[Event "Subasic Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Zenica"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.01.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. e3 {The Hungarian super talent
Berkes has an affliation for Nimzo with e3 rather than Ragozin.} O-O $5 {
I wanted to keep my intentions hidden.} ({However} 5... c5 {is more accurate
at the moment.} 6. a3 (6. Bd3 $6 cxd4 7. exd4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Qc7 $1) 6... Bxc3+
7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bb2 $14 {looks like a better way to reach the stem position.})
6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bd3 $6 {An inexactitude.} (8. Bb2 $142 Nc6 9. Rc1 $5
Re8 $5 {Double waiting strategy.} 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Rxe5 15. Be2 Bd7 16. c4 Re7 $11 {Kramnik-Deep Fritz,Bonn(m/
5) 2006.}) 8... dxc4 $6 {I have shown an inability to delve deep in the
position.} (8... Qc7 $142 $1 9. Qc2 $1 (9. Nd2 $5 dxc4 (9... b5 $2 10. cxb5
cxd4 11. cxd4 Qc3 12. Qb3 Qxa1 13. Nb1 $18) 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 $36) (9.
cxd5 $2 cxd4) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 $11) 9. Bxc4 Qa5 $5 {All I could remember
was that once Alex had this position against Milov.} 10. Bd2 Ne4 11. O-O {
In deed in both games this move have been chosen by White.} (11. Bd3 $142 $1 {
looks more to the point for me, but I may be wrong.} Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nc6 (12...
Nd7 13. O-O $14) 13. c4 Qc7 14. O-O b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 $14) 11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Bd7 $5 {Alex has chosen a different path.} (14...
Nc6 15. Rfc1 ({For some reason I was annoyed about} 15. Rab1 $5 b6 {However,
Black holds his own after this.} 16. Rfc1 (16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 $11) 16...
Bb7 17. Be2 (17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Rad8 $1 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Rxd2 21. Rc7
$11) (17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Nc4 Rfd8 (18... Ba6 $2 19. Nxb6 $1) 19. f3 $11 (19. Be4
$2 Nxd4 $1 20. Bxb7 Ne2+ 21. Kf1 Nxc1 $1 22. Rxc1 b5 (22... Rc7 $2 23. Ba6) 23.
Bxc8 Rxc8 $15)) 17... Rac8 18. Bf3 Rfd8 19. Nc4 Kf8 $11) 15... Bd7) 15. Rfc1 (
15. Rab1 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 b6 18. Rc1 Nd7 (18... Na6 $5) 19. Rc7 Nf6
20. Rb2 Nd5 21. Rc6 Rfc8 22. Rbc2 Rxc6 23. Rxc6 Kf8 24. Kf1 $5 b5 $5 $11) 15...
Nc6 $1 {After some weird transpositions we are back in Milov-Yermolinsky,
Moskva(m/1)2001.} (15... Bc6 16. Nb3 b6 17. Bd3 $16) 16. Nb3 Rfc8 17. Rab1 $146
(17. Nc5 Na5) ({In the above mentioned game Vadim had chosen} 17. a4 {and after
} Rc7 $1 18. a5 Be8 $1 $11 {Alex has first equalised and then as usual took
over the iniative and won a superb rook endgame.}) 17... Rc7 18. Bd3 (18. Nc5
Na5 19. Nxd7 (19. Be2 Rac8) 19... Nxc4 20. Ne5 (20. Nc5 Nd6) 20... Rac8 $11)
18... Rac8 19. Kf1 (19. Nc5 Nb8) 19... Nb8 $1 {I felt that it is important to
cover the weakness on a6.} (19... Ne7 $6 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ke2 Nd5 22. Kd2 b6
23. e4 $16 {proves that the knight has no future in the center on d5.}) 20.
Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. Kd2 b6 23. h4 h6 24. f4 $5 (24. e4 Ke7 25. f4 h5 $14)
24... h5 25. g3 Ke7 26. Na5 Nc6 27. Nc4 f5 $1 $11 {Capa was the first one to
understand the correlation between the color of a bishop and the pawn chain.
This keeps his center back and his bishop is as bad as mine after this thrust
in the center.} 28. Be2 Be8 29. Rb3 {He tries to avoid stepping on the c line.}
(29. Rc1 Nd8 30. Bf3 Bb5 31. Ne5 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Be8 $11) 29... Nd8 30. Ne5 Nf7
31. Nxf7 Bxf7 32. Rb5 g6 33. Re5 Be8 $1 34. Bd1 Rd7 $1 $15 {By a very exact
play Black comes close to take the initiative. After the exchange of the
knights White is in danger of running into some bad endings.} 35. Bb3 Rd6 36.
d5 {Draw offer} Bf7 {I felt really tired even after having played the best
move in the position.} ({I was upset that} 36... Bc6 {leads to a forced draw.}
37. Rxe6+ Rxe6 38. dxe6 Bb7 39. Kc3 Bc8 40. Kb4 Bxe6 41. Bxe6 Kxe6 42. Kb5 Kd6
43. Ka6 Kc7 44. Kxa7 b5 $11) (36... Bf7 37. Kc3 (37. e4 $6 fxe4 38. Kc3 Kf6 39.
dxe6 Bxe6 40. Bc2 Bf5 41. Bxe4 Bxe4 42. Rxe4 Rd5 $17) (37. Ke2 Kf6 38. dxe6
Bxe6 39. Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Rd5 Ke7 41. a4 Rc6 42. Rd4 a6 43. Kf3 Rd6) 37... Kf6 38.
dxe6 (38. Kd4 $6 exd5 39. a4 Rc6 $17) 38... Bxe6 39. Bc2 Bd5 ({Bishop ending
does not give much.} 39... Rd5 40. Rxd5 Bxd5 41. Kb4 (41. Kd4 Ke6 42. Ba4 $11)
41... Bc6 42. a4 a5+ 43. Kc4 Ke6 44. Kd4 Kd6 45. Bb3 Be8 46. Bc2 $11) (39...
Rc6+ 40. Kd2 a6 41. e4 b5 42. Bd3 $11) 40. Bd3 Rd7 (40... Rc6+ 41. Kd2 Bc4 42.
Bc2 a6 43. e4 Be6 44. a4 $11) 41. Re8 $132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kavala op 19th"]
[Site "Kavala"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Atalik, Ekaterina"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{It is always difficult to play your spouse but especially in a critical round
of the tournament. Katya was a candidate for the first woman prize in the
tournament at the time and I was already drifted away from any men's prize.
Despite of the many Kafkasians surprised about the course and the result of
the game, the encounter attracted a lot of attention even with the quality.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {I was never a good Nimzo-Indian player and I
should either learn more about it or cut it out.} 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6
7. cxd5 exd5 8. Ne5 $5 {Very sharp but a little bit too early since Bb7 did
not come yet.} (8. O-O Bb7 9. Ne5 (9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 a6 11. Qb3 $14 {is
universally accepted as the best line for White.}) 9... Bd6 10. f4 c5 11. Qf3
Nc6 12. Qh3 g6 13. Kh1 Re8 14. Bd2 Bf8 15. Bb5 Qc8 $13 {White has the attack
but Black is not worse.}) 8... c5 (8... Nbd7 $5 {is something I have
considered due to the strange move order.} 9. O-O $1 (9. Nc6 $2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3
Qe8 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Ne5 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 c5 14. O-O Qa4 $40) 9... Bb7 (9... Bxc3
$6 10. bxc3 Qe7 (10... Nxe5 $2 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. c4 Bb7 13. Qc2 $16) 11. f4 Ne4
12. c4 Bb7 13. Qc2 $16) 10. f4 c5 {is another scheme about the above mentioned
line this time with Nbd7 instead of Nc6.} 11. Bd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4
Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd5 16. b3 $11 {Black should keep the balance.}) 9.
O-O Bb7 (9... Ba6 $6 10. Bxa6 (10. Nb5 c4) (10. Nc6 Nxc6 11. Bxa6 cxd4 12. exd4
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 $13) 10... Nxa6 11. Ne2 $14) 10. Ne2 $1 {Now with my bishop
stuck there I had to push c4.} c4 11. Bc2 Nc6 12. f4 b5 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. f5 $5 {
Again too ambitious.} (14. Bd2 Bd6 (14... Qa5 15. Bxb4 Qxb4 16. Qe2 $16) 15.
Qf3 Qc7 $13 {was an option.}) 14... Kh8 $2 {...and too cautious!} (14... Bd6
15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 f6 17. Nh5 Rf7 $13) 15. Nh5 Neg8 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Qe7
{I have chosen this among many other options.} (17... Nh6 $5) (17... a5 18. Be1
) (17... b4 18. Rf3 (18. Qf3 Qc7) (18. Qe1 a5 19. Qh4 Nh6 $13) 18... Nh6 19.
