[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 (3... Nf6 4. O-O d6) 4.
d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O (6. Qd3 {Alekhine}) 6... exd4 (6... Be7 7. Qd3 $1 {
Alekhine}) 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. b3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Nd7 $1 11. Ba3 (11. Qc4
c6 $1 12. Nd4 O-O) 11... a6 (11... Bf6 12. Qc4 Ne5 13. Qxc7) 12. Nc3 Bf6 13.
Qe3 O-O 14. Rad1 Bxc3 $1 {Alekhine} (14... Nb6 15. f4 $16 Re8 16. e5 Qc8 17.
Ne4 dxe5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. fxe5 Rg8 21. Qh4 fxe5 22. Rxf7 Rxg2+
23. Kh1 Rg7 24. Rxg7 {1-0 (24) Maroczy,G-Wolf,H/Monte Carlo 1903/HCL}) 15. Qxc3
Re8 16. Rfe1 (16. Bb2 Qf6 (16... Qg5 $1 {Alekhine. ?GJ} 17. Qxc7 $18) 17. Qxc7
Qxb2 18. Qxd7 Qxa2 19. Rd2 $14) (16. f3) 16... Rc8 17. Qh3 (17. f4 Qf6 18. Qxf6
Nxf6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. Bb2 Red8 22. h3 Nh6 23. g4 $14) 17... Ne5 18.
Bb2 (18. f4 Ng6 19. Qf5 (19. Qf3 Qf6 (19... Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Bb2 $14)) 19...
Nh4 20. Qg4 f5 21. exf5 Qf6 22. Re2 $14) 18... Qg5 $1 19. Qg3 (19. Rd5 Rcd8 20.
Qc3 Rd7 21. Rf1 Qf4 $11) 19... Qxg3 20. hxg3 $11 f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. g4 h6 23.
Re2 Nc6 24. Kf2 Re7 25. Bc3 a5 26. Rd5 b6 27. a4 Re6 28. Rd1 Rce8 29. Red2 Ke7
30. Ke3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 65th"]
[Site "Tyumen"]
[Date "2012.06.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Andreikin,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {Ian Nepomniachtchi is a brilliant
combinational player, who plays dynamic tactical positions very well.
Therefore, I decided to play the Berlin endgame, to get the queens off. In
addition, I was half a point ahead of my opponent and a draw was a perfectly
satisfactory result for me.} 4. d3 {My opponent does not want to force matters,
preferring a long game with plenty of pieces on the board. I was prepared for
such an approach.} d6 {The main variation here involves bringing out the
dark-squared bishop.} (4... Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Ne7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4
Ng6 10. d4 Ba7 $11 11. Re1 b5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 c4 14. Nf1 Nh5 15. Bg5 f6 16.
Be3 Nhf4 17. Ng3 Ne7 18. a4 Qc7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra3 Bxe3 21. Rxa8 Bb6 22. Qd2
Qc5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. Qd2 Qc5 25. Qe3 Qc7 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2784)-Kramnik,V (2801)
/Moscow RUS 2012/}) 5. c3 Bd7 {Black intends to bring the bishop to g7, after
the pawn move.} ({It is dangerous to play at once} 5... g6 $6 6. d4 $1 Bg7 7.
dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Qd7 10. O-O O-O 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Qxd6 cxd6) 6. O-O
g6 7. Nbd2 {White continues the logical development of his pieces.} ({A King's
Indian structure would have arisen after} 7. d4 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.
c4 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Qc2 f5 $132) 7... Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 Nh5 $1 {This
move is the main idea of Black's development. The knight covers the square g3,
where the white knight would be conveniently placed. In addition, after some
preparation, Black can advance f7-f5.} 10. Ne3 {White changes the path of his
knight and will now bring it to d5. After the game, Ian said he slightly
confused the move-order and that he should have started with} (10. Ba4 $5 {
after which White plays d3-d4. Of course, this move cannot be played at once:})
(10. d4 $6 Nxd4 $1 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. cxd4 Rae8 14. f3 f5 $36)
10... Nf4 {Black is not ready to give up the important square d5.} 11. Ba4 {
With this move, White prepares the advance d3-d4, which again fails if played
at once.} (11. d4 $2 Nxd4 $15) 11... Re8 {A perfectly natural move, once again
stopping the central pawn advance.} ({It looks too dangerous for Black to play
} 11... f5 $6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nf1 $5 Ne6 (13... Ng6 $2 14. Bb3+ Kh8 15. Ng5
$18) 14. Bb3 Qf6 15. Ng3 $40) 12. g3 $1 {This move surprised me. White changes
his plan.} ({I expected} 12. Bc2 a5 $1 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 Bb5 $36
) 12... Ne6 {The knight move to h3 was also possible, but I did not wish to
risk placing this piece on a poorly defended square.} (12... Nh3+ $5 13. Kg2
Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Qb3 Rab8 {and it is difficult for White to strengthen
his position. The knight on h3 is in a dangerous position, but is not
vulnerable in the next few moves.} 16. d4 $5 exd4 17. cxd4 g5 $1 $132) 13. Nh4
$1 {My opponent finds a very original idea for the Spanish. White places his
knights in such a way as to make a battering ram out of his f-pawn, to attack
the black king.} Kh8 {The last prophylactic move.} 14. Bc2 {It would be
interesting to put the bishop on b3.} (14. Bb3 $5 {however, after this I
planned} Na5 15. Bc2 c5 $5 {after which Black improves his position in the
centre.}) 14... Ne7 {This move is played with the aim of freeing c6 for the
bishop, after which BLack can start central play with d6-d5 or f7-f5.} 15. Neg2
$5 {The placing of White's knights looks rather strange, but he has a concrete
idea - to advance his f-pawn. What should Black do?} d5 $6 {Maybe it was
better to start with the bishop move, and then decide with which pawn to meet
White's offensive:} (15... Bc6 $5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 $1 18. exf5 Nxf5 19.
Nxf5 gxf5 20. d4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bh6 22. Bxf5 Nxf4+ 23. Bxf4 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Bxf4
$11) 16. f4 {My opponent continues with his intended plan.} ({White had other
possibilities at his disposal:} 16. exd5 $5 Nxd5 17. Nf3 Nf8 (17... f6 18. h4
$40) 18. Bb3 c6 (18... Bc6 $6 19. d4 $1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 Be8 22.
Nd3 $14) 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Ne6 21. h4 $5 $14) 16... dxe4 $6 {Again I
played an inaccurate move. In the variation} (16... exf4 17. gxf4 d4 $1 18. c4
Nc6 19. a3 a5 {Black is perfectly OK.}) 17. dxe4 Bc6 18. Qg4 {Of course, Ian
does not agree to the exchange of queens.} Ng8 $2 {I had intended this move
when I played my king to h8. The move is OK in principle, but at this exact
moment, it was necessary to calculate a concrete variation:} (18... exf4 $1 19.
gxf4 Nc5 $1 20. f5 gxf5 21. exf5 Nd5 22. Bg5 Nf6 $1 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qc4 Ncd7
25. Re1 Qg8 26. Bb3 Bf8 $1 $15) 19. f5 Nf6 20. Qh3 $2 {The trap succeeds!
White should have played the queen to f3, keeping a space advantage. It
appears that Ian wanted to give mate as soon as possible.} (20. Qf3 $1 Nc5 21.
Bg5 $14) 20... g5 $1 $15 21. g4 $1 (21. fxe6 $2 g4 22. Ng6+ $8 fxg6 23. Qh4
Rxe6 $17) (21. Ne3 Nf4 $1 22. gxf4 gxh4 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Ng4 Nxg4 25. Qxg4 Qe7
26. Bg5 Bf6 27. Bxf6+ Qxf6 $15) (21. Bd1 g4 $5 22. Bxg4 Nc5 $15) 21... Nf4 22.
Bxf4 exf4 23. Rad1 Qe7 $1 {This is a natural move, but in playing it. Black
needed to see his 25th move. Therefore, at first I intended to play more
solidly:} (23... Nd7 $6 24. Nf3 h6 25. e5 $1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bxe5 27. Qxb7 Bd6
$11) 24. Nf3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Kg8 $1 {A clever move, forcing White to take the
g5-pawn. Of course, Black cannot take on e4 at once:} (25... Bxe4 $2 26. Bxe4
Rxe4 (26... Nxe4 $4 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxg5 $18) 27. Nxg5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd5 29.
Qf3 Qxf3 30. Nxf3 Nxg4 31. Re7 $36) 26. Nxg5 {Forced.} (26. e5 $2 Qf2 $19)
26... h6 $6 {During the game, I thought I had played a very strong idea and
that White was already defenceless. However, I was wrong.} ({It was stronger
to start with the active queen move} 26... Qf2 $5 27. Bb1 (27. Bb3 Nxe4 $1 28.
Bxf7+ Kf8 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Rf1 $8 Qe2 31. f6 Kxf7 32. fxg7 Kxg7 33. Kg1 Rf8
34. Rfe1 Qxb2 $19) 27... Rad8 $1 28. Qf3 Qxb2 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Nxf4 h6 31.
Ngh3 Rd2 32. Qg3 Qxb1 $5 33. Rxb1 Nxe4 34. Qg2 Nxc3 35. Qxc6 bxc6 36. Rb8+ Kh7
37. g5 Be5 38. g6+ fxg6 39. fxg6+ Kg7 40. Re8 Bf6 $17) 27. Nf3 $2 {The
decisive mistake. White had a perfectly good alternative:} (27. Nxf7 $1 {
I underestimated this move during the game:} Kxf7 28. Qf3 $3 {I think we both
missed this possibility. I calculated the variation} (28. Bb3+ $4 Kf8 29. Nxf4
Rxe4 30. Ng6+ Ke8 $19) (28. Nxf4 $4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Nxe4 30. Bb3+ Ke7 31. Re1 Re8
$19) 28... Bf8 $1 29. Nxf4 Bd6 $15 {White has a powerful pawn centre for the
piece, but the black bishops are very well posted, which assures him a small
advantage.}) 27... Nxe4 $17 28. Bxe4 {White could make a desperate attempt to
start an attack without giving up the bishop:} (28. Rxe4 Rxe4 $1 29. g5 Re2 30.
gxh6 Bf6 31. Bb3 Qf2 $19) 28... Rxe4 29. Rxe4 $6 {It may be that White should
keep both pairs of rooks on the board, so as to be able to complicate the game,
although the assessment does not change:} (29. Rg1 $5 Re2 30. g5 hxg5 31. Nxg5
Rxb2 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh5 Qe7 $19 {Thanks to the bishop on c6, Black
completely controls the position. The white king is in a more dangerous
position than the black.}) 29... Bxe4 $19 {Now the black bishops easily break
down the white defences. The bad position of the white queen is also a factor.}
30. Nge1 {One can understand White wishing to bring his queen closer to the
centre and to strengthen the h1-a8 diagonal.} Re8 $6 {A natural move, but a
quicker win was} (30... Qe3 $1 {The white pieces are totally paralysed.} 31.
Qf1 Bf6 32. Kg2 Bh4 $19 {Black does not even need the help of his Ra8 in order
to win material! I think this is a wonderful example of bishops dominating
knights.}) 31. Qf1 Bc6 {I was a bit short of time and decided to play the most
natural moves. The quiet queen move would have won a pawn and activated the
bishop g7:} (31... Qb6 $5 32. b3 (32. Rd2 Qe3 $19) 32... Bxc3 33. Ng2 Qc6 34.
Ngh4 Be1 $1 35. Rxe1 Bxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rxe1 37. Qxe1 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 Qxg4+ 39. Kf1
Qxf5 $19) 32. h3 Bf6 {The second bishop comes into play! The idea is correct,
but I should first have limited White's possibilities:} (32... Qe3 $1 33. Kh2
$8 Bf6 34. Rd3 (34. a3 Bh4 $19) 34... Qe2+ 35. Qxe2 Rxe2+ 36. Kg1 Rxb2 $19) 33.
Ng2 {I had not seen this defensive possibility, counting only on} (33. Kh2 Qe3
$1 {with the familiar win.}) 33... h5 $2 {As a consequence of missing White's
33rd move, I was a little upset.} ({I could have won at once with} 33... Bb5 $1
34. Qg1 Qc6 {and White cannot avoid material loss.}) 34. Re1 $2 (34. g5 $5 Qxf5
35. Kh2 Be7 36. Ngh4 Qc5 $19 {Black is winning but this should still have been
tried.}) 34... Rxe1 $1 {This time I did not spoil my chance to connect the
knights! After the game Ian told me, that has hoped for 34...Rd8.} 35. Ngxe1 (
35. Nfxe1 Qe3 $1 $19) 35... Qe3 $1 $19 {Now the white knights are tied down to
each other and one will sooner or later be lost.} 36. gxh5 (36. Kh2 Bh4 37.
Nxh4 Qg3#) (36. Kg2 Bh4 37. Nd3 Bb5 38. Nfe5 f6 39. c4 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Be8 41. Nf3
Bc6 $19) 36... Bh4 37. Qg1+ (37. Qg2+ Kh7 38. f6 Qxe1+ 39. Nxe1 Bxe1 $19) 37...
Bg3 38. Qxe3 fxe3 39. Kg1 Bxf3 (39... e2 $19) 40. Nxf3 e2 {A game with many
mistakes from both players, but of very great sporting significance. After
this win, I went to +4 and with draws in the last two rounds, I took first
place in the tournament.} 0-1

[Event "Kalamaria op 7th"]
[Site "Kalamaria"]
[Date "2010.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2010.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {An invitation for Berlin.} 4. d3 {White wants
to play a mixture of Ruy Lopez and the Italian game.} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 (
5... Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 $14 {is the Rio de Janeiro
variation.}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {is the Berlin variation.}
9. Nc3 Bd7 $5 (9... Ke8 10. h3 h5 (10... Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 Bc4 13. Re1 h6
14. Nge4 h5 15. Kg2 Be6 16. Kg3 Nd5 $14) 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. g3 Rd8
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 $14) (9... h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Be3 Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7
13. Rfe1 Rd8 14. a3 a6 15. Ne4 Bf5 $132) (9... Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12.
Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne4 Bd5 $14) (9... Be6 10. Rd1+ (10. Ng5
Ke7 11. b3 h6 12. Ba3+ Kd7 13. Rad1+ Kc8 $13) 10... Ke8 (10... Kc8 11. Ng5 Bc4
12. b3 Bb4 13. bxc4 Bxc3 14. Rb1 Bxe5 15. Nxf7 Re8 $14) 11. Ng5 Bc8 12. Nf3 Ne7
13. Nd4 a6 14. Ne4 b6 15. Re1 c5 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. c3 h6 $14) (9... a5 10. h3 a4
11. a3 Be6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Re1 Ke8 15. f4 $16) 10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8
12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. h4 Be7 17. e6 Bxe6 18. h5
Nh4 19. Nf4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bd6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Bxg7 Rf5 $14)
4... d6 5. c3 $5 {There is a school of thought believing that this move is not
the best.} (5. O-O Be7 (5... g6 6. d4 $1 {is the idea.} Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Kh8 12. Nfd2 Ng8 13. f3 Bh6 14. Bf2 f5 15.
Nc3 Ngf6 16. b4 a5 17. bxa5 Rxa5 $14) 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Re1
Nb6 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. d4 f5 $132) 5... g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bg5 $5 {
This move does not put a scare on me.} (8. Nbd2 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 $14)
8... h6 ({There is a trasposition with} 8... Ne7 9. d4 h6) (8... Bd7 9. Nbd2
Qe8 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Ne3 h6 12. Bh4 Nf4 $13) 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 $6
(11. Nxd4 $142 {is not in the spirit of the position.However does not
surrender the bishop.} a6 12. Bf1 $14) 11... g5 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Nc3 Ng6 14. d5
g4 {It is really difficult to figure out what is happening in this position.} (
14... g4 15. Nd4 Nxg3 16. hxg3 h5 17. Rc1 h4 (17... Qf6 18. Nce2) 18. gxh4 Nxh4
19. Nce2 Be5 $13) (14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxg3 17. Qxg3 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "TUR-chT"]
[Site "Konya"]
[Date "2010.07.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Erturan, Yakup"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.06.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {One of my first experiences with the Berlin
Wall.} 4. d3 {White shies away} ({from the main line.} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Ng5 $5
{is an interesting move.} (12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5 hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16.
Rf4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Be3 c5 $1 19. Nf3 Rh6 20. c3 Be7 21. Kg2 (21. g5 Rh5)
21... g5 22. fxg6 Rxg6 23. Rh1 Rg8 24. g5 Rc8 25. Rfh4 Rc6 26. Rh8 Rcg6 $13)
12... Bc4 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Nd1 $1 {This looks like the most consequent move.} (
14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 h5 (15... Be7 $6 16. Ne4 Kd7 17. Ng3 $1 $40) 16. f3 hxg4
17. hxg4 Be7 18. Ne4 Kd7 $11) (14. Bd2 {This looks better than the first
option mentioned.} Be7 15. Nge4 h5 16. Nd6+ (16. f3 Bh4) (16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. f3
hxg4 18. hxg4 Kd7 $132) 16... cxd6 17. exd6 Kd7 18. dxe7 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 hxg4 20.
hxg4 Bd5 21. f3 Rh3 22. Rad1 Rxf3 23. Be5 Kxe7 24. c4 Bxc4 25. Kg2 Rf6 26.
Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Rd7 Bxa2 28. Rxb7 Bd5+ 29. Kg3 a5 $11)) 4... d6 {I prefer this}
({to} 4... Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 {is topical these days.} Bd6 7. Be3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 c5 9. Nc4 O-O 10. a3 a5 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Re8 $11) 5. c3 (5. O-O $142 {
In deed this might have been better since it works better against the
fianchetto.} Be7 (5... g6 6. d4 $1 Bd7 (6... exd4 $2 7. e5 {is thematic.}) 7.
d5 (7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5 (8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. exd6 O-O 11. dxc7 Qxc7 $44)
8... Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Kh8 (11... h6 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 Nf6
14. Nc3 c5 $5 $13 (14... fxe4 15. fxe4 Qd7 $132)) 12. Nc3 Ng8 13. b4 a5 14. a3
f5 $13 15. Ng5 $140 $2 f4 16. Ne6 fxe3 17. Nxd8 exf2+ 18. Kh1 fxe1=Q+ 19. Qxe1
Rfxd8 $19) 7... Ne7 (7... Nb8 $5 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Re1 Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3
h6 12. Rb1 a5 13. a3 Nh7 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 b6 16. Bd2 f5 $132) 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7
9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5 Kh8
16. Rc1 Qd7 $13 {The absence of bishops does not really help only White as one
can expect by simplistic reasoning.})) 5... g6 (5... Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Nd7
8. Nbd2 Nb6 $13 {is a variation which sould be evolved from early c3.}) 6. O-O
Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. dxe5 {This is not a bad idea if followed properly.} (8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $132) (8.
Re1 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 $132) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 (10.
Qe2 Qe7) 10... Rxd8 11. f3 {Black's Bg7 is not doing well but he is ahead in
development.} Bd7 $5 12. Bxd7 $6 {Trying to mak a draw he falls onto my sword.}
(12. a4 Ne8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 Nd6 15. Bxd7 Rxd7 16. Na3 a6 17. Rfd1 Rad8 $11)
({or} 12. Be2 Nh5 13. g3 Bf8 14. Be3 Ng7 15. Nd2 Ne6 16. Nc4 f6 17. Rfd1 b6 $11
) 12... Nxd7 13. Be3 Nb6 $1 14. Nd2 $2 (14. b3 f5 $40) 14... Rd3 {After this
White is in dire straits.} 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Bxb6 $2 (16. Nf1 Nc4 17. Re2 b6
18. Bf2 Bh6 $17) 16... Rxd2 17. Bxc7 R8d7 18. Ba5 (18. Bb8 $2 b6 $19) 18...
Rxb2 (18... Bf8 19. Rab1) 19. Red1 $4 {White has really played terrible in
this part of the game.} (19. c4 Bh6 $17 (19... Bf8 20. Kf1)) (19. Rad1 Rdd2 20.
Rxd2 Rxd2 21. a4 b6 22. Bb4 Bh6 23. a5 bxa5 24. Bxa5 Ra2 25. Bb4 a5 26. Bd6 Bd2
27. Re2 Ra1+ 28. Kf2 Bxc3 29. Rc2 Bd4+ 30. Ke2 a4 $19) 19... Rxa2 $19 20. Rxa2
Rxd1+ 21. Kf2 b6 22. Bb4 a5 $4 {Now it is Black's turn to start a patzerish
show. My mistake was to believe that the ensuing bishops ending could be
easily won.} ({Correct is} 22... Rd7 $142 $19 {which prepares the bishops
exchange after which the rook endgame will be easily won since White's king is
cut from the d-line.}) 23. Ba3 Bh6 ({Even after} 23... Rd3 24. Rc2 Bh6 25. Ke2
Rd7 26. c4 f6 27. c5 Bf8 28. Rb2 (28. cxb6 $2 Bxa3 29. Rc7 Rd8 30. b7 Bd6 31.
Rc6 Bb8 32. Rc8 Rf8 33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Kc4 Ke7 35. Kb5 Rd8 36. Kxa5 Kd7 37. Rc2
Ba7 $19) 28... Bxc5 (28... bxc5 29. Rb8 Kf7 30. Ra8 Rb7 31. Rxa5 c4 32. Bxf8
Rb2+ 33. Kf1 Kxf8 34. Rc5 Rc2 35. Rc7 h5 (35... c3 36. g4) 36. h4 c3 37. Kg1
Ke8 38. Kh2 Kd8 39. Rc5 Kd7 40. Kg3 Kd6 41. Rc8 g5 (41... f5 42. Rc4) 42. Rc4
Rc1 43. Rc8 c2 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Rc4 h4+ 46. Kg4 h3 47. Kg3 hxg2 48. Kxg2 Ke7
49. Rc6 Kf7 50. Kh2 $11) 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Ra8 c4 32. Rxa5 g5 33.
Rc5 Rd4 34. Rc7+ Kg6 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5+ (36. h3 h4) 36... Kxh5 $11 {White has
drawing chances.}) 24. Ke2 Rb1 (24... Rd7 25. c4 $132) (24... Rg1 25. Kd3 f6
26. Kc4 Kf7 27. Kb5 $44) 25. Rb2 $2 {He also misses his chances to come close
to an equal game.} (25. c4 $1 Rb3 (25... Bc1 26. c5) 26. Bd6 (26. c5 Bf8) 26...
f6 27. c5 bxc5 28. Bxc5 Rb5 29. Bf2 Bf8 30. Be1 Bb4 31. Bxb4 axb4 32. Kd3 Rb7
33. Kc4 Kg7 34. Rb2 Kh6 35. Rxb4 Rd7 $15 (35... Rxb4+ $2 36. Kxb4 {could be
lost for black.} Kg5 37. g3 $18)) 25... Rxb2+ 26. Bxb2 b5 {This one} ({or} 
26... f6 27. Kd3 b5 (27... Kf7 $2 28. Kc4 Ke6 29. Kb5 Be3 30. Ba3 f5 31. g4
fxg4 32. fxg4 Kf6 33. Bd6 $11 {and how am I suppose to improve here?}) 28. c4
b4 $1 $19 (28... bxc4+ $2 29. Kxc4 Bd2 30. Ba3 Kg7 31. Kb5 Kh6 32. Be7 Kg5 33.
g3 Be1 34. Bd8 h5 35. Bxa5 Bxa5 36. Kxa5 f5 37. Kb5 fxe4 38. fxe4 Kg4 39. Kc6
Kh3 40. Kd5 Kxh2 41. Kxe5 Kxg3 42. Kf6 h4 43. e5 h3 44. e6 h2 45. e7 h1=Q 46.
e8=Q $11)) 27. Kd3 Bf8 $2 ({I could not calculate} 27... f6 28. c4 b4 $1 (28...
bxc4+ 29. Kxc4 Bd2 (29... Bf4 30. Kb5 Bxh2 31. Bc3) 30. Ba3 $11 {is already
explained in the previous move.}) 29. c5 Kf7 (29... a4 30. c6) 30. Kc4 Ke7 31.
Kb5 Kd7 32. Kxa5 (32. Kb6 Be3 33. Kxa5 Bd2 34. Kb6 Kc8 35. Kc6 Bc3 36. Bc1 b3
37. Kd6 f5 38. Ke6 fxe4 39. fxe4 Kc7 $19) 32... Bd2 33. Kb6 Kc8 34. Kc6 {
gave me the wrong idea that white's active king would provide him with a draw.}
Bc3 35. Bc1 f5 36. h4 fxe4 37. fxe4 b3 38. Kd6 b2 39. Bxb2 Bxb2 40. g4 Bd4 41.
Ke6 Bxc5 42. Kf6 Kd7 43. Kg7 Ke6 44. Kxh7 Bf2 $3 (44... Kf7 $2 45. g5 $1 $11)
45. Kxg6 Bxh4 $19) (27... a4 $2 28. c4 b4 $2 (28... bxc4+ 29. Kxc4 $11) 29. c5
({Too early for} 29. Bxe5 $2 Bg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. e5 (31. c5 Kf6) 31... Kf8
32. f4 h5 33. g3 Ke7 34. h3 Kd7 35. g4 hxg4 36. hxg4 a3 37. Kc2 Ke6 38. c5 g5
$19) 29... Bf8 30. Kc4 a3 31. Bc1 $1 (31. Bxe5 $2 Bxc5 $1 $19 {is the trick!})
31... f6 32. c6 Bd6 33. Kd5 Bc7 34. Ke6 a2 35. Bb2 $18 {turns the tables.}) 28.
c4 b4 (28... bxc4+ 29. Kxc4 f6 30. Kb5 Bb4 31. Bc1 $15 {is safe for Black but
where is the winning method?}) 29. Bxe5 a4 (29... Bc5 $142 30. f4 Kf8 31. Kc2
a4 32. Bf6 Ke8 33. f5 Kd7 34. g4 Kc6 35. h4 Bf2 36. fxg6 fxg6 37. h5 gxh5 38.
gxh5 Kd6 39. Bg7 Ke6 40. Kb1 Bc5 41. Kc2 Bd6 42. Kb1 Be5 43. Bxe5 Kxe5 44. c5
$11 {resembles the very end of the game.}) 30. Bd4 f5 $1 (30... Bg7 $2 31. e5
Bh6 32. c5 Kf8 33. Kc4 Bd2 34. Kb5 Ke7 35. c6 $18) 31. c5 fxe4+ 32. fxe4 Kf7
33. Kc4 b3 34. Bb2 (34. Kb4 $4 Bxc5+ $1 $19 {is a beautiful trick which we
have already seen in this endgame.}) 34... Bg7 $4 {This is just unexplainable!}
({I had to play} 34... Ke6 35. Kb4 (35. Kb5 Bg7) 35... Be7 36. Kxa4 Bxc5 37.
Kxb3 Bd6 38. h3 Be5 39. Bc3 h5 40. Kc4 Bd6 $11 {and just draw with a pawn down.
}) 35. Bxg7 $4 {My draw oriented opponent has chosen this after some thought.}
(35. c6 Bxb2 (35... a3 36. Bxa3 Ke6 37. Kxb3 Be5 38. h3 Bc7 39. Kc4 $18) 36. c7
a3 37. Kxb3 $18 {I have simply forgotten about this.} ({Strangely I was only
considering} 37. c8=Q $4 a2 $11)) 35... Kxg7 $11 {After this White's split
pawns with one file apart weights as Black's connected passers.} 36. Kc3 Kf6
37. c6 Ke6 38. e5 Ke7 39. Kb2 h5 40. h4 Ke6 41. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "SRB Central-ch op-A 9th"]
[Site "Paracin"]
[Date "2016.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atakisi, Umut"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2016.07.07"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 $5 {An alternative to the Berlin
Wall.} 5. Re1 (5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Re1 (7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Nf5 d5) 7... Nc5 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bf1 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 Bxd6 $14) (
5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 exd4 (6... Bd7 7. Bxc6 $5 Bxc6 8. Qd3) 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6
9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 {is a twist bringing us back into the game.} (10. e5 Ng4))
5... d6 6. d4 (6. c3 O-O 7. d4 (7. h3 Bd7 8. d4 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Bxd7 Qxd7
11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 c5 $11) 7... Bd7 (7... Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bf6 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. Ba4 g6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 8. d5 Nb8
9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 Nh7 $132) 6... exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 Re8 11. Nf5 $6 {This works only with the pawn on c5.} (11. e5
dxe5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxc6 Bb4 14. Rd1 Qc8 $14) (11. h3 h6 $1 (11... c5 $6 12.
Nf5 Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Qd7 14. Qf3 $14) 12. Bf4 Nh7 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bg3 Qc8 $14)
11... Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 $1 13. b3 Bf6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd2 $5) 14... Re5 15. Qh3 (
15. Qf3 Re6) 15... Re6 16. f4 $5 (16. Rad1 $142 Be5 17. Bc1 Qe7 18. Ne2) 16...
Bd4+ 17. Kh1 c5 (17... Nf6 18. Rab1 (18. Rad1 Nxe4) 18... c5) 18. Rab1 (18.
