ({It is not entirely clear whether Black's
compensation for the sacrificed pawn is sufficient after} 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bh2
Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qd2 Nd7 21. Qxf4 Ne5 {but the text move looks simply
stronger.}) 17... g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 (18... Nxg4 19. Bg3 Qb6 20. Bh4 (20. Nh4 $32
) 20... Nd7 21. Qd2 $16) 19. Qd2 Bxf3 (19... Qb6 20. Qf4 $36) 20. gxf3 Kh8 21.
Kh1 {We can draw the first conclusions of Black's new plan. He has managed to
double White's pawns, but it is his king that looks actually weaker than
White's. Besides, he didn't solve the problem of his queen's knight...} Nbd7 $3
{... yet! Although this move might be not sufficient to solve all Black's
problems, it certainly deserves the double exclaim mark for its originality.}
22. Rg1 $1 {White correctly refrains form accepting the gift.} ({In case of} 
22. Bxd6 {White should not be too happy about his extra pawn and exchange,
especially if Black manages to block the enemy centre of pawns on light
squares.} Re5 $1 {looks even better, because it traps the bishop.} (22... Nh5
23. Bh2 $1 (23. Bxe7 $2 Qxe7 $19 {->, /\Qh4, Rg8, Be5}) 23... Ne5 24. Qe3 Rd7 {
[%cal Yd8h4,Yd7d6,Yd6g6]}) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Kg2 Nh5 25. Rh1 Qf6 26. Qe3 Nf4+
$44) 22... Ne5 23. Rxg7 $5 {This move certainly looks tempting, as an answer
to Black's intended exchange sacrifice, few moves earlier, but might be not
the best way to fight for an advantage.} (23. Rg3 $1 {><f3, /\f4} Ng6 24. Rh3 (
24. f4 $6 Nxe4 $1 $44) 24... Kh7 25. Bf4 $1 $40 {White attacks with
practically all his pieces, while the concentration of the enemy rooks on the
e-file is rather sterile, with the e4-pawn so well defended.}) 23... Kxg7 24.
Rg1+ Kh7 25. Qf4 Nfd7 26. Qf5+ Kh8 27. Qh3 f6 28. f4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Rg6
Rh7 31. Qxd3 $44 {White certainly has compensation for the sacrificed exchange,
but Black has managed to bring all his forces to the defence of the important
squares. The position is rather unclear.} Rg8 32. Qg3 h5 33. Ne2 Rxg6 34. Qxg6
Qg8 35. f5 Qxg6 36. fxg6 Re7 37. f3 Ne5 38. Nd4 Rg7 39. Kg2 Rxg6+ 40. Kh3 Rg8
41. Bg3 Kh7 42. Bh4 Kg6 43. Nf5 Rd8 44. Kg2 Nc4 45. Bg3 Kf7 46. Kf2 Ke8 47.
Ng7+ Ke7 48. Nxh5 Rh8 49. Ng7 Rh1 50. Nf5+ Kd7 51. Bh4 Nxa3 52. Bxf6 Rb1 53. f4
Rxb4 54. Nd4 Rb2+ 55. Kf3 Nc2 56. Nf5 Ne1+ 57. Ke3 Ng2+ 58. Kf3 Rd2 59. e5 Ne1+
60. Ke4 b4 61. Nxd6 Re2+ 62. Kf5 Nc2 63. Nc4 Nd4+ 64. Kg6 Ke8 65. e6 Nxe6 66.
dxe6 Rxe6 67. f5 Rc6 68. Ne5 Rb6 69. Nc4 Rc6 70. Na5 Rb6 71. Kg7 Kd7 72. Nc4
Rb7 73. Bb2 Kc6+ 74. Kg6 Kc5 75. Na5 Rb8 76. f6 Kb5 77. Nb3 a5 78. Nd4+ Kc5 79.
f7 a4 80. Ne6+ Kc4 81. Be5 Rc8 82. Bf6 b3 83. Bb2 Kb4 84. Bg7 Kc4 85. Bb2 Kb4
86. Bf6 Kc4 87. Bb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Bg5 {This move is
supposed to cause some lack of harmony in Black's camp. For the plan based on .
..Ne5, the queen is best placed on the h4-d8 diagonal, while the next move
takes away from the h5-knight the natural retreat to f6.} Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15.
Be2 {The critical continuation, immediately putting the h5-knight under
pressure.} (15. Bf1 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Be5 17. g4 Ng7 (17... Nf4 18. Bxf4 Qf6 19.
Bxe5 Qxf3 20. Bg2 Qd3 21. Bxd6 $44) 18. Qg2 f5 19. f3 (19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Bd4
) 19... Bd7 (19... f4 $5 {looks tempting, but I was slightly worried about my
passive knight, as well as the possible transfer of the enemy knight to d3, in
order to undermine the blockade.}) 20. a5 Qf6 21. Rab1 Rab8 22. Nd1 fxe4 23.
fxe4 b5 (23... b6 $5) 24. b3 Re7 25. Bd3 Bd4 $15 {Borvander,T-Marin,M/Goteborg
rapid 2001 (0-1, 37)}) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 {At first sight, it may seem
that White has managed to force Black's kingside minor pieces to occupy rather
unfortunate squares. However, only two moves are needed (...Be5 and ...f5) in
order to make Black's position entirely viable. Later, the knight may move to
f5 and d4. Therefore, White has to hurry to open a new front on another area
of the board.} 17. Qd2 {Completing the development and defending the knight in
order to enable the opening of the queenside with a further b4.} ({Knowing
Gashimov's next move,} 17. a5 {certainly makes some sense.} Rb8 ({I would
prefer} 17... Bd7 $5 {, anticipating the knight's move to a4.} 18. Qd2 $140 b5
19. axb6 Qxb6 $132) 18. Na4 Bd7 19. Qd2 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 {Now, White was in time
to defend his b2-pawn.} Qd7 21. Rc4 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (21. Ra2 b5 22. axb6 Rxb6
23. Rb1 Reb8 24. Be2 Qb7 $132 {[%cal Gg7e8,Ge8c7,Gc7b5,Gb5d4]}) 21... Qb5 (
21... b5 22. axb6 Rxb6 23. b4 $1 $14 {[%csl Gg7]}) 22. Rc2 b6 $6 (22... Be5 {
[%cal Gf7f5]} 23. Be2 $1) (22... Qa4 $5 {[%cal Gb7b5,Yb7b6]} 23. Bf4 Be5 {
[%cal Gf7f5]}) 23. Ra1 bxa5 24. Rxa5 Qb6 25. Ra2 $14 {Xu Jun (2535)-Chekhov,V 
(2525)/Beijing 1991/CBM 028 (1/2-1/2, 30). White has managed to defend his
b2-pawn safely, while the a6-pawn remains vulnerable. At the same time, the
g7-knight is still passive.}) 17... b6 {A multi-purpose move. Black prevents
a4-a5, which would make him lose flexibility on the queenside and enables the
rook's transfer to the kingside. I have commented on similar situations when ..
.b6 is useful in my last 3 articles about different variations of the Benoni.}
(17... Bd7 {1-0 Wang Yue (2689)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Baku 2008/CBM 124/[Ftacnik]
(56)}) 18. Rab1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (18. Be2 Bxc3 $5 19. bxc3 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re8 21.
c4 {If White could set up the Q+B battery along the a1-h8 diagonal in time,
Black would be in trouble. However, the threat of rapid activation of the
knight via f5-d4 keeps Black in the game.} Bf5 22. Bf1 Bd7 {[%cal Gg7f5,Gf5d4]}
23. Bd3 (23. g4 $5 {[%csl Rg7]}) 23... Bf5 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Bd3 {1/2-1/2
Onischuk,A (2664)-Gashimov,V (2679)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124}) 18... Be5 {[%cal
Gf7f5]} 19. Bg5 ({Black's dymanic potential should not be underestimated. The
hurried} 19. b4 $6 {allows} Bxh3 $1 $132 20. gxh3 $2 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rf3]})
19... f6 $1 $146 {Since Black aims to play ...f5 anyway, this is not a
weakening move. Moreover, the pawn strengthens the control over the e5-square,
as will become clear a few moves later.} (19... Bf6 $6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b4 $14
{Savchenko,S (2563)-Cornette,M (2357)/Cappelle la Grande 2002/CBM 086 ext (0-1,
32)}) 20. Bf4 (20. Be3 f5 $132) 20... Ra7 21. b4 Rf7 $132 {White has managed
to open the queenside, but Black has regrouped most of his pieces in a
harmonious way. His only problem remains the activation of the knight, but
with so many "colleagues" around it, this should be solved in one way or
another.} 22. Bd1 {In most cases, after Bxe5 fxe5, the f3-bishop would be
hanging (...Bxh3 or ...Rxf3). Therefore, White removes it in advance, aiming
to activate it through a4.} ({White is not too well prepared for} 22. a5 {
. Black has several possible answers, the most ambitious (but also risky) being
} Bxf4 23. Qxf4 b5 24. bxc5 (24. Ne2 f5 {Here we can see why Black exchanged
on f4, to make the enemy queen occupy a vulnerable square.}) 24... Qxa5 $13) ({
The immediate intrusion with} 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Rb8 {leads to sharp play after}
Bxf4 24. Qxf4 f5 25. Qd2 ({The tempting sacrifice} 25. Rxc8 Qxc8 26. Qxd6 {
[%cal Ge4e5] is not too dangerous for Black after} fxe4 27. Nxe4 Nf5 28. Nf6+
Rxf6 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Qxf6 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qxf2 32. Qxa6 Ne3 $11 {and perpetual
check cannot be avoided.}) 25... Rfe7 26. Qb2 Re5 27. Qb6 Qe7 $132) 22... Qc7 {
[%csl Gb8]} ({Benoni players usually refrain from moves such as} 22... c4 $5 {
, which release the tension and give up the control of the d4-square. However,
in this concrete case the plan based on the knight's transfer to c6 fails
because of Black's superior mobilization.} 23. Ne2 $6 Nh5 $1 24. Bh6 (24. Bxe5
fxe5 {would simply deny the knight's access to d4.}) 24... f5 $1 25. Nd4 fxe4
26. Bxh5 Qf6 $5) 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 {The structure has changed,
becoming characteristic of the KI. Black's problem remains basically the same:
if he could only bring his knight to f4...} 25. Qg5 {AIming to keep Black's
kingside initiative under control.} ({Black has sufficient counterplay after
the more ambitious} 25. Rb2 {[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rd6,Re5][%cal Gc3b1,Gb1a3,Ga3c4]}
Ref8 26. Qe3 Qe7 27. Nb1 Qh4 28. Na3 Rf6 29. Rf1 (29. Nc4 Nf5 $1 $132) 29... g5
30. Rb6 (30. Nc4 Nf5 31. exf5 Qxc4 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 $132 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5]}) 30...
g4 31. hxg4 Bxg4 32. Bxg4 (32. f3 $6 Nh5 $1 $40) 32... Qxg4 33. Nc4 Nh5 (33...
Rg6 34. g3 Nh5) 34. f3 Qg6 $132) 25... Ref8 26. Rb2 Rf4 27. Bg4 Qa5 (27... Bxg4
28. hxg4 c4 $11) 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Re1 Qa5 30. Rc1 Bxg4 31. hxg4 c4 $11 {
Although the knight is doomed to passivity, the high activity displayed by all
the other pieces allows Black to maintain equality.} 32. Qh6 Qc5 33. Nd1 Qd4
34. Rb7 R4f7 35. Rcb1 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 {Finally, Black has an extra
piece: the passive knight. However, the position is immediately drawn.} Rf7 38.
Rb8+ Rf8 39. Rb7 Rf7 40. Rb8+ Rf8 41. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 {Just as in the game against
Karjakin, Gashimov plays this move, although in slightly different
circumstances and with entirely different plans.} ({In the article published
in CBM 125, I examined the plan based on} 12... Qe7 {, when ...b6 is sometimes
useful at a slightly later stage.}) 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qd2 Bb7 {During the 50th
edition of the traditional Reggio Emilia tournament, I confessed to Vugar my
sincere admiration for his courage in playing the Benoni nowadays, as well as
for his ingeniosity and, not last, his excellent results. I remember him
mentioning the plan displayed in the present game and the name of Nakamura,
who once defended Black's point of view against strong opposition. Personally,
I have serious doubts about the merits of developing the bishop to b7. True,
the standard pawn break e5 is inhibited for a while, because it would leave
the d5-pawn weakened, but White can either prepare this break in a thorough
way or just switch to the alternate plan b4. In either case, the bishop is
doomed to passivity and so is Black. As a curiosity, I recently happened to
analyse a blocked position resulted from a hybrid between the KI and the BI. I
was shocked when one powerful engine suggested (in a rather normal position)
the manoeuvre ...Bd7-c8-b7-a8 as Black's second best line. Could it be that,
apart from providing doubtless help, computers tend to pervert our minds?!} 15.
Bc4 {This physical blockade of the c-pawn leaves Black without any active
moves.} ({However,} 15. Rad1 {is also OK for White.} c4 (15... Nh5 16. Bh2 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf1 (18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 $16) 18... Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qe7 20.
g3 Ng7 21. Bg2 Qd7 22. f4 f6 23. e5 $36 {Russu,E (2184)-Valeanu,E (2347)/Amara
2007/CBM 117 ext (0-1, 38)}) 16. Bf1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Qc5 18. Nd2 Ne5 (18... b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. b4 $1 $16) 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxc4 Ree8 21. Rb1 Nd7 22. b4 Qc7 23.
Rec1 $16 {Rogozenko,D (2527)-Valeanu,E (2347)/Amara 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 31)}
) 15... Nh5 16. Bh2 h6 {This move synthetises Black's "plan" in this variation:
he hopes that nothing bad will happen to him if he just stays and waits.
Eventually, White may get carried away by attacking dreams... However, chess
has not changed so much since our forefathers: space and time still mean a lot!
} (16... Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Ree8 20. e5 $16 dxe5 21. fxe5
Rxe5 22. d6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Qc6 $6 24. Bd5 Qc8 25. Bxf7+ $1 $18)
17. Rad1 $16 {This natural developing move was recommended by me in the notes
to Nakamura's game. I was too modest then (+/=). Now, I believe that Black is
simply in big trouble.} (17. g4 $6 {There was no need to commit himself to
such concrete actions yet.} Nhf6 18. Rad1 h5 $1 {Onischuk,A (2650)-Nakamura,H 
(2644)/San Diego 2006/CBM 112/[Marin] (1/2-1/2, 65)}) 17... Kh7 18. Qc2 Re7 19.
Be2 {[%csl Rd6,Rh5][%cal Gf3d2,Gd2c4]} Kg8 20. Nd2 Nhf6 21. Nc4 {[%cal Gf2f4,
Ge4e5]} Ne8 {The position has changed a lot tin White's favour during the last
few moves.} 22. f4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Rd8 (23... Nef6 24. Bf3 Rae8 {fails to stop}
25. e5 $1 Qb8 (25... dxe5 $2 26. d6) 26. Nxd6 $5 (26. e6 $16) 26... Qxd6 $8 27.
Ne4 $1 (27. exd6 $2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Bg1 Bxg1 $19) 27... Qb8 28. exf6 {
[%csl Re7]} Bxf6 (28... Nxf6 29. Rxd4 $1 $18) 29. f5 $18) 24. Bf3 Qb8 25. Ne2 (
25. e5 $1 dxe5 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. Re2 $3 $18 {/\Rxd4} (27. Rxd4 $2 Nxf3 $3))
25... Bg7 26. Nc3 b5 ({By avoiding repetition, Black is not playing for a win,
of course. He must have just realized how strong for White the line} 26... Bd4
27. e5 $16 {would be.}) 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Bxd5 29. exd5 (29. Rxd5 Qxb5 30.
Red1 $16 {looks simpler.}) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxb5 31. f5 $16 {Black has
managed to get some activity, but White's attack is very strong.} Qb4 (31...
gxf5 32. Nxd6 Nxd6 33. Bxd6 Qxb2 34. Qxf5 $16) 32. Rf1 $2 ({The rook was more
useful on the e-file.} 32. Re2 $16) 32... g5 $1 33. Nxd6 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 Be5 $132
35. Bxe5 Nxe5 36. Qe2 Nxf3 37. Rxf3 c4 38. f6 Rxd5 $2 (38... Qb5 $132 39. Rc3 (
39. Re3 Qxd5 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+ Kh7 42. Qf8 Kg6 $11) 39... Qxd5 40. Rxc4
Qd1+ 41. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kh2 Kh7 $11) 39. Re3 $3 $18 Rd8 40. Re8+ Rxe8 41. Qxe8+
Qf8 42. Qxf8+ Kxf8 43. Kg1 Ke8 44. Kf2 Kd7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kxf6 47. Kxc4
Ke6 48. b4 f5 49. b5 g4 (49... Kd6 50. b6 Kc6 51. Kd4 $18) 50. hxg4 fxg4 51.
Kd4 Kd6 52. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 {This
has become a popular method to prevent White from getting the optimal setup
based on h3 and Bd3.} 8. Qe2 $5 {A slightly exotic move, designed and employed
with success by Epishin.} Bg4 ({Mecking had had some recent experience against
} 8... Bg7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Kf8 11. Bf4 ({This is a new move. I have
investigated the alternatives in the notes to} 11. d6 {Harikrishna,P (2673)
-Cheparinov,I (2618)/Pamplona 2005/CBM 111/[Marin,M] (1/2, 37)}) 11... Nbd7 12.
Qc7 {This should not face Black with any problems, because after the exchange
of queens the black king feels more comfortable.} (12. Qe3 Kg8 13. Be2 b5 {
[%cal Gh7h6,Gg8h7,Gf6g4] is not entirely clear either.}) 12... Qe7+ $2 {
This is just asking for trouble.} (12... Qxc7 13. Bxc7 b5 14. O-O-O Bb7 $13)
13. Be2 Ne8 14. Qa5 b6 15. Qa3 Bb7 16. O-O h6 17. Rfe1 Qf6 18. Bg3 Nd6 19. Bd3
b5 $14 {/+/- Black has managed to establish a blockade, but needs several
tempi to get fully developed.} 20. Ne5 $6 {This move helps Black simplify the
position.} (20. Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ga5c7,Ga2a4]} Rc8 21. Rad1 Kg8 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3
$16 {Black has no obvious way to connect rooks, while White is fully mobilised.
}) 20... Nxe5 21. Bxe5 b4 22. Bxf6 (22. Qb3 Qd8 {[%cal Gg7e5,Gf8g7]}) 22...
bxa3 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. bxa3 Rhe8 25. Kf1 c4 26. Bc2 Nb5 $2 {The idea is
correct, but the concrete form - rather careless.} (26... Rxe1+ $1 27. Kxe1 Nb5
$11) 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Ba4 Rc8 $2 (28... Ra8 $5 $14 {would anticipate the move
recommended in the next comment.}) 29. Nxb5 $2 (29. Bxb5 $1 axb5 30. Rb1 {
[%csl Gc3]} Ba6 31. Ke2 $16 {[%cal Gb1b4,Ga3a4] The knight is stronger than
the bishop and White is a pawn up.}) 29... axb5 30. Bxb5 Bxd5 31. Rc1 c3 $11 {
Mecking,H (2567)-Leitao,R (2590)/Internet ICC 2008/CBM 127 Extra (1/2, 38)}) 9.
e5 dxe5 {Black refrains from the tempting exchange on f3, in order to avoid
the opening of the h3-c8 diagonal. In doing so, he took into account another
recent game by Mecking (see below).} ({Since my comments to the aforementioned
game Harikrishna-Cheparinov, there have been some developments after} 9... Bxf3
10. gxf3 dxe5 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ (12. Bf4 Qxe5+ 13. Bxe5 Nbd7 14. f4 Bg7 (
14... Bh6 {[%csl Yf4]} 15. Bh3 O-O 16. O-O b5 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Rfe1 $14 {
Rowson,J (2599)-Ward,C (2485)/Douglas 2005/CBM 107 ext (1-0, 50)}) 15. Bg2 Nxe5
$146 {This seems to be s strong novelty. White will not manage to connect his
pawns, because of the weakness of the f4-square.} (15... O-O 16. O-O Nh5 17.
Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bc7 Ra7 19. Rae1 $16 {Epishin,V (2599)-Kovacevic,S (2367)/Seville
2005/CBM 104 ext (1-0, 31)}) 16. fxe5 Nh5 17. O-O Nf4 18. Rae1 O-O-O 19. Re3
Rhe8 20. Rfe1 c4 21. Bf1 b5 $132 {Epishin,V (2527)-Degraeve,J (2551)/Bad
Wiessee 2006/EXT 2007 (1/2, 41). It is far from clear whether White's central
pawns are strong or weak.}) 12... Bxe7 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Bg5 Bg7 15. O-O-O O-O
16. Bh3 Nbd7 17. Rhe1 c4 18. Bxd7 $6 {White gives up his active bishop for an
illusion.} (18. d6 Nc5 19. Bf1 b5 20. Ne4 $14) 18... Nxd7 19. Be7 Rfe8 20. d6
Bxc3 21. bxc3 f6 22. f4 Kf7 $132 {Mecking,H (2565)-Suba,M (2487)/Bazna 2008/
CBM 124 Extra (1/2, 71). White may have overestimated this position when
capturing on d7. In fact, the d6-pawn is likely to become weak and,
instinctively, I prefer Black already.}) 10. Qxe5+ Qe7 (10... Be7 $6 11. Bh6
Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Bf4 $18 {Epishin,V (2610)-Gofshtein,L (2522)
/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (1-0, 28)}) 11. Qxe7+ {Mecking keeps
playing in the same way as against Suba, but, not having any special
perspectives for his light-squared bishop, he will not get anywhere.} ({
In the event of} 11. Bf4 {, apart from transposing above with 11...Bxf3, Black
could try} Nbd7 12. Qxe7+ Bxe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. d6 {This is the only way to
question the viability of Black's plan, but it is double edged, because the
d6-pawn may become vulnerable.} (14. Be2 Nh5 15. Be3 Bd6 {Black is relatively
stable, because} 16. Ne4 {can be answered with} Bf4 $1 17. Rhe1 Rhe8 $132)
14... Bf8 15. Bc4 (15. Be2 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 16. h3 Be6 17. Rhe1 g5 18. Bh2 Bg7
$13) 15... Nh5 16. Bg5 (16. Be3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Bd5 Bxd6 19. Ne4 Be7 $13
20. Nxc5 $2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Nf4 $19 {[%cal Gf4d5,Gf4d3]}) 16... f6 17. Be3 Nb6
$13 {[%csl Gd6]}) 11... Bxe7 12. Bh6 Nbd7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Be2 ({With the
bishop on h6,} 14. d6 Bf8 {would promise White even less. The d6-pawn risks
becoming vulnerable.}) 14... Bd6 $11 {Black has achieved a comfortable
blockade. Although the position looks more or less equal, in the long run it
may offer Black better chances, especially in the event of simplifications.}
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Kc7 17. a4 Rhe8 18. Rhe1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Ne5 20. Be2 Re8 21.
Rd1 Ned7 22. Be3 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. b3 Bf4 25. Bxf4+ Rxf4 26. d6+ Kd8 27.
Bf3 b6 28. Re1 c4 29. b4 Rf6 30. Bb7 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Bc6 Rxd6 33. Bb5 Rd4
34. Kc2 Nb6 35. Re8+ Kc7 36. Re7+ Kd6 37. Rxf7 Nd5 38. Rxh7 c3 39. Rd7+ Kc5 40.
Rxd5+ Rxd5 41. Kxc3 Rd4 42. g3 g5 43. Be8 Rd8 44. Bh5 Rd6 45. Be2 Rf6 46. f3
Rd6 47. Bb5 Rd1 48. h4 gxh4 49. gxh4 Rh1 50. Kd3 Rxh4 51. Ke3 Kd5 52. f4 Rh3+
53. Kd2 Rf3 54. Kc2 Kd4 55. f5 Rxf5 {I have extensively examined this type of
ending in my comments for Chessbase.com, to the game Radjabov,T (2735)-Van
Wely,L (2681)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/[Mihail Marin] (1/2, 85).} 56. Kb2 $4 {
Instinctively, it may seem logical to keep the king close to the pawn, but not
that close! The proximity of the corner will offer Black mating ideas. It is
strange that such a great player of the old school did not remember (or simply
know) this simple detail. It remains beyond any doubt that Fischer, the man
whome Mecking considered to be his main rival in the Occidental world, would
indicate the correct defensive method even when sleeping.} (56. Kd2 $11) 56...
Rc5 57. Kb3 Ke3 58. Kb2 Kd2 59. Be8 Rc4 60. Bd7 Rb4+ 61. Ka2 Kc3 62. Be6 Rxa4+
63. Kb1 Re4 64. Bf7 Rf4 65. Bg8 Rf2 66. Bd5 Kb4 67. Bg8 Ka3 68. Bd5 Rb2+ 69.
Ka1 Rd2 70. Be4 Ra2+ 71. Kb1 Re2 72. Bd5 Re1+ 73. Kc2 Re5 74. Bf7 Rb5 75. Be6
Rb2+ 76. Kc1 Rb6 77. Bf7 Rb7 78. Bd5 Rb8 79. Be6 Rb2 80. Bf7 Rb6 81. Kc2 Ka4
82. Bh5 Rf6 83. Bg4 Kb4 84. Bd7 a4 85. Bg4 a3 86. Kb1 Rf1+ 87. Ka2 Rf2+ 88. Ka1
a2 89. Be2 Ka3 90. Bc4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpA"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Bf4 $14 {If Black
refrains from the active lines 9...b5 or 9...Re8 10.0-0 c4, he usually gets a
passive position in the modern variation of the Benoni. Until a certain point,
this game is hardly an exception.} b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 {This is the worse possible
square for this bishop, but at least Black gets his rooks connected. Later,
after the queen's rook has crossed the c-file, the bishop can safely return to
c8. However, the weakness of the a6-square will be not that easy to be given a
reliable remedy.} 15. Bc4 {Safely blocking the c4-square, thus preventing any
possible black counterplay.} (15. Rad1 c4 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Bg5 Rc8
19. Qf4 Nfd7 20. Bh6 Bh8 $5 {[%csl Gd3,Ge5][%cal Yd7e5]} (20... Be5 21. Qd2 $14
{1-0 Polak,T (2525)-Akintola,F (2265)/Elista 1998/CBM 066 ext (59)})) 15... Nh5
16. Bh2 {White maintains the pressure against the d6-pawn.} ({If the d4-square
has not been weakened by the advance of the c-pawn, the exchange of the
dark-squared bishops with} 16. Bh6 {makes Black's position easier to defend.}
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Nhf6 18. Nd2 Re7 19. Be2 Rae8 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Rc1 Ng8 22. Qg5
Ngf6 23. Qh6 Ng8 {1/2-1/2 Gundrum,A (2287)-Raimer,T (2138)/ICCF email 2000/
Corr 2002}) 16... h6 $5 $146 {A rather provocative move. Black acknoledges
that he has no active plan at his disposal and invites White to disclose his
intentions.} (16... Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 $14 19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Bf1
Bc8 21. Nb1 Bd7 22. b3 b5 23. Qe3 Rec8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rc2 Ra1 26. Nc3 Rxe1
27. Qxe1 c4 28. bxc4 bxc4 29. Nb1 f5 30. Nd2 c3 31. Nc4 Qb4 32. Rxc3 fxe4 33.
Rc1 $1 $16 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2596)-Glicenstein,A (2306)/Issy les Moulineaux
2004/CBM 100 ext (62)}) 17. g4 {There was no need to commit himself to such
concrete actions yet.} (17. Rad1 $14) 17... Nhf6 18. Rad1 h5 $1 {The typical
reaction to White's slightly premature advance of the g-pawn. Now, Black gets
at least some counterplay against White's king side weaknesses.} 19. g5 Nh7 20.
Bg3 Re7 21. Re2 Rae8 22. Rde1 Bc8 23. Kh2 ({The main drawback of Black's setup,
namely the weakness of the a6-pawn could have been highlighted by} 23. Qd3 $1 {
when Black would have faced problems coming up with adequate counterplay, for
instance} Bd4 24. Bxa6 (24. Nxd4 $6 cxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxg5) 24... Ne5 25. Nxe5 dxe5
26. h4 Bxa6 27. Qxa6 Qd7 28. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Gb5,Yb6]}) 23... b5 $1 $132 {
All of a sudden, Black's pieces become very active after this well-timed pawn
sacrifice.} 24. e5 (24. axb5 Nb6 25. Bd3 (25. b3 Qd7 26. Ng1 Nxg5 $132) 25...
Qd7 26. Ng1 axb5 27. Nxb5 (27. Bxb5 $6 Bxc3 $1) 27... c4 28. Nxd6 cxd3 $13)
24... h4 25. Bf4 Nxe5 $36 {In view of his perfect regroupment and of the white
king side weaknesses, Black has excellent chances.} 26. Bxe5 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Qxh3+
28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh2 Qh3+ 30. Kg1 Bg4 31. Nh2 Bxe2 32. Bxe2 Kxg7 33. axb5 Re5
34. f4 Re3 35. Kh1 axb5 36. Nxb5 Rg3 37. Bf1 Rxe1 38. Qxe1 Qf5 39. Qd2 Qe4+ 40.
Bg2 Qb1+ 41. Bf1 Qe4+ 42. Bg2 Qe7 43. Nc3 Re3 44. Ng4 Re1+ 45. Kh2 f6 46. gxf6+
Nxf6 47. Nxf6 Kxf6 48. b4 cxb4 49. Qd4+ Kf7 50. Ne4 b3 51. Qb4 Re3 52. Ng5+ Kg8
53. Ne6 Rg3 54. Qb8+ Kh7 55. Ng5+ Kg7 56. Ne6+ Kh7 57. Ng5+ Rxg5 58. fxg5 Qe5+
59. Kh1 Qe1+ 60. Kh2 Qe5+ 61. Kh1 b2 62. Qb7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kf7 64. Qb7+ Ke8 65.
Qb8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nxd6 Nd7 {
An almost forgotten tabyia, which 15 years ago used to arise via the 10...Nxe4
move order. Black sacrifices an important amount of material in order to
prevent the white king fromreaching safety.} 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Kd1
fxe4 18. Nxe4 (18. Ra3 Bd3 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2605)-Topalov,V (2740)/Wijk aan
Zee 1998/CBM 063/[Kapengut] (48)}) 18... c4 $5 $146 {This move was suggested
by Stohl in the notes to the aforementioned game Van Wely-Topalov, without any
further coments.} (18... Qb4 19. f3 (19. Re1 Qd4+ 20. Nd2 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Ne5
22. Ra3 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 $19) (19. Nc3 Ne5 $40) 19... Re5 $5 (19... Qd4+ 20.
Qd2 Bd3 21. Ra3 c4 22. Re1 Rb8 23. Re3 {/\ Rd3} Bh6 24. Rexd3 cxd3 25. Qxh6 $16
) 20. Bd2 $5 (20. Nc3 Qd4+ 21. Qd2 Bd3 {/\ Re8, c4, Ne5 ' /\Re8,c4,Nc5-b3~/= /
\ Re8, c4, Ne5'} 22. Re1 Bh6 $8 23. f4 $8 (23. Qxh6 $2 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qg1+ 25.
Kd2 Qf2+ 26. Kxd3 Ne5+ 27. Ke4 Qd4#) 23... Bxf4 24. Qxf4 Be2+ $1 $11 {Lokotar,
E-Marin,M (2475)/Vosu 1989 '1/2-1/2 Lokotar,E-Marin,M,Vosu 48/115 1989'}) 20...
Rxd5 (20... Qd4 21. Ra3 Rxd5 22. Qc3 $16 {Lokotar}) 21. Kc1 Qb8 22. Ra3 Ne5 (
22... c4 23. Rd1 Ne5 24. Bc3 Nd3+ 25. Kb1 $16 {Lokotar,E}) 23. Rb3 $1 Qf8 24.
Kb1 $16 {Lokotar,E-Maidla,V/Tallinn 1991}) 19. Nc3 {White's desire to get some
compensation for losing his central pawn (such as the dissapearance of the
g7-bishop) is quite understandable, especially when facing a novelty.} ({
Judging by Black's further inacuracies, as well as from Fritz' tendency to
overestimate Black's chances after the game continuation, I would suspect that
Jobava focused his home analysis on} 19. f3 Qxd5+ 20. Qd2 Qb7 {with obvious
compensation for Black.}) 19... Bxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. bxc3 {needs further testing.
White's decision to occupy the long dark diagonal is perfectly understandable
and will eventually bring him success, but only because Black failed to take
advantage of the exposed position of the queen.}) 20... Qxd5+ 21. Bd2 (21. Qd2
$2 {is very passive and leads otrouble after} Qxg2 {for instance} 22. Re1 Qf3+
23. Kc2 (23. Re2 c3 $1 $19) 23... Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qd3#) 21... Nc5 22. Re1 Rxe1+
$6 ({Black could get at least equality with} 22... Ne4 $1 {when after} 23. Rxe4
$8 Qxe4 {White would have problems defending the opposite wings simultaneously.
The lesser evil seems to be} 24. Qf3 (24. f3 Qe2+ 25. Kc2 Qxg2 $15) (24. Qg3 $2
{would be strongly met by} c3 $1 {opening the c-file and the f1-a6 diagonal
for attack.}) {when it would be Black to choose whether to continue playing
for an attack or simplify to a draw with} 24... Qxf3+ 25. gxf3 $11) 23. Kxe1
Qxg2 24. Bh6 Nd3+ (24... Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qe4+ 26. Be3 Bb7 27. Rg1 $1 $14 {This
looks to be the only way to maintain the tension by preventing an immediate
draw by perpetual. The position remains complicated, but White's material
advantage is quite consistent.} (27. b4 cxb3 28. Qxc5 b2 $11) (27. Rd1 Qf3+ 28.
Ke1 Qh1+ 29. Kd2 Ne4+ 30. Kc2 Qxd1+ $11)) 25. Kd1 Qf1+ $6 (25... Qf3+ $6 26.
Kc2 Qe2+ 27. Qd2 $1 (27. Bd2 Qe4) 27... Qe5 28. Kb1 Bc8 29. Qc3 $16) ({Black's
best practical chance consisted of} 25... Nxf2+ 26. Kc1 Nd3+ 27. Kb1 Qb7 {
[%csl Ra1] when White would still have some troubles activating his rook}) 26.
Kc2 Nb4+ {This was what Black relied on, but there will be no perpetual for
him.} 27. Qxb4 Qd3+ 28. Kc1 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qd3+ 30. Kc1 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qxf2+ 32.
Kd1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qg3+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ 35. Ke3 Qxh3+ 36. Kd4 Qxh6 37. Qb8+ Qf8 38.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 39. Ke5 $18 {In spite of approximate material equality, Black's
pieces are too passive to put up efficient resistance.} Ke7 40. Rd1 Bc8 41. Rd4
c3 42. bxc3 Bd7 43. a5 g5 44. Rd6 Bb5 45. Rh6 Bd3 46. Rh5 g4 47. Rh4 Kd7 48.
Rxg4 Kc6 49. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 74th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 {Black usually plays this after both sides have castled.
As revealed by the following comment, carrying out the plan in accelerated
form restricts White's choice.} 11. Bg5 ({After} 11. O-O Ne5 {there are a few
games played by Woitaszek proving the merits of this concrete move order:} 12.
Be2 (12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 (13. Be3 Qh4 $36) 13... Bd4+ 14. Kh2 O-O {This is
not too logical actually.} ({There was no hurry to castle:} 14... Qh4 $5 15.
Qf3 Nf6) 15. Qf3 Qc7 $6 (15... Qh4 $5) 16. g4 c4 $6 (16... Ng7 17. f5 $36) 17.
Bc2 $6 (17. gxh5 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Bg7 19. f5 $16) 17... Ng7 18. Be3 $14 {Jaworski,
M (2347)-Wojtaszek,R (2637)/Chotowa 2007/EXT 2009 (1/2, 41)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
Bxf3 Qh4 14. Bxh5 gxh5 {With the additional moves ...0-0 and Re1, White has
chances to retain an advantage. Here, Black seems to be doing fine. The g-file
can be used by his king's rook, while the king may well go to the queenside.}
15. Qd3 (15. Ne2 Rg8 16. Ra3 Be5 17. Kh1 (17. Qd3 c4 {[%cal Gc4c3]} 18. Qxc4
Bxh3 19. Rg3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Rxg3 21. Nxg3 Qxg3 22. Qe2 Rc8 23. Bf4 Qg6 $13)
17... Qxe4 $132 18. Ng3 $2 {Skembris,S (2455)-Wojtaszek,R (2630)/Athens 2006/
CBM 114 ext (0-1, 26)} Bxh3 $3 {An unexpected resource overlooked by both
players.} 19. Nxe4 Bxg2+ 20. Kg1 Bf3+ 21. Ng5 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 h6 $17) 15... Rg8
16. Kh1 Bd7 $132 17. f4 $2 c4 $1 18. Qf3 (18. Qe3 Bd4 $1 $19) 18... Bd4 19. Be3
Rg3 20. Bxd4 {In th game Dziuba,M (2494)-Wojtaszek,R (2606)/Warsaw 2005/CBM
110 ext (0-1, 34) Black took the queen, which offered White adequate
compensation. Better would have been:} Bxh3 $1 21. Qxg3 Qxg3 22. gxh3 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Ke7 $19) ({If} 11. Be3 {Black should probably transpose to
the normal lines with 11...0-0, since} Ne5 $6 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 {leads to
some problems:} O-O ({With the king in the centre,} 13... Nf6 {is answered with
} 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Bxc5) 14. Bxh5 gxh5 15. Qxh5 f5 {Black has some
compensation, but it should not be enough.} 16. Bh6 Qe8 17. Qg5 Qg6 18. Qxg6
hxg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. O-O $16 {Siebrecht,S (2456)-Reich,T (2368)/Germany 2010/
EXT 2011 (1-0, 29)}) 11... Bf6 12. Be3 {Now, Black has nothing better than
transposing to the normal lines. He got his own wish in the meantime: the
g7-square for his knight.} O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 $5 {With the black knights
disconnected and therefore unable to fight for the c4-square properly, this is
a logical move.} ({The natural developing move} 14. Qd2 {is more popular, but
possibly less dangerous.} Ne5 ({This is the most natural, but} 14... Qc7 {
worked for once in Kramnik,V (2710)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2625)/Alcobendas 1993/
CBM 039/[Ftacnik] (1/2, 28)}) 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. a5 (17. Bf4 Qc7
18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Rfc1 b5 {This is one of the problems caused by Bd3-e2xf3:
Black carries out the queenside plan efortlessly.} 20. b4 c4 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Ra1 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Qe7 26. f3 g5 27. Be3 h5 28. Ra7
Qd8 $132 {Malaniuk,V (2494)-Malakhov,V (2714)/Olginka 2011/CBM 142 (0-1, 37)})
(17. Rfe1 b6 {Karjakin,S (2727)-Gashimov,V (2717)/Sochi 2008/CBM 126/[Marin,M]
(1/2, 41)}) (17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Rab1 b5 {A familiar pattern.} 19. axb5 axb5 20.
b4 c4 21. Ra1 h5 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Be2 Qa3 25. Rb1 f5 $132 {
Sundararajan,K (2441)-Spraggett,K (2591)/Metz 2008/CBM 123 Extra (0-1, 43)})
17... Bd7 {Right in time, taking measures against Na4-b6 with queenside
paralysis.} 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 {After opening the b-file
Black has reasonable counterplay.} 21. Rb1 a5 22. b3 (22. Qc2 Be5 23. g4 Qd8
24. Be2 f5 25. exf5 gxf5 26. gxf5 Qf6 27. Rg4 Kh8 $13 {Arlandi,E (2449)
-Mantovani,R (2372)/Montecatini Terme 2001/CBM 085 ext (0-1, 66)}) 22... Be5
23. Bd1 f5 24. Bc2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 (25. g4 $5) 25... Rf8 (25... Nh5 $5) 26. g4
Qd8 27. f4 Bf6 28. Kg2 $14 {Kozhuharov,S (2404)-Nikolov,M (2553)/Albena 2010/
CBM 136 Extra (1-0, 45)}) 14... Rb8 15. Qc2 {Keeping the d2-square available
for the knight.} Ne5 (15... b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Nd2 $14) 16. Be2 Nxf3+ ({
One of Black's main ideas in the Benoni is exchanging one minor piece, and
this is precisely how this whole plan is designed. Therefore,} 16... Ng7 {
makes little sense:} 17. Nd2 $1 $14 {Topalov,V (2455)-Dochev,D (2290)/Bulgaria
1991/TD (1-0, 28)}) 17. Bxf3 Ng7 {Black's king's minor pieces have changed
places. The bishop enjoys satisfactory mobility after the f3-knight has
disappeared, but Black will need to carry out ...f5 in order to justify the
knight's presence in "fianchetto".} 18. Bf4 $146 (18. Na4 {is a critical move,
since Black has not played ...Bd7 yet.} Qxa5 $1 {This is as risky as it looks,
but Black has to play it.} (18... Bd7 $6 {is too passive.} 19. Nb6 Bb5 20. Rfe1
Be5 21. Qd2 f5 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Qf7 24. b4 $16 {Demuth,A (2339)-Spraggett,
K (2606)/Arinsal 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 28)}) 19. b4 $1 {The only way to
justify the pawn sacrifice.} (19. Nxc5 $2 Qc7 $17 20. Bf4 Be5 $1) (19. Bf4 Be5)
19... Qxb4 (19... cxb4 20. Bb6 Qb5 21. Bc7 Bxh3 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. gxh3 b3 24.
Qc7 Rf8 $13 {Black has thre pawns for the rook, but will get some material
back, owing to White's lack of harmony. For instance,} 25. Qb6 $2 {loses a
rook after the short sequence} Bxa1 26. Rxa1 b2) 20. Rab1 Qa5 21. Nb6 Qc3 22.
Qe2 Qe5 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Bf4 Rd8 $13 {Black is quite passive for the moment,
but his three (!) passed pawns may become dangerous in the ending.}) 18... b5
19. axb6 Rxb6 {We have a typical Benoni position, in which both sides have
entirely satisfactory development. Objectively, White should be slightly
better, but Black has sufficient practical chances to fight on.} 20. Ra2 Bd4 {
/\...Qf6} 21. Ne2 Be5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nf4 {By placing the knight on this
unusual square, White probably wanted to control e6 and inhibit ...f5.} Bd7 24.
Rfa1 (24. Nd3 Re8 25. Rfa1 Bb5 {does not improve White's position if compared
to the game.}) 24... Bb5 25. Be2 Qf6 {The idea of giving up the bishop for a
knight is typical for the Benoni. However, this mainly applies when the knight
is suited for a blockade on the dark squares. Since here the main plan is ...
f5, it is worth mentioning an alternative.} (25... Bxe2 26. Nxe2 $1 (26. Qxe2 {
places the queen under a pin. The best for Black is probably} Nf5 $5 {
activating the knight without weakening the kingside.}) 26... f5 27. Ng3 $1
fxe4 (27... f4 28. Nf1 $16 {[%csl Gg7][%cal Gf1d2,Gd2c4]}) 28. Nxe4 Qe7 29. f3
Qb7 30. Qc3 $36) 26. Bxb5 Qxf4 27. Bd3 f5 28. g3 $6 (28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6
fxe4 30. Ra8+ Kf7 31. Qa4 Nf5 32. Ra7+ Kf6 $40) (28. Ra4 $1 {looks like the
best chance to retain an edge.} fxe4 29. Bxe4 Nf5 30. g3 Qg5 31. R1a3 $14 {
White's rooks maintain the pressure on a6 while defending the own kingside.
Black's counterplay seems to have reached a dead end for the time being, since}
Nd4 $2 {loses to} 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. f4 $18) 28... Qf3 $132 29. exf5 (29. Ra4
fxe4 30. Bxe4 Qb3 $1) 29... Nxf5 30. Bxf5 $2 (30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Bxa6 Nd4 32.
Qc3 Qf5 $36) 30... Re2 $17 31. Be6+ $6 Kf8 32. Qxe2 Qxe2 33. b4 Qe4 $1 34. Rxa6
(34. bxc5 $2 Rb1+ $1 $19) 34... Rxa6 35. Rxa6 c4 36. Rc6 c3 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38.
Rc7+ Kf6 39. Kh2 Qd4 40. f4 g5 41. fxg5+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Rd8 ({When I introduced this move 17 years ago, I couldn't have suspected that
it would become one of the main lines, being a more restrictive way of
reaching the position after the 19th move than the traditional} 14... Nd7 15.
O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4) 15. Bf4 (15. Qe2 Bb7
16. Nxb7 (16. Qe7 $2 Rd7 $1 17. Qe8+ Bf8 $19) 16... Qxb7 17. Ne3 Qb4+ (17...
Nd7 {/\ Nb6=}) 18. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B (2500)-Marin,M (2475)/Haifa 1989/
EU-chT (80)} Nc6 $1 19. O-O Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Ne7 $10) 15... Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17.
Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Rb1 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23.
Rfd1 Qd7 {In the vast majority of games that reached this position Black
managed to draw, but sometims White comes with a new and strong idea.} 24. Qa3
{This is played almost exclusively nowadays.} ({However,} 24. Rbc1 $5 {
deserves further investigation, since it leads to a more pleasant ending for
White:} Rxd6 ({Black cannot avoid the ending since after} 24... Qe6 25. Qg3
Rcxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $2 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxa2 $2 {he would fall under a
decisive attack:} 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. Rg8 $18 {/\Qf4+}) 25. Qxd6 Qxd6
26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. f3 Rxb2 30. Ra5 Rb7 31. g4 {
White has the more active rook and an advantage of space on the king side.
This certainly looks hard to play for a win, but Black's task is slightly
unpleasant, too.} Kg7 32. Kg3 h6 33. h4 Rc7 34. Kf4 Re7 35. Ra6 Kh7 36. Ra5 (
36. a4 Kg7 37. a5 Kg8 38. Rc6 Kg7 39. Rc5 Kf6 40. g5+ Kg7 41. Re5 Rb7 {and
White has made no progress.}) 36... Kg7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxh5 Re6 39. Ra5 (39.
Re5 Ra6) 39... a6 40. Rc5 Kf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V (2604)-Wojtaszek,R (2591)/
Gothenburg SWE 2005/TWIC 561 (44)}) 24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 {White
has managed to win a pawn,but he lacks coordination. White's plan is to
centralise his pieces and attack the b2- and f2-pawns.} Re8 ({The approved
continuation. The newest try for Black ended in a success:} 26... Qd3 27. Rc1
Qd2 28. Qxc5 Qxb2 29. Qc2 Qa3 {Black will agree to (in fact, force himself)
the exchange of queens in a slightly more favourable position.} 30. Re1 Ra8 31.
Re2 h5 32. h4 Qa4 $1 {winning one tempo over 29...Qxc2.} 33. g3 Qxc2 34. Rxc2
f6 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Ke2 Ra3 37. Kd2 g5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Banikas,H (2548)-Gashimov,V
(2594)/Gothenburg SWE 2005 (43)}) 27. a3 $146 {Not a very effective novelty.} (
27. Qa5 Re2 28. Qc3 Qb6 (28... Qd5 29. a4 $1 {This seems to cast some doubt
over 28...Qd5.} (29. Ra1 Qf5 30. Rf1 Rc2 31. g4 (31. Qb3 c4) 31... Rxc3 32.
gxf5 Rc2 33. Rb1 Kf8 34. a4 Ke7 35. Kg2 Kd6 36. b4 cxb4 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Rxb4
Ke5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Savchur,F (2518)-Lecroq,M (2578)/ICCF corr 2000/ICCF
Telechess CBM 94 (48)}) 29... Qf5 (29... Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qf5+ 31. Kg3 Qxb1 32. a5
$16 {1-0 Ionov,S (2553)-Berelovich,A (2468)/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 074 (41)})
30. Rf1 Rc2 31. Qa3 $1 {and White retains the better chances.} (31. g4 Rxc3 32.
gxf5 Rb3 33. f6 Rxb2 34. Rc1 Rb6 35. Rxc5 Rxf6 36. a5 Rf3 37. a6 Ra3 38. Rc6
Kg7 $11)) 29. a4 c4 30. Rf1 Qb3 31. Rc1 {Piket,J-Topalov,V Amber-blind 9th
rapid (2)} (31. Qxb3 cxb3 32. Rb1 Re4 33. Ra1 Re2 34. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Komarov,D 
(2615)-Leko,P (2600)/Ulcinj 1997/EXT 99}) 31... Rxb2 $5 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4
Ra2 $14 {/= Stohl}) 27... Qd4 $1 {The correct reaction, leading to a more or
less forced draw.} 28. b3 (28. b4 Qe4 29. Rb3 (29. Rb2 $2 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ $19
) 29... Qf4 (29... Qc4 30. Rf3) 30. g4 c4 $44) ({Beliavsky might have relied on
} 28. Rf1 Qxb2 29. Qxc5 Ra8 30. Re1 (30. Rd1 {is simplest met by} Kg7 $11 {
since White cannot defend his pawn with} 31. Rd3 $2 {because of} Qb1+) {
overestimating his attacking chances after} 30... Qxa3 31. Re8+ {. In fact,
after} Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kh6 33. Re1 {(the only way to prevent the exchange of one
pair of major pieces)} Qa5 34. Rd1 Re8 {followed by Qe5, Black is entirely out
of danger.}) 28... Re2 29. Qa8+ (29. Rf1 Qc3 30. b4 cxb4 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. axb4
Rb2 33. b5 Qc5 $11 {Very illustrative for White's lack of coordination.}) 29...
Kg7 30. Qf3 Ra2 31. a4 c4 32. bxc4 (32. Rd1 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 34. Kh2 c3 $11 {
>Pc, <Kg7}) 32... Rxa4 33. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4
Nd7 15. O-O {At some point, this line was considered to offer White a tiny
plus until deep in the endgame. For instance, one position that is drawn
theoretically, but unpleasant to defend with Black in practice is the rook
ending with 3P vs 3P on the kingside and an extra passed white pawn (a or b)
on the opposite wing.} Ne5 {Thanks to the efforts of reputed Benoni specialist
Vugar Gashimov, this move has become fashionable. It seems that White still
has some chance to retain some micro initiative, but, curiously, Vugar almost
always gets the more pleasant part of an equal position, something not really
usual before.} ({The old move is} 15... Nb6 {Here is an old example in which
Leko managed to defend Black's point of view:} 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18.
Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qd7 24. Qa3
Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Re8 27. Qa5 Re2 28. Qc3 Qb6 29. a4 c4 30. Rf1 Qb3
31. Qxb3 cxb3 32. Rb1 Re4 33. Ra1 Re2 34. Rb1 {1/2 Komarov,D (2615)-Leko,P 
(2600)/Ulcinj 1997/EXT 99}) 16. Nxc8 (16. Nxe5 Qxd6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Qb3 Bb7 19.
Rd1 Bd4 20. Ne3 {1/2 Wang Yue (2736)-Gashimov,V (2704)/Kallithea 2008/CBM 127.
White cannot develop his bishop actively, while the d5-pawn will fall sooner
or later.}) 16... Raxc8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 {This is a modern tabyia of the Benoni.
Black is a pawn down, but the d5-pawn is rather vulnerable, facing the
prospect of a combined attack with, say, ...Rfd8, ...Qb7 and ...Bd4.} 18. Bh6
$5 $146 {It is quite strange that this natural move has not been tried before.
White develops with gain of time, creating a mating net around the black king
at the same time. It seems that until now players have considered that White
should not invite the enemy rook to go to d8, from where it would endanger the
d5-pawn. Here are two games of Gashimov:} (18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Bg5 Bd4 20. Rc1 Qd6
21. Qa4 Re5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 {Black's pieces are better regrouped, but the
d5-pawn still exists and, after a few moves, the back rank will be weak.} 23.
Qd7 Rb8 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Rc2 Rd8 26. Qc7 {Keeping the queen tied down to the
defence of the rook.} (26. Qxa7 {would leave Black a free hand on the kingside.
} g5 27. Qa5 Rxd5 28. h4 Bxf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qxh6 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qf3+ Ke7 34. Qxd1 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 h5) 26... Rxd5 27. Re2 Rd8 28.
Qxa7 (28. Qd7 $2 {does not work out well because of} Qxf2+ $1) (28. Kh1 $5 {
prepares Qd7 and may be slightly more unpleasant.} Qb6 29. Qe7 Bg7 30. Rd2 (30.
Qe8+ {is not dangerous:} Bf8 31. Bxf8 Rxe8 32. Rxe8 Qc6 33. Rd8 h5 34. Bxc5+
Kh7 35. Be3 $11 {with a probable draw.}) 30... Rf8 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. b3 a5 {
White's position remains more pleasant, because his king is safer, his pieces
more active and the black queenside pawns are isolated. Black probably is in
no real danger, but his task may be slightly unpleasant over the board.}) 28...
g5 29. Qc7 Kh8 30. h4 gxh4 31. Bf4 Kg7 32. b3 Rd5 $132 {Meier,G (2664)
-Gashimov,V (2740)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (0-1, 42). Black suddenly started
very powerful kingside counterplay.}) (18. Qf3 Rfe8 19. Rd1 c4 {The d5-pawn
has been well defended, but the backward b2-pawn causes White some problems.}
20. a4 Qb7 21. Ra3 Bxb2 22. d6 Qxf3 23. Rxf3 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 ({After} 24. d7 Bb2
$44 {followed by ...c3, White may well have to look for a way of returning the
exchange for the c3-pawn.}) 24... Red8 25. Rf4 c3 26. Rd4 Rc6 27. a5 a6 28. Rd3
Rcxd6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxc3 Rd5 31. Ra3 $15 {Shengelia,D (2560)-Gashimov,V 
(2740)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (1/2, 47). With reversed colours, this would be a
familiar situation in the old tradition of this line, but here it is White who
is struggling, because of his passive rook. How does Vugar achieve these
positions? I have not quite understood it yet, looks like some sort of magic...
}) 18... Rfe8 {After this move, White will maintain a very slight initiative
until the endgame.} ({The critical line looks to be} 18... Rfd8 {, attacking
the pawn, but I assume Leko had prepared some surprise.}) 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Rfe1
(20. Rab1 {is too slow:} Rcd8 21. Rfd1 Bd4 22. b4 Qxd5 {Black's excellent
centralisation is not easy to challenge.}) 20... Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxe8+
Rxe8 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Kf1 (24. Rb7 $5 f5 ({The endgame arising after} 24... Rb8
$6 25. Rxb8+ Bxb8 26. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1c4] may well be dangerous for Black, whose
king is too far from the centre. He would have to play ...c4 followed by ...
Be5 soon, but the pawn would remain vulnerable anyway.}) 25. Kf1 Rd8 26. Rxa7
Rxd5 {would transpose to the line mentioned below.}) 24... Rd8 25. Rb7 Rxd5 26.
Rxa7 Rd8 $6 {It seems that by this moment both players were left with
relatively little time. The last move looks like wasting a tempo for nothing.}
(26... f5 $132 {would have solved the back rank problems, maintaining the
freedom of the rook.}) 27. a4 c4 28. Re7 $6 (28. a5 $1 {would have been more
dangerous.} c3 29. a6 c2 30. Ke2 f6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 31. Bd2 (31. Bc1 Rd1) (31.
Be3 Bd4 32. Rc7 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Ra8 $11) 31... Bc3 32. Bc1 $16 Rd1 33. Bh6 $1 g5
34. Rg7+ Kh8 35. Rc7 Kg8 36. a7 $18) 28... Bg7 29. Bf4 (29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rc7
Rd4 31. a5 Rd5 32. a6 Ra5 33. a7 Ra2 34. Ke1 c3 35. Kd1 c2+ 36. Kd2 h5 $11)
29... h5 30. Rc7 c3 {Black has solved his back rank problems and pushed his
passed pawn rather far. According to Alekseev, a curious thing happened to him:
he was convinced that they were playing with the usual increment of 30 seconds.
When he realized they did not, he was only 8 seconds left, with several moves
until reaching the control. he managed to play all of them but one...} 31. Be3
Rb8 32. Ke2 Rb4 33. a5 Ra4 34. Rc5 Bf8 35. Rc8 Kg7 36. Bb6 Bb4 37. Kd3 Ra2 38.
Bd4+ f6 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. a6 {(!?!?) When the opponent's time is about to
expire it can help to make a completely pointless, but unexpected move. It did
a good job on this occasion.} (40. Bxf6 Bxa5 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Bd4 $11) {
And, while playing} 40... Rxa6 $11 {, Black lost on time...} 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 {
The move order chosen by both opponents is slightly curious.} (7... a6 8. h3 (
8. a4 Bg4) 8... b5 {is a more common way to reach the game position.}) 8. h3 a6
9. Bd3 ({We can only wonder about what Ivanchuk had in mind against} 9. a4 {
which is considered to restrict Black's counterplay. Even though Black has no
easy equality after playing ...b5, some additional space doesn't hurt him, of
course.}) 9... O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 b5 {Finally, we are on a normal track
now. There are plenty of move orders starting with this point and an
exhaustive study of the position is virtually impossible. I have tried to
catch all the games that are relevant in any way from the point of view of
Ivanchuk's slightly unusual plan.} 12. a3 c4 {During the one and half decades
that have passed since the moment the system based on h3, Bd3 and Nf3 became
fashionable against the Benoni, practice has generally proven that Black is
best adviced to refrain from giving up the control of the d4-square, even if
this means getting an optically excellent outpost for his knight on c5.} ({
Usually, it is White who aims to provoke the advance of the c-pawn with, for
instance,} 12... Bb7 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qd2 {followed by b4}) 13. Bc2 Nc5 {
This is a more significant deviation from the usual paths already. Generally,
Black keeps his knight on d7 at least until his development is complete, in
order not to worry about a possible break in the centre with e5.} 14. Bf4 Bb7
15. Qd2 Qb6 {Judging from the queen side configuration, we might think that
Black should not avoid the exchange of the dark squared bishops. Wouldn't this
exchange just increase the stability of his c5-knight? However, after the
dissapearance of the g7-bishop, White's pieces (for instance the queen) will
also feel more comfortably on d4. Besides, in the middlegame Black will be
under permanent danger of a direct mating attack.} ({Therefore,} 15... Re8 16.
Bh6 Bh8 {seriously comes into consideration.}) 16. Bh6 Rfe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18.
Qd4 {This move is probably premature, as we shall soon see.} ({Although not
such a bad move in itself, the instalation of the other white piece on d4 with
} 18. Nd4 {was the start of an over-optimistic plan in the following game:} h6
{(A unnecessary weakening move.)} (18... Nfd7 {looks safer}) 19. Rad1 Re7 20.
Re3 Rae8 21. Rg3 Kh7 22. e5 $2 {White's position looked quite promissing, but
this move is not justified.} Rxe5 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. Nf5 gxf5 (24... Ng8 $5) 25.
Bxf5+ Rxf5 26. Qxf5+ Kh8 {and Black managed to defend, 0-1 Szmetan,R (2282)-De
Silva,N (2236)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (51)}) ({The strongest continuation is
probably} 18. Rad1 {, completing the mobilisation of forces and leaving for
later the choice of concrete plans. Now, the natural} Nfd7 {would lead by a
huge transposition to a position that has been played from once in a while.} ({
Possibly, Ivanchuk had in mind} 18... Re7 $5 {maintaining the knight on f6 for
the time being.}) 19. Re3 (19. Qd4+ f6 20. Nh2 {This move leaves Black free
hands of action on the queen side.} ({Therefore,} 20. Nd2 {as in 1-0 Browne,W 
(2535)-De Firmian,N (2565)/USA 1994/CBM 044/[Hansen,Cu] (47) might be a better
way to clear the way for the f-pawn and now Black's best might again be} Re7 {
as suggested by Curt Hansen.}) 20... Re7 21. f4 a5 22. Ng4 Rae8 23. Nf2 Ba6 24.
Re3 Nb7 25. Ne2 Kg8 26. b4 cxb3 27. Rxb3 Nbc5 28. Rbb1 b4 $132 {0-1 Egorov,E 
(2403)-Kotsur,P (2581)/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (46)}) 19... Ne5 20. Ne1 $14 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] 1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,I (2580)-Vaulin,A (2490)/Kazan
1995/CBM 051/[Stohl] (62) [+],׻}) 18... Ncd7 $1 {Exchanging queens brings in
some relief for Black's position.} 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd4 Nfd7 21. Re3 Nc5 22.
Rae1 Re7 {Black has regrouped in a quite aesthetical way. He now intends to
double rooks on the e-file in order to increase the pressure against the
e4-pawn. However, his position is less good than it might look at a first
glance. There is no easy way to make progress on the queen side, especially
because of the passive position of the bishop. Unfortunately, there is not
easy to transfer the bishop to d7 because ...Bc6 could always be met by Nc6.
On the other hand, Black's position is quite solid and hard to break. The
thematical advance of the e-pawn is not easy to carry out especially because
of the pressure against the d5-pawn (to which the bishop largely contributes).
And yet, it is only White who could hope for an advantage, Black's position
remaining rather defensive. Therefore, the decision of agreeing to a draw
might have had something in common with the respect for the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bucharest Super"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Nh5 $44 (12... b4) 13. Bg5 Qa5 14.
a3 Bb7 $6 (14... Nd7 $5 15. Bd2 (15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Nxb5 Bxa1) 15...
Qc7 16. Rc1 Ne5 $132) 15. Bd2 Qb6 (15... c4 16. b4 cxb3 17. Nxb5) 16. b4 Nd7
17. Rc1 (17. bxc5 Nxc5 $13) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe5 (18. Be3 $1 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qc7
20. bxc5 dxc5 21. Nxb5 $5) 18... Bxe5 19. Be3 (19. bxc5 dxc5 $13) 19... Bf4 $1
20. Bxf4 (20. Qd2 cxb4 $1 21. axb4 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rac8 $132) 20... Nxf4 21. Bf1
cxb4 22. axb4 g5 $1 23. Qd2 h6 $6 (23... Re5 24. Ne2 (24. Re3 Rae8 25. g3 (25.
Rce1 Bc8 26. Kh2 Bd7 27. g3 Ng6 28. Be2 a5 $1) 25... Ng6 26. Be2 Bc8 27. Kh2 f5
$132) 24... Rxe4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. Re7 Rf8 (26... h6 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. fxe3
Rxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Bxd5 30. Rd1 $16) 27. g3 (27. Rcc7 Bxd5 $1) 27... Rf5 28. Bg2
$44 h6 29. Rcc7 Ba8) 24. Re3 Re5 25. Rce1 Rae8 26. g3 Ng6 (26... Ng6 27. Be2
Bc8 28. Kh2 Bd7 (28... f5 29. Bh5 $1) 29. Rf1 (29. Bg4 Bxg4 30. hxg4 a5 $132)
29... a5 30. f4 R5e7 $13 31. f5 Nf8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.21"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 {A natural
development move, causing Black important problems regarding the move order.}
Bg7 $6 {At the present stage of development of theory, this most natural
answer does not seem playable.} ({The critical line should be considered} 7...
a6 8. e4 b5 9. Qe2 Be7 (9... Nh5 {is out of fashion nowadays}) 10. Qc2 {
followed by a well-timed a4 (the idea of Yuri Yakovich)}) 8. Qa4+ $1 {It is
precisely this check that causes Black problems.} Bd7 9. Qb3 {The bishop has
been forced to take away from the knight its most natural development square,
while the b7-and d6-pawns are under attack.} Qc7 $6 {The natural response,
which doesn't cross White's plan in any way, though.} ({My personal feeling is
that if Black were to find a playable continuation, it would be in the gambit
lines starting with} 9... b5 {. However, in practice he has failed to prove
anthing convincing so far. It isinteresting tomention that Brynell had already
employed this system previously with White, which makes one wonder why such a
high class player like Almasi was caught so badly in the present game, without
being able to put up any resistance. In any case, this is a clear signal of
warning: the Benoni is not an opening to play just "by inspiration",
especially when one has no experience at all. Anyway, Brynell's previous game
went} 10. Bxd6 Qb6 11. Be5 O-O 12. e3 c4 13. Qd1 Na6 14. a4 ({The more neutral
move is} 14. Be2 {In 1-0 Riazantsev,A (2527)-Cheparinov,I (2457)/Batumi 2002/
CBM 090/[Stohl] (55) White wisely returned his extra-pawn at a certain moment,
retaining a positional domination.}) 14... Nc5 $146 ({Previously, only} 14...
b4 {had been played, with bad results for Black.}) 15. axb5 Bxb5 16. Qd4 ({
The simple} 16. Be2 {might be stronger}) 16... Nb3 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8
{Black obtained certain counterplay, although he never seemed to get complete
equality, 1-0 Brynell,S (2467)-Hall,J (2487)/Malmo 2004/EXT 2005 (54)}) 10. e4
O-O 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. Be3 Bd4 $6 {This rare move hardly changes anything in the
assesment of the whole variation.} ({There was a time when} 12... f5 13. exf5
gxf5 {was cnsidered to be Black's best choice. However, the complications after
} 14. Be2 f4 ({The more neutral} 14... Be8 {is simply worse for Black after}
15. Nf3) 15. Bxc5 {tend to favour White.Here is a recent confirmation of this
evaluation:} f3 16. Bxf3 Rxf3 (16... Qxc5 17. Nde4 $16) 17. gxf3 Qxc5 18. Qxb7
Nf4 $146 {Judging from the further course of the game, this is an
over-the-board noelty, since it is by no means better than the older
continuation.} (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf4 20. Rg1+ Kf7 21. Ne4 Qxd5 22. Qxd5+
Nxd5 23. Rd1 Bc6 24. c4 Ne7 25. Nxd6+ Ke6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. fxe4 $16 {1-0
Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Nunn,J (2600)/London 1984/MCL (41)}) 19. Qxa8 Nd3+ 20. Ke2
Nf4+ 21. Kd1 Qb6 22. Rg1 $18 {and Black had no compensation for his huge
material deficit, 1-0 Gavrilov,A (2455)-Kornev,A (2566)/St Petersburg 2002/EXT
2003 (31)}) ({In his book "Guide to the Modern Benoni", John Watson advocates} 
12... Na6 {which, in fact, is a very logical move: Black develops his last
piece. However, Watson's lines are not really convincing, which might be
caused by the fact that Black's position is bad anyway, so that even logical
play is likely to fail. Watson's mistake consists of the fact that after} 13.
Be2 Rab8 {he only considers 14.a4, which unnecessarily weakens the b4-square.
In fact, after} 14. O-O {Black's position is rather passive, since he has no
way to make ...b5 work.}) 13. Be2 {To my taste, the most consistent move.} ({
Watson recommends} 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 {However, things might be less clear
than that, since White is sligthly underdeveloped, for instance} Na6 15. Nxd4
Nc5 16. Qc3 Qb6 $5 {The only favourable way to get out of the pin in order to
start setting up pressure against the e4-pawn.} 17. Nc4 Qc7 {This certainly
looks strange, but it is not clear whether the two extra-tempi favour White to
such an extent. His e4-pawn is hanging now.} 18. f3 f5 {with certain
counterplay for Black. White could try the sharp} 19. exf5 Rae8+ 20. Ne6 Rxf5
21. O-O-O Nxe6 22. g4 {but after} Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nhf4 24. Rd2 d5 25. Ne5 Bc6 {
Black has certain compensation for the sacrificed exchange. Whether Black has
full equality or not in these lines is completely beside the point. The
important thing is that he gets a playable position with adequate counter-play,
something a Benoni player is aiming for. In the game, his position will simply
be miserable.}) 13... Bxe3 14. fxe3 Ng7 15. O-O {Black is severly
underdeveloped. The unfortunate position of the bishop, preventing the knight
from his natural development to d7, makes the thematic break e4-e5 very
dangerous and, in fact, unstoppable.} Na6 $146 {Once again, this natural move
doesn't really save Black from disaster.} ({Previously,} 15... a6 {had been
played. Although it seems rather ilogical, because it blocks the own knight,
this move makes some sense, because it threatens to win space on the queen
side. In the game, Black almost managed to escape dry out of deep water,
although only because of a carelessness of his mighty opponent.} 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nce4 b5 18. Rac1 c4 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Qb4 Qd8 21. Nde4 {White plays for the
attack.} ({The simple} 21. Qd6 $16 {/\Qxe5 would have won the pawn back, with
a crushing domination.}) 21... Bf5 $132 22. Qe1 Nd7 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh6 Bg6 $2 (
24... Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Qb6) 25. Nxh7 Bxh7 26. Nxg5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Wahls Matthias/
Simultan, Frankfurt a. Main (Germany) 1986}) ({It is worth mentioning that} 
15... f6 {gails to prevent} 16. e5 $1 (16. Rf4 {also looks dangerous, when
Black's only chance for survival consists of such a regrouping:} Bc8 17. Nb5
Qe7 18. Nc4 Ne8) 16... fxe5 $8 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. Rf1+ Kg8 19. Nc4 {and Black
cannot parry such threats as Nxe5 or, eventually, Nxd6, for instance} b5 ({
In case of} 19... Na6 {, the secondary threat of} 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Ne4 {
becomes available. The fact is that in order to avoid losing material to the
discovered check d6+, the black queen has to leave the d7-bishop undefended,
which would allow Nf6+xd7 with a decisive advantage.}) 20. Nxe5 c4 {This
intermediate move doesn't save the game. White is too active.} 21. Nxb5 Bxb5
22. Qxb5 dxe5 {and now, by opening two important light diagonals with} 23. d6 {
White obtains a decisive advantage.}) 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Nde4 (17. Nce4) 17...
Ne8 {Black's desire to cover the f6-square is understandable, but he can
hardly block the d-pawn with ...Nd6.} ({A normal developing move such as} 17...
Rad8 {leads to a rather deceptive position after} 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Nce4 {
/\Ng5-(x)h7, צf8} h6 20. Rac1 $16 {and Black will soon lose his c5-pawn,
remaining with a miserable position.}) 18. d6 Qb6 (18... Qc6 19. Bb5 Qc8 20.
Nd5 $40) 19. Qd5 Be6 20. Qxe5 Nb4 21. Rad1 $18 {White has a crushing
domination. No wonder that the game lasted just a few more moves.} Rd8 22. Na4
Qc6 23. Naxc5 Ng7 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Pamplona 15th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2005.12.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.12.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. Qe2 $5
{This slightly exotical move was introduced recently by Epishin, who has
obtained a perfect score with it so far. White intends to take advantage of
the fact that Black has spent a tempo on ...a6 at such an early stage in order
to prepare the thematic pawn break e5.} ({The recently born variation can be
considered to be a modernisation of the similar} 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qe2) 8... Bg7 {
In spite of recent bad memories, Cheparinov sticks to this normal developing
move.} (8... Bg4 {delays the development of the king side while failing to
prevent White's plan:} 9. e5 Bxf3 (9... dxe5 10. Qxe5+ $14 Be7 $6 11. Bh6 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nbd7 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Yd5d6] 1-0 Epishin,V (2610)
-Gofshtein,L (2522)/playchess.com INT 2004/CBM 099 ext (28)}) 10. gxf3 dxe5 11.
Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Bf4 (12. Qxe7+ $5 Bxe7 13. Bh6 Nbd7 14. O-O-O $16) 12... Qxe5+ (
12... Nbd7 13. Qxe7+ Bxe7 14. O-O-O Nh5 15. Bc7 Bd8 16. d6 Nf4 17. Bc4 O-O 18.
Rhe1 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V (2605)-De Firmian,N (2549)/Minneapolis USA 2005/TWIC
551 (36)}) 13. Bxe5 Nbd7 14. f4 Bh6 {[%csl Yf4]} (14... Bg7 15. Bg2 O-O 16. O-O
Nh5 17. Bd6 Rfe8 18. Bc7 Ra7 19. Rae1 $16 {1-0 Epishin,V (2599)-Kovacevic,S 
(2367)/Seville 2005/CBM 104 ext (31)}) 15. Bh3 (15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxh8 O-O-O $44
) 15... O-O 16. O-O b5 17. Rad1 Ra7 18. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Rowson,J (2599)-Ward,C 
(2485)/Douglas 2005/CBM 107 ext (50)}) 9. e5 dxe5 10. Qxe5+ Kf8 {This is one
of the main ideas behind 8...Bg7: having cleared the f8-square, Black is not
forced to offer the exchange of queens any more. Although the loss of the
right to castle will cost him several tempi to bring his king into safety, he
hopes to get part of them back because of the exposed position of the white
queen.} 11. d6 $146 {This novelty fails to put Black under serious pressure
and in fact it just consumes White an essential tempo, which will allow Black
obtain counterplay rather easily.} (11. Be2 h6 (11... Nxd5 $6 12. Bh6 $1 $16) (
11... Nbd7 12. Qe3 b5 13. O-O Bb7 $132 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Rh7h6,Rf8g8,Rg8h7]})
12. O-O Kg8 13. a4 Kh7 14. Bc4 Re8 15. Qf4 Nh5 16. Qd2 Qd6 $6 {Black should
have started the developing his queen side.} (16... Nd7 $5) (16... Bg4) 17. Re1
Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bg4 19. Ne4 Qf8 20. Be2 f5 21. Neg5+ hxg5 22. Nxg5+ Kh8 23. f3
$16 {1-0 Epishin,V (2635)-Cheparinov,I (2567)/Albacete 2004/CBM 102 ext (28)})
11... Nbd7 12. Qe3 b5 13. a4 (13. Be2 Bb7 {[%csl Yd5,Ye4]} 14. O-O (14. a4 b4 {
[%csl Yc3]}) 14... h6 $13 {[%cal Yf8g8,Yg8h7,Yh8e8]}) 13... b4 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nxc5 Nxc5 {The simplest way to obtain comfortable equality.} (15... Nd5 16.
Nxb7 $1 (16. Nxd7+ Qxd7 $32) 16... Nxe3 17. Nxd8 Nc2+ 18. Kd1 Nxa1 19. Nc6 $44)
16. Qxc5 Nd5 17. Be2 Qd7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qa7 Ra8 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qa5 Qxd6 22.
Rd1 h6 {Black strong centralisation will allow him complete his devlopment by
bringing his king to h7.} 23. Be3 Bf6 $11 {Black has no problems whatsoever.
It is time for White to think about equality already.} 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. Qxa6
Bxa6 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bc3 28. h3 Bc4 29. Rc5 Ke7 30. Rc1 Ba2 31. Rb5 Kf6
32. Rxc3 bxc3 33. Bd4+ Ke7 34. Bxh8 Rxh8 35. Rc5 Ra8 36. a5 c2 37. Rxc2 Rxa5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-B 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5 e6 (
8... b5 {is also quite playable immediately, as if White tries to grab a pawn
Black can strike back:} 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ $17)
10... Nxe4 $1 11. Bxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ {and Black recovers
material, e.g.} 14. Bd2 (14. Kf1 Ba6+ 15. Ne2 Qe5 {[%csl Re4,Rg5]}) 14... Qe5
$17 {[%csl Re4,Ge5][%cal Ye5e1,Yf7f5,Ye5a1]}) 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. O-O
Re8 {It is nice for Black to have achieved the advance b7-b5, but White often
tries to restrict and pressurise the pawns with a plan based on playing a2-a3
and b2-b4. My opponent took a different approach.} 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. Rfe1 Qe7 {
The queen is often developed to b6 in such positions, but I chose a different
path. Considering my opponent's setup, there are ideas such as Bg5-h6, and
Nc3-e2-g3-f5. White's queen may also advance to f4. In some positions, the
queen may drop back to f8 to prevent the exchange of bishops, while in others
the queen may protect some squares after the bishops are exchanged. Also, it
is handy that d6 is protected.} 14. a4 {I still expected something with a3/b4
here - this was a surprise for me.} (14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxe5 {
[%csl Ge5][%cal Ye5d4,Yb5b4] was the kind of thing I had in mind when playing
13...Qe7. Black is well poised to take over the initiative.}) 14... b4 15. Ne2
a5 {I saw that his next move 16.Bb5 was critical, but my feeling was that the
complications would probably be in Black's favour.} 16. Bb5 (16. Ng3 Ba6 {
was also quite comfortable for Black, I think}) 16... Nxe4 $1 {After some
thought, I went for the most complicated option.} (16... Ba6 {is possible, but
I was worried about} 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Ng3 Qc7 {[%cal Yf6d7] preparing Nf6-d7
in view of the threat of Qd2-f4} 19. e5 $5 dxe5 20. d6 {with some initiative
for White}) 17. Bxe7 Nxd2 18. Bxd6 (18. Nxd2 Rxe7 19. Nc4 {is playable, but I
couldn't imagine this being a problem.} Ba6 {is probably best} (19... Bb7 $5
20. Nf4 $1 {is probably OK for White} (20. Bxd7 $6 Rxd7 21. Nb6 {is obviously
a very nice chance for Black to sacrifice an exchange}))) 18... Ne4 (18...
Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Ba6 $5 {was my first thought.} (19... Bxb2 $1 $17 {according to
the computer}) {However} 20. Bxd7 Rxe2 {and after some thought I felt this
sharp position was likely drawish, as Black will end up with a passed b-pawn
and White a passed d-pawn, both supported by strong bishops.}) 19. Bc7 Bxb2 20.
Rab1 Bg7 {The reason that I initially considered 18...Nxf3+ is that, at first
sight, this position looks very risky for Black. Although he has an extra pawn,
the d-pawn is strong and the queenside is in a bit of a tangle. Furthermore,
there is obviously a potential pin on the e-file. However, after some time I
realised that White has no good way to exploit this, and given time, Black can
coordinate successfully.} 21. Nf4 $1 {The best, I think.} (21. Ng3 Nef6 {
White's basic problem is that his knights aren't taking part and can't reach
the queenside easily.} 22. d6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ba6 $17 {Of course the game is
still complicated, but Black has the advantage.}) 21... Nef6 22. g4 $5 (22. d6
{is what I expected, but I hadn't really seen the possibility of 22.g4.}) 22...
Bb7 23. Bc6 (23. g5 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 {(White captures this way so that the
knight won't be hanging on f3 after the exchanges on d5)} Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5
26. Bxd7 Ra7 27. Rd1 Bd4 $1 $19 {was an important variation.}) 23... Rxe1+ (
23... Bxc6 {might have been a better practical decision} 24. dxc6 Rec8 25. cxd7
Rxc7 26. Nd5 $1 Rxd7 27. Nb6 {The position ought to be good for Black even
after returning the exchange, which I saw. However, I felt that by quickly
mobilising his remaining pieces, White might actually get good practical
counterplay. Probably that was too pessimistic - Black is well coordinated and
the passed pawns are going to advance quickly.} Rb8 $5 28. Nxd7 Nxd7 {[%csl
Gb6][%cal Yd7b6] is probably just very good.} 29. Nd2 Nb6 30. Nb3 Nxa4 31. Nxa5
Nc3 $17) 24. Rxe1 Rc8 25. Bxa5 (25. Bxb7 Rxc7 26. Bc6 Kf8 {[%cal Yf6e8] looked
good for Black to me. A useful detail is} 27. Nd2 $2 Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rd2,Rf4,Gh6]
[%cal Yh6d2]}) 25... Bxc6 26. dxc6 Rxc6 27. g5 Nh5 {The position is still good
for Black, but it is messy and not so easy to handle, especially in time
pressure.} 28. Nd5 (28. Re8+ $5) 28... Rd6 (28... Re6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Bc7 $5
{was a very interesting idea mentioned by my opponent, as the passed a-pawn is
dangerous. In general I wanted to avoid exchanging rooks for this kind of
reason. But actually,} exd5 31. a5 Ne5 $3 {[%cal Ye5c6,Ye5f3]} 32. Bxe5 Bxe5
33. Nxe5 b3 34. Nd3 Ng7 $19 {[%cal Yg7e6,Ye6c7]}) 29. Re8+ (29. Rd1 {threatens
a big discovered check, but} Bd4 $1 {is an important idea} 30. Ne3 Be5 {
should be good for Black.}) 29... Bf8 30. Ne3 Ng7 31. Rc8 (31. Ra8 $5 {is what
I expected, ruling out any Ra6 ideas}) 31... Ne6 {[%csl Ra5,Gd7,Ge6][%cal
Ye6c7,Ye6d8,Yd7b6] I thought it was useful that the knights restrict the
bishop, and also prevent any accidents happening on f8.} 32. Bd8 (32. Ng4 Kg7
33. Nh6 {was another idea, to create a mating net but there isn't really any
follow up so Black should win easily by activating the rook.}) 32... Kg7 33. a5
$2 {This allows an important simplifying combination.} (33. Nc4 {was probably
essential} Ra6 34. a5 {is still not so easy for Black.}) 33... Nxd8 $1 34. Rxd8
Ne5 $1 35. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 36. Kg2 Nh4+ {Of course it's essential to divert the
king.} 37. Kg3 Bxd6+ 38. Kxh4 Kf8 {Without much time remaining, I thought this
would win without much difficulty. However} (38... f5 $1 {was much simpler,
boxing in White's king. When the pawn is captured en passant, Black's king
gets a fast track towards the centre.}) 39. Kg4 Ke7 40. a6 Bb8 41. Kf3 Kd6 42.
Ke4 Kc6 43. Nc4 Kb5 44. Kd5 {Only here did I start to see some real problems
to convert the advantage.} b3 45. Na3+ (45. Nd2 $5 {might have caused me some
problems.} Kb4 $2 {Embarrassing to say, but this was my intention in case of
45.Nd2. I had carelessly failed to notice that Nxb3 was possible.} (45... b2
46. Nc4 b1=N $1 {is possible, but I mistakenly thought that this might not be
so easy. Actually, it seems Black wins easily with normal moves.} (46... b1=Q
$2 47. Na3+) 47. Nd6+ Kxa6 (47... Kb6 {might win too}) 48. Kxc5 Nd2 $1 {
I only looked at the immediate Bxd6 which seems to lead to a draw.} (48...
Bxd6+ 49. Kxd6 Nd2 50. Ke7 Ne4 51. Kxf7 Nxf2 52. h4 $1 $11) 49. Nxf7 Ne4+ 50.
Kd5 Nxf2 {which is probably quite an easy win.}) 46. Nxb3 $1 (46. Kc6 c4 47.
Kb7 b2 $1 (47... c3 $2 48. Nxb3) 48. Kxb8 c3 49. a7 cxd2 50. a8=Q d1=Q 51. Qb7+
Kc3 {this was my point - the position is an easy win, e.g.} 52. Qc7+ Kd2 53.
Qf4+ Ke1 54. Qe5+ Qe2 $1 $19) 46... Kxb3 47. Kxc5 (47. Kc6 $2 Kb4 $1 $19) 47...
Kc3 48. Kc6 Ba7 49. Kd7 Kd4 50. Ke7 Ke4 51. Kxf7 Kf5 52. Kg7 Kxg5 53. Kxh7 Bxf2
{draw according to tablebase, whoever has the move. There are some curious
similarities with Kramnik-Carlsen, London Chess Classic 2010!}) 45... Kb4 {
After a long think I calculated that this was winning. Capturing on a6 is also
good, but the the knight keeps hopping around so that seemed like a less
certain route to victory.} 46. Nc4 Ba7 {The next few moves are forced.} 47. Nb2
Kc3 48. Na4+ Kc2 49. Kc6 c4 50. Kd5 $1 {I had to consider this clever
'switchback' idea well in advance.} b2 (50... c3 $2 51. Kc4 b2 52. Nxc3 Bxf2
53. Nb5 $1 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Yb5a3,Ya6a7] is not so easy for Black}) 51. Nxb2
Kxb2 52. Kxc4 Kc2 $1 {By far the strongest. Taking on f2 is not the priority 
(and indeed that might be drawn somehow).} 53. f4 (53. Kd5 Kd3 54. Ke5 (54. Kd6
Ke4 55. Ke7 Kf5 56. Kxf7 Kxg5 57. Kg7 h5 {[%cal Yh5h4] wins easily, e.g.} 58.
f3 (58. h4+ Kf5 59. f3 g5 $19) 58... h4 59. Kf7 Kf4 60. Kxg6 Kxf3 61. Kf5 Kg3
$19) 54... Bd4+ $1 {prevents Ke5-f6, and is the main point of bringing the
king to d3 so quickly.}) 53... Kd2 54. Kd5 Ke3 55. Ke5 Bb8+ {'I think he said
he just missed this one.'} 56. Kd5 Kxf4 57. Kc6 Ba7 0-1