Rh3 $40) 18. Rf3 Bxe5 $2 {I wanted to be consequent and grab the pawn since
the alternatives are scary as well.} (18... a5 19. Rh3 Bxe5 (19... Nh6 $142 {
like in the last alternative.}) 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21. Bc3 Qd6 22. g4 $40) (18...
Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rh3 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bc3 Qxf5 23. Rh5 Qc8 24. Qd4
$18) (18... Nh6 19. Rh3 b4 20. Nh5 (20. Be1 $5) 20... Nxh5 (20... Rfe8 21. Nxf6
Qxf6 22. Nd7 Qe7 23. f6 Qxd7 24. fxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qh5 Re6 26. Qg5+ $18) 21. Qxh5
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rf1 (23. Bxb4 $2 Qxb2) 23... c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. f6
Qxh5 26. fxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxc3+ f6 28. Rxh5 $18) 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Bc3 d4 21.
Bxd4 $3 {This terribly surprised me.} (21. exd4 $2 Qd6 $17) 21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3
$18 {It is not easy to understand why black is lost at the first sight.
However, two bishops combined with the g-pawn's march and the g6-square makes
it impossible to defend for Black. My fault was that I have failed to judge it
many moves ago and Katya did it!} Qe7 (22... Qd6 23. g4 {does not change much.}
(23. Rd1 $5)) 23. g4 Nd7 (23... Rad8 24. g5 Ne8 25. f6 Ngxf6 26. gxf6 Nxf6 27.
Nh5 Rxd4 28. exd4 Nxh5 29. Qxh5 f5 $18 {should also be lost.}) 24. Qg3 $6 (24.
f6 $5 {was more direct.} Ngxf6 25. g5 Ne5 26. Qh3 h6 27. gxf6 Qxf6 28. Qg3 Rfe8
29. h4 $1 {Avoids the queens exchange on g5.} Qxh4 30. Qxh4 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Nxh4
32. Rh1 Ng6 33. Nxg6+ fxg6 34. Rxh6+ Kg8 35. Rxg6 Re7 $18) 24... Ngf6 $2 ({
I have rejected} 24... f6 {- passive defence with} 25. Ne6 Rfc8 $14) 25. g5 Rg8
(25... Ne4 $2 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. f6+ $18) 26. Qh4 Ne5 27. gxf6 gxf6+ 28. Kf2 {
This is the natural square for White's monarch but} ({even} 28. Kh1 {was
adequate.} Rad8 (28... Qb7+ 29. e4) 29. Be4 $18) 28... Rg4 (28... Rad8 29. h3
$18 (29. Re1 Rg4 30. Qh6 $18)) (28... Ng4+ 29. Kf3 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Rg4 31. Qh6
Rag8 32. Rf1 $18) 29. Qh3 Rag8 30. Rd1 $1 $18 {The last important move by
White and Black is on the ropes.} (30. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 31. Ng6+ fxg6 32. Qxg4 Qxb2
33. Qd1 Qe5 $44) 30... R8g5 (30... R4g5 $142 {might have turned out to be
better.}) 31. Be4 $1 Qd6 32. Bf3 (32. Ke2 $5 Rg1 33. Rxg1 Rxg1 34. Qh6 Ng4 35.
Qh4 Ne5 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Bc5 $1 $18) 32... Rxf4 (32... Nxf3 33. Qxf3 Rh4 34. h3
Rxf5 35. Bc3 $18) (32... Nd3+ 33. Rxd3 Rxf4 34. exf4 cxd3 35. Bxf6+ (35. Ke3)
35... Qxf6 36. fxg5 Qxg5 37. Qg4 $18) 33. Bxe5 $4 {All of a sudden Katya under
the spell of time trouble erred unexpectedly.} ({She overestimated Black's
drawing chances in} 33. exf4 Nd3+ 34. Rxd3 cxd3 35. Ke3 (35. Bxf6+ Qxf6 36.
fxg5 Qxb2+ (36... Qxg5 37. Qh5 Qd2+ 38. Kg3 Kg7 39. Qg4+ $18) 37. Ke3 d2 38.
Qg4 $18) 35... Rg1 36. Qh6 Kg8 37. Qxf6 Qxf6 38. Bxf6 $18) 33... Rxf3+ 34. Qxf3
Qxe5 {By this win I still did not get anything in the tournament and Katya had
to share the third placein women's competition.} 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 (9... Re8 10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rac1 Qb7
14. Qc6 Rab8 $10 {Portisch-Spassky, (12) Genf cm 1977}) 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3
(11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Qe6
17. Qh4 Bd5 18. Rd2 $14 {Gligoric-Szabo, YUG-HUN 1960}) 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Nxc6 (
13. f4 $5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4 (14... d4) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 $14) 13... Bxc6
14. Rc1 c4 $1 {/\..a5, ..b4} 15. Bb1 b5 16. Re1 Ne4 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qb6
$17 19. Qc2 (19. e4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Rad8) 19... g6 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. f4 f5 22. Qh4
Bd7 $1 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Qf2 a5 26. Rcc1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Qd2 Qe7
29. Rf3 Ra8 30. h3 Ra6 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Re1 Ra6 33. Rg1 Ra1 34. Kh2 Rea8 35. Rg3
Qf6 36. Rf3 Qb6 37. Qh4 Qf6 38. Qf2 R8a7 39. h4 h5 40. Kh3 Rc7 41. Rc1 Ba4 42.
Rg3 c3 43. Rg5 Qa6 44. Kh2 (44. Bxf5 Rxc1 45. Rxg6+ Qxg6 46. Bxg6 Rh1+ $19)
44... Bb5 45. bxc3 bxc3 46. Qc2 Bd3 $1 47. Qb3 Rxb1 48. Qxd5 Kh7 49. Rxc3 Rg7
50. Kg3 Be4 51. Qc4 Qa1 0-1

[Event "Lopota FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lopota"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O {Sehr
klassisch. Das ist die alte Hauptvariante im Rubinstein-System der
Nimzoindischen Verteidigung.} b6 (7... Nc6 {wäre hier der Hauptzug gewesen.}
8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Ba6 ({Häufiger sah man bisher} 9...
Bb7 {z.B.:} 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Rc1 c4 15.
Bb1 b5 16. Re1 Ne4 17. f3 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qb6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qf2 Rad8 21. f4 f5
22. Qh4 Bd7 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Qf2 a5 26. Rcc1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28.
Qd2 Qe7 29. Rf3 Ra8 30. h3 Ra6 31. Qf2 Re6 32. Re1 Ra6 33. Rg1 Ra1 34. Kh2 Rea8
35. Rg3 Qf6 36. Rf3 Qb6 37. Qh4 Qf6 38. Qf2 R8a7 39. h4 h5 40. Kh3 Rc7 41. Rc1
Ba4 42. Rg3 c3 43. Rg5 Qa6 44. Kh2 Bb5 45. bxc3 bxc3 46. Qc2 Bd3 47. Qb3 Rxb1
48. Qxd5 Kh7 49. Rxc3 Rg7 50. Kg3 Be4 51. Qc4 Qa1 {0-1 (51) Gligoric,S (2565)
-Spassky,B (2630) Bugojno 1978}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qa4 Nb8 ({In einem
Vorgänger geschah} 11... cxd4 12. Ne2 Qe8 13. Qxa6 Qxe5 14. Nxd4 Bd6 15. Nf3
Qh5 16. h3 Ne4 17. b3 f5 18. Qd3 f4 19. exf4 Nc5 20. Qd1 Bxf4 21. Nd4 Rf6 22.
Bxf4 Rxf4 23. Ne2 Rf7 {1-0 (23) Zakharchenko,A (2258)-Krivolapov,K (2352)
Nyiregyhaza 2005}) 12. dxc5 (12. Ne2 $5 {mit der Idee a3 war ganz gut.}) 12...
bxc5 13. Rd1 Qd6 {Nach dem Tausch auf c5 hat der Se5 keine Stütze mehr und
wird befragt.} 14. Nf3 Bxc3 {Entledigt sich des Läufers und verschafft Weiß
einen Einzelbauern.} ({Nach} 14... Nbd7 {wäre} 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. a3 {möglich:
} N7b6 17. Qc2 Ba5 18. e4 $14) 15. bxc3 Nbd7 16. Ba3 (16. c4 $5) 16... Qe6 17.
Rac1 Rfd8 (17... Nb6 $5 18. Qf4 Rac8 {und der La3 steht unbequem.}) 18. h3 Ne4
19. c4 {Nötig, um das weiße Spiel zu befreien, aber durch den Tausch des
weißen c-Bauern gegen den schwarzen d-Bauern wird der schwarze c-Bauer frei
und spielt später noch eine große Rolle.} Nb6 20. cxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc2 Rad8 22.
Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bb2 h6 24. a4 Nd7 25. Qb3 a6 26. Qc2 Nf8 27. Ba1 Ng6 28. Qb2 f6 {
Dieser Angriff war nicht schwer abzuwehren. Weiß hat hier keine Idee und der
schwarzfeldrige Läufer wird zunehmend von den schwarzen Steinen dominiert.}
29. Qc2 Kh7 30. Rb1 h5 31. Rb7 Qc6 32. Rb1 Qe6 33. Rb7 Kh6 34. Rb1 Qf5 {
Da Weiß sich passiv verhält, konnte Schwarz einen kleinen Trick aufbauen.}
35. Rc1 $2 {Übersieht...} ({Nötig war} 35. Rf1) 35... Rd2 $1 36. Nxd2 ({Nach
} 36. Qc4 {folgt} Nh4 $1) 36... Qxf2+ {Im Moment hat Schwarz einen Turm
weniger, aber die Partie ist gelaufen.} 37. Kh1 Ng3+ 38. Kh2 Nh4 {Dieser Zug
ist die eigentlich Pointe. Ohne den Sh4 hätte Schwarz nichts erreicht.} 39.
Rg1 Ne2 ({Hübsch, aber kompliziert war} 39... Nf1+ 40. Kh1 Nf5 41. Rxf1 Ng3+
42. Kh2 Nxf1+ 43. Kh1 Nxe3 44. Qe4 Qxd2 {droht Dd1, Sf1 und Abzug nach d2 mit
Damengewinn.} 45. Kh2 Nf1+ 46. Kg1 Ng3 47. Qb1 Ne2+ 48. Kh2 c4 {und der
c-Bauer entscheidet.}) 40. Qd1 Nxg1 41. Qxg1 Qxd2 42. Qf1 {Es drohte Sf3} Qxe3
43. Bb2 Qe4 44. Qf2 Kh7 45. Bc3 c4 {Und auch hier ist der c-Bauer der
entscheidende Trumpf.} 46. a5 Nf5 47. Bd2 Qd3 48. g4 Nd4 49. Be3 Nc2 50. Bf4 c3
51. Qc5 Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qe4 54. Qxh5+ Kg8 55. Kg1 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. dxc5 (9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. c4 Ne6 14.
Bb2 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. Rfd1 cxd4 $10 {Szabo,L-Keres,P/Amsterdam/1956/}) 9...
bxc5 10. Ne2 (10. Na4 Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 $10 {Smyslov,V-Keres,P/YUG/1959/}) 10...
Bb7 (10... Bg4 11. b3 Nc6 12. Bb2 d4 13. exd4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4
16. Bxd4 Nh5 17. Kh1 Qh4 18. Rg1 Bd6 19. f4 $1 $16 {Gligoric,S-Keres,P/YUG/
1959/}) 11. b3 (11. a3 Ba5 12. b4 cxb4 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Ned4 $13 {Portisch,
F-Forintos,G/HUN/1965/}) 11... d4 $6 (11... Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ba5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Rc1
Rc8 15. Rc2 Qe7 16. Qe2 $14 {Gligoric,S-Szabo,L/Moscow/1956/}) 12. a3 Ba5 13.
b4 $1 Bc7 (13... cxb4 14. Nexd4 $36) (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxb4 15. Nxd4 $36)
14. bxc5 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Ng4 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nc6 17. Be4 Qe8 18. Qc2) 16.
Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 Qf6 18. Rb1 $1 $16 (18. Nh5 $2 Qh6 $17) 18... Qxf4 (18... Bc6
19. Rb4 $1 a5 20. Nh5 Qh6 21. Rxg4 Qxh5 22. Rh4 $18) 19. Rxb7 Nc6 20. Qc1 (20.
h3 $6 Nf6 (20... Nge5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bb1 $16 {/\ Qc2/}) 21. Qc1 $1 Qxc1 22.
Rxc1 $16) 20... Qf6 21. Qg5 Nd8 22. Rbb1 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 h6 24. Ne4 Rc8 25. Rfc1
Rc7 26. Nd6 Ne6 (26... Ne5 $5) 27. Bf5 Ne5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nb5 Re7 (29... Rc6
30. Nxa7) (29... Rd7 30. c6) 30. f3 Rc8 31. Nd6 Rc6 (31... Rcc7 {>< b7/} 32.
Rb8+ Kh7 33. Nb5 Rc6 34. Nd4 Rcc7 35. c6) 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 (33. Ne4 $5)
33... Rxb7 34. Nxb7 Nd7 (34... Rc7 35. Nd8 Nd3 36. Nxe6 Re7 37. Rc3) 35. Rd1
Ne5 (35... Rc7 36. c6 Ne5 37. Na5 $18) 36. Rc1 Nd7 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. Rd6 Rc7 (
38... Rxd6 39. cxd6 Nd7 40. Kf2 Kg6 41. Ke3 Kf6 42. Kd4 $18) 39. Rxe6 Nc4 (
39... Rxb7 40. Rxe5 Rb3 41. c6 Rc3 (41... Rxa3 42. Rc5 $18) 42. Ra5 $18) 40. c6
Nxa3 41. Nc5 $6 (41. Na5 $5 Nb5 42. Kf2 Kg8 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Re5 $18) 41... a5 (
41... Nb5 42. Na6 Rc8 43. c7 $18) 42. Nb3 (42. Na6 $5 Rc8 43. c7 Nb5 44. Re5
Nxc7 45. Rc5 a4 $1 $10) 42... Nc4 $1 43. Nd4 Rc8 44. Nb5 Nb6 45. Kf2 (45. c7
Na8 $1 46. Ra6 Nxc7 $1 47. Rc6 a4 $10) 45... Nd5 46. Rd6 Nc7 47. Nxc7 (47. Nd4
a4 48. Nc2 Nb5 49. Re6 a3 {/\ a2, /\ Na7/}) 47... Rxc7 48. Ke3 a4 49. Kd3 a3
50. Kc2 Re7 $1 51. Kb3 $6 (51. Kb1 $5 Re2 (51... Re1+ 52. Ka2 Re2+ 53. Kxa3
Rxg2 54. Kb3 $18) 52. c7 a2+ 53. Ka1 Rc2 54. Rd7 Kg6 55. g4 h5 56. h4 hxg4 57.
fxg4 Kh6 58. h5 g5 $1 59. Rd6+ (59. Re7 $2 Rxc7 $1) 59... Kh7 60. Rg6 Rxc7 61.
Kxa2 Rc5 62. Kb3 $18 {/\ Kb4-c4-d4-e4,Re6-e5/}) 51... Re3+ 52. Kb4 $6 (52. Ka2
$5 Rc3 53. f4 h5 54. h4) 52... a2 53. Rd1 Re2 54. Kb3 (54. Ra1 Rxg2 $10) 54...
Re6 $10 55. c7 Rc6 56. Kxa2 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Koblencs"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Tal and Koblencs in the tournament bulletin. Reprinted in 2)
Kirillov: Mikhail Tal 1949-1981. Riga. 1996. p.127-128.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3
Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7) (7...
cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6) 8. a3 cxd4 (8... dxc4 9. axb4 $1 cxd4 10. Bxh7+
Nxh7 11. Qxd4 {Koblencs-Barsauskas, Tallinn 1956}) (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10.
Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. e4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. d5) 9. Nxd5 $1 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4
11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd5 (13... Nfd5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16.
Nd4 {Furman,S-Gipslis,A URS-ch sf Moscow 1955 1-0}) (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxb6 Rda8 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 {Kortschnoj,V-Darga,K
Hastings 5556 1955 (8) 1-0}) 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7
(17... Bf5 $142 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Gf5g6]}) 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Be5 Qb5 (19... Nxb4
20. Qxb4 Bxf3 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Bxf6 Qc6 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bd5
Qxd5 26. Re7+ $18) (19... Rd8 20. Qd2 Rd7 (20... Qe7 $1 $11 {Fritz}) 21. Ba4
$18) 20. Bxf6 {[#]} gxf6 $2 (20... Nxf6 $142 21. Ne5 (21. Qe7 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5
23. Qb7 Rd8 24. h4 {[%csl Yd5]} Qd7 $11 {Fritz}) 21... Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23.
Qe4 Rc8 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Ne5 Nxb4 26. f4 $14) 21. Qe4 Qxb4 (21... Re8 22. Rxd5)
22. Nd4 f5 23. Qe5 $1 Ne7 24. Qf6 Bd5 {[#]} (24... Rf8 25. h3 (25. Ne6 Qg4 26.
Nf4 $18 {[%csl Yd1][%cal Rb3f7,Gd1d8] Fritz}) 25... Bd5 26. Rd3 Bxb3 27. Rg3+
Ng6 28. Nxf5 $18) 25. Nc6 $1 Qxb3 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6#) 26. Nxe7+
Kf8 27. Re1 Be6 28. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bareev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 c5 (9... Bd6 10. f4 c5) (9... Nbd7 10. f4 c5) 10. Ne2 (10.
a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. f4 Rc8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Be1 Ne7 15. Qf3 f6 16. Ng4 Nf5
$15 {Hermesmann-Short/BL 8788}) (10. Bd2 $5 Nc6 (10... c4 $5 11. Bf5 Nc6 12. f4
a6 $13) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 d4 16. exd4
cxd4 17. Bb2 $14) (10. Bd2 $1 {Bareev}) 10... c4 11. Bf5 {N} (11. Bc2 Nbd7 12.
f4 b5 13. Ng3 $13 {Portisch-Sanguinetti/Biel/1976}) 11... g6 12. Bh3 b5 13. a4
(13. Nc3 $5 Qb6 14. f4) (13. f4 $1 {Bareev} Nc6 14. Ng3 $36) 13... a6 14. Nc3
Qb6 15. f4 Be7 (15... Bxc3 $6 16. bxc3 Ne4 (16... Nc6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Qf3 $14)
17. f5 $1 (17. Qe1 f6 18. Nf3 Kg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Ba3 Re8 $13)
17... Nxc3 18. Qf3 $40) (15... Nc6 $2 {Bareev} 16. Nd7 Nxd7 17. Nxd5 Qd8 18.
