[Event "Montreal 10th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Ne2 c5 7. Nf4 Qb6 8. Rb1
O-O 9. c3 Nc6 10. Bd3 c4 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. h4 Bd6 13. h5 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Ng6
b5 16. a3 a5 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nfh4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ra1 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 b3 22.
Bd1 Be8 23. f4 Bxg6 24. Nxg6 Qa7 25. Bf3 Rf7 26. g4 fxg4 27. Bxg4 Nd8 28. f5
exf5 29. Qxa7 Rxa7 30. Rxf5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Ra2 32. Rxd5 Rxb2+ 33. Kf3 Bc7 34. Rd7
Rb1 35. Rxc7 b2 36. Rc8 Rf1+ 37. Kg2 Rg1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+ 40. Kf2
Rf1+ 41. Ke2 Re1+ 42. Kd2 Rd1+ 43. Bxd1 b1=Q 44. Rxd8+ Kf7 45. Ne5+ Kf6 46.
Rd6+ Kg5 47. Rg6+ Kh4 48. Rg1 Qb2+ 49. Bc2 Kxh5 50. d5 Kh4 51. Rxg7 Qb8 52.
Nf3+ Kh5 53. Rg1 Qb2 54. Nd4 Kh4 55. d6 Qb7 56. Ke2 Qd5 57. Nf3+ Kh3 58. Kf2
1-0

[Event "Marrakesh op 1st"]
[Site "Marrakesh"]
[Date "2010.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.06.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nxd2 d6 6. Ngf3 c5 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e3 h6 11. Rfd1 e5 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nb1 b5
15. Nc3 bxc4 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Re1 Ra6 18. Nxc4 Bd7 19. a4 Rfa8 20. Ra3 e4 21.
Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op 43rd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2
O-O 9. a4 Qe7 10. Bf4 Nd5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bd2 a5 13. e4 N5b6 14. Be3 Rd8 15.
Rad1 Nf8 16. d5 Qc7 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Qf2 Nc8 21. f4 Bg4
22. Rd2 Re8 23. h3 Bh5 24. g4 Bf7 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Bb6 Qb8 27. Rfd1 Nc8 28. Be3
Ne6 29. h4 Bf8 30. Rd7 g6 {#} 31. e5 $3 gxf5 32. gxf5 fxe5 ({If Black tries to
save the knight via} 32... Ng7 {White can follow up with} 33. Ne4 fxe5 (33...
Be7 34. exf6 Nxf5 35. fxe7 Ncxe7 36. Nf6+) 34. Nf6+ Kh8 35. Nxe8 Bxe8 36. Rd8
Qc7 37. f6 {And the bishop is lost.}) 33. Ne4 Bg7 34. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 $5 {Un système
ambiteux car les Blancs ne sont pas sur de récupérer le P sacrifié mais ils
obtiennent des fortes compensations} (6. e3 {La grande ligne} b5 7. Bd2 a5 8.
axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 (11. d5 {[%cal Gc3g7]}) 11... b4)
6... b5 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O a6 9. Ne5 Ne7 {[%cal Gf7f6]} (9... Nf6 {Retomberait
sur une Catalane} 10. e4 Nbd7 {Golovach,V (2217)-Moroz,A (2522) UKR-ch
Simferopol 2003 (2) 1/2}) 10. h4 $146 {Anticipe Ng6 mais cette poussée ne fait
pas grand-chose pour le développement} (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Bxa8 {Gleizerov,
E (2592)-Solovjov,S (2458) RUS-ch qual 57th 2004 (1) 1/2}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne4
O-O (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nd5 14. Bd2 $44 {[%cal Ge4d6]}) 12. h5
Nxe5 13. dxe5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 $132 15. Qc1 Qc7 16. Rd1 Be7 (16... Rfd8) 17. Nd6
$1 $13 {[%csl Rb7,Gd6]} Bxd6 $6 {[%csl Rb7] Les Noirs vont souffrir sur cases
noires} (17... Rfd8) 18. exd6 $44 {[%csl Gd6]} Qd7 19. e4 Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3]} (
19... Nxf4 20. Qxf4 $14) 20. Qc3 Nd3 21. b3 (21. Rxd3 $6 cxd3 22. Qxd3 {
[%cal Ge4e5]} c5 23. e5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2) 21... Nxf4 22. gxf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} cxb3
23. Qc5 $1 (23. e5 c5) 23... a5 24. Rdb1 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5] Un coup trés profond
et les Noirs sont quasiment en zugzwang} (24. e5 f6) 24... e5 25. Rxb3 (25.