Rad1 Nf6 19. e5 Qe8 $17) 18... Nf6 19. Re2 (19. Qf3 Qd7 20. e5 Rae8 $1 $17)
19... Qe8 (19... Qd7 20. Qg3 Rae8 21. Rbe1 Qc6 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. Na4
) 20. Rbe1 Rd8 (20... Qc6 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Nd7 23. Na4 Rae8 24. Qg3 Qa6 25.
h3 Bxb2 26. Nxb2 Qxa2 27. Rd2 $132) 21. Qf3 Rd7 22. Na4 Bxb2 $6 {This resulted
in Retardo's revenge!} (22... Rde7 $142 $1 23. e5 (23. c3 $2 Nxe4) 23... dxe5 (
23... Bxb2 24. Nxb2 dxe5) 24. f5 (24. fxe5 Nd7 25. Bxd4 cxd4) 24... e4 25. Qh3
Rc6 26. c3 Be5 27. Ba3 $44) 23. Nxb2 Rde7 24. e5 dxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5
Rxe5 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Qa8+ Ne8 $6 ({I should not be afraid of a draw in the
knight ending:} 28... Qe8 $1 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8 30. Nd3 (30. c4 $2 Nf6 31. Nd3 Nd7
32. g4 f6 33. Kg2 Ne5 34. Nf2 Kf7 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Kf4 g6 $17) 30... c4 31. bxc4
Kf8 32. Kg1 Ke7 33. Kf2 Nd6 34. c5 Nf5 35. Ke2 Kd7 $17) 29. h3 $1 $11 Kf8 30.
Nc4 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa2 32. Qd5 $6 {Retardo is giving some slight chances.} (32.
Qc6 g6 33. Qxc5+ Kg7 34. Qe5+ Nf6 35. Ne3 $11) 32... Qa6 33. Qxc5+ Kg8 34. Qe3
(34. Qe7 $2 Qe6) 34... Nd6 35. Qe7 Qc6 36. Ne5 (36. Na5 $1 Qe8 37. Qxc7 Qe5+
38. Kh1 h5 39. Qxa7 Nf5 $11) 36... Qe8 37. Qxe8+ Nxe8 38. Nc6 Nd6 39. Nxa7 f5 (
39... f6 40. Nc6 Ne4 41. Kg1 Kf7 42. Kf1 Ke6 43. Ke2 $11) 40. Kg3 Kf7 (40... g5
41. Nc6 Kf7 42. Kf3 Ke6 43. c4 $11) 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. h4 g6 43. Nc6 h6 44. c4 g5+
45. hxg5+ hxg5+ 46. Kf3 f4 47. g3 $1 fxg3 48. Kxg3 Ne4+ 49. Kg4 Nd2 50. Na5 c5
51. b4 $1 (51. Nc6 Nxb3 52. Nb8 $1 $11 {is another way to achieve a draw.})
51... cxb4 52. c5 Ne4 (52... b3 53. Nxb3 Nxb3 54. c6 Ke6 55. Kxg5 $11) 53. c6
Ke6 54. Nb3 Kd6 55. Kf5 Nf2 56. Kxg5 Kxc6 57. Kf4 Kb5 (57... Nd3+ 58. Ke3 Nc5
59. Nxc5 (59. Kd4) 59... Kxc5 60. Kd3 $11) 58. Ke3 Ng4+ 59. Kd2 Ka4 60. Nd4 Ne5
61. Kc1 Nc4 62. Kb1 Nd2+ 63. Kb2 Nc4+ 64. Kb1 Na3+ (64... b3 65. Nxb3 Kxb3 $11
{is another way to finish the game.}) 65. Kb2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POR-chT"]
[Site "Porto"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Dias, Paulo Jorge Guimara"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.08.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mata de Benfica"]
[BlackTeam "Sporting Clube Portugal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 {A solid alternative to the very
popular 4...Bc5.} 5. O-O g6 6. d4 $1 {White is trying to make use of Black's
slow development with the idea to force an opening of the position.} Bd7 (6...
exd4 $6 {would run into} 7. e5 $1 $16 {when White is better off.}) 7. d5 {
Now the game transposes to a more positional battle. The structure arising is
very much related to the Kings Indian Defence. Having the light squared
bishops exchanegd should then in general be a strategical plus for White.
However Black still has his chances on the kingside.} Ne7 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qe2
(9. Re1 {is the main continuation}) ({while} 9. Qd3 {is another option tried
once by Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp Persson.}) 9... Bg7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nh5 $5
{A move with multiple purposes. Black is about to play ...f5 soon while the
knight on h5 is ready to jump on to f4 any moment.} 12. g3 $146 {Perhaps a bit
too prophylactic. This stops Black's knight effectively but it also creates
some weaknesses in White's camp.} (12. Be3 {which has been played in two
earlier games is a good option. White prepares for the c5-break while in the
case of} Nf4 (12... f5 {can calmly be met by} 13. Ng5 $1 $14 {pointing at the
square on e6.}) (12... h6 13. Ne1 Nf4 14. Qd2 g5 15. f3 c5 {turned into blacks
favour later on in 0-1 (37) Nasuta,G (2336)-Michalik,P (2562) Ruzomberok 2014.
However from a positional point of view White is doing well and can argue for
the light squares and better bishop. With correct play I think he should retin
chances to get an advantage.}) 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 $14 {White is also in
control.}) 12... h6 {Defending against Ng5 in order to prepare the ...f5-break.
} 13. Nh4 {Once again stopping ...f5.} Qh3 {Black makes use of the weakness
caused by g3 and is now ready for ...f5 once again. The knight jump to f4
might also be an idea depending on Whites reaction.} 14. Rd1 {A safety move
getting ready for Qf1 when needed.} (14. f3 {looks more logical but then WHite
also has to be ready for} Nf4 $5) 14... f5 15. Qf1 {Forcing an exchange of
queens letting the strategical battle continue in the endgame.} Qxf1+ 16. Rxf1
fxe4 17. Nxe4 g5 18. Ng2 Nf6 19. f3 Nf5 {Black has a pretty poor bishop on g7
for the moment. However now that he will get his knight into d4 he does not
have much to worry about.} 20. Be3 Nxe4 21. fxe4 Nd4 22. Ne1 $1 {White waits
with the exchange on d4 until he is ready for it.} c6 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nd3 {
A nice blocking square fr the knight. White can now hope to get control of the
light squares and get a favourable endgame where Black has a bad bishop.} Rae8
25. Rae1 c5 26. Kg2 Re7 (26... Rxf1 {looked simpler to me after which it's
hard t see any side making progress.}) 27. Rf5 $5 {A unique chance to create
something substantial. However with correct play it appears Black is doing
just fine.} Rxf5 28. exf5 Rxe1 29. Nxe1 {White is now close to get exactly
what he is looking for but Black is just in time to stop him.} g4 $1 {Prevents
WHite from getting a protected passed pawn on f5.} 30. Nd3 $6 (30. h3 $1 h5 31.
hxg4 {leads to a similar position although with the h-pawns exchanged.} (31.
Nd3 gxh3+ 32. Kxh3 Kf7 33. Nf4 Bh6 $17)) 30... Kf7 31. Nf2 Kf6 (31... d3 $1 {
was a chance for Black to create active counterplay.} 32. Ne4 (32. Nxg4 {
leads into trouble following} d2 33. Ne3 Bxb2 34. Kf3 Bd4 35. Nd1 Kf6 36. g4
Kg5 $19 {when Black is winning.}) 32... Bxb2 33. Kf2 Bd4+ 34. Ke1 Be3 35. Nxd6+
Kf6 36. Nxb7 Kxf5 37. Nd6+ Ke5 38. Nf7+ Kf6 39. Nd6 $11 {It's on the border
but White seems to hold.}) 32. Nxg4+ Kxf5 33. Nf2 h5 (33... d3 $5 34. Nxd3 Ke4
35. Nf2+ Kd4 36. b3) 34. Kf3 Bh6 35. h3 Be3 36. g4+ hxg4+ 37. hxg4+ Ke5 38.
Nd3+ (38. Ne4 $5 {would have been a better way to create at least some
practical chances. There might follow} Bc1 39. g5 d3 $1 (39... Be3 40. g6 Bh6
41. Ng5 Kf6 42. Nf7 Bf8 43. Nd8 {would at least cause black a bit concern.})
40. g6 Bh6 41. Ng5 Kf6 42. Nf7 Bf4 $1 43. Nd8 Kxg6 44. Nxb7 Kf5 45. Nd8 d2 46.
Ke2 Ke4 47. Nc6 a6 $11 {when the position remains in balance.}) 38... Kf6 39.
b4 b6 (39... b5 $5 {gives some chaos but eventually still a draw following} 40.
bxc5 bxc4 41. c6 Ke7 42. Ne1 Bg1 (42... Bg5 43. Ke4 d3 44. Nxd3 $1 cxd3 45.
Kxd3 $14 Bf4 46. Ke4 Bg5 47. Kf5 Be3) (42... Bd2 43. Ng2 c3 $4 44. Ke2 $18) 43.
Ke4 d3 44. Nf3 Bb6 45. g5 Ba5 46. g6 Bb6 47. a4 a5 48. c7 Bxc7 49. Kd4 Kf6 50.
Kxc4 Kxg6 51. Kxd3 Bb6 $11) 40. b5 Kg5 41. Kg3 Bd2 42. Kf3 Be3 43. a3 Kf6 44.
Kg3 Kg5 45. Ne1 Bf4+ 46. Kf3 Bc1 47. a4 Bd2 48. Nd3 Be3 49. Nb2 Bc1 50. Nd1 Be3
$1 {Preventing all kinds of counterplay.} 51. Kg3 Bd2 52. Nb2 Bf4+ 53. Kf3 Bc1
54. Nd3 Be3 55. Ne1 Bd2 56. Nd3 Be3 57. Kg3 Bd2 58. Kf3 {(=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d4 d6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O (7. dxe5
Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Nxd7 11. Qc2 Nc5 12. Nf3 $14 {
Miles-Smyslow, Hastings 1976-7}) 7... O-O 8. Ba4 (8. Re1 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 $6 exd4
10. Bxd7 dxc3 $1 11. Ba4 cxd2 12. Bxd2 $15 {Ornstein-Bronstein, Budapest 1977})
8... Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 g6 11. a3 Bg7 12. Bc2 a5 13. Nf1 a4 14. Ng3 (14.
Bxa4 Nxd4) 14... b5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Nd2 c5 18. d5 Kh8 19. f3 Ng8
20. Qf2 Nh6 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 f6 23. Ngf1 Nf7 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Qd3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nd7 12. b3 Bf6 13. Ba3 {
Tal,M-Portisch,L/Reykjavik WCup/1988/1-0/40/ -> CBM10} (13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rad1
Re6 15. Qh3 Qe8 16. f4 {Nunn,J-Portisch,L/Reykjavik WCup/1988/1-0/33/ (mit
a-Bauern auf a6)} Nc5 $1 $10) 13... Ne5 $1 14. Qg3 Ng6 $10 {/\ ...Be5}) 8...
Bd7 9. Qf3 O-O 10. h3 Rb8 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bf8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Nf5 g6 15. Ne3
Bg7 16. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Kashdan-SteinerL +5-3=2"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1930.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1930.04.19"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Lahde:Isaac Kashdan. p.10,101,308. 2)Kashdan at TV:https://archive.
org/details/youBetYourLife1956-SecretWord Kashdan was more than a top
grandmaster-level player. In January 1933, he founded Chess Review, acting as
Editor-in-Chief, with Horowitz as Associate Editor. Towards the end of that
year, bent on further practical play at the top, he relinquished all his
editorial duties to Horowitz, who would make Chess Review a leading American
chess journal. Although he had plans to author some interesting books, his
only finished product was Folkestone 1933 International Team Chess Tournament 
(New York, 1933). After his relocation to California in early 1949/1950,
Kashdan began a life-long chess column in the Los Angeles Times, turned into
an assiduous organizer and even served as an U.S. delegate to FIDE in 1964. He
remained connected to chess until his death on February 20, 1985 in Los
Angeles.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4
8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bf1 Re8 10. h3 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Nh5 15. Bh2 Bg7 16. Qd1 Nf4 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qf3 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Re5 20. Rad1
Bc6 21. b4 Qe7 22. f3 Kh7 23. b5 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Rxb5 25. Rd5 Rc5 26. Rxc5 dxc5
27. e5 Rd8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Qe5 Qd6 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rd2 32. Re7+ Kg6 33.
Rxc7 Rxc2 34. Rxb7 Rxa2 35. Rc7 Ra5 36. Kf2 Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38. Rh7 Ra2+ 39.
Ke1 Rxg2 40. Rxa7 Rh2 41. Rc7 Rxh3 42. Rxc5 Rxf3 43. Ke2 Ra3 44. Kf2 Kg6 45.
Rc8 h5 46. Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rf8+ Kg4 48. Rg8+ Kh3 49. Rf8 Ra4 50. Kf3 h4 51. Rh8
Ra1 52. Kxf4 Rf1+ 53. Ke3 Kg3 54. Rg8+ Kh2 55. Ke2 Rf5 56. Rg7 h3 57. Rg8 Ra5
58. Kf2 Ra2+ 59. Kf1 Rg2 60. Rh8 Rg4 61. Kf2 Rf4+ 62. Ke3 Rf5 63. Ke2 Rg5 64.
Kf2 Rg3 65. Rh7 Ra3 66. Rg7 Ra2+ 67. Kf1 Ra1+ 68. Kf2 Kh1 69. Rg8 h2 70. Rg7
Ra2+ 71. Kf1 Ra1+ 72. Kf2 Rg1 73. Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow International-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1925.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Black "Romanovsky, Peter Arsenievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Nd7 8. Nbd2
Bf6 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 c6 11. Ba4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Bb3 Nf8 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Nxg5 Ne6 16. Bxe6 Bxe6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qg4 Kf7 19. Re3 Ng8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Nh5 Nf6 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096] QRR <-> QRR} 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Red3 Re7 25. h4
Kg7 26. h5 Rf8 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Qg5 Rh8 29. Rg3 Rh6 30. Rf3 Re8 31. Rdd3 Qe7
32. Qxe5+ Kg8 33. Rh3 Rxh3 34. Rxh3 Qg7 35. Qg5 e5 36. Rd3 Kh7 37. Qg4 Qf6 38.
Rd7+ Re7 39. Rd8 Kg7 40. Qh3 Kf7 41. Qh6 Qg7 42. Qe3 Qf6 43. Qxa7 Qf4 44. Qe3
Qxe3 45. fxe3 Kf6 46. Rd6+ Kg5 47. a4 Kh5 48. Kf2 Rf7+ 49. Kg3 Re7 50. a5 Kg5
51. b4 Kh6 52. a6 bxa6 53. Rxc6 Ra7 54. Rc5 Re7 55. Kg4 Re6 56. c4 Re8 57. b5
axb5 58. cxb5 Re6 59. Rd5 Re7 60. b6 Rb7 61. Rb5 Kg7 62. Kg5 Kf7 63. Rb1 Kg7
64. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-09 4players"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1917.12.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1917.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bg5 exd4 (7...
O-O 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxd7 {1-0 (58) Schlechter,C-Lasker,E GER/AUT 1910}) 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qf3 (10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qd3 Rab8 14.
b3 Ng5 15. Rad1 Qe5 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Nce2 Qa5 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Ned4 Kh7 20. g4
Rbe8 21. f3 Ne6 22. Ne2 Qxa2 23. Neg3 Qxc2 24. Rc1 Qb2 25. Nh5 Rh8 26. Re2 Qe5
27. f4 Qb5 28. Nfxg7 Nc5 29. Nxe8 Bxe8 30. Qc3 f6 31. Nxf6+ Kg6 32. Nh5 Rg8 33.
f5+ Kg5 34. Qe3+ {1-0 (34) Capablanca,J-Bernstein,O San Sebastian 1911}) 10...
Rb8 11. b3 h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Rbe8 (14... Qe5 15. Qd3 Qa5
16. Re3) 15. Qe3 Nf6 (15... Qe5 16. f4 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nh5 19. Na4 Qxd2
20. Nxd2 Re7 21. Nb2 Nf6 22. e5 Rfe8 23. Nd3 Nd5 $11) 16. Nf3 c5 17. e5 Ng4 18.
Nd5 Nxe3 (18... Qd8 19. Qf4 Bc6 (19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Bc6 $11) 20.
c4 (20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxg4 dxe5) 20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qc4
Qd6 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qxc5 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxc7 Ra5 $11) 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7
20. Rxe3 d5 $2 (20... Bc6 $142 21. exd6 (21. Rc3 Rfe8 (21... Bxf3 22. exd6 cxd6
23. Rxf3)) 21... Rxe3 22. fxe3 cxd6 23. Rd1 Rd8 $15 24. Ne5 Be4 25. Nd3 Re8)
21. Rc3 $14 c4 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Rb1 Bg4 24. Rxc4 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxe5 {[%mdl
4096] RR <-> RR} 26. Rxc7 Ra5 27. Rb2 Rd8 28. f4 (28. Kg2 Rg5+ 29. Kf1 a6 (
29... Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Rgg1 31. f4 $14) 30. f4 Rf5 $11) 28... g6 29. c4 Rd4 $11 30.
c5 Rxf4 31. Rc2 Rfa4 32. c6 Rxa2 33. Rxa2 Rxa2 34. Rb7 Rc2 35. c7 Kg7 36. Rxa7
Kf6 37. Kg2 Ke6 38. Kf3 Rc6 $4 (38... Kd6 $11) 39. Ra6 (39. Ra6 Rxa6 40. c8=Q+)
1-0

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 ({Another option is} 5. O-O g6 6.
d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/
[Erenburg] (51)}) 5... g6 (5... Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 Nh5
10. Ba4 Qe8 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Krasenkow,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Ftacnik] (60).}
) 6. O-O {Other possibilities are:} (6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1 Bd7 9. Ne3
h6 10. Bh4 Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Bg3 a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Bxf4 exf4
16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qb5 18. Qb3 Qxd3 19. Rfd1 Qb5 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Qc2 Re2
22. Rd2 Rae8 23. Rad1 Qc4 24. a3 b5 25. h3 Bd4 $3 {[%mdl 64] 0-1 Krasenkow,
M-Iuldachev,S/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Wedberg] (25) A brilliant move, but
White is not obliged to resign.}) (6. d4 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5
dxe5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. f3 a5 12. Bd3 Qe7 {1-0 Steinitz,W-Zukertort,J/USA 1886/
MainBase/[ChessBase] (40)}) (6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ng3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Qe7 10.
O-O Rae8 11. Re1 Qd8 12. h3 Qc8 13. d4 {1-0 Golod,V-Levin,F/Cappelle la Grande
1999/CBM 070/[Golod,V] (38)}) 6... Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 a6 {Rare
continuation in comparison to the following ones:} (8... Bd7 9. Ba4 Nh5 10. Nf1
Qe8 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. d4 f6 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. b3 Nf4 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Qd2 Nf7 17.
Rad1 Rd8 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qa5 $16 {1-0 Azarov,S-Aleksandrov,A/Minsk
2000/EXT 2001 (60)}) (8... Re8 9. d4 Bd7 {1-0 Comp Fritz X3D-Kasparov,G/New
York 2003/CBM 098/[Knaak] (39)}) (8... Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Spraggett,K-Winants,L/
France 2001/CBM 083/[Winants] (31)}) (8... Qe7 9. d4 Nd8 10. a4 a6 11. Bf1 Nh5
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. b3 Re8 14. Nc4 f6 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. b4 Bf8 18. Be3
Nc6 19. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Akopian,V-Ferguson,M/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092 (59)}) 9.
Bxc6 {Another way to fight for an advantage is to keep the bishop on the board:
} (9. Ba4 Nd7 10. Nf1 Nc5 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 h6 15.
Be3 Na5 16. Bc2 b6 17. b4 Nc6 18. Bc1 f5 19. Ned2 e4 $15 {1-0 Movsesian,
S-Bauer,C/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (33)}) 9... bxc6 10. Nf1 $6 $146 {After the
capture on c6 it was logical to take control over the centre with 10.d4:} (10.
d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Re8 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4 15. Bxd4 c5 16. Bc3 Bc6
17. Rad1 Ra7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Rae7 20. Nf1 Bd5 $2 (20... Qc8 $142 $14) 21.
Nc6 $18 {1-0 Areshchenko,A-Aleksandrov,A/Warsaw POL 2005/The Week in Chess 556
(54)}) 10... c5 $1 {Now White's breakthrough in the centre is not effective
anymore...} 11. Ng3 {After white's d3-d4 Black gets rid of the double pawns:} (
11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ng4 $15 {[%cal Yg4e5]}) 11... Nd7 $1 {
[%mdl 4] transfering the knight to the queenside, and, at the same time,
preparing to develop the initiative on the kingside by f7-f5.} 12. Nd2 a5 {
adding an option of developing light-squared bishop to a6, as well as
preparing to attack White's queenside pawns.} 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Nf1 (14. b3 a4
15. Bd2 Be6 $15) (14. Nxb6 {would improve Black's pawn structure:} cxb6 $15)
14... Nxc4 15. dxc4 Be6 {trying to weaken White's queenside.} 16. Qd3 ({
In case of} 16. b3 {Black will be able to attack White's pawn structure on the
queenside by} a4 $15) 16... f5 $15 {[%mdl 4] Now we can state, that the
opening battle has been won by Black. He starts an initiative on the kingside,
while White hasn't any concrete plan of counterplay.} 17. f4 $6 {Illogical
decision. Black has a pair of bishops, so White shouldn't have opened up the
game.} Qh4 $1 {forcing White to weaken the light squares.} 18. g3 (18. Qg3 {
loses the pawn:} Qxg3 19. Nxg3 Bxc4 $17) 18... Qh3 $17 {Now White's position
is strategically lost, due to weaknesses of light squares.} 19. Bd2 $6 (19.
exf5 Bxf5 20. Qd5+ Be6 21. Qc6 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rab8 $17) 19... a4 {preparing a
pressure on White's "b" pawn along the "b" file.} 20. Re2 (20. Ne3 {doesn't
improve White's position:} exf4 21. Nd5 fxg3 22. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rab8 $19)
20... Rab8 21. Be3 fxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf5 $6 ({Stronger was} 22... a3 $1 23. b3 exf4
24. Bxf4 Bxc3 25. Rc1 Bd4+ $19) 23. Qc6 $2 ({Last chance was} 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 {
[%cal Gf5d3]} 24. fxe5 (24. Rd2 a3 $19) 24... Bxe5 (24... Bd3 25. Rd2 Bxc4 26.
exd6 cxd6 27. a3 Rfe8 28. Bf4 Re2 $17) 25. Bxc5 Bd3 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27. Bxf8 Kxf8
$17) 23... Bxc4 24. Rf2 exf4 25. Qxa4 {Other moves lose as well:} (25. Bxf4 Bd5
26. Qxa4 Bd4 27. cxd4 Qe4 28. Rd2 Qh1+ 29. Kf2 Qg2+ 30. Ke1 (30. Ke3 Qf3#)
30... Rbe8+ $19) (25. Rxf4 Qe6 26. Re4 Qd5 $19) 25... Bb5 26. Qb3+ c4 {Every
move is with the tempo.} 27. Qd1 Qe4 $1 $19 {[%cal Gb5c6] building unpleasant
battery for White along the a8-h1 diagonal. Now White is hopeless.} 28. Rxf4 (
28. gxf4 Bc6 29. Rd2 Bh6 $19 {[%cal Gh6f4]}) 28... Rxf4 {with following Bc6.}
0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O (5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6
7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nf1 Nh5 10. Ba4 Qe8 11. Bb3 Kh8 {---> 1-0 Morozevich,
A-Krasenkow,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Ftacnik] (60)}) 5... g6 6. d4 $5 {White
loses a tempo, playing twice with the same pawn. But, in this particular
position he has a development advantage and he can play aggressively. In this
way, Emil gets a space advantage.} (6. c3 {is main line. See 5.c3}) 6... Bd7 7.
Re1 {Other continuations look less promising:} (7. Nc3 exd4 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Re1
Ne5 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c3 c6 13. Ne3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,
V-Mokry,K/Rimavska Sobota 1990/CBM 20 ext (37)}) (7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nc3 Bg7 9.
Bg5 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 Ned7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Rad1 Qc8 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bg7 17. Qf4 Ne6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxf6 Qd8 20. Qc3 Re7 21. g3
Rd7 22. Rd5 Qe7 23. e5 Rad8 24. Red1 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 c6 {1/2-1/2
Wang Hao-Zhang Zhong/Xiapu CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 555 (26)}) 7... Bg7 ({
Another possible continuation is} 7... Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4
Bg7 11. e5 $5 Qe6 12. Nc3 (12. Bd2 $5) (12. Qb4 $5) 12... O-O 13. Bh6 dxe5 14.
Rxe5 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re7 Rac8 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8
20. Rxc7 Rd2 21. f3 Rxc2 22. Rxb7 Rxb2 23. a4 g5 24. g4 Rb3 25. Rc7 Nd7 26.
Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Koziak,V/Dzwirzyno 2004/CBM 102 ext (26)}) 8. d5 {
White gets a space advantage on the queenside. Actually, in positions with
Indian pawn structure, White is interested to exchange light-squared bishops.
The alternatives are:} (8. Bxc6 $6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Qd3 dxe5 $1 11. Rxe4
Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qd1+ 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qxc2 $15 {[%mdl 8] 0-1 Guseinov,
G-Aleksandrov,A/Batumi 2002/CBM 090/[Wedberg] (44)}) (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+
Qxd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 $11 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Levin,F/
Germany 1995/GER-chT2 (58)}) (8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qd3) (
8. c3 O-O 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Nh5 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 Bxd2
15. Bxd2 f5 $13 {0-1 Hamdouchi,H-Kayumov,S/Abu Dhabi 2004/CBM 103 (49)}) 8...
Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 {Black takes with the knight, in order to prepare f7-f5
counterstrike. White's main plan in such pawn structure is of course
development of initiative on the queenside by c2-c4, b2-b4 with following
c4-c5. In opposite, Black creates counterplay on the kingside, pushing forward
kingside pawns.} 10. Be3 $146 {In the previous game White continued} (10. a4
O-O 11. a5 a6 12. c4 h6 13. Ra3 f5 14. b4 Nf6 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. Qc2 g5 17. h3
Rac8 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qa2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Georgiev,K/Mallorca 2004/
CBM 104 no vc (71)}) 10... f5 {Black decides to attack white's centre
immediately. Other possibilities are:} (10... O-O 11. c4 h6 (11... f5 12. Ng5)
12. Qd2 $14 {[%cal Gb1c3]}) (10... h6 11. c4 f5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. b4 $14) 11. Ng5
$1 {[%cal Gg5e6] emphasizing the background of Black's previous move.} Nf8 12.
exf5 gxf5 ({In case of the capture with the knight,} 12... Nxf5 $14 {[%csl Ye4]
White will get an important outpost e4.}) 13. f4 $1 {opening up the game,
using Black's king vulnerable position.} Qd7 (13... exf4 14. Bd4 $36) ({
Worth consideration immediate} 13... Neg6 $5) 14. c4 Neg6 {[%cal Gh7h6]
preparing to drive away white's knight from active position.} (14... h6 $2 15.
Qh5+ $16 {[%cal Yg5e6]}) 15. Nc3 h6 16. Nf3 e4 {Black closes the centre, as
his king is not safed yet.} 17. Nd4 h5 $1 {preventing the occupation of h5
square by White's queen.} (17... O-O-O {is too dangerous:} 18. Ncb5 a6 19. Na7+
$1 Kb8 20. Ndc6+ Ka8 (20... bxc6 21. dxc6 $18 {[%cal Gd1b3]}) 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22.
Qa4 $16) {Black's position is not bad at all from strategical point of view.
But, his monarch is still in the centre. That's why White should play
aggressively.} 18. Ncb5 {[%csl Yb5][%cal Gd4f5,Gd4e6,Yb5c7]} Kf7 ({Worse is} 
18... a6 19. Nxf5 Bxb2 (19... axb5 20. Nxg7+ Qxg7 21. Bd4 Qf7 22. Bxh8 Nxh8 23.
Rxe4+ Kd8 24. Qb3 $16) 20. Qa4 Kd8 21. Rab1 $16) {Otherwise, Black would drive
away the knight from b5 with a7-a6.} 19. Ne6 $1 {[%mdl 128] White sacrifices
the pawn, but makes black's king position vulnerable still more.} Nxe6 20.
dxe6+ Kxe6 21. Qd5+ Ke7 22. c5 {[%mdl 640] looks logical and nice, but,
probably, not the best continuation.} ({Simple and strong was} 22. Rad1 $1 a6 (
22... b6 23. Nxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxf5 $18) (22... Rhd8 23. Qxb7 c6 24. Qxd7+ Rxd7 25.