Bxd7 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. f5 Bb7 (18... b4 19. Na4 (19. Ne2 {
Bareev /\Nf4+/-}) 19... Qb5 20. e4 $1 {><f7,e6} dxe4 (20... Nxe4 21. Bh6) 21.
fxg6 hxg6 (21... fxg6 22. Bh6 $16 (22. Be6+ Kg7 23. Bxc4 $14)) 22. Bg5 Kg7 (
22... Nd5 23. Bh6) 23. Qd2 $1 Qxa4 24. Bh6+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27.
Nxg6 $18) (18... Nc6 $2 {Bareev} 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Rxf6 $18) 19. g4 (19. e4 {
Bareev} dxe4 20. Bh6 Rd8) (19. Kh1 {Bareev} Na6) 19... g5 (19... b4 {Bareev}
20. g5 bxc3 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. bxc3 $14) 20. Bg2 (20. Nf3 {Bareev} Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. Nd2 Nd7 23. Bg2 Nf6) 20... Ne4 $1 (20... b4 $6 21. Na4 Qc7 22. e4 $1
Nxe4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. f6 Bd6 25. Rf5 h6 26. Bxg5 $1 $16) 21. Qc2 (21. Nxe4 $2
dxe4 $17 {/\f6}) 21... f6 22. Nf3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Na6 (23... b4 $5 24. cxb4 (24.
e4 $2 dxe4 25. Nd2 b3 $17 26. Nxc4 $2 Qb5 27. Qe2 Bd5 $19) 24... Na6 25. Bd2
Nxb4 26. Bxb4 Bxb4 27. Rb1 Rb8 28. e4 Kh8 {/\} 29. Qb2 $2 c3 $1 $17) 24. e4 $1
(24. Nd2 $2 b4 $17) 24... dxe4 (24... b4 $6 25. e5 $1) 25. Nd2 e3 26. Ne4 Nc7 (
26... b4 27. Qe2 Rc8 28. Bxe3 b3 29. Bxg5 $1 fxg5 30. f6 Bf8 31. Nxg5 $40) 27.
Bxe3 Nd5 $10 28. Qf2 Kg7 (28... b4 $6 29. Nc5 Bxc5 (29... Nxe3 30. Qxe3 Bxg2 (
30... Bxc5 31. dxc5 Qb5 32. c6 $16) 31. Qxe7 $1 Bxf1 32. Nd7 Qd8 33. Nxf6+ $18)
30. dxc5 Qb5 31. cxb4 Nxe3 (31... Nxb4 32. Bxb7 Qxb7 33. Rb1 c3 34. c6 c2 35.
Qxc2 Qxc6 36. Qc5 $1 $18) 32. Qxe3 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Qxb4 34. Rc1 $14) (28... Nxe3
$10 {Bareev Karpov}) (28... b4 $1 $10 {Bareev}) 29. Bd2 h6 (29... b4 {Bareev}
30. cxb4 Nxb4 31. Rb1 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Rb8 33. Bc3 $14) 30. Re1 Rf7 31. h4 b4 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. cxb4 (33. Nc5 {Bareev} bxc3) 33... Nxb4 (33... Bxb4 {Bareev} 34.
Rb1 Qa5 35. Bxb4 (35. Rxb4 Nxb4 36. Qe1 Nd3 $1 37. Bxa5 Nxe1 38. Bxe1 Bxe4 39.
Bxe4 Re7 $19) 35... Nxb4 36. Qd2 Bxe4 $1 37. Bxe4 Re7 $10) 34. Rb1 (34. Nc5 $5
Nd3 35. Nxd3 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 cxd3 37. Re6 $14) 34... Bxe4 35. Bxe4 Rf8 36. Bc3
Rb8 37. Qd2 (37. Qh2 Qd6 $10) (37. Kg2 {Bareev} Qd6 {/\Rh8}) 37... Qd6 38. Qh2
Qxh2+ 39. Kxh2 Bd6+ 40. Kg2 Rb6 (40... Na2 41. Rxb8 Bxb8 $10) (40... Na2 $1 $10
{Bareev}) 41. Rb2 (41. Kf3 $14 {Bareev}) 41... Kf8 42. Kf3 Ke7 43. Rb1 Nd5 44.
Rxb6 Nxb6 45. Bc6 Ba3 46. Ba5 Nc8 $1 $10 (46... Kd6 {Bareev} 47. Bb5 (47. Bxb6
Kxc6 48. Bd8 c3 49. Bxf6 c2 50. Bxg5 c1=Q 51. Bxc1 Bxc1 52. Ke4 Kd6 $10) 47...
Nd5 48. Bxc4 Bb4 $10 49. Ke4) 47. Ke4 Nd6+ 48. Kd5 Bc1 49. Bb4 Bf4 50. Bb5 Bg3
51. Bxc4 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.06.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O b6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 (9. dxc5 $5 bxc5 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. Bb2 Ba5 13.
Ng3 g6 $14 {Gligoric,S-Szabo,L/Moscow/1956/}) 9... Re8 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6
11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. a4 Re8 $10) (9... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 10. Ne2 c4 11. Bc2 Nbd7 12.
f4 (12. b3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 14. a3 Bc3 15. Nxc3 Nxc3 16. Qe1 Ne4 17. bxc4 dxc4
18. f3 Nc5 19. Qg3 Nd3 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Bb2 Rac8 23. Bd4 Ba6 24.
h4 $13 {Knaak,R-Vilela,J/Tallinn/1979/0-1 (41)}) 12... b5 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2
Nb6 15. Ng3 a5 16. a3 Nc8 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Rf3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7
21. Rff1 f6 22. Ng4 Bd5 23. f5 b4 24. Nf2 $15 {Portisch,L-Sanguinetti,R/Biel
izt/1976/0-1 (36)}) 10. Ne2 (10. Bd2 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rac1 (
13. Rfc1 {Ftacnik} Qb7 14. Qc6 (14. Nd3 b5 15. Qd1 c4 16. Nf4 Bd6 17. Nh5 Nxh5
18. Qxh5 Nb4 19. Rf1 Rad8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 Nd3 22. Rb1 Bb4 23. Qd1 a5 24.
b3 $13 {Spraggett,K-Nickoloff,B/Canada zt (03)/1992/0.5 (63)}) 14... Rab8 15.