fxe5 Qe6 26. Kh2 {[%cal Gg2h3]} Qc4 $1) 25... exf4 26. axb5 cxb5 27. Qxb5 Bc6
28. Qc5 Rfe8 $2 (28... a4 29. Rc3 Qg4 $1 30. Qf5 (30. Qxc6 Rac8 {[%csl Rc3]})
30... Bd7 $36) (28... Qe6) 29. Bh3 Re6 30. Rxa5 Rxe4 31. Rxa8+ Bxa8 32. Rb8+
Kh7 33. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian KO GpA"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2012.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Qe2 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 g4 11. Nh4 Qg5 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Kb1 Ng6 14. d4 exd4 15.
Nxg6 Qxg6 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. f4 Bg7 18. f5 Qg5 19. Nf1 d5 20. Ne3 c6 21. Ba4 Re8
22. Bc2 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Bxf5 24. Nxf5 Qxf5 25. Rd2 Qe5 26. Bd3 Qxg3 27. Qf1 dxe4
28. Bc4 Re7 29. Rf2 Qe5 30. Rh4 h5 31. Qh1 b5 32. Bb3 Qd4 33. Re2 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA Cup"]
[Site "Saint Quentin"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2012.05.19"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Marseille"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. Nbc3 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Nc1 a6 10. a4 e5 11. d5 c5 12. h4 Qe8 13. g4 Kh8 14. h5 gxh5 15. gxh5
Ng8 16. h6 Bf6 17. N1e2 Qd8 18. Bxf6+ Ngxf6 19. Bh3 Rg8 20. O-O-O Nf8 21. Bxc8
Rxc8 22. Rdg1 Ng6 23. Rg5 Nd7 24. Rhg1 Qf8 25. Ng3 Nb6 26. b3 Na8 27. Nf5 Nc7
28. a5 Qd8 29. Na4 Na8 30. f4 f6 31. R5g4 b5 32. axb6 Nxb6 33. fxe5 fxe5 34.
Nxb6 Qxb6 35. Rxg6 hxg6 36. h7 Rg7 37. Nxg7 Qxb3 38. Ne6 Rb8 39. Qg5 Qa3+ 40.
Kd1 Rb1+ 41. Ke2 Rb2+ 42. Qd2 Rxd2+ 43. Kxd2 Qb2+ 44. Ke3 Qc3+ 45. Kf2 Kxh7 46.
Rg3 Qc2+ 47. Ke3 a5 48. Rh3+ Kg8 49. Rf3 Qc3+ 50. Kf2 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3 a4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.02.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Viernheim"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 ({"Normal" ist} 2. d4) 2... d5 3. Nf3 {Das Zweispringerspiel.}
Nf6 ({Eine bekannte Falle ist} 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Ne5
Bh7 8. Qh5 g6 {mit gruseliger Stellung.}) ({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 
3... Bg4) 4. e5 Ne4 5. d3 ({Nach} 5. Ne2 Qb6 6. d4 e6 7. Ng3 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9.
Bd3 cxd4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qa6 13. Bd3 Qa5 14. O-O Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Bb5+ Bd7 18. Bf4 Qc8 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qg4 h5 {
brachte Schwarz in Dominguez Perez,L (2754)-Grischuk,A (2783) Beijing 2013 0-1
(47), am Ende seinen Materialvorteil zur Geltung.}) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 (6...
Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 $14) 7. Be2 {Diese Position kam bisher erst einmal vor.}
({Nach} 7. d4 {entstünde eine für Schwarz günstige Variante der Aljechin
Verteidigung (3.Sc3).}) 7... Nc6 8. O-O Bg4 9. Rb1 (9. Bf4 e6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11.
h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. h4 h6 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Bg3 h5 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 h4 18.
Bh2 Qa5 19. f4 Nd4 20. f5 exf5 21. e6 O-O 22. Bxb8 Rxb8 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5
Nxf5 25. Qf4 Re8 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxf5+ Kg8 28. Bh5 Qxa2 29. Qf7+ {1-0 (29)
De Agustin,M (2065)-Gomez Pose,M La Coruna 1999}) 9... Qc7 10. Ng5 $5 Bxe2 11.
Qxe2 {Droht nun stark 12.e6.} h6 (11... e6 12. f4 $11) 12. Nxf7 $5 {Sf3-g6xf7
wird gerne in Serverblitzpartien gespielt. Weiß erhält hier sofort zwei
Bauern und vermasselt Schwarz die Rochade.} Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Kg6 (13... Ke6 14. c4
dxc4 15. dxc4 Rd8 16. Bf4 {ist unklar. Nieman parkt seinen König allerdings
im Mittelspiel gerne im Zentrum.}) 14. Qxd5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 {Nach dem
Damentausch sollte die unsichere schwarze Königsstellung weniger ins Gewicht
fallen.} 16. f4 Nf7 17. f5+ Kf6 18. Rxb7 g6 19. fxg6+ Kxg6 20. Rc7 {Gewinnt
einen weiteren Bauern, wonach der materielle Ausgleich wieder hergestellt ist.}
Nd6 21. Rxc5 Bg7 22. Rc7 Bf6 23. c4 Rhc8 ({Mit} 23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Rhf8 {
hätte Schwarz aktives Spiel bekommen:} 25. Re1 Rf2 26. Rcxe7 Re8 27. Rxe8 Nxe8
28. h3 Rxc2 {mit besseren Chancen für Schwarz.}) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. g4 Rc6 ({
Möglich war hier} 25... Nxc4 $5 26. dxc4 Rxc4 27. Be3 Rxg4+ 28. Kf2 Ra4 29.
Ke2 Rxa2 {und Weiß muss ums Remis kämpfen.}) 26. Kf2 Nf7 27. Ke2 Rb6 28. h3
Nd8 29. Rf5 Nc6 30. Rh5 Bg7 (30... Bg5 31. Be3 Rb1 32. h4 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 e5 $13)
31. Kd1 Rb1 {Droht Sb4 und Sxa2.} 32. c3 Ra1 33. Kc2 Rxa2+ 34. Kb3 Rf2 35. Rc5
Ne5 36. d4 Nd3 37. Rc6+ Kf7 38. Bxh6 Bxh6 39. Rxh6 Nc1+ 40. Kb4 Rb2+ 41. Kc5 {
Mit den letzten Zügen hat vor allem Weiß Fortschritte gemacht. Er kann nun
am Königsflügel mit seinen verbundenen Freibauern und mit seinem
Bauerntripel am Damenflügel vorgehen. Die Chancen sind gleich.} a5 42. Ra6 Rc2
43. Kd5 Nb3 44. c5 Rxc3 45. c6 e6+ 46. Ke5 Re3+ 47. Kd6 Nxd4 48. Rxa5 Rd3 49.
Rh5 Nf5+ 50. Kc5 Ng7 51. Rh8 Ne8 52. g5 Rc3+ 53. Kb6 Rb3+ 54. Kc5 Rc3+ 55. Kb6
Rb3+ 56. Kc5 {Weiß war anscheinend mir Remis zufrieden.} Rb8 {... aber
Schwarz nicht. Allerdings ist Weiß mit seinen Bauern schneller:} 57. h4 e5 58.
h5 e4 59. g6+ Kg7 60. Rh7+ Kg8 61. h6 Nf6 62. Rf7 Nh5 63. c7 Re8 64. Rd7 (64.