[Event "Geneve FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2013.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "0:01:41"]
[BlackClock "0:01:20"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 {A very popular modern system against the Benoni. But
White's reaction here is unexpected for Black.} ({A much more popular line is} 
10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Ne5
{and Black keeps compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 10... Nxe4 $2 {
This move is too risky, but another plan does not guarantee equality either:} (
10... Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Qb3 a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. Qc2 f5 16. Re1
Ndf6 17. Ng5 Nxd5 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Qd1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22.
Qxd5+ Kh8 23. Qxe4 d5 24. Qe2 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd1+ 26. Qf1 Qxf1+ 27. Kxf1 c4 28.
Rb1 $5 $146 a5 29. Bf4 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. a4 Kg8 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ke6
34. Bc7 {Epishin,V (2579)-Nedev,T (2514)/Ohrid ) 2001 (38); and Black has huge
problems in the endgame.}) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Nd2 $5 ({Extremely interesting is
the fact that both players confirmed that they had forgotten the theory in
this position! Here one of the guests of the tournament GM and former Vice
President of Barclays Bank Aleksandr Volzhin claimed that at the end of the
eighties it was established that White obtains a huge advantage after} 12. Ng5
$1 h6 13. Ne6 fxe6 (13... Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qc4 17. Qf3
Bxe6 18. Rc1 Bg4 19. Rxc4 Bxf3 20. gxf3 f5 21. Rg1 Kh7 22. Bf4 $16 {Poluljahov,
A (2360)-Glyanets,A (2380)/Moskva}) 14. O-O) 12... Ba6 13. a4 f5 ({The
aggressive} 13... Qa5 {was better:} 14. Nxd6 Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17.
Kd1 fxe4 18. Nxe4 c4 $5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxd5+ 21. Bd2 Nc5 (21... Qxg2 22.
Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 $14) 22. Re1 Rxe1+ $6 (22... Ne4 {promised just equality:}
23. Rxe4 (23. Qa5 $4 Nxf2+ 24. Kc1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Qd1#) (23. Qe3 Rd8) 23...
Qxe4 24. Qe3 (24. f3 Qe2+ 25. Kc2 Qxg2 26. Rd1 Qxh3 27. Kc1 $11) 24... Qc6 25.
Qd4 Qxg2 26. Ra3 Qf1+ 27. Kc2 Bc8 28. Re3 $11) 23. Kxe1 Qxg2 24. Bh6 {Vescovi,
G (2633)-Jobava,B (2614)/Wijk aan Zee II 2006; with advantage to White.}) 14.
O-O fxe4 15. Nc4 Be5 {It is very difficult to recommend a good defence here,
as another move was terribly refuted:} (15... Bd4 16. Ncxd6 Rf8 17. Bh6 Bxb2
18. Bxf8 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Qxf8 20. Qe5 Bxb5 21. axb5 a5 22. Nxe4 {1-0 Graf,A 
(2629)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2549)/Moscow 2004}) 16. Nxe5 ({A slightly different
strategy was possible:} 16. Re1 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Bf4 Re8 20.
Bxd6 Qb6 21. Bg3 Qxb5 22. d6 Qc6 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Ra3 a5 25. Rae3 c4 26. Rxe4
Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Re8 28. Rd4 Qc5 29. Rd1 Nd7 30. Rc1 Nb6 31. b3 Rc8 32. Qe4 Qf5
33. Qb7 cxb3 34. Rxc8+ Qxc8 35. Qxc8+ Nxc8 36. d7 {1-0 Nikolov,M (2565)
-Rabrenovic,V (2396)/Obrenovac 2010/CBM 139 Extra.}) 16... Rxe5 17. Bf4 Rf5 18.
Bg3 Bxb5 19. axb5 Nd7 20. Re1 (20. Bxd6 {was very tempting:} Qb6 21. Be7 Qxb5
22. d6 Qxb2 23. Qa4) 20... Nf6 21. Ra6 $1 {This strong position of the rook is
the main problem for Black in this situation.} Qe8 ({Black gets a very bad
position after} 21... Rxd5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxd5 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Rb8
26. Rxd6) 22. Qa4 Rxd5 23. Qa2 (23. Bxd6 {was strong:} c4 24. Rc6) 23... c4 24.
b6 $1 {Now the a7-pawn decides the game.} Qb5 25. bxa7 Qc5 26. Bf4 Nd7 27. Rc1
({Winning , but complicated was} 27. Rxe4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Qxc4+ d5 30.
Qc6) 27... Kg7 28. Be3 Qb5 29. Kh2 (29. Qxc4 {was simpler:} Qxc4 30. Rxc4 Nc5
31. Rd4 Re5 32. Rc6 Rxa7 33. Rdxd6) 29... Ne5 30. Rb6 Qd7 31. Rb8 Nf3+ {
The last chance for Black.} 32. Kg3 ({Black would save the game after
accepting the sacrifice} 32. gxf3 Rh5 33. Rb7 Rxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qxb7 35. Qxc4)
32... Rxa7 33. Qxc4 Rg5+ 34. Bxg5 Nxg5 35. Qg8+ Kh6 36. Qf8+ Kh5 37. Qf4 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mitenkov, Alexey"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 a6 {/\b6-b5} (12... Nfe8 13. Re1
f6 {/\ Kontrolle des Feldes e5.} 14. Rb1 {/\b2-b4()} Na6 15. Na2 Nb8 16. b4 Nd7
17. Bb5 a6 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd2 $16 {()1-0 Rychagov,A-Petrov,MA/
Moscow-ch op (08) ;EXT 95ch 1995 (29)}) 13. Qd2 $146 (13. Re1) (13. Nd2) (13.
Bc4) 13... Ra7 $2 (13... Bb7 $5 {Mit Druck auf d5, dadurch wird der weiße
Vorstoß e4-e5 erschwert.}) 14. Rfe1 Nce8 15. e5 $1 {Die schwarzen Figuren
stehen unflexibel, deswegen kommt der Vorstoß e4-e5 im richtigen Moment.} dxe5
(15... Nh5 16. Bh2 (16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 {ist in Ordnung  für  Schwarz, 
weil Ra7 kommt im  Spiel}) 16... dxe5 {[] drohte g4} 17. Nxe5 $16 {><c6}) 16.
Nxe5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc8 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Bc4 $18) (17... Nd6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19.
dxc6 {/\Bg6} Nc8 20. c7 $16 {o^}) 18. Bf1 Nc7 (18... Nd6 19. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 20.
Bxd6 $18) 19. d6 Ncd5 (19... Ne6 20. d7 Qd8 21. Nxf7 (21. Bc4 $5 {><f7}) 21...
Rxf7 (21... Kxf7 22. Rxe6 Kxe6 23. Qd6+ Kf7 24. Bc4+ $18) 22. Rxe6 Rxd7 23. Bc4
$1 Kh8 (23... Rxd2 $2 24. Re8#) 24. Rd6 $16 {_|_}) 20. d7 Qd8 21. Bg5 Nxc3 22.
bxc3 Ra8 23. Bc4 b5 24. Nxf7 bxc4 (24... Rxf7 25. Re8+ $1 $18) 25. Nxd8 Raxd8
26. Re7 Nd5 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe2 (29. Qe2 Rxd7 30. Qe6 Rd8 31.
Rxd5 $18 {/\Qe7+}) 1-0

[Event "Villa Gesell"]
[Site "Villa Gesell"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tempone, Marcelo"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6 $1 $16) 11.
O-O (11. Bg5 $1 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 $14) 11... Nxe4 12. Re1 (12. Bxe4
Rxe4 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Ba6 (14... Bb7 15. Bf4 Bxd5 16. Rd1 $36) 15. Bg5
Qd7 16. Nc3 (16. Nc7 $4 Qxc7 17. Qe8+ Bf8 18. Re1 {/\Qf8+} Qc8 $8 19. Bh6 Nd7
$19) 16... Bd3 $13) 12... a6 $146 13. Nc3 $2 (13. Na3 $142 {/\Nc4,><a5,b6,d6.}
Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 $14) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1
Bxe1 17. Bxd8 Bc3 18. Rc1 Bb4 19. Bc7 Nd7 20. Bxd6 $10 Bb7 21. Bc4 Nb6 22. Bb3
Rc8 23. Ne5 Bxd5 24. Nd3 Ba3 25. Rc3 c4 26. Bxa3 cxb3 27. Rxc8+ Nxc8 28. axb3
Bxb3 29. Nc5 Bc4 30. Nb7 f5 31. Nd6 Nxd6 32. Bxd6 $10 a5 33. f4 Kf7 34. Kf2 Ke6
35. Bf8 Kd5 36. Ke3 Bf1 37. g4 Bxh3 38. g5 Kc4 39. Kd2 Kb3 40. Kc1 Bg2 41. Kb1
a4 42. Ka1 Bd5 43. Bd6 Bg8 44. Be5 a3 45. Bb8 a2 46. Be5 Kc2 47. Bb8 Kd3 48.
Bc7 Ke4 49. Bb8 Kf3 50. Bc7 Kg4 51. Bb8 Kh5 52. Bc7 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9192 2nd"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Polgar,Zsu"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6
7. h3 (7. e4 {Stohl} a6 {/\} 8. a4 Bg4 $13) 7... Bg7 (7... a6 {Stohl} 8. a4 Qe7
$5 9. Bg5 (9. Nd2 Nbd7 10. e4 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. f4 Rb8 14. Re1 b5
$1 15. axb5 axb5 16. e5 b4 $3 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nf3 bxc3 19. Bb5 Qxe1+ 20. Nxe1
Rxb5 21. bxc3 Ne4 $40 {Garcia,D-Magerramov,E,Nimes op 1991}) 9... Bg7 10. Nd2
Nbd7 11. e3 O-O 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 $142) 12... h6 13. Bh4 Rb8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Bc2
g5 16. Bg3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Nc4 $132 {Chernin,A-Wahls,M,Dortmund-A
1990-CBM 18}) 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (9... Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Na6 12. Be3 Bd7
(12... Nb4 13. Nd2 $1 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Bd7 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Bf4 $14 {Bagirov,
V-Vasiukov,E/Moscow Veterans/1991/1-0/72/  ->CBM 25}) 13. a3 Rc8 14. Bd4 Nc5
15. Re1 Nh5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 $2 (19...
Rxe1+ $142 {Besser} 20. Qxe1 Nxd7 $13) 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ba4 $1 Rd8 22. Bxd7
Rxd7 23. Qg4 $18 {Polgar,Zsu-Tolnai,T/HUN-ch/1991/1-0/60/ -> CBM 27}) (9... b5
{Stohl} 10. Nxb5 Re8 $5 $146) 10. a4 (10. O-O $5 b5 11. Bf4 {Vyzmanavin-Suba,M/
Copenhagen/1991/1-0/58/  -> TD 1991/6} (11. Bf4 {Stohl} Bb7 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rc1
Nbd7 14. b3 Nh5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. a4 $14 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Suba,M,
Copenhagen op 1991-TD 91_06})) 10... Nh5 11. O-O (11. Bg5 $6 Bf6 $1 12. Be3 Nd7
{Ivanchuk,V-Yudasin,L (5)/Riga cm/1991/1/2-1/2/39/ -> CBM 22}) (11. Bg5 $5 $14
{Stohl}) (11. g4 $5 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 12. Bf4 {/\ Ke1-f1-g2}) 11... Nd7 12. Be3
(12. Bg5 {Stohl} Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. Rab1 Qa5 16. g4 Ng7 17. Bf4
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. f4 $36 {Garcia,D-Romanishin,O,Terrassa
1991-CBM 24}) (12. g4 $6 {Kortschnoj} Ne5 $1 $13) 12... Re8 13. Re1 Ne5 (13...
Rb8) 14. Be2 {N} (14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $13 (14... Bxe5 {Stohl} 15. Qd2 Qh4 $13)) 14...
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 (15... Qh4 16. Qd2 $14) 16. Bf4 Nd7 $1 17. Bxd6 $1 (17. Qd2
Ne5 18. Be2 Be6 (18... f5 $13 {Stohl <=>}) 19. Bh2 g5 20. f4 $13) 17... Qb6 18.
e5 (18. Bf4 $2 Qxb2 $17) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 (19... Rxe5 $2 {Kortschnoj}
20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe2 {this variation would not bring a relief to black.}) 20.
a5 $1 Qd8 (20... Qxb2 21. Na4 $44) 21. d6 $1 (21. Ne4 $6 {Stohl} Bxb2 22. Ra2
Bd4 $17) (21. Qb3 {Kortschnoj /\ 22.Ne4 was worth a consideration.}) 21... Re6
$1 (21... Bd4 $2 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nd5 $16) 22. Qb3 $1 (22. Bd5 Bxc3 $1 23.
bxc3 Rxd6 24. Qa4 $13 (24. Qa4 {Stohl} Bd7 25. Qb3 $146)) 22... Qxd6 (22...
Bxd6 $6 23. Rxe6 Bxe6 (23... fxe6 24. Rd1 $16) 24. Qxb7 $16) 23. Bd5 (23. Rad1
Bd4) 23... Re7 (23... Bxc3 {Kortschnoj} 24. Bxe6 Bxe1 25. Bxf7+ $14) 24. Ne4
Qc7 25. Ng5 Bf6 $6 (25... Bd4 $142 {Besser}) (25... Bd4 $5 {Stohl} 26. Rxe7
Qxe7 27. Nxf7 Kg7 28. Qb6 Bf5 29. Nd6 Rf8 $13) 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxf7 Kg7 28.
Qb6 $1 Rb8 $2 (28... Bd7 $5) 29. Nd6 Bxh3 $5 30. Ne4 $1 (30. gxh3 $2 Rd8) 30...
Rd8 (30... Bf5 {Stohl} 31. Nxf6 Qxf6 32. Qc7+ $18) 31. Bxb7 $138 (31. Nxf6 Qxf6
32. Bxb7 Bc8 (32... Qxb6 {Stohl} 33. axb6 Rb8 34. Bxa6 Bf5 35. b7 Be4 36. Ra5
$18) 33. Bxc8 Qxb6 34. axb6 Rxc8 35. Rxa6 $16) 31... Bc8 $1 (31... Rb8 {
Kortschnoj} 32. Qxf6+ Qxf6 33. Nxf6 Rxb7 (33... Kxf6 34. Bxa6 Be6 35. Be2 Rxb2
36. Bf3 {And black can hardly save the game.}) 34. Ne8+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Rd7 36. Ne4
{winning a pawn}) 32. Bxc8 Qxe4 (32... Rxc8 $4 33. Nxf6 Qxf6 34. Qb7+ $18) 33.
Bxa6 Qc2 34. Rf1 Qxb2 35. Qc7+ Kh6 $6 (35... Kh8 $142 $5 $16 {Stohl}) 36. Bb7
Qd4 37. a6 c4 38. g3 Rd7 (38... Be5 {Kortschnoj} 39. Qe7 Bxg3 40. a7 $18) (
38... c3 $1 {Kortschnoj}) 39. Qc8 Rd8 40. Qc7 Rd7 41. Qb8 Qb6 (41... Rd8 42. a7
$18) 42. Qf8+ (42. a7 $2 Rxb7 43. Qf8+ Bg7 44. Qf4+ g5) 42... Kg5 (42... Bg7
43. Qc8 $18 {42.Qf4 +-} (43. Qc8 {Stohl} Rc7 44. Qh3+ Kg5 45. Qh4+ Kf5 46. Qf4+
$18 {->})) 43. Kg2 Rxb7 (43... Rg7 {Kortschnoj} 44. f4+ {1-0 Polgar,
Zsu-Yudasin,L/Pamplona (4) 1991}) 44. f4+ {44...Kf5 45.Qc8 +-} (44. f4+ {Stohl}
Kf5 45. Qc8+ $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Match/Nation FRA-BUL 31-41"]
[Site "St Maxime"]
[Date "1984.10.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Andruet, Gilles"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1984.10.10"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 (
8. a4) 8... b5 9. Qe2 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Bf8 $146 (11... b4 12. Nd1 Bf8
13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nd2 Kg7 15. Ne3 Re8 16. g3 a5 17. f4 f5 18. exf5 Ra7 19.
O-O-O a4 20. Ndc4 a3 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Qc2 Qf6 23. Bd3 Na6 24. Rhe1 Bd7 25. f5
b3 26. Qxb3 Nb4 27. fxg6 Rb8 28. Kb1 axb2 29. Rf1 Nxa2 30. Qxb8 Nc3+ 31. Kc2
Ra2 32. Rb1 Ba4+ 33. Kd2 Nxb1+ 34. Rxb1 Qf2+ 35. Be2 Nf6 36. Qc7+ Kxg6 37. Qxd6
Ra1 38. Ne5+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. Qf8+ Ng8 41. Qxf2 {McCambridge,V (2440)
-Lobron,E (2440) Dortmund 1982 1-0}) 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bh6 Bg4 (13... Bf8) (13...
Nd7 {[%csl Ge5]}) 14. e5 $1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bh3 Qc7 18. O-O
Kd8 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Be6 $40 Bf8 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nbd7 23. Bf7 Rf8 24. Bh6
Nxe4 25. Bxf8 Bxf8 26. Qxe4 Nf6 27. Qe8+ Nxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kd7 29. Rxa8 Ke7 30.
Bg8 Bh6 (30... Bg7 31. Re1+ Be5 32. f4 Qb7) 31. Re1+ Kf6 32. Rae8 Qg7 33. h4
Bf4 34. R1e6+ Kf5 35. R6e7 Qxb2 36. Rf7+ Qf6 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Kf1 h5 39. Be6
c4 40. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.20"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. a4
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. Be3 Bd4 $146 (11... Nd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Qh4
14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qe1 Qe7 17. Qf2 Rfe8 18. Rae1 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Nxb5 Rab8 21. Na3 Bc8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qd7 24. Ndc4 Ba6 25. Bxc5 Bxc4 26.
Nxc4 Qxd5 27. Nb6 Qe6 28. Bd6 Rb7 29. Na4 Qc4 30. Nc5 Ra7 31. Re4 Qd5 32. g4
Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Qxe5 35. Nd3 Qe7 36. gxh5 Rd7 37. Nf4 Qb4 38. h6
Rd2 39. Qe3 {1-0 (39) Vukic,M (2510)-Hulak,K (2470) Banja Luka 1976}) (11... f5
) 12. Nc4 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Nd7 14. g3 Rb8 15. a5 Ng7 16. Bg2 f5 17. O-O Nf6 18.
exf5 Nxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Qd2 Re8 21. h3 h5 22. Qf4 (22. Qh6 $5 {Inf 23/128})
22... Qd7 23. Rfe1 Kg7 24. Kh2 Re7 25. Na4 Rbe8 26. Nb6 Qc7 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28.
Ra3 $5 Be4 29. Re3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re5 $132 {[%csl Rd5]} 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Qc4
Qd6 (32... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]} 33. Na4 {[%csl Rc5]}) 33. Na4 Nxd5 34. Qxc5 Qe6
35. Nc3 Nxc3 36. Qxc3 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 Kf6 38. Qc7 Kf5 39. Qc8+ Ke4 40. Qc3 Qd3 41.
Qb4+ Kf3 42. Qxb7+ e4 43. Qb6 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qe1 45. Qf6+ Ke2 46. Qxa6+ Kxf2 47.
Qf6+ Ke3 48. Qc3+ Qxc3 49. bxc3 Kd3 50. a6 e3 51. a7 e2 52. a8=Q e1=Q 53. Qa6+
Kd2 54. Qa2+ Kd3 (54... Kxc3 55. Qa5+) 55. Qd5+ Kc2 56. c4 Kb3 57. c5+ Kb4 58.
c6 Qe2+ 59. Qg2 Qc4 60. c7 Qxc7 $11 61. Qb2+ Ka5 62. Qa2+ Kb6 63. Qb1+ Kc6 64.
Qxg6+ Qd6 65. Qe8+ Kc7 66. Qf7+ Kd8 67. Qf4 Qd5 68. g4 hxg4 69. hxg4 Ke7 70.
Qe3+ Kf7 71. Qf4+ Kg6 72. Qe3 Qc4 73. Kh3 Qd5 74. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 (12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Re1 Rxe1+
14. Qxe1 a6 15. Nc7 Ra7 16. Qe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxe8 Bb7 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bf4 Bxd5
20. Bxd6 Nd7 21. b3 a5 22. Rc1 a4 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5 axb3 25. axb3 {
Stoisavljevic,S-Jovanovic,S/YUG t-ch/1994/}) 12... a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Nc4 $6 {
N/} (14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Ndf6 $5 17. Qb3 a5 18. Re1
Ba6 $13 {Tukmakov,V-Suba,M/Geneva/1995/0:1/37/}) 15... Bf6 (15... Qc7 16. Qa4
Nf6 17. Re1 Bb7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qf4 Nd7 $10 {Cebalo,M-Chabanon,JL/Geneva op/
1996/0:1/56/}) 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 (17. Re1 Bb7 18. Be4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20.
Nc4 Rc8 21. Bf3 Rc7 {Bilobrk,F-Cebalo,M/Zadar/1995/0,5/39/}) 17... Bb7 18. Be4
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Re1 $14 {Dreev,A-De Firmian,N/Biel/1995/1:0/27/}) 14...
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 (15. Nxe1 Bb7 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Bg5 $5) 15... Bb7 (15... Nxd5 $2
16. Be4 Bb7 17. Na5 $18) 16. Bf4 Bf8 $1 (16... Nxd5 17. Bxd6 Nd7 (17... Bxb2
18. Rb1 Nb4 (18... Bc3 19. Qc1 (19. Qe4 Bc6 $1 $13) 19... Bc6 20. Bxc5 $14) 19.
Qe3 Bg7 20. a3 $36) 18. Rd1 $14) (16... Bxd5 $6 17. Nxd6 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19.
Nxf7 $1 Qf8 20. Nh6+ (20. Bd6 $5 Qxf7 $140 21. Bc4 $1) 20... Kh8 (20... Bxh6
21. Bxh6 Qxh6 22. Qe6+ Kg7 23. Qe7+ Kh8 24. Be4) 21. Bd6 Qc8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23.
Bc4 $18) 17. Be4 $1 Qc7 (17... Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 Nc7 20. Rd1 $44) (
17... Nxd5 18. Na5 $1) 18. Qa5 $1 Qxa5 19. Nxa5 Ra7 (19... Bxd5 $6 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. Bxd6 $3 Bxd6 22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Rxd5 Bxa5 24. Rxc5 Bb4 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26.
Ne5 $16) (19... Nxe4 20. Nxb7 Nd7 21. Re1) 20. Re1 Bxd5 (20... Ba8 21. Nd2 $1
Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Bg3 $44) 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Bg3 Nf6 $8 23. Nc4 Rd7 (23...
Rb7 24. Nxd6 Rxb2 25. Be5 $44) 24. Bh4 $1 Nd5 (24... Kg7 $2 25. Bxf6+ Kxf6 26.
Re8 $18) 25. Re8 Nc6 26. Bg3 (26. Ra8 $5 Nc7 27. Rc8 Na7 (27... f5 $5 28. Nb6 (
28. Nxd6 $4 Rxd6 29. Rxc7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd6+ $19) 28... Rf7 29. Bg3 Na7 $13) 28.
Rb8 Nd5 29. Bg3 Nc6 $13) 26... Kg7 27. Ra8 f5 $5 (27... Nc7 28. Rc8 Ne7 29. Rb8
$44 Nf5 $140 30. Rb7 Nxg3 31. fxg3 d5 32. Nce5 $1 (32. Nb6 Rd6) 32... Re7 33.
Nc6 Re2 (33... Rd7 34. Nfe5) 34. Rxc7 $16) 28. Rxa6 Ncb4 29. Ra8 f4 30. Bh4 (
30. Ng5 Nc7 (30... Re7 31. Bh4 h6 32. Nf3 Rd7) 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Bxf4 Ne8 $17)
(30. Bh2 $5) 30... h6 31. Bd8 $138 (31. a3 $1 Nd3 32. Rd8 Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Kf7 $10
) 31... Nxa2 $1 $17 32. Nfd2 Nab4 33. Ne4 Nc6 34. Ba5 Nxa5 35. Rxa5 Nf6 $1 36.
Nxf6 Kxf6 37. Ra8 Be7 38. Nb6 (38. Ra6 $5 Kf5 39. Kf1 d5 40. Nd2) 38... Rb7 39.
Nd5+ (39. Ra6 Ke6) 39... Ke5 40. Nxe7 Rxe7 $19 41. Rb8 c4 $1 42. Kf1 (42. b3 c3
) 42... Kd4 43. h4 d5 44. Rb6 Kd3 45. Rxg6 Rb7 46. Rxh6 Rxb2 (46... c3 $1) 47.
g4 f3 48. Kg1 c3 49. Rc6 Rb4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.12.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 (8.
h3 b5 $13) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 (9. Qb3 $5 Bxf3 10. Qxb7 Nbd7 11. gxf3 $13) 9...
Bxf3 $5 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 (10... Bg7 11. Bf4) 11. O-O Bg7 12. a5 (12. Bf4 Qe7)
12... O-O 13. Bf4 Qc7 (13... Ne8 $5) (13... Qe7 $5) 14. Ra4 $5 Rfe8 15. Qc2 h5
$5 (15... b5 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Ra2 {P fa1, <->a6}) 16. Nb1 $1 {P d2-c4 <->d6,
b1 P b4} b5 $1 $8 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Ra2 Qe7 $1 19. Nd2 Nfd7 20. Rfa1 Bd4 $1 $8
21. Nb3 $1 (21. Rxa6 $2 Rxa6 22. Rxa6 g5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3 g4 25. Be2 Nxd5
$1) 21... Nxd5 $1 22. Bd2 $1 (22. Nxd4 $2 Nxf4) 22... N5b6 (22... Nc7 $143 $4
23. Nxd4) (22... N5f6 23. e5 $1) 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. b4 $5 (24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25.
Rxa6 d5 $1 26. e5 $8 Qxe5 $13) (24. Qd3 Qf6) 24... Rac8 25. Qd1 (25. Qd3 $5)
25... Nc4 26. Be1 (26. Rxa6 Nde5 $1) 26... Qf6 27. Rb1 $1 Qe5 $5 (27... Rc6 28.
e5 dxe5 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. Qa4 (30. Rba1 $1) 30... Qd5 31. Qxa6 $140 Ndb6 $1 {
P a8}) (27... Nde5 28. Be2 Rc6 29. Kh1 $1 {P d4} Nd7 30. Qa4 $1) 28. Rxa6 d5 $5
(28... f5 $2 29. exf5 Nb2 30. Qb3+) (28... Nf6 $5) 29. exd5 $8 Nb2 30. Qd2 $8
Rc2 $138 (30... Nd3 31. Qxd3 Qxe1+ 32. Qf1) 31. Re6 $3 $138 Rxe6 $8 32. dxe6
Rxd2 33. exd7 Qe7 34. Bxd2 Nc4 35. Be1 (35. Bc6 $3 Nxd2 36. Ra1 Kg7 (36... h4
$6 37. d8=Q+ Qxd8 38. Ra8 Qxa8 39. Bxa8 Nc4 40. Kf1 $18) 37. h4 d3 38. Rd1 $1
Nc4 39. Rxd3 Qd8 40. b5 Nb6 $13) 35... Qxd7 36. b5 Qe6 37. Kf1 d3 $1 38. Rd1
Qd6 39. g3 $2 (39. Bc3 $1) 39... Qd4 $1 (39... d2 $2 40. Bxd2 $1 Nxd2+ 41. Ke2
$10) 40. Bd2 Qb2 41. Be3 Qxb5 (41... Nxe3+ 42. fxe3 Qxb5) 42. Bd4 Kh7 43. Be4 (
43. Rxd3 Nd2+ $1 44. Ke2 Nxf3 $19) 43... d2 44. Kg2 h4 $1 $19 (44... Qb3 45.
Bf3 Qd3 46. Bf6 {P h4}) 45. h3 (45. Bf3 h3+ 46. Kxh3 $140 Qd7+) (45. gxh4 Qd7)
45... hxg3 46. Bf3 (46. Kxg3 Qg5+ 47. Kf3 Qh5+) (46. fxg3 Ne3+ $1 47. Bxe3 Qe2+
) 46... gxf2 47. Kxf2 Qb8 48. Ke2 Qd6 49. Bf2 Qe6+ {50. d3 b2, 50. f1 h3 51.
e2 e6 52. f1 e3} 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Palkovi, Jozsef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7
8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 {Nowdays more popular than 10.Bb5, which leads to
many simple positions with minimum fighting resources.} Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12.
Qb3 {A new move, first met in the game Epishin-Nepomniaschy/St.Petersburg/96
which seems to be make Black facing new problems in this variation.} (12. Re1 {
Stohl Survey CBM 55} a6 13. Qa4 Bd7 (13... Nd7 $1 {Lobron-Topalov/Dortmund/96})
14. Qa3 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Bf4 Nf6
20. Qb3 Bd7 21. c4 Ne8 22. Qb6 $16 {Bacrot-Palkovi/Balatonbereny/96}) (12. Bxe4
{Stohl Survey CBM 55}) 12... a6 13. Na3 a5 $6 (13... Nd7 14. Nc4 Rb8 (14...
Ndf6 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Qb6 $14 {Epishin-Nepomniaschy/St Petersburg/96} (16. Qb6
Qxb6 17. Nxb6 Bf5 18. a4 a5 19. Bb5 Rb8 20. g4 Rxb6 21. gxf5 Rbb7 22. Ra3 Re7
23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rae3 Bh6 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 $16 {Epishin,
V-Nepomnishay,MI/St.Petersburg-ch/1996/})) 15. Qc2 f5 {Karpov-Kamsky/w-ch(15)/
96} (15... f5 {Stohl} 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20.
Qxd2 Bd4 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qd2 a5 24. b3 Be5 25. a3 Bb5 $10 {
Karpov,An-Kamsky,G (15)/Fide-Wch (Elista)/1996/})) 14. Re1 (14. Bb5 {Stohl} Bd7
15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Nc4 a4 $36) 14... a4 {This plan, willing to win space on the
queenside, must be carefully calculated-White has development advantage.In
this game Black didn't succeed to develop his pieses without material wastes.}
15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bg5 (16. Rxe8+ {Stohl} Nxe8 17. Nc4 Bb7 $132 {[%csl Rd5] ><d5})
16... Bd7 (16... h6 {Stohl} 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Re1 $36) 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 (
18. Bf4 Rxe1+ (18... Bf8) 19. Rxe1 Nxd5 $2 20. Bxd6 $16) 18... Bb5 $2 (18...
Nxd5 $2 19. Rxe8+ (19. Be4 $16) 19... Bxe8 20. Be4 $18) (18... Na6) (18... Na6
$142 {Stohl} 19. Bf4 (19. Qf4 Nb4 $1 $132) (19. a3 Rab8 $13) 19... Bf8 20. Bg5
(20. Ne3 Nb4 $15) 20... Bg7 $10) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 (19... Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Bxd3 (
20... Qxd6 21. Bxb5 Nbd7 22. Bc6 $16) 21. Bxf6 (21. Ne8 $1 Qd8 22. Nxg7 $5 Bb5
23. Ne8 Bxe8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxe8+ $18) 21... Qxd6 (21... Bxf6 22. Ne8) 22.
Re8+ Bf8 23. Be7 $18) 20. Bxb5 {[%csl Gb5,Gd5,Gg5] With a strong extra passed
pawn and the B-pair the game is decided in White's favour.} Rd8 21. Rad1 $18
Nbd7 (21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Re8+ Bf8 25. Bh6 $18) 22. Bc6
Ra7 23. Bf4 Qf8 24. Qc2 a3 (24... Nb6 25. d6 $18) 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Ne5 Nb6 $2
(26... Nxe5 27. Bxe5 {[%cal Rc2b2] /\Qb2+-}) 27. Qb2 Ra6 28. Qb5 Ra4 29. Nd3
Nfxd5 (29... c4 30. Qxb6 cxd3 31. Bxa4 Nxd5 32. Qxd8 $5 Qxd8 33. Re8+ Qxe8 34.
Bxe8 Nxf4 35. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Rg2g3] /\g3}) 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 (30... Nxd5 31. Qxa4
Nc3 32. Qc2 $18) 31. Re8 Rxf4 32. Rxf8+ {Black will have only one R for the Q,
he is lost.} Bxf8 33. Qxb6 Rfd4 (33... c4 34. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Bd6 36. g3 Rd2
37. Kg2 $18) 34. Qb1 c4 35. Nb2 c3 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Nd3 Rc4 38. Qb3 Rc8 39.
Ne1 Bd6 40. Kf1 Be5 41. Nc2 Rd8 42. a4 {[%cal Ra4a7] /\a5-a6} (42. a4 Rd1+ 43.
Ke2 Rd2+ 44. Ke1) 1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.18"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Richter, Michael"]
[Black "Pajeken, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[Annotator "Sander,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Ne3 Nd7 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. Bc3 Ndf6 19. Bc4 Nc7 20. a4 Ne4 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd3 Nf6 23. g4 h6 24. Re1 Kg8 25. Nh4 Nd7 26. Nf3 (26. Nxg6 $1
Nb6 (26... fxg6 $2 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Ne7+ Kf7 31.
Qh7+ Qg7 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 34. Re7)) 26... Qf6 27. Kg2 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3
Ne5+ 29. Ke2 Nxd3 30. Kxd3 a5 31. Rc1 Na6 32. b3 Nb4+ 33. Kd2 Re8 34. Rd1 Re5
35. Ke2 Nc2 36. Rd2 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. gxf5 Rxf5+ 40. Kg3 Rg5+
41. Kf3 (41. Kf4 Kf6 42. e4 Rh5 43. Rf2 Bc8 44. Bf1 Re5 45. Be2 Re8 46. Bg4
Bxg4 47. hxg4 Rb8 48. e5+ Ke7 49. e6 Rb4+ 50. Ke3 Rxb3+ 51. Ke4 Rb4+ 52. Ke3
Rb3+ 53. Ke4 Rb4+ 54. Ke3 Rd4 55. Rf7+ Ke8 56. Rg7 Rxd5 57. Rxg6 Rg5 58. Rxh6
Rxg4 59. Rh7 Rxa4 60. Ra7 Rd4 61. Rc7 a4 62. Ra7 a3) 0-1

