[Event "Munich Altmuenchen CC"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1909.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Alapin, Simon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Alapin,S"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1909.01.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {Herr Teichmann hatte schon den ersten Platz sicher
und suchte deshalb nur Remis zu erreichen. Eine schwere Aufgabe für Schwarz,
dagegen anzukämpfen.} exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 {Diese Behandlungsweise der
Eröffnung wird durch die Sucht "auf Gewinn" zu spielen, erklärlich.} 6. c3 Nc6
7. Be3 ({Auf} 7. Qb3 {folgt} Qe7+ {nebst 0-0-0}) 7... Nge7 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nbd2
Qd7 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Nh4 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14. f4 {Hierdurch
wird das Feld e4 bedenklich geschwächt.} ({Vorsichtiger war} 14. Nhf3) 14...
Rde8 15. Rhf1 g6 16. Rf3 (16. f5 $2 Bg3) 16... Nd8 17. Kb1 c6 18. Rdf1 {
Die Absicht besteht in einem Bauernsturm auf den Königsflügel, um womöglich
den Pf4 frei zu machen und vorzustossen. Der Plan erweist sich jedoch als
undurchführbar. Ratsamer war es deshalb, auf der anderen Seite vorzugehen.} Bc7
19. g4 Nf7 20. Nb3 b6 21. Qa6+ Kb8 22. a4 {Um mit a4-a5 nebst Kc2 und Ra1
einen Angriff zu inszenieren.} Qc8 23. Qxc8+ {Den Damentausch unter
Tempoverlust durch einen Rückzug zu vermeiden scheint ungünstiger, zumal
Schwarz wegen Nd6-e4 oder Nd6-c4 bessere Aussichten bei eventuellen
Komplikationen auf den beiderseitigen Rochadestellungen besitzt.} Nxc8 24. Ng2
Nfd6 25. Nd2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 {Mit dem Bauer schlagen wäre ein Verzicht auf
die e-Linie.} 27. Kc2 Rhe8 28. Kd3 Nd6 29. b3 Kb7 30. Ne1 {Dies ermöglicht
einen sofortigen Durchbruch im Zentrum, welchen Schwarz sonst mit Rc8 nebst
Bd8 erst vorbereiten müsste.} c5 31. dxc5 bxc5 32. Nc2 Bb6 33. b4 c4+ 34. Kd2
Bxe3+ 35. Nxe3 ({Auf} 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. Nxe3 {folgt} Ne4+ $1 37. Kc2 Nxc3)
35... d4 36. cxd4 Rxd4+ 37. Kc2 Kc6 38. Rd1 Rxd1 39. Nxd1 {Nimmt der König, so
kann Schwarz mit Rb8 oder auch a7-a5 und eventuell Kc6-c5 fortsetzen.} Re2+ 40.
Kc1 ({Auf} 40. Kc3 {folgt} Ra2 41. Re3 Ra3+ {nebst Rxa4}) 40... Ne4 41. Re3 {
Sonst dringt der schwarze König über d5 nach d4 ein.} Rxe3 42. Nxe3 Nf2 43. Kc2
({Auch} 43. h4 Nd3+ {ist ungünstig} 44. Kc2 $2 Nxb4+ 45. Kc3 Nd5+) 43... Nxh3
44. Kc3 ({Auch} 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Nf4 {ist für Schwarz günstig.}) 44... Nxf4
45. Kxc4 h5 46. gxh5 gxh5 47. Nf5 Ng6 48. b5+ Kb6 ({Bei} 48... Kc7 49. Kd5 {
hat Weiß Remisaussichten}) 49. Kb4 h4 50. a5+ Kb7 51. Kc5 h3 52. a6+ Kc7 53.
b6+ axb6+ 54. Kb5 h2 55. Ng3 f5 56. a7 Kb7 57. a8=Q+ Kxa8 58. Kxb6 f4 59. Nh1
Ne5 60. Kc5 Ng4 61. Kd4 f3 62. Kd3 Kb7 (62... Kb7 63. Kd2 Kc6 64. Ke1 Kd5 65.
Kf1 Ke4 66. Ke1 Kf4 67. Kf1 Nf6 68. Kf2 Ne4+ 69. Kf1 Ng3+) 0-1

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Huss, Rolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 {Quite an interesting
continuation, played nowadays mostly by GMs Nataf and Fressinet, and with very
good results I might add.} Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 {is another possibility,
although it seems white has good chances of obtaining some advantage out of
the opening after 7.Nce2, followed by 8.c3 and Qc2 at some point.}) 7. bxc3 Qf6
$6 {This move is dubious, and this game does not change the assesment. The
main line, favoured by French defense specialist GM Lputian, continues with 7..
.Nf6, but 7...Nge7 (8...Be6, 9...Qd7 and exchange of light - squared bishops
will be the follow up if allowed) is popular as well.} 8. Rb1 {With this move
white tried to hinder black´s smooth development. But I must admit the
following aproach is very nice also:} (8. Qh5 Nge7 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Ne2 Qg4 11.
Ng3 h6 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Qxh5 14. Nxh5 O-O 15. Rae1 Re8 16. Re3 Kf8 17.
Rfe1 Be6 18. f4 g6 19. Nf6 Red8 20. g4 Rd6 21. g5 Kg7 22. h4 hxg5 23. hxg5 Ng8
24. f5 gxf5 25. Nh5+ Kg6 26. Rh3 Bd7 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Nf4+ Kg7 29. Reh1 b6 30.
c4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8 32. Rh7 Re7 33. Nd5 Be6 34. Nxe7 Nxe7 35. Bxe6 Rxe6 36.
Rh8+ Ng8 37. R1h6 Re4 38. c3 c5 39. d5 c4 40. g6 Rg4 41. d6 {1-0 Annageldyev,
O-Nikolic,P/Istanbul TUR 2000 (41)}) 8... Nge7 9. Ne2 Ng6 $2 {Another
debatable decision, but understandable this time. Usually, in this position
black plays 9...0-0 or 9...b6, and after 10.Bf4 gives up the pawn. This I do
not find to be very inspiring for black, but it is certainly better than the
game.} (9... b6 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bxc7 Qe7 12. Bg3 Qxa3 13. h4 h5 14. O-O O-O 15.
Re1 Bg4 16. f3 Be6 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nf4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Qd7 21. Qd3
Bf7 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Qb5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qb7 25. Qa4 Qc8 26. Bf4 Be6 27. Qa3 Qd7
28. Qd6 Qxd6 29. Bxd6 Kf7 30. Kf2 b5 31. Rb1 a6 32. Ra1 Bc8 33. Ke3 Ke6 34. Bc7
Kf5 35. Rg1 a5 36. g4+ hxg4 37. fxg4+ Ke6 38. Kf4 a4 39. Re1+ Kf6 40. Be5+ Kf7
41. Bd6 Kf6 42. Re8 Bb7 43. Rf8+ Ke6 44. Bb4 {1-0 Macieja,B-Rozentalis,E/
Koszalin 1997/CBM 59 ext (44)}) 10. O-O Nce7 {Huss now sees that f4-f5 is
coming, but it is too late already.} 11. f4 h5 {Trying to disuade white from
f5, but there is no stopping now.} 12. f5 $5 (12. Ng3 {Is a move I considered
during the game, and it might be best, for I cannot see any way for black to
avoid losing a pawn or ending up in a bad position.} Bg4 13. Be2 $1 h4 14. Bxg4
hxg3 15. hxg3 $16 {the human move. Fritz likes 15.h3 though.}) 12... Nxf5 $8
13. Ng3 Nge7 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. h4 $1 {The key move. Now white´s dark-squared
bishop joins the battle and gives white a clear edge. 16.Bg5 is threatened, so
black´s reply is forced.} g6 16. Bg5 Qd6 17. Re1+ Kf8 $2 {The swiss IM tries
to keep his pawn structure more or less solid and decides to sacrifice his
queen to achive this, but quickly goes down. Still, the alternative was no fun
either.} (17... Be6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Rxb7 $16 {Black´s pawn structure is a
shame and the presence of opposite colored bishops gives white good attacking
chances.}) 18. Bxf5 Bxf5 19. Be7+ Qxe7 20. Rxe7 Kxe7 21. Rxb7 $18 Rhb8 22. Qb1
$1 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Qxa7 Bxc2 25. a4 (25. c4 dxc4 26. Qxc7+ {is good, too.
}) 25... Bd3 26. Qxc7+ Rd7 27. Qe5+ Kd8 28. a5 Kc8 29. Qf6 Bc4 30. a6 Kc7 31.
Kf2 {black lost on time.} 1-0

[Event "Malaga op 11th"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fernandez Romero, Ernesto"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.02.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 {It was the last round, and I
realized that, in order to have a shot at first place, I would need to win. 4..
.c5 creates an imbalance and seemed like the way to go against the exchange
variation.} 5. dxc5 $6 {White has an equal game after this, or after other
moves, but now I manage to get position I used to play as white many years
ago! The reason is that, as white, I would usually spend a tempo moving my
bishop at some point, something I avoided here. As is understandable, I was
quite happy with my position. It´s curious that I didn´t feel so excited when
I had the position with white. Psychology of colors?} Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O
O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qd6 {The queen looks at the weakened g3 square,
contemplating some ...Bxh3 ideas.} 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Kh1 $2 {A big mistake.
Ernesto had a hallucination here, typical of morning rounds.} ({He thought
that after} 11. c3 Bxh3 12. gxh3 Qg3+ 13. Kh1 Qxh3+ 14. Nh2 {I could play} Ng4
{forgetting that my bishop on c8 ceased to exist, thus allowing Qxg4. So, he
moves the king out of the way. Unfortunately, it´s not only a lost tempo,
since the weakness on f2 ties the rook down to its defense.}) 11... h6 12. c3
Re8 13. a4 Ne4 14. Bxe4 (14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bc7 {and however white
protects the mate on h2, it´s going to be an ugly picture.}) 14... Rxe4 15.
Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bc7 17. f4 a6 {Preventing Nb5.} (17... Bd7 $5) 18. Bd2 Bd7
19. b3 Rae8 20. Qf3 Bb6 21. Nc2 Bf5 22. Rad1 R4e6 23. Nd4 Be4 ({I thought about
} 23... Bxd4 24. cxd4 Be4 {which leaves me with a huge bishop versus that big
pawn on d2. However, during the game things never seem as clear as they do
after the game. For some reason I thought he might be able to organize some
kind of defense. Rubbish, of course. There´s nothing truly wrong with the game
continuation though, but it is less practical, especially when low on time.})
24. Qf2 Bc2 $6 {With such a position and I go pawn-hunting!} 25. Rde1 Bxb3 26.
Rxe6 Rxe6 27. a5 $1 Bc5 28. f5 $6 {This weakens white´s position and obtains
little in return. White decides to get his pawn back, but I manage to
coordinate my pieces again.} (28. Be3 Bxd4 (28... Bc4 29. Nxe6 (29. Rb1 Re4 30.
Rxb7 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 (31. cxd4 Qa3) 31... Rxf4) 29... Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxf1 31. Nd4
{this one, on the other hand, is less convincing.}) (28... Re4 29. Nf5) 29.
Bxd4 Bc4 30. Rb1 Bb5 31. Qg3 f6 {is a pawn to the good, but converting it is
another matter. Black´s advantage, however, is appreciable.}) 28... Re4 29. Rb1
Bc4 30. Rxb7 Re2 31. Qf4 Re1+ $1 {This move my opponent missed when playing 28.
f5.} 32. Kh2 Rd1 (32... Rf1 $1 {was even better.} 33. Nf3 Rf2 34. Be3 Qxf4+ 35.
Bxf4 Bf1 $17) 33. g3 Bd3 34. Kg2 Be4+ 35. Kf2 Bxd4+ $6 {I thought this was a
fairly straightforward win. But engines disagree!} (35... Qxf4+ 36. Bxf4 Rd3
37. Ke2 Rxc3 38. Nb3 Bg1 $19) 36. Ke2 $4 {Losing on the spot.} (36. cxd4 Qa3 {
is what I had seen, and could not find a defense to all the threats (Qa1, Qd3..
.). However, there is} 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rb6 $3 {When suddenly White is sacking
on h6 and getting a perpetual.} f6 39. Rb7 {And again there are all sorts of
tricks.} Rxd2+ 40. Qxd2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxg3+ {Black is clearly better, but
white´s resources are far from exhausted:} 42. Qf2 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qxh3 $17 44.
Qe3 Qg2+ 45. Ke1 Bxf5 46. Rb6 Bh3 ({At first, when analysing with the computer,
} 46... h5 {looked easy enough, but there is} 47. Rxa6 h4 48. Ra8 h3 49. Rh8+ {
and, once more, there is a perpetual, this time on e8-h5.}) ({nor could I
implement this idea with} 46... Qh1+ 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. Ke2 Bg4+ 49. Kd2 Qh2+ 50.
Ke1 h5 {for there is counterplay with the a-pawn:} 51. Rxa6 h4 52. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
53. Qe7+ Kg6 54. Qe8+ Kf5 55. Qd7+ Ke4 56. Qxg4+ Kd3 57. a6) 47. Qd3+ f5 48.
Qe3 h5 49. Qf4 Qg1+ 50. Kd2 Bg4 51. Rxa6 Qb1 52. Rh6+ Kg8 53. Rb6 Qa2+ 54. Kd3
Qa3+ 55. Kc2 Qxa5 56. Rb8+ Kh7 {and black should probably win, but who knows.
Amazing how these silicon guys can hold seemingly hopeless positions; food for
thought.}) 36... Be5 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 22nd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2004.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "De la Villa Garcia, Jesus Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {I have a special fondness for the
exchange variation in the Winaver. Its theory has developed quite a bit during
the past few years, thanks to the efforts of players like Nataf, Fressinet,
Degraeve and Rabiega, but it should still be considered a secondary line.} exd5
5. Bd3 Nc6 {The main variation, but certainly not the only one. 5...Nf6 and 5..
.c6 are both plausible as well.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ ({Keeping the tension with} 6...
Ba5 {is possible, but Black risks being left with a very bad bishop on b6, or
merely allow White to obtain the bishop-pair without even having to worry
about his pawn-structure, as in Arizmendi-Dzebuadze, France T-ch 2002:} 7. Be3
Nf6 8. Nge2 Bg4 9. f3 Be6 10. O-O Bb6 11. Na4 h6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Ng3 Ne7 14.
Re1 $16) ({A more common alternative is} 6... Be7 {, but I believe White has a
pull after} 7. Nce2 {, followed by c3, Qc2 and then Ng3-Nf3, or Ng3-N1-e2,
depending on how Black plays. White´s pieces seem to have the better
coordination in this line.}) 7. bxc3 Nf6 {De la Villa follows Psakhis´
recommendation.} (7... Nge7 {makes a lot of sense as well, preparing 8...Bf5,
although Black players prefer the text-move nowadays.} 8. Qf3 (8. Qh5 {
deserves attention as well.}) 8... Be6 9. Ne2 {An idea popularized by Rabiega.
This move permits Black to carry out his strategic aim, but White hopes that
exchanging the light-squared bishops will prove too time-consuming.} (9. Nh3 {
What follows is based on Psakhis´ notes for CBM.} Qd7 10. Nf4 O-O-O 11. O-O Bf5
12. a4 Bxd3 $146 ({Black failed to equalize after} 12... g5 13. Ne2 h6 14. Ba3
Bxd3 15. cxd3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Qf6 $1 $36 {Short-Timman, Tilburg 1990}) 13.
Nxd3 $5 {Interesting solution,} ({the knight heads for c5. The alternative} 13.
cxd3 {looks ok as well.}) 13... Qf5 14. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2b5]} Rde8 (14... Qe4 15.
Be3) 15. Nc5 Nd8 ({Psakhis prefers} 15... Na5 16. Qb5 b6 {[%cal Ge7c6] , when
Black has a solid position.}) 16. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Nec6 $6 (16... Ng6 $5 {
Psakhis} 17. Be3 (17. Qb5 Nh4 18. Nxb7 Qe4 19. f3 Qe2 $15) 17... Nh4 18. Rxb7
$140 $4 Qg6 $1 $19) 17. Be3 Nb8 $6 18. a5 $5 (18. Nxb7 Nxb7 19. Qb5 {looks
winning, but after the forced} Nd6 20. Qxb8+ Kd7 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qc5 Rxa4 $14
{white's advantage is minimal.}) 18... Re7 19. c4 $1 Nd7 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Qg4
(21. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 22. a6 b6 23. c4 $5 Qxd4 24. c5 $36) 21... f5 22. Qh4 Rf7 23.
Nd3 $5 (23. a6 $5 Nxc5 24. dxc5) 23... Ne6 (23... Qe4 24. Qg3) 24. a6 $1 bxa6 (
24... b6 25. Nb4 {[%csl Rc6]}) 25. Nb4 Qc4 (25... Qe4 26. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5e2,
Re2a6]}) 26. Qh5 Nd8 (26... Rff8 27. d5) 27. Qf3 Nb6 (27... c6 28. Qf4 $5) 28.
Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Qd5 29. Qh3 (29. Qe2 $5) 29... Ne6 (29... Nc6 30. c3) 30.
Ne5 Rff8 31. c4 $1 Nxc4 (31... Qe4 32. Rfe1 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qa3 $18) 32.
Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rc8]} Nd8 34. Rfc1 Qe6 35. Bf4 c6 36. d5 Qe4 37.
dxc6 Qxf3 38. Rb8# {1-0 Timman-Van Haastert, Enschede 2002.}) 9... Qd7 10. O-O
Bf5 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. h4 Nd8 14. h5 h6 15. Ra2 Ne6 16. Re2 Rae8 17.
Rfe1 Kh8 18. Qg4 c6 19. Re5 Qd8 20. Qd1 Nc7 21. a4 f6 22. R5e3 Nc8 23. Ba3 Rxe3
24. fxe3 Rf7 25. e4 Nd6 26. Qe2 dxe4 27. dxe4 Nce8 28. Qe3 Rd7 29. Rf1 Nf7 30.
Nf5 Ned6 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. Re1 Nf7 33. Qf3 Ng5 34. Qf5 Qe8 35. a5 Rd8 36. e5
Rd5 37. Qg6 Qxg6 38. hxg6 fxe5 39. Rf1 Ne6 40. Rf7 Rd8 41. dxe5 b6 42. a6 Ra8
43. Bd6 Kg8 44. Rb7 Nf4 45. c4 Nxg6 46. Rb8+ Rxb8 47. Bxb8 b5 48. Bxa7 Ne7 49.
Bc5 Nc8 50. cxb5 cxb5 51. a7 Nxa7 52. Bxa7 Kf7 53. Bd4 Ke6 54. g4 g6 55. Kf2
Kd5 56. Bb2 {1-0, Radjabov-Leethivaara, 20th ECC Izmir TUR, 2004.}) (7... Nce7
{has become popular of late, and with good results. More tests are needed here.
}) 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ng3 Bg4 {The usual move, but in
Moreno Carnero-Psakhis, Andorra 2002 Black equalized convincingly after} (11...
Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Be6 13. Qe5 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2.}) 12. f3 ({After} 12.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. f3 Be6 14. Bg5 Nd7 {I could not see how to increase the
pressure.}) 12... Be6 (12... Bd7 {would have transposed to Blehm-Lputian, FIDE
W-Ch Ko, 2000. That game continued} 13. Bf4 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4
16. Qe5 Qe8 $1 $11 {and soon ended in a draw.}) 13. Bg5 $1 (13. Bf4 Nd7 $1 {
, followed by Nf8. Black would then have the perfect defensive setup on the
kingside, and could soon switch his attention to the queenside.}) 13... h6 14.
Bf4 {The little pawn-move on the kingside now gives White some sacrificial
motives on h6.} Nc4 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Rxe8+ (16. Be5 Nh7 $5) 16... Nxe8 17. Bxh6
gxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 $2 {This should have given White a strong attack. A better
defensive try is} (18... f5 19. Qg6+ Kf8 20. Re1 Ng7 21. Bxf5 Nd6 22. Bg4 Be8
23. Qh7 Nf7 $13 {, when things are far fom clear, although White does have the
easier position.} (23... Qg5 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. h4 $18) (23... Bf7 24. Qh6 $16))
19. Bh7+ $2 {During the game I saw} (19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Qe6 (20... Qg5 21.
Re1 Nf6 22. Qh8+ Ng8 23. f4 Qh6 24. Bh7 {is winning on the spot.}) 21. Kf1 {
but could not believe it was so strong. Nevertheless, our postmortem analysis
proved that Black would have a very difficult game after this. For example:}
Ne3+ $1 {is best.} (21... Qd6 22. Re1 Be6 23. Bxc4 (23. f4 Nd2+ 24. Kf2 Ne4+
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. f5 Bxf5 27. Qxf5 Qh6) 23... dxc4 24. Re4 $16) (21... Qc6 22.
Re1 Be6 23. Nf4 $18) 22. Kf2 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Be6 $14 (24... Qe6 $5
25. Kh1 Qe3 26. Rf1 Ke7 27. Ng3 Nf6 28. Qh4 Rg8) 25. Nf4 Qxh7 26. Bxh7 Nd6 27.
Bd3 Ke7 28. Re1 Kf6 {and the pawn will not be easy to convert.}) 19... Kh8 20.
Bg6+ Kg8 21. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.15"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. c4 {Psakhis} e6 {This is not my usual response to 1.c4, but GM Miezis is
known for always going for 2.e4, a move which did not scare me too much, as I
have played those same positions as white.} 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 {
Another plausible move order is 4...Bb4+, although then 5.Bd2 must be taken
into account as well (which should be equal also).} 5. Nc3 Bb4 {(0,03)} 6. Bd3
O-O 7. Nf3 dxc4 {Once the light-squared bishop has moved, this exchange is
fully justified.} 8. Bxc4 Bg4 (8... c5 $5 9. O-O cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. dxc5 Bxc5
11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Nd5 Bd4 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Qd2
Qd6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. b4 a6 20. a4 $14 {1-0 Miezis,N-Nas,F/Dianalund IM 2000 
(27)}) 10. Nxd4 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nf6 15. Bb3
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Milov,V-Christiansen,L/Essen 1999/CBM 71 (40)}) 9. Be3 Nc6 {
Insisting on the main idea in this variation: pressure against the isolated
<d4> pawn. Psakhis,L: 'Many many years ago I played in this position'} (9...
Nd5 $5 {and got better chances after} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qb3 Bxf3
13. gxf3 b5 $1 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. Qxb5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Rac1 c5 $1 18. Be4
Rb8 19. Qd3 Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Psakhis,L/USSR-ch Riga 1985 (72)}) 10. O-O {
A theoretical position has now been reached, one which I have played several
times as white. Approximately a year ago, while showing this line to a pupil,
he asked me about 10...Rb8, with the idea of defending the <b7> pawn, thus
attacking the <d4> pawn. I could not find an adequate answer. So, why not give
it a try?} Rb8 $5 $146 {'!?' Psakhis,L. Psakhis,L: 'This move looks little bit
strange, but not bad at all.Arizmendi Martinez protects b7 pawn and seriously
threating to take on f3' Interesante novedad de Gascó.(0,13)} (10... Bxf3 $6
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qxb7 $14) 11. Be2 (11. a3 {seems logical, but it only helps
black, as after} Ba5 $1 {followed by Bb6 at some point, the white <d> pawn
will find itself in a precarious situation. The move chosen by the Lithuanian
GM is the normal one, but it in no way can be a refutation of 10...Rb8.}) 11...
Nd5 12. Bg5 (12. Qb3 {Should be the right move, but then black does have the
chance to force a draw if he so wishes.} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 {
The <e3> pawn is an accesible weakness in white´s camp.} 15. c4 Rbe8 16. Kf2
Bxf3 (16... f5 {is a go for a black advantage, but it is not clear.} 17. Rae1
f4 $6 18. exf4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Qh4+ 20. g3 Qxh2+ 21. Bg2 Nxd4 22. Qd3 Ne6 23.
Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 24. Qd5 Qh6 25. Rh1 Qf6 26. Re1 $18) 17. Bxf3 Na5 18. Qc3 Nxc4 19.
Qxc4 Qxe3+ 20. Kg3 Qg5+ $11 {A forced variation right out of the opening, a
rare thing so early in the game.}) 12... Qd7 {(1,01)} 13. Rc1 (13. Qb3 Be6)
13... h6 $1 {This way I get the chance to use the <f6> square later on.} (13...
Rbe8 {Is less clear.} 14. h3 Rxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxd4 16. Qe4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxc3 18.
fxg4) 14. Bd2 Rbe8 {I could not make up my mind up as to which rook should go
to <e8>. At the end, I decided to keep all my pieces together, so that they
could defend each other. Psakhis,L: 'Black did well in opening and , possibly ,
his position is already slightly better.'} (14... Rfe8 $5) 15. h3 (15. Nxd5 {
Fritz´s move, but not a very good one.} Qxd5 (15... Bxd2 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Qxd2
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxe2 19. Qf4 {Is very good for white.}) 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. Rxc7 {
Otherwise there is no compensation for white´s inferior pawn structure.} Nc6 $1
{Preparing an exchange sacrifice on <e2>. Also, Bc8 might be a threat,
trapping the rook.}) 15... Rxe2 $1 {Psakhis,L: 'Cool move' (1,42)} 16. Qxe2 $2
{This should give black a clear edge, but the alternative is still better for
black.} (16. hxg4 Re6 {And black has the better pawn structure and piece
coordination.}) ({Black will have more than enough compensation for exchange
after} 16. Nxe2 $6 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qxh3 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Gh3]}) 16...
Nxd4 17. Qe4 (17. Qd3 Nxc3 $1 18. Nxd4 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxc1 $17 {Black will at
least remain a pawn up.}) (17. Qe5 $5) 17... Nxf3+ $2 {The natural move, but a
bad one.} (17... Bxc3 $1 {was correct, and black is better in all variations.}
18. Nxd4 (18. Bxc3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bxh3 $17 {Two pawns, a bishop and a weakened
king position is too high a price for a rook.}) (18. hxg4 Re8 19. Qd3 Nb4 20.
Qc4 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxd2) (18. Qxg4 f5 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Ne5 Qb5 {winning}) 18...
Bxd2 $17 19. Rc2 (19. Qxg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 $17) 19... Nf6 20. Qd3
Bf5 $1 {Of course, looking at all this with Fritz, life seems so much easier.})
18. gxf3 Nf6 {I had seen this when playing 13...h6, but it is only good for a
draw. (1,46)} (18... Bxc3 19. Qxg4 f5 (19... Qxg4+ 20. fxg4 Bxd2 21. Rcd1 Ne3
22. fxe3 Bxe3+ 23. Kg2 $11) 20. Qc4 {con compensación más que suficiente,
aunque no es tan claro como antes.}) ({leads to equal chances after force} 
18... Be6 19. Nxd5 Bxd2 20. Rcd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd2 c6 $11) 19. Qf4 $2 {Strange
error from Miezis. Now white´s position is completely lost.} (19. Qxb4 {
only move} Bxf3 20. Qf4 Qxh3 21. Qh2 Qg4+ 22. Qg3 Qh5 23. Qh2 $11 {and draw.})
19... Bxh3 $1 (19... Bd6 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Bxh3 {esto es complicado,
aunque seguramente mejor para las negras.}) 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Qh4 Qf5 22. f4 {
there is nothing else to do to stop all the threats.} g5 $1 23. Qg3 (23. fxg5
Qf3) 23... Kh7 {23...Nh5 also wins easily, but time trouble was looming, so I
decided to keep on attacking. (1,55)} 24. Kh2 (24. Nb5 Bxf4 25. Bxf4 gxf4)
24... gxf4 25. Qh4 f3+ 26. Kh1 Bg2+ {Simple chess.} 27. Kg1 Ng4 28. Bxh6 Bh2+ {
(1,58)} 29. Qxh2 Nxh2 30. Rd5 (30. Bxf8 {against this I had planned} Bf1 {
and mate in a few moves.}) 30... Qh3 31. Ne4 Qxh6 (31... Kxh6 $1 {is easier})
32. Rcc5 Ng4 {The the only worry is to reach time control.} 33. Rh5 f5 {(1,59)}
(33... Re8) 34. Rxc7+ Kg6 35. Rxh6+ Kxh6 36. Nd6 Kg5 (36... Kg6) 37. Rxb7 Kg6
38. Re7 Rh8 39. Re6+ Nf6 {(1,59)} 0-1

[Event "Paris Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1867.06.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Arnous De Riviere,J"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1867.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "24"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 (3... dxe4 {Le coup joué autrefois}) 4. exd5 exd5
5. Bd3 Be6 (5... Nf6 $142 6. Nge2 O-O) 6. Nf3 h6 (6... Nf6) 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3
Nd7 9. Rb1 Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} (9... Rb8 $142) 10. Ne5 Ne7 11. f4 Bf5 12. Bxf5
Nxf5 13. Ba3 Nd6 14. f5 Ne4 $2 (14... Qg5) 15. f6 $1 $40 g6 16. Qg4 Qc8 17.
Qxg6 Qe6 18. Qg7 O-O-O 19. Nxf7 Nxc3 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. f7 Nd7 22. Rbe1 Ne2+ 23.
Kh1 c5 24. Bxc5 Qe4 25. f8=Q Nxf8 26. Rxf8 Ng3+ 27. Qxg3 Rxf8 28. Bxf8 {
Temps des Blancs et des Noirs: 01h30} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kuderinov, Kirill"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {A tough line for a last round game when there is
win-win situation.} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O Bg4 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 h6
9. Bh4 Nc6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Nh5 12. Bg3 $6 {An unnecessary finesse.} (12.
Bxe7 Nxe7 (12... Rxe7 13. Rxe7 Nxe7 14. Qb3 (14. h3 Nf4 15. Bf1 Bf5 16. Qb3 $14
)) 13. Qb3 Nf4 14. Bf1 Rb8 15. Re3 $140 Be6) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 a6 14. Qc2 (
14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Re3 b5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Nh4 Ne7 $11) 14... Qd7 15.
Nf1 Bf8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Qd2 g6 18. Re2 Bg7 19. Rae1 b5 $6 {Too aggressive.} (
19... b6 $142 20. Bc2 Rad8 $17) 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Qd3 Ne7 22. Nd2 c5 23. Nf3 (
23. dxc5 Nc6 (23... d4 $6 24. cxd4 Bxd4 (24... Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxd4 26. Ne4 $16)
25. Qa3 $16) 24. Nf3 d4 $44 {transposes to the text.}) 23... Nc6 (23... Qd6 $5)
(23... c4 $2 24. Qd2 $16) (23... cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nc6 25. Nxe6 (25. Qd2 $6 Nxd4
26. cxd4 Qa7 27. Rd1 $15) 25... Rxe6 26. Bb3 Rd6 27. Nc2 d4 $11) 24. dxc5 d4
25. cxd4 Bxd4 $1 {The position required a lot of calculation.} (25... Nxd4 $2
26. Nxd4 Bxd4 (26... Qxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxd4 28. c6 (28. Bb3 Bxb3 29. axb3 Bxc5)
28... Bxb2 29. c7 Rc8 (29... Rd7 30. Bb3 Bg7 31. Nd5) 30. Nd5 Kg7 31. Bb3 Ba3
32. Rc2 $16) 27. b4 (27. Ng4 $2 Qc8 28. Qf3 Bxg4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8
31. Qxg4 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Qd1 Bxc5 $19) 27... Qc6 28. Qa3 a5 29. Qxa5 Ra8
30. Qb6 Qxb6 31. cxb6 Bxb6 32. Nd5 Reb8 33. Nxb6 Rxb6 34. Bxg6 Ra4 35. a3 Rxa3
$14) 26. Ng4 Bxb2 $4 {Blunderescu!I was playing way too slow and it should not
make a pretext but when dickhead Sulypa forced our ladies team to make a draw
after the first moves against a much weaker SwedenI was upset.} (26... Bg7 $2
27. Qxd7 Bxd7 28. Nge5 $16) (26... Qe7 $2 27. Rxe6) (26... Qc8 27. Nxd4 $1 Nxd4
28. Nf6+ $18) (26... Kg7 $1 27. Nge5 $1 (27. Qd2 Bxg4 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8
Bxf3 $19) (27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxd3 30. Bxd3 fxe6 31. Be4 Rd1+
32. Kh2 Ne7 $17) 27... Qc7 28. Qa3 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Nd4 30. Rd2 Bc4 $1 $40) 27.
Nxh6+ Kg7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 (28... Rxd7 $2 29. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 30. Ng5+ $18 (30. Rxe6
$18) (30. Bxg6+ Kxg6 31. Rxe6+ Rxe6 32. Rxe6+ Kf5 33. Rxc6 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 35.
Rxa6 Rxc5 $18)) 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 $138 (29... Rxe2 $5 30. Rxe2 Kxf7 31. Bb3+ Kf6
32. Rxb2 Be6 $44) 30. Bb3+ Kf6 31. Rxb2 Rxe1+ 32. Nxe1 a5 $1 $16 {I was very
lucky that after blundering two pawns I was still not completely gone.} (32...
Bf5 33. f3 g5 34. Kf2) 33. a3 Be8 34. f4 b4 35. Ba4 $4 {Playing extremely fast
the Kazakh Dude blundered back.} (35. axb4 Nxb4 36. Re2 a4 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Rb6
Nd3 39. Nxd3 Rxd3 $132) 35... Nd4 $1 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Nf3 $2 (37. axb4 Rxe1+
38. Kf2 Rc1 39. bxa5 Rxc5 40. Ra2 Rc7 41. a6 Ra7 42. g4 Nc6 43. Kg3 $11 {
should be a safe draw.}) 37... Nxf3+ $2 (37... Re2 {Of course this was the
move.} {All of a sudden I have got stuck with the idea that what will happen
if he simply goes back.} 38. Nd2 (38. Rxe2 $2 Nxe2+ 39. Kf2 bxa3 40. c6 Ke7 41.
Ne5 Kd8 $19 {is simple.}) 38... bxa3 (38... b3 39. a4 Ke6 40. Kf1 Kd5 41. g4
Re3 42. c6 $1 Kxc6 43. f5 $11) 39. Ra2 Ke6 (39... Nb3 40. Rxa3 Nxd2 41. Rxa5
$11) 40. Kf1 Kd5 41. c6 Kxc6 42. Rxa3 Rxd2 43. Rxa5 $11) 38. gxf3 bxa3 39. Ra2
Re3 40. Kf2 (40. c6 {I have forgotten due to lack of time his ideas connected
with simply pushing his pawn.} Rxf3 41. Rc2 a2 42. Rxa2 Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Rc3 44.
Rxa5 Rxc6 $11) 40... Rb3 41. Ra1 Ke6 42. c6 Kd6 (42... Rc3 43. Re1+ Kd6 44. Re5
Rxc6 45. Rxa5 $11) 43. Rc1 Kc7 44. g4 (44. Rc5 a4 45. Rc4 a2 46. Rxa4 Rb2+ 47.
Ke3 Kxc6 48. Kd3 Kb5 $11) 44... a2 45. Ra1 Ra3 $2 {Here comes more
miscalculations.} (45... Rb2+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kg3 Kxc6 47. f5 (47. Kh4 Kd5 48. f5
(48. Kg5 $2 Kc4 49. Kxg6 (49. f5 gxf5 50. gxf5 Kb3 51. f6 Rb1 52. Rxa2 Kxa2 53.
f7 Rb8 $19) 49... Kb3 50. f5 Rb1 51. Rxa2 Kxa2 52. f6 a4 53. f7 Rb8 54. g5 a3
55. Kh7 Kb2 56. g6 a2 57. g7 a1=Q 58. g8=Q (58. f8=Q Qh1+ 59. Kg8 Qh2 60. Kf7
Qf4+) 58... Qh1+ 59. Kg7 Qg2+ 60. Kh7 Qh3+ 61. Kg7 Qg3+ 62. Kh7 Qh4+ 63. Kg7
Qg5+ 64. Kh7 Qf5+ 65. Kg7 Rb6 66. Qd8 Qe5+ 67. Kh7 Qh5+ 68. Kg8 (68. Kg7 Qh6+
69. Kg8 Rg6#) 68... Rg6+ 69. Kf8 Qh8+ 70. Ke7 Re6+ $19) 48... gxf5 49. gxf5 Ke5
50. Kg4 a4 51. Re1+ Kf6 52. Ra1) 47... gxf5 48. gxf5 Kd6 49. Kf4 $11) 46...
Kxc6 47. f5 gxf5 48. gxf5 Kd6 49. Kf4 Ke7 50. Ke5 Kf7 51. f6 a4 52. f4 a3 53.
Kf5 $11) 46. f5 gxf5 47. g5 $1 Kd6 $3 {The only move to survive.} (47... Kxc6
$2 48. g6 Rd3 49. Rxa2 Rd8 (49... Rd6 50. Rxa5 Rxg6 51. Ra6+ $18) 50. Rxa5 f4
51. Rg5 Kd6 52. Kg2 Ke6 53. Kh3 $18) 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. c7 Rc3 50. Rxa2 Kf7 $1 (
50... Rxc7 51. Rxa5 Rc3 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Ra1 Ke6 54. Re1+ Kf7 55. Kf4 Kg7 56.
Re5 $18) 51. Kh4 $1 (51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Rxa5 Rc4+ 53. Ke5 Rxc7 54. Ra6+ (54. f4
Re7+) 54... Kxg5 55. f4+ Kg4 56. Rg6+ Kf3 $11) 51... Kg6 {Just in time.} (51...
Rc4+ $2 52. Kh5 Rc1 53. g6+ Kf6 54. Ra4 $3 $18) 52. f4 Rxc7 53. Rxa5 Rc6 $8 $11
{All black has to do is just to keep his pieces on the 6th rank.} (53... Rc3
54. Ra6+ Kg7 55. Rf6 Rc5 56. Kh5) 54. Ra8 Rb6 55. Rg8+ Kh7 56. Rf8 Kg6 57. Kg3
Ra6 58. Kf3 Ra3+ 59. Ke2 Ra2+ 60. Kd3 Ra3+ 61. Kc2 Ra6 62. Kc3 Re6 63. Rd8 Kh5
$1 {If you even can counterattack why not?} 64. Rd4 Kg4 65. Kc4 Re8 66. Kd5 Kh5
$5 {With his king cut I have decided to return.} 67. Kd6 Kg6 68. Rc4 Kh5 69.
Kd5 Kg4 70. Kd6 Kh5 71. Rc5 Kg4 72. Kd7 Ra8 $4 {I even spoiled this one.I
indeed started to get tired in the last games by playing all my games in the
olympiads.} (72... Re1 73. Rc4 Kh5 $11) 73. Ke6 $2 {Playing very fast he also
does not notice the difference.} (73. Rc4 Ra6 (73... Kh5 74. Ke6 Kg6 75. Rc6
Ra5 76. Ke7+ Kg7 77. Rf6 $18) (73... Ra7+ 74. Ke6 Ra6+ 75. Kf7 Ra7+ 76. Kg6
Ra6+ 77. Kh7 Ra7+ 78. Kh6 $18) 74. Ke7 Rb6 (74... Kh5 75. Kf7 $18) 75. Kf7 Kh5
76. Rc1 $1 (76. Rc5 $2 Kg4 77. g6 Kxf4 78. g7 Rb7+ 79. Kg6 Rb6+ 80. Kh7 Rb7 (
80... Rb8 $11) 81. Kh8 Rb8+ 82. g8=Q Rxg8+ 83. Kxg8 Kg4 $11) 76... Ra6 (76...
Kg4 77. Rf1 Rb7+ 78. Kf6 Rb6+ 79. Kg7 Kh5 80. Rg1 $18) 77. Rg1 $18) 73... Kxf4
$11 {Now it is a dead draw.} 74. Rxf5+ Kg4 75. Re5 (75. Rd5 Kh5 (75... Rg8 76.
Kf6 Kh5 $1 77. g6+ Kh6 78. Rg5 Rf8+ 79. Ke7 Kxg5 80. Kxf8 Kxg6 $11) (75... Ra6+
76. Kf7 Kh5 77. g6+ Kh6 78. Rd1 Ra7+ $11)) 75... Re8+ {That was not my day!}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Veliko Gradiste Silver Lake op"]
[Site "Veliko Gradiste"]
[Date "2016.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nestorovic, Nikola"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 (5... c5 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+
Be7 8. Bf1 O-O $13) 6. h3 O-O 7. Nc3 (7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10.
Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Ne4 {Bakre-Atalik,Oberwart 2005.}) 7... Nc6 $6 (7... c5 {
It is rather hard to explaine why I neglected my favourite move c5.} 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 Nc6) 8. a3 Be6 9. O-O Ne8 $146 10. Ne2 Bf6 (10... Nd6
11. Nf4) 11. c3 g6 (11... Nd6 12. Nf4) 12. Bh6 Ng7 (12... Bg7 13. Qd2) 13. Nf4
Re8 14. Re1 Qd6 $16 {In the second game of the day things did not go well for
me in the opening:Black has a confined position.} 15. Nxe6 $6 {This gives
Black's pieces some room.} (15. Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Qb6 17. Re2 $16) 15... Nxe6 16.
Qd2 Bg7 17. g3 Na5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Rxe8+ (19. Rad1 Nc4) 19... Rxe8 20. Re1
Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nc6 22. Kg2 Ne6 23. h4 h5 24. Qe3 Kg7 $11 {These positions are
more for the knights so White should be very careful not to overplay his hand.}
25. b4 f6 26. a4 Ne7 27. b5 $6 (27. a5 b6 28. axb6 cxb6 $6 (28... axb6 $11) 29.
b5 Nc7 $13) 27... c6 $1 {After this correct approach White should be careful.}
(27... a6 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. a5 Nc6 30. Bxa6 Nxa5 $11) 28. c4 dxc4 29. Bxc4 Nc7
30. bxc6 Ncd5 31. Qb3 Qxc6 32. a5 Nc7 (32... b6 33. axb6 (33. a6 $2 Nc7) 33...
axb6 $11) 33. Qb4 Kf8 (33... Nf5 $2 34. Qc5 Qxc5 35. dxc5 Ne7 36. Nd4 f5 37.
Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke3 $14 (38. Kf4 Ncd5+)) 34. Ba2 Ncd5 (34... g5 $2 35. Qd2 $18 (35.
hxg5 fxg5 36. Qb3 Ned5 37. Kh2 $16)) 35. Qb3 a6 $15 {After some inexactitudes
Black has the upper hand.} 36. Qb2 Kg7 ({To transfer the king to the other
side of the board à la Lasker is worth considering.} 36... Ke8 $5 37. Qa3 Kd8)
(36... Qb5 37. Qxb5 axb5 38. Nd2 Nb4 39. Be6 Nec6 40. Nb3 Ke7 41. Bc8 Nd8 42.
Nc5 Nbc6 43. Bxb7 Nxa5 44. Ba6 b4 45. Kf3 b3 46. Bd3 g5 47. Ke3 Ndc6 48. hxg5
fxg5 49. Ne4 g4 50. Kd2 Nxd4 51. Kc3 Nac6 52. Nc5 $11) 37. Qb3 Qc7 38. Bb1 $2
$138 {A bad move in time trouble.} (38. Qa3 $1 Qc3 (38... Nc3 39. Bc4 $1) 39.
Qd6 Qxa5 40. Bxd5 Nxd5 41. Qd7+ Kf8 42. Qc8+ Kf7 43. Qxb7+ Ne7 44. d5 $1 $11)
38... Qc6 $2 {Missing a straightforward win.} (38... Qxa5 $1 39. Qxb7 Qb4 $1
40. Qxb4 Nxb4 41. Nd2 f5 $1 (41... a5 42. Kf3 a4 43. Nc4 Ned5 44. Na3 Nc3 45.
Be4 $15) 42. Nc4 (42. Kf3 Ned5 43. Nc4 Nc6 $1 $19) 42... Nec6 $19) 39. Ba2 Qb5
$5 {A good idea with a bad follow up.} (39... b6 40. axb6 Qxb6 41. Qa3 $1 $11)
40. Qxb5 axb5 41. Nd2 $1 Nb4 $2 {There is no need to invite the bishop in,I
have botched up my position in a couple of moves!} (41... f5 42. Kf3 (42. Bxd5
Nxd5 43. Nb3 Kf6 44. Nc5 b6 45. axb6 Nxb6 $17) (42. Nb3 Nc3) 42... Kf6 $5 (
42... Nb4 43. Be6 Kf6 44. Bd7 Nec6 45. Bxc6 (45. Nb3 $2 Na7 $1 46. Nc5 Ke7 47.
Be6 Nac6 48. Ke3 Nxa5 49. Bg8 b6 $17) 45... Nxc6 46. Nb3 Ke6 47. Ke2 Kd5 48.
Kd3 $11) 43. Bb3 (43. Bxd5 $6 Nxd5 44. Nb3 Ke7 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Nc5 b6 47. axb6
Nxb6 $17) 43... Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd6 45. Nf3 Nc6 46. Kd3 Ncb4+ (46... Nxa5 $2 47.
Bxd5 Kxd5 48. Ne5 b4 49. Nxg6 $16) 47. Ke2 Nc6 $11) 42. Be6 f5 (42... Nf5 $5
43. Bxf5 (43. d5 Nd6 44. Kf3 f5 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Kd4 Na6 47. Nb3 b4 $132) 43...
gxf5 44. Nb3 Nd5 45. Kf3 Kf7 46. Ke2 f4 $1 47. gxf4 f5 $44) (42... Nec6 43. Nb3
Kf8 44. Bc8 Nd8 45. Kf3 Ke7) 43. Bd7 Nbc6 $2 {The last mistake!} (43... Nec6 $1
44. Nb3 (44. Bxc6 Nxc6 45. Nb3 Kf6) 44... Kf7 $1 {After this the bishop is in
dire straits.} (44... Kf6 $2 45. Be8 $1 Na7 46. Nc5 Nbc6 47. Nxb7 b4 48. Bxc6
Nxc6 49. d5 Nb8 50. Nc5 Na6 51. Nd3 b3 52. Kf3 Nb4 53. Ke3 $18) 45. Bc8 $8 (45.
Kf3 $2 Na7) (45. d5 Nxd5 46. a6 Ke7 47. Nc5 Nb6 $1 $19) 45... Nd8 46. Kf3 Ke7
47. Kf4 Kf6 $1 (47... Kd6 48. Kg5 Kc7 {looks very risky.} 49. Kxg6 Kxc8 50.
Kxh5 Nd5 51. Kg6 Ne7+ 52. Kf6 Kd7 53. Nc5+ Kd6 54. h5 b4 55. h6 (55. f3 Ndc6 (
55... Ne6 56. Nb3 f4 57. g4 Nd5+ $11) 56. Kf7) 55... Ng8+ 56. Kg6 Nxh6 57. Kxh6
Kc6 58. Kg6 Ne6 $1 $132) 48. Bd7 (48. Nc5 Ndc6 49. Nb3 Nd8 $11) 48... Ndc6 49.
Bxc6 Nxc6 50. Ke3 Ke7 51. Kd3 Kd6 52. Kc3 Kd5 53. Kd3 $11) 44. Nb3 b4 $2 (44...
Na7 45. Nc5 b4 46. Ba4 Nec6 47. Nxb7 Nxd4 48. Nc5 Kf6 49. a6 Ke7 $132 {still
offers some chances.}) 45. Kf3 Kf6 46. Ke3 $18 Na7 47. Kd3 f4 48. Kc4 (48. Kc2
$2 fxg3 49. fxg3 Nf5) 48... fxg3 (48... Nf5 49. Bxf5 Kxf5 50. Nc5 $18) 49. fxg3
{I should have resigned here.} Ng8 50. Kc5 Ke7 51. Bh3 Kd8 52. Kb6 Nc8+ 53.
Kxb7 Nd6+ 54. Kc6 Ne4 55. a6 Ne7+ 56. Kb6 Nd5+ 57. Kb7 Nxg3 58. a7 Nc7 59. Nc5
b3 60. Ne6+ (60. Ne6+ Ke7 61. Nxc7 b2 62. Nd5+ Kd6 63. Nc3 {catches the passer.
}) 1-0

[Event "Vojvodina op 9th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2018.07.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cabarkapa, Novak"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 (4... c6 $142) 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 (6.
a3 Ba5) 6... Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 $11 8. a3 Bd6 9. h3 Qd7 10. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT 5th"]
[Site "Banja Vrucica"]
[Date "2006.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bogut, Zeljko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.06.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siroki Brijeg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 $6 {I really dislike this move because
it allows black's next.} ({After} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 $6 6. O-O c4 7. Re1+ Be7
{white is in time for} 8. Bf1) 4... c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 (6... Qe7+ 7.
Be2 Nf6 8. O-O O-O {is an alternative.}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 $1 10.
Bg3 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxg3 (11... f5 $6 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nfd4 $14) 12.
hxg3 Nc6 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. c3 Bg4 15. a4 $6 {An empty move.} (15. Bc2 $6 Ne5) (
15. Qd2 $5 $13) (15. Bb1 Qd6 16. Qd3 f5 $13) (15. Be2 Re8 $13) 15... Re8 16.
Qd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ne5 18. Be2 $2 {White is not aware of the danger connected
with f2.} (18. Kg2 $5 Nc4 (18... d4 19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 Nxf3 20. Kxf3 Qd5+ 21.
Kg4 Qxb3 $17) 19... Bxd4 20. cxd4 Nxf3 21. Kxf3 Qd5+ 22. Kg4 Qd7+ 23. Kf3 Qd5+
$11) (18... Qf6 19. Be2 Nc4 (19... Rad8 20. a5 Nc4 21. Qc2) 20. Qxd5 Rxe2 21.
Qxc4 Rxb2 22. a5 $11) 19. Qc2 a6) 18... Nc4 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Rae1 (20. Rfe1 $2
Qd7 21. Kg2 Bxf2 $3 22. Kxf2 Ne3 23. Bb5 (23. Qd3 Qh3 24. Rh1 Qg2+ $19) 23...
Qh3 $19) (20. Bd3 $8 {White had to bite his lips and play his bishop back.})
20... Qd7 $1 $17 {Double attack.} 21. a5 (21. Nd4 Bxd4 (21... Qh3 22. Bxc4 dxc4
23. Qf5 (23. Nf5 $2 Bxf2+)) 22. cxd4 Rac8 $17) 21... Nxa5 ({Unfortunately.} 
21... Bxf2+ $2 {does not work.} 22. Rxf2 Qh3 (22... Ne3 23. Qc1) 23. Qc1 Ne3
24. Rh2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 $18) 22. Nxa5 $4 {Absolute tactical unawareness.} (22.
Kg2 $8) 22... Qh3 $1 $19 23. Bd1 Qxg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Bc7 26. f4 Bxf4 27.
Rxe8+ (27. f3 Qg3+) 27... Rxe8 28. f3 Be3+ 29. Rf2 Bb6 {All roads lead to Rome.
} (29... g4 30. fxg4 Bc5 $19) 30. Qd2 Bxa5 (30... g4 $142 31. fxg4 Re3 $19) 31.
Ba4 Re7 ({Even} 31... Re6 32. Bd7 Bb6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qd3 Kg7 $19 {wins.})
0-1

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 8th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2015.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brankovic, Dejan"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2015.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 $1 {The most challenging attempt.} 5.
dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Qd6 (9... Bb6 $5) 10. Nb3 Bb6
11. c4 Rd8 12. c5 $5 Bxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Bg5 Be6 $1 $146 {Of course I did
not step back!} (14... Qd6 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Qd2 $44) (14... Rd6 15. a3 $1) 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rc1 Qb4 $1 17. Re1 Kh8 $1 $17 {It is Black's turn to start
attacking through the open line g!} 18. Ng5 $4 fxg5 19. Qh5 Qh4 $1 0-1

[Event "Oberwart op 27th"]
[Site "Oberwart"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bakre, Tejas"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 $5 {The fact that Bakre goes for this boring line
could be explained by his half a point lead over the field.} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5.
Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 $5 {A passive but solid move.} ({I was thinking about
the following lines.} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. c3 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 $13) (7. Re1
Bg4 8. Bg5 Nbd7 $13) 7... c5 $1 {Giving the oppurtunity one has to break the
symmetry} 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 {I am not impressed by this plan.} (9. Bg5 $6 h6
10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 (11. Bg3 Ne4 $17) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qd6 13. Qf3 Ne4 $17 {
is just like what happenned in my game against Karayiannis from Ano Liosia
1996.}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. c3 Ne4 12. Nbd4 Nxd4 $5 {I went for my usual
concept.Let us see if he will be able to defend this double isolated pawns
type of position.} (12... Qf6 {has a drawback with the repetition if black
wants to deploy his queen on g6.} 13. Be3 Re8 14. Re1 Qg6 15. Nh4 Qf6 16. Nhf3
$11) 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qb6 {At least preventing him from taking his
bishop out.} (14... Qf6 15. Be3 Nd6 16. Re1 Bf5 17. Bf1 $14) 15. Bc2 Qg6 $1 (
15... Bf5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qf3 Qg6 18. Bf4 $14) 16. Qf3 Bf5 (16... Nd2 $2 17.
Qc3 (17. Bxd2 Qxc2 18. Bb4 Re8 $11) 17... Ne4 18. Qb3 $16) 17. Be3 $6 {The
first inexactitude.} (17. Bf4 Ng5 (17... Nf6 18. Bb3 Rac8 19. Rac1) 18. Bxg5
Bxc2 19. Bf4 Be4 $11) 17... Nd6 $1 $36 {I have taken the initiative. The
Indian is good in tactics but sometimes he has difficulties to handle slightly
worse positions. Besides nobody challenged him in the tournament like that.}
18. Bb3 Be4 19. Qg4 Nc4 $1 {I am not afraid of opposite colored bishops let
him prove if it is a draw.} (19... Qxg4 20. hxg4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 dxc4 22. g5 $132)
20. Qxg6 Bxg6 $1 {I should not give him any time to hit my bishop with f3.} (
20... hxg6 21. Rfe1 $1 Rfe8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bf4 $14) 21. Bxc4 {Loses his
patience.} (21. Rac1 b5 22. Rfe1 a5 $13) 21... dxc4 22. Bd2 Rfd8 $15 {Now I am
slightly better and my plan consisted of two steps.I have to put one rook on
d7 and bring my king to e7 than push a5 and b5 respectively and eventually if
only does nothing more than a3 Rd7-b7 and b4 will result in a breakthrough.}
23. Bc3 f6 24. Rfe1 Rd7 25. Re3 $6 (25. a4 a5 26. Re2 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Rae1
a5 $1 (26... b5 $6 27. Bb4 Rxd4 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Rb7 $11) 27. a3 {I have
understood that he is going for the sac.} (27. a4 $6 Bc2 28. Ra1 b6 $17) 27...
b5 28. d5 $1 {He rightfully decided to jettison a pawn to reach a drawish R+B
endgame with a pawn down.} Raa7 $1 (28... Bd3 $6 29. d6 $1 $11) 29. Re8 Bd3 (
29... Rxd5 $2 30. Bxa5 $11) 30. Rb8 Rxd5 31. Ree8 h5 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8 a4
$15 {After I have sidestepped some of his small tricks we have reached an
ending where I am a pawn up, but a draw is the most probable result because of
the situation in the queen's wing.} 34. Ra7+ Kg6 35. f3 ({Why not?} 35. h4)
35... h4 $1 {I have seized my chance. Now I have to play g5, f5, f4 to hope
for something.} 36. Kf2 Bf5 37. Ke2 Bd7 38. Ra8 Kf5 39. Rh8 g5 40. Rf8 Rd6 41.
Ke3 Bc6 42. Bb4 $6 {I have understood that he did not see the only existing
trick in the position.} (42. Kf2 Re6 43. Rd8 Kg6 44. Bb4 {is one of many ways
to reach a draw.} f5 45. Rd6 Rxd6 46. Bxd6 f4 47. Bb4 $11 {I need my king on
b3 to win this.}) 42... Re6+ 43. Kf2 Be8 44. Bc3 $6 ({After} 44. Rg8 $8 $11 {
I cannot maintain the barricade for his rook.}) 44... Kg6 $1 {Obviously the
coming rook endgame is winning for black. What a change of events.} 45. Bxf6 $4
{This is the real howler to believe. My opponent seemed like he was hypnotised
by a boa constrictor and showed real collaboration to reach the lost rook
endgame.} (45. Bd4 Kg7 46. Bc5 Re5 (46... Bg6 47. Rb8 Bd3 48. Rxb5 Re2+ 49. Kg1
Re5 $11 {does not deliver anything either.}) 47. Bb4 $11 {was the last chance.
In panick he goes to the rook endgame.}) (45. Bb4 Kh7 46. Bc5 Kg7 {is similar
of course.}) 45... Rxf6 46. Rxe8 Rd6 $19 47. Re2 $8 (47. Ke2 $4 Rd3 48. Re3
Rxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Kf5 50. Ke2 Kf4 51. Kf2 b4 52. axb4 c3 53. bxc3 a3 $19 {is
children's textbook!}) 47... Kf5 {There are many ways to win this.} ({I had
two winning lines.} 47... Rd1 48. Ke3 (48. g4 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rh1 50. Rd2 Ke6 51.
Rd8 Rh2 $19) 48... Kf5 49. Kf2 (49. Rc2 Rd3+ 50. Kf2 Kf4 51. Re2 Rb3 $19) 49...
Ra1 50. Rd2 (50. g4+ hxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Ra2 52. Rc2 Ke5 53. Kg4 (53. Re2+ Kd4 54.
Kg4 Kd3 55. Re5 Rxb2 56. Kxg5 c3 57. f4 c2 58. Rc5 Rb3 59. Rxc2 Kxc2 60. f5
Rxa3 $19)) 50... Ke5 51. Ke2 Ra2 52. Kd1 (52. Ke3 c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Kd3 b4
$19) 52... c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Rc2 Kd5 $19) (47... Rd3 48. Ke1 (48. g3 Rb3 49.
gxh4 gxh4 50. Rc2 Kf5 51. Rd2 Kf4 52. Rd4+ Ke5 53. Rd2 c3 $19) 48... Kf5 49.
Re4 Rb3 50. Re2 c3 51. bxc3 Rxa3 52. Rb2 Rb3 53. Rc2 a3 54. Kd2 Rb2 55. Rxb2
axb2 56. Kc2 Kf4 $19) 48. g4+ hxg3+ (48... Kf6 $5 49. f4 (49. Kg2 Rd3 50. Kf2
Rb3 51. Rc2 Ke5 52. Re2+ Kd5 53. Rc2 Rd3 54. Re2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxc3 56. Ra2 Kc4
$19) 49... gxf4 50. Kf3 Rd4 $1 $19 (50... Rd3+ $2 51. Kxf4 Rxh3 52. g5+ Kg6 (
52... Kf7 53. Kg4) 53. Re6+ Kf7 54. Rb6 Rb3 55. g6+ $11)) 49. Kxg3 Rd3 50. Rc2
Rd1 {Simplest} (50... Rb3 {looks winning after all.} 51. Rd2 Ke5 52. Kg4 (52.
Re2+ Kd4 53. Kg4 Kd3 54. Rh2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxa3 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Rxc3 $19) (
52. Rc2 Kd4 53. Kg4 Kd3 54. Rh2 c3 55. bxc3 Rxa3 56. f4 gxf4 57. Kxf4 Rxc3 58.
h4 Rc4+ 59. Kf5 b4 $19) 52... c3 53. bxc3 Rxa3 54. Rc2 Rb3 55. Kxg5 a3 56. f4+
Ke4 57. h4 Rb2 58. Rc1 a2 59. Ra1 Kd3 60. f5 Kxc3 (60... Rg2+ $2 61. Kh6 Rf2
62. h5 Kxc3 63. Rxa2 Rxa2 64. f6 b4 65. f7 Rf2 66. Kg7 b3 67. h6 $3 b2 68. h7
b1=Q 69. h8=Q $11 {is a funny draw.}) 61. h5 b4 62. h6 b3 63. Rh1 Rg2+ 64. Kf6
Rg8 $19) 51. Re2 Ra1 {Going to a2 with the terrible threats of pushing b4 and
c3.} 52. Rd2 (52. Rc2 Ra2 53. Rd2 b4 54. axb4 c3 $19) 52... Ke5 53. Re2+ Kd4
54. Rd2+ $2 {Not the most resilient.} (54. f4 $1 Kd3 55. Rh2 gxf4+ 56. Kxf4 c3
57. bxc3 Rxa3 58. h4 Ra1 $1 59. h5 (59. Rh3+ Kc4 60. h5 a3 61. h6 Rf1+ 62. Ke3
a2 63. Rh4+ Kxc3 64. h7 Rf8 65. Rh1 Rh8 $19) 59... Rf1+ 60. Ke5 Kxc3 61. h6 Rf8
62. h7 Rh8 {Just in time!} 63. Rh3+ Kc4 64. Rh4+ Kc5 $19) (54. Kg4 Kd3 55. Re5
Rb1 56. Rd5+ Kc2 57. Rxb5 c3 $19) 54... Ke3 55. Rd5 Rg1+ 56. Kh2 Rb1 $1 $19 {
Now it is an easy win.} 57. Rxb5 c3 58. Rc5 cxb2 59. Rb5 Kxf3 $1 {With the
presence of a pawns there is no draw. Black simply collects a3 and wins.} 0-1

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Ruzele, Darius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {King} e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3
Bb4 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 {Now Black converts his more agressive piece placement
into a better pawn structure by:} Bxf3 10. gxf3 O-O {Here White's pawn
formation is seriously compromised on the kingside, while in the centre he has
the isolated d4-pawn, which can shortly become a target for black's pieces.
Thus his only chance is in the possibility of using the semi-open g-file in an
attack against the opponent's monarch.} 11. a3 $5 {This move makes sense:
Black has to decide whether he should take on c3 (which fortifies the d-pawn)
or block either the d- or e-file, or move the bishop away from the kingside.
In the game Black chose the latter, which was probably, as from a5 the bishop
can be moved to b6, putting more pressure on the d-pawn.} Ba5 12. Rg1 Re8 (
12... Qd6 $5) 13. Kf1 {King: White makes the best out of a bad job. The attack
along the g-file causes Black a few problems at any rate.} Qd7 14. Bg5 Kh8 {
Black decides to allow Bxf6, but perhaps he should have preffered 14...Kh5,
keeping a healthy pawn formation.} 15. Bxf6 gxf6 {This position is still in
Black's favour, as his king is relatively safe and he has a target to attack -
the d4-pawn. However, the fact that Black now has doubled pawns as well, gives
White chances to escape, which he managed to do in the game.} 16. Rg4 f5 17.
Rh4 Rg8 18. Ne2 Bb6 19. Qd2 Rg7 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. Ng3 Qc6 22. d5 Qf6 23. Rh6 Qg5
24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. d6 cxd6 26. Rdxd6 Rc8 27. b3 Rg6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Rhxg6+ fxg6
30. h5 Rc7 31. Re6 Bc5 32. a4 Nc6 33. h6+ Kxh6 34. Nxf5+ Kg5 35. Ng3 Be7 36.
Re4 Kh6 37. f4 Na5 38. Bd5 Rd7 39. Be6 Rc7 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. f5 Kf6 42. Bd5 Rd7
43. Re6+ Kg7 44. Re2 Bh4 45. Be6 Re7 46. Bd5 Rd7 47. Be6 Re7 48. Bd5 Rd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dhaka"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Rahman, Zillur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
c3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 c5 10. Bf5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. N2f3 Ne5 13. Bxg4 Nfxg4 14. h3
Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Be3 {This is a dangerous position for
Black, which he should have avoided, as without N he can hardly benefit from
having the isolated P. While the weakness of this pawn is obvious and very
unpleasant for Black.} Qa5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Bd6 20. Qf5 Qc7 21. Rd3 Qd7
22. Qg5 f5 23. Rad1 h6 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. Be3 Qe5 26. g3 Be7 27. Bd4 Qe6 28. Re3
Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Re5 g6 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Rexd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 $18 Ke6 34.
Rb5 b6 35. Bxh6 Rh8 36. Be3 Rxh3 37. a4 Bd8 38. c4 Rh7 39. c5 a6 40. Rb3 bxc5
41. Bxc5 g5 42. Rb8 Rd7 43. b4 f4 44. gxf4 gxf4 45. Kg2 Kf5 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47.
Ke2 Rd5 48. Rc8 Kg4 49. Rc6 Bg5 50. f3+ Kg3 51. Rxa6 Re5+ 52. Kd3 Kxf3 53. Rg6
Kg4 54. Bd4 Rf5 55. b5 f3 56. b6 Rd5 57. b7 Rxd4+ 58. Kxd4 f2 59. b8=Q f1=Q 60.
Rxg5+ Kxg5 61. Qb5+ 1-0