Nxd6 Ke6 (25... Rxd6 26. Bc5 Rad8 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Rd1 $18) 26. Nxf5 $18) (
22... c6 23. Qxd6+ Qxd6 24. Nxd6 $16 {[%cal Gd6f5,Gd6b7,Ye3c5]}) 23. Nxc7 Qxc7
24. Qxf5 Nf8 25. Bf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2h4,Ye1e4]}) ({Deserves serious attention as
well:} 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Qxf5 Nf8 24. Bf2 $1 Nd7 25. Qxe4+ (25. Bh4+ Bf6 26.
Rxe4+ Kf7 {[%cal Gc7c5]} 27. Kh1 $1 $13) 25... Kf8 26. Qe7+ Kg8 27. Rad1 Rh6
28. Re6 $44) (22. Qxb7 Rhb8 $132 {[%cal Ga7a6]} (22... c6 23. Nxd6 Qxb7 24.
Nxb7 Bxb2 $11)) 22... c6 (22... Qc6 {looks very dangerous, in view of} 23.
cxd6+ (23. Qxf5 Nh4 (23... d5 24. Nd4 $16) 24. Qh3 Qxb5 25. Qxh4+ Bf6 26. cxd6+
cxd6 27. Qf2 $13) (23. Nxc7 Qxd5 (23... Qxc7 24. cxd6+ $18) 24. Nxd5+ Kd7 25.
Rad1 $36) 23... cxd6 24. Qb3 $40 {[%cal Ga1c1,Ya1d1]}) 23. cxd6+ ({Of course,
the exchange of the queens is not a part of the White's plan...} 23. Qxd6+ Qxd6
24. Nxd6 Ke6 25. Rad1 Rab8 $11) 23... Kf8 ({Worse is} 23... Kd8 24. Qb3 cxb5
25. Rac1 $40) 24. Qb3 cxb5 25. Rac1 $44 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Qf7 {The only move.
Black makes possible the transfer of his monarch to h7 via g8.} (25... Qxd6 {
loses immediately:} 26. Red1 (26. Bc5 Bd4+) 26... Qf6 27. Rc7 {[%cal Ye3c5]}
Ne7 28. Bc5 $18) 26. Qxb5 a6 (26... Rd8 27. Rc7 Qe6 28. Qxb7 Bh6 29. Rec1 $18 {
[%cal Gc7c8]}) 27. Qb6 {threatening with d6-d7.} Kg8 ({Black should have played
} 27... Bf6 $1 {, but for human player it is not so easy to leave the king on
the 8-th rank...} 28. Rc7 Qe6 29. Rd1 (29. Qxb7 Rd8 30. Bc5 $2 Nxf4 $19) 29...
Rd8 30. Qxb7 Rg8 $15 {[%cal Yg8g7]}) 28. Red1 Kh7 $2 {After this move, Black
cannot neutralize White's initiative without material loses.} ({Better was} 
28... Bf6 $1 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Qxb7 Rd8 31. Rd2 $44 (31. Qxa6 Rh7 32. Rxh7 Kxh7
$15)) 29. Rc7 Qf8 30. Bd4 Rg8 31. Qxb7 {threatening to take on g7.} e3 {
Other moves lose immediately:} (31... Nxf4 32. Rf7 Rb8 33. Qd7 $18) (31... Rd8
32. Rf7 $18) (31... Rb8 32. Bxg7 Rxb7 33. Bxf8+ Rxc7 34. dxc7 Rxf8 35. Rd8 $18)
{[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest continuation for white.","","","c7f7",
"",10]} 32. Rf7 $1 ({White cannot win the rook immediately:} 32. Bxg7 $4 Rxg7
33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Qxa8 e2 35. Re1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qf2 $19) 32... Rb8 (32... e2
33. Re1 Rb8 34. Qd7 Rd8 35. Qxf5 $18) 33. Qd7 Rd8 (33... Kh6 {doesn't change
anything:} 34. Rxf8 e2 35. Bxg7+ Rxg7 36. Re1 Rxd7 37. Rxb8 Rxd6 38. g3 $18)
34. Qxf5 Qxf7 35. Qxf7 $18 Rxd6 36. Kf1 {bringing the king to e2.} Nxf4 37.
Qf5+ Rg6 38. Qxf4 {The simplest way to win the game.} Rf8 39. Qxf8 Bxf8 40.
Bxe3 {This endgame with two extra pawns is absolutely Winning for white. The
rest needs no comment.} Re6 41. Kf2 Kg6 42. Rd5 Be7 43. Bc5 Bf6 44. b3 Be5 45.
g3 h4 46. gxh4 Bxh2 47. h5+ Kh7 48. Kf3 Be5 49. Rd7+ Kh6 50. Kg4 Bg7 51. Rd6 {
Great victory by Emil!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%mdl 68]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Zoltan Almasi is one of the
biggest experts in Berlin, therefore, Svidler chooses to avoid Berlin
variation by 4.d3.} d6 5. O-O {Another theoretical line is} (5. c3 g6 {0-1
Zhang Pengxiang-Harikrishna,P/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (28)}) 5...
Bd7 {preventing white's possible 6.d3-d4.} (5... g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5
{1-0 Sutovsky,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (51)}) 6. c3 {
White has the following alternatives:} (6. d4 Be7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.
Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nb3 Ncd7 13. Be3 c6 14. a4 cxd5 15. exd5 b6
16. f4 Qc8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Bd8 19. Qf3 $14 {0-1 McShane,L-Harikrishna,P/
Tiayuan CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 557 (80)}) (6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8
9. Nf1 Bf8 10. h3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. b4 Nc6 15. b5
Nd8 16. c4 Ne6 17. Ne2 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Rab1 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Onischuk,A/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (20)}) 6... g6 {preparing
an fianchetto for dark-squared bishop.} (6... a6 7. Ba4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1
O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. exf5 gxf5
16. d4 e4 17. Nh4 Na5 18. Ne7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Ra8 20. f3 Qf7 21. fxe4 fxe4 22.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Nhf5 Bf6 $15 {1-0 Timofeev,
A-Aleksandrov,A/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 no vc (76)}) 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Ba4 {
White's light-squared bishop has nothing to do on a4-e8 diagonal. White
transfers it to b3.} (9. Nf1 {Erenburg} Nh5 10. Ba4 Qe8 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Krasenkow,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Ftacnik] (60).}) (9. Bc4 {is met by} Na5 {
, eliminating white's important bishop.}) 9... Qe8 {The location of queen on
e8 is very successful, as it creates quite unpleasan opposition for white's
light squared bishop. It should be noted, that black's main plan in this
position is carrying out f7-f5. Usually black transfers his kingside knight to
h5, and then push forward his "f" pawn. In this case, black's queen protects
the h5 knight.} (9... Nh5 10. Nf1 Qe8 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. d4 f6 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. b3
Nf4 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qa5 $16 {
1-0 Azarov,S-Aleksandrov,A/Minsk 2000/EXT 2001 (60)}) 10. Bb3 ({White didn't
get anything after} 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Ne3 Kh8 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd8 17. Be3 Re8 18. a4 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Aronian,L/Goa
2002/CBM 091 ext (18)}) 10... Nh5 11. Nf1 {transfering the knight to g3.} ({
Another possibility is} 11. Nc4 Kh8 12. d4 Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Ncxe5 dxe5 15.
h3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Be3 a6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Palac,M-Marcelin,C/
France 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11... Nd8 $146 {Black is going to bring the knight
to f4 via e6.} ({In a previous game black tried} 11... Kh8 12. d4 Bg4 13. d5
Ne7 14. a4 f5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 fxe4 17. Qd1 (17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qf7 $15)
17... Qf7 18. Re2 Rad8 19. a5 $13 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Ra4 Bh6 22. Nd2 Qg5 23.
Nxe4 Qc1 24. Qxc1 Bxc1 25. Rb4 Rb8 26. g3 Nf5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Ba4 Ne7 29. Re1
Bh6 30. Rd1 Ng8 31. h4 Rf7 32. Rd3 b6 33. Bd1 Nf6 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35. Bg4 Rf7 36.
Be6 Re7 37. Rd1 c5 38. Rb5 a6 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. axb6 Rb7 41. b4 cxb4 {1/2-1/2
Xie Jun-Ruan Lufei/Wuxi CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 551 (41)}) (11... Na5 12.
Bc2 f5 13. d4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd5+ Qe6 17. Qxe4 $14) 12. d4
Ne6 13. Ng3 Nef4 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kh8 15. Be3 $14) (13... Nhf4 14. Be3 {
[%cal Yd4d5]} Qe7 15. d5 Nc5 16. Bc2 $14) 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Nxh5 $1 Nxh5 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Qd5 {attacking the b7 pawn and threatening with Bc5.} Bc6 18. Qc4 Nf4
$2 (18... Rfd8 19. Rad1 $14 (19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5 Be8) (19. Ng5
Be8) (19. Bc5 Qf6)) 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 (20... Qg4 21. Qxf7+ $18) 21. h3
(21. Re3 Bb5 (21... Qg4 22. Ne1 Bh6 23. Rd1 a6 {[%cal Yc6b5]} 24. Rd8 $18) 22.
Qb4 Nd3 23. Qa5 Bh6 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Nxe5 $18) 21... Bb5 22. Rad1 (22. Qc5 Nd3
23. Qxa7 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $16) 22... Qxd1 (22... Nd3 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxc7 Qd7
25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Bd5 $18) 23. Rxd1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 a6 25. a4 $1 (25.
Rd7 b5 26. Bb3 c5 $13) 25... b5 {Black is trying to neutralize white's
domination by sacrificing pawn.} (25... Ne6 26. Rd7 Nc5 27. Rxc7 Nxe4 28. Bd5
Nd6 29. Rd7 e4 30. Nh2 $1 Be5 31. Ng4 $18) (25... c6 26. a5 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]})
26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ne6 (27... Rb8 28. Bc4 Rxb2 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe5 Kg7
31. Rd7 $18) 28. Bc4 Rd8 (28... Nc5 29. Ng5 Bf6 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. b4 Nxe4 32.
Rd7 Nd6 33. Bxf7+ Nxf7 34. Rxc7 $18) 29. Ra1 $1 Bf8 30. b4 {covering the c5
square.} (30. Nxe5 Rd2 (30... Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Bd5 $18) 31. b4 Rc2 32. Ra8
$18) 30... Kg7 (30... Bd6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Ra5 $18 {collecting another pawn.})
31. Nxe5 Rd2 32. Nf3 Rd6 (32... Rc2 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Nd4 $18) 33. Ra7 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Nd8 35. e5 {closing the b8-h2 diagonal for black's dark-squared bishop.} (
35. Rxc7 $4 Bd6+ $19) 35... Rc1 36. Rxc7 Rxc3 37. b5 Bb4 (37... Ne6 38. Rc8 Nc5
39. Bd5 $18) 38. Rc8 $1 (38. b6 Ba5 39. Bxf7 Rxc7 40. bxc7 Bxc7 {and black
gets some chances.}) 38... Ba5 39. Ng5 Rc2 40. Ne4 Bb6 41. f4 h5 42. h4 Rc1 43.
g3 Rc2+ 44. Kh1 Kh6 45. Nd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Rb8 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Ba5 49. Bxf7
{Black resigned in view of white's enormouse material advantage.} (49. Bxf7
Nxf7 (49... Bc7 50. Rc8 Nxf7 51. Rxc7 $18) 50. Rb7 Bc7 51. Rxc7 Rxc7 52. Ne8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bd7 {
/\ 8..Nxd4} 8. Qe2 $146 (8. d5) (8. Ba4) (8. Qb3) (8. Na3) (8. Nbd2 Nxd4 9.
cxd4 Bxb5 10. Qb3 Ba6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 $10) 8... Re8 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7
Nbxd7 11. c4 $14 c6 12. Nc3 a6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Ngf6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Rec1
Rec8 17. Be3 Ng4 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bd2 Ngf6 20. a4 Bd8 21. a5 Qb8 22. Rcb1 Ra7
23. h3 Qa8 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Bg5 h6 26. Be3 c5 27. b5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rb8 29. Bd2
Ra6 30. Rab1 Rxa5 31. Rxb8+ Nxb8 32. Nd5 Ra7 33. Nxf6+ Bxf6 34. Qxd6 Nd7 35.
Qd5 Qxd5 36. cxd5 Kf8 37. Be3 Ke8 38. Nd2 Ra4 39. Kf1 Bg5 40. Bxg5 hxg5 41. Ke2
c4 42. Rc1 Nb6 43. Rb1 Nc8 44. f3 Nd6 45. Rb6 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "China Chess King 1st"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2015.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 Bd7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. h3 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nh7 15.
Be3 Be7 16. Nf5 Bf6 17. Rad1 Qe6 18. d5 Qd7 19. c4 Ne7 20. Ng3 Bg5 21. c5 b6
22. Nxg5 hxg5 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Qd2 g4 26. h4 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8
28. Rxc8+ Qxc8 29. Qb4 Qd7 30. h5 {White is clearly better and instead of
watching quietly how White increases his advantage Black tries to stir up
trouble.} f5 31. exf5 Nf6 32. Bg5 Nxf5 33. Nxf5 Qxf5 34. Bxf6 g3 35. fxg3 Qxf6
{White is a pawn up but Black's passed e-pawn might become dangerous.} 36. Qh4
Qxh4 $2 {The pawn-endgame is lost.} (36... Qh6 {offered better practical
chances.}) 37. gxh4 Kf7 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. g4 Kf7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. g5+
Ke7 43. Kf5 Kf7 44. g6+ Kf8 45. Kg5 Kg8 46. b3 {Black is in zugzwang. After 46.
..Kh8 47.h6 gxh6 48.Kxh6 e4 49.g7+ Kh8 50.Kg6 he will be mated with h5, h6,
h7#; and after 46...Kf8 47.h6 gxh6+ 48.Kxh6 White threatens to win with 49.Kh7
followed by g7 and g8Q.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Somehow I always end up annotating Andreikin's games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 {This space grabbing system has been played
quite a few times in recent years.} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 {The pieces
have all developed to their logical squares, and now Black has to make a
decision.} Nb8 {This move is new, but the idea is a typical one in these
positions. Black offers the bishop trade in order to free up some space.} ({
Another possibility was} 9... Nh5 {trying to play in King's Indian style.}) 10.
Qb3 $5 {White tries to force Black's hand on the queenside, though this move
looks a bit awkward to me.} (10. Rc1 {improves White's position while keeping
the tension, and would probably be my choice.}) 10... c6 (10... Bxb5 11. cxb5 {
and the open c-file would favor White.}) (10... c5 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 {These
positions typically give a slight edge to White, since the e3 bishop is more
active than the g7 one.}) 11. Ba4 Qc8 {The queen ends up being rather
misplaced here.} (11... Qc7 {looks better to me, though it is less forcing
since Bxh3 isn't an idea now.}) 12. Qd1 Na6 13. d4 {White chooses the proper
moment to expand in the center.} exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 {If White can consolidate,
he'll simply be better. Black's best chance is to take advantage of White's
temporarily awkward pieces.} 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bc2 {White has
nearly consolidated, and if he succeeds he will have a large advantage due to
the extra space and the weak d6 pawn. Black needs to act immediately.} Ncd7 $2
(17... b5 $1 {was definitely the best chance.} 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. Qxb5
Bxh3 $1 {This shot always has to be covered.} 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Ncxe4 22.
Nxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ $11 {with a perpetual.}) (19. b3 a6 {
and Black should be fine.}) 19... Ncxe4 {and now the position is a complete
mess. I've given a few sample variations.} 20. Bxf6 (20. Bxe4 Bc4 $36) 20...
Bc4 21. Qxe4 $1 Bxb5 (21... Rxe4 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nxe4 Bxf1 (23... Bxf6 24.
Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Nd7 Qxb2 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 {and White has too many pieces.})
24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxd8 27. b3 {and I think White should
have good winning chances once his pieces get organized.}) 22. Qd5 Bxf6 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qa4 Rxb2 26. Rxd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxa7 Rxa2 {
and while White can press, Black should draw this comfortably.}) 18. Ng5 $1 {
Now Black is close to lost.} Qc7 19. f4 Qa5 20. a3 h6 21. Nf3 $6 (21. Nxe6 {
This is a simpler way to do it.} Rxe6 22. Qf2 {and White has too much. For
example, if} Rae8 23. b4 $1 Qc7 (23... Qxa3 {Grabbing this pawn gets the queen
trapped.} 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 R6e7 26. Ra1 Qxb4 27. Ra4 $18) 24. c5 $1 dxc5
25. bxc5 $18 {Now that the d-pawn has been swept away, a combination of e5 and
f5 will crush Black.}) 21... Nh5 $6 {This active try actually frees White a
bit.} (21... Rad8 {looks more resilient, and I don't see a clear way to
proceed. The problem is that f5 can't be played due to the e-file pin, and the
queen can't go to f2 because c4 is hanging. The computer wants to play Qd3 for
this reason, but you don't have to be an art critic to see why that move isn't
pretty.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd2 {and now we see the problem: c4 can't be
captured due to Qd4+.} Qb6+ 24. Rf2 $1 {Most accurate.} (24. Kh2 Bxc4 {is now
with tempo.}) 24... Bxc4 {This loses right away, but Black was busted anyway.}
(24... Qxb2 {was a good practical try, but after the accurate} 25. Qd4+ $1 (25.
f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bxc4 27. Qd4+ Nhf6 28. Qxc4 Qxa3 {and while Black should
almost certainly get mated, at least White would have to do some work here.})
25... Nhf6 (25... Kg8 26. f5 {is curtains.}) 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 {and Black
has to give up a piece, since if the knight moves Bf5! will be a killer.}) 25.
Na4 Qc7 (25... Qa6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rxd6 {and Black can resign, since all of
his pieces are bad and his king is weak.}) 26. Qc3+ Nhf6 27. Qxc4 b5 {Svidler
is accurate from here on out.} 28. Qb4 bxa4 29. Rxd6 Rab8 30. Qd2 Red8 31. e5
Ne8 32. Qc3 $1 Nb6 33. Rxc6 Qb7 34. f5 Nd5 35. Qc5 Qxb2 36. fxg6 f6 37. Nd4 {
and Black resigned seeing that he's in no position to stop any of White's
threats, the most important of which being Ne6+.} 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 3rd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Carlsen is ready to play a rich position
without claiming an opening advantage. The modest move 4.d3 is helping to
avoid the unbeatable Berlin Defence.} d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8.
Re1 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7 {The theory in this new territory is
just being created. It is worth noticing that both GMs are helping themselves
with analogous motifs from the Ruy Lopez.} (11... Rb8 12. d4 b5 13. Bb3 Na5 14.
Bc2 c5 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne7 17. h3 g6 18. Be3 Bg7 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nh2 b4 21.
c4 Nfg8 22. f4 $11 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M (2684)-Marcelin,C (2495)/Challons
2009 (33)}) (11... g6 12. h3 (12. d4 Bg7 13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16.
dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bc3 Qc7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. a4 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. cxb5
Rxb5 $17 {0-1 Mullon,J (2458)-Postny,E (2648)/Nancy 2010 (55)}) 12... Na5 (
12... Bg7 13. d4 Rb8 (13... a6 14. a3 b5 15. Bc2 a5 16. Be3 a4 17. Qd2 Kh7 18.
Rad1 Qe7 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Nd2 c5 21. f4 cxd4 22. cxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Nh5 24. Bxg7
Nxg3 25. Qf2 Kxg7 26. Qxg3 Rac8 $11 {1-0 De la Villa Garcia,J (2470)-De Souza
Haro,P/San Sebastian 1994 (57)}) 14. Bc2 a6 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Qd2 b5 17. Nh2 d5
18. f3 Be6 19. Qf2 exd4 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. e5 $14 {0-1 Shanava,K (2522)-Beinoras,
M (2426)/Pardubice 2008 (39)}) 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. b3 Rc8
17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Bb1 Nc6 19. Qd2 Qb6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Bc3 a5 22. Re3 Rc5 23. a3
Na6 24. b4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P (2474)-Nyback,T (2565)/Germany 2008 (49)}) (
11... a6 12. d4 b5 13. Bc2 g6 14. h3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Rubinetti,J (2415)-Van
Riemsdijk,H (2390)/San Pedro de Jujuy 1981}) 12. Bb3 Ng6 13. d4 c5 {It seems,
that this active advance in the centre is a new move, so far Black has tried
only the more modest 13...c6.} (13... c6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nf5 Nxe4 16. Nxh6+
gxh6 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Re1 c5 21. a4 Red6 22. Kf1
Bg7 23. g4 Rd3 24. Kg2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khairullin,I (2544)-Aleksandrov,A (2618)/
Moscow 2008 (40)}) 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4 a6 (15... exd4 16. cxd4 c4 17. Bc2 Qb6 18.
a5 Qa6 19. Bd2 $14) 16. a5 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 d5 $1 {Anand has
decided to open up the centre in a situation in which all his pieces are
already developed.} 19. exd5 (19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Bc5 $1 (20... Re5 21. Qf3
$14) 21. Qxd5 Bxh3 22. gxh3 Rad8 23. Qxf7+ (23. Qh5 Rxd4 24. Qxg6 Rd3 25. Bxf7+
Qxf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 $11) 23... Qxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nf5 Bb4 26. Re3 Rd1+ 27.
Kg2 Nf4+ 28. Kh2 Re5 $11) 19... Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 {Nearly all very strong
players simply love piece activity. Black did not have any problem with
eliminating the dangers after the modest 20...Ne7. The move in the game is
somewhat more ambitious.} (20... Ne7 21. Bd2 Nexd5 22. Rc1 Re8 23. Qxe8 Qxc1+
24. Bxc1 Bxe8 $11) 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 {The current World
Champion would love to beat his young rival, but with the help of the
interesting move 23...Ne5!? he could have only forced the repetition of moves.}
(23... Ne5 $5 24. Nf3 (24. f3 Nd3 25. Bb2 Re3 26. Ba3 Nc5 $15) (24. Bb2 Neg4+
25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 (27. Kh4 Be7+ 28. Kh5 Bg4#) 27... Ng4+ 28.
Kh3 Rxa1 29. Bxa1 Ne3+ 30. Ne6 (30. Kh2 Bd6 $17) 30... Bd6 31. Ne4 Ba3 $15)
24... Nfg4+ 25. hxg4 Nxg4+ 26. Kh3 Nxf2+ 27. Kh2 Ng4+ $11) 24. Nc2 (24. Bb2
Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Ne4 26. Bc2 Nxf2 27. c4 Be5 28. Nb3 Bxa1 29. Nxa1 Ne5 $11) 24...
Rf1 25. Be3 Rxa1 26. Nxa1 Be5 {More play could have been kept in the position
after the logical move 26...Ne7.} (26... Ne7 27. c4 Nf5 28. Bb6 Nxg3 29. fxg3
Be5 30. Nc2 Ne4 31. Kg1 Bxg3 $11) 27. Bd4 (27. Nc2 Bxc3 28. Bb6 Nf4 29. Ne3 $11
) 27... Bxd4 28. cxd4 Ne7 29. Nc2 (29. d6 Nc8 30. Nc2 Nxd6 31. Ne3 $11) 29...
Nfxd5 30. Ne4 b6 {It is quite easy to guess why Anand was not eager to fix the
pawns of the queenside on the light squares. Seemingly the logical exchange on
b6 is unfortunately marred by a serious problem.} (30... b5 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. g3
Kf8 $11) 31. Ne3 $1 (31. axb6 Nxb6 32. Nc5 Bb5 $11) 31... Nxe3 (31... Bc6 32.
Nxd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. Nc3 Bc6 35. axb6 $18) 32. axb6 $1 N3f5 {A
sufficient defence was also tied in with the knight check on f1, but the
defender would have suffered in a slightly worse position.} (32... Nf1+ $5 33.
Kg1 Bc6 34. Nd6 Nd2 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Be6 a5 37. b7 Bxb7 38. Nxb7 a4 $11) 33.
Nc5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Carlsen is also only human and thus fallible. His natural
right to err is used at a very unfortunate moment, since with the witty 33.d5!
serious problems were rather awaiting Black. Bad form is often manifested by
erroneous decisions in critical moments.} (33. d5 $1 Bc8 (33... Nc6 34. dxc6
Bxc6 35. Nc5 Nd6 36. Nxa6 $16) 34. g4 Nd4 35. Nd6 Bb7 36. Nxb7 Nc8 37. Ba2 (37.
Bc4 Nxb6 38. Bxa6 Nxd5 $11) 37... Nxb6 38. d6 Kf8 39. Kg3 Ke8 $11) 33... Nxd4 (
33... Bc6 34. b7 Bxb7 35. Nxb7 Nxd4 36. Bc4 Nb5 37. Nc5 $11) 34. b7 (34. Nxd7
Nxb3 35. b7 Nc6 36. b8=Q+ Nxb8 37. Nxb8 a5 $19) 34... Nec6 35. Ba4 Be8 $1 {
White must have missed the fact that the plan of recovering the piece thanks
to the mighty b7-pawn will fail due to the trapped knight on the b8-square!} (
35... Bf5 36. Nxa6 Bd7 37. Nc5 Be6 38. Na6 $11) 36. Nxa6 (36. b8=Q Nxb8 37.
Bxe8 Kf8 38. Ba4 Ke7 $17) 36... Kf8 37. Kg3 (37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. b8=Q Nxb8 39.
Nxb8 Bb5 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kf4 Kd6 42. g4 Kc7 $19) 37... Ke7 38. Kf4 Ne6+ {
Black could already enjoy the choice of punishment for his unfortunate enemy.
It his difficult to find fault with the conservative and careful approach from
the game.} (38... Nb8 39. Nxb8 Bxa4 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Kxd4 Bxb7 $19) 39. Ke3 Ned8
40. Bxc6 Nxc6 41. h4 (41. b8=Q Nxb8 42. Nxb8 Bb5 43. Kd4 Kd6 44. g3 Bf1 45. h4
Kc7 $19) 41... Kd6 42. g4 Bd7 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 g6 45. f4 Be6 {After fixing
the pawns on the kingside Black is ready to force the win with the spare
bishop.} (45... Be6 46. Kd3 Bd5 47. Ke3 Nb8 48. Nxb8 Bxb7 49. Kd4 Kc7 50. Ke5
Kxb8 51. Kf6 Bd5 52. f5 Be4 53. fxg6 fxg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nf1 Nh5 10. Ba4 Qe8 11. Bb3 (11. Bc2 Kh8 12. d4 (12. h3 f5 13. d4 f4 14.
b4 exd4 15. cxd4 Nxb4 16. Bb3 Bb5 17. a4 Ba6 18. Ng5 Nd3 19. Ne6 f3 20. Re3
Nhf4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Ng3 fxg2 23. Rxd3 Nxd3 24. Be3 Qd7 {0-1 Zhang
Zhong-Almasi,Z/Bled 2002/ (34)}) 12... f6 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. b3 Nf4 15. Bb2 Nd8
16. Qd2 Nf7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qa5 Ne6 21. Nd5 {1-0
Azarov,S-Aleksandrov,A/Minsk 2000/ (60)}) (11. Ne3 Kh8 12. Bc2 (12. Nd5 Rc8 13.
Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd8 17. Be3 Re8 18. a4 {1/2-1/2
Azarov,S-Aronian,L/Goa 2002/ (18)}) 12... Ne7 13. d4 f5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4
Rd8 16. Qe2 Bb5 17. a4 Ba6 18. b4 c6 19. Ng5 Nc8 {0-1 Prat Llables,J-Granados
Gomez,M/Barcelona 2001/ (52)}) 11... Kh8 12. Ne3 {Morozevich is very often
giving up the fight in the opening theory department, he is trusting his
enormous practical strength in any position instead.} (12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. hxg3
Bg4 14. Qc2 Na5 15. Nh2 Bd7 16. f4 Nxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Be3 f5 19. Nf3 fxe4 20.
dxe4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Ross,L-Kaufman,L/Seattle 2003/ (89)}) 12... Nf4 (12... Ne7 13.
d4 $14) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7 15. d4 f6 (15... Bg4 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. h3
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $16) 16. dxe5 fxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Be3 $14) 17. Ng5 h6 18. Ne4 (
18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 d5 $1 20. c4 c6 21. Be3 d4 22. Bd2 Rd8 $11) 18... b5 $6 {
Krasenkow is somewhat ilogically opening the second front on the queenside,
counterplay should have been seeked on the kingside.} (18... Qf7 19. Qd3 Bf5
20. Be3 Ng8 $11) 19. Be3 Bf5 (19... Nf5 20. a4 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 a6 22. Bc2 $14)
20. Ng3 a5 21. a4 $1 Rb8 22. Qd2 Kh7 23. c4 bxc4 (23... b4 24. c5 Qf7 25. Rad1
$14) 24. Bxc4 Rb4 25. b3 Qa8 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Qd1 {Many other players would
have been tempted by the move 27.f4!, since black's pieces are tied down on
the queenside.} (27. f4 $1 Re8 (27... c6 28. fxe5 cxd5 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. exd6
dxc4 31. dxe7 $18) 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Bc5 $16) 27... c6 (27... Bd7 $5 28. Bd2
Rb7 29. Bc3 Qa7 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Kh1 $14) 28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Nxf5 gxf5 (29...
