[Event "Novi Sad TS 80th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markovic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2018.06.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 {Four Knights.} 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6
7. h3 Be6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 $146 (10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Stern, Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Neukloster"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 d6 (6... c6 7.
Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 {ist die Hauptvariante}) 7. d4 Bd7 $5 (7... c6 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9.
Nxd6+ Nxd6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nd4 $14) (7... Be7 8. dxe5 Nxe4 (8...
dxe5 9. Nxe5 $16) 9. Qd4 Bf5 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Re1 $16) 8. Nc3 exd4 (8... Qe7
$6 9. Bg5) 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. Qf3 (10. Bf4 $5 O-O 11. Qd2) 10... O-O 11. Nf5 Bxf5
12. Qxf5 Re8 $11 (12... Qd7 $6 13. Nd5 Rad8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bg5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Nord 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.01.10"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Bangiev, Alexander J"]
[Black "Rabiega, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Isernhagen"]
[BlackTeam "Koenig Tegel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Qa5 7. d3 d6 $1 (
7... b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 d6 10. Bg5 $5 Be7 11. d4 Bg4 (11... b4 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Na4 $36 {[%cal Ya4c5,Ya1c1]}) 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Qd6 $5) 8. h3 (8. Nd2 $5) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Be7 11. Ne2 O-O
12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Nh2 {/\Qf3;Nf5} (13. Re1 $142 d5 (13... Rd8 $5 14. d4 $132) 14.
d4 $5 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. d4 (15. Nxe5 $2 Bd6) 15... exd4 16. Nxd4 $13) 14...
Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 $132) 13... Be6 (13... d5 14. Qf3 Rd8 15. Nf5 Bxf5
16. Qxf5 $13) 14. Qf3 Qd7 15. Rd1 d5 16. Qe2 {[%cal Ye2e5]} Rfd8 17. Bd2 (17.
Nf3 $6 dxe4 18. Nxe5 exd3 $15) 17... a5 (17... d4 18. f4 $132) 18. Nf3 {
[%csl Re5]} Qc7 19. exd5 {[%csl Re5]} Rxd5 20. Bc3 (20. Re1 $5 Nd7 21. Rac1
$132) 20... Nd7 21. d4 $6 (21. Re1 $1 f6 (21... Rd8 22. Rac1 Bd6 23. Ne4 $13)
22. d4 $1 b4 23. dxe5 $14) 21... b4 22. Be1 Bf6 $36 (22... Rd8 $5) 23. Ne4 (23.
Nh5 e4 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $17) 23... exd4 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Nxd4 Bxh3 $5 {[%mdl
512]} (25... Bd7 26. a3 $132) (25... Re8 $1 26. Qc2 Bd7 $36) 26. gxh3 Qd7 27.
Nf3 Qxh3 28. Rxd5 Qg4+ (28... cxd5 29. Nd4 $14) 29. Kf1 (29. Kh1 cxd5 30. Rd1
Re8 31. Qd3 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Re4 $19) 29... Qh3+ (29... cxd5 $6 30. Ng1 $1) 30. Kg1
Qg4+ 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8.
Ne2 Qa5+ 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 f6 13. O-O fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nd4 Bg4 16. f3 Bc5 (16... Qxc3 $1 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. fxg4 Qxa1 19. Rxe5 Bc5
20. Be3 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rde8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf2 Re4 24. Nf5 d4 $17) 17. Bd2
(17. Re1 $1) 17... O-O 18. Kh1 (18. fxg4 Nc4 $1 $17) 18... Nc4 19. Bb3 Bd7 20.
Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qe2 b5 22. Qe5 Qb6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Rae1 Qc7 26.
Re4 Rad8 27. Bg5 Rd5 28. Bh4 Qd7 29. Rfe1 h6 30. Qg6 Rd6 31. Qh5 Qf5 32. Qxf5
Rxf5 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Rc8 Rfd5 35. g4 b4 36. cxb4 Bxb4 37. Re4 c3 38. Rxb4 c2
39. Rc4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2 c1=Q 41. Rxc1 Rxc1 42. Rc7 Rc2+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 44. Bg3 Re6
45. f4 h5 46. gxh5 Rf6 47. Kg4 Ra4 48. Kg5 a6 49. Ra7 Kg8 50. Re7 Ra5+ 51. Kg4
Rf7 52. Re6 Rc5 53. h6 gxh6 54. Rxh6 a5 55. Rd6 a4 56. Rd8+ Rf8 57. Rd7 Ra5 58.
Be1 Raa8 59. Bc3 Rf7 60. Rd6 a3 61. f5 a2 62. Ba1 Rg7+ 63. Kh5 Rg1 64. Rg6+
Rxg6 65. Kxg6 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3
Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Bg5 $36 {Nunn,J-Emms,JM/London Lloyds Bank/1993/}
(10. Qd3 $14 {Nunn,J-Malaniuk,V/Pardubice/1993/})) 7. Re1 d6 (7... Bb4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. e5 Ng8 10. Qg4 dxc3 11. Qxg7 cxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxd2 13. Qxh8 Bxe1 14. Qxg8+
Ke7 15. Qg5+ Ke8 16. Qg8+ Ke7 17. Qg5+ Kf8 18. Qf6 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxa4 20. Qd8+
Kg7 21. Qf6+ {1/2-1/2 Riemersma,L-Gausel,E/Gausdal/1993/}) 8. h3 $2 (8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qxa4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 b6 13. Rb1 Bb7 14. Rb3 c5 15.
Ra3 Qc6 16. Rxa7 Bxa8 17. b5 Qc8 $15 {Smagin,S-Malaniuk,V/Tilburg/1993/}) 8...
b5 $1 9. b4 (9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 b4 $17) 9... Qxb4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qd4
$17 12. Bxb5 $5 (12. Bb3 a5 $1 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 Be7 $17) 12... cxb5 13. Nxb5
Qc4 (13... Qc5 $2 14. Ba3 Qc6 15. Re3 $40) 14. Re3 $2 (14. Ba3 $142) 14... Qxc2
15. Na3 (15. Ra1 Rb8 $19) 15... Qa4 16. Nb5 Qc2 17. Na3 Qc6 18. Nb5 Nd7 19. d4
a6 20. d5 Qb6 21. Na3 Qd8 $19 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Nc4 a5 24. Ra3 a4 25. Bb4 Ra6 26.
Qd1 O-O 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Qxa4 Nb6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Krasenkov Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O
(6. Nxe5 $6 d5 $1 (6... Qe7 7. Nf3 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nc5 10. d4 $16 {
@, ->}) 7. O-O Bd6 8. f4 O-O $44) (6. d3 $6 b5 (6... Bb4 $5 7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 O-O 13. Nd2 d5 $36 {^^ -->
Yudasin,L-Nikolic,P/Tilburg/1993/}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2
O-O 11. Ng3 {=/=/+ ^^, Nunn,J-Bareev,E/Hastings/1992/}) 6... Nxf3+ (6... Qa5
$142 7. Re1 $5 (7. Bb3 $6 Nxb3 8. cxb3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 $13 {Ionov,
S-Khalifman,A/Sevilla op/1993/}) 7... d6 8. Nxd4 $5 exd4 9. Nd5 Nd7 $1 10. b4
Qxa4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 $13 {--> Smagin,S-Malaniuk,V/Tilburg/1993/}) 7. Qxf3
d6 8. d3 h6 $6 $146 (8... Bg4 9. Qg3 Qd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qh4 g6 13.
f4 Be7 14. Qf2 Rg8 15. Bb3 $1 {+/=/+/- Paulsen,L-Schallopp,E/Berlin/1881/}) (
8... Be7 9. Nd5 $5 (9. Qe2 O-O 10. Kh1 a6 11. Bb3 b5 12. a4 b4 $132 {Paulsen,
L-Mason,J/Nuernberg/1883/}) 9... Nd7 (9... O-O {Ftacnik} 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Bd2 Nd7) 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. c3 O-O 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ne6 $14 {^^
Kamsky,G-Adams,M/Dortmund/1992/}) (8... Be7 $142 {Krasenkov}) 9. Qe2 {/\f4->}
Be6 (9... Be7 {Ftacnik} 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. Bb3 $14) (9... g5 {Ftacnik
} 10. Nd1 {/\ Ne3, c3, xf5}) 10. Bb3 $1 (10. f4 {Ftacnik} exf4 11. Bxf4 Qb6+
12. Kh1 Qxb2 13. Nd5 $36) 10... Bxb3 (10... Qd7 11. f4 {<->f->}) (10... Be7 {
Ftacnik} 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. e5 $16) 11. axb3 g6 (11...
g5 {ץf8}) (11... Be7 {Ftacnik} 12. f4 O-O 13. f5 $40) 12. f4 Bg7 (12... exf4
$2 13. Bxf4 Bg7 14. e5 $16) 13. fxe5 {?! Ftacnik} (13. Qf3 $142 {Ftacnik} O-O
14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Bxh6 $16) 13... dxe5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Be3 a6 16. Kh1 (16. Na4
Nd7 {/\0-0}) 16... Nd7 17. Qh3 $1 $16 h5 {/\0-0} (17... Qe6 $1 {Krasenkov}) 18.
Rf3 O-O {? Ftacnik} (18... Bh6 $5 $14 {Ftacnik}) (18... Qe6 {Krasenkov} 19.
Qxe6+ fxe6 20. Rg3) 19. g4 $1 (19. Raf1 Rae8 $13) 19... hxg4 (19... Nf6 {
Ftacnik} 20. gxh5 (20. Bg5 $2 hxg4 21. Bxf6 Qe6 $1) 20... Nxh5 21. Rg1 {
/\ Ne2-g3->}) 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Qe6 (21... Rfd8 22. Bg5 Rd6 23. Raf1 $18) (
21... Nd5 {Ftacnik} 22. Bg5 f6 23. exd5 fxg5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Qc4 $16) 22.
Bc5 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Nh5 24. Ne2 Rab8 25. Ng3 $1 Nxg3+ {? Ftacnik} (25... Nf6 26.
Nf5 $1 gxf5 (26... Nh7 27. Rh3 Nf6 (27... Nf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qh8+ Bxh8 30.
Rxh8#) 28. Nxg7 $18) (26... Nh5 27. Qxh5 gxh5 28. Nxg7 Qg6 (28... Qd7 29. Nxe8+
Kh8 (29... Kh7 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxd7 $18) 30. Rf6 Kh7 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Rh6#)
29. Rxg6 fxg6 30. Nxe8 $18) 27. Rh3 $18) (25... Nf4 {Ftacnik} 26. Nf5 $1 gxf5
27. Rxf4 exf4 28. Bd4 Qg6 (28... f6 29. Bxf6 $18) 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. exf5 Qxg1+
31. Kxg1 Rg8 32. Kf2 $16) 26. Rgxg3 b6 27. Be3 (27. Ba3 c5 {/\Kf8}) 27... Qd7 (
27... Qe7 28. Bg5 $40) (27... f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Rg3+ Kf8 (
30... Qg6 $18) 31. Bh6+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rb7+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ $18) 28. Rh3 Kf8
29. Qh7 Rb7 (29... Re6 {Ftacnik} 30. Bh6 Bxh6 31. Qxh6+ Ke7 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33.
Qh7+ Ke8 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Rh7+ $18) 30. Qxg6 $18 Re6 (30... Qxh3 {Ftacnik} 31.
Qd6+ $18) (30... Qe6 $18 {Krasenkov}) 31. Rh8+ $1 (31. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 32. Bh6+
Ke7 (32... Ke8 33. Qg8+ Ke7 34. Qf8#) 33. Rxf7+ (33. Rxf7+ Kd8 (33... Kd6 34.
Bf8+ (34. Rxd7+ {Ftacnik} Rxd7 35. Bf8+ $18)) 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Qh7+ $18)) 1-0

[Event "Vejle"]
[Site "Vejle"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Sahl, Bjarke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 (5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3
d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4 10. Be2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O-O 12. d3 Qe6 $44) (5.
Nxe5 Qe7 (5... Nxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxb5 7. Nxf7 $1 Qe7 (7... Kxf7 8. Qh5+ Kg8 $4 9.
Qd5#) 8. Nxh8 Qxe4+ 9. Kf1 Nd4 10. d3 Qf5 11. h4 $1 $16 {Bogoljubov-Rubinstein/
Goeteborg/1920/ --> ChessBase history files}) 6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2
Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 f6 11. d3 Kf7 $10 {Taimanow}) 5... c6 (5... Nxf3+ 6.
gxf3 $5 Bc5 7. f4 Qe7 8. d3 c6 9. Qe2 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bb3 Be6 12. fxe5 dxe5
13. Bg5 $14 {Dubinin-Moiseev/corr USSR/}) 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. O-O
dxe4 10. dxe4 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxf3 $15)
10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5 Qd7 $2 (13... Nd7 $142) 14. exf6
O-O-O (14... Qh3 $142 15. Re1+ {/\Re3} (15. fxg7 O-O-O $1 (15... Nxf3+ $4 16.
Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxh8=Q+ $18) (15... Rg8 16. Re1+ $18) 16. gxh8=Q Rxh8 $40) 15...
Kf8 16. Re3 Nxb3 17. axb3 gxf6 18. Ne4 Rg8+ 19. Ng3 Rg6 20. b4 $1 Bxe3 21. Bxe3
{+/-/+- _|_}) 15. Kg2 $18 gxf6 16. Ne4 Rhg8+ 17. Ng3 Qc7 (17... h5 $142) 18.
Qd3 Kb7 19. a4 a6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 h5 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qh7 f5 24. c3 Rg7
25. Qxf5 Bxf2 26. Rxf2 h4 27. Qc5 Kb8 28. f4 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O d6 (6... b5 7. Bb3
Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. d4 (9. d3 Be7 10. Ne1 O-O 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 13. e5 Bg4
14. Nf3 {Belikov,V-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk/1993/1-0/}) 9... Qc7 10. Qd3 Be7 11.
Bg5 O-O 12. b4 $1 $14 {Nunn,J-Malaniuk/Pardubice/1993/1/2-1/2/}) 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Ne2 Qb6 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nxd4 $16 {/\Re1}) (8... b5 $2 9. Bb3 c5 10. d3 $16
{/\a2-a4;Bg5}) 9. d3 Be7 10. c3 $1 dxc3 11. Nxc3 (11. bxc3 $1 {/\Bc2,d3-d4.})
11... O-O 12. d4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Ne2 Kh8 16. h4 $5 (16. f3 Ng5 {
/\Ng5-e6}) 16... Bxh4 (16... c5 $5 {/\} 17. f3 cxd4 18. fxe4 d3+) 17. g3 Be7 (
17... Bg5 18. Bxe4 Bxc1 19. Bxd5 Bxb2 20. Rb1 cxd5 21. Qd2 $44) 18. Kg2 {/\Rh1}
c5 {A flank attack has to be answered by a central break.} 19. Nf4 (19. Rh1
$142 $1 {Sokolov} cxd4 20. Nf4 d3 21. Be3 dxc2 22. Qh5 Qh6 23. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 24.
Qxg6 $18) 19... Bg5 $1 {A sound piece sacrifice.} 20. f3 (20. Nxd5 Qc6 $1)
20... Bxf4 21. Bxf4 cxd4 22. fxe4 fxe4 $1 (22... dxe4 $2 23. Bb3 $1 $18) 23.
Bb3 Be6 24. Rh1 d3 (24... Bf5) 25. Rh4 d4 $2 {Freeing the Bb3.} (25... Bf5 $142
26. Qd2 d4) 26. Qh5 Bf5 27. e6 $1 e3 28. Be5 $1 (28. g4 $1 {Shirov} Be4+ 29.
Kg3 $18 {/\Rh1,Qxh7+} Qd6 $2 30. Bxd6 Rf3+ 31. Kh2 Rf2+ 32. Kh3 Rf3+ 33. Bg3
$18) 28... Qc6+ 29. Kg1 e2 30. Qg5 $1 Bg6 31. Rxd4 $2 (31. Qxg6 $142 $18 Rf1+
32. Rxf1 exf1=Q+ 33. Kxf1 Qf3+ (33... Rf8+ {During the game Shirov was afraid
of this move.} 34. Bf4 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ {Shirov calculated this move as good
for Black not realising, that White can simply win with...} 36. Bxe3 $18) 34.
Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kh2 Qe2+ 36. Kh3 Qf1+ 37. Kg4 Qe2+ 38. Kf5 $1 Rf8+ 39. Qf7 Qf3+
40. Bf4) 31... Qf3 $1 32. Rf4 Qe3+ 33. Kh2 Rxf4 34. Qxf4 e1=Q 35. Rxe1 Qxe1 36.
Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 37. Qd4+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kemerovo1"]
[Site "Kemerovo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Sagalchik, Gennadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 (6... Bb4 7.
O-O O-O 8. d3 Re8 9. Nc4 b5 10. Ne3 Bd6 11. f4 $16 {Frank,Ra-Mayer,H/VLSBaden
9192 (1992) ;GER 04 1992}) (6... Qe7 $6 7. d4 Nxe4 $2 8. Nxe4 f6 9. Qh5+ (9. f4
$6 {Croisee,I-Pantazi,A/WchJW U12 Bratislava (06) ;TD 93\05 1993}) 9... g6 10.
Qe2 fxe5 11. Bg5 $18) (6... Bd6 7. Nc4 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11.
Be3 b5 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. d4 Nd7 14. Bf2 Rad8 15. Qd2 {1-0 Repkova,E-Granec,S/
SVK-chT 9394 (09) ;TD 94\03 1994}) 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 9. d4 Qf5 10. Re1
Be6 11. Bg5 Bd6 (11... h6 $5 12. Qd3 $5 (12. Bh4) 12... Qh7 $2 (12... Qb5 $142)
13. Bh4 Bd6 14. c4 Kf8 15. Qb3 b5 16. d5 (16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. Qb4 $16 {Meier,
V-Pirrot,D/BL 8990 (1990) ;BL 1990}) 16... cxd5 17. cxd5 Bf5 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19.
Be7+ Kg8 20. Bxd6 $18) 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Bg3 $14 {^-}
O-O-O 16. Qb4 $1 Qd5 (16... Qxc2 17. d5 $1 Bxd5 18. Re7 b5 19. Qa5 Rd7 20.
Qxa6+ Kd8 21. Bxd6 $1 Rxd6 (21... Rxe7 22. Qb6+ Ke8 23. Qb8+ Kd7 24. Qc7+ $18)
22. Qa7 $18) 17. b3 h5 18. Rad1 b5 (18... h4 19. c4 Qf5 20. Bxd6 h3 21. d5 Qg4
22. Bg3 cxd5 (22... Qh5 23. Qb6 Rd7 24. dxc6 Qxd1 25. cxb7+ Rxb7 26. Qc6+ $18)
(22... Bxd5 23. Qe7 Qd7 24. Qe5 $18)) 19. Qa3 Kc7 (19... Kb7 20. c4 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rb1+ Ka8 23. Rb6 Ka7 24. Reb1 Bf5 25. Bxd6 $1 Bxb1 26. Bc5 $18)
20. c4 $1 bxc4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. d5 $1 $18 Bxd5 $6 (22... h4 $8 23. Bxd6+ $1
Rxd6 24. dxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 c5 (25... fxe6 26. Qe7+ Kb6 27. Rb1+ $18) (25...
Qxe6 26. Qa5+ Kb7 27. Rb1+ Kc8 28. Qxa6+ Kd7 29. Qa7+ $18) 26. Qb2 Rd8 $8 27.
Rb1 Qb5 28. e7 $1 $18) 23. Re7+ Kc8 24. Bxd6 Rd7 (24... Qb5 25. Rc7+ Kb8 26.
Rxc6+ Kb7 27. Rc5 $18) 25. Qb2 Rxe7 26. Qb8+ (26. Qb8+ Kd7 27. Qc7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Site "Lazne Bohdanec"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3 d5 8.
Nxd5 (8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bb6 11. O-O O-O $44) 8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3
Bb6 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 (11. g3 $5 Qh3 12. Nf2 (12. Nf4 Qh6 {/\g5->}) 12... Qh5
$36) 11... O-O 12. O-O $6 (12. g3 Qh5 $44) 12... Nxf3+ $1 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 14.
Qxe3 $1 (14. Bxf7+ $6 Rxf7 15. Qxe3 Bd7 {/\Bc6,Re8=/+; /\Raf8,Ng4->}) 14...
Qxc4 15. Qc3 $1 (15. c3 Bd7 {/\Rae8=/+}) (15. Qb3 Qc6 {/\Bf5,Rae8,Re2->}) 15...
Qd5 $2 (15... Qxc3 $1 16. bxc3 (16. dxc3 $15) 16... Bd7 {/\Ba4=/+ _|_}) 16. b3
$1 Bd7 17. Bb2 Bc6 18. Qh3 $1 (18. Qg3 $2 Nh5 19. Qg4 (19. Qh3 $2 Nf4 $19)
19... f5 20. Qc4 (20. c4 Qxd2 $19) 20... Qxc4 21. bxc4 Nf4 $17) 18... Ne4 $1 $8
19. Nxe4 (19. Qg4 Ng5 $13) 19... Qxe4 20. Qg3 Qg6 $8 21. Qxg6 hxg6 $10 22. Be5
Rac8 23. Rae1 f6 $1 24. Bg3 Kf7 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rfe1 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Bd7 28. d4
c6 29. Kf2 Bf5 30. c3 (30. c4 $2 Rd8 $1) 30... Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 d5 7. O-O
Bd6 $44) 6... Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3 a5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nd3 a4 10. e5 axb3 11. exf6
Qxf6 12. cxb3 Be7 $44) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. cxb3 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. h3 Bh5
12. Qe2 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a3 Nd7 17. Nf5 Qc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2009.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2009.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {Erwin usually defends the Spanish, often using the Berlin
Wall, but in last year's Wijk aan Zee B Group, Short demolished him with the
Evans' Gambit. L'Ami therefore heads for a Petroff, but is soon surprised by
another 19th century weapon.} 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {Short was the first
contemporary GM to revive the Four Knights, during the early 1990s.} Nd4 {
Rubinstein's Defence, which was largely responsible for killing off the Four
Knights in the early 20th century. However, it soon becomes apparent that
L'Ami is not too familiar with its finer points.} 5. Nxe5 $5 {The least
popular choice for White in this position. The 1990s revival of the Four
Knights concentrated on the moves 5.Ba4, 5.Bc4 and 5.0-0.} Nxb5 $6 ({Already a
perceptible inaccuracy. Theory recommends} 5... Qe7 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8.
Nf3 Qxe4+ {with equality. Speaking to reporters after the game, Short made a
very interesting point about the cause of Black's defeat in this game. As he
explained, many players nowadays, especially young players, are so used to
rattling out huge amounts of pre-game opening preparation, that they are
simply not used to thinking at a very early stage of the game. Here, after
barely five minutes' play, L'Ami was already out of his book knowledge, and
needed to start thinking deeply about the position. Instead, he played a
couple of plausible-looking moves rather quickly, but they proved to be errors.
In addition, the position is rather more critical than it appears, and by the
time L'Ami started really thinking about the position, it was too late - he
was already practically lost.}) 6. Nxb5 c6 ({Black already has problems
regaining his pawn, since} 6... Nxe4 $2 7. Qe2 {is obviously terrible.}) 7. Nc3
Qe7 8. Nf3 Nxe4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. dxc3 d5 11. Bg5 {The position is already a
disaster for Black. As Bobby Fischer pointed out, annotating his game against
Celle in My Sixty Memorable Games, " A mistake in these open games is always
much more serious". Short goes on to dispose of his opponent in thoroughly
convincing style, but his task was not especially difficult.} Qd6 12. Re1+ Be6
13. Nd4 c5 ({Played after long thought, but the position is already gone. The
main point is that the natural} 13... Be7 {walks into the cruncher} 14. Nf5 $1
{eg.} Bxf5 15. Rxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxb7 {with an extra pawn and an overwhelming
position.}) 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qh5+ g6 16. Qg4 Kf7 (16... e5 17. Rad1 Bg7 18.
Qf3 {is equally hopeless.}) 17. c4 d4 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Bf6 {L'Ami had had
enough punishment for one day.} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das Vierspringerspiel führt oft zu ruhigem
positionellen Spiel - aber nicht immer.} Nf6 4. Bb5 ({Zum Schottischen
Vierspringerspiel führt} 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 cxd5 {Ein aktuelles Beispiel:} 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 h6 13.
Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Ne2 Qb8 16. b3 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Bg6 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Bd3 Kf7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6
Nf6 26. a4 e5 27. f3 Rd8 28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 31. Ke3 Kh7 32.
Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Be6 Kg6 38. Rxa7
R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Kf4
45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 Nf3+ 48. gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 {1-0 (49) Wang Hao 
(2752)-Anand, V (2772) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 4... Nd4 $5 {Lebendiger als} (4...
Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 {z.B.:} Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6
11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. g3 Rad8 16. Bg2 Bc8 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 Nf8 19. f5 h6 20. Bd2 N8h7 21. Nf3 Re7 22. h4 c5 23. Nh2 Rde8 24.
Re3 b6 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Rae1 c4 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28. Qg2 d5 29. Bc1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3
Rxe3 31. Bxe3 Re4 32. Qh3 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Rg3 34. Qh2 Ng4 35. Bg1 Nxh2 36. Bxh2
Qf4 37. Ng1 Qxh4 {0-1 (37) Duras,O-Rubinstein,A Karlsbad 1907}) 5. Ba4 ({Oder} 
5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 $5 ({Der Remisweg ist} 8...
Qe5+ 9. Qe2 {usw.}) 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 d6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Be7 Qxf3
14. gxf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. b4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kg2 d5 20. Re5
c6 21. Rae1 Bc7 22. R5e2 Bc8 23. a4 Bd7 24. Bh4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Bg3 Bd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Bb8 Bg6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6
33. Ke3 Bb6+ 34. Ke2 Bh5 35. Ba2 g5 36. Bb3 f5 37. Ba2 f4 38. Bb3 Kf5 39. Bd6
g4 40. Kf1 g3 41. fxg3 fxg3 42. Bxg3 Bxf3 43. Ba2 Be3 {0-1 (43) Short,N (2698)
-Kramnik,V (2800) London 2011}) (5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 {gibt
Schwarz aktives Spiel.}) 5... Bc5 ({Die Alternative ist} 5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6
7. d3 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 {z.B.:} O-O 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rf3 Rae8 16. Raf1 Kg7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Rg3+ Kh7 19.
fxe5 fxe5 20. Rf6 Bxb3 21. axb3 Re6 22. Rgf3 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 d5 24. Rd6 dxe4 25.
dxe4 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Rxb7 Rf4 29. c3 Rf6 30. Rxa7 Rd6 31. Kf2
Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rc7 Kf5 34. b4 e4+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. Rxc6 Rxh2 37. Rc5+
Kg4 38. Kxe4 h5 39. Rc8 Re2+ 40. Kd3 Re5 41. Rg8+ Kf3 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. c4 h4
44. b5 h3 45. Rh8 h2 46. b6 Re8 47. Rxh2 Kxh2 48. c5 Rb8 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. Kb5 {
1-0 (50) Huebner,R (2581)-Timman,J (2578) Potsdam 2012}) 6. Nxe5 ({Ruhiger ist
} 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 $11) 6... O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5
Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 ({Oder} 9... d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13. f4 Qxf4
{z.B.:} 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qd8 17. O-O f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Ne5 Nd6
20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. N3g4 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxg4 24. Nxg4 Qh4 25. Qf3 Ng5
26. Qg3 Qh5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Ne5 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 g6 30. a4 a5 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32.
Bxc4 Re8 33. Rf1 Re7 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rb8 c6 36. d5 cxd5 37. Bxd5 Re2+ 38. Kh3
Rxb2 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bf2 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. Bf3 Rb3 43. Rc7 Ra3 44. Rc4 Kf6
45. Rc6+ Ke5 46. Bd1 Be1 47. Rxg6 Rxc3 48. Kh3 Ra3 49. Rg4 Rd3 50. Be2 Re3 51.
Bb5 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Shirov,A (2740)-Short,N (2685) Novgorod 1994}) 10. Ne3 d5
(10... d6 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 Nxe3 14. dxe3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf5 16. Bc2
Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nf6 18. Ng6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Najer,E (2599)-Onischuk,A (2655)
Moscow 2002}) 11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. b4 {Das ist ein neuer Zug von
Morozevich. Der Lc1 soll über a3 aktiviert werden. Dazu muss der Bauer
erstmal bis b5 gebracht werden.} ({Bisher kannte man} 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Qh5 Nh6
15. Ne1 fxe5 16. Qxe5 d4 17. Nc4 Ng4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Bc5 20. Qg3 Nef6 21.
Qh4 b5 22. Ne3 dxe3 23. dxe3 Be7 24. f4 Nh5 25. Qh3 Nhf6 26. Qf3 Bf5 27. Qxc6
a6 28. h3 Nh6 29. Qf3 Be4 30. Qf2 Bb7 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qe1 Nf5 33. Nd4 Bh4 34.
Qd1 Qb6 35. Bd2 Rae8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Nxe3 38. f5 Nxf1 39. Rxf1 Rxf5 40.
Rxf5 gxf5 41. Qh6 Qxh6 {0-1 (41) Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Leko,P (2749) Monte
Carlo 2005}) ({Und} 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 a5 17. b3 Qe6
18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Kh1 g6 20. Qe2 Ng7 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. e4 dxe4 24.
Nxe4 Re6 25. Qf3 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rae8 27. Bd3 Re3 28. Bc4 Ne6 29. Qf2 Qc7 30.
Rae1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Re1 Kf7 35. g4 Kf6 36. g5+
{1-0 (36) Kornev,A (2565) -Nielsen,P (2653) Warsaw 2005}) 13... Qc7 $5 {
Schwarz schielt schon nach h2.} (13... fxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. b5 Qd6) 14... Nxe3
15. fxe3 $11) ({Nach} 13... a6 {käme} 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. Bb2 {und Weiß wird
demnächst mit c4 fortsetzen.}) 14. b5 (14. exf6 Nxf6 15. b5 Nxe3 16. dxe3 Bg4
$11) 14... fxe5 15. Ba3 Rf6 16. Nb4 {Bauer c6 ist unter Beschuss.} e4 $6 {
Auch Svidler geht jetzt zum Angriff über.} ({Nach} 16... Bd7 {war} 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Ng4 Rg6 19. Na6 {lästig.}) ({Interessant war} 16... a5 $5) 17. bxc6
Rh6 18. h3 Nh4 $2 {Die Idee ist Sf3 und Matt, aber...} ({Nach} 18... bxc6 19.
Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nbxd5 Qb7 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxf5 Rd8 {hat Weiß
zwei Bauern mehr.}) 19. Nbxd5 {Der Angriff auf die Dame muss erst einmal
bedient werden.} Qe5 20. cxb7 {Und nun ist die ganze schöne schwarze Idee
geplatzt, weil auf} Nf3+ {einfach} (20... Bxb7 21. Ng4) 21. Qxf3 $1 {kommt,
denn nach} (21. gxf3 {reicht auch zum Gewinn. Nach} Bxb7 (21... Rxh3 22. f4 $18
) 22. f4 Qe6 23. Qg4 Rg6 {hat Weiß auch noch} 24. Ne7+ $18) 21... exf3 {
taucht die Dame an anderer Stelle wieder auf.} 22. bxa8=Q (22. bxa8=Q fxg2 23.
Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Arakhamia Grant, Ketevan"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. h3 Ng6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 h6 14. d4 Qe7 15. Nh2
Be6 16. Bc2 Bxa2 $5 {# Years and years of instruction and examples have
hammered into us that an isolated pawn grab on a2 (or h2) in which the bishop
cannot readily escape is a blunder of catastrophic proportions. At worst the
bishop will simply be lost, and at best, it will become a prisoner of war.
Stefanova shows that she is not intimidated by dogma.} 17. b3 Ra6 18. Be3 c5 $1
{# This is the key to accepting the risk of a boxed in bishop. The pawn goes
to c4, providing a safe place to exchange the bishop on b3, if necessary, and
providing a very nasty outpost on d3 if White isn't careful.} 19. dxc5 dxc5 20.
Nf1 c4 21. b4 Qe6 $1 {Providing maximum mobility for the queen and lending
x-ray support for b3 if the bishop on a2 should retreat to it.} 22. Qc1 Nh5 23.
Bd1 Nhf4 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Re2 Rfa8 26. Ng3 Ngf4 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. Re3 g6 29. Bg4
Qb6 30. Qd7 Kf8 31. Rd1 Bb3 32. Rd2 {#} h5 $6 {It is perfectly understandable
to play this, but this move also allows White's pieces to finally join in the
fight, creating an unnecessary amount of counterplay that could have been
avoided with} (32... Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Qc6 $1 34. Bf3 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 R8a2 36. Nh1 b6
37. Rd8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Rc1 39. Rxb6 Ba4 {and White's b- and c-pawns are doomed.})
33. Bxh5 gxh5 34. Nf5 Qf6 35. h4 Ng6 36. g3 Qc6 37. Kh2 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rf6 39.
Rxb7 Ba4 40. Re2 Kg8 41. Rd2 Nf8 42. Kg2 Ne6 43. Ne3 Rd8 44. Nd5 Kf8 45. f3 Rg6
46. Kf2 Ng7 47. Re2 Rgd6 48. Rd2 Ne8 49. Re2 Nf6 50. Ne3 Rd3 51. Rb6 Ng8 52.
Nd5 Ne7 53. Nf6 Rxc3 54. Nxh5 Bd1 55. Re3 Rc2+ 56. Ke1 Rh2 57. g4 Ba4 58. Kf1
Ng6 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS02 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2012.02.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Varga, Zoltan"]
[Black "Manca, Federico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.02.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.02.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{C48: Quattro Cavalli: 4 Ab5, risposte diverse da 4...Ab4} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 d5 7. exd5 (7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O
9. c3 Re8 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12. d3 c6 13. Nf4 b6 14. Qc2 Rc5 15. Qe2
Ba6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rac1 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Be5 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2710)-Kramnik,V 
(2790)/Cazorla 1998/CBM 065/[Tsesarsky]}) 7... O-O 8. Nf3 $2 (8. O-O Re8 9. Re1
Qd6 10. Nd3 Bg4 11. Rxe8+ Rxe8 12. Qf1 Nxc2 $17) 8... Re8+ 9. Be2 Ng4 $146 (
9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. d4 Bb4 12. Qd3 Qxd5 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Bg2 15.
Rg1 Bxf3 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Kxe2 Ne4 18. Qd3 Qh5+ 19. Ke1 Rad8 20. c3 c5 21. Qb5
Qxh2 22. Rf1 cxd4 23. cxd4 Nxf2 24. Qe2 {Rantanen,S-Lundin,J (2220)/Dos
Hermanas 2003/EXT 2004/0-1 (54)}) 10. O-O Nxf3+ (10... Qd6 $1 11. g3 Rxe2 12.
Nxd4 Rxf2 $1) (10... Rxe2 $5 11. Nxe2 (11. Nxd4 Rxf2 $1) 11... Nxf3+ 12. gxf3
Qh4 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. d4 Bf3 15. Ng3 Bxd1 16. Rxd1) 11. gxf3 Nxh2 $1 (11...
Nxf2 $1 12. Rxf2 Qg5+ 13. Kh1 Bxf2) 12. d4 Bd6 13. Ne4 Qh4 $1 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15.
Re1 Bf5 16. a4 Re7 (16... Bxc2 $1 17. Qd2 Ng4 $1 18. fxg4 Be4 19. f3 Bxf3 20.
Bxf3 Rxe1+ 21. Kg2 Rh1 22. Qf4 Qh3+ 23. Kf2 Qf1+ 24. Ke3 Re8+ 25. Kd2 Rh3 $19)
17. Ra3 Rae8 18. Re3 $2 (18. a5 Nf1 $1 19. Rxf1 Rxe2 20. Be3 R8xe3 21. Rxe3 Bh3
$1) (18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Qf4 (19. fxg4 Nxg4 20. Qf4 Rxe2 21. Rxe2 Rxe2 22. Bd2 Rxf2
$19) 19... Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21. Qxh2 Re1+ 22. Kg2 Bh3+ 23. Qxh3 Rg1+ 24. Kxg1
Qxh3 $19) 18... Rxe3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 $1 20. fxe3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 $1 (21... Ng4
$19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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 "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 (6. O-O) (6. Nxe5 d6
$5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5
Nd7 $15 {Nunn,J-Cristiansen,L/Vejle/1994/}) (6. O-O Qa5 $5) 6... b5 (6... Bb4
7. Bd2 Qa5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7 11. Be3 $14 {Yudasin,L-Nikolic,
P/Tilburg/1993/1:0/45/}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. h3 $5 (9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2
Bg4 11. Re1 (11. Ng3 Nh5 $10) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. d4 Qh3 14. Qd3 O-O
$132 {Nunn,J-Piket,J/Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 (
11... a5 $5) 12. Ng3 a5 13. d4 (13. Nh2 {/\f4}) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 c5 15. c3 Bd8
(15... h6 $5 {/\Nh7-g5/}) 16. Bg5 Be6 (16... h6 $5) 17. d5 Bd7 18. Nd2 h6 19.
Be3 Nh7 20. Rf1 $6 (20. Qe2 $5 {/\Ra2,Rea1/}) 20... Bg5 21. Qe2 a4 22. bxa4
bxa4 23. Ra2 Rab8 (23... Bb5 24. c4 Bd7 $13) 24. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 (24... Rb7 25. Nc4
Bb5 26. Nfxd6) 25. exf5 Nf6 $1 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Ne4 Nxd5 28. Nxg5 (28. Rd1 Nf6
29. Nxd6 Red8) 28... Qd7 29. Ne4 (29. Qf3 Nf6 {/\d5,e4/}) 29... Qxf5 30. Nxd6
Nf4 (30... Qe6 31. Nxe8 Nf4 32. Qg4) 31. Nxf5 (31. Qf3 Qe6 32. Nxe8 Qxa2) 31...
Nxe2+ 32. Kh2 a3 $1 $10 33. bxa3 Nxc3 34. Rc2 Rb3 35. Rfc1 Na4 36. Nd6 Rd8 37.
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Bogoljubow +5-4=3"]
[Site "Stockholm & Gothenburg"]
[Date "1920.01.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1920.01.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8.
Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 {[#]} Kd8 ({Later Rubinstein played the better} 
10... Qg6 $1 11. Qe2+ (11. Nh4 Qf6 12. h3 (12. Nxc7+ Kd8 13. Nd5 (13. Nxa8 g5
$19) 13... Qd4 $19) 12... g5 $11 13. Qe2+ Ne5) 11... Kd8 12. Re1 (12. h3 Nf6+ (
12... Ne3+ $17) 13. Kh2 $11 {1-0 (30) Spielmann,R-Weenink,H Scheveningen 1923})
12... Bd7 13. Nbd4 Ne3+ $17 {0-1 (45) Spielmann,R-Rubinstein,A Baden-Baden
1925 EXT 2017 [Spielmann/Kmoch]}) 11. h3 $16 Nh6 12. d4 Be7 13. Re1 Qg6+ 14.
Kh2 Re8 15. c4 Bf5 16. Bd2 Bc2 17. Qe2 Qd3 18. Qf2 Qxc4 19. Na3 Qa4 20. g4 Bd3
21. Re3 Ba6 22. Rae1 Kd7 23. Ng5 Qc6 24. Bc3 Qd5 25. Nxh7 b6 26. Nc2 f6 27. Nb4
Qg8 28. Qf3 Bb5 29. Nd5 Bc6 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Ndxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-06"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1914.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1914.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 1]} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4
7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5 9. d4 Qd5 10. Re1 Be6 11. Ng5 O-O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13.
Qg4 Qxd4 14. Qxe6+ Qd7 15. Qxd7+ Rxd7 16. Re8+ Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. b3 Bc5
19. Bb2 Rf8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Rd2 g6 22. Kf1 Rf5 23. f3 Bd6 24. Kf2 Ra5 (24...
Bxh2 $2 25. g3 Rg5 26. Rd8+ Kxd8 27. Bf6+ Kd7 28. Bxg5) 25. a4 Rh5 26. h3 b5
27. Bc3 Rh4 28. g4 Bf4 (28... Rxh3 29. Rxd6 cxd6 30. Kg2) 29. Rd8+ Kxd8 30.
Bf6+ Kd7 31. Bxh4 c5 32. axb5 axb5 33. Bg3 Bc1 34. c4 c6 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd3
Bg5 37. Ke4 Bf6 38. Bf2 Kd6 39. f4 Bc3 40. h4 Bf6 41. f5 gxf5+ 42. Kxf5 Bd4 43.
Bg3+ Ke7 44. h5 Kf7 45. g5 bxc4 46. bxc4 Be3 47. g6+ hxg6+ 48. hxg6+ Kg8 $11
49. Bf4 Bd4 50. Bh6 Bg1 51. Ke6 Bf2 52. Kd7 Bd4 53. Kxc6 Bf2 54. Kd5 Bg1 55.
Ke4 Bh2 56. Bf4 (56. Bf4 Bg1 57. Be3 Bh2 58. Bxc5 Kg7 59. Kf5 $18) 1-0

[Event "DSB Kongress-15 Meisterturnier-14"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1906.08.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1906.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 2] 1)Tarrasch/Schenzel: Der 15.Kongress des Deutschen
Schachbundes zu Nürnberg 1906, S.207,209. Diese Partie brachte bereits die
Entscheidung über den ersten Preis. Marshall war bereist einen Punkt voraus,
allein Schlechter hatte den Anzug... Wohl erlangte Schlechter eine guten
Angriff, aber fand eine höchst umsichtige Verteidigung, und nach
achstündigem Kampfe gab er die Partie remis. (RR: Man beachte 28 Züge in
acht Stunden)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 d6
7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 $44) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Ne2 Nxe4 9. Nxd4 Nc5 10. Re1+
Be6 (10... Be7 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxc6 $18) 11. Nxe6 (11. c3 {Sieht
interessant aus.} Nxa4 {Jetzt deckt der Springer nicht mehr den Be6.} (11...
Be7 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxc6 Qd7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. d4 O-O 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Be3
$16) 12. Qxa4 Qd7 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. d3 Be7 15. Qe4 e5 16. d4 Bf6 17. dxe5 dxe5
18. f4 $16) 11... Nxe6 12. Bb3 (12. d4 {Tarrasch} d5 13. c3 Be7 14. Bc2 O-O 15.
Qd3 $14 {Weiß hätte dann mit seinen 2 Läufern ein schönes Spiel gehabt.})
12... d5 13. c4 d4 14. c5 Qf6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qh3 Rh6 17. d3 g5 18. Qg3 Rg6 19.
Bd2 O-O-O $1 (19... Bxc5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6+ Qxe6 22. Re1 Qxe1+ 23. Bxe1
$16 O-O-O (23... Be7 24. Qf3 Rd8 25. Qxh5 Kf7 26. Qg4) 24. Qh3+ g4 25. Qxh5 $18
) 20. Bxe6+ (20. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxc5 22. Bxf7 $16) 20... fxe6 21. b4 $11
Rd5 22. Re4 Qf7 23. Rae1 Bg7 24. f4 gxf4 25. Rxf4 Rf5 26. Qf3 Rgf6 27. Rxf5
Rxf5 28. Qe4 {Auf Vorschlag von Schwarz als Remis abgebrochen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Bogoljubow +5-4=3"]
[Site "Stockholm & Gothenburg"]
[Date "1920.01.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1920.01.08"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 (5. Ba4) 5... Nxe4 (5... Qe7
$1 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qh5 $17)
6. Nxe4 Nxb5 7. Nxf7 $1 Qe7 (7... Kxf7 8. Qh5+ {/\Qb5}) 8. Nxh8 Qxe4+ 9. Kf1 $1
Nd4 10. d3 Qf5 11. h4 $3 {/\Bg5;Rh1-h3} b6 {Roizman: 11...b5} 12. Bg5 {/\Qh5}
g6 (12... h6 13. Be3 {/\h5;Ng6}) 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. Re1+ Ne6 15. h5 $1 gxh5 16.
Rxh5 Bxh8 17. Qb4 $1 c5 (17... d6 18. g4 $1 Qg6 19. Qb5+ Bd7 20. Qf5 $1) (17...
Kf7 18. Qe7+ Kg8 19. Rxe6 dxe6 20. Bh6 $1) 18. Qh4 Kf7 19. Bd8 $1 Qg6 20. Rh6
Qxh6 (20... Qf5 21. g4 {/\Qe7}) 21. Qxh6 Nxd8 22. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "Cambridge Springs"]
[Site "Cambridge Springs"]
[Date "1904.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1904.04.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Ng6 8.
e5 c6 9. Bc4 (9. exd6 cxb5 10. Qe2+ Kf8 11. f5 Nh4 12. O-O h6 13. Nxb5 $16)
9... Bc7 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. O-O d5 12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Qe2+ Ne7 15.
Re1 Bd8 16. c4 f6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qh5+ g6 19. c5 Qa6 20. Qh6 Be6 21. Nxf6+ Kf7
22. Ne4 Nf5 23. Qh3 Be7 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. g4 Nh4 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Rxe7 {[#]} Nf3+
28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rf7+ (29. Rae1 Bd5 30. f5) 29... Kg8 30. d5 Bxd5 31. Rg7+ Kf8
32. Re1 Qc6 33. b4 Rd8 34. Bd4 Rxd6 35. cxd6 Bh1 0-1

[Event "London First Class Loewenthal Tourney"]
[Site "London (Simpson's Divan)"]
[Date "1879.07.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blackburne, Joseph Henry"]
[Black "Mason, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "190"]
[EventDate "1879.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)The Chess-Monthly 1879/80, p.73} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Qd2 Ng6 9. Ne2 c6 10. Ba4 d5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12.
Nh4 h6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Rae1 h5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. c3
h4 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Nc3 h3 23. Rxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxd5
Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Rxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27. gxh3 Rf3 28. Rh1 Qf5 29. Kg2 Qe4 30. Kh2
Rd3 31. Qe1 Qf3 32. Qe6+ Kh7 33. Rf1 Rxd4 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. fxe3 Rd2+ 36. Kg3
Rxb2 37. a4 Rb3 38. Kf3 Ra3 39. Rb1 b6 40. Rb4 g5 41. Ke4 Kg6 42. Rc4 Kh5 43.
Kf3 a5 44. Rd4 Rb3 45. Rd6 Rb4 46. Rd5 Rb3 47. Rd6 Rb1 48. Kg2 g4 49. hxg4+
Kxg4 50. Rg6+ Kf5 51. Rxg7 Rb4 52. Kf3 Rxa4 53. Ke2 Ra3 54. Re7 Rb3 55. Kd2 b5
56. Kc2 a4 57. Re8 b4 58. Rf8+ Ke4 59. Re8+ Kd5 60. Rd8+ Kc5 61. Rc8+ Kb5 62.
Rb8+ Kc4 63. Rc8+ Kd5 64. Rd8+ Kc6 65. Rc8+ Kb7 66. Rc5 Kb6 67. Rc8 Rxe3 68.
Rb8+ Kc5 69. Rc8+ Kd5 70. Rd8+ Ke5 71. Re8+ Kf4 72. Rf8+ Kg3 73. Rg8+ Kf2 74.
Rf8+ Rf3 75. Rb8 b3+ 76. Kb2 Rf4 77. Ka3 Ke1 78. Kb2 Ke2 79. Rd8 Rb4 80. Rh8
Kd3 81. Rh3+ Kc4 82. Ka3 Rb8 83. Rh4+ Kc5 84. Rh5+ Kb6 85. Rh6+ Kc5 86. Rh5+
Kd4 87. Rh4+ Ke3 88. Rh3+ Kf4 89. Rh2 Kg3 90. Rb2 Ra8 91. Rd2 Ra6 92. Rb2 Kf3
93. Rh2 Ra7 94. Rb2 Ke3 95. Rh2 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "1929.09.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Ernst"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1929.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)"Novosti", Zagreb, 25. 09. 1929., p. 14} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 d6
11. Re1 Be6 12. Qd2 Qg6 13. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch13 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1944.06.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Makogonov, Vladimir Andreevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1944.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3
Bb6 8. Nf4 d5) (6. O-O O-O 7. d3 {--> main line} (7. Nxe5 $6 d6 8. Nc4 Bg4 9.
Qe1 Nf3+ $17)) 6... O-O 7. O-O (7. Nxe5 {--> Krukowski-Geenen}) (7. Bg5 {
--> Ristic-Grimberg}) 7... c6 (7... d6 {--> Banas-Lukacs}) 8. h3 (8. Nxd4 {
--> Meier-Blauert} exd4 9. Ne2 d5 $10) (8. Nxe5 $6 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be3 Nxf3+
11. gxf3 Bh3 12. Re1 Nh5 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. d4 Bb4 $44) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10.
Bg3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 d6 $10) 8... d6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 Nd7 (11...
Ne8 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Be3 Ne6 14. c3 g6 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. d4 d5 $10 {
Botvinnik-Fine,AVRO 1938}) 12. c3 Nc5 13. Bc2 d5 14. Qf3 Bc7 15. Be3 d4 16.
cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Qh5 b6 19. f4 f5 $1 20. b4 (20. exf5 Qd5) (20. Nxf5 g6
21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. fxg5 Ba6 {xd3}) 20... g6 21. Qh6 axb4 22. Bxb4
Qf6 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Bb3+ Kh8 (24... Be6 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxf5) 25. Rae1 (
25. Bc4 Ba6) 25... Ba6 $1 26. exf5 gxf5 (26... Bxd3 27. Re6 Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7
29. Re7+) 27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Rf3 c4 $1 29. Bxc4 (29. dxc4 c5) 29... Bxc4 30.
dxc4 Rff8 $1 (30... Rxa2 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Rf7 33. Nxf5+ $18) 31. c5 Rad8 (
31... Rxa2 32. Re7 {/\Rd7}) 32. Rd1 Rd5 33. Ne2 Rxc5 34. Kf1 (34. Nxd4 Rd8) (
34. Rxd4 Rc2 {/\Bb6}) 34... Re8 35. Rfd3 Rc2 36. Nxd4 Rxa2 37. Nxf5 Bxf4 38.
Rd8 Ra8 39. R8d7 c5 40. g3 Be5 41. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad tt"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 (6. Nd5 Nxd5 7.
exd5 Qf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 c5 $15 {Wolf-Alekhine,Karlovy Vary 1923})
6... dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ $6 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 Qg5 (
10... Qb6 11. Re1 $1 $16 {->}) 11. Re1 (11. Qd3 {--> Levitina-Savchenko}) 11...
O-O {--> Posch-Derr} (11... Qxb5 {--> Shipman-Weber} 12. Qg4 $1 $16) 12. Re5 $1
) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ (8... Bc5 {--> Van de Oudeweetering-Van de Nederland} 9. O-O O-O
10. Bd2 $10 (10. Qh5 d6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 $10)) (8... c6 {-->
Imanaliev-Thipsay}) 9. Be2 (9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 $10) 9... Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11.
Bd3 (11. Bf3 {--> Witmann-Eisterer}) 11... d6 12. Qf3 Be6 13. Qxb7 (13. c4 {
--> Odeev-Frolov}) 13... Bd5 14. Qa6 f5 15. Bc4 f4 16. Bxd5+ Qxd5 17. Qd3 Qh5
18. Qc4+ Kh8 19. Bxf4 Qg4 20. g3 Rf5 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. Qe4 h5 23. Qg2 h4 24.
Kh1 h3 25. Qc6 g5 26. Be5+ Rxe5 27. Rxe5 dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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,254 [Lasker,Ed].The game was played in Cincinnati.} e5 2.
Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nxe5 Nxe4 7. Nxe4 Qd4 8. O-O Qxe5
9. Re1 Be6 10. d4 Qf5 11. Ng3 Qg6 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. Qd2 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Rxd6 15.
Ne4 Rdd8 16. b3 Bd5 17. Ng3 h5 18. Re5 f6 19. Re7 Rde8 20. Rae1 Rxe7 21. Rxe7
Kd8 22. Re1 h4 23. c4 hxg3 24. cxd5 gxh2+ 25. Kh1 cxd5 26. Qa5 Qf7 27. b4 Re8
28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. b5 axb5 30. Qa8+ Kd7 31. Qxb7 Qe6 32. Qxb5+ Qc6 33. Qb2 Qb6
34. Qd2 c5 35. dxc5 Qxc5 36. a4 d4 37. a5 Qc3 38. Qa2 d3 39. a6 Ke7 40. a7 d2
41. Qa4 Qc1+ 42. Kxh2 d1=Q 43. Qxd1 Qxd1 44. a8=Q Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1903.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1903.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Monte Carlo war eines der Monsterturniere - zumindest aus heutiger Sicht - es
spielten 14 Teilnehmer doppelrundig (!). Tarrasch gewann vor Maroczy und
etlichen anderen Größen jener Zeit, nur Lasker fehlte.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 ({Hier kommt sogar} 7. gxf3 {
in Frage.}) 7... c6 8. O-O d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Bg4 (10... Be6 {wäre sehr
solide.}) 11. Qg3 h5 {, um 12.h3 mit 12...h4 zu parieren.} 12. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 $6 {
Notwendig war dieser Zug nicht.} ({Nach} 12... Nd7 {möchte Weiß sicher nicht
mit dem N zurück, also:} 13. h3 cxd5 14. hxg4 dxe4 15. dxe4 (15. gxh5 Kf8 {
scheint für Schwarz spielbar zu sein.}) 15... h4 16. Qf3 Qe7 17. Qf5 $13) 13.
exd5 Qa5 14. Bb3 cxd5 15. e4 $1 (15. h3 Be6 16. Qxg7 O-O-O $13) 15... Be6 {
Danach nimmt der Vorteil von Weiß konkrete Formen an.} ({Nach} 15... Qc5+ 16.
Kh1 {hat Schwarz Zeit gewonnen, weil h2-h3 und h3xg4 keine unmittelbare
Bedrohung darstellt. Allerdings ist diese Zeit schwer zu nutzen, z.B.} f5 (
16... f6 17. Bxd5 O-O-O 18. h3 $16) 17. Bxd5 f4 18. Qh4 Qc7 19. h3 $16) 16.
exd5 Qc5+ (16... Bxd5 17. Qxg7 Rf8 18. Qf6 $16) 17. Kh1 Bg4 18. c3 O-O {
Letztlich musste Schwarz doch kurz rochieren, da steht aber der Ph5 extrem
ungünstig.} 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Qg5 f5 (21... g6 22. Rf6) 22. Bd1 Qc8
23. Bxh5 Qd8 24. Qe3 f4 25. Qxa7 Qh4 {Schwarz setzt alles auf eine Karte, aber
die sticht nicht mehr.} 26. Bxe8 Bxh3 27. Qf2 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 f3+ 29. Qxf3 Rxf3
30. Kxf3 Qh3+ 31. Ke2 Qg4+ 32. Kd2 Qg2+ 33. Kc1 g5 34. Bg6 b5 35. Be4 Qg3 36.
Re2 g4 37. Ref2 Qe3+ 38. Kc2 g3 {und Marshall ließ sich das Matt nicht mehr
zeigen.} (38... g3 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. R1f7+ Kh6 41. Rh7+ Kg5 42. Rg8+ Kf6 43.
Rg6#) 1-0

[Event "USA-01 Congress Grand Tournament"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1857.11.08"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Morphy, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1857.10.06"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 (4... Bb4) (4... Nd4) 5. O-O (5. Nxe5
Nxe5 (5... Nd4 {Marshall}) 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8. Qd4 Nxc3 (8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Ng5 10. Ba3 Ne6 11. Qe4 Qg5 12. g3 $14) 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bf4 $1 $14) 5...
O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 (6... Nxe5 7. d4) (6... Nxe5 7. d4 $14) 7. Nxc6 (7. Nf3 $1 Nxe4
8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf8 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Bf4 $14) 7... dxc6 8. Bc4 {
[#]} b5 (8... Nxe4 $2 9. Nxe4 Rxe4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qf3+) (8... Ng4 9. d4 (9.
h3 Nxf2 10. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 11. Kxf2 Qd4+ $16) 9... Qd6 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Be2 h5 $17)
9. Be2 (9. Bb3 $2 Bg4 10. Qe1 b4) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 (10. Bf3 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Qd4
12. Ne4 (12. Qf1 Qxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Re1#) 12... Rxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 14. Kh1 Bg4 15.
Bf3 Re8 $19) 10... Rxe4 11. Bf3 (11. d3 Re6 12. Bf4) (11. c3 Qh4 12. g3 (12. d4
Bd6 13. g3 Qh3 14. f4 Bd7 15. Bf3 Re7 {/\Rae8->}) 12... Qh3 13. Bf3 Rh4 14.
gxh4 Bd6) 11... Re6 12. c3 $2 (12. d3 $142 $14 b4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Rxe3
15. Qd2) 12... Qd3 13. b4 (13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Bf5 15. Qe2 Rd8 16. Qxd3 Bxd3
) 13... Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4 Bd7 (15... Bb7 $142 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qd1 Ba6
$1) (15... a5 16. Bxc6 Ba6 17. b5 Rxc6 18. bxa6 Re6 19. c4 Rae8 20. Ba3) 16.
Ra2 $2 (16. Qa6 Qf5 (16... Qg6) (16... Qxa6 17. Rxa6 Rae8 18. Bg4 R6e7 19. Bxd7
Rxd7 20. d4) 17. d4 Rae8 18. Be3 c5 19. bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qb7 (20. Qe2 Bb6 21. Bg4
Rxe3 22. Bxf5 Rxe2 23. Bxd7 $10) (20. Qa5 $2 Rg6 21. Kh1 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bc6 $19)
20... Bd6 21. c4 $14) 16... Rae8 17. Qa6 {[#]} (17. Qd1 c5 {/\Bd7-b5}) {
Johnson,C.F.: "Morphy deliberated half an hour" (Sergeant: Morphy Gleanings,p.
13)} 17... Qxf3 $1 $19 (17... Qxa6 18. Rxa6 c5 $15) 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3
20. Rd1 (20. Rg1 Rxg1+ (20... Bg2+ 21. Rxg2 Re1+ 22. Qf1 Rxf1+ 23. Rg1 Rfxg1#)
21. Kxg1 Re1+) (20. Qd3 f5 $1 {Protecting the Rg6 against the attacking Qd3.} (
20... Bg2+ $2 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. d4 $14) 21. Qc4+ Kf8 (21... Kh8
22. Qf7) 22. Rd1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bxf3+ 24. Kf1 Bg2+ 25. Kg1 Bd5+ 26. Kf1 Bxc4+ 27.
d3 Bxa2 $19) 20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ (22... Rg2 $1 23. Qd3 Rxf2+
24. Kg1 Rg2+ 25. Kh1 Rg1#) 23. Kg1 Bh3+ $19 {Winning} (23... Be4+ $1 {
Checkmating} 24. Kf1 Bf5 $1 25. Qe2 Bh3+ 26. Ke1 Rg1#) 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qf1
Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 (28. Kg2 Bb6+ 29. Kf3 Rexh2 $19) 28... Be3
$19 0-1

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O b5
7. Bb3 a5 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nd3 a4) 6... d6 (6... d5 7. O-O Bd6) 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 $5
) 7... Bg4 8. d3 $6 (8. h3 $5 Nxf3+ (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 d5 10. d3) 9. gxf3 Bh5
10. d4) 8... d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $1 (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... Nxf3+ 11.
gxf3 Nxe4 12. fxg4) 11. Bxd4) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd2 d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 $44
) 11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 $2 (12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $15) (12. Nxd5 $32 Qxd5 13.
Bb3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 $10) 12... f5 $1 (12... Bxf3 $2 13. Bxc6+ bxc6
14. Qxf3 $16) (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3) 13. Ng3 (13. Nd2
Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qh4+ $17) 13... f4 14. Nxh5 fxe3 $17 15. O-O (15. c3 exf2+ 16.
Kxf2 Qb6+ $17) 15... Qh4 16. f4 $8 O-O-O 17. Qf3 (17. Kh1 exf2) 17... exf2+ 18.
Kh1 (18. Qxf2 Qxh5) (18. Rxf2 Bc5 $17) 18... Bc5 19. Bb3 (19. c3 Rhf8 20. d4
Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Rxf4 22. Qg3 Be7 $17) 19... g5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 $17 21. Nf6 Rf5 22.
Ne4 Rxf4 23. Qg3 Bb6 24. c3 Rhf8 25. Nxg5 Rg8 $19 26. Qxh4 Rxh4 27. Ne4 Rf4 28.
Rad1 (28. Ng3 h5 29. Nxh5 Rh4 30. Nf6 Rgh8 31. Kg2 Rxh2+ 32. Kg3 R8h3+ 33. Kf4
Rxd3 $19) 28... Rg1+ 29. Rxg1 fxg1=Q+ 30. Rxg1 Bxg1 31. Kxg1 {NP<->R. Offene
Stellung mit wBauernschwächen. Aktiver R gewinnt einfach.} Rf3 32. Nc5 (32. Nf2
{Hecht} Re3 33. Kf1 c5 $19) 32... b6 33. Kg2 Rf5 (33... Re3 34. Kf2 Rh3 35. Kg2
) 34. Ne4 Kd7 35. Nd2 Rb5 36. Nc4 Ke6 37. b3 Rd5 38. d4 c5 39. Ne3 cxd4 40.
Nxd5 Kxd5 (40... Kxd5 41. cxd4 (41. c4+ Ke4 42. b4 (42. Kf2 Kd3 $19) 42... d3
43. Kf2 Kd4 $19) 41... Kxd4 42. Kf3 Kc3 43. Kf4 Kb2 44. Kg5 Kxa2 45. Kh6 Kxb3
46. Kxh7 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.03.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $5 {An interesting way to get a
playable position without forced theory in the main lines.} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 a6
({Somehow I missed in my home preparation that this position had already
occurred in the practice of my opponent. It was interesting to see what Ivan
had prepared after} 6... Re8 $5 7. Bg5 ({an obvious prophylaxis looks the most
logical} 7. a3 {but here there is also the interesting} Nd4 $5 8. Nxd4 exd4 9.
Ne2 c6 10. Bc4 Bc7 $5 11. Nxd4 d5 12. exd5 Bg4 $44 {for a pawn Black has rich
play}) (7. Bxc6 $6 {is the way Ivan had played previously but White can't
calim to have an advantage - it turns out to be a great version of Anti-Berlin
for Black} dxc6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be3 c5 10. Nd2 Nf8 11. Nc4 Ne6 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13.
Ne2 b6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Bb7 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. b3 Rae8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Kh2
f5 20. e5 g5 21. Bxg5 Rg6 22. Qh5 Rxe5 23. h4 Qg7 24. Rae1 h6 25. Qxg6 Qxg6 26.
Rxe5 Qc6 27. Rf2 hxg5 28. Rexf5 Qd6+ 29. Kg1 gxh4 30. Rg5+ Kh7 31. Rh5+ Kg6 32.
Rxh4 Qg3 33. Rh3 Qg5 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Rg3+ Kh6 36. Rf7 Bc8 37. Rff3 Bg4 38. Re3
Qd6 39. Re4 Bh5 40. Rh4 a5 41. Rhh3 Qe5 42. a4 Qc3 43. Rg8 Qe5+ 44. Rgg3 c6 45.
Kh1 b5 46. Rg8 bxa4 47. bxa4 Qa1+ 48. Kh2 Qe5+ 49. Kh1 Qd4 50. Kh2 {0-1 (50)
Popov,I (2656)-Malakhov,V (2707) Moscow 2013}) 7... Nd4 $5 {The main idea is
that white bishop is under attack now} 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Nd5 $1 {engines
underestimate this move initially although it is objectively the strongest} (9.
Ne2 $2 Bxh2+ $17) (9. Nb1 c6 10. Bc4 Bc7 $36) 9... c6 10. f4 (10. Nxf6+ gxf6
11. Bh6 f5 $15) 10... cxd5 11. e5 Bxe5 {the safest} (11... Bf8 12. exf6 Qa5 13.
Re1 $1 Re3 14. f5 $40) 12. fxe5 Rxe5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qg4+ Kh8 15. Qxd4 d6 {
White's advantage here is minimal as the bishop on b5 is out of play.}) 7. Ba4
h6 8. a3 Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 10. Bb3 d6 11. h3 Be6 12. Bxe6 ({During the game I
thought the only opportunity to fight for advantage was} 12. Nd5 Nb8 $5 (12...
Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. c4 Rb8 15. Re1 g6 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Rac1 {the position is
complicated but more pleasant for White}) 13. c4 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6 Qxe6
$11) 13... Nbd7 14. Nc3 c6 15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. f3 Qb6 $132) 12... fxe6
13. Ne2 d5 14. Ng3 Bd6 (14... a5 $5) 15. c4 d4 $1 16. Bd2 a5 $1 $132 {Black is
just in time to organise counterplay on the queenside.} 17. b3 ({White could
simplify the position, which may be the best decision} 17. b4 $5 axb4 18. axb4
Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Nxe5 $11) 17... Qe7 18. Bc1 Rf8 19. h4 $6
{A positional mistake possibly based on a miscalculation.} Ng4 $1 20. h5 ({
Quite possibly my opponent intended} 20. Ng5 $2 {but after} Ne3 $1 {White's
position is falling apart like a house of cards} 21. fxe3 hxg5 $19) 20... Bc5
21. Ra2 b6 {White forced to wait but still it's also difficult for Black to
strengthen his position.} 22. Qe2 Rab8 23. Qd1 Rbe8 24. Qe2 Nb8 25. Rd1 Nd7 26.
Nf1 Rf7 $6 {This loses a tempo as my rook is not very well placed here.} (26...
Qf7 27. N3h2 Nxh2 28. Nxh2 Bd6 29. Nf1 Rb8 30. a4 c6 $15) 27. N1h2 Nxh2 28.
Nxh2 Bd6 29. Qg4 Rf6 30. Qh4 Rff8 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd2 $2 {An inexplicable
blunder.} ({After the logical} 32. Ng4 {White is a bit worse but with accurate
play it should be a draw} Rb8 (32... Kh7 33. f3 Nf6 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Kf2) 33.
Rc2 Kh7 34. f3 Ree8 35. a4) 32... Nc5 33. Kf1 $2 {Another blunder.} (33. Be1
Nxb3 $17) 33... Nxd3 34. Bg5 Rxf2+ $1 35. Rxf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 hxg5 ({White
could prolong his resistance in this hopeless position but Ivan could not find
the strength to do so:} 36... hxg5 37. g3 Bxa3 38. Nf3 Kh7 39. Nxe5 Bd6 $19)
0-1

[Event "Budapest Novotel-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.08.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Banusz, Tamas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 {Alternative continuation is} (
5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4 Nc6 8. e5 Be7 9. d5 Nb4 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. a3 Bxc3+
12. bxc3 Na6 13. O-O O-O 14. f5 Qf6 15. Be3 $16 {0-1 Tzermiadianos,
A-Mastrovasilis,D/Athens 2002/CBM 91 ext (36)}) 5... d6 6. h3 {preventing the
pin along the diagonal h5-d1. White has the following possibilities as well:} (
6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 h6 12. O-O d5
13. d4 Nxe4 14. dxe5 Be6 15. Re1 Nh4 16. Nd4 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Vallejo Pons,F/
Rapid KO, Leon ESP 2004 (34)}) (6. Be3 {1-0 Wahls,M-Wegner,H/Hamburg 1991/CBM
24/[Schussler] (48)}) 6... h6 7. Bxc6+ $146 {worsening black's pawn structure.
According to my database, this move is novelty.} (7. Na4 $5 {is again logical
alternative to the move in the game.}) ({In the previous game white tried} 7.
Ba4 Bd7 8. Ne2 O-O 9. c3 Qe8 10. Bb3 Ne7 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. O-O Bb6 13. Be3 Rd8
14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rae1 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 {1/2-1/2 Fox,A-Skelton,A/Bunratty 1998/
CBM 62 ext (16)}) 7... bxc6 8. Ne2 {improving queenside knight position,
transfering it to kingside.} Qe7 {Black doesn't hurry with the castle, but he
waits for white's actions.} ({In case of} 8... O-O {white can play} 9. g4 {
[%cal Ye2g3] with possible attack on the black king.}) 9. Ng3 Nh7 {preparing
to occupy the g5 square by the knight.} 10. Be3 {changing one of the black's
bishops, thus, leaving black with passive light-squared one.} ({White had
possibility to play} 10. d4 {, but after} exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O O-O {
black is near to equality.}) 10... Bxe3 ({After} 10... Bb6 {white can react
with immediate} 11. d4 $14) 11. fxe3 O-O 12. O-O f5 {Black carries out the
breakthrough f7-f5, preventing from white the occupation of f5 square.} 13.
exf5 Bxf5 14. Qd2 {adding the option of transfering the queen to queenside.}
Bg6 (14... Be6 {seems more logical.}) 15. e4 Rf7 16. Qa5 $1 $14 {emphasizing
the defects of black's pawn structure on the queenside.} a6 17. Nd2 {White is
ready to change the rooks, that will cause black serious problems with
defending of the weaknesses on the queenside.} Rxf1+ 18. Ndxf1 ({Probably
better was simple} 18. Rxf1 Qg5 19. Kh2 $14) 18... Nf8 $1 {getting the knight
into the game by transfering it to e6.} 19. Ne3 Ne6 20. Qa4 $2 {Inaccuracy,
which throws away the advantage...} ({Better was prophylactic move} 20. Kh2 $1
$14) 20... Qe8 $2 {missing more attractive continuation. Right was} (20... Qg5
$1 {and black gets counterchances, which are enough for an equality.}) 21. Ngf5
(21. Rf1 $14 {comes to consideration.}) 21... c5 22. Qc4 {avoiding the trade
of queens.} Bf7 23. Qc3 Kh7 {preparing to drive away the knight from f5 with
g7-g6.} 24. Qd2 $1 {White transfers all his forces to the kingside, where he
intends to manage the attack on the black monarch.} Qd8 {intending to take
control over h6-c1 diagonal.} 25. Rf1 {adding the rook to the attack on the
kingside.} Bg8 {Seems strange and passive, but it is second choice of Fritz!}
26. Rf3 {There were very interesting variations after occupation of d5 square
by the knight:} (26. Nd5 $5 Nd4 $1 27. Nxh6 $5 Bxd5 28. exd5 gxh6 29. c3 Nb5
30. a4 {getting the black knight out of the game.} Na7 31. Rf7+ Kg8 ({After} 
31... Kg6 {black loses:} 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. h4 $18) 32. Qf2 Qg5 33. Rf3 {
threatening with Rg3.} Kh7 34. h4 $1 Qh5 (34... Qg6 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rf3 $11)
35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Rxc7 Qg6 37. h5 Qxh5 38. Qf6 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg3 Qg5+
41. Qxg5+ hxg5 42. Kg4 Nc8 43. a5 Kf8 44. Kf5 $13) 26... Nf4 27. Kh2 {Very
strong prophylactic move, which is going to drive away the black knight from
f4.} Be6 28. g3 Nh5 {Black moved the knight to h5 in order to add it to the
defence from the f6 position.} (28... Ng6 29. h4 $36 {with following Ng4.} (29.
Ng4 Qg5 30. Qxg5 hxg5 31. b3 $14)) 29. h4 {taking control over g5 square and
preparing to play Ng4.} Nf6 {taking control over the g4 square.} 30. Kg1 $1 {
Another strong prophylactic move, which is going to prepare the moving of "g"
pawn.} ({Immediate} 30. g4 {is refuted by} Nxg4+ 31. Nxg4 Bxf5 $17) 30... Qe8 {
transfering the queen to kingside, hoping that it will help to protect the
vulnerable position of his monarch...} 31. g4 Qg6 32. Qg2 $36 Re8 {covering
the e7 square, thus, preparing to carry out the breakthrough d6-d5.} (32... d5
{is met by} 33. Ne7) 33. c4 $1 {White doesn't need to hurry with developing
with the initiative on the kingside, but first, he prevents from black to
create the counterplay through d6-d5.} (33. g5 Nh5 {and black's knight gets
good prospects.}) 33... Nd7 $6 {allowing white to get an obvious advantage.} (
33... Bg8 $14 {The waiting strategy was the least of the evils.}) 34. g5 $1 $16
{[%cal Yh4h5,Yf3g3] After black's knight left the f6 square and losy ability
to occupy the h5 square, white immediately plays g4-g5.} h5 {The only move.}
35. Ng3 {Now it is the right moment to open the "f" file for the heavy pieces.}
Nf8 36. Qf2 Kg8 37. Nd5 $1 {forcing black to take on d5, afterware white will
take control over important e6 square.} Bxd5 38. cxd5 Qh7 {preparing the
transfer of the knight to g6, from where it can occupy excelent stronghold f4.}
39. Rf7 Ng6 40. Qf5 (40. Rxc7 Rf8 {with following Nf4, with some compensation
for black. which is unsufficient for equality.}) 40... Rf8 (40... Nxh4 41. Qd7
$18) {[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest move for white.","","","f5e6","",
10]} 41. Qe6 $3 {[%mdl 640] Brilliant sacrifice of the rook! White uses the
terrible positions of black pieces.} ({Worse is} 41. Rxf8+ Nxf8 42. Qc8 g6 {
[%cal Yh7f7,Gh7d7,Yf7f4,Gf7f3] and it is not so clear how to get the advantage
here.}) ({Another nice attempt to fight for an advatage is the sacrifice of
the queen:} 41. Rxc7 Rxf5 42. Nxf5 $44 {and, probably, here white's chances
are better!}) 41... Rxf7 ({In case of} 41... Kh8 {white wins after} 42. Qxg6 $1
Qxg6 43. Rxf8+ Kh7 44. Nf5 {with following Ne7.}) 42. Nf5 $18 {Zugzwang! Black
is a rook up, he has three pieces, but none of them can move!} a5 {Other moves
lose immediately:} (42... Nf8 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Qxf7 $18) (42... Kf8 43. Qc8#) (
42... Nh8 43. Qe8+ Rf8 44. Ne7#) (42... Qh8 43. Qxg6 Kf8 (43... Qh7 44. Nh6+
$18) (43... Rxf5 44. exf5 Kf8 45. Qe6 $18) 44. Qe6 $18) 43. a4 Kh8 44. Qxf7 Nf4
45. Ne7 {mating.} 1-0

