[Event "Rilton Cup 34th"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "2005.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Palo, Davor"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.12.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Rfd1 a6 $1 14. Bb3 {
'?!' Lutz. Lutz: 'Prohylaxe gegen ...b7-b5, aber auf b3 steht der Läufer
schlecht.'} (14. a3 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 c5 17. d5 b5 18. Ba2 c4 19. Bb1 exd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5
Bxe5 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Wijk 1996 (56)}) 14... b6 (14... b5 $2 15. Ne4
{[%csl Rc5] >< c5}) 15. Rd2 (15. e4 Bb7 16. Qe3 c5 17. d5 b5 $5 $15 {Sokolov -
Timman, Amsterdam 1996. Es ist faszinierend, wie schnell Weiß in der Moskauer
Variante schlechter stehen kann. Der Bg7 ist einfach zu stark.}) 15... Bb7 16.
Na4 $6 Rfd8 17. Rdc2 Rab8 18. h3 $6 a5 19. Rd2 c5 $1 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 b5
$1 22. Nb6 (22. Nc3 $5 Nxc5 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $15) 22... Nxc5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24.
Qc6 Nd3 25. Rf1 a4 26. Bd1 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. b4 Ne4 29. Bf3 Nc3 30. a3 Rd2
31. Ra1 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Bxa1 33. Nc7 Ra2 34. Nxb5 Bb2 0-1

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Teheran"]
[Date "2017.02.25"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Aagaard,J"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.02.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IRI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 {White is currently struggling
to prove any advantage against the Semi-Slav, so this choice is certainly no
better than any other.} dxc4 {The most commonly played move.} (5... b6 $5 {
is very interesting} 6. cxd5 cxd5 {is probably playable for both sides.}) 6.
Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 $5 (7... Nbd7 8. e4 b4 {is more theoretical, but I see
nothing wrong with Muzychuk's move.}) 8. e4 c5 {I think this is a
psychologically poor decision by Muzychuk. Tan is a typical Chinese player
with a great technique, who does not really make mistakes or poor decisions.
On the other hand, her games can be a bit uninspiring and it is unlikely you
will see her outplay grandmasters with big strategies, a wild attack or great
opening preparation. But play a few inaccurate moves against her in the
endgame and you are in trouble.} (8... Bb7 {was the flexible choice.} 9. e5
Nfd7 10. a4 c5 $1 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 {with even chances is just one
possible direction such a game could take.}) 9. dxc5 $1 {This is both the best
move and the one that benefits White's strengths the most.} Bxc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8
11. Bd3 Bb7 ({For those interested in opening theory, the best way to equalise
here is} 11... Nbd7 $1 12. O-O Bd6 13. Re1 Ng4 {but there is nothing
spectacularly wrong with what Black played in the game.}) 12. e5 Ng4 $2 {
This is a common pattern in chess. A few inaccurate moves ends with a real
mistake. There are two patterns. A general lack of feeling for the position
that leads to poor decisions, of which one of them is greater than the rest.
Or a bad plan, where everything would be fine if the mistake was not a
mistake, but otherwise would not make sense. I have a feeling that this
belongs to the first category. The move is bad because the knight is somewhat
lost in space after this. It is not going to e5 or f2, which would be one of
the dream directions, but instead to h6, which is an awful square.} (12... Nd5
13. Ne4 Nd7 {would still keep the position more or less in balance.}) 13. Ne4
$5 ({Stockfish 8 comments that} 13. Be4 $1 {is even stronger. But in any case,
the position is unpleasant for Black, even with the move Zhongyi chose.}) 13...
Bb4+ ({I seriously doubt that Muzychuk believed she was about to win material.
But I still think we should have a look at} 13... Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxf2 15. Bxa8
Nxh1 16. Bg5+ Kc7 17. b4 $1 Bb6 18. Ke2 Nf2 19. Rc1+ Kd7 20. h3 {and the
knight is trapped. Bh4 is coming.}) 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. Bf4 Nc5 $6 (15... f6 16.
exf6 gxf6 {would be a serious structural concession. But it is only one
weakness and all the black pieces are playing.}) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 {The position
has clarified somewhat. White has a slight space advantage, mainly through
control of the d6–square, a lead in development, because her king is on the
second rank and it is her move and finally, Black has not managed to solve her
problems with the knight on g4.} 17. Rhc1 $1 Bb6 18. Ng5 $1 {Tan reacts with
great active moves.} Ke7 (18... Kd7 $5 {is perhaps marginally better, but this
is not a very human move.}) 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rhc8 21. f3 Nh6 22. g4 $6 ({
A normal move for a technical player. White prevents the knight from rejoining
the game. But it was stronger to exploit the lead in development with:} 22.
Bg5+ $1 {forcing the king back} Kf8 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24. Nd6 Rd8 25. Kd3 {and
White's position is overwhelming.}) 22... Ng8 23. Nd6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Kd7 $6 {
This is either a simple blunder in a difficult position or an attempt to bring
the knight back into the game, at the cost of a pawn.} (24... Kf8 $5 {with a
passive and unpleasant position was probably a better try.}) 25. Nxf7 {When
you can take a pawn, you do it, of course.} Ne7 (25... Rf8 {does not work on
account of} 26. Rd1+ Ke7 27. Nd6 $1 {, which it is possible Muzychuk missed
the first time around.}) 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3 Ng6 $6 {This is a big moment
for White. She has won a pawn and if she manages to fend off the counterplay,
she will simply win the game.Tan spent four and a half minutes on this, but
did not manage to solve the problem.} ({Black is also in a bad way after} 27...
Nd5+ 28. Kd4 Rf8 29. Ng5 Rf4+ 30. Ne4 {, where she cannot take on f3:} Rxf3 $2
31. Nc5+ Ke7 32. Nxe6 Kxe6 33. Rc6+ {and the resulting rook endgame is winning
for White. But she could try 30... g5!?, asking White to show how she wants to
progress. White has an extra pawn, but the conversion is non-trivial.}) 28. h4
$2 ({The winning line was} 28. Ke4 $1 Rf8 29. Ng5 Rf4+ 30. Ke3 {Black has to
do something before the knight goes to h3.} Ra4 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Rd6 {White is
winning. For example:} Nf4 33. b3 Ng2+ 34. Kf2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 {and damage will
happen briefly.}) (28. f4 $5 {also works.} Nxf4 (28... Rf8 29. f5 {sort of
transposes, except the h7-pawn is on g6.}) 29. Kxf4 Rf8 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. Rd6
Rxf7+ 32. Ke3 {and the rook endgame appears to be winning for White, although
the margin is not immense.}) 28... Rf8 $2 {Muzychuk misses her chance to
create resistance. At the moment the game is going from bad, to worse, to
awful, to "get out of my way, I need to leave this place" for Black. She must
have been on the lookout for a chance to change this narrative. Here it was:} (
28... Nxh4 29. Rh1 Ng2+ $1 (29... Nxf3 {would have been worth contemplating
for the human eye, had it seen it. White is better after} 30. Rh3 $1 Ne1 31.
Rxh7 Rc8 32. Rxg7 Rc2 {but things can still go wrong.}) 30. Kf2 Ke7 $1 {
This is, of course, the key move.} 31. Nd6 $1 {It turns out this is the only
way for White to keep some advantage.} (31. Ng5 $6 h6 $1 {is funny. Black
continues to harass the white knight.}) (31. Kxg2 Kxf7 32. Rxh7 {also does not
win. Black has} Rd8 33. Kg3 Rd5 34. f4 Rd3+ {(therefore not in the c-file)} 35.
Kh4 Rd2 {and Black has enough counterplay to make a draw.}) 31... Nf4 32. Rxh7
Nd3+ 33. Kg3 Nxe5 34. Ne4 {Black should make a draw with decent play.}) 29. h5
$1 Ne7 (29... Rxf7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Rd6 {and White wins.}) 30.
Ng5 Nd5+ 31. Kf2 h6 32. Ne4 Ra8 (32... Nf4 33. Rc3 {and White keeps control.})
33. a3 a5 {The position has clarified and White has an extra pawn for nothing.
What follows is a perfect display of technique from Tan Zhongyi.} 34. Nc3 $1 {
The exchange of knights will make everything simpler. The basic idea in
endgames is to exchange pieces if you are material up and pawns if you are
material down.} Rc8 35. Rd1 Ke7 36. Nxd5+ {Played rather quickly. Tan knew she
was winning.} exd5 37. Rxd5 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxb2 39. Ke4 a4 40. f4 Rb1 41. Kf5 Rb3
42. Rc5 Kd7 43. Kg6 b4 44. axb4 Rxb4 45. Kf5 Ke7 46. Rc7+ Kf8 47. Ra7 Kg8 48.
g5 hxg5 49. fxg5 Rb6 50. Rxa4 g6+ 51. hxg6 Rb1 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kg8 54. g7
Rf1+ 55. Kg6 Ra1 $5 {Just asking!} 56. Rf7 {There will be no stalemate, so
Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. f3 {A relatively rare move. Ein relative seltener Zug.} h4 11.
Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O (14. e5 c5 15. Nxb5 Qa5+ {Possible
since White hasn't castled. Möglich, da Weiß nicht rochiert hat.} 16. Nc3 h3 {
looks rather unpleasant for White. sieht ziemlich unangenehm für Weiß aus.})
14... e5 $1 {Now White was threatening e5 and Ne4. Black has equalized, so
White should look for an improvement earlier. Nun drohte Weiß e5 und Ne4.
Schwarz hat ausgeglichen, daher sollte der Anziehende vorher nach einer
Verbesserung suchen.} 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 {Inspired by Paco Vallejo's rook
against Topalov from Morelia 2006. Black is not really looking at castling
kingside, and the rook is incredibly useful on the 6th rank. Inspiriert durch
Paco Vallejos Turm gegen Topalov aus dem Turnier Morelia 2006. Die kurze
Rochade hat Schwarz nicht wirklich auf dem Plan, und der Turm ist unglaublich
nützlich auf der 6. Reihe.} 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {The
problem for White is that Black has so much space especially in the kingside
where White needs f4 to get things going. Das Problem für Weiß ist, dass
Schwarz so viel Raum hat, vor allem am Königsflügel, wo Weiß f4 braucht, um
die Dinge in Gang zu bekommen.} 20. Qc1 Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Nxc5 23. Qe3
Nb3 $6 (23... Ne6 $1 {The other route to get to d4, but allows White the
possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid The other route to get to d4, but
allows White the possibility of b3 which I hoped to avoid} 24. b3 (24. Nd5 Kf8
25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Nd4) 24... b4 $1 (24... cxb3 25. Nxb5 Qa2 {Not a very
human move to make. Kein besonders menschlicher Zug.} 26. Nd6+ Kf8 27. Nf5 (27.
Bc4 Nf4) 27... h3 28. gxh3 b2 29. Qb6 Be8 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Nxg6
Kxg6) 25. Nd5 cxb3 26. Qxb3 Qb7 {and it seems White can't take the b4 pawn:
und es scheint, als könnte Weiß den Bauern b4 nicht nehmen:} 27. Nxb4 (27. Bc4
Nd4 28. Qe3 Qa7 29. Kh1 Qa3 30. Qd2 h3 $1) 27... Nd4 $17) 24. Qb6 (24. f4 $1 {
Shipov suggested this move and it does seem to hold. Shipov suggested this
move and it does seem to hold.} gxf4 (24... exf4 25. Qb6 h3 26. Bh5 Rh6 27.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qc7+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Qxg5+ Rg6 32. Qe7+ $11)
25. Qh3 Qa7+ (25... Kf8 26. Qxh4 Kg7 $4 27. Rd8 $1) (25... b4 26. Bh5 (26. Nd5
Bxd5 27. exd5 Nd4) 26... Nd4 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxd4 exd4 29. Qe6+ {seems to be
a draw. scheint remis zu sein.}) 26. Kh1 Nd4 27. Qxh4 Qc7 (27... Qe7 28. Qh8+
Kd7 29. Bh5 $1 (29. Ra1 Qg5 $1 30. Ra7+ Ke6 31. Qc8+ Kf6 32. Qh8+ Rg7 33. Qd8+
Kg6) 29... Qf6 30. Qb8 Rg5 31. Ra1 Rxh5 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. Qc8+ Kd6 34. Qf8+ Ke6
$11) 28. Bh5 (28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Rf6 (29... Kf8 30. Qh8+ Rg8 31. Qh6+ {
with enough compensation. mit genug Kompensation.}) 30. Bg4) 28... Rg7 29. Bg4
{followed by Ra1 seems to give White enough play. nebst Ra1 scheint Weiß genug
Spiel zu geben.}) (24. Nd5 Kf8) 24... Nd4 {Now White has little choice but to
enter the endgame. Nun bleibt Weiß kaum etwas anderes, als ins Endspiel
überzugehen.} 25. Rxd4 exd4 26. Nxb5 (26. Qxd4 Qd8 27. Qh8+ (27. Nxb5 Bxb5 28.
Qe5+ Kf8 29. Qxb5 Qb6+ {transposes to the game. führt zur Partie.}) 27... Kd7)
26... Bxb5 27. Qxb5+ Qc6 28. Qe5+ Re6 (28... Qe6 29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8) 29.
Qxd4 (29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qa7+ Kf8 31. Qxd4 Qb6 {comes to the same thing. läuft
auf dasselbe hinaus.}) 29... Qb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Bxc4 Rxb2 {Black needs to
keep the king on the first rank. Schwarz muss den König auf der ersten Reihe
halten.} 32. g3 (32. Kf1 Ke7 33. Be2 Kd6 34. Kf2 Kc5 35. Ke3 Rb1 36. g3 (36.
Bd3 Rh1 37. Kf2 f6 38. Bf1 Kd4 $19) 36... Rh1 $17) 32... f6 (32... Ke7 33. gxh4
(33. e5 Rc2 34. Bb3 (34. Bd3 Rc3 35. Be2 Ke6) 34... Re2 $1) 33... gxh4 34. f4
f6 35. e5 Rd2 $1 {This excellent move takes away d5 and d3 from the white
bishop. Dieser hervorragende Zug nimmt dem dem weißen Läufer d5 und d3.} (35...
Rb4 36. exf6+ Kxf6 37. Ba6 Kf5 38. Kg2 $1 Kxf4 39. Bc8 $11) (35... f5 36. Bd3
$1 Ke6 37. Bc4+ $11) 36. Bg8 (36. Kh1 f5 37. Ba6 Rd4 38. Kg2 Rxf4 39. Bc8 Kf7
$19) 36... h3 $1) 33. Be6 Ke7 34. Bg4 (34. Bf5 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2 $1
{again the key. wieder der Schlüssel.}) (34. Bh3 Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Re2
37. Bg2 Kc5 38. Kf1 Rb2 39. e5 f5 40. Bh3 Rb4 41. Ke2 Rxf4 42. Ke3 Re4+ 43. Kf3
Rxe5 44. Kf4 Re2 45. Kxf5 Kd5 46. Kg4 Ke4 47. Kxh4 Kf4 $1) 34... Re2 $3 (34...
Kd6 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. f4 Rd2 37. Bh3 Kc5 38. e5 Rd4 39. exf6 Rxf4 40. Kg2 {
Once the king escapes from the first rank, its a draw. Wenn der König einmal
von der ersten Reihe wegkommt, ist es remis.} Rxf6 41. Bc8 $11) 35. gxh4 gxh4
36. h3 {Now a fortress is no longer possible, so Black wins. Nun ist eine
Festung nicht länger möglich, also gewinnt Schwarz.} Kd6 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. f4 Kc5
39. e5 Rb4 40. exf6 Rxf4+ 41. Ke2 Kd4 42. Bf3 Rxf6 43. Bb7 Rb6 44. Bc8 (44. Bg2
Rb3) 44... Ke4 45. Bg4 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Ke3 47. Kf1 Kf4 48. Ke1 Kg3 49. Kf1 Rf2+
50. Ke1 (50. Kg1 Rf7 $1 {wins gewinnt.}) 50... Rf4 51. Bc8 Rf8 52. Bg4 Kg2 53.
Ke2 Re8+ 54. Kd3 Kf2 55. Bf5 Re3+ 56. Kd4 Kf3 57. Bg4+ Kf4 58. Kd5 Re5+ 59. Kd4
Rg5 (59... Rg5 60. Be6 Rg6 61. Bc8 Rd6+ 62. Kc5 Rd2 {Now the king is far
enough. Nun steht der König weit genug weg.} 63. Bg4 Kg3 64. Bf5 Rh2 65. Kd4
Rxh3 {wins. gewinnt.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 {Gegen Anand wagt
Karpov diesen Zug, weil er nicht mit dem Botvinniksystem 5...dxc4 rechnen muß.}
h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1
Qe7 13. Qb3 Nb6 {Ftacnik: Anand comes with a new defensive concept. Black
refrains from e6-e5 push and tries instead to finish development and generate
pressure on the queenside. Eine neue Idee. Schwarz stellt den Springer nach d5
und den Läufer nach e8. Mit 13...b6 ist Schwarz allerdings auch nicht schlecht
gefahren.} (13... Rd8) (13... b6 {Lutz} 14. a3 (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16.
Be4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. b5 Rdc8 21. Rfc1 Qa3 22. Rxc8
Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. Qxa3 Bxa3 25. Be2 f6 $15 {0-1 Bellon Lopez,J-Chernin,A/
Osterskars op 1995 (73)}) (14. b5 c5 15. d5 Bxc3 16. dxe6 Bg7 17. exd7 Bxd7 18.
Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,S-Novikov,I/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin-mem 1996})
14... Bb7 15. e4 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rcd1 a6 18. Bf1 c5 19. d5 b5 20. d6 Qd8
21. bxc5 Rc8 22. a4 Nxc5 23. Qa3 Qa5 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Huzman,A/Amsterdam
Donner 1995 (49)}) 14. Bd3 (14. Ne4 $5 Nxc4 (14... Nd5 15. b5) 15. Qxc4 {
/\ Ne5+/=} b6 $140 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qd6 $1) 14... Rd8 15. Ne4 (15. Rfd1 {
Lutz Ftacnik} Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. b5 Bd7 $11) 15... Nd5 16. a3 (16. b5 Bd7)
16... Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Bb1 $6 {Dieser Läufer wird keinen Zug mehr machen.} (
18. Rfd1 {/\ Bf1}) (18. e4 $6 {Lutz Ftacnik} Nf4 $15) 18... b6 19. Nd3 a5 $1 {
ץb1} 20. Rc4 (20. bxa5 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxa5 21. Nb4 Nxb4 22. axb4 Rb5 23. Rc4
Bf8 $1 $17) 20... axb4 21. axb4 Rdb8 $1 {/\ c5 Ftacnik: Black pieces are very
harmonious and the unbelievable c6-c5 manouvre is suddenly the theme of the
day.} 22. e4 {Unter den gegebenen Umständen zu optimistisch. Der Bb1 wird
eingesperrt, und der Bg7 erwacht dank des schwachen Pd4 zum Leben.} (22. Rfc1
c5 $1 23. bxc5 (23. dxc5 Ba4 $17) 23... bxc5 24. Qd1 $15 (24. Qc2 {Lutz} cxd4
25. Nxd4 e5 $15)) (22. Nde5 {Lutz Ftacnik} c5 $1 23. b5 Nb4 $17) (22. Nfe5 {
Lutz Ftacnik} c5 $1) 22... Nc7 {/\ ...Nb5 ; >< a3, d4} 23. Rfc1 Nb5 24. Nde5 (
24. e5 $5 {Lutz hätte den Schaden noch in Grenzen gehalten.}) (24. Nf4 {
Lutz Ftacnik} Rd8 25. Ne2 Na3 26. R4c3 Nxb1 27. Qxb1 Bd7 $15) 24... Rd8 25.
Nxc6 $2 (25. Qb2 $1) (25. Qe3 $5 {Lutz Ftacnik} Ra3 26. Bd3 Qa7 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Rxc6 Nxd4 29. Rc7 Qa4 $15) 25... Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Ra3 $1 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4
Bxd4 $15) 27. Qc4 (27. Qb2 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd4 $19 (28... Nxd4 {Lutz} 29. Qa3
Nxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh3 Rg1 $19)) (27. Qc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf3
$1 28. gxf3 Nxd4 29. Qc4 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Ne5 $19) 27... Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 {
>< f2, b4} 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Qc6 (30. Qc7 {Lutz Ftacnik} Qxc7 31. R8xc7 Rxb4 32.
Bc2 Ra2 $17) 30... Rd2 31. Rc7 Qd8 {Lutz: Befände der weiße e-Bauer sich noch
auf e3, würde sich die weiße Stellung sprunghaft verbessern. So hingegen ist
der Bb1 tot und der Pf2 schwach.} 32. g3 (32. Bc2 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rc3 33. Qxc3
Bxc3 34. Rxc3 Qd4 35. Rf3 Rxc2 $19) 32... Rf3 33. Rf1 Rdxf2 $1 {Ftacnik:
Beautiful way to finish white off with small combination.} (33... Qd4 34. Qc4
Rfxf2 $1 $19) (33... Rc3 {Lutz Ftacnik} 34. Qxc3 Bxc3 35. Rxc3 Qd4 $19) 34.
Rxf2 (34. Bd3 {Lutz Ftacnik} Rxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Qd4+ $19) 34... Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Rxf2+
36. Kxf2 Bd4+ (36... Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Qe2+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 (39. Kh4 {Lutz}
Bf6+ 40. Kg4 h5#) 39... h5+ 40. Kh4 Bf6#) 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 ({Baburin: More common here is} 
11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 {And then:} 13. Nd2 (13. Bb3 O-O 14. h3 (14. a4 a5 15. Qe2
Bg4 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,
A-Knaak,R/Altensteig 1993}) 14... Bd7 15. Qe2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Rae8 17. a4 Qe7 18.
a5 Nc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd2 f5 21. Rad1 $16 {Benjamin-Blatny, Chicago 1995})
13... O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Ba2 Rd8 16. Qb3 cxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5
Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Nc7 Rxd2 22. Nxa8 Be6 23. Rfd1 Rxb2 24. Nc7 Bb3 25. Rdb1
Rxb1+ 26. Rxb1 Bxa4 27. Rxb7 $11 {Greenfeld,A-Fridman, Rishon LeZion 1997})
11... O-O 12. Bb3 Rd8 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Ne4 Nf6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Ne5
Rd6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $1 $16 {0-1 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/
Reggio9596 1996/CBM 51 (60) [Dautov]}) 14... b6 15. a3 Bb7 16. Ba2 a6 $11 17.
Nd2 $2 (17. e4 c5 18. d5 b5 $13) 17... c5 $15 18. Nc4 {Baburin: It's not a
good idea for White to allow his opponent to isolate the d-pawn, since Black's
pieces are well placed both for blockade and attack upon the isolani. Safer
would be to play 18 dxc5 instead.} (18. d5 Bxc3 $1 $17) 18... cxd4 (18... b5
19. Na5 cxd4 20. Nxb7) 19. exd4 b5 (19... Rac8 $5 {Baburin}) 20. Na5 Nb6 21.
Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Ne2 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bb3 Nc4 (25... h5 26. f4
Qd6) 26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. f4 $1 $15 {Baburin: I think that White should try to do
without this move.} (27. g3 {Baburin looks better than the text.}) 27... h5 28.
Kf2 Bf6 29. g3 h4 {Baburin: Black is creating tension on the kingside. When
your opponent's pieces are passive, it's always a good idea to look for
another front - at some stage the defender won't be able to cope with all
threats.} 30. Rd2 Qd5 31. Rd1 (31. Qf3 Bxd4+ $1 (31... hxg3+ $2 32. hxg3) 32.
Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Kd4 Kf6 37. Kxd5 (37. g4
Ke6) 37... Kf5 38. Kc6 Kg4 (38... hxg3 $2 39. hxg3 Kg4 40. Kb6 Kxg3 41. Kxa6
Kxf4 42. Kxb5 g5 43. a4) 39. Kb6 h3 $1 {Salov} 40. Kxa6 Kf3 41. Kxb5 Kg2 42. a4
Kxh2 43. a5 Kxg3 44. a6 h2 $19) 31... Kg7 {Baburin: Such moves are most
unpleasant for the defender! Now White is nearly in zugzwang, while Black has
created an additional motif - ...Rc4-c8-h8.} 32. b3 (32. Qf3 $2 Bxd4+ $1) 32...
hxg3+ 33. hxg3 Rc8 34. Qf3 Qd6 35. b4 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qc7 (36... Qd5 37. Rd2 Qh1
38. Qf3 Qh2+ 39. Ke3) 37. d5 exd5 38. Qxd5 Bb2 39. Rd3 Rc2 40. Kf3 Qc8 41. Re3
$2 (41. f5 $1 gxf5 (41... g5 {>< g4} 42. Nd4) (41... Qh8 42. fxg6 Qh1+ 43. Ke3
Bc1+ 44. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Ke4 Qh1+ 46. Ke3 Qg1+ 47. Ke4 Qh1+ (47... Qg2+ 48. Ke5
$1) 48. Ke3 $11) 42. Nf4 $44) (41. Rd2 Bxa3 $1 (41... Rxd2 42. Qxd2 Bxa3 43.
Qa2 $1 $11 {Salov}) 42. Rxc2 Qxc2 43. Qe5+ Kh7 $17) 41... Qh3 42. Qd1 Qh5+ 43.
Kf2 $1 (43. Kg2 $2 Rc1 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 a5 $1 46. Rd3 $1 (46. bxa5 Qc5
$19) 46... Qf5 $17) 43... Qh2+ $1 (43... Rc1 $2 44. Qxc1 Bxc1 45. Nxc1 Qh1 46.
Ne2 $11) 44. Kf3 Rc8 $1 45. Qb1 $2 (45. Rd3 $1) 45... Bc1 $1 $19 46. Nxc1 Qh1+
47. Kf2 (47. Ke2 Rxc1 48. Qb3 Qg2+ 49. Kd3 Rc6 $1 $19) 47... Rxc1 48. Qd3 (48.
Qb2+ {Baburin} Kh7 $19) 48... Rg1 0-1

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The previous day, I had lost to Lautier in a game that, as Kramnik once said
about one of his own games, "If I publish a book about my best games, this
game will not be in it!" Coincidentally, I found myself playing the same
Kramnik with Black the next day!} 1. Nf3 {Lutz} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6
{The Semi-Slav, which used to be Kramnik's mainstay for many years. This year
he seems to have lost interest in it, - he has played everything under the sun,
from the QGD to the KID - but I was still feeling nervous about playing it
against him!} 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {The most dangerous continuation against the
Moscow variation. 6.Bxf6 has lost some of it's sting - Black has done quite
well recently here. Vlad plays the Moscow variation himself as Black, so this
didn't come as a surprise.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 $1 (10.
O-O Nbd7 {Is more common.}) 10... Nh5 {Maybe Black will have to look at 10...
Nd5 in the future.} (10... Nd5 $5 {Lutz}) 11. a4 $1 {An excellent move -
White's idea is to force Black to play a6 and thereby deprive him of the
Na6-c7 manoeuvre. Lutz: Eine starke Neuerung, die mit einem überraschenden
Opfer verbunden ist. In der Folge stütze ich mich auf die Kommentare von V.
Anand in "Schach" 1/98 und NIC 8/97 sowie auf die Kommentare von Oscar de la
Riva in "Jaque" Nr. 463} (11. Nxg5 Nxg3 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. fxg3 Kg8 14. O-O Na6
$1 {/\ Nc7}) (11. O-O {Lutz 1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Groningen 1991/CBM 27/[Ftacnik]
(25)}) (11. Ne4 {Lutz} Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Nd7 (12... Qd5 $5 {De la Riva}) 13. Nfxg5
Ng7 14. Nh3 Nf5 15. Bg4 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 $16 {1-0 Relange,E-Buturin,V/Ubeda op
1997/EXP 56 (34)}) 11... a6 {By now, I had guessed his idea, but couldn't
completely believe it and anyway I didn't see anything better than a6, so I
took a deep breath!} 12. Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 {Lutz: Weiß hat
nur einen Bauern für die Figur, aber der König des Schwarzen ist exponiert,
außerdem liegt er weit in der Entwicklung zurück.} Kg8 $1 (14... Ke8 {I don't
think Black can hope to escape to the queen side and this was a sample
variation I saw during the game. Once again, observe how the absence of
Nb8-a6-c7 changes the evaluation of the position!} 15. O-O Kd7 16. Rf7+ Be7 17.
Bg4 Kc7 18. Bxe6 Rf8 19. Rg7 Kb6 20. d5 $16) (14... Nd7 $2 {Wrong order!} 15.
Bh5+ $1 Ke7 (15... Kg7 16. O-O $1) (15... Kg8 $4 16. Qg4+ Qg5 17. Qxe6+ $18)
16. O-O Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Rh7 19. Ne4 $18) 15. O-O Nd7 {Basically
Black wants to play 16...Qe7 against 16.Bg4 and meet 16.Bh5 with 16...Rh7, so
15...Nd7 seems like the best thing to do!} (15... c5 $5 {Lutz: wird von De la
Riva vorgeschlagen. Die schwarze Stellung ist zu unterentwickelt, als daß
dieser Zug funktionieren könnte :} 16. Qc2 Bg7 17. Qg6 {Lutz: und Schwarz wird
nicht lang überleben.}) 16. Bg4 (16. Bh5 Rh7 17. Qg4+ Qg5) (16. Bxc4 {Lutz}
bxc4 17. Qg4+ Bg7 18. Qxe6+ Kh7 19. Qf5+ {führt zum Dauerschach. (De la Riva)})
16... Qe7 17. Ne4 {Here I was struck by the fact that White has only a pawn
for a piece and still has the better position! The problem for Black is that
his bishops are awful. I dreamt for a second about how nice a B on d5 would
look, but had to return to the position on hand! Lutz: Das Hauptproblem der
schwarzen Stellung sind seine passiven Läufer.} (17. Qc2 {Lutz} Rh7 $5 18. Qg6+
Kh8 19. Bxe6 Qg5 {Lutz: und Schwarz verteidigt sich. (De la Riva)}) 17... Rh7 {
Lutz: Wie Anand analysiert, funktioniert 17...c5 nicht :} (17... c5 {The move
I spent a long time on, but in the end I decided that Black had to grovel a
bit longer.} 18. Nd6 Bd5 (18... cxd4 19. Rf7 $1 {Kramnik (Kramnik)} (19. Nxb7
Nxe5 $1 $13) 19... Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Bf3 $1 Bd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Qf3+ Ke6
24. Rf1 $18) 19. Bf3 $1 (19. Rf7 Qd8 $1 (19... Qg5 20. Rxd7 $18) 20. Qc2 Qg5
21. Rxd7 (21. Raf1 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxg4 23. R1f4 Qg5 24. Rxd7 cxd4) (21. Bf3 Bxd6
(21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxd6 23. Rf4) 22. Rxd7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bf8) 21... Qxg4)
19... cxd4 (19... Bg7 20. Nf5 $1 $16 {So that Black can't play Qe6} (20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Nf5 Qe6 22. Qg4 Rh7) (20. Nf5 $1 {Lutz} Qe8 21. Bh5 Qd8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7
23. Qg4+)) 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qg4+ Bg7 $8 22. Rf7 $40 {White regains his piece
with a raging attack to boot.}) 18. Nd6 Rb8 {Vlad now sank into thought for a
long time - I imagined that he was trying to decide which of several promising
continuations to go for. As it turned out, he had spent a long time on many
lines, and didn't find anything convincing. Then he saw a move which
discourages Black's "only" resource - c6-c5 and decided to go for it.} 19. b4
$2 {What on earth is this move? I hadn't even considered it. After the
surprise faded, I realized that White was going to squash Black if I didn't do
something about it.  Incidentally, it is difficult to imagine that this pawn
move is going to be the cause of White's defeat!! Lutz: Die kritische Stellung
der Partie ist erreicht. Mit dem Textzug möchte Kramnik ...c5 verhindern.
Schwarz kann diesen Zug aber unter Bauernopfer durchsetzen.} (19. axb5 cxb5 20.
Nxb7 Rxb7 21. Rxa6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 (22. Ra8 Rb8 23. Ra7 $44) 22... Nxb6 23. Rf6
$16 {Kramnik, Kasparov} Kh8 (23... Qd8 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Qg4 Bg7 (25... Be7 26.
Rg6 Bg5 27. Rg8+ Qxg8 28. Bxg8 Kxg8 29. h4 $18) 26. Rf7 $18) 24. Bxe6 $1 Bg7
25. Rg6 $16) (19. Qc2 $5 {Lutz Lutz: ist weniger überzeugend.} Rg7 20. Bh5 Qg5
(20... c5 21. Nf7 $5) 21. Bf7+ Kh8) 19... h5 $1 {If White plays Bh5, Black
hardly has a move left. Befreit den Bf8.} 20. Bh3 (20. Bxh5 Qg5 {After Bxd6,
Black can hardly be worse.}) (20. Bf3 h4 21. g4 Bh6 $15) 20... Bh6 $1 21. Kh1 {
Lutz: Dieser prophylaktische Zug nimmt ...Be3+ aus der Stellung, somit ist der
Ph5 bedroht.} Bg5 {Taking some vital squares from the White Rf1. He can't play
Rf4 or Rf6 anymore, so Black can play Nf8 eventually. What a relief it is to
get one bishop out. Now, if my other bishop could only get out...!} 22. Qc2 {
Here I saw that he wanted to "triangulate" his queen to e4. I then saw a
variation which led to White playing 26.Nxg5; I didn't see a defence and was
about to play 22...Nf8 when a crazy idea occured to me - was it actually
possible to ignore a knight poised on g5 after capturing a piece of mine?? I
spent some time checking this and decided to go for it.} (22. Ra3 c5 $1 23.
bxc5 (23. Nxb7 {Lutz} cxb4) 23... Bd5) 22... Rg7 {We both the next few moves
quickly.} (22... Nf8 {A distressing alternative. Black wants to change a pair
of rooks and this doesn't help any.} 23. Ra3 $1 $44 {/\ Raf3}) 23. Qe2 Ba8 $1 {
Lutz: Mit einer überraschenden Idee verbunden.} (23... Rh7 $2 24. Qe4 $1 $16 (
24. Qe4 {Lutz "mit klarem weißen Vorteil" gemäß Anand. Nach} Nf8 {ist mir die
Sache aber nicht so klar, da Schwarz im nächsten Zug ...c5 spielen will, z.B.}
25. Ra3 c5 26. Nxb7 Qxb7 27. Bxe6+ Nxe6 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Qxe6 cxd4 $17 {
Lutz: Allerdings ist Anands Textzug stärker.})) 24. Qxh5 Rf8 25. Ne4 (25. axb5
cxb5 $1 {/\ Bd5}) 25... c5 $1 26. Nxg5 Bd5 $3 {Finally the bishop gets out.
Unbelievably, Black is already better. Vlad was short of time and instead of
taking his last chance (27.Bxe6) decided to try something else. Lutz: Schwarz
gibt die Figur zurück und steht besser ! Dagegen wäre 26...Rxg5 schlecht
gewesen.} (26... Rxg5 27. Bxe6+ Kg7 28. Qh4 {I couldn't find a way out and
this was confirmed afterwards - White is winning.} cxd4 29. Bxd7 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1
Rxe5 31. Qxd4 $18) 27. Nf3 $2 (27. Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 28. Rxf8+ Nxf8 29. Ne4 Rh7 30.
Qd1 (30. Qe2 cxd4 $17) 30... Rxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Qh7+ 32. Kg1 Qxe4 $17) (27.
Rxf8+ $6 Nxf8 28. Bxe6+ Nxe6) 27... cxb4 {Capturing the pawn which advanced so
audaciously on move 19. White is already lost - the bishop on h3 is dead and
the queenside passers will decide the issue.} 28. axb5 axb5 29. Nh4 Qg5 $1 {
In his hurry, Vlad had overlooked this and now it's over. Lutz: Die schwarzen
Bauern am Damenflügel entscheiden. Ironischerweise ist es nun der weiße Läufer,
der nicht mitspielt.} 30. Rxf8+ Nxf8 31. Qe8 Rf7 {Stopping Rf1} 32. Nf3 Qg6 $1
(32... Qe3 $2 33. Bg4 $1) 33. Qxb5 b3 34. Rf1 Qd3 35. Kg1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 c3 $1 (
36... Rb7 $4 {I considered this, but smelt a rat and decided to stick with 36..
.c3.} 37. Bxe6+ $1 $18) 37. Bxe6 $1 {I thanked my intuition for choosing 36...
c3 over 36...Rb7 and continued...} Bxe6 38. d5 Rxf3 $1 39. gxf3 {Seven passed
pawns! Lutz: Wie Anand hervorhob, befinden sich 7 Freibauern auf dem Brett !} (
39. Rxf3 c2 $19 40. Qf1 Qxf3 41. gxf3 b2) 39... Bh3 40. Qc4 Bxf1 {Either pawn
move wins, but why try something pretty on move 40?} 41. Qg4+ Kh7 42. e6 Ng6
0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1999.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1999.08.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {The text move
although may well be the most ambitious one came as a surprise because Sasha
has never gone for this line before.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.
d5 {This also looks like the best.} b4 {I go for Savchenko-Sveshnikov Moskva
1991 type of positions.} (10... cxd5 $6 11. exd5 Bb4 (11... Nxd5 $2 12. Nxd5
exd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ (13... Nb6 $4 14. Qe5+ Qe7 15. Qxh8 $18) (13... Ba6 14. Ne5
$18) 14. Kf1 Ba6 15. Ne5 $18) (11... b4 12. dxe6 bxc3 13. exd7+ Nxd7 14. bxc3
Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. Bxc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bxc3 18. Rc1 Bg7 19. Ne5 Ba6 20. Qh5 $1
$16) 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 $40) (10... exd5 11. exd5 b4 (11... Bb7 12. dxc6 (
12. O-O Nxd5 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Re1+ Be7 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd6 Ne5 $1 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Nxe5 Kf8 19. Qf3 Rh7 20. Nxc4 dxc4 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qxa7 $16) 12...
Bxc6 13. Nd4 (13. O-O b4 14. Nd4 bxc3 15. Nxc6 Qb6 16. bxc3 Qxc6 17. Bf3 Qc8
18. Re1+ Kd8 19. Rb1 $3 $18 {Tremendous threats.}) 13... Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15.
Ndxb5 Rc8 16. Nxa7 Rc5 17. Nab5) 12. dxc6 bxc3 13. cxd7+ Qxd7 (13... Bxd7 14.
bxc3 $16) (13... Nxd7 14. bxc3 Bg7 15. O-O $16) 14. bxc3 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Ne4 16.
Bxc4 (16. Be5 f6 17. Bd4 Be6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Bxf6 Rh7 20. Rxd2 $16)) (10...
Bb7 $5 {This desrves serious attention.} 11. dxe6 (11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd4 Qb6 $1
(12... Bxe4 13. Ndxb5 (13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bf3 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Rc8
17. Bc6 Rc7 18. Bxb5 e5 (18... Bg7 $19) 19. Re1 Bb4 $19) 13... Rc8 14. f3 $16)
13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. e5 (14. Bf3 $2 g4 15. Bxg4 b4) 14... Nd5 15. Bf3 (15. Nxd5
exd5 16. O-O Nc5 $5) 15... Bb4 (15... N7b6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qe2 O-O
19. Bh5 $44) 16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 N7b6 {And knights are no worse than bishops.
}) 11... fxe6 12. O-O $1 (12. Nd4 Nc5 (12... Qe7)) 12... Nc5 (12... b4 $6 13.
Na4 Nb6 14. Be5 Nbd7 15. Bxc4 $16) 13. Qc2 $1 $40) 11. dxe6 bxc3 (11... fxe6
12. Na4 (12. Nd4 Nc5 (12... bxc3 $2 13. Bh5+ $18) (12... Nb6 13. Bh5+ Nxh5 14.
Qxh5+ Kd7 15. O-O-O $1 $18) 13. Bh5+ Nxh5 14. Qxh5+ Kd7 15. O-O-O Nd3+ 16. Rxd3
cxd3 17. Rd1 Ba6 18. Na4 Qe8 (18... Qf6 19. Nb3) 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Qf6 $44) (12.
Ne5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bxe5 Be7 15. Na4 Rf8 16. Rd1+ Ke8 17. Bd4 $5 $16)
12... Nxe4 13. Nd4 Ndf6 14. Bh5+ $18) 12. exd7+ Bxd7 $1 (12... Qxd7 13. Qc2 $1
g4 (13... cxb2 14. Qxb2 (14. Rd1 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qe7 16. Ne5 $40) 14... Qe6 15.
Ne5 Ba6 (15... c3 16. Qc2 $1 (16. Qxc3 $6 Nxe4 17. Qxc6+ Qxc6 18. Nxc6 Nxg3 19.
hxg3 Bd7 $11)) 16. Ng4 Bg7 17. Be5 Nxg4 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. O-O $16) 14. Rd1 Qb7
$8 15. Ne5 Qxb2 (15... cxb2 16. Nxc4 Qb4+ 17. Kf1 $16) 16. Qa4 Qb5 (16... Qb6
17. Bxc4 $16) (16... c2 17. Qxc6+ Nd7 18. Rxd7 Bb4+ 19. Rd2+ Kf8 20. O-O $18)
17. Rd8+ $1 {Beliavsky-Bacrot (m,2) France 1999.}) 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Qd4 $1
$146 (14. Be5 f6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bf3 (17. Ne6 $2 Qe7 18. Nxf8 (18.
Nc7+ Kf7 19. Bxc4+ Kg7 $19) 18... Kxf8 $1 $19) 17... Qd5 $1 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19.
O-O (19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Ne2 (20. g4 Re8) 20... Qe6 $19) 19... Kf7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21.
Bd8 g4 $1 $19 {Savchenko-Sveshnikov Moskva 1991.}) 14... Nxg3 15. hxg3 (15.
fxg3 Rg8 16. Qxc4 (16. Bxc4 $6 Qe7+) (16. O-O $6 Be6) 16... Rg6 (16... Bg7 17.
O-O (17. O-O-O Qe7 18. Rhe1 Kf8) (17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bf3 Qxd4 20.
cxd4 Kd7) 17... Qb6+ 18. Nd4 (18. Kh1 $6 Be6 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Qh7 Ke7 $17) 18...
Be6 19. Qa4 Bxd4+ 20. cxd4 Rd8 21. Rad1 Ke7 22. Bf3 Rd6 23. Qa3 a5 $1 $11) 17.
Ne5 Re6 18. O-O (18. Rf1 Qc7 19. Nxf7 Rb8 20. Rd1 Rb2 21. Rd2 Rb1+ (21... Rxd2
$2 22. Kxd2 Bg7 23. Bh5 $18) 22. Rd1 Rb2 $11) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qe3 20. Nxd7
Qxe2 21. Nf6+ Kd8 22. Qb3 $16) 15... Rg8 16. Qxc4 Bg7 (16... Rg6 17. O-O (17.
Ne5 Re6 (17... Rf6 $2 18. Rd1 $18) 18. f4 $5 (18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qc7 (19...
Qe7 20. O-O) 20. O-O Bg7 21. Bg4 Re7 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ (22... Be5 $5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5
24. Rd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qxf7+ Re7 27. Qf6 Rb8 28. Qxh6 Rb2 $132) 23.
Rxe1+ Kf8 24. Qc5+ Kg8 25. Re7 Qb6 26. Qf5 Rf8 27. Bh5 Kh8 28. Be2 (28. Bxf7
Bxc3 29. Qg6 Bg7 $132) 28... c5 29. Bd3 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. Bxg6 Bxc3 32.
Rxa7 Bd4 $132) 18... Bg7 19. Rd1 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Qb6 (20... Qe7 21. O-O Rxe5 22.
Bh5 O-O-O 23. Qa6+ (23. Rxf7 Qc5+ 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Rfxd7 Rxd7 26. Bg4 Rcd5 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Kf2 h5 29. Bxd7+ Kxd7 30. Ke3 Kc6 31. Kd4 Kd6) 23... Kb8 24. c4
$16) 21. Rf1 Rd8 22. Qe4 Qc5 23. Qh7 Qxc3+ 24. Rd2 Qc1+ 25. Rd1 Qc3+ $11) (17.
Rd1 Bd6 (17... Rd6 $2 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxh6) 18. Qd4 c5 (18... Qf6 $2 19. Qxf6
Rxf6 20. Nxg5 hxg5 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Rxa8 $18) 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20.
Qh7 Qh8 $1 $17) 17... Bg7 $1 (17... Rd6 18. Nd4 Bg7 19. Bh5 Qf6 20. Nb5 cxb5
21. Qe4+ $18) (17... Bd6 18. Bd3) 18. Rfe1 $5 (18. Nd4 Kf8 19. Bh5 Rf6 20. Rad1
Qc8 21. Rfe1 $40) 18... Kf8 19. Rad1 $36) 17. O-O Bf6 (17... Be6 18. Qxc6+ Ke7
19. Rab1 Qc8 (19... Qd5 20. Qc7+ Kf6 21. c4 $16) 20. Rb7+ Kf6 21. Rc7) 18. Rab1
$6 (18. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 (18... Kf8 19. Bh5 Rg7 20. Rad1) (18... c5 19. Rfe1 $5) 19.
Qxd4 (19. cxd4 $6 Kf8 20. Bh5 Qf6 21. Rab1 (21. f4 g4) 21... Kg7) 19... Be6 20.
Qe5 Qd5 21. Qf6 Qf5 $1 22. Qxh6 $141 $2 Qe5 23. Bf3 Rh8 24. Rae1 Rxh6 25. Rxe5
O-O-O 26. Rd1 Rdh8 27. Kf1 g4 28. Be4 Rh1+ 29. Ke2 Bc4+ 30. Bd3 Rxd1 31. Bxc4
Rhh1 32. Ke3 Rhe1+ 33. Kf4 Rxe5 34. Kxe5 Rd2 $19) 18... Be6 (18... Qc8 19. Nd4)
19. Qxc6+ Kf8 20. Nd4 Bxd4 $2 (20... Bxa2 21. Rb7 (21. Rbd1 Bd5) 21... Bxd4 22.
cxd4 Kg7 23. Bh5 {Threatening a nasty check on g6.} Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Ra1
Bd5 26. Ra6+ (26. Rbxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rd8 $11) 26... Kg7 27. Rg6+ Kh7 28. Rxg8
Bxb7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. Bxf7 a5 $132) 21. cxd4 Kg7 22. Qa4 Rc8 23. Rb7 $2 (23.
Rfc1 Qd5 24. a3 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8 26. Qxa7 (26. Rd1 Qa2 $1 27. Bf3 Bb3 28. Qa5
Bxd1 29. Qxd8 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qxa3 $11) 26... Qxd4 27. Qxd4+ Rxd4 28. Ra1 $16)
23... Qd5 24. Rxa7 Ra8 25. Bf3 (25. a3 Rxa7 26. Qxa7 Ra8 27. Qc5 Qxc5 28. dxc5
Rxa3 29. Rc1 Ra7) 25... Rxa7 26. Qxa7 Qxa2 27. Qc5 (27. Qe7 Qa4) 27... Rc8 28.
Qe5+ f6 29. Qd6 Bf7 30. Bc6 $8 (30. Qd7 $2 Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. Re1 Bf7 $11)
30... Qe6 31. Qxe6 Bxe6 32. d5 Bf5 $6 (32... Bf7 33. Rd1 Be8 $11) 33. f3 h5 $2
(33... Rb8 34. d6 (34. g4 Bd3) 34... Kf8 35. g4 Bd3 36. Rf2 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb6
38. d7 Ke7 39. Rd2 $1 (39. Ba4 Ra6 40. Rd2 Rxa4 41. Rxd3 Ra8 $11) 39... Rxc6
40. Rxd3 Kd8 41. Kg3 Ra6 42. f4 Ra7 43. Rd6 Rxd7 44. Rxf6 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 Ke7 46.
Rxh6 gxf4 $11) 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ra6 $2 (36. Ke3 Re7+ 37. Kd2 $18)
36... Bd7 $1 {Finally black hits the right idea of exchanging the dangerous
bishops.} 37. Ke3 Bxc6 38. dxc6 $2 (38. Rxc6 Re7+ 39. Kd3 (39. Kd4 $2 Re2 40.
Rc7+ Kg6 41. d6 Rxg2 42. Kd3 Rg1 43. Kd2 Rg2+ $11) 39... Re1 40. Rc7+ Kg6 (
40... Ke8 $2 41. Rh7 Rg1 42. Rxh5 Rxg2 43. g4 Ke7 44. Rh7+ (44. Rh8 Ra2 $11)
44... Kd6 45. Rf7 Ke5 46. d6 Rg1 47. d7 Rd1+ 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Re7+ Kd5 50. f4
Kc6 51. Rf7 Rxd7 52. Rxf6+ Kc7 53. fxg5 Kd8 54. g6 Rg7 55. Kf3 Ke7 56. g5 Rg8
57. Kg4 Ra8 58. g7 Rg8 59. Kf5 Rxg7 60. g6 Ke8 61. Ra6 $18) 41. Rc2 (41. g4 $2
{Misplaces the K.} Rd1+ (41... h4 $2 42. Rc2 Kf7 43. Re2 $18) 42. Ke4 h4 (42...
hxg4 43. fxg4 Re1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ 45. Kc5 Rd2 46. d6 f5 47. d7 Kf6 48. Kc6 $18) (
42... Re1+ 43. Kd4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Re2 45. g3) 43. Rc2 Kf7 44. Ra2 Kg6 $11) 41...
Kf5 42. Kd4 (42. Kc4) 42... g4 (42... Ra1 43. Re2 Rd1+ (43... Ra4+ 44. Kc5 Ra5+
45. Kc6 Ra6+ 46. Kb5 $18) (43... g4 44. d6 Rd1+ 45. Kc5 Rd3 46. Re4 $1 $18) 44.
Kc5 Rc1+ 45. Kd6 $18) 43. Kc5 $1 gxf3 44. gxf3 Rf1 (44... Rg1 45. d6 Rxg3 (
45... Ke6 46. Kc6 Rxg3 47. d7 $18) 46. d7 Rg8 47. Kd6 Kf4 48. Rc8 Rg1 49. d8=Q
Rd1+ 50. Ke6 Rxd8 51. Rxd8 Kxf3 52. Kf5 $18) 45. Rc3 Rg1 46. d6 Rxg3 (46... Ke6
47. Kc6 $8) 47. d7 Rg8 48. Kd6 Kf4 49. Rc8 Rg1 50. d8=Q Rd1+ 51. Ke6 Rxd8 52.
Rxd8 Kxf3 53. Kf5 $1 $18) 38... Ke6 39. Ke4 f5+ 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Rb6 Re7 $2 {
This loses on the spot.} (41... Ra7 $1 42. Rb5 $1 (42. c7+ Kxc7 43. Rg6 (43.
Rh6 Ra2 44. Rxh5 (44. Ke5 $2 Rxg2 45. Rxh5 Rxg3 46. Kxf5 $11) 44... g4 $1 (
44... Rxg2 45. Rxg5 Kd6 46. Rg6+ $18) (44... Kd6 45. Rxg5 Rxg2 46. Rg6+ Ke7 47.
Ke5) 45. Rxf5 (45. Ke5 Rxg2 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Rxf5 gxf3 48. Kxf3 Ke6 49. g4 Ra2
50. Kg3 Ra8 51. Rf1 Rg8 52. Rf5 Ra8 53. Kf4 Rb8 $11) 45... Rxg2 $11 46. fxg4
Rxg3 47. g5 Kd6 48. Ke4 Ke7 49. Kf4 Rg1 50. Rf6 Rf1+ $11) 43... Ra2 44. Ke5 (
44. Rxg5 Kd6 $1 $11 45. Rxf5 Rxg2 46. Rg5 Ke6 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Rh2 49. Ra5
Rh3 50. Ra6+ Kf7 51. g4 hxg4 52. fxg4 Rb3 53. Kg5 Rb8 54. Kh6 Kg8 $11) 44... g4
45. Kxf5 Rxg2 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Kxg4 (47. Rxg4 Kd6 48. Kf6 Kd5 49. Rg8 Rf2+ 50.
Kg6 Rg2 51. Rd8+ Ke4 $11) 47... Kd7 48. Rf6 Ke7 49. Rf3 Ra2 50. Kg5 Ra8 51. g4
Rg8+ 52. Kh4 Rh8+ 53. Kg3 Rf8 $11 54. Rxf8 Kxf8 55. Kh4 Kg8 $11) 42... Ra4+ 43.
Kd3 (43. Ke3 f4+ 44. gxf4 gxf4+ 45. Kd3 Kxc6 46. Rxh5 Kd6 $11) 43... Ra3+ (
43... g4 $5 44. Rxf5 Ra2 45. Rxh5 Rxg2 46. Rc5 Kc7 47. f4 Rxg3+ 48. Ke4 Rg1 (
48... Ra3 49. f5 g3 50. Rc2 Ra8 51. f6) 49. Kf5 g3 50. Rc3 g2 51. Rc2 Rf1 52.
Rxg2 Kxc6 53. Rd2 $18) 44. Ke2 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+ 46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kg1 g4 $1 48.
Rxf5 (48. f4 h4 49. gxh4 (49. Kh2 $2 h3) 49... g3 50. Rb1 Kxc6 51. h5 Kd5 52.
Re1 Ra6 53. Kf1 Kd4 54. Re5 Kd3 $11) 48... h4 49. Kh2 hxg3+ (49... h3 $2 50.
fxg4 hxg2 51. Rf6+ $18) (49... gxf3 50. Rf6+ Kc7 51. gxh4 fxg2 (51... Rxg2+ 52.
Kh3 Rg1 (52... Rd2 53. h5 f2 54. Kg2 $18 (54. h6 Rd6)) 53. Rxf3 Kxc6 54. Rd3
$18) 52. Rg6 (52. h5 Ra5 53. h6 Rg5 54. Kg1 Kb6 (54... Rg4 55. h7 Rh4 56. Rf7+
Kxc6 57. Kxg2 Kd6 58. Kg3 Rh1 59. Kg4 Ke6 60. Ra7 Kf6 $11) 55. h7 Rh5 56. Rf7
Kxc6 57. Kxg2 Kd6 58. Kg3 Ke6 59. Ra7 Kf6 $11) 52... Ra4 53. Kh3 Rd4 $1 54.