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Bastian/ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{War Tartakower doch nicht verloren? Herbert Bastian, 2.7.2008 (Aktualisierung
15.8.2008; vollständige Version) Zu den Glanzstücken des 6.
Schachweltmeisters Michail Moissejewitsch Botwinnik (17.8.1911 - 5.5.1995,
Weltmeister in den Perioden 1948-1957, 1958-1960 und 1961-1963) gehört sein
berühmtes Springerendspiel gegen Dr. Savielly Tartakower vom
Staunton-Memorial in Groningen 1946 (13. Runde). Der weiße König war in der
Ecke eingeklemmt und einem Mattangriff ausgesetzt, wie man ihn in
Springerendspielen nur selten zu Gesicht bekommt. Deshalb hat dieses Endspiel
Aufnahme in viele Lehrbücher gefunden. Kürzlich habe ich das Endspiel für
ein Stützpunkttraining vorbereitet und dazu alle mir verfügbaren Varianten
geprüft. Folgt man der Einschätzung in der Literatur, musste Schwarz immer
gewinnen. Umso größer war meine Überraschung, als ich im Partieverlauf eine
relativ einfache und logische Fortsetzung entdeckte, mit der Weiß sich
wahrscheinlich retten konnte. Der Check mit meinen Analyseprogrammen zeigt
zwar zunächst einen Vorteil für Schwarz an, aber der ist nach meinen
Erkenntnissen nicht zu nutzen. "Hier musste Schwarz den Zug abgeben; er
wählte eine ganz natürliche Fortsetzung" (Botwinnik in [3]).} 1. e4 e6 2. d4
d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 (5... Ne7 $2 6. c5 $18) (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4
Ne7 $2 7. Ng5 $1 O-O 8. Qh5 $18) 6. c5 $6 (6. Nc3 $142 O-O (6... c6 7. c5 Bc7
8. Bg5) (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 c6 $13 {cf.Queens Gambit Accepted. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dc4
3.e3 e5}) 7. c5 Be7 8. Bf4 b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3) 6... Be7 7. Bd3 {According to
the tournament book. Botvinnik himself gives the moveorder: 7.Nc3 b6 8.cb6 ab6
9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0.} (7. Be2 $5) (7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3 b6 {Kasparian-Botvinnik/
URS-ch20/1952/}) (7. Nc3 {Botvinniks moveorder.} b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Bd3 O-O 10.
O-O {game-}) 7... b6 $1 8. cxb6 (8. b4 $2 a5 9. a3 $2 axb4 10. axb4 $2 Rxa1 $19
) 8... axb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bg4 (10... c5 $1 11. Bg5 {! Botvinnik} Be6 12.
Ne5 {|^ Botvinnik} h6 13. Bh4 Nfd7 $1 {Timman: quite satisfactory for Black.})
11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 $1 (12. Be2) 12... Bg6 13. Ne5 {/\Ng6,f4} Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c6
15. Bg5 $5 (15. Bf4 $1 {Botvinnik}) 15... Nxg4 $5 (15... Nfd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17.
Rae1 Qd6 18. Re3 $10) 16. Nxc6 $2 $17 (16. Bxe7 $4 Nxe5 17. Bxd8 (17. Qxh7+
Kxh7 18. Bxd8 Nc4 19. Bc7 Na6) 17... Nxd3 18. Bxb6 Nxb2) (16. hxg4 $1 Bxg5 17.
Kg2 $1 (17. f4 f6 (17... Bf6 18. Kg2 Bxe5 19. Rh1 $2 f5 $1 $17) 18. fxg5 fxe5
19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $17) 17... f6 18. Rh1 Bh6 19. Ng6 $1 Rf7 (19... hxg6
$2 20. Rxh6 $1 $18 gxh6 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Rh1#) 20.
Ne2 $1 {Timman /\Ne2-g3-f5} (20. Nh4 $10 Bg5 21. Ng6 {/\Ne5} Bh6 22. Nh4 Bg5
23. Ng6 $10) (20. Rae1 $6 {Timman} Nd7 $1 (20... hxg6 $2 21. Rxh6 gxh6 22.
Qxg6+ Rg7 23. Re8+ $18)) 20... hxg6 21. Qxg6 Nd7 (21... Qe8 22. Rxh6 Qe4+ 23.
Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rh3 $14) 22. Rxh6 Nf8 23. Rh8+ Kxh8 24. Qxf7 $18) 16... Nxc6 17.
Bxe7 Nxe7 18. hxg4 f5 $40 19. Rae1 $1 (19. f3 Qd6 20. Kg2 Ng6) 19... fxg4 20.
Re5 Rf3 $1 21. Qb5 Ng6 $1 (21... Qd6 $2 22. Rxe7 Rg3+ $10 (22... Qxe7 23. Qxd5+
$18)) 22. Rxd5 (22. Qxd5+ $2 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nf4 $19 {/\24...Raf8, 25...g3/ 25...
Nh3+}) 22... Qf6 23. Rg5 Rf8 24. Ne4 Qf4 {/\Rh3} 25. Qd5+ Kh8 {/\ 26...Rh3!}
26. Rh5 Rh3 $22 {Zeitnot} (26... g3 $2 27. Ng5 $1 gxf2+ 28. Kh1) (26... h6 $1
27. Qe6 Re3 $1 28. Qxg6 Rxe4 $19 {/\Re2,Rd4}) 27. Rxh3 gxh3 28. Ng3 (28. Ng5 $2
Ne7 29. Qe5 Qg4+ 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. fxg3 h2+ 32. Kg2 Rxf1 33. Kxf1 h1=Q+ $19)
28... Nh4 29. Qe4 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rf4 32. Rc1 h6 (32... g5 $5) 33.
Rc3 $5 g5 $2 $10 (33... Nxd4 $1 $19 34. Re3 Nf3) 34. d5 $138 {Moveorder
according to the tournament book. Botvinnik gives 34.Re3 g4 35.d5 Kg7 36.Nc3
Rf6 37.Re6 Kf7 38.Rf6 Kf6.} (34. Re3 {Botvinniks moveorder} g4 35. d5 Kg7 36.
Nc3 $2 (36. d6 $1 {Timman} Rf7 (36... Rf5 37. Rd3 Re5 38. d7 Rxe4 39. Rxf3 (39.
Rd1 g3 40. fxg3 Re2 $19 41. d8=Q Rh2#) 39... Rd4 40. Rg3 h5 41. f3 $10) 37. Rc3
$13) 36... Rf6 37. Re6 Kf7 (37... Rxe6 $1 {Botvinnik} 38. dxe6 Kf6 39. Nd5+
Kxe6 40. Nxb6 h5 $19) 38. Rxf6+ Kxf6 {game}) 34... g4 $1 35. Re3 Rf5 36. Nc3
Rf6 37. Re6 Kg7 38. Rxf6 Kxf6 39. d6 (39. Ne4+ $142 {/\d6 Kmoch}) 39... Ke6 40.
Nd5 {? Kmoch} (40. Ne4 $1 {Kmoch}) 40... Kxd6 41. Nxb6 {Further analysis by
Herbert Bastian. Weitere Analyse von Herbert Bastian} h5 $2 ({Schwarz nutzt
seine letzte Ressource und droht mit dem Mattgespenst h4-g3-g2# [3]. Nach} 
41... Kc5 {rettet} 42. Nd7+ Kd4 43. Nf6 Ne5 44. Kh2) ({Nach meinen Analysen
musste Botwinnik mit} 41... Nd2 $3 {beginnen.} 42. Na4 $1 {Der Springer
versucht, zum König zu gelangen. Andere Züge sind nicht besser:} (42. Nc8+
Ke6 43. b4 h5 44. b5 h4 45. b6 g3 46. fxg3 hxg3 47. Kg1 (47. b7 Nf3 48. b8=Q
g2#) 47... Nf3+ 48. Kf1 g2+ 49. Ke2 h2 $1 $19) (42. a4 h5 43. a5 h4 $1 44. a6
g3 45. fxg3 hxg3 46. a7 g2+ 47. Kh2 Nf3+ 48. Kxh3 g1=Q 49. Nc4+ Ke6 50. a8=Q
Qh2+ 51. Kg4 Qh4+ 52. Kxf3 Qh1+ $19 {ist Bronsteins Gewinnvariante.}) (42. b4
h5 43. Na4 Ne4 $1 44. Kg1 h4 45. Nb2 g3 46. fxg3 hxg3 47. Nd3 (47. Nc4+ Kc7)
47... h2+ 48. Kg2 Nf2 $1 $19) 42... Ne4 $1 43. Kg1 {Die Aufgabe des f-Bauern
hilft nicht:} (43. Kh2 Nxf2 44. Nc3 Ke5 $1 {und weiter wie in a).} 45. a4 h5
46. a5 h4 47. Ne2 Ke4 48. a6 Ke3 $1 49. a7 (49. Ng3 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Ne4+ 51.
Kxg4 h2 52. a7 h1=Q 53. a8=Q Qf3+ 54. Kh4 Qg3+ 55. Kh5 Qg5#) 49... Kxe2 50.
a8=Q g3+ 51. Kg1 h2+ 52. Kg2 h1=Q#) (43. f3 gxf3 44. Nb6 (44. Nc3 Nxc3 45. bxc3
f2 $19) 44... f2 45. Nc4+ Kc5 46. Ne3 Kd4 47. Nf1 Kd3 $19) (43. Nc3 Nxf2+ 44.
Kh2 Ke5 {und weiter wie in a).}) 43... h5 44. Nc3 ({Nach} 44. Nb6 Nd2 45. Na4
h4 {hat Schwarz einen hübschen Gewinn mit} 46. Nc3 g3 47. fxg3 hxg3 48. Ne2
Nf3+ 49. Kf1 g2+ 50. Kf2 g1=Q+ $3 51. Nxg1 h2 $3 $19) ({oder} 44. f3 gxf3 45.
Nc3 Nxc3 $1 46. bxc3 Kc5 47. a4 Kc4 $19 {Das wandernde Quadrat der schwarzen
Bauern hat bereits den Brettrand erreicht.}) (44. b4 h4 $19) 44... Nxc3 45.
bxc3 {Dieses Bauernendspiel ist für Schwarz gewonnen. Er kann die weißen
Bauern so weit hinten stoppen, dass sein König nach kurzer Vorbereitung die
eigenen Bauern umwandeln und matt setzen kann.} h4 46. a4 Kc5 47. Kh2 Kc4 48.
Kg1 g3 49. fxg3 ({Auch} 49. f4 Kd3 $1 50. f5 Ke3 51. f6 h2+ 52. Kg2 h1=Q+ 53.
Kxh1 Kf2 $19 {geht zugunsten von Schwarz aus}) 49... hxg3 50. Kf1 Kd3 $1 $19
51. a5 Ke3 52. a6 g2+ 53. Kg1 Kf3 54. a7 (54. Kh2 Kf2) 54... Kg3 55. a8=Q h2#)
({In dieser Variante reicht} 41... Ne5 $6 {nicht aus, weil der weiße Springer
über a4 und c3 wieder ins Spiel kommt. (Nach aktuellen Analysen 5.1.2014
reicht 41...Se5 auch zum Gewinn; hb).} 42. Na4 $1 Nd3 43. Kg1 Ke5 ({Einen
Versuch wert ist} 43... h5 44. Nc3 h4 ({Unzureichend ist} 44... Nxb2 45. a4 Nc4
{Weiß macht sich nun an die Vernichtung der schwarzen Bauern:} 46. f3 $3 Ke5 (
46... g3 47. Ne4+ $11) (46... gxf3 47. Kh2 Ke5 48. Nd1 Kd4 49. Kxh3 Ne3 50. Nf2
Ng4 51. Kg3 Nxf2 52. Kxf2 $11) 47. fxg4 hxg4 48. Kf2 Kf4 49. Ne2+ Kg5 50. Kg3
Ne3 51. a5 $11) 45. a4 Kc5 (45... Nxb2 46. Kh2 Nd3 47. Nd1 $1 Ke5 48. a5 Nb4
49. Ne3 Kf4 50. Nxg4 $1 $11 {ist eine wichtige Remisvariante, die in der
Partie auftreten konnte}) 46. Ne4+ Kd4 47. a5 $1 $11) 44. Nc3 Nxb2 (44... Kf4
$5 {Houdini 5.1.2014 hb} 45. Ne2+ Kf3 46. Nd4+ Ke4 47. Nc2 Nxb2 $19) 45. a4 Nc4
46. Ne2 h5 47. f3 $3 gxf3 48. Ng3 Ne3 49. a5 h4 50. Nh1 Kd5 51. Kf2 $11) 42.
Nc4+ $1 ({Holt den Springer zur Verteidigung des Königs heran und macht dem
b-Bauer den Weg frei. Der (in de Analyse der Hängepartie vorbereitete) Zug
ist logisch, weil die Hauptschlacht am Königsflügel geführt wird: Weiß
muss dort die schwarzen Bauern vernichten. Eine Alternative bestand darin,
unverzüglich Gegendrohungen am Damenflügel durch} 42. a4 $5 {zu schaffen [3].
Der Grund dafür ist darin zu sehen, dass Schwarz mit dem geradlinigen 42...
h4? nur Remis erreichen kann, was Ragosin zuerst aufgedeckt hat.} Nd2 $1 {
Der direkte Angriff am Königsflügel führt also nicht zum Ziel. Doch schon
im Jahre 1948 zeigte Bronstein [4], dass Schwarz sein Spiel entscheidend
verbessern kann, wenn er zuerst den weißen Springer daran hindert, über c4
zum Königsflügel zu gelangen. Bronsteins Analysen wurden später von
mehreren Autoren ergänzt.} (42... h4 $2 43. Nc4+ Kc5 ({Interessant, aber
wahrscheinlich nicht ausreichend für einen Gewinn ist} 43... Ke6 44. Ne3 g3
45. fxg3 hxg3 46. a5 (46. Ng2 $2 Ke5 $1 $19) 46... Ne1 (46... Nd4 $5 47. a6 Nb5
48. Kg1 Ke5 49. Nf1 Kf4 50. Nd2 Ke3 51. Nf1+ Kf3 {Auch hier scheint es trotz
großem Vorteil für Schwarz keinen Gewinn zu geben, z.B.} 52. Nd2+ Kf4 53. b4
Ke3 (53... g2 54. Kf2 $11) (53... h2+ 54. Kg2 $11) (53... Na7 54. Nf1 Kf3 55.
Nd2+ Kg4 56. Nf1 g2 57. Nd2 Kg3 58. Ne4+) 54. Nf1+ Kf4 55. Nd2 Kg4 (55... Nc3
56. a7 Ne2+ 57. Kf1 Ke3 58. Nc4+ $14) 56. Kf1 $1 (56. Nf1 $2 Nc3 $3 57. Nh2+
Kf4 58. a7 Ne2+ 59. Kf1 gxh2 60. a8=Q Ng3+ 61. Kf2 Ne4+ 62. Ke2 h1=Q $19 {
bringt Weiß in Verlustgefahr} 63. Qb8+ Kg4 64. Qg8+ Kf5 65. Qh7+ Ke5 66. Qe7+
Kd4 67. Qd7+ Kc4) 56... Kf5 57. Kg1 Kf4 58. Kf1 Ke3 59. Nc4+ Kd3 60. Ne5+ Ke4
61. Nc4 $1 {Schwarz scheint nicht weiterzukommen.}) 47. a6 Nd3 {Droht Schach
auf f2, aber Weiß rettet sich nun mit} 48. Nf1 $3 $11 {Ragosin [7].} g2+ 49.
Kg1 Ne5 (49... Nc1 $4 50. Ng3 Ke5 51. a7 Kf4 52. a8=Q Kxg3 53. Qa3+ Kg4 54. Qe3
$18) 50. Nd2 Nc6 $11) 44. Ne3 g3 45. fxg3 hxg3 {Nun sieht es fast nach
Zugzwang aus, aber Weiß hat sogar zwei Wege, um sich zu retten.} 46. Ng2 $3
$11 (46. a5 $2 Ne1 $1 47. b4+ Kb5 48. Kg1 h2+ 49. Kh1 Nd3 $1 $19) (46. b4+ $1
Kxb4 47. Nd5+ Kxa4 48. Nf4)) ({42... Sd2 ist ein brilliante Analyse von
Bronstein, der seine Ergebnisse 1948 als Studie veröffentlichte [4]. Leider
habe ich herausgefunden, dass die Studie eine Nebenlösung hat. Die Grundidee
von Schwarz bestand darin, den weißen Springer vom Spiel auszuschalten.
Dieses Ziel lässt sich auch mit} 42... Ne5 $1 {erreichen. Ein Unterschied
ergibt sich nach} 43. b3 {, weil das Feld e5 für den Einmarsch des Königs
blockiert ist. Deshalb gewinnt Schwarz nach einer anderen Methode, wobei er
davon profitiert, dass jetzt d7 kontrolliert wird.} ({Ganz schlecht wäre dann
} 43. f4 Nf3 44. Nc4+ Kd5 45. Ne3+ Ke4 46. Ng2 hxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Kxf4 $19) (43. a5
{Schwarz gewinnt mit 43...h4 wie in Bronsteins Hauptvariante.}) 43... Kc5 $1 (
43... h4 $2 44. Nc4+ Nxc4 45. bxc4 Kc5 46. a5 g3 47. fxg3 (47. f4 Kd4 $19)
47... hxg3 48. Kg1 $11 {Die weißen Bauern snd zu weit vor.}) 44. a5 ({
Hoffnungslos ist} 44. Nc8 h4 45. Ne7 g3 46. fxg3 hxg3 47. b4+ Kc4 $19) 44... h4
45. Nc4 $1 (45. Na4+ Kd4 46. a6 Nf3 $19) 45... Nd3 $1 {Der Springer schafft es
jetzt alleine mit den Bauern, z.B.} 46. Kg1 ({oder} 46. Ne3 Nxf2+ 47. Kg1 g3
48. Nf1 Ng4 $1 49. b4+ Kb5 $19) ({bzw.} 46. Nd2 Nxf2+ 47. Kg1 g3 48. Nf3 Ng4
$19) 46... g3 47. fxg3 hxg3 48. Ne3 h2+ 49. Kg2 Nf2) 43. a5 ({Zu prüfen ist} 
43. b3 {Weiß kämpft um das lebenswichtige Feld c4. Aber der schwarze König
hat nun freie Bahn für den Angriff auf den f-Bauer, die letzte Bremse gegen
das Vorrücken der schwarzen Bauern.} Ke5 $1 (43... h4 $2 44. Nc4+ Nxc4 45.
bxc4 Kc5 46. a5 g3 47. fxg3 hxg3 48. Kg1 $11) 44. Nc4+ ({Zu langsam ist} 44. a5
Kf4 45. Nd5+ (45. a6 Ne4 46. a7 Nxf2+ 47. Kg1 Kg3 48. a8=Q h2+ 49. Kf1 h1=Q+
50. Qxh1 Nxh1 $19) 45... Kf3 46. Nf6 Kxf2 47. Nxh5 g3 48. Nxg3 Kxg3 49. a6 Ne4
50. a7 Nf2+ 51. Kg1 h2+ 52. Kf1 h1=Q+ 53. Ke2 Qd1+ 54. Ke3 Qd3#) 44... Nxc4 45.
bxc4 Kf4 46. a5 Kf3 47. a6 Kxf2 48. a7 g3 49. a8=Q g2+ $19 {Beide bekommen
eine Dame, aber Schwarz setzt matt.}) 43... h4 44. a6 g3 45. fxg3 ({Auf} 45. a7
{antwortet Schwarz am besten} gxf2 $1 {Botvinnik 1985.} ({Das naheliegende} 
45... g2+ $6 {macht es unnötig kompliziert.} 46. Kh2 Nf3+ 47. Kxh3 g1=Q 48.
a8=Q Qh1+ $1 {Timman} (48... Qh2+ $2 49. Kg4 Ne5+ {Gewinnt laut Botvinnik,
aber ...} 50. Kh5 $1 {macht nach Timman Remis.}) 49. Kg4 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 $1 {
In meinen Anmerkungen in der Quelle [11] hatte ich mir um 1970 bereits
folgende Gewinnvariante notiert:} Qxa8 $3 ({Hier sorgt die Datenbank [5] für
einige Verwirrung:} 50... Qc1+ $6 51. Kf5 ({zu einem hübschen Mattangriff
führt} 51. Ke4 $2 Qe1+ 52. Kd4 Qd2+ 53. Ke4 Qe2+ 54. Kf4 Qxf2+ 55. Kg5 Qg3+
56. Kh5 Qg4+ 57. Kh6 Qg6#) 51... Qc2+ 52. Kg5 $1 {Keene.} ({ein grober Fehler
wäre} 52. Qe4 $2 Qxe4+ 53. Kxe4 h3 54. Nc4+ Kc7 $1 $19 {Timman.}) 52... Qg6+
53. Kf4 Qf7+ (53... Qf6+ 54. Ke3 Ng4+ 55. Kd3 Qf5+ 56. Kc3 Qe5+ 57. Kc2 $1 $11)
54. Kg5 $11 {[5]}) 51. Nxa8 Kc6 $1 52. f3 Kb7 53. Ke3 Ng6 $1 (53... h3 54. Kf2
Nd3+ $1 (54... h2 $4 55. Kg2 Nxf3 56. b4 $11) 55. Kg3 Nf4 $19) 54. f4 h3 $19)
46. a8=Q f1=Q+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ (47... Nf3+ {Botvinnik} 48. Qxf3 Qxf3 $19) 48. Kh1
Qe1+ $1 49. Kh2 Nf1+ 50. Kg1 Ne3+ 51. Kh2 Ng4+ 52. Kxh3 Qg3#) 45... hxg3 46. a7
g2+ ({Zu langsam ist} 46... Nf3 $4 47. Nc4+ Kc7 48. Ne3 Kb7 49. Ng2 $1 $11) 47.
Kh2 ({Nicht besser ist} 47. Kg1 Nf3+ 48. Kf2 g1=Q+ 49. Ke2 Qe1+ $1 50. Kd3 Ne5+
51. Kc2 Qe4+ 52. Kb3 Qd3+ $19) 47... Nf3+ 48. Kxh3 (48. Kg3 g1=Q+ 49. Kf4 Qg5+
$1 $19) 48... g1=Q 49. a8=Q (49. Nc4+ Ke6 50. a8=Q Qh2+ 51. Kg4 Qh4+ 52. Kxf3
Qh1+ $19) 49... Qh2+ 50. Kg4 Ne5+ {Weiß hat das Maximale erreicht, dennoch
sind seine verstreuten Figuren machtlos gegen den Schlussangriff der schwarzen
Figuren, die perfekt koordiniert sind (Dame und zentraler, gedeckter Springer).
} 51. Kf5 Qf2+ 52. Kg5 Qg3+ 53. Kf5 Qg4+ 54. Kf6 Qg6#) ({Hätte Weiß auch mit
42.b4!? (an Stelle von 42.Sc4+) beginnen können?} 42. b4 {Die Antwort lautet:
Nein, denn dann gewinnt Weiß mit der Methode von Bronstein:} Nd2 $1 (42... h4
43. Nc4+ Kc6 44. Ne3 g3 45. fxg3 hxg3 46. Ng2 $11) (42... Ne5 $5 {Der
Unterschied zwischen 42... Sd2 und 42... Se5 besteht darin, dass Schwarz im
ersten Fall den Konkurrenten von c3 fernhalten kann, was ihm im zweiten Fall
nicht gelingt (a4 ist hier noch nicht blockiert!).} 43. Na4 $1 ({Zu langsam
wären} 43. Kg1 h4 $1 $19) (43. a4 $2 h4) 43... Nd3 ({Übereilt wäre} 43... h4
$6 44. Nc3 Nd3 45. Kg1 Nxb4 46. a4 Nc6 47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. Ng5 Kf4 49. Nxh3+ gxh3
50. Kh2 Kg4 51. f3+ Kg5 52. Kxh3 $11) 44. Kg1 (44. Kh2 Nxf2 45. Nc3 h4 46. Ne2
Kd5 {'-+'} 47. a4 Ke4 $19) (44. Nc3 Nxf2+ 45. Kh2 h4 46. Ne2 Kd5 $19) 44...
Nxb4 $1 ({von mir wurde nur die schwächere Variante} 44... h4 $6 45. Nc3 Nxb4
46. a4 Nd3 47. a5 Ne1 48. Ne4+ Kc6 49. Ng5 Kb5 50. Nxh3 Nf3+ 51. Kg2 Kxa5 52.
Nf4 $11 {betrachtet}) 45. Nc3 Ke5 $1 {Schwarz tut gut daran, seinen h-Bauern
noch zurück zu halten, damit der g-Bauer nicht anfällig wird.} ({
Wahrscheinlich führt} 45... h4 $6 {nach} 46. Kh2 {nur zum Remis:} ({nicht} 46.
a4 $6 Nc6 47. Kh2 Nd4) 46... Nd3 (46... Nd5 $5 47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. Ng5 ({nicht} 
48. f3 Nf4 49. fxg4 Kxe4 50. a4 Kd5 $19) 48... Nf4 (48... Kf5 49. Nxh3 gxh3 50.
Kxh3 Kg5 51. a4 Nf4+ 52. Kh2 Kg4 53. a5 Ne6 54. a6 Nc7 55. a7 Na8 56. f3+ Kxf3
57. Kh3) (48... Kf4 49. Nxh3+ Kf3 (49... gxh3 50. a4 Kg4 51. a5 Nc7 52. f3+ $11
) 50. a4 Nb4 51. a5 $11) 49. a4 Nd3 (49... Kf5 50. Nf7 $11) (49... Kd5 50. Nf7
$11) 50. Nxh3 (50. a5 $2 Nxf2 51. Nxh3 g3+ $1 52. Kg2 Nxh3 $19) 50... Kd5 (
50... gxh3 51. Kxh3 $11) 51. f3 $3 gxf3 (51... g3+ 52. Kg1 $1 Kc5 53. f4 Kb4
54. f5 Kxa4 55. f6 Ne5 56. Nf4 $11) 52. Ng5 f2 53. Kg2 Kc6 54. Nh3 $11) 47. Nd1
{Droht, mit 48. Se3 alle Bauern zu vernichten.} Ke5 48. Ne3 Kf4 49. a4 Nxf2 (
49... Kf3 50. a5 Nc5 51. Nxg4 Kxg4 52. f3+ $11) (49... g3+ 50. fxg3+ hxg3+ 51.
Kxh3 Kf3 52. a5 Nf4+ 53. Kh4 $11) 50. Nxg4 Nxg4+ (50... Kxg4 $4 51. a5 Nd3 52.
a6 Ne5 53. a7 Nf3+ 54. Kh1 $18) 51. Kxh3 Kg5 52. a5 Ne5 53. a6 Nc6 54. Kg2 $11)
46. a4 Nc6 {Raj Tischbierek regte in "Schach" 8/08, S. 62 eine Prüfung an, ob
Schwarz diese Stellung gewinnen kann. Gegenüber einer ähnlichen
Remisvariante, die von mir entdeckt wurde, steht der a-Bauer nicht auf a6
sondern noch auf a4. Das erhöht die weißen Chancen beträchtlich, weil der
schwarze Springer in einigen Varianten entscheidend eingreifen kann. Mit dem
Bauer auf a6 wäre das fast ausgeschlossen. Vorab zwei Bemerkungen: (1)
Offenbar steht der Springer auf c6 optimal, weil er sowohl über e5 als auch
über d4 das wichtige Feld f3 erreichen kann; (2) Weiß verteidigt sich
anscheinend am besten, wenn er wie in der Partie den Springer nach e3
überführt.} 47. Nd1 {Wenn Weiß eine Chance hat, dann wohl nur so, aber auch
jetzt gewinnt Weiß haarscharf.} (47. Ne2 Nd4 $1 {Mit dem a-Bauern auf a6
könnte Schwarz sich diese "Frechheit" nicht erlauben, aber nun steht sein
König im Quadrat!} (47... h4 48. Kh2 Nd4 $1 49. Ng1 Ke4 50. Nxh3 (50. a5 Kd5 (
50... Nf3+ 51. Nxf3 Kxf3 52. a6 Kxf2 (52... g3+ 53. fxg3 hxg3+ 54. Kxh3 g2 55.
a7 g1=Q 56. a8=Q+ $11) 53. a7 g3+ 54. Kxh3 g2 55. a8=Q g1=Q 56. Kxh4 $11) 51.
a6 Kc6 $19) 50... gxh3 (50... Nf3+ $2 51. Kg2 gxh3+ 52. Kxh3 $11) 51. Kxh3 Nf5
$19) 48. Ng3 (48. Nxd4 $2 Kxd4 49. Kh2 h4 ({es geht auch} 49... Kc4 50. a5 (50.
f4 gxf3 51. Kxh3 Kd3 $1) 50... Kb5 51. f4 gxf3 52. Kxh3 h4 $1 $19) 50. f4 gxf3
$19) 48... h4 49. Nh5 (49. Nf1 Kf4 $19 50. Ne3 (50. Nd2 Nf3+) (50. Nh2 Nf3+)
50... g3 $1 $19) 49... Nf3+ $19 50. Kh1 Kf5 51. a5 Kg5 52. Ng3 hxg3 53. fxg3
Ne5 54. a6 Nc6 $19) (47. Kh2 Nd4 48. a5 h4 49. Nd1 (49. a6 $2 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 g3
51. fxg3 hxg3 {'-+'} 52. a7 g2#) 49... Nf3+ 50. Kh1 g3 51. fxg3 hxg3 52. Ne3
Kf4 53. Ng2+ hxg2+ 54. Kxg2 Nh4+) (47. f3 g3 48. Ne4 Kf4 49. Nxg3 Kxg3 $19) (
47. Nb1 $5 Kf4 (47... Ke4 48. Nd2+ Kd3 49. Nf1 h4 50. Ne3 Ne5 (50... g3 51.
fxg3 hxg3 52. Nf5 g2 53. Nh4 $11) 51. Nxg4 Nxg4 52. f3 Ne5 53. Kh2 $11) (47...
h4 48. Kh2 (48. Nd2 g3 49. Nf3+ Kf4 50. Ne1 (50. Nxh4 h2+ $19) 50... Ne5 $19 (
50... h2+ 51. Kh1 Ne5 $1 (51... gxf2 $2 52. Nd3+ Ke3 53. Nxf2 Kxf2 54. Kxh2 $11
))) 48... Kf4 (48... Nd4 49. Nd2) 49. Nc3 Nd4 50. a5 Ke5 51. Nd1 (51. a6 $2
Nf3+ 52. Kh1 g3 53. fxg3 hxg3 $19) 51... Nf3+ 52. Kh1 g3 53. Ne3 Ne1 $1 54.
fxg3 hxg3 $19 55. a6 Nd3 56. Nf1 g2+ 57. Kg1 Nc1 58. Ng3 Kf4 $19) 48. Nd2 h4
49. Nc4 Nd4 $19) 47... h4 $1 (47... Kf4 48. Ne3 Kf3 (48... Ke4 $5 49. Nf1 Kf3 (
49... Kf4 50. Ne3 Kf3 51. Nf1 h4 52. Nh2+ Kf4 53. Nxg4 $11) 50. Nd2+ Ke2 51.
Ne4 h4 52. Kh2 Nd4 53. a5 Kf3 54. a6 Nc6 55. Nf6 g3+ 56. fxg3 hxg3+ 57. Kxh3 g2
58. Kh2 $11) (48... Na5 49. Nc2 $1 (49. Nf1 $2 h4 50. Kh2 Nc4 $1 $19) 49... h4
50. Kh2 Nc4 (50... Kf3 51. Ne3 $1) 51. Ne1 $1 Nd2 (51... Ke4 52. f3+ $1 gxf3
53. Nxf3 Kxf3 54. Kxh3 $11) 52. a5 Nf1+ 53. Kg1 h2+ 54. Kh1 $11) 49. Nf1 $5 (
49. Nf5 $2 {funktioniert hier nicht, weil der a-Bauer zu weit vom
Umwandlungsfeld entfernt ist.} h2+ 50. Kxh2 Kxf2 51. Ng3 (51. Nh4 g3+ $1 (51...
Nd4 52. a5 g3+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kh1 Nf3 54. Ng2 h4 55. Nf4 Kf1 56. Ng2 h3 57. Ne3+
Ke2 58. Ng2 Kf2 59. Ne3 g2+ 60. Nxg2 hxg2#) 53... Ne6 $19) (51... Ne5 $1 $19
52. a5 g3+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kh1 Ng4 $1 54. Ng2 h4 55. a6 h3 56. Ne3 g2+ 57. Nxg2
hxg2#) 53... Nf7 $1 $19) 52. Kh3 Nd4 $1 $19) 51... h4 52. Ne4+ Ke3 (52... Kf3
53. Ng5+ Ke3 54. Kg2) 53. Ng5 {Hier hat Schwarz Gewinnchancen, obwohl ich mir
keneswegs sicher bin.} (53. Nf6 Kf4 $19)) 49... Na5 (49... Nd4 $2 50. a5 Ne2+
51. Kh2 Kxf2 52. a6 Kxf1 53. a7 g3+ 54. Kxh3 g2 55. a8=Q g1=Q 56. Qa1+ Kf2 57.
Qa7+ $1 $11) (49... h4 $2 50. Nh2+ Kf4 51. Nxg4 $11 Kxg4 52. Kh2 Nd4 53. a5 $11
Nf3+ 54. Kh1 Nd4 55. Kh2 $11) (49... Ne5 50. a5 Ke2 51. a6 Nf3+ 52. Kh1 Kxf1
53. a7 Kxf2 54. a8=Q $11) 50. Nd2+ Ke2 (50... Kf4 51. Kh2 $1) 51. Ne4 $1 {
Deckt f2.} Kf3 (51... Nc6 52. Ng3+ Ke1 53. Nxh5 Nd4 54. Nf6 Nf3+ 55. Kh1 $11) (
51... h4 52. Kh2 $1 Kf3 53. Nf6 $1 g3+ 54. fxg3 hxg3+ 55. Kxh3 g2 56. Kh2 $11)
52. Nd2+ ({jetzt bloß nicht} 52. Ng5+ Kf4 53. Nxh3+ gxh3 54. Kh2 Kg4 55. f3+
Kh4 $1 $19) 52... Kf4 53. Kh2 $1 h4 (53... Nc6 54. Nf1 Kf3 55. Kg1 $1) 54. f3
$1 g3+ 55. Kxh3 Ke3 (55... Nc6 56. Ne4 Ne5 (56... Kxf3 57. Ng5+ Ke2 58. Kxh4 g2
59. Nh3 $11) 57. a5 Kxf3 58. Ng5+ Ke3 59. Kxh4 g2 60. Nh3 $11) 56. Ne4 Kxf3 57.
Ng5+ Kf4 58. Kxh4 (58. Ne6+ $2 Ke3 59. Kg2 Nc6 60. Ng7 Kf4 61. Nh5+ Kg4 62.
Nf6+ Kg5 63. Ne4+ Kf4 64. Nf6 Nb4 65. a5 Nd3 66. Nh5+ Kg4 67. Nf6+ Kf5 68. Nd5
Ne1+ 69. Kh3 Ke4 70. Nc3+ Ke3 71. Nd1+ Kd4 72. a6 g2 73. Kh2 h3 $19) 58... g2
59. Nh3+ Kf3 60. Ng1+ Kf2 61. Nh3+ Kf1 62. Kg3 $11) 48. Kh2 (48. Ne3 g3 49.
fxg3 hxg3 50. Nf1 Kf4 $19) 48... Nd4 $1 49. a5 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 g3 51. Ne3 Ne1 $1
52. fxg3 hxg3 $19 53. a6 Nd3 54. Nf1 $5 {Diese Verteidigungsidee stammt (in
einer ähnlichen Stellung) von Ragosin, aber in seiner Variante stand der
schwarze König auf e6 und Weiß konnte sich halten. Hier fehlt genau ein
Tempo.} g2+ 55. Kg1 Nc1 $1 56. Ng3 Kf4 $19 57. Kh2 g1=Q+ 58. Kxg1 Kxg3 59. a7
h2+ 60. Kh1 Nd3 61. a8=Q Nf2#) 43. Na4 Ne4 $1 44. Kg1 h4 $19 45. Nb2 g3 46.
fxg3 hxg3 47. Nd3 h2+ 48. Kg2 Nf2 $1 $19) 42... Kd5 43. Ne3+ ({Nur Zeitverlust
bedeutet} 43. b3 $2 Ke4 44. Ne3 Kd3 $1 45. Nd5 Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kxf2 47. Nxh5 g3
48. Nxg3 Kxg3 $19 {Der Springer steht auf e3 optimal, weil er h4 verhindert.})
43... Ke4 {Wir haben die kritische Stellung erreicht. Wegen des drohenden
Einbruchs des schwarzen Königs über d3 muss Weiß seine Freibauern einsetzen,
um wenigstens den schwarzen Springer vom König abzulenken. Tartakower wählte
den naheliegendsten, aber falschen Weg: Er startete mit dem am weitesten
entfernten Bauer.} 44. a4 $2 {Weiß hat sich in der Partie leider für den
Vorstoß des a-Bauern entschieden. Dies stellt sich als zu langsam heraus.} ({
Warum dies falsch ist, sehen wir am schnellsten, wenn wir den Vormarsch des
b-Bauern prüfen:} 44. b4 $5 {Weiß opfert, wie wir noch sehen werden, den
b-Bauer, um durch den damit verbundenen Zeitgewinn den a-Bauer so weit
vorstoßen zu können, dass der schwarze Springer gebunden wird und wegen der
weiten Entfernung zum Königsflügel dort nicht mehr eingreifen kann. Der
nächste Zug ist die einzige Chance für Schwarz, wie schon Botvinnik in
seinen Anmerkungen nachgewiesen hat.} Nd4 $1 {Dieser von Botwinnik angegebene
Springerzug ist am besten. Schwarz will den Vormarsch des b-Bauern verhindern
und danach mit seinem Angriffsplan fortfahren.} ({Nicht zum Ziel führt} 44...
Kd3 $2 45. b5 Ke2 46. b6 Kxf2 47. Nf5 h4 48. Nxh4 Nxh4 (48... g3 49. Nxf3 Kxf3
50. b7 Kf2 51. b8=Q g2+ 52. Kh2 g1=Q+ 53. Kxh3 $11 {Mit dem a-Bauer
funktioniert diese Rettung nicht, weil g3 am Ende ungedeckt ist.}) 49. b7 g3
50. b8=Q g2+ 51. Kh2 g1=Q+ 52. Kxh3 $11 {Botvinnik}) 45. b5 $1 ({Schwarz
lässt sich nicht beirren. Andere Züge verlieren nachweislich.} 45. Kg1 Kf3
46. a4 Ne2+ 47. Kh2 Kxf2 48. Nf5 h4 49. Nxh4 Ng3 $3 50. Nf5 Nf1+ 51. Kh1 g3 52.
Nxg3 Kxg3 $19) 45... Nxb5 ({Ein interessanter Versuch ist} 45... Kf3 $5 46. b6
Kxf2 47. b7 Nc6 {Ich konnte jedoch keinen Gewinn für Schwarz finden:} (47...
g3 48. Nd1+ Ke1 49. b8=Q g2+ 50. Kh2 Nf3+ 51. Kxh3 g1=Q 52. Qb4+) 48. Nd1+ $1
Ke1 (48... Kf3 49. Kh2 h4 50. a4) 49. Nc3 g3 50. Ne4 h4 (50... g2+ 51. Kh2 $1 (
51. Kg1 $4 Nd4 $1 $19) 51... Kf1 {'='} 52. Ng3+ Kf2 53. Ne4+ Kf1 $11) 51. a4
Kf1 52. Nd2+ Ke2 53. Ne4 Ke3 54. Nc5 Nb8 (54... h2 55. a5 $11) 55. a5 Kf3 56.
a6 $11) 46. a4 $1 {Bastian 1.7.08 Weiß nutzt den Zeitgewinn, um den a-Bauer
vorzustoßen und den schwarzen Springer dadurch zu binden. Wegen der weiten
Entfernung kann dieser dann nicht mehr effektiv am Königsflügel eingreifen.}
({Das ist meine entscheidende Verstärkung der weißen Verteidigung: Weiß
bringt den a-Bauer bis nach a5, und das ist zu weit für Weiß! Bekannt war
bisher nur das unsinnige} 46. Nc4 {? Bastian} Nc3 (46... Nd4 $1 47. Nd6+ Kf3
48. a4 h4 49. Kg1 g3 50. Nc4 Ne2+ 51. Kh1 g2+ 52. Kh2 g1=Q+ 53. Kxh3 Qh1#) 47.
a3 Kf3 48. Kg1 h2+ 49. Kxh2 Kxf2 50. Ne5 g3+ 51. Kh3 g2 $19 {[9] .}) 46... Nc7
{Alternativen:} (46... Nc3 47. a5 Kf3 48. a6 Nb5 (48... Kxf2 49. a7 Kxe3 50.
a8=Q) 49. Kg1 Na7 ({nach} 49... h4 $2 {kommt eine wichtige Pointe der
Verteidigung zum Vorschein: Weiß vernichtet alle Bauern:} 50. Nxg4 $1 Kxg4 51.
Kh2 Na7 52. f3+ Kg5 53. Kxh3 $11) (49... h2+ 50. Kxh2 Kxf2 51. Ng2 $11 {
reicht nicht zum Sieg}) (49... g3 50. fxg3 Kxe3 51. Kh2 $11) 50. Nf1 $1 Kf4 (
50... h4 51. Nh2+ Kf4 52. Nxg4 $11) 51. Nd2 $11) (46... Nd4 47. a5 Kf3 (47...
Nb5 48. a6 Kf3 49. Kg1) 48. a6 Nc6 $1 (48... Nb5 49. Kg1 $11 h2+ 50. Kxh2 Kxf2
51. Nf5) 49. Kg1 h2+ 50. Kxh2 Kxf2 51. Nf5 Ne5 $2 52. a7 $18) 47. a5 Kf3 48.
Kg1 h2+ (48... h4 49. Nxg4 Kxg4 50. Kh2 Na6 51. f3+ Kh5 52. Kxh3 Kg5 53. f4+
Kh5 54. f5 $11) 49. Kxh2 Kxf2 50. Ng2 Kf3 51. Nh4+ Kf4 52. Ng2+ Kg5 53. Kg3 Na6
54. Nh4 Nc5 55. Ng2 Ne4+ 56. Kh2 $11) 44... Kd3 $1 45. Nd5 (45. a5 Ke2 46. a6
Kxf2 47. Nf5 $1 (47. Nd1+ Ke1 48. a7 g3 49. a8=Q g2#) (47. a7 g3 48. Nd1+ Ke2
49. Nc3+ Kf1 50. a8=Q g2#) 47... h4 $1 48. Nxh4 Nxh4 49. a7 g3 50. a8=Q g2+ 51.
Qxg2+ hxg2+ 52. Kh2 g1=Q+ 53. Kh3 Qg3# {Diese Gewinnvariante wäre nicht
möglich, wenn Weiß den b-Bauern umgewandelt hätte, weil die Dame von b8 aus
das Feld g3 deckt. Botwinnik gelingt jetzt ein eleganter Schlussangriff.})
45... Ke2 46. Nf4+ Kxf2 47. Nxh3+ ({Das Schlagen auf h5 ist ein Tempo zu
langsam:} 47. Nxh5 g3 48. Nxg3 Kxg3 49. a5 h2 50. a6 Ne5 51. a7 Nd3 52. a8=Q
Nf2#) 47... Kf1 $1 ({Sehr hübsch, obwohl nicht notwendig:} 47... gxh3 $1 48.
a5 Kg3 49. a6 Ne5 50. a7 Nd3 51. a8=Q Nf2+ 52. Kg1 h2+ 53. Kf1 h1=Q+ 54. Qxh1
Nxh1 55. b4 Nf2 56. b5 Ne4 57. b6 Nc5 58. Kg1 h4 59. Kf1 h3 60. Kg1 h2+ 61. Kh1
Ne4 62. b7 Nf2# {Botwinnik in [3].}) 48. Nf4 g3 49. Ng2 Kf2 $1 50. a5 (50. Ne3
Kxe3 51. Kg2 h4 52. a5 Ne1+ {'-+'} 53. Kg1 h3 54. a6 Nf3+ 55. Kf1 g2# {
Khalifman.}) 50... h4 51. Nf4 Kf1 $1 52. Ng2 (52. a6 h3 53. a7 g2+ 54. Nxg2
hxg2#) 52... h3 53. Ne3+ Kf2 54. Ng4+ Ke2 {Zusammenfassung  (a) In der
Ausgangstellung leidet Weiß an zwei Problemen: erstens ist sein König
eingeklemmt und von Mattbildern bedroht; zweitens ist sein Springer außer
Spiel. Dennoch hat er noch Hoffnung auf eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung, weil
die wenigen schwarzen Bauern sich auf demselben Flügel befinden und die
eigenen Freibauern die Chance bieten, den schwarzen Springer zu binden.  (b)
Botwinnik setzte in der Partie auf den Mattangriff und war erfolgreich, weil
Weiß mit dem falschen Bauer vormarschierte. Der b-Bauer hätte nach
Umwandlung von b8 aus das Mattfeld g3 kontrolliert, was dem a-Bauer nicht
möglich war. Deshalb hätte der b-Bauer zuerst vorgehen müssen. Schwarz kann
den b-Bauer zwar stoppen, aber dann wird dieser von Weiß geopfert, um das
entscheidende Tempo für den Vormarsch des a-Bauern mit Bindung des schwarzen
Springers zu gewinnen. Von e3 aus kann der weiße Springer verhindern, dass
der hintere h-Bauer nach h4 gelangt, weil er sich nach Bindung des schwarzen
Springers auf g4 opfern kann.  (c) Bronstein hat erkannt, dass die
Abseitsstellung des weißen Springers das Hauptproblem war. Daraus ergibt sich,
dass 41...h5? schon ein Fehler war, der Tartakower eine Rettungschance gab.
Botwinnik hätte mit 41...Sd2!! zunächst den weißen Springer vom Spiel
ausschalten müssen. Diese Rettungschance wurde zwar von Tartakower erkannt,
aber falsch berechnet. Tartakower war somit in der Ausgangsstellung zunächst
verloren, hätte sich aber bei richtigem Spiel nach Botwinniks
Fehleinschätzung retten können.  Werfen wir zuletzt noch einen Blick auf die
von mir geprüften Quellen. Nirgendwo wird Botwinniks Abgabezug 41...h5? in
Frage gestellt. Sämtliche Autoren sehen den primären Vorteil von Schwarz in
den Mattdrohungen [8] und nicht in der Abseitsstellung des weißen Springers.
Botwinnik ([2], [3]) betrachtet 44.b4! und die Notwendigkeit von 44...Sd4!,
erkennt aber nicht, dass Weiß sich mit dem Opfer des b-Bauern retten kann.
Bei Soloviov [9] wird das Opfer betrachtet, aber nach 45.b5! Sxb5 unsinnig mit
46.Sc4? fortgesetzt, wonach Weiß verliert. Daraus ergibt sich, dass der Autor
die Idee des Opfers nicht erkannt hat. Awerbach [1] weist ohne weitere
Varianten auf 44.b4! Sd4! hin und gibt Schwarz Gewinnchancen. In der
zweibändigen Ausgabe gibt er übrigens nur die Stellung nach 44.a4? an, womit
er die prinzipielle Diskussion vermeidet. Van Perlo [10] zitiert nur einen
kleinen Ausschnitt der bekannten Varianten. Diese werden in der Enzyklopädie
der Schachendspiele [6] relativ gut zusammengefasst, wobei natürlich die
bekannten Fehleinschätzungen übernommen wurden. Am umfangreichsten sind die
Analysen bei ChessBase [5], die nun hoffentlich um meine neuen Erkenntnisse
ergänzt werden. Der ältesten Quelle [7] verdanke ich den Hinweis, dass
Ragosin als Erster erkannt hat, dass Weiß überhaupt noch Rettungschancen hat.
Quellen [1] Awerbach, J. (1987), Läufer- und Springerendspiele, S. 310,
Sportverlag Berlin. [2] Botwinnik, M.M., Analytitscheskije i kritischeskije
raboty, 1942 - 1956, Fiskultura i Sport, Moskau 1985, S.115 - 116. [3]
Botwinnik, M.M. (1985), Meine 25 interessantesten Endspiele, S.26ff, Walter de
Gruyter, Berlin. [4] Bronstein, D. (1948), Na pervenstvo mira,. [5] ChessBase
Datenbank, Analysen zur Partie. [6] Enzyklopädie der Schachendspiele (1993),
Band Leichtfigurenendspiele, S.. Chess Informant Ltd., Nr. 617. [7] Müller, H.
(1949), Botwinnik lehrt Schach!, S. 281f, Verlag Willy Verkauf, Wien. [8]
Richter, K. (1966), Schachmatt, 3. Auflage, S. 59, Walter de Gruyter & Co. [9]
Soloviov, S. (2000), Mikhael Botwinnik, Games I, 1924 - 148, S. 447 - 448,
Chess Stars,. [10] Van Perlo (2006), Endgame Tactics, New in Chess, Nr. 924, S.
387 [11] Wildhagen, Dr. E. (1959), Weltgeschichte des Schachs, Band 23
Botwinnik, Anmerkungen von Botwinnik zur Partie 23-228, Verlag Dr. E.
Wildhagen, Hamburg - Berlin.} 0-1

[Event "Cheliabinsk"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bashkov, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 {Kasparov/} 6. O-O c4 7.
Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. Bg5 (9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 Nc6 11. Nbd2 Bf5 12. c3 a6 13.
Ba3 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qd6 $10 {Nicevski,R-Ulibin,M /Cheliabinsk/1992; 9.Ne5!?/})
9... h6 (9... Nc6 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. b3 c5 13. bxc4 dxc4 14. Nd2 h6
15. Bf4 cxd4 16. Bxc4 $10 {Hamdouchi,H-Komarov,D /Cannes/1992/}) (9... Bg4 10.
h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 11. Nc3 (11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 $14 {Kasparov/}) 11... Nc6 12.
g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Re8 $1 14. Bg2 Qa5 15. f4 h6 $1 $14 {Makarichev,S-Ulibin,M /
SSSR (ch)/1991 1:0 (59) Inf 53/244/}) 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. c3 Ne8 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14.
Na3 Nc7 15. Nc2 Qd6 $10 {Kengis,E-Gurevich,M /Tilburg/1992 1:0 (45) Inf 56/284/
}) 10. Bh4 Bf5 $5 $146 (10... g5 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Bxb8 Rxb8 13. Bxc4 Nxf2 14.
Qe2 Be6 15. Qxf2 dxc4 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Ne5 $14 {Mueller,K-Kindermann,S /
Altensteig/1992 Inf 56/284/}) 11. Nc3 $5 (11. b3 cxb3 12. axb3 Nc6 13. c3 (13.
Nbd2 Nb4) 13... a6 (13... Re8 14. Bb5 $14) 14. Nbd2 Re8 15. Ne5 Rc8 $14) 11...
Nc6 12. Ne5 Re8 13. b3 $5 (13. Qd2 g5 $2 (13... Ne4 $6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 (14...
Nxd2 $2 15. Bxd8 Nxf1 16. Nxc6 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 bxc6 18. Bc7 Nd2 19. f3 $18) 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 $16) (13... Qa5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15.
Re5 Bh7 16. Rae1 $16) 14. Bxg5 hxg5 15. Qxg5+ Bg6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8
18. Re3 $18) 13... g5 (13... cxb3 14. axb3 $16) (13... Bb4 14. Nxc6 Rxe1 (14...
bxc6 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Na4 $16) 15. Nxd8 Rxd1 16. Nxd1 $16) (13... Qa5 14. Re3
g5 15. Bg3 $13) 14. Bg3 Qa5 (14... Bb4 $5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Na4
cxb3 18. axb3 $16) 15. Re3 $8 Nxd4 $5 (15... Bb4 $5 $13 16. Qf3) 16. Nxc4 $1 (
16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd2 d4 (17... Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Ng4 19. Qd4 $16) 18. Rf3 dxc3 19.
Qc1 Ba3 $13) 16... dxc4 17. Qxd4 Ng4 18. Rxe7 $1 $8 (18. Rf3 Bf6 19. Qd5 Qxd5
20. Nxd5 Bxa1 21. Rxf5 cxb3 22. axb3 Re1 $17) 18... Rxe7 19. bxc4 $1 (19. Bxc4
$2 Rd8 20. Nd5 Re4 21. Qb2 b5 $19) 19... Rd8 (19... Rae8 20. Nd5 Re4 21. Qb2
$16) 20. Nd5 Re4 21. Qb2 Rxd5 $8 22. cxd5 Qxd5 23. c4 $1 (23. f3 Qc5+ 24. Kh1
Rb4 $13) 23... Qc5 24. Rd1 $1 $18 Qe7 25. f3 (25. f3 Ne3 26. fxe4 Nxd1 27. Qd4
Bg4 28. h3 Bh5 29. Bd6 Qe6 30. e5 $18) 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch 38th"]
[Site "Zittau"]
[Date "1989.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kaminski, Uwe"]
[Black "Teske, Henrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1989.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c6 8.
O-O Nbd7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. h3
Rad8 15. Qf3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nh7 17. Re2 Nf8 18. Rae1 Ng6 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Nd1
Rxe2 21. Rxe2 b6 22. Ne3 Be7 23. c3 Bd6 24. Bxd6 Qxd6 25. g3 Re8 26. Nf5 Qd7
27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $10 28. Ne3 Qc8 29. Kg2 Ne7 30. Qe2 Qe6 31. Qa6 Qd7 32. Ng4 f6
33. Qe2 Kf7 34. Ne3 g6 35. Qg4 Qd6 36. Qe2 Qe6 37. Qf3 a5 38. Qf4 h5 39. h4 c5
40. Kh2 Qc6 41. c4 cxd4 42. Qxd4 dxc4 43. Nxc4 Nf5 44. Qf4 a4 45. b3 axb3 46.
axb3 b5 47. Ne3 Qc1 48. b4 $2 {48.Nf5 =} Nxe3 49. fxe3 Qc4 $2 (49... Qc2+ 50.
Kg1 Ke6 $17) 50. Qd6 $10 Qe2+ 51. Kh3 Qf1+ 52. Kh2 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 g5
55. hxg5 Qxg5 56. Qd7+ Kg6 57. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1984.01.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1984.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
O-O Nc6 $5 9. a3 (9. h3 $5) 9... Bg4 10. d5 $6 (10. Be3 Qd7 (10... Rb8 $5))
10... Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qd7 13. Re1 $6 (13. Be2 Bc5 (13... Rad8 14. Qb3
) 14. Qb3 Bb6) 13... Qf5 14. Be4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 (15. Rxe4 Bf6) 15... Bh4 $1 (
15... Rad8 16. Ng3) 16. Qd4 (16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nd3 18. Re2 Qxd5) 16... Rad8
17. Rd1 Rfe8 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. hxg3 (19. fxg3 Nc6 $1) 19... Ng4 20. Bf4 (20. f3
Rxd5) 20... Qh5 $2 (20... c5 $1 21. Qxc5 b6 22. Qd4 Re4 23. Qd2 (23. Qd3 Re1+
$19) 23... Qh5 $19) 21. f3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Nf6 (22... Rxd5 23. Re1 $1 Red8 24. Qg1
Qxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Nf6 26. Bxc7) 23. g4 $1 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Qh4+ 25. Bg3 Qg5 26. Bxc7
$1 Rxd5 27. Bf4 $1 Qh4+ (27... Qg6 28. Qc4 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 h5 $2 30. g5 $14) 28.
Bg3 Qh6 29. Qc3 Qg5 30. Rd4 $6 (30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Re1 $10) 30... Rxd4 31. Qxd4
h5 32. gxh5 $2 (32. Bf4 Qd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34. Bd2 hxg4 35. fxg4 $10) 32... Rc8
$1 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Qf4 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Qc5+ 35. Kh1 Nxh5 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qe5
Nxg3+ 38. Qxg3 Qh5+ 39. Kg1 Rxb2 $17) 33... Nxh5 $1 (33... Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Qxg3 $2
35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3+ $18) 34. Qe5 (34. Be5 Rc2+ 35. Ke1 Qxg2 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37.
Qd3+ g6) 34... Qxg3+ $1 (34... Qxg3+ 35. Qxg3 Rc2+) 0-1

[Event "World U20-ch22"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1983.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Bulletin/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1983.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {Une ligne secondaire} (3. Nc3) (3. Nd2) (3. e5) 3...
dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 $146 {La nouveauté n'est pas
meilleure que l'ancienne suite e5} (7... e5 $5 {Choisi par ALAPIN dans une
partie en ... 1905}) 8. Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4c7]}
Bd6 $2 12. Kh1 $2 (12. Ncb5 $1 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 axb5 14. Bxd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6,Re8]
Non seulement le K noir est bloqué au centre mais les cases noires de
l'anglais sont trés faibles}) 12... Nxf3 13. Ndb5 {Moins fort qu'au 12ème coup}
axb5 14. Bxd6 Qc6 15. gxf3 b6 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rh1][%cal Gc8b7]} 16. Qd3 b4 $6 (
16... Ba6 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Gb5b4,Ga6d3]} 17. Bb4 Rd8) (16... Bb7 17. Nxb5 Qxf3+
18. Qxf3 Bxf3+ 19. Kg1 Kd7 20. c4 Bc6 $17) 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. a4 Nd5 19. Rfe1 Rc8
20. Rad1 (20. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4g7]} Bxb5 21. Qxg7 Qxd6 22. Qxh8+ Kd7 23. Qxh7)
20... Bxb5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxa4 23. Bxb4 (23. b3) 23... Rxc2 24. Rd4 Bc6
25. Kg2 h5 26. Ra1 Rh6 27. Ra7 Rg6+ 28. Kh3 Bd5 $17 29. Re7+ Kd8 30. Rxf7 Rxf2
31. Be1 Rxb2 32. Bh4+ Kc8 33. Rd1 Rc2 34. Rd3 Rgg2 35. Bg3 g5 36. Rg7 Bxf3 37.
Rxg5 Bg4+ 38. Kh4 Rxh2+ {[%mdl 8]} 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 (6. Nge2 $5) 6...
Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $5) (6... Ba5 $5) 7. bxc3 Nf6 (7... Qf6 $5) (7... Nge7 8. Qh5
Be6 9. Rb1 b6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Be3 g6 14. Qf3 Nf5
15. O-O Nxe3 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. fxe3 f5 $132 {Glek,I-Djurhuus,R/Copenhagen/1996/
0|1/47/}) 8. Ne2 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Na5 11. O-O Qd6 12. Bg3 $6 (12. Rb1 b6
13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. Qxc4 Nd5 $36 {Hjilmas,
L-Arkhipov,S/Gausdal/1991/0|1/25/}) (12. Re1 $5) 12... Qc6 13. Qc1 Nc4 14. Bh4
(14. Qf4 Nd6 $132) 14... Re8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. f3 (16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Bxc4 dxc4
18. Ng3 Re6 $15) 16... Nh7 (16... Re7 $5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Ng3
Rae8 20. Qd2 $132) 17. g4 Re6 18. Nf4 (18. Bf5 Re3 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 $17) 18...
Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Re8 20. Bf2 f5 21. h3 (21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. gxf5 Qf6 23. Nxd5 Qxf5
$36) (21. gxf5 Nd6 $17) 21... Ng5 22. Kg2 fxg4 23. hxg4 (23. fxg4 Ne4 $17)
23... Qf6 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Qd2 Rf8 (25... Rf8 26. Bg3 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 g5 28. Rg1
gxf4 29. Bf2 Qg6 30. d5 Re8 31. Qd4 Qxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Barle, Janez"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Nc3 (5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ $5 Qe7 7.
Be3 Nd7 8. Nc3 c6 9. O-O-O Ngf6 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 (12...
Qxe5 $2 13. f4 Qe7 14. f5 $18) 13. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 14. Qb5+ Qd7 15. Rxd5 Qc6 16.
Qb3 a6 17. Bg2 Be7 18. f4 f5 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. f5 $16 {Degraeve,J-Becking,S/
Groningen/1995/1|0/41/}) 5... c6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. Be3 (8. Ne5 $5 Bxe2 9.
Qxe2 Ne7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. O-O-O $14) 8... Nd7 9. Ne5 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Ne7 (10...
Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bb4 12. Qd3 $14) 11. Bf4 Bxe5 (11... O-O 12. Nxf7 (12. Nxc6 $2
Nxc6 13. Bxd6 Re8 14. Be5 Nxd4 $19) (12. O-O-O $5) 12... Rxf7 13. Bxd6 Nf5 14.
Be5 Re7 15. O-O-O Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nxe5 $10) (11... Qc7 $5) 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. O-O-O
Ng6 (13... Re8 $5) 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Qd3 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Re6 (16... Nf4 $6 17. Qd2)
(16... Nh4 $5) 17. h4 Qh5 18. f3 Rae8 19. Qd2 (19. Rde1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 (20.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Bxe1 Nxh4 22. Qe2 Ng6 $17) 20... Nf4 21. Qd2 Qf5 $132) 19... f5
20. Rde1 Ndf8 21. Reg1 $6 (21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Re1 (22. Ne2 $22 h6 23. Nc1 $132)
22... f4 23. Bf2 Qf5 $10) 21... Rf6 22. Re1 (22. Bf2 f4 23. Qd3 Rfe6 $15) 22...
Rxe1+ (22... Rfe6 $5) 23. Qxe1 f4 24. Bf2 Ne6 $6 (24... Re6 25. Qd2 h6 26. Qd3
Ne7 27. Ne2 Nfg6 $15) 25. Ne2 Ngf8 26. Nc1 Rg6 27. Rg1 Qf5 28. Nd3 Nd7 29. Qa5
$1 a6 30. Qb4 b6 31. Qd6 Ndf8 (31... Nxd4 32. Qxf4 Qxf4 33. Nxf4 Rf6 34. Nxd5
cxd5 35. Bxd4 $18) 32. Qb8 (32. Qxc6 Nc5 33. Qe8 Nxd3 34. cxd3 Qxd3+ 35. Ka1
Re6 $36) 32... c5 (32... b5 33. Ne5 Rf6 34. Nxc6 $18) 33. Qxb6 (33. dxc5 bxc5
34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Bxc5 Rc6 36. b4 $18) 33... Nxd4 (33... cxd4 34. Qxa6 Nc5 35.
Qb5 Nxd3 36. Qxd3 $18) 34. Qxc5 $18 Nb5 35. Qb4 (35. Nb4 $5 Rd6 36. a4 Ne6 37.
Qc8+ Rd8 38. Qxa6 $18) 35... Ne6 36. a4 Nbc7 37. Qb8+ Kf7 38. Bb6 Ne8 39. Ne5+
Kf8 40. Nxg6+ Qxg6 41. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-03"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1955.08.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1955.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
f3 Bf5 (8... Bh5 9. Be3 Qd7 10. Nf4 Bg6) 9. Bf4 (9. Re1) (9. Bxf5) 9... Bxc3
10. bxc3 O-O 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Re8 13. Qb3 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Eliskases-Spielmann +3-2=5"]
[Site "Linz"]
[Date "1932.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich Gottlieb"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1932.09.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
O-O Ne8 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Ng3 Nd6 11. Nce2 Bf5 12. Nxf5 Nexf5 13. Qd2 Re8 14.
Rae1 Qd7 15. c3 c6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 g6 18. f3 Kg7 19. Kf2 h5 20. Rh1 Rxe1
21. Qxe1 Re8 22. Qc1 f5 23. Re1 Re6 24. b3 Qe7 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. c4 Qf6 27. Qe3
Ne4+ 28. Bxe4 fxe4 29. c5 h4 30. gxh4 Qxh4+ 31. Ke2 Qh1 32. Qg5 exf3+ 33. gxf3
Qh2+ 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Qd8 Qf4 36. Qd7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ Kh6 39. Qe2 Kh5
40. Qg2 Kh4 41. b4 Qg3 42. Qh1+ Kg5 43. Qc1+ Kf5 44. Qe3 g5 45. Ke2 Qh2+ 46.
Kf1 g4 47. fxg4+ Kxg4 48. Qe6+ Kf3 49. Qf5+ Qf4 50. Qd3+ Qe3 51. Qf5+ Qf4 52.
Qd3+ Kg4+ (52... Kg4+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Qxe4+ dxe4 55. Kf2 Kf4 56. Ke2 e3 57. d5
cxd5 58. b5 Ke5 59. Kxe3 d4+ 60. Kd3 Kd5 61. c6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburger SK 150th anniversary"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1980.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiffmeyer, Constanz"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1980.05.03"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. c4 $6 (5. c3 $5 {/\6.Qb3}) 5...
Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Ne7 $1 7. Qb3 Nbc6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c5 $2 (10. cxd5 $142
) 10... b6 $1 $15 11. cxb6 cxb6 $1 {><c4,><c3} 12. Be2 Na5 13. Qa2 Rc8 $17 14.
Bd2 Ng6 15. O-O Qd6 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. a4 Rc6 18. Rad1 Rfc8 19. Bc1 h6 20. Ne5
Ngxe5 21. dxe5 Qg6 22. Bf3 (22. Rxd5 $2 Be4 $19) 22... Be4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24.
Bf4 Rc5 25. Rd4 Nxe5 26. Bg3 Nd3 27. Rexe4 Rxc3 28. h3 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Rf1 30. Rc4
Nc5 31. Qe2 Rd8 32. Rg4 Qb1 33. Be5 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Qd3+ 35. Qxd3 Rxd3+ 36. f3 Ne6
37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Ra8 Re1 39. Bxg7 Nxg7 40. Rxa7 Nf5+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Team-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1930.05.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ilyin Zhenevsky, Alexander"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1930.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. f3 Bf5 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 $11 Qd7 13. f4 f5 14. Rf2
Na5 15. Nf1 b6 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Re2 Ng6 19. g3 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5
21. Rae1 c4 22. Bd4 Rxe2 23. Qxe2 Nb3 24. Qe3 Nf8 25. Be5 $2 d4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4
27. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 28. cxd4 cxd3 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. a4 Nd7 $1 31. Ne3 (31. Rd1 Nf6 32.
Ke3 Ng4+ 33. Kd2 Ra3 34. Rb1 Kf7) 31... Nf6 (31... g6) 32. Rd1 (32. Nxf5 d2 33.
Rd1 Rc1 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Ne7+ (35. Ne3 $5 {Galtunts} Nc3+ 36. Kxd2 Nxd1 37. Nxd1
) 35... Kf7 36. Nd5 Ke6) 32... g6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. g4 $2 fxg4+ 35. Kg2 (35. Nxg4
d2+ 36. Ne3 Nd5) 35... h5 36. Rb1 Ne4 37. Rb7+ Ke6 38. d5+ Kd6 39. Rb4 d2 $1
40. Rxe4 Rxe3 41. Rd4 Re2+ 42. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-07"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1915.11.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1915.10.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8.
Qd2 Re8 9. h3 b5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qc7 12. Nf5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Neg3 Nb6 16. Nxg7 {[%mdl 128]} (16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qg6 $11) 16... Kxg7
17. Bh6+ Kh8 18. Qg5 f6 (18... Bf8 $4 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qf6+ Kg8 21. Nh5 $18) (
18... f5 19. Nh5 (19. Qf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kf7 21. Qh5+ Ke7 22. Bg5+ Kf8 23. Bh6+
Ke7 $11) 19... Nd5 20. Bg7+ Kg8 21. Be5+ Kf7 22. Qg7+ Ke6 23. Qh6+ Kd7 $15) 19.
Qxf6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Nh5 Bf8 $1 (21... Nd5 $2 22. Bg7+ Kg8 23. Be5+ Kf7
24. f4 (24. Qg7+ Ke6 25. Qxc7 Nxc7 26. Ng7+ Kd5 27. Bxd6 Kxd6 28. Nxe8+ Nxe8
29. a3 $16)) 22. Nf6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Rd8 24. Nxh7 Qg7 25. Qh4 Bf5 26. Ng5+ Kg8
27. g4 Rd5 $4 (27... Bd7 $11 28. Nxe4 Rf8 29. Rae1 Qxd4) 28. gxf5 $18 Rxd4 (
28... Rxf5 29. Kh1 $18 Rxg5 30. Rg1 $18) 29. Kh1 e3 30. f4 Qd7 31. Rg1 Qd5+ 32.
Ne4+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Salamanca"]
[Site "Salamanca"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7.
O-O Bf5 $10) 6. Nge2 {6.Bg5} h6 $6 7. Be3 c6 (7... O-O 8. Qd2 Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4
10. a3 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 $14) 8. Qd2 a5 9. a3 Be7 {>= 9...Be7} 10. f3 $1 Na6 11. g4
Nh7 12. Ng3 $16 Ng5 {12...0-0} 13. Qe2 b5 14. f4 Nh7 (14... Ne6 15. f5 Nf8 16.
Nh5 $16) 15. g5 $1 hxg5 16. fxg5 $16 g6 17. h4 b4 $2 {>= 17...Nf8} 18. Na4 bxa3
19. bxa3 Nf8 20. Bf4 $1 Ne6 21. Be5 Rg8 (21... Rf8 22. O-O Ra7 23. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7
24. Bxg6+ $18) 22. O-O Ra7 23. c4 $1 Bd6 24. cxd5 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qxd5 (25...
cxd5 26. Bb5+) 26. Ne4 $1 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Kd8 28. Rad1 Nb8 29. Bc4+ Bd7 (29...
Ke7 30. Nd6 Rf8 31. Rxf7+ Rxf7 32. Nxc8+ $18) 30. Rxf7 Re8 31. Nb6 Rb7 32. Nxd7
Rxd7 33. Rfxd7+ {Judit Polgar} 1-0