[Event "Bern"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 {7. - Nxe4?? 8.Qa4
+ -} 7. h3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nc3 b5 12. Bf4 {
Transposing to Sosonko`s earlier pet-line against the Modern Benoni. The line
usually arises from 7.Bf4.} Ra7 13. a3 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bh2 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5
17. Nxe5 Rae7 18. d6 Re6 19. Ng4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "VEN-ch"]
[Site "Lecheria"]
[Date "2015.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Marichal Gonzalez, Ariel"]
[Black "Guerrero Vargas, Andres Jesus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2361"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[Annotator "Sequeda,N"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.03.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "VEN"]
[EventCategory "1"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.04.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 {Aunque
teórica probablemente no es la mejor continuación en esta posición. El
problema es que el alfil se encuentra mal posicionado en d3 luchando contra su
propio peón de e4 y contra una sólida cadena de peones del negro (f7,g6,h7) y
en la mayoría de casos es necesaria su presencia para custodiar el flanco de
rey} (7. Qc2 $5) (7. Bg5) (7. a4) ({Si ahora} 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. Nf3 a6
10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O b5 12. f5 {con igualdad}) 7... Bg7 8. h3 $5 {Acortando
los movimientos del alfil de casillas claras del enemigo. Por otra parte el
caballo se quega sin un buen salto hasta g4 vía e5} ({Otra posibilidad es} 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Re8 {con buen juego para ambos}) 8... O-O ({Otra
forma de desarrollo es} 8... a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 O-O) 9. Nf3 Nh5 $5 {Una
jugada de "motor" tratando deevitar las líneas con Ag5 del blanco y
oponiendose a la maniobra de consolidación del blanco mediante Cd2, f4, a4 Cc4.
Sinembargo el caballo no está bien ubicado en h5 y pronto deberá emigrar
nuevamente hacia su casilla natural en f6} (9... a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 Re8 12.
Qc2 Ne5 13. Nd2 h6 14. Be3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 b6 16. Bf4 {con mjeor juego del
blanco}) 10. O-O ({Si} 10. Bg5 Bf6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. O-O a6 (12... Ne5 13. Be2
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Ng7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Qd2 (16. Re1) 16... Rb8 17. a4 (17. Nb5)
17... Be5 {con juego parejo como en la partida Stefansson,H (2536)-Ivanisevic,
I (2613)/Tromso 2014}) 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. f4 Bh4 15. a4 {con juego muy movido})
10... Re8 (10... Nd7) 11. Be3 ({Mejor} 11. a4) 11... Nd7 12. Qd2 {El plan de
desarrollo escogido por el blnco no es el más consecuente y beneficioso y las
negras no tienen problema alguno en su proceder para igualar} (12. Re1 Ne5 13.
Be2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15. Bg5) 12... Ne5 (12... a6 13. a4 Ne5 $11) 13. Be2
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Nf6 15. a4 (15. Bg5 $1 a6 16. Qf4 {inyenctando presión a la
posición}) 15... Nd7 $1 {Típica maniobra de consolidación central} ({Tambien
es buena} 15... a6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Ne5 20. Be2
f5 {con igualdad}) 16. Rfe1 ({Era interesante} 16. Be2 Bxc3 $1 17. bxc3 Rxe4
18. Rfe1 $1 Nb6 (18... Rb8 19. Bf4 Nf6 20. Bg5 Re5 21. Bf3) 19. a5 Nd7 20. Bg5
f6 21. Bf4 Qf8 (21... Nf8 22. Bd3 $14) 22. Bb5 $14) 16... a6 (16... Nb6 $5) 17.
Rab1 $6 (17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Be2 f5 19. a5) 17... Qa5 18. Bh6 $6 {Una jugada
mecánica, sin conocimiento del plan temático de juego} ({Si ahora} 18. Bf4 Ne5
19. Be2 f5 {y las negras están mejor. La diferencia es que la torre blanca se
encuentra en prize en b1}) 18... Bh8 $5 {El negro responde igulmente con una
jugada mecánica obviando otras posibilidades de interés} ({Por ejemplo} 18...
Ne5 19. Be2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 f5 $1 {con excelente posición}) ({tambien servía} 
18... Be5 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Ne5 21. Re3 (21. Be2 f5) 21... b5 {con
contrajuego}) 19. Be2 Ne5 (19... Be5) 20. f4 $5 {No es el momento de debilitar
la posición. Frecuentemente vemos como jugadores experimentados se desesperan
en situaciones de carácter posicional buscado resolver el juego con
irreverentes tácticas. Veamos como el MF Guerrero podría explotar de manera
instructiva esta situación} Nd7 21. e5 $2 {Nuevamente las blancas erróneamente
tratan de colocar la partida en un agujero negro masivo} ({Lo correcto era} 21.
f5 Qb4 $1 22. Kh1 Be5 (22... b6 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Bf4 Ne5 25. Rf1 Bd7 26. Qc2
f5 27. Bd2 $11) 23. Bd3 b5 24. axb5 c4 25. Bc2 axb5 26. Bf4 Bf6 {las blancas
no estarían mal}) 21... dxe5 22. d6 {Las blancas no tienen suficiente
actividad para optar por un juego de gambito y mas bien lo que hacen es
colocarle al negro claros objetivos de ataque para su dominio} Nb6 $1 ({
En cambio no es clara} 22... Bg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Bg4 c4 25. Kh2 h5 26. Be2
Qb4 27. f5 $1) 23. Bf3 (23. Bd3 f5 24. Bc2 Bd7 25. fxe5 Bxe5 $17) 23... Bf5 $2
({Más fuerte es} 23... Bd7 24. Bxb7 Rab8 25. Bd5 e4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Bd4+
28. Kh2 Nc4 {dominando todo el tablero}) 24. Bxb7 $5 Rad8 $1 ({A un juego muy
interesante hubira llevado} 24... Rab8 25. Be4 Bxe4 (25... Nc4 $6 26. Qd3 Nxb2
27. Rxb2 $1 Rxb2 28. Bxf5 c4 29. d7 $1 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rb3 31. Rc1 {y las blancas
pasan a comandar la lucha}) 26. Rxe4 c4 27. Kh1 $14) 25. Bc6 $2 {Esto pierde} (
{Lo más resistente era} 25. Rbd1 $1 exf4 (25... Bd7 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxe5
28. Qe2 f6 (28... Bd4+ 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Qe5 $18) 29. Bxa6 Re8 30.
Qf1 Qb4 31. Bb5 $14) 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxf4 Be5 28. Qf3 {y las negras deben
encontrar los mejores movimientos para consolidar su débil ventaja}) 25... Re6
26. Rbd1 c4 $5 (26... Rdxd6 27. Qf2 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rdd6 29. Ng3 Bg7 $15) (26... e4
27. Qc1 Nc8 28. Kh2 Bd4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxe4 Nxd6 31. Bc2 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 c4
33. Bg5 f6 34. Bh4 Qb6 $15) 27. fxe5 $2 {En un momento crítico las blancas
pierden material y con ello la partida} (27. Qf2 Rexd6 28. fxe5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd7 31. Ne3 Nxe5 32. Bd5 Bd3 33. Qh4 Qc7) (27. Nd5 Qc5+ 28. Qe3
Qxc6 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Rd8 Nc8 32. fxe5 Nxe7 33. Qd4) 27... Qc5+
28. Qf2 Qxc6 29. a5 Nc8 30. g4 (30. Bg5) 30... Bd3 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Bf4) 31...
Bxf1 32. Rxf1 {y las blancas abandonaron sin esperar respuesta} 0-1

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (9... b5) 10. a4 Nbd7 (10... Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 $5 Nh5 13.
Be3 Rb8 (13... Ne5 14. Be2) 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 b5 (16... Qh4 $5
) 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 $1 $16 {Chernin,A-Minasian,A/Lvov/1990/}) 11. O-O Rb8 (
11... Qc7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 (13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxh6 16. Qxh6
dxe5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Qe3 b6 20. Nb1 $14 {Salov,V-Hjartarson,J/
Amsterdam/1989/}) 13... Rb8 14. Bc4 $1 Nb6 (14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Ne5 16. Be2 $1)
15. Bf1 Nfd7 16. a5 Na8 17. Nd2 b5 $5 18. axb6 Naxb6 19. Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6 Ne5
21. Qc2 c4 $1 $14 {Karpov,A-Timman,J/Kuala Lumpur/1990/}) (11... Re8) (11...
Qe7) 12. Bf4 Qe7 (12... Ne8 13. Qd2 Qe7 {/\Nc7,b5/} 14. Rac1 Nc7 15. b4 $1 b6 (
15... cxb4 16. Na2 $16) (15... b5 $5 16. axb5 cxb4 $1) 16. Ne2 a5 $2 (16... Bb7
$5) 17. bxa5 Na6 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Nc3 $16 {Chernin,A-Sandic,V/JUG/1988/}) (
12... Qc7 $5 13. Re1 (13. Rc1 $5) 13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Be3 Ne8 $1 {
/\Nd6 /}) 13. Re1 Nh5 {N/} (13... Ne8 14. Qd2 b6 (14... Nc7 $32) 15. Rab1 Bb7
16. b4 Rc8 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. e5 $1 $16 {Sokolin,L-Tseshkovsky,V/Katowice/1991/}
) (13... Re8 $5 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Bh2 (15. Bg5 Qf8 $1) 15... Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+
17. Bxf3 Be5 $14) 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Be3 $1 Ne5 (15... Re8 16. g4 Ng7 17. g5 $36)
(15... Ng7 $5 16. Nd2 (16. Bf1 $5) 16... Ne5 17. Bf1 g5 $1 $10) 16. g4 $5 Nxf3+
(16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng7 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Bxc5 $16) (16... Nxg4 17. hxg4 Bxg4
18. Be2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxe4 20. Ng5 $16) (16... Ng7 17. Nxe5 (17. g5 $2 Nxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bxg5) 17... dxe5 $5) 17. Qxf3 Ng7 18. Qg2 $14 h5 $2 (18... g5 $1) 19.
f4 Bd4 (19... hxg4 20. hxg4 g5 $2 21. e5 dxe5 22. Qh3 $18) 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21.
Ne2 $16 Re8 (21... hxg4 22. hxg4 g5 $5) 22. f5 (22. Nxd4 $5 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qh4
24. Be2 Qf6 $1 $132) (22. g5 Qc7 $1 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Qf2 Bxh3) 22... hxg4 23.
hxg4 gxf5 24. gxf5 Bxf5 $6 (24... Qe5 25. Qf2 $16) 25. exf5 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxd3
27. f6 Qh7+ 28. Kg1 Re4 (28... Re5 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 30. fxg7 Rbe8 31. Kf2 Rf5+
32. Kg2 Rfe5 33. Kf3 Re3+ (33... Rf5+ 34. Nf4) 34. Kf2 $18) 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7+ 30.
fxg7 Rbe8 31. Kf2 $18 R8e5 32. Ng3 Rf4+ 33. Kg2 Rxd5 34. Re4 $1 Rxe4 35. Nxe4
Kxg7 36. Rd1 b5 37. axb5 Rxb5 38. Rd2 Rb6 (38... d5 39. Nd6 Rb6 40. Nf5+ $18)
39. Kf3 f5 40. Ng3 Kf6 41. Ne2 a5 42. Nxd4 a4 43. Kf4 Ra6 $1 44. Nb5 Ke7 (44...
Rb6 45. Rxd6+ $1 Rxd6 46. Nxd6 Ke6 47. Nxf5 Kd5 48. Ke3 Kc4 49. Nd4 $18) 45.
Kxf5 Kd7 46. Ke4 Rb6 47. Na3 Rb4+ 48. Kd5 Rh4 49. Nb5 Rh5+ 50. Kc4 Rh4+ 51. Rd4
1-0

[Event "New York Rosenwald-03"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1956.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.10.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4
9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qc7 (12... Qe7 $142 13. Re1 O-O
14. a5 Rab8 15. Qc2 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Na4 Rb4 18. Bd2 Rb7 19. Nc3 Rfb8 20.
Reb1 Rb6 21. Be2 Ra8 22. Ra4 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Kovacevic,S/Linares/1994/0,5/63/})
(12... Ne5 $6 13. Bxe5 $1 dxe5 14. a5 $1 $16 {>< c5/}) 13. Rc1 $1 O-O (13...
Qb6 14. a5 $1) 14. b4 $1 Rfe8 (14... cxb4 15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Nxd6 $16 {[+]/}) 15.
a5 $16 {>< c5,d6/} Qb8 (15... b6 $2 16. Na4 $1 Nxe4 17. axb6 Qb7 (17... Nxb6
18. Nxc5 $18) 18. Re1 $18) (15... Rac8 $2 16. Na4 $1 Nxe4 17. Re1 f5 18. Bxe4
fxe4 19. Nxc5 $18) 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Qd8 19. Qb4 (19. Rb1
$142 $1) 19... Bf8 20. h3 (20. Qxb7 $2 Qxa5 $13) (20. Rc2 Rb8 21. Rb1 $2 b6 $1
22. axb6 $140 $2 Nxd5 $3 23. exd5 Rxb6 $19) 20... Rb8 $1 21. Rfe1 (21. Rb1 $5 {
>< b6/}) 21... b6 22. axb6 Qxb6 $2 (22... Rxb6 $1 23. Qa5 (23. Qa3 Nd7 24. Rc6
Ne5 $1 $13) 23... Nd7 24. Rc6 Rxc6 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. dxc6 Ne5 $14) 23. Qxb6
Rxb6 24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. Bxe5 $36 {o^ d5/} Ba3 (25... Nd7 26. Bc7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Rb2 28. d6 $16) 26. Rcd1 $1 (26. Rc6 $2 Rxc6 27. dxc6 Bd6 $1 28. Bc3 Rxe1+ 29.
Bxe1 Kf8 $14) 26... Bb2 27. Bc7 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rb4 29. Rb1 $1 (29. d6 $2 Rd4 $1
$13) 29... Bc3 30. Rxb4 Bxb4 31. d6 $18 Bc3 32. Bc6 Be5 33. g3 g5 34. Bd8 Kg7
35. d7 h5 36. Ba5 Nxd7 37. Bxd7 Kg6 38. Kg2 f5 39. Bc8 g4 40. h4 f4 $138 1-0

[Event "Ostrava Cup"]
[Site "Ostrava"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Nedela, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Shulman/Kapengut"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[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 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. d5 d6 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Ba6 (13... f5 $6 14.
O-O fxe4 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Qc2 $16 {Kaminski,M}) 15. Ncxe4 (15. Ne6
$6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bd2 Qe5 19. Rb1 Nc6 20. Rb7 Qxe6 21.
Bh6 Re7 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Re1 Nf5 24. Bf4 d5 $15 {Bellaiche,A-Gusseinov,G,
Menorka 1996}) 15... Ba6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Ne6 Be5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Re7 20. f4
$1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Qg4 Bd3 23. Qh4 Rbe8 24. f5 $1 c4+ 25. Kh1 gxf5 26.
Qg3+ Kh8 27. Nxd6 $16 {Wachinger,G-Gass,U,Bayern Oberliga 1994}) (13... Bxc3+
$6 14. bxc3 Ba6 (14... Qxc3+ 15. Bd2 Qc4 16. Rc1 Rxe4+ 17. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 18. Qe2
$16 {Alburt,L;Chernin,A}) (14... h6 {->12...h6}) 15. Bd2 $1 {[/\ c4]} Bc4 $8 (
15... f5 16. c4 Qa3 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 fxe4 19. Ne6 $18 {Hansen,C}) 16. Qf3
$1 f5 (16... Re7 17. Qf6 Qd8 18. f3 {/\ Kf2} h6 $6 19. Ne6 $1 fxe6 20. Qxg6+
$18 {Hansen,C}) 17. Ne6 $1 {/\ 17...fe4 18.Qf6 +-} Nd7 (17... Re7 18. Bd3 $18)
18. Bxf5 $1 Re7 (18... gxf5 $4 19. Qg3+ $18) (18... Ne5 19. Qg3 {/\ f4} Bxd5 $2
20. c4 $18 {Hansen,C}) 19. Qg3 $1 (19. Be4 Rae8 $1 (19... Rf7 20. Qg3 $1 Nf6
21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Rf8 $2 20. Nxf8 Bxd5 21. Nxd7 $1 Rxe4+ 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23.
Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxe4 $18) (19... Ne5 20. Qe3 $1 Rae8 21. f4 $1 Rxe6 22. dxe6 Rxe6
23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Kf2 $18) 20. Qf4 $1 Qa6 $1 $13 {Hansen,C} (20... Ne5 21. f3
Bxd5 22. c4 $18) (20... Rxe6 21. dxe6 Rxe6 22. f3 d5 23. Kf2 dxe4 24. Rhe1 $1
Ne5 25. Kg1 $1 Nd3 26. Qb8+ Kg7 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Qb7+ Kg8 29. Qxe4 $18)) 19...
Nf8 (19... Rae8 $6 20. Bxg6 $1 {Hansen,C-Gierse,HD,corr CCYB 9/58 1992} Rxe6+ (
20... Rg7 21. Bf7+ $1) 21. dxe6 Rxe6+ 22. Be4+ Kh8 23. f3 d5 24. Kf2 dxe4 25.
Rhe1 $18 {Hansen,C}) 20. f3 Rae8 21. Kf2 Kh8 (21... Bxd5 22. Nf4 $18) 22. Bg5
$1 $18 {Hansen,C}) 14. Bd2 (14. f3 f5 $5 (14... Bd4 $6 15. Bd2 f5 16. Ne6 fxe4
17. Nxe4 Qb6 18. Qb3 (18. Bc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Kf2 Kh8 21. Kg3 Re7 22.
Rb1 Qa5 23. Qd2 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Haburdzania,N,Alma-Ata 1991}) 18... Nd7 19.
Bc3 Bxc3+ 20. Qxc3 Ne5 $6 (20... Re7 {AK}) 21. O-O-O (21. Nf6+ $1 $18 {AK})
21... Re7 22. f4 Nd7 23. h4 Be2 24. Rde1 Bg4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Ng3 Qb4 27. Nxh5
Rb8 28. Re3 Qxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Bxh5 30. Rxh5 $16 {Nickoloff,B-Horton,J,Toronto
ch-CAN 1996}) (14... Nd7 15. Kf2 Bd4+ 16. Be3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 Rab8 18. Qc2 Ne5
19. Kf2 Bd3 $1 20. Qa4 Rxb2+ 21. Kg3 Qd8 22. h4 h6 23. Bxd3 hxg5 24. Ne4 $1
Nxd3 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Nxe8 gxh4+ 28. Rxh4 Kxe8 29. Ra4 $16 {
Rychagov,A-Nevostrujev,V,St-Peterburg 1994}) 15. Kf2 Bd4+ 16. Kg3 Be5+ 17. Bf4
Qd8 $5 (17... Bxf4+ $6 18. Kxf4 Qb4 19. Qa4 Re7 20. Kg3 h6 21. Ne6 Qxa4 22.
Nxa4 fxe4 23. fxe4 Bc8 24. e5 $18 {Budnikov,A-Keil,U,Berlin open 1992}) 18. h4
(18. Ne6 $140 $2 Rxe6 19. dxe6 Qg5+ $19 {AK}) 18... Bxf4+ 19. Kxf4 fxe4 (19...
Qf6 $6 20. Kg3 (20. Ne6 $6 fxe4+ 21. Kg3 exf3 22. Qxf3 Qe5+ 23. Qf4 Qxf4+ 24.
Kxf4 Re7 $13) 20... fxe4 21. Ngxe4 Qe5+ 22. f4 Qg7 23. Qg4 Nd7 24. Qxd7 $1 $18
{AK}) 20. Ncxe4 (20. Ngxe4 Qe7 21. h5 $140 $6 Qe5+ 22. Ke3 g5 23. Re1 Nd7 24.
Qa4 Rab8 $5 $44 {AK}) 20... Nd7 21. Ne6 (21. h5 h6 22. Ne6 g5+ 23. Kg3 Qe7 $14
{AK}) 21... Qb6 22. Qb3 Rab8 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. b3 $16 {AK} (24. Rhd1 $5)) (14.
Qf3 Nd7 $5 (14... f5 $6 15. g4 (15. Kd1 $6 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 (16. bxc3 $5 {AK})
16... Qxc3 17. bxc3 fxe4 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Nxe4 Re5 $1 20. Rb1 Rxd5+ 21. Bd2 Rf8
$5 22. Rb3 Ne5 23. f3 Nd3 24. Rg1 Nf4 25. Ra3 Be2+ {1/2-1/2 Sattarov,FM-Sumkin,
AN,corr 20 USSR ch. sf 1991/93 ;CYB 13 1993}) 15... Rxe4+ (15... Nd7 16. gxf5
Ne5 17. Qg3 Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Be5 19. Qh4 $40 {Epishin,V}) 16. Ngxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4
Bxc3+ (17... Nd7 18. Kd1 $1 Ne5 19. Re1 Rb8 20. f4 Rb4 21. Qe3 Rd4+ 22. Bd2 Rd3
23. fxe5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Bxe5 25. Kc2 Qb4 26. Rae1 $44 {Epishin,V}) 18. bxc3
Qxc3+ 19. Kd1 Nd7 20. Rb1 Ne5 21. Rb3 Qc4 (21... Bd3 $2 22. Qxg6+ $1 $18 {
Epishin,V-Bellon Lopez,J,Logrono tt 1991}) 22. Re1 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Bc4 24. Ra3
Bxd5 25. Rea4 $44 {Epishin,V}) 15. Qxf7+ (15. Bd2 Ne5 {AK}) 15... Kh8 16. Qxd7
Bb5 17. Qxg7+ (17. Qf7 $2 Bxc3+ 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Kd1 Qd4+ $40 {AK}) 17...
Kxg7 18. Ne6+ Kg8 19. f3 Rab8 20. Kf2 Ba6 $44 {Dokuchaev,A-Lukovnikov,A,URS-sf
Voronez 1991}) (14. Qc2 Nd7 (14... Rxe4+ $6 15. Ngxe4 (15. Qxe4 $140 $2 Bxc3+
16. Kd1 Nd7 17. Qf4 Ne5 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Qa4+ $17) 15... Nd7 16. f4 $1 $18
{AK} (16. Bd2 Ne5 $13)) 15. Bd2 f5 (15... Ne5 $6 16. O-O-O f5 17. Na4 Qd8 18.
f4 fxe4 19. fxe5 Bd3 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Qa3 Bxe5 22. Nc3 (22. Ne6 $6 Qf6 23. Bc3
Bf4+ 24. Bd2 Be5 $11 {Agrest,E-Baklanova,T,St.Peterburg Mem.Chigorin 1994})
22... c4 23. Rhe1 e3 24. Bxe3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxe3 26. Ne6 $1 $18 {AK}) 16. Ne6
Ne5 (16... fxe4 $6 17. Nxe4 Qb5 (17... Qb6 18. Nxg7 Rxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Ne5 20. Bc3
Nd3+ 21. Kd2 Nxb2 22. Qe6+ Kf8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Nf5 Nc4+ 25. Kc1 {1-0
Georgievski,S-Ilic,L,Macedonian-ch Struga 1993}) 18. O-O-O (18. Bc3 Bxc3+ 19.
Nxc3 Qa5 20. O-O-O Ne5 21. Rhe1 Rab8 22. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 23. Ne4 $16 {Bischoff,
K-Pirrot,D,BL Heidelberg-Bayern 1990}) 18... Rab8 19. Bc3 Rxe6 20. dxe6 Ne5 21.
Nxd6 Qb6 22. e7 Nd3+ 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxc3 25. Qc4+ {1-0 Votava,
J-Knazovcik,L,Pardubice op 1992}) 17. f4 Nc4 18. Bd3 Nxd2 (18... Rab8 $6 19.
Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Kf2 Bd4+ 21. Kg3 Qb4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Ne4 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25.
Nxd6 {1-0 Lehmann,H-Keil,U,Berliner Sommer open 1994}) 19. Bxa6 Ne4 20. O-O
Qxa6 21. Nc7 Qc4 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Rf3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Qxd5 $14 {AK}) 14... Nd7 (
14... f5 15. Qc2 {/\ 0-0-0 +/- Alburt,L;Chernin,A}) (14... h6 15. Ne6 {->12...
h6}) 15. f3 $6 (15. f4 Rab8 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ne6 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Qb5 19. Bc3 Bxc3+
$5 (19... Qc4 20. O-O-O Bxc3 (20... Bh6 $6 21. g3 Rb6 22. a3 Qe2 23. Rhe1 Qf3
24. N6g5 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Rxe1 26. Nxf3 {1-0 Movsziszian,K-Voigt,M,Hamburg-ch 1992
}) 21. Qxc3 Rb6 22. Rhe1 Qxc3+ 23. Nxc3 Reb8 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. g4 $14 {AK}) 20.
bxc3 Qc4 21. Rd1 Rb6 {/\Bb7=/+ AK}) (15. a4 $6 Qb6 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nb5 Bxb5 {
1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z-Wojtkiewicz,A,Katerini GP-2 1992}) (15. Ne2 Qb5 16. a4 Qxe2+
17. Qxe2 Bxe2 18. Kxe2 Nf6 19. f3 h6 20. Ne6 Nxe4 21. Nxg7 Ng3+ 22. Kd3 c4+ 23.
Kc2 Kxg7 $132 {De Prado,O-Martin Gonzalez,A,Candas open 1992}) 15... Rab8 (
15... h6 $6 16. Nxf7 (16. Ne6 $6 fxe6 17. Bxg6 Re7) 16... Kxf7 17. Kf2 $16) (
15... Ne5 $6 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. O-O h6 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bc3 $16) 16. Qc2 Ne5 (
16... h6 17. Nxf7 (17. Ne6 fxe6 18. Bxg6 Ne5 19. b3 Nxg6 20. Qxg6 exd5+ 21. Kd1
$13) 17... Kxf7 18. Kf2 (18. Kd1 Nf8 19. Re1 Kg8 20. Rc1 Qb4 $14) 18... Nf8 19.
g3 Qb4 20. Rab1 Bc8 21. Ne2 Qb5 22. Nf4 g5 $16) 17. Kf2 (17. Ne2 Qb5 18. Bc3
Nd3+ 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Bxd3 21. Ne4 f5 22. N4g3 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Rb2 24.
O-O-O Rc2+ 25. Kb1 Rb8+ 26. Ka1 Bxe2 $17) 17... Nc4 $6 (17... Bd3 $1 18. Nd1 (
18. Bxd3 Rxb2 19. Rhe1 Rf8 $1 (19... Reb8 20. Rab1 $1) (19... Rxc2 20. Bxc2 $14
) 20. Nce4 Qa3 21. Re3 Rxc2 22. Bxc2 Qb2 $17) 18... Bxc2 19. Bxa5 Bxd1 20.
Raxd1 (20. b3 Nc4 $1) 20... Nc4 21. Bc3 Nxb2 22. Rc1 h6 23. Ne6 fxe6 24. Bxg6
Re7 25. dxe6 Rxe6 26. Bf5 Re7 $132) 18. Rab1 Qd8 19. h4 (19. Bf4 Bd4+ 20. Kg3
Be5 21. h4 Bxf4+ 22. Kxf4 h6 23. Nxf7 Qf6+ 24. Kg3 Kxf7 $132) 19... Bd4+ 20.
Kg3 Qf6 21. Rhe1 $6 (21. Kh2 $1 h6 22. Nh3 Be5+ 23. g3 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxh4 25.
Qf2 $18) 21... Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxb2 $1 23. Qxb2 Be5+ 24. Kf2 Bxc3 (24... Bd4+ 25.
Kg3 (25. Re3 $2 Qf4 26. Qc1 Qxh4+ 27. Kg1 Qxg5 28. Nd1 f5 $19) 25... Be5+ 26.
Kf2 $11 (26. Kh3 $4 Qf4)) (24... Qf4 $5 25. Re2 (25. Nh3 Bd4+) 25... Qxh4+ 26.
Kg1 (26. Kf1 f5 27. Nh3 fxe4 28. Kg1 exf3 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Qf2 Qd4 $44) 26...
Qxg5 $5 $44 (26... Bxe2 $2 27. Nh3 Bd4+ 28. Kh2 (28. Kh1 Bxf3 $1) 28... Be5+
29. Kh1 Qg3 30. f4 Bxc3 31. Qxe2 f5 32. Qd3 $18)) 25. Qa3 (25. Qc1 Bxe1+ 26.
Qxe1 h6 27. Qa5 (27. Nh3 Qxh4+ 28. Ke3 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1 f5 $17) 27... Qd4+ 28.
Kg3 Bd3 29. Bxd3 Qxd3 30. Ne4 Qxb1 31. Nf6+ Kf8 32. Nxe8 Kxe8 $11) 25... Bd4+ (
25... Bd3 26. Qa4) 26. Re3 Qf4 (26... h6 27. Qxa6 hxg5 28. Qd3 $16) 27. g3
Qxe3+ 28. Qxe3 Bxe3+ 29. Kxe3 h6 30. Nh3 f5 31. Nf4 fxe4 32. fxe4 Bc8 $6 (32...
Kf7 $11 33. Rb3 $140 Bc8) 33. Rb8 Kf7 34. Nd3 (34. Ra8 $5 a6 35. Nd3 Bb7 36.
Ra7 Re7 37. Kf4 Kf6 (37... Bc8 $6 38. Ra8 Bb7 39. Rb8 $14) 38. Nb2 g5+ 39.
hxg5+ hxg5+ 40. Kf3 $36) 34... Ba6 $11 35. Rxe8 Kxe8 36. Nf4 Kf7 37. Ne6 Bc8
38. Nd8+ Kf6 39. Nc6 a6 40. Na5 g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Nc4 Ke7 43. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Batsanin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 e6 6. Nf3 {With the N still on g8
Black can choose other possibilities and develop it to a different square. But
in this game he avoids all these alternatives and goes for the main line.} (6.
Bd3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Nh6 $5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Nd7 13. Qe2 Qh4 14. Qe3 Rae8 15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. Rfe1 Nf7 18. Bd2 Nfe5
19. Bf1 f4 20. a5 g5 21. Na4 h5 22. Ra3 g4 $36 {Malaniuk,V-Szalanczy,E/Linz op/
1997/}) (6. h3 exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. a4 Ne7 $5 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11. Nd2 Nd7
12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. O-O g5 15. Bg4 Ne5 16. Qc2 $13 {1/2,Sherbakov,
R-Kotsur,P/RUS-Cup4 Perm/1997/}) 6... exd5 7. cxd5 a6 8. h3 (8. a4 Bg4 $5 9.
Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. O-O Ne7 $5 (11... Ngf6 {leads to a theoretical
Benoni position.}) 12. a5 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. Be2 N7g6
17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Na4 c4 19. Rac1 c3 20. Nxc3 Qxa5 $132 {Enoeckl,P-Szalanczy,E/
Linz op/1997/}) 8... b5 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O {By a strange move order we
have arrived at a topical Benoni position (A70)} 11. a3 (11. a4 $6 c4 12. Be2
b4 13. Na2 a5 14. Bxc4 Nxe4 15. Re1 f5 16. Rb1 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Be3 Nac5
19. Nc1 Qd7 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Ne2 Qd6 22. Qb3 Rac8 23. Qc4 Rcd8 24. Red1 Rfe8
25. Qb5 Qc7 26. b3 Nd6 27. Qd3 c4 $17 {Feofanov,V-Bejnerovich,A/RUS-Cup8
Smolensk/1997/}) (11. Bf4 Ra7 $146 ({More usual is} 11... Qb6 12. Re1 Nbd7 $13)
(11... Re8 12. Re1 Qb6 13. a4 $5 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17.
b4 $1 $36 {Vyzmanavin,A-Stefansson,H/Moscow GMA-op/1989/}) 12. Qd2 Re7 13. Rfe1
Rfe8 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bh2 Qb6 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. b4 $5 c4 18. Bc2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5
20. Bd1 Nf6 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Bg4 Nf6 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Kh2 Rce8
26. f3 R5e7 27. a4 $14 {Adla,D-Volzhin,A/Ubeda op/1997/}) 11... Re8 (11... Nh5
$5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. b4 Bc8 17. Bh6 c4 18.
Bc2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 21. Red1 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Qxd4 23. Be2 Qg7 24.
Qe3 f5 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. Qd4 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Qg6 $40 {Levitt,J-Suba,M/Dublin
Telecom/1991/}) 12. Re1 Nbd7 ({Too artificial is} 12... Ra7 $6 13. Be3 $1 (13.
Bf4 Rae7 14. Qc2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Na4 Bd7 17. Re3 Bb5 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Bh2
Bh6 20. Re2 f5 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 b3 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Bxd6 Qxc4 25. Bxe7 Qxd3
26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Ree1 Nd7 $17 {Yurtaev,L-Yudasin,L/URS-FL56/Simferopol/1988/})
13... Nbd7 (13... Rae7 14. e5) 14. Rc1 Ra8 15. Bf4 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Qd2 Qb6
18. Rcd1 Nfd7 19. Be3 Bb7 20. Bd4 f6 21. Nh2 Re7 22. Nf1 Rae8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24.
f3 Qc7 25. Qf2 Bg7 26. f4 Qb6 27. Qg3 a5 28. a4 $1 $16 {Sakaev,K-Lyrberg,P/
Helsinki op/1992/}) 13. Bf4 Qb6 (13... Qc7 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Be2 $13
{1/2,Vilkov-Lukovnikov,A/Briansk RUS-chT/1995/}) (13... c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qd2
({Premature is} 15. e5 $6 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb7 17. d6 Nfd7 18. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1
Kxg7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Bd5 Nd3 24. Qe7 N7c5 25. b4 cxb3
26. Qxf6+ Kxf6 27. Bxb3 Rd8 $17 {Chuchelov,V-Lyrberg,P/Hamburg Wichern op/1993/
}) 15... Bb7 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Bh6 Nfd7 (17... Bh8 $5 $132) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Qd4+ f6 20. Nd2 Rac8 21. Re3 Re7 22. f4 Rce8 23. Rde1 Na4 24. Qxb6 Naxb6 25.
Kf2 Nc5 26. Nf3 f5 27. exf5 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Kxe3 Nxd5+ 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31.
Nh4 Bf7 32. g4 $16 {Browne,W-De Firmian,N/USA-ch/1994/}) 14. Qd2 $146 {A
complicated position. Despite allowing Black's expansion on the Q-side, White
has a strong center and that's where his chances lie. But Black has pressure
on the half open e-file, thus making it difficult for White to make any
progress. Also an advance of the Q-side pawns may be dangerous in favourable
circumstances. Basically it can be said White's typical central plan is much
harder to realize without the typical prophylactic a4.} (14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Bh2
Bb7 16. Bb1 c4 17. b3 Rac8 $6 (17... cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc5 $15) 18. b4 a5 19. g4
axb4 20. axb4 Nhf6 21. Bf4 Ba6 22. Be3 Qb7 23. Nd4 $16 {Deantoni,V-Lumongdong,
L/Novi Sad olw/1990/}) 14... c4 (14... Bb7 15. b4 $5 Rac8 16. Rac1 $14) 15. Bc2
Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 (16... Re7 $5 $132 {could spare Black a tepmo.}) 17. Bh6 Bh8
$5 {As practical examples show, Black should avoid the exchange of the Bg7 as
long as possible, otherwise White gets attacking chnaces against Black's K,
also the B controls the important e5 square. See e.g. Browne-DeFirmian.} 18.
Be3 Qc7 19. Bd4 Bg7 20. Nh2 (20. b4 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Nc5 $13) 20... Re7 21. Re2
Rde8 22. Rde1 Qb8 23. f4 {Logical. But it was probably wiser to play the
prophylactic} (23. b4 $5 cxb3 $8 (23... Bc8 24. f4 $16) 24. Bxb3 Qc7 $132 {
[%cal Yd7c5] /\Nc5} (24... Nc5 $5 {/\} 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. d6 Nxe4 $1)) 23... a5
$1 $36 24. Na2 (24. b4 $6 cxb3 25. Bxb3 b4 $15 {[%csl Re4] ><e4}) (24. Nf3 b4
25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd1 Ba6 $36 {[%cal Rc4c3] /\c3}) 24... Qc7 25. Nf3 Nc5 26.
Nc3 Ba6 (26... b4 $5 27. axb4 axb4 28. Nb5 Qb6 29. Nxd6 (29. Qxb4 Nxd5 $1 30.
Qxc4 Nxf4 $17) 29... Qxd6 30. e5 (30. Qxb4 Nfxe4 $5 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4
33. Qxb7 Bxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Qxf4 $15) 30... Qxd5 $5 (30... Qb6 31. exf6 Bxf6 32.
Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Bxe7 34. Qe2 $36) 31. exf6 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Ne6
$15) 27. e5 Nfd7 28. e6 $5 {White goes for tactical complications at any cost.}
(28. exd6 Qxd6 29. Rxe7 Rxe7 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. d6 Qf6 $15) (28.
Ne4 Nxe4 (28... dxe5 29. Nxc5 Nxc5 30. fxe5 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] [+]}) 29. Rxe4
dxe5 30. Bf2 $5 (30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. d6 Qa7+ $15)
30... Qd6 31. Qxa5 $13) 28... fxe6 29. dxe6 Rxe6 (29... Nxe6 $2 30. Bxg7 Kxg7
31. Nd5 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 $18) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. f5 (31. Qd4+ $5 Kg8 32. Ne4 $1 Bb7
$5 (32... Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Bb7 34. Bxb7 Rxe2 35. Bd5+ $18) 33. Nxd6 Rxe2 34. Nxe8
Ne6 $1 (34... Rxe1+ 35. Nxe1 Ne6 36. Qxd7 $18) 35. Nxc7 (35. Qxd7 Qxd7 36. Nf6+
Kf7 37. Nxd7 Rxc2 $36 {/\} (37... Bxf3 $2 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nxf3 Rxc2 40. Rxe6+
$1 $18) 38. Rxe6 Bxf3) 35... Rxe1+ (35... Nxd4 36. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 37. Kf2 Nxf4 38.
Nxb5 $11) 36. Nxe1 Nxd4 $15) 31... Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Nf6 (33... Ne5
$6 34. Nd5 $44) 34. fxg6 $2 {Only here White loses his way.} (34. Nd4 $142 b4 (
34... Qd7 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Ncxb5 $1 $36) 35. axb4 axb4 36. Ncb5 Qd7 37. Qxc4
b3 38. Bxb3 Bxb5 39. Nxb5 Nxb3 40. Qxb3 Qxf5 $11) 34... b4 $1 (34... hxg6 $143
35. Nd4 $13) 35. Nd4 $138 (35. axb4 axb4 36. Nd1 (36. gxh7 bxc3 37. bxc3 $17)
36... hxg6 $17) 35... bxc3 36. gxh7 Bc8 $138 (36... Kh8 37. bxc3 $17) (36...
cxb2 $5 37. Qe6 (37. Nf5+ Kh8 $19) 37... Nxe6 38. Nxe6+ Kh8 39. Nxc7 Bb7 {
[%cal Rb7e4] /\Be4-+}) 37. Qe3 Qf7 $2 (37... Kh8 $1 38. Qxc3 (38. Nb5 Qb6 39.
bxc3 d5 $1 $17 (39... Qxb5 $2 40. Qg5)) 38... Qg7 $17) (37... cxb2 $2 38. Qg5+
$18) 38. Qg5+ $2 (38. Qg3+ Kh8 39. Qxd6 $44) 38... Kh8 39. Bg6 (39. bxc3 Qg7
40. Qh4 Bb7 $19) 39... Qg7 40. bxc3 $138 (40. bxc3 Nce4 41. Qxa5 Qxg6 42. Qd8+
Qe8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3
Bg7 (7... a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. e3 h6 (10... Nbd7 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 $142)
11... h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O Re8 14. a5 Qf8 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bc2 g5 17. Bg3 Bd7
18. f4 gxf4 19. exf4 Ng6 20. Qf3 Bb5 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Ra1 $6 Qe7
24. Nxb5 axb5 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $17 {Jakobsen,O-De Firmian,N/
Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Be2 Ne5 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Bf5 15. O-O
O-O 16. a5 Rae8 17. Ra3 Nfd7 18. Kh1 Bh7 19. Rb3 Rb8 20. f4 Nd3 21. Nc4 Nb4 22.
e4 $1 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24. f5 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 $14 {[%csl Rh7] ץh7,Hansen,
Cu-Emms,J/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 (10. O-O b4 11.
Ne2 Re8 12. Ng3 Nfd7 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17.
Nd2 Nc7 18. Nc4 Nb5 19. f4 Qh4 20. Kh2 Nb6 21. Ne3 Qe7 22. Rae1 h5 23. Qf2 Qf6
24. e5 $1 dxe5 25. f5 Nd6 26. fxg6 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 fxg6 28. Rf6 $40 {Petursson,
M-Borbjerggaard,L/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 10... Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 (12. Qb3
a6 13. Na3 Nd7 14. Nc4 Rb8 (14... Ndf6 15. Re1 Ra7 16. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 17. Nxb6 Bf5
18. a4 a5 19. Bb5 Rb8 20. g4 Rxb6 21. gxf5 Rbb7 22. Ra3 Re7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24.
Rae3 Bh6 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Bxh6 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nxd5 28. Nc2 Nc7 29. Bf4 $16 {
Epishin,V-Nepomnishay,MI/St.Petersburg-ch/1996/}) 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bf4 Nb6 17.
Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bd4 $5 (20... Bb5 $10) 21. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qd2 a5 24. b3 Be5 25. a3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Re1 $10 {Karpov,An-Kamsky,G (15)/Fide-Wch (Elista)/1996/}) (12. Qa4 Bd7 13.
Bxe4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Rxe4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 a6 23. Qe3 Qb5 $10 {Franco,
Z-Otero,E/Capablanca mem-B/1991/}) 12... a6 (12... Bd7 13. a4 a6 14. Na3 Nf6
15. Nc4 Rxe1+ 16. Nxe1 Ra7 17. Qf3 Bc8 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21.
N2e3 Bg5 22. Qg3 Ba8 23. a5 Qf6 24. Ng4 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. Re1 $36 {Horvath,
J-Dinstuhl,V/Budapest FS03 GM/1994/}) 13. Qa4 (13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Nc4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Ndf6 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bb3 h6 20. Bh4 Bc8 21. Qc2 Nb5
22. Rd1 Bd7 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Qd3 Nh5 25. Bh2 Qf6 26. Nc4 Nf4 27. Qe3 g5 28. Nb6
Re8 29. Nxd7 Qd8 30. Nde5 Bxe5 $132 {Chuchelov,V-Hendriks,W/NLD-ch op/1992/})
13... Nd7 $5 $146 {A nice new idea. The pawn sacrifice is only temporary and
seems to solve Black's problems in this line after 13.Qa4.} (13... Bd7 14. Qa3
Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qc7 19. Rb1 $5 (19. Re1
Nf6 20. c4 a5 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. Bd2 a4 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Rxe8+ $10 {1/2,Wells,P-De
Firmian,N/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 19... Nb6 20. c4 a5 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5 23.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. h4
$14 {Krasenkov,M-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 14. Rxe4 (14. Bxe4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 axb5 16. Qxb5 Ba6 (16... Bb7 $5 17. Bg5 f6 $13) 17. Qb3 Bc4 $10) 14... Rxe4
15. Qxe4 (15. Bxe4 Nb6 16. Qb3 axb5 17. Qxb5 Ba6 $10) 15... Nf6 (15... axb5 {
Dolmatov} 16. Bxb5 Nf6) 16. Qh4 (16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qb3 axb5 18. Bxb5 Bxb5 19.
Qxb5 Nxd5 $15 {[%cal Ga8a2,Gb8b2,Gg7b2] <->a,b,/^a1-h8}) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5
Qb6 18. a4 Bb7 (18... Qxb5 $2 {Dolmatov} 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qf4 Nxd5 21. Qxd6
Rxc1+ 22. Kh2) 19. Bh6 Bxd5 (19... Bh8 $5 $13) 20. Nd2 (20. Bxg7 {Dolmatov}
Kxg7 21. Qf4 $15) 20... Qb7 $10 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg3 (22. f3 $5 Bc6 23. Bxc6
Qxc6 24. b3 $10) 22... Nh5 $1 23. Qc3+ (23. Qxd6 $6 Bxg2 24. Qxc5 Kg8 $5 $44 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg1,Rh3] ׻} (24... Nf4 $2 25. Qd4+) (24... Bxh3 $2 25. Qc3+)) 23...
Kg8 24. f3 (24. Bf1 Nf4 25. g3 Ne6) 24... Qe7 25. Ne4 $6 (25. Nf1 $142 Nf4 26.
Qd2 (26. Re1 {Dolmatov} Qg5 $19) 26... Qg5 27. Kh2 $10) 25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 $6
{Now White will have insufficient compensation for the pawn, Black will
activate his N fast.} (26. Re1 d5 (26... Nf4 27. fxe4 (27. Rxe4 {Dolmatov} Qg5
$17) 27... Qg5 28. Qf3 $15) 27. fxe4 d4 $15) 26... Qxe4 27. Re1 Qb7 {[%cal
Yh5f4,Yf4e6,Ye6d4] /\Nf4-e6-d4} 28. Rf1 Ng7 29. Qf6 (29. b4 $5 {Dolmatov} cxb4
30. Qxb4) 29... Nf5 (29... Qd5 $2 30. Bc6 $1 Qxc6 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Qf8+ $1)
30. Re1 $2 (30. Bc4 d5 $17) (30. Rxf5 $5 gxf5 31. Qxd6 $15 {[%csl Rc5,Rf5,Rf7,
Rg8,Rh7] ק,K The immediate exchange sacrifice was a good chance to save the
game. Black's weak pawns and K give White realistic drawing chances. Later
White adopts this idea in a worse version.} (31. Qg5+ {Dolmatov} Kf8 32. Qh6+
Ke7 33. Qg5+ Ke6 $17)) (30. g4 Nd4 (30... Ne3 31. Rf2 Qd5 $36) 31. Qxd6 Nxb5
32. axb5 Qxb5 $17 33. Rxf7 $2 Ra1+ {[%cal Rg8f7] /\Kf7-+}) 30... Qd5 {Black
activates his Q-it's zig-zag will decide the game.} 31. b3 (31. Be8 Qd4+ 32.
Qxd4 Nxd4 $17) 31... Qd2 $1 {A strong move. Before taking tha b3P Black chases
White's R away from the e-file.} (31... Qd4+ $6 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. Bc4 $15) (
31... Qxb3 32. Bd7 Qg3 $17 (32... Qg3 {Dolmatov} 33. Rf1)) 32. Rf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh2
Qg3+ 34. Kg1 Qxb3 35. Rxf5 (35. Bd7 {Dolmatov} Ng3 $17) 35... gxf5 {White has
no perpetual check.} 36. Qg5+ (36. Qxd6 Qe3+ 37. Kh1 f4 $19) 36... Kf8 37. Qh6+
Ke7 38. Qh4+ f6 $8 39. Qxh7+ Qf7 40. Qxf5 Kd8 $19 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6] Now Black's
K is safe and the united passed pawns will sooner or later decide the game.
The exchange sacrifice came too late.} 41. Bc6 Ra7 42. Bd5 Qe7 {[%cal Re7e1,
Re1e5] /\Qe1-e5-+} 43. Qb1 Kc8 (43... Kc7 {Dolmatov} 44. a5) 44. Qf5+ Kc7 45.
Qb1 Qe3+ (45... Qd7 46. a5 Rxa5 47. Qb7+ Kd8 48. Qb8+ Ke7 49. Qg8 $132) 46. Kh1
Qd2 $1 47. Qb3 (47. Bf3 d5 $19) 47... Qc1+ (47... Qc1+ 48. Kh2 Qf4+ 49. Kh1
Qxa4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Veterans"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bd3 e6 7. Nf3 exd5 8. cxd5
(8. exd5 d6 9. h3 Re8+ 10. Be3 {-E}) 8... d6 9. h3 Re8 (9... b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8
$1 11. O-O (11. Bg5 $6 c4 $1 12. Bxc4 Rxe4+ $146 {Kapengut}) 11... Nxe4 12. Re1
Ba6 $13) 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Na6 $6 {N} (11... b5 $142 12. a3 a6 13. Re1 Nbd7
14. Be3 Bb7 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. e5 Nfd7 19. e6 fxe6 20.
dxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 Ndc5 $10 {Chernin,A-Hulak,K,Marseille 1990-CBM 20}) 12. Be3 (
12. Bf4 Nc5 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 Qb6 15. Rb1 $14) 12... Nb4 (12... Nc5 $2 13. e5
$16) 13. Nd2 $5 (13. Bb1 Bd7 14. a3 Na6 $132) 13... Nxc2 14. Qxc2 {><c4} Bd7 (
14... Qe7 15. Nxc4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxe4 18. Nxd6 $16) (14... Qc7
15. Nb5 $16) 15. Nxc4 Qe7 16. Bf4 $1 (16. f3 b5 17. Nd2 b4 18. Nd1 Bb5 $146)
16... Nxe4 17. Rfe1 Bxc3 $8 (17... Bf5 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qd2 $18 {/\f3,Nd6})
18. bxc3 Bf5 19. Nxd6 (19. f3 $2 Qc7 $1 20. fxe4 Qxc4 $15) 19... Nxd6 20. Rxe7
Bxc2 21. Bxd6 Red8 $8 (21... Rxe7 22. Bxe7 {/\d6+-}) 22. Bf4 Rxd5 23. Rxb7 $16
h5 (23... Rc5 24. Re1 Rxc3 25. Ree7 Rf8 26. Bh6 $18) 24. Re1 Rd1 $8 25. Rxd1
Bxd1 26. Bb8 $5 a5 27. c4 Ra6 28. c5 Ba4 29. Be5 Kf8 30. Bd6+ Kg7 31. f3 g5 32.
Kf2 Bc6 33. Rc7 Kg6 34. Ke3 a4 35. a3 g4 36. Kf4 gxf3 37. gxf3 Bd5 38. h4 Ra8 (
38... Rc6 39. Ra7 $18) 39. Re7 {/\Re5><h5} Bc6 (39... f6 40. Ke3 $16) 40. Rc7
Bd5 41. Be5 Re8 (41... Rd8 $142 $16 {/\} 42. c6 $2 Re8 {/\Re6}) 42. Rd7 Bc6 43.
Rd2 $18 Re6 (43... f6 44. Rd6 $1 Rxe5 45. Rxc6 $18) 44. Rg2+ Kh6 45. Rg8 $1 {
/\Kf5,Rh8#} Bxf3 $8 46. Kxf3 Rxe5 47. c6 Rc5 48. Rc8 {/\Ke4-d4} Kg7 (48... f5
49. Ke3 Kg7 50. Kd4 Rc1 51. Ke5 $18) 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. Kd4 Rc1 51. Kd5 Ke7 52.
Ra8 f5 53. Rxa4 $18 {_|_} Kd8 54. Kd6 Rd1+ 55. Ke5 Kc7 (55... Rc1 56. Rd4+ Kc7
57. Kxf5 Rxc6 58. Rd5 $18) 56. Rc4 Rf1 57. a4 Rf2 58. Kf6 $1 {><h5} f4 59. Kg5
f3 60. Kxh5 Rd2 61. Rf4 f2 62. Rf6 Rd5+ 63. Kg4 Rd4+ 64. Kg3 Rxa4 65. Rxf2 Kxc6
66. Rd2 Kc7 67. h5 Rb4 68. h6 Rb6 69. Rh2 Rb8 70. h7 Rh8 71. Kf4 Kd7 72. Kg5 (
72. Kg5 Ke7 73. Kg6 Kf8 74. Rf2+ $18 {[Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Zsuzsa"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 (7... a6
8. a4 (8. Bf4 Bg4 $5 $13 {-A61}) 8... Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Bf1 Nh5 $132 {1/2:1/2,Topalov,
V-Franco,Z,Elgoibar 1991}) 8. Bf4 (8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 $5 10. O-O (10. a4 Na6
$132) 10... b5 11. Re1 c4 12. Bc2 b4 13. Ne2 Na6 14. Ned4 Rc8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16.
b3 c3 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18. Ng3 Nc5 $15 {Costa,JL-Shabalov,A,Suhr op 1992-EXP 27})
8... a6 9. h3 $5 {N} O-O 10. Bd3 b5 11. O-O b4 $5 (11... c4 12. Bc2 Bb7 $13 {
/\Qb6,Nbd7}) 12. Na4 Bd7 13. a3 $1 (13. Bxd6 $4 Bxa4 $19) 13... Re8 (13... Bb5
14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nd4 $16) (13... a5 $142 $5 {/\} 14. axb4 axb4 15. Bxd6 $2
Rxa4 $1 16. Bxf8 Rxa1 $17) 14. Re1 (14. axb4 $142 $5 cxb4 (14... Nxe4 15. Re1
$16) 15. Re1 $36 {/\Be3 ><b6,d4}) 14... Bxa4 $6 (14... a5 $13 {פa4}) 15. Qxa4
bxa3 (15... Nh5 $6 16. Bxd6 $1 Bxb2 17. axb4 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 $16 {[+]}) (15... a5
16. axb4 cxb4 17. Rac1 $16) 16. Rxa3 Nfd7 (16... Nh5 $2 17. Bxd6 $18) 17. b4
$16 (17. Bxd6 $4 Nb6 $19) 17... cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Bb5 $1 Re7 20. Bc6 Nxc6 (
20... Raa7 21. e5 Nxc6 (21... dxe5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Qxc5 fxg5 24. d6 $16) 22.
dxc6 dxe5 23. Bg5 f6 24. Qxc5 fxg5 25. Nxg5 $16) 21. dxc6 Rc8 22. e5 $1 Rxc6 (
22... dxe5 $2 23. Qxc5 $18) 23. Bg5 dxe5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qb8+ Bf8 (25... Qf8
26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27. Nxe5 $18) 26. Rxe5 Ne6 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Qe8 Qc3 29. Rea5 Rc8
(29... Ng7 30. Qe5 $18 {_|_}) 30. Qd7 Rd8 (30... Rc7 31. Qd5 Nc5 32. Ne5 $40 {
/\Ra3-f3}) 31. Qa7 Nc5 32. R5a2 (32. R5a3 $142 $18) 32... Nd3 33. Rf1 Nb4 (
33... Bc5 34. Qxa6 Nb4 35. Qa5 $18) 34. Re2 Bc5 35. Qb7 $18 {/\Ne5} a5 36. Ne5
Rf8 37. Nd7 Qc4 (37... Rd8 38. Nxc5 Qxc5 39. Re7 Rf8 40. Rd1 $18) 38. Re4 Qc2
39. Nxf8 Bxf8 40. Re8 Kg7 41. Ra8 {[Stohl]} (41. Ra8 a4 42. Rxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Bg7
9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 (10... Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Re1
f6 15. a5 Ne5 16. Na4 Bf4 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. b4 $1 $16 {Piket,
J-Romanishin,O,Manila olm 1992}) (10... Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8
14. Qd2 Bg7 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Bf1 (17. g4 $5 $36) 17... Ne5 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. g4 Nf6 $13 {San Segundo,P-Wojtkiewicz,A,New York op 1990-EXP 16}) 11.
O-O Nh5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Be2 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Nf6 16. Bf4 Nd7 $1 17.
Bxd6 Qb6 18. e5 $8 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 $5 {N} (19... Bxe5 20. a5 Qd8 21. d6 Re6
22. Qb3 Qxd6 23. Bd5 Re7 24. Ne4 Qc7 25. Ng5 $44 {|^,Polgar,Zs-Yudasin,L,
Pamplona 1991-CBM 28}) 20. Rxe5 (20. a5 $2 Qxb2 $17) 20... Bxe5 21. Qe2 f6 $8 (
21... Qd6 22. Ne4 $16 Qxd5 $2 23. Nf6+) 22. a5 Qc7 23. Qc4 Kg7 24. Ne4 Bf5 $1
25. d6 (25. Nxc5 Rc8 (25... Bxb2 $4 26. Ne6+ $18) 26. Ne6+ (26. Rc1 Qxa5 27. b4
Qa3 $15) 26... Bxe6 27. Qxc7+ Rxc7 28. dxe6 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Rc1+ $10) (25. Qxc5
Rc8 $1 (25... Qxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxb2 27. Rd1 $14) 26. Qxc7+ (26. Qe3 Qc2 $44) 26...
Rxc7 27. d6 Rd7 28. Nc5 Rxd6 29. Bxb7 (29. Nxb7 Rd2 $132) 29... Bxb2 30. Ra2
Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Ra1 33. Rxa1 Bxa1 34. Bxa6 Bc3 $10) (25. Rd1 Bxe4 26.
Bxe4 Qd6 $10) 25... Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxb7 $14 {><a6,׻} Ra7 28. Bf3 (28.
Be4 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Re7 30. Qc4 Rb7 $10) 28... Bd3 $5 29. Rd1 Rd7 $8 (29... Bxc4
30. Rxd6 $16 {_|_}) 30. Qc3 c4 31. Re1 (31. b3 Qa3 (31... cxb3 $2 32. Be2 b2
33. Qxb2 $18) 32. Be4 (32. Be2 Rd5 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxa5
$10) 32... Qe7 $1 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qe1+ $10) (31. Be2 $6
Qe5 $36) 31... Rc7 (31... Qd4 $2 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Re7+ $16 {/\Ra7}) 32. Bg4 {
/\Re6} Re7 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. Bf3 (34. b3 cxb3 $1 {/\} 35. Qxd3 $2 Qe1+ 36. Qf1
Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 b2 $19) 34... Qd6 35. Qe1 Bf5 36. Qe3 {/\Qb6} Qb4 37. Qc3 (37.
Qb6 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. g3 Qe1 $10) 37... Qb5 (37... Qxc3 $2 38. bxc3 $18 {
/\Bb7,Bd5}) 38. Qa3 (38. Be2 Bd3 $10) 38... Qe5 39. Qc3 Qb5 40. Qa3 Qe5 41. Qb4
Be4 $1 42. Bxe4 (42. Qxc4 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Qe1+ $10) (42. Be2 Bd3 $10) 42... Qxe4
{[Stohl]} (42... Qxe4 43. Qb6 h5 $1 44. Qxa6 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Qxb2 46. Qxc4 Qe5+
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 {Topalov is the only one of the world elite who
employs this sharp opening.} 4. d5 d6 {A refined move order, championed by the
great Benoni devotee Mihai Suba. The point is after} (4... exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {
White can, amongst others, continue} 6. e4 $5 g6 7. Bd3 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yb1d2,
Yb1a3] and the Nb1 can be also developed via a3 or d2, thus controlling the
important c4 square. Thus 4...d6 limits White's options.}) 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5
g6 7. e4 {Currently White's most popular weapon against the Benoni is the
setup with Bd3,h3, and subsequent play in the center.} ({If White tries to
reach his goal by a different move order} 7. h3 {he must be prepared also for}
a6 (7... Bg7 8. e4 {-A70}) 8. a4 Qe7 $5 {Here White's attempts to gain an
advantage have not been too successful lately:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 (10...
Bg7 11. e3 Bf5 $5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. O-O Nbd7 15. e4 Rfe8 16. Rfe1
g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bh2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qf3 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qe5+ 22. g3 Nf6
23. Qe3 Qd4 24. Rad1 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Rab8 26. Rde1 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28. e5 $11 {
Komarov,D-Yudasin,L/St.Petersburg/1997/}) 11. e3 Bg7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Rb8
14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 Ne8 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 b5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Ra5 Nc4 22. Nxc4 bxc4 23. Ra2 Kg8 24. Rc1 Rb4 $132 {Cramling,
P-Suba,M/ESP-chT/1994/}) 7... a6 {Last year Topalov managed to take some sting
out of the aforementioned line:} (7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $1 10. Bxb5 Nxe4
11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 $1 {This new move neutralizes the
passed pawn for good.} 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd2 Bxd6 $1 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 24.
Qg5 Rdxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 $11 {Kaprov,An-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/1996/
Now, however, hte Bulgarian grandmaster plays a more ambitious move, which is
new in his Black repertoire.}) 8. a4 {This prophylaxis is usually played
automatically, but it certainly is not the only move.} ({Another move deserves
more attention:} 8. Bf4 b5 9. Qe2 $5 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nb1 Re8 13.
Bd3 Bf8 14. O-O b3 (14... a5 15. Nbd2 Nbd7 16. h3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Nfd7 18. Bb5 Ba6
19. Bc6 Ra7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Ree7 23. Rad1 $16 {Yakovich,
Y-Filippov,V/Jekaterinburg/1997/}) 15. Qxb3 Nxe4 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. a5 Nbd7 18.
Qc2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bd2 Bf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Rfe1 Nhf6 23. Nc3 Bf8 24. Rxe8
Qxe8 25. h3 Rb8 26. Bc4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Re1 Qd4 29. b3 Bb7 30. Be3 Qh4
31. Qd3 Ra8 32. Bd2 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Totsky,L/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) ({
Rather tame seems to be} 8. h3 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O c4 $5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Bf4
Re8 13. Re1 Bb7 14. a3 Qb6 15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nd4 Nbd7 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. f3 Re7 19.
Re2 Nfd7 20. Nd1 Nb6 $13 {Malaniuk,V-Emms,J/Hastings/1996/}) 8... Bg4 ({
Black has a good reason to avoid the lines after} 8... Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3)
9. Qb3 {The most ambitious, but also extremely risky} (9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3
Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 {doesn't give White big chances to gain an
advantage.}) ({The same applies to} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bg7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Rae8 15. Bf1 Nh5 {1/2,Topalov,V-Franco,Z/Elgoibar/
1991/}) 9... Bxf3 ({After} 9... Qc7 $6 10. Nd2 {the B-sortie just looses sense.
}) 10. Qxb7 (10. gxf3 $143 Qc7 $132 {[%csl Re4,Rf2,Rf3] ה,f2,f3}) 10... Nbd7
$5 {An enterprising sacrifice of 1-2 pawns.} ({Also possible is} 10... Bxg2 11.
Bxg2 Nbd7 12. O-O (12. Qc6 Be7 13. e5 Rc8 14. exf6 Rxc6 15. fxe7 Qxe7+ 16. Kd1
Rb6 17. Re1 Ne5 18. f4 O-O 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Kc2 f5 21. Rb1 Rb4 22. Be3 Rfb8
23. Bf1 Qb7 24. Bxc5 Rxb2+ 25. Kd3 Rc8 {0-1,Olafsson,H-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik
op/1994/}) 12... Qb8 $5 (12... Be7 $5 $11) (12... Bg7 $5 13. Bf4 $36) 13. Qc6
Bg7 14. Bf4 Ke7 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. d6+ Qxd6 18. Qxd6+ Kxd6 19. Rad1+
Ke6 20. Bg5 h6 $5 $13 {Komarov,D-Foisor,O/Lyon op/1995/}) (10... Nxe4 $2 11.
gxf3 Nxc3 12. Qxa8 Bg7 13. Ra3 O-O 14. bxc3 Re8+ 15. Kd1 Qf6 16. Be2 {1-0,Van
Wely,L-Guseinov,A/EU-chTM/1997/}) 11. gxf3 Bg7 12. Bf4 $5 $146 (12. Qb3 $143
O-O 13. Be2 Nh5 14. h4 Be5 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Bd2 Bf4 17. Qc2 Qd8 18. Nd1 Ne5 19.
Ne3 Qf6 20. Rh3 Bh6 21. Ng4 Bxd2+ 22. Qxd2 Qg7 23. Ne3 Rfb8 24. Nd1 Rb3 25. Rc1
Qf6 $44 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4,Re5,Rf4] Kurz,E-Emms,J/OLBaden/1992/ Black has
fantastic black-square play for the pawn.}) (12. Qc6 O-O $1 (12... Qb8 13. Bxa6
O-O 14. Qb7 Ne5 15. Qxb8 Nxf3+ 16. Kf1 Rfxb8 17. Be2 Nd4 18. Bd1 Nd7 19. h4 c4
20. Ra2 Nc5 21. Bf4 Ra6 22. h5 Nd3 $40 {Douven,R-Psakhis,L/Groningen op/1993/})
13. Qxd6 Nh5 14. Bh3 (14. f4 Re8 15. Bg2 Ra7 16. a5 Qh4 17. Na4 Rc8 18. Nb6 Bf8
19. Nxc8 Bxd6 20. Nxa7 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Nc6 Nf6 23. Rd1 Nxe4 24. Rf1 Nf6
25. h3 Qh2 26. Bf3 Qxh3 27. Be2 Qb3 $19 {->,Gavrikov,V-Lutikov,A/Minsk
Sokolsky mem/1981/}) 14... f5 $1 {[%cal Rf8f6] /\Rf6|^}) (12. Bxa6 Rb8 13. Qa7
{gives Black good compensation with a draw whenever he wants.} (13. Qc6 $6 O-O
{[%csl Rc6,Re1][%cal Rb8b6,Rd7e5] /\Ne5,Rb6,ע,Q})) 12... Rb8 $8 13. Qxa6 Nh5 (
13... Rxb2 $5 14. Nb5 (14. Qxd6 $2 Nh5 $40) 14... O-O 15. Bxd6 (15. Bc1 Rb3 $36
) 15... Nh5 $1 $40 {@}) (13... Rb6 $143 14. Qe2 Nh5 15. Bc1 $5 {[%csl Ga4,Rb6]
[%cal Ga4a5] and the misplaced Rb6 just gives White a tempo to advance his
passed pawn.}) 14. Bc1 (14. Bxd6 $2 Rb6 $19) (14. Qxd6 $2 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Rxb2
$40) 14... O-O 15. Be2 (15. Qxd6 $4 Rb6) ({White must allow the blockade of
his doubled pawn, as} 15. f4 $6 Re8 {[%csl Re4,Rf4] ה is too dangerous.})
15... Be5 $44 {[%cal Rd8h4]} 16. h4 {White has to prevent Qh4} Nf4 (16... Qf6
$5 17. Bg5 Qg7 (17... Bxc3+ $2 18. Kf1 $1 $16) 18. Nb5 $5) (16... f5 $5 $36)
17. Bb5 f5 (17... Ra8 $143 18. Qb7 Nb6 19. a5 $14 {[%cal Ra1a3] /\Ra3}) (17...
c4 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Qxc4 Rfc8 20. Qa6 $5 $14) 18. Bxf4 Bxf4 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20.
Qe2 Be5 {White managed to exchange a lot of pieces, but Black still has
compensation.} (20... Rbe8 $143 21. Kf1 fxe4 22. Nxe4 $5 {[%cal Rf1g2] /\Kg2,
escaping to relative safety.}) (20... Rb4 $5 $44 {[%cal Gb8b1] <->b}) 21. Nb5
Kh8 $5 (21... fxe4 22. fxe4 Rf4 23. f3 Rbf8 24. Ra3 Qg7 25. Rh2 $14 {[%csl Ga4]
is not too promising, the a-pawn can become dangerous.}) 22. O-O-O $6 (22. Kf1
$2 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rf4 24. f3 Rbf8 25. Ra3 Qg4 $19) ({More flexible was} 22. Ra3
$5 {White will decide about his K later on, Black is pressed to show his
compensation.}) 22... fxe4 23. fxe4 Qd8 $1 (23... Ra8 24. Qc2 Rfb8 $44) 24. Rd3
(24. b3 Qa5 25. Rh3 (25. Qc2 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qa3+) 25... c4 $1 $40) (24. Qe1 $143
Rf3 $40) 24... Qa5 25. Ra3 (25. Qc2 $2 Rxb5 26. axb5 Qa1+ 27. Qb1 Bxb2+ 28. Kc2
Rxf2+ 29. Rd2 Qa4+ $19) 25... Qb4 $36 26. f3 (26. Rhh3 c4 $36 (26... Bxb2+ $4
27. Qxb2+ $18)) (26. Kb1 $2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2 Qxe4+ $19) 26... c4 27. Qc2 Rfc8 $6 (
{More logical was} 27... Rf4 $142 $1 28. Kb1 (28. h5 g5) 28... c3 $1 29. Qb3
Qc5 $17 (29... Rxe4 $5)) 28. Rf1 Rf8 {Cierny nezúfa a uznáva svoju chybu.
Napriek strate casu pozícia ostáva plná napätia.} 29. Kb1 Ra8 $2 (29... Rf4 $44
) 30. Rc1 $6 $138 {Hratelny tah, ale pri nedostatku casu mal biely vyuzít
moznost uvolnit sa a vymenit dámy po} (30. f4 $142 $5 Rxf4 (30... Bxf4 31. Qc3+
Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxa4 $2 33. Rcf3 Rb8 34. Nc3 Ra3 35. Kc2 $1 $18) 31. Rxf4 Bxf4
32. Qc3+ Qxc3 33. bxc3 $14) 30... Rf4 31. Qe2 Rc8 {[%cal Rf4h4,Rh4h2] /\Rh4-h2}
(31... Rxa4 $2 32. Rxa4 Qxa4 33. Rxc4 $1 $16) 32. Na7 (32. Ra2 $2 Rxh4 33. Na7
Rh2 34. Qxh2 Bxh2 35. Nxc8 Bf4 36. Rc3 (36. Rh1 Qb7 $19) 36... Be5 $19 {
[%cal Rc4c3] /\c3}) (32. Qf2 Rxh4 $1 33. Nxd6 Rf8 $1 34. Rxc4 Rh1+ {[%cal
Rb4d6] /\Qd6-+}) (32. Rc2 Rxh4 33. Na7 Rh1+ 34. Ka2 Rb8 35. Nb5 (35. Nc6 $2
Qxa3+ $1 $19) 35... Rh2 36. Qxh2 Bxh2 37. Rxh2 $13) 32... c3 33. Qb5 $2 $138 {
A tactical blunder.} (33. Ra2 Rc5 $1 34. Nc6 cxb2 35. Rxc5 Qxc5 36. Rxb2 (36.
Qd1 Bc3 37. a5 Rxf3 38. a6 Rd3 $1 $40) 36... Bxb2 37. Qxb2+ Kg8 38. Nd4 Rxh4
$17) (33. Nxc8 $142 $1 cxb2 34. Rcc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qxc3 36. Qxb2 Rxf3 37. Nxd6
$14 {and White certainly doesn't risk losing this endgame.}) 33... c2+ $1 34.
Ka2 (34. Rxc2 Qe1+ $19) 34... Qd2 35. Qf1 Qd4 (35... Qd4 36. Qb5 Qxa7 {gives
Black an extra piece with an ongoing attack.}) 0-1