[Event "URS-ch58"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 Qe7 $5 {Eine sehr interessante Neuerung in der
Rubinsteinvariante. Bisher wurde 10.-c6 und 10.-Dg5 versucht.} (10... Qg5 11.
f4 $6 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13. c3 $1 (13. Nf2 Qe6 $1 $40) 13... Nf5 14. Nf2 Nxe3 15.
dxe3 Qh6 $1 (15... Qg2 $2 16. Bc2 {/\ Be4}) 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. O-O Bf5 $44) (
10... c6 11. c3 Ne6 (11... Nf5) 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4 $10) 11.
exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O c6 13. c3 N4f5 14. Ne1 Ne4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 (16. Nf3 $5
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18. Qe1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bc7 $13) 16... Bc7 (16... Nxf2 $2 17.
Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. g3 $1 Qxh2+ 20. Ng2 Bh3 21. Rg1 Rad8 22. Bf4 $1 $18
{/\ g4}) 17. Nd3 (17. Nf3 Nxe3 (17... Nxf2 $4 18. Nxf5 $18) 18. Bxe3 (18. fxe3
Bg4 $44) 18... Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Re1 Qf6 $1 $132 (20... Qd6 $2 21. g4 Bg6 22.
Ne5 f6 23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Qf3 $1 $16)) (17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Nf3 Rad8
19. Re1 Qf6 $1 $132) 17... Qh4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f3 (20. Nxf5 Bxf5
$10) (20. Nc4 $5 Re8 21. Qf3 Nf6 $1 $8 22. Ne3 $1 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bg4 24. Qg3 $14
) 20... Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxc3 22. Qe1 Qe7 (22... Qxe1 $2 23. Rfxe1 Nd5 24. Bxa7 $1
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 26. Bc5 $14 {/\} Rxa2 $2 27. Ba3 Nf4 28. Bb1 Ra1 29. Bxh7+
$18) 23. Qxc3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 $15 26. Bb3 Rd8 27. Qe3 a6 28.
f4 Qf6 (28... g6 $2 29. f5 $13) (28... Qd6 $5 29. Rd1 Bd5 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. Rd4
$44 {><d4, d5}) 29. Qb6 Bxb3 30. axb3 h5 (30... h6 $5) 31. Qxb7 Qd4+ 32. Kh1
Qe4 $1 {Die Dame darf wegen Matt nicht geschlagen werden.} 33. Rg1 h4 34. h3 f5
(34... Rd3 $2 35. Qc8+) 35. Qxa6 Rd3 (35... Rd2 $5 $15) 36. Kh2 (36. Qc4+ $142
$10) 36... Qxf4+ 37. Kh1 Qe4 $15 38. Kh2 (38. Qc4+ $15) 38... Qe5+ (38... Rxb3
$19) 39. Kh1 Qd5 40. Kh2 Qd6+ 41. Kh1 Qd5 42. Kh2 Kh7 (42... Rxb3 43. Qc8+ Kh7
(43... Kf7 44. Re1 Rxb2 45. Qe8+ Kf6 46. Qe7+ Kg6 47. Qe8+ Kg5 48. Qe7+ Kh5 49.
Qxg7) 44. Qe8 $1 f4 45. Rd1 $1 $10) 43. Qc4 Qe5+ 44. Kh1 Qe4 45. Kh2 Rd4 46.
Qc3 Qe5+ 47. Kh1 Qd5 48. Kh2 Rd2 49. Qb4 Rd4 50. Qc3 c5 51. Rf1 Rd2 52. Qf3 (
52. Qf3 Qxf3 53. Rxf3 Kg6 54. Rc3 Rxb2 55. Rxc5 Rxb3 56. Kg1 $1 {<->a1-h1} Kg5
57. Rc4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 $5 (5... Bc5 {Die
klassische Hauptvariante.} 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 $1 (9. O-O
$2 d6 10. exd6 Nf6 11. d7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne1 Rae8 14. d3 Ng4 15. Nf3
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxf2 17. Nd5 Nxd3+ $1 18. Nxb6 Qd4+ $15 {Huebner,R}) 9... d6 10.
Ne3 $1 {Short's Neuerung.} (10. c3 $2 Qh4 $1 (10... dxe5 $6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12.
cxd4 Qxd4 13. Bc2 Bf5 $5 $44) 11. Ne3 Qe4 12. Nb4 dxe5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bc2
$13 (14. Qc2 $6 Qe5 {/\} 15. f4 $2 Qxf4 16. Nc4 Qh4+ 17. Kf1 d3 18. Nxd3 Bf5
19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bb3 Rd8 $19)) 10... c6 (10... Qe7 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O c6
13. c3 N4f5 14. Ne1 Ne4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 (16. Nf3 $5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18.
Qe1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bc7 $13) 16... Bc7 17. Nd3 $5 Qh4 18. Ne5 $8 Bxe5 19. dxe5
Rxe5 20. f3 $6 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxc3 22. Qe1 Qe7 $1 $8 23. Qxc3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Be6 26. Bb3 $44 Rd8 27. Qe3 a6 28. f4 $1 $14 {Nikolenko,
O-Makarichev,S/URS-ch/1991/1/2-1/2/52/} Qf6) (10... Qg5 11. f4 $6 (11. exd6
Nxd6 12. O-O N6f5 $2 (12... Bh3 $2 13. Kh1 $16 {/\} Nxc2 14. Bxc2 Bxe3 15. gxh3
) (12... N4f5 13. Ne1 Nxe3 (13... Nh4 14. d4 $16) 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16.
Qe1 c6 {/\ <<ae8@}) 13. c3 (13. Ne1 $5 Nxe3 (13... Nh4 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Nf4
16. Kh1 $16) 14. dxe3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 {/\ []d3<<}) 13... Nxe3 14.
dxe3 (14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Qe1 Be2) 14... Bh3 (14... Bg4 15. exd4 Bxd1 16. Bxg5
Bxa4 17. Rfe1 $16) 15. Ne1 Nc6 {Nunn,J-Huebner,R/Munich/1991/1/2-1/2/30/} (
15... Ne6 16. Kh1 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. e4 $16) 16. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 17. Kh1 Be6 18.
Qe2 $16) 11... Qh4+ (11... Qg6 12. O-O f6 $1 13. exd6 (13. Kh1 $5 c6 $13) 13...
Nxd6 14. Nf2 N4f5 15. Nd5 $6 (15. Qg4 $6 Qh6 $1 $15) (15. Qf3 Nxe3 $5 (15...
Nd4 16. Qd1 $10) 16. dxe3 Bf5 $44) 15... Kh8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. c3 $2 Rxa4 $1
18. Qxa4 Nh4 19. g3 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nh4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Be6 $19 {Short,
N-Timman,J/Linares/1992/0-1/28/}) 12. g3 Qh3 13. c3 $1 (13. Nf2 Qe6 $1 $40)
13... Nf5 14. Nf2 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Qh6 $1 (15... Qg2 $2 16. Bc2 {/\ >>e4}) 16.
exd6 Nxd6 17. O-O Bf5 $44) (10... Qh4 $5 11. O-O Be6 12. c3 Ne2+ $1 (12... Nf5
13. Bb3 $16) 13. Kh1 (13. Qxe2 Qxa4 $44) 13... Bxe3 (13... Rd8 14. Bxe8 Nxc1
15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Rxc1 $16) 14. dxe3 (14. Qxe2 Bxf2 15. Qxf2 (15. Bxe8 $2 Bg3)
15... Qxa4 16. Nf4 Bd7 $13) 14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Rd8 (15... Bc4 16. Bb3 Bxd3 17.
Qxd3 dxe5 18. Qd5 $16) (15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd8 17. Nf3 Rxd1 18. Nxh4 Rxf1+ 19.
Rxf1 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bc4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxa7 Rd8 23. h3 $16) 16. Bb3 $14 {
Nunn,J-Christiansen/BL 9192/1991/1-0/57/} dxe5) (10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 $1 12.
N5c4 (12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 14. Bxe8 (14. fxe3 $2 Qh4+ $19) (14. dxe3 $2
Qa5+ $19) 14... Bxf2+ $17) (12. Nd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd7 f5 $17) (12. Nd3 {/\ 12...f5
13.f4} Bf5 $1 $44 {Geenen,M}) 12... f5 13. c3 f4 $1 14. cxd4 fxe3 15. Nxe3 Bxd4
$15 {Bogaerts,J-Geenen,M/BEL/1991/}) 11. c3 Ne6 (11... Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4
Nxe3 $1 (13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3 $14 {Short,N-Speelman,J (08)/London
cm/1991/1/2-1/2/30/}) 14. dxe3 Bf5 $1 15. exd6 (15. Bc2 $5 Qe7 $1 (15... dxe5
$2 16. Nxe5 (16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qe7 $13) 16... Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Bxe5 18. fxe5
Qe7 19. Qf5 $16)) 15... Nxd6 16. Ne5 $5 (16. Nf2 Re8 17. g4 $5 Be4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Qf3 Nd2 $1 $13) 16... Qe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nf3 c5 19. Bc2 Rfe8 20. c4
$1 $14 {Rodriguez,Am-Perez,Ro/CUB/1992/1/2-1/2/48/} a6 $6) 12. Bc2 $1 (12. O-O
Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4 $10) 12... dxe5 (12... Bc7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf5
$1 Qd8 15. O-O $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe3 14. dxe3 $1 (14. fxe3 Qg5 $132) 14... Qg5 15.
Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. e4 $1 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Be3 Nf8 21.
O-O-O $1 $16 {Rodriguez,Am-Armas,J/CUB/1992/}) 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 d6 (6... b5 7.
Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 b4 9. Ne2 Nxe4 {Nepeina,M-Korkina,S/Moscow-W/1990/1-0/43/}) 7.
Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. d4 Qf6 12. Rg1 Qxf3 13. Qxf3
Bxf3 {Wells,P-Hebden,M/Hastings-B/1991/0-1/52/}) 6... b5 (6... d6 7. Nxd4 exd4
8. Ne2 Qa5+ 9. c3 dxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. Bc2 Qh5 12. f3 {Lanc,A-Horvath,Im/
Stary Smokovec/1986/1-0/30/}) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11.
Ng3 c5 12. c4 $1 Qc7 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Ne2
Qb7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Qe1 $2 {Nunn} (19. Ne3 $14 {Nunn}) 19... f5 $1 $17 20. Ne3
f4 21. Ned5 b4 22. Nd1 Nf8 23. g3 g5 24. Nf2 Bd8 25. Rg1 Ng6 26. Bd2 a5 27. Qe2
Ra7 28. Ng4 Qg7 29. Raf1 Kh8 30. Qg2 h5 31. Nf2 Rf8 32. h4 fxg3 33. Qxg3 Nxh4
34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Nxf3 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Nd1 Bh3 39. Rf2
Nd4 0-1

[Event "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Site "Odorheiu Secuiesc"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 $5 (5... Bc5) 6. Nxe5 (6.
d3 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 $14 {Nunn-Bareev/Hastings/1992/
93/}) 6... d5 (6... b5 $6) 7. d3 $1 (7. O-O Bd6 8. f4 b5 9. Bb3 {0.5-0.5
Short-Piket.Je/Debrecen/1992/}) 7... Bd6 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Bg4 $14) 8... dxe4 9.
dxe4 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. O-O O-O (11... Nxe5 12. Be3 Ne6 13. Qh5 Ng6 14. Rad1
$16) 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Be3 c5 14. Nd5 Ne6 (14... b5 $2 15. Bxd4 $18) 15. Qh5 Nc4
16. Rae1 Nxe3 17. Rxe3 $16 Bd7 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd3 Qa4 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Rg4
Qd4+ 22. Kh2 g6 (22... Qxb2 23. c3 $44) 23. Qh6 Qg7 24. Qe3 f6 $2 (24... Qd4
$16) 25. Rg3 Rae8 26. Qd3 Nd4 27. c3 Nc6 28. Rf4 Re6 29. Qc4 b6 (29... Rfe8 30.
Qxc5 Rxe4 31. Rxf6 $16) 30. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:08]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:15] Black had no truly adventurous choices in any case,
except the slightly odd 4...Bd6. Quite solid are the well-known 4...d6 and 4...
Bb4.} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (5. Ba4 $5 {is the main line, trying to prevent
Black from playing ...d5 under favourable conditions. Play could continue:} Bc5
$5 (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 Bc5 $11 {is stable equality, though White has also
tried the pawn recapture.}) 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 {Now see,
for instance, Morozevich-Svidler, Thessaloniki 2013, or Kasparov-Dominguez,
Saint Louis 2017.}) 5... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 6. d3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} (6. Nxe5
Qe7 $1 {is vaguely reminiscent of the Traxler Counter-Gambit and is in any
case more dangerous for White than Black.}) 6... d6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Na4 {
[%emt 0:02:00] Initiating large-scale exchanges in a tried and tested manner.}
(7. h3 {is most played, but seems a little slow, especially since Black can
just respond to Bg5/Nd5 ideas with a laconic ...c6.}) 7... b5 {[%emt 0:01:29]}
8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 9. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} 10. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 11. Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:05:41]} dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 12. cxd3 {[%emt 0:04:21] So far
following a source game from 2 years ago. What seems likely is that central
pawn exchanges will follow and then a draw.} Qd7 {[%emt 0:08:38]} 13. Qf3 {
[%emt 0:02:45]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:25]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:33]} (14. Bg5 e4 15.
dxe4 Nxe4 $11) 14... Rfd8 {[%emt 0:08:39]} 15. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Qxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:40]} 16. Rac1 {[%emt 0:00:28] To be honest with you, I doubt it
makes much difference which rook White plays with here.} (16. Rfc1 e4 17. Qg3
Qd5 18. Qxc7 Rac8 19. Qf4 $11 {Maze,S-Fressinet,L Agen 2016, was the source
game, maybe marginally more pleasant for Black but still ultimately agreed
drawn without much trouble.}) 16... c4 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 17. h3 {[%emt 0:09:03]}
h6 {[%emt 0:05:15]} (17... e4 $11 {kept equality more easily.}) 18. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:16:53]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:08:35]} (18... Qd5 $1 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxc4 a5
$11 {keeps everything watertight.}) 19. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 20. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:21]} 21. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 22. Rb1 {[%emt 0:04:46]} ({Black has made a few very
minor inaccuracies, and now} 22. Rxc7 $5 Rxb2 23. Re1 $1 Rxa2 24. Rxe5 $14 {
might still make Black do a little bit of work in an unpleasant 4-v-3 rook
endgame.}) 22... Rad8 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 23. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Re2 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:29] The sacrificed pawns will return home.} 24. Rxa7 {[%emt 0:01:04]
} Rdd2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. g4 {
[%emt 0:08:58]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 28. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:06] The draw was agreed here, none too soon.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "China Chess Queen 1st"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2015.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ding, Yixin"]
[Black "Shen, Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Fischer,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Ne2 Re8 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nf5 Re6 15.
Nd2 Rf6 16. Ng3 Nd4 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nde4 Rg6 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. f4 $5 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Nxc2 22. Qf2 Bxe4 $2 {Letting White off the hook. But things are not that easy.
After} (22... exf4 23. Qxc2 {Black has to find the computer move} c4 {which
gives her a strong attack. However, after the tempting} (23... fxg3 24. hxg3 {
it is suddenly White who is better.})) 23. Qxc2 Bc6 24. fxe5 Qd4+ 25. Kh1 Ra7 (
{Safer was} 25... Bd5 {blocking the attack on f7.}) 26. Rae1 Qd8 {Too careless.
} 27. e6 fxe6 28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. d4 $1 {Freeing the way for the
white queen.} c4 31. Qg6 Bd7 32. Bd5 Be7 33. Nh5 Bf6 34. Nxf6 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Georgiev,Ki"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 11. c3 Ne6 12. exd6 (12. O-O d5 13. f4 d4 14. cxd4
Nxd4 $44) 12... Nxd6 (12... Qxd6 $5 13. Nb4 (13. Bc2 Bc7 14. g3 Nf6 $44) 13...
a5 14. Nc4 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qf4+ 16. Qf3 Qxc4 $10) (12... f5 $1) 13. O-O f5 14.
f4 Ne4 $6 (14... g5 $142 $44 15. Kh1 (15. Bb3 Ne4 $10 16. Ne5 $6 (16. Qe2 Kh8
17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. b3 Qd6 19. Bb2 $13) 16... gxf4 17. Rxf4 $2 Bxe3+ 18. dxe3
Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxf4 20. exf4 Be6 $17) 15... Ne4) 15. Ne5 g5 16. d4 Nxf4 (16...
gxf4 17. N3c4 Bc7 18. Bxf4 b5 19. Nxc6 Qe8 $13) 17. Bb3+ Kg7 (17... Nd5 18. Bc2
(18. c4 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Kg7 20. c5 Bc7 21. Bc2 $10) (18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qh5 f4 $10
) 18... Ndxc3 19. bxc3 Nxc3 20. Qh5 Bxd4 21. Bb3+ Kg7 $44) 18. N3c4 Ng6 19.
Nxb6 axb6 20. Bc2 (20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bc2 Re8 22. Re1 b5 23. Bxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4
fxe4 25. Be3 Bf5 26. Qd2 g4 $14) 20... Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Be6 (22...
Ra5 $2 23. Be3 $14) 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bxg5 Rxa2 25. Rxa2 Bxa2 26. Bf6+ (26. Rd6
Rf5 27. Be3 Bc4 28. h4 Rf1+ 29. Kh2 Re1 30. Bxb6 e3 $132) 26... Kg6 27. Kf2 (
27. Rd4 Kf5 28. Kf2 b5 29. Ke3 Bd5 $10) 27... h5 28. Rd7 (28. h3 Kf5 29. Ke3
Rg8 30. Rf1+ Ke6 $10) 28... Rf7 29. Rd8 Rh7 30. Ke3 Kf5 31. Rf8 $6 (31. h3 Bd5
32. g4+ hxg4 33. hxg4+ Kxg4 34. Rxd5 cxd5 35. e6 Rc7 $1 $17) (31. Rd4 Bb1 32.
h3 Bd3 33. g4+ hxg4 34. hxg4+ Kxg4 $15) (31. Rd2 Bd5 32. Rf2+ Ke6 (32... Kg6
33. Bd8 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Bxb6 Ke6 $16) 33. Rf4 $1 $16 {/\Rh4,g4}) 31...
Rd7 $1 32. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 17th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c5 $5 11. b4 $146 (11. c3 Nf5 12. exd6 $5 (12. Bc2
Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nf4 dxe5 $10 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. e4 Bg4 18. f3
Be6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Qf2 {1/2-1/2/Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Linares/1995/}) 12... Qxd6
13. Bc2 Nf6 14. O-O Bc7 15. g3 Qc6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nb4 Qd7 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19.
Nc2 Rad8 20. d4 Rfe8 $44 {Yudasin,L-Nielsen,PH/Kemerovo/1995/}) 11... cxb4 12.
Bb2 Be6 $1 13. O-O dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nd6 $1 {/\ Ne4} 15. a3 $2 {>< Ba4} (15. Nf3
Ne4 16. d3 (16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 $17) 16... Nc3 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3
Nd2 $2 18. Qg3) 17. Bxc3 bxc3 $17) (15. Bb3 $5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qh4 $5 $15) 15...
a5 $1 16. Rb1 (16. axb4 axb4 $17 {>< Ba4}) 16... Ne4 $17 17. c3 Nf5 18. Nxf5
Bxf5 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. Nc4 Ng5 $1 21. Qg3 Bxb1 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxg5 Qg6 $19 24.
Qxg6 Bxg6 25. Re1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hansen,LB"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 (5... c6) 6. Nxe5 O-O 7.
Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 $1 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 (12. Nf3 $2
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 $1 14. Bxe8 (14. dxe3 $4 Qa5+ $19) (14. fxe3 $4 Qh4+ $19) (
14. Qxe3 Qxg2 $19) 14... Bxf2+ $17) (12. Nd7 $6 Bxd7 13. Bxd7 f5 14. c3 f4 15.
cxd4 fxe3 16. dxe3 Qxg2 $36 {Franzoni,G-Godena,M/Manila ol/1992/}) (12. Nd3 $6
Bf5 $1 13. O-O Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd6 15. b4 Qg6 16. Bc2 c6 17. Bb2 Rad8 18. Rc1
Nxc2 19. Qxc2 Nc8 20. d4 Bxd4 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Bc3 Nb6 $17 {Sokolov,
I-Chandler,M/Brussels rapid/1992/}) 12... f5 13. f4 $1 Qxf4 14. c3 Ne6 (14...
Nc6 $5) 15. d4 Qh4+ (15... c6 16. g3 Qe4 $6 17. Rf1 Ng5 $2 18. Ne5 $1 f4 19.
Bc2 $18 {Bosch,J-Ciolac,G/Leukerbad op/1992/}) 16. g3 Qd8 $5 $146 (16... Qh3
17. Bb3 Kh8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 $1 Nd6 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Nxd6 cxd6
23. O-O $16 {Nunn,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk op/1993/}) 17. O-O f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Ne5
$1 $14 {x Bb6} Nd6 (19... Nh3+ 20. Kg2 $14 Qg5+ $2 21. N3g4 $18) (19... Bh3 $2
20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Rxf4 $1 Rxf4 (21... Qg5+ 22. N3g4 Rxf4 23. Nf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxg5
Rf1+ 25. Qxf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 $18) 22. Qh5 $1 Rf6 (22... Qh4 $2 23. Ng6#) (22...
Qf6 23. Nf7+ $18) 23. Qxh3 $18) 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. N3g4 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 $1 Rxf1 23.
Qxf1 Bxg4 $8 {X <->8} 24. Nxg4 Qh4 25. Qf3 Ng5 26. Qg3 Qh5 $1 (26... Qxg3+ 27.
hxg3 $16 {x Bb6; ^^}) 27. Bxg5 $8 Qxg5 28. Ne5 Qxg3+ (28... Qd2+ $2 29. Kh1 $16
Qxb2 $2 30. Ng6+ $1 hxg6 31. Qh4#) 29. hxg3 g6 (29... Rf8 $4 30. Ng6+ $1 hxg6
31. Rh1#) 30. a4 a5 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Re8 33. Rf1 Re7 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rb8
c6 36. d5 $5 (36. Ba6 $5 Bxd4 $1 37. Rxb7 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Bc5 39. Bxc6 h5 $10)
36... cxd5 37. Bxd5 Re2+ 38. Kh3 Rxb2 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 (39... Kh6 $2 40. Kg4 $1
$16 {x Kh6}) 40. Rxh7 $14 Bf2 $1 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. Bf3 Rb3 43. Rc7 Ra3 44. Rc4
Kf6 45. Rc6+ Ke5 46. Bd1 Be1 $1 47. Rxg6 Rxc3 48. Kh3 Ra3 49. Rg4 Rd3 50. Be2
Re3 51. Bb5 Kf6 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba m"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Qa5 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Qc7 11. Bb2 a5 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15.
Bb3 Rxa1 16. Bxa1 c5 17. d3 Be6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 Rb8 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e5
Nd7 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. Nf4 Nf8 24. Nxe6 Nxe6 25. Qg4 Qb6 26. Re3 c4 27. dxc4 bxc4
28. Bxc4 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 h5 30. Qxh5 Qxa1 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Qg6 Rb6 33. Qe8+ Bf8
34. Rf3 Qxe5+ 35. g3 Qd6 36. Qf7+ Kh7 37. Qxf8 Qxf8 38. Rxf8 $10 {Der sK
sichert die vereinzelten sP genügend ab.} g5 39. g4 Kg6 40. h4 gxh4 41. Kh3 e5
42. Kxh4 e4 {Die beiden weissen Bauern bleiben getrennt.} 43. Re8 (43. Kg3 Rb3+
44. Kg2 Kg5 45. Rg8+ Kf4 $10) 43... Rf6 44. Kg3 Rf3+ 45. Kg2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares zt"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Fernandez Garcia, Jose Luis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bxd1 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Kxd1 Rd8 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Re4 Rd4 17. f3 Rxe4 18. fxe4 Ke6 19. c3 Rf8 20. d4 Rf2
21. dxc5 {TL-TS: unterentwickelte weiße Stellung, zahlreiche weiße B-Schwächen,
aktiver SK, wendiger S, Mattangriff, Taktik} Rxg2 22. h3 (22. Bd2 Nxb2+ 23. Kc1
(23. Kc2 Nc4 24. Rd1 Rxh2 25. Kc1 Rxd2 $19)) 22... Ke5 23. Ke1 Kxe4 24. Kf1 Kf3
25. Be3 Nxb2 26. c6 (26. Rb1 Nc4 27. Bc1 Rh2 28. Kg1 Rxa2 $19) 26... bxc6 27.
Bxa7 Nc4 28. a4 c5 $1 29. Bxc5 Nd2+ 30. Ke1 Nb3 31. Ra3 Nxc5 32. c4+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "London Classic 9th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[Annotator "Hillarp Persson,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 {has never been more popular, but the Ruy
Lopez still leads to more complex positions and is the more ambitious option.})
3... Nf6 {The Berlin Defence is known to be super solid since the time when
Kramnik used it to win a World Championship Match against Kasparov. I believe
it was Julian Hodgson who pointed out that the downside of playing 1.e4, is
that it is not defended.} 4. d3 $1 {My "!" might seem a bit puzzling, but it
is the only way to keep a reasonable amount of pieces left on the board while
not ending up with a swap of the e-pawns.} ({The old main line} 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 {is another, more popular, line. It seem to
me like squeezing water out of a stone. But, let us be clear, I can only get
away with such a statement because I'm strong enough to have some inkling of
what I am saying, while not being strong enough to actually understand what I
am saying. Really, much of what goes on in these games is beyond our
understanding; especially how hard it is to actually handle these things over
the board without an engine as help. The drawing tendencies in the Berlin are
impending and it takes a whole lot of energy, focus and knowledge to be able
to win against another strong player here. This is what the game is like today.
It is a struggle with the thinnest of margins.}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 {is not seen often between the top players. Only Vachier Lagrave seems
happy to play this in long games nowadays.}) 4... Bc5 {The bishop is not very
well placed here if White takes on c6, but against every other setup this is
its optimal post.} 5. Nc3 {This move is generally played in tandem with a
Bxc6-followed-by-long-castling-strategy.} ({Caruana usually plays} 5. c3 {
, when lately} O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 {has done very well for White.} h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Bc4 {leads to a position that can arise from the Giuoco Piano, minus the
rook on e8. Because of this detail, Black should avoid} Na5 {due to} (9... g5
10. Bg3 Ba7 11. Nbd2) 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. b4 $14) (5. O-O Nd4 {gives Black an
easy game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {has been popular too, but in the last year
Black has done well with} Be6 $5 7. O-O Bd6 8. d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 {The engine likes the position for White after} 13.
Qe2 {, but it could be a superficial evaluation:} O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Nf3 Bc5
16. Re1 Rae8 17. exf5 $2 (17. e5 h6) 17... Bd5 $1 18. Ne5 Rxf5 $15 {Robson,R 
(2665)-Nakamura,H (2790) ch-USA 2017, and Black went on to win.}) 5... O-O 6.
Bxc6 dxc6 {Caruana has lost two rapid games against Grischuk from this
position, but he seems to have faith in it still.} 7. h3 (7. Ne2 Re8 8. h3 Nd7
9. g4 Bb4+ $5 10. Kf1 {I find it hard to believe that this move fits in with
White's setup.} (10. Bd2 Bxd2+ (10... Bf8 $1) 11. Qxd2 c5 12. O-O-O $13) 10...
Bf8 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nf5 {White's plan looks menacing, but if Black
can defend (which should be quite possible) then the bishop pair could become
a factor in the latter part of the game.} Ne6 14. Rg1 Kh8 15. h4 g6 16. Nh6 Qe7
$17 {and White's attack came to a complete halt as g5 is met with Bxh6 and h5
with ...Bxh6 followed by ...g5; Caruana,F (2795)-Grischuk,A (2780) Champions
Showdown G30 rapid 2017.}) 7... Nd7 {Black starts rearranging his minor pieces.
The knight is headed for e6 and the Bc5 will be solid on d6 or tucked away on
f8. It will be difficult for White to open up the position without
simultanesly opening a Pandora's box of awesome bishop power.} ({Having seen
the course the game takes, I went back to this moment to ask myself if there
is no way for Black to get the bishop to f8 in one go. Indeed there is:} 7...
Re8 8. Be3 Bf8 {intending a fast Nf6-d7-c5-e6, will win a tempo for Black
compared to the game if White continues along the same lines. In a blitz game
Caruana made use of a different version of the same plan we will soon see:} 9.
a4 a5 10. O-O b6 (10... Nd7) 11. Nd2 Be6 {As I understand it, the bishop
should only go here when f6 has been played (so that it can retreat to f7).} (
11... Nd7) 12. Ne2 Nh5 13. g4 Nf6 14. Ng3 {The plan is back on track.} Nd7 15.
Kh2 g6 16. Rg1 Be7 {Black is drifting.} 17. Nf5 Bg5 18. Nf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Kh8
20. Qe1 c5 21. b3 gxf5 $2 22. gxf5 Bxf5 23. exf5 e4 24. Ng5 Ne5 25. Kh1 f6 26.
Ne6 {and White went on to win, in Caruana,F (2800)-Nakamura,H (2785) chess.com
Speed 3m+2spm 2017. It is a nice illustration of the g4/Nc3-e2-g3-f5 plan.}) 8.
Be3 $1 Bd6 9. Ne2 Re8 10. g4 Nc5 ({Grischuk's idea} 10... Bb4+ {is not out of
the question here.}) 11. Ng3 Ne6 {White would like to push the pawns forward
on the kingside, but as long as Bc8 keeps an eye on g4, it is not possible ot
play h4, while g4-g5 doesn't solve the problem as h4 is still (annoyingly)
answered with ...Bg4. However, this is why the knight was rerouted to g3. It
will act as a plug on f5 and allow White to continue to push the pawns. Ergo,
there is no reason for Black to keep the c8-g4-diagonal open anymore.} ({
The engine likes} 11... g6 {, but it looks illogical to give White something
to bite into on the kingside. I don't trust it.}) 12. Nf5 c5 {Now White's
options in the centre have been radically diminished. It's an all eggs in one
basket situation where the basket is the kingside.} 13. h4 a5 14. h5 Ra6 $5 {
A flexible way to get the rook to participate.} (14... Bd7 $6 {is a sorry
excuse for a move. Not only is the bishop not fulfilling any function on d7
that it didn't carry out from c8, but also it is more in the way of the other
pieces. Never play Bc8-d7 or Bc1-d2 unless you have a clear idea of why you
are doing it.}) 15. Qd2 {Black's pieces are in good spots and no further slow
improvement is in sight, so it is time for some activity.} Nd4 $1 16. Rh3 Bf8
$1 {It is often good to retreat the bishops to the last rank when the opponent
has active knights which lack real outposts. This is such a case. The bishops
could actually not be more active than they are (while not stepping on the
toes of the other pieces); not without a majot change in the pawn structure.}
17. O-O-O Be6 {Finally Anand decides to move the bishop. As I said before; I
like the bishop on c8. Both} (17... a4 {and}) (17... b5 {, look promising for
Black and more flexible. Still, it is not a bad move, at all.}) 18. Kb1 f6 {
Anand has built a convincing case against Caruana's setup and it is White who
has to find equality.} 19. c3 $1 {If you have a chat with the pieces they will
all say: "The knight on d4 is too strong. It has to go."} Nxf3 20. Rxf3 c4 $5 {
Black is much happier in a position where he gets to play c4, than one in
which White gets to do it first.} (20... Qd7 21. c4 {looks like a strategic
improvement from White's point of view. However, it is not easy to neutralise
Black's initiative after} Kh8 22. Rg3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (20... h6 {is the
engine's favourite move, but it has long-reaching negative consequences in
that the knight is now safe on f5, while g7 becomes a future weakness. White
can put all his resources into the defence for some time and then aim to play
d2-d4 at an opportune moment.}) 21. Qc2 $6 (21. g5 $1 {White cannot enter an
endgame without taking the g7-g6 option away from Black first. Otherwise the
knight will be kicked back. One way to achieve this is} Qxd3+ 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23.
gxf6 gxf6 24. Rxd3 {and since Nf5 is as strong as the opponent's bishop, this
is an equal position.}) 21... cxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc8 {Black has managed to keep the
bishop pair and White has little in the way of compensation.} 23. g5 $1 {
White must immediately mix things up, before Black gets time to exchange a
pair of rooks and run for the ending.} fxg5 24. Bxg5 Bf7 $5 ({Perhaps even
better is} 24... h6 25. Bc1 Bf7 {, when the h5-pawn looks weak, while it is
unclear that White can pose any real threats to Black's king.} 26. Rg3 Kh8 27.
Rd1 a4 $1 {and with ...Qe6 coming next, White is in trouble.}) 25. h6 $1 gxh6
26. Bc1 {Now, objectively speaking, Black is still better, but White has
significantly more ideas to play around with as Black's king has become much
more exposed.} Qe6 27. b3 a4 $2 ({This lets Caruana back in the game. It was
necessary to forestall c3-c4 with} 27... b5 $1 {when, after} 28. Bb2 a4 29.
Rg3+ Bg6 30. f3 axb3 31. axb3 h5 {Black is clearly better.}) 28. c4 $1 {
With this move White achieves a state of stability on the queenside. It is a
temporary stability, but that is all he needs in order to get in some decent
threats of his own.} axb3 29. axb3 Qc6 $1 (29... Rea8 30. Bb2 Ba3 31. Qd1 $1
Bxb2 32. Kxb2 Ra2+ 33. Kc3 $18) 30. Rg3+ Kh8 31. Rd1 b5 $1 32. c5 ({My eye was
immediately caught by} 32. Bb2 $5 bxc4 33. Rd8 $1 {, but Black seems to be
able to defend in more than one way.} Ra5 34. Nd4 $1 (34. Qc3 $4 Qxe4+) 34...
Qb7 35. Ne6 (35. Rxe8 Bxe8 36. f4 {is also "=" according to the engine.}) 35...
Be7 36. Rxe8+ Bxe8 37. f4 Bc6 38. Bxe5+ Rxe5 39. Qc3 Bxe4+ 40. Kb2 Ba3+ {
is one way. Easy to spot. (Not.)}) 32... b4 $2 {A second mistake and this time
there is no coming back.} ({Instead} 32... Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Bxc5 {was right.
White has some pressure, but it doesn't really go anywhere. One possible
defence is} 34. Rd7 Be6 35. Rxc7 Bxf5 36. exf5 Bd4 37. Rgg7 e4 38. Bb2 Bxb2 39.
Kxb2 Rf6 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rhg7+ Kh8 {with a draw.}) 33. Bb2 {Suddenly Black
is in a lot of trouble. The e5-pawn is shaky and the king depends on it for
survival.} Bg6 (33... Ra5 $1 {is a better defence, but this time} 34. Rd8 {
is stronger:} Qxc5 35. Rxe8 Qxc2+ 36. Kxc2 Bxe8 37. f4 Rc5+ 38. Kd3 Bg6 39.
Bxe5+ Kg8 40. Ne3 {and Black has a very difficult time.}) 34. Rd5 $1 Qb5 {
A tricky move (the only one) that has a counter-attack in mind.} 35. Rg1 c6 $4
{For someone of Anands calibre, this qualifies as chess-blindness. It is quite
obvious that one cannot let the e5-pawn fall without, at least, being able to
take the bishop out of circulation (sacrifice the exchange).} (35... Rae6 36.
f4 {is also much better for White, but Black can fight on.}) 36. Rxe5 Rxe5 37.
Bxe5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 Kf7 39. Nh4 {A prosaic move that threatens Nxg6 followed by
e4-e5. There is no defence anymore. Although Anand's play deserved a better
fate, Caruana had excellent timing in creating his counterplay.} 1-0

[Event "ISL-FRA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 (5... c6 {Ernst}
6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 Bg4 $1 $10 {Nunn-Piket,Je/
Wijk aan Zee/1993/}) 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 Qg5 (9... d6 10.
Ne3 c6 (10... Qh4 11. O-O Be6 12. c3 Ne2+ $1 (12... Nf5 13. Bb3 $16) 13. Kh1
Bxe3 14. dxe3 Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Rd8 16. Bb3 dxe5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 $14 {
Nunn-Christiansen, BRD 1991}) (10... dxe5 {Ernst} 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13.
f4 $1 Qxf4 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bb3 $16 {Nunn-Nikolic,P/Wijk
aan Zee/1993/}) 11. c3 $1 (11. O-O Bc7 12. c3 Ne6 $1 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4
15. d4 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nd3 18. Nc4 Be6 $6 (18... b6 $1 $10) 19. Na5
$14 {Short-Speelman, London m/8 1991}) 11... Nf5 (11... Ne6 12. Bc2 $1 dxe5 (
12... Bc7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf5 $1 Qd8 15. O-O $16) 13. Nxe5 Bxe3 14. dxe3 Qg5
15. Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Be3 Nf8 21.
O-O-O $16 {Rodriguez,A-Armas,J Cuba 1992}) 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 Nxe3 $1 (13...
dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3 $14 {Short-Speelman, London m/8 1991}) 14. dxe3 Bf5
15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nf3 c5 $44 {xe4 Rodriguez,A-Perez,R
Cuba 1992}) 10. Ne3 d6 11. exd6 (11. f4 Qg6 (11... Qh4+ $2 12. g3 Qh3 13. Nf2
$16) 12. O-O f6 13. Kh1 $1 (13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Nf2 N4f5 $44 {Short-Timman,
Linares 1992}) 13... c6 14. b4 Nf5 15. Bb3+ Kh8 16. Qe1 $14 {Sax-Dreev,
Tilburg 1992}) 11... Nxd6 12. O-O N4f5 (12... Bh3 $2 13. Kh1 $16 {Hubner}) (
12... N6f5 $2 13. c3 Nxe3 14. dxe3 Bh3 15. Ne1 Nc6 16. Bxc6 $1 (16. e4 $2 Qg6
17. Kh1 Be6 18. Qe2 Ne5 $44 {Nunn,J-Hubner,R Munchen 1991}) 16... bxc6 17. Kh1
Be6 18. Qe2 $16 {Hubner}) 13. Ne1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qe7 $5 {N} (15...
Qh5 16. Qe1 c6 {/\Hae8 Hubner} (16... c6 {Ernst} 17. Qg3 Rad8 18. d4 $14)) 16.
Kh1 (16. Qe1 $5 c6 17. Qh4 $10) 16... f5 17. d3 $1 (17. Qe1 f4 $1 18. exf4 Qxe1
19. Rxe1 (19. Nxe1 $2 Be2 $19) 19... Rxf4 20. Bb3+ Kh8 $44) (17. d4 c6 18. Qd3
Bc7 19. Bb3+ Kh8 20. Ne5 Bh5 21. Bd2 Ne4 $44) 17... Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Qxe3 19. Qe1
Qxe1 (19... f4 $6 20. Qc3 Bxf3 $8 21. Rxf3 Qe7 22. Raf1 $16) 20. Raxe1 Bxf3 $8
21. Rxf3 c6 22. Bb3+ Kh8 23. Rfe3 Rae8 24. h4 $1 (24. Kg1 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Re8 26.
Kf2 g6 27. Rxe8+ Nxe8 28. Ke3 Kg7 29. Kd4 Kf6 $10) 24... Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Re8 (
25... g6 $2 26. Re7 $16) 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. h5 $1 h6 $2 (27... g5 $2 28. hxg6
hxg6 29. Bf7 $18) (27... Nf6 28. Bf7 Ng4 29. b4 Nh6 30. Be6 g6 31. d4 Ng4 32.
Bc8 Ne3) 28. Kg1 g5 $6 (28... Kh7 29. Bf7 Nd6 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Kf2 Kf8 32. Ke3
Ke7 33. Kf4 $16) 29. hxg6 Kg7 30. Bf7 Nd6 31. Kf2 Nxf7 32. gxf7 Kxf7 33. Kg3
Kg6 34. Kf4 Kf6 35. d4 $2 (35. a4 Ke6 (35... b5 36. axb5 cxb5 37. b4 Ke6 38. c4
$18) 36. b4 b6 37. d4 Kd5 38. Kxf5 Kxd4 39. Kg6 Kc3 $18) 35... b5 36. c3 a5 37.
b3 a4 38. c4 Ke6 39. Kg3 bxc4 $2 (39... Kf6 40. Kf3 $16) (39... axb3 {Ernst}
40. axb3 bxc4 41. bxc4 Kf6 42. Kh4 Kg6 43. g3 Kh7 44. Kh5 Kg7 45. d5 cxd5 46.
cxd5 Kf6 47. Kxh6 Ke5 48. Kg5 $18) 40. bxc4 a3 41. Kf4 Kf6 42. d5 $18 cxd5 43.
cxd5 Ke7 44. Kxf5 Kd6 45. Ke4 h5 46. g3 Kd7 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Kc4 Kd7 49. Kc5 Kc7
50. d6+ Kd7 51. Kd5 Kd8 52. Kc6 Kc8 53. Kb5 Kd7 54. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Hug,W"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bf3 $1 c6 12. Re1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 d5 15. Bg4 Be6 $6 (15... Bxg4 16. Qxg4 Rfe8 17. Rae1 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Qd6 19.
Qh4 f6 $14) 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Re1 (18. Re5 Qh6 19. Re1 Rf6 20. g3
Kf7 21. h4 $16) 18... e5 $1 19. f3 e4 20. fxe4 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. h3 $2 (
22. Qc4+ Rf7 (22... Kh8 23. Rf1 Qd6 24. Rxf8+ Qxf8 25. Qxe4) 23. Qd4 Qf5 (23...
Qxd4+ 24. cxd4 Re7 (24... Rf4) 25. Kf2 Kf7 26. Ke3 $16) 24. Qxa7 c5 25. Qb8+
Rf8 26. Qg3 $16) 22... Qe6 23. Qxe4 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9899 9th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1998.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tsesarsky} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7.
Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 {Tsesarsky} Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd3 O-O $11 {
0-1 Techno Chess-Kallisto/15th WMCCC, Paris FRA 1997 (75)}) (9. a4 {Tsesarsky}
Be7 10. h3 O-O (10... a5 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Kirusha,A/White Nights Open, St
Petersburg RUS 1998 (42)}) 11. b3 (11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Qd2
$11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Igudesman,K/Czech Open, Pardubice CZE 1998 (33)}) 11... Re8
12. Re1 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Benko,P/Venice 1974 (22)}) (9. Qe2 {Tsesarsky}
Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cortlever,N-Kramer,G/Beverwijk 1946 (21)
}) (9. Ne1 {Tsesarsky} Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Euwe,
M-Bogoljubov,E/NED 1928 (21)}) (9. Qd3 {Tsesarsky} Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 Bg4
$11 {1-0 Preiswerk,W-Vordank,K/Berlin CL 1920 (21)}) (9. h3 {Tsesarsky} Be7 10.
Be3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 $11 (11... Ne8 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 b6 14. Qd3 f5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 $11)) (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11 {1-0 Pavlov Pianov,
N-Tselikov,N/Moscow URS ch(1) 1920 (45)}) 10... h6 11. a4 a5 $11 (11... g5 12.
Nh2 Rg8 13. Ng4 $14 {1-0 Landtman,M-Okkes,M/NED tt 1995 (45)})) 9... Be7 10. h3
{[%csl Gc8,Gd4,Ge4,Ge7]} (10. Qd3 {Tsesarsky} O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 Bg4 12.
Rd2 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Marchand,M-Cole,H/Hastings 1919 (52)}) 11... Rd8 12. Bxf6
Bxf6 13. d5 c5 $11 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow-ch ,HCL 1945 (55)})
10... h6 $1 {'=' Tsesarsky.} (10... O-O {Tsesarsky} 11. Qd2 $11 {Sutovsky
plays this variation very often, but without any special achivements in
opening stage. Maybe it is not so easy to receive any advantage in Spanish or
Scottish openings too.} Be6 (11... Re8 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7
15. Re3 Nf8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd3 Be6 18. Rd6 f6 19. b3 Rae8 20. g4 Ng6 $11 {
0-1 Tan-Foulon/Moscow olw 1994 (46)}) (11... b5 $5 12. a3 a6 13. Rfd1 (13. d5
Bb7 (13... c5 14. Rfe1 $14) 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 $11) 13... Re8 14. Qe3
(14. d5 Bb7 $11) 14... exd4 (14... h6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc5 Be6
18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 $132) 15. Nxd4 c5 $1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Zhang
Zhong/Elista RUS 1998 (38)}) 12. a4 Rfd8 $6 $14 (12... a5 $1 $11) 13. a5 $5 h6
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 Bd7 16. a6 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sutovskij,E-Nunn,J/Oxford 1998/
CBM 69_07/ (46)}) (10... Bd7 {Tsesarsky} 11. a4 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd3 Rad8 14.
a5 c5 15. d5 Nh5 16. Qc4 Qc8 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5 Bf5 20. Rfe1 dxe5
21. Nxe5 Bf6 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. Qxf4 Bxc2 $15 {1-0 Sutovsky,E-Mikhalevski,V/Tel
Aviv ISR 1999 (38)}) 11. Bh4 Nh5 $1 $146 (11... g5 $6 {[%csl Re8] Sutovskij,
E-Piket,J/Elista 1998}) (11... g5 {Tsesarsky} 12. dxe5 gxh4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14.
Re1 Rg8 (14... Be6 $132) 15. Kh1 Be6 $1 (15... Rg6 16. e5 $1 $16 {0-1 Sutovsky,
E-Piket,J/Elista RUS 1998 (52)})) 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[%cal Yh5f4,Ye7f6,Yf6g6]} 13.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. Qxh5 exd4 15. Ne2 O-O (15... Qxe4 $6) 16. Nxd4 (16. Ng3 Qb4 $5
) 16... Qxe4 17. Rad1 Re8 $11 (17... Qf4 {Tsesarsky} 18. Rfe1 (18. c3 Re8 19.
Rfe1 Bd7 $11) 18... Bd7 19. Re7 Rad8 20. Ne2 Qf5 21. Ng3 Qxh5 22. Nxh5 Bc8 23.
Rxd8 Rxd8 $11) 18. Rfe1 $5 Qxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kh2 Bd7 (20... Be6 $11 {
Tsesarsky}) 21. Qc5 (21. Qa5 {Tsesarsky} Rd1 22. c3 Rd2 23. Qb4 b6 24. Qe7 c5
25. Qxd7 cxd4 26. cxd4 Rxb2 27. f4 a5 $132) 21... Rd1 $1 (21... Ree8 22. b4 Be6
23. a4 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 22. c3 b6 (22... Rd2 $5 23. Qe7 c5 24. Nb3 (24. Qxd7
cxd4 25. Qxb7 Re8 $15) 24... Re8 25. Qxe8+ Bxe8 26. Nxd2 $11) 23. Qe7 c5 24.
Qxd7 cxd4 25. cxd4 Rd2 26. b4 Rxf2 (26... Rxa2 $4 27. Qd5) 27. a4 (27. Qb7 $6
Rd8 (27... Re8 28. Qxa7 Ree2 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. a4) 28. Qxa7 Rxd4 29. Qxb6 Rdd2
30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qb7 Rxa2 $17) 27... Rb2 (27... Re2 $44 {Tsesarsky}) 28. b5 Rb4
29. Qb7 (29. d5 Rxa4 $15) 29... Rd8 30. Qxa7 Rdxd4 31. Qxb6 Rxa4 $11 32. Qb8+ (
32. Qc6 Rab4 33. Qc8+ $11) 32... Kh7 33. b6 (33. Qc7 $142 Rab4 34. Qc5 $11)
33... Rab4 (33... Ra5 $1 34. Qc7 Rb4 35. Qxf7 Rxb6 $15) 34. Qe5 $1 $11 Rdc4 (
34... Rd2 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ $11) 35. Qd5 Rf4 (35... Rc3 36. Qa5 Rcb3 37.
Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ $11) 36. Qd2 (36. b7 Rb2 37. Qd3+ f5 38. Qd7 $11) 36... g5
37. Qc2+ Kg7 38. Qc3+ $8 (38. Qc7 $2 Rb3 39. b7 Rfb4 40. Qe5+ Kg6 41. Qd6+ Kh7
$17) 38... Kh7 (38... Kg6 39. b7 Rb6 40. Qc2+ Kg7 41. Qc3+ Kg6 $11) 39. Qc7 Rf6
40. b7 Rfb6 41. Qxf7+ Kh8 42. Qf8+ Kh7 43. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Illescas Cordoba,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7.
Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 {[%csl Re1,
Rg2][%cal Rf5f4]} 13. f4 Qxf4 14. c3 Qh4+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Shirov} 15. g3 (15.
Kf1 $2 f4 $19) 15... Qh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 16. cxd4 f4 17. Rf1 $6 (17. gxf4 $13)
17... fxe3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qf3+ Nf6 20. dxe3 Qxh2 21. Qf2 Qh1+ (21... Qxf2+
22. Kxf2 Be6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc2 Bd5 25. Bd2 Re8 26. a4 Re6 27. a5 b5 28. Rf1
Ke8 29. Kg1 b4 30. Bxb4 Rxe3 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Kd7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Ke3 g5
35. Bd3 c6 36. b4 h6 37. b5 cxb5 38. Bxb5 Kf5 39. a6 bxa6 40. Bxa6 Ng4+ {
1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Degraeve,J/Pula 1997/EXP 57 (40)}) 22. Qf1 Qh2 23. Qf2 Qh5
$1 $40 {[%csl Re1]} 24. Bb3 {[%csl Yf8][%cal Yc1d2,Yd2b4]} (24. Bd2 Bf5 $40 (
24... Be6 25. Nxb6 (25. Ne5 c5) 25... axb6 26. Bc2 Kg8 27. e4 $132)) 24... Be6
(24... Bf5 $5 25. Bd2 Ne4 26. Qg2 Re8 $40) 25. Nxb6 (25. Bd2 Re8 $17) 25...
Bxb3 (25... Qa5+ $2 26. Bd2 Qxb6 27. d5 $13) 26. axb3 cxb6 {[%csl Rc1,Yd5,Ye4,
Gf6,Yg4,Gh5]} 27. Qg2 {[%csl Gg2][%cal Gf3b7,Gg2b7]} (27. Bd2 Kg8 $17) 27...
Qf7 $1 {[%csl Rb3,Yb7]} (27... Qg4 28. Qxb7 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 $132 {[%cal Ya1a7]})
28. g4 h6 29. Bd2 Kg8 30. Ke2 (30. Ra3 a6 31. g5 hxg5 32. Qxg5 Ne4 33. Qg2 Re8
$17) 30... Re8 $5 (30... a6 $17) 31. g5 $2 (31. Rxa7 Ne4 $44 {[%csl Rb3,Re2,
Ge4] ->}) 31... hxg5 32. Rh1 $2 (32. Rxa7 Ne4 $17) 32... g4 $19 33. Qh2 (33.
Rh4 Qxb3 34. Qxb7 Qxb2 35. Qxa7 $140 Ne4) 33... Qxb3 34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh4 Qb5+
36. Ke1 Qxb2 37. Rf1 Qb1+ 38. Ke2 Qb5+ 39. Ke1 Re6 40. Qh1 Qb1+ 41. Ke2 Qb5+
42. Ke1 Re7 43. d5 Qd3 44. Qh5+ Qg6 0-1