[Event "World-ch12 Alekhine-Capablanca +6-3=25"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1927.09.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 $1
{"Alekhine immediately challenges the White KB. Black now has at least an
equal game. Capablanca plays listlessly for the next few moves allowing
Alekhine to get a positional advantage." (Taulbut 83)} (7... Bg4 $5 {(Grunfeld)
}) 8. Bxf5 (8. Ng3 $10 {(Euwe 76)} Bg6 (8... Nxd4 9. Bxf5 Ndxf5 (9... Bxc3 $2
10. Bh3 $16) 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 (10... Bxc3 $2 11. Nxe7 $18) 11. Nxd5 $16 {Becker})
9. Nce2 (9. f4 f5) 9... Qd7 10. Nf4 Bd6 11. c3 Nd8 $10 {Maroczy-Nagy 1928}) (8.
a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qd7 $10 {(Schwarz 67)}) (8. Bg5 Qd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 Bg6 11.
Qd2 Nf5 $10 {Steiner-Colle 1927}) 8... Nxf5 9. Qd3 Qd7 (9... Bxc3 $2 10. Nxc3
Nfxd4 11. Re1+ Ne6 12. Nxd5 $16 {(Schwarz 67)}) 10. Nd1 $6 {"This plan of
exchanging off Black's well placed knight on f5 costs White valuable time." 
(Taulbut 83)} (10. Bf4 $142 O-O-O $10 {(Alekhine)}) (10. Nb5 Ba5 (10... Bd6 11.
Bf4 O-O 12. Nxd6 Nxd6 13. Rfe1 $10 {(eco 74/81)} Rae8 14. Ng3 g6 15. c3 Nd8 $10
{Poliak-Bondarevsky USSR 1946}) 11. Bf4 Nb4 $1 12. Qh3 Ne7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $10 {
(eco 74/81)} 14. Na3 Rae8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Rad1 Na6 17. Nb5 Nc8 18. c3 c6 {
Bernstein-Guimard Groningen 1946}) 10... O-O 11. Ne3 $2 (11. Bf4 $142 Rfe8 12.
c3 Bd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne3 $10 {Lilienthal-Koltanowsky Sitges 1934}) 11...
Nxe3 12. Bxe3 {"White's minor pieces are now obstructing the vital King's file.
This is a convincing proof of the inexactitude of his opening strategy." 
(Alekhine)} Rfe8 $15 {(Pachman 68)} (12... Bd6 13. c3 Ne7 $10 {(Fine 48)}) 13.
Nf4 $2 (13. Bf4 $142 $10 {(Alekhine)} Re4 14. c3 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 $10)
(13. c3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Re4 $15 {(Taulbut 83)}) (13. Ng3 $142 $10 {
(Euwe 76)}) 13... Bd6 $1 $15 {(Schwarz 67, eco 74/81)} 14. Rfe1 $6 (14. Nxd5 $6
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qxd5 16. c4 Qh5+ (16... Ne5 $2 17. Qf5) 17. Kg1 Rad8 18. d5 Rd6
$17 {(Alekhine)} (18... Rd6 $40 19. Qc3 Ne5 20. Rfd1 Rg6 $17 {PS})) (14. c3
$142 $5 {(Alekhine)} Re4 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Ne7 18. Rfe1 Nf5
$15 {(Levenfish)}) 14... Nb4 15. Qb3 $6 (15. Qd2 $142 Qf5 16. Rec1 h5 $1 $15 {
(Alekhine)} (16... Re4 17. Ne2 $15 {Becker})) 15... Qf5 {-/+ (Euwe 38) =/+ 
(Fine 48)} 16. Rac1 $2 (16. Rec1 Bxf4 (16... a5 $1 17. a3 a4 18. Qc3 Nc6 19.
Nd3 (19. Ne2 $2 Bxh2+) 19... Re6 $17) 17. Qxb4 (17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qxb4 Re2 $17
{Becker}) 17... Rxe3 18. fxe3 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Re8 21. Qxb7 Qxc2 {
(Tartakover/du Mont)}) (16. Re2 Bxf4 17. Qxb4 Qh5 {(Tartakover/du Mont)}) (16.
Nd3 $142 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. cxd3 {= (Capablanca)} Bb4 19. Rec1 c6 $17 {
/\a5! (Alekhine)} (19... c6 $17 20. a3 Ba5 {Tartakover})) 16... Nxc2 $1 17.
Rxc2 (17. Qxc2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Bxf4) 17... Qxf4 {"This is the possibility
overlooked by Capablanca at his 16th move." (Alekhine)} (17... Bxf4 $2 18. Rc5
$10 {(Alekhine)}) 18. g3 (18. Qxb7 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 c6) 18... Qf5 $17 {(Euwe 76)}
(18... Qf3 $5 19. Qxb7 h5 20. Qb5 h4 21. Qe2 Qf5 $40 {(Alekhine)}) 19. Rce2 b6
20. Qb5 h5 {"This pawn prepares to advance to h3 where it can form a mating
net." (Taulbut 83)} 21. h4 Re4 $1 {"Black now plans to sacrifice his rook on
h4 forcing mate but Capablanca defends spiritedly." (Taulbut 83)} 22. Bd2 $1 {
"This temporary sacrifice of a second pawn offers comparatively the best
saving chances -- in case Black accepts it." (Alekhine)} (22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Bd2
Qe6 $17 {(Alekhine)}) (22. a3 $2 Rxh4 23. Rd1 (23. gxh4 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ 25.
Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1#) 23... Qh3 $19) 22... Rxd4 (22... Rae8 $142 23. Qxe8+
Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kh7 $17 {(Alekhine)}) 23. Bc3 Rd3 $1 (23... Rg4 24. Be5 $132) (
23... Rc4 $2 24. Re5 $1 $132 {(Alekhine)} (24. Re5 $1 Rc5 (24... Bxe5 25. Qxd5)
25. Rxf5 Rxb5 26. Rxh5) (24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Kh7 26. Be5 $2 Re4 $19)) 24.
Be5 Rd8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 (25... cxd6 26. Qc6 $1) 26. Re5 Qf3 (26... Qg6 $2 27. Rg5
$1) 27. Rxh5 $1 Qxh5 (27... Re6 $4 28. Qe8+ $1 Rxe8 29. Rxe8#) 28. Re8+ Kh7 29.
Qxd3+ Qg6 30. Qd1 (30. Qxg6+ Kxg6 31. Re7 c5 32. Rxa7 d4 $19 {(Becker)}) 30...
Re6 $1 {"An interesting conception. Black gives back his plus Pawn in order to
combine the advance of the free d-pawn with a mating attack." (Alekhine)} (
30... d4 $143 $6 31. Qf3 {/\ 32 Qa8, 32 h5 (Alekhine)} (31. h5 Qf5 32. g4 Qb5
33. Qc2+ (33. Qe1 Qd5 $1) 33... d3 34. Qxc7 Qd7 35. Qxd7 (35. Qb8 Kh6 $1) 35...
Rxd7 36. Re1 d2 37. Rd1 Kh6 38. Kg2 Kg5 39. Kg3 Rd3+ 40. f3 f6 $19) (31. Qf3 $1
c6 32. h5 $17 {Der Gewinn des Schwarzen ist nocht ganz sicher.})) 31. Ra8 Re5
$1 {"Intending to place the Queen behind the Rook and at the same time
preparing the formation of the Pawn chain b6-c5-d4." (Alekhine)} (31... d4 $1 {
Averbach} 32. Qxd4 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Qc6 $19) 32. Rxa7 {Now Capablanca missed his
last fighting chance!} (32. Qf3 $1 {Goldin} Qb1+ (32... Rf5 33. Qd3 Qe6 34. Re8
$1) 33. Kg2 Rf5 34. Qe2 d4 35. b3 $15) 32... c5 33. Rd7 $6 {"Shortens the
agony." (Alekhine)} (33. Kg2 $142 $1 {= (Capablanca) Fron this evaluation it
can be seen that even after the game was over Capablanca did not understand
his predicament.} d4 34. Ra3 Qe6 $1 35. Qf3 c4 $19 {(Alekhine)}) 33... Qe6 34.
Qd3+ g6 35. Rd8 d4 36. a4 (36. Qf3 Rf5 (36... Qxa2 $4 37. Qf6 $18) 37. Qd1 Qxa2
) 36... Re1+ (36... Qe7 $1 37. Rb8 Qc7 38. Rf8 (38. Qb3 Re6 (38... Qxb8 39.
Qxf7+ Kh6 40. Qf6 Re1+ 41. Kh2 Qa8 $19) 39. Ra8 Qb7 $19 {(Alekhine)}) (38. Ra8
Qc6) 38... Kg7 39. Ra8 Re1+ 40. Kh2 Qc6 $19 {(Tartakover/du Mont)}) 37. Kg2
Qc6+ 38. f3 (38. Qf3 Rg1+) 38... Re3 39. Qd1 Qe6 $19 40. g4 (40. b3 Re2+ 41.
Kf1 Rh2 42. Kg1 Qh3 {mating}) (40. Kf2 Qh3 41. Qg1 Rb3 $19 {Becker}) 40... Re2+
41. Kh3 (41. Kf1 Rh2 42. Kg1 Qe5 $19 {Becker}) 41... Qe3 42. Qh1 Qf4 $1 {
adjourned} 43. h5 Rf2 {"This game brought about the era of the Winawer since
the feared exchange line had been shown to be innocuous." (Taulbut 83)} (43...
Rf2 44. hxg6+ Kg7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Match Spielmann-Reti +3-0=3"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1921.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Qf3 Nf6 7. h3 (7. Bg5
Bg4 8. Bxf6 $2 Bxf3 9. Bxd8 Bxg2 $19) 7... Be6 8. Ne2 Qd7 9. Ng3 O-O-O 10. Nf5
Ne8 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Nxd6+ Nxd6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. O-O-O Qxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nef5 17. Rde1 f6 18. Bf4 Ne4 19. Re2 g5 20. Bh2 Rhe8 21. Rhe1 (21. Nd2
Nxc3 $1 22. Rxe8 Nxa2+ 23. Kb1 Rxe8 24. Kxa2 Re2 $15) 21... Kd7 22. g4 $1 (22.
Nd2 Nxf2) 22... Nfd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Nd2 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 h5 26. Nf1 h4 27. f3
b6 28. Ne3 Re8 29. Kd1 c6 30. Nf5 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Nf7 32. f4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barmen Haupturnier A playoff"]
[Site "Barmen"]
[Date "1905.08.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1905.08.31"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nc3 (8. Nbd2 {/\ Nbd2, c3, Re1, Nf1, Ng3}) 8... c6 9. Qd2 (9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3
h6 $1 11. Bh4 g5 $1 12. Bg3 Nh5 {/\ Qf6 -/+}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 h6
11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qxh6 Nbd7 13. Kh1 $18) 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Rae8 {/\ Ne4} (
11... Rfe8 $5 12. Rfe1 (12. Nh4 Ne4 $1) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 h6 14. Be3 Nf8 $1
15. Kg2 (15. Nf5 Bxh2+) 15... Ne6 $15 {Swidler,P}) 12. Rae1 Re6 (12... Bxf3 13.
gxf3 h6 14. Be3 $14) 13. Nh4 $1 (13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 e5 $1) 13... Rfe8 (13...
h6 14. Be3) 14. Nhf5 Rxe1 15. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Bf4 (16... Bf8 17. h3 $14) (
16... Bxf5 17. Bxf5 $16) 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Qe7 $1 {/\ Nd6, Qd8} g6 $8 (18...
Qc1+ 19. Bf1 g6 20. Qd8+ Nf8 21. Ne3 $16 {Swidler,P}) 19. Qd8+ $1 Nf8 20. Qxf6
$2 (20. b3 $1 Bxf5 21. Bxf5) 20... Bxf5 21. Nxf5 (21. Bxf5 $6 Qc1+ 22. Nf1 gxf5
$14) 21... Qc1+ 22. Bf1 gxf5 23. h4 $1 (23. Qxf5 Qxb2 $17) 23... Ne6 $1 (23...
Qxb2 24. Qg5+ Kh8 (24... Ng6 25. h5) 25. Qf6+ $10) 24. Qxf5 Qxb2 (24... Nxd4 $4
25. Qg4+ $18) 25. Bd3 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qf4+ 27. Qxf4 Nxf4 28. Bf1 Ne6 29. c3 Kg7
30. Kg3 $6 (30. Be2 $1 Kf6 (30... c5 $140 31. dxc5 Nxc5 32. Bf3 Ne4 33. c4) 31.
Kg3 c5 32. Bf3 $10 {Swidler,P}) 30... c5 $14 31. dxc5 Nxc5 {/\ Ne4,Nd2} 32. Kf4
$1 (32. f3 Na4 33. c4 d4 $1 $19) 32... Ne4 $6 {! Swidler,P} 33. c4 $1 Nd2 34.
cxd5 $3 (34. Be2 Nxc4 $17) 34... Nxf1 35. Ke5 Nd2 (35... Kf8 36. Kd6 Ke8 $2 37.
Kc7 $18) 36. Kd6 Kf6 $6 (36... b5 37. Kc5 $1 (37. Kc7 b4 38. d6 Ne4 39. d7 Nc5
$19) (37. Kc6 b4 (37... Nc4 38. Kxb5 $1 {Tournament book. Turnierbuch} (38. d6
a5 39. d7 Ne5+ 40. Kc7 Nxd7 41. Kxd7 b4 42. Kc6 a4 43. Kb5 b3 $19)) 38. d6 Nc4
$19) 37... Kf6 $1 38. Kxb5 Ke5 39. Ka6 (39. Kc6 Nc4 $17) 39... Kxd5 40. Kxa7
Kc6 41. Kb8 Nc4 $1 42. f3 Nd6 {/\ Nf5} 43. a4 $1 (43. g4 Nc4 {/\ Ne5-/+}) 43...
Nf5 44. h5 (44. a5 Kb5 45. Kc7 Nxh4 $17) 44... Nh4 45. a5 Kb5 46. Kc7 $1 Nxg2
47. Kd6 Nf4 48. Ke7 $1 (48. h6 Ng6 49. f4 $10) 48... Nxh5 49. Kxf7 Kxa5 50. Ke6
Ng7+ 51. Kf6 h5 52. Kg5 Kb5 53. f4 $10 {Swidler,P}) 37. Kc7 Ne4 38. d6 Nc5 39.
d7 Ne6+ 40. Kxb7 Ke7 41. Kc8 h5 $3 (41... f5 42. h5 $3 h6 (42... f4 43. h6 {
/\ g2-g4-g5-g6 and then h7 +- nebst h7 +-}) 43. a4 a5 44. g3 Nd8 (44... Kf6 45.
d8=Q+ Nxd8 46. Kxd8 Kg5 47. Ke7 Kxh5 48. f3 f4 49. gxf4 $1 Kg6 50. Ke6 $18) 45.
f3 Ne6 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Kf6 48. d8=Q+ Nxd8 49. Kxd8 Kg5 50. Kc7 Kxg4 51.
Kb6 Kxh5 52. Kxa5 Kg4 53. Kb6 h5 54. a5 h4 55. a6 h3 56. a7 h2 57. a8=Q $18)
42. f3 (42. g4 hxg4 43. h5 f5 44. h6 Kf7 45. h7 Kg7 46. d8=Q Nxd8 47. Kxd8 f4
$19) 42... f5 43. g3 a5 44. a4 Nd8 45. Kc7 Nf7 46. Kc8 Nd6+ 47. Kc7 Nf7 48. Kc8
Nd8 49. Kc7 Ne6+ 50. Kc8 (50. Kc8 Kf6 51. d8=Q+ Nxd8 52. Kxd8 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Steinitz-Blackburne +7-1=2"]
[Site "London (London CC)"]
[Date "1863.01.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steinitz, William"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1862.12.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Bachmann:Schachmeister Steinitz Bd.1,S.51 2)Löwenthal in The Era 18
January,1863 3) Harding: Blackburne.p.42 Nach Bachmann ist dies die 7.
Wettkampfpartie.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
O-O Bg4 8. Kh1 c6 9. Ne2 Bd6 (9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 Re8) 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Re8
12. Bd2 Nf8 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 N6d7 $2 (14... Ne4 $142 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qc4
Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qd5 $11) 15. Qf2 (15. Qh5 $142) 15... f6 (15... Nf6 16. Rae1 Ne4
17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. f5 Nxd4 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qxd4 Bg3 22. Rxe4 Rxe4
23. Qxe4 Qxd2 24. f6 Bd6 25. Qg4 gxf6 26. Qd7+ Kg6 27. Qf5+ $11) 16. Rae1 (16.
Ng4 $14) 16... fxe5 17. fxe5 Bc7 (17... Be7 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Qh5 Bh4 20. Re2
Re6 21. Qg4 Qe7 22. g3 $14) 18. Qf7+ Kh8 19. Qh5 $11 (19. e6 $11) 19... Re6 (
19... Re7) 20. Rf7 Qe8 21. Ref1 h6 $2 (21... Kg8 22. Bb4 Ng6 23. Qg4 Nf6 24.
R1xf6 Rxf6 25. Rxc7 Rf7 $11) 22. Qg4 $18 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Ng6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25.
Bxg6 Nxe5 26. Rf8+ Kg7 27. Rxe8 (27. Bxe8+ {Matt in 4 Zügen}) 27... Raxe8 28.
Qd4 Kxg6 29. Qxa7 R6e7 30. Qf2 Re6 31. Qf5+ Kg7 32. g4 b5 33. c3 R8e7 34. b3
Nd7 35. a4 bxa4 36. bxa4 Nc5 37. Qf8+ Kg6 38. a5 h5 39. gxh5+ Kxh5 40. Rg1 Ne4
41. Qf5+ Kh6 42. Qf4+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 $6 (5. Bg5) (5. Nf3) 5... c5 $5
6. c3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 $10) 7. Nf3 c4 8. Bc2 Bd6 9. O-O Be6 (9... O-O
10. Bg5 $14) 10. Ng5 (10. Bg5 h6 $15) (10. Re1 $5) 10... Bd7 11. f4 $6 O-O 12.
Nf3 Ne7 $1 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Nd2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nh5 $1 16. Qd1 (16. g4 Nxf4 17.
Rxf4 f6 $17) (16. f5 f6 17. Ng4 Ng3 $17) 16... Ng3 17. Rf3 Ngf5 (17... Nef5 18.
Qe1 f6 19. Rxg3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 fxe5 21. fxe5 $44) 18. Nf1 f6 19. Ng4 Qd7 20. Bd2
Ng6 $6 (20... b5 $17) 21. g3 Rae8 22. Qc2 Re2 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Re8 25.
Nge3 $6 (25. Bf2 $15) 25... Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3 27. Nxe3 Qxh3 28. Qa4 (28. Nxd5
$2 Qe6 $19) 28... h5 29. Qe8+ (29. Qb5 Bxf4 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. gxf4 Nxf4 $17)
29... Kh7 30. Bf2 (30. Nxd5 h4 31. Qf7 Kh6 $19) 30... Bxf4 $1 31. gxf4 Nxf4 32.
Be1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Ng2 Nf4 $19) 34... Nf4 35. Bf2 Qh1+ 36. Bg1
Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "2:00:00"]
[BlackClock "2:00:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:29]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:09:25]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:44] The Russian player played
an unusual 5.d3 which transposes into an exchange French, hardly the most
testing way of playing against the Petroff. Dominguez had no problems holding
equality and forcing a repetition shortly afterwards.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 6.
d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:16:27]} Be7 {[%emt 0:
05:23]} 8. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:51]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:06:42]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:13:39]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 11. c3 {
[%emt 0:06:56]} (11. Re1) 11... c6 {[%emt 0:10:25]} 12. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:40]} (
12. Re1) 12... h6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 13. Bf4 {[%emt 0:08:47]} (13. Bh4 Re8 14.
Rfe1) 13... Nh5 $11 {[%emt 0:16:31]} 14. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} 15. dxe5 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 16. Bh7+ {[%emt 0:05:35]}
Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Qxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:06:
15]} 20. N2b3 {[%emt 0:17:43]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:06]} 21. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:05]}
Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 22. Qd3 {[%emt 0:10:11]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 23. Rfb1 {
[%emt 0:02:49]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 24. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 25. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 26. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]
} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:05:08]} 27. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:39]} 28. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 29. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:
49]} 30. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Blehm, Pawel"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 (6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O
Bf5 8. Ng3 (8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Bf4 (10. Nd1 $6 O-O 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12.
Bxe3 Rfe8 $15 {Capablanca-Alekhine, Buenos Aires (1) 1927}) 10... O-O-O $11)
8... Bxd3 (8... Nxd4 $2 9. Nxf5 Ndxf5 10. Bxf5 Nxf5 (10... d4 11. Qg4 h5 12.
Qe4 $16) 11. Nxd5 Be7 12. Qd3 $16) 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 $11 {
Shabanov-Rosentalis, Uzhgorod 1988}) 6... Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $143 7. Bf4 $1 (7.
Nce2 Bf6 $5 8. c3 Nge7 9. Ng3 g6 $1 10. Bh6 $5 (10. Qf3 Bg7 11. Bg5 h5 $15 {
Sanz Alonso-Mariotti, Las Palmas 1978}) 10... Ng8 11. Bf4 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Nf1
Nh6 14. Ne3 Be6 $13 {Ater-Lederman, Beersheva II 1991} 15. Nf3 g5 16. Bh2 Qe7
17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O) (7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qf3 Na5 10. Nge2 c6 (10...
Nc4 $2 11. Nxd5 $1 Nxb2 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qb5 $14)
11. b3 b5 12. O-O Nb7 13. Ng3 Nd6 14. a4 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. Nf4 Ba6 17. Rfe1
Qd7 18. Rac1 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rac8 $11 {Ochoa,J-Rahal/ Barcelona 1994}) 7... Be6 (
7... Nxd4 $2 8. Bb5+ $1) 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. h3 Re8 11. O-O-O $14 {
Berend,F-Atlas,D/ Yerevan (ol) 1996}) 7. bxc3 Nf6 (7... Nge7 8. Qh5 $1 Be6 9.
Rb1 Qc8 10. Ne2 Bg4 (10... Bf5 $6 11. Nf4 Be6 12. O-O Nd8 13. Re1 c6 14. a4 h6
15. Ba3 $16 {Glek-Naumkin, Italia 1993}) 11. Qg5 Bxe2 12. Bxe2 O-O 13. O-O b6
14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Qh5 $14) 8. Ne2 Na5 $1 (8... O-O 9. O-O Ne7 $6 {ist auch nicht
schlecht.} (9... Na5 $1 {see game}) 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. f4 $1 Re8 12. f5 Nf8 13.
Bg5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qg4 $1 $14) 9. O-O O-O {''Schwarz beabsichtigt Qd6
zu spielen (auf sofortiges 9...Qd6 wäre 10.Bf4 gefolgt).''} 10. Ng3 (10. Bg5 h6
11. Bh4 Qd6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qd2 (13. f4 $2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Ng3 Bb7 16. Qe2
Rae8 17. Qxc4 Nd5 $17 {0-1 Hjelmaas,L-Arkhipov,S/Gausdal PG 1991/TD 91\06 (25)}
) 13... Bd7 14. f3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Nh7 $13) 10... Bg4 $1 (10... Nc4 11. Re1 (11.
Nh5 $6 Ne4 $1 12. Re1 f5) 11... Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bg5 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5
Qd6) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nh5 $1 Qh4 17. Re5 Rfe8 18. Qe2
Bd7 19. Re1 $14) 11. f3 (11. Qd2 h6 $1 (11... Nc4 $143 12. Qg5 $1 h6 (12... Nd6
13. Qh4) 13. Qh4 Re8 (13... Qd6 14. Bf5 $1) 14. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 15. Qxh6 Be6 (
15... Qd6 16. Bf5) (15... a5 16. Bf5 Ra6 17. f3 $18) (15... Nd6 16. Rae1 Rxe1
17. Rxe1 Nde4 18. f3 Nxg3 19. Re5 $1 $18) 16. f4 $1 $40) 12. Qf4 Re8 13. h3 Be6
14. Qf3 Nc4 15. Bf4 Nd6 16. Rfe1 c6 17. Re2 Nde4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4
20. Rxe4 Bd5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $44 22. Qg3 (22. Qd3) 22... Qe6 23. Bd2 Qg6 24.
Qxg6 fxg6) 11... Bd7 12. Re1 Re8 (12... Nc4 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Be5 h6 15. Bxc4
dxc4 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+
Rxe8 22. Kf2 b6 23. Na4 f5 24. Re1 Rxe1 25. Kxe1 f4 26. Nb2 Kf7 27. Nd1 Be6 28.
Nf2 Bf5 29. Kd2 Ke6 30. Nd1 g5 31. Nf2 Kd5 32. g4 Bh7 33. h4 Ke6 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. Nh3 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Eingorn/Metz open 1997}) 13. Bf4 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1
Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe5 Qe8 $1 17. Qc5 (17. Qxc7 $6 Nd5 18. Qd6 Nxc3 19. h3 (
19. Kf2 Be6) 19... Ba4) 17... Be6 18. Bg5 b6 (18... Nd5 19. Qxc4) 19. Qxc7 Nd5
20. Qxc4 Rc8 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Bd2 Nxc3 23. Qd3 Qc4 $1 $44 24. Qxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc3
Rxc3 26. Rc1 (26. d5 $6 Bd7 $1) 26... Kf8 27. Ne4 Rxa3 28. c4 Ke7 29. d5 Bf5
30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Bxe4 $11 32. fxe4 Re3 33. Rc4 f5 34. exf5 Kf6 35. Rc6+
Kxf5 36. Rc7 Kf6 37. Rxa7 Re7 38. Ra5 Rd7 39. Kf2 Ke5 40. Ke3 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch FL54"]
[Site "Kuibyshev"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1986.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. h3 Na5 9. b3 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 $15 {Szabo,L-Bronstein,D/Portoroz/
1958/}) 7. bxc3 Qf6 $6 (7... Nge7 8. Qh5 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. O-O h6 11. Re1 Bg4
12. Qh4 O-O-O 13. h3 Bf5 $10 {Miles,A-Korchnoi,V/Buenos Aires/1979/}) 8. Qh5
Nce7 9. Bg5 Qc6 10. Rb1 (10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 $10) 10... Nf6 $6 (10...
Qxc3+ $5 11. Bd2 Qxd4 12. Nf3 Nf6 $1 (12... Qg4 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. Rxb7 $44) 13.
Qg5 Qg4 $15) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nf3 h6 13. O-O g6 $6 (13... O-O $5 14. Rfe1 Nf5
15. Bxf5 $6 Bxf5 16. Rxb7 Qc6 $10) 14. Qe5 Qxe5 15. Nxe5 O-O 16. Rfe1 Kg7 17.
Nd7 Re8 18. Nc5 $16 Kf8 (18... b6 $2 19. Bb5 $18) 19. Nxb7 Rb8 20. Nc5 Rb6 21.
a4 Nf5 22. Rxe8+ $6 (22. Rec1 a5 23. Rb5 $16) 22... Kxe8 23. Rb3 (23. Re1+ $5
Kf8 24. a5 Rb2 25. Ra1 Nd6 26. Na4 Rb8 27. f3 Bf5 28. Kf2 $16) 23... a5 24. Rb5
Nd6 (24... Rxb5 25. Bxb5+ $1 (25. axb5 Nd6 26. Kf1 Bf5) 25... Ke7 26. Nb3 Nd6
27. Nxa5 $16) 25. Rxa5 Rb1+ 26. Bf1 Bf5 27. f3 Nc4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Kf2 Rb2 30.
g4 (30. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 31. g4 Rxc2+ 32. Kg3 Bd3 $132) 30... Bxc2 (30... Rxc2+ 31.
Kg3 Be6 32. a5 $16) 31. Kg3 Ne3 32. Bb5 c6 33. Ra7+ (33. Bxc6 Nf1+ 34. Kf2 Bd3+
35. Kg1 Bc4 $132) 33... Kf6 34. Bxc6 Bd1 (34... Nf1+ 35. Kf2 Bxa4+ (35... Bd3+
36. Kg1 Bc4 37. Be8 $40) 36. Kxf1 Bxc6 37. Ra6 $18) 35. Nd7+ Ke6 36. Bb5 Be2
37. Nc5+ Kf6 38. Nd7+ Ke6 39. Nf8+ Kf6 40. Be8 $1 Nf1+ 41. Kh4 Kg7 42. Rxf7+
Kg8 (42... Kg8 43. Nd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. O-O (6. c4 dxc4 7. d5
a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Nbd2 c3 13. bxc3 Qe8 $10
) 6... Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 (7... a6 $6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O $14)
8. Bxc4 (8. d5 $2 Nxd5 $17) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bf5 $6 (9... Nf5 $5 10. d5 Ne5 11.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $15) 10. Nc3 Qd7 (10... Ng6 $5 11. Be3 (11. Re1 Nh4 12. Be3 $10)
11... Na5 12. Be2 Nf4 $10) 11. a3 Ng6 12. Re1 Rae8 13. Be3 a6 14. Bf1 Qd8 15.
Na4 Nh4 (15... Bc8 16. Nc5 b6 (16... Nce7 17. Bc4 Nf4 18. Ne5 Nfd5 $14) 17.
Nxa6 Bb7 18. b4 Qa8 19. b5 Nce7 20. Nb4 Nd5 $44) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 $6 (16... Nxf3+
17. Qxf3 Bc8 18. Rad1 $14 (18. Nxa6 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 bxa6 $10)) 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18.
dxc5 Re6 $2 (18... Rd8 $5 19. Qb3 (19. Qf3 Bd3 $10) 19... Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21.
Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxc7 Rxb2 $44) 19. Qf3 Be4 20. Qg4 Qxg4 $16 21. hxg4 Ne7 $2 (21...
Ne5 $5 22. Bf4 $5 (22. Bd4 Nd3 (22... Nxg4 23. f3 $18) 23. Re3 Rd8 $10) (22. f3
Bd3 23. Rad1 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rfe8 $14) 22... Nd3 23. Bxd3 Bxd3 24. Bxc7 $16) 22.
Bg5 $1 Re8 23. Rad1 Bc6 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Bc4 Nd5 26. Bh4 Nf6 (26... h6 $5 27.
Bg3 Re7 28. Be5 Kf7 $16) 27. f3 Kf7 28. Bg3 Bd5 29. Bd3 Re7 30. g5 Nh5 31. Be5
g6 32. Bc2 Ng7 33. Ba4 {/\Bf6} c6 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Bc2 Rf7 36. Rd4 Nf5 37. Rd2
Rd7 38. g4 Ng7 39. Ke3 Rf7 40. f4 Kf8 $18 41. Bd1 Ne8 42. Kd4 Rd7 43. Kc3 Ke7
44. Kb4 Kd8 45. Ka5 Nc7 46. Kb6 Kc8 47. a4 Rf7 48. Bc2 Bf3 49. Bxc7 Rxc7 50. f5
Bxg4 (50... gxf5 51. gxf5) 51. f6 Rf7 52. Rd6 e5 53. Bb3 Rf8 54. Be6+ Bxe6 55.
Rxe6 Kd8 56. Kxb7 (56. Kxb7 Re8 57. Rd6#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bouaziz, Slim"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tunisia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Nge7 8.
Bg5 (8. h3 Bh5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. a4 O-O-O 11. a5 f6 12. b4 Rde8 $13 {Kochyev,
A-Psakhis,L/Tallinn/1987/}) 8... Qd7 9. Re1 f6 10. Bh4 O-O $6 (10... O-O-O $5
11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 h5 $15) 11. Bg3 (11. Nbd2 Nf5) 11... Rae8 12. Nbd2 Bf5 (
12... Ng6 13. Qb3) 13. Nf1 (13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 $10) 13...
a6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Ng3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Ng6 $10 17. Nf5 Qd7 18. g3 Nce7 19.
Nxe7+ Nxe7 20. Re2 Nf5 21. Rae1 Nd6 22. Nd2 a5 23. Qf3 c6 24. Rxe8 (24. a4 Rxe2
25. Rxe2 Re8 26. b3 $10) 24... Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Kf1 Qe6 27. b3 (27. h4
$5) 27... Qh3+ 28. Kg1 Kf7 29. a4 (29. Qf4 $5 Ke7 30. c4 Qf5) 29... h5 30. Qf4
Ke7 31. c4 $6 (31. f3 $10) (31. f3 Qe6 32. Kf2 $10) 31... Qg4 $1 32. Qe3+ Kf7
33. cxd5 cxd5 34. Qc3 $2 (34. f3 Qf5 35. Qc3) 34... Nf5 35. Qxa5 (35. Nf3 h4
36. Kg2 h3+ 37. Kf1 Qe4 $17) 35... Qxd4 36. Qc7+ Ne7 (36... Kg6 37. Qc2) 37.
Qc2 (37. Nf1 Qb4 38. Qc2 h4 $17) 37... Qg4 (37... h4 38. Nf3 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 h3+
40. Kxh3 Qf1+ 41. Kg4) 38. Qd3 h4 39. f3 (39. Nf3 $5 h3 40. Nd4) 39... Qe6 40.
Kf2 Nf5 41. g4 $6 (41. a5 Qe5 42. Nf1) 41... Ne7 42. Qe3 Qd6 43. f4 g5 44. Nf3
gxf4 45. Qd4 h3 46. g5 Nc6 47. Qd3 $2 (47. Qxf6+ Qxf6 48. gxf6 Kxf6 49. Ng1 Kf5
50. Nxh3 d4 51. Ke2 $17) 47... Qc5+ 48. Ke2 $2 (48. Kf1 Qc1+ 49. Kf2 Qb2+ 50.
Ke1) 48... Qe7+ $19 49. Kf1 Qe4 50. Qc3 d4 51. Qc4+ Kg7 52. gxf6+ Kxf6 53. Qe2
Qe3 54. Qf2 Kf5 55. Ne1 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 12th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2014.01.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2014.01.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
Qf3 Be6 9. Nge2 Qd7 10. O-O Bg4 $5 {Trying to misplace the white queen on g3,
in order to prevent h3 and Ng3, and to be able to play ...Bf5 more easily.
After the game I had a feeling that this move was too superficial and wasn't
working. After analysing it, it seems maybe a different conclusion can be
drawn.} (10... O-O 11. h3 Bb6 {is the normal way to play.}) 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Nf4
{The most logical move.} (12. Na4 Bb6 {does not help White.}) 12... Bxc3 $6 (
12... Bf5 $1 {was working, but I missed that after} 13. Nh5 Bg6 14. Bh6 Qd6 $1
{would have solved my problems:} 15. Qxd6 cxd6 16. Nxg7 Kh8 $13) 13. bxc3 Kh8
14. c4 (14. Rab1 b6 {only helps Black.}) 14... Bf5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxf5 (16.
Nxd5 Bxd3 17. Nf6 gxf6 18. cxd3 Ne7 $132) 16... Qxf5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. c4 $5 (
18. Qxc7 b5 {would have given me quite good compensations for the pawn, though
White is probably objectively slightly better.}) 18... Qxc4 19. Qxc7 Rab8 $6 {
I did not like that move, but did not manage to make the more active ones work.
} ({After} 19... Rfc8 {I became afraid of} 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qd7 Rd8 22. Qg4
Nxd4 23. Kh1 {but missed the move} Qc8 {that would have solved most of my
problems, though after something like} 24. Qe4 Qc2 25. Qf4 Nb3 26. Rab1 Rb7 27.
Rfe1 {White is still pressing.}) 20. Rfc1 (20. Rac1 {was more logical:} Qe6 (
20... Qa2 21. Rc5 $40) 21. Rc5 Rbd8 22. Qxb7 (22. d5 $5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24.
Qxb7 $14) 22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxa7 $14) 20... Qe6 21. Rc5 Rfd8 $6 {
Trying to avoid playing a pawn down by exchanging my a- and b-pawns against my
opponent's d-pawn. However it was by far the smallest concession my opponent
could get.} (21... Rbd8 22. d5 (22. Qxb7 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Qxa7 Rfd8 {
should be a quite easy draw. White is losing time because of the rook on a1
instead of f1.}) 22... Qe5 (22... Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Qxb7 $14) 23. Qxe5
Nxe5 {with an improved version of the game, though White is anyway a bit
better.}) 22. d5 Qe5 (22... Rxd5 $4 23. Rxc6 $18) 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. d6 $1 (24.
Rd1 $6 Rd7 25. Bf4 f6 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. d6 Re8 {is an easy draw.}) 24... f6 (
24... Nc6 25. Rb1 {is a problem as} Rd7 $4 {is not possible due to} 26. Rxc6
$18) 25. Rd1 Rd7 (25... Nc6 $2 26. d7 $18) 26. Rc7 Rbd8 27. Rxd7 $6 (27. f4 $1
{was a better try, though after} Ng6 (27... Nc6 28. Rb1 $18) 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29.
f5 Ne5 30. Bxa7 Kg8 {I would still have decent chances to save the game.})
27... Nxd7 28. Rc1 Nf8 $1 29. Bxa7 (29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Kf1 Rd7 31. Rc8 Kg8 32.
Bc5 Rf7 33. Bxa7 g5 {is a bit better for White but shouldn't be too difficult
to save.}) 29... Rxd6 30. Kf1 Ne6 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Rxd8+ {White's best
practical chance.} Nxd8 33. Ke2 Nc6 34. Be3 Kg8 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Kc4 Ke6 37. Kc5
Kd7 $2 {A terrible move, missing a very simple tactical move that would make a
draw at once.} (37... Ne5 $11 {followed by ...Nd7+ or ...Nc4+ in the event of
Kb6.}) 38. Bf4 Ne7 39. Bd2 Ng6 40. h3 Ne5 $2 {A big blunder just before
reaching the time control. This very inaccurate move misplaces my knight and
allows my opponent to do all he wants.} (40... Nh4 {would be a much better
defence. In general the position should be a draw if I can keep good activity.}
) 41. f4 Nc6 ({Maybe something like} 41... Nd3+ 42. Kd4 Nb2 {somehow
disturbing my opponent's dominating setup had to be played, but during a game
it is very difficult to ensure the knight isn't going to get trapped!}) 42. Bb4
(42. g4 $5) 42... Kc7 (42... Nxb4 43. axb4 g6 (43... Kc7 44. f5 $18 g5) 44. Kb6
Kc8 45. g4 $5 h6 46. h4 Kb8 47. g5 fxg5 48. fxg5 h5 49. b5 Kc8 50. Ka7 Kc7 51.
Ka8 $1 $18 {In general all the pawn endings here should be lost due to the
White's huge space advantage.}) 43. g4 $6 (43. Kd5 Nxb4+ 44. axb4 Kb6 45. Ke6
Kb5 46. Kf7 Kxb4 47. Kxg7 b5 48. Kxf6 Kc4 49. f5 b4 50. Kg7 b3 51. f6 b2 52. f7
b1=Q 53. f8=Q Qg6+ {would be a draw. I guess this is the reason why my
opponent pushed g4, as with the pawn on g4 this ending would be completely won
for White.}) 43... Ne7 $2 {I was far from imagining that one day taking on b4
would be possible, apart from in the line just above.} ({We both missed that} 
43... Nxb4 $1 44. axb4 g5 $1 {would force a draw:} 45. f5 (45. fxg5 fxg5 46. b5
Kd7 47. Kd5 Kc7 48. Kc5 Kd7 $11) 45... b6+ 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. b5 h6 $11) 44. Kd4
Nc6+ 45. Kd5 Kd7 46. Bf8 $6 (46. f5 $1 Ne7+ $1 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. a4 Nc6 49. Ba3 {
should be very close to winning for White: sooner or later the white bishop
will reach the f8 square, forcing g6, after what White will take on g6 and
push his h-pawn. From a technical point of view the position is lost, but, of
course, from a concrete (and also practical) point of view White's task is not
so easy.}) 46... g6 47. Bb4 Nd8 $1 {Now the position is a draw, as I am able
to get my knight to e6 or to force a few exchanges.} (47... Nxb4+ 48. axb4 g5 {
was again possible but after} 49. fxg5 fxg5 50. Ke5 Kc6 51. Kf5 Kb5 52. Kxg5
Kxb4 53. Kh6 Ka5 54. Kxh7 b5 55. g5 b4 56. g6 b3 57. g7 b2 58. g8=Q b1=Q+ 59.
Qg6 {the rest of the game would not be much fun for Black, though
theoretically speaking the position is a draw.}) 48. f5 gxf5 49. gxf5 Nf7 50.
Bc3 Nd6 51. Bxf6 Nxf5 52. Bg5 Nd6 53. a4 Nc8 54. Be3 Nd6 55. Bc5 Nf7 56. h4 h5
57. Bd4 Nh6 {Entering a drawn setup but missing an immediate way to solve the
problems.} (57... Nd6 58. Ke5 $8 b5 $11) 58. Ke5 Ng4+ 59. Kf4 Ke6 60. Kg5 Nh2
$1 {White cannot avoid a knight sacrifice on the h-pawn, after which the
position is a theoretical dead draw.} 61. Kf4 Ng4 62. a5 Nh6 63. Kg5 Nf5 64.
Ba7 Nxh4 65. Kxh4 Kd7 66. Kxh5 b6 67. axb6 (67. Bxb6 Kc6 $11) (67. a6 Kc6 68.
Bb8 b5 $11) 67... Kc6 68. Kg5 Kb7 69. Kf5 Ka8 70. Ke5 Kb7 71. Kd5 Ka8 72. Ke4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Black "Frias Pablaza, Victor J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Bb1 Nf8 13. Ne5 f6 14. Nd3 Bd6
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qb3 Re7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Nb4 Bxb1 20. Rxc6 bxc6
21. Nxc6 Rf7 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxb1 Nxf4 24. Re1 Rxd4 25. g3 N4g6 26. Re8 Rdd7
27. Rb8 Ne5 28. h4 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Qe6 Rb7 31. Qc8 Rbd7 32. Kg2 Kg7 33. a4
h4 34. gxh4 Rd4 35. h5 Rxa4 36. b4 Ra3 37. Qe8 Rf3 38. h6+ Kxh6 39. Qxf7 Nxf7
40. Kxf3 Ne5+ 41. Ke4 Ned7 42. Ra8 Kg5 43. Rxa7 f5+ 44. Ke3 h5 45. Ra1 Nb6 46.
f4+ Kf6 47. Ra6 Nfd7 48. Kf3 Ke7 49. Ra2 Nd5 50. b5 Kd6 51. Rc2 Nc5 52. Rc1 Ne6
53. b6 Nd4+ 54. Kf2 Nxb6 55. Rh1 Nd5 56. Rxh5 Nxf4 57. Rxf5 $10 {Damit ist die
Stellung theoretisch remis. Schwarz spielt dennoch weiter, wahrscheinlich
weniger aus Unkenntnis über das theoretische Urteil, sondern aus Freude am
Schach.} Nxf5 58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Ke4 60. Kg5 Nd4 61. Kf6 Nfe6 62. Ke7 Ke5 63.
Kd7 Nc5+ 64. Ke7 Nc6+ 65. Kf7 Kf5 66. Kg7 Ne5 67. Kh6 Kg4 68. Kg7 Ncd7 69. Kh6
Kh4 70. Kg7 Kg5 71. Kh7 Nc5 72. Kg7 Ne6+ 73. Kh7 Kh5 74. Kg8 Kg6 75. Kh8 {
Nun ist immerhin die Mindestvoraussetzung für ein eventuell vorhandenes Matt
gegeben, der König steht in der Ecke.} Ng4 76. Kg8 Nf6+ (76... Ne3 77. Kh8 Nf5
78. Kg8 Ne7+ 79. Kh8 Kh6 $10 {Patt.}) (76... Kf6 77. Kh8 Kf7 78. Kh7 Ne5 79.
Kh8 (79. Kh6 $10) 79... Kg6 80. Kg8 Kf6 81. Kh8 Kf7 82. Kh7 Ng5+ 83. Kh8 $4 (
83. Kh6 $10) 83... Ng6# {Nur wenn der andere ordentlich mithilft, kommt man
doch noch zum Matt.}) 77. Kh8 Kf5 {Patt. Eine eindrucksvolle Demonstration,
daß zwei Springer kein Matt erzwingen können.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Denmark"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Ba5 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 Bb6 14. Nxc6 bxc6
15. f4 Re8 16. Bf2 Be4 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bf1 Bd5 19. Re5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Qe2 Bd5 22. b4 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 24. Qe1 f6 25. a3 fxe5 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Qxe5
Qxe5 28. fxe5 Kf7 29. Bd3 g6 30. Re1 Ke6 31. Re3 a5 32. b5 cxb5 33. Bxb5 Rc8
34. Kf2 Rc5 35. a4 Bc6 36. Bxc6 Rxc6 37. Rb3 Kxe5 38. Ke3 Kd5 39. Rb5+ Kd6 40.
Kd4 Kc7 41. Re5 Kd7 42. Rb5 Kc7 43. Re5 Rf6 44. Kd5 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Re3
Rf4+ 47. Kb3 Kd5 48. g5 Rb4+ 49. Ka3 Re4 50. Rb3 Kc5 51. Rb5+ Kc6 52. Rb3 Re5
53. Rg3 Kc5 54. Kb3 Re4 55. Rc3+ Kd5 56. Ka3 Re6 57. Rf3 Re5 58. h4 Re4 59. Rb3
Kc5 60. Rc3+ Rc4 61. Rh3 Kd4 62. Rh1 Rc3+ 63. Ka2 Kc5 64. Rh2 Kb4 65. Rb2+ Kxa4
66. Rxb6 Rh3 67. Rb8 Rxh4 68. Rb7 Rh5 69. Kb2 Rxg5 70. Rxh7 Rc5 71. Rh4+ Kb5
72. Kb3 g5 73. Rh6 a4+ 74. Kb2 g4 75. Rg6 Rc4 76. Rg8 Kc5 77. Rg5+ Kb4 78. Rg8
a3+ 79. Kb1 Kb3 80. Rb8+ Rb4 81. Rc8 Ra4 82. Ka1 Rd4 83. Rb8+ Kc2 84. Rg8 Kd2
85. Ka2 Ke3 86. Kxa3 $19 {Mit dem weit entfernten König ist Weiß chancenlos.}
Kf3 87. Kb3 g3 88. Kc3 Rg4 89. Rf8+ Rf4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 $5 {White doesn't go for the main lines
of the Pirc defence, but chooses a pawn structure, which is more comfortable
for a 1.d4 player.} d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 {Another way to fight for an advantage
is} (5. c4 {1-0 Popov,V-Gubanov,A/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 58/[Har Zvi] (38)})
5... e6 {After this move we get the pawn structure from the French defence.} ({
Another option is to attack white's centre immediately with} 5... c5 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Adams,M/Bermuda 1999/CBM 69/[Kaspi,A] (47)}) 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Be3 {According to my database, the move 8.Be3 was played for the first time in
the position which arised after 7...Nc6. But after 8.Be3 it transforms to
variations from the Caro-Kann or from the French. For example: 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5
3.f3 e6 4.Be3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.f4 c5 7.c3 Nc6 8.Be3...} ({In the previous game
white continued} 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Nb6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Be3 Rc8
13. Rc1 O-O 14. Bd3 Nb4 15. Bb1 Nc4 16. Qe2 a6 17. f5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ibragimov,
I-Kindermann,S/Bad Wiessee 2000/EXT 2003 (49)}) 8... a6 {Black is intending to
create counterplay on the queenside carrying out b7-b5. In my opinion, more
principle is the standard Qb6 with pressure on white's center and on white's
queenside. See the following games:} (8... Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qb6 11. Qc2
h6 12. a3 a5 13. O-O f5 14. Rae1 (14. exf6 $14) 14... Rf7 15. h3 $14 {1-0
Quinteros,M-Szmetan,J/Villa Martelli 1997/EXT 99 (45)}) (8... Qb6 9. Qd2 cxd4
10. cxd4 Na5 11. Nc3 Bb4 12. b3 Nf8 13. Kf2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Qe2
Rfc8 $132 {0-1 Yevseev,D-Rashkovsky,N/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (58)}) 9. Nbd2 b5
10. a3 {preventing black's counterplay, which could be created after b5-b4.
Also white covers the b4 square, making possible an occupation of the d3
square by the light-squared bishop.} cxd4 {Black has to play this move, as it
liberates the knight d7 for maneouvres.} ({After} 10... b4 {white gets an
advantage:} 11. axb4 cxb4 12. c4 $14 (12. Bd3 $14)) 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. b3 $1 {
preventing from black the transfer of the knight to c4.} Bd7 13. Bd3 h6 $6 {
A dubious move, which worsens black's position even more. I think, black
should make everything to prevent white's initiative on the kingside.} ({
Therefore I would recommend to play} 13... Ne7 {with transfer of the knight to
f5.} 14. O-O Nf5 15. Bf2 Be7 {with following h7-h5.}) 14. h4 $1 {Right
decision. White is going to push his "h" pawn to h5, which will fix black's
kingside. It will make white's task easier in developing an intiative on the
kingside.} Rc8 15. h5 Na5 {Black is looking for counterplay on the queenside,
but he will not achieve there anything, as he hasn't the squares for invasion.}
16. Bf2 Rc3 17. Qb1 Nb7 {Black hopes to create counterplay with a6-a5-a4, but
it seems to me too slow. Also his knight is badly placed on b7. It is another
argument, why black should transfer his knight to f5 with 13...Ne7.} 18. Ng1 $1
{Very strong move, which drives away black's rook from white's camp.} Be7 19.
Ne2 Rc7 20. Nf3 {The position is closed, therefore white doesn't hurry with
castling, but improves the position of his knight.} a5 21. O-O O-O 22. Qd1 {
intending to build an unpleasant battery of Q+B for black through the b1-h7
diagonal.} f5 {After this move white gets a superior pawn structure and some
important squares, which are, actually, strongholds. But, on the other hand,
it is very difficult to advice good alternative for black. He hasn't any
counterplay on the queenside and cannot make use of the open "c" file.} (22...
a4 23. Bb1 axb3 24. Qd3 f5 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27. Ne5+ $40) 23. exf6
gxf6 ({Maybe the least of the evils was} 23... Bxf6 {, but the position
favours white anyway after} 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Bb1 (25. Ng3 Nd6 26. Qg4 $16) 25...
Nd6 26. Ng3 Bh4 27. Qd3 Nf5 28. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please
enter the best move for white.","","","f4f5","",10]} 24. f5 $1 $16 {[%csl Ye6,
Gf5,Yg6][%cal Ye2f4,Gf3h4,Yd3f5] Very strong move, after which black's
position is strategically lost! White is going to occupy fantastic outposts
for his knights.} exf5 25. Nh4 Rf7 $2 {After this move black's position is
already hopeless...} ({More resistant was} 25... Re8 26. Nxf5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 Bd6
28. Ng3 $16 {/+-}) 26. Nxf5 Bf8 27. Bg3 Rc8 28. Nf4 $18 {[%cal Gd1g4] All
white pieces take part in the attack on the black king, which is very
vulnerable.} Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Rc3 30. Rf3 {The simplest.} Rc6 31. Re3 $1 {[%cal
Gd1g4] After white adds his queen to the attack black hasn't any chance.} Nd6
32. Ne6 Qe7 33. Bxd6 $1 {eliminating the only active piece of black.} Rxd6 34.
Qg4+ Rg7 (34... Kh8 35. Rae1 $18 {[%cal Ge6f8]}) 35. Qf3 Rf7 36. Rae1 {Black
resigned in view of inability to maintain the material balance.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:01:29]}
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 5. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:03:23]} 6. a3 {
[%emt 0:01:23]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:01:23] This is optimistic, ...Bxc3 is the move
you play if you would like to hold a solid draw.} 7. Nge2 {[%emt 0:10:04]} Nge7
{[%emt 0:04:29]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:05:19]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
09:40]} (9. Na4 $5 {demands attention, because the bishop pair is almost never
bad to have. An old game by an (East) German grandmaster went:} Bf5 10. Nc5 Qc8
11. Bg5 Bb6 12. b4 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Re8 $11 {Schmittdiel,E-Uhlmann,W Germany 1992}
) 9... f6 {[%emt 0:11:03]} 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 11.
Nf4 $6 {[%emt 0:21:07] The computer sees no problem with this, but compared to
move 6, Black is much better developed and ready to take advantage of the
structural problem this implies.} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:13:27]} 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:03:
23]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 13. c4 {[%emt 0:05:29]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} (13...
Na5 {is the engine recommendation, but the compact structure after} 14. cxd5
Nxd5 15. c4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 {may be better for White than it thinks.}) 14. Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:08:24]} 15. Rab1 {[%emt 0:06:06]} (15. cxd5 Nxd5
16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. c4 $132 {is worth a look: the blitzy ...Ne5 gets the knight
trapped, and when White gets d5 in his bishop will be of equal value to the
knight.}) 15... b6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 16. Rb5 $6 {[%emt 0:07:46] Now Black is
slightly better already - this rook is tactically weak and does not coordinate
well with the rest of the pieces.} dxc4 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 17. Qxc4+ {[%emt 0:00:
05]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:50] This doesn't help either -
now everything comes with tempo.} Na5 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 19. Qd3 {[%emt 0:05:53]}
c6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 20. Rbb1 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Qf5 $15 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 21. a4 {
[%emt 0:06:09]} (21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qd3 {might not be so dreadful.})
21... g5 $1 {[%emt 0:05:57]} 22. Nh5 {[%emt 0:04:22]} Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 23.
Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc4 {
[%emt 0:00:31] This position is almost winning at the elite level, and
Mamedyarov's 'tactically informed technique' is nearly perfect.} 25. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:52]} h6 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 26. h4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} (26. Re6 Rd6 27.
Re8+ Kh7 28. h3 {may have been worth a try, just to keep two active pieces})
26... Kh7 {[%emt 0:02:05]} 27. g4 {[%emt 0:06:25]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 28.
Re6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:03:24]} 29. Rxd6 {[%emt 0:03:33]} Nxd6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 30. f3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} f5 $19 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 31. Be1 {
[%emt 0:01:16]} a5 {[%emt 0:06:48]} 32. Bxh4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:
10]} 33. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} 34. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 35. fxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nde3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Nf6+
{[%emt 0:01:22]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:
53]} 38. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:16] Gaining material, though
there might have been some last bit of optimisation to do.} (38... Nxc2 39. Rc1
(39. Rb1 Nd2 $19) 39... Nd4 40. Kg2 Rxf6 41. Bxf6 Kxf6 42. Rb1 Nb6 {obtains
the same position with the c2-pawn gone.}) 39. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 40. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (40. Kf2 Nxg4+ 41. Kf3 Nge5+ 42. Kf4 {
was the last try to pose practical problems, in my opinion}) 40... Ke6 $19 {
[%emt 0:02:25] Now Black's pieces all have defined roles: the Black king will
stop the b-pawn, and then take it once the a-pawn has distracted White's rook.}
41. b6 {[%emt 0:05:25]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 42. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Kc8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 43. b7+ {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Kf2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:05:13]} 45. Ke2 {[%emt 0:04:33]} a3 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 46.
Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Nxg4 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 47. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd2 {
[%emt 0:05:13]} (47... Nge3 {and ...Nc2 and ...a2 would have been as per the
original plan, but there is a tactic instead.}) 48. Rb4 {[%emt 0:04:52]} a2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 $5 (7.
cxd5 {The most popular move,after which black however gets quiet comfortable
position} Re8+ (7... h6 $5 8. Be2 (8. Ne5 $5 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. Be2 b6 11.
O-O Bb7 12. Bb5 Qf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Qf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Groszpeter,A-Lputian,S/
EUCup f Budapest 1996}) 8... Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Ne5 Nbxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Bc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Be6 $5 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Qf6 $13 {Fernandez Garcia,
J-Romero Holmes,A/ESP-ch plof 1993/0-1 (48)}) 8. Be2 h6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bc4 Nb6
11. Bb3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 $6 12. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rxe5 14. Bf4 Re7 15. Qf3 Qd7
16. h3 $14 {Golubovic Boris-Lputian Smbat G/It (open), Cannes (France) 1996/1/
2-1/2 (61)}) 12. Qd3 (12. h3 $5 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ne5 Be4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16.
Bf4 Nf6 17. Qf3 $14 {Glek,I-Zueger,B/Geneve op 1994 (34)}) 12... Qd7 13. a4 Bf5
14. Qd1 a5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Rxe5 17. Bf4 Ree8 18. Qd4 $14 {Roeder,
M-Soffer,R/Berliner Sommer 1994 (32)}) (7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qe8+ $5 (8... Re8+
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. h3 Be7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bf4 Nbd5 14. Be5 Be6 15. a3
$14 {Turov,M-Dyachkov,S/St.Petersburg op2 1994/0-1 (60)}) 9. Be2 Ne4 10. Nxe4
$6 (10. Be3 $5) 10... Qxe4 11. O-O Bg4 12. Re1 Qd5 13. Be3 Nc6 $11 {Sowray,
P-Portisch,F/Wijk aan Zee II 1985 (48)}) (7. c5 $6 Re8+ (7... Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9.
cxb6 axb6 10. h3 Ba6 11. O-O c6 12. Re1 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ne8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Sale-Portisch,F/Harkany op 1994 (31)}) 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O b6 10. cxb6 axb6 11.
Ne5 Bd6 12. Bf4 c6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Bf3 b5 $132 {Gavrilov Alexei-Rychagov A/Ch
Moscow (open), Moscow (Russia) 1995 (33)}) 7... Re8+ 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 (
9... Be6 $5 10. Ng5 Qd7 11. Nxe6 Qxe6 12. Qa4 c6 13. Bxc4 Qe7 14. Qc2 Nbd7 $13)
10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 {Usualy white puts the bishop on b3,where it is more
active,but now black can meet 11.Bb3 with 11...Be6! forcing the exchange or
retreat of the bishop,so it's better to play 11.Bd3 immedeatly.} Be6 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Be7 (13... Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Rae1 Be7 17. Re2 $14) 14.
Re1 Nfd5 $6 {Inaccuracy,which lets white to seize initiative.It was better to
play} (14... Nbd5 15. Bg3 c6 16. a3 Qa5 17. Qc2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 c5 {with
balanced position}) 15. Bg3 $1 $14 Bd6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 (16... f6 $1 {This awkward
move is definitly the best.Black gets counterplay against white weak pawns
while it's not so easy for white to use exposed position of black king.} 17.
Ng6 (17. Nf3 $5) 17... Bxg3 18. fxg3 Qd6 19. Qf3 Qb4 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Qf2 Rad8
22. Kh2 Qd6 $132) 17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Qd7 19. Qe2 $6 (19. Qc2 $5 $14) 19...
f6 20. Re4 Bd5 21. Re3 Qc6 22. Rc1 Nc4 (22... Bxg2 23. Bb5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qf3
25. Qxf3 Bxf3 26. Bxc7 $14) 23. Re7 Rxe7 24. Qxe7 Nd6 25. Bg6 $1 $36 Bxg2 26.
Qe6+ Kh8 27. c4 $1 (27. Bxd6 Bd5 $1 $17) 27... Be4 $1 (27... Qf3 28. Kh2 $1 (
28. Re1 Bh1 $1 $17) 28... Qa3 29. Rb1 $1 (29. Re1 Bc6 30. d5 Ba4 $13) 29... Bc6
30. d5 Ba4 31. Bxd6 cxd6 32. Rxb7 $14) 28. d5 Qa4 29. Bxe4 $5 {Risky
continuation in opponent's timetrouble.} (29. Bxd6 Bxg6 30. Bxc7) 29... Re8 30.
Bxd6 Rxe6 31. dxe6 Qe8 $2 {Black simply does'nt believe in himself!After
correct} (31... cxd6 $1 32. Bg6 Qa5 33. h4 Qe5 34. Bf7 g5 (34... Qe2 35. h5 $13
) 35. Kf1 Qe4 36. Re1 Qxc4+ 37. Re2 Qxh4 38. Re3 $11 {it's only black who can
try to play for a win.}) 32. Bxc7 $16 Qxe6 33. Bg2 b6 34. Bf4 Qf5 35. Be3 Qa5
36. c5 $1 bxc5 37. Rxc5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 g5 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rxa7 $18
{The rest is easy technical job.} Qa1 42. Bf3 Qe5+ 43. Kg2 f5 44. a4 Qe6 45.
Ra8+ Ke7 46. Bc5+ Kd7 47. a5 g4 48. hxg4 fxg4 49. Bb7 Kc7 50. a6 Qb3 51. Rc8+
Kd7 52. Bc6+ $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nf6 (
6... Ne7 7. Ng5 Nd5 8. O-O c6 9. Re1+ Kf8 10. Qh5 Qd7 11. Nc3 $16 {Simic,
D-Brenjo,S/ch-Serbia 2000}) 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Bg5 (9. Qd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
c6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Rad1 Nbd7 14. d5 $16 {Schumacher,D-Kassuba,M/
GER-chJ U13 1994}) (9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd3 $14 {Schubert,H-Kristjansson,S/Reykjavik op 19th 2000})
9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 $15 {
Vitor,A-Silva,F/POR-ch 1994}) (5... Qe7+ 6. Be3 Bf4 7. cxd5 Bxe3 8. fxe3 Qxe3+
9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Ne7 11. Nc3 a6 12. a4 b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. O-O f6 $13 {
Richter,S-Huelle,G/Leipzig VfB op5 1998}) 6. Nc3 c6 (6... dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c5 (11... Ne4 12. Nxf7 (12. Nxg6 Nxc3 13.
bxc3 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Kuraszkiewicz,M-Meister,P/BL2-O9697 1997}) 12... Bxf7 13.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 14. Nxe4 $16 {Greenfeld,A-Godes,D/ISR-ch 1996}) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
dxc5 (13. Nb5 Nc6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. Be3 Nd4 18. Bxd4
Qxd4 $13 {Medvegy,N-Kononenko,T/EU-chJW U20 1995}) 13... Bxc5 (13... Be7 $2 14.
Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Be3 Nbd7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 $16 {Bruch,I-Grimm,S/BL2-W 1994}) 14.
Qxd8 (14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qb3+ Ke8 16. Qxb7 Nbd7 17. Re1+ Be7 18. g5 Rb8 19.
Qxa7 Ng8 $15 {Comp Frenchess-Voorn,M/The Hague AEGON 1995}) 14... Rxd8 15. Be3
(15. g5 Nfd7 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Rad1 Nde5 $11 {Altounian,L-Jovic,D/
WchJM-U18 1993}) 15... Nbd7 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. f3 g5 19. Kf2 Rac8
$11 {Bus,M-Socko,B/Polanica Zdroj op 1995}) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4
10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Ne4 $6 {After this move white gets very
dangerous initiative, so better was} (12... c5 $5 {D20-queens gambit accepted}
13. f4 (13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qf3 Nc6 $13) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 b6 15.
Kg2 $14) 13. f4 $1 {The most energetic reply} (13. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7
15. Qb3+ (15. Qf3+ $2 Nf6 16. g5 Bh5 17. Qf5 Qd7 $17) 15... Kf8 16. Qxb7 Nd7
17. Re1 $13) (13. Nxg6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 hxg6 15. Qd3 $14) 13... Nxc3 (13... Qh4 $6
14. Qe1 $1 {[%csl Re4]} Qxe1 15. Rxe1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxe5 (16... Bc2 17. Nxf7
Rxf7 18. Re8+ Bf8 19. Ba3 $18) 17. dxe5 Bc2 18. Ba3 $16 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 14.
bxc3 Be4 (14... Qh4 15. Qe1 $1 Qxh3 $2 (15... Qxe1 16. Rxe1 $16) 16. Rf3 Qh6
17. f5 $18) (14... Bxe5 15. fxe5 b5 16. Bb3 Na6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. h4
$1 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 15. Qb3 $1 {[%csl Gd5,Rf7] Preventing from the black
bishop to come to d5} (15. Re1 Bd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Qb3 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19.
Ba3 Re8 20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Rab1 b6 $14) 15... Qc7 {[%cal Gb7b5,Ge4d5]} 16. a4 Bd5
{Black decides to give up a pawn in order to get some counterplay} (16... c5 $6
17. Ba3 b6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. dxc5 bxc5 (19... Bxc5+ 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh2 $18)
20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Re8+ Bf8 22. Rb1 (22. Bxf7+ $2 Qxf7 23. Bxc5 Nd7 $1 $17)
22... Na6 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Rxb7 $18) 17. Bxd5
cxd5 18. Rf3 $16 (18. Rb1 $5) 18... Nc6 (18... Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qc6 20. Rb1 b6 21.
Ba3 Rd8 22. Rbf1 Rd7 23. Qb5 $1 $16) 19. Qxd5 Rfd8 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Ba3 (21. Rb1
$5 Rac8 22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 $16) 21... Bxa3 22. Qxa3 Rd5 23. Qa2 Rad8 24. Rb1
a6 (24... f6 $2 25. Rb5 {[%cal Gb5a5,Gb5d5]} Qd6 26. Rxa5 $18) 25. g5 $1 Qc8
26. Re1 Nc6 (26... Qf5 27. Qf2) 27. Nc4 $1 Qc7 28. Qe2 (28. Rfe3 $5 Rf8 29. Re4
$18) 28... g6 (28... Rf8 $5) 29. Ne3 R5d6 30. Ng4 Re6 31. Re3 $5 (31. Qf2 Rxe1+
32. Qxe1 b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Qh4 h5 36. gxh6 b4 37. Ne4 Qe7 38.
Qxe7 Nxe7 39. Ng5 $18) 31... Qxf4 32. Rxe6 fxe6 (32... Qg3+ 33. Qg2 Qxg2+ 34.
Kxg2 fxe6 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Rf6+ Ke7 37. Kf3 $18) 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Qf6+ Qxf6
35. Nxf6 (35. gxf6+ Kf7 36. Rb1 Rd7 37. Rb6 $18) 35... Kf7 36. Kg2 $5 h6 37. h4
hxg5 38. hxg5 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. d5 $1 (40. Rb1 b4 41. d5 bxc3 42. dxc6 Rc8
43. Rb7+ Kf8 (43... Ke6 44. c7 Kd6 45. Rb3 $1 $18) 44. Rb1 Rxc6 45. Kf3 c2 46.
Rc1 Kf7 $16 {[%csl Rg5]}) 40... Ne7 41. Rd1 Nf5 42. Kf3 Rc8 43. Ne4 Rc4 44. Ra1
Ra4 45. Rb1 Rc4 46. Rb2 $6 (46. Kf4 Nd6 47. Rb4 Rxb4 48. cxb4 Nc4 49. Nc3 $18)
46... Ra4 47. Rh2 $2 b4 48. cxb4 (48. Kf4 bxc3 49. Ke5 Rc4 50. Rh7+ Kg8 51.
Nf6+ Kf8 $11) (48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rb7 (49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. c4 b3 51. c5 Rb4 52. d6
b2 53. d7 Nd4+ 54. Kg2 Nc6 $11) 49... bxc3 50. Nxc3 Rd4 $14) 48... Rxb4 $11 49.
Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rd7 (50. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 50... Kf8 51. Rc7 Rd4 52. Rc5 Ke7 53. Ra5
Kf7 54. Ra7+ Kf8 55. Ra8+ (55. Kf4 Ng3 $1 56. Kxg3 Rxe4 57. d6 Rd4 58. d7 Ke7
$11) 55... Kf7 56. Ra7+ Kf8 57. Ra5 Kf7 58. Rc5 Kg7 59. Rc7+ Kf8 60. Kf4 Ng3
61. Kxg3 Rxe4 62. Rd7 Re5 63. Kf4 Rf5+ 64. Kg4 Ke8 65. Rd6 Kf7 66. Kh4 Rf4+ $1
67. Kg3 Rf1 68. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Meessen, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[BlackTeam "Eupen Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 (6... Nf6 7. c5
Bc7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 $14 {
Gurevich,M-Nikolic,Pr/Beograd/1991/1:0 (58) Inf 53/246/}) 7. Bd3 (7. cxd5 cxd5
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. h3 a6 11. a3 Bc7 12. Qc2 g6 $10 {Rublevsky,
S-Vakhidov,T/Cheliabinsk/1993/1:0 (25)/}) 7... dxc4 (7... O-O 8. O-O h6 9. h3
Be6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Re2 Nf8 $10 {Kengis,
E-Rohde,M/Tilburg/1992/1:0 (31)/}) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. h3 (10. Bb3 Nb6
11. Bg5 Kh8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1 Qd8 15. Qd3 $14 {
Kaidanov,G-Nikolic,P/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Knaak]/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Re4 Rae8 16. Qe2 Rf4 17. Re1 Rxe4
18. Qxe4 Kg8 $11 {Junge,R-Hertneck,G/BL8889 1989/BL}) 14. Qd3 g6 (14... f6 15.
Ne4 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nd5 18. Qh3 Qf7 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Rae1 $14 {
Christensen,T-Hansen,L/Politiken Cup 1996}) 15. d5 Bf5 16. Qd4+ f6 17. dxc6
Qxc6 18. Qh4 $14 {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Beliavsky,A/Vidmar mem12th 1997}) (10. Bg5
h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 (11... Qc7 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Bxe7 $1 Bxe7 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Rfe1 $14
) 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Bxe7 14. Qe2 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Istratescu,A/
Ciocaltea mem 1995}) 10... Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 (11... Bc7 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Re1 Qd8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 Be6 18. Bc2 $14 {
Malisauskas,V-Djurhuus,R/Oslo 1992}) (11... Ned5 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 Qh4 $2 (
13... Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3 Bc7 16. Ne4 a5 17. a3 a4 18. Ba2 Ra5 19. Bg5
Qc8 20. Rad1 Bd8 21. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Paneque,P/Havana op 1994})
14. Qf3 Be6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Nexf7 $1 {1-0 Varga,
Z-Atanu,L/5th Paks Cup GM 2000}) 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 $5 {This move appears to
be a novelty, however after black's correct reply it becomes clear that also
after this move black manages to keep the balance.} (13. Ne4 Ng6 (13... Bxe4
14. Rxe4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Varga,Z/Budapest FS04 GM 1993}) 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2 Re8
$2 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5+ cxd5 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Qxd5+ $16 {Sieiro
Gonzalez,L-Ricaurte Lopez,J/Capablanca mem-C 1996}) 13... f6 $5 14. Nc4 (14.
Nd3 $5 {May me this move is slightly more accurate than a move in the game} Re8
(14... Qd7 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Be6 17. Ne4 $14) 15. Bf4 Bxd3 16. Bxd6 Qxd6
17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Re4 $14) 14... Bc7 (14... Kh8 $5 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Rxe4 Rfe8 18. Bd2 $14) 15. Qf3 {[%cal Gc4e3,Gb3g8]} Kh8 $1 16. Bd2 ({
Nothing promises} 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. Nf1 Be4 19. Qh5 Qe8 $11) (16.
Ne3 Be6 17. Nexd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Qd7 $11) 16... Qd7 17. Ne4 Rae8 (
17... b6 $5 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Ng3 Be6 $132) 18. Nc5 Qc8 19. Rac1 $5 {[%cal
Gc1c8]} Bb8 $6 {[%cal Gc8c7,Gc7h2] For some reason black doesn't want to play
b6, which was very logical raction:} (19... b6 20. Ne4 Qd7 $13) 20. Ne3 $1 $36
{[%csl Re6]} Nxe3 $6 (20... b6 21. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Nxf5 bxc5 23.
dxc5 $16) 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Rxe7 $1 Qxf3 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. gxf3 bxc5 26. Rxc5
Rd8 27. Ba5 $18) (20... Qc7 $5 21. g3 Bxh3 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 24.
Rxe1 cxd5 25. Qxd5 $14) 21. Rxe3 Qc7 22. g3 $1 $16 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Gc1e1]
Now black is in serious troubles} Bxh3 23. Rce1 $1 (23. Be6 $5 f5 24. Rb3 $1
Bg4 25. Qg2 b6 26. Nd7 $14) 23... Qd8 (23... Bc8 24. Qe2 b6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26.
Rxe6 Rf7 27. Re4 $18) 24. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh3]} Qxd4 25. Ne6 Qxd2 26. Nxf8 {
[%csl Re8,Rh3]} Rxf8 (26... Be5 27. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 28. Qxh3+ Kg6 29. Qh5#) 27.
Rxe7 Qb4 28. Re8 Bxg4 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxg4 Be5 31. Qe6 g5 32. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 23rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1995.07.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Von Gleich} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 Qf6 8. Rb1 Nge7 (8... b6 9. Qh5 (9. Ne2 Bf5 10. O-O Nge7 11. Bf4 Bxd3
12. Qxd3 O-O 13. Bxc7 Rfc8 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Rfe1 Ng6 16. Qb5 Qf5 17. Be5 Qe6 18.
Bg3 Qc6 $44 {Johansen,D-Farago,I/Wuppertal/1986/0-1 (35)}) 9... Nge7 10. Bg5
Qe6+ 11. Ne2 Qg4 12. Qxg4 Bxg4 13. Ng3 Kd7 14. f3 Be6 15. Kf2 f6 16. Bd2 Bf7
$10 {Lau,R-Schaefer,Ma/Porz (1)/1992/0.5 (62)}) 9. Ne2 Ng6 (9... O-O $2 10. Bf4
) (9... Nf5 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 $5) 10. O-O O-O {[%csl Rf6] In a fairly
normal position black suffers one huge drawback, the Qf6 occupies very
unfortunate square.} (10... Qd6 11. f4 f5 12. c4 $16 Nce7 (12... O-O 13. cxd5
Qxd5 14. c4 Qd6 15. d5 $16) 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. c4 Nf6 15. Bd2 Qd7 $6 (15... O-O
$2 16. Bb4) (15... c5 $5) 16. Rb5 $1 Qf7 17. Ng3 $18 {Lutz,Ch-Nikolic,P/Wijk
op/1995/1-0 (32)}) 11. f4 {Von Gleich /\ f5, Ng3-h5 Weiß steht gemäß Short
bereits auf Gewinn.} Bf5 $2 (11... Re8 12. f5 Nf8 13. g4 h6 14. Ng3 Nh7 $14)
12. Bxf5 $1 (12. Rxb7 Rab8 $132) 12... Qxf5 13. Ng3 {Der Pb7 interessiert
nicht.} Qd7 14. f5 Nge7 15. f6 $1 {Usually white can only dream about such
attacking moves.} Nc8 (15... gxf6 $2 16. Nh5 $18) 16. fxg7 Re8 (16... Kxg7 17.
Nh5+ Kh8 18. Nf6 $18) 17. Nh5 Re6 18. Qg4 (18. Qg4 Qd8 19. Bg5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Nf3 (6. a3 $6 {Unlike
in the closed type positions you can get after:1.e4 e6 2.d4  d5 3.ed5 ed5 4.
Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd3 Nc6 when by playing 6.a3 there isn't any danger that white would
have problems with development , here the position is more dinamic and black
can exploit this tempi.} Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Nf3 b6 (8... Bg4 $5 9. Qb3 Nbc6
10. Be3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Na5 12. Qa2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nd5 $15 {0-1
Jakupovic,N-Kobylkin,E/Cala Caldana b-14 1996 (25)}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Re8+
11. Be2 Qe7 12. Ra2 Nc6 13. c4 Nf6 (13... Ndb4 $5 {Black should try to exploit
as quickly as possible white's problems in getting the pieces out ,because
once he's castled and brought his rook back to the game white will have a very
steady advantage due to a strong center supported by a pair of strong bishops.}
14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qd2 Nxa2 16. Qxa2 Bb7 17. Be3 $13) 14. O-O Ba6 15. Bd3 Rad8
16. Bb2 Na5 17. Raa1 $14 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3] 1-0 Fernandes,A-Almeida,R/Andorra zt
1987 (29)}) 6... O-O (6... Bf5 7. Be2 Nd7 8. Qb3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be6 10. cxd5
Bxd5 11. c4 Be6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qxb7 Nb6 14. Qa6 $16 {Black wasted too much
time in the previous moves (Bf5-e6-d5-e6) and allowed to do whatever he wants.}
) 7. Be2 (7. a3 $6 {This move ,now or a couple of moves earlier seems to give
black  a very important tempi!} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nbc6 9. c5 (9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4
Nd5 11. Bxd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 Qxd5 13. h3 Qc4 $15 {0-1 Speck,H-Luther,T/
Liechtenstein op 1993 (22)}) 9... b6 10. Be2 bxc5 11. dxc5 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Qd3 Ra8 15. Be3 a4 16. Ng5 g6 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. c4 $2 Ne5 19. Qd4
Nxc4 20. Qf6 (20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh4+ Kg8 22. Qxe7 Re8 23. Qg5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 c6
$19 {[%csl Ge3]}) 20... Nf5 21. Rxd5 Ra6 22. c6 Ncxe3 23. fxe3 Qe8 24. Nxh7
Rxc6 25. Rf3 Nxe3 26. Rh5 gxh5 27. Qg5+ Kxh7 28. Rxe3 Qd7 29. Qxh5+ Rh6 30. Qe2
{0-1 Mallahi,A-Shaked,T/Cala Galdana b-18 1996}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 (8...
Nd5 $2 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rb1 {[%csl Gc3,Gh7][%cal Gc4d3]} Be6 12.
Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qd3 Rxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxd4 15. Qxb7 Nd7 16. Qc6 e5 17. Be3 Nb6 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Rfd1 d3 20. h3 Rc8 21. a4 {1-0 Miezis,N-Kahn,M/Dresden op 1992})
9. O-O Nbc6 10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qd3 Nd6 12. Bd5 (12. Ne5 $142 {Probabaly the best
white can get in this position since other continuations, as it seems, lead to
inferior positions.} Bf5 13. Qe2 Bxc3 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. bxc3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5
17. Qxd5 cxd5 18. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Reich,T-Schaefer,M/BL 1994}) (12. Bg5 Qc8 13.
Bd5 Qf5 14. Qxf5 Bxf5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Re8 18. Bf4 Ne7 19.
Bb3 h6 20. Ne5 g5 21. Bg3 Kg7 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 c6 24. Rf1 f6 25. a3 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Bg6 $11 {Miezis,N-Luther,T/Dresden op 1992/0-1 (58)}) 12... Bf5 13.
Qd1 (13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Rfc1 Re8 16. Qf1 c6 17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Be6
19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. b4 Nac4 21. Re1 Qd5 22. Be7 f6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Rc5 Qb3 25.
Ra1 Re7 $17 {[%csl Gd4] 1/2-1/2 Ashley,M-Remlinger,L/New York Marshall/Enhance
1994 (60)}) 13... Ne7 (13... Na5 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Qa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. Ne5
Ne4 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. f3 Bd3 21. Rfe1 f6 22. Bf4 Qd7 23. Re3 Bg6
$14 {Miezis,N-Glek,I/Hamburg Wichern-op 1995/1-0 (59)}) (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3
Ne4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qc1 Qd5 17. c4 Qa5 18. Ne5 Qa6 19. f3 Nd6 20. d5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Rfe8 22. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Gc7] 1-0 Miezis,N-Gurevich,M/Bonn GSK-2 1995 (41)}
) 14. Bb3 c6 15. Ne5 Kh8 16. Rc1 f6 17. Nd3 Bxc3 (17... Ba5 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. d5
cxd5 20. Ncxd5 $14) 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Nf4 (19. Bxd5 $6 cxd5 20. Nf4 Nc4 21. Qf3
Be4 22. Qh3 Re8 $17 {[%csl Gc4]}) (19. Re1 Re8 $15) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qe8 $15
{[%csl Ge3]} (20... Qe7 21. Qf3 Rae8 22. Rce1 Be4 $15 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Gd6f5]})
21. Qe2 (21. Qf3 $142 $11 {[%cal Gb3c2]}) 21... b5 22. Rce1 (22. Bc2 $6 Bxc2
23. Rxc2 Qe4 $17) (22. d5 $5 Bd7 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne6 Rf7 25. Qg4 Re7 26. Rcd1
Ne4 27. Rd3 $10) (22. a4 a5 $5 23. axb5 (23. d5 $142 $5 $13) 23... cxb5 24. Nd5
Qe6 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nc7 Qe7 (26... Bg4 27. Qe1 Qe7 28. Nxa8 cxb3 29. Rc7 Qe6
30. Ra7 Nc4 $44) 27. Nd5 Qe4 28. Nc3 Qd3 $19) 22... Ne4 23. c4 a6 24. cxb5 axb5
25. Rc1 {White has finally created a weakness to play for. This should
probably equalize.} Rc8 26. a4 bxa4 $6 {I don't think black should've reacted
at all.After the text white has more space for maneauvering.} (26... Qd7 $142)
27. Bxa4 Bd7 28. Nd3 $14 Ra8 29. Bc2 (29. Qc2 $2 Nc3 $1 30. Bxc6 (30. Qxc3
Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Rxa4 $19) 30... Bxc6 31. Qxc3 Qxe3+ $17 {[%csl Gd4]}) 29... Be6
30. Nf2 Bd5 31. Nxe4 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Qf3 Rfe8 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Kf2 $11
Rae8 36. Rfe1 R8e6 37. Rc3 g6 38. Ra1 f5 39. g3 g5 40. Kf3 Kg7 41. Ra7+ Kg6 42.
Ra6 Kf6 {Niether side can improve his position anymore.} (42... Kf6 43. Raxc6
Rxe3+ 44. Rxe3 Rxc6 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Krayz, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 6. Qf3 Qf6 7. Bf4 {Just
about the only way to get real chances for win.} (7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. Nge2 O-O (
8... Nbd7 9. O-O (9. a3 Be7 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ng3 g6 12. f4 h5 13. f5 h4 14. Nge2
Bxf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Rxf5 Ne6 17. Bd2 Nh5 18. Raf1 f6 19. Nd1 Kd7 20. c3 Rag8
$11 {Somlai,L-Farago,I/Budapest Elekes 1991/0-1 (68)}) 9... O-O 10. a3 Bd6 11.
Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 Nb6 13. h4 Bd7 14. f3 h5 15. Kf2 Nc8 16. Rae1 Nd6 17. Nce2 {
1/2-1/2 Arapovic,V-Leuba,D/Biel-C 1990}) 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. a3 Ba5 11. O-O Bf5 12.
Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 Na6 15. b4 Bc7 16. c4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Nc7 18. d5
cxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rad8 21. Rad1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 f5 23. a4 Rf7 24. a5
Kf8 25. b5 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Wiege,R-Huber,J/Lienz op 1988}) 7... Qxd4 {This game
had no sportive meaning ,so both opponents had nothing against a little
craziness!} (7... Ne7 8. Qg3 Nd7 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Qe6+ 12. Kf1
(12. Ne2 Nf6 13. f3 Ng6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Qf2 Qd6 16. Bd2 Re8 $11 {Wehmeier,
S-Wagner,A/Munich op9293 1993/0-1 (70)}) 12... Nf6 13. Qc7 Ng6 14. Re1 Ne4 15.
f3 f5 16. Nh3 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Bxd7 18. c4 Rae8 19. Bc1 c5 20. Nf4 cxd4 21. Nxg6
hxg6 22. cxd5 Nc3 23. Bb2 Rc8 24. Kf2 $14 {0-1 Lejlic,S-Raicevic,I/JUG-chT
1989 (37)}) 8. O-O-O (8. Nge2 Qf6 9. Qg3 Nd7 $15) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qxc3 10.
Qg3 (10. Qe3+ Ne7 11. Be5 Qa3+ 12. Bb2 Qxa2 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Bf6 Be6 15. Bxh7 (
15. g3) 15... Rxg2 $17) 10... Qa3+ (10... Nd7 {During the game I considered it
as the best conituation for black.} 11. Nh3 {[%cal Gg3c3]} ({Worse would be :} 
11. Nf3) 11... Qa3+ 12. Kd2 Qa5+ (12... Ne7 13. Rde1 $1 Qb4+ (13... O-O $4 14.
Bxh7+ $18 {That's exactly why white played 11.Nh3 instead of 11.Nf3.}) 14. Kc1
Nc5 15. Qxg7 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Qa3+ 17. Kb1 $18) 13. c3 Qxa2+ 14. Bc2 Ngf6 (14...
Ne7 15. Rde1 Nf8 (15... Nc5 16. Rxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bd6+ Kd8 18. Bxc5 Bxh3 19. Qg5+
Kd7 20. Qe7+ Kc8 21. gxh3 $18) 16. Qxg7 Nfg6 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Qxg6 (18. Rxe7+ $5
Nxe7 19. Re1 $18) 18... hxg6 19. Rxe7+ Kd8 20. Rxf7+ Ke8 21. Re7+ Kd8 22. Rh7+
Rf6 23. Bxf6+ Ke8 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Ree7 $18) 15. Rhe1+ Ne4+ 16. Rxe4+ dxe4 17.
Qxg7 Rf8 18. Bd6 e3+ 19. fxe3 Qe6 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Ng5 Qd6+ 22. Ke1 Qe7 23.
Ne4 $40) 11. Kd2 Qb4+ 12. Ke2 (12. c3 $5 Qb2+ 13. Bc2 Bf5 14. Rc1 Nd7 $1 (14...
Nf6 $2 15. Qxg7 Ne4+ 16. Ke1 Rf8 (16... Qxc3+ 17. Qxc3 Nxc3 18. Bxf5 $16) 17.
f3 {[%csl Gf5]} Nd6 18. Qe5+ Be6 19. Qxd6 $18) (14... d4 $6 15. Ne2 Nf6 (15...
Nd7 16. Nxd4 Ngf6 17. Rhe1+ Ne4+ (17... Be6 18. Nxe6 $40) 18. Kd1 $18) (15...
Ne7 $5 {Krays} 16. Bxb8 O-O 17. Be5 f6 18. Bxd4 Rad8 $44) 16. Qxg7 dxc3+ 17.
Kd1 Bxc2+ 18. Rxc2 $18) 15. Qxg7 (15. Nf3 Ngf6 16. Rhe1+ Ne4+ 17. Kd1 O-O $19)
15... O-O-O {Now it's black's turn to sacrifise.} 16. Qxh8 (16. Bg5 Ngf6 17.
Bxf6 Rhg8 $17) 16... Ngf6 17. Qg7 Rg8 (17... Bxc2 18. Rxc2 Ne4+ 19. Kd1 Nxf2+ (
19... Qb1+ 20. Bc1) 20. Rxf2 Qxf2 21. Ne2 $18) 18. Qxf7 Rxg2 19. Ne2 (19. Be3
Rxf2+ $1 20. Bxf2 Ne4+ 21. Kd1 Nxc3+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 Nxf2+ 24. Ke2 Nxh1
$19) 19... Rxf2 20. Qg7 b6 21. Qh8+ (21. Rhe1 d4 $1 22. Bg3 Ne4+ 23. Kd1 Nxc3+
24. Kd2 Bxc2 25. Rxc2 Ne4+ 26. Kd3 Ndc5+ 27. Rxc5 Nxc5+ 28. Kc4 Qc2+ $19) 21...
Kb7 $40) 12... Na6 $1 {I underestimated this move playing 12.Ke2} 13. c3 $4 {
Probably the decisive mistake.} (13. Qxg7 $142 Qxf4 14. Qxh8 Bg4+ 15. f3 O-O-O
{I played c3 on my 13th move wishing to get this position with a pawn on c3 
(instead of on c2)which would allow white to play 16.Qd4 trading queens with a
completely winning endgame.} 16. Qc3 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Gd3a6] I wasn't
satiscfied with this position during the game since black's initiative seems
to be very strong.However, the analysis show that black is the one who has to
prove that he's OK.} Re8+ (16... Nb4 17. g3 Re8+ 18. Kf2 Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 (19.
cxd3 $4 Qe3+ 20. Kg2 Bxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qe2+ 22. Kh3 Qxf3 $17) 19... Qf5 (19... Qf6
20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. fxg4 Nxg4+ 22. Kg2 $18) 20. Qd4 $18) 17. Kf1 Nb4 18. Ne2 $18)
13... Qe7+ $8 (13... Qa4 $2 {Leads to a position mentioned in the previous
variation:} 14. Qxg7 Qxf4 15. Qxh8 Bg4+ 16. f3 O-O-O 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. cxd4 Be6
19. Bxa6 $18) 14. Kf1 Nf6 {Now white is practically lost.} 15. Qxg7 (15. Bd6 {
Playing 13.c3 I was counting on this move to give white strong initiative.
Black's next move, however , forces white to resign.} Nh5 $19 {A very
frustrating blunder!}) 15... Rg8 16. Qh6 Nc5 17. Bxh7 Rh8 18. Bg5 Nce4 19. Re1
{Pretty amazing position: just about every active piece on the board is tied
up!!} Qc5 $1 {The weakness of white's king decides!} 20. Nh3 $8 (20. Qxf6 Qc4+
21. Re2 Qxe2+ 22. Nxe2 Nxf6 $19) 20... Nxh7 21. Qg7 Bxh3 ({Probably stronger
was:} 21... Qf8 $19) 22. Rxe4+ $8 dxe4 23. Qxh8+ {When playing Nh3 I thought
this was a playable position, but there was just one last surprise waiting for
me in this game..} Nf8 $19 {[%csl Gg5] The rest is pointless!} 24. Qf6 Bf5 25.
Kg1 Ng6 26. Qg7 e3 27. fxe3 Qe5 28. Qg8+ Nf8 29. Bf4 Qe6 30. Qg5 Rd8 31. Kf2
Qg6 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bd6 (5... Bg4 6. Qe2+ (6. c3
Qd7 7. O-O Bd6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 h5 11. Qc2 Nge7 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13.
Nf1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nf5 15. Ne3 Nce7 16. Re2 g5 17. Bg3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nxe3 19.
Qxe3 Nf5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gubanov,A-Lobach,P/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1995 (57)})
6... Qe7 7. Be3 Nb4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 a5 10. c3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Na6 12. Nd2 Qe6
13. Bc2 Bd6 14. O-O-O Ne7 15. Rde1 Nc7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Rhg1 g6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19.
Bd2 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ng7 21. f5 Nxf5 22. Bxf5+ gxf5 23. Rg5 Rde8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8
25. Rxf5 f6 26. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Iruzubieta,J-Romero Holmes,A/ESP-ch Canete
1994 (37)}) (5... Nb4 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Ne5 Qc8 10. a3
Na6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rab1 Bd8 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. f4 Nce8 17.
Ne2 a5 18. f5 Ne4 19. g4 N8d6 20. Bf4 $36 {1-0 Milov,V-Barsov,A/NRW-II 1996 
(38)}) 6. O-O (6. h3 h6 7. O-O Nge7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. d5
Ne5 12. Bb5 c6 13. dxc6 N5xc6 14. Nd4 Bxh3 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. gxh3 cxb5 17. Nxb5
Qxb5 18. Qxd6 Rd8 19. Qa3 Rd7 20. Re1 O-O $15 {Bakhtadze,G-Croonenborghs,T/
EU-chJM U20 Holon 1995/0-1 (60)}) 6... Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Be6 $5
(9... Bf5 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Re1 $14) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Gd4,Ge6] Although 9...
Be6 created a weakness on e6 it has many positive sides, such as:1.Eleminating
white's very active bishop 2.Openning the "f" file for his rooks 3.Preventing
white's isolated pawn (d4) from moving etc.} 11. Nc3 (11. Qb3 Qc8 12. Re1 Nd5
13. Nc3 $140 $2 Rxf3 $1 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Qd1 e5 $3 16. Nxd5 Qxh3 17. Re3 e4 $1
18. f4 Nf3+ 19. Rxf3 exf3 20. Qf1 Qg4+ 21. Kh2 Qh5+ 22. Qh3 Qxd5 $19) 11... Qe8
$1 {Moving the queen to g6 (or f5) where she is best placed for defence and
offence.} 12. Re1 Qg6 13. Re4 $5 {From here the rook presses on e6,defends on
d4 and can olso "jump" to the king side when needed.} (13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Qxd5+ Kh8 $13) 13... Rae8 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Rg4 (15. Ne5 $2 Nxe5 16.
dxe5 Bc5 $17 {[%csl Gf2]}) 15... Qf5 16. Bh6 (16. Be3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 e5 18. d5 (
18. e4 Qf7 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Nb5 Be5 $17) 18... e4 19. dxc6 exf3 20.
Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Rxf3 22. cxb7 Rxh3 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Ge3]}) 16... Rf7 {
Although her pieces seem to be well placed Polgar struggles to find a good
plan to continue with.} 17. Nh4 {Forces black to take on c3, but white's
pieces are in 'offside' and  Kramnik exploits it brilliantly.} (17. Ne4 Bf4 $1
$15) (17. Nd1 e5 $1 (17... Bf4 18. Ne3 Qh5 19. Nxd5 Bxh6 20. Ne5 $1 $16) 18.
Ne3 Nxd4 $1 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nxf5 Rxe2 21. Rxg7+ (21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Rxd4 Rfxf2
$19) 21... Rxg7 22. Bxg7 d3 23. Bd4 Be5 24. Rd1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxb2 26. Rxd3
Rxa2 27. Ne6 Re2 (27... c6 28. Rf3 $1 h6 29. Rf8+ Kh7 30. Rf7+ Kg6 31. Rxb7 $13
) 28. Rxd5 Rxe6 $19) 17... Nxc3 (17... Qf6 $4 18. Bxg7 $1 Rxg7 19. Nxd5 $18)
18. bxc3 Qa5 19. Bd2 e5 $1 {White doesn't succeed in bringing all his pieces
back.} 20. Nf3 Ree7 {[%cal Ge5d4]} 21. d5 {Polgar prefers to give up a pawn
rather than open the position since black pieces are just too active.} (21.
dxe5 Nxe5 (21... Rxf3 22. Qxf3 Nxe5 23. Qxb7 Nxg4 24. Qc8+ Kf7 25. Qxg4 $16)
22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Re4 Bf6 $17 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3]}) 21... Qxd5 22. c4 Qc5 $17 23.
Ng5 (23. Rb1 b6 24. Rb5 Qa3 $17) 23... Rf5 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Qf1 (25. Qd3 Qa3 26.
Qxa3 Bxa3 $19) 25... Qc6 26. c5 {Polgar sacrifises another pawn hoping to get
some compensation.} (26. Rc1 Ref7 $17) 26... Bxc5 27. Rc1 b6 28. Qa6 (28. Nxc5
bxc5 29. Qc4+ Ref7 30. Be3 Qb6 $19 {[%cal Gb6b2]}) 28... h5 29. Rh4 Qg6 $1 30.
Qc4+ (30. Rxc5 Nf3+ 31. Kh1 Nxh4 $19) 30... Ref7 31. Rc3 Nf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxf3 $19
{Here white could stop the clock.} 33. Be1 Be7 34. Nd2 Bxh4 35. Nxf3 Bf6 36.
Nd2 Kh7 37. Ne4 Rd7 38. Bc3 c5 39. Qe2 Kg8 40. Qc4+ Qf7 41. Qe2 c4 42. f4 Rd3
43. f5 Be7 44. g4 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 (5... c5 $6 {
Kortschnoj} 6. dxc5 d4 7. a3 Qa5 8. axb4 Qxa1 9. Nb5 $16) 6. Qh5 c5 (6... Nd7 {
Kortschnoj} 7. Bg5 $36) 7. dxc5 (7. Nf3 c4 8. Ne5 (8. Be2 Bf5 9. Bg5 Nbc6 10.
Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxc2 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15. Qg4 Qc8 16.
Qxc8 Raxc8 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd5 Rc5 $17 {Dvoirys,S-Lputian,S/Kharkov URS sf
1985/0-1}) 8... Be6 9. Be2 Nbc6 (9... O-O $5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Bg5 $6 (11. f4 $5
$13) 11... f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. Rac1 Rae8 15. Bf3 Bxc3 16. bxc3 g5
17. Bd2 Bg6 18. Qg4 Nf5 19. Qh3 Qf7 $17 {0-1 Gil Gonzales,J-Conquest,S/Oviedo
45' (08) ;TD 92\09 1992 (25)}) 10. Bg4 O-O 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Qg4
e5 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxh6 Qf7 19. c3 Nf5
20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. cxb4 Rad8 $17 {Cuartas,C-Vaganian,R/Reggio Emilia(13) 1981/
0-1 (42)}) (7. a3 $6 {>< <<} Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c4 {>< c2} 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Bd1 (10.
Nh3 Bxc2 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Bg6 13. Qg5 h6 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. Nxg6 Nxg6 16. Bf3
Nf6 $17 {Grabuzova,T-Kovalevskaya,E/Memorial Alekhine (open), Moscow (3) 1996/
1/2-1/2 (56)}) 10... Nbc6 11. Ne2 Qd7 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. Qf3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15.
Qe3+ Ne7 16. f3 O-O-O 17. O-O f6 $15 {[%csl Gd1] Smyslov,V-Portisch,L/Reggio
Emilia 43/328 1986/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 7... Nd7 (7... d4 8. a3 Qa5 9. axb4 $5 {
An interesting sacrifise! At the first sight white has nothing seriuos for the
exchange but the fact that both,black king and a queen are stucked exactly in
places black woudn't like to see them compensates very well the sacrifised
matirial.} (9. Rb1 dxc3 (9... Bxc5 $2 10. Bb5+ $5 (10. b4 Qd8 11. Qxc5 dxc3 12.
Qxc3 $18 O-O $2 13. Bb2 f6 14. Rd1 $18) 10... Kf8 $1 (10... Nbc6 11. b4 Qc7 12.
Qxc5 dxc3 13. Qxc3 $18) 11. Qxc5 dxc3 12. b4 Na6 $4 13. Qxe7+ {1-0 Georgiev,
Vl-Ansell,S/WchJM-U18 Duisburg (01) ;TD 92\06 1992}) (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+
11. Kd1 $16) 10. axb4 Qxb4 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Nxc3 Qxc5 13. Qh4 Ne5 14. Bb5+ Bd7
15. Be3 Qc8 16. O-O $32 $16 {[%csl Ge8] 1-0 Rivas Pastor,M-Vargas Garcia,J/
Malaga op (02) 1991}) 9... Qxa1 10. Nce2 Nbc6 $146 (10... Qa2 11. Nxd4 Qd5 12.
Qxd5 Nxd5 13. c3 O-O 14. Ngf3 a5 15. b5 Nd7 16. Bc4 Re8+ 17. Kd1 $13 {1-0
Ziatdinov,R-Komarov,D/Biel op (03) ;1991 ; White has very dangerous pawns on
the queen side, and a pair of bishops in addision which fully compensate the
exchange.}) 11. Nf3 Nxb4 12. Bb5+ Nbc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Nexd4 Bd7 15. Bc4 $1 g6
(15... O-O $6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7 Kh7 18. Bd3+ $18) 16. Qg5 Nxd4 (16... O-O $6
17. Qf6 {/\ Bh6+-}) 17. Nxd4 Rf8 $5 18. c6 $1 (18. Be3 $2 f6 $13 {1-0 Glek,
I-Schmidt,Wl/Lippstadt ;CBM 31 1992 (34)}) 18... Nxc6 $8 19. Nb5 $1 f6 20. Qf4
Kd8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Bc5 $36) 8. Nge2 {Kortschnoj: A quiet
continuation} (8. Bg5 $5 Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O-O {Kortschnoj: was much more
agressive.}) 8... Nxc5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Bxb5 (10... O-O 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12.
Bg5 Bxc3 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxc3 d4 15. Rae1 Ne6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Qe5 Qc5 18. Qf5
Qd6 $14 {Gdanski,J-Socko,B/Poland ch(10) 1996/1/2-1/2 (55)}) 11. Nxb5 Ne4 $11 {
Kortschnoj} (11... Ne6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 {Is in white's favour since, the
more active pieces he changes the bigger his advantage will be.Unlike the game,
here white has very well placed pieces, and the isolated pawn of black's will
be a nice object for white's further play.}) 12. Nf4 O-O 13. Be3 a6 {It's
important to bring the bishop back to d6-the natural place for bishop from
where he will take a major part in black's strategy.} 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Nf5 (15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Nfe2 Rad8 $10) 15... Nf6 16. Qg5 Nxf5 17. Qxf5 Re8 (17... Qc8 $1
18. Qxc8 Raxc8 19. c3 d4 20. cxd4 Rc2 21. Rab1 Nd5 $44) 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. g3 (
19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Re5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23. c3 Rd8 $15 {[%csl
Gh1]}) 19... Re5 {Now, althogh there are not much pieces left on the board,the
black ones are very well coordinated and compensate the isolated pawn.} 20. Qd3
Bc5 (20... Rae8 21. c4 {[%csl Gd6]} Ng4 22. Nxd5 Qc6 23. Bd4 $16) 21. Bxc5 $2 {
Kortschnoj} (21. Qc3 $142 {Kortschnoj} Ne4 22. Qb3 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Nf6 24. Nxd5
Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 $16) 21... Qxc5 22. c3 $2 {White has to change as
many pieces as he can!} (22. Re1 $142 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Rd1 $14) 22...
Rae8 23. Qd4 Qb5 $15 {Kortschnoj} 24. a4 (24. b3 $10) 24... Qc6 25. Rac1 h6 26.
b3 Re4 27. Qd3 g5 $5 28. Ng2 Ng4 {[%csl Gg1]} (28... Qe6 29. Ne3 Qh3 30. Qf1
Qxf1+ 31. Nxf1) 29. h3 $8 {Kortschnoj} (29. f3 $4 {Kortschnoj} Qb6+ $19) (29.
Qxd5 $4 {Kortschnoj} Re1+ $19) (29. Re1 {Kortschnoj} Ne5 30. Qd1 Qf6 $17) 29...
Ne5 30. Qxd5 (30. Qb1 Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Qe6 $17) 30... Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Re1+ $2 {
Unbelievably this natural continuation gives black only a draw!} (31... Qc8
$142 $1 32. Qd7 (32. g4 $140 Qc7 $1 {[%cal Gd6h2]} 33. Qd6 Re1+ 34. Nxe1 Rxe1+
35. Kg2 Qxd6 36. Rxd6 Nh4+ $19) 32... Qc5 $5 {[%cal Ge4e2]} (32... Re1+ 33.
Nxe1 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 Rxc1 36. Kxf3 Rxc3+ 37. Kg4 Rxb3 38. Kh5 Kg7
39. Rd6 {-game}) 33. Ne3 (33. Qxb7 $2 Qf5 $1 34. Qd7 R8e6 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. g4
Qe5 37. Ne3 Qh2 $19 {[%csl Ge3]}) 33... Rxe3 34. fxe3 Qxe3 $19) 32. Nxe1 Rxe1+
33. Kg2 Qxd5 34. Rxd5 Rxc1 35. Kxf3 Rxc3+ 36. Kg4 Rxb3 37. Kh5 (37. Rd6 $142 {
Kortschnoj}) 37... Kg7 (37... Rb6 $15 {Kortschnoj}) 38. Rd6 Rf3 39. Rxh6 $138 (
39. Rxh6 Rxf2 (39... Rf6 40. Rxf6 Kxf6 41. a5 $18) (39... f6 {Kortschnoj} 40.
Rg6+ Kf7 41. Kh6 $11) 40. Rb6 Ra2 41. Rxb7 Rxa4 $10) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Army"]
[Site "Russia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Totsky, Leonid"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 Re8 10. Qb3 c5 11. Qxb7 c4 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rb8 14. Qxa7
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Qa3 Nf4 18. Qd6 Re5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rd8g5]
} 19. Kh1 (19. Rfd1 Qg5+ $18 {[%cal Ge5e1]}) 19... Rb6 {[%csl Rd6]} 20. dxe5 (
20. Qxb6 Qxb6 21. dxe5 Qb7 $19 {[%cal Rb7f3]}) (20. Qa3 Rh5 $19 {[%cal Rh5h2]}
21. Rfd1 Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rg6+ $19) 20... Rxd6 21. exd6 Qa8 {
[%cal Ra8f3]} 22. Be2 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[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 "Kemerovo SDYuShOR Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. cxd5 Nbd7 8.
Be2 h6 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bd3 Nbxd5 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Qf3 Re8 13. Re1 c5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Qg3 cxd4 16. Bxh6 $5 $10 Nh5 (16... g6 17. Bxg6 $1 $18) 17. Qg4 Bxe5
18. Qxh5 gxh6 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Qxe5 Qg5 $10 21. Qxg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Krivonosov, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ambroz} e6 2. e4 $5 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 (5... c6 6. Nf3
Be7 (6... Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. O-O Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12.
Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Nikolic,P/JUG/1991/1:0 (58) Inf 53/246/}) 7.
Be3 $6 (7. Bd3 $5) 7... O-O 8. Qb3 dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Ng5 Nd5 $1 {
Shabalov,A-Hertneck,G/Manila(ol)/1992/0:1 (34) Inf 55/268/}) (5... Bb4 6. Nf3
O-O 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 Ne4 8. Qb3 $1 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c6 10. O-O Re8 $6 11. Re1 $16 {
Klinger,J-Glek,I/Werfen/1990/1:0 (26)}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10.
Bb3 Bg4 11. a3 Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c6 14. Re1 $14 {Miezes,N-Meijers,V/
LAT-ch/1994/1:0 /24/ ->41CBM}) 6. Nf3 (6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 O-O 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9.
O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Bf5 $6 12. Ng3 Bg6 13. f4 $1 $16 {Wolff,P-Dreev,A/
Biel izt/1993/0:1/43/}) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 $5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O h6
10. Re1 Bf6 11. Bb1 Nde7 12. Be3 Nf5 13. d5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Ne5 $10 {Okhotnik,
V-Sher,M/Prague/1988/0,5/53/}) (7. Be3 Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Qd7
11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 $10 {Plaskett,J-Gallagher,J/Hastings/1989/0:1 (40)/})
7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 (8... Bg4 9. O-O (9. Be3 {Ambroz} Nc6 10. O-O Nd7 $5 11.
h3 Bh5 12. a3 Bf6 13. g4 Bg6 14. Ba2 Re8 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. d5 Ne5
18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 h5 21. f5 $40 {Fernandes,A-Spraggett,K/
Dubai olm 1986}) 9... c6 (9... Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13.
Qxf3 $14) 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. h3 $14) (8... c6 {Ambroz} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Nb6
11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Re1 Nfd5 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. h3 Bh5 15. Re5 Bg6 16. Qe2 Ned5 17.
Nxd5 cxd5 18. Re1 Be4 $5 19. Ng5 Nd7 20. Rxe4 $5 dxe4 21. Qh5 Nf6 22. Nxf7 Qb6
{Christensen,T-Jurek,J/Odense (01)/1993/0.5/23/}) 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 (10...
Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 c6 13. Re1 $14) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne5 $14) 11.
Re1 Nbd5 (11... Bf5 $5) 12. h3 Re8 13. g4 $5 (13. Ne5 $14) 13... Bf8 (13... h6
$5 14. Ne5 Be6) (13... Be6 $5 {Ambroz} 14. Ng5 $140 h6 (14... Bd6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6
16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 $14) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rxe6 Qd7 17. Re5 Bd6 18. Nxd5 cxd5
19. Bf4 $1 (19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bh2+ 21. Kxh2 Qxd5)) (13... h6 $142 $5 {
Ambroz}) 14. Ne5 Be6 15. Bg5 h6 (15... Be7 $5 {Ambroz}) 16. Bh4 Be7 $6 (16...
Nf4 $5 17. Qf3 g5 $1 $13) 17. Bg3 Qa5 (17... Nc7 18. Bc2 Bd5 19. Qd3 Ne6) 18.
Qf3 Rad8 $6 (18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bd5 20. Qd3 $14) 19. h4 $1 $16 Nd7 (19... Nxc3
{Ambroz} 20. Bxe6) 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc7 $6 (21... Nb6 $5) (21... Nc7 $5 {
Ambroz} 22. g5 $1 (22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Red1 (23. Nd6 Ng5 $1 24. hxg5 Bxd6 25.
gxh6 gxh6 $15)) (22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 (23. Bxe6 $2 Rxe6) 23... Bxb3 24. Rxe8+
Nxe8 25. Qxb3 Nxd6 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Qxb7 Qd8 $36) 22... Bxb3 (22... Bb4 {[#]}
23. gxh6 $5 Bxe1 24. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 (24... Kh8 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxe6 (26. hxg7+
Kxg7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 $13 28. Bf4 (28. Rd1) 28... Rc8 29. Rd1) 26... Rxe6 27. Qxf7
Rxh6) 25. Qxf6 Kf8 26. h7 $18) 23. axb3 Qb4 24. gxh6 gxh6 25. Kh1 $5 $40) 22.
g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Qd7 24. Qh5 Bg4 $6 (24... Bf5 $5 25. Rad1 Bg6 26. Qh4 Qf5 $16)
25. Qh4 Qe6 26. Bc2 Bf5 27. Kg2 $1 Bb4 28. Rh1 Kf8 $8 29. a3 $1 Bxe4+ $8 (29...
Ba5 30. Nc5 Qc8 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxb7 $18) 30. Qxe4 (30. Bxe4 $5) 30... Bc5
31. Rad1 g6 (31... Ke7 {Ambroz}) 32. Rh7 {/\32...Ke7 33.Qg6+-/} Bb6 (32... Ke7
{Ambroz} 33. Qxg6 Ne3+ 34. fxe3 Qxg6 35. Bxg6 Rxd1 36. Rxf7+ Kd8 37. Rxb7 $16)
33. Rd3 $1 $18 Qf5 (33... Ne7 34. Rf3 Nf5 35. Bb3 $18) 34. Rf3 Qxe4 35. Rhxf7+
Kg8 36. Bxe4 Ne7 37. e6 Bd4 38. b4 Bg7 $138 (38... Bg7 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Be5+
Kg8 41. Rh3 Kf8 $8 42. Rh7 $1 Rd2 43. Bf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... Bd6 5. c4 c6 (5... dxc4 6. Bxc4
Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qa5 13.
Bb3 $14 {Chandler,M-Raikovic,D/BRD/1992/ 1:0(28)}) 6. cxd5 (6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3
dxc4 (7... O-O 8. O-O h6 9. h3 Be6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2
Nd7 14. Re2 $14 {Kengis,E-Rohde,M /Tilburg/1992/ 1:0 (31)}) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3
Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 $14 {Malishauskas,V-Djurhuus,R /Oslo/1992/ 1:0(40)})
6... cxd5 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. h3 a6 11. a3 Bc7 12. Qc2 g6 $10
{Rublevsky,S-Vakhidov,T /Cheliabinsk/1993/ 0,5(24)}) 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7.
h3 (7. Bg5 O-O 8. Re1 (8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c5 $5 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qc2 c4 12. Bf5
Bg6 13. Rad1 Re8 $10 {Shabalov,A-Gulko,B /Manila(ol)/1992/0:1(42) Inf 55/269/})
(8. c3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Rae1 Nd7 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. Ne5
$14 {Ulibin,M-Comas Fabrego,L /Santiago/1990/ 1:0(48)}) 8... Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6
10. c3 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bf4 $1 Nh5 13. Be5 Nxe5 14. Bh7+ $1 Kf8 15. Nxe5 $14
{Glek,I-Dolmatov,S /Dortmund (op)/1992/ 1:0 (64) Inf 54/251/}) 7... Bh5 8. c3
Nbd7 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg6 (10... c5 $5 11. Qc2 (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Bg6
$10) 11... c4 12. Bf5 Bg6 13. Ne5 $14) (10... c6 $5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qc2 Bg6 $10
) 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Qb3 $1 $14 Nb6 (12... Rb8 13. Rfe1 Re8 (13... Bd6 $6 14.
Bxd6 cxd6 15. Nf1 $16) 14. Re2 Bf8 15. Rae1 $14) 13. a4 a5 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Ne5
(15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Re2 Rfe8 17. Rae1 $14) 15... Nfd7 16. Ndf3 Re8 (16... Bxe5
$5 17. Bxe5 $1 (17. dxe5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Be3 c5 $10) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5
Qd6 19. Re2 $14) 17. Qc2 Qf6 $6 (17... Nxe5 $6 18. dxe5 Bf8 19. e6 Rxe6 20.
Rxe6 fxe6 21. Qxg6 Qf6 22. Qh5 $16) (17... Bxe5 $5) 18. Bg3 Nf8 19. Qb3 $1 Qf5
$6 (19... Qd8 $5 {/\c6,Qc7/}) 20. Qb5 $16 Re6 (20... f6 21. Ng4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1
Bxg3 23. fxg3 Nfd7 24. Ne3 Qe6 25. g4 $16) 21. b4 $1 axb4 22. a5 bxc3 (22...
Nc4 23. Qxd5 $18) (22... Nc8 23. Qxb7 $18) 23. axb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxe5 25. bxc7
$1 (25. Nxe5 $2 Rxb6 26. Qc5 c2 $19) 25... Ra6 (25... Bxc7 26. Bxc7 Rc6 27. Ba5
c2 28. Rc1 $18) (25... Bxg3 26. c8=Q $18) 26. Rxa6 bxa6 27. Qc6 $18 Bxc7 28.
Qxc7 c2 29. Ne1 Ne6 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qxc2 (31. Nxc2 $5) 31... Nxd4 32. Qxf5
gxf5 33. Bc7 Nc6 34. Nd3 f6 35. Kf1 g5 36. g3 Kg6 37. Ke2 a5 38. Nc5 Ne5 $6 (
38... Kf7 $5) 39. Bxa5 g4 40. Ne6 $1 gxh3 41. Nf4+ Kg5 42. Nxh3+ Kg4 43. Nf4
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bochum"]
[BlackTeam "Muenchen 36"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nce2 (7. Be3)
(7. Bf4 $5) 7... Bg5 $5 $146 (7... Bf6 8. c3 Nge7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. N1e2 O-O 11.
O-O $14 {Lau,R-Pichler,J/BL 9596/}) 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Bxc1 9. Qxc1 Nge7 (9... Bg4
10. Qf4 $14) 10. Qf4 $5 (10. O-O Bf5 $10) 10... O-O 11. O-O $14) 8... Bh4+ $1
9. g3 Bf6 10. c3 (10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd7 $13) 10... Nge7 11. Nf3
h5 12. O-O Bf5 13. Ne5 $14 Qc8 14. b4 $1 g6 15. a4 Qe6 $6 (15... Bxd3 $142 16.
Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qf3 $14) 16. Ba3 $1 h4 17. b5 Na5 18. Bxe7 $1 Bxe7 19. g4 $3 (19.
Bxf5 $6 Qxf5 (19... gxf5 $5) 20. g4 Qe4 $13) 19... Bxg4 (19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3
$16 {/\f4-f5} f5 21. Rae1 O-O-O 22. Nc1 $18) 20. f5 $1 gxf5 (20... Bxf5 $142
21. Nf4 Qd6 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Qd3 $36) 21. Qc2 $1 (21. Nxg4 fxg4 22. Nf4 Qd7 (
22... Qe3+ $2 23. Kh1 O-O-O 24. Qxg4+ Kb8 25. Rae1 $18) 23. Qc2 O-O $5 24. Bf5
Qd6 $16) 21... Qh6 (21... Bg5 22. Rae1 $16) (21... Bxe2 22. Bxf5 Rg8+ (22...
Qd6 23. Bd7+) 23. Kh1 Bxf1 24. Bxe6 Bg2+ 25. Qxg2 Rxg2 26. Bxf7+ $16) 22. Nf4
Nc4 (22... O-O-O 23. Bxf5+ Bxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kb8 25. Nxf7 $18) 23. Nxg4 fxg4 24.
Nxd5 $1 (24. Rae1 c6 $1) 24... Ne3 $8 25. Nxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 g3 (26... O-O-O
27. Rae1 Qg5 28. Rf5 $18) (26... Qh6 27. Rae1 Qd6 28. Qg2 $16) 27. Rae1 Qg5 (
27... g2+ 28. Qxg2 $1 Qxd3 29. Qxb7 Rd8 30. Qc6+ Rd7 (30... Kf8 31. Qe6 $18)
31. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 32. Qf6+ $18) 28. Rf5 $1 $18 Qg4 (28... g2+ 29. Kg1 $1) 29.
Qg2 $1 (29. Rfe5 Qf3+ 30. Qg2 Qxd3 31. Rxe7+ Kf8 $16) 29... f6 $138 30. Qxb7
Kf7 31. Rxe7+ $1 Kxe7 32. Qxc7+ Ke8 33. Qc6+ Ke7 34. Qb7+ Ke6 35. d5+ Kd6 36.
Rxf6+ Ke5 37. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.01.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Sonntag, Hans Hubert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 {Eine aggressive Form der französischen
Abtauschvariante.} Nf6 5. Nc3 (5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9.
Nc3 Nd7 10. Ne4 N7f6 11. Neg5 Bf5 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Ngf3 Nb4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nb6 17. Qe4 c6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. Bg5 Qd5 21. h4
Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxa2 23. h5 Qd5 24. Nh4 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Re5 Qa2 27. Nf5 Nd5
28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Qh4 gxf5 30. Rxd5 Bg7 31. Rd6 Qb4 32. Qg3 Kf8 33. Rd7 Re8 34.
Qc7 (34. Bf4 Kg8 35. Be5 $16) 34... Qb3 35. Qf4 Qe6 36. Rxb7 a5 37. f3 c5 38.
Rb5 Bxd4 39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Bh4 Be3 41. Qg3+ Kh7 42. f4 Qh6 43. Rb7 Qh5 44. Qg5
Qxg5 45. Bxg5 Kg6 46. Ra7 Bd2 47. Rc7 Re3+ 48. g3 Bb4 49. Be7 a4 50. Bd6 Be1
51. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 52. Kh2 Rd3 53. Rc6 Kh5 54. Kg2 Kg4 55. Kf1 Re3 56. Rc4 Kf3 57.
Bc5 Rc3 {0-1 Miezis,N-Shirov,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (57)})
5... Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. cxd5 (7. Bd3 Nc6 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O (9. Be3
Nbd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. O-O c6 12. Bb3 Qa5 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Rc1 Rae8 15. a3 Bxc3 16.
Rxc3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Qb5 18. g4 Bg6 19. a4 Qb4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rc7 Nb8 22. Qd2
Qb6 23. Rc5 Be4 24. Ng5 Qb3 25. Rb5 Qxa4 26. Rxb7 Nc6 27. Rc1 Nd8 28. Rbc7 Bg6
29. f4 f6 30. Nf3 Be4 31. Nh4 Ne6 32. R7c6 g5 33. Ng2 gxf4 34. Nxf4 Ng5 35. Kf2
f5 36. Qe2 Qb4 37. Rg1 Kh8 38. Rg3 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ne6 40. Rxe6 Rxe6 41. Rh3 Rb6
42. Kg3 Qxb2 43. Qf1 Kg8 44. Rh5 Qa3 45. Qf2 Rb3 46. Rg5+ Kh8 47. Kh4 Rxe3 48.
Qh2 Rxf4 {0-1 Miezis,N-Papaioannou,I/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 
(48)}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxd4 11. Qxb7 Qxc4 12. Qxa8 Bd6 13. Qf3 Bxh2+ 14.
Kxh2 Qxf1 15. Rb1 h5 16. Bf4 Ng4+ 17. Kg3 Qa6 18. Qe2 Qg6 19. f3 Nf6+ 20. Kh2
Re8 21. Qc4 Nbd7 22. Rd1 Qf5 23. Qxc7 g5 24. Bc1 Ne5 25. Kg1 Kg7 26. Rf1 h4 27.
Bxg5 Qxg5 28. f4 Qg3 29. fxe5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Rxe5 31. Qc6 Nh5 32. Kh2 Qg3+ 33.
Kg1 Qe3+ 34. Kh2 Qg3+ 35. Kg1 Qg5 36. Qf3 Qg6 37. Rd1 Ng3 38. Qf4 Re4 39. Qd6
Re1+ {0-1 Rechel,B-Sluka,R/Olomouc CZE 2000/The Week in Chess 301 (39)}) 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qxh5 Nf6 14.
Qh4 Qxd4 15. Nce4 $36 Qd3 16. Bf4 Rfd8 17. Rfe1 Rd4 18. Re3 Qc2 19. Rc3 Qxe4
20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qg4 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Rc4 23. Qg3 Bf6 24. Rc1 Re8 25. Bg5 Be5 26.
Qd3 b5 27. a4 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd5 Bd6 30. Qxb5 Rc5 31. Qa4 Rxc3 32. Kf1
Rxc1+ 33. Bxc1 Bb4 34. Be3 Re6 35. g4 Bf8 36. Qa8 Ne5 37. Bc5 Nd7 38. Ba3 c5
39. Qc8 Rd6 40. Kg2 Rd3 41. Bc1 Nf6 42. Be3 Rd5 43. Qc6 Re5 44. Qc8 Nd5 45. Kf3
Nxe3 46. fxe3 Re6 47. g5 g6 48. h4 Rb6 49. e4 Re6 50. Kf4 Rb6 51. e5 Rb4+ 52.
Kf3 Rb6 53. Ke4 Re6 54. Kd5 Rb6 55. Qe8 Re6 56. Qb8 Kg7 57. Qc8 Kg8 58. Qa8 Kg7
59. Qa1 Kg8 60. Qh1 Rb6 61. h5 gxh5 62. Qxh5 Re6 63. Qg4 Bg7 64. Kxc5 Rxe5+ 65.
Kd6 Re6+ 66. Kd7 Bf8 67. Qf5 Rg6 68. Qe5 Re6 69. Qf4 Rd6+ 70. Kc8 Rg6 71. Qf5
Be7 72. Kd7 Bxg5 73. Ke8 Re6+ 74. Kd7 Rg6 75. Ke8 Re6+ 76. Kd7 Bh6 77. Qxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Miezis,N-Shirov,A/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess 273 (77)}) 7...
Nxd5 8. Bd3 c5 $5 (8... Nc6) 9. O-O (9. dxc5 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc5 11. O-O)
9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 $14 Be6 14. Re1 Bf6
15. Qc2 h6 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. c4 $1 Rfd8 18. h3 $1 Kh8 (18... Rd7 19. Bh7+) 19.
Qe2 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Bd6 $1 Bc3 22. Rf1 (22. Qe4 $5) 22... Re8 23. Qd3
Qxd3 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. Rfd1 Bf6 26. c5 $14 Rd7 27. Kf1 Rb7 28. Ra3 Kg8 29. Ra6
Rc8 30. g3 $6 (30. Rd3 Be7 $14) (30. Re1 $1 $16 {/\g3,Te3-a3, weil jetzt...})
30... Be7 $1 {Übergang ins Turmendspiel sichert perfekte Remisschansen...} 31.
Rd3 Bxd6 32. cxd6 (32. Rxd6) 32... Rd7 33. Rda3 $6 $138 (33. Ke2 $14) 33...
Rxd6 34. Rxa7 c5 35. Rf3 Rf8 36. Rc7 (36. a4 $5) 36... Ra6 37. a3 Ra5 38. g4 g6
39. Kg2 $138 (39. Ke2 $5 {mit der Idee, den Pa3 mit dem König zu verteidigen
und dann c5 zu erobern.}) 39... Kg7 40. Kg3 Kg8 41. Kg2 g5 {[#] SF
Katernberg`s Hoffnungen ruhten darauf, dass es sich hierbei vielleicht doch um
eine Gewinnstellung für Weiß handeln könnte...} 42. Kg3 f6 43. h4 Rf7 44. Rc6
Kg7 $2 (44... gxh4+ $1 $11) 45. h5 Kh7 46. Rb3 Rfa7 47. f3 Rxa3 48. Rb8 (48.
Rbb6 Rf7 49. Rb8 Kg7 50. Rcc8 f5 51. Rg8+ Kf6 $11) 48... Kg7 49. Rxc5 (49. Rcc8
$5) 49... Rd3 $2 {Schwarz versäumt die Gelegenheit, seinerseits seine Türme so
aktiv wie möglich zu verwenden:} (49... R3a5 50. Rcc8) (49... Ra1 $1 50. Rcc8
Rg1+ 51. Kf2 Rga1 52. Rg8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ Kg7 54. Rbg8+ Kf7 $11) 50. Rcc8 $16 {
/+-} Kf7 (50... Rd1 51. Rg8+ Kh7 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rbg8+ Kf7 54. Rf8+ (54. Rg6
Ra2 $11) 54... Ke7 55. Rb8 $18) (50... f5 51. Rg8+ (51. gxf5 $16) 51... Kh7 52.
Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rbg8+ Kf7 54. Rf8+ Kg7 55. gxf5 Ra6 56. Rfg8+ (56. Rhg8+ Kh7 57.
Rg6 Raa3 58. Rf7+ Kh8 59. Rxh6+ Kg8 60. Rhh7 Rxf3+ $11) 56... Kf7 57. Rb8 $18)
51. Rh8 Kg7 52. Rbg8+ Kf7 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rb8 $1 $18 Raa3 55. Rh7+ Ke6 56.
Rb6+ Rd6 (56... Ke5 57. Re7+ Kd5 58. Rxf6 $18) 57. Rbb7 $1 (57. Rxd6+ Kxd6 58.
Rxh6 Ke7 $14) 57... f5 (57... Rdd3 58. Rbe7+ Kd5 59. Rd7+ Kc4 60. Rxd3 Kxd3 61.
Rxh6 $18) (57... Ra1 58. Rbe7+ Kd5 59. Rxh6 $18) 58. Rxh6+ $138 {Plötzlich
reklamiert der Schiedsrichter: Zeit! Dabei hat Weiß doch immer noch einige
Sekunden auf der Uhr. Erst mit einiger Verzögerung wird klar, dass es der
Schwarze ist, der die Zeit überschritten hat...} (58. Rxh6+ Ke5 59. Rb5+ Rd5
60. Rxd5+ Kxd5 61. gxf5 $18 {sollte aber auch so für Weiß gewinnen.}) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. Bd3
b6 (8... O-O 9. Bf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 $14) 9. cxb6 (9. b4 $6 a5 10. Na4 Nfd7
11. a3 b5 $15) 9... axb6 10. O-O Ba6 (10... O-O 11. Re1 Ba6 12. Bc2 {/\->>>}) (
10... Bg4 $5) 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 h6 (13... Re8 14. Rfe1 Nfd7 15.
Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Re1 $14) 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Qd8 (
16... Qb4 $6 17. a3 Qxb2 18. Ra2 $1 Qb3 19. Nd2 $18) 17. Ne5 b5 (17... Ra7 18.
Ne2 $5 Re7 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Ng3 Re6 21. Nf5 $40) 18. a3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20.
Na2 Nf4 21. Qf3 Ne6 22. Nb4 Raa8 23. Qc3 Rac8 24. Rac1 c5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Qf3
Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rd1 d4 29. h4 Rc5 30. g3 Qc8 31. Nd3 Rc7 32. Qd5 Qb7 33.
Qxb7 Rxb7 34. Re1 Kf8 35. Re5 Nd8 36. Nb4 f6 37. Rd5 Nf7 38. Rxd4 Ne5 39. Kg2
Kf7 40. Nd3 Nc4 41. a4 Ke7 42. axb5 Nd6 43. Rb4 Nxb5 44. Nc5 Rb8 45. Nb3 Rb7
46. Nd4 Nd6 47. Nf5+ Kf8 48. Rxb7 Nxb7 49. h5 Kf7 50. b4 g6 51. hxg6+ Kxg6 52.
Nd4 Kg5 53. b5 f5 54. f4+ Kf6 55. b6 Nd6 56. Kh3 Kg6 57. Nc6 Nb7 58. Ne5+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirazi, Kamran"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. a3 (5. h3 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Nb4 8. Be2 Bf5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. g4 Be6 12. f4 Re8 13. Nf3 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Shirazi,K-Glek,I/Bad Zwesten 2002/CBM 086 ext (65)}) 5... Be7 (5... Nc6
6. h3 Be7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. g4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bg2 f5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Qd2 Qf6
13. g5 Qf7 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. h4 $36 {1-0 Shirazi,K-Marechal,A/Paris 2003/CBM 097
ext (26)}) 6. h3 (6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 c5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Be2 c4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Ne5
Bf5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Qc1 Bg5 16. Bxg5 Nxg5 17. Re1
Bxh3 18. gxh3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 Qh4 20. Nc3 Nf4+ $19 {0-1 Whetter-Smith/ENG corr
1990/Corr Nr. 1 (28)}) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 {TN} c5 $5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nge2 Nc6 10.
O-O Ne5 $5 (10... Re8 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Nf4 $36) 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 $5 Bxh3 $140
12. Bxf6 (12. gxh3 Nf3+) 12... Qxf6 13. gxh3 Qf3 $5 (13... Nf3+ 14. Kh1 Qh6 15.
Bf5 $16) 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Qxd5 $14) 11... Re8 (11... Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Be6 13.
Nd4 $14) 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. Bg5 Ne4 $11 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd7 Nxd7
17. Rfd1 Ne5 {[/\18...Nc4<=><<]} 18. Nc3 $5 (18. b3) 18... Nc4 19. b3 (19. Rd7
h6 20. Bf4 Nxb2 21. Rxb7 Nc4 22. Rc7 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nxe4 Bxa3 $11)
19... Nxa3 20. Nd5 Rac8 21. c4 $44 {[xNa3]} (21. b4 Nxc2 22. bxc5 Nxa1 23. Rxa1
Rxc5 $17) 21... Nc2 22. Ra2 Nd4 23. b4 Ne6 24. bxc5 (24. Bh4 Bf8 25. c5 (25.
Rxa7 Rxc4 26. Rxb7 e3 $19) 25... a6 26. Nb6 Rc6 $15) 24... Nxg5 25. Rxa7 Rxc5
26. Rxb7 (26. Ne3 $5 Rc7 27. Rd4 $44) 26... Rxc4 27. Nc7 $5 Rc8 28. h4 h5 $5 (
28... h6 29. hxg5 R8xc7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. g4 $11) 29. Nd5 Rc1 30.
Rb1 (30. Ne7+ $5 Kf8 31. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Ne6 33. Nf5 Rc8 34. Nd6 $11) 30...
Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Rc5 32. Nf4 Rf5 $5 33. Ne2 Ne6 $15 34. Rb4 Re5 35. Ng3 Nc5 (35...
f5 36. Nxh5 f4 37. g4 e3 38. fxe3 fxe3 39. Kf1 e2+ 40. Ke1 Nc5 41. Nf4 $11) 36.
Rb5 $5 $44 f6 37. Ne2 Kf7 38. Nf4 Rf5 $5 39. g3 Re5 40. Ra5 Nd3 41. Rxe5 $6 (
41. Ra7+ Re7 (41... Kg8 42. Nxd3 exd3 43. Rd7 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Rd1 45. Kf3 $11) 42.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 43. Nxh5 Kf7 (43... g6 44. Nf4 Nxf4 45. gxf4 $11) 44. g4 $11) 41...
fxe5 42. Nd5 Ke6 {D} 43. Ne3 $2 (43. Nc3 $1 $11 {/\Kg1-f1-e2-e3}) 43... Nb4 $1
{(/\Nb4-f5)} 44. Kf1 Nd5 45. Nc4 Ne7 46. Ke2 Nf5 47. Kd2 Kd5 $19 48. Ne3+ Nxe3
49. Kxe3 g6 50. Kd2 Kd4 51. Ke2 e3 52. f3 (52. fxe3+ Kc3) 52... e4 53. f4 Kc4
54. Kxe3 (54. g4 hxg4 55. f5 gxf5 56. h5 (56. Kxe3 g3 57. h5 f4+ 58. Ke2 g2 59.
Kf2 f3 60. h6 e3+) 56... g3 57. Kxe3 f4+ 58. Ke2 f3+ $19) 54... Kd5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. Nc3 (5. Ne2 e4 6. Bc2 Bd6 7. Nbc3 O-O
8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Qe2 a6 11. a4 Nf8 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nh5 N8d7 14. O-O
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 Nf6 16. Qh4 Bd7 $13 {1-0 Epishin,V-Babula,V/Valle d'Aosta ITA
2002/The Week in Chess 380 (50)}) 5... exd4 6. exd4 Be6 7. c5 (7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nf3 Bb4 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 g6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Rxe6 $36 {1-0
Wolff,P-Adu,O/Sioux Falls USA 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (22)}) 7... b6 8. cxb6
$5 {TN} (8. b4 a5 9. Na4 Nfd7 $5 $132) 8... axb6 9. Nf3 Be7 (9... Bd6 $5 10.
Bg5 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Bg4 $132) 10. O-O Bg4 (10... O-O 11. Bf4 Nbd7 12.
Re1 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bf4 Nbd7 {[н/\14...b5;Nd7-b6-c4<=>]} 14.
Rc1 $1 {[н/\15.a3,16.Na2;xc6]} (14. g4 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rc1 Re8 $132)
14... b5 $6 (14... b5 {[#]}) 15. Nxb5 $1 Bb4 (15... cxb5 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. Bxb5
Bxf3 (17... Rxa2 18. Qb3 Bxf3 (18... Ra7 19. g4 Bg6 20. g5 $16) 19. Qxa2 Be4
20. f3 Bf5 21. b4 Be6 22. Qa5 $16) 18. Qxf3 Rxa2 19. Qc3 $5 {(н/\20.Re2,21.Qc6)
|^}) (15... Rxa2 16. Bc7 Qc8 (16... Qa8 17. Rxe7 cxb5 18. g4 Bg6 19. g5 $18)
17. Qb3 $18) 16. Nc3 Qb6 (16... Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Rxa2 18. Qb1 Qa8 19. Ne5 $36) 17.
g4 (17. a3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 $16 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxd4 (19... Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Bd6
$16) 20. b4 $16) 17... Bg6 18. a3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Ne4 (19... Qxb2 $2 20. Rb3 Qa2
21. Re2) 20. Rb3 Qa7 21. Bxe4 (21. Bf1 $1 $16 {(н/\22.Ne5)}) 21... dxe4 (21...
Bxe4 22. Ng5 Bg6 23. Re7 $16) 22. Nh4 Rfe8 23. Rbe3 Qb6 (23... Nf6 24. Nxg6
hxg6 25. Be5 $16) 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Qc2 Rac8 $5 (25... Qxd4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27.
Qxe4 $5 $16) 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Nf6 28. Re1 Qxd4 29. Be5 Qd5 30. Qc3 Ne8
31. Qd4 (31. b4 $5) 31... Qe6 $16 {....} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 22nd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2004.07.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Manole, Vasile"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.07.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Be6 8.
Na4 $5 {/\9.Nc5;} (8. Qd2 {-Winants,L-Gurevich,M France tch 2001 1/2 1/2 (43)})
8... h6 9. Bxf6 (9. Bh4 $5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O (11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Nc5
O-O-O $132) 11... O-O-O $13) 9... Bxf6 10. Nc5 Bc8 $5 11. c3 Qd6 12. O-O b6 13.
Nb3 Ne7 14. Ng3 g6 15. Re1 (15. Qd2 $5 {/\16.Rae1,f2-f4-f5|^>>}) 15... O-O 16.
Qd2 Kg7 17. Rad1 Bg4 $5 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nc1 Bg5 $5 20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Qc2 Rfe8 22.
Nf1 Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 $15 24. Ne2 Re8 25. f4 Bh4 26. Neg3 Na5 $5 {[/\27...c5,
28...Nc6<=>[+]]} 27. Rd2 c5 28. Re2 Qd8 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Qf2 Be7 31. Kh1 Nc6
32. dxc5 bxc5 33. a3 $6 $138 h5 34. Nd2 Bd6 35. Ne2 (35. c4 $5 Be7 36. Qf3 dxc4
37. Nxc4 Nd4 38. Qe3 $15) 35... c4 $1 36. Bc2 Qb8 37. b4 cxb3 38. Bxb3 Bxa3 39.
Bxd5 Qd6 40. c4 Bb2 41. Ne4 Qa3 $17 42. g3 (42. h3 Ne7 43. Ba8 a5 $17) 42...
Ne7 43. Ba8 Nf5 44. h3 Qd3 45. Bd5 (45. c5 Bb5 46. Ng1 Bd4 $40) 45... a5 46.
Kh2 a4 47. Nc5 Qc2 $19 48. Be4 Qxc4 49. Bxf5 gxf5 50. g4 h4 (50... a3 $19) 51.
gxf5 a3 52. Ng1 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Ghent op 22nd"]
[Site "Ghent"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 O-O-O 9. O-O-O Qb4 $5 {[/\ 10...Qa5, 11...Bb4<=><<]} 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 (
11. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. Qd2 Be7 $1 $15) 11... Qa5 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qb5
Nf6 {N} (13... Bb4 14. Qxa5 Nxa5 $13) 14. Bg2 $1 {[ Xd5]} Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Bb4 $1
(15... a6 16. Nc3 Bb4 17. g5 Bxc3 18. gxf6 $16) 16. a3 Ba5 17. b4 Bb6 18. Nc3
Ne7 19. Bg5 (19. g5 Ne8 20. Na4 (20. Rhe1 c6 $13) 20... Nd6 $13) 19... c6 20.
Na4 Rde8 $1 {[/\ 21...Bd8]} (20... Bc7 21. Rde1 Bd6 22. Re2 $14 {(/\ 23...Rhe1)
}) 21. Rhe1 Bd8 22. Bxf6 $6 (22. Re2 Ne4 $1 $132) (22. Nc5 $5 $14 {( /\
Nc5-d3-e5)}) 22... gxf6 23. Re2 {[/\ 24...Rde1]} f5 $1 24. Rde1 fxg4 25. hxg4
Rh2 $1 $132 26. f4 (26. Bf3 Rh3 27. Re3 Reh8 $132) 26... Reh8 27. Nc5 g5 $5 28.
Nd3 (28. f5 $5 Ng8 29. Nd3 Nf6 30. Ne5 $11) 28... Ng6 29. fxg5 Nh4 $1 (29...
Bxg5+ 30. Kb2 Kc7 31. a4 $11) 30. Rg1 (30. Bh1 Bxg5+ 31. Kb2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 f5
$1 $15) 30... Bxg5+ 31. Kb2 Rh6 $1 $15 {[/\ 32...Re6]} 32. Re8+ Kc7 33. Rf1 $5
Bf6 $1 $17 (33... Rxg2 34. Rxf7+ Kb6 35. Nc5 Kb5 36. Kb3 $18) 34. g5 Bxd4+ 35.
Kb3 Rh7 36. Bf3 Ng6 37. Bg4 (37. c3 Rd2 $1 $17 38. Be2 $2 Kd7 39. Rb8 Rxe2 40.
cxd4 Kc7 $19) 37... Rg2 38. Rc8+ Kb6 39. Bf5 Rxg5 40. c3 {[#]} Rxf5 $1 41. Rxf5
Ne7 $19 42. a4 (42. Rf4 Nxc8 43. cxd4 Nd6 $19) 42... Nxf5 43. cxd4 Nxd4+ 44.
Kc3 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Nuremberg LGA Cup 5th"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "2008.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gara, Anita"]
[Black "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.09.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7
8. Rb1 b6 9. Qh5 Be6 10. Nh3 Qd7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Be3 g6 14.
Qf3 Nf5 15. O-O Nxe3 16. Rfe1 Qd6 17. Rxe3 $1 {Eine neue Idee, die in
Kommentaren von von Rainer Knaak, ChessBase 1996, nicht berüksichtigt wird.
Auch die Stammpartie Glek -Djurhuus, Kopenhagen 1996, wurde im falschen Lichte
dargestellt, weil nach} (17. fxe3 f5 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Kb8 20. Bb5 Na5 21.
c4 f4 22. c5 Qf8 {auf die Möglichkeit} 23. Red1 $5 fxe3 24. Qxe3 Qf7 25. Qc3
Qf6 26. Rbc1 {mit weißem Vorteil, nicht hingewiesen wird.}) 17... f5 18. Bb5 $2
({Müssen Frauen immer so unkonsequent sein? Nach} 18. Rbe1 Qxa3 19. Bb5 {
hätte der Nachziehende ernsthafte Schwierigkeiten zu überwinden, man sehe} Na5
20. Re7 Kb8 21. h4 Rd6 22. R1e3 Qc1+ 23. Kh2 Qxc2 24. Qf4 Nc6 (24... Nb7 25.
Rxc7 Kxc7 26. Re7+ $16) 25. R7e6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Na5 27. Qe5 $16) 18... Rhe8 19.
Rbe1 ({Dies ist besser als} 19. a4 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Kb7 21. Qd3 Qa3 22. h4 Nb8 23.
Qg3 a6 24. Bd3 Qxa4 $15 {mit Schwarz on Top.}) 19... Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Kb7 21. a4
$2 ({Nun geht die Initiative auf Schwarz über. Richtig war} 21. Ra1 a6 22. Be2
$11 {mit etwa gleichen Chancen.}) 21... a6 22. Bxc6+ Qxc6 23. Ra1 Re8 24. Qd3
a5 25. g3 Re6 26. Kg2 Qe8 27. Qf3 Re4 28. Qd3 h5 29. Qf3 ({Auf} 29. h4 {wäre}
f4 $17 {störend gewesen.}) 29... Qd7 30. Kf1 h4 31. gxh4 $2 ({Zweifellos war} 
31. Qd3 Qe8 32. Qf3 $17 {vorzuziehen.}) 31... Rxh4 32. h3 Re4 33. Kg2 g5 34.
Kf1 g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. Qg3 Qf5 37. Rd1 Rf4 38. Rd2 ({Nach} 38. Rd3 {
entscheidet der Durchbruch} b5 39. axb5 a4 $19) 38... Rf3 39. Qe5 g3 40. Qxf5
Rxf5 41. f4 Rxf4+ 42. Ke1 Rf3 43. Rg2 Rxc3 44. Kd2 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Nord West Cup 13th"]
[Site "Bad Zwischenahn"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Carlstedt, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2011.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nbd7 ({Zu beachten ist} 8... Nc6 9. O-O h6 10. Bf4 Bd6 $11 {Wegerle-Giri,
Ohrid 2009}) 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Bg4 ({Und hier} 10... c6 11. Bg5 Be7 $11 {
Miezis-Luther, Dresden 2009}) 11. f3 Bf5 12. Ng3 Bd7 $6 ({Etwas arrogant
gespielt, Schwarz unterschätzt das weiße Angriffspotenzial. Genügend
Gegenspiel versprach} 12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Re1 c5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. bxc3
cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd5 $11) 13. Nge4 Bc6 14. Qd3 Nfd5 ({Nach} 14... Re8 {käme} 15.
Bf4 $5 ({harmlos erscheint} 15. Bc2 {wegen} Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd5 17. b3 f5) 15...
Nfd5 16. Bg3 $14 {mit etwas Plus}) 15. Bc2 ({Zu direkt. Mehr war durch} 15. Re1
$5 $14 {zu erreichen.}) 15... f5 16. Ng3 Qd7 $2 ({Eine dubiose Entscheidung,
während nach} 16... g6 17. Bb3 Re8 $11 {das Spiel gleich steht.}) 17. Nxf5 Bxc3
$2 ({Mehr Widerstand konnte Schwarz nach} 17... Qxf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 19. Bxf5
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Bf7 Rf8 24. Bb3 Bxd4+ 25. Kh1
$14 {leisten}) 18. bxc3 Bb5 $2 {Auf diesen Zug hat sich Schwarz verlassen,
doch Weiß startet nun einen vernichtenden Angriff.} 19. Ne7+ Nxe7 20. Qxh7+ Kf7
21. Qh5+ g6 22. Qh7+ Kf6 23. h4 Bxf1 24. Bg5+ Ke6 25. Re1+ Kd5 26. Rxe7 Qd6 27.
Be4+ Kc4 28. Rxc7+ Kb5 29. Rc5+ Ka4 30. Bc2+ Ka3 31. Bc1+ Kxa2 32. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev Trudova Ukraina"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "2001.01.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eschenko, Vadim"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2001.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
h3 Bh5 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. c3 Nc6 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Qd3 Nh5 17. Be3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf6 20. f4 Nxf4
21. Rfe1 Rf8 22. Kh2 g5 23. Nd4 g4 24. Ne6 Nxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Rxf2+
27. Kg3 Rxb2 28. Rxd5 Kf7 29. Re3 gxh3 30. Kxh3 Kf6 31. Rd6+ Kf5 32. Rd7 g5 33.
Rd5+ Kf4 34. Rg3 Ne5 35. Rd4+ Kf5 36. Re3 Ng6 37. Rd5+ Kf6 38. Rd6+ Kf5 39.
Rd5+ Kf6 40. Rd6+ Kf5 41. Rd5+ Kf4 42. Rg3 Ne5 43. Rd4+ Kf5 44. Rg2 Rxg2 45.
Kxg2 h5 46. Rd8 h4 47. Rb8 b6 48. Rb7 g4 49. Rxa7 Ng6 50. Rh7 Ke4 51. Rh6 Nf4+
52. Kg1 Kf3 53. Rxh4 Ne2+ 54. Kf1 g3 55. Rh3 Nxc3 56. Ke1 Ne2 57. Rh8 g2 58.
Rg8 g1=Q+ 59. Rxg1 Nxg1 {[#] Fehlerhafte Abwicklung in ein Bauernendspiel, das
nur remis ist. Mit dem richtigen Springerweg war der Gewinn möglich.} 60. Kd2
Ke4 61. Kc3 Kd5 62. Kb4 Kc6 63. a4 Nf3 $2 {Der richtige Weg des Springers
führt über f4 und d5 (mit akustischem Beiklang!) nach c7, von wo aus der weiße
Ba7 aufgehalten werden kann. Deshalb ist an dieser Stelle entweder Sh3 oder
Se2 richtig. Man sehe:} (63... Ne2 $1 {oder Sh3} 64. a5 b5 65. a6 Nf4 66. a7
Nd5+ 67. Ka5 Nc7 $19) 64. a5 b5 65. a6 Nd4 66. a7 Kb7 67. Kc5 Kxa7 68. Kxd4 Kb6
69. Kc3 Kc5 70. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 12th "]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1997.07.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Bb3 Nb6 11. Bg5 Kh8 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7
14. Re1 Qd8 15. Qd3 a5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re3 Nf6 19. Rae1 b5 20. h3
Ra7 21. a4 b4 22. Ne4 Ba6 23. Qc2 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Rd7 25. Qc5 Bd3 26. Re7 {
Kaidanov,G-Nikolic,P/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Knaak]/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Re4 Rae8 16. Qe2 Rf4 17. Re1 Rxe4
18. Qxe4 Kg8 19. Qg4 h6 20. Nh4 Qf7 21. Ng6 Nd7 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Qxf5 exf5 24.
Nf3 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Kf7 26. Kf1 Ke6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Ke2 {Junge,R-Hertneck,G/
BL8889 1989/BL 80/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 14. Qd3 g6 15. d5 Bf5 16. Qd4+ f6 17. dxc6
Qxc6 18. Qh4 Bc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Qxe8 22. Rd1 Qe5 23. Qxe5
fxe5 24. Nb5 a5 25. Rd6 Rc8 26. Nc3 Rc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. f3 Kg7 29. Kf2 Kf6
30. g4 Bd3 31. Ba4 Nxa4 32. Nxa4 {[#] A mobile knight versus several weak and
isolated Black pawns. Maneuvering and technique. [#] beweglicher Springer
gegen viele schwache schwarze Einzelbauern. Lavieren und Technik.} Bc4 33. b3
Be6 34. Nc5 Bc8 35. Ke3 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. h4 Ke7 38. Kd3 Kf7 39. Ne4 Ba6+
40. Ke3 Kg6 41. Ng3 c5 42. Ke4 c4 43. bxc4 Bxc4 44. a3 Kf6 45. Nxh5+ Ke6 46.
Ng7+ Kf6 47. Nf5 Ke6 48. Ne3 Bb5 49. Ng4 Bc6+ 50. Ke3 Be8 51. Nf2 Kf5 52. Ne4
Ke6 53. Kd3 Bh5 54. Ke2 Be8 55. Ke3 a4 56. Kd3 Bg6 57. Ke2 Bh5 58. Kf2 Ke7 59.
Kg3 Be8 60. Kg4 Bd7+ 61. Kg5 Kf7 62. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Re1 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Be6 13. Qe5 Nc6 14. Qe2
Qd6 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qxd5 Rd8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Qg5 Qxg5
21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 b6 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Re1 Na5 25. f3 Be6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Ne4
Nc6 28. Nd2 Ne7 29. Bc4 Nd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Nb3 Rd6 32. Ke3 Rc6 33. Kd3 Bf5+
34. Kd2 Rc4 35. Ra1 h5 36. Nc1 Ra4 37. Nd3 Bxd3 38. cxd3 c6 39. Kc2 h4 40. Kb3
Ra5 41. Re1 Rg5 42. Re2 Rf5 43. Re5 Kf6 44. Rxf5+ Kxf5 {[#] Der weiße, in
einer Doppelbauernstruktur steckende Mehrbauer wird unter so günstigen
Umständen hergegeben, dass der weiße König in der Lage ist, die schwarze
Stellung zu unterwandern.} 45. g3 hxg3 46. hxg3 Ke6 47. c4 f5 48. f4 Kd6 49.
Kb4 Kc7 (49... a5+ 50. Ka4 Kc7 51. c5 (51. d5 $18) 51... Kb7 52. cxb6 Kxb6 53.
Kb3 Kb5 54. a4+ Ka6 55. Kc4 Kb6 56. d5 $18) (49... Ke6 50. d5+ cxd5 51. Kb5
dxc4 52. dxc4 Kd6 53. Ka6 Kc5 54. Kxa7 Kxc4 55. Kxb6 Kb3 56. Kc5 Kxa3 57. Kd5
$18) 50. c5 Kd7 51. cxb6 axb6 52. d5 $1 cxd5 53. Kb5 Kc7 54. d4 (54. d4 Kb7 55.
a4 Kc7 (55... Ka7 56. Kc6 Ka6 57. Kxd5 Ka5 58. Kc6 $18) 56. a5 bxa5 57. Kxa5
Kc6 58. Ka6 Kc7 59. Kb5 Kd6 60. Kb6 Kd7 61. Kc5 Ke6 62. Kc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c4 8.
Be2 Ne7 9. Bf3 O-O 10. Ne2 Ng6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nf4 Rxe1+
15. Qxe1 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Qe2 Qe7 18. a4 Re8 19. h3 Qd7 20. Qd2 Ne7 21.
Rb5 f6 22. Qd1 Ng6 23. Bg3 Ne7 24. Qb1 Nc6 25. Qa2 Bf7 26. Kh2 h5 27. Qa3 Rd8
28. Rb1 g5 29. Kh1 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Be2 Re8 32. Re1 Kg7 33. Qc1 Qf5 34. Qd2
Bg6 35. Bd1 Qg5 36. Re3 Be4 37. Kg1 Rh8 38. Qe1 f5 39. f3 gxf3 40. Rxf3 Kf7 41.
Bf4 Qh4 42. Qxh4 Rxh4 43. Rf2 Ke6 44. Bg5 Rh7 45. Bf3 Ne7 46. Kf1 Rh1+ 47. Ke2
Bxc2 48. g4 Bd3+ 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50. Kf4 fxg4 51. Bxg4+ Bf5 52. Bh5 Ng6+ 53. Kg3
Rg1+ 54. Rg2 Rxg2+ 55. Kxg2 Ne7 56. Bd1 Nc8 57. Kf2 Nd6 58. Ke1 Ne4 59. Bd2 Kd6
60. Bf3 Nxd2 61. Kxd2 {[%csl Ra4,Rc3,Rd5] [#] Bauern auf einem Flügel, 2 vs 1
B-Schwäche, ween der Schwäche a4 kann nur eine w Figur aktiviert werden: a)
passiver wK --> aktiver schwarzer K; b) passiver wL --> B-Durchbruch} Bd7 62.
Bd1 a5 63. Kc1 (63. Bc2 Ke6 64. Ke3 Kf6 65. Kf4 b5 66. axb5 Bxb5 67. Kg4 a4 68.
Kf4 a3 69. Bb1 Ba4 $19) 63... Ke7 64. Kb2 Kf6 65. Ka3 Kf5 66. Bh5 Ke4 67. Bf7
Bc6 68. Bg8 Kd3 69. Kb2 Bxa4 70. Bxd5 Bd7 71. Bf7 b5 72. d5 b4 73. Kc1 (73.
cxb4 Kd2 74. Bg6 axb4 75. d6 Ba4 76. Bf5 c3+ $19) 73... Kxc3 74. Be6 Be8 75. d6
b3 76. Bf5 a4 77. d7 Bxd7 78. Bxd7 a3 79. Kb1 a2+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.17"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hertneck,G"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 {<M> Both players are experts in the popular piece
sacrifice found in the Semi Slav after 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6
7.f3 Bb4 8.e4 Bxe4. White's third move allows Black to play the recently
resurrected Winawer Gambit <D>} e5 4. e3 {<M> White wants to avoid the
theoretical argument after 4.dxe4 d4 5.Ne4 Qa5+ <D>} exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. Nf3
Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qb3 {<M> A very interesting plan, after long thought Black
found a good reply <D>} dxc4 (8... Qb6 $6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. c5 $1 (10. a3 $6 Qa5
11. Rc1 (11. c5 b6 $1) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bf5) 10... Qc7 11. Bxa6 bxa6 12. O-O
Re8 13. Qa4 Qb7 14. b4 $16 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bd8 16. Bf4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Rxe4
dxe4 19. Nd2 Qb5 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. a4 $1 g5 22. Be5 f6 23. Bd6 f5 {Hort,
V-Herndl,R/Manila olm (05)/1-0/42/ -> TD 1992} 24. axb5 $1 cxb5 25. d5 Bf6 26.
Rc1 a5 27. c6 Bc8 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. g4 $18) 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 {<M> Idea ..Nb6 and ..
Be6 <D>} 10. Ng5 $5 {<M> White attempts to refute Black's set up but he goes
'over the top' <D>} Nd5 $1 11. h4 (11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bxd5+ Ke8)
11... N7b6 12. Bd3 h6 {<M> Black is clearly better but White's next move is a
terrible blunder <D>} 13. Qc2 $4 Nxe3 14. fxe3 hxg5 15. hxg5 Bxg5 {<M> The
possibility of ..Bh4+ ruins everything for White, Black has a won position <D>}
16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bg8+ Bh4+ {<M> Not 17..Bh6 18.Qh7 mate <D>} 18. g3 Kxg8 19.
Rxh4 f5 20. O-O-O Be6 21. e4 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 f4 23. Qc1 Qxg3 24. Rdh1 f3 25. Rh8+
Kf7 26. Rg1 Qd6 27. Qg5 Qxd4 28. Rh7 Rg8 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Rg6 Raf8 31. Qg5+ Kd7
32. Rgxg7+ Rxg7 33. Rxg7+ Kc8 34. Qe7 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 31st"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Kantsler,B"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1996.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Be7 $5 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 $5 {/\Nf1-g3/}
Nf6 7. Nf1 Nc6 (7... c5 $5) 8. c3 O-O 9. Ng3 Re8 10. O-O Bd6 11. h3 Bxg3 (11...
Bxf3 $6 12. Qxf3 $16) (11... Be6 12. Nf5 $14) 12. hxg4 (12. fxg3 $5 Bh5 13. Bg5
$14) 12... Bd6 13. Qc2 g6 14. g5 Nh5 15. g3 Qd7 16. Kg2 Rf8 17. Rh1 f5 18. Rh4
Qf7 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Rah1 Re4 $1 21. R4h3 (21. Bxe4 $4 fxe4 $19) 21... a6 22.
Ng1 $1 Ne7 23. f4 $1 (23. Bxe4 $6 fxe4 $44) (23. Be2 $6 f4 24. Bxh5 (24. g4
Rxe2 (24... f3+ $1 25. Rxf3 (25. Bxf3 Rxg4+ 26. Kf1 Re4 $17) (25. Nxf3 Rxg4+
26. Kf1 Nf5 $17) 25... Rxg4+ 26. Kf1 (26. Kh3 Rxg1 $1 27. Rxf7 (27. Rxg1 Qe6+
$19) 27... Rxh1+ 28. Kg2 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 Rxf7 $17) 26... Nf5 $17) 25. gxh5 Re6 $13
) 24... gxh5 25. Rxh5 $2 (25. f3 $6 fxg3 26. Rxh5 $2 Re2+ $1 27. Kf1 Rf2+ 28.
Ke1 Qe6+ $19) 25... fxg3 26. f3 Re2+ $1 $19) 23... b5 (23... c5 $5) 24. Be2 Qe8
25. Qd1 c5 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Rxh5 Rf7 28. Rh6 Ng6 29. Qh5 $1 Kf8 $8 30. Qf3 {
/\30.Rg6 hg 31.Rh8+-/} (30. Rxh7 $2 Rxh7 31. Qxh7 Re2+ $1 32. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 33.
Kh3 Qg4+ $10) 30... Qd7 31. R1h2 Ke8 (31... cxd4 32. Ne2 $14) 32. Kh1 Kd8 33.
Qh5 Ree7 34. Nf3 Kc8 35. Ne5 Bxe5 36. dxe5 b4 37. cxb4 c4 38. Qf3 Re6 39. Bc3
Qb7 (39... d4) 40. Rd2 Rd7 41. Kg2 Re8 42. a3 Qc6 43. Bd4 Kb7 44. Bc5 a5 45.
Rh1 $18 Rxe5 $5 46. fxe5 Nxe5 47. Qd1 d4+ 48. Kf2 f4 (48... Ng4+ 49. Kg1 $18)
49. Rh4 fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Rf7 51. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Videki, Sandor"]
[Black "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 c5 5. Qe2+ $6 (5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c3 $10) 5...
Be7 6. dxc5 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Bxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Re8 $17
12. Qd1 Bh5 13. c3 Qd6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Bh4 $2 Bxf3 16. Bxf6 Be2 17. Bxe2 Rxe2
18. Qd3 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Qxf6 20. Nf3 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rd8 22. Rd1 d4 23. Qc2 dxc3
24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. bxc3 Nc6 26. Kg1 Qe6 27. Qd2 b6 28. Kf2 Qc4 29. Kg1 g5 30.
Kh1 Kg7 31. Kg1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Ne7 33. Nd4 Nf5 34. Nxf5+ Qxf5 35. Kg1 h5 36. Qd4+
Qf6 37. Qd3 Qf4 38. c4 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. g3 Qe5 41. a3 Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kg6 43.
Qd3+ f5 44. Kf2 Qc5+ 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Qd8+ Ke5 47. Qb8+ Kd4 48. Qxa7 Kxc4 49.
Qa4+ Kc3 50. Qe8 Qd5+ 51. Kh2 Kd3 52. Qe1 Qa2+ 53. Kh1 Qd5+ 54. Kh2 Kc2 55. Qe8
Kd1 56. Qa4+ Ke1 57. Kg1 Qc5+ 58. Kh1 Qc3 59. Kh2 Qd2+ 60. Kh1 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. c3 Qd7 7.
O-O Bd6 8. Re1+ Nge7 9. h3 $6 {>< g3} Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Qc2 f6 12. Nh4 Kb8
13. Nf1 g5 14. Nf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf5 Qg7 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. Bd3 Bxg3 $1
$15 {>< e4} 19. fxg3 Nc8 20. b3 Nd6 21. c4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Ne4 23. Bb4 f5 24.
Rad1 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Rhe8 26. d5 Qf6 27. g4 Qb6+ 28. Kh2 Qf2 29. Qd4 Qxd4 (29...
Qf4+ $5 30. Kg1 fxg4 31. Rf1 Qg3 32. Rd3 Qh4 $17) 30. Rxd4 c5 $1 $17 31. Bxc5
Nxc5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. gxf5 Kc7 (33... Rf8 34. d6 Nd7 35. g4 $17) 34. d6+ Kc6 (
34... Kd7 $19) 35. Kg3 Nd7 (35... h5 $1 36. h4 Ne4+ 37. Kh2 Nxd6 $19) 36. Kg4
Kc5 $6 37. Rd1 Rg8 $2 (37... h6 38. Kh5 Rf8 $1 39. g4 Rf6 $19) 38. Kh5 g4 39.
h4 g3 (39... Nf6+ 40. Kh6 Kc6 41. Re1 $140 $1 Kxd6 42. Re6+ $18) 40. Kh6 Nf6
41. d7 Rd8 42. Kg7 Rxd7+ $2 (42... Nd5 43. f6 Rxd7+ 44. f7 $13) 43. Rxd7 Nxd7
44. Kxh7 $18 Kd5 (44... Kd4 45. h5 Ke3 46. h6 Kf2 47. Kg7 Kxg2 48. h7 Kf2 49.
h8=Q g2 50. Qh2 $18) 45. h5 Ke5 46. Kg6 Nf6 47. h6 b6 48. b4 b5 49. a3 a6 50.
h7 Nxh7 51. Kxh7 Kxf5 52. Kh6 Ke4 53. Kg5 Kd3 54. Kf4 Kc3 55. Kxg3 Kb3 56. Kf4
Kxa3 57. g4 Kxb4 58. g5 Ka3 59. g6 b4 60. g7 b3 61. g8=Q b2 62. Qf8+ Ka2 63.
Qf7+ Ka1 64. Qf6 a5 65. Qd4 Kb1 66. Qd1+ Ka2 67. Qa4+ Kb1 68. Ke3 Kc1 69. Qc4+
Kd1 70. Qd3+ Kc1 71. Qc3+ Kb1 72. Kd2 Ka2 73. Qc4+ Kb1 74. Kc3 Ka1 {Time} 1-0