Rxg2 (54. h5 Rd5 55. h6 Rd6 $11) 54... Kxc6 55. h5 $18) 50. Kxg3 gxf3 51. Kxf3
(51. Rf6+ Ke5 52. Rxf3 Rc2 53. Rf8 Rxc6 54. Kh4 Ke6 55. g4 Ke7 56. Rf4 $1 Rc8
57. Kh5 Rg8 58. Kh6 $18 (58. g5 Rf8 59. Rxf8 Kxf8 60. Kg6 Kg8 61. Kf6 Kf8 62.
g6 Kg8 63. g7 $18)) 51... Kxc6 52. g4 Kd6 53. Kf4 Ra8 $1 (53... Ke6 $2 54. Kg5
Ra8 55. Rf4 $1 (55. Rf6+ Ke7 (55... Ke5 56. Rg6 $18 Rf8 57. Rg7 Ke4 58. Kh6
Rh8+ 59. Kg6 Kf4 60. g5 Kg4 (60... Rc8 61. Kh7 Kf5 62. g6 $18)) 56. Rf4 $1 $18)
55... Ke5 56. Rb4 $18 Rg8+ 57. Kh6 Rh8+ 58. Kg7 Rh4 59. Rb5+ $18) 54. Rf6+ Ke7
55. Kf5 $1 (55. Kg5 $5 Rg8+ 56. Rg6 (56. Kf5 Rxg4 $11) 56... Rh8 $1 (56... Ra8
$2 57. Kh6 (57. Rg7+ $2 Kf8 $11) 57... Kf7 58. Rg7+ (58. Kh7 $2 Rh8+ $11) 58...
Kf8 59. g5 Ra1 60. Rb7 $18) 57. Rg7+ $1 (57. Rf6 Rg8+ $11) (57. Ra6 Rg8+ $11
58. Kh5 Kf7 59. g5 (59. Ra7+ Kf6 $11) 59... Rh8+ 60. Rh6 Ra8 $11) 57... Kf8 58.
Kg6 Rh4 59. g5 Ra4 60. Rb7 Ra6+ 61. Kh7 $18) (55. g5 $2 Rf8 $1 $11) 55... Rg8 (
55... Rb8 56. g5 Rg8 (56... Rf8 57. Rxf8 Kxf8 58. Kf6 Kg8 59. Kg6 Kh8 60. Kf7
$18) (56... Ra8 57. Kg6 $18) 57. Re6+ (57. g6 Rg7 (57... Rf8 58. Rxf8 Kxf8 59.
Kf6 $18) 58. Kg5) 57... Kf7 (57... Kf8 58. Kf6 $1 $18 (58. g6 $4 Rg7 59. Rf6+
Kg8 60. Ra6 Rb7 61. Kf6 Rb8 $11)) 58. g6+ Kg7 59. Re7+ Kf8 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Kf6
$18) 56. g5 Rg7 57. g6 Rg8 58. Rf7+ Ke8 59. Kf6 $18) (41... Rc8 42. c7+ Kxc7
43. Rg6 g4 44. Ke5 Ra8 (44... Kd7 45. Rg7+) 45. Kxf5 Ra2 46. fxg4 hxg4 47. Rxg4
Rxg2 48. Rc4+ Kd6 49. g4 $18) (41... h4 42. Rb5 $1 (42. gxh4 gxh4 43. Rb5 Rg7
44. Rc5 Kc7 45. Rc2 f4 (45... Rg3 46. f4) 46. Ke5 Rf7 47. Rc4 Rh7 (47... Rg7
48. Rxf4 Rxg2 49. Rxh4 Kxc6 50. Rd4 Rg8 51. f4 Re8+ 52. Kf6 Kc5 53. Ra4 Kd5 54.
f5 $18) 48. Rxf4 (48. Kxf4 $4 h3 $1) 48... Kxc6 49. Kf6 Kd5 (49... h3 50. gxh3
Rxh3 51. Ke6 Kc5 52. Rf8 $18) 50. Re4 Rh8 (50... h3 51. gxh3 Rxh3 52. Re5+ Kd6
(52... Kd4 53. f4 Rh8 54. Re7 Rf8+ 55. Kg5 Rg8+ 56. Kf5 Rf8+ 57. Kg4 Rg8+ 58.
Kf3 Rf8 59. Rd7+ Kc4 60. Rd1 Kc5 61. Kg4 Rg8+ 62. Kh5 Rf8 63. Kg5 Rg8+ 64. Kh6
Rf8 65. Rf1 Kd6 66. Kg7 Rf5 67. Kg6 $18) 53. f4 Rh6+ 54. Kg7 Rh4 55. Re4 Kd5
56. Ra4 $18) 51. Re2) 42... Rg7 (42... Rxc6 43. Rxf5 Rc2 44. Rxg5 $18 Rxg2 45.
g4 (45. gxh4 Rh2) 45... h3 46. Rh5 h2 47. Rh6+ Ke7 48. Ke5 Kf7 49. Kf5 Ra2 50.
g5 Kg7 51. f4 Rg2 52. Ke4 Rf2 53. Ke3 Ra2 54. Kf3 $18) 43. Rxf5 (43. Rb7 Rg8
44. c7 Rc8)) 42. Rb5 Re2 43. Rxf5 Rd2+ 44. Ke3 Rxg2 45. Rxg5 Kxc6 46. Kf4 Rh2
47. Re5 $1 (47. Ke5 Kd7 48. Kf6 Rh3 49. f4 $18) 47... Kd6 48. Re1 $18 Kd7 (
48... Ra2 49. Kg5) 49. Kg5 Rh3 50. g4 h4 (50... hxg4 51. fxg4 {and my R can
not return to the defence on time.} Rh8 52. Kf6 $18) 51. f4 Rh2 52. f5 h3 53.
Kh4 1-0

[Event "SCG-chT"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lajthajm, Borko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 ({Enough with the
sacrificial line.I just wanted to try something different.} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 b6 $2 {Jezus
Christ!This is just absolutely suicidal.} (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11.
b4 O-O 12. a4 $5 $13) 9. Qa4 $1 {Forcing cd5 ed5.} Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O
Be7 (11... Qd8 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 $16) 12. Nxd5 $2 {Absolutely unnecessarily
brutal.} ({After} 12. Rac1 a6 13. e4 $16 {his game would be in a very bad
shape.}) (12. Rfe1 Qd6 13. e4 O-O $14) 12... cxd5 13. Ne5 Qd6 14. Bb5 Rd8 15.
Qxa7 O-O 16. Nxd7 {This looked totally winning.After all this is R+3P vs 2B.} (
16. Qxb7 $2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qxb6 Rb8 19. Qa6 d4 20. a4 dxe3 21. fxe3 Bd6
22. g3 Qxe3+ 23. Kg2 Qe4+ $11) 16... Rxd7 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxb6 Ra8 $3 {
Extremely tough! I did not appreciate this idea at once but it is really
making things very difficult for white.} 19. Rfc1 ({He keeps himself alive
after} 19. a4 Ra6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 Rb6 22. Rfc1 Bd6 23. Ra5 Bb4 24. Ra7
Bd6 $14) 19... Bd8 20. Qb4 Ra6 21. a4 $2 {I have played the first part very
slow so played one move too quick and spoil the things up.} (21. h3 $142 Rg6
22. Kh1 Ba6 23. Qd2 Qf5 24. a4 Bd3 25. f3 Bc4 26. a5 Qg5 27. b3 Ba6 28. b4 Qg3
(28... Bc4 $2 29. Rxc4 dxc4 30. a6 Qd5 31. a7 Qa8 32. Qc2 Re6 33. Qxc4 Rxe3 34.
d5 $18) 29. f4 Re6 30. Qe1 Qg6 31. Rc5 $16) 21... Rg6 22. Qd2 {I just wanted
to secure a draw before his bishops become very active.} (22. Qb5 Bc6 23. Qb8
Kh7 24. a5 Bc7 25. Qb3 Bb5 26. Qc2 Bb8 27. Qc8 Qd6 28. g3 Ba6 29. Qe8 Rf6 $13)
(22. g3 Ba6) 22... Rxg2+ {He also is happy with a draw but he could have
continued the game.} (22... Ba6 $5 23. f3) (22... Qh3 23. g3 Ba6 24. b4 Bc4 25.
b5 {and the fight continues.}) 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ {Now the game ends up with
perpetual checks.} 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Panormo zt"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.10.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 $5 {My recipe.The move prevents 11.b4 but also
deprives black from reacting with e7-e5 against e3-e4.} 11. e4 Bg7 12. Qe2 $6 (
12. e5 $142 O-O 13. Re1) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 b5 $1 14. Bd3 (14. Bb3 Bb7 15. e5
c5 16. Nxb5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe5 $15) 14... b4 15. Na4 c5 16. Bb5
cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb7 (17... Ne5 $3 18. Nc6 (18. f4 a6 $1 19. Nb6 axb5 20. Nxa8 Nc4
21. b3 Na3) 18... Nxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. e5 $13) 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Bxd7 $1 (19.
Rxd7 $6 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 $17) 19... Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Nc5 Bf5 22. Bxf5
gxf5 23. Na6 $1 (23. Rd2 $6 Rfd8 $36) 23... Bxb2 24. Nxb4 Rfe8 (24... Rfd8 25.
Nc6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kg7 27. Kf1 Rc8 28. Nxa7) (24... Ba3 25. Nd5 Rfd8 26. Rd3) (
24... Rfc8 25. Rd7 (25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rc5 $11) 25... Ba3 26. Nd5 Rc2) 25.
Nd5 Re4 (25... Rad8 $2 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. Nxf5) 26. Rd2 Bg7 27. g3 $1 $16 Rae8
28. Kg2 Ra4 29. Rc1 Kf8 30. Rc7 $6 (30. Rcc2 $16) 30... Rd8 $1 31. Re2 Re4 32.
Rxe4 fxe4 33. Ne3 Bd4 34. Nf5 Bb6 35. Rc2 (35. Rc6 h5 36. Rh6 Kg8 37. Ne7+ Kg7
38. Nf5+ $11) 35... h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. Kg3 Kg8 38. Kxg4 Rd3 39. Kf4 Rh3 40.
Kxe4 Rxh2 41. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "BIH-chT 2nd"]
[Site "Jahorina"]
[Date "2003.06.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Markus, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.06.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Napredak"]
[BlackTeam "Bijeljina SK Panteri"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 {This Semi-Slav became a bete noire for
me. Whenever I go for pawn sac in Moscow variation no matter what happens I
lose. To make it worst I have pretty decent score in white side of Meran.} 5.
Bg5 {So after all we go again.} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 {
This little move is important.} Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 {Topalov's favorite.While
working for Van Wely I have discovered some subtleties in this opening.} Nbd7 (
10... b4 $2 11. Na4 Nxe4 (11... c5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 $1 $16
) 12. Bh5 $16) 11. h4 {Actually the point in this move order is just to
eliminate out g4 for black.} g4 $5 {He goes anyway for g4.This is an
interesting concept usually applied by IM Shalimov.} 12. Nxd7 $1 {The correct
capture.} Nxd7 {Also the best.} (12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Bg7 (13... Be7 14. Bxg4 Rg8
15. Bf3 $16) 14. Bxg4 $16) 13. Bxg4 (13. d5 $2 {I have lost on this move some
substantial amount of time.} exd5 $1 (13... cxd5 14. O-O Bg7 15. Nxb5 O-O 16.
exd5 exd5 17. Nc7 Rc8 18. Nxd5 $13) 14. exd5 Bg7 15. O-O O-O 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qd6 Qf6 $15) 13... Qb6 14. O-O Rg8 15. Bh5 Nf6 {Since the exchange sac does
not work black goes down.} 16. Be5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Rd8 (17... b4 $2 {is bad.} 18.
Na4 Qb5 19. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Rfd1 $16) 18. Rad1 $1 {On of the
most important cases in chess is to chose between two rooks which can go to
the same square. I have figured out that I need kings rook for possible
operations on the kingside.} (18. a4 $6 b4 $1 (18... a6 $6 19. a5 Qa7 20. Bc7
Rd7 21. Bb6 Qb8 $16) 19. a5 Qa6 20. Na4 c5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Bxe4 23. g3
Bb7 $17) 18... Rd7 19. Rfe1 {White augments his pressure.} (19. f4 $5 c5 20. d5
b4 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 (24... Qg4 25. Qxg4
Rxg4 26. Rc1) 25. Rf2 $16) 19... Kd8 20. Re3 Rg6 21. Rf3 Ke8 22. Re1 {I
decided not to hurry for a while because black has a very confined position.} (
22. Ne2 c5 23. Nf4 Bxe4 24. Nxg6 Bxg6 (24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 (25. gxf3 $5 fxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kd8 27. Qg8 Ke8 28. Bf6 cxd4 29. Qg6+ Rf7 30. Rxd4 $16) 25... fxg6
26. Qf6 Bg7 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Bxg7+ Rxg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. dxc5 Qc6 31. g3 Kh7
32. Rd6 $18) 25. Qg4 h5 26. Qf4 $16) 22... c5 23. d5 b4 {Now comes the
critical position. White has to find a clear way to win the game.} 24. Na4 ({
Black can defend himself against direct attempts.} 24. dxe6 Qxe6 $8 (24... Rxe6
$2 25. Nd5 $18) 25. Nd5 (25. Nb5 Kd8) 25... Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Rf5 Be7 $13)
(24. Ne2 exd5 25. exd5 (25. Nf4 $2 dxe4 26. Nxg6 Qxg6 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Rfe3
Kf7 $17) 25... Bxd5 26. Nf4 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 $1 Be7 28. Nxg6 fxg6 (28... Qxg6 $2
29. Bf6 $18) 29. Bf6 $18 {Black looks like being paralysed.} (29. h5 g5 30. Bf6
$18)) (24. Nd1 $5 exd5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bf6+ Be6 27. Ne3 $44) 24... Qa6 25.
Ree3 $4 {A ridiculous piece sac. The worst is that I have planned that many
moves before.} (25. Rf6 $1 Rxf6 26. Bxf6 Ba8 (26... Qxa4 27. dxe6 Rc7 28. Rd1
$18) (26... Bc8 27. Nxc5 Bxc5 28. dxe6 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd2+ 30. Kg1 Qb6+ 31. Kh1
Bxe6 32. Rf1 $18) 27. Qg4 Qxa4 28. Qg8 Qa6 29. Bg7 ({Things are not that clear
if white tries to prevent Qd6.} 29. e5 $2 Bxd5 30. Bg7 Rd8 31. Qxf8+ Kd7 32.
Qxf7+ Kc6 $13) 29... Qd6 30. e5 Qe7 31. d6 Rxd6 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. Bxh6 $18) ({
Well of course} 25. b3 {never crossed to my mind.} c3) 25... Qxa4 26. Rxf7 Rxf7
27. Qxg6 exd5 {After this I have realised that my intended 28.ed5 loses
immediately.} 28. Rf3 {This loses too but at least prolongues the game.} (28.
exd5 Qd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxd5 {This I have missed, white does not have a decent
discovered check.} (29... Bxd5 30. Bd6+ Kd7 31. Bxf8 Rxf8) 30. f3 Kd7 $19) (28.
Qe6+ Be7 29. Rg3 Qc6 $19) (28. Bd6 dxe4 $19) 28... Qd7 29. Rf6 dxe4 30. Bd6
Bxd6 ({Of course he did not fall into the only trick in the position.} 30...
Bg7 $4 31. Qxg7) 31. Rxd6 Qf5 $19 32. Qg8+ Rf8 33. Qg3 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Rd1
c2 $1 (35... Qf4 36. Qg6+ Rf7 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qd8+ Ke6 39. Qe8+ Kf6 $19) 36.
Rc1 e3 (36... Qd5 $19 {Almost anything wins.}) (36... Qf4 37. Qg6+ Ke7 38. Rxc2
e3 39. Re2 Be4 $19) 37. Qb8+ Bc8 38. fxe3 Qf2+ 39. Kh2 Qxh4+ 40. Kg1 Qd8 ({
After} 40... Qf2+ 41. Kh2 {I had to immediately resign the game.} Qf5 $19) 41.
Qb5+ Qd7 42. Qe2 Qf5 43. Rxc2 Bd7 44. Rd2 Ke7 45. e4 Qf4 46. Qd3 Be6 47. Qc3
Qg5 48. e5 Rf5 $2 (48... Bc4 $1 $19) 49. Qxc5+ Kf7 {I have collected too many
pawns but still I have a lost game.} 50. Qxa7+ (50. Qc7+ Kg6 51. Qc2 Qe3+ 52.
Kh1 Qe1+ 53. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) ({Under these circumstances best should be} 50. Rf2
$142 Kg6 51. Rxf5 Qxf5 52. Qxa7 $19) 50... Kg6 51. Qd4 Rxe5 52. Rf2 Qe3 $19 {
Curtains!} 53. Qd8 Rf5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "Negroponte op"]
[Site "Chalkis"]
[Date "2010.08.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Everybody has a game of his life, I claim that this is my swan song. I was
ahead of the field and my mighty opponent could make a prize if he would have
won this game. I have listened to my wife's advice not to push the things in
case of a drawing opportunity rose up.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {I had tthe
intention to start like this but still I would go for a Semi-Slav.} 3. Nc3 ({
I have to learn more about Catalan.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O
dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qc1
Rc8 13. Nc3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Be3 Ng4 $13) 10... Bd6 $13) 3... c6 {
An invitation for Marshall gambit.} 4. Nf3 (4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 (6.
Nc3 c5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bg5 Nbd7
13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Re1 $14 {is considered to be better for White in a line very
similar to Nimzo.}) 6... Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 (8. Ne2 $5 Na6 9. Bf8 Ne7
10. Bxg7 Rg8 $5 11. Qd4 (11. Bf6 Rg6 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bc3 Nb4 15.
Kd2 e5 $1 16. Bxe5 Nec6 17. Bg3 Bf5 18. Nf4 O-O-O+ 19. Kc3 Rgd6 $44) 11... Qxd4
12. Bxd4 c5 13. Bc3 Nb4 14. Kd2 e5 15. Bxe5 Bf5 16. Ng3 O-O-O+ 17. Kc3 Bg6 18.
a3 Nec6 19. Bf4 Nc2 20. Rc1 N2d4 $44) 8... Na6 9. Ba5 (9. Bd6 Qxg2 {leads to
famous Pavasovic wins.} 10. Qd3 $5 {A recent try to resurrect the line.} (10.
Qd2 $6 Nf6 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. O-O-O e5 $1 13. Ne2 Bg4 14. Rhg1 O-O-O 15. Qe3 h5
16. h3 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Nb4 18. Qb3 Qh6+ 19. Kd1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qh7 $40) 10... Qg6
$5 $13 {Strangely noone tried this move.}) (9. Bc3 Ne7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Ng6
12. Re1 f6 13. b4 e5 $13) (9. Ba3 c5 10. Qd6 Bd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O $13) (9. Bf8
Ne7 10. Bxg7 Rg8 11. Bf6 Rg6 12. Bc3 e5 13. Nf3 Bf5 $13) 9... b6 10. Qd6 Bd7 $1
11. Bc3 f6 12. Nf3 $1 (12. O-O-O $6 O-O-O 13. Qa3 (13. b4 c5) 13... Kb7 14. Bf3
Qf4+ 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. Ne2 e5 17. Ng3 Nh6 $17) 12... Rd8 (12... Ne7 13. O-O-O
Qxe2 14. Qxd7+ Kf7 15. Rhe1 Qxc4 16. Re3 Rhe8 17. b3 Qg4 18. h3 Qf4 19. Rd4 Qh6
20. Qxe6+ Kf8 21. Qd6 $16 {is very annoying.}) 13. Qg3 Qg6 14. Nh4 Qxg3 15.
hxg3 Kf7 $13) 4... Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 $5 {This is a line I had 0% till today.
} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Now White has a wide variety of choices.} 9. Be2 (9.
e5 Nd5 $1 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Be2 Nd7 12. Bh5 (12. O-O Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O
15. Qd2 (15. Bh5 Nf4 16. Bxf7 Nxe5 17. Bxe6+ Kb8 18. Ne2 Bg7 19. Nxf4 gxf4 20.
Bxf4 Qxd4 $5 {is also terribly messy.}) 15... c5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5
18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d5 Bg7 20. b3 Bxe5 21. bxc4 b4 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qe3 Nd7 24.
Nb5 exd5 25. cxd5 Rhe8 26. Qg3 Ne5 $13 {Black may survive this.}) 12... Qb6 13.
Qf3 O-O-O $1 $132) (9. Ne5 $5 {The immediate jump has also its fine points.}
Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 {transposes to the game.}) 9... Bb7 10. h4 $5 {They
usually go for} ({the more patient} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 {is the main line.
} (11... h5 $5 12. Nxd7 (12. h3 g4) (12. h4 gxh4) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 (13. Qc1
Rg8 14. Rd1 (14. Qe3 Bb4) 14... Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. h3 h4 17. Be5 (17. Bh2 Bxc3
18. bxc3 g4) 17... Nd7 18. Bh2 Nf6 $14 {and Black defends himself.}) (13. b3 $5
Bb4 14. Be5 Rh6 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. Rad1 $5 (17. Rfd1 f6 18. Bg3 cxb3
19. Qxb3 a5 20. a3 Be7 21. d5 cxd5 22. exd5 Kf7 23. dxe6+ Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kxe6
25. Nxb5 Rah8 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6+ Kf5 $16) 17... f6 18. Bg3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 a5
20. a3 Be7 21. d5 $44) 13... Rh6 14. Qc1 $5 (14. f3 h4) (14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Bxg4
hxg4) (14. f4 g4 15. f5 O-O-O) 14... Rg6 15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qe3
O-O-O 18. Rad1 h4 19. Bf3 Bh6 20. Qe2 f5 21. d5 exd5 22. exd5 Rd6 23. dxc6 Bxc6
24. Rxd6 Qxd6 25. Rd1 Qf6 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28. Qe5 a6 29. Qxf5 Bc1
30. Qc2 $40) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 $11 {
may end up in an ugly repetition.}) 10... g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 (11... Nbd7 $5 {
is the twin line with the same idea of giving up a pawn and creating
counterplay over the open g-line.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Bxg4 Rg8 15.
Bf3 Nd7 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qc2 e5 18. d5 Nc5 $13) 12. Nxg4 (12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Nxg4 b4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Rc1 O-O-O 17. Bh2 Bd6 18. Bd3 Bxh2+ 19.
Nxh2 Qd5 $1 20. Qf3 f5 $13 {and Black is just hanging around.}) (12. Bxg4 Nbd7
13. Nxd7 (13. Bf3 $2 Rxg3 14. fxg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 $17) 13... Qxd7 14. Bf3 b4
15. Na4 c5 $1 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxe4 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rc1 (19. O-O-O+
Kc6) 19... c3 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 bxc3 22. Rxc3 Kc6 23. Ke2 Nd5 24. Rb3 e5
$44 {it is not clear who is better and why.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $5 (
13... Nxf6 {is another option. Although did not appeal to me before the game
it deploys the knight somewhere.} 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 {looks dangerous to me.}
{Especially after} O-O-O $6 16. Qf4) 14. e5 (14. O-O O-O-O) 14... Qf5 15. Bf3
O-O-O {Here my opponent who already spent some serious amount of time repeated
the moves to gain on the clock.} 16. Be4 Qg4 17. Bf3 Qf5 (17... Qg7 $2 18. Qe2
{and the queen sank!}) 18. Qe2 Nb6 (18... Qd3 $2 19. Qxd3 cxd3 20. O-O-O $18)
19. Rd1 $1 {The correct approach. White's king belongs to the kingside.} (19.
O-O-O $6 Nd5 (19... h5 20. Qc2)) (19. a4 $6 Rxd4 20. O-O (20. axb5 cxb5 21.
Rxa7 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bb4 24. O-O Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rd7 $17) 20... Bc5
$40) 19... Nd5 {I had another serious alternative.} (19... b4 $2 20. Ne4 Ba6
21. Nf6 Rxg3 22. fxg3 $18) (19... c5 $5 20. Nxb5 $1 (20. Bxb7+ $2 Kxb7 21. Nxb5
cxd4) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 (21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. Nxd4
Bc5 $13) 21... cxd4 22. Nxd4 Qh7 23. h5 $1 $13 {White is ready for the rook
lift with Rh4-g4.} (23. O-O $2 Bc5 $17)) 20. O-O (20. Ne4 $5 Bb4+ 21. Kf1 {
is worth to consider.}) 20... Nxc3 (20... Be7 21. Ne4) 21. bxc3 Ba3 22. Kh2 $5
{A deep move.} (22. Qe3 c5 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. dxc5 Kc6 25. Rd6+ Rxd6 26. cxd6
Bc5 27. Qf4 Rg4 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Rd1 Kd7 30. Rd5 Bb6 31. Rxb5 f4 32. Bh2 f3
33. Kf1 (33. Kh1 Rxg2 34. Bg3 Bxf2 35. Rb7+ Ke8 36. Bxf2 Rxf2 37. Re7+ Kd8 $1 (
37... Kf8 $2 38. Rxa7 Ke8 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Rc7 Ke8 41. Rxc4 Rxa2 42. Rc8+ Kd7
43. Rf8 $18) 38. Rxa7 Re2 39. Rxf7 Rxe5 40. Rxf3 Re4 $1 $11) 33... Rxh4 34. Bg1
fxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rg4+ 36. Kf1 Rf4 37. Rb4 Kc6 $44) 22... c5 (22... Rd5 $5 {
is too good to be true.} 23. Bxd5 cxd5 $44) 23. Bxb7+ Kxb7 24. dxc5 (24. Rb1
Kc6) 24... Rd3 25. Rxd3 cxd3 (25... Qxd3 $2 26. Qh5 $18) 26. Qe3 Kc6 $1 {
The pawns should be blocked.} (26... Rd8 $2 27. c6+ Kxc6 28. Qxa7 d2 29. Qa6+
Kc7 30. Qxa3 d1=Q 31. Qc5+ Kb7 32. Qxb5+ Kc7 33. Qc4+ Kb7 34. Rxd1 Rxd1 35.
Qb3+ $18 {is along line and it works.}) (26... Rc8 27. Rd1 Bxc5 28. Qxd3 Qxd3
29. Rxd3 $16) 27. c4 $1 {White is supposed to open the roads for Black's
majesty.} (27. Qxh6 Bxc5 (27... Rd8 28. Rd1 d2) 28. Qd2 Qe4 $132 (28... Be7 29.
Rd1)) (27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Qxh6 Qg4 (28... d2 29. Rxd2 Bc1 30. Rd6+ Rxd6 31. Qxc1
Rd7 32. Qa3 Qe4 $13 {scared me during the game but it is very playable.}) 29.
Qd2 Bxc5 30. f3 Qc4 $44) 27... Bxc5 $6 {I have thought for a long time for the
obvious exchange sac.} (27... bxc4 $1 28. Qd4 Bxc5 29. Qxc4 Rxg3 30. Kxg3 (30.
Rc1 $4 Qxf2) 30... Qxe5+ 31. Kh3 (31. f4 Qe3+ 32. Rf3 Qe1+ 33. Kh3 d2 34. Qa4+
Kc7 35. Rd3 Qh1+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) (31. Qf4 $2 {could easily turn out to be
dangerous for White.} Qxf4+ 32. Kxf4 Kd5 33. g4 Kd4 34. Kf3 e5 $19) 31... d2 (
31... Qf5+ 32. Kh2 d2 33. Qc3) 32. Qa6+ Kd7 (32... Kc7 $2 33. Qa5+) (32... Kd5
33. Qb7+ Kd6 (33... Kd4 $2 34. Qb2+) 34. Qf3 $13) 33. Qd3+ Bd6 34. g3 Qe1 $11)
(27... a6 $2 28. cxb5+ axb5 29. Qd4 $18) 28. cxb5+ Kb6 29. Qd2 $6 {White might
have gone for the pawn and it should have been a real test for Black's
strategy.} (29. Qxh6 $142 Rd8 30. Qd2 Qg4 31. Rd1 Bb4 (31... Qe2 $6 32. Qxe2
dxe2 33. Re1 Rd2 34. h5 Rxa2 35. h6 Bf8 36. h7 Bg7 37. f4 Kxb5 38. Bh4 $18) (
31... Kxb5 32. Rb1+ (32. Rc1 Bb6) 32... Kc6 33. f3 Qd4 $44) 32. Qc1 Bc5 33. f3
Qa4 34. Bf2 Qxb5 $44) 29... Rd8 30. f3 Rd4 31. Rc1 Qh5 32. Kh3 Qf5+ 33. Kh2 Qh5
34. f4 $2 {Trying to win for all costs White overextended himself with this
move.} (34. Rxc5 Rxh4+ 35. Kg1 (35. Bxh4 $2 Qxh4+ 36. Kg1 Qd4+ 37. Kf1 (37. Qf2
Kxc5 38. Kf1 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Kxb5) 37... Kxc5 $17) 35... Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Kxc5 37.
Qc3+ Kxb5 38. Qxd3+ Ka5 39. Ke2 Qg6 40. Qc3+ Kb5 41. Bf2 Qxg2 42. Qc5+ Ka4 43.
Qxa7+ Kb4 44. Qb7+ Ka5 $11 {and White has to give perpetual.}) 34... Qe2 $19
35. Qxe2 $2 {One mistake follows the other.} (35. Be1 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Kxb5 $17)
35... dxe2 36. Bf2 (36. Rc2 Re4 37. Be1 Kxb5 $17) 36... Rc4 $1 $19 37. Bxc5+ {
The end of this line I have seen rather fast.} ({I was more worried about} 37.
Rxc4 Bxf2 38. Rc1 e1=Q 39. Rxe1 Bxe1 40. Kh3 Kxb5 41. Kg4 Kc4 42. Kh5 Kd5 43.
Kxh6 Bxh4 44. Kg7 Bg3 $1 $19 {and Black wins.}) 37... Kxc5 38. Re1 Re4 39. Kg3
Kd4 40. Kf2 Kd3 41. g3 Kd2 {After this everything is forced and White's king
is checkmated. Another tournament win for the Oldman!} (41... Kd2 42. a4 Re3 $1
43. a5 Rf3+ 44. Kxf3 Kxe1 45. b6 Kf1 46. bxa7 e1=Q 47. a8=Q Qe2#) 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 16th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2000.02.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Volodin, Viktor Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 {Once again the boring Meran.Actually
all of these long lines and the fact that there is nothing wrong for black in
them pushed me to come along with something not that much of theoretical
importance.} 5. Qb3 $5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 {Although this has been
considered better GM Kharlov's choice is in the other direction.} (7. Qb3 Nbd7
8. Bg5) 7... Be7 {When my opponent has chosen this I was really surprised.} (
7... a6 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be4 Ra7 13. Bf4 $14
) (7... Ba6 8. Ne4 $1 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. a3 $14) (
7... Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Be2 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. O-O Rc8 14.
Bd2 Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qb5 $1 $14 {M.Umansky-Dreev, URS-sf Russia- ch 1989.})
(7... Bb7 8. e4 (8. a3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 {is another option.}) 8... b4 9. Na4
Qa5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Be2 {is transposing to the line considered above.}) 8. a3 {
looks like the move which can take the biggest benefit from blacks' last.} O-O
9. e4 b4 $146 (9... a6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. e5 $8 $36) 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Bg5 Qb6 (
11... h6 12. Bh4 Be7 13. Be2 $14) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 (13. Qe3 Be7 $5 $132 {
xb2}) (13. e5 Nd7) 13... Ba6 $2 {This does not result in anything positive for
black.} (13... c5 14. O-O (14. d5 $6 Ba6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Qxa6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3
Qb1+ 18. Bd1 Qxe4+ $17) (14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. O-O $14) 14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rd8 16.
Rfd1 $5 {And eventually the white queen will swing to kingside.}) 14. Rxa6 Nxa6
15. Qxa6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qb1+ 17. Bd1 Qxe4+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 c5 20. dxc5
Rfc8 21. Kd3 $1 {After a series of forced moves it is clear that white's cP
will play a major role.} Rxc5 22. c4 Rd8+ 23. Kc3 Rdc8 24. Nd2 f5 (24... Ra5
25. Bc2 Ra2 26. Rb1) 25. Bc2 Kg7 26. Bd3 Kf6 $6 (26... h5 27. Nb3 R5c7 28. h4
$16) 27. g4 $1 a5 $2 (27... Ra5 28. gxf5 exf5 29. Rb1 (29. f4 $2 Ra3+ 30. Nb3
Rb8 31. Rb1 a5 32. Kc2 Ra2+ 33. Kc3 Ra3 $11) 29... Rg8 30. Bf1 Ra3+ 31. Kb2 Ra6
32. Nb3 $16) 28. Ra1 (28. gxf5 exf5 29. Ra1 Rg8 30. Nb3 Re5 31. f4 Re6 32. Rxa5
$18) 28... fxg4 29. Ne4+ Ke5 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rb1 $1 $18 (31. Bxh7 $6 f5 32.
Bg6 Rc8 $44) 31... Kf4 (31... f5 32. Rb5 Kd6 33. Kd4 e5+ 34. Kc3 e4 35. Bc2
Rxb5 36. cxb5 Kc5 37. b6 Kxb6 38. Kd4 Kb5 39. Ke5 $18) (31... h5 32. Rb7 f6 33.
Rh7 Kd6 34. Bg6 f5 35. Rxh5 a4 36. Kb4 a3 37. Rh8 Re5 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rd2 $18)
32. Rb5 Rc7 33. Rxa5 Kf3 34. Bxh7 Kxf2 35. Bg8 g3 36. hxg3 Kxg3 37. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Negroponte op"]
[Site "Chalkis"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nikolov, Momchil"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {The new Bulgarian
grandmaster does not like} ({the sacrificial line with} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 $13) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 g6 $5 {An interesting move.} (7... Nd7 8. Bd3 {
is common for a long time.} dxc4 (8... g6 9. e4 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg7 11.
b4 Qd6 (11... O-O 12. b5 Qd6 13. bxc6 bxc6 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4
Bd7 17. Rc5 Rfb8 18. Rfc1 Rb6 $14) 12. Qb3 Nb6 $1 13. a4 Be6 14. Nd2 O-O 15.
Rfc1 Nd7 $1 $14) 9... dxc4 (9... dxe4 $6 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qd8 12. c5 O-O
13. h4 $40) 10. e5 Qe7 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O {leads to one of the key
position in Moscow line.} 13. Re1 (13. Qe2 b6 (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 (14... b4
$2 15. Na4 c5 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Rfc1 $16 {known to be
unpleasant for Black.}) 15. Be4 Rab8 16. Rac1 c5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. d5 exd5 19.
Nxd5 Qe6 20. Qe4 Rbb8 21. Rfe1 g5 22. b3 $14 {and White keeps the pressure.}) (
13... Nb6 $6 14. Bb3 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nd6 Bd7 18. Rac1 Bc6 19.
Nd4 Bd5 20. f4 $16) 14. Rfe1) 13... Rd8 (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rab8 16.
Qe2 $14) 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rad1 Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Ba6) (15... a5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17.
Be4 b5 18. h4 $1 Nb6 19. Bb1 $16) 16. Bd3 $1 Bb7 17. Be4 {Black did not score
well in this position.} Nf8 (17... c5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qe4 Rbb8 20. d5 exd5
21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Rd2 $16) 18. h4 {and White does well.}) 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7
(10... Qe7 $5 {My extravaganza did not find many adherents.} 11. e4 Bg7 {
goes to regular lines.} (11... e5 12. d5)) 11. e4 (11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5
Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. Re3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 $14) 11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14.
Rc1 $14 {and it is very iffy if White proves any advantage here.}) 8. Bd3 $5 {
A bold move.} (8. Rc1 Nd7 $8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. O-O (11. b4 O-O 12.
O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 $11) 11... O-O 12. e4 Qe7 13. e5 c5 $132) (8. Be2 $5 {
The most logical continuation in which the communication between Qd1 and d4 is
not broken.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 (11... Qe7 12. Qc2) 12.
Qc2 Nd7 13. c5 b6 $5 (13... e5 $2 14. g3 Qf5 15. Nh4 Qh3 16. Bc4 exd4 17. Nxg6
Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bg7 20. Nd6 $16) 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15. Rab1 bxc5 16. Nxc5
$14) 8... Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qd8 $1 {Now White has some
problems with his center.} 12. Qd2 $6 ({White should sacrifice a pawn.} 12. c5
$1 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qg7 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.
Rd6 b6 19. Rfd1 $44) 12... f5 $17 ({There is no need to swim in muddy waters
with} 12... e5 13. dxe5 Bg4 14. Ne1 Nd7 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. Qxh6 Bg7 16. Qf4 $16
) (14... Qd4 $2 15. Qf4 Qxb2 16. Rb1 $18) 15. f4 f6 16. h3 Be6 17. exf6 Qb6+
18. Qf2 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bf7 $44) 13. Ng3 (13. Nc3 g5 $1 $36) 13... c5 $1 14. d5 $5
(14. dxc5 e5 15. Qe2 Nc6 $17 {and the center rolls.}) 14... e5 $1 (14... exd5
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qe2 Kh7 {is also possible but I wanted to grab the center.})
15. Ne1 e4 16. Be2 Nc6 $1 17. f4 (17. f3 e3 18. Qd3 Nd4 $17) 17... h5 $1 18.
Bd1 Qa5 19. Qc1 Nd4 (19... Nd8 $5 20. Nc2 Nf7 $17 {is also an idea.}) 20. Nc2
b5 21. Ne3 Ba6 22. Rf2 bxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 (23... Qe1+ 24. Rf1 Qb4 25. b3 Rad8
$19 {may well be more exact than the text.}) 24. Qxc4 e3 25. Rf1 Rab8 26. d6+ (
26. Bb3 Rb4 27. Qd3 e2 28. Nxe2 c4 29. Bxc4 Qc5 $19) 26... Kh7 27. Rb1 Qd2 28.
b4 (28. Bf3 Rfd8 29. Rbd1 Qxb2 30. Qxc5 h4 $19) 28... cxb4 29. d7 h4 (29...
Rfd8 30. Ba4 h4 $19) 30. Ne2 Rfd8 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19 {Due to bad opening play
White has found himself in an hopeless situation.} 32. Be2 (32. Qe2 Rxd7 $19)
32... Qxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxd7 34. Rfd1 Rd2 35. Rxd2 exd2 36. Rd1 Bc3 37. Kf2 Re8 38.
Kf3 Re1 39. Bb3 Kg7 40. g3 hxg3 41. hxg3 (41. Kxg3 Kf6) 41... Kf6 42. g4 Ke7
43. gxf5 (43. Kg3 Kd6 44. Kh4 Kc5 45. Kg5 Kd4 46. Kxg6 fxg4 $19) 43... gxf5 44.
Kg3 Kd6 45. Kf3 (45. Kh4 Kc5 46. Kg5 Kd4 $19) 45... Kc5 ({Black easily wins
after} 45... Kc5 46. Ba4 Kb6 (46... Kd4 47. Bc2 Kc4 48. Kf2 Kb5 $19) 47. Kg3
Ka5 48. Bc2 Kb5 $19) 0-1

[Event "SRB-chT Central"]
[Site "Kragujevac"]
[Date "2013.09.19"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.09.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Pirot Progres"]
[BlackTeam "Kraljevo Sloga Turist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 $5 {A move I myself like to play
from time to time.} Nbd7 ({The most reliable reaction is Meranish} 5... dxc4 6.
Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 (7... Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 $13) (7... Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. Qb5+ Qxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Nc5 Bxe4
15. Bb2 $44) 8. e4 (8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 8... c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 $11) 6.
Bg5 (6. g3 Nb6 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Qa4 e5 $132) 6... h6 (6... a5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 {brings back the Karlsbad!}) 7. Bxf6 $5 (7. Bh4 Qa5
8. e3 Ne4 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 $132) 7... Nxf6 (7... Qxf6 {
would have transposed into the Moscow Variation.}) 8. e3 g6 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 b6
10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 $14) (8... g5 $5 {are the
other options to handle the position.}) 9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfd1 (11.
Ne5 c5 12. dxc5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. f4 exf3 15. Nxf3 Qc7 16. Qa3 Bd7 17. Rad1
a5 $44) 11... Qb6 12. Qc2 Bd7 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 14. e4 (14. Ne5 Rfd8)
14... Rfd8 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 Be8 17. Nd6 Bf8 $11) 13. Rac1 (13. Ne5 $5) 13...
Rfd8 ({Absolute equality should be reached by} 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. d5
exd5 16. Nxd5 (16. Bxd5) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rfd8 $11) 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Nc5 Be8
16. b4 $1 {White has gained space on the queenside.} a5 (16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 a5
18. a3 b6 19. Nd3 axb4 20. axb4 $14) 17. b5 cxb5 (17... b6 $142 18. Na4 dxc4
19. Qxc4 Nd5 {would have kept the position fluid.}) 18. cxb5 Rdc8 19. Qb1 Qe7
20. Bd3 Nh7 $5 (20... b6 21. Na4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa3 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. e4 e5 $1 25.
dxe5 Rb8 26. exd5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44) 21. Qb3 Nf8 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rdc1 Rac8
24. h3 $11 {The position is locked.} Bf6 (24... e5 25. Qxd5 exd4 26. Nxd4 (26.
exd4 b6 27. Na4 Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bxc2 Qe2 30. Bb3 Ne6 31. Nxb6 Nxd4 32.
a4 Qd3 33. Bc4 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Nxf3+ 35. gxf3 Qd4 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Nd5 Bxf2 $11)
26... Rd8 27. Qf3 b6 28. Ne4 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Bxd4 30. exd4 Kg7 $44) (24... f5 $5)
25. a4 Bg7 $5 {The start of a tactical operation.} (25... Rd8 $2 26. Ne4) (
25... b6 26. Na6 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Qd8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qc2 Qxc2 30. Bxc2 Nd7 31.
Nc7 Kf8 $11 {reaches full equality.}) 26. g3 f5 27. Bf1 e5 $2 {Despite the
fact that it worked in this game, there was a huge hole in this line.} 28. b6
$1 (28. Qxd5+ $4 Bf7) 28... Rc6 29. Bb5 Rxb6 30. Nxe5 $2 (30. dxe5 Bf7 (30...
Bxb5 31. axb5) 31. Qb2 $16) 30... Bxe5 31. Qxd5+ (31. dxe5 Qxe5 32. Nd3 Rxc2
33. Qxc2 Qe4 34. Bxe8 Qxe8 35. Qc7 Rc6 36. Qxa5 Rxc1+ 37. Nxc1 Qc6 38. Nb3 Ne6
$11) 31... Kh7 (31... Qf7 32. Qxe5 Bxb5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34. Qd6 $16) (31... Kh8
$4 32. Bc4 $18 {shows athe huge difference between the two squares for the
king.}) 32. dxe5 $2 (32. Bc4 $2 h5) (32. Bxe8 $142 Bxg3 33. Qf7+ Qxf7 34. Bxf7
Bd6 35. Bd5 $16) 32... Bxb5 33. axb5 Rxb5 {I thought that the pin which should
disturb White's pieces at least momentarily combined with two passers gives a
good game.} 34. Qd4 b6 $2 $138 (34... Rd8 $2 35. Qa4 $18) (34... Rc6) ({or} 
34... Rc7 {and the game continues in a balanced position.}) 35. Nd3 $2 $138 (
35. Nd7 $1 Rxc2 36. Nxf8+ $18) 35... Rxc2 36. Rxc2 Rb1+ (36... Ne6 {brings
insane complications.} 37. Qa4 (37. Qd6 $2 Qxd6 38. exd6 Rd5 39. Rc7+ Kg8)
37... Rd5 38. Nf4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qb7 40. Rc6 Ng5 41. Nxg6 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ 43.
Kf1 Qa6+ 44. Rc4 Rc1 45. Qd7+ Kxg6 46. Qe6+ $11) 37. Kg2 (37. Nc1 Ne6 38. Qd5
$13 (38. Qd6 $6 Qxd6 39. exd6 Kg7 $17)) (37. Rc1 $6 Rxc1+ 38. Nxc1 b5 $36)
37... Rd1 38. Qd5 $1 Ne6 $2 {The position is full of tricks and we were not up
to them.} (38... a4 $5) 39. Rc3 $2 (39. Rc8 $4 Rxd3 40. Qxd3 Qb7+ 41. e4 Qxc8
42. exf5 Nc5 43. fxg6+ Kg7 $19) (39. Rc6 $1 Nc5 40. Rxg6 $3 (40. Rc8 $2 Qg7 41.
Qc6 Rxd3 42. e6 Nxe6 43. Qxe6 Rd7 (43... Qb7+ 44. Kh2) 44. Qxb6 Ra7 $11) 40...
Kxg6 41. Qg8+ Qg7 42. Nf4+ $18 {is what we both missed.}) 39... Nc5 $17 {
Only now did White become worse.} 40. e6 (40. f4 a4 41. Kf3 Rd2 42. g4 Qg7 43.
h4 Ne4 44. Rc8 Nc5 $19) 40... Nxd3 $1 (40... Rxd3 $4 41. Rxd3 Nxd3 42. Qd7 $18)
41. Kh2 $2 ({Objectively speaking White should have gone for the technically
lost queen ending.} 41. Rxd3 Rxd3 42. Qxd3 Qxe6 43. Qb5 Kg7 $17) (41. Qd7 $2
Ne1+ $19) 41... Nxf2 {and Miroslav surprisingly resigned.} ({White had a last
trick up his sleeve with} 41... Nxf2 42. Qe5 $1 Rd2 $1 (42... Rd6 $4 43. Rc8
$18) 43. Kg1 Nd3 44. Qd5 Qg7 $1 45. e7 Qxe7 46. Rxd3 Rxd3 47. Qxd3 a4 $19) 0-1

[Event "YUG-Cup"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "2000.06.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.05.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 $6 (10... g4 11. Ne5 h5 (11... b4 $2 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxc4
Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxg4 $40)) 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Be5 f6 13. Bxb8
$1 Qxb8 (13... Rxb8 14. hxg5 $16) 14. hxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 fxg5 16. Bh5+ $1 (16.
Bxc4 Qf4) 16... Kd8 17. Qe2 $6 (17. Nc5 $1 Bxc5 18. dxc5+ Kc8 (18... Ke7 $2 19.
Qd4 Qf8 (19... Rg8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Qe4 Kf8 22. Rh3 $16) 20. Qd6+ (20. Rd1 Rd8
21. Qe5 Rxd1+ (21... Bc8 22. Rh3 Rxd1+ 23. Kxd1) 22. Bxd1 Bc8 23. f4 gxf4 24.
Rf1 $18) 20... Kf6 21. Qd4+ e5 22. Qxc4 a5 23. Rh3 $18) 19. Qe2 Qf4 20. Qxe6+
Kb8 21. O-O $16) 17... Qf4 18. Rh3 g4 19. Bxg4 Rg8 20. Bf3 $6 (20. Bxe6 $2 Rxg2
21. Kf1 Rg7 $1 (21... Qg5 $2 22. Qf3 Rg1+ 23. Ke2 Be7 24. Rxg1 Qxg1 25. Rg3 $18
) (21... Rh2 $2 22. Rxh2 Qxh2 23. Qf3 $36) (21... c5 $2 22. Nxc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5
$16) 22. Rf3 Qh2 23. Rxf8+ Kc7 24. Rf7+ Rxf7 $19) (20. f3 $5) 20... Kc7 21. Be4
(21. Qxc4 Rd8 22. Rd1 Rg5) 21... Rg7 22. Re3 Ba6 23. g3 Qg5 24. Bf3 $6 (24. Bg2
Rd8 25. Re5 Qf6 26. Qe4 Bb7 27. Rc1 Rf7 28. Qe3 $14) 24... Rd8 25. Re5 Qf6 26.
Qe4 $1 (26. Rxe6 $2 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 Re7 28. Nc5 Bc8 $17) 26... Bb7 27. Qe3 Bd6
28. Re4 Rf8 29. Be2 Re7 30. Bxc4 e5 31. dxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qxe5 33. Qxe5 Bxe5
34. Rd1 Bd6 35. b3 c5 36. Rd2 Rf5 37. f4 h5 38. Rh2 Bf3 39. Be2 $2 $138 (39.
Nb2 $1 $14) 39... Bxe2 40. Kxe2 $2 (40. Rxe2 c4 41. bxc4 Ra5 42. c5 Bf8 43. Re8
Bh6 44. Nb2 Rxa2 45. Nd3 $11) 40... c4 41. Ke3 $6 (41. Nb2 c3 42. Nc4 $132)
41... c3 42. Ke4 Rb5 43. Rc2 Rb8 44. Nb2 Re8+ 45. Kf3 Bc5 46. Nc4 Re1 47. Rh2
Rf1+ $6 (47... Kc6 $1) 48. Ke4 Bf2 49. Kd3 $2 (49. Ne3 Bxg3 50. Rh3 Rxf4+ 51.
Kd3 Rf3 52. Ke4 Rxe3+ 53. Kxe3 h4 54. Rh1 Kd6 55. Ke4 $132) 49... Bxg3 50. Rxh5
Bxf4 51. Rc5+ Kd7 52. a3 a5 (52... Rf2 $5 53. axb4 c2 54. Ne3 Rf3 55. Ke4 Bxe3
56. Rxc2 Rf2 $19) 53. axb4 axb4 54. Nb6+ Kd6 55. Na4 Rf2 56. Rc4 Rd2+ 57. Ke4
Be5 58. Ke3 $2 (58. Nc5 c2 59. Nb7+ Ke6 60. Rc6+ (60. Nc5+ Kf6 61. Nd3 Bc3 $19)
60... Kd7 61. Rxc2 Rxc2 62. Kxe5 Kc7 $19) 58... Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nde4 Bb7 14. O-O Qb6 15. a4 {
Here white has offered a draw which was accepted.} (15. a4 a6 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 $5
{Bu pozisyon da ki ilginc hamlelerden biri daha.7.g3 de herhalde bundan
sonraki oyunlarimdan birinde uygulanacak.bu sonuncusu GM Nigel Short a gore
Moskova Sistemine karsi en etkilisi.} Nd7 {Tabii ki sistemin en zorlanacagi
hamle 7...dc4.Aynen 7.a3 devamyolunda oldugu gibi en etkili hamle c4 erini
almak.} 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 {Weiß kommt in dieser Variante zwar schenll zu
e2-e4, aber die Qe4 steht ungünstig.} g6 {Die Fianchetierung des Läufers nach
g7 wurde in der Variante 7.Qc2 noch nicht so häufig angewandt. Aber es scheint,
als ob Schwarz zum befreienden ...e6-e5 oder ...c6-c5 kommt.} 10. Bd3 Bg7 11.
O-O (11. Qe3 {Lutz} O-O 12. O-O e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. a4 cxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Dreev,A/Erevan olm 1996}) 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 (12. Qe3 {Lutz}
e5 (12... b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. c5 $16 {Huzman,A-Timoshchenko,G/USSR
1982. Sowohl ...c5 als auch ...e5 sind verhindert.}) 13. d5 Nb6 14. Rfe1 Bf5 $6
(14... Re8 $5 {- 11.Qe3}) 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. b3 e4 18. Nd4 Qe5 19.
Rad1 f5 20. f3 Rfe8 21. fxe4 f4 22. Qf2 $16 {1-0 Matveeva,S-Galliamova,A/
Belgrade Yugometal 1996 (51)}) 12... c5 13. d5 Nb6 14. d6 {Burasi partinin
ilginc noktalarindan biri 2 Cleveland li buyukustanin ABD de oynadigi ve
databaselerde olmayan bu oyunda fikir ilk kez uygulandi.Bahsi gecen
Yermolinsky-Serper oyununu beyazlar rahatca kazandilar.Wijk Aan Zee Dieser Zug
ist sehr zweischneidig, da der Freibauer auf d6 schwach werden kann.
Andererseits hat Weiß überhaupt nichts mehr, wenn Schwarz zu ...exd5 gelangt.
Offenbar verspricht der weiße Aufbau nichts.} Qd8 $8 (14... Rd8 $2 15. Qe3 $1 {
devamyolunun puf noktasidir.}) 15. Qf4 (15. Nb5 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6 17. Qf4 Rc8 {
beyazlara bir sey kazandirmaz.}) 15... Bd7 {[#] Dieser Zug wird durch die
folgende Kombination gerechtfertigt. Ansonsten hatte Schwarz noch die
Alternative 15...e5!?:} (15... e5 {Lutz} 16. Nxe5 Qxd6 17. Nxg6 $2 (17. Rad1
Qf6 $11) 17... Qxd3 18. Nxf8 Bxf8) 16. Rad1 $2 (16. Ne5 Bc6 {Bu hamle benim en
cekindigim hamleydi.} (16... Rc8 17. Rad1 Qg5 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. b3
(19. Nf3 g4 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Nxg4 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba4 23. Rb1 Rxd6 $17) 19...
Rfd8) 18... Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Rfd8 20. Be2 Bc6 21. f4 $13) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rad1
Nd7 (18... e5 19. Qf3 Qxd6 20. Be4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxc6 Rac8 23. Bd5 $16)
19. Be4 Rc8 20. Na4 Qa5 21. b3 $16) 16... Bc6 17. Be4 $2 (17. Ne5 Qxd6 18. Nxg6
(18. Bxg6 $4 fxg6 19. Qg4 $17) 18... Qxf4 19. Nxf4 $11) (17. Be2 $13) (17. Bf1
{Lutz} Qf6 $5) 17... Nxc4 $1 {Überraschenderweise funktioniert dieser Zug.
Ansonsten wäre die Lage schwierig für Schwarz.} (17... Rc8 $6 {Lutz} 18. Bxc6
Rxc6 19. Nb5 $5 a6 $140 20. Na7 $1) 18. Bxc6 Nxb2 19. Bxb7 $2 (19. Ne4 Nxd1 20.
Rxd1 bxc6 21. Ne5 $44 {tek devamyoluydu.Simdi beyazlar forse kaybediyorlar.}) (
19. Bb5 {Lutz} Bxc3 20. Rc1 $5 (20. Qxh6 Bg7 {/\ ...Nxd1}) 20... Bxe1 (20...
Bg7 $5) 21. Rxe1 (21. Qxh6 Qf6) 21... Kh7 22. Qe5 Qb6) 19... Rb8 20. Ne5 (20.