Nxf5 30. Bd2 Rb8 31. Qg4 $14) 30. Bd2 (30. Rb1 Qd8 31. Bd2 Rb8 32. Bb5 Rcc8 33.
b4 $16) 30... Rb8 31. Bb5 Rxc1 (31... Rcc8 32. Qh5 $16) 32. Bxc1 Rd8 (32... d5
33. Qh5 Qb7 34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qxe5 $18) 33. Qh5 Rf8
34. Rd1 Rf6 (34... d5 35. Ba3 Qa7 36. Bxe7 Qxe7 37. Rxd5 $16) 35. g3 (35. Qh3
Rg6 36. Ba3 Qb8 37. b4 $16) 35... Rg6 36. Ba3 Qd8 37. b4 $1 {White is very
correctly creating the passed pawn on the queenside, stopping it will prove to
be a great challenge for the defender.} axb4 (37... e4 38. bxa5 Be5 39. a6 $16)
38. Bxb4 e4 39. Qe2 Qb8 (39... Be5 40. Qc4 $16) 40. a5 f4 41. a6 fxg3 (41... f3
42. Qxe4 Qxb5 43. a7 Qa4 44. a8=Q Qxd1+ 45. Be1 Bf6 46. Qa3 $18) 42. hxg3 Nf5 (
42... e3 43. Bxd6 exf2+ 44. Kf1 Rxd6 (44... Qa8 45. Qd3 Qh1+ 46. Kxf2 Qh2+ 47.
Kf3 Qh5+ 48. Kg2 Nf5 49. a7 Rxd6 50. a8=Q Rxd3 51. Bxd3 $18) 45. Rxd6 Qxd6 46.
Qd3+ $18) 43. Rd5 (43. Bd7 Nxg3 44. fxg3 Qxb4 (44... Rxg3+ 45. Kh2 d5 46. Bf5+
Kg8 47. a7 Qxa7 48. Kxg3 Qb8+ 49. Kg2 Qxb4 50. Rxd5 $18) 45. Bf5 Qc5+ 46. Qf2
e3 47. Bxg6+ Kxg6 48. Qe2 $16) 43... Nd4 (43... Ne7 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Bxd6 Qxd6
46. Qxe4+ Ng6 47. a7 $18) (43... Nxg3 44. fxg3 Rxg3+ 45. Kf2 Rf3+ 46. Kg2 $18)
44. Qxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64] The endphase was played by Morozevich in a great style,
the pinned rook on g6 will cause Krasenkow's undoing.} (44. Qc4 e3 45. fxe3 (
45. Rxd4 exf2+ 46. Kxf2 Bxd4+ 47. Qxd4 Qxb5 48. a7 Qf5+ $11) 45... Rxg3+ 46.
Kh2 Rxe3 47. Bxd6 Be5+ 48. Bxe5 Nf3+ 49. Kh1 Re1+ 50. Kg2 Nxe5 $13) 44... Nxb5
45. Qd3 Qa7 (45... Na7 46. Rxd6 Qe8 47. Rd7 Nc6 48. Bc3 Kg8 49. a7 Nxa7 (49...
Bxc3 50. Qxg6+ Qxg6 51. a8=Q+ $18) 50. Rd8 $18) (45... Nd4 46. Rxd6 Nf3+ 47.
Qxf3 Qxb4 48. Rxg6 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qxg6 50. a7 $18) 46. Qxb5 Rxg3+ 47. Kf1 Rb3 48.
Qc4 (48. Rxd6 Qf7 49. a7 Qf3 50. Qd5 Rb1+ 51. Be1 Qh3+ 52. Ke2 Qg4+ 53. f3 Qg2+
54. Bf2 Rb2+ 55. Kd3 Qf1+ 56. Ke4 $18) 48... Rb1+ 49. Kg2 Qa8 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51.
Re5 $1 {The endgame is easily won thanks to the mighty passed pawn on a6.}
Qxe4+ (51... Qg8 52. Re8 Bf8+ 53. Kh3 Rb3+ 54. f3 Qf7 55. a7 Rxf3+ 56. Kg2 Rf2+
57. Kg3 $18) 52. Rxe4 Be5 (52... Ra1 53. Re8+ Kh7 54. Re7 Rxa6 55. Bc3 $18) 53.
Ba3 Rb8 (53... Rb3 54. Ra4 Rb8 55. f4 Bf6 56. Bxd6 $18) 54. f4 Bc3 55. Bxd6
Rb2+ 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. Re6 Kg8 (57... Rxa6 58. Be5+ Bxe5 59. Rxa6 $18) 58. Bc5 h5
59. a7 Kf7 60. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4
Bd7 8. Bf1 (8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nc3 O-O) 8... O-O 9. Nc3 Re8 10. b3 d5 $1 11. exd5
Bb4 $2 (11... Nb4 12. Bc4 Bc5 $132) 12. Rxe8+ Bxe8 13. Ndb5 Ne7 14. Bg5 Bxc3
15. Nxc3 Nexd5 16. Qe1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 h6 18. Bc1 $1 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
$10) 18... Bc6 19. Bb2 Qd6 20. Re1 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. f3 a6 23. a4 (23. Bd3
Bb5) 23... Nf6 24. Bd3 Qf4 $4 25. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 26. Qxc6 Qd2 27. h3 Qe3+ 28. Kf1
Qd2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Qxc7 h5 31. h4 $6 Qd1+ 32. Kf2 Qd2+ 33. Kg3 Qe1+ 34. Kh3
Qh1+ 35. Qh2 Qd1 36. Qg3+ Kh7 37. Qf4 Kg7 (37... Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 $18)
38. Qe4 a5 39. c4 $4 (39. Qc4 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 43.
Kg3 Qe5+ 44. Kf2 $18) (39. Kg3 {Hecht Idee: Aktivieren des K} Qd6+ 40. Kf2 Qd2+
41. Qe2 Qd4+ 42. Qe3 Qxh4+ 43. Ke2 Qg3 44. Qf2 Qe5+ 45. Kd3 Qd5+ 46. Qd4 Qg5
$44 {Aktivieren des K unter P-Verlust und Schwäche g2.}) 39... Qxb3 40. c5 Qc3
41. Qd5 Qa1 42. Qc4 Qh1+ 43. Kg3 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe5+ 45. Kh3 Qf5+ 46. Kg3 Qe5+
47. Kf2 Qb2+ 48. Ke3 Qxg2 49. c6 (49. Qc3 $5 {Hecht kontrolliert e5 und erst
dann c5 nebst evtl. K-Marsch via e4-d5-c5.}) 49... Qg1+ 50. Ke4 Qe1+ 51. Kd4
Qe5+ 52. Kd3 Qf5+ 53. Kd2 (53. Qe4 Qc5) (53. Ke2 $5 Qe5+ $13) 53... Qxf3 54. c7
(54. Qc3 {Hecht} Qd5+ 55. Ke3 Qe6+ 56. Kd4 Qd6+ $10) (54. Qc5 $5 {Hecht} Qg2+
55. Kd3 Qf3+ 56. Kc4 Qe2+ 57. Kd5 Qe5+ 58. Kc4 Qe2+ 59. Kb3 Qd1+ 60. Qc2 Qd5+
61. Kb2 Qe5+ 62. Qc3 Qe2+ 63. Ka3 Qe7+ $10 {? Analyse!}) 54... Qf2+ 55. Kd3
Qg3+ 56. Ke4 Qg4+ 57. Kd3 (57. Kd5 {Hecht} Qd7+ 58. Ke4 Qg4+) 57... Qg3+ 58.
Kc2 Qf2+ 59. Kb3 Qb6+ 60. Ka2 Qf2+ 61. Ka3 Qe3+ 62. Kb2 Qb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 $5 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5
$146 (8. Bxc6) (8. Nc3) (8. dxe5) 8... Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. a4 (10. c4 $5 {
/\ Nc3, Be3, b4}) 10... O-O 11. a5 a6 12. c4 h6 13. Ra3 $6 (13. b4 $142 f5 14.
Nc3 $13) 13... f5 14. b4 Nf6 (14... fxe4 15. Nfd2 $13) 15. Nbd2 Qd7 16. Qc2 g5
(16... Rf7 $5 {/\Raf8}) 17. h3 Rac8 (17... Rf7 $5) 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Qa2 (19.
Qxf5 Nxf5 20. Bb2 $11) (19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 c6 $132) 19... Kh8 $6 (19... Ng6
$142 20. Nf1 Nf4 21. Ng3 Qg6 $13) 20. Nf1 Rce8 21. Ng3 Qg6 22. Rb3 $1 {/\b5}
Nh5 23. Nxh5 Qxh5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. b5 $14 Nf5 26. Bb2 (26. bxa6 bxa6 27. Rb7 Rb8
28. Ra7 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 $14) 26... axb5 $6 (26... Re7 $142 $14) 27. Rxb5 Ra8
(27... c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. Rb6 c5 $16) 28. Qe4 $5 (28. Rxb7 Rxa5 $14) (28. Bc3
c6 $1) (28. Re2 $5 {/\Nd2-e4; /\Bc3, Qe4, Reb2}) 28... Nh4 (28... Nd4 $6 29.
Bxd4 exd4 30. Reb1 Qf4 31. Qxf4 $16) (28... Ra7 $5) 29. Re3 Qf5 30. Qxf5 Nxf5
31. Ra3 Ra7 32. Nd2 Rfa8 (32... Nd4 $142 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Rab3 Rf7 35. Ne4 $16
) 33. Rf3 $1 Ne7 (33... Nd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Nb3 $16) 34. Rfb3 c6 (34... Rb8
35. Ne4 $18) 35. Rxb7 cxd5 36. cxd5 (36. a6 $142 $1 $18) 36... Nxd5 37. Nc4 Bf8
$8 38. g3 Kg8 39. Ba3 Ra6 40. Rd3 Rc8 41. Nxe5 Rxa5 42. Ng4 Bg7 43. Bb2 $138 (
43. Bxd6 h5 44. Be5 Bxe5 45. Nxe5 $18) 43... Rc7 $1 {[]} 44. Rxc7 Nxc7 45. Bxg7
Kxg7 46. Rxd6 h5 $8 47. Rd7+ (47. Ne3 $16) (47. Nf6 $16) 47... Kg6 48. Rxc7 $4
(48. Rd6+ Kg7) 48... hxg4 49. hxg4 {Diagram [#]} Ra4 $1 50. Rc6+ Kg7 51. f3 Ra3
52. Kf2 Ra2+ 53. Kf1 Ra1+ 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Ke3 Rg2 $3 56. Rc5 Kg6 57. Rc6+ Kg7
58. Ke4 Rxg3 59. Rd6 Rh3 60. Rd3 Kf6 $1 (60... Kg6 $2 61. f4 $1 $18) 61. Rc3
Rh8 $1 62. Rc6+ Kg7 63. Kf5 Rf8+ 64. Kxg5 Rxf3 $8 65. Rc7+ Kg8 66. Kg6 Rf8 67.
g5 Ra8 68. Kh6 Ra6+ 69. g6 Ra8 70. Rg7+ Kh8 71. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Marcelin, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 Bd7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d5 Nb8 10. Bxd7 Nbxd7 11. c4 h6 12. g3 Kh7 13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Nh4 Bf6 15.
Ng2 Bg5 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bf6 18. Qd3 Bg7 19. Qh3 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Ne4
Rh5 22. Qf3 Nef6 23. Ng3 Rh3 24. Bd2 Nc5 25. f5 g5 26. Re6 Qf8 27. Rae1 Nxe6
28. fxe6 Ng8 29. Qg4 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Bxb2 31. Ne3 Nf6 32. Qf5+ Kh8 33. Kg2 Qg7
34. Rh1 Ng8 35. Ng4 Rf8 36. Nxh6 Nxh6 37. Qxg5 Qxg5 38. Bxg5 Bg7 39. Bxh6 Bxh6
40. Rxh6+ Kg7 41. Rh1 c6 42. Rf1 Rxf1 43. Kxf1 {[#] (Unechter) Zugzwang -
Schwarz besitzt keine Festung.} cxd5 44. cxd5 b5 45. Ke2 a5 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. g4
Kg7 (47... Kg6 48. g5 Kg7 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. Kf4 $22 {hier liegt echter Zugzwang
vor} Kg7 51. Kf5 b4 52. Ke4 {Wegen der zusätzlichen Möglichkeit g6 liegt kein
echter Zugzwang vor.} (52. g6 a4 (52... Kf8 53. Kf6 a4 54. g7+ Kg8 55. e7 $18)
53. e7 $18) 52... a4 53. Kd3 b3 54. axb3 a3 55. Kc2 a2 56. Kb2 $18) 48. g5 Kg6
49. Ke4 Kg7 50. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Santo Antonio 4th"]
[Site "Santo Antonio"]
[Date "2001.05.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fernando, Diogo"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 7. Nc3 exd4 8.
Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Qc4 c6 14. Nc3
Ng4 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Qd3 Re6 17. Ne2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Qb6 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. b3 Rae8
21. Qd2 Qc5 22. b4 Qb6 23. h3 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxd6 Rxb4
27. Qb8+ Kh7 28. g3 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa2 31. Qxb7 {[#] Realisieren
eines Mehrfreibauern. Voarnbringen des Freibauern unter gleichzeitiger
Sicherung des Königs. Technik!} Qd5+ 32. Kg1 a5 33. Qb1 {Zu passive
Damenstellung.} (33. Qa7 $142) 33... Qc4 34. Qa1 a4 35. Qb2 c5 36. h4 h5 37.
Kg2 g6 38. Kg1 Qd4 39. Qa2 Kg8 40. Kg2 Qb4 41. Qd5 a3 42. Qe5 Qb2 43. c3 Qb7+
44. Kh2 Qa8 45. c4 a2 0-1

[Event "World-ch08 Lasker-Tarrasch +8-3=5"]
[Site "Duesseldorf/Munich"]
[Date "1908.08.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Kasparov,G"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1908.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Das Match mit Siegbert Tarrasch 1908 war eine kritische Prüfung für die
Philosophie Laskers. Dr. Tarrasch, ein eiserner Verfechter von Steinitz'
Theorien, wurde von nachfolgenden Generationen zu Unrecht als "herzloser
Dogmatiker" apostrophiert. Tatsächlich hat sein unermüdliches Eintreten für
die positionellen Ideen von Steinitz einen wichtigen Beitrag zur
Fortentwicklung des Schachspiels geleistet und das Niveau von
durchschnittlichen Schachspielern gesteigert. Und was sein Spiel anbelangt,
pflegte Dr. Tarrasch selbst sich nicht allzu streng an die Lehren zu halten,
die er in seinen Büchern darlegte. Viele brillante Siege und eine insgesamt
sehr stabile Leistung bei internationalen Turnieren ließen ihn zu einem
echten Anwärter für den Titel des Weltmeisters werden. Allerdings machte
sein tiefer Glaube an die absolute Macht von "besten Zügen" ihn wenig
empfänglich für den "Unsinn" über psychologische Einflüsse, die den
Ausgang der Partien beeinflussen sollten. Gegen Lasker hatte diese
Dickköpfigkeit fatale Folgen. Ihr Match, das um acht Gewinnpartien gespielt
wurde, endete klar zugunsten von Lasker. Zweifelsohne war die vierte Partie
eine entscheidende!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3
Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8
13. Rad1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qc3 {[#] I think Tarrasch was quite happy with
the opening results: White has a small but constant advantage, and there are
chances to increase it without any risk. One would guess that Tarrasch
expected something like 15...Nf8 and planned 16.Nd4 with growing pressure.
Lasker knew that his best chance to avoid a long, maybe painful defence was to
take Tarrasch out of his confident mood by doing something very provocative 
(on the chess board, of course!). And so he moves his rook contrary to all
rules of conventional wisdom: Ich glaube, daß Tarrasch mit dem Ergebnis aus
der Eröffnung recht zufrieden gewesen ist: Weiß hat einen kleinen, aber
anhaltenden Vorteil, und es gibt Möglichkeiten, diesen Vorteil ohne Risiko zu
vergrößern. Man kann vermuten, daß Tarrasch vielleicht einen Zug wie 15...Sf8
erwartete, wonach er 16.Sd4 mit wachsendem Druck geplant haben dürfte. Lasker
wußte indes, daß der beste Weg, eine lange, qualvolle Verteidigung zu
vermeiden, darin bestand, den Gegner aus seiner zufriedenen Stimmung
herauszureißen. Das tat er mit einem provokativen Zug (auf dem Brett
natürlich!), der wider jede schachliche Vernunft zu gehen schien:} Re5 $6 16.
Nd4 Rc5 {From a pure chess point of view this idea is quite suspicious. The
misplaced rook could cause Black considerable problems. But the goal was to
make Tarrasch lose his composure in face of the impudent rook. Aus rein
schachlichen Gesichtspunkten ist diese Idee sehr verdächtig: der schlecht
postierte Turm kann Schwarz etliche Probleme bereiten. Aber das Ziel war, daß
Tarrasch angesichts dieses frechen Turmes aus der Fassung kommen sollte.} 17.
Qb3 Nb6 18. f4 {Now there is no way back, but Lasker has no intention of
withdrawing his advanced rook. Jetzt gibt es kein Zurück mehr, aber Lasker
hatte ohnehin nie die Absicht, den vorgerückten Turm zurückzubeordern.} Qf6 19.
Qf3 Re8 20. c3 (20. b3 {and c2-c4 was more precise. nebst c2-c4 war genauer.})
20... a5 {Trying to weaken White's queen side. Damit versucht er, den weißen
Damenflügel zu schwächen.} 21. b3 a4 22. b4 $6 (22. c4 $1 {would have left the
black rook on c5 temporarily unemployed, although after hätte den schwarzen
Turm auf c5 für eine Weile arbeitslos gemacht. Allerdings mußte Weiß, um nach}
axb3 23. axb3 c6 {in order to make any real progress White had to choose the
very dynamic irgendwelche Fortschritte zu erzielen, das äußerst dynamische} 24.
Nf5 d5 25. Qf2 Nd7 26. g4 $1 {spielen.}) 22... Rc4 {Now the rook has no more
moves, but the pressure on c3 is a full-time job! Nun hat der Turm wirklich
keine Züge mehr, aber der Druck auf c3 ist für ihn eine volle Beschäftigung.}
23. g3 Rd8 (23... c5 {was premature because of wäre wegen} 24. Nb5 {voreilig
gewesen.}) 24. Re3 (24. a3 $1 {was the best prophylactic against the intended
c7-c5. war die beste Prophylaxe gegen den beabsichtigten Zug c7-c5.}) 24... c5
25. Nb5 $2 {Tarrasch is out of his mind. Tarrasch ist von Sinnen!} (25. bxc5
Rxc5 26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Rd3 {led to an equal position. But in his desperate
desire to punish his opponent for breaking the general rules of chess Tarrasch
believed he could execute a miraculous combination. führte zu einer
ausgeglichenen Stellung. Aber der brennende Wunsch, den Gegner für die
Verletzung der allgemeinen Schachprinzipien zu bestrafen, läßt Tarrasch an
eine magische Kombination glauben.}) 25... cxb4 26. Rxd6 Rxd6 27. e5 {[#]} Rxf4
$1 {The miracle was in fact a mirage, and the greatest irony is that the
killing punch comes from the infamous rook. The rest of the game doesn't need
comments. Das Wunder entpuppt sich als Trugbild, und die größte Ironie besteht
darin, daß der Todesstoß vom berüchtigten Turm ausgeführt wird. Der Rest
bedarf keines Kommentars.} 28. gxf4 Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Qb1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Re2 Qxa2
32. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 33. Kg3 a3 34. e6 Qe1+ 35. Kg4 Qxe6+ 36. f5 Qc4+ 37. Nd4 a2 38.
Qd1 Nd5 39. Qa4 Nxc3 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Kh5 a1=Q {and Tarrasch resigned - under
normal circumstance he should have admitted defeat many moves before. After
this fateful game the score was 3:1 in favour of Lasker, and the disaster had
so shaken the confidence of the challenger that he never recovered and went on
to lose the match +3, =5, -8. und Tarrasch gab auf, was er unter normalen
Umständen vor vielen Zügen getan hätte. Nach dieser schicksalhaften Partie
stand es im Wettkampf 3:1 für Lasker. Das Debakel hatte das Selbstvertrauen
des Herausforderers derart erschüttert, daß er sich nicht mehr erholte und das
Match mit +3, =5, –8 verlor.} 0-1

[Event "Wien Imperial Jubilee"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1898.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1898.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "36"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Absoluter Höhepunkt des Jahres 1898 war das Turnier in Wien. Die 19
Teilnehmer spielten ein doppelrundiges (!) Turnier, womit 36 Partien zu
absolvieren waren. Tarrasch gewann punktgleich mit Pillsbury - je 27,5 aus 36
-; der Stichkampf endete 2,5:1,5 zu Gunsten des Deutschen.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nxc6 (9.
Bxc6 {hat sich später als der bessere Zug erwiesen.}) 9... bxc6 10. Bd3 Re8 11.
h3 Bf8 $2 {Die folgende Fesselung hat Steinitz wohl einfach unterschätzt. Mit
11...h6 hätte er eine akzeptable Stellung herbeiführen können.} 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bh4 Rb8 14. Rb1 g5 {Es gibt kein zurück.} ({Nach} 14... Be7 15. e5 $1 {
verbleibt Schwarz mit einer ruinierten Bauernstellung, z.B.} Nd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7
17. exd6 Qxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 cxd6 20. Nxd5 cxd5 $16) 15. Bg3 g4 $6
16. Bh4 $1 {Hatte Steinitz ein zweites Mal diese Fesselung unterschätzt?
Jedenfalls ist der Läuferzug viel stärker als} (16. hxg4 Nxg4 {und Schwarz
kommt zu einigem Spiel.}) 16... h5 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. f4 $1 {Nimmt Schwarz
jegliche Spielchance, die z.B. in Te8-e5-h5 bestehen könnte.} Be7 ({Schwarz
kann den Bauern nicht schlagen:} 18... gxf3 19. Qxf3 Be7 20. Rf1 Kg7 21. Qf4 {
und der Angriff schlägt schnell durch.}) 19. Bf2 (19. f5 $1) 19... a5 $2 {
Das verliert glatt. Schwarz sollte lieber den Bauern geben und versuchen, am
Königsflügel selbst zu etwas Spiel zu gelangen:} (19... Kg7 20. Bxa7 ({
Allerdings kann Weiß auf den Bauern verzichten und ebenfalls} 20. e5 $1 {
spielen:} dxe5 21. fxe5 Nh7 (21... Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. e6 $1) 22. e6 $1 Bxe6
23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qxg4+ Bg5 25. Bc5 {mit der Idee Qh5!}) 20... Ra8 21. Bf2 Rh8
$132) 20. e5 dxe5 (20... Nh5 21. f5 {nebst 22.Dxg4+.}) 21. fxe5 Nh5 (21... Nh7)
22. e6 $1 {Tarrasch spielt diese Phase sehr kraftvoll.} Bxe6 23. Rxe6 $1 fxe6
24. Qxg4+ Ng7 25. Qg6 Rb4 26. Rf1 Rf4 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Bg6 {Schwarz gab auf,
denn nach 28...Lf6 folgt 29.Lc5+.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Predke, Alexandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,165,17,23,36,10,8,13,10,10,22,6,6,1,-14,1,1,5,2,-6,10,-1,16,15,7,11,
18,-10,48,51,29,19,27,31,40,54,54,26,39,21,38,28,46,46,46,46,42,51,54,54,54,52,
47,50,34,39,66,63,56,62,56,56,57,25,27,21,49,28,101,90,93,40,77,52,100,100,100,
100,108,106,142,142,134,148,134,113,134,100,105,100,100,105,98,81,90,63,70,74,
99,73,117,86,112,154,163,160,172,159,160,177,175,168,171,174,201,201,201,201,
201,169,164,173,169,145,169,137,112,133,140,133,140,133,134,132,134,134,134,
132,134,134,134,134,134,127,134,134,134,91,132,134,184,188,200,149,146,157,148,
134,134,102,103,96,120,126,146,146,146,154]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4.
d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 (7. c3 {is the most popular move here.}) 7...
a6 {Black uses the opportunity to force the exchange of White's bishop.} ({
In case of} 7... Bd7 {White can play} 8. c3 {after all.}) 8. Bxc6 (8. Ba4 b5 9.
Bb3 Na5) 8... bxc6 9. d4 exd4 (9... Nd7 $6 {is risky as Black's pawn structure
gets compromised:} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 (12. Qe2 $5 $14) 12...
f5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nd2 Bxc2 16. Rec1 Bd3 17. Rxc6 Bd6 18. f3
Rab8 19. b3 Bb5 20. Rc2 Bd3 21. Rc6 Bb5 22. Rc2 Bd3 {1/2 (22) Harikrishna,P 
(2729)-Naiditsch,A (2736) Hungary 2019}) 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Bf4 h6
13. Qd3 Nh7 (13... Bf8 {is more consistent.}) 14. e5 (14. Bg3 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4]}
) 14... Ng5 $6 {This move is inaccurate.} (14... d5 {is possible but then
White can play} 15. e6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. Rxe6 Bd6 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxd6
cxd6 20. Ne2 $14 {keeping a small edge due to his better pawn structure.}) (
14... Nf8 $5 {[%cal Yf8g6,Yf8e6] is probably the most appropriate.}) 15. Qg3 $1
{[%cal Re5d6,Rh3h4][%mdl 64] Black suddenly gets into trouble.} c5 {Weakening
the d5 square, which is a serious concession.} (15... d5 {is too late as White
wins a pawn after} 16. h4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxh6) (15... Bf8 $5 {is tricky
but here, too, White gets an advantage by means of} 16. exd6 $1 ({but not} 16.
h4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Rxe6) 16... Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 cxd6 18. Bxd6 ({or} 18. h4 Ne6 19.
Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxh6 {- Black has some compensation for the pawn due to his
bishop pair but it is insufficient for equality}) 18... Bxh3 (18... Bxd6 $2 19.
Qxd6 Bxh3 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxc6) 19. Bxf8 Qxd4 $1 20. Rd1 $1 Qg4 21. Bxg7 $1
Kxg7 (21... Qxg3 22. fxg3 Bg4 23. Rd4) 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Qxh3 Nxh3+ 24. Kf1 $16
{- the endgame is clearly better for White, his rook is ready to attack
Black's weak pawns.}) 16. Nb3 Bf5 17. Nd5 $1 (17. h4 $2 {doesn't work here due
to} Ne6 18. Bxh6 Bxh4) 17... Bxc2 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Bxg5 (19. Re2 $142 $1 Bf5 (
19... Bxb3 20. axb3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 20. Rae1 Ne6 (20... Be6 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7
22. h4 Nh7 23. Bxd6 $18) 21. Bxh6 Bh4 22. Qf3 Bg6 23. Bd2 $16) 19... hxg5 20.
Na5 (20. Re2 $5 {was still possible although less clear than on the previous
move:} Bf5 (20... Bxb3 21. axb3 $16) 21. Na5 $5 Bf6 $1 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nxf6+
gxf6 24. Qxd6 Kg7 25. Qxc5 Be6 {[%cal Ya8c8] - White's knight is out of play,
and Black keeps good drawing chances.}) 20... Rc8 $6 (20... Qxa5 {was quite
possible:} 21. Nxe7+ Kf8 22. Qxd6 Rad8 23. Ng6+ Kg8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Ne7+ Kh8
$14) (20... Bf6 $5 {was probably even better:} 21. Rxe8+ (21. Nc4 $5) 21...
Qxe8 22. Nxf6+ (22. Nc7 $2 Qe2 23. Nxa8 Bxb2 24. Rf1 Bd3 $19) (22. Rc1 Qb5 $1)
22... gxf6 $13 23. Rc1 $140 (23. Qxd6 Qb5) 23... Qb5 $1) 21. Nb7 (21. Qg4 $142
$1 {[%cal Ra5b7,Rd5e7]} Bf6 $8 22. Nb7 $1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. Qd7 $16 {
, and White obtains a favorable N vs B endgame, e.g.} c4 (24... Kh7 $6 25.
Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Re7) 25. Nxf6+ gxf6 26. Nxd6 Rd8 27. Qxd8 Qxd8 28. Re8+ Qxe8 29.
Nxe8 f5 30. f4 $1 gxf4 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nh5+ {, and White should win.}) 21...
Qd7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Nxd6 Rce8 (24... Rcc7 25. Rc1 Bd3 26. b3
$14) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] White has a superior pawn structure but
that advantage is hardly enough to win.} 26. Ne3 Bd3 27. b3 Re5 28. Rd1 Bb5 29.