[Event "USA-ch GpB"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Kaidanov,G"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nf5 Be5 9. Nd5 {I already played this variation once in a game against Emil
Sutovsky in the last round of Ashdod, Israel invitational tournament in 2004.
I had a bad tournament and wanted to finish it without losing the last round.
During that game I didn't see anything wrong with 9...Nxe4, but since I was
not in the mood to play a complex game, I just went for 9...Nxd5. Emil kept
creating problems for me and after my mistake he had chances for a win.
Luckily, it ended as a draw anyway.} Nxe4 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. f4 Bf6 12. Re1 {
Apparently this was the line, which Emil Sutovsky had in Informant 92,
annotating our game. I was oblivious to that and had to find best move over
the board.} Rf8 $1 {Emil looked only at 12...Rxe1. The text is better, because
apparently the weakness of the back rank is an important factor. More
important than a loss of a tempo. Blas went into a long think here.} 13. Re3 d6
14. Nxg7 $6 {Unfortunately for White the sacrifices don't work. However, White
is down a pawn anyway without a clear plan.} Bxg7 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qh5+ Kg8
17. f5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qh4 $1 {That's what Blas missed. White is lost.} 19. Rg3 (
19. Rh3 Qe1+ $19) 19... f6 20. Bf4 (20. Nxc7 Qe4 $19) 20... Rae8 21. Qg6 Rf7
22. Rf1 Nd4 23. Rg4 Ne2+ (23... Qh7 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qxe8+ Rf8 26. Qe1 Nxc2
27. Qd2 Ne6 {would be simpler.}) 24. Kh1 Nxf4 25. Rgxf4 Re1 $8 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6
27. Qxf7+ $1 Kxf7 28. Rxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe1 Bxb2 30. g4 Bf6 31. Kg2 Ne6 32. Kg3
Nd4 33. Rf1 Kg7 34. h4 c5 35. c4 Be5+ 36. Kh3 b5 37. cxb5 c4 38. g5 c3 39. Kg4
Nxb5 40. h5 c2 41. g6 Kh6 42. a4 Nc3 43. Rc1 Nd5 44. Kf5 Bb2 45. Rg1 c1=Q 46.
Rxc1 Bxc1 47. Ke6 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "London Classic 3rd"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 {In his first game of the
tournament Nigel decides to play safe, 5.Ba4 or 5.Bc4 are more principled
moves.} exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ {is not recomended by theory}
8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 Qg5 11. Re1 $36) 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ (9. O-O
O-O 10. Bxd7 {otherwise Black will just be all right} (10. Qh5 d6 11. Bd3 h6
12. Bd2 Bd7) 10... Bxd7 11. Qxd7 Rad8 (11... Rae8) 12. Qb5 (12. Qxc7 {is not a
good idea} Qxf2+ $1 13. Rxf2 Rd1#) 12... b6 13. Qc4 Qf5 {and White started to
fight for equality in Morozevich-Kramnik, Monaco blindfold, 2002}) 9... Qe6 10.
O-O (10. Bc4 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c6 {just equal.}) 10... O-O (10... Qxe2 {is enough
to equalise as well} 11. Bxe2 d5 12. Bf4 c6) 11. Qf3 d6 12. Bg5 (12. Bf4 $11
Qg4) 12... Qf5 13. Be7 {White is trying to force a draw, but missing a hidden
resource.} (13. Qxf5 $142 {after this move the draw is unavoidable} Bxf5 14.
Bd3 Bg6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 {and there is little to play for in this position.})
13... Qxf3 14. gxf3 a6 {This is a very unpleasant surprise for White. Suddenly
he has to start calculating variations and most of them favour the opponent!
Nigel was obviously not ready for such a turn of events and started to make
mistakes.} (14... Bh3 {is just a draw here} 15. Bxf8 Bxf1 16. Bxd6 Bxb5 (16...
Bxd6 17. Rxf1 Rd8) 17. Bxc5 Bc6 $11) 15. Ba4 (15. Bxf8 {is risky} axb5 16. Be7
f6 $1 {the point} 17. Rfe1 (17. Bd8 Bb6 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Be7 Kf7) 17... Bd7 {
the bishop on e7 doesn't have a bright future.}) (15. b4 $15 {doesn't equalise
fully} axb5 16. bxc5 Re8 (16... Bh3 17. Bxf8 Bxf1) 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bxd6 Bd7 {
and Black is still pressing.}) (15. Bd3 $15 {would have been the best choice
probably, although after} Re8 16. Rfe1 Be6 17. Bg5 g6 18. Be3 Kg7 {Black will
suck the life out of his opponent for a long time.}) 15... b5 16. b4 {
Strangely enough this seems to be the decisive mistake already.} (16. Bxf8 {
is similar to 15.Bxf8} bxa4 17. Be7 f6 $1 18. b4 axb3 19. axb3 Bb7) (16. Bb3 {
was obligatory already, and White is still in the game, although his position
is very unpleasant} Re8 17. Rfe1 Bd7) 16... Re8 17. Rfe1 ({After} 17. bxc5 Rxe7
18. cxd6 Re6 $1 {wins} 19. Bb3 Rg6+ 20. Kh1 Bb7) 17... Bb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kg2
d5 {Now the bishop on b3 is out of play for the rest of this game, and Black
simply starts exchanging pieces, since all endings are won for him now.} (19...
a5 {is strong according to the engines, but the text move is the one any human
would play without thinking.}) 20. Re5 (20. a4 c6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8
23. Ra1 Bb7 {does not change matters.}) 20... c6 21. Rae1 Bc7 22. R5e2 Bc8 {
There is no reason to be worried about possible tricks by White.} 23. a4 (23.
Bd8 {amusing, but it does not help much} Bh3+ 24. Kxh3 Rxe2 (24... Rexd8 {
winning as well but I wanted to play the main line}) 25. Rxe2 Rxd8 {winning,
for instance} 26. Re7 Rc8 27. Kg2 (27. Rd7 Kf8 {followed by ...Ke8}) 27... Kf8
28. Re1 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 {and despite material equilibrium (temporarily) and
opposite coloured bishops White can resign already.}) 23... Bd7 {/\f6} 24. Bh4
Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 {In practical terms Black is playing a two
bishops versus one ending. I am particulary strong in such endgames :)} 27. Bg3
Bd8 {Thank you, not now, maybe later :)} 28. Be5 f6 29. Bb8 Bg6 30. axb5 axb5
31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6 {Black just has to open up the position on the
kingside and penetrate with his king. Not a difficult task since all White can
do is just wait.} 33. Ke3 Bb6+ 34. Ke2 Bh5 35. Ba2 g5 36. Bb3 f5 37. Ba2 f4 38.
Bb3 Kf5 39. Bd6 (39. h3 {stops g4 but weakens the h-pawn, which I am going to
take slowly but surely} Bf7 40. Kf1 Kg6 41. Kg2 Kh5 42. Be5 Bd8 43. Kh2 Be6 44.
Bd6 Kh4) 39... g4 {Time to act.} 40. Kf1 (40. fxg4+ Kxg4 {was my plan} 41. f3+
Kh3 $1 42. Bxf4 Kg2 {winning.}) 40... g3 {The simplest.} (40... gxf3 41. Bf8
Kg4 42. Bg7 Kh3 43. Kg1) 41. fxg3 fxg3 42. Bxg3 Bxf3 43. Ba2 Be3 {Short could
not bear looking at his position anymore and resigned here. The game would
probably end like this otherwise:} (43... Be3 44. Bf2 Bxf2 45. Kxf2 Kf4 46. Bb3
Be4 47. Ke2 Kg4 48. Kf2 Kh3 49. Kg1 h6 50. Ba2 Bxc2 51. Kh1 h5 52. Kg1 h4 53.
Kh1 Kg4 54. Kg2 Kf4 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Ke2 h3 57. Kd2 Kf3 58. Kxc2 Kg2 59. Kd3
Kxh2 60. Kd4 Kg1 61. Kc5 h2 62. Kxc6 h1=Q) 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,59,28,39,24,9,9,21,13,7,19,8,10,21,37,56,54,37,37,48,48,-6,41,48,53,
36,50,54,77,60,39,29,43,37,36,36,41,46,62,48,72,64,70,73,64,60,68,84,75,91,93,
79,96,87,120,142,156,165,177,225,273,250]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 {Black has
sacrificed a pawn but his minor pieces are very active.} 10. O-O (10. Ne4 f5
11. c3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 {1-0 (34) Lueers,H (2477)-Bulgarini Torres,M ICCF Email
1999} Ne6 $44) 10... Be7 (10... Bb4 $6 11. Qe1+ Ne6 12. Ne5 Bh5 13. Qe4 O-O 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxb4 $18 {1-0 (37) Duda,J (2678)-Naiditsch,A (2684)
Barcelona 2016}) (10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. f4
(14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Re1 Kd7 $44 {L.Kritz}) 14... Qf6 15. Bd2 O-O 16.
Qf3 Bf5 17. a4 Rae8 $44 {0-1 (56) Reshef,O (2435)-Boruchovsky,A (2530)
Tiberias 2016}) 11. Re1 Nc7 $6 {Vishy Anand was probably unfamiliar with the
line.} (11... O-O $142 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Qxd5 $6 13. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Bxf3 15. Qd2 Rae8 16. Qg5 Qd4 17. Bb3 h6 18. Bxf7+ Kh8 19. Qe3 Qg4+ 20. Kf1
Bg2+ 21. Ke1 Qb4+ 22. Bd2 Qxe7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Qxe7 Rxe7+ 25. Be3 g5 $16 {
1/2 (25) Sorcinelli,A (2060)-Bulgarini Torres,M (1925) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2011}) 13. c3 Nxf3+ (13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 d4 16. f5 Nc5
17. Bc2 Re8 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bd2 $14 {1/2 (34) Rublevsky,S (2652)
-Bacrot,E (2725) Khanty-Mansiysk 2005 CBM 111 [Kritz,L]}) 14. gxf3 Bf5 $1 (
14... Bh5 15. Re5 Qd6 16. d4 Qf6 17. Qd3 $1 Qh4 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf4 Rfd8 20. Re1
Qf6 21. Kg2 g5 22. Qg3 $16 {1/2 (86) Acs,P (2600)-Gelfand,B (2700) Warsaw 2003}
) 15. Bf4 d4 16. Qd2 Bh4 17. c4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Bg6 19. Bg3 Bf6 20. Re2 Qc5 21. Bd7
a5 22. Rae1 Rad8 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Bg2 Bh5 25. Re4 a4 $44 {1/2 (41) Gesicki,
J-Markus,R LSS 2006}) 12. Bg5 (12. Ne4 $142 {[%cal Yc2c3]}) 12... Nxf3+ (12...
Nce6 $5 13. Nxd4 $5 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $36) 13... Bxd1 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Rxe6 Bg4
16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Bb3 O-O-O $6 (
15... O-O $44 16. Qd2 $140 Qf6 17. Qe3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfe8) 16. Qd2 Qf6 17. Qe3
{[%cal Re3a7] This move gains a crucial tempo.} Kb8 18. f4 $1 Bf5 19. Qg3 {
White has consolidated his position and should convert his advantage.} Ne6 $6 {
This is completely hopeless.} (19... g6 {is not much better, though.}) 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Re5 {[%csl Ge5]} h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. Qe3 Rhf8 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. a3 h3 26.
Rg5 Rdf8 27. Ne2 c5 28. Ng3 Bh7 29. Nh5 Qd8 30. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.03.18"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow/Kmoch"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.63} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {
[%mdl 8]} 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 $5 (6... O-O) (6... d5 {Kramnik}) 7. Nf3 (7.
Nxf7 $2 d5) (7. Bxf7+ Kd8 $19) 7... d5 8. Nxd4 (8. Nxd5 $142 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bg4
10. Be2 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 O-O-O $44) (8. Bxd5 Bg4 (8... Nxd5 $2 9. Nxd4 $1 Nf4 $1
10. Qf3 Qg5 11. Nb3 $1 Nxg2+ 12. Kf1 Nf4 13. d4 $18 {Mieses}) 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3
Nd7 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nb1 Qg6 {1/2-1/2 Bernstein,O-Rubinstein,A/Vilnius 1912/EXT
99 (22)}) 8... dxc4 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 (11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Qxe7 Bxe7
13. dxc3 $15) 11... cxd3 12. cxd3 (12. Qxd3 $142 $15) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4
$15 {Schwarz hat mit seinen Läufern das bessere Spiel.} 14. d4 Bd6 15. Qd3 (15.
Rb1 $142 b6 16. Qd3) 15... Rae8 16. h3 (16. Rb1 Qe2 (16... b6 17. Rb2) 17. Qxe2
Rxe2 18. Rxb7 Rxa2 $1 19. Ne5 (19. c4 Bc8 $17) 19... Bc8 $17) 16... Bh5 17. a4
{/\Ba3} Bg6 18. Qc4 {Turm auf die 2.Reihe} Qe2 $17 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 {[%mdl 4096]
Das Endspiel steht klar besser für Schwarz. Er gewinnt dieses Endspiel, weil
Weiß in der kritischen Phase nicht die beste Verteidigung findet.} 20. Ba3 (20.
Be3 f5) 20... Rc2 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Rfe1 $6 (22. Rfc1 Rc8 (22... Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1
Rc8 $17) 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Ra3 (24. Ne1 Bb3) 24... a5 $17) 22... Rxc3 23. Re7
Rb8 24. a5 (24. Rd7 Rc6 25. d5 Ra6 26. Rc1 Bf5) (24. Rae1 $142 {Mieses} Kf8 25.
Rd7 Rc6 (25... Bf5 $145 26. Rxd6 Be6 (26... Re8 $142) 27. Ne5 Ke7 28. Nxf7) 26.
Ree7 $44) 24... Kf8 25. Rd7 {(/\a6)} Bf5 $1 26. Rxd6 Be6 {[/\27... Ke7]} 27.
Rb1 $8 (27. Re1 $5 {Mieses} Rbc8 $1 (27... Z0 28. Ng5) (27... h6 28. Ne5 Ke7
29. Nxf7 $1) (27... Ke7 28. Rd5) 28. Kh2 Ra3 $19) 27... Rc7 $1 (27... Ke7 28.
Ra6) 28. Ra6 (28. d5 Ke7 29. Ra6 (29. Rc6 bxc6 30. Rxb8 Bxd5 $19) 29... bxa6
30. Rxb8 Bxd5 $19) (28. Ne5 Rbc8 29. Z0 Ke7) 28... Ra8 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ng5
Ke7 31. Re1 {[#]} Kf6 $1 32. f4 (32. Nxe6 Re7 33. d5 Rd8 $1) 32... Rc6 33.
Nxh7+ Ke7 34. Ng5 (34. d5 Rd6) (34. f5 Kd7) 34... Kd7 35. Re5 (35. Ne4 $142)
35... Rf8 $1 $19 {(/\Rf5)} 36. d5 exd5 37. Rxd5+ Rd6 38. Rb5 Kc6 39. Rb4 Rf5
40. Rc4+ Kd7 41. Ne4 Rc6 42. Ra4 Ra6 43. g4 {[43.g4 Kc7]} Rfxa5 44. Rd4+ Kc7
45. Nc3 Rd6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mueller,Karsten} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Dieser Zug hat
schon seit Jahren das frühere 4....Bb4 als Hauptvariante abgelöst.} (4... Bb4
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 $1 Ng6 10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. f4 $14) 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 $14) 5. Bc4 (5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O
7. Nd3 Bb6 {führt zu Komplikationen, die laut Praxis in meisten Fällen zu
remislichen Stellungen führen}) (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg5 d6 9.
h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 $6 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 $15 {Für das
Läuferpaar hat Weiß eigentlich nichts bekommen.}) (6. O-O Qa5 $1 7. Re1 d6 8.
h3 (8. Nxd4 $6 exd4 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qxa4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Be7 $17 {
Der Springer auf a8 wird bald gefangen und Weiß gerät in materiellen Rückstand.
}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 Be7 $15) 6... d6 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 {
Schwarz spielt gegen den Läufer b3.} 9. a3 d5 $1 {Man muss nicht sofort auf b3
schlagen, das Nehmen kann auch warten.} (9... Nxb3 10. cxb3 d5 11. Qc2 $1 dxe4
12. Nxe4 $1 $13) 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 (13. Ne2 $4 Bg4
$19) 13... O-O 14. Ne2 a4 $1 (14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 d4 16. d3 $13) 15. Ba2 f6 $1
16. exf6 Qxf6 $44) 7... Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Diese Stellung kam schon öfters vor.} 9.
exd5 (9. O-O dxe4 (9... Bd6 10. e5 Bc7 11. exf6 O-O $3 12. Nxd4 $1 Bxd1 13.
Rxd1 Qxf6 14. Nf3 Rfe8 $11) (9... b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13.
gxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 $14) 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16.
axb3 O-O 17. Qe2 Bd6 $44 {Motylev - Grischuk (Moskau, 2001)}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10.
gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. d4 $2 dxe4 $17) 11... Nxd5 $44) 9... Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 (
10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qf6
16. Re1 Kd7 $44) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3
Bxf3 15. Qd2 (15. Qe1 Qd4 16. Re4 (16. Qe5 Qxa4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfe8 19.
Rae1 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 b6 $11) 16... Rae8 $1 17. Bb3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf1 (
19. Be3 Rg4+ 20. Kf1 Qe4 $15) 19... Rfe8 $15) 15... Rae8 16. Bb3 (16. Qg5 Qd4
17. Bb3 h6 18. Qg3 Rxe7 19. Qxf3 Re1+ $44) 16... Qd8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {/\Qh4} 18.
Bxf7+ $8 Kxf7 19. Qf4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Be3 a6 $11 {Berkes - Gyimesi 
(Heviz, 2003)}) 13. c3 Bxf3 $5 $146 (13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh5 15. Re5 Qd6 16.
d4 Qf6 17. Qd3 $1 $14 {Acs - Gelfand (Polen, 2003)}) 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 (15.
d4 Bd6 $1 (15... Bg5 16. Re5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 $44) 16. f4 Qh4 $15) 15... d4
16. f5 Nc5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S-Bacrot,E/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111_01 
(34) Aufgrund des schwachen Königs kann Weiß diese Stellung kaum auf Gewinn
spielen.}) (5. Nxd4 {führt forciert zum Remis:} exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (
7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bc3 $16 {Weiße Kompensation
ist mehr als ausreichend.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6
12. O-O-O Be6 $11) (5. Nxe5 {Ein seltener aber giftiger Zug} Qe7 6. f4 (6. Nf3
Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 a6 11. Kf1+ Be7 12. Nbd4 d6
$11) 6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Kd8 11. h3
Nf6 12. d3 Qg6+ 13. Kh2 $13) 9. Nc3 (9. Nxd6+ $4 Qxd6 10. e5 Qe7 $19) 9... Nxe4
10. O-O Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 12. Re1 Qf6 $11) (5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8.
d4 Qc7 $11) 5... d6 (5... Nxf3+ 6. gxf3 $1 (6. Qxf3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 $11
) 6... Bc5 (6... c6 7. d4 exd4 (7... d5 $2 8. exd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7
10. dxe5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 $16) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7
11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxe5 $14) 8. Qxd4 d5 $5 9. exd5 b5 (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5
11. Qxd5 $16) 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 $13) (10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+
Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qf6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Qa4 Bd6 $17) 10... b4 11. Ne4
Nxd5 12. Bg5 (12. Rg1 $5) 12... f6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15.
Bxf6 $18) 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. O-O-O Bd5 17. Rhe1 Kf7 $14) (6...
d6 $6 {Lässt die Durchführung des weißen Planes problemlos zu.} 7. d4 Be6 (7...
exd4 8. Qxd4 Bh3 9. Rg1 $16 {Weiß hat starke Initiative während Schwarz keinen
konkreten Entwicklungsplan besitzt.}) 8. d5 (8. Bxe6 $2 {wäre fehlerhaft} fxe6
9. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {nach Bd6-0-0 wird Schwarz über gutes Spiel auf der f-Linie
verfügen}) 8... Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 $14 {Najer - Mamedyarov (Khanty
Mansiysk, 2005). Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung und starkes Zentrum.}) 7. Rg1
O-O 8. d3 $14 {Weiß hat ebenfalls angenehmes Spiel, aber diese Stellung ist
zäher als die nach 6....d6}) (5... c6 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 cxd5
8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nf3 e4 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Ng5 $14) 7. Bb3 (7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3
Bc5 $11) 7... Nxf3+ (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxb3 9. axb3 e4 10. Re1 $16) (7... d6 8.
Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 $14) 8. Qxf3 d6 $11) 6... d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ $1
Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd6 11. Ndf3 $16) 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O (10.
h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 Qc7 $44) 10... Ng4 11. g3
Ne5 12. Qe4 Bh3 $44) (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 d6 $11) 6... Qe7 (6... d5 $5 7.
Bxd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. Bxd5 Qg5 $17) (8. Qh5 g6 9. Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (
10. Kd1 Bg4+ 11. Qxg4 Nde3+ 12. fxe3 Nxe3+ $19) 10... Qf6 $19) 8... Nf4 9. Nxf7
(9. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 9... Qe7 10. Nxh8 Bh3 $3 $19) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O 9. c3
Re8 $1 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12. d3 c6 13. Nf4 Rb5 $44) 7. Nd3 (7. Nf3 d5
8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $44) 7... d5 8.
Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44) 6. Nxd4 (6. Ng5 d5 $1 7. exd5 (7. Nxd5
Nxd5 8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. c3 Ne6 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 7... h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9.
Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) 6...
exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 $1 {Es ist richtig den Springer nicht zu tauschen, denn die
weißen Figuren im Zentrum sind den Angriffen der schwarzen Bauern ausgesetzt.}
(7... Nxe4 $2 8. Qe2 f5 9. d3 c6 10. dxe4 cxd5 11. Bxd5 fxe4 12. Bxe4 $18) (
7... Be6 8. O-O (8. d3 $5 c6 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qh5 $14) 9.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bb3 $14 {In solchen Stellungen steht Weiß grundsätzlich mit
kleinem Vorteil, da Schwarz dem Vorstoß f4-f5 (sofort oder nach der kurzen
Rochade) nichts entgegenzusetzen hat.}) 8... Nxe4 9. Re1 Nf6 (9... Nc5 10. b4
Nd7 11. Nf4 $16) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Qb5 Rb8 14. c3
$44) (7... c6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $14) 8. O-O c6 9. Nf4
b5 10. Be2 (10. Bb3 $6 {Obwohl der Läufer auf b3 optisch aktiver steht, ist er
nur Angriffsobjekt für die schwarzen Figuren} Nc5 11. d3 (11. c3 d3 12. Qf3 Qf6
13. Qe3 Qg5 $1 $13) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. cxd4 cxd4
16. Nf4 O-O 17. Nd5 Be6 $132) 10... g6 {Die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die
lange Diagonale bietet sich an, da Weiß in naher Zukunft c3 zu spielen plant,
wonach der Läufer auf g7 wesentlich mehr zu tun hat, als auf e7.} 11. c3 Bh6 {
Ein komischer Manöver, der wohl die Absicht hat, Weiß am Flügelangriff zu
hindern.} ({Nach sofortigem} 11... Bg7 {könnte Weiß mit} 12. a4 $1 {fortfahren,
wonach Schwarz nicht} a6 {spielen kann, da er nach} 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 $16
{einen Bauer weniger hat. Wenn der weiße Bauer durch 11....Bh6 nach d3 gelockt
wird, kann Weiß diesen Plan nicht durchführen.}) 12. d3 Bg7 13. Qc2 (13. a4
dxc3 $1 (13... a6 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qb3 Bb7 (16... O-O $2 17. Qd5
Qb6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Nd5 $18) 17. Be3 $16) 14. d4 (14. axb5 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Bxb2
16. bxc6 Nb6 $19) (14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 b4 16. d4 O-O 17. Be3 a5 $17 {/\Ba6})
14... b4 (14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 b4 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. a5 a6 18. Ra4 $16) 15. bxc3
bxc3 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Rfc1 c5 $132) (13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Qc2 (14. Be3
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. d4 O-O 17. d5 Bb7 $132 18. dxc6 $6 Bxc6 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 $15)
14... Qb6 $1 {Weiß kann hier mit vernünftigen Mitteln nicht zu d4 kommen ->
schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung.}) 13... dxc3 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Bg4 $1 O-O 15.
cxd4 Bxd4 16. Ne2 Bg7 17. d4 $14) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. d4 $14 {Mit seinem starken
Zentrum steht Weiß etwas besser.} Nb6 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rab1 Rc8 19.
Bd3 a6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Qd2 Be6 22. d5 Bd7 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. h4 Na4 25. h5 Qa5 26.
Rbc1 b4 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. a3 Nb2 29. h6 Be5 30. axb4 Qa3 31. Bb1 Nxd1 32. Rxd1
Qb2 33. Qe3 Ba4 34. Rf1 Bb5 35. Bd3 Bxd3 36. Qxd3 Qxb4 37. f4 Bh8 38. e5 f6 39.
exf6 Qc4 40. Qxc4 Rxc4 41. Rb1 Rc7 42. Nd4 Rf7 43. Rb6 Bxf6 44. Bxf6 Rxf6 45.
Ne6 Ra8 46. Ng5 Rf5 47. Rxd6 Ra7 48. Ne6 a5 49. g4 Rf8 50. Nxf8 Kxf8 51. Re6
Kf7 52. Re2 a4 53. d6 a3 54. Kg2 g5 55. fxg5 Kg6 (55... a2 {Mueller,Karsten}
56. d7 Rxd7 57. Rxa2 Kg6 58. Ra5 Rd3 $11) 56. Rd2 {'?' Mueller,Karsten.} (56.
Re7 {Mueller,Karsten} Rxe7 (56... Ra8 $2 57. Rg7#) 57. dxe7 Kf7 58. g6+ hxg6
59. h7 a2 60. e8=Q+ Kxe8 61. h8=Q+ $18) 56... a2 57. d7 Ra8 58. d8=Q Rxd8 59.
Rxa2 Kxg5 60. Ra7 Kxh6 61. Kg3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Dieser Zug hat schon seit Jahren
das frühere 4....Bb4 als Hauptvariante abgelöst.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 $1 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 $14) 9.
Re1 Nd8 10. d4 $14) 5. Ba4 (5. Bc4 {kommt letzte Zeit immer öfters vor} Nxf3+ (
5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 $11) 6... d5 $1 7. exd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. c3 Ne6 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 7... h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) (5... c6 6.
Nxe5 (6. O-O b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nf3 e4 10. Re1 Bf5 11.
Ng5 $14) 7. Bb3 (7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Bc5 $11) 7... Nxf3+ (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxb3
9. axb3 e4 10. Re1 $16) (7... d6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 $14) 8. Qxf3 d6 $11) 6...
d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ $1 Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd6 11. Ndf3 $16)
8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O (10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
cxd5 14. Qf3 Qc7 $44) 10... Ng4 11. g3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bh3 $44) (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 (
6. d3 d6 $11) 6... Qe7 (6... d5 $5 7. Bxd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. Bxd5 Qg5
$17) (8. Qh5 g6 9. Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1 Bg4+ 11. Qxg4 Nde3+ 12. fxe3
Nxe3+ $19) 10... Qf6 $19) 8... Nf4 9. Nxf7 (9. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 9... Qe7 10. Nxh8
Bh3 $3 $19) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O 9. c3 Re8 $1 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12.
d3 c6 13. Nf4 Rb5 $44) 7. Nd3 (7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5
11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $44) 7... d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6
$44) 6. gxf3 $1 (6. Qxf3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 $11) 6... Bc5 (6... c6 7. d4
exd4 (7... d5 $2 8. exd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5
Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 $16) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12.
dxe5 $14) 8. Qxd4 d5 $5 9. exd5 b5 (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 $16) 10.
Bb3 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 $13) (10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7
13. O-O Qf6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Qa4 Bd6 $17) 10... b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 12. Bg5 (12.
Rg1 $5) 12... f6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 (13... cxd5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 $18) 14.
Bxf6 $1 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. O-O-O Bd5 17. Rhe1 Kf7 $14) (6... d6 $6 {Lässt
die Durchführung des weißen Planes problemlos zu.} 7. d4 Be6 (7... exd4 8. Qxd4
Bh3 9. Rg1 $16 {Weiß hat starke Initiative während Schwarz keinen konkreten
Entwicklungsplan besitzt.}) 8. d5 (8. Bxe6 $2 {wäre fehlerhaft} fxe6 9. dxe5
dxe5 $11 {nach Bd6-0-0 wird Schwarz über gutes Spiel auf der f-Linie verfügen})
8... Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 $14 {Najer - Mamedyarov (Khanty Mansiysk, 2005).
Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung und starkes Zentrum.}) 7. Rg1 O-O 8. d3 $14 {
Weiß hat ebenfalls angenehmes Spiel, aber diese Stellung ist zäher als die
nach 6....d6}) (5. Nxd4 {führt forciert zum Remis:} exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6
Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bc3 $16 {Weiße
Kompensation ist mehr als ausreichend.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5
11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 $11) (5. Nxe5 {Ein seltener aber giftiger Zug} Qe7 6.
f4 (6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 a6 11. Kf1+ Be7
12. Nbd4 d6 $11) 6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3
Kd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. d3 Qg6+ 13. Kh2 $13) 9. Nc3 (9. Nxd6+ $4 Qxd6 10. e5 Qe7 $19
) 9... Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 12. Re1 Qf6 $11) (5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6
7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 $11) 5... c6 (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 {führt zu
Komplikationen, die laut Praxis in meisten Fällen zu remislichen Stellungen
führen}) (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg5 d6 9. h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3
$6 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 $15 {Für das Läuferpaar hat Weiß
eigentlich nichts bekommen.}) (6. O-O Qa5 $1 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 (8. Nxd4 $6 exd4
9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qxa4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Be7 $17 {Der Springer auf a8 wird
bald gefangen und Weiß gerät in materiellen Rückstand.}) 8... b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3
10. cxb3 Be7 $15) 6... d6 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 {Schwarz spielt gegen
den Läufer b3.} 9. a3 d5 $1 {Man muss nicht sofort auf b3 schlagen, das Nehmen
kann auch warten.} (9... Nxb3 10. cxb3 d5 11. Qc2 $1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 $1 $13) 10.
e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 (13. Ne2 $4 Bg4 $19) 13... O-O 14. Ne2
a4 $1 (14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 d4 16. d3 $13) 15. Ba2 f6 $1 16. exf6 Qxf6 $44) 7...
Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Diese Stellung kam schon öfters vor.} 9. exd5 (9. O-O dxe4 (9...
Bd6 10. e5 Bc7 11. exf6 O-O $3 12. Nxd4 $1 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 Qxf6 14. Nf3 Rfe8 $11)
(9... b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 $14) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 Be7 12. Rxe4
Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Qe2 Bd6 $44 {
Motylev - Grischuk (Moskau, 2001)}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. d4
$2 dxe4 $17) 11... Nxd5 $44) 9... Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 (10... Nxc3 $5 11. bxc3
Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Re1 Kd7 $44) 11.
Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15. Qd2 (15. Qe1
Qd4 16. Re4 (16. Qe5 Qxa4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe7 20. Rxe7 b6
$11) 16... Rae8 $1 17. Bb3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf1 (19. Be3 Rg4+ 20. Kf1 Qe4
$15) 19... Rfe8 $15) 15... Rae8 16. Bb3 (16. Qg5 Qd4 17. Bb3 h6 18. Qg3 Rxe7
19. Qxf3 Re1+ $44) 16... Qd8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {/\Qh4} 18. Bxf7+ $8 Kxf7 19. Qf4+
Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Be3 a6 $11 {Berkes - Gyimesi (Heviz, 2003)}) 13. c3 Bxf3
$5 $146 (13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh5 15. Re5 Qd6 16. d4 Qf6 17. Qd3 $1 $14 {
Acs - Gelfand (Polen, 2003)}) 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 (15. d4 Bd6 $1 (15... Bg5 16.
Re5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 $44) 16. f4 Qh4 $15) 15... d4 16. f5 Nc5 $44 {Aufgrund
des schwachen Königs kann Weiß diese Stellung kaum auf Gewinn spielen.} 17. Bc2
Re8 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Qd5 Rd8 23. b4 Rxd5
24. bxa5 dxc3 25. Be3 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27. Rb5 Nxd3 28. Rxb7 Kf8 29. Rxa7 Nb4
30. Bb3 c2 31. Bxc2 Nxc2 32. a6 Ra4 33. Rc7 Rxa6 34. Rxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 42nd"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2009.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das Vierspringerspiel ist ein ziemlich seltener
Gast in der modernen Turnierpraxis der Super-GM.} Nf6 4. Bb5 {Alternativ kann
man 4.d4 oder 4.g3 spielen. Beide Fortsetzungen versprechen jedoch keinen
Vorteil.} (4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O
O-O 10. Bg5 c6 $11) (4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nd4 $5 {Der einfachste Weg zum Ausgleich.
} 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bb4 10. O-O O-O $11 {Schwarz
gewinnt den Bauern zurück und hat keine Probleme.}) 4... Nd4 {Die populärste
Fortsetzung. Man muss aber sagen, dass die Hauptvariante 4....Lb4 ebenfalls zu
vernünftigen Stellungen für Schwarz führt.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7.
Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 $5 10. Bh4 a6 {Forciert das Spiel.} 11. Bxc6 (
11. Ba4 Nd8 $15 {Der weiße Läufer auf a4 steht sehr schlecht.}) 11... bxc6 12.
d4 Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 g5 15. Bg3 Nd7 $11 {Shirov - Erenburg (Sochi,
2006)}) 5. Ba4 ({Zu einem absolut remislichen Endspiel führt} 5. Nxd4 exd4 6.
e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ $2 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 $18 {
Der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung garantiert ihm riesigen Vorteil.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+
9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d6 $11) ({Zu interessantem, aber gleichem Spiel führt} 5.
Nxe5 $5 Qe7 (5... Nxb5 $2 6. Nxb5 Nxe4 7. Qe2 d5 8. f3 Qh4+ 9. Kf1 Ng3+ 10.
hxg3 Qxh1+ 11. Kf2 Bc5+ 12. d4 $18) 6. f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2
Qc4 10. Re1+ Be6 $132 {Yeo - Hebden (Birmingham, 2002)}) (5. Bc4 {verspricht
Weiß überhaupt nichts.} Bc5 6. d3 ({Schwarz hat gute Kompensation nach} 6. Nxe5
Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 $44 {/\Ne5 Rublevsky - Onischuk (Poikovsky,
2009)}) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. O-O Be6 $11) 5... c6 (5... Nxf3+ {ist zu
passiv. Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung, der ihm soliden Vorteil garantiert.} 6.
Qxf3 Bc5 (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd5 $1 Qa5 10. Nxe7 Qxa4 11. Nxc8 Rxc8
12. Bg5 Nd7 13. b3 Qa5 14. Qg4 h6 15. Be3 Ke7 16. f4 $16 {Anand - Ljubojevic 
(Monte Carlo 1996)}) 7. d3 (7. Qg3 O-O 8. Qxe5 $2 Bxf2+ $1 $17) 7... O-O 8. Bg5
Be7 9. h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 (6. O-O $6 Qa5 $1 {Und es ist eher Weiß, der mit
Schwierikeiten zu kämpfen hat.} 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 Be7 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11.
cxb3 O-O $15 {Mrva - Stocek (Tatranske Zruby, 2004)}) 6... d5 ({Der am
häufigsten gespielte Zug ist} 6... d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Schwarz hat
ausreichende Kompensation in allen Abspielen.} 9. O-O (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Be7
11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne6 $44 {Rublevsky - Bacrot 
(Khanty Mansyisk, 2005). Die schwarze Kompensation basiert auf der Schwäche
des weißen Königs.}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 {Weiß hat nun ein Problem mit
dem Bauern f3, der für immer gefesselt ist.} 11. e5 $2 d4 $1 12. exf6 dxc3 13.
fxg7 Bxg7 $17 {Istratescu - Malaniuk (Yerevan, 1996)}) 9... b5 (9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Re1 $1 Be7 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Qe2 $14 {Motylev - Grischuk (Moscow, 2001)}) 10. Bb3 b4 11.
Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17.
Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 O-O $11 {Vallejo Pons - Almasi (Tripoli, 2004). Die aktivere
Stellung der weißen Figuren wird kompensiert durch die bessere schwarze
Bauernstruktur.}) 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nf3 (8. f4 $6 Bc5 $1 9. exd5 O-O 10. Ne4 Nxe4
11. dxe4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 $44 {Rublevsky - Mamedyarov (Foros, 2006)}) 8... Bg4 (
8... Nxf3+ $5 9. gxf3 (9. Qxf3 $4 d4 10. Ne2 Qa5+ $19) 9... O-O (9... d4 10.
Ne2 Qa5+ 11. c3 $16) 10. Bb3 (10. Ne2 Nh5 11. c3 Qh4 12. Be3 f5 13. exd5 f4 $1
$44 {Vajda - Bluvshtein (Budapest, 2007)}) 10... Nh5 11. exd5 Re8+ 12. Be3 cxd5
13. Nxd5 $14 {Gormally - Hebden (Newport, 2004)}) 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $5 $146 ({
Bis zu dieser Partie wurde nur das Nehmen auf e4 ausprobiert:} 9... dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 (10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bh5 12. Ng3 Bxg3 13. fxg3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxa4 16. O-O $14 {Kosintseva - Krivec (Varna, 2002)}) 11. Bxd4 Qa5+ 12. c3
Ng5 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qf5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 $44 {und Schwarz hatte gute
Kompensation für den Bauern in Shanava - Khenkin (Dresden, 2007)}) 10. gxf3 Bh5
{Weiß hat das typische Problem für diese Variante - der Bauer f3 ist gefesselt
und es ist nicht zu sehen, wie Weiß die Fesselung aufheben kann. Also muss er
weitere materielle Eroberungen unternehmen.} 11. exd5 O-O (11... b5 12. Bb3 b4
13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. f4 $1 $14) 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rg1 $1 {Man muss die
Figuren ins Spiel bringen. Es wäre falsch zu versuchen, weitere materielle
Vorteile zu erzielen.} (13. Bxc6 Rb8 14. Ne4 (14. Rb1 $2 Qc8 15. Be4 Rxb2 $1
$15) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Rxb2 $44 {Schwarz hat exzellente Kompensation dank
der Aktvität seiner Figuren.}) 13... Nd5 $2 {Schwarz reagiert sehr unglücklich
und gibt Weiß gleich mehrere Möglichkeiten, einen sicheren Vorteil zu bekommen.
} ({Stärker wäre} 13... Rb8 14. Bb3 Re8 $44) 14. Nxd5 ({Ebenfalls zu einer
sehr guten Stellung führte} 14. Bd4 $5 Bg6 15. Bxc6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Be4
Re8 18. Kf1 Bxh2 19. Rg2 $16) (14. Bxc6 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Rb8 16. Kd2 $1 $14 {
Der weiße König fühlt sich wohl hinter der Deckung der weißen Bauern.}) 14...
cxd5 15. Rg5 d4 (15... g6 16. Rxh5 $1 {ist der einfachste Weg zum Vorteil.}
gxh5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. O-O-O $16 {Weiß hat mehr als nur Kompensation für die
Qualität.}) (15... Bg6 {wäre die stärkste Fortsetzung.} 16. c3 d4 $1 17. cxd4
Rb8 18. Qc2 $14) 16. Rxh5 dxe3 17. fxe3 $16 {Schwarz hat eindeutig zu viel
Material geopfert. Dabei stehen seine Schwerfiguren alle auf der Grundreihe
und üben noch keinen richtigen Druck aus.} g6 {Zumindest muss man den weißen
Turm vertreiben.} 18. Rh3 (18. Rd5 $2 Bb4+ 19. c3 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxd5 $15)
18... Qb6 19. Kf2 Qxb2 20. d4 $1 {Weiß spielt absolut richtig - er muss seine
Bauern auf die schwarzen Felder stellen, um die Aktivität des schwarzen
Läufers zu begrenzen.} Rac8 21. Bb3 {Es ist am einfachsten, die von Schwarz
geplante Kombination zuzulassen, um in eine technisch gewonnene Stellung zu
gelangen.} (21. f4 $6 Rc3 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Kg1 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 $44 {
Plötzlich hat Schwarz einen Ansatz auf Gegenspiel, obwohl die Stellung immer
noch besser für Weiß ist.}) 21... Rxc2+ $1 22. Qxc2 $1 {Am besten behält man
die Damen erst mal auf dem Brett, weil die weiße Dame eine bessere Stellung
einnimt als die schwarze.} (22. Bxc2 Rc8 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Rxc2+ 24. Kg1 $44)
23... Ba3 24. f4 Qxc1 25. Qxc1 Bxc1 26. Bb3 $14 {Ohne Damen hat Schwarz
bessere Remischancen.}) 22... Qxa1 23. f4 Qh1 24. Qc4 a5 25. Qf1 {Weiß will
kein Risiko eingehen und entscheidet sich doch für den Damentausch.} Qxf1+ 26.
Kxf1 Kg7 ({Nichts bringt der Versuch, den Turm zu aktivieren.} 26... Rc8 27.
Rg3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rh1 29. Rg2 $18 {Schwarz hat sehr viel Zeit verloren und der
weiße König marschiert nun ins Zentrum.}) 27. f5 $6 {Sieht zumindest unlogisch
aus. Warum nicht einfach den König zentralisieren?} (27. Ke2 Rc8 28. Kd3 f5 29.
Rg3 Rc1 30. Rg2 $16) 27... gxf5 (27... Rc8 28. f6+ Kxf6 29. Rxh7 Rc7 30. Ke2
$16) 28. Bc2 Rc8 $2 {Ein großer Fehler.} (28... Rb8 $1 {Der Turm braucht das
Feld b2!} 29. Bxf5 h6 $14 {Und Schwarz hat sehr gute Chancen, das Endspiel zu
halten.}) 29. Bxf5 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 h6 31. Be4 {Nun kontrolliert der weiße Läufer
das Feld h1 und kann auch den Bauer a2 von d5 aus verteidigen.} a4 32. Rh4 $1 {
Der Turm muss von der Verteidigung des Bauern befreit und ins Spiel gebracht
werden.} a3 33. Rg4+ Kf6 34. h3 Bc7 35. Bd5 {Die Stellung ist gewonnen für
Weiß, Schwarz hat zu viele Schwächen.} Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rf2 (36... Rh2 37. Bg2 h5
38. Rg8 h4 39. Ke2 Bg3 40. Rxg3 $1 hxg3 41. Kf3 $18) 37. Rg8 Bd6 38. Ra8 Kg7 (
38... Rh2 39. Ra6 Ke7 40. Ra7+ Kf6 41. Rxf7+ Kg6 42. Rf3 $18) 39. Ra6 Bb4 40.
Ra7 Bf8 41. e4 h5 42. Ke3 Rf6 43. e5 Rf5 44. Ke4 Rf2 45. Ke3 Rf5 46. Ke4 Rf2
47. e6 Kg6 48. Ke3 Rf1 (48... Rf5 49. Be4 $18) (48... Rf6 49. e7 $18) 49. Ke2 {
Nach 49....Rf4 oder 49....Rf6 kommt 50.e7 mit Figurengewinn.} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Dieser Zug ist zuletzt sehr populär
geworden.} ({In der Hauptvariante} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5
Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {kann Weiß einen eher symbolischen Vorteil erreichen.
Die Stellung hat die Bewertung +/=/=.}) 4... Bc5 (4... d6 {wurde lange Zeit
ebenfalls als befriedigend angesehen} 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7
9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 $1 $146 {doch dann stellte diese Neuerung aus der Partie
Sutovsky - Kramnik (Dortmund, 2005) Schwary eine komplizierte Frage.} f5 (10...
h6 11. Nfd2 f5 12. f3 $14 {/\ c4-Nc3-b4-c5}) 11. Ng5 $14) 5. Nc3 {Andere
Spielmöglichkeiten bringen Weiß auch keinen Vorteil.} (5. O-O Nd4 $1 6. Nxd4
Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 hxg5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 a6 13.
Bd3 d6 $11 {Sturua - Sargissian (Dubai, 2005)}) (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6
8. Ba4 Re8 $11) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 (6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9.
dxc5 Qxg2 10. Rf1 Bh3 $19) 6... Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3
O-O $11) 5... d6 6. Na4 {Das ist die Idee der weißen Aufbau - man will
wenigstens den Zwei-Läufer Vorteil erreichen. Das ist jedoch trotzdem nicht
genug, um einen wirklich fühlbaren Eröffnungsvorteil zu erreichen.} (6. Be3
Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Bxd7 (10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12.
Qg3 Qd7 $11) 10... Qxd7 11. h3 (11. Qg3 Qg4 $11) 11... Ng6 $11) (6. O-O Bg4 7.
h3 Bh5 {Eine Rochade ist in solchen Fällen nicht empfehlenswert, denn Schwarz
könnte bei Gelegenheit starke Initiative entwickeln, indem er später mal lang
rochiert und einen Angriff am Königsflügel startet.} 8. Na4 Bb6 9. c3 Qe7 10.
Nxb6 axb6 $13) 6... Bb6 (6... Bb4+ $2 7. c3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb2 $1 (9. Nxb6
axb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 $14 {ist auch möglich}) 9... O-O 10. a3 $1 Ne7 11. Nxb6
axb6 12. Ba4 Ng6 13. Bc2 $14 {Durch die profilaktische Züge a3 und Lb2 hat
sich Weiß einen idealen Platzdarm für den zukünftigen Vorstoß d3-d4
vorbereitet. Zwar hat es Zeit gekostet, aber wir haben es hier nicht mit einer
temporären Stellung zu tun.}) 7. c3 O-O 8. h3 $2 (8. O-O Bd7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10.
Ba4 $14 {Der weiße Vorteil ist immernoch sehr klein, doch hier hat Weiß ein
komfortables Spiel ohne Risiko, während 8.h3 den Vorteil ganz auslässt, ja
sogar zu Problemen führen könnte.}) 8... Bd7 $2 (8... Ba5 $1 9. O-O (9. b4 Nxb4
10. cxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 c6 12. Bc4 b5 13. Qb3 a5 $17) 11... Bxd2+ 12.
Nxd2 a6 13. Bc4 b5 $17) 9... Ne7 10. b4 c6 $15) 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ne7 11.
Bc2 (11. Bxd7 Qxd7 $11 {Die Stärke der Läufer basiert darauf, dass man sie
beide auf dem Brett behält. Tauscht man einen ab, so wird der zweite auch
schwächer.}) 11... Ng6 12. O-O Bc6 {Schwarz hindert Weiß am Vorstoß d3-d4.
Schafft es Weiß nicht, den Vorteil im Zentrum zu bekommen, so wird er nicht
besser stehen.} 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh2 (14. a3 $5 d5 $11) (14. d4 exd4 15. Qxd4 {
spielt man d4, so möchte man natürlich den Bauernzentrum d4-e4 erreichen,
ansonsten kann der e4 Bauer sogar schwach werden.} h6 $132 {/\Dd7-Te7-Tae8...
xe4}) 14... h6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Re6 17. g3 Rf6 18. Qh5 Bd7 {Weiß hat
nichts Konkretes, das Spiel ist völlig ausgeglichen.} 19. Be3 Ra5 20. b4 (20.
a3 $2 {Dieser Zug sieht auf den ersten Blick sehr logisch aus, denn man möchte
dem Druck der schwarzen Figuren auf der a-Linie ausweichen. Doch er scheitert
an einem tacktischen Trick:} Nf4 $1 21. Bxf4 (21. Qd1 Nxh3+ $17) (21. gxf4 exf4
22. Qf3 fxe3 23. Qxe3 Rh5 $19) 21... exf4 22. Qh4 g5 23. Qh5 fxg3 24. fxg3 g4
25. Qh4 gxh3 26. Rf1 Rg5 $15) 20... Ra3 $11 {Nachdem Schwarz das Gegenspiel
auf der a-Linie bekommen hat, ist die Stellung absolut ausgeglichen.} 21. Bb3
Qc8 22. Kg2 Be6 23. c4 b5 24. cxb5 Bxb3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Reb1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Qd7 28. b6 cxb6 29. Qg4 Qb5 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc4 Qd7 32. Rc1 d5 33. Qxd5 Rd6
34. Qc4 Rxd3 35. Qc7 f6 36. Qxb6 Rd6 37. Qc7 Nf8 38. Qxd7 Rxd7 39. h4 h5 40.
Rc8 Ne6 41. Rb8 Nd4 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Rxb7 Rxe4 44. b5 Rb4 45. b6 Rb3 46. Rb8
e4 47. b7 Kg6 48. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Dieser Zug hat schon seit Jahren
das frühere 4....Bb4 als Hauptvariante abgelöst.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 $1 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 $14) 9.
Re1 Nd8 10. d4 $14) 5. Bc4 (5. Nxd4 {führt forciert zum Remis:} exd4 6. e5 dxc3
7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bc3 $16 {
Weiße Kompensation ist mehr als ausreichend.}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.
Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 $11) (5. Nxe5 {Ein seltener aber giftiger Zug}
Qe7 6. f4 (6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 a6 11.
Kf1+ Be7 12. Nbd4 d6 $11) 6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 c6 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Kf2
Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Kd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. d3 Qg6+ 13. Kh2 $13) 9. Nc3 (9. Nxd6+ $4 Qxd6
10. e5 Qe7 $19) 9... Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6 12. Re1 Qf6 $11) (5. Ba4
Bc5 (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg5 d6 9. h3 $14) 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3
Bb6 {führt zu Komplikationen, die laut Praxis in meisten Fällen zu remislichen
Stellungen führen}) (5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 $11) 5... Nxf3+
(5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 $11) 6... d5 $1 7. exd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5
8. Nxf7 Kxf7 9. c3 Ne6 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 7... h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) (5... c6 6.
Nxe5 (6. O-O b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nf3 e4 10. Re1 Bf5 11.
Ng5 $14) 7. Bb3 (7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Bc5 $11) 7... Nxf3+ (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxb3
9. axb3 e4 10. Re1 $16) (7... d6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 $14) 8. Qxf3 d6 $11) 6...
d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ $1 Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd6 11. Ndf3 $16)
8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O (10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
cxd5 14. Qf3 Qc7 $44) 10... Ng4 11. g3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bh3 $44) (5... Bc5 {gilt
hier als Haupfortsetzung} 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 d6 $11) 6... Qe7 (6... d5 $5 7. Bxd5 (
7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. Bxd5 Qg5 $17) (8. Qh5 g6 9. Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1
Bg4+ 11. Qxg4 Nde3+ 12. fxe3 Nxe3+ $19) 10... Qf6 $19) 8... Nf4 9. Nxf7 (9.
Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 9... Qe7 10. Nxh8 Bh3 $3 $19) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O 9. c3 Re8 $1
10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12. d3 c6 13. Nf4 Rb5 $44) 7. Nd3 (7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxd5
Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $44) 7... d5 8. Bxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44) 6. gxf3 $1 $146 {Eine sehr starke Neuerung
mit einer tiefgreifenden positionellen Idee.} (6. Qxf3 {War die übliche
Fortsetzung.} d6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 $11) 6... d6 $6 {Lässt die Durchführung
des weißen Planes problemlos zu.} (6... c6 7. d4 exd4 (7... d5 $2 8. exd5 Nxd5
(8... cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe5 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 $16) 9.
Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. dxe5 $14) 8. Qxd4 d5 $5 9. exd5 b5 (
9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 $16) 10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 $13) (
10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nxd7 13. O-O Qf6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Qa4 Bd6
$17) 10... b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 12. Bg5 (12. Rg1 $5) 12... f6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 (13...
cxd5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 $18) 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. O-O-O Bd5
17. Rhe1 Kf7 $14) (6... Bc5 7. Rg1 O-O 8. d3 $14 {Weiß hat ebenfalls
angenehmes Spiel, aber diese Stellung ist zäher als die nach 6....d6}) 7. d4
Be6 (7... exd4 8. Qxd4 Bh3 9. Rg1 $16 {Weiß hat starke Initiative während
Schwarz keinen konkreten Entwicklungsplan besitzt.}) 8. d5 (8. Bxe6 $2 {
wäre fehlerhaft} fxe6 9. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {nach Bd6-0-0 wird Schwarz über gutes
Spiel auf der f-Linie verfügen}) 8... Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 $14 {Weiß hat
Entwicklungsvorsprung und starkes Zentrum.} g6 11. Qd2 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13.
Rde1 Re8 14. Bg5 b5 15. Bxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Rxe4 17. Rxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxd8 Nxd2 19.
Bxc7 Bh6 20. Nxd6 Ne4+ 21. Kb1 Nxf2 22. Rf1 Ng4 23. Nxf7 Bg7 24. Nd8 Ne3 25.
Re1 Rxd8 26. Bxd8 Nxd5 27. c4 Nb4 28. Re8+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Rxa7 Nc6 31.
Ra8 Kf7 32. Rc8 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Dieser Zug ist zuletzt sehr populär
geworden.} ({Die Hauptvariante der Berliner Mauer, die mit den Zügen} 4. O-O
Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 {eingeleitet wird,
ist so schwer auf Gewinn zu spielen, dass viele Spieler eine Abweichung
bevorziehen.}) 4... Bc5 (4... d6 {wurde lange Zeit ebenfalls als befriedigend
angesehen} 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5 Ne7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. Be3 $1
$146 {doch dann stellte diese Neuerung aus der Partie Sutovsky - Kramnik 
(Dortmund, 2005) eine komplizierte Frage an Schwarz} f5 (10... h6 11. Nfd2 f5
12. f3 $14 {/\c4-Nc3-b4-c5}) 11. Ng5 $14) 5. Nc3 {Andere Spielmöglichkeiten
bringen Weiß auch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} (5. O-O Nd4 $1 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3
Bb6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. d4 h6 10. dxe5 hxg5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bd3 d6 $11 {
Sturua - Sargissian (Dubai, 2005)}) (5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Re8
$11) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 (6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Be3 Qxe5 8. d4 Qxe4 9. dxc5 Qxg2 10.
Rf1 Bh3 $19) 6... Qe7 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O $11) 5...
a6 (5... d6 6. Na4 {Das ist die Idee der weißen Aufbau - man will wenigstens
den Zwei-Läufer Vorteil erreichen. Das ist jedoch trotzdem nicht genug, für
einen wirklich fühlbaren Eröffnungsvorteil.} (6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Bxd7 (10. Bc4 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg3 Qd7 $11) 10... Qxd7
11. h3 (11. Qg3 Qg4 $11) 11... Ng6 $11) (6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Na4 Bb6 9. c3
Qe7 10. Nxb6 axb6 $13) 6... Bb6 (6... Bb4+ $2 7. c3 Ba5 8. b4 Bb6 9. Bb2 $1 (9.
Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 $14) 9... O-O 10. a3 $1 Ne7 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Ba4
Ng6 13. Bc2 $14 {Durch die prophylaktische Züge a3 und Bb2 hat sich Weiß gut
für den zukünftigen Vorstoß d3-d4 vorbereitet. Zwar hat es Zeit gekostet, aber
wir haben es hier nicht mit einer temporären Stellung zu tun.}) 7. c3 O-O 8.
O-O (8. h3 $2 Ba5 $1 9. O-O (9. b4 Nxb4 10. cxb4 Bxb4+ 11. Bd2 (11. Kf1 c6 12.
Bc4 b5 13. Qb3 a5 $17) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. Bc4 b5 $17) 9... Ne7 10. b4
c6 $15) 8... Bd7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 $14 {Der weiße Vorteil ist immer noch
sehr klein, doch hier hat Weiß ein komfortables Spiel ohne Risiko.}) 6. Bxc6
dxc6 7. Be3 (7. Nxe5 Qd4 (7... Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qd4+ 9. Be3 Qxe5 10. h3 Be6 11.
Rf1 O-O-O 12. Qf3 (12. Kg1 $2 Bxh3 $1 $17) 12... Rhe8 13. Kg1 $14) 8. Be3 Qxe5
9. d4 Qe7 (9... Bxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 $16) 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 (11.
Nxe4 Qxe4 12. O-O Be6 13. Re1 O-O $11) 11... Bf5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe4
14. Qc3 Rad8 $11 {Inarkiev - Mastrovasilis (Athens, 2005)}) 7... Bd6 (7... Qe7
$5 8. Bxc5 Qxc5 9. h3 (9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Qg5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Rg8 12. f4 Nd7 13. fxe5
Nxe5 $11) 9... Be6 10. Qd2 h6 11. O-O-O O-O-O $11) 8. h3 (8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5
$11) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nd7 ({Wenn Schwarz es unbedingt will, dann kann er den
Vorstoß d4 mittels} 9... c5 {auch stoppen. Nun, selbst wenn Weiß d4 durchführt,
hat Schwarz noch gutes Spiel dank dem Läuferpaar.} 10. Bg5 (10. Ne2 c4 $1 $11)
10... c6 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. f4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11) 10. d4
{Dies ist der einzige aktive Plan, den Weiß in dieser Stelung hat.} exd4 11.
Qxd4 Qe7 12. Qd2 (12. Rad1 Re8 13. Rfe1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132) 12... Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rad1 (14. f4 $2 Rd8 $1 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qxe4 16. Bd4 f6 (
16... Qg6 17. Rf3 $44) 17. Rae1 Qd5 18. Re7 $44) 15. Nd5 (15. Qe1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
Qxe4 $17) 15... cxd5 16. fxe5 dxe4 $1 (16... Qxe5 17. exd5 Rxd5 18. Qxd5 $3
Qxd5 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21. a3 $15 {mit guten Remischancen.}) 17. Qf2
Be6 $17) 14... Qb4 (14... Be6 15. Bd4 Rad8 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4
Rd8 19. Qe3 $14) 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc4 (16... Qxe4 17. Bc5 Bf5 18. Rfe1 Qxc2
19. Bxf8 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Kxf8 21. g4 Be6 22. a3 Bd5 $13) 17. f5 Qxe4 18. Rf4 $44
{Für den Bauern hat Weiß gute Kompensation, da Schwarz Probleme mit der
Entwicklung seines Läufers hat.} (18. Bc5 Bxf5 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 $15) 18... Qe5 19.
Bd4 Qd6 20. f6 Re8 21. Rf3 b6 22. Qg5 g6 23. Rdd3 Qf8 24. Rde3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3
Be6 26. Qf4 c5 27. Be5 Rd8 28. Bxc7 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 h6 30. Bxb6 g5 31. Qg3 Qd6 32.
Qxd6 Rd2 33. Qd5 Rxd5 34. Bxc5 Rd2 35. Rd3 Rxc2 36. a3 Kh7 37. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Dieser Zug hat schon seit Jahren
das frühere 4....Bb4 als Hauptvariante abgelöst.} (4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4 $1 Ng6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. f4 $14) 9.
Re1 Nd8 10. d4 $14) 5. Bc4 (5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 {
führt zu Komplikationen, die laut Praxis in meisten Fällen zu remislichen
Stellungen führen}) (5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. d3 Be7 8. Bg5 d6 9. h3 $14) 6.
Nxe5 (6. d3 $6 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 $15 {Für das Läuferpaar
hat Weiß eigentlich nichts bekommen.}) (6. O-O Qa5 $1 7. Re1 d6 8. h3 (8. Nxd4
$6 exd4 9. Nd5 Nd7 10. b4 Qxa4 11. Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Be7 $17 {Der Springer auf
a8 wird bald gefangen und Weiß gerät in materiellen Rückstand.}) 8... b5 9. Bb3
Nxb3 10. cxb3 Be7 $15) 6... d6 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 b5 8. Bb3 a5 {Schwarz spielt
gegen den Läufer b3.} 9. a3 d5 $1 {Man muss nicht sofort auf b3 schlagen, das
Nehmen kann auch warten.} (9... Nxb3 10. cxb3 d5 11. Qc2 $1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 $1
$13) 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 (13. Ne2 $4 Bg4 $19) 13...
O-O 14. Ne2 a4 $1 (14... Nxb3 15. cxb3 d4 16. d3 $13) 15. Ba2 f6 $1 16. exf6
Qxf6 $44) 7... Bg4 8. d3 d5 {Diese Stellung kam schon öfters vor.} 9. exd5 (9.
O-O dxe4 (9... Bd6 10. e5 Bc7 11. exf6 O-O $3 12. Nxd4 $1 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 Qxf6
14. Nf3 Rfe8 $11) (9... b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Nb1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qxd1
14. Rxd1 Bxf3 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Bf4 Be7 17. Nd2 Bh5 18. Nc4 $14) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Re1 Be7 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5 Be6 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3 O-O
17. Qe2 Bd6 $44 {Motylev - Grischuk (Moskau, 2001)}) (9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5
11. exd5 (11. d4 $2 dxe4 $17) 11... Nxd5 $44) 9... Nxd5 10. O-O Be7 (10... Nxc3
$5 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 13. Bb3 Bd6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 Qf6 16. Re1
Kd7 $44) 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Qxd5 13. Rxe7 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bxf3 15.
Qd2 (15. Qe1 Qd4 16. Re4 (16. Qe5 Qxa4 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rfe8 19. Rae1 Rxe7
20. Rxe7 b6 $11) 16... Rae8 $1 17. Bb3 Bxe4 18. dxe4 Rxe4 19. Qf1 (19. Be3 Rg4+
20. Kf1 Qe4 $15) 19... Rfe8 $15) 15... Rae8 16. Bb3 (16. Qg5 Qd4 17. Bb3 h6 18.
Qg3 Rxe7 19. Qxf3 Re1+ $44) 16... Qd8 17. Rxe8 Rxe8 {/\Qh4} 18. Bxf7+ $8 Kxf7
19. Qf4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21. Be3 a6 $11 {Berkes - Gyimesi (Heviz, 2003)})
13. c3 Bxf3 $5 $146 (13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh5 15. Re5 Qd6 16. d4 Qf6 17. Qd3 $1
$14 {Acs - Gelfand (Polen, 2003)}) 14. gxf3 Ne6 15. f4 (15. d4 Bd6 $1 (15...
Bg5 16. Re5 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 $44) 16. f4 Qh4 $15) 15... d4 16. f5 Nc5 $44 {
Aufgrund des schwachen Königs kann Weiß diese Stellung kaum auf Gewinn spielen.
Rublevsky - Bacrot (Khanty Mansiysk, 2005)}) (5. Nxd4 {führt forciert zum
Remis:} exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10.
Re1 O-O 11. Bc3 $16 {Weiße Kompensation ist mehr als ausreichend.}) 8. dxc3
Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. O-O-O Be6 $11) (5. Nxe5 {Ein
seltener aber giftiger Zug} Qe7 6. f4 (6. Nf3 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+
9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 a6 11. Kf1+ Be7 12. Nbd4 d6 $11) 6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8.
Nf3 c6 (8... Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Kd8 11. h3 Nf6 12. d3 Qg6+ 13. Kh2 $13)
9. Nc3 (9. Nxd6+ $4 Qxd6 10. e5 Qe7 $19) 9... Nxe4 10. O-O Nxc3 11. dxc3 Be6
12. Re1 Qf6 $11) (5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 $11) 5... Bc5 (
5... Nxf3+ 6. gxf3 $1 (6. Qxf3 d6 7. d3 Be7 8. O-O Be6 $11) 6... Bc5 (6... c6
7. d4 exd4 (7... d5 $2 8. exd5 Nxd5 (8... cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe5 Bxb5 11.
Nxb5 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 $16) 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7
12. dxe5 $14) 8. Qxd4 d5 $5 9. exd5 b5 (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 $16)
10. Bb3 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 $13) (10. Nxb5 cxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+
Nxd7 13. O-O Qf6 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Qa4 Bd6 $17) 10... b4 11. Ne4 Nxd5 12. Bg5 (
12. Rg1 $5) (12. Rg1 $5) (12. Rg1 $5) 12... f6 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 (13... cxd5 14.
Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bxf6 $18) 14. Bxf6 $1 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. O-O-O Bd5 17. Rhe1
Kf7 $14) (6... d6 $6 {Lässt die Durchführung des weißen Planes problemlos zu.}
7. d4 Be6 (7... exd4 8. Qxd4 Bh3 9. Rg1 $16 {Weiß hat starke Initiative
während Schwarz keinen konkreten Entwicklungsplan besitzt.}) 8. d5 (8. Bxe6 $2
{wäre fehlerhaft} fxe6 9. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {nach Bd6-0-0 wird Schwarz über gutes
Spiel auf der f-Linie verfügen}) 8... Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 $14 {Najer -
Mamedyarov (Khanty Mansiysk, 2005). Weiß hat Entwicklungsvorsprung und starkes
Zentrum.}) 7. Rg1 O-O 8. d3 $14 {Weiß hat ebenfalls angenehmes Spiel, aber
diese Stellung ist zäher als die nach 6....d6}) (5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. Nxd4 exd4
7. Nd5 Nd7 $1 {Es ist richtig den Springer nicht zu tauschen, denn die weißen
Figuren im Zentrum sind den Angriffen der schwarzen Bauern ausgesetzt.} (7...
Nxe4 $2 8. Qe2 f5 9. d3 c6 10. dxe4 cxd5 11. Bxd5 fxe4 12. Bxe4 $18) (7... Be6
8. O-O (8. d3 $5 c6 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Qh5 $14) 9. Nxf6+
Qxf6 10. Bb3 $14 {In solchen Stellungen steht Weiß grundsätzlich mit kleinem
Vorteil, da Schwarz dem Vorstoß f4-f5 (sofort oder nach der kurzen Rochade)
nichts entgegenzusetzen hat.}) 8... Nxe4 9. Re1 Nf6 (9... Nc5 10. b4 Nd7 11.
Nf4 $16) 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh5+ Kd8 13. Qb5 Rb8 14. c3 $44) (
7... c6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 $14) 8. O-O c6 9. Nf4 b5 10.
Be2 (10. Bb3 $6 {Obwohl der Läufer auf b3 optisch aktiver steht, ist er nur
Angriffsobjekt für die schwarzen Figuren} Nc5 11. d3 (11. c3 d3 12. Qf3 Qf6 13.
Qe3 Qg5 $1 $13) 11... Be7 12. Ne2 Bf6 13. c3 Nxb3 14. axb3 c5 15. cxd4 cxd4 16.
Nf4 O-O 17. Nd5 Be6 $132) 10... g6 {Die Entwicklung des Läufers auf die lange
Diagonale bietet sich an, da Weiß in naher Zukunft c3 zu spielen plant, wonach
der Läufer auf g7 wesentlich mehr zu tun hat, als auf e7.} 11. c3 Bh6 {Ein
komischer Manöver, der wohl die Absicht hat, Weiß am Flügelangriff zu hindern.}
({Nach sofortigem} 11... Bg7 {könnte Weiß mit} 12. a4 $1 {fortfahren, wonach
Schwarz nicht} a6 {spielen kann, da er nach} 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 $16 {
einen Bauer weniger hat. Wenn der weiße Bauer durch 11....Bh6 nach d3 gelockt
wird, kann Weiß diesen Plan nicht durchführen.}) 12. d3 Bg7 13. Qc2 (13. a4
dxc3 $1 (13... a6 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qb3 Bb7 (16... O-O $2 17. Qd5
Qb6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Nd5 $18) 17. Be3 $16) 14. d4 (14. axb5 cxb2 15. Bxb2 Bxb2
16. bxc6 Nb6 $19) (14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 b4 16. d4 O-O 17. Be3 a5 $17 {/\Ba6})
14... b4 (14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 b4 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. a5 a6 18. Ra4 $16) 15. bxc3
bxc3 16. Be3 O-O 17. Qc2 Qa5 18. Rfc1 c5 $132) (13. cxd4 Bxd4 14. Qc2 (14. Be3
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. d4 O-O 17. d5 Bb7 $132 18. dxc6 $6 Bxc6 19. Bxb5 Bxe4 $15)
14... Qb6 $1 {Weiß kann hier mit vernünftigen Mitteln nicht zu d4 kommen ->
schwarze Stellung ist in Ordnung.}) 13... dxc3 (13... Qb6 $5 14. Bg4 $1 O-O 15.
cxd4 Bxd4 16. Ne2 Bg7 17. d4 $14) 14. bxc3 O-O 15. d4 $14 {Mit seinem starken
Zentrum steht Weiß etwas besser.}) 6... d5 $1 7. exd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxf7
Kxf7 9. c3 Ne6 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 7... h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10.
Bxf3 Bb4 $11 {Vallejo Pons - Kramnik (Monte Carlo, 2005)}) (5... c6 6. Nxe5 (6.
O-O b5 (6... d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nf3 e4 10. Re1 Bf5 11. Ng5 $14) 7.
Bb3 (7. Be2 Nxf3+ 8. Bxf3 Bc5 $11) 7... Nxf3+ (7... d5 8. exd5 Nxb3 9. axb3 e4
10. Re1 $16) (7... d6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 $14) 8. Qxf3 d6 $11) 6... d5 7. exd5
Bd6 (7... cxd5 8. Bb5+ $1 Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Nd4 Bd6 11. Ndf3 $16) 8. Nf3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. O-O (10. h3 b5 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14.
Qf3 Qc7 $44) 10... Ng4 11. g3 Ne5 12. Qe4 Bh3 $44) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 d6 $11) 6...
Qe7 (6... d5 $5 7. Bxd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O (8. Bxd5 Qg5 $17) (8. Qh5 g6 9.
Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1 Bg4+ 11. Qxg4 Nde3+ 12. fxe3 Nxe3+ $19) 10... Qf6
$19) 8... Nf4 9. Nxf7 (9. Bxf7+ Kf8 $17) 9... Qe7 10. Nxh8 Bh3 $3 $19) 7...
Nxd5 8. Nxd5 O-O 9. c3 Re8 $1 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O Rxe5 12. d3 c6 13. Nf4 Rb5
$44) 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44) 7... d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 Nd7 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug wurde früher noch nicht ausprobiert.} (
9... O-O-O 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 12. exd5 Re8 $44) (9... c6 10. Bb3 Nd7
11. Be3 Ne5 12. Nxd4 Bxd1 13. Nf5 Qf8 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. d4 Qb4 16. Rxd1 Ng6 17.
Nxg7+ $14 {Motylev - Shirov (Corsica, 2004)}) 10. Be3 Ne5 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4
Bxd4 12. Bxb7 (12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 c6 14. Bb3 Qf6 $17) 12... Rb8 13. Nd5 Bxf3
14. Nxe7 (14. gxf3 Qh4 $19) 14... Bxd1 15. Nc6 Rxb7 16. Nxd4 Bg4 $15) 11...
Bxd1 12. Rxd1 (12. Nf5 $5 {analog zur Partie Motylev - Shirov} Qf8 13. Bxc5
Qxc5 14. d4 (14. Rxd1 Qb4 $1 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nf5 Qxb2 17. Ne2 Qxc2 $19) 14...
Qb4 15. Rxd1 Qxb2 $17 {Jetzt wird klar, warum Schwarz 9....c6 nicht gezogen
hat - mit dem Läufer auf b3 hätte Weiß kein Problem, während jetzt der Bauer
auf b2 verloren geht.}) 12... Qf6 13. Nf5 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 O-O-O $15 {Trotz des
tatsächlichen materiellen Gleichgewichts ist die schwarze Stellung etwas
besser.} 15. O-O h5 16. Bb3 Ng4 17. h3 Qf4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Ncd5 Qh6 20. Nf5 Qh7
21. Kg2 Nh6 22. Nfe3 Rhe8 23. Rde1 Qg6 24. f4 Qd6 25. Nc4 Qc5 26. Nde3 g5 27.
f5 h4 28. g4 b5 29. Nd2 Qe5 30. Rf3 Qxb2 31. Re2 c6 32. Nd1 Qa1 33. Rf1 a5 34.
a4 bxa4 35. Bc4 a3 36. Nf3 Kc7 37. Ne3 Qb2 38. Bb3 a2 39. Ree1 Rxd3 40. Nc4 Qc3
41. cxd3 Qxb3 42. Rc1 Qxd3 43. Nxa5 Rxe4 44. Rxc6+ Kb8 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[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 5. O-O {Etwas genauer scheint 5.
d3 zu sein, wonach Weiß sich die Gelegenheit, später h3-g4 zu spielen, lässt.}
(5. d3 h6 $1 (5... O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 $14) (5... a6 $5
{der Versuch, den weißen Läufer zu tauschen, gelingt nicht ganz:} 6. Ba4 b5 7.
Bb3 Na5 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. h3 $1 a6 (6... O-O 7. g4 $1 {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. 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 6. d3 h6 {jetzt muss sich Schwarz keine Gedanken um die
Möglichkeit h3-g4 machen} (6... a6 7. Bxc6 (7. Ba4 h6 8. h3 Re8 9. Be3 {
->siehe Partie}) 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.} 13. e5 Bxe5 14. Bxc5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bc6 16. Rfe1
Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nd5 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Re3 Nxh3+ 21. Kh2 Nf4 22. Rae1
Re6 23. Rxe6 Nxe6 24. Be5 Rd8 25. d4 c5 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Bd4 Ne6 28. Be3 Rc8
29. Bd2 Rc4 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Kg3 Ke7 32. f4 f5 33. Kf3 Kf6 34. a3 Nc5 35. Re3
Re4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.03"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "183"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 $5 {For decades this move has been
overshadowed by the main alternatives:} (4... Bb4) (4... Nd4) 5. d3 ({Many
games continue with} 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 {but apparently Black has little
to fear. Here is just a typical continuation:} 7. dxe5 Bxe5 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3
Re8 10. Re1 d6 11. h3 c6 12. Bd2 b5 13. a3 a6 14. Qf3 c5 $15 {Lengyel,B (2354)
-Husari,S (2383) Budapest 2002 (0-1, 22)}) (5. O-O O-O 6. d3 {transposes}) (5.
Bxc6 dxc6 {leads to a structure typical for the Anti-Berlin system, with the
difference that White has committed his queen's knight quite early. If} 6. Nxe5
$6 Bxf2+ $1) 5... O-O 6. O-O Nd4 $5 {A radical attempt to solve Black's
problems.} (6... d6) 7. Nxe5 {The critical test, although a risky move for
White.} (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 {offers Black no worries as he can prepare ...d7-d5 very
comfortably.} 8. Bc4 (8. Qf3 c6 9. Bc4 d6 10. h3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Qg3 Nh5
13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Inarkiev,E (2675)-Eljanov,P (2716)
Jermuk 2009}) 8... c6 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Qe1 Be6 13. Nxd5
Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Be3 Rfe8 $11 {Naiditsch,A (2712)-Yu,Y 
(2753) Danzhou 2017 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 7... d6 8. Nf3 (8. Nc4 $2 c6 9. Ba4 b5 $19)
8... Bg4 9. Be3 c6 ({Personally, I could not resist the temptation to spoil
White's kingside structure. Practice also suggests Black has excellent chances
for a blockade, combined with attacking ideas.} 9... Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Ba4
b5 (11... Nh5 $5 12. Nb1 Qf6 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Kh1 Nde2 15. Nb3 Qg6 16. Bxf4 Nxf4
17. Rg1 Nh3 18. Rxg6 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 Nxd1 20. Nxc5 hxg6 21. Nxb7 Nxb2 22. Bb3 a5
$17 {Savchenko,B (2567)-Sivuk,V (2512) Olongapo City 2015 (1/2-1/2, 58)}) 12.
Bb3 Nh5 13. Kh1 ({An old game went} 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. f4 Qh4 15. Ne2 Nxf4 16.
Nxf4 Qxf4 17. c3 Bb6 $15 {Tarrasch,S-Perlis,J San Sebastian 1912 (1-0, 45)})
13... Qh4 14. Rg1 Qh3 15. Qf1 Qxf3+ 16. Qg2 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Qxg2+ 19. Rxg2
Nxb3 20. cxb3 f5 $15 {(1/2-1/2, 57)Svidler,P (2739)-Nielsen,P (2680)
Copenhagen 2010}) 10. Bxd4 $146 (10. Ba4 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2609)-Maghsoodloo,P
(2416) Al Ain 2015 (½-½, 36), allows Black the familiar} Bxf3) 10... Bxd4 11.
Bc4 {White has avoided the kingside structural damage and keeps his extra pawn.
The only question is whether the dark-squared bishop is strong enough to
compensate for the pawn. To tell the truth, I have a vague feeling that both
players had been on their own since an early stage.} Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Qa5 (13... b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 $14) 14. Qf4 {The best practical
chance. White keeps an eye on the d6-pawn and maintains the possibility of
returning with the queen to d2.} (14. Nd1 Ne5 {seems to be retrieving the pawn
more or less by force:} 15. Qe2 (15. Qf4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Qc5 $11) 15... Nxc4 16.
dxc4 Rae8 17. c3 Bb6 18. Qd3 Qe5 $11) 14... Ne5 15. Bb3 {White returns the
pawn in order to keep a strong centre.} ({But I see no clear drawback of} 15.
Qd2 $5) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Rfd1 $1 ({Beter than} 17. Rad1 {when
Black could use the rook's absence from the queenside with} a5 18. a4 b5 $132)
17... Rad8 $6 {This allows White to set his centre in motion.} (17... Rae8 $5
18. d4 $6 Ng6 19. Qxd6 (19. Qg4 c5 $11) 19... Rxe4 $11) 18. d4 Nc4 (18... Ng6
19. Qf5 $14 {With the rook on d8,} c5 $6 {does not work:} 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21.
Bxf7+ $1) 19. Rab1 d5 20. Rd3 Qb4 21. Rg3 {Tempting but not the best.} ({
A stronger alternative was:} 21. c3 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rd2 $16
{with a promising ending due to the strong centre and the weak black queenside.
}) 21... Qe7 ({Black mises his chance for counterplay with} 21... Qd2 $1 22.
Qf6 g6) 22. c3 b5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Bxc4 {AIming for domination on the whole
board due to the weak d5-pawn. But in the endgame, the c3-pawn could also
become weak, ensuring Black chances for counterplay.} ({Or if} 24. a4 bxa4 $1 (
24... a6 $6 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Rb6 a5 (26... Ra8 27. a5 $16) 27. Rb5 $16) 25.
Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ra1 Rb8 27. Kh2 Qd7 {and Black should hold.}) 24... bxc4 25. Rb5
g6 26. Re3 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Re7 a6 {Slightly passive.} (28... Ra6 $5 29.
Rxd5 Rxa2 30. Rdd7 ({White has no time for} 30. Rc7 Rb8 31. Rdd7 $2 {due to}
Rb1+ 32. Kh2 Rxf2 33. Rxc4 Rbb2 $17) 30... Ra3 31. Re3 a5 32. Rc7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2
a4 {The endgame is drawn as White does not have the time to get the c4-pawn:}
34. Rxc4 Ra8 35. Rc7 a3 36. Ree7 Rc1 37. Rxf7 a2 $11 {and White has to force a
perpetual.}) 29. Rbb7 Re6 $2 {A serious mistake, weakening Black's structure
for nothing.} ({A better attempt to free himself was} 29... Rdd8 30. Kf1 Rde8 (
30... Rb8 31. Rxf7 $1) 31. Red7 $1 ({Gaining a tempo over} 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32.
Rd7 Rb8) 31... Rd8 32. a4 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Rb8 34. Rxd5 Rb3 35. Ke2 Rxc3 36. Kd2
Rd3+ 37. Kc2 Kf8 38. Rd6 a5 39. Rd5 Ke7 40. Rxa5 Rxd4 41. f3 Kd6 42. Kc3 Rd1 {
with good drawing chances.}) 30. Rxe6 fxe6 $16 31. f3 Re8 {The plan based on ..
.e6-e5 only makes things worse, but Black's position was unpleasant anyway, as
he cannot get counterplay along the b-file.} (31... Rf7 32. Rb6 (32. Rxf7 Kxf7
33. Kf2 Kf6 34. f4 Kf5 35. Kf3 a5 $11) 32... Re7 33. Kf2 $16) 32. Kf2 e5 33.
dxe5 Rxe5 34. Rd7 Kf8 35. f4 (35. a4 $5 {might have won a tempo in many lines
similar to that from the game.}) 35... Rf5 36. Ke3 g5 37. fxg5 Rxg5 38. g4 Re5+
39. Kd4 Re2 40. Rxh7 {In principle two connected pawns should ensure the win,
but we will see that there will be some practical problems.} (40. Rxd5 {
was a worthy alterntive.} Rxa2 41. Kxc4 a5 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. Kb5 a4 44. Kb4 {
Black is left without counterplay.} Rc2 $6 45. Ra5 $1 Rh2 46. Rg5+ $1 Kf7 47.
Rh5 $1 Kg6 48. Kxa4 $18) 40... Rd2+ 41. Ke5 Rd3 42. g5 Rxc3 43. Kxd5 Rc1 44. h4
c3 45. Kd4 c2 46. Kd3 Ra1 47. Kxc2 Rxa2+ 48. Kb3 Rh2 49. Kc4 Kg8 50. Rh6 Kg7
51. Kd5 a5 52. Ke5 Rf2 $5 {The best chance, preventing the king from reaching
g4.} (52... a4 53. Kf5 a3 54. Kg4 a2 55. Ra6 $18) 53. Ke4 $2 ({Here and later
White misses a clear-cut winning idea:} 53. Ra6 Rh2 54. Kf5 Rxh4 55. Ra7+ $1 (
55. Rxa5 Rb4 $11) 55... Kf8 56. Rxa5 Rh1 57. Kg6 Rg1 58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. Rg8 {
with a theoretical win:} Rg2 60. Kh7 $18) 53... Rf1 $2 ({Apparently} 53... a4 {
would have drawn:} 54. Ke3 (54. Ra6 Rh2 $11) 54... Rb2 (54... Rf1 55. Ra6 $18)
(54... Rh2 55. Kf3 a3 56. Kg4 $18) 55. Kf3 Rb4 56. Kg3 Rc4 57. Ra6 Rb4 58. Kh3
$5 {Trying to put Black in zugzwang.} (58. h5 Rb3+ 59. Kf4 Rb4+ 60. Ke5 Rb5+
61. Kf4 Rb4+ 62. Ke3 Rb3+ 63. Kd4 Rb4+ 64. Kc3 Rb3+ 65. Kc2 Rg3 66. Ra5 a3 $11)
58... Kf7 $1 {The only saving move.} (58... Kh7 $2 {leaves the f6-square
undefended.} 59. h5 Rb3+ 60. Kg4 Rb4+ 61. Kf5 Rb5+ 62. Kf6 $18) (58... Rc4 $2 {
Brings the rook too close to the enemy king.} 59. h5 Rc3+ 60. Kg4 Rc4+ 61. Kf3
Rc3+ 62. Ke4 Rc4+ 63. Kd5 {This is the point.} Rb4 64. Ra7+ Kg8 65. g6 Rb5+ 66.
Ke6 Rxh5 67. Kf6 $18 {mating soon.}) 59. h5 Rb3+ 60. Kg4 Rb4+ 61. Kf5 Rb5+ 62.
Kf4 Rb4+ 63. Ke3 Rb3+ 64. Ke2 Rb2+ 65. Kd3 Rb3+ 66. Kc2 Rh3 $1 ({The familiar} 
66... Rg3 $2 {loses due to} 67. g6+ {with gain of tempo.} Kg7 68. Ra7+ Kg8 69.
Rxa4 Rh3 70. Ra5 Kg7 71. Kd2 $18) 67. h6 Kg8 68. Rxa4 Rg3 69. Ra5 Kh7 70. Kd2
Kg6 $11 {with the same drawn ending as later in the game.}) 54. Ke3 $2 ({
Once again missing the aforementioned idea:} 54. Ra6 $1 Rh1 55. Kf5 $18) 54...
Rf5 $2 ({But now Black had a simple draw:} 54... Rf8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gf8a8]
threatening to place the rook behind the pawn.} 55. Ra6 Rh8) 55. Ra6 Rb5 56.
Kf3 (56. Kf4 $1 Rb4+ 57. Kf5 $1 {of course.}) 56... Rb4 57. h5 Rh4 ({With the
pawn on a5} 57... Rb3+ {does not work.} 58. Ke4 Rb4+ 59. Kd3 Rb3+ 60. Kd2 Rg3
61. Ra7+ Kg8 62. Rxa5 $18) 58. h6+ {A curious move.} ({The natural and simpler
idea was sending the king to the back rank first, of course.} 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59.
h6 $18 {and White would not have to find the complicated winning idea
mentioned below.}) 58... Kh7 59. Ra7+ Kg6 60. Kg3 $2 {For a long time from now
on, the game will flow through the drawish channels.} (60. Rg7+ $1 Kf5 61. Ke2
$3 {The kingside mechanism is perfect, but the king needs to stop the a-pawn.}
({But} 61. Ke3 $2 {does not work:} Rh2 $1 62. Kd3 a4 63. Kc3 a3 64. Kb3 a2 $11)
61... a4 62. Kd2 $18 {followed by h7, g6 and Rg8 soon.}) 60... Rh1 61. Rxa5 {
With the king safely blocking the pawns, this is a theoretical draw.} Rg1+ 62.
Kf2 Rg4 63. Kf3 Rg1 64. Re5 Rh1 65. Ke4 Rd1 66. Rd5 Re1+ 67. Kd4 Rc1 68. Re5
Rd1+ 69. Kc5 Rd8 70. Kc6 Ra8 71. Kd7 Ra7+ 72. Ke8 Ra8+ 73. Ke7 Rh8 74. Rd5 Rh7+
75. Kd8 Ra7 76. Kc8 Ra8+ 77. Kb7 Rf8 78. Kc7 Rf1 79. Rb5 Rf7+ 80. Kc6 Rf8 81.
Kd7 Ra8 82. Rd5 Rf8 83. Ke7 Rf7+ 84. Ke8 Ra7 85. Kd8 Rh7 86. Kc8 Ra7 $2 {
After a long defence, Black finally goes wrong. The a7-square is very
unfortunate.} (86... Rf7 $1 87. Rd7 Rf8+ 88. Rd8 {otherwise ...Kxg5.} Rf7 $11)
(86... Re7 $11) (86... Rh8+ $11) 87. Rd7 Ra8+ 88. Kb7 {This is the point.
Black has no time for ...Kxg5 now, nor can he prevent Rg7 for a long time..}
Rg8 89. Kc7 {Zugzwang.} Ra8 (89... Kxg5 90. Rg7+) (89... Kh5 90. Rg7) 90. Rg7+
Kf5 91. Kb7 Re8 92. h7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 $1 {This idea was born many years
ago - in the 19th century. But it is only recently that modern players have
understood its appeal! First of all Black escapes the Rubinstein Variation
with different drawish possibilities, such as} (4... Nd4 5. Nxd4 (5. Bc4 Bc5 6.
Nxe5 O-O {is another sharp position.}) 5... exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe7 {or terribly sharp modern gambits.}) 5. O-O ({A
principled reaction in such cases would have been} 5. d4 Nxd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7.
Qxd4 {, but after} Qe7 8. Bg5 Be5 9. Qe3 c6 {White will just have to be
careful.}) (5. a3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 ({White's attack is not serious even after} 
6... h6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. h3 Qd6 10. Nh4 Nd5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. gxf5 Nxc3
13. bxc3 b5 14. Be3 a5 15. a4 Kh7 16. Qh5 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Ke2 Rad8 19.
Rhg1 Bf6 {with the simple threat of c6-c5-c4, exposing the white king.}) 7. O-O
h6 8. h3 Bf8 9. Re1 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14.
Qxd4 Ne5 15. Rad1 c6 16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+
20. Nxd1 b5 {and Black is clearly better, but there are doubts whether it
would be enough for a win.}) (5. d3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. h3 Nd7 (7... h6 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qe2 Be6 10. a3 b5 11. a4 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nh2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne4 Nf6 16. Ng4 Nd5 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. axb5 axb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21.
dxc4 Nf6 22. Ra7 Qe6 {0-1 Koscielski,J (2358)-Mikhalchishin,A (2526)/Dortmund
2001/EXT 2002 (39). with a clear advantage for Black.}) 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 f6 9.
Be3 O-O 10. Nh4 Nc5 11. Nf5 Ne6 12. h4 g6 13. Nh6+ Kh8 14. g4 Kg7 15. Rg1 Nf4
16. g5 fxg5 17. hxg5 Be7 18. Ng4 Qd6 19. d4 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Rad8 21. Qd2 Qe6 22.
f3 Bc5 23. O-O-O Bxd4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Rf6 Bxf6 27. gxf6+ Qxf6 {
0-1 Sutovsky,E (2676)-Eljanov,P (2717)/Novi Sad SRB 2009}) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8
10. Nh2 Nc5 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Qd2 c5 13. Rae1 Bf8 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 c4 16. Nd5
cxd3 17. cxd3 f6 18. Ng4 Kh8 19. Qc3 a5 20. a3 Ra6 {1/2 Berescu,A (2486)
-Salgado Lopez,I (2592)/Rijeka CRO 2010. and Black's pair of bishops can
become very dangerous.}) 5... O-O 6. d3 h6 (6... Re8 7. Re1 a6 8. Bc4 Na5 9. a3
Nxc4 10. dxc4 h6 11. h3 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Rxe3 d6 14. Qd2 Be6 15. b3 Nd7 16.
Rd1 Rf8 17. Qe2 b6 18. Ne1 Nc5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b5 21. d4 exd4 22. Rxd4
bxc4 23. bxc4 Qf6 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2813)-Aronian,L (2782)/Nice FRA 2010. with a
very good game for Black.}) 7. a4 (7. Ne2 {would be too timid:} a6 8. Ba4 b5 9.
Bb3 Na5 {eliminating the powerful Spanish bishop and equalising the game.})
7... Re8 8. Bc4 $2 ({A correct plan was} 8. h3 Bf8 9. Re1 d6 10. Be3 {
preparing the central break d3-d4.}) 8... Bf8 9. a5 a6 10. Ne2 $6 (10. Bd2 d6
11. Nd5 {was much more central. The move in the game allows the opponent easy
play in the centre.}) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Re1 Nf6 $1 {
Nice small tactics, which allow Black to get out of the unpleasant pin.} 14.
Bxe6 (14. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bxc4 16. Rxe8 Nxe8 {and because of the pin,
White loses a piece.}) 14... Rxe6 15. Bd2 Qe8 16. Ne4 (16. Bc3 {would be met by
} Rd8 17. Ra4 Rd5 {and Black's centralised pieces are very powerful.}) 16...
Nd5 (16... Nxe4 {was not bad either:} 17. dxe4 (17. Rxe4 Qd7 18. Bc3 Rae8 19.
Qe2 f5 {with space problems for White.}) 17... Rd8 18. Qe2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4
20. b3 c5 21. Qd3 Bd6 22. f4 Qc6 23. e5 Bc7 24. Rad1 {, but here it would be
much more difficult for Black to exploit his own strong structure in the
centre, as White has created his own pawn chain too.}) 17. c3 Qd7 18. Qb3 $1 {
With the idea not to allow the centralization of the opponent's rook.} Rb8 19.
h4 $2 {This approach is too agressive; it is much more logical to try to
prepare d3-d4.} Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. Nxe5 ({Better was} 21. Qc4 Rd8 22. Re3 {
with pressure on the e5-pawn.}) 21... Qf5 $1 22. f4 $2 ({After} 22. Nf3 Qxd3
23. Be3 Qg6 24. Nd2 Qf5 25. Nc4 Rg6 {Black's pressure on the kingside has
increased. But White would retain serious defensive resources.}) 22... Nxe5 23.
Rxe5 Qxd3 {Now there are holes in White's position.} 24. Qd5 ({In the event of
} 24. Rd5 Qg3 25. Qd1 Rg6 26. Qe2 Qxh4 {Black would win a pawn.}) 24... Qc2 25.
Be3 Qxb2 {As the Russians used to say in such positions - You have an extra
pawn, you don't need brainwork!} 26. Re1 Qxc3 27. Ba7 Ra8 (27... Rd6 {would be
a bit more precise:} 28. Qe4 Rbd8 29. Qxb7 Rd5 $19) 28. Re8 Rxe8 29. Rxe8 Qc1+
30. Kh2 Qxf4+ 31. g3 Rd6 32. Rxf8+ ({After} 32. Bc5 Rxd5 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. gxf4
Rxc5 35. Rxf7 Kg6 {Black would have an easily won rook ending.}) 32... Kxf8 33.
Bc5 Kg8 34. Bxd6 Qxd6 35. Qxb7 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qxa5 {With two extra pawns like
these winning is simple.} 37. g4 Qc3+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qd3+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+
41. Kh3 Qe3+ 42. Kg2 Qf4 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. h5 a5 45. Qd7 Qe4+ 46. Kg3 f6 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 10th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2009.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {Among my 11 games in this variation,
4 (!) of them have been vs Alexei Shirov. But this game was the first with
classical time controls - before it we had played two games in rapid chess and
one in blitz. Von meinen 11 Partien in dieser Variante waren 4 (!) gegen
Alexei Shirov. Diese Begegnung war allerdings die erste mit klassischer
Zeitkontrolle - zuvor hatten wir zwei Schnell- und eine Blitzpartie gespielt.}
5. Bc4 d6 {Although now this variation appears to be one of the fashionable
reactions against the Four Knights variation, for some reason I hadn't
expected Alexei to choose this continuation and in the opening I played very
dubiously.  Diese Variante scheint zwar derzeit eine der modischen Reaktionen
auf das Vierspringerspiel zu sein, trotzdem hatte ich sie aus irgendeinem
Grund nicht von Alexei erwartet und spielte in der Eröffnung sehr dubious.} 6.
Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O g6 ({This is probably more precise than Dies ist
womöglich genauer als} 8... c6 9. Nf4 g6 10. c3 Bg7 11. cxd4 Bxd4 12. Ne2) 9.
c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. d3 ({Perhaps stronger is Stärker ist vielleicht} 11.
Nc3 {and after , und nach} c6 $6 12. Ne2 Bg7 13. d4 O-O 14. Bb3 Nf6 15. f3 Be6
16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Be3 {White got a slight edge in the game
Ivanchuk - Gelfand, Nice (rapid) 2009. erhielt Weiß ein leichtes Plus in der
Partie Ivanchuk - Gelfand, Nizza (rapid) 2009.}) 11... c6 12. Ne3 $6 {A
dubious novelty which promises nothing to White. Eine dubiose Neuerung, die
Weiß nichts verspricht.} ({After the normal Nach dem normalen} 12. Nc3 {
there is for example gibt es zum Beispiel} Ne5 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Kh1 Bxe2 15.
Qxe2 {with an equal position in Najer - Grischuk, Hanty-Mansiysk, 2007. mit
gleicher Stellung in Najer - Grischuk, Hanty-Mansiysk, 2007.}) 12... O-O 13.
Kh1 Nc5 14. f4 {Here already, doubts about the correctness of my plan were
coming thick and fast. Hier mehrten sich bereits die Zweifel an der
Korrektheit meines Plans.} d5 $5 {This is the move I overlooked. Dies ist der
Zug, den ich übersehen hatte.} ({But also good was the simple Gut war aber
auch das einfache} 14... b5 15. Bb3 a5 {and here I was going to play , und
hier beabsichtigte ich} 16. f5 $5 a4 17. Bc2 a3 18. Rb1 axb2 19. Rxb2 $5 {
White will have some compensation but it's not clear whether it's enough even
for equality. Weiß wird etwas Kompensation haben, aber es ist nicht klar, ob
sie auch nur zum Ausgleich reicht.}) 15. exd5 {There was nothing else... Es
gab nichts anderes...} cxd5 16. Bb3 (16. Bxd5 $2 Bxe3) (16. Nxd5 $2 b5 17. Bb3
Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Be6) 16... Re8 {A tempting move, but possible was also the
simple Ein verlockender Zug, möglich war aber auch das einfache} (16... Nxb3
17. axb3 Bg7 {with a slight edge for Black. mit leichtem Plus für Schwarz.})
17. Qf3 {White's position seems very bad, but probably it looks worse than it
actually is. Die weiße Stellung wirkt gruselig, aber vielleicht sieht sie
schlimmer aus, als sie wirklich ist.} Nxd3 $6 {Black chooses the most forcing
continuation, but here White is ok. Schwarz wählt die forcierteste Fortsetzung,
aber hier steht Weiß okay.} ({Not much is promised by Nicht viel verspricht} 
17... Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Bg4 19. Qg3 (19. Qxg4 Rxe3 20. f5 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rxd3 $15)
19... d4 20. Bg1) ({But Aber} 17... Nxb3 $1 {was strong: war stark:} 18. axb3
f5 $1 (18... Bg7 19. f5 d4 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nc4) 19. Ra4 (19. Qxd5+ Be6 $1) (
19. Nxd5 Bd7 $1) (19. Nc2 Bg7 20. Be3 Bxb2) 19... Bg7 20. Qxd5+ Be6 21. Qxb7
Qxd3 22. Rd1 Qe2 {with quite a decent advantage for Black. mit recht
ordentlichem Vorteil für Schwarz.}) 18. f5 $1 {The only move, but a good one.
Der einzige Zug, aber ein guter.} Kh8 $4 {Persisting in searching for an
advantage Black is getting into trouble. Hartnäckig weiter nach Vorteil
suchend, gerät Schwarz in Schwierigkeiten.} ({Necessary was Nötig war} 18...
Nxc1 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Raxc1 Kh8 $1 (20... Rxe3 {loses: verliert:} 21. Qf7+ Kh8
22. Rc7 Qg8 23. Qxd5 $1 $18) 21. Nxd5 Bf5 $1 {and White still has to show some
accuracy to achieve equality. und Weiß muss noch einige Genauigkeit an den Tag
legen, um Ausgleich zu erreichen.} 22. Nc7 (22. Rcd1 Be5) 22... Re3 23. Qd1 Rc8
(23... Rh3 $5 24. Qe1 (24. gxh3 Be4+ 25. Rf3 Rc8 26. h4) 24... Re3 25. Qd1) (
23... Rb8 24. Ne6 Rxe6 25. Rxf5 Rd6 26. Rf7 $11) (23... Rd3 24. Qe1 Rc8 25. Ne6
$11) 24. Nd5 Re4 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Nc3 Re8 27. Ba4 {with a draw. It seems
Alexei saw this and decided to improve the variation playing ...Kh8 at once.
And, as often happens, he overlooked a sudden blow at the very beginning of
the variation. mit Remis. Offenbar hatte Alexei dies gesehen und beschlossen,
die Variante zu verbessern, indem er gleich ...Kh8 zog. Und, wie es so oft
kommt, übersah er dabei einen plötzlichen Schlag gleich zu Beginn der Variante.
}) 19. fxg6 fxg6 (19... hxg6 {was no better: war nicht besser:} 20. Qxf7 Nxc1
21. Raxc1 Be6 22. Qf4 $16) 20. Qd1 $1 {An unexpected return of the queen! An
unexpected return of the queen!} Bxe3 21. Qxd3 d4 $2 {The change of the scene
was so sudden that Black was not able to cope with it and lost the game
immediately. But the defence was already quite difficult. The change of the
scene was so sudden that Black was not able to cope with it and lost the game
immediately. But the defence was already quite difficult.} ({Losing at once
was Sofort verlor} 21... Bf5 $2 22. Rxf5) (21... Qb6 {was nicely refuted by
wird schön widerlegt durch} 22. Rf8+ $1 Rxf8 23. Bxe3 Qd6 24. Bd4+ $1 Kg8 25.
Bc3 $1 $18) ({slightly better was etwas besser war} 21... Qe7 $5 22. Bxe3 Qxe3
23. Rf8+ Kg7 24. Qxe3 Rxe3 25. Rd8 $16) ({and the strongest move was und der
stärkste Zug war} 21... Bxc1 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Raxc1 Qb6 $1 (23... Be6 24. Rce1
Bf7 (24... Qb6 $2 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxd5 Rae8 28. Rf6 $18) 25.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Bxd5 $16) 24. Qxd5+ Be6 25. Qd7 $1 Rad8 (25... Bxb3 26. Rc7) 26.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 27. Qxb7 Rd7 28. Qb5 $14 {Here too, Black would need to do a lot of
work to achieve the draw. Auch hier müsste Schwarz, um das Remis zu erreichen,
noch schwer schuften.}) 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 (22... dxe3 23. Qc3+) 23. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 (
23... Qxf8 24. Qxd4+ Qg7 25. Qd8+) 24. Rg8+ $1 {(24...Kh6 25.Qxe3+)} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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 "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Be3 Be6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. h4 O-O 14.
g3 Rfe8 15. Rhe1 a6 16. Bf3 c6 17. Bb6 Bd8 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. a4 a5 20. Re3 Kf8
21. b3 h6 22. Rde1 Bd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Kxe8 25. Be2 Be6 26. Kd2 Ke7
27. Ke3 Kd6 28. Kd4 f6 29. c4 c5+ 30. Ke3 d4+ 31. Ke4 Bg8 32. f4 g5 33. Bd3 Be6
34. Kf3 b6 35. Be4 Bd7 36. Bd3 Ke7 37. Be4 f5 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Kf2 Bc6 40. Ke1
Be4 41. Kf1 Kg7 42. Kg1 Kf7 43. Kf1 Kf6 44. Kg1 Bf3 45. Kf2 Bd1 46. Ke1 Bg4 47.
fxg5+ hxg5 48. Be2 Bxe2 49. Kxe2 g4 $5 {A final attempt to win but it ends up
in a fortress. Ein letzter Gewinnversuch, der jedoch in einer Festung endet.} (
49... gxh4 $2 {would be fatal on account of White's distant passed pawn. wäre
wegen des entfernten weißen Freibauern fatal:} 50. gxh4 Kg6 51. Kf3 Kh5 52. Kg3
f4+ 53. Kxf4 Kxh4 54. Ke5 Kg4 55. Kd5 Kf4 56. Kc6 Ke3 57. Kxb6 Kd2 58. Kxc5
Kxc2 59. Kxd4 Kxb3 60. c5 Kxa4 61. c6 $18) (49... Kg6 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. Kf3 $11
) 50. Kf2 Kg6 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kf2 Kh5 53. Kg2 f4 54. Kf2 $1 (54. gxf4 $2 Kxh4
55. Kg1 g3 56. f5 Kg5 57. Kg2 Kxf5 58. Kxg3 Ke4 59. Kf2 d3 $19) 54... f3 (54...
fxg3+ $4 55. Kxg3 $22 $18) 55. Kf1 Kg6 56. Ke1 Kf5 57. Kf1 Ke5 58. Ke1 Ke4 59.
Kf2 Ke5 60. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 $5 {Karjakin has already
experimented with this slightly unusual combination of the Four Knights and
the Berlin.} a6 {This game will seriously challenge Black to try to play this
line again. Although Black is not lost he will have not an easy time defending
a slightly worse opposite-coloured bishop ending. We have some other ideas for
Black and they are better in my opinion:} (5... d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 axb6 8.
c3 Bd7 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 Bc6 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 17. g3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 (61) Carlsen,M (2848)
-Anand,V (2775) London 2012. Black got counterplay.}) (5... O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
Bg5 ({or:} 7. Be3 Bd6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qf6
13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15. Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O Qxc2 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Rad8
19. a4 b6 20. Qg3 Nd7 21. Bxd6 Nf6 $13 {1-0 (69) Karjakin,S (2772)-Malakhov,V 
(2707) Moscow (blitz) 2013}) 7... Qd6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h3 Re8 10. Nh4 a4 11. a3 b5
12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne2 Bb6 14. g4 h6 15. Be3 Nf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qf6 18.
Nf5 Qxb2 $13 {0-1 (40) Motylev,A (2676)-Kramnik,V (2796) Nizhny Novgorod 2013})
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nxe5 Qd4 8. Be3 Qxe5 9. d4 Qe7 10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Bf5 12.
O-O-O O-O 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 Bf5 (15... Bd5 16. Bf4 Rac8 17.
Rhe1 Be6 {would lead to the same thing.}) 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rhe1 Be6 18. Re3 $1
{After some more or less forced sequence of moves we came to a position that
was already played some time ago. Karjakin actually finds an interesting plan,
showing that the position is not a dead draw.} (18. Re4 b5 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Kb2
f6 21. Kc3 Kf7 22. Kb4 g5 23. Bg3 a5+ 24. Kxa5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Negi,P (2480)
-Kotronias,V (2601) Ermioni 2006}) 18... Rfe8 (18... b5 19. Ra3 $16) 19. Rd4 b6
({A much better try was} 19... Re7 20. Rb4 Rb8 21. Ra3 h6 22. Rxa6 Bf5 $1 {
Black will get his counterplay along the e-line.}) 20. Rb4 a5 21. Ra4 Re7 22.
c4 $1 {Obviously Karjakin deeply understood the nuances in this position, and
that is the reason for winning this game.} Rd7 (22... Ra8 23. Bxc7 $5 Rxc7 24.
cxb6 Rb7 25. c5 {with next b4 White definitely has play here.}) 23. cxb6 cxb6
24. c5 $1 bxc5 25. Rxa5 c4 26. Rea3 $14 {Although both sides have the same
number of pawns White has managed to create a passer and his chances to exert
pressure are significantly increased.} Rdd8 27. Ra7 h6 28. Rc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc7
Rd3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Ba5 {Preventing c3 and also controlling some additional
squares.} h5 32. h4 Bf5 (32... Bd5 33. Bd2 Rd4 34. Be1 Rd3 35. a4 Re3 36. Kd1
Re6 37. a5 Rg6 38. g3 Bxf3+ 39. Kc2 Rd6 40. Kc3 $16) 33. a4 Rd6 34. Bc3 c5 35.
a5 {After this it is rather difficult to defend for Black.} Rg6 36. a6 Rxg2 37.
Rf8 Be6 38. a7 Bd5 39. a8=Q Bxa8 40. Rxa8 Rf2 41. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Avoiding the Petroff Defence.} Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5.
Bc4 d6 {Lately this continuation has become quite common at the top level. The
fans of the main continuation 5...Bc5 must be ready to sacrifice a pawn for an
initiative. The alternative 5...Nxf3 is playable, but leads to a slightly
passive position for Black.} 6. Nxd4 (6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext 
(38)}) 6... exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 {Boris has already played this line earlier this
year. Sooner or later, White's centralised knight will be kicked away by ...
c7-c6.} 8. O-O (8. d3 c6 9. Nf4 g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba2 Nc5 13. Bd2
Qh4 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Ng3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 d5 $1 17. exd5 cxd5 18. a4 Rac8 19. f4 f5
20. Qf3 Qd8 $15 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2813)-Gelfand,B (2750)/Nice FRA 2010/The Week
in Chess 802 (51)}) 8... g6 9. a3 {This quiet move shouldn't be a source of
worry for Black. The move 9.c3 looks more to the point, exchanging the Pd4 and
trying to create some play through the centre before Black completes his
development. In recent games, however, White hasn't created any real problems
to the second player.} (9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 O-O (10... Bxd4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne2
Qe7 $1 13. Qc2 (13. Nxd4 Qxe4 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. d3 Qe5 $8 16. Nf3 Nxa4 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. Re1 $11) 13... Bg7 14. d4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Be3 Qxe4 17. Qxc7 Qe7
18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2757)-Aronian,L (2773)/Novi Sad
2009/CBM 133}) 11. d3 (11. Nf4 Bxd4 12. Ne2 Qe7 {would transpose to the game
Radjabov-Aronian.}) 11... Bxd4 12. Bh6 c6 $1 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bb3 Nc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2697)-Inarkiev,E (2649)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in
Chess 796 (19)}) 9... Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Ba2 Nc5 12. Nf4 Kh8 {This move is
useful if Black wants to push ...f7-f5 at some point. Later on this was reason
for Black's disaster, but the idea itself is not bad at all.} 13. Bd2 c6 14.
Kh1 {If I were playing White, I would still try the plan with c2-c3, here or
on the next move.} (14. c3 Ne6 (14... f5 $6 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. b4 {and the
knight is driven away to a6.}) (14... a5 15. Qc2 a4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2 Bg7
18. d4 $14) 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 b6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20.
Bh6 Bg7 21. Qd2 {with slight pressure for White.}) 14... a5 15. f3 (15. c3 $5 {
with the same ideas as in the previous comment.}) 15... a4 {Fixing the
queenside.} 16. Bb4 Na6 17. Be1 {White doesn't have any active plan.} Nc7 18.
Bf2 Bd7 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. h4 Qa5 21. Qc1 $1 {Svidler correctly avoids the queen
swap.} f5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder. A momentary loss of
concentration costs Boris a game in a position where no danger was apparent.} (
21... Ne6 {would have been the normal continuation.} 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6
fxe6 {with comfortable position for Black.}) (21... d5 $5 {isn't bad either.})
{[%tqu "En","Black's last move was a blunder. How can White get a decisive
advantage?","","","f2d4","Svidler didn't miss his chance.",10]} 22. Bxd4 $1 $18
{Svidler didn't miss his chance.} Bxd4 {If Black doesn't take the bishop, then
he is just an important pawn down, without any compensation.} 23. Nxg6+ $1 Kg7
(23... hxg6 $2 24. Qh6#) 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 (24... Rxf8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qe7 $18 {
[%csl Rd7,Rf8]}) 25. Qh6+ {The queen penetrates into Black's camp with
devastating consequences.} Ke7 26. c3 Bf6 27. Rfe1 f4 28. d4 $1 {The decisive
breakthrough in the centre is inevitable.} Ne6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxh7+ Kd8 31.
Qf7 {[%csl Re6,Rf6]} 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS06 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.06.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2486"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ {The most solid line.
Other main continuations are: 5...c6 and 5...Bc5.} 6. Qxf3 {White has now some
advantage in development, but as practice shows, white can not really use this
fact and get any serious advantage in this opening variation.} c6 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 (8. h3 {- see the game Alavkin,A-Ibragimov,I /RUS-Cup7 Kstovo 1997/CBM 59 
[Tsesarsky]}) 8... Be6 (8... Be7 9. Nd5 $5 (9. Bb3 {- see the game Akhmadeev,
V-Afonin,A /RUS-Cup03 1999/CBM 70 [Tsesarsky]}) 9... h6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. c3
O-O 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Bc2 Rfe8 14. h3 Rad8 15. Be3 c5 16. d4 Bc6 17. dxc5 dxc5
18. Rad1 b6 19. Bc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Prokopchuk,E-Magomedov,M/
Aeroflot Open, Moscow RUS 2002 (34)}) 9. Bb3 (9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bb3 Nc5 11. f4
Nxb3 12. axb3 f6 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be7 15. d4 O-O 16. d5 Bf7 17. dxc6 bxc6
18. Ra6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pachman,L-Gligoric,S/Madrid 1960/MCD (40)}) 9... Qd7 10.
Bxe6 Qxe6 11. Rd1 $146 (11. Qe2 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 d5 15. Qf3
{1/2-1/2 Ruck,T-Steinwender,W/Koszeg 1997/EXT 2001 (15)}) 11... Be7 12. d4 exd4
(12... O-O 13. d5 $14) 13. Rxd4 d5 $1 {A committing decision, and probably the
best one. Black wants to get rid of his weak Pd6 by this pawn thrust,
exploiting temporary weakness of white's first rank. It looks risky, since
black's K is still in the centre, but white must create some concrete threats
immideatly, otherwise black comfortably equalizes.} (13... O-O 14. Bf4 Nd7 $14)
14. Bg5 {The only way to put pressure on black's position.} ({After} 14. Bf4
dxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Bg5 Nd5 17. c4 Nb4 {black solves his problems.}) 14...
Qe5 {[%csl Rd4,Rg5]} (14... O-O 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Re4 (16. Nxd5 $6 Bxg5 17. Nc7
$2 Qe5 {[%csl Rc7,Rd4]}) 16... Qd7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Rd1 Qc7 $14) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
{The recapture by Q was safer.} (15... Qxf6 16. Qd1 {Other moves also do not
yield white any advantage.} dxe4 (16... Bc5 $2 17. Rd2 d4 18. Na4 $16) 17. Nxe4
Qe5 $11) 16. Rad1 Qg5 $2 {Wrong place for the Q.} (16... Qe7 17. R4d2 d4 (17...
Bxc3 $6 18. Qxc3 Qxe4 19. Rd4 (19. Qxg7 O-O-O $44) 19... Qf5 20. Re1+ Kd7 21.
Qb4 $36) 18. Ne2 c5 19. c3 dxc3 (19... O-O $5 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Rfe8 22.
Re1 Rad8 23. Qe3 Qc5 $44) 20. Nxc3 Bxc3 21. Rd7 Qe6 22. Qxc3 O-O $14) 17. R4d2
d4 (17... Bxc3 18. Qxc3 dxe4 19. h4 $1 Qf6 20. Qxf6 (20. Qb4 Qe7) 20... gxf6
21. Rd7 $36) 18. Ne2 O-O-O (18... c5 19. Qb3 O-O 20. f4 $16) {[%tqu "En","Find
the best move for white.","","","f3a3","This strong move was probably
overlooked or underestimated by my opponent. White has big advantage now.",12,
"e2d4","",0]} 19. Qa3 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4][%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5][%mdl 2048] This
strong move was probably overlooked or underestimated by my opponent. White
has big advantage now.} (19. Nxd4 $6 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc1+ 22. Rd1
Qxc2 $14) 19... Qe5 (19... Kb8 20. f4) 20. Qxa7 Qxe4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 (21... Rhe8
22. g3 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 {with winning position.}) 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23.
Qxd4 Qxc2 24. h3 {In spite of the material equality and symmetrical
pawnstructure the endgame is very tough for black. His main problems is -
exposed K, as well as black's R can not enter in the game - this means, that
white actually play with Q and R against black's lonely Q.} Qf5 ({In case of} 
24... Qg6 {white has several ways of increasing his advantage.} 25. Qa7 $1 (25.
a4 $5) 25... Kc7 (25... Qc2 26. Re1 $18) (25... Qh5 26. Re1 Rd8 27. Qa8+ Kc7
28. Re7+ Rd7 29. Rxd7+ Kxd7 30. Qxb7+ $18) 26. Qa5+ Kb8 27. Rd7 Qb1+ 28. Kh2
Qxb2 29. Qc7+ Ka8 30. Rxf7 {with decisive advantage.}) 25. Qxg7 Rd8 {This was
the idea of black's previous move - black's R comes into the game. However an
extra pawn should be enough for white to convert his advantage into a full
point.} 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Qd4+ (27. a3 {- was a bit more precise.}) 27... Kc7
28. a3 c5 29. Qc3 {White's position is very solid and without weakesses. My
plan now is to advance the pawn majority on the kingside and the K activation
as well.} Kd6 30. g4 Qg6 31. Kh2 b5 32. Kg3 Kc6 33. f4 Qd6 34. Qe5 $1 Qd3+ (
34... Qxe5 35. fxe5 Kd5 (35... c4 36. Kf4 Kc5 37. Kf5 b4 38. axb4+ Kxb4 39. e6
fxe6+ 40. Kxe6 Kb3 41. Kd5 $18) 36. Kf4 Kc4 37. Kf5 Kb3 38. Kf6 Kxb2 39. Kxf7
c4 40. e6 c3 41. e7 c2 42. e8=Q c1=Q 43. Qxb5+ Kxa3 44. Qd3+ {with technically
winning position.}) 35. Kh4 {Black can not prevent the advance of white's
kingswing.} Qb3 36. Qf6+ Kb7 37. Kg5 {White is intending to play 38.h4, then
39.Kh6 capturing black's kingside PP.} Qxh3 38. Qxf7+ Kb6 39. Qe6+ Ka5 40. f5
Qh2 41. Qd7 {threatening mate and covering d2 square as well.} Kb6 (41... Ka4
42. Qa7+ Kb3 43. Qxc5 Qd2+ 44. Kf6 Qd8+ 45. Ke5 $18) 42. f6 Qe5+ 43. Qf5 Qe3+
44. Qf4 h6+ 45. Kf5 Qb3 46. Qd6+ Ka5 47. Qc7+ Ka6 48. Qc6+ {gaining some time
by repetition.} Ka5 49. Qc7+ Ka6 50. f7 {One more step to the promotion...
White's K easily escapes from black's Q checks.} Qd3+ 51. Kf6 Qf3+ 52. Ke7 Qe4+
53. Kd8 Qd4+ 54. Qd7 Qf6+ 55. Kc7 1-0