[Event "DDR-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Plauen"]
[Date "1980.02.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Casper, Thomas"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1980.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 $1 {Nach 13-jähriger Pause wieder Französisch. Es gingen keine großen
Theoriestudien voraus. Casper ist aber bekannt als 3.e5-Spieler und davor
hatte ich keine Angst.} 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 {Er hatte bis hierher schon sehr
zögerlich gespielt und 13 Minuten verbraucht. Für den nächsten Zug benötigte
er gar 14.} 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c5 $6 {Ein gewagter Versuch. Bei normalen
Zügen hat man Ausgleich.} 6. dxc5 $1 {Sonst ist 6...Lc3 nebst 7...c4 sehr
stark.} d4 (6... Bxc5 {und Weiß steht besser.}) 7. a3 Ba5 8. b4 dxc3 9. bxa5
Qxa5 10. Qe2+ Ne7 11. Nf3 Nbc6 12. O-O Qxc5 (12... h6 {war wohl genauer.}) 13.
Rb1 (13. a4 $1 {Dieser Normalzug ist sehr stark.} Be6 (13... O-O 14. Ba3 Qh5 {
Nun hatten wir beide} 15. Bb5 $1 {übersehen, z.B.:} Be6 {(ist noch am besten)}
(15... Re8 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Bxe7 a5 18. Rfe1 Ra7 19. Rad1 $18) (15... Bg4 16.
Bxe7 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxe2 18. Bxe2 $16) 16. Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8) 14. Ba3 Qa5 {
kann man auch versuchen, kommt aber in vielen Varianten nicht zur Rochade.})
13... h6 $1 14. Rd1 a6 (14... O-O 15. Rb5 Qd6 16. Rh5 {und der Turm spielt mit.
}) 15. Bf4 Be6 $5 (15... b5 $6 16. Be4) (15... O-O $6 16. Bd6 Qh5 17. Be4) 16.
Rxb7 Nd5 17. Bc1 O-O {Nun hat man wohl Ausgleich. Weiß hat hier schon 100
Minuten verbraucht und kommt nun ins Schwimmen.} 18. Bxa6 $6 Bc8 $1 {Ich fand
die richtigen Ideen erst nach längerem Nachdenken [22 min]. Vorher war ich
sicher daß nach 18.Lxa6 etwas geht.} 19. Qb5 $6 (19. Rb5 {Hält die Balance. Es
folgt} Bxa6 20. Rxc5 Bxe2 21. Rdxd5 {und nun sehr stark} Rfb8 $1 {Dies war der
schwierigste Zug in der Vorausberechnung.} 22. Rxc6 $1 (22. Ne1 Rb1 23. f3 Rxc1
24. Kf2 (24. Rxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Kf2 Rc1 {und das Endspiel sollte gewonnen sein.})
24... Ba6 $1 25. Rxc6 Bb7 26. Rdc5 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Re8 $1 $19) 22... Rb1 23. h4
Rxc1+ 24. Kh2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxc2 26. Kg3 Rxa3 $10) 19... Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Nc7 $1 {
Das war der andere schwer zu findende Zug.} 21. Rc5 $6 {Das ist hoffnungslos.
Aber der Verlust der Qualität bietet wegen der Schwäche der Grundreihe und des
starken Bauern c3 kaum Remischancen.} (21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Bxc6 Nxb5 23. a4 Na7 24.
Bd5 $17) (21. Bxc8 Nxb5 22. Bb7 Rad8 $17) 21... Rxa6 22. Rxc3 Be6 23. Rd6 Ne7
24. Rxa6 Nxa6 25. Nd4 Rb8 26. Nb3 Rd8 27. Kf1 Nd5 28. Rg3 Ne7 29. Rc3 Rd1+ 30.
Ke2 Rh1 31. h3 Rg1 32. g4 Rh1 33. Bf4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
Bd3 (8. Bc4) 8... c5 $1 9. dxc5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. c6 (12.
Nh3 Nxc5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Qxc5 Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qd3 $19) 12... Nc5
$1 13. Bc2 Re8+ 14. Ne2 Qe7 $1 $17 15. Kf1 (15. cxb7 Bxb7 $19) 15... bxc6 16.
Nd4 Ne4 17. Nxc6 Ba6+ 18. Kg1 Qc5 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nb4 (20. Nd4 $1 Qxc3 21.
Nf3 $17) 20... Rae8 $1 21. Nxa6 (21. Qd2 Re2 $19) 21... Qxc3 22. Kf1 $8 Qc4+
23. Kg1 Qxa6 24. g3 (24. h3 Re2 25. Qb3 Qf6 26. Rf1 h5 $19) 24... Re2 25. Qd7
Qf6 26. Rf1 Qf3 27. Qxa7 Re1 28. Qa6 h5 29. h4 R8e2 $1 30. Qa7 (30. Rh2 Rxf1+
31. Kxf1 Rd2 $19) 30... Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Rb2 0-1

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Es hat sich seit dem
Survey in CBM 38 nicht viel getan: Weiß kann keinen Vorteil erzielen.} 5. Bb5
Bd6 6. c4 (6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Nf5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5
Bxe5 $15 {Dolmatov}) 6... dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11.
Qxa4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rb8 (12... c3 13. bxc3 Qe8 $10 {Dolmatov}) 13. a3 Rb5 14.
Nxc4 Nxc6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 (17. b4 Bb7 $13) 17... Rxb2 18.
Qf4 d5 (18... f6 19. Rxd6 fxg5 $1 20. Qc4+ Qf7 21. Rxc6 (21. Qxc6 g4 (21... Bb7
22. Qc3 (22. Nxg5 $2 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rb1+ 24. Rf1 Rbxf1#) 22... Re2 (22... Rb3
23. Qd4 Rxf3 24. Rd7 $1 $10) 23. Nxg5 Rxf2 24. Nxf7 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rf2+ $10) 22.
Nd2 h6 $13) 21... Qxc4 22. Rxc4 a5 $15) 19. Bf6 $1 $10 Rb5 (19... gxf6 {Ftacnik
} 20. Qxf6 Re2 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ $10) 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 (20...
Kxg7 {Ftacnik} 21. Qg5+ Kh8 22. Qf6+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Bd6 (6... Nc6 7. O-O
Bd6 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Be3 f6 10. Qd2 Bf7 11. Rae1 $14 {Marshall-Capablanca/
Petersburg/1914}) (6... Nc6 {Short}) 7. Ne5 $6 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Bf4 Re8 11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 $15 {Mit einfachen Zügen hat Short die
angenehmere Stellung erreicht.} 13. Bg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Qb3 Qb6
$5 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 $6 (18. a4 $1 {=/=/+} Ne4 (18... Re2 {Short} 19. Rfd1
Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Rac1 {/\ Kf1}) 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. c3 Re2 21. b3 $1 Rae8
22. Bc7 Rc2 23. Rac1 Ree2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Re1 $10) 18... Ne4 (18... Nh5 {
Short} 19. Bc7 Nhf4 (19... b5 20. Rfe1 Nhf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Kf1 g5 $15) 20.
Bxb6 Ra6 21. Bc5 b6 22. Bd6 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Nxd4 24. c4 $5 $13) 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20.
Rfd1 b5 $17 21. Kf1 f6 22. f3 Re6 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Re1+ (25. Be1
$5 {Short /\ Bb4}) 25... Kd7 26. Ke2 (26. Bh2 $1 {Short /\} h5 27. g4) 26... h5
27. Kd3 h4 28. Bh2 Ne7 29. Bf4 Nf5 30. Bd2 b6 31. Re2 (31. Bb4 {Short} Rc8 {
(/\ c5)} 32. Re2 c5 33. Bc3 Ra8 {/\ Ra4}) 31... c5 32. Be3 b4 33. axb4 c4+ 34.
Kc3 Nd6 35. Re1 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rxb4 37. Ra1 Rxb2 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 b5 40. Bf2
b4 41. Kc1 c3 42. Bxh4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Baden-Baden-B"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1992.12.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 $6 (6... Bxc3+)
7. Be3 Nge7 $14 (7... Nf6 $5) 8. Qh5 $146 (8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 $6 10. Qe2 f6
11. g4 Bf7 12. b4 Bb6 13. Nd1 $14 h5 14. g5 h4 15. c3 Bh5 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. a4
a5 18. b5 Na7 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Ne3 $16 {Chajes-Nimzowitsch/Karlsbad/1923}) 8...
Be6 9. b4 $1 Bb6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. b5 $1 Ba5 (11... Na5 12. Ne5 $16) 12. Bd2 Nb8
(12... Nd8 13. Ne5 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 {>< Nb8} h6 14. O-O g6 15. Qh4 Bf5 16. Rfe1
Kf8 17. Nf3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 (18. Bxh6+ $6 Kg8 19. Rxe7 Rxh6 20. Rxd7 Rxh4 21.
Rd8+ Kg7 22. Nd1 $13) 18... g5 (18... Bxc3 19. Qf6 $1 $16) 19. Qh5 $16 {
>< f5, e5} Ng6 20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Ne4 $1 dxe4 22. Bxa5 Kg7 23. dxe4 c6 (23... Qxd4
24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qf3 $18) 24. Nc4 Qf6 (24... Qxd4 25. Rac1 Nf4 26. Qg4 $16 {
/^ a1-h8}) 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Qf3 cxb5 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. d5 Nd7 29. Bc3+ $18 Kh7 30.
Ne5 Nxe5 31. Bxe5 Rhg8 32. Rac1 Rae8 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. Rc7 Rg7 (34... Rb8 35.
g3 fxg3 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. hxg3 $18) 35. Rxb7 f5 36. Rxg7+ Qxg7 37. Qxf4 fxe4
38. g3 Qe5 39. Qf7+ Kh8 40. d6 Rd8 41. Qxa7 Rxd6 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 (4. cxd5 {>=} cxd5 5. Nf3 $14 {-> D10}) 4...
exd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 $10 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nd7
11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 Rc8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bf5 Bg6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Bg3 Bf6 17.
Qb3 Nb6 18. a4 Qd7 19. a5 Nc4 20. Qb4 Rc6 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Ne5 Bxe5
24. dxe5 Re6 25. Rad1 b6 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. axb6 Rxb6 28. Ra1 Qe7 29. Re3 g5 30.
Rc3 h6 31. Ra5 Qb7 32. e6 Qe7 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ g6 36. Qxd5
Rxe6 37. Qc4 Qf6 38. g3 h5 39. Ra8 Re7 40. Qc5 Qf7 41. Kf1 Rb7 42. b4 Rd7 43.
Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Athens Akropolis 15th"]
[Site "Athens"]
[Date "1992.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Moutousis, Konstantinos"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1992.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bg5 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Bf5 7. Bb5+ $6 (7.
Be2 Nbc6 $10) 7... c6 8. Be2 Qb6 9. O-O $8 f6 10. Be3 Qxb2 11. c4 Bc2 $2 (11...
O-O 12. c5 Bc7 13. Nb3 Qc2 14. Qe1 Bg4 $17) 12. Qe1 Bb4 $5 13. cxd5 $8 Nxd5 $2
(13... cxd5 14. Bb5+ {(Übersehen bei 11...Bc2.)} Nbc6 15. Qe2 Bg6 $1) 14. Bc4
O-O (14... Kd8 $6 {(Wollte ich erst spielen.)} 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Qe2 $40 {
u. a. /\ Ng5}) 15. Qe2 Ba3 16. Rab1 $3 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 $16 Qc2 18. Bd3 $1 Qa4 {
>< Qa4} 19. Nh4 $1 Rf7 (19... Nd7 20. Qh5 f5 21. Bxf5 Rxf5 $8 22. Nxf5 $16) 20.
Qh5 f5 (20... g6 21. Nxg6 (21. Bxg6 $5 hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Rg7 23. Qe8+ Bf8 24. Qe6+
$40) 21... Nd7 22. Nh4 Nf8 23. Nf5 $16) 21. Nxf5 Nd7 22. Rxb7 $5 (22. Nd6 $1 g6
$8 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxg6+ Rg7 25. Qe6+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 26. Nf5 $1 $18) 26. Nf7+
Rxf7 27. Qxf7 $16) 22... N5f6 $1 23. Qe2 Nb6 $1 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. g4 $1 Kg8 26.
g5 Nfd7 27. Qg4 $6 (27. Bf4 $1 Kh8 28. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Qh5 Qxd4 30. Qxh7+ Kf8
31. g6 Ke8 32. g7 Nf6 33. Bg6+ Kd8 34. g8=Q+ $1 Nxg8 35. Qc7#) 27... Nf8 (27...
Ne5 $2 28. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 29. Qe6+ Nf7 30. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 28. Ne4 $14 Nd5 29. Nf6+
Kh8 30. Nh5 g6 31. Qe4 Qd1+ 32. Kg2 Nd7 33. Nfg3 Rf8 34. Be2 Nxe3+ 35. fxe3 Qe1
36. Nf4 Qb4 37. Qxc6 Qd6 38. Qe4 (38. Qc2 $5 {/\ kein Q-Tausch.}) 38... Qe7 39.
Ne6 Re8 40. Bc4 Qb4 41. Qd5 Qd6 42. Qxd6 Bxd6 43. Ne4 Ba3 44. Nf6 $2 (44. Kf3
$14) 44... Rc8 $1 45. Bb3 Nb6 46. Ne4 {Hat 2 Tempi verloren.} Rc1 $1 47. N4c5
Nc4 48. Kf2 $2 (48. e4 Nd2 49. Bd5 Rc2 $1 50. Kg3 Nf1+ 51. Kf4 Bc1+ 52. Ke5
Nxh2 $13) 48... Nd2 49. Bd5 Rc2 $1 50. Ke1 (50. Kg3 Nf1+ 51. Kf4 Bc1 $17) 50...
Nb1 51. e4 Bb4+ 52. Kf1 Nd2+ 53. Ke2 Nb3+ $1 $19 54. Ke3 Nxc5 55. dxc5 Bxc5+
56. Nxc5 Rxc5 57. Kd4 Rc2 58. Ke5 Rxh2 59. Kd6 (59. Kf6 Rf2+ 60. Ke7 Kg7 61. e5
Rf5 $1 $19) 59... Kg7 60. e5 Kf8 61. a4 a5 62. Bc6 Rc2 {Abgabezug.} (62... h5
$1 63. gxh6 Rxh6 64. e6 g5 65. Be4 Ke8 66. Bf5 Kd8 67. Bg4 Rg6 68. Bf5 Rg7 69.
Bg4 Ra7 70. Be2 Rb7 $19 {Moutousis}) 63. Bb5 Rg2 64. Bd7 Re2 $1 65. Ke6 Kg7 66.
Bb5 Re1 67. Kd6 (67. Bc6 h5 $1 68. gxh6+ Kxh6 69. Kf6 Rf1+ 70. Ke7 Kg7 $19)
67... Kf7 $1 68. Bc4+ Ke8 69. Ke6 Kd8 70. Kf6 Re4 71. Bb5 Rf4+ $1 72. Kg7 (72.
Ke6 Kc7 $1 73. Ke7 Rf5 74. e6 Rxg5 75. Kf6 Rf5+ $19) 72... Rf5 73. Kxh7 Rxg5
74. Bd3 Rg4 75. Bb5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 $6 (6. Nge2) (6. a3
) 6... Bg4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Ne2 $6 (8. Be2) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bd6 10. c3 Qd7 11.
Ng3 h5 $17 12. Re1 O-O-O 13. Qc2 g6 14. Kg2 h4 15. Nf1 Rdg8 16. h3 Nd8 17. Ne3
f5 18. c4 Ne6 19. Nxd5 Nxd4 20. Qc3 c5 21. b4 Nec6 22. b5 Ne5 23. f4 Nef3 24.
Be3 g5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Qa5 Nxe1+ 27. Rxe1 gxf4+ (27... Kb8 $1 28. b6 (28. Nf6
gxf4+ 29. Kf1 Qg7 30. Nxg8 Rxg8 $17) 28... a6 29. Nf6 Qc6+ $17) 28. Kf1 Kb8 29.
b6 a6 30. Nf6 Qg7 31. Qxf5 Qg2+ 32. Ke2 Rg5 33. Nd7+ Ka8 34. Qe6 Qc6 35. Be4
Re5 36. Nxe5 Qxe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qf3 Be6 7. Nge2 Qd7 8.
O-O {Weiß zögert noch mit a3 und verhindert Bf5 ohne Nbc6.} Nbc6 (8... Bf5 $4
9. Nxd5 $1) (8... c6 $5 {/\ 9.a3 Bd6 und Na6.}) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Bf5 11. Ng3
Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O 13. h4 Rae8 (13... Na5 $5) 14. h5 h6 15. a4 $1 {Der Verzicht
auf Rb1 scheint ein Vorteil zu sein.} (15. Rb1 {Zugumstellung} b6 16. a4 Nd8
17. Ba3 Ne6 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qxd5 Nf4 20. Qf3 Ne2+ 21. Nxe2 Qxe2 {=/+/=
Hickl-Uhlmann/FRG-DDR/1988}) 15... Kh7 $6 (15... Nd8 16. Ba3 Ne6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7
18. Nf5 $16) 16. Ba3 g5 $6 17. Rfe1 $16 f5 18. Nf1 $1 {/\ Ne3} f4 19. Nh2 Rf7
20. Ng4 Kg7 21. Re2 Nf5 22. Rxe8 Qxe8 (22... Nh4 23. Qe2) 23. Qxd5 Qe2 $6 (
23... Nh4 24. Qe4 $1 (24. Ne5 Rf5 25. Qd7+ Qxd7 26. Nxd7 g4 $13) 24... Qc8 25.
Ne5 $18) 24. Nxh6 $1 $18 Nxh6 25. Qxg5+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qg6
1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 15'} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7.
Bd3 O-O 8. O-O h6 9. h3 Be6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nd7 14.
Re2 Nf8 15. Rae1 Neg6 16. Qc1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Bxh3 $1 $17 18. g3 (18. gxh3 $6 Qxh3
19. Ne5 (19. Re3 $2 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Bg3+ 22. Kg1 Qh2+ 23. Kf1 Qxf2#)
19... Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nh4 21. f4 Nf3+ 22. Kf2 Nxe1 23. Kxe1 $17) 18... Qg4 19.
Nh2 Qxd4 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxc5 22. Ng4 Bxg3 $4 (22... Qd6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 $4
(23... Qd7 $2 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Qxf6 Ne6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qxg6+ $16) 24. Nxh6+
Kg7 25. Qxf7+ Kxh6 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Rh2+ Kg5 28. gxf4+ Qxf4 29. Qg7+ Ng6 30.
Rg2+ $18) 23. Ne4 Nh4 $6 (23... Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Qe7 25. Nef6+ $18) 24. Nxh6+ $1
Kh8 25. Nxf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf7 Nf3+ 28. Kh1 gxh6 29. Nxc5 (29. Nf6 $1)
29... Nxe1 30. Re7 Be5 31. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 32nd"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1997.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7
8. Qh5 Be6 9. Nf3 Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. O-O $5 {Eine interessante Neuerung.
Wenn Schwarz auf das folgende Bauernopfer verzichten muß, steht Weiß eindeutig
besser, denn er könnte dann im nächsten Zug auf e6 nehmen, ohne daß die Dame
mit Schach wiedernimmt.} (11. Nxe6 Qxe6+ $13) 11... Bg4 12. Qxf7 Rdf8 13. Qxg7
h6 14. f3 Bh5 $2 ({Der kritische Zug ist} 14... Bf5 15. Nf7 $5 {Gewissermaßen
die Echovariante zur Partiefortsetzung.} (15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. g4 Qd7 17. Nf7 (17.
Nh3 $2 Rhg8 18. Qh7 {#6 (Fritz)} Qxg4+ $1) 17... Nf5 (17... Rhg8 $5) 18. Qxh8
Rxh8 19. Nxh8 Qg7 20. Nf7 $13) (15. Ne4 $6 dxe4 16. fxe4 Rfg8 17. Qf6 Bh3 $13)
15... Rhg8 16. Ne5 Rxg7 17. Nxd7 Rfg8 18. Bxf5 Rxg2+ 19. Kh1 Nxf5 20. Nf6 R8g7
21. Nxd5 Rxc2 {und auch hier ist es schwer, ein klares Urteil über die
Stellung abzugeben.}) 15. Nh7 $1 $18 Rfg8 16. Qxh6 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Rxg6 18. Nf8 $1
Rgxh6 19. Nxd7 Rxh2 20. Nc5 Nf5 21. Bf4 R2h4 22. g4 Ne3 23. Bxe3 Rh1+ 24. Kf2
R1h2+ 25. Kg3 R2h3+ 26. Kf4 Rf8+ 27. Kg5 Rg8+ 28. Kf6 Rf8+ 29. Kg7 Rhh8 30. Bg5
Rfg8+ 31. Kf6 Rf8+ 32. Ke6 Re8+ 33. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 15th"]
[Site "Bad Woerishofen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Herzog, Adolf"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1993.01.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Ne2 Qf6 7. Nd2 $6 Nge7
8. Nf3 $2 Bg4 $17 9. Bg5 Qe6 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh3 $5 12. Ng3 h5 $1 13.
O-O-O h4 14. Nf1 Qxf3 (14... Qg2 $5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne3 Qxf3 17. Rhg1 $17)
15. Rg1 f6 16. Be3 Kf8 $5 17. Be2 Qe4 18. Bg4 Na5 $1 $19 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Nd2
Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ng6 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Bb5 g5 24. Ba4 Rg8 25. Bc2 Qf3 26. Rde1 Ng2
$5 27. Rxg2 $1 $8 Qxg2 28. Qe2 Qh3 $6 (28... Rg7 $6 29. Qh5 Kg8 30. Bf5 $1 $13)
(28... Re8 $1 29. Qh5 Re7 30. Qh6+ Ke8 $19) 29. Qb5 c6 30. Qxb7 Qc8 31. Qh7 Qc7
(31... Rg7 32. Qh6 Qd8 $13) 32. Qf5 Be7 33. f4 $1 g4 (33... Qc8 34. Qh7 Rg7 35.
Qh6 Kg8 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. Ba4 $13) 34. Qh5 Bd6 35. Qxh4 Qg7 36. Bf5 Re8 (36...
Rh8 $5 37. Qxg4 Qxg4 38. Bxg4 Rxh2 39. Bd7 Rb8 40. Bd2 c5 $15) 37. Bd2 Rxe1+
38. Qxe1 Qh6 (38... Rh8 $5) 39. Qe6 Bxf4 40. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 41. Kb1 Qh6 42. Qd7 Qh5
43. Be6 Qg6+ 44. Kc1 Rh8 45. Qxc6 Qg5+ 46. Kc2 Qf4 (46... Rxh2+ 47. Kb3 g3 48.
Qc8+ Kg7 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Qh8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kh5 52. Qh7+ Qh6 53. Qf5+ $10) 47.
b4 $1 Rxh2+ 48. Kb3 Kg7 49. Qe8 Rh8 $6 (49... Kh6 $1 50. Qg8 $1 (50. Bxg4 Qf2
$19) 50... Qe4 $1 $15) 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Bxg4 $1 $10 Rd8 $6 52. Qh5+ Kg7 53. Be6
$1 Qg5 54. Qf7+ Kh6 55. Qxa7 (55. Qc7 $1) 55... Qg6 56. a4 $1 $10 Qb1+ 57. Ka3
Qc1+ 58. Kb3 Qd1+ 59. Ka3 Qa1+ 60. Kb3 Qb1+ 61. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Schmidt, Wlodzimierz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Qh5 c5 $6 7. dxc5 $1 d4
8. a3 Qa5 9. axb4 $1 Qxa1 10. Nce2 Nbc6 $146 (10... Qa2 11. Nxd4 Qd5 12. Qxd5
Nxd5 13. c3 O-O 14. Ngf3 a5 15. b5 Nd7 16. Bc4 Re8+ 17. Kd1 N5f6 18. c6 Nb6 19.
Ba2 bxc6 20. Nxc6 $16 {Ziatdinov-Komarov/Biel op/1991}) 11. Nf3 Nxb4 12. Bb5+
Nbc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Nexd4 Bd7 15. Bc4 $1 g6 (15... O-O $6 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nxf7
Kh7 18. Bd3+ $18) 16. Qg5 Nxd4 (16... O-O $6 17. Qf6 {/\ Bh6+-}) 17. Nxd4 Rf8
$5 18. Be3 $2 (18. c6 $1 Nxc6 $8 19. Nb5 $1 (19. Nxc6 Qxg5 20. Re1+ Be6 21.
Bxg5 bxc6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6+ Kf7 $1 (23... Kd7 24. Re7+ Kd6 25. Rxh7 $16)
24. Rxc6 Rfc8 $10) 19... f6 20. Qf4 (20. Qe3+ Kd8 21. Nd6 Qb4 22. Rd1 $13)
20... Kd8 21. Bd2 Qb6 22. Be3 Qa5 23. Bc5 $36) 18... f6 $13 19. Qh4 O-O-O 20.
Nb3 Qc7 21. Bf4 Qc6 22. Qxh7 {>< Qh7} Nf5 $1 23. f3 (23. Qxg6 Qe4 $5 {FRITZ}
24. c6 Qxc6 $13) 23... g5 24. Bd2 Be6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. c6 $1 Rf7 $8 27. cxb7+
Kb8 28. Qh3 Qb6+ (28... Rfd7 $5 29. Nc5 Qb6 30. Qxf5 Rd5 $1 $13) 29. Kh1 Qb5 $1
30. Ra1 Rfd7 31. g4 Nh4 (31... Rxd2 $6 32. Nxd2 Rxd2 33. Qh8+ Kxb7 34. Qh7+ $16
) 32. Qg3+ Kxb7 33. Qe1 Qc6 $4 (33... Qd5 34. Qf2 Ka8 $13) 34. Na5+ 1-0

[Event "Voskresensk"]
[Site "Voskresensk"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nc3 Nge7 8.
h3 $2 O-O 9. O-O $2 (9. Bxc4 Nf5 $15) 9... Na5 $17 10. Bd2 Bf5 11. Re1 a6 12.
Ba4 Nac6 13. a3 b5 14. Bc2 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Ng6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Nxd4
Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe5 20. Bd4 Qf4 21. Ng3 Bf6 22. Nh5 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Ng3
Rfe8 25. Rd1 Rad8 26. Nf5 Bf6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Ne3 Rd3 29. Nxc4 bxc4 30. Qxc4
Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Be5+ 32. g3 Rd2 33. Kg1 Rxb2 34. f4 Bd6 35. Qxa6 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 {Diese Variante bereitet den
Nachziehenden einiges Kopfzerbrechen.} Nc6 {Der damit auf d4 erzeugte Druck
ist einen Zug später wirkungslos und deshalb gefällt mir 5...Nc6 prinzipiell
nicht.} 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 {Jetzt spielen alle 8.Qf3 oder 8.Qh5, um Bf5
zu verhindern. Aber die weiße Traumstellung ist soundso die, die nach Bf5xd3
und c2xd3 entsteht - Bilanz über 70%.} 8. Qh5 (8. Ne2 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bxd3 10. cxd3
$14) 8... Be6 9. Rb1 (9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 g6 13.
Qf3 Nf5 14. Bxf5 $6 gxf5 15. O-O Rhg8 16. Rae1 Qe4 17. Qxe4 fxe4 18. f3 f5 19.
fxe4 fxe4 20. Rf7 Rd7 21. Ref1 Rg7 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Kindermann,S/Garmisch rapid
1994 (27)}) 9... b6 10. Nf3 Qd7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 13. Be3 g6 14. Qf3
Nf5 $1 15. O-O $1 Nxe3 16. Rfe1 $1 (16. fxe3 f5 {und Weiß kann c3-c4 nicht
realisieren.}) 16... Qd6 (16... f5 17. Rxe3 $14) (16... Na5 17. Rxe3 Qd7 18. c4
$16) 17. fxe3 (17. Qxe3 $6 Qxa3 18. c4 Kb8 19. cxd5 Rxd5 {und Weiß hat nicht
genügend Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 17... f5 (17... Qxa3 $2 18. e4 $36) 18.
c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Kb8 {/\ Nxd4} 20. Bb5 Na5 21. c4 (21. g3 $5 {/\ Bb5-f1-g2+/=})
21... f4 $5 22. c5 Qf8 23. Rb4 fxe3 24. Qxe3 Qf7 {Der weiße Läufer würde auf
f3 optimal stehen, aber auf b5 bewacht er e8. Weiß kann wohl die Stellung
nicht verstärken, weil der Kg1 auch Schutz benötigt.} 25. Reb1 Rhf8 26. Qe1 Qf6
27. Ra4 Nb7 28. c6 $2 (28. cxb6 axb6 $13) 28... Rxd4 $1 $19 29. Qe3 (29. cxb7
Rxa4 30. Bxa4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qxa4 $19) 29... Rxa4 30. Bxa4 Nd6 31. Rd1 a6 32. h3
Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Bb3 b5 35. Bg8 h6 36. Re1 Rf6 37. Re7 Nc4 38. Rh7 g5 39.
Bd5 Nxa3 40. Kh2 Nc4 41. Kg3 a5 42. h4 gxh4+ 43. Kxh4 a4 44. Rh8+ Ka7 45. Rc8
Kb6 46. g4 a3 47. Ra8 0-1

[Event "Schoeneck"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Be7 {
Miezis,N (2530)-Ruzele,D (2520) Bonn GSK-3 Bad Godesburg 1996 1/2} (7... Bb4 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd5 12. Rc1 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qe7 14.
Qd3 Qxa3 15. O-O Qe7 16. e4 {Miezis,N-Zagorskis,D/Bonn GSK-3 1996/1/2-1/2 (42)
;CBM 56}) 8. cxd5 (8. h3 {ist logisch.}) (8. c5 $5) (8. Qb3 $5 Na5 9. Qa4+ c6
10. cxd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $13) 8... Nxd5 {Suche nach Vergleichsmaterial im
Themenschlüssel: 'Strartegie'/ 'Bauernstrukturen'/ 'Queenspawn'/'Isolated
Pawn' d4/ .} 9. Bc4 Be6 (9... Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bh4+ 11. g3 Bg5 $13) 10. Bb5 O-O
11. O-O Ncb4 12. Bd2 c6 13. Be2 Bf5 14. a3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bc3
Ne4 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Ne5 Qc8 21. Re1 Re8 22. Bf1 (22. c5 $5 $14)
22... Ne4 23. f3 Nd6 24. Qd2 Bg6 25. a4 Nf5 26. g4 Ne7 27. Ba3 Bh4 28. Re2 f6
29. Bxe7 Rxe7 30. Nxg6 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 hxg6 $11 32. f4 (32. Bd3 $5) 32... Qe6 33.
d5 Qd6 34. Kg2 Re8 35. Bf3 g5 36. f5 c5 37. Rb1 b6 38. a5 Kh7 39. axb6 axb6 40.
Ra1 Qe5 41. Rb1 Be1 42. Qd3 Qd6 43. Be4 Bh4 44. Bf3 Be1 45. Rb2 Bh4 46. Rd2 Be1
47. Rd1 Re5 48. Be2 $6 {Schwarz kommt nun zur Idealaufstellung mit dem Läufer
auf e5.} Bc3 $1 49. Kh1 Bd4 $15 50. Qg3 b5 $6 51. cxb5 Qxd5+ 52. Bf3 Qc4 $6 (
52... Qb3 53. Qh3+ Kg8 54. Qf1 $13) 53. Qh3+ $6 (53. b6 $16) 53... Kg8 54. b6
$2 (54. Rb1 Re3 $11) 54... Qb5 $4 (54... Qb4 $1 55. Qf1 (55. b7 $2 Re1+ 56. Kg2
Qb2+ $19) 55... Qxb6 $17) 55. b7 $18 c4 56. Rc1 c3 57. Qg2 Kf8 58. Qa2 Bc5 59.
Kg2 Re8 60. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 {/\ Nge2}) 5... Ne7 6.
Bd3 Bg4 $1 {=/=/+} 7. h3 Bh5 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Nbc6 10. Be3 a6 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6
12. Qd2 $6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $17 Qf6 14. O-O-O h6 (14... Qxf3 15. Bf4 $13) 15. Rhg1
O-O-O 16. c3 Na5 17. Qe2 Nf5 18. b4 Nc6 19. Bxf5+ Qxf5 20. Rxg7 Na7 {/\
Nb5-d6-c4} 21. c4 dxc4 22. Qxc4 Rd5 23. Rdg1 Nb5 $1 24. Rg8+ Rxg8 25. Rxg8+ Kd7
26. Kb2 (26. Bxh6 Rxd4 27. Qe2 Nxa3 28. Qe8+ Kd6 29. Qf8+ Kc6 30. Qc5+ Qxc5+
31. bxc5 Rh4 $19) 26... Nd6 27. Qe2 b5 28. f4 Nc4+ 29. Kc1 Qxh3 30. Qg4+ Qxg4
31. Rxg4 Nxa3 $19 32. Rg8 Nc4 33. Ra8 h5 $1 34. Rxa6 Rd6 35. Ra8 Rh6 36. f5
Nxe3 37. fxe3 h4 38. Ra2 Ke7 39. Kd1 Kf6 40. Ke1 (40. Ra6+ Kg5 41. Rxh6 Kxh6
42. Ke2 Kg5 $19) (40. e4 Kg5 $19 {>< Pe4}) 40... h3 41. Rh2 Kxf5 42. Kf1 Ke4
43. Kg1 Kxe3 44. d5 Kd3 45. Rf2 Kc4 46. Rxf7 Kxb4 47. Rxc7 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 c6 $5 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Ng3 (7.
O-O {Schwarz gleicht dann total aus:} Bf5 8. Ng3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. Nce2 Na6
11. c3 Bd6 12. Bf4 Nc7 13. Rae1 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Short,N/Parnu-A 1996}) 7...
Ng6 8. f4 (8. O-O O-O 9. Qh5 Nd7 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nf5 Qd8 13. g3
Nf6 14. Qf3 Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Qb4 17. Qe3 Bd7 $10 {Sokolov,
A-Brustman,A/Geneve op 1996/1-0 (68)}) 8... Qe7+ 9. Kf2 Qh4 10. Re1+ Ne7 11.
Kg1 O-O {Die Dame auf h4 steht sehr stark; man weiß eigentlich nicht was f2-f4
gebracht hat.} 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Bf2 $1 {Start für eine hübsche Remiskombination.
} Qxf4 14. Rxe7 $1 (14. Rxe7 Bxe7 15. Nf5 Bf6 16. Bg3 Qg5 17. Bh4 Qf4 18. Bg3
$10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 $6 {
Weiß versucht, das Schlagen auf c4 zu erzwingen, bevor der Bf1 gezogen hat, um
mit Bf1xc4 ein Tempo zu sparen.} O-O $1 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 $14) 8. cxd5 h6 $1 {
Die Bedeutung dieses Zwischenzuges wird gleich ersichtlich.} (8... Qb6 9. Bxf6
Qxb2 10. Qc1 Qxc1+ (10... Ba3 $2 11. Bg5 $18) 11. Rxc1 gxf6 12. Be2 $10 cxd5 $6
13. Nxd5 Be6 $6 14. Nxf6+ Kg7 15. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Teske,H-Knaak,R/DDR-ch
Stralsund 1988 (33)}) 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Schwarz hat auf jeden Fall genug
Kompensation für den Bauern, welchen Weiß zudem kaum verteidigen kann.} 10.
dxc6 Nxc6 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Be5 $15) 9... Qb6 $1 {Weiß muß um
Ausgleich kämpfen.} 10. Qd2 (10. Bxf6 $2 Qxb2 11. Qc1 Ba3 $1 $19 {Da sieht man
den Sinn von 8...h6!, denn 12.Bg5 ist verhindert!}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bg3 {
Die schwarze Stellung ist scheinbar so gut, daß man nur nach Varianten sucht,
die klaren Vorteil bringen.} Bxg3 {Solche Züge sind schnell gemacht, weil
Schwarz den Entwicklungsvorsprung nicht einbüßen will.} (11... Bb4 {war eher
geeignet, auf Vorteil zu spielen.} 12. Be2 Re8 (12... Qa5 13. Rc1 Nd7 (13...
Nf6 $5) 14. O-O N7f6 15. Bd3 $13) 13. Rc1 (13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Rxe2 16. Rae1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Be6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Be5 f6 $17) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3
Ba3 15. Rd1 Qb2 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. O-O $13) 12. hxg3 $10 Bg4 $6 {Es war höchste
Zeit für das Schach auf e8.} (12... Re8+ 13. Be2) 13. Bd3 $1 Re8+ 14. Kf1 $1
Nd7 $6 (14... Nf6) (14... Nb4) 15. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 {Weiß hat in dem Moment
genommen, wo der schwarze Springer nicht mehr nach c6 kann.} 16. Rh4 Bxf3 $6 {
Ohne Not wird die weiße Bauernstruktur verbesert und aus schwarzer Sicht eine
ungünstige Figurenkonstellation geschaffen.} (16... Be6) 17. gxf3 Nf8 18. Kg2
Ng6 19. Rh5 Qxd4 $6 (19... Rad8 $14) 20. Rd1 Rad8 (20... Qb6 21. Rxd5 {+/=/+/-
Der Läufer ist klar besser als der Springer.}) 21. Bxg6 Qxd2 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.
Rxd2 $16 {Der Pd5 ist nicht zu retten.} d4 (23... Ke6 24. f4) 24. Rh4 d3 25.
Rf4+ Kg6 26. Re4 h5 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxd3 Re2 29. Rb3 b6 30. Rb5 Kh6 31. g4 g6
32. g5+ Kg7 33. f4 Rc2 34. Kg3 Rd2 35. f3 Rc2 36. Rb3 Kf7 37. Ra3 Rxb2 38.
Rxa7+ Kg8 39. f5 Rb5 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. fxg6+ Kxg6 42. f4 Rb1 43. Rg8+ Kf5 44.
Rf8+ Ke4 45. Re8+ Kf5 46. Re5+ Kg6 47. Re6+ Kf5 48. Rf6+ Ke4 49. g6 b5 50. Kh4
Rh1+ 51. Kg5 h4 52. Re6+ Kf3 53. g7 Rg1+ 54. Kf6 h3 55. Re8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 $5 6. O-O $1 c4 7. Re1+ Be7
8. Bf1 O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6 12. c3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. b3
b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 Bd8 17. h4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rb1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. g3 Ne7 22. Qd1 g5 $6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Bg2 g4 25. Nf1 Bg5 26. Rb2 Kg7 27.
Qb1 Rc8 28. Re2 Rc6 29. Re5 f6 30. Re2 Rb6 31. Qd1 Nf5 32. Re1 Nh6 33. Qe2 Kf7
$2 (33... Ng8 $2 34. Nh2 f5 35. Qe5+ Nf6 36. Nxg4 $18) (33... Kg6 $5) 34. f4 $1
gxf3 35. Qxf3 Rd6 36. Re5 Kg7 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 Qa4 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Bc6
Qa5 41. Be8+ Kf5 42. Qh7+ Kg4 43. Qe4+ Kh3 44. Bd7+ f5 45. Qg2+ (45. Qg2+ Kg4
46. Qe2+ Kh3 47. Qh5+ Bh4 48. Qxh4#) 1-0