Re7 {nebst Matt in 8 Zügen.}) 64... Nf4 65. Re7 Rc8 (65... Ra8 66. Kc6 Nxg6
67. Rg7+ Kh8 68. Kb7 $19) 66. Kc6 ({Nicht etwa} 66. Rxe4 $2 Nxg6 67. Kb6 Kh7
68. Kb7 Rxc7+ 69. Kxc7 Kxh6 $11) 66... e3 (66... Nxg6 67. Rg7+) 67. Kb7 Nd5 68.
Rg7+ Kf8 69. Rf7+ ({Oder} 69. Kxc8 e2 70. Kd8 e1=Q 71. Rf7+ Kg8 72. c8=Q Nb6
73. h7+ Kh8 74. Rf8+ Kg7 75. h8=Q+ Kxg6 76. Qg4#) 69... Ke8 70. h7 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 89th"]
[Site "Nimes"]
[Date "2014.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nb4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e5 Nd7 8. h4
h6 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Rh3 c5 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qf4 f6 14. exf6 gxf6
15. Nfxd4 e5 16. Bg6+ Kd8 17. Nxc6+ bxc6 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Rb3 Qc5 20. Ng3 Kc7
21. O-O-O Bg4 22. Re1 Nc4 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Rxb4 a5 25. Ra4 Rhg8 26. h5 Bd7 27.
b3 Nd6 28. Rh4 a4 29. Kd2 axb3 30. axb3 Ra2 31. Rhh1 Rga8 32. Ne2 Bf5 33. Bxf5
Nxf5 34. Rh3 Ra1 35. Rxa1 Rxa1 36. Rf3 Nd6 37. Ng3 f5 38. Nxf5 Ne4+ 39. Ke2 Ra2
40. Nxh6 Rxc2+ 41. Kd1 Rxf2 42. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 43. Kc2 e4 44. Nf5 Ng4 45. h6 Nf6
46. g4 Nh7 47. Kd2 c5 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kf4 Ke6 50. g5 Nf8 51. Nh4 Kf7 52. Kf5 e3
53. g6+ Nxg6 54. Nxg6 e2 55. Ne5+ Kf8 56. Nf3 c4 57. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 37th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2015.08.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Rakhmanov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2015.07.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8.
O-O c6 9. Na3 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Nc4 Nbd7 13. Nce5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd5 15. c3 Bd7 16. Qa4 Rad8 17. Qh4 f6 18. Qg3 Rf8 19. h4 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf5 21.
Bc4 e6 22. Bg5 Rde8 23. Rad1 h6 24. Bc1 Rd8 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Rxd5
exd5 28. Nxg6 Bxg6 29. Qxg6 Qxh4 30. g3 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. Re8+ Rf8 33.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Be3 b6 35. g4 Kf7 36. f4 Bf6 37. Kg2 c5 38. Kf3 Ke7 39. a4 Kd6
40. f5 Bg5 41. Bf4+ Kd7 42. b4 a5 43. bxa5 bxa5 44. Be5 Bd2 45. Ke2 Bg5 46. c4
d4 47. Kd3 Ke8 48. Bg3 Be7 49. Be1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E49"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 h5