[Event "London Classic 4th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.12.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2848"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The clashes between the top rated player and the current World Champion are
always the centre of attention.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {As
usual, Magnus doesn't wish to enter the main line, trying, and mostly
succeeding, to outplay his opponents in the long-term battle. His choice for
the current game is understandable, as the opening knowledge of the World
Champion is way better.} Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 {Anand likes to play with knights, so
he doesn't mind allowing the exchange that now follows.} ({To avoid the
exchange of the bishop that happened in the game, Black can play} 5... O-O) 6.
Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6 {Carlsen deviates from his previous game.} (7. O-O Bd7 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd2 f5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (59) Carlsen,M (2765)-Wang Yue (2689) Baku 2008}) 7... axb6 8. c3 Bd7
9. Ba4 {White's only chance for an advantage is to keep the pair of bishops,
that might tell in the long run. Therefore, he should hide his light-squared
bishop from the exchange. Still, the position is equal.} Ne7 (9... O-O 10. Bc2
Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. h4 h6 13. h5 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Qd2 Ra5 16. Qxf4 Rxh5
17. O-O-O Rxh1 18. Rxh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 (34) Short,N (2702)-Aronian,L (2648)
Reykjavik 2004}) 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 ({In the following game
Black performed some original rook manoeuvres:} 12... Bc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh2
h6 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Re6 17. g3 Rf6 18. Qh5 Bd7 19. Be3 Ra5 $1 $132 {
1/2-1/2 (48) Efimenko,Z (2637)-Almasi,Z (2640) Germany 2005}) 13. Re1 Re8 14.
d4 Bc6 $1 {Attacking the Pe4 and forcing White to make a slight concession:
either to close the centre by d4-d5 or to exchange pawns.} 15. dxe5 (15. d5 Bd7
16. c4 Nh5 $132 {[%cal Gh5f4]}) 15... dxe5 {It's obvious that Black is not
experiencing any problems.} 16. Qxd8 Rexd8 $146 (16... Raxd8 17. a4 Nh5 18. Be3
Nhf4 19. Red1 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (24) Balogh,C (2561)-Georgiev,K (2649) Sibenik
2007}) 17. g3 Nd7 {The knight is heading to the d3-square. In fact, only Black
can be better here.} 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 (19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. a3 $11) 19... Nf8
20. f3 Nfe6 21. h4 {Magnus is not bothered by anything.} Bb5 22. a3 Rd7 $6 {
It was more consistent to put the bishop on d3.} (22... Bd3 23. Bd1 b5 {
Even if this position is equal, everyone would like to be on the black side.})
23. b4 $1 Nd3 $6 (23... Ba4 $1 24. bxc5 Bxc2 $11 {Opposite coloured bishops
promise a future draw.}) 24. Reb1 Ba4 25. Bxa4 Rxa4 {Anand has achieved the
favourable exchange of bishops, but his knight is ensconced on d3, and just a
headache for Black.} 26. Kf1 b5 27. Ke2 Ra6 28. h5 {Fixing the kingside, just
in case.} c5 $6 {It's clear that Anand got worried that he may eventually lose
his Nd3. So, he decided to liberate it now, before it is too late, even at a
price of a pawn. In fact, concrete variations do not support his choice.} (
28... Rc6 {[%csl Rc3]} 29. c4 ({Also after} 29. Rb3 f6 30. Rd1 Kf7 31. Nf1 Rcd6
32. Rbb1 Rd8 33. Rd2 Ke7 34. Rbd1 Nb2 {the knight escapes.}) 29... b6 $1 (29...
bxc4 $2 30. b5 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 30. cxb5 (30. a4 bxa4 31. Rxa4 Rcd6 32. c5
bxc5 33. Nc4 Nxb4 34. Nxd6 cxd6 $11) 30... Rc2 31. a4 Nb2 32. Rc1 {[%tqu "En",
"Black can make a forced draw. How?","","","d7d2","",5]} Rdxd2+ $1 33. Bxd2
Nd4+ 34. Ke3 (34. Ke1 Nd3+ 35. Kd1 Nb2+ $11) 34... Nc4+ 35. Kd3 Nb2+ $11) 29.
bxc5 Ndxc5 30. Rxb5 Na4 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Nb1 {Now Black has a long fight for a
draw.} f6 33. c4 b6 34. Rd5 Nac5 35. Rc2 Rc6 {All Black's pieces are well
placed. It's now up to White to show some plan of improvement.} 36. Rb2 Kh7 37.
Rb4 g6 $5 {This is controversial. It is, normally, recommended for the
defending side to exchange pawns, but now Black gets some weaknesses on the
kingside.} (37... Kg8 {[%cal Gg8f7] would be more natural.}) 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39.
Rd2 h5 40. Nc3 $5 {Of course, every existing engine would condemn this move.
On the other hand, it seems impossible for White to achieve any progress only
by manoeuvering. Magnus is trying to activate his pieces and create some
threats against Black's vulnerable king.} Rxa3 41. Nd5 Kf7 42. Nxb6 Nb3 $1 {
The knight is heading to d4.} 43. Rd7+ Ke8 {Before playing 42...Nb3, Anand had
to bear in mind that his king might be in danger on the back rank.} 44. Rb7
Nbd4+ 45. Bxd4 Nxd4+ 46. Kd1 Kd8 $2 {After long meditation Anand decided to
keep his active pieces as they are and not to take the pawn. However, this
loss of tempi could bring him to the verge of losing.} (46... Ra1+ 47. Kd2
Nxf3+ 48. Kc3 Ng5 49. Nd5 Nxe4+ 50. Kb2 Rd1 51. Re7+ Kd8 52. Rh7 Kc8 53. Ne7+
Kc7 54. Nxc6+ Kxc6 {Black's compensation is sufficient for a draw.}) 47. Rd7+
$2 (47. Kc1 $1 {was very strong. The idea is to bring the king to b2, and push
away Black's rook from the a-file. After that White's rook will get an
opportunity to join the attack via a4.} Ne6 (47... Nxf3 48. Rg7 $1 Ne1 49. Rb5
Nd3+ 50. Kc2 Nc5 51. Nd5 $18) (47... Rxf3 $2 48. Ra4 $18 {[%csl Rd8][%cal
Ga4a8]}) 48. Kb2 Rxf3 (48... Ra6 49. Rb5 {[%cal Gb6d5]} Nc7 50. Rb3 $18) 49.
Ra4 Nc7 50. Raa7 $1 Rxg3 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. Rd8+ Kc5 54. Nxc7 Rb6+
55. Kc2 h4 56. Rd2 Kxc4 57. Nd5 {with good winning chances.}) 47... Ke8 48. Rb7
Kd8 $2 (48... Ra1+ $1 {- see 46...Ra1.}) 49. Nd5 $2 ({It was the last chance
for} 49. Kc1 $1) 49... Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Rb2 (51. Kc1 {Now it wasn't so
effective.} Rc2+ 52. Kd1 R6xc4 53. Rxc4 Rxc4 54. Rh7 Rc6 {and Black will
eventually hold.} (54... Nxf3 $4 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. Nb6+ $18)) 51... Rxb2+ 52.
Rxb2 Nxf3+ 53. Kd3 Ng5 54. Rb8+ Kd7 55. Rb7+ Kd6 56. Nxf6 Ra6 {Black is safe
now. Suddenly, all his pieces are well placed.} 57. Ne8+ Kc5 58. Rc7+ Kb4 59.
Rb7+ Kc5 60. Rc7+ Kb4 61. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2576"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 (4... Bb4 {[%cal Gf6e4] plus courant}
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6,Gc7c6]} 10.
d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 $11 {les blancs ont la paire de B mais la structure de P
donne des compensations aux noirs.}) 5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 {La ligne principale}
6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3c5]} Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 {[%cal Gd5b6]} ({RR} 9.
O-O d6 10. exd6 Nf6 11. d7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne1 Rae8 14. d3 Ng4 15. Nf3
Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxf2 17. Nd5 Nxd3+ 18. Nxb6 Qd4+) 9... d6 10. Ne3 ({RR} 10. c3
Qh4 ({RR} 10... dxe5 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. cxd4 Qxd4 13. Bc2 Bf5) 11. Ne3 Qe4 12.
Nb4 dxe5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Bc2 ({RR} 14. Qc2 Qe5 15. f4 Qxf4 16. Nc4 Qh4+ 17.
Kf1 d3 18. Nxd3 Bf5 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bb3 Rd8)) 10... c6 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11.
exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O c6 13. c3 N4f5 14. Ne1 Ne4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 ({RR} 16. Nf3
Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg4 18. Qe1 Rad8 19. Nd4 Bc7) 16... Bc7 17. Nd3 Qh4 18. Ne5 Bxe5
19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. f3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Nxc3 22. Qe1 Qe7 23. Qxc3 Rxe3 24. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1) ({RR} 10... Qg5 11. f4 ({RR} 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O N6f5 ({RR} 
12... Bh3 13. Kh1 Nxc2 14. Bxc2 Bxe3 15. gxh3) ({RR} 12... N4f5 13. Ne1 Nxe3 ({
RR} 13... Nh4 14. d4) 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qe1 c6) 13. c3 ({RR} 13. Ne1
Nxe3 ({RR} 13... Nh4 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Nf4 16. Kh1) 14. dxe3 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Qf3) 13... Nxe3 14. dxe3 ({RR} 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Qe1 Be2) 14... Bh3 ({RR} 
14... Bg4 15. exd4 Bxd1 16. Bxg5 Bxa4 17. Rfe1) 15. Ne1 Nc6 ({RR} 15... Ne6 16.
Kh1 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. e4) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Qe2) 11... Qh4+ ({RR} 
11... Qg6 12. O-O f6 13. exd6 ({RR} 13. Kh1 c6) 13... Nxd6 14. Nf2 N4f5 15. Nd5
({RR} 15. Qg4 Qh6) ({RR} 15. Qf3 Nxe3 16. dxe3 Bf5) 15... Kh8 16. Nxb6 axb6 17.
c3 Rxa4 18. Qxa4 Nh4 19. g3 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nh4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Be6) 12. g3
Qh3 13. c3 ({RR} 13. Nf2 Qe6) 13... Nf5 14. Nf2 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Qh6 ({RR} 15...
Qg2 16. Bc2) 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. O-O Bf5) ({RR} 10... Qh4 11. O-O Be6 12. c3 Ne2+
({RR} 12... Nf5 13. Bb3) 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Qxe2 Qxa4) 13... Bxe3 ({RR} 13...
Rd8 14. Bxe8 Nxc1 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Rxc1) 14. dxe3 ({RR} 14. Qxe2 Bxf2 15.
Qxf2 ({RR} 15. Bxe8 Bg3) 15... Qxa4 16. Nf4 Bd7) 14... Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Rd8 ({RR} 
15... Bc4 16. Bb3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 dxe5 18. Qd5) ({RR} 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Rd8 17.
Nf3 Rxd1 18. Nxh4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bc4 21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Rxa7 Rd8
23. h3) 16. Bb3 dxe5) ({RR} 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 ({RR} 12. Nf3
Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 14. Bxe8 ({RR} 14. fxe3 Qh4+) ({RR} 14. dxe3 Qa5+) 14...
Bxf2+) ({RR} 12. Nd7 Bxd7 13. Bxd7 f5) ({RR} 12. Nd3 Bf5) 12... f5 13. c3 f4
14. cxd4 fxe3 15. Nxe3 Bxd4) 11. c3 Ne6 ({RR} 11... Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 Nxe3
({RR} 13... dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3) 14. dxe3 Bf5 15. exd6 ({RR} 15. Bc2
Qe7 ({RR} 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 ({RR} 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Bxd3 Qe7) 16... Bxc2 17.
Qxc2 Bxe5 18. fxe5 Qe7 19. Qf5)) 15... Nxd6 16. Ne5 ({RR} 16. Nf2 Re8 17. g4
Be4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Nd2) 16... Qe7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Nf3 c5 19. Bc2 Rfe8
20. c4 a6) 12. Bc2 ({RR} 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4) 12... dxe5 ({RR
} 12... Bc7 13. exd6 Qxd6 14. Nf5 Qd8 15. O-O) 13. Nxe5 Bxe3 14. dxe3 ({RR} 14.
fxe3 Qg5) 14... Qg5 15. Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. Rg3 Qh5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8
20. Be3) 6. d3 ({RR} 6. Nxe5 d6 ({RR} 6... b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 b4 9. Ne2
Nxe4) 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. d4 Qf6 12. Rg1 Qxf3
13. Qxf3 Bxf3) 6... b5 ({RR} 6... d6 7. Nxd4 exd4 8. Ne2 Qa5+ 9. c3 dxc3 10.
bxc3 Be7 11. Bc2 Qh5 12. f3) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. h3 ({RR} 9. O-O Be7 10.
Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. c4 Qc7 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Rfe8
17. Ne2 Qb7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Qe1 ({RR} 19. Ne3) 19... f5 20. Ne3 f4 21. Ned5 b4
22. Nd1 Nf8 23. g3 g5 {Nunn,J (2595)-Bareev,E (2670)/Hastings 1992/CBM 033/
[Ernst]/0-1 (39)}) 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 (11. Be3) 11... Bb7 {Les noirs
manquent un peu d'espace} 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 {[%csl Rf5]} Bf8 14. Nf5 $14 Qc7
15. Nh2 d5 16. Qf3 Re6 17. g4 $5 a5 18. g5 Nd7 19. Ng4 $36 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]
[%cal Gg4f6,Gg4h6]} a4 20. bxa4 Rxa4 21. Bd2 Re8 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Rxa4 bxa4 24.
Bc3 $16 {[%csl Re5]} f6 $4 {Je n'ai pas saisi le temps de réflexion
habituellement mentionné par le russe sur ses feuilles de parties et j'ignore
s'il était en zeitnot mais il craque} (24... dxe4 25. dxe4) (24... Bc8) 25.
gxf6 gxf6 26. Kh2 c5 27. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 15th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Stany, George Anthony"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.12.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:51"]
[BlackClock "0:21:42"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 4. Bb5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. d3
{[%emt 0:04:26]} (6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nf3 Ng4 9. d3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Ne5 11.
Qg3 Nxc4 12. dxc4 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. cxd5 Qe7 15. Bh6 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17.
Rae1 Qf7 18. c4 Rxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Rf8+ 22. Kg3 gxh6
23. Re7 Rf7 24. Re8+ Kg7 25. Ra8 a6 26. Ra7 b5 27. b3 bxc4 28. bxc4 c5 29. Rxa6
Rb7 30. Rxd6 Rb4 31. Kf4 Rxc4+ 32. Kf5 Ra4 33. Rd7+ Kf8 34. d6 Rxa2 35. Rxh7
Rxg2 {Stukopin,A (2587)-Naroditsky,D (2631) ICC INT 2015 1-0}) 6... c6 {
[%emt 0:11:42]} 7. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:15:17]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:03:36]} 8. Qf3 {[%emt 0:
01:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:45]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:02:21]} d6 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 10. h3
{[%emt 0:00:40]} Be6 $146 {[%emt 0:01:26]} (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 h6 12. Qg3 Nh5
13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Qg3 Nh5 15. Qf3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (15) Inarkiev,E (2675)-Eljanov,P 
(2716) Jermuk 2009}) 11. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 12. Ne2 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 13. c3 {[%emt 0:24:17]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:24:
30]} 14. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 16. Qf5 {[%emt 0:10:40]} f6 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 17. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:02:03]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:32]} 18. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:03:
07]} 19. h4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (19... Kh8) 20. h5 {[%emt 0:
00:49]} Nf8 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 21. Qg4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:03:33]} 22.
Nf5 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 23. Nh6 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 25. Nh6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Saric, Ivan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[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 "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 {Not the most common move, but
Ivan has successfully employed it earlier.} O-O (5... Nd4 {is connected with a
temporary pawn sac and usaually leads to complications:} 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Bc4 d6
(7... c6 8. O-O d6 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Na4 Bg4 12. Qd2 $14 {
Saric,I - Petrosyan,M Moscow RUS 2017}) 8. Nxf7 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. h3 Qe8
11. Be3 Kg8 12. Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Bb6 14. a3 Bd7 15. O-O d5 $132 {So,W -
Dominguez Perez,L Saint Louis USA 2017}) ({The quiet} 5... d6 {enables White
to exchange the powerful dark-squared bishop by means of} 6. Na4 Bb6 7. Nxb6
axb6 8. c3 {Black's position remains very solid, but it's not to everyone's
taste. For instance,} Bd7 (8... O-O 9. O-O Ne7 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 12. d4
Ng6 13. a4 $14 {Balogh,C - Vallejo Pons,F Heviz 2008}) 9. Ba4 Ne7 10. Bc2 Ng6
11. h3 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 $14 {Carlsen,M - Anand,V London ENG
2012}) 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Be3 Qe7 {Quite a rare, but natural move. Alexander is
making the d8-spot vacant for the rook.} ({Mostly, Black prefers to deviate
from exchanging the bishops:} 7... Bd6 8. h3 Re8 (8... Nd7 9. Ne2 c5 10. Ng3
Re8 11. Nf5 Nf8 12. Nd2 Qf6 $6 (12... Ne6 $11) 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. exf5 e4 15.
Nxe4 Qxb2 16. O-O $36 {Karjakin,S - Malakhov,V Moscow RUS 2013}) 9. Qd2 Nd7 10.
Bg5 f6 11. Be3 b5 12. g4 a5 $132 {Zhigalko,S - Kasimdzhanov,R Baku AZE 2016})
8. Qd2 $146 {A novelty. Ivan goes for an ambitious setup with queenside
castling.} (8. h3 a5 9. O-O Re8 $11 {Firat,B - Kovalev,D Lviv UKR 2014}) 8...
Rd8 {This move seems somewhat inaccurate - the vulnerablity of the e5-pawn
causes Alexander some problems.} ({More to the point was} 8... Bb4 $5 9. a3 Ba5
10. h3 Rd8 11. b4 Bb6 $11) 9. Bxc5 ({But} 9. O-O-O $6 {is dubious:} Bb4 $1 10.
Qe1 b5 11. Kb1 a5 $36 {and the pin of the c3-knight is rather annoying.}) 9...
Qxc5 10. Qg5 ({Another possibility was} 10. O-O-O $5 Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Qg5 Nd7
12. d4 exd4 13. Qxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxd4 $14) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nh5 13. Qe3 Qa5
14. Kb1 Nf4 15. Ne2 Nxe2 16. Qxe2 Rd6 17. Rdg1 $14) 10... Re8 {Admitting the
mistake.} 11. O-O-O $6 ({A much stronger move was} 11. d4 $1 Qa5 (11... Qb4 12.
O-O-O h6 13. Qh4 exd4 14. Nxd4 $14 {the pawn majority on the kingside offers
Black a stable positional advantage.}) 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Rhg1 $1 h6 14. Qh4
exd4 15. Rxd4 $14 {and Black is definitely under some pressure.}) 11... Nd7 {
Alexander is playing somewhat passively.} ({I guess, GM Grischuk rejected} 
11... Qxf2 $1 {in view of} 12. Rhf1 Qc5 13. d4 {, but it was perfectly
playable for Black:} Qe7 14. Nxe5 Ng4 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Rd3 Bh5
$11) 12. Qg3 a5 $6 {A loss of tempo.} (12... Nf6 {was hardly any better:} 13.
d4 exd4 14. Rxd4 Be6 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 $36 {and White manages to extend the
initiative on the kingside.}) ({However, more to the point was} 12... Qe7 $1
13. d4 f6 14. h4 b5 $132 {consolidating the position and getting ready for a
counter-attack.}) 13. d4 exd4 14. Rxd4 Qb6 $2 {This is too passive - now the
lack of harmony in Black's camp is becoming dangerous.} ({Even though} 14...
Nb6 15. Qxc7 Nc4 16. Rd8 Bg4 17. Rhd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 h5 $14 {wouldn't offer
Black full compensation for a pawn, it was still a better option.}) 15. Na4 {
GM Saric goes for a materialistic approach.} ({Another promising way of
handling the position was} 15. Rhd1 Nc5 (15... Nf8 16. R4d2 a4 17. a3 $16) 16.
R4d2 Be6 17. Nd4 $16 {and White's pieces are dominating all over the board due
to full control over the only open file.}) 15... Qa7 16. Qxc7 b5 17. Qxa7 Rxa7
18. Nc3 $16 {White is a pawn up, but Black manages to activate his pieces.} Nc5
19. Re1 b4 20. Ne2 {A slight inaccuracy.} ({It was better not to block the Re1:
} 20. Nd1 $1 Rae7 21. Nd2 f5 22. Rc4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rexe4 Rxe4 25. Rxc6
Be6 26. Ra6 Re5 27. b3 {and White should be able to slowly convert the
material advantage into a full point.}) 20... Rae7 21. Ng3 f5 $1 22. e5 {
This is the most natural reaction, but the closed type of position favours
Black.} ({It was worth seriously considering} 22. Rc4 $5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24.
Nd4 Bd7 25. Kd2 Rf8 26. Ke3 $16 {and Black wouldn't be able to keep the
material balance for too long.}) 22... g6 23. Rd6 Bb7 ({It made sense to try} 
23... Nd7 $5 24. e6 Nf8 {attacking the passer. In that case White would be
forced to play very precisely in order to keep the advantage:} 25. Ne2 $1 Rxe6
26. Rxe6 Nxe6 (26... Rxe6 27. Ned4 $16) 27. Ned4 c5 28. Nb3 $16) 24. h4 $1 {
Ivan is seizing more space and getting good spots for his knights.} Ne6 25. h5
c5 26. Nh4 Rg7 $6 {The passive strategy could have led to a defeat.} ({A
better try was} 26... f4 27. Ne2 ({But} 27. Ne4 {is less promising:} Bxe4 28.
Rxe4 Ng5 29. Rxf4 gxh5 $14) 27... Kg7 28. g3 fxg3 29. fxg3 Rf7 $16) 27. Red1 $2
{Ivan fails to find a proper way of regrouping his forces.} ({A much stronger
move was} 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Nf1 $1 Kh7 29. Ne3 Rc7 30. Nc4 $18 {and White is
firmly in control.}) 27... f4 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Ne2 $6 {Another step in the
wrong direction.} (29. Nf1 $142 Rh7 30. Nf3 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Rh5 32. Nd2 Rxe5 33.
Ra6 {keeping Black under definite pressure.}) 29... Kh7 $2 {Both sides are
committing mistakes in this complex endgame.} ({After} 29... g5 $1 30. Nf5 Rh7
31. f3 Rh2 32. Rd7 Ba6 $132 {the play would be double-edged.}) 30. b3 Rge7 31.
Kb2 Be4 $6 ({A better move was} 31... Kh6 32. Nf3 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Kg5 $16) 32. f3
$1 {It turns out, that the h4-knight is well located!} Bb7 33. Rxe6 {Ivan is
simplifying matters.} (33. Rb6 $1 {was simpler:} Rf7 34. Rdd6 Bc8 35. g4 $18 {
Black is almost paralysed.}) 33... Rxe6 34. Nxf4 Rxe5 35. Nhxg6 Re1 36. Rd7+
Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rd8 {The activity of his rooks enables Black to partly regain the
material.} 38. Nd3 Rxd3 39. cxd3 Re2+ 40. Kb1 Kxg6 {The activity of the rook
leaves Black some practical chances, but 2 pawns are too much!} 41. Rb5 Re1+
42. Kc2 Re2+ 43. Kc1 Rxa2 44. Rxc5 $2 {Luckily for Alexander, his opponent
misses the last opportunity of winning this game.} ({It was necessary to keep
both kingside passers:} 44. g4 $1 Rf2 45. Rxa5 Rxf3 46. Rxc5 Rxd3 47. Kc2 Rd4
48. Rc4 $18 {and the game is over.}) 44... Rxg2 45. Rxa5 Rg1+ 46. Kd2 Rg2+ 47.
Ke3 Rb2 {Now the powerful b4-pawn enables Alexander to achieve a draw.} 48. Kd4
Rxb3 49. Re5 ({After} 49. Rb5 Kf6 50. Kc4 Rc3+ 51. Kd4 Rb3 52. f4 Ke6 53. f5+
Kf6 {White cannot make progress.}) 49... Kf6 50. f4 Rb1 51. Rb5 Rf1 52. Ke4 Rb1
53. Rb6+ Ke7 54. Ke5 Kd7 55. f5 b3 56. Kf6 b2 57. Kf7 Rf1 58. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leipzig Anderssen Masters"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1877.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{011 Vierspringerspiel .} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 ({Dies
scheint besser zu sein als} 4... Bb4) 5. O-O d6 ({Besser} 5... O-O {und falls
Weiß den Pe5 schlägt} 6. Nxe5 Re8) 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 ({Schwarz hätte
den Springer schlagen sollen} 7... Bxd4) {Weiß geht nunmehr in kräftigem
Stil mit dem Angriff vor.} 8. Nf5 O-O 9. Bg5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Nd4 11. Bd3 d5 {
Auch andere Züge vermögen Schwarz nicht vor der Öffnung seines
Königsflügels zu schützen.} 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Qg4+
Kh8 16. Qh4 Rg8 {Pf6 ist nicht zu retten.} 17. Qxf6+ Rg7 18. c3 Nc6 19. Rae1
Rag8 20. Re3 Qd6 21. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 22. Kh1 cxd6 23. f6 Ne5 ({Auf andere Züge von
Schwarz entscheidet natürlich} 23... Z0 24. Rh3) 24. Bxh7 {Ein schöner Zug!}
Ng4 25. Bxg8 Nxe3 26. Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Wch U20 54th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Grigoryan, Karen H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.09.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 (8... c6 9. exf6 Re8+ 10. Kf1 Qxf6 11. b4 d6 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. h3 Bf5 14.
g4 Bxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nb3 16. Rh2 Nxa1 17. Bxa1 d5 18. Ne2 Bc7 19. Rh1 Bb6 20. Ng3
g6 21. Kg2 Re6 22. Qf3 Rae8 23. b5 Qe7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bb2 Qb4 26. Bb3 Qxd2
27. Bc1 Qc3 28. Bg5 Qd4 29. Rf1 Qe5 30. Bf4 Qd4 31. Bg5 Qe5 32. h4 Qg7 33. Rc1
Qb2 34. Rc2 Qd4 35. h5 a5 36. a4 Qb4 37. Ba2 Qxa4 38. Rb2 Qd4 39. Rb1 a4 40.
hxg6 hxg6 41. Rh1 a3 42. Rh6 {0-1 (42) Ivanchuk,V (2704)-Radjabov,T (2734)
Beijing 2014}) 9. O-O ({Etwas häufiger sieht man} 9. Nd5 {z.B.:} c6 10. Ne3 d5
11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. b4 Qc7 14. b5 fxe5 15. Ba3 Rf6 16. Nb4 e4 17. bxc6
Rh6 18. h3 Nh4 19. Nbxd5 Qe5 20. cxb7 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 exf3 22. bxa8=Q {1-0 (22)
Morozevich,A (2760)-Svidler,P (2769) Thessaloniki 2013}) 9... d5 ({Der
"Normalzug" ist} 9... d6) 10. Kh1 (10. exd6 Nxd6 (10... Nf6 $5) 11. Kh1 c6 12.
Ne2 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 Qh4 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Qe5 Bc7 16. Qf4 Rae8 17. h3 Re4 18. Qg3
Qxg3 19. fxg3 Be2 20. Rf4 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Re1+ 22. Kh2 g6 23. Rf3 Nf5 24. d4 h5
25. h4 Nxd4 26. Re3 Re8 27. Bc4 R8xe3 28. dxe3 Nf5 {0-1 (28) Tylor,T-Vlagsma,C
London 1948}) ({Eine Maschinenidee ist hier} 10. b3 {um den Tf8 zu bedrängen,
z.B.:} c5 11. Ba3 Ne6 $6 12. f4 $36) 10... c6 11. Ne2 Qh4 12. Ng3 Bg4 (12... f6
$5 13. c3 Nf5 14. Ne2 Bc7 $11) 13. f3 Be6 14. c3 Nf5 15. Ne2 d4 16. Bc2 Rd8 17.
c4 f6 ({Den c4 konnte man auch wegnehmen:} 17... Bxc4 18. b3 Ba6 19. Ba3 c5 $11
) 18. b3 (18. g3 $5) (18. g4 $5) 18... fxe5 19. Ba3 Rf6 20. Qe1 (20. Nxe5 $4 d3
$19) (20. g4 $6 {führt zu wilden Verwicklungen:} Bc7 21. Qe1 (21. gxf5 $2 e4
$19) 21... e4 22. Ndf4 d3 23. gxf5 Qxe1 24. Raxe1 dxe2 (24... dxc2 $2 25. Nxe6
$18) (24... Bxf5 25. Be7 dxe2 {ist Zugumstellung.}) 25. Rxe2 Bxf5 26. Be7 (26.
fxe4 Bh3 $19) 26... exf3 27. Ree1 (27. Rxf3 $2 Bg4 $11) 27... Rxd2 28. Bxf6
Bxf4 29. Rxf3 (29. Bxf5 Rxh2+ 30. Kg1 Rg2+ {Dauerschach}) 29... Bxc2 30. Rxe8+
Kf7 31. Re1 Rxh2+ 32. Kg1 gxf6 33. Rxf4 $14) 20... Qh6 21. Nxe5 (21. g4 $5 {
ist ehrgeiziger, aber auch unübersichtlicher:} Nh4 22. Nxe5 d3 23. Bxd3 Bc7
24. f4 Bxe5 25. g5 $1 (25. fxe5 Nf3 26. Qg3 Rxd3 $13) 25... Qh5 26. Ng3 Qg4 27.
gxf6 $18) 21... d3 22. Ng4 {Das war die Idee, aber...} dxe2 $1 {Ein
geistreiches Damen"opfer". Schwarz erhält am Ende Turm und zwei Leichtfiguren
und bleibt im Angriff.} ({Nach} 22... Qg5 {ist die Sache auch nicht klar:} 23.
Nc3 Rg6 (23... dxc2 24. Ne4 Qh5 25. Nexf6+ Nxf6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe5 {sonst
Sg3#} Bd4 (27... Ne8 28. Bb2 Bc7 29. Qe6 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Nxf1 31. Kxf1 Qg6 32.
Qxg6 hxg6 $18) 28. Qf4 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Nd7 $16) 24. Bd1 $13) 23. Nxh6+ Rxh6 24.
Rf2 ({Es drohte} 24. Z0 exf1=Q+ 25. Qxf1 Ng3#) 24... Bxf2 25. Qxf2 Rxd2 26. Qc5
({Der Lc2 is nicht zu retten:} 26. Bxf5 Rd1+ $19) 26... Ned6 (26... Rf6 $5 27.
Bb2 Rxc2 28. Bxf6 Nxf6 29. Qe5 Kf7 $13) 27. Qa5 ({Nach} 27. Re1 Rxc2 28. g4 Rc3
29. gxf5 Bxf5 (29... Nxf5 30. Qf8#) 30. Qxa7 Rxf3 {führt} 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32.
Bxd6 Rf1+ 33. Kg2 Be4+ 34. Kg3 Rg6+ 35. Kh4 Rh6+ 36. Kg3 Rg6+ $11 {zum Remis
durch Dauerschach.}) 27... Rxc2 28. Qd8+ Kf7 29. Qc7+ Ke8 30. Re1 Rd2 ({
Vielleicht bot} 30... Nc8 31. Qxb7 Bd7 {Schwarz bessere Chancen:} 32. Qb4 Rd6
33. Qa5 Rxa2 34. Qe5+ Re6 35. Qxf5 Rxa3 36. Qxh7 Kf7 37. Qd3 Nb6 $15) 31. Kg1
Rd1 (31... Bd7 $5 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qxb7 Rd1 34. Kf2 Rxh2 35. Bxd6+ Nxd6 36.
Rxe2+ Kf6 37. Qb4 Rhh1 $13) 32. Kf2 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Nc8 34. Kxe2 Bd7 35. Qxb7
Rxh2 36. Kf2 Rh6 37. Bc5 {Der Gewinn des schwarzen a-Bauern bietet Weiß nun
eine klare Gewinnchance, mit dem Vormarsch des eigenen a-Bauern.} Nfd6 38. Qb8
a6 39. Qa8 Rf6 40. Kg1 (40. Qxa6 $2 Ne4+ $19) 40... a5 41. Bd4 Rg6 42. Qxa5 Nf5
43. Bf2 Rd6 44. Qe1+ Kf7 (44... Nce7 45. a4 $18) 45. Bc5 Re6 46. Qd2 Ke8 47. a4
Nfd6 (47... Nce7 48. a5 Bc8 49. b4 $18) 48. Ba3 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. c3 a6 11. Ba4 Ba7 12. h3 Ne7 13. d4 Nxd5 14. exd5 exd4
15. Nxd4 b5 16. Bc2 Qf6 17. Qd3 g6 18. a4 c5 19. dxc6 dxc6 20. axb5 cxb5 21.
Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bb7 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Qg3 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Kg7 (25... Bd5 $5 $15)
26. Rd1 Rd7 27. Qc3 h5 28. Ba2 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. b4 Kf6 31. d5 Bb7 32. f4
Ke7 33. d6+ Kf6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 g5 (35... Bf3 36. g5+ Kg7 37. Rd2 Bc6 38.
Kf2 Rd8 39. Ke3 Kf8 40. f5 gxf5 41. Kf4 $18) 36. fxg5+ Kg6 (36... Kxg5 37. Bxf7
Rd8 38. Be6 $18) 37. Bb1+ (37. Bd5 Bxd5 38. Rxd5 a5 39. bxa5 b4 40. Kf2 b3 41.
Kg3 b2 42. Rb5 Rxd6 43. Rxb2 Rd3+ 44. Kf4 (44. Kh4 Ra3 45. Rb6+ Kg7 46. a6 Ra5
47. Rf6 $18) 44... Rd4+ 45. Kf3 Kxg5 46. Ra2 f5 47. gxf5 Kxf5 48. a6 Rd8 49. a7
Ra8 $11) 37... Kxg5 38. Bf5 Rd8 39. d7 Bf3 40. Rd4 Kf6 41. Rd3 Bb7 42. Kf2 Ke7
43. Re3+ Kd6 44. Re8 Kc7 45. g5 $2 (45. Ke3 Bc6 46. Re7 f6 47. Kd4 Kd6 48. Re6+
Kxd7 49. Kc5 Bb7 50. Rxf6+ Kc7 51. Rf7+ Kb8 52. Rd7 Rh8 53. Rd6 $18) 45... Bc6
46. Re7 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens op"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1993.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13. f4 (13. c3 f4 $1 14.
cxd4 fxe3 15. Nxe3 Bxd4 $15 {Bogaerts-Geenen, Belgique 1991.}) 13... Qxf4 14.
c3 Ne6 (14... Qh4+ $2 15. g3 Qe4 16. O-O Nc6 17. d4 $16) 15. d4 Qh4+ (15... c6
16. g3 Qe4 17. Rf1 {+/-. Planning Bc2.}) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Bb3 Kh8 {17. - f4!?}
18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 $1 Nd6 (19... f4 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Ng4 Qh5 22. Ne5 $16 {
(Nunn,J)}) 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. O-O Nc7 $2 24. Bf4 Rd8 25.
d5 Bd7 26. Qd2 Re8 27. Qf2 $6 {27.c4!?} Ra6 28. Rfe1 {28.c4} b5 $1 29. a3 Kg8
30. Re3 {30.Be3 followed by 31.Bd4 +/- (Nunn,J)} Qf7 31. Rd1 h6 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8
33. Re1 Nf6 34. Qd4 Kh7 35. Qd3 Kg8 36. Re2 Nh5 37. Bd2 Ra8 38. Qd4 Re8 $14 39.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Bf3 Nf6 41. Qb6 Ne4 42. Bf4 Ng5 43. Bxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 f4 45. g4
Qe5 46. Kg2 Qe1 47. Qd8+ (47. Qxd6 $2 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Qf2 $19) 47... Be8 48. Qxd6
Qd2+ 49. Kh3 Qf2 50. Qe6+ Bf7 51. Qe4 Qf1+ 52. Bg2 Qf2 53. Bf3 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 $1 {? ECO C48/9,51} (9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Nf6 11. d7 Bxd7 12. Bxd7
Qxd7 13. Ne1 Rae8 14. d3 Ng4 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nxf2 17. Nd5 Nxd3+ $1 (
17... Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nh3+ $10 {Pachman ECO C48/9,55}) 18. Nxb6 Qd4+ $15 {
Huebner,R}) 9... d6 10. Ne3 {Short} (10. c3 $2 Qh4 11. Ne3 Qe4 $17 {
Tylor-Milner Barry/Hastings/1938-39/}) 10... Qg5 $6 (10... Qh4) (10... Qe7 $5 {
Ernst} 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O c6 13. c3 N4f5 14. Ne1 Ne4 15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 Bc7
17. Nd3 Qh4 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 $15 {Nikolenko,O-Makarichev,S/URS-ch58/
1991/1/2-1/2/52/ -> CBM 27}) (10... c6 $5 {Speelman} 11. O-O (11. c3 Nf5 12.
O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3 $14 Qe7 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. e4 {Short,
N-Speelman,J (08)/London cm/1991/1/2-1/2/30/} Re8 18. Qf3 $14 Bxe5 19. fxe5
Qxe5 20. Bf4 {/\ e4-e5}) 11... Bc7 12. c3 Ne6 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4 15. d4
Bxe5 $5 (15... Ng6 $5) 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nd3 18. Nc4 Be6 (18... b6 $5) 19.
Na5 $1 $14 {Short,N-Speelman,J (09)/London cm 45'-1/1991/1/2-1/2/46/}) 11. f4
$6 (11. exd6 $5 Nxd6 12. O-O $13 {Nunn,J-Huebner,R/München/1991/1/2-1/2/30/}
N4f5 $1 13. Ne1 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qe1 c6) 11... Qg6 12. O-O f6
13. exd6 Nxd6 14. Nf2 N4f5 15. Nd5 Kh8 $1 {/\ ...Ne4, ...Nh4} (15... Ne4 16. d4
$1 (16. Nxb6 $2 Nh4 $1) 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Ne7+ Kf7 19. Nxg6) 16.
Nxb6 axb6 17. c3 $2 (17. Bb3 Ne4 $15) 17... Rxa4 $1 18. Qxa4 Nh4 19. g3 Nf3+
20. Kg2 Nh4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Be6 $1 23. Nh1 (23. Kxf3 Bd5+ 24. Ke2 Re8+)
23... Bd5 24. Rxf3 Nf5 25. Nf2 Nh4+ 26. Kf1 Nxf3 27. d3 Nxh2+ 28. Ke2 Bc6 0-1

[Event "ENG-ch m"]
[Site "England"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
f4 $1 Nc6 9. e5 Be7 (9... a6 10. Be2 Bb4 (10... Be7 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 d6 13.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd6 $14 {Short,N-Adams,M (5)/ENG-ch m/1991/1-0/40/ -> CBM 28/
25.}) 11. d5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 d6 14. Bd3 $14 {Short,N-Adams,M (2)/
ENG-ch m/1991/1-0/37/  -> CBM 28/22.}) 10. d5 Nb4 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. a3 {
12.Ne4!? (Short,N)} Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd3 cxb5 16. f5 f6 (
16... Re8 17. f6 $16 {Fedorov-Tseitlin/URS/1978/}) 17. a4 {17.Be3 + =} bxa4 18.
Rxa4 d5 19. Rh4 $2 Re8 20. Qd1 $2 Re5 21. Qh5 $2 Qb6+ $1 22. Kh1 Bxf5 $1 $19
23. Bf4 (23. Rxf5 Re1+ $19) 23... Qf2 $1 24. Qd1 (24. Rxf2 Re1+ $19) 24... Qxh4
25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rxf5 Qe4 27. Rf1 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. h3 Kg8 30. Qb1 b6 31.
Qa2 a5 32. Qb3 h6 33. Qxb6 a4 (33... a4 34. Qb2 Kh7 {/\ 35...Qc4, e5-e4-e3-e2})
0-1

[Event "Candidates m1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 $1 (10. c3 Qh4 11. Ne3 Qe4 $1 $15 {Tylor-Milner-Barry,
Hastings 1938/39}) 10... d6 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3
15. dxe3 Qe7 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. e4 Re8 18. Nf3 (18. Qf3 $5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20.
Bf4 $14) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. Re1 {19.Bxe4 Qc5! = +} Bf5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Bg6
22. Qf3 Nf6 23. f5 (23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Qxe3+ $5 25. Rxe3 Bb6 $13) 23... Bh5
24. Qh3 c5 25. Bg5 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rde8 28. Bxf6 cxd4 29. Qxh5
gxf6 30. Bb3 R1e2+ $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Daugavpils"]
[Site "Daugavpils"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf3 Be6 12. c4 O-O-O 13. cxd5 Bxd5
14. Bxd5 Rxd5 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. O-O-O {A perfect game for a short
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Wegner, Hannu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. d3 (5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bd6 7. f4
$13) (5. O-O $1 O-O {5. - d6 6.d4 is also better for White.} 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4
Bd6 8. f4 $14) 5... d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Nd5 Bxe3 8. fxe3 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne7 $10 10.
Qd2 Ng6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 c6 15. Kh1 a6 16. Ng1 d5
17. exd5 Nxd5 18. e4 Ndf4 19. Nge2 f6 20. Ng3 Nh4 21. Rf2 Qd7 22. Nf1 Ne6 23.
Ne3 Nd4 24. Na4 Rae8 25. Raf1 Rf7 26. Nc5 Qc7 27. b4 Qb6 28. Qc3 Nb5 29. Qb3
Nd6 30. Qa3 Ng6 31. c3 Nf4 32. Rf3 Ne6 33. Nb3 Qd8 34. Qa2 Qb6 35. Rd1 Ree7 36.
Na5 Qc7 37. Rff1 Kh8 38. Nb3 Qb6 39. Rfe1 Kg8 40. Nf5 Rd7 41. d4 exd4 42. Nbxd4
Nf8 $2 43. e5 fxe5 44. Nxd6 Rxd6 45. Nf3 Rxd1 46. Rxd1 Qe3 47. Rf1 {47.Re1?
Rxf3 - + .} Qd3 48. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 {Definitely stronger than 10.c3 Qh4 11.Ne3 Qe4 which
was good for Black in Tylor-Milner-Barry, Hastings 1938/39.} Qg5 11. exd6 Nxd6
12. O-O N6f5 13. c3 Nxe3 14. dxe3 Bh3 15. Ne1 Nc6 16. e4 $16 Qg6 17. Kh1 Be6
18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. f3 Rad8 22. Bf4 Qe6 23. Bxe5 Qxe5
24. Nc2 f5 25. Rae1 fxe4 26. fxe4 c6 27. Na3 Bc7 28. g3 Qe6 29. b4 Rd7 30. Nc2
$14 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.03.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Shereshevsky/Kmoch/Reti/Glatman"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Reti:Meister des Schachbretts. S.225; Kmoch: Rubinstein gewinnt! S.64; SJB
1912, S.253.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nd4 (5... Bxf2+
6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. d4 $14) (5... Nxe5 6. d4 $14) 6. Ba4 $6 (6. Be2 $142 $14) 6...
O-O 7. d3 d5 $1 8. Bg5 c6 9. Qd2 (9. Nf3 Bg4 $15) (9. h3 Re8 10. Nf3 Nxe4 $1
$17) 9... Re8 10. f4 b5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 13. Nf3 dxe4 14.
dxe4 b4 $1 $17) 12... Nxe4 $1 13. Bxd8 Nxd2 14. Kxd2 Rxd8 15. Ne2 {[%mdl 4096]
Shereshevsky:Endgame Strategy.p123} Nxe2 16. Kxe2 Re8 $15 17. Kf1 $6 (17. Kd2
$142 $1 f6 $140 $2 (17... Bb7 $142 $15) 18. Nxc6 Be3+ 19. Ke2 $1 $16) 17... Bb7
{Bachmann: Nun sind die Endspielvorteile des Schwarzen evident: 1.Das
Läuferpaar. 2.Die ungünstige Stellung des Bb3 3.Die unglückliche
Königsstellung auf f1, die ein harmonisches Zusammenspiel der Türme verhindert.
Doch bedarf es noch einer virtuosen Endspieltechnik, um diese an sich
geringfügigen Vorteile bis zum Gewinn zu verdichten.} 18. c3 f6 19. Ng4 h5 20.
Nf2 Be3 21. Bd1 $1 h4 22. g3 a5 23. Bf3 b4 $1 24. Kg2 bxc3 25. bxc3 Ba6 26. c4
$1 Rad8 27. cxd5 cxd5 28. Rhd1 Re7 29. Ng4 hxg3 30. hxg3 Bd4 31. Rac1 Rb7 32.
Rc2 Kf7 33. Nf2 {[#]} Rb2 $1 34. Rxb2 Bxb2 35. Rd2 Bd4 $17 {[%mdl 4100] Reti:
Meister des Schachbretts. S.230} 36. Nh3 $6 {Weiß will seinen Springer über f4
nach e6 bringen, kommt aber erst post festum dazu. Es war jedoch schwer, einen
guten Plan zu finden, die feindlichen Läufer sind mächtig und lähmen das weiße
Spiel, während der scharze König rasch heraneilt.} (36. Rc2 $142) 36... Ke6 37.
Rc2 Kd6 (37... Bxd3 $2 38. Rd2) 38. f5 $6 Rc8 $1 39. Bd1 Rxc2+ 40. Bxc2 Ke5 $19
41. g4 Be3 42. Kf3 Kd4 43. Bb3 Bb7 $6 (43... Bxd3 $142 44. Bxd5 Bf1 $1 $19) 44.
Ke2 Ba6 45. Bc2 Bb5 46. a4 Bd7 47. Kf3 (47. Bb3 g6 $1 $19) 47... Kc3 $1 48.
Kxe3 d4+ $1 49. Ke2 (49. Ke4 Bc6+) 49... Kxc2 50. Nf4 Bxa4 51. Ne6 Bb3 52.
Nxd4+ Kb2 53. Nb5 a4 54. Ke3 a3 55. Nxa3 Kxa3 56. Kd4 Kb4 {Eines der
großartigsten Endspiele Rubinsteins.} 0-1

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Notkin} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 $5 (6. O-O
a5 7. a3 $10) 6... d5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nf3 $1 (8. f4 {Notkin} dxe4 (8... Bc5 $5 9.
exd5 b5 10. Bb3 cxd5 11. Ne2 Nxb3 12. axb3 d4 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 Bb7 $44 {
Adams,M-Malaniuk,V/New York/1994/1:0/52/}) (8... O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 b4 11.
Ne2 Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. d4 Qc7 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Nd5 $15 {Nunn,J-Kamsky,
G/Monaco/1994/0:1/48/}) 9. dxe4 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Nxe5 13.
Be3 c5 14. Nd5 $14 {Istratescu,A-Wells,P/ROM/1993/1:0/30/}) 8... Bg4 (8...
Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 (9. Qxf3 d4 {/\Bg4/}) 9... Qa5 (9... O-O 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Re8
$44) 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. d4 $16 {Lemmers,O-Kroeze,F/Enschede/1993/1:0/
40/}) 9. Be3 Bc5 $5 (9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 O-O 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rg1
g6 14. Bb3 Bxh2 15. Rh1 Be5 16. d4 Bc7 17. Qe2 $16 {Spraggett-David/Monaco/
1994/}) 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qd2 Bxf3 $1 (11... Bxc3 12. Qxc3 O-O (12... dxe4 13.
dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qxc6+ Kf8 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $1 Rb8 18. O-O
Rxb2 19. Rad1 $18) 13. Nd2 $16) 12. gxf3 b5 (12... O-O {Notkin} 13. Nd1 (13.
O-O-O a5 $1 $17) (13. Bb3 $5) 13... b5 14. Bb3 a5 15. c3 (15. a4 b4 $44) 15...
Bb6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Ne3 g6 $44) 13. Nxb5 $6 (13. Bb3 $5 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Ne2
Bxb2 (15... dxe4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. fxe4 Qxb2 18. O-O $14) 16. Rb1 Be5 17. f4 (
17. d4 Bc7 18. e5 Nh5 19. c4 $14) 17... Bc7 18. e5 Nh5 19. d4 Qh4 20. c4 bxc3
21. Qxc3 O-O 22. Qxc6 $16) 13... cxb5 14. Bxb5+ Nd7 $1 (14... Kf8 $6 15. Qb4+
Kg8 16. Qxd4 Qa5+ 17. c3 Qxb5 18. O-O-O $16) 15. c3 Bb6 16. d4 (16. exd5 O-O
$13) (16. Bc6 Rc8 17. Bxd5 Ne5 18. Ke2 (18. O-O-O Nxf3 19. Qf4 Qg5 $13) 18...
Qh4 19. d4 Ng6 20. Rag1 Nf4+ 21. Kd1 Nxd5 22. exd5 O-O $13) 16... dxe4 17. fxe4
O-O 18. O-O-O Rb8 $1 (18... Nf6 $5 {Notkin}) 19. Rdg1 $1 (19. Rhg1 $6 g6 $13) (
19. Bd3 $5 {Notkin}) 19... Nf6 (19... g6 20. h4 $1 $40) (19... Kh8 20. Bxd7
Qxd7 21. Rxg7 $1 Bxd4 $1 (21... Kxg7 22. Qg5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ $18) 22. Rg5 $1 (22.
cxd4 $2 Qc6+ 23. Kb1 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Qg6) 22... Rfc8 23. Rd5 Bxc3 $1 24. Rxd7 $1
(24. bxc3 Qa4 $1 $132) 24... Bxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rxb2+ 26. Ke3 $16) (19... g6 20. h4
Bc7 (20... Bxd4 21. Bxd7 Bg7 22. Rh3 $16) 21. Bc4 Qf6 22. Kb1 $16) (19... Ne5
$1 20. dxe5 (20. Qe2 Bxd4 $1) (20. Be2 Nc6 {/\ Nd4!}) (20. Rg3 Bc7 $1 21. Be2
Ng6 $17) 20... Qxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxf2 22. Rg2 Rxb5 23. Rxf2 Rxb2+ 24. Ke3 Rb5 $10)
20. e5 Bxd4 (20... Ne4 $2 21. Qh6 g6 22. Bc4 $1 (22. Rg4 Bxd4 23. Bc4 (23. Rxe4
Qd5 24. Rh4 Be3+ $3 25. fxe3 Qxh1+ 26. Kc2 Qg2+ $10) 23... Qb6) (22. Bd3 {
Notkin} Bxd4 $1 (22... Nxf2 $2 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Rxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26.
Qh5+ $18) 23. Bxe4 Bxe5 {/\Qf6~/=/}) 22... Kh8 23. Rg4 Nxf2 (23... f5 24. Rxg6
$18) 24. Rh4 Qxh4 25. Qxh4 Nxh1 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. e6 Rb7 28. e7 Rxe7 29. Qxe7
$18) (20... Nd5 21. Qh6 g6 22. Rg3 (22. h4 $2 Bxd4 $19) 22... Qc7 23. Rh3 f6
24. e6 Qg7 (24... Bxd4 $2 25. Bc4 Rfd8 26. e7 Qxe7 27. cxd4 $13) (24... Qf4+
25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Rf3 Nd5 27. Bc4 $16) 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bc4 Rfd8 27. Re1 Ne7
$13) (20... Ne8 {Notkin} 21. Bd3 $16) (20... Nh5 {Notkin} 21. Qh6 (21. Be2 Qh4
22. Bd1 (22. Rg5 Bxd4) (22. Rg4 $1 $16) 22... f5 $15) 21... Bxd4 $1 22. cxd4
Rxb5 23. Qxh5 (23. Rxg7+ Nxg7 24. Rg1 Qc7+ 25. Kd1 f6) 23... Qc7+ 24. Kb1 Rxb2+
$1 $19) 21. exf6 (21. Qxd4 $2 {Notkin} Qxd4 22. cxd4 Ne4 $17) 21... Qxf6 (21...
Bxf6 22. Qxd8 Rfxd8 23. a4 $16 (23. Bc4 $16 {Notkin})) 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 (22...
Qh6+ {Notkin} 23. f4 Rxb5 24. Rxg7+ Qxg7 25. Rg1 $18) 23. cxd4 Rxb5 24. Rd1 $1
Rc8+ $6 (24... Rd8 $142 25. Rd3 Rf5) 25. Kb1 Rd8 26. Rd3 g5 $5 (26... Kf8 {
Notkin} 27. Rhd1 Ke7 $14) 27. Rhd1 Kg7 (27... Kf8 {/\ Ke7}) 28. d5 Rd6 29. b3
a5 $6 (29... h5 $5) (29... Kf6 {Notkin} 30. Kb2 Ke5 31. Re3+ Kf6 (31... Kf4 32.
Re7) 32. Rf3+ Kg6 33. Rfd3 $16) (29... f5 $5 {Notkin} 30. Kb2 Kf6 31. Kc3 Rc5+
32. Kb4 Rc7 $14) 30. Kb2 Kf6 (30... a4 31. Kc3 axb3 32. axb3 $16) 31. Ka3 Ke7
32. Ka4 Rc5 33. Re3+ Kd7 (33... Kf6 $142 {Notkin} 34. Rf3+ Kg6 $16) 34. Rf3 Ke7
(34... Rdxd5 35. Rxd5+ Rxd5 36. Rxf7+ $18) (34... f6 {Notkin}) 35. Rf5 $1 f6
36. h4 $1 gxh4 (36... h6 37. h5 $16) 37. Rh5 Kd8 38. a3 $2 (38. Rxh4 Rcxd5 39.
Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxh7 Rd2 (40... Rf5 41. a3 Rf3 42. Ra7 f5 43. Rxa5 Rxf2 44. Ra7
f4 45. b4 f3 46. Rf7 Ke8 47. Rf4 Kd7 48. Kb5 Kc7 49. a4 $18) 41. a3 Rxf2 42.
Kxa5 $18) 38... Kc7 $1 39. Rxh7+ Kb6 40. Rxh4 Rcxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. Re4 (42.
Rf4 f5) 42... Rf5 (42... Rd6 43. Rf4 Re6 44. Rf5 Re4+ 45. b4 axb4 46. Rxf6+ Kc5
47. Rf5+ $18) 43. Re6+ Kb7 44. f4 Ka7 (44... Rxf4+ 45. Kxa5 $18) 45. Re4 Kb6
46. b4 axb4 47. axb4 Kc6 48. Rc4+ Kb6 49. Rd4 Kc6 50. Kb3 Rh5 (50... Kb5 {
Notkin} 51. Kc3 Rh5 52. Kd3 f5 53. Kc3 $18) 51. Kc4 Rh1 $2 (51... Rf5 $1 52.
Kd3 Rh5 53. Ke4 Rb5 54. Rc4+ $1 Kd6 (54... Kb6 55. Kf3 Rf5 56. Kg4 Rb5 57. f5
$1 Rd5 58. Rc8 Kb7 59. Rc5 Rd4+ 60. Kh5 Rxb4 61. Kg6 $18) 55. Kd4 Rf5 (55...
Rh5 56. Rc5 Rh4 57. Ke4 $18) 56. Kc3 Rh5 57. Kb3 Rh1 58. Ka4 $18) 52. b5+ Kc7
53. Kd5 Kd7 54. Kc5+ Kc8 (54... Kc7 55. b6+) 55. Rd6 (55. Kd6 {Notkin} Re1 56.
Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baden-Baden International"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "1925.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Spielmann/Kmoch"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1925.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Kagans Neueste Schachnachrichten 1925. S.316. [Spielmann] 2)Kmoch:
Rubinstein gewinnt! S.103} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6.
f4 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 (10. Kg1) 10... Qg6 $1 11.
Qe2+ ({Spielmann: An dieser Stelle wurde schon manches zur Ehrenrettung für
Weiß versucht. So} 11. Nh4 Qh5 12. Nxc7+ Kd8 {Nach} 13. Nxa8 ({Eine Zeit lang
glaubte man, die Opferspielweise von Schwarz mit dem Zwischenzug} 13. h3 {
widerlegt zu haben,} {bis man das Damenopfer} Nf6 14. Nxa8 (14. Qxh5 Nxh5+ 15.
Kf2 Kxc7 {würde eine Figur kosten}) 14... Qxh4+ 15. Kxh4 Ne4 $19 {mit
analytisch einwandfreiem Gewinn für Schwarz entdeckte.}) 13... g5 {würde der
schwarze Angriff allzu heftig werden.}) 11... Kd8 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nbd4 Ne3+ 14.
Kf2 Nxc2 {Spielmann:Schwarz hat nun einen Bauern bei guter, gesicherter
Stellung erobert und setzt diesen Vorteil in klassischer Weise zum Gewinn um.
Es ist lehrreich zu sehen, wie Rubinstein geschickt Verteidigung mit Angriff
zu vereinen weiß.} 15. Nxc2 ({Spielmann: Die Spielweise} 15. f5 Nxd4 16. fxg6
Nxe2 17. Ng5 {womit einige zuschauende Meister das weiße Spiel retten und
sogar gewinnen wollten,} {scheitert nur an} Be6) 15... Qxc2 16. b4 {Kmoch: Er
will Nd4 ziehen und die Fesselung Qc5 vermeiden.} a5 17. Ba3 axb4 {Die Stärke
seine Spiels liegt überhaupt nicht im Holzvorteil, sondern im Läuferpaar und
dem Gegenangriff, den er nun bald einleiten wird.} ({Auf Abenteuer wie} 17...
Qa4 $2 {darf Schwarz sich nicht einlassen} 18. Ng5 $44 (18. Bb2 $44)) 18. Bxb4
Qf5 $17 (18... Rxa2 $2 19. Ng5 $14) 19. Qe3 h6 20. Rac1 Rg8 21. Kg1 g5 22. Qc3
Rc8 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Kh1 g4 25. Nd4 Qd5 $1 (25... Qg6 $2 26. Ba5 b6 27. Nc6+
Bxc6 28. Qxc6 $18 {Kmoch}) 26. Qe3 g3 $1 {Kmoch: Die weiße Königsstellung
muß gelockert werden} 27. Bc3 Ra8 (27... gxh2 28. Nc6+ {Eine Kombination, dei
zum ewige Schach führt.} Bxc6 29. Bf6+ Kd7 30. Qe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kd8 32.
Ree1+ {Kmoch}) 28. Nf3 gxh2 29. Bf6+ Kc8 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qh5 32. Ne5 Rxg2
$19 (32... dxe5 $4 33. Rxe5 $18 Qg6 34. Re8+ Bxe8 35. Qd8# {Spielmann/Kmoch})
33. Kxg2 dxe5 {Spielmann:Es gibt keine Rettung für Weiß} 34. Rxe5 (34. Bxe5
h1=Q+ 35. Rxh1 Qxe5 {Spielmann}) (34. Kh1 Bd6 35. Qxd6 Qf3+ 36. Kxh2 Qf2+ 37.
Kh1 Qxe1+ 38. Rxe1 cxd6 $19 {Spielmann}) 34... Qg4+ 35. Qg3 (35. Kh1 Bc6+ 36.
Rxc6 Qg1#) (35. Kxh2 Qf4+ 36. Qg3 Qxd2+ (36... Qxf6 $2 37. Re8+ Bxe8 38. Qxc7#)
37. Qg2 Qf4+ 38. Qg3 Rxa2+ $19) 35... Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bd6 37. Kxh2 Rxa2 38. Kg1
Rxd2 39. Rh5 b6 40. Be5 Bc5+ 41. Kf1 Kb7 42. Bg3 Bb5+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ 44. Kd1 Rg2
45. Rc3 Be2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 c6 7. Nxe5 O-O (7...
d5 {is the other line, for example:} 8. exd5 O-O 9. O-O cxd5 10. Bb3 Re8 11.
Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15. Qh5 Bf5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17.
Qxf7+ Qxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Rxe5 $14 {Bruzon Batista-Baryshpolets, Merida
2015, and White has a promising endgame.}) 8. Nxf7 $1 {The best move!} ({
In the event of} 8. O-O d6 (8... d5 $5) 9. Nxf7 Rxf7 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {
transposes to the game (8.Nxf7).}) 8... Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 $1 $146 {
A logical novelty by Fedoseev.} (10. O-O d6 11. Na4 (11. Kh1 Kg8 (11... a6 $5)
12. Na4 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Bb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qe1 Bg6 18. Be3
b5 $13 {Adams-Hebden, Islington op 1991}) 11... Bg4 12. Qd2 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Nxc1
14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qxc1 (15. Raxc1 $2 {could have been met by} Nxe4 $1) 15...
Qd4 16. Qf4 Kg8 $44 {Iv. Saric-M. Petrosyan, Moscow 2017}) 10... Ne6 $2 {
A mistake, which allows White's following attack.} (10... d6 11. Na4 $1 $14 {
is slightly better for White.}) ({Still} 10... d5 $5 {was the most ambitious
reply,} 11. h3 (11. O-O Bg4 $13) 11... Ne6 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. O-O g6
$44 {followed by ...Ng7 with some compensation.}) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 $1 {
This is the point! White has gained some space and Black can't finish the
development easily.} Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O ({The immediate} 14. f4 $16 {
was also fine for White.}) 14... d6 15. f4 $1 {White has a strong centre,
moreover the black king is also slightly weak.} dxe5 16. fxe5+ Kg8 17. d5 $1 {
Another strong continuation! White doesn't stop!} cxd5 18. Nxd5 N8c7 19. c4 $1
{Keep the tension! Black can't remove the strong d5-knight.} Bd7 20. Qg4 (20.
Qf3 $5 {was also good,} Qe8 21. Rad1 $16 {and White is better.}) 20... Nf8 21.
Qf3 Ng6 22. Rad1 (22. Nxc7 $6 {was a trap,} Qxc7 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. e6 $2 Qb6+ {
and Black wins the e-pawn.}) 22... Ne6 23. h4 $1 {Another great move! White
continues the pressure, the h-pawn is not so important for him.} ({The
immediate} 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. Nf6 $2 {is a blunder, because of} Nxe5 $19 {
and suddenly Black is winning.}) 23... Nxh4 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Nf6 $1 {This is
the point of White's 23rd move!} Qb6+ 26. Rf2 ({Still White has to be careful,
because} 26. Kh1 $2 Qxb2 $19 {is winning immediately for Black!}) 26... Ba4 27.
Rd6 ({Probably} 27. Nd5 $1 $18 {was the strongest reply!}) 27... Ng5 $1 {
The best practical chance yet.} 28. Qe7 Nf5 29. Rxb6 Nxe7 30. Rxb7 Ng6 31. Nh5
Ne6 32. Rff7 Be8 33. Rxa7 Rd8 34. Rf1 Kg8 ({In the event of} 34... Nxe5 35.
Nxg7 $1 $18 {is winning for White.}) 35. Ng3 h5 (35... Nxe5 36. Re7 Bd7 37. Rd1
$1 $18 {with unpleasant pins for Black.}) 36. Nf5 Kh7 37. b4 h4 38. b5 Rd2 39.
Nd6 h3 40. gxh3 Bd7 41. Rxd7 Ng5 42. Rf5 Nh4 43. Rxg7+ {What a brilliant
victory by Fedoseev!} 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 {is another main
continuation.}) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 a5 $5 {An interesting move, which seems strong
for Black. He would like to trap the B.} 7. Nxe5 d6 8. Nf3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Bg4
10. Qg3 b5 11. Nxb5 cxb5 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Qg3 Nh5 {
with a draw in Vallejo-Giri, ESP-chT 2013.}) 6... d5 {Nowadays the most
fashionable move.} ({Nevertheless} 6... d6 {is more popular.}) 7. d3 ({After
the greedy} 7. exd5 Bd6 8. dxc6 O-O $44 {Black has great compensation for the
Ps.}) 7... Bd6 8. f4 (8. Nf3 Bg4 {is also common.}) 8... Bc5 {Black plays
again with his B, but now White can't castle easily. The g1-a7 diagonal is
important for the B.} 9. exd5 O-O 10. dxc6 {This might look greedy, but White
needs to take some material to compensate for his poor K position.} bxc6 11. h3
{White also plays a pawn move, but he needs to control the important g4-square.
} Re8 12. Qd2 $1 $146 {The first new move in the game, which is the best
defence. I guess it was still preparation.} (12. O-O Rxe5 13. fxe5 Ne2+ 14. Kh1
{and draw in Rohs-Sherwood, corr 2015. For example:} Ng3+ 15. Kh2 Nxf1+ 16.
Qxf1 Ng4+ $1 17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Kh2 Ng4+ $11 {with perpetual checks.}) 12... Nd7
$1 {The strongest reply.} 13. Kd1 {It is not a pretty move, but White has to
do something with his K.} Nxe5 14. fxe5 Rxe5 15. Re1 {Of course, White has to
simplify.} Rxe1+ ({In the event of} 15... Qe7 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Qg5 $1 Bf5 18.
Bf4 Qe6 19. Bb3 {Otherwise ...Re8 is too strong.} Nxb3 20. axb3 Re8 21. Bd2 $14
{followed by Kc1-b1 and White is a healthy P up.}) 16. Qxe1 Bf5 17. Qe5 (17.
Ne4 $5 {was the alternative} Bf8 (17... Bb6 18. c3 $1 Ne6 19. Kc2 $1 $14 {
and White is OK.}) 18. Bd2 ({Now} 18. c3 $2 {is dubious, as} Qa5 $1 19. Bc2 (
19. b3 Ne6 20. Bxc6 Rd8 $17 {and White is in trouble.}) 19... Nxc2 20. Kxc2 c5
$36 {and Black has a great initiative for the P.}) 18... Bg6 $44 {and Black
has also some compenstaion for the P.}) 17... Qf8 $2 {A very logical move,
which protects the B and prepares for ...Re8. Nevertheless this is a mistake;
moreover Black had a stronger move, which only leads to a draw.} (17... Bb6 $1
{was the correct reply,} 18. Bxc6 {If White doesn't accept this P, Black would
simply continue with Qd7 followed by Re8, with a great attack.} Bc7 19. Qc5 ({
The logical} 19. Qd5 $2 {is losing, as} Qf6 $1 20. Bxa8 Bg4+ $1 21. hxg4 Qf1+
22. Kd2 Bf4# {with a nice mate!}) 19... Bb6 20. Qd5 (20. Qe5 Bc7 $11) 20... Qf6
$1 {This is the point!} 21. Bxa8 Bg4+ 22. hxg4 Qf1+ 23. Kd2 Qf2+ 24. Kd1 Qf1+
$11 {and draw by perpetual checks.}) 18. Bxc6 $1 {The right answer!} Nxc6 19.
Qxf5 Nd4 20. Qf4 (20. Qf1 $5 {was also an interesting option.}) 20... Re8 21.
Bd2 $6 {A logical developing move, but not the best.} (21. Ne4 $1 {was correct,
for example:} f5 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. c3 $16 {and White looks nicely placed.})
21... Qe7 $1 {Now the position is very unclear, since Black's pieces are
working well together.} 22. Qg5 ({Now} 22. Ne4 $2 {could have been met by} f5
$1 23. Ng3 (23. Nxc5 $2 Qe2+ $1 24. Kc1 Qxg2 $19 {and Black wins.}) 23... Qb7 {
with a lot of threats.}) 22... Qb7 23. b4 $5 {An ambitious reaction by Wei Yi!}
Bb6 (23... Bxb4 $1 {was more accurate,} 24. Rb1 Qb6 $1 25. a3 $2 Nb5 $1 $19 {
and White can't defence against ...Qg1.}) 24. Qd5 Qc7 25. Kc1 ({The computer
suggests} 25. a4 $1 {to push the B away from the good b6-square.} Rd8 26. Qc4 (
26. Qe4 $5) 26... Qh2 27. Kc1 Qh1+ 28. Kb2 Qxg2 29. Ne4 $14 {and finally
White's K is safe, his position is slightly better.}) 25... Rd8 $6 {An
inaccuracy.} (25... Rc8 $1 {was stronger; now he is threatening ...Ne2.}) 26.
Qc4 Qg3 27. Kb2 (27. a4 $1 {was still a strong move.}) 27... Qxg2 28. Ne4 Qxh3
(28... Nf3 29. Bc3 Qxh3 (29... Nd4 $5) 30. a4 h5 $132 {is still a sharp
middlegame.}) 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 $6 {Another dubious move.} ({Black
should have played} 30... Kg6 {to activate his K, which will be very important
in the endgame.}) 31. Nxh3 Nf3 32. Bf4 Bd4+ (32... h6 $5 {was more natural to
prepare for ...g5. However White continues with} 33. Rf1 Nd4 34. c4 {and his
queenside's Ps are very fast.}) 33. c3 Bf6 34. Nf2 Bh4 35. Be3 Re8 36. Ne4 Ne1
37. Rd1 a6 38. a4 Nxd3+ {'Black takes back material but he is clearly down in
the race.'} 39. Rxd3 Rxe4 {Now the material is balanced, but White's Ps are
more advanced, his position should be winning.} 40. b5 ({Probably} 40. Kb3 {
was more accurate to push the c-P,} h5 41. c4 Bg3 42. b5 axb5 43. cxb5 $18 {
and White is winning.}) 40... axb5 (40... Rxa4 41. b6 $18) 41. axb5 h5 42. Bd4
(42. b6 {was also fine.}) 42... Bg5 43. b6 Bf4 (43... h4 $142 {was more
accurate} 44. Rf3 $1 (44. b7 Bf4) 44... Be7 45. Kc2 {and White is also fine.})
44. Rf3 $2 (44. Rh3 $1 {was better, to slow down the Ps.}) 44... g5 $1 {
Now Black Ps are also dangerous.} 45. Kc2 h4 (45... Re8 $1 46. Kd3 Kf7 47. Be3
Ke6 48. Bxf4 gxf4 49. Rxf4 Kd5 {and Black survives.}) 46. Kd3 Re7 $1 (46... Re1
47. c4 Kf7 48. c5 Ke6 49. Kc4 $18) ({or} 46... Re8 47. c4 {and White looks
faster.}) 47. c4 Rh7 {A perfect place for the R, as it stops White's b-P and
helps the h-P advance.} 48. c5 h3 49. Rxf4 (49. Bg1 $5 {was the alternative,}
h2 50. Bxh2 Bxh2 51. Rf2 Bb8 52. c6 Kg7 {with a complicated endgame. I think
Black can survive.}) 49... gxf4 50. c6 h2 51. b7 {It is difficult to say,
which white P is more important to push.} (51. c7 h1=Q 52. c8=Q+ Kf7) 51...
Rh3+ $2 {The decisive mistake. After this move White is winning, but it is
very difficult in a practical game.} (51... h1=Q $1 {was correct,} 52. b8=Q+
Kf7 53. Qxf4+ Ke8 54. Qb8+ Kf7 55. Qc7+ Kg6 $11 {and a draw.}) 52. Kc4 $18 h1=Q
53. b8=Q+ Kh7 54. Qh8+ Kg6 55. Qf6+ Kh5 56. Qf5+ Kh6 57. Qf6+ Kh5 58. Qf5+ Kh6
59. Qxf4+ {The win is still not so easy to achieve, but with exact calculation
Wei Yi forces his win.} Kg6 60. Qf6+ Kh5 61. Qf5+ Kh6 62. Qf4+ Kg6 63. Qg4+ Kh6
64. Qe6+ Kh5 65. Qf5+ Kh6 66. Qf6+ Kh5 67. c7 $1 Qc1+ 68. Bc3 Rh4+ (68... Rxc3+
{is also losing easliy} 69. Qxc3 Qf1+ 70. Kb4 Qf4+ 71. Kb3 Qf7+ 72. Qc4 Qf3+
73. Kb4 Qf8+ 74. Qc5+ $18) 69. Kd5 Qd1+ 70. Kc5 Qg1+ 71. Kb5 Qb1+ 72. Kc5 Qg1+
73. Bd4 $1 Qc1+ 74. Kb6 Qb1+ 75. Ka7 (75. Kc6 $18) 75... Qa2+ 76. Qa6 Qf7 77.
Qb5+ Kg6 78. Qb6+ Kf5 79. Kb8 {What a nice victory by Wei Yi!} 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3
d5 9. Be3 (9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4 (10. Re1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. fxe4 Bb4 13. Bd2
$1 $16) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5 {~/= Nunn,J-Kristensen,B/
Vejle 60/(315) 1994} (13. e5 Nd7 $44 {Blatny,P} 14. f4 Qh4 15. Be3 Nxb3 16.
axb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $16 {Tsesarsky})) (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 $2 (10. O-O Bxf3 (
10... Be7 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bh3 14. Re1 Qa5 15. Bb3 Qxc3 16.
Qd2 (16. Bg5 f6 17. Qe2 Qc5 18. Bf4 (18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bf4 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Kd7 $15)
18... Rd8 19. d4 Qa3 20. d5 cxd5 21. Rad1 $16) 16... Qxd2 17. Bxd2 $11) 11.
gxf3 Bb4 12. Re1+ Ne6 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 (14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qg5+ 16.
Kh1 O-O-O $44) 14... Bd6 15. Re4 $14) 10... Bxd1 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4
13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Kxd1 Rd8 15. Re1 Bc5 16. Re4 Rd4 17. f3 Rxe4 18. fxe4 Ke6 19.
c3 Rf8 20. d4 Rf2 $1 $17 {0-1 Nijboer,F-Fernandez Garcia,J/Linares zt (11) ;
CBM 51 1995 (32)}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Qxd4 $10 {Onischuk,Al; Malaniuk,V}) 11... Nxd5 12. Qe2 (12. Ne4 f5 $1
(12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 14. d4 Qxb2 15. O-O Qa3 16. Bb3 O-O-O $132) 13. Ng3 f4
14. Nxh5 fxe3 15. O-O $8 Qh4 {[%csl Ra4,Rh5]} (15... exf2+ 16. Rxf2 $1 Bc5 17.
d4 Ne3 18. Qd3 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. c3 Bb6 21. Kh1 $15) 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Qf3
(17. fxe3 Nxe3 18. Qe1 Qxh5 $19) 17... exf2+ 18. Kh1 Bc5 19. Nxg7 (19. Bb3 g5
$1 20. Bxd5 $8 Rxd5 21. Nf6 Rf5 22. Ne4 Rxf4 23. Qg3 (23. Qe2 Re8 $1 24. Nd6+
Bxd6 25. Qxe8+ Kc7 $19) 23... Bb6 24. c3 Rhf8 (24... h6 $5) 25. Nxg5 Rg8 26.
Qxh4 Rxh4 {= Bologan,V-Malaniuk,V/Nikolaev (zt) 63/(272) 1995} (26... Rxh4 27.
Nf3 $17)) 19... Qxf4 20. Qh3+ Kb8 21. Ne6 Qxa4 22. Nxc5 Qxc2 23. Qg3+ Ka8 24.
Qxf2 Qxf2 25. Rxf2 $11 Nb4 26. Rf7 Nxd3 27. Nxb7 Rd5 28. Rg1 Rb5 29. Rgg7 $14)
12... Be7 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. Bc5 $16) 13. Bb3 $5 $146 (13. Bc5 O-O
14. Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 15. Nxd5 $16) 15. O-O-O Nd5 (15... Ng6 16. Rhg1 $16)
16. Qe5 $1 Bxf3 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxf3 18. Rhg1 g6 19. Rde1 $16) 17. Rhg1 g6
(17... f6 $4 18. Qg3 $18) 18. Rde1 $2 (18. Nxd5 $5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. c4
Bf3 21. Rde1 Rfe8 22. Kd2 $16) 18... Re8 $10 {= Daniliuk,S-Ulak,S/Litomysl 65/
(310) 1995}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bd4 O-O-O $1 {[%cal Rd8d4]} 16. Qe5 $8
Qxe5+ 17. Bxe5 Rhe8 $6 (17... Rde8 $1 {Now f6 is possible!} 18. Kd2 Bxf3 19.
Rhg1 f6 20. Bf4 g5 21. Bg3 h5 22. Be6+ Kd8 23. Rab1 $11) (17... f6 $4 18. Be6+)
18. O-O Bc5 (18... Ba3 $140 $5 19. Rae1 (19. d4 Bb2 $19) 19... f6 $5 (19...
Bxf3 20. Bxf7 Re7 21. Bb3 Rde8 22. d4 Bd6 23. Re3 (23. Bf7 $2 Rxf7 24. Bxd6 Be2
$17) 23... Bxe5 24. Rxf3 (24. dxe5 Bg4 25. Rfe1 (25. f4 $2 g5 $1 26. Kg2 (26.
Rg3 Be2 27. Rxg5 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 a5 (28... Rf8 29. Rg8 Rxg8 30. Bxg8 h5 (30...
Kc7 31. Kf2 Rd7 32. Kf3 $16) 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Kf3 Rg7 33. Bb3 Rg1 34. f5 Rf1+
35. Ke4 Re1+ 36. Kf4 h4 37. h3 Rg1 38. f6 $16) 29. Rg8 Rxg8 30. Bxg8 b5 31. Kf2
Kd7 32. Kf3 Rg7 $1 {[%csl Rg8]} 33. e6+ Kd6 34. Bf7 Rg1 35. f5 Ke7 $11 {
[%cal Ge7f6]} (35... Rc1 36. Ke4 Rxc2 (36... Ke7 37. Ke5 Re1+ 38. Kd4 Kf6 39.
Kc5 Re2 40. Kxc6 Rxc2 41. Kxb5 Rxa2 42. h4 Rf2 43. Kxa5 Rxf5+ 44. Kb6 Rf4 45.
h5 Rc4 46. Kb5 Rxc3 47. Kb6 h6 48. Kb5 Ke7 49. Kb6 Kd6 50. Kb5 Rc1 51. Kb4 $11)
37. f6 Re2+ (37... Rf2 38. e7 $18) 38. Kf5 Rf2+ 39. Kg5 Rg2+ 40. Kh6 Rxh2+ 41.
Kg7 Re2 42. Kf8 $18)) 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 h5 28. h3 Bd7 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3,Re5]
}) 25... Bf5 $14 (25... g5 $2 26. Rg3 h5 27. h3 Bf5 28. Rxg5 Bxh3 29. Rxh5 $18)
) 24... Bf6 25. Bc4 $14) 20. Bg3 Kd7 $14) 19. d4 Re7 20. Kg2 (20. Rfe1 Bb6 $5
$14 {[%cal Gb6c7]} (20... Bxf3 $4 21. dxc5 Rde8 22. Re3 $18)) 20... Rde8 $44
21. a4 f6 22. Bg3 Bb6 23. a5 Bc7 24. a6 b6 25. c4 f5 26. Bxc7 $8 (26. Ba4 f4
27. Bxc6 (27. Bh4 g5 $19) 27... Rd8 $1 (27... fxg3 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29. hxg3 $13)
28. Bb7+ Kb8 29. Bh4 g5 $19) 26... Kxc7 $15 27. d5 f4 $36 28. Ba4 Re5 29. h4 $8
(29. Bxc6 $2 Rg5+ 30. Kh3 Bxf3 31. Bxe8 g6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rg5h5]}) (29. Rg1 Rg5+
30. Kh3 Ree5 31. Rae1 Bxf3 (31... Rxe1 $6 32. Rxg5) 32. Rxe5 Rxg1 (32... Rxe5
33. Rxg7+ Kd6 34. Rxh7 cxd5 $44) 33. Bxc6 g5 $19) 29... g5 30. Bxc6 Rg8 31.
Rfe1 gxh4+ 32. Kh3 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Bxf3 34. Bb7 (34. Re7+ $5 Kb8 (34... Kd6 35.
Rxh7 (35. Rxa7 Rg1 36. Kxh4 h6 37. Bd7 Rh1+ 38. Bh3 Bg2 39. Rd7+ Ke5 40. Re7+
Kf6 41. Re6+ Kg7 42. Re1 $8 (42. a7 $4 Bxh3 $19) 42... Rxh3+ 43. Kg4 Ra3 44.
Kxf4 (44. Rg1 f3 $19) 44... Kf7 45. Rg1 Bh3 46. Rg3 (46. Rh1 h5 $1) 46... Rxg3
47. fxg3 Bc8 48. a7 (48. Ke5 Bxa6) 48... Bb7 49. Ke5 Ke7 50. g4 Ba8 51. Kf5 Kf7
52. d6 (52. Ke5 $11) 52... Bf3 53. d7 (53. Ke5 Ke8 54. Kd4 Kd7 55. c5 bxc5+ 56.
Kxc5 Ba8 57. Kd4 Kxd6 58. c4 Bc6 $19) 53... Ke7 54. Kg6 Kxd7 55. Kxh6 Kc7 56.
g5 Kb7 57. g6 Be2 58. g7 Bxc4 59. Kh7 Kxa7 60. g8=Q Bxg8+ 61. Kxg8 Kb7 62. Kf7
Kc6 63. Ke7 b5 64. Kd8 b4 65. Kc8 Kc5 66. Kb7 Kc4 67. Kb6 Kc3 68. Kb5 $11)
35... Ke5 $13) 35. Rb7+ Kc8 36. Rxa7 $18) 34... Bg4+ 35. Kxh4 Bf5 36. c3 $4 (
36. Re7+ $1 Kd6 37. Rf7 Ke5 38. Re7+ $8 {!} (38. Rxf5+ Kxf5 39. d6 Ke5 40. d7
Kd6 41. Bc8 Ke7 $19) 38... Kf6 39. d6 $1 $11 {[%cal Gb7h1]} Rg6 40. Kh5 Rg5+ (
40... Rg1 41. Bd5 Rg5+ $11) 41. Kh4) 36... Kd6 $19 {[%csl Rb7,Rf2,Rh4]} 37. Kh5
(37. Bc6 Rg2 38. f3 Rg3 39. Rf1 h6 $19) 37... Rg2 38. Bc6 f3 39. Re3 Bg4+ 40.
Kg5 h5 41. Be8 Rxf2 42. Bxh5 Re2 (42... Re2 43. Rxf3 Bxf3 44. Bxf3 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Black "Geller, Jakov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3
d5 {Another variations you can find in the game Motylev,A-Grischuk,A} 9. O-O b5
$1 {[%mdl 12] This move is very intersting novelty. Black wasn't satisfied by
opening results in previous games.} (9... dxe4 {-see detailed commented game
1-0 Motylev,A-Grischuk,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86_03[Tsesarsky,I] (39)}) 10. Bb3 b4
11. Nb1 {The idea of the novelty is to repel Nc3 back to b1 and after
recupture on f3 White will recieve double PPf, and Black's piece play might be
sufficient.} Bd6 $4 $18 {Tragedy. Something was overlooked by Black...} ({
Much better was} 11... Nxb3 12. axb3 dxe4 13. Qe1 $1 (13. dxe4 $6 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Nxe4 15. Re1 O-O-O $1 16. Rxa7 Bc5 17. Ra8+ Kb7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Be3 (19. Rxe4
$2 Rd1+ 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Rxd1 Bxd1 $17) 19... Bxe3 20. fxe3 f6 21. h3 Bc8 22.
c3 c5 23. cxb4 cxb4 24. Nd4 $44) 13... Bd6 (13... Qe7 14. dxe4 Nxe4 15. Nd4 Bd7
16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nc4 c5 18. Nf3 Qxe1 19. Rxe1+ Be7 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Rxa7 $16) 14.
dxe4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16. f4 Bc5 $44 {Black's novelty is quite strong, and
White should invent something...}) 12. e5 $1 {Black has lost position anyway:}
Bc7 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe5 14. Re1 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e8]}) (12... Bxe5
13. Re1 (13. Qe1 Qe7 14. Nxe5 Ne2+ 15. Kh1 Qxe5 16. Qxb4 $16) 13... Qe7 14. c3
bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge1e8]}) 13. exf6 O-O (13...
Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qd6 15. Re1+ Be6 16. f4 Rg8 17. Kh1 $18) 14. Nbd2 Qd6 15. Re1
Rfe8 16. Re3 Nf5 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Nxf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2
Bb6 21. Qg4 $18) 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. h3 {It was the time to resign...Further
resistance really was unnecessary.} Bh5 19. Nf1 Nd4 20. g4 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Bg6 22.
Be3 Nf4+ 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Qd2 Qxf6 25. Re1 Re6 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Qg5 Qf8 28.
Qe3 Qd6 29. Ng5 e5 30. Qxa7 h6 31. Qa8+ Bb8 32. Ne4 Qc7 33. Nc5 1-0