Rc2 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19. Nd3 cxd4 20. exd4 Nc7 21. f3
Nd6 22. Bf2 Ne6 23. Nb4 Rd7 24. Rd1 $10 {Portisch,L-Spassky,B/Geneve (m/14)/
1977/0-1 (53)}) 13... Qb7 $10 {Portish,L-Spassky,B/Geneve/1977/}) 10... c4 $6 (
10... Ba6 $6 11. Nc6 $5 Nxc6 (11... Qc7 12. Nxb4 cxb4 13. Nf4 $14) 12. Bxa6 $14
) (10... Qc7 $5) 11. Bc2 Bd6 12. f4 b5 13. Ng3 Nbd7 14. Qf3 (14. Bd2 {Ftacnik}
Nf8 15. b3 a5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Rb1 Bb4 18. Bc1 Qc7 19. Qf3 Ng6 20. Ba4 Rd8 21.
h3 Nh4 22. Qf2 Bf5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. g4 {Conquest,S-Groszpeter,A/Copenhagen op/
1988/0-1 (50)}) 14... Bb7 15. Bd2 Bf8 16. a4 (16. Nf5 $5 Ne4 17. Be1 f6 18. Qg4
$40) 16... b4 (16... a6 $5 17. axb5 (17. Nf5 $40 {Ftacnik}) 17... axb5 18. Rxa8
Bxa8) 17. a5 (17. Nxc4 $2 Rc8 $17) 17... Rc8 (17... b3 $2 18. a6 $16 (18. Bf5
$14 {Ftacnik})) 18. a6 Ba8 19. Nf5 (19. Ba4 $6 Re6 $132) 19... c3 $2 (19... g6
20. Bxb4 $6 Bxb4 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Nhxf7 Qe7 $15 23. f5) 20. bxc3 g6 (20... bxc3
{Ftacnik} 21. Be1 {xc3}) 21. Qh3 b3 (21... gxf5 $2 22. Bxf5 $16 (22. Qxf5 $40 {
Ftacnik}) (22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Bxf5 Nf6 24. Bxc8 bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc8 $15)) (21...
bxc3 {Ftacnik} 22. Be1 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Bg7 24. Bh4 $40) 22. Bxb3 (22. Bd3 gxf5
23. Bxf5 Rc7 24. Rf3) 22... Ne4 $1 (22... gxf5 23. Qxf5 Ne4 24. Nxd7 $16) 23.
Nxf7 {Ftacnik Pawn shelter is very often being destroyed on the square f7.} (
23. Be1 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Ndf6 25. Bh4 Bg7) 23... Kxf7 (23... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 24.
N5h6+ Bxh6 25. Nxh6+ Kf8 26. Qxd7 Nxd2 27. Bxd5 $16) 24. Qxh7+ Ke6 (24... Kf6
$6 25. Be1 Kxf5 26. Qh3+ $5 (26. Qf7+ Qf6 $8 (26... Ndf6 27. h3 $18 (27. g4+
Kxg4 28. Qxg6+ $18)) 27. Qxd7+ Qe6 (27... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 28. Qh7 $40)) 26... Kf6
27. Bh4+ g5 28. Bxg5+ Nxg5 29. fxg5+ Kg7 30. Bc2 $40) 25. Qg8+ (25. Qxg6+ $2
Qf6 (25... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 26. Ng7+ Ke7 (26... Bxg7 27. Qxe4+ Kd6 28. Qe5+ $3
Qxe5 (28... Kc6 $2 29. Bxd5+ Kb6 30. Rfb1#) 29. fxe5+ $18) 27. Qxf6+ Ndxf6 28.
Nxe8 Nxd2 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Ba4 Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Rxc3 32. Kf2 $16) (25... Ndf6 26.
Be1 $40) (25... Nef6 26. e4 $18)) 25... Kxf5 {[%csl Ge4,Rf5] Rare picture of
the K marching ahead of other forces. It is clear, that without compensation
of the two spare pieces this journey would cost him life.} (25... Kf6 {Ftacnik}
26. Be1 Be7 27. Bh4+ Kxf5 28. g4+ Kxg4 29. Qxg6+ $18) 26. g4+ (26. Qf7+ {
Ftacnik} Qf6 $1 (26... Ndf6 $2 27. g4+ Kxg4 28. Qxg6+ $18) 27. Qxd7+ Qe6 $13)
26... Kf6 $8 (26... Kxg4 27. Qxg6+ {Ftacnik} Ng5 28. Bd1+ Kh3 29. Qh5#) 27. f5
(27. Be1 Ke7 28. Bh4+ (28. Qxg6 {Ftacnik} Qb6 $17) 28... Ndf6 29. Qxg6 $15)
27... Bg7 (27... g5 28. Qg6+ Ke7 29. Qe6#) (27... Nxd2 $2 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxg6+
Ke7 29. Qe6#) (27... gxf5 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxf5+ (28. Be1 Ke7 29. gxf5 Kd6 $17)
28... Ke7 29. Qf7+ Kd6 30. Bxd5 Qh4 31. Qg6+ Kc7 32. Bxa8 Rxa8 33. Be1 Qh3 $17)
28. fxg6+ Kxg6 {Ftacnik Retreat into safety comes just in time to avoid the
catastrophy.} (28... Kg5 $2 {Ftacnik} 29. Rf5+ Kxg4 30. Rf4+ Kg5 31. Qh7 $18)
29. Qf7+ Kh7 $10 30. Qf5+ (30. Rf3 Ng5 (30... Rc6 31. Rh3+ Rh6 32. Rxh6+ Kxh6
33. Qh5#) (30... Qh4 $5) 31. Bc2+ Kh8) 30... Kg8 (30... Kh6 $4 {Ftacnik} 31.
Qh5#) 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Qh5+ (32. Rf5 $2 {Ftacnik} Ndf6 $19) (32. Rf3 $2 {
Ftacnik} Qh4 $19) 32... Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Bxd5+ Bxd5 36. Qxd5+
Kh8 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qf7+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ (39. Rf3 $2 {Ftacnik} Qh4 $19) (39. Rf5
$2 {Ftacnik} Ndf6 $19) 39... Kg8 40. Qf7+ Kh8 (40... Kh8 41. Rf5 $2 Rc6 $15)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.09.17"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 $6 (12... c4 13. Bf5 $14)
(12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4 $14) 13. Bxe4 dxe4 (13... Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+
Kg8 16. dxe5 $16) 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 bxc5 17. Rd6 Rfc8 (
17... Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd6 19. Rxd6 $16) 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. h4 $1 Kf8 (19... h5 $5
20. Kh2 Kf8 21. Kg3 f6 22. Kf4 Ke7 23. R1d2 $14) 20. Kh2 f6 21. g4 h6 22. g5 $1
hxg5 23. hxg5 Ba4 (23... fxg5 24. Rg6 Rc7 25. Rxg5 $16) 24. R1d2 Rc6 25. Rd7 $1
(25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Kf7 $16) 25... Re6 26. Rc7 Re7 (26... Rc6
27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. gxf6 gxf6 29. Rd6 $16) 27. Rxc5 Kf7 28. Rd6 Rh8+ 29. Kg3 Rd7
(29... Re6 30. Rc7+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Ra6 $18) 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7 31. Rc7 Ke8
32. Rxa7 Rh3+ 33. Kg2 (33. Kf4 Rh4+ 34. Kg3 Rg4+) 33... Rh5 34. gxf6 Rg5+ 35.
Kf1 Bb5+ 36. Ke1 gxf6 37. Bxf6 Rg1+ 38. Kd2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 $5 (
7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 {is also possible, but this move-order usually leads to
drawish positions.}) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 cxd4 $146 10. Nb5 (10. axb4 dxc3 11.
bxc3 Nb6 {[%csl Gc1,Gc4]}) 10... Be7 11. Nbxd4 {Stronger was 11.exd4, because
now all the black pieces have free play and occupy excellent positions.} Nc5
12. Bc2 Re8 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 a5 15. b5 $6 {He should have played 15.bxa5
and a4. In general, the square b5 is very important in such structures, and
White should not have prevented his own pieces from getting there.} Bg4 16. h3
Bh5 17. g4 {White tries to defend by active means, and besides, he had hardly
any useful moves.} Bg6 18. Nh4 Rc8 19. Nhf5 Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxf5 {Black has
brought all of his pieces into play and it is now time to go over to active
operations.} 21. Nxf5 g6 22. Bxe4 (22. Nd4 Bd6 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gd6b8,Gd8d6]})
22... Nxe4 23. Qd4 f6 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Kxg3 (25. fxg3 Rc2+ 26. Rf2 Bc5 27. Qxf6
Qxf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rxe3 $19) 25... Bd6+ (25... Rc2 $5) 26. Kg2 (26.
f4 Rc5 27. a4 Re4 28. Qxf6 Rxe3+ 29. Rf3 Qxf6 30. Bxf6 Re4 $17) 26... Be5 27.
Qd2 Bxb2 28. Qxb2 f5 29. Rac1 (29. Rad1 fxg4 30. hxg4 Rc4 31. Rd4 Rxd4 32. exd4
Qg5 $40) 29... fxg4 30. hxg4 Rc4 31. Rxc4 dxc4 {Now Black has added a passed
pawn to all his other plusses.} 32. Rc1 Qd5+ 33. Kg3 Rc8 34. Rc3 {White has
been forced to adopt wholly passive defence, in order to hold up the enemy
passed pawn.} h5 {It is time to open up the enemy king.} 35. Qc2 Kh7 36. f4
hxg4 37. Kxg4 Kg7 38. Qb2 Kf7 39. Rc2 Qe6+ 40. Kf3 c3 41. Qc1 (41. Rxc3 Qh3+
42. Ke4 Qh1+ 43. Kd4 Qd1+ 44. Rd3 Rd8+ $19) 41... Rh8 42. Rg2 (42. Rxc3 Rh3+
43. Ke2 Qa2+ 44. Rc2 Rh2+ 45. Kd3 Qb3+ $19) 42... Rh3+ 43. Kf2 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. cxd5 {8.a3!?} exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 (10... c4 11. Bc2 Re8 $14 (
11... Re8 {Ftacnik} 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. Bb2 Nb6 14. Re1 Bd7 15. a4 $14 {Petrosjan,
T-Debarnot/Las Palmas/1975/})) 11. a4 (11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. cxd5 Nxd3
14. Qxd3 Qxd5 15. f3 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Bb2 $14 (16. e4 $6 Ba6)) 16. e4 $10) (
11. Nd2 {Ftacnik} Qc7 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Nf8 14. f3 $14 {Farago,I-Barczay/
Hungary/1975/}) 11... c4 12. Bc2 Ne4 13. Bxe4 (13. Bb2 {Ftacnik} f5 $13) (13.