[Event "Leon-B"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Strikovic, Aleksa"]
[Black "Romero Holmes, Alfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 {Der Läuferzug
ist einerseits mehr als 6...Bxc3+ geeignet, 5...Nc6 zu rechfertigen, denn der
Druck auf d4 bleibt bestehen. Andererseits steht der Läufer am Damenflügel
nicht sehr gut und Weiß wird mit der Schwäche d4 leicht fertig. Die Bilanz ist
denn auch nicht berauschend für Schwarz.} 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Qh5 Be6 9. b4 Bb6 10.
Nf3 Qd6 $5 (10... Qd7 11. b5 $1 Ba5 (11... Na5 12. Ne5 $16) 12. Bd2 Nb8 (12...
Nd8 13. Ne5 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 {>< Nb8} h6 14. O-O g6 15. Qh4 Bf5 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17.
Nf3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 (18. Bxh6+ $6 Kg8 19. Rxe7 Rxh6 20. Rxd7 Rxh4 21. Rd8+ Kg7
22. Nd1 $13) 18... g5 (18... Bxc3 19. Qf6 $1 $16) 19. Qh5 $16 {>< f5, e5} Ng6
20. Ne5 Qd6 21. Ne4 $1 dxe4 22. Bxa5 Kg7 23. dxe4 c6 (23... Qxd4 24. Nxg6 fxg6
25. Qf3 $18) 24. Nc4 Qf6 (24... Qxd4 25. Rac1 Nf4 26. Qg4 $16 {/^ a1-h8}) 25.
Ne3 Nf4 26. Qf3 cxb5 27. Ng4 Qg6 28. d5 Nd7 29. Bc3+ $18 {1-0 Hickl,J-Uhlmann,
W/Baden Baden-B 1992 (43)}) 11. Na4 $1 {Weiß spielt den Zug, der nach 10...Qd7
gescheitert wäre (wegen 11...Nxd4!).} g6 12. Qh6 Bf5 13. Nxb6 {Der damit
eingeschlagene Weg schwächt auch die weiße Bauernstellung erheblich.} (13. Qg7
Rg8 14. Qxh7 Bxd3 15. cxd3 O-O-O $13) 13... axb6 14. Bf4 Qe6+ 15. Kd2 Bxd3 16.
cxd3 Nf5 17. Qh3 O-O-O {Die lange Rochade bringt den schwarzen König nicht in
Sicherheit, aber die kurze war gar nicht möglich.} (17... O-O $2 18. Ng5 $18)
18. Rhe1 (18. Rae1 $5 Qd7 19. Bg5 Rde8 20. Bf6) 18... Qd7 19. Rac1 (19. Bg5 $2
Nfxd4 $17) 19... Nd6 {Der Damentausch ist die beste Chance für den
Nachziehenden.} 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 (20... Rxd7) 21. Be5 Rhf8 $2 (21... Rhe8 22. Ng5
f6 (22... h5) 23. Bxf6 Rxe1 24. Kxe1 Ra8 25. Nxh7 Rxa3 {könnte die Stellung
noch im Gleichgewicht sein.}) 22. Ng5 $18 f6 (22... h6 23. Nh7 $18) 23. Bxd6
fxg5 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Kc3 Rxf2 26. Rf1 Rxg2 27. Rf7+ Kc8 28. Re1 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[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. e4 {Belov} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 (6... Nf6
{Belov} 7. c5 Bc7 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxb6 axb6 10. O-O Ba6 (10... Bg4 $5) 11. Bxa6
Rxa6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Bg5 $14 {Gurevich,M-Nikolic,Pr/Beograd/1991/1:0 (58) Inf
53/246/}) 7. Bd3 (7. cxd5 {Belov} cxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Bd3 Qe7+ 9. Be2 O-O 10.
O-O Be6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Bd3 h6 $10 {Kengis,E-Rohde,M/Tilburg/1992/0,5 (40)/})
8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nbc6 10. h3 a6 11. a3 Bc7 12. Qc2 g6 $10 {Rublevsky,
S-Vakhidov,T/Cheliabinsk/1993/1:0 (25)/}) 7... O-O 8. O-O dxc4 (8... h6 {Belov}
9. h3 Be6 10. c5 Bc7 11. Qc2 Qc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. Re2 Nf8 $10 {
Kengis,E-Rohde,M/Tilburg/1992/1:0 (31)/}) 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. Bg5 (10. h3 {Belov}
Nb6 11. Bb3 Bc7 $6 12. Bg5 Kh8 13. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 14. Re1 Qd8 15. Ne5 Nd5 16.
Nxd5 cxd5 17. Qh5 $16 {Malishauskas,V-Djurhuus,R/Oslo/1992/1:0 (40)/}) 10...
Nb6 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Bxe7 $1 Bxe7 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Rfe1 $14
) 11. Bb3 h6 (11... Kh8 $5 {Belov} 12. Qd2 (12. Bxe7 $5) 12... f6 13. Bh4 Bb4
14. a3 Ba5 $13 {Frederick,R-Watson,J/New York/1981/}) 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. Bxe7 $1
Qxe7 14. Re1 Qd8 (14... Qc7 {Belov} 15. Ne5 (15. Rc1 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3
Rfe8 $14) (15. Qd3 $5 Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bc2 g6
20. Qe3 $16) 15... Bxe5 16. Rxe5 $14) 15. Qd3 a5 (15... Bg4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17.
Rxe5 Nd7 (17... Qd7 {Belov} 18. Bc2 g6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Re7 $16) 18. Re3 Re8 19.
Rae1 $14) 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re3 (18. Bc2 {Belov} Nf6 19. Rae1 Be6
$10) 18... Nf6 19. Rae1 $16 b5 {!? Belov} 20. h3 Ra7 21. a4 b4 22. Ne4 Ba6 $6 (
22... Bf5 $1 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qc4 Rd7 25. Re8 (25. Re5 Rfd8 (25... Qg6 $2 26.
Qc5 $1 {/\ 27.Qxf8+!}) 26. Rxa5 Qg6 $1 27. Rae5 Bxh3 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Bc2 Bf5
30. Bxf5 Qxf5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 $10) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qc5+ Kg8 28. Re5
Rf4 29. Qxa5 $14) (22... Nxe4 {Belov} 23. Qxe4 Rd7 24. Qxc6 Rxd4 (24... Bb7 25.
Qb5) 25. Re8 $18) 23. Qc2 Nxe4 (23... Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Nd6 Qh5 26. Qxc6 $16
) 24. Rxe4 Rd7 25. Qc5 (25. Qxc6 $2 {Belov} Bb7) 25... Bd3 26. Re7 (26. R4e3 $1
Bg6 (26... Rxd4 27. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (27... Kh7 28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qd7 (29...
Qd6 30. Bg8+ Kg6 31. Re6+ $18) 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qg8#) 28. Rf3+
Kg8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Qxd4 $18) 27. Qxc6 Rd6 28. Qb5 Kh7 (28... Rxd4 $2 29.
Re8 Qd7 30. Qb8 $1 Qd6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Re8 $18) 29. d5 {+/-/+-}) 26... Rxe7
(26... Rxd4 $6 {Belov} 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qe5 $16) 27. Rxe7 $16 Bg6 {/\ 28...
Re8+/=} 28. Re5 (28. Qe5 $5 {/\ 29.h4} Kh7 {/\ 29...f6, 30...Re8}) (28. Ra7 $2
{Belov} Re8 29. Rxa5 $2 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Qc7+ 31. g3 Be4 32. f3 Re2+ $19) 28... Kh7
29. h4 (29. d5 $5 {Belov}) 29... h5 30. Bd1 $6 {? Belov} (30. g3 Kg8 (30... Re8
{Belov} 31. Rxh5+ $1 Bxh5 32. Qxh5+ Kg8 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qh5#) 31. Bc4 Re8 32.
Qxc6 Rxe5 33. dxe5 Qd1+ 34. Kg2 Qd4 35. Qxg6 Qxc4 36. Qxh5 Qc2) (30. d5 $5 {
Belov} cxd5 31. Rxd5 $16) 30... Re8 $10 31. Bxh5 Rxe5 32. Bxg6+ fxg6 33. dxe5
Qxh4 34. Qxc6 (34. e6 {Belov} Qe4 35. e7 Kg8) 34... Qd4 35. e6 Qxb2 36. g3 (36.
Qe4 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qh6+ 38. Kg3 Qg5+ 39. Kf3 Qe7 $10) (36. e7 $2 {Belov} Qa1+ 37.
Kh2 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qxe7 $17) 36... Qe5 37. Qc4 g5 (37... Kh6 {Belov} 38. Qf4+ $18)
38. Qd3+ Kh6 39. Qd7 b3 40. e7 b2 41. Qc6+ Kh7 42. e8=Q b1=Q+ 43. Kg2 Qxe8 44.
Qxe8 Qf5 45. Qh5+ Kg8 46. Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg8 48. Qf3 Qe5 (48... Qxf3+ {Belov
} 49. Kxf3 Kf7 50. Kg4 Kg6 $10) 49. Qb7 Kh7 50. Qb1+ g6 51. Qb7+ Kh6 52. Qd7
Qe4+ 53. Kh2 Qf5 54. Qd4 Kh7 55. g4 Qf8 56. Kg2 Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 $6 {N} (9... c6 $10) 10. Qc2 h6 $6 (10... Qb6 $5 {/\ Bh5-g6}
) 11. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 12. Bh4 $14 Re8 13. Bb5 $6 (13. Rfe1 Be7 $5 {Ivanchuk,V})
13... Bd7 14. Bxd7 Ncxd7 15. Nd4 a6 $6 (15... Qb6 {/\ Qa6 ><a2 Ivanchuk,V}) 16.
Nf5 Bf8 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nb3 (18. Nf3 $5 Bc5 19. b4 Bf8 20. Ne3) 18... Re4 $1
19. Bxf6 $2 (19. Bg3 $1 Rae8 20. Ne3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Ng4 22. h3 $5 Nxe3 23. Bf2
d4 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Qe2 $44) 19... Nxf6 20. Ne3 (20. Rxd5 $2 Qe6 $1) 20... Re5
21. Rd3 Rae8 22. Nd4 Bc5 23. g3 h5 $1 24. b4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Qe6 $2 (25... Rxe3
$1 26. fxe3 Rxe3 $44 {|^ ><c3 Ivanchuk,V}) 26. Qd3 $10 g6 27. a4 Rc8 28. Rd1
Rc6 29. a5 Kh7 30. Kg2 Qc8 31. c4 dxc4 32. Nxc4 Ree6 33. Nb6 Qc7 34. Qf3 (34.
Nd7 {/\ 34...Kg7 35.Nc5} Rc3 35. Nf8+ $2 Kg8 36. Nxe6 Qc6+) 34... Rc3 35. Rd7
Qxd7 36. Nxd7 Rxf3 37. Kxf3 Rc6 38. Nc5 Rc7 39. Rd4 (39. Rd6 $5 Kg7 40. Ke3)
39... Kg7 40. h3 $6 (40. Rd6 $5) 40... Kf8 $1 $10 41. g4 (41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Rb6
Nd5) 41... hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Ke7 43. g5 Nd7 $1 44. Nxd7 Rxd7 45. Rxd7+ Kxd7 46.
Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kd6 $1 48. f3 Kc6 49. Ke5 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eupen op"]
[Site "Eupen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Kovalev,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.03.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 $5 (6... Bxc3+
$5) 7. Nf3 Bf6 8. Bf4 $1 a6 (8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bb5+ c6 11. Qxd4 cxb5
12. Nxd5 $18) (8... Nge7 9. Nb5) 9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nge7 12. Qd2
Qd7 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. f3 Bf5 (14... Be6 $5 15. O-O-O Ng6 $132)
15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. O-O-O h6 17. h4 $14 Kb8 18. h5 Nfd4 19. Rhe1 Qe7 20. Kb1 Ne6
(20... Qh4 21. Rh1 Qe7 22. Qf2 Ne6 23. Bh2 $36) 21. Bh2 Ncd4 $6 (21... d4 $5)
22. Qf2 Nb5 23. Bg1 c5 24. f4 $16 c4 25. Bf1 g6 26. g4 gxh5 27. gxh5 f5 28.
exf6 Qxf6 29. f5 Ng5 30. a4 Ne4 $6 (30... Nc7 31. Qa7+ (31. Bh2 $16) 31... Kc8
32. Bd4 Qxf5 33. Bxh8 Rxh8 34. Re7 $16) 31. Qf4+ Nc7 32. Bd4 Qf8 33. Bxh8 Qxh8
34. Bxc4 $18 Qe8 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 (36. Rxd5 Nc3+ 37. bxc3 Qxe1+ 38. Kb2
$18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.03.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909. Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6
5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Rfe1
Rfe8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17.
Nxe1 {The game is explained by the desire of both players to throw the onus of
attack on the opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Black "Zhuravlev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 $6 (5... Qe7+ $1 $132 {
Portish,L/}) 6. Qh5 $1 $40 c5 7. dxc5 d4 8. a3 Qa5 9. Rb1 (9. axb4 Qxa1 10.
Nce2 {Glek,I-Schmidt,W/Lippstadt/1992/}) 9... dxc3 (9... Bxc5 $2 10. Bb5+ Kf8
11. Qxc5 dxc3 12. b4 Na6 13. Qxe7+ {Georgiev,V-Merant,N/Dujsburg/1992/1:0/13/})
10. axb4 Qa2 $6 (10... Qxb4 $5 11. Ne2 $1 Nd7 (11... cxb2+ 12. Bd2 $16) 12.
Nxc3 Qxc5 13. Qh4 $40 {Rivas Pastor,M-Vargas Garsia,J/Malaga/1991/}) 11. Ne2 $1
Qxb1 12. b3 $1 $16 Be6 13. O-O Nd5 (13... Nbc6 14. Nxc3 Qa1 15. Bd2 Qb2 16. Rb1
Qa3 17. Nb5 Qa2 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qd1 $1 {/\Qc1,Ra1; Bc3,Ra1} a5 (19... Nd5 20.
Nc4 Qa6 (20... Ndxb4 21. Ra1 $18) 21. Ra1 Qb5 22. Nb6 $18) 20. b5 $1 Nb4 (20...
Ne5 21. Be4 a4 22. Bc3 axb3 23. cxb3 $18) 21. Ra1 Qb2 22. Bxb4 $18) 14. Nd4 $1
Nf6 15. Qe2 $1 $18 O-O 16. Bg5 $1 Qb2 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qh5 Rd8 (18... f5 19.
Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Nxf5 $18) 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Qh8+ (21. Qh8+ Ke7 22.
Qg7+ Ke8 23. Bg6#) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2018.05.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.05.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. dxc5 {An obvious concession, but
Deac is not the first opponent to allows me to play ...Bxc5 without waste of
time.} ({The critical move is} 5. Nf3 Nf6 ({For some reasons I am not thrilled
about the structure resulting after} 5... c4 6. Be2 Nc6 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3 Bd6
9. O-O Nge7 {Onischuk,V (2628)-Ali Marandi,C (2476) Gjakova 2016 CBM 173 
[Mekhitarian,K] (1-0, 89)}) 6. O-O Nc6 ({I prefer maintaining the structure
intact even though this implies wasting a tempo with respect to the game line.
Objectively, there is nothing wrong with} 6... c4 {though. In a classical game
between legends White eventually won after} 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 {Kasparov,G 
(2770)-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Tilburg 1991 CBM 026 [Knaak,R] (1-0, 45), but
objectively there should be no major problems for Black here, either.}) 7. Re1+
({The other way of trying making use of the king's delay in the centre is} 7.
Bg5 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nc3 {planning to meet 9...Bxc5 with 10.Nxd5!
Qxd5 11.Bxf6 gxf6? 12.Bxh7 may cause some problems:} h6 {Mitbreit,D (2320)
-Kobalia,M (2430) Moscow 1995 (½-½, 20)} 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nxd5 Bxb2 12. Rb1
Ba3 13. c4 Bxc5 14. Bc2 Ne7 15. Qd3 {and Black has to weaken his kingside with}
f5 $14) 8. Re1+ Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. Bf5 {is best met with} Bb4 10. c3 dxc3 11. Nxc3
O-O 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Rxe6 Qd7 14. Re2 Rad8 {for instance} 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxf6
Rxf6 17. Rd1 Qf7 $11 18. Nxd5 $2 Rfd6 $11) 9... Bc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. a4 a6 {
Even if White retrieves the pawn on d4, Black would have a normal version of
the Isolani.}) 7... Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 {fails to keep the extra
pawn.} Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 {Angyan,G (1993)-Kuenitz,K (1820) Benidorm
2006 (½-½, 34)} Qa5 12. Nc3 Bxc5 13. Qf4 {White has gained some activity but
Black has more than one way to maintain equality. The best way of avoiding any
coplications arising after Bxh7+ or Ng5 is} h6 14. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qxd5 $11
) (9. h3 Bxc5 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13. a3 Re8 14. Qd2 {Thesing,M 
(2437)-Poldauf,D (2404) Germany 2003 (½-½, 68)} Be7 $11) 9... Bxc5 10. Nb3
Bb6 $5 ({During the game I found this more active than} 10... Bd6 {when after}
11. h3 {Black does not have any active plan and needs to start simplifying with
} h6 12. Nbd4 Bd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qc2 Re8 $11) 11. h3
Ne4 12. Be3 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rxe4 Bf5 15. Re2 Nb4 16. Ne1 Re8 {
retrieves the pawn soon while keeping the bishop pair.}) 12... Bf5 13. Nbd4 ({
During the game I considered this premature, but little is changed after} 13.
c3 Bg6 14. Qc2 Rc8 $11) 13... Bg6 14. c3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Re8 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. b3 Rad8 $11) 14... Re8 15. Qc2 Rc8 (15...
Qf6 $5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Nd2 Nxd2 $11 {½-½ Colovic,A (2432)-Marin,M (2544)
10th Porto Mannu Open 2018}) 5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {Trying to
give play independent character with respect to the 3.Nd2 c5 system.} (8. Nbd2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 Bg4 {offered Black active play, eventually resulting in
a beautiful game prize!} 11. Be2 Re8 $1 12. Nbd4 (12. Nfd4 Rxe2 $1) (12. Bg5
Qd6 13. Bh4 Ne4 $17) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 $2 (13. cxd4 Qd6 $15) 13... Rxe2 $1
14. Nxe2 (14. f3 Qe7 15. fxg4 Qe4 16. Rf2 Re1+) 14... Qe7 15. Re1 (15. Be3 Bxe3
16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Ne4 18. Qd4 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
f6 $17) 15... Re8 $19 {Baches Garcia,G (2389)-Marin,M (2548) Erts 2012 (0-1,
28)}) (8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nb3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bb6
$11 {Ameir,M (2290)-Abdel Razik,K (2430) Cairo 2015 (½-½, 39)}) 8... Nc6 9.
Bg5 Be6 ({I did not wish to offer to my young opponent too much activity after
} 9... h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nxd5 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Qxa2 {, even though objectively
Black may be OK.}) 10. Qd2 Re8 ({Once again, I opted for safety at this stage
of the game. I calculated} 10... h6 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qxh6 Re8 13. Ng5 Bf8 14.
Bh7+ Kh8 15. Qh4 Kg7 {concluding that Black should not have problems, but with
the king exposed things could turn irrational at the least expected moment.})
11. a3 {Probably intended as a measure against ...d5-d4 after the planned Rfe1.
} (11. Rfe1 {was in fact possible as} d4 $2 {leads to trouble after} 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. Ne4 $16 {But White may need to play a2-a3 slightly later anyway and,
besides, the last move also avoids ...Bb4.}) ({In any case, after} 11. Rfe1 {
Black can continue with the same plan as in the game:} h6 12. Bh4 Be7 (12... d4
13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ne4 Qe7 $11 {is already playable as g5 is defended.}) 13.
Rad1 Qb6) 11... h6 12. Bh4 ({I double checked the bishop sacrifice, which does
not work at all now:} 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Bf8 14. Qg5+ Bg7 $17) 12... Be7
13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Qc1 Rad8 $11 {Both sides have completed their
development, but Black's regrouping is more harmonious, while the d5-pawn is
easy to defend.} 16. h3 Rd7 (16... Nh5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 $11) 17. Rd2 {The last
few moves have not improved White's chances for anything concrete, as his
regrouping is unnatural now.} Nh5 18. Rxe6 {To tell the truth I overlooked
this, but I soon understood that with the queen passive on c1 it should not
work too well.} (18. Bxe7 Rdxe7 $11 19. Rde2 $6 Qc7 $15) 18... fxe6 19. Bg6 Rf8
{As strange as it may seem, White's pieces are hanging to no lesser extent
than Black's The mutual blows should lead to equality but my young opponent
soon lost the thread.} 20. Bxh5 (20. Bxe7 Rxf3 21. Bxh5 Rxc3 (21... Rf5 22. Bg4
Nxe7 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 $11) 22. bxc3 Rxe7 $11) 20... Rxf3 21. Na4 (21. Bxe7 {
would have transposed to one of the lines above.}) 21... Qa5 22. Bxf3 $2 {
A serious mistake, leaving Black with a monstrous bishop.} (22. Bxe7 Rf5 23.
Bg4 Re5 $5 24. Bh4 Qxa4 25. Bg3 Re7 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 $11) 22... Bxh4 23. Nc3 Re7 (
23... Bg5 24. Qe1 $15) ({The strongest move was} 23... Ne5 $1 {leaving White
hepless against the threat of spoiling the kingside structure with ...Nxf3+,
for instance} 24. Qd1 (24. Be2 Bg5 $19) 24... Rf7 25. Bh5 g6 26. Bg4 Qb6 $17)
24. Qe1 Bf6 25. Rd1 Bxc3 $6 (25... Qb6 26. Rb1 Ne5 $15) 26. bxc3 Qxa3 27. c4 {
White has got enough counterplay to reach a draw.} Qc5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Qd2 d4
30. Qd3 (30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Qxd4 Qxc2 $17) (30. g3 $5 $44) 30... Qa5 (30... Kh8
$5) 31. Kf1 Qb5 32. Qxb5 axb5 33. Bxc6 bxc6 34. Rxd4 {The rest is simple.} Re5
35. c4 Rc5 36. cxb5 cxb5 37. Ke2 Kf7 38. Rd6 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Rc3+ 40. Ke4 Rc2 41.
Ke3 Rc3+ 42. Ke4 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Douglas PokerStars op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2014.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 {Over many decades I have flirted with
the idea of taking up the French Defence as an attacking weapon; many of my
friends used to tell me with a grimace: "It is a passive opening and by the
way, how are you going to play for a win after the exchange on d5?" While the
former is a pure matter of taste, the latter bears some truth in it. On the
other hand, giving up the ambitions of fighting for an advantage with White at
such an early stage, at a moment when all the pieces are still on board, is an
important concession. And for Black, in his attempt to turn the initial
advantage around, accomplishing the preliminary, equalising, step after just
three moves, is quite an achievement. I do not have that much experience with
the French in general and with the Exchange Variation in particular, but prior
to this game I had obtained 2.5 out of 3 against 3.exd5! When I noticed during
my morning preparation that Almira plays the Exchange Variation on a regular
basis, I decided to play the French without too much hesitation.} ({As
revealed in the comments to the 5th move, I like playing with the French
Isolani. Therefore, I consider that the most active continuation for White is} 
4. c4 {, even though objectively he does not have reasons to count on an
advantage. When facing it with Black against an experienced, but lower rated
opponent, I felt under certain pressure:} Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qb3 a5 13. Rfd1
Bxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. Qb5 Rb6 16. Qf5 Qe8 17. Ne5 Re6 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. c4 b6
20. Rac1 {Bruneau,L (2192)-Marin,M (2553) Pau 2013 (1/2-1/2, 41). In principle
Black is OK, but White does not have reason to complain, either. In my attempt
to unbalance the position, I eventually got into trouble.}) 4... Nf6 {I was
around when the following two games were played between strong grandmasters in
which White, needing a draw to qualify, decided to answer 1.d4 e6 with 2.e4 d5
3.exd5 exd5. They both ended badly; freed from the initial pressure, Black
took over the psychological initiative and won.} (4... Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Bd6
7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 13.
Bg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Nxe4
Rxe4 20. Rfd1 b5 {with quite a promising ending with a good knight versus a
relatively bad bishop, Gurevich,M (2640)-Short,N (2610) Manila (Izt) 1990 CBM
019 [Knaak,R] (0-1, 42)}) (4... Bd6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. c3 Bg4 7. O-O Nge7 8. Bg5 Qd7
9. Bh4 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Rde8 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 h5 {with strong kingside
initiative, Andersson,U (2625)-Rozentalis,E (2600) Tilburg KO (blitz) 1993 
(0-1, 32)}) 5. Bg5 {This is one of Almira's favourite continuations.} ({
She has also played} 5. Bd3 {a few times, but I would have been just too happy
to get my Isolani with:} c5 $5 $132 6. O-O Nc6 (6... c4 {may be a it premature,
as in the following famous game:} 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 {Kasparov,G (2770)
-Kortschnoj,V (2610) Tilburg 1991 CBM 026 [Knaak,R] (1-0, 45)}) 7. dxc5 $2 {
A huge concession. The bishop will reach c5 without loss of time.} ({When
preparing for my 2012 game, I had cursorily analysed the variation} 7. Re1+ Be7
8. dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Qa5 {and concluded that Black is
doing fine.}) 7... Bxc5 8. Nbd2 (8. Re1+ Be6) 8... O-O 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. c3 Bg4
11. Be2 Re8 {Black has fantastic development. He not only is a tempo up with
respect to the 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 system, but has also managed to develop
his king's knight to f6, rather than e7.} 12. Nbd4 (12. Nfd4 Rxe2 $1) (12. Bg5
Qd6 13. Bh4 Ne4 $17) 12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 $2 (13. cxd4 Qd6 $15) 13... Rxe2 $1
14. Nxe2 (14. f3 Qe7 15. fxg4 Qe4 16. Rf2 Re1+) 14... Qe7 15. Re1 (15. Be3 Bxe3
16. fxe3 Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Ne4 18. Qd4 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Nxf2 20. Kxf2 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
f6 $17) 15... Re8 $19 {Baches Garcia,G (2389)-Marin,M (2548) Erts La Massana
2012 (0-1, 28). The game won the tournament's beauty prize, something hard to
anticipate after the first three moves!}) 5... Be6 $5 {When playing this rare
move, I was inspired by a game played by Almira ten years ago. Black breaks
the piece symmetry at the first sensible occasion and intends getting the
bishop pair with ...h6, ...g5 and ...Nh5.} ({If Black prefers playing safely,
the popular} 5... Be7 {is quite OK. The following game was played via the
Petroff 5.d3 Nf6 6.d4 d5 move order:} 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3
c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nf4 $132 {Grischuk,A (2785)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] (1/2-1/2,
30)}) 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qe2 $146 {During the
game I had the feeling that Almira had done some preparation after her old
game, but her last move does not change the character of the position
radically.} (10. c3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ne3 Kb8 15.
Bf5 h5 $15 {Skripchenko (2460)-Vaganian (2623) Germany 2004}) 10... Nxg3 11.
fxg3 $5 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh1f1,Gf1f7] <->f White opens the f-file in order to
try taking advantage of the weakness of the f5-square.} Bg7 {In principle,
Black would like to castle long, but it is better to keep some mystery with
respect to the final decision.} 12. O-O $6 {Almira played this after a long
period of thought. I thought that White should prepare a plan based on c2-c3,
Nd2-b3c5, dxc5 and Nd4, but this seems not so easy to implement.} (12. Nb3 c5
$1) (12. Qf2 Qe7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Nb3 Kb8 15. c3 Qd6 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc6
18. Rac1 g4 $1 19. Nh4 h5 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. Bxf5 d4 $17) ({It is probably best
to prepare a slower attack with} 12. c3 Qe7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. b4 Kb8 15. Nb3
Rde8 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. bxc5 Bc8 18. Qc2 c6 $13 {Strategically, Black is doing
great, but due to the castling on opposite sides the position remains sharp.})
12... g4 13. Nh4 {The most principled continuation. White sacrifices a pawn
for the initiative. It will turn out that Black should be in time to complete
his development with at least some advantage.} (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qg5 15.
Rae1 O-O 16. c3 c5 $15) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qg5 15. Ng6 (15. Bf5 O-O-O 16. Bxe6
fxe6 {[%csl Rd2] XNd2}) (15. Nf5 Bxb2 16. Rab1 Bc3 {[%csl Rd2]}) 15... Rg8 16.
Nb3 (16. Nf4 Qe5 17. Rae1 O-O-O 18. c3 Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Be5 $15) 16... Bb6 ({
I thought that there was no need for such radical measures as} 16... Bxb2 $5
17. Rab1 Bc3 18. Nf4 Qe5 19. Qf2 Rf8 $15) 17. Nf4 Qe5 {I thought this to be a
very strong move, but later I found out that I had over-estimated it a bit.} ({
I was not entirely happy with the position arising after} 17... O-O-O 18. a4 a5
(18... a6 19. a5 Ba7 20. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 $2 21. Qxa6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Kc8 23. a6 Nb6
24. Qc6 $18) 19. Nxe6 (19. Qe1 Qe5) (19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Nxa5 $2 Nc4 $1 $19) 19...
fxe6 20. Qxe6 Rde8 21. Qf5 {True, Black has the better structure, but his
kingside pawns risk becoming weak. Moreover, the opposite-coloured bishops in
a simplified position would increase the probability of a draw.}) 18. Qd1 $2 ({
As it many times happens, the best move is a developing move:} 18. Rae1 $1 Qxe2
({During the game I thought that} 18... Rg5 {would parry all the threats, but
My calculations were flawed:} 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Qf4 $3 {[%csl Re6,
Rg5][%cal Gd6f4,Gg3f4] Quite a nice move. If 21...Qxf4 22.gxf4 White retrieves
the pawn with initiative.} Qe7 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 O-O-O 24. Qxa7 c6 25. b4
$36) 19. Rxe2 O-O-O 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 h5 22. Bf5 $11) 18... O-O-O $17 {
Black has the bishop pair an extra pawn and is better developed already! With
a bit of care, the game should be won.} 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Ba7 21. c3 Nf6 22. Nd4
$5 Bd7 (22... Bxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxa6 Qxd1 25. Raxd1 bxa6 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
Rxf6 Kd7 28. Rxh6 Rb8 $17) 23. Qc2 Ne4 24. Rad1 (24. Nxd5 Nxg3+ 25. hxg3 $1
Qxd5 $19) 24... c5 25. Nde2 Bc6 26. b4 cxb4 (26... c4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 $17) 27.
cxb4 Rd6 (27... Kb8 28. Bxa6 Rc8 29. Bd3 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Qb1 b5 $5 32.
axb6 Bxb6 33. b5 Bb7 $17) 28. Nc1 (28. b5 axb5 29. Bxb5 Kb8 30. Nd3 (30. Bxc6
Rxc6 31. Qb3 Nf2+ 32. Rxf2 Bxf2 $17) 30... Qe8 31. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17) 28... Rg5 $5
29. Bxe4 (29. b5 axb5 30. Bxb5 Nxg3+ $1 31. hxg3 Qxf4 $1 $19) 29... dxe4 30.
Nb3 e3 31. Rc1 Rf5 $5 {XNf4, /^b1-h7} 32. Rfe1 h5 $19 {/\...h4} 33. Nd3 Qe4 34.
Nf4 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 h4 36. Nc5 Rd2 37. Rc4 h3 38. Ne4 $138 Rxf4 $1 39. gxf4 hxg2+
40. Kg1 Rd1 $1 (40... e2+ 41. Kxg2 Rd1 $1 42. Rxe2 $6 Rg1#) (40... Rd1 41. Rc1
(41. Rxd1 e2+ 42. Kxg2 exd1=Q) 41... Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxe4 $19) 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT "]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baia Mare"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

{The first part of the tournament could not have gone better for me, as I
scored 5 out of the first 6 rounds. This meant that I approached my "Blacks"
in the decisive round 7 and 8 encounters with optimism. Most probably, in both
games I was going to play the French and face the 3.Nd2 system - could
anything go wrong there for me at all? The seventh round game against Vovk
confirmed my confidence as we drew after a balanced battle. In round 8 I hoped
for more already, given the poor form of Levente in Mamaia, combined with his
usual hazarduous style. Up to a certain point my ambitions proved justified,
but eventually I also got a lesson in modesty.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {
As mentioned above, Levente's main weapon is the Tarrasch variation 3.Nd2, but
this time he does not show himself keen to play against my Isolani.} Bb4 4.
exd5 exd5 {This version of the Exchange Variation is more consistent than 3.
exd5 as in my game with Vremediuc from the same tournament. Black will have to
either exchange on c3, thus initiating an interesting battle of principles, or
lose a tempo by retreating with the bishop. On the other hand, it is far from
clear what the knight is really doing on c3.} 5. Bd3 Nf6 {I had had a brief
look at this variation before my game against Alekseev at the Jerusalem 2015
European championship but could not remember much of it. In fact, this is the
kind of position a French player would be happy to play, as common sense and
positional understanding prevail over memorising long variations.} 6. Nf3 {
A natural, but relatively rare move.} ({The main line goes} 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O
{and I believe that my Jerusalem preparation went along the sequence} c6 (7...
Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)-So,W (2640) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM
134 [So,Wesley] (0-1, 39)}) 8. a3 (8. h3 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Nf8 11. Nce2
Ng6 12. c3 {Bok,B (2562)-Van Kampen,R (2609) Amsterdam 2015 (½-½, 27)} Be7)
8... Bd6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Rae1 Bxe2 12. Rxe2 Rxe2 13. Nxe2 Bxf4 14.
Qxf4 Nbd7 15. c3 Qb8 16. Qg5 Qd6 (16... Qc7 17. Ng3 Nf8 $11) 17. Ng3 Re8 $2 (
17... g6 18. f4 $5) 18. Qxg7+ $1 {Alekseev,E (2710)-Chigaev,M (2480) St
Petersburg (blitz) 2013 (1-0, 40)}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Bg4 {A natural and
reasonably good move.} ({But just as in the game against Vremediuc I did not
seriously consider opening the centre with} 7... c5 {even though I like
playing with the Isolani.} 8. dxc5 ({The standard reaction} 8. a3 {does not
work out well here:} Bxc3 9. bxc3 c4 10. Be2 Ne4 $15 {when White would have to
make concessions to defend his c3-pawn.}) 8... Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nb5 Nc6 11.
c3 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 $132 {with a perfect version of the 3...c5
Tarrasch French.}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 {Now or within the next few moves White
should pin the f6-knight.} ({Omitting Bg5 offers Black free play:} 9. g4 Bg6
10. Ne5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nbd7 (11... c5 12. Bg5) 12. Bf4 c6 13. f3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
$6 {A consistent move, which does not promise White anything positive, though.}
(14. Bxe5 Nd7 {is just equal.}) 14... Nd7 15. Kg2 Re8 16. Rae1 Nc5 $15) 9... c6
10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bxd3 {I played this without hesitation, but there was at
least one worthy alternative.} (11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 ({The bishop pair does not
offer White much after} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ne2 Qc7 {[%csl Re4,Rf4][%cal Gb4d6,
Ga8e8] /\ Bd6, ...Rae8 with good control in the centre for Black.}) 12... Qxd7
13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qf3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Kg7 $11 {The kingside weakness is
irrelevant and besides White's structure is not perfect either.}) 12. cxd3 $5 {
Even though my opponent spent a lot of time on this move, I could not really
believe that I could be so lucky to play against such a structure.} ({Levente
confessed he refrained from the more natural and surely safer} 12. Qxd3 {
on account of} Bxc3 $1 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3 {Sereinig,E (2300)-Pilaj,H (2241)
AUT-chT2S 0001 2000 (6) 1/2 We did not know that a draw was agreed here in the
only game so far with this line} Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rfe1 Rae8
$11 {/\ ...Re6. Once again, White has no concrete way of taking advantage of
Black's weaknesses. At the right moment, Black could even consider ...f6-f5.})
13... Ne4 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd8 16. Rab1 f6 17. Nd3 b6 18. Rfe1 Kf7 $11)
12... Be7 {Black needs to free himself from the slight pressure, exchange the
bishops and complete his development. After that, the middlegame and endgame
alike would be very promising. But I also knew that my opponent would unearth
many dynamic ideas, so I had to be careful.} 13. Re1 Re8 14. Ne2 ({I had
entertained myself calculating the following lines:} 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Qxb3
$1 (15... Bxf6 $2 16. Nc4 $1) 16. axb3 Bxf6 17. b4 Na6 18. b5 Nb4 19. bxc6 bxc6
$17 {/\...a5}) 14... Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ng3 Nf8 (16... g6 $5 17. f4) 17.
Nf5 Re6 18. Qb3 {Trying to play on both wings.} Qc7 $1 (18... Qb6 $6 {would
run into} 19. Qa3 $1 {[%cal Gf5e7,Ge7d5] /\ Ne7+ more or less forcing the loss
of time} Qc7) 19. Nf3 {This move surprised me a lot. I had spent some time
checking lines such as:} (19. Rac1 {[%cal Gb3d5]} Na6 $11 {[%csl Gc7]}) (19.
Qa3 Na6 20. Rac1 (20. Nxc6 $2 Qxc6 21. Ne7+ Rxe7 22. Rxe7 Ng6 23. Re3 Nc7 $19)
20... Rae8 $11) (19. g5 $6 Nbd7 20. f4 f6 $17) 19... g6 ({Vajda rightly
pointed out that} 19... Nbd7 20. Ng5 Rf6 $1 $15 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gc7f4] would
also have parried the immediate threats and ensured Black a lasting advantage.}
) 20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Qb4 $5 {Another slight surprise.} ({I thought} 21. g5 {
was forced, with the possible continuation} Nbd7 22. Ng4 Rae8 23. Nfe5 f6 24.
gxf6+ Nxf6 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4,Gf5] x f4, d4}) 21... Nbd7 {I took quite some
time before playing this, since I understood that Levente would sacrifice on
f7.} (21... Na6 {was simpler, but objectively less strong since the knight
would need some time to return into play via c7.} 22. Qd2 Rae8 $15 23. Rxe6 (
23. Qg5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Ne6 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Ng3
Nxd4 $19) 23... Nxe6 24. Re1 Qd8 {x Re8, x c7} 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Kg3 Nac7 27. Ne5
Nxd4 $17) 22. Nxf7 $5 {This sacrifice is not correct and it was caused by an
optical illusion, but otherwise White would just be strategically lost.} (22.
g5 Rae8 $17) 22... Rxe1+ $2 {But this shows that I had lost my feel for danger.
I did not content myself with two knights for a rook and a positional
advantage; I wanted the whole piece! But the last move weakens the defence of
the e-file, with fatal consequences.} ({Initially I had relied on} 22... Kxf7 {
which is good enough for a more or less decisive advantage:} 23. Ng5+ Kf6 24.
Nxe6 ({Levente had "calculated"} 24. Nxh7+ {without noticing the pawn was
defended. Later during the post mortem he agreed there was not much White
could do after} Nxh7 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+ Kf7 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Re6 Nhf8 29.
Rf6 Qd8 30. Qf7+ Kh8 $19) 24... Nxe6 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4]} 25. Re3 (25. f4 $2 c5
$1 $19 26. dxc5 Qxc5+) ({There is no real attack after} 25. Rxe6+ Kxe6 26. Re1+
Kf7 27. Re7+ Kg8 28. Qe1 Qd6 29. Re6 Qf4 30. Re7 Nf8 $19) 25... Re8 26. Rae1
Kf7 (26... Ndf8 $2 27. Rf3+ Kg7 28. Rxf8 $1) 27. f4 Nf6 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5
Ng7 30. Re5 Nxf5 31. Rxf5 Qg3+ 32. Kf1 Qxh3+ {[%csl Gf5]}) ({I had also
considered} 22... c5 $2 {to offer an advantage, but in this case I was wrong:}
23. dxc5 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kxf7 25. Qd4 Qxc5 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. Qf4 $16) ({I saw no
reason for inserting} 22... a5 23. Qa3 (23. Qd2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Kxf7 $19) 23...
Qf4 $5 (23... Kxf7 $1 $17 {more is similar to 22...Kxf7}) 24. N7g5 Rf6 25. Qe7+
Kg8 26. Ne5 Qxg5 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxd7 Raf8 29. Re8 Rxf2 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.
Qe6+ Kg7 32. Rf1 $11) 23. Rxe1 Kxf7 24. Qe7+ $1 ({Much stronger than} 24. Re7+
Kg8 25. Ne5 c5 $1 26. Nxd7 $5 (26. dxc5 Qxc5 $19) (26. Qb5 Qd6 $19) 26... Qxd7
(26... cxb4 $2 27. Nf6+) 27. Qe1 (27. Qxc5 Qd8 $19) 27... Qd6 28. dxc5 Qf6 (
28... Qxc5 $2 29. Qe5 $18) 29. Qe3 $15 {But even this line is better for White
than that after 22...Kxf7, so my decision was wrong for many reasons.}) 24...
Kg8 25. Ne5 $1 {I had seen this, but only now did I understand that I was dead
lost.} (25. Ng5 Qf4 $19) 25... Qa5 $5 ({I had overlooked that after} 25... Qd8
26. Qf7+ Kh8 {White has} 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 (27... Qxd7 28. Re7 {is even worse.})
28. Re7 {when Black has nothing better than entering a lost ending:} Qg8 29.
Rxd7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 $19) 26. Qf7+ ({I had hoped for} 26. b4 $2 Qd8 27. Qf7+ Kh8
28. Nxd7 Nxd7 29. Re7 Qg8 30. Rxd7 Qxf7 31. Rxf7 a5 $1 $14) 26... Kh8 27. Nf3
$1 {/\ Re7. As a result of this game my team lost and fell to the fourth place,
outside the podium (had I won, we would have drawn the match and got the
bronze medals). But just as the year before, the team from Baia Mare "helped"
us by losing the last match and we eventually got the bronze anyway.} 1-0

[Event "ROM-chT "]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vedmediuc, Serghei"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2437"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Galati CC"]
[BlackTeam "Bucharest Apa Nova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 {Skripchenko,A (2429)-Marin,M (2583)
Douglas PokerStars op 2014 (3) 0-1 When checking my opponent's repertoire, I
was almost sure that we would get this position on the board. I have expressed
my subjective thoughts on the exchange variation in the comments to} 5. Bg5 Be6
$5 {As mentioned in my previous comments, I drew my inspiration from Vaganian.}
6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 h6 {I was not sure whether Serghei played this opening
with the aim of reaching a safe draw or rather to torture me in an one-sided
position, but the fact is that around this point he started spending
considerable amounts of time.} 8. Bh4 {While he was thinking I actually
started wondering for how long I could play on automatic pilot in such an
unforcing line. The last move keeps the game within familiar (and pleasant) to
me paths.} (8. Bf4 g5 9. Be3 {is hardly an improvement:} Ng4 10. Nf1 Nxe3 11.
Nxe3 Qf6 12. c3 O-O-O $36 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gh6h5,Gh5h4] /\...g4, ...h5-h4.}) ({
I was slightly worried by} 8. Be3 {when Black does not have anything better
than} Bd6 $11 {when the extra tempo (...h7-h6) in a perfectly symmetrical
position is not enough to hope to unbalance the position if White displays a
minimum of care. But these worries were of a subjective nature, of course,
since from the theoretical point of view Black should be more than happy with
the result of the opening.}) 8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qe2 ({Vaganian's game went
} 10. c3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ne3 Kb8 15. Bf5 h5
$132 {Skripchenko,A (2460)-Vaganian,R (2623) Germany 2004 CBM 101 (0-1, 78) 
[Mueller,Karsten]}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 $146 {It is always a good question
which file should White open.} ({My game against Almira went} 11. fxg3 Bg7 12.
O-O g4 13. Nh4 Bxd4+ 14. Kh1 Qg5 15. Ng6 Rg8 16. Nb3 Bb6 17. Nf4 Qe5 18. Qd1 (
18. Rae1 $44) 18... O-O-O $17 {Skripchenko,A (2429)-Marin,M (2583) Douglas
2014 CBM 163 (0-1, 40) [Marin,M]}) 11... Bg7 12. c3 {[%csl Gd4] Xd4} Qf6 {
I kept playing according to my familiar plans.} ({But the radical} 12... c5 {
, activating the g7-bishop was an important alternative. During the game I did
not consider it seriously because of} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bb5+ {but it seems
that Black can safely give up the right to castle:} Ke7 {The king feels safe
here in the short term and later could castle artificially with ...Rhe8 and ...
Kf8.} 15. O-O-O ({This is the most principled continuation, but a safer one is
} 15. O-O a6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Be2 Rhe8 $11) (15. Nd4 Qb6 {does not induce major
differences.}) 15... Qb6 16. Nd4 a6 {Paradoxically, it will soon be the white
king which will have to endure the pressure of the g7-bishop and its
colleagues.} 17. Nxe6 (17. Bd3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Kf6 $1 {[%cal
Ge6f5,Ga8c8] /\ Bf5}) (17. Nf5+ Kf6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 {only helps the king to get
away from the centre.} 19. Bd3 Rhe8 20. Qe3 Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 d4 $36 22. cxd4 Qa5
$40 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Ge6f5]} 23. a3 $2 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Bf5 $19) 17... fxe6 18.
Bd3 Na4 $36 {[%csl Gb2,Gc3]}) 13. Nb3 {Not wiling to give me a second chance
to break the centre.} O-O-O 14. O-O-O ({I planned to meet} 14. Na5 {[%cal
Gd3a6] (threatening Ba6) with} Bg4 {[%csl Ga6] clearing the sixth rank for
defensive purposes and the e-file for active operations.}) 14... Bg4 {[%cal
Gg4d1] /^d1-h5. I could not refrain from ensuring my queenside against the
aforementioned attack while also creating a nasty pin.} ({But maybe the last
move is slightly premature, as Black could first advance his h-pawn:} 14... h5
15. Rde1 h4 $132 16. Ne5 $6 hxg3 17. Rxh8 Rxh8 18. fxg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20.
Nd4 Kb8 $15 {[%csl Ge5,Gg3] x g3, e5}) 15. Rde1 h5 16. Nbd2 {Too passive.} ({
White could have taken advantage of my move order with} 16. Qe3 $5 {, since I
could not react with ...g5-g4 followed by ...Bh6. I planned} Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3
18. gxf3 Bf6 {followed by ...h5-h4 thinking that the passed h-pawn would
become dangerous later. But White seems to have a way to neutralise Black's
chances for a better ending:} 19. Bf5 Kb8 20. Rh3 h4 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. gxh4
Rh5 $1 {An important intermediate move, forcing the bishop to occupy a
unfortunate square.} (22... Rxh4 23. Rxh4 Bxh4 24. Rh1 Be7 25. Rh7 $36) 23. Bg4
Rxh4 24. Rxh4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Be7 26. Bxd7 (26. Rh7 Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4,Rf6h7]})
26... Rxd7 $11 {White's rook's activity compensates for the irrelevant extra
pawn.}) 16... h4 ({I once again refrained from breaking with} 16... c5 {
, this time not without considering it seriously. I seem to have evaluated
wrongly the position after} 17. Qe7 Be6 $1 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5
Be7 21. f4 gxf4 22. gxf4 {I over-estimated the positional threat f4-f5. After}
Rdg8 23. f5 Bd7 24. Re2 Rg3 $36 {Black has a strong kingside initiative while
the white pawns are not too threatening and could also become weak in the long
run.}) 17. Qe7 (17. gxh4 {would clear the g-file for my rooks for instance:}
gxh4 18. Qe7 Rdg8 $15) 17... hxg3 18. Qxf6 (18. Rxh8 {offers Black a pleasant
choice between two similar endings with or without rooks on board.} Rxh8 ({
During the game I was more inclined to avoid mass simplifying with} 18... Bxh8
19. fxg3 Be6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 $15) 19. Qe8+ {I was afraid my winning chances
would not be too high after} Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Qd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. fxg3 Bf6 $15
{but the bishop pair and the weakness of the doubled pawns offers Black a long
term advantage.}) 18... Bxf6 19. fxg3 Be6 $1 {[%cal Gg5g4] /\...g4. I had
planned this in advance. My intention was to consolidate the centre and clear
the path for the g-pawn at the same time.} (19... c5 $5 {was also worth
considering.}) 20. b4 {[%csl Gc5] xc5. My opponent had had enough of the ...
c7-c5 issue so he decided on spending a tempo on preventing it.} g4 {As
White's 22nd move shows, this is a bit premature. I was convinced I would win
a pawn more or less by force, but failed to anticipate that the back rank
weakness would prevent me from doing it.} (20... c6 $1 {would have been a good
way to prepare my plan.}) 21. Nh4 $1 ({Of course, giving away the h-file would
lead to a very passive position:} 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Ng1 Rh2 23. Bf1 Bg5 24. Ne2
Nf6 $17 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Nh5 {wins a pawn.}) 21... Rh5 {[%cal Gd8h8] /\...
R8h8} 22. Nf1 $1 {I did not understand my opponent's idea at once, but when I
did I started wondering whether I had spoiled my advantage already.} a5 $1 {
Black needs to open a new front to acticate his dark-squared bishop.} ({If} 
22... Rdh8 23. Ne3 $15 Bxh4 $2 24. Rxh4 Rxh4 25. gxh4 Rxh4 26. Nxd5 $1 $11 {
This is when the back rank weakness counts.}) 23. a3 (23. b5 c5 24. bxc6 bxc6 {
[%cal Gc6c5] /\...c5}) (23. bxa5 c5 $17) 23... b6 24. bxa5 $6 $138 {A nervous
move in time trouble, allowing Black to get a strong initiative.} (24. Ne3 c5
$15) 24... c5 $1 25. axb6 cxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Ne3 Nc5 $17 {The b6-pawn is
not important and it actually protects the black king for a short while.} 28.
Kc2 (28. Kd2 Ne4+ 29. Bxe4 dxe4 $19 {[%csl Rd2,Gd4,Ge6] ^^ xKd2}) 28... Kb7 (
28... Bxe3 $5 29. Rxe3 d4 30. Re2 Kb7 $19) 29. Nhf5 Nxd3 {By this moment I had
joined my opponent in time trouble, obliging me to play simple moves.} (29...
Rxh1 $1 30. Rxh1 Bxe3 31. Nxe3 Ra8 (31... Rc8 32. Kc3 $15) 32. Ra1 Rc8 $1 {
[%csl Ga1] x Ra1} 33. Bb5 (33. Kc3 $2 d4+ $1 34. Kxd4 Nb3+) 33... d4 34. Nc4
Na4 $19) 30. Kxd3 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Bxb6 $17 {With little time on the clock one
would hardly refrain from playing such an ending.} 32. Nd4 Ra8 33. Nec2 Kc7 {
[%cal Gc7d7]} 34. Rc1 Kd7 35. Rb1 (35. Rf1 Bc5 {[%csl Ga3]} (35... Bc7 36. Nxe6
fxe6 37. Rf7+ {causes some problems with the coordination.}) 36. Ra1 Ra4 $17 {
[%cal Gd7d6]}) 35... Bc7 $1 {winning a pawn.} 36. Rb7 ({If} 36. Ne2 {[%csl Gg3]
} Bf5+ 37. Kd2 {Black does not even need to hurry winning the a3-pawn with ...
Bxc2, as after the knight retreat the bishops display overwhelming activity,
for instance:} Be4 {[%csl Gg2]}) 36... Kc8 37. Rb3 Bxg3 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Nd4
Ra6 40. Nb5 Be5 $19 {[%csl Gb5][%cal Ge5c3,Ge5c7] x Nb5 A safe last move
before the control, dominating the knight. Due to the reduced material Black
needs some accuracy to win, but the final result should no longer be a mystery.
} 41. Rb4 g3 42. Rg4 Kd7 43. a4 Kc6 44. Kc2 Kc5 45. Kb3 Ra8 46. Rg6 Re8 47. Rg4
Rf8 48. Rg6 Re8 ({I am not sure about my thoughts around this moment and have
no explanation why I refrained from} 48... Rf6 49. Rg5 Bf4 50. Rg8 e5 $19) 49.
Rg4 Bb8 $5 {My idea was to reach the previous position with White to move,
thus creating a zugzwang. This is OK, but as said there was no need for such
sophisticated means.} 50. Nc3 Bc7 51. Ne2 ({Deviating from my main line:} 51.
Nb5 Be5 {White's pieces occupy optimal squares and each available move worsens
his position. The rook should attack g3 and control f4, while the knight has
only one good square. For instance} 52. Rg6 {allows} Bf4 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
51... Rb8+ 52. Kc2 (52. Ka3 e5 53. Nxg3 d4 54. Ne4+ Kc4 $19) 52... Rb4 $1 (
52... Be5 {is less clear-cut:} 53. Rg6 Kd6 54. Nxg3 Rb2+ 55. Kc1 $17 Rxg2 $2
56. Ne4+) 53. Rxb4 (53. Rg6 Rc4+ 54. Kb2 Re4 55. Nxg3 Rxa4 $19 {[%csl Ge6,Rg3]}
) 53... Kxb4 {The rest is simple. White cannot fight against the connected
pawns.} 54. a5 Kxa5 55. Nd4 e5 56. Nf5 Kb4 (56... e4 $2 {/\ xPg3} 57. Ne7 d4
58. Nc6+) 57. Kd3 Kc5 58. Nxg3 Bb6 (58... e4+ $4 59. Nxe4+) 59. Nf5 e4+ 60. Kc2
Bd8 61. g4 d4 62. Nh6 d3+ 63. Kd1 e3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Nc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Re8+ 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Qc2 c6 12. Rad1 Be7 13. Ne5 g6 14. Rfe1
Bf5 15. Bd3 $6 (15. Qc1 $5 Ne4 16. Bh6 $14) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nfd5 17. Bh6
Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Ne4 f6 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. h4 (21. Nc3 $5 N7b6 22. h4) 21...
Qc7 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g3 Rfe8 25. Kg2 (25. Nc3 $5 N7b6 26. Kg2)
25... Nf8 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Nc5 Qf7 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rh1 g5 30. Qd3 Rh8 31.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 32. Rxh8 Kxh8 33. Qg6 $4 Qe2 $1 {(/\Ne3+)} 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ Kf8
36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qg7+ Kd8 38. Qxb7 $4 (38. g4 Qxb2 $17) 38... Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Santa Clara"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Vilela de Acuna, Jose Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{If Black cannot counter this variation in thematic French Defence style, he
can try 4...Bg4, which received a massive boost when Nigel Short used it to
defeat Mikhail Gurevich in the last round of the 1990 Interzonal. Gurevich
only needed a draw to get into the Candidates, but he did not make it. We
focus on an older game, because it's the best example I have found of White's
chances in this line.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 $5 5. h3 Bh5
6. Qe2+ $1 {A very specific and unusual move, setting up the idea of Qb5+,
winning a pawn!} ({Let us see the Gurevich game, where White played far too
passively. At every stage White is only interested in a draw, but when you
need a draw, it is far better to create a sharp position.} 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Ne5
Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Ne7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qg4 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 Ng6 13. Bg3 Nd7
14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Qf3 c6 16. Qb3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20.
Rfd1 b5 21. Kf1 f6 22. f3 Re6 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Rxe6 Kxe6 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Ke2 h5
27. Kd3 h4 28. Bh2 Ne7 29. Bf4 Nf5 30. Bd2 b6 31. Re2 c5 32. Be3 b4 33. axb4
c4+ 34. Kc3 Nd6 35. Re1 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rxb4 37. Ra1 Rxb2 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Rxg7 b5
40. Bf2 b4 41. Kc1 c3 42. Bxh4 Nf5 {0-1 Gurevich,M (2640)-Short,N (2610)/
Manila 1990}) 6... Qe7 {The other blocking moves are inferior, but as you can
see they have been tried by very strong players. Surprising!} (6... Ne7 7. Nc3
(7. Qb5+ Nbc6 8. Qxb7 Rb8 9. Qa6 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxd4 {is not what White wants.})
7... Nbc6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bf4 h5 {Bareev,E (2680)-Short,N (2660)/Paris 1991} 10.
Bg2 $1 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Qd7 13. O-O-O $1 O-O-O (13... Qxg4 14. Bxc7
$16) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 d4 16. Qb5 $1 $16) (6... Be7 $6 {does not give
sufficient value for a pawn:} 7. Qb5+ Nd7 8. Qxd5 Ngf6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Be2 c5
11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qc4 Bg6 14. Nc3 Rc8 15. Be3 Nce4 16. Qb5 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Nd5 18. Qxb7 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Bg5 20. Nf5 Rxc3 21. Bd3 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Bxe3+
23. Kh1 Rc7 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Rd5 {1-0 Rublevsky,S (2676)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)/
Moscow 2007}) 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O-O (8... Nf6 $6 {makes it more difficult to
develop the Black kingside, who needs the move ....f7-f6 on many occasions.} 9.
O-O-O O-O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Rg1 $14 {
Two bishops will be enough for Kramnik to display his excellent technique.} Re8
15. Bg2 Qe6 16. Qb5 Rd8 17. c4 Nb4 18. c5 Nc6 19. Rd3 a6 20. Qa4 Be7 21. Rgd1
Rhe8 22. Bf1 Nb8 23. Rb3 c6 24. Bf4 Rd7 25. Re3 Qf6 26. Be5 Qxf2 27. Re2 Qf3
28. Qc2 Bg5+ 29. Kb1 f6 30. Bxb8 Rde7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd6 Re3 33. a3 Bf4 34.
Bxf4 Qxf4 35. Ka2 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bd3 g6 38. Qd2 Qf3 39. h4 Kb8 40. Bc2
Re2 41. Qd3 Qf2 42. Kb1 Ka7 43. h5 gxh5 44. Qxf5 Qe3 45. Qxh5 Re1 46. Rxe1
Qxe1+ 47. Qd1 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2751)-Rustemov,A (2539)/ICC INT 1999/EXT 2005})
9. g4 ({Amazingly, Kasparov lost as White using this variation. One of his
exhibition simuls though:} 9. O-O-O Qe8 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bb4 12. Nxg6 ({
White has a clear advantage after} 12. Nb5 $1 Kb8 13. c3 Ba5 (13... Bd6 14.
Nxd6 Rxd6 15. h4 $16) 14. h4 h5 (14... h6 15. Nxg6 fxg6 16. Re1) 15. Nxg6 fxg6
16. gxh5) 12... hxg6 13. Qd3 Nge7 14. Ne2 Na5 15. c3 Bd6 16. b3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1
Rd6 18. Nf4 Rb6 19. Bc1 $2 (19. Qc2 $14) 19... Qa4 $1 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Rd2 Re8
$6 (21... g5 $1 22. Nh5 Nxb3 23. axb3 Rxb3+ 24. Kc2 Rh6 $1 $19) 22. Bg2 Nxb3
23. axb3 Rxb3+ 24. Kc2 Nc6 25. Rc1 Qa4 26. Rb1 Qa2+ {0-1 Kasparov,G (2815)
-Bukal,V (2265)/Zagreb 1994. Garry could not have been too happy about this.})
9... Bg6 10. O-O-O Nb4 $6 {Tempting and very sharp, but ultimately inferior.
It is not clear at all though, what Black should play} (10... f6 {Kasparov,G 
(2770)-Short,N (2660)/Tilburg 1991; can be met simply by} 11. Bg2 $1 Bf7 12.
Ne1 Qb4 13. Nd3 Qa5 14. Kb1 {with a more comfortable position for White.}) 11.
a3 $1 Nxc2 12. Bf4 Na1 13. b4 $8 {An extraordinary position, where the Black
knight is trapped in White's camp and it is just a question of what Black can
now get for it. I think one really has to study these complications quite
closely as the Black attack is dangerous.} a5 (13... Nc2 {maybe Black's best
shot. White can get two pieces for a rook in the main line, but matters remain
unclear:} 14. Kb2 a5 (14... Nxb4 15. Qxe7 {is not good enough for Black.}) 15.
Qxe7 Nxe7 16. b5 h5 17. Bg2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Rxh1 19. Bxh1 f6 20. Rd2 Ng8 21. Nb1
Re8 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Kxc2 Nh6 $13) (13... Qf6 $5 14. Bg5 $1 (14. Qe5 $2 Qc6
15. Kb2 Bd6 16. Qg5 f6 $17) 14... Qc6 15. Kb2 f6 $1 (15... Re8 16. Qd2 $1 $18 {
/\ Bb5} (16. Ne5 Rxe5 17. Qxe5 f6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Nxd5 Be4 20. Bc4 Bxh1 21.
Rxh1 fxg5 $10)) 16. Bf4 Nc2 17. Rc1 a5 18. Nb5 $18) 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 ({GM Rainer
Knaak analyses} 14... Nxe7 {to advantage for White:} 15. Bd3 $1 (15. Ne5 $2
axb4 16. axb4 Nc2 17. Nxg6 Nxg6 $17) 15... Bxd3 16. Rxd3 axb4 (16... Nc6 17.
Kb2 (17. b5 Bxa3+ 18. Kb1 Nb4 19. Rd2 Nac2 $13) 17... axb4 18. Nb5 $16) 17.
axb4 Nc6 18. Na2 $1 Bxb4 19. Kb2 $18) 15. Ne5 $1 {There is no rush to play Kb2,
as the knight isn't going anywhere fast.} (15. Bd3 $1 axb4 16. axb4 Bxb4 17.
Kb2 $18) 15... axb4 16. axb4 Bc2 $5 (16... Bxb4 17. Kb2 $18) 17. Re1 Bxb4 18.
Kb2 {A very odd position where Black's minor pieces on the queenside could not
be worse placed.} Nb3 19. Kxc2 Nxd4+ 20. Kb2 $16 Ne6 21. Ra1 {The Knight has
escaped, but at fatal cost. White conjures up a winning attack very easily
indeed now.} Kb8 22. Bg3 Nh6 23. Bb5 $1 {With the idea of Nc6+.} Nc5 (23... Nd4
24. Nd7+ Rxd7 25. Bxd7 $18) 24. Nc6+ $1 bxc6 25. Bxc6 Nb7 26. Nb5 Bd6 27. Ra7 {
My conclusion is that the line with 4...Bg4 does not lead to an easy position
for Black to play, although White must find 5.h3 Bh5 6.Qe2+ to apply pressure.
Closing this article, I hope I have highlighted the practical qualities of the
Exchange Variation with 4.Nf3! I think it's the type of line which will score
very well for White over the board. With prolonged consideration, Black should
be able to equalize, but even then, no more than that.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Risarcimento Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Jutes of Kent"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 {It is best to describe this line as a
wolf in sheep's clothing. Outwardly, White's set up is very modest, but there
are some dangerous attacking options based on the move c2-c4! Another point in
White's favour is that the nature of the position changes to something
resembling an open game and this might not be what the French player is used
to. Certainly, in our featured game 3.exd5 is a shrewd choice against a
fearless attacking opponent such as Williams. Rather than any aggression, he
has to think about how to equalize.} c6 (4... Bd6 {is one of the main lines,
but then White puts his plan with c2-c4 into operation. He may delay this ,
with 5 h3, or play it right away:} 5. h3 $5 {The point is to prevent ...Bg4,
so that there is less pressure on d4. Very safe.} (5. c4 {Immediately!} c6 6.
Nc3 Ne7 7. Bd3 (7. c5 $5 {is yet another option when Black does not take on c4
immediately. This time White pawn storms the queenside!} Bc7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O
Bf5 10. Re1 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Ng6 12. b4 b6 13. b5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15. bxc6 bxc5
16. dxc5 d4 17. Rad1 Nxc6 18. Qe4 Qa5 19. Ne2 d3 20. Nxf4 {1-0 Dolzhikova,K 
(2309)-Baraeva,I (2177)/Moscow 2013/CB06_2013}) 7... Bg4 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4
O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 $1 {This way round White has allowed ...Bg4
in the hope that pushing the Bishop to g6 will promote a kingside pawn storm.
Another dangerous plan that Black has to deal with in this variation.} Kh8 (
12... Nd7 13. f4 $16) 13. h4 f6 14. Nxg6+ Nxg6 (14... hxg6 15. Kg2 Nd7 16. Rh1
Nb6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. g5 $1 {intends h4-h5 in short order}) 15. h5 Nf4 16. Ne4 $6
({White should sacrifice a pawn here:} 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qf3 $1 Qxd4 18. Bd3
Bg5 19. Rad1 Qc5 20. Bb1 Na6 21. Rd7 {with very good compensation}) 16... f5
17. Ng3 Qh4 {Suddenly, Black has the attack!} 18. gxf5 Nh3+ 19. Kg2 Nxf2 20.
Rxf2 Bxg3 21. Rf3 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Rxf5 23. Rxf5 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Bh2+ 25. Kf2 Qxf5+
26. Qf3 Bg1+ 27. Kg2 Qxf3+ 28. Kxf3 Bxd4 29. Bf4 Nd7 30. Rd1 c5 ({Clearly,
White should not win this and} 30... Ne5+ 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 {was the clearest way,
with a technical ending for Black to try and win. However, White goes on to
pull off a swindle.}) 31. b4 b6 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Bd6 Nb6 34. Bb3 Re8 35. Kg4
Nd7 36. Kf5 Nf6 37. Bf7 Rc8 38. Bc4 Rc6 39. Rb1 g6+ 40. Ke6 Ne4 41. Rb8+ Kg7
42. Kd5 Rxd6+ 43. Kxe4 Rd7 44. Rg8+ Kh6 45. hxg6 hxg6 46. Be6 Re7 47. Kd5 Kh7
48. Rb8 Kh6 49. Kd6 Rg7 50. Rh8+ Kg5 51. Rh1 Kf4 52. Rf1+ Kg3 53. Kd5 g5 54.
Ke4 a5 55. Rf3+ Kg2 56. Bh3+ Kh2 57. Bg4 Re7+ 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kc6 Re4 60. Bf5
Rf4 61. Rxf4 gxf4 62. Kb5 Kg3 63. Bd3 Kf2 64. Kxa5 Ke3 65. Bc4 f3 66. a4 Kd2
67. Kb5 Ke1 68. a5 Be5 69. a6 Bb8 70. Kb6 f2 71. Kb7 Ba7 72. Kxa7 {1-0
Shkapenko,P (2407)-Sharankov,G (2189)/Tallinn 2013}) 5... Ne7 6. c4 $1 c6 7.
Nc3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 h6 12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Bb3 Ng6
14. Ne5 {An absolutely typical sequence has led to another key point in the
game, where the white knight hops into e5. ideas such as Qf3 or f4 follow.
Positions like these hase made the line more attractive from White's
perspective in recent times.} Qf6 ({Maybe Black should just capture:} 14...
Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qh4 {but he is still not quite equal after} 16. Be3 $1) 15. Qe2
Rae8 16. f4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qg6 18. Kh2 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 h5 21. Rad1 $16
Rd8 22. Qf2 Be6 23. Bc2 Bf5 24. Qh4 $1 Nd5 (24... Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Qh6 26. Ne4
Bxe4 27. Rxe4 g6 28. Bb3 {with the idea of Rd4, leaves White well on top.}) 25.
Bb3 Rd7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Bc2 28. Nf6+ gxf6 29. Rxd7 Be4 30. Rd2 f5 31.
Re3 {1-0 Muzychuk,M (2471)-Villuendas Valero,A (2301)/Caleta 2013. A deceptive
game, where Black never really got into it.}) 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O Ne7 {Black
puts his knight on e7 to facilitate ...Bf5.} 7. c4 O-O 8. h3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7
10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Ne5 $1 {The key points of this move: 1)
White prepares to deploy his queen either to f3 or h5. 2) White increases the
pressure on f7. 3) White possibly intends f2-f4.} Bxe5 ({After} 13... Qc7 14.
Qf3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qg4 Nf5 17. Ng6 Rfe8 18. Ne4 {White continues to
enjoy a clear edge.}) 14. Rxe5 Qd7 15. Qf3 Be6 16. Qe4 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18.
Bc2 $1 f5 (18... Nf6 19. Qh4 {just gives White too many attacking options:}
Rfd8 (19... Rad8 20. Bxh6 Qxd4 21. Qg3 Ng4 $5 22. hxg4 gxh6 23. g5 Qg4 24. Qxg4
Bxg4 25. gxh6 Rd2 26. Rc1 Be6 27. b3 $16) 20. Bxh6 Qxd4 (20... gxh6 21. Qxh6
Qe7 22. Rg5#) 21. Qg3 Ne8 22. Rae1 Qxb2 23. Rxe6 $3 fxe6 24. Bb3 Rd6 25. Bf4
$16) 19. Qe2 Rf6 20. Bd2 {It is interesting to see how strong this piece
becomes.} Nb6 21. Re1 {Steady and very easy play by Nakamura has seen White
increasing his advantage. Black's kingside is weakened and he cannot prevent
White from penetrating to the seventh rank.} Bc4 22. Qe3 Qf7 23. b3 Bd5 24. Re7
Qg6 25. f3 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Qe5 {[%csl Yf5]} a5 (27... Rf8 28. Bb4) 28.
Qxf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Kf7 30. h4 a4 31. h5 (31. Bf4 {was maybe stronger, with a
coordinated attack after} Kf6 32. g4 axb3 33. axb3 Nc8 34. Be5+) 31... axb3 32.
axb3 Kf6 (32... Bxb3 33. Bg6+ Kf6 34. Rb1) 33. Bd3 $1 Bxb3 34. Bf4 Bc4 35. Bg6
Nd7 (35... Be6 36. Be5+ Ke7 37. Bxg7) 36. Bg3 Kg5 37. Re4 {White has fashioned
a forced mate.  A very typical game in this variation. White sets up an IQP
position, which is not so easy to handle.} 1-0

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2372"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 (4. e5) 4... exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 {
La grande ligne} (6. Be3 Nge7 7. Qf3 Be6 8. Nge2 Qd7 {[%cal Ge6g4]} (8... Ng6
$146 9. h4 $5 Nxh4 (9... Qd7 $5 10. h5 Bg4 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4
Bxf4 14. Qxf4 O-O-O {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh8e8]} 15. f3 Qe7+ (15... Rhe8+) 16. Ne2
Be6 17. O-O-O {Les Blancs ont un léger avantage d'espace à l'aile-roi et un
meilleur B mais la position Noire est solide}) 10. Qg3 Ng6 11. Bxg6 $5 {
[%cal Gh1h8]} fxg6 12. Rxh7 $1 Rxh7 13. Qxg6+ Kd7 14. Qxh7 Qh8 $1 {Il manque
un tempo aux Blancs pour roquer} 15. Qxh8 Rxh8 16. O-O-O) 9. h3 {Margolin,B 
(2436) -Alarcon Casellas,R (2367) Capablanca Memorial op 44th 2009 (3) 1/2-1/2}
) (6. Nge2 Nge7 7. Bg5 $14) 6... Ba5 (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 (7... Nf6)) 7.
Be3 Nge7 8. Qf3 (8. Qh5) 8... Be6 9. Nge2 Ng6 (9... Qd7 {[%cal Ge6g4]}) 10. h4
Nxh4 11. Qg3 Ng6 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Rxh7 Rxh7 14. Qxg6+ Kd7 15. Qxh7 Qh8 16.
Qxh8 Rxh8 17. O-O-O Bxc3 $6 {Pourquoi abandonner la paire de B?} 18. Nxc3 Ne7
19. Bf4 c6 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Bg3 Bg4 22. Re1 (22. f3) 22... Bxe2 {Le B n'était
pas trés bon et il est compréhensible de l'échanger mais en contrepartie,
il n'y aura pas de finale de B de couleurs opposées pour essayer d'annuler.}
23. Rxe2 Rh1+ 24. Kd2 Rb1 25. b3 b5 $6 (25... Rh1 $5 {Il vaut mieux essayer de
garder les R et tenter d'échanger le N contre le B afin de jouer une finale
de R plutôt qu'une finale N contre B comme dans la partie qui sera plus
difficile à jouer pour annuler}) 26. Re1 $1 {Rentrant dans une finale
favorable} Rxe1 27. Kxe1 $16 Nf8 {le N manque de cases fortes au centre} 28.
Be5 {[%csl Ge5]} g6 29. Kd2 {[%cal Gd2g5,Gd2a5] Un coup souple laissant
l'option de faire monter le K sur les deux ailes} Ne6 30. Kc3 Nd8 (30... a5)
31. f4 Ke6 32. g4 Nb7 {[%csl Rb7] Le N est complètement dominé par le B} 33.
Bc7 $36 {[%csl Rb7] Suite illisible et gain Blanc au 52ème coup.} 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Christensen, Tobias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 {Die Marshallvariante, eine interessante,
seltene Kombination aus Sizilianisch und Französisch.} 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Nf6
6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $2 {Marshalls Idee ist mit
einem Gambitspiel verbunden, also 9...0-0! In einer Partie Caro-Marshall,
Berlin 1905, folgte (mit weisser Le2 statt Lb5) 10.Lxf6 Lxf6 11.Dd2 Da5 12.
Tad1 Lxc3 13.Dxc3 Dxc3 14.bxc3 Tac8, usw. Remis im 48. Zug.} 10. Bxf6 gxf6 {
Erzwungen, weil Schwarz noch nicht rochiert hat, 10...Dxf6 11.Sxd5 Dxb2 ist
wegen 12.Sc7+ unmoeglich.} 11. Nd4 Qd7 12. Na4 Bxd4 13. Bxc6 Bxf2+ 14. Rxf2
Qxc6 15. Qd4 {Als Kompensation fuer seinen Bauer erblickt Weiss eine schwarze
positionelle Ruine.} Rg8 16. Re1 Rg6 17. Nc3 {Droht 18.Sxd5 weil Le6 gefesselt
ist.} O-O-O 18. Qxa7 Rg4 19. Qa5 (19. Rxf6 $2 d4 20. Qa8+ Kd7 $19) 19... b6 20.
Qa6+ Qb7 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. Ne2 (22. Rxf6 $5 d4 23. Ne4 Bd5 24. Ng3 Rc8 25. Rf2
$16 Rcg8 (25... Bxa2 26. b3 {/\ 27.Txf7/27.Pf5}) 26. a3 h5 27. Re5 $16) 22...
Re4 23. Rc1 $6 (23. Rd1 Bg4 24. Rd2 $16) 23... d4 24. a3 d3 25. cxd3 Rxd3 26.
Nf4 Rde3 27. g3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rf1 Re5 (29... Re3) 30. Rc1 Ka6 $6 (
30... Re3 {/\...Tb3}) 31. Kf2 Kb5 32. Re1 Kc4 $2 (32... Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Kc4 34.
Kd2 Kd4 $10 {/}) 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. Nxe6 $18 fxe6 {Hecht: 2 Flügelmehrheiten
gegen 1 Zentraldoppelbauer, Tempofrage} 35. g4 $1 (35. Ke3 $2 Kb3 36. g4 Kxb2
37. g5 (37. h4 {Hecht} Kxa3 38. g5 b5 $10) 37... Kxa3 38. h4 b5 39. h5 b4 40.
g6 hxg6 41. hxg6 b3 42. g7 b2 43. g8=Q b1=Q 44. Qxe6 Qe1+ $15) 35... Kd3 36.
Ke1 $1 (36. g5 $2 Kd2 37. Kf3 Kd3 38. Kf2 Kd2 $10) 36... Ke3 37. a4 $1 e4 (
37... Kf4 38. b4 $18) (37... Kd3 {Hecht} 38. g5 $18) 38. b4 Kd4 39. a5 {
(39...bxa5 40.bxa5 Kc5 41.Ke2 Kb5 42.Ke3 Kxa5 43.Kxe4+-)} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 {This sideline allows White to develop quickly.} 4.
exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c4 ({Another good option is} 7. Re1+ $5 Be7
8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Be3 $14 {1-0 (22) Pecheritsa,V (2300)
-Tropin,A (2052) Saratov 2006}) 7... a6 $6 {The pawn moves do not really help
Black to catch up with his development. It was preferable to get one of the
bishops out to the e-file.} (7... dxc4 $6 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Bxc4 Be6 10. Nxc6 (10.
Bxe6 fxe6 11. Qb3 $5) 10... bxc6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $14 {1-0 (30) Bagrationi,A 
(2485)-Shershakov,D (2226) Dombay 2014}) (7... Be7 $5 8. cxd5 (8. dxc5 O-O (
8... Bxc5 9. Nc3 $36) 9. Be3 $14) 8... Nxd5 9. Ne5 $14) (7... Be6 8. Nc3 Be7 9.
dxc5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7) 9... O-O 10. Be3 dxc4 11. Ng5 $14
) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 {White continues to use his time well and and keeps
Black occupied with constant threats.} ({Another good option was the one
played in a previous game} 9. cxd5 $5 cxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nc3 $16
Nxc3 12. bxc3 cxd4 (12... Be7 13. dxc5 O-O 14. Be3 $16) 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7
$18) 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Ne5 Be6 (11... O-O $2 12. Nc6 $18) (11... Bb7 12. Qa4+
$16 (12. dxc5 $16)) 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxe7 Qxe7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qa4+
$16 {1-0 (80) Can,E (2442)-Abdel Razik,K (2468) Bursa 2010}) 9... Qb6 (9... Bd7
10. Re1+ (10. Ne5 cxd4) 10... Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Be3 (12. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%csl
Rc5]}) 12... Ne4 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c6 $16) 10. Nc3 {[%csl Rd5]} (10. Re1+ $5
Be6 (10... Be7 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. b3 $18 {[%cal Gc1a3]}) 11. Nc3 {would
transpose.}) 10... Be6 11. Re1 {[%csl Rd5]} Be7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 ({
White had a better option which would have won him a pawn directly} 13. Bg5
$142 $1 Nxc3 $8 14. bxc3 Bxg5 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. Nxg5 O-O 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. dxc5
$16) 13... Bxd5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bg5 (15. Qh4 $5 f6 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 $14)
16. Qh5+ {[%cal Gh5c5]} g6 17. Qh6 Kf7 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $14) 15... f6 16.
Be3 $6 (16. Rac1 $142 Qb5 (16... Qd6 17. Nd4 $18) 17. Qa3 Qb7 18. Bd2 Kf7 19.
Qd3 {[%cal Gd3f5,Gf3g5]} Qd7 $14 {White is slightly better but not much as
compared to some of the previous variations.} (19... Bxa2 20. Qf5 $36)) 16...
Qb4 17. Qc2 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rf7f6]} O-O (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Bc5 {[%csl Gb4,Re7]
} Qg4 19. Rxe7+ Kd8 (19... Kf8 20. Re4+) 20. Qd3+ Kc8 21. Qxf3 $18) 18. Nd4 {
[%cal Gd4c6,Gd4f5]} Rfc8 (18... Bd6 $142 19. Rac1 (19. Nxc6 $2 Qg4) 19... Rfe8
20. a3 Qb7 21. Nf5 Be5 {[%csl Rb2]} 22. Bd4 (22. b4 Qf7 $15 {[%cal Gf7g6]})
22... Bf4 23. Be3 $11) (18... c5 19. Nf5 $14) 19. a3 Qd6 $2 {This allows White
to win a pawn after a nearly forced sequence. Can you spot it?} (19... Qb7 $142
20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Bc5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gf8e7,Ge1e7]} Qb3 22. Qxb3 Bxb3 23. Rac1
Bd5 {[%cal Ga6a5] with a very tiny edge for White, but closer to equality.}) (
19... Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. Nf5 (22. Bf4) 22... Bf8 23. Bc5 a5 $11
) 20. Nf5 Qd7 (20... Qc7 21. Bb6 $18 {[%cal Gf5e7,Ge7c8]}) 21. Bh6 $1 Bf8 $8
22. Bxg7 $1 Be6 $8 (22... Bxg7 23. Re7 $18) 23. Nd4 $1 {The final piece in
this puzzle!} Qxd4 24. Bxf8 Qc4 25. Rac1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Re8 (26... Kxf8 27. Rxe6
$18 {[%csl Rc6,Rf6]}) (26... Rxf8 27. Rxe6 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) (26... Bd5 27. Bc5
Re8 28. Rce2 {similar to the game.}) 27. Rce2 Kf7 28. Bc5 $16 Bc4 29. Re7+ Rxe7
30. Rxe7+ Kg6 {[%csl Ga3,Ra6,Gb2,Rc6,Gf2,Rf6,Gg2,Gh2,Rh7] The opposite
coloured bishops will naturally create some technical difficulties for White
to convert his extra pawn, but with the rooks on the board and Black's bunch
of isolated pawns the winning chances are, practically speaking, good.} 31. Rd7
Re8 32. Be7 Kf7 33. Bb4+ Kg6 34. Be7 a5 35. f3 a4 36. h3 h5 37. Kh2 Bd5 38. Kg3
$6 (38. Ra7 $16 Bb3 39. Kg1) 38... Kf7 $6 {Black misses a chance to make
White's win difficult.} (38... Kf5 $142 $1 {[%cal Gf5e6]} 39. Bc5 (39. Ra7 Rg8+
40. Kf2 Rg7 {[%cal Gf5e6]}) 39... Re2 40. Bd4 h4+ 41. Kxh4 Rxg2 $14) 39. Bb4+
Kg6 40. Be7 Kf7 41. Bb4+ Kg6 42. Kf2 Bc4 43. Rd2 Re6 44. Bc3 Bd5 (44... Kf5 45.
Kg3 $16) 45. Rd4 Bb3 46. Rf4 Kg5 47. Kg3 c5 48. Bd2 Kg6 49. Kf2 f5 50. Rh4 Rd6
51. Be3 Rd5 (51... Rd1 $5 52. Bxc5 Rd2+ 53. Kg3 Rxb2 54. Rd4 Rc2 55. Rd6+ Kf7
56. Bb4 h4+ $14) 52. Kg3 Re5 53. Kf4 Rd5 54. g4 {After a lot of manoeuvring
White finally begins his progress, which is typical of positions with small
advantages.} fxg4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. fxg4 c4 57. Rh8 Rd7 58. Rc8 Rf7+ 59. Kg3
Rf1 60. Rc6+ Rf6 61. Rc7 Rf7 62. Rc8 Rf1 63. Bd4 Kf7 (63... Rf7 $2 64. Rc6+ Kh7
65. g5 $18) 64. Rc6 Rd1 65. Rf6+ Ke7 66. Rf4 {White has used his extra pawn
well to create potential threats to the black king in the corner, thus pulling
it out and then cutting it off.} Ke6 {[%cal Gf4f8]} 67. Bc3 Kd5 (67... Rh1 68.
Kg2 (68. Rf6+ Kd5 69. Kg2 Rh4) 68... Rh6 69. g5 Rh5 70. Rf6+ Kd5 71. Bd2 $16 {
[%cal Gg2g3]} (71. g6 Rg5+ 72. Kf3 Bc2)) 68. Rf5+ Ke6 69. Rf6+ Kd5 (69... Ke7
70. g5 Rg1+ 71. Kh4 Bc2 $16) 70. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2g1,Gf6a6,Gg4g8]} Bc2 71. g5
Rh1 72. Ra6 Rh2+ 73. Kg3 Rh1 74. Kg2 Rh4 75. Kf3 Bd1+ 76. Kf2 Rf4+ 77. Ke1 Bc2
78. g6 Rg4 79. g7 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ga6a8]} 1-0