[Event "WCC cand"]
[Site "Cazorla"]
[Date "1998.05.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 d5 (6... Qe7 7.
Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bb6 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 O-O 12. O-O $6
Nxf3+ $1 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 $1 Qxc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Blatny,P/
Lazne Bohdanec 1995 (30)}) 7... d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Bg5 $16
{1/2-1/2 Bernstein O-Rubinstein A/Vilna 1912 (22)}) 7. Bxd5 (7. Nxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qh5 (8. Bxd5 Qg5 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bh5 Qxe5 11. O-O (11. c3 Qxe4+ $19) (11. d3
Nxc2+ $1 12. Qxc2 Qxh5 $17) 11... g6 $17) 8... g6 (8... Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 (9. Kf1 g6
$19) 9... g6 $19) 9. Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1 Nce3+ $3 11. fxe3 (11. Ke2
Nxc4 $19 12. Nxh8 Nf4+) (11. dxe3 Nf6+ $19) 11... Bg4+ $1 12. Qxg4 Nxe3+ 13.
Ke2 Nxg4 14. Nxh8 Qd4 $19) 10... Qf6 $1 11. f3 (11. Qe5+ Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxa1 $19
) (11. Qe2 Nf4 $19 (11... hxg6 12. exd5+ Kf8 $19)) 11... hxg6 12. Qxd5 Rh5 {
0-1 Spangenberg,H-Tkachiev,V/Villa Martelli 1997}) (7. exd5 $1 Qe7 $2 (7... O-O
8. O-O Qd6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nd3 Bg4 11. Rxe8+ Rxe8 12. Qf1 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Bb6 $17)
8. O-O Bf5 9. d3 (9. Re1 Bxc2 10. Nxf7 Bxd1 11. Rxe7+ Kxe7 12. Nxh8 Bh5 $19)
9... O-O-O 10. Re1 Rhe8 11. Bf4 $16) (7. Bd3 O-O $17) 7... Nxd5 8. Nxd5 (8.
exd5 Qg5 $19) 8... O-O (8... Qg5 {Was recommended by Ilya Tsesarsky in CBM -
60 , but my analyse was wrong...} 9. Nxc7+ $8 (9. d3 Qxg2 10. Nxc7+ Ke7 11.
Nd5+ Kf8 12. Rf1 Bh3 13. Ne3 Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 Bxe3 15. Qe2 Bd4 16. Nf3 Qxf1+ 17.
Qxf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bb6 $17) 9... Kf8 (9... Ke7 10. Kf1 (10. O-O Bh3 11. Nd5+
Kf8 12. Ne3 Qxe5 13. c3 $18 (13. gxh3 Bd6 14. f4 Qxe4 15. c3 Ne6 16. d3 $18))
10... Qxe5 11. Nxa8 $16) 10. Kf1 $8 (10. O-O Bh3 11. Nd7+ Bxd7 12. d3 Qg6 13.
Nxa8 Bh3 14. g3 Bg4 15. f3 (15. Be3 Bxd1 16. Raxd1 Qd6 $19) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Kg2
(16. Kh1 Nxh2 $19) 16... Nh4+ 17. Kh1 Bxd1 $19) 10... Qxe5 11. Nxa8 Qxe4 (11...
Qb8 12. c3 Nc6 13. d4 Bd6 14. e5 Be7 15. Bf4 (15. d5 Nxe5) 15... Qxa8 16. d5
$18) 12. d3 Qc6 13. Be3 b6 14. b4 (14. c3 Bb7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Bxc5+ bxc5 17.
Qb3 g6 18. Qa3 Kg7 $17) 14... Bb7 15. Rg1 $18) 9. c3 Re8 10. cxd4 Bxd4 11. O-O
(11. Qa4 Bxe5 12. d4 Bd6 $11 (12... c6 13. dxe5 cxd5 $11)) 11... Rxe5 (11...
Bxe5 12. d4 Bxh2+ (12... Bd6 13. Nc3 Qh4 14. e5 $16) 13. Kxh2 Rxe4 14. Ne3 Rxd4
15. Qf3 $16) 12. d3 (12. Nc3 $44) 12... c6 13. Nf4 (13. Nc3 b6 14. Bf4 Re6 15.
Qd2 Ba6 16. Rad1 Qd7 $44) 13... b6 14. Qc2 (14. Qa4 Bb7 (14... b5 15. Qc2 c5
16. Nd5 Bb7 17. Nc3 (17. Bf4 Rxd5 18. exd5 Qxd5 $19) 17... a6 18. Ne2 (18. Bf4
Re8 19. Ne2 c4 20. Rad1 cxd3 21. Rxd3 (21. Qxd3 Bxb2 22. Qb3 Qe7 23. Qxb2 Qxe4
24. f3 Qxe2 $17) 21... Bxe4 22. Nxd4 Qf6 23. g3 (23. Be3 Qg6 $19) 23... Qxd4
24. Rxd4 Bxc2 $11) (18. Be3 Rc8 (18... c4 19. dxc4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 bxc4 21. Rad1
Qg5 22. Qf2 f6 23. Rd4 $16) 19. Rad1 Qh4 20. Ne2 Bxe3 21. fxe3 c4 22. Rf4 Qe7
23. Ng3 cxd3 24. Qxd3 $44) 18... c4 19. Nxd4 (19. dxc4 Bxe4 20. Qd1 Bc5 $44)
19... Qxd4 20. Bf4 Ree8 21. Rad1 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Qxb2 23. f3 Rac8 $11 (23... Qxa2
24. Qd7 $16)) 15. Ne2 Bc5 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Rad1 $14) 14... Rc5 15. Qe2 (15. Qa4
$5) 15... Ba6 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Rac1 $6 (17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Rac1 $16) 17... Rxc1
18. Rxc1 Be5 (18... Be5 19. Qd2 Rd8 (19... Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd3 22.
Rxc6 Bxe4 $11) 20. Rd1 Bxf4 (20... g5 21. Nh3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 g4 (22... h6 23. d4
$16) 23. Nf4 Qh6 24. Nh3 Qg6 25. Kxh2 Rxd3 26. Qe2 gxh3 27. Rg1 Qd6+ 28. f4 Kf8
29. gxh3 Qe6 $132) 21. Bxf4 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Bxd3 24. f3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
(8. d3 $6 {Tsesarsky} d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $1 (9... dxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxd4
$16) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd2 d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 $44) 11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 $6 (
12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $15) (12. Nxd5 $32 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf3
15. Rg1 $10) (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Bd4+ Kd7 15. Bb3 Qf5 $17) 12... f5
$1 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3) 13. Ng3 (13. Nd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Qh4+ $17) 13... f4 14. Nxh5 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Bologan,V-Malaniuk,V/Nikolaev zt
1995 (40)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nxf3+ {Tsesarsky} 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qd3
$14 (11. Bb3 $2 Nxe4 $15)) 9. gxf3 g6 10. Nb1 $146 (10. Kf1 $2 Bg7 11. Ne2 Nxf3
12. d4 Qa5 $17 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Gomez Esteban,J/Pamplona9697 1997 (59)}) 10...
Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Bg7 12. d3 $16) 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxa4 13. d4 $5 (13.
d3 $5 Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. Na3 $18) 14. Na3 $11 (14. b3 Qa5 $11) (14. Bh6 O-O 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $15)) 13... Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. O-O $1 Bg7 (14... Nxe4 15. Na3 $18)
15. Re1 $14) 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 (15. b3 Qa5 16. Nd2 $11) 15... Nh5 16. Be7
Rfe8 17. Bxd6 Rad8 18. b3 (18. e5 f6) 18... Qa6 19. Bh2 $6 (19. Bb4 $14 {
[%csl Rc5]} Nf6 $6 (19... b6 20. Re1 c5 21. dxc5 Rd3 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nf6
24. cxb6 Rxe4 25. Qd2 axb6 26. c4 Re8 27. Nc3 Qc8 $1 (27... Ne4 {( ? )} 28. Re1
$1 (28. Qd3 $14) 28... Nxd2 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 30. Bxf8 Nf3+ 31. Kg2 Nh4+ 32. Kf1 f5
33. Bh6+ Kf7 34. Nd5 $1 g5 (34... Qa3 35. Re7+ Qxe7 36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Bg5+ $18)
35. Re7+ Kg6 36. Re6+ Kh5 (36... Kf7 37. Rf6+ $18) 37. Bg7 Ng6 38. Nf6+ Kh4 39.
Nxh7 Kh5 (39... Qxa2 40. Rxg6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 $18) 40.
Nf8 Qb7 41. Rxg6 Qh1+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd2 Qf4+ 44. Kc3 $18) 28. Qd3 $14 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 20. Nd2 b6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Ne4 $16) 19... c5 $1 20. d5
f5 $1 21. exf5 {"The white strong pawn center destroyed!} Rf8 $132 22. d6 (22.
Qe3 Rxd5 23. Qe6+ Qxe6 24. fxe6 Be5 25. Na3 (25. Re1 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxf2+ 27.
Kg1 Rb2 28. e7 Rg5+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kg1 Ne4+ 31. Kh1 Re5 $19) 25... Re8 26.
Rad1 Nf6 27. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Nxd5 $15) 22... Rxf5 23. Qe3 Qc6 24. Re1 $4 (
24. Rd1 $1 Bf8 25. Na3 (25. Qe6+ Kg7 26. Be5+ (26. Na3 Rg5+ $19) 26... Kh6 $1
$17) 25... Bxd6 $1 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Bxd6 Rg5+ (27... Ng7 28. Qe3 Rxd6 29. Nb5
$5 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rf8 (30... Qxb5 31. Rd8+ $18) 31. c4 $11) 28. Kf1 Re8 29.
Be5+ Rxe5 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Nc4 $11) 24... Bf8 $19 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qd2 (26. Qd3
Rg5+ 27. Bg3 Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Re1+ $19) 26... Nf6 27. Qd3 Rd5 $6 (27... Rg5+ $142
$1 28. Bg3 $8 Bxd6 29. Nd2 (29. Qxd6 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd6 $19) (29. Kh2 Rd5 30.
Qf1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Ne4 32. Bxd6 Nxf2 $3 $19) 29... Rd5 30. Qf3 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 (
31. fxg3 Rxd2 $1 $19) 31... Red8 $19) 28. Qf1 Rg5+ (28... Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6
$17) 29. Bg3 Bxd6 30. Qg2 (30. Rd3 Ne4 31. Qg2 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Rxg3
34. Rxg3 Bxg3+ 35. Kxg3 Re3+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Re2 $19) 30...
Ne4 31. Rxd6 (31. Rd3 Nxg3 $19) 31... Nxd6 32. Qxc6 Re1+ $19 (32... bxc6 $19)
33. Kh2 bxc6 34. Bxd6 Rd5 35. Bf4 Rdd1 36. Be3 a6 37. Bxc5 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rdg1+
39. Kf4 Rxh3 40. a4 Rhh1 41. b4 Rxb1 42. Ra2 Ra1 43. Rd2 Rhd1 44. Re2 Re1 45.
Rd2 Rad1 46. Rb2 Rd5 47. Be3 Ra1 (47... h5 $19) 48. a5 Rh1 49. Kg3 Rg1+ 50. Kh2
Rg4 51. Kh3 Re4 52. Kg2 Rd3 53. Bc5 Kf7 54. Rb1 g5 55. Rc1 Kf6 56. c4 Kf5 57.
b5 Rg4+ (57... Re5 $19) 58. Kh2 cxb5 59. cxb5 axb5 60. a6 Rc4 61. a7 Rd8 62.
Rd1 Ra8 63. Rd5+ Ke4 64. Rxg5 Kf3 65. Rf5+ Rf4 66. Rh5 Rf7 67. Rh3+ Ke4 68. Rb3
Rb7 69. Rb4+ Kd5 70. Be3 Kc6 71. f4 Raxa7 72. Bxa7 Rxa7 73. Rb1 Rb7 74. Kg3 b4
75. f5 b3 76. Kf4 Kd5 77. Kg5 b2 78. f6 Ke6 79. Re1+ Kf7 80. Rb1 Rb5+ 81. Kh6
Kxf6 82. Kxh7 Ke5 {50 last moves weren't necessary...} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.8"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. a3 ({Mainlines are} 5. O-O O-O 6.
Re1 (6. d3 h6 7. Ne2 (7. h3 b6 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. c3 Re8 10. Ng3 Bf8 11. Re1 a6 12.
Ba4 d5 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bc2 $132 {0-1 Sequera,J-Hector,J/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (66)}
) 7... Re8 8. Ng3 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. b3 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. d4 $132 {1-0
Gallagher,J-Cooper,L/Birmingham 2001/CBM 84 ext (27)}) 6... Re8 7. h3 Nd4 8.
Bc4 c6 9. a3 Bc7 10. d3 Ne6 11. Ba2 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Hector,J/Fuerth
2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) ({and} 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 {-see commented game 1-0
Yemelin,V-Kharlov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88 [Tsesarsky,I](39)}) 5... O-O ({In the
next game Black demonstrated poor opening play:} 5... h6 6. d3 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8.
h3 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Ne2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Bf8 12. Bd2 d6 13. b4 Nc6 14. c3 $14 {
1-0 Keitlinghaus,L-Pedersen,D/Germany 2002/EXT 2003 (41)}) 6. Bc4 Nd4 7. d3 c6
8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 Bc7 10. O-O ({The capture} 10. Nxd4 {isn't effective in
view of} d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Bb3 Re8+ 13. Kf1 (13. Ne2 $2 Ng4 14. h3 Qh4 15.
g3 Qh5 $17 {[%csl Re1]}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Ne2 $44 {with sufficient
compensation.}) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd4 Bxh2+ ({Interesting was} 12...
Nb6 13. Be3 Nxc4 14. dxc4 Qh4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h2,Gh4h2]} 15. f4 (15. h3 {
loses by force:} Bxh3 16. gxh3 Qxh3 17. Re1 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5+ 19. Kg1 Rad8 20.
c5 Rd5 $19) 15... Re8 16. Qd3 $44) 13. Kxh2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxd4 15. c3 Qf6 16.
Bxd5 {White doesn't mind to draw the game. Nd5 is too strong, the pair of BB
is worthless.} cxd5 17. d4 Re8 18. Re1 Bf5 19. Bf4 Be4 20. Be5 Qb6 21. Qd2 Re6
22. Re3 Rg6 23. Rg3 Re8 24. Bf4 Rge6 25. Re1 f6 26. Qc1 Bf5 27. Rge3 g5 28.
Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Bb8 a6 31. Qe3 Qxe3 32. fxe3 Kf7 {Position is dead
draw, but Black wants to do something...} 33. a4 Bc2 34. a5 Ke6 35. Kf2 Kf5 36.
Bc7 h5 37. g3 Ba4 38. b4 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Bd8 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Bc2 41. Kg2
Kg5 42. Be7 Bf5 43. Bd8 Kg6 44. Kh2 Kf7 45. Kg2 Ke6 46. Kh2 Bg4 47. Kg2 Kf5 48.
Be7 Kg5 49. Bd8 Be2 50. Be7 Bg4 51. Bd8 Kg6 52. Kh2 Kf7 53. Kg2 h3+ 54. Kg3 Bf5
55. Kh2 Ke6 56. Kg3 Bg4 57. Kf2 Be2 58. Kg1 f5 59. Bc7 Kd7 60. Bf4 Kc6 61. Kf2
Bg4 62. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.05.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[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 {Tsesarsky,I} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 {
Actually, this move isn't novelty, but previous game played this move was
drawn shortly - see below.} (6. h3 a6 (6... O-O 7. g4 a6 (7... Re8 {-see
detailed commented game 1-0 Yemelin,V-Kharlov,A/Moscow 2002/CBM 88[Tsesarsky,I]
(39)}) 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. g5 $5 (9. Ne2 {-see detailed commented game 0-1
Podlesnik,B-Pavasovic,D/Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88 [Tsesarsky,I] (32)}) 9... hxg5
10. Bxg5 Qe7 11. Qd2 Qe6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. Rdg1 $14 {1-0 Podlesnik,B-Sebih,K/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (44)}) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 c5 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Nd7 11. g4
h5 12. g5 h4 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Nc3 Nf8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Ng6 $15 {0-1
Podlesnik,B-Pavasovic,D/Dobrna 2002/CBM 89 ext (32)}) (6. O-O O-O 7. Ne2 (7. h3
a6 8. Ba4 Re8 9. a3 Bf8 10. Bb3 b5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qd2 d6 13. Rfe1 Nb8 14. a4
c6 15. Nh2 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. d4 b4 18. Na2 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Podlesnik,B-Borisek,
J/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (36)}) 7... Re8 8. Ng3 Bf8 9. Re1 d5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11.
Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne4 $132 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Gc8,Gf8] 0-1 Kosintseva,N-Pisakov,I/
Samara 2002/CBM 89 ext (107)}) 6... a6 7. Bxc6 {White decided to play without
2BB, but create doubled PP in the black camp - like in exchange Rui Lopez
variation.} (7. Ba4 O-O 8. Ng3 Re8 9. c3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Gorbatow,A/
Moscow 1995/CBM 50 ext (9)}) 7... dxc6 8. b3 Bg4 9. Ng3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 Bc3 11.
Rb1 Nh5 12. h3 Nxg3+ 13. fxg3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd6 15. Kg2 O-O {Black equalized
easily, but the game is continued.} 16. Bd2 Bd4 17. Rf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19.
Qe2 Qa3 (19... Raf8 $11) 20. c3 Bb6 21. Bc1 Qd6 22. Qe4 Rf7 23. Bb2 Rd8 24.
Rbd1 Rfd7 25. c4 Bd4 (25... Re7 26. Rfe1 Rde8 $11) 26. Bxd4 Qxd4 $6 $14 {
Inaccuracy with far-reaching consequences.} (26... exd4 27. Rde1 Rf7 $5 $132 (
27... b5 28. Qe6+ $14)) 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rde1 Rxd3 29. Rxe5 $14 {In this
position White has slight advantage because of P advantage on the kingside.
Black had to play precisely in order to create sufficient counterplay on the
opposite flank.} Kf7 30. Rf2 Re8 ({Premature is} 30... b5 $6 31. Rfe2 R8d7 32.
Rf5+ Kg6 33. Rc5 $16) 31. Rxe8 Kxe8 32. g4 b5 33. Rc2 Kd7 34. Kg3 g5 $2 $16 {
Helps to White to organize strong pass PP.} (34... Kd6 35. h4 c5 $14) 35. h4
gxh4+ $2 $18 {Maybe decisive mistake.} (35... Kd6 $142 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Rh2
bxc4 38. bxc4 Ra3 39. Rh5 Ra5 40. a3 Rc5 (40... Re5 41. Kf2) 41. Kf2 a5 42. Ke3
Rxc4 43. Rxg5 Ra4 44. f4 $16) 36. Kf4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Kd6 38. Rh2 Ra3 39. Rxh4
Rxa2 40. Rxh6+ {[%csl Gf3,Gg4] White has winning position. His adjacent pass
PP are very strong.} Kc5 41. g5 Rg2 42. g6 Kb4 43. Kf5 a5 44. Rh7 ({Wins} 44.
Ke6 a4 45. f4 a3 46. f5 a2 47. Rh1 Kxc4 48. Kf7 $18) 44... a4 45. Rxc7 $4 $44 {
Decisive tempo loss.} ({Instead of to capture poor Pc7(This P probably causes
to Black loss - see variations below) much stronger ws to follow winning plan:
to promote pass PP as soon as possible:} 45. g7 a3 46. Kf6 a2 47. Rh1 Kxc4 48.
f4 Kb3 49. f5 Kb2 50. Kf7 c5 51. f6 a1=Q 52. Rxa1 Kxa1 53. g8=Q Rxg8 54. Kxg8
c4 55. f7 c3 56. f8=Q c2 $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 45... c5 46. Ra7 (46. f4 Kxc4 47.
Kf6 a3 48. f5 a2 49. Ra7 Kb3 50. Kg7 Rg4 51. Rxa2 Kxa2 52. f6 c4 53. f7 Rxg6+
54. Kxg6 c3 55. f8=Q c2 $44 {With Pc7 this position is winning for White!})
46... a3 47. g7 Kxc4 48. Kf6 Kb3 49. Rb7+ Kc3 50. Rb5 (50. f4 c4 51. f5 a2 52.
Ra7 Kb2 53. Rb7+ $11) 50... Kc4 51. Ra5 Kb4 52. Ra8 c4 53. g8=Q Rxg8 54. Rxg8
c3 55. f4 c2 56. Rg1 Kc3 57. f5 Kb2 58. Ke7 c1=Q 59. Rxc1 Kxc1 {Both sides
demonstrated very bad endgame understanding in this game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Bellini, Fabio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7.
Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 (10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13.
f4 $1 Qxf4 14. c3 {Nunn,J-Nikolic,P, Wijk op 1993. CBM 34 game 899.} Ne6 $132)
11. c3 Ne6 12. Bc2 $1 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe3 14. dxe3 Qg5 15. Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3
17. Rg3 Qh5 18. e4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Be3 Nf8 21. O-O-O {Rodriguez,Am-Armas,J/
CUB/1992/} Nxe4 22. Bd4 (22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd4 Qh6+ 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Nxd2 Rg4
26. Rxg4 Bxg4 27. Rg1 c5 28. Bxg7 (28. Bxc5 Be6 $132) 28... Kxg7 29. Rxg4+ Ng6
$11) 22... g6 23. Bxe4 Bf5 24. Rg5 Rxe4 25. Be3 Qh3 26. Rg3 Qh5 27. Rg5 $11) 6.
d3 (6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 Nd7 (8... d5 9. O-O dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. gxf3
b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5 (13. Be3 $16) 13... Nd7 {Nunn,J-Cristiansen,L/Vejle/1994/
} 14. f4 Qh4 15. Be3 $16) 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. d4 Qf6 12. Rg1 Qxf3 13.
Qxf3 Bxf3 {Wells,P-Hebden,M/Hastings-B/1991/0-1/52/} 14. Rg3 $14) (6. O-O Qa5
$5 7. a3 (7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. cxb3 Be7 9. d4 d6 $11) 7... b5 8. b4 Qa6 9. Bb3 Bxb4
10. Nxe5 Nxb3 11. cxb3 d6 $132) 6... Bb4 (6... b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 (7... d5 8. exd5
Bg4 9. dxc6 Qc7 10. Bg5 (10. O-O Rd8 (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qxc6 12. Ne4 $18) 11.
Re1 $16) 10... Bb4 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qxc6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. fxe4
Qg6 15. c3 Qxg5+ 16. Kh1 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Be7 18. Qxb5+ Kf8 $17) 11... gxf6 12.
Bd5 Rd8 13. O-O (13. h3 Rxd5 14. hxg4 Qxc6 15. Qd2 Rc5 $15) 13... Rg8 14. Kh1 (
14. a4 bxa4 (14... Rxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxc6 16. Nxd4 Qxd5 17. Nxb5 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2
Bxd1+ 19. Kh3 Bg4+ 20. Kh4 (20. Kg2 Be2+ 21. Kh3 Rg4) 20... f5 21. f3 Be7+ 22.
Kg3 f4+ 23. Kf2 $16) 15. Rxa4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nb5 17. Rxg4 Rxg4 18. Nxe5 $1 Rg5 (
18... Rxd5 19. Nxg4 $18) 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. f4 $18) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxd5 16.
cxd4 Rxd4 17. Rb1 Qxc6 18. Re1 Rf4 19. Re4 Rxf3 20. Rxg4 Rxg4 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22.
gxf3 Ra4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Poulsen-Pedersen/cr ch we 1986 (29)}) 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O (
9. h3 $5 Be7 (9... g6 10. d4 (10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. d4 Qc7 13. Be3 Re8 14.
Re1 a6 15. Qd2 $132 {1-0 Stoinev,M-Gavrilov,A/Riazan 1993 (39)}) 10... Qc7 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Van den Berg,A-Van Gisbergen,S/
NLD-chT 1995 (39)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Re8 (11... a5 $5) 12. Ng3 a5 13. d4 (
13. Nh2 {/\f4}) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Tkachiev,V/Moscow olm
ENG-KGZ 1994 (36)}) (9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Qxf3 14. gxf3 d5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bc5 17. Bd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Sobjerg,E/Copenhagen op 1993 (41)}) 9... Be7 10. Ne2 O-O (10... Bg4 $5 11.
Re1 $5 (11. Ng3 $11) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qd7 13. d4 Qh3 14. Qd3 (14. Ng3 g6 15.
Be3 a6 $10) 14... O-O 15. Ng3 g6 16. Qc3 Nd7 $1 17. Qxc6 exd4 18. Bf4 Rfc8 $1 (
18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qxb5 Bf6 21. Ra6 Bg7 22. Rea1 $16 {(Piket,J)}) 19.
Qd5 (19. Qxb5 Rxc2 20. Qd5 Rac8 21. Rxa7 Ne5 22. Bxe5 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 24.
Kf1 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Qh2+ $10) 19... Qe6 20. Qxb5 Rxc2 $132 {0-1
Nunn,J-Piket,J/Wijk op 1993 (30)}) 11. Ng3 c5 12. c4 $1 Qc7 13. Ne1 Bg4 14. f3
Be6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qb7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne3 $14 {Nunn} (19. Qe1
$2 {Nunn} f5 $1 $17 {0-1 Nunn,J-Bareev,E/Hastings 1992 (39)})) (6... d6 7. Nxd4
(7. Be3 Bg4 8. Bxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5+ 11. c3 dxc3 12. Nxc3 d5 13.
O-O d4 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Kh1 Qe5 16. Ng3 h5 17. Rg1 h4 18. Nf1 Nh5 $17 {0-1
McCluskey,F-Hoiberg,N/Farum-W 1993 (28)}) 7... exd4 8. Ne2 Qa5+ (8... b5 9. Bb3
c5 10. a4 b4 11. O-O Be7 12. Ng3 (12. f4 $14) 12... O-O 13. h3 (13. f4 $14)
13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Dittmar,P-Martynow,P/
Wuert-ch Schramberg 1993} 17. f4 $14) (8... Qb6 9. O-O Bg4 10. c3 dxc3 11. bxc3
Qa6 12. f3 Bd7 13. d4 Be7 14. Bc2 $14 {1-0 Euwe,M-Baay/ 1921 (63)}) 9. c3 dxc3
10. bxc3 Be7 (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. d4 f6 13. O-O (13. f4 $5) 13... fxe5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4 Bg4 16. f3 Qxc3 $1 (16... Bc5 17. Re1 $1 (17. Bd2 O-O $17 {
0-1 Antonio,R-Ye Rongguang/Jakarta 1994 (65)}) 17... O-O $1 (17... Qxc3 18.
Rxe5+ Kf7 19. Be3 Rae8 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bf2 $18) (17... O-O-O 18.
Rxe5 Qxc3 19. Be3 Rhe8 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bf2 $18) 18. Rxe5 Qxc3 19.
Be3 Bd6 20. Rc1 Qa3 21. Nxc6 $1 Bxe5 (21... bxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxe5 23. Qxd5+ Rf7
24. Qxe5 Rd8 25. Qg5 (25. fxg4 Qxc1+) 25... Rd3 26. Bc5 Rf5 27. Qd8+ Rxd8 28.
Bxa3 Bh5 29. g4 Ra5 30. Be7 Rd4 31. gxh5 $16) 22. Bc5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bxh2+ 24.
Kxh2 Qxa2+ 25. Kg1 bxc6 26. Bxc6 $16) 17. Re1 O-O-O 18. fxg4 Qxa1 19. Rxe5 Bc5
20. Be3 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Rde8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Kf2 Re4 24. Nf5 d4 $17) 11. Bc2
Qh5 12. f3 g5 13. Be3 Be6 14. a4 {1-0 Lanc,A-Horvath,I/Stary Smokovec 1986 (29)
}) (6... Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Qf3
h6 13. Nf5 Kh7 14. Bb3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ferguson,M-Adams,M/Hastings Masters 1995 
(56)}) 7. Bd2 (7. a3 $6 Nxf3+ $1 8. gxf3 Be7 9. Rg1 $132) (7. O-O Qa5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. cxb3 Bxc3 $5 $13) 7... b5 (7... Qa5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7
(10... O-O $2 11. Nb5 $1 cxb5 12. Bxb4 d6 $14) (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 d6 12. h3
O-O 13. Re1 Re8 14. d4 $14) 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Be3 b6 (11... O-O $2 12. Bxa7 c5
13. Bb6 $16) (11... a6 12. Na4 c5 13. b4 $5 $14) 12. Nd2 $5 (12. h3 $6 O-O 13.
Nd2 (13. d4 d6 $10) 13... d5 $5 14. Bg5 $8 dxe4 (14... Be6 15. f4 $5 $132) (
14... d4 15. Ne2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh7 $11) 15. dxe4 h6 (15... Be6 $5 $11) 16. Be3 Be6
$11 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Nikolic,P/Tilburg 1993 (44)}) 12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4
e4 $132) (11. d4 d6 12. h3 O-O 13. Re1 Re8 $10) (11. Ne2 d5 12. Ng3 O-O $13)
11... h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. d4 Bg4 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. h3 $13) 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3
Qe7 (9... d6 10. O-O O-O $11) 10. O-O O-O $11 11. h3 Re8 (11... d6) 12. Re1 a5
13. Ne2 (13. Nh4 d6 14. Qf3 h6 (14... Be6 15. Bg5 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5
cxd5 18. c3 $16) 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe6 $11) 13... Bxd2 14. Qxd2 b4 (14...
Qd8 15. Ng3 d6 16. Ra2 Re7 17. Rea1 Rea7 $11) 15. Ng3 d6 16. d4 c5 (16... h6
17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Red1 Qc5 $132) 17. c3 $5 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
e4 $11) 17... Qb7 $5 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Bb7 19. d5 Rec8 20. Nf5 Qd8 21. Qe3 (
21. Qg5 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nf5+ Kg8 (23... Kh8 24. Nh6 Qe7 25. Qh4 Kg7 26. Ng5
Rc2 27. Nhxf7 $16) 24. Nh6+ $11) 21... Rc2 22. Ra2 Ba6 23. Rea1 Bb5 24. Nd2 g6
25. Ng3 Qc7 $132) 18. Nh4 bxc3 19. bxc3 exd4 (19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Qxb3 21. Nhf5
Bxf5 22. Nxf5 Reb8 23. Nxd6 exd4 24. e5 Ne8 25. Qxd4 a4 26. Re3 Qe6 27. Rea3
Ra5 28. Rxa4 Qxe5 (28... Rxe5 29. Nxf7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 $16) 29.
Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8 Kf8 $11) 20. cxd4 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxb3 22. Qxd6 (
22. Nhf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Qb4 24. Qxd6 (24. Qxb4 axb4 25. Nxd6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb8
$15) 24... Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Nh6+ gxh6 27. Qxf6 Qe6 $17) 22... Qe6 (22...
Ra6 23. Qf4 a4 $15) 23. Qd2 (23. Nhf5 a4 24. e5 Nd5 25. Re4 g6 26. Nd4 Qxd6 27.
exd6 Rd8 28. Nc2 Nb6 29. Rd4 $132) 23... Bb7 24. e5 Qd5 $4 (24... Nd7 25. Nh5 (
25. Nhf5 Nxe5 (25... Qc6 26. f4 Nc5 27. Rec1 $14) 26. Qb2 Bf3 $1 27. Re3 Rab8
28. Qd4 Rb4 29. Qc3 Rc4 $132) 25... a4 26. Qg5 g6 27. Red1 Bc6 (27... Nxe5 28.
Nf6+ $16) 28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nh5+ (30. g4 Qxe5 31. Qxe5 Rxe5 32.
Nxd7 Rb5 $17) 30... Kg8 31. Nf6+ Kg7 $11) (24... Nd5 25. Rxa5 (25. Nhf5 a4 26.
Qg5 Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Nd6 Re7 29. Red1 Ra5 $132) 25... Rxa5 26. Qxa5 Nf4
$14) 25. Qb2 $1 $18 Nd7 (25... g5 26. Rad1 Qc6 27. Rc1 Qd5 28. Nf3 $18) 26.
Red1 (26. Ngf5 Nc5 (26... Re6 27. Red1 Qc6 28. Rd6 Qc7 (28... Rxd6 29. Ne7+ $18
(29. exd6 $18)) 29. Rc1 $18) 27. e6 f6 28. Qa3 Nxe6 29. Ne7+ Rxe7 30. Qxe7 $16)
26... Qc6 $8 27. Rd6 Qc7 $8 28. Rc1 Nc5 $8 29. Nhf5 Ra6 (29... Rac8 30. e6 f6
31. Nh5 $18) 30. e6 f6 31. Rd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Black "Diu, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 {In this very comlicated
and sharp variation Black sacrifices P for free piece play.} 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3
Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 f5 $2 $16 {Rare and bad move.} ({More popular
are} 10... c5 11. c3 (11. O-O $6 dxe5 12. b4 Bc7 13. Nxc5 b6 14. Bxe8 Rxe8 15.
Nb3 Qd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Ginsburg,G-Bandza,A/Mainz 1995/EXT 98 (26)}) (11. b4 cxb4
12. Bb2 $15 {-see commented game 0-1 Wells,P-Hansen,L/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 47
ext [Hansen, L.B.](25)}) 11... Nf5 12. O-O (12. Bc2 Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nf4
dxe5 15. Nd5 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Linares 1995/CBM 46 (20)}) (
12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bc2 Nf6 14. O-O Bc7 15. g3 Qc6 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nb4 Qd7 18.
Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Nc2 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Nielsen,P/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 50 (41)})
(12. Bb3 Nxe3 13. dxe3 dxe5 14. e4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Nd6 16. Bd5 Be6 $132 {0-1 Koch,
J-Stefansson,H/Bischwiller 1999/EXT 2001 (50)}) 12... Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nb4
dxe5 15. Qh5 f5 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Rxd8 Nxh5 18. Rd5 e4 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc4 Be6
21. b3 (21. Be2 $1 $16) 21... a5 22. Rxa5 Bxa5 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Kf1 Rad8 25.
Nd5 Rfe8 26. Bf7 Rf8 27. Be6 Rfe8 28. Bf7 Rf8 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/
Monte Carlo 1995/CBM 46 ext (28)}) (10... Qh4 $143 $6 11. O-O Be6 (11... c6 12.
c3 Ne6 13. Bc2 f5 14. f4 g5 15. g3 Qh6 16. Qf3 d5 17. Kh1 $14 {1-0 Degraeve,
J-Seitaj,I/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (50)}) 12. c3 Ne2+ 13. Kh1 Bxe3 14. dxe3
Nxc1 15. Rxc1 Rd8 16. Bb3 dxe5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Re5,Re6] 1-0
Nunn,J-Christiansen,L/Germany 1992/GER-chT (57)}) (10... Qe7 11. exd6 Nxd6 12.
O-O {-see commented game 1/2-1/2 Nikolenko,O-Makarichev,S/Moscow 1991/URS-ch
[Ernst] (52)}) 11. c3 ({Not bad looks as well} 11. f4 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Qh4+ 13. g3
Qh3 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 $16 {and Black has no any compensation for P lack. White
can complete his development.} Nd6 (15... Nf6 16. Qf3) 16. Qf3 Ne4 $6 (16... c5
17. d5 Nc7 18. Bd2 $18) 17. Qg2 Qh5 18. O-O a6 19. g4 {1-0 Teran Alvarez,
I-Castillo Gallego,S/Rincon de La Victoria 1995/EXT 2000 (19)}) 11... Ne6 12.
Bb3 ({Here dubious is} 12. f4 $2 {in view of} dxe5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 13. Nxe5
Nxf4 {and Black equalizes material balance.}) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 f4 14. Nd5 (
14. N3c4 $5) 14... Qg5 $2 $18 {Too optimistic.} (14... c5 $142 15. O-O $16) 15.
d4 $1 Qxg2 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Qh5 $1 {Nice R sacrifice.} ({Wins also} 17. Bd5 f3
18. Qxf3 $3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 {[%csl Rg2,Rh8][%cal Ge5f7]} Qxh1+ 20. Bxh1 Nd6 21.
a4 $18) 17... Qxh1+ 18. Kd2 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5g6]} h6 19. N5g6+ ({Wins by
force} 19. Bxe6 Bxe6 20. N5g6+ Kh7 21. Nxf8+ Kh8 22. Qg6 Bg8 23. Qf5 $18) 19...
Kh7 20. Nxf8+ (20. Bxe6 $18) 20... Nxf8 21. Qxe8 Bf5 22. Qf7 (22. Qxa8 $18)
22... Be6 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Qf5+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Qf5 Qf1 28.
Nxf4+ Kh8 29. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[%mdl 24640]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6
7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. h3 (12.
Qc4 Be6 13. Qe2 b5 $15 {0-1 Rohe,C-Nuber,R/cr QTV-22 Dortmund-Neu Ulm [1] 1991
(25)}) 12... h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. a3 $11 {0-1 Techno Chess-Kallisto/15th WMCCC,
Paris FRA 1997 (75)}) (9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O (10... a5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8
13. Qd3 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Kirusha,A/White Nights Open, St Petersburg RUS
1998 (42)}) 11. b3 (11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Qd2 $11 {1-0
Shabanov,Y-Igudesman,K/Czech Open, Pardubice CZE 1998 (33)}) 11... Re8 12. Re1
b6 13. Bg5 a6 14. d5 c5 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qd2 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Benko,P/
Venice 1974 (22)}) (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Nf4 15. Qe3 Qxe7 16. Ne2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cortlever,N-Kramer,G/Beverwijk 1946
(21)}) (9. Ne1 Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 (14.
Nxb5 Qd7 15. Qc4 Bxe4 16. Nc3 d5 17. Qe2 O-O $15) 14... a6 15. Nf3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Bogoljubov,E/NED 1928 (21)}) (9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 Bg4
12. Ng3 Rad8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $11 {1-0 Preiswerk,W-Vordank,K/Berlin CL
1920 (21)}) (9. h3 Be7 10. Be3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 b6
14. Qd3 f5 15. dxe5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qd3 $16 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qxe5 19. f4 $18
(19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Qe2 Qg6+ 21. Kh2 Bd6+ 22. f4 Bf5 $14 {0-1 Hay,T-Guy,W/
Adelaide ,EXT 1990 (28)})) (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11 {1-0
Pavlov Pianov,N-Tselikov,N/Moscow URS ch(1) 1920 (45)}) 10... h6 11. a4 g5 12.
Nh2 Rg8 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f3 (16. Qxh5 g4 17. hxg4
Bxg4 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Bc5 Qe6 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rf2 b6 22. Ba3 O-O-O $132) 16... g4
17. fxg4 Bh4 18. g5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxg5 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Kh2 $11 {1-0 Landtman,
M-Okkes,M/NED tt 1995 (45)}) 9... Be7 10. h3 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1
Bg4 12. Rd2 Rad8 13. Ne1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h3 Nf4 17. Qg3 Bc8
18. Nf3 $11 {1-0 Marchand,M-Cole,H/Hastings 1919 (52)}) 11... Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. d5 c5 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Rf8 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nb6 g6 19. Ne2 Bg7
20. Ra3 f5 $11 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow-ch ,HCL 1945 (55)})
10... h6 (10... O-O 11. Qd2 b5 12. a3 a6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qe3 exd4 15. Nxd4 c5
16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 cxd4 18. Nxc7 dxe3 19. Nxe8 Bxb2 20. Rab1 exf2+ 21. Kxf2
Bxa3 22. Nxd6 Be6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Zhang Zhong/Elista RUS 1998 (38)})
11. Bh4 g5 $5 (11... O-O 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16.
Nh4 Nf6 17. Bh2 b5 18. Qd3 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. dxe5 dxe5 $132 {0-1
Goldschmidt-Quast/Eger Agria91 open 1991 (31)}) 12. dxe5 $1 gxh4 (12... dxe5
13. Bg3 Nd7 (13... Bd6 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Rfd1 O-O-O 16. Qe3 b6 (16...
Kb8 17. Rxd6 $18) 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxe5 $16 Qd2 19. Nxc6 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rd7 (
20... Nh5 21. Be5 f6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd4 $18) 21. Be5 $18) 15... exd4 16.
Qxd4 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxg3 18. Rf3 Qc7 19. Qxf6 Rg8 20. Raf1 Rd8 21. Qxh6 Qb6+ 22.
Kh1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc2 24. Rxb7 Rd7 25. Rb8+ Rd8 $132) 14. Nd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Qc7
16. a4 $16) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Re1 Rg8 (14... Be6 15. Nd4 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Qe2
O-O-O 17. Nxe5 Rhg8 18. Kh1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Rd2 21. Re2 Rxe2 22.
Nxe2 Rd8 $17) 15... O-O-O 16. Qd2 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qg4 Qf7 18. Rad1 Rhg8 $17)
16... Qb6 $132) 15. Kh1 Rg6 $2 $16 (15... Be6 $1 16. Nd4 (16. Qd2 O-O-O (16...
Rg6 17. Rad1 (17. Qe3 Qa5 18. Rad1 O-O-O $132 19. e5 dxe5 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.
Nxe5 Rf6 $132 (21... Bb6 22. Qf3 Bd5 23. Qf5+ Be6 24. Qf3 Bd5 $11)) 17... O-O-O
) 17. Qxh6 $16) 16... O-O-O 17. Qd2 (17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qf3 Rdf8 $17) 17... Rg6
18. Rad1 Rdg8 19. Rg1 Qb6 $132) 16. e5 $1 Be7 (16... dxe5 17. Qd4 (17. Ne4 Be7
$132) (17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 (18. Qh5 Re6 $19) 18... Be6 19. Rxe5 Rd8 20. Qe1
Kf8 21. Qxh4 Rd2 22. Re2 $16) 17... Be6 18. Nxe5 Rg8 19. f4 $14) (16... Bxe5
17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Qh5 Be6 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rxe5 Kc8 22. b3 $1 (
22. Re4 Qb6 $132) 22... Qd6 23. Ne4 Qd4 (23... Qa3 24. Qxh4 Qxa2 25. Nd6+ Kd7
26. Nxf7 $1 $16) 24. c3 Qd3 25. Kh2 Qf1 26. Qf3 $16) 17. Nxh4 $1 Re6 $8 18.
exd6 Rxe1+ (18... Rxd6 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Nf5 $18) 19. Qxe1 Qxd6 20. Qe4 $6 $14 (
20. Nf3 Bf5 21. Rd1 $16) (20. Rd1 Qf4 (20... Qb4 21. Nf3 Qxb2 22. Nd4 Qa3 (
22... Qb4 23. Qe3 Bd7 (23... Qc5 24. Ne4 Qe5 25. f4 Qc7 26. f5 $18) 24. Rb1 $16
) 23. Ne4 (23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Rd3 Qa5 25. Qxh6 O-O-O 26. Qf4 $16) 23... Kf8 24.
Qd2 Kg7 25. Qf4 $16) 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Nd4 $16) 20... Qf6 21. Re1 Be6 $8 22. Nf3
(22. Ng6 fxg6 (22... Bd6 23. Ne5 O-O-O 24. Nd3 $16) 23. Qxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxe6 Kf7
25. Re2 Rd8 $14) 22... O-O-O 23. Qe3 Bb4 $6 (23... Kb8 $14) 24. Ne5 (24. a3 $2
Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 $14) 24... Qg5 $2 $16 (24... Kb8 25. a3 Bd6 26. Rd1
Bc7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $14) 25. f4 (25. Qxa7 $1 Rg8 26. g3 Bxh3 27. Qd4 Bxc3 28.
Qxc3 Be6 29. Kg1 $16) 25... Qh4 26. Rf1 (26. Nf3 Qh5 27. a3 Bc5 28. Qe5 Qxe5
29. Nxe5 Rd2 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Nxe2 $14) 26... Bxc3 $6 (26... Kb8 27. f5 Bxc3
28. bxc3 {This game}) (26... Qh5 27. f5 (27. a3 Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Bd5 29. Qg3 Be4
30. Rf2 $14) 27... Bxf5 28. g4 Be4+ 29. Nxe4 Qxe5 30. c3 Bc5 31. Qf4 $14) 27.
bxc3 Kb8 $4 $18 (27... Rg8 $14) 28. f5 Bxa2 (28... Bd5 29. c4 $18) 29. c4 $4
$132 (29. Ra1 Qa4 30. Nxf7 Rg8 31. Nxh6 $18) 29... Qd4 30. Qg3 Kc8 $1 (30...
Ka8 31. Nxf7 Qxc4 32. Nxd8 Qxf1+ 33. Kh2 $16) 31. c3 (31. Re1 Bxc4 32. c3 (32.
Nxc4 Qxc4 33. Re7 Rd7 34. Re8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ Kxd8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Qxb7+ Kf6
38. Qxa7 Qxc2 39. g4 $11) 32... Qd6 33. Qe3 Bd5 34. Qxa7 Rg8 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36.
Qxb8+ Kxb8 $132) 31... Qe4 $4 $18 (31... Qc5 32. Ra1 (32. f6 $2 Bxc4 $17) (32.
Re1 Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Qxc4 34. Re7 Rd7 35. Re8+ Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Kxd8 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38.
Qxb7+ Kf6 $11) 32... Bxc4 33. Nxc4 Qxc4 34. Rxa7 Qf1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf5 36. Ra8+ Kd7
37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Qb8+ Qc8 39. Qd6+ Qd7 40. Qxh6 $11) 32. Ra1 $4 $15 (32. f6
$1 Rd2 (32... Bxc4 33. Re1 $18) 33. Nxf7 Qxc4 34. Re1 Qxf7 35. Re7 $18) 32...
Qxf5 33. Kh2 $6 $17 (33. Qe3 $1 $15) 33... Rd2 34. Nf3 (34. Qg8+ Kc7 35. Qxf7+
Qxf7 36. Nxf7 Bxc4 37. Nxh6 Bd5 $17) 34... Rb2 35. Rd1 Qg6 36. Rd6 $2 $19 (36.
Qxg6 fxg6 37. Rd6 Bxc4 38. Rxg6 h5 39. Rg5 Rb5 40. Ne5 Be2 $17) 36... Qxg3+ 37.
Kxg3 Bxc4 38. Rxh6 a5 39. Rh8+ Kc7 40. h4 Bf1 41. h5 Rxg2+ 42. Kf4 Be2 43. Nd4
a4 44. h6 Bd3 45. Nf3 a3 46. Ra8 a2 47. Ne1 Ba6 48. Nxg2 a1=Q 49. h7 Qf1+ 50.
Ke5 Qe2+ 51. Kf4 Qf2+ 52. Ke5 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Black "Marciano, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c6 11. c3 Nf5 (11... Ne6 12. exd6 $5 (12. O-O d5 $5 {
/\ d4~/=} 13. Bc2 f5 $5 14. exf6 Qxf6 15. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} d4 16. Nc4 Bc7 (
16... dxc3 17. Ba3 $18) 17. Ba3 b5 (17... Rf7 18. Re1 $16 {[%cal Gc4e5]}) 18.
Nce5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxf8 Nxf8 21. Re1 Qg5 22. Rxe8 Bh3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8
24. Be4 $16) (12. Bc2 $1 dxe5 (12... Bc7 13. exd6 (13. f4 dxe5 14. fxe5 f6 (
14... Qh4+ 15. g3 Qe4 16. O-O Ng5 17. Nf4 Qxe5 18. d4 Qe7 19. Qh5 Ne4 $132) 15.
O-O fxe5 16. Rxf8+ Nxf8 17. Nf2 Nf6 18. d3 Be6 19. Qe2 Ng6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hennigan,M-Howell,J/BCF-ch 1994 (55)}) 13... Qxd6 14. Nf5 $1 Qd8 15. O-O Ng5 (
15... Qf6 16. Ng3 Qh4 17. Ne1 Nd6 18. d4 Re8 19. Nf3 $18) (15... Qg5 16. Qf3
Qf6 (16... Nd6 17. Ng3 (17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Re1 Re8 19. b4 Bd7 20. Re3 Nf4 21.
Nxf4 Qxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bb2 (24. Kf1 Bxh2 25. d3 (25. d4 Be6
26. Bd3 Bd5 27. a4 $11) 25... Bf5 26. Bd2 $11 (26. Be3 Be5)) 24... Re2 25. Rd1
Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 $11) 17... Qh4 18. Re1 Re8 19. Ne5 Ng5 20. Qh5 Qxh5 21. Nxh5
f6 22. d4 (22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Ng3 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Re8 25. Bb3+ Kf8 26. Kf1 $14)
22... Nh3+ 23. gxh3 fxe5 24. dxe5 Nf7 25. f4 Bxh3 26. Be3 $16) 17. Re1 $16) 16.
Ng3 Nf6 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nb3 Qd5 19. d4 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 (20. Kh1 $2 Ng4 21. Be3
Bxg3 22. Qd3 $8 (22. hxg3 Nf4 $1 $19) 22... Qh5 23. gxh3 Nxe3 (23... Nxh2 24.
fxg3 Nxf1 25. Qxf1 (25. Rxf1 Bxh3 $19) 25... Bxh3 26. Qf2 Bf5+ 27. Kg1 Bxc2 28.
Qxc2 Rae8 $15) 24. Qxe3 Bd6 $44) 20... Bxh3 21. f3 Bxf1 22. Qxf1 $16) 13. Nxe5
Bxe3 14. dxe3 $1 (14. fxe3 Qg5 $132) 14... Qg5 15. Nf3 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Qh3 17. Rg3
Qh5 18. e4 $1 Nf6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Be3 Nf8 (20... Ng4 $2 21. Nd2) 21. O-O-O $1
$16 {->>> +/- Rodriguez,A-Armas,J/Cuba 1992}) 12... Nxd6 (12... f5 $5) (12...
Qxd6 13. Qe2 Bc7 14. g3 Nf6 15. Bc2 b6 16. b3 Ba6 17. O-O Rfe8 18. Bb2 c5 $44 {
1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Motwani,P/Moscow olm MAR-SCO 1994 (80)}) 13. O-O f5 14. f4 Ne4
(14... g5 $5) 15. Ne5 g5 16. d4 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,S-Georgiev,K/
Pardubice 1994 (31)}) 12. Bc2 (12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 (13... f6 14. Bc2 Qe7
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Nf2 Nxe3 17. dxe3 Bb6 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Kh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco blind 1995/EXP 46 (27)}) (13... Nxe3 $1 14. dxe3 Bf5 $1 {
/\ 15... Bd3 16. Qd3 de5} 15. exd6 (15. Bc2 $5 Qe7 $1) 15... Nxd6 16. Ne5 $5
$14 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Perez,R/Cuba 1992 (48)} (16. Nf2 Re8 17. g4 $5 Be4 18.
Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qf3 Nd2 $1 $13)) 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Qe7 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. e4
Re8 18. Nf3 Nxe4 19. Re1 Bf5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Nd4 Bg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,
N-Speelman,J/London cm 1991/CAND/[Schussler] (30)}) 12... Bc7 13. Qf3 g6 14. h4
dxe5 (14... Nxh4 $5 15. Qf4 g5 (15... Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Qh6 g5 18. Nc5 $3
Bxc2 19. d3 $18) 16. Qg3 (16. Qh2 dxe5 $17) 16... dxe5 17. Nxe5 (17. Rxh4 e4 $8
18. Ne5 (18. Nf4 Ng7 19. Bxe4 gxh4 (19... f5 $17) 20. Qf3 f5 21. Bc2 Qd6 22.
Ne2 f4 $17) 18... Bxe5 (18... f6 19. N3g4 $1 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Bxe5 21. Bxe4 (21.
Qxe4 Rf7 22. Rxh7 f5 $1 23. Qxe5 Rxh7 24. Bb3+ Kf8 25. Qxf5+ Nf6 (25... Kg7 26.
Qf7+ Kh6 27. Qf8+ Ng7 28. Qxd8 Rxd8 29. d4 $14) 26. Kd1 Qe7 27. d3 $14) 21...
Rf7 22. d4 Bd6 23. Rh3 Re7 24. Be3 $16) 19. Qxe5 gxh4 20. Qxe4 f5 $15 (20...
Nf6 21. Qxh4 $132)) 17... Ng7 18. d4 (18. f4 Nh5 19. Qf2 Nxf4 20. Rxh4 Bxe5 21.
Rxh7 f5 22. Rh1 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 $17) 18... f6 19. Rxh4 gxh4 20. Qxh4 f5 21.
Qh3 $132) 15. h5 Nf6 $6 (15... Qe7 $1 16. hxg6 (16. Nb4 a5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18.
Bb3+ Kh8 19. Nbc2 a4 20. Bc4 Nfd6 $17) 16... fxg6 17. Bb3+ Kh8 18. Qe4 Nf6 19.
Qc4 Bd6 $15) 16. Nc5 Nxe3 17. dxe3 Nxh5 18. g4 $44 e4 $2 (18... Nf6 $2 19. g5
Nh5 (19... Qd5 20. e4 Qxc5 21. gxf6 Re8 22. Be3 Qf8 (22... Qd6 23. Rd1 Qf8 $8
24. Rh6 Kh8 25. Ke2 Be6 26. Rdh1 Qg8 27. R1h4 $18) 23. O-O-O $16) 20. Rxh5 gxh5
21. Qxh5 $16) (18... Qf6 $1 19. Qh3 (19. Qg2 Qg5 20. f3 f5 (20... Ng7 21. Qh2
h5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Qg2 (24. Ng3 e4 25. f4 Bg4 $17) 24... Ng7 25.
Qh2 Nh5) 21. e4 (21. Bxf5 $1 gxf5 (21... Bxf5 $2 22. e4 Nf4 23. Qh2 Qe7 24.
gxf5 gxf5 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. O-O-O $16) 22. Rxh5 Qg6 23. e4 f4 $132) 21... f4 (
21... Nf4 22. Qh2 Qe7 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. O-O-O b6 26. Nd7 Bxd7 27.
Qg1+ Kh8 28. Qd4+ Rf6 29. Qxd7 Re8 30. exf5 $16) 22. Bd2 b6 23. Nd3 Be6 24.
O-O-O Rad8 $17) 19... Qg5 20. f3 (20. Nxb7 Bxg4 $2 21. Qg2 $132) 20... Qe7 21.
Nb3 Be6 $17) 19. Nxe4 (19. Qh3 Re8 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21. Bd2 $132) 19... f5 $8 20.
gxh5 $2 (20. Bb3+ $1 Kg7 (20... Kh8 21. gxh5 fxe4 22. hxg6 $18) 21. gxh5 fxe4
22. Qxe4 Qf6 (22... Re8 23. Qg2 Bf5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. f3 $16) 23. Qg2 $1 (23.
Qh4 g5 24. Rg1 Kh8 25. Rxg5 Be5 $17 (25... h6 26. Rg8+ Kh7 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28.
Re8 $18)) 23... g5 24. Rg1 h6 (24... Kh8 25. e4 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf4 27. Qxg5
Qxf2+ 28. Kd1 Bg4+ $8 (28... Qf3+ 29. Kc1 $18) 29. Qxg4 (29. Rxg4 Rad8+ 30. Bd5
Qf1+ $19) 29... Rad8+ 30. Bd5 Qf6 31. Kc2 cxd5 32. Raf1 $18) 25. f4 g4 26. Bd1
Qh4+ 27. Qg3 Qxg3+ 28. Rxg3 Bd8 29. Kf1 Bh4 30. Rg1 g3 31. Rh1 Bf6 32. Kg2 $18)
20... fxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf6 (21... Bf5 22. Qc4+ Qd5 23. Qxd5+ cxd5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5
25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bd2 Raf8 27. f4 $16) 22. f4 (22. Qg2 Bf5 $2 (22... g5 $1 23.
e4 (23. Rg1 Kh8 24. e4 (24. Bd2 Bh3 $19) 24... Be5 25. Bd2 (25. Bxg5 Bxc3+ 26.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 27. Ke2 Qxc2+ 28. Bd2 Bg4+ 29. Qxg4 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 31. Kg3 Rg8
$19) 25... Bh3 26. Qxg5 Qxf2+ 27. Kd1 Bg4+ $3 28. Qxg4 Rg8 29. Bg5 Rad8+ 30.
Bxd8 (30. Kc1 Rxg5 31. Qxg5 Bf4+ $19) 30... Rxg4 31. Rxg4 Qf3+ 32. Kd2 Qxg4 $17
) 23... Bf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 $132) 23. e4 $18) (22. Qh4 g5 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qd4 (
24. Rxg5 h6 $19) 24... Be5 $17) 22... Bf5 23. Qc4+ (23. Bb3+ Kh8 24. Qd4 Rae8
25. hxg6 Bxg6 $44) 23... Kh8 24. Bxf5 $5 (24. e4 b5 $1 (24... Be6 25. Qd4 Qxd4
26. cxd4 gxh5 27. f5 (27. Rxh5 Bxf4 $11) 27... Bf7 28. Bg5 $16) 25. Qd4 Qxd4
26. cxd4 Rae8 27. Kf2 Bxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. hxg6 Bxf4 30. Rxh7+ Kg8 31. Rf7
$11) 24... Qxf5 $44 {[%csl Re1]} 25. Bd2 (25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. hxg6 (26. e4 Rae8
$17) 26... Qxg6 27. Kf1 Bb6 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Qe2 Rae8 $17) 25... Qg4 26. Qe2 (
26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Qc4+ Rf7 28. hxg6 Qg3+ 29. Kd1 Qxg6 30. Qf1 Qe4 31. Rg1+ Kh8
32. Qg2 Qd3 33. Qe2 Qd7 34. Kc1 Re8 $44) 26... Qg3+ 27. Qf2 Bxf4 28. hxg6 (28.
exf4 Rae8+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kg1 Re2 31. Qd4+ Qxd4+ 32. cxd4 Rxd2 33. hxg6 Rxf4
(33... h6 34. Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rh7+ (35. Rh2 Rxd4 (35... Rxh2 36. Kxh2 Rxf4 37.
Kg3 (37. Rg1 Rxd4 38. Rg2 Rd6 $17) 37... Rxd4 38. Re1 Rb4 39. b3 Kxg6 40. Kf3
$15) 36. Rf1 Rdxf4 37. Rxf4 Rxf4 38. Rh7+ Kxg6 39. Rxb7 $11) 35... Kxg6 36.
Rxb7 Rxf4 37. Rc1 $11) 34. Rxh7+ Kg8 35. Rxb7 $11) 28... Qxg6 29. O-O-O $8 Bg3
(29... Be5 $11) 30. Qg2 Rf2 31. Qh3 Rg8 32. Rdg1 Qd3 33. Rd1 Qf5 (33... Re2 34.
Qe6 Qg6 35. Qd7 b5 36. Qxa7 Be5 37. Rde1 Rg2 38. e4 $16) 34. Qh5 Qxh5 35. Rxh5
Rgf8 $2 (35... Rh2 $11) (35... Bc7 36. c4 Rgg2 37. Bc3+ Kg8 38. Rdh1 Rf7 $15)
36. c4 $16 R2f5 $2 (36... h6 $1 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rdh1 R8f7 $16 (38... Be5 39.
Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rxb7 $18)) (36... Bh2 $2 37. Bb4 $1 R8f5 38. Bc3+ Kg8 39. Rd8+ Rf8
40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Rxh7 $18) 37. Bc3+ Kg8 38. Rd7 Be5 39. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1997.06.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Spangenberg, Hugo"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1997.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 {[#]} d5 $3 $146 {
-/+ Excelent!} (6... Qe7 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Nxd5 (8. Bxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxe4+
10. Ne3 Bb6 11. O-O O-O $44) 8... Qxe4+ 9. Ne3 Bb6 10. f3 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 (11. g3
$5 Qh3 12. Nf2 Qh5 $36) 11... O-O 12. O-O $6 (12. g3 Qh5 $44) 12... Nxf3+ $1
13. Qxf3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 $1 (14. Bxf7+ $6 Rxf7 15. Qxe3 Bd7 {/\Bc6,Re8=/+; /
\Raf8,Ng4->}) 14... Qxc4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Blatny,P/Lazne Bohdanec
1995 (30)}) 7... d5 8. Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Bg5 $16 {1/2-1/2
Bernstein O-Rubinstein A/Vilna 1912 (22)}) 7. Nxd5 (7. Bxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 (8.
exd5 Qg5 $19) 8... Qg5 9. Nxc7+ (9. d3 Qxg2 (9... Qxe5 10. Bf4 $18) 10. Nxc7+ (
10. Rf1 Bh3 11. Ne3 Nxc2+ $1 12. Qxc2 Bxe3 $19) 10... Ke7 (10... Kd8 11. Nxa8
Qxh1+ 12. Kd2 Qg2 $1 (12... Qxh2 13. Nxf7+ Ke7 14. Nxh8 Bg4 15. Qxg4 Qxf2+ 16.
Kd1 Qf1+ 17. Kd2 Qf2+ $11) 13. Nxf7+ (13. Kc3 Be6 14. Be3 Nb5+ 15. Kd2 Bxe3+
16. Kxe3 Qxh2 17. d4 f6 18. Nd3 Ke7 $17) 13... Ke7 14. Nxh8 Bg4 15. Qxg4 Qxg4
$17) (10... Kf8 11. Rf1 Bh3 12. Kd2 (12. Nd7+ Bxd7 13. Be3 Bg4 $19) 12... Rc8
$1 $19) 11. Nd5+ Kf8 12. Rf1 Bh3 13. Ne3 Nxc2+ 14. Qxc2 Bxe3 15. Qe2 Bd4 16.
Nf3 Qxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Bb6 $17) 9... Kf8 10. Kf1 Qxe5 11. Nxa8 Qxe4 (
11... Qb8 12. c3 Nc6 (12... Ne6 13. d4 Be7 14. d5 Nc5 15. Qd4 $16) 13. d4 Bd6
14. e5 Be7 15. d5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. Qh5 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nb6 axb6 20.
Re1 Qc7 $132) 12. d3 Qc6 13. Be3 b6 14. c3 Bb7 15. Rg1 Nf5 16. Bxc5+ bxc5 17.
Qb3 g6 18. Qa3 Kg7 $17) (7. exd5 $1 Qe7 $2 (7... O-O 8. O-O Qd6 (8... Re8 9.
Nf3 Bg4 10. d3 Qd7 11. Bf4 Bxf3 (11... Qf5 12. Nxd4 Qxf4 13. Nde2 Qg5 14. Qc1
Qh4 15. Ng3 $16) 12. gxf3 Qh3 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Kh1 (14. Ne4 Bd6 $1 15. Ng5 Qf5
16. Ne4 Nf4 $1 (16... Nxf3+ 17. Kg2 Nf4+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kxf3 Nxd3+ $1 19. Kg2
Qxe4+ (19... Nf4+ 20. Bxf4 Qxe4+ 21. Qf3 Bxf4 22. Qxe4 Rxe4 23. Bd3 Re5 24. Kf3
g5 25. c4 Rae8 $15) 20. Qf3 Nxb2 (20... Qxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Nxb2 (21... Bxg3 22.
Bxd3 $11) 22. Bb3 (22. Bb5 Re7 (22... Red8 23. Rab1 Ba3 24. Be5 c6 25. dxc6
bxc6 26. Ba6 $16) 23. Rab1 Ba3 24. Rfe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 a6 26. Bf1 c6 (26... Bd6
27. Bxd6 cxd6 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rxb7 Nc5 30. Rb6 Rd8 31. Bxa6 $16) 27. dxc6 bxc6
28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Bd6 h6 31. Rxf8+ Kh7 32. Rxf7 Nc4 $15) 22... b5
$17)) 18... Nxh2 $3 (18... Rxe4 19. dxe4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. Bc4 (21. Bxf4
Nd2+ 22. f3 (22. Kg1 Bxf4 $19) 22... Bxf4 23. Rf2 $16) 21... Qc6 22. Bb5 Qe4
23. Bd3 Qc6 $11) 19. Bxh2 Rxe4 20. dxe4 (20. Qf3 Re2 21. Rfe1 Rxc2 22. Re4 g5
$19) 20... Qxe4+ 21. f3 Qxc4 22. b3 Qc3 (22... Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd6 cxd6
25. Rfd1 Ne3 26. Rxd6 Nxc2 27. Rc1 $16) 23. Re1 g5 $44) 17. Kh1 (17. Bxf4 Qxf4
18. Ng3 (18. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Kg2 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qh3 $19) 18... Re2 $3 $19) (17. c3
Nfe2+ $19) 17... Nfe2 (17... Qh3 18. Rg1) 18. f4 $8 Bxf4 19. Bxf4 (19. c3 Bd6
20. f3 Nxg3+ 21. Nxg3 Bxg3 22. cxd4 $17 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3,Rd4,Rd5,Rh1]} (22. hxg3
Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Ne2+ $19))) 14... Nxg3+ 15. fxg3 Nf5 16. Rg1 Bxg1 $17) 9. Re1 (9.
Nf3 Ng4 10. g3 $8) 9... Re8 10. Nd3 Bg4 11. Rxe8+ Rxe8 12. Qf1 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Bb6
$17) 8. O-O Bf5 9. d3 (9. Re1 Bxc2 10. Nxf7 Bxd1 11. Rxe7+ Kxe7 12. Nxh8 Bh5
$19) 9... O-O-O 10. Re1 Rhe8 11. Bf4 $16) (7. Bd3 O-O $17) 7... Nxd5 8. Qh5 (8.
Bxd5 Qg5 9. Bxf7+ Ke7 10. Bh5 Qxe5 11. O-O (11. c3 Qxe4+ $19) (11. d3 Nxc2+ $1
12. Qxc2 Qxh5 $17) 11... g6 $17) 8... g6 (8... Nxc2+ 9. Kd1 (9. Kf1 g6 $19)
9... g6 $19) 9. Nxg6 Nxc2+ 10. Kf1 (10. Kd1 Nce3+ $3 11. fxe3 (11. Ke2 Nxc4 $19
12. Nxh8 Nf4+) (11. dxe3 Nf6+ $19) 11... Bg4+ $1 12. Qxg4 Nxe3+ 13. Ke2 Nxg4
14. Nxh8 Qd4 $19) 10... Qf6 $1 11. f3 (11. Qe5+ Qxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxa1 $19) (11.
Qe2 Nf4 $19 (11... hxg6 12. exd5+ Kf8 $19)) 11... hxg6 12. Qxd5 Rh5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