Rc1 $5 {Lutz} Nd3 (20... Rxb7 $5) 21. Qe4 Nxe1 22. Nxe1 Qxd6 $15) 20... Nxd1
21. Nc6 Qb6 22. Rxd1 (22. Nxb8 {Lutz} Nxc3 23. Nd7 Ne2+ $19) 22... Rxb7 23.
Ne7+ Kh7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Ng5+ hxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxe7 (26... Rf6 $2 {umulmayacak bir
hata olurdu.} 27. Qh4+ $18) 27. dxe7 Re8 28. h4 Qc7 29. h5 Qxe7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8
31. Rd3 c4 0-1

[Event "Chennai op 10th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Raghunandan, Kaumandur Srihari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {I had intentions of following
modern theory that day!} h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 $5 {The trend is with
Aronian's move these days.} Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 {The main
line and perhaps it is the most tactical one with many twists not yet
discovered.} 11. Bc2 $5 $146 {I believe every serious player with Aronian no
exception has had this on their board but they have decided against it. Alas I
have just found it interesting and changed my pre-game decision} (11. O-O Be7 (
11... f5 $2 12. Ng3 (12. Rae1 $5 fxe4 13. Rxe4 Qf7 14. Rxe5+ $5 $44) 12... e4
13. Rfe1 Kd8 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Rae1 $44) 12. Rae1 (12. Rfe1 exd4
13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 (14. Ng3 Nc5) 14... g6 15. Qxd4 Nc5 $11) 12... exd4 13. Bb1
O-O 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Qd1 $5 {results in a complex position.} (15. Qa3 $5)) 11...
exd4 (11... Be7 12. g3 Qg4 13. O-O-O) 12. g3 {The core of White's concept is
linked with long castling.} (12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Nxe4 15. Bxe4
Bb4+ 16. Ke2 Bg4+ 17. f3 Bd7 $11) 12... Qc7 13. O-O-O {Now my talented
opponent sank into deep thought.} (13. Nxd4 Qa5+ 14. Ke2 $1 {seems too good to
be true.} (14. Kf1 $2 Nc5)) (13. O-O $5) {At first I thought that it was a
mistake.} 13... Nc5 $1 (13... f5 14. Rhe1) (13... c5) 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Rhe1+
$1 (15. Qd3 Be6 16. Nxd4 O-O-O $17) (15. Nxd4 O-O 16. Qd3 g6 17. h4 h5 $17)
15... Be6 $1 {Only after this move I discovered that Black has the luxury of
castling either side.} (15... Be7 $2 16. Ne5 $1 (16. Rxd4 O-O 17. Qd3 g6 18.
Qd2 Bf6 19. Rd6 Bg7 20. c5 $36) 16... c5 (16... Be6 17. f4) 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18.
Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Re5 $1 $16 {with a vicious attack.}) 16. Nxd4 (16. Bf5 $2 O-O $1
(16... O-O-O 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Ne5 (18. Rxe6 Qf7 19. Re4 g5)) 17. Bxe6 fxe6
18. Ne5 (18. Rxe6 $2 Qf7 $19) 18... Rxf2 19. Nd3 Rf3 $1 $17) 16... O-O-O 17.
Nxe6 $6 {I regretted this decision of mine.} (17. Qc3 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19.
Qxd4 Qa5 20. Rd1 {I could not make the whole line work.} Qxa2 (20... f6 $5) (
20... Rd8 21. Qxg7 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qxa2 23. b3 $11) 21. Qxg7 Qa1+ 22. Bb1 Re8 $1
{This special position was the cause of my worries.} 23. Qe5 $1 {is another
move I missed and I like White's position.}) 17... fxe6 18. f4 (18. f3 e5)
18... g5 19. Qf3 gxf4 $6 {Confusing the move order helped White to equalise.} (
19... Rxd1+ $142 20. Bxd1 $8 gxf4 21. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 22. gxf4 Bd6 23. Re4 $1 Rf8
24. Rxe6 Kd7 25. Rg6 Bxf4+ 26. Kc2 Bxh2 27. Bg4+ Kc7 28. Rxh6 Rf2+ 29. Kd3 Rxb2
30. c5 a5 31. Rh8 b5 32. Rh7+ Kb8 33. Bf3 $11) 20. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 21. gxf4 Rxd1+
22. Kxd1 $1 Bd6 23. Rxe6 Bxf4 24. Bf5 $11 Kc7 (24... Rd8+ 25. Rd6+ (25. Ke2)
25... Kc7 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 $11) 25. Re7+ Kb8 26. h4 h5 27. Kc2 Bg3 28. Bg6 (28.
Re4 Rf8 29. Bg6 Rf2+ 30. Kc3 Rf4 $11) 28... Bxh4 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Kc7 31.
Bxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 {Usually Gabriel plays the Nimzo/Queen's Indian system, but recently
I noticed, that Aronian has started to play the Slav Defence with Black and
since it's not a secret that my opponent works permanently with him I was
prepared for this opening.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {Recently the most fashionable tabya in the Slav
Defence.} 10. h4 ({The alternative is} 10. O-O {, but I like the text more.})
10... g4 11. Ne5 h5 ({A few months before, I lost a very important (last round)
game to Vladimir Akopian, where he opted for another, less popular line:} 11...
Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nbd7) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 $5 {A
relatively unexplored move.} ({The main line would have been} 15. Rad1) ({also
} 15. Bg3 {which has been tried by Grischuk and Aronian is very interesting.})
15... cxb3 (15... b4 $2 16. Na4 {[%csl Gc5]} c3 17. a3 a5 18. Nc5 Qe7 19. axb4
axb4 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Ra1 O-O 22. Ra4 $16 {[%csl Gb4]}) 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3
$5 $146 {An intersting novelty, although the idea of the pawn sacrifice is
well-known. White clears a path for his e-pawn, intending to play e4-e5,
followed by Ne4.} ({Before White has tried} 17. Rad1) ({or} 17. Rfd1) 17... b4
$6 {Definitely not the best reaction; all three other moves deserve serious
consideration:} (17... Qxd4 {looks like the most critical continuation} 18.
Rfd1 {here it's important to keep the rook on the a-file} Qb4 $5 (18... Qb6 19.
e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Ge4g5]}) (18... Qc5 19. Bd6 Qb6 20. e5 $1 {with very
interesting play.} (20. Bxf8 $6 Rxf8 $15)) 19. Bd6 c5 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 (20... Bxf8
$140 $2 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxb5 Nf4 23. Bc4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga1a4]}) 21. e5
(21. Rxa7 Bxe4 $13) 21... Nd5 22. Nxb5 Nf4 23. Ra4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Qxb3 $44) (
17... c5 $5 18. e5 (18. dxc5 b4 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Nb5 Nxe4 {should be fine for
Black.}) 18... Nd5 $13) (17... Nd7 $5) 18. Na4 {[%csl Gb7,Gc5]} Nd7 (18... Qxd4
$2 19. e5 Nd5 20. Rad1 $18) 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nc5 ({Another interesting
alternative would have been} 20. f3 $5 {playing for the attack on the K-side.}
gxf3 (20... f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Rfe1 $36 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) 21. Rxf3 $1 (21. Bxf3
e5 (21... f5 22. Bxh5 $14) 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxh5 Ba6 $13 {Black has
counterplay.}) 21... Rad8 (21... e5 22. Rf5 exd4 23. Rxh5 Ne5 24. Nc5 Bc8 25.
Rg5 $36) 22. Bf2 {[%cal Gf3g3] with promising play for White.}) 20... Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Rfd8 $2 {This natural move seems to me already the decisive mistake.} (
21... e5 22. Rd6 $16) ({Black should have tried} 21... a5 $142 $1 {with the
idea of activating his light-squared bishop via the a6-square.} 22. Rd6 (22. f3
gxf3 23. Bxf3 Ba6 24. Rf2 (24. Rfe1 Bc3) 24... Bb5 25. Bxh5 a4 $132) ({The
point is, that} 22. Bd6 $140 Qxh4 {is quite good for Black.} 23. g3 Qg5 24.
Bxf8 Bxf8 $44) 22... a4 23. bxa4 Ba6 {still after} 24. Rxc6 {I believe White
keeps some advantage.} (24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Qc4 Qb7 $11) 24... b3 25. Qd1 Rfd8 (
25... Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxa4 27. Bd6 Qxh4 28. g3 (28. Bxf8 $2 g3 29. fxg3 Bd4+ $19)
28... Qd8 29. Bxf8 Bxf8 30. Qb5 Rxe4 31. Qxb3 $16) 26. Bd6 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxh4
28. Rb6 $14) 22. Rd6 $1 Bd4 (22... e5 23. Qd2 {[%csl Gb4]} Rxd6 (23... a5 24.
f3 $1 gxf3 25. Rxf3 $16 {[%cal Ge2c4]}) 24. cxd6 Qd7 25. Qxb4 c5 26. Qxc5 Bxe4
27. Bxe5 Qf5 28. Bd4 $16) 23. e5 $16 {After this move White's advantage is
undisputable.} Rxd6 24. cxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} (24. exd6 $2 Qf6 $13) 24... Qf8 25.
Qe4 $1 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Ge2d3]} Bb6 26. Kh2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f3]} ({The simple} 26.
Qxb4 {was also good enough} c5 27. Qd2 Qg7 28. Bc4 $16 {with a great
positional advantage.}) 26... Qh6 ({After} 26... a5 27. f3 {White's attack is
decisive, for example} Qh6 28. Bd3 $1 (28. fxg4 Qe3 $16) 28... Qg6 29. Qc4 Qg7
30. fxg4 Qxg4 31. Rf4 $1 Bg1+ (31... Qg7 32. Qe4 $18) 32. Kxg1 Qxg3 33. Qe4 Qg7
34. Rf3 $18 {[%cal Gg1h2,Gf3g3]}) 27. f3 (27. Bd3 $5 Rb8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 28. Bf4
Qg7 29. Qxb4 c5 30. Qa4 $16) (27. Bf4 Qg6 28. Qxb4 Qc2 $132) 27... Qe3 28. Qxe3
Bxe3 29. fxg4 c5 {Finally Black's light-squared bishop comes into play, but
it's too late, the white position is winning.} ({Nor does} 29... hxg4 {help:}
30. Bxg4 c5 (30... Rd8 31. Bf3 Rd7 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. h5 Ke8 34. Re1 Bg5 35. Bf2
$18) 31. Bh5 $1 Bd5 (31... Rf8 32. d7 Bc6 33. Bxf7+ Kg7 34. Bxe6 Bxd7 35. Rxf8
Bxe6 36. Rf6 c4 37. Rxe6 cxb3 38. Re7+ Kh6 (38... Kg8 39. e6) 39. Rb7 a5 40.
Be1 b2 41. Bxb4 $18) 32. Rxf7 (32. Bxf7+ Kg7 33. Bh5 Bxb3 34. Rf3 Bd1 $132)
32... Bxb3 33. Rc7 Rd8 (33... a5 34. d7 $18 {[%cal Gc7c8]}) (33... Kf8 34. Bg6
(34. d7 $140 Rd8) 34... c4 35. h5 Bg5 (35... c3 36. d7 $18) 36. h6 $1 Bxh6 37.
d7 Rd8 38. Bh4 $18) 34. Bf7+ Kf8 35. h5 Bg5 36. h6 Bxh6 37. Bh4 $18) 30. g5 $1
{[%cal Ge2h5]} (30. gxh5 $6 Bd5 $132 {[%csl Gb3]}) 30... c4 (30... Bd5 31. Bxh5
Bxb3 (31... c4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. Rf3 Bd2 (33... b3 34. Rxe3 b2 35. Re1 Bd3 36.
Bf3 Rf8 37. Bf2 b1=Q 38. Rxb1 Bxb1 39. Bc6 $18) 34. Bxf7+ Kg7 35. Bh5 b3 36.
Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rc7 b2 38. Bg6 Ba2 39. Rb7 $18) 32. Rxf7 c4 33. Rc7 c3 34. Bf7+ (
34. d7 Rd8 35. Rc8 Bb6 36. Bf2 Ba5 37. Bc5 Ba4 (37... c2 $2 38. Be7 $18) 38.
Bxb4 Bxd7 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40. Bxc3 a5 $16) 34... Kf8 35. g6 Bh6 36. h5 c2 37.
g7+ Bxg7 38. Bf4 c1=Q 39. Bxc1 Bxe5+ 40. Kh3 $18 {[%cal Gc1h6]}) 31. Bxc4 Kg7 {
Somehow Black has managed to avoid an immediate disaster, but White still
keeps an extra pawn and a huge advantage.} (31... a5 $6 32. g6 $18) 32. Be2 {
[%csl Gh5]} Rh8 33. Bf4 Bb6 (33... Bd4 34. Bf3 (34. Kh3 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4]})
34... Bxf3 35. Rxf3 a5 36. Rd3 Bb6 37. g4 hxg4 38. Kg3 Ra8 39. Kxg4 a4 40. bxa4
Rxa4 41. Rb3 Ba5 42. h5 Ra3 43. Rb2 Rd3 44. Rd2 $18) 34. g6 $1 {Not so
difficult, but still a very elegant pawn sacrifice. Now my dark-squared B
comes into play with decisive effect.} Kxg6 (34... fxg6 35. Bc4 Bc8 36. Bg5 Rg8
37. Bb5 $18 {[%cal Gd6d7]}) 35. Bg5 $18 {[%csl Gd8,Ge7,Gf6]} f5 (35... Bd5 36.
Rc1 $18 {[%cal Gd6d7]}) 36. exf6 Kf7 37. Rc1 a5 (37... Be4 38. d7 Bg6 39. Rc8
Rd8 40. Bb5 $18) 38. d7 Kg6 39. Bd3+ Kf7 40. Be2 $138 {A very good practical
decision. With this repetition of moves I managed to get over the first time
control. Of course, I saw the decisive 41 f7, but I wanted to check all the
lines carefully.} Kg6 41. f7 $1 {and indeed it wins easily.} (41. f7 Rf8 (41...
Kxf7 42. Rf1+ Kg6 43. Bd3+ Kg7 44. Bf6+ $18 {[%csl Gh8]}) 42. Rf1 {and Black
is hopeless.}) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik zt playoff"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 {This is the same position as in the
previous game.} Qd6 12. Qb3 {Now or later Black would meet b4-b5 with c6-c5,
so White has either to control the c5-square or to have pressure on the
d5-pawn in order to play b4-b5.} Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14. Nd2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16.
Ne2 Rfe8 17. Rab1 f5 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Nb3 b6 20. a5 Rc7 21. Rc2 Bf7 22. Qd2 Nf6
23. Qc1 Ne4 24. Nc3 $6 (24. g3 $5) 24... Nxc3 25. Rxc3 f4 $1 {[#] Black begins
to attack on the King side while White has nothing special on the other flank
yet.} 26. axb6 axb6 27. Bb5 fxe3 28. fxe3 Re6 29. Be2 h5 30. Bf3 Bh6 31. Na1 g5
$1 32. g4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Re4 34. Bf3 Rh4 35. Rb2 Be8 36. b5 g4 37. Rg2 Rg7 38.
Bd1 cxb5 39. Bb3 Bg6 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Bc2 Rh3 42. Re8 g3 43. Re5 Rxh2 44. Rxh2
gxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Be4 46. Bxe4+ dxe4 47. Qf1 Qg6 48. Qf5 Qxf5 49. Rxf5 Bxe3 50.
Nc2 Bd2 51. Rxb5 Rc7 52. Nb4 Rc4 53. Nd5 Rxd4 54. Kg2 Bg5 55. Nxb6 Kg6 56. Rd5
Rb4 57. Nd7 Bf4 58. Ne5+ Kf6 59. Nc6 Rb2+ 60. Kf1 e3 61. Nd4 Rf2+ 62. Ke1 Bg3
63. Kd1 Rd2+ 64. Kc1 Be5 65. Rxe5 Kxe5 66. Nf3+ Kf4 67. Nxd2 e2 0-1

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 {This pawn formation is typical for the
Exchange Variation of the Q.G.D. White employs the plan called the "minority
attack". He wants to create a weakness on c6 after b4-b5xc6. This plan is
rather unpleasant for Black.} Nb6 {Usually Black's chances are in attack on
the K-side. However here his KB isn't well placed (d6 would be a better square
for the Bishop), so he has to prevent White's activity first. Black intends to
swap his QB.} 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Be2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O (14... a6 $5 {In order to
exchange the a-pawn after b4-b5 and a6xb5, so Black would not be left with the
pawn on the a-file, which can be an additional target for White later on.}) 15.
b5 Qd6 16. Qd3 {White does not hurry with b5xc6 because Black cannot play
c6-c5 or c6xb5. It's important to note that Black cannot occupy the c4-square,
as the move Nb6-c4 will enable White to play e3-e4! using the shaky position
of the Knight.} Qa3 17. Rb1 Rfd8 18. Rb3 Qe7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 h5 21. g3 h4
22. Qa6 $1 Qe6 23. Bg2 hxg3 24. hxg3 Bf8 25. Na4 $16 Rdb8 26. Rdb1 Bd6 27. Nc5
Qc8 28. Qxc8+ Rxc8 {White has succeeded in creating a weakness on c6, Black
has to play carefully. In this game Korchnoi managed to defend Black's
position, which is quite upleasant. In fact Korchnoi has often employed the
minority attack himself.} 29. Nb7 $1 Be7 30. Na5 Rc7 31. Rc1 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5
33. Rxc5 Bxc5 34. Nc6 Rc8 35. Nxa7 Ra8 36. Rb5 Rxa7 37. Rxc5 Rxa2 38. Rb5 Ra1+
39. Kh2 Ra6 40. Rb1 Kg7 41. Bf1 Nc4 42. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Rfc1 Be6 15.
Nd2 Rfb8 $6 {This idea looks a bit suspect. It might be more logical for Black
to start some play on the Kingside after ...Rac8, ...f7-f5 and if necessary ...
g6-g5.} 16. Rab1 a5 {The point of Black's plan.} 17. bxa5 Nd7 18. a4 Rxa5 19.
Qc2 Ra7 20. Ne2 Nf8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Rb6 Qc7 25. Rcb1 Ra5
26. f4 $5 Nc5 $2 {This unexpected move does not quite work and in fact leads
to serious problems for Black.} 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. R6b3 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30.
Nxd5 Rxc2 31. Nxc7 Rxd2 32. Bxb5 Bf5 33. Bc6 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Rc2 35. Nd5 Kh7 36.
Nb4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bf8 38. Bd5 Rc5 39. Bxf7 Kg7 40. Be8 Rc2 41. Nxc2 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 35th"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2016.06.25"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Kunin, Vitaly L"]
[Black "Michalik, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.06.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bg5
c5 9. a4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Rd1 b3 14. Nxb3 Bb4+
15. Nc3 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Nd7 17. Rd4 a5 18. e3 O-O-O 19. Bb5 Bxg2 20. Rg1 Bd5 {
Diagramm [#]} 21. Rxb4 $5 (21. Nd2 Bb7 22. Ke2 $14) 21... axb4 22. Nxd5 exd5
23. Rg4 Nf8 24. Rxb4 Ne6 25. Nd4 {Weiß hat ausgezeichnete Kompensation und
volle Kontrolle über den Damenflügel - Schwarz muss sich um Gegenspiel über
die g-Linie bemühen} Kc7 (25... Rhg8 $2 26. Ba6+ Kc7 27. Rb7+ Kd6 28. Nf5+ Ke5
29. Nh6 $16) 26. Bd3 Rhg8 27. Nb5+ (27. Kf1 $5) 27... Kc6 28. Rh4 Rg1+ 29. Ke2
Ra1 30. Rxh7 Rxa4 31. Rxf7 Rb4 32. Rxf6 Rxb2+ 33. Kf1 Kd7 34. Rf7+ Kc6 35. Rf6
Kd7 36. Rf7+ Kc6 37. Re7 Nc5 38. Nd4+ Kd6 39. Nf5+ Kc6 40. Nd4+ Kd6 41. Nf5+
Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "186"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 Bb7 11. e5 $5 (11. Bg5) 11... Nd5 12. Ng5 $5 Be7 13. Qf3 (
13. Ne4 $5) 13... Bxg5 $1 14. Bxg5 N5b6 $10 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Bd2 $1 (16. Bd3
Nxe5) 16... O-O (16... Nxe5 17. Qg3 Ng6 18. Qc7 Qa7 19. Bxb4 Rc8 20. Qg3 c5 $10
) 17. Bd3 Rfc8 (17... Nxe5 $2 18. dxe5 Qxe5+ 19. Qe4 Qxa1+ 20. Ke2 $18) 18. O-O
(18. Qe4 $5) 18... Ba6 $1 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. a3 (20. a4 c5 $10) (20. Rfc1 c5 21.
Qb7 Rd8 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Qxd7 Raa8 $10) 20... c5 21. d5 (21. Qb7 Rd8 22. Qc7
Raa8 23. Bg5 Rac8 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Bxd8 Rxc7 26. Bxc7 h6 27. dxc5 Nxc5 $10)
21... b5 $1 (21... exd5 $2 22. Qg4 Ra7 23. Bh6 g6 24. e6 $18) (21... Nxe5 22.
Qe4 Ng6 23. dxe6 $16) 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rad1 (23. Rac1 Nxe5 24. Qe2 Qd8 $1) (
23. Qb7 Rc7 $8 24. axb4 Rxb7 25. bxa5 Nxe5 $10) 23... Qc7 24. axb4 c4 25. Bf4
$2 (25. bxc4 Nxe5 $10) 25... c3 26. Rd6 $6 (26. Qd3 c2 $17) 26... Rc6 $2 (26...
Nxe5 $1 27. Bxe5 Rxd6 28. Qg3 Rcd8 29. Bxc3 $17) 27. Qh3 $1 Nf8 28. Rc1 Qa7 (
28... c2 $1) 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qd3 Qa3 31. Qxb5 Rc8 32. Qd3 Qxb4 (32... Qxb3
33. b5 Ng6 34. Bd2 Nxe5 35. Rxc3) 33. Bd2 $1 $14 Qxb3 34. Rxc3 Qd1+ $1 (34...
Rxc3 35. Bxc3 $16) 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Rxc3 (36... Rd8 37. Be3 $14) 37. Bxc3
h5 38. Ke2 Ng6 39. Ke3 Ne7 40. Kd4 Kf7 41. Bd2 Nd5 42. f3 Ne7 43. g4 hxg4 $5 (
43... g6 $10) 44. fxg4 Nd5 45. Kc4 Ne7 46. Kd4 Nd5 47. Bg5 Nb4 48. Bf4 Nd5 49.
Bg5 Nb4 50. h3 Nd5 51. Bc1 Nb4 52. Bg5 Nd5 53. Kc4 Nb6+ 54. Kc5 Nd5 55. Kd4 Nb4
56. Bd2 Nd5 57. Kd3 Nb6 58. Ke4 Nd5 59. Kd4 Ne7 60. Kc5 Nd5 61. Kc6 Ne7+ 62.
Kd6 Nc8+ 63. Kc6 Ne7+ 64. Kc5 Nd5 65. h4 g6 $1 66. Kc6 Ne7+ 67. Kc7 Nd5+ 68.
Kb7 Ne7 69. Kc7 Nd5+ 70. Kc6 Ne7+ 71. Kc5 (71. Kd7 Nd5 72. h5 gxh5 73. gxh5 Ne7
74. h6 Nf5 75. h7 Kg7 76. Kxe6 Nh4 $10) 71... Nd5 72. Kb5 Ne7 73. Bg5 Nd5 74.
Kc4 Nc7 75. Kd4 Nd5 76. Bc1 Nb4 77. Ke4 Nd5 78. Bd2 Kg7 79. Kf3 Ne7 80. Kg3 Nd5
81. h5 gxh5 82. gxh5 Ne7 83. Kg4 Nf5 84. Bc1 (84. Kg5 Nh6 $10) 84... Nd4 85.
Ba3 Kh7 86. Bb2 Nf5 87. Bc1 Kg7 88. Bd2 Nd4 89. Bb4 Nc6 $1 90. Bc3 Nd8 91. Bd2
Nf7 92. Bf4 Kh7 93. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Minsk International"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1982.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1982.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 (8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxc4 11. e5 Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qe2 $14 {
Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/Luzern/1993/1:0/36/}) (8... Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11.
Qc2 a6 12. b4 f5 13. c5 $14 {Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Alcobendas(m/4)/1:0 
(37) Inf 59/459/}) 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 (11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13.
Qc2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bb3 Nf8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nc5 $14 {Yusupov,A-Gurevich,M/
Munchen/1993/1:0/98/}) 11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 (13. dxc6 $5 bxc6 14. Bb3
Bg4 $1 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 h5 $13 {Smirin,
I-Novikov,I/URS/1982/0:1/103/}) 13... O-O (13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ba4+
$16) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Nh4 Rd8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qh4 (
19. Rad1 Bc5 $6 (19... Bf8 $5) 20. Qh4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Kh7 22. h3 Re8 23. Rd3 Bf8
24. b3 g6 25. Rd6 $1 $16 {Vaganian,R-Dolmatov,S/Erevan(zt)/1982/}) 19... Bf8 $1
20. Rad1 Qe8 $1 $10 21. Nb1 $5 Kh7 (21... Nc4 $5 22. b3 Nb2 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24.
Nxd2 Qd8 $10) (21... Na4 $5 22. b3 Nc5 {/\Ne6-d4/}) 22. Nd2 g6 23. Ne3 Qe6 24.
b3 h5 $6 (24... Be7 $5 25. Qg3 (25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 f6 $10) 25... Rd4 $10)
25. Nf3 Be7 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 27. Qxg5 Rd4 $6 (27... f6 $142 28. Qg3 Rd4 29. f4 $1
$16) 28. f4 $1 Rxd1 (28... Rxe4 29. f5 Qe8 30. fxg6+ fxg6 31. Rf6 $16) (28...
f6 29. Qxg6+ (29. f5 fxg5 30. fxe6 $16) 29... Kxg6 30. f5+ Qxf5 31. Nxf5 Rxe4
32. Rd6 $16) 29. Rxd1 exf4 30. Qxf4 Qe7 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. g4 $1 Qc5 (32... hxg4
33. Nxg4 Nd7 34. e5 $1 $18) 33. b4 $1 Qxb4 (33... Qb5 34. Qd6 Kg8 35. Nf5 $1
Nc4 36. Qf6 Qe5 37. Ne7+ Kh7 38. Nxg6 $1 Qxf6 39. Nxf8+ Kg7 40. Rxf6 Kxf6 41.
gxh5 $18) 34. gxh5 Nd7 35. Rd1 $1 $18 Qe7 36. hxg6+ Kg8 (36... fxg6 37. Rxd7 $1
) 37. Qh6 $1 (37. Qh6 fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 39. Qh5+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Rxd7 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Biel-16 GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1983.07.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nemet, Ivan"]
[Black "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1983.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Qd8 8. Bd3
Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 (10. a3 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 f5 13. c5 Bf6 14.
a4 g5 15. b5 a5 $13 {Kramnik,V-Illescas (04)/Alcobendas m/1993/1:0/37/}) 11...
a6 12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Ba2 c5 $1 $10 {Kramnik,V-Illescas (02)/
Alcobendas m/1993/1:0/48/}) 10... O-O 11. Rfd1 (11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3
b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Bb7 $10 {Ree,H-Sveshnikov,E/Wijk/1981/}) (11. Rac1 a6 12.
Rfd1 f5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Qb1 Qe7 $10 {Cvitan,O-Nikolic,P/JUG ch/1982/}) 11... f5
(11... a6 12. Rac1 f5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Ne2 Nf6 15. cxd5 cxd5 $10 {Beliavsky,
A-Sveshnikov,E/Kislovodsk/1982/}) 12. Rac1 (12. Rab1 a6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a4 Nf6
15. Rdc1 Ne4 $13 {Torre,E-Ribli,Z (05)/Alicante m/1983/}) 12... Bd6 13. Qc2 Qf6
14. Ne2 g5 (14... e5 $142 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10) 15. Qc3 Rf7 $6 (
15... e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 $13) 16. b4
a6 17. a4 g4 $6 (17... e5 $1 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb3 Be6 21. cxd5
Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $14) 18. Ne1 h5 (18... e5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qb3 $16)
19. b5 $16 dxc4 20. Bxc4 cxb5 21. axb5 a5 (21... axb5 22. Bxb5 Nf8 23. Nd3 $16)
22. Nd3 Nb6 $6 (22... Nf8 $142 23. Ne5 Rc7) 23. Ba2 Nd7 (23... Bd7 24. Ne5 Rg7
25. Nf4 $16) 24. Nef4 Nf8 25. Ne5 Rh7 (25... Rc7 26. Qxc7 Bxc7 27. Rxc7 $18)
26. Qxc8 $1 Rxc8 27. Rxc8 Rc7 28. Re8 $1 Kh7 (28... Re7 29. Bxe6+ Kh7 30. Nd5
$18) 29. b6 Rc2 (29... Re7 $142 30. Rd8 Bb4 31. Rc1 $16) 30. Bxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxe6
Qd8 32. Nf7 $18 Qc8 33. Ng5+ $1 (33. Nxd6 Rc1 $1 $132) 33... Kg8 34. Rg6+ Kf8 (
34... Kh8 35. Nxh5 Rc1 36. Nf7+ Kh7 37. Rg7#) 35. Nfe6+ Ke7 36. Rg7+ Kf6 37. e4
$5 fxe4 38. d5 Qc4 $2 (38... Ke5 $8) 39. Nh7+ (39. Nh7+ Ke5 40. Rg5#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1989.03.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1989.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 O-O 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nh4 Nb6 15.
Bb3 Qf6 {Bulletin: 'N'} 16. g3 {'?!' Bulletin.} g6 17. Rc1 Bh3 {Bulletin: '17..
.Ba6'} 18. Re1 Kg7 19. Qe2 Rad8 20. Na4 Bb4 21. Red1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nxa4 23.
Bxa4 Rb8 {'=/+!' Bulletin.} 24. Rc1 Rb6 {'!' Bulletin.} 25. Ng2 Qd6 26. Qc2 {
'!' Bulletin.} (26. Ne3 Qd2 $1 27. Rc2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Bc5 $1 29. Nc4 Ra6 30. Bb3
Bd4 $17 {/\ ...c6-c5}) 26... Qd4 {'!' Bulletin.} 27. Rd1 Qc5 28. Qe2 Qe7 29.
Ne3 Bc5 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. b3 Qe6 32. Kh1 {'?' Bulletin.} Bd4 {'?!' Bulletin.} (
32... Rxa4 $1 33. bxa4 Bg4 34. f3 Qxc4 $1 $19) 33. f3 h5 34. Rc1 c5 35. Na3 a6
36. Nc2 Rb6 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Kg1 Qe7 39. Bc6 Be6 40. Qc2 Qg5 41. f4 (41. Re1
d3 42. Qc5 d2 43. Rd1 Rxc6 44. Qxc6 Qe3+ $19) 41... exf4 42. Qd2 d3 {'!'
Bulletin.} 43. Rc3 Qe5 44. Qxd3 fxg3 45. hxg3 Rb4 46. Qe3 Rd4 47. Rc1 g5 48.
Rf1 Rd6 {'!' Bulletin.} 49. Bb7 a5 50. Rc1 Kg6 51. Rf1 Rd8 52. Ba6 Qd4 53. Qxd4
Rxd4 54. Rf2 a4 {'!' Bulletin.} 55. Rf3 Rd1+ 56. Bf1 axb3 57. axb3 Rb1 58. Kf2
Rb2+ 59. Be2 Bxb3 60. Ke3 Be6 61. Bd3 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Litinskaya, Marta I"]
[Black "Cosma, Elena Luminita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. b4 Be7
15. Rb1 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 O-O 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Qe4 g6 20. Rfd1 Bg7 21. c5
Qf6 22. h4 e5 23. h5 Bf5 24. Qxb7 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qf5 26. Rbd1 e4 27. Nd4 Qf4 28.
Ne2 Qg4 29. Re3 Rfe8 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. b5 Rab8 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. b6 Re5 34. Qd6
Rbe8 35. c6 Rg5 36. g3 Rh5 37. Nf4 Rf5 38. Qxg6 $4 Rxf4 (38... Qxd1+) 39. Qxe8+
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bb4 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 {'!' Bulletin.} dxc4 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bxc4 b6 13. Ne4 {
'!' Bulletin.} Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Rfd1 Nf8 16. a3 Be7 17. h4 {'!' Bulletin.}
Rc8 18. Nh2 Rc7 19. Ng4 Rd7 (19... Bxh4 $2 20. Nd6 Ree7 21. g3 Bg5 22. f4 $18)
20. Nef6+ {'!?' Bulletin.} gxf6 21. Nxh6+ {'?' Bulletin. Bulletin: 'Thomas
Ernst in 'Sonntagszeitung Zürich'.'} (21. Rd3 $1 {Thomas Ernst publizierte in
der Sonntagszeitung Zürich die folgende Analyse.} fxe5 (21... Ng6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7
23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Bxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qg4+ Kd5 26. Qxg6 Bf8 27. Re1 $18) (21...
Kg7 22. Qd2 Nh7 23. Nxh6 $1 Rf8 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. Rg8+ Rxg8 26. Nxf7+ Kg7 27.
Bxe6 $18) (21... Rxd4 22. Rad1 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxg4 (23... c5 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25.
Nxh6+ Kh7 26. Nxf7 $18) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 26. Be2 Rg6 27. Qb8 $18) (
21... f5 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ng6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bxe6 $18)
22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh5+ Ng6 25. Qh7+ Kf6 (25... Kf8 26. Bxe6 Bf6
27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd6 29. dxe5+ $18) 26. Rf3+ Nf4 27. Qh6+ Kf5 28. Bd3+ e4
29. Rxf4#) 21... Kg7 22. Qh5 Ng6 23. Nxf7 Nf4 {'!' Bulletin.} (23... Kxf7 24.
Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bxe6 $18) 24. Qh6+ Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Rd3 fxe5 27. Qh6+ Kf7 28.
Bxe6+ {Bulletin: '28.Qh7+= Dauerschach'} Nxe6 29. Rf3+ Bf6 30. dxe5 Rh8 31.
Rxf6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qf5 Nd4 34. Rd1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. g3
a6 9. Bg2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 (10... Nbd7 $5) 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Be3 Rd8 13. dxc5 Bxc5
14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Ne4 {'!' Bulletin.} Nxe4 (15... Qe7 $5 16. Nd6+ Kf8 $13) 16.
Qxe4 Rxd1+ {'?!' Bulletin. Bulletin: '16...0-0'} 17. Rxd1 O-O 18. Ne1 {'!'
Bulletin.} Na5 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qd7 {'+/-' Bulletin.} Qb8 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Qxb7
Nxb7 23. Rd7 Nc5 24. Rc7 Na4 25. Nd3 Rb8 26. Ra7 e5 27. Nxe5 Nxb2 28. Nxf7 Nc4
29. Ng5 a5 30. Ne6 Re8 31. Nd4 b4 32. e3 Re5 33. Kg2 g6 34. g4 h5 35. h3 hxg4
36. hxg4 Rc5 37. Kg3 Nd2 38. Nb3 Nxb3 39. axb3 Rc3 40. Rxa5 Rxb3 41. Kf4 Rb2
42. f3 b3 43. Rb5 Kf7 44. Kg5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 10th"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1992.11.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1992.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 (9... Qd8) 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 (12... e5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxg6 $18) (12... Kh8 13. Rad1 e5 14. d5 $14) 13.
Rad1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 (14... Ba6 $5 15. Rfe1 c5 16. d5 c4 17. d6 Qd8 (17... cxb3
18. dxe7 bxc2 19. exf8=Q+ $16) 18. Qe2 $1 $14) 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. e5 $5 Nf8 17.
Qe2 c5 (17... Rd7 $5 18. Ne4 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Qc4 Re8 (21... Rd7 $2 22. e6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 $18) (21... Ne6)
22. h4 $6 (22. g3 $142 $1 Ne6 23. Nh4 Kh7 24. f4 $16 Red8 $6 25. Nxg6 $1 $40)
22... Ne6 23. g3 Nc7 24. Bc6 Red8 25. Qa4 a6 26. Bd7 b5 27. Qg4 Rb8 28. e6 $6
Nxe6 (28... fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Nxe6 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rxe6 $16) 29. Bxe6 Rxd1 30.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxd1 Qf5 (31... Bxb2 32. Rd6 $44) (31... Rf8 $5) 32. Qxf5 gxf5
33. Rd5 c4 34. Ne5 Rc8 35. Kf1 b4 36. Ke2 c3 37. bxc3 Rxc3 (37... bxc3 38. Kd1)
38. Nd3 Rc2+ 39. Kf3 (39. Kf1 $5) 39... Rxa2 40. Nxb4 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 a5 42. Nc6
a4 (42... f4 43. gxf4 (43. Rxa5 f3+ 44. Kd1 Rd3+ 45. Kc2 Rc3+ $17) (43. Nxa5
fxg3 $10) 43... a4 $10) 43. Ne7+ Kf7 44. Nxf5 Bf8 45. Ra5 Ra2+ 46. Kf3 a3 47.
h5 Rb2 48. Nxh6+ Bxh6 49. Rxa3 Bf8 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Rc7 Bg7 52. Rd7 Bc3 53. Rd1
Rd2 54. Rxd2 (54. Rf1 Bd4 55. g4 Kg7 56. g5 $14) 54... Bxd2 55. g4 Kf7 56. Ke4
Kg7 57. f4 Bc1 58. Ke5 Bd2 59. Kf5 Bc1 60. Ke5 Bd2 61. f5 Bc3+ 62. Ke6 Kh6 63.
Kf7 Ba1 64. Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 68th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2011.02.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2011.02.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 {I did not expect this. Kamil
usually plays 5.e3.} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7
11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 {We reached a sharp Moscow
Variation position. My specific knowledge about the 14.Re1 line was limited to
the fact that Viswanathan Anand played 14...Bf8 with Radjabov (Wijk aan Zee,
2008) and got a good game, though eventually lost.} Bf8 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. e5 ({
He could have repeated by} 16. Bd6 {with a silent draw offer and I do not know
what I would have done. Anyway, I was pleased to see the ambitious text move.})
16... O-O (16... c5 {was another option, but I preferred to hide my king first.
}) 17. Bf3 Qe7 18. Ne4 c5 $5 {#} ({I felt obliged to do this sharp move. After
the passive} 18... Rad8 {I was afraid of} 19. Nd6 Ba8 20. b3 {when I have
neither space, nor counter play and, besides, my queenside is going to be
destroyed. On the other hand, the text move leads to wild complications of an
unpredictable result.}) 19. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Be4 (21. Bxa6 $2 {
loses after} Rb6 {when the bishop is trapped.}) 21... cxd4 22. Qh5 $1 {#} ({
Black has no problems after} 22. Qxd4 Nc5 {when I probably stand better. The
text threatens 23.Qh7 mate, so I have to move the rook. But where to place it?
It is clear that White are going to attack through f2-f4 or h2-h4 and my king
may need to escape in the queenside direction. I assessed that}) 22... Rfd8 $5
{serves the purpose best. Indeed, I was aware that the White's Bg3 may soon
occupy the diagonal h4-d8 and I will have to sacrifice the exchange. However,
it was the least of my concerns.} 23. h4 (23. f4 {was also dangerous. While
calculating over the board I felt uneasy about the line} gxf4 24. Bxf4 Qc5 25.
Kh1 ({, but missed that White had much stronger} 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. Bg6 $3 {
with a winning attack. Fortunately, I was not bound to resolve the problem
over the board, but I would have had to seek for something better than 24...
Qc5.})) 23... gxh4 24. Bxh4 Qc5 {#} 25. Bxd8 $6 ({A big relief! I was afraid of
} 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. Qg5 $5 {. The point is that Black cannot play} Nxe5 $2 {
, because of} 27. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 (27... Bxe5 28. Qg8#) 28. Qe7# {. On the other
hand, if Black does nothing, White unfolds an attack through Re1-e4, Ra1-e1
and Re4-g4.}) 25... Rxd8 26. Qh4 $1 ({White has to play f2-f4, but if he does
it at once} 26. f4 {, I can go} d3+ 27. Kh1 Qd4 {and} 28. Qh4 {is met by} Nc5
$1 {with a clear advantage. So he played a zwischenzug 26.Qh4 in order to
misplace my rook. However, at this moment, I already felt I stood better.})
26... Re8 27. f4 d3+ 28. Kh1 Qd4 {#The assessment of the position should
include the following factors: a) the black knight is ready to jump to c5,
where it will be very strong; b) white pawn b2 is hanging and c) Black are
just about to advance his pawns' phalanx. In overall, Black's advantage is
pretty obvious.} 29. Rad1 Nc5 {The knight protects me against Bxd3 ideas and
forces the bishop to leave the central outpost.} 30. Bh7+ {My opponent keeps
the bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal, where it looks at the black pawns and might
block them, if they were placed on c3 and d2.} Kf8 31. b3 c3 {#} 32. Qh3 {
Setting a last-ditch trap: if I play 32. ..c2? he might retort 33. Rxd3! Nxd3.
34.Qxd3 liquidating to the ending with opposite-colored bishops, which may be
drawish. But...} Rd8 $1 {I did not fall for it and my opponent resigned, since
my pawns are unstoppable, e.g. 33.Rf1 c2 34.Rd2 Qxf4! 35. Rxf4 c1Q+ and Qxd2.
Up to this game (of the 8th round) my play was of mixed quality, far from what
I had expected. Therefore, having defeated a strong GM after interesting fight,
increased my spirits highly.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 ({Zur Botwininnikvariante
führt} 5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3
Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5) 6. Bh4 ({Die Moskauer Variante
entsteht nach} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Schwarz hat dort wenig Sorgen.}) 6... dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Im Unterschied zur Botwinnikvariante hat Schwarz einen Bauern
mehr.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({Die Alternative ist} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 O-O 16. bxc4 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1
Qxh4 {1-0 (59) Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2750) Linares 2009}) 10... Nbd7 11.
Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 $5 ({Häufiger geschieht} 14... e5 {
und nun:} 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Re6 Bc8 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 $14 {1-0 (45) Anand,V (2788)-Leko,P (2752)
Moscow 2009}) 15. Nb1 ({Der Hauptfortsetzung ist hier} 15. Bxb4 Qb6 16. Ba3
Qxd4 {und nun spielte So kürzlich selbst mit Weiß:} 17. Qc2 c5 18. Rfd1 Qe5
19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. b3 Rac8 23. Ng3 Be5 24. Bb2 Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 Qe5 26. Qe2 Nb8 27. Qh5 Qf6 28. Be2 Rd4 29. Rd3 Nd7 30. Rdc3 Rd8 31. Qf3
Qxf3 32. Rxf3 a5 33. Re3 Bc6 34. f3 Kf8 35. Nf1 Rb8 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 exf5
38. Re6 Bd5 39. Rxh6 Bxb3 40. Ng3 f4 41. Ne4 Rxa4 42. Rh7 Rd4 43. Nxc5 Nxc5 44.
Rxc5 a4 45. Rxg5 Rbd8 46. Rf5+ Kg8 47. Rh4 R8d7 48. Rg4+ Rg7 49. Rgxf4 Rxf4 50.
Rxf4 Rb7 51. Bc4+ Kg7 52. Rd4 Bc2 53. Rd2 Bb1 54. Bd3 Rd7 55. Ke2 Re7+ 56. Kd1
{1-0 (56) So,W (2684)-Andersen,M (2462) Reykjavik 2013}) 15... Nf6 (15... c5 $5
{kam auch in Betracht.}) 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 ({In der einzigen
Vorgängerpartie mit 15.Sb1 geschah} 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 (19... Rc8 $11)
20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3 Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26.
Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6 28. Nd6 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kh2 Rc3 31. Qxd4 Nd5 32.
hxg5 hxg5 33. Qg4 {1-0 (33) Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733) Monte Carlo 2011}
) 18... Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 (20. h3 a5 21. Be1 c3 {ist gut für Schwarz.}
) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22. Qb3 $2 ({Nach} 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qd4 O-O 24. cxd6
Bxd6 25. Bc3 {muss Weiß ums Remis kämpfen.}) ({Richtig war} 22. Qe1 Rd4 23.
Ba5 Qb8 24. Ra3 {mit komplizierter Stellung und gleichen Chancen.}) 22... Qf4
$15 {Der drohende Schwenk der schwarzen Dame auf die h-Linie ist sehr
unangenehm. Zudem muss sich Weiß um den f2 kümmern.} 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4
Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. c6 $2 ({Richtig war sofort} 26. Rf1 {und nun:} Qg3 27.
Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. cxd6 $15 {mit Remischancen.}) 26... Bxc6 27. Rf1
Qg3 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Bh5 (29. Bc3 O-O 30. Nb6 Bb7 $19) 29... Rd4 30. Bxf7+ Kd7
31. Bc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33. Kf2 Rf4+ (33... Rf4+ 34. Ke2 Rxf1 35. Kxf1 Rf8
$19) 0-1

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2014.11.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.10.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 (5. Bh4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 g5 {doesn't
score well for White.}) 5... Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10.
Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Qb3 b6 (12... Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Be4 Na6
16. a3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 {held chances for both sides in Fedoseev-Negi,
Moscow 2012.}) 13. Be4 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Na6 15. a3 Rfd8 16. Rd2 c5 {Black has
achieved c5 and White is not ready for d5, so the game is equal.} 17. Rad1 (17.
d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxc3 {is not good for White as d2 is hanging.}) 17... cxd4 18.
exd4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nc7 20. Nc3 {Black could claim a very sligiht advantage as
he can work against the isolated pawn, but it is far from easy; c6 is weak and
d5 would always simplify into equality.} Rd7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd2 23.
Rxd2 Qg5 24. Rd7 Qxe5 {Black has won a pawn but now his pieces lack
coordination. It seems as if Andreikin has just enough activity to make
Black's task very difficult.} 25. g3 Na6 $6 (25... Ne8 {retained chances to
untangle.}) 26. Qd1 Rf8 27. Rxa7 Nc5 28. Qf3 Qb8 29. Nb5 Qe5 30. Nc3 Qb8 31.
Nb5 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 $5 ({
The popularity of the Moscow variation has decreased over the past years as a
result of the fact that Black has found reliable ways to reach a solid
position with possibilities of counterplay in the main variation startingwith} 
7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1 g6 {With his last move, Ivanchuk intends to give the position
the character of a Catalan, which can lead to very interesting play,
especially in the case Black opens the long diagonal by capturing on c4.}) 7...
Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 $5 ({This seems to be a new move and it
certainly brings up a new approach. Usually, White tries to win back the
sacrificed pawn as soon as possible, but this generally allows Black to obtain
sufficient counterplay. One relatively recent game played at top level went} 
10. e3 O-O 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qxc4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Be6 14. dxe5 Qxf3 15. Bxf3 Bxb3 16.
axb3 Nd7 {with approximate equality, Kramnik-Vallejo, Linares 2003.}) 10... O-O
11. Rfd1 {#White's idea starts to cristalise. He develops in a natural way,
relying on the fact that Black's useful neutral moves have more or less come
to an end. With the queen isolated from the queen side, Black can hardly
consider playing b5, which can be strongly answered by a4 or even Nh4!?} e5 {
This central break is probably the only way to justify Black's slightly
unnatural way of development. However, WHite is perfectly prepared for it,
which speaks about Ivanchuk's power of anticipation.} 12. d5 $1 Nc5 13. Nd2 Bf5
14. Qc1 Rad8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc4 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bg6 18. b4 Na6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8
20. a3 {White has obtained a more pleasant position, because of his better
pawn structure. Ivanchuk's accurate manoeuvring in the next phase of the game
will allow him to gradually amplify his minimal advantage.} Nc7 21. Na4 e4 22.
Nc5 Qe5 23. Nb7 Rd7 24. Na5 Bf6 25. Bh3 Ne6 26. Ra2 Rc7 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Rc2
Bh5 29. Ng2 Bg5 30. Nf4 Qd6 31. Kg2 Qd7 32. h4 Bxf4 33. Qxf4 Rc8 34. Rd2 Qe6
35. Nb7 Re8 36. Nc5 Qc4 37. g4 Bg6 38. h5 Bh7 39. e3 a5 {#Just when having
obtained a dream position, Ivanchuk unexpectedely overstepped the time limit,
which suddenly deprived him of any chances to win (to quote Eduard Gufeld).
After 40.Qc7 (threatening Rd8 with mate) 40...Kh8 41.Qxa5 he would have won an
esential pawn, maintaining the positional superiority.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-C 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sachdev, Tania"]
[Black "De Jong, Jan Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. Bxd4 Be7 14. f3 O-O 15.
Rc1 Rfc8 16. Nc4 Qd8 17. Be2 Bc6 18. Nab2 Bb5 19. O-O Nc5 20. Qe3 Qf8 21. Rc2
Rd8 22. Rd1 Rac8 {#} 23. Kh1 $1 {A sensible prophylactic measure. It avoids
tactics based on Rxd4 followed by knight-does-something-nasty and then Bc5,
when things could get ugly.} a6 24. Rdc1 Nfd7 25. Qf2 Nb7 26. Rd1 Nf6 27. Rcd2
h6 28. Qf1 Nd7 29. e5 Qe8 30. Be3 Nb8 {#} 31. Nd6 $1 {Although clearly
desirable, Tania still had to be sure this wasnt going to simply condemn her
pawn to a quick death. As the adage goes, "pawns go forward, but never back."}
Nxd6 32. exd6 Bf6 33. Bb6 Bxe2 34. Qxe2 Rd7 35. Nc4 {Looks like Black will
have to give up the exchange to rid himself of that giant thorn on d6.} Rb7 36.
Qe4 Qd7 37. Bc7 Rbxc7 38. dxc7 Qxc7 39. Nd6 Bc3 {#} 40. Nxc8 $1 {Well
calculated!} Bxd2 41. Ne7+ Kf8 {#Black thinks he will get the piece since the
knight is seemingly trapped and the bishop on d2 cannot be captured due to the
back rank mate, but Sachdev shows she has calculated this to perfection.} 42.
Qd4 Bf4 (42... Bc3 {doesn't work either.} 43. Qd8+ Qxd8 44. Rxd8+ Kxe7 45. Rxb8
) 43. Nc8 Nc6 (43... Qxc8 44. Qxb4+ Ke8 45. Qxf4) 44. Qc5+ Ke8 45. Nd6+ Bxd6
46. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14. f3 {
Im 14. Zug weicht Aronian von der unlängst zwischen beiden Partnern in
Zürich gespielten Partie ab. Alles in allem ist hier kein Kampfgeist
erkennbar - bei beiden nicht!} (14. f4 b6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O
18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Ba6 21. Ne4 Bd3 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Nd5 exd5 24.
Rxd3 d4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 cxd4 27. Ke2 f6 28. Kd3 fxe5 29. fxe5 Rc8 30.
Rd1 Bg5 31. Ke4 Be3 32. Rd3 Kf7 33. Ra3 Rc7 34. Be2 Ke7 35. Ra4 Bc1 36. Rxd4
Bxb2 37. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 (37) Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2798) Zuerich 2016}) 14...
Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 19. h4 Rac8 20. f4 {
Diagramm [#] Die Stellung ist vollkommen ausgeglichen, doch Schwarz hat
immerhin noch das Läuferpaar und die eine oder andere Hebelmöglichkeit - er
könnte den Anziehenden noch ein wenig ärgern.} Bf6 21. b4 Rg7 22. Be2 g5 23.
hxg5 hxg5 24. fxg5 (24. Rh6 Ke7 25. g3 {war ebenfalls gut.}) 24... Bxg5 25. Bf3
Ba6 26. Nc4 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 f4 28. e4 Be7 29. a3 e5 {Diagramm [#] Dies kann
jetzt eigentlich nur noch eines werden: Giris achtes Remis in der achten
Partie.} 30. dxe5 Ke6 31. Ke2 Kxe5 32. Rh5+ Bg5 33. Bg4 Rd8 34. Rxc6 Kxe4 35.
Re6+ Kd4 36. Rh3 Kc4 37. Re5 Kd4 38. Re6 Kc4 39. Bf5 Re7 40. Rxe7 Bxe7 41. Rh7
Bd6 42. Rxa7 Re8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Snowdrops-Old Hands"]
[Site "Podebrady"]
[Date "2013.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Ziaziulkina, Nastassia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.11.30"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.12.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Old Hands"]
[BlackTeam "Snowdrops"]
[WhiteClock "0:10:41"]
[BlackClock "0:16:26"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. h4 $5 {This probably came as a surprise for Black.} (9. Be2 {is the main
move in this position.}) 9... g4 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13.
Rd1 Qf6 14. e5 Qf5 15. Qd4 Be7 16. h5 c5 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Be2 Qg5 19. Qc2 Nd7
20. Ne4 Qf5 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxf5 exf5 23. Rxd6 Bb7 ({Black should have taken
the pawn.} 23... Bxg2) 24. Bh4 Nf8 25. a4 (25. b3 $1 {This move, proposed by
Petr Boleslav during the analysis of GM Ján Plachetka, gives White a
substantial advantage.}) 25... a6 26. Rb6 Bd5 27. Rd6 Bb7 28. Rb6 {White has a
better position, but the game is essentially drawn.} Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 5th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2009.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 131"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 O-O ({Another option is Eine andere
Möglichkeit ist} 11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 {as Karjakin played against me in Nice.
The text usually leads to more complicated play, and therefore it's not
surprising that Topalov chose it. wie Karjakin gegen mich in Nizza spielte.
Der Textzug führt meist zu komplizierterem Spiel, daher ist es nicht
überraschend, dass Topalov ihn wählte.}) 12. e5 Qe7 13. Qe2 b5 {Not the most
usual, Black usually takes a more restrained approach by playing b6 here or on
the next move. The text is probably not bad either however.  Nicht das Übliche,
normalerweise schlägt Schwarz mit b6 hier oder im nächsten Zug eine
zurückhaltendere Gangart ein. Der Text ist aber wahrscheinlich auch nicht
schlecht.} 14. Bd3 Bb7 (14... b4 15. Na4 c5 {was an interesting, but risky
alternative. White should probably continue war eine interessante, aber
riskante Alternative. Weiß sollte darauf wahrscheinlich mit} 16. Rac1 (16. Be4
Rb8 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfc1 Qa5 {is absolutely fine for Black.
ist absolut in Ordnung für Schwarz.}) 16... cxd4 17. Qe4 Rb8 (17... Nb6 18.
Nxb6 Bb7 19. Nxa8 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 {must be better for White, as the knight can
escape via c7. muss besser für Weiß sein, denn der Springer kann über c7
entkommen.}) 18. Rc7 {with the initiative. fortsetzen, mit Initiative.}) 15.