Nd2 {Ftacnik} Nxc3 14. Qe1 Nf6 15. Nxc4 $13) 13... dxe4 14. Nd2 b6 15. f3 $6 (
15. Nxc4 $6 Qc7 $1 (15... Ba6 16. Nd6 (16. Qb3 Qc7 $19) 16... Bxf1 (16... Re6
$6 17. Nb5) 17. Nxe8 Bd3 (17... Bxg2 {Ftacnik} 18. Kxg2 Qxe8 $17) 18. Nd6 Qc7
19. Ba3 Qxc3 20. Qc1 $14) 16. Na3 Ba6 (16... Qxc3 17. Bd2 Qd3 18. Nb5 $13) 17.
Re1 Qxc3 $15) (15. Ba3 $5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. f3 $132) (15. Qe2 $5 {Ftacnik}
Ba6 (15... Qc7 16. Qxc4 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Ba6 18. Nd6 Bxf1 19. Nxe8 Bxg2 20. Nxg7
Bh3 21. Nh5 $13) 16. f3 f5 $13 (16... Nf6 17. fxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. Rxf7
$1)) 15... Bb7 $1 16. fxe4 (16. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Ba6 17. Nd6 Bxf1 18. Nxe8 Bxg2
$17) 16... Bxe4 17. Nxe4 (17. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} Qc7 18. Nd2 Bg6 (18... Bb7 19. Qb3
Nf6 20. Nf3 $13) 19. Nf3 Qxc3 $15) 17... Rxe4 18. Ra2 Nf6 19. Raf2 Qd6 $15 20.
Rf5 (20. Qf3 $2 {Ftacnik} Rae8 $17 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qf8+ Rxf8
23. Rxf8+ Qxf8 24. Rxf8#)) 20... Rae8 21. h3 (21. Qf3 {Ftacnik} Ng4 22. Rf4
Rxf4 23. exf4 f5 $17) 21... h6 22. a5 (22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 Kg7 24. Rf3 $15 {
/\ Kf2}) 22... Qe6 23. Qf3 $6 (23. axb6 axb6 24. Qa4 $5 $132) (23. Qa4 $5 {
Ftacnik} Re7 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qa8+ $17) 23... Re7 $1 $17 {/\ Nd5} 24. Qg3 (24.
axb6 axb6 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rxf6 Ra7 $1 $17) (24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25.
Qxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 bxa5 $17) 24... Nd5 25. Qb8+ Kh7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Bd2 (27.
Qf8 {Ftacnik} f6 $19) 27... f6 (27... Nxe3 {Ftacnik} 28. Bxe3 Rxe3 29. d5 Qe4
30. Qxb6 $132) 28. Qa8 (28. R5f3 {Ftacnik} Nxe3 $19) 28... Nxe3 29. d5 (29.
Bxe3 {Ftacnik} Rxe3 30. d5 Qe4 $19) 29... Qd6 30. Bxe3 Rxe3 31. Qa1 (31. Qc6 {
Ftacnik} Qxc6 32. dxc6 Rc7 $19) 31... Qg3 $6 (31... Rxh3 $1 32. gxh3 (32. Qb1 {
Ftacnik} Qh2+ 33. Kf2 Rd3 34. Rf3 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qe4 36. Rxd3 cxd3 $19) 32...
Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Re4 $1 (35... Re2 $5) (35... Re2 36.
R5f2 Rxf2 37. Qb1+ f5 38. Rxf2 Qxf2 39. Qd1 f4 40. d6 (40. Qh5 Qe1+ 41. Kg2
Qd2+ 42. Kh1 Qd3 $19) 40... f3 41. Qg1 Qh4+ 42. Qh2 Qe1+ 43. Qg1 f2 $19) 36.
R5f4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 Qxf4 38. Qd1 Qe4+ (38... Qd6 $19) 39. Kg1 Qd3 $19) (31...
Rd3 {Ftacnik} 32. Qb1 Re5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxb6 Qxd5 $19) 32. Qb1 Re1 (32...
Kg8 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxb6 $132) 33. Qxb6 R7e2 (33... Qxc3 {Ftacnik} 34. d6 Rxf1+
35. Rxf1 Rd7 36. Qc5 Qd3 37. Rc1 $15) 34. R5f2 f5 $2 (34... Rxf2 35. Qxf2 Rxf1+
(35... Qxf2+ $2 36. Kxf2 Rxf1+ $2 37. Kxf1 Kg6 38. g4 $1 $18 (38. Kf2 {Ftacnik}
Kf5 39. Ke3 Ke5 40. d6 Kxd6 41. Kd4 $10)) 36. Kxf1 Qd3+ {-/+/-+}) (34... Qxc3
$5 $17 {Ftacnik}) 35. d6 $132 Rxf1+ (35... f4 36. Rxe2 (36. d7 $2 f3 37. d8=Q
Qxg2+ 38. Rxg2 Rxg2+ $19) 36... Rxe2 37. Qc6) (35... Rxf2 {Ftacnik} 36. Qxf2
Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Qxd6 38. Qxf5+ $10) 36. Kxf1 Re5 (36... Re6 $142 37. Qb1 $1 (37.
Qc5 {Ftacnik} Qd3+ 38. Kg1 Rxd6 39. Rxf5 $10) 37... Qd3+ 38. Qxd3 cxd3 39. Rd2
Rxd6 40. Kf2 $10) 37. Qd4 $1 Qh2 (37... Qd3+ {Ftacnik} 38. Qxd3 cxd3 39. c4 $1)
38. Re2 (38. Ra2 {Ftacnik} Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Re4 41. Qd2 Qf1+ 42. Kg3
f4+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kg4 f3+ 44. Kf5 fxg2+ 45. Kxe4 g1=Q $19) 43... Re1 44. Qc2+ g6
45. Ra7+ Kh8 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kxg8 48. Qxg6+ Kf8 $19) 38... Rxe2 39. Kxe2
Qxg2+ 40. Kd1 (40. Ke1 Qg3+ $1 (40... Qh1+ $2 41. Kf2 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 $1 Qxh3+ (
42... g5 43. d7 Qxh3+ 44. Ke2 Qg2+ 45. Kd1 Qh1+ 46. Kc2 Qg2+ 47. Qd2 Qe4+ 48.
Kc1 Qh1+ 49. Qd1 Qh3 50. d8=Q Qxc3+ 51. Kb1 Qb4+ 52. Ka2 $18) 43. Kf4 Qh4+ 44.
Ke5 Qf6+ 45. Kd5 Qf7+ 46. Kc6 Qe6 47. Kc7 $18) 41. Ke2 Qg2+) 40... Qh1+ 41. Kc2
Qg2+ 42. Qd2 (42. Kc1 Qh1+ 43. Kb2 Qb7+ 44. Ka3 $4 Qb3#) 42... Qe4+ 43. Kc1
Qh1+ (43... Qe8 {Ftacnik} 44. d7 Qd8 45. Qd6 $1) 44. Kc2 (44. Qd1 $1 Qxh3 45.
Kb2 Qg2+ 46. Ka3 Qa8+ (46... Kg6 $5 47. d7 Qa8+ 48. Kb4 Qd8 49. Qd6+ $16) 47.