{[%mdl 4132]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6
7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 (9. Be3 Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. h3 (12.
Qc4 Be6 13. Qe2 b5 $15 {0-1 Rohe,C-Nuber,R/cr QTV-22 Dortmund-Neu Ulm [1] 1991
(25)}) 12... h6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. a3 $11 {0-1 Techno Chess-Kallisto/15th WMCCC,
Paris FRA 1997 (75)}) (9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O (10... a5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8
13. Qd3 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Kirusha,A/White Nights Open, St Petersburg RUS
1998 (42)}) 11. b3 (11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Qd2 $11 {1-0
Shabanov,Y-Igudesman,K/Czech Open, Pardubice CZE 1998 (33)}) 11... Re8 12. Re1
b6 13. Bg5 a6 14. d5 c5 15. Nh4 g6 16. Qd2 Nh5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Benko,P/
Venice 1974 (22)}) (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 b5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nh5 14.
Bxe7 Nf4 15. Qe3 Qxe7 16. Ne2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Cortlever,N-Kramer,G/Beverwijk 1946
(21)}) (9. Ne1 Be7 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. f4 exd4 13. Qxd4 c5 14. Qd3 (14.
Nxb5 Qd7 15. Qc4 Bxe4 16. Nc3 d5 17. Qe2 O-O $15) 14... a6 15. Nf3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Bogoljubov,E/NED 1928 (21)}) (9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. c3 Bg4
12. Ng3 Rad8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $11 {1-0 Preiswerk,W-Vordank,K/Berlin CL
1920 (21)}) (9. h3 Be7 10. Be3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne8 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 b6
14. Qd3 f5 15. dxe5 fxe4 16. Qxe4 d5 17. Qd3 $16 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qxe5 19. f4 $18
(19. Bd2 Qf6 20. Qe2 Qg6+ 21. Kh2 Bd6+ 22. f4 Bf5 $14 {0-1 Hay,T-Guy,W/
Adelaide ,EXT 1990 (28)})) (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11 {1-0
Pavlov Pianov,N-Tselikov,N/Moscow URS ch(1) 1920 (45)}) 10... h6 11. a4 g5 12.
Nh2 Rg8 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. f3 (16. Qxh5 g4 17. hxg4
Bxg4 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Bc5 Qe6 20. f3 Bh3 21. Rf2 b6 22. Ba3 O-O-O $132) 16... g4
17. fxg4 Bh4 18. g5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Rxg5 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. Kh2 $11 {1-0 Landtman,
M-Okkes,M/NED tt 1995 (45)}) 9... Be7 10. h3 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1
Bg4 12. Rd2 Rad8 13. Ne1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. h3 Nf4 17. Qg3 Bc8
18. Nf3 $11 {1-0 Marchand,M-Cole,H/Hastings 1919 (52)}) 11... Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6
13. d5 c5 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Rf8 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Nb6 g6 19. Ne2 Bg7
20. Ra3 f5 $11 {1-0 Bondarevsky,I-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow-ch ,HCL 1945 (55)})
10... O-O (10... h6 11. Bh4 g5 $5 (11... O-O 12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1
Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Nh4 Nf6 17. Bh2 b5 18. Qd3 b4 19. Ne2 Qb6 20. dxe5 dxe5
$132 {0-1 Goldschmidt-Quast/Eger Agria91 open 1991 (31)}) 12. dxe5 $1 gxh4 (
12... dxe5 {Tsesarsky} 13. Bg3 Nd7 (13... Bd6 14. Qd3 Be6 15. Nd4 $2 (15. Rfd1
O-O-O 16. Qe3 b6 (16... Kb8 17. Rxd6 $18) 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxe5 $16 Qd2 19.
Nxc6 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Rd7 (20... Nh5 21. Be5 f6 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bd4 $18) 21. Be5
$18) 15... exd4 16. Qxd4 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Qxg3 18. Rf3 Qc7 19. Qxf6 Rg8 20. Raf1
Rd8 21. Qxh6 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qxc2 24. Rxb7 Rd7 25. Rb8+ Rd8 $132) 14.
Nd4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. a4 $16) 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Re1 Be6 $132 (14... Rg8 15.
Kh1 Be6 $1 $132 (15... Rg6 $2 $16 16. e5 $1 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Piket,J/Elista RUS
1998/ (52)}))) 11. Qd2 $11 b5 12. a3 a6 13. Rfd1 (13. d5 c5 (13... Bb7 14. dxc6
Bxc6 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Rad1 (16. Rac1 Ne8 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 16... Rfd8 $132)
14. Rfe1 $14) 13... Re8 14. Qe3 (14. d5 Bb7 $11) 14... exd4 (14... h6 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc5 Be6 (17... Re7 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. a4 Rd7
21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nd5 Ra7 25. Kf1 $14) 18. Nd5 Bxd5
19. exd5 e4 20. Nd4 (20. d6 Qd7 21. Nd4 Rac8 22. c3 Re5 $17) 20... e3 21. fxe3
Qg3 22. dxc6 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qf2 $132) 15. Nxd4 c5 $1 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 cxd4
(17... Qb7 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Nf3 $16) 18. Nxc7 dxe3 19. Nxe8 Bxb2
20. Rab1 (20. Ra2 exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Be5 22. Nxd6 Be6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nf5 (24. Rc2
Rd8 25. Nxc4 Rxd1 26. Nxe5 $15) 24... c3 25. Re2 $44) 20... exf2+ 21. Kxf2 Bxa3
22. Nxd6 Be6 $44 (22... Kf8 23. Ra1 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Bb7 25. c3 $14) 23. Kf3 h6
24. Rd3 (24. Rd4 Bc5 $132) 24... Bc5 25. Rbd1 Kh7 (25... Kf8 26. Nf5 Be7 27.
Nxe7 Kxe7 $14) 26. Rc3 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Bc4 (27... a5 $132) 28. Ra3 a5 29. c3 (29.
Ke3 Bf1 30. Rb6 f6 31. g4 a4 $11) 29... a4 30. g4 Rc8 31. Ke3 Bb3 32. Kd3 Bc4+
33. Ke3 Bb3 34. Kd3 Rc5 35. Kd4 Rc4+ 36. Kd3 Rc5 37. Kd4 Rc4+ 38. Kd3 Rc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Bc5 11. O-O (11. Bf4 d6 12. O-O (12. Bf3 O-O
13. O-O a5 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. a4 Rae8 16. g4 $6 Bc8 17. h3 h6 18. h4 Re6 19. g5
$6 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Rfe8 21. Rxe6 fxe6 $15 {Pihlajasalo,A-Sepp,O/Espoo 1996/0-1 
(59)}) (12. Bg3 O-O (12... Be6 13. a4 a5 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. O-O g5 16. Rfe1 h5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Starostits,I-Dervishi,E/EU-chJM U16 Zagan 1995 (23)}) 13. O-O-O
h6 14. Rhe1 Re8 15. Bf3 Rxe1 16. Rxe1 Kf8 $11 {Jacek Martin-Horak Jiri/Czech
League a 1995/1/2-1/2 (51)}) 12... Bf5 13. Bd3 (13. Bf3 O-O-O 14. b4 Bb6 15. a4
a5 16. Ra2 d5 17. Rb2 axb4 18. cxb4 Bd4 19. Ra2 Bc3 20. b5 b6 21. Rd1 Rhe8 22.
h3 Be6 23. Ra3 d4 24. Bc6 Re7 25. a5 bxa5 26. Bd2 Bd5 27. Bxc3 Bxc6 28. Bxd4
Bxb5 29. Rxa5 Red7 (29... Bc6 $11) 30. c3 c5 31. Rxb5 cxd4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33.
Rc5+ Kb7 34. Rb1+ Ka6 35. Rc6+ Ka5 36. Rc7 Rd1+ $4 {1-0 Pihlajasalo,A-Tuovinen,
J/Vantaa 1996 (54)} (36... R8d7 37. Rbb7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Rf4 $11)) 13... Bxd3 14.
cxd3 Kd7 15. d4 Bb6 16. Rfe1 Rhe8 17. Kf1 d5 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Ravinsky,G-Nikitin,A/Leningrad 1957}) 11... d6 (11... O-O 12. Bf4 d6 13. Bd3
Bd7 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Kf1 Rxe1+ {1/2-1/2 Kuzmin,G-Deev,A/Erevan 1981}) 12. Re1
Be6 13. Bd3 O-O $11 (13... O-O-O $132) 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Bxb6 axb6 16. a3 Rfe8
17. Re3 Bd7 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8 20. f4 (20. Bxh7 $4 g6 21. h4 (21. Re3
Kg7 22. Rh3 Bd7 $19) 21... Kg7 22. Re7 Kxh7 23. Rxc7 $19) 20... h6 21. Kf2 Bc6
22. h4 h5 23. g3 Ra5 24. c4 (24. Re2 $11) 24... Bd7 25. Re3 g6 26. Ke1 b5 27.
cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bxb5 (28. b4 $2 Rxa3) 28... Rxb5 29. b4 (29. b3 Ra5 30. a4 $11)
29... Rb6 30. c4 $6 $15 (30. Rc3 $11) 30... Rc6 31. Re4 Ra6 32. Re3 c5 (32...
Rc6 $11) 33. Kf2 Ra4 34. Rb3 b6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. f5 $5 (36. Ke4 $5 Ke6 $22 37.
f5+ $8 gxf5+ 38. Kf4 cxb4 39. axb4 (39. Rxb4 Rxa3 40. Rxb6 Ra4 $17) 39... d5 (
39... Ra1 40. Kg5 Rc1 41. Re3+ Kd7 42. Kxh5 Rxc4 43. Kg5 Rxb4 44. h5 Rb1 (44...
Re4 45. Rf3 Ke7 46. Rxf5 f6+ 47. Rxf6 Rg4+ 48. Kxg4 Kxf6 49. Kf4 b5 50. g4 b4
51. g5+ Kg7 52. Ke4 d5+ 53. Kd4 Kh7 54. g6+ Kg7 $11) 45. Kxf5 Rh1 46. g4 b5 47.
Kf6 Rf1+ 48. Kg7 Rg1 49. Kxf7 Rxg4 50. h6 Rh4 51. Kg7 $11) 40. cxd5+ Kxd5 41.
Kxf5 Kc4 42. Rf3 Kxb4 (42... Rxb4 $4 43. Rf4+ Kc3 44. Rxb4 Kxb4 45. g4 $18) 43.
Rf4+ Ka5 44. g4 hxg4 45. Rxa4+ Kxa4 46. Kxg4 b5 47. h5 b4 48. h6 b3 49. h7 b2
50. h8=Q b1=Q 51. Qe8+ $11) 36... gxf5 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. Rd3 cxb4 (38... Ke6 39.
Re3+ Kf6) 39. axb4 Rxb4 40. Rxd6+ Ke7 41. Rh6 (41. Rd4 $2 b5 $17) 41... Rxc4+
42. Kf3 (42. Kxf5 Rc5+ 43. Ke4 f6 $17) 42... Rc3+ 43. Kf4 Rc4+ 44. Kf3 b5 45.
Rxh5 Ke6 (45... Rc5 46. Rh8 b4 47. Rb8 $11) 46. Rh8 b4 47. Rb8 Ke5 (47... Kf6
48. Rb6+ Ke5 49. h5 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 b3 51. h6 $11) 48. h5 (48. Rb5+ Kf6 (48... Kd4
49. h5 Kc3 50. Rxf5 b3 51. h6 b2 52. h7 b1=Q (52... Rc8 53. Rc5+ Rxc5 54. h8=Q+
Kb3 55. Qh7 (55. Qb8+ Kc2 $19) 55... f5 56. Qf7+ Kc2 57. Qa2 Rc3+ 58. Ke2 Kc1
59. Ke1 Re3+ 60. Kf2 Rc3 61. Ke1 $1 $11 (61. Ke2 Rc2+ $19)) 53. h8=Q+ Kc2 54.
Qh2+ Kc3 55. Qh8+ $11) 49. Rb6+ $11) 48... Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. h6+ $11 Kh7 51.
Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Kf4 b3 53. Kxf5 Rxg3 54. Kf4 Rh3 55. Kg5 Rc3 56. Rb7 Rf3 57. Kg4
Rf1 58. Rxb3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.09.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

{[%mdl 8224]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7.
Nd3 $5 (7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 (8. d3 d5 (8... Be7 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Nb1
d5 12. c3 Qd6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Bc2 h6 15. Nf1 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 18.
Qe2 $16 {1-0 Hennigan,M-Sherbakov,R/Hastings9394 1993 (91)}) (8... Nd7 9. Be3
Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. d4 Qf6 12. Rg1 Qxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxf3 14. d5 (14. Rg3 Bh5
15. d5 (15. f3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Nb6 (16... Bg6 17. Bb3 Re8 18. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Collinson,A-Wells,P/Oakham 1993 (60)}) 17. Bb3 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bf4 f6 20.
Nb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Chandler,M-Hebden,M/London LB 1992 (59)}) 15... c5 16. Ne2
O-O-O (16... a6 17. c4 Rb8 18. Nf4 $14 {1-0 Santos,C-Fernando,D/IV It, Loures
POR 1997 (51)}) 17. Nf4 Bg6 18. f3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A-Sepp,O/Moscow olm
ROM-EST 1994 (68)}) 14... c5 15. Kd2 O-O-O 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rg3 $14 {0-1
Wells,P-Hebden,M/Hastings Challengers 1991 (52)}) 9. Be3 (9. O-O dxe4 10. Re1 (
10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5 (13. Be3 $16) 13... Nd7 14. f4 Qh4
15. Be3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $16) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qa5 12. fxe4 Bb4
13. Bd2 $16) (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 $2 (10. O-O Bxf3 (10... Be7 11. Be3 Nxf3+
12. gxf3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bh3 14. Re1 Qa5 $132) 11. gxf3 Bb4 12. Re1+ Ne6 13. Bd2
$14) 10... Bxd1 11. Nxc6 Nxc3 12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Kxd1 Rd8 $17)
9... Nxf3+ (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxd4 $16) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Bd2 (11.
exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 (12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $132) (12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb3 Qxf3
14. Qxf3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 $11) (12. Qe2 Nxc3 (12... Be7 13. Bb3 (13. Bc5 O-O 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 (14... Qxe7 15. Nxd5 Qxe2+ 16. Kxe2 cxd5 17. Ke3 Rac8 18. c3 Rfd8 19.
Kd4 Bxf3 20. Rhe1 $16) 15. O-O-O $14) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qa5 15. Bd4 O-O-O 16.
Qe5 Qxe5+ 17. Bxe5 Rhe8 $15 {0-1 Gruenfeld,Y-Shabtai,R/Jerusalem 1996/CBM 56/ 
(42)}) 13. bxc3 Qd5 (13... Be7 14. Bc5 $16) 14. Bd4+ Kd7 15. Bb3 Qf5 $15) 12...
Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 $15) (11. Bd4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxd4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Teran Alvarez,I-Kroeze,F/Rotterdam NED 1998 (20)}) 11... d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 13. c3
$14) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qd3 $14) 9. gxf3 g6 10.
Nb1 (10. Kf1 Bg7 11. Ne2 (11. d3 Nh5 12. f4 (12. Kg2 Ne6 $44) 12... Ne6 13. Ne2
Qh4 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Qb4 O-O-O 16. f5 Nef4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 $132) 11... Nxf3 12. d4
Nxe4 (12... Qa5 13. Nc3 Ng5 14. e5 (14. d5 Ngxe4 15. dxc6 O-O $132) 14... Nfe4
(14... Nd5 15. Bxg5 (15. exd6 $6 Ne6 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne6 17. d5 Qxa4 18.
dxe6 Qc4+ (18... fxe6 19. d7+ Kf7 $132) 19. Kg2 fxe6 20. d7+ Kd8 21. Rb1 b6 22.
Bg5+ Kc7 23. Qf3 Rhf8 24. d8=Q+ Raxd8 25. Bxd8+ Rxd8 $132) 16. Bb3 Nxc3 17.
bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 $15) 15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxa4 17. exd6 Qb5+ 18. Qe2+
Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 f6 20. Bf4 O-O-O $11) 15. Bxg5 (15. exd6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17.
Qe2 O-O-O 18. Qxe4 Qxa4 $15) 15... Nxg5 16. Qg4 $132 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Gomez
Esteban,J/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57/ (60)}) 13. Qd3 $16) 10... Qa5 (10... b5 11. Bb3
Bg7 12. d3) 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Qxa4 13. d4 (13. d3 Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. Na3)
14. Na3 (14. b3 Qa5) (14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7)) 13... Bg7 (13... Qc2 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Re1 $16) 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Be7 Rfe8 17. Bxd6 Qc2 (17... Rad8
18. b3 Qa6 19. Bh2 (19. Bb4 $5) 19... c5 20. d5 f5 $132 {0-1 Ponomariov,
R-Almasi,Z/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky] (82)}) 18. e5 Qxb2 19. Na3 Qd2 $15)
7... d5 $2 $146 (7... b5 $142 8. Bb3 a5 9. a3 Nxb3 (9... Ba6 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2
Qb6 12. axb4 axb4 13. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Olaizola Ortega,L-Lezcano Jaen,P/Linares
ESP 1998 (30)}) 10. cxb3 Be7 $14 {1-0 Yin Hao-Stern,R/Rotterdam NED 1998 (65)})
8. e5 $2 $132 (8. Nxd5 $1 Nxe4 (8... Nxd5 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Nxb3
12. axb3 cxd5 13. Nf4 Bb7 14. d4 $16) 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Qa5 11. Nf4 Nf5 (
11... Qxa4 12. cxd4 $16) 12. Bb3 $16) 8... Ne4 9. O-O (9. Bb3 b5 (9... Bf5 10.
O-O Be7 11. f3 Nc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Ne2 Nxb3 15. axb3 Qh4 16. d4
$16) 10. O-O a5 $132) (9. Ne2 $2 Bg4 10. Ndf4 $8 Bc5 11. O-O Qg5 12. d3 Bf3 13.
Kh1 (13. dxe4 Nxe2+ $19) 13... Nxe2 14. gxf3 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf4
$19) 9... b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 (11. Re1 $2 Nc5 $1 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. a4 b4 14.
Ne2 (14. Nb1 Qh4 $17) 14... Bg4 $17) (11. a3 $5 Nxb3 (11... Bf5 12. Ba2 Qh4 13.
f3 Ng5 14. Ne1 Bc5 15. Kh1 O-O 16. d3 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Qxe2 Ne6 $14) 12.
cxb3 Qb6 $44) 11... b4 (11... Nxb3 12. cxb3 b4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nf4 Bf5 $15)
12. Ne2 (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nf4 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Bf5 $15) 12... Nxb3 13. cxb3 Ba6
14. Ndf4 (14. Ne1 $44) 14... d4 $5 (14... g5 $1 15. d3 (15. Nh5 Bd3 $1 $17 {
[%csl Rc1]}) 15... gxf4 16. dxe4 f3 17. gxf3 Rg8+ 18. Kh1 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rc8 $15)
15. d3 (15. e6) 15... Nc5 16. Ng3 Qd7 (16... Be7 17. Nf5 g5 18. Qf3 $5 O-O (
18... gxf4 19. Qxc6+ Nd7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bxf4 Rg8 22. Qd6+ Ke8 23. e6 Nb8 (
23... fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kf8 25. Bh6+ $18) 24. Qe5 $132) 19. Nh5 $16) 17. Re1 O-O-O
18. Ne4 Re8 (18... Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Re8 (19... c5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Re8 22.
Nxf8 Rhxf8 23. Qh5 Bxd3 24. Qxc5+ Kb7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Bf4 $16) 20. Qc2 c5 21.
Bd2 Bb7 22. Re2 Qc6 23. f3 f6 (23... g5 24. Nh5 g4 25. f4 $14) 24. Rae1 fxe5
25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd6 $132) 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd2 Bb6 21. Qf3 (21. Rc1 Bb7
22. Nh5 $14) 21... Kb8 22. Qg3 g6 $4 $18 (22... Rhg8 23. Rac1 Bc7 $132) 23.
Nxg6 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup7"]
[Site "Kstovo"]
[Date "1997.05.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Black "Ibragimov, Ildar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[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 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. O-O d6 8.
h3 {N} (8. d3) 8... Be7 (8... Nd7 9. d3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. f4 Bh4 12. Qf3 Nc5
13. Bb3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Kh8 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Qh5 Nxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Rf3 Bf6 19.
Raf1 Qe5 20. Qxe5 dxe5 21. Na4 $16 {Finkel,A-Liss,E/Rishon le Zion YM 1995/1-0
(52)}) (8... Qc7 9. Rd1 Be7 10. Bb3 O-O 11. Qe2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 exd4
14. Rxd4 d5 15. Rd1 Bb4 16. exd5 exd5 $11 {Collinson,A-Kosashvili,Y/Guildford
1991/1-0 (53)}) (8... g6 9. Rd1 $1 Bg7 10. d4 Nd7 $8 11. d5 c5 $8 12. Nb5 Qb6 (
12... Bf8 13. c4 a6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Nc3 Bg7 16. Rab1 $14 {Istratescu,A-Arbakov,
V/Berliner Sommer 1993/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 13. c4 O-O 14. Bc2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Istratescu,A-Liss,E/Biel op 1994 (45)}) 9. Nd5 $5 (9. d3 O-O 10. Qe2 (10. Bb3
Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. d4 Nxb3 13. axb3 f6 14. Rfd1 a6 15. b4 Bd7 16. Qe2 Kh8 17.
d5 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd3 $14 {1-0 Campora,D-Lima,D/Sao Paulo
zt 1993 (50)}) 10... Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rae8 14. Kh1 h6 15.
Qf3 $14 {1-0 Steinsapir,Y-Ravinsky,G/Moscow 1949 (62)}) (9. Ne2 {/\ Ng3-f5, /\
c3, d4|^[+]} O-O 10. c3 d5 (10... b5 11. Bc2 c5 $6 (11... d5 12. d3 Re8 13. Ng3
$14 {Istratescu,A}) 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. dxe5 $1 dxe5 15. Ng3 Rc8 16.
Bb3 {+/= Istratescu,A-Berkovich,M/Tel_Aviv 1994} (16. Bb3 Rc7 $140 $1 $8 17.
Bg5 Nd7 $8 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. h4 Qf6 21. Rad1 $16)) 11. d3 Bd6 12.
Ng3 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A-Delchev,A/Odorheiu Secuiesc zt 1995}) 9... Bd7 (
9... Nxd5 10. exd5 $16) 10. Nxe7 $14 {^^} Qxe7 11. d3 h6 12. c3 O-O-O $5 (12...
O-O 13. Bc2 c5 (13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Re1 $16) 14. Be3 Bc6 15. Qg3 Nh5 16.
Qh2 Rae8 17. g4 Nf6 18. f4 $14) 13. Qe3 c5 14. Bd1 $5 (14. Bxd7+ Rxd7 15. b4
$14) 14... g5 15. b4 {-><<} d5 (15... g4 16. Bxg4 (16. h4 $14) 16... Nxg4 (
16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Qh3 Qd7 (18... Qe6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Qxe6+ fxe6 21.
bxc5 dxc5 22. Rd1 c4 23. d4 exd4 24. cxd4 b5 25. Rb1 a6 26. a4 $16) 19. f3 Nf6
20. Qxd7+ Nxd7 21. Rb1 $14) 17. hxg4 Bxg4 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Ba3 b6 20. d4 Rhg8
21. dxc5 Qf6 22. cxb6 $16) 16. Ba3 (16. Qxc5+ $2 Qxc5 17. bxc5 dxe4 $15) 16...
dxe4 17. dxe4 Bb5 (17... g4) 18. Re1 $5 (18. Be2 $142 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 $14) 18...
Rd3 19. Qc1 Bc6 (19... c4 20. Bc2 Rdd8 21. Qe3 Kb8 22. Bc1 Nh5 (22... Bd7 23.
a4 Be6 24. b5 Nh5 25. Ba3 Qc7 26. a5 $16) 23. a4 Bd7 24. Qe2 Nf4 25. Qxc4 $16)
20. Be2 Rdd8 21. f3 Nh5 (21... g4 22. hxg4 h5 23. g5 Nh7 24. Qe3 $16) 22. Qe3
Nf4 23. Bf1 Ba4 (23... h5 $2 24. b5 $18) (23... Ne6 24. Bc4 $16) 24. bxc5 Kb8 (
24... Bc6 $142 25. Rab1 $14) 25. Rab1 Bc6 26. Red1 (26. Bb5 Qc7 $14) 26... Qe6
27. c4 $5 f5 (27... Rxd1 28. Rxd1 f6) 28. Rd5 $1 fxe4 (28... Bxd5 29. cxd5 $18)
29. fxe4 Qg6 $5 (29... g4 $6 30. Bb2 Ng6 31. Qg3 gxh3 32. Bxe5+ Nxe5 33. Rxe5
Rhg8 34. Rxe6+ Rxg3 35. Rxc6 (35. Kf2 Rg6 $1 36. Rxg6 Bxe4 37. Rxh6 (37. Rxb7+
Kxb7 38. Rxh6 hxg2 39. Bxg2 Rf8+ 40. Kg1 Rg8 $11) 37... Bxb1 38. gxh3 $16)
35... hxg2 36. Rxh6 (36. Bxg2 Rd2 37. Rxh6 Rgxg2+ 38. Kh1 Kc7 $14) 36...
gxf1=Q+ 37. Kxf1 $16) 30. Rxe5 Rhe8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rd1 (32. Bd3 Nxd3 33.
Qxd3 Qxe4 $11) 32... Qxe4 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rd6 $6 (34. Kf2 $14) 34... Re1 $5 (
34... h5 35. Rf6 h4 36. Rf5 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 Ng3 38. Rf8+ Kc7 39. Bd3 Re5 40. Bb2
Rxc5 41. Rf7+ Kc8 42. Re7 $14) 35. Bb4 $2 (35. Kf2 Ra1 36. Rd2 $16) 35... Rb1
$4 (35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bxg2+ 37. Kg1 Bxh3 38. Rxh6 Bd7 39. Bd2 $18) (35...
Ra1 $1 36. Ba5 $5 b6 $1 37. Rxc6 (37. cxb6 Bxg2 38. Rd8+ Kb7 39. Rd7+ Kc6 40.
Rc7+ Kd6 41. Bb4+ Ke6 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Rf7+ Ke4 44. Rxf4+ Kxf4 45. Kxg2 Rxa2+
46. Kg1 axb6 $11) (37. Bd2 Bxg2 38. Bxf4 Rxf1+ 39. Kxg2 Rxf4 $11) 37... bxa5
38. Rxh6 Rxa2 39. h4 (39. g3 Ne2+ 40. Bxe2 (40. Kf2 Nd4+ 41. Ke1 Nf3+ 42. Kd1
Ra1+ 43. Ke2 Nh2 $1 $17) 40... Rxe2 $11) 39... gxh4 40. Rxh4 Ne6 $44) 36. Bd2
$4 (36. Ba5 b6 37. Rxc6 bxa5 38. Rxh6 $18) 36... Nxg2 $6 (36... Bxg2 $1 37.
Bxf4 Rxf1+ 38. Kxg2 Rxf4 39. c6 Rxc4 40. cxb7 Kxb7 41. Rxh6 Rc2+ 42. Kg3 Rxa2
$15) 37. Rxh6 Nh4 (37... Nf4 $14) 38. Kf2 Rb2 39. Rd6 Rxa2 40. Be2 $11 {(+) -?}
1-0

[Event "Pamplona 9697 7th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 $11 (7.
Nd3 $5) 7... Bg4 8. h3 $5 $146 (8. d3 $6 d5 9. Be3 Nxf3+ $1 (9... dxe4 $2 10.
Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxd4 $16) 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. exd5 (11. Bd2 d4 12. Nb1 Bd6 $44)
11... Nxd5 12. Ne4 $6 (12. Bb3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qf6 $15) (12. Nxd5 $32 Qxd5 13.
Bb3 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxf3 15. Rg1 $10) (12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qd5 14. Bd4+ Kd7 15.
Bb3 Qf5 $17) 12... f5 $1 (12... Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qh4+ 14. Ke2 f5 15. Nc3) 13. Ng3
(13. Nd2 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Qh4+ $17) 13... f4 14. Nxh5 fxe3 $17 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Malaniuk,V/Nikolaev zt 1995 (40)}) 8... Bxf3 (8... Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Bh5 10. d4
Qa5 11. Qd3 $14 (11. Bb3 $2 Nxe4 $15)) 9. gxf3 g6 10. Kf1 Bg7 11. Ne2 $2 (11.
d3 $142 Nh5 12. f4 (12. Kg2 Ne6 13. Ne2 Nhf4+ $1 14. Nxf4 Qg5+ 15. Kh2 Nxf4 16.
Rg1 Qh4 17. Rg3 Be5 $15) 12... Ne6 13. Ne2 Qh4 14. Qd2 Bh6 15. Qb4 O-O-O 16. f5
Nef4 17. Nxf4 Bxf4 $44) 11... Nxf3 12. d4 Qa5 $17 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. Qd3 Nfg5 (
13... Neg5 14. h4 $16) 14. h4 $16) 13. Nc3 Ng5 14. e5 (14. d5 Ngxe4 15. dxc6 b5
16. Qe2 bxa4 17. Nxe4 O-O $17) (14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. d5 b5 16. Bb3 b4 17. Na4 O-O
$17) 14... Nfe4 $1 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Bxg5 (15. exd6 Ne6 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3
Ne6 17. d5 Qxa4 18. dxe6 Qc4+ (18... fxe6 19. d7+ Kd8 20. Bg5+ Kc7 21. Qd3 Qa5
22. Rg1 Qd5 23. Rd1 Qxd3+ 24. Rxd3 Rad8 25. Bxd8+ Rxd8 26. Ke2 Rxd7 27. c4 $16)
19. Kg2 fxe6 20. d7+ Kd8 21. Rb1 b6 22. Bg5+ Kc7 23. Qf3 Rhf8 24. d8=Q+ Raxd8
25. Bxd8+ Rxd8 $44) 16. Bb3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Nxd4 $15) 15... Nxc3 16.
bxc3 Qxa4 17. exd6 Qb5+ 18. Qe2+ Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 f6 20. Bf4 O-O-O $11) 15. Bxg5
(15. exd6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Qe2 O-O-O 18. Qxe4 Qxa4 $17) 15... Nxg5 16. Qg4
(16. d5 Bxe5 17. dxc6 b5 18. Bxb5 Bxc3 19. Qe2+ Be5 20. f4 O-O 21. fxe5 Rae8
$17 {[%csl Rf1]}) 16... Ne6 (16... h6 17. exd6 O-O 18. Bb3 Kh7 (18... c5 $2 19.
h4 cxd4 20. Nd5 $18) 19. h4 f5 20. Qg2 Qa6+ 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. h5 g5 23. d7 Rad8
24. Be6 Nd6 25. d5 Qb6 $15) 17. d5 $5 (17. exd6 O-O $17) 17... Nc5 $1 (17... h5
$5 18. Qh4 (18. Qc4 Qc5 19. Qb3 (19. Qxc5 Nxc5 20. exd6 O-O-O 21. Bb3 Rxd6 $15)
19... Nd4 20. Qxb7 O-O 21. exd6 Rab8 22. Qc7 Rxb2 23. d7 Qc4+ 24. Kg1 Bf6 $17)
18... g5 19. Qc4 Qc5 20. Qb3 (20. Qxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc6 O-O-O 22. cxb7+ Kxb7 23.
Bb3 Nxb3 24. axb3 Bxe5 $15) 20... Nd4 21. Qxb7 O-O 22. Qe7 Rae8 23. Qxd6 Qb6
24. Qa3 Rxe5 25. dxc6 Rd8 $17) 18. dxc6 O-O 19. b4 Qa6+ $8 20. Bb5 Qa3 21. Nd5
$8 Bxe5 (21... dxe5 $2 22. Qe2 (22. bxc5 Qb2 23. Kg2 Qxb5 $15) 22... Ne6 23.
cxb7 Rab8 24. Bc6 Nd4 25. Qc4 Rfd8 26. c3 (26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Kg2 Rd7 $1 28. c3 (
28. Bxd7 Qf3+ 29. Kg1 Ne2+ $19) 28... Rxe7 29. cxd4 e4 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3
Bxd4 $17) 26... Nxc6 27. Qxc6 a5 28. b5 f5 29. Kg2 Qf8 30. Rhd1 Qf7 31. b6 e4
32. Qc7 Re8 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rac1 Rxb7 35. c4 Rc8 36. c5 Rc6 37. Rc4 Bf8 38.
Rdc1 Ke6 39. Nc7+ (39. Nf4+ Ke5 40. Ne2 g5 41. Nd4 Rxc5 42. Rxc5+ Bxc5 43.
Rxc5+ Kxd4 44. Rxf5 Rxb6 45. Rxa5 $11) 39... Ke5 40. Nb5 Kd5 41. Rd4+ Ke5 42.
Rdc4 Kd5 $11) 22. Rd1 (22. Re1 Ne6 (22... f5 23. Qe2 Ne4 24. Qd3 $5 Qxa2 25.
Nc7 $16) 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. c4 Rxb7 25. Bc6 Rbb8 26. Bd7 Nd4 27. Kg2 Qxa2 $17)
22... Ne6 23. cxb7 Rab8 24. Rd3 Qxa2 25. Bc6 (25. c4 Rxb7 26. Rg1 $17) 25...
Qxc2 26. Qe2 (26. Qd1 Qxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Nd8 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Bf3 Re8 (29... Nxb7
30. Nc6 $1 $11) 30. Nc6 Nxc6 31. Bxc6 Re7 32. Rg1 Rc7 (32... Rexb7 33. Bxb7
Rxb7 34. Rg4 $15) 33. b5 h5 (33... a6 $4 34. bxa6 Rxc6 35. a7 $16) 34. Ke2 $17)
26... Qc1+ $2 (26... Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Nd4+ $19) 27. Rd1 Qh6 (27... Qa3 28. Rd3)
28. Qe4 (28. Qa6 Qh4 29. Qxa7 Bd4 30. Qa2 Nd8 31. b5 Nxb7 32. Qd2 Be5 $17)
28... Kh8 (28... f5 29. Qc4 Kh8 30. Ne7 Qh5 31. Qd5 Rfd8 (31... a6 32. Re1 Nf4
33. Qc4 Qh4 34. Nd5 $17) 32. b5 (32. Qf3 Qh4 33. Nc8 Nd4 34. Qd5 Nxc6 35. Qxc6
Qe4 (35... Qxb4 36. Qc7 Qb5+ 37. Kg1 $18) 36. Qxe4 fxe4 37. Nxa7 Rxb7 38. Nc6
Rc8 39. b5 (39. Nxe5 dxe5 40. Rd5 Rxb4 41. Rxe5 Rc2 42. Kg2 Rbb2 43. Rf1 Re2
44. Kg3 Kg7 45. Re7+ Kh6 46. Kg4 Rb5 $17) 39... Rxb5 (39... Rf8 40. Nxe5 dxe5
41. Rd5 Rbf7 (41... e3 42. Ke2 exf2 (42... Rxf2+ 43. Kxe3 Rb2 44. Rxe5 R7xb5
45. Rxb5 Rxb5 46. Kf3 $11) 43. Rxe5 $11) 42. Rh2 e3 43. Rxe5 Rxf2+ 44. Rxf2
Rxf2+ 45. Ke1 Rb2 46. Rxe3 Rxb5 $11) 40. Na7 Rcc5 41. Nxb5 Rxb5 42. Rg1 Kg7 $15
) 32... Nc5 $19) 29. Ne3 f5 30. Qd5 Nf4 (30... Nd8 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb7][%cal
Gh6g7]}) 31. Qf3 (31. Qa5 Qh5 $17) (31. Qa2 Qh5 $17) 31... Qg7 (31... Ne6 32.
Qd5 (32. Bd5 Ng5 33. Qg2 Ne4 34. Rd3 (34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4 Rf4 36. Qc6 Rxb4
37. Ng4 Qf8 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Rd7 e4 40. Qc3+ Kg8 41. Kg2 Qf3+ (41... R8xb7 42.
Rhd1 Rxd7 43. Rxd7 a5 44. Qd2 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 e3 46. fxe3 Rh4 47. Qa2+ Kf8 48. Qe6
$11) 42. Qxf3 exf3+ 43. Kxf3 R8xb7 44. Rhd1 a5 $17)) 32... Nd8 $1) 32. Nc4 Rfd8
(32... d5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Bxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Qg7 36. Kg2 Rxb7 37. Rhd1 $15) (
32... Ne6 $1 33. Nxd6 Nd4 34. Qd5 Nxc6 35. Qxc6 Rfd8 36. Rd5 (36. Kg2 Qf6 $19)
36... Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Bxd6 38. Qxd6 Qxb7 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Rg1 Qe4 41. Qxe4 fxe4
42. Ke2 Rxb4 43. Ra1 Rb7 44. Ke3 Re7 $19) 33. h4 a6 (33... Qc7 34. b5 d5 35.
Nxe5 Qxe5 36. Qe3 Qe4 37. Rg1 $17) 34. Rg1 Qc7 35. Na5 (35. Rd2) 35... Qb6 36.
Qb3 d5 37. Qe3 (37. Bxd5 Qb5+ $19) (37. h5 $5 Nxh5 38. Rxd5 Bd4 39. Rxd8+ Rxd8
40. Rg2 Nf4 $17) 37... Qc7 38. Re1 (38. Qa7 Qe7 $19) 38... Bf6 39. Rg3 d4 40.
Qb3 d3 (40... Bxh4 41. Rg1 Bf6 $19) 41. h5 d2 42. Rd1 Rd6 (42... Nxh5 43. Rd3
Bg5 44. Bg2 Rxd3 45. Qxd3 h6 46. Qxa6 Nf4 $19) 43. Bh1 Kg7 $2 (43... Nxh5 $19)
44. hxg6 hxg6 45. Qc4 (45. Nc4 $2 Rh8 46. Bg2 Rd4 47. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} (47.
Nxd2 Qd7 $19) 47... Qe5 $19) 45... Qxc4+ 46. Nxc4 Rd4 47. Na5 (47. Nxd2 Nd5 $19
) 47... Rxb4 $2 (47... Rh8 48. Bf3 Rd3 49. Bc6 Rd6 $17) 48. Rb3 $11 (48. Nc6
R8xb7 49. Nxb4 Rxb4 50. Ra3 Rb6 51. Bf3 Be7 52. Ra2 Bb4 $19) 48... Rxb3 (48...
Ra4 $4 49. Nc6 Ra1 50. Rxa1 Bxa1 51. Rb1 $16) 49. Nxb3 Bc3 50. Nxd2 Ne6 51. Nb3
Kf6 $6 (51... Be5 $44) 52. Rc1 Be5 53. Rc8 Ke7 54. Bd5 Nf4 $4 (54... Nd8 55.
Na5 Kd7 56. Nc6 Nxc6 (56... Rxc8 57. Nxe5+ Kc7 58. bxc8=Q+ Kxc8 59. Nxg6 $18)
57. Bxc6+ Ke7 $11) 55. Na5 Kd7 (55... Nxd5 56. Nc6+ Kd6 57. Nxb8 Nb4 58. Rc1
$18) 56. Bc6+ $18 Ke7 57. Nc4 Bd6 58. Nxd6 Kxd6 59. Bf3 Rxb7 60. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Kuraszkiewicz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2323"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Plauen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 {-mainline}
) 6... Qe7 7. Nf3 ({Very complicated position after} 7. Nxf7 Rf8 $1 ({Badly is
} 7... d5 $2 8. Nxh8 dxc4 9. d3 Be6 10. Bg5 O-O-O 11. O-O (11. e5 $16) 11...
cxd3 12. cxd3 Nc6 13. Nd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Svoboda,S-Starzec,J/SVK 2001/EXT 2002 
(38)}) ({or} 7... Nxe4 $2 8. O-O d5 (8... Nxf2 9. Rxf2 Nxc2 10. Nd5 Bxf2+ 11.
Kf1 Qe1+ 12. Qxe1+ Bxe1 13. Nxc7+ Ke7 14. Nxh8 Nxa1 15. Nxa8 $18) 9. Bxd5 Bg4
10. Qxg4 $18 {1-0 Dahle,O-Pedersen,T/NOR 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) 8. O-O Rxf7 9. e5
Ng8 10. Bxf7+ (10. Nd5 Qd8 11. c3 Ne6 12. d4 Bf8 13. Ne3 $36 {[%cal Gf2f4]})) (
7. Nd3 {-most popular move.}) 7... d5 $5 {This position was played last time
90 years ago,,,Black is not obliged to sacrifice P.} ({Black equalizes easily
after} 7... Nxe4 $5 8. O-O Nxc3 (8... O-O 9. Nd5 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gd5c7]} Qh4 11. Nxc7 Rb8 12. d3 $16) 9. dxc3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Bf4
d6 $11) 8. Bxd5 ({Dubious is} 8. Nxd4 $2 dxc4 9. Nf3 Nxe4 10. O-O O-O 11. d4
cxd3 12. cxd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 $15 {0-1 Spielmann,R-Rubinstein,A/San
Sebastian 1912/HCL (45)}) 8... Nxd5 $2 $14 {Mistake!} ({Interesting - and
strong! - is} 8... Bg4 9. d3 c6 10. Bb3 Nd7 {and Black has sufficient
compensation:} 11. Bg5 Qd6 12. Nb1 (12. Be3 Ne5 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Qf6 $17 {[%csl Re1,Rf2,Rf3]}) 12... Qg6 (12... Ne5 13. Nbd2 Bb4 14. c3
Nxd3+ 15. Kf1 Nxb2 16. Nc4 Nxd1 17. Nxd6+ Bxd6 18. cxd4 Nc3 19. Re1 $132) 13.
Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qg2 15. Kd2 Nxf3+ (15... Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxe3+ 17. Kxe3 O-O
$44) 16. Kc1 Rd8 17. h3 Bxe3+ 18. fxe3 Nde5 19. Qf1 Qg5 20. Qe2 Nd4 21. Qd2
Ndf3 22. Qe2 Nd4 {1/2-1/2 Bernstein,O-Rubinstein,A/Vilnius 1912/EXT 99 (22)})
9. Nxd4 Nf4 $2 $16 ({Probably better was} 9... Bxd4 10. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2
Qxe2+ 12. Kxe2 $14 {Black has pair of BB, but it isn't sufficient compensation
for the P lack.}) 10. Qf3 Nxg2+ 11. Qxg2 Bxd4 12. Nd5 (12. Ne2 $6 Bf6 13. d4
$14) 12... Qh4 {White won P and has an advantage, but the opening results
weren't in White's favour.} (12... Bh3 $5 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. c3 (14. Nxc7+ Qxc7
15. Qxh3 Qxc2 $15 {[%csl Ra1,Rc1]}) 14... c6 (14... Bb6 15. Rg1 Be6 16. Rxg7
$16) 15. Nc7+ Qxc7 16. Qxh3 $16) 13. d3 ({Possibly also} 13. Nxc7+ Kf8 14. Rg1
(14. Nxa8 Bh3 15. Qf3 Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 Qxe4+ 17. Qe2 Qxh1+ 18. Kf2 Qxh2+ 19. Ke3
Qe5+ 20. Kf2 $11) 14... Bh3 15. Qf3 Rc8 16. Nb5 $16) 13... Be5 14. Bg5 Qh5 $6
$18 {Now White wins relatively easily.} ({More stubborn was} 14... Bh3 15. Bxh4
Bxg2 16. Rg1 $16) 15. f4 c6 (15... Bh3 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Bf6 $1 Rg8 18. Be5 $18)
16. fxe5 cxd5 17. exd5 {Huge material advantage is decisive factor.} Bg4 18.
Rg1 Bf3 19. Qf2 f6 20. exf6 O-O 21. Kd2 $5 (21. fxg7 $2 Rfe8+ 22. Be3 Rxe3+ 23.
Qxe3 Re8 24. Qxe8+ Qxe8+ 25. Kd2 Qe2+ $17) 21... Rae8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1
Qxh2+ 24. Kc1 Bxd5 25. Kb1 (25. c4 Bf7 26. fxg7 $18) 25... Bf7 26. Bf4 $1 {
White wins by force.} Qxf4 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 28. Rxf7 $1 Rg8 29. a3 Qd4 30. Qe7 1-0