[Event "Al Ain op 4th"]
[Site "Al Ain"]
[Date "2015.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Mokal,P"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2015.12.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wang Hao described this as his best game of the tournament. Let us have a
look...} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {This line is rarely seen at the top level.
Carlsen tried it once in a blitz game in 2012. It may seem that White is a
little bit unambitious but Onischuk has scored a few victories with it, so it
is not without its venom. One of the main ideas is revealed after...} dxe4 4.
Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 {. White does not claim to be better but rather just wants to
have a pleasant position with the B eyeing b7 and maintaining pressure on the
h1-a8/^ like the Catalan. But the problem is that the same B has taken away
the natural developing square of the g1-N, and it has also wasted a tempo on
its route to f3.  Now unless Black wants to remain passive for the rest of the
game, he has two plans here to challenge White's centre, either...e5 or ...c5.}
Nbd7 {Wang Hao aims for the ...e5 plan.} ({The alternate plan that has been
played more often is} 5... c5 {. It was also Grischuk's reply against Carlsen
in their blitz game. It went} 6. Ne2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nbd7 8. Nbc3 Bc5 9. Qf4 Qe7
10. O-O Bd6 11. Qh4 Ne5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be4 O-O 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16.
Rad1 Be7 $11 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2837)-Grischuk,A (2763)/Astana 2012/CBM 149 Extra
(51). And Black, who had already equalised, went on to win the game after 51
moves.}) 6. Ne2 e5 7. Nbc3 Bd6 8. Be3 ({Black equalised comfortably after} 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 (9... Nxf6 $5) 10. Ne4 Qg6 11. N2g3 O-O (11... exd4 $5) 12.
Bh5 Qh7 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Be2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Susak,
Z (2196)-Brumen,D (2356)/Bol 2015}) (8. d5 O-O 9. Ng3 Bb4 $132 {0-1 Pardo
Simon,D (2388)-Delgado Ramos,H (2488)/Barcelona 2011}) 8... O-O 9. d5 {White,
if he wanted to play this, had to do it before castling.} ({Since} 9. O-O Re8
10. d5 $2 e4 $19) 9... Nb6 ({If} 9... Re8 {then} 10. Ng3 {will cover the
e4-square.}) 10. h3 ({Onischuk was probably worried about parting with one of
his Bs for a N after} 10. O-O Ng4 {but this may be better than the game
continuation.}) 10... Bf5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb6d5,Gb6c4,Gf6d5,Gf6e4,Ge5e4,Gd6b4]
Black's pieces already look well coordinated. The Ns are targeting d5, one of
them is ready to go to c4, the other one is supporting the ...e4 push. The
light squared B also supports the same pawn push while the B on d6 can go to
b4 to eliminate a defender of the d5-pawn.} 11. g4 {It is hard to suggest
anything for White. It is clear that the opening battle has been won by Black.
Either it was move number eight where an improvement needed to be found, or
else it was move number three!} (11. O-O $2 e4 $17) (11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O Bb4
$15) 11... e4 12. Bg2 (12. gxf5 $2 exf3 13. Nd4 Bb4 $17 (13... Nbxd5 $17))
12... Bg6 13. Bg5 (13. O-O {loses a pawn to} Nbxd5 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd6h2] due
to the elementary tactic.}) 13... Re8 14. O-O h6 15. Bh4 Bh7 {Prophylaxis.} ({
Avoiding simplification after} 15... Bc5 16. Nf4 Bh7 17. Nh5) 16. Re1 ({
White could temporarily save his pawn with} 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rad1 {but after
something like} Rad8 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd6c5,Gc5b4] Black is getting ready to
pressurise the same point again.}) 16... Bc5 {Getting ready to capture on d5
after ...g5 and at the same time preparing to play ...e3 if required.} 17. Nd4
(17. a3 a5 {does not change much.}) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nbxd5 {Black has won a
pawn but the job is not done until either his e4-pawn is safe or something
else is targetted in return.} 19. Nb3 Bf8 20. Qd4 Nb4 {Another multi-purpose
move, saving e4 and targetting c2.} (20... c6 $5 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4
23. Rxe4 Bg7 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qd3 Bxb2 $17) 21. Re2 c6 22. Be5 (22. Rd1 Qxd4
23. Rxd4 e3 $17 {[%cal Gb4c2]}) (22. a3 Qxd4 (22... Nbd5 $5) 23. Nxd4 Nbd5 24.
Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Rae1 Nf6 $17) 22... Qxd4 23. Bxd4 Nfd5 24. Bxe4 (24. a3 Nxc3 25.
Bxc3 Nd5 $17) (24. Nxe4 Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17) 24... Bxe4 25.
Nxe4 (25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxe4 Nxc2 $17) 25... Nxc2 26. Rd1 (26. Rxc2 Rxe4 $17)
26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd4f5] Now White is ready to establish a N on f5.
Surprisingly, Wang Hao finds a very curious way to use it for his own benefit.}
Kh7 28. Nf5 Kg6 29. f3 h5 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rh3][%cal Gh5h4,Gd5f4,Gf4h3] This is
the point. Black pushes his pawn to h4 so that the white pawn on h3 will
become a nice, juicy target for his N, whenever it proceeds from d5 to f4.} 30.
Red2 (30. h4 Rad8 $5 31. hxg5 $140 (31. Rde1 Nf4 $17) 31... Nc3 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rd1,Re2][%cal Gc3e2,Gd8d1,Ge8e2]}) 30... h4 31. Kf2 Re5 32. a3 a5 33. Ne3
Nf4 {[%csl Rh3,Gh4][%cal Gf4h3,Gh6h5,Gh5h4] Time to reap the rewards of
foresight!} 34. Nc4 Rd5 35. Nb6 Rxd2+ 36. Rxd2 Re8 37. Nd7 Nxh3+ {The rest is
a formality, though with a tricky piece like the knight on the board, it does
require some accuracy...} 38. Ke3 Nf4 39. Nxf8+ Rxf8 40. Rd6+ f6 41. Kf2 Nd5
42. Rd7 f5 43. Rd6+ Nf6 44. Nc5 Rf7 45. Kg2 Re7 46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 fxg4 48.
fxg4 Kf7 49. Kf3 b6 50. Nd3 Nd5 $1 51. Kf2 (51. Rxc6 Re3+ $19) 51... Re6 52.
Rxc6 Rxc6 53. Ne5+ Ke6 54. Nxc6 Kd6 55. Nd8 Ke5 {[%cal Ge5f4] The simplest.} (
55... Nxb4 56. Nf7+ Kd5 57. Nxg5 $17) 56. Kf3 Nxb4 57. Nf7+ Kf6 58. Nd6 Nc6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.7"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. c3 Bg7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qf6 13. Nf1 O-O-O 14. Ne3
Kb8 15. Bf5 h5 16. O-O-O g4 17. Nh4 Bh6 18. Kb1 Rde8 19. Bd3 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nb6
21. Rdf1 Qe7 22. Rf4 Nc8 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd6 25. Rf4 Re7 26. Rd1 Rhe8 27.
c4 c5 28. Qf2 cxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc7 30. Qf4 Nb6 31. b3 Rd7 32. Bc2 Red8 33. Rxd7
Rxd7 34. Re1 Kc8 35. Qxc7+ Kxc7 36. Re5 Rd2 37. Rxh5 Re2 38. Rg5 Nd7 39. Kc1 b6
40. Rg7 Rf2 41. Rg5 a5 42. a3 f6 43. Rg7 Kd6 44. Kd1 a4 45. bxa4 Ne5 46. Be4
Nxc4 47. Ke1 Ra2 48. Bf5 Ne3 49. Bxe6 Kxe6 50. Rb7 Nd5 51. Ng6 Kf5 52. Ne7+
Nxe7 53. Rxe7 Rxa3 54. Rb7 Rxg3 55. Kf2 Rb3 56. a5 b5 57. a6 Kf4 58. a7 Rb2+
59. Kf1 Ra2 60. Rxb5 Kg3 61. Rb3+ Kh2 62. g3 $2 (62. Rb7 {would have saved
White. hätte Weiß gerettet:} Ra1+ 63. Kf2 g3+ 64. Kf3 Ra3+ 65. Kg4 Kxg2 (65...
f5+ 66. Kxf5 Kxg2 67. Ke4 Kh2 (67... Kf2 68. Rb2+ Kg1 69. Rb3 $11) 68. Kf4 g2
69. Rh7+ Kg1 70. Rb7 Kf2 71. Rb2+ Kf1 72. Rb1+ $11) 66. Rb2+ Kg1 67. a8=Q f5+
68. Kh3 Rxa8 69. Kxg3 $11) 62... Rxa7 63. Rb6 ({Waiting passively is also of
little use: Passives Abwarten hilft auch nicht:} 63. Rc3 Ra1+ 64. Kf2 Ra2+ 65.
Kf1 f5 66. Rb3 f4 67. gxf4 g3 $19) 63... Kxg3 64. Rxf6 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Kg2 66. Rg6
g3 67. Rg8 Ra3 68. Rg7 Kg1 69. Rg8 g2 70. Rh8 Ra2+ 71. Ke1 {Next comes the win
known as the Lucena position or bridge building: nun folgt der Gewinn nach
Lucena auch Brückenbau genannt:} Ra7 72. Ke2 Re7+ 73. Kd2 (73. Kf3 Kf1 $19)
73... Re5 {the rook will build the bridge. der Turm soll die Brücke bilden.} (
73... Kf2 $6 74. Rf8+ Kg3 75. Rg8+ {doesn't help Black. bringt Schwarz nicht
weiter.}) 74. Rh7 Kf2 75. Rf7+ Kg3 76. Rg7+ Kf3 77. Kd3 (77. Rf7+ Kg4 78. Rg7+
Rg5 {and the bridge has been completed. und die Brücke ist fertig.}) 77... Rd5+
78. Kc2 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Buenos Aires Konex International"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1979.07.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1979.07.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7
8. Qh5 Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 (9... Qd6 10. Nf4 O-O-O 11. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 f5 13. O-O
g6 14. Qf3 Qf6 $13 {Ziatdinov,R-Apicella,M/Biel/1992/1:0/40/}) 10. O-O (10. Nf4
) 10... h6 $1 11. Re1 (11. Nf4 Bg4 12. Qh4 g5 $19) 11... Bg4 12. Qh4 O-O-O 13.
h3 Bf5 14. Ng3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Qg3 h5 $2 (17... g5 $13) 18.
Bf4 Rde8 (18... h4 19. Qg4 $14) 19. h4 $1 (19. Bxc7 h4 20. Qf4 Qxd3 21. Bd6 Qg6
$13) 19... Reg8 20. Re3 $1 Qd7 21. Rae1 b6 22. c4 (22. Qg5 f6 23. Qg6 Qg4)
22... Kb7 (22... Rd8 23. Qxg7 dxc4 24. dxc4 Qxd4 25. Qxf7 $16) 23. Qg5 Rd8 (
23... dxc4 24. d5 $18) 24. Re7 $1 Rhe8 $8 25. Rxe8 (25. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Rxd7
27. cxd5 Nxd4 28. Qxg7 Rxd5 29. Qxf7 Ne6 30. Be3 $16) 25... Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxe8
27. Qxd5 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Qxf2 29. Bg3 Qxd4 30. Qxf7 Ne5 $1 31. Qxh5 (31. Qxg7 Ng4+
$19) (31. Bxe5 Qxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qe1+ $17) 31... Nxd3 32. Qf3+ (32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33.
cxd5 b5 34. d6 $10) (32. Qf7 $5 Ne5 33. Qe7 Nxc4 34. Qxc7+ Ka6 35. a4 $13)
32... c6 33. Qf7+ Ka6 34. Qc7 (34. Bb8 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qd4+ {/\b5/}) 34... c5 35.
h5 $2 (35. Qc8+ Ka5 36. Qb7 a6 37. Kh3 g6 $13) 35... Qg4 36. Qf7 Nb2 $1 37. Bd6
(37. Be5 Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ $19) (37. Bb8 Nxc4 38. Qxa7+ Kb5 $17) 37... Nxc4 38.
Bf8 Ne5 39. Qxg7 Qh4+ $5 (39... Qxh5+ $17) 40. Kg1 Ng4 41. Qf7 $8 Qh2+ 42. Kf1
Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Qxg2+ 44. Kd1 $2 (44. Ke1 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 $17) 44... Ne3+ 45. Ke1
Nc2+ 46. Kd1 Nd4 47. Qe8 (47. Qc4+ b5 48. Qd3 Qg1+ 49. Kd2 Qf2+ $19) 47... Qf1+
48. Kd2 Nf3+ 49. Kc2 Qc4+ 50. Kb2 Qd4+ 51. Kc2 Qd2+ 52. Kb1 Qd1+ 53. Kb2 Nd4
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.22"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Aturupane, Harinlal"]
[Black "Martin, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sri Lanka"]
[BlackTeam "New Zealand"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NZL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bb5+ $6 c6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Qf3 Nd7
8. Bg5 Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. a3 Bd6 12. Nd1 Bd7 13. c3 Qc7 14. h4 {
<M> White makes all the running in this game but he should have played Ne3
first to keep Black guessing for one more move <D>} Rae8 15. Ne3 c5 16. Qh5 f5
17. Kf1 Qb6 {<M> Now White's position is falling apart so he must go 'all in'
<D>} 18. g4 cxd4 {<M> Now 19.gxf5 would have led to crazy complications, the
players were already consuming a lot of time. <D>} (18... g6 $6 19. Qh6 cxd4
20. h5 dxe3 (20... gxh5 21. gxf5 dxe3 22. Bxe3 $18) 21. gxf5 exd2 22. hxg6 $18)
19. Nxf5 (19. gxf5 dxe3 (19... dxe3 20. fxe6 g6 21. exd7 gxh5 22. dxe8=Q Rxe8
23. Bxe3 Bc5 24. Rg1+ Kh8 $19) 20. fxe6 Rxf2+ 21. Kg1 g6 22. exd7 Ref8 $1 $19 (
22... exd2 23. dxe8=Q+ Rf8+ 24. Nd4 Rxe8)) 19... g6 20. Nxe7+ (20. Nh6+ Kg7 $19
) (20. Qh6 gxf5 $1 (20... Nxf5 21. gxf5 Bb5 22. fxg6) 21. gxf5 Nxf5 $19 {
<M> x g7 <D>}) 20... Rxe7 21. Qh6 dxc3 {<M> Now Black wins but the players
were down to their last couple of minutes <D>} 22. Be3 d4 23. Bg5 Ref7 24. h5
Rxf2+ 25. Ke1 cxb2 $2 (25... Rxe2+ $1 26. Bxe2 Bg3+ 27. Kd1 Ba4+ 28. Kc1 Qxb2#)
26. Rb1 Nxg5 27. Qxg5 Qc5 {<M> With flags hanging Black plays safe <D>} 28. Qh6
Bg3 29. hxg6 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Rf2+ 31. Ke1 Qa5+ 32. Kd1 Ba4+ {<M> [#] Thanks to
the players for their comments <D>} 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Monaco"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Bd3 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 {Dieses Thema
ist wohl bekannt. Schwarz drückt auf f2 und versucht auch, den Bg3 zu erobern.}
14. Nfd4 f5 {[%csl Rg3]} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be5 {Diese weisse Ressource hatte
ich unterschätzt, und ich fiel hier in eine Meditation von ca. 50 Minuten.
Schliesslich fand ich den besten Plan.} c5 $1 (16... Qe7 17. Bd4 c5 $140 $2 18.
Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bxc5 $1 {[%cal Gd1d5]}) (16... Re8 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bxe4 cxd4 19.
Bd3 (19. Bf3) 19... dxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. Nd4 $5 {[%csl Rg8]}) (16... f4 17.
Bd4 g4 (17... f3 18. gxf3) 18. f3 Ng5 19. fxg4) 17. c4 {Der Ausflug der weisse
Dame nach h5 stellt nie eine Gefahr dar.} Be6 (17... Ba6 18. Qc2) 18. Qe2 (18.
Qc2 Qe7 19. Rfe1 $140 Qf7) (18. Qh5 Kh7) 18... Qe7 {[%cal Ge8e1]} 19. Rad1 ({
Hier oder im nächsten Zug musste Weiss unbedingt den starken Springer
vertreiben. Nach} 19. f3 Nd6 20. Nd2 Rfe8 21. Rfe1 {kann Schwarz neben 21...
Rad8 auch} Ba5 $5 22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qf7 $13 {versuchen}) (19. cxd5 $6 {
ist schwächer wegen} Bxd5 20. Bc3 Qf7 21. Nd2 $6 (21. Bxe4 fxe4 $5) 21... Nxc3
22. bxc3 Rfe8 $36 {/\c4}) 19... Rad8 (19... Bf7 20. f4 Qe8 21. g4) (19... Qf7
20. f3 dxc4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. fxe4 Qg6 23. Nd2) 20. Bc3 $2 {(=)} (20. f3 Nd6 {
war nun Pflicht, während}) (20. cxd5 $6 Bxd5 21. Bc4 $140 $2 {an} Qxe5 22. Rxd5
Rxd5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. f3 Kh7 $19 {scheitert.}) 20... d4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qxe4
Qf7 {Weiss verliert nun Material.} 23. Bd2 Bxc4 {[%csl Rf2]} 24. Rfe1 Bd5 25.
Qg4 (25. Qe2 Rde8 26. Qf1 Bc4 {[%csl Rf1]}) 25... Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Rde8 27. Rg1 c4
28. Nxd4 (28. Bxg5 Qf5) (28. Qh5 Qf7) 28... Qxd4 29. Qh5 (29. Qxd4 Bxd4 30. Bb4
Bxg1) 29... Qf6 30. Bc3 Bf7 0-1

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
Re1 c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. c3 Re8 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Be2 a5
15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Rf1 Rac8 17. a4 h6 18. Qd1 Nd6 19. Re1 {[%tqu "En","Can you
find a way to weaken the defense around the white king?","Find a way to give
him a doubled pawn!","Take that knight!","g4f3","",12]} Bxf3 $1 20. gxf3 Rcd8
$15 21. Rb1 Re5 $1 22. Nc1 Rg5+ 23. Kf1 Rh5 24. Kg1 {[%tqu "En","Can you find
a winning move for Black in this position?","You want to get your heavy pieces
close to his king!  Attack him on the dark squares!","Sacrifice your rooks!",
"h5h2","",17]} Rxh2 $1 25. Kxh2 $2 (25. Nd3 Rh4 $17) 25... Qxf2+ {WHITE
RESIGNED because he cannot stop mate in two three moves:} 26. Kh1 (26. Kh3 Nf5
27. Kg4 Qg3+ 28. Kxf5 Qg5#) 26... Nf5 27. Rg1 Qh4+ 28. Kg2 Ne3# 0-1

[Event "Cannes Generations"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.02.21"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nce2 Bg4 8.
c3 Qd7 9. Qc2 Nf6 10. Ng3 O-O-O 11. f3 Be6 12. N1e2 Kb8 13. Bg5 Rde8 14. O-O h5
15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Qd8 17. b4 h4 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. Bc1 Bd6 20. f4 g6 21. a4
Ne7 22. a5 Nf5 23. Qa4 Nf6 24. b5 Qd7 25. Qb3 h3 $5 26. g3 Rxe2 $6 27. Bxe2
Nxg3 28. hxg3 h2+ (28... Ne4 29. Kh2 $18) 29. Kh1 Ne4 (29... Qh3 30. Bd2 Qxg3
31. b6 $18) 30. Rf3 Qh3 (30... Qg4 31. Bd2 $1 Nxd2 32. Qxd5 $18) 31. Qxd5 $4 (
31. Ba3 $16) {[%tqu "En","How do you make use of White's horrible blunder?",
"How can you queen your h pawn?","Give up your queen for one move!","h3g2","",
10]} 31... Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "Clichy"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "2001.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nataf, Igor Alexandre"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 $5
7. Nce2 Nf6 8. c3 O-O 9. Qc2 Re8 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. O-O-O Bh5 12. f3 Bg6 13. Bxg6
fxg6 14. Kb1 Na5 15. Nh3 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Paehtz,E-Totsky,L/Pardubice Czech op
2001/The Week in Chess 351 (28)}) 7. bxc3 Nge7 ({I have strong feeling that} 
7... Nf6 $142 {promised better chances for equalization, for example} 8. Ne2
Na5 9. O-O O-O 10. Ng3 Nc4 11. Qf3 Bg4 12. Qf4 Nd6 13. f3 Bh5 14. Nxh5 Nxh5 15.
Qe5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Nde8 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qg3 Qc6 19. Re3 h6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Videki,
S-Bukal,V/Split Cvitanovic Memorial 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (24)}) 8. Qf3 $1
Be6 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. O-O {[%mdl 4]} O-O-O ({In the case of} 10... Bf5 11. Ng3 Bg6
(11... Bxd3 12. cxd3 O-O-O 13. Qxf7 h5 14. Re1 h4 15. Nf1 h3 16. g3 Kb8 17. Bg5
$16 {1-0 Rabiega,R-Schulz,M/Spree op 1997/EXT 2001 (30)}) 12. Nh5 O-O 13. Nf4
Rae8 14. a4 $1 Nd8 15. Ba3 c6 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Qh3 $36 {1-0 Rabiega,R-Jussupow,
A/Frankfurt Masters 2000/The Week in Chess 294 (24) white's advantage is
obvious.}) 11. h3 h5 $146 {Apicella is trying to get counterplay on the >>,
but just produce here additional weakness.} (11... Rdg8 12. Nf4 Bf5 13. Nh5 Bg6
14. Re1 Nf5 15. Nf4 Rd8 16. Bd2 Na5 17. Re5 $14 {1-0 Galego,L-Dias,P/POR t-ch
Aveiro 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (28)}) 12. Nf4 Bf5 ({After} 12... g6 13. Nxe6
Qxe6 (13... fxe6 14. Re1 {[%cal Gc1g5]}) 14. Bg5 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Gg5] Black
needs good advice.}) 13. Nxh5 Be4 14. Qg4 (14. Qd1) 14... Nf5 (14... Qxg4 $6
15. hxg4 Rh7 16. f3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 $16) (14... Bf5 $6 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Re1 $14)
15. Ng3 (15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Re1 Nd6 17. Qxd7+ Rxd7 18. Ng3 $14 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]})
15... Nxg3 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. fxg3 {White got clear advantage - pawn+^^ - and
now Nataf demonstrates good ending technique.} Re8 18. Bd2 Na5 19. Rae1 Rde7
20. g4 Nc4 21. Bc1 $16 b5 (21... f6 $5) 22. g5 $1 {[%cal Gh3h5,Gg2g4]} Kd8 23.
Rf2 c6 24. h4 g6 25. Ref1 Nd6 26. Bf4 Nf5 27. Be5 Kd7 (27... Nxh4 28. Bf6 $18)
28. Rf4 $1 Ne3 29. Re1 Nc4 (29... Nxc2 $2 30. Rexe4 dxe4 31. Bxc2 $18) (29...
Bxd3 30. cxd3 (30. Rxe3 $5 Bxc2 31. g4 $16 Be4 32. Re1 {[%csl Rf7]}) 30... Nc2
31. Rc1 Nxa3 32. Ra1 b4 33. cxb4 Nb5 34. Ra6 $5 $18) 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Ref1 {
Rest is simple- Black can't protect f7 pawn and White wins without any problem.
} (31. Rb1 Bxc2 32. Rb7+ Kc8) 31... Bxc2 (31... Bf5 32. g4 Be6 33. Bf6) 32.
Rxf7 $18 Rxf7 33. Rxf7+ Re7 34. Rf6 Re6 35. Rf2 Bd1 36. Rf1 Be2 37. Rb1 Re7 38.
Kf2 Bh5 39. Ke3 Ke6 40. Kf4 {[%cal Rg2g4]} Be2 (40... Rf7+ 41. Bf6) 41. Re1 (
41. Re1 Bd3 42. Bf6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.19"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 {This
modest setup doesn,t look too dangerous for black, but they still have to play
well and carefully.} c6 ({Deserves attention} 7... dxc4 $5 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. O-O
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 $13) 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 {
Maybe stronger was to play} (11... Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nb6 {for example} 13. Bb3 a5
14. a4 Qd6 15. Rfe1 Rae8 16. Ba2 Qb4 $13 {with reasonable position, Djoric,
D-Marinkovic,S/YUG-ch op 1995 (46)}) 12. g4 $1 {Only way to fight for an
advantage.} (12. Be2 $6 Nb6 13. Bg5 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Rad1
Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 $15 {1-0 Leskur,D-Krajnak,M/Bardejov 1996 (60)}) 12... Nb6 (
12... Bg6 $5 13. Nh4 (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 Nfd5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. gxf5 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bf6 18. Qd3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. c4 Qe7 21. c5 Nd7
22. d5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rc1 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Mueller,K-Stefansson,H/Aabybro
1989}) 13. Bb3 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nfd5 15. Bd2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rf2f4] N} (15. Qf3 Bf6
16. Rad1 Re8 17. Bf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 {1-0 Licina,A-Carvalho,A/
EU t-chW Pula 1997 (66)}) 15... c5 $6 {This optimistic move is clearly to
White,s favour, but not easy to equalize game and after} (15... f6 16. Nxg6
hxg6 17. Qf3 Qd7 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gf6f5]} 18. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4c5]} Bd6 19. Ba5 $1
{[%csl Rg8][%cal Rb3g8]}) ({or} 15... a5 $5 16. a3 $140 f6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18.
Qf3 a4 19. Ba2 f5 20. Rae1 $14) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qf3 $36 {
[%csl Gb3,Gf3] ^^} Nb6 (18... Nf6 19. Qxb7 cxd4 20. Rfe1 Bc5 21. Rac1 $16) 19.
dxc5 (19. Qxb7 $5 cxd4 $140 20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. Bb4 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gb4]}) 19...
Qxd2 (19... Bxc5 20. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rb6,Gd2]}) 20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rad1 ({
Why not} 21. Qxb7 $5 $16 {with possible continuation} Bc5 $140 22. Bxf7+ Kh7
23. Qe4 $1 Rxf7 24. Qxa8 Rxf2 25. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Qxb2 27. Rf1 $18 {?})
21... Qxb2 22. Rd7 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rd7f7,Rd7b7,Rb3f7,Rf3f7]} Qf6 (22... Qe5
23. Qxb7 Rae8 (23... Bd6 24. Bxf7+ Kh7 25. Qg2 $16) 24. Qxb6 $16) 23. Qxf6 {
Funny, but White keeps strong initiative even after queens exchange} (23. Qxb7
Rab8 24. Qe4 Bc5 $11) 23... Bxf6 24. f4 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rg4g5,Rf4f5] ^-} (24.
Rxb7 $5 Rab8 $140 $6 25. Bxf7+) 24... Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e7]} (24... g5 25. h4 $1 (
25. fxg5 $5) 25... gxh4 26. g5 Rad8 $1 27. Rfd1 (27. Rxd8 Bxd8 28. g6 Kh8 29.
Bxf7 Bf6) 27... Rxd7 28. Rxd7 $16) 25. Kg2 $5 {[%cal Rg4g5]} (25. g5 Be7 $1 {
[%cal Ge7c5,Ge8e7]} (25... Re7 26. Rfd1 Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Bc3 28. Kg2 $16 {[%csl
Rb7,Rf7,Rg8]})) 25... Re7 26. Rfd1 g5 (26... Rfe8 27. g5 Bc3 (27... Re2+ $4 28.
Kf1 $18) 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rf8 f5 (30... f6 31. Bg8+ Kh8 32. f5 $1
gxf5 33. g6 $18) 31. h4 {[%cal Rb3g8,Rh4h5]} Re2+ 32. Kf3 Rh2 33. Bg8+ Kh8 34.
Bf7+ Kh7 35. Kg3 Rd2 (35... Rh1 36. Bg8+ Kh8 37. Bd5+ $18) 36. h5 $18) 27. h4
$1 $18 {[%cal Rg4g6]} gxf4 (27... gxh4 28. g5 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bc3 30. g6 Rc8 31.
Rxf7 $18) 28. g5 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bd8 (29... Rd8 30. Rxf7 Rd2+ 31. Kf1 (31. Kf3 $2
Rd3+ 32. Kxf4 Rxb3) 31... Bd4 32. g6 $18) 30. g6 $18 Bxh4 31. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (31...
Kh8 32. Rd5 {[%cal Rd5h5]}) 32. Rxf7 Bd8 33. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De la Riva Aguado, Oscar"]
[Black "Claesen, Pieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 {Black have big choice now.
Claesen choose most popular move} Nc6 {but deserves attention also} (5... Nf6
$5 {or}) (5... Ne7 $5) 6. a3 Be7 {I would prefer} (6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 {
but, surely, choice here just question of taste.}) 7. Nce2 Bf6 ({With accurate
play black have good chances for equalization after} 7... Nf6 $5 8. c3 O-O 9.
Ng3 Re8 10. N1e2 Bg4 11. f3 Bh5 12. O-O Bg6 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. b4 a5
16. Bf4 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 McDonald,N-Levitt,J/BCF t-ch 1998 (16)}) 8. c3 Nge7 (8...
h5 9. Nf4 g6 10. Qf3 Nce7 11. h3 c6 12. Nge2 Qd6 13. O-O Nh6 14. Bd2 Nhf5 {
1/2-1/2 Jamrich,G-Portisch,F/Budapest op 1997 (14)}) 9. Ng3 {[%cal Gg3h5]
Knight wants to come to h5, and it is not so easy for black to prevent it,
because} Ng6 ({in case of} 9... g6 {Black weakening all black squares on the
king,s flank and after, for example} 10. Bh6 Ng8 11. Bf4 h5 12. h3 h4 13. Nf1
Nh6 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Qe2 Kf8 16. Nf3 Nhf5 17. Ng4 $36 {1-0 Hickl,J-Poldauf,D/BL
1992 (28) white,s chances are clearly better.}) 10. N1e2 Nce7 $6 (10... O-O
$142 11. O-O Bh4 $1 12. Nf4 Nce7 13. Qh5 c6 14. Bd2 a5 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Bf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rabiega,R-Hansen,L/BL2-N 1997 (22)}) 11. Nh5 Nf5
{N/ An improvment compare to} (11... Bg4 $6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qb3 Qc8 14. h3
Be6 15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Be2 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 $16 {1-0 De la Riva,O-Hernando,J/
Barcelona Foment 1996 (40) but white keeps initiative any case.}) 12. O-O O-O
13. Qc2 Nd6 (13... Re8 $2 14. Nef4 $1 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 $18 {[%csl Gf4,Gh5][%cal
Gd3h7]}) 14. f4 Bg4 (14... Re8 15. f5 Nf8 16. Bf4 $36) 15. Neg3 (15. Nxf6+ Qxf6
16. f5 Ne7 17. Ng3 $36) 15... Bh4 (15... Bxh5 $142 16. Nxh5 Re8 17. f5 Nf8 $14)
16. f5 Nh8 {Sad necessity, because} (16... Ne7 17. Rf4 $1 Bxh5 18. Rxh4 $18 {
simply lost piece.}) 17. f6 $1 g6 {[%csl Rh8]} (17... Ng6 18. fxg7 Re8 19. h3
$18) 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rf4 Qd7 (19... Bxg3 20. Rxg4 Re1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxe1 22. Qd1 {
[%csl Re1]} Qd7 23. Ng7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ye8]}) 20. h3 (20. Ng7 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Re3)
20... Bxg3 (20... Bxh5 21. Rxh4 $18) 21. Rxg4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg3]} (21. Nxg3 Be6
22. Re1 $16) 21... Re1+ (21... Be1 22. Ng7 $1) 22. Rxe1 Bxe1 23. Qd1 Nf5 (23...
Qe6 24. Ng7 Qxf6 25. Qxe1 $18) 24. Bf4 Re8 (24... Qe6 25. Rg5 (25. Qc1 $5)
25... Kf8 (25... Nd6 26. Re5) 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Rg7 $18) 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Ng7
{[%csl Re8,Rf5,Gg7]} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 (5... Nf6) (5... c6 $5) 6.
a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nce7 {This move has become quite popular in the last couple
of years.} (7... Nf6 $5) (7... Nge7) (7... Qf6) 8. Rb1 $5 ({White tried few
times also} 8. Qf3 {but without big success -} Nf6 9. Ne2 O-O 10. h3 Ne4 11.
O-O (11. c4 c6 12. O-O Bf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. c4 Qd7 15. Rb1 b6 16. cxd5 Nd6 $13
{0-1 Lau,R-Garcia Gonzales,G/Dubai ol 1986 (31)}) 11... Bf5 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. c4
c6 14. Rab1 Rfe8 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Be5 Ne4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Pelletier,Y/Bled Olympiad 2002}) 8... Nf6 9. Ne2 Ne4 10. c4
c6 11. O-O $5 $146 ({White get nothing after} 11. c5 b6 12. f3 Nf6 13. cxb6
axb6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. O-O (15. Bg5 Ng6) 15... h6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rb3 Ba6 $11 {
Trygstad,K-Berg,E/Stockholm Rilton Cup 2003/}) 11... O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. c4
$1 {Hodgson is very persistent!} b6 14. cxd5 (14. f3 $5 Nd6 15. c5 bxc5 16.
dxc5 Nc4 $13) 14... Bf5 (14... Nf6 15. Bg5 Nfxd5 $13) 15. g4 $5 {Only chance
in the fight for initiative.Other case Black just will take back pawn d5 with
good game.} (15. f3 Nf6 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Bg5 h6 $11) 15... Bg6 16. f4 $5 f5 (
16... Nxd5 $2 17. f5 Nec3 18. Qb3 Nxb1 19. Bxb1 $16) 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. f5 ({
Black is doing well after} 18. Ng3 Qxd5 19. f5 Bf7 20. Rf4 Rfe8 21. Rxe4 Nc6
$44) 18... Bf7 19. Bg5 $1 (19. Nc3 e3 $5 20. Bxe3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 $44 {
[%csl Gd5,Rg1]}) 19... Re8 20. Nf4 {[%csl Gf4,Gg5]} Qd6 21. Bxe7 Rxe7 22. Qb3 (
{In the case of} 22. Ne6 Qxd5 23. Nxg7 e3 $1 $36 {already white must play very
carefully!}) 22... Rd8 23. Qe3 Bxd5 {Finally Black won pawn back!} 24. Rbc1 b5
{[%cal Gd5c4]} 25. Rfd1 Bc4 26. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Gf4,Gf5] It is not easy at all
to give correct estimation to this position.} Qh6 27. Rd4 Qg5 (27... Re5 $5)
28. h3 h5 ({Worth considering} 28... Re5 $5 {[%cal Ge5f5]} 29. Ng2 Qe7 {
with chances for small advantage.}) 29. Ng2 (29. d6 Red7 30. Nd5 Qxe3+ 31. Nxe3
hxg4 32. hxg4 Rxd6 33. Rxe4 Rd3 $11) 29... Qf6 30. Rcd1 (30. a4 a6) 30... hxg4
31. hxg4 Re5 32. Nf4 $2 {Hodgson wrongly use the chance to bring his knight
back to active position.After correct} (32. Rxe4 $1 Rexd5 33. Rxd5 Bxd5 (33...
Rxd5 34. Re8+ Kf7 $13) 34. Rd4 Bc4 35. Rxd8+ Qxd8 36. Qxa7 Qd1+ 37. Kf2 Qxg4
$11 {game will be equal.}) {To be honest, I just can't find any explanation of
this move! Pelletier could play} 32... g5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (32... Qh4 $142 $1
33. Qh3 Qxh3 34. Nxh3 Be2 $17 {with edge}) 33. Nh5 $18 {And now game is over!}
Qh6 (33... Qe7 34. d6) 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 (34... Rexd5 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Qxe8+ Kh7
37. Re1 $18) 35. Qxe4 {[%csl Gd5,Gf5,Rg8,Gh5,Rh6]} Qd6 36. Qe3 Kf8 37. Qxg5 $1
Qc5+ 38. Kg2 Bxd5+ 39. Kg3 Qc7+ (39... Qxa3+ 40. Kh4 $18) 40. Nf4 Rd6 41. f6 {
[%cal Rg5g7]} 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Van Haastert, Edwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ordina Breda"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 (
{I think, that} 7... Nf6 {with posiible continuation} 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Na5 {
gives more chances for equalization}) 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Nf4 ({After} 
10. Ng5 Bf5 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 $1 14. gxh5 Bxh5 {0-1 Shirazi,
K-Varreille/FRA t-ch2 1999 (56) black doing very well.}) 10... O-O-O 11. O-O ({
White could try and} 11. Nxe6 Qxe6+ 12. Be3 g6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Bd2 Rde8 15.
Rfe1 $14 (15. Rab1 Nd6 $11 {Tereladze,S-Kononenko,T/EUR-chW Warsaw 2001/ 0-1 
(48)})) 11... Bf5 12. a4 Bxd3 $146 ({Black failed to equalize after} 12... g5
13. Ne2 h6 14. Ba3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Ng6 16. Ng3 Nh4 17. Qf6 $1 $36 {Short,
N-Timman,J/Tilburg 1990/1-0 (43)}) 13. Nxd3 {Interesting solution,} (13. cxd3 {
also doesn't look badly.}) 13... Qf5 14. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2b5]} Rde8 (14... Qe4 15.
Be3) 15. Nc5 Nd8 ({Worth considering} 15... Na5 16. Qb5 b6 {[%cal Ge7c6] with
tough position}) 16. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b7]} Nec6 {I think that this is a critical
moment of the game. Black decided for some reasons to play passively and lost
the game without big fight.} ({Deserves attention} 16... Ng6 $5 {for example}
17. Be3 (17. Qb5 Nh4 18. Nxb7 Qe4 19. f3 Qe2 $15) 17... Nh4 18. Rxb7 $140 $4
Qg6 $1 $19) 17. Be3 Nb8 $6 {Another passive move.} 18. a5 $5 (18. Nxb7 Nxb7 19.
Qb5 {looks winning, but after the forced} Nd6 20. Qxb8+ Kd7 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22.
Qc5 Rxa4 $14 {white's advantage is minimal.}) 18... Re7 19. c4 $1 Nd7 20. cxd5
Qxd5 21. Qg4 (21. Nxd7 $5 Qxd7 22. a6 b6 23. c4 $5 Qxd4 24. c5 $36 {doesn't
look badly too.}) 21... f5 22. Qh4 Rf7 23. Nd3 $5 (23. a6 $5 Nxc5 24. dxc5)
23... Ne6 (23... Qe4 24. Qg3) 24. a6 $1 bxa6 ({After} 24... b6 25. Nb4 {
[%csl Rc6] Black will get many troubles with c6 square.}) 25. Nb4 Qc4 (25...
Qe4 26. Qh5 {[%cal Gh5e2,Re2a6]}) 26. Qh5 Nd8 (26... Rff8 27. d5) 27. Qf3 Nb6 (
27... c6 28. Qf4 $5) 28. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3e5]} Qd5 29. Qh3 (29. Qe2 $5) 29...
Ne6 (29... Nc6 30. c3) 30. Ne5 Rff8 31. c4 $1 Nxc4 (31... Qe4 32. Rfe1 Nxd4 33.
Bxd4 Qxd4 34. Qa3 $18) 32. Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Rc8] It seems that
Black's position can no longer be saved - there are too many White' pieces
pointed at the black king, who is almost alone.} Nd8 34. Rfc1 Qe6 35. Bf4 c6
36. d5 Qe4 {Fritz gives now as a best option for Black 36...Qd6 - quite sad
evualation!} 37. dxc6 Qxf3 38. Rb8# 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2304"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {White choose not the most exciting line!}
exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 {I also like this move, but 7... Nge7
is not a bad reply too.} 8. Ne2 ({After boring} 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Qf3
Qxf3 11. Nxf3 Bg4 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kf2 b6 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2
Casper,T-Kindermann,S/BL 1996 (17) white hasn't even a smell of advantage.})
8... O-O 9. O-O Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4]} (9... Bg4 $6 10. f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12.
Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg5 Na5 14. f4 $1 Qd6 15. f5 $36 {1-0 Kharitonov,S-Zakharov,A/
Novgorod op 1997/CBM 60 (25)}) 10. Ng3 ({More interesting maybe} 10. Bg5 $5 {
but after, for example} h6 11. Bh4 Qd6 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. f3 Rfe8 15.
Rfe1 Nh7 $13 {1-0 Vorotnikov,V-Zakharov,A/Moscow op-11 1995 (44) black has
nothing to worry about.}) 10... Nc4 {N/} (10... Re8 11. Qf3 Bg4 12. Qf4 h6 13.
h3 Be6 14. Qf3 Nc4 15. Bf4 Nd6 16. Rfe1 c6 $11 {0-1 Rabiega,R-Kindermann,S/AUT
t-ch 1998 (36)}) (10... Bg4 $5 11. f3 Bd7 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Be5 h6
15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Eingorn,V/Metz op 1997 (35)}
) 11. Re1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Bg5 (13. Bf4 $5) 13... h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bxc4
dxc4 {[%csl Ra3,Rc3] White didn't get any advantage, but maybe it was not the
main point for him. The position is approximately equal, just White must be
cautious about the pawns on the queen side and Black about king's security.}
16. Re5 (16. Nh5 $5) 16... c6 17. Qe2 (17. Ne4 Qd8 18. Nc5 Bc8 19. Qe2 b6 20.
Ne4 Be6 $11) 17... Qd8 18. f4 Bd5 19. Qg4 Kh7 20. Rae1 (20. Nf5 $5 Qf6 21. Ne3
Rad8 $11) 20... Qa5 {Brave Kindermann even doesn't want to think about passive
defence and start hunting for white's pawns, but he underestimates the danger
for his king.} (20... Qf6 $13) 21. Nh5 Rg8 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (21... g6 $142 $8
22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Ne8+ $140 Raxe8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxe8 Qxc3 $44) 22. Qg3 $2 {
Neubauer missed nice victory, possible after} (22. Re8 $3 {[%mdl 128]} Qxc3 23.
f5 $1 {[%cal Rg4g7,Rh5f6]} g6 (23... Raxe8 24. Qxg7+ $1 $18) (23... g5 24. Nf6+
Kg7 25. Nxg8 Be6 $5 (25... Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxc2 27. h4 $18) 26. f6+ Kh8 27. R1xe6
$5 fxe6 28. Nxh6+ Kh7 (28... Rxe8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Qxg5+) 29. Re7+ Kxh6 30.
Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 31. Qh5+ $18) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nxg8 Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qxc2 27. h4 $18)
22... Qxa3 23. Re7 (23. f5 Qd6) 23... Qd6 24. Rxb7 a5 $17 {[%csl Ga5] The
situation on the board changed very quickly. Black's king is safe now and it
is difficult for white to stop the powerfull a-pawn.} 25. f5 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rgb8
27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Nf4 a4 29. Nxd5 (29. Ra1 Ra8 30. g4 a3 31. Ra2 Be4 {[%csl
Ge4][%cal Ge4c2]}) 29... cxd5 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Ra3 h5 $1 $19 {[%cal Gh7h6,Gh6g5]
} 32. f6 g5 33. Kf2 Kg6 34. Kf3 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 36th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2001.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {It is surprising, that so interesting chess player
as Arencibia has selected so boring variant!} exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... Nc6 $5 {
possibly is a easiest way to equalization.}) 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nc3
O-O-O 8. O-O-O Qe8 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Bb4 $1 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qd3 (
13. Nb1 Nf6 14. Bg2 Na5 15. c3 Bd6 $11 {Gipslis,A-Mohrlok,D/corr 1997/ doesn,t
promice any chances for advantage.}) 13... Nge7 (13... Na5 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3
Qa4 16. Bf4 Nc4 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Rhe1 Rhe8 19. g5 Nh5 20. Bh2 Qc6 21. h4 $14 {
1-0 Meijers,V-Abhau,J/Muenster op 1999 (35)}) 14. a3 $146 {New and good move.}
({After} 14. Ne2 Na5 $1 15. c3 Bd6 16. b3 Ba3+ 17. Kb1 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6b6]
Black got initiative -} 18. Nf4 Rb6 19. Bc1 Qa4 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 21. Rd2 Re8 $36 {
0-1 Kasparov,G-Bukal,V/Zagreb simul 1994 (26)}) 14... Ba5 (14... Bd6 15. Bg2 (
15. Nb5 $5)) 15. Bg2 Kb8 16. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} Ne5 ({Worth considering} 16...
Nc8 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qb3 N6e7 $14 {[%cal Gc8d6] but white's chances are slightly
better, thanks to couple of bishops.}) 17. dxe5 Qxa4 18. Kb1 Qc6 19. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Qe6 20. Rhf1 Bb6 21. Bc1 (21. Bxb6 $6 axb6 $11) 21... f5 22. exf6
(22. g5 c6 $13) 22... Qxf6 (22... gxf6 $5 23. Rde1 $36) 23. Rde1 {White
position is nice, but it is very difficult to meke real progress.} Rd7 24. Re5
(24. c4 $5 Rhd8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qb3 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 24... c6 25. Rfe1 Qf7 26.
Re6 Bc7 {[%csl Rf4]} 27. Be3 Nc8 $6 (27... Qxe6 $4 28. Bxa7+) (27... Rhd8 $5
28. Bc5 Nc8 29. Qxg6 Qxf4 $14) 28. Rxg6 $2 {Strange move! After simple} (28.
Qxg6 $142 Qxg6 29. Rxg6 Re7 30. f5 $1 {Black need good advace, for example}
Rhe8 $140 31. Re6 Rxe6 32. fxe6) 28... Re8 29. f5 Rde7 {[%cal Re7e1] Black
manage to organize real counterplay} 30. Re2 $6 (30. Qc3 Nb6 31. b3 $5 (31. Bf2
Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Re2 $132)) 30... d4 $1 31. Qxd4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 31.
Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qxd4 Rd8 33. Qb4+ Nb6 34. b3 {Arencibia could still dream about
resistance}) 31... Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d1]} 32. Rxg7 $8 Rxd4 33. Bxd4 $2 (33. Rxf7
Rd1+ 34. Ka2 Rxf7 $19) 33... Qxg7 $1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.12.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Macedonia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 (4... Nc6 $5 5. Bb5 Bd6 $11 {was the
simpliest was to equality}) 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nc3
O-O-O 10. O-O-O f6 11. Bg2 (11. a3 $5 Qd7 12. Nd2 f5 (12... Bf7 13. Nb3 Bd6 14.
Nb5 Nge7 15. Nxd6+ cxd6 16. Qd2 Kb8 17. Bf4 Ka8 18. Bd3 Bg6 19. Rhe1 Nc8 20.
Kb1 Nb6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Qd3 g5 23. Bc1 Nc4 24. Nd2 N6a5 25. b3 Nb6 26. Bb2
Nc6 27. Re3 {Delgado Crespo,M-Galiano Martinez,A/Mislata op 1999 1-0 (53)}) 13.
Nb3 Nf6 14. f3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Rhe8 16. Bg5 fxg4 17. hxg4 Qf7 18. Nb5 Kb8 19. Nxd6
cxd6 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 h6 22. Bd2 Re6 23. Na5 Nxa5 24. Bxa5 Rde8 25. Bd2
Nd7 {Kasparov,G-Short,N/Tilburg 1991/Inf 53/ /1/2-1/2 (57)}) 11... Qd7 $146 (
11... Qe8 12. Ne1 Nge7 13. Nd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 $14 Kb8 15. Rhe1 Qf7 16. a3 Nc8 {
1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Psakhis,L/Yerevan olm 1996 (16)}) 12. a3 Nge7 13. Bf4 {
[%cal Rc3b5]} Kb8 14. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} (14. Nb5 Rc8) 14... Nc8 15. Nh4 (15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Rhe8 17. Qd2 Be4 $13) 15... Bf7 16. Nf5 b6 ({Deserves
attention} 16... N6e7 $5 17. Nc5 Qc6 $13) 17. Nc3 N8e7 18. Ne3 $14 g5 19. Bg3
Bg7 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 20. Qa6 Qc8 (20... f5 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Nb5
Rd7 (23... Rc8 24. Rd3 Qd7 25. Rc3 $18 {[%cal Rc3c6]}) 24. Rd3 $36) 21. Qa4 Qb7
22. Rhe1 (22. Bf1 $142 {[%cal Gf1a6]}) 22... a6 23. Bf1 b5 $6 (23... Na5 $1 {
[%cal Gf7e8] was much stronger and leads to unclear consequenses}) 24. Bxb5 $1
{[%mdl 512]} axb5 25. Nxb5 Rd7 26. Rd3 (26. Bxc7+ $2 Rxc7 27. Nd6 Qb6 28. Nxf7
Ra7 $17) 26... Nc8 27. Na7 $2 {Mitkov missed chance to win game against one of
the strongest chessplayer in the world- after} (27. Nxc7 $1 Rxc7 (27... Nb6 28.
Na8+ $1 Kc8 29. Nxb6+ Qxb6 30. Qa8+ Nb8 31. Rc3+ $18) 28. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Ra4c6]
black is helpless, for example} (28. Rb3 Nb6 29. Qb5 Nxd4 $1) 28... Ne5 $8 (
28... f5 29. Nxf5) (28... N8e7 29. Rb3 $18) 29. dxe5 fxe5 (29... Rxc3 $2 30.
exf6+) (29... Nb6 30. Rxc7 Nxa4 (30... Qxc7 31. exf6 Nxa4 32. Bxc7+ Kxc7 33.
fxg7 Rb8 (33... Re8 $2 34. Nxd5+ $18) 34. Nf5 $18) 31. Rxb7+ Kxb7 32. Nf5 $1
fxe5 (32... Rg8 33. Nxg7 Rxg7 34. exf6) 33. Nd6+ Kb6 34. Nxf7 $18) 30. Rb3 Nb6
31. Qa5 Rc6 32. Nf5 Bf6 (32... d4 33. Bxe5+ Bxe5 34. Qxe5+ Ka7 35. Rb5 $18) 33.
Rxe5 $1 $18) 27... N8xa7 28. Rb3 Re8 29. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d3]} Bg6 $1 30. Nf5 Bxf5
31. gxf5 Qxb3 32. Qxb3+ Ka8 $132 33. Qa4 Rde7 34. c4 (34. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1a2,
Gd1d3]}) 34... dxc4 35. Qxc4 h5 $1 36. d5 Ne5 37. Bxe5 Rxe5 38. Kb1 Rc8 (38...
R5e7 $2 39. d6 $1 cxd6 (39... Rd7 40. Qe6 $3 Red8 (40... Rxe6 41. fxe6 $18) 41.
dxc7 $1 Rxd1+ 42. Ka2 R8d7 43. Qb6 $16) 40. Rxd6 $36) 39. Qa6 $6 (39. f4 $142
$1 {could be interesting possibility, for example after} Rxf5 $140 $2 40. d6
Rxf4 41. Qd5+ Kb8 (41... c6 42. Qa5 $18) 42. d7 Rd8 43. Rd3 $18 {White wins})
39... Rb8 (39... Rxf5 40. Rd4 Rf4 41. Rxf4 gxf4 42. d6 $1 $16) 40. Rc1 (40. d6
cxd6 41. Rxd6 Re7 $13) 40... Re7 41. Rc6 (41. d6 cxd6 42. Qxd6 Reb7 43. Qd5 $36
) 41... Bf8 42. b4 (42. Re6 Rd7 43. Qc4 $13) 42... Re1+ 43. Kb2 (43. Rc1 $5
Rxc1+ 44. Kxc1 Bd6 $15) 43... Bd6 {[%cal Gd6e5]} 44. Rxd6 cxd6 45. Qxd6 Re2+
46. Kb3 Rxf2 47. Qxf6 Rf3+ 48. Ka4 Rc8 49. d6 (49. Qxg5 $5 Rcc3 50. Qd8+ Kb7
51. Qd7+) 49... Rcc3 $1 $17 50. Qd8+ (50. Ka5 Rxa3+ 51. Kb6 Nc8+ 52. Kc7 Rac3+
53. Kd7 Rfe3 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd7]}) 50... Kb7 51. Qd7+ Kb6 52. Qd8+ Kb7 53. Qd7+
Kb6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 $1 55. b5+ $6 (55. Qe8+ $5 Kd5 (55... Kxd6 56. Qe6+ Kc7 57.
Qe7+ Kb6 58. Qd8+ Kb7 59. Qd7+ Ka8 60. Qd8+ Nc8 61. Qd5+ Kb8 62. Qe5+ Kb7 63.
Qd5+) 56. Qe6+ Kd4 57. Ka5 $1) 55... Kd5 $19 56. Qa8+ (56. Ka5 Nc6+ $1 57. bxc6
Rxa3+ 58. Kb6 Rfb3+ 59. Kc7 Ra7+ 60. Kc8 Ra8+ 61. Kd7 Rxd8+ 62. Kxd8 Kxd6 63.
c7 Rc3 $19) 56... Nc6 0-1

[Event "Montreal 3rd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2002.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2367"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.07.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 (4... dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 Nc6 7. Ne2
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Nd2 Rd8 {0-1 Noordhoek,H-Mainka,R/Baden Baden op
1993 (27)}) 5. Ne2 cxd4 $146 {Simple and strong move} (5... Nf6 6. Bg5 dxe4 7.
Bxe4 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. dxc5 O-O 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nd2 Ba6 13.
Ng3 Rab8 {1-0 Lukic,L-Ott,R/Winnipeg 2000 (23)}) 6. cxd4 (6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. cxd4
dxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bf3 Bd6 $11) 6... Nb4 {Unfortunately for White, he cannot
now keep his light-squared bishop on the board, which greatly reduces his
attacking potential.} 7. Bb5+ (7. e5 Nxd3+ 8. Qxd3 Bd7 $11) 7... Bd7 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. e5 Ne7 10. Nbc3 Nf5 11. a3 Nc6 12. b4 {This move may look active, but
it weakens White's position on the queen's side considerably, while not
bringing any definite benefits} Be7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Qd3 f6 15. g4 (15. f4 O-O)
15... Nh4 16. f4 {An attempt to launch an attack, which is easily suppressed
by black} f5 $1 (16... O-O) 17. h3 (17. g5 $5 h6 $15) 17... fxg4 18. hxg4 h5 $1
{Exploiting the main drawback of white's strategy.} 19. gxh5 (19. f5 hxg4 20.
fxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf4 Qh6 $40 {[%csl Rg1]}) 19... Nf5 {[%csl Gf5]} 20. Kg2 (20. b5
Ncxd4 $1 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 $140 $4 Bc5 $19) 20... Bh4 (20... Bf8 $5 {
[%cal Gd7f7]}) 21. Nb5 $1 Nce7 $5 (21... Rxh5 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. exd6 Qf7 {
[%cal Ge8d7]}) 22. a4 (22. Nxa7 Rc4 {[%csl Ra7]}) 22... a6 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24.
exd6 Nf5 25. b5 $1 Rxh5 ({Another promising possibility was} 25... Rc4 $5) 26.
bxa6 bxa6 27. Ba3 (27. Qxa6 e5 $5 {[%cal Gd7g4]} 28. Rf3 Nxd6 $17) 27... Kf7
28. Rfc1 Rxc1 ({Perhaps Black should have considered} 28... Rc4 $142 $5 29.
Rxc4 $140 dxc4 30. Qxc4 $4 (30. Qe4 $142 Nxd6 $17) 30... Qb7+ $19) 29. Rxc1
Nxd6 30. Bxd6 (30. Qxa6 e5 $1) 30... Qxd6 31. Rc8 Rh6 32. Ra8 Be7 (32... Rg6+
$5 {Worth considering} 33. Kf3 Qe7 34. Rxa6 Be1 {[%cal Ge7h4] and this
position is still in Black's favour, as his king is relatively safe.}) 33. Rxa6
Qb4 34. f5 $1 {Suddenly White is back in the game!} Qb8 35. Qg3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Terrible mistake!} ({Simple} 35. fxe6+ $142 Kg8 $8 36. Ng3 $132 {gives to
White not so bad game.}) 35... Qb1 $1 $19 36. fxe6+ Kg8 37. Ra8+ Kh7 {[%csl
Rg2][%cal Rh6g6,Rb1h1]} 38. Kf2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2523"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 (5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O
Nc6 8. c3 Bg4 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. h3 Be6 13. Re1 Nf4 14.
Bf5 Qf6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qc2 Rae8 17. Re3 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Dostal,P-Prandstetter,
E/CZE t-ch 2005 (41)}) 5... Bg4 6. O-O Be7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Re1 c5
10. dxc5 (10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Qf1 Qc7 13. c3 h6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 a6
16. Nd4 Rae8 17. N2b3 Ba7 18. g3 Ne4 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. a4 f5 21. Qg2 Kh8 22. a5
Qf6 {1-0 Ulyanovskyy,V-Caselas,J/Batalha Mestres 2003/ChessBase (77)}) (10. Qc1
Rc8 11. c3 Bd6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nxg4 Nxg4 14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kf1 Nxf2 $1 16. Bf5
Nh1 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Nf3 Qf5 19. Bh4 cxd4 20. Qb1 d3 $17 {0-1 Meijers,
V-Proehl,H/Godesburg GM 1995/ChessBase (46)}) 10... Nxc5 11. Nb3 Nce4 $146 (
11... Ne6 $5 12. Be3 (12. Bh4 Qb6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re5 Bg6 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Nfd4
Rae8 17. Re1 Ne4 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. a4 a6 20. a5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Kosintseva,
T-Mkrtchian,L/Wch G20 Athens 2001/The Week in Chess 355 (29)}) 12... Ne4 13.
Nbd4 Bf6 14. Be2 a6 15. c3 Rc8 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qd7 19. Rad1
{1/2-1/2 Nevednichy,V-Markovic,M/YUG t-ch Novi Sad 2000/Ajelibre (19)}) 12. Be3
(12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bxe4 $140 $6 dxe4 14. Rxe4 Bf5 $36) 12... Nd6 (12... Qc7
$142 $5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nbd4 Rfe8 $11) 13. h3 Bf5 (13... Bh5 $6 14. g4 Bg6 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. g5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Qd3 $5 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 $14 {
[%csl Gd4]} Bd6 17. c4 $6 {Helping black to solve opening problems} (17. Rae1
$142 Ne4 $140 18. c4) 17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Qb6 $11 19. Rc1 (19. Qd4 Qa6) (19.
Rae1 $5) 19... Rad8 (19... Rae8 $11) 20. Ne5 g6 21. Qh4 (21. a4 $5) 21... Nd5
22. Nc4 (22. Ree1 Rfe8 23. Nc4 $140 Qb4) 22... Qa6 23. Rd3 Nf4 $5 {Despite the
simplifications White still did not solved all problems.} (23... Be7 24. Qe4
Bg5 $1 25. Rcd1 (25. Rxd5 $2 Bxc1 $19) 25... Nf6 26. Qf3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Rc8 $15)
24. Re3 (24. Rxd6 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 Rxd6 26. Kxe2 Rc8 $44 {[%csl Ga6,Gc8,Gd6,Re2]
[%cal Ra6e2]}) 24... Qc6 $36 25. f3 $8 (25. Qg4 h5 26. Qf3 Qxf3 27. gxf3 Nxh3+
$19) 25... Bb8 {[%csl Gf4]} (25... Rde8 $15) 26. Kh1 {White played too
passively and very often that strategy leads to disaster.} (26. Ne5 Qa4 $5 (
26... Qb6 27. Nc4 Qb5 $15)) 26... Qd5 $17 27. Ncd2 (27. Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ge7c5]})
27... f5 {Unnacessary move.} (27... g5 $142 $5 28. Qe1 Nd3 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30.
Ne4 Bf4 $19) 28. Qe1 $2 ({The lesser evil for White was} 28. Re7 $8 h5 (28...
Nh5 29. Nf1 Bd6 30. Ree1 $15) 29. Qg5 $15) 28... Nd3 $19 29. Rxd3 Qxd3 30. Nc4
Bf4 31. Nc5 (31. Nc5 Qd5 32. Ne3 Qd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berezovsky, Igor"]
[Black "Singer, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 (7...
Bg4 $5) 8. h3 {White choose very modest setup and black equalise easy} (8. O-O
Bg4 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd5 12. h3 Be6 13. Bb3 h6 (13... Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 c5 16. Qxb7 cxd4 17. exd4 Bd6 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20.
Rb1 Rc2 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bf4 23. Re1 h6 24. a4 Qd6 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. dxc5
Nd7 27. Nd5 Bg3 28. Rc1 {Dittmar,P-Beikert,G/Oberliga Baden 2001/EXT 2002/1-0 
(46)}) 14. Re1 c6 15. Bd2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bf8 17. Ne5 Nc7 18. Be3 Ncd5 19. Qf3 Nxe3
20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. fxe3 Bd6 22. Nc4 Bc7 {Miezis,N-Tatai,S/Linares op 1995/1-0 
(36)}) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 $146 (9. Be3 $6 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Be6 12. Qd3
Nd5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. a3 Bf6 15. Rf1 Bf5+ 16. Qe2 Rxe2+ 17. Nxe2 Qe7 18. Kd1 c5
19. Rc1 Bd3 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Rxc5 Rc8 {0-1 Kastner,T-Roos,K/Passau op 1998 (30)}
) 9... Bf5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc2 12. Nh4 {Brave decision! Berezovsky
doesn't want to finish game so quickly and decided to sacrifice pawn, possibly
without enough compensation for it} (12. Rb1 Nb4 $11) 12... Nxd4 ({After} 12...
Be4 13. Nxe4 Nxa1 14. Nc3 {[%csl Ra1] knight a1 can't escape}) 13. Nxf5 Nxf5
14. Qf3 Qc8 (14... Nd6 $5) 15. Re1 Nh4 ({Worth considering} 15... Re8 $5 $13 {
protecting bishop}) (15... Rd8 16. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18. Be4) 16. Qe2 Ng6
17. Qc2 c6 18. Be3 b5 $6 {Beggining of the wrong plan - Black weaken pawn
structure on the queen's side without any real reason} (18... Qc7 $142 $15) 19.
Bb3 a5 20. a4 $1 b4 (20... Qb7 $5) 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Bf6 23. Rac1 Bxb2 24.
Rxc6 Qd7 $6 {Innacuracy! After correct} (24... Qe8 $5 25. Bb6 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 $44
{White will have enough compensation for the pawn, but, possibly , nothing more
}) 25. Rd1 Qe7 $6 {Second mistake in row will have more serious consequances
for Black!} (25... Qe8 $142 $5) 26. Qc2 $1 {Now Black lose exchange and ,
after short fight , game.} Bc3 27. Bc5 Qb7 (27... Qe5 28. Bxf8 Rxf8 29. Qd3 $16
) 28. Bxf8 Qxc6 29. Bd5 Qe8 30. Bxa8 Qxa8 31. Bc5 $16 Nf4 $2 {Final mistake}
32. Qe4 $1 (32. Qe4 Qb8 33. Qxf4) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zaitsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 {Simpliest way to
equalize game} 5. Bd3 {Rare move, ussualy white continue} (5. Bb5 {but after
for example} Bd6 6. c4 ({or} 6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Bf5 10.
Nc3 a6 11. Re1 Bg6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. a3 Qd7 15. g4 b5 16. Bb3 Rad8 $11
{0-1 Zude,A-Uhlmann,W/Frankfurt 1990 (41)}) 6... dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9.
dxc6 bxa4 10. O-O Ne7 11. Qxa4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. a3 Rb5 14. Nxc4 Nxc6 15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rxb2 {Black has no troubles, 1/2-1/2 Gubanov,
A-Volkov,S/St.Petersburg Petrov 1996 (20)}) 5... Nb4 (5... Bg4 $5) 6. Be2 ({
Maybe slightly stronger} 6. Bb5+ $5 {but after} Bd7 (6... c6 7. Be2 {[%csl Rb4]
}) 7. Qe2+ Be7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Ne5 Qc8 ({it will be interesting to check also
} 9... Qe6 {with possible continuation} 10. Qb5+ c6 11. Qxb7 Rd8 12. Kd1 Qf5
13. Na3 Qxf2 14. c3 f6 15. Nxc6 Qxg2 $132) 10. a3 Na6 11. Nc3 c6 12. Bd2 Nf6
13. O-O O-O $11 {1-0 Milov,V-Barsov,A/NRW-II 1996 (39)}) 6... Bf5 7. Na3 Nc6 $1
8. O-O {Zaitsev doesn,t worry about doubled pawns, I would prefer super modest}
(8. Nb1 $5 $11 {with equal chances}) 8... Bxa3 9. bxa3 Nge7 {Also possible} (
9... Nf6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Rb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 $11 {
0-1 Seferjan,N-Kastanieda,G/Moscow Pripis mem. 1997 (46)}) 10. Rb1 b6 11. Nh4
Be4 $1 {provoces white for the next move} 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 {After you say "a"
and must say and "b"} Be4 14. f5 Qd6 15. g3 (15. Bf4 Qf6 {[%csl Rd4,Rf5,Rh4]})
(15. f6 $142 $5 gxf6 16. Rb3 {[%cal Gc1f4]}) 15... O-O-O 16. Rb3 Qf6 17. Be3 (
17. c3 Rhe8 {[%csl Rb3]}) 17... Na5 $1 18. Rc3 Nc4 $1 $17 {It is difficult to
call this move as a pawn sacrifise-to many good squares black gets in exchange}
19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Qg4 $2 {White position is veru unpleasand and after} (20.
Rxc4 Nd5 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] but move in the text lose quicker}) 20... Nd5 $1 {
Maybe Zaitsev overlooked this simple combination ?} 21. Qxe4 Rhe8 22. Qf3 Nxc3
$19 23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Qf3 Qc6 25. Qf2 (25. d5 Qxd5) 25... Kc8 $19 26. Nf3 Qe4
27. Re1 Qxf5 28. Qg2 Qd5 (28... Nd5 $19) 29. Qh3+ Kb8 30. Kf2 Qe4 31. Ne5 f6 (
31... Rxe5 32. dxe5 Nd1+ $19) 32. Nf3 (32. Nxc4 Qxc2+ 33. Nd2 Rxe3 $1 34. Kxe3
Re8+) 32... Qxc2+ (32... Nd1+ $1) 33. Kf1 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Sulypa, Oleksandr"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Karpaty"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {Playing with black, I hate this line. I
even can't say that I have bad results here, but the game now becomes quite
dull and it is very difficult for Black to get real chances for victory.} exd5
5. Bd3 Nf6 ({I prefer} 5... Nc6 $5 {but the move in the text is not bad at all.
}) (5... c6) 6. a3 Be7 ({Black can play also} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne2 Bg4
9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 {with very good chances for equalization.})
7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 $146 (8. Nf3 h6 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Qd2
Re8 13. Rfe1 Be6 14. Nb5 Rc8 15. b4 Bf8 16. Nbd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bd6 18. Nb5 Bb8
19. Bxb8 Rxb8 20. Nxa7 d4 21. Nb5 Kh8 22. Qf4 Nd5 {Wismont,R-Vysochin,S/Krakow
op-A 1998/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (48)}) (8. Qf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Nge2 Bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Bakre,T-Harikrishna,P/Asian-ch B20 2000/IND (10)}) 8... b6 {[%cal
Gc7c5]} 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 $6 {Why?} ({Simple} 11... Bxc5 12.
O-O Nc6 13. Bg5 Be6 $11 {leads to an equal game.}) 12. c6 $1 {Of course!
Sulypa decided to keep the pawn and he did it.} Ne5 13. Bb5 a6 ({Worth
considering} 13... Qc7 14. Bf4 Bd6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 {
with reasonable compensation for the material deficit.}) 14. Ba4 Be6 15. O-O
Rc8 16. Nd4 Qa5 ({Ivanov could try} 16... Bc5 17. Nce2 ({or} 17. Be3 Bxd4 18.
Bxd4 Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 {and White has just small advantage}) 17... Ne4 {
with active pozition of light pieces}) 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bb3 Qc5 ({Doesn't
solves problems and} 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Bc5 20. Ba4 $36 (20. Rfd1 Bxd4 21.
Qxd4 Rxc6 $11)) 19. Bf4 $1 Nxa3 $2 ({Maybe} 19... Bd6 $5 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Qd3
$14 {was better choice}) 20. Qd3 (20. Na4 $5 Qa7 21. Re1 $16 {was a good
alternative to the text.}) 20... a5 21. Rfe1 {Black is in big troubles already!
} Nh5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Rxa3 $5 ({White had already pleasant choice-} 23. Nxd5 $5
Bxd5 24. Nf5 Qc7 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Bxd5 $18) 23... Qxa3 24. Ncb5 Qb2 (24...
Qb4 25. c3 $18) 25. Bc1 Qb1 26. Bd2 Qb2 27. Bc3 {[%csl Rb2]} Nf4 28. Qf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup07"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bd3 {Modest move, but} (5. Bb5 Bd6
6. c4 {goes almost to the force draw after} dxc4 7. d5 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. dxc6
bxa4 10. Qxa4 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nbd2 c3 13. bxc3 Qe8 14. Ne4 Qxc6 15. Qxc6
Nxc6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 {1/2-1/2 Kosashvili,Y-Dolmatov,S/Haifa 1995}) 5... Bd6 6.
O-O Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 {Modern setup, white,s small advantage in space
and active pieces will be enough compensation for isolated pawn.} O-O 9. Nc3 (
9. h3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Re1 (11. Nc3 Qe8 12. Re1 Qg6 13. Re4 Rae8 14. Qe2
Nd5 15. Rg4 $14 {0-1 Polgar,J-Kramnik,V/Dos Hermanas 1997 (44)}) 11... Nf5 12.
Re4 Be7 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Nc3 Kh8 15. Rxe6 {1/2-1/2 Gomez Baillo,J-Giaccio,A/
ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1998}) 9... Bg4 10. h3 {N/} (10. Be3 Nf5 11. Qd3 Nxe3 12.
fxe3 Kh8 13. Nb5 Be7 14. Qe4 f5 15. Qd5 Bd6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Rac1 a6 18. Bb3
Rb8 $11 {0-1 Bondar,A-Danielian,O/Moscow op 1998 (43)}) 10... Bh5 (10... Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qxb7 $14) 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. a3 $14 {[%cal Ra2f7,Gf1e1,Gf3e5]}
h5 $6 {Risky move, I would prefer simple development continuation} (12... Qd7
13. Re1 Rae8 {and bad now} 14. Ne5 $2 {because of} Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Nxd1
Nd4 $17 {[%cal Rd4f3,Rd4c2]}) 13. Be3 Qd7 (13... hxg4 14. hxg4 Qd7 15. Nh4) 14.
Nh4 {[%cal Rf2f5]} Rad8 15. f4 $36 Bh7 16. Qf3 (16. f5 $5 Bg3 $140 17. Nf3 $36)
16... Nc8 17. Rad1 (17. f5 $5 {[%cal Rg4g6]} Be7 18. Ng6 (18. g5 $5 Nxd4 $6 19.
Qxh5 Nxf5 20. g6 $18) 18... Nxd4 19. Qe4 Rfe8 $140 $4 20. Bxf7+) 17... Rfe8 18.
Ng2 $6 ({Active} 18. f5 $5 {produced many troubles for black, for example:} Nb6
19. Ba2 Qe7 20. Ng2 $40 {[%cal Rg4g6]}) 18... Na5 19. Ba2 Nb6 {[%csl Gc4][%cal
Ga5c4]} 20. f5 Nac4 21. Bg5 (21. Bc1 $5 $36) 21... Nxb2 22. Rb1 N2c4 (22...
Bxa3 $5) 23. a4 $5 (23. Bxd8 Nd2 24. Qxb7 Qxd8 $5 25. Qxa7 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qf6
$132 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Rf6h6]}) 23... Be7 (23... Rb8) 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 (24... Qxd4+
25. Rf2 Rxe7 26. Rd1 Ne5 $8 27. Qe2 Nd3 28. Rxd3 (28. Qxe7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh2 Qd4
30. Bb1 $18) 28... Rxe2 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe2 $18) 25. Rfd1 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qg5
(26... c6 $5) 27. a5 (27. Bxc4 Nxc4 28. Rxb7 Ne3 $1 29. Re1 (29. Nxe3 Rxe3 30.
Ne4 $1 Qh6 $1) 29... Nxg4 $17) 27... Nd2 $2 ({Mistake, maybe in time troubles,
after} 27... Nxa5 $1 28. Ne4 (28. Nb5 Re7 $17) 28... Qe7 29. Re1 Nc6 {
Matveeeva could get an advantage.}) 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Rd1 (29. axb6 $2 Qxd4+)
29... Qb2 30. axb6 axb6 $2 (30... Qxb6 $8 $132) 31. g5 $1 $40 {[%cal Rg5g6]}
Kf8 $2 $138 (31... Ra8 $1 32. g6 Rxa2 33. gxf7+ $5 Kxf7 34. Nxa2 Kg8 35. Nc3
$16) 32. g6 $18 Bg8 33. f6 $1 {[%csl Gf6,Gg6][%cal Ra2f7]} gxf6 34. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bluvshtein, Mark"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 (5... Nc6 $5) (5... Nf6 $5
) 6. Qh5 Qd6 $5 {A rare, but, maybe, not bad move at all. Black also tried:} (
6... c6 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Bg5 Nf8 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Qd7 11. a3 Bd6 12. Bg3 Nh7 13.
Bxh7 Rxh7 14. Rae1 Kf8 15. Nc1 Nf5 16. N3e2 Qd8 17. Bxd6+ Nxd6 18. Ng3 g6 19.
Qe2 h5 20. Nd3 h4 21. Nh1 Bf5 $13 {1/2-1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O-Gallego Eraso,F/
Andorra Andbanc Quad 2004/(28)}) (6... c5 $6 7. dxc5 d4 8. a3 Qa5 9. axb4 $1
Qxa1 10. Nce2 Nbc6 11. Nf3 Nxb4 12. Bb5+ Nbc6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Nexd4 Bd7 15. Bc4
Ng6 16. Nb5 $40 {1-0 Glek,I-Hochstrasser,M/Zuerich Weihnachts op 1999 (23)}) (
6... Nbc6 7. a3 (7. Nf3 Be6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Nb5 Qd7 10. Ng5 g6 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12.
O-O h6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf5 16. Be3 a6 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qe4
{1/2-1/2 Arnason,J-Uhlmann,W/Novi Sad olm 1990 (18)}) 7... Bd6 8. Nge2 Be6 9.
O-O Qd7 10. Nb5 O-O-O 11. b4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Nxd6+ cxd6 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
c4 Ne7 16. c5 Ng6 17. Bd2 Kb8 $14 {1-0 Kritz,L-Firman,N/Wch B18 Oropesa del
Mar 2000/ (52)}) 7. a3 $146 (7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Bf4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qc6 10. O-O Nf6 {
1/2-1/2 Becerra Rivero,J-Arencibia,W/CUB-ch Santa Clara 1999/ (10)}) 7... Bxc3+
8. bxc3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7f6]} 9. Ne2 (9. Nf3 Ng6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Qg5
O-O-O $13) 9... Ng6 $1 (9... Nf6 10. Qg5 $5) 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qg5 (11. Qf3 $5
O-O (11... Bg4 12. Qe3+) 12. h3 Re8 $13) 11... O-O {Black achieved everything
he wanted from the opening and all his pieces have occupied ideal positions in
this variation.} 12. a4 {[%cal Rc1a3]} (12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Be6 $11) 12... Re8
13. Ba3 Qd7 {[%csl Ra4]} 14. a5 Ne4 15. Qc1 (15. Qh5 $5) 15... b6 (15... Qc6 $5
) 16. a6 {[%csl Ra6]} (16. f3 $142 Nd6 17. Nf4) 16... c6 17. f3 Nd6 18. f4 $2 {
[%csl Re4]} (18. Nf4 $5) 18... f5 $1 {The closed position gives Black an
opportunity to neutralize White's activity and to obtain a competent play.} 19.
Ng3 (19. Bxd6 $5 Qxd6 20. Ng3) 19... Ne4 20. Bb4 {[%csl Rb4] White's
dark-squared bishop is very passive, which determines black's advantage} Qf7
21. Nxe4 dxe4 $5 (21... fxe4 22. Be2 Nh4 $5) 22. Be2 Rd8 (22... Be6 $5 {
[%cal Ge6c4]}) 23. Qa3 (23. Bh5 $5) 23... Be6 24. Bh5 Bc4 {Efimenko exploits
the weak light sqares in his opponent's camp.} 25. Rfe1 {[%cal Gb4d6,Gd6e5]}
Qe6 $1 26. Bxg6 Qxg6 {[%csl Rb4,Gc4] Black's chances are much better, thanks
to the better pawn structure and to more active pieces.} 27. Re3 (27. Be7 Rd7
28. Bh4 Qg4 $17) 27... Rd7 {Black has played vigorously and has obtained an
almost winning position.} 28. Rae1 Qh6 (28... c5 $142 $5 29. dxc5 Rd2 30. Rg3 (
30. g3 Qh6 31. h4 b5 $5 {[%csl Gc4,Gd2,Gh6]}) 30... Qh6 31. Rg5 Qh4 $19) 29. g3
(29. Be7 Qxf4 $19) 29... c5 $1 30. dxc5 Qh3 $1 {[%cal Rd7d2]} (30... Rd2 {
was good enough}) 31. Qc1 (31. g4 Qxg4+ 32. Rg3 Qxf4 $19) 31... Rad8 $19 {
White can't protect his king anymore. The rest is simple.} 32. g4 $8 (32. cxb6
Rd2 33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bxe2) (32. c6 Rd2 33. R3e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 Bxe2 35. c7
Re8 $19) 32... Qh4 (32... Qxg4+ $143 33. Rg3) 33. Rg3 Rd2 34. Rg2 e3 $1 35.
gxf5 Rxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Bd5+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 $5) (5... c6 $5)
6. a3 Bxc3+ (6... Be7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Be3 Nf6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6
12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. O-O-O Na5 14. Ne5 c6 15. h4 $40 {1-0 Galego,L-Ryan,J/
Mondariz zt 2000/CBM 79 (39)}) 7. bxc3 Qf6 {I don't like this move and would
prefer to see on f6 knight but not queen -} (7... Nf6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Na5 {
looks good for Black, for example} 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Bf4
Re8 14. Be5 h6 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Eingorn,V/Metz op 1997 (35)}) 8. Qh5 ({Another good move
in this position is} 8. Rb1 $5 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 8... Nge7 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Ne2
Qg4 11. Ng3 $1 {Stronger than} (11. Qxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bf5 13. Rb1 f6 14. Bd2
O-O-O 15. Kf2 Na5 16. Rhe1 Rhe8 $11 {Fressinet,L-Bricard,E/Saint Affrique op
2000/ 1-0 (38)}) 11... h6 ({Worth consideration} 11... Qxh5 $5 12. Nxh5 O-O {
and after} 13. Bxe7 (13. Bf4 Bg4 14. Ng3 Rac8) (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Nxe7 14. Kd2
Bd7 15. Rhe1 Rfe8 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Re3 g6 18. h4 Rad8 19. Rae1 Kf8 $11 {Dorfman,
J-Bricard,E/Cannes op 1992/1/2-1/2 (61) Black equlised chances}) 12. Bxe7 $5
$146 (12. Be3 g6 13. Qxg4 Bxg4 14. c4 O-O-O 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. O-O Be6 17. Ne4
Nde7 18. c3 Ne5 19. Be2 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Bxe2 21. Rxe2 Nc4 22. Nf6 Nd5 23. Nxd5
Rxd5 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bg3 f5 26. f4 g4 {Hund,B-Dahlgrun,A/GER-ch w 1987/0-1 (60)}
) 12... Nxe7 13. O-O Qxh5 14. Nxh5 O-O 15. Rae1 {Compare to aready mentioned
game Dorfman,J-Bricard,E/Cannes op 1992 white's initiative is more dangerous
here- Black lost tempi on h6 - but still black's position is very tough.} Re8 (
15... Nc6 $6 16. Nf4 Rd8 $140 17. Nxd5 $1 $18) (15... Ng6 16. f4 Bg4 17. Ng3
$36 {[%csl Rg4,Rg6][%cal Gf4f5]}) 16. Re3 Kf8 (16... Bg4 $2 17. Nxg7 $1 (17.
Rfe1 Bxh5 18. Rxe7 Kf8 $11) 17... Kxg7 18. Rg3 $16) 17. Rfe1 Be6 (17... Bg4 $2
18. Nxg7) 18. f4 g6 ({Doesn't look to bad and} 18... Ng8 $5 19. f5 Bd7) 19. Nf6
Red8 20. g4 $36 {[%csl Gf6]} Rd6 (20... Kg7 $142 $1 21. g5 Ng8 $11) 21. g5 Kg7
22. h4 hxg5 (22... Ng8 23. f5 $1 gxf5 24. Nh5+ Kh8 25. Nf4) 23. hxg5 Ng8 24. f5
$1 {Annageldyev plays all game with great energy} gxf5 25. Nh5+ Kg6 26. Rh3 $1
Bd7 ({It was very dangerous to take second pawn -} 26... Kxg5 27. Rg3+ $1 (27.
Re2 Nh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6g4]}) 27... Kh6 (27... Kxh5 $4 28. Re2 $18 {[%cal Re2h2]})
28. Kf2 Ne7 (28... Bd7 29. Rh1 Rg6 30. Nf6+ $18) 29. Nf4 (29. Rh1 Ng6) 29...
Ng6 30. Rxg6+ fxg6 31. Nxe6 {[%cal Re1h1]} Kh7 $8 32. Nxc7 Rc8 33. Re7+ Kh6 34.
Bf1 $1 $16 {[%cal Gf1g2] and white's advantage is obvious}) 27. Kf2 (27. Nf4+
Kxg5 28. Rg3+ Kh6 $8 (28... Kxf4 29. Kg2 $18) 29. Kf2 Kh7) 27... Re8 28. Nf4+
Kg7 29. Reh1 (29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Bxf5 $36) 29... b6 (29... Kf8 $5) (29... b5 $5)
30. c4 $1 {White calmly brings more pieces into attack, making Black's
survival impossible.} dxc4 (30... Ne7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Ng8 33. cxd5 $18)
31. Bxc4 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Rh3h7]} Kf8 32. Rh7 Re7 33. Nd5 $1 Be6 (33... Rc6 34.
g6 $1 Rxg6 (34... Rxc4 35. g7+ Ke8 36. Rh8 Rxc2+ 37. Kg3 f4+ 38. Kxf4 $18) (
34... fxg6 35. Nxe7 Nxe7 36. Rh8+ Kg7 37. R1h7+ Kf6 38. Rf7+ $18)) (33... Re4
$5 34. Nxc7 $1 (34. Nf6 Rxf6 (34... Nxf6 35. Rxf7+ Kg8 36. Rxd7+ $18) 35. gxf6
Be6 $16) 34... Re7 35. Nd5 Re4 36. Nf6 $18) 34. Nxe7 Nxe7 (34... Kxe7 35. Re1)
35. Bxe6 Rxe6 (35... fxe6 36. Rh8+ Ng8 37. Ke3 $18) 36. Rh8+ Ng8 37. R1h6 $1
$18 {White has both positional and material advantage, so the rest is pretty
clear} Re4 (37... Rg6 38. Kf3 (38. Rxg6 fxg6 39. Rh7 Ne7 40. c4 a6 41. a4 $18)
38... Rxg5 39. Rc6 Kg7 40. Rh1 Rg4 41. Rd1 $18) 38. c3 c5 (38... Rg4 39. Rc6)
39. d5 c4 (39... Rc4 40. g6 Rxc3 41. gxf7 Kxf7 42. R8h7+ Kf8 43. Rc6) 40. g6 $1
Rg4 41. d6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2418"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.05.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 (5. c4 $5) 5... Ne7 6. O-O
Nbc6 $11 {Black hasn't even a shadow of troubles in this line.} 7. c3 Bg4 (7...
Bf5 $5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Re1+ Nfe7 $11) 8. Bg5 Qd7 9. Nbd2 f6 ({
I would prefer} 9... O-O $5 $11 {with equal chances}) 10. Bh4 Ng6 (10... Nf5
11. Re1+ Nce7 12. Bxf5 Bxf5 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 O-O 15. Nh4 Rfe8 16. Nxf5
Nxf5 17. Qb3 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Izbinski,B-Schmidt,W/POL t-ch Krynica 1997 (30)})
(10... h5 11. Qc2 O-O-O 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13. Nf1 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g5 15. Bg3 Bxg3 16.
fxg3 Nf5 17. Ne3 Nce7 $11 {McMorrow,J-Rendle,T/Aberdeen Glorney Cup 2004/0-1 
(61)}) ({It would have been much safer to evacuate the king from the centre} 
10... O-O-O 11. b4 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. Qa4 Kb8 14. Bb5 Nge7 15. Rab1 h5 16. Rb3
h4 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 Nxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Artamonova,V-Romanova,I/St.
Petersburg-11 w 2002 (58)}) 11. Bg3 Nf4 12. Bxf4 $5 $146 (12. Re1+ Ne7 13. Bc2
O-O 14. Nf1 c6 15. Ne3 Bh5 16. Qb1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qh3 18. Bf5 Nxf5 19. Qxf5 Rfe8
20. Bxf4 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf4 22. Nh4 Kf7 23. Ng2 Bd6 24. Re3 Re6 25. Rae1 Rae8
26. h3 g6 {Wouterson,R-Van der Berg,E/Haarlem op 1986/0-1 (72)}) (12. Bb5 $5 a6
13. Re1+ Kf7 14. Bf1 (14. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 (14... Qxc6 15. Ne5+ $1 fxe5 16. Qxg4
$18) 15. h3 Bh5 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Nb3 Rhe8 $13) 14... Ne7 15. c4 c6 16. h3 Bh5
17. Bxf4 Bxf4 18. Nb3 b6 19. Ng5+ (19. c5 b5 20. Ne5+ $5) 19... Kg6 20. Nf3 Kf7
21. Ng5+ Bxg5 22. Qxh5+ g6 23. Qf3 a5 {Trojek,P-Vrana,F/Moravia t-ch 1998/0-1 
(42)}) 12... Bxf4 13. h3 Be6 (13... Bh5 14. Re1+ Ne7 15. Qb3 O-O-O 16. Qa3 Nc6
17. b4 $14) 14. Re1 {The fight has taken a favourable turn for White.} O-O-O {
[%csl Rc8] A risky move! Black either underestimated the danger or didn't see
a decent alternative.} (14... O-O 15. Qc2 $36 {also looks nice for white.}) ({
As know how badly this move turned out for Black in this game, I dare
suggesting} 14... Kf7 $5 {with good chances for defense}) 15. Nb3 {[%cal Gb3c5]
Black does not have weak pawns but falls behind in development} Bd6 (15... Bxh3
16. Nc5 (16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Bf1 Qg4+ 18. Bg2 $16) 16... Qg4 17. Bf1 Qg6 $140 18.
Qd3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rd3b5]}) 16. Bb5 $1 $16 {[%cal Rb3a5][%mdl 128] Now there is
no doubt of White's advantage - all his pieces stand better, while Black does
not have any compensation for the poor position of his king.} Rde8 (16... Bxh3
17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bf1 Qg4+ 19. Bg2 $16) 17. Nc5 (17. Na5 $5) 17... Bxc5 18.
dxc5 a6 (18... Bf5 19. Nd4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 $16) 19. Bxc6 $1 Qxc6 (19... bxc6 20.
Nd4 Bf7 21. Qa4 Kb7 22. Nb3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Rb3a5]}) 20. Nd4 Qd7 21. c6 $1 {
Final blow!} bxc6 (21... Qd6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qg4 Rhe8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Re1
$1 $18) (21... Qf7 22. cxb7+ Kxb7 (22... Kb8 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Qxa6 $18) 23. Nxe6
) 22. Qe2 $18 Qd6 23. Nxe6 Kd7 24. Qg4 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 (25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxg7+ {
[%csl Rh8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.06"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Be7 (5... Bb4+ {is also good
move}) 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 ({It looks that} 7. Bd3 {could offer more active
possibilities or white, for example} Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qxh5 Nf6 14. Qh4 Qxd4 15. Nce4 Qd3 16. Bf4 $36 {
1/2-1/2 Miezis,N-Shirov,A/Tallinn rapid 2000 (77)}) 7... Nc6 (7... Bg4 8. c5 c6
9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bf4 Re8 11. b4 Nf8 12. h3 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. Ne5
Nhf4 {0-1 Walker,H-Payne,R/BCF t-ch3 0001 2001/ENG (28)}) 8. O-O (8. h3 Be6 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd5 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Qe2 Qf6 15. Nh2
a6 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Ng4 Qh4 {1-0 Ragosin,J-Koerholz,L/RLP t-ch 9899 1999/
Chess-international (26)}) 8... Be6 $146 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a3 Bf5 11.
d5 Na7 12. Bf4 Nc8 13. Nd4 Bg6 14. Re1 Nd6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. h3 Nh5
$11 {Petronijevic,Z-Petkovic,R/YUG-ch op 1995/0-1 (64)}) (8... Bg4 9. cxd5 Nb4
10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 Nbxd5 12. Bh2 Bd6 13. Re1 Bxh2+ 14. Nxh2 Bxe2 15. Rxe2 c6
16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Nf3 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,N-Aliabiev,B/
Moscow-ch 1996 (47)}) 9. cxd5 (9. c5 $5 Ne4 10. Qb3) 9... Nxd5 $11 {I don,t
see even shadow of troubles for Black in this line} 10. Bb5 Ncb4 11. Re1 (11.
a3 a6 12. Ba4 b5 $5) 11... a6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. h3 Bf6 15. Re4 Qd7
16. Bg5 ({Worth considering} 16. Na4 $5 b6 17. Nc3 {trying to weaken <<}) 16...
h6 17. Bxf6 (17. Nxd5 $2 Qxd5 $19) 17... Nxf6 18. Rf4 (18. Re3 Rad8 {[%csl Rd4]
}) (18. Rh4 $5) 18... Rad8 19. Qd2 Qe7 $36 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd8d2]} 20. Rh4 Rd6
21. Re1 Red8 22. Bd3 (22. Bc4 Qd7 $15) 22... Qf8 $1 {[%cal Rg7g5] With strong
threat- g5!} 23. Rf4 $8 (23. Bb1 g5 $1 24. Ne4 (24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5+ Qg7 $19
) 24... Nxe4 25. Rhxe4 Bf5 26. R4e3 Bxb1 27. Rxb1 Nxd4 $19) 23... Bc8 $1 {
[%cal Gg7g5] Again g5 is in the air, and it is very difficult for White to
stop it.} (23... Nb4 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Ne4) 24. h4 Nh5 {[%csl Rf4]} 25. d5 (25.
Rfe4 Bf5) 25... Nxf4 26. Qxf4 Ne7 27. Qe4 {White pieces are active, but not
active enough to compensate exchange.} Nf5 28. h5 (28. g4 Rg6 29. Qf4 Nxh4 $1
30. Bxg6 Nxg6 31. Qxc7 Bxg4 $19) 28... c6 (28... Rb6 $5 {[%cal Gb6b4]}) 29. Qf4
g5 ({Maybe} 29... Ne7 $5 {was easiest way to victory, for example} 30. Qe4 $140
Bf5 31. Qxe7 Bxd3 $19) 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Ne4 Rxd5 32. Bc4 Be6 33. g4 (33. Bxd5
Bxd5 34. g4 $5 $17) 33... g5 34. Nfxg5 $2 {Serious mistake, everything will be
not so clear after} (34. Bxd5 $1 Rxd5 (34... gxf4 35. Bxe6+ Kg7 36. Bxf5 $132)
35. Nfxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Qg7 37. Nf6+ Kf7 38. Qxg7+ Nxg7 39. Nxd5 Bxd5 40. f4
$5) 34... hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Ng7 (35... Ng7 36. Nf6+ Kf7 37. Nxd5 Bxd5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 {Good line fore guys, who doesn't want to
study long and unclear variations .} exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 (5... Nf6 {another good
move.}) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. Ne2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 {I am not sure that
Black needs to play this move.} (9... Na5 10. Ng3 Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 {looks very
safe for Black, for example} 12. Re1 Nc4 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Be5 h6 15. Bxc4 dxc4
16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Bd5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,
K-Eingorn,V/Metz op 1997 (35)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Na5 12. Re1 $146 (12. Qd2 $5
{[%cal Gd2f4] looks more dangerous for Black} Qd6 13. Bg3 Qc6 14. Qf4 Re7 15.
Bh4 Kf8 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Nf4 Rd7 19. g4 Rd6 $14 {Nataf,I-Short,
N/Wch New Delhi 2000//1/2-1/2 (41)}) 12... Qd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6c6,Ga5c4]} 13. Bxf6
{Its became clear that white is playing just for a draw} (13. Bg3 Qc6 {[%cal
Gf6e4]}) 13... Qxf6 14. Nf4 Rxe1+ (14... Be6 15. Qd2 $11) 15. Qxe1 Be6 16. Qe3
({Black has nothing to worry about after} 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Re1
Kf7 {[%csl Ra3,Rc2,Rc3][%cal Ga8e8,Gf7f6]}) 16... c6 (16... Re8 $2 17. Nxd5)
17. Re1 Re8 18. Qg3 ({Perhaps White should have preferred} 18. Qe5 $5 Qxe5 19.
Rxe5 Bd7 $11) 18... Qg5 $1 19. Qxg5 $6 ({Worth considering} 19. f3 {or even}) (
19. Re5 Qxg3 20. hxg3 $11) 19... hxg5 20. Nxe6 (20. Nh5 Kf8) 20... Rxe6 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Kf1 Kf7 {Black's chanses are better in endgame} 23. Ke2 Kf6 24.
Kf3 b6 $1 (24... e5 25. Kg4 $11) 25. Kg4 c5 {[%cal Ga5b7,Gb7d6]} 26. f4 (26.
Ba6 $142 $5) 26... gxf4 27. Kxf4 c4 28. Be2 g5+ 29. Kg4 (29. Ke3 Nb7 30. Bf3
Nd6 31. a4 a5 {[%cal Gb6b5]}) 29... Nb7 {Finally black knight move closer to
week white's pawns and White needs already good advice.} 30. h4 gxh4 31. Kxh4
Nd6 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Rd6b5,Rd6e4]} 32. Kh5 Ne4 33. Bf3 (33. g4 $2 Ng3+ 34. Kh6
Nxe2 35. g5+ Kf7 36. Kh7 Nf4 $19) 33... Nxc3 34. Kh6 ({After} 34. g4 {Black
can choose between simple and strong} Kg7 $1 $19 {[%cal Gc3b5]} ({and sharp
line} 34... Nb5 $5 35. Kh6 Nxd4 36. g5+ Ke5 37. Bg4 Nxc2 $1 38. g6 Ne3 39. Bh3
c3 $19)) 34... Ne4 (34... Nb5 35. g4) 35. g4 Ng5 36. Be2 (36. Bd1 $5 b5 37. c3
a5 38. Bc2 Nf7+ 39. Kh5 e5) 36... b5 37. c3 a5 38. Bd1 Nf7+ 39. Kh5 Kg7 (39...
e5 40. g5+ Kg7 41. dxe5 Nxe5 $19) (39... Ng5 $5) 40. Bc2 Kf6 41. Bb1 Ng5 42.
Kh6 Nf3 43. Bc2 e5 $1 {Final breakthrough!} 44. g5+ Nxg5 45. dxe5+ Kxe5 46.
Kxg5 d4 $19 47. a4 (47. cxd4+ Kxd4 48. Kf4 Kc3 49. Bf5 Kb2 50. Ke3 c3 51. Kd4
b4) 47... d3 (47... b4 $5) 48. Bd1 b4 49. cxb4 c3 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 {Strange choice for so agressive chessplayer as
Vadim Milov} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 (4... Nc6 $5 {Was the most popular move last
years.}) 5. c4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 (8. O-O Bxc3 (8... Bg4 $5)
9. bxc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Ne4 h6 $14 {
0-1 Thesing,M-Kindermann,S/BL 1993 (31)}) 8... c5 {N/ Interesting novelty, but
black hasn,t too many problems and after} (8... Bg4 {for example} 9. O-O (9.
Be3 $6 Nd5 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 b5 $1 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. Qxb5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nd7 17. Rac1 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Gulko-Psakhis,L/Riga ch
USSR 1985 (72)}) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be2 Rad8 13. Qb3 Bd6 14.
Rad1 Na5 15. Qc2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 h6 17. Qd3 a6 18. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Okhotnik,
V-Hebert,J/Paris op 1995 (29)}) ({Deserves attention also} 8... Re8+ $5 9. Be3
Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd5 13. Nd2 b5 14. Qe2 Nbd7 $11 {
1-0 Colovic,A-Kacakovski,D/Skopje op 1998 (32)}) 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4
$5 Nc6 $140 11. Qh4 Qa5 12. Bg5 $36) 10... Bg4 11. f3 (11. Qb3 $6 Qxd4 12. Qxb4
Nc6 13. Be3 Nxb4 14. Bxd4 Nc2 15. Bxf6 Nxa1 16. Bxg7 Rfc8 $1) (11. Qd3 Nbd7 $11
) 11... Bh5 12. Be3 Nbd7 $11 {Black successfully finished development, game is
equal.} 13. Nd5 (13. Qb3 $5) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nf6 $5 15. Bb3 $6 (15. Bxb7
$142 $5 Qe7 16. Qb3 $1 Qxb7 (16... Rab8 17. Be4 Nxe4 $140 $2 18. Nc6) 17. a3
Rfb8 18. axb4 Qxb4 $11) 15... Re8 16. Nc2 (16. Bf2 Qa5 $5 (16... Ne4 17. Bxf7+
$1 Bxf7 (17... Kxf7 $2 18. Qb3+) 18. fxe4 Rxe4 $11)) 16... Bd6 17. Kh1 Ne4 (
17... Qc7 $5) 18. Qe1 (18. Bxf7+ $142 $1 Bxf7 19. fxe4) 18... Nc5 19. Qd2 Nxb3
20. axb3 Bg6 $15 21. Bg1 Bxh2 $5 {Nice move wins pawn, but, unfortunately not
game.Black could continue} (21... Rc8 $5 {with small advantage.}) 22. Qxd8
Rexd8 23. Kxh2 Bxc2 24. Bxa7 Bxb3 25. Bb6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Re8 27. Ra3 {[%cal
Ga3d3,Gd3d8]} Bc4 28. Re3 Ra8 (28... Rc8 29. Re7 Bd5 30. Rd7 $11) 29. Re7 Bd5
30. Rd7 Bc6 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Bxd8 $11 {White hasn,t real troubles in ending
in spite of material disbalance.} f6 33. Kg3 Kf7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Bb6 Ke6 36. Ba5
h4 37. Bb6 g5 38. Bd8 Kf5 39. Be7 Kg6 40. Bd8 f5 (40... f5 41. f4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 73th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grafl, Florian"]
[Black "Berezovsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.11.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Ba5 (6... Bxc3+ $5
7. bxc3 Nf6 $13 {is the easiest way to equalization according to modern theory.
}) 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Qh5 (8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qe2 f6 11. g4 Bf7 12. b4 Bb6
13. Nd1 h5 14. g5 h4 15. c3 Bh5 16. gxf6 gxf6 17. a4 a5 18. b5 Na7 19. Bf4 Qd7
20. Ne3 O-O-O 21. Kd2 Kb8 22. Rag1 Rdg8 {Chajes,O-Nimzovich,A/Karlsbad 1923/
1-0 (59)}) 8... Be6 9. b4 (9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qd7 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6
fxe6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Rfe1 Rde8 15. Bf4 g6 16. Qh3 Rhf8 {Hamdouchi,H-Matamoros
Franco,C/Sevilla op 2002/The Week in Chess 376/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 9... Bb6 10. Nf3
a6 $146 {Novelty.Berezovsky tries to keep bishop.} (10... Qd6 11. Na4 g6 12.
Qh6 Bf5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Bf4 Qe6+ 15. Kd2 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nf5 17. Qh3 O-O-O 18.
Rhe1 Qd7 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 21. Be5 Rhf8 22. Ng5 f6 23. Bxd6 fxg5 24.
Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Kc3 Rxf2 26. Rf1 Rxg2 27. Rf7+ Kc8 28. Re1 {1-0 Strikovic,
A-Romero Holmes,A/Leon-B (Knaak) 1996 (28)}) (10... Qd7 11. b5 Ba5 12. Bd2 Nb8
13. Ng5 h6 14. O-O g6 15. Qh4 Bf5 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Nf3 Bxd3 18. cxd3 g5 19. Qh5
Ng6 20. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Hickl,J-Uhlmann,W/Baden Baden-B 1992/[Knaak] (43)}) 11.
Ne2 ({Worth considering} 11. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5] and in the case of} Ba7 12.
Nc5) 11... Qd7 12. h3 (12. Ng5 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. O-O g6 $13 {[%cal Ge7f5]
leads to complicated but nice game for black}) 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 (13. Ng5 g6)
13... Qxf5 14. Qxf5 Nxf5 $15 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gf5d6,Gd6c4,Gd6e4] Black did
very well in opening.He managed to exchange light coloured bishops and already
got initiative in the endgame.} 15. O-O-O Nd6 16. Nc3 Ne7 17. Rhe1 c6 18. Bf4
Nc4 19. Na4 {Most natural move} ({but} 19. a4 $5 {with the idea to meet} f6 {
with} 20. Nd2 $5 $13 {also deserves attention, for example} Bxd4 $140 21. Nxd5
$1 Bb2+ 22. Kb1 cxd5 23. Nxc4 Bc3 24. Re3 $36) 19... Bd8 20. Nc5 b6 21. Nb7 $1
f6 22. Re6 $2 {Big mistake, Grafl simply overestimate his position.} ({Correct
} 22. Nd6+ $1 Nxd6 23. Bxd6 Kd7 $11 {leads to the game with equal chances})
22... Kd7 {[%csl Rb7]} 23. Rde1 Ng6 24. Bg3 Bc7 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc7e5]
White now has big troubles - he can't protect knight on b7} (24... Nge5 $2 25.
dxe5 Kxe6 26. Nd4+ Kd7 27. e6+ Ke8 28. Nd6+ Nxd6 29. Bxd6 $44) 25. Nh4 Be5 (
25... Bxg3 $5 {could be another way to victory, after} 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Re7+
Kc8 28. fxg3 Rb8 29. Rxg7 Rxb7 30. Rxg6 Rf7 $19 {black's victory just question
of time and simple tecnique}) 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Bxe5 $2 (27. R1xe5 $5 {could
be the last chance for white to escape, for example} fxe5 (27... Nxe5 28. Rd6+
Kc7 29. dxe5 $132) 28. Rxg6 Rag8 (28... Rab8 29. Rxg7+ Kc8 30. Bxe5 $1 $18) 29.
dxe5 Rh6 $17) 27... Kxe6 28. Bd6+ Kf5 29. f4 {[%cal Rg2g4]} g5 (29... Nxd6 $5
30. Nxd6+ Kxf4 $19 {[%cal Gf4g3]}) 30. fxg5 Kxg5 31. Rf1 Rh4 $19 {Rest is
simple} (31... Nxa3 $5) 32. Bc7 Re4 (32... Rc8 $5) 33. Nd6 Nxd6 34. Bxd6 Rxd4
35. Bc7 b5 36. Rf3 Re8 37. Bd6 Kg6 38. Rg3+ Kf7 39. Bc5 Re1+ 40. Kb2 Rd2 41.
Be3 Rdd1 42. Kb3 d4 43. Rf3 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 (5. d4) (5. Qe2) 5... Nf6 6.
d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nc3 c6 $146 ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Nb5
Bf8 12. Bf4 Na6 13. a3 c6 14. Nc3 Nc7 15. Be5 Bd6 16. Re1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18.
Qd2 Nc5 19. b4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 f6 21. Na4 b6 22. Rac1 Bd7 23. Nc3 a5 24. Na4 Ne6
25. exf6 {Kuzmin,G (2530)-Andrianov,N/Krasnoyarsk 1980/EXT 2002/1/2-1/2 (32)})
11. Ne5 Nbd7 ({RR} 11... c5) 12. Bf4 Qc7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Re3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Rxe5
16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe2 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. g3 d4 20. Rf3 dxc3 21. Kxh2 cxb2 22.
Rb1 Qa5 23. Re3 Nd5 24. Re5 f6 25. Re4 Nc3 26. Qd2 Qa3 $6 (26... b6 $142 27.
Bc4+ Kh7 28. Qxd7 Nxe4 29. Bd3 f5 $17) 27. Bc4+ Kh7 $4 {Donne la possibilité
aux blancs de gagner un tempo décisif sur l'échec Qf5} (27... Kh8 $142 28. Rh4
Nxb1 $4 (28... Nd5 $8) 29. Rxh6+ $3) 28. Qxd7 Nxb1 29. Bd3 f5 30. Qxf5+ Kg8 31.
Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qg6 Qxd3 33. cxd3 Nc3 34. Re7 Rg8 35. Rxb7 b1=Q 36. Rxb1 Nxb1 37.
Qxc6 Nd2 38. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Bedouin, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:01:18]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 6. d4
{[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:54]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:
23]} 8. h3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:02]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:12]} h6 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Re8 {[%emt 0:06:50]} 11. Rxe8+ {
[%emt 0:00:58]} ({RR} 11. Nbd2 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nc6 13. c3 Ne7 14. Nf1 Bf5 {
1/2-1/2 Belikov,V (2519)-Shtyrenkov,V (2459)/Alushta 2005/CBM 108 ext}) 11...
Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} (12. Be3) 12... c6 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} (13... Be6) 14. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 15. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:
00:33]} 16. c3 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:33]}
Ndf6 {[%emt 0:07:39]} 18. Re1 {[%emt 0:01:16][%cal Ge1e8,Gf3e5,Gf2f3]} Qb8 {
[%emt 0:02:44]} 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:01:45]} (19. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3]}) 19... Qc7
{[%emt 0:01:01]} 20. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:45]} 21. Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 22. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} 23. Nxf4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:
43]} Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 25. Kf1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 26.
Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 27. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} a5 {[%emt 0:
00:53]} 28. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Nfd6 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 29. f3 {[%emt 0:00:43]}
Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:15][%cal Gc7e6]} 30. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne6 $11 {[%emt 0:00:
50]} 31. Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:31]}
Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 33. Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} g5 {[%emt 0:04:36]} 35. g4+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 37. b4 {[%emt 0:00:50][%csl
Rc6]} a4 {[%emt 0:04:08]} 38. a3 {[%emt 0:06:12]} f5 $1 {[%emt 0:04:03] Il n'y
a plus de leviers pour les Blancs et la nulle est inévitable} 39. Kc2 {[%emt 0:
03:57]} f4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 40. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41.
Ka1 {[%emt 0:03:10]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:04:22]} 42. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Arun Prasad, Subramanian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {Rarement joué à ce niveau} dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3
c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 (6... Be7 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Rd8 10. Nb5 Qa5 11. c4 a6
12. Nbc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Ne5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. b3 Bd7 17. Bg5 Be8 18.
Bh4 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8 21. Rad1 Qe5 22. Nde2 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3
24. Qxd3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Qd4 Qf5 27. h3 b4 28. Ne4 Kf8 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30.
Qd2 Bc6 31. Ng3 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Nh5 Be4 34. Nxf6 Bxf6 35. Bxf6 Bb1 36.
Bd4 {Onischuk,V (2594)-Berkes,F (2665) Zalakaros 2014 1/2-1/2}) 7. Be3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Ne5 9. Nc3 (9. O-O Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 $32) 9... Bb4 10. Ndb5 $5 Bd7 11. a3
Bxc3+ (11... Bxb5 12. axb4 Bc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. b5 $14 {[%csl Ra7]}) 12. Nxc3
Nxf3+ $146 (12... Qc7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Bg5 Bc6 17. Qg3
Nh5 18. Qh4 Nf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Rad1 f3 21. gxf3 Bxf3 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. Re1
Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re3 Rxe3 26. fxe3 h6 27. Kf2 Qb6 28. Qb4 Qd8 29. Ke1
Qg5 30. Qf4 Qg1+ 31. Kd2 Qg2+ 32. Kc1 g5 33. Qg3 Qxg3 34. hxg3 h5 35. Nd1 h4
36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Nf2 f5 38. Kd2 Bg2 39. Ke2 h3 40. Nxh3 Bxh3 41. Kf3 Kf7 42.
e4 {Arjun,V (2270)-Kraai,J (2455) Chicago 2007 0-1}) 13. Qxf3 Qc7 (13... Bc6
14. Qg3 O-O) 14. Qg3 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Bc6 16. f3 a6 17. O-O-O $14 Nd5 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 19. b3 b5 20. Rh4 f6 21. a4 (21. Rdh1 h6) 21... Kf7 22. Kb2 h6 (22... bxa4
$6 23. Rxa4 {[%csl Ra6]}) 23. Rb4 Bc6 24. Rd6 Rhc8 25. a5 $1 Rab8 26. Bb6 $14
Ke7 27. Rd2 (27. Rbd4 $2 Bd5) (27. Rdd4 Rxb6 $1 28. axb6 a5) 27... Bd5 28. Rdd4
Kf7 29. c4 $1 {Gagne de l'espace et le P isolé est davantage une force qu'une
faiblesse} bxc4 30. bxc4 Bc6 31. Kc3 h5 32. Rh4 Rh8 33. Be3 Rxb4 34. Kxb4 Rb8+
35. Bb6 Kg6 $2 (35... g6 {Plus souple} 36. Kc5) 36. Kc5 $36 {La différence
d'activité entre les deux K va être un facteur décisif dans cette finale}
Rc8 37. Kd6 e5 38. Bc7 $1 $40 Ba4 39. c5 Bb5 40. c6 Kf7 41. Rxh5 (41. Rb4 Re8
42. Rxb5 $5 {Le sacrifice de qualité semble tentant mais il est réalisé
dans des mauvaises conditions} axb5 43. Kc5 Rc8 (43... g5 44. Kxb5) 44. Kxb5
Rxc7 45. Kb6 Re7 46. c7 Re8 47. Kb7 f5 48. c8=Q Rxc8 49. Kxc8 e4 50. a6 e3 51.
a7 e2 52. a8=Q e1=Q) 41... Re8 42. Kc5 e4 43. fxe4 Rxe4 44. Kb6 $18 Be2 45. Rc5
Bf1 46. Bf4 Re6 47. Ka7 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 {Dieser Zug ist nicht so ambitioniert wie seine
Alternativen 3.Nf3 oder 3.g3. Aber Weiß kann mit dieser Fortsetzung die
theoretischen Hauptvarianten vermeiden. Ribli.} c5 {Jetzt ist der Punkt d5 ein
wenig geschwächt, aber Schwarz kann selbst ...d7-d5 mit ähnlichen Stellungen
wie in der Sizilianischen Verteidigung ziehen.} (3... c6 $5 {Mit der Idee ...
d7-d5.}) (3... Bb4 $5) 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 (5. d4 $5 {Das ist nach meiner
Meinung die prinzipielle Fortsetzung.} cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ng5 Bb4 $13) (5. a3
Be7 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O (8... d5 $6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. Nxd5 Qxd5 $14 (11... cxd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qxd5 $16)) 9. Nc2 b6 $11) (5. b3
g6 6. Bb2 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Rc1 Be6 11. O-O b6 $11 {
Weiß hat eine massive Igelstellung, aber nicht mehr.}) 5... Be7 6. d4 exd4 7.
exd4 d5 8. O-O (8. Be3 $5 {In dieser symmetrischen Stellung hat Weiß dank
seines Anzugsvorteils leicht die Überhand.} cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 (9... O-O 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qd7 16.
Bf3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rd8 18. Bd4 $14 {Malakhov,V-Fogarasi,T/Balatonbereny/1995})
10. Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nb5 Bb6
16. Bxb6 axb6 17. f3 Rfd8 $11 {Ivanchuk,V-Anand,W/Manila olm/1992/}) (8. Bg5
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 $11) 8... O-O (8... Be6 $11) 9. Be3 (9. dxc5
dxc4 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bf4 Kf8 $11 {
Kengis,E-Chuchelov,V/BL2-W9697/}) (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12.
Be3 Qb4 13. Qc2 Be6 $11 {Bezold,M-Milov,L/BL2-O9697/}) 9... cxd4 (9... dxc4 10.
d5 Na5 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Bf5 $13) 10. Nxd4 $11 dxc4 $146 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4
dxc4 12. Bxc4 $11 b6 13. Qa4 Bd7 (13... Bb7 14. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Rd8] Die
weißen Figuren stehen aktiv.}) 14. Qb3 Bc6 $11) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxc4 {
[%csl Rc6] Theoretisch steht Weiß wegen des schwachen Pc6 etwas besser, aber
in der praktischen Partie hat diese einzige Schwäche keine große Bedeutung.}
Rb8 13. Qxd8 {Weiß spielt direkt auf Remis. Wann immer sich eine Möglichkeit
bietet, tauscht er Figuren. Mit 155 Ratingpunkten weniger ist das verständlich.
} (13. Bxa7 Rxb2 $11) 13... Rxd8 14. b3 (14. Bxa7 Rxb2 $11) 14... Ng4 $6 15.
Bf4 (15. Bxa7 $5 {Nach diesem Zug hat Schwarz kein vollwertiges Spiel für den
Bauern.} Rb7 16. Be3 Nxe3 (16... Bf6 17. Rad1 $14) 17. fxe3 Bf6 (17... Bc5 18.
Rae1 (18. Rfe1 Re7 19. Nd1 (19. Kf2 Rd2+ {[%csl Gd2]}) 19... Bg4) 18... Re7 19.
Kh1 $14) 18. Rad1 $14) 15... Rb7 16. Rad1 g5 {Normalerweise stellt dieser Zug
eine große Schwächung des Königsflügels dar, aber aufgrund des reduzierten
Materials ist er nicht so schlecht.} 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Bg3 {Weiß hat die
bessere Bauernstruktur, aber dank seines aktiven Figurenspiels steht Schwarz
nicht schlechter.} Bf5 19. h3 Nf6 20. Be5 (20. Rd1 $11) 20... Nd7 21. Bd4 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd4]} Nb6 22. Ba6 (22. Be2 $11) 22... Rd7 23. Bxb6 {Mit diesem
Tausch sichert Weiß sich das Remis.} (23. Rd1 $11) 23... Bxb6 (23... axb6 24.
Bc8 Rd3 25. Bxf5 Rxc3 $11) 24. Bc8 Rd3 {Und in ausgeglichener Stellung wurde
Remis gegeben.} (24... Rd3 25. Bxf5 Rxc3 26. Rd1 Kg7 $11 {Weiß hat die etwas
bessere Bauernstruktur und der schwarze Turm ist nicht so wirksam auf c3, aber
die Anwesenheit der ungleichfarbigen Läufer sichert das Remis. Ribli.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manresa"]
[Site "Manresa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Romero Holmes"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 (5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 $14) 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. a3 (8. Nge2) 8... Be7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Nh5
11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qd2 c6 {This profylactic move was not necessary. After the
natural 12...Bf5 black en- changes his "bad bishop", avoiding tactical
problems.} (12... Bf5 $5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. g4 $6 Nh4 15. f4 Nf6 16. h3 Ne4 $1)
13. f3 $1 {Avoiding Bf5 and obtaining some game in black side} b6 14. Rae1 c5
15. b3 Bb7 16. g4 $1 Nf6 17. Ng3 {Like in similar situations, this expansion
is justified in the closed position of the center.} cxd4 $2 (17... Nc6 {
This move was better, keeping the tension in the center.} 18. Nce2 Re8) 18. Nb5
Ba6 19. Nxd4 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 $16 Ng6 21. Ngf5 Qc7 22. Qd2 {xf4} Rfe8 23. Kh1 Qf4
24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. h4 h5 $2 {Very passive. Now black will get no counterplay.}
26. g5 Nd7 27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Kg3 Nfe6 29. Nc6 $1 {The first step. Black problem
is the isolated pawn.} Nc7 30. Nd6 $1 $18 {White nights control the center of
the board. A funny position.} Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. b4 Nd7 33. Re1 g6 34. c4 {
Opening a column for the white rook.} dxc4 35. Nxc4 Nf8 36. Nd6 Kg7 37. Rc1 Nd5
38. Re1 a6 39. Nd4 Nc7 40. Rc1 Nd5 41. Re1 Nc7 42. Nc6 Nd5 43. f4 {Beginning
the correct plan, introducing the king in the fight. Black rook stil l has no
move!} Kg8 44. Kf3 Kg7 45. Nd4 Nc7 46. Rc1 Nd5 47. Ke4 Rd8 48. Rc6 {
Threatening Ne6} a5 49. b5 Kg8 50. Nxe6 Nxe6 51. Kxd5 Nxf4+ 52. Ke4 Ng2 53.
Rxb6 Nxh4 54. Rc6 Rf8 55. b6 Nf3 56. b7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A 15th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aravindh, Chithambaram VR"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2016.03.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {This is a good surprise line against the French, and
even a few GMs have been using it regularly recently, for example V. Onischuk,
Kovalenko & Ponkratov. Though it may not be a serious way for White to obtain
an edge from the opening, it's an effective way to get a playable & fighting
position as this game shows!} dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 ({Another way for
Black to equalise from the opening is} 5... Nbd7 $5 6. Ne2 e5) 6. Ne2 Be7 ({
Another good move is} 6... Nc6 7. Be3 e5 $1 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10.
Kxd1 Ng4 {and Black is already doing fine} 11. Nd2 Nxe5 12. Re1 Ba6 13. Nc3
O-O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Rxe5 Bd6 16. Re6 fxg5 17. Nde4 Be5+ {0-1 (17) Khanin,S 
(2407)-Sibashvili,G (2361) Kirishi RUS 2015}) 7. Nbc3 O-O 8. O-O (8. Be3 Qa5 $1
9. a3 Rd8 10. Qb1 (10. O-O Nc6 $36) 10... Nc6 $15 {0-1 (40) Kovalenko,I (2621)
-Ponkratov,P (2605) Izhevsk 2013}) 8... Qa5 $6 {It's possible that David is
familiar with the Kovalenko-Ponkratov game since he played analogously here,
or at least his idea was to place his rook on d8.} (8... Nc6 {is natural and
better} 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 $11 11. Be2 Qc7 $1 12. Qc1 Neg4 (12... a6 $5
13. Bf4 Bd6) 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 Nh5 {0-1 (54) Lutsenko,A (2026)-Lomasov,S 
(2344) Moscow 2016; and Black is slowly taking over.}) 9. Bd2 $1 {This normal
move is probably what Black underestimated as now the placement of his Q
becomes the source of all his problems.} Qa6 (9... Qc7 10. Bf4) (9... Nc6 10.
Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 $14) 10. a4 $1 Nc6 (10... Bd7 {
is met by the energetic} 11. Nb5 $1 Bxb5 12. axb5 Qxb5 13. Nc3 $36) 11. Nb5 Qb6
12. Bf4 $1 {After a few moves clearly it is White who benefited the most from
Black's wandering Q-move on the queenside.} Ne8 13. c4 $1 {A nice prophylactic
move (vs. a6) while introducing a4-a5 ideas in the future. Black's position is
difficult and it seems most logical to kick away the N on b5.} ({Also
interesting is} 13. c3 $5 {solidifying the centre, in anticipation of} a6 14.
Na3 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 $1 Qxd4 17. cxd4 $16 {and Black's queenside is
too weak.}) 13... a6 14. a5 Nxa5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 $1 {I'm sure Aravindh
foresaw this before playing c2-c4 as almost all of the previous moves are
forced.} Nxc4 (16... Bxb4 17. Be3 $18) 17. bxc5 Qxb5 18. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Gd4c5,Gd4d8,Gd4g7,Gd4c4,Gc5b6] centralisation at its best.} e5 {This
freeing move just comes a little too late.} 19. Bxe5 (19. Nc3 $142 $1 Qb3 (
19... exd4 20. Nxb5 Nf6 21. Nc7 Rb8 (21... Ra7 22. Ra4) 22. Nd5 $16) 20. Bxe5
Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Nf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Qb5 24. Rab1 $16) 19... Nxe5 20. Qxe5
Nf6 21. Nc3 Qe8 ({A more stubborn try is} 21... Re8 $5 22. Qd4 (22. Qg5 Qb4 $13
) (22. Nxb5 Rxe5 23. Nc7 Rb8 24. Rab1 Bf5 $1) 22... Qd7 23. Qf4 $1 {preventing
...Qc7} (23. Qc4 Qc7) 23... Qe6 {White is better but Black is still fighting.})
22. Qxe8 Rxe8 23. c6 $1 {Opening up the game is almost always the best way to
take advantage of superior development or piece activity.} Rb8 (23... bxc6 24.
Bxc6 $16) 24. c7 $18 Ra8 25. Rfd1 Bd7 26. Bxb7 Ra7 27. Rxd7 {Impressive and
energetic play from the young Indian grandmaster!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2857"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Philippines"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "PHI"]