Kb4 Qb7+ 48. Kxc4 Qd7 (48... Qc6+ 49. Kb3 Qb7+ 50. Kc2 Qd7 51. Qd5 $16) 49. Qd5
$14 {/\ Kb4, c4-c5}) 44... Qe4+ 45. Kc1 Qh1+ 46. Kc2 $2 {Yusupov} (46. Qd1 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Reshevsky-Najdorf +6-5=7"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1953.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "Morgado,J"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1953.06.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Bd2 (13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Rc8 $11) 13... Bb6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 (14... Nxc5 15. Bc2 Ncd7 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Nb1
Rac8 18. Bb4 Bc5 $11 {Donner,J-Unzicker,W/Hamburg 1965}) 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Bb1
Rc8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Ng5 Be7 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Ng3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc4
23. Bc3 Qe8 24. e4 Bg5 25. Rd1 (25. Re1 Qc6 26. Qh5 Be7 $13) 25... g6 26. a4
Qc6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Bd3 Bf4 29. Qf3 Qc7 30. b3 (30. Qe2 Qc6 $132) (30. Nf1
Rc8 31. Qe2 Qc6 $132) 30... Na3 31. Ne2 Be5 32. Bb4 $6 (32. Rc1 $14) 32... Nc2
33. Rc1 Nd4 $6 (33... fxe4 34. Bxe4 Nd4 35. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bxe4 37. Rc5
Bd5 $15) 34. Qe3 Qg7 $11 35. Nxd4 Bxd4 36. Qe2 fxe4 37. Bxe4 Qe5 38. Bf3 Qxe2
39. Bxe2 Bd5 40. Bxb5 $2 (40. Be1 Bxb3 41. Bxb5 $11) 40... Rb8 41. Bc4 (41. Rc4
Bxc4 42. bxc4 Ra8 43. Kf1 Ra2 $17) 41... Rxb4 42. Rd1 Bb6 43. Bxd5 exd5 44.
Rxd5 Rxb3 45. Rd2 g5 46. Kh2 Kf7 47. g3 h5 48. Kg2 Ke6 49. Re2+ Kd5 50. Re8 Rb2
51. Rf8 Ke4 52. Rf7 Bd4 53. Rf8 Re2 54. Rf3 Bxf2 55. Rf7 Bd4+ 56. Kh1 Be5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
dxc5 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nxc5 10. Be2 Ba5 11. O-O Nce4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd4 Bxd2 14.
Qxd2 Bg4 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Rc4
Nd5 21. Qg4 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Re8 24. Kh2 Re5 25. Kg3 Kg7 26. Nb3 b6
27. Nd2 Nf6 28. Rc6 Rd5 29. Nb3 Rb5 {White has been pressing slightly, but the
endgame is close to a draw.} 30. Kf4 $2 {Step one to suicide.} h5 31. Rc2 $2 (
31. gxh5 Rf5+ 32. Kg3 Nxh5+ 33. Kh4 Rxf2 $19) (31. f3 exf3 32. gxf3 hxg4 33.
fxg4 Rb4+ 34. Nd4 Rxb2 {is unpleasant but White has chances.}) 31... h4 {
Suddenly White is getting mated.} 32. Nc5 {Otherwise g5 is mate.} (32. g5 Rf5#)
32... Rxc5 {A clean extra piece is more than enough for Wesley So.} 33. Rxc5
bxc5 34. g5 Nh7 35. Kg4 f5+ 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Kxh4 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess 4th"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2016.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 {Hari accepts the invitation of going into the Nimzo
Indian.} Bb4 4. e3 {The Rubinstein Variation is quite contradictory in nature.
White closes his bishop on c1 with this move but still this move is quite
ambitious in nature. The reason: Other pieces have natural squares to develop.
For eg. the knight goes to f3 and the bishop to d3. Later on e4 will liberate
the c1 bishop.} O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 {This is the tabiya of the entire
opening. Now the main move is 0-0. But Hari goes for immediate clarification
in the centre.} 7. cxd5 exd5 (7... Nxd5 8. O-O $1 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 $44
{And with threats like Bxh7, White has excellent compensation.}) 8. dxc5 Nbd7
$1 {Topalov makes use of the fact that he still hasn't developed his knight to
c6 and captures the pawn with his knight.} 9. Bd2 {Not many games have taken
place in this line. Two strong players Wojtaszek and Wesley So who played this
with black won their games. So it is an open question whether Harikrishna
really wanted to go for this line or not.} Nxc5 10. Be2 Ne6 {Immediately
threatening d4.} 11. a3 Be7 12. O-O a6 (12... d4 {Would not have been a good
idea now as after} 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 {White's slight
activity in this symmetrical position, counts for quite a lot.}) 13. Rc1 b6 14.
Na2 {Hari is trying to exchange his d2 bishop with Bb4. But Black doesn't
really have any problems with that.} Bb7 15. Bc3 (15. Bb4 Nc5 {Followed by
Nfe4 gives Black good centre control.}) 15... Ne4 16. Be5 Bf6 17. Nb4 N4c5 18.
Nd3 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxb2 $11) 18... Bxe5 19. Ndxe5 Qd6
20. Nc4 Qd8 21. Nce5 Qd6 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. Nce5 {Quite a tame draw. But Hari is
slowly but steadily getting in the groove.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O b6
8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd3 Qc8 13. Bb2 (13. Nd2
Re8 14. f3 Qb7 15. Bb2 c4 16. Qe2 Re6 $10 {Bisguier-Pogats,Budapest1961}) (13.
c4 cxd4 14. cxd5 Nc5 15. Qc4 dxe3 16. Bxe3 Nce4 $15) (13. a4 {Ftacnik}) 13...
c4 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 $1 Qb7 (15... Ne4 $5 16. a4 Nb8 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Nxc6
Qxc6 19. Ba3 Re6 $132) 16. Nd2 Re6 (16... Ne4 17. Nf1) 17. Re2 Rae8 18. Rae1
Ne4 19. Nf1 f5 (19... b5 20. f3 Nd6 21. Ng3 {/\e3-e4}) 20. f3 Nd6 21. a4 (21.
Ng3 {Ftacnik} g6) 21... b5 $1 22. axb5 Nc7 23. Ba3 Ndxb5 24. Bb4 Na6 25. Ba5 (
25. Qxf5 $4 Nxb4 26. cxb4 Nxd4 $19) 25... g6 26. Rb1 $6 (26. Qa4 $142 $1 Qc6
27. Qa2 $14) 26... Nb8 $1 27. Qa4 a6 $10 (27... Nxc3 28. Rxb7 Nxa4 29. Ra2 Nb6
30. Rxa7 $14) 28. Rbe1 Nc6 29. e4 Nxa5 30. Qxa5 dxe4 31. fxe4 fxe4 $2 (31...
Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 (33... fxe4 34. Ne3 $44) 34. Qxa6 Nxc3 35.
Qxc4+ Nd5 $10) 32. Ne3 Nd6 33. Rf1 Qb5 34. Qa2 Qb3 35. Qa1 Nb5 36. Nd5 e3 (
36... Rd8 37. Rxe4 $1 Rxe4 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nxe4 $16) 37. Qe1 Rd8 $2 $138 (
37... Kg7 $142 38. Rf3 $1 $40 (38. Rxe3 $6 Rxe3 39. Nxe3 Nxd4 $132)) 38. Rxe3
$18 Rxe3 39. Qxe3 Rxd5 40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 $5 {Declaring, not without justification that white's
bishop stands at least not more favourably on d2 than c1. Having been tested
by both Michael Adams and Judit Polgar, the line has a good pedigree.} 10. Bd2
Qc7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qe2 $5 {This rather obvious novelty I actually suggested in
my notes in CBM 85. I was at the time rather mystified as to why Gulko was
content to allow the exchange of light squared bishops without a fight. indeed,
whether or not Lugovoi's very critical recipe here turns out to suffice, it
remains true that black has nothing to fear after the softer} (12. e4 Ba6 13.
Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Qb7 15. e5 Ne4 16. O-O {V.Milov - J.Polgar, Second IECC
Ohrid, 2001 was agreed drawn already here without further ado, although this
may have had much to do with the great scramble for +3 which dominated the
latter stages of this event.} Rfd8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 h6 $1 {
[%csl Gg5][%cal Yf3g5,Yg5e4,Ga6c7,Gc7d5] Black would like to manouevre his own
knight to d5, without allowing white such a straightforward route to the
similarly desirable e4 and d6.} 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Rdc2 Nd5 22. g3 Rac8 23. Qd3
Rxc2 24. Rxc2 b5 $1 $15 {0-1 Gulko,B-Adams,M/Internet 2000/CBM 75 (38)}) 12...
Bb7 13. e4 Qc6 $1 {I suspect this was home preparation, certainly not because
Lugovoi would have trouble finding the move, but because 12 Qe2 was such a
straightforward bid to improve white's play that it seems to me unlikely that
a well-prepared black player would not have checked it out. Though some of the
small print is far from sorted, I am at least sure that after less critical
alternatives white's centre and bishop pair gives him a very pleasant position,
and so the viability of black's system would be severely compromised is 13...
Qc6 is found wanting.} 14. Ne5 {Pretty much the only alternative to a broadly
undesirable fixing of the centre pawns with 14 e5. The first point to note is
that} (14. O-O $6 {is very strongly met with} c4 $1 ({but not} 14... Nxe4 15.