Be4 Rfd8 $6 {I don't think he should have commited the rook this early, as it
might be needed on c8 soon. The immediate ...Rab8 was better. Ich glaube nicht,
dass er den Turm so früh hätte festlegen sollen, da dieser bald auf c8
gebraucht werden könnte. Das sofortige ...Rab8 war besser.} 16. Rac1 (16. Nxb5
Nxe5 $11 {is the tactical justification of Black's last move. ist die
taktische Rechtfertigung des letzten schwarzen Zuges.}) 16... Rab8 17. Rfd1 a6
18. h4 (18. Nb1 $5 {with the obvious idea of Nd2-b3 is a common plan in this
structure. There could follow mit der offensichtlichen Idee Nd2-b3 ist ein
geläufiger Plan in dieser Struktur. Es könnte folgen} Rdc8 19. Nbd2 Ba8 20. Qe3
$1 {A great preparatory move, shown by the engines. Ein großartiger
Vorbereitungszug, angezeigt von den Engines.} (20. Nb3 c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 {
with equality is what discouraged me from playing 18.Nb1. mit Ausgleich ist
das, was mich von 18.Nb1 abhielt.}) 20... c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne4 {and since
22...cxd4 can now be met by Qxd4, White has a clear initative. und da 22...
cxd4 jetzt mit Qxd4 begegnet werden kann, hat Weiß eine klare Initative.})
18... Ba8 19. Rc2 $6 {Probably a little too slow. Vermutlich ein bisschen zu
langsam.} (19. h5 g5 20. Nh2 {with the idea of putting the knight on the
excellent square g4, was more consistent. mit der Idee, den Springer auf das
ausgezeichnete Feld g4 zu stellen, war konsequenter.}) 19... Rdc8 20. Rdc1 Qf8
$1 {A good prophylactic move, which Topalov made immediately. The idea can
clearly be seen in the line Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug, den Topalov sofort
spielte. Die Idee wird deutlich in dem Abspiel} (20... c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne4
{when the pin on the c-file causes Black problems. , wonach die Fesselung auf
der c-Linie Schwarz Probleme bereitet.}) 21. a4 $6 {I was not sure of what to
do here, and decided to try and disturb his queenside play a little. However,
Ich war nicht sicher, was ich hier tun sollte, und beschloss zu versuchen,
sein Spiel am Damenflügel ein bisschen zu stören.} c5 $6 ({after the simple
Doch nach dem einfachen} 21... b4 22. Nb1 c5 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. dxc5 Rxc5 (24...
Nxc5 25. Qc4 $1) 25. Nbd2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rc8 {Black even has a slight
initiative, thanks to the weaknesses on e5 and a4. It's hard to explain why
both players missed this. hat Schwarz sogar eine leichte Initiative dank der
Schwächen auf e5 und a4. Es ist schwer zu erklären, warum beide Spieler dies
übersahen.}) 22. axb5 {Now White is better again. Jetzt steht Weiß wieder
besser.} cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe4 $2 {A huge mistake, probably based on a tactical
oversight. Ein Riesenfehler, vermutlich basierend auf einem taktischen
Versehen.} (23... axb5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 {would have kept White out of c6 for the
time being, and retained decent chances of counterplay after hätte Weiß
zunächst einmal von c6 ferngehalten und ordentliche Gegenspielchancen gewahrt
nach} 25. f4 Qd8 $1 {with ideas of ...Nxe5 and g5. mit Ideen wie ...Nxe5 und
g5.}) 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 axb5 (25... Bxe5 {would be desirable, and was
probably my opponent's intention, but it loses material to wäre wünschenswert
und war vermutlich auch die Absicht meines Gegners, doch dies verliert
Material nach} 26. Nc6 (26. Rd2 {is actually even better. ist sogar noch
besser.}) 26... Rxb5 27. Rd2 Qa8 (27... Qe8 {gives White a choice between
lässt Weiß die Wahl zwischen} 28. Nxe5 (28. f4 Bxf4 29. Rxd7 {and even und
sogar}) (28. Qxb5 axb5 29. Nxe5 {also winning material. , ebenfalls mit
Materialgewinn.}) 28... Rxe5 29. Nf6+)) 26. Nc6 Rb6 (26... Nxe5 27. Nxb8 Qxb8 {
loses in the long run. verliert auf lange Sicht.}) 27. f4 {Now Black can
hardly move. Nun kann Schwarz kaum ziehen.} Qa8 (27... Nb8 28. Na7 $1 {is
aesthetically pleasing and more or less decisive. ist etwas fürs Auge und mehr
oder weniger entscheidend.}) 28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. h5 Ra6 {The only active move
Black has. Der einzige aktive Zug, den Schwarz hat.} 30. hxg6+ fxg6 31. Rc7 $1
{A very pleasing move, after which Black is finished. Ein sehr angenehmer Zug,
nach dem Schwarz erledigt ist.} Ra1+ 32. Kf2 $2 {But now there is some
excitement again. Aber nun gibt es wieder ein bisschen Aufregung.} ({I thought
the most natural Ich dachte, das sehr natürliche} 32. Kh2 {would give Black
some unnecessary counterplay after gäbe Schwarz unnötiges Gegenspiel nach} Nxe5
{, but this fails to the simple , aber dies scheitert an dem einfachen} (32...
Qd8 33. Qd3 Qxe7 34. Nf6+ $1) 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. Nd5+ Bg7 35. Qxe5 Qf8 36. Rxg7+
Qxg7 37. Nf6+ {when Black is mated or loses the queen. wonach Schwarz
mattgesetzt wird oder die Dame verliert.}) 32... Qd8 33. Qd3 $1 {This is the
trick. Das ist der Trick.} Qxe7 (33... Qxc7 {The rook is taboo due to Der Turm
ist tabu wegen} 34. Ng5+ hxg5 (34... Kh8 35. Nf7+ Kh7 36. Qxg6#) 35. Qxg6+ Kh8
36. Qh5+ {and mates. und Matt.}) 34. Rxd7 (34. Nf6+ {was easily winning as
well. gewann ebenfalls leicht.}) 34... Qh4+ 35. Kf3 Qh5+ (35... Kh8 36. Rxg7
Kxg7 {Otherwise Rg8+ or Rh7+ might follow. Ansonsten könnte Rg8+ oder Rh7+
folgen.} 37. Nf6 Ra7 38. Qd8 {is also completely over. ist ebenfalls komplett
gelaufen.}) 36. Kg3 {Black has no more checks, and his king has no protection.
A great way to start the tournament! Schwarz hat keine Schachs mehr, und sein
König keinen Schutz. Ein toller Einstieg in das Turnier!} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Carlsen,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 {I figured that this might be a
reasonable choice since Onischuk doesn't usually play the Moscow with Black,
and avoids it by choosing the sharper Bh4 with White. Dies schien mir eine
vernünftige Wahl zu sein, denn Onischuk spielt die Moskauer Variante
gewöhnlich nicht mit Schwarz, und mit Weiß vermeidet er sie durch das
schärfere 5.Bh4.} Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 {I don't honestly believe that
White has serious chances of obtaining an advantage in the lines starting with
7...Nd7 8.e4, but I felt that Onischuk probably wasn't ready for this
challenge. Ich glaube nicht wirklich, dass Weiß in den Abspielen mit 7...Nd7 8.
e4 ernste Chancen auf Vorteil hat, aber ich spürte, dass Onischuk für diese
Herausforderung wahrscheinlich nicht bereit war.} 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2
(10. h4 {is sharper and probably stronger, and certainly the critical line. It
wasn't such positions I was aiming for, though. ist schärfer und womöglich
starker, und auf jeden Fall auch das kritische Abspiel. Dies war aber nicht
der Stellungstyp, den ich anstrebte.}) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 {I was
quite happy with the outcome of the opening, but it is hard to believe that
White has anything serious still. Ich war mit dem Ausgang der Eröffnung ganz
zufrieden, doch es fällt trotzdem schwer zu glauben, dass Weiß etwas
Ernsthaftes hat.} e5 {Perhaps not the most accurate, the waiting move
Vielleicht nicht das Genaueste; der Wartezug} (12... Qe7 {was worth
considering. The text should, however, be fine as well. kam in Betracht. Doch
auch der Textzug sollte in Ordnung sein.}) 13. Ne4 {The only way to play for
an advantage, after 13.d5 Nb6 or 13.dxe5 Nxe5 White could even have ended up
worse. Der einzige Weg, auf Vorteil zu spielen; nach 13.d5 Nb6 oder 13.dxe5
Nxe5 könnte Weiß am Ende sogar schlechter stehen.} Qe7 $6 (13... Qf5 $1 {
was actually quite interesting, and what I had considered best during the game.
Even though White is allowed to put the knight on d6 he has nothing. On the
other hand, 13...Qf5 is a difficult move to make, allowing the knight to jump
to d6 with tempo. war tatsächlich ziemlich interessant und wurde von mir
während der Partie auch als Bestes eingestuft. Obwohl Weiß erlaubt wird, den
Springer nach d6 zu fahren, hat er nichts. Andererseits macht man einen Zug
wie 13...Qf5 nicht ohne Weiteres, schließlich wird ja dem Springer gestattet,
mit Tempo nach d6 zu hüpfen.}) 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 (15... Nf6 16. Qd6 Qxd6
17. Nxd6 {is a small plus for White as well. ergibt ebenfalls ein leichtes
Plus für Weiß.}) 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Bg4 (17... Rb8 18. Rac1 {is quite
difficult for Black since he cannot develop his bishop comfortably. 18...Bf5
is met by 19.Nh4 and 18...Bg4 with 19.h3. ist recht schwierig für Schwarz, da
er seinen Läufer nicht bequem entwickeln kann: Auf 18...Bf5 folgt 19.Nh4 und
auf 18...Bg4 19.h3.}) 18. h3 Rac8 {Here I actually thought for some time, but
now I cannot understand why, 19.Nxb7 is the only way to seriously play for a
win. Hier überlegte ich tatsächlich einige Zeit, aber jetzt verstehe ich nicht
mehr warum; 19.Nxb7 ist der einzige Weg, ernsthaft auf Gewinn zu spielen.} 19.
Nxb7 Be6 {White is a pawn up, but Black has some activity, and White has
problems consolidating. Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, doch Schwarz verfügt
über einige Aktivität, und Weiß hat Probleme bei der Konsolidierung.} 20. b3 {
I decided that this was the least of the evils, not being satisfied with lines
like Ich beschloss, dass dies das geringste Übel war, denn andere Abspiele
befriedigten mich nicht, zum Beispiel} (20. Rd2 Rc7 21. Nd6 (21. Na5 Rfc8 22.
Rad1 Rc2 {with some activity, mit einiger Aktivität.}) 21... Rd8 {with
compensation, mit Kompensation,}) (20. Nd6 Rc2 21. Rd2 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Rd8 23.
N2c4 e4 {with a likely draw. mit wahrscheinlichem Remis.}) 20... Rc2 21. Bf1
Nd5 22. Bc4 Nc3 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 e4 25. Kf1 Rb8 (25... Bc8 {does not
quite work: funktioniert nicht ganz:} 26. Nd6 Rd8 {and now, instead of Nxc8
Rxc8, when White has minimal winning chances, there follows some nice tactics:
und nun, statt Nxc8 Rxc8, wonach Weiß nur minimale Gewinnchancen hat, folgt
eine hübsche taktische Einlage:} (26... Nb5 27. Nxc8 Bxa1 (27... Rxc8 28. Rc1
Nc3 29. Nxe4 $1) 28. Ne7+) 27. Bxf7+ Kf8 28. Nxc8 Kxf7 29. Nc4 Nb5 30. Rc1 Rxc8
31. a4 $18) 26. Nc5 Bxc4+ $2 (26... Na4 {Objectively this gives the best
drawing chances: Objektiv gibt dies die besten Remischancen:} 27. Nxe6 Bxa1 28.
bxa4 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kg7 30. Nxe4 {It is on the other hand clear that defending
this endgame would have been a long and probably impossible task. Andererseits
ist klar, dass die Verteidigung dieses Endspiels eine lange und wahrscheinlich
unmögliche Aufgabe wäre.}) 27. Nxc4 Rb5 (27... Na4 {leads absolutely nowhere:
führt absolut zu nichts:} 28. Na6 Rd8 29. Rc1 Nc3 30. a3) 28. Na6 $1 {My
opponent had probably underestimated this move, after which he has big
problems. The knight looks a little awkward here, but together with the other
knight it takes away important squares from the rook, while preparing b4,
which will free the rook and lead to relatively easily won position. Diesen
Zug, nach dem er große Probleme hat, hatte mein Gegner wahrscheinlich
unterschätzt. Der Springer scheint hier ein wenig komisch zu stehen, doch
gemeinsam mit seinem Kollegen nimmt er dem Turm wichtige Felder und bereitet
gleichzeitig b4 vor, was den Turm befreit und zu einer relativ leicht
gewonnenen Stellung führt.} Bf8 29. b4 $1 {This is the key. I very much liked
the motifs that occured after this move. Das ist der Schlüssel. An den sich
nach diesem Zug ergebenden Motiven fand ich großen Gefallen.} Bxb4 {This
cannot really be called a mistake, as the alternatives were just depressing.
Dies ist nicht wirklich als Fehler zu bezeichnen, denn die Alternativen waren
einfach trübselig.} 30. a4 Rb7 31. Rc1 {Now the pin will be lethal. Nun wird
die Fesselung tödlich sein.} Nd5 32. Rb1 f5 (32... Re7 33. Nxb4 Rb7 {could
have been tried, but hätte man versuchen können, doch} 34. Nxd5 Rxb1+ 35. Ke2
Rc1 36. Nd6 f5 37. g4 {should win without much trouble. sollte ohne allzu
große Schwierigkeiten gewinnen.}) 33. a5 {Taking away the b6 square, freeing
the knight and finally sealing Black's fate. Nimmt ihm das Feld b6, befreit
den Springer und besiegelt schließlich das Schicksal von Schwarz.} Kg7 ({
Now Nun könnte auf} 33... Re7 {could be met by the funny little trick der
witzige kleine Trick} 34. Nxb4 Rb7 35. Nb6 $1 {folgen.}) (33... Rb5 34. g3 $1 {
The most precise, after which Black might as well resign. Am genauesten,
wonach Schwarz ebenso gut aufgeben könnte.} (34. Nd6 {Here Black at least has
some kind of counterplay: Hier hat Schwarz zumindest irgendeine Art von
Gegenspiel:} Rxa5 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Rxb4 Ra1+ 37. Ke2 Ra2+ 38. Ke1 Ra1+ 39. Kd2
Ra2+ 40. Kc3 Rxf2)) 34. Ne5 f4 {As well as being lost, Onischuk was running
out of time, which explains his last moves, which were rather desperate.
Onischuk stand nicht nur auf Verlust, sondern ihm ging auch die Zeit aus, was
seine letzten Züge erklärt, die ziemlich verzweifelt waren.} 35. exf4 e3 36.
fxe3 Nxe3+ 37. Kg1 Nd5 38. Kh1 {And here he lost on time. An important and
pleasing win for me. Und hier verlor er auf Zeit. Ein wichtiger und
erfreulicher Sieg für mich.} 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Black "Guliev, Sarhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... dxc4) (5... Nbd7) 6.
Bxf6 (6. Bh4 $6 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nh5 $1 (10... Nd5 11.
h4 {Kasparov-Tal/Moscow/1982/} g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nde4 Nd7 14. O-O $14 {Kasparov
}) 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Kh1 Ng7 $1 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Nfd2 Qb6 16. Bh5 Qxd4
17. Qg4 {Piket,Je-Dreev/Groningen/1991/} c5 $1 18. Rae1 Rh7 19. f4 O-O-O $17 {
Dreev}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 (7. Qc2 Nd7 (7... dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5
11. Nxb5 $14) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 $5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3 {
Huzman-Timoshchenko/SSSR/1982/} e5 $5 (12... b6 13. Rfe1 c5 14. d5 $14 {Huzman}
)) (7. a3 dxc4 8. g3 (8. Ne5 c5 $5 9. Nxc4 $6 (9. Qa4+ $5) 9... cxd4 10. Nb5
Qd8 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 $1 $10 {Kasparov-Sveshnikov/SSSR/1981/}) 8...
Nd7 9. Bg2 Qd8 $1 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. e3 c5 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+
Bd7 15. Qxc4 {Sveshnikov-Filipenko/SSSR/1982/} Qb6 $1 $10 {Sveshnikov}) (7. g3
$5 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Qd8 (9... Rb8 $5) 10. Nd2 Nb6 11. e3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O
13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bd7 15. Rfd1 $1 $14 {Gavrikov-Chernin/SSSR/1983/}) (7.
e4 $6 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 Qf4 $132) (7. Qb3 a5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10.
Kd1 Qf4 11. Bd3 f5 12. Ng3 c5 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Ba5 15. Ne2 {Novikov-Strokov/
Alicante/1992/} Qd6 $5 16. Qxa4+ Bd7 17. Qc2 $44 {Novikov}) 7... Nd7 8. a3 (8.
Bd3 Qd8 (8... dxc4 $5 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 (11. Ne4 $5) 11... e5 12.
d5 Nb6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Bb3 Bg4 $1 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Rd8 $132 {
Smirin-Novikov/SSSR/1982/}) (8... g6 $5 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 {Dautov-Muhametov/
Krumbach/} e5 $1 $10 {Muhametov}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rfd1 f5 12. Rab1
a6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a4 Nf6 15. Rdc1 Ne4 $132 {Torre-Ribli/Alicante/1983/}) 8...
g6 (8... Qd8 $5 9. e4 $6 (9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Bd3 e5
$1 $15 {Kochyev-Chekhov/SSSR/1982/}) (8... dxc4 $5 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. Ne4 Qe7 11.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qc2 (13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 $10) 13... O-O
14. Ba2 $14 {Yusupov-Gurevich,M/Beograd/1991/}) 9. e4 $5 $146 (9. cxd5 exd5 10.
Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Qb3 Nb6 {0,5/Horvath-Todorcevic/Niksic/1991/
}) (9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. cxd5 (11. h3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 $10) 11... exd5)
9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. c5 $5 O-O 13. O-O e5 (13... f5 $2 14.
Nd6 Bxd4 15. Bc4 Bxc5 16. Bxe6+ {/\ Nc8}) 14. g3 Qg4 15. Re1 $5 exd4 (15... f5
$6 16. Nd6 e4 17. Bc4+ Kh7 18. Nh4 $14) 16. Bc4 b6 (16... Kh7 $4 17. Nfg5+ $18)
(16... Qh5 17. Rc1) 17. b4 bxc5 18. bxc5 Qh5 19. Rc1 $16 Ne5 (19... Nf6 20.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ne5) 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Nxe5 Kg7 $1 (21... Qxd1 22. Rcxd1 Kg7 23.
Rxd4 $16) (21... Bxe5 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Rxe5 $16) 22. Qxh5 gxh5 23. Nxc6 Bg4
24. Bd3 (24. Ba6 $1 $16) 24... h4 25. Ne5 Be6 26. c6 hxg3 27. hxg3 Rfc8 28. Ba6
(28. c7 $2 a5 $13) 28... Rc7 $5 29. Nd3 $6 (29. Bb7 Rb8 30. Rcd1) 29... Bg5 30.
f4 Be7 31. Nb4 (31. a4 Rb8 $132) 31... Rb8 32. Bb7 Rbxb7 33. cxb7 Rxb7 34. Rcd1
(34. Red1 $5) 34... Rc7 $1 35. Rc1 Rd7 $17 36. Red1 a5 37. Nc6 Bxa3 38. Ra1 Bb4
(38... Bg4 39. Ne5 $1) 39. Nxa5 Bg4 40. Nc6 $1 (40. Rd3 $6 Be2) 40... Bxd1 (
40... Bc3 41. Ne5 $1) 41. Rxd1 Bc3 42. Ne5 Rd8 43. Kf2 f6 44. Nd3 Kg6 (44...
Ra8 $5) 45. Nc1 h5 46. Kf3 Bb4 47. g4 $1 h4 $5 (47... hxg4+ 48. Kxg4 f5+ 49.
Kf3) 48. Nd3 Bd6 (48... Bc3 49. f5+ Kg5 50. Nf4 {/\ Rh1,Ne6}) 49. Nf2 Bb8 50.
Rh1 Rh8 51. Rd1 Rd8 (51... Ba7 52. Ra1 Bb6 53. Ra6 Rb8 54. Kg2) 52. Rh1 Re8 53.
Ne4 (53. f5+ Kg5 54. Ne4+ Rxe4 $1 55. Kxe4 Kxg4 56. Kxd4 h3 $17) 53... Rh8 (
53... f5 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Rxh4 Rxe4 56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Rg5+) 54. Rb1 h3 55. f5+
Kg7 (55... Kh6 56. Nxf6 h2 57. Ne4 (57. Nh5 $5)) 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. Nxf6 h2 58.
Rb1 Be5 (58... Kg5 $6 59. Ne4+ Kh4 60. g5 $132) 59. Ne4 Rb8 60. g5+ Kh5 61. Rf1
Rb3+ 62. Kg2 Re3 63. Nf2 Kxg5 64. f6 $1 Re2 (64... Rg3+ 65. Kxh2 $10) (64...
Kxf6 65. Ng4+) (64... Bxf6 65. Kxh2 $10) 65. f7 Bd6 66. Rh1 Kg6 67. Rxh2 Kxf7
68. Rh3 Ke6 69. Kf3 Re1 70. Kg2 Kd5 71. Nd3 Re2+ 72. Kf1 Ra2 73. Ke1 Kc4 74.
Kd1 Rg2 75. Rf3 Bg3 76. Kc1 Bh4 77. Nb2+ Kd5 78. Rb3 Ke4 79. Kb1 Be1 80. Rb8
Bc3 81. Re8+ Kf5 82. Nd3 Rd2 83. Nc5 Rh2 84. Nd3 Bd2 85. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 (8... g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 Qd6 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. a4 Be6 14.
Nd2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Nd7 $132 {Serper,G-Sorokin,M /Kherson/1991 Inf 51/421/}) (8...
Qd8 $5) 9. Bxc4 g6 (9... Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8
14. Rfd1 a5 15. Bb3 Nf8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rab8 18. e4 $1 $14 {Yusupov,
A-Gurevich,M /Munchen/1993 Inf 57/420/}) 10. h4 $5 $146 (10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2
O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. e5 Nf8 17. Qe2 c5 $132
{Chernin,A-Kuczynski,R /Debrecen/1992 Inf 56/469/}) (10. e4 Bg7 (10... e5 $1
$10 {Dautov/}) 11. e5 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16.
Qe2 c5 $1 $10 {Dautov,R-Mukhametov,E /Krumbach/1991 Inf 51/412/}) 10... Bg7 11.
Qc2 a5 $6 (11... Qe7) (11... O-O $5) 12. a3 $5 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. Ba2 Qe7 15.
Rd1 $14 b6 (15... Rd8 $5) 16. O-O (16. Bb1 Rd8 17. Qh7+ Kf8) 16... Bb7 17. e4
Nf6 (17... e5 18. d5 $16) 18. e5 Nxh5 19. Bb1 Rfd8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Ne4 $16 Nf4
(21... f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 $36) 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Nh2 $1 h5 (
23... Rxd4 24. Rxd4 cxd4 25. Ng4 $36) 24. g3 Bxe4 (24... Nd5 25. Qxh5) 25. Bxe4
Nd5 26. Qxh5 cxd4 27. Nf3 f5 28. exf6 Nxf6 29. Qxg5 Rac8 (29... Nxe4 30. Rxe4
Qxg5 31. Nxg5 $18) 30. Nxd4 $18 Rd6 (30... Nxe4 31. Nxe6+ $18) 31. Bf3 Rc4 32.
Qe3 Ng4 (32... Kf7 33. Nf5) 33. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ne4 (11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1
O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 $14 {
Dokhoian,Y-Kuczynski,R/GER/1993/1|0/75/}) (11. b4 $5 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6
14. b5 Bb7 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Be2 Rac8 17. Nd2 Nb8 18. a4 Rfd8 19. f4 Bb7 20.
Nc4 $14 {Aseev,K-Prie,E/St Petersburg/1996/0,5/61/}) (11. Rc1 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7
13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Nc5 b6 16. Ne5 Rd6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 $132 {
Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Reggio Emilia/1996/0|1/60/}) (11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13.
Rfe1 Rd8 14. a3 b6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Nf4 Nf8 $10 {Kasparov,G-Ehlvest,J/Riga/1995/
0,5/17/}) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bb3 e5 (13... Rd8 $5 14. Rad1 a5 15. a3 Nf8
16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18. g4 Kh8 19. Rde1 $14 {San Segundo,P-Zvjaginsev,V/
Pamplona/1996/0,5/28/}) 14. Rad1 exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 $5 (15... Nf6 16. Nc5 Bf5
17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. h3 Nd5 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nfe5 Rfe8 22. Nf4 $1 $36 {
Sokolov,I-Savchenko,S/Lyons/1994/1|0/88/}) 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Ned2 (17. Nc5 Qf6 (
17... Qc7 18. Qxg6 Bxf3 19. gxf3 $16) 18. Re3 Rae8 $13) 17... Qd6 18. h3 Bf5
19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Ne5 $6 (20. Qd2 Qxd2 21. Nexd2 $6 (21. Rxd2 $5 Rad8 22. Nc5 Bc8
23. Re7 $36) 21... Rad8 22. g4 Bc8 23. Ne4 Nd5 $15) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 (21. g3
Qf3 22. dxe5 Bxh3 $19) 21... Qxe5 22. Qc5 Qxb2 (22... Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Rab8 24.
Re7 Bc8 25. Rd6 Kg7 26. g4 $36) 23. Ng3 (23. Nd6 $5) 23... Nd5 (23... Qf6 24.
Rd6 $146) (23... Bc8 24. Rd6 $44) 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Rfe8 27.
a4 (27. Qxf5 Qxa2 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. Qd4+ Kh7 30. Qd3+ $10) 27... Qb4 28. Rf1 (
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxf5 Qxa4 (29... Re1+ $10) 30. Rd3 $44) 28... Qe4 29. Qd2
Kh7 30. Rfe1 Rad8 (30... Qxa4 31. Qd5 Kg7 32. Qxb7 $44) 31. Rxe4 Rxd2 32. Rxd2
Rxe4 33. Rd7 Kg6 34. a5 Ra4 35. Rxb7 Rxa5 36. g3 $10 Ra3 37. Kg2 a5 38. Rb6+
Kg7 39. g4 fxg4 40. hxg4 a4 41. Ra6 f6 42. f3 Ra1 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial-01"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1956.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1956.10.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 Qd8 (9... Qf4 $5 10. Qd3 Be7 (10... f5 $5) 11. g3 Qc7 12. Bg2
Nd7 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. Kf1 b6 15. Kg1 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qc2 $14 {Ivkov,
B-Minev,N/Maribor/1967/}) 10. g3 O-O 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Qd3 Be7 13. Rhd1 $14 Qc7
14. Nc3 (14. Rac1 e5 15. d5 f5) 14... Rd8 (14... e5 15. d5 $14) 15. Kf1 Nf6 (
15... b6 $5 16. Rac1 Bb7 {/\ c5}) 16. Rac1 (16. c5 $2 Bxc5) (16. Qe3 $5) 16...
a6 17. b3 $6 (17. Qe3 $5 c5 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc5 20. Qe5 $1) 17... c5
$1 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Bd7 21. Nd2 (21. d6 $4 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Bb5+
$19) 21... Bd6 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd2 (24. Kg1 {/\ Rd2-c2/}) 24...
Rac8 25. Kg1 (25. Kg1 c4 26. Qd4 Re8 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates FIDE m3"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.01.16"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 (8. a3 {Hansen,LB} Qd8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Qd2 c5 12. O-O-O
$6 O-O 13. dxc5 Qc7 14. Kb1 Nxc5 15. Qe3 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. b4 $2 Nd7 18. Nb5
Qc8 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. Rd2 a5 $1 22. Bd3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. Rb2
Rfa8 25. Rd1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Ne5 27. Qg3 Qc6 $1 {0-1;Kortschnoj,V-Kramnik,V/
Groningen PCA/1993/}) 8... dxc4 {!? Hansen,LB} (8... g6 {Hansen,LB} 9. O-O (9.
h4 $5 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 $13 {Nikolic,P-Novikov,I/Portoroz/1993/}) 9... Bg7 10.
e4 dxc4 11. e5 $1 Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qe2 (13. Rc1 $14 {Hertneck,G-Khenkin,I/
Tilburg/1993/}) 13... b6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 $14 {Kamsky,G-Kramnik,
V/Luzern WchT/1993/}) (8... Bd6 {Hansen,LB} 9. O-O Qe7 10. c5 $1 Bc7 11. e4
dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Re1 $14 {Bareev,E-Granda Zuniga,J/Groningen PCA/1993/}) (
8... Qd8 {Hansen,LB} 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 (10. Rc1 O-O 11. Qe2 a6 12. a3 f5 $13 {
Spraggett,K-Illescas,M/EUcup Barcelona/1993/}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Rc1 a6
12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Ba2 c5 15. d5 $13 {Kramnik,V-Illescas,M/Alcobendas
m(2)/1993/}) 11... a6 12. b4 f5 13. c5 Bf6 14. a4 g5 15. b5 a5 $1 16. Ne2 Bg7
$13 {Kramnik,V-Illescas,M/Alcobendas m(4)/1993/}) 9. Bxc4 g6 (9... Bd6 $5 {
Hansen,LB} 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a3 e5 13. Ba2 Nf6 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Rae1 $1 $14 {Sokolov,I-Dreev,A/Biel izt/1993/}) 10. O-O (10. e4 e5 $1
$10) (10. h4 $5 {Hansen,LB} Bg7 11. Qc2 a5 12. a3 O-O 13. h5 g5 14. Ba2 Qe7 15.
Rd1 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. e4 $13 {Nikolic,P-Georgiev,K/Burgas/1993/}) 10... Bg7
11. Rc1 $5 (11. e4 {Hansen,LB} e5) 11... O-O $146 (11... Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O 13.
Rfd1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qe2 b5 $1 16. Bb3 a6 17. e5 c5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 exd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 $132 {Savchenko,S-Magerramov,E/Groningen (op)/1993/
0,5 (52)/}) 12. e4 e5 (12... Qe7 $5) (12... b6 $5) 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 $5 $14
bxc6 (14... Nxc4 $2 15. Nd5 $16) (14... Qxc6 15. Nd5 $14) 15. Be2 (15. Bb3 $2
Ba6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Qc2 Bd3 $36) 15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 (16... Be6 $5 {/\h5,
Bh6/}) 17. Nb1 $5 (17. Nd2 $5 Qg5 18. Rfd1 Bh3 19. Bf1) 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd6
19. Nd2 (19. a4 $5) 19... h5 20. Nb3 a5 (20... Bh6 21. Rcd1 Rad8 22. Na5 $1 Rd2
23. Qxc6) 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe6 $5 (22... a4 23. Nc5 Bf8 24. Be2 $14) 23.
a3 Qc4 24. Rc1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Na4 $1 26. Nc1 $6 (26. Nd2 $1 Bf8 27. Kf1 $14 (27.
Nc4 {Hansen,LB} f6 $14) (27. b3 Nc5)) 26... Rb8 27. b3 Bh6 $1 28. Bd1 (28. bxa4
Rb1 $10) 28... Nb2 $1 $10 29. Rxb2 Bxc1 30. Ra2 Rd8 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Bxd2
33. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladivostok"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 $1 (10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 b5 12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 Qxb5 14.
Qc2 Bb7 15. Nxc4 c5 {Christiansen,L-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen/1993/0,5/89/}) (10. e3
O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ne3 Rd8 15. d5 Be6 16. Qb3 cxd5
17. Ncxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {Speelman,J-Sveshnikov,E/Biel(izt)/
1993/1:0/55/}) 10... O-O 11. e4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Bc5 (14... Bb4
$5) 15. Kh1 $1 Bd4 16. f4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd5 18. exd5 exf4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20.
Qxc4 $14 Bd7 21. Qc7 $1 Qd8 22. Qxf4 Rc8 23. Rab1 Rxc3 (23... Qc7 $5 24. d6 Qc4
25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxb7 Bxa4 {/\27.Bd5 Bc6!/}) 24. Rxb7 Qc8 (24... Ra3 25. Qd6
$18) 25. d6 Rc4 (25... Bc6 26. Rxf7 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Qc6+ 28. Kh3) (25... Be6 26.
Rc7 Rxc7 27. dxc7) 26. Qe5 $1 Re8 $6 (26... Bc6 $5 27. Rc7 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rxc7
29. dxc7 Qb7+ 30. Kh3 Qc8+ 31. g4 h5 $1) (26... Rxa4 $6 27. Rc7 Qd8 28. Bd5)
27. Qd5 $1 Be6 (27... Rf8 28. Rxd7 $18) 28. d7 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 $1 Rc1 30. dxe8=Q+
Qxe8 31. Bxf7+ Kf8 32. Bxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 (11. Ne4) 11... O-O 12. a3 e5 13. Ba2 Nf6
14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. f4 Qd6 19. e4 Qd4+
20. Qf2 Bc4 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Rf3 Rd2 23. b4 Rfd8 24. e5 Ne8 25. f5 Nc7 26. Rg3
Kf8 $10 27. h4 R2d4 28. h5 Re8 29. Rge3 Nd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Bd3 Rg4 32. R1e2
Rg5 33. e6 Re7 34. Rf2 Rxh5 35. Be4 Bxe4 36. Rxe4 Rg5 37. a4 Ke8 38. exf7+ Kxf7
39. Rd4 Rg3 40. b5 c5 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. a5 Rb3 43. b6 axb6 44. axb6 Rc6 45. Rxc6
bxc6 46. Rc2 Rxb6 47. Rxc5 Kf6 48. Kf2 Kg5 49. Kf3 h5 50. Kg3 h4+ 51. Kh3 Rb3+
52. Kh2 Rb6 53. Kh3 Ra6 54. g3 hxg3 55. Kxg3 Kf6 56. Kf4 Ke7 57. Re5+ Kd7 58.
Re6 Ra4+ 59. Kf3 Ra3+ 60. Kf4 Ra1 61. Rg6 Rf1+ 62. Ke4 Re1+ 63. Kd4 Re7 64. f6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 8. Bg5
O-O 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11. Qc2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Nbd7 13. g3 Rc8 (13... c5) 14.
Rd1 c5 15. dxc5 Qc7 16. Kg2 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rd2 Bb6 21. Rhd1 Rc4 22. Re2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. b3 Rc1 25. Ne1 Rd1 26. Nc2
Be7 27. Ne3 Rd4 28. Kf3 $14 Rd7 29. Rc2 Bd8 30. Ke2 Bb6 31. Rd2 Rc7 32. Nc4 Bc5
33. Rc2 Rb7 34. Nb2 Bd4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Nc4 Rd7 37. Rc6 Kg6 38. f4 f5 39. e5
Bg1 40. Kf3 Rd1 41. h3 h5 42. g4 Rd3+ 43. Kg2 Be3 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Nxe3 Rxe3
46. Ra6 Kh4 47. Rxa7 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rxh3 49. Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.8"]
[White "Reeh, Oliver"]
[Black "Goetz, Ralph"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Passau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. e3 a6 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 O-O 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Nd5 20. Nbd2 Nb6 21.
Nc4 Qxa4 22. Qxa4 Nxa4 23. Ra1 Be7 24. Rxa4 Rxc4 25. Rxa6 Rc2 26. Rb1 Rfc8 27.
g3 Rc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 29. Kg2 g6 30. Nd4 Rb1 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Ra7 Kf6 33. Nc6
Bc5 34. Rb7 Rxb2 35. Nd8 Be7 36. Nc6 Bc5 37. Nd8 Bxe3 38. Rxf7+ Kg5 39. Nxe6+
Kh6 40. Kf1 Rxf2+ 41. Rxf2 Bxf2 42. Ke2 g5 43. g4 Bg1 44. h3 Kg6 45. Nf8+ Kg7
46. Nd7 Bd4 47. Kd3 b3 48. Nb8 b2 49. Kc2 Kf6 50. Nc6 Bc3 51. Na7 Ke6 52. Nb5
Bf6 53. Na3 Ke5 54. Kxb2 Kf4+ 55. Kc2 Kg3 56. Nc4 Kxh3 57. Ne3 Be5 58. Kd3 Bf4
59. Nd5 h6 60. Ke2 Kxg4 61. Kf2 Kf5 62. Nc3 g4 63. Kg2 h5 64. Nd1 Be5 65. Nf2
Bd4 66. Nh3 Be3 67. Kg3 Ke4 68. Kg2 h4 69. Kh1 Kf3 70. Kh2 Bf4+ (70... g3+ $19)
71. Kh1 Kg3 $4 72. Nf2 Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch21 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1954.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1954.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 (5. Bh4 $2 Bb4+ (5... dxc4 6. e3
b5 $13 {Ljubliniski}) 6. Nc3 g5 $1 7. Bg3 Ne4 8. Rc1 h5 $1 $17) 5... Qxf6 6.
Nc3 c6 7. e3 (7. Qb3 $1 {(/\ e2-e4, Alekhine)}) 7... Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. a3 {/\}
Ba5 {>=} (9... Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 e5 11. e4 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15) 11...
dxe4 12. Bxe4 Qf4 $15 {Konstantinopolsky}) 10. O-O dxc4 (10... e5 11. cxd5 $1
Bxc3 12. bxc3 cxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb5+ $16 {Konstantinopolsky}) 11. Bxc4 O-O
12. Rc1 Bc7 13. Ba2 $14 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Qb1 {(/\ Rc5)} Nd7 17.
Nfd2 e5 18. d5 Nb8 $16 19. Rfd1 Qg6 (19... cxd5 $2 20. Rxc7 dxe4 21. Rxf7) 20.
d6 $1 Bb6 (20... Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxb1 22. Nxb1 $16) (20... Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22.
Nf3 Qe7 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Nxe5 $16 {Ljublinski}) 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Rc4 Re8 23.
Qc1 Bd8 24. Ng3 e4 (24... Nf6 25. Qc3 e4 26. Ne5 Qg5 27. Rc5 $18) 25. Nd2 Nf6
26. Ndxe4 Nxe4 27. d7 Bxd7 28. Rxd7 Nd6 29. Rd4 Be7 30. R4xd6 Bxd6 31. Bxf7+
Qxf7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kf8 34. Ne4 Rad8 35. g3 Re7 36. Kg2 Be5 37. b3 g6
38. h4 Kg7 {>=} (38... a6) 39. Qc5 Rdd7 40. Qxa7 Bd4 41. Nc5 Bxc5 42. Qxc5 $18
Re6 43. h5 g5 44. Qc3+ Kh7 45. Qc2+ Kg7 46. Qf5 Rde7 47. f4 gxf4 48. exf4 Rd6
49. Kf3 Re1 50. Qg4+ Kf7 51. Qc8 {(/\ Qc7+, Qxb7)} Re7 52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. a4 Re1
54. Qg4+ Kf7 55. Qc8 Re7 56. b4 Rd3+ 57. Kg4 Kg7 58. Qf5 Rd6 59. Qc5 Rdd7 60.
Kh4 Re6 61. Qc3+ Kh7 62. Qc2+ Kg7 63. Qb2+ Kh7 64. Qb1+ Kg7 65. Qf5 Rdd6 66.
Kh3 Re7 67. Kg4 Ree6 68. Kf3 Re7 69. Qc2 Ree6 70. Qf5 Re8 71. b5 cxb5 72. Qxb5
Re7 73. g4 Rf6 74. a5 Rfe6 75. Qb2+ Kg8 76. Qb3 Kh7 77. Qd3+ Kg8 78. g5 hxg5
79. fxg5 Re5 80. Kf4 R5e6 81. g6 b6 82. a6 1-0

[Event "USA-ch Match Marshall-Lasker Ed +5-4=9"]
[Site "USA (10 cities)"]
[Date "1923.04.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. d4 {1)BCM 1923,p.216 [Lasker,Ed].The game was played in Chicago.} d5 2. Nf3
e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bb4 9. O-O Bxc3
10. bxc3 O-O 11. Qe2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Rfd1 e4 14. Nd2 Qg6 15. Bb3 Nf6 16.
Kh1 Bf5 17. Rg1 Rae8 18. Rae1 Qg5 19. f4 Qh4 20. g3 Qh3 21. Qg2 Qh5 22. Bd1 Bg4
23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Qf5 25. Nc4 Qe6 26. Rgf1 b5 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. fxe5 f6 29.
exf6 Rxf6 30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. Rf4 g5 33. Rf2 Rf8 34. Kg2 Rxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 g4 36. Ke1 Qf5 37. c4 b4 38. Kd2 Qf3 39. Qe1 Qf7 40. Qe2 Qf3 41. Qe1 a5
42. Kc2 Qg2+ 43. Qd2 Qf1 44. c5 Kf7 45. Kb2 Ke7 46. Qc2 Qd3 47. Qb3 Qe2+ 48.
Kb1 Qf1+ 49. Kb2 Qf2+ 50. Kc1 Qg1+ 51. Kb2 Qxh2+ 52. Kc1 Qxg3 53. Qg8 Qxe3+ 54.
Kc2 Qd3+ 55. Kc1 Qxd4 56. Qh7+ Ke6 57. Qg8+ Ke5 58. Qg7+ Kd5 59. Qd7+ Kxc5 60.
Qa7+ Kc4 61. Qxa5 Kc3 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.04.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2014.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:00] The game of the day, absolutely the
most important for standings. Girya exhibited great chess, converting a small
advantage from the opening into a large positional one, eventually landing
herself in a rook endgame up a pawn. Girya was able to break through
Muzychuk's very stubborn defense in a marathon 79 move game!} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Nc3
{[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:18]
} 6. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} a5 {
[%emt 0:01:54]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:58]} 9. Bd3 {[%emt 0:03:
55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 10. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} O-O {[%emt 0:06:00]} 11.
Rad1 $146 {[%emt 0:06:41]} (11. Rfe1 Bc7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a3 dxc4 14. Qxc4 e5
15. Ne4 Re8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. d5 Qe7 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 c5 21.
Nd2 Bd6 22. a4 g6 23. Bd3 f5 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Qc3 Kh7 27. f4 e4 28.
Qf6 b6 29. Ne5 Rg8 30. Qf7+ Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Bf8 32. d6 Be6 33. Ne5 Rd8 34. d7 Rg7
35. Rd2 g5 36. Red1 gxf4 37. exf4 e3 38. Re2 c4 39. Rxe3 Bc5 40. Kf2 Bxe3+ {
Navara,D (2700)-Perunovic,M (2617) Yerevan 2014 1-0}) 11... dxc4 {[%emt 0:08:
24]} 12. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 13. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:17]}
Bc7 {[%emt 0:05:03]} 14. Bb1 {[%emt 0:07:23]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:10:49]} 15. Nxf6+ {
[%emt 0:05:51]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:12]} g6 {[%emt 0:07:
54]} 17. e4 {[%emt 0:10:39]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:13:51]} 18. e5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} 19. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:16]} f5 {[%emt 0:05:09]} 20. exf6 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 21. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 22.
Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:29]} b6 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 23. Nxd7 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Qxd7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. Qc3 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 25. Be4 {[%emt 0:
00:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 26. g3 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} 27.
Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 28. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:05:22]} Qd6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:49]} 30. Qc4 {
[%emt 0:05:17]} Qb4 {[%emt 0:02:54]} 31. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:06:31]} Bxb4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 32. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 33. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:31]}
Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 34. Rc3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 35. cxb6 {
[%emt 0:01:08]} Rxb6 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 36. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:
03:55]} 37. b3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} 38. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:18]}
Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 40. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. a4 {[%emt 0:06:48]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:07:
09]} 42. Rb7 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 43. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} h4
{[%emt 0:04:02]} 44. gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Rd3 {[%emt 0:05:36]} 45. Rb6 {
[%emt 0:03:03]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:07:30]} 46. h5 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} 47. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 48. Re5 {[%emt 0:02:07]}
Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 49. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 50. h3+ {
[%emt 0:04:08]} Rxh3 {[%emt 0:08:04]} 51. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 52. Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg3+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 53. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 54. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 55. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 56. Re8+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:02:
28]} 57. Rd8+ {[%emt 0:01:07]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 58. Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 59. f3+ {[%emt 0:00:50]} Kf4 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 60. Rf8+ {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 61. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:32]} Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 62. Rg4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} 63. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} Ke5
{[%emt 0:00:29]} 64. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 65. Rh4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 66. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 67. Rh6+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 68. a5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kf5
{[%emt 0:00:32]} 69. Ra6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Ra1 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 70. Ra8 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 71. a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:
30]} 72. a7 {[%emt 0:01:57]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 73. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra3+
{[%emt 0:00:57]} 74. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra2+ {[%emt 0:00:16]} 75. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 76. Kd2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:
22]} 77. f5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rd6+ {[%emt 0:00:18]} 78. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rd7
{[%emt 0:00:05]} 79. Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:34]} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 Be7 8. e5 (
8. Bxc4 $2 Nxe4 $1 {[#] (1) 0.41/1} 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 $17) 8... Nd5 9.
Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Qb3 (11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
O-O $11 {Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/ Poland (ch) 1992}) 11... Qxb3 (11... a5 12. O-O
b6 13. Ne4 Qxb3 14. Bxb3 Ke7 15. a3 $1 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Ra7 17. Nd6 Nf4 18. Rc2 Bd3
19. Rd2 Bh7 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Ne1 Rc7 22. g3 Nh3+ 23. Kf1 Ng5 24. d5 $1 exd5 25.
Bxd5 Ne6 26. Ba2 c5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Nf3 $16 Rcd7 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Bb3 Ncd4 31.
Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rcd1 a4 33. f5 Nc7 34. g4 g6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Ne5 exf5 37. Nxd7+
Rxd7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nc4 Rxd2+ 40. Rxd2 b5 41. Rd7 bxc4 42. Rxc7 {1-0
Cifuentes Parada,R-Odendahl,R/Dieren open 1998 (42)}) 12. axb3 (12. Bxb3 Nxc3
$5 (12... Ke7 13. Ne4 Rd8 $14) 13. bxc3 Ke7 14. Nd2 c5 $1 15. Ne4 cxd4 16. cxd4
Nc6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Nd6 Rb8 $11) 12... Ke7 13. Kd2 Rd8 (13... Nd7) 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. h3 Nd7 (15... Na6 16. Rxa6 $5 bxa6 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Nc5 Rb6 19. Ra1 Bf5
20. Kc3 Be4 21. Ne1 f6 22. f3 Bf5 23. f4 $44) 16. Ne1 $6 (16. Na4 b6) (16. b4
$1 f6 $1 (16... Nf8 $6 17. b5 Ne6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. b4 $14) 17. Rhe1 fxe5 18.
Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5+ Kd6 20. b5 Rf8 21. Ke3 Bd7 22. f4 a6 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. h4
a5 $132) 16... f6 $1 17. Nd3 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Rhe1 Rf8 $1 20. Rxe5+ Kd6
21. Ke3 (21. f3 $2 Rf4 $1 22. Ke3 Rxd4 $1 23. Kxd4 (23. Re8 Rb4) 23... c5+ 24.
Ke3 Kxe5 25. Na4 d4+ 26. Kd2 Kf4) 21... Bd7 22. f4 g5 $1 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Re1
$8 (24. Rxg5 $2 Rae8+ 25. Kd3 $8 Rf2 26. Nd1 Bf5+ 27. Kc3 Rc2+ 28. Kb4 a5+ $3 (
28... Be4 29. Rxa7 Rd2 30. Nc3 Rxd4+ 31. Ka3 $13) 29. Rxa5 (29. Kxa5 $4 Ra8+
$19) 29... Re4 $1 30. Ka3 (30. Rxf5 Rxd4+ 31. Ka3 Rxd1 32. g4 b6 $1 33. Ra4 c5
$1 34. b4 c4 $19) 30... Be6 $1 31. Nc3 Rxd4 32. Ra4 (32. Ra7 b5 33. Na2 Rdd2
34. Nb4 Rc1 35. g4 Ra1+ 36. Na2 c5 $19) 32... Rdd2 33. g4 Rxb2 34. Rf4 Rbc2 35.
Rf3 Rc1 $1 36. Kb4 Ra1 $1 $19) 24... Rae8 (24... g4 $5) 25. Kd3 a5 $1 26. Rxe8
Bxe8 27. Re5 Bg6+ (27... g4 28. h4 $1 (28. hxg4 Bd7 29. g5 Rf4 30. Ne2 Rxd4+
31. Nxd4 Kxe5 $17) 28... g3 29. Ke3 Bd7 30. Ne2 Rf2 31. Nxg3 Rxg2 32. Kf4 Rxb2
33. h5 Rh2 34. Kg5 $132) 28. Ke3 Rf5 29. Rxf5 Bxf5 $15 30. Kd2 c5 31. Ne2 b6
32. Kc3 Ke6 33. Kd2 Kd6 34. Kc3 b5 $2 (34... Be4 $1 35. g3 Bg2 36. h4 Bf1 $1
37. Nc1 (37. Ng1 gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke6 39. Nf3 Kf5 40. Ne5 Ke4 41. Nd7 Ke3 42. Kc2
cxd4 43. Nxb6 d3+ 44. Kb1 Bg2 $19) 37... gxh4 38. gxh4 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kf5 40. dxc5
(40. Na2 cxd4 41. Nc1 Kg4 42. Ne2 Kxh4 43. Nxd4 Kg5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kf4 Bd3 46.
Nc6 Bc2 47. Nd4 Bd1 48. Ke3 Ke5 49. b4 a4) 40... bxc5 $17) 35. dxc5+ Kxc5 36.
Kd2 d4 37. b4+ axb4 38. Nc1 Kc4 39. b3+ Kd5 40. Nd3 Ke4 41. g3 $2 (41. Nxb4 $1
Kf4 42. Nc6 $1 d3 (42... Be4 43. Nxd4 Bxg2 44. Nxb5 Bxh3 45. Nd4 $11) 43. Nd4
Be4 44. g4 $1 Kg3 (44... b4 45. Ne6+) 45. Nxb5 Kxh3 46. Nd6 Bd5 47. b4 Kxg4 48.
Kxd3 $11) 41... Kf3 42. h4 g4 $1 $19 43. h5 Kxg3 44. h6 Kh2 45. Nf4 g3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 (7.
e3 {Lutz} Nd7 8. a3 g6 (8... Bd6 9. e4) 9. e4) 7... Nd7 {Lutz: So kommt Weiß
ohne Tempoverlust zu e4 (im Vergleich zu der Variante 7.e3 Nd7 8.a3). Der
kritische Zug ist 7...dxc4, wonach Weiß für den Rückgewinn des Bauern Zeit
verlieren muß.} (7... dxc4 8. g3 (8. Ne5 Bd6 (8... c5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 10. e3 cxd4
11. exd4 Qd8 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. Bb5 Ke7 14. Rd1 {+/- Yermolinsky,A-Novikov,I/
USSR 35/(520) 1983}) 9. Ne4 Qe7 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nxc4 Qd5 12. e3 {+/=
Kharitonov,A-Sveshnikov,E/USSR 32/(510) 1981}) 8... Nd7 9. Bg2 Qd8 10. Nd2 Nb6
11. e3 c5 12. Nxc4 cxd4 13. exd4 Nxc4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qxc4 Be7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17.
d5 {+/= Sveshnikov,E-Filipenko,A/USSR 34/(507) 1982}) (7... dxc4 $1 {Lutz}) 8.
e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 {N} (9... Qd8 10. Bd3 e5 11. c5 $13 {Ubilava,E-Sveshnikov,
E/USSR 32/(510) 1981}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qe2 $5 Be7 11. g3 Qc7 12. Bg2 $14) 10...
Nf6 (10... Be7 $5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qc2 (13. c5 $5 b6 14. Qc2 bxc5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rxd3 18. Ne5 $44) 13... c5 $1 (13... Qc7
14. c5 $16) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 (14... Bxc5 $2 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. b4 $16)
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 $1 (16... Bd6 $6 {Gulko,B-Nikolic,Pr/Novi Sad (ol) 50/
442 1990}) 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Be4 Rab8 19. g3 Qf6 $14) (10... c5 $6 11. d5 $1 $16)
11. g3 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. O-O-O b5 $2 {Lutz: Schwarz versucht,
das weiße Zentrum mit ...b5 und ...e5 auszuhebeln, scheitert jedoch taktisch.}
(14... O-O-O $14) (14... c5 {Lutz} 15. d5 {ist ebenfalss sehr unangenehm für
Schwarz, da er aufgrund der Schwäche f5 nicht richtig auf d5 tauschen kann.})
15. c5 (15. cxb5 $1 cxb5+ 16. Kb1 b4 17. d5 $1 bxa3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bb5 Bxb5
20. Qxb5+ Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rb8 22. Rxe6+ $1 $18) 15... O-O-O 16. Nh4 e5 (16... h5
17. f4 f5 18. Nf3 Bg7 $16) 17. Bf5 (17. b4 {Lutz} exd4 18. f4 $5) 17... Bxf5 (
17... exd4 18. b4 $1 $16) 18. Nxf5 exd4 19. b4 Qe5 20. Qf3 (20. Qd3 Rd5 21.
Nxd4 Bxc5 $1 22. bxc5 Rhd8 23. Rhe1 Rxd4 24. Rxe5 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 $17) 20...
Rd5 (20... d3 $1 21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qxb5+ Ka8 23. Rxd3 $1 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qb2+ $1 (
24... Rxd3+ $2 25. Qxd3 $1 (25. Kxd3 $2 Qxh1 26. Qe8+ Kb7 27. Qd7+ Kb8 $10)
25... Qxh1 26. Qd8+ Kb7 27. Qd7+ Kb8 28. c6 $18) 25. Ke3 Qe5+ 26. Kd2 Qb2+ $10)
21. Nxd4 Bxc5 (21... Rxd4 22. Qxc6+ Kb8 23. Rde1 Qc7 (23... Rc4+ {Lutz} 24. Kb1
Qf5+ 25. Ka1 {/\ Qb5, /\ Re8}) 24. Re8+ Rd8 25. Qxb5+ Ka8 26. Rd1 $1 $18) (
21... Bg7 $5 22. Rhe1 Qg5+ 23. Qf4 $1 (23. Qe3 $2 Rxd4 $1 24. Rxd4 Re8 $1 25.
f4 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Qf5 27. Re8+ Kb7 28. Re7+ $10) 23... Rhd8 24. Nxc6 $18) 22.
bxc5 Rxd4 23. Qxc6+ Kb8 24. Qxb5+ Kc7 25. Qa5+ Kb7 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Qb4+ Qxb4
28. axb4 a5 29. bxa5 Ra8 (29... Rc8 30. Kd2 Rxc5 31. Ra1 Ka6 32. Ke3 Rc4 33. h4
$18) 30. Rd1 Rxa5 31. Rd7+ Kc6 32. Rd6+ $1 $18 (32. Rxf7 $4 Rxc5+ 33. Kd2 Rf5
$14) 32... Kxc5 33. Rxf6 Kd4 34. Kd2 Ra2+ 35. Ke1 Ra7 36. Rxh6 f5 37. Re6 f4
38. Rf6 Kd3 39. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1995.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Ne4 {N} (12. b4) 12... Qe7 13. Bb3
Rd8 (13... e5 $2 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 $16) (13... b6 $5 14. Ba4 c5 (14... Ba6
15. Bxc6 Bxf1 16. Bxa8 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxa8 18. Qa4 $14) 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qa4 $14)
14. Qc2 Nf6 (14... e5 $5 15. Rfe1 (15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bg4 $10 (
17... Bf5 $10)) 15... Kh8 $5 (15... Kh7 $2 16. Bxf7) 16. Ng3 $14 (16. Nc5 Nxc5
17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 exd4 19. exd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxf7 Bf5 $10)) 15.