{This was both the most important and enjoyable game that I've ever played so
far in my professional career since I became a grandmaster. Fortunately for me
and my team, there was a rest day before this match so we had ample time to
prepare and relax. Without further ado, let's see how my prep and the game
played out.} 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 {A surprise, taking me out of the prep work.} d5
3. exd5 $5 {This next one is also unexpected but it didn't affect me that much.
} exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. c4 Nf6 6. c5 $5 {Taking the game to non-standard paths.
"You have to know theory to play no-theory."} Be7 7. Nc3 O-O ({Maybe a better
try is} 7... b6 {right away} 8. cxb6 (8. b4 $2 a5) 8... axb6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O
c5 {leading to a complex middlegame where Black has good central control.}) 8.
Be3 $1 {Accurate, making b4 work.} b6 9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ng4 $5 {Asking him
questions before he gets to play natural moves & complete development.} 11. Bf4
Re8 $1 ({My intial intention was} 11... axb4 {but after checking} 12. axb4 Rxa1
13. Qxa1 Re8 {I realised that this does not work due to} 14. Bb5 $1 c6 15. Be2
$16 {[%csl Rb8]}) 12. Be2 axb4 13. axb4 ({I also had to check} 13. Nb5 {
but I thought I was fine as soon as I saw the useful tactics} Ba6 14. Nxc7 (14.
Bxc7 Qd7) 14... Bh4 $1 15. Nxe8 Nxf2 {should at least give me good counterplay
in this complex position.}) 13... Rxa1 14. Qxa1 bxc5 ({Otherwise, I will get
squeezed on the queenside! e.g.} 14... Nc6 15. Qa4 $1) 15. bxc5 Bxc5 $1 16.
dxc5 d4 17. O-O dxc3 18. Bc4 $1 {Played quickly, suggesting that he foresaw or
expected all this.} c2 $1 19. Qa4 Bf5 {Keeping my passed pawn will put him
under pressure, so when I saw I could work it out concretely, I went for it!}
20. Nd4 ({Of course the premise on which my idea was based was} 20. Bxc7 Qd7
21. Bb5 Qxc7 22. Bxe8 Qxc5 23. Qf4 (23. Qa1 Nxf2 $1 $19) 23... Nxf2 24. Nd4 Nd3
{and I thought I should be winning here.}) 20... Bg6 21. Nxc2 {Now that he's
won back his pawn, I try to take away one of his trumps - the bishop pair.} Re4
22. Bg3 Ne5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Ne3 $5 ({I thought another possible move was} 24.
Nd4 $5 {but it's difficult to work out the significant difference otb.}) ({
If he played} 24. c6 {I was preparing to hold the balance with either} Rc5 ({or
} 24... Qe8 $5) 25. Nd4 h6 $11 {and I felt that White is actually the one who
had to be more careful as his c6-pawn will be weak till the endgame.}) 24...
Rxc5 25. f4 h6 26. Qb4 Nd7 $1 {"You can't bluff me!"} 27. f5 ({Players could
be put off by the pin after} 27. Rd1 {but I foresaw a simple but important
counter-attacking idea} Qe8 $1) 27... Bh5 28. Qd2 ({The consequences of} 28. g4
Qg5 {are difficult to work out otb but I knew for sure that it's riskier for
White as his king is more exposed, not to mention the fact that he's already a
pawn down...}) 28... Qg5 29. Qd4 Re5 30. Qxd7 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1 Qc5 ({A better try
was} 31... Qc3 {as Magnus correctly pointed out after the game} 32. Qxc7 Kh7 $1
{and the pin is decisive.}) 32. Qd3 Re3 33. Qc2 Qe5 (33... Qd4 34. Rc1) 34. Qd2
$1 Kh7 35. h3 {Around this time, I only had a few minutes left and it was
annoying that I couldn't find a clear way to break through the defence and
increase my advantage. In retrospect, I can now say from experience that World
Champs indeed possess great defensive skills including the current one!} Qe4
36. Kg1 c6 $5 {Preventing Bd5 and an attempt to keep the position under
control but Magnus keeps playing the best defensive moves.} (36... f6 $142 $1
37. Qd8 Be8 38. Qxc7 Bc6 39. Rf2 Qxc4 $19) 37. Rc1 $1 Qe5 38. Bf1 Rg3 39. Qf2
Qd6 ({With only a minute on the clock, I was thinking about} 39... Bf3 {
but realised it loses to} 40. Re1 $1 (40. Rc3 Qxc3 41. Qxg3 Qd4+ $19) 40... Qd6
41. Re3 $18 {and suddenly it's White that wins!}) 40. Rc4 f6 41. Rxc6 {With
nothing to play for, Magnus offered a draw and I agreed.} Qxc6 {Although I was
disappointed in not converting my advantage, I had every reason to be happy to
achieve a fighting draw against the World Champion and to help my team pull an
upset 2-2 against the formidable Norwegian team!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 16th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.01.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 $5 {According to his post-game interview, David
Howell wanted to take the game away from theoretically double-edged positions
in which his opponent excels.} exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 {Once again, taking the
game to simpler positions where the more experienced player will gain the
upper hand.} (5. c4 {is more popular and ambitious leading to IQP middlegames.}
) 5... Bd6 6. Qe2+ {This check variation has been gaining in popularity lately
and has put Black under long-term pressure in the ending. Here's a few sample
high-level games:} Be7 (6... Qe7 7. Qxe7+ Bxe7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf4 c6
11. Nbd2 Nbd7 (11... Bg4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nb3 a5 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Nbd7 16.
Nxd7 Bxd7 17. f3 $16 {1-0 (33) Carlsen,M (2838)-Meier,G (2630) chess.com INT
2017}) 12. h3 Nb6 13. a4 $1 Be6 (13... a5 14. Bc7 Nbd7 15. c3 b6 (15... Nf8 16.
Nb3 $16) 16. Re3 $14 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ga1e1,Gg2g4]}) 14. Ng5 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8 16.
Ngf3 a6 (16... Nd6 $4 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxd6 $18) 17. Nb3 Na7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19.
dxc5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (55) Hracek,Z (2612)-Andreikin,D (2723) Minsk BLR 2017.
Black has a daunting defensive task ahead of him.}) 7. O-O O-O {This
symmetrical structure can also arise from the Petroff and Berlin Defences (6.
Bf1 instead of 6.Bxc6).} 8. Re1 Nc6 ({A more natural move and possibly better
move order is} 8... Re8 9. Bg5 Bd7 (9... Be6 $5 10. Nbd2 Nbd7 11. c3 Bd6 12.
Qf1 c6 $11 {and I don't see how White can cause Black any problems here.}) 10.
Qd1 h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. c3 Nh5 $1 $11 {0-1 (55) Hovhannisyan,R (2611)-Anton
Guijarro,D (2626) Martuni 2015}) 9. c3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nbd2 a6
$6 {This type of play is "Too slow" according to Howell. In fact, the
weakening it creates on the queenside will also be an influential factor in
the evaluation of some possible lines later in the game. But overall, I think
Black underestimated White's plan of improving his position as will be seen in
the next few moves.} ({A better continuation is} 12... h6 13. Bxf6 (13. Bh4 {
This simple retreat could be what Black was worried about, but the forcing
lines, though risky-looking, favour Black in the end:} g5 $1 (13... Bf8 14. Qf1
$36) 14. Bg3 (14. g4 gxh4 15. gxh5 Ba3 $1 16. Ne5 Bxb2 $1 (16... Nxe5 $2 17.
dxe5 Bxb2 18. Qe3 Bxa1 19. Kh1 $40) 17. Kh1 Bxa1 18. Rg1+ Kf8 19. Qe3 Re6 $1 (
19... Bxc3 20. Qxh6+ Ke7 21. Nxc6+ bxc6 22. Re1+ $132) 20. Qxh6+ Ke7 {and
White's compensation is questionable.} 21. Nxf7 Qf8 $1 22. Rg7 Re8 $17) 14...
Ba3 $17) 13... Bxf6 14. Qf1 {The same approach to the game. Here, Black seems
to have enough resources to defend and fully equalise with natural moves} (14.
Qxe8+ Qxe8 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $11 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 {doesn't gain White
anything as he cannot exploit Black's doubled pawns.}) 14... Qd7 15. g4 (15.
Bb5 Rad8 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 a6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. f4 {Black has his fair
share of chances in this complex middlegame.} Qb6+ (19... Bg6 $5) 20. Qf2 Qxb2
21. Rab1 Qxc3 22. Rec1 Qa3 23. Rxc7 Rc8 $11) 15... Bg6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qd3 (
17. Qb5 Rf8 $1 {White is not making a real threat so it's best to start
creating counterplay.} (17... b6 $6 {Weakening squares is unecessary.} 18. Re3
$1 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Rxe3 19. fxe3 a6 20. Qd3 g5 (20... Qf7 21. e4 $1) 21. e4 $1
$36) 18. Re3 (18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qa6 Rxb2) 18... a6 19. Qd3 Qf7 20. Rae1 Rae8
$11 {and Black is holding.}) 17... g5 (17... Qf7 18. Qb5 {could get annoying.})
18. Re3 Rxe3 19. fxe3 Ne7 20. Kg2 (20. e4 $2 Ng6 $36 {[%csl Rf4]}) 20... c6 21.
Rf1 Rf8 $11) 13. Qf1 $1 Bg6 14. Re3 Nh5 (14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qd7 16. Rae1 h6 {
Inviting some exchanges. What else can Black do?} 17. Bf4 $1 {Keeping more
pieces to keep Black cramped.} (17. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 18. Nb3 {Now due to a6 it's a
bit difficult to cover c5.} Rxe3 19. Qxe3 b6 {Black is still worse but could
most likely hold.}) 17... Bd6 18. Ne5 $14) 15. Rae1 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rxe7
Nxe7 18. Ne5 $14 {Now White has increased his edge as his pieces are clearly
superior to their counterparts.} Qd6 19. Ndf3 Nf4 20. Nxg6 $1 {White's bishop
will prove more useful in the long run.} hxg6 21. Bc2 Qf6 22. h4 $1 {Creating
an outpost or entry square for the knight on g5.} Nf5 {Preventing the knight
jump to g5.} 23. g3 (23. Ng5 Nxh4) 23... Ne6 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Ne5 (25. h5 {
Looks pretty good and straightforward but things are not so easy after} Ne4 26.
hxg6 N6g5 $1 27. Kg2 (27. gxf7+ $6 Qxf7 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3][%cal Ga8f8,Rf8f2]})
27... Rf8 $132 {Black can get serious counterplay on the f-file.}) 25... Nf8 (
25... Re8 26. h5 {Now this works because of} Ne4 27. f3 $1 Nxg3 28. hxg6 fxg6
29. Qxg6 $18) 26. Ng4 Qd8 {White has made another huge improvement in his
position. Now that Black's pieces are warded off, White prepares a kingside
breakthrough.} 27. Kg2 Qd7 28. Qf3 Re8 ({Black has no time for} 28... c6 29. h5
gxh5 30. Ne5 $40) 29. Ne5 (29. Rxe8 Nxe8 {Black covers d5 in time.}) 29... Qb5
(29... Qe6 30. Nd3 Qd7 31. Qxd5 {wins a pawn for nothing.}) 30. b3 {Simple and
effective.} ({More energetic was} 30. b4 $1 {threatening to win the d5 pawn
with a2-a4!} c6 {White to play**********************************************} (
30... f6 31. a4 Qb6 32. Qxd5+ $18) (30... Re6 31. a4 Qe8 32. Qxd5 c6 (32... f6
33. Nxg6) 33. Qa2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc2b3,Ga2g8]}) 31. Rh1 $1 {A nice, patient
attacking move! Black is helpless against the threat of h4-h5.} (31. h5 gxh5
32. Qxh5 Re6 {and Black can still put up resistance e.g.} 33. Rh1 (33. Nxf7 $4
Rxe1 34. Nxd6 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qh1#) 33... Rh6 $13) 31... Re6 (31... f6 32. Nxg6) (
31... f5 32. h5 gxh5 33. Qxh5) 32. h5 gxh5 33. Rxh5 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4h4]} g6 34.
Rh1 {[%cal Gf3g4,Gg4h4] with the plan of transferring the queen to the h-file.}
f5 35. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gf3h3,Rh3h8]}) 30... Qa5 (30... Re6 31. a4
Qa5 (31... Qe8 32. Qxd5 c6 33. Qc5 f6 34. Nd3 Ne4 35. Qb4 $16) 32. b4 Qb6 33.
Qxd5) 31. a4 {Black's queen is now out of action.} c6 32. h5 (32. Rh1 $1 {
is also strong here as seen in lines under 30. b4.}) 32... gxh5 33. Qxh5 f6 (
33... Re6 {is a more stubborn defence.}) 34. Nc4 $5 {Very practical but may be
a tad too simple, but nevertheless enough to win!} (34. Ng6 $1 {was a matter
of clearly calculating forcing lines leading to a win for White.} Qd8 (34...
Nxg6 35. Rxe8+ Nxe8 36. Bxg6 Nd6 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qxg7+ $18) (
34... Rxe1 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qxf8+ Ke6 37. Qe7#) 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Nxf8 Rxe1 (
36... Rxf8 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf7 39. Bg6#) 37. Bg6+ Ke7 38. Qxg7+ Nf7 39.
Qxf7+ $18 {Somewhere in one of the lines here, David was missing a strong move
that's why he decided to go the safe and solid way to convert his advantage.})
34... Qc7 ({Of course the engine is screaming several pluses but looking at
this on the board, I think White still has to be very accurate after} 34... Qd8
$1 35. Nxd6 Rxe1 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Nf5 Ne6 38. Qg6 $1 {An important silent
killer.} Qd7 (38... Qg8 39. Nh6 gxh6 40. Qxh6+) 39. Ne7 $1 Ng5 40. Qh5+ Nh7 41.
Qxh7#) 35. Rxe8 Nxe8 36. Qxe8 dxc4 37. bxc4 $18 {The endgame is winning for
White as Black has neither compensation nor a shred of counterplay.} Qd7 38.
Qxd7 Nxd7 39. c5 b5 40. Bf5 Nb8 41. a5 {Black finally resigns.} 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2019.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2019.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,109,80,25,41,49,36,32,26,15,15,26,39,39,34,34,35,-1,16,21,29,23,27,23,
21,9,31,30,25,32,24,32,32,10,16,21,20,28,26,19,40,17,23,17,17,9,7,-3,18,13,55,
60,48,44,35,29,41,39,30,40,35,42,41,38,46,48,57,47,62,49,43,46,46,52,39,34,34,
31,30,19,34,34,38,0,73,33,48,49,56,56,74,79,78,0,0,0,136,131,131,131,131,190,
63,127,925,993,1011,962,1048,1058,1101,1113]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4.
exd5 $5 {This variation of the exchange French with bishop on b4 and knight on
c3 is not as harmless as the normal exchange French.} exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nf3
O-O 7. O-O Nbc6 (7... Bg4 8. Bxh7+ $1 $16 Kxh7 9. Ng5+) 8. Ne2 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6
10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qd7 12. h3 Ng6 (12... Rae8 $5) 13. Nhf5 Nce7 14. c3 Nxf5
15. Nxf5 Bd6 {Although the position looks close to equal, White has a small
edge becuase of his menacing knight on f5. Also such positions are not
Rapport's forte.} 16. h4 Ne7 17. Nxd6 $1 {An interesting decision by Hari who
clearly understands that in this position his bishop will prove to be superior
than Rapport's knight.} Qxd6 18. Qf3 c6 19. h5 $1 {Gaining more space on the
kingside.} Rfe8 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bd2 Rad8 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. Qg4 Re7
25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Qe2 Re8 27. Re1 Kf8 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. g4 $1 {
You can see how the pawns not only take up a lot of space in the position, but
also are placed on the opposite colour of the bishop. So they control a lot of
squares!} Ne7 31. f3 Qe6 32. Kf2 f6 33. b3 Kf7 34. a4 Kg8 35. a5 {Gaining
space everywhere!} a6 36. Qd2 Kf7 37. Bc7 Nc8 38. Qf4 Qe7 39. Bb6 Nxb6 (39...
Nd6 40. Bc5 $18) (39... Qd6 {might have been a better way to continue.} 40.
Qxd6 (40. Kg3 Qxf4+ 41. Kxf4 Nxb6 42. axb6 $11) 40... Nxd6 41. Ke3 {White can
still try endlessly here especially because the kingside pawns are fixed. But
it does seem the position has good drawing chances for Black.}) 40. axb6 c5 41.
c4 $3 {What a brilliant solution by Harikrishna! He clearly sees that he needs
his c-pawn to go down the board to c6 in order to make sure that the pawn on
b6 queens. Once this is clear in your head then the move c4 becomes quite an
obvious one. Otherwise it is not so easy to spot.} (41. Qc7 cxd4 42. cxd4 Ke6 {
Black is holding on.}) 41... dxc4 (41... cxd4 42. Qxd4 dxc4 43. Qd5+ Kf8 44.
bxc4 {It's difficult to do something against c5 c4.}) 42. bxc4 cxd4 43. Qxd4
Qe6 44. Qd8 f5 (44... Qxc4 45. Qc7+ $18) 45. Qc7+ Kf6 46. gxf5 Qxf5 47. c5 Qc2+
48. Kg3 Qd1 49. Qf4+ Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kf7 51. c6 $1 {Calculating everything to
perfection.} bxc6 (51... Qg1+ 52. Kf4 Qxb6 53. c7 $18) 52. b7 Qg1+ 53. Kh3 Qf1+
54. Kg4 Qg1+ 55. Qg3 (55. Qg3 Qd4+ 56. Qf4+ {The queens are exchanged and game
over!}) 1-0

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{005 Französische Partie .} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3
Bd6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 ({Gegen} 7... O-O {kommt folgende Fortsetzung in
Betracht.} 8. Bg5 Bg4 $2 ({Besser sofort} 8... Be6) 9. a3 ({Nicht} 9. Nxd5 {
wegen} Bxh2+) ({Auch nicht} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nxd5 {wegen} Qh6) 9... a6 10. Kh1
{Nun muss Schwarz den Pd5 decken mit} Be6 {und hat ein Tempo verloren.} ({
Schwarz darf weder} 10... Bxf3) ({noch} 10... Nxd4 {tun.}) ({Auf} 10... Kh8 {
könnte Weiß den Pd5 erobern.})) 8. Re1+ Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Ne2 (10. a3 {
dürfte den Vorzug verdienen.}) 10... Nb4 11. Ng3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3
Ne8 14. Kh1 g6 15. Bh6 Ng7 16. Rg1 c6 17. Rae1 Bf6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. Re3 Rfe8 20.
c3 Qd7 21. Bxg7 Bxg7 22. Rge1 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Kf8 24. Qf4 f5 25. Nf1 Bf6 26. Nd2
g5 27. Qg3 f4 ({Wir würden} 27... Re8 {vorziehen.}) 28. Qg4 Qxg4 29. fxg4 Re8
30. Nf3 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Ke7 32. Kg2 Kd6 33. Kf3 c5 34. Nc2 cxd4 35. cxd4 Ke6 36.
Ke2 Be7 37. Kd3 h6 38. Kc3 Bf6 39. Nb4 Kd6 40. Nd3 b6 41. b4 Ke6 42. b5 Kd6 43.
Nb4 Bg7 44. a4 ({Nicht} 44. Nc6 {wegen} a5 $1 {, wodurch das Remis gesichert
wäre.}) 44... Bf6 45. Nc2 Ke6 46. Ne1 Kd6 47. Nf3 Ke6 48. Kb3 Kd6 49. Kb4 Ke6
({Besser vielleicht} 49... Kc7 {, um den vorrückenden a-Bauern schlagen zu
können.}) 50. a5 Kd6 51. a6 Ke6 52. Kc3 Bg7 53. Ne1 ({Der Springer strebt nun
langsam} 53. Ne1 Z0 54. Nd3 Z0 55. Nb4 Z0 {nach} 56. Nc6 {, könnte jedoch
dieses Ziel ohne Fehler des Gegners nicht erreichen.}) 53... Bf8 54. Nd3 Bd6
55. Kd2 Kf6 56. Nc1 Ke6 57. Kd3 Ba3 58. Nb3 Bd6 59. h3 Ke7 60. Kc3 Ke6 61. Nd2
Kf6 62. Kb3 Ke6 63. Ka4 Ke7 64. Nb3 Kd7 65. f3 Kc8 66. Nc1 Kd7 67. Nd3 Ke6 68.
Kb3 Kd7 69. Kc2 Kc7 70. Nb2 Kd7 71. Na4 Bc7 $1 72. Kd2 Ke6 73. Kd3 Kd6 74. Kc3
Kd7 75. Kb4 Bd6+ 76. Kb3 Bc7 77. Nc3 Ke6 78. Kc2 {[#]  Der entscheidende
Fehler.} Kd6 $2 (78... Kd7 {musste geschehen, das Feld d6 für den Läufer
offen bleiben.}) 79. Na2 Bd8 80. Nb4 Kd7 81. Nc6 ({Der Textzug ist stärker als
} 81. Nxd5) 81... Be7 82. Nxa7 Kc7 83. Nc6 Bd6 84. Ne5 Kc8 ({Auf} 84... Kb8 {
entscheidet} 85. Nd7+ Kc7 86. Nf6 {[%cal Rf6d5,Yf6g8,Rg8h6,Yf6e8,Re8d6,Re8c7]})
85. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{108 Französische Partie .} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3
Bd6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. Ne5 Ne7 (11...
Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4 Ne4 {hätte dem Nachziehenden bessere Chancen
gewährt, die derselbe wolgetan hätte zu ergreifen, da der Gewinn dieser
Partie ihm den ersten Preis gesichert haben würde. Vielleicht fürchtete er
das Übrigbleiben verschiedenfarbiger Läufer durch - nach obigen Zügen -} 14.
f3 c5 15. Qd3 Qxe5 16. fxe4 {Doch hätte Schwarz alsdann durch} f5 {
entscheidenden Vorteil erhalten.}) 12. Bg5 Ng6 13. Qd2 Rae8 14. Bxf6 ({
Entschieden war hier - oder schon im vorigen Zuge -} 14. f4 {viel stärker.
Wozu indessen auf Gewinn spielen, wenn Remis denselben Erfolg hat und nur
Verlust in der Rangordnung herunterbringen würde?}) 14... gxf6 15. Nxg6 {
Nun gehts mit Macht auf Remis los.} fxg6 16. c3 Bf7 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+
19. Qxe1 Qe6 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 f5 23. Ke3 Kf6 24. f4 Ke7 25. Be2
Kd6 26. h3 h5 27. h4 b5 28. Kd3 Kc6 29. Kc2 Kb6 30. b4 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.06.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{040 Französische Partie .} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3
Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Bd6 8. a3 O-O 9. Qd2 {[#]  Durch diesen und den
nächsten Zug widerlegt Weiß in meisterhafter Weise den 6. Zug des Gegners,
den wir bereits in Partie 13 tadelten.} a6 ({Tauscht Schwarz auf} 9... Bxf3 10.
gxf3 {ab, so rochirt Weiß nach der Damenseite} Z0 11. O-O-O {[%csl Yg1,Yg2,
Yg3,Yg4,Yg5,Yg6,Yg7,Yg8] und benutzt die offene g-Linie zum Rochadeangriff.})
10. h3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 {Beide Teile stehen nun gleich. Jedoch hat Weiß ein
Tempo - Ph3 - gewonnen und den Vorteil des Anzuges respektive Angriffs
behalten.} 12. Bf4 Rfe8 ({Wir würden} 12... Nh5 13. Ne2 f5 {vorzuziehen.}) 13.
Ne5 Qc8 14. Nxc6 {Weiß tauscht zweimal ab, um die schwarze Bauernstellung zu
schwächen und den Gegner mit deren Sicherung zu beschäftigen.} bxc6 15. Bxd6
cxd6 16. Qf4 Qb8 ({Einfacher und natürlicher wäre jedenfalls} 16... Qc7) 17.
b4 Rc8 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Ne2 Nd7 ({Wir würden} 19... c5 20. c3 c4 21. Bc2 a5
22. Ra1 Ra6 23. Z0 Rca8 {etc. vorziehen.}) 20. Qh4 Nf8 21. f4 {Entscheidende
Verstärkung des Angriffs!} f6 ({Auf} 21... f5 {würde} 22. g4 {folgen.}) 22.
f5 Bf7 23. Rf3 Qe7 24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Rf1 c5 26. Nf4 c4 27. Be2 Qe4 28. c3 {
d5 ist nun eine entscheidende Schwäche des schwarzen Spiels.} Qxf5 {Ein
Fehlzug, der elegante und schnelle Entscheidung gestattet.} ({Geschieht zum
Beispiel} 28... Ra7 {- was am besten erscheint - so folgt} 29. Qg4 Bg8 30. Bf3
{und gewinnt den Bauern.}) {[#]} 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 ({Auf} 29... Bg8 {erobert} 30.
Qg3 Z0 {nebst} 31. Ng6+ {die Dame.}) ({Auf} 29... Rc7 {führt} 30. Bg4 {
Dame sinnvoll beliebig, zum Beispiel} Qc2 31. Qxf6 {gleichfalls zu baldigem
Gewinn.}) 30. Nh5+ Bxh5 31. Rxf5 Bxe2 32. Qxf6+ Kg8 33. Rg5+ Ng6 34. Qe6+ Kg7
35. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 {[#]  Das ist wol doch zu gewagt.} (8... Be6 {ist der natürliche Zug.
Freilich erhält Weiß dann mit} 9. Qd2 {eine starke Stellung, und wir
möchten deshalb eine andere Entwicklungsart mehr empfehlen.}) (8... Be6 {
und sodann} 9. Z0 Nb8 10. Z0 Nbd7 {und} 11. Z0 c6 ({bzw.} 11... c5)) 9. Qd2 ({
Abtausch auf} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 {nebst} 10. Nh4 {ist entschieden stärker.
Vergleiche die Partie Mackenzie - Mason.}) 9... c6 10. Rfe1 Ng6 11. Ne2 Qc7 12.
Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 Bg4 {Ein sehr feiner Zug.} {[#]} 14. Nh4 {Durch dieses
Aufgeben eines Bauern bekommt Weiß, wie die Fortsetzung zeigt, manche Chancen.
} ({Geht der Springer nach} 14. Nd2 {, so folgt} Rfe8 {drohend} 15. Z0 Rxe2 16.
Bxe2 {nebst} Bf4) ({Mit} 14. Kh1 Z0 {würde Weiß, da der bedrohte Springer
nach} 15. Nfg1 {gehen will, zum Abtausch auf f3 nötigen und alsdann ebenso
zerrissene Bauern haben wie Schwarz, allerdings mint der Aussicht auf Angriff.}
) 14... Bxh2+ 15. Kf1 Bf4 16. Nxf4 Qxf4 17. Qxf4 Nxf4 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5
Rfe8 20. g3 (20. Nd6 {gewinnt jetzt nichts wegen} Re6 21. Nxb7 Rb8 22. Rxe6
Nxe6 23. Na5 Nxd4 24. Rd1 Rb5) 20... Ng6 ({Hier wäre der Rückzug nach} 20...
Ne6 {vielleicht vorzuziehen.} 21. Nd6 Re7) 21. Nd6 Re7 ({scheint uns
empfehlenswerter.} 21... Re6) {Weiß gewinnt nun den Bauer zurück, freilich
nicht ohne dem Gegner eine gute Postierung des Turmes gestatten zu müssen.}
22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Nc5 Rxb2 26. Nd7+ Ke8 27. Nxf6+ Kd8
28. Nxh7 Rxa2 29. Ng5 f6 30. Ne6+ Ke8 31. c3 a5 32. Rb1 a4 33. Rb8+ Kf7 34.
Nd8+ Kg6 35. Rb7 Nf5 36. Nxc6 Nd6 37. Rb6 Ne4 38. Ne7+ Kg5 39. Nxd5 Rxf2+ 40.
Ke1 Ra2 41. Ra6 {[#]  Weiß hat nun zwr sogar einen Bauern gewonnen, doch ist
g3 nicht zu halten, und es stehen dann zwei verbundene Freibauern zwei
getrennten gegenüber. Die letzteren erweisen sich, als ein wenig stärker.} ({
Übrigens täte Weiß besser, sofort den König nach} 41. Kd1 Z0 {,} 42. Kc1 {
, etc. zu ziehen.}) 41... f5 42. Kd1 Nxg3 43. Kc1 f4 44. Kb1 Re2 45. Nxf4 Kxf4
46. Rxa4 Ne4 {Eine sehr interessante Stellung. Bei dem günstigen Stande
seines Turmes kann Schwarz, wie es scheint, unter allen Umständen gewinnen.}
47. d5 ({Zieht Weiß statt dessen} 47. Ra3 {, so folgt} Ke3 48. c4+ ({oder} 48.
Kc1 Kd3 49. Kd1 Nf2+ 50. Kc1 Rc2+ 51. Kb1 Ne4 52. c4+ Nc3+ 53. Ka1 Rc1+ 54. Kb2
Rb1#) 48... Kxd4 49. c5 Nc3+ 50. Ka1 $1 Kd3 51. Ra5 Kc2) ({Auf} 47. d5 {
würde, was beide Teile übersehen,} Ke3 {ebenfalls gewinnen.} 48. Ra3 (48. Ra5
Nxc3+ 49. Ka1 Kd3 50. d6 Kc2) 48... Kd3 49. d6 Nxc3+ 50. Ka1 Re1+) 47... Ke5 $4
48. d6 Kxd6 49. Kc1 Ke5 50. Ra8 Kf4 51. c4 Ke3 52. Re8 Kd3 53. Rd8+ Kc3 54. Kd1
Re3 55. Rf8 Nc5 56. Rf2 {Nun hat Weiß die zweite Linie okkupirt, und damit
sollte es remis sein. Doch es gibt noch Fehler.} Nd3 57. Rc2+ Kd4 58. Re2 Rf3
59. Kd2 Nf4 60. Re8 {Das kostet die Partie.} ({Der Turm musste nach} 60. Rh2 {
gehen.}) 60... Rf2+ 61. Kd1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 4th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2017.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2838"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 (8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1+ Kf8 12. Rxe8+ Kxe8 13.
Nc3 c6 14. Bd2 h6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. f4 Nb6 {1-0 (58) Carlsen,M 
(2838)-Akobian,V (2645) chess.com INT 2017}) 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. O-O
O-O 12. Nc3 h6 $146 (12... Re8 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Qb5 {
1/2-1/2 (42) Taksrud,V (2091)-Cerveny, L (2144) ICCF email 2011}) 13. d5 Bg4
14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nb5 Nbd7 16. Re1 Bc5 17. Bb3 (17. Nxc7 $2 {is wrong:} Rac8
18. Ne6 (18. Bf4 $2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nh5 $17) 18... fxe6 19. dxe6 Nb6 20. e7+ Nxc4
$17) 17... Rac8 18. Bf4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 {The position is equal.} a6 20. Nxc7 {
This might seem unplayable, but both players had seen it was, and knew where
it was leading.} Nh5 {The obvious continuation.} 21. Ne6 $1 Nxf4 ({Obviously
not} 21... fxe6 $6 22. dxe6 Ndf6 23. e7+ Rf7 24. Rad1 $1 $16 {and the threat
of Rd8 serves as protection of the hanging bishop on f4.}) 22. Nxf4 Bd6 23. Nd3
Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 $11 {It is pretty easy to guess that
this endgame has no hope of coming to life, and after 15 more moves they shook
hands.} Re8 27. Ba4 Rd8 28. Kg2 Kf8 29. Re1 g6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Bxe8
Kf6 33. Bd7 a5 34. a4 b6 35. b3 Ke7 36. Bc6 Kf6 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bc6 Kf6 39. Be8
Ke7 40. Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "So,Wesley"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{First I would like to thank CBM Magazine for inviting me to annotate a game
for this issue. This is the first time I have annotated for them and this is
always good experience.   After winning my rapid tie break against Gadir
Guseinov from Azerbaijan, in the next round I had to face one of the top seeds
in the tournament: Vassily Ivanchuk. Of course I had to play very carefully in
the match (if I were not to lose immediately) and in general I would be happy
if I managed to reach the tiebreaks. What happened was quite unexpected, but
OK this is only a 2 game match.} 1. e4 {(1:30) Even his first move came as a
surprise to me. Before the game I mostly prepared for 1.d4 and the English but
against Vassily you never know.} e6 {(1:30)} 2. d4 {(1:30)} d5 {(1:30)} 3. Nc3
{(1:30)} Bb4 {(1:30) I had prepared this variation specially for my match
against Guseinov, but unfortunately in our games he chose 3.Nd2, which had
rarely occurred in his games before.} 4. exd5 {(1:30) He played this quite
quickly, even without thinking much but I'm not sure why, as this line should
not give Black too many problems and during the game I could even relax a bit.
Of course I expected 4.e5 and Vassily also plays this line with both colours.}
exd5 {(1:31)} 5. Bd3 {(1:31)} Nf6 {(1:31)} ({In recent years Black has
experienced some problems after} 5... Nc6 6. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qh5
$36 {when his dark squares are quite vulnerable. What I played in the game is
simpler.}) 6. Nge2 {(1:30)} O-O {(1:29)} 7. O-O {(1:31)} Bg4 {(1:27) I'm not
sure what Black's best setup here is, and so I decided to try and exchange my
light-squared bishop right away.} 8. f3 {(1:11)} (8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nbd7 10.
f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {followed by ...c5 should give Black
sufficient counterchances as well.}) 8... Bh5 {(1:26)} 9. Nf4 {(1:07)} Bg6 {
(1:22)} ({I was playing my moves quite quickly,as my position is relatively
easy to play although maybe even simpler is} 9... c6 {when White has nothing
after} 10. Nxh5 Nxh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. g5 $5 Ne8 $11 {and this is fine for me.})
10. Nxg6 {(1:07)} hxg6 {(1:21)} 11. Bg5 {(1:04)} c6 {(1:17) During the game I
wanted to keep a compact pawn structure, and since he had played 4.exd5 I was
trying to play as solidly as possible and to avoid any complications. I don't
know if this is a correct approach, but against Ivanchuk I didn't want to take
too many risks.} ({It is probable that a better continuation is:} 11... c5 12.
dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nbd7 $132 {when Black has good counterplay.}) 12. f4 {(1:04)
} Qb6 $1 {(1:11) I think this is a strong move for me, as it removes the pin
from my knight while at the same time gaining time by attacking the d4-pawn.}
13. Na4 $1 {(0:34) He thought for a long time at this position, for about 30
minutes. While he was thinking, I suddenly 'saw' that he can continue with 13.
Na4! and for some time I thought that I'm simply losing. But fortunately the
complications seems to work out just fine for me.} ({When I played 12...Qb6, I
was expecting lines like} 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. Bh4 Nd7 15. f5 g5 16. Bg3 Rfe8 17. c3
Bf8 18. Qd2 Ne5 $1 $132 {but is is obvious that this is not going to trouble
me.}) (13. f5 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Nbd7 15. fxg6 fxg6 $15) 13... Qxd4+ {(0:51) Of
course I had no choice but to go for complications,as otherwise he simply
plays f4-f5 and gets a devastating attack. So much for me trying to keep the
game quiet or so I thought :) .} 14. Kh1 {(0:33)} Ne4 $1 {(0:40) I used a lot
of time for this move, as it is neccessary for Black now to defend accurately.
Even now I think that this is the simplest for me, and indeed the computer
cannot find a way for White to gain an advantage.} ({The only other way for
Black to continue is} 14... Bd2 {although it certainly is very risky, and the
lines are getting too complicated. I'll give a few lines:} 15. Qxd2 Ne4 $1 (
15... Qxa4 $2 16. f5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rf4 $18 {would lose immediately.})
16. c3 ({After} 16. Qa5 b6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rfe1
Re8 {Black has a fine ending. During the game, I thought I would be slightly
worse here, but this is not the case, for example after:} 21. Kg1 f6 22. Bh4
Na6 23. a3 Nc7 24. c4 f5 $1 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. g3 $6 Ra4 $1 27. Rc1 Nc5 $17 {
Black even manages to seize the advantage.}) 16... Qxa4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 (17...
dxe4 $6 18. f5 gxf5 19. Rxf5 {would give White a very strong attack, for
example after} f6 20. Bxf6 $1 $18) 18. f5 $1 Nd7 ({The computer also gave} 
18... Qg4 19. f6 $1 (19. fxg6 f6 20. Qe3 Qe4 $132) 19... Nd7 20. fxg7 Rfe8 21.
h3 Qh5 22. Qf4 f5 23. Rfe1 $40 {although it seems that White's position is
easier to play, and in a tournament game this is very difficult to defend for
Black.}) 19. Rf4 (19. Rae1 Qg4 $1 20. Be7 Rfe8 21. Rf4 Qh5 22. Rh4 Qxf5 23. Rf4
Qh5 $11 {leads to a draw. It seems that if White tries for more, he can only
get in trouble.}) 19... Qe5 20. Re1 Qc7 21. fxg6 f6 22. Bh4 Rfe8 $132 {and
apparently Black has sufficient resources to defend! Of course I did not see
all these lines during the game,and I still think that 14...Bd2 is too risky.})
15. c3 {(0:29)} ({White does not have enough resources for an immediate attack
with:} 15. Bxe4 Qxe4 16. f5 f6 $5 17. Rf4 Qe1+ $3 18. Qxe1 Bxe1 19. Bxf6 Bd2
20. Rf2 Be3 21. Rf3 d4 $17 {of course, this line was given by Rybka (who else?
:) ).}) 15... Nf2+ {(0:40)} 16. Rxf2 {(0:29)} Qxf2 {(0:40)} 17. cxb4 {(0:29)} (
{After} 17. Rc1 $5 Bxc3 (17... Bd6 $2 18. Rc2 Qe3 19. Re2 $18 {traps Black's
queen.}) 18. bxc3 Re8 $15 {Black has no problems at all as well, and White's
initiative on the kingside has run out.}) 17... f6 $1 {(0:37)} 18. Qg4 {(0:28)}
fxg5 {(0:36)} 19. Qe6+ {(0:28)} ({The computer assesses this position as (0.00)
and so this game should probably end in a draw. One way to do that is} 19. g3
gxf4 20. Bxg6 fxg3 21. Qe6+ Rf7 22. Qc8+ Rf8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 $11 {with perpetual.}
) 19... Kh8 {(0:36)} 20. Nc5 {(0:14) OK this came as a surprise for me, but
then I noticed that I have enough resources to be able to defend.} ({While he
was thinking, I mostly calculated the lines after} 20. Rf1 Qh4 21. g3 ({
During the game I also saw} 21. Qe7 Na6 $1 22. Qxb7 Rae8 23. Qxa6 Rxf4 24. Rg1
Qf2 25. Nc3 Rh4 26. h3 g4 27. Rf1 Re1 $17 {and Black has a clear advantage.}) (
{While} 21. Rf3 {fails to} Na6 $1 22. Rh3 Rae8 23. Rxh4+ gxh4 $19 {and Black
wins the queen back, due to the back rank mate threat.}) 21... Qh6 22. fxg5 (
22. Qe7 Nd7 23. Qxd7 gxf4 $17) 22... Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qxg5 24. Qc8+ Kh7 25. Qxb7
Qc1 26. Kg1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Qd2+ 28. Kg1 {And now I calculated up to this
position during the game, when I thought this ends with a perpetual. The
computer now gives} Nd7 $1 29. Qxa8 Ne5 30. Qf8 Ng4 31. Ba6 $3 Qxh2+ 32. Kf1
Qd2 33. Be2 Ne3+ 34. Kf2 Nd1+ 35. Kf1 $11 {and White still manages to save the
game.}) ({While simply dubious is} 20. Qxg6 $6 Qh4 21. Nc5 (21. fxg5 Nd7 22. g3
Qh3 $19) ({Or} 21. g3 Qh6 $17) 21... Qh6 $1 22. Qxg5 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Rf2 24. Nxb7
Nd7 $1 $17 {when Black will be able to consolidate, and the extra exchange
should give him the win.}) 20... Qxb2 $1 {(0:18)} 21. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {(0:18)
} 22. Qe6+ {(0:02)} Kh8 {(0:18) Here Vassily had used most of his time, and
only had 2 minutes left to make it to the time control on move 40. He was
looking for a way to win immediately, but unfortunately there isn't one (the
computer gives (0.00)!). The most logical would be to draw of course, but my
opponent wanted more.} 23. Rf1 {(0:02)} Qf6 {(0:18)} 24. Qh3+ {(0:01)} Kg8 {
(0:18)} 25. g3 $2 {(0:01) But this came to me as a surprise, although I
realized that I don't have anything to fear here.} ({I was expecting} 25. Ne6 {
although I could defend after} g4 $1 26. Qxg4 Nd7 27. Ng5 (27. Qh3 Rfe8 28. Ng5
Nf8 $19) 27... Rfd8 28. Qh4 Nf8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Bxf5 Qh6 $17 {and White runs
out of resources for his attack.}) ({But White could still draw after} 25. Ne4
$1 dxe4 (25... Qf5 $2 26. g4 $18) 26. Bc4+ Rf7 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ $11 {
but of course,having decided to play for a win with 23.Rf1,there is no turning
back.}) 25... Re8 {(0:13) I still had about 12 minutes around this point,
while my opponent was on his last minute, so our next few inaccuracies can be
explained.} 26. Nxb7 {(0:00)} gxf4 {(0:12)} ({I played my move quite quickly,
but it transpires that even more accurate would be} 26... Nd7 $1 27. Qxd7 Re7
$17 {and Black regains the knight on b7, but only the computer will be able to
find this move so quickly.}) 27. Rxf4 $6 {(0:01)} ({My opponent also continued
quite quickly, as he was in severe time trouble here. But the computer
suggests the very strong} 27. Nc5 $1 {and suddenly it is easy to develop
Black's pieces on the queenside, while all White's pieces are well-coordinated
(for example, his c5-knight completely dominates my knight for the time being).
After} a5 28. Qg4 $1 {White creates strong threats on the kingside, and
suddenly he gets serious counterchances!} ({And not} 28. Rxf4 Qg5 $17)) 27...
Re1+ $6 {(0:12) Even now I don't know why I gave this check, as it only helps
White to improve his king position.} ({Of course} 27... Qe6 $19 {would have
been even more decisive, as White has no other choice but to exchange queens.})
28. Kg2 {(0:01)} Qe6 {(0:11)} 29. Qxe6+ {(0:02)} ({I used a few minutes for 28.
..Qe6, as I hallucinated and thought that} 29. Rf8+ $5 Kxf8 30. Qh8+ {is
possible, simply missing that I have} Qg8 $19 {:)}) 29... Rxe6 {(0:11)} 30. Nc5
{(0:02)} Re7 $6 {(0:11)} ({An even more accurate way to win is} 30... Rd6 31.
b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rb6 33. Be8 Rf6 $1 $19 {but OK, we were in time trouble.}) 31.
b5 {(0:02)} ({Black wins as well after} 31. Rg4 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxg6 Rc7
34. Rd6 Kf8 35. h4 a5 $19) 31... Nd7 {(0:06) I want to develop my knight as
quickly as possible,although objectively this is not Black's best way to
continue.} (31... cxb5 32. Bxb5 Re5 $17 {intending ...Rf5 was suggested by the
computer, but during the game I did not see this.}) 32. Nxd7 {(0:03)} Rxd7 {
(0:07)} 33. bxc6 {(0:03)} Rd6 {(0:07)} 34. Bb5 {(0:03)} Re8 {(0:07)} 35. Rd4 $6
{(0:03) Now this makes things very easy for me. I'm not sure, but it seems
that Vassily has given up hopes on saving the game already.} ({Maybe} 35. Ba4 {
intending to put the bishop on b3 is more stubborn, but Black should still be
able to win after} Rc8 $17 {intending ...Rf6.}) 35... Kf7 {(0:07) Now my king
helps to restrain White's passed pawn on c6.} 36. Rf4+ {(0:03)} (36. Bc4 Ke7 $1
37. Rxd5 (37. Bxd5 Kd8 $19) 37... Rxd5 38. Bxd5 Kd6 39. Bb3 Re2+ 40. Kh3 Kxc6
$19 {also wins easily.}) 36... Ke6 {(0:07)} 37. Rg4 {(0:03)} Ke5 {(0:08)} 38.
Kf3 {(0:03)} Rf6+ {(0:08)} 39. Ke3 {(0:04)} Kd6+ {(0:08) and my opponent
resigned, just before he reached the time control. Having won the first game,
I then managed to draw the second game with White after great difficulties
even though I played the Exchange Slav. Of course I'm happy to win a match
against such a player as Ivanchuk, but OK 2 games do not prove anything and I
still think he is one of the world's very best players.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Re8 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c6 11. c3 (11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 12. Qf1) 11... Rxe1+ 12.
Qxe1 Nf8 13. Ne5 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Qe2 Ng7 (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 {xh6,f7,f5
but Fritz now suggests} Qb6 {and conceivably Black's kingside is less rickety
than appears tho' I doubt it!} (16... f6 17. Ng6)) 16. Nf1 h5 17. h3 Be6 18.
Re1 Qc7 19. Qd1 (19. Qf3 f5) (19. Ne3 {threatening 20 Qf3} f6 $1 20. Ng6 Bxg3)
19... f6 20. Nf3 $2 (20. Ng6 $1 {is very dangerous - though Black could set up
a sensible defence with} Nxg6 21. Bxg6 Bf7 {and if eg} 22. Qd3 (22. Bxd6 Qxd6
23. Qd3 Qd7) (22. Bc2 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Qd3 f5) 22... Bxg6 23. Qxg6 Bxg3
24. Nxg3 Qf7) 20... Re8 {Now Black is okay since he has enough minor pieces to
defend the weaknesses caused by ...h5 and ...g5} 21. h4 g4 22. N3d2 f5 23. Bxd6
Qxd6 24. Re5 f4 25. g3 fxg3 {Here I offered a draw.} 26. Nxg3 {xh4} (26. fxg3)
26... Bf7 27. f4 $2 (27. Rg5 Nfe6 (27... Qf6 $2 28. Bf5 $1 (28. Nf5 Nfe6 29.
Nxg7 Nxg5 30. Nxe8 Nh3+ $19)) 28. Nf5 Qf4 29. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31.
Bg6+ (31. Re5 Nf8 32. Rxe8 Nxe8) 31... Ke7 $1 (31... Kf8 32. Re5 Re7 33. Bxh5)
32. Re5 (32. Bxe8 Nxg5 33. hxg5 Kxe8 $17) 32... Rf8 {This is a big mess but I
think that Black is doing quite well.} 33. Qe2 (33. Qe1 Qf6) 33... g3 $1 (33...
Qf6 $2 34. Bxh5 Qxh4 35. Bxg4) 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Qg2 Qxh4) 27... Qf6 $1 28.
Ndf1 Qxf4 29. Rxe8 Bxe8 30. Qe2 Bg6 31. Kg2 Qf6 32. Ne3 Nfe6 $1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-B 75th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2013.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 ({More than 2 decades ago Kasparov started playing 1.
e4 against other opponents than Karpov. It took him some time to prepare the
most aggressive text move against the French, before that in a couple of games
he essayed} 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 ({Kasparov's idea was probably} 4... Bd6 5.
c4 $5 {, but Black will be the first to use this unbalancing motif...}) 5. Bd3
c5 $5 6. O-O $1 c4 7. Re1+ Be7 8. Bf1 O-O 9. Bg5 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc6
12. c3 Qd7 13. Nd2 Rae8 14. b3 b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Rd5]} Bd8
17. h4 Rxe1 18. Rxe1 Re8 19. Rb1 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. g3 Ne7 22. Qd1 g5 23.
hxg5 hxg5 24. Bg2 g4 25. Nf1 Bg5 26. Rb2 Kg7 27. Qb1 Rc8 28. Re2 Rc6 29. Re5 f6
30. Re2 Rb6 31. Qd1 Nf5 32. Re1 Nh6 33. Qe2 Kf7 $6 34. f4 gxf3 35. Qxf3 Rd6 36.
Re5 Kg7 37. Rxd5 Rxd5 38. Qxd5 {Kasparov,G (2770)-Kortschnoj,V (2610)/Tilburg/
1991/} Qxd5 39. Bxd5 Bc1 $1 $14 {[%cal Rc1b2]}) 3... Bb4 4. exd5 {The current
inspiration for White's seemingly insipid choice comes almost certainly from
Magnus Carlsen.} ({White wants to shift the fight for an edge to the
middlegame, the most principled continuation is naturally} 4. e5 {Some recent
practical examples:} Ne7 (4... c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 (6... Qc7 7. Qg4 f5
8. Qg3 Nc6 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc3+ 13. Ke2 Qxd4
14. Be3 Qg4+ 15. Qxg4 fxg4 16. h3 g3 17. f4 h5 18. h4 Bd7 19. Rh3 d4 20. Bxd4
O-O 21. Rf1 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Ke3 Rc8 24. c3 Rc4 25. Rxg3 Ra4 26. Ra1 Bc6
$44 {1/2-1/2 Grandelius,N (2572)-Rapport,R (2621)/Wijk aan Zee 2013 (70)}) 7.
Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4 Kf8 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Qb1 cxd4 $146 (11... c4 12. g3
h6 13. Nh4 Ke8 14. Bh3 Rg8 15. Qd1 Ng6 16. Ng2 Nce7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Ne3 Qa5 19.
Qh5 Nf8 20. f4 $36 {Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Ivanchuk,V (2763)/Bucharest/2012/}) 12.
Bb5 Qa5 13. cxd4 Qb6 14. Bb4 (14. Bc3 $5 a6 15. Bxc6 Qxb1+ 16. Rxb1 Nxc6 17.
Rb6 $32 {[%cal Ye1d2,Yh1b1,Yf3e1,Ye1d3,Yd3c5]}) 14... Nxb4 15. Qxb4 a6 16. Bd3
Qxb4+ 17. axb4 Nc6 18. c3 Rb8 19. Nd2 Bd7 20. Nb3 Na7 21. Kd2 Bb5 22. f4 Bxd3
23. Kxd3 h5 24. g3 Ke7 25. h3 Nb5 26. Nc5 b6 $1 $11 {Edouard,R (2686)-Nikolic,
P (2619)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2013/}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. h4 (7. Qg4 O-O (7...
cxd4 8. cxd4 $6 ({The only way to fight for an edge is to enter the
complications with} 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 $13 {Leko,P (2730)-Caruana,
F (2775)/Dortmund/2012/ See the notes to this game in CBM 150 by Kritz.}) 8...
Qc7 9. Bd2 Qxc2 10. Nf3 Qg6 11. Qh3 Qf5 12. g4 Qe4+ 13. Be2 b6 14. Be3 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16. O-O h5 17. gxh5 Qf5 18. Qg2 Qxh5 19. Rfc1 Kd7 20. a4 Nb4 $17 {
Schut,L (2295)-Swinkels,R (2508)/Wijk aan Zee-C/2013/}) 8. Bd3 Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6
10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8 15. h4 Ne7 16. a4
a5 $1 $146 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. g4 Ra6 19. Bc1 Bxa4 20. Ba3 h6 21. Nh3 b5 22. Bc5
Rc6 23. Bd6 Rf7 24. h5 gxh5 25. g5 Nf5 26. gxh6 Nxh6 27. Kd2 Rf5 28. Rhg1 Rb6
29. f3 b4 $17 {Karjakin,S (2778)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/})
(7. Nf3 Nbc6 8. Bd3 Bd7 ({Black's passive play could have caused him serious
trouble; more usual is the direct} 8... Qa5 $5) 9. O-O Qc7 10. Re1 Na5 $6 (
10... c4 11. Bf1 $14) (10... h6 $142 $5) 11. Ng5 $1 Ng6 12. Re3 c4 13. Be2 $6 (
13. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 14. Qg4 $40 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Re3f3]}) 13... Nc6 14. Bh5 Nce7
15. Qg4 Ba4 16. Ra2 $6 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Rh3 $1 $36) 16... Nf5 17. Re1 O-O-O
18. Nf3 Kb8 19. h4 Rdf8 20. Qh3 Nge7 21. Qh2 h6 22. Bg4 g5 23. h5 Ng7 24. Nd2
f5 25. exf6 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf6 27. Bf3 Rhf8 $15 {Caruana,F (2773)-Carlsen,M 
(2843)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 7... Qc7 8. h5 h6 9. Nf3 Nd7 (9... b6 $142 10.
Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 $13) 10. Rh4 O-O (10... Nf5 11. Rh3 Ne7 12. Nh4 Qa5 13.
Bd2 Qa4 14. Qb1 c4 15. Rg3 Rg8 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Rf3 Bd7 18. g4 Nc6 19. g5 Qa5
20. g6 $14 {Faulks,N-Lloyd,G (2229)/corr/2010/}) 11. Bd3 c4 12. Be2 f6 13. Rg4
Nf5 14. Bf4 fxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bd7 17. Qd2 a5 18. Rf4 b5 19. Bg4 Be8
20. g3 Ra6 21. Kf1 $14 {Van Kampen,R (2581)-Naiditsch,A (2708)/Wijk aan Zee-B/
2013/}) 4... exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 {Black has more than one way to achieve a
playable position, but the whole line is not so completely drawish and sterile,
as it was considered to be about a hundred years ago. Later on Naiditsch
adopted it himself in a crucial game with a direct competitor:} (5... c6 6.
Nge2 Ne7 7. Ng3 O-O 8. O-O Nd7 9. Nce2 Bd6 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. Be3 Nfg6
13. Qd2 Be6 14. Nh5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Neg3 Bd7 17. Re2 f6 18. Rae1 Re7 19.
Qd3 Qc7 20. Bd2 Rae8 21. c4 Bxg3 (21... Rxe2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 dxc4 24.
Qxc4+ Kh8 $11 {/\} 25. Qf7 Bf5 26. Qe8+ Nf8 {[%cal Yf5g6]}) 22. Nxg3 Rxe2 23.
Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Be6 25. c5 Qd7 26. f3 Bf5 27. Qa3 $11 {/+/=} a6 ({Black
continues to play passively and he is gradually squeezed to death.} 27... b6
$142 $5) 28. g4 Qe7 29. Kf2 Bc8 30. Bf4 f5 31. Qe3 Kf7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. g5
Kf7 34. Kg3 Nf8 35. h4 Ne6 36. h5 Bd7 37. Kh4 g6 38. h6 Ke7 39. Bd6+ Kd8 40. f4
$16 {[%cal Yh4e1,Ye1a5,Ye2c3,Yc3a2,Ya2b4,Yb4a6] Naiditsch,A (2708)-Rapport,R 
(2621)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2013/ White gradually prepared a sacrifice on a6 to
break down Black's defences.}) 6. a3 {Black can now keep his bishop and the
text move won't be too useful.} ({More natural is} 6. Nge2 Bg4 (6... O-O 7. O-O
c6 8. a3 Bd6 9. Bf4 Re8 10. Qd2 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qf4 Qxf4 13. Nxf4 Nbd7
14. f3 Be6 15. h4 h5 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. b4 Bd7 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. a4 Ne6 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. a5 a6 22. Re1 g6 23. Kf2 Kg7 24. Na4 Nd7 25. g4 $11 {/+/=, Popov,I 
(2609)-Vitiugov,N (2703)/Tyumen/2012/}) 7. O-O O-O 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10.
Nxg6 hxg6 11. Ne2 (11. Bg5 c6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. c3 Nf2+
16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. cxb4 f6 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nc5 Qxb2 21. Qh3+ Kg8
22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 {Ivanchuk,V (2739)-So,W (2640)/WCup
Khanty-Mansiysk/2009/} 25. Ne4 $1 dxe4 26. Bc4+ Rf7 27. Qc8+ Kh7 28. Qh3+ $11)
11... Re8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. f4 Nh7 15. Qf3 c6 16. h4 Ndf8 ({
Critical is} 16... Qb6 $5 $132 {/=/+}) 17. Rae1 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Re5 $1 f6
$6 (19... Rae8 20. c3 Nf6 $14) 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. h5 $1 gxh5 22. Qxh5 Qf7 23.
Qg4 g6 24. Nf5 Kh8 25. Nh4 f5 26. Qh3 Qe6 27. Kf2 Re8 28. Nf3 Re7 29. Ne5 $40 {
Carlsen,M (2843)-Vallejo Pons,F (2697)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 6... Be7 {
In the Winawer Black often has problems on the dark squares, Fischer for this
reason even considered the whole line strategically dubious.} ({While after} 
6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Ne2 $13 {these are not so obvious and pressing as in
the main lines with 4.e5, Naiditsch still prefers to avoid them and invests a
tempo to retain his bishop.}) 7. h3 {Slow play shouldn't promise White an edge.
However, although straightforward development is more logical, Black should
still hold his own:} (7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 b6 (8... c5 $5 $132) (8... Re8 9. O-O
Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nce2) 9. Nce2 c5 10. c3 Ba6 $6 11. O-O Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c4 13.
Qf3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Rg3f5]} g6 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nf4 Nd2 17. Qxd5
Nxf1 18. Qxa8 $18 {Debray,C (2380)-Touzane,O (2325)/Montpellier/2007/}) (7. Nf3
Bg4 (7... O-O 8. h3 {seems already more justified.}) 8. h3 (8. O-O O-O 9. h3
Bh5 10. Re1 c6 11. Be2 Nbd7 {0-1 Velchev,H (2212)-Erdos,V (2499)/Herceg Novi
2005/CBM 108 ext (34)}) 8... Bh5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 c6 12. Qf3 Nbd7
13. O-O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 b5 $13 {Hund,B (2216)-Andersson,C (2209)/
Heraklio/2007/}) 7... Nbd7 {Once Bg4 is prevented, Black flexibly changes his
plan and returns to the c5 idea.} ({Another way to implement this is} 7... O-O
8. Nge2 b6 $5 (8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $13) 9. b4 c5 10. bxc5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 (
11... Bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 $132) 12. c6 Ne5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 Be6 15. O-O Rc8 16.
Nd4 Qa5 (16... Bc5 $5 {/\} 17. Bg5 Bxh3 18. Nb3 Qd6 19. gxh3 Neg4 20. hxg4 Qg3+
$11) 17. Bd2 (17. Qe1 $1 $36) 17... Nc4 $2 (17... Ne4 $1 18. Nb3 Qd8 $11) 18.
Bb3 Qc5 19. Bf4 Nxa3 $2 20. Qd3 a5 21. Rfe1 $18 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Ge1e7] Sulypa,
A (2505)-Ivanov,S (2561)/Kallithea/2002/}) (7... Be6 8. Nf3 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10.
Ne2 Qd7 11. Bb5 Bd6 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Nf4 (14. O-O $36) 14... a6
15. Ba4 Nge7 16. Bc5 b5 17. Bb3 Nxe5 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Nxd5 {Rabiega,R (2420)-Masternak,G (2300)/Katowice/1993/} Qc5 23.
Nf4 Bf5 $132) 8. Nf3 $146 (8. Bf4 O-O (8... c5 {/\} 9. Nb5 O-O $13) (8... Nf8
9. Nf3 Ne6 10. Be5 O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. c4 Bb7 14. Qc2 $36 {Hiermann,
D (2205)-Kretschel,K (2060)/Bayern/1995/}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nb5 a6 10. Nxc7 Ra7 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Yb7b5]} 11. g4 g6 12. Nf3 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxd5 Nxf4 15. Nxf4
Bd6 $32) 9... c5 10. O-O a6 {tranposes to the game.}) 8... c5 $5 {[%mdl 32]
This attempt to break the symmetry indicates Black's fighting mood.} (8... O-O
9. O-O c6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qd2 $11 {/+/=}) 9. O-O ({Piece play compensates for
the isolated pawn after} 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O O-O $132) 9... O-O 10. Bf4 a6 {
Prevents Nb5 and for the time being retains the tension.} 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2 (
{White also holds on to his centre, but perhaps this was the right moment for} 
12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nd4 ({or} 13. Be5 $5 $11 {/+/=})) 12... c4 {Gradually
running out of useful moves, Black decides to advance the pawn after all.} (
12... b5 13. dxc5 (13. Rad1 c4 14. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5c6]} Bd6 (14... Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nh5 16. Be2 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Bg5 18. Qg3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) (14... Bb7 15. Bf5
$14) 15. Bxh7+ $5 (15. Bf5 $14) 15... Nxh7 16. Nc6 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qb6 18. Ne7+
(18. Re8+ Nhf8 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 20. Nxd5 Bb7 $1 21. Nxb6 Rxe8 $15) 18... Bxe7 19.
Nxd5 Qd8 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. d5 $44 {[%csl Ge7,Rh8][%cal Yd5d6] ->}) 13... Nxc5
14. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Yd4c6,Yd4f5]}) 13. Be2 $5 {Although this costs time, Smeets
repositions the B to hit d5.} (13. Bf5 Nf8 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Be5 Qd7 16. Re2
$11 {/+/=}) 13... b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Bf3 Nf8 16. Ng4 $6 {Only this is
inaccurate.} (16. Re2 $142 Ne6 17. Rae1 {[%cal Re5f7]} Bd6 (17... Nxf4 18. Qxf4
Bf8 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxe5 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Rxe5 $16)
19. g4) 18. Bg3 $11 {/+/= is comfortable for White} (18. Bg5 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 h6
20. Qf5 Bc8 21. Qf4 Be6 $11) (18. g4 Qb6 $132) {/\} 18... Qb6 19. Ng4 $14)
16... Ne4 $1 {Black pounces on his chance to change the character of the
position and get active play.} (16... Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Ng6 18. Bg5 $11 {/+/= is
boring and can be better only for White.}) 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 (
18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 $15 {/-/+}) (18. Be2 Ne6 $15) 18... f5
19. Rxe7 Rxe7 $15 {/-/+}) (17. Qc1 Ne6 $36) 17... dxe4 18. Rad1 (18. Ne3 Qd7
19. d5 Ng6 20. Bh2 Rad8 $15) 18... f5 19. Ne5 {[%csl Re5] Here the knight is
more active, but also more exposed.} (19. Ne3 $5 $13 {/=/+ is similar to the
above note.}) 19... Ne6 20. Be3 Bf6 (20... Bd6 $1 {/\} 21. a4 $6 Qh4 22. Ne2
Rad8 $36) (20... Qc7 $5 $15) 21. a4 $5 Nc7 {Black's knight leaves a good
square to support the crumbling queenside, but maybe it was not worth the
trouble.} (21... b4 22. Ne2 {[%csl Rb4,Rc4]}) ({The direct} 21... bxa4 $5 {
seems more promising:} 22. Nxa4 (22. Nxc4 Qc7 {[%cal Rc7c4,Rf5f4]}) 22... Qc7
$15 {[%cal Re6d4,Ya8d8]}) 22. axb5 (22. Qe2 $5 {postpones the swap only after
the rook vacates the a-file.} Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. c3 $15 {/<=>}) 22... axb5
23. Qe2 Rc8 (23... Qc8 $5 24. b3 $5 cxb3 25. Nxb5 bxc2 26. Qxc2 Nxb5 27. Qb3+
Qe6 28. Qxb5 $15) 24. Ra1 (24. g4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qh4 $36) (24. Qh5 $1 g6 25.
Nxg6 hxg6 26. Qxg6+ Bg7 27. Qxf5 $44) 24... Ne6 $5 (24... b4 25. Ra7 (25. Qxc4+
Nd5 26. Qb5 bxc3 27. Qxb7 Bxe5 $5 (27... f4 28. Bc1 (28. Nf7 Re7 $5 (28... Qe7
29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. Qxd5+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. bxc3 fxe3 33. Rxe3 Bg5 34. f4
$15) 29. Nxd8 Rxb7 30. Nxb7 cxb2 31. Rab1 Rxc2 32. Bc1 Bxd4 $17) 28... e3 (
28... Bxe5 29. dxe5 Rb8 30. Qc6 cxb2 31. Bxb2 Rxb2 32. Red1 Rxe5 33. Ra8 Rb8
34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Rxd5 $11) 29. fxe3 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Rb8 31. Qc6 cxb2 32. Bxb2
Nxe3 33. Rab1 $132) 28. dxe5 Rb8 $36) 25... bxc3 26. Rxb7 cxb2 27. Rxb2 Nd5 $15
) 25. Ra7 (25. Nxb5 $2 Qd5 26. Na7 (26. Nc3 Nxd4 $17) 26... Rc7 {[%csl Ra7]})
25... Re7 (25... Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxb7 Bxe5 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. Rxb5 $11) (
25... Qb6 26. Rea1 $132) (25... Rb8 26. Nxb5 f4 (26... Qd5 27. Nc3 Nxd4 28.
Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Qxc4+ $11) 27. Bd2 Qd5 28. Nc3 Qxd4 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Nxc4 Rb4
$36) 26. Qd2 $6 (26. Rd1 b4 (26... Qb6 27. d5 Nc5 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Rxe7 Bxe7
30. dxc6 Qxc6 31. g4 $1 $132) 27. d5 (27. Na4 f4 (27... Bd5 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29.
Nc5 $132) 28. d5 fxe3 29. dxe6 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qc7 $40) 27... Bxe5 (27... Nf8 $2
28. Nc6 $16) 28. dxe6 Qe8 29. Na4 Bb8 $36) (26. d5 Bxe5 27. dxe6 Qe8 (27... b4
$2 28. Bg5 $1) {transposes to the above line after} 28. Rd1 b4 $36) 26... b4 ({
Black is very ambitious and wants more than} 26... f4 $1 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Qxf4
Qxd4 29. Rxb7 Bxe5 30. Qxe4 (30. Qg4 Rf8 $1 31. Nxe4 Rxb7 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. c3
Qa7 34. Qxe5 Re7 35. Qg3 $17 (35. Qxb5 Rxf2 $19)) 30... Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxb7 32.
Rxe5 b4 $15 {/-/+}) 27. Ne2 c3 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Qc1 (29. Nxc3 $2 Bxe5 30. dxe5
Rd7 $19 {[%cal Rc8c3]}) (29. Qd1 g5 $15) 29... g5 $5 (29... f4 30. Nxf4 Nxf4
31. Bxf4 Qxd4 32. Qa3 $8 e3 33. Rxe3 Qxf4 34. Qb3+ Kh8 (34... Kf8 $2 35. Rxb7
Bxe5 36. Rxe7 Kxe7 37. Qd5 $18) 35. Nd3 (35. Rxb7 Rxe5 36. Rb8 Qf5 37. Qb7 Rg8
38. Qb3 Bd8 39. Qxg8+ Kxg8 40. Rxd8+ Kf7 41. Rf3 Qxf3 42. gxf3 Re2 $15 {/=})
35... Qg5 36. Rxb7 Rxe3 37. fxe3 Qxe3+ 38. Kh1 Bd4 39. Qb1 $132) 30. g3 Rg7 (
30... f4 31. Ng4 Rg7 $5 (31... fxe3 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. Rxb7 exf2+ 34. Kxf2 Rxb7
35. Nxe4 $13) 32. Qb1 fxe3 33. Rxb7 Nxd4 34. Kg2 $1 $132) 31. Kh2 $2 {[%mdl
8192] A serious tactical error in a still tense position.} ({He had to play} 
31. Qb1 Qd5 32. Kh2 {and the fight goes on.} {/\} f4 33. Ng4 $13) 31... f4 $1
32. gxf4 gxf4 33. Bxf4 (33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. Rxb7 (34. Bxf4 Qxd4 {[%csl Ra7,Re5,
Rf2]}) 34... Rxb7 35. Bxf4 Qxd4 36. Ng4 Bg7 $19) 33... Nxd4 34. Rd1 (34. Rxb7 {
was more resilient, but Black should gradually convert his material advantage
after} Rxb7 35. Rg1+ Rg7 $19) 34... Bxe5 35. Nxd4 (35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Bxe5 Nf3+
37. Kg2 Qf8) 35... Qg5 $1 {[%cal Rg5f4,Rg5g2]} (35... Qh4 $1 $19 {is just as
good.}) 0-1