15. Rae1 cxd4 16. cxd4 g6 17. Nh1 Qd7 18. e4 h4 19. Nf2 Nh5 20. Qd2 Na5 21. Ng4
Nc4 22. Qc1 Rac8 23. Ba1 Qd6 24. Qg5 Qe7 25. Qxd5 Nf4 26. Qb5 Nxa3 27. Qa4 Nc2
28. Rd1 Nxa1 29. Rxa1 a5 30. Qa2 Red8 31. Rad1 Rc3 32. g3 hxg3 33. hxg3 Ne6 34.
Qf2 Ng5 35. Qg2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Rh8 37. Kf1 Qc7 38. f4 Qc4+ 39. Re2 Rf3+ 40. Nf2
Qb3 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. f4 h5 14. f5
hxg4 15. hxg4 Rh4 16. Rf4 Rd8 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Re4 g6 19. Rf1 Rh3 20. e6 Rxe3
21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxe3 Rxd4 23. fxg6+ Kg8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. g7+ Kf7 26. Rxe7+
Kxe7 27. g8=Q Rxg4+ 28. Qxg4 Bxg4 29. Nb1 Bf5 30. Na3 b5 31. Kf2 Be6 32. b4
Bxa2 33. Ke3 Bg8 34. Nb1 Bh7 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Kc3 c5 37. Nd2 c4 38. Nf1 Ke5 39.
Ne3 Bf5 40. Kd2 Be6 41. Nd1 c5 42. c3 Ke4 43. Nf2+ Kf4 44. Nd1 Bg4 45. Nf2 cxb4
46. cxb4 Bf3 47. Nh3+ Kg4 48. Ng1 Kg3 49. Ke3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Hasselbacken op"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2016.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.04.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Nb3 Ra8 13. a4 Na6 14. Ba3 f5 15.
e4 f4 16. Nb5 Rf7 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. Rfd1 h5 19. Qc3 h4 20. g4 h3 21. Bxh3 Qh4 22.
Bg2 Qxg4 23. f3 Qh5 24. Rd2 Rh7 25. Bf1 Nf6 26. Raa2 g5 27. c5 g4 28. Rg2 Kh8
29. Be2 Nxc5 30. Nxc5 dxc5 31. Bxc5 gxf3 32. Bxf3 Bxc5+ 33. Qxc5 Bg4 34. Rxg4
Nxg4 35. Rg2 Rg7 36. Qc3 Rxa4 37. d6 Ra2 38. dxc7 Rxg2+ 39. Bxg2 Qxh2+ 40. Kf1
Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch 91st"]
[Site "Agen"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2016.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 6.
bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 7. d3 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:
05:16]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:48]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 10. h3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 11. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:01:09]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 12. g4 {[%emt 0:11:30]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
33]} 13. Ng5 {[%emt 0:03:24]} Be7 {[%emt 0:16:05]} (13... h6 14. Ne4 Ne7 15. c4
b6 16. Be3 f5 17. gxf5 Nxf5 18. Qg4 Nh4 19. Kh1 Bf5 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Rg1 Qe7 22.
Rbe1 Be6 23. Bc1 Rf5 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Be4 Rh5 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. Qg6
Bf7 29. Qg4 Rg5 30. Bxf5 Rxg4 31. Bxg4 Be8 32. Bf3 Qh4 33. Rg3 Bd7 34. Kg1 Bf5
35. Be4 Qh5 36. Ref3 Rf6 37. Bd5 Kh7 38. Ba3 g6 39. Bb2 Qh4 40. Bc3 Kg7 41. a3
Bd7 42. Rxf6 Qxf6 43. Rf3 {Mamedov,R (2650)-Ponomariov,R (2712) Huaian 2016
0-1 (90)}) 14. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 15. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:
51]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:16:37]} 16. Be3 $146 {[%emt 0:05:26]} (16. Kh2 b6 17. f4 exf4
18. Bxf4 Bd6 19. Qf3 Ne5 20. Qd5 c6 21. Qd4 c5 22. Qf2 Nc6 23. h4 h6 24. Rbe1
Rbe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxc6 Qxc6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28. h5 Bxh5 29. gxh5 f6 30. Qf4
Qd5 31. c4 Qf7 32. Rf3 Qe6 33. Rf2 Qf7 34. Qg4 Re5 35. Re2 Rg5 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37.