Nc5 b6 (15... Rb8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 $14) 16. Ne5 $1 Rd6 (16... bxc5 17.
Nxc6 Qc7 18. Nxd8 Ng4 $5 (18... Qxd8 19. Qxc5 (19. dxc5 Qc7 $13) 19... Bd7 20.
Qc7 Qe8 21. Qa5 $14) 19. g3 Qxd8 20. Qxc5 (20. Qe4 Ba6 21. Qxg4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1
cxd4 $10) 20... Bd7 21. Qc7 Qe8 22. Qb7 a5 23. Rc7 $14) 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 $1
Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $16 {><c6} Nf6 (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Rdd8 22. Bb3 Ba6 23.
Bc4 $16) 21. Bb3 Rdd8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Qe2 (23. Qf2 $5 {/\e4,f5}) 23... Ba6 $2 (
23... Qe8 $142 24. Rc2 $16) 24. Bc4 Bb7 (24... Qb7 $2 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Nxf7
$18) 25. e4 $1 (25. Rc2 $16) 25... Nf6 26. f5 Rxd4 27. fxg6 fxg6 $138 28. Nxg6
$2 $138 (28. Qa2 $1 Kh7 (28... Rd6 29. Nxg6 Qe8 30. e5 $18) (28... Re8 29. Nf4
Qd6 (29... Rxe4 30. Bxe6+ Kh7 31. Nexg6 Qd6 32. Bf5 $18) 30. Bxe6+ Kh7 31.
Nexg6 Rd2 32. Bf5 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 Rxa2 34. Ne7+ Kh8 35. Nfg6+ Kh7 36. Ne5+ Kh8 37.
Nf7#) 29. Bxe6 Rf8 (29... Re8 30. Bf7 $18) 30. Nxg6 $1 Kxg6 31. Bf5+ $18) 28...
Qe8 29. Ndf4 $2 (29. e5 $1 Nd5 30. Ngf4 c5 31. bxc5 bxc5 32. Nh5 $16) 29...
Rxe4 30. Qa2 (30. Bxe6+ $2 Qxe6 31. Nxe6 Rxe2 $19) 30... Nd5 31. Rce1 Rxe1 (
31... Bd4+ 32. Kh1 Be3 (32... Re3 33. Rxe3 Bxe3 34. Qb2 $16) 33. Rf3 Kg7 34.
Qb3 $16) 32. Rxe1 Qf7 33. Rxe6 Re8 34. Qe2 $2 (34. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8
36. Bxd5+ Bxd5 37. Qxd5+ Kh7 $19) (34. Rxe8+ Qxe8 35. Qb1 Qe3+ 36. Kh1 $10)
34... Rxe6 35. Qxe6 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 (36. Kf1 $2 Ne3+ $17) 36... Qxe6 37. Nxe6 Bf6
38. Ngf4 $2 (38. Nef4 Kg7 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Bd3 $15) 38... Nxf4 39. Nxf4+ Kf8
$17 {^^} 40. a4 Ke7 41. Kg1 Bc3 (41... Kd6 42. Nd3 c5 $17) 42. Nd3 c5 (42...
Bc8 $5 43. Kf2 Be6 44. Bxe6 Kxe6 45. Ke3 Kd5 $17) 43. bxc5 bxc5 44. Nf4 $2 (44.
Kf2 {>=} Bd4+ 45. Kf1 Kd6 46. g3 $17) 44... Kd6 45. Kf2 Bc6 46. Bb3 Ke5 47. g3
Ke4 48. Ne6 Bb4 49. Ke2 Bd7 {(.)} 50. h4 (50. Bc2+ Kd5 51. Ng7 Kd4 52. Nf5+ Kc3
53. Kd1 Kb2 54. Nxh6 Bc6 55. Bd3 Bxa4+ 56. Ke2 Bb3 57. Nf5 c4 58. Be4 c3 $19)
50... a5 51. Bc2+ Ke5 52. Nf8 (52. Nf4 Kd4 53. Kf3 Kc3 54. Bd1 c4 $19) 52...
Bg4+ 53. Ke3 Be1 $19 54. Ng6+ Kf6 55. Nf4 (55. Kf4 h5 $19 {/\Bd2#}) 55... Bxg3
56. Nd5+ Ke6 57. Bb3 Bxh4 58. Kf4 Bh3 59. Ne3+ Kd7 60. Nc4 Be1 0-1

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7
8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 e5 {Lutz: Führt zu einer
leicht schlechteren Struktur. Besser gefällt mir der Igel-artige Aufbaue mit ..
.b7-b6.} (12... Rd8 $5 {Lutz} 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. e5 b6 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17.
Be4 b5 18. Nb1 Rdc8 19. Nbd2 a5 20. Nb3 a4 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. Rxc5 Bf8 23. Rec1
Qd7 24. R5c2 b4 25. Qe3 Ra5 26. h4 c5 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28. dxc5 Qd5 29. c6 Qxa2
30. Rd2 Rd5 31. c7 a3 32. bxa3 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 bxa3 34. Ne4 Qb2 35. Nd6 Rxc7 36.
Rxc7 a2 37. Ra7 a1=Q+ 38. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 39. Kh2 Bg7 40. Nc4 Qd1 41. g3 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Akopian,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63}) 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 (
14... Nxc4 $2 {Lutz} 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Rxc4 bxc6 17. Rxc6 $18) 15. Be2 {Lutz:
Weiß erfreut sich angesichts seiner besseren Bauernstruktur eines leichten
Vorteils. Das ist nicht viel, aber gewöhnlich hat Weiß in der Moskauer
Variante noch weniger.} Rd8 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Bg4 Rfd8 18. Bxe6
Qxe6 19. Qc2 $14 {Novikov,I-Gausel,E/World Cities rapid 1997}) 16. Qc2 Bg4 17.
Na4 $5 $146 {Lutz: Der Nc3 steht schlecht und soll auf bessere Felder geführt
werden. Es wurden auch schon andere Springerzüge versucht.} (17. Nd1 Rd6 18.
Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 h5 20. a4 Bh6 21. a5 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Rc8 $13 {
Vaganian-Akopian/Ch World FIDE (play-off) 1997} (23... Rc8 {Lutz} 24. Be2 Rxd1+
25. Rxd1 Qe7 26. b4 Nf6 27. b5 Qa3 28. Kf2 Qxa5 29. bxc6 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Nxe4+ 31.
Kf3 Nxc3 {Vaganian,R-Akopian,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63/1/2-1/2 (48)})) (17.
Nb1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nb3 a5 21. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qe6 23. a3
Qc4 24. Rc1 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Na4 $11 {van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/Wijk aan Zee (m/
7) 1994} (25... Na4 {Lutz} 26. Nc1 Rb8 27. b3 Bh6 28. Bd1 Nb2 29. Rxb2 Bxc1 30.
Ra2 Rd8 31. Be2 Rd2 32. Rxd2 Bxd2 33. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/
Wijk cm3 1994/CBM 39/[Chekhov]})) 17... h5 (17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd4 (18... Nxa4
19. Qxa4 $14) 19. Nc5 Rad8 20. Nb3 R4d6 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. Nc5 Bh6 19. Rcd1 Bf8
(19... h4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. b4 $14) 20. Nb7 $1 Rxd1
21. Rxd1 Rc8 {/\c5-c4} 22. Na5 Bb4 (22... c5 23. b3 $14) 23. Nb3 (23. Nc4 $6
Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Bc5 25. Na5 Bd4) 23... Bf8 (23... c5 $2 24. a3 c4 25. axb4 cxb3
26. Qxb3 $16) (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Bf8 $14) 24. Nbd2 (24. h3 {Lutz} Bxf3 25.
Bxf3 c5 {nebst ...c5-c4.}) 24... Rd8 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Qd6
28. Be2 (28. Qc1 $5 {/\Bb3} Kg7 (28... a5 29. a3 a4 30. b3 $1 Bh6 31. Qa1 axb3
32. Bxb3 Nd7 33. a4 $14) 29. Bb3 f6 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qd2 a5 $11) (28. Qe2 $5 {
Lutz: mit der Idee Bb3 kam in Betracht.} a5 $5 29. Qc2 {und Weiß hat die
Schwächung ...a7-a5 provoziert.}) 28... Be7 (28... a5 $2 29. Qc3) 29. h4 Kg7
30. g3 (30. Qc3 f6 31. Qa5 Qd7 $11) 30... Bf6 (30... f6 $5 $11) 31. Ba6 {
Lutz: Weiß möchte durch Bb7 den Zug ...c6-c5 erzwingen, was einen deutlichen
Fortschritt darstellt.} Nd7 32. Bc4 (32. Bc8 Nc5 33. b4 Nd3 34. a3 {/\Ba6} c5
$8 35. Bb7 cxb4 36. Bd5 Nc5 37. axb4 Ne6 $11) (32. Bb7 {Lutz} Nc5) 32... Bd8
33. Bb3 $2 (33. a3 $1 a5 (33... f6 34. Ba2 {/\Qb3}) (33... Qc5 34. b4) 34. Ba2
Nc5 35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Qb3 $14 {/\Qb7}) 33... Nc5 34. Qc3 (34. Kg2 Bb6 35. Ng5
Nxb3 36. Qxb3 Qd7 $11) 34... f6 (34... Nxe4 $2 {Lutz} 35. Qc4 $16) 35. Qc4 {
Lutz: Nach diesem Zug kommt Weiß sogar noch etwas in Schwierigkeiten.} (35. Bc2
{Lutz} Bb6 36. Qc4 Qe6 $11 {Weiß hat nur den symbolischen Vorteil, den er
schon die ganze Zeit hatte.}) 35... Nxb3 36. Qxb3 Bb6 {/\Qc5 Lutz: Nun sind
die weißen Bauern schwach. Weiß rettet sich aber durch Dauerschach gegen den
schwarzen König.} 37. Qc2 $2 $138 (37. Qc4 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qb1 39. Qe6 $11 (39.
Qxc6 {Lutz} Qxb2 40. Qd7+ Kh6 41. Qd2+ $11)) (37. Qc3 $2 {Lutz} Qd1+ 38. Kg2
Qe2 $17) (37. Kg2 $2 {Lutz} Qc5 $17) 37... Qe6 $1 {/\Qa2,/\Qh3} 38. Nd2 (38. b3
$2 {Lutz} Qh3 $17) 38... Qg4 (38... Qxa2 39. Qxc6 Qa1+ (39... Qxb2 40. Qd7+ $11
(40. Qd7+ {Lutz} Kh6 41. Qe8 $11)) 40. Kg2 Qe1 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qe8 Qxf2+ 43.
Kh3 $11) 39. Qd3 $8 (39. Nf1 $2 Qf3 40. b4 a6 41. a4 Bd4 42. a5 Kf8 $22 $19)
39... Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Bd4 (40... Qe1 41. Qd7+ Kh6 42. Qe8 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 $11) 41.
Qa3 $1 (41. Qa3 Qxd2 42. Qe7+ Kh6 {Lutz} 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e3 Nd7 8. a3 Bd6 $6 (8... g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6
13. Qb3 Qd6 {Diese für Schwarz durchaus akzeptable Stellung wollte Alexej
nicht zum zweiten Mal spielen.} 14. Rfc1 Be6 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. Rab1 a5 17. bxa5
Nd7 18. a4 Rxa5 19. Qc2 $13 {Piket,J-Dreev,A/Wijk (10) 1996}) 9. e4 dxe4 (9...
Qe7 10. e5 $14 Bc7 11. Rc1 Nb6 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. f4 fxe5
16. Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. O-O+ Ke7 20. Ne2 (20. b4 $5 $14)
20... Be8 21. Nf4 g5 22. Nfg6+ Nxg6 23. Nxg6+ Bxg6 24. Bxg6 Rhf8 $10 {Piket,
J-Dreev,A/Monte Carlo m (08) 1996}) 10. Nxe4 Qe7 11. c5 $5 $146 {Lutz: Man
vergleiche die Partie Drazic,S-Blagojevic,D/JUG-ch Podgarica/CBM 53 1996} (11.
Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. c5 Qf4 (12... Qd5 {Ftacnik} 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Bd3 g5 15. Rd1 Bd7
16. O-O O-O-O 17. Rfe1 Be8 18. Ne5 b5 19. b3 Qxd4 20. Bxb5 cxb5 21. Rxd4 Rxd4
22. Qc3 {1-0 Gulko,B-Antoshin,V/Moscow-ch/1984}) 13. Qd2 (13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qe2
Rd8 15. g3 Qc7 16. O-O b6 17. b4 a5 18. Rfd1 Nf6 19. Qe5 Qb7 20. Bf1 axb4 21.
axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Nd5 23. Qe1 Bd7 24. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Bisguier,A/New
York op Newark (05)/1996 (41)}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Ke7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Kc3
$14 {Eingorn,V-Zhuravliov,V/EU-chT 1992}) (11. Bd3 {Ftacnik} O-O 12. O-O Rd8
13. Qe2 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Rd2 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19.
Rfd1 Qc7 20. Bc2 Rxd2 {1/2-1/2 Schoof,M-Jantzen,H/RLNN 8788/1988}) 11... Bc7
12. Bc4 b6 (12... e5 {Ftacnik} 13. O-O exd4 14. Re1 $14) 13. b4 a5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qe2 Bb7 (15... e5 {Ftacnik} 16. d5 $1 cxd5 17. Bxd5 $14) 16. Rab1 Ra7 (
16... e5 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. e6 $18) 17.
Rfe1 $1 {Die Partie ist ein gutes Beispiel an prophylaktischen Zügen , Weiß
kümmert sich die ganze Zeit um das Fortbestehen seines stolzen Bauernkeiles
d4-c5. Dank diesem Keil haben die schwarzen Läufer ein schweres Schicksal.}
axb4 18. axb4 Rfa8 (18... e5 19. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 (19... b5 20. Bb3) 20. cxd6 Qxd6
21. dxe5 Qc7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Rbd1 $16) 19. g3 Ra3 (19... Ba6 $5
20. Ra1 Bxc4 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Qxc4 b5 23. Qc3 {/\Ne5+/-} f6 24. Qb3 $14) (
19... b5 20. Bb3 Nf6 $14) 20. Rb3 Ra2 21. Rb2 R2a3 22. Ra2 Rxa2 (22... b5 {
Ftacnik} 23. Rxa3 Rxa3 24. Bd3 Ra4 25. Qd2 $14) 23. Bxa2 Nf6 $2 {Nach diesem
Springerabtausch bekommt der Nf3 einen prächtigen Vorposten auf e5.} (23... Ba6
$142 $14) (23... bxc5 {Ftacnik} 24. dxc5 $14) 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (24... gxf6 25.
Bb1 $16 {/\Qe4}) 25. Bc4 Ra3 (25... Ra4 26. Rb1) 26. Ne5 $16 bxc5 27. bxc5 (27.
dxc5 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra4 $17) 27... Bxe5 {Es ist klar,
daß man einen solchen Springer nicht lange vertragen kann.} (27... Ra8 {Ftacnik
} 28. f4 $14) 28. dxe5 Qe7 29. Rd1 Rc3 (29... Qxc5 $2 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ (
31. Bd3+ {Ftacnik} g6 32. Rd7 $18) 31... g6 32. Rd7 $18) (29... Ra5 {Ftacnik}
30. Rd6 Rxc5 31. Qd3 $16) 30. Rd6 {Weiß steht nun strategisch auf Gewinn.
Schwarz ist vollkommen passiv und muß zusehen, wie der Gegner seine Stellung
verstärkt.} Bc8 31. Qe4 (31. Rxc6 $2 {Ftacnik} Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Bb7) 31... Bd7 32.
Bd3 g6 33. Qb4 $1 Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Be8 35. Qa3 Rd1 36. Qa8 Kg7 37. Qb8 (37. Bxg6 {
Ftacnik} Rd5 38. Be4 Rxe5 39. Qa4 $16) 37... Rc1 38. Rd8 $18 Kf8 (38... Bd7 $2
{Ftacnik} 39. Rg8+ Kh7 40. Rh8+) 39. Be4 $1 Rxc5 40. Rc8 (40. Qd6 {Ftacnik} Rc4
41. Bxc6 Rxc6 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Qxc6+ $10) 40... Qd7 41. Qd6+ Qe7 (41... Kg7 {
Ftacnik} 42. Rxe8 Qxe8 43. Qxc5 $18) 42. Bxc6 (42. Bxc6 {Ftacnik} Qxd6 43.
Rxe8+ Kg7 44. exd6 Rxc6 45. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Magdeburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. a3 Qe7 13. Rfe1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 $10 16. Ba2 (16. d5 $5 Nf8 (16... cxd5 $2 17. exd5 $16) 17. dxe6 Nxe6
18. e5 {/\Ne4-d6} c5 (18... Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 $2 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxg6 $16) (
18... Kh7 19. h4) (18... Kh8 19. Rd6) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 $10) (16. e5
Rac8 17. Qe2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxd5 Nf8) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf8 21.
Red1 Rxd5 22. Rxd5 Rd8 23. Qd3 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qe6 25. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 Illescas
Cordoba,M-Dreev,A/Linares 1995}) 16... Rac8 17. e5 (17. h4 $6 c5 18. d5 Ne5)
17... Nf8 18. Qe2 (18. Ne4 c5 19. dxc5 (19. Nd6 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rc7 21. f4 cxd4
22. Qe4 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qxd6 $17) 19... Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 $15 {
><e5}) (18. h4 {>=} Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 c5 (20... Kh8 21. Qe4) 21. d5
exd5 22. Nxd5 (22. Bxd5 $2 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24. Nf4 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26.
Qxd2 Qf5 $15 {><e5}) 22... Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Ne6 $10) 18... Rc7 19.
Rd2 Rcd7 {/\c5} 20. Red1 g5 $1 $15 {/\Ng6} 21. h3 (21. Qe4 Ng6 22. h4 gxh4 23.
Qg4 Kh8 $1 (23... c5 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 (25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Kh8 $17)
25... Kh8 26. Bxb7 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Qxb7 29. f4 $44) 24. Bb1 c5 $17)
21... Ng6 22. Qe3 Nf4 (22... c5 $1 23. d5 exd5 24. Nxd5 (24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nxd5
Qe6 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. Rxd5 (25. Bxd5 Bxe5 26. Bxf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28.
Rxd7 Qxd7 29. Nxe5 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 Qd6 $17) 25... Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Kf8 $17) 23. Bb1
c5 24. Be4 cxd4 (24... Bxe4 $2 25. Nxe4 cxd4 26. Nxd4 {/\Nc6}) 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 (
25... Bxe4 $5 26. Rxd7 (26. Qxe4 Ng6 $15) 26... Rxd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxe4 Ng6
$15) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Qxd4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Ng6 (28... Qc7 29. h4 $132) 29. Nb5
$2 $138 (29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Qb8 Qd7 31. g3 $15) 29... Qc5 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Nxa7
Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qxb2 33. Qe4 Qxa3 34. Nc6 Qc5 $19 35. h4 gxh4 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kh2
Qf4+ 38. Qxf4 Nxf4 39. Kg1 h3 40. g3 Nd3 41. Kf1 Kg8 0-1

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Bb3 (13. Qc2 Kh8 14.
a3 (14. Rfd1 $142 e5 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb6 17. h3 f5 18. Nd6 Qxd6 19. Bxb7
Qb8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxc8+ Qxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxd7 $14) 14... e5 15. Ng3
Nb6 16. Ba2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 18. Ndf5 Qf6 19. f4 g6 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. Rce1 Nc8
$10 {Cramling,P-Knaak,R,Hamburg SKA,1991}) 13... Rd8 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16. Nc5 (16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 f6 $132) 16... Rab8 17. a3 Be8 18. Qe4 Bd6
19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Ned3 $14 {20..b6!? 0,5:0,5 Schmidt,Wl-Kuczynski,R,POL-ch,1991})
14... a5 $6 (14... Nf8 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 17. f4 f6 18. Nd3 Kh8 19. Ndc5
Rab8 20. Qc4 Rd5 $13) (14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f4 $14 Be8 17. f5 f6 18. Nf3
Bf7 $13) 15. a3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 $14 Bd7 18. Rc5 Be8 19. Qc2 $1 {
/\Ba2-b1,><h7} Qe7 20. Ba2 Bd6 21. Rc3 Rac8 {/\b6,c5<=>} 22. h4 g6 (22... b6
23. Bb1 g6 (23... f5 24. e4 Bg6 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Qe2 $16) 24. h5 c5 25. hxg6
fxg6 26. Ba2 $16) 23. e4 $1 (23. Bb1 $5 h5 24. Ba2 $14) 23... Qf8 (23... e5 24.
Rcd3 Bc7 25. h5 gxh5 26. dxe5 Rxd3 27. Rxd3 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 29. Qc1 Kh7 30.
f4 $16) (23... h5 24. e5 Bc7 25. Ng5 $16) 24. h5 gxh5 25. Nd2 $16 {/\e5,Ne4}
Be7 26. Rg3+ (26. Nc4 $142 b5 27. Nxa5 b4 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. e5 $1
$18) 26... Bg5 27. Nc4 $1 (27. f4 $2 Qd6 $1 $17) (27. Nf3 Qg7 $13) 27... h4 28.
Rf3 (28. Rg4 $2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Nd6+ Kh8 $13) 28... b5 $1 (28... Qg7 29.
e5 $16 {><d6}) 29. Nxa5 Qg7 30. Rfd3 {/\b4} (30. e5 $2 c5 $15) 30... c5 $5 31.
dxc5 Rxd3 32. Rxd3 Qe5 33. b4 Qxe4 34. Qd1 Kh8 35. Bb1 Qe5 36. Rd6 f6 37. Qd3
$2 (37. Ba2 $1 Bf7 38. Nc6 Qe4 39. Nd8 $18) 37... Bg6 $1 (37... Qe1+ 38. Qf1
Qe5 39. Ba2 Bf7 40. Nc6 $16) 38. Rd8+ $2 (38. Qf1 Bxb1 39. Qxb1 h3 40. Nc6 $18)
38... Rxd8 39. Qxd8+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ Bf7 41. Qxb5 $5 (41. Bd3 Qa1+ 42. Bf1 Qxa3
43. Qxb5 (43. Nc6 $36) 43... Bd2 44. Nc6 $16) 41... Qb2 42. Qd3 $2 (42. Bd3 $1)
42... Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qc1+ 45. Kh2 (45. Qf1 Qxa3 46. Qe1 (46. Nc6 Be8
47. Nd4 Qxb4 48. Nxe6+ Kh8 49. Nxg5 hxg5 $10) 46... Qb2 47. c6 (47. Nc4 Qd4 48.
Qf1 e5 $10) 47... Bf4 $13 {/\Bc7}) 45... Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7
8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. e4 O-O (12... e5 {Lutz} 13.
d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 $1 bxc6 (14... Nxc4 15. Nd5) 15. Be2 $14) 13. e5 $1 {N, Ch.
Lutz Weiß hat ohne großen Tempoverlust e4-e5 durchsetzen können. Die Partie
demonstriert anschaulich die Möglichkeiten für beide Seiten : Weiß greift am
Königsflügel an, wird dann jedoch ausgekontert und zieht nicht rechtzeitig die
Notbremse.} (13. Re1 b6 $1 (13... Rd8 $6 14. e5 b6 (14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16.
Ne4 $14) 15. Qe2 {-13.e5}) 14. e5 Bb7 15. Qe2 a6 $1 $11) 13... Rd8 (13... b6) (
13... b6 {Lutz} 14. Ne4 $5) 14. Qe2 (14. Ne4 $2 {Lutz} Nxe5) 14... b6 15. Rfe1
Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 $14) (15... Bb7 $5 {Lutz}) 16. Bd3 $1 Qf8 (16... Bb7 17.
Be4 Nf8 (17... c5 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qe4 Rbb8 (19... Nf8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Qd7 22. Red1 $16 {Ivanchuk}) 20. Nb5 cxd4 (20... a6 21. Na7 $16) 21. Nbxd4 Nc5
22. Qc2 Qb7 23. b4 $16 {Ivanchuk}) (17... Rdc8 $5 18. a3 Ba8 19. Qa6 $14 {
Ivanchuk}) 18. g3 Rbc8 (18... Rdc8 19. h4 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Nb5 Rbb8 22. Nd6
Rc7 23. dxc5 $14 {Ivanchuk}) 19. a3 Rc7 20. Red1 c5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4 $14 {
Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod Inf. 67/504 1996}) 17. h4 $1 $40 (17. Rcd1 Bb7
18. Be4 $14) (17. Be4 {Lutz} c5 $5) 17... c5 (17... Bb7 18. h5 c5 19. d5 {
-17...c5}) 18. d5 (18. h5 $5 {Lutz} cxd4 19. Nb5 $13) 18... Bb7 (18... exd5 19.
e6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Qf7 21. Qd6 {/\Bg6,Re7} Bf8 (21... Bb7 22. Bxg6 Qf6 23. Re6
Qf8 24. Nxd5 (24. Qg3 $5) 24... Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxb2 26. Rd1 Kf8 27. Nxb6 axb6
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Bxf3 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rxf3 $16) 22. Qg3 (22. Qxd5 Bb7
$11) 22... Bb7 23. Bxg6 Qg7 24. h5 {/\Nh4-f5} Nf6 (24... d4 25. Nb5 $16 {
/\Nc7-e6}) 25. Nh4 Bd6 26. Qh3 Bc8 27. Nf5 $16 {->}) 19. h5 $1 (19. dxe6 $6 {
Lutz} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxe5) 19... exd5 20. hxg6 Re8 (20... fxg6 21. e6 Re8 22.
Bxg6 Re7 23. Qc2 d4 (23... Nf6 24. Ne5 $18) 24. Bh7+ Kh8 25. Nh4 $18) 21. gxf7+
Qxf7 22. e6 Qf6 23. Bb5 $2 (23. Bc2 $1 {/\Qd3} Nf8 (23... d4 $2 24. Qc4 $1 Nf8
25. e7+ $18) (23... c4 24. Rcd1 $1 Nc5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rxe6 27. Qxc4
Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 $18) 24. e7 Ng6 25. Qd3 Nxe7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Ne5 Rbd8 (27...
Red8 28. Re3) 28. Re3 d4 29. Ne4 Bxe4 30. Rxe4 Rd6 31. Rce1 $18 {->}) (23. Nxd5
$5 {Lutz} Bxd5 24. Bc4 Bxc4 (24... Qf5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rcd1 Bd4 27. Nxd4 cxd4
28. Qg4+) 25. Qxc4 Nf8 26. e7+ Kh8 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 $11) 23... Nf8 24. Bxe8
Rxe8 $44 25. Qd3 (25. Qd2 d4 26. Ne4 Qd8 $1 $44) 25... d4 26. Ne4 (26. Nb5 $5 {
Lutz} Rxe6 $13) 26... Qf4 (26... Qg6 $5 27. Nh4 Qxe6 28. Nxc5 $4 Qxe1+ 29. Rxe1
Rxe1+ 30. Kh2 Be5+ (30... bxc5 $4 31. Qb3+ $18) 31. Kh3 Bc8+ $19) 27. Ned2 (27.
Ng3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 (28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rxe6 $13) 28... Rxe6 29. Rcd1 Rg6 (
29... Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 $16) 30. Kg2 Qf7 $13) (27. b4 $5 {Lutz} Rxe6 28. Ned2 $13)
27... Nxe6 28. Qc4 $2 (28. Qg6 $1 Qf7 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Ne5+ (30. Nc4 Rd8 31.
Nfe5+ Kf6 32. g3 Bd5 33. a4 $14) 30... Ke7 (30... Kf6 31. f4 $1 Nxf4 $2 32.
Ng4+ Kf7 33. Rf1 $18) 31. f4 Bxe5 32. Rxe5 Rg8 33. Ne4 $16) 28... Qg4 $40 29.
Re2 $2 Kh7 $138 30. Qd3+ Kh8 31. Rce1 $2 $138 Bd5 {/\Rg8} (31... Re7 $1 $19 {
/\Nf4}) (31... Re7 $5 $17 {Lutz /\ ...Nf4}) 32. Re4 (32. g3 c4 33. Qb1 d3 34.
Re3 Qh3 $19) 32... Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Qh5 $17 34. Nc4 Nf8 35. g4 $2 Qg6 36. Ncd2 c4
$19 37. Nh4 Qg5 (37... Qxg4+ 38. Rxg4 cxd3 $19) 38. Qg3 Rxe4 39. Nxe4 Qe5 $2 (
39... Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qxb2 41. Nf5 d3 $19) 40. Qf3 Kg8 41. Nf5 d3 42. a4 Ng6 $2 (
42... Qxb2 $4 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Qf7 $18) (42... a6 $1 $19 {/\b5}) 43. Nd2 $1 {
><c4} Qe1+ 44. Nf1 Ne7 (44... Qe6 45. Qb7 Bxb2 46. Nxh6+ Kf8 47. Qb8+ $132) 45.
Nxe7+ $2 (45. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 46. Qf4 Ng6 (46... Qe6 47. Ne3 d2 $2 48. Qd4+) 47.
Qc7+ $1 (47. Qxc4 Ne5 48. Qc7+ Kg6 $15) 47... Kf6 48. Qd8+ Qe7 49. Qd4+ Kg5 50.
Qxc4 $11) 45... Qxe7 46. Qd5+ Qf7 47. Qxf7+ Kxf7 48. Nd2 Ke6 $19 49. Nxc4 Kd5
50. Ne3+ (50. b3 Kd4 $19) 50... Ke4 51. Kf1 Bxb2 52. Ke1 Bc1 53. Nf5 Bf4 54.
Ne7 a6 55. Nc6 b5 56. axb5 axb5 57. f3+ Kd5 58. Ne7+ Kc4 59. Ng6 Bd6 60. f4 b4
61. Kd2 b3 62. Kc1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 $6 (5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7.
Qd3 Nbd7 8. g3 Bb7 9. Bg2 a6 10. Bg5 c5 $10) (5... b6 6. e4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Ba6 8.
Qb3 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Be7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 $10 {Alburt,
L-Sveshnikov,E/URS/1977/ Inf 25/606/}) 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 (7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Be2 Qc7 10. Bd2 (10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 $15) 10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Nb8 $5
12. O-O Nc6 $14) 7... Ne4 8. Be2 Nb6 9. Qc2 (9. cxd5 $5 exd5 (9... Nxd5 $2 10.
Qxe4 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. O-O Bb2 14. Bb4 $16) (9... cxd5 $2
10. Qb5+ $18) (9... Qxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 $16) 10. O-O Bf5 11. Qe3 $14)
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. c5 (11. cxd5 $5 exd5 (11... cxd5 $6 12. O-O $14) (
11... Nxd5 12. O-O c5 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Qe4 Bc6 15. Qg4 $14) 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O
Qd7 $14) 11... Nd7 12. c4 dxc4 (12... b6 $2 13. cxd5 exd5 (13... cxd5 $2 14. c6
$16) 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O $16) 13. Qxc4 (13. Bxc4 $6 b6 14. cxb6 axb6 $10)
13... b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. O-O a5 (15... O-O $6 16. Bg5 $16) 16. Qc2 Ba6 17.
Rb1 Qd8 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 $16 19. Qc4 Qa8 20. Bg5 Bb4 (20... Nb6 $2 21. Rxb6 Rxb6
22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qc5+ $18) 21. Qd3 h6 22. Bh4 (22. Bd2 Be7) 22... Rb6 (22...
O-O $2 23. a3 $18) 23. a3 Be7 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. Qc2 (26. a4 Nd5)
(26. Qe4 Rd8) 26... Nd7 27. h3 $6 (27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Qh7 Rg8 29. h4 $16) 27... g6
28. Rc1 Rc8 29. Qd2 g5 30. Qd3 (30. h4 $5 g4 (30... c5 31. hxg5 $18) 31. Nh2
$16) 30... c5 31. dxc5 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. c6 Nb6 (33... Ke6 $2 34. Nd4+ Kxe5
35. cxd7 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 $18) 34. Rc5 Nc4 35. Rxd5 (35. Nd4 Nxe5 36. Rxd5 Nxc6) (
35. a4 Ke6 36. c7 $18) (35. c7 Kd7 36. Nd4 Rxc7 37. Rxd5+ Ke7 38. a4 $16) 35...
Rxc6 36. Nd4 Rc7 37. a4 f6 38. exf6+ $2 (38. e6 $18) 38... Kxf6 39. g3 Ra7 40.
Rc5 Nb2 41. Rc6+ Ke5 $1 42. Rc2 (42. Rb6 $2 Nxa4 43. Nc6+ Kd5) 42... Rb7 $8 (
42... Kxd4 43. Rxb2 Rc7 44. Rb5 Rc5 45. Rxc5 Kxc5 46. Kg2 Kb4 47. f4 $18) 43.
Nc6+ Kd5 44. Nxa5 Rb6 45. g4 $2 (45. Kg2 $5 Nxa4 46. Nc4 Rb4 47. Ne3+ $16)
45... Nd3 $1 (45... Nxa4 46. Nc4 $14) 46. Nc4 Rb1+ 47. Kh2 Ra1 48. Nb6+ Ke4 $44
49. Re2+ Kd4 50. Nc8 Nf4 (50... Rxa4 $6 51. Nd6 $16) 51. Rd2+ Ke5 52. Nd6 Rxa4
53. Nf7+ Ke6 54. Nxh6 (54. Nxh6 Ra3 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 (8... Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. cxd5 exd5 $14) (8... g6 9. e4 dxe4 (9... dxc4 $5)
10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qd8 12. c5 O-O 13. h4 $16 {Ribli,Z-Farago,I/Magyarorszag/
1977/}) 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 e5 (12... a5 $2 13. b5 $16) (
12... b6 $5 $14) 13. d5 $1 Nb6 14. dxc6 $1 bxc6 (14... Nxc4 15. Nd5 Qd6 16.
Rxc4 bxc6 (16... b5 17. Rc5 e4 18. Nd4) (16... Rd8 17. e4 $16) 17. Rxc6 Qd8 18.
e4 Bb7 19. Rc5 $16) 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Qd6 Re8 $6 (16... Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Nxc4 18.
Nxc8 (18. Rxc4 $2 Ba6 $17) (18. Nxc4 e4 19. Nfd2 f5 20. Na5 Ba6 $13) 18...
Rfxc8 19. Rxc4 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. a4 $14) 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc5
Kf8 $6 (19... e4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 $14) 20. e4 Bc8 21.
Rfd1 $16 Rc7 (21... Ke8 22. a4 $16) 22. Rd8+ (22. a4 Ke7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Ba4
Nxc5 25. Rxc5 Rb8 26. b5 Rd7) 22... Ke7 23. Rg8 Bf6 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. b5 $1 Bb7
26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Nb4 (27. Bd5 Kd6 (27... cxd5 $2 28. Rxc7 dxe4 (28... Kd6 29.
Rxa7 dxe4 30. Ndxe5 $18) 29. Nc5 Kd6 (29... exf3 30. Rxd7+ Ke8 31. Rxa7 $18)
30. Rxd7+ Kxc5 31. Rxf7 $18) 28. Bxf7 (28. bxc6 Bxc6 $10) 28... cxb5 29. Rxc7
Kxc7 30. Bxg6 a5 31. Kf1 b4 32. Ke2 $16) 27... c5 28. Bd5 Kd8 (28... Kd6 $6 29.
Na6 Rc8 30. Bxa8 Rxa8 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Nc7 $16) 29. Nc6+ (29. Na6 Bxd5 30. Nxc7
Bxa2 31. Na6 c4 $132) 29... Bxc6 30. bxc6 Nb8 31. Rxc5 $16 Ke7 32. Nd2 Kd6 33.
Rc2 Nxc6 34. Nc4+ Kd7 35. Bxf7 Ke7 36. Na5 Kd6 37. Rxc6+ $6 (37. Nxc6 $5 Rxc6
38. Rd2+ Ke7 39. Bb3 Rc1+ 40. Bd1 Bg5 41. Rd5 Ra1 42. a4 $16) 37... Rxc6 38.
Nxc6 Kxc6 39. Bxg6 Bg5 40. Kf1 (40. g3 Kd6 41. Kg2 Ke6 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Be8 Bd2
44. Kg4 Be1 45. f4 Bd2 46. Bd7 Bc1 47. Bf5 Bd2 48. Kf3 Bc1 49. h4 Bd2 50. fxe5+
Kxe5 51. g4 Bc1 52. g5 hxg5 53. h5 g4+ 54. Kxg4 Kf6 $10) 40... Kd6 41. Ke2 Ke6
42. g3 Bc1 43. Kf3 Kf6 44. Be8 Kg5 45. Bd7 Bd2 46. Ke2 Bc1 47. Bc8 Kf6 48. Kd1
Ba3 49. f4 Bd6 50. fxe5+ Kxe5 51. Bb7 Bc7 52. Ke2 Kf6 53. Kf3 Kg5 54. Bc6 Bb6
55. h4+ Kf6 56. g4 Bc5 57. Bd7 Ba3 58. Ke3 Ke5 59. Kd3 Be7 60. h5 Bg5 61. Bf5
a5 62. Kc4 Bd8 63. Kc5 Be7+ 64. Kb5 Bd8 65. g5 hxg5 66. Kc6 g4 67. Kd7 g3 (
67... Bg5 68. Bxg4 Kxe4 69. Ke6 Kf4 70. Bd1 $18) 68. Bh3 Bg5 69. Bg2 a4 70. Kc6
a3 71. Kc5 Be7+ 72. Kc4 Bf8 73. Kb3 Kf6 74. Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dorfman,J"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Ba6 8. Qc2
(8. Ne4 $6 {Karpov}) 8... b4 9. Na4 Bb5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 (11. e4) 11... Be7
12. e4 O-O 13. Bc4 (13. Be2 Qb8 14. O-O Qf4 15. e5 Qe4 $19) 13... Qa5 14. Nd2 (
14. O-O Bxc4 15. Qxc4 (15. bxc4 Nxe4) 15... Nxe4 16. Qxc6 Nef6 17. Rfc1 Nb6 $15
) 14... Bxa4 15. bxa4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd1 Rd8 20.
Re1 Rc7 21. Re2 (21. Rc1 Rcd7 22. Re2 Nxe4 $19) 21... Qa6 22. Be5 Rcc8 23. Bf4
Nfd7 24. Be3 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. f4 Ra5 27. f5 Nxa4 28. Bxa4 Rxa4 29. fxe6
fxe6 30. Qf1 Rxa2 31. Rxa2 Qxa2 32. Nf3 Qc4 33. g3 Rf8 34. Kg2 Qd3 35. Qf2 Bc5
36. Qf1 a5 37. Ne5 Qc3 38. Nf3 b3 39. Re1 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "Politiken Cup 36th"]
[Site "Helsingor"]
[Date "2014.07.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.07.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 {
The main point of this move is to open up more possibilities if Black decides
to capture on c4. Since the bishop won't be attacked on d3, White will have
time for e4-e5 (without giving Black time for ...Nd7 and ...e5) or Ne4/Nd2.}
Bg7 (8... Nd7 9. O-O dxc4 $6 10. Nd2 $14) 9. O-O O-O (9... Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5
11. b4 {is a typical position that is supposed to be pleasant for White.}) 10.
e4 ({The whole idea of delaying ...Nd7 has been shown in the following game:} 
10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be6 $1 {Black has the time to develop his light-squared
bishop before going ...Nd7, which makes a quite important difference.} 12. Qb3
Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (45) Fridman,D (2627)-Giri,A (2752) NED 2014})
10... Nd7 11. exd5 ({The critical move could be} 11. e5 {while the game could
continue:} Qe7 12. Re1 Rd8 $1 13. c5 b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17.
Qxa1 bxc5 18. bxc5 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. Ne4 (13.
dxc5 Nxc5 {is also critical, but Black will go ...Bf5 and put his rooks in the
centre. This simply looks to me like a typical Grünfeld pawn compensation.})
13... Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qb6 $5 $146 (16... Qb4 17. b3 Bf5
(17... Rd8 $5) 18. Bd3 Bd7 {was also quite fine for Black in 0-1 (57) Bacrot,E
(2722)-Eljanov,P (2732) Shamkir AZE 2014, and after} 19. Rc7 $5 $146 Rfd8 20.
Qd2 Qd6 21. Rxb7 Qxd5 22. Be4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxd2 {Black would
easily make a draw.}) 17. b3 Qd6 $1 {Preventing Nd2. Black, again, has typical
compensation for the pawn.} 18. Qd2 (18. Nd2 Qxd5 19. Bf3 Qa5 20. Nc4 Qxa2 21.
Bd5 Be6 $11) 18... Bf5 19. Nh4 Bd7 20. g3 Rac8 21. Ng2 h5 22. Ne3 (22. a4 {
with the idea} a6 23. a5 {was also critical but I believed that in the
long-term the pawn would be weak on a5. After something like} Rfe8 24. Ne3 Bh6
25. Rxc8 Bxc8 {I do not think White can be better, and I would even prefer to
play the position with Black.}) (22. Ne3 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ (24...
Re8 $5) 25. Qxc1 Bd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Martin"]
[Site "San Martin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ricardi, Pablo"]
[Black "Valerga, Diego"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Endgame-CD"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 b4 15.
Na4 Re8 16. b3 Rc8 17. Ba6 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. Bd3 a5 21. h3 Qa7
22. Qe3 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. Rc4 g6 25. Qf4 Bg7 26. e5 Nb6 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28.
Nd2 g5 29. Qf3 Red8 30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Nf6+ Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Rcd8 33. Qxh6 Rxe5 34.
h4 Rdd5 35. Rd3 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Rg3 Rf5 38. f4 Qxf4 39. Rxc6 Qb8 40. Rc5
Rxc5 41. dxc5 Qe5 42. Qxg5+ Qxg5 43. Rxg5+ Kh7 44. Kg3 Rc1 45. Re5 Kg7 46. c6
Rxc6 47. Rxa5 Rc2 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. g4 Kg6 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Kf4 Rd4+ 52. Kg3 Rd2
53. Ra7 f5 54. Re7 fxg4 55. Kxg4 Rg2+ 56. Kf3 Rxa2 57. Rxe6+ Kxh5 58. Rb6 Kg5
59. Ke4 Rh2 60. Kd5 Kf5 61. Rxb4 $18 Rh3 (61... Rh8 62. Rb6 Rd8+ 63. Kc5 $18)
62. Rb7 Rd3+ 63. Kc4 Rd8 64. b4 Ke6 65. Kc5 Rc8+ 66. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Budapest FS09 GM"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dearing, Eddie"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.09.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 {Moscow variation. Other
theoretical options are:} (5... dxc4 {leads to Botvinnik variation.}) (5...
Nbd7 {- Cambridge Springs.}) 6. Bh4 {sacrificing the c4 pawn. More positional
option of fighting for an advantage is} (6. Bxf6 Qxf6) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 {The most principle continuation. Other ones are} (9. e5 $5 {
0-1 Halldorsson,B-Erenburg,S/Reykjavik 2004/[Erenburg] (24)}) (9. Qc2 {0-1
Yurtaev,L-Shirov,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Lutz] (26)}) (9. Ne5 $5 {0-1 Jobava,
B-Asrian,K/Dubai 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (52)}) (9. h4 $6 {0-1 Filippov,V-Novikov,I/
Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Lutz] (69)}) 9... Bb7 {Black has the following
alternatives:} (9... Nbd7 10. d5 {0-1 Zhu Chen-Dreev,A/Shenyang 1999/CBM 73/
[Kortschnoj] (48)}) (9... b4 $6 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Kobalija,M/
St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Lutz] (25)}) (9... Bb4 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dao Thien
Hai/Batumi 2001/CBM 86/[Lutz] (34)}) 10. Ne5 {Quite rare continuation in
comparison to} (10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 {0-1 Khalifman,A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 92/
[Lutz] (35)}) ({Also possible:} 10. e5 {1-0 Gershon,A-Shinkevich,V/Moscow 2002/
CBM 88/[Lutz] (24)}) 10... Nbd7 {Black tried also the following possibilities:}
(10... b4 $2 11. Na4 Nxe4 (11... c5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qxd1+ 14. Bxd1 $1
$16) 12. Bh5 $16) (10... h5 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Novikov,I/Qingdao 2002/CBM 91/
[Lutz] (37)}) (10... Bg7 {0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/
[Lutz] (26)}) (10... Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. fxg5 Nfd7
15. dxe5 Qxg5 16. Rxf7 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qxe4 19. Qd6 Qd5 20. Rd1 $40 {
1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11. Qc2 {White doesn't
hurry with the castle, but bring all the forces towards the centre, keeping
the option of h2-h4.} (11. h4 {0-1 Atalik,S-Markus,R/Jahorina 2003/CBM 94 ext/
[Atalik] (55)}) (11. O-O b4 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1
Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 11... Bg7 {The alternatives are:} (11... Rg8 12. Rd1 Nxe5
13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. O-O a6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 c5 19.
e5 Be7 20. Qh7 Rge8 21. Qf7 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Qxe6 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,
E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (49)}) (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O Qb6 14.
Rad1 Rg8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 $44 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 
(36)}) 12. Rd1 Qb6 ({After} 12... Nxe5 {white has got very strong initiative:}
13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nh7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. e5 c5 19.
d5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Komljenovic,D/Villarrobledo 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 13. h4 {
Probably, makes more problems for black than} (13. O-O {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,
V-Grischuk,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (25)}) 13... Nxe5 $146 {According to
my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous game
black continued} (13... Rd8 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5
Nf8 18. Ne4 Rxd4 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxb7 Nd7 21. Nd6 $18 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Acs,P/
Amsterdam NED 2004/The Week in Chess 507 (40)}) 14. Bxe5 Qa5 {seems strange...
Black's idea was to react with b5-b4 after white plays b2-b3, that the queen
will not be attacked by Na4.} (14... Rd8 {comes to consideration.}) 15. O-O
O-O-O ({It is very dangerous to castle short:} 15... O-O 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. f4
$40) 16. b3 b4 $2 {After this mistake, black gets strategically losing
position... Much better was} (16... c5 17. bxc4 (17. dxc5 b4 $132) 17... b4 $13
) 17. Na4 c3 18. a3 $1 {This simple move destroys black's pawn construction,
white is going to win the pawn back.} Ne8 {Black's pieces are very passive, so
I needed somehow to change some of them.} 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nxc3 $16 {White
has succeeded to win the pawn back, his pieces are located much better, black
monarch is vulnerable. All these factors give white very big advantage.} ({
Much worse is} 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 Rd7 $13) 20... Bxe5 ({
I was really surprised, when I realised that I cannot take on d4 with the rook,
that would promise black not bad position...} 20... Rxd4 $4 21. Rxd4 $18) 21.
dxe5 {White's position is near to winning. Black's light pieces are absolutely
out of the game, especially light-squared bishop.} Nc7 (21... Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qc5
23. b4 Qxe5 24. Nb5 $40) 22. Na4 $1 {with following occupation of c5
stronghold.} Rxd1 {It is the only chance to change the heavy pieces, and to
look for the rescue in endgame.} 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. hxg5 hxg5 (24... Rxd1+ 25.
Qxd1 hxg5 26. Qd6 $18 {- see the game.}) 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qd3+ Kc8 $6 {
missing last chance.} (26... Ke7 {loses as well:} 27. Qe3 Qe1+ 28. Kh2 Kf8 (
28... Ke8 29. Qxa7) (28... Ba6 29. Qc5+ Ke8 30. Qxc6+ $18) 29. Nc5 $18) ({
More resistant was} 26... Ke8 27. Qd6 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Na6 29. Nb2 $1 $16 (29. Qd4
Nb4 30. Nc5 Bc8 31. Qd6 Qc3 $16)) 27. Qd6 $1 {White is going to get winning
endgame, thanks to paralized black's light-squared bishop.} Qxd6 (27... Qe1+ {
doesn't make black's life easier:} 28. Bf1 (28. Kh2 Kb8 $1) 28... Kb8 (28...
Ba6 29. Qf8+ Kb7 30. Nc5+ Kb6 31. Nd7+ Ka5 32. Qa3#) 29. Nc5 $18) 28. exd6 Nb5
29. e5 $18 {White has protected passed pawn, black plays without bishop, that
make realization really easy.} Nd4 (29... f6 {is met by} 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. exf6
$18) 30. Bc4 c5 {Otherwise white plays Nc5.} 31. Nxc5 Ba8 ({More resistant was
} 31... Bd5 {, but with exact play white should win it:} 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Kh2
Nc6 34. Nd3 Kd7 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. f4 $18) 32. f3 Nc6 33. Nd3 Na5 34. Kf2 {
White doesn't afraid of capture on c4- his monarch is going to take care of
the "a" pawn.} Kd7 35. Bb5+ Bc6 36. Nc5+ Ke8 37. b4 $1 {killing all the
black's miserable chances. It was good time to resign.} Bxb5 38. bxa5 Bc6 39.
Kg3 Bb5 40. Kg4 Bf1 41. g3 Be2 42. Ne4 Kd7 43. Nxg5 f6 44. exf6 Kxd6 45. Nh7 {
promoting the pawn.} 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown 11th"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2007.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rd8 13. e5 Qe7 14. Re1 b6 {
Black should be facing good prospects with his bishop pair, but he is behind
in development and White enjoys excellent control of the centre.} (14... b5 15.
Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2/ Khalifman-Huzman (Amsterdam 1995)} Nxc5
18. Rxc5 (18. dxc5 Qc7 $14) 18... a6 19. Rc2 $1 Bxf3 (19... Ra7 20. Be4 $16)
20. Qxf3 Ra7 21. Re4 Rad7 22. Qe3 $16) 15. Qe2 a6 $146 (15... c5 16. d5 Bb7 17.
Qc2 g5 18. h3 Rac8 19. Rcd1 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf8 22. h4 Rd7 23. hxg5
hxg5 24. Qf5 Rcd8 25. e6 {1-0 Sulypa,A (2478)-Rogule,L (2316)/Olomouc 2007 (60)
}) (15... Rb8 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Ba6 $5 c5 17. d5 (17. Bxc8 Rbxc8 18. d5 exd5 19.
Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qf5) 17... Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nc7 Qc6 21. Nb5
Nf8 22. Nxa7 Qa8) 16... Bb7 (16... c5 $2 17. d5) 17. Be4 Nf8 (17... c5 $5 18.
Bxb7 (18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22.
Nxe5+ Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 $17) 19... Bxd5 (19... Nf8 $10) 20. Nxd5
Qe6 $10) 18... Rxb7 19. Qe4 (19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qa6 Rbb8
23. Nd5 Qe6 24. Nc7 Qc6 25. Nb5 Nf8 26. Nxa7 Qa8 27. Qa3 Ne6 {/\28...b5} 28.
Nb5 Qxa3 29. Nxa3 (29. bxa3 Ra8 $44) 29... b5 $44) (19. Nb5 cxd4 20. Nbxd4 $16
(20. Nd6 Rbb8 21. Rc7 $16)) 19... Rbb8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qe8 $14) (17... b5
18. Qe3 Rdc8 19. Nd2 Qf8 20. f4 a6 21. Qf3 Ba8 22. a3 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5
b4 25. Ncb1 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Nb6 27. Qf3 c4 28. Ne4 c3 29. bxc3 bxa3 {0-1 Bacrot,
E (2555)-Godena,M (2510)/Elista 1998 (43)}) 18. g3 (18. Qe3 Rbc8 19. Ne2 c5 20.
Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. Qc3 Qb5 24. h4 Qa4 25. Qxc5 Qxa2 26.
b4 Rd5 27. Qc3 {1/2 Novikov,I (2545)-Maksimenko,A (2500)/Donetsk 1998}) 18...
Rbc8 19. a3 Rc7 (19... c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 Qd5 (21... cxd4 $1 22. Nd6 Rxd6
23. exd6 (23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. exd6 Qc6 $44) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd5 25. Ne1 $1
Qxd6 26. Qa6 $13) 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Red1 $16) 20. Red1 c5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ne4
Rc7 (22... cxd4 23. Nd6 (23. Nxd4 Rd5 24. Nc6 $16) (23. Nxd4) 23... Rc7 (23...
Rbd7 24. Nxd4 $18) 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Rxd4 $16) 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 bxc5 {
/\g6-g5,Nf8-g6} 25. h4 (25. Nd6) 25... Nd7 (25... Rb7 $5 26. Nd6 Rb3 27. Rd3
Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nd7 29. Nc4 (29. Nc8 Qe8 30. Nxa7 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. b3 Bd4)
29... Nb6 30. Na5 $14) 26. Nd6 Nb6 (26... Rc6 $5) 27. Nd2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V 
(2730)-Kramnik,V (2765)/Novgorod 1996/ (40)}) (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Rab8 (16...
Bxa6 17. Qxa6 {/\Nc3-e4+/-}) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne4 $16 {><c6} (18. a3 c5 19.
Qe4 Rbb8 20. Nb5 cxd4 21. Nbxd4 Qe8 22. b4 Rbc8 23. Nc6 Nc5 24. Nxd8 Nxe4 25.
Rxc8 {1-0 Sadler,M (2650)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Monte Carlo 1998 (38)})) 16. Bd3
Bb7 17. Be4 {[%mdl 4] Despite Black's novelty, the problems of the position
are similar to the games quoted. Black needs to play with the utmost care.}
Rab8 18. Na4 c5 (18... Qb4 $6 19. b3 (19. Qc2 c5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Rcd1 cxd4
22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Red1 Rdb8 24. Qe4 Rc7 25. Nc3 $14) 19... Rbc8 20. Nb2 $16) 19.
Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Qxa6 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. b3 Rb5 $14) 20... Nb8 21.
Qe2 $5 {Van Wely has managed to lure the white knight to a4 and his activity
in the centre has better chances to succeed.} (21. Qd3 cxd4 22. Red1 Rd5 23.
Qe4 Nd7 24. Rxd4 Nxe5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxd5 Rd7 $11) 21... cxd4 22. Red1 Qb4 (
22... Rc7 23. Nxb6 d3 24. Qd2 Rxc1 25. Qxc1 $16) 23. b3 $2 {Mamedyarov has for
some reason failed to find a refutation of the Qb4 idea.} (23. Rc4 $1 Qb5 24.
Nc3 Qa6 25. b4 $16) 23... Qa5 $1 (23... Rbd7 24. Nb2 Rd5 25. Nd3 Qa3 26. Rc4
$14) 24. Qd2 (24. Nb2 Qxa2 25. Nxd4 Bxe5 26. Ra1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Bxd4 28. Rd1
Rbd7 $11) 24... Qa7 $2 {Van Wely must have been under the impression, that he
had solved all his problems. At the same time the correct exchange of the
queens would have promised slightly better chances.} (24... Qxd2 $1 25. Rxd2
Rd5 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nxd4 Bxe5 29. Nf3 Bg7 $15) 25. Nc3 $1 b5 26.
Ne4 Rc7 (26... Rbd7 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Kh7 29. Ne5 Rd5 30. Re1 $16) 27. Nd6
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nd7 (28... Bxe5 $2 29. Nxe5 Rxd6 30. Qf4 $1 Rd8 31. Nxg6 $18) (
28... Qb6 29. Qf4 Rf8 30. Qe4 $16) 29. Nxb5 $6 {Supergranmasters are grappling
with the intricacies of the position. Better chances to get real advantage
were hidden in the line with 29.Qxd4!?} (29. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Bxe5 31.
N4xb5 $16) 29... Qb6 (29... Qb8 30. Nbxd4 Nxe5 31. Qc2 Nxf3+ 32. Nxf3 $16) 30.
Nbxd4 Nxe5 31. Qe2 Ng4 $6 (31... Rd5 $5 32. h3 $14) (31... Rxd4 32. Nxe5 Rd5
33. Nc4 $16) 32. Nc6 Ra8 33. h3 (33. b4 Ra4 34. h3 Nf6 35. Nfe5 $16) 33... Nf6
34. Nce5 (34. Nfe5 Qb7 35. Rc4 $16) 34... Nd5 35. Rc6 Qb7 (35... Qa5 36. a4 $16
) 36. Rd6 $2 {Mamedyarov makes a provocative move, but his opponent did not
grab his chance to equalise!} (36. Rc2 $16) 36... Nf6 (36... Nf4 $1 37. Qe3
Bxe5 38. Qxe5 Nxh3+ 39. Kf1 g5 $13) 37. Qc2 Qb4 $2 {This weak move with be
expensive as Black is losing the f7-pawn and the game.} (37... Qb8 38. Rc6 Nd5
39. Nd3 $16) 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Rd8 Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kh7 (40... Qf8 41. Qxf8+ Kxf8
42. a4 $16) 41. Nxf7 (41. Nxf7 Qa3 42. Qd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {King} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 Bb4 {
Kortschnoj has no chance to compete with Kasparov in the sharp theoretical
lines, since the level of their knowledge in the forced lines is simply too
great. This is the reason why he is trying something else.} (7... g5 8. e5 (8.
Bg3 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxg3 11. fxg3 Bg7 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Kh1 b6 14. Qe2
O-O 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. Nxg5+ {1-0/Gruber,
S-Negyesy,G/Budapest/1931/}) 8... Nd5 9. Bg3 Bb4 (9... b5 10. a4 Bb4 11. Qc1
Qb6 12. Be2 g4 13. Nd2 Qxd4 14. axb5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Rb1 cxb5 17. Rxb5
Nc6 18. Bf4 Ba6 19. Rb1 Rd8 {0-1/Lundkvist,D-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal PG (01)/
1991/}) 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bxc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Kf1 Bb4 14. h4 g4 15. Nh2
h5 16. f3 Nd7 17. fxg4 {Verdier,P-Laclau,D/Montpellier-B/1989/0-1 (28)}) (7...
Be7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Bxc4 Qb4 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qd3 Bxf3
14. gxf3 O-O {0,5/Urban,K-Kuczynski,R/POL-ch (09)/1992/}) 8. Bxc4 Bxc3+ $6 (
8... g5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. O-O (10. Qb3 $13) 10... Nxc3 11. Qb3 $44) 9. bxc3 Qa5 {
This should have had been the point, both c3 and e4 pawns are vulnerable. King:
Only Kortschnoj.} (9... g5 10. Bg3 Nxe4 11. Be5 $13) 10. O-O $1 Nxe4 (10...
Qxc3 11. Rc1 $44) 11. Ne5 {Here it became clear, that White has stopped
counting pawns and fully concentrates himself on the unpleasant attack.} Nd7 (
11... Nxc3 12. Qh5 (12. Qf3 O-O (12... Rf8) 13. Be7) 12... Rf8 (12... Qc7 13.
Bd8 $1 $16) 13. Rfe1 $40) 12. Qg4 g5 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 (13... Nxc3 14.
Qxg7 Rf8 15. Rfc1 $16) (13... g5 14. Qxe4) 14. Rfe1 f5 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Rad1
$18) 13. Qxe4 Nxe5 (13... gxh4 14. Nxf7 $1 $18) 14. dxe5 gxh4 15. Rab1 {
White's compensation is all too obvious. Black lacks development, his B is
locked behind the pawn mass and the only piece in play is Q.} h3 (15... Qxc3
16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. Qxh4 Rg5 18. Rd4 $40) 16. Rfd1 Rg8 (16... hxg2 17. Rd3 Rg8 18.
Qh7 Rf8 19. Qg7 $16) 17. g3 Rg5 (17... Qxc3 18. Rb3 Qa5 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. Qg7 $1
$18 (20. Qxh6 Qxe5 21. Rd8+ Kxd8 22. Qxf8+ Kc7 23. Qxf7+ Kb8 $13)) 18. f4 Rg8 (
18... Rg6 19. Bf1 $16) 19. Bf1 {King: Kasparov realises he doesn't need to
rush. Black's king cannot run very far.} Qxc3 20. Bxh3 f5 21. Qe2 (21. exf6
Qxf6 22. Rd6 $40) 21... Kf8 (21... Rg6 22. Qh5 Kf7 23. Bxf5 Qe3+ 24. Kf1 exf5
25. Rd6 $18) 22. Qh5 Qc5+ (22... Kg7 23. Rxb7+ $1 $18) 23. Kh1 Qe7 24. Rd6 Kg7
(24... Rh8 25. Rbd1 Rh7 26. Qg6 Qf7 27. Rd8+ Ke7 28. Bxf5 $1 $18) 25. Bxf5 $1
Qf7 (25... exf5 26. Rg6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ $18) 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Bxe6+ $1 (27.
Bxe6+ $1 Bxe6 28. Rxb7+ Kf8 29. Rxe6) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 c6 $6 (5... h6) (5... Nbd7) 6.
Qc2 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 h6 (8... O-O 9. Bd3 $16) 9. Bh4 g5 $5 (9... O-O)
10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bd3 Qe7 (11... f5 $6 {><e5, f5}) 12. O-O Nxg3 (12... Bxc3 13.
bxc3 h5 14. h4 $16) 13. fxg3 $1 $16 O-O (13... g4 14. Nh4 Qxe3+ 15. Kh1 $40)
14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 f5 16. Nc3 {><f5} Nb6 17. Rae1 Qd6 18. Kh1 Be6 19. Ne5 Kg7
$1 (19... Rae8 $2 20. g4 f4 21. Bh7+ $18) 20. a3 $1 (20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5
Rxf5 22. Qxf5 Rf8 {/\ Nd5<=>}) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rae8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5
Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 25. Qe4 (25. Qg4 Qxa3) 25... Nd7 26. h4 Nxe5 27. dxe5 Qe6 28.
Kg1 (28. Qe3 gxh4 29. gxh4 Qg4 $132) 28... b6 29. h5 Qf5 30. Qe3 Re8 (30... c5
31. e6) 31. Qe2 {/\ 32. g4 Qf4 33. Qd3+-} (31. e6 $2 Qc5) 31... g4 32. Qe4 Qxh5
$2 (32... Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Kf7 $16) 33. Qxc6 Rf8 34. Qd7+ Rf7 35. Qd4 $18 Kh7 36.
Re4 Rg7 37. Rf4 Qg6 38. Rf6 Qg5 (38... Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Rg5 40. Qd7+ Rg7 41. Rf7
Qg6 (41... Rxf7 42. Qxf7+ Kh8 43. e6) 42. Rxg7+ Qxg7 43. e6) 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40.
Qf4 Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kh8 42. Rf8+ Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Qxg8 (43... Kxg8 44. Qa8+ {/\ Qa7})
44. e6 h5 45. Qe5+ Qg7 46. Qxh5+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Qf8 48. Qxf8+ Kxf8 49. Kf2 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 (8... Bd6) (8... Qd8) 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4) 10... dxc4
11. e5 Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1 a6 (14... a5 15. Ne4 c5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Ned2 $10 {Hulak,K-Lalic,B/Yugoslavia/1989/}) (14... Bb7 15. Ba6 $5)
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Be4 Ra7 17. Rac1 b5 (17... c5 $2 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qxa6 $16)
18. Qe3 c5 19. d5 $1 Nxe5 (19... exd5 20. Bxd5 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe6 $1 (
21. Qxh6 exd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Qd6 $10) 21... Bxe4 $2 (21... Bg7 22.
exf7+ Qxf7 23. Qxc5 $16) (21... Kg7 $1 $10 {Kramnik}) 22. Nxe4 Bxb2 23. Rxc5
Bg7 (23... Qxe6 24. Rc2 Re7 25. Rxb2 Rfe8 26. Qxh6 f5 27. Rbe2 fxe4 28. Rxe4
Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Qxg6+ $16) 24. Rc6 $1 fxe6 25. Nc5 Qf7 $6 (25... e5 26.
Rxg6 $16) (25... Rf6 26. Nxe6 Qd7 27. Rc2 Rb7 28. Nc5 $140 Qf5) 26. Nxe6 Re8
27. Qb3 Kh8 $6 (27... Ree7 $5) 28. g3 Qf5 29. Re2 Rae7 30. Rxa6 Bf6 31. Re3 Kh7
32. Rf3 Qe5 33. Nf4 Qb2 34. Qd3 (34. Qxb2 Bxb2 35. Nxg6 $16) 34... Re4 (34...
Rg7 35. Nxg6 Rd8 36. Qe4 $18) 35. Kg2 Qd4 36. Qxb5 R8e7 $138 1-0

[Event "Alcobendas m"]
[Site "Alcobendas"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 f5 $6 (12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bf6 14.
Ne4 e5 $132) 13. c5 $1 Bf6 14. a4 g5 (14... g6 {/\ e5+/=}) 15. b5 a5 16. Ne2
Bg7 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Nd2 f4 $6 19. exf4 gxf4 20. Rfe1 e5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. dxe5
Nxe5 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. N2f3 Nxf3+ (24... Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Bg4 26. Rb6 $16) 25. Nxf3
Bf5 26. Rb6 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rae8 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. h3 Re6 30. Kh2 Qg6 31. Qd2 $1
(31. Qxg6 Rxg6 $13) 31... Qe4 32. Qxa5 Kh7 33. Rb8 Rf6 34. Qc7 d4 (34... Qxa4
35. Qe7 $1 Rg6 36. Qf7 h5 37. h4 Qc2 38. Ng5+ Kh6 39. Rh8+ Bxh8 40. Qh7#) 35.
Rb7 Rg6 36. Qe5 Qc2 (36... Qxe5 37. Nxe5 Re6 38. Nd3 $18) 37. Nh4 (37. Qxd4 $18
) 37... Rg5 38. Qxd4 Qxc5 $2 39. Rxg7+ $1 $18 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav Defence is too complicated even for
grandmasters. In the praxis of other mortals this unbelievable position
represents a truly rare guest.} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 b4 {A provocative
move from the kitchen of chess samurais. Black is not satisfied with the level
of exposure due to his scattered pawns and thus weakens the whole structure of
the queenside - all for the cost of winning the valuable e4-pawn.} (11... Bb7
12. O-O) 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O {The point is to enhance the disparity in
development first, only then will White begin to reap the fruits.} (13. Bxc4
Nxg3 14. fxg3 Bg7 (14... Nd7 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Bb7 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Rad1 Qe7
19. Nc5 Rh6 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Qe4 $15 {0-1 Maletin,P (2545)-Kobalia,M (2618)/
Novokuznetsk 2008 (44)}) 15. Nc5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7
19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. Rf1 Rb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Amura,C (2355)-Delgado Crespo,
M (2298)/San Felipe 1999 (27)}) (13. Bf4 Qf6 14. g3 Bh6 15. Qc2 Bxf4 16. Qxe4
Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Bxc4 Nd7 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rhe1 Nb6 22.
Nxb6 axb6 23. Rd6 b5 24. Bb3 c5 $15 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2603)-Motylev,A (2676)/Wijk
aan Zee 2009 (37)}) 13... Bg7 14. Bf4 Qxh4 15. Qc2 {In irrational positions of
similar type the solving of the problems is often a question of a good nose.
Caruana will be working blind, just like his courageous opponent.} (15. Bxc4 g3
16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Rf3 Qh1+ 18. Kf2 Ne4+ 19. Ke3 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd6 21. Bd3 $11)
15... g3 $1 (15... Nxf2 16. Rxf2 g3 17. Bxg3 Qxg3 18. Qxc4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5
20. Bf3 O-O 21. Qxb4 $11) 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Bf3 {White rightly believes in the
activity of his pieces and forgets the worries about the immediate material
difference.} (17. Rf3 Qh1+ 18. Kf2 Qxa1 19. Rxg3 Bf6 $17) (17. Bxc4 $5 Nxf1 18.
Rxf1 Qe7 (18... O-O 19. Qd2 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Rf4 Qg5 (21... Qe7 22. Rf6
Rd8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qxh5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ $11) 22. Rxf7 Qxd2 23.
Rg7+ Kh8 24. Rxd7+ $11) 19. Qe4 O-O 20. Nc5 $11) 17... O-O 18. Qd2 (18. Bxg3
Qxg3 19. Rae1 Nd7 20. Nxc6 Ba6 $17) 18... Nd7 19. Nxc6 (19. Bxg3 Qxg3 20. Nxc6
Qd6 21. Nxb4 Rb8 22. Nc6 Rb5 $15) 19... Ba6 {Kobalia has managed to partially
finish the development of his pieces. One of his hopes is tied to the
potential of the bishop on the a6-f1 diagonal where it is ready to do some
serious damage.} (19... Nxf1 20. Rxf1 Ba6 21. Bg5 Qg3 22. Bf4 $11) 20. Rfe1 (
20. Bg5 $2 Qh1+ 21. Kf2 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 23. Kxf1 c3+ $19) (20. Bxg3 $1 Qxg3
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rxf7 Bb5 24. Nc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 c3 26. bxc3 bxc3
$15) 20... Nf5 21. Re4 $2 {The balance on the board has began to shift clearly
in Black's favour, but the weak move by Caruana was probably connected with
some tactical mistake in calculations.} (21. Bg5 Bxd4+ (21... Qg3 22. Bf4 Qg6
23. Be4 $11) 22. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 23. Qxd4 Nxd4 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rad1 e5 26. Be7 $15
) (21. g3 $5 Qh3 (21... Nxg3 22. Nxb4 Bb5 23. Nc3 Rab8 24. Kg2 Nf5 25. Rh1 Qe7
26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. Nc6 $11) 22. d5 Nb6 23. Nxb6 c3 24. bxc3 bxc3 25. Qf2 axb6
26. Bg2 Qg4 27. Bf3 Qg6 $15) 21... Nf6 22. Re5 Ng4 23. Rxf5 (23. Bxg4 Bxe5 24.
Nxe5 hxg4 25. Bg5 Qh8 $19) 23... exf5 24. g3 Qh3 (24... Qf6 25. Nc5 Bb5 26. Nd7
$15) 25. Ne7+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 $1 $17) 26. Nxf5 (26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Re1 Re8 28.
Ng6+ Kh7 29. Rxe8 Bxd4+ $19) 26... Nh2 $5 {The heat of the fight is attractive
also for Black, since his active pieces are offering sufficient room for
creativity.} (26... Rae8 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Bc8 $17) 27. Bxa8 Qxf5 28. Bg2
(28. Bh1 $5 Ng4 29. Nc5 Rd8 $1 $17) 28... Ng4 29. Nc5 (29. Qxb4 Bxd4+ 30. Kh1
Rd8 31. Nc3 Kg7 $17) 29... Rd8 $1 {[%mdl 128] This blow must have been on
Kobalia's mind when judging the possibilities in previous moves. The weakness
of the d4-square will finally decide the game.} 30. Nxa6 (30. Be4 Qc8 31. Nxa6
Qxa6 $17) 30... Bxd4+ 31. Kh1 (31. Kf1 Nh2+ 32. Ke1 c3 $19) 31... c3 32. bxc3
bxc3 33. Qe2 c2 34. Rc1 {Caruana has suffered enough in uneasy defence and his
move is linked to the honest ambition of eliminating the dangerous enemy pawn
on c2.} (34. Rf1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 h4 $1 36. Qe7 Bf6 37. Qxf7 hxg3+ 38. Bxg3 Qg5 39.
Bxf2 Rg8 $19) 34... Nf2+ 35. Kh2 (35. Kg1 Nd3+ 36. Kh1 Nxc1 37. Bxc1 Qe5 $19)
35... Ng4+ (35... h4 36. Rxc2 hxg3+ 37. Bxg3 Qh7+ 38. Kg1 Nh1+ $1 $19) 36. Kh1
Nf2+ 37. Kg1 {The first player has realised, that after repetition of the
moves his royal higness would come under a devastating attack.} (37. Kh2 h4 $1
$19) 37... Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Nxc1 39. Bxc1 Be5 40. Kh2 Rd1 41. Bh3 (41. Be4 Qg4 42.
Qxg4 hxg4 $19) 41... Bxg3+ $1 {The final part of the game will be conducted in
style. The disparate white pieces will stand no chance of withstanding the
pressure of Black' coordinated cohorts.} 42. Kg2 (42. Kxg3 Rd3+ 43. Be3 h4+ 44.
Kg2 Qg6+ $19) 42... Qd5+ 43. Kxg3 Rxc1 44. Qe3 Rg1+ (44... Rg1+ 45. Qxg1 Qg5+
$19) 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th final B"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Titov, German1"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moldova"]
[BlackTeam "Leningrad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MDA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
g3 Bb7 (8... b4 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Bg2 Qa5 $132 {Speelman,J-Shvidler,E/Beersheva/
1987/ ->CBM 05}) 9. Bg2 a6 10. O-O (10. a4 $2 b4 11. a5 bxc3 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13.
Qxc6 cxb2 $19) 10... c5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Bxf6 $6 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14.
Qc2 $10) 13... Bxf6 14. d5 c4 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. dxe6 (16. Nd2 $5 O-O 17. dxe6
fxe6 18. Nde4) 16... fxe6 17. Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bxc3 (18... O-O 19. Nde4) 19.
Qxc3 (19. bxc3 Qc6+ 20. f3 O-O $15) 19... O-O 20. f3 Rac8 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. b3 $2
(22. Ne4 Qe5 $15) 22... Qe5 23. Nf1 cxb3 24. axb3 Nxb3 $1 25. Qxb3 Qxe2+ 26.
Kh3 (26. Kg1 Rc2 (26... Rxf3 27. Qb4 Rc2 28. Rd8+ Kf7 29. Rd7+ $1) 27. Rd2 Rxd2
28. Nxd2 Qxd2 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. Rxa6 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Qxf3+ 32. Kh3 Qf1+ 33. Kh4 h6
$17) 26... Rxf3 27. Qa2 Rc2 28. Qxa6 Qg2+ {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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 "France"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 (13... Nb6 14.
Bd3 (14. Ne4 $5 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 {/\ Ne5+/=} b6 $140 16. Qxc6 Bb7 17. Qd6 $1)
14... Rd8 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Bb1 $6 (18. Rfd1 {/\ Bf1})
18... b6 19. Nd3 a5 $1 {ץb1} 20. Rc4 axb4 21. axb4 Rdb8 $1 {0-1 Nikolic,
P-Anand,V/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997 (36) /\ c5}) 14. e4 (14. b5 Bb7 (14... c5 15. d5
Bxc3 16. dxe6 Bg7 17. exd7 Bxd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Ionov,
S-Novikov,I/RUS-Cup1 Chigorin mem 1996}) 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd2 a6 17. Bd3 b5
18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Ncxe4 Nb6 20. Rc6 Qb7 21. Rc2 Qd5 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Anand,V/
Amber Rapid 1998 (42)}) (14. Rfd1 Bb7 15. e4 Rfd8 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 c5 18.
Re1 Qf8 19. Nb5 cxb4 20. d6 Nc5 21. Qxb4 Rd7 {Komljenovic,D-Fridman,D/Cappelle
la Grande op 1998/0-1 (58)}) (14. a3 Bb7 15. e4 Rab8 {/\ c5} 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17.
Rcd1 a6 18. Bf1 c5 19. d5 b5 20. d6 Qd8 21. bxc5 Rc8 22. a4 Nxc5 23. Qa3 Qa5
$17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Huzman,A/Amsterdam Donner 1995 (49)}) 14... Bb7 15. Rfe1
Rfd8 {White has to live with a knowledge, that black's set up with bishop on
g7 is very flexible. After the opening of the position the bishops can play
important role.} (15... Rac8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Rcd1 Nf8 18. h3 Rc7 19. e5 Rcd7
20. Rd2 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Be2 c4 {
1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Slobodjan,R/Calcutta op 1996 (41)}) 16. a4 Nf8 (16... a5 17.
b5 c5 18. d5 Nf8 19. e5 $5 $36) 17. Rcd1 Rab8 (17... a5 18. bxa5 bxa5 19. e5
Rab8 20. Ne4 $14) 18. b5 Rbc8 (18... c5 19. d5) 19. bxc6 Rxc6 (19... Bxc6 20.
Ba6 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. e5 $13) 20. Nd5 $1 {Bacrot is using fine tactics to
support his central march with a d pawn.} (20. d5 $2 Rxc4 $1 21. Qxc4 Rc8 $19)
20... Qd7 (20... Qe8 $2 21. Bb5) (20... exd5 $2 21. exd5 $18) 21. Nb4 Rcc8 22.
d5 Qe7 (22... exd5 23. Bxd5 (23. Nxd5 Qe8 24. e5 Ne6 25. Bb5 Qf8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6
27. exf6 Nc5 $15) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 (24. Nxd5 Qe8 25. Qb4 $13) 24... Rc3 25.
Qa2 a5 26. Nc2 $11) (22... e5 $6 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Bc6 $14) 23. h3 Kh7 {xf7 In
consequence of this waiting move pawn f7 becomes rather weak.} (23... e5 24.
Bb5 $14) 24. Nd3 Qc7 (24... Qd6 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Nde5 Qe7 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 28.
Nxf7 Rxc4 29. N7g5+ $1 hxg5 30. Qxc4 $13) 25. Rc1 exd5 (25... Qd6 26. e5 Qd7
27. d6 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qb7 29. Nb4 $36) 26. exd5 $1 (26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qd6
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nfe5 Rc7 $13) 26... Qd6 27. Nde5 Bxd5 (27... Rc7 28. Rcd1 Re8
29. Nc6 Rec8 30. Nd2 Bxc6 31. dxc6 Qxc6 32. Bxf7 $14) 28. Nxf7 Bxf7 (28... Bxc4
$2 29. Nxd6 Bxb3 30. Nxc8 Rd7 31. Re4 $16) 29. Bxf7 {[%mdl 16] The trade off
for white is rather pleasing, black's kingside is vulnerable and opposite
colour bishops can be useful in the attack.} Rxc1 (29... Qf4 30. Bg8+ Kh8 31.
Rc4 Rxc4 32. Bxc4 $14) 30. Rxc1 Rd7 31. Bc4 (31. Bg8+ Kh8 32. Bc4 {xKh8}) 31...
Qf4 32. Re1 Rc7 33. Bb5 (33. Bg8+ Kh8 34. Bd5 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+
37. g3 $14) 33... Rc1 (33... Rc3 34. Qd5 Rc5 35. Qa8 $14) 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35.
Kh2 Qc7+ (35... Nd7 36. Qf7 $16) 36. g3 Qc3 (36... a5 37. h4 $14) 37. Qf7 Qf6
38. Qd5 Qe6 (38... Ne6 $5 39. Bc4 h5 40. h4 (40. Kg2 Nd4 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. h4
Qc6 $1 43. Qxc6 Nxc6 44. Nf7+ Kh7 45. Kf3 $14) 40... Nd4 41. Ng5+ Kh6 42. Kg1
$16) 39. Qb7 a5 40. Bc6 $1 Qd6 (40... Qb3 41. Kg2 g5 42. Ne5 $16) 41. Nh4 $1 (
41. Qxb6 Ne6 42. Qb5 Nd4 43. Nxd4 Qxd4 $14) 41... Ne6 42. Bd5 Nd8 (42... Nc5
43. Qf7 h5 44. f4 Nxa4 45. f5 g5 46. f6 $1 Qxf6 47. Be4+ $18) 43. Qa8 Bd4 $2 (
43... Bf6 $1 44. Qa7+ Qe7 45. Qxe7+ Bxe7 46. Ng2 Bc5 47. f4 $14) 44. Qa7+ Kh8 (
44... Bg7 45. Be4 $18) 45. Be4 Bxf2 46. Nxg6+ {White have managed to exchange
f2 pawn for the one on g6 ad coordinated pieces are getting ever closer to the
black king.} Kg8 47. Nf4 $1 (47. Bd5+ $6 Ne6 $13 (47... Qxd5 $2 48. Ne7+ $18))
47... Nf7 $2 (47... Bg1+ $5 48. Kh1 (48. Kxg1 Qd4+ 49. Kh2 Qxe4 50. Qxb6 $16)
48... Bd4 49. Qh7+ Kf8 50. Bd5 $16) 48. Bd5 (48. Bd5 Qf8 (48... Qf6 $2 49. Qb8+
Kh7 50. Be4+ Kg7 51. Nh5#) 49. Qd7 Bc5 50. Qg4+ Qg7 51. Bxf7+ Kxf7 52. Qe6+ Kf8
53. Ng6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 {The
Moscow variation in the Botvinnik System is an exceptionally complex opening.
Black conciously ignores the wise advice of careful positional players and
grabs the pawn at the cost of exposing his pawn structure on both flanks.} 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Gelfand belongs to the absolute world
elite, which he demonstrates also by the level of his theoretical preparation.
His novelty on the 9th move has a very special quality. Despite weaknesses the
soul (time) is preferred to the body (material). White can immediately restore
material balance, but the opponent will get precious tempi for speeding up his
piece development.} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 (11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Be2 Bg7
14. a4 a6 15. d5 Nc5 $15) 11... Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 {The forces have to get
into play even in this unknown position. Kasimdzhanov is not afraid of the
pawn loss on the square c6.} (13. h4 g4 14. Be2 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Rxa8+ Qxa8 18. O-O (18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Qa1+ 20. Nd1 Bb4+ 21. Ke2
Be7 $15) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxg4 Ne5 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Re1 Qg4 23.
Bxe5 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rg8 $11) 13... Bg7 14. dxe6 $6 {The speed of deterioration
in the white position within a few moves will be really surprising. The first
step in the wrong direction was for sure made at this moment, a much more
sensible decision was to castle.} (14. O-O $1 O-O 15. Bf3 g4 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17.
Qxg4 Bxc6 18. a5 Qc5 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rad1 Rad8 $14) 14... Bxc6 15. exd7+ Nxd7
(15... Bxd7 $2 16. e5 $18) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O {Due to the
loose position of the king on e1 the active move of the knight to the centre
would not pose any problems for the defence.} (18. Nd5 $6 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 (19.
exd5 Bxb2 20. O-O O-O $17) 19... Qa5+ $1 20. Kf1 Qa1+ 21. Bd1 Bxb2 $15) 18...
Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 (19... Bxd5 20. Qxd5 O-O 21. Bxe5 Rd8 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Qxb5 Rd2
24. Bxc4 Bd4 $14) 20. Kh1 $6 (20. Qd2 O-O 21. h4 Bxd5 22. exd5 gxh4 23. Bxh4
Ng6 24. Bg3 Qd4 $11) 20... O-O 21. f4 {Judged objectively the results of
opening battle are not favorable for White. His opponent enjoys the bishop
pair and a pawn majority on the queenside. Rustam is lacking targets and a
convenient way of activating his forces.} (21. b4 Qd6 22. Qd2 f5 23. f3 fxe4
24. fxe4 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qe6 $17) 21... gxf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Rxf4 Bxd5 $1 (22...
f5 23. b3 (23. Qf1 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxd5 25. Rxf5 Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Qd2 $17) 23... Nd3
24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxd3 cxd3 26. Qxd3 fxe4 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Qb5 $11) 23. exd5
Rd8 24. Bf2 Qb4 $17) 22... f5 $1 23. b4 $2 {The opening was transformed into
an early middlegame with immediate crises, that could even become fatal for
White. The advance of the b-pawn is making the problems worse.} (23. Be3 Qd6
24. Nf4 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxe4 26. Ne6 Ra8 (26... Re8 27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Rd6 $15)
27. Nxg7 Kxg7 28. Kg1 Ra2 29. Bf4 (29. Bd4 Kf6 30. Kf2 Ke6 $15) 29... Nd3 30.
Bxd3 cxd3 $15) 23... Qd6 24. Bf3 (24. Qa1 Bxd5 (24... fxe4 $2 25. Bxe5 Rxf1+
26. Bxf1 Qxe5 27. Qxa8+ $18) 25. exd5 Qxd5 $17) (24. Nc3 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Ng6 26.
Bd2 Bc6 27. exf5 Nh4 28. Bf1 Nxf5 $17) 24... fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 $1 {This
logical and good move underlines the difference in coordination of pieces
between the opponents.} 26. Rf2 (26. Qh5 Bxd5 27. Rd1 Qe6 (27... Bxe4 28. Rxd6
Rxd6 29. Kg1 Re6 $19) 28. Bxe5 Rf8 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 $19) (26. Nc3 Qxd1 27. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Bxe4 $19) 26... c3 $1 {Gelfand robs the rook of the d2-square;
the game is decided.} 27. Rf3 Bxd5 28. Rd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "GER-ch"]
[Site "Bad Neuenahr"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Schoene, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. Nf3 a5 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... a4 7. Qc2 $14
(7. Nxa4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b5)) 7. Bd3 g6 (7... a4 8. Qc2 $14) 8. O-O Bg7 9. e4 dxe4
(9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a4 12. Qc2 $16) 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12.
Bf4 (12. Be3 e5 13. d5 Nf6) 12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. Bd6 cxd4 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44)
13... Nxc5 14. Qe3 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qf6 (16... Qb6 17. Bd6 Rd8 18.
c5 Qb4 19. Be5 $1 $18) 17. Rd2 Ba3 (17... Bc3 18. Rd3 $16) 18. Rfd1 Qe7 (18...
Ra6 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Qe3 Bb4 21. Rd8 $18) 19. Ne5 f6 20. Bh6 $1 Re8 (20... fxe5
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rd8+ (22. Qxe5 $16) 22... Kf7 23. Qxe5 Qf6 24. Qc7+ $18) 21.
Nxg6 $1 Qf7 (21... hxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kh8 23. Rd8 $1 $18) 22. Rd8 $1 e5 (22... hxg6
23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Rd8 $1 Qxd8 25. Qxg6+) 23. Nxe5 $1 fxe5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.
Rd3 Ra6 26. Qd5+ Qe6 (26... Be6 27. Qxe5 $18) (26... Re6 27. Rg3+ $18) (26...
Kh8 27. Qxe5+ $1) 27. Qd8+ Kf7 28. Rf3+ {Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ter Sahakyan, Samvel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {The choice of
continuation is not easy for White. The development of the bishop 5.Bg5 should
be the strongest move, but now the modest exchange 6.Bxf6 does not promise any
advantage. The line from the game allows the modern Moscow Defence.} dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 {
White is trying to complicate castling for black, even though moving the king
to any corner is risky for Black.} a6 14. a4 b4 {The real fight has begun for
both players around this stage. Black is avoiding the serious theoretical
discussion after the move 14...e5, when many lines run all the way to the 30th
move.} (14... e5 15. Bg4 (15. d5 {The pawn advance in the centre seems to be a
very logical idea.} c5 16. b4 $1 Qb6 $1 (16... cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19.
Nb5 Rc8 20. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 21. Qb3 $40 Qc8 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7+ Rxc7 24. Rac1
Nc5 25. Qh3 Bc8 26. Qf3 $11 {1-0,Gustafsson,J (2606)-Rodshtein,M (2615)/Khanty
Mansiysk/2007/ (30)}) 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8
21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26.
Nxb5 Bb7 27. Bxc4 Ba6 28. Kf1 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,
J-Aronian,L/Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/ (40)}) 24... f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27.
Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5 c3 31. Qc8 (31. Qc6 e4 32. h4 g4
33. g3 Qc5 34. Qf6+ Bg7 35. Qd8+ Bf8 36. Qf6+ $11 {1/2,Alekseev,E (2716)
-Bareev,E (2653)/Khanty Mansiysk/2007/ (40)}) 31... e4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxc3+
$16 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2799)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Nice 2008 (52)}) (15. Re1 Qf6 (
15... exd4 $6 16. e5 $1 {/\} dxc3 17. Bh5 Nf8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Rxe6+
$1 Qxe6 21. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 22. Re1+ $18) (15... Qb6 16. Bg4 $1 {/\} Qxd4 17.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qh5 $1 Kxd6 19. Qxf7 $40) 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5
(18... cxb5 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bxd7 (20. Ra7 exd4 $5 (20... Nc5 $2
21. dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $18) (20... h5 $13) 21. Rxb7 Ne5 $44) 20... Rxd7 $1 (
20... exd4 21. e5 Qe7 22. e6 dxc3 23. Qd4 $16) 21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Qh5 Qxe5 23. f4
$5 Qxf4 (23... Qe7 $13) (23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qf2 $13 {Kramnik}) 24. Rf1 Qe5 {
1-0,Kramnik,V (2759)-Leko,P (2751)/Nice rpd blindfold/2009/ (36)} 25. Rad1 $11)
15... exd4 16. e5 c5 {This is one of the critical positions, that is extremely
rich in ideas. Both sides can claim their pluses and will compare notes when
the smoke has settled.} (16... dxc3 17. e6 Ne5 18. e7 $16 Qb6 $2 19. Bxe5) 17.
Re1 (17. axb5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. Re1 Qc7 22.
Qe2 f6 23. Nd5 Qd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Iljin,A-Smirnov,P/Saratov 2006/ (40)}) (17. Bf3
Nxe5 $1 (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qd5 $1 dxc3 20. Rfe1 (20. Rae1 $18)
20... cxb2 21. Rad1 b1=Q 22. Rxb1 Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rbd1 $18 {Kuljasevic,D
(2464)-Zhao Jun (2552)/Richardson/2007/ (25) 1-0}) (17... Ra7 $2 18. Bxb7 Rxb7
19. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Qh5 Rb6 23. Bxe5 $18 {1-0,
Iljin,A (2538)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/ (28)}) 18. Bxb7 Qxd6
19. Bxa8 O-O $1 20. Ne4 (20. Bf3 Qe7 (20... Nxf3+ $142 21. gxf3 b4 22. Ne4 Qd5
$36) 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6 f5 24. h3 (24. Nb6 $5) 24... d3 25. Re1
Re8 26. Nb6 $2 (26. Kf1 $1 $14) 26... Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 d2 $15 {
Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Babuiian,L (2415)/Istanbul/2008/}) 20... Qc7 21. axb5 Rxa8
22. f4 gxf4 23. Qh5 Ra7 (23... Qb6 $5 $15) 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. bxa6 Qc6 26. Qf5
Qxa6 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Nxc5 d3 $44 {Deep Junior-Deep Fritz/Elista comp m/2007/ 
(31) 1/2-1/2}) (17. f4 $5 dxc3 (17... gxf4 $5 18. Bf3 (18. Rxf4 Nxe5 $17) (18.
Re1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 O-O $17 {/\} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne2 d3 $1 $19) (18. e6 Nf6 $19
) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxd6 20. Bxa8 O-O 21. Ne4 (21. Be4 b4 $36) 21... Qb6 22.
Bd5 Rd8 $15) 18. bxc3 Bf8 (18... gxf4 $6 19. e6 Nf6 20. Bh5 Nxh5 21. Qxh5 Qxd6
22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qxg7 Re8 24. Qxb7 $36) (18... Nf8 19. f5 $44) 19. Qe2 (19. e6
Nf6 20. Be5 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rg8 22. Bxf6 gxf4 $17) (19. fxg5 Bxd6 20. exd6 (20.
Qxd6 Nb6 21. Qxc5 Qd5 22. Qf2 Qxg2+ $5 23. Qxg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxa4 $17) 20...
O-O $1 21. gxh6 Ne5 22. Rf5 f6 $15) 19... Bxd6 (19... h5 20. Bxh5 Rh7 21. Rad1
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $5 (22. exd6+ Kf8 23. Bg4 Kg8 $15) 22... Rxh5 (22... Qe7 23. Rfd1
$16) (22... Qc7 23. Re6+ $5 Kf8 (23... Kd8 24. Rd6 $40) 24. fxg5 $40) 23. Qxh5
Qe7 24. Qxg5 Qxg5 25. fxg5 b4 (25... Nf8 26. Rb6) 26. e6 $14) (19... Nb6 20.
fxg5 (20. Rad1 $5 Be7 {/\0-0~~}) 20... Qxg5 21. Rf5 Qg7 (21... Qh4 22. g3 Qd8
23. Bh5 $40) 22. Bf3 (22. Raf1 Bd5 23. Rxf7 $5 Bxf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Bh5 $44)
22... Qh7 (22... Nd5 23. Qd2 Bxd6 24. Bxd5 $44) 23. Bxb7 (23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24.
Bxb7 Qd3 25. Qf2+ Kg8 26. Bxa8 Bxd6 27. Rf1 Rh7 28. exd6 Qxd6 $11) 23... Qxf5
24. Bxa8 Nxa8 25. axb5 $44 {|^}) 20. exd6+ Kf8 21. fxg5 hxg5 (21... Rh7 22. g6
$5 (22. Be6 Qxg5 23. Rf5 Qd8 24. Raf1 f6 25. Qh5 $44) 22... Rg7 23. gxf7 Nf6 (
23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h5 25. Qe6 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 $18) 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf7
26. axb5 $44) 22. Be6 Rh7 $5 23. Qc2 Kg8 $2 (23... Rg7 $142 $1 24. Qf5 (24.
Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Qh7 Rf4 $1 (25... Nf6 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh7+ Ke6
29. Qxb7 $44) (25... Rf6 26. Rae1 (26. Rfe1 Rxd6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ $11)
26... Be4 27. Qxe4 Kg7 28. Rf5 $5 Rxd6 29. Rf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ $11)
26. h4 $5 (26. g3 Qf6 $1 27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Rf2 Re8 $1 29. Qxd7 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Be4
$19) 26... Nf6 27. Qxb7 Rb8 $15) 24... Nf6 (24... f6 $2 25. Qh3 $18) 25. Qxf6
Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Rd8 (26... Ke8 $6 27. Bf5 $14 {|^}) 27. Raf1 (27. Bf5 b4 $11)
27... Rxd6 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Ke8 30. Rxb7 Rxe6 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5
Re5 33. Kf2 $11) 24. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rf1 $1 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2709)-Aronian,L 
(2773)/Novi Sad 2009 (36)}) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5
21. Bh5 f4 22. Nxd4 $1 {White is ready to sacrifice the piece in order to
advance his kingside attack and break the enemy pawn mass in the centre.} (22.
b4 $1 cxb3 (22... d3 $1 23. bxc5 $1 b4 $13 (23... d2 $5 24. Rf1 f3 25. gxf3 Qd3
$44)) 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Nc3 $1 (25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rac1 (
27. Bf3 Rac8 28. axb5 axb5 29. h3 $13 {Anand}) 27... Rac8 28. h4 Kh8 $1 29.
axb5 axb5 30. Qb2 b4 $13 {0-1 Radjabov,T-Anand,V/Mainz (m) 2006/ (58)}) 25...
dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3 $36 Ra7 (27... Rb8 $5 28. Qc6 (28. Re7+ Kh8 29. Rd1
Qf6 30. Rc7 Be6) 28... Kg8 (28... Bf5 29. Rad1 Qc3 30. h3 $40) 29. Rad1 Qg7 30.
axb5 (30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kxf7 34. Qxb8 $16 {
Kramnik}) 30... axb5 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qxc5 Bf5) 28. axb5 Qf6 (28... Rf6 $5 29.
Rad1 Qc4 30. Rd8 $40) (28... Bb7 29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Rad1 f3 31. Rxd4 fxe2 32. Rxd5
$18 {Munkhchuluun,T (2042)-Lhamsuren,U (2038)/MGL-ch Ulaanbaatar/2009/}) 29.
Qa3 $1 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 $1 gxh4 34. Bg4 (34.
bxa6 $1 Bxa6 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Rae1 $18 {Kramnik}) 34... Rdd8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36.
Qd5+ Qf7 37. bxa6 Qxd5 38. Rxd5 Rf7 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rda5 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2799)
-Aronian,L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2008 (110)}) 22... cxd4 (22... Qxd4 $2 23. Re7+
$18) 23. Re6 Bc8 (23... Rf6 24. Qe1 $13) 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25. axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 (
26. Qe2 $5) 26... Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5 axb5 {1-0 Anand,V 
(2788)-Leko,P (2752)/Moscow 2009 (45)}) 15. d5 $5 {[%mdl 4] Cheparinov must
have learned a whole lot about sharp variations in the opening in the capacity
of Topalov's second. What is more he was exposed to the latter's methods, how
to efficiently work with complex positions. This helps him to uncover
connections, that may be hidden to the other player. White does not face an
easy choice and his piece sacrifice is an extreme solution.} (15. Bxb4 Qb6 16.
Ba3 Qxd4 {The elimination of the central d4-pawn greatly diminished White's
chances to claim an opening advantage.} 17. Qc2 (17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxc4 c5 19.
Ne2 Be5 20. f3 O-O 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Rfd1 Rc7 23. b3 Rac8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G (2677)-Cheparinov,I (2640)/Villafranca 2010 (70)}) 17... c5 18.
Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 20. Ne2 (20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Ne2 O-O 23. f4 Nf6
24. Ng3 Rfd8 25. fxg5 hxg5 26. Qxc5 Qxa4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qxg5 Rd1 29. Bc5
Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Rxf1+ {1/2-1/2 Harikrishna,P (2660)-Sandipan,C (2640)/
Philadelphia 2010}) (20. Nb1 O-O 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Kh1 c4 24. Rc1
Qc6 25. f3 Nd3 26. Rb1 Nxb2 27. Bxb2 c3 28. Bxc3 Qxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxc3 30. Nc4 Rc7
$11 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2817)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo 2011 (58)}) 20... Be5
21. Kh1 O-O 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. f3 Bxh2 25. Qxc5 Qxc5 26. Bxc5 Be5 27.
Bc4 Rd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2739)-Leko,P (2734)/Miskolc 2010 (70)}) (15.
Nb1 Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. Ba3 cxd4 19. Bf3 Bf8 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3
Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 $16 {1-0 Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/Monte Carlo 2011 (33)}) 15... bxc3 16. dxe6 Ne5 (16... fxe6 $2 17. Bh5#)
17. Bh5 cxb2 {Is seems to be truly remarkable, that grabbing the b2-pawn is
from the technical point of view a novelty. In the previous game Black tested
the retreat of the b7-bishop in order to fight against the e6-pawn.} (17... Bc8
18. exf7+ (18. e7 $6 Qd7 19. f4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Qa7+ 21. Kh1 Be6 22. Qf1 cxb2 23.
Rb1 Kd7 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxf7 Rhe8 26. Rd1+ Kc7 27. Rh7 c3 28. Bxe8 Rxe8 29.
Rd8 Qf2 {0-1 L'Ami,E (2620)-Henrichs,T (2490)/Vlissingen 2010}) 18... Nxf7 19.
bxc3 (19. e5 $5) 19... Be6 (19... Ra7 20. f4 Bg4 21. Qxg4 Qxd6 22. Qc8+ Ke7 23.
Qf5 Bxc3 24. Kh1 $1 $16) (19... g4 20. f3 g3 21. hxg3 Bxc3 22. Rc1 $14) 20. Rb1
Qd7 21. e5 Bf8 22. Re1 Be7 23. Qc2 $13) 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. exf7+ Nxf7 20. e5 Bf8 {
White has invested a piece and a pawn, but the defence remains a very
difficult task for the opponent. Black has a deeply flawed pawn structure, can
not bring the king to safety and his pieces are very far from activity or
coordination. When the extent of the problems becomes clear, it is less
suprising that the defender faces serious choices.} (20... Ra7 21. Qf3 Re7 (
21... c3 22. Qxc6+ Qd7 23. Qc5 Rb7 24. e6 Qxe6 25. Rfe1 $18) 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23.
Qxc6+ Bd7 (23... Qd7 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qxc4 $16) 24. Qa8+ Qd8 25. Qd5 Qe7 26.
Rxb2 O-O 27. Rb7 Be6 28. Rxe7 Bxd5 29. e6 Ne5 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. e7 $16) (20...
c3 21. Qf3 Ra7 22. Qxc6+ Qd7 23. Qc5 Rb7 24. e6 $18) (20... Be6 21. Rxb2 Qd7 (
21... Bxe5 22. Bxf7+ (22. Bxe5 Qxd1 23. Rxd1 O-O $11) 22... Kxf7 (22... Bxf7
23. Re1 $18) 23. Qh5+ Kf6 24. Bxe5+ Kxe5 25. Rd1 $16) 22. Qb1 Bf5 (22... c3 23.
Rb7 c2 24. Qb6 Qc8 25. Rc7 $18) 23. Rb8+ Rxb8 24. Qxb8+ Qd8 25. Qb7 Qd7 26. Rb1
Bxe5 (26... Bxb1 27. Qa8+ Qd8 28. Qxc6+ Qd7 29. Qa8+ Qd8 30. Qd5 $18) 27. Qb8+
Qd8 28. Rb7 Qxb8 29. Bxf7+ Kd8 30. Rxb8+ Kd7 31. Bxe5 $18) 21. Qf3 Ra7 (21...
Be6 $2 22. Bxf7+ Bxf7 23. Qxc6+ $18) (21... Rh7 22. Rfd1 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qc7 24.
Qe4 Rg7 25. e6 $18) 22. Qxc6+ Qd7 $2 {Ter Sahakyan has managed to deal with
the complex defensive task on a high level, but the queen move makes his
situation worse.} (22... Bd7 $5 23. Qd5 Bc8 24. Rfe1 Bxd6 25. exd6+ Kf8 26.
Rxb2 Qxd6 27. Bxf7 Qxd5 28. Bxd5 Rc7 $14) 23. Qxc4 Qe6 (23... Bxd6 24. Bxf7+
Kf8 25. exd6 Qxf7 26. Qxc8+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Qf6 28. Qxb2 $16) 24. Qc6+ Qd7 (24...
Bd7 25. Qb6 Ra8 26. Rfe1 Be7 (26... Bxa4 27. Qxb2 Bb5 28. Rbc1 $18) 27. Rxb2
O-O 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Qg6+ Kh8 30. e6 Bxa4 31. Ra1 Be8 32. Bf3 Ra7 33. exf7 $18
) 25. Qc3 $1 {The key attacking move. From c3 the queen fhas an impact on both
flanks as well as attacking the bishop on c8.} Bxd6 (25... Rh7 26. e6 $1 Qxe6 (
26... Qxd6 27. Qxc8+ Ke7 28. exf7 $18) 27. Rfe1 Be7 28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Bxe7 $18)
26. e6 $1 Qxe6 27. Qxh8+ Kd7 (27... Ke7 28. Bxf7 Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Kf6 30. Qxa7 $18
) 28. Qd4 {The double blow as the attack against the black king is coming from
both sides.} (28. Qd4 Rb7 29. Bg4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup Cheliabinsk-Yerevan"]
[Site "Cheliabinsk"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 a6 $5 {N} (9... Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nh7
14. Bh5 O-O 15. Qf3 $13 {Kuprejchik-Sveshnikov/USSR ch/1985/} Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qd7
$5) (9... Nbd7) (9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 $13) 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Bg7 (
11... Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bh5 Rh7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qh5 Qe7 17.
Rf2 Bg7 18. Raf1 $18) 12. f4 O-O 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bh5 Nxh5 (14... Nbd7 15.
Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. e5 $16) 15. Qxh5 f6 (15... Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Bxe5 17.
Rad1 Qc5 18. Qxg5+ $18) (15... Qe7 16. Ng4 $40) 16. Ng4 Nd7 (16... Qxd4+ 17.
Kh1 Qd7 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rd8+ Rf8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8
23. Rxf6+ Ke7 24. Rg6 $16) 17. e5 Qe8 (17... fxe5 18. Qg6 Qe7 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20.
Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nxg5 $16) 18. Nh6+ (18. Qxe8 Raxe8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Be5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 c5 23. Rad1 $15) 18... Kh7 (18... Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qe7 20.
Ne4 $16) 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh7 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. exf6 $2 Rxf7 (22... Nxf6
23. Rxf6 Bxf6 24. Qg6+ Bg7 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Qxg5 $40) 23. Qxg5 (23. fxg7 Rxf1+
24. Rxf1 Qxh5 $19) 23... Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Be5 Qh5 $1 (25... Qe7 26. Ne4
Nd5 27. Qg6 $13) 26. Qg3 (26. Bxf6 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 28. Kh1 c5 $17) 26...
Qg4 27. Qxg4 Nxg4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 $19 29. Re1 Re8 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Nc5 Bc8 32. h3
(32. Nxe6+ Bxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxd4 $19) 32... e5 $1 33. hxg4 (33. dxe5 Rd5 $19)
33... exd4 34. Re7+ Kf6 35. Rc7 Ke5 36. Rxc6 d3 {Ftacnik,L} (36... Kd5 37. Rc7
Kd6 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 (9. a3 h6 $1 10. Bf4 (10. Bh4 Qa5 $1 11. Rc1 b4 $10) (10. Bxf6
Nxf6 11. e4 b4 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Ba6 Bxa6 15. Rxa6 c5 16. dxc5 Nd7
17. O-O {Johansen,D-Wallace,JP/Sydney op (05)/1992/0.5 (17)}) 10... b4 11. axb4
Bxb4 $10 12. e3 Nd5 13. Bg3 (13. Be2 $5) 13... c5 $1 14. Be2 cxd4 15. exd4 (15.
Nxd4 O-O 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qc4 $10) 15... a5 (15... Rc8 $5 16. O-O $1 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxc3 $1 18. Rxa7 Qb6 $15) 16. O-O Ba6 17. Qc2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 (18. Bxa6 Bxb2
$1 $17) 18... Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxc3 20. Qd3 Nd5 21. Bd6 $44 {Portisch,L-Nogueiras,
J/Bruxelles/1988/}) (9. e4 b4 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 O-O-O
14. dxe6 {Petrosian,A-Horvath,Jo/Siofok Hungaroil (02)/1990/0.5 (14)}) 9... a6
(9... Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Rfe1 b4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc7 {0,5/Nikolic,Pr-Ribli,Z/Barcelona WC/1989/}) 10. Be2 c5 11.
O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 h6 (
16... Rxd4 17. Rxd4 Rc8 18. h3 Kf8 $15) 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bf4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1
Nd5 20. Bb8 Nb4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 (7...
Ba6 8. Qc2 b4 9. Na4 Bb5 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Be7 12. e4 O-O 13. Bc4 Qa5 14. Nd2
Bxa4 15. bxa4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rac8 17. O-O c5 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd1 Rd8 $15 {
Rivas,M-Dorfman,I/Barcelona/1992/}) 8. a3 O-O 9. e4 c5 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11.
Qxb5 $6 (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxb5 Bb7 (12... Ng4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bf4 e5 15. Bg5
$16) 13. Bg5 $16) 11... Qc7 12. Bg5 Nbd7 $1 (12... Ng4 13. Bh4 Ba6 14. Qa4 Bxf1
15. Rxf1 Nc6 16. h3 Nf6 $13) 13. Qa4 Bxf2+ $1 14. Kxf2 Nc5 $1 (14... Qb6+ 15.
Qd4 Qxb2+ 16. Be2 $16) 15. Qd4 (15. Qc4 Ba6) (15. Qc2 Ncxe4+ 16. Ke1 Nxg5 17.
Nxg5 Qe5+ 18. Nge4 Bb7 19. Bd3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 $19) 15... Ng4+ (15... Nb3 16.
Bxf6 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 $14) 16. Kg1 Nb3 17. Nb5 $5 Qb8 18. Qd6 $5 (18. Qd1 Nxa1 19.
Qxa1 Qb6+ 20. Nbd4 e5 $19) 18... Nxa1 19. h3 Nf6 20. Bd3 Nb3 (20... Qxd6 21.
Nxd6 h6 (21... Nb3 22. e5 Nd5 23. Bc4 Rb8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Be7 $13) 22. Bxf6 (
22. Bh4 g5 23. Bf2 Nb3) 22... gxf6 $15) 21. e5 (21. Nc7 Ne8 22. Nxe8 Rxe8 $17)
21... Nd5 22. Bc4 h6 23. Bh4 (23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Be7 Qxb5 25. Bxf8 Be6 26. Be7
Rc8 $15) 23... Ne3 24. Bd3 Qxd6 25. exd6 Ba6 26. Be7 Rfb8 27. Nc7 Bxd3 28. Nxa8
Nf5 (28... Rxa8 29. d7 Nd5 30. d8=Q+ Rxd8 31. Bxd8 f6 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Rd1 Bc2
34. Re1 e5 {/\Ke8}) 29. Nc7 Be4 30. Kf2 (30. Kh2 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Nbd4 $17) 30...
Nc5 31. b4 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Nf4+ (32... Ng3+ 33. Ke3 Nxh1 34. Kxe4 Nhf2+ 35. Ke3 {
/\d7}) 33. Kd2 Nxg2 34. Ne5 f6 35. Re1 $4 (35. Bxf6 Nxd6 (35... gxf6 36. Nd7
Rd8 37. Nxf6+ Kf7 38. Nxe4 Nxd6 39. Nxd6+ Rxd6+ 40. Ke2 $10) 36. Be7 Nf5 37.