[Event "Azov"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 (10... Nxe4 $6 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $1 $16) 11. Bg5
$5 (11. Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nfd2 Ba6 $1 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. O-O
fxe4 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Qd2 Nd3 19. Rad1 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10 {1/2:1/2,Chernin,
A-Gdanski,J/Polanica Zdroj/1992/}) (11. Nd2 $5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Be2 $146
Ba6 14. Nbxd6 Re6 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. O-O Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rxe4 18. Bf3 Rxf4 19. Bxa8
Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Nd3 21. Qf3 Nxf2 22. Kf1 Nd7 23. Re1 $16 {Sapis,W-Ciemniak,R/
POL-chT Lubniewice/1994/}) 11... Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 $1 $146 (13. Qc2 $6
Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rb1 c4 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Nc5 19. O-O Nxe4
20. Qxc4 Ng3 $17 {Kalinichev,S-Semeniuk,A/Leningrad-chT/1989/}) 13... Na6 14.
O-O Nb4 15. Nd2 $1 (15. a3 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. a4 a6 $36) 15... Nxd3 (15...
Rb8 16. a4 {/\Nc4,><d6}) 16. Qxd3 Ba6 (16... Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. Nc4 Bxb5 19.
axb5 Qxb5 20. Ra5 $14) 17. a4 Reb8 18. Qf3 $1 (18. Nc4 Bxb5 19. axb5 Qxb5 20.
Ra5 $36) 18... Bxb5 19. axb5 Bxb2 20. Ra2 (20. Nc4 Qxb5 21. Nxd6 Qd7 22. Ra6
Rb4 $1 $36 {/\Be5,c4}) 20... Bd4 (20... Qxb5 $2 21. Rb1 $18) 21. Rb1 Qc7 22.
Nc4 Qd7 23. Qg4 $2 (23. Ra6 $142 $1 $36 {/\} Rxb5 24. Rxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxf7+ $1
Kxf7 (25... Kh8 26. Rxa7 $1 $18) 26. Nxd6+ Ke7 27. Nxb5 $18) 23... f5 $8 24.
exf5 Rxb5 25. Rc1 a5 (25... Qxf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Nxd6 {/\Nf5+/-}) 26. fxg6
Qxg4 27. gxh7+ Kxh7 28. hxg4 a4 $132 29. Rcc2 (29. Nxd6 Rb2 $44 30. Rc2 $2 Rb1+
31. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 29... Rb3 30. Nd2 Kg6 $1 (30... Rb7 $5 $44) 31. Rxa4 (31.
Nxb3 $2 axb3 32. Rxa8 bxc2 $19) 31... Rxa4 32. Nxb3 Be5 33. g3 (33. f3 $5 Rb4
34. Nd2 Rd4 $44) 33... Rxg4 34. Kg2 c4 35. Na5 c3 {/\Rb4-b2} 36. f4 Bxf4 $1 37.
Kf3 Kf5 38. gxf4 Rxf4+ 39. Ke3 Re4+ 40. Kd3 Ke5 $10 41. Nc4+ Kxd5 42. Ne3+ (42.
Nb6+ Ke5 43. Nd7+ Kf5 44. Rf2+ Rf4 $10) 42... Ke5 43. Re2 (43. Rxc3 Ra4 $10) (
43. Re2 d5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Qa4 Bd7 {This was the
move played in the first games with 13.Qa4, currently it's reputation is not
too high.} ({Black has turned to the more modern continuation, introduced by
Topalov:} 13... Nd7 $1 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 (16. Qe2 axb5 17.
Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. a4 h6 20. Bf4 {1/2,Avrukh,B-Pigusov,E/Linares op/
1997/} Nh5 $11) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 (17... Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. Nh2 (19. a4
Bxf3 20. gxf3 d5 21. Re1 Qb6 22. b3 Nh5 23. Be3 Qd6 24. Bg5 Qb6 25. Bd2 $15 {
1/2,Arlandi,E-Madl,I/Mitropa Portoroz/1998/}) 19... h6 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qxh6
Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 $11 {1/2, Gonzalez,J-Norgaard,J/Merida/1997/}) 18. a4 Bb7
19. Bh6 Bxd5 20. Nd2 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd2 Be6 22. b4 Rc8 23. Rc1 d5 24. bxc5
Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Nb3 Qc2 27. Nd4 Qd1+ 28. Bf1 Bd7 29. Nb5 Ne4 30. Qe7
$132 {Miniboeck,G-Palkovi,J/Vienna Schlechter mem op/1996/}) 20... Qb7 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. f3 Qe7 25. Ne4 $6 Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Re1
Qb7 28. Rf1 Ng7 $15 {/-/+,Lobron,E-Topalov,V/Dortmund/1996/}) (13... Nf6 $5 14.
Bg5 Bd7 15. Rxe8+ (15. Qa3 $5 c4 16. Bxc4 axb5 17. Qxa8 bxc4 18. Nd2 $14) 15...
Bxe8 16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 g5 18. Bg3 Qb6 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Nbd4 Nd7 21. Nf5 Ndf6
22. Qc6 Qxc6 23. dxc6 Bf8 24. Nd2 Rc8 25. Bxa6 Rxc6 26. Bb5 Rb6 27. a4 d5 $17 {
Kruck,D-Feige,M/Oberhof/1999/}) 14. Qa3 Nxf2 $6 $146 {[%mdl 72] A surprising
tactical thrust in a well-known position, which hasn't occured until now. But
objectively Black's idea, although suprising and interesting, is probably
inferior to the simpler 13...Nd7!. In the following complications White at
first manages to keep his cool.} (14... Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.
bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4 Qc7 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. c4 a5 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Nf3
Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. h4 $36 {
Krasenkow,M-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) (14... Bxb5 $6 {weakens the
light squares and enables White to realize his plan.} 15. Bxb5 {[%csl Ra4,Rc6,
Rd7]} Nd7 16. Bc6 Ra7 17. Re2 h6 18. Bf4 f5 {[%csl Re6]} 19. Rae1 Rf8 20. Bxd7
Qxd7 21. Nd2 $1 g5 22. Nxe4 gxf4 23. Nd2 Qb5 24. Qf3 Qxb2 25. Nc4 $16 {Wells,
P-Enklaar,B/Antwerp op/1996/}) 15. Rxe8+ (15. Kxf2 $143 Rxe1 16. Nxe1 (16. Kxe1
Qe8+ $17) 16... c4 17. Bxc4 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6+ $36 {[%csl Rf2] ->עf2}) 15...
Bxe8 16. Kxf2 c4 17. Qxd6 (17. Bxc4 {was interesting, but after} Bxb5 18. Bxb5
Qb6+ 19. Kg3 Qxb5 20. Qxd6 Nd7 21. Qc6 Rd8 $1 22. Qxb5 (22. Bg5 Qb8+ $44) 22...
axb5 23. Bg5 Ra8 $132 {Black manages to keep the balance.}) 17... Nd7 18. Bg5 (
18. Nc7 Ne5 $1 19. Qxd8 (19. Nxe8 $2 Nxd3+ 20. Kg1 Qxe8 $40) 19... Nxd3+ 20.
Ke2 Rxd8 $15) (18. Bxc4 axb5 19. Bb3 (19. Bxb5 $2 Bf8 20. Qf4 (20. Qc6 Nf6 $19)
20... Qb6+ 21. Nd4 Bc5 $17) 19... Bf8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rd7c5] /\Nc5|^,ע} (
19... Nf6 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Bg5 $5 Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 Bxb2 $11)) 18...
Qa5 (18... f6 $2 19. Nc7 Bf8 20. Bxf6 $1 Bxd6 (20... Nxf6 21. Qxd8 Rxd8 22.
Nxe8 $18) 21. Bxd8 Bxc7 22. Bxc7 $18) 19. Nc7 Bf8 20. Bd2 $6 {White decides to
simplify and release the tension.} (20. Qc6 Rc8 21. Nxe8 Rxc6 22. dxc6 Qb6+ {
is not so clear, White can have problems coordinating his pieces, also his K
is exposed.}) ({But 2 other Q moves seem more promising and could have left
White with a large material advantage.} 20. Qg3 Rc8 (20... Bc5+ 21. Kf1 cxd3
22. Nxa8 d2 23. Bxd2 Qb5+ 24. Ke1 Qxb2 25. Rc1 $18) 21. Nxe8 Rxe8 (21... cxd3
22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. Bxf6 $16) 22. Bc2 Bc5+ (22... Qb6+ 23. Kf1 Qxb2 24. Re1 $18)
23. Kf1 c3 $5 24. a4 $1 (24. bxc3 $4 Qb5+ $19) 24... cxb2 25. Re1 $16 {/+-}) (
20. Qf4 $5 Qc5+ (20... Qb6+ $2 21. Kf1 Bd6 22. Nxa8) 21. Kf1 Bd6 22. Nxa6 $1
$16) 20... Bxd6 21. Bxa5 Bxc7 22. Bxc7 cxd3 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Bb6 Ne4+ (24... Na4
$2 25. Bd4 {[%csl Ra4] /\b3+-}) 25. Ke3 Nf6 26. Rxd3 Bb5 27. Rd1 (27. Rd2 $142
Re8+ 28. Kd4 $1 (28. Kf4 $2 Nh5+ 29. Kg5 f6+ 30. Kh4 Re4+ 31. g4 h6 $1 $19 {
[%cal Rb5e8] /\Be8}) 28... Re4+ 29. Kc3 $14 {still gives White some edge.})
27... Re8+ 28. Kf2 Bc4 $1 (28... Re2+ 29. Kg1 Rxb2 $2 30. Bd4 $18) 29. d6 (29.
b3 Re2+ (29... Bxd5 $11) 30. Kf1 $5 Bb5 31. a4 Rd2+ 32. Ke1 Re2+ $11) 29... Nd7
30. Bc7 $6 {Starts tipping the scales in White's favour, here the B is out of
play.} (30. b3 Re2+ (30... Bxb3 $2 31. axb3 Nxb6 32. d7 $1 Rd8 33. Rd6 Nxd7 34.
Ne5 $18) 31. Kg3 Be6 $11) (30. Bd4 Bxa2 $11) 30... Re2+ 31. Kg1 Rxb2 32. a3 (
32. Re1 Rxa2 33. Re7 Bb5 34. Nd4 Ba4 $15) 32... f6 33. Rd4 (33. Re1 $5 $132)
33... Bb5 34. a4 Bc6 35. a5 Kf7 $36 {White is already in trouble. His o^ is
securely blockaded and Black's pieces are more active. In the following phase
of the game Black advances his >> pawn majority.} 36. Rd3 Bb5 37. Re3 Re2 38.
Rc3 (38. Rxe2 $142 Bxe2 39. Nd4 Bc4 $15 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd7e5,Ye5f7,Yf7e8,
Ye8d7] /\Ne5,Ke8-d7,Nf7,><d6}) 38... Re4 39. Bd8 g5 40. Rc2 h5 41. Kf2 g4 $1 (
41... Ke6 42. Rd2 {/\Nd4}) 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Nh4 Ke6 44. Kg3 (44. g3 Ne5 $5 45.
Ng2 Nd3+ $40) 44... Ne5 (44... Kxd6 45. Nf5+ Ke6 46. Nh6 Ne5 47. Rf2 $132) 45.
Bb6 Nc4 46. Ng6 f5 $17 47. Kh4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] ע} g3+ $1 48. Kh3 (48. Kxg3 Rg4+
$19) (48. Kg5 $142 $8 Rg4+ 49. Kh6 Kxd6 $5 $19 (49... Nxb6 50. axb6 Kf6 51. b7
Rxg6+ 52. Kh5 Rg7 53. Rc7 Be8+ 54. Kh4 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Rb4 56. d7 Bxd7 57. Rxd7
$11) (49... Nxd6 50. Nf8+ $1 Kf7 51. Rc7+ Kxf8 52. Bc5 $132)) 48... Rg4 49. Nh4
Nxd6 $19 {/\Ne4-g5#} 50. Nxf5 Kxf5 51. Rc3 (51. Rc5+ Kf4 52. Bc7 Rg6 53. Kh4 (
53. Rd5 Rh6+) 53... Be2 $19) 51... Rg7 52. Rf3+ Ke4 53. Re3+ (53. Rxg3 Rh7+ 54.
Kg4 Bd7+ 55. Kg5 Rg7+ 56. Kh4 Nf5+ $19) 53... Kf4 54. Rf3+ Ke5 (54... Ke5 55.
Re3+ Ne4 $19) 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 58th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2001.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2001.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7
15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Re1 ({White's main alternative is
} 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 {
Now both Black's moves lead to slightly worse positions, which he nevertheless
should be able to hold with good defence:} Qd7 (23... Rcxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25.
Rxd6 c4 (25... Kg7 26. Rd2 Qa6 27. a3 Qc4 28. Re1 h5 29. Rde2 h4 30. Re4 Qb3
31. Rxh4 Qxb2 32. Rc4 Qxa3 33. Rec1 a5 34. Rxc5 a4 35. R5c3 Qb2 $11 {Kolev,
A-Suba,M/Mallorca/2000/}) 26. Rd2 c3 27. Rc2 Qe4 28. Rbc1 cxb2 29. Rxb2 h5 30.
Rbc2 h4 31. Rc4 Qe7 32. a4 Qg5 $5 (32... Kg7 33. Kf1 Qa3 34. Rd1 Qb3 35. Rcd4
Qc2 36. Re1 g5 37. Kg1 Qc3 38. Red1 Qc2 39. f4 gxf4 40. Rf1 $16 {Veingold,
A-Saldano,H/Alicante/2000/}) 33. Re1 Qd8 34. Rec1 Qd2 35. R4c2 Qb4 36. Rc4 Qd2
37. Rc5 Kg7 38. a5 a6 39. Rf1 Kh6 40. Rc4 Kh5 41. Rfc1 f5 $132 {Karpov,A-Van
Wely,L/Monte Carlo/1999/}) 24. Qa3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Re8 $1 (26...
Qd4 $6 27. Qe7 Ra8 28. a3 Rb8 29. b4 Qd3 30. Rc1 Qxa3 31. Rxc5 Qa1+ 32. Kh2 Qd4
33. b5 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Ra8 35. Qe1 Qd4 36. Rc1 Rb8 37. Rb1 $16 {Seres,L-Vajda,S/
Budapest/2001/}) 27. Qa3 Re2 28. Qc3 Qb6 29. a4 c4 30. Rf1 Qb3 31. Rc1 Rxb2 (
31... Qxa4 $2 32. Qd4 $1 Qa6 33. Rxc4 Rxb2 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Rc8 $40 {Piket,
J-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo blind/2000/}) 32. Qxc4 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Ra2 $14 {/=
Despite the extra P, R_|_ of this type are drawish.}) 18... c4 $2 $146 {
Not ideal, as now White retains an advantage.} (18... Rfd8 $142 19. Bg5 Rd7 20.
Qa4 Qd6 (20... Qb7 21. d6 Rxd6 22. Re8+ Bf8 23. Bh6 Rdd8 24. Rae1 Qb4 25. Qxb4
cxb4 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Be3 $11 {1/2,Granados Gomez,M-Braga,F/Benasque/1999/})
21. Rad1 Bd4 22. Be3 Qxd5 23. b4 Rcd8 24. bxc5 {1/2,Sapis,W-Skrobek,R/Bielsko
Biala/1990/} Qxc5 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Rc8 Kg7 $11) (18... Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Be3 (20. Rb1 $5) 20... Bd4 $5 (20... Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Bxc5 Bc3 23. Qd3
Qxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Re1+ 25. Qxe1 Bxe1 26. Kf1 Ba5 27. Bxa7 Kf8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Bc5+
Kd7 30. Ke3 h5 $11 {Skalik,P-Robak,Z/Bielsko-Biala/1991/ White can't realize
his extra P in the B_|_, as Black has no weak points.}) 21. Qd2 Rd8 22. Rd1 $11
{1/2,Hauchard,A-Degraeve,J/Belfort/1998/}) 19. Re2 $1 Rfd8 (19... c3 $143 20.
bxc3 Bxc3 21. Be3 $16 {/\Rc1}) 20. Bg5 Rd7 (20... f6 $2 21. Be3 $16) 21. Qa4 (
21. Qe1 $142 $5 Bf8 (21... Qb8 22. Bf4 $1 Qa8 23. d6 $16) (21... Qb7 22. Re8+
Bf8 23. Bh6 Rdd8 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qc3 $1 $18) 22. Rd1 $16) 21... Qb7 (21...
Rxd5 $2 22. Re8+ Rxe8 23. Qxe8+ Bf8 24. Be7 $18) 22. Rc1 (22. Rae1 h6 23. Bc1
Kh7 $5 $14 (23... Qxd5 24. Rd2 Bd4 25. Red1 Qe6 $1 26. b3 $1 $16)) 22... h6 23.
Be3 Rxd5 (23... Qxd5 $5 24. Rd2 Qxd2 25. Bxd2 Rxd2 $14) 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4
Bxb2 26. Bxh6 (26. Rxb2 $4 Rd1+ $19) 26... Bf6 $16 {/+/= White has an extra
pawn and although his technical task is not easy, he can torture his opponent
practically for ever.} 27. Rd2 (27. Be3 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Be5+ 29. f4 Bf6 $14) (27.
Qf4 $142 $5 $36 {More pieces on the board give White more attacking chances,
especially the exchange of R safegurds Black's K.}) 27... Rxd2 28. Bxd2 a6 29.
a4 Be5 30. f4 Qb6+ 31. Kh2 Bf6 32. Qe4 Kg7 33. Be3 Qd6 34. Qc4 Ba1 35. Bc5 (35.
Kg3 $142 $5 $14 {/+/- White needs his K to win the _|_.}) 35... Qf6 36. Qe4 Qc3
37. Bd6 Qb3 38. Be5+ {Otherwise White can't make any meaningful progress.} Bxe5
39. Qxe5+ Kg8 40. a5 Qc4 (40... Qd3 41. f5 $1 {/\} gxf5 $2 42. Qg3+ $18) (40...
Qc2 41. Kg3 $16) 41. f5 (41. Kg3 $142 $5 $14) 41... gxf5 42. Qxf5 Qc7+ 43. g3
Qd6 44. h4 Kg7 45. Kh3 Qc6 46. Kg4 Qd6 47. Kh3 Qc6 48. Qg5+ Kh7 49. Qe5 Qf3 $1
$132 {/+/=} 50. Qf4 $2 {It was already very difficult to indicate a concrete
plan for White, but this move draws immediately.} (50. Qe7 $142 Kg7 $5 $132 (
50... Qf5+ 51. Kg2 Qd5+ 52. Kf2 $14)) 50... Qxf4 $1 51. gxf4 Kg6 (51... Kg6 52.
Kg4 (52. Kg3 f5 $11) 52... f5+ 53. Kf3 Kh5 54. Kg3 (54. Ke3 Kxh4 55. Kd4 Kg3
56. Kc5 $8 (56. Ke5 $2 Kg4 57. Kd6 Kxf4 58. Kc6 Ke5 59. Kb6 f4 60. Kxa6 f3 61.
Kb7 f2 62. a6 f1=Q 63. a7 Qf7+ 64. Kb8 Kd6 $19) 56... Kxf4 57. Kb6 Ke3 58. Kxa6
f4 59. Kb7 f3 60. a6 $11) 54... Kg6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Matthias, Heiner"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Nf6
9. h3 O-O 10. Bd3 Qc7 (10... Nh5 $142 11. g4 $5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Qd2 Re8
14. Kf1 c4 15. Bc2 Qb6 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Qf4 Nfd7 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Kg2 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Bxb3 cxb3 23. Bf4 Bg7 24. Rhd1 Qb4 $13 {Moskalenko,
V-Dochev,P/Pardubice op/1994/}) (10... Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Nc5
14. Nd2 Qc7 15. Re1 Bd7 16. a5 Bb5 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20.
Qxd4 $16 {Zimmerman,Y-Lengyel,B/Budapest FSFeb IM-A/1994/}) (10... Qe8 11. O-O
Nfd7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qd2 f6
18. Nd1 Rb8 19. a5 c4 20. Bc2 $36 {Lobron,E-Armas,I/BL 9091/1991/}) 11. O-O (
11. Nd2 $6 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. O-O Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Re8 15. Re1 Rb8 16. f4 Nd7
17. Qf3 Nb6 18. Bd3 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. e5 Nc5 $1 21. Be3 dxe5 22. f5 b5 $15 {
Aleksandrov,L-Cherepkov,A/Leningrad/1990/}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Ne8
$6 (13... Rb8 14. Re1 (14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Rxb6 16. Ra2 Re8 17. Re1 Nh5 $132)
14... Nh5 15. Bh2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4 $16) (13... Nh5 14. Bh2 Bh6 $5 $14)
14. Qd2 Rb8 15. a5 $1 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Nc5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Bd4 Bb5 (
19... Nf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 $16) 20. Re1 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $16 {ק>>,(),[+]} f6
$8 22. Rea1 Ng7 23. Nh2 $1 Nd7 (23... Qe7 $5 {/\Qe5,f5}) 24. Nxb5 (24. f4 $5
Qc5 25. Nf3 Qxd4+ 26. Nxd4 $16) 24... axb5 25. Ra7 Rb7 $6 (25... Qc5 26. Qd2
Ne5 27. Ng4 $1 {/\Qh6} Nxg4 28. hxg4 Qc8 29. g5 $16) 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. Ra7 Qc8
28. Ng4 $40 h5 (28... Ne5 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qb6 Qb8 31. Rb7 $18) 29. Rxd7 hxg4
30. Qa7 $1 (30. Rxd6 gxh3 31. gxh3 $16) 30... Ne8 31. hxg4 $18 b4 32. e5 $1
fxe5 33. Bxg6 Qc5 $8 34. Bf7+ Kh8 35. Qa1 $4 (35. Bxe8 Qxa7 $8 36. Rxa7 Rxe8
37. Rc7 $18 {_|_}) 35... Nf6 $1 36. Rb7 (36. Qc1 Nxg4 $36) 36... Nxg4 37. Qf1
c3 (37... Ra8 {/\Ra1-+} 38. Bg6 $1 Nxf2 $1 (38... Ra1 $4 39. Rh7+ $1 Kg8 40.
Qxa1 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 $18) 39. Rf7 Ng4+ (39... Nd3+ 40. Kh2 Nf4 41. Qd1 $13 (41.
g3 $2 Ra1 $19)) 40. Kh1 Kg8 41. Bh7+ Kh8 42. Bg6 $10) 38. bxc3 bxc3 39. g3 Nxf2
$1 40. Kg2 (40. Qxf2 c2 $19) 40... c2 $4 (40... Qe3 $1 41. Qg1 Qe4+ $1 42. Kxf2
Qxd5 43. Qh2+ Kg7 $19) 41. Qc1 $1 $18 Ng4 $8 42. Qh1+ Kg7 43. Be6+ (43. Be6+
Kg6 (43... Kf6 44. Qh4+) 44. Qh7+ Kf6 45. Qf5#) 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1994.05.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 $5 {/\Qd2,Rab1,b4} (12. Re1 Nh5 $5 (
12... h6 $6 13. Bf4 Nh7 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18.
Nb1 $1 Bd7 19. a5 $1 Rab8 20. Na3 Qd4 21. Qc3 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Qxc3 23. bxc3 $16 {
Chernin,A-Lobron,E/Dortmund/1990/}) 13. g4 (13. Bg5 $5 $14) 13... Nhf6 14. Bg5
(14. Bf4 h5 $5 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bh4 h5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. f3 Nd7
$1 19. f4 g5 20. e5 gxf4 21. e6 Ne5 $1 22. Bxf4 fxe6 $17 {Bezold,M-Manor,I/Tel
Aviv ASA/1994/}) (12. a5 Rb8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf1 Nh5 15. Ra4 b5 $1 16. axb6
Rxb6 17. Ra2 Ne5 18. Nh2 Qf6 19. Be3 Nf4 20. Ng4 Nxh3+ $1 21. gxh3 Nf3+ 22. Kg2
Nxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Qh4 $40 {Dzevlan,M-Lejlic,S/JUG-ch/1991/}) (12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg5
Bf6 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. a5 Kh8 19. Rfe1 Rae8
20. Rab1 Qd8 21. Ne2 Be5 22. b4 c4 23. Bd4 $14 {Ionov,S-Szalanczy,E/Dortmund
op-A/1992/}) 12... h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Qd2 (14. Rb1 g5 $5 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Bf1 g4
$132) 14... Qf8 (14... g5 $5 15. Rab1 (15. Nh2 Ne5 16. Bf1 Ng6 $132) (15. e5 $5
dxe5 16. d6 Qf8 (16... Qxd6 $4 17. Bh7+) 17. Bc2 $44) 15... g4 16. hxg4 (16.
Nh4 Ne5 $36) 16... Nxg4 17. Bf4 Nde5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf1 $14) 15. Rab1 $14 g5
16. b4 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bf4 b6 (18... Nde5 $142 19. Be2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5
21. Be2 $14) 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Ne2 $1 {/\Ng3,><f5,h5} Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 (21...
dxe5 22. Bg3 $16) 22. Ng3 $16 Ng6 23. Be3 Nh4 24. Rb6 f5 (24... Bh3 25. Bf1 $1
Reb8 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qd1 $1 Bd7 28. Qh5 Ng6 29. Nf5 $40) 25. exf5 Nxf5 26.
Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxd6 c4 29. Rc1 (29. Bxh6 $2 c3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Qc1 (31. Qg5 Qxg5 32. Bxg5 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Be5+ $19) 31... Rb8 $1 $19) 29... c3 (
29... Rac8 30. Bxh6 c3 31. Qf4 $16) 30. Rxc3 $1 (30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Reb8 $44
) 30... Bxc3 (30... Rab8 31. Rc1 Rb2 32. Qe1 $16 (32. Qd1 $2 Rxe3 $1)) 31. Qxc3
Rac8 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Kh7 (33... Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qf5 35. f3 $16) 34. c7 Qe6
35. a5 h5 (35... Rc8 $142) 36. Qc5 Qg4 37. f3 Qh4 38. Qc2+ $1 $18 (38. c8=Q
Rxc8 39. Qxc8 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qxe3 $16) 38... Kg7 39. Qc3+ {/\Bf2} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 Bg7
{Topalov surprisingly goes for a position, considered dificult for Black.} ({
Usual is} 8... b5) 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O c4 (11... Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4 13.
Bc2 Nc5 14. Re1 Rb8 15. e5 Nh5 16. Be3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd3
Bd7 20. Qd2 Qb4 21. Bd4 Nf6 22. Ne5 Red8 23. Qe3 $14 {Avrukh,B-Anastasian,A/St.
Petersburg op 1994/0-1 (46)}) 12. Bc2 (12. Bxc4 $5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bg5
Bf6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd2 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Re5 18. f4 Rxd5 19. Qe3 Nc6 20.
Rae1 Bd7 21. Bc4 Rf5 22. g4 Rxg5 23. fxg5 Ne5 24. Qf4 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Re2
Qc7 $44 {Cramling,P-Antonio jr,R/Biel Mixed 1991/1/2 (40)}) 16... Qxf6 17. Rc1
{@} Nd7 18. Re1 $1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rc7 Qd6 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rxb7 Qxd5 23.
Be4 Qa5 24. Ra1 Be6 25. b4 Qd8 26. Rd1 $36 {Sokolin,L-Sarkar,J/New York op
1997/1-0 (37)}) 12... Nbd7 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 $5 {-11...Nbd7 12.Bf4} Qc7 14. Re1
Nh5 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Qd2 b6 17. Nd4 Rb7 18. Red1 Nhf6 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Rac1 Bd7
21. b3 Rc8 22. b4 b5 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Ra1 Bd7 25. Rdb1 Ne8 26. Qd2 Qd8 27. Bg5
Qb6 28. Be3 Qd8 29. Bg5 Qb6 30. Nde2 Qc7 31. Be3 Qd8 32. Bg5 Qc7 33. Be3 Qd8
34. Bd4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4] [+](),->>>,Gelfand,B-Wahls,M/Arnhem EU-chJ
1988/1-0 (54)}) 13... Qc7 (13... Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2 Rb8 16. a5 Bd7 17.
f4 b5 18. axb6 Bb5 19. Qf3 Qxb6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Kh1 Nf8 22. Nde4 f6 23. e6 f5
24. Nd2 Qd8 25. Rad1 Bd4 26. g4 $40 {Shipov,S-Depchinsky,S/URS-chClub Pavlodar
1991}) (13... Rb8 14. Ba7 Ra8 15. Bd4 Rb8 16. a5 b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Re1 Bb7
19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Rad1 Nfd7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nh2 Nc5 23. Ng4 Nbd7 24. Qd4+ f6
25. f4 h5 26. Ne3 Nb3 27. Bxb3 cxb3 28. Nc4 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Gd5,Rd6,Ge4,Gf4,
Rf6,Rg6,Rg7] ׻,d6,[+],Gligoric,S-Cebalo,M/JUG-Cup Svetozarevo 1990/1-0 (41)})
14. Qe2 $5 $146 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rf3d2,Yf1c1] /\Nd2,Rfc1 White shows the weak
Pc4 some attention.} ({The older move gives Black more counterplay:} 14. Re1 b6
$5 (14... Nc5 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd8 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. d6 Bc6 20.
Qxc5 Bxf3 21. Qd4 Bc6 22. a5 Rxe5 23. Qxe5 Ne4 24. Qf4 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc3 26.
Re7 Qf8 27. Rd1 Bxa5 28. Be4 Bb4 29. Bxc6 bxc6 30. Rb7 a5 31. Qxc4 Rd8 32. d7
c5 33. Qb5 Kg7 34. Rc7 h6 35. Qc6 {1-0 Browne,W-Brownscombe,T/Philadelphia
World op 1991}) 15. Bd4 Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Nc5 18. e5 dxe5 19.
Nxe5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 Qd6 21. Nc4 Bxd5 22. Qxb6 Qc6 23. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxc4
25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Bd4 Rxd8 28. Qxd8 Qe6 29. a5 {1/2,Arlandi,E-Manca,
F/Reggio Emilia9394 1993}) 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. b3 cxb3 18. Bxb3 Rbc8 19. Qd2 $13 {
1/2, Osieka,U-Friedrich,N/BL2-SW 1989}) 14... Rb8 $8 (14... b6 $2 15. Nd2 $16)
15. Ba7 {Just a small trick to gain time.} Ra8 16. Be3 (16. Bd4 Rb8 $132 {
[%cal Ge8e4] <->e}) 16... Rb8 17. a5 $1 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Rfc1 (19. Nd2 $142
$5 $146 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4] ><a6,c4 This clever move ties the Nb6 to the defense
of c4, thus preventing possible black counterplay on the <->b as in our game.}
Nfd7 20. Ra2 Bb7 21. Ba4 $1 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Nb6 23. Rb4 Bc8 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25.
Rxc4 Qb7 26. Qd3 Bd7 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qa3 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31.
Rc7 Be8 32. e5 Rb4 33. Qe3 Rb8 34. Qf4 Rd8 35. e6 fxe6 36. dxe6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2
Qa5 38. e7 {1-0,Vescovi,G-Peptan,C/Mermaid Beach schev 1998}) 19... Nbd7 $1 20.
Nd2 Rb4 $5 $132 (20... Rxb2 21. Nxc4 Rb8 22. Ba4 $5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Nd2
Rxa4 25. Rxc7 Rxa1+ 26. Kh2 $36) 21. Ra4 (21. Ra2 $5 $14) 21... a5 22. Nxc4 (
22. Rxb4 axb4 23. Nb5 Qb8 24. Ba4 (24. Qxc4 $2 Ba6 25. Ba4 Rc8 $19) 24... Ba6
25. Nd4 (25. Ba7 Qa8 26. Nxd6 Qxa7 27. Nxe8 Nxe8 28. Bxd7 c3 $1 29. Bb5 cxd2
30. Rd1 $13) 25... c3 (25... Qc8 $5 $13) 26. Qxa6 Nc5 27. Qa5 cxd2 $132) 22...
Ba6 23. Bd3 (23. b3 Rxa4 24. Nxa4 Nxe4 25. Bd3 Ndf6 $11 (25... Nec5 26. Nxc5
Nxc5 27. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bxc5 $16)) 23... Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxe4 25. Rxb4 (25. Nb5
$6 Qb8 $36) (25. Bb5 Nxc3 26. bxc3 Rxa4 27. Bxa4 Rb8 $15) 25... axb4 26. Nxe4
Rxe4 27. Qd3 (27. Bd3 $6 Qxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Nb6 30. Bf3 Nc4 $11 (
30... b3 31. Bd1 $11)) 27... Rxe3 $1 {This sacrifice finally solves Black's
defensive problems.} (27... Re8 $143 28. Bb5 Qd8 29. Qc2 $36 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gc2c8] <->c,><d6}) (27... Bxb2 $5 28. Qxe4 (28. Rc2 Nc5 $1 29. Bxc5 Re1+ 30.
Kh2 dxc5+ 31. g3 Bd4 $17) 28... Bxc1 29. Qe8+ (29. Bxc1 Ne5 30. Bd2 Qxc4 $11)
29... Kg7 30. Bxc1 Qxc4 31. Bb2+ Nf6 $5 (31... Ne5 32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Qxe5+ Kh6
34. d6 b3 35. d7 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Qc7 $14) 32. Qe7 Qf4 33. g3 Qf5 34. Bd4
b3 35. Qxd6 b2 $1 36. Bxf6+ Qxf6 37. Qb4 Qe5 38. d6 $11) 28. Qxe3 (28. fxe3 $6
Bxb2 29. Rc2 Bc3 $15) 28... Bxb2 $44 29. Rc2 Bc3 {[%csl Gb4] o^b} 30. Bb5 Nf6
31. Ra2 (31. Bc6 Qa5 $44 {[%cal Rb4b3] /\b3!}) 31... Qc8 $5 (31... Nxd5 $143
32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Qe8 $40) 32. Bc6 Qf5 33. Ra8+ Kg7 34. Qe7 (34. g4 Qc2 35. Qe7
Ne4 36. Qf8+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ (37. Qh8+ Kg5 38. Qd8+ Bf6 39. Qb6 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Bd4
$40) 37... Kg7 $11 (37... Ke5 $6 38. Qe7+ Kf4 39. Qxf7+ Bf6 40. Qa7 $16)) 34...
Ne4 $1 $11 35. Qf8+ (35. f3 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kf1 $4 Ng3+ 37. Ke1 Qb1+ 38. Kd2
Nf1+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ $1 40. Ke1 Qf2+ 41. Kd1 Qd2#) 36... Ng3+ 37. Kh2 Nf1+ $11)
35... Kf6 36. Qd8+ Kg7 (36... Ke5 $2 37. Qe7+ Kd4 38. f3 $40) 37. Qf8+ Kf6 38.
Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade-Moscow"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1998.01.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.01.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 (10. Nxb5 Nxe4 $2 (10... Re8 $1) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 Ba6
13. a4 Bxb2 14. Bxb2 Qxg5 15. O-O $1 Rxe4 16. Qf3 Rb4 17. Nxd6 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Nd7
19. Qxf4 Rxf4 20. Re7 Nb6 21. Rae1 Rf8 22. Bc1 Rh4 23. Rxa7 Bd3 24. Ree7 $40 {
Priehoda,V-Manik,M/SVK-chT/1998/}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13.
Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 (
18... Qb7 19. d6 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Rd7 21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Qa4 Bxd6 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24.
Bxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Qd3 (26... Re8 $1 $44 {-Komarov-Leko}) 27. Rf1
Qc2 28. b3 c4 29. bxc4 Qxc4 30. a4 $14 {Dautov,R-Lau,R/NRW-Cup Masters op/1997/
}) (18... Qd6 $5 19. Bg5 $1 h6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Qxd5 22. Qxa7 c4 23. Qa4
Ra8 24. Qc2 Rxa2 25. Rfd1 Qa8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29.
Bxh6 Bd4 30. Qe2 {=/+/=,Ibragimov,I-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg op/1995/}) 19.
Bf4 Qb7 $1 (19... Bd4 20. d6 c4 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qg3 Bc5 23. Rfd1 $16) (19... Qa6
$6 20. d6 Rd7 21. Qd5 c4 22. Rbd1 Bxb2 23. Rfe1 Bf6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rf8
26. Re7 Rdd8 27. d7 Qxa2 28. Rde1 Qa4 29. Kh2 a6 30. Rxf7 $1 {1-0,Rogozenko,
D-Marin,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea/1995/}) (19... Rd7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qg4 Qb7 22.
Rfd1 Rc6 23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rbd1 Qc7 25. Rd5 h5 26. Qf3 Kf8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. b3
Qc7 29. Qd3 Ke7 30. g3 h4 31. Qe3 {1-0,Grabarczyk,M-Oliwa,M/POL-ch Brzeg Dolny/
1996/}) (19... c4 20. d6 Rd7 21. Qa4 Rc6 22. Rbe1 $16 {Rogozenko,D-Moldovan,D/
ROM-chT/1995/}) 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 $5 {A new attempt to improve on the
Karpov-Topalov, in which 19...Qb7! appeared for the first time.} (21. Qd2 Bxd6
22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 24. Qg5 Rdxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 27. Re1 Rd8
28. b4 a6 $11 {Karpov,A-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/1996/}) 21... Bxd6 (21... Rc6 22.
Rfd1 {[%cal Rd6d7] /\d7} Bxd6 {-21...Bd6}) (21... c4 22. Qg3 $16) 22. Bxd6 Rc6
23. Rfd1 Rcxd6 $6 {This leads to an endgame, in which White is somewhat better,
although his advantage is probably insufficient to win.} ({A more convincing
and forcing way to full equality is} 23... Qd7 $1 24. Qa3 (24. Rbc1 Rxd6 25.
Qxd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxc5 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Ra5 Rxb2 30. f4 Rb7 $10)
24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 (25. Rdc1 Qf5 $132) 25... Qxd6 26. Qxa7 Re8 $44 27. Qa5 (
27. Rc1 Re2 28. b3 Rxf2 29. Rxc5 Rxg2+ $1 30. Kxg2 Qd2+ $10) (27. Qa4 Re2 28.
Qc4 Qe5 $11) 27... Re2 28. Qc3 Qb6 $1 29. a4 c4 30. Rf1 Qb3 31. Qxb3 cxb3 32.
Rb1 Re4 33. Ra1 (33. Kf1 Rxa4 34. Ke2 Rc4 35. Rd1 Kg7 36. Rd3 Rc2+ 37. Rd2 Rc1
38. Ke3 Rb1 39. Kd3 Rc1 $11) 33... Re2 34. Rb1 Re4 {1/2,Komarov,D-Leko,P/
YUG-chT/1997/}) (23... Qb6 $2 24. Bxc5 $1 Rxd3 25. Bxb6 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 axb6 27.
Rd2 $16) 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 c4 26. Rd2 {[%csl Rc4] Now Black immediately
exchanges his weak Pc4.} (26. Rdd1 $5 Qb4 27. Rdc1 $14) 26... c3 27. Rc2 Qe4
28. Rbc1 (28. Rcc1 $2 c2 29. Ra1 a5 30. a4 Qd3 $19 {[%cal Rg8f8,Rf8b3] /
\Kf8-e7-d6-c5-b4-b3 paralyzes White.}) 28... cxb2 29. Rxb2 h5 $1 {[%csl Rg1]
[%cal Yh5h4] /\h4,עg1 An important motive. White's only chance to win is a
coordinated attack by his R. If Black's P gets to h4, this will always lead
only to perpeual check.} 30. g3 $5 (30. Rc7 $4 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ $19) (30. Rb3
h4 $11) 30... a5 (30... h4 $6 31. g4 Qf3 32. Rb3 $14 {would be premature.}) 31.
Rb3 (31. h4 $142 $5 $14) 31... Qd5 32. Rcb1 (32. h4 Qd2 33. Ra1 Qc2 $11) 32...
Qd2 33. a3 Qc2 34. Rb8+ (34. h4 a4 35. Rb4 Qa2 $11) 34... Kg7 35. Re1 Qc3 36.
Re3 $8 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kh2 h4 $5 (37... Qd2 38. Rf3 Qd5 $11) 38. Rb7 hxg3+
39. Rxg3 Qf4 $132) 37... Qc6+ 38. Kg1 (38. Rf3 $2 g5 39. g4 hxg4 40. hxg4 f5
$19) 38... Qc1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baden-Baden"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (9... b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 $44) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 (11... Rb8
12. Re1 Qc7) 12. Bf4 Qe7 (12... c4 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. a5 (14. Re1 Rb8 15. Qd2 b6
16. Be3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Ba8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Kh1 $14 {(),De Boer,
GJ-Moskalenko,O,Wijk II 1992-CBM 28}) 14... Rb8 15. Re1 b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17.
Ra2 Nh5 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Bd7 20. Qxc4 Bb5 21. Nxb5 axb5 22. Qb4 $16 {
Bronstein,D-Moskalenko,O,Wijk II 1992-CBM 28}) 13. Bh2 $1 {N} (13. Re1 Nh5 14.
Bh2 Ne5 (14... Bf6 $6 15. Qd2 $1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a5 Bg5 18. Qc2 Bd7 19.
Na4 $16 {Krasenkov,M-Kovacevic,S,St.Barbara 1992}) 15. Be2 Bd7 16. a5 Kh8 17.
Qd2 Rab8 18. Rad1 b6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. f4 Ng8 22. f5 Bh6 $132 {
Lobron,E-Maus,So,SKA Hamburg 1991-CBM 24}) 13... h6 (13... Nh5 14. g4 Nhf6 15.
Re1 {/\e5|^[+]}) 14. Re1 Nh7 15. a5 Rb8 (15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4+
18. Kh1 $16 {/\e5[+]}) 16. Qc2 Nhf8 (16... b5 17. axb6 Rxb6 18. Nd2 Ne5 19.
Bxe5 $1 Bxe5 20. Nc4 $16 {/\Ne5,Ba6}) 17. Rad1 (17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Bf1 g5 $1 $13)
17... b5 (17... g5 18. e5 $1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. d6 $16 {/\Ne4
}) 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Ra1 $16 Qf6 $6 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bd4+ 22.
Kh1 $36) 20. Nd2 $1 Ne5 21. Bf1 (21. Bxe5 $5 $16 {/\Nc4}) 21... Qe7 (21... g5
22. Bxe5 Qxe5 (22... dxe5 23. Nc4 $16) 23. Nc4 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Bxc3
26. Nxd6 $16) 22. f4 Ned7 23. Nf3 (23. Nc4 $5 Rb4 24. e5 $16) 23... Nh7 24. Kh1
Qd8 25. e5 $1 {[+]->>>} dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng5 27. Nxg5 Qxg5 28. Ne4 Qd8 (28... Qh4
29. Bg3 Qd8 30. e6 $18) 29. e6 $1 (29. Nd6 $6 Rxe5 $14 {<=>}) 29... fxe6 30.
Nd6 $18 Rxd6 (30... e5 31. Qxg6 $18) (30... Rf8 31. dxe6 $18) 31. Bxd6 exd5 (
31... Qf6 32. dxe6 Rxe6 $2 33. Rxe6 Qxe6 34. Bc4 $18) 32. Qxg6 Nf6 $8 33. Bxc5
Be6 34. Bd3 Bf7 35. Qf5 Qc8 (35... d4 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. Re1 $18) 36. Rxe8+
Qxe8 37. Bd4 Be6 38. Qf3 Qd8 39. Rf1 Ne8 40. Bxg7 Nxg7 (40... Nxg7 41. Qf4 {
/\Qh6-h7# [Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 (7... a6
8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nfd7 14. Bg3
g5 15. Qc2 Re8 16. a5 Nf8 17. f4 (17. Na4 $5) 17... gxf4 18. Bxf4 Nfg6 19. Bh2
Rb8 20. Ra3 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Kh1 Bh6 23. Nd1 Rb4 $13 {Lalic,B-Spraggett,K/
Zagreb Vukovar/1993/}) 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 (9... Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Bd7 12.
Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Na6 14. b4 cxb3 15. Rxb3 Qc7 16. Nd4 $1 (16. Re1 $6 Nc5 17. Rb1
Nh5 18. Bd2 Rac8 19. Rc1 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Ne2 Qb6 22. Be3 Qb8 23. Nd2 Bb2 24.
Rb1 Bxa3 $15 {Polgar,Zsu-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco Amber 25'/1994/}) 16... Rad8 17.
Ndb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qe7 19. Re3 Nh5 20. Bh2 Nc5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Bh6 23. R3e2
$16 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Ljubojevic,L/Groningen PCA/1993/}) (9... b6 10. O-O Ba6
11. Re1 c4 $6 12. Bf1 b5 13. b4 $1 cxb3 (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxa1 15. Bg5 f6
16. Bh6 $40) 14. axb3 b4 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Rxa6 bxc3 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qd3 Rc8
19. Rxd6 Qe7 20. e5 c2 21. Rc1 Nd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qxc2 exd5 25.
Rxd5 $1 $16 {Babula,V-Vokac,M/CR-ch/1994/}) 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4
13. Bc2 Nc5 (13... Qc7 $142 14. a5 Rb8 $14) 14. Re1 Rb8 $146 (14... Qb6 $5 15.
Rb1 $5 (15. a5 Qxb2 16. Ra2 Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qb3 $5 18. Bxb3 cxb3 $44) (15. Qd2
Nfd7 $132) 15... Bd7 (15... Nfd7 16. Nd2 {><c4}) 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. a5 $1 Qc7 18.
e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxa5 20. Qd4 Rxe5 21. Nxe5 Nb3 22. Qf4 b5 23. Bxb3 cxb3 24. g4
$16 {Costa,JL-Goldstern,F/Suhr op/1992/}) 15. e5 $1 Nh5 (15... dxe5 16. Nxe5
$16 {/\Nc4,Nf7}) 16. Be3 (16. Bg5 f6 $8 17. exf6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxf6 19. Bxf6
Nxf6 $13 {/\b5}) (16. Bh2 $1 $16 {/\ed6,g4}) 16... Nd3 $5 17. Bxd3 cxd3 18.
exd6 (18. g4 dxe5 19. gxh5 e4 $44) 18... Qxd6 19. Qxd3 Bd7 20. Qd2 (20. Bd4 $5
Nf4 (20... Nf6 $2 21. Be5) 21. Qd2 $36) 20... Qb4 21. Bd4 Nf6 $1 $14 22. Ne5
Red8 23. Qe3 (23. Nxd7 $6 Rxd7 24. Qf4 Rbd8 $10) 23... Rbc8 (23... Qxb2 $2 24.
Reb1 Qc2 25. Ra2 Qf5 26. g4 $18) 24. Red1 (24. Re2 $5 {/\} Bf5 25. g4 Nxd5 $2
26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Bc3 $18) (24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rad1 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 $10)
24... Bf5 25. g4 $6 Bc2 $1 26. g5 {><f5} (26. Rd2 Bb3 {><d5,>>}) 26... Ne8 27.
Rd2 Nd6 $1 $44 28. Nxf7 $5 (28. Rxc2 Nf5 29. Qe4 Qxd4 $1 30. Qxd4 Nxd4 $19) (
28. Na2 Qxa4 $17) (28. f4 Nf5 29. Qf2 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxb2 31. Ne2 $17) 28... Re8
$1 (28... Nf5 29. Qe6 $1 {/\} Nxd4 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Qg8+ $1 $18) 29. Qf3 (29.
Qf4 Nxf7 $19) (29. Ne5 Nc4 (29... Nf5 30. Qf4 Qxd4 $1 $19) 30. Qf4 (30. Qf3
Bxe5 $19) (30. Nxc4 Rxe3 31. Nxe3 Qxb2 32. Nxc2 Bxd4 $19) 30... Rf8 $1 $19 (
30... Nxd2 $4 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Nxg6+ $18)) 29... Nxf7 30. Bxg7 Nxg5 $1 31. Qg3
$2 (31. Qg4 $2 Qxg4+ 32. hxg4 Nf3+) (31. Qf6 $1 $8) 31... Qxb2 32. Rb1 $8 (32.
Rf1 Kxg7) 32... Rxc3 $1 33. Rxb2 Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Nf3+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kg2 Nxd2 36.
Rxc2 Re2+ 37. Kh1 Kxg7 38. d6 Kf7 $19) (35. Kh1 Nxd2 36. Rxc2 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Re2+
$19) 35... Nxd2 36. Rxc2 Ne4+ $19 37. Kf3 Kxg7 38. Rc7+ Kf6 39. Rxb7 (39. Rxh7
b5 $19) 39... Ng5+ 40. Kg2 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Re7 42. Rb6+ Ke5 43. Rxa6 Nxh3 44. Rb6
Ng5 45. a5 Ra7 46. a6 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 (13... f5 $6 14.
Nc4 Nd7 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxd6 Rf8 17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. d6 Bd4 20.
Be3 $18 {Voiska,M-Birens,EA/Cappelle op/1993/}) 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 (15. Nc4
Nd7 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. Bd2 Bb7 18. Ba5 Nc7 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. Qb6 Nd7
$1 22. Qxc7 Qxg5 23. Ne3 Be6 24. Qxd6 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Bd4 $17 {Shvidler,L-Lev,R/
ISL-ch/1992/}) 15... Bf6 (15... Nf6 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bc4 Nbd7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. b3
Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc2 Qd8 22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 Bg7 24. Qd3 Bc8 25. Ng1 Qd8
$15 {Sinkovics,P-Urban,K/Bagneux/1993/}) 16. Qd2 (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd2 Bb7 18.
Bc4 Nbd7 19. b4 cxb4 20. Qxb4 Nb6 21. Rb1 Nxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxd5 23. Nd4 a5 24. Qb5
Qc7 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Nxd5 Rxb5 27. Nxf6+ Kh8 28. Nxb5 Qc2 29. Na3 Qxa2 30. Rb8+
Kg7 $17 {Wohlfahrt,H-Palkovi,J/Budapest FS 04 IM/A/1994/}) 16... Bb7 17. Re1 (
17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Ne3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qg5 23.
g3 Nf6 $10 {Neverov,V-Berelovich,A/Sochi/1993/}) 17... Nd7 18. Be4 $1 Nb6 (
18... Ne5 19. Bf4 $14) (18... Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 $5 {/\Nc7,h6<=>><d5}) 19. b3
Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nc4 $1 Nxc4 (21... Nbxd5 22. Na5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Qc7 24.
Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxd5 $1 $18) (21... Nxe4 22. Nxe4 $16 {><d6}) 22. bxc4 Bc8 23.
Bc2 Ra7 24. Qe3 {<->e} Rb7 (24... Kf8 $5 {/\Re7=}) 25. Ba4 Bd7 (25... Rb4 26.
Be8 $1 $40) (25... Kf8 $2 26. Nxh7+ $1 Nxh7 27. Qe8+ Qxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kg7 29.
Rxc8 $16) 26. Bc6 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Rc7 (27... Rb6 28. Qe7 (28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4
Kg7 $1 $10) 28... Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxc6 30. Nxf7 $14) 28. Qf3 h6 (28... Kg7 29.
Rb1 $1 {/\Rb7} h6 30. Ne4 $16) 29. Ne4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qa8 31. Qf4 Qf8 (31...
Qxc6 32. Qxh6 Rc8 $14 {/\Re8}) (31... Kg7 $5 32. Qxd6 Qxc6 33. Qe5+ Kh7 $10)
32. Qf3 Qa8 33. Qf6 Rxc6 34. Re7 $44 Qf8 35. Rd7 Qg7 36. Qd8+ Qf8 37. Qf6 Qg7
38. Qf3 Rb6 39. Qa8+ Kh7 40. Qe8 (40. g3 $5 Qg8 $8 41. Qa7 (41. Qd5 Kg7 42.
Rxd6 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 Qe8 44. Qf3 $1 Qe5 $8 45. Rxa6 $14) 41... Rb1+ 42. Kg2 Kg7
43. Qxa6 $14) 40... Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Qxe5 dxe5 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. Re7 Rb2
45. Kg3 Rxa2 46. Rxe5 Kf7 $6 (46... Kg7 $1 $10) 47. Rxc5 a5 48. h4 h5 49. Kf3
$6 (49. f3 a4 50. Ra5 a3 51. Kf4 Rxg2 (51... Rc2 52. Rxa3 Rxc4+ 53. Kg5 {
/\Kh6+-}) 52. Rxa3 Rc2 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Rc6 Rh2 56. Kg3 $14) 49...
a4 50. Ra5 a3 $10 51. Ke3 Rc2 52. Rxa3 Rxc4 53. g3 Kf6 54. f3 Rb4 55. Rd3 Ra4
56. Rd4 Ra5 57. Rc4 Ke5 58. Re4+ Kf5 59. Kd4 Kf6 60. Re8 Ra4+ 61. Ke3 Kf5 62.
Rf8+ Ke5 63. f4+ Ke6 64. f5+ gxf5 65. Rh8 f4+ 66. gxf4 Ra3+ 67. Ke2 Ra2+ 68.
Kd3 Ra3+ 69. Kd2 Ra2+ (69... Rf3 $1 $10) 70. Kc3 Ra3+ 71. Kd4 Ra4+ 72. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 (13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5
Qa5 (14... Qb6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Rc1 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxf3+
20. Bxf3 Bd4 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Rc4 Be5 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Qc1 b6 25. Bf4 $14 {
Epishin,V-Haist,W/Baden-Baden op/1990/}) 15. Re1 Bd7 $5 16. Rxe8+ (16. Qb3 $5
$14) 16... Bxe8 17. Qe1 (17. Qb3 Qb6 18. Re1 Nd7 $10) 17... Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7
19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Bc4 {0,5/Ribli,Z-Gschnitzer,O/BL 9091/1991/}) 13... Qf8 $5 $146
(13... Qb6 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. Rd1 $1 $16
Ba4 19. Qa5 Qe5 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Nf6+ {1-0/Junge,R-Gschnitzer,O/Bad Woerishofen/
1991/}) (13... Qa5 14. Bd3 Re8 {-13.Bd3}) 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rae1 Bf5 (15... Bd7
16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Re1 Qc8 18. Qe2 Na6 19. Bf4 $36) 16. Qb3 (16. Rxe8 $5 Qxe8 (
16... Bxc2 17. Rxf8+ Bxf8 (17... Kxf8 18. Re1 $16 {><d6}) 18. Nd4 $36) 17. Qb3
$32 $14) 16... Nd7 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 (17... Rxe8 $5 18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qxa7 Bxb2 20.
Re1 Be4 $132) 18. Qxb7 Nb6 (18... Qc8 19. Qc6 $1 $16) 19. Bb3 Bxb2 20. Re1 Qc8
(20... Qd7 21. Qa6 {/\Re7|^}) 21. Qe7 Qd7 22. Bf4 $6 (22. Qe3 $142 $1 {
/\Nd4-c6,g4}) 22... Bc3 23. Re3 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Bf6 $1 25. Rc7 Bd8 26. Rc1 (26.
Rc6 Bd7 $1 27. Bxd6 (27. Rxd6 Be7 $15) 27... Bxc6 28. dxc6 Kg7 $44) 26... a5 $1
27. Bxd6 a4 $10 28. Bc2 Rc8 29. Nd4 $8 Nxd5 (29... Bxc2 $5 30. Rxc2 Rxc2 31.
Nxc2 Nxd5 32. Kf1 f5 $10) 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Re1 Rxc2 (31... Ba5 32. Bxf5 $1 Rd8
33. Be7 Re8 34. Re5 $14) 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rxd8 Nc3 (33... Kf6 $5 34. a3 $10)
34. Bf8+ (34. Be5+ f6 35. Bxc3 Rxc3 36. Rd4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc2 $10) 34... Kg6 35.
a3 Ne4 36. Be7 f4 $1 (36... Rxf2 $2 37. Rg8+ Kh6 38. Bg5+ $1 Kh5 39. g4+ $18)
37. Rd4 Kf5 38. Bh4 Ke5 39. Rxa4 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Nd2 $1 41. g3 f3 {/\Nf1=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki op"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lyrberg, Patrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. h3 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 (11. Bf4 Bb7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Bd7 13. a3 Re8 14.
Re1 Bxa4 $2 15. Qxa4 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nfd7 17. b4 $1 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Bb5 Re7
20. Bc6 $16 {Polgar,Z-Sax,G,Aruba 1992,CBM 30}) 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Rc1 Nbd7 14. b3
$5 Nh5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. a4 c4 $5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rac8 20.
Nd1 $14 {Vyzhmanavin,A-Suba,M,Copenhagen Unibank 1991}) 11... Re8 (11... Nh5 $5
12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. b4 Bc8 17. Bh6 c4 18.
Bc2 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Qb6 $132 {Levitt,J-Suba,M,Dublin Telecom 1991,TD
91_08}) 12. Re1 Ra7 $6 13. Be3 $1 {N} (13. Bf4 Rae7 14. Qc2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4
16. Na4 Bd7 17. Re3 Bb5 18. Nd2 Nh5 19. Bh2 Bh6 20. Re2 f5 $36 {Yurtaev,
L-Yudasin,L,URS FL56 Simferopol 1988,CBM 11}) 13... Nbd7 (13... Rae7 14. e5 $1
dxe5 (14... Rxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Bf4 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Ne4
Nxd5 20. Bg5 $16) 15. Bxc5 Rd7 16. d6 $5 (16. Nxe5 $2 Rxd5 $3 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $17
) 16... Nc6 17. Ne4 $14 {->}) 14. Rc1 Ra8 (14... Rc7 15. Bf4 Nb6 (15... c4 $6
16. Bc2 (16. Bxd6 $5 $36) 16... Nc5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 $1 $16) 16. Qd2 $14)
15. Bf4 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Qd2 $36 {(),[+]} Qb6 18. Rcd1 Nfd7 19. Be3 Bb7 20.
Bd4 f6 $6 (20... Bxd4 $8 21. Qxd4 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 $5 23. Qe3 Nd7 $14) 21. Nh2
Re7 22. Nf1 Rae8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. f3 Qc7 25. Qf2 Bg7 {/\Ne5-d3} (25... Ne5 26.
Ng4 $1 Nxg4 27. hxg4 $16) 26. f4 $1 $8 {ץg7} Qb6 27. Qg3 a5 (27... Bc8 28. h4
$40) 28. a4 $1 $16 bxa4 (28... b4 29. Nxc4 Qa6 30. Nb5 $18 {><d6}) 29. Nxc4 Qa6
30. Ne3 Qb6 31. Nxa4 Qb4 32. Nc3 Ba6 (32... Qxb2 $2 33. Rb1 Qa3 34. Nc4 $18)
33. h4 Nf8 (33... Qxb2 $5 34. h5 Nf8 35. Rb1 Qa3 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Ng4 $40) 34.
f5 $1 $18 {><f6} Ncd7 35. Ba4 Bc8 36. Rf1 Rxe4 $5 (36... Qxb2 37. Qxd6 $18) 37.
Nc2 $1 (37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Bxd7 Bxd7 $16) 37... Qc4 38. b3 Qc7 39. Nxe4 Rxe4 40.
Bc6 Ne5 41. Ne3 Bb7 (41... Nxc6 42. dxc6 Qxc6 43. fxg6 $18) 42. Bxb7 Qxb7 43.
Nc4 Qxd5 44. Bxe5 Qc5+ 45. Bd4 $1 Rxd4 46. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 47. Qf2 Qc3 48. Qe3 Qb4
49. Qb6 $6 (49. Qd3 $18) 49... d5 (49... Qc3 50. Qe3 $1 (50. Nxd6 Bh6 $132)
50... Qb4 51. Qd3 $18) 50. Qxb4 axb4 51. Nb6 d4 52. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7
8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 {A rare move, recommended by John Watson in his "Guide to
the Modern Benoni" as a playable alternative to the heavily analysed main line
with} (9... b5 $5 {Here current theory promises Black an uneasy sort of
equality, but no winning chances at all. The text move on the other hand
represents a more restrained approach, but personally I prefer White's
chances-if Black misses his chance for active <=>, he may well end up with a
very passive position.}) 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 (11. Re1 $5 a6 12. a4 Ne5 13. Be2
Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Qh4 15. Bxh5 gxh5 16. Qf3 f5 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Qg5 f4 19. Qxh5 Qe7
20. Ne2 Qxe4 21. Bxf4 $1 Rf5 22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Bxd6 Qxd5 25. Rad1 Qc6
26. Qe3 Re8 27. Qd2 $14 {Lazarev,E-Poluljahov,A/Simferopol/1989/}) 11... Bf6
12. Be3 (12. Bh6 $143 Re8 $5 (12... Bg7 13. Bxg7 (13. Qd2 $5) 13... Kxg7 $142 (
13... Nxg7 14. Qd2 f6 15. Be2 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Rab1 b6 18. b4 g5 19. bxc5
bxc5 20. Nb5 Ng6 21. Bf1 Nf4 22. Kh2 Ne8 23. g3 Ng6 24. Na3 Ne5 25. Bg2 Qg7 26.
Nxe5 fxe5 27. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Fries Nielsen,J-Maus,S/Bundesliga 8889/1989/}) 14.
Qd2 Qf6 $132 {J.Watson}) 13. g4 (13. Qd2 a6 14. g4 Ng7 15. a4 Qc7 16. Kg2 c4
17. Bc2 Rb8 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. g5 Qd7 $1 20. Rh1 Bd8 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. f4 Ba5 23.
Rae1 Kg8 24. Qd1 Qd8 $1 25. h4 Qb6 $36 {Zaichik,G-Romanishin,O/Tbilisi/1988/})
13... Bg7 14. Bg5 Nhf6 15. Re1 a6 16. Qd2 b5 17. Qf4 Qe7 18. a3 h5 19. Qg3 hxg4
20. hxg4 {Atalik,S-Hansen,C/Thessaloniki olm/1988/} c4 21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Nxe5
dxe5 $11) 12... Re8 (12... a6 13. a4 Re8 {transposes to a more usual position.
Nevertheless, even here White should be better after} 14. g4 $5 Ng7 15. Re1 Ne5
(15... Qc7 $14) (15... b6 $142 $5 {[%cal Ya8a7] /\Ra7 which can lead to a
similar position as in the game.}) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. f4 Bd4 18. Qf3 Qh4 $6 19.
Kg2 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. g5 Nh5 22. Bd2 Bd7 {Aseev,K-Luther,T/Leningrad/1989/}
23. Be2 $1 Ng7 24. Rf1 {[%cal Rd2e1] Be1+-}) 13. Qd2 ({Too soft is} 13. Nd2 Bd4
$1 14. Re1 (14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 $132) 14... Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ne5
16. Bf1 Nf4 17. Nf3 a6 18. a4 h6 19. a5 Rb8 20. Kh2 g5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. g3 Ng6
23. Bg2 b6 $13 {Sokolov,I-Wedberg,T/Malmo/2001/}) (13. g4 $5 Ng7 14. Re1 $14 {
was already indicated above and can lead to the game position.}) 13... a6 14.
a4 b6 15. Rfe1 Ra7 $5 16. g4 {White chooses the >> as her arena of activity,
but an alternative was} (16. Rab1 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4} Rc7 17. Qe2 $1 $14) 16...
Ng7 17. Bf4 (17. Kg2 $142 $5 {()/\} Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 $36) 17... Ne5 18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 (18... dxe5 $5 19. Be3 Be7 {[%cal Ye7d6,Yf7f5] /\Bd6,f5<=>}) 19. Bxe5
dxe5 (19... Rxe5 20. f4 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 20. Qe3 f5 (20... Rc7 21.
Bc4 $14) 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4 $6 {Now Black activates his pieces faster than
White.} (22. a5 $142 $1 e4 (22... fxg4 23. Qh6 Nf5 24. Qxb6 $16) 23. Bc4 b5 $5
24. Qxc5 Rf7 25. Ba2 $36 (25. Bf1 $14)) 22... Rae7 $1 (22... exf4 23. Qxf4 $13)
23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qg3 ({Materially White is well off after} 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25.
Rxe5 Qh4 26. Re3 $8 fxg4 $40 {but his K is in danger, as the R are
uncoordinated.}) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 fxg4 27. Ne4 Nh5 $6 {
After this loss of time White's activity will balance Black's material
advantage. White would have a more difficult time proving his compensation
after} (27... Kh8 28. d6 gxh3 $15) ({or simply} 27... gxh3 28. Qg3 Bf5 $15) 28.
d6 (28. hxg4 Bxg4 29. d6 $44) 28... gxh3 29. Bc4+ Kg7 30. Qc3+ Kg6 (30... Kh6
$5 31. Qe5 (31. Qe3+ Kg7 32. Qc3+ $11) 31... Qh4 32. d7 Qg4+ (32... Bxd7 33.
Qd6+ Nf6 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 Bxa4 36. Bxa6 $14) 33. Kf2 Qg2+ (33... Bxd7
34. Qd6+ Be6 $1 35. Bxe6 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4+ Nxf4 37. Bc4 $14) 34. Ke3 Qg1+ 35. Kd2
Bxd7 36. Qd6+ Qg6 37. Qf8+ Qg7 38. Qd6+ $11) 31. Qe5 Bf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A
tactical mistake, now White's attack will be too strong. Black should have
gone for active <=> with} (31... Qh4 32. Qe8+ Kf5 (32... Kh6 33. Qf8+ Ng7 34.
Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Nxf6 $16) 33. d7 Qg4+ (33... h2+ 34. Kh1 Bb7 35. Qe6+ Kf4 36. Bd5
Bxd5 37. Qxd5 Qe1+ 38. Kxh2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ 41. Nf2 $18) 34. Kf2
Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1+ $11 {<=>}) 32. Bf7+ Kxf7 33. Qxf5+ Nf6 $8 {Hecht: '[#]
Ideales Zusammenspiel von Dame, Springer und Freibauer'} 34. Ng5+ $1 {Even
stronger than} (34. d7 Qg8+ (34... Qxd7 35. Qxf6+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ $16 {/\} Qg7 37.
Nf6+ Kh8 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Nd7 $18) 35. Kf2 Qg2+ 36. Ke3 Qg1+ 37. Ke2 Qg2+ 38.
Kd1 Qg1+ 39. Kc2 Ke7 40. Qxf6+ (40. Nxf6 $2 Qg6 $19) 40... Kxd7 41. Qd6+ $16)
34... Kg8 $8 (34... Ke8 {Hecht} 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Qf7#) 35. Qe6+ Kg7 36. Qf7+
Kh8 (36... Kh6 37. Ne6 Qh8 38. Kh2 $22 c4 (38... Nd5 39. Ng7 $1 $18) 39. Kxh3
c3 40. bxc3 Nh5 41. Qf8+ $18) 37. Qe6 Kg7 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. d7 $1 $18 {'!'
Hecht.} h2+ (39... Qxd7 $2 40. Qf8+ Ng8 41. Nf7+ $18) (39... h6 $142 40. Ne6
Qxd7 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qxh6+ Kg8 44. Qg6+ Kh8 45. Qf6+ Kg8 46. Kh2
$5 $18) 40. Kh1 {[%cal Rg5e6] /\Ne6 Probably a reflexive last move before the
time control.} (40. Kxh2 $142 h6 (40... Qc7+ $6 41. Kh1 Qc6+ 42. Kg1 $18) (
40... Qb8+ 41. Kh3 Qd6 42. Qe8+ $1 Nxe8 43. Nf7+ $18) 41. Ne6 $18) 40... h6 41.
Ne6 Qxd7 42. Qxf6+ Kg8 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. Qxh6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qf6+ Kg8 47.
Kxh2 b5 (47... Qd2+ 48. Kg3 Qe3+ 49. Kg4 Qg1+ (49... Qe2+ {Hecht} 50. Kg5 Qg2+
51. Kh6 Qh3+ 52. Kg6 Qd3+ 53. Qf5 c4 54. Kf6 Qxf5+ 55. Kxf5 b5 56. axb5 axb5
57. Nc7 b4 58. Nd5 c3 59. Nxc3 bxc3 60. bxc3 Kf7 61. Ke5 Ke7 62. Kd5 Kd7 63.
Kc5 Kc7 64. c4 $18) 50. Kf5 Qf2+ 51. Nf4 Qc2+ 52. Kg5 $18 Qxa4 53. Qe6+ Kg7 54.
Qe7+ Kg8 55. Ne6 {mates.}) 48. Qg6+ {Hecht: 'Turniertaktik: Einfahren von
Bonussekunden....'} Kh8 49. Qh6+ Kg8 50. Qg6+ Kh8 51. Qf6+ Kg8 52. axb5 axb5
53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Qf6+ Kg8 55. Qg5+ Kf7 56. Nxc5 {'+-' Hecht.} Qd4 (56... Qc7+
57. Kh3 Qc8+ 58. Kg3 {/\} Qc7+ 59. Qf4+ $18) 57. Qf5+ Ke7 58. Qe6+ Kd8 59. Qb6+
Ke7 60. Qxb5 {White calmly cashes in, as all his pieces are protected and
there is no perpetual.} Qf2+ 61. Kh1 Qg3 (61... Qe1+ 62. Kg2 Qd2+ 63. Kf3 $18)
(61... Qf3+ 62. Kg1 Qg3+ 63. Kf1 $18) 62. Qd7+ Kf8 63. Ne6+ Kg8 64. Qe8+ Kh7
65. Qh5+ (65. Qh5+ Kg8 66. Qg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Galego, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 $6 {This game once more shows, why the Bd3,h3 line is
immensely popular nowadays. If Black doesn't know anything about the sharp 9...
b5! lines, which is according to the current stand of theory his only chance
for active counterplay, he will suffer under strong central pressure.} (9... b5
$142 $1 $132) 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. Bf4 $5 Qe7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14.
Re1 Bf4 $6 15. g3 Bh6 16. Bf1 f6 17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Ne5 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. f4
Nf7 21. g4 $16 {Peric,S-Anka,E/Geneva op/1995/}) 11... Qe7 $6 (11... Nh5 $142
$5 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Be2 $1 {/\Nd2} (14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Be2
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. a5 Be5 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb2
23. Qxb2 Rxe4 24. f3 Re8 25. Bf4 Nf5 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Qf6 Bf5 28. Bxd6 {
1/2,Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Alcobendas m/ 1993/}) 14... Ng7 15. Qc2 Qe7
16. Rfe1 Ne5 17. Nh2 $5 h5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxe4 21. Bd3 Qxd5
22. Bc4 Qf5 23. Rad1 Qf6 24. Ng5 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxd6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 Kf7
28. Bf2 $44 {->,Panchenko,A-Fedorov,V/New York/1992/}) 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bf4 Nh5
14. Bh2 Ne5 (14... Bh6 15. e5 $36) 15. Be2 $1 (15. Nxe5 $143 Bxe5 16. Qd2 (16.
Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Bf1 Re7 19. Re3 Rae8 20. Rae1 Rb8 21. g3 b5 22. axb5
axb5 23. Qg2 c4 24. f4 Qd4 25. Qf2 b4 $36 {Olsson,G-Burger,K/Aspen/1968/})
16... g5 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19. Qd1 Qh4 20. Bg4 Kh8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22.
Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rb8 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Ra2 Reb8 27. Re2 Rb3 $36 {
Parcerias,P-Galego,L/POR-chT/1993/ Relying on Bacrot to repeat Galego's
pleasant former experience was at least naive, the text move is known and much
stronger.}) 15... Bd7 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 (16... Nf6 17. e5 $16 {|^[+]})
17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. Kh1 (19. g3 Qxh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. f4 f6 22.
e5 $1 fxe5 23. Ne4 $16 {ק,Sarno,S-Khan Mohd,O/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 19... gxh5
20. Rf1 Qg5 21. f4 Qg6 22. Qf3 f5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. d6 Qxd6 26.
Qg3+ Kh8 27. Rad1 Qe7 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxe5+ Kg8 30. Rd1 {1-0,Horvath,
C-Goldstern,F/SWZ-chI op/1992/}) (15... Rb8 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18.
Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. g3 Qxh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. e5 $1 $16 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Re1 f6
24. f4 exf4 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Rh8 f3 27. Kg1 f5 28. d6 {1-0,Mowsziszian,K-Von
Herman,U/Hamburg op/1992/}) (15... Nf6 16. Nd2 $5 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a5 $14)
16... g5 $1 $8 (16... Qc7 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 17.
Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qe7 $8 19. Nxg5 Bd7 20. Bf1 Ng4 $1 21. Nf3 $8 Ne5 {Manor,
I-Golod,V/Tel Aviv/1995/} 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 $14) 16. g4 $1 $146 {'!?'
Baburin. A convincing novelty.} (16. a5 Kh8 17. Qd2 (17. Nxe5 $5 $16) 17...
Rab8 18. Rad1 b6 19. g4 Nf6 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. f4 Ng8 22. f5 Bh6 23. Qc2 bxa5
24. Bxa6 Rb4 25. d6 Qh4 $132 {Lobron,E-Maus,S/Hamburg SKA/1991/}) (16. Nd2 Qg5
17. Bxh5 Qxh5 18. Qxh5 gxh5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nc4 f6 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. a5 Rab8
$11 {1/2,Gonzalez,J-Sariego,W/Holguin/1991/}) ({Also possible was} 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. Kh1 (19. g3 $5) 19... gxh5 20. a5 $36 {
and despite the extra tempo Bd7 Black is still in trouble.} (20. Rf1 b5 $132))
16... Nf6 (16... Nxf3+ {Baburin} 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. g5 $5) 17. Nd2 $1 {/\f4+-
Baburin: 'White is ready to push back Black's cavalry, which forces his
opponent to weaken his kingside, trying to hold on to the e5-knight.'} (17.
Nxe5 $6 dxe5 18. a5 h5 $5 $132) 17... g5 $8 18. Nc4 $16 {'!' Baburin.} h5 $6 (
18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 {+/-,/\e5,f4,[+],->׻} b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 $5 $16 (
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Bxb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Ne8 $14)) 19. Bxe5 {'!?' Baburin.} dxe5
20. a5 $18 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6,Rf5] White's position is strategically won, Black
has weaknesses on black and white squares.} Rad8 21. Nb6 hxg4 22. Bxg4 $1 (22.
hxg4 $143 Nh7 {/\Nf8-g6-f4<=>}) 22... Bxg4 (22... Nxg4 23. hxg4 $18) (22... Bb5
23. Bf5 $40) 23. hxg4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 (24. Nc4 $5 {/\Ne3-f5+-}) 24... Qxd7 {
Baburin: 'White's position is winning and the easiest route to victory is to
take advantage of the open h-file, which Black so unfortunately opened up.'} (
24... Rxd7 25. Na4 $18 {><c5}) 25. Qf3 {'!' Baburin.} Rb8 (25... f6 $142 26.
Na4 Qb5) 26. Na4 Bf8 27. Kg2 $1 {-><->h} Be7 28. Rh1 b5 (28... Qd6 29. Nxc5 $1
Qxc5 30. Qf5 Bd8 31. Rh7 Rf8 32. Rah1 $18) 29. Nxc5 $1 Qd6 (29... Bxc5 30. Qf6
(30. Qh3 $18) 30... Qxg4+ 31. Kf1 $18) 30. Ne6 $1 (30. Rh7 Qg6) (30. Ne6 fxe6
31. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 32. Qf7 {/\Rh1#}) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Maus, Soenke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4
Bg7 (7... a6 8. e4 Bg7 (8... b5 9. Qe2 $5 Nh5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Qe3
Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nd7 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Bg4 17. Ng1 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Qe7
19. Nf3 $14 {Agdestein,S-Arnason,J,Oslo 1984}) 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Be2
b5 12. O-O O-O 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf5 15. Bf3 c4 16. Qd1 Qb4 17. Qd2 Nbd7
18. Nc6 $36 {Khalifman,A-Psakhis,L,Sverdlovsk 1987}) 8. e4 (8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qb3
b5 $5 (9... Qc7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nd2 $1 Nh5 12. Be3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be2 $14)
10. Nxb5 Bxb5 11. Qxb5+ Nbd7 12. Bxd6 Ne4 13. Be5 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qa4 Rb8
$1 16. Qxe4 Qa5+ 17. Nd2 Rxb2 18. Rd1 Nf6 19. Qc4 Rxa2 20. e3 Rb8 21. Be2 Rbb2
22. O-O Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 24. Bf3 Rc2 $10 {Khenkin,I-Arkhipov,A,Moscow II 1989
}) 8... O-O 9. Nd2 Na6 $6 (9... Ng4 $5 10. Be2 (10. Nc4 $2 Bd4 11. Bg3 f5 $40)
10... Ne5 11. Bg3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. O-O a6 14. a4 Qc7 15. Nde4 Nf7 16. Rc1
Nd7 17. b4 c4 18. a5 Rac8 19. Nd2 b5 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. Nxc4 Qxb4 $13 {
Polugaevsky,L-Agzamov,G,Moscow 1983}) 10. Be2 Rb8 (10... Re8 11. O-O Nc7 12. a4
b6 13. Re1 $14) 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Nb5 $16 Nac7 (12... f5 {Yusupov} 13. O-O fxe4
14. Bg3 $16) 13. Nbxd6 (13. Ncxd6 {Yusupov} Nxd6 14. Bxd6 Nxb5 15. Bxb8 Bxb2
$16) 13... Nxd6 14. Bxd6 (14. Nxd6 Bxb2 $13) 14... Re8 15. Qd3 b6 (15... b5 16.
Qg3 $1 Rb7 (16... bxc4 {Yusupov} 17. Bxc7 Qe7 18. Bxb8 Qxe4 19. Qe3 $16) 17.
Na5 $18) 16. O-O $1 (16. Qg3 Rb7 17. f3 Nb5 $5 $132) 16... Ba6 17. Bg3 (17.
Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Qc2 Qf4 $146) (17. Bf4 $5 {Yusupov}) 17... Bxb2 18. d6 (18. Rab1
{Yusupov} Bd4 19. Qa3 $16) 18... Ne6 (18... Bxa1 19. dxc7 Qxd3 20. cxb8=Q $18)
19. Rab1 Bd4 (19... Bg7 20. d7 $16) 20. Qa3 (20. d7 $6 Qxd7 21. Bxb8 Rxb8 $146)
20... Bb7 (20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4 $16 {/\d7,Bb5}) 21. Qxa7 Bxe4 22. d7 Rf8 23.
Qxb8 Qxb8 24. Bxb8 Bxb1 (24... Rxb8 25. Rxb6 $18) 25. Bd6 Bxa2 26. Bxf8 Kxf8
27. Nxb6 Ke7 28. Bb5 Kd8 29. Re1 Kc7 30. Nc4 $1 (30. Na4 Bb3 {><a4}) 30... Bxc4
31. Bxc4 Kxd7 32. g3 $18 Ke7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. f4 h6 35. Kf3 {/\g4,h4,g5|^} g5 $6
36. fxg5+ hxg5 37. Kg4 {/\Rf1-f5} Bc3 38. Rf1+ Ke7 39. Bxe6 Kxe6 40. Kxg5 Bd2+
41. Kg4 c4 42. Kf3 f5 (42... c3 43. Ke2 $18) 43. Rd1 Bh6 (43... c3 44. Ke2 (44.
Rxd2 {Yusupov} cxd2 45. Ke2 Kf6 46. Kxd2 Kg5 47. h3 f4 48. g4 Kh4 49. Ke2 Kg3
50. Kf1 $18) 44... c2 45. Kxd2 cxd1=Q+ 46. Kxd1 Kf6 47. Ke2 Kg5 48. Kf3 $18)
44. Rd4 c3 45. Rc4 Bd2 46. Ke2 Kf6 47. h3 Kg5 (47... Ke5 {Yusupov} 48. Kd3 Be1
49. g4 $18) 48. Rc6 $1 Kh5 (48... f4 49. g4 Kh4 50. Kf3 $18) 49. Kf2 Kg5 50.
Kf3 Kh5 51. h4 f4 (51... Be1 52. Kf4 (52. Rf6 {Yusupov})) 52. g4+ $1 {Stohl,I}
(52. g4+ Kxh4 53. Rc5 {/\Rh5#}) 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wu, Shaobin"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 (9... b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Qb3 Na6 $6 $146 (12... a6
$142 13. Na3 Nd7 $132) 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qc4 Nf6 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17.
Nbd4 $1 cxd4 18. Qxa6 Be5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Qd3 Ng7 21. Re1 Bf6 22. b4 $16 {
[%csl Rd4,Rd6,Rf5] ק,Epishin,V-Sherbakov,R/Koszalin/1999/}) 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2
{More ambitious than} (11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bd3 $14) 11... b5 $5 {
The young Chinese player consistently plays this line, which is considered
difficult for Black.} 12. Nxb5 {White goes for a tactical shoot-out, but the
strategical approach is also quite promising.} (12. a3 Nbd7 (12... a6 13. Bf4
Bb7 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bh8 19. Be3 Qc7
20. f4 Ned7 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Bd4 Bg7 23. Qf2 Ncd7 24. Qh4 h6 25. Kh1 Rc8 26. Bg1
Nb6 27. Bh2 $14 {Wallace,JP-Wedberg,T/Osterskars op/1995/}) (12... Na6 13. Be3
Bd7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 Nb7 19. Qxb6 axb6
20. Bc7 b4 21. axb4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 b5 23. Be5 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Re7 Nf6 26.
Ne5 $18 {Kakageldyev,A-Vaulin,A/Moscow/1995/}) 13. Nxb5 $5 (13. Re1 Nc5 14. Nd4
(14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb7 17. Qd4 Rad8 18. d6 Re6 19. Ng5 Qc6 20.
f3 Rexd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qf4 h6 23. Nge4 Nfxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc5+
$44 {Kragelj,I-Totsky,L/Harkany op/1994/}) 14... a6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Be3 Nf6 17.
f3 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qb6 19. b4 cxb3 20. Nxb3 Nxb3 21. Bxb3 Qa5 22. Nb1 Qxd2 23. Nxd2
Rec8 $36 {Zimmerman,Y-Bu Xiangzhi/Budapest FSIM/1999/}) (13. Bf4 Qb6 $13) (13.
Be3 a6 14. Re1 Bb7 (14... Qc7 15. Bd4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Re7 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qb8
19. Nh2 Bc8 20. Nd1 a5 21. Qxa5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd2 N5f6 24. Ne3 h5 25.
Nf3 Ne5 26. Ng5 Qb6 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Kh1 Nc6 29. Nd5 $1 $16 {Ibragimov,I-Bu
Xiangzhi/Koszalin/1999/}) 15. Bd4 (15. Qd2 Rc8 (15... Qc7 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Nd4
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nfd7 19. Nce2 Nc5 20. Ng3 f6 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Re3 Ncd3 23. Ne6
Nxb2 24. Nh5 $5 $13 {Podgaets,M-Totsky,L/URS Army-ch Odessa/1991/}) 16. Rad1
Nc5 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. e5 Nfd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 Ndc5 22. Nd4 Qd8
23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bh6 Rc7 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Qxd6 $10 {Chernin,A-Hulak,K/
Marseille/1990/}) 15... Nc5 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rad1 Nfd7 (17... a5 $5 $13) 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re3 Ne5 20. Ne1 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] [+],׻,Ibragimov,
I-Vaulin,A/Kazan/1995/ A typical Benoni-type position from the Bd3,h3 line.
White has central control and attacking chances on the King-side, Black's
counterplay on the other flank is usually insufficient.}) 13... Nc5 14. Nd2
Ncxe4 15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Ra3 Qc5 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. b4 Qb6
21. a5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd8 23. Bb2 Rxc3 24. Bxc3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxg7 Qg5
27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Kxg7 29. Rd1 $16 {Ogaard,L-Sjoberg,M/Gausdal
International/1981/}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $1 (13. Re1 Qb6 $5 (13... Ba6 14. a4
(14. Nbd4 Nc5 15. Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe8+ Kg7 19. Re1 Bb7
20. Nb5 Nba6 21. Qe7 Rd8 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Bb1 Nxd5 25. Nxa7 Nf4
$17 {Czebe,A-Hedman,E/Budapest3 IM-A/1995/}) 14... Bxb5 15. axb5 Nc5 16. Nd2 {
Dreev,A-Wedberg,T/New York op/1991/} c3 17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Rb1
Nbd7 20. Nc4 Nb6 $1 $11) 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxb5 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Bf3 Nd7
18. Ne6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Nb6 20. Bxa8 Nxa8 21. Qxd6 Bxe6 22. Bg5 Bf7 23. Rd1 h6
24. Bf6 Bf8 25. Qf4 g5 $13 {Persson,L-Lindemann,S/Sollentuna op/1995/}) 13...
Rxe4 14. Nd2 (14. Ng5 Re5 (14... Re8 15. Qf3 f5 $2 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Ne6 $16 {
Dornauer,J-Somasundram,J/Linz/1997/}) 15. Nf3 Re4 $11) 14... Rh4 15. Re1 Ba6 (
15... a6 $2 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Re8+ Bf8 18. Rxc8 $16) ({An untested, but
interesting idea deserving attention is} 15... Bxh3 $5 16. gxh3 Qd7 17. Qf3 (
17. Nf3 Rxh3 18. Ng5 Rd3 $17) 17... Qxb5 (17... Rxh3 18. Re7 $1 $16) 18. Re7
$13) 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 $146 {Black improves on his own game earlier in
the tournament.} (17... Rd4 18. b6 $1 {Krasenkov's own strong novelty.} (18.
Qe2 Nd7 19. Nxc4 Rxd5 20. Bf4 Rxb5 21. Nxd6 Rxb2 22. Qf3 $44 Qf8 23. Rad1 Nb6
24. Bg5 f5 $2 25. Be7 Qb8 26. Qe3 h5 27. Bf6 $1 {1-0,Maggerramov,E-Wedberg,T/
Andorra/1993/}) 18... Nd7 (18... Qxb6 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. Nf3 Rxd5 22.
Rxf8+ $1 $18) 19. bxa7 {[%csl Ga7] o^a7 The srtong passed pawn completely ties
Black down.} Rxd5 20. Qf3 Rd3 21. Qb7 d5 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Qc6 Nb3 24. Bg5 f6 25.
Qe6+ Kh8 26. Ne5 Qf8 27. Nd7 Nc5 28. Nxf8 Nxe6 29. Nxe6 {1-0,Krasenkow,M-Bu
Xiangzhi/Shenyang/1999/}) 18. Ne4 {[%csl Rh4] /\Bg5} Qb6 {[%mdl 256] Despite
his waylaid Rh4 Black defends well to create sufficient <=>, the position is
far from clear.} 19. Ra6 ({An interesting alternative was the exchange
sacrifice after} 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Nf6+ $5 (20. Qg3 Rh5 {[%cal Re5d3] /\Nd3~~} (
20... Nd3 $2 21. Qxh4 Nxe1 22. Be3 $18)) 20... Kh8 (20... Kf8 $4 21. Rxe5 dxe5
22. Nd7+) 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. Nd7 Qxb5 (22... Qb7 23. Qxf7 Rd4 24. Be3 Rxd5 25.
Rxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kh2 Qc8 27. Bh6 $3 Bxh6 28. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rh7#)
23. Qxf7 $44 {/\Ra7,Bg5}) (19. Bg5 Rh5 20. Be3 (20. Qf3 $2 f5 $17) 20... Qxb5
21. Nxd6 Qxd5 $11) 19... Qxb5 20. Rxd6 Ne5 21. Bg5 (21. Nf6+ $142 $1 Bxf6 22.
Rxf6 Nd3 23. Re7 $36 {/\} Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxd5 25. Rfxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27.
g4 $1 Rxh3 28. Kg2 $18 {צ}) 21... Rh5 22. Nf6+ (22. Bf6 Nd3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 $132
) 22... Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Nd3 24. Re7 $2 {This already puts White's position under
a threat.} (24. Re2 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Qxd5 26. Qa4 Rf8 27. Re8 Qc5 $11) ({More
circumspect and better was} 24. Re3 $142 Rf5 (24... Rxd5 25. Qf3 Nb4 26. Bc3 $1
$18 {->}) (24... Nb4 25. Bc3 $5 (25. Be5 $2 Rxe5 $1 26. Rxe5 Qb8 $19) (25. Re5
Qb8 26. Rd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxd8 Rxe5 28. Bf6 Rf5 $15) 25... Nxd5 26. Re7 Qc5 $5 27.
Red7 Nxc3 28. Qf3 Rf8 $11) 25. b3 Nxf2 26. Qd4 (26. Qe2 Nd1 $1 27. Qxd1 Qc5 $17
) 26... cxb3 27. Qxa7 (27. g4 $2 Nxh3+ $1) 27... Nxh3+ 28. Kh2 Rf8 29. Qe7 {
[%cal Re7f8] /\Qf8!} Rxf6 30. Qxf6 b2 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kg7 33. Rf3 $1 Ng5
(33... b1=Q $2 34. Qf6+ $18) 34. Qxg5 Qb8+ 35. g3 b1=Q 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qxf7+
$11) 24... Qc5 25. Red7 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rf8 $6 (26... Rxd5 $142 $1 27. Rxd5 Qxf6
$36 {[%cal Ya8e8,Rd3f2] /\Nf2,Re8}) 27. Rd8 $8 (27. Qg1 Qg3 $40) (27. Qg4 Rf5
28. Bc3 Ne5 29. Bxe5 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 $1 $19) 27... Rxd5 $8 28. Rxd5 Qxf6 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qd2 Kg7 (30... Qxb2 $5 31. Qh6+ (31. Rxd3 $4 Qb1+ $19) 31... Ke7
32. Qh4+ Kf8 {/\} (32... Qf6 $4 33. Rd7+ Ke6 34. Rd6+ $18) 33. Qxc4 Qb1+ 34.
Kh2 Qb8+ $11 {was also possible and lead to an immediate perpetual.}) 31. Rb5
a6 32. Rb8 h5 $44 {=} 33. Qc3 {Without the exchange of Q White can't make any
progress, but now Black liquidates the << to a drawn _|_.} Qxc3 34. bxc3 Nf2+
35. Kg1 Ne4 36. Rc8 Nxc3 37. Rxc4 Nd5 $11 38. Rc6 f6 (38... h4 $2 39. Rc4 $1 g5
40. Rc5 $16) 39. Rxa6 (39. g3 $5 Ne3 40. Rxa6 Nf5 41. Kf2 Kf7 $11) 39... h4 40.
Kf2 Nf4 41. Kf3 g5 {[%csl Rg2] Now Black's fotress is even sttronger, than in
the previous note.} 42. Ra2 Kg6 43. Ke4 Nh5 44. Kd5 Nf4+ 45. Kd6 Kf7 46. Rc2
Kg6 47. Ke7 Nd5+ 48. Kf8 Nf4 49. Rd2 Ne6+ 50. Ke7 Nf4 (50... Nf4 51. Rd6 Kg7
$11 (51... g4 $5 52. Rxf6+ Kg5 $132 {=}) 52. Rxf6 $4 Nd5+) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gdanski, Jacek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 $5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qd3
14. N2c4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ba6 16. Kc2 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nb6 $1 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bg5
Ra7 20. Kb3 Rd7 21. Nc4 {Kramnik,V-Hall,J,Oakham 1992-CBM 30} Bb7 $1 $36 {
Kramnik}) 10... Re8 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $1 $16) 11. Nc3 $5 {N} (
11. Nd2 Nxd5 (11... Nxe4 12. Bxe4 (12. Nxe4 f5 $13) 12... Ba6 $1 (12... f5 $2
13. O-O fxe4 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. a4 Be5 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. b4 $1 Bb7 18. Bb2 $40 {
Shipov,S-Maslej,M,Katowice op 1992}) 13. a4 Qa5 $44) (11... Na6 $5 12. O-O Nb4
13. Bc4 (13. Bb1 Ba6 14. a4 Qd7 $13) 13... Nxe4 14. Re1 Bf5 15. a3 $2 Nxf2 $1
16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Kxf2 Nd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. a4 Bxb5 20. axb5 Bd4+ 21. Kf1
Qe3 $19 {Suran,J-Pekarek,A,Ceske Budejovice op 1992}) 12. O-O Nf4 13. Nc4 Nxd3
14. Qxd3 Ba6 15. a4 (15. Ncxd6 Nc6 16. Qd5 Re6 17. Qxc6 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxd6 19.
Be3 Rxe4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Bxc5 {1/2:1/2,Cruz,C-Martin,A,ESP-ch 1991}) 15...
Nc6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Ncxd6 Red8 $1 (17... Re7 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rac1 Nd4 20.
Rfe1 Ne6 $10 {Ambarcumjan,A-Wang Zili,PRC-CIS Beijing 1991-CBM 28}) 18. Be3
Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bd4 20. Rfc1 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rab8 22. Ra1 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Na5 $1 $15
{Miladinovic,I-Radosavljevic,S,JUG-ch 1991-TD 91_07}) (11. Bg5 $6 Qb6 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rb1 c4 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Nc5
19. O-O Nxe4 20. Qxc4 Ng3 $17 {Kalinichev,S-Semeniuk,A,Leningrad-chT 1989-TD
89_09}) (11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 $132) 11... Nxe4 $8 12. Nxe4 (12. Bxe4 $2
Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Rxe4+ 14. Be3 Ba6 $36) 12... f5 13. Bg5 (13. Nfd2 $6 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 Qh4 $40) 13... Qd7 $1 (13... Qa5+ 14. Qd2 (14. Bd2 Qb6 15. O-O fxe4 16.
Re1 Bf5 $13) 14... Qxd2+ 15. Nfxd2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. f3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 $14 {
<->b,><d6}) 14. Nfd2 (14. Qc2 $2 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf5 $19) 14... Ba6 (14... fxe4
15. Bc4 (15. Nxe4 Qf5 16. O-O Rxe4 17. Qd2 Qe5 18. Bxe4 Qxe4 19. Rfe1 Qa4 $17)
15... Bxb2 $5 (15... Ba6 16. O-O Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Na6 18. Bf4 $16) 16. Rb1 Bc3 17.
Bb5 (17. Rb3 Qf5 $13) 17... Qf5 18. Bxe8 Qxg5 $44) 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. O-O fxe4
17. Nc4 Nb4 $132 18. Qd2 (18. Bf4 Nd3 19. Bxd6 Nxb2 20. Nxb2 Bxb2 (20... Qxd6
21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Rc1 $36) 21. Rb1 Bd4 $17 {/\Qd5}) 18... Nd3 19. Rad1 Ne5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 {[Stohl]} (20... Bxe5 21. Rfe1 Rab8 22. b3 Rb4 {/\a5-a4=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bishkek zt"]
[Site "Bishkek"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Black "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "KGZ"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 (9... b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 (12... Ba6 $5 $132)
13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Nc4 Bb7 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Bd2 $1 Bxd5 18. Ba5 Bxf3
19. Qxf3 Qc8 20. Bb3 Rb8 21. Re1 $44 {Hracek,Z-Knazovcik,L/Luhacovice ch-CR/
1993/}) 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 Nh5 (12... Qc7 13. Bc4 $5 (13. Bf4 Nh5
14. Bh2 Ne5 15. Be2 Nf6 16. Nd2 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a5 Bh6 $132) 16... g5 17.
Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Nxe4 21. Bd3 Nf6 $13 {Cramling,
P-Velimirovic,D/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 13... Rb8 (13... h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2
Ne5 16. Nd2 $5 Qd8 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 f4
22. e6 $18 {Dokhoian,Y-Pekarek,A/BL9293/1993/}) 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2 Ne5 16. Be2
Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. d6 Qd7 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Nxe4
Rxe5 23. Bg4 f5 24. Ng5 $1 $40 {Kozul,Z-Kljako,D/Bled/1993/}) 13. Bf1 $1 {N} (
13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bf1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. g3 Bd7 18. Qc2 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nf6 23. Nc3 Nxe4 24. Re1 $14 {
Vyzhmanavin,A-Tataev,M/Moscow/1990/}) 13... Ne5 14. Nh2 $1 Rb8 15. g4 Nf6 16.
f4 Ned7 17. Nf3 $16 {[+]()/\e5+-} b5 $5 (17... h5 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Nh7 20.
Bf4 hxg4 21. hxg4 $16 {->>>}) (17... Nf8 18. e5 N6d7 19. e6 $1 $16) 18. axb5
axb5 19. e5 b4 20. Nb5 (20. exf6 $2 bxc3 21. fxg7 cxb2 $17) 20... dxe5 21. fxe5
Nxg4 $8 22. e6 $1 (22. hxg4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44) 22... Nge5 (22... fxe6 23.
dxe6 $18) 23. Nd6 (23. exd7 Bxd7 $44) 23... Re7 (23... fxe6 24. Nxe8 Qxe8 25.
Nxe5 Bxe5 (25... Nxe5 26. Bf4 exd5 27. Bxe5 $18) 26. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5 27. Bf4 $18)
24. Nxc8 Rxc8 25. exd7 Qxd7 26. Bf4 $1 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 $16 Bxb2 28. d6 Ree8 29.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Qxa8+ Kg7 32. Qd5 Bd4+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kg2 $142 $16)
33... b3 $5 34. Be5+ $6 (34. Qxb3 $5 Qf5 35. Qg3 g5 $1 36. Qxg5+ Qxg5 37. Bxg5
Be5+ 38. Kg2 Bxd6 $16) 34... Bxe5+ 35. Qxe5+ f6 36. Qxc5 b2 37. Bd3 Qa4 $1 $8
38. Qc7+ (38. Qd5 $2 Qf4+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ {/\b1Q-+}) 38... Kh6 39. d7 Qd4 $1 $10
40. d8=Q (40. Kg2 $2 Qxd3 41. d8=Q Qxd8 42. Qxd8 b1=Q $15) 40... Qf2+ 41. Kh1
b1=Q+ $1 42. Bxb1 Qf1+ {[Stohl]} (42... Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-14c"]
[Site "Zagreb"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 $10 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 (12. Bf4 Qe7 $10) 12... a6
13. a4 Rc8 14. Re1 Re8 15. Bf4 $146 (15. Be3) 15... c4 16. Bf1 Nc5 17. Qc2 (17.
Bxc4 Ncxe4 $15) (17. e5 $5) 17... Nb3 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Kh1 (19. e5 $6 dxe5 20.
d6 Qc5 21. Ne4 Nd4 $1 $17) 19... Nd7 $15 20. Bh2 Qc5 21. f4 b5 22. e5 dxe5 23.
Ne4 Qf8 (23... Qb4 $5) 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qf2 (25. d6 Nd7 $17) 25... f5 26. Nc3
b4 27. d6 $8 bxc3 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. d7 Rd8 (29... cxb2 $6 30. dxc8=Q Qxc8 31.
Rxe5 {/\Qc2}) 30. Bxc4+ Kh8 31. Bxb3 cxb2 $17 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Qe2 Qf6 34. Ba2
Kg7 35. Qd3 h5 36. Bc4 Bc7 $6 $17 (36... a5 $142 $1) 37. Bxa6 Qe5 38. Kg1 Rb8
39. Bb5 h4 40. Kf1 Bd8 41. Qe2 Qf4+ 42. Qf3 $6 (42. Kg1 $17) 42... Qc1 43. Qd3
Rb6 $1 44. Qb1 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qb4 46. Kh1 Re6 $19 47. Bf1 Re3 48. Qc2 Rc3 (48...
Rc3 49. Qd2 (49. Qb1 Ra3) 49... Rxh3+ $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch m"]
[Site "Jacksonville"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6
14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 (15... Ne5 $5 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Re1
Rfe8 19. Bg5 {Bareev-Vera,Novi Sad (ol) 1990} Qd6 $5 $146) 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17.
Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Qc2 (18. Rb1 Qd6 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Qxd5 21. Rfd1 Bd4 $10 {
Kozul-Vranesic,Toronto 1990-CBM 20}) 18... Rfd8 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. Qc4 Qb7 21. Be3
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Kf1 Rb6 $1 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. b3 Ra6 $1 $10 {
Salov-Tal,Skelleftea 1989-CBM 14}) 10... Nxe4 $2 (10... Re8 $5 11. Bg5 $6 (11.
Nc3 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nfd2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. f3 Qh4+ $40) (11. O-O
Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. a3 Bd7 15. Nc3
Rab8 16. Rb1 c4 $1 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Nc5 19. O-O Nxe4 20. Qxc4 Ng3 $19 {
Kalinichev-Semeniuk,Leningrad ch-T 1989-TD 89_09}) 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $3 {N}
(12. Nd2 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nxd6 Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 17. Kd1 fxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qb4 19. f3 Re5 20. Nc3 Qd4+ 21. Qd2 Bd3 $44 {Lokotar-Marin,Vosu 1989-48/
115}) 12... f5 (12... Bxb2 13. Bxb2 Qxg5 14. O-O Rxe4 15. Nxd6 Rb4 (15... Bxh3
16. Qf3 $18) 16. Bc3 Bxh3 17. Qf3 $18) (12... h6 13. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ (13... fxe6
14. O-O e5 15. Bxg6 $18) (13... Bxe6 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd5 $18) 14. Nc3 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qe5 17. O-O Bxe6 (17... Qxe4 18. Nc7 Rd8 19. Nxa8 Qxd5
20. Ba5 $18) 18. Re1 (18. dxe6 Qxe4 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Re1 Qd5 21. Rxe8 Kxe8
22. Bxh6 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ke7 24. Bf4 $16) 18... Bd7 $8 19. Qc2 $1 f5 (19... Na6
$2 20. Bd3 $18) 20. Bc3 Qf4 21. g3 Qg5 22. Bd3 $40) 13. O-O fxe4 14. Re1 Qb6 (
14... Bf5 15. g4 Bf6 16. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 17. gxf5 $16) 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Ncxe4 Bb7
17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Ne6 Bh8 19. N4xc5 $1 (19. Bg5 $5 Nd7 20. Qf3 $40) 19... dxc5
20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Qd6 22. Rg5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 (23. Rxd5 $1 Qxe6 24. Rc1 $18)
23... Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxe6 25. Rxc5 Re2 26. Rac1 Rf8 27. R1c2 $2 (27. Rc8 Rexf2
28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rc2 $18 {/\ Rf2,Kf1-e1}) 27... Rfxf2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. R8c7+
Kh6 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Rb7 a6 32. a4 Kg5 (32... a5 $5 $14) 33. b4 h5 $2 (33...
Ra2 $8 34. a5 h5 35. Rb6 Rb2 36. Kf1 $14) 34. Rb6 Rb2 35. b5 a5 (35... axb5 36.
Rxb5+ $18) 36. Ra6 $18 Kf4 37. Rxg6 Rb4 38. Rf6+ Kg3 39. Rf1 Rxa4 (39... Rb2
40. Rf3+ Kh4 41. Kh2 $18) 40. Rb1 Rb4 $2 (40... Re4 41. b6 Re8 42. b7 Rb8 43.
Rb5 a4 (43... h4 44. Rxa5 Rxb7 45. Rg5+ Kf4 46. Rg4+ $18) 44. Rxh5 $1 Rxb7 45.
Rg5+ Kf4 46. Rg4+ $18) 41. Rxb4 axb4 42. b6 {[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O (11. Bg5 $5 $14) (11. Nc3 {Chekhov
} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nfd2 fxe4 15. Nxe4 c4 16. Bc2 Qf5 17. Qe2
Nd7 $44 {Sapis/}) (11. Nd2 {Chekhov} Nxe4 $1 12. Bxe4 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5 14. Nxd6
Nd7 15. Qc2 f5 16. Kd1 fxe4 17. N2c4 Qd8 $1 18. Nxe8 Qxe8 19. Bd2 Qf7 $1 $132 {
Matveeva,S-Prudnikova,S/URS/1991/}) 11... Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 (12... Ba6 13. Qa4 $1
Nf6 14. Bg5 Rf8 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Bf1 Nbd7 17. Bf4 c4 18. Nxd6 Nc5 19. Qa3 Nfd7
20. Rb1 Rab8 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bxb2 23. Qe3 $16 {Murdzia,P-Wojtkiewicz,A/
POL-chT/1993/}) 13. Na3 Nf6 (13... f5 $6 14. Nc4 Nd7 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Nxd6 Rf8
17. Nxe4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. d6 Bd4 20. Be3 Qb6 21. Nxc5 $1 $18 {Voiska,
M-Birens,EA/Cappelle op/1993/}) 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Bg5 (15. Nc4 Bb7 (15... Nd7
{Chekhov} 16. Bf4 Nb6 $1 $13) 16. Bc2 Nd7 17. Bd2 Ndf6 18. Ba5 Nc7 19. Ne3 Qe7
20. Bb3 Ne4 21. Qd3 Nb5 22. Re1 f5 23. Nc2 Qf6 24. a4 Nd4 25. Ncxd4 cxd4 26.
Bb6 $16 {Manninen,M-Olafsson,H/Reykjavik zt/1995/}) 15... Bf6 {N/} (15... Nf6
$5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Bc4 Nbd7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. b3 Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc2 Qd8
22. g3 Qd7 23. Kg2 Bg7 $15 {^^,Sinkovics,P-Urban,K/Bagneaux/1993/}) (15... Qc7
$5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bc2 Nef6 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Nxe8 21. Nc4 Nef6
22. Bf4 Bf8 23. Ne3 Nb6 24. Qd3 Qd7 25. Bc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb5 $15 {Gelfand,
B-Topalov,V/Moscow olm/1994/}) (15... f6 {Chekhov} 16. Bf4 Nd7 17. Nc4 Ne5 18.
Bxe5 $1 fxe5 19. Nfd2 $14 {Li,M-Perez,J/Havana/1994/0,5/34/}) 16. Qd2 Bb7 17.
Be4 (17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Nc4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Ne3 h6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4
Qg5 23. g3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Re8 25. h4 Qe5 $10 {Neverov,V-Berelovich,A/Sochi/1993/})
17... Nd7 18. Re1 Bxg5 $5 $146 (18... Nb6 19. b3 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf6 21. Nc4 Nxc4
22. bxc4 Bc8 23. Bc2 Ra7 24. Qe3 Rb7 25. Ba4 Bd7 26. Bc6 $5 $14 {Epishin,
V-Topalov,V/Las Palmas/1994/}) 19. Nxg5 Nef6 20. Nc4 (20. Bf3 $6 {Chekhov} Ne5)
20... Nb6 $1 (20... h6 $2 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Nxd6+ Kg7 23. Nxb7 Qb6 24. Na5
$18) 21. Nxb6 $8 (21. Ne3 $2 h6 $19) 21... Qxb6 22. Bf3 Qb4 $6 (22... Re8 $142
23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Ne4 (24. Qf4 $14 {Chekhov}) 24... Bc8 $5 $10 (24... Qb4 $132
)) (22... h6 {Chekhov} 23. Ne4 Nxd5 24. Qxh6 $40) 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Re7 $1 $36
{_|_,׫} Bxd5 $8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd7 (26. Rxf7 $2 h6 $17) 26... Nf6 (26... f6
$5 27. Nf7 $1 $36 (27. Ne4 Re8 28. f3 f5 $132) (27. Nxh7 Re8 28. Rxd6 Kxh7 29.
Rxd5 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 31. Ra5 Rxb2 (31... Rxf2 $6 32. b3 $16) 32. f3 b3 33.
axb3 Rxb3 34. Rxa6 f5 $10) (27. Nf3 Nb6 28. Rxd6 Nc4 29. Rd4 Nxb2 30. Rxb4 Nd3
31. Rb6 $14)) (26... Nb6 27. Rxf7 h6 28. Rb7 $16) 27. Rxd6 (27. Rxf7 {Chekhov}
Ne4 $1) 27... Kg7 28. Rb6 h6 (28... Nd5 29. Rb7 $16) 29. Nf3 a5 (29... Nd5 30.
Rd6 $36) 30. Ne5 Re8 $5 (30... Ra7 31. Nc6 {/\Rb5}) 31. Rb5 (31. f4 {Chekhov}
Nd5 $1) 31... a4 32. g3 $5 {/\Nd3} (32. f4 a3 (32... Nh5 33. Rxb4 a3 34. b3 (
34. bxa3 Nxf4 $44) 34... Rd8 35. g4 Rd1+ 36. Kf2 Nf6 37. Rb7 $18) 33. bxa3 (33.
Rxb4 Nd5 34. Rb7 axb2 $10) 33... bxa3 34. Rb7 Nh5 $5 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Ra7 Nxf4
37. Ng4 Re2 $44) 32... a3 (32... Ne4 {Chekhov} 33. Nd3 $1) 33. bxa3 (33. b3 $6
Ne4 $132) 33... bxa3 34. Ra5 Ne4 35. Nd3 $1 Rc8 36. Rxa3 $14 Rc2 37. h4 g5 38.
hxg5 hxg5 39. Kg2 Nd2 (39... Nc3 40. Nb4 $16) (39... f6 40. Kf3 Nd6 $14) (39...
g4 $5 {Chekhov}) 40. Ne5 (40. Ra7 $5) 40... f5 (40... Ne4 $142 41. Nd3 $14 (41.
Kf3 Nxf2 42. Ra7 Kf6 $132)) 41. Ra7+ (41. Nf3 {Chekhov} Ne4) 41... Kf6 42. Nd3
g4 $2 (42... Ne4 $1 43. Kf3 $14) 43. Ra6+ Ke7 (43... Kg5 $2 44. Nf4 {/\Rg6#})
44. Ra5 Rc3 (44... Kf6 $142 45. Nb4 (45. Nf4 {Chekhov} Ne4) (45. Ra6+ Ke7)
45... Rc1 46. Nd5+ Ke6 (46... Kg5 47. Ne3 Nf3 48. Nxg4 $1 Nh4+ 49. Kh3 $1 Rh1+
50. Nh2 Nf3 51. Kg2 $18) 47. Nf4+ Kf6 48. Ra6+ Kf7 49. Ne2 $16) 45. Nf4 Rc1 46.
Ne2 $1 (46. Rxf5 $2 Nf3 47. Ng6+ (47. Ne2 Ra1 $10) 47... Ke6 48. Rxf3 gxf3+ 49.
Kxf3 Ra1 $10) 46... Ra1 47. Nd4 $18 Nc4 48. Rc5 $1 Rc1 (48... Nd6 49. Nxf5+
Nxf5 50. Rxf5 Rxa2 51. Rf4 $18) 49. Rxf5 Ra1 50. Rf4 Rxa2 $2 (50... Ne5 51.
Nf5+ Ke6 52. Nh6 $18) 51. Nc6+ {/\Rc4} 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giese Mowsziszian} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5
7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 a6 (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Bf4 a6 13.
Qd2 Ra7 $6 14. Rfe1 Nce8 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bf1 Nc7 19.
d6 Ncd5 20. d7 Qd8 21. Bg5 Nxc3 22. bxc3 $18 {o^d7,Mitenkov,A-Tseshkovsky,V/
RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) (9... b5 $5 {Mowsziszian} 10. Nxb5 (10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 $44) 10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Qa5+ (11... Re8
$2 12. Ng5 $1 h6 13. Ne6 $1 fxe6 14. O-O $16) 12. Nc3 Ba6 $44) 10. a4 Nbd7 11.
O-O (11. Bf4 Qe7 12. O-O Nh5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Re1 Bf4 $6 15. g3 Bh6 16. Bf1 f6
17. Nd2 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Ne5 19. Qd1 Bd7 20. f4 Nf7 21. g4 $16 {Peric,S-Anka,E/
Geneva op/1995/}) 11... Re8 $6 (11... Nh5 $142 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2
Qc7 (14... Rb8 15. g4 Ng7 16. Kg2 Qc7 17. Rfc1 c4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Ne4 Qe7 20.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxc4 Qe4+ 23. Kg1 Bxg4 24. Bd3 Qf3 25. hxg4 Qxg4+
26. Kf1 $16 {Bellon-San Segundo/Almeria/1989/}) (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 Ng7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Rab1 a5 19. Nb5 g5 20. b3 h6 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Bd2 b6
23. Re1 Be5 24. Bg4 Ba6 25. Na3 h5 26. Bf3 Bc8 27. Qd1 $16 {Krasenkov,
M-Kovacevic,S/Metz op/1994/}) 15. Rfc1 Ne5 16. Be2 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ng7 18. a5
Be5 19. Na4 f5 20. Nb6 Rb8 21. Nc4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rxe4 24. f3 Re8
25. Bf4 Nf5 26. Nxd6 Nxd6 27. Qf6 Bf5 28. Bxd6 {1/2/Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,
M (6)/Alcobendas m/1993/}) 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ne5 (14... Bh6 15.
e5 $36) 15. Be2 $1 Nf6 (15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be5 (16... Nf6 17. e5 $16 {|^[+]})
17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. g3 Qxh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. f4 f6 22. e5 $1 fxe5
23. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Rd6,Rh5,Rh7] ק,Sarno,S-Khan Mohd,O/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) (
15... Bd7 16. a5 Kh8 17. Qd2 (17. Nxe5 $5 $16) 17... Rab8 18. Rad1 b6 19. g4
Nf6 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. f4 Ng8 22. f5 Bh6 23. Qc2 bxa5 24. Bxa6 Rb4 25. d6 Qh4
$132 {Lobron,E-Maus,So/Hamburg SKA/1991/}) (15... Rb8 $6 {Mowsziszian} 16. Nxe5
$1 Bxe5 17. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qe5+ 19. g3 Qxh5 20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. e5 $1 $16 {
_|_} Rxe5 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Re1 f6 24. f4 exf4 25. Re8+ Kf7 26. Rh8 f3 27. Kg1
f5 28. d6 {wenn28...Ke629.Rd8!/\d7  1-0 Mowsziszian,K-Von Herman,U/Hamburg op 
(09) ;EXT 92op 1992}) 16. Nd2 $5 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. a5 $14) 16... g5 $1 $8 (
16... Qc7 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] [+]}) 17. Bxe5 {[%csl
Gc8,Gg7] Although White gains a pawn, Black's active Bishops give him
counterchances, which can't be underestimated.} Qxe5 (17... dxe5 $6 18. Nc4 $16
{[%csl Rb6,Rf5] ><f5,b6}) 18. Nf3 Qe7 $8 19. Nxg5 Bd7 {[%cal Rh7h6] /\h6} (
19... h6 20. Nf3 Nxe4 $2 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bd3 $18) (19... Nxd5 {Mowsziszian}
20. Nxd5 Qxg5 21. Nc7 Bxh3 22. Bf1 $1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Be5 (23... Bc3 $4 24. Re3 $1
) 24. Nxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxb7 $16) 20. Bf1 (20. Bh5 $6 Rf8 $13) 20... Ng4 $1 21. Nf3
$8 (21. Nxf7 $2 Nxf2 $40) (21. hxg4 $2 Qxg5 22. Be2 (22. f3 $4 Bd4+) 22... Bxc3
23. bxc3 Rxe4 $36) 21... Ne5 22. Nh2 $6 (22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. g3 $14 {[%cal Yf1g2,
Yf2f4] /\Bg2,f4}) (22. a5 $5 $14) 22... Bh6 $1 {Stohl: Black's Bg7 leaves it's
customary diagonal, but Black has to prevent f4 and the B will be effective in
demolishing White's King-side.} 23. a5 {Mowsziszian: Schwarz hat genug
Kompesation für die Bauern, denn er hat Angriff am Königsflügel. Deswegen hat
Weiss  keine  Zeit  für den positionellen Zug a4-a5.} (23. Qh5 Qf6 $132 (23...
Bd2 24. Red1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. f4 Ng6 28. f5 Ne5 {und Weiss
hat selbst  Angriffs-Chancen.}) (23... Bf4 24. g3 $1 {Schwarz kann nicht Rg8
spielen.})) (23. g3 $142 $13) 23... Kh8 24. Qh5 Bf4 25. g3 (25. Ne2 $2 Bxh2+
26. Kxh2 Nd3 $17) 25... Rg8 26. Kh1 (26. Bg2 $6 Bxg3 $1 27. fxg3 Rxg3 28. Ne2
Rg5 29. Qh6 (29. Qh4 $2 Rxg2+) 29... Rag8 30. Nf4 Ng6 $1 $19) (26. Ne2 $5 Rg5
27. Nxf4 $1 (27. Qh4 $2 Ng6 $19) (27. Qh6 $2 Rxg3+ $19) 27... Rxh5 28. Nxh5 $44
) 26... Bxg3 $1 {After this sacrifice, the position isn t hopeless for White,
but it shows quite clearly that in a practically game it is more difficult to
defend than to attack Nach diesem Opfer ist Weiß nicht verloren, jedoch zeigt
sich hier, daß es in einer praktioschen Partie in der Regel der Angreifer
leichter hat, als der Verteidiger} 27. fxg3 Rxg3 $44 {At this moment Black has
only one pawn for the sacrificed piece, but White's forces lack coordination
and he will have to give more material.} 28. Bg2 (28. Ne2 Rg5 29. Qh6 Rag8 $19
{[%cal Rg8g6] /\R8g6}) (28. Qe2 Rag8 29. Qf2 Qg5 30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. Qxg3 Bf3+ $19
) (28. Re2 $142 {/\Rg2 kann man verteidigen.}) 28... Rag8 29. Rg1 (29. Re2 Qf6
$1 30. Nf1 (30. Rf1 Qg7 31. Rff2 Bxh3 $19) 30... R3g5 31. Qh4 Qg6 32. Ne3 (32.
Qf2 Qh5 $19) 32... Rh5 33. Qf4 Bxh3 34. Bxh3 Rxh3+ 35. Rh2 Nf3 $1 36. Rxh3 Qg1+
37. Rxg1 Rxg1#) (29. Re2) 29... Qf6 30. Ne2 $1 (30. Raf1 Qg7 31. Qe2 (31. Ng4
Nxg4 32. hxg4 (32. Rxf7 Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxh3+ 34. Qxh3 Bxh3 $19) 32... Qxg4 $1 {
[%csl Rg2]} (32... Rxg4 {[%csl Rg2] Giese} 33. Qh2 (33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Qxf7 Rh4+
$19) (33. Rf2 Rg6 $1 {[%cal Yg6h6]} 34. Qh2 Rh6 35. Bh3 Qxg1+ 36. Qxg1 Rxh3+
$19) 33... Qe5 $1 (33... Rg6 $2 34. Bf3 $16) 34. Bh3 (34. Qxe5+ dxe5 35. Bh3
Rh4 $19) 34... Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Rxg1 36. Rxg1 Rxg1 37. Bxd7 Rc1 (37... Ra1 38.
Bc6 $132) 38. Kg3 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7][%cal Yd7c6]} Rc2 39. Na4 $132) 33. Qxg4 R3xg4
$1 {/\Rh4}) 31... Bxh3 32. Rf2 Nd3 $19) (30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. hxg4 R8xg4 $19) 30...
R8g5 $1 (30... R3g5 31. Qh4 Qg7 32. Nf4) 31. Qh4 (31. Nxg3 Rxh5 32. Nxh5 Qh4
33. Raf1 Qxh5 34. Rf6 Nd3 $17) (31. Rgf1 $142 $1 {[%csl Gg1,Rf6] Giese} Rxg2 (
31... Qe7 32. Nxg3 Rxh5 33. Nxh5 Qh4 34. Nf6 $18) 32. Rxf6 (32. Qh4 Rg1+ 33.
Rxg1 Rxg1+ $19 {[%csl Rh4]}) 32... Rxh2+ (32... Rxh5 33. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 34. Kg3 $18
) 33. Kxh2 Rxh5 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ye5g4]} 34. Rxd6 Rxh3+ (34... Bxh3 35. Nf4 $18
) 35. Kg2 Rd3 $44) 31... Rxh3 32. Qf4 (32. Qxh3 $5 Bxh3 33. Bxh3 Rxg1+ 34. Kxg1
(34. Rxg1 Nd3 $36) 34... Nf3+ 35. Nxf3 Qxf3 36. Bf1 Qxe4 37. Nc3 $15) (32. Bxh3
$2 Rxg1+ {undQh4}) (32. Qxg5 $2 Rxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Qxg5 $19 {/\Qh4}) (32. Qe1 Rxh2+
33. Kxh2 Qh6+ $19) 32... Qxf4 33. Nxf4 Rh4 34. Raf1 $2 (34. Rgf1 $8 Bb5 (34...
Ng4 35. Bh3) (34... Rgg4 35. Nh3 $1 (35. Ne2 $6 Rg6 {[%cal Ye5g4]} 36. Kg1 (36.
Nf4 Rgh6 $19) 36... Bh3 37. Rf2 Nd3 38. Raf1 Nxf2 (38... Rxe4 39. Nc3 Re3 $19 {
[%csl Rf2,Rg2][%cal Ye3g3]}) 39. Rxf2 Rxe4 $19) 35... Rxg2 (35... Rg6 36. Nf3
$1 Rxh3+ 37. Bxh3 Bxh3 38. Nxe5 $16) 36. Kxg2 Rxh3 (36... Bxh3+ {Giese} 37. Kg3
Bxf1 38. Kxh4 Bd3 $17) 37. Nf3 $132) 35. Nh3 $5 Rgh5 36. Rf4 Rxh3 37. Bxh3 Rxh3
$15) (34. Ne2 $2 Ng4 $19) 34... Rg3 $1 {[%cal Ye5g4] (.) A nice example of
zugzwang, White's pieces can't move at all. Weiss gibt auf, weil er im
Zugzwang ist.} (34... Rg3 35. Ne2 (35. Bh3 Bxh3 36. Rxg3 (36. Rf2 {Giese} Ng4
37. Re2 Rb3 $19) 36... Bxf1 $19) (35. Rf2 Ng4 $19) (35. b3 h6 $1 (35... Ng4 36.
Bh3 $1 $13 Rgxh3 37. Nxh3 Rxh3 $13 38. Rxg4 Bxg4 39. Rxf7 h5 40. Rxb7 Bf3+ 41.
Kg1 Bxe4) 36. Rf2 (36. Ne2 Ng4 $1) (36. Bh3 Rxg1+ 37. Rxg1 Bxh3 $19) 36... Ng4
$1) 35... Ng4 $1 {[%cal Yh4h2]} 36. Nxg3 (36. Bh3 Rgxh3 $19) 36... Rxh2#) 0-1