Re8 Rxh5+ 38. Nxh5 Qxh5+ 39. Kg3 Qg6+ 40. Kf2 {1-0 (38) Shirov,A (2736)
-Rytshagov,M (2465) Tallinn 2004}) 16... Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 17. Re1 {[%emt 0:
06:30]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:10:52]} 18. Qf3 {[%emt 0:07:42]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:52]} 19.
a4 {[%emt 0:05:14]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 20. Bd2 {[%emt 0:13:06]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:
04:57]} 21. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 22. Rb5 {[%emt 0:16:06]}
b6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:03:06]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 24. Rb1 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} c5 {[%emt 0:09:37]} 25. h5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Bf7 {[%emt 0:00:27]
} 26. Re4 {[%emt 0:08:48]} c4 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 27. h6 {[%emt 0:02:15]} g5 {
[%emt 0:07:58]} 28. Qf3 {[%emt 0:06:28]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:39][%cal Gf7d5]} 29.
Bxf4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 30. Nf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:41]} (30.
Re2 Bxc3) 30... Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 31. dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:
01:18]} 32. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:31]
} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 34. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rbd8 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 35. Rd5
$1 $44 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 36. Be2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:16][%csl
Rh7][%cal Ge2d3,Gd3h7,Gf5g7]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 37. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:30]
[%cal Gf5g7]} Qg6 $8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 38. f3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bc5+ {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 39. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 40. Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
Rxd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41. Qb7 {[%emt 0:30:08]} Qg8 {[%emt 0:14:03]} 42. Qxa7 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd4 $2 {[%emt 0:08:13]} 43. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:03:02]} 44. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 45. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 46. Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 47.
Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 48. Qe3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 49. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 50. Qe1 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 51. Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
52. f4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} exf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be3 {
[%emt 0:01:58]} 54. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:01:25]} 55. Bd5+ {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. g5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bd2 {[%emt 0:01:
51]} 57. c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 58. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc3
{[%emt 0:01:10]} 59. Kxf4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Bd2+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 60. Kf5 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 61. a5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nf3 c5 4. c4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne4 6. Bh4 Qb6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Nc2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. e4 Be6 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Qc6 13. f3 Nd7 14. Bxc4
O-O 15. Qe2 a6 16. Rd1 Rfc8 17. Bb3 b5 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qc5+ 20. Qe3 Kf8
21. Rd2 Bxd5 22. Qxc5+ Nxc5 23. Bxd5 Ra7 24. Rb1 Ke7 25. Rb4 Ne6 26. c4 Nd4 27.
cxb5 axb5 28. f4 f6 29. Rb1 Rac7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. h3 Rc2 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33.
Kg3 Ne2+ 34. Kf3 Nc3 35. Rb4 Kd6 36. Bg8 Kc5 37. a3 h6 38. g3 Ne2 39. Rb1 h5
40. g4 Nd4+ 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Rg2+ 43. Kh5 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Kilkenny Masters"]
[Site "Kilkenny"]
[Date "2016.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.11.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.12.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. O-O Ng6 8.
Ng5 Be7 9. f4 Bxg5 10. fxg5 e5 11. Nc3 d6 12. a3 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Qh5 Be6 15.
Rf2 O-O 16. Raf1 Rfb8 17. Bc1 d5 18. Ne2 Qd7 19. h3 c4 20. exd5 cxd5 21. dxc4
d4 22. Ng3 Bxc4 23. Re1 Bd5 24. Nf5 Ra6 25. Nh4 Re6 26. Nxg6 hxg6 27. Qg4 Bc6
28. Qg3 Qd5 29. Rfe2 Rbe8 30. Bd2 e4 31. Bb4 e3 32. Rd1 Re5 33. h4 Re4 34. Qd6
Qxd6 35. Bxd6 Rxh4 36. Bc5 Ree4 37. c3 Bb5 38. Ree1 dxc3 39. bxc3 e2 40. Rd4
Rxd4 41. Bxd4 Rf4 42. Bf2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 $5 {An interesting
weapon against the Najdorf Sicilian - White plays positionally and mostly
focuses on the queenside in the long term, contrary to the standard idea that
White always has to attack on the kingside.} e5 7. Nb3 (7. Nde2 $5 {is more
popular nowadays, usually trying to play Nd5 at some point, exchange a pair of
knights and then bring the e2-knight to c3 and d5 as well. A recent example
between strong players:} Be7 8. Bg2 b5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Ra7 11. Be3 Rb7 12.