Rd8+ Kh7 30. a4 Bc6 31. Rd6 Re6 32. Rd3 f5 33. f3 f4 (33... Re5 $1 34. Kf2 (34.
Rd6 Bxa4 35. Nc4 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1) 34... f4 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. Rc3 Kg6 {, and
Black should not lose.}) 34. Nc4 {[%csl Re6]} Re1+ {Otherwise, after Kg1-f2,
Black's rook remains passive.} 35. Kf2 Rc1 36. Ne5 c4 (36... Be8 37. Rd8 Bh5
38. Ra8 Rc2+ (38... Rc3 39. Nd7 Rxb3 $140 40. Nf8+ Kg8 41. Ne6+ Kf7 42. Nxc5)
39. Kg1 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Rc2 (40... Rc3 41. Nd7) 41. Rxa6 Re2 42. Ng4 $16) 37. bxc4
Bxa4 38. Ra3 Rc2+ 39. Kf1 Rc1+ (39... Be8 $142 40. Rxa6 Kg8 {keeping White's
king cut off along the 2nd rank. However, White doesn't exploit Black's
mistake.}) 40. Ke2 Be8 41. Rxa6 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 (42. Kd3 $1 Rxg2 43. Ke4 Rg3 (
43... g6 44. Ra8 {[%csl Re8]}) 44. Kf5 Rxh3 45. Kxg5 $18) 42... Rc1+ (42... Kg8
43. Ra8 Kf8) 43. Kf2 (43. Ke2 $1 Rc2+ 44. Kd3) 43... Rc2+ 44. Kg1 Kg8 45. Ra1
Kf8 46. Re1 Ba4 47. Kh2 Ke7 48. Re4 Ra2 $2 {Unnecessarily removing his rook
from an active position.} (48... Kf6 $5 49. Ng4+ Kg6 50. h4 Kh5 51. hxg5 Kxg5 {
keeping some drawing chances}) 49. h4 $1 (49. c5 Bb5 50. c6 Kd6) 49... gxh4 (
49... Kf6 50. c5 Bb5 51. Ng4+ Kg6 52. c6 Rc2 53. Re5 Bxc6 54. Rxg5+ Kh7 55. Ne5
Bb7 (55... Bd5 56. Rf5) 56. Rg4 Re2 57. Nf7 $18) 50. Nd3+ Kd8 51. Rxf4 g5 52.
Rg4 h3 53. Rxg5 hxg2 54. Rxg2 {Two extra pawns are a decisive material
advantage. Still, White must overcome some technical problems.} Ra3 55. Rd2 Ke7
56. Kg3 Rc3 57. Ne5 Bb3 58. Kf4 Ke6 (58... Bxc4 59. Rd7+ Ke6 60. Rc7 $18) 59.
Rd4 Rc2 60. Re4 Rc3 61. Ng4+ Kd6 62. Ne3 Ba2 63. Rd4+ Ke6 64. Rd8 Bb1 65. Re8+
Kd6 66. Rd8+ Ke6 67. Rb8 Bd3 68. Rb6+ Kd7 69. Rb4 Kd6 70. Ra4 Rc1 $6 {Black
voluntarily worsens the position of his own rook once again.} (70... Kc5 {
was more stubborn}) 71. Ra8 (71. Ra6+ Kc5 72. Ra5+ Kc6 73. Ke5 Bxc4 74. Nxc4
Rxc4 75. Ra7 $18) 71... Kd7 (71... Rc3 $1) 72. Ra5 Kc6 73. Re5 (73. Ke5 $1 {
was very strong as the rook endgame after} Bxc4 74. Nxc4 Rxc4 75. Ra7 $1 {
is winning for White.}) 73... Be2 (73... Bxc4 74. Nxc4 Rxc4+ 75. Kf5 Kd6 76. f4
Rc8 77. Kg6 Rf8 78. Re4 Kd5 79. Ra4 $18) (73... Rc3 $142 $1) 74. Re4 Kc5 (74...
Bd3 $142 75. Rd4 Rc3) 75. Re8 Kc6 76. Kg3 Bd3 77. Rd8 Rc3 78. Nd5 Rb3 79. Nb4+
Rxb4 80. Rxd3 Rxc4 81. f4 Re4 82. Kg4 Re8 83. f5 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Black "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Dieser Zug führt zu langen,
strategischen Varianten, die Weiß keinen Vorteil bieten. Die Hauptvariante
beginnt mit 4.0-0.} (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+
Kxd8 $132) 4... d6 {Eine gute Alternative ist 4....Bc5.} (4... Bc5 5. c3 (5.
Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4 $11) (5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. c3
h6 $11) 5... d6 6. Nbd2 Bb6 7. O-O O-O $11) 5. O-O Be7 {Die sicherste
Fortsetzung.} ({Nach} 5... g6 {kommt Weiß in Vorteil:} 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8.
d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 f5 (10... h6 11. c4 f5 12. Nc3 $14) 11. Ng5 Nf8
12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $14 {Sutovsky - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2005)}) 6. Re1 O-O 7.
c3 a6 {Dies ist spielbar, jedoch sieht meiner Meinung nach der Zug 7...Bd7
solider aus.} (7... Bd7 8. Nbd2 (8. Ba4 Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 Ne7
12. Bc2 Ng6 $11 {Alekseev - Sargissian (Plovdiv, 2010)}) 8... Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nb8 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {Anand - Aronian (Monaco,
2011)}) 8. Bxc6 (8. Ba4 b5 $11 {führt zu typischen spanischen Stellungen, in
denen Weiß d3 gespielt hat und demzufolge nicht um theoretischen Vorteil
kämpfen kann.}) 8... bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 {Noch ein Zug und Weiß wäre in
Vorteil gekommen - wenn er Zeit für Nc3 hätte. Doch Schwarz gibt ihm diese
Zeit nicht!} d5 $1 {Die stärkste Fortsetzung - Schwarz schwächt die weißen
Felder und macht seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer stärker.} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5
12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 $14) 11. e5 Ne4 12. Qc2 $2 {Eine schlechte Reaktion.
Schwarz bekommt sofort gutes Spiel.} (12. Nbd2 $5 Bf5 13. Nf1 c5 $132) (12. Nc3
Bf5 13. Be3 Bb4 14. Qc1 c5 $132) 12... c5 $1 13. Be3 (13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Be3 Bb4
15. Rd1 Bg4 $132) 13... c4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 {Was immer Weiß macht, Schwarz steht
schon besser.} 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Rb8 16. Qc2 Bg4 $36) 15... Bg4 16. Nd2 Qd7 $1
{Der schwarze weißfeldriger Läufer kommt nun nach f5 und nimmt das Feld b1
unter Kontrolle, wonach Schwarz sich auf der b-Linie bequem macht. Weiß hat
kein richtiges Gegenspiel am Königsflügel.} 17. Nf1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rab8 $17 {
Aus strategischer Sicht ist die Stellung von Schwarz schon gewonnen.} 19. Bg5 (
19. Ng3 Bd3 $17) 19... Ba3 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung - Schwarz muss die Läufer
auf dem Brett behalten, besonders weil dadurch das Eindringen der schwarzen
Türme auf b2 gesichert wird.} 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. f4 $5 {Weiß versucht, die
Stellung etwas zu verschärfen.} h6 22. Bf6 (22. Bxh6 {Das Läuferopfer bringt
auch nichts.} gxh6 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Nh5 Rb6 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. exf6 Kh7 27. Re3
Bd6 $19) 22... Qg4 $1 {Schwarz sollte sich auf keinen Fall auf taktische
Komplikationen einlassen.} (22... gxf6 $2 23. f5 Bxf5 24. Nh5 Rb6 25. Qxh6 $18)
23. f5 Rb2 (23... Bxf5 {gewinnt ebenfalls:} 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Bh4 Rb2 26. Qe3
Rc2 27. Rf1 Qd3 $19) 24. Qe3 Bxf5 {Nun ist der Läufer wegen Matt auf g2 tabu.}
25. h3 Qg6 $19 {Es gibt überhaupt keine Chance für Weiß in dieser Stellung!}
26. Qf3 Be6 27. Bh4 Rfb8 28. Rf1 Qd3 {Das Endspiel ist sicherlich die
einfachste Alternative.} 29. Qf4 Qd2 30. Qf3 Qd3 {Schwarz wiederholt die Züge
wohl, um näher an die Zeitkontrolle zu kommen.} (30... Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32.
Nh5 $17 {Schwarz steht immer noch auf Gewinn, doch Weiß bekommt Mikrochancen
auf Gegenspiel.}) 31. Qf4 g5 {Beendet das Spiel sofort.} 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33.
Qxg5+ Qg6 34. Qxg6+ (34. Qe3 Be7 $19 {und der weiße Angriff ist beendet.})
34... fxg6 35. Rf6 Rb1+ 36. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb6 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rf6 Be7
40. Rf3 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 {Ein seltener Zug, der es Schwarz
erlaubt, alle forcierten Remisabwicklungen, die in den anderen Varianten
entstehen können, zu vermeiden.} (4... Nd4 {ist der Hauptzug, wonach Weiß
mittels} 5. Ba4 ({oder} 5. Bc4 {um Vorteil kämpft}) ({gleichzeitig aber durch
den Tausch Schwarz in die Remisstellung zwingen kann} 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3
7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O $44) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.
Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. c4 $11)) ({nach} 4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 {kann Schwarz allein schon durch} 9. Bxc6 (9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 {
gilt als besser für Weiß, führt aber zur für beide Seiten spielbaren Stellung})
9... bxc6 10. c4 c5 11. Rb1 {nicht wirklich auf Gewinn spielen}) 5. d3 (5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 h6 {Nachdem Weiß rochiert hat, muss sich Schwarz keine Gedanken um
die Möglichkeit h3-g4 machen} (6... a6 7. Bxc6 (7. Ba4 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 {
->6....h6}) 7... dxc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bg4 $11) 7. h3 (7. Ne2 $5 a6 8. Ba4 b5
9. Bb3 Na5 10. Ng3 Re8 $13) 7... Re8 8. Be3 a6 9. Bxc6 (9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Na5
$11 {Nach dem der weiße Läufer b3 getauscht wird, hat Schwarz mindestens
gleichwertiges Spiel.}) 9... dxc6 (9... bxc6 10. Nd2 (10. d4 exd4 11. Bxd4 c5
12. Bxf6 (12. Be3 Bb7 $17) 12... Qxf6 13. Qd3 Rb8 14. b3 Bb7 $15) 10... Bf8 11.
f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Qh5 Qe7 $11 {auch hier hat Weiß ohne
weißfeldrigen Läufer kein gutes Spiel}) 10. d4 exd4 11. Qxd4 (11. Nxd4 $2 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Rxe4 $17) 11... c5 12. Qd3 Bd7 $15 {Typische Stellung ist entstanden,
in der das Läuferpaar das Defizit der Bauerstruktur kompensiert. Die Chancen
von Schwarz sind etwas höher. Szabo - Gyimesi (Szekesfehervar, 2006)}) (5. d4
$6 {der direkte Versuch, schwarze Stellung zu knacken, kann ein böses Ende
haben:} exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. Nf5 (8. Re1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be5 10. Qd3 c6
11. Ba4 d5 $1 $17) 8... Be5 $1 $15 {der Bauer e4 ist in diesem Fall nicht
ausreichend gedeckt}) 5... O-O (5... h6 {ist auch spielbar} 6. h3 a6 (6... O-O
7. g4 $5 {Weiß kann die Tatsache ausnutzen, dass Schwarz nicht gleich zu d5
kommen kann, und somit den ziemlich gefährlichen Angriff am Königsflügel
starten.} Bb4 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 Nd4 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 $40 {/\Rg1}) 7. Ba4 b5
8. Bb3 Na5 9. O-O (9. d4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 $13 12. e5 $2 Nc6 13.
Qf4 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Bb7 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 $17) 9... Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7
11. Ne2 O-O 12. Ng3 Re8 $11) (5... a6 {der Versuch, den weißen Läufer zu
tauschen, gelingt nicht ganz:} 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bb3 Na5 $6 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 (9. Qd2
$5 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Qg5 Re8 12. Nh4 $14) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 $14) 6. Bg5 (
6. h3 Re8 7. g4 $6 {hier macht dieses Spiel wenig Sinn, da Schwarz sich nicht
durch h6 geschwächt hat.} a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12.
Qxh5 Nxb3 13. axb3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 d5 $44) 6... Be7 (6... h6 $6 7. Bh4 a6 8. Ba4
b5 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Qd2 $36) 7. O-O (7. Bxc6 $6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Nxe4 $1 9. Nxf7 (9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. dxe4 Qxe5 11. O-O Be6 $11) 9... Rxf7 10. Bxe7 Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1
12. Rxd1 (12. Kxd1 $2 Rxf2 13. Bxc7 Bg4+ 14. Kc1 Re8 $17) 12... Bg4 13. f3 Rxd8
14. fxg4 Re8+ 15. Kd2 Rf2+ 16. Kc3 Ree2 17. Rc1 Rxg2 $15) 7... d6 (7... a6 $2
8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nxe4 $18) 8. d4 (8.
Bxc6 $5 bxc6 9. d4 Nd7 $1 (9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qf3 $14) (9... Ng4 10.
Bxe7 Qxe7 11. h3 exd4 (11... Nf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd2 $14) 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. f4
Nc4 14. Qe2 d5 $1 $13) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Re1 Rb8 12. b3 Ba6 $11) 8... exd4 9.
Nxd4 Bd7 10. Re1 {nach diesem Zug kann Schwarz leicht ausgleichen,
wahrscheinlich wäre 10.Bc6 anspruchsvoller gewesen:} (10. Bxc6 bxc6 (10... Bxc6
11. Nf5 Re8 12. Qf3 $14) 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Rfe1 $14 {wobei man sagen muss, dass
der Vorteil eher symbolisch ist.}) 10... Nxd4 $1 {Wenn man im Raumnachteil ist,
muss man Figuren tauschen. Auf diese Art gleicht Schwarz die Stellung am
besten aus.} 11. Qxd4 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Ng4 $1 $11 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 a6 15. Nc3
c6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Re3 Rfe8 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. R1e2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Eduard"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "1923.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)BCM 1923,p.214 [Lasker,Ed]. The third game was played at the Marshall
Chess Club in New York.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d4
exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qd3 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Re8 12. Rae1 Nh7
13. Bxe7 Rxe7 14. Re3 Qb8 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. h3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Nd5 Qxd3 19.
Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Rxd3 $16 (20. Ng6+ $142 $18 fxg6 21. Rxd3 (21. cxd3)) 20... Kxe7
21. Rb7 Kd8 22. f3 Kc8 23. Rb1 c5 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Kd7 26. g4 c4 27. Ra3
Nd5 28. Kf2 Kc6 29. Ra6+ Nb6 30. f6 $5 $16 (30. Ke3) (30. h4 $18) 30... gxf6
31. a4 d5 32. a5 $2 (32. Re1 $16) 32... Kb7 $11 33. axb6 Kxa6 34. bxc7 Rc8 35.
Ke3 Rxc7 36. Kd4 Rb7 37. Rxb7 Kxb7 38. Kxd5 c3 $11 (38... Kb6 39. Kxc4 Kc6 $11)
39. h4 Kc7 $2 (39... f5 $142 $11 40. gxf5 (40. g5 h5 41. Ke5 a5 (41... Kc6 42.
Kf6 a5 43. Kxf7 $16) 42. Kd4 Kc6 43. Kxc3 Kb5 44. Kb3 f4 45. Ka3 a4 46. c3 Kc4
$19) 40... Kb6 41. f6 a5 (41... Kb5 42. Kd6 $18) 42. Kc4 h5 43. Kxc3 Kc5 44.
Kb3 Kb5 45. Ka3 Kc6 (45... Kc4 46. Ka4 Kc3 47. Kxa5 $18) 46. Ka4 Kb6 47. f4 Ka6
48. f5 Kb6 $11) 40. h5 Kd7 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Kxc3 f5 {[%mdl 4096] Pawnending} 43.
gxf5+ $2 (43. g5 $18 hxg5 44. h6 Kf6 45. Kd4 g4 (45... a5 46. h7 Kg7 47. c4 g4
48. fxg4 fxg4 49. c5 g3 50. Ke3 g2 51. Kf2 a4 52. c6 a3 53. c7 a2 54. h8=Q+
Kxh8 55. c8=Q+ Kg7 56. Qa6 $18) 46. c4 (46. fxg4 $18) 46... g3 47. Ke3 g2 48.
Kf2 g1=Q+ 49. Kxg1 a5 50. h7 Kg7 51. h8=Q+ Kxh8 52. c5 $18) 43... Kxf5 44. Kb4
Kf4 45. Kc5 Kxf3 46. c4 f5 47. Kd5 Kg3 48. c5 f4 49. c6 f3 50. c7 f2 51. c8=Q
f1=Q 52. Qc7+ Kh4 53. Qxa7 Kxh5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Q+P <-> Q} 54. Ke4 Qg2+ 55.
Kd3 Kh4 56. Qd4+ Kh3 57. Qd7+ Kh2 58. Qf7 Qh3+ 59. Kc4 Qg4+ 60. Kb5 Qe2+ 61.
Ka5 h5 62. Qf4+ Kg2 63. Qg5+ Qg4 64. Qd2+ Kh3 65. Qe1 Qf4 66. Qh1+ Kg4 67. Qg2+
Kf5 68. Qh3+ Kg6 69. Qe6+ Qf6 70. Qe8+ Kh6 71. Ka4 h4 72. Qe3+ Kg7 73. Qa7+ Kg6
74. Qg1+ Qg5 75. Qe1 Qf4+ 76. Ka5 Kf6 77. Qh1 Qf5+ 78. Ka6 h3 79. Qa1+ Kf7 80.
Qc1 Qe5 81. Qb1 Qf6+ 82. Ka7 Kg7 83. Qg1+ Kh7 84. Qe3 Qa1+ 85. Kb8 Qb2+ 86. Ka7
Qg2 87. Qd3+ Kh8 88. Ka6 h2 89. Qd8+ Kh7 90. Qc7+ Kh6 91. Qf4+ Kg6 92. Qd6+ Kf5
93. Qd7+ Ke5 94. Qe7+ Kd4 95. Qb4+ Ke3 96. Qc3+ Kf2 97. Qd4+ Ke1 98. Qa1+ Ke2
99. Qb2+ Kf3 100. Qc3+ Kf2 101. Qd4+ Ke2 102. Qb2+ Kf1 103. Qa1+ Kf2 104. Qd4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duras, Oldrich"]
[Black "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 Bd7 5.
O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. dxe5 {This exchange produces an absolutely even game.}
Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Qxd7+ Nxd7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13.
Nd5+ Kd8 14. Rad1 c6 15. Nc3 Kc7 16. Rd2 Rhd8 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19.
Rxd8 Kxd8 20. f3 {If White strives for a draw only, Black will experience
great difficulties to avoid it. In the beginning of the game, it is naturally
Black's aim to escape the pressure of his opponent with an even game, and only
when he has succeeded in doing this can he think of builduing up an attack.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[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.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6
5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Nde2 (9. Bg5 {looks the
natural move.}) 9... Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. b3 g6 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Nd5 a6 14. Bxc6
(14. Bf1 {Black would have replied} Ne5 {if,} 15. f4 {he would have played}
Nxd5 $17 16. exd5 (16. fxe5 Nf4) 16... Nf3+) 14... Bxc6 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6
Qxf6 17. Qd3 Re6 18. f3 Rae8 19. c4 Qe7 {Threatening f7-f5;} (19... Qe7 {
White would probably reply} 20. Red1 {After that it appears for both players
an almost hopeless undertaking, to drive the opponent from his position.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.10"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Szabo, Gergely Andras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. d5 {Abstractly speaking,
this is too straightforward to offer White an advantage, but in practice
things are not that simple.} ({The main line is} 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 {
as in Smeets-Marin, played a few rounds earlier.}) ({The following game is
important to be referred to when examining the main game:} 6. c3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O
8. d5 Nb8 9. Bxd7 Nbxd7 10. c4 Ne8 $5 {The whole regrouping corresponds to the
spirit of the Czech Benoni. The main difference is that the c-pawn is on its
initial position. Although Black has less queenside space, it is also worth
noticing that White will have bigger problems to open files on this wing.} 11.
Nc3 g6 12. Rb1 f5 13. b4 f4 14. a4 Rf7 15. Ba3 g5 16. Nd2 Nef6 17. f3 Rg7 18.
Kh1 g4 {White did not find adequate ways of opening the queenside, while
Black's attack eventually broke through in Illescas Cordoba,M (2635)-Short,N 
(2690)/Dos Hermanas 1997/CBM 059/[Wedberg] (0-1, 35)}) 6... Nb8 {Black decides
to follow the model of the Illescas-Short game, without being put off by the
missing tempo (indeed, the c-pawn will get to c4 without loss of time).
Following the known patterns is a good practical decision, especially under
the modern FIDE time rate, but objectively it would be worth keeping an open
mind.} ({It makes sense considering} 6... Ne7 {, taking advantage of the fact
that the e7-square has not been occupied yet.} 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 h6 ({
At a later stage, this move may prove useful, allowing a regrouping typical
for the Smyslov variation (...Nh7-g5, or ...Nh7 followed by ...Nh4), but for
the time being it would make more sense to keep developing:} 8... Ng6 $5) 9. c4
Ng6 10. Qb3 {Aiming to take some advantage of Black's delayed kingside
development.} ({A normal course of the game would have been} 10. Nc3 Be7 11. h3
O-O 12. Be3 Nh7 13. b4 Ng5 $132) 10... c5 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Qa4 Qxa4 13. Nxa4 Kd7
$1 {Now, ...h6 is fully justified. First of all, there are no problems with
Nf3-g5. Secondly, had he castled instead of ...h6, the king would have been
farther from the centre than now.} 14. a3 Rhc8 15. g3 Rab8 16. Nd2 Bd8 {
Black's regrouping is very fluent, and his development is superior already.
This fully compensates for White's space advantage.} 17. b4 b5 18. Nb2 cxb4 (
18... a5 $1 {would have been the simplest way to avoid any kind of problems.})
19. axb4 Bb6 20. h3 Rb7 ({He probably rejected} 20... Bd4 {because of} 21. c5
$6 {, but this leaves White's pieces hanging after} dxc5 22. Rxa7+ Ke8 23. bxc5
Rxc5 $17 {[%csl Ga7,Gb2][%cal Gc5c1]}) 21. cxb5 Bd4 22. Ra6 Rxb5 (22... Rxc1
23. Rxc1 Bxb2 24. Rcc6 $36) 23. Nbc4 Ne8 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25. Rxa7+ Kd8 $6 {
Black underestimates the enemy rook's seventh rank activity.} (25... Rc7 $1 26.
Rxc7+ Nxc7 27. Nxb2 Rxb4 28. Nbc4 f5 $132) 26. Nxb2 Rxb4 {He probably thought
that the knights are vulnerable to the combined action of his rooks,
underestimating the following move.} 27. Nbc4 $1 Rcxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxf7
$36 {Ivkov,B-Sanguinetti,R/Buenos Aires 1955/MCD (1-0, 40)}) 7. Bxd7+ {This is
strategically desirable, exchanging Black's "good" bishop, but helps him speed
up his development.} (7. Bd3 {could be met with} Be7 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3 a5 {
followed by ...Na6, when Black would not have any problems of coordination.})
7... Nbxd7 {The e4-pawn is hanging and White has to decide upon the way of
defending it. It is essential to maintain the possibility of c2-c4 followed by
Nc3, in order to carry out his typical KI queenside attack.} 8. Re1 $1 ({
The main problem with} 8. Qe2 {is that after} Nc5 {White cannot maintain his
queenside flexibility.} ({The following game features rather non typical play
for both sides:} 8... Be7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 c6 $6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bg5 h6 13.
Bxf6 $6 Nxf6 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. g3 a6 16. dxc6 $6 {><d4} bxc6 17. Nh4 g6 18. Ng2
Rab8 19. h4 Re8 20. b3 Nd7 21. Ne3 Nc5 22. h5 Bg5 23. Qg4 gxh5 24. Qxh5 Bxe3
25. fxe3 Re6 $132 {Arkhipkin,Y-Tseitlin,M/Moscow 1972/EXT 2001 (0-1, 48)}) 9.
Nc3 Be7 10. Qc4 O-O 11. Be3 {In the game Rychagov,A (2542)-Novikov,M (2533)/
Tula 2006/EXT 2008 (1-0, 47) Black missed the tactical possibility} Nfxe4 $1
12. Nxe4 b5 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qxb5 Nxe4 $132) 8... Be7 ({The difference is that} 
8... Nc5 $6 {can be met with} 9. b4 Ncxe4 $2 10. Qd3 $16 {, trapping the
knight.}) 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 Ne8 ({I am not too impressed by} 10... c6 $6 {
, because Black cannot achieve counterplay on this wing. He risks speeding up
White's attack.} 11. b3 (11. h3 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Ba3 Nfd7 14. Rb1 Kh8 15. Bxc5
Nxc5 16. a3 $14 f5 $6 {><e4} 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 20. dxc6
bxc6 21. b5 $16 {Gomez Esteban,J (2465)-Campora,D (2560)/Canete 1994/EXT 97 
(1-0, 44)}) 11... Rc8 12. a4 a5 13. Ba3 c5 $5 14. Bc1 Ne8 15. Ra2 g6 16. Bh6
Ng7 17. Qc1 f6 $2 (17... Nf6 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. Rg1 Ng8 $132) 18. Kh1 Rf7 19. g4
Nf8 20. Rg1 Qd7 21. Qf1 g5 22. Nd1 Ng6 23. Ne3 Bf8 24. h4 $40 {Gheorghiu,F 
(2520)-Colon,A/Havana 1966/MCD (1-0, 61)}) ({The plan based on} 10... h6 $5 {
remains an important option, though.} 11. Rb1 Nh7 (11... c6 $6 {makes even
less sense in combination with ...h6.} 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15.
h3 Ngf6 16. Be3 a6 17. Nd2 Ng8 18. b4 g6 19. Rec1 f5 20. f3 Ndf6 21. Qd3 Qd7
22. b5 c5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Rb6 $16 {Nunn,J-Ivanov,A/Groningen
1974/EXT 2000 (1/2, 42)}) 12. b4 Ng5 13. a4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg5 15. a5 a6 16.
Na4 Bxc1 17. Rexc1 f5 18. exf5 Qg5 $132 {Galkin,A (2591)-Petukhov,V (2467)/
Togliatti 2003/CBM 094 ext (1-0, 30)}) 11. h3 $5 {This strange looking move
may be best. White waits until Black plays ...g6, in order to answer with Bh6
without loss of time. There was no obvious way of starting the queenside
attack, and the move h2-h3 may prove useful in order to slow down Black's
kingside attack after ...f5-f4 followed by ...g5.} (11. Qc2 {is half
constructive only. As we will see in our main game, the queen is effective on
d2.} g6 ({It makes sense delaying ...g6 with the useful move} 11... Kh8 $5 12.
Rb1 {I fail to find any other useful move. White now threatens b2-b4.} g6 13.
Bh6 Ng7 14. b4 Nf6 15. c5 Ng8 16. Be3 f5) 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. b4 f5 14. c5 dxc5 $6
(14... a5 $1 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 {It is only after forcing
White to release the pressure along the e-file that Black is ready for:} dxc5
18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 $132) 15. bxc5 Bxc5 (15... Nxc5 16. Nxe5 Bf6 17.
exf5 $1 {This is the difference, the knight is defended now.}) 16. Ng5 $16 {
Cabello Fernandez,E (2115)-Eslon,J (2370)/Candas 1997/EXT 2001 (1/2, 62)})
11... g6 ({Here, too,} 11... Kh8 $5 {makes a lot of sense, with chances to
gain a tempo for practical reasons.}) 12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 {Inhibiting ...f5.} (
13. Rc1 f5 $132) 13... Kh8 (13... f5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qe8 16. Nb5 Qc8 17.
b4 $36 {The bishop is quite irritating, since Black cannot drive it away with .
..h7-h6.}) 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. c5 Ng8 16. cxd6 (16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nb5 {leads to
interesting play, but Black seems to be able to hold his own:} a6 18. cxd6 cxd6
19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Re3 Nf6 (21... Bd8 $2 22. Ne6+ $1) 22. Rc3 Kg8 23.
Nd2 Bd8 $13 {White is stuck on the queenside, while Black may try to make some
timid kingside progress.}) 16... cxd6 17. Be3 (17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nb5 {does
not force Black into transposing to the above. He may deviate with} Qb6 $5)
17... f5 18. Nb5 $6 {This is too impatient.} (18. exf5 gxf5 19. Nb5 {does not
offer much, either:} a6 20. Nc7 Rc8 21. Bb6 (21. Qa5 Ne8 $5 $11) 21... e4 22.
Nd4 Bg5 {and an exchange of... exchanges will follow.}) ({White should
probably build up his attack slowly:} 18. Qd3 Rf7 19. Rc2 f4 20. Bd2 Bf8 21.