[Event "Moscow ZSKS"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Na6 (9... b5 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qd3 $6
(13... Qa6 $142 $146) 14. N2c4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Ba6 16. Kc2 Nd7 17. Rd1 Nb6 18.
Nxb6 axb6 19. Bg5 Ra7 20. Kb3 Rd7 21. Nc4 $14 {Kramnik,V-Hall,J,Oakham
1992-CBM 30}) 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 (11. a4 a6 12. Bg5 (12. Re1 $142 {-11.Re1})
12... h6 13. Be3 Re8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rab1 b5 16. axb5 Nxb5 $1 17. Nxb5 axb5 18.
e5 dxe5 19. Bxb5 Bd7 20. Bc6 $13 {Sarno,S-Suba,M,Roma op 1990-TD 90_03}) 11...
a6 (11... Nd7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. a4 $1 {/\e5} a6 15. Bf1 $1 {/\e5} f6
16. Rab1 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. b4 $16 {Magerramov,E-Garrido,D,
Nimes op 1991}) (11... Re8 12. a4 b6 13. Bf4 a6 (13... Nh5 14. Bg5 Qd7 $6 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. g4 Nf6 17. Qf4 $16 {Boensch,U-Molnar,A,Szekszard op 1989-TD 89_11})
14. Bf1 Bb7 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. b4 Nd7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Nd1 Qe7 19. Ne3 b5 20. e5 $1
$16 {Khalifman,A-Winants,L,Dordrecht 1988-CBM 07}) 12. a4 Rb8 13. Bf1 $1 {N} (
13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Rxb6 15. Nd2 $1 Nb5 16. Nc4 Rb8 17. Bd2 $14 {Zysk,R-Hertel,
P,Dortmund op 1992-CBM 29}) 13... b5 14. e5 $36 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bb7 $8 16. d6 (
16. axb5 Nxb5 $1 $132) (16. Nc6 $6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 b4 {פ,Pc6}) 16... Ncd5 (16...
Ne6 17. axb5 $16) 17. axb5 Nxc3 $8 (17... axb5 $6 18. Nxb5 $16) (17... Qxd6 18.
bxa6 $16) 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Bg5 $1 (19. Bxb5 Bxg2 $13 {/\} 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21.
Bxc6 Qb6 $1 (21... Rb6 $6 22. Ra8 Rxc6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf4 Bf8 25. Qf3 $16)
22. Bg2 Rbd8 $17) 19... h6 (19... Qb6 $2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nd7 $18) (19... b4
20. cxb4 cxb4 21. Bc4 $40 {><f7}) 20. Bxf6 $8 (20. Bh4 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 $15)
20... Bxf6 21. Bxb5 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rxb5 23. Qd5 $1 {[+],/\Ng6} Kg7 (23... Bxe5
24. Rxe5 Qd7 (24... Qf6 25. d7 Rb2 26. Rf1 {/\Re8+-} Rd2 27. Qxd2 Qxe5 28. Re1
$18) 25. Re7 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Raa7 Rb3 28. Rac7 $18 Rxc3 $2 29. d7 Rd3 30.
Rc8) 24. Nc6 $2 (24. Ra7 $142 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf6 26. Ree7 Rb6 $1 27. Red7 Qg5+
28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. Rac7 Kf6 30. Rxc5 Ke6 $14) (24. c4 $1 Rb6 (24... Ra5 25. Rxa5
Qxa5 26. Rd1 $18) 25. Rad1 $16 {/\Qc5+-}) 24... Qb6 25. c4 Rb2 $1 (25... Bxa1
26. cxb5 Bf6 27. d7 $18) 26. d7 (26. Rad1 Bh4 $132) 26... Rd2 $8 27. Qxd2 Qxc6+
28. Kg1 Rd8 (28... Bxa1 $142 $5 29. d8=Q (29. Rxa1 Rd8 30. Ra7 Qe6 $132) 29...
Rxd8 30. Qxd8 Bd4 31. Qd5 Qf6 32. Re2 $14) 29. Ra7 Bd4 30. Qf4 Rxd7 31. Re7 $1
(31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Kg2 $14) 31... Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Qf6 $8 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Rd7
Ke6 35. Rd5 $16 {/\Kf1,f3,Rd8-a8,Ke2-d3-e4,Ra6,Kd5 [Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shamkovich} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4
Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $5 {This tactical shot initiates a forced sequence, in
which Black's chances are certainly better, than in the quiet lines. After e.g.
9...Nbd7 White's center and space advantage give him the upper hand. 
Shamkovich: This sharp continuation leads to interesting complications} 10.
Bxb5 (10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Be2 Ba6 14. Nbxd6 Re6 15. Bf4
Nd7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. a3 Rxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. axb4 Qxd1 21. Bxd1
(21. Rfxd1 Bxe2 22. Rd2 Bb5 $13) 21... Bxf1 22. Kxf1 cxb4 (22... Bxb2 23. Ra2
Bd4 24. b5 c4 $11) 23. Ra4 a5 24. b3 Rd8 25. Be2 Bc7 {1/2,Hilarp Persson,
T-Gdanski,J/Goteborg Excelsior Cup/1997/}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2
Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 (13... Qd3 14. N2c4 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 {gives White more chances
to get an advantage.}) 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxc8 Raxc8
18. Rb1 $5 {The latest wrinkle. After other moves Black usually quickly
regains his pawn with a drawish position.} Rfd8 $5 ({Not long ago} 18... Qd6 {
was considered the best, as now the d-pawn really falls. But lately White
managed to create some problems for Black especially after this move.} 19. Bg5
$5 (19. Be3 $5 Rfd8 20. Qa4 Qxd5 21. Rfd1 Bd4 22. Rd2 Qc6 23. Qxc6 Rxc6 24. b3
$14 {Kozul,Z-Vranesic,Z/Toronto/1990/}) (19. Re1 Rcd8 20. Bg5 f6 $6 (20... Rd7
$142) 21. Be3 Qxd5 22. Qa4 f5 23. Qxa7 f4 24. Bxc5 Ra8 25. Qe7 Rf7 26. Qe4 $1
$16 {Lima,D-Outerelo,M/Aceimar op/1995/}) (19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Bd4 21. Be3
Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rbd1 Rb8 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Rc2 a4 27. Rcd2 Rf5
28. Bxd4+ cxd4 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Rxd4 {1/2,Smejkal,J-Wahls,M/BL/
1989/}) 19... h6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Qa4 Qxd5 22. Qxa7 c4 23. Qa4 Ra8 24. Qc2 Rxa2
25. Rfd1 Qa8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxc4 Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Bxb2 29. Bxh6 $14 {
Ibragimov,I-Nepomnishay,M/St.Petersburg op/1995/}) 19. Bf4 (19. Bg5 $143 $6 Rd7
20. Qg4 Qb7 21. Rfd1 h5 {1/2,Ibragimov,I-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik op/1994/})
19... Qb7 $1 $146 {Topalov did his homework well and found an important
improvement, which finally checks the dangerous pawn. The previous tries
failed rather drastically, e.g.} (19... Rd7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qg4 Qb7 22. Rfd1 Rc6
23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rbd1 Qc7 25. Rd5 h5 26. Qf3 Kf8 27. Be5 Qd8 28. b3 Qc7 29. Qd3
Ke7 30. g3 h4 31. Qe3 {1-0,Grabarczyk,M-Oliwa,M/POL-ch Brzeg Dolny/1996/}) (
19... Qa6 20. d6 Rd7 21. Qd5 c4 22. Rbd1 Bxb2 23. Rfe1 Bf6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25.
Rxe5 Rf8 26. Re7 Rdd8 27. d7 Qxa2 28. Rde1 Qa4 29. Kh2 a6 30. Rxf7 {1-0,
Rogozenko,D-Marin,M/Bucharest Ciocaltea/1995/}) 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd2 (21. Qd3 {
Simplest and the best is however} Bxd6 $1 (21... Qb4 $143 22. Qg3 $36 {[%csl
Gd6] o^d6}) (21... c4 22. Qg3 (22. Qd4 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rc6 $11) 22... Rc6 23.
Rfd1 Qb6 $5 24. Rd5 (24. d7 Qb7 25. Qg4 h5 $11) 24... Bxd6 25. Rbd1 Be7 $132)
22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qd7 $1 {[]} (23... Qb6 $2 24. Bxc5 $16) 24. Qb5 Rxd6 25.
Qxd7 R8xd7 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 $11) 21... Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23. Rfd1 Qa6 $1 (23...
Rdxd6 $2 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 $16 {Two mobile R are stronger than the Q in
such open positions.}) 24. Qg5 (24. Qc2 Rcxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. b3 Rd5 $11)
24... Rdxd6 (24... Rcxd6 $2 25. Qxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kg7 27. a3 $16) 25. Rxd6
Rxd6 26. Qxc5 Qxa2 $1 $11 {Shamkovich: Tactically, Black holds the equality
Blow for blow.Black has calculated the tactical sequence well and is rewarded
by equality.} 27. Re1 Rd8 ({Also possible was} 27... Re6 28. Rd1 (28. Rxe6 Qxe6
29. Qxa7 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe5+ $11) 28... Re8 $11 (28... Qxb2 $4 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30.
Qf8+ Kf6 31. Qh8+ $18)) 28. b4 a6 29. Qg5 Rf8 (29... Qd5 $4 30. Re8+ $18) (
29... Rc8 $142 $5) 30. h4 {Shamkovich: White is still better, but it is hard
to believe that he can win the game} Qc4 31. Qe7 h5 (31... Rb8 32. Re4 Qd5 $11)
32. g3 {White's pieces are slightly more active, but of course this advantage
is merely formal. Karpov continues to probe in this lifeless position,
probably due to dissatisfaction with his result in Las Palmas.} Rc8 33. Rd1 Qc6
(33... Qc2 34. Rd7 Qf5 35. Kg2 Kg7 $11) 34. Rd6 Qa8 (34... Qf3 $143 $6 35. Qe1
Ra8 36. Qd2 $14) 35. Qe1 Qb7 (35... Rc6 $143 36. Rd7 $36) 36. Qd2 Re8 37. Qc3
Rc8 38. Qd2 Re8 39. Rd5 Qc6 40. Kh2 Qf6 41. Rd4 Qc6 $6 (41... Kg7 $142 42. Rd6
Re6 $11 {Black should have moved his K to a safer place long ago and would
have saved himself the trouble later on.}) 42. Rd6 Qf3 43. Qd4 Qe4 44. Qc3 Qb7
(44... Re6 $5 45. Qc8+ Re8 $142 $11 (45... Kg7 46. Qxa6 Qxb4 {leads to the
position in the game.} (46... Qf3 47. Qa1+ Kh7 48. Rd2))) 45. Rc6 Qb5 46. Rf6
$1 $36 Re7 47. Qc8+ Re8 48. Qxa6 Qxb4 49. Qa2 $1 {This double attack against
f7 and g6 wins a pawn. Luckily for Black the arising Q_|_ doesn't offer Karpov
realistic winning chances.  Shamkovich: suddenly, Topalov realized that he
must give up a pawn (the threat is Rxg6+) Yet it seems that the Queen ending
is still drawn} Re6 $1 {[]} (49... Qe7 $2 50. Rxg6+ Kh7 51. Rg5 $18) 50. Rxe6
fxe6 51. Qxe6+ Kg7 52. Qd7+ Kf6 53. Qc6+ Kg7 54. Qd5 Qc3 55. Kg2 Qf6 56. Qd7+
Kg8 57. Qc7 Qe6 58. Qf4 Qc6+ 59. Kf1 Qe6 60. Qe3 Qc4+ 61. Ke1 Qc2 62. Kf1 Qd1+
63. Kg2 Qd5+ 64. f3 {White can't penetrate anywhere with his K and after
advancing his pawns he will be liable to perpetual check.} (64. Qf3 Qe5 $11)
64... Qa2+ 65. Kh3 Qb1 66. g4 hxg4+ 67. fxg4 Qf1+ 68. Kg3 Qf6 69. Qc5 Qe6 70.
Qc3 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Giese Donev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7.
e4 a6 (7... Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13.
Na3 (13. Qa4 $5 $146 Bd7 14. Qa3 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7
18. Bf4 Qc7 19. Rb1 Nb6 20. c4 a5 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.
Qxf3 Rb8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ge1e8] <->e,><d6,
Krasenkov,M-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 13... Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Bg5 (15. Nc4 Nd7 16. Bg5 Ndf6 17. Qb3 a5 18. Re1 Ba6 19. Qd1 Qc7 20. Nfd2 Bb7
21. Be4 h6 22. Bh4 a4 23. g4 a3 24. b3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Qc6 $17 {
Tukmakov,V-Suba,M/Geneva op/1995/}) 15... Bf6 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nc4 Bb7 18. Be4
Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ndf6 20. Re1 h6 $2 (20... Nc7 21. Qf4 Bxd5 22. Nxd6 $36) 21. Nxf7
$1 Kxf7 22. Qxh6 Ng7 23. Bxg6+ Kg8 24. Re6 $1 Bxd5 25. Rxd6 Bxc4 (25... Qe7 26.
Rxd5 $18) 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qh4 {1-0/Dreev,A-De Firmian,N/Biel (06)/1995/}) 8.
h3 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf4 (11. a3 Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14.
Rc1 Nh5 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Be2 $13 {0,5/Vilkov-Lukovnikov,A/Briansk RUS-chT/1995/}
) 11... Re8 (11... c4 12. Bc2 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge5][%cal Yf3d4] /\Nd4,[+]})
12. Re1 b4 $6 {Schwarz will den weißen Springer deplazieren...} (12... Ra7 13.
Bxb5 $5 (13. a3 Rae7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Qd2
Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Qb2 Kg8 21. Bb1 Bb7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. Qb2 Kg8 24. Re3 Nh5
25. a4 c4 26. a5 Qa7 27. Qd2 Ne5 $132 {Ibragimov,I-Pigusov,E/S-Peterburg/1993/}
) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Rd7 15. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 $8 (16... Nxe4 17.
Bxb8) 17. e5 Qxd5 18. exf6 Rxe1+ $8 (18... Qxd1 $2 19. Raxd1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 {
[%cal Re1e8] /\Re8+-}) 19. Qxe1 Bf8 (19... Bxf6 $2 20. Qe8+ Kg7 21. Qxc8 $18)
20. Qe8 $16 {[%csl Ga2] o^a2}) (12... Qb6 $142 13. a4 $1 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 (14...
b4 15. a5 Qc7 16. Na4 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxc4 Rac8 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Be3 b3 21.
Qxb3 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Re5 24. Nb6 Rce8 25. Rec1 Nc5 26. Qc4 $16 {
Vyzmanavin,A-Antonio,R/Beijing op/1991/}) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. b4
Na6 18. Be3 Qb8 19. Qb1 Ng4 20. Bd2 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Bb7 23. Bc3 Bc8
24. Qb2 Bd7 25. Nd4 Nc7 26. Nf3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 $36 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Ge4,Ge5,Rf6,
Rg7,Rh6] ׻,[+],Vyzmanavin,A-Stefansson,H/Moscow GMA-op/1989/}) 13. Na4 Bd7 14.
a3 {/\Qa5} (14. Bxd6 $6 Bxa4 15. Qxa4 Qxd6 16. e5 Qxd5 (16... Qd7 $1 {Donev}
17. Qxd7 Nfxd7 $19) 17. exf6 (17. Rad1 Qc6 $15) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qxd3 19.
fxg7 (19. Qe8+ Bf8 20. Ng5 Qd5 21. Nxh7 Nd7 $19) 19... Nd7 $1 {/\} 20. Rd1 Nb6
$1 $15) 14... a5 $146 (14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 $16 {[%cal Ya4c3] >< d6,a6,/\Nc3}) (
14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4 bxa3 16. Rxa3 Nfd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. Qxb4 Nc5 19. Bb5 Re7 20.
Bc6 Nxc6 21. dxc6 Rc8 22. e5 Rxc6 23. Bg5 dxe5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qb8+ Bf8 26.
Rxe5 $18 {Polgar,Z-Sax,G/Aruba/1992/}) 15. Bxd6 $1 {The Bishop occupies an
important square The Bishop occupies an important square, also freeing the
d5-pawn.} c4 {Donev:Nur so kann Schwarz auf Gegenspiel hoffen.} (15... Bxa4 16.
Qxa4 Qxd6 17. e5 {Jetzt gehet nicht 17...Qd7 wegen 18.Bb5+-} Qxd5 18. Rad1 $1
$18 {[%cal Re5f6,Rd3e4,Rd3b5] /\Be4,Bb5,ef6} (18. exf6 {Donev} Rxe1+ 19. Nxe1
Bf8 20. axb4 cxb4 $14)) 16. Bxc4 (16. Bxb8 $6 Qxb8 (16... cxd3 17. Be5 $16) 17.
Bxc4 (17. Bb1 Nh5 $36) 17... Nxe4 $44 {[%csl Gd7,Gg7][%cal Gg7b2] ^^,/^a1-h8})
16... Nxe4 (16... Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Qxd6 18. e5 $18) 17. Bf4 Na6 {Donev: Während
Schwarz noch die letzten Kräfte entwickelt, läuft das weiße Figurenspiel schon
auf vollen Touren.} (17... Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Bxa3 (19... bxa3 20. Bb5
{[%cal Re1e4] /\Re4}) 20. Bb5 Re7 21. d6 Re6 22. Nd4 Nc3 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Qb3
Nxb5 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ $18) 18. d6 $16 Qf6 (18... Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bxb2 20.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kf8 22. Qxb2 $40) 19. Be3 {Donev: Weiß gibt den Bauern
zurück, um Zusammenspiel seiner Figuren zu stärken.} Nxd6 {[%cal Gd6c4] Black
has finally managed to liquidate the dangerous passed pawns. But the tension
on the now open e and d-files enables White to gain material.  Schwarz nimmt
den bauern mit dem Springer weil so er ein Thempo gewinnt.} (19... Qxd6 20. Nb6
Bxb2 (20... Ra7 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nxd7 $18) 21. Nxa8 (21. Ng5 {Donev} Bxa1 (
21... Qxd1 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Raxd1) 22. Bxf7+ $16) 21... Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Rxa8 23.
Rd1 $18 {[%cal Re3h6] /\Bh6->}) (19... Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qxd6 (20... Nxd6 21. Bxa6
{-19...Nd6}) 21. Rad1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d7,Ra4a5] /\Rd7,Qa5}) 20. Bxa6 Bxa4 (20...
Rxa6 21. Nc5 Ra7 22. axb4 $18) 21. Qxa4 Rxa6 {Donev: Auf dem Brett herrscht
materielles Gleichgewicht, aber die schwarze Grundreihe ist geschwächt, und
Weiß kann davon profitieren.} 22. Bg5 {[%csl Re8][%cal Ge1e8,Ga4e8] Donev: Der
Anfang der weißen Gewinnoperation mit dem Zie, die 8.Reihe zu erobern.} Rxe1+
$8 23. Rxe1 Qf5 {[#]} (23... Qxb2 24. Re8+ $1 Nxe8 25. Qxe8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 $18)
24. Re8+ $1 {[%csl Ga4,Gg5,Re7,Rf6,Rf8,Rg7,Rh6] By this temporary sacrifice
White penetrates to the 8-th rank.} Nxe8 (24... Bf8 {Giese} 25. Be7 $18) 25.
Qxe8+ Bf8 26. Be7 $18 {[%csl Rf8]} (26. Bh6 $2 Qc5 $17 (26... Qc5 {Giese} 27.
Ng5 Qe7 $1)) 26... h6 {Donev: Einzige Rettung vor dem unmittelbaren Matt.} (
26... h5 {Giese} 27. Qxf8+ Kh7 28. Ng5+ $18) 27. Qxf8+ {White has 2 pieces for
a Rook and their coordinated attack wins the game in a few moves.} Kh7 28. Bc5
{[%cal Yc5d4,Gd4h8]} g5 (28... bxa3 29. Bd4 f6 (29... Rf6 30. bxa3 $18) 30.
Qf7+ (30. Qe7+ {Giese} Kg8 31. Qd8+ Kf7 32. Qc7+ Ke8 (32... Ke6 33. Qc8+ Kd5
34. Qxa6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 a2 36. Qxa5+ Ke6 37. b4 $18) 33. Qb8+ Kd7 34. Qb7+ Ke8
35. Qxa6 a2 36. Qc6+ Ke7 (36... Kf7 37. Qd5+ {[%csl Ra2]} Qe6 38. Qxe6+ Kxe6
39. b3 $18) 37. Bc5+ $18) 30... Kh8 31. bxa3 $18 {[%cal Rf3h4] /\Nh4}) (28...
Rc6 {Giese} 29. Bd4 f6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qe8+ $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 29. Bd4 {
[%cal Yd4h8] Donev: Die Diagonale a1-h8 spielt eine entscheidende Rolle bei
dem weißen Angriff.} f6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Ye5g6] /\Ng6}
(31. Ne5 {Donev} Qb1+ 32. Kh2 fxe5 33. Bxe5+ Rf6 34. Bxf6#) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 35th"]
[Site "Varadero"]
[Date "2000.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 a6 8. a4 e6 9.
Bd3 exd5 10. cxd5 Re8 11. O-O c4 {This whole line deservedly has a poor
reputation and White has more ways to make life difficult for Black.} (11...
Nbd7 12. Bf4 c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Re1 Rb8 15. e5 Nh5 16. Be3 Nd3 17. Bxd3 cxd3
18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Qxd3 Bd7 {Avrukh,B-Anastasian,A/St Petersburg/1994/} 20. Bd4
$1 $16) 12. Bxc4 $5 {[%csl Ge4] White gives up his [+] and wants to utilize
his lead in development.} ({The more principled continuation just as above is} 
12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 $142 $5) 13... Qc7 14. Qe2 Rb8 15. Ba7 Ra8 16.
Be3 Rb8 17. a5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Nd2 $5 (19. Rfc1 Nbd7 20. Nd2 Rb4 21. Ra4
a5 22. Nxc4 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxe4 25. Rxb4 axb4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Qd3
Rxe3 28. Qxe3 Bxb2 $44 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee/1998/}) 19... Nfd7 20.
Ra2 Bb7 21. Ba4 Nxa4 22. Rxa4 Nb6 23. Rb4 Bc8 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26.
Qd3 $1 $16 {Vescovi,G-Peptan,C/Mermaid Beach/1998/}) 12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4
14. Bg5 (14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bf4 (15. Bg5 $5 Bf6 16. Rfe1 {-see game}) 15... Bf5
16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bxd6 Nb6 (17... Qf6 18. Ba3 Be4 19. d6 $16 {Meszaros,A-Lendvai,
N/Zalakaros/1992/}) 18. Ba3 Be4 $44) 14... Bf6 15. Qc2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15.
Bd3 Re8 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd2 Bxg5 (16... Nd7 $143 17. Qf4 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qf6 19.
Qh4 h5 20. Rfe1 Re5 21. f4 $1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qd4+ 23. Kh2 Ne5 24. Be4 Nd7 25.
Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxg6+ Kg8 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Bf5 Qf6 29. Qg3+ Kf7 30. Qg8# {
Carnic,S-Paulic,B/Becici/1994/}) 17. Nxg5 Re5 18. f4 Rxd5 19. Qe3 Nc6 20. Rae1
Bd7 21. Bc4 Rf5 22. g4 Rxg5 23. fxg5 Ne5 24. Qf4 Be6 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Re2 Qc7
$44 {Cramling,P-Antonio,R/Biel/1991/}) 16... Qxf6 17. Re1 (17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Re1
Ne5 $2 (18... Rxe1+ $142 19. Qxe1 Nc5 20. Qe8+ Kg7 $13) 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Rc7
Qd6 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rxb7 Qxd5 23. Be4 Qa5 24. Ra1 Be6 25. b4 Qd8 26. Rd1 $40 {
Sokolin,L-Sarkar,J/New York op/1997/}) 17... Rf8 (17... Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 $5
$132 (18... Qd8 $14)) 18. Qe2 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Qe7 Nc5 22.
Qxd6 Nxa4 23. Qb4 b5 24. Ne5 $16 {Lindstedt,J-Kytoniemi,J/Finland/1997/}) (15.
Nd2 Re8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Nd7 19. Qe8+ Kg7 20. Re1 Qf4 21.
Re3 Nf6 22. Qd8 b5 $132 {Mikanovic,G-Hua Lefong/Montreal/1999/}) 15... Re8 16.
Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Nd7 18. Bf4 Nc5 {Black strives for active <=>.} ({Rather
passive is} 18... Nb6 19. Ba2 $5 (19. Bb3 Bf5 20. Qd2 {()}) 19... Bf5 20. Qb3
a5 21. Qa3 $36) 19. b4 Bf5 20. Qd1 {[%csl Rc5] פ Black has some problems due
to the temporary disharmony in his camp.} Ne4 $5 (20... Nxa4 21. Qxa4 b5 22.
Bxb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Bc3 $1 (23... Rb8 24. Qc6 $18) 24. Re3 (24. Bd2 Bxd2 25.
Nxd2 Bxh3 $1 $132 26. gxh3 Qg5+ $11) 24... Rb8 25. Qc4 (25. Qa5 Bxb4 26. Qxd8+
Rxd8 27. Nd4 Bd7 28. Re7 Kf8 29. Bg5 h6 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bxd8 Bc5 $44) 25...
Bxb4 (25... Rxb4 26. Qc6 Bd7 27. Qxd6 $16) 26. Nd4 $14) (20... Nd7 $143 21. g4
(21. Nd4 Qc8 $5 (21... Ne5 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nxf5 gxf5 24. d6 $40) 22. Bf1 Ne5
$132) 21... Nb6 22. Bb3 Bd7 23. a5 Nc8 $14 {/+/-,()}) 21. g4 Nc3 (21... Rc8 $2
22. gxf5 Rxc4 23. Qd3 $18) (21... b5 $142 $5 22. Bf1 (22. gxf5 Nc3 23. Qd3 bxc4
24. Qxc4 Nxa4 25. Qc6 Nb6 26. Be3 Rb8 $11) (22. axb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Nc3 (23...
Qb6 24. Qe2 Nc3 25. Qc4 $14) 24. Qb3 Be4 25. Nd2 Bxd5 26. Bc4 $11) 22... Nc3
23. Qd2 Be4 $13 {/\} 24. Ng5 Bxd5) 22. Qd2 Bd7 (22... Be4 23. Ng5 $16 {
Compared with the line above the Pd5 is protected.}) 23. Bg5 Bxg5 (23... Nxa4
24. Qf4 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qf8 (25... f5 26. Qxd6 Nb6 27. Nxh7 $1 $18) 26. Ne4 $44 {
->}) 24. Nxg5 Qf6 (24... Nxa4 25. Qf4 {-23...Na4}) 25. Re3 $5 Nb1 $2 {Here the
N has no future.} (25... Qxg5 26. Re8+ $16) ({However dangerous, necessary was
} 25... Nxa4 $142 $1 26. Rf3 (26. Ne4 Qe5 27. g5 (27. f4 Qxf4 28. Qd4 Kf8 $1 {
/\Qe5}) 27... Kg7 $15) 26... Qa1+ 27. Kg2 f5 28. Ne6 fxg4 29. hxg4 Nb6 30. Bb3
$13) 26. Qc1 $1 (26. Ne4 Nxd2 27. Nxf6+ Kg7 28. Nxd7 Nxc4 $11) 26... Rc8 (26...
Qxg5 27. Re8+ $18) (26... Bxa4 27. Ne4 Qd4 28. Ba2 $18) 27. Ne4 Qe5 (27... Qa1
28. Nxd6 $18) (27... Qf4 28. Qb2 $1 $18 {->}) 28. Qxb1 Rxc4 29. Nc5 $1 $18 Qd4
(29... Qxe3 30. fxe3 dxc5 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. Qxb7 $18) (29... Rxb4 30. Qxb4 Qa1+
31. Kg2 dxc5 32. Qxb7 Qxa4 33. Re7 $18) 30. Nxd7 Rxb4 31. Qc1 Rc4 32. Qe1 Kg7
33. Re8 Rxa4 (33... Qxd5 $2 34. Nb6 $18) 34. Qe3 {White still must be careful.}
(34. Qe7 $2 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Qxd5+ 36. Kg3 Ra3+ 37. Kh4 Rxh3+ $1 38. Kxh3 Qf3+ $11)
(34. Rg8+ $5 Kh6 35. Qc1+ Qf4 36. Qxf4+ Rxf4 37. Nb6 $18) 34... Qxe3 35. fxe3
h6 (35... Rb4 $142 $5 {/\} 36. g5 h6 $16) 36. Nb6 Ra1+ (36... Rb4 37. Nc8 {
[%csl Rd6] ><d6}) 37. Kf2 a5 38. Nc4 Rd1 39. e4 a4 40. Nxd6 a3 41. Ra8 Rd3 42.
Ne8+ (42. Ne8+ Kf8 43. Nf6+ Ke7 44. e5 {/\Re8#}) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nf3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Bxb5 (10. Nxb5 Re8 11. Nd2 (11. O-O Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5
f6 14. Bd2 a6 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. Nd2 f4 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. Nce4
Ne5 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Qh5 Nf7 24. Rae1 Bf5 25. g4 Bh7 26. b3 Bd4 27.
Kg2 Kg7 $17 {Sulava,N-Cebalo,M/CRO-ch/1995/}) 11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. O-O
fxe4 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc3 Nd7 16. Bg4 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Qa4 Qb6 19. Re1 Kh8
20. Rb1 Qb4 21. Qxa6 Nxd5 22. Rxe4 Nc7 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Ne2 Nd5
$44 {Antonsen,M-Mortensen,E/Copenhagen K41/1995/}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12.
Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 (16... axb6 17.
Re1 (17. Nxc8 Raxc8 $10) (17. Qb3 Bd7 $1 $13 (17... Qe2 $2 18. Nxc8 Rfxc8 19.
d6 b5 20. Bg5 Qxb2 21. d7 Rcb8 22. Rad1 $1 Qxb3 23. axb3 f6 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Bc7
$18) 18. Bg5 b5 19. Be7 f5 $1 $13 {><b2, Nd6} (19... c4 $6 20. Qb4 $16 Rfb8 21.
Ne4 Bf5 {Palkovi,J-Szalanczy,E/HUN-ch/1989/} 22. Nc3 $1 $16)) 17... b5 (17...
Bd7 18. Re7 Rad8 19. Qf3 f5 20. Rxg7+ Kxg7 21. Qc3+ Kg8 22. Bh6 $18) 18. Nxc8
Raxc8 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Be3 b4 21. a3 b3 {Kishnev,S-Szalanczy,E/Budapest/1989/})
17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 (18. Qf3 Rfd8 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Be3 Rxd5 22.
Rfc1 c4 23. Rc2 Kg7 24. Rbc1 Ra5 25. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2,Campos Moreno,J-Marin,M/
Zaragoza op/1994/}) (18. Qc2 Rfd8 19. Rd1 Bd4 20. Qc4 (20. Rb1 Rxd5 21. Be3
Rcd8 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 {1/2-1/2,Dzhandzhava,L-Komarov,D/
Leningrad-chT/1989/}) 20... Qb7 21. Be3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd2 Rd6 24. Kf1
Rb6 $10 {Salov,V-Tal,M/Skelleftea WCup/1989/}) (18. Qb3 $5 c4 19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
a4 Rc5 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. d6 h5 23. Rb1 Be5 24. Be3 Rc6 25. Rd5 f6 26. d7 Kf7 27.
Rb5 Bc7 28. Rd1 Ke6 $10 {Sakaev,K-Agrest,E/Leningrad II/1990/}) (18. Re1 $5
Rfd8 $6 (18... Bd4 $142 $1 19. Bh6 Qxb2 20. Qf3 Bg7 $10) (18... Rfe8 19. Rxe8+
Rxe8 20. Be3 Qxb2 21. Rb1 Qxa2 22. Bxc5 $14) 19. Bg5 $1 Rd7 20. Qa4 $1 Qd6 21.
Rad1 Bd4 {Sapis,W-Skrobek,R/Bielsko-Biala/1990/} 22. b4 $1 $16) 18... Rfd8 $2 (
18... Qd6 $1 19. Qf3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Bd4 21. Be3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rd2 a5 24.
Rbd1 Rb8 25. Kf1 Kg7 26. Rc2 a4 $10 {Smejkal,J-Wahls,M/BL 8990/1989/}) 19. Bf4
$1 $146 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Yd5d6] o^d5,/\d6|^} (19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Qg4 Qb7 21. Rfd1
h5 $10 {[%cal Yg7d4] /\Bd4,1/2-1/2,Ibragimov,I-De Firmian,N/Reykjavik op/1994/}
) 19... Qa6 (19... Bd4 20. d6 c4 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qg3 Bc5 23. Rfd1 $16) 20. d6
$16 Rd7 (20... Bd4 $142 $16) 21. Qd5 $1 c4 22. Rbd1 (22. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Re1e7]
/\Re7} Qxa2 23. Qb5 Rcd8 24. Qxd7 $1 Rxd7 25. Re8+ Bf8 26. Bh6 Qxb1+ 27. Kh2
$18) 22... Bxb2 (22... Qxa2 23. Rfe1 $40) 23. Rfe1 Bf6 (23... Qc6 $2 24. Re8+
Kg7 25. Be5+ $18) (23... Qb7 24. Qxb7 Rxb7 25. d7 $18) (23... c3 24. Re7 Rxe7
25. dxe7 c2 26. Qd8+ Kg7 27. Re1 $1 $18) 24. Be5 Bxe5 (24... Bd8 25. Bc3 $18 {
[%cal Rc3h8] גa1-h8}) 25. Rxe5 Rf8 (25... c3 26. Re7 Rxe7 $8 27. dxe7 c2 (
27... Re8 28. Qd7 $18) 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Rc1 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc1c2,Re7e8] /\e8Q,
Rc2} (29. e8=Q $2 cxd1=Q+ $19)) 26. Re7 $18 Rdd8 (26... Qc8 $142 27. Rxd7 Qxd7
28. Qxc4 $18) 27. d7 Qxa2 28. Rde1 {[%cal Re7e8] /\Re8} Qa4 29. Kh2 $1 {(.)} (
29. Rxf7 $2 Rxf7 30. Re7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 $19) 29... a6 (29... Qb4 $142 30.
R1e4 $18 {[%cal Rg2g3,Re7e8] /\g3,Re8} (30. Re8 $2 Qb8+ $17)) 30. Rxf7 $1 (30.
Rxf7 Rxf7 31. Re7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group7"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1993.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.10.01"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel-Aviv ASA Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Porto Boavista"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 (7. e4 a6 $5
8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bg7 $13) 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 $6
12. Nc4 Nb6 13. e5 $1 dxe5 14. Qxe5+ Kf8 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. O-O Re8 17. Qf4 h5
18. a5 Qb3 19. Qc7 h4 20. d6 Qe6 21. Bd2 Qd7 22. Rfe1 $16 {Benjamin,J-De
Firmian,N/New York op/1993/}) 7... a6 8. e4 b5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (
11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 (12. a3 Bb7 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. Re2 c4 16. Bc2 Nc5
17. Rae1 Nfd7 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qf7 $13 {
Aseev,K-Magerramov,E/Rostov op/1993/}) 12... Ra7 13. a3 Rae7 14. Qc2 Nh5 15.
Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb6 20. Qb2 Kg8 21. Bb1
Bb7 $132 {Ibragimov,I-Pigusov,E/S-Peterburg/1993/}) 11... Nbd7 $6 (11... Re8
$142 {/\Ra7-e7<=>} 12. Bf4 Ra7 (12... Qb6 13. a4 $5 c4 14. Bf1 b4 15. a5 Qc7
16. Na4 Nbd7 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Bxc4 Rac8 19. Nd2 Bf8 20. Be3 $16 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Antonio,R/Beijing op/1991/}) 13. a3 h6 14. Qd2 g5 15. Bh2 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Nxe5 Rae7 18. d6 Re6 (18... Qxd6 $4 19. Bh7+ $18) 19. Ng4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+
21. Qxe1 Bxg4 $132 {0,5/Cramling,P-Gavrikov,V/Bern/1991/}) 12. a4 $1 (12. Bf4
Qc7 13. Qd2 c4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rfe8 16. Ndxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6
Rec8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rab1 Bf8 21. a3 Nc5 22. Qd4 Nfd7 23. Be3 Qb5 $44 {
Fischdick,G-Fabisch,C/Dortmund op-A/1993/}) 12... b4 (12... c4 13. Bf1 b4 14.
Na2 a5 15. Bxc4 Nc5 16. e5 $36) 13. Nb1 {[+],><c4} a5 14. Nbd2 Nb6 15. Ra2 $1
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. b3 Ra7 (17... Nfd7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qf6 20. Rc2 $14)
18. Bb2 Re8 19. Qa1 Rc7 {/\c4} 20. Nc4 $1 $8 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Nh5 22. Bxg7 Nxg7
23. Rae2 Rce7 (23... Nh5 $142 $5 {/\Nf4,Qf6}) 24. Nd2 $36 {><a5} f5 25. e5 Nh5
(25... dxe5 26. Rxe5 $16 {><c5,a5}) 26. e6 (26. g3 $142 $16) 26... Ra7 27. Nb3
Qh4 28. Qc1 Qf6 (28... g5 29. Qc2 $1 $16) 29. Re3 g5 30. Rf3 Qg6 31. Qd1 Kg7 (
31... g4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rfe3 $16) 32. Rfe3 Nf6 33. Qa1 h5 34. Qc1 g4 (34...
Kh7 $5 $14) 35. h4 f4 36. R3e2 f3 (36... Qf5 $5 $14 {<=>}) 37. Re3 fxg2 $6 (
37... Kh7 $142) 38. Nxc5 $5 Rc7 $2 (38... dxc5 39. Re5 $40 {/\Rg5,d6}) 39. Ne4
Nxe4 40. Rxe4 Qf6 41. Kxg2 $18 Rf7 42. Qe3 $1 (42. exf7 $2 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Qf3+
44. Kg1 Qxe4 $13) 42... Qf3+ 43. Kg1 Rf5 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 (44... gxf3 45. Kh2 $18)
45. c5 $1 dxc5 46. Rd1 $1 (46. d6 Rd3 47. d7 Re7 $16) 46... b3 (46... Rf6 47.
d6 $18) 47. d6 b2 48. d7 Rb8 49. Ree1 (49. e7 $2 b1=Q 50. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 51. Kg2
Rb2 $1 $10) 49... g3 50. fxg3 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Rg6 (51... Rbb3 52. Rg1 $18) 52. e7
(52. e7 Rb4 53. e8=N+ $1 Kh6 54. d8=Q $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2000.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 a6 $6 {In this line it's imperative for Black to create effective
<=> as soon as possible, thus} (9... b5 {has profiled itself as the most
promising (and arguably only satisfactory) continuation.} 10. Bxb5 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 Nd7 15. O-O Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17.
Nxc8 Raxc8 18. Rb1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Qb7 20. d6 Bf8 21. Qd3 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rc6 23.
Rfd1 Rcxd6 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Kg7 $146 (25... c4 $5 $11 {/+/=}) 26. Rd2 Qa6
27. a3 Qc4 28. Re1 h5 29. Rde2 h4 30. Re4 Qb3 31. Rxh4 Qxb2 32. Rc4 $14 {
Kolev,A-Suba,M/Mallorca op/2000/}) 10. a4 Qc7 (10... Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2 $16
{This line is playable without the moves a4 and a6, which allows an immediate
b5.}) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 (12. Bf4 Re8 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxh6
16. Qxh6 dxe5 17. Rfc1 Bd7 18. Bf1 Nf6 19. Qe3 b6 20. Nb1 a5 21. b3 Rf8 22. Na3
Ne8 23. Bb5 Nd6 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. Nc4 $16 {Salov,V-Hjartarson,J/Amsterdam/1989/
}) 12... Re8 13. Bf4 Rb8 14. Bc4 (14. Qd2 c4 15. Bc2 $36 {/\} Nc5 16. e5 $1
dxe5 17. d6 $16) 14... Nb6 (14... Nh5 $5 15. Bh2 Ne5 16. Be2 (16. Nxe5 dxe5 17.
d6 Qd8 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. g4 Qg5 20. Kh1 Nf6 21. Qg3 Re8 22. f4 exf4 {Belmonte,
D-Acosta,T/Salta/1993/} 23. Qxf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Be6 25. d7 Bxc4 $44) 16... Nxf3+
(16... Qe7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. Bxh5 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qe5+ 20. g3 Qxh5 21.
Qxh5 gxh5 22. f4 $14 {Hrbolka,L-Orsag,M/Plzen/1999/}) 18... Qxe5 19. Bxh5 Qxh5
20. Qxh5 gxh5 21. f4 f6 22. Kf2 Re7 23. Re3 Bd7 {Szelenyi,N-Juhasz,J/HUN-chT/
1998/} 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 Rxb6 26. Ra2 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rd6,Rf6,Rh5,Rh7] _|_ק})
17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qa5 (19... Qd7 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Qd2 Ne4 22.
Nxe4 Rxe5 23. Bg4 $1 f5 24. Ng5 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd4 26. b4 $1 Qxd6 27. Qa2+ Kg7
28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. h4 $18 {Kozul,Z-Kljako,D/Bled op/1993/}) 20. Bxe5 Bd7 {
Lima,D-Peralta,E/Sao Paulo/1991/} 21. Qd2 $14) 15. Bf1 {[%cal Re4e5] /\e5} Nfd7
16. Rc1 {Not the only promising move for White.} (16. Qd2 f6 17. a5 Na8 18.
Rec1 Ne5 19. b4 cxb4 20. Nd1 Qe7 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Be3 b5 23. axb6 Nxb6 24.
Qxb4 Nd7 25. Qe1 $16 {Brumen,D-Kljako,D/Pula op/2000/}) (16. a5 $5 Na8 17. Nd2
(17. Ra3 $5 b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 19. Qa1 $16) 17... b5 18. axb6 Naxb6 19. Bxa6 Bxa6
20. Rxa6 Ne5 21. Qe2 c4 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qe3 Rb7 (23... Bxc3 $1 24. bxc3 Nxd5
25. Qd4 Qc5 26. Nxc4 Nxc3 $1 27. Qxc3 d5 $14) 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 c3 26. bxc3
Qxc3 27. Nf3 $16 {Karpov,A-Timman,J/FIDE WCh Kuala Lumpur/1990/}) 16... Ne5 17.
Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 $146 (18... Rxe5 $143 19. f4 Re8 20. e5 $1 Bf5 (20...
dxe5 21. d6 $16) 21. a5 Nc8 22. e6 c4 23. g4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Bd3 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26.
Qxd3 Qf2 27. Ne4 $18 {Adler,J-Kljako,D/Bled op/1992/}) 19. Qd2 {Despite the
improvement on move 18 Black hasn't solved the opening problems. Khalifman
decides to play for the attack, a positional course was also enticing:} (19. a5
Nd7 20. Qa4 (20. Ra1 $14) 20... b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 22. Qa5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5]
}) 19... Nd7 $6 {Ignoring development backfires.} (19... Bd7 $5 20. a5 (20. d6
Qd8 21. a5 Nc8 $132) (20. b3 Nc8 21. d6 Nxd6 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Rxc5 Rc8 $11) (20.
b4 cxb4 21. Nb5 Qd8 22. Nd6 a5 $5 $44) 20... Nc8 21. Nb1 Nd6 22. Na3 $14) 20.
d6 $1 Qa5 21. Red1 $32 {[%csl Gd6,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] o^d6,עg8} Kg7 (21... b5 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 (23. Nd5 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 c4 25. Ra1 $36) 23... Qb4 24. Ra7 $16
(24. Nd5 Qxe4 25. Ra7 Bb7 $14)) 22. Qe3 b6 {[%csl Ra5] ףa5} (22... b5 23. axb5
axb5 24. Nd5 $16) 23. b3 $1 Bb7 24. Bc4 {White patiently prepares his attack,
Black's Q is offside.} Bc6 25. Bd5 Rbc8 26. f4 $1 $40 {[%mdl 128]} b5 (26... f6
27. f5 $16) 27. axb5 axb5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 (28... Nxe5 29. Qxc5 $5 (29. Bxc6 Rxc6
30. Rd5 $16) 29... Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxc3 31. d7 Nxd7 32. Qd4+ $16) 29. Qf4 Bxd5 (
29... f6 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. Ra1 $5 (31. Qg4 $16) 31... Qxc3 32. Ra7 $40) (29...
f5 $142 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 31. exf5 (31. Rd5 Qb4 $1 32. Rxe5 Qd4+ 33. Kh2 Nxe5 34.
Nxb5 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 fxe4 $14) (31. Ra1 $5 Qxc3 32. Ra7 Rxe4 33. Rxd7+ Kf6 34.
Qh6 $40) 31... Rxf5 32. Qe4 $16) 30. Nxd5 Qd8 31. Ne7 $18 Ra8 (31... Rxe7 32.
dxe7 Qxe7 33. Qd6 Qxd6 34. Rxd6 $18) 32. Nc6 Qg5 $8 33. Qxg5 Rxg5 34. Ra1 Rxa1
(34... Rc8 35. Ne7 Rd8 36. Ra5 $18) 35. Rxa1 c4 (35... Kf6 36. Rf1+ $1 (36. Ra7
Ne5 $1 $11) 36... Ke6 (36... Kg7 37. Nd8 $18) 37. Nd8+ Kxd6 38. Nxf7+ $18) 36.
bxc4 bxc4 37. Ra7 c3 (37... Rc5 38. Nd4 Nf8 39. d7 $18) 38. Nd4 $1 Rc5 39. Nc2
Rb5 {Black loses his N even after} (39... Nf8 40. d7 Ne6 41. Ra6 $1 (41. Ra8
Rb5 42. d8=Q Nxd8 43. Rxd8 Rb2 $11) (41. Nd4 Nd8 42. Ra8 c2 43. Nxc2 Rxc2 44.
Rxd8 Rd2 45. e5 $18) 41... Rc7 (41... Nd8 42. Ra8 $18) 42. Rxe6 Rxd7 43. Rc6
$18) 40. Rxd7 Rb2 41. Ne3 Re2 42. Nd5 (42. Nd5 c2 43. Rc7 Re1+ 44. Kf2 c1=Q 45.
Rxc1 Rxc1 46. d7 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Izeta Txabarri, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 (9... Bd7 $5 10. Bf4 (10. a4 $142 $5 $14) 10... Re8 11. O-O b5
$1 12. Bxd6 b4 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Bxc5 Bb5 17. Re1 {
Khalifman,A-Maus,S/Hamburg/1991/} Na6 $1 $10 {Khalifman}) 10. O-O Bd7 (10... c4
11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 Na6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Qc7 (14... Qb8 15. Bd4 b4 16. axb4
Nxb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. Qd2 Ra6 19. g4 Re7 20. Re3 $36 {(),->>>,Gonzales,JC-Andres,
M/Capablanca mem-C/1991/}) 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 $14 {
Dokuchaev,A-Notkin,M/Moscow6/1991/}) 11. Re1 $5 (11. Bf4 c4 $1 12. Bc2 Qb6 13.
Rb1 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rac8 $8 16. d6 $5 (16. Be3 {Mellado,J-Yudasin,L/
Sevilla/1993/} Qa5 17. Bd4 Nb4 $132) 16... Nb8 $1 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19.
Ba4 $5 $14 {Fishbein,A-Larsen,B/New York/1990/}) 11... b5 12. a3 c4 13. Bc2 Na6
14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $5 Qb6 15. e5 $36) 14... Qc7 15. Qd2 {N} (15. Bd4 Nc5 16. e5
$14) 15... Nc5 16. Bd4 a5 {/\b4<=>} 17. e5 $1 $8 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rc8
(19... Nb3 20. Bxb3 cxb3 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 $40) 20. Ne4 $1 Ncxe4 21. Bxe4
c3 $5 (21... Nh5 22. d6 $5 $36 (22. Bxg7 Nxg7 $14)) 22. Bd3 $1 $8 (22. bxc3 $2
Rc4 23. Bxf6 (23. Qd3 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf5 $19) 23... Bxf6 24. Qd3 Bxc3 $19) 22...
cxb2 23. Rab1 (23. Qxb2 Qb6 $5 (23... Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Nxd5 25. Bxb5 $16) 24. d6 (
24. Bd4 Qd6 $132) 24... Nh5 $13 {/\Qd6} 25. g4 $2 Nf4 $1 $36) 23... Rxe5 $6 (
23... Rc1 24. Rbxc1 bxc1=Q 25. Rxc1 $36) (23... Nh5 $5 24. Bxg7 (24. g4 f6 $1
$13 {/\f5}) 24... Rxe1+ (24... Nxg7 25. Qxb2 $14) 25. Rxe1 Nxg7 (25... Rc1 $2
26. Bh6 $18) 26. Qxb2 $14) 24. Nxe5 Be6 25. d6 $1 $16 Nd5 (25... Nd7 26. f4 $18
) 26. Rxb2 Qxd6 27. Rxb5 a4 (27... Qxa3 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5
Qc1+ 31. Bf1 $18) 28. g3 $1 $18 (28. Bc4 $2 Bxe5 (28... Rxc4 $2 29. Nxc4 $1 $18
) 29. Qxe5 (29. Rxe5 Rxc4 30. Rxe6 Rc1+ $19) 29... Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxc4 31. Rbxd5
Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Rc3 $15) 28... Rd8 29. Bc4 h5 30. Ra5 Kh7 (30... Nb6 31. Qxd6
Rxd6 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Nf3 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1 Bc3 35. Ra6 $18) 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32.
Rd1 $1 Qc7 (32... Bxe5 33. Qxd5 Qxd5 34. Rdxd5 Rxd5 35. Rxd5 Bb2 36. Rd3 $18 {
/\Kf1-e2-d2-c2}) 33. Rxd5 Bxe5 34. Qe4 Rxd5 $8 (34... Re8 35. Rd7) 35. Rxd5
Bxg3 36. Rxh5+ $1 $40 (36. fxg3 $18) 36... Kg7 (36... Kg8 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qh8#
) 37. Qd4+ f6 38. Rd5 Qc1+ $8 39. Kg2 Be5 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Rd8+ (41. Rd8+ Kg7
42. Qd7+ Kh6 43. Rh8+ Kg5 44. Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. h3 e6
8. Nf3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... b6 $5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bf4 c4 12. Bc2 b5 13. a3
Nh5 14. Bh2 Qb6 15. g4 $6 (15. e5 $142 $36) 15... Nf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Nbd7
18. Nc6 Bb7 19. Bd6 Rfe8 20. a4 Nxd5 $1 $17 {Rustemov,A-Gufeld,E/Alushta op/
1993/}) 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 (11. Bxc4 {Chekhov} Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6
14. Bd3 (14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Rfe1 Rd8 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Nd7 20. b4 {Ionov,S-Totsky,L/Rossia(ch)/1992/ Inf 57/99/} a5 $1 $10) 14...
Re8 15. Qa4 $1 Bxg5 (15... Nd7 16. Qh4 $36) 16. Nxg5 Re5 17. f4 Rxd5 18. Rae1
Nc6 19. Qb3 Rxg5 20. fxg5 Be6 21. Qxb7 Ne5 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qxa7 Rxb2 {Wells,
P-Totsky,L/Harkany/1992/1:0 (32) Inf 57/99/} 24. Rf2 $1 $16) 11... Bd7 (11...
b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 $5 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Rh4 15. Re1 Ba6 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5
Rd4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Nxc4 Rxd5 20. Bf4 Rxb5 21. Nxd6 Rxb2 22. Qf3 Qf8 23. Rad1
$44 {->/Magerramov,E-Wedberg,T/Andorra/1993/}) (11... Na6 $5 12. Be3 Bd7 13.
Bd4 Nb4 14. Bb1 b5 15. a3 Na6 16. Re1 Nc7 17. b3 Qc8 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Ba2 Nb5
20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21. a4 Ba6 22. Rc1 Re7 $13 {Biliskov,V-Dumitrache,D/Budapest IM/
1993/}) 12. Bf4 Qb6 (12... Qc7 $6 13. Re1 Na6 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. e5 dxe5
17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 Na6 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Qd4 Rc8 22. d6 $16 {
Sturua,Z-Hulak,K/Manila olm/1992/}) 13. Rb1 (13. Qd2 Na6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5
Nb4 16. Bb1 Rad8 17. a3 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf5 20. Qc4 Qxb2 $15 {
Mikhalevski,V-Moldovan,D/WchJ-Mamaia/1991/}) 13... Na6 (13... Nh5 {Chekhov} 14.
Be3 $16) 14. b4 $1 $146 (14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rac8 16. d6 $5 (16. Be3 Nc5 (
16... Qa5 $1 {Chekhov} 17. Bd4 Nb4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ba4 Red8 $10
) 17. Bd4 Qa6 18. b4 cxb3 19. axb3 Bf5 20. Bxf5 gxf5 21. Qf3 Nce4 $132 {
Mellado,J-Yudasin,L/Sevilla op/1993/}) 16... Nb8 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19.
Ba4 $1 Qa5 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rfe1 $16 {Fishbein,A-Larsen,B/New York WFW/1990/})
(14. a3 Nc5 15. Re1 Qa6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf5 $6 (17... Rad8 $142 $132) 18.
Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rc1 Rad8 20. Bg5 Nfe4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Bxd8 Bxe5 23. Bh4 $16 {
Lalic,B-Wedberg,T/Andorra/1993/}) 14... cxb3 $8 (14... Nxb4 $2 15. a3 a5 16.
Be3 $18) (14... Rac8 15. Be3 $16 {פa6}) (14... Nh5 $2 {Chekhov} 15. Be3 $16)
15. Rxb3 Qc7 {?! Chekhov} (15... Qc5 $5 {Chekhov} 16. Be3 (16. Qd2 b5 17. Be3
Qc7 $132) 16... Qc7 17. Nd4 Nc5) 16. Nd4 {><d6,/\Ncb5} Rad8 17. Ndb5 Bxb5 $8
18. Nxb5 Qe7 19. Re3 $16 Nh5 (19... Nc5 $142 20. Nxd6 $5 (20. Rfe1 {/\Nd6!} Nh5
$5 21. Bh2 a6 $132) 20... Rxd6 21. e5 Rxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. exd6 Nxe3 23. dxe7
Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Ne6 (24... Rxe7 25. Bd6 Re2 26. Bxc5 Rxc2 27. Rd8+ $18) 25. Bd6
Bf6 26. Ba4 $16) (21... Rdd8 22. d6 $16) 22. exf6 Qxe3 $1 $8 (22... Rxd1 23.
Rxe7 $1 Rxf1+ 24. Kxf1 $18) 23. Bxe3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf8 (24... Rxe3 $2 25. Rd8+
Bf8 26. fxe3 $18) 25. g4 $16 {עg8}) 20. Bh2 Nc5 (20... Bh6 {Chekhov} 21. f4)
21. g4 $1 Nf6 22. Rfe1 Bh6 23. R3e2 $36 {/\Nd6,e5} Nxg4 $6 (23... a6 {Chekhov}
24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26. e5) 24. hxg4 Qd7 25. Nd4 Qxg4+ 26. Kh1 Re5 (
26... Bf4 27. f3 Qh3 28. Kg1 $18) 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. f3 $1 $8 Qf4 29. Nb3 Qxf3+
30. Rg2 $18 Qc3 31. Nxc5 Qxc5 32. Bb3 Qb4 33. Rc2 Bf4 34. Qe2 Qe7 35. Qg4 Kg7
36. Rf1 h5 37. Qh3 Qg5 38. Rc7 $40 {/\d6} Rd6 39. Rxb7 a5 40. Ba4 Rf6 41. Rg1
Qh6 42. Rb8 {/\Qc8} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O (11. Nd2 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Be2 Ba6 14.
Nbxd6 Re6 15. Bf4 Nd7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. a3 {Sapis,W-Morchat,M/corr/
1992/} Rxd6 $1 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. axb4 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Bxe2 22. Rd2 Bb5 23. bxc5
a6 $10) (11. Bg5 $5 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Na6 14. O-O Nb4 15. Nd2 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 Ba6 17. a4 Reb8 18. Qf3 Bxb5 19. axb5 Bxb2 20. Ra2 Bd4 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. Nc4
Qd7 23. Qg4 $36 {Zakharevich,I-Berelovich,A/Azov/1995/}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qb3 $5
{Epishin's novelty, which Karpov later used against Kamsky in Elista (Epishin
is Karpov's second.) The text (and also 12.Qa4!?) became more popular after
Black found ways to cope with the usual 12.Re1. Another interesting try is San
Segundo's 12.Be4 Re4 13.Re1!?} (12. Bxe4 Rxe4 13. Re1 $5 (13. Nd2 Rb4 14. Nc3
Nd7 15. a3 Rd4 16. Qe2 a5 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Nde4 Ba6 19. Qe3 f5 $17 {Peric,
St-Hamdouchi,H/Cannes op/1992/}) (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 a6 (14... Bb7 15. Nc3 Re7
16. Bf4 Na6 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. Nde4 Rd7 19. Re1 h6 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. Rad1 Rb8 22.
Qc2 f5 23. Ng3 Rb4 $15 {Kawczynski,L-Skrobek,R/Slupsk op/1992/}) 15. Nc3 Re8
16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 f5 18. Nd2 f4 19. Bh2 Nd7 20. Nce4 Ne5 21. h4 h6 22. hxg5
hxg5 23. Qh5 Nf7 24. Rae1 Bf5 25. g4 Bh7 26. b3 Bd4 27. Kg2 Kg7 $36 {Sulava,
N-Cebalo,M/CRO-ch/1995/}) 13... Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bb7 (14... Ba6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16.
Nc3 h6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Ne4 Bxd5 19. Bxh6 Qe7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 Qxe1+ 22.
Nxe1 Be6 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rxd6 Nd4 25. Nd3 Rc8 26. Nxc5 Nf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxc5 28.
h4 $16 {Annakov,B-Ciemniak,R/WchJ-Buenos Aires/1992/}) (14... Nd7 15. Bf4 Nf6
16. Rd1 Bb7 17. Nxd6 Bxd5 18. Qe2 Qb6 19. b3 Qc6 20. Rd3 Bf8 21. Qe5 Nh5 22.
Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxf4 24. Rd2 a5 25. Nc4 Bg7 26. g3 Ne6 27. a4 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ra5] ><a5_|_,San Segundo,P-Soylu,S/Moscow olm/1994/}) 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qe2
a6 17. Nc3 Qf5 18. Bxd6 Nd7 19. Rd1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxd5 21. Nh2 Qe6 22. Qxe6
Bxe6 23. a3 Rc8 24. Ng4 $14 {San Segundo,P-Martin del Campo,R/Antwerpen-Wch
stud/1992/}) (12. Qc2 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Nc4 Nb6 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+
17. Rxe1 Nbxd5 18. Be4 Nb4 19. Qd1 d5 20. a3 Bb7 21. axb4 dxe4 22. Nfe5 Qc7 23.
bxc5 Nd5 24. Ng4 h5 25. Nge3 Qxc5 $17 {Bellin,J-Sher,MN/Isle of Man op/1995/})
12... a6 $8 (12... Qb6 13. Bf4 {[%cal Rb5d6] ><d6,/\Nd6} Bd7 14. Rfe1 $1 (14.
Nxd6 Nxd6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxd6 Bxb2 $13) 14... Na6 (14... a6 15. Nxd6 $16)
15. Nxd6 Nxd6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxd6 Bxb2 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Rb1 $16) (12...
Bd7 13. Re1 a6 14. Na3 Nf6 15. Bf4 $36) 13. Na3 Nd7 (13... Nf6 14. Bf4 $16) (
13... a5 $5 14. Re1 a4 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bd7 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Bb5 $2 (
18... Na6 $5 $132) 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxb5 Rd8 21. Rad1 Nbd7 22. Bc6 Ra7 23. Bf4
Qf8 24. Qc2 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Ne5 $18 {Horvath,J-Palkovi,J/Balatonbereny/
1996/}) 14. Nc4 Ndf6 $6 (14... Rb8 $142 $1 15. Qc2 f5 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6
18. Rab1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Bd4 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qd2 a5
24. b3 Be5 25. a3 Bb5 26. Bxb5 Qxb5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Re1 $10 {Karpov,
An-Kamsky,G (15)/Fide-Wch (Elista)/1996/}) 15. Re1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rb3c2]
><e4,/\Qc2} Ra7 $8 16. Qb6 $1 Qxb6 (16... Rae7 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Na5 $16) (
16... Rc7 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxe4 19. Bf4 $36) (16... Qd7 17. Qa5 $5 $40 (
17. Qc6 Qxc6 18. dxc6 d5 19. Nb6 Be6 $132)) 17. Nxb6 Bf5 18. a4 $5 (18. g4 Nd2
$1 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 $132) 18... a5 (18... Nd2 $142 $5 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Bxd2
Bxd3 21. Re1 Nf6 $14 (21... Kf8 22. b4 $36)) 19. Bb5 Rb8 20. g4 $1 Rxb6 $8 (
20... Bxg4 $2 21. hxg4 Rxb6 22. g5 $18) 21. gxf5 Rbb7 (21... gxf5 22. Nh4 Nxd5
23. Nxf5 Nef6 24. Ra3 $40) 22. Ra3 $1 {Black's Ne4 is exposed and a permanent
cause of Black's problems, as it has no retreat.} Re7 (22... gxf5 23. Nh4 $16)
23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Rae3 Bh6 (24... Kf8 25. R3e2 $18 {/\Bd3}) 25. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4
26. Bxh6 (26. Rxe4 $4 Bxc1 $15) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Nxd5 28. Nc2 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gb5,Gh6,Ra5][%cal Yh6d2,Yc2a3,Ya3c4] /\Na3-c4,Bd2,><a5,^^ In the endgame
with an untypical material balance White's B are very powerful. Black's R on
the other hand has no possibility to invade White's position.} Nc7 (28... Nb4
29. Nxb4 cxb4 (29... axb4 30. b3 d5 31. Be3 $18) 30. Bc4 $16) 29. Bf4 Nxb5 $6 (
29... d5 30. Bd6 $16) 30. axb5 $18 {[%csl Gb5] o^b} Rb7 31. Na3 Rb6 (31... d5
32. Bd6 c4 33. Bc5 $18) 32. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5d8] /\Bd8} d5 (32... Rb8 33. Be7
$18) 33. Bd8 Re6 (33... Rb7 34. b6 Kf8 35. Nb5 $18) 34. Kf1 (34. b6 Re2 35. b4
$1 axb4 (35... Re8 36. bxc5 Rxd8 37. c6 $18) 36. b7 bxa3 37. b8=Q a2 38. Bf6+
$18) 34... Re4 35. Bxa5 Ra4 36. b6 $1 (36. b6 Rxa5 37. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt 1.3"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2000.09.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wedberg} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3
Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nxb5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14.
Nd2 Rh4 15. Re1 (15. Qc2 $2 Bxh3 $1 16. Ne4 (16. gxh3 $2 Qg5+ 17. Kh2 Qg4 $19)
16... Qd7 17. a4 Bxg2 18. Nexd6 Rh1+ 19. Kxg2 Qh3# {Sanz Arilla,L-Fuertes
Garay,J/Zaragoza/1999/}) 15... Ba6 (15... a6 $2 16. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 17. Re8+ Bf8
18. Rxc8 Qxd5 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Rxf8+ {1-0,Jaworski,M-Delekta,P/Mikolajki
POL-chT/1991/}) (15... Bxh3 $5 16. gxh3 Qd7 17. Qf3 Qxb5 18. Re7 $13) 16. a4
Bxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 (17... Rd4 $2 18. b6 $1 Nd7 19. bxa7 Rxd5 20. Qf3 Rd3 21. Qb7
d5 22. Nf3 Nc5 23. Qc6 Nb3 24. Bg5 f6 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Ne5 Qf8 27. Nd7 Nc5 28.
Nxf8 Nxe6 29. Nxe6 {1-0,Krasenkow,M-Bu Xiangzhi/Shenyang/1999/}) 18. Ne4 (18.
Nf3 {Wedberg} Rh5 19. g4 Rxh3 20. Kg2 Rxf3 21. Qxf3 Ne5 $13 {0-1/Cramling,
P-Wedberg,T/Stockholm/1995}) 18... Qb8 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Wedberg: 'The best
square for the Q.'} (18... Qb6 $143 19. Ra6 Qxb5 20. Rxd6 Ne5 21. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6
22. Rxf6 Nd3 23. Re7 $40 {'|^' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Stohl'}) 19. Ra6 (19. Bg5
$143 Rh5 20. Bf4 Qxb5 21. Nxd6 Qxb2 $5 (21... Qxd5 22. Qc2 Ne5 $5 $15) 22. Rc1
Nb6 $15) (19. Qf3 $6 Ne5 (19... Rh5 $2 20. Ng5 Ne5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxf7+ Kh8
23. g4 Rxg5 (23... Rh6 24. Qf3 $18) 24. Bxg5 Bxb2 25. Ra6 $16) 20. Qg3 (20.
Nf6+ Kh8 21. Rxe5 dxe5 {/\} 22. Nd7 Qe8 $19 {With his Q on b6 Black didn't
have this resource and the exchange sacrifice was interesting.}) 20... Rh5 21.
Bf4 Nd3 22. Bxd6 Qxb5 $17) 19... Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 256] The point of Black's
18-th move, by cimplifying he defends successfully. Wedberg: 'This is the
difference. Black equalizes immediately.'} (19... Qxb5 $6 20. Rxd6 {-19...Qb6})
(19... Qxb5 {Wedberg}) 20. Rxe4 Nc5 $11 21. Rxc4 (21. Re7 {Wedberg} Bf6 22. Re1
Nxa6 23. bxa6 Qb5 $15) 21... Qxb5 (21... Nxa6 $2 22. bxa6 Bxb2 (22... Qb5 23.
Rc6 $16) 23. Be3 $16 (23. Bf4 $16)) 22. Rxc5 {'[]' Wedberg.} (22. Raa4 {Wedberg
} Nxa4 23. Rxa4 Bxb2 $17) 22... dxc5 $5 (22... Qxc5 23. Be3 $36) 23. Qf1 (23.
Rc6 Rd8 24. Rc7 Qb6 $15) (23. Ra3 c4 $5 24. d6 a6 {[%csl Rb2,Rd6] /\Rd8,><b2,d6
}) 23... Qb3 (23... c4 {Wedberg} 24. Rc6 Qxd5 25. Rxc4 $11) 24. d6 Qd5 25. Qe2
Be5 26. Qf3 $5 $11 {'?!' Wedberg.} (26. d7 Qxd7 27. Qxe5 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxc1 29.
Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Qxa7 $11) (26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Bxd2 Rd8 $15) (26. Bh6 {
Wedberg} Bxd6 27. Rxa7 $11) 26... Qxf3 27. gxf3 Rd8 28. Rxa7 Bxd6 {Wedberg:
'Black has a miniscule advantage.'} 29. Be3 (29. Bh6 Bf8 $11) 29... Kg7 30. Ra6
Be7 31. Rc6 Rd5 32. Kg2 Bd6 33. f4 f5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. b3 h5 (36...
Kd7 37. Ra6 $11) 37. Ra6 Kd7 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ra2 (39. Rg7 $11 {Wedberg}) 39...
g5 {'!?' Wedberg.} (39... Kd7 $142 $11) 40. fxg5 f4 41. Bc1 Rxg5 42. Ra4 Rf5
43. Kf3 Kd5 (43... Rf7 44. Bxf4 Rb7 $2 45. Ra6 Rxb3+ 46. Ke2 Rb2+ 47. Ke1 Rb1+
48. Kd2 $18) 44. Bxf4 Rf7 $1 45. Ke3 (45. Re4 {Wedberg} Bxf4 46. Rxf4 Rb7 47.
Rf5+ Kd4 48. Rxh5 Rxb3+ $44) 45... Rb7 46. Bxd6 Rxb3+ 47. Kd2 Kxd6 48. Rh4 Rf3
49. Rxh5 (49. Ke2 Rf5 $11) 49... Rxf2+ 50. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Black "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 (11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5
Bf6 15. Qa4 $1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Re5 17. f4 Rxd5 18. Qc4 Rxg5 19. fxg5 Be6 20. Qf4
Nc6 21. Rad1 Bxa2 22. Be4 Qb6+ 23. Rf2 Nd4 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. Bxg6 hxg6 26. Rxd4
$18 {Salgado Allaria,C-Musat,A/Bucharest Tim/1993/}) 11... b5 12. a3 (12. Nxb5
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 (13. Re1 Qb6 $5 (13... Ba6 14. Nbd4 (14. a4 $142) 14... Nc5 15.
Bg5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe8+ Kg7 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Nb5 Nba6 21.
Qe7 Rd8 22. Qxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Bb1 Nxd5 25. Nxa7 Nf4 $17 {Czebe,
A-Hedman,E/Budapest3 IM-A/1995/}) 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxb5 16. Nd4 Qe8 17.
Bf3 Nd7 18. Ne6 fxe6 19. dxe6 Nb6 20. Bxa8 Nxa8 21. Qxd6 Bxe6 22. Bg5 Bf7 23.
Rd1 h6 24. Bf6 Bf8 25. Qf4 g5 $13 {Persson,L-Lindemann,S/Sollentuna op/1995/})
13... Rxe4 14. Nd2 $5 Rh4 15. Re1 Ba6 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Rd4 18. Qe2 Nd7 19.
Nxc4 Rxd5 20. Bf4 Rxb5 21. Nxd6 Rxb2 22. Qf3 Qf8 23. Rad1 Nb6 24. Bg5 f5 25.
Be7 Qb8 26. Qe3 h5 27. Bf6 {1-0/Maggerramov,E-Wedberg,T/Andorra/1993/}) 12...
Nbd7 (12... Na6 13. Re1 Nc5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bb7 17. Qd4 Rad8
18. d6 Re6 19. Ng5 Qc6 20. f3 Rexd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Qf4 h6 23. Nge4 Nfxe4 24.
Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qc5+ $44 {Kragelj,I-Totsky,L/Harkany op/1994/}) (12... a6
13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qd2 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Nbd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Nd4 Bh8 19.
Be3 Qc7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Nf3 Nc5 22. Bd4 Bg7 23. Qf2 Ncd7 24. Qh4 h6 25. Kh1 Rc8
26. Bg1 Nb6 27. Bh2 $14 {Wallace,JP-Wedberg,T/Osterskars op/1995/}) 13. Be3 (
13. Bf4 Qb6 $13) (13. Nxb5 $5 Nc5 14. Nd2 Ncxe4 15. Nxc4 Bb7 16. Ne3 Qb6 17. a4
Rac8 18. Ra3 Qc5 19. Nc3 Qa5 20. b4 Qb6 21. a5 Nxc3 22. Rxc3 Qd8 23. Bb2 Rxc3
24. Bxc3 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxg7 Qg5 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Kxg7 29. Rd1 $16
{Ogaard,L-Sjoberg,M/Gausdal International/1981/}) 13... a6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Bd4
$146 (15. Qd2 Rc8 (15... Qc7 16. Bh6 Ne5 17. Nd4 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nfd7 19. Nce2
Nc5 20. Ng3 f6 21. Qd2 Qb6 22. Re3 Ncd3 23. Ne6 Nxb2 24. Nh5 $5 $44 {Podgaets,
M-Totsky,L/URS Army-ch Odessa/1991/}) 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. e5 Nfd7 19.
e6 fxe6 20. dxe6 Nxe6 21. Be3 Ndc5 22. Nd4 Qd8 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bh6 Rc7 25.
Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Qxd6 $10 {Chernin,A-Hulak,K/Marseille/1990/}) 15... Nc5 16. Qd2 (
16. e5 $2 Nxd5 $17) 16... Qb6 17. Rad1 Nfd7 (17... a5 $5 18. a4 $5 b4 19. Nb5
$13) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re3 Ne5 20. Ne1 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] [+],׻
A typical Benoni-type position from the Bd3,h3 line. White has central control
and attacking chances on the King-side, Black's counterplay on the other flank
is usually insufficient.} Nb3 $5 21. Bxb3 $8 (21. Qe2 Nd4 $132) 21... cxb3 22.
Rg3 a5 {Allows White's Q to get to the long diagonal, forcing the weakening f6.
} (22... Nc4 $5 23. Qe2 Rac8 $14 (23... f5 $2 24. Nd3 fxe4 25. Nf4 $1 $36)) 23.
Ne2 $1 Nc4 24. Qc3+ f6 25. Nf4 Kf7 (25... Rxe4 $2 26. Nh5+ $18) 26. Rf3 (26.
Ne6 $142 $1 Bc8 27. Rf3 Ne5 28. Nc7 Nxf3+ 29. Nxf3 $16) 26... Ne5 27. Re3 a4
28. Nf3 Rac8 29. Qe1 Rc7 (29... Rc2 $5 $13) 30. Nxe5+ Rxe5 (30... fxe5 31. Nd3
$36) 31. Nd3 Re8 32. Nb4 $36 Rc4 33. Rc1 Rec8 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 (34... bxc4 35. Qc3
$16 {[%cal Re3f3,Re4e5,Yg1h2,Yf2f4] ><f6,/\Rf3,e5 or more slowly Kh2,f4,e5})
35. Rd3 (35. Kh2 Qc5 36. Qd2 Rd4 $132) 35... Qc5 36. Kh2 Rc1 $6 (36... Kg7 $142
$14) 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Rf3 (38. Qf4 g5 39. Qf5 Bc8 $10) 38... g5 $5 (38... Rc4
39. Qf4 Qd4 40. Qxd6 $18) 39. Nd3 Rc2 $8 40. Nxc5 $5 (40. Qa5 $1 $16 {White
would have a clear initiative without allowing any wild complications.}) 40...
Rxd2 41. Nxb7 b4 $5 {[%cal Rb4a3] /\ba3-+} (41... Rxb2 42. Nxd6 (42. Na5 Rb1 {
[%cal Rb3b2] /\b2-+}) 42... Rc2 (42... Ra2 43. e5) 43. e5 $1 (43. Nxb5 b2 $19)
(43. Nf5+ Kf7 $5 (43... Kg6 44. Rd3 b2 45. d6 b1=Q 46. d7 $18) 44. e5 (44. Rd3
b2 45. d6 Ke8 $1 46. d7+ Kd8 47. Ng7 Rc6 48. Rd1 b4 $19) 44... fxe5 $1 (44...
b2 45. e6+ Ke8 46. d6 b1=Q 47. d7+ Kd8 48. e7+ Kxd7 49. Rd3+ $18) 45. Nd4+ Ke7
46. Nxc2 b2 $1 47. d6+ Kd7 $17) 43... fxe5 (43... b2 44. exf6+ Kf8 45. Re3 $18)
44. Rf7+ Kg6 45. Rb7 $18) 42. axb4 $8 Rxb2 43. Na5 (43. Nxd6 a3 44. e5 fxe5 45.
Rf7+ Kg6 46. Ra7 a2 {[%cal Rb2c2,Rb3b2] /\Rc2,b2-+}) 43... Rb1 44. Kg3 $1 $8 a3
$8 (44... b2 $2 45. Nc4 $18) 45. Nxb3 (45. Rxb3 a2 46. Ra3 a1=Q 47. Rxa1 Rxa1
48. Nb7 Rb1 $14) 45... f5 $1 (45... a2 46. Na1 $1 Rxa1 (46... f5 47. Ra3 Rxa1
48. exf5 $18) 47. Ra3 $16) 46. Nc1 (46. exf5 Kf6 $44) (46. Nd4 $1 f4+ (46... a2
47. Nxf5+ Kg6 48. Ra3 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1 50. Nxd6 $18) 47. Kg4 a2 (47... Kg6 $2
48. Rxa3 $18) 48. Ra3 a1=Q 49. Rxa1 Rxa1 50. Kxg5 $18) 46... Rxc1 47. Rxa3 fxe4
48. Re3 $6 (48. Ra7+ Kg6 49. Rd7 $16) 48... Rc4 49. b5 (49. Rb3 Kf6 50. b5 Ke5
51. b6 Rc8 52. Rb5 Kd4 $132) 49... Rb4 50. b6 Kg6 {[%cal Yg6f5,Yb4b6] /\Kf5,
Rb6=} 51. f3 exf3 52. Re6+ Kf5 53. Kxf3 (53. Rxd6 fxg2 54. Kxg2 Ke5 55. Rh6
Kxd5 $10) 53... Rb3+ (53... Rxb6 $4 54. g4#) 54. Re3 Rxb6 55. g4+ Kf6 56. Re6+
Kf7 57. Ke4 Rb3 $8 58. Rh6 $2 {The final mistake, which squanders the
remaining winning chances.} (58. Kf5 $5 Rxh3 59. Kxg5 Rd3 60. Rxd6 $16 {/\} Ke7
61. Re6+ Kd7 62. Rh6 $1 (62. Kh6 Rh3+ 63. Kg7 Rg3 $10) 62... Rxd5+ 63. Kf6 Rd6+
64. Kg7 Rd4 65. g5 Rd5 66. Rxh7 $1 Rxg5+ 67. Kf6+ $18) 58... Kg7 59. Rxd6 Rxh3
60. Kf5 h5 $1 $10 61. Rd7+ Kf8 62. gxh5 Rxh5 (62... Rxh5 63. Kf6 Rh6+ 64. Kxg5
Ra6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Rotstein, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.04.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O ({Lately Krasenkov has had success with
another interesting move, namely} 11. Bg5 $5 Qb6 (11... c4 12. Bxc4 (12. O-O $2
cxd3 13. Rc1 Na6 14. Rc6 Bd7 15. Rxd6 Qb8 16. Rxa6 Qxb5 17. Rxf6 h6 18. a4 Qb7
19. Bh4 g5 20. Rd6 gxh4 21. Qxd3 Qc7 $17 {Cooper,J-Kinsman,A/4NCL9697/1997/})
12... Rxe4+ 13. Be2 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Nc3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Re5 17. Bf4 Rxd5 18.
O-O Nh5 19. Qc2 $1 Nd7 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Ne4 Nc5 22. N4c3 Rd3 23. Rfd1 Nf6 24. b4
Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ne6 26. Qb3 Ne8 27. a4 Qb7 28. b5 Rc8 29. Nd5 Nc5 30. Qb4 Qd7
31. a5 $16 {Krasenkow,M-Gdanski,J/POL-ch plof/1997/}) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Nd7
14. O-O Rb8 15. Qa4 c4 16. Bxc4 Rxe4 17. Nd2 Rf4 18. Nxa7 Qxb2 19. Nxc8 Rxc8
20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qc6 Qxd2 22. Rae1 Kg7 23. Re2 Qc3 24. Bb3 Qd3 25. Rfe1 Bd4 26.
Qc7 Bf6 27. g3 Rf3 28. Re3 $14 {Krasenkow,M-Ribshtein,N/New York op/1997/})
11... Nxe4 12. Qa4 $5 {A rather new idea, which has recently been tested
especially in Israeli chess circles and orginates from GM Huzman.} Bd7 $146 {
This new move isn't the best, as it allows White to transpose into the
advantageous variations of the 12.Re1 a6 13.Qa4 line, where, as we already
know, Black's best response is 13...Nd7! With the B already on d7 White
retains the initiative.} (12... a6 $142 $5 13. Bxe4 ({Less testing is} 13. Re1
$143 Nd7 $1 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5
19. a4 h6 20. Bf4 $13 {1/2,Avrukh,B-Pigusov,E/Linares op/1997/}) 13... Bd7 14.
Bd3 Qb6 15. Ng5 $1 Bxb5 (15... axb5 $5 16. Qh4 h6 17. Ne4 Qd8 $44) 16. Bxb5
Qxb5 17. Qh4 h6 18. Ne4 g5 19. Qg4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Nxd6 Re5 22. g4 Nb6 (
22... Rxd5 23. Nf5 Re8 24. Kg2 Nb6 25. Rb1 Rd3 26. Be3 Nd5 27. b3 Bd4 28. Rbd1
Bxe3 29. Rxd3 Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxd3 31. fxe3 Ne5+ 32. Ke2 $16 {Avrukh,B-Greenfeld,
A/Beersheba/1997/}) 23. Nf5 Nxd5 24. Rd1 (24. Be3 $5 $14) 24... Rae8 25. Kf1
Kh7 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Rac1 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. f3 Re2 30. Re1 Rh2 $1 31. Rxe8
Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rxc1 $132 {Shulman,Y-Filippov,V/Linares op/1997/}) 13. Re1 $1 Qb6
$2 {Now Black gets into trouble very fast.} ({it was more prudent to aim for
the known positions after} 13... a6 14. Qa3 Qb6 (14... Bxb5 $143 15. Bxb5 Nd7
16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qa4 Rb4 18. Qc2 f5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Rb1 Re7 21. Bf4 h6 22. b4 g5
23. Be3 Bc3 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25. bxc5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 dxc5 27. Bxc5 $1 $16 {Rahman,
Z-Hakki,I/Madras zt/1995/}) 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4
Qc7 19. Rb1 {and although Black's defence is not easy, he will not be overrun,
like in the game.} Nf6 (19... Nb6 20. c4 a5 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Nf3
Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. h4 Qe7
30. Bg5 Qc7 31. h5 $36 {(),Krasenkov,M-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 20.
Qb3 Bd7 21. c4 Ne8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Bf8 24. g4 Ra7 25. Rb8 f6 26. Nd2 Kf7
27. Ne4 Be7 28. f3 f5 29. Ng3 $36 {Bacrot,E-Palkovi,J/Balatonbereny/1996/}) 14.
Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxb5 16. a4 $1 {An important attacking move. Suddenly
Black's pieces get in one another's way and he has problems with development.}
Bd7 $8 ({Unplayable is} 16... Bxd3 $2 17. Qe8+ Bf8 18. Bh6 Nd7 19. Qxa8 Qxb2
20. Re1 Qb8 $8 21. Qxb8 Nxb8 22. Re8 Nd7 23. Rd8 $18) 17. a5 (17. Qe7 Bf8 18.
Qh4 Qb4 $5 19. Qxb4 cxb4 20. Bd2 a5 21. Rc1 (21. Bb5 Bg7 $13) 21... Na6 $132) (
{Avrukh's move is strong, but interesting was also} 17. Bf4 $5 a5 18. Nd2 $36 {
[%csl Rd6][%cal Rd2c4] @/\Nc4,><d6}) 17... Qd8 (17... Qc7 18. Qe7 $5 Bf8 19.
Qh4 $40) 18. Bg5 Qc8 {After this Black is lost practically by force. But the
alternatives are also dreary:} (18... f6 19. Bf4 Qf8 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Qc4 Bxd3
22. Qxd3 Nd7 23. Re6 Ne5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. Nd2 $18 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7] ץg7,Pd6}) (
18... Qe8 19. Qf4 $40 {[%cal Ra1e1,Ge1e8] <->e,/\Re1} Qf8 {-18...Qc8}) (18...
Qf8 $142 $5 19. Be7 Qe8 20. Bxd6 (20. Qh4 $5) 20... Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Na6 $16) 19.
Qf4 Qf8 (19... Bf8 20. Bf6 {[%cal Rf6c3,Rf3g5] /\Ng5,Bc3->}) (19... Na6 20.
Qxd6 Nb4 21. Bc4 Bxb2 22. Re1 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge1,Ge2,Ge3,Ge4,Ge5,Ge6,Ge7,Ge8]
[%cal Re1e7,Rf3e5] o^d,<->e,/\Ne5,Re7}) 20. Qh4 f6 21. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Rh4g3] @,
/\Qg3 White's piece play in this game is model, his forces coordinate ideally.
He will not even need the still passive Ra1.} c4 $5 {The last chance.} 22. Bxc4
$1 {The forceful sacrifice is best and gives White a decisive attack.} (22. Bc2
$143 $2 Na6 23. Qg3 Qf7 $5 $14 {[%cal Rf7d5,Ra6b4] /\Qd5,Nb4}) 22... g5 23.
Bxg5 fxg5 24. Nxg5 Qf5 (24... Bf5 25. Ne6 Qc8 (25... Qf7 26. Qd8+ Bf8 27. Ra3
$1 $18 (27. Nc7 $143 Na6 $16)) 26. Nxg7 (26. Ra3 $5) 26... Kxg7 27. Re1 $40) (
24... h6 25. Ne6 $18) 25. Ne6 Bxe6 (25... Bf6 26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Nc7 $18 (27.
Qxd6 $5 $18)) 26. Qd8+ $1 Bf8 (26... Qf8 27. dxe6 Qxd8 28. e7+ $18) 27. dxe6 {
[%cal Re6e7] There is no defence against e7.} 1-0