[Event "London Agency"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1998.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1998.06.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Nd5 (6. Ne2 Nxe4 7.
O-O (7. d3 Bb4+ 8. Kf1 Nd6 9. Ba4 Nf5 (9... Qh4 $15) 10. g3 O-O 11. Kg2 b6 12.
Rf1 Bb7+ 13. Kg1 Bf3 $17 {0-1 Kuliyeva,A-Bilciu,C/EU-chJW U14 Szombathely 1993
(16)}) (7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Qe2 (8. Qf3 Qe7 9. Qe3 Bxd4 $19 {Gregorova,Z-Gedvilaite,
S/EU-chJW U10 Verdun 1995/0-1 (42)}) 8... O-O 9. d3 Nd6 $19 {0-1 De Vlieger,
E-Kovacevic,R/EU-chJW U14 Rimavska Sobota 1996 (25)}) 7... Qf6 8. d3 Nd6 9. Re1
Be7 10. Nf4 c6 11. Nh5 Qg6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Qxe7 Nxb5 14. Bf4 Qxh5 15. a4 Qf5
16. Bg3 d5 17. axb5 $11 {1-0 Petr,J-Muron,M/CZE-chT2 1995 (29)}) 6... Nxd5 7.
exd5 Be7 (7... Qe7+ 8. Be2 Qe5 9. O-O Bd6 10. g3 Qxd5 11. Bf3 Qc5 12. Re1+ Be7
13. Qe2 c6 14. b4 Qg5 15. Bb2 d5 16. h4 Qf6 17. Bxd4 Qe6 18. Qd3 $18 {1-0
Hemmelgarn,K-Kotzem,E/NRW-I 1988 (33)}) (7... Qf6 8. O-O Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3
c5 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Rae1 Bd8 14. Bd3 Ba5 15. Re2 Rae8 16. g3 Bxd3 17.
cxd3 Rxe2 18. Qxe2 Qf5 $17 {0-1 Wolf Heinrich-Alekhine Alexander/Karlsbad/1923
(36)}) 8. O-O O-O $11 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 (10. dxc6 dxc6 11. Bd3 $11) 10... d6 11.
c3 dxc3 12. dxc3 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Bf6 15. Rfe1 (15. Rae1 Qa5 16. a3
Rae8 17. b4 Qb6 18. Bc1 $11) 15... Re8 16. Re2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 Qe8 18. Qd2 Qd7
19. Re1 (19. c4 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Re8 21. Qd2 Qe7 22. Kf1 $11) 19... Re8 20. Bc1 (
20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Bc1 b5 22. c4 $11) 20... Bg5 21. Qd1 (21. f4 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1
Bf6 23. c4 $11) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 $11 Qf5 (23... b5 24. Qe3
$11) 24. c4 Qe4 25. h3 a6 26. Qg5 f6 27. Qg3 Qe5 28. Qg4 (28. Qxe5 fxe5 29. Kf1
Kf7 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Ke3 $11) 28... f5 29. Qg5 (29. Qd1 $11) 29... Kf7 30. g3 (
30. Qh5+ Kf6 31. Qxh7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Qg8 Qf4+ 34. Kh1 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qf4+
$11) 30... h6 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Qg6 (32. Qd1 $11) 32... b5 33. Kh2 (33. cxb5
axb5 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 Kf8 36. a5 Qxd5 37. a6 c4 38. a7 c3 39. h4 $1 c2 40.
a8=Q+ Qxa8 41. Qxf5+ Ke7 42. Qxc2 $11) 33... f4 34. gxf4 (34. Kg2 bxc4 35. bxc4
fxg3 36. fxg3 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 34... Qxf4+ 35. Kg2 Qe5 36.
Qg4 bxc4 37. bxc4 (37. Qxc4 $11) 37... Kd8 38. Qf3 Kc7 39. Qf7+ Kb6 40. Qd7
Qe4+ 41. Kg1 Qg6+ 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Kg2 Ka5 (43... Qg6+ $11) 44. a3 h5 45. Qe8 (
45. Qc6 g5 46. Qe8 g4 (46... h4 47. Qd7 $11) 47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Qd7 $11 (48. Qe4
Ka4 49. Qxg4 Kxa3 $17)) 45... Qf4 46. Qd7 (46. Qxh5 Qxc4 47. Qf7 Kb6 (47...
Qe4+ 48. Kg3 Qe5+ 49. f4 Qe1+ 50. Kg4 Ka4 (50... c4 51. Qc7+ $18) 51. Qd7+ Kxa3
52. Qxd6 Qg1+ 53. Kf5 a5 $15) 48. Qg8 Qe4+ 49. Kg3 Qg6+ 50. Kf4 Qf6+ 51. Kg4 c4
52. Qc8 Qd4+ 53. f4 Qc5 (53... Qxd5 54. Qb8+ Kc5 55. Qa7+ Kb5 56. Qb8+ Kc6 57.
Qa8+ $11) 54. Qb8+ Ka5 55. Qd8+ Ka4 56. Qa8 a5 57. Qc6+ Kb3 58. Qxc5 dxc5 59.
d6 c3 60. d7 c2 61. d8=Q c1=Q 62. Qxa5 c4 63. Qb4+ Ka2 64. a4 c3 65. a5 Qd1+
66. Kg5 Qd5+ 67. Kh4 c2 $19) 46... g5 47. Qe8 g4 48. Qxh5 $4 $19 (48. Qe2 $4
Ka4 49. Qd3 gxh3+ 50. Kxh3 h4 51. Kg2 Qg4+ 52. Kh2 h3 $19) (48. hxg4 $1 hxg4 (
48... Qxg4+ 49. Kh2 Qxc4 50. Qd8+ Ka4 51. Qxd6 Kxa3 52. Qg3+ Kb4 53. Qe5 (53.
d6 Qd4 $19) 53... Qh4+ 54. Kg2 Qg4+ 55. Kh2 h4 56. d6 h3 57. Qd5 Qd7 58. f4
$132) 49. Qd7 Qe4+ (49... Qxc4 50. Qxd6 Qe4+ 51. Kh2 Kb5 (51... c4 52. Qb4#)
52. a4+ Kc4 53. Qxa6+ Kxd5 54. a5 $11) 50. Kg3 Qf3+ 51. Kh4 Qxf2+ 52. Kxg4 $15)
48... gxh3+ (48... Qf3+ $2 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kg2 $11) 49. Qxh3 Qxc4 $19 50. Qe6
(50. Qf5 Qd4 51. f4 c4 52. Qf7 Qc5 53. f5 c3 54. Qe7 c2 55. Qe1+ Ka4 56. Qc1
Qxd5+ $19) 50... Qf4 51. Kf1 Ka4 52. Qe2 a5 53. Qa2 c4 54. Qb2 Qe4 55. Qd2 Kb3
(55... Qd3+ 56. Ke1 Qxd2+ 57. Kxd2 Kb3 58. Kc1 Kc3 59. f4 Kd4 $19) 56. Qxa5 c3
57. Qb6+ Ka2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8896]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O
7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 (10... Qg5 11. f4 (11. exd6 $5 Nxd6
12. O-O $14 {Nunn,J-Huebner,R/München/1991/1/2-1/2/30/} N4f5 13. Ne1 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Bg4 15. Nf3 Qh5 16. Qe1 $16) 11... Qg6 12. O-O f6 13. Kh1 (13. exd6 Nxd6
14. Nf2 N4f5 15. Nd5 Kh8 $1 (15... Ne4 16. d4 $1 (16. Nxb6 $2 Nh4 $1) 16...
Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxd4 18. Ne7+ Kf7 19. Nxg6) 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bb3 $132 (17. c3 $2
Rxa4 $1 18. Qxa4 Nh4 19. g3 Nf3+ 20. Kg2 Nh4+ 21. Kg1 Nf3+ 22. Kg2 Be6 $1 23.
d3 (23. Kxf3 Bd5+ 24. Ke2 Re8+ $19) (23. Nh1 Bd5 24. Rxf3 Nf5 25. Qd7 (25. Nf2
Nh4+ $19 {0-1 Short,N-Timman,J/Linares 1992/CBM 28/ (28)}) 25... Nh4+ 26. Kf2
Bxf3 27. Qh3 (27. f5 Qg4 28. Qe7 Ra8 29. Qe3 Bc6 $19) (27. gxh4 Qg2+ 28. Ke3
Qe2+ 29. Kd4 Qe4#) 27... Re8 28. Qf1 Re2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxe2 30. gxh4 Qg4 31. Ng3
Qf3+ $19))) 13... c6 14. b4 $1 $14) (10... c5 $5 11. O-O $5 $14) (10... Qh4 11.
O-O Be6 12. Re1 $14) (10... Qe7 $5 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. O-O c6 13. c3 N4f5 14. Ne1
(14. Qh5 $14) 14... Ne4 15. d4 (15. Bc2 Re8 16. d4 Bc7 17. Nf3 $16 (17. Nd3 Qh4
18. Ne5 (18. h3 $5 $14) 18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 {Nikolenko,O-Makarichev,S/
URS-ch58/1991/1/2-1/2/52/ -> CBM 27} 20. Qf3 $11)) 15... Re8 16. Bc2 $16) (
10... c6 $5 11. O-O (11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe3 15. dxe3
$14) 11... Bc7 12. c3 Ne6 13. f4 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxf4 15. d4 Bxe5 $5 (15... Ng6
$5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Ng4 $11) 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nd3 18. Nc4 b6 $5 $11 (
18... Be6 19. Na5 $1 $14 {Short,N-Speelman,J (09)/London cm 45'-1/1991/1/2-1/2/
46/})) 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 $1 (12. Nf3 $2 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Bxe3 $1 14. Bxe8 (
14. dxe3 $4 Qa5+ $19) (14. fxe3 $4 Qh4+ $19) (14. Qxe3 Qxg2 $19) 14... Bxf2+
$17) (12. Nd7 $6 Bxd7 13. Bxd7 f5 14. c3 f4 15. cxd4 fxe3 16. dxe3 Qxg2 $132 {
Franzoni,G-Godena,M/Manila ol/1992/}) (12. Nd3 $6 Bf5 $1 13. O-O (13. Nxf5 Qxg2
$19 {->}) 13... Bxd3 14. cxd3 Nd6 15. b4 Qg6 16. Bc2 c6 17. Bb2 $11 {Sokolov,
I-Chandler,M/Brussels rapid/1992/ (22)}) (12. Bxe8 $2 Rxe8 13. Nf3 (13. f4 Qxf4
14. Nd3 Qg4 $19) 13... Qxg2 $19) 12... f5 (12... Nf6 13. c3 Nf5 14. d4 Be6 15.
O-O Qh4 16. Nxf5 (16. Ne5 $5 Rad8 17. Nxf5 (17. Qf3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 $132 {
1-0 Tochor Jiri-Skacel Jan/Czech League b 1995 (37)}) 17... Bxf5 18. Qf3 $16)
16... Bxf5 17. Qf3 $18) 13. f4 $5 (13. c3 f4 14. cxd4 fxe3 15. Nxe3 (15. dxe3
Qxg2 16. Rf1 Bh3 $15) 15... Bxd4 16. O-O Nd6 17. d3 $14) 13... Qxf4 (13... Qh4+
14. g3 Qh3 15. c3 g5 16. Nxb6 gxf4 17. Nxa8 $18) 14. c3 Ne6 (14... Nc6 15. Nxb6
axb6 16. d4 Nd6 17. g3 Qe4 18. O-O $16) (14... Qh4+ $5 15. g3 Qh3 (15... Qe4
16. O-O Nc6 (16... f4 17. cxd4 fxe3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. dxe3 Be6 20. Bc2 Qd5 21.
Nxb6 axb6 22. e4 Qd7 23. d5 Bg4 24. Qd4 Bf3 25. Bf4 Nf6 26. Rf1 Qg4 27. Qf2 Be2
28. h3 Qh5 29. g4 {1-0 Nouro,M-Furhoff,J/26th Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 1997 
(29)}) 17. d4 $16) 16. cxd4 $1 (16. Nxb6 f4 $1 {/\ fe3, Qg2-+}) 16... f4 $1 17.
gxf4 $1 (17. Rf1 fxe3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qf3+ Nf6 20. dxe3 Qxh2 21. Qf2 (21.
Ne5 Be6 22. Bb3 Re8 23. Kd1 c6 24. Bd2 Kg8 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Kc2 Ba5 27. Rd1
Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Qh3 29. a3 Re8 30. Rf2 Qe6 31. Kb1 Qd5 32. Qf4 Qe4+ 33. Kc1 c5
34. Ng4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Nxg4 36. Rxg4 Rxe3 37. dxc5 h6 38. Kc2 Kf7 39. Rb4 Re7
40. Rf4+ Ke8 41. Kd3 Kd7 42. b4 g5 43. Rd4+ Kc7 44. g4 Re1 45. Kc4 Ra1 {
1/2-1/2 Smagin,S-Perovic,D/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 94ch (45)}) 21... Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2
Be6 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc2 Bd5 25. Bd2 Re8 26. a4 Re6 27. a5 b5 28. Rf1 Ke8 29.
Kg1 b4 30. Bxb4 Rxe3 31. Re1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Kd7 33. Kf2 Ke6 34. Ke3 g5 35. Bd3
c6 36. b4 h6 37. b5 cxb5 38. Bxb5 Kf5 39. a6 bxa6 40. Bxa6 Ng4+ {1/2-1/2
Gallagher,J-Degraeve,J/EuT-ch, Pula CRO 1997 (40)}) 17... Bxd4 $1 $13) 15. d4
Qh4+ (15... c6 16. g3 Qe4 $6 17. Rf1 Ng5 $2 18. Ne5 $1 f4 19. Bc2 $18 {Bosch,
J-Ciolac,G/Leukerbad op/1992/}) 16. g3 Qd8 (16... Qh3 17. Bb3 (17. Nxb6 axb6
18. Bb5 f4 (18... Ng5 19. Bf1 Qh6 20. Bc4+ $14) 19. Bf1 Qh6 20. Nd5 $13) 17...
Nf6 (17... f4 18. Qg4 Qxg4 19. Nxg4 $16) (17... Kh8 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bd5 $1
$16 {Nunn,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk op/1993/ (22)}) 18. Qf3 $14 {/\} f4 $2 19. Nxb6 axb6
20. Qxf4 $1 $16) 17. Ng2 (17. O-O f4 18. gxf4 (18. Ng2 fxg3 19. hxg3 (19. Rxf8+
Nxf8 20. hxg3 Be6 21. Bb3 Nd6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bf4 (23. d5 Bf7 24. Qg4 Qf6 25.
Bg5 Qg6 $132 {0-1 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Perez,L/Guillermo Garcia mem Masters,
Villa Cla 1998 (50)}) 23... Qd7 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. d5 Qf6 26. Qg4 Ng6 $11 {
0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Timmermans,I/Open, Groningen NED 1997 (38)}) 19... Rxf1+ 20.
Qxf1 Nd6 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 $132 {1/2-1/2
Istratescu,A-Frendzas,P/Peristeri 1994/CBM 46 (34)}) 18... Nxf4 19. Ne5 Nd6
$132 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Short,N/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/[Hansen,LB] (51)} (19...
Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ (20... Qg5+ $2 21. N3g4 $18) 21. Kh1 Be6 $132) (19... Bh3 $2
20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Rxf4 $1 $18)) 17... f4 $1 18. Bxf4 (18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Nxf4
Nxf4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. gxf4 (21. Bb3+ Rf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. O-O+ Nf6 $15)
21... Qh4+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kd2 Qxf4+ 23. Ke1 (23. Kc2 Rxa4 $19) 23... Qe3+ 24. Qe2
Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Rxa4 $19) 22... Qxf4+ $11 (22... Bh3+ 23. Kg1 Qxf4 24. Bb3+ Kh8
25. Qd3 $18)) 18... Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rxf4 $1 $14 20. gxf4 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qxf4+ 22.
Ne3 (22. Kc2 Bf5+ 23. Kb3 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Qf3 Rf8 $17) 22... Nd6 23. Bb3+
(23. Qb3+ Kh8 24. Raf1 (24. Rae1 Ne4+ 25. Kc2 Qf2+ 26. Kc1 Qd2+ 27. Kb1 Qxe1+
28. Rxe1 Nd2+ 29. Kc2 Nxb3 30. Bxb3 Bd7 $11) 24... Ne4+ 25. Kd3 (25. Ke2 Bg4+
26. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 27. Ke3 Nf6 28. Rhg1 Qh3+ 29. Rf3 Ng4+ 30. Rxg4 Qxg4 31. Qf7
Qg5+ 32. Ke2 Qd8 $11) 25... Nf2+ 26. Ke2 (26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Rf1 Bf5+ $19) 26...
Bg4+ 27. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 28. Kxf2 Rf8+ 29. Ke1 Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Qg2+ 31. Kc1 Rxf1+ 32.
Rxf1 Qxf1+ 33. Qd1 $11) 23... Kh8 24. Qf1 (24. Qe2 Bh3 (24... Ne4+ 25. Kc1 (25.
Kc2 Bf5 26. Nxf5 (26. Kc1 Bh3 27. Re1 $18) 26... Qxf5 27. Bc4 $1 $18) 25... Bh3
26. Re1 $18) 25. Rae1 (25. Kd1 Re8 26. Re1 Bxd4 $1 (26... Ne4 27. Kc1 Nf6 28.
Qd2 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Nd1 Qxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Bf5+ 33. Kc1 Bd6 34.
Bc2 Bf4+ 35. Kb1 Ne4 36. b3 g5 $16) (26... Nf5 $2 27. Nd5 $1 $18) 27. cxd4 Nf5
28. Qd2 Rxe3 (28... Nxe3+ 29. Kc1 c6 $44) 29. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 30. Ke2 (30. Kc1 Qf1+
31. Bd1 Bg4 $19) 30... Bg4+ (30... Qxh2+ 31. Kxe3 Qg3+ 32. Ke2 Bg4+ 33. Kf1
Bh3+ 34. Ke2 Bg4+ $11) 31. Kd3 Qf5+ 32. Kc3 Qa5+ 33. Kd3 Qf5+ $11) 25... c5 26.
dxc5 Bxc5 27. Kd1 Ne4 $44) 24... Ne4+ 25. Ke2 Bg4+ 26. Nxg4 Qd2+ (26... Qxg4+
27. Qf3 $18) 27. Kf3 Ng5+ (27... Nd6 28. Rd1 (28. Kg3 Ne4+ 29. Kh3 h5 30. Rg1
$14 {this game}) 28... Rf8+ 29. Kg3 Ne4+ 30. Kh3 $18) 28. Kg3 Ne4+ 29. Kh3 h5
30. Rg1 (30. Qf5 $6 hxg4+ 31. Kh4 Qh6+ (31... Nf6 $2 32. h3 g5+ 33. Kg3 (33.
Qxg5 Qf2#) 33... Qe3+ 34. Kg2 Qe2+ 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Qf2 $18) 32. Kxg4 Re8 33.
Rae1 (33. Bd5 g6 34. Qxe4 Rxe4+ 35. Bxe4 Qh5+ 36. Kf4 Qh6+ $11) (33. Raf1 g6
34. Qd5 c6 $19) 33... g6 34. Qxe4 (34. Qf4 Qh5#) 34... Rxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Qd2 36.
Rg1 Qf2 37. Ree1 c5 38. Ref1 Qe2+ 39. Kh3 Qd3+ $11) 30... hxg4+ 31. Rxg4 Ng5+
$4 $18 (31... Nf2+ 32. Qxf2 Qxf2 33. Rh4+ Qxh4+ 34. Kxh4 Re8 $14) 32. Kh4 $1 (
32. Rxg5 Qxg5 33. Re1 $16) 32... Qxh2+ 33. Kxg5 Qh6+ 34. Kf5 Rf8+ 35. Ke4 Qh7+
(35... Rxf1 36. Rxf1 Kh7 (36... Qh7+ 37. Ke3 Qh3+ 38. Kd2 $18) 37. Bf7 (37. Rf7
$2 Qh1+ $16) 37... Qh2 38. Rff4 Qe2+ 39. Kf5 Qb5+ 40. d5 Qd7+ 41. Be6 $18) 36.
Ke3 Rxf1 37. Rxf1 Qh3+ 38. Kd2 g5 (38... Qxg4 39. Rh1+ $18) (38... g6 39. Rgf4
$18) 39. Rgg1 Kg7 (39... Qh2+ 40. Kc1 $18) 40. Rxg5+ Kh6 41. Rgg1 Qh2+ 42. Kc1
1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O (6. Nxe5 d5 7. O-O
Bd6 $44) 6... Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3 a5 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. d4 Qc7 10. Bg5
$36 {Nunn,J-Emms,JM/London Lloyds Bank/1993/}) 8. Nxe5 Qe7 9. Nd3 a4 10. e5
axb3 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. cxb3 Be7 $44) (6... b5 {- 58/347}) 7. d3 (7. Bb3 Nxb3 8.
cxb3 d6 9. d4 (9. h3 Be7 10. d4 O-O 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qd2 Kh8 13. Rad1 Rad8 14.
d5 Bc8 15. a3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meier,V-Wernert,W/BL2-O 1996 (22)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be3
Be7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. a3 Nd7 17.
Nf5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Khalifman,A/Sevilla op 1993}) (7. a3 $146 Be7 $1 8. b4
Qc7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 Nxe4 12. Nxd4 d5 13. d3 Nd6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rfe8 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba (m/2) 1995 (20)} (
16... Qd8 $1 {/\ Bf6})) (7. Re1 d6 (7... Bb4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. e5 Ng8 10. Qg4
dxc3 11. Qxg7 cxd2 12. Bxd2 Bxd2 13. Qxh8 Bxe1 14. Qxg8+ Ke7 15. Qg5+ $11 {
1/2-1/2 Riemersma,L-Gausel,E/Gausdal/1993/ (20)}) 8. h3 (8. Nxd4 $5 exd4 9. Nd5
Nd7 $1 (9... Qxa4 $6 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. b3 $1 Qa5 12. Nxa8) 10. b4 $8 Qxa4 11.
Nc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 b6 $5 $13 {Smagin,S-Malaniuk,V/Tilburg 1993/0-1 (48)} (12...
a5 $6 13. c4 $1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 axb4 15. d3 $1 b6 16. a3 b3 17. Rb1 Bb7 18. Nxb6
Nxb6 19. Rxb3 Kc7 20. Bb2 c5 21. Rb1 $16) (12... b5 13. Rb1 Qa6 {>=})) 8... Be7
(8... b5 $1 9. b4 (9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 b4 $17) 9... Qxb4 10. Rb1 Nxf3+ 11.
Qxf3 Qd4 $17 {0-1 Hernandez,G-Miles,A/Capablanca mem-A 1994 (28)}) 9. a3 O-O
10. b4 Qc7 11. Bb2 a5 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne2 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Bb3 Rxa1 16.
Bxa1 c5 17. d3 Be6 18. c3 dxc3 19. Nxc3 Rb8 20. bxc5 (20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. bxc5
dxc5 $11) 20... dxc5 21. e5 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Aruba m 1995 (45)
}) 7... Bb4 (7... d6 8. h3 b5 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. cxb3 b4 11. Nb1 Ba6 12. Qc2 c5
$11 {0-1 Hartikainen,M-Koskinen,H/FIN t-ch 1995 (30)}) 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. cxb3 Be7
$11 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 Ne8 (10... Be7 $11) 11. d4 d5 $6 (11... exd4 12. Qxd4 h6
13. Bh4 Nc7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 (15. Qxc3 Qh5 16. Bg3 Nb5 (16... Ne6 17. Rad1
Re8 (17... d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Rfe1 $14) 18. b4 a5 $11) 17. Qd3 f5 18. e5 (18.
exf5 d6 (18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. a4 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Nd4 22. Rad1 Nxf3+ (
22... Nxb3 23. Bd6 $18) 23. Kg2 Ng5 24. Bd6 Nf7 25. Rfe1 Nxd6 26. Rxd6 Kf7 $16)
19. a4 Bxf5 (19... Nc7 20. Bxd6 Rd8 21. f6 $16) 20. Qc4+ d5 21. Qc5 $18) 18...
f4 19. Bh4 g5 $17) 15... Nb5 $11) 12. dxe5 (12. exd5 cxd5 13. dxe5 $14) 12...
Bxc3 13. bxc3 dxe4 14. b4 Qd5 15. Qxd5 cxd5 16. Nd4 $14 {Couso Luis-Blomstrom
Lars/Ch Sweden master's g 1995/1-0 (48)}) 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... d6 11. Nd5 (11. d4
Bg4 $11) 11... Qd8 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 $11) 11. Rc1 O-O (11... d6 $11) 12. h3 d6 13.
d4 Re8 (13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Re1 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bg5
h6 19. Bh4 $11) 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bg5 (15. d5 Be7 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Qd2 h6 (17...
Nh5 18. Be3 Nf6 $11) 18. Be3 Bd7 $15) 15... Nd7 (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Nd7 17. b4
Ne5 18. f4 h6 19. fxe5 $2 (19. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf5 Re6 $132 (
21... Bxf5 $2 22. exf5 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Bxb4 (23... Qxb4 24. Ne4 Rad8 25. Qg4+ Kh8
26. Re3 Qxb2 27. Rg3 Qxc1+ 28. Kh2 $18) 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh5 Bf8 26. Ne4 Re7
27. f6 Rd7 28. Ng5 Kg8 {[%tqu "En","?","","","g5h7","",10]} 29. Nh7 $1 Kxh7 (
29... Rd2 30. Nxf8 Qf2 31. Qg4+ Kxf8 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Rxe5+ Kd8 34. Re7 $18)
30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Qxd7 $16)) 19... hxg5 20. Ncb5 Qb8 21. Nxd6 Bxd6
22. exd6 Qxd6 $15) 16. Qd2 Qa5 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. Be3 Nxd4
20. Bxd4 a6 $11) 17. a3 Qb6 18. b4 a5 (18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. b3 a6 21.
Be3 Qd8 $11) 19. b5 a4 (19... exd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5 21. Be3 a4 $11) 20. Be3 Qa5 (
20... exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 $11 (21... c5 22. Nf3 Nf6 23. Bg5 $14)) 21. Qc2 exd4 $6
(21... cxb5 22. Nd5 Ra6 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. Nb4 Ra8 25. Nd5 Ra6 26. Nb4 $11) 22.
Nxd4 c5 23. b4 $2 $17 (23. Nf3 Nb6 $11 (23... b6 24. Nd2 $14)) 23... axb3 24.
Nxb3 Qd8 (24... Qxa3 25. Ra1 $18) 25. a4 Nb6 (25... b6 26. Red1 Bb7 27. f3 Qe7
28. a5 bxa5 29. Ra1 Qd8 30. Ra4 Qc7 31. Bf2 (31. Rda1 d5 32. Bf2 d4 33. Ne2 Bd6
34. Nxa5 Bc8 35. Nc4 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Nb6 37. Nxd6 Qxd6 $15) 31... Nb6 32. Rxa5 c4
33. Ne2 d5 34. Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Nd2 Bc5 $15) 26. a5 Nc4 27. Rcd1 Bd7 $1 28. Bf4
Re6 $2 (28... Nxa5 $1 29. Nxa5 (29. Bxd6 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 {[%tqu "En","?","","",
"d7h3","",10]} Bxh3 $3 31. Bxf8 Qg5 32. g3 Rxf8 $19)) 29. Bg3 $6 (29. e5 $1
Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Qe8 31. Nd5 Rxe5 32. Qc3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Qd8 34. Nb6 Ra7 35. Nxd7
(35. Nxc5 Bxb5 $17) 35... Qxd7 36. Qd3 d5 37. Re5 c4 38. Rxd5 Qxb5 $1 39. Rxb5
cxd3 40. Rd5 Ra6 41. Rxd3 Rd6 $15) 29... Nxa5 30. f4 $1 Rg6 (30... Nxb3 $6 31.
Qxb3 Be7 $6 32. f5 Rh6 33. Bf4 $44) 31. Kh2 $8 Be7 32. Nd5 (32. Ra1 Bh4 33.
Bxh4 Qxh4 34. f5 Rg5 $17) 32... Bh4 33. Bxh4 Qxh4 34. f5 Qg3+ $2 (34... Rg5 $1
35. Ra1 $1 (35. Nb6 Nxb3 36. Nxa8 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 Nd4 $19) (35. Re3 Bxb5 $19) (35.
Nxc5 Qg3+ (35... dxc5 36. Nb6 Rd8 37. Qc3 Qf2 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. gxf3 Nb3 40. f4
Rh5 41. Nxd7 $14) 36. Kh1 dxc5 (36... Bxb5 37. Re3 Qh4 38. Nc7 Rc8 39. Nxb5
dxc5 40. Qxc5 Nc6 $14) 37. Nb6 Nb3 $1 (37... Rd8 38. Rg1 Qc7 39. Nd5 Qe5 40.
Qd2 Rh5 41. Qxa5 Re8 42. Rge1 $11) 38. Nxa8 Nd4 39. Qa2 Nf3 $1 $19) 35... Bxb5
36. Re3 b6 $17) 35. Kh1 $11 Rh6 (35... Nxb3 $2 36. fxg6 Nd4 37. gxf7+ Kxf7 38.
Qc3 $14) 36. Ra1 $8 Re8 $4 (36... c4 $1 37. Nxa5 Rxa5 38. Qxc4 Rxh3+ 39. gxh3 (
39. Kg1 Rh2 40. Nf4 Qh4 41. Nh3 Rxh3 42. gxh3 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 (43. Kf1 Qxh3+ (
43... Bxb5 44. Qxb5 Qf3+ $11) 44. Ke2 (44. Kg1 Qg3+ 45. Kf1 Ra3 (45... Qxe1+
46. Kxe1 Rxa1+ 47. Kf2 h5 48. Qd5 b6 49. Qxd6 Bxb5 50. Qxb6 $11) 46. Rxa3 Qxa3
47. Kf2 g6 $132)) 43... Qxh3+ $11) 39... Qxh3+ $11) 37. Re3 $18 Qg5 38. Rxa5
Rh4 39. Qf2 (39. Qe2 $18) 39... Rhxe4 40. Rxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra8+ Re8 42. Rxe8+ Bxe8
43. Qe2 Qd8 (43... Bd7 44. Nb6 $18 (44. g4 $18) 44... Qxf5 45. Qe7 Qe6 46. Qxe6
Bxe6 47. Na5 d5 48. Nxb7 c4 49. Nc5 c3 50. Nd3 Bf5 51. Nc1 d4 52. Na4 d3 53.
Nxc3 d2 54. Nb3 d1=Q+ 55. Nxd1 Bc2 56. b6 $18) 44. b6 h6 (44... Bd7 45. Na5 Qa8
46. Qe7 $18) 45. Na5 Bd7 46. Nxb7 Qa8 47. Qe4 Kh8 48. Nxd6 Bc6 49. b7 Bxb7 50.
Nxb7 Qxb7 51. Qe8+ Kh7 52. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2002.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 c5 (10... dxe5 {-another mainline.}) (10... f5 {
-see commented game  1-0 Alavkin,A-Diu,V/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91_01 [Tsesarsky,I]
(29)}) 11. c3 Nf5 12. exd6 (12. Bc2 Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nf4 dxe5 15. Nd5 Nf6
16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. e4 Bg4 18. f3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Nikolenko,O-Pinkas,K/Katowice
1995/EXT 2000 (59)}) (12. O-O Nxe3 13. dxe3 c4 14. Nb4 dxe5 15. Qh5 f5 16. Rd1
Nf6 17. Rxd8 Nxh5 18. Rd5 e4 19. Bb5 a6 20. Bxc4 Be6 21. Be2 $1 $16 (21. b3 a5
22. Rxa5 Bxa5 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 1995/
CBM 46 ext (28)})) ({In couple of games played with} 12. Bb3 {so far White got
an advantage:} dxe5 $5 {probably the best.} (12... Qh4 13. Qf3 Nxe3 14. dxe3
Bc7 15. e4 dxe5 16. Nxc5 $16 {0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Norri,J/Helsinki 1996/EXT 98 (33)
}) (12... Nxe3 13. dxe3 Qg5 (13... dxe5 14. e4 Qc7 15. Bc4 Nd6 16. Bd5 Be6 $132
{0-1 Koch,J-Stefansson,H/Bischwiller 1999/EXT 2001 (50)}) 14. O-O dxe5 15. e4
Qe7 16. Qh5 Nf6 (16... Bc7 17. Bg5 Nf6 18. Rad1 b6 19. Bd5 Rb8 20. f4 Nxh5 21.
Bxe7 Re8 22. Bd6 $1 Bxd6 23. fxe5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7]} Be6 24. exd6 Bxd5 25. exd5
Nf6 26. Rde1 $16) 17. Qxe5 (17. Bg5 $14) 17... Qxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe4 19. Be3 Bf5
20. Rad1 Nf6 21. Nc4 Be4 22. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rb6] 1/2-1/2 Kulish,I-Nikolin,Z/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 97 (55)}) 13. Nxe5 Ned6 14. O-O Re8 15. N5c4 Bc7 16. d3 b5
17. Nd2 Bb7 (17... Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qe7 19. Bd5 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. e4 Rad8 22.
Qf3 Rd7 23. a4 b4 24. Nc4 Red8 25. Rd1 $14) 18. Nd5 Bb8 19. Nf4 $44) 12... Qxd6
13. Bc2 Nf6 14. O-O Bc7 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2][%cal Gc7h2] Black sacrificed P but got
full compensation: How White will develop his queenside?} 15. g3 b5 {[%cal
Gc8b7] Strong novelty!} (15... Qc6 $143 $6 16. Nb4 $5 (16. Nxf5 $143 $6 Bxf5
17. Nb4 Qd7 $1 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Nc2 Rad8 20. d4 Rfe8 21. b4 cxb4 22. Nxb4 Ne4
23. Bd2 h5 24. f3 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 h4 26. g4 Bf4 27. Qb2 Qg6 28. Rae1 Rxe1 29.
Rxe1 a5 $17 {0-1 Yudasin,L-Nielsen,P/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 50 (41)}) 16... Nxe3 $5
(16... cxb4 17. Nxf5 Re8 18. cxb4 b5 19. d4 Bb7 20. f3 g6 21. Nh6+ Kg7 22. Bb3
Nd5 23. Ng4 $14) 17. Nxc6 Nxd1 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19. Nxc8 (19. Rxd1 Bg4 20. Re1 Rae8
$15 {[%csl Re7][%cal Ge8e1]}) 19... Nxb2 20. Nxa7 Rxa7 21. Bxb2 $14) 16. Nf4 ({
Interesting was} 16. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5]} Nxe3 $8 17. fxe3 Bh3 (17... Bg4 18.
Qg2 Rad8 19. a4 a6 $44) 18. Re1 Bg4 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. Qf1 Rfe8 $44) 16... Nh4 $1
17. d4 (17. Nh5 Bb7 {[%csl Rf3,Rg1][%cal Gh4f3]} 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. f4 Qc6 20.
gxh4 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Qxh2+ 22. Ke1 Qxh4+ 23. Rf2 Rfe8 (23... Bxf4 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25.
Nxg4 Bg3 26. d4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rfe8+ 28. Kf1 Bxf2 29. Kxf2 Rad8 $13) 24. Bf5 {
[%cal Gd1g4]} h5 {preventing Qd1-g4} 25. Qe2 ({Wrong is} 25. Bd7 Re7 26. Bxb5
Bxf4 27. Qa4 Bf3 $19 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gh4h1,Gf4g3]}) 25... Bxf4 $17 {[%cal
Gf4g3]}) 17... Bb7 18. d5 (18. f3 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rfe8 20. Nfg2 Nxg2 21. Kxg2 $44
) 18... Rad8 19. a4 Qd7 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1][%cal Gc7f4,Gd7h3]} 20. gxh4 $1 (20. Nh5
Nxd5 21. Qd3 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gc2h7]} (21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. f4 Qh3 $19) 21... Nf3+
22. Kh1 (22. Kg2 Ne1+ 23. Rxe1 Nf4+ $19 {[%csl Rd3,Rg2][%cal Gf4d3]}) 22... Ng5
$19 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gb7h1]}) (20. axb5 Bxf4 21. c4 Qh3 $19) 20... Bxf4 21. Qf3
({Approximately equal game after} 21. Nf5 Qc7 (21... Bxc1 22. Qxc1 Nxd5 23.
axb5 g6 $132) 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd3 Bxd5 (23... b4 24. c4 g6 25. Qg3 Qxc4 26.
Bd3 Qb3 27. Nh6+ Kg7 (27... Kh8 28. Qe5 $18) 28. Nf5+ $11) 24. Qg3 Nh5 25. Qxf4
Nxf4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. axb5 Rd2 $132) 21... Qc7 22. Rd1 $2 $17 {
[%csl Gd5][%cal Gd1d5] White wishes to protect Pd5, but this plan is wrong.} ({
Much better was} 22. axb5 $1 {and White keeps equal game:} Bxh2+ (22... Nxd5 $2
23. Rxa7 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 $18) (22... Rxd5 $5 23. Ng4 Rg5 $5 (23... Bxc1 24. Nxf6+
gxf6 25. Be4 Bxb2 26. Bxd5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxd5 28. Qxd5 Kh8 $132) 24. Bxf4 Qb6
25. hxg5 Bxf3 26. gxf6 Bxg4 27. fxg7 $132) 23. Kh1 c4 (23... Rxd5 24. Rxa7 Be5
25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Nxd5 27. Rxc7 $18) 24. Rxa7 Be5 25. Rd1 $132) 22...
Bxh2+ 23. Kf1 a6 $1 {Simple and atrong.} 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ng4 ({Or} 25. h5 Be5
26. h6 g6 $17 {[%csl Rc1,Rf1] It is difficult for White to develop his
queenside because the Pd5 is weak.}) 25... Nxg4 26. Qxg4 Bxd5 27. Bxh7+ $2 $19
{Decisive mistake.} ({It was necessary to sacrifice exchange:} 27. Rxd5 Rxd5
28. Bxh7+ Kh8 (28... Kxh7 29. Qe4+ g6 30. Qxd5 Rd8 31. Qg5 $15) 29. Be4 Re5 30.
Bg5 $17) 27... Kxh7 28. Rxd5 ({Or} 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Rxd5 Qb7 $19) 28... Qc6 $1
{Stronger} ({than} 28... Rxd5 29. Qe4+ $17 {-see above.}) 29. Qh5+ (29. Rh5+
Kg8 30. f3 Rd1+ 31. Kf2 g6 $19) 29... Kg8 30. Rxd8 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg White Nights"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8.
axb3 d6 9. h3 (9. Ne2 Bg4 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. Nf1 (11. h3 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bd7 13. O-O
$11 {1/2-1/2 Bosch,J-Van Gisbergen,S/NED ch ,CBM 1994 (16)}) 11... Qf6 12. h3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 d5 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 Bc5 17. Bd2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Nielsen,P-Sobjerg,E/Copenhagen op ,EXT 1993 (42)}) (9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 Bg4 $11)
9... Be7 (9... g6 10. O-O (10. d4 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O 14.
Rd1 Bb7 15. Bg5 a6 (15... Rfd8 $11) 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Ne8 18. Rd7 Bc8 19.
Rd8 f6 20. Be3 Nc7 21. Rd6 Bb7 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rad1 Raf8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rd8+
Bf8 26. Bh6 Ne6 27. Rb8 Rd7 28. Ne1 Kf7 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van Den
Berg,A-Van Gisbergen,S/NLD-chT 1995 (40)}) 10... Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. d4 Qc7 13.
Be3 Re8 14. Re1 a6 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Stoinev,
M-Gavrilov,A/Riazan 1993 (40)}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne2 Qc7 (11... Re8 12. Ng3 a5 (
12... Bf8 13. Qe1 d5 14. Qa5 Qd6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Nf5 Qb8 17. Bd8 Qb7 18. Bc7 f6
$132 {0-1 Van Den Berg Ad-Van Gisbergen Stan/Ch Netherlands (team) 1996 (69)})
13. d4 Qc7 14. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Tkachiev,V/Moscow olm ENG-KGZ ,CBM
1994/ (37)}) 12. Ng3 Bd7 (12... d5 13. Nh2 Be6 14. Qf3 Rfd8 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16.
Qxf5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Rd4 18. Be3 Rdd8 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Re8 22.
Rfd1 Nf8 23. Be3 Ne6 24. Rd2 a5 25. Qg4 Red8 26. Rad1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 a4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Kulish,I-Maric,A/Kishinev ztW ,EXT 1995 (29)}) 13. d4 Rfe8 14. Re1 (14.
Be3 exd4 $11) (14. dxe5 dxe5 $11) 14... exd4 15. Qxd4 (15. Nxd4 Qb7 (15... d5
16. e5 (16. exd5 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Nxb5 cxb5 18. Qxd5 Rad8 $44 {[%csl Rc2,
Gd7,Ge7]}) 17. Bg5 $11) 16... Bc5 (16... Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 19. Nf3
(19. e6 fxe6 20. Nf3 Bf6 $11) 19... Qc6 (19... Rad8 20. Qe2 Bf5 21. Rf4 Qd7 22.
Be3 $14) 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Qe2 Red8 $44) 17. Bf4 (17. exf6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxd4
19. Nh5 (19. fxg7 Qxg3 $19) 19... Re8 20. Be3 g6 21. c3 Bxe3 22. Ng7 Re4 23.
fxe3 Qe5 24. Rxa7 Qxf6 25. Rxd7 Kxg7 $15) 17... Be6 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Nd7
20. Ra6 Nb6 21. Rea1 Qb7 $11) 16. Ndf5 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Bf8 18. f3 d5 19. Bg5 Bc5+
20. Kh1 Re6 $11) 15... c5 16. Qd3 Bc6 (16... Qb7 17. c4 Bc6 18. Bg5 a6 $132)
17. Bf4 Qb7 18. Nd2 (18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Bf8 (19... Qxb2 $2 20. Reb1 $18) 20.
Nd2 Qxb2 21. Nb3 {Like later in this game, but with a little difference -
White stand good} Nd7 22. Na5 $44) 18... Bf8 19. c3 $2 $15 (19. c4 $5 $132)
19... Re6 20. Re2 (20. Bg5 h6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Nh5 Re6 23. Nf4 Re5 24. c4 bxc4
25. bxc4 (25. Nxc4 Bxe4 (25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxd6 Bxd3 28. Nxb7 Be4
29. Na5 Bd6 $17) 26. Nxd6 Bxd3 27. Nxb7 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Ba6 29. Na5 Bd6 $17 {
Two echo-variants!}) 25... Qxb2 26. Rab1 Qd4 (26... Qa2 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Rab1
Qa2 $11) 27. Qxd4 (27. Qc2 Ree8 $17) 27... cxd4 28. Nd5 (28. f3 a5 29. Nb3 a4
30. Nxd4 Rc5 31. Rb4 a3 32. Nd3 Be8 33. Kf2 Rcc8 $19 {[%csl Ra1][%cal Ga3a2,
Gg7g6,Gf8g7]}) 28... f5 29. exf5 (29. f4 Ree8 30. Nc7 (30. Kf2 a5 31. exf5 a4
32. Nf3 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 a3 34. f6 (34. Nxd4 a2 35. Ra1 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Be7 $19 {
[%cal Ge7f6]}) 34... a2 35. Ra1 Ra4 $19) 30... fxe4 31. Nxa8 Bxa8 $17) 29...
Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 (30... a5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Nc4 a4 33. Ra1 a3 34. Nxe5 Ra5
35. Nc4 Rxd5 36. Nxa3 Ra5 37. Nc2 d3 38. Rxa5 dxc2 39. Ra1 Ba3 40. g4 c1=Q+ 41.
Rxc1 Bxc1 42. Kg2 $11 {[%csl Gc1,Gh1]}) 31. g4 a5 $17) 20... Rae8 21. Rae1 h6
22. f3 (22. c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qxb2 24. Nb3 Qa3 25. Ra1 Qb4 $17) 22... g6 23. c4
(23. b4 $6 cxb4 24. cxb4 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Qd4 g5 27. Be3 Rxe5 28. f4 gxf4 29.
Qxf4 R5e6 $17) 23... bxc4 24. bxc4 $2 $17 (24. Nxc4 $1 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Bd6
$1 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. Nxe2 $15) 24... Qxb2 25. Nb3 Qa3 26. Ra1 Qb4 27. Rxa7
d5 $3 28. Nd2 (28. cxd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 (29. Bd2 c4 30. Bxb4 (30. exd5 cxd3 31.
Bxb4 Rxe2 32. Bxf8 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Bxd5 $19) 30... cxd3 $19) 29... Rxe2 30. Nxe2
c4 $1 31. Qc3 cxb3 32. dxc6 b2 33. Qxb4 Bxb4 $19) (28. exd5 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Qe1+
30. Kh2 Rxe2 31. dxc6 Qf2 $19) 28... dxe4 29. Ndxe4 $17 (29. Ndxe4 Nxe4 (29...
Bxe4 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. fxe4 Bg7 $15) 30. fxe4 (30. Nxe4 f5 31. Nf6+ Rxf6 32.
Rxe8 Bxe8 $19) 30... Qb6 31. Ra1 Qb7 32. Rae1 Qe7 33. Kh1 Bg7 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Podlesnik, Bogdan"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2002.01.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 {This nonstandard move's target is
to avoid position simplifying in wellknown long theoretical variation. This
move, however, obstructs Pd7 and Bc8, but sometimes Bc8 is developed on b7
square.} 5. d3 ({Another continuation is} 5. O-O O-O (5... a6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd5
O-O 8. d4 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gruber,
B-Puc,S/Ljubljana 1947/EXT 99 (41)}) 6. Re1 (6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4
Re8 {[%csl Rc3,Re4][%cal Gd6e5,Ge5c3,Ge8e4]} (8... c6 $2 9. Qxd6 cxb5 10. e5
$16 {1-0 Priborsky,M-Pokorny,J/Plzen 1998/EXT 2000 (21)}) 9. f3 (9. Bd3 Be5 10.
Qc4 c6 $132 {[%cal Gd7d5]}) 9... Be5 10. Qf2 (10. Qd3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 {[%csl
Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 12. h3 Nh5 13. Ne2 d5 $1 14. f4 (14. exd5 Bh2+ 15. Kf2 (15.
Kh1 Rxe2 $19) 15... Bf5 $19) 14... dxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Bd6 $15) 10... c6
11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qh4 d5 $11) 6... Re8 7. d4 (7. h3 Nd4 8. Bc4 c6 9. a3 Bc7 10.
d3 Ne6 11. Ba2 d6 12. b4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bunzmann,D-Hector,J/Fuerth 2000/EXT
2001 (35)}) 7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be5 {This position we had already
seen above.} 10. Qd3 c6 11. Ba4 a5 (11... Qc7) 12. a3 b5 13. Bb3 Ba6 (13... Qc7
) 14. Qf3 Qb8 15. g3 c5 16. Bd5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qd6 $15 {0-1
Barglowski,F-Malaniuk,V/Bydgoszcz POL 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (40)}) 5... h6
(5... O-O 6. O-O h6 (6... b6 7. Ne2 Re8 8. Ng3 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. b3 Nd7 11.
Bb2 c5 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. Nd2 g6 14. Ne3 Bg7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lemmers,O-Motwani,P/BEL
1997/EXT 98 (37)}) 7. Ne2 Ne7 8. Ba4 c6 9. Ng3 Bc7 10. Re1 Re8 (10... Ng6 11.
d4 d6 12. c3 $11) 11. Nh4 d5 12. h3 b5 13. Bb3 dxe4 14. dxe4 c5 15. c3 Qxd1 16.
Bxd1 Bb7 17. Bc2 $11 {1-0 Zubov,O-Bochkarev,A/Sevastopol 2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) (
5... Nd4 6. Bg5 c6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Qe7 9. O-O a5 10. a3 Nxb3 (10... c5 $2 11.
Nd5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ober,H-Huebner,S/Verden 1999/EXT 2001 (31)}) 11. cxb3 $11) 6.
h3 (6. Be3 O-O (6... b6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Ne2 Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Ng3 g6 11. O-O Qd7
12. a4 a5 13. h3 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Laiz,J-Gonzalez,E/Santiago 1994/EXT 2001 
(47)}) 7. h3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Frog,I-Kholmov,R/Moscow 1996/EXT 99 (21)}) (6. a3 b6 (6... O-O 7. h3
Re8 8. Be3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Ba4 Bc7 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxd4 d6 $11 {
0-1 Becker,W-Hector,J/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (26)}) 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. h3 c5 9. Be3
Nd7 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. g4 h5 12. O-O-O Nf8 $132 {0-1 Seibold,H-Hector,J/Fuerth
2000/EXT 2001 (24)}) (6. O-O O-O 7. Ne2 a6 (7... Re8 8. Ng3 a6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10.
b3 c5 $132 (10... Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 (11... c5 12. Nxe5) 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qh4
14. f4 g6 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. Kh1 f6 17. Rae1 g5 18. e5 $1 $16 {1-0 Gallagher,
J-Cooper,L/Birmingham ENG 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (27)})) 8. Bxc6 (8. Ba4 b5
9. Bb3 Na5 10. Ng3 Re8 11. h3 Bf8 12. Nh2 d5 13. Qf3 c6 14. Nf5 Kh7 15. Ng4
Nxg4 16. hxg4 Nxb3 17. axb3 g6 18. Ne3 Be6 $15 {0-1 Koscielski,J-Rabiega,R/Bad
Wiessee 2000/EXT 2001 (35)}) 8... dxc6 9. b3 $132) 6... O-O ({Possible also
another plan - in view of fact of Pe5 protection by Bd6 -} 6... a6 7. Ba4 (7.
Bxc6 dxc6 $132) 7... b5 8. Bb3 Na5 $132 {[%csl Rb3,Re5][%cal Gd6e5,Gf3e5,Ga5b3]
}) 7. g4 {Looks premature activity. Better was to complete pieces development
first.} a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne2 Nh7 10. Ng3 c5 {[%csl Gd4]} 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Be3
(12. Nxd6 cxd6 $132) 12... Bf8 13. Qd2 Qf6 14. h4 (14. O-O-O {[%cal Gd1g1]
would meet by} g6 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Rf5]} 15. N5h4 (15. Nxh6+ Bxh6 16. Bxh6 Qxf3
$19) 15... Qg7 (15... Be7 16. Rdg1 $36) 16. g5 hxg5 17. Nxg5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Be6
19. Kb1 c4 20. Rhg1 b5 $132) 14... h5 15. g5 ({Dubious is} 15. gxh5 $6 {
in view of} Bxf5 16. exf5 e4 $1 (16... Qxf5 17. Ng5 Rad8 18. Qc3 Qg4 19. Qb3 (
19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 e4 $17) 19... c4 20. dxc4 Qg2 21. Rf1 Nf6
22. Bd2 Rd4 23. O-O-O Rxh4 24. f4 $13) 17. dxe4 Qxb2 18. Rd1 Rxe4 $17 {[%csl
Ra2,Rc2,Rf5,Rh4,Rh5]}) 15... Qc6 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gc8f5,Gc6f3] Threatening
Bxf5.} 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qc3 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3e5]} Bd6 18. Nf1 (18. Nd2 $132 {
[%cal Gd2c4]}) 18... Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} 19. N1d2 Bg4 20. Rg1 (20.
Nh2 Be6 21. Nc4 $11) 20... b5 21. b4 $6 $15 {We can understand White's desire
to stop black PP promotion on the queenside, but the move in text is not best.}
(21. O-O-O $142 a5 22. Rxg4 hxg4 23. Nh2 Qd7 24. Bxc5 $13) (21. Rg3 $142 $132)
21... a5 22. Bxc5 $2 $17 {Mistake, based on wrong variations calculation.} ({
Of course, right was} 22. bxc5 Nd7 23. d4 exd4 24. Nxd4 Be5 (24... Qxc5 25.
Qxc5 Nxc5 26. f3 Bd7 $15 {Black has pair of BB.}) 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 b4 27.
Qe3 Bf5 28. e5 Bxc2 $15 {[%csl Re1]}) 22... Bxf3 23. Nxf3 axb4 $1 24. Bxb4 Bxb4
{White can't play Qxc6...} 25. Qxb4 Qxc2 {[%csl Re1]} 26. Qd2 Qc5 {[%csl Rd3,
Re1][%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} 27. Ke2 $2 $19 {Makes defence hopeless.} ({
More stubborn was} 27. Kf1 Ne6 $17) 27... Ne6 28. Rgc1 Qd6 29. Rcb1 (29. Kf1
Nf4 30. Ne1 Ra3 $19 {[%csl Ra2,Rd3,Rf1][%cal Ge8a8]}) 29... Nf4+ 30. Ke3 Rad8 (
{Wins by force} 30... Qc5+ 31. d4 Ra3+ 32. Rb3 Ng2+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+ 34. Kd1 Rxb3
$19) 31. Rb3 c5 (31... Qc5+ 32. d4 Ng2+ 33. Ke2 Qc4+ $19) 32. Qc3 (32. Rd1 Qd7
$19) 32... c4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13. h4 $16 {Shirov
didn't equalize in previous game between the same players and nevertheless
repeats bad opening variation. Black hasn't sufficient compensation for P lack.
} Qf6 (13... Qg6 {-see detailed commented game - the first game between the
same players - 1-0 Motylev,A-Shirov,A/Moscow 2001/CBM 86_03 [Tsesarsky,I](89)})
14. f4 Nd6 ({Or} 14... Qh6 15. g3 Qg6 16. Rg1 Nd6 17. Ne5 $16) (14... Qg6 15.
O-O $16) 15. c3 Nxc4 ({Black keeps his advantage also in case of} 15... Nc6 16.
Nxb6 axb6 17. d4 $16) 16. Nxc4 Qg6 17. Kf1 ({Worth of attention} 17. cxd4 Qxg2
(17... Qg3+ 18. Kf1 Qxf4+ 19. Qf3 $18) 18. Rf1 Qg3+ 19. Rf2 Bxd4 20. Ne3 Qxh4
21. Qf3 $16) 17... Be6 $2 $18 {Incorrect piece sacrifice. Black must
complicate the game in any case...} (17... Nc6 $142 18. d4 $16 {[%cal Gc4e5]})
18. Ne5 Qg3 19. cxd4 Bd5 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gd5g2]} 20. Qe2 Qxf4+ 21. Nf3 c6 22.
d3 Qd6 23. Be3 Rae8 24. Qd2 Ba5 25. Bf4 $1 ({Badly is to capture on a5:} 25.
Qxa5 $4 Rxe3 26. Rh3 Bxf3 27. Bb3+ Kh8 28. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 29. gxf3 Qg3 30. Qd2
Qxf3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4+ $44) 25... Qg6 (25... Bxd2 26. Bxd6 $18 {[%cal Gd6e5]}) 26.
Qf2 ({Wins easily also} 26. Qxa5 Qg4 27. Bb3 (27. Be5 Bxf3 28. Bb3+ Kh8 29. Qd2
$18 (29. gxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qe3+ 31. Kf1 Qf3+ $11)) 27... Bxb3 28. axb3 Qxf4
29. Re1 Re3 30. Rxe3 Qxe3 31. Qd2 $18) 26... Qg4 27. Be5 f4 28. Bd1 ({Or} 28.
Bb3 $18) 28... Qf5 29. Qe2 c5 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc5d4,Gd5f3]} 30. Bb3 Rd8 31.
Qe4 Qd7 32. Ng5 g6 33. Bxd5+ ({Immediately wins} 33. h5 {[%cal Gh5g6]} f3 34.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 35. hxg6 $18) 33... Qxd5 34. Qxd5+ (34. h5 $18) 34... Rxd5 35. Ne6 (
35. Ne4 $18) 35... Re8 36. Nxf4 Rd7 37. Ne2 Rf7+ 38. Bf4 cxd4 39. g3 $6 ({
Why not} 39. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3f3] and White keeps piece over.} Rxe2 (39... Bd2
40. Rf3 Rxe2 41. Kxe2 Bxf4 42. Raf1 $18) 40. Kxe2 Rxf4 41. Rf1 $18) 39... h6 {
[%cal Gg6g5] threatening g6-g5} 40. Nxd4 $6 ({The only way to keep winning
position was} 40. b4 $1 Bxb4 (40... Bb6 41. Ke1 $18) 41. Rb1 a5 42. a3 Bxa3 43.
Rb6 Rfe7 44. Rh2 Kg7 45. Rb5 Bb4 46. Rf2 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 40... g5 41. hxg5
hxg5 42. Rh5 Bd8 $1 {Despite all inaccurances position of White stil is
winning.} (42... gxf4 43. Rxa5 fxg3+ 44. Kg2 $18) 43. Ne2 $2 {Serious mistake.}
({Not} 43. Re1 $2 Rxe1+ 44. Kxe1 gxf4 45. gxf4 Rxf4 46. Ne6 Rh4 $16) ({Right
was only} 43. Nb5 $1 {[%cal Gb5d6] threatening Nd6} Ref8 44. Ke2 (44. Nd6 Rd7
45. Ne4 gxf4 46. gxf4 Rxf4+ 47. Ke2 Bb6 48. Rah1 $16) 44... gxf4 45. gxf4 Rxf4
46. Rg1+ Kf7 47. Rh7+ Ke6 48. Rg6+ Kf5 (48... Bf6 49. Rxb7 $18) 49. Rg2 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7]} Bf6 50. Rxb7 $18) 43... gxf4 44. Nxf4 $5 ({Or} 44. gxf4 $5 Bf6
45. Rb5 Re3 46. Rd1 Rfe7 47. Rd2 Rf3+ 48. Kg2 Rfe3 $16) 44... Bc7 45. Rg5+ Kf8
46. Rg4 Re3 47. Rd1 Bxf4 48. gxf4 Rd7 49. Rh4 ({Worth of attention} 49. d4 $5
Re4 $1 (49... Rd5 50. Rg5 Rxg5 51. fxg5 Rg3 52. Rc1 Rxg5 53. Rc7 Ra5 54. a3 b6
55. Ke2 $18) 50. d5 Rf7 51. Kf2 Rexf4+ 52. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 53. Ke3 Rf7 (53... Rh4
54. Rc1 $16) 54. Rh1 Ke7 55. Ke4 $16) 49... Kg7 50. Kf2 ({Now} 50. d4 {is not
so effective:} Kf6 $1 (50... Rd5 51. Kf2 Re4 52. Rg1+ $18) 51. d5 Kf5 52. Rd4
Rde7 (52... Re4 53. Rh5+ $18) 53. Rh5+ Kf6 54. Rd2 (54. d6 Re1+ 55. Kg2 R1e2+
$11) 54... Rf3+ 55. Rf2 Rd3 56. Re2 Rf3+ 57. Kg2 Rxe2+ 58. Kxf3 Rxb2 $14) 50...
Rexd3 $44 51. Rxd3 Rxd3 52. Ke2 Rg3 53. Kd2 b6 54. a4 {This move allows Black
to build fortess.} (54. Rh2 Rf3 (54... Kf6 55. Rf2 Kf5 56. Kc2 $14) 55. Re2
Rxf4 56. Re7+ Rf7 57. Rxf7+ Kxf7 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Kc4 a6 $11) (54. Rh5 Rg2+ (
54... Kf6 55. Rh7 Kf5 56. Rxa7 Kxf4 57. Rb7 Rg6 58. Kd3 Ke5 59. Kc4 $18) 55.
Kc3 Rf2 56. Rf5 Kg6 57. Rf8 Kg7 58. Ra8 a5 59. Rb8 Rf3+ 60. Kd2 Rf2+ $44 {
[%csl Rb2,Rf4]}) 54... Rb3 55. Kc2 Rb4 56. b3 a5 $11 57. Kc3 Re4 58. Kd3 Rb4
59. Kc2 Rd4 60. Kc3 Re4 61. Rg4+ Kf7 62. Rh4 {Dramatic game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 {This
variation became fashionable...} Re8 $6 {Too optimistic...} ({Better was} 7...
a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 {-see detailed commented game 0-1 Podlesnik,B-Pavasovic,D/
Ljubljana 2002/CBM 88_01 [Tsesarsky,I](32)}) 8. g5 hxg5 9. Bxg5 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6,
Rf6][%cal Gh1g1,Gg5d8] White can be satisfyed by opening results: g-file is
open for Attack, Bg5 makes unpleasnt pin, Bd6 still obscures Pd7 and Bc8...}
Nd4 ({Another interesting continuation is} 9... Bb4 10. Rg1 Nd4 11. Bc4 Ne6 (
11... c6 12. a3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Nh4 $40) 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13.
Qd2 $40) 10. Nd5 $1 Be7 ({Badly is} 10... c6 $2 {in view of} 11. Nxd4 exd4 12.
Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Bh6 {with decisive Attack:} Re5 14. Rg1+ Rg5 (14... Kh7 15. Qg4
$18) 15. Bxg5 fxg5 16. Qh5 Bf4 17. Bc4 $18) 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxd4 ({Not so
effective} 12. Bc4 $6 {in view of reply} d5 $1 ({Dubious is} 12... Qb4+ 13. c3
Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxb2 15. Rd1 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh1g1]} d5 16. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 17. Kf1
gxf6 18. Bxd5 $1 (18. Qxf6 $2 Re6 (18... dxc4 19. Rg1+ Kf8 20. Rg7 Re7 21. Qg5
Ke8 22. dxc4 $18) 19. Rg1+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Bxd5 (21. exd5 Rf6 22. Re1 Bf5
$17) 21... Rf6 $132) 18... Be6 19. Qxf6 Qc2 (19... Bxd5 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. exd5
Qc2 22. Ke1 (22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qxe5+ Kd8 24. Qh5 $16) 22... Qc3+ 23. Ke2 Qb2+
24. Rd2 Qb6 25. Qg7+ Ke7 26. Rg5 $16)) 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxd5 Qb4+ 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Qxb2 16. Bxf6 Qxa1+ 17. Ke2 Qb2+ 18. Kf1 gxf6 19. Qh5 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qc1+
21. Ke2 Qc2+ 22. Ke3 Rxe6 23. Qh6 f5 24. Rg1+ Rg6 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qxg6+ $11)
13... dxc4 14. Nf3 $132) 12... exd4 13. Rg1 {[%cal Gg1g8] Clear and straight.}
({Worth of attention also} 13. Bc4 $5) 13... c6 ({Or} 13... Qb4+ 14. c3 ({
Natural} 14. Kf1 {would meet by} Nxe4 $1 15. dxe4 Qxb5+ $17) (14. Qd2 Qxb2 15.
Bxf6 Qxa1+ 16. Qd1 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 g6 18. Rg4 Re6 19. Bxd4 d5 20. Rh4 f6 21.
exd5 Rd6 22. Bc5 Rxd5 23. Bc4 Be6 $11) 14... dxc3 15. Bxf6 $1 (15. bxc3 Qxc3+
16. Bd2 $44) (15. a3 Qd4 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Rg5 Qe6 18. bxc3 c6 19. Bc4 d5 20.
exd5 Qxh3 21. Kd2 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Nxd5 24. Qg1 $13) 15... cxb2+ 16.
Kf1 g6 17. Rb1 Qxb5 18. Rxb2 $40 {[%csl Rg8]}) 14. Qf3 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8][%cal
Gf3f6,Gg5f6]} Qb4+ $2 $18 {Position is very complicated, so it is difficult to
choice right decision...} ({However, better looks} 14... Kf8 15. Qg3 (15. Qxf6
$6 Qxf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ba4 d5 $132) 15... d5 $1 (15... cxb5 16. Bh6 Qe6 (
16... Qb4+ 17. c3 $18) 17. Bxg7+ Ke7 18. Qg5 {[%cal Ge4e5]} d6 19. Rg3 $18 {
[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg3f3,Gg5e7]}) 16. Ba4 (16. Bh6 $2 Bg4 $1) 16... dxe4 (16...
Qb4+ 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. Qxg7+ (18. Ke2 Bg4+ 19. hxg4 Qa3 20. Bb3 $18) 18... Ke7
19. Bg5 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg1 21. Bxf6+ (21. Qxf6+ Kd7 22. Qxf7+ Kd6 23. Qg6+ Kc5
24. Be7+ Rxe7 25. Qxg1 $16) 21... Ke6 22. Qxg1 Kxf6 23. f4 $16) 17. O-O-O $16 {
[%csl Rf8][%cal Ga4b3]}) 15. Kd1 Qxb2 ({Or} 15... Nxe4 16. dxe4 Qxb2 17. Bc4 d5
18. Rc1 $18) 16. Bc1 $4 $132 {Terrible mistake...} ({Immediately wins} 16. Qxf6
Re6 (16... Qxa1+ 17. Bc1 g6 18. Rg4 $18) 17. Qd8+ $1 (17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bc1+
Rg6 19. Rxg6+ Kxg6 20. Bxb2 cxb5 21. Kd2 d5 22. Rg1+ Kh5 23. exd5 Bxh3 24. Bxd4
$16) 17... Kh7 18. Rc1 Qxb5 19. f4) 16... Qxb5 $8 17. Qxf6 Qh5+ $8 {Due to
this "long" check Black avoids immediate mate.} 18. f3 g6 19. Rg5 Qh7 $2 $14 ({
Much better was to capture Ph3...} 19... Qxh3 20. Rxg6+ (20. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 21. Kd2
d5 22. Bb2 Qf4+ 23. Kd1 $11) 20... fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Ba3+ (22. Bh6+ Ke7
$11) 22... d6 23. Bxd6+ Re7 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Bxe7 Qf1+ 26. Kd2 Qf2+ 27. Kc1
Qe1+ 28. Kb2 Qc3+ $11) 20. Qxd4 Qg7 21. Bb2 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 {Inspite of
simplifications White still has slight advantage.} d6 $4 $18 {Too passive.
Black doesn't feel a danger.} ({It was necessary to play} 22... d5 $1 $14) 23.
h4 {[%cal Gh4h5]} Kf8 ({Too late is} 23... d5 24. h5 dxe4 25. fxe4 Re6 26. Kd2
$18) 24. Kd2 Ke7 25. f4 $1 {[%cal Gd4h8,Gf4f5,Gh4h8] White starts to implement
simple and very strong plan: Pf4-f5 promotion, after g6xf5 - Ph4 promotion.
Bd4 supports it...} c5 26. Bb2 Kd7 (26... b6 27. f5 gxf5 28. exf5 Bb7 29. h5
$18 {[%cal Gh5h8]}) (26... Bd7 27. f5 Rg8 28. Rag1 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gg1g6,
Gh4h5]}) 27. f5 gxf5 28. h5 $1 (28. exf5 $18) 28... fxe4 29. h6 Kc6 30. h7 e3+
(30... exd3 31. h8=Q Rxh8 32. Bxh8 dxc2 33. Rg8 $18) 31. Ke2 f6 32. Bxf6 Be6
33. Rh1 Rh8 34. Bxh8 Rxh8 35. Kxe3 b5 36. a3 a5 37. Rh6 a4 38. Rxe6 Rxh7 39.
Rgg6 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4352]} 1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6.
Nxe5 d6 7. Nd3 b5 (7... d5 $2 8. e5 (8. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 (8... Nxe4 9. Nc3 Qh4 (
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 (10. dxc3 Qa5 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bb3 Nxe3 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nxc5
Qxc5 15. Qxe3+ Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 $14) 10... Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Ne6 12. Qf3 $16) 10. O-O
Bd6 (10... Bg4 11. Qe1 $1 (11. f3 $2 Bd6 12. h3 Nxc3 13. dxc3 (13. Qe1+ Nce2+
$19) (13. Re1+ Kf8 14. dxc3 Nxf3+ $19) 13... Nxf3+ $19) 11... Bf3 (11... Nf3+
12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. Nxe4 O-O-O 14. Bxc6 Qh3 15. Nf4 Qg4+ 16. Ng3 Bxc6 17. d3 g5
18. Ng2 Qf3 19. Ne3 $18) 12. Qe3 Bd6 13. g3 Qh3 14. Ne1 $18) 11. g3 Nxc3 (11...
Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bxg3 13. Qe1+ $1 $18) 12. dxc3 Nf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qxa4 14. Re1+ Be6
15. b3 $16) 9. exd5 b5 10. Bb3 Qe7+ 11. Kf1 Nxb3 12. axb3 cxd5 13. Nf4 Bb7 14.
d4 $16) 8... Ne4 9. O-O b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Ba6 14.
Ndf4 d4 (14... g5 15. Nh3 Nc5 16. d4 Ne6 (16... Bxe2 $6 17. Qxe2 Nxb3 18. e6 $1
(18. Bxg5 Nxd4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Be3 c5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 $16) 18... Qf6 19. Bxg5 $16
) 17. Be3 c5 18. dxc5 d4 (18... Rc8 19. Rc1 g4 20. Nhf4 Nxf4 21. Nxf4 Bxf1 22.
Kxf1 $16) 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxf1 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. Kxf1 h6 $132) 15. d3
Nc5 16. Ng3 $132 {1-0 Movsesian,S-Lalic,B/Elista RUS 1998 (23)}) 8. Bb3 a5 9.
a3 d5 (9... Qb6 $2 $16 10. Nf4 {[%csl Gc1][%cal Gd2d3] 1-0 Najer,E-Gutov,A/
Moscow 1999/CBM 70_07/[Tsesarsky] (27)}) (9... Ba6 10. Ba2 (10. Nf4 b4 11. Nce2
Nxb3 12. cxb3 Nxe4 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. d4 Nd7 15. Qxc6 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Rc8 17. Qd5
Be7 18. O-O $16) 10... b4 11. Ne2 Qb6 (11... Nxe2 12. Qxe2 bxa3 13. bxa3 Qe7
14. f3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Rxb1 16. Bxb1 $16) 12. axb4 axb4 13. Bc4 $1 $16 {1-0
Olaizola Ortega,L-Lezcano Jaen,P/Linares ESP 1998 (30)}) (9... Nxb3 $5 10. cxb3
Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Ba6 13. Re1 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15. Na4 Re8 16. d3 Bf8 $14
{1-0 Yin Hao-Stern,R/Rotterdam NED 1998 (65)}) 10. e5 Ne4 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc5
Bxc5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Ne2 a4 15. Ba2 f6 16. Nxd4 (16. exf6 $2 Qxf6 17. Ng3 Qh4
18. d3 (18. c3 Bg4 19. f3 Bd6 20. fxg4 Bxg3 21. h3 Nc2 $1 22. Rb1 Rxf1+ 23.
Qxf1 Re8 $19) 18... Bg4 19. f3 Bd6 20. Bg5 Qxg5 21. Ne4 Qh6 22. Nxd6 Bxf3 23.
gxf3 Qxd6 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. c3 Bxe5 18. d4 $11 Bb8 (18... Bd6 $11) 19. Bb1 {
Almost complete symmetry!} Ra7 20. Qf3 {[%cal Gc1f4]} (20. Qh5 g6 21. Qf3 g5) (
20. Bd3 Re7 21. Re1 $11) 20... g5 $1 {[%csl Rf4]} 21. Qh5 Qe8 $15 22. Qxe8 Rxe8
23. Bd3 (23. Be3 Rae7 24. Bd3 Kg7 (24... Bg4 25. h3 Bh5 26. Rae1 (26. g4 Bg6
27. Bxg6 hxg6 28. Kg2 Bd6 (28... f5 29. Bxg5 Re2 30. Rab1 Bd6 (30... Rc2 31.
Rfe1 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxb2 33. Re8+ $18) 31. Kf3 Rc2 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Rfc1 Ree2
34. Rxc2 Rxc2 35. Rg1 Kf7 36. Bc1 $14) 29. Kf3 Kf7 30. Rh1 $11) 26... Kg7 27.
Bd2 Be2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. g4 Bf4 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Bxf4 gxf4 $19) 25. Bd2 (25.
Rfe1 Bf4 $17)) 23... Bg4 24. Bd2 Be2 (24... Rae7 25. Rfe1 (25. Rae1 Be2 $17 {
[%csl Rf1]}) 25... Be2 26. Bf5 {Like in this game.}) 25. Rfe1 Rae7 26. Bf5 $1
Kg7 (26... Bd6 27. Kg1 c5 28. Be3 Bc4 29. dxc5 Bxc5 30. Bd7 $3 Rxd7 31. Bxc5
$11) 27. Kg1 h5 28. g3 $1 {[%csl Gf4] f4 is very important square!} (28. h3 Bd6
{[%cal Gc6c5]} 29. Be3 Bc4 30. g4 (30. g3 Bxg3 $17) 30... hxg4 (30... h4 31.
Kg2 Bf4 32. Kf3 $11) 31. hxg4 Bf4 32. Kg2 Bxe3 33. Rxe3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 Rxe3 $17)
28... Bd6 29. Be3 Bg4 30. Bd3 Bf3 31. Bd2 Be4 32. Bxe4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34.
Re1 g4 (34... Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Kg6 36. f3 g4 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Bd2 c5 39. dxc5
Bxc5+ 40. Be3 $11) 35. Kg2 f5 36. f3 Rxe1 (36... gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Kg6 (37... h4
38. Rf1 Kg6 (38... hxg3 39. hxg3 $11) 39. Bf4 Bxf4 40. gxf4 $11) 38. Re2 $11)
37. Bxe1 {Hecht: '[#] Gleichfarbige Läufer mit dem schlechten weißen Läufer.'}
f4 (37... Kf6 38. f4 h4 39. Kf2 h3 40. Ke3 c5 41. Kd3 Ke6 (41... b4 42. cxb4 (
42. dxc5 bxa3 43. bxa3 Bxc5 $19) 42... cxb4 43. axb4 (43. Bxb4 Bxf4 44. gxf4 g3
$19) 43... Ke6 44. Kc2 $1 (44. Bd2 Kd7 45. Kc2 Kc6 46. b3 a3 47. Kb1 Kb5 48.
Ka2 Bxb4 49. Be3 Be1 50. Bg1 Kb4 51. Be3 Bxg3 $19) (44. b5 Kd7 45. Ke3 Kc7 46.
Ba5+ Kb7 47. Kf2 (47. Bd8 Bb4 48. Ke2 Bc3 $19) 47... Bc7 48. Bxc7 Kxc7 49. Ke3
Kb6 50. Kd3 Kxb5 51. Kc3 Ka5 $19) 44... Kd7 45. b3 a3 46. Kb1 Kc6 47. Ka2 Kb5
48. Kxa3 $11) 42. Bf2 cxd4 43. Kxd4 (43. Bxd4 Kd7 (43... Bxf4 $4 44. gxf4 g3
45. Bg1 $18)) 43... Bb8 44. Kd3 Kd7 45. Be3 Kc6 46. Bf2 Bd6 47. Be3 Bc5 48. Bd4
$11 (48. Bxc5 Kxc5 49. Kd2 Kc4 50. Kc2 d4 51. cxd4 Kxd4 52. Kd2 Kc4 53. Kc2 b4
54. axb4 Kxb4 55. Kd2 Kb3 56. Kc1 a3 57. bxa3 Kxa3 58. Kc2 Kb4 (58... Ka2 59.
Kc3 Kb1 60. Kd4 Kc2 61. Ke5 Kd2 62. Kxf5 $18) 59. Kd3 Kc5 60. Kc3 $11)) 38. Bd2
$1 (38. h3 $2 h4 $1 39. hxg4 fxg3 $17) (38. gxf4 $2 Bxf4 $17 {[%csl Rb2]})
38... fxg3 39. hxg3 Kg6 40. fxg4 hxg4 {Hecht: '[#]'} 41. Bf4 (41. Be1 {Hecht}
Kf5 42. Kf2 Ke4 43. Ke2 c5 44. dxc5 (44. Bf2 cxd4 45. cxd4 Bc7 $19 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Rc7b6]}) 44... Bxc5 45. Bd2 Bd6 46. Be1 Be5 47. Bf2 b4 48. axb4 (48. Be1
b3 49. Bf2 Bxc3 $19) (48. cxb4 Bxb2 49. b5 Bxa3 50. Ba7 (50. b6 Bd6 51. b7 d4
$19) 50... d4 51. b6 Bc5 $19) 48... Bxc3 49. bxc3 a3 $19) 41... Be7 (41... Bxf4
42. gxf4 Kf6 43. Kf2 $11) 42. Kf2 c5 (42... Kf5 43. Ke3 c5 44. dxc5 Bxc5+ 45.
Kd3 Bb6 46. Bd6 Bf2 $11 (46... d4 47. cxd4 Ke6 48. Be5 Kd5 49. Ke3 Kc4 50. Ke4
Kb3 51. d5 $16)) 43. dxc5 (43. Ke3 {Hecht} c4 44. Ke2 Kf5 45. Ke3 Bd8 $22 {
Ist das wahr?!} 46. Kf2 (46. Bb8 Bg5+ 47. Ke2 Bc1 {[%csl Rb2]}) (46. Bh6 Bc7
47. Bf4 Bxf4+ 48. gxf4 g3 49. Kf3 g2 50. Kxg2 Kxf4 51. Kf2 $11) 46... Ke4 47.
Ke2 Be7 48. Be3 Bd6 49. Bf2 $11 {Der Läufer pendelt zwischen f2 und e1;
ansonsten zwischen e3 und d2.}) 43... Bxc5+ 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bf4 Bc5+ 46. Be3
Bf8 (46... Bd6 47. Bf4 $11) 47. Bf4 Kf5 48. Ke3 Bg7 (48... Bc5+ 49. Kd3 $11)
49. Kd3 Bf6 50. Bb8 Ke6 51. Bf4 Bg7 52. Bb8 d4 53. cxd4 Kd5 54. Ba7 Bh6 55. Bb8
Bg7 (55... Bc1 56. Kc3 Be3 57. Be5 Bc1 $11) 56. Ba7 Bf8 57. Bb8 b4 58. axb4
Bxb4 59. Bf4 Be1 60. Be5 Bf2 61. Kc3 Be1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 $2 5. Nxe5 (5.
d3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 $16 (6. Bg5 d6 $11 (6... O-O 7. Nxe5 $16 {1-0
Florianova-Mulisova/CZE-chJW Svetla ,EXT 1994 (24)}))) 5... Qe7 6. Nxf7 Rg8 7.
Ng5 Rh8 8. O-O $18 {1-0 Vaupotic,M-Ozdemir,O/ch World cadets g (under 1994 (36)
}) 3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 $2 $16 {This variation is bad for Black.} (
5... Nxe4 $2 6. Nxd4 $5 (6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 $2 (7. Nxe5 $1 Qe7 (7... dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qe7 9. d3 f5 10. Be3 fxe4 11. Bxd4 exd3+ 12. Ne3 dxc2 13. Qxc2 Be6 14. O-O
c5 (14... O-O-O 15. Bxa7 $16 b6 16. Bxb6) 15. Bc3 Qf7 (15... O-O-O 16. b4 c4 (
16... cxb4 17. Bxg7+ $18) 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]}) 16. Rad1 Be7 (16...
Bxa2 17. Qa4+ $18) 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. b3 Kg8 19. Nc4 a6 (19... h6 20. Nb6 Rf8 21.
Qxa7 $16) 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Qe4 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 $18) 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Nc3 dxc4 (9... Nf3+ 10. Qxf3 dxc4 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bf4
$18) 10. Re1 Qxe1+ 11. Qxe1+ Be6 12. Qe5 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 Be7 15. b3
Bf6 16. Rb1 c3 17. d3 $16) 7... Qxd5 8. d3 f5 9. Ned2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11.
Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb3 Bc6 13. f3 Bd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tashtanbekov,A-Koukov,V/
WchJM-U10 Bratislava 1993 (66)}) (6. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 7. Nxe4 (7. Nxe5+ Kg8 8.
Nxe4 Qe7 9. f4 d6 10. c3 Ne6 (10... Nf5 11. Qb3+ Be6 12. Qxb7 Re8 13. g4 (13.
Nc6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 (14. g3 Nxg3 $1 $19) 14... Bd5 $1 $19) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd1 dxe5
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. d3 exf4 17. Bd2 $132) 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ng3 Nxf4+ 13. Kf1 $132)
7... Kg8 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O d5 10. Ng3 Bd6 $132) 6... exd4 (6... Nd6 7. Ndb5
Nxc4 8. Nd5 Bd6 9. Qg4 Nb6 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxh7 $18) 7. Bxf7+ (7.
Nxe4 d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Qxe4+ Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Bustos,
C-Iglesias,J/San Rafael ch-ARG jr 1992 (31)}) 7... Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd5+ Ke8
10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. O-O $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (5... b5 $2 6. Bxb5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxe4 8.
Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Walker,H-Clare,P/cr Compuserve Fall95 1995 (16)}) (5... Nxf3+ 6.
Qxf3 Be7 $2 (6... d6 7. d3 (7. Nd5 c6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. d3 $11 {
1-0 Dvalishvili Pavel S-Kazantsev Valentin/It (cat.8) Moscow (Russia) 1996 (55)
}) (7. h3 c6 8. a4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Roy Chowdhury,S-Hasan,K/
op, Calcutta IND 1996 (21)}) 7... Bg4 8. Qg3 Qd7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Simagin,V-Ragozin,V/Moscow ch-RUS
1947 (60)}) (6... Bb4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 O-O 9. c3 Bc5 10. O-O c6 11. Bb3 $11
{1/2-1/2 Wall-Hayes,J/North Wilkesboro,NC 1976 (33)}) (6... Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
(8. h3 Be6 9. d3 c6 10. Na4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van
Eekhout,M-De Koeyer,F/Vlissingen op 1996 (25)}) 8... c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bg4
11. Qg3 Bd4 12. h3 Bh5 13. f4 (13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh6 Rg6 15. Qh8+ Rg8 $11)
13... exf4 14. Qxf4 Qb6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 O-O-O $11 {
0-1 Van der Veen,T-Van Gool,R/Venlo 1988 (58)}) (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Be7
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Persson,R-Blomstrom,L/SWE-chB
Borlange ,EXT 1995 (59)}) 7. Qg3 $1 (7. d3 $2 d6 $11) 7... O-O 8. Qxe5 Ng4 9.
Qg3 d5 10. Nxd5 Bd6 11. f4 $16 {1-0 Parrino,G-Damasco,R/Italy chW Formia 1992 
(57)}) (5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. h3 Be7 (6... c6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O $132) 7. d3 O-O
(7... c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. O-O O-O
$132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Apanaviciute,K/Eu Youth gu18, Mureck AUT 1998 (56)}) 8.
Be3 c5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf5 $11 {0-1 Hauss,
C-Pommerin,B/RLPF-chJW U17 ,GER 1989 (40)}) (6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 c6 8. Bxd4 exd4
9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 Mrva Martin-Marciano David/Ch
Croatia (team) (2nd league), Tucepi 1996 (33)}) 6... Ne6 7. d4 Nxg5 $1 (7...
exd4 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bxe6 (10. Bg5 a6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Rhe1 $14 {
1-0 Jonas,R-Stark,H/RLNN 1988 (56)}) 10... fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qd7 13.
Qe2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Bocksberger,S-Mathe,G/St.Ingbert ,EXT 1987 (25)}) 8.
Bxg5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 c6 11. a4 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Panov,V-Yudovich/Moscow
1936 (40)}) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3 Qa5 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 $132)
(7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 a5 9. a3 d6 10. O-O a4 11. Ba2 Be7 $11) 8. Nxe5 (8. Bd2 Qc7
9. O-O b4 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg1]}) 8... Nxb3 9.
cxb3 b4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Ne2 d5 $44) 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. Bb3 (8. a3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 (
9... Be7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 $14) (9... d5 10. exd5 Bg4 (10...
cxd5 11. Ba2 $16) 11. Qg3 $16) 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $14) 8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7
10. O-O Be7 (10... d6 11. Nb5 cxb5 12. Bxb4 O-O $132) (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6
$11) (10... Bc5 11. Bg5 Be7 $11) 11. h3 O-O 12. Ne2 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,
S-Hebden,M/Hastings 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky] (63)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7...
cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ndf3 Qc7
14. d4 Bf5 15. c3 $16 {1-0 Nimzowitsch,A-Levenfish,G/It, St. Petersburg 
(Russia) 1913 (57)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nxf7 Kxf7 (8... Qe7+ 9. Ne2 (9. Kf1 Qxf7 $17)
9... Kxf7 10. dxc6+ Be6 11. Bxe6+ Qxe6 12. d3 (12. cxb7 Rae8 $19) 12... Rhe8
13. Be3 Nxc6 $15) 9. dxc6+ Kf8 10. d3 Bg4 (10... Nxc6 $15) 11. f3 Qe7+ 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. cxb7 Rd8 15. b8=Q (15. fxg4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf1 Ke7 17. Bg5+
Kd6 18. Be2 Rdf8+ 19. Bf3 Kc7 20. Qd3 Nxf3 21. Qxe4 Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Nxe4 $17)
15... Rxb8 16. Be3 $1 (16. c3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf2+ 18. Kd3 Nc6 19. Qe2 (19. Bf4
Rxb2 $19 {0-1 Schubert,H-Baturinsky,V/cr EUR/M 1960 (21)}) 19... Ne5+ 20. Kc2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxc4 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 $15) (16. fxg4 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Ke7 $19) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxe3 18. fxg4 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qf2+ 20. Kd3 Bf4 21. Qe2 $18) 8...
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 $5 $146 {This active move also doesn't solve
Black's problems.} (10... Re8+ $5 11. Kd1 $1 $16 (11. Be2 cxd5 12. d4 (12. Nxd5
$5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 (13... Qc7 14. c3 Be6 15. Qf3 $16) 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. O-O Qe5
16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Bxh3 18. Bb5 Re5 19. gxh3 Rxb5 20. c4 $16) 12... Qb6 13.
Qd3 (13. O-O Bb8 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $2 Qxd4 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Bd3 Be6
18. Rab1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Polgar,Z/Ljubljana 1994 (19)}) 15... Qxd4 16.
Rfd1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxd5 $16) 13... Bc7 14. O-O Qd6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3
a6 17. Bd2 $16)) 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 (12. Nd1 cxd5 13. O-O Bc7 $44 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gd8d6]}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 $1 (14. Qxd5 $2 Re8 (14... Be6
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qa6 Re6 $8 $36 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc1][%cal Gd6h2]}) 15. Qxa8 Rxe2+ 16. Kd1 (16. Kxe2 Ba6+ $19) (16. Kf1 $2 Qe8 (
16... Bc5 $1 17. Qf3 (17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Rxe3 $19) 17... Rxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf2
19. Kxf2 Qd4+ $11) 17. g4 Rxd2 18. Kg2 Rxc2 19. Be3 Qxe3 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21.
fxe3 Rc2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Rhd1 Bf8 24. Rac1 $18) 16... Rxf2 17. Qe4 Bf5 18.
Qe3 Rxg2 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. d3 Rg1+ (20... Qg6 21. Bd2 $16) 21. Ke2 (21. Rxg1
Qxg1+ 22. Kd2 Qh2+ 23. Kd1 Bxh3 24. Be3 h5 25. Kc1 Bg2 $17 (25... Bg4 26. Qa8+
Kh7 27. Kb1 f5 $17)) 21... Qg2+ (21... Rg2+ 22. Kf1 $16) 22. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kd1
g5 24. a3 b3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1]} 25. cxb3 Bxd3 26. Bd2 f5 27. Rc1 f4 $132)
14... Qc7 (14... Be6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Be3 $16) 15. O-O (
15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qa4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qh2 20. Rxg2 Qxg2
21. Kd1 Qh1+ (21... Ra8 22. Qb5 Qh1+ (22... b3 23. Bxc4 Qg1+ 24. Bf1 Rxa2 25.
Rb1 $16) 23. Kc2 Qe4+ $11) 22. Kc2 Qe4+ 23. Kd1 Bxf2 24. Qxb4 Qh1+ 25. Kc2 Qe4+
26. Kd1 $11) 15... d4 $2 $18 (15... Bb7 $5 16. Bd3 (16. d4 Qxc2 17. Bd3 Qc7 18.
Be3 $11) 16... Rfe8 17. b3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Bxb2 (20...
Qxa2 21. Bxh7+ (21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf4 $16) 21... Kxh7 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Bxe5
Rac8 24. Qg5 $18) 21. Rxb2 Re5 22. c3 $1 (22. c4 $2 Rae8 23. cxd5 Bxd5 $44)
22... Rae8 (22... bxc3 23. dxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxh7+ $18) 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Rc2 d4
25. Qg3 $16) 16. Qxa8 (16. Qe4 $2 Bc5 (16... Bb7 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Qc4 Rac8 19.
Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bd3 $16) 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $44) 16... Bb7
17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qxb7 $2 $16 (18. Qa4 $1 d3 $5 {Seems very dangerous, but...}
19. Qb5 $1 (19. Bxd3 Qg3 $19) (19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1
Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ $19) 19... Qg3 (19... dxe2 20. Qxe2 Qg3 21. Qg4 $18) 20.
Qxb7 dxe2 21. d4 Bxd4 22. Bd2 exf1=Q+ 23. Rxf1 $18) 18... Qxb7 19. Bd3 Qb8 (
19... Re8 20. a4 b3 21. Bb5 $16) 20. b3 $2 $14 (20. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ya4][%cal
Ga4a6,Gd3a6]} bxa3 (20... Qf4 21. Re1 (21. a5 $2 Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23. Re1 (23. a6
Bxg3 $11) 23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23.
Be4 $16) 21. bxa3 Re8 (21... Qf4 22. Re1 Bd6 23. g3 Qf3 24. Be4 Qh5 25. Kg2 $16
) 22. a4 Qf4 23. a5 h5 24. a6 Re7 25. Ba3 $16) 20... Qf4 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. g3 Qg5
(22... Qf3 23. Rae1 Bxg3 24. Be4 $18) (22... Qxd2 23. Bxd4 $14) 23. Kh2 h5 (
23... Qxd2 $14) 24. f4 Qd5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 25. h4 Re8 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. a4 Bc7
{[%csl Ga5]} (26... bxa3 27. Bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 $16) 27. a5 $6 $11 (27. Rfe1
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Re4 Bb6 30. Re5 (30. Kg1 g6 (30... f5 31. Re5 Qf3 32.
Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Re5+ Kd6 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg1 36. Be4 $18) 31. Kf2 f5 32. Re1
(32. Re5 Qh1 $14) 32... Qc6 (32... Kg7 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Re6 Qh1 35. Bf1 Bc5 36.
Re5 Bd6 37. Re1 (37. Bxd4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39. a5 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qh1 $44) 37...
Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Bxf4 39. gxf4 Qxh4+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ 41. Bf3 Qxf4 42. a5 Qe5+ 43. Kf1
Qxa5 44. Bxd4+ Kh6 45. Ra1 Qb5+ 46. Kf2 $14) 33. Ra1) 30... Qf3 $14) 27... Bxa5
28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxa5 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]} (29... g6 $14) 30. Re5 Qd6 31. Rfe1 g6
32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd5d3]} 36.
R8e3 (36. R1e3 Rd4 37. Kg2 Qc6+ $14) 36... Rd4 37. Kh3 Qd7+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39.
Kf2 Qc5 40. R1e2 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Kh2 (42. Re4 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Qxd4 44. Re4 Qd5
$14) 42... Qc6 43. Re4 Qc5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. R5e3 Qd6 46. Rf2 f6 47. Kg2 Re5 48.
Rf4 $2 (48. Rxe5 $5 Qxe5 49. Rf5 Qe1 50. Rxh5 Qxd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 (51... Kf7 52.
Rh7+ Ke6 53. h5 Qg5 54. Rh8 f5 55. h6 Qg4+ 56. Kg2 f4 (56... Qd4 57. Rf8 $18)
57. Rg8 $1 $18) 52. Rf5 (52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. h5 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qd1+ 55. Kf4 Qc1+ 56.
Kg4 Qd1+ $11) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Rf3 $16) 48... Qc6+ 49. Kg1 Rxe3 50.
dxe3 $44 Qc3 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Be2 Qxc2 53. Rxb4 Qf5+ (53... Kg6 54. Rb5 Kf7 55.
b4 Qd2 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. b5 Qd5 58. Bf3 Qd2+ 59. Be2 Qd5 $11) 54. Rf4 Qc2 55. b4
Kg6 56. b5 Kg7 57. Rc4 Qf5+ 58. Rf4 Qc2 {White can't take Ph5 with R...} 59. g4
hxg4 60. Rxg4+ Kh6 61. Rf4 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rc4 Qf5+ 65. Rf4 (
65. Ke1 Qe5 66. Kd2 Qb2+ 67. Ke1 Qe5 $11) 65... Qe5 66. Bd3+ Kh6 67. Be2 Kh7
68. Rd4 Qf5+ 69. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 2nd"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2002.02.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Crosa Coll, Martin"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
f4 Neg4 (8... Nc6 9. e5 Bb4 (9... a6 10. Be2 Bb4 (10... Be7 11. d5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 d6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. exd6 cxd6 15. f5 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Adams,M/ENG 1991/
CBM 28 (41)}) 11. d5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 d6 $132 {1-0 Short,N-Adams,M/
ENG 1991/CBM 28 (37)}) (9... Be7 {-mainline.}) 10. d5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ne4 12. Qf3
f5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3 d5 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Ba6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Kosten,A/Belfort 1997/CBM 62 (66)}) 9. h3 (9. e5 Bb4 10.
exf6 Nxf6 11. Qf3 d5 12. f5 c6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Ne2 Qb6
17. b3 c5 $132 {0-1 Vehi Bach,V-Korneev,O/Mirabal ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 
(35)}) (9. Be2 Bb4 10. Bxg4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Bf5 Re8 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. f5
d5 15. f6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Markovic,M-Beliavsky,A/Herceg Novi 2000/EXT 2001 (41)})
9... c5 $5 10. d5 $4 $19 {[%mdl 8192] After this serious mistake Bb5 will be
cought.} ({Right was} 10. hxg4 $1 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc7 12. Qd3 (12. Qd1 $2 Bb6+
13. Kh2 Nxe4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8h4]} 14. g5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 $15) 12... Bb6+ 13.
Kh1 Nxg4 (13... d5 $2 14. g5 $1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qd4 $16 ({Not} 
16... f6 $2 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. f5 fxg5 19. f6 gxf6 20. Bxg5 $18)) 14. Qg3 f5 15.
Be2 (15. Bc4+ d5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. e5 Bd4 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gd4c3]} 18. Bf3 Qb6
19. Nd1 Be6 $44) 15... Qe8 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Be3 $14) 10... c4 $1 {[%cal Gd6c5]
} 11. hxg4 Bc5+ 12. Kh2 Nxe4 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gd8h4]} 13. g5 (13. Qf3 Nd6 $19 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Ga7a6,Gb7b5]}) 13... Nd6 {[%csl Rb5]} 14. Rf3 (14. Qe2 Re8 $19)
14... a6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Ne4 d6 17. Qd3 Nb6 (17... b5 $19) 18. b4 Bxb4 19.
Bb2 Bc5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Bxf6 Qd7 22. f5 Qb5 23. Qd2 Qb4 24. c3 Qg4 25. Rf4
Nc4 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. g6 fxg6 28. Qh6 Rxf6 29. Re1 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3
Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 (12... Bc5 $6 13.
c3 Nf5 14. d4 Nxe3 15. Nxe3 Bd6 16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Nc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Pavlov,
M-Ustinov,O/Alushta 1999/CBM 70 ext (70)}) (12... Nf6 $6 13. c3 Nf5 14. d4 Be6
15. O-O $16 {1-0 Tochor,J-Skacel,J/CZE-chT1b 1995/EXT 97 (37)}) 13. h4 $1 $16 {
[%mdl 8] Interesting novelty, prepared against Shirov. White left with serious
advantage in both two games Motylev has played White.} ({The only continuation
that played here was} 13. f4 Qxf4 14. c3 Ne6 (14... Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh3 16. cxd4 f4
17. gxf4 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Hatanbaatar,B-Handoko,E/Manila 2001/
CBM 83_01[Tsesarsky,I] (28)}) 15. d4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qd8 {-see detailed commented
game  1-0 Kobalija,M-Korneev,O/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67[Tsesarsky,I] (42)} (
16... Qh3)) 13... Qg6 ({in the second games between the same players Shirov
tried} 13... Qf6 $5 $16 {and drew thanks God and Motylev...-see commented game
1/2-1/2 Motylev,A-Shirov,A/Moscow RUS 2001/The Week in Chess 369 [Tsesarsky,I]
(62)}) 14. Ne5 $1 (14. c3 $6 f4 15. Ne5 (15. cxd4 fxe3 16. Nxe3 (16. dxe3 Qxg2
17. Rf1 Bh3 $15 {[%csl Rf1]}) 16... Bxd4 17. O-O Nd6 $44 {[%csl Rh4]}) 15...
Qe4 16. cxd4 fxe3 17. dxe3 Qxg2 18. Rf1 Bh3 {[%csl Rf1]} 19. Bb5 Nd6 20. Be2
Rae8 $44) 14... Qf6 15. f4 Nc6 (15... c6 16. c3 Ne6 {[%csl Rf4]} 17. Qf3 Nd6
18. d4 $16 {Black hasn't sufficient compensation for P lack.}) 16. d4 $5 {
White returns P in order to comlete development.} ({Worth of attention
immediate} 16. Nd5 $5 Qd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Qf3 $16) 16... Nxd4
17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Be3 Nf6 (18... Qxd5 $4 19. Bb3 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) 19. Nxf6+ $2 {
This mistake allows Black to equalize.} ({Why not} 19. Nxc7 $1 Nxc2+ 20. Qxc2
Qxc7 (20... Bxe3 21. Bb3+ Kh8 22. Nxa8 $18) 21. Qxc7 Bxc7 22. Bc5 $16 {[%csl
Rf8][%cal Ga4b3]}) (19. Nxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ga8a4]} 20. c3 b5 $1 $11)
19... gxf6 {[%csl Re5,Rg8][%cal Gf6e5] Black decided to weaken his PP chain
and Kg8 with purpose to repel strong Ne5.} ({Equal position after} 19... Rxf6
$5 20. c3 Ne6 21. Qf3 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Bb3 Kf8 25. g3 Nc5
$11) 20. Nc4 Qb4+ ({Or} 20... Qe7 21. Rh3 (21. c3 Be6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Rh3 (
23. cxd4 Qb4+ 24. Kf2 Rxa4 25. b3 Ra6 $132) 23... Bf7 24. a3 (24. Qxd4 Rfd8 $17
) 24... b5 25. Bc2 Nxc2+ 26. Qxc2 Qe4 $11) 21... Rd8 22. c3 Be6 (22... Ne6 23.
Qe2 $16 {[%csl Rf5,Rf6]}) 23. Nxb6 (23. Rg3+ Kh8 $132) 23... axb6 24. Rg3+ Kh8
25. Bxd4 c5 26. Bb5 cxd4 27. Qe2 dxc3 $132) 21. c3 Qxc4 22. Bxd4 {[%cal Ga4b3]}
Be6 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. O-O Rad8 25. Qf3 Bxb3 (25... Rfe8 $132) 26. Qxc6 bxc6 {
[%csl Rc6,Rc7,Rf5,Rf6]} 27. axb3 $2 $17 {Serious mistake} (27. Bxb6 $1 Bc4 (
27... axb6 28. axb3 $11) 28. Bc5 Bxf1 29. Bxf8 Bxg2 30. Bc5 Rd2 31. Bxa7 Rxb2
32. a4 $11) 27... c5 $1 28. Bf2 $1 ({Loses by force} 28. Be3 $4 Rfe8 29. Kf2 (
29. Rfe1 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 c4 31. Kf2 Rd3 32. Rae1 cxb3 33. Kf3 Bxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd2
35. Re2 Rxe2 36. Kxe2 Kg7 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rg2,Rh4][%cal Gg7h6,Gh6h5,Gh5g4,Ga7a3]
}) 29... Rd3 30. Rfe1 Rexe3 31. Rxe3 c4 $19 {-like in previous variation.})
28... Rd2 29. Rad1 Rfd8 $2 $132 ({Right was simply to capture Pb2:} 29... Rxb2
30. Rb1 (30. Rd5 Rxb3 $17) (30. Rd7 Re8 $1 $17) (30. Rfe1 Rxb3 31. Re7 Rf7 32.
Rd8+ Kg7 33. Ree8 Rxc3 $19) 30... Rd2 31. Rbd1 Rfd8 32. Rxd2 Rxd2 $17) 30. Rxd2
Rxd2 31. Rb1 c4 32. Bxb6 axb6 33. bxc4 Kg7 34. b4 Rc2 35. Rb3 Kg6 36. Kh2 Kh5
37. Kh3 Ra2 38. Rb1 Rc2 39. Rb3 Ra2 40. Kg3 Rd2 41. Ra3 Rd3+ 42. Kf2 Kg4 43.
Ra7 c5 (43... Kxf4 44. Rxc7 Rxc3 45. Rc6 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 Ke3 47. Kg1 f4 48. Rxf6
Rxc4 49. Rxb6 f3 50. gxf3 Kxf3 51. h5 h6 $44) 44. Rg7+ Kxh4 $6 $14 {Black is
looking for difficulties...} ({Right was natural} 44... Kxf4 45. g3+ Ke5 46.
Re7+ Kd6 47. Rxh7 Rxc3 $11) 45. g3+ Kh5 (45... Kh3 $4 46. Rxh7+ Kg4 47. Rh4#)
46. Rxh7+ Kg6 (46... Kg4 47. Rh4#) 47. Rc7 Rxc3 48. bxc5 bxc5 49. Rxc5 {
This endgame is drawn, but White can check technics of Black.} Rc2+ (49... Kf7
$5 {Hecht um den weißen König ebenfalls zu sperren und den eigenen näher an
den c-Bauern zu bringen ist eher Geschmackssache.}) 50. Kf3 Rc3+ 51. Kf2 Rc2+
52. Kf3 Rc3+ 53. Kg2 Rc2+ 54. Kh3 Rc1 55. Rc8 Kh5 56. c5 Rc2 57. Rc6 Kg6 58.
Rc7 Kh5 59. Rc8 Kg6 60. c6 Kf7 61. g4 $5 ({Draw after} 61. c7 Kg7 ({Even} 61...
Ke7 62. Rh8 (62. g4 Kd7 63. Rf8 Kxc7 64. Rxf6 fxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Kd7 $11) 62...
Rxc7 63. Rh7+ Kd6 64. Rxc7 Kxc7 65. Kh4 Kd6 66. Kh5 Kd5 67. Kg6 Ke6 $11) 62. g4
fxg4+ 63. Kxg4 $44) 61... fxg4+ 62. Kxg4 Rc5 63. Kf3 (63. c7 Kg7 64. Kf3 Rc4
65. Ke3 Rc1 66. Kd4 Rc2 67. Kd5 Rc1 68. Kd6 Rd1+ $11) 63... Ke6 64. Kg4 Kd6 65.
Rf8 Ke7 $1 (65... Rxc6 66. Rxf6+ Kd5 67. Rxc6 Kxc6 $18) (65... Kxc6 66. Rc8+
Kd6 67. Rxc5 Kxc5 68. Kf5 $18) 66. Rc8 Kd6 67. c7 (67. f5 Rxc6 $11) 67... Kd7
68. Rf8 Kxc7 69. Rxf6 Kd7 70. Rf5 {Hecht: '[#] Es liegt eine Remisstellung vor,
wenn der König nur um eine Linie gesperrt ist und der Verteidigerturm
ausnahmsweise nicht von hinten sondern von vorn angreift. Dann nämlich kommt
Weiß nicht weiter. Das ist grundlegende Endspieltheorie. Aber selbst Shirov
strauchelt hier - m.E. mangels Zeit!!!'} Rc6 $4 {Terrible move. Shirov loses
drawn endgame.} (70... Rc8 71. Re5 Kd6 $11 {[%cal Gc8f8,Gf8g8]} (71... Rg8+ {
Hecht} 72. Kf5 Rf8+ 73. Kg5 Rg8+ 74. Kh6 Kd6 $1 ({nicht aber} 74... Rf8 $2 {
Hecht} 75. f5 $1 $18 Kd6 76. Re6+ {usw}) 75. Re1 Rf8 $1 {Mit den letzten
beiden Zügen wurde f5 verhindert. Remis!}) ({nicht aber die Brücke} 71... Re8 {
Hecht} 72. Rxe8 Kxe8 73. Kg5 $18)) (70... Rc1 $4 {Hecht} 71. Re5 Kd6 72. Re2 {
und der Bauer gelangt nach f5, was den Gewinn verbürgt.}) 71. Re5 {If Pf4 will
be promoted to f5 and black K will be cut on e-line - White will win.} Rg6+ 72.
Kf5 Rg8 {Hecht: 'Entscheidender Tempoverlust als Folge von Tc6'} 73. Re6 {
'!' Hecht.} ({Or} 73. Re4 $1 {[%cal Ge4f4]} Kd6 74. Kf6 Rf8+ 75. Kg7 Rf5 76.
Kg6 $18 Rf8 77. f5 $18) 73... Rf8+ 74. Rf6 Rg8 75. Rf7+ Ke8 76. Kf6 Rh8 (76...
Rg1 77. Ra7 $18) 77. Ra7 Rh6+ 78. Kg7 Rh5 79. Ra4 (79. Kg6 Rh1 80. f5 $18)
79... Rh4 80. Re4+ Kd7 81. Kg6 Rg4+ 82. Kf5 Rg8 83. Kf6 Rg4 84. Re7+ Kd8 85. f5
Rf4 86. Re5 Ra4 87. Kf7 Ra7+ 88. Kf8 Ra6 89. Rd5+ 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[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 {Rue Lopez?} 4. Nc3 {No...} Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6.
e5 dxc3 7. exf6 {This variation leads to simple equal position without NN,
with the only open line - "e" and to draw...} Qxf6 ({Badly is} 7... cxd2+ $2 8.
Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bc3 Qg5 11. Re1 (11. Qd3 $6 O-O (11... c6 $2 12. Rae1
O-O 13. Re5 $1 $16 {1-0 Levitina,I-Savchenko,S/URS 1970/MainBase/ (19)}) 12.
Rae1 (12. f4 Qh4 13. g3 Qh5 14. Rae1 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 b6 $17 {[%cal Gc8b7]}) 12...
Bf6 $15) (11. Bd3 $6 O-O 12. Kh1 b6 13. f4 Qh6 14. Be4 c6 15. f5 d5 $17 {
1-0 Schuler,D-Maedel,K/Bad Homburg 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 11... O-O 12. Re5 f5 (
12... Qf6 13. Bd3 Qd6 (13... g6 14. Qe2 Bd6 15. Rh5 Qe6 16. Rxh7 $18 {1-0
Milev,Z-Fuderer,A/Amsterdam 1954/EXT 2001 (72)}) 14. Qh5 f5 (14... h6 15. Rae1
Bf6 16. Rd5 Qf4 17. Rf5 Qh4 18. Bxf6 Qxh5 19. Rxh5 gxf6 20. Re3 $18) 15. Rd1
$18 (15. Rae1 Bf6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Re8 $18 {1-0 Vorontsov,N-Dervishi,E/Moscow
1994/CBM 44 ext (18)})) 13. Qd5+ Kh8 14. f4 Qf6 15. Rae1 c6 16. Rxe7 $16 (16.
Qd2 Bd8 17. Re7 Qxe7 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. Qe3 Bd8 20. Qe5 Rg8 21. Bd3 $44 {
1-0 Appleberry,M-Carrion,M/New York 1994/CBM 40 ext (74)})) 8. Qe2+ (8. bxc3
Qe5+ (8... c6 9. Be2 (9. Ba4 d5 10. d4 Bd6 $15 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2,Rc3] 0-1
Vorgers-Damasco,R/Moscow 1994/EXT 99 (15)}) (9. Qe2+ Be7 10. Ba4 O-O 11. d4 d5
{[%csl Ra4,Rc2,Rc3] 0-1 Ramsauer,M-Keller,M/Regensburg 1997/EXT 2001 (52)})
9... d5 10. O-O Bd6 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 (12. Bd3 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Qe2 Bg4 15.
f3 Rfe8 16. Qg2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Papista,A-Horvath,J/HUN 1998/EXT 2000 (25)}) 12...
Re8 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rfe1 (14. Rfb1 b5 15. a4 a6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Ra2 $132 {
0-1 Dobkin,Y-Pfeiffer,G/Moscow 1956/MCD (49)}) 14... Qg6 15. Bd3 Be4 16. f3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Qd3 Qh5 19. h3 b5 $15 {0-1 Lindblom,P-Prameshuber,A/
Amsterdam 1954/EXT 2001 (40)}) 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d4 Qf6 12. Bd3 d6 13.
Rb1 Rb8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Vajda,A-Sandor,B/Budapest 1952/MCL (31)}) (8. dxc3 {
-mainline.}) 8... Be7 ({Or} 8... Qe7 9. bxc3 (9. dxc3 c6 10. Bd3 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2
d5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. Rhe1 Kd7 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Kxd6 16. c4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Bronstein,D-Vasiukov,E/Tbilisi 1973/MCD (33)}) 9... c6 10. Bd3 d5 11. Qxe7+
Bxe7 12. O-O O-O $11 {0-1 Moskvitin,V-Kazakov,V/St Petersburg 1997/EXT 2000 
(41)}) 9. dxc3 O-O ({Black equalizes easily also in case of} 9... c6 10. Bd3 d5
11. Be3 O-O 12. Bd4 Qe6 13. O-O c5 14. Qxe6 Bxe6 15. Be3 Rfd8 $11 {1-0
Bramkamp,R-Lengyel,B/Dortmund 1990/EXT 97 (41)}) 10. O-O ({Or} 10. Be3 Re8 11.
O-O-O c6 12. Bd3 d5 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 $11 {0-1 Turcan,M-Maslanka,R/
Bratislava 1989/EXT 2001 (32)}) 10... d5 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qxf4 (12... c5 13.
Rfe1 Be6 14. Qh5 $11) 13. Qxe7 Be6 14. g3 Qd6 15. Qh4 (15. Qxd6 Rxd6 16. Rfe1
$11) 15... h6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. a3 Bd7 (17... c5 18. Rad1 $11) 18. Qb4 c5 $2 $16
{We only can guess, why Kramnik put this mistake, which factor was overlooked
by him...} ({Equal endgame after} 18... Qxb4 19. axb4 $11) 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20.
Qxb7 Bc6 (20... Rb8 21. Qxa7 Rxb2 22. c4 $16) 21. Qa6 $1 {Jenni wants to win!}
({After} 21. Qxa7 {Black makes draw by perpetuum Q attack.} Ra8 22. Qb6 Rb8 23.
Qa5 Ra8 $11) 21... c4 22. Bf1 ({Badly is} 22. Bf5 $2 Qc5 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Gd5d4,Gc6h1] Threatening d5-d4 and Qd5} 23. Rd1 (23. Rc1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} d4 24.
cxd4 (24. Bg4 dxc3 25. bxc3 Qd5 $17) 24... Qd5 $19) 23... Rb8 24. b4 cxb3 25.
cxb3 Qxc3 $11) 22... Qc5 23. Rd1 ({Worth of attention strong} 23. Rb1 $1 {
with the idea b2-b3!} Ba8 24. b3 $1 (24. b4 $6 Qe7 $1 {Black avoids c4xb3
taking!} 25. Bg2 Qe2 26. Qa4 (26. Qxa7 Qxc2 27. Rf1 Qxc3 $15) 26... Re7 27. b5
Qd2 28. b6 Qxc3 29. bxa7 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 31. Bf1 Qe4 32. Bg2 (32. f3 $4
Qe3+ 33. Kg2 d4 34. Kh3 $8 Qxf3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Be2 Qg2+ $19 {[%csl Rh3]})
32... Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Qe4 $11) 24... cxb3 (24... Re6 25. Qa4 cxb3 26. Rxb3 $16)
25. Rxb3 Bc6 26. c4 $16) 23... g6 24. b4 $2 $132 {Now Black equalizes by force.
} ({Still was quite strong} 24. Rb1 $5 $16) 24... cxb3 25. cxb3 Qxc3 26. Qd3 (
26. b4 Qc2 {[%csl Rd1]} 27. Rd4 Re1 $132) 26... Qb2 (26... Qxd3 27. Bxd3 (27.
Rxd3 Re1 $15) 27... d4 $11) 27. b4 d4 28. b5 (28. Qxd4 Qxa3 $11) 28... Be4 29.
Qxd4 Qxa3 30. Bg2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Qe7 32. Ra1 Qb7+ 33. Kg1 Qxb5 34. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manila zt 3.2a"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khatanbaatar, Bazar"]
[Black "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8.
e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 ({Another continuations are:} 10... Qg5 11. exd6
Nxd6 {-see commented game 1-0 Hjartarson,J-Koch,J/Reykjavik 1993/CBM 35 
[Hjartarson,J](54)}) (10... c6 11. c3 {-see commented game 1-0 Degraeve,
J-Marciano,D/Narbonne 1997/CBM 61[Tsesarsky,I] (39)}) 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5
13. f4 Qxf4 14. c3 Qh4+ $1 ({Another variations are seriously worse, White got
advantage in all of games:} 14... Ne6 $6 15. d4 Nd6 (15... c6 16. g3 Qe4 17.
Rf1 Ng5 18. Ne5 f4 19. Bc2 $18 {[%csl Re4] 1-0 Bosch,J-Ciolac,G/SWZ-chI op
1992/TD (31)}) (15... Qh4+ 16. g3 Qd8 (16... Qh3 17. Nxb6 (17. Ne5 Nd6 18. Nd5
Rd8 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Bensch,P-Pollinger,M/Bayern 1997/EXT 99 (39)}
) 17... axb6 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Bd5 Nd6 (19... f4 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Ng4 Qh5 22. Ne5
$16 {(Nunn,J)}) 20. Bg2 Qh6 21. Nc4 Qf6 (21... Qg6 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. O-O $16 {
1-0 Dittmar,P-Braeuning,R/Schramberg 1993/GER (38)}) 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. O-O Nc7
$2 (23... b5 24. Be3 $16 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Mikhalevski,V/Beersheba 1996/CBM 53 
(36)}) 24. Bf4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-Nikolic,P/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 34/ (53)})
17. Ng2 f4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Nxf4 Rxf4 20. gxf4 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qxf4+ 22. Ne3 $16
{-see commented game 1-0 Kobalija,M-Korneev,O/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67
[Tsesarsky,I] (42)}) 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. O-O g6 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Bb3 Kg7 20. Re1
Qf6 21. Nxb6 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Rg7] 1-0 Wittmann,W-Siklosi,Z/Austria 1998/EXT
2001 (28)}) ({Badly also} 14... Nc6 $2 15. d4 Qh4+ (15... Be6 16. Bb3 Bxc4 17.
Nxc4 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qe4+ 19. Kf2 Kh8 20. Re1 $16 {1-0 Campora,D-Handoko,E/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (62)}) 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Bb3+ Kh8 19. Bd5 f4
20. Bg2 Qh6 21. O-O $16 {1-0 Alavkin,A-Varavin,V/Ufa 1999/CBM 70 ext (39)}) 15.
g3 Qh3 ({Not in spirit of this variation} 15... Qe4 $2 $16 {permits to White
to play} 16. O-O $1 f4 (16... Nc6 17. d4 $16) 17. cxd4 fxe3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19.
dxe3 Bf5 (19... Be6 20. Bc2 Qd5 21. Nxb6 $18 {1-0 Nouro,M-Furhoff,J/Stockholm
1998/EXT 99 (29)}) 20. Qf1 Nd6 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. Bd1 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Kg8 23. Bf3
$16) 16. cxd4 ({Badly is} 16. Nxb6 $2 {in veiw of} {standard} f4 $1 {[%csl Re1]
} (16... axb6 17. cxd4 f4 (17... Rxa4 18. Qxa4 f4 19. gxf4 Bd7 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21.
Rf1 $18) 18. Bb3+ Kh8 (18... Be6 19. Bxe6+ Qxe6 20. Qg4 Qd6 21. gxf4 Rxf4 22.
Qg2 Qxd4 23. Qd5+ $18) 19. Qf3 $18) 17. Nxa8 fxe3 18. cxd4 Qg2 $17) 16... f4
17. gxf4 {this move leads to dead draw by perpetuum check.} ({White played
here also} 17. Rf1 $2 $17 {-this continuation is in Black favour:} fxe3 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. dxe3 Qxh2 20. Qf3+ Nf6 21. Ne5 (21. Qf2 Qh1+ 22. Qf1 Qh2 23. Qf2
Qh5 $17 {[%csl Re1] -see commented game 0-1 Movsesian,S-Illescas Cordoba,M/
Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext[Illescas Cordoba] (44)}) 21... Be6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Smagin,
S-Perovic,D/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 97 (45)} (21... c5 $1 $17)) (17. gxf4 {this move
leads to dead draw by perpetuum check.} Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Rxf4 $4 $18 {This too
brave and risky move loses the game. Next simple move maybe wasn't took into
account seriously by Black.} ({Here Black would can reach draw by force:} 18...
Bg4+ $1 19. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Ke1 $8 (20. Kd3 $2 Qf5+ 21. Kc3 Bxd4+ 22. Kxd4 (22.
Kb4 a5+ 23. Nxa5 Qxa5+ $19) 22... Rd8+ 23. Kc3 Qd3+ 24. Kb4 a5+ $19) 20... Qh4+
21. Ke2 Qg4+ 22. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 El Kher,H-Olsen,H/Taastrup 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) (
{Badly is} 18... Qxf4 $4 19. Qg1 Bxd4 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Qg3 $18) 19. Nxb6 {
Yes, White K take a walk in the center, but Black's Attack is not dangerous
and even is not sufficient compensation for considerable material lack.} ({
Possible to play also} 19. Qg1 Bxd4 20. Bb3 Bg4+ 21. Kd3 Rd8 22. Kc2 Kh8 23.
Qg3 Bf3 24. Qxh4 Rxh4 25. Rf1 $18) 19... Bg4+ (19... axb6 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qg1
Bg4+ (21... Nf6 22. Qg3 $18) 22. Nxg4 Rxg4 23. Qf1 (23. Qf2 $4 Re4+ $19 {
[%csl Rf2]}) 23... Nd6 24. d3 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd3c4,Gd3e4,Gc1h6]}) 20.
Nxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Kd3 Rxd4+ 22. Kc3 Qe4 ({Black out of time to take} 22... axb6 {
because of} 23. Qxg4 Rxg4 24. Bb3+ $18) 23. Qf1 $6 (23. d3 $18) (23. Bb3+ $18)
23... Nf6 (23... axb6 24. Bb3+ Rd5 25. d3 Qd4+ 26. Kc2 $18) 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25.
Nxa8 $1 {White takes at all...} Rd8 26. d3 Qc6+ 27. Kd2 Rxa8 28. Rg1) 17...
Qh4+ 18. Ke2 Rxf4 $4 $18 {This too brave and risky move loses the game. Next
simple move maybe wasn't took into account seriously by Black.} ({Here Black
would can reach draw by force:} 18... Bg4+ $1 19. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 20. Ke1 $8 (20.
Kd3 $2 Qf5+ 21. Kc3 Bxd4+ 22. Kxd4 (22. Kb4 a5+ 23. Nxa5 Qxa5+ $19) 22... Rd8+
23. Kc3 Qd3+ 24. Kb4 a5+ $19) 20... Qh4+ 21. Ke2 Qg4+ 22. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 El Kher,
H-Olsen,H/Taastrup 2000/EXT 2001 (22)}) ({Badly is} 18... Qxf4 $4 19. Qg1 Bxd4
20. Bb3 Be6 21. Qg3 $18) 19. Nxb6 {Yes, White K take a walk in the center, but
Black's Attack is not dangerous and even is not sufficient compensation for
considerable material lack.} ({Possible to play also} 19. Qg1 Bxd4 20. Bb3 Bg4+
21. Kd3 Rd8 22. Kc2 Kh8 23. Qg3 Bf3 24. Qxh4 Rxh4 25. Rf1 $18) 19... Bg4+ (
19... axb6 20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. Qg1 Bg4+ (21... Nf6 22. Qg3 $18) 22. Nxg4 Rxg4 23.
Qf1 (23. Qf2 $4 Re4+ $19 {[%csl Rf2]}) 23... Nd6 24. d3 $18 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Gd3c4,Gd3e4,Gc1h6]}) 20. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 21. Kd3 Rxd4+ 22. Kc3 Qe4 ({Black out of
time to take} 22... axb6 {because of} 23. Qxg4 Rxg4 24. Bb3+ $18) 23. Qf1 $6 (
23. d3 $18) (23. Bb3+ $18) 23... Nf6 (23... axb6 24. Bb3+ Rd5 25. d3 Qd4+ 26.
Kc2 $18) 24. Bb3+ Kh8 25. Nxa8 $1 {White takes at all...} Rd8 26. d3 Qc6+ 27.
Kd2 Rxa8 28. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Fide.com Cup"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.03.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2001.03.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxe5 {Rare move.} ({Mainlines are:
} 5. Bc4) (5. O-O) (5. Nxd4) 5... Qe7 (5... Nxe4 $2 6. Nxe4 Qe7 (6... Nxb5 $2
7. Nxf7 $1 $18 {1-0 Bogoljubow,E-Rubinstein,A/Gothenburg 1920/MainBase/
[ChessBase] (22)}) 7. O-O Qxe5 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 Qc5 10. b4 $1 Qd6 11. Bc4 O-O
12. Nd5 $16 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 6. f4 (6. Nf3 Nxb5 (6... Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. dxc3
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Qc5 10. Re1+ $14 {1-0 Lasker,E-Englund,F/Scheveningen 1913/EXT
98 (21)}) 7. Nxb5 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nd5 10. Re1 a6 (10... f6 $132 {
0-1 Kubbel,A-Grigoriev,N/Moscow 1920/URS-ch (26)}) 11. Kf1+ (11. Nc3 Nxc3+ 12.
dxc3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wenger,K-Giessmann,A/Graz 1993/EXT 97 (54)}) 11... Be7 $11 {
1-0 Kubbel,A-Tselikov,N/Moscow 1920/URS-ch (45)}) 6... Nxb5 7. Nxb5 d6 (7... d5
$2 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. c4 Nxf4 10. O-O f6 11. d4 fxe5 12. Bxf4 $16 {(...). 1-0
Zinner,E-Friedemann,G/Munich 1936/EXT 2000 (16)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nd3 $4 Bg4 {
[%csl Rd1] 0-1 Brujic,B-Jankovic,M/Novi Sad 1989/EXT 2000 (8)}) 8... c6 ({
Black equalizes also in case of} 8... Qxe4+ 9. Kf2 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gh1e1]} (9.
Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Kxe2 Nd5 11. d3 a6 $11 {0-1 Kristovic,M-Dabo Peranic,R/Bizovac
CRO 2001/The Week in Chess 329 (69)}) 9... Kd8 (9... Qc4 10. Re1+ Be7 11. Nbd4
c5 12. d3 Qa4 13. Qe2 Ng8 14. Nb3 Be6 $132 {1-0 Mastrovasilis,D-Gorbovickis,I/
Bratislava 1993/TD (40)}) (9... Ng4+ 10. Kg3 (10. Kg1 Kd8 (10... Qc4 11. a4
$132 {1-0 Piazzini,L-Bolbochan,J/Buenos Aires 1933/HCL (41)}) (10... Qc6 11. a4
a6 12. d4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Platz,J-Howard,F/South Fallsburg 1948/EXT 98 (61)}) 11.
h3 Nf6 12. d4 (12. d3 $132 {0-1 Platz,J-Adams,W/South Fallsburg 1948/EXT 98 
(54)}) 12... h5 13. Ng5 Qe8 14. Nc3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Opocensky,K-Rubinstein,A/
Meran 1924/EXT 99 (39)}) 10... Kd8 (10... Qg6 11. Nh4 $18 {0-1 Lundin,E-Michel,
P/Buenos Aires 1939/HCL (34)} (11. Nh4 Qh5 $17)) (10... Qc4 11. a4 d5 12. h3 a6
13. d3 Qc5 14. d4 Qb6 15. Nc3 Nf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bisguier,A-Levin,E/USA 1998/
EXT 99 (22)}) 11. h3 Nh6 12. d4 Be7 13. Re1 Qg6+ $132 {1-0 Bogoljubow,
E-Rubinstein,A/Gothenburg 1920/HCL (31)}) 10. d3 Ng4+ 11. Kg1 Qe8 12. c4 h5 13.
h3 Nh6 14. Kh2 Ng4+ 15. Kg1 Nh6 16. Kf2 $132 {0-1 Pihlajasalo,A-Vaatainen,T/
Helsinki 1997/EXT 99 (41)}) 9. Nc3 Nxe4 10. O-O (10. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 11. Qe2 Bf5 $11
{0-1 Woods,O-Jendras,G/Romulus 1994/EXT 2000 (47)}) 10... Nxc3 11. dxc3 (11.
bxc3 Qc7 12. c4 Be7 13. d3 O-O 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qd2 c5 16. Rae1 Rfe8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Platz,J-Shainswit,G/South Fallsburg 1948/EXT 98 (65)}) 11... Qd8 (11...
Qf6 12. Re1+ Be7 13. Be3 $11) 12. Re1+ (12. Qd4 Qb6 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Be3 Qxd4
15. Bxd4 f6 16. c4 Kf7 17. Re3 Re8 18. Rae1 Bf5 19. R1e2 c5 20. Bc3 Bf8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Campora,D-Toth,C/Bogota 1991/EXT 97 (37)}) 12... Be7 13. Qe2 Bg4 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 O-O 16. Be3 Bf6 (16... Re8 17. Bd4 Bf8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 $11) 17. g4
$5 $132 {Interesting brave decision!} ({White is not satisfied with} 17. Bd4
$11 {with approximately equal play.}) 17... g6 ({Quite well was} 17... Re8 {
Not were afraid of kingside PP promotion.} 18. g5 Be7 {[%cal Ge7f8]} 19. Re2 d5
20. Rae1 Bd6 $132) 18. Rad1 Re8 19. f5 Be5 (19... Bg5 $143 $6 20. Bd4 d5 21.
Qg3 $1 $14) 20. Rf1 Qe7 ({Or} 20... Qf6 21. Rde1 $132 (21. g5 $6 Qxf5 22. Qxf5
gxf5 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxe3 25. Rxd6 Rae8 (25... Rxc3 26. Rd7 Rf8 27. Rxb7
$11) 26. Rd7 R8e7 $15) (21. fxg6 Qxg6 22. Bd4 Re6 $132)) 21. Rd3 d5 22. Bd4
Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Qc7 $6 $14 (23... g5 $5 24. f6 (24. h4 gxh4 25. Qf4 f6 26. Rh3
Qe2 27. Rh2 Qc4 $15) 24... Qe2 25. Qxe2 (25. Qf5 h6 26. Rf2 Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Re6
$15) 25... Rxe2 26. Rf2 Rae8 27. Ra3 $132) 24. Re3 $1 Re4 $2 $16 {Badly.Back
loses whole P without any compensation by force.} ({Much better was} 24... Re7
25. Rfe1 Rae8 {in order to change two RR pairs:} 26. f6 Rxe3 27. Rxe3 Rxe3 28.
Qxe3 Kf8 29. Kg2 Qd6 30. g5 $14 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27.
Qxe4 Qg3+ 28. Qg2 Qe3+ 29. Qf2 Re8 30. Kg2 (30. c3 $16) 30... Qe4+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+
32. Qxe3 Rxe3+ 33. Rf3 Re2 34. Rb3 $1 ({Of couse,} 34. Rf2 {would keep
advantage.} Re3+ 35. Kg2 $16) 34... Rxc2 $6 $18 (34... b6 35. Rc3 Re6 36. Kf4
$16) 35. Rxb7 Rd2 36. Rxa7 Rxd4 ({Huge advantage White keep also after} 36...
Rxb2 37. Kf4 $18 {[%csl Gf4,Rg8]}) 37. Rb7 Rd3+ 38. Kf4 $4 $11 ({After right} 
38. Kh4 $1 h6 39. a4 g5+ (39... Rd1 40. a5 Ra1 41. b4 c5 (41... Ra4 42. Rc7
Rxb4 43. a6 Rb3 44. a7 Ra3 {with a small trap:} 45. g5 $1 $18 ({Not} 45. Rc8+
Kg7 46. a8=Q g5+ 47. Kh5 Rxh3#)) 42. bxc5 Rxa5 43. c6 Rc5 44. c7 Rc3 {[%csl
Rh4]} 45. g5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gh4]} ({Wrong is} 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. g5 $11 ({Not} 46.
c8=Q g5+ 47. Kh5 Rxh3#))) 40. Kh5 Rxh3+ 41. Kg6 Kf8 42. a5 $18 {White wins})
38... Rxh3 {White lost P advantage and here the only advantage White reached
is KK locations difference, but it is not enough to win.} 39. a4 Rh1 {[%cal
Gh1a1]} 40. a5 Ra1 41. b4 h5 42. Rc7 (42. gxh5 gxh5 43. Ke5 (43. Kg5 Kf8 44.
Kxh5 c5 45. bxc5 Rxa5 $11) 43... h4 $1 $11 {[%cal Gh4h3]} (43... c5 $2 44. bxc5
Rxa5 45. Kd6 $18)) 42... Ra4 43. gxh5 gxh5 44. Kg5 h4 $1 {Exactly! Maybe this
strong reply was missed by White, or time pressure was too intensive...} (44...
Rxb4 $4 45. a6 Ra4 46. a7 $18) 45. Kxh4 Rxb4+ 46. Kg5 Ra4 47. Ra7 Kf8 48. Kf6
Ke8 49. Ke6 Kd8 50. Kd6 Kc8 51. Kxc6 Kb8 52. Rb7+ Ka8 53. Rd7 Rh4 54. Kb6 Rh6+
55. Kb5 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B (Women)"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Qin, Kanying"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 ({Also doesn't dive
nothing very old move} 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 {and here:} Bg4 (7... Re8 8. h3 h6 9.
Ne2 Nh5 10. g4 Qf6 11. Kg2 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nf4+ 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Rb1 g6 (16... Bd6 $11) 17. Nxf4 $132 {1-0 Podlesnik,B-Kovacic,P/Nova
Gorica SLO 1999/ (31)}) (7... Nd7 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Bf8 11. Nh4 Nc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Alekhine,A-Freymann,S/Vilnius 1912/ (15)}) 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Kg2 Rad8 13. Qc1 Qe6 14. Nh4 Be7 15. Nf5 Bg5 16. Qd1
c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nimzowitsch,A-Rubinstein,A/San Sebastian 1912/ (45)}) 6... d6
7. Bxc6 {Another variations also don't bring to White any advantage. For
example:} (7. Na4 Nd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Nxc5 Nxb5 $11) 8... Bxd4 9. c3 a6 $1 (9...
Bb6 $6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. Ba4 Bg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Bc2 h6 14. f4 $14 {BB 1-0
Popov,S-Ivanovic,M/Pula tt 1990/ (55)}) 10. cxd4 axb5 11. Nc3 c6 12. Ne2 $11 {
0-1 Zavoronkov,V-Macieja,B/EU-chJM U16 Rimavska Sobota ,EXT 1992 (38)}) (7. Bg5
h6 (7... Bg4 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. h3 Be6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 c5 13.
Qd3 h6 14. Bh4 Rb8 15. b3 g5 16. Bg3 Nh5 17. f4 $132 {1-0 Ginsburg,
G-Schlindwein,R/Hessen-Baden [2] ,GER 1994/ (29)}) 8. Bh4 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10.
h3 Bd7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nb3 Bb6 $132 {1/2-1/2
Rosentalis,E-Ionov,S/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod 1988/ (53)}) 7... bxc6 8. h3 (8. d4 exd4
9. Nxd4 Qe8 $1 10. Re1 Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ge8e5]} (10... Bb7 $2 11. Bg5 Qe5 12. Nf3
Qe6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. f4 Qc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ (
18. b4 Qxb4 {1/2-1/2 Riemann,F-Wittek,A/Berlin DSB 2nd Congress 1881/ (45)})
18... Kh8 19. c3 $18) 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. f3 (12. b3 Rb4 $1 $17) 12... Rb4 13. Nce2
Ne5 14. b3 Rb8 15. Qd2 $132) 8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Re1 Be6 10. Be3 Bb6 11. d4 exd4
12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Qe2 $6 (13. Qd3 $11) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Raasch,
W-Sauter,A/PF- Bellheim ,GER 1994 (20)}) 9... Bb6 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 c5 $11)
10. Ne2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d5 $5 {Active equalizing move.} (11... c5 $11) 12. exd5 (
12. Nxe5 Qe8 13. Nf3 dxe4 14. dxe4 $132) 12... cxd5 13. Nxe5 Qe8 (13... Qd6 14.
d4 Ne4 15. c4 $14) 14. d4 Nd7 15. Nf4 $5 (15. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Bxd7 17. Nf4
Rab8 18. b3 Bc6 $132) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd4 {White can't keep
sacrificed P.} (17. Nxd5 c6 18. Nc3 Qxe3+ $11) 17... Qxd4 18. exd4 {[%mdl 4096]
} c6 (18... Bb7 19. Rae1 Rae8 $11) 19. Rae1 g6 (19... Rb8 20. b3 Ba6 21. Rf3
Rfe8 22. Rfe3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Re8 $11) 20. g4 {[%csl Gf5]} (20. Re7
Bf5 21. g4 Be4 $11) 20... h5 $2 {Very bad move, connected with blunder.} (20...
Ba6 $2 21. Rf3 Rfe8 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ra3 $16) ({Good enough was natural} 
20... Rb8 $1 21. b3 Ba6 22. Rf3 Rfe8 23. Rfe3 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Kf8 $11) 21. gxh5
g5 22. Nd3 Bxh3 23. Rf3 $6 (23. Rf6 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Gf6c6] was strong:}
Rae8 24. Re5 $1 $16) 23... Be6 (23... Bg4 $142 {and here White had to find} 24.
Rf6 $1 {and to play with high accuracy:} (24. Rg3 $2 Bxh5 25. Rxg5+ Bg6 26. Nf4
(26. Ne5 Rae8 27. Kf2 Re6 28. Reg1) 26... Kg7 27. Re7 Kh6 $1 (27... Kf6 28.
Nxg6 fxg6 29. Rge5 Rab8 30. b3 $16) 28. Rg3 Rfe8 29. Rc7 Rec8 $11) 24... Rae8
25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. h6 Re2 (26... Re6 27. Rxe6 Bxe6 28. Ne5 Kh7 29. Nxc6 a6 30.
Nb4 a5 (30... f5 31. Nxa6 f4 32. a4 g4 33. Nc5 Bf5 34. a5 g3 35. Kg2 $18) 31.
Nc6 a4 32. b3 axb3 33. cxb3 Kxh6 34. a4 $18 {And white free PP are more
dangerous than black free PP.} {For example:} Bd7 35. Nb4 Kg6 36. a5 f5 37. a6
Bc8 38. a7 Bb7 39. Nd3 Kf6 40. Nc5 Bc6 41. b4 $18) (26... Re4 27. Ne5 Rxd4 28.
Rxf7 {[%cal Gh6h7,Ge5g6]} Bh5 29. Rxa7 $18) 27. Rxc6 Kh7 28. Nb4 f5 29. Nxd5
Bf3 30. Kf1 g4 31. b4 g3 (31... Rd2 32. Nf6+ Kxh6 33. Ne4+ Kh5 34. Nxd2 Bxc6
35. c4 $18) 32. Nf6+ Kxh6 33. Ne4+ $18 {[%csl Rg3]}) 24. Rg3 Kh7 25. Rxg5 Rg8 (
25... Kh6 26. Rg2 Rg8 27. Nf4 $16) 26. Rxg8 (26. Rg2 $16) 26... Rxg8+ 27. Kf2
Rg4 (27... Kh6 28. Nf4 $16) 28. Nc5 $1 (28. Ne5 $2 Rf4+ 29. Kg3 (29. Ke3 Re4+
30. Kf2 Rf4+ $11) 29... Rxd4 30. Nxc6 Rc4 31. Nxa7 Rxc2 32. a4 Rxb2 33. a5 Ra2
34. Nc6 Bd7 $11) (28. c3 $2 Rh4 29. Kg2 Rxh5 30. Ne5 Rg5+ 31. Kf3 Rf5+ 32. Ke3
c5 33. Nc6 cxd4+ 34. Kxd4 Rf2 35. Nxa7 Rxb2 $11) 28... Bf5 $18 {After this
move Black position it lost.} ({However, after} 28... Rxd4 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30.
Rxe6 $18 {position seems with certain chances for draw, but after a little
analysis I concluded - no, this position is hopeless.} Rc4 (30... Rd2+ 31. Re2
$18) 31. c3 d4 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Ke3 Rc4 34. Re7+ Kh6 35. Rxa7 Kxh5 36. Kd3 $18
{[%csl Ga2,Rh5]}) 29. Re7 Bxc2 (29... Kg7 30. Ke3 Rh4 (30... Bxc2 31. Rxa7 $18)
31. Rxa7 Bxc2 (31... Rxh5 32. Rc7 Rh6 33. a4 Bxc2 34. a5 $18) 32. Rc7 Rxh5 33.
Rxc6 $18) 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rxa7 Rxd4 32. Rg7+ $1 (32. Ne6 $2 Rh4 33. Rg7+ Kh8
34. Rc7 Rxh5 35. Rxc6 Bb1 36. a4 Rh2+ 37. Ke3 Rxb2 38. a5 Ra2 39. a6 Ra3+ 40.
Kd4 Ba2 41. Ke5 (41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rc7+ Kg6 43. a7 Kf5 44. Nc5 Bc4 45. Nd7 Ke6
46. Nb6 Kd6 $1 47. Rxc4 (47. Nxc4+ Kxc7 48. Nxa3 Kb7 49. Nb5 Ka8 $11) 47...
Rxa7 48. Nc8+ Kd7 $11) 41... Bc4 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rc7+ Kg6 (43... Kh6) 44. a7
Ra5 45. Nf8+ Kg5 46. Nd7 d4+ 47. Kxd4 Bd5 48. Nb6 Bc6 $1 $11) 32... Kh8 (32...
Kxg7 33. Ne6+ Kh6 34. Nxd4 Bb1 35. a4 c5 36. a5 Bd3 37. Ne6 c4 38. Nc5 c3 39.
Nxd3 $18) 33. Rc7 Bh7 ({Loses also} 33... Bf5 34. a4 Rd2+ 35. Ke3 Rxb2 36. Rxc6
$18) 34. Rc8+ Bg8 35. a4 Rc4 ({The same position was after} 35... Rd2+ 36. Ke3
Rxb2 37. Rxc6 Rh2 38. h6 Kh7 39. a5 $18) 36. Rxc6 d4 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kd3 Rxb2
39. Kxd4 Rb4+ 40. Ke5 Rh4 41. h6 Bc4 42. Ne4 (42. a5 $18) 42... Rh5+ 43. Kf4
Rh4+ 44. Ke5 Bb3 45. Ng5 $4 $11 {Terrible move! It was at least 2 ways of
winning :} ({The first way is} 45. Nf6 $1 Rxh6 46. a5 $1 {Pa5 is much stronger
than h6!} Rh1 (46... Ba4 47. Rb6 Kg7 48. a6 Rh8 49. a7 Ra8 50. Rb7+ Kh6 51. Nd5
Bc6 52. Rc7 Re8+ 53. Kd6 Ba8 54. Nb6 Bh1 55. Rc8 Rxc8 56. Nxc8 Kg5 57. Kc7 Kf4
(57... Kf6 58. Nd6 Ba8 59. Kb8 $18) 58. Nd6 Ba8 59. Nb7 $18) 47. Rc7 (47. a6 $5
$18) 47... Re1+ (47... Bd1 48. a6 Bf3 49. a7 Bg2 50. Ke6 Bf3 51. Rc8+ Kg7 52.
Rg8+ Kh6 53. Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rxh1 Bxh1 55. Nd5 $18) 48. Kd4 Rd1+ 49. Ke3 Re1+ 50.
Kd2 Rd1+ 51. Ke2 Rh1 52. a6 $18) (45. a5 $2 Rh5+ 46. Kd4 Rxa5 $11 47. Nf6 Bg8
48. Rc8 Ra4+ 49. Ke5 Ra5+ 50. Ke4 (50. Kf4 Rf5+ $11) 50... Ra4+ 51. Kf5 Rf4+
52. Kg6 Rg4+ 53. Kh5 Rg5+ 54. Kh4 Rg6 $11) ({The second way is:} 45. Kf5 $1
Rxe4 (45... Bxa4 46. Rc8+ Kh7 47. Ng5+ Kxh6 48. Rh8+ Kg7 49. Rxh4 $18) 46. Kxe4
Bxa4 47. Rc7 Bb3 48. Kf5 $1 {The main idea of this endgame is to avoid b1-h7
diagonal by the black B.} (48. Ke5 $2 Ba2 49. Rb7 (49. Kf6 Bb1 $11) 49... Bc4
50. Kf6 Bd3 $11) 48... Ba2 49. Rb7 Bd5 50. Rb4 Kh7 51. Kg5 Kh8 52. Kg6 Bg8 53.
Rb7 Bd5 54. Rh7+ Kg8 55. Re7 $18) 45... Rxa4 46. Rc8+ Bg8 47. h7 (47. Rd8 Ra5+
48. Kf4 Rf5+ 49. Kg4 Rf4+ $11) (47. Ne4 Kh7 48. Nf6+ Kxh6 49. Rxg8 Ra5+ 50. Nd5
Kh7 51. Rg1 $11) 47... Ra5+ 48. Kf4 (48. Kf6 Rxg5 $11) 48... Rxg5 49. Kxg5 Kxh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 d6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. d3
(8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 g6 10. Kf1 (10. Nb1 {-see commented game 0-1 Ponomariov,
R-Almasi,Z/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57[Tsesarsky,I] (82)}) 10... Bg7 {-see commented
game 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Gomez Esteban,J/Pamplona 1996/CBM 57 [Tsesarsky,I](60)})
8... d5 ({Another way is} 8... Nd7 $143 9. Be3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. d4 Qf6
12. Rg1 Bxf3 (12... Qxf3 13. Qxf3 Bxf3 14. Rg3 $5 (14. d5 c5 15. Kd2 O-O-O 16.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Rg3 Bh5 18. Rb1 a5 19. a3 g6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 c4 22. b5 Bg7
$132 {0-1 Wells,P-Hebden,M/Hastings 1991/CBM 26 ext (52)}) 14... Bh5 15. d5 (
15. Ne2 Bg6 16. f3 d5 17. exd5 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 Winsnes,R-Sepp,O/
Oerebro 1995/EXT 98 (37)}) 15... c5 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. Nf4 Bg6 18. f3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Istratescu,A-Sepp,O/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (68)}) 13. Qd3 Qh4 14. Rg3
Qxh2 15. Kd2 Qh5 16. d5 $36 {1-0 Acs,P-Karakehajov,K/Athens GRE 2001/The Week
in Chess 354 (24)}) 9. O-O (9. h3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. e5 (11. Qe2 $2 d4 12.
Nb1 (12. Nd5 b5 13. Nf4 Qa5+ 14. Kd1 bxa4 15. e5 Kd7 16. Rg1 g6 17. Bd2 (17.
exf6 Re8 $19) 17... Qb6 $19) 12... Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxa4 {0-1 Jamrich,G-Petran,P/
Budapest 1997/EXT 2001 (13)}) (11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Kf1 O-O-O 14. c3
Qc7 15. Kg2 Be7 $44 {0-1 Kholmov,R-Malaniuk,V/St Petersburg RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 344 (34)}) 11... d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. Qe2+ Kd7 14. Qe4 (14. Qe5) 14...
Qxf6 15. Qd5+ Bd6 (15... Ke8 16. Qxh5 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. O-O $132) 16. Qxh5
cxb2 17. Bxb2 Rae8+ 18. Kf1 Qxb2 19. Qxf7+ Re7 20. Qf5+ Kc7 21. Kg2 $132 {
1/2-1/2 McShane,L-Pavasovic,D/Lippstadt 1998/CBM 65 ext (39)}) (9. Bg5 dxe4 10.
Nxe4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Nxe4 $1 13. dxe4 $8 Qxg5 14. fxg4 h5 15. Qd5
Qxd5 16. exd5 hxg4 17. dxc6 O-O-O 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. Rd1 Bd6 $132 {1-0 Graham,
N-Tabakovic,M/USA 1997/EXT 2001 (32)}) (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd4 Bxd1 11. Nxc6
Nxc3 (11... bxc6 $1 12. Bxc6+ Ke7 13. Nxd5+ Kd6 14. Bxa8 Qxa8 15. Ne3 Bh5 $19)
12. Nxd8+ Nxa4 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Kxd1 Rd8 $17 {0-1 Nijboer,F-Fernandez Garcia,
J/Linares 1995/CBM 51 (32)}) (9. Be3 {-see commented game 0-1 Gruenfeld,
Y-Shabtai,R/Jerusalem 1996/CBM 56[Tsesarsky,I] (42)}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 $5
$146 ({Worth of attention also} 10. dxe4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 b5 12. Bb3 Bc5 13. e5 {
Grischuk had to prepare something on this!} Nd7 $5 (13... Qd7 $2 14. exf6 O-O-O
15. Kg2 $1 $18 {-see commented game 1-0 Nunn,J-Kristensen,B/Vejle 1994/CBM 40 
[Blatny,P](28)}) 14. f4 Qh4 15. Be3 $14) 10... Nxe4 11. Re1 (11. dxe4 $6 Nxf3+
12. gxf3 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxf3 $11) 11... Be7 (11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 13. Rxe4+
Be7 {[%csl Rf3]} 14. f4 O-O-O 15. Be3 $14) 12. Rxe4 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Bf5 14. Re5
Be6 (14... Qd7 15. Qe1 $14 {[%csl Re7,Re8][%cal Ge1e8]}) 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3
O-O 17. Qe2 $14 {Black opening strategy can be defined as dubious. White has
slight advantage. PP weaknesses on the kingside are less important than P lack.
} Bd6 18. Re4 Qc7 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Gc7h2]} 19. Kg2 $1 f5 $6 {Based on wrong
idea - Ph2 capture.} (19... a6 $142 $14) 20. Re6 Bxh2 $6 $16 21. Re7 Qd6 22.
Ra4 $1 {Really strong unexpected move!} ({I suppose, Black had calculated only
} 22. Rxb7 Rfe8 $1 $44) 22... Rf6 ({Badly is} 22... Rf7 23. Re6 Qc7 24. f4 $18
{[%csl Rh2]}) 23. Bg5 Rg6 ({Loses} 23... Rf7 24. Re6 Qb8 25. f4 {[%csl Rh2]} h6
{[%csl Rg5]} 26. Bxh6 $1 $18) 24. Re8+ Kf7 ({Another continuation leads to RR
endgame with White's advantage:} 24... Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Qf8 26. Qxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Kxh2 Rxg5 28. Rxa7 b5 29. Rc7 $1 ({Not} 29. d4 $2 Rg6 30. c3 ({Or} 30. c4 Rd6
31. d5 bxc4 32. bxc4 cxd5 33. c5 Rd8 34. b4 (34. Kg2 d4 35. Kf1 h5 36. Ke2 Rb8
37. c6 Rc8 38. c7 h4 39. Kd3 h3 40. Kxd4 h2 41. Ra1 Rxc7 42. Rh1 $11) 34... d4
35. Ra2 d3 36. Rd2 Ke7 37. b5 Rd5 38. c6 Kd6 39. f4 $44) 30... Re6 31. Kg3 Re2
32. Rc7 Rxb2 33. Rxc6 Rxb3 34. Kf4 g6 35. Rc7 h6 36. d5 Rb2 37. Ke3 $132 (37.
Ke5 Rxf2 38. Kf6 Ke8 39. Kxg6 Rxf3 $11)) 29... Rg6 30. b4 $1 Rd6 31. b3 h6 32.
Kg3 g5 33. f4 $16) 25. Qe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxe7+ Kg8 (26... Kf8 $144 27. Kxh2 b5 (
27... Rxg5 28. Rxb7 $16) 28. Raxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Rxg5 30. Rc7 Rg6 31. b4 $16 {
like in comment to the 24-th move - see above.}) 27. Kxh2 Rxg5 $6 $18 {In 4R
endgame Black has no chance.} (27... b5 $142 28. Raxa7 Rxa7 29. Rxa7 Rxg5 30.
Rc7 Rg6 31. b4 $16 {We see this RR endgame position the third time!}) 28. Rxb7
a5 29. Re7 c5 30. f4 Rg4 31. f3 Rh4+ 32. Kg3 Rh1 33. Re5 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rf5]}
Ra6 34. Rxf5 Rah6 {Black RR activity is not dangerous.} 35. Rxc5 R1h2 36. Raxa5
R6h3+ 37. Kg4 Rh4+ 38. Kf5 h6 39. Ke4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Frolov, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Politekhnik-Yantar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bc5 (4... Bb4 $5 $11) 5. O-O
O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Bd6 8. f4 Nc6 9. e5 Be7 10. d5 Nb4 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bc4
(12. Ne4 c6 (12... Nxd5 13. Qxd5 c6 14. Qd3 cxb5 15. Nd6 Be7 16. Be3 Bxd6 17.
Qxd6 Re8 18. Bd4 b6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Masola,M-Vasta,E/Mar del Plata 1993/[ 5] (45)}
) (12... a6 13. Be2 Re8 14. Bf3 $14) 13. Bc4 $5 (13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15.
Be3 Nxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Taylor,T-Rizzitano,J/New York 1984/[ 5] (20)}) 13... b5 (
13... cxd5 14. Bxd5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxb2 (16... Be7 17. f5 $16) 17.
Bxb2 Qxb2 18. f5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rc8,Rg8][%cal Gf5f6] 1-0 Schein,K-Wiesinger,J/
AUT-ch24 1997/Corr Forum 60/ (24)} d6 $1 19. Nxd6 (19. f6 Qe5) 19... Qxc2 (
19... Rb8 20. Rae1 Bd7 (20... b6 21. Re8 Qf6 22. Ne4 $18) 21. f6 $16) 20. f6
Be6 21. Qe5 gxf6 22. Rxf6 b6 23. Rh6 $16) 14. Bb3 Bb7 (14... Re8 15. Nd6 Re7
16. Nxc8 Rxc8 17. d6 $14) 15. dxc6 dxc6 16. Qxd8 Bxd8 17. Nd6 Bb6+ 18. Kh1 $14)
(12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qd3 cxb5 16. f5 f6 (16... Qf6 17.
Be3 Qc6 18. f6 b6 19. Bd4 Bb7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Rf2 $15 {1/2-1/2 Poretti,
E-Heutgens,D/cr IECG 7PSRR 1995/[ 5] (37)}) 17. a4 bxa4 18. Rxa4 d5 19. Rd4 (
19. Rh4 Re8 20. Qd1 Re5 21. Qh5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxf5 $19 {0-1 Nunn,J-Hodgson,J/
ENG-ch m 1991/ (33)}) 19... b6 20. Rxd5 Qe8 {1/2-1/2 Ferguson,M-Belozerov,A/
EU-chJM U18 Zagan ,EXT 1995/[ 5] (28)}) 12... Qe7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ge7c5,Gc5g1]
} (12... b6 13. a3 (13. Rf3 Re8 14. Be3 c5 15. Bf2 d6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Meier,
V-Reipsch,J/BL (2nd) East 1995/[ 5] (30)}) 13... Na6 14. Ne4 $14) 13. Kh1 (13.
Bb3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 $44) 13... d6 $6 $14 (13... Qc5 $5 {
[%csl Rc3,Rc4][%cal Gc5c3,Gd7d6]} 14. Bb3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 $44) 14. Re1 Qd7 (
14... Qxe1+ $2 15. Qxe1 Nxc2 16. Qd1 Nxa1 17. Be3 $16) 15. Ne4 {[%csl Rf6]
[%cal Ge4f6]} Bd8 (15... Bh4 16. g3 f5 17. Nf2 (17. gxh4 fxe4 18. a3 Na6 (18...
b5 19. Bf1 Na6 20. Rxe4 Bb7 21. Bg2 $16) 19. Rxe4 Nc5 20. Re1 Qh3 $44) 17...
Bf6 18. c3 Na6 19. Be3 $14 {()}) 16. Bd2 Na6 17. b4 {[%csl Ra6]} Qg4 $6 (17...
f5 18. Ng3 Bf6 19. c3 $14) 18. Be2 $1 {White have space advantage and of
course don't want to change Queens.} Qd7 19. c4 h6 20. Rc1 $16 {Black pieces
placed on ugly positions} f5 21. Ng3 Bh4 22. c5 $1 Kh7 $5 (22... dxc5 23. bxc5
$16) 23. c6 $1 bxc6 $6 $18 ({Much better was} 23... Qf7 24. Qb3 bxc6 25. Rxc6
Nb8 26. Rcc1 $16) 24. dxc6 Qf7 (24... Qd8 25. Qb3 Nb8 26. b5 $18) 25. Bc4 Qg6 (
25... d5 26. Bd3 $18 {[%cal Gb4b5] And now after b4-b5 N haven't c5-square and
must turn back to b8.}) 26. Qf3 d5 27. Bd3 Nb8 (27... d4 28. b5 Nb8 $18) 28. b5
$1 {[%csl Rb8] The Nb8 will stay on b8 until the end of the game...} a6 29. a4
axb5 30. axb5 Ra4 31. Ra1 {To change active pieces!} Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qd6 33. Rb1
{[%cal Gd2b4]} (33. Ra8 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]} Be6 34. Bc1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} (34. Nxf5
Bxf5 35. Bxf5+ Rxf5 36. Rxb8 Qg6 $16) 34... Qd8 35. Ba3 $18) 33... Rf7 34. Qh5
(34. Bb4 Qd8 35. Re1 $18) 34... Qf6 35. Ne2 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8][%cal Gd2c3]} g6 36.
Qf3 Qd6 37. Bb4 Qd8 38. Nd4 (38. Rd1 $18) 38... Be7 (38... Bf6 39. Bc5 $18) 39.
Bc3 Bf6 40. Re1 Re7 41. Rxe7+ {White change pieces with pleasure.} Bxe7 42. Qe3
Bf6 43. Bb4 {The agony will not be continued for a long time...} Bg7 44. Bc5
Qf6 (44... Bf6 45. Ba7 $18) (44... Qh8 45. Qe7 $18) 45. Qe8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Bc5 ({Another main line is} 8... Qe5+) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11.
Qxd7 Rae8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gf6f2]} (11... Rad8 12. Qg4 (12. Qb5 b6 13. Qc4 Rfe8
14. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,Ivan-Planinec,Albin/Vidmar mem Ljubljana/Portoroz (11)
;EXT 98 1973} (14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Qg6 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qxc2 18. Rf1
Re7 19. Qd5 Qe4 $11 {Urzica,Aurel-Khachian,Melikset/Bucharest schev ;EXT 97
1993/1-0 (66)})) 12... Qg6 13. Qxg6 fxg6 14. g3 Rxf2 15. Rxf2 Rf8 16. Bf4 g5
17. Kg2 Bxf2 18. Bxg5 Bc5 19. Rf1 $14 {Imanaliev,Taalaibek-Safin,Shukhrat/
Bishkek zt ;CBM 35 1993/1/2-1/2 (47)}) 12. Be3 $5 $44 (12. Qd3 $5 Re5 13. Qc4 (
13. Bd2 Rd8 $19) (13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qe7 $44 (14... Qb6 15. Qd4 Rxe3 (15...
Rfe8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 Rxe3 18. Rxe3 Rxe3 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. Kf2 Re5 21. Rd7
$11 {0-1 Podlesnik,Bogdan-Pavasovic,Dusko/SLO-ch Kranj (8) ;EXT 2000 1999 (40)}
) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Rc8 19. c4 $11 {Shishkin,
Vadim-Malaniuk,Vladimir P/Swidnica op (3) ;EXT 2000 1999/0-1 (62)})) 13... b5
14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Bf4 Re2 17. Qd3 Re4 18. Bg3 c6 19. Rad1 $44) 12...
Bxe3 13. fxe3 Qb6 $5 14. Rae1 $6 $15 ({After} 14. Qd4 $1 {position is equal}
Qxb2 (14... Rxe3 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Rxe3 Rxe3 18. Rd1 f5 (18...
Kf8 19. Kf2 Re5 20. Rd7 Rc5 21. Ke3 Ke8 22. Rd2 Re5+ $11) 19. Rd7 Re1+ 20. Kf2
Rc1 21. Rxc7 Rxc2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Rxb7 $11) (14... c5 15. Qd2 Rd8 (15... Qxb2
16. Rfb1 Qa3 17. Rxb7 $132) 16. Qc1 Rfe8 17. b3 Re5 $44) 15. Rab1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7
$11) 14... Rxe3 15. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 16. Kh1 Qe2 $5 {[%csl Rc2,Rf1]} 17. Qd3 (17. Qf5
g6 $15) 17... Re8 18. Kg1 (18. a3 Qxd3 19. cxd3 Re2 $15) (18. Qf5 Qe7 $15)
18... h6 19. h3 Qe6 (19... Qxd3 20. cxd3 Re2 21. Rf2 $11) (19... Qe3+ $15) 20.
b3 Qe3+ 21. Rf2 (21. Qxe3 Rxe3 22. c4 Re2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 f5 25. Ke3 Kf7
$17) (21. Kh1 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Re2 23. a4 Rc2 24. c4 Rc3 $17) 21... Qe7 {[%cal
Ge8d8]} 22. a4 Rd8 23. Qf3 c6 24. b4 $6 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3] Weakenen PPc2,c3
needlessly.} (24. c4 $15) 24... Rd6 25. Qh5 (25. a5 $15) 25... Re6 26. Rf1 Re3
27. Qa5 a6 28. Qf5 g6 $1 (28... Rxc3 29. Qc8+ Qf8 (29... Kh7 30. Qf5+ Kg8) 30.
Qxb7 Rxc2 $15) 29. Qf4 Rxc3 30. Rf2 (30. Qxh6 Rxc2 $17) 30... h5 31. Rd2 $6 $19
(31. Kh2 Re3 32. a5 $17) (31. Qd2 Re3 32. a5 $17) 31... b5 $1 {[%csl Rb4,Rc2]
Black didn't made a lot to create another weakness (except of P lack) in
White's camp...} (31... Rc4 32. Qxc4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxd2 $17) 32. axb5 axb5 33.
Kh2 (33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Rd8 Qe3+ (34... Rxc2 35. Rg8+ Kh6 36. Rh8+ $11) 35. Kh2
Rxc2 36. Rg8+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ (37. Re8 Qd4 38. Re2 $5 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb8h8]} Rc4
$1 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Qd4+ Qe5+ $19) 33... Rc4 34. Rd4 Rxc2 35. Re4 Qf8 $1 36.
Qc7 (36. Rd4 Re2 $19) 36... Qa8 $1 {[%cal Gc2d2,Gc6c5]} 37. Rd4 $6 (37. Rf4 Qe8
$19) 37... Rxg2+ $1 38. Kh1 Qa1+ $1 0-1