O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Be6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a4 $1 $14 {1-0 (35) Vidit,S 
(2693)-Areshchenko,A (2652) Linares 2017, with a small edge for White.}) 7...
Be7 8. Bg2 Be6 (8... O-O 9. O-O b5 $1 {is the fashionable response, Black
wants to build a very consistent setup with ...Nbd7 and ...Bb7 quickly, so
White normally acts with either a4 or Nd5.} 10. a4 (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Ra7
12. Be3 Be6 13. Qd2 Ra8 14. a4 Nc6 $1 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Ra1 Qb7
18. Qd1 Ra8 $11 {½-½ (58) Naiditsch,A (2710)-Vidit,S (2693) Linares 2017,
with excellent play for Black.}) 10... b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Ra7 13. Be3 Be6
14. Qd3 Ra8 15. f4 {I normally don't like this move, it doesn't achieve much
and weakens the white king in the long term - White should generally try to
play in the centre and on the queenside in this variation} (15. a5 $1 {is a
very important nuance - White wants to create a permanent weakness on a6})
15... Qc7 $6 16. Nd2 $6 (16. Rfc1 $1 {followed by c3, taking advantage of the
queen standing on c7}) 16... a5 {now Black has a perfectly sound position and
went on to win a convincing game:} 17. Rf2 f6 18. f5 Bf7 19. Rc1 Na6 $1 $15 {
0-1 (39) Hou,Y (2652)-Grischuk,A (2750) Moscow 2017}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 (10.
a4 $5 {was played by Maze himself earlier in 2017:} Qc7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Nd2 $1
{one of the central plans of this variation - bringing the knight to e3} Bg4 $1
{is the typical move when White plays Nd2. ...Bg4 is nice to disturb White's
harmony, since White has to play Bf3 and put an awkward piece on f3 (either
the knight or the queen)} (12... Rfc8 $6 13. Nf1 Qc6 14. Ne3 $16 {1-0 (33)
Maze,S (2613)-Pustovoitova,D (2407) Caleta 2017, achieving perfect piece
coordination, White has a very nice advantage.})) 10... Nbd7 (10... b5 {
is usually well met by a4, but here it would be fine for Black} 11. a4 b4 12.
Nd5 Nxd5 $1 13. exd5 Bf5 $11 {with a balanced position, the bishop is well
placed on f5 - c2 is a target now with the semi-open c-file.}) 11. a4 {A
typical reaction against ...Nbd7 - Black wants to play ...b5.} Qb8 (11... Rc8
12. Nd2 Bg4 $1 {disturbing White's harmony, as shown above - 13.f3 is simply
too ugly, so White is more or less forced to exchange bishops and worsen his
knight (which was supposed to land on d5 after Nf1 and Ne3)} 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14.