[Event "CHN-CIS"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ambartsoumian, Armen"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 $5 10. Nxb5 Re8 $1 (10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne6
Qa5+ 14. Nc3 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Bd2 Qc4 17. Qe2 $5 $16) 11. Nd2 (11. Bg5
$6 Qb6 (11... c4 $5 $36) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 $6 (13. O-O $142 $13) 13... Na6
14. a3 Bd7 $36 15. Nc3 Rab8 16. Rb1 c4 17. Be2 Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Nc5 19. O-O Nxe4
20. Qxc4 Ng3 $17 {Kalinichev,S-Semeniuk,A,Leningrad-chT 1989-TD 89_09}) (11.
Nc3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 $36) (11. O-O Nxe4 12. Qa4 (12. Re1 Ba6 $132) 12... Bd7
13. Bxe4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Rxe4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Rbc1 Bg7 $10 {Franco,Z-Otero,R,Capablanca mem-B 1991-TD 91_09})
11... Nxd5 (11... Nxe4 $2 12. Bxe4 f5 13. O-O fxe4 14. Nc4 $16) 12. O-O {N} (
12. Nc4 Nb4 13. O-O Ba6 14. Ncxd6 (14. Nbxd6 $2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxc4 $19) (14. a4
N8c6 $13) 14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Nc6 (15... Bxb5 $2 16. Qxb5 $16) 16. Qd5 Re6 $1
17. Qxc6 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Qxd6 $146 19. Be3 Rxe4 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 $10 {Cruz,C-Martin,
A,ESP-ch 1991}) 12... Nf4 (12... Nb4 13. Nc4 {-12.Nc4 Nb4 13.0-0}) 13. Nc4 Nxd3
(13... Ba6 $5 $132) 14. Qxd3 Ba6 15. a4 $1 (15. Ncxd6 Nc6 $10) 15... Nc6 $8 (
15... Bxb5 16. axb5 Bd4 17. Be3 $16) 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Ncxd6 (17. Nbxd6 Bxc4
18. Nxc4 Rxe4 $36) 17... Re7 $146 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rac1 (19. Nc4 Ne5 $146) 19...
Nd4 20. Rfe1 (20. Rxc5 $2 Ne6 21. Rd5 Bxb5 22. axb5 Bf8 $17) 20... Ne6 21. Be3
Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 (22... Bd4 $5 $13) 23. Nc4 Bg7 24. e5 Rd5 25. f4 Bf8 (25... f6
$5 $13) 26. Ncd6 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rd3 $10 28. Rc3 (28. Nc3 $5 $10 {/\Ne4}) 28...
Rad8 29. Rec1 a6 30. Na3 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 (32. Kf2 $142 $10) 32...
Ra1 $36 33. a5 (33. g4 Nd4 $15) 33... h5 (33... Nd4 34. Nc4 $10) 34. Nc4 (34.
g4 $5 $15) 34... h4 $17 35. f5 $6 gxf5 36. Bf2 Be7 37. Nd6 Bg5 $1 38. Nxf5 Bf4+
39. g3 Bxe5 40. Re3 hxg3+ 41. Bxg3 Ra2+ 42. Kh1 Bd4 43. Re4 (43. Nxd4 cxd4 $19)
43... Rxa5 44. Bd6 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Ra2+ 46. Kh1 Bf6 47. Ne7+ Bxe7 48. Bxe7 a5 $19
49. h4 Kh7 50. Rc4 Kg6 $1 51. Bxc5 Nxc5 52. Rxc5 a4 53. h5+ Kh6 54. Ra5 a3 (
54... a3 55. Kg1 Ra1+ 56. Kg2 a2 {/\f5-f4-f3-+ [Stohl]}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Black "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6
8. Bd3 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bxc4 (11. Bc2 b5 12. a3 (12. Nxb5 Nxe4
13. Re1 Qb6 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxe4 Qxb5 16. Nd4 Qe8 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Ne6 fxe6
19. dxe6 Nb6 20. Bxa8 Nxa8 21. Qxd6 Bxe6 22. Bg5 Bf7 23. Rd1 h6 24. Bf6 Bf8 $15
{Persson,L-Lindemann,S/Sollentuna op/1995/}) 12... Na6 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Re1 Qc7
15. Bd4 (15. Nd4 Rab8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Bxa4 Nc5 18. Bxd7 Nfxd7 19. Nc6 Rb7 20.
Ra5 a6 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Re2 Nd3 23. Ra2 Rb3 $36 {Sjoberg,M-Wedberg,T/
Stockholm Rilton Cup/1995/}) 15... Nc5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 Nb7 19.
Qxb6 axb6 20. Bc7 b4 21. axb4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 b5 23. Be5 Ne8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25.
Re7 $16 {Kakageldyev,A-Vaulin,A/Moscow PCA-Intel qual 25'/1995/}) 11... Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 (13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17.
Qe1 Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Bc4 $10 {1/2-1/2,Ribli,Z-Gschnitzer,O/
BL 9091/1991/}) 13... Qb6 $6 (13... Bf6 14. Bd3 (14. Qc2 Re8 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Rfe1 Rd8 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nd7 20. b4 {Ionov,S-Totsky,L/RUS-ch
Orel 1992/} a5 $5 $132) 14... Re8 15. Qa4 $1 (15. Qd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 h6 17. Nf3
Kg7 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Nd7 20. Re4 Nc5 21. Rh4 h5 22. Bb1 a5 23. g4 Nd7
$13 {Bischoff,K-Hansen,Cu/Hamburg SKA/1991/}) 15... Nd7 (15... Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Re5 17. f4 Rxd5 18. Qc4 (18. Rae1 Nc6 19. Qb3 Rxg5 20. fxg5 Be6 21. Qxb7 Ne5
22. Be4 $16 {Wells,P-Tockiy,L/Harkany/1992/1|0/32/}) 18... Rxg5 19. fxg5 Be6
20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rad1 Bxa2 22. Be4 Qb6+ 23. Rf2 Nd4 24. Kh2 Rf8 25. Bxg6 $16 {
Salgado Allaria,C-Musat,A/Bucharest Tim/1993/}) 16. Qh4 Bxg5 (16... a6 17. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 b5 19. Re4 Bb7 20. Rf4 Kg7 {Cramling,P-Wedberg,T/Stockholm 1990/
} 21. Nd4 $3 {[%cal Rf4f6,Rd4f5] /\Rf6,Nf5+-} (21. Qh6+ {Chekhov} Kg8 22. Qh4
Kg7 23. Nd4 $3 $18 {Horvath,J-Horvath,C/Strasbourg/1993/1|0/32/})) 17. Nxg5 Nf6
18. f4 Kg7 19. f5 h6 20. fxg6 hxg5 21. Qxg5 Re5 22. Qg3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Qe3 24.
Rf3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. gxf7 Nd7 27. Re1 Nf8 28. Re8 $44 {Gallego,V-Zelcic,R/
Sebastian op/1991/}) (13... Qa5 14. Nd2 {[%cal Yf1e1] /\Re1|^}) (13... Qf8 $142
$5 14. Qc2 (14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qa4 (15. Re1 {Chekhov} h6 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Bf4 Qd8
18. Qd2 g5 19. Bg3 Na6 20. Re1 f5 $132 {Lukey,S-Sandler,L/Melbourne/1994/0|1/
55/}) 15... Bd7 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Na6 18. Rae1 Nc5 19. b4 Ne4 20. Qxb7 Reb8
21. Qd7 Rxb4 22. a3 Rc4 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Bxd2 Rd4 $10 {Bellon Lopez,JM-Wedberg,
T/Stockholm Rilton Cup/1995/}) 14... Re8 15. Rae1 Bf5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Rxe8 Qxe8
18. Qxb7 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bxb2 20. Re1 Qc8 21. Qe7 Qd7 22. Bf4 Bc3 23. Re3 Qxe7 24.
Rxe7 Bf6 25. Rc7 Bd8 26. Rc1 a5 $1 $10 {Piket,J-Ljubojevic,L/Monaco m (07)
1994/}) 14. Nd2 $1 (14. Bd3 Re8 15. Re1 $142 $1 (15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Qf4 (16. Qh4
Bb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5 18. Bf6 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qd4+ Nf6 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qd3
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 $10 {Estremera Panos,S-Garcia Palermo,C/Saragossa
Casablanca/1992/}) 16... Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bf6 Bf5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. b3 Re4
21. Qd2 Rae8 $132 {Kozul,Z-Velimirovic,D/JUG-ch/1990/}) 15... Bd7 16. Rxe8+ (
16. Rb1 {Chekhov} Na6 17. b4 Nc7 18. Qb3 Nb5 $10 {Abramov,S-Yasinsky,V/
Smolensk/1992/0,5/22/}) 16... Bxe8 17. Rc1 (17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Re1 Ne5 19. Kh1 Bd7
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bd4 22. Qd2 {Pardo,M-Watanabe,A/Santiago Wch-jr/1990/} Re8
$10) 17... Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bd4 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Rc4 Be5
23. Be3 Qd8 24. Qc1 b6 25. Bf4 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc1c8] <->c,><d6,Epishin,
V-Haist,W/Baden-Baden op/1990/}) (14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bd7 16. Qe7 Bf8 17.
Qf6 Be8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Qh4 (19. Bxb6 $142 {Chekhov} Nxf6 20. Bd4 $10) 19...
Qxb2 20. Bd4 Qb4 21. Bd3 Bg7 22. Rb1 Qa4 23. Rxb7 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc5 25. Bc2
Qxa2 $17 {Ivanov,S-Totsky,L/Kstovo op/1994/}) 14... Re8 15. Re1 Bd7 (15...
Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bd7 17. Ne4 {[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Rg5e7,Rg5f4,Re4f6] /\Be7,Bf4,
Nf6,><f6,Pd6} Qxb2 18. Rd1 Ba4 19. Qa5 Qe5 20. Re1 Nd7 21. Nf6+ {1-0,Junge,
R-Gschnitzer,O/Bad Woerishofen/1991/}) 16. Ne4 Kf8 (16... Bxb2 $2 17. Rb1 $18 {
[%cal Rb1b2,Re4f6] /\Rb2,Nf6+-}) (16... Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qd4 18. Qxd4 (18. Qc2 $5
$36) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxd6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Ge1e8] <->e,
><f7,b7}) 17. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rd6] ><d6} (17. Nf6 {Chekhov} Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxb2
19. Rb1 Qd4 20. Nxd7+ Nxd7 21. Qe7+ Kg8 22. Qxd7 Qxc4 23. Qxd6 (23. Rxb7 Qxd5)
23... Qxa2 $22 24. Rxb7 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Be5+) (17. Qd2 $5 {Chekhov}) 17... Qxb3 (
17... Qc7 18. Qb4 $16) 18. Bxb3 Be5 (18... Bxb2 19. Nxd6 {Chekhov} Bxa1 20.
Nxe8 Na6 21. Nd6 Bc3 22. Re7 $16) 19. f4 Bxb2 20. Nxd6 $1 Bxa1 (20... Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 $16 {[%cal Re1e7] /\Re7}) 21. Nxe8 $16 {[%csl Gd5] o^d5} Bd4+ 22. Kh2 Na6
$8 (22... Bxe8 $2 23. Bh6+ Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rxe8 $18 {[%cal Rd5d7] /
\d6-d7}) 23. Nd6 (23. Nf6 $6 {Chekhov} Bb5 $22 24. Nxh7+ Kg7) 23... Nc5 (23...
Bc5 24. Be7+ Kg7 25. Nxb7 $16) 24. Re7 Kg8 (24... f6 25. Rf7+ Kg8 26. Bxf6 Bxf6
27. Rxf6 Nxb3 28. axb3 {[%cal Rd6b7,Rf6f7] /\Nb7,Rf7->}) (24... Be8 {Chekhov}
25. Rc7 $1 Nxb3 26. axb3 b6 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. d6) 25. Nxf7 $40 Re8 26. Nh6+ Kh8
27. Rf7 Bg7 28. d6 Bc6 (28... Nxb3 $2 29. Rxd7 $18 {[%csl Gd6] o^d6}) (28...
Re2 29. Bd5 $16) 29. Rc7 Nxb3 30. Nf7+ $1 (30. axb3 Bxh6 31. Bxh6 Rd8 {Chekhov}
32. Bg7+ Kg8 33. Be5 Rd7 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. g4 Ke6) 30... Kg8 31. axb3 {[%cal
Rd6d7] /\d7+-} Rf8 32. Ne5 (32. d7 $2 Bxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxf7 $10) 32... h6 33. Nxg6
$1 $18 (33. Be7 {Chekhov} Rxf4 34. Nxc6 bxc6 35. d7 Be5 36. d8=Q+ Rf8+ 37. Kg1
Rxd8 38. Bxd8 Bxc7 39. Bxc7 $18) 33... hxg5 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 (34... Bxf8 35. d7
Be7 36. Rc8+ $18) 35. d7 Bf6 (35... Ke7 36. d8=Q+ Kxd8 37. Rxg7 $18) 36. Rc8+
Kf7 37. d8=Q Bxd8 38. Rxd8 gxf4 39. Rd4 f3 40. g4 (40. gxf3 $18 {/\} Bxf3 $2
41. Rf4+) 40... Kf6 41. Kg3 Ke5 42. Rf4 {[%csl Gg4,Gh3] o^g,h} Bd5 {[%csl Gg4,
Gh3]} 43. Rf5+ (43. Rxf3 $18) 43... Kd4 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. Kxf3 a5 46. Ke3 1-0