[Event "Oxford GM-A"]
[Site "Oxford"]
[Date "1998.12.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 20512]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O {
Kortschnoj: 'An old, but well-forgotten move. Nowadays people prefer to play 5.
Ba4...'} Nxb5 6. Nxb5 c6 7. Nc3 d6 8. d4 Qc7 9. Bg5 {Kortschnoj: 'Having good
development and an advantage in space,white obtains somewhat better chances in
a middlegame.'} (9. Be3 Be7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd3 O-O $11 {0-1 Techno
Chess-Kallisto/15th WMCCC, Paris FRA 1997 (75)}) (9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O (10...
a5 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,Y-Kirusha,A/White Nights Open, St Petersburg RUS 1998 (42)
}) 11. b3 (11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. a5 g6 14. Qd2 $11 {1-0 Shabanov,
Y-Igudesman,K/Czech Open, Pardubice CZE 1998 (33)}) 11... Re8 12. Re1 b6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Benko,P/Venice 1974 (22)}) (9. Qe2 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 b5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Cortlever,N-Kramer,G/Beverwijk 1946 (21)}) (9. Ne1 Be7 10. Kh1 b5
11. a3 Bb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Bogoljubov,E/NED 1928 (21)}) (9. Qd3 Be7 10. Ne2
O-O 11. c3 Bg4 $11 {1-0 Preiswerk,W-Vordank,K/Berlin CL 1920 (21)}) (9. h3 Be7
10. Be3 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 b5 $11 (11... Ne8 12. Be3 Be6 13. a4 b6 14. Qd3 f5
15. dxe5 dxe5 $11)) (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Ne2 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe4 $11 {1-0 Pavlov
Pianov,N-Tselikov,N/Moscow URS ch(1) 1920 (45)}) 10... h6 11. a4 a5 $11 (11...
g5 12. Nh2 Rg8 13. Ng4 $14 {1-0 Landtman,M-Okkes,M/NED tt 1995 (45)})) 9... Be7
10. h3 (10. Qd3 O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 Bg4 12. Rd2 Rad8 $11 {1-0 Marchand,
M-Cole,H/Hastings 1919 (52)}) 11... Rd8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 c5 $11 {1-0
Bondarevsky,I-Zagoriansky,E/Moscow-ch ,HCL 1945 (55)}) 10... O-O (10... h6 11.
Bh4 O-O (11... g5 12. dxe5 gxh4 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Re1 Rg8 (14... Be6 $132) 15.
Kh1 Be6 $1 (15... Rg6 16. e5 $1 $16 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Piket,J/Elista RUS 1998 
(52)})) (11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qxh5 exd4 15. Ne2 O-O 16.
Nxd4 Qxe4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Illescas Cordoba,M/Pamplona ESP 1998 (43)})
12. Bg3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rad1 Re8 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Nh4 Nf6 $132 {0-1
Goldschmidt-Quast/Eger Agria91 open 1991 (31)}) (10... Bd7 11. a4 h6 12. Be3
O-O 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. a5 c5 15. d5 Nh5 16. Qc4 Qc8 17. Qe2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19.
e5 Bf5 20. Rfe1 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bf6 22. Qd2 Rfe8 23. Qxf4 Bxc2 $15 {1-0 Sutovsky,
E-Mikhalevski,V/Tel Aviv ISR 1999 (38)}) 11. Qd2 $11 {Kortschnoj: 'An
alternative was 11.Qd3, that's how they treated this position at beginning of
this century.' Tsesarsky: Sutovsky plays this variation very often, but
without any special achivements in opening stage. Maybe it is not so easy to
receive any advantage in Spanish or Scottish openings too.} Be6 (11... Re8 12.
Rad1 Nd7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Re3 Nf8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rd3 Be6 18.
Rd6 f6 19. b3 Rae8 20. g4 Ng6 $11 {0-1 Tan-Foulon/Moscow olw 1994 (46)}) (11...
b5 $5 12. a3 a6 13. Rfd1 (13. d5 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Rfe1 $14) 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15.
Rfe1 Rac8 $11) 13... Re8 14. Qe3 (14. d5 Bb7 $11) 14... exd4 (14... h6 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qc5 Be6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 e4 $132) 15. Nxd4 c5 $1
$132 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Zhang Zhong/Elista RUS 1998 (38)}) 12. a4 Rfd8 $6 $14
{Kortschnoj: 'If to play h7-h6, black had to do it now.'} (12... a5 $1 $11 13.
d5 cxd5 14. exd5 (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxc2 17. Rfc1 Qxb2 18.
Rab1 Qa3 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxb7 Qc1+ 22. Kh2 Qf4+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24.
Rc7 $44 {[%csl Gc1]}) 14... Bf5 $11) 13. a5 $5 h6 (13... a6 {Kortschnoj} 14.
Be3 $14) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 Bd7 16. a6 $1 $14 {Kortschnoj: 'Due to a better
pawn structure and the badly placed bishop f6, white gets now a clear edge.'
Tsesarsky: Sutovsky breaks Black's pawn curcuit and creates basic squares for
his NN.} c5 17. axb7 Qxb7 18. Ra5 Rdc8 (18... Qxb2 19. Rb1 $18) 19. Rfa1 a6 20.
Nd1 Bd8 21. R5a2 f5 {Kortschnoj: 'Black is doing his best, but to animate
bishops in a closed type position is a hardly achievable task. '} 22. Qe2 (22.
Nc3 $132) 22... c4 (22... fxe4 23. Qxe4 Bb6 24. Ne3 Rf8 25. Nd2 Bc7 26. Qd3 $14
) 23. Nd2 {[%csl Rc4]} Bb5 (23... fxe4 24. Ne3 (24. Nc3 $14) 24... Bb5 (24...
Bg5 25. Nxe4 Bxe3 26. Nxd6 $1 $16) (24... c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 26. Nxe4 $16) 25.
Qg4 $14) 24. Nc3 f4 $6 $16 (24... fxe4 $142 25. Ndxe4 Be7 26. Qg4 $14) 25. Nxb5
{'!' Kortschnoj.} axb5 26. Qg4 {Kortschnoj: 'Black now has to struggle against
threats on both sides of the board. '} Be7 (26... Rxa2 27. Rxa2 $16) 27. Nf3 b4
28. Kh2 (28. Qe6+ Kf8 29. Ra7 (29. Nd2 c3 30. bxc3 (30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8+
Qxa8 32. bxc3 Qa1+ 33. Nf1 Qxc3 $11) 30... Rxa2 (30... bxc3 31. Rxa8 (31. Ra7
Rxa7 32. Rxa7 cxd2 33. Rxb7 d1=Q+ 34. Kh2 Re8 35. Qf5+ Kg8 (35... Bf6 36. Qg6
Be7 37. Qf5+ $11) 36. Qe6+ Kf8 $11) 31... Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. Nb3 $11) 31.
Rxa2 bxc3 32. Nb3 Ra8 33. Rxa8+ Qxa8 34. Kf1 Qa6+ 35. Ke1 Qc4 36. Qg6 $11)
29... Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31. Qxc8+ Kf7 32. Qxc4 Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb2 34. Nd2 $14)
28... Rxa2 ({If} 28... b3 {Kortschnoj then} 29. Ra7 $1 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Qxa7 31.
Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qxc4 {, winning a pawn.}) 29. Rxa2 Ra8 30. Rxa8+ Qxa8 31. Qd7 {
'!' Kortschnoj.} Kf8 32. Nd2 (32. Qc7 $1 $16) 32... Qa6 (32... c3 33. bxc3 bxc3
34. Nc4 $1 $16 {'+/-' Kortschnoj.} (34. Nb1 $2 Qa2 35. Nxc3 Qxc2 36. Nb5 Qxf2
37. Qc8+ Kf7 38. Nxd6+ Bxd6 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qxd6+ Kg8 41. Qg6 (41. Qb4 f3 $19)
(41. Qa3 Kf7 $11) 41... Qd4 (41... f3 42. Qe6+ Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qf5+ $18)
42. d6 Kh8 (42... Kf8 43. Qf5+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8 45. d7 Qd3 46. Qg4) 43. h4 f3
$1 $11)) 33. Qc7 $2 $132 {Kortschnoj: 'Somehow black manages to hold his
position by a whisker - if 33.Qc6 then Qa7 and black survives!' Tsesarsky:
Sutovsky plays endgame bad, but maybe because of time pressure?} (33. Qc6 $1
Qxc6 34. dxc6 Bd8 (34... c3 35. c7 $18) 35. Nxc4 Ke7 36. c3 bxc3 37. bxc3 Ke6
38. Na3 Bb6 (38... d5 39. Nb5 $18) 39. f3 d5 40. Nb5 dxe4 41. fxe4 Bf2 42. Kh1
g5 43. Na3 h5 44. Nc4 Be1 45. Nxe5 Kd6 46. c4 Bf2 47. Nf7+ Kxc6 48. Nxg5 Kd6
49. Nf3 h4 (49... Kc5 50. e5 Kxc4 51. e6 Bc5 52. Ne5+ Kd5 53. Nd3 f3 54. gxf3
Bd6 55. Nf4+ Ke5 56. e7 (56. Nxh5 $18) 56... Bxe7 57. Ng6+ Kf6 58. Nxe7 Kxe7
59. Kg2 $18) {[%tqu "En","?","","","g2g4","",10]} 50. g4 $3 hxg3 (50... fxg3
51. Kg2 $18) 51. h4 Ke6 52. h5 Kf6 53. Kg2 Bc5 54. Kh3 Bf8 55. Kg4 Bh6 56. c5
Ke6 57. Nh4 Ke5 58. Kf3 $18) 33... c3 {'!' Kortschnoj.} 34. bxc3 Qe2 35. Nc4 (
35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Nc4 {like in the game}) 35... Qxf2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qe6+ Kf8
38. Qc8+ Kf7 39. Nxd6+ Bxd6 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qxd6+ Kg8 42. Qg6 bxc3 43. d6 Qxc2
44. Qe6+ (44. d7 Qd3 45. Qe8+ Kh7 46. d8=Q Qg3+ $11 {Kortschnoj: 'with a
perpetual check.'}) 44... Kh7 45. Qf5+ Kh8 46. Qf8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[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"]

{This game was played in the sixth round. In the previous game, Vladislav
dramatically lost to Dreev, having blundered a rook in a very good position.
Looking back, it seems that this game was one of the crucial ones in the
tournament. But this is just hindsight. Before this very game, Artemiev hadn't
lost with white more that a year.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 {
The main answer. In general, the line is considered to be harmless for Black.}
5. Bc4 Bc5 6. O-O ({Vladislav is used to play} 6. d3 d6 7. h3 ({the main
position arises after} 7. Na4 b5 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11.
Nxc5 dxc5 {etc.}) 7... h6 (7... c6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Be6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3
Qd7 12. Bg5 Bd8 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 Bb6 15. Rad1 Rd8 16. Bb3 Qe7 17. Bxb6 axb6
18. Qe3 c5 19. f4 $14 {1-0 (42) Artemiev,V (2703)-Bocharov,I (2565)
Cheliabinsk 2018}) 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Qf3 Qe7 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Ng3 c6 12. O-O g6
13. c3 Be6 14. Bb3 Nd7 15. Be3 h5 16. d4 {1-0 (36) Artemiev,V (2706)-Oparin,G 
(2624) Sochi RUS 2018}) 6... d6 7. Nxd4 Bxd4 8. d3 Be6 {The most natural.} (
8... O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Qf3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. c4 Qd7
15. a4 Rf7 16. a5 {and despite white eventually won,I don't think black is in
troubles Kryvoruchko,Y (2678)-Adams,M (2740) Tromsoe 2013}) 9. Ne2 Bb6 10. Ng3
O-O (10... h5 $5 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. h3 $13) 11. Bb3 a5 $6 {Wrong move order.} ({
Better was} 11... h6 12. c3 ({and if} 12. h3 a5) 12... d5) 12. c3 h6 13. h3 ({
White had an extra option:} 13. d4 $5 Bxb3 14. axb3 exd4 15. cxd4 Re8 16. Re1 {
with some chances for pressure.}) (13. Bc2 d5) (13. Be3 $6 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bd7 $1
15. Nf5 $2 a4 16. Bc2 g6 $1 {and Black is better.}) 13... d5 14. Qf3 a4 15. Bc2
Re8 16. Rd1 $6 ({I think the logical} 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 c6 {led to a
balanced position.}) (16. d4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 exd4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6
20. Bxh6 a3 $17) 16... d4 {Now White is obviously worse.} 17. c4 $2 {I don't
like this move at all.} ({Better was} 17. Bd2) ({Or even} 17. Rf1 $5) 17... c6
{More flexible than ...c5 - now the knight may come to c5 and there is an
option with ...b5.} 18. Qe2 Nd7 19. Bd2 Ba5 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Qb6 {Preparing to conquer the line by ...Ra6.} ({Another way was} 22... b5 23.
cxb5 cxb5 24. b4 Qc7) 23. Qe1 $1 {Not so difficult, but good.} c5 24. Rdb1 Qd6
25. Qc1 Kh7 26. Ra3 Reb8 ({During the game I wasn't sure what was better - the
way I played or trying to create some pressure on the kingside with more
pieces on the board. But after for example} 26... g6 $5 27. Rba1 Rab8 28. Bd1
Rg8 29. Nf1 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Nf6 32. Bf3 {Black has nothing special.})
27. Rba1 Rxa3 28. Rxa3 g6 29. Ra7 Kg7 30. Kh2 Nf6 {A good manoeuvre - the
knight is going to c6.} 31. Bd1 Ng8 32. Be2 ({White could have swapped bishops,
but I am not sure it gives any relief:} 32. Bg4 Bxg4 33. hxg4 Qe6 34. f3 Ne7
$15) 32... Ne7 33. h4 $6 {Probably not so bad, but not necessary.} Nc6 34. Ra3
Qd8 35. h5 Ra8 {Now Black has two ways to disturb the opponent - the a-file
and some squares on the kingside.} 36. hxg6 fxg6 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Kg1 Qa5 $1
39. f4 $6 {An active move, but now definitely the wrong one.} exf4 40. Qxf4 Qd8
{Just in time - Black controls all the black squares!} 41. Nf1 Qb8 42. Qh4 Qe5
43. Nh2 Qf6 44. Qg3 Qe5 45. Qh4 h5 {Now Black's got two options to improve the
position - the bishop goes to g4 and the king to h6.} ({Another way was also
good, but h5 is just stronger:} 45... g5 46. Qf2 Qf4 47. Qxf4 gxf4 $15) 46. Nf3
Qf6 47. Qg3 Bg4 48. Kf2 Kh6 49. Qc7 h4 50. Qxb7 Bxf3 $6 ({Stronger was} 50...
Ne5 $1 51. Qb8 Bxf3 52. gxf3 h3 {and the winning way being simple but nice:}
53. Kg3 Kg5 54. Qc8 Qf4+ 55. Kxh3 Qh4+ 56. Kg2 Kf4 57. Qh3 Qxh3+ 58. Kxh3 Ke3
$19) 51. gxf3 Qd6 ({Now after} 51... Ne5 {White has} 52. Qc8) 52. e5 $1 Nxe5
53. f4 (53. Qe4 g5 54. f4 Ng6 {The queens' exchange is coming with an easily
winning endgame for Black.}) 53... Nd7 54. Bf3 Nf6 {We were playing mainly on
the increment. Of course, it was very difficult for White to find the toughest
defensive moves.} 55. Qf7 ({After the game Vladislav suggested that} 55. Qc8 {
was the way, but after} g5 56. Qh8+ Kg6 57. fxg5 Qg3+ 58. Ke2 Qxg5 59. Be4+
Nxe4 60. Qe8+ Kg7 61. dxe4 {White is lost.}) 55... h3 56. Kg3 h2 57. Kxh2 $2 {
Loses on the spot.} ({However, the only path to continue the game was} 57. Kh3
$1 Nh5 58. Kg4 $1 {which is almost impossible to find on seconds.}) 57... Qxf4+
58. Kg2 Nh5 $1 59. Qd5 ({Not helping was} 59. Qxf4+ Nxf4+ 60. Kg3 Kg5 ({
Some chances might be there after} 60... Nxd3 61. Be4 Nb4 62. Kf4 {but even
here Black is winning.}) 61. Be4 Ne2+ 62. Kf3 Nc1 63. Bc6 Nxd3 $19) 59... Qd2+
60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 Qf2+ 62. Bg2 Nf4 {The pawn endgame is coming, White is
lost.} 63. Qa8 Qxg2+ 64. Qxg2 Nxg2 65. Kxg2 Kg5 66. Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Von Bardeleben,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tournaments"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {in Kagan: Schachmeisterpartien 1914, Bd. 1, S. 58.  s.a. <1914/23> 
Kalendovsky I, 231.   Skinner/Verhoeven: Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, 329.
Tarrasch: Das Großmeisterturnier zu St. Petersburg im Jahre 1914, S. 158. (T)}
e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 {Dies führt zu völligem Ausgleich.
(T, Bardeleben)} (5. Nxe5 Bc5 6. Bc4 Qe7 {Das von Rubinstein erfundene
Opferspiel ist noch nicht völlig erforscht.}) (5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Ne2 d5
$1 {s. Bernstein-Rubinstein im selben Turnier. (T)}) 5... exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7.
exf6 Qxf6 ({Nicht etwa} 7... cxd2+ $2 {, da Weiß damit ein Tempo gewinnt und
nach der Rochade sofort auf der e-Linie oder mit Bc3 zu einem starken Angriff
gelangt. (T)}) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ {Dies führt zum Q-Tausch. Capablanca scheint sich
von vornherein mit Remis begnügen zu wollen, was er sich bei seinem
derzeitigen Turnierstand gestatten konnte. Aber am Schluß hätte ihm der halbe
Zähler - natürlich, wenn er ihn gemacht hätte! - doch recht wohl getan. (T)} 9.
Qe2 {Mit dem Damentausch erhält die Partie schon Remischarakter.} Qxe2+ 10.
Bxe2 d5 {Was soll jetzt noch viel passieren! (T)} 11. Bf4 c6 12. c4 Be6 13.
cxd5 Bxd5 14. O-O Bc5 15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. a3 f6 18. Kf1 g6 19. f3 Kf7
20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Kxe1 Ke7 23. Ke2 Bd6 24. Ke3 Bc5+ 25. Ke2 Bd6
26. Ke3 Bc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 503-504.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 503-504.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bxc6+
bxc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3 c5 9. g4 {There is some disagreement about the
value of this move. Über den Wert dieses Zuges läßt sich streiten.} h5 {
Also a double-edged sword. The black pawns have now been weakened on both
wings.  Gleichfalls ein zweischneidiges Schwert. Die schwarzen Bauern sind
jetzt auf beiden Flügeln geschwächt.} 10. g5 Ng8 11. Ne2 Ne7 12. c3 Be6 13. Nd2
Qd7 14. h4 Qb5 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b3 Qa5 17. f3 O-O 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. O-O Rd7 20.
d4 {Once more Anderssen storms forward impatiently. It would have been
probably more advisable to leave the central pawns as they were since the
opening of lines which follows grants Black quite a dangerous counterattack.
The game now turns very lively and interesting. Anderssen läuft wieder
ungeduldig Sturm. Es wäre wahrscheinlich ratsamer gewesen, die Zentrumsbauern
unangetastet zu lassen, da Schwarz durch die jetzt erfolgende Linienöffnung
einen nicht ungefährlichen Gegenangriff erhält. Die Partie gestaltet sich nun
sehr lebhaft und interessant.} cxd4 21. cxd4 Qb6 22. Qd3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24.
Bxd4 c5 25. Bf2 Nc6 26. f4 d5 $1 27. Qb1 d4 28. f5 gxf5 29. exf5 Bd5 30. Ne4 {
One assumes that Anderssen hoped this move would bring him an advantage. He
would have all all the more surprised than by his opponent's fine parry which
he had not foreseen and which robbed him of his illusion. Es ist anzunehmen,
daß Anderssen durch diesen Zug in Vorteil zu kommen hoffte. Um so mehr wird
ihn die feine, offenbar nicht vorher gesehene Parade des Gegners überrascht
haben, die ihm diese Illusion raubt.} Ne5 $1 {Very subtle and inventive.  Sehr
fein und geistreich.} 31. Bg3 ({After Auf} 31. Nf6+ {there would simply follow
würde jetzt einfach} Qxf6 32. gxf6 Nf3+ {with good play for Black. mit gutem
Spiel für Schwarz folgen.}) 31... Ng4 32. Rf4 ({After Nach} 32. Bxb8 Qxb8 33.
Rd2 Re7 34. Re1 Qf4 {White's position collapses. Zukertort must have been
aware of this continuation when he played his 30th move. bricht die weiße
Stellung zusammen. Diese Fortsetzung mußte Zukertort bereits bei seinem 30.
Zuge mit berücksichtigt haben.}) 32... Bxe4 33. Qxe4 Qb7 ({Instead of this
Statt dessen kam} 33... d3 {was worth considering, and if und falls} 34. Rxg4
Rd4 35. Bxb8 {in Frage.}) 34. f6 ({Here Hier hätte} 34. Rxg4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 {
would have give White some prospects. Weiß ein chancenreiches Spiel gegeben.})
34... Ne3 35. Rd2 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Rbd8 ({Richtiger dürfte} 36... Rbb7 {ought to
be more correct, to continue} 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rc8 Rd5 {zu antworten.}) 37. Bf2
$2 {A weak move. Ein schwacher Zug.} ({Here White could swap off the strong
opposing knight and achieve a level game by} 37. Bc7 Rxc7 38. Rxe3 {den
starken feindlichen Springer tauschen und ein gleiches Spiel erlangen.}) 37...
Nd5 38. Re5 a5 39. Rc2 d3 40. Rd2 Nc3 41. Re1 ({If Falls} 41. Bxc5 {, then , so
} Nb1 42. Rd1 d2 {then 43...Nc3 etc. nebst 43...Nc3 usw.}) 41... Rd5 42. Kg2
Kh7 43. Bg3 a4 44. Bc7 {From here on the bishop will be on the sidelines. Der
Läufer gerät hiermit nur auf Abwege.} R8d7 45. Ba5 Ne2 46. Rdd1 axb3 47. axb3
c4 $1 48. Kf2 {To meet 48...Rxa5 with 49.Rxe2. But Black dashes this last hope
too. Um auf 48...Rxa5 49.Rxe2 zu spielen. Schwarz macht aber auch diese letzte
Hoffnung zunichte.} Rf5+ 49. Kg2 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Match Paulsen-Anderssen +5-3=1"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1877.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paulsen, Louis"]
[Black "Anderssen, Adolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Annotator "Von Gottschall,H"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1877.07.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{(Source: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst; Leipzig 1912,
pp. 485-486.)  (Quelle: Adolf Anderssen, Altmeister Deutscher Schachspielkunst;
Leipzig 1912, S. 485-486.)} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 (4... Bb4
{is better. ist vorteilhafter.}) 5. O-O ({Here Hier kommt} 5. Nxe5 {is worth
considering. in Frage.}) 5... O-O 6. Nxe5 {This continuation cannot be
recommended on account of 6...Re8! Jetzt ist diese Fortsetzung wegen 6...Re8!
nicht zu empfehlen.} Nxe5 $2 ({As already mentioned Wie bereits erwähnt, muß
hier} 6... Re8 {must be played here. Black is at a disadvantage after the text
move. Paulsen's play is very strong from here on. geschehen. Nach dem Textzug
kommt Schwarz in Nachteil. Paulsen spielt von nun an sehr stark.}) 7. d4 Bd6 8.
f4 $1 ({Much stronger than Viel stärker als} 8. dxe5) 8... Nc6 ({After Auch
nach} 8... Ng6 9. e5 Be7 10. f5 {is also excellently placed. steht Weiß
ausgezeichnet.}) 9. e5 Be7 10. d5 Bc5+ 11. Kh1 Nd4 (11... Ne8 {would be
unfavourable for Black on account of wäre wegen} 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bxc6 {
für Schwarz ungünstig.}) 12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bd3 Bb6 ({Perhaps
Vielleicht war hier} 14... d6 {was better here. besser.}) 15. f5 $1 {White
moves energetically to the attack before Black can find a chance to develop
his pieces. Weiß geht energisch zum Angriff über, ehe Schwarz Gelegenheit zur
Entwicklung findet.} f6 16. Ng3 $1 c6 {To secure a retreat for the knight
which will be under threat from 17.c3.  Um dem durch 17.c3 bedrohten Springer
ein Rückzugsfeld zu sichern.} 17. c3 Nb5 18. Qb3 Nd6 19. Bf4 $1 {White is
correct to turn up his nose at the win of a pawn and to maintain the pressure
on his opponent's restricted position. Weiß verschmäht mit Recht den
Bauerngewinn, um den Druck auf die jetzt schon recht eingeengte Stellung des
Gegners nachhaltig aufrecht zu erhalten.} Nf7 20. d6 Qd8 21. Rae1 Ba5 {Black
can hardly move and must develop in laborious fashion.  Schwarz kann sich kaum
rühren und muß sich mühsam zu entwickeln suchen.} 22. Bc4 b5 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24.
Re7 Qf8 {There is no hope for Black.  Die schwarze Partie ist hoffnungslos.}
25. Rfe1 {Now the threat is not only 26.Re8, but also 26.Rxf7 etc. Nun droht
nicht nur 26.Re8, sondern auch 26.Rxf7 usw.} Ba6 {This costs a piece, but
Black has nothing better. Dies kostet eine Figur, aber Schwarz hat nichts
Besseres.} ({After Auf} 25... Bb7 {White would have the stronger würde Weiß
stärker} 26. Nh5 {followed by something like spielen, mit etwa folgender
Fortsetzung:} ({and not und nicht} 26. Rxd7) 26... c5 $1 27. Qxb5 Bb6 28. Qc4
a5 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Bh6 Qxh6 (30... Ba6 $2 31. Qg4+ {etc. usw.}) 31. Qxf7+
Kh8 32. Re8+ {etc. usw.}) 26. Qa3 Qd8 27. b4 c5 {Black has no sensible moves
left and, if it had not been the final match game, Anderssen would probably
have abandoned the hopeless struggle earlier than he did.  Schwarz hat keine
vernünftigen Züge mehr und Anderssen würde wohl, wenn es sich nicht zufällig
um die letzte Matchpartie gehandelt hätte, den aussichtslosen Kampf schon
früher aufgegeben haben, als er es tat.} 28. bxa5 Qc8 29. Qb3 c4 30. Qd1 Bb7
31. a6 Bc6 (31... Bxa6 32. Qd5 {etc. usw.}) 32. Nh5 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Kh8 34. Qg4
Qf8 35. Qxg7+ Qxg7 36. Rxg7 b4 37. cxb4 c3 38. Re7 Rf8 ({After Auf} 38... Rg8 {
tyhere could follow konnte} 39. Nxf6 {geschehen.}) 39. Kg1 ({After Auf} 39. Bh6
{Black still has the reply} c2) 39... c2 40. Re2 {To avoid any chance of a
mistake. Um alle Irrtümer zu vermeiden.} Ba4 41. Re1 Bb5 42. Bh6 Rc8 43. Nxf6
Bd3 44. Nxd7 Bxf5 45. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Cuernavaca Young Masters"]
[Site "Cuernavaca"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O $5 {[%mdl 8]} 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 12. exd5 Re8
13. c3 {It seems to me that what happens after this is pretty much best play.}
({Time, practice or most likely a good deal of computer analysis will
determine whether} 13. O-O {is a viable alternative. It looks very risky, but
I don't yet see a clear route for Black after eg.} Bxf3 (13... Nxf3+ $5) 14.
gxf3 Qh4 (14... Bd6 15. f4) 15. f4 Bd6 16. Kh1 {when} Bxf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18.
Qh5 Nf3 $5 {has value for our later theme of restricting the rooks as
compensation for the exchange, but is a bit hard to believe!}) 13... Nxf3+ 14.
gxf3 Qh4 $1 {Fritz and Shredder are pretty much at one here - a draw is the
right result!} 15. Kd2 $8 Rxe3 $1 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19.
Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Qe2 $1 21. a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Qd3+ 24. Ka2 Qc4+
25. Kb1 1/2-1/2