Bc5 $13) 35... Nxe1 36. Nd7 Nf3+ 37. Kc3 Rc8 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Ba6 8.
Ne4 (8. Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd2 b4 10. Ne4 Nbd7 11. Qxc6 Rb8 12. e3 Bxf1 13. Nxf6+ gxf6
14. Kxf1 Qf5 15. e4 Qb5+ 16. Qxb5 Rxb5 17. Rc1 $18 {Portisch,L-Lukacs,P/HUN-ch/
1991/}) 8... Qa5+ (8... Be7 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Be7
13. Qe4 c5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 cxd4 16. b4 Qb8 $15 {Baragar,F-Pinter,J/Zagreb
izt/1987/}) 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. a3 Qb6 (12... O-O 13. Qb3
c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 16. Qxb4 Qxb4+ 17. axb4 $16) 13. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 14.
axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qc3 Qxc3+ 16. bxc3 Ke7 $1 (16... O-O 17. Kd2 Rd8 18. e3 $14) 17.
Kd2 c5 18. e3 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 cxd4 20. cxd4 Nd7 21. Rfb1 (21. Ra6 Rhb8 22. Rfa1
Rb7 $14) 21... Rhb8 22. Rxb8 Nxb8 23. Ra5 Nc6 (23... a6 24. Kc3 Nc6 25. Ra4 a5
26. Nd2 $14) 24. Rc5 Rc8 (24... Kd6 25. Kc3 a5 26. Nd2 $14) 25. Ne1 Kd6 26. Rh5
Rh8 27. g4 Nb4 (27... a5 28. Nd3 a4 29. Nb2 Ra8 30. Nc4+ Ke7 31. Na3 $14) 28.
Rb5 Nc6 29. Nd3 e5 30. d5 Rb8 $1 31. Rc5 (31. Rxb8 Nxb8 32. e4 a5 33. Nb2 Kc5
$14) 31... Nb4 32. e4 Nxd3 33. Rc6+ Ke7 34. Kxd3 Rb2 35. Ke3 Rb3+ 36. Ke2 a5
37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Ra7 Rb4 39. Kd3 Rd4+ 40. Ke3 Ra4 41. h4 Ra3+ 42. Ke2 h5 $1 43.
g5 (43. gxh5 Rh3 44. Rxa5 Rxh4 $14) 43... fxg5 44. hxg5 h4 45. d6 Ra2+ 46. Ke3
Ra3+ 47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Kf3 h3 49. Kg3 h2 $1 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Rh8 Kxd6 52. Rxh2
a4 53. Rh7 Ke6 54. Rh6+ Ke7 55. Ra6 a3 56. f3 Ra1 57. Kg4 a2 58. Kf5 Rf1 59.
Rxa2 Rxf3+ 60. Kxe5 Rg3 61. Kf4 Rg1 62. Ra3 Ke6 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "PCA-Wch Candidates m4"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.06.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Qe2 f5 12. b4 (12. Qc2 a6 13. cxd5 cxd5
14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Rfc1 Qd6 16. Bf1 {Ionov,S-Dreev,A/URS-ch58 (04)/1991/}) 12...
Nf6 13. Ne5 {Sher,M-Kishnev,S/Dortmund op-A (08)/1992/}) 11... a6 12. b4 f5 13.
Na4 (13. c5 Bf6 14. a4 g5 15. b5 a5 16. Ne2 Bg7 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Nd2 f4 19.
exf4 gxf4 20. Rfe1 e5 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nd4 Qf6 24. N2f3 Nxf3+
25. Nxf3 $14 {Kramnik,V-Illescas Cordoba,M (4)/Alcobendas m/1993/1-0 (39)})
13... Bd6 14. Nc5 Qf6 15. Rac1 (15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rac1 g5 $132) 15... g5 16.
Qc3 $1 {xe5} g4 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Ne5 Be8 (18... Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg5 20. f4 $14)
19. f4 gxf3 $8 (19... h5 20. c5 Bc7 21. a4 $14) 20. Rxf3 Kh8 21. Rh3 Rg8 22.
Rf1 Rg5 23. e4 (23. Nf3 Rh5 24. Rxh5 Bxh5 $132) 23... dxe4 (23... Qg7 $5 24.
exf5 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 exf5 26. Bxf5 Rg5 $13) 24. Bxe4 Bh5 (24... Qg7 25. Bf3 Bxe5
26. dxe5 Rd8 27. Rh4 $14) 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rfxf3 (26. Nxf3 Rg4) (26. Rxh6+ $2
Qxh6 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Nxh6 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Be4 $19) 26... Kh7 27. Rf2 (27. Rfg3
Rag8 $15) 27... Bxe5 (27... Rag8 28. Re3) 28. dxe5 Qg7 29. Rd3 Rg8 30. Rdd2 Rg4
31. Rfe2 (31. c5 Re4 32. Rfe2 Rxe2 33. Rxe2 Rd8 $15) 31... Kh8 32. c5 Qg5 33.
Qb3 Qh4 34. Qe3 (34. Qxe6 $4 Rxg2+ 35. Rxg2 Qe1#) 34... R8g7 (34... Re4 35. Qd3
Rxe2 36. Qxe2 $10) 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. Qe3 Qh5 37. Qf3 Qg5 (37... Rxg2+ 38. Qxg2 f4
39. Qxg7+ Kxg7 40. Rg2+ Kf8 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Rgg8 Qxe5 43. Rde8+ $10) 38. Qd3
Qf4 (38... h5 $5) 39. Rd1 Rh4 40. g3 Rhg4 41. Kh1 Qg5 (41... Rxg3 42. hxg3 Rxg3
43. Qd7+ Rg7 44. Qd3 (44. Qxe6 $4 Qf3+ 45. Kh2 Qh5#) 44... Rg3 $10) 42. Qe3 Qh5
(42... f4 43. gxf4 Rxf4 44. Qd3+ $15) 43. Qf3 Qg5 44. Re3 h5 $1 (44... f4 45.
Re4 fxg3 46. Rxg4 Qxg4 47. Qxg4 Rxg4 48. Rd7+ Kg6 49. hxg3 Rxg3 50. a4 $10) 45.
Red3 h4 $40 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga zt"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 dxc4 8. Ne5
b5 (8... Nd7 9. Nxc4 Nb6 10. e3 {Rausis,I-Sokolovs,A/Riga zt (08)/1995/0.5 (10)
}) (8... c5 9. Qa4+ (9. Nxc4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Qxd4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. g3
Bc5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Nca5 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Rc2 O-O
20. Kd2 Rfd8+ 21. Kc1 Nd4 22. Nxd4 {Kasparov,G-Sveshnikov,E/USSR ch/1981/0.5 
(22)}) 9... Nd7 10. e3 cxd4 11. exd4 Qd8 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. Bb5 Qc7 (13... Ke7
14. Rd1 $16 {Yermolinsky,A-Novikov,I/USSR/1983/}) 14. O-O Bxe5 15. dxe5 O-O 16.
f4 a6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. exd6 Rfc8 21. Rad1 Rc4 22. Rd2
Kf8 23. g3 Ra6 24. Re1 {Szmetan,J-Sorokin,M/San Martin (04)/1993/0-1 (40)}) (
8... Bd6 9. Ne4 Qe7 10. Nxd6+ Qxd6 11. Nxc4 Qd5 12. e3 $14 {Kharitonov,
A-Sveshnikov,E/USSR/1981/}) 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Qe7 (10... a6 11. O-O Qd8 12. e3
$44) 11. O-O Qc7 12. b3 $5 cxb3 (12... Bd6 13. bxc4 Bxe5 14. dxe5 bxc4 15. Qd4
$16) 13. Qxb3 Nd7 14. Nxb5 $3 cxb5 (14... Qb6 15. Nxd7 Kxd7 16. Qf3 Qxb5 17.
Qxf7+ Be7 18. Rfb1 Qa6 19. Bh3 $40) 15. Rfc1 Qb6 16. Bc6 $1 Rd8 (16... Bxc6 17.
Rxc6 Qb7 (17... Qxd4 18. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Be7 20. Qf7+ Kd8 21. Nc6+ $18)
18. Qf3 Be7 (18... Nxe5 19. Rxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxb7 $18) 19. Qxf7+ Kd8 20. Rxe6 $18
) 17. Qf3 f6 (17... f5 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Bxd7 $18) 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Ng6+ Kd6 20.
Bxb7 (20. Bxb7 Rg8 21. Rc6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Bern op"]
[Site "Bern"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Qb6 6. Qc2 {N} (6. Bxf6 Qxb2 7.
Qc1 Qxc1+ 8. Rxc1 gxf6 9. cxd5 Bb4 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. e3 Bd7 12. Kd1 Rc8 $10 {
Borges Mateos,J-Gomez,A/S.Spiritus ch-CU/1989/}) 6... Ne4 7. cxd5 (7. Nxe4 dxe4
8. Qxe4 Qxb2 $40) 7... Nxg5 (7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd5 9. e3 $13) 8. Nxg5 exd5 9.
e3 Be7 10. f4 (10. Nxh7 $4 g6 $19) 10... Na6 (10... Bxg5 11. fxg5 Bf5 $2 12.
Qxf5 Qxb2 13. Nd1 Qxa1 14. Qc8+ Ke7 15. Qxh8 $18) 11. a3 Bxg5 12. fxg5 Bf5 $5
13. Qxf5 Qxb2 14. Qe5+ Kf8 (14... Kd7 15. Rb1 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 b5 17. Be2 $40) 15.
Qd6+ Kg8 16. Bxa6 Qxa1+ 17. Nd1 bxa6 18. O-O Qb1 (18... Qc1 19. Qe7 Rf8 20. Nf2
Qc2 21. Ng4 $40) 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Qc7 Rf8 21. Nc3 Qb6 22. Qg3 (22. Qxb6 axb6
23. Nxd5 Rb8 $15) (22. Qe5 Qe6) 22... Qc6 23. e4 $1 dxe4 24. d5 Qb6+ (24...
Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxa3 26. d6 $132) 25. Kh1 h6 26. d6 Rd8 (26... hxg5 $2 27. Nd5 Qd4
28. Ne7+ Kh7 29. Qh3#) 27. Nxe4 hxg5 28. Qxg5 Rxd6 (28... Rh6 29. Qe7 $40) 29.
Nxd6 Qxd6 30. h3 Qxa3 31. Qf5 Qe7 (31... Qf8 32. Rc1 g6 33. Qd7 $132) 32. Qc8+
Qf8 33. Qxa6 Qa8 34. Rc1 Kh7 (34... Rxh3+ $2 35. Kg1 Rg3 36. Rc8+ $18) 35. Qd3+
g6 36. Rc7 Rf8 37. Qa6 Qe4 {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The Moscow Variation of the Semi-Slav is a child of a new era of computers
and exceptional solutions. The adherents of classical chess would have in the
past derided the weakening of both flanks as a somewhat obscene form of
courage.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 $6 {It is very difficult to set
an evaluation for this position due to the experience in the whole complicated
complex. Black experiences a lot of freedom in the choice of piece development
according to his own preference. The knight move to h5 is in my opinion most
likely second rate. It neglects the development and enables White to take
advantage of his relative development advantage for the beginning of active
opearations.} (11... Bb4 12. Ne5 (12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Nh7 14. f4 Nxe5 15. fxe5
Qe7 16. Rf2 Ba5 17. Bh5 Bb6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. Kh1 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. exd5 Bxd5
22. Nc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Vitiugov,N (2709)-Motylev,A (2694)/Plovdiv 2010 (78)}) (
12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Bf4 h5 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. a4 a6 18. Ra1
Rd8 19. Rfe1 g3 20. fxg3 Nd7 21. Bf4 e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Feller,S 
(2649)-Spiess,G (2429)/Germany 2010 (54)}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 Qg7 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 Rac8 21.
Qxd4 gxf4 $15 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Kramnik,V (2772)/Bonn 2008 (45)}) (11...
Be7 12. O-O Qb6 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 a6 15. Ne5 O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5 Rad8
18. Bf3 b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qc2 c5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxc5 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1 24.
Qxd1 Rc8 25. Qh5 Rxc5 26. Qxh6 Qc6 $15 {0-1 Sargissian,G (2630)-Anastasian,A 
(2574)/Yerevan 2005 (42)}) (11... Qb6 12. O-O (12. h4 g4 13. Ne5 Rg8 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. O-O Bg7 16. e5 O-O-O 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxb7 Kxb7 20. dxc5
Nxc5 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Qh7 $14 {0-1 Fontaine,R (2517)-Markus,R (2470)/Belgrade
2002 (53)}) 12... Nh5 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 a6 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 $11 {1-0 Chernin,A (2620)-Pavasovic,D (2495)/
Feldbach 1997 (44)}) 12. d5 $1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 {Shirov must have smelled a
rat in the game against Anand, but even the counterplay along a7-g1 diagonal
did not solve the problems.} (13... Qb6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5 Bc5 16. Bh5+ Ke7
17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5
23. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 Anand,V (2817)-Shirov,A (2709)/Leon 2011 (34)}) 14. dxe6 fxe6
15. e5 $1 Qe7 {Korobov has probably realised, that his gifted opponent will
try to uexploit his attacking potential to a maximum. In this unpleasant
position the defender had a chance to complicate the enemy task with the
rather unseemly move 15...Kf7!?} (15... Kf7 $5 16. Ne4 Rb8 17. Nd6+ Kg8 18. Qg6
Qe7 19. O-O Nf8 20. Qe4 $16) 16. Qg6+ Kf8 (16... Kd8 17. Nd4 Bxe5 18. Nxe6+ Kc8
19. Qf5 $16) 17. Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Vitiugov does not need any outside advice
in order to find the squares for his attacking pieces. White will get the
chance to attack with all his pieces.} Nxe5 (17... Rd8 18. Nfxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8+
Bxh8 20. Nxg5 Bg7 21. Nxe6+ Kg8 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Bf5 $18) 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. Rxh6 Rxh6 (19... Rg8 20. Qh5 $1 c5 (20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+
Kf8 23. Bh5 $18) 21. Nxc5 Qxc5 22. Rd7 $18) 20. Qxh6+ Bg7 (20... Qg7 21. Qxe6
Re8 22. Qf5+ Qf7 (22... Kg8 23. Rd7 $18) 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Bh5+ $18) 21. Qg6
c5 {Black should be seeking compensation for the opponent's attack in the form
of one pawn. But the necessity to defend the sensitive e6-square seems to have
a much higher priority in his mind..} (21... Qe8 22. Qxg5 Qe7 23. Qg6 Qe8 24.
Qxe8+ Rxe8 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Bh5 Bxb2 27. Bxe8 Kxe8 28. Rd6 $16) (21... Rd8 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Bg4 Bc8 25. Bxe6 Bxe6 26. Nxe6+ $18) 22. Nxg5 Bd5
23. Bg4 Re8 24. Kf1 {Vitiugov must have sensed that the decisive moment was
not far away and that the desperate black defence would not be sufficient. His
pieces are so nicely coordinated, that not even the presence of the white king
on e1 would have saved the defender.} (24. Rxd5 $1 exd5+ 25. Ne6+ Kg8 26. Bf5
Rf8 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 29. Qxf8+ Qxf8 30. Nxf8 Kxf8 31. Bd7 $18) 24...
c3 25. bxc3 (25. Rxd5 exd5 (25... c2 26. Rxc5 $18) 26. Ne6+ Kg8 27. Bf5 $18)
25... Bc4+ 26. Kg1 Kg8 {Korobov is beyond hope, as he is not able to improve
his position and the decisive blow is coming.} (26... b4 27. Nh7+ Kg8 28. Rd7
$18) 27. Re1 Qd7 (27... Bd3 28. Bxe6+ Qxe6 29. Qxe8+ Qxe8 30. Rxe8+ Bf8 31. Ne6
$18) 28. Re4 (28. Re4 Bd3 (28... Bd5 29. Rf4 $18) 29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Qh7+ Kf8
31. Rf4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The modern chess enables for the opening position from the opening to be
unclear and offering the chances for both sides. Black is exposed on both
flanks, but firmly holds on the spare pawn. White will have to play creatively
in order to endanger the opponent´s concept.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 11. hxg5
bxc3 12. bxc3 (12. gxf6 cxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 (14. Kf1 c3 15. Ne5 Ba6 16.
Kg1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Qxa2 18. Kh2 h5 19. Nc4 Nd7 {0-1 Nielsen,P (2593)-Filipenko,
A (2410)/FIDE.com 2001 (30)}) 14... c3 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nc4 (16. Nb3 Qxa2 17.
Nc5 Bb5 18. Qc2 Qa3 19. Rfd1 Rg8 20. Bxb5 cxb5 21. Qe2 Qb4 22. Nxe6 Qc4 23.
Nc7+ Kd8 {0-1 Atalik,S (2537)-Dreev,A (2685)/Sarajevo 2001 (29)}) 16... Qxa2
17. Ne3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Nc4 Nxf6 22. Be5 Nxd5
23. Bxh8 {1-0 Yuferov,S (2436)-Sveshnikov,E (2555)/St Petersburg 2000 (39)})
12... Nxe4 13. Be5 Nxc3 (13... Rh7 14. Qc2 (14. Qb1 Qa5 15. Nd2 f5 16. gxf6 c5
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bh5+ Kd8 19. Qxe4 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qd3+ 21. Qxd3 cxd3+ 22. Kxd3
Nc6 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rab1 {1-0 Rogozenko,D (2548)-Filipenko,A 
(2410)/FIDE.com 2001 (32)}) 14... Qa5 15. O-O c5 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18.
Rxb8+ {1-0 Ivanov,S (2574)-Potkin,V (2420)/St Petersburg 2000}) (13... Rg8 14.
Qb1 Qa5 15. O-O Nd7 16. Qxb7 Qd8 17. Bxc4 Nxc3 18. Rac1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20.
Rc7 Rb8 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qb7 Rb8 23. Qc6 {1-0 Utkin,A (2382)-Rumiantsev,A 
(2309)/Peterhof 2005}) 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15. Bxh8 $146 {It can not be excluded,
that Pelletier has prepared this immensely risky novelty at home, but in that
case he is conciously playing with fire.} (15. Kxe2 Nd7 16. Bxh8 hxg5 17. Rh7
g4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5 20. Rah1 (20. Rb1 c5 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Qd7
23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxf7+ Kc6 25. Rc7+ Kd5 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2649)-Sveshnikov,E
(2565)/Ljubljana 2002 (42)}) 20... c5 21. Rxf7 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rc7 cxd4
24. Rh8 Rb8 25. Bxd4 Bd3+ 26. Ke3 Rb1 27. Bc5 Re1+ 28. Kf4 Re4+ 29. Kg3 {
1-0 Stohl,I (2533)-Kuczynski,R (2470)/Germany 2002}) 15... Nf4 16. gxh6 Nxg2+ {
[%mdl 64] The first critical crossroad, black is fearlessly jumpong the gun of
the attack. The alternative was to stop the white h pawn with the help of the
knight on g6, variatons are more than complicated..} (16... c5 17. h7 Ng6 18.
Be5 (18. d5 $5 exd5 19. Be5 (19. Bb2 d4 20. O-O-O Qf6 $1 (20... Qd5 $2 21.
Rhe1+ $1 Be7 (21... Kd7 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Kc7 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Re8 $18)
22. Qxg6 fxg6 23. h8=Q+ Kd7 24. Bxd4 Nc6 (24... Na6 25. Qg7 $18) 25. Qh3+ $18)
21. Rde1+ Kd8 22. Ne5) 19... Nd7 20. Kf1 Qb6 21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Bc7 $1 $14) 18...
Bxf3 (18... cxd4 19. O-O-O Bxf3 (19... Nc6 20. Qa4 Qd7 21. Bf6 Nce5 22. Qxd7+
Nxd7 23. Bxd4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 e5 25. Rdg1 Bg7 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. h8=Q+ Bxh8 28.
Rxh8+ Nf8 29. Bxe5 $14) (19... d3 20. Qxc4 Nd7 21. Bc3 Rc8 22. Qd4 Ba6 $13) 20.
gxf3 Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Nc6 22. h8=Q+ Nxh8 23. Rxh8+ Bf8 24. Qa4 $18) 19. gxf3 Nc6
20. Qa4 (20. Qxc4 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ncxe5 22. dxe5 Bg7 23. f4 Rd8 24. Rb1 (24. Rc1
Bh8 $13) 24... Rd4 $11) 20... Qd7 21. Qxc4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24.
h8=Q Nxh8 25. Rxh8 O-O-O 26. Rc1+ Kb7 27. Rh7 $14) 17. Kf1 c5 (17... Nf4 18. h7
Ng6 19. Be5 Qd5 20. Rg1 Nh8 (20... Qxf3 21. Rxg6 Qh3+ 22. Kg1 c5 23. h8=Q $18)
21. Bxh8 Qxf3 22. Be5 Ba6 23. Rg2 $18) 18. h7 (18. Be5 Qd5 19. Qe2 (19. h7 Qxf3
20. Qa4+ (20. h8=Q Ne3+ 21. Ke1 Nxc2+ $19) 20... Bc6 21. h8=Q Bxa4 22. Qh3 Ne3+
23. Kg1 Qxh3 24. Rxh3 Nc2 $19) 19... Bxh6 20. Kxg2 (20. Rxh6 Qxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxf3
22. Bxb8 (22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxb8 cxd4) 22... cxd4 23. Be5 d3 $19)
20... Bf8 $17) 18... Qd5 {This is surely one of the sharpest positions, that
can be created in the chess openings.} (18... Bxf3 $2 19. Be5 Nh4 20. Rxh4 Qxh4
21. h8=Q Qg4 22. Qxc4 $16) 19. Qd1 (19. Qc3 Nf4 20. Be5 Ng6 21. Rg1 (21. h8=Q
Nxh8 22. Rxh8 Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24. Bd6 Nd7 25. dxc5 O-O-O $19) 21... cxd4 22.
Bxd4 Qh5 23. Rxg6 Qxh7 24. Rg3 Nd7 $17) 19... Qf5 $1 (19... Qxf3 $2 20. Qxf3
Bxf3 21. Be5 $18) 20. d5 $5 {This move is a clear sign, that white is
grappling with the problems as the conterplay is very dangerous.} (20. Bg7 Bxg7
21. h8=Q+ Bxh8 22. Rxh8+ Ke7 23. dxc5 Nd7 24. Qd6+ Kf6 25. Rxa8 Qxf3 $19) (20.
Be5 Ne3+ (20... Bxf3 21. Qd2 f6 22. h8=Q fxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Ne3+ 25.
fxe3 Bxh1 26. Qc2 $16) 21. fxe3 Bxf3 22. e4 $1 (22. Ke1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Qf3 24.
h8=Q Qxe3+ 25. Kf1 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Nc6 $19) 22... Bxe4+ 23. Ke1 Bxh1 24. h8=Q Bf3
25. Qa4+ Nd7 26. Qxc4 f6 27. Bd6 Kf7 $17) 20... Bxd5 21. Bf6 $2 (21. Bc3 $5
Ne3+ (21... Nd7 22. h8=Q Bxf3 23. Qd2 Nf4 24. Qh4 Bxh1 25. Qxh1 Nd5 $11) 22.
fxe3 Bxf3 23. e4 (23. h8=Q Bxd1+ 24. Ke1 Bf3 $19) 23... Qxe4 24. Qd2 Be2+ 25.
Kg1 Qg4+ 26. Kh2 Bg7 27. Rag1 (27. Bxg7 Qxg7 28. Qxe2 Qxh7+ $17) 27... Qh4+ 28.
Kg2 Qe4+ 29. Kf2 Qf3+ 30. Ke1 Bd3 31. h8=Q+ (31. Bxg7 Bxh7 $17) 31... Bxh8 32.
Rxh8+ Kd7 33. Qf2 Qxf2+ 34. Kxf2 Kc6 35. Rgg8 $14) 21... Nd7 $2 {The mistakes
in chess are rarely occuring alone. Both players have lost track in the
extremely complicated position.} (21... Qxf6 22. h8=Q (22. Kxg2 Bg7 $19) 22...
Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24. Rh7 Nd7 25. Qg8 Ne5 26. Qh8 Nd7 27. Qg8 $11) 22. h8=Q
Ne3+ (22... Nxf6 23. Qh3 $16) (22... Qxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxf3 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bxf6 Nf4
26. Rh7 $18) 23. fxe3 (23. Ke1 $2 Nxd1 $19) 23... Bxf3 24. Qd6 (24. e4 $5 Bxe4+
25. Ke1 Qxf6 (25... Bxh1 26. Qxh1 $18) 26. Qxf6 Nxf6 27. Qa4+ Nd7 28. Rd1 $18)
24... Bxh1+ 25. Kg1 {The smoke has cleared on the battlefield and Rodriguez
was left with two light pieces for the queen.} (25. Ke1 Qxf6 26. Qdxf8+ Nxf8
27. Qxf6 $16) 25... Qg4+ (25... Qxf6 26. Qdxf8+ Nxf8 27. Qxf6 Be4 28. Rf1 Bg6
29. Rf4 $16) 26. Kxh1 Qf3+ 27. Kh2 Qf2+ 28. Kh3 Qxe3+ 29. Qg3 Qe4 (29... Qxg3+
30. Kxg3 Nxf6 31. Qxf6 Rd8 32. Rb1 $18) 30. Rf1 Rb8 {Pelletier will perform
the finish of the game in a specially charming way.} (30... Qd5 31. Kh2 $18)
31. Qxf8+ $3 Kxf8 (31... Nxf8 32. Qxb8+ $18) 32. Qd6+ Kg8 33. Rg1+ Kh7 34. Rg7+
(34. Rg7+ Kh6 (34... Kh8 35. Rg4+ Nxf6 36. Qxb8+ Kh7 37. Rxe4 $18) 35. Qd2+ Kh5
36. Qg5#) 1-0

[Event "Biel Accentus"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2011.07.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.07.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The Moscow Variation has remained a privileged battlefield for grandmasters.
The positions with weaknesses on both exposed flanks for the prize of single
pawn are very difficult to handle for lesser mortals.} 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11.
Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Qf4 {This colourful position has been tested many
times in practice. The quiet move of the white queen is preparing an attack
along the b8-h2 diagonal, but first of all preventing the retreat of the black
lady to the f6-square.} (13. Rd1 Qf6 14. e5 (14. a4 h5 (14... Bb4 15. e5 Qf5
16. Qd4 O-O 17. Qe3 Na6 18. Be2 Nc7 19. Qxh6 Rfd8 20. O-O Bf8 21. Qc1 a6 22.
Bf3 $16 {1-0 Akobian,V (2619)-Rodshtein,M (2650)/Moscow 2009 (27)}) 15. Qg5 (
15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. O-O a6 19. Qc2 e5 20. b3 Bc5 21. axb5
axb5 22. bxc4 b4 23. Na4 Bd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. c5 $13 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2625)
-Perunovic,M (2568)/Budva 2009 (63)}) 15... Qxg5 16. hxg5 a6 17. Be5 Rg8 18.
Rxh5 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 20. Nb1 c5 21. f3 Bg7 22. Rh7 Bd4 23. Bxc4 Nf8 $11 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2786)-Leko,P (2752)/Moscow 2009 (43)}) (14. Be2 Nd7) 14... Qf5
15. Qd4 Be7 16. b3 (16. a4 O-O (16... c5 17. Qd2 a6 (17... b4 $2 18. Nb5 Qe4+ (
18... O-O 19. Qxh6 (19. Nc7 Nc6 20. Nxa8 Nd4 21. f4 Rxa8 $15) 19... Nc6 20. Nd6
Bxd6 21. exd6 Nd4 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. f3 $1 $16) 19. Qe3 (19. Qe2 Na6 20. Qxe4
Bxe4 21. Bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3 23. Rd3 Be4 24. Rd6 Bb7 25. Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Nc7+
Kd7 27. Nxa6 $16) 19... Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 {1-0 Wang Hao (2696)-Harikrishna,P 
(2686)/Sarajevo 2009 (41)}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Rh2 (
21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. Rf1 Ra4 23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Qg4+ Kf7 26. Qf4+ Kg7
27. Qg4+ Kf7 28. Qf4+ {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2678)-Aronian,L (2768)/Jermuk 2009
}) 21... Qc6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd7 24. h5 Qb5 25. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A (2748)-Leko,P (2751)/Nalchik 2009 (38)}) (16... Kf8 17. Be2 (17. f3
Na6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Nb4 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd5 22. Nd6 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Rxd3 Rb8 25. O-O $14 {1-0 Shulman,Y (2632)-Van Wely,L (2622)/Ledyard
2009 (32)}) 17... b4 18. Bg4 c5 19. Qxc4 Qc2 20. Rd2 Qc1+ 21. Rd1 Qc2 22. Rd2 {
1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2659)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2628)/Moscow 2009}) 17. axb5 (17.
Qf4 Qc2 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qe2 $11) 17... cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 $132) 16... c5 17.
Qe3 $6 (17. Qd2 $1 $13 {preventing 17...Nc6.}) 17... Nc6 $1 18. bxc4 Nb4 $1 19.
Qf4 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 bxc4 $17 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Kramnik,V 
(2772)/Dresden 2008 (41)}) (13. Be2 Na6 $5 (13... h5 14. Qf4 Na6 15. Rd1 Qg7
16. O-O Be7 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Qf6 19. Nd2 $14 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Nxc4 Ba6
22. Rfe1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxa4 $11 {0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)-Roiz,M (2644)/
Beersheba 2007 (45)}) (13... Nd7 $5 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Qg4
Be5 18. Kh1 h5 19. Qg5 Bf6 20. Qc1 Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 Be7 24.
Bxg4 hxg4 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Qd1+ Kc8 27. Qxg4 c5 $13 {0-1 Nebolsina,V (2345)
-Shumiakina,T (2360)/Chelyabinsk/2008/ (68)}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O Nc5 15. Qh5 Rg8
16. Be5 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rd2 c5 21. a4 b4 22. Nb5
f5 $17 {0-1 Rodshtein,M (2626)-Nyback,T (2587)/Plovdiv 2008 (40)}) 14... Qg7
15. Qh5 (15. Qf3) 15... Qg6 (15... Nc5 16. Be5 Qxg2 17. Bf3 Qg8 $13) 16. Qe5
Qg7 17. Nxb5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 cxb5 19. Bxh8 Bxe4 20. b3 Bxg2 $19 {0-1 Greenfeld,A
(2559)-Gelfand,B (2736)/Beersheba 2007 (23)}) 13... Bb4 $146 {Caruana has done
his homework in preparation and his bishop move immediately sharpens the
situation. The main move so far has been the knight move to a6.} (13... Nd7 14.
Rd1) (13... Na6 14. Rd1 Qg7 15. Be2 (15. e5) (15. a4 $5 Bb4 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O
Nc5 18. Qe3 Nb3 (18... Bxc3 $142 19. bxc3 Nxa4 20. Rd7 $44) 19. axb5 Bc5 20.
Qf4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)
-Stefanova,A (2483)/Zafra 2007 (72)}) 15... Be7 (15... Nc5 16. O-O Rc8 17. e5
Be7 18. Qe3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. b4 cxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Rc1 $36 {1-0 Bellon
Lopez,J (2440)-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2311)/La Roda 2006/CBM 111 ext (32)}) (
15... e5 16. Qxe5+ Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. a4 Bb4 19. O-O Nc5 20. axb5 Bxc3 21.
Bxc3 cxb5 22. f3 $16 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2611)-Motylev,A (2672)/Kallithea 2008 
(45)}) 16. O-O $5 (16. e5 Nb4 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qc1 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. h5 Kb8
21. Rh4 Ka8 22. b3 c3 23. a3 Be7 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. Nxc3 Bxa3 26. Qa1 $11 {
0-1 Eljanov,P (2641)-Dreev,A (2705)/Sochi 2005 (104)}) 16... Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18.
Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 $6 (19... Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc2 (20... Nd3 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bxd3
cxd3 23. Rxd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F (2640)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2616)/Pamplona
2008 (52)}) 21. Bh5 Qf5 $13) 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 $16 {
1-0 Aronian,L (2757)-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden 2008 (32)}) 14. Rd1 Bxc3+ 15. Ke2
$1 {A somewhat irrational position is calling for a non-standard solutions.
White can postpone the capture of the bishop as the black queen is under
attack.} (15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Rd2 (16. Ke2 c5 $15) 16... Nd7 17. Qc7 O-O 18. Bf4
(18. Qxb7 Nc5 19. Qxc6 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qc1+ 21. Ke2 Nd3 22. Kf3 Qxd2 23. Bxd2 Ne5+
$19) 18... Rac8 19. Qxd7 Qc1+ 20. Ke2 c3 21. Qxb7 cxd2 22. Bxd2 Qc2 23. Qxa7
Ra8 24. Qe3 Rfd8 $15) 15... Qe5 (15... Qf6 16. Qc7 Qe7 17. bxc3 Qxc7 18. Bxc7
Nd7 $11) (15... c5 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. a4 a6 18. f3 $14) (15... Na6 16. Rxd4 Bxd4
17. h5 Bxb2 18. Bh4 Bg7 19. Rh3 $16) 16. Qxe5 (16. bxc3 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 $11)
(16. Qf3 Qf6 17. bxc3 Qxf3+ 18. gxf3 Nd7 $11) 16... Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rh7 {The
smoke from the initial phase of the game has cleared and chances are roughly
equal. White is missing a pawn, Black is mourning the absence of his bishop
pair.} (17... Rg8 18. Bf4 h5 $11) 18. Ke3 Nd7 19. Bg3 (19. Bd6 O-O-O 20. Be2 f5
) (19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bd6 Nf6 21. b3 c3 22. Bd3 Rg7 $14) 19... O-O-O (19... a6 20.
Be2 O-O-O 21. Rd6 $14) 20. Be2 (20. b3 cxb3 (20... c3 21. Be2 b4 22. Rd6 Re8
$11) 21. Bxb5 bxa2 22. Rc1 f5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxc6+ Kb7 $11) 20... f5 $5 {
The active counterplay is partly resting on the somewhat over-exposed location
of the white king.} 21. Rd6 fxe4 (21... Re7 22. Bf4 Rg8 23. Bxh6 Rh7 24. Rxe6
Nc5 25. Rf6 Nxe4 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27. Bxf8 Rf7 $11) (21... c5 $5 22. Rxe6 (22. f3
Rg8 $15) 22... Bxe4 23. Rd1 Nb6 $11) 22. Rxe6 {[%mdl 2048] The choice of each
move turns into a difficult task in very complicated positions. With the help
of analysis it seems, that Morozevich could have played better by centralising
all his pieces.} (22. Rhd1 $5 Re7 (22... Rg8 23. Rxe6 h5 24. Rd4 Ba8 25. Rdxe4
Kd8 26. Rf4 $14) 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb5 $14) (22. Bg4 Nc5 23. Rhd1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6
(24. Bxd6 Nd3 25. Bxe6+ Kd8 $11) 24... h5 $11) 22... Nc5 23. Rg6 (23. Re5 Rd5
24. Re8+ Kd7 25. Rb8 h5 (25... Ke6 26. Bg4+ Kf6 27. h5 Rf7 28. Bh4+ Kg7 29. Rd1
$11) 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 $11) 23... h5 (23... Rd5 24. h5 $14) 24. Rg5 {
The balance has still not received a decisive knock, but after each move there
is an abundance of lines to be calculated.} (24. Bd6 Nd3 25. g4 Rhd7 26. Bg3
Nb4 (26... Nxb2 27. gxh5 $14) 27. gxh5 Nd5+ 28. Kd2 (28. Kxe4 Re8+ 29. Be5 c5
30. Re1 Nc3+ 31. Kf4 Rf7+ 32. Kg3 Ne4+ 33. Kh2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxe5
36. h6 $11) 28... e3+ 29. fxe3 Nf4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe2 (30... Nxg6 31. hxg6 $16) 31.
Kxe2 Rd2+ 32. Kf3 c5+ 33. e4 Rf8+ 34. Bf4 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Bxe4 36. Rf1 $11) 24...
Rd5 25. Rd1 (25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Be5 Nd3 27. Bxd3 exd3 28. Rg1 Kd7 29. g4 hxg4
30. Rxg4 $11) 25... Nd3 26. b3 $1 {White needs to undermine his opponent's
queenside, otherwise there would be no end to the problems of the b2-pawn.} (
26. Kxe4 $2 Re7+ 27. Kf3 c5 $1 $19) 26... Ba6 (26... c3 27. Rxd5 (27. Bxd3 exd3
28. Rxd3 Re7+ $19) 27... cxd5 28. Bxd3 exd3 29. Kxd3 b4 30. a3 a5 31. axb4 axb4
32. Bd6 $11) (26... c5 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rb1 c3 29. Rg8+ Rd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.
Bxd3 exd3 32. Kxd3 $11) 27. bxc4 bxc4 28. Rd2 (28. Rxd5 cxd5 29. Kd4 Kd7 30.
Rb1 Kc6 31. Rb8 Bb7 $15) (28. Rg8+ Kd7 (28... Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. Kd4 Rd7+
31. Kc3 Rd5 $11) 29. Ra8 Ke6 30. Re8+ Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Kxe4 $11) 28...
Kb7 29. Rg8 $6 {Morozevich must have been oblivious to the lurking danger.
Otherwise he would surely have been able to change track and concentrate on
defence with equality after the best 29.Rc2!} (29. Rc2 $1 Kb6 (29... Ne1 $2 30.
Rb2+ Rb5 31. Rgxb5+ Bxb5 32. Bxc4 $16) 30. a3 Re7 31. Rc3 $11) 29... Kb6 30.
Rc2 $2 {The critical move will decide the fate of White's defence. The main
theme of the battle will now change to a scramble for survival by White.} (30.
Re8 $2 c3 $1 31. Rc2 Ne1 32. Rxc3 Nxg2+ 33. Kxe4 Bxe2 $19) (30. Rb8+ Ka5 31.
Rb1 Rb5 $15) 30... Ne1 $1 31. Rc1 (31. Rb2+ Kc5 32. Bh2 Bb5 $19) 31... Nxg2+
32. Kxe4 Re7+ 33. Kf3 Nxh4+ $1 34. Bxh4 Rf5+ 35. Kg2 Rxe2 {Morozevich has
woken up in a position with two missing pawns that is bordering on losing.} 36.
a4 (36. Rb1+ Kc5 37. Rg5 (37. Rg7 Rxa2 38. Rxa7 c3 39. Rg7 c2 40. Rc1 Bc4 $19)
37... Rxg5+ 38. Bxg5 c3 $19) 36... Rb2 (36... Kc5 37. Rg7 Ra2 38. Rxa7 Rxa4 $17
) (36... Re4 37. Bg3 $17) 37. Rb8+ (37. Rg7 Rd5 38. Bf6 Rb3 $19) (37. Bd8+ Kc5
38. Be7+ Kd5 39. Rd8+ Ke6 40. Bh4 Rb7 $17) 37... Bb7 38. Rxc4 c5+ {The
difference in piece coordination is becoming striking. The main hero of the
endgame will be a passed pawn on the c-file.} 39. Kh2 (39. Kf1 Rb4 40. Rxb4+
cxb4 41. Ke1 Rf7 42. Rh8 Bf3 $19) 39... Rb1 (39... Rb4 40. Bd8+ Kc6 41. Rc2
Rxa4 $19) 40. f4 (40. Rc3 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rg1+ 42. Kh3 Rf4 43. Rb3+ Rb4 $19) 40...
Rd5 (40... Rb2+ 41. Kg3 Rb4 42. Rxb4+ cxb4 43. Rh8 b3 $19) 41. Rd8 Rbd1 42.
Rxd5 Bxd5 43. Rc3 c4 44. Bf6 (44. Be7 Ka5 45. f5 Rd3 46. Rc1 c3 47. Bf6 Kb4 $19
) 44... Kc5 45. Kg3 Kb4 {The defender will not be saved even by the presence
of the bishops of opposite colours. White's a4-pawn is about to drop.} 46. Rc2
(46. Kf2 Be6 47. Re3 Bg4 $19) 46... a5 47. f5 Rf1 (47... Rf1 48. Rf2 Rxf2 49.
Kxf2 Kxa4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a3 {White freely admitts, that there is no way
to get an advantage and he only choses one of many ideas.} (11. Rad1 a6 (11...
dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 (13... b4 14. Ne4 Qa5 15. b3 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17.
dxe5 c4 18. Bxc4 Qxe5 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Ba6 Rfd8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23.
Ne5 {Molvig,H-Hartung Nielsen,J/Copenhagen Obro (04) ;EXT 89op 1989/1/2-1/2 
(35)}) 14. e4 b4 15. Na4 Re8 16. b3 Rc8 17. Ba6 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Rfd1 Bf8
20. Bd3 a5 {Ricardi,P-Valerga,D/San Martin (02) ;CBM 48 1995/1-0 (66)}) 12. e4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Bf6 17. h3 c4 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. Nh2
Re8 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. Ng4 {Zakharevich,I-Vologyin,V/Moscow op Russian Winter ;TD
91\03 1991/1-0 (39)}) (11. Rfd1 f5 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne4
Qb6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Ned2 c5 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Nfe5 cxd4 19. exd4 Rac8 20. Ng6
Rfe8 21. Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Qxb4 {1-0 Zueger,B-Schroeder,W/Berlin op 
(07) ;TD 88\08 1988 (30)}) 12. Qc2 (12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Qc2 Qf6 14. Ne2 g5 15. Qc3
Rf7 $6 (15... e5 $5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Qb3 dxc4 19. Bxc4+ Kh8 $13)
16. b4 a6 17. a4 g4 $6 (17... e5 $1 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qb3 Be6 21.
cxd5 Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $14) 18. Ne1 h5 19. b5 $16 {1-0 Nemet,
I-Campora,D/Biel ;MCL 04 1983 (39)}) (12. Rab1 a6 13. b4 Bd6 14. a4 Nf6 15.
Rdc1 Ne4 16. Qc2 Bd7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Qe7 19. c5 Bb8 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne2
Qf6 22. Bb5 f4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. exf4 Qxf4 25. Rf1 {Torre,E-Ribli,Z (05)/
Alicante cqf ;CAND 1983/0-1 (35)}) 12... a6 13. a4 Bd6 14. Rab1 Qe7 15. Ne2 g5
16. Ng3 g4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Nf4 Qg7 20. Nb3 Ng5 {Goldin,A-Vukic,M/
Philadelphia World op (06) ;EXT 95op 1995/1-0 (52)}) (11. Rac1 a6 12. Bb1 (12.
Rfd1 f5 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Qb1 Qe7 $10 {Cvitan,O-Nikolic,P/JUG ch/1982/}) 12... b5
13. cxd5 cxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. exd5 exd5 16. Qd3 g6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rc8 19.
Rcd1 Rc5 20. Qe3 Kg7 {Vakhidov,T-Paranjan,A/UZB-ch (05) ;TD 93\10 1993/1-0 (48)
}) (11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 Nb6 (15... c5 16. d5
(16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bb5 Nf6 18. dxc5 Bxe4 19. Ne5 Rfc8 20. Nd7 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6
22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Rc4 Qb5 24. Rd1 Qb7 25. Rd3 a5 {Lesiege,A-Shevelev,S/Hyeres
op ;TD 92\11 1992/0-1 (36)}) 16... exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Bb5 Rad8
20. Rac1 Rfe8 {Simic,R-Todorovic,GM/JUG-chT2 (03) ;EXT 93ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (32)})
16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Rc2 Rad8
22. Rd1 Rd4 23. Rcd2 Rfd8 24. Ne5 Qb8 25. Nf3 {Rodriguez,O-Illescas Cordoba,M/
ESP-ch Lleida (06) ;EXT 91ch 1991/0-1 (40)}) 11... dxc4 (11... a5 12. Rad1 Qc7
13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 b4 16. Nb1 Bb7 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Nc3 a4 19. Qc2
Qa5 20. Ra1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 c5 23. Bb5 Nf6 24. e5 Nd5 {1/2-1/2
Seirawan,Y-Torre,E/Brussels SWIFT/1986/ (29)}) 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 (13. Ba2 $5)
13... a6 14. b4 {Ambition is not only to fix c6P for ever, but also to limit
the scope of the Bc8.} (14. e4 c5 $10) 14... a5 15. Qb2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. e4
(17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 axb4 19. axb4 Rxa1 20. Rxa1 Qd6 21. Ra7 $14) 17... axb4
18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 e5 $1 {This is a true spinner into the white's works,
his dream about the strong center wanishes in the smoke.} 20. dxe5 (20. Nxe5 $2
Qxd4 21. Nd1 Qxb2 22. Nxb2 Bxb4 $19) 20... Qxd3 21. Rd1 (21. exf6 Bxf6 22. e5
Be7 {xb4}) 21... Qc4 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. e5 Be7 24. Rd4 Qe6 25. Ne4 c5 (25... Ra8
26. h3 Ra2 27. Qc3 $13) 26. bxc5 (26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. bxc5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxe5 $15
) 26... Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Qd5 28. Re3 (28. Rd4 Qxc5 29. Rd1 b4 $15) 28... Qxc5 29.
h4 b4 30. Qb3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 (31. Re1 Qc3 32. Re3 Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Rc8 $15) 31...
Bc5 32. Re4 Qc3 33. Qxc3 bxc3 34. Rc4 Bxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lautier} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2
dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14.
O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3 {N} (18. Be2 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qb2 Rxe3 21. Qxb7 Rxe2 22. Qxa7 {0,5-0,5/Guseinov,A-Sveshnikov,E/
Volgodonsk/1983/}) 18... Bxg2 $1 (18... Bxc3 19. Qxb7 Rxc4 (19... Bxb2 $2 20.
Bxf7+ $1 $16) 20. bxc3 Rc7 21. Qb4 $14) 19. Bxf7+ (19. Kxg2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe4+
21. f3 Qxc4 $10) (19. Qxb4 Qg5 20. f4 (20. h4 Qg6 21. Kh2 Rb8 22. Qc5 Qg4 $1)
20... Qg4 21. Be2 Bf3+ 22. Kf2 Qg2+ 23. Ke1 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 Rc2 25. Qb5 (25. Nd4
Rxb2 26. Qc3 Rd8 {/\ Rxd4}) 25... Rd8 26. Rd1 Qxf1+ $1 27. Kxf1 Rxd1+ 28. Kf2
Rdd2 $10) 19... Rxf7 20. Rxa7 (20. Kxg2 Bxc3 21. Rxa7 $2 Qe4+ 22. f3 Qg6+ $19)
20... Bxf1 (20... Bd5 $5 21. Nxd5 Qg5+ (21... Rxa7 $2 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Qd3+ $18
) 22. Kh1 Rxa7 23. Rg1 (23. Ne7+ {Lautier} Kh8 24. Nxc8 Qg4 $1 25. f3 Qh3 26.
Kg1 (26. Qc4 $2 Rc7 $1) 26... Rb7 $44) 23... Qd8 24. Ne7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 (25. Qf7
Qf8 $1 $8) 25... Qxc8 26. Qxb4 Qc6+ 27. e4 Ra4 28. Qe7 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4+ Rxe4 30.
Rb1 $16) 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Kxf1 Bxc3 23. Qd7 (23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qe7 (24. Kg2
Rc6 {/\ Rg6+}) 24... Qb5+ 25. Kg2 Qc6+ $10) 23... Bd4 $1 (23... Rc5 $2 24. Qd3+
(24. Qd3+ $1 {Lautier} Kg8 25. bxc3 $16)) 24. Qxd4 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kf3
Qf5+ 27. Qf4 (27. Ke2 $4 {Lautier} Qh5+ 28. f3 Qxh2+ $19) 27... Qh3+ 28. Qg3
Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ {Ftacnik,L} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. O-O exd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Re1 Nb6 13. Ne4 Qf4 14. g3 Qc7
15. Bb3 (15. d5 $1 $40) 15... O-O 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5
Rad8 20. Qf3 Qe7 21. h4 Rfe8 22. a3 Nf6 23. Ng6 Qd7 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Red1 Qe8
26. Rxd8 Qxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Women-Veterans"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 (9... cxd5 $2 10. Nb5 $1 $16) 10. O-O (10. h4 Bg7 11. h5 g5 12.
Qc2 Qe7 (12... Nb6 $5 13. O-O-O Bg4 14. Rdg1 O-O-O 15. Ne5 Be6 $10) 13. O-O-O
Nf6 14. Kb1 Be6 15. Ne5 Ng4 (15... O-O-O 16. f4 $14) 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. Rc1 O-O
(17... O-O-O 18. Na4 $36) 18. Ne2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rad8 20. g4 Rd6 21. Bc2 Rb8 22.
Qd3 b6 $1 $10 {Nikolic,P-Novikov,I/Bosna-Garant Donbass/1993/}) 10... Bg7 11.
b4 {[%cal Yb4b5] Once again exercises the logical contradiction, when minority
willingly attacks majority on the Qside.} Qd6 (11... O-O $2 12. b5 $16) (11...
a6) 12. Qb3 (12. b5 $6 c5 $1) 12... Nb6 (12... O-O 13. b5 Rd8 14. Rfc1 Nb8 15.
h3 Bf8 16. Rab1 Be6 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Qe2 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Nd4 Nd7 21. Na4
Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bg7 23. Qd2 Qa3 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Qc2 g5 $15 {Cramling,P-Braga,
F/Manila olm (08.12.3)/1992/0-1 (34)}) 13. a4 Be6 14. Nd2 (14. a5 Nc4 $1) 14...
Nd7 (14... O-O 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. Rab1 $6 {Serper,G-Sorokin,M/Herson/1991/} (16.
Ne2 $1) 16... a5 $1 17. bxa5 Rxa5 18. Qc2 b6 $13) 15. Ne2 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfe8 (
16... b6 17. Nf4 a5 18. Qc3 Rfc8 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Nb3 Ra7 21. a5 c5 22. axb6
Qxb6 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Bxg6 c4 25. Nd2 {Cramling,P-Spassky,B/Prague
Women-Veterans(04)/1995/0.5 (31)}) 17. Rab1 Rac8 18. a5 {[%csl Gc5,Rc6] Black
is left eith a choice, either he will leave c5 square as white s stronghold,
or he can suffer because of the vulnerability of the c6P.} (18. Nf4 Bg4 19. h3
g5 $132) 18... Bg4 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nb3 b6 $1 (21... a6 22. Nc5 $14)
(21... Qxb4 22. Nc5 Qxa5 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxb7 $40) 22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Bd3 Nf6
24. axb6 axb6 25. Ne2 Bd7 (25... Qxb4 $2 26. Nc5 Qa5 27. Ra1 Qb4 28. Rcb1 $16)
26. Nf4 g5 27. Ne2 Ng4 (27... Ne4 28. f3 Nf6 29. Qd2 Qe7 30. Ng3 $14) 28. Ng3
Rf8 29. Nf1 f4 {[%cal Yf7f2,Ye5h2,Rb4b5] Black needs a counterweight to his
structural problems on the Qside. The push b4-b5 is only a question of time.}
30. e4 f3 31. e5 Qxb4 32. g3 (32. Nc5 Qxd4 33. Nxd7 fxg2 34. Nxf8 (34. Kxg2 $2
Rxf2+) 34... gxf1=Q+ 35. Rxf1 (35. Bxf1 Rxf8 $19) 35... Qxe5 36. Bh7+ Kxf8 37.
Qf5+ Qxf5 38. Bxf5 Ne5 $17) 32... Qe7 33. h3 Nxe5 34. dxe5 c5 $6 (34... Bxe5 $1
) 35. Ne3 Be6 (35... Qxe5 36. Nxd5 $1) 36. Nf5 {White has to be active,
otherwise black pawn mass will become very dangerous.} Qd7 (36... Bxf5 37. Bxf5
Qxe5 38. Bg4 $14) 37. Nxg7 Kxg7 38. Nxc5 (38. Nd2 Bxh3 39. Re1 Qe6 $1 40. Bf1
Bxf1 41. Nxf1 Qh3 42. Ne3 d4 $17) 38... bxc5 39. Qxc5 Bxh3 $2 (39... Rxb1 40.
Rxb1 Rc8 41. Qd4 Qf7 $13) 40. Rb6 $1 {[%cal Rb6g6] Defender will be losing
along the 6th rank.} Rbc8 (40... Rxb6 41. Qxb6 Kg8 42. Qxh6 $18) 41. Rg6+ Kh7
$2 (41... Kf7 42. Qe3 Rxc1+ 43. Qxc1 $16) 42. Rd6+ (42. Rd6+ Kg8 (42... Kh8 43.
Rxd7 Rxc5 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rxc5 $18) 43. Qxd5+) 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 39th"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2009.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 {The whole line has
become very topical. It makes little sense for White to wait with
centralization of his rook, the peaceful development was proven to be way too
slow.} (13. Be2 Na6 (13... h5 14. Qf4 Na6 15. Rd1 Qg7 16. O-O Be7 17. a4 b4 18.
Nb1 Qf6 19. Nd2 Qxf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Nxc4 Ba6 22. Rfe1 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxa4 $11
{0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)-Roiz,M (2644)/Beersheba 2007 (45)}) 14. Rd1 (14. O-O
Nc5 15. Qh5 Rg8 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rd2 c5
21. a4 b4 22. Nb5 f5 23. Nc7+ Ke7 24. Qe3 Kf7 $17 {0-1 Rodshtein,M (2626)
-Nyback,T (2587)/Plovdiv 2008 (40)}) 14... Qg7 15. Qh5 Qg6 16. Qe5 Qg7 17. Nxb5
Qxe5 18. Bxe5 cxb5 19. Bxh8 Bxe4 20. b3 Bxg2 $19 {0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)
-Gelfand,B (2736)/Beersheba 2007 (23)}) 13... Qf6 {The life for Black in this
system has started with the retreat to the g7-square. Unfortunatelly it sends
white lady to the better square f4 and fails to equalize.} (13... Qg7 14. Qf4
Na6 15. Be2 (15. a4 Bb4 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qe3 Nb3 19. axb5 Bc5 20.
Qf4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)
-Stefanova,A (2483)/Zafra 2007 (72)}) 15... Be7 (15... e5 16. Qxe5+ Qxe5 17.