[Event "GRE-ch 48th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1998.12.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7
8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 $5 {A relatively less played idea, which however can give
Black very good counterplay if White doesn't react accurately. (as in this
game)} (9... b5 {is the most topical continuation and is currently considered
as sufficient for equality.}) 10. O-O {White has two other possibilities and
both seem quite promising:} (10. Bf4 $142 $5 Re8 11. O-O b5 $5 (11... c4 12.
Bc2 Qc7 13. Re1 Na6 14. a3 Nc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Qb6 18. Qd4 Na6
(18... Rac8 19. d6 Ne6 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Qd4 Ne6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rad1 Red8 24.
Bh2 Nc5 25. Nd4 Ne8 26. Nd5 Rb8 27. Ne7+ Kf8 28. Nec6 Bxd4 29. Nxd4 $16 {
Vyzhmanavin,A-Psakhis,L/Moscow/1988/}) 19. Qh4 Qd8 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Qd4 Rc8 22.
d6 Bc6 23. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Ne6 25. Bxd8 Nxd4 {1-0,Sturua,Z-Hulak,K/Manila
olm/1992/}) 12. Bxd6 (12. e5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 c4 14. Bc2 b4 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. Nf4
Bb5 17. Re1 Nbd7 18. Bd6 c3 19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Be7 Rxe7 $1 21. Rxe7 Qb4 22. Rb1
Qxe7 23. Rxb5 Ne8 $11 {Bischoff,K-Dinstuhl,V/Dortmund/1993/}) 12... b4 13. Ne2
Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Rxe4 15. Ng3 $5 (15. Bxc5 Bb5 16. Re1 Na6 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Qc2
Bxa1 19. Qxe4 Bg7 20. Ned4 Qe8 21. Qh4 Ba4 22. Bh6 Qd8 23. Ng5 Bf6 24. Ndf3 Nc5
25. Ne5 Qxd5 26. Qf4 Bc6 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Qc4 (29. Rxc5 Qxc5 30.
Qxf6 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ $17) 29... Bxg5 30. Bxg5 Qd6 31. Qxb4 $1 $14 {Rogozenko,
D-Shulman,Y/Calcutta op/1999/}) 15... Re8 16. Bxc5 Bb5 17. Re1 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1
Bxb2 19. Rd1 Bc3 20. Qe4 Na6 $6 (20... a5 21. Bd4 $5 $36) 21. Be7 Qd7 22. d6
Re8 23. Qh4 Nc5 24. Nd4 Bd3 25. Nh5 $1 Bxd4 26. Qxd4 gxh5 27. Qxc5 $18 {
Khalifman,A-Maus,S/Hamburg/1991/}) (10. a4 Na6 (10... Re8 11. O-O c4 12. Bc2
Na6 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Bb1 a5 15. Re1 Re7 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. Nd4 Nc7 18. Bg5 f6 19.
Bf4 Be8 20. Ra3 Rc8 21. b3 cxb3 22. Rxb3 Bf8 23. f3 Bf7 24. Ncb5 Re8 25. Rc3
$16 {Krallmann,M-Maus,S/Hamburg/1992/}) 11. Bf4 $5 (11. O-O Nb4 12. Bc4 Re8 13.
Re1 a6 14. Bf4 b5 15. Bf1 Qb6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 bxa4 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Nxa4
Rxe1 20. Qxe1 Qb7 21. Rc1 Qxd5 22. g3 $44 {Zimmerman,Y-Sziebert,A/Eger/1993/})
11... Qc7 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Bh2 Be5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ng7 17. Nc4
f6 18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd6 Bxd3 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 23. Qxd3
Nc5 24. Qxd4 Rxe4 {1-0, Gassij,O-Zaporozhchenko,A/Kolontaevo RUS-chJW/1998/})
10... b5 11. Re1 (11. Bf4 c4 12. Bc2 Qb6 (12... b4 $5 $132) 13. e5 dxe5 14.
Nxe5 Na6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d6 Nb4 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Be4 Rc8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qd2 a6
21. Rad1 Re8 22. Bc2 Qh4 23. Bb1 Re5 24. Nd5 Rd8 25. Bf4 Rh5 26. Bg3 Qg5 27.
Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Ne7+ {1-0,Kramnik,V-Hjartarson,J/Munich 5'/1994/}) ({White
should try to limit Black's << expansion with} 11. a3 $5 Re8 (11... Na6 12. Re1
c4 13. Bc2 Nc5 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Rad8 17. Qf3 a5 18. Be3 Rc8 19.
Ne4 $1 Rfd8 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 21. Rad1 Qd6 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. d6 b4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25.
Rxe3 b3 26. Bb1 $18 {Browne,W-Gurevich,D/Philadelphia/1993/}) (11... c4 12. Bc2
a5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. e5 $36 {1/2,Nielsen,P-Brynell,S/Munkebo zt/1998/} dxe5 15.
Nxe5 {/\a4!,׫}) 12. Re1 c4 13. Bc2 Na6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 (15. Bd4 b4 16.
axb4 Nxb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Rc1 Bc8 20. Nh2 Na6 21. Ne2 Nc5 22. Rxc4
Ncxe4 23. Qc1 Qd8 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nc3 Nc5 27. Na4 Nb3 28. Qc3+
Qf6 29. Qxf6+ Kxf6 30. Rd1 $11 {Ionov,S-Lerner,K/Rostov/1993/}) 15... Nc5 16.
Bd4 Rac8 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nf3 Nh7 $6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. e5 Qb6 21. e6 fxe6 22.
dxe6 Bxe6 23. Nd4 a6 24. Re3 Nf8 25. Rae1 Qd8 26. Nd5 h5 27. Qc3 Kh7 28. Nf5
gxf5 29. Bxf5+ {1-0,Hellsten,J-Maiwald,J/Bermuda/1997/}) (11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Na3
Re8 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Bxe8 15. Nc4 Bb5 16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nbd7 18. Bb5
Rb8 19. Qe2 Nb6 20. Rd1 Nfxd5 21. Bg3 Bf8 22. a4 Nc7 23. a5 Nc8 24. Bc4 Qe7 25.
Qd2 h6 26. Re1 $44 {Golubev,M-Shabalov,A/Biel/1992/}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 (12. Bf1
Re8 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 b4 15. Na4 Bb5 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1
Nxd5 19. Bd2 {Lev,R-Gruenfeld,Y/Tel Aviv/1994/} Nc6 $11) 12... b4 13. Ne2 Re8
$5 $146 {Immediately forcing White to defend e4. This is most probably even
stronger than} (13... Na6 14. Ned4 Rc8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. b3 c3 17. Ne2 Rfd8 18.
Ng3 Nc5 19. Be3 a5 20. Bd4 Bb5 21. Qc1 Re8 22. a4 Ba6 23. Qf4 Qd8 24. Rad1 $13
{Costa,J-Shabalov,A/Suhr/1992/}) 14. Ned4 {The N will be exposed here and Pe4
will lack sufficient protection. Also due to the Nd4 White will not be able to
play e5.} (14. Ng3 $142 $5 $13) 14... Na6 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 Qb6 $15) 15... Qb6
16. Be3 $6 (16. Re2 Nc5 17. Qe1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Re3 Nxd5 $1 $36) (16. Qd2
$142 Nc5 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qd2 Nf6 $11 (18... a5 $5 $13)) 16... Nc5 $36 {[%csl
Re4]} 17. Nd2 Qa6 18. b3 (18. Qe2 c3 (18... Nfxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxc4 $132)
19. bxc3 bxc3 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 $17) 18... c3 19. Nc4 Nfxe4 20. a3 bxa3 21. Rxa3
Qb7 22. Nf3 {/\Bc5} Qb4 23. Bc1 Bb5 (23... a5 $5 {/\a4-+}) 24. Na5 Nd2 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nc6 $1 (26. Nxd2 $2 cxd2 27. Qxd2 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Re2
$19) 26... Bxc6 27. dxc6 Nce4 (27... Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 $1 $132 {/\} Re1+ 29. Kh2
Rxc1 $2 30. Rxa7 $18) 28. Bxe4 (28. Ra4 Qc5 $19) 28... Nxe4 29. Qd5 (29. Rxa7
$143 Qc5 30. Ra2 Qxc6 $19) 29... Qc5 (29... Qb6 $5 30. Be3 c2 31. Qc4 Nc3 32.
Ra1 Ne2+ 33. Qxe2 Bxa1 34. Qxc2 Qc7 $17) 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Rxa7 Nxb3 32. Ba3
Bf8 (32... c2 $2 33. c7 c1=Q+ 34. Bxc1 Nxc1 35. Rb7 $18) 33. c7 Rc8 (33... c2
$2 34. Rb7 $16) 34. Ne1 (34. Rb7 Nc5 35. Bxc5 dxc5 36. Ne1 Bd6 $19) 34... Nc5
35. Bb4 Ne6 36. Bxc3 (36. Ba5 d5 {/\Bd6 forces White to take on c3 anyway.})
36... Rxc7 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 $15 {/-/+ It's difficult to say if this endgame is
won for Black or not. Probably his chances are about the same, as White's
drawing possibilities.} 38. Nd3 d5 39. Kf1 Bd6 40. Ba5 Ne6 41. Ke2 Kf8 (41...
Nf4+ $2 42. Nxf4 Bxf4 43. Kd3 Be5 44. Bc3 f6 45. Bd2 $11 {An exchange of N is
certainly premature, while an exchange of B would help Black. Black has to
create White another weakness and to engage him in defending it, while he can
support his extra o^d5.}) 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Bc3 Nc7 44. g4 $6 {White would do
better to behave passively.} Ne6 45. f4 $2 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rf4] /-+,><f4} 46.
Bb2 Kd7 47. gxf5 gxf5 {An ideal situation for Black, White is tied down to Pf4
while he can activate his K.} 48. Be5 Be7 (48... Bxe5 $5 49. Nxe5+ (49. fxe5
d4+ 50. Kf3 Kc6 {/\Kd5,Nc5-+}) 49... Kd6 50. Nf7+ Kc5 51. Nh6 d4+ 52. Kf3 Ng7
$19) 49. Ne1 Ba3 50. Ng2 (50. Nd3 $142 Bd6 $17 {/-+}) 50... Bc5+ 51. Kd3 Bd6 $1
$19 52. Bxd6 (52. Ne3 Bxe5 53. fxe5 Nf4+ 54. Kd4 Ke6 $19) 52... Kxd6 {Hecht: '
[#] Schwarzer Mehrbauer bei passiver weißer Springerstellung und fixierter
weißer Bauernschwäche f4 (und als Folge davon h3)'} 53. Kc3 (53. Ke3 d4+ 54.
Kd3 Kd5 $19) 53... Kc5 54. Nh4 (54. h4 d4+ 55. Kd3 Kd5 $19) 54... Nxf4 55. Nxf5
Nxh3 {'-+' Hecht.} 56. Kd3 Nf4+ 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Kd3 (58. Kf3 $2 Nd4+ $19) 58...
h5 59. Ke3 Kc4 60. Nd6+ Kc3 61. Nb5+ Kc2 62. Na3+ Kb3 63. Nb1 (63. Nb5 Kb4 64.
Nd6 d4+ $19) 63... h4 64. Kf3 (64. Nd2+ Kc2 65. Nf3 d4+ $1 {Hecht} 66. Kf2 (66.
Nxd4+ Nxd4 67. Kf4 Kd3 68. Kg4 Nf5 $19) 66... d3 67. Nxh4 d2 68. Ng2 Kd3 69.
Ne3 Nd4 70. Nd1 Kc2 71. Ne3+ Kc1 72. Kf1 Nc2 $19) 64... Ng5+ 65. Kg4 Ne4 $1 {
/\Kb2,פb1 Hecht: 'und der Sb1 ist eingekreist.'} 0-1