Ne5 Qd5 (15... Nxc3 16. Qg4 {also misses the mark}) 16. c4 Qxd4 17. Nf3 $18)
15. Bc2 Nxe4 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qg4 Qxg2+ 19. Qxg2 Ne2+ 20. Kh1
Bxg2+ 21. Kxg2 Kxh7 $19) (14. e5 Ne4 15. O-O $13 {is playable, but when the
centre is fixed and the bishop pair neutralised, black is unlikely to be
unduly threatened.}) 14... Qa4 15. dxc5 $5 {Probably best, despite its
anti-positional appearance since attempts to keep the pawn centre neatly in
tact fail tactically viz:} (15. f3 cxd4 16. Bb5 Qb3 17. cxd4 Qb2 $1) (15. Bb5 {
is also not a winning try in view of} Qc2 16. Bd3 (16. f3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb2 $1
{favours black, as in the above note.}) 16... Qa4 17. Bb5 $11) 15... Bxe4 16.
Bb5 {Of course white's chances are fundamentally dynamic rather than static.
He must retain pieces in general, and the light-squared bishops in particular.}
Qb3 17. f3 (17. Ng4 $2 {would represent a very misplaced materialism in view of
} Nxg4 18. Qxe4 Qxb5 19. Qxa8 Nc6 20. Qb7 Nce5 {with a huge attack on the very
white squares which white so wantonly abandoned.}) 17... Qd5 {Again this looks
like best play.} ({After} 17... Bd5 $6 18. O-O bxc5 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Bd3 $44 {
the continued vulnerability of black's queen and the opening of the position
offers white very promising compensation indeed.}) 18. Nxf7 {Really a
recognition that white has no advantage. The rest flows naturally and leads to
a draw by repetition. From the theoretical standpoint here is the last chance
to search for something better. White can try} (18. Bf4 $5 Bf5 $1 (18... Bg6 $6
19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Bd6 Rd8 $1 $14 (20... Rc8 21. Rd1 Qb3 (21... Qb7 22. c6 Nxc6
23. Ba6 Qd7 24. Bxc8 $14) 22. O-O bxc5 23. c4 $32 {[%csl Rb3,Yb5,Yd6] again
looks promising. Solving the problem of the black queen is, along with
development black's greatest task in this line.})) 19. g4 Bg6 (19... Qxc5 $2
20. gxf5 Nd5 21. Bd2 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 $16) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bd6 Rd8
$1 {and I think black is probably OK, since the move g2-g4creates certain
weaknesses in white's camp too.}) 18... Rxf7 19. Bc4 Qc6 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Bb5
Qd5 22. Bc4 Qc6 23. Bb5 Qd5 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Bc4 Qc6 26. Bb5 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.10"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qa5 $5 ({The main line is} 9... Qc7 {when 10 Bd3?! is
effectively ruled out by 10...cxd4 and check on c3. Therefore white has} 10.
Ba2 $5 (10. Qe2 $6 cxd4 11. cxd4 $140 b5 {[%csl Rc3]}) ({or} 10. Be2 b6 (10...
Nc6 11. O-O e5 {could lead after} 12. Bb2 {to Khalifman - Kramnik, annotated
in this CBM!}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. c4 Rac8 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Re1 Nf8
16. h3 Ng6 {and black is well-coordinated.} 17. Qb3 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Lobron,
E/Bad Homburg 73/624 1998/Inf 73 (36)}) 10... b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. c4 (12. Bb2
Nbd7 13. Qe2 e5 14. Rfd1 e4 {This looks rather rushed.} 15. Nh4 Rac8 16. Nf5
Nb8 17. c4 Qd7 18. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yf5]} Ne8 $2 19. dxc5 $1 {Watch this one -
its going quite a way.} Qe6 20. cxb6 Rc5 (20... axb6 21. c5 $18) 21. bxa7 Nc6
22. Rd5 {1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung-Van Riemsdijk,H/Manila 1992/TD (22)}) (12. Ne5 $5
{has been the firm favourite of English GM Jonathan Levitt who has had a fair
degree of success with it. It makes some sense to exchange this piece to
expedite the advance in the centre with f3 and e4.} Nc6 (12... Nbd7 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Bb2 Rac8 16. e4 Ne8 $5 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. Rf2 Ba6 19. c4 cxd4
20. Qxd4 Ne8 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 $11 {[%csl Rc4]} 22. a4 Rd3 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rfc2 Bb7
25. c5 Bc6 26. Bc4 Rd7 27. Be5 Ba4 28. Ba6 Rc6 29. Ra2 Rxa6 30. Rxa4 Rc6 31.
Rxa5 f6 32. Bb8 a6 33. Rb1 e5 34. Rb6 Rc8 35. Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Petursson,
M/Hafnarfirdi 1992/CBM 29 (35)}) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. f3 Nd5 15. Qd3 cxd4 16. cxd4
Qc3 17. Bb1 f5 18. Qxc3 Nxc3 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Rac8 22. h4 b5
23. Kf2 a6 24. Ke1 Na4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Bd5 28. Kf2 $14 {
1-0 Levitt,J-Bellin,R/England 1997/EXP 64 (46) and white went on to win. In
such endings there is often still quite a lot of mileage to be gained from the
bishop pair.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 (15. Rc1 e5 (15...
Qb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8a8] black should maintain the central tension and retains
reasonable prospects.}) 16. d5 e4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Qc2 Neg4 19. Nf1 b5 20. cxb5
Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Red1 Red8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 $16 {
[%csl Ya4,Yb5,Re4][%cal Gb2f6,Yf1g3] 1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Piskov,Y/Helsinki 1992/
CBM 32 (40)}) 15... h6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. exd4 Qf4 18. Qe3 Qf5 19. Bb1 Qh5 {
1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Kamsky,G/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 47 (46)} 20. Nd2 $1 $14) 10. Bd2
{Otherwise black's task is eased by white being obliged to answer ...cxd4 by
recapturing with the e-pawn.} (10. Qc2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nbd7 12. O-O b6 13. Bd2
Ba6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. c4 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Rc6 17. Bg5 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Sergeev,
N-Brodsky,M/Perm 1997/CBM 58 (32) and black is very comfortable.}) 10... Qc7 {
The claim of course is that white's bishop is best placed on b2, and hence the
'gain' of tempo 10 Bd2 may prove to be less than helpful. However, it does
have the virtue of enabling white to drop the indirectly threatened bishop
back to d3 rather than the standard a2/e2 of the main 9...Qc7 lines and indeed
of forcing a quick e4.} (10... Ne4 11. O-O b6 12. Qc2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 {[%csl Ra5]
} Ba6 $5 14. Qe4 Nd7 15. Qc6 Rfd8 16. Nb3 Qxc3 17. Rfc1 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Bxc4 19.
Nd2 Bd5 20. Qa4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Nc5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Levitt,J-Stefansson,H/
Hafnarfirdi 1992/CBM 29 (70)}) 11. Bd3 b6 12. e4 $6 (12. Qe2 $5 $14 {
preventing ...Ba6 without relinquishing the e4 square/advance looks worth
considering.}) 12... Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qe2 Qb7 $11 {Now black has no
problems. His queen usefully fulfils two functions, and white has to fix his
centre.} 15. e5 Ne4 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 {[%cal
Ga6c7,Gc7d5,Yf3g5,Yg5e4,Ye4d6]} h6 $1 {Black wants to manouevre his knight to
its indicated outpost without permitting white to respond in kind. He has time
since from d5 the knight will also cover c7, the only serious entry square on
the open c-file.} 20. Rc1 Nc7 21. Rdc2 Nd5 22. g3 Rac8 23. Qd3 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 b5
$15 {[%csl Ga7,Gb5,Gd5] Only black can be better here. He has an excellent
knight and mobile queenside majority.} 25. Rc5 a6 ({I am sure black also
considered the plan of emerging with a b-pawn rather than an a-pawn. I suppose
that he wanted to retain pressure on d4 which would cause white to think twice
before trying to activate his knight.} 25... Rb8 26. Nd2 a5 27. Ne4 b4 28. axb4
(28. Rxa5 b3 29. Nc5 Qc7 $1 $17) 28... axb4 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Qb3 {and although
the queen has been reduced to the unfavoured role of blockader, further
progress is not automatic. If the rook leave the b file white might be able to
invest in the exchange to round up b4.}) 26. Qe4 (26. Nd2 Nb6 $5 27. Ne4 Nd7
28. Nd6 Nxc5 29. Nxb7 Nxd3 30. Nxd8 a5 $17) 26... b4 27. axb4 Qxb4 28. Qe1 Qb3
29. Kg2 Rb8 30. Qc1 Kh7 31. h4 Ra8 32. Ra5 Qb7 33. h5 Kg8 34. Qc2 Rc8 35. Rc5
Rb8 {I don't have the feeling that black is making massive progress, but in
rapid chess fiendish traps have a fair success rate!} 36. Qc4 Qa8 $1 {Nasty!}
37. Ra5 $4 Ne3+ 38. fxe3 Rb2+ {and mates.} 0-1