[Event "Chicago op 27th"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2018.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Stukopin, Andrey"]
[Black "Checa, Nicolas D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Stukopin,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 {Not the most critical or dangerous line for Black,
but some precison is still required on his side. I decided to go for this line
right before the game justifying it by an element of surprise it would bring
and an entirely distinct class of positions that arises as a consequence of
this variant.} c5 {One of the best reactions.} ({Black has at his disposal a
more critical line:} 3... dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 c5 6. Ne2 Nc6 {here White's
task to justify the opening choice becomes even more difficult.}) 4. exd5 exd5
5. Nf3 {There are several other options to continue for the white side:} (5. c3
Nc6 (5... cxd4 $5) 6. Nf3 {opening up the c2 square for the bishop's retreat
in case of c4.}) (5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O {leads to a position
where Black has an isolated pawn but good squares for his pieces. The bishop
on c8 will proceed to g4, the night from b8 - to c6. Black should not have any
problems in this line.}) 5... Nf6 6. O-O c4 (6... Be7 $6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {leads
to the above position from 5.dc Bc5 with an extra tempo for the white side.})
7. Be2 Nc6 {[%csl Re2][%cal Ge8g8,Gf8e7] The pawn structure is very
incoonvient for White in the current setup and, therefore, needs to be changed.
} 8. b3 cxb3 9. axb3 Be7 (9... Bd6 10. c4 O-O {[%csl Rd6] is an interesting,
but not a human alternative. The dark squared bishop is better off controlling
the d8-h4 diagonal.}) 10. c4 {If White manages to put enough pressure on the
d5-pawn and force Black to capture on c4, his position will be much better} O-O
11. Nc3 {Now, Black needs to develop his light-squared bishop before it is too
late. There are 3 potential square for this:} Bg4 {The most logical decision.
Black's idea is to undermine White's protection of the d4-pawn and, when given
a chance, take on c4 followed by ...Qd4 or ...Nd4.} (11... Bf5 12. Bg5 Be6 $5 {
using the fact that White's night from f3 can no longer jump to g5 and that
White's bishop on g5 is not doing a great job at putting pressure on the d5
pawn.}) (11... Be6 12. Bb2 $14 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gf1e1]}) 12. Ra4 {Adding to the
already existing protection of the pawns along the 4th rank.} ({The first move
that came to my mind did not seem as a particularly strong one. Nonetheless,
it is more interesting than I thought it to be:} 12. h3 $5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 dxc4
14. bxc4 (14. d5 Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4]}) (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. bxc4 Bb4 16. Qd3 Re8 {
Black's structure is not too bad whereas his pieces are quite active.}) 14...
Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 $6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4] Black ends up losing
the a7 pawn.}) 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Rb1 (17. Rxa7 $4 Bc5) 17... a5
18. Be3 $14 {During the game I was not impressed by the simplifications that
took place in this line. However, Black is to go a long way to make a draw.})
12... dxc4 13. d5 Bxf3 (13... b5 14. Nxb5 Qxd5 15. Rxc4 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Qxd1 (
15... Qxb5 16. Rxg4 Qb7 17. Rh4 $14 {[%cal Gd1c2,Gc1b2]}) 16. Rxd1 Ne5 17. Rc7
Rfe8 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Nxa7 $14) 14. Bxf3 Ne5 15. bxc4 {Now the pawn on c4 is
protected.} Nxf3+ (15... Nfd7 16. d6 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Ne4 $14) 16. Qxf3
Nd7 17. Be3 (17. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd5d6] was a very interesting and energetic
move which could lead to many a tactical position.} Bd6 (17... Nb6 18. Ra1 Nxc4
19. d6 Nxd6 20. Ba3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc3e4] There is no way get out of the pin.
}) 18. Ne4 Nb6 (18... Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Ba3 $16 {White has a huge
advantage due to the strong central pawns.}) 19. Nxd6 Nxa4 20. Nf5 $1 {White
has an overwhelming compensation for the exchange.}) 17... Bc5 18. Bf4 (18. Ne4
Bxe3 19. Qxe3 b6 20. Qd4 a5 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gd8f6] Black's position is quite
solid.}) (18. Raa1 $5 {[%cal Gf1b1,Gc3a4]}) 18... Nb6 19. Ra5 (19. Raa1 Nxc4
20. d6 Bxd6 21. Rfd1 Qe7 $15 {White does not have enough resources to continue
the pursuit.}) 19... Bb4 $1 {Other moves are too slow:} (19... Rc8 20. Ne4 Bb4
21. Rxa7 Rxc4 22. Rd1 $14 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd5d6]} (22. d6 $5)) (19... Nd7 20.
Raa1 $16 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 20. Rb5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8 $1 {White has no time to
properly defend the c4-pawn.} 22. Qd3 a6 $6 (22... Rxc4 $1 23. Rxb6 (23. Be3
Qc8 $1 {Black should be able to equalize.}) 23... Rxf4 24. Rxb7 Qf6 $1 25. Rxa7
Rd4 $11) 23. Rb3 Nxc4 (23... Rxc4 $4 24. Be3 $18) 24. Rxb7 {[%csl Ga6] By
playing a6 Black protected the pawn, but underestimated the activity of
White's pieces.} Qf6 (24... Nd6 25. Ra7 a5 26. g3 $16 {[%csl Gf4]}) 25. Qg3 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gg3b8] Cutting the knight off by taking control over the
dagonal b8-h2 as well as not allowing Rfd8.} Qd4 (25... Rfd8 $4 26. Bg5 $18) (
25... Na5 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Nb7 28. Rb1 Nc5 29. Be5 $16) 26. d6 Rfd8 $6 {
Loses on the spot.} ({Black could try to resist a bit longer by playing} 26...
Rc5 $5 27. Rb4 $1 {[%cal Gf4e3]} Qe4 (27... a5 28. Be3 Qd5 29. Bxc5 axb4 30.
Bxb4 $16) (27... Qd5 28. Re1 $18 {[%cal Gf4h6]}) 28. d7 Rd5 29. Be3 Qd3 (29...
Rxd7 30. Bc5 Rc8 31. Qc3 $1 $18) 30. Bc5 Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxc5 32. Rd1 $16) 27.
Rc7 $1 Ra8 28. Bg5 $1 Nxd6 (28... Rxd6 29. Rxc4 $18) (28... Rf8 29. Be7 Rfe8
30. d7 $18) 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. Qf3 $1 {[%cal Gf1d1]} Qe4 $6 31. Rxf7 $1 Qxf3 32.
Rxf3 $18 1-0

[Event "Douglas IoM op"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2017.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2017.09.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 {I don't think that Anand
will play this line frequently.} Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Be7 {I think this is a
little bit passive.} ({I would prefer} 7... Bd6 {Black controls the e5-square
and he doesn't allow White to play Bf4:} 8. O-O (8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10.
Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Bxd6+ Kxd6 14. Nc3 c6 $11 {Muzychuk,A (2523)
-L'Ami,E (2615) Wijk aan Zee 2010 1/2 (53)}) 8... O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nc3 a6 11.
Ne2 Re8 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. c3 Bxf4 14. Nxf4 Qd6 15. Qc1 Ne4 16. Bc2 Bf5 $11 {
Ivanisevic,I (2611) -Martinovic,S (2565) Mali Losinj CRO 2017 1/2 (58)}) 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 ({White can prevent ...Bg4:} 9. h3 $5 c5 (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 Re8 11.
Bf4 c6 12. c3 Bf8 13. Nbd2 g6 14. Qc2 a5 15. a4 Bg7 16. Nf1 $14 {Ivanov,A 
(2513)-Kamsky,G (2706) ICC INT 2014 1/2 (41)}) 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12.
c3 Qd6 $2 (12... Bb6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Nf1 $14) 13. b4 Bb6 14. Nc4
{1/2 (14) Leniart,A (2480) -Gleizerov,E (2519) Suwalki POL 2017. White has a
big advantage after} Qc7 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Re1 $16) 9... Bg4 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11.
Nbd2 Re8 12. c3 c6 13. Qc2 (13. Qb3 {This move seems to be harmless, but even
here you can find some novelties with computer assistance:} Qb6 ({Probably
Black should play} 13... Qc7 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 $11) 14. Ne5 (
14. h3 $5 Bh5 (14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 $14) 15. Ne5 (15. Nh4 $1 Bf8 16. g4 Bg6 17.
Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bf4 $14) 15... Nxe5 $11 {1/2 (13) Arapovic,V (2392)-Dizdarevic,E
(2493) Neum 2011}) 14... Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Be6 16. Re2 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 (17... Nf4
$1 {was the only way to equalize} 18. Re3 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxe7) 18. g3 Ree8 19.
Rae1 Nf6 20. Qc2 $14 {Malisauskas,V (2490)-Gdanski,J (2435) Manila 1992 1/2 
(29)}) 13... h6 {Now Black cannot play ...Bh5, ...Bg6:} (13... Bh5 14. Ne5 ({
Probably White should play} 14. Re2 $5 h6 (14... Nf8 15. Rae1 Qd6 16. h3 Rad8 (
16... Bg6 17. Nh4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 $14) 17. Bh4 Bg6 18. Bg3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qd7 20.
Ne5 Qc8 21. Nxc6 $16 {Lintchevski, D (2553)-Dmitrenko,V (2353) Pardubice 2011
1-0 (46); and White easily won the game.}) 15. Bf4 Nf8 16. Rae1 Ne6 17. Bg3 Bd6
18. Bf5 Bg4 19. Bh4 Be7 20. h3 Bxf5 21. Qxf5 $14 Nd7 $2 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+
Kf8 24. Bg3 $18 {Ovetchkin,R (2556)-Lintchevski,D (2450) Plovdiv 2008 1/2 (49)}
) 14... h6 15. Bf4 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 (16. Bxe5 $1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Nf8 {and Black has
good chances to equalise the game}) 16... Bd6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 $1
19. Re1 Bg4 20. h3 Be6 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Qe2 Re8 $11 {Demidov,M (2521)-Fedoseev,
V (2731) Sochi RUS 2017 1/2 (59)}) 14. Bf4 Nh5 (14... c5 15. h3 Be6 16. dxc5
Nxc5 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Nb3 {This position reminds me of the line 1.
e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nxd7; I would
evaluate it in White's favour.}) 15. Be5 $1 Bg5 $146 {This novelty doesn't
help Black to level the game. Let's examine other continuations:} (15... Nxe5
16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Nxe5 Nf6 18. h3 Be6 19. Ndf3 Bd6 20. Re3 Rc8 (20... g6 21.
Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qe7 23. Ng5 $1 hxg5 (23... Qg7 24. Nxe6+ Rxe6 25. Qf5 Rae8
26. Rae1 Qg5 27. Ng6+ Kg7 (27... Kf7 $2 28. Nh8+ $1 Kg7 29. Qxg5+ hxg5 30. Rxe6
$18) 28. Qxg5 Rxe3 (28... hxg5 $4 29. Rxe6 $18) 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kxg6 31.
g3 $14) 24. Rf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Qg7 26. Rxf6+ Bf7 27. Qf5 Kg8 28. f4 $1 $16) 21.
Rae1 c5 22. Bf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $14 {Glek,I (2515)-Dolmatov,S (2595) Dortmund
1992 1-0 (66)}) (15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nxe5 (16... Nhf6 17. Re2 Bf8 18. Rae1 Qb6
19. Bf5 $16 {Bus,M (2375)-Schmidt,W (2440) Lubniewice 1993 1-0 (35)}) 17. Bh7+
Kf8 18. Nxe5 (18. dxe5 $1 Nf4 19. Qf5 Ne6 20. g3 $5 (20. Bg6 $6 Bf6 21. exf6
fxg6 22. Qxg6 Qxf6 $11) 20... Bc5 21. Rad1 Qd7 22. Nh4 $1 g5 $8 23. Nf3 Kg7 24.
Qc2 $14) 18... Nf6 19. Re2 Bd6 20. Rae1 Qc7 21. f4 Re7 22. Bd3 {1/2 (20) Bus,M
(2375)-Brynell,S (2470) Copenhagen 1993}) 16. h3 $1 (16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Bf5 Bxf5
18. Qxf5 Kg8 19. Nxg5 hxg5 {Black should level the game.}) 16... Bxf3 {Black
has got an unpleasant situation; she should have tried to find the most
reliable worse position:} (16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Rxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6
20. g3 Nd7 21. Bh7+ Kf8 22. f4 Bf6 23. Re1 $16) 17. Nxf3 Bf4 (17... Nf8 18. Qb3
$5 (18. c4 $5 Nf4 19. Bf5 $14) 18... Qd7 19. h4 Bf4 20. c4 $1 dxc4 (20... a6
21. cxd5 cxd5 22. g3 f6 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Bf1 $14) 21. Bxc4 Ng6 22. g3 Bxe5 23.
dxe5 $16) (17... Nxe5 18. Rxe5 {- 16...Nxe5}) 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20.
Bf5 Qc7 21. Bxd7 $1 {Just in time. White takes control of the e-file.} Qxd7 22.
Ne5 Qe6 (22... Qc7 $2 23. Qf5 $18) 23. Re3 Kg8 ({Hou Yifan doesn't want to
play the rook endgame after} 23... Ng6 24. Nxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rae1
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rb8 28. h4 $1 $16 {The endgame which has arisen is very
unpleasant for Black, probably her position is lost.} (28. Re7 $6 g5 $1)) 24.
Rae1 Qc8 $6 25. Nxf7 $1 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 $1 (26. fxe3 Nxh3+ $1 {The only way to
continue resistance:} 27. gxh3 Kxf7 28. Qh7 Qh8 $5 {Definitely, it is not the
best square for the queen, but Black needs to have the g8-square for his king.}
(28... Qg8 $5 {leads to an interesting endgame:} 29. Qf5+ Ke7 30. e4 Qe6 31.
Qxe6+ Kxe6 32. exd5+ Kxd5 33. Re7 g5 34. Rxb7 a5 {Black has good chances to
save the game due to the active position of his king}) 29. Qf5+ (29. Rf1+ $6
Ke7 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Qe5+ Kd7 $11) 29... Kg8 30. e4 Rf8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. exd5
Rf6 33. Qe4+ Rg6+ 34. Kf1 cxd5 35. Qxd5 Qc8 {Due to the vulnerable position of
the opponent's king, Black has a chance to save the game.}) 26... Kxf7 27. Rf3
$16 {White gets an extra pawn.} Kg8 (27... g5 $2 28. Qh7+ Ke8 29. g3 Nxh3+ 30.
Kh2 $18) 28. Rxf4 Qe6 29. Qf5 ({White could have tried to trade rooks, but the
consequences of} 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Re3 Qf7 31. Qe2 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Qf5 $16 {
are not so clear.}) 29... Re8 (29... Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Qe8 31. Rf3 {is joyless for
Black. White can push his h- and g-pawns and get a winning position.}) 30.
Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. Kf1 a5 32. Rf3 Rg6 33. a4 Rd6 (33... b5 34. axb5 cxb5 35. Rf5
Rd6 36. Ke2 {White has an extra pawn and an active rook. He should win the
game.}) 34. Ke2 Rd8 35. Kd3 {This is the best square for the white king.} Rb8
36. Rf5 b5 {If Black waits then White will play g4, f4, Re5, f5.} 37. axb5 Rxb5
{Black wants to trade pawns after ...a4, ...Ra5, ...a3.} 38. Kc2 Rb7 (38... a4
39. Kb1 Rb3 40. Ka2 $18) 39. f4 Rb8 40. g4 a4 41. Re5 (41. Kb1 $5 Rb6 42. Ka2
$18) 41... Kf7 42. f5 Ra8 43. Re6 Rc8 44. Re5 Ra8 (44... g6 45. fxg6+ Kxg6 46.
Re6+ Kg5 47. Kb1 $18) 45. h4 a3 46. bxa3 Rxa3 47. Kb2 $18 Ra8 48. g5 hxg5 49.
hxg5 Rb8+ 50. Kc2 Rh8 51. Re6 Rh5 52. g6+ Kf8 53. f6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 ({A few months ago
Fabiano played} 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nge7 8. Qf3 Be6 9. Nh3 Qd7 10. Ng5
O-O-O $6 (10... Bf5 $1 11. g4 $6 {Kamran always has his own chess style.} Bg6
12. h4 f6 13. Nh3 h5 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15. Qg2 O-O-O $15 {Shirazi,K (2403)
-Vareille,F (2418) France 1999 0-1 (56)}) 11. O-O Rdf8 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qe2
Nf5 14. a4 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2788)-Caruana,F (2795)chess.com INT 2016
1-0 (57). I don't think that Fabiano was satisfied with his position. So he
prepared another line.}) 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bg5 ({Sometimes White
doesn't hurry up to develop his dark-squared bishop:} 8. h3 Re8 9. Ng3 Nbd7 10.
Qf3 (10. a3 Bd6 11. Qf3 (11. Nf5 Bc7 12. Qf3 Nf8 13. Bg5 Bxf5 14. Bxf5 Qd6 15.
g3 h6 16. Be3 (16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. Kg2 Re7 $11) 16... Re7 17. Bf4 Qd8
18. Bd2 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rfe1 $11 {Medvegy,Z (2474)-Hoang,T (2470)
Budapest 2005 1/2 (26)}) 11... Nf8 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rfe1 Ne6 14. Be3 g6 15. Nce2
Bf8 16. c3 Bg7 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. Nfe2 Nge4 20. Bf4 Qb6 $11 {
Andriasian,Z (2594)-Kovalenko,I (2680) Al-Ain UAE 2015 1/2 (53)}) 10... Nf8 11.
Nce2 Ng6 12. c3 Bd6 $6 {Igor Naumkin, who has never had a computer, because he
doesn't know how to turn it on, immediately played 12...Be7, which is stronger
than ...Bd6.} (12... Be7 13. Nf4 Bd7 14. Be3 $6 Nh4 15. Qd1 Bd6 16. Re1 {
1/2 (16) Yudasin,L (2540)-Naumkin,I (2435) Montecatini Terme 1998. Igor could
have won a pawn after} Bxf4 $1 17. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 $17) 13. Bg5 Be7 $8
14. Nf4 Nxf4 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rae1 f5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 Be6 19.
h4 $14) 15. Bxf4 g6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Re2 $14 {Bok,B (2562)-Van Kampen,R (2609)
Amsterdam 2015 1/2 (27)}) 8... h6 {A concession. Now White can play Bh4.} (8...
Re8 $1 9. Ng3 h6 {and Black has good chances to equalise:} 10. Bf4 (10. Bd2
Nbd7 11. Nce2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf8 13. Nf4 Qd6 14. f3 Bd7 15. Bf5 Re7 16. Bxd7
Qxd7 17. Nd3 Ng6 18. Nc5 Qc7 19. Nf5 Ree8 $11 {Shirov,A (2755)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2751) Morelia/Linares 2008 1/2 (30)}) (10. Bh4 $2 g5 $19) 10... Bg4 11. Qd2
Nbd7 12. a3 Bf8 13. h3 Be6 14. b3 {Ivan doesn't want to admit that White has
no advantage, so tries to prepare f4, f5, which leads to a worse position.} a6
15. Be3 (15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Nf5 c5 $11) 15... Rc8 16. f4 Nb8 $1 17. f5 Bd7 {
After ...c5 White will have only problems with his f5-pawn.} 18. Kh1 c5 $1 19.
dxc5 Bxc5 (19... Qc7 $1 20. Nge2 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qf4 Nc6 $15 {In order
to avoid problems White needs to play very precisely}) 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Nge2
Qc8 (21... Qb6 $5 22. Nd4 Rcc8 23. Nce2 Nc6 24. Qf4 Ne5 $15) 22. Rf4 d4 $6 23.
Rxd4 Bxf5 $11 {Ivanisevic,I (2636)-Vallejo Pons,F (2705) Porto Carras 2011 1/2
(30)}) 9. Bh4 Re8 10. f3 {Black's counterplay is connected with preparation of
...Ne4, so White wants to get control over this square, then he can play Qd2,
Bf2, Ng3 with some chances to obtain an advantage.} ({Another continuation is} 
10. h3 Nbd7 11. a3 Bf8 12. Re1 Nb6 13. b3 Bd7 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Be5 f6 (15... Nc8
$5 16. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 17. Bxe4 f6 18. Bg6 fxe5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. dxe5 Nb6 $15)
16. Bh2 f5 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Nxc3 Qh4 19. Ne2 c5 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. c3 f4 $6 (21...
c4 22. Be5 Qf7 23. Bc2 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Nc4 $11) 22. Nxf4 cxd4 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24.
cxd4 Bd6 25. Nh5 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 $14 {Glek,I (2565)-Vaganian,R (2630)
Netherlands 1998 0-1 (44)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 ({White can try a more
aggressive but risky plan:} 11. Kh1 Nf8 12. g4 Ng6 13. Bg3 (13. Bxg6 $6 fxg6
14. Bg3 g5 15. Qd3 b6 16. Rae1 a5 $15) 13... h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qd2 Bxg3 (15...
hxg4 16. hxg4 (16. fxg4 $6 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Be6 19. Rae1 Bb4 20. a3
Ba5 $15) 16... Nh7 17. Rf2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Ng5 $11) 16. Nxg3 Qd6 17. Nce2 hxg4
18. hxg4 Nh7 19. Rf2 Qf6 20. Nh5 Qe7 21. Nef4 $14 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Nf8 23. Re2 Be6
24. g5 Ng6 25. Qg3 Qd7 26. Rae1 $16 {Ulibin,M (2562) -Prokopchuk,E (2470)
Koszalin 1999 1/2 (70)}) 11... Nf8 12. Rae1 Bd7 13. a3 Be7 14. Bf2 Ng6 $146 ({
Black showed a convincing way to equalize the game after} 14... Bd6 15. Nd1 Qc7
16. Bg3 Nh5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. g4 Nf6 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. Nxf4 g5 21. Ne2 Re7 22.
Ng3 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8 Nxe8 $11 {Fakhrutdinov,T (2161)-Ponfilenok,V 
(2399) Kazan 2014 1/2 (43)}) 15. Bg3 {An ambitious plan. White wants to put
his bishop on e5 and gradually launch an attack by means of f4, Ng3, f5.
However in the following game Fabiano indicated the drawbacks of this plan.} ({
Black would have had much more problems if White had played} 15. Nd1 $5 Bd6 (
15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 17. g4 $1 Nf6 (17... Bg5 18. Be3 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nf6
20. Nf4 g5 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Re2 $14) 18. Nf4 g5 19. Ng6 Bd6 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Kg2
$14) 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 $5 (17. Nxg3 Qc7 18. c3 Qf4 $11) 17... Qc7 18. c3
Re7 19. Nf4 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 Nxf4 21. gxf4 {with a slightly better position for
White.}) 15... Nh5 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Be5 Bh4 18. Rd1 {After this move White is
almost forced to meet ...Bg5 with f4. 18.Rb1 or 18.Ra1 with the idea to play
18...Bg5 19.Qd1 deserved consideration.} (18. Rb1 Bg5 19. Qd1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 g5
21. Qd3 Bf4 22. Nxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 $11) 18... Bg5 19. f4 ({White has a
worse position after} 19. Qe1 Nf4 20. Nxf4 Bxf4 21. Rf2 g5 22. g3 Bxe5 23. dxe5
Qb6 24. Na4 Qc7 25. f4 Bf5 $15) 19... Be7 20. h3 Be6 21. Kh2 Nf6 22. Nc1 ({
Probably Vishy should have hindered his opponent from playing ...h5, ...Bf5 by
means of} 22. g4 $5 Bf7 23. Rde1 Nd7 24. Ng3 a5 25. Qd3 {with a roughly equal
position.}) 22... h5 $1 23. Nd3 Bf5 24. Ne2 Ne4 $15 {In the first part of the
game Fabiano has played almost perfectly and he has got a significant
advantage.} 25. Qe3 h4 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. c3 Qb6 $5 {This is a strong move, which
is connected with a wrong plan.} ({Fabiano could have played} 27... b6 28. Rfe1
Qd7 29. Ng1 c5 30. Nf3 Bd8 $15 {with clear advantage.}) 28. b4 Bf6 $6 (28...
Qd8 29. Nc5 Nd6 $15 {then Black will play ...b6 with ...c5 following.}) 29. Nc5
Nxc5 $6 {The black queen has nothing to do on b2.} (29... a5 $5 30. Nxe4 Bxe5
31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. bxa5 Qa7 33. Qg5 Rxe4 34. Nf4 $13) 30. bxc5 $11 {At least
White has equalised the game.} Qb2 31. Ng1 b6 (31... Qxa3 $6 32. Ra1 Qb2 33.
Rxa7 Ra8 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rf2 Qb1 37. Nf3 $14) 32. Nf3 bxc5 ({
After} 32... Be4 33. c4 $1 {Only White has some chances to obtain an advantage:
} Bxe5 (33... bxc5 34. cxd5 cxd5 (34... Bxd5 $6 35. Rxc5 Be7 36. Rc3 Bf6 37.
Rf2 Qb7 38. Qd3 $14) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. dxc5 Kg7 37. Rg1 Bxf3 38. Qxf3 Rc7 39.
Qxd5 Qxa3 $11) 34. dxe5 g5 35. fxg5 Bxf3 36. Rxf3 Qxe5+ 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. cxb6
axb6 39. cxd5 Rxd5 $11) 33. dxc5 Be4 34. Rce1 Re7 $6 {Now Black can get into
trouble.} ({Fabiano should have preferred} 34... Bxe5 35. fxe5 Re6 (35... Rxe5
$2 36. Rf2 Qb8 37. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 38. Kg1 $16) 36. Nxh4 Rce8 37. Nf3 Rxe5 38. Rf2
Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qb8 40. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 41. Qg3 $11) 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Nxh4 $6 ({
Vishy would have got very good winning chances if he had played} 36. Rf2 $1
Qxa3 37. Nxh4 {Probably Black should have played} Rf7 (37... Rce8 38. Qd4 Kf7 (
38... Kg7 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rf7 41. h4 gxh4 42. Nf4 $16) 39. f5 g5 40. Ng6 Rb7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Rf4 $16) (37... Rg7 38. Qd4 Rf8 39. f5 gxf5 40. Nxf5 Bxf5 41.
Rxf5 Qb2 42. Rf2 Qb8+ 43. Kh1 Qg3 44. c4 $16) 38. Qd4 Qb3 39. Nf3 Qb8 40. Nd2
Bf5 41. g4 Bd7 42. Rfe2 $14 {White's position is much better but Black's
position isn't hopeless.}) 36... Rce8 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Ra1 ({The last chance to
continue the game was connected with} 38. c4 $5 dxc4 39. Re3 Qd4 (39... Qd2 40.
Rfe1 (40. f5 $2 gxf5 $17) 40... f5 41. Nf3 Qd5 42. Ng5 $14) 40. f5 $1 (40. Rfe1
f5 41. Nf3 Qxc5 42. Ng5 Qd5 43. R1e2 c5 $11 {White has enough compensation for
the pawn}) 40... g5 (40... gxf5 41. Nxf5 $18) 41. Ng6 c3 42. Rfe1 Rb7 43. Qg4
c2 44. Rxe4 Rxe4 45. Rxe4 Qxc5 46. Rc4 c1=Q 47. Rxc1 Qxc1 48. Qd4 Qxa3 49. Qxf6
Qc5 $1 $11 {Black makes a draw. For example} 50. Qh8+ (50. Qxg5 Qd6+ 51. Ne5+
Rg7 52. Qf4 Re7 53. Qg3+ Rg7 54. Qf4 $11) 50... Kf7 51. Qh7+ (51. Ne5+ Ke7 52.
Qg7+ Kd8 53. Qxg5+ Re7 54. Ng6 Qd6+ 55. g3 (55. Kh1 Qd1+ 56. Kh2 Qd6+) 55...
Qc5 $1 56. Nxe7 (56. Qxe7+ $4 Qxe7 57. Nxe7 Kxe7 58. h4 a5 $19) 56... Qf2+ $11)
51... Kf6 52. Qxb7 Qd6+ 53. Kh1 Qd1+ $11) 38... g5 $1 {Fabiano has found a
reliable way to make a draw.} 39. fxg5 Rxg5 40. Qf2 Qxc3 41. Qxf6 (41. Rae1 $6
Rf8 42. Nf3 Rg7 43. Qe3 Qxe3 44. Rxe3 f5 $15) 41... Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Qxg2+ 43. Nxg2
Rxg2+ 44. Kh1 Rf2+ 45. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Stand nach der Hauptrunde: (Die besten 5 bestreiten die Finalrunde) 1.
Capablanca   8 2. Lasker       6.5 3. Tarrasch     6.5 4. Aljechin      6 5.
Marshall      6 6. Bernstein     5 7. Rubinstein    5 8. Nimzowitsch   4 9.
Blackburne    3.5 10.Janovsky     3.5 11.Gunsberg     1  ...Am 8. Mai, in der
Pause zwischen den beiden Turnieretappen, fand ein Bankett statt, bei dem der
Pianist und Komponist Prokofjew auftrat. (Linder, S. 159)} 1. e4 {in: Das
Großmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 128f. s.a. Kalendovsky
I, 227.  Varnusz: Aljechin, der Größte <1914/16>   Skinner/Verhoeven:
Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 325.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 {Die
Abtauschvariante der französischen Partie führt, wenn ein Teil es will,
unaufhaltsam zum Remis. Und hier war der Wille zum Remis wahrscheinlich
beiderseits vorhanden.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Nbd2 c6
9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rfe1 Qc7 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. hxg3 Re6 15.
Rxe6 Bxe6 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Bf5 Qd6 18. Bh7+ {Den B zu tauschen wäre bedenklich,
denn der vorgehende e-Bauer würde die Gleichförmigkeit der Stellung und damit
die doppelseitigen Remischancen beeinträchtigen.} (18. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 {/\ ...e5.}
) 18... Kf8 19. Bf5 Bxf5 20. Qxf5 Ngf6 21. Qf4 Qxf4 22. gxf4 Re8 23. Ne5 Nb6
24. Kf1 Nfd7 25. g3 f6 26. Nxd7+ Nxd7 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Ke2 Ke7 29. Ke3 Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Nc3 Nge7 9. Be3 f6 {Die Eröffnung ist dieselbe wie in der Partie Blackburne -
Rubinstein (Partie-Nr. 49). Hier wie dort dieser mysteriöse Bauernzug, der den
Punkt e6 schwächt. Diesmal aber rächt er sich ganz gehörig.} 10. Qd2 Bf7 (10...
Qd7 11. Ne5 fxe5 12. Bxh5+ g6 13. Bg4) 11. Rae1 a6 {Schwarz will bei Qd7 die
Fesselung durch Bb5 verhindern.} 12. a3 {Ein Abwartezug. Weiß ist noch ungewiß,
ob Schwarz kurz oder lang rocheren wird.} Qd7 13. Nh4 {Der erste Zug zur
Ausführung eines wohlüberlegten, tiefen Angriffslanes. Der weiße f-Bauer soll
bis f5 vorgehen und ein Springer auf e6 festgesetzt werden.} O-O-O ({Weiß
erhält nach} 13... g5 14. Bg4 f5 (14... Qd8 15. Nf5) 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. Bxg5+
Nce7 17. Bxe7 Bxe7 18. Re5 Bg6 19. Rfe1 {starken Angriff.}) 14. f4 Nb8 {
Der Springer sieht sich nach einem anderen Wirkungskreis um, ähnlich wie in
der Partie Blackburne - Rubinstein.} (14... f5 15. Nf3 {und Weiß erlangt mit
Ne5 einen starken Vorposten.}) 15. Bg4 {Weiß möchte durchaus das Vorgehen des
f-Bauern provozieren.} Be6 16. f5 Bf7 {Schwarz hat jetzt ein sehr eingeengtes
Spiel.} 17. Ne2 {Weiß hatte in der Verfolung seines Planes gar keine Zeit, auf
die Möglichkeit eines Rochadeangriffs mit b2-b4-b5 zu achten. Jatzt soll der
Springer nach f4.} Rde8 18. Bf4 $1 Nec6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. c3 {
Der Kampf um den Punkt e6 hat noch keine Entscheidung gebracht. Es ist schwer,
eine passende Fortsetzung zu finden.} Nbc6 22. g3 {Ganz richtig! Weiß muß den
dort Nh4, dessen Rolle dort längst ausgespielt ist, wieder in bewohnte
Gegenden zurückbringen, und nach f3 darf er nicht, da dann der Bg4 durch h7-h5
erobert würde.} Na5 23. Rxe8 {Dieser Turmtausch, der dem Schwarzen die offene
Linie läßt, ist nicht recht verständlich. Er konnte gleich mit Ng2 fortfahren.}
Rxe8 24. Nhg2 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qb6 26. Nd3 Qb5 27. Re1 Nxa3 {Schwarz hat auf dem
Damenflügel festen Fuß gefaßt und gewinnt jetzt dort einen Bauern, was jedoch
von keiner großen Bedeutung ist.} 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Ngf4 {Weiß kommt jetzt zu
einem starken Angriff, hauptsächlich auf die Punkte d5 unf e6.} Nc4 30. Bf3 Bf7
({Besser} 30... Nb6) 31. Qe2 {Es droht Qe7.} Qd7 32. Nc5 Qd6 33. Nce6 {
Marshalls vorangegangene Strategie feiert jetzt Triumphe. Endlich hat er
diesen wichtigen Punkt besetzt und das ist entscheidend. Die Bauern c5 und g7
sind angegriffen und der Springer kann nicht geschlagen werden, da abgesehen
von dem dann folgenden Fall des Damenbauern, der entstehende Freibauer zu
stark wäre.} g5 (33... Nb6 {war immer noch am besten. Aber Capablanca wollte
den Bauern nicht hergeben, denn Remis und Verlust waren für ihnziemlich
gleichbedeutend.}) 34. Nxd5 {Jetzt ist der Nc4 auch noch angegriffen. Von dem
Pg3, den Schwarz schlagen könnte, hätte er nicht viel.} Nxe6 35. fxe6 Bxe6 36.
Bg4 {Ein sehr schöner Zug! Der Be6 wird jetzt doppelt angegriffen, während der
Nc4 immer noch en prise steht. Der Be6 ist somit verloren und unter normalen
Umständen die Partie.} ({Schlägt Weiß den} 36. Qxc4 c6 37. Nb6+ Kc7 38. Qc5
Qxg3+ 39. Bg2 Bxh3 {so überfällt Schwarz den weißen König,}) 36... Qxg3+ (36...
Bxg4 37. Qe8+ Qd8 38. Ne7+ Kb8 39. Qxd8+) (36... Qxd5 37. Bxe6+ Kd8 38. Bxd5) (
36... f5 37. Bxf5 Bxf5 38. Qe8+ Qd8 39. Ne7+ Kb8 40. Qxd8+) (36... Bd7 37. Qe8#
) (36... Kd7 37. Bxe6+ Qxe6 38. Qxc4) 37. Kh1 Kb8 38. Bxe6 Nxb2 {Schwarz hat
nun drei Bauern für den Läufer, aber das ist kein Ersatz, zumal auch seine
Königsbauern nichts wert sind.} 39. Ne3 $2 {Ein Fehlzug, der Weiß um alle
Früchte seines vorausgegangenen guten Spiels bringt.} (39. Qxb2 Qe1+ 40. Kh2
Qxe6) (39. Qe3 {erzwingt den Damentausch oder den Rückzug der schwarzen Dame.
In beiden Fällen hätte Weiß gewonnen.}) 39... Na4 40. Qd2 (40. c4 Nc3 41. Qd2 (
41. Qd3 Qf3+ 42. Kh2 Ne2 (42... Ne4)) 41... Ne4) 40... Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Qc6 {
Damit gewinnt Schwarz den vierten Bauern für den Läufer und das ist zuviel.}
42. d5 Qxc3 43. Qxc3 Nxc3 44. Ng4 {Nun mußte Weiß unter allen Umständen den
König nach dem Damenflügel spielen, um die gefährlichen Freibauern aufzuhalten,
dann war noch ein kampf möglich, dessen Ausgang noch nicht ganz sicher war.
Unter den Königsbauern konnte der Springer später immer noch aufräumen.} a5 45.
Nxf6 a4 46. Nxh7 a3 47. d6 cxd6 48. Bb3 {Auf die Wachsameit des Läufers hatte
Weiß sich verlassen. Aber gegen so viele Bauern genügt er allein nicht. Schon
drohte er durch d6-d5 abgesperrt zu werden.} Ne4 49. Bd5 {Nutzlos.} (49. Kf1 $2
Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Nxb3) 49... b5 50. Nf8 Kc7 51. Ne6+ Kb6 52. Kg2 b4 53. Kf3 Nd2+ (
53... b3 54. Bxb3 (54. Kxe4 a2) 54... Nd2+ {ist natürlich nur Zugumstellung.})
54. Ke2 b3 55. Kxd2 a2 56. Bxb3 a1=Q 57. Kd3 Qf1+ 58. Kd4 Qxh3 59. Bd5 Qf5 60.
Kc4 g4 61. Kd4 g3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1+ Nge7 8.
c3 Qd7 {Die Entwicklungsweise für Schwarz ist seit einigen jahren aufgekommen.
Sie wird angewendet, um die nach dem Bauerntausch leicht eintretende
Gleichförmigkeit der Entwicklung mit ihren Remischancen zu vermeiden. Schwarz
rohiert dabei nach der entgegengesetzten Seite und eröffnet einen Bauernsturm
gegen die Rochade. Für vorteilhaft halte ich diese Spielweise nicht; besonders
der Ne7 scheint mir ungünstig postiert zu sein.} 9. Nbd2 $1 {Sowie eine
Fesselung entstanden ist, muß es das erste Bestreben sein, sie zu beseitigen.
Dies ist der erste Schritt dazu.} f6 10. Nf1 $1 {Der zweite Schritt zur
Entfesselung. Der dritte und vierte sind Ng3 und Ph3.} O-O {Wenn schon, denn
schon! Hat man einmal die Partie so angelegt, dann muß man auch lang rochieren
und auf dem Königsflügel scharf vorgehen. So kommt Schwarz zu nichts und steht
schlecht, ohne kompensation und ohne Aussichten.} 11. Ne3 $2 {Damit gelangt
Weiß nicht zur Entfesselung und muß später den Zug zurücknehmen.} Bh5 12. Bd2
Rae8 13. Nf1 $1 {Nur keine falsche Scham!} Nd8 {Die schwarzen Springer stehen
nicht gut. Det eine beißt auf Granit und der andere ist nicht im richtigen
Fahrwasser.} 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Qc2 {Weiß steht etwas besser. Wie gut würde er
erst stehen, wenn er nicht mit dem Springermanöver so viel Zeit verloren hätte!
} Nf7 {Wo soll dieser Springer landen? Das erät kein Mensch, deshalb will ich
es Ihnen gleich verraten: auf h8!} 16. Bxg6 hxg6 ({Bei} 16... Nxg6 {so dringt
Weiß mit} 17. Nf5 {vor.}) 17. Nh4 Nh8 18. Qd3 Kf7 {Jetzt steht der Nh8 so, wie
man es mitunter in Problemen sieht.} 19. f4 {Es ist sehr schwer, das weiße
Spiel weiter zu verstärken. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen schlecht, aber sie
decken alles. Und nach Wegzug des Ne7 droht Abtausch auf der e-Linie.} Qg4 {
Sieht stark aus, aber ...} 20. Qe2 $1 {Dieser hübsche Zug macht alle
Hoffnungen des Gegners zu nichte.} Qc8 (20... Qxh4 $4 21. Qe6#) 21. Qf3 c6 22.
Re2 Ng8 {Diese originelle Springerstellung kam schon in der Partie Nr. 29,
Janowski - Niemzowitsch vor. Niemzowitsch wird damit doch hoffentlich nicht
Schule machen?} 23. Rae1 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Re8 25. Qxe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 {
Natürlich ist das schwarze spiel durch den Abtausch, den Weiß nicht vermeiden
konnte, bedeutend erleichtert worden. Für das Endspiel stehen die Chancen
ziemlich gleich.} 27. Ne2 Ne7 28. Nf3 Nf7 29. g4 Bc7 {Um dem Ne7 Platz zu
machen. Jetzt ist Rubinstein in seinem Element. Solche Endspiele pflegt er
häufig seinem Gegner langsam abzudrücken. Aber genau so hat es der alte Fuchs
in seinen jungen Jahren gemacht! Und deshalb will es diesmal nicht gelingen!}
30. Be3 {Macht ebenfalls dem Nf3 Platz.} Nd6 31. Nd2 Kd7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. h3 Nc4
{Ganz verlockend; er bekommt das Feld d5 für König und Springer frei.} 34. Nxc4
dxc4 35. Kf3 a5 36. Ng3 f5 37. g5 Nd5 38. Bd2 b5 39. Ne2 Nb6 {Das Spiel steht
auf Remis.} 40. h4 Bd6 41. a3 Na4 42. Bc1 {Diese Zwangsstellung des Bc1 ist
natürlich nicht angenehm. Fast sieht es so aus, als ob Schwarz doch noch in
Vorteil kommen könnte.} Be7 43. Ke3 Bf8 44. Ng1 {Schwarz hat Tempozüge gemacht,
um Weiß zu diesem Fehlzug zu verleiten.} Nc5 {Der Nc5 kann natürlich nicht
geschlagen werden, da Schwarz nach 45.dxc5 bxc5+ 46.Kf3 Bxg1 einen Bauern
gewinnt.  Aber was tun? Der Nc5 droht nach d3 einzudringen, die Deckung durch
Kd2 zu erzwingen und mit seinem König über d5 und e4 einzudringen.} 45. dxc5 $3
{Ein brillianter Witz des Altmeisters! Er macht den Zug, der anscheinend nicht
gemacht werden darf! Und damit erzwingt er sofortigen Remisschluß.} Bxc5+ 46.
Kf3 Bxg1 47. Be3 {Remis. So spielt man mit 73 Jahren!} (47. Be3 Bxe3 ({Auf} 
47... Bh2 {erobert Weiß mit} 48. Kg2 $2 {den Läufer.}) 48. Kxe3 Kd5 49. Kf3 c5
50. Ke3 b4 {Darauf folgt, egal in welcher Variante, immer} 51. a4 b3 (51...
bxc3 52. bxc3) 52. Kf3 {und der schwarze König dringt nirgends ein!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 {Der Angriff, den Schwarz durch dieses Bauernopfer erlangt,
scheint keinen völligen Ersatz dafür zu bieten.} 3. e3 {Ich nahme
prinzipiell im Anzuge kein Gambit an, denn wenn ich mich im Nachzuge
verteidigen muß und im Anzuge auch noch verteidigen muß, wann soll ich dann
eigentlich das Vergnügen des Angriffs genießen?} exd4 4. exd4 {Jetzt ist die
Abtauschvariante der Französischen Partie mit dem ungewöhnlichen aber nicht
schlechten Fortsetzung c2-c4 entstanden.} Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 Be6
{Schwarz hat es sehr richtig vermieden, den Pc4 zu schlagenund will vielmehr
den Gegner zum Schlagen veranlassen, womit er Zeit und Raum gewinnen würde.}
8. Ng5 {Damit vermeidet Weiß diesen Nachteil.} Bf5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Nb4 {
Dieses Manöver, womit Schwarz beabsichtigt, auf c4 zu schlagen und den
Springer nach d5 zu bringen, ist für ihn nicht günstig, da er damit das
Zentrum aufgibt. Besser war es, mit h7-h6 den Springer zurückzutreiben und
dann wieder mit Be6 den Pc4 anzugreifen.} 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 {Mit dem
Moment, wo Schwarz das Zentrum aufgibt, erlangt Weiss das bessere Spiel.} c6
13. Nf3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Nxc3 {Schwarz glaubt, dass Weiss mit dem Turm schlagen
müsse, das ist jedoch ein Irrtum.} 15. bxc3 Bd6 ({Schwarz könnte mit} 15... Ba3
16. Ra1 Bb2 {auf Qualitätsgewinn spielen, eine Möglichkeit, die auch während
der nächsten Züge bestehen bleibt. Weiss würde darauf zweimal auf f7 schlagen
und dann} 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 {und dann durch} 19. Qb3+ Be6 20. Qxb2 {
den Bb2 erobern.}) 16. Re1 ({Näher lag} 16. f4 {, dann könnte} Ba3 $2 {
geschehen, da jetzt nach dem Damenschach der Springer auf d5 dazwischenzieht
und den jetzt ungedeckten Be3 angreift. Aber der Läuferzug wäre immer noch
schlecht, da Weiß darauf mit Qb3 die Qualität opfert, auf f7 mit Läufer
schlägt, dann den Bc1 mit dm Damenläufer wieder nimmt unddiesen darauf nach a3
spielt, mit weit überlegenem Spiel. Trotzdem aber wäre der Zug Pf4 nicht stark,
denn Schwarz würde darauf mit Nd5! den Be3 angreifen und gleichzeitig drohen,
nunmehr ohne jede Gefahr Ba3 zu spielen. Weiß müßte also entweder auf d5
schlagen, was für ihn ungünstig wäre, oder mit Qd2 decken, worauf der Be3
schlecht postiert werden - Stärker als der Textzug wäre Qb3, womit auch die
beständige Drohung ba3 aus der Welt geschafft wäre.} (16... Nd5 $1 {jetzt
droht Ba3.}) 17. Bxf7+ (17. Qb3 Bxc1 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Bxc1 {gefolgt von Ba3.})
17... Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qb3+ Nd5) 16... Qc7 17. Bf4 {Jetzt hat Weiß ein
sehr schönes Spiel. Die schwarzen Figuren sind zwar auch gut entwickelt, aber
Weiß hat etwas, wofür Schwarz gar kein Äquivalent hat, nämlich den
Mittelbauern, und wenn er den richtig verwenden würde, dann würde dieser wohl
das Zünglein an der Waage bilden.} Nd5 18. Bg3 Rae8 19. Bd3 {Dieser Abtausch
erleichtert das schwarze Spiel.} ({Der Läufer mußte nach b3 ziehen und Pc4
folgen.} 19. Bb3 f6 $2 20. c4 fxe5 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. cxd5 Kh8 (22... Bxg3 $2
23. d6+ {verliert die Qc7.}) 23. d6 {und Weiß gewinnt den Be5.}) {Nun gleicht
sich das Spiel so ziemlich aus.} 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 f6 21. Nf3 Bxg3 22. hxg3
Qa5 23. c4 Nb6 24. Qb3 Qa4 {Nach dem mehrfachen Abtausch hat das Spiel bereits
Remischarakter angenommen. Mit dem Damenzug vollends setzt Schwarz dem Gegner
die Pistole auf die Brust.} 25. Qxa4 Nxa4 26. c5 {Um den Na5 abzusperren und
jetzt Jagd auf ihn zu machen.} Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Re8 28. Kf1 Re4 29. Rc4 (29. Nf3)
29... Nb2 30. Rc2 ({Der Turm muß unverrichteter Dinge von der Jagd heimkehren,
denn auf} 30. Rb4 {würde er einen Bock schießen:} Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nd3+) 30...
Na4 31. Rc4 (31. Nf3) 31... b5 $1 {Löst das Spiel zum sofortigen Remis auf.}
32. cxb6 Nxb6 33. Rxc6 Rxd4 34. Rc7 Rd7 35. Rc2 Rd4 36. Rc7 Rd7 {Remis durch
Wiederholug dieser Züge.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ostend Masters"]
[Site "Ostend"]
[Date "1905.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1905.06.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1] DWS 1905,S.342} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6
6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1+ Be7 8. dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. c3 Ne4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. b4
Bf6 13. Bd4 Re8 14. a4 {/\ Ra3 or Ra2 Tarrasch /\ Ra3 bzw. Ra2 Tarrasch} (14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. gxf3 Re1+ $19) 14...
Bxd4 15. cxd4 (15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kf1 $8 Qh4 $1 {=/+/=}) 15...
Bxf3 16. gxf3 $2 {-+ Tarrasch} (16. Qxf3 Nxc5 17. Nc3 $2 (17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18.
Nd2 $1 {=/=/+}) 17... Nb3 18. Rad1 Nxd4 $19) 16... Qg5+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 {/\
Nf6-h5-f4 -+ Tarrasch} 18. Re3 (18. Ra3 $142 {/\ Re3} Nh5 19. f4 Nxf4 $40 20.
Rg3) 18... Rxe3 $1 19. fxe3 Qxe3 20. Ra3 Qf4 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Rb3 Re8 $19 {
/\ 23... Qh3, Kg1, Ng4} 23. Kg2 Re6 $1 (23... Nh5 $2 24. Re3 $16) 24. Na3 Nh5
25. Re3 Rg6+ 26. Kf2 h6 27. Re5 Qh3 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. Qe2 Rg2 {Special prize 100
Francs Spezialpreis 100 Francs} (29... Rg2 30. Qe1 Ng4+ 31. Kd3 Qxf3+ 32. Re3
Nxe3 33. Qxe3 Qd1+ 34. Qd2 Qxd2# {Tarrasch}) 0-1

[Event "Financial Concept op 6th"]
[Site "North Bay"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{My opponent had 4points out of 4,ahead of me and other players on half of
point.Pherhaps,other players would make a draw in this tournament situation,
but not Miezis,which is known fighter with very original style of play.} 1. c4
e6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Qe7+ 6. Be2 Bg4 7. cxd5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 512] Very logical continuation for white.Miezis had played 7.Kf1 before
which looks dubious.} (7. Kf1 Bxe2+ 8. Ngxe2 dxc4 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Nd5 b5 11.
Nxe7 bxa4 12. Nf5 g6 (12... Ne7 13. Nxg7+ Kd7 14. a3 Bd6 15. Bh6 $5 (15. Nc3))
13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Nxc4 $11 {0-1 Miezis,N-Barsov,A/AKN Open, Haarlem NED 1998 (50)
}) 7... Nf6 (7... Nd7 8. Be3 Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 Ngf6 10. O-O $16) 8. Bg5 Nbd7 (8...
O-O $6 9. Bxf6 {forcing black to capture with the pawn.}) 9. h3 Bh5 (9... Bxe2
10. Ngxe2 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qe4 12. O-O {Black can not castle and take back the
pawn in same time.}) 10. g4 Bg6 11. Kf1 {White wants to build the setup-Bf3,
Nge2,Kg2,but it costs him time.Better was to choose more natural way,but
Miezis is very creative player,and his play sometimes is very original.} (11.
Nf3 $142 Qd6 $1 (11... O-O 12. O-O h6 (12... Nb6 13. Re1) 13. Bh4 Nb6 14. Re1
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nbxd5 16. Qb3 $16) 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qa4+ Kf8 {[%cal Gb4c3,Yf6d5,
Yd5f4,Yd5c3] /\Bxc3}) 11... O-O 12. Bf3 Qd6 13. Nge2 Nb6 14. Bf4 (14. Qb3 Bd3
$1 {[%cal Gd3c4] /\Bc4} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} 16. Kg2 {Black can take
back a pawn or continue the pressure:} Bxc3 {[%cal Gd3c4]} ({or} 16... Qd6))
14... Qd7 15. Be5 Nfxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. h4 f6 $5 {[%mdl 512] This is not a
blunder,just another pawn sacrifice!I had fighted all opening moves for to
take back a pawn,and now I am sacrificing it again,but I've seen that it leeds
to the strong initiative.} (17... f5 18. Qb3 Bf7 19. Rg1 {[%csl Rg7] xg7}) (
17... h6 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 c6 $11) 18. Bxc7 Rfe8 {[%cal Yg6e4] Intending to
change whites main defender-Bf3.} 19. Bg3 Be4 20. Qb3 Kh8 (20... a5 $5 $44 {
[%cal Ga5a4]}) 21. Kg2 $2 {And this is a blunder! It was second game of that
day,and both players were tired.} (21. g5 $142 Rac8 $44) 21... Qxg4 $17 22.
Bxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qf3 Rad8 (23... Qxe2 24. Qxd5 b6 $17) 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Kf3 Rde8
26. Nf4 Rxd4 27. Rad1 $2 (27. Nxd5 $142 Rxd5 28. Rhd1 (28. Rac1 g6 $17) 28...
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Kg8 30. a3 Bf8 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8 Kf7 33. h5 g6 $17) 27... Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Nb6 $1 {That is the point!Black has to keep knights in the game,which
increases his advantage.} 29. h5 Kg8 30. Rc1 Bd6 31. Rd1 Nc4 32. b3 Ne5+ 33.
Kg2 Bb8 34. h6 $2 {Another unaccuracy of white.He tries to get some
counterplay creating weakness on-f6,but black succesfully protects that point.
On other hand,after 34...g6,black may easily gain h6-pawn.} g6 35. Ne6 Nf7 36.
Nc5 Bxg3 37. Kxg3 Re7 38. Kf3 (38. Nd7 f5 39. Nf6+ Kh8 $19 {[%csl Rh6]}) 38...
Nxh6 39. Rd8+ Kg7 40. Ra8 b6 41. Ne4 Nf5 42. Nc3 Nd4+ 43. Kg3 h5 44. Nd5 Rd7
45. Nf4 Kh6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 46. Rh8+ Kg5 47. Rg8 $2 {Final blunder in hopeless
position.} h4+ 0-1

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-01"]
[Site "Vienna (Wiener SK)"]
[Date "1907.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1907.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. cxd4 Nxd5 6. Bc4 Be6 $5 ({Wolf
played} 6... c6 {in the previous round.}) 7. Ne2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bb3 Nd7 10.
f4 $2 f5 $1 {Black has gained a positional advantage.} 11. Ng3 c6 12. Re1 Rf6
13. Nc3 N7b6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Qf3 a5 16. Rxe6 $6 (16. Bd2 $5 {proceeds the
development.}) 16... Rxe6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Qf6 20. Nxf5 Rd8
21. Qxa5 {Mieses has captured three pawns for the exchange, but he lacks in
development, and Spielmann can kick off a strong counteraction.} g6 $1 22. Nh6+
Kg7 23. Qc3 Rc8 $1 24. Qd2 Qh4 25. g3 Qxh6 26. d5 Re4 27. b3 Bc5+ 28. Kh1 Rce8
29. Bb2+ Kg8 30. d6 Qh5 31. Qc3 Re1+ $1 ({The pointe is} 31... Re1+ 32. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Qf3#) 0-1

[Event "Mitteldeutscher SB Kongress-02 Meister"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1876.07.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1876.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 442-443.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 442-443.)} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3
Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c6 10. c3 {Both sides handle the
opening phase very tamely. Die Eröffnung wird von beiden Seiten sehr zahm
behandelt.} Rc8 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Nxe6 Nxe6 14. Qf3 Rc7 15. c4 Rce7
16. Rfd1 Bb8 17. Rac1 {In a a game which has not been very interesting up till
this point, Black has played better than his opponent and achieved a slight
positional advantage. But this move, which costs a pawn, gives Black a greater
advantage.  Schwarz hat in der bisher wenig interessanten Partie zuletzt
vorteilhafter operiert als der Gegner und deshalb einen kleinen
Positionsvorteil errungen, aber erst der Textzug, der einen Bauern kostet,
bringt dem Nachziehenden größeres Übergewicht.} Qa5 18. a3 Qb6 19. cxd5 cxd5
20. b4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. g3 Qb6 24. Bd3 Rfe8 25. Nf1 g6 26.
Bb1 Kg7 27. Ba2 {Anderssen's play shows how short he is of good continuations.
Man merkt es dem Spiel von Anderssen an, daß er um gute Fortsetzungen verlegen
ist.} d4 28. Nd2 h5 {Now Black begins to set about his opponent in a more
determined manner. This livens up a boring game.  Damit beginnt Schwarz, dem
Gegner etwas entschiedener zu Leibe zu rücken. Die langweilige Partie belebt
sich hierdurch.} 29. Qd3 h4 30. g4 (30. gxh4 {would hardly be any better.
dürfte kaum besser sein.}) 30... Qd6 31. Nf3 Qf4 $2 {Here Black missed a
winning continuation. From now on Anderssen defends very cleverly. Hier
verpaßte Schwarz die Gewinnfortsetzung, die sich ihm bot. Von nun an
verteidigt sich Anderssen sehr geschickt.} ({Next should come Es sollte} 31...
Re3 {White should not play geschehen. Weiß durfte nicht} 32. fxe3 {on account
of spielen wegen} ({But even after aber auch auf} 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rxh3 {
White would have difficulty holding the game. würde Weiß die Partie schwerlich
halten können.}) 32... Qg3+ {etc. usw.}) 32. g5 $1 Ne4 33. Qxd4+ Kg8 {The king
should go to h7, then Black retains winning chances. Der König sollte nach h7
ziehen, dann behielt Schwarz Gewinnchancen.} 34. Qd3 Re5 $1 ({Now neither Nun
kann} 34... Nxf2) ({nor oder} 34... Nxg5 {wegen can be played on account of
wegen} 35. Qxg6+ {nicht geschehen.}) 35. Rc5 $1 Kg7 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 ({Nor can
Auch} 36... Rxe5 {keep the attack going vermag den Angriff nicht mehr aufrecht
zu erhalten.}) 37. Qe3 $1 {Obviously the best defence. Offenbar die beste
Verteidigung.} Qxe3 38. fxe3 Nc3 39. Rd2 Nxa2 40. Rxa2 Bc7 41. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.02.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Winants, Luc"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.02.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Nge2 Be6 (7... Nb4 8. Ng3 Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 O-O 10. O-O (10. O-O-O $5) 10... c6
(10... h6 11. Bf4 Bd6 (11... Be6 12. Nd1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Nef5
Ne4 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Schlechter-Rubinstein, Bad
Pistyan 1912}) 12. Be5 (12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Rfe1 c6 14. Re2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16.
Rae1 Rfe8 $11 {Kmoch-Tartakower, Vienne 1928}) (12. Qd2 $5 {Maroczy-Menchik,
Londres 1932}) 12... c6 13. f4 Ne8 14. f5 f6 15. Bf4 Bd7 16. Nh5 $14 {
Teichmann-Cohn, Breslau 1912}) 11. Rae1 h6 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Be5 Ne8 (13... Bxe5
14. dxe5 {Leonhardt-Teichmann, San Sebastian 1912}) 14. Re2 (14. Nd1 f6 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Qg6 Qc7 17. Re2 Qf7 18. Qxf7+ Rxf7 $11 {Teichmann-Alapin, Bad
Pistyan 1912}) (14. f4 f6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Nh5 Be8 18. Nf4 Bf7 19.
Ne6 Bxe6 20. fxe6 (20. Rxe6 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Teichmann-Lowcki, Bad Pistyan 1912})
20... Qe7 21. g4 h5 22. gxh5 f5 23. Ne2 Qxe6 24. Nf4 Qh6 $13 {Rubinstein-Cohn,
Breslau 1912}) 14... f6 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Rfe1 $14 {Schlechter-Lowcki, Bad
Pistyan 1912}) (7... O-O 8. O-O Ne8 $1 {Maroczy} 9. Bxe7 (9. Bf4 $5) 9... Nxe7
10. Ng3 (10. Qd2 Bf5 (10... c6 11. Rae1 Bf5 $11 {Teichmann-Maroczy, Karlsbad
1923}) 11. Ng3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 c6 {Asztalos-Maroczy, Bled 1931}) (10. Re1 c6 11.
Qd2 Ng6 12. Rad1 Nd6 13. Nf4 Bf5 $11 {Tarrasch-Maroczy, Karlsbad 1923}) 10...
c6 (10... Nd6 11. Nce2 Bf5 12. Nxf5 Nexf5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Rae1 Qd7 15. c3 c6
$11 {Eliskases-Spielmann, Linz 1932}) 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Nce2 Nd6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14.
Rad1 Qc7 15. Nc1 Rae8 16. Nb3 Bc8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 Qe7 20.
Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Nd2 Nef5 22. Nxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 {1/2-1/2 Selezniev-Maroczy,
Gothenburg 1920}) 8. Qd2 (8. f4 h6 (8... Ng4 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Qd2 f5 11. Ng3
Nf6 12. O-O-O {Alekhine-NN, Paris 1925}) 9. f5 hxg5 10. fxe6 fxe6 11. Bg6+ Kd7
12. Qd2 Rh6 13. Bd3 Qh8 {Alekhine-Olland, Stockholm 1912}) (8. O-O h6 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. Bb5 Qd6 11. Bxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nf4 O-O-O 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Ne2 Rde8 15.
Re1 Qf5 16. c3 h5 17. Qa4 a6 18. Ng3 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Kxd7 {
1/2-1/2 Spielmann-Alekhine, San Remo 1930}) 8... h6 (8... Nb4 9. O-O-O Nxd3+
10. Qxd3 Qd7 11. Nf4 O-O-O 12. Qe2 Rhe8 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bf4 {Alekhine-Geus,
Scheveningen 1913}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bh4 Qd7 10. f3 Ne4 $1 {Englund-Olland,
Stockholm 1912}) 9... Qd7 10. f3 Nb4 11. Bb5 (11. g4 $6 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 h5 $1
13. g5 (13. Nb5 Bd8 14. g5 Nh7) 13... Bf5) (11. Ng3 $5) 11... c6 12. Ba4 Qd8 (
12... Bf5 13. g4 Bh7 14. Ng3) (12... b5 13. Bb3 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4) 13.
a3 (13. Nd1) (13. g4) 13... Na6 14. Nd1 (14. g4) 14... Bf5 15. O-O (15. g4) (
15. c3) 15... Nc7 16. c3 Ne6 17. Bg3 (17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bg3 Nb6) 17... Nh5 18.
Bf2 Bh7 19. g4 Nf6 (19... Bg5 20. Be3 Nf6 (20... Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 Qg5 22. h4) 21.
Nf2) 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. Bc2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qd8 (24... O-O-O
) 25. Nf2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Bxg3 27. Nxg3 Qc7 28. Kg2 O-O-O 29. Rh1 Nd7 (29... Nf4+
30. Nxf4 Qxf4 31. Qf5+ $14) 30. Qd2 g6 31. Ne2 Qd6 32. Nef4 Ng5 33. Rae1 f5 (
33... Rxh1 34. Rxh1 Re8 35. Re1 Re7 36. a4 $11) 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Qe3 Rdg8 36.
Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 Qf8 39. Kg2 Qg8 40. Kf2 Qh8 41. Kg2 Qg8 42. Kf2
(42. Qe7 Ne4+ 43. Kf1 Qg3 44. Qe8+ Kc7 45. fxe4 dxe4 46. Ne6+ (46. Qe7 exd3 47.
Ne6+ Kb6 48. Qb4+ (48. Qxd7 d2) (48. Qd8+ Ka6 49. Nc7+ Ka5) 48... Ka6 49. Qa4+
Kb6 50. Qb4+ $11) 46... Kd6 47. Ndc5 (47. Nec5 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qf3+
50. Kc1 Qf1+ 51. Kd2 Qg2+ $11) (47. Ndf4 e3 48. Nd3 Qf3+ 49. Ke1 Qh1+ 50. Ke2
Qg2+ 51. Kxe3 Qe4+ 52. Kd2 Qxe6) 47... Qf3+ 48. Ke1 Qe3+ 49. Kd1 Qf3+ 50. Kc2
Qe2+ 51. Kb1 Qf1+ 52. Ka2 Qc4+ $11) 42... Qh8 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Wolff,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ambroz} e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 {Ever since Garry Kasparov, that
quinticential positional player, adopted this into his repertoire, people have
been playing it to win!} exd5 4. c4 (4. Bd3 c5 (4... Nf6 5. h3 $6 {It's hard
to believe that such a move can be best here!} c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Nf3 c4 $5 8. Bc2
Bd6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ng5 $5 Bd7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bf5 $10 {Barua,
D-Gulko,B Biel izt (7) 1993}) 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. c3 Bg4 9.
Nbd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nf6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Bg5 Ne4 $10 {Barua,D-Korchnoi,V Biel
izt (13)}) (4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. c3 Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5
10. Qc2 h6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bh4 $14 {Gurevich,D-Ivanchuk,V Biel izt (4) 1993.
White has just a little bit of an advantage, although Black should be fine. In
the game, White tried to win an equal position all the way to K+P!}) 4... Nf6
5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bd3 dxc4 (6... Nc6 $5 {Ambroz} 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nge2 O-O 9. O-O
Bg4 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Bf6 $10 {Wolf-Heyken, BRD 1988}) 7. Bxc4 O-O (7...
Nbd7 {Ambroz} 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. O-O (10. Qd3 $6 Nbd5 11. O-O Nb4 12.
Qd2 Bf5 $36 {Hellborg-Lindgren, Rilton Cup 1988}) 10... Nbd5 $10) 8. Nge2 $5
Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 c6 11. Re1 Bf5 $6 (11... Bg4 $5 {Ambroz}) 12. Ng3 $1
Bg6 13. f4 $1 (13. h4 {Ambroz} h6 (13... Bd6 14. h5 Nxh5 (14... Bxg3 15. hxg6
Bd6 16. gxf7+) 15. Nxh5 Qh4 16. Ng3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxg3 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Bf2 $16
) (13... h5 14. Bg5 Re8 (14... Qd7 15. Bc2 $5) 15. Bxf6 $143 (15. Bc2 $5 Bxc2
16. Qxc2 Qxd4 17. Nxh5 (17. Nf5 Qd7 (17... Qc5 $2 18. Be3 Qb4 19. a3 Qc4 20.
Bxb6) 18. Nxe7+ (18. Rad1 Bd8 $1 $8 (18... Qc7 19. Nb5) 19. Rxd7 Rxe1+ 20. Kh2
Nbxd7 $13) 18... Rxe7 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rxe7 Qxe7 21. Rd1 $44 Rd8 $140 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qe2) 17... Nxh5 18. Bxe7 Nf6 19. g3 $14) 15... Bxf6 16. Rxe8+
Qxe8 17. Nxh5 Bxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxd4 $10) 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Be5 $36 {
/\ Qf3}) 13... Bd6 14. Rf1 (14. Qf3 $2 Qd7 15. Rf1 (15. f5 Bxg3) 15... Bf5) (
14. f5 {Ambroz} Bxg3 15. fxg6 Bxe1 $17) 14... Qc7 (14... Re8 {Ambroz} 15. f5 {
><f7}) 15. Kh1 $16 (15. f5 {Ambroz} Bxg3 16. hxg3 (16. fxg6 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 hxg6
$17) 16... Bh5 17. Qd3 Rfe8 $13) 15... h6 16. f5 Bh7 17. Nge4 (17. Nh5 $5) (17.
Nce2 {Ambroz} Nbd5 $1) (17. Nh5 {Ambroz} Nbd7 $1) 17... Be7 (17... Nbd5 {Ambroz
} 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qg4 $40) 18. Qf3 (18. Bf4 $5 {Ambroz} Qd7 19. Be5 Nxe4 20.
Nxe4 Bxf5 21. Qh5 Be6 (21... Bxe4 22. Rxf7 $1) 22. Ng3 $5 $40) 18... Qd8 (18...
Rad8 {Ambroz} 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Be5 Nbd7 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rfe8 23. Rac1 $5
$16) 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Nd5 21. Rad1 $6 Kh8 $2 (21... Bxf5 $1 {White's
carelessness gave Black this opportunity to equalize which he should have
grabbed.} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxf5 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd7 $10) (21... Nxe3 {Ambroz}
22. Qxe3 Bf6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 $16) 22. Bc1 $16 (22. f6 {Ambroz} Nxf6 23.
Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Bxh6 gxh6 (24... Bxd4 25. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Bg6 27. Rxd4 $40
) 25. Qxf6+ Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Kg7 27. Rdf1 Bg6 $10) 22... a5 23. a4 $5 (23. a3 a4
24. Ba2 Ra5) 23... f6 (23... Nf6 {Ambroz} 24. Nxf6 Bxf6 25. d5 {>< Bh7}) 24.
Ng3 (24. Nc5 {Ambroz} Bxc5 25. dxc5 Bg8 26. Bf4 Re8 $10) 24... Bg8 (24... Bb4
$142 {Ambroz} 25. Nh5 Qd7 26. Bxd5 (26. Nf4 $142 Bxf5 27. Nxd5 Bg4 28. Nb6 Bxf3
29. Nxd7 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rfe8 $13) 26... Qxd5 27. Qxd5 (27. Qg4 Rf7 $5 (27... Qd7
28. d5 $36)) 27... cxd5 28. g4 (28. Nf4 Bxf5 29. Nxd5 Bc2) 28... Bg8 29. Nf4
Bf7 $10) 25. Nh5 Bf7 26. Nxg7 $1 {This wins.} (26. Nf4 {Ambroz} Nxf4 27. Bxf7
Rxf7 (27... Nxg2 $2 28. Be6) 28. Bxf4 Bd6 $5 $10) 26... Kxg7 27. Qg4+ Kh8 (
27... Kh7 28. Bxh6 Rg8 (28... Kxh6 29. Rd3 Bh5 30. Rh3 Qe8 31. Bd1 $18) 29. Qh4
Qe8 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Bf8+ Bh5 32. Bxe7 $18) 28. Bxh6 (28. Bxd5 {Ambroz} Bxd5
$1) 28... Rg8 29. Qh4 Rg7 $8 (29... Re8 {Ambroz} 30. Rd3 $18) (29... Qe8 {
Ambroz} 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Bf8+ Bh5 32. Bxe7 $18) 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rde1 $2 (
31. Rd3 $1 Bb4 32. Rf2 $18) (31. Rf3 $1 {Ambroz} Bd6 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Rh3 Ke7
34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Rh7 $18) 31... Bb4 $1 $8 32. Re4 (32. Qg4+ {Ambroz} Kf8 33.
Re2 $40 {/\ Qh4}) 32... Bd2 33. Rg4+ $2 (33. Qg3+ $1 Kf8 (33... Kh7 {Ambroz}
34. Qh4+ Bh6 $13) 34. Rh4 $16 (34. Qh4)) 33... Bg5 34. Qg3 (34. Rxg5+ fxg5 35.
f6+ Qxf6 $1) 34... Kf8 (34... Qh8 {Ambroz} 35. h4 $16) 35. Re1 (35. Qh3 $5 {
Ambroz} Kg7 36. Qg3 $10) 35... Qb8 36. Rxg5 $4 (36. Qxb8+ {Ambroz} Rxb8 37.
Rge4 Nc3 $5 $15) 36... fxg5 37. Qxg5 Qf4 $1 $19 38. h4 Qxg5 (38... Re8 $5 {
Ambroz}) 39. hxg5 Re8 40. Re5 (40. Rxe8+ {Ambroz} Bxe8 $19 {/\ Ne3}) 40... Ne3
41. Bxf7 Rxe5 42. dxe5 Kxf7 43. f6 (43. e6+ {Ambroz} Ke7) 43... Nc4 0-1