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O (11. Bg5 $5 Qb6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qb3 Nd7
14. O-O Rb8 15. Qa4 c4 16. Bxc4 Rxe4 17. Nd2 Rf4 18. Nxa7 Qxb2 19. Nxc8 Rxc8
20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qc6 Qxd2 22. Rae1 Kg7 23. Re2 Qc3 24. Bb3 Qd3 25. Rfe1 $14 {
Krasenkow,M-Ribshtein,N/New York op/1997/}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qa4 $5 {This move
is more often played only after 12.Re1 a6, but here White has an interesting
and independent new idea on his mind.} a6 (12... Bd7 13. Re1 (13. Bxe4 $143
Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Rxe4 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Rab1 Nd7 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nxe5
Bxe5 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 a6 23. Qe3 Qb5 24. g4 Qb8 25. Rc1 Qf8
26. Rd1 Be5 27. Kf1 Qe8 $15 {Franco,Z-Otero,E/Capablanca mem-B/1991/}) 13... a6
14. Qa3 {transposes to lines below.}) 13. Bxe4 (13. Re1 Nd7 $142 $1 (13... Bd7
14. Qa3 Qb6 (14... Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Nd7 16. Bc6 Rb8 (16... Ra7 17. Qa4 Nef6 18.
Bf4 Qc7 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Re1 Nef6 21. Nd2 h6 22. Nc4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Qxb6 24.
Bxd6 Nd7 25. Re8+ Kh7 26. Re7 $18 {De Roda,J-Enklaar,B/NLD-chT/1995/}) 17. Qa4
Rb4 18. Qc2 f5 19. a3 Rb8 20. Rb1 Re7 21. Bf4 h6 22. b4 g5 23. Be3 Bc3 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. bxc5 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Re8 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Be3 $16 {Rahman,
Z-Hakki,I/Madras zt/1995/}) 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bf4
Qc7 19. Rb1 (19. Re1 Nf6 20. c4 a5 21. Qc1 Bd7 22. Bd2 a4 23. Bc3 Re8 24. Rxe8+
{1/2,Wells,P-De Firmian,N/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 19... Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. Qb3
Bd7 21. c4 Ne8 22. Qb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Bf8 24. g4 Ra7 25. Rb8 f6 26. Nd2 Kf7 27.
Ne4 Be7 28. f3 f5 29. Ng3 g5 30. Bd2 f4 31. Ne2 $16 {Bacrot,E-Palkovi,J/
Balatonbereny/1996/}) 20. c4 a5 21. Ng5 Nd7 22. Bf1 Ne5 23. Nf3 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3
Rb8 25. Re1 Bd7 26. Qg3 Bf8 27. Bd3 Re8 28. Rf1 Ba4 29. h4 $1 Qe7 30. Bg5 Qc7
31. h5 $36 {Krasenkov,M-De Firmian,N/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 14. Rxe4 Rxe4 15.
Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 (16. Qh4 axb5 17. Bxb5 Qb6 18. a4 Bb7 19. Bh6 Bxd5 20. Bxg7 (
20. Nd2 Qb7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qg3 Nh5 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. f3 Qe7 25. Ne4 $6 Bxe4
26. fxe4 Qxe4 27. Re1 Qb7 $15 {Lobron,E-Topalov,V/Dortmund/1996/}) 20... Kxg7
21. Nd2 Be6 22. b4 Rc8 23. Rc1 d5 $11 {Miniboeck,G-Palkovi,J/Vienna Schlechter
op/1996/}) 16... axb5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. Bg5 Bxd5 19. a4 h6 20. Bf4 $13 {1/2,
Avrukh,B-Pigusov,E/Linares op/1997/}) 13... Bd7 14. Bd3 Qb6 15. Ng5 $1 {
Khuzman's move, which is the point of the whole idea. White pounces on Black's
deserted >>.} Bxb5 (15... axb5 $5 16. Qh4 (16. Qxa8 Na6 17. Qxe8+ Bxe8 18. Re1
Nc7 $32 {|^}) 16... h6 (16... h5 $5 {/\} 17. g4 $6 Ra4 $36) 17. Ne4 Qd8 $8 18.
Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxd6 c4 20. Bc2 Na6 $32 {~/=}) 16. Bxb5 Qxb5 17. Qh4 (17. Qf4 $6
Qd7 $15) 17... h6 (17... h5 18. Ne4 $40) 18. Ne4 g5 $8 19. Qg4 Qd7 $1 (19...
Re5 $2 20. Nxd6 Qd7 21. Nc4 $1 $16 {and White keeps his extra pawn due to the
Nb6 fork.}) (19... Be5 $6 20. h4 $40) 20. Qxd7 (20. Qf3 f5 $36) 20... Nxd7 21.
Nxd6 Re5 22. g4 {[%csl Rf5] White can't keep his extra pawn anyway due to his
lag in development, so he counts on positional factors (hole on f5).} (22. Rd1
Nb6 23. Be3 Rxd5 (23... Nxd5 24. Bxc5 Nf4 25. Be3 $16) 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxc5
Bxb2 26. Rb1 Bg7 27. Rb7 Bf8 $11) 22... Rxd5 $146 {Technically speaking only
this move is new. It would be interesting to know if both players knew about
the preceding game-} (22... Nb6 $5 23. Nf5 Nxd5 24. Rd1 (24. Be3 $5) 24... Rae8
25. Kf1 Kh7 26. Bd2 Bf6 27. Rac1 Nf4 28. Bxf4 gxf4 29. f3 Re2 30. Re1 Rh2 $1
$11 {Shulman,Y-Filippov,V/Linares op/1997/}) 23. Nf5 Re8 $5 (23... Rd3 24. Be3
Bxb2 25. Rad1 c4 26. Nxh6+ $36) 24. Kg2 (24. Rb1 $5 Re2 25. Be3 $14 {[%cal
Rf5e7] /\Ne7+- /\}) 24... Nb6 (24... c4 25. Nxg7 (25. h4 $5) 25... Kxg7 26. Be3
$14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc4,Ge3] _|_ק The endgame is more pleasant for White, he has a
strong B and better pawns.}) 25. Rb1 Rd3 (25... Nc4 $142 $5 26. b3 Nd2 27. Nxg7
$1 Kxg7 28. Bb2+ Kf8 (28... Kg6 29. Rfe1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 c4 31. Re8 $1 $36) 29.
Rfd1 Red8 30. Rbc1 $14) 26. Be3 (26. b3 Re2 27. Be3 Nd5 $36) 26... Nd5 27. b3 (
27. Bxc5 $2 Nf4+ $17) (27. Rbc1 Bd4 $132 (27... Nxe3+ 28. fxe3 Rd2+ 29. Rf2 $14
)) 27... Bd4 $6 (27... Nc3 $142 28. Rb2 $14) 28. Rbd1 $1 $16 (28. Nxh6+ $2 Kh7
29. Bxg5 f6 30. Bc1 Nc3 31. Rb2 Ne2 $17) 28... Bxe3 $8 (28... Rxd1 $2 29. Rxd1
Bxe3 (29... Nxe3+ 30. fxe3 Bxe3 $2 31. Re1 $18) 30. Rxd5 $18) (28... Nxe3+ 29.
fxe3 {-28...Rd1}) 29. Rxd3 (29. fxe3 $2 Nxe3+ 30. Nxe3 Rexe3 31. Rxd3 Rxd3 $15)
29... Nf4+ 30. Kf3 Nxd3 31. fxe3 $5 (31. Nxe3 $143 Nf4 32. Rc1 $14) 31... Ne5+
32. Ke2 {The position has clarified. Black has more weaknesses in the arising
endgame and faces a tough defence.} Kh7 (32... Re6 $142 33. Rc1 Nd7 34. Rd1 $16
) 33. Nd6 (33. Rc1 $142 $5 Rc8 34. Rc3 $16) 33... Re7 34. Rf6 Rc7 (34... Re6
35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Ne4 c4 37. bxc4 (37. b4 $5) 37... Nxc4 38. Nc5 $18) 35. Nc4 (
35. Nf5 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 37. Nd6 Kg6 38. Ne4 f5 39. Nxc5 fxg4 40. hxg4 a5 {
[%cal Rh6h5] /\h5<=>}) 35... Rc6 $1 (35... Nxc4 36. bxc4 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rf7,
Rh6] seems hopeless due to the weak pawns and passive R, even after the best}
Rb7 $5 37. Kd3 $142 $1 (37. Rxa6 Rb2+ 38. Kd3 (38. Kf3 Rc2) 38... Rh2 $44)
37... Kg7 (37... Rb2 38. Rxf7+ Kg6 39. Rc7 $18) 38. Rxa6 Rb2 39. Ra5 $18 {
White should be winning.}) 36. Rxc6 Nxc6 37. Kf3 $5 {The N_|_ is certainly not
trivial. White must exactly estimate how much counterplay he can allow Black.}
(37. Nd6 Kg6 {-see 35.Nf5}) 37... Kg6 $8 (37... Nb4 $2 38. a3 Nd3 39. Ke2 $1
Nc1+ 40. Kd2 Nxb3+ 41. Kc2 $18) 38. Ke4 Kf6 39. Kd5 (39. Nb2 $5 Ke6 (39... Nb4
40. Na4 $1 (40. a3 Nc2 41. Na4 c4 42. bxc4 Nxa3 $132) 40... Nxa2 41. Nxc5 Nb4
42. Kd4 $16) 40. Nd3 Kd6 41. Kf5 Kd5 42. Kf6 $16 {/\} c4 43. bxc4+ Kxc4 44.
Ne5+ $1 Nxe5 45. Kxe5 Kd3 46. Kf6 Kxe3 47. Kxf7 $18) 39... Nb4+ 40. Kxc5 Nxa2
41. Kb6 Nb4 (41... Nc1 42. Nd2 (42. b4 $2 Nd3 43. Ka5 Ke6 $11) 42... Ke5 43.
Kxa6 Nxb3 (43... f5 44. b4 $18) 44. Nxb3 Ke4 (44... f5 45. Kb5 f4 (45... fxg4
46. hxg4 Ke4 47. Nd4 Kxe3 48. Nf5+) 46. exf4+ gxf4 47. Nd2 Kd4 48. h4 $18) 45.
Nd4 Kxe3 46. Nf5+ Kf4 47. Nxh6 Kg3 (47... f6 48. Kb5 Kg3 49. Ng8 $18) 48. Nxf7
Kxh3 49. Nh6 $18) 42. Ka5 Nd3 43. Nd2 $1 (43. Kxa6 $2 Nc5+) 43... Kg6 $2 (43...
Ke6 $5 44. Kxa6 f5 $132 {was the last chance to hold the game. Decentralizing
the K is much weaker.}) 44. Kxa6 f5 45. Kb5 $1 (45. gxf5+ $143 Kxf5 $44) 45...
fxg4 46. hxg4 Ne5 (46... h5 47. gxh5+ Kxh5 48. Kc4 Ne5+ 49. Kd5 $18) 47. b4
Nxg4 48. Kc6 $1 Kf6 (48... Ne5+ 49. Kd6 Nd3 (49... Nf7+ 50. Kc7) 50. b5 g4 51.
b6 Nb4 52. b7 Na6 53. Ne4 h5 54. Nc5 $18) (48... Nxe3 49. b5 $18) 49. Kd6 (49.
b5 $5 Ke6 50. b6 Ne5+ 51. Kc7 g4 52. Ne4 h5 53. b7 Nd7 54. Kc8 {[%cal Re4c5] /
\Nc5+-}) 49... Nxe3 50. b5 {The pawn is unstoppable.} Nf5+ 51. Kd7 Nd4 52. b6
Ne6 53. Ne4+ {[%cal Rb6b7] /\b7} 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e4 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 (9... b5 10. Nxb5 Nxe4 $6 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Ng5 $1 $16 {Alburt,L-De
Firmian,N,USA (ch) 1990-CBM 21}) 10. O-O a6 (10... c4 11. Bc2 $14 (11. Bxc4
Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5 Qa5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ Bxe8 17. Qe1
Qxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Nd7 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Bc4 $10 {Ribli,Z-Gschnitzer,O,BL 90/91}))
11. a4 Nbd7 12. Re1 Qe7 (12... Nh5 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rc1 Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16.
Bxf3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. Na2 b3 20. Qxb3 Qf6 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22.
Nb4 $16 {Chernin,A-Minasian,A,Lvov zt 1990-CBM 18}) 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 (14.
Bg5 Qf8 15. g4 Nhf6 16. Bf4 $14) 14... Qf8 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 $1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3
Nf6 17. a5 $14) 15. Qd2 h6 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Bf4 Nh7 18. Bf1 $6 (18. a5 b5 $5 (
18... g5 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Na4 $16) 19. axb6 Nxb6 (
19... Rb8 20. Na4 Nxb6 21. Nxc5 $16) 20. Rad1 $5 $14 (20. e5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bb7
$132)) 18... g5 $1 19. Bg3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a5 (22. Nb1 Bd7
23. Na3 b5 $1 24. axb5 axb5 $13) 22... Bd7 23. Re3 (23. Rab1 $5 {/\b4|^}) 23...
Rae8 24. Bg2 h5 $1 25. gxh5 (25. f3 $6 Qh6 {/\Nf8-g6-f4->}) 25... Qh6 26. Rg3
Kh8 (26... Qxh5 $2 27. f4 $16) 27. Rf1 (27. Bf3 Nf6 28. h4 (28. Bg4 Bxg4 29.
hxg4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17 {<->e}) 28... Rg8 {/\Nh5|^}) 27... Rg8 (27... Qxh5
28. f4 gxf4 29. Qxf4 Rg8 $13) 28. f4 (28. Bf3 Nf6 29. Bg4 Bb5 $1 $15) 28...
gxf4 29. Qxf4 Qxf4 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Rxf4 Rxh5 $10 32. h4 Kg7 33. Ne2 Nf6 34.
Ng3 Rh8 (34... Re5 $10) 35. Bf3 b6 36. axb6 Rb8 37. Nh5+ (37. h5 Rxb6 (37...
Ng8 $6 38. h6+ $1 Nxh6 39. Nh5+ Kf8 40. Rf6 $18) 38. h6+ Kg6 39. h7 Nxh7 40.
Bh5+ Kg5 41. Rxf7 Nf6 42. Rg7+ Kf4 $36) 37... Nxh5 38. Bxh5 Be8 39. Rf2 Rxb6
40. Bg4 $10 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gagarin, Vasilij"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 a6 7. a4 (7. e4 g6 8.
h3 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b5 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Re1 Ra7 $1 13. a3 Rae7 14. Qc2 Nh5
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Kg7 19. Rac1 Qb6 $13 {Ibragimov,
I-Pigusov,E,St.Peterburg zt 1993-CBM 34}) 7... g6 8. e4 Bg4 9. Be2 (9. h3 Bxf3
10. Qxf3 Bg7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qd1 O-O 13. O-O Rc8 14. Re1 c4 (14... Re8 $5 15.
Bg5 c4 16. Bf1 h6 17. Bh4 Qb6 18. Qc2 Nh5 $1 19. a5 Qc5 $36 {Novikov,I-Moiseev,
V,Berlin op 1992-TD 92_03}) 15. Bf1 Re8 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. f4 Ned7 19.
Bd4 Nh5 $132 {Rao,V-Psakhis,L,Philadelphia World op 1992-TD 92_05}) 9... Bxf3
10. Bxf3 Qe7 $5 (10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. a5 Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qe7 14. Re1 Ne8 15.
Ra3 Nc7 16. Rb3 Rab8 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Bf1 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 $132 {Arduman,
C-Wojtkiewicz,A,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD 90_06}) 11. O-O Bg7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 13. Re1
h6 14. Bh4 (14. Bd2 $5 O-O 15. Be2 $14) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 g5 16. Bg3 O-O 17.
Qc2 {/\Nd1-e3-f5} Ng6 $1 18. a5 (18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Ngf4 20. Nd1 Be5 21. Ne3
Ng7 $13) 18... Nf4 (18... h5 $5 $13) 19. Bf3 Nd7 20. Bg4 Ne5 21. Bf5 $14 Ned3
22. Re3 Nb4 (22... c4 $6 23. Na4 $1 $16 {/\Nb6,Qc4}) 23. Qd2 (23. Qd1 $5 Be5
24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Rh3 $36) 23... Be5 24. Ne2 (24. Na4 $1 {/\Nb6-c4+/-,פb4})
24... Nxe2+ $8 25. Qxe2 Bd4 26. Rb3 (26. Rf3 Nxd5 $13) 26... Kg7 (26... Nxd5 $2
27. Qh5 $40) 27. Qh5 Rae8 28. h4 Rh8 29. Rd1 {/\Rd4,Rb4+-} Bf6 $8 30. Qe2 (30.
e5 $6 Bxe5 31. Bxe5+ Qxe5 (31... dxe5 32. d6 Qf6 33. Rf3 $44) 32. hxg5 Qe1+ $1
(32... Qxf5 $2 33. gxh6+ Kf6 34. Rf3 $18) 33. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kh2 hxg5 $17)
30... Be5 $5 $132 31. Bxe5+ Qxe5 32. Qh5 Re7 $1 33. hxg5 Nc2 34. gxh6+ Rxh6 35.
Qg4+ (35. Qg5+ Rg6 36. Qc1 Nd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4 38. Bxg6 fxg6 $10) 35... Kf8 36.
Rh3 (36. Rg3 Rh8 $13) (36. f4 Qh8 $132) 36... Rxh3 37. Qxh3 Nd4 $44 38. Qh6+ (
38. f3 {/\Bg4} Nxf5 39. exf5 Ke8 $5 $44 {><d5,Kg1} (39... Qe2 40. f6 $1 Qxd1+
41. Kh2 $19)) 38... Ke8 39. Bh7 $6 Kd7 40. Qh3+ Kc7 $36 41. Qd3 $2 (41. Bf5 $8
Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Qxb2 $15) 41... Qh5 $19 42. f3 (42. Bf5 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 Nf4 $19 {
/\Qh1#}) 42... Qxh7 43. b4 Qh6 44. bxc5 dxc5 45. Qc4 Qe3+ 46. Kh1 Kd6 $1 {
/\f5,Rh7#} (46... Kd6 47. Rc1 Qh6+ 48. Kg1 Qxc1+ $1 49. Qxc1 Ne2+) 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 (11. Bxc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bg5 Bf6 (
13... Qa5 $142 $5 $13) 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Qa4 Nd7 16. Qh4 $40 {Cramling,P-Wedberg,
T,Stockholm 1990-CBM 22}) 11... b5 12. Nxb5 (12. a3 $5 a6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qd2
$13) 12... Nxe4 13. Re1 {N} (13. Bxe4 $6 Rxe4 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bb7 16.
Qe4 Nd7 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Qxc4 Rc8 19. Qf1 Bxd5 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Nxa7 Bc4 22. Qd1
Ra8 23. Rc1 Bxb2 $15 {Lalic,B-Velimirovic,D,Vrsac 1989-CBM 15}) 13... Ba6 $8 (
13... Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15. Qe2 $16) 14. a4 $1 Bxb5 (14... Nf6 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8
16. Qe2 Qc8 17. Nd2 c3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Rb1 $16 {/\Nc4,Ba3><d6}) 15. axb5 Nc5
16. Nd2 $5 (16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. b6 a6 (17... Nba6 $5 $11) 18. Bf4 Qb5 19. Bxd6
Qxb6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxb2 22. Nxc4 Qf6 23. Ra3 {1/2:1/2,Stohl,I-Wedberg,
T,Gausdal Arnold Cup 1991}) (16. Bg5 Qd7 $13 {><b2,b5}) 16... Rxe1+ (16... c3
17. bxc3 Bxc3 18. Rxe8+ (18. Ra3 {-16...Re1}) 18... Qxe8 19. Rb1 Nbd7 20. Nc4
Nb6 $1 $11) 17. Qxe1 c3 (17... Nd3 $6 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qe3 $16) 18. bxc3 Bxc3
19. Ra3 Bb4 (19... Bg7 20. Nc4 $14 {/\b6,><d6,^^}) 20. Re3 Nbd7 21. Qe2 $1 (21.
Bb2 $5 Nb6 $15 {/\Nc4,Nd5,Bd2}) 21... Nb6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 $6 (22... Nxd5 $1 23.
Bb2 Rc8 $1 {/\Ne4,Bc3} (23... Nxe3 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qxe3 $40) 24. Rf3 (24. Nxc5
$2 Nxe3 $17) 24... Qe8 $5 (24... Nxe4 25. Qxe4 $16) (24... Qe7 $2 25. Nf6+ $18)
25. Re3 $5 $146) 23. Rxe4 Bc3 (23... Nxd5 $2 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Qxd5 Rxc2 26. Bg5
Qa5 27. Re8+ Kg7 28. Qd4+ $18) 24. h4 $1 $36 Nd7 (24... Nxd5 25. Qd3 $18) 25.
h5 Nc5 26. Rc4 (26. Re7 $6 Bf6) 26... Bf6 27. Be3 Rc8 $6 (27... Qe7 $142 $5)
28. Qg4 $16 Rc7 (28... Nd7 29. Rc6 $16) 29. g3 Qb8 30. h6 $1 Qxb5 $2 (30... Qc8
31. Qf3 $16) 31. Bxc5 $1 Be7 (31... Rxc5 32. Qc8+ $1 Rxc8 33. Rxc8+) (31...
dxc5 32. Qf4 (32. d6 Rd7 33. Rxc5 Qxc5 34. Qxd7 Kf8 35. Bb3 $18) 32... Bd8 (
32... Qb6 33. d6) 33. Qe5 $18) 32. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 $8 (32... hxg6 33. Bd4 $1 Rxc4
34. h7+ Kxh7 35. Qh3+ $18) 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rb4 $18 Rxc5 $8 (34... Qxc5 35.
Rb8+) 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qh8 {[Stohl,I]} 1-0

[Event "Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 6th"]
[Site "Bad Wiessee"]
[Date "2002.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Womacka, Mathias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2484"]
[Annotator "Teske,H"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Qa4 a6 13. Bxe4 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qb6 15.
Qh4 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Bh6 Nd7 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Rae1 c4 20. Re3 Rxe3 {[#]}
21. Bxg7 Rxh3 {Auf die Öffnung der f-Linie möchte Schwarz sich lieber nicht
einlassen und forciert das Remis.} (21... Kxg7 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 {Die
Drohung 24.Se6 gibt Weiß gefährlichen Angriff.} Qe5 $140 (23... Rf8 $5 24. Rxf6
Kxf6 25. Ne6+ g5 26. Qh6+ Ke5 {sieht halsbrecherisch aus, aber wenn Weiß kein
dauerschach zu Wege bringt, könnte ein c-Freibauer nach De3-c1xb2 die
Entscheidung zugunsten von Schwarz bringen.}) 24. Nxf7) 22. Qxh3 Kxg7 23. Nxf7
Kxf7 24. Qe6+ Kg7 25. Qe7+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Kg7 27. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates final"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "1990.03.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Tischbierek,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Riemersma} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3
Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O (8... Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. h3 Nb6 $13 {Riemersma})
9. h3 a6 (9... b5 10. Bxb5 (10. Nxb5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Re8 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. a4 Qa5
$1 14. Nxd6 Nd7 $1 15. Qc2 f5 16. Kd1 fxe4 17. N2c4 $13 {Vilela-Ristic/Bela
Crkva/1989/}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Qa5+ 12. Nfd2 Qxb5 13. Nxd6 Qa6 14. N2c4 $44)
10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Re1 (13. Qd2 Nh5 (13... Rb8 {Salov})
14. Bh6 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxh6 (15... Bxe5 16. g4 $16) 16. Qxh6 dxe5 17. Rfc1 $16 {
Salov-Hjartarson/Amsterdam/1989/}) 13... Rb8 (13... c4 14. Bc2 Nh5 15. Bh2 Nc5
16. e5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. Nxe5 $16 {Riemersma}) 14. Bc4 $5 (14. Qd2 c4 $2 (
14... Nh5 {vgl. Anmerkung zum 13.Zug}) 15. Bc2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nd4) 14...
Nb6 (14... Nh5 15. Bh2 Ne5 16. Be2 {/>>} (16. Nd2 Bh6 $5) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3
Nf6 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. d6) 15. Bf1 Nfd7 16. a5 (16. Rc1) 16... Na8 17. Nd2 (17.
Ra3 Ne5 (17... b5 18. axb6 Rxb6 (18... Naxb6 19. Bxa6) 19. Qa1 $16 {Riemersma})
18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. f4 Re8 21. e5 $16) 17... b5 18. axb6 Naxb6 19.
Bxa6 Bxa6 20. Rxa6 Ne5 21. Qe2 c4 22. Bxe5 (22. Be3 $6 Nbd7 (22... Nd3 $2 23.
Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Nxc4) 23. Ra7 Qc8 $44) 22... Bxe5 23. Qe3 $1 { 24.[]b5} Rb7 (
23... Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nxd5 25. Qd4 $16) 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. Rxa4 c3 26. bxc3 Qxc3
27. Nf3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 Rb1+ 29. Re1 Reb8 30. Rc4 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Rb1 32. Kf1 $18
f5 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Ke2 Kg7 (34... Rb5 35. Nc2 Rxd5 36. Ne3) 35. Nc2 Kg6 36.
g3 Rh1 37. Kf3 Rd1 (37... Rxh3 38. Kg2 {(+) <<h3} (38. Kg2 Rh6 39. f4 Bg7 40.
Ne3 $18 {Riemersma})) 38. Ne3 Rd2 39. Rc2 Rd4 40. Rc4 Rd2 41. Rc8 f4 (41... Bd4
42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rg5 Bxe3 44. Rxf5+ Kg6 45. Kxe3 $18) 42. gxf4 Bd4 43. Rd8 Bc5
44. Rd7 h5 45. Re7 { 46.<<e6, 47.f5} (45. h4) 45... Bxe3 46. fxe3 Rxd5 47. e4
$2 (47. Re6+ {Riemersma} Kf7 (47... Kg7 48. h4 Rd1 49. f5 $18) 48. Rh6 Ke7 (
48... Kg7 49. Ke4 $18) 49. Rg6 $18) 47... Rd3+ $10 48. Ke2 Rxh3 49. Re6+ Kg7
50. Rxd6 h4 51. Rd7+ Kg6 52. Rd6+ Kg7 53. f5 Ra3 54. e5 Ra5 55. f6+ Kf7 56.
Rd7+ Kf8 57. Re7 h3 58. Kf2 h2 59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60. Kh1 Re2 61. e6 Rf2 62. Rf7+ Ke8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Hoi, Carsten"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 a6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Bf4 Ne8 $5 {Gegen die weiße Absicht, den
Zentrumsdurchbruch e4-e5 mittels Figurenspiel durchzusetzen, scheint die etwas
grobschlächtig anmutende Idee 11...Ne8, 14...f6, 15...Ne5 und 16...fex5 gar
nicht so ungeeignet zu sein.} 12. a4 b6 $1 {Wichtig ist für den schwarzen Plan
(-> 11...Ne8), den Damenflügel geschlossen zu halten: 12...b6 und 18...a5} 13.
Qd2 Qe7 14. Rfe1 f6 $5 15. Rab1 Ne5 $5 16. Nxe5 fxe5 $5 17. Be3 Nf6 18. Be2 a5
$1 19. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York WFW"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 Bd7 $6 (11... b5) 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Na6 14. e5
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Rac8 16. d6 Nb8 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Ba4 Qa5 20. Bxc6
Rxc6 21. Rfe1 Re6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Re1 Qf5 24. g4 Qf7 25. Qe4 e5 26. Be3 a6
27. Qg2 Rxd6 28. Qxb7 Nf6 29. Qc8+ Qe8 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Nxd1 h5
33. Nc3 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qd7 35. f3 Qb7 36. Qe2 e4 37. f4 Nd5 38. Nxd5 Qxd5 39. b3
a5 40. Qd2 Qb5 41. Bd4 Qd7 42. Bxg7+ Qxg7 43. Kf2 Qa7+ 44. Qe3 Qd7 45. g5 Kh7
46. Qxe4 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 Qxa2 48. Qe7+ Kg8 49. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi-A"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Nun, Jiri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1989.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h3 Na6 {vgl. Piket,Jr-Martinovic,S/Groningen/1989/ -> CBM 16 Der weiße
Plan: Zenralspiel und Durchsetzung von e4-e5} 10. O-O Nc7 11. Re1 Re8 12. a4 a6
13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Bh2 Bh6 15. e5 $1 {Da ist der thematische Durchbruch} Bf4 16.
Bxf4 Nxf4 17. Bf1 dxe5 18. d6 Nce6 19. g3 Nh5 20. Rxe5 Bd7 21. Nd5 Nf6 22. Ne7+
Kg7 23. Qd2 Qb6 24. a5 Qb4 25. Qxb4 cxb4 26. Re3 Rad8 27. Rd1 Nc5 28. Re5 Ne6
29. Bc4 h6 30. Rd2 Nf8 31. g4 Be6 32. Bf1 N8d7 33. Re1 Nc5 34. Rd4 Nb3 35. Rxb4
Rxd6 36. Rxb7 Nxa5 37. Rc7 Kf8 38. b4 Rxe7 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. bxa5 Kf8 41. Ne5
g5 42. Rc1 Bd5 43. Rc7 Be6 44. Rc1 Ne4 45. Bg2 Nd2 46. Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Re8 10. O-O Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. a4 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bh2
b6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. Bc4 {Die Zentraldiagonalen gehen an die
weißen Läüfer - und damit auch der Punkt.} Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe7
21. f4 Rd8 22. d6 Qh4 23. Qg4 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. h3 $5 {Das Wiederschlagen mit der Dame ist ungewöhnlich.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Bg7
11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qd1 Re8 14. Re1 Rc8 15. a5 c4 16. Bb1 Nc5 $15 17.
Bc2 Nfd7 18. f4 Qh4 19. Bd2 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Ra3 f5 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Ra1
Nc5 24. Kh2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Qxe1 26. Bxe1 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Re8 28. Bf2 Nb3 29. Rd1
Re2 30. Kg1 d2 31. Kf1 Re4 32. g3 Rc4 33. Ke2 Rxc3 34. Be3 Rc2 35. Bxd2 Ra2 36.
Ke3 Nxd2 37. Rxd2 Rxa5 38. g4 Ra3+ 39. Kd4 Ra4+ 40. Ke3 Ra3+ 41. Kd4 Rxh3 42.
gxf5 Ra3 43. Rc2 Ra4+ 44. Ke3 Rb4 45. Rc7 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 Ne5 $2 {Nach diesem Fehler wird der
Schwarze lehrbuchartig zusammengeschnürt.} 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bg7 14. Qf3 Nf6
15. Rae1 Nd7 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. f5 b6 18. d6 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bb7 20. fxg6 fxg6 21.
Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qg3 Nf6 23. Qh4 Qxd6 24. Nxg6+ Kg8 25. Bc4+ Rf7 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Rd1 Qc7 28. Rd7+ $1 1-0

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Nf3 a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Re1 h6 $5 13. Bf4 Nh7 {Lobrons neue
Idee dem weißen Zentrumsvorstoß entgegenzuwirken. Nachteil: Nach dem
folgenden Figurentausch auf e5 verbleibt Schwarz mit strukturellen Schwächen.}
14. Qd2 g5 15. Bg3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nb1 Bd7 19. a5 Rab8 20.
Na3 Qd4 21. Qc3 Rfc8 22. Rac1 Qxc3 23. bxc3 $16 Nf6 24. Bf1 Rc7 25. Nc4 Ne8 26.
Rb1 Rd8 27. Rb6 Bc8 28. Re3 f6 29. Bd3 Kf8 30. Bc2 Ke7 31. Ba4 Bd7 32. Bxd7
Kxd7 33. g4 Kc8 34. Kg2 h5 35. gxh5 Rh7 36. Rf3 Rxh5 37. Ne3 Rh7 38. Nf5 Rdd7
39. c4 Kc7 40. Rfb3 Kc8 41. Kg3 Rd8 42. Kg4 Rdd7 43. f4 gxf4 44. h4 Rh8 45. h5
Rdh7 46. h6 Rxh6 47. Nxh6 Rxh6 48. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Martinovic, Slobodan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Wahls,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1989.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 Na6 $6 {langsam} 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Re1 b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4
a6 15. Qd2 g5 16. Bh2 Bb7 17. Rad1 Re8 {Das weiße Zentralspiel bereitet den
Durchbruch e4-e5 vor. vgl. Goldin,A-Nun,Ji/Sochi-A/1989/ -> CBM 16} 18. e5 $1
$16 dxe5 19. d6 Ne6 20. Nxe5 Nd7 21. Ng4 h5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nf5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1
Qf6 25. Bxf4 gxf4 26. Qxf4 Ne5 27. Be4 Ng6 28. Qf3 Re8 29. d7 Re5 30. Nh6+ Kf8
31. d8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Hasselbacken"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 Be7 (9... Bg7 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. e5 Qe7 12. d6 Qe6 13. Ng5 $40) 10. Qc2
O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 {[%cal Yd1e3,Ye3c4] A slight deviation from the more
usual retreat to b1. The basic idea is the same - to reach c4.} (12. Nb1 {
[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4]} Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Bd3 Nd7 15. O-O Bf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17.
Nbd2 Nf4 $13 {0-1 Yakovich,Y-Wedberg,T/Stockholm 1999/CBM 73/[Wedberg] (40)})
12... Nh5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black is happy with his strong P-formation from d6 to
b4 and refrains from simplification with b3. Instead Black tries to create
dynamic play on the K-side utilizing White´s slight lack of development.} (
12... b3 13. Qc4 (13. Qxb3 Nxe4 14. Bd3 $14) 13... Nbd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rxb3
Rxb3 16. Qxb3 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Nef6 18. O-O Qb6 $132 {1-0 Flear,G-Renet,O/Hastings
1987/EXT 98 (62)}) 13. Bh6 (13. Be3 f5 $36) 13... Re8 14. Bd3 Bf8 15. Bg5 {
This innocent looking move gives Black a chance to create real complications.}
(15. Bxf8 {would be similar to the game above between the same opponents.
White concludes his development, but Black gets f4 for his N.}) 15... f6 16.
Be3 f5 $5 {[%mdl 512] Black sacrifices his K-side to keep the white K in the
centre.} 17. exf5 (17. O-O $6 f4 18. Bd2 Ra7 $40 {[%cal Ya7g7,Yg6g5,Yg5g4]})
17... Nf4 $1 18. fxg6 (18. O-O $6 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxf5 $17) 18... Nxg2+ 19. Kd2
$8 (19. Kf1 $2 Bh3 $40) 19... Qf6 $1 20. gxh7+ Kh8 21. Ne1 (21. Ng5 $2 Nxe3 22.
Nxe3 Bh6 $1 23. Ne4 Rxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 25. Kd1 Qxe3 $17) 21... Nxe3 22. fxe3
Bh6 23. Rf1 (23. Rg1 $2 Bxe3+ $19) 23... Qe5 24. Ng2 Qxh2 25. Kc1 {In this
tricky situation the game ended in a draw. A bit too early, but the position
is extremely difficult to asess, so with little time on the clock a draw
seemed quite good to both of us.} (25. Kc1 Bh3 26. Rf2 Qg1 27. Qe2 (27. Rf6 $5)
(27. Bf1 Nd7 28. Rf3 (28. Qg6 Bxe3+ $1) 28... Bg4 29. Qf2 Qh1 30. Rg3 Ne5 31.
Nf4 $13) 27... Nd7 28. Nf4 Bg4 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Qf1 Qxf1 31. Rxf1 c4 $132)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2473"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O c4 11. Bc2 b5 12. Nxb5 (12. a3 {is the positional
response.}) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 {With this White wants to out-develop Black.
This is potentially a dangerous strategy for Black, but the pair of B:s in an
open postion will always give Black some play, even if he loses say the c4-P}
Rxe4 14. Nc3 (14. Nd2 Rh4 15. Re1 Ba6 16. a4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qb8 $1
$146 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Wedberg,T/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79/[Wedberg] (50)}) 14...
Re8 15. Bg5 Qd7 $5 {Keeping e8 well protected.} (15... Qb6 16. Re1 $36) 16. Qd2
Na6 17. Rae1 (17. Rfe1 $142 Bb7 18. Qf4 Nc5 $5 19. Qxc4 Ba6 $132) 17... Bb7
$132 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ya6c5,Yc5d3,Yg7b2,Yb7d5]} 18. Ne4 $2 {Going for a mating
attack on the black squares, but there is no mate.} (18. Qf4 Nc5 19. Qxc4 Ba6
$17) 18... Nc7 $1 19. Nc3 (19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxd5 21. Bd4 Qf5 22. Qh6 f6
$17) 19... Qf5 20. Bh6 Nxd5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Nd4 Qd7 $17 24. Qg5
Be4 25. Re3 Re5 26. Qf4 Rae8 27. Rfe1 Qe7 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 a5 $1 {[%csl
Rb3] Marking b3 as a weakness in the ending.} 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qf4 Ba8 32. h4 Qf6
33. Qg3 Rxe3 34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qe5 36. Qf4 Qd5 37. Qf2 Qe4 38. Qg3 Bd5 39.
Kh2 Kg8 40. Qg5 Qe5+ 41. Qf4 Kf8 42. Kg1 Ke7 43. Qf2 Qe4 44. Kh2 Kd7 45. Qg3
Qe5 $1 $19 46. Qf4 Qxf4+ 47. exf4 Kc7 48. g4 hxg4 49. Kg3 Kb6 0-1

[Event "Scandic Hotels CC"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Bf4 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Qe2 Be7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a4 {This is Yuri Yakovich´s own line.} b4 12. Nb1
Nh5 {I played this the first time in Rilton Cup this year against Yakovich.
That time he was unprepared for this new move and stumbled into an inferior
position. This time he was better prepared.} (12... Re8 13. Bd3 Bf8 14. O-O a5
(14... b3 15. Qxb3 Nxe4 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Qc2 Nh5 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Bd2
Bf6 $14 {1-0 Yakovich,Y-Totsky,L/St.Petersburg 1994/CBM 41 (57)}) 15. Nbd2 Nbd7
16. h3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Nfd7 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bc6 Ra7 20. e5 $16 {1-0 Yakovich,
Y-Filippov,V/Ekaterinburg 1997/CBM 57 ext (37)}) 13. Bh6 (13. Be3 f5 $36) 13...
Re8 14. Bd3 (14. Nbd2 Nd7 15. Bd3 Ndf6 $1 16. Be3 (16. h3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bg5+
$17) 16... Ng4 17. Nc4 Nxe3 18. Nxe3 Nf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Wedberg,T/
Rilton Cup (7) 1999/ (40)}) 14... Nd7 15. O-O Bf8 (15... Bf6 $5) 16. Bxf8 Kxf8
17. Nbd2 Nf4 18. Rfe1 Nxd3 (18... Qf6 $5 19. Bf1 g5 $13) 19. Qxd3 a5 20. Qe3 $1
$14 (20. Nc4 Ba6 $11) 20... Kg7 21. Nc4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. h4 Qd8 24. h5 Qf6
$2 {Very bad move.} (24... f6 $142 {/\Ra7-e7}) 25. h6+ Kg8 26. e5 $1 {
Excellent! White just crashes through.} dxe5 27. Nxe5 Qh4 (27... Bf5 28. Ng4 $1
$18 {very simple}) 28. Qxc5 Bf5 29. d6 Qxh6 30. d7 Red8 31. Rad1 {Yakovich
used up his time trying to work out the mate after} (31. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 32. Re7+
Kf6 33. Qe5+ Kg5 34. f4+ Kg4 35. Qe2+ Kh4 {but failed to find} 36. Rxh7 $1 Qxh7
37. Kf2 {with mate in a few moves.}) 31... Qg7 32. Qc7 b3 {Time was very short
now, at least for White.} 33. Nc6 Rxd7 34. Rxd7 Bxd7 35. Qxd7 Qxb2 36. Ne5 $6 (
36. Nd8 $1 $18) 36... Rf8 37. Qb5 Qc3 38. Rb1 Rd8 39. Rxb3 $6 (39. Nf3 $18)
39... Qc1+ 40. Qf1 $4 (40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh3 Rd1 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qxf7+ Qxf7 44.
Nxf7 Kxf7 45. Rb5 $16) 40... Rd1 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 09th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2001.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Bd3 Nh5 {This idea hasn't been played that much. Recently it has been
recommended by John Watson in his monography on the Modern Benoni. The N on h5
prevents Bf4 and strengthens White's control over e5. Black also has hopes of
provoking g4 which weakens White's K-side and allows Black counterplay with
either h5 or f5. The largest drawback of the move is the risk that the N
eventually gets stuck on g7.} 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 (12. Bh6 $5)
12... Re8 13. Nd2 $6 {This allows Black to exchange a pair of minor pieces.
That usually makes Black's situation a bit easier in the Modern Benoni.} (13.
Qd2 a6 14. a4 b6 (14... Ne5 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Ng7 $13) 15. Rfe1 Ra7 16. g4
Ng7 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3 f5 $132 {1-0 Cramling,
P-Wedberg,T/Malmoe SWE 2001 (65)}) 13... Bd4 $1 (13... a6 14. a4 Bd4 15. Bxd4
cxd4 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ra3 Bd7 18. Bc2 d3 19. Bxd3 Bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nxd3 21. Rd4
Ndf4 (21... Nhf4 $142) 22. Nc3 $14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Oliwa,M/Poland 1996/CBM 53/
[Krasenkow] (42)}) 14. Re1 (14. Bxd4 cxd4 15. Ne2 (15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nf3 Nf4 17.
Nxe5 dxe5 $15) 15... Nc5 16. Qc2 f5 $1 $36) 14... Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Ne5 16. Bf1 Nf4
17. Nf3 (17. Kh2 Qf6 18. Qe1 g5 19. g3 Nfg6 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] Black has a nice
grip on e5 and f4.}) 17... a6 18. a4 h6 (18... Qb6 $5) (18... g5 $2 19. Nxg5) (
18... Qf6 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 (19... Qxe5 $2 20. g3 $1 Nxh3+ (20... Nh5 21. f4 $36)
21. Bxh3 Bxh3 22. g4 $16 {[%csl Rh3]}) 20. Rf3 Qg5 $13) (18... Bd7 $5) 19. a5 {
This allows Black to get counterplay on the b-file.} (19. Kh2 $142 g5 20. Nxe5
Rxe5 21. g3 Ng6 22. Qd2 $13) 19... Rb8 20. Kh2 g5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. g3 Ng6 23.
Bg2 b6 $132 24. Qd2 bxa5 25. f4 Re8 26. Rf1 Rb4 27. Qf2 Qe7 (27... gxf4 $5 28.
gxf4 f5 $13) 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. e5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. d6 Qf8 (31... Qe6 32.
Nd5 $1 Rd8 (32... Bb7 $5) 33. Qe3 Rxd6 34. Qxg5+ Kf8 35. Nf6 $40) 32. Bd5 $6
$138 (32. Nd5 $1 Re6 $1 (32... f5 33. Nxb4 cxb4 34. Qd2 Qg7 35. Bc6 Rd8 36. d7
Bxd7 37. Rd1 $16) 33. Nf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxf6 Rd4 35. Qxe5 Rxd6 36. Qxg5+ (36. Qxc5
Qd8) 36... Rg6 37. Qe5 Qd6 $1 $13) 32... Re6 $1 (32... Be6 33. d7 $1 $40) 33.
Qd2 (33. Bxe6 Bxe6 $17) 33... Qxd6 34. Qxg5+ Kf8 35. Rf2 Rg6 $1 36. Rxf7+ Ke8
37. Qd2 (37. Qh5 Rxb2+ 38. Kh1 Be6 $1 $19) 37... e4 38. Rf4 Be6 0-1

[Event "ISR-ch op"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.03.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tyomkin,D} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4
a6 8. a4 Bg4 9. Be2 Bg7 10. Be3 $146 {intending Nd2-c4 without closing the
bishop on-c1.The other idea is to play Bd4 or Bb6 while black plays c5-c4.} (
10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5+ Kf8 15. Nxb6 Qxb6
16. O-O Re8 17. Qf4 h5 18. a5 Qb3 19. Qc7 $16 {1-0 Benjamin,J-De Firmian,N/New
York 1993/TD (37)}) 10... O-O ({It was possible:} 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12.
Bf4 {,but black is waiting for h2-h3.}) 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Re1 {On each move
white could play Nd2 and black could capture the Nf3,but both sides are trying
to gain a tempo.} (12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Rc8 {Sometimes black doesn't need Re8.}
) 12... Re8 (12... Rc8 13. Nd2 {[%csl Gc4]}) (12... Qc7 13. Rc1 {[%cal Yc1c7]})
(12... Qe7 13. h3) 13. h3 (13. Qc2 Rc8 {and white queen isn't placed well}) (
13. Nd2 $5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 (14. Rxe2 Ng4) 14... Nh5 $5 (14... Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]})
(14... h5 $5 {[%cal Gf6g4]})) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 (14... c4 {-like in the
game.}) 15. a5 c4 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3,Gc5b3]} (15... Z0 16. Ra4 $16) 16. Ra4 $1
{[%csl Yc4] aimed against Nc5.} Ne5 $1 17. Be2 (17. Bb6 Qe7 18. Be2 Nfd7 19.
Bd4 Nc5 (19... Bh6 $5 20. g3) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. f4 Nd3 (21... Nd7 $5 22. Bxc4
$140 $2 (22. Rxc4 Rxa5) 22... b5 $1) 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxc3 (23... Qc7 24.
e5 $5 Rxa5 25. Rae4 $36) 24. bxc3 Qc7 $11) 17... Nfd7 $1 18. f4 $1 {Otherwise
black would play Nd7-c5 or even f7-f5 getting an initiative.} Bh6 (18... Nd3
$142 $1 19. Bxd3 cxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 {and now isn't dangerous:} 22.
e5 Rxa5 $1 (22... dxe5 23. d6 $1 $36) 23. Rae4 dxe5 24. fxe5 (24. d6 $140 f5 $1
) 24... Qb6+ $132 {[%cal Gb6b2] Weekness of R on-a5 compensates by pawn up and
counterplay against the white K and Pe5.}) 19. Bf1 $1 {The simplest and the
best move.} Nd3 $8 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Nc5 (21... Qh4 22. Rf1) 22. Bxc5 Rxc5
23. e5 $1 {[%mdl 544] Black threatened to capture on-f4 or a5.} (23. b4 $2 Rc8
$36 {[%cal Gd8h4,Gd8c7,Gc7c4]}) 23... Rxa5 (23... dxe5 24. fxe5 (24. Ne4 Rxa5
$1 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Rxa5 Qxa5 {[%csl Re1]}) 24... Rxa5 25. Rb4 (25. Rae4 Qb6+
26. Kh1 Qxb2 27. e6 {[%csl Rg8] and black king has no defenders.}) 25... Bg7 $1
26. Rxb7 $13 (26. Qd4 $5)) 24. Rae4 {White has to keep pieces on the board to
make use of the strong center.} Qb6+ $6 (24... dxe5 25. fxe5 {[%cal Gd5d6,
Yc3d5,Ge5e6] was also dangerous for black,but better than in the game.}) 25.
Kh1 $1 (25. Kh2 {in some variations B takes on-f4 with the check.}) (25. Kf1
dxe5 $1 (25... Qxb2 26. exd6 Rxe4 27. Qxe4 $1 {[%cal Gd6d7]}) 26. Rxe5 (26.
fxe5 Qxb2 27. e6 $140 fxe6 {[%cal Ge8f8]}) 26... Rf8 $1 $13) 25... Qxb2 (25...
dxe5 26. d6 $1 $16 (26. fxe5 $40 {[%cal Gd5d6,Yc3d5,Ge5e6]})) 26. exd6 Rxe4 (
26... Rf8 27. d7 {[%cal Ge4e8]}) 27. Nxe4 $2 {That was the hope of black!} (27.
Qxe4 $2 Qxc3 28. d7 Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Re1]}) ({Correct was:} 27. Rxe4 $1 Qc1+ 28.
Nd1 (28. Kh2 $2 Bxf4+ {[%cal Gf4d6]}) 28... Ra1 (28... Ra3 29. Qe2 Ra1 30. Re8+
) 29. Re8+ $1 Bf8 (29... Kg7 30. Qd4+ f6 31. Re1 $1 $18) 30. d7 Qxd1+ 31. Qxd1
Rxd1+ 32. Kh2 Rxd5 33. d8=Q Rxd8 34. Rxd8 {White takes one of two black pawns
on the queenside an has good winning chances in that ending.}) 27... Ra1 $1 {[]
} 28. Qf1 $1 (28. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 29. Kh2 Bxf4+ 30. g3 Qb2+ 31. Kg1 Be5 32. d7 Qc1+
{[%cal Gc1c7]}) 28... Rxe1 29. Qxe1 Bxf4 $1 30. d7 (30. g3 {just weekens the
king.} Be5) 30... Bc7 $8 31. d6 Bd8 $1 {aimed against Ng5.} 32. Nc3 (32. Nc5
Kg7) 32... Kg7 $8 33. Kh2 $4 (33. Qe8 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kh1 Bb6 $1 36. d8=Q
$140 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Bg1+ 38. Kg3 Qf2+ 39. Kg4 h5+ 40. Kg5 Qg3#) ({but after} 33.
Qe5+ f6 34. Qe3 {[%cal Gc3e4] the game should be drawn.}) (33. Nd5 $1 {[%cal
Ge1e8] and black is drawing the game by perpetular check while white captures
the bishop.}) 33... Qb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4e1]} 34. Qe5+ (34. Qd2 a5) (34. Qg3 Qd4)
34... f6 35. Qg3 Qd4 $1 {[%cal Rd8b6,Gd4e5,Gg7f7,Ya6a5,Yb7b5]} 36. Ne2 Qe5 37.
Nf4 a5 $1 (37... g5 38. Nd3 $1 Qxg3+ $2 39. Kxg3 {[%cal Rd3c5,Yc5b7,Yc5e6]} b6
40. Nb4 {[%cal Gb4c6]}) 38. h4 (38. Nd3 Qxg3+ 39. Kxg3 b6 {[%csl Rd3][%cal
Gg7f7,Gf7e6]}) 38... a4 39. h5 (39. Nd3 Qxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Kf7 $1 (40... a3 41. Nc5
a2 42. Ne6+ $1 (42. Nxb7 Bb6 43. d8=Q Bxd8 44. Nxd8 a1=Q 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. d7
Qe1+ $1 $19) 42... Kg8 43. Nxd8 a1=Q 44. Nxb7 $13) 41. Nc5 b6 42. Nxa4 (42. Nb7
Ke6 43. Nxd8+ Kxd7 {[%cal Ga4a3]}) 42... Ke6 $19) 39... g5 40. Nd3 Qxg3+ (40...
Qd4 $19) 41. Kxg3 Kf7 $1 (41... a3 42. Nc5 a2 43. Ne6+ Kg8 44. Nxd8 a1=Q 45.
Nxb7 $13) 42. Nc5 (42. Kg4 a3 43. Nb4 (43. Nc5 b6 $1 44. Nb7 Ke6 45. Nxd8+ Kxd7
$19) 43... Ke6 $19) 42... b6 $1 (42... a3 43. Nxb7 Ke6 44. Nxd8+ Kxd7 45. Nb7
a2 46. Nc5+ {[%cal Gc5b3]}) 43. Nxa4 Ke6 {And now few technical skills
requared.} 44. Kf3 f5 45. Nc3 Kxd6 46. g4 fxg4+ {That's better then:} (46... f4
) 47. Kxg4 Kxd7 48. Ne4 (48. Kf5 Kc6 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 48... Ke6 49. h6 b5 0-1