Rec1 Rc7 {with typical KI play.}) 18... a6 (18... f4 $2 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nxa7
Qb6 {fails to trap the knight:} 21. Nc8 $18) 19. Nc7 Rc8 {It appears that it
is mainly the the knight which will cause problems for White.} 20. Qa5 ({
His initial intention may have been} 20. Ne6 {, missing some tactical point:}
Nxe6 21. dxe6 $2 (21. Rxc8 {is better, but hardly adequate:} Qxc8 22. dxe6 f4
23. Ba7 Qxe6 $15) 21... f4 {and White's pieces are fatally aligned:} 22. Rxc8 (
22. Ba7 Ra8 $19 {traps the bishop}) 22... fxe3 23. Rxd8 exd2 $19) 20... Qd7 {
One of the many possible continuations.} (20... fxe4 21. Nd2 Nf6 $132) (20...
Ne8 $11) 21. exf5 Rxf5 ({I may prefer} 21... gxf5 $5 {although there is
nothing wrong with the game continuation.}) 22. Nd2 Rcf8 $2 {A misjudgement of
the position. Black has absolutely no attacking chances, while releasing the
pressure against the c7-knight will allow White to organise his pressure
against the black queenside.} (22... Bd8 $1 23. Bb6 Nf6 24. Ne6 Bxb6 25. Qxb6
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nxd5 27. Qd8+ Qxd8 28. Nxd8 Rf8 29. Nxb7 Nf5 30. Ne4 Nf4 $13) 23.
Qb4 Bd8 24. Bb6 Nf6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 R5f7 27. a4 Qf5 28. f3 Qg5 29. Rc3
Be7 30. Be3 Qg3 31. Bf2 Qg5 32. Bh4 (32. Ne6 $5 $16) 32... Qd2 33. Bxe7 $6 {
After exchanging his bishop, White will not be able to defend his kingside
dark squares adequately.} (33. Be1 $5) 33... Rxe7 34. Qxd6 Nf5 $11 35. Qc5 Ng3
36. Qxe7 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 (37. Kf2 Nxe4+ 38. Ke3 Qd2+ 39. Kxe4 Qd4#) 37... Nf1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 {After publishing my articles on the
Steinitz RL with CBM 132 and 133, I was prepared to play it in a few specific
games, but then my opponents deviated before the fourth move (actually, on the
very first move most of the time). During the team council the evening before
the difficult match against Holland, my team mates confirmed my general
feeling that embarking on a long theoretical discussion with Jan was not such
a great idea. Therefore, I thought that a little surprise on the fourth move
would be welcome.} 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 O-O
10. h3 {To be honest, I was convinced that I had not seen this move before.} ({
Against the main line} 10. Re1 {I expressed my preference for the neutral} Re8
({The more radical} 10... c5 {is also OK, and the following game, included in
one of the sub-variations from the aforementioned articles, bears some
relation to our main game:} 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Nb6 14. Ne3 Qc8
15. e5 d5 16. Qxc8 Rfxc8 17. a4 $6 d4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. b3 Rd8 20. a5 $6 Nd5 21.
Bd2 Rab8 $15 {Polugaevsky,L-Zaitsev,A/Vladimir 1969/URS-ch (0-1, 37)}) 11. b3 (
11. Bf4 c5 {Wallis,P-Fairhurst,W/Scarborough 1927/EXT 2001/[Marin] (1-0, 28)})
11... g6 12. Bb2 c5 {Jansa,V (2465)-Jacobsen,B (2285)/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 97/
[Marin] (1-0, 35)}) 10... c5 {I evaluated that h2-h3 is less constructive than
Re1, and decided to deviate from the flexible policy.} ({I was very surprized
to find out that I had analysed} 10... Re8 11. Rd1 {Golod,V (2510)-Kozakov,M 
(2310)/Sala 1994/EXT 97/[Marin] (1/2, 47) in the second article. Well, this
wis not the first time when concrete memory has let me down. However, in such
positional lines, it is more important to remember the general ideas rather
than concrete lines.}) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 (12... Qd7 13. Nd5 $14) 13.
Nd5 Nb6 14. Ne3 $5 {With h3 instead of Re1, this makes sense. The rook may be
useful for the attack with f4-f5 after the later structural modifications.
After other moves, the absence of the rook on the half open file would make
itself felt.} (14. Bd2 {was recommended by Kholmov in his old notes to the
Polugajevsky-A. Zaitsev game above (something I have discovered since writing
my article, by reading some old Soviet magazine). However, White's chances for
a better ending are not that big:} Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. Rab1 Qc8 17. Qd3 Re8
18. Ba5 c6 $1 {Black is out of the danger of an ending with a bad bishop.}) (
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. b3 a5 16. a4 Rfe8 {[%csl Ge4]}) 14... Re8 ({With hindsight,
I would prefer} 14... Qc8 {, A. Zaitsev's choice in the aforementioned game:}
15. e5 d5 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Ng4 d4 $36) 15. e5 $1 {The only chance to get at
least some play with White.} Qc8 (15... d5 $5) ({In principle, Black's advance
in development should compensate for his structural defects after} 15... dxe5
16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qh5 Qf6 {, but I was afraid that the position would remain
easier to play for White, after, for instance,} 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Bd2) 16. Qxc8
Raxc8 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Rd1 {Here, too, White has some strategic pressure, but
Black's superior development allows him to maintain approximate equality.} Rcd8
19. a4 Bg5 $1 20. b3 (20. a5 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 Nc4 $11) 20... Re6 21. a5 Nd7 22. c3
{Hoping to create a dangerous queenside majority.} ({During our long post
mortem analysis, Jan concluded that it was this the moment at which he missed
his chance:} 22. Rb1 $5 {Things may not be that bad for Black, though:} Nf6 (
22... Rb8 23. Nc4 $1) (22... Kf8 23. c3 $14) 23. g3 (23. c3 d5) 23... Bxe3 24.
Bxe3 Ne4 25. Rd3 d5 {and Black seems to be able to maintain his stability:} 26.
c3 h5 27. Kg2 a6 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 d4 $11) 22... Rb8 $1 {The counterplay
initiated by this move equalises completely.} 23. Rb1 (23. Nc4 Bf6 $1) 23...
Bd8 24. Nc4 Ne5 25. Bf4 (25. Rxd6 $2 Nxc4 26. bxc4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Bc7 $19) (25.
Nxd6 Bxa5 26. Bf4 (26. Ne4 Nd3 27. Ng5 Nxc1 $1) 26... Bxc3 27. Nb5 {(This
tricky move was suggested by Anish Giri)} g5 $5 ({Even better than our line:} 
27... Bd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Rxd4 f6 $11) 28. Nxc3 gxf4 29. Nd5 f3 {White is a
pawn down and needs to work out some way to equality.}) (25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. b4
cxb4 27. cxb4 Kf8 28. Be3 a6 $11) 25... Nxc4 26. bxc4 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 g5 $1 28.
Rb8 (28. Be3 Bxa5) 28... gxf4 29. Rxd8+ Kg7 {Jan had to play on in this
obviously drawn position, because the situation in the match was not that rosy
for the Dutch team.} 30. Kf1 Re4 31. Rxd6 Rxc4 32. Ke2 Rxc3 33. Ra6 f3+ 34.
gxf3 Ra3 35. Rxa7 c4 36. a6 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 c3 38. Ra8 c2 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. a7 Kg7
41. Rc8 Rxa7 42. Rxc2 Ra4 43. Rc1 f5 44. Ke2 Rh4 45. Rh1 Kf6 46. Kf1 Rh6 47. f4
({Probably, he disliked the position after} 47. Kg2 Rg6+ 48. Kh2 Ke5 {, when
White would be very passive despite his extra pawn.}) (47. f4 {returns the
pawn, but gets some normal piece activity} Rh4 48. Kg2 Rxf4 49. Ra1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. Nf3 {During the morning, I had planned meeting this with the Hedgehog, but
over the board I changed my mind. What about a Leningrad Dutch?!} d6 2. e4 Nf6
3. Nc3 {Well, we will have a Nf3 Pirc after all, not such a problem for Black,
I told myself. But then I decided it would be a pity to refrain from
navigating through several openings.} e5 {The Philidor...} 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Nc6 6. Bb5 {No, the Steinitz Spanish!} ({A few days earlier I had faced} 6. Be2
{Steingrimsson,H (2566)-Marin,M (2589) Reykjavik 2015 (1/2-1/2, 107) which
started with the orthodox move order based on 1.e4.}) 6... Bd7 7. O-O Be7 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. Re1 {I had examined this position in my article for
CBM 132.} c5 {I correctly (even though vaguely) remembered that I had called
this abstractly premature, but could not figure out what I had recommended as
the most consistent continuation.} ({After re-reading my own article I would
probably play} 10... Re8 {Jansa,V (2465)-Jacobsen,B (2285) Copenhagen op 1987 
(7) 1-0 on the next occasion, based on}) 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 13. Nd5 {
[%emt 0:13:45]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:26:45]} 14. Bd2 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:45] A natural
developing move and, surprisingly, a novelty!} ({As explained in the article,} 
14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {does not pose Black any problems.}) 14... Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:32]
For White it is a small success that this exchange took place after the black
knight has wasted two tempi to get from f6 to b6.} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 16. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:09] The only way to avoid queenside
weaknesses.} (16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Re8 $11) (16. c3 Qc8 17. Qd3 a5 18. a4 Rb8
$11 {The weakness of the b2-pawn compensates for the one on a5.}) 16... Qc8 {
[%emt 0:04:02]} ({Black needs to push the enemy queen away from f5, but with
hindsight I would now prefer} 16... g6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. b3 Rfe8 {Black has no
immediate problems and White will have a hard job proving that the c7-pawn is
such an awful weakness.}) 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:03:11] This
was the idea of my previous move but I underestimated the strength of White's
reply.} (17... c6 {fails to relieve Black of his problems.} 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. b3
Qb7 20. Rbd1 Rac8 21. Bxd6 $3 $16 Rxd6 22. dxc6 Rdxc6 23. Qd8+ $1 Rxd8 24.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Re8#) ({But even with a tempo down (no ...g7-g6)} 17... Qd7 18.
b3 Rfe8 {would have been safer.}) 18. b4 $1 {[%emt 0:07:28] The point is that
the black queen does not find the desired peace on the queenside.} (18. b3 Rfe8
) 18... cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} (18... Rfb8 19. b5) 19. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Qc8
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 20. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (20. Qc4 $5 $14) 20... Qa6 {[%emt 0:
03:44]} (20... Rb8 21. Ba5 $14) 21. a3 {[%emt 0:14:11] I thought this to be a
strong move} ({but Black's counterplay based on his a-pawn is a lot weaker
than what I believed during the game:} 21. Rxc7 $1 Qxa2 22. Rc6 Rfd8 23. Bb4
Qa4 24. Ba3 (24. Bxd6 $2 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qb4 $19 {[%csl Gd6,Ge1]}) 24... Qa5 25.
Re4 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. g3 Bd4 28. Qxd4 Qxa3 29. Kg2 a5 30. Qe4 Ra8 31. Ra6
{Black's position remains uncomfortable.}) 21... Rac8 {[%emt 0:18:56]} ({
It took me some time (18 minutes) to accept that the generally more desirable} 
21... Rfc8 {just loses a pawn to} 22. Rxc7 Qxd3 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. cxd3) 22. g4
$5 {An ambitious and double-edged move which surprised me a lot.} ({I evaluated
} 22. Rc6 Qxd3 23. cxd3 Rb8 24. Rxc7 Rb5 25. Rxa7 Rxd5 {which shouldn't be a
big deal for White since he cannot keep his extra pawn with} 26. Re3 $2 {due to
} Bd4) 22... c6 (22... c5 {is just as good for if} 23. g5 Be5 24. f4 Bb2) 23.
g5 {[%emt 0:10:03]} (23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. g5 {offers Black a choice
between transposing to the game or playing the simpler} Bd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8b6]})
23... Be5 $1 {Black neds to force f2-f4 in order to get a the possibility of a
saving check on the g1-a7 diagonal.} (23... Bd8 $6 24. Bf4 $1 $16) 24. dxc6 (
24. f4 Bb2 {does not change anything.}) 24... Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. f4 Bb2 {
[%emt 0:26:01] As strange as it may seem, the bishop is absolutely safe here.}
27. Bb4 (27. Rb1 Qc5+ 28. Be3 Qxa3 $11) 27... Rd8 28. Qe3 ({Against} 28. c3 {
Black has two good continuations.} {I planned} Qb6+ {which is just OK.} ({
I thought this was insufficient missing a small detail.,} 28... a5 29. Bxa5 Ra8
$1 ({I only calculated} 29... Qc5+ 30. Qe3 Re8 31. Qxc5 Rxe1+ 32. Kf2 dxc5 33.
Kxe1 Bxa3 $6 34. Kd2 {[%csl Ga3]} c4 35. Bb4 $18) 30. Bb4 Bxa3 {The point is
that the a8-rook is defended so the pin along the a-file is not real.}) 29. Kg2
(29. Qe3 Qxe3+ 30. Rxe3 Bc1) 29... a5 30. Qe4 (30. Qxd6 $2 Qb7+ 31. Kg3 Qa8 $1
$19 {[%csl Gb4,Gd6]}) 30... g6) ({At first I feared that} 28. Qxd6 $2 {would
win a pawn, but this is just an optical illusion:} Rxd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Re8+
Qf8) (28. Rb1 Qb6+ 29. Kg2 Bd4 $11) 28... g6 29. c3 (29. Qxa7 Qxc2 30. Qf2
Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 f6 $11) 29... Rc8 {I found this the safest way of freeing my
bishop.} ({I estimated that after} 29... a5 30. Bxa5 Bxa3 31. Bxd8 Bc5 32. Bf6
Bxe3+ 33. Rxe3 {I would have little trouble getting a draw by just defending
against the back rank mate. But I also felt the position would be a bit
double-edged...}) 30. Qd4 {[%emt 0:21:08]} ({One of my prepared traps was} 30.
Rb1 Bxc3 $1 31. Rc1 Bd4 $19) 30... a5 {[%emt 0:08:27] There is no reason to
delay this any longer.} 31. Bxa5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 32. Bb4
Bxb4 33. cxb4 {[%emt 0:00:59]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:56] White's advantage is purely
symbolic. True he has some stability on the dark squares and an outside passed
pawn, but his king is exposed and ...Qc4 is likely to simplify to a dead draw.}
34. Kf2 {[%emt 0:02:39]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:00]} ({My last move is entirely
viable, but I refrained from the natural} 34... Qc4 {due to a miscalculation:}
35. Qxc4 (35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Qxc4 dxc4 37. Rb1 c3 $11) 35... dxc4 36. Ke2 (36. Rc1
c3 37. Ke3 Rb8 $11) 36... Re8+ 37. Kd1 (37. Kd2 $4 c3+ 38. Kd1 c2+) 37... Rb8
$1 {[%csl Gb4] This is the move I failed to notice!}) 35. Kg3 {[%emt 0:03:52]}
Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 36. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} ({For a few instants I had the
optical illusion that after} 36. Qc5 $2 {I could not play} Qxb4 {due to} 37.
Re8+ {But eventually I discovered that after} Kg7 $15 {there s no mate on f8!!}
) 36... dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 38.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 39. Rxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 40th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2012.07.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "220"]
[EventDate "2012.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 {A solid move, in the spirit of the
old Steinitz Variation.} ({Over the past years,} 4... Bc5 {has been Black's
almost exclusive choice in super-tournaments. Four days later, it led Kramnik
to defeat in his game against Caruana.}) 5. h3 {We do not see this move at
such an early stage of the game in the Spanish opening. However, White plans
to develop his knight to c3, which requires preventing ...Bg4 - now or
slightly later.} Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Nd4 $5 {An ambitious attempt to break
the relative symmetry.} (7... Bd7 {is natural and good, of course.}) 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Ne2 c5 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 dxc3 12. bxc3 c4 13. Bc2 $146 (13. Ng3 cxd3
14. Qxd3 Be6 15. Bb3 Nd7 {Pichot,A (2287)-Slipak,S (2444)/La Plata 2012/ (0-1,
42)}) 13... cxd3 14. Qxd3 Qa5 15. Nd4 Bd7 {White's position is more flexible,
but the next move unnecessarily weakens the e4-square.} 16. f4 $6 Rfc8 17. Bd2
d5 $132 18. e5 Ne4 19. Rae1 Bc5 20. Rxe4 Bf5 21. Bb3 Bxe4 22. Qe3 b5 23. f5 Re8
24. f6 g6 25. Qh6 Bf8 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. e6 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxe6 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30.
Rxe4 dxe4 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Be3 h5 33. Bd4 Rd8 34. Kf2 b4 35. Ke2 Kh7 36. Bb3
bxc3 37. Bxc3 Rd3 38. Bd2 Rg3 39. Kf2 h4 40. Bc4 Bh6 41. Bb4 Rg5 42. f7 e3+ 43.
Ke1 Rf5 44. Be6 Rf2 45. a3 Bg7 46. Bc4 a5 47. Be7 Bc3+ 48. Kd1 Rd2+ 49. Ke1
Rxg2+ 50. Kd1 Rd2+ 51. Ke1 Rf2+ 52. Kd1 e2+ 53. Bxe2 Rxf7 54. Bxh4 Rd7+ 55. Kc1
Rc7 56. Kd1 Bb2 57. a4 Ba3 58. Bb5 Bb4 59. Ke2 Rc3 60. Bd7 Kh6 61. Bf6 Rc2+ 62.
Kf3 Be1 63. Bd4 Kh5 64. Bg4+ Kg5 65. Bd7 Rc4 66. Be5 Rb4 67. Bd6 Rb3+ 68. Ke4
Bb4 69. Bc7 Kh4 70. Bd8+ g5 71. Bb6 Be1 72. Be3 Rb7 73. Bb5 Rf7 74. Bc4 Rf8 75.
Bb5 Bb4 76. Bd7 Rf7 77. Bg4 Be1 78. Kd3 Re7 79. Bc5 Rb7 80. Ke2 Bg3 81. Be3
Rb2+ 82. Kf3 Rb3 83. Ke2 Rb4 84. Bd7 Bf4 85. Bf2+ Kh5 86. Be8+ Kh6 87. Kf3 Kg7
88. Bd7 Bc7 89. Be1 Rf4+ 90. Ke3 Rf7 91. Bc3+ Kf8 92. Bg4 Ke7 93. Kd3 Rf4 94.
Bd4 Kd6 95. Bd1 Rf1 96. Be2 Rh1 97. Bg4 Bd8 98. Kc2 Rf1 99. Kd3 Kd5 100. Bc3
Kc5 101. Be2 Rb1 102. Bg4 Rb3 103. Kd2 Ra3 104. Bd7 Kd6 105. Bb5 Ra2+ 106. Ke3
Rh2 107. Bf1 Kd5 108. Bd2 g4 109. h4 Bb6+ 110. Kd3 g3 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 5th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.03.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 $5 5. O-O Bd7 6. Re1 Be7 (6... g6 {
trying to achieve the perfect setup with ...g6 allows a quick 7.d4!} 7. d4 Bg7
8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 h6 (11... f5 {allows Ng5!} 12. Ng5 {
[%csl Re6]}) 12. Nfd2 $1 {building a strong center with f3 and putting all the
hopes on a queenside expansion. The light-squared bishop exchange on move 9 is
very convenient for White in these King's Indian pawn structures.} f5 13. f3 g5
14. Nc3 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng6 16. g3 $14 {1-0 (26) Caruana,F (2817)-Finegold,B 
(2481) chess.com INT 2017}) 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Re8 9. a4 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5
$5 {it's always a little bit risky to push this pawn two squares!} (11... Be7
$1 {followed by ...Nh5 ideas was a decent option for Black.}) 12. Bg3 Ne7 13.
Bxd7 (13. Bc4 $5 $13 {keeping all the pieces was interesting.}) 13... Qxd7 14.
Nbd2 {[%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gc4e3,Ge3f5]} Ng6 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Ne3 $14 {[%csl Rf5]
This knight is heading to f5.} d5 17. exd5 Bg7 (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Ng4 $1 $16)
18. d4 $5 (18. h4 $5 {was definitely worth considering as well.} Nxd5 (18... g4
19. Nd2 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. h5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxg4 Qxd3 24. Ne4 $1
$16 (24. Nf1 $5 $16 {is also fine}) 24... Rxe4 $2 25. Red1 $1) 19. Nxd5 Qxd5
20. hxg5 hxg5 (20... Qxd3 21. gxh6 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxh6 24. Rd7
$16) 21. Nxg5 Qxd3 22. Qg4 $40) 18... exd4 19. cxd4 $6 {Not a very pleasant
move to make, but I imagine Caruana was still counting on Black's king being
somewhat weaker until the end of the game.} (19. Qxd4 $1 Ne4 (19... Nxd5 20.
Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxd5 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bxc7 $16) 20. Be5 $1 {
a tough move to spot} Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Ng4 $3 Rxd5 (22... Qxd5 23. Nxe5
$18) 23. Qxe4 Kg7 24. Ne3 $16) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qxd5 22. Bxc7
Rc8 23. Rc1 Bxd4 {Not expected by Caruana, as he mentioned in the Press
Conference. But as risky as it looks, Black gets the pawn back, without any
disaster happening.} 24. Qd2 Qd7 $1 {Forced and good.} 25. Nxd4 (25. Qxd4 Rxc7
26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Qxa7 {allows the typical perpetual check:} Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qf4+
29. Kg1 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 $11) 25... Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Nf5 {The position is
objectively equal, but in practice, Black always needs to take care of his
king, as long as there are queens on the board.} Kh7 28. g3 Ne5 {The knight
shouldn't stay loose like this. The move itself is not a mistake, but
difficult moves have to be found from now on. Caruana considered it as a
practical mistake already.} (28... Qc6 $1 {mentioned by Caruana after the game,
this is one of the consistent moves in the position. Now ...Ne5 may actually
be a nice move, and Black remains solid after all. The knight is strong on f5,
but White needed a specific target to create a direct attack against the
opponent's king.}) (28... Qc5 $1 {demands more calculation, but also works} 29.
Qd7 Ne5 30. Qxb7 Qc2 $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rf5]} 31. g4 (31. Ne3 Qxa4 $11) 31... Qxa4
$11) 29. Qe3 Nc4 $6 (29... f6 $1 {Again, Black has to be careful, but he's
doing just fine.} 30. Qe4 (30. Nd4 Qc4 31. Qe4+ Kh8 32. Kg2 Qd3 $11) 30... Qc6
$1 $11) 30. Qc3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Nxb2 32. Qc2 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Qd1 34. Qe4 {These last
moves by Naiditsch were a bit too adventurous. Now he had to show some calm
and go for 34...Qd7!, mentioned by GM Jan Gustafsson in the press conference
as a suggestion. This move somehow still holds the position together} Qxa4 $2 (
34... Qd7 $1 {it's always hard to allow a discovered check like this one.} 35.
Qe5 (35. Kh2 Nxa4 36. Qe5 Kg6 $3 $11 {preparing the escape, as well as the ...
f6 move.}) 35... Qc6+ 36. Kg1 Qg6 $11 {still surviving.}) 35. Qxb7 Qa2 36. Ne3
$1 $18 {Suddenly, the black knight is totally out of play (there is Qe4+
against ...Nd3)} Kg7 {Threatening ...Nd3 now.} (36... Na4 37. Nd5 $1 {cutting
off Black's queen's defence of f7} Kg7 38. Qc6 $1 Qa1 {keeping an eye on f6}
39. Ne3 $1 {when Black can not resist the attack with Nf5+.}) 37. Qb4 $1 {
[%csl Rb2] This move serves two purposes: dominate the b2-knight and create a
irresistible attack for White. Qd4+ is a threat here, for example. The black
pieces are completely out of play.} Qb1 (37... Na4 38. Qd4+ Kg6 39. Qe4+ Kg7
40. Qc6 Kh7 41. Ng4 $18) (37... a5 38. Qd4+ Kh7 39. Nf5 Kg6 40. g4 f6 41. Qe4
$18) 38. g4 Kg8 39. Nf5 Qc2 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Qb7 Kh8 42. Qe7 $1 {[%cal Ge7f8]}
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Dus Chotimirsky, Fedor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Petronijevic,Zoran"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1909.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 a6 $2 ({Serious
mistake which loses an important tempo, and practically Black's position is
already lost. There are two better moves here:} 6... Be7) ({and} 6... exd4) 7.
Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 $146 ({Better was} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 {
and White is a healty pawn up: 1-0 (33) Sweet,H-Lane,W Cable 1906}) 8... Be7 $2
({This move loses a pawn. Better was} 8... h6 {although after} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10.
Nd5 {White has a clear advantage.}) 9. dxe5 $1 Nxe4 ({If Black plays} 9... dxe5
{White can play} 10. Nxe5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Nxe4 ({The move} 11... Nd7 {loses as
well} 12. Bxe7 Nxe5 13. Bh4) 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Rfe1 {and Black
is lost.}) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 ({In case of} 10... Nxc3 11. Bxd8 Nxd1 12. Bxc7 Nxb2
13. exd6 ({Levenfish suggested} 13. Bxd6 {but this is clearly worse due to}
Bxf3 14. gxf3 O-O-O) 13... Bxf3 14. Rfe1+ $1 Kd7 15. Re7+ Kc6 16. gxf3 {
and Black is lost.}) 11. Re1 d5 ({Neither helps} 11... Nxc3 12. exd6 Nxd1 13.
Rxe7+ Kf8 14. Rxd1 cxd6 15. Rc7 Re8 ({Levenfish's suggestion} 15... Rd8 {
is not good due to} 16. Ng5 $18) 16. Rxd6 $18) 12. Nxd5 Qd7 13. c4 Nc5 {[#]}
14. e6 $1 {Very nice combination which Alekhine liked very much.} Nxe6 15.
Rxe6+ fxe6 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Nf6+ ({The game move is better than} 18.
Nxg6 {although this move also wins.}) 18... Kd8 ({After} 18... Ke7 {White has
a very strong continuation} 19. Qg5 {which wins on the spot.}) 19. Nxg6 $18 Re8
20. Qxh7 Kc8 21. Nxe8 Bxe8 22. Qg8 Qd7 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Rd1 Kb8 25. Rd7 Qb4 26.
Qxe8+ Ka7 27. Nc6+ bxc6 28. Rxc7+ Kb6 29. Rxc6+ Ka5 30. Qh5+ Ka4 31. Qd1+ Ka5
32. a3 {This game won a prize as best game on the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Fagernes Norsk op-A"]
[Site "Fagernes"]
[Date "2014.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2014.04.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 4th round which took place on the same day as
round three. I strongly disagree with the policy of playing more than one
classical game in one day. Considering the accumulating pressure throughout
the tough day, the quality of the game below is decent.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 {Offering the Berlin endgame.} 4. d3 {Declining.} d6 {A couple of
rounds later I chose 4...Bc5 against Evgeny Romanov, but that's a different
story. After 4...d6 Black intends to develop the bishop to g7.} 5. O-O Bd7 6.
Re1 g6 7. d4 $5 {The point of playing this specifically now is that Black
can't comfortably exchange on d4. This means that White can grab some space,
even at a price of a tempo.} (7. c3 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. Nf1 {is standard play
in this line. Here is one recent example:} Nh5 10. Ba4 Qe8 11. Ne3 Nd4 $5 (
11... Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6] is a safe alternative.}) 12. cxd4 Bxa4 13. b3 Bb5 14.
a4 Ba6 15. dxe5 Nf4 $1 16. Nc4 dxe5 17. Ba3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Rd8 19. Re3 Qe6 20.
Bxf8 Bxf8 21. Ne1 Bc5 22. Rf3 a5 $44 {0-1 (35) Areshchenko,A (2705)-Fedoseev,V
(2641) Yerevan 2014}) 7... Bg7 (7... exd4 $2 8. Bxc6 $1 Bxc6 9. e5 dxe5 10.
Nxe5 Be7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10.
Be3 O-O (10... f5 $6 {is risky.} 11. Ng5 Nf8 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 $14 {1-0 (51)
Sutovsky,E (2674)-Kramnik,V (2744) Dortmund 2005}) 11. c4 {Now the structure
is very similar to the King's Indian. The light-squared bishops are off, which
should favour White, but Black's counterplay on the kingside is already on its
way.} h6 {Covering the g5-square against the knight move.} 12. Nfd2 f5 13. f3 {
Stabilising the pawn chain.} c5 14. dxc6 $5 $146 {Played after a long
meditation. There is a big dilemma for White whether to keep the position
closed and try slowly to advance on a narrow front on the queenside, or to
open the position for more dynamic play. Benjamin chose the second option, but
I thought that this offers me decent counterchances in the centre as well.} (
14. Nc3 g5 15. Rb1 b6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 fxe4 18. Ndxe4 Nf5 19. a4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (53) Dominguez Perez,L (2721)-Khenkin,I (2630) Havana 2009}) 14... bxc6
15. Nc3 Nf6 16. b4 d5 {Here I was mildly satisfied with my position, perhaps a
bit optimistic.} 17. Bc5 $6 {It would be more precise to exchange on d5 at
first. This would open the a2-g8 diagonal and the c-file, potentially in
White's favour.} (17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Bc5 $14 (18. exd5 $6 Nexd5 19. Qb3 Kh7 20.
Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bc5 Nf4 {[%csl Rd2]} 22. Rad1 Nd3 23. Nc4 e4 $1 $36)) 17... fxe4
$6 {After more than half an hour of thinking I didn't make the best choice.} (
17... d4 18. Na4 Rf7 19. Nb2 fxe4 (19... Nh5 $6 20. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Re5]}) 20.
Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qb3 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 h5 (22... Qg5 $132) 23. Nd3 Qg5 $132) 18. Ndxe4
$5 {I didn't see that coming! Exchanging the passive knight is definitely
useful for White.} (18. cxd5 $1 cxd5 (18... exf3 $6 19. Nxf3 Nfxd5 20. Nxd5
cxd5 21. Nxe5 $16) 19. Ndxe4 $1 {was a better version of the same idea.} dxe4 (
{After} 19... Nxe4 20. fxe4 d4 21. Qb3+ Kh7 22. Nd5 {Black has to part with an
exchange.}) 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Rdc8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 $16) (18. fxe4
$6 d4 19. Na4 {I was hoping to get here some good play on the kingside.
Perhaps starting with} Rf7) 18... Nxe4 19. fxe4 d4 20. Na4 Qd7 21. Nb2 h5 {
I was dreaming of getting my bishop to e3, but it didn't work out.} 22. Qb3 Kh7
23. Qh3 $1 {A very good idea. After the exchange of queens Black will have no
more attacking chances on the kingside. Meanwhile, his drawbacks on the
queenside are permanent and my knight on e7 is incredibly stupid-looking,
compared to its counterpart that has a great blockading d3-square.} Qxh3 24.
gxh3 {These doubled pawns can't really be exploited.} Rf7 $6 {Not the best way
to move away from the pin.} (24... Rfe8 25. Nd3 (25. Rf1 Ng8 26. Rf7 Nf6 27.
Re1 Kg8 28. Rc7 Rec8 $13 {eliminating White's active rook}) 25... Ng8 $14 {
[%cal Gg8f6]}) 25. Rf1 Rxf1+ $6 ({I considered even} 25... Nf5 $6 {trying to
change the course of the game, but after} 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Rad1 {Black
doesn't have enough for the piece.}) (25... Kg8 26. Nd3 $16) 26. Rxf1 Ng8 27.
Bd6 $6 (27. Rf7 Nf6 (27... a5 28. b5 cxb5 29. cxb5 $18 {[%csl Gb5]}) 28. Rxa7
Re8 (28... Rxa7 29. Bxa7 Nxe4 30. a4 Bf8 31. a5 $1 Bxb4 32. a6 Nc5 33. Bxc5
Bxc5 34. Nd3 Bb6 35. Nxe5 $18) 29. Re7 $1 Ra8 30. Bd6 Kg8 (30... Rxa2 31. Bxe5
$18) 31. Bxe5 $18) 27... Re8 28. Nd3 Nf6 $1 {Going for the activity and
whatever happens.} (28... Bf6 $2 {is very passive.} {After} 29. a4 Kg7 30. b5 {
White's play is very easy, while every move is torture for Black.}) (28... Re6
29. c5 $16) 29. Bxe5 Nd7 30. Bxg7 $2 {The beginning of the turn-around.
Exchanging my passive bishop allows me to activate my king.} (30. Bd6 $1 Nb6 $1
{The best chance.} (30... Rxe4 $2 31. Rf7 Nf6 32. Rxa7 Re3 33. Be5 Kg8 34. Ra3
$18) 31. c5 Nc4 32. Rf7 Rxe4 33. Rxa7 Re3 34. Bf8 Rxd3 35. Rxg7+ Kh8 36. Rd7
$16) 30... Kxg7 31. Re1 Kf6 32. Kf2 ({After the game we discussed for a bit
the pawn ending which could arise after} 32. e5+ Nxe5 33. Kf1 Re7 34. Nxe5 Rxe5
35. Rxe5 Kxe5 36. Ke2 Ke4 {; it ends in a draw.}) 32... Ne5 33. Nxe5 $6 (33.
Ke2 $1 Nxc4 34. Rf1+ Kg5 35. Rf4 {would still keep White on the safe side.})
33... Kxe5 34. Rg1 $2 {In mutual time trouble my opponent offered a draw, but
here it's already too late!} (34. Ke2 $1 Rf8 35. a4 Rf4 (35... Kxe4 $4 {
loses the rook after} 36. Kd2+) 36. Rg1 Kxe4 37. Rg3 d3+ 38. Rxd3 Rf2+ 39. Kxf2
Kxd3 40. b5 cxb5 41. cxb5 Kc4 42. Ke3 Kb4 43. Kd4 Kxa4 44. Kc5 $11) 34... Rf8+
35. Ke2 Kxe4 36. Rxg6 (36. Rg3 d3+ $1 37. Rxd3 Rf2+ 38. Kxf2 Kxd3 {Compared to
the previous commentary, here White is one tempo down and it's decisive.} 39.
b5 c5 $19) 36... d3+ 37. Kd2 Rf2+ 38. Kc3 Rc2+ 39. Kb3 Rc1 $1 40. Re6+ Kd4 {
The dust of the time trouble has settled and suddenly Black is winning. The
d-pawn supported by the king decides the outcome. White's extra pawn has no
significance.} 41. Rd6+ Ke3 42. Re6+ Kd2 43. c5 (43. Rxc6 Rb1+ 44. Ka3 Kc3 $19
{[%cal Gd3d2]}) 43... Rc3+ (43... Rb1+ $2 {would spoil everything,} {after} 44.
Kc4 Kc2 45. Rxc6 d2 46. Rd6 d1=Q 47. Rxd1 Rxd1 48. b5 {White's connected
passed pawns are sufficient for a draw.}) 44. Kb2 {Now White's king remains
passive.} a5 $1 45. Rxc6 (45. a3 a4 46. Rxc6 Rb3+ 47. Ka2 Kc2 48. Rd6 d2 49. c6
d1=Q 50. Rxd1 Kxd1 $19) (45. bxa5 Rxc5 46. Kb3 Rxa5 47. Rxc6 Kd1 48. a4 d2 $19)
45... axb4 46. Rg6 Rxc5 {The rest is easy.} 47. h4 Rc4 48. Rg2+ Ke1 49. Rg1+
Kf2 50. Rg8 d2 51. Rd8 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 {This move is a rare guest on toop
level nowadays.} ({The main lines are:} 4... Bb4) (4... Bc5) (4... Nd4) 5. d4 {
Now, the game transposes to an old Steinitz defense.} Bd7 6. O-O exd4 7. Nxd4
Be7 8. Bxc6 {This way white secures a better pawn structure at a price of
giving the opponent a pair of bishops.} (8. Re1 {is the solid alternative.})
8... bxc6 9. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} O-O 10. e5 {Breaking black's pawns chain,
white secures small, but stable advantage.} dxe5 11. Bxe5 Bd6 12. Bg3 Qb8 $6 {
Probably not the best manoeuvre. More natural would have been 12...Rb8.} (12...
Rb8 13. b3 c5 14. Nde2 Bf5 15. Rc1 Re8 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Nf4 Qc6 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8
19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Be4 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kosintseva,N (2417)
-Klinova,M (2368)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 094 ext (47)}) 13. b3 (13. Nb3 a5 14. Qd4
Bf5 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Qc4 c5 17. Nxc5 Qb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. N3a4 Bxc5 20. Nxc5
Rxa2 21. c3 Rxb2 22. cxb4 Rxb4 23. Bxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bogoljubow,E-Kostic,B/
Budapest 1921/HCL (50)}) 13... Qb4 14. Qd3 Bxg3 $146 {After the exchange of
dark-squared bishops, white's advantage become more apparent, due to black's
damaged pawn structure. On the other hand, black does not have any clear
improvement. It looks like the whole opening line is unfavourable for black.} (
14... c5 $6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Nde2 {[%csl Rd6] The Pd6 becomes a serious
weakness.}) (14... Rad8 15. a3 Qc5 16. b4 Qb6 17. Na4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Nc5
Bxc5 20. bxc5 Bf5 21. Qxf5 Rxd4 22. Be5 Rd5 23. Qf4 Rxc5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxf6
$16 {1-0 Wittmann,W (2400)-Baumgartner,H (2365)/Austria 1989/EXT 97 (53)}) 15.
hxg3 Rad8 16. a3 Qa5 $6 ({Stronger would have been} 16... Qc5 $1 {not allowing
white to put his queen on c4. Black's position is slightly worse, but playable.
}) 17. Qc4 {[%csl Rc6]} Qh5 18. Rfe1 (18. Nxc6 $4 Bxc6 19. Qxc6 Ng4 $19 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 18... Ng4 19. Nf3 {Black does not have any more resources to
reinforce his attacking potential.} Bf5 (19... Qg6 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Rae1 $16)
20. Rad1 $1 Rxd1 ({The pawn is taboo:} 20... Bxc2 $4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qe2 $1
$18 {[%cal Ge2c2,Ge2e8]}) (20... Rd6 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Qxc6 Bxc2 23. Nd5 Bxb3
24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qxd6 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal Ge7g6]}) 21. Nxd1 Bd7 22. Qd4 Be6
23. c4 $1 {It is important to cover the d5 square.} (23. Qxa7 $2 {could give
black counterchances, for example:} Bd5 24. Qa5 (24. Qxc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nh2 $1
$132 {[%csl Rf3]} (25... Qh2+ $2 26. Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Re8+ 28. Ne3 Rxe3+ 29.
fxe3 Qg2+ 30. Kd3 $18)) 24... f5 25. Qxc7 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28.
Ke2 Re8+ 29. Ne3 Qg2 30. fxg4 Rxe3+ $1 31. Kxe3 Qe4+ 32. Kd2 Qd4+ 33. Kc1 Qa1+
{with a perpetual check.}) 23... a5 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Rxe3 {After the exchange
of knights black won't be able to create any threats against the white monarch,
while his structural defects are permanent.} Qf5 26. Ne5 Qb1+ 27. Kh2 Qa2 28.
f4 $1 Qxa3 29. Nxc6 Kh8 30. b4 Qa2 31. Nxa5 {White is now a pawn up and
clearly dominating. Najer finishes the game convincingly with a direct attack.}
Bg4 32. f5 h5 33. f6 g6 34. Nc6 Be6 35. Qf4 Kh7 {[%tqu "En","How can White
conclude the game on the spot?","","","e3e6","",5,"e3e6","",0]} 36. Rxe6 $1 (
36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Qxc7+ Kh6 38. Qg7+ Kg5 39. Qxf8 $18) 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 1415 (4NCL)"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "6.122"]
[White "Zhou, Yang Fan"]
[Black "Turner, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Guildford II"]
[BlackTeam "Barbican"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 {We've transposed
into an old-fashioned Steinitz defence of the Ruy Lopez.} exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. a4 Re8 10. a5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 d5 (12... c6 {seems more
natural and then} 13. Nc3 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. Qg4 {, etc.}) 13. Bf4 {[diag]} Nxe4
$2 ({This requires a lot of calculation and it rather looks as if White saw
further than Black.} 13... dxe4 {looks safe enough for Black, though his extra
pawn won't be worth much.}) 14. Nxc7 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Nxe8
Rxe8 18. Be3 $1 {Black has problems on the g1-a7 diagonal. He can avoid
material loss but not a positional disadvantage.} Rc8 (18... b6 19. b4 Nd7 20.
Rd1 Re5 21. c4 {leaves Black with considerable problems.}) 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Rxd5
Nxb2 21. Rb5 Rxc2 ({Though it means putting up with being a pawn down,} 21...
Nc4 {is better, e.g.} 22. Bxa7 f6 23. g4 Nd6 24. Rd5 Nc4 25. Kg2 Ne5 {and it's
not over.}) 22. Rxb7 h5 23. Rxa7 Nd1 24. Bb6 Nxf2 25. h3 ({Not} 25. Bxf2 $2
Rc1+ {, regaining the piece with a probable draw in prospect.}) 25... Ne4 26.
Re7 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nd2 $2 ({After this Black is not going to be able to give up
his knight for the pawn. Instead} 27... Nd6 28. a6 Nc8 29. Be3 Rc3 30. a7 Nxa7
31. Bxa7 {and it looks like we could be headed for the hungry arbiter's
nightmare - a rook and bishop versus rook endgame.}) 28. a6 Nf1+ 29. Kg1 Ne3+
30. Kf2 Nd5 31. Re8+ Kh7 32. Bd4 $1 Nc7 (32... Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Ra2 34. a7 Nc7 35.
Rb8 $1 {, preparing Be3 and then Rc8, to chase away the knight before
promoting the pawn in order to win the rook.}) 33. a7 Rd1 (33... Rc2+ 34. Kf3
Rc4 35. Be3 Ra4 36. Rc8 {wins.}) 34. Bb6 Nxe8 35. a8=Q Nf6 36. Be3 Rd5 37. Qa4
Rf5+ 38. Ke2 Nd5 39. Bd2 g6 40. Qd4 f6 41. Qa7+ Kg8 42. Bh6 Re5+ 43. Kf2 Ne7
44. Qa2+ Rd5 45. Qa8+ Kf7 46. Qf8+ Ke6 47. Qe8 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Re8 10. Ba4 h6 11. Ng3 d5 12. h3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qe7 14. Bc2 Rad8 15.
Qe2 a6 16. Be3 Nh7 17. b4 Nf8 18. Bc5 Qf6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Nf1 h5 21. Ne3 Ne7
22. Bb3 Bb5 23. Nc4 a5 24. a4 Bxc4 25. Qxc4 axb4 26. cxb4 Nc6 27. Red1 Bd6 28.
b5 Nd4 29. Nxd4 exd4 30. Qd3 Qe5 31. Bd5 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Kg7 33. Ke2 f5 34. Kd2
fxe4 35. Qxd4+ Be5 {What a suicide!} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Bf1 {Usually 8.Bxc6 is played but Ivanchuk, who has a space-advantage, wants
to avoid exanching pieces. At the same time he makes Pc4, setting up a Maroczy
bind, possible.} O-O 9. Nc3 Nxd4 (9... Ng4 10. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 11. exf5 Nf6 12. g4
$16) 10. Qxd4 Bc6 (10... Ng4 $5) 11. Bf4 (11. b4) 11... Nh5 $6 {11. - Nd7
looks more natural.} 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Qd3 Bxc3 $2 {A better try is 13. - Bg5
not giving White the Bishop-pair.} (13... Bg5 14. Rad1 $14) 14. Qxc3 (14. Bxc3
Qg5 $5) 14... Re8 (14... Qd7 $1 {/\ Rae8}) 15. f3 Qf6 16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. b4 $1
$16 a6 18. a4 Rec8 (18... b5 19. Re3 $1 (19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra5 $5) 19... bxa4
20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Rxc7 d5 (21... Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. c4 $18) 22. c4 $5 (22.
exd5 Nxd5 23. Rc5)) 19. c4 a5 20. b5 Bd7 (20... Be8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Rxe5 $16)
21. f4 Be8 (21... h6 $142 $1) 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. e6 Nc5 {Or 24. -
fxe6 25.Rxe6 followed by 26.Re7.} (24... fxe6 25. Rxe6 Nc5 26. Re7 Nb3 27. Ra2
(27. Bc3 Nxa1 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Bxa1 Bg6 $13) 27... Nxd2 28. Rxd2 Kf8 29. Re5
$16) 25. e7 $18 Ne6 26. Rad1 (26. Be3 $6 c5 $1) (26. Bc3 $5 c6 27. Be5) 26...
c5 (26... c6 27. Be3 $1 cxb5 28. axb5 Rc7 (28... a4 29. Bb6 a3 30. Rd2 $16) 29.
Bb6 Rxe7 30. Rd8 Rxd8 (30... Nxd8 31. Rxe7 Ne6 32. Bxa5 $16) 31. Bxd8 Rd7 32.
Bxa5 $16) 27. Bc3 b6 (27... Rc7 28. Rd8 Nxd8 29. exd8=Q Rxd8 30. Bxa5 Rcc8 31.
Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Re5 $1 b6 (32... Rc8 33. Re7) 33. a5 bxa5 (33... f6 34. Rd5) 34.
Rxc5 a4 35. Rc7 Ra8 36. b6 Kf8 37. b7 Rb8 38. c5 a3 39. Bc4 $18) 28. Rd6 Rcb8
29. Red1 Ra7 30. Rd8 Raa8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Be5 Rb7 33. Rd8 Rxe7 34. Rb8 Nf8
35. Bd6 Nd7 36. Rxb6 Nxb6 37. Bxe7 Nxa4 38. Be2 f5 39. Bf3 Bf7 (39... Kf7 40.
Bd8) 40. Bd8 Bxc4 41. b6 Nxb6 42. Bxb6 a4 43. Bxc5 g5 44. Kf2 Kf7 45. Ke3 Kg6
46. Kd4 Bb5 47. Ke5 h5 48. g3 Bd7 49. Bd1 g4 50. Kf4 Kf6 51. Bc2 Kg6 52. Ba3
Kf6 53. Bc1 Kg6 54. Bb2 h4 55. Ba3 hxg3 56. hxg3 Be6 57. Bxa4 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 10th"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "1978.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Suetin, Alexey S"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Suetin,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.05.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Avangard"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

{25/291} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1
exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Bf4 Rb8 11. Nb3 $5 (11. Rb1) 11... Be6 12. e5
Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qd4 $14 Bg5 15. Rad1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 dxe5 17. Qxe5 (17.
Rxe5 Qd6 $11) 17... Qc8 18. Qd4 Rd8 19. c4 $6 (19. Qxa7 Qg4 20. f3 Bxf3 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Nc1 $14) 19... Be6 20. Qc5 Rd6 $1 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22.
Qxd6 Bxc4 23. Nd4 Qf8 $1 $11 24. Qxf8+ (24. Qxc6 Bxa2 25. Qa4 $14) 24... Kxf8
25. b3 Bd5 26. Rc1 a5 27. f3 a4 28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Nxc6 Rxa4 30. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 {Alle Verteidigungen mit Einschließung des
Königsläufers geben ein beengtes Spiel und sind deshalb im Prinzip zu
verwerfen, trotzdem kann man sie spielen, wie man ja auch Französisch und
Sizilianisch spielen kann.} 4. d4 exd4 {Schwarz gibt das Zentrum freiwillig
auf, ehe er durch den bekannten Zug Re1 dazu gezwungen wird.} (4... Bd7 5. Nc3
Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 exd4) 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf5 {Damit
verdirbt Weiß die günstige Stellung gründlich. Schwarz bekommt ein
Bauernübergewicht am Damenflügel, während der Pf5, wenn Weiß keinen
Angriff hat, für ihn im Moment nur eine Schwäche bildet.} Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O
10. Re1 {Es ist seltsam: Weiß hat schon jetzt keinen guten Zug, d. h. einen
solchen, der wirklich etwas bedeutet.} Nd7 {Um dem Läufer Platz zu machen.
Das schwarze Spiel ist immer noch etwas beengt, aber Schwarz kommt rasch und
drohend mit seinen Figuren heraus.} 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. c3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ {Dies
entwickelt die schwarze Dame und gleich mit Angriff auf den Pf5.} ({Besser war
} 13. Nxb6) ({oder} 13. Bf4) 13... Qxf6 14. Bxc6 {Um Qf3 spielen zu können,
ohne durch Ne5 belästigt zu werden.} bxc6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 {Merkwürdig!
Weiß hat zuerst die e-Linie mit dem Turm besetzt und jetzt kann er sie nicht
einmal behaupten. Der Läufer hat kein günstiges Entwicklungsfeld. Auf e3
versperrt er den Re1.} ({Nach} 16. Bf4 {darf er nicht wegen} Qxf5 {.}) ({Auf} 
16. Bd2 {ist der Läufer dem Angriff} Nc4 {ausgesetzt.}) 16... c5 {Bd4 mußte
verhindert werden.} 17. Re2 Re5 {Man sieht, wie der Pf5 beständig als
Angriffsobjekt dient.} 18. Rae1 Rae8 ({Der Bauer darf nicht mit dem Turm
geschlagen werden} 18... Rxf5 $2 {, weil Weiß mit} 19. Bg5 {die Dame
angreifen würde.}) ({Auch das Schlagen mit der Dame} 18... Qxf5 {wäre
unvorteilhaft, da Weiß nach dem Damentausch} 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 {den Pc5 nehmen}
20. Bxc5 $1 {würde.}) 19. Qb7 {Eine unglückliche Expedition! Die Dame durfte
die Ihrigen in der Not nicht verlassen.} ({Vielleicht war das Spiel mit} 19.
Bc1 {nebst Abtausch der gefährlichsten Figuren zu retten.}) 19... Qxf5 20.
Qxc7 Qe6 ({Statt dessen konnte gleich} 20... Nd5 {geschehen;} {Schlug Weiß
einen Bauern} 21. Qxd6 (21. Qxa7 Nf4) {, dann ergab sich mit} 21... Nf4 {
genau derselbe Angriff wie später.}) 21. Qxa7 {Weiß hat immer ein
gedrücktes Spiel. Die Dame ist deplaziert und auf der e-Linie besteht eine
unbequeme Fesselung.} Nd5 22. Kf1 Nf4 {Damit beginnt eine elegante
Angriffskombination.} 23. Rd2 Nxg2 ({Die Stellung ist so stark, dass eine
Nebenlösung vorhanden ist, die noch viel rascher entscheidet, als die
Partielösung, nämlich} 23... Qg4 24. f3 Qe6 {Damit gewinnt Schwarz nicht nur
die Qualität, sondern erzwingt auch in wenigen Zügen Matt oder weiteren
Gewinn; es folgt} 25. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rf1+ 27. Kg3 g5 28. Bxg5 Qg6 29. Kh4 (
29. Kf4 Re4+ {usw.}) 29... Re5 30. f4 Rxf4+ 31. Bxf4 Rh5#) 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25.
Kf1 ({Auf} 25. Kh1 {folgt} Rg5 26. Qb7 d5 {und Schwarz gewinnt die Dame oder
setzt matt.}) 25... Qh3+ 26. Ke2 ({Geht der König nach} 26. Kg1 {, so erzwingt
} Rg5+ {das Matt.}) 26... Rxe3+ $1 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+
30. Kb3 ({Der König mußte nach} 30. Kc1 {zurück.}) 30... Qc6 ({Präziser war
} 30... c4+ 31. Kb4 Qc6 32. Z0 {und} Ra8 {, was zu Damengewinn oder Matt
geführt hätte.}) (30... Qc6 31. Z0 {droht} c4+ 32. Kc2 Ra8 {, aber das
mußte er mit a2-a3 decken, dann wäre sein König nach a2 in Sicherheit
gelangt.}) {Jetzt kann Weiß die Stellung noch etwas halten.} 31. a4 d5 (31...
Ra8 {wäre fehlerhaft wegen} 32. Rxd6 $1) 32. a5 ({Mit} 32. Rf2 {konnte Weiß
immer noch Widerstand leisten.}) 32... Qb5+ 33. Ka3 ({Auf} 33. Ka2 {führt}
Qa4+ 34. Kb1 Re1+ {zum Matt.}) 33... Rb8 34. Ka2 h6 {Notwendig, um den Turm
für den Angriff frei zu haben.} 35. a6 ({Immer noch war} 35. Rf2 {besser.}) {
Die drei Bauernzüge waren ebenso forsch wie falsch.} 35... Qb3+ {Weiß gibt
auf, ...} ({...denn nach} 35... Qb3+ {erzwingt auf} 36. Kb1 Re8 37. Rc2 Re1+
38. Rc1 Re2 {das Matt. - Eine sehr hübsche, flotte Partie!}) 0-1

[Event "World-ch08 Lasker-Tarrasch +8-3=5"]
[Site "Duesseldorf/Munich"]
[Date "1908.08.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1908.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 19,82,53,46,11,31,18,54,45,72,74,182,166,164,122,126,127,126,119,112,97,
95,98,89,68,124,102,149,112,160,158,163,104,110,112,113,-65,-68,-88,-58,-108,
-37,-55,-39,-24,0,-131,-134,-238,-216,-268,-269,-270,-269,-240,-261,-234,-242,
-178,0,-427,-397,-1190,-1207,-1248,-1190] C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence
Source: Tartakower & du Mont, 500 Master Games of Chess, pp. 6-7. All comments
are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. This game illustrates in a superb
manner the dire consequences of allowing an important piece to stray from the
main battlefled! (19.Qxa7). Black's subsequent action Is powerful and ruthless.
} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O ({After} 4. Nc3 Bb4 {we have the
Spanish Four Knights' Game.}) 4... d6 {Black leads back into the Steinitz
Defence. The order of the moves is an improvement, as it avoids the dangerous
Showalter Attack which occurs after 3....d6.} 5. d4 Bd7 ({The maintenance of
the centre by} 5... Nd7 {is also possible.}) 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 exd4 {At this
stage, as demonstrated in the preceding game, it is essential to give up the
centre.} 8. Nxd4 O-O {In this, the normal position of the Steinitz Defence,
Black occupies a "hedgehog" formation. All his minor pieces are in a state of
expectant defence. White has now a large choice of good continuations, but
none likely to upset Black's defensive formation.} 9. Nxc6 {Simplification. 9..
..} Bxc6 ({A good reply is} 9... bxc6 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. b3 Ng4 {and Black fights
for the initiative.}) 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne2 {White, by this adroit manoeuvre,
strengthens his king side. Incidentally, he tempts his adversary to make the
mistake of playing 11....Nxe4 (RR 12.Nd4 Nxf2 13.Kxf2+-), after which White
gains a decisive advantage by 12.Nd4. 11....} Qd7 12. Ng3 Rfe8 13. b3 Rad8 ({
If at once} 13... Ng4 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qxg4 Bxa1 16. Nh6+ {wins the Queen.}) 14.
Bb2 Ng4 {An active defence which needed careful examination. For instance, if
now 15,h3, the pretty rejoinder 15....Bf6 tries to gain territory; and again,
if 15.Nf5, Black can play 15....Bf3 16.Qxg4 Bxb2, as his queen is now guarded.}
15. Bxg7 {Hoping to crush the hostile formation, while winning a pawn
somewhere. 15....} Nxf2 ({Instead of} 15... Kxg7 16. Nf5+ Kh8 17. Qxg4 {
etc., the Black knight sells its life dearly. The aspect and venue of the
contest change with kaleidoscopic rapidity.}) 16. Kxf2 Kxg7 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18.
Qd4+ f6 19. Qxa7 {In the end White has won a pawn, but there are several
"buts": (i) the pawn so won takes as yet no part in the mêlée; (ii) in order
to win it, the White queen has had to stray far from home; and (iii) her own
king is in a parlous state. 19....} Bf8 {With the menace 20....Rxe4 21.Rxe4
Qxf5+ 22.Ke3 Bh6+ 23.Kd3 d5 and wins. As can be seen, Black has in one fell
swoop taken command of the game.} 20. Qd4 Re5 {Defends his f pawn and, at the
same time, threatens 21.... d5.} 21. Rad1 Rde8 22. Qc3 Qf7 23. Ng3 {Not only
to defend the f pawn, but also in order to prevent 23....Qh5. 23....} Bh6 24.
Qf3 d5 {Conquest of the e-file. The milestones in this enterprise will be: a
very important intermediary check (25....Be3+), the trebling of the major
pieces (27....Qe6), securing the outpost (by 29....f4 and 30....d4), and, as a
climax, the manoeuvre (41....Bg5).} 25. exd5 Be3+ 26. Kf1 cxd5 27. Rd3 Qe6 $1
$15 {An imposing array of forces on the open e-file.} 28. Re2 ({Useless would
be} 28. Rdxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Qxe3 30. Qxf6+ Kg8 {and White has to capitulate.})
28... f5 29. Rd1 f4 30. Nh1 d4 31. Nf2 Qa6 32. Nd3 Rg5 $17 {As Black's heavy
artillery has several files at its disposal, his pressure soon proves
irresistible.} 33. Ra1 Qh6 34. Ke1 ({Flight of the King! If} 34. h3 Rg3 35. Qd5
f3 ({a false hope would be} 35... Qxh3 {White's reply being} 36. Qxd4+ ({
and not} 36. gxh3 Rg1#))) ({If} 34. Qh3 Qxh3 35. gxh3 Rg1#) 34... Qxh2 35. Kd1
Qg1+ 36. Ne1 Rge5 {By this fresh regrouping Black threatens, if nothing else,
37....d3 38.cxd3 Bd4. The remainder of the play is stirring.} 37. Qc6 R5e6 38.