Nxf3 Re8 15. Be3 Nb6 16. Rb1 Nc4 17. Qd3 d5 $1 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
exd5 e4 21. Nd2 Nxd2 $11 {Karjakin,S (2785)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2767) Wijk aan
Zee 2017, and a draw was agreed.}) 12. Nd2 $1 {Starting the journey to d5 (Nf1
followed by Ne3 is a nice threat).} Bd8 13. Nd5 (13. a5 $5 {looks like a nice
try} b5 (13... Bg4 $5) 14. axb6 Bxb6 15. h3 Bd4 {Black activates the bishop,
but positionally White may still claim an advantage.} 16. Na4 h6 17. Nf1 Rc8
18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 {and White achieved something, maybe with b3 followed
by Qd2 and Red1 hitting on d6?} 20. Nf5 $5 (20. b3 $5 $14) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5
Ra7 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Rd3 Ra6 24. b3 Rb4 25. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (59) Predke,A 
(2566)-Giri,A (2785) Sochi 2017}) 13... b5 (13... Bg4 $1 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Bf3
Bxf3 $11 {and Black should be fine after starting counterplay on the c-file as
soon as White recaptures on f3.}) 14. a5 $6 {This is a weird move, because
with the black pawn on b5, White does not achieve much by placing this pawn
here. Now there is a very slim chance that White will be able to expand on the
queenside (normally with the black pawn on b7, and the white pawn moving from
e4 to d5, White has hopes of playing c4-b4-c5 in a distant future).} (14. Nf1
$13 {felt like a more logical move.}) 14... Nxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 $1 16. Nf1 $6
Bg6 17. Bd2 f5 $17 {After some passive moves from White, Black has a fantastic
Najdorf position.} 18. b4 $6 Ra7 $1 19. Ra3 Rc7 {Black is playing very strong
chess so far.} 20. Rc3 Rxc3 21. Bxc3 Bf6 (21... Qc7 $1 {was more precise,
keeping the option to play a quick f4} 22. Bb2 f4 23. Bh3 (23. Nd2 fxg3 24.
hxg3 Nf6 {and White is in trouble} 25. c3 h5 $1 $19 {followed by h4 with a
direct attack against the white king}) 23... Kh8 24. Be6 Bg5 $1 {wanting to
play ...fxg3 and ...Nf6, with all the pieces directed against the white king}
25. Bc1 h6 $1 $17) 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Bb2 e4 $2 {This is a typical move in the
Najdorf, but here it throws away all the advantage and soon puts Black in a
difficult position.} (23... f4 $5 $40 {similar to Black's 21th move idea.}) 24.
Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Re3 $1 {White finds good outposts for his pieces with Rc3 and
Qd4.} Ne5 26. Rc3 Qd7 (26... Qa7 $2 27. Qe3 $1 $16 {with deadly invasions on
the queenside.}) 27. Qd4 Rf8 $2 (27... f4 $1 $132 {had to be played, Black was
forced to put all his chips on the kingside attack. For example:} 28. Bxe4 (28.
gxf4 Rxf4 $132 {with complicated play; White is not able to explore the weak
queenside as in the game} 29. Qb6 Rf8 $1 30. Rc7 Qf5 31. Ng3 Qf6 $132) 28...
fxg3 29. Nxg3 (29. hxg3 $2 Qg4 $1 30. Re3 Nf3+ $19) 29... Qg4 $1 $132 (29...
Rf4 $5 30. Qe3 Rf8)) 28. Qb6 $1 {Now White grabs the initiative and there is
no way back.} f4 {Too late.} 29. gxf4 $1 Nf3+ (29... Rxf4 {this is clearly
worse than before because Black has simply lost a tempo} 30. Rc7 Qg4 31. Qxa6
$18 {surprisingly Black doesn't have a direct attack, mostly because Qc8+ is a
winning threat, exchanging queens.}) 30. Kh1 h5 31. Qc7 Qg4 ({The endgame is
hopeless:} 31... Qxc7 32. Rxc7 Rxf4 33. Ne3 $18 {threatening Ra7 for example.})
32. Qxd6 $18 {It's already lost for Black.} Bf5 33. Rc7 Rf6 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35.
Qd6 Rf6 36. Qd8+ Rf8 37. Qe7 $1 {Threatening a simple Ne3.} Qg6 38. Rc6 Qg4 39.
Rc7 Qg6 40. Ng3 Ne1 41. Bxe4 $1 {The simplest.} Bxe4+ 42. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 43. Nxe4
Rxf4 44. d6 $1 {With a forced win in the endgame.} Rxe4 45. d7 Rd4 46. c3 Rd1
47. Rc8+ Kf7 48. d8=Q Nd3+ 49. Kg2 Nf4+ 50. Kf3 1-0