Qxc7 R8e7 39. Qd8+ Kg7 40. a4 f3 {A vacating sacrifice, followed by a most
telling unmasking manoeuvre.} 41. gxf3 Bg5 {White resigns.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch09 Lasker-Schlechter +1-1=8"]
[Site "Vienna & Berlin"]
[Date "1910.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "Tartakower/du Mont/Znosko-Borovsky"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1910.01.07"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 25,138,9,7,16,29,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,
0,0,0,0,-8,10,0,0,0,13,6,23,21,23,23,22,22,22,35,26,31,33,7,62,64,83,80,85,85,
90,87,85,81,148,148,129,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,93,79,120,75,93,
68,93,93,93,75,68,0,68,0,71,0,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,68,8,8,8,18,
16,1062] C66: Ruy Lopez: Steinitz Defence Sources: Tartakower & du Mont, 500
Master Games of Chess, pp. 6-7; Znosko-Borovsky, The Middle Game in Chess, pp.
179-180. All comments are Tartakower's unless otherwise noted. Two features
are worthy of special admiration in the following fine game: White's skill in
exploiting the weak points in the adverse position, finally turning positional
into material advantage; and Black's desperate Ingenuity in discovering a
drawing chance in, to all appearances, a hopelessly lost position.} 1. e4 e5 2.
Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Re1 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9.
Bxc6 {This simplification is far from pointless: the Black pawn formation is
slightly damaged and the White's knight at d4 remains in a fine central
position. 9....} bxc6 {As a compensation, Black wishes to render his pawn
centre more compact, whilst preserving the "two bishops."} 10. Bg5 {A sensible
pin!} ({However, this Bishop could also be developed to advantage by} 10. Bf4 {
(or 10.b3)} Re8 11. Bg3) 10... Re8 ({The interpolation.} 10... Rb8 11. b3 {
and then only} Re8 {has its points.} ({One way or another Black has now in view
} 11... Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Nxc3 {etc.})) 11. Qf3 ({Another good way of bringing the
Queen into play is} 11. Qd3) 11... h6 {In connection with the next move, this
is a commendable means of relieving the pressure.} ({A mistake would be} 11...
Ng4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxc6 {etc., by which White would win a pawn.}) 12. Bh4
Nh7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nf8 15. h3 Ng6 16. Qg3 Qg5 {Playing for an end-game
without queens, in which White's advantage would only be minute.} 17. Qxg5 hxg5
18. f3 f6 19. Kf2 Kf7 20. Nde2 a5 21. b3 Reb8 22. Nc1 Be6 23. Nd3 c5 24. Nb2 {
Cleverly preventing the undoubling of the hostile c5 pawn by 24....c4.} Ne5 25.
Nd5 Rb7 26. Re3 Nc6 27. Rc3 {An enterprising Rook! 27....} g6 28. a4 f5 29. Ne3
Re8 30. Nec4 {With the threat 31.Rxd6. 30....} Ra7 31. Re1 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Kf6
33. Ne3 Ne5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. g3 Rh8 36. f4 {Very prettily, White obtains a
valuable asset (a passed pawn) on the extreme king wing, and has now a
concrete advantage. 36....} gxf4 37. Nd5+ Kf7 38. Nxf4 Rb7 39. Kg2 c4 {White's
41st move will refute this attempt to obtain counter-chances, and incidentally
show up the weaknesses in Black's position.} 40. bxc4 Rb4 41. c5 {aiming for
cxd6. 41....} Rxa4 42. cxd6 cxd6 {Znosko-Borovsky: Black has avery bad game;
he is losing a pawn whilst White has two united pawns on the king side; his
pieces are so well placed that he can almost threaten mate. The end seems
inevitable.} 43. Rc7+ Kf6 {Znosko-Borovsky: The king must avoid the 8th rank
because of 44. Rc8+ or 44. Ng6+} 44. Nd5+ Kg5 ({Znosko-Borovsky: If} 44... Ke6
45. c4 {(threatening mate) 45....} Re8 46. Rh7 {and wins.}) 45. h4+ Kh6 46. Ne7
{Every one of White's moves reaches the mark.  Znosko-Borovsky: The moment has
arrived when Black must decide which course to pursue. He has three isolated
pawns, of which one is attacked and another will be threatened (d6) on the
next move. He cannot protect both and he must decide which one he is going to
abandon and at what precise moment. The problem is not difficult but most
instructive; it is fairly obvious that he cannot afford to let his f-pawn go
as White would then have two united passed pawns. In other words, he must
maintain this pawn at any cost.} Rf8 47. Rd1 {Znosko-Borovsky: Another pawn is
attacked and this one cannot be defended. Black seeks to reach an end game in
which he is most likely to hold his own, namely, a rook and pawn ending after
exchanging the knights. 47....} Rf7 {Giving up a pawn of his own free will,} ({
because} 47... Nc4 {is useless against} 48. Kf2 {to be followed by Rd4.}) 48.
Rxd6+ Kh7 49. Re6 Ng6 50. Rxg6 Rxe7 51. Rgc6 Rxc7 52. Rxc7+ Kg6 53. Rc6+ Kf7 {
Znosko-Borovsky: This is exactly the ending which Black desired. But what
shall we say when we see him deliberately giving up a second pawn in order to
secure a draw?} 54. Kf3 {After ingenious liquidations, a difficult rook ending
is now reached. White's intention is to play Kf4 after 55.c4. More incisive,
however, would be at once 54.c4, as this passed pawn could become a dangerous
weapon. 54....} Re4 {By this admirable manoeuvre Black gives up a second pawn,
in order to occupy more effective posts.} ({The following plausible
continuation would not be sufficient:} 54... Ra1 55. Ra6 a4 56. Kf4 Rf1+ 57.
Kg5 Rf3 58. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 59. Kxf5 {and wins.}) 55. Rc5 Kf6 56. Rxa5 {
Znosko-Borovsky: And this ending leads to a forced draw! Thanks to his grasp
of the essentials of the position, Black has succeeded in holding his f pawn
and his position as well. 56....} Rc4 {Black's deep conception is revealed!
The position of his rook makes up for the two missing pawns.} 57. Ra6+ Ke5 58.
Ra5+ Kf6 59. Ra6+ Ke5 60. Ra5+ Kf6 61. Ra2 Ke5 62. Rb2 Rc3+ 63. Kg2 Kf6 64. Kh3
Rc6 ({He avoids the trap} 64... f4 65. Rb3 Rxc2 66. Rf3 {and White would win.})
65. Rb8 ({In view of} 65. h5 Kg5 {White gives back one pawn in order to render
his rook more active, but it is not sufficient to ensure victory.}) 65... Rxc2
66. Rb6+ Kg7 67. h5 Rc4 {Cutting off the White king.} 68. h6+ Kh7 69. Rf6 Ra4
1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 54th"]
[Site "Sopot"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Maciejewski, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. O-O d6 $6 $146 (5... O-O {-Theory}
) 6. Nd5 $5 (6. d4 $142 $14 {Rui Lopez} Nd7 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Ng3 Bf6 9. c3 Ne7 (
9... Ndb8 $5 10. Be3 a6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. h3 Qe8 (12... Ne7 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. Kh2
Qe8 15. Ng1 Nb6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. d5 Bd7 18. c4 $14 {Maroczy,G-Chigorin,M/Wien
1898/1/2-1/2 (50)}) 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Nh5 $14 {Janowski,D-Chigorin,
M/Wien 1898/1-0 (52)}) 10. Be3 (10. Bd3 Re8 11. Nh5 $14 {Tarrasch,S-Chigorin,M/
Wien 1898/1-0 (89)}) 10... Ng6 11. Qd2 a6 12. Be2 Be7 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. h3 $14 {
Lipke,P-Chigorin,M/Wien 1898/0-1 (61)}) 6... O-O $1 $11 (6... Nxe4 $6 7. Re1 f5
(7... Ng5 8. d4 (8. Nxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxg5 Qxg5 10. d4 Qe7 11. dxe5 (11. d5 a6 12.
Ba4 b5 $11) 11... O-O 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Bf4 $16) 8... Nxf3+ 9.
Qxf3 Bd7 $15) (7... Nf6 8. Nxe7 Qxe7 9. d4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12.
exf6 $1 Bxd1 13. Rxe7+ Kd8 (13... Kf8 14. Rxc7 Bg4 15. Bf4 $18) 14. Bg5 Bxc2
15. fxg7 $18) 8. d3 Nf6 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. d4 $1 $14) 7. Nxe7+ Nxe7 8. d4 $5 (8.
d3 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 $11) 8... Nxe4 9. dxe5 (9. Re1 $1 f5 (9... Bf5 10. Bd3 d5 11.
Nxe5 f6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nh4 $14) 10. dxe5 d5 11. Bd3 $14) 9... d5 10. Ng5 $5
Bf5 (10... Nxg5 $1 11. Bxg5 h6 12. Be3 (12. Bxe7 $6 Qxe7 $11) (12. Bh4 c6 13.
Bd3 Re8 14. c4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nf5 $11) 12... c6 13. Bd3 Bf5 $11 (
13... Nf5 $11)) 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 c6 14. Bd3 Qc7 $6 (14... Bxd3
15. cxd3 (15. Qxd3 Qd7 $11) 15... Qd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Qh5 d4 $132)
15. f4 Rae8 16. Qg4 Ng6 17. Bf2 $14 (17. Bxe4 dxe4 (17... Nxh4 18. Bd3 Qb6+ 19.
Kh1 Ng6 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6 $14) 18. Bf2 $14) 17... Kh7 $6 (17... Bxd3 18.
cxd3 Qa5 $14) 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bc5 $16 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. f5 Nf8 (21... Ne5
22. Qxe4 $16) 22. Bd4 Rf7 23. Rae1 (23. f6 $1 g6 24. Rae1 c5 25. Be3 (25. Bc3
Qc6 $132) 25... Qe5 26. Qh4 g5 (26... h5 27. g4 (27. c3 Nd7 28. Bg5 Re6 29. g4
Nxf6 30. gxh5 gxh5 $132) 27... Nd7 (27... Re6 28. gxh5 Rfxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxf6 30.
Bg5 (30. hxg6+ Kg8 $11) 30... Re6 31. Rf1 Kg8 32. Bh6 (32. Qg4 gxh5 33. Qxh5
Ng6 $132) 32... Nh7 33. Qd8+ Re8 34. Qd7 Qd4+ (34... gxh5 35. Kh1 $1 $18) (
34... Re7 35. Qc8+ Re8 36. Qxb7 gxh5 37. Kh1 $18) 35. Qxd4 cxd4 36. hxg6 Nf8
37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. h4 Kg7 40. h5 $18) 28. gxh5 Qxh5 29. Rf4 Nxf6
30. Bxc5 $16) 27. Qh5 Ng6 28. h4 $1 $16) 23... c5 24. Bc3 Qc6 (24... e3 25. Rf3
(25. f6 gxf6 26. Qf3 Rfe7 27. Qxf6 Ng6 $14) 25... Qd7 26. Qh5 (26. Rfxe3 $2
Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxf5 $11) 26... b6 27. g4 $1 $16) 25. Re3 Kg8 (25... b5 26. a3 b4
27. axb4 cxb4 28. Bxb4 Qxc2 29. Bc3 $16) 26. f6 g6 27. Rfe1 $1 Kh7 $6 (27... h5
28. Qf4 Nd7 29. Qh6 $16) 28. Rxe4 $18 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 h5 30. Qe2 c4 (30... Qd5
31. a3 Nd7 32. Re7 Kg8 33. Rxf7 Qxf7 34. Qf3 $18) 31. Rxc4 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Ne6 33.
Re4 Ng5 34. Re5 Qxf6 35. h4 Qf1+ 36. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kh2 Nf7 38. Re7 g5 39. hxg5
Kg6 40. Rxb7 Rf2 41. Rxa7 Kxg5 42. Ra6 Kf5 43. Rf6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Aleksandrov is one of the pioneers of
the re-established Berlin defence. So Guseinov chooses to avoid the topical
lines for a slow build up.} d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 (6. c3 {is main line.}) 6... Bd7
7. Re1 (7. Nc3 exd4 8. Nd5 Bg7 9. Re1 Ne5 10. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. c3
c6 13. Ne3 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kupreichik,V-Mokry,K/Rimavska Sobota 1990/CBM 20
ext (37)}) 7... Bg7 8. Bxc6 $6 {This is dubious. Natural development was
better.} (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd7 Nxd7
$11 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Levin,F/Germany 1995/GER-chT2 (58)}) (8. Nc3 $142 Nxd4 9.
Nxd4 exd4 10. Qxd4 O-O 11. Qd3) 8... Bxc6 9. dxe5 Nxe4 10. Qd3 dxe5 $1 11. Rxe4
Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Qd1+ 13. Qe1 O-O-O 14. Nc3 Qxc2 $15 {[%mdl 8] Black´s R, two P:s
and active position is worth more than B+N.} (14... Qxe1+ 15. Nxe1 e4 16. Bg5
Rd4 17. Kf1 Rb4 18. Nd1 $13 {1/2-1/2 Turov,M-Kizov,A/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 (33)})
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 a6 17. Rc1 $2 {Unnecessary generosity.} (17. b4 $5 {and it
is still a fight.}) 17... Qxb2 18. Na4 Qa3 19. Nc5 Bf8 20. Ne6 Rd7 21. Nd2 Qa5
22. Qe2 Qd5 23. Nxf8 Rxf8 24. h3 $2 Qxa2 $19 {The P:s must win.} 25. Qg4 Rfd8
26. Nc4 Kb8 27. Qf3 f5 28. Nxe5 Rd5 29. Bf4 Rc8 30. h4 Rd4 31. Be3 Rd6 32. Bf4
Qa4 33. Kh2 Qe4 34. Qxe4 fxe4 35. Rc4 b5 36. Rxe4 Kb7 37. g4 a5 38. Bg3 Re8 39.
f4 a4 40. f5 gxf5 41. gxf5 a3 42. Re1 Rf6 43. Ra1 Rxf5 44. Nd3 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Nbd2 g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
exd4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Goldin makes an exchange that Black usually tries to
avoid like the plague.} (8... Bd7 {is the usual way to develop. Here is a
sample:} 9. Ba4 Qe8 10. Bc2 h6 11. Re1 Nh7 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Be3 b6 14. Qc1 g5
15. Nfd2 f6 16. Nf1 Qg6 17. Qd1 f5 {and so on.1/2-1/2 Howell,J-Bisguier,A/New
York 1990/CBM 16 ext (36). (36)}) 9. cxd4 Bd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. h3 a5 12. a3 Re7
13. Bd3 Nh5 $5 {Black has to harrass the white centre or White will
consolidate and be better without any doubt.} 14. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Yb8a6,Ya6c5]} (
14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Bg5 $14) 15. Nf1 Nf6 16. Ng3 Na6 17.
Bxa6 $6 {Less pieces means less problems for Black since he is the one lacking
space.} (17. Be3 Nc5 $5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. e5 Nxd5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxd5 b6 $13
) (17. Bc2 $5 Nc5 18. Bd2 Qe8 (18... a4 19. Bc3) 19. Bc3 $1 Ncxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Qb3 $36 {[%cal Gb3b7,Yb3c3,Yc3c7]}) 17... Rxa6
18. Bf4 h6 19. Rc1 a4 20. Rc4 Kh7 21. Qd2 Be8 22. Be3 $6 c6 $1 $132 23. dxc6
Bxc6 24. Bd4 Ra8 25. Bc3 d5 26. Rd4 Qe8 $17 27. e5 Ne4 28. Nxe4 (28. Qf4 Nxc3
29. bxc3 f6 $17) 28... dxe4 29. Rexe4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd7 31. Qc2 Rd5 32. e6 Rc8
33. exf7 Qxf7 34. Qe2 Rc7 35. Bxg7 Qxg7 36. Rxa4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. g3 Rc2
39. Qe3 Qc5 40. Nd4 Rxb2 41. Rc4 Re5 $2 (41... Qd6 $17) 42. Qc3 $2 (42. Qc1 $1
{Gives some chances for a draw. The point is to cover f1.} Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Qf8
44. Rc8 $1 Qf7 45. Rc7 Rf1+ 46. Kg2 Rxc1 47. Rxf7+ Kg8 48. Rxb7 $17) 42...
Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Qf8 $19 44. Rc7+ Rf7 45. Qf3 Ree7 46. Ne6 Qe8 47. Qe4 {Mistake
in a lost position.} Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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"]

{Shorts novelty in a seldom played line starts an avalanche that topples
Illescas in no time.} 1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5.
Re1 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 (8. Nbd2 $6 {Ftacnik} Nxd4 9. cxd4 Bxb5 10.
Qb3 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Nf3 a5 16. Be3
a4 17. Qc2 a3 18. b3 Bb4 {0-1 Derman,O-Costa Colombo,D/Villa Ballester op (02)
1992 (32)}) 8... Nb8 9. Bxd7 (9. Bd3 {Ftacnik} Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12.
Nf1 Ne8 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Be3 Nef6 15. b4 Nh5 16. Nxh5 Bxh5 17. Be2 Bg6 18. Bd3
f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qd3 Qf8 22. Nd2 a6 23. c4 Qf7 {Brown,K-El
Mezwaghi,H/Novi Sad olm (07)/1990/0-1 (57)}) 9... Nbxd7 10. c4 Ne8 $5 $146 {
Rather than waste time with manouvers like a5 and Nc5, Black prepares the
typical K-side attack with f5. In the Kings Indian, with B still on c8,
manouvering the N to c5 is important to free Bc8, here its not necessary.} (
10... a5 11. Nc3 h6 (11... Nc5 12. Qc2 $14 {ECO: Keres/Olafsson}) 12. Nd2 g6
13. Nf1 Kg7 14. Ng3 Nh7 15. Qc2 h5 16. Nf1 b6 17. Nb5 h4 18. h3 Ndf6 19. Qd2
Nh5 $13 {0-1 Nilsson,N-Jacobsen,B/Copenhagen op 1988 (37)} (19... Nh5 {Ftacnik}
20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. g4 Ng5 22. gxh5 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Qd7 {0-1 Nilsson,N-Jacobsen,B/
Copenhagen op/1988 (37)})) 11. Nc3 g6 12. Rb1 $6 {This looks a bit strange.
What are the chances of an opening of the b-file?} (12. Bh6 Ng7 13. Qd2 Kh8 (
13... f5 14. Ng5 Bxg5 (14... Nb6 15. b3 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qd7 17. a4 $14) 15. Bxg5
Nf6 16. f4 $36 (16. f4 {Ftacnik} exf4 17. Qxf4 c6 18. exf5 Qb6+ 19. Qe3 Nxf5
20. Qxb6 axb6 21. a3 Ng4 22. Ne4 Ne5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. c5 bxc5 25. Nxd6 {
1-0 Schneider,LA-Kaiszauri,K/Rilton Cup/1988/ (34)})) (13... a5 $5 {/\Nc5}) 14.
b4 Nf6 15. c5 Ng8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. c6 $5 b6 18. b5 $14 {/\a4-a5}) (12. b4 a5
13. Bh6 (13. bxa5 $5) 13... Ng7 14. a3 f5 $13) 12... f5 13. b4 $6 (13. exf5
gxf5 (13... Rxf5 14. Ne4 $14) 14. Bh6 Rf6 $1 15. Bg5 Rg6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 $13) (
13. Bh6 $5) (13. Bh6 {Ftacnik} Rf7 14. b4 f4 {xBh6}) 13... f4 $1 $40 {[%cal
Yg6g4,Yg6g5] Now Black definitely has something to play for. The standard
P-storm is easy to play and difficult to meet.} 14. a4 Rf7 {Black could
possibly save a tempo by playing Kh8, Rg8, g5-g4 and Rg6. The rook is not
needed on the 7:th in this position.} 15. Ba3 (15. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nef6 16. Nf3
h6 $1) 15... g5 16. Nd2 (16. h3 {Ftacnik} h5 17. Nh2 Nef6 18. f3 Rg7 $132)
16... Nef6 17. f3 Rg7 18. Kh1 (18. h3 {Ftacnik} h5 19. Kf2 g4 $40) 18... g4 19.
Qe2 (19. fxg4 {Ftacnik} Nxg4 20. Re2 Qe8 $40) 19... Kh8 20. Rec1 (20. c5 $6 {
Ftacnik} dxc5 21. bxc5 (21. Nc4 cxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. Rxb4 b6 $17) 21... Bxc5
22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Nb3 Qe7 $17) 20... Rg6 $1 {A very useful move. I prepares to
triple on the g-file, and at the same time the manouver Qf8-h6 becomes an
option.} 21. c5 {Slightly desperate, but Black is way ahead on the K-side if
White tries to attack slowly.} (21. Nb3 Qf8 $1 22. Nb5 (22. c5 Qh6) 22... Qh6
23. Nxc7 Rag8 24. Rc2 gxf3 25. Qxf3 (25. gxf3 Nh5 $19) 25... Rg3 26. Qf1 Ng4
27. Qg1 Ne3 $19) (21. Nd1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qg8 22. c5 $13) 21... dxc5 $1 22. bxc5
Bxc5 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. Nb5 b6 {White has nothing.} (24... Qe7 $5 {Ftacnik} 25.
Nb3 gxf3 26. gxf3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Rag8 $19) 25. a5 (25. Nb3 {Ftacnik} gxf3 26.
gxf3 Nfd7 $1 (26... Qe7 27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Qf2 Rag8 29. Qxc5) (26... Nxb3 27.
Rxb3 Ne8 28. Rbc3) 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 $17) 25... Qe7 26. Nb3 gxf3 27. gxf3 Nxb3 28.
Rxb3 (28. Rxc7 {Ftacnik} Nd4 29. Rxe7 Nxe2 $19) 28... Rag8 29. Qf2 (29. Nxc7 $4
Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Rg1#) (29. Rbb1 {Ftacnik} Qg7 30. Nxc7 Rg2 31. Ne6 Qg6 32. Nf8
Rxe2 33. Nxg6+ Rxg6 $19) 29... Qg7 {Black's counterplay is obviously more
successful than the attack of his opponent. Schwarze Gegenspiel ist
offensichtlich mehr erfolgreich als der Angriff von seinem Gegner.} 30. Rbb1 (
30. Nxc7 Rg2 $19) (30. Rb2 $5 {Ftacnik} Nd7 31. Nxc7 Nc5 32. Ne6 Nxe6 33. dxe6
bxa5 $17) 30... Rg2 31. Qh4 (31. Qf1 {Ftacnik} Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Qg3+) 31... Qg6 {
/\Nxe4} 32. Nc3 (32. Nxc7 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 33. Ne6 Rxh2+ $1 34. Qxh2 Nf2+ 35.
Qxf2 Qh5+ 36. Qh2 Qxf3+) 32... b5 $1 33. Re1 (33. Nxb5 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 $19)
33... b4 34. Ne2 (34. Rxb4 {Ftacnik} Rg1+) 34... Nxe4 35. fxe4 Rg1+ (35... Rg1+
$1 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxg1 Qxe4+) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[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. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3
Bd7 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nf1 Bf8 10. Bg5 h6 (10... Ne7 $5 11. Bxf6 Bxb5 12. Bg5 Qd7
13. Ng3 f6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. d4 Qe6 16. a4 Bd7 17. d5 Qf7 $13 {0-1 Marta,M-Spano
Cuomo,G/Palocco 1998/EXT 2001 (40)}) 11. Bh4 Be7 12. a4 {Ftacnik: 'Ivanchuk is
not afraid of the peaceful position from the opening, in the fight he can lean
on his excellent positional feeling.'} Nh7 13. Bg3 (13. Bxe7 {Ftacnik} Qxe7 14.
Ne3 Nf6 15. a5 a6 16. Bc4 $14) 13... Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. N1h2 a6 (15... Ng5 {
Ftacnik} 16. Ng4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Qd7 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bc4 Nh7 20. Nf1 $14) 16. Bc4
Qc8 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Nh4 Bg5 (18... Bxh4 {Ftacnik} 19. Bxh4 Qd7 20. Nf1 $14) 19.
f3 {[%mdl 16] It's interesting to see how slowly Ivanchuk develops his game.
Black seems to make reasonable moves but White just plays on and improves his
position.} Qd8 20. Qf2 (20. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Bg6 21. Ng4 Bxf5 22. exf5 Qd7 $13)
20... Bf4 21. Nf5 (21. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} exf4 22. d4 Qg5 $13) 21... Bg6 22. Ne3 {
Ftacnik: 'From e3 the knight is controlling the sensitive squares d5 and f5. '}
Bxg3 (22... Bxe3 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxe3 Qd7 24. f4 (24. a5 f5 $1) 24... Na5 25. Ba2
exf4 26. Bxf4 Qxa4 27. Nf3 Qd7 28. Nh4 $36) 23. Qxg3 Nf6 24. Qf2 Nh5 25. g3 {
White prepares to expand with f4. The key to Whites play is the excellent
control he keeps over d5.} Rf8 26. Kh1 Qd7 27. h4 Ne7 (27... Qh3 {Ftacnik} 28.
Rg1 Nf6 29. g4 $14) 28. Ng2 Bh7 (28... Qh3 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. g4 Ng3+ 30. Kg1
Rae8 31. f4 $18) 29. Bb3 Qc6 30. g4 Nf6 (30... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 31. Nxf4 exf4 32.
a5 $14) 31. a5 Qd7 32. d4 {Ftacnik: 'White's advantage is based to a great
degree on the unfortunate location of the bishop h7.'} Nc6 (32... Qb5 {Ftacnik}
33. Ra3 Rad8 34. Ne3 $14) 33. Nf1 h5 34. g5 Ng8 35. Ba4 Qh3+ 36. Nh2 f6 37. f4
$1 Qc8 {This looks like a mistake, but there seems to be no better move.} (
37... fxg5 38. hxg5 $1 (38. f5 $6 {[%cal Ye1e3]} Nf6 $1 39. hxg5 (39. Re3 $4
Ng4 $19) 39... Ng4 40. Qh4 Nxa5 $1 $13) 38... Nge7 39. f5 $16) 38. Qg3 Nge7 39.
Bxc6 bxc6 (39... Nxc6 40. g6 $18) 40. f5 {'!' Ftacnik. Black is suffocating
and tries a break out.} Bxf5 {Ftacnik: 'Alekseev is desperate, since his
bishop has become a complete statist on the board.'} 41. exf5 Nxf5 42. Qf3 g6
43. gxf6 exd4 44. Nf4 Rxf6 45. Rg1 Kh7 46. Nxg6 $1 {Ivanchuk ends the game
with an attack.} Rxg6 47. Rxg6 {Ftacnik: 'Rather symptomatic solution for the
very strong player. White has a winning advantage, but he doesn't have to rush
the win in the quickest manner.'} Kxg6 48. Rg1+ Kf6 49. Qxh5 c5 50. Rg5 dxc3 (
50... Ne7 51. Qf3+ Ke6 52. Qe4+ Kd7 53. Rg7 $18) 51. Ng4+ Ke6 52. Rxf5 Qe8 53.
Rf6+ Kd7 54. Qf5+ Kc6 55. Ne5+ {Ftacnik: 'Black king will not find a peaceful
moment even on the queenside, white is playing shamelessly for mate.'} Kb5 56.
Re6 Qh8 57. Qd3+ Kxa5 58. Qxc3+ Ka4 59. Qa3+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2001.04.30"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Winants, Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Winants,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 "Bordeaux Echecs"]
[BlackTeam "Cappelle la Grande"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. O-O (6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bg7
8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Ba4 O-O 10. O-O Qe8 11. Re1 Nh5 12. Nc4 Kh8 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Bg3
{1/2-1/2 Magem Badals,J-Winants,L/Noyon/Mulhouse/Montpellier 2001 (14)}) 6...
Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Nf1 (9. Ba4 Nc5 10. Bc2 f5 {Dankert-Pachman, Bad
Neuenahr 1980}) 9... Nb6 {/\ 10...a6} 10. d4 exd4 $1 $146 (10... Bd7) 11. Nxd4
(11. cxd4 Bg4 $132) 11... Bd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 Qd7 15. Be3 {
[%cal Ye3d4,Yd4g7]} c5 16. Rad1 {[%cal Re3c5]} Qe6 17. b4 $5 (17. b3 a5) 17...
Qc4 {[%csl Yc3]} 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rc1 Rfd8 20. Nd2 Qd3 21. c4 Qxc2 22. Rxc2
Bd4 23. Bxd4 (23. f3 $2 Bxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Nxc4) (23. Bf4 $5)
23... cxd4 24. c5 Na4 25. f3 (25. Nb3 Rab8 26. Rc4 Nc3 27. Nxd4 Rxd4 $1 28.
Rxc3 (28. Rxd4 $4 Ne2+ $1 $19) 28... Rxe4 (28... Rb2)) 25... Rab8 26. Nb3 Nc3
27. Na5 $1 Rb5 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. Ne5 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rd7 31. Ne5 Rd8 1/2-1/2