Bxe5 Rg8 18. a4 Bb4 19. O-O Nc5 20. axb5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 cxb5 22. f3 $16 {
1-0 Pashikian,A (2611)-Motylev,A (2672)/Kallithea 2008 (45)}) 16. O-O (16. e5
Nb4 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qc1 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O 20. h5 Kb8 21. Rh4 Ka8 22. b3 c3 23.
a3 Be7 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. Nxc3 Bxa3 26. Qa1 $11 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2641)-Dreev,A 
(2705)/Sochi 2005 (104)}) 16... Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 (19...
Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nd3 21. Qd2 h5 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Caruana,F 
(2640)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2616)/Pamplona 2008 (52)}) 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6 22.
b4 cxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Qh6 26. Bf4 {1-0 Aronian,L (2757)
-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden 2008 (32)}) 14. e5 {White has been successful with
the immediate attack against the pawn structure with 14.a4. It makes the whole
concept even more attractive in case the central advance will be proven to be
less promissing.} (14. a4 Bb4 (14... h5 15. Qe2 Bb4 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Be2 Nd7 18.
O-O a6 19. Qc2 e5 20. b3 Bc5 21. axb5 axb5 22. bxc4 b4 23. Na4 Bd4 24. Rxd4
exd4 25. c5 $13 {0-1 Van Wely,L (2625)-Perunovic,M (2568)/Budva 2009 (63)}) 15.
e5 Qf5 16. Qd4 O-O 17. Qe3 Na6 18. Be2 Nc7 19. Qxh6 Rfd8 20. O-O Bf8 21. Qc1 a6
22. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Akobian,V (2619)-Rodshtein,M (2650)/Moscow 2009 (27)}) 14...
Qf5 15. Qd4 Be7 16. a4 {Attacking the b5-pawn must be more natural than the
idea 16.b3 tested by Aronian.} (16. b3 c5 17. Qe3 Nc6 18. bxc4 Nb4 $1 19. Qf4
Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 bxc4 22. f3 Nd4+ 23. Kf2 Bd5 24. h5 Rb8 25. Be2 Rb2
26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2757)-Kramnik,V
(2772)/Dresden 2008 (41)}) 16... c5 {Black is not struggling yet as he can
invest time into studying untested, but quite promissing castling idea.} (16...
Kf8 17. Be2 (17. f3 Na6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 Nb4 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 Bd5
22. Nd6 Nd3+ 23. Bxd3 cxd3 24. Rxd3 Rb8 25. O-O $14 {1-0 Shulman,Y (2632)-Van
Wely,L (2622)/Ledyard 2009 (32)}) 17... b4 18. Bg4 c5 19. Qxc4 Qc2 20. Rd2 Qc1+
21. Rd1 Qc2 22. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A (2659)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2628)/Moscow
2009}) (16... O-O 17. Qf4 Qc2 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qe2 $11) 17. Qd2 b4 $2 {[%mdl 4]
The real reason for black's suffering is this illogical move. Hariskrishna is
less developed, but daringly plunges into direct confrontation.} (17... a6 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qe4+ 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Rh2 Qc6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Nd7 24.
h5 Qb5 25. Qc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2748)-Leko,P (2751)/Nalchik 2009 (38)})
18. Nb5 Qe4+ (18... O-O 19. Qxh6 (19. Nc7 Nc6 20. Nxa8 Nd4 21. f4 Rxa8 $15)
19... Nc6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Nd4 22. Qg5+ Kh7 23. f3 $1 $16) 19. Qe3 (19.
Qe2 Na6 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3 23. Rd3 Be4 24. Rd6 Bb7 25.
Rxa6 Bxa6 26. Nc7+ Kd7 27. Nxa6 $16) 19... Qxe3+ 20. fxe3 c3 $6 {Black was
beyond hope for the complete equality, but ignoring the crises diminishes his
chances further. Wang Hao will deal with technical realisation with great
confidence.} (20... Nd7 21. Nc7+ Kd8 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Bxc4 Bxg2 24. Bb5 Bxh1
25. Rxd7+ Ke8 26. Rxa7+ Kf8 27. a5 $16) (20... Na6 21. Bxc4 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Bf3
23. Rd6 (23. Rd2 Bc6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Nb8 26. Be5 Rf8 27. a5 $15) 23...
Bb7 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Rd7 $16) 21. Nc7+ Kf8 22. bxc3 bxc3 23. Kf2 c4 (23... Nc6
24. Nxa8 Bxa8 25. Rc1 f6 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Be2 Ne7 28. Bd6 Rg8 29. Bf3 $16) 24.
Bxc4 Nc6 25. Nxa8 Bxa8 26. Rc1 Bb4 {Black is struggling without exchange, his
only asset is the passed pawn on c3.} (26... Na5 27. Rxc3 Nxc4 28. Rxc4 Kg7 29.
Rc7 Bb4 30. Rf1 a5 31. h5 Rf8 32. Ke2 Ba3 33. Bh4 $18) 27. Rhd1 Ke7 (27... Kg7
28. Rd7 Ne7 29. h5 $16) 28. h5 Rc8 29. Bh4+ Kf8 30. Bf6 {The Chinese player
plans to combine the ideas of back rank attack with the ambition to advance
his h-pawn.} Ne7 (30... Na5 31. Ba6 Bb7 32. Bxb7 Nxb7 33. Rc2 Nc5 34. Ke2 a5
35. Rd8+ Rxd8 36. Bxd8 Nxa4 37. Ra2 Ke8 38. Bf6 Nb2 39. Bg7 c2 40. Ra1 $18) 31.
Rd4 a5 (31... Ba3 32. Rc2 Nf5 33. Rd1 Bb2 34. g4 $16) 32. g4 Nd5 (32... Bc6 33.
Ba6 Ra8 34. Bb5 $18) 33. g5 $1 hxg5 (33... Kg8 34. Rg1 $18) 34. Bxg5 Ba3 (34...
f5 35. exf6 Kf7 36. h6 $18) 35. Rc2 Kg7 36. Bd3 {The white pieces manage to
combine the defence on the queenside with support for the h-pawn.} f5 (36...
Bf8 37. h6+ Kg8 38. Kg1 Rb8 39. Rg2 $18) (36... Nb4 37. h6+ Kf8 38. h7 Nxd3+
39. Kg3 Kg7 40. Bf6+ Kxh7 41. Rh2+ Kg6 42. Rg4+ Kf5 43. Rh5#) 37. exf6+ Nxf6
38. h6+ Kf7 39. h7 (39. Rf4 Be7 40. h7 Kg7 41. Ke1 Nd5 42. Bh6+ Kxh6 43. Rg4
$18) 39... Nd5 40. Kg1 Kg7 (40... e5 41. Rf2+ Nf4 42. Rd8 $18) 41. Rxd5 $1 {
The final combination is simple, but a logical outcome of a sound concept.} (
41. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 42. Rxc3 Rxc3 43. Bf6+ Kxf6 44. h8=Q+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Ba6 8. Ne4
(8. Qc2 b4 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qd5 11. Qc2 Nd7 $2 12. e4 Qa5 13. Qxc6 {
1-0/Lesiege,A-Boudre,JP/Cannes Martinez/1992/}) 8... Nxe4 (8... Be7 9. Bd2 Nbd7
10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Be7 13. Qe4 c5 14. Bd3 g6 15. h4 cxd4 16. b4
Qb8 17. Qxd4 Rd8 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Bc3 Nb6 $15 {Baragar,F-Pinter,J/Zagreb izt/
1987/0-1 (41)}) (8... Qa5+ $6 9. Bd2 b4 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Qc2 $1 Be7 12. a3 $1
Qb6 13. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 14. axb4 Qxb4+ 15. Qc3 $1 Qxc3+ $8 16. bxc3 Ke7 (16... c5
17. d5 $1 exd5 18. Ra5 $16) 17. Kd2 $1 $16 c5 18. e3 $1 Bxf1 19. Rhxf1 cxd4 20.
cxd4 Nd7 $8 21. Rfb1 (21. Rfc1 Rhb8 $1 $132) 21... Rhb8 $8 22. Rxb8 Nxb8 $14 {
Karpov,An-Yudasin,L/Madrid/1992/0.5 (62)}) (8... b4 $6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qc2) (
8... Nbd7 9. e3) 9. Qxe4 b4 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14.
h4 Bb5 15. Bf3 Qxe4 16. Bxe4 f6 17. Nd3 (17. Nf3 f5 18. Bc2 c5 $13) 17... Nd7 (
17... Rd8 18. Be3) 18. Rc1 a5 19. Rc2 a4 20. O-O {[%csl Rc6] Finally white
have come to castling, but black already has compensation for his Pc6.} Nb6 (
20... b3 21. axb3 axb3 22. Rc3 Ra4 $132) 21. Nc5 (21. Rfc1 Nd5) 21... Bxc5 (
21... Nd5 22. Nxe6 $16) 22. Rxc5 Bxe2 23. Rfc1 Nd5 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxc6 Rxc6 25.
Rxc6 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Rd8 $17) 24... exd5 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 a3 (26... b3 27.
axb3 axb3 28. Rb6 Bc4 29. Rb8+ Rxb8 30. Bxb8 $10) 27. b3 Bc4 $2 {[%csl Gb8]
Nice idea, but the square b8 belongs to white and it decides the issue.} (27...
Bd3 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Bd6 Re2 30. Ra1 Rb2 31. Bxb4 Rb1+ 32. Rxb1 Bxb1 33. Bxa3
Bxa2 34. b4 Bc4 $10) 28. bxc4 b3 29. cxd5 (29. axb3 $2 a2 $19) 29... b2 (29...
bxa2 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Ra1 Re2 32. d6 $18) 30. Rb6 Kf7 (30... Rc8 31. d6 Rc1+ 32.
Kg2 b1=Q 33. Rxb1 Rxb1 34. d7 $18) 31. d6 Rc8 32. d7 {This was probably missed
by black, the pawn on 7th is too strong.} Rc1+ (32... Rd8 33. Bd6 Rxd7 34. Bxa3
$18) 33. Kg2 Ke7 34. Rd6 $1 Kd8 35. Bd2 Rg1+ (35... b1=Q 36. Ba5+ Rc7 37. Bxc7+
Kxc7 38. d8=Q+ $18) 36. Kf3 (36. Kxg1 b1=Q+ 37. Kh2 Qb5) 36... b1=Q 37. Ba5+
Ke7 38. d8=Q+ Kf7 39. Qd7+ Kg6 40. Qg4+ (40. Qe8+ Kh6 41. Bd2+ g5 42. hxg5+ Kg7
43. gxf6#) 40... Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Qxg7+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Qf4 11. Bd3 f5 12. Ng3 c5 $1 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Ba5
15. Qxa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 (16. Qb3 cxd4 17. Qxb7 $2 Bc6 18. Qb3 Bxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qd2#
) 16... cxd4 17. Ne2 $2 (17. Qc1 $5 Qxc1+ 18. Kxc1 $1 $10 {/\ Rd1}) 17... Qg4 (
17... Qc7 $6 18. Nexd4 $16) 18. Nexd4 (18. Rg1 Nc6 19. h3 Qh5 20. Nf4 Qf7 {
/\ e5, g5}) 18... Nc6 19. Nb5 (19. h3 Qxd4 $1 (19... Qxg2 20. Rg1 Nxd4 21. Rxg2
Nxc2 22. Bxc2 $15) 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Qb1 Ba4+ 22. b3 Bxb3+ 23. Kc1 Bc3 24. Ra2
b5 25. cxb5 Rc8 $40) 19... Qxg2 20. Ke2 Qg4 21. Rhg1 Qh5 22. Rg3 Ne5 23. Nbd4
Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Bc6 $1 (24... Bc7 25. Rxg7 Bc6 26. Rxc7 Qxf3+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28.
Bf1 Qxh2 29. Rxc6 Qe5+ (29... bxc6 30. Qc3) 30. Qe2 Qxe2+ 31. Kxe2 bxc6 32. Bg2
$132) 25. b4 Bxb4 (25... Bc7 26. b5 $1) 26. axb4 Rxa1 27. Qb2 Rg1 $1 (27...
Bxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Re1+ $17) 28. Qe5 (28. Rxg1 Qxf3+ 29. Ke1 Qxd3 30. Qxg7 Rf8 $19)
28... Rxg3 29. Qxe6+ Kd8 30. Qd6+ Kc8 {Ftacnik,L} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 (11. Rc1) (11. Qe2 f5 {Ionov-Dreev/USR-ch
Moscow/1991/}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. e5 Bb7 (
15... c5 16. Be4 Rb8 17. d5 $14) 16. Bc2 c5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Ne4 Qe7 (18... Bxe4
19. Qxe4 Qe7 20. Qf4 (20. h4 $5) 20... Kg7 21. Be4 Rad8 22. Rxa7 $16) (18...
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Be7 20. Rfd1 Nb6 21. Qe3 $16) 19. h4 h5 (19... cxd4 20. h5 Nc5
21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. hxg6 $16) 20. Qe3 $1 Kg7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 (21... cxd4 22. Rxd4
Rfc8 23. Ba4 $14) 22. Qf4 a5 23. Nfg5 cxd4 (23... Bxe4 $5 24. Bxe4 Rac8 25. d5
exd5 26. Rxd5 Nb6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e6 $40) 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Rxb4 $1 axb4 (
25... Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxc2 27. Rxa5 Rxb2 28. Ra7 Rdb8 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Nxf7
Kxf7 31. Rxd7+ $16) 26. Nd6 Rxc2 (26... Nxe5 27. Qxe5+ f6 28. Nxc8 Rxc8 29.
Qxe6 $18) 27. Ngxf7 g5 (27... Rh8 28. Nxh8 Kxh8 29. Nxb7 $18) 28. hxg5 Rf8 (
28... Ra8 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. g6 $18) 29. g6 Rxf7 30. gxf7 Nf8 (30... Bc6 31. Rd1
(31. Ra7 Rxb2 32. Qc1 Rb3 33. Qxc6 $2 Rb1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4#) 31... Rxb2 32. Rd3 Kh7
33. Rh3 Kg6 34. Qg3+ Kh6 35. Qe3+ Qg5 36. f8=Q+ Nxf8 37. Nf7+ $18) (30... Bd5
31. Ra7 {/\ Rd7}) 31. Ra7 Rc7 32. Ne8+ Kg6 (32... Kh7 33. Nxc7 Qxc7 34. Qxb4
$18) 33. Qg3+ Kxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Nd6+) 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6) 6...
dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 (9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rg8 (11... f6
12. Qc2 $1 $40) 12. Qc2 $36) 10. e5 Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 (11... Nxg3 $6 12. fxg3 Nd7
13. Ne1 $40) 12. a4 a6 13. Kh1 Ng7 14. Ne4 Nf5 (14... c5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6
$40) 15. Nfd2 Qb6 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 (16... Nxe2 17. Ncd6+ $16) 17. Qxd4
$16) 16. Bh5 Qxd4 17. Qg4 Nc5 (17... Qxb2 18. Nxc4 bxc4 (18... Qd4 19. Ncd6+
Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Kf8 21. Nxb7 $16) 19. Rab1 Qd4 20. Rxb7 $18) (17... Nxe5 18.
Nf6+ Ke7 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxe5 $18) 18. Rae1 Nd3 19. Re2 Be7 20. f4 gxf4 (
20... Ne3 $2 21. Qxe6 Nxf1 22. Nd6+ Kd8 23. Nxb7+ Kc7 (23... Ke8 24. Nd6+ Kd8
25. Nxf7+) 24. Qxe7+ Qd7 25. Qxd7+ Kxd7 26. Nxf1 $18) 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4
Qxe5 23. Ng3 Qg7 24. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (24... Kxf7 25. Rxf5+ Kg8 (25... exf5 26. Rxe7+
$18) (25... Bf6 26. Qh5+ Qg6 27. Rxe6 $3 $18) 26. Qe4 $40) 25. Nxf5 O-O-O $2 (
25... exf5 26. Rxf5 Bc8 (26... Qh7 27. Qh5+ Kd8 28. Rf7 $18) (26... Qg8 27.
Qh5+ Kd7 28. Ne4 $40) 27. Rxf7 Bxg4 28. Rexe7+ Kd8 29. Ne4 $16) 26. Nd6+ {
Ftacnik,L} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{A similar move by Black would have caused a sensation just a few decades ago.
But chess has become a somewhat different game and the Moscow variation is a
theme that is fascinating the best grandmasters in the world.} 9. Be2 Bb7 10.
h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Bxg4 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 {White is obliged to swap the knights
on d7, otherwise Black would have grabbed the advantage with the help of an
amusing exchange sacrifice.} (13. Bf3 $2 Rxg3 $1 14. fxg3 (14. Nxd7 Rxf3 $1 $17
) (14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. fxg3 e5 $17) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Bh5
Bc5+ 18. Kh1 (18. Kh2 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20. Ne2 Be3 21. Nf4 c5 22. Bxf7 Bxf4
23. Rxf4 Nxf7 24. Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 a6 27. Rc7 Ke5 28. Rxc5+ Kd6
29. Rh5 b4 {0-1 Domogaev,S-Novikov,M/Tula 2005/ (41)}) 18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7
20. Bxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7 Ke5 24. Rc7 Kd6 25. Rh7 Bd4
26. Rxh6 Rf8 {0-1 Borovikov,V-Shalimov,V/Alushta 2000/ (36)}) 13... Qxd7 14.
Bf3 b4 {Gelfand has the feeling that with active pieces he can afford to start
the direct struggle for the centre. The rich position contains lots of tension
and possibilities for both sides. It is too early to claim a preference for
any black move.} (14... c5 {This should have been the most logical, but White
can get something of a plus.} 15. dxc5 (15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. O-O Rxg3
18. Nxg3 Nf4 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxc5 23. Ne4 Bd4
24. Nd6+ Rxd6 25. exd6 Kd7 26. a4 b4 27. Rac1 c3 28. Rfd1 e5 29. bxc3 bxc3 30.
Kf1 f6 31. Rc2 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2739)-Leko,P (2734)/Miskolc 2010 (45)}) (15. Be5
cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O+ Ke8 $13) 16... Ng4 17.
Rd1 (17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bg3 a6 19. e5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne3 $132) 17... Qxd4 18.
Bxd4 e5 (18... a6 $2 19. e5) 19. Nxb5 exd4 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8 Bc5 $17) 15...
b4 (15... Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 a6 17. e5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. Ne4 Rc8 20. Bf4 f5 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. cxd6 Rc5 23. Bxh6 Rxe5+ 24. Kd2 Kd7 25. Bg5 b4 {1-0 Gelfand,B 
(2739)-Leko,P (2734)/Miskolc 2010 (86)}) 16. Qxd7+ Nxd7 (16... Kxd7 17. O-O-O+
Kc8 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. c6 $1 (19. Rd4 Nxc5 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kb7 22. Rd1 Rc8
$13) (19. Rhe1 Nxc5) 19... Bxc6 20. Rhe1 f5 21. Nd4 $16) 17. Nb5 Rc8 18. O-O-O
Nxc5 19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Bd6+ Kf6 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. Rd7 Ke5 23. Nxe6 fxe6 24. Rxb7
Bb6 25. Rd1 c3 26. Rd3 Rgd8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. bxc3 bxc3 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B 
(2739)-Leko,P (2734)/Miskolc 2010}) (14... O-O-O {The mobilisation of the
pieces towards the centre is putting White under some strain.} 15. Qd2 $1 (15.
a4 a6 (15... b4 16. Ne2 c5 17. Qc2 $14) 16. Be5 Ne8 (16... Qe7 $5) 17. axb5
cxb5 18. d5 Qe7 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Bg3 Bd4 21. O-O-O Bxc3 (21... Qc5 22. Qd2 $5 (
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Nc7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bxb2+ $1 26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc2
Qa4+ $1 28. Kc1 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Shalimov,V/Saint Petersburg/2000/ (30)})
) 22. bxc3 Qa3+ 23. Qb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 exd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. Rhe1 Bxd5 27. Re7
Bxf3 28. Rc7+ Kb8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxf7+ Kc8 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. gxf3 $16 {
1-0 Lehnhoff,H-Howes,T/LSS 2007/ (36)}) (15. Bf4 $143 a6 16. a4 Bb4 17. e5 c5
$1 (17... Nd5 18. Bd2 $1) (17... Ng4 $6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. O-O) 18. exf6 cxd4
19. axb5 Qxb5 (19... dxc3 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7 21. Ra4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rgd8 (22... a5
23. bxc3) 23. Rxb4 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rxh1 25. Rxc4+ Kb7 26. bxc3 Rxh4 27. Rc7+ Kb6
28. Bg3 axb5 29. Rxf7 $44) 20. Qc2 $1 (20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Bd2 dxc3
23. bxc3 Bc5 24. f3 Rd3 $17) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 $1 (22...
Bd6 23. Bxh6 Be5 24. Ke2 Rd3 25. Qa4 $1 $11) 23. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 exf5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista 2007/ (38)}) 15... Rxg3 (
15... Qxd4 $4 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be5) 16. fxg3 e5 (16... Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18.
Rd1 $1 Rxd1+ (18... Bc5 19. g4 $5) 19. Kxd1 Nd7 (19... Kd8 $2 20. e5) 20. Bh5
$1 f6 21. Bf7 Nc5 22. Rf1 Bg7 23. Ne2 Kd7 24. Nf4 {1-0 Tacke,R (1787)-Parushev,
A (2357)/ICCF WS 2007/ (55)}) 17. O-O-O Qxd4 (17... exd4 $6 18. Qf4 $1 Qe6 19.
e5 dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 $16) 18. g4 (18.
Qxd4 Rxd4 $1 (18... exd4 19. e5 dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. exf6 {-17...exd4}) 19.
g4 $1) (18. Qe2) 18... Nd7 $1 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Bg7 (20... Bc5 $5 21. Rdd1
Rh8) 21. Rdd1 Rg8 22. g5 Ne5 23. gxh6 Bxh6+ 24. Kb1 b4 25. Ne2 (25. Na4 Kc7 26.
Nc5 $6 Bc8) 25... c5 26. Rd6 Bg7 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2773)/
Bilbao 2009/ (52)}) (14... Bb4 $5 15. O-O O-O-O 16. e5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18.
Qd2 Ne7 19. Qxh6 c5 20. d5 $6 (20. Qf4 $142) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qc1
Qc6 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Re1 Rdg8 25. Qc2 Kb7 26. a4 $6 b4 $17 {0-1 Fridman,D (2635)
-Stripunsky,A (2569)/Philadelphia 2007 (32)}) (14... Rxg3 15. fxg3 O-O-O 16. e5
$16) 15. Na4 c5 (15... O-O-O 16. Be5 Ne8 17. Qc2 f6 18. Bf4 Qxd4 $2 19. Rd1 b3
20. Qb1 $18) 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Nxe4 $146 {[%mdl 4] The elimination of the
e4-pawn with the knight is actually a new move, but it gives the impression of
being very logical.} (17... O-O-O $6 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 (18... Nxd7 19. Rc1 $16) (
18... Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Rc1 $16) 19. Rc1 Bxe4 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. c6 Bxc6
21. Rxc4 $18) 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Ke2 Rd5 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 e5 25.
Rb1 $16 {1-0 Shchekachev,A (2505)-Shalimov,V (2423)/St Petersburg 1999/ (33)})
(17... Bxe4 18. Bd6 $1 (18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Kc6 20. Bd6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nd5
22. Rd4 Rg2 23. Rf1 c3 24. bxc3 Nxc3 25. Kb2 Nd5 26. Kb3 a5 {0-1 Sakaev,K 
(2626)-Maletin,P (2581)/St Petersburg 2009 (36)}) 18... O-O-O 19. Qd4 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Nd5 21. Qxc4 $14) 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ (19. Rd1+ $5 Ke7 (19... Ke8
20. Rd4 Nxg3 $2 21. Bxb7 $18) 20. Bd6+ Kf6 21. Bxe4 (21. c6 Bxc6 22. Bxb4 $11)
21... Bxe4 22. Rd4 Rg4 23. Rh3 $14) 19... Ke8 $1 (19... Kc8 20. Rhe1 Nxc5 (
20... Nxg3 21. c6 Ba6 22. fxg3 Rxg3 23. Rd7 $18) 21. Re5 Na4 (21... Bd5 22.
Rexd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Ne6 24. Rf5 $18) 22. Bh5 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Kxd8 24. Bxf7 $16)
20. Bf4 $1 {Both players have been looking into the secrets of this complex
position. Vachier Lagarve would gladly keep the bishop and attack with the
h-pawn.} (20. Rhe1 Nxc5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rd4 $44) (20. Rd4 $6 Nxg3 21. Bxb7
Ne2+ 22. Kb1 Nxd4 23. Bxa8 c3 $15) 20... Nxc5 (20... Rc8 21. Bxh6 Bc6 22. Be3
Nxc5 23. Bxc6+ Rxc6 24. h5 $16) 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Bxh6 Nc5 (22... Rxg2 23. Be3
Rc8 24. h5) 23. Be3 Nd3+ 24. Kb1 Rxg2 25. h5 {Black has a material advantage
and very active position. Unfortunately for him the white h-pawn represents a
huge force that has to be confronted.} f5 (25... Nxf2 $2 26. Rd2 Nxh1 27. Rxg2
$18) 26. h6 Kf7 27. h7 Rh8 28. b3 $1 e5 $2 {As it turns out Gelfand is
struggling with serious problems. One inaccuracy can often become decisive in
endangered situations.} (28... f4 $1 29. Bd4 e5 30. bxc4 exd4 31. Rxd3 Rxf2 32.
Rxd4 Ke6 33. c5 Ke5 34. Rxb4 $16) 29. bxc4 Nxf2 (29... f4 30. Rxd3 fxe3 31.
fxe3 $18) 30. Bxf2 Rxf2 31. c5 $1 {The two mobile pawns are more dangerous,
than the connected black pair in the centre.} Rf3 (31... b3 32. c6 bxa2+ 33.
Ka1 Rc2 34. Rd7+ Kf6 35. c7 $18) 32. c6 Rc3 33. Rd7+ $5 {White is certainly
right with the active approach, even though the primitive support for the
passed pawn from behind was also sufficient.} (33. Rc1 $5 e4 34. Rxc3 bxc3 35.
c7 e3 (35... f4 36. c8=Q Rxc8 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Rxh8 f3 39. Kc2 $18) 36. c8=Q
Rxc8 37. h8=Q Rxh8 38. Rxh8 e2 39. Rh1 f4 40. Kc2 f3 41. Kd3 $18) 33... Kg6 (
33... Ke6 $2 34. Rh6#) (33... Kf8 34. c7 $18) 34. c7 f4 35. Rd6+ (35. Rg1+ Kf5
(35... Rg3 36. Rxg3+ fxg3 37. Rd8 g2 38. Rg8+ $18) 36. Rg8 Rxh7 37. Rxh7 $18)
35... Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf7 (36... Kxh7 37. Rd7+ Kh6 38. Rd8 $18) 37. Rd8 {Black's
defence is shattered as he can not eliminate the pawns even at the cost of a
whole rook.} (37. Rd8 Rxh7 38. Rd7+ Ke6 39. Rxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Tischbierek} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {
Dieses Gambit ist in der letzten Zeit wieder etwas in Mode gekommen. Meines
Erachtens hat Weiß Kompensation - nicht mehr und nicht weniger.} dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 (9... a6 $6 {Dieser Zug ist wahrscheinlich ein
Tempoverlust.} 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Qh7 $40 {Lobron,E-Slobodjan,R/Nussloch (03) ;CBM
53 1996}) (9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rg8 12. Qc2 $36) 10. O-O (10. e5 Nd5 (
10... Nh5 11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Kh1 (13. d5 $5) 13... Ng7 14. Ne4 Nf5 (
14... c5 15. Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 $40) 15. Nfd2 Qb6 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17.
Qxd4 $16) 16. Bh5 Qxd4 17. Qg4 Nc5 (17... c5 $142 18. Rae1 Rh7 $1 19. f4 O-O-O
$17) 18. Rae1 Nd3 19. Re2 Be7 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Qxe5 23. Ng3
Qg7 {1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Groningen/1991/ (26)}) 11. h4 Qa5 12. Rc1 g4 13. Nd2
c5 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 h5 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. f3 c5 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 cxd4
19. Qxd4 O-O-O 20. fxg4 Bxg2 21. Rg1 Bc6 22. a4 {Kishnev,S-Bykhovsky,Av/USSR/
1982/}) 14. Nce4 cxd4 15. O-O h5 16. a4 a6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4
Nc3 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qf6 23. Qd3 O-O 24. Rxc3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Tal,M/Moscow izt (05)/1982/}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Be7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12.
f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nh7 14. Bh5 O-O 15. Qf3 f5 16. exf5 Qxd4+ 17. Bf2 Qxe5 18.
Rae1 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxf5 20. Rxe6 Bf6 21. Bg6 Rxf2 22. Kxf2 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Nf8
24. Rd6 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Sveshnikov,E/URS-ch52 Riga (06)/1985/ (39)}) (10...
a6 11. a4 Bg7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bf8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nd7 16. Ne5 Nxe5
17. dxe5 Qd7 18. Qd4 Rc8 19. Qc5 Qd8 20. a5 h5 21. h3 Ra8 22. f4 g4 23. f5 exf5
24. Rxf5 Bc8 25. Bh4 {Poluljahov,A-Meister,Y/RSFSR-ch Kuibishev/1990/0-1 (76)})
11. a4 $146 (11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nxd5 (12... Qb6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nd4 Bc5 15.
Ndxb5 O-O 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxe6+ Kg7 22. Bxd6 {1-0 Spassky,B-Kostro,J/Siegen olm/1970/}) 13. Nxb5 a6 (
13... N7b6 14. Qd4 Rg8 15. Qe4 Qd7 16. Nc7+ Nxc7 17. Qxb7 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19.
Rfd1 Qe7 20. Bxc4 Kf8 21. Rac1 {1-0 Ivanov,Se-Drogoon,A/Minsk (09)/1995/ (33)})
14. Nd6+ (14. Nbd4 Bg7 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19.
Nf5 exf5 20. Bxd5 Nf6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Be5 Ne4 24. Qd4 {1-0
Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Frankfurt rap (03)/1996/ (40)}) 14... Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Qb6 (
15... N7b6 16. Qd4 Rg8 17. Bg3 Nf4 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qe3 Nbd5 20. Qe4 Nc3 21. Qxb7
Ncxe2+ 22. Kh1 Qd5 23. Qh7 O-O-O 24. Qa7 Qc6 25. Rfe1 Nd4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 {
0-1 Neurohr,S-Ribli,Z/BL 9091/1991/}) 16. Bg3 (16. Ba3 $2 Nf4 17. Bxc4 Nxg2 $1)
16... Rc8 $15 {Bareev,E-Dreev,A/Wijk (5.3) ;CBM 45 1995} (16... Rc8 17. Rc1 c3
18. Ne5 cxb2 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Qc2 O-O 21. Nc4 Qd4 22. Rb1 Nc3 23. Rxb2 Ne4
24. Nd2 Nxg3 25. hxg3 Nc5 {Bareev,E-Dreev,A/Wijk (5.3)/1995/1/2-1/2 (75)}) (
16... c3 17. Rb1 $1)) (11. Qc2) 11... b4 (11... a6) 12. e5 (12. Na2 Nxe4 13.
Bxc4 Bg7 14. Nxb4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 c5) 12... Nh5 (12... bxc3 13. exf6 cxb2 14. Rb1
c3 15. Qb3 $14) (12... g4 13. Ne1 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Rxb2 $15)
(12... Nd5 13. Ne4 $36) 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nfd2 (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nxg3 16.
fxg3 O-O 17. Bxc4 Nb6 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 $10)) (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5
Qd5 16. Qc1 Ba6 $15) 14... Nxg3 15. fxg3 Be7 (15... cxd4 16. Bh5 Nxe5 (16...
Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe5 18. Nf6+ Ke7 $13) 17. Nxc4 $1 Nxc4 (17... d3 18. Nxe5 Qd4+
19. Kh1 Qxe4 20. Bxf7+ $16) 18. Rxf7 $18) 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 c3 $1 (17...
O-O 18. Nxc4 $14) (17... cxd4 18. Nxc4 e5 19. Bh5 O-O 20. Rc1 $15) 18. bxc3
bxc3 19. Nc4 (19. Qb3 Qb6 (19... cxd2 $140 $4 20. Qxe6+ $3) (19... O-O $5) 20.
Qxc3 cxd4) 19... O-O 20. Rc1 f5 $1 {Black has to secure f6 square for the queen
} (20... cxd4 21. Qxd4 Nb6 22. Rxc3 $10) 21. dxc5 (21. Ne5 cxd4 22. Qxd4 (22.
Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxd4 Bd5 $10) 22... Qf6) (21. Rxc3 $13 {Gelfand}) 21... Rc8 $5 (
21... Nxc5 $5 22. Rxc3 Ne4) 22. Bf3 $2 (22. Rxc3 Rxc5 $13) (22. Qb3 $13 {
Gelfand}) 22... Ba6 $1 (22... Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Rxc5 24. Rfxc3 $10) 23. c6 (23.
Rxc3 Rxc5 (23... Rxc5 24. Qb3 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qxd6 28.
Rd1 $15)) 23... Bxc4 24. c7 (24. Re1 Rxc6 25. Bxc6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qxc6 27. Rxc3
Qa6 $19) (24. cxd7 Qxd7 25. Re1 c2 $1 {Tischbierek} (25... Rfd8 $17)) 24... Qf6
(24... Rxc7 25. dxc7 Qxc7 26. Re1 $13 (26. Rxc3 Qb6+ 27. Rf2 Ne5)) 25. Re1 (25.
Rf2 Nc5 {/\Nd3}) 25... Nc5 26. Re3 Ne4 $1 (26... Bb3 27. Qe1 Nxa4 28. Bb7 Qd4
29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rb1 f4 31. d7 Qxd7 $19) 27. h3 (27. g4 e5 28. gxf5 Nxd6) (27.
Bxe4 fxe4 28. Kh1 c2 $1 29. Qe1 Bd3) 27... Bd5 28. Bxe4 fxe4 (28... Bxe4 29.
Rexc3 e5 30. d7 $16) 29. Rexc3 Rf7 (29... e3 30. Kh2 Bxg2 31. d7 $3 (31. Kxg2
Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33. Qh5 (33. Qg4 Qxd6 $19) 33... Kg7 34. d7 Rf2 $19) 31...
Be4 (31... Qf2 32. R1c2 Bc6+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+ 35. Kf1 Rf8+ (35...
e2+ 36. Qxe2 Rf8+ 37. Rf3 $18) 36. Ke1 Rg1+ 37. Ke2 Rxd1 38. c8=Q Bxd7 $13) (
31... Bb7 32. R1c2 (32. R3c2 Rxc7 $19) 32... Qf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rg2+
35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Rh1#) 35... Rf8+ 36. Ke1 Ba6 37.
Qd3 $1 Bxd3 38. Rxd3 $18) 32. Qe2 (32. R1c2 Bxc2 33. Qxc2 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qf2+
35. Qxf2 exf2 36. Rc1 Rd8 $17) 32... Qf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 Rcf8 35. c8=Q
Rg2+ 36. Kh1 $10) 30. Kh2 (30. Qe2 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 (31. Qe3 Qxe3+ 32. Rxe3 Kf8)
31... Qb6 $19) 30... Qe5 31. Rc6 {Black is easily winning here, but I was
short of time and lost control of the position} e3 (31... Bxc6 32. Rxc6 Qd5 33.
Qc2 Rd7 $19) 32. Qe2 Bxc6 $2 (32... Qe4 33. R6c4 Bxc4 34. Rxc4 Qd5 $19) 33.
Rxc6 Qd5 (33... Kg7 34. Qa6 Rf3 $1 35. gxf3 (35. Rc1 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 e2 37. Qxe2
Rf2 38. Qe4 Qxd6 $19) 35... Qb2+ 36. Kg1 (36. Kh1 e2 $19) 36... Qf2+ 37. Kh1
Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Qd2+ 39. Kg1 e2 $19 {Tischbierek}) 34. Qa6 Rff8 35. Rc3 Kg7 (35...
e2 36. Re3) 36. Rd3 (36. Rxe3 Rf2 $19) 36... Qe4 (36... e2 37. Rxd5 e1=Q 38.
Qxc8 (38. d7) 38... Rxc8 39. d7 $132) 37. Qxc8 Rxc8 38. d7 Rxc7 (38... Qa8 39.
d8=Q Rxd8 40. Rxd8 $1 $18 (40. cxd8=Q Qxd8 41. Rxd8 e2 $19)) (38... Qxd3 39.
dxc8=Q e2 40. Qxe6 Qc2 41. c8=Q $18) 39. d8=Q Rf7 40. Qd4+ (40. Rd7 e2 $19)
40... Qxd4 41. Rxd4 {Hecht: Ab Zug 48 je 1 Randfreibauer, taktikischer Witz
Zug 53} Rb7 $2 (41... e5 $1 {Black could use the fact, that the white King is
out of play and still win} 42. Re4 Kf6 43. Rxe3 Ke6 44. Re1 Kd5 45. Rd1+ Kc4
46. Re1 Kd4 47. Rd1+ Kc3 48. Re1 Re7 $19) (41... e2 42. Re4 Rf2 43. g4) (41...
Rf1 42. Re4 Re1 43. Rxe6 e2 44. g4 $15) 42. Re4 Kf6 43. Rxe3 Rb4 (43... a5 $5)
44. Rf3+ Ke7 45. Rc3 (45. Ra3 {Hecht} a5 $17) 45... Rxa4 (45... Kd6 46. a5 $5)
46. Rc7+ Kd6 (46... Kf6 47. Rh7 Kg6 48. Re7 Ra6 (48... Kf5 {Hecht} 49. g4+ Kf6
50. Rh7 $15) 49. g4 h5 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 $15) 47. Rh7 a5 48. Rxh6 Rc4 49. Rh8 $1 (
49. h4 Rc8 $1) 49... a4 50. h4 g4 (50... gxh4 51. gxh4 Kc5 (51... Ke5 52. Kh3
$10) 52. h5 a3 53. Ra8 Kb4 54. Kh3 $13) 51. h5 Ke7 52. h6 Kf7 53. Re8 Rc5 (
53... Kg6 54. Rxe6+ Kh7 $10) 54. Ra8 Rh5+ 55. Kg1 Rxh6 56. Rxa4 Rg6 57. Kf2 Kg7
58. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz Huzman} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e3 Nd7 8. a3 g6 9. b4 (9. cxd5 {Lutz} exd5 (9... cxd5 $6 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O
O-O 12. e4 $5 (12. Qb3)) 10. b4 Bd6 $5 {Lutz: Nun kann Schwarz den Läufer auch
hierhin entwickeln, was Weiß durch 9.b4 zu umgehen gedachte.} 11. Bd3 Qe7 12.
O-O Nf6 13. b5 c5 $1 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Gurevich,M/BL2-W 1996 (70)}) (9. e4 {Lutz ist der kritische
Zug.}) 9... Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 $5 $146 {Lutz: Da Weiß sich schon mit b2-b4 auf
der c-Line geschwächt hat, ist dieser Zug gut möglich.} (10... exd5 {Lutz: ist
auch spielbar. Ich glaube nicht an weiße Ideen mit frühem c4xd5.} 11. Bd3 O-O
12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Rfc1 Be6 15. Nd2 $11 {1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Wijk
1996 (40)}) 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 (13. Na4 $5 {van Wely} Nb6 14. Nc5
Rb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8) 13... Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. Nd2 $6 (15. e4 $5 dxe4 (
15... Bc6 16. e5) 16. Bxe4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 $132) 15... Nc8 16. Rfc1 Nd6 17.
b5 Rfc8 18. a5 Qd8 $10 {Black had achieved everything he hoped.My only problem
was, that I was not sure, if I have to play for advantage already or not.} 19.
Qb2 e5 $5 (19... Bf8 $5 20. b6 $140 Rc6) 20. Nb3 (20. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 exd4
$17) 20... exd4 $6 (20... Nc4 21. Qe2 e4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxd5 (23. Nd2 Rb4)
23... Bxb5 24. Rxc4 Qxd5 25. Rac1 Bf8) (20... Bf5 $1 {This was the right
solution, as shown by my second A.Huzman.} 21. Qe2 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. exd4
Qg5 24. Rc2 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rc4 $17) 21. Nxd4 (21. exd4 Bf5) 21... Nc4 22. Bxc4
dxc4 (22... Rxc4 23. Nxd5 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Bxb5 (24... Bxd4 25. exd4 Bxb5 26. Qc5
$14) 25. Qc5 Ba6 $132 {with idea Bf8}) 23. Qe2 $6 (23. a6 Rab8 $1) (23. Rd1 $5
Qe7 24. a6 Rab8 $13) 23... a6 $1 {A very important move.Black are getting c6
square was their Bishop} 24. b6 (24. Nd5 Bg4 $17) (24. Na4 Qxa5 (24... axb5 25.
Nb6 Rxa5 26. Nxc8 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Qxc8 $15)) 24... Bc6 25. Rd1 Qe7 (25... Qg5 $5
26. Nxc6 (26. f3 Re8 27. e4 Qc5 28. Qf2 Rad8 $140 29. Nxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8
31. Nd5 Bxa1 32. Ne7+ Kf8 33. Nxc6 Rd1+ 34. Qf1 Rxf1+ 35. Kxf1 bxc6 36. f4 Bd4
$19) 26... Rxc6 27. Rd5 Bxc3 $5 (27... Qe7) 28. Rxg5 Bxa1 29. Rd5 Bf6 $44 30.
Rd7 $140 c3 31. Qc2 Rd8) 26. Qd2 (26. Qc2 Qc5 $15) 26... Be4 {I decided to
force matters,but it leads only to a draw.I should try toimprove position
slowly instead.} (26... Qc5 27. f3 Re8 $5 28. Nce2 h5 $15) (26... Qg5 27. f3 (
27. f4 Qc5) (27. Nxc6 Rxc6 $15) 27... Rd8 $15) 27. Rac1 Rc5 (27... Bd3 28. Nd5
Qc5 29. Nf4 Be4 30. f3 c3 31. Qa2 Bc6 32. Nxg6) 28. Na4 Bxd4 (28... Rg5 29. f3
Bd3 (29... Bxd4 30. fxe4 Bf6 31. Rxc4 Qe6 32. Rc7 {with idea Nc5}) 30. Nb2 Re8
31. Nxc4 $1 (31. Nxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Rxa5 (32... Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3 Rxe3 34. Rc8+
Kh7 35. Rc7 Rd5 $140 (35... Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Re2 37. Rg4 Rxg4 38. fxg4 Kg7 39.
Rxb7 Ra2 $10) 36. Rxf7 Kg8 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Ne6+ $16) 33. Rc7 Qxe3+ (33...
Qg5 34. Nc2) 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 35. Rxb7 Rd5 $19) 31... Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Qxe3+ 33. Qxe3
Rxe3 34. Rc8+ $10) 29. exd4 Rg5 30. g3 Bf3 (30... Qd7 {Lutz} 31. Nc5 Rxc5 32.
dxc5 Qh3 33. f3) 31. Re1 Qd7 {I offered a draw here.It was a bit premature,as
White has to make few "only" moves to hold} (31... Qd7 32. Re3 (32. Qe3 Bc6 33.
Nc3 (33. Nc5 {Lutz} Qh3 34. f3 {/\ Ne4} Rxg3+ $2 35. hxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kf1 Bxf3
37. Qg1) 33... Rxa5) (32. Qf4 Rf5 33. Nc5 Rxf4 34. Nxd7 Rxd4 $17) 32... Bc6 33.
Nc3 Rxa5 (33... Rd8 34. Ne4 $10 (34. d5 Bxd5 35. f4 (35. Rd1 Bc6) 35... Rf5 36.
g4 Rxf4 37. Nxd5 Rxg4+ 38. Kf2 Qxd5 39. Re8+ Kh7 40. Rxd8 Rg2+ $19) (34. Rd1
Rxa5 35. d5 Bxd5 36. Re5 Bf3 37. Qxd7 Rxd7 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rxd7 Ra1+ 40. Nd1
Bc6 $19)) 34. d5 (34. Ne4 Rf5 (34... Qf5 35. d5 Rxd5 36. Qb2 (36. Qc3 Rd3 37.
Nf6+ Kh8 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 $19) 36... Re5 (36... Rd3 37. Nf6+ Kh8 38. Rxd3 Qxd3 $17
(38... cxd3 39. Rxc6))) 35. Rxc4 a5) 34... Rd8 $5 (34... Bxd5 35. Ne4) (34...
Rxd5 35. Nxd5 Qxd5 36. Qxd5 Bxd5 37. Re5 Be6 38. Rc5 $10) 35. Re4 $1 (35. Ne4
Rxd5 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nxd5 (37. Qc3 Rd1+ 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Qd4) 37... Qxd5
38. Qxd5 Rxd5 $17) (35. Rd1 Bxd5) 35... Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Qxd5 37. Qxd5 Rxd5 38.
Rexc4 Rb5 39. Rxc6 bxc6 40. Rxc6 $10) (31... Qd6 $5 {Lutz}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Platonov Memorial"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Giese"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15.
Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 17. Qa3 g5 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nd1 exd5 21. exd5
Bxh2+ {[%csl Re1]} 22. Kf1 (22. Kxh2 Qxe1 $19) 22... Qd7 $17 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rc2 Be5 26. Re2 Bd4 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. b3 Qe5 29. Ne3 Bxe3 30.
fxe3 Qd6 31. a4 Kf8 32. Qe4 Qf6+ 33. Ke2 h5 34. Kd3 h4 35. Kc4 Qf1+ 36. Kc3
Qc1+ 37. Qc2 Qxc2+ 38. Kxc2 g4 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Magerramov, Elmar S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O (10. e4 Bg7 (10... e5 $5 {Dautov/}) 11. e5 Qe7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Re1 b5 $1 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rc1 Rad8 16. Qe2 c5 $1 $10 {Dautov,
R-Muhametov,E/Krumbach/1991/0,5 (33) Inf 53/412/}) 10... Bg7 11. Rc1 $5 $146 (
11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. e5 Nf8 17. Qe2
{Chernin,A-Kuczynski,R/Debrecen/1992/0,5 (62) Inf 56/469/} Rd7 $5 18. Ne4 c5
19. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 11... Qe7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Qe2 $6 (15.
e5 $5) 15... b5 (15... c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 (17. Nxd5 $5) 17... Bxd5 (17...
Ne5 $5) 18. Nxd5 Qd8 $14) (15... Rfd8 16. Ba6 $14) 16. Bb3 a6 17. e5 $5 (17. a4
b4 18. Na2 c5) 17... c5 18. d5 c4 19. Bc2 (19. d6 Qd8 20. Bc2 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
Nxe5) 19... exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. e6 $5 (23. h4
Nxe5 $1 24. Rxe5 (24. Rxd8 Qxd8) 24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 (25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5
Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Rd2 $19) 25... Qxh4 $17) 23... fxe6 (23... Qxe6 $4 24. Qd1 $18)
24. Rdd1 Nf8 25. b3 $1 c3 (25... cxb3 26. Bxb3 $36) 26. h4 Qc5 (26... Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Rd8 $15) 27. Qe4 a5 28. a4 bxa4 (28... b4 $5) 29. Qxa4 (29. bxa4 Rb8 $15)
29... Bf6 (29... Qb4 30. Qc6 Rc8 31. Qa6) 30. Qe4 (30. Ra1 $2 Rd2 $1 31. Nxd2
cxd2 32. Qxe8 Bxa1 33. Rxa1 Qxc2 $19) 30... Rb8 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Re4 Rb4 33.
Rde1 Reb8 34. g4 $1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Qh2 Rxe4 37. Rxe4 Rb4 38. Rxb4 Qxb4 (
38... axb4 39. Qb8 $13) 39. Qc7+ (39. Qg3 Qf4 $17) 39... Kg8 40. Ne5 $1 $10
Bxe5 41. Qxe5 Qxg4+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ (42... Qb4 43. Qxg5+ Kf7 44. Qd8 $44) 43. Ke2
g4 44. Qxa5 Qf3+ 45. Ke1 Kf7 (45... g3 $2 46. Qg5+ $16) 46. Qc7+ Ke8 47. Qc8+
Ke7 48. Qc5+ Kd8 49. Qb6+ Ke8 50. Qb8+ Ke7 51. Qb4+ Kf7 52. Qc5 Qh1+ (52...
Qh1+ 53. Ke2 Qf3+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 $5 ({Is a possibly
continuation of the play:} 5... Nbd7 {See comments to Ljubojevic,L-Van Wely,L/
Monaco,2000/CBM 75(1/2-1/2)(Huzman,A)(43)}) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 {[%mdl 4] Here
queen stands better than on "b3". For example it is possible to bring the
following game:} (7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. g3 a6 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12.
Bf4 O-O $11 {Kempinski,R-Rogozenko,D/Hamburg,1999(0-1)(48)}) 7... Bb7 ({
In my opinion, a little bit better:} 7... Nbd7 $5 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 $5 (9...
Bb7 $143 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5
Be7 16. Rc1 Kd8 $14 {Tregubov,P-Horvath,J/Deizisau,2001(1/2-1/2)(34)}) 10. b3
$140 c5 11. e5 (11. Bg5 $143 {See commemts to Kortschnoj,V-Ivanchuk,V/Lvov,
2000/CBM 77(0-1) (Ivanchuk,V) (20)}) 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Rc1 cxd4 14.
Qxd4 O-O 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. O-O Bxd3 17. Qxd3 N7b6 18. Nd4 Nxa4 19. Nc6 Nb2 20.
Qxd5 exd5 21. Nxa5 Nd3 22. Rc7 Bd8 23. Rd7 Bxa5 24. Rxd5 Nxf2 25. Rxa5 Nd3 {
+/=/= Tregubov,P-Hauchard,A/Montpellier,2001/(1/2-1/2)(53)}) 8. e4 $5 ({
Repeatedly was checked in the previous games:} 8. Bg5) (8. g3) ({and} 8. a3 $6
a6 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Kramnik,V:"Black equalized and stays
a little bit better". You can see comments to game:Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Las
Palmas,1996/CBM 57(1/2-1/2)(Kramnik,V)(45)}) 8... b4 ({Weakly:} 8... Nbd7 {
in view of:} 9. e5 Nd5 $140 10. Nxd5 exd5 $8 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Yc6][%cal Yc6b5]})
({Dubious:} 8... a6 9. Bd2 $6 (9. Bg5 $5 $14) 9... c5 10. dxc5 Qxd3 11. Bxd3
Bxc5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nd7 $11 {Maric,A-Shumiakina,T/Herceg Novi, 2001(0-1)
(37)}) 9. Na4 Qa5 $6 $146 {From my point of view this novelty brings one
difficulties for black.} ({It is necessary:} 9... Nbd7 $5 10. e5 (10. Be2 $143
Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. e5 Ne4 (12... Nd5 $5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Be7 $11 {Horvath,
J-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi,1985 (1/2-1/2)(39)}) 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5
cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rc1 $11 {Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo,
1999(1-0)(23)}) (10. Be3 $143 Qa5 11. b3 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. e5
Nd5 15. O-O c5 $132 {Romanishin,O-Sveshnikov,E/Sochi,1983 (0-1)(28)}) (10. Bg5
$143 {See comments to Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Linares,1993/Inf 57/148 (1-0) (Karpov,
An)(45)}) 10... Nd5 11. Bd2 (11. Bg5 $6 Qa5 12. b3 N7b6 13. Nxb6 Nxb6 14. Be2
h6 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. O-O a5 $11 {Tisdall,J-Schandorff,L/Torshavn,1997(1/2-1/2)
(20)}) 11... Qa5 $6 (11... N5b6 $5 {Lutz,C}) (11... a5 $5 {Lutz,C}) 12. b3 {
+/=/= Tregubov,P-Yagupov,I/Ubeda,2000/CBM 75 (Lutz,C)(1-0)(40)}) (9... Ba6 $6
10. Qc2 Bxf1 11. Rxf1 (11. Kxf1 $5 $14) 11... Be7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. O-O-O Nbd7
14. Kb1 $14 {Kortschnoj,V-Sandipan,C/Calcutta,2000 (1/2-1/2)(41)}) 10. b3 $140
Ba6 11. Qc2 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 $5 {My idea is: g3 and Kg2.} ({It deserves attention
is:} 12. Rxf1 {/\Bg5 and 0-0-0.}) 12... Qb5+ $1 {The important intermediate
move. It is necessary to improve an position the queen.} 13. Kg1 Be7 14. g3 $5
{[%cal Gg1g2]} ({Is not necessary to hasten with:} 14. e5 Nd5 15. Bg5 Bf8 $5
$13) 14... Nbd7 15. Bg5 $1 {Now I always am ready to exchange my bishop.} (15.
Kg2 $143 c5 $1 16. dxc5 (16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 {and it is not clear that
white have behind pawn.} (17... O-O $6 {[%csl Rd5]} 18. Rd1 $13)) 16... Nxc5
$11) 15... O-O ({Now does not give due effect:} 15... c5 {in view of:} 16. e5 (
16. Rc1 $2 cxd4 $140 17. e5 Qd5 $1 {[%csl Rf3]} (17... Nxe5 $4 18. Nxe5 Qxe5
$140 19. Qc6+ {[%csl Ra8,Re8]}) (17... Nd5 $4 18. Qc8+ Rxc8 19. Rxc8+ Bd8 20.
Rxd8#) 18. exf6 gxf6 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rg5]}) 16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Nxc5 Rc8
19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Qe4 $14) 16. Rc1 {[%csl Rc6]} Rfc8 (16... Rac8 $5) 17. Kg2 $14
h6 ({Again dubious:} 17... c5 $6 {because of:} 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20.
Nxc5) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qc4 $1 {Not supposing progress "c6-c5".} Qb7 (19...
Qxc4 $2 20. Rxc4 $140 Nb6 (20... Be7 21. Rhc1 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 21. Rxb4 Rcb8 (
21... Be7 $2 22. Rxb6 $1 axb6 23. Nxb6 $18) 22. Ne5 Be7 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Rc4
$16) 20. Rhd1 ({Much worse is:} 20. Rc2 {because of:} Be7 {[%cal Gd7b6]}) 20...
Be7 $140 21. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rc6][%mdl 32] The correct positional decision.
After exchange of the knights it will be easier to reach up to weakness of
black.} Nxe5 22. dxe5 c5 23. Rd3 {/\Rad1<->d} Rd8 24. Rcd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 g5 $5
{[%csl Re5] Ronald Ekstroem tries to escape from an positional clip.} 26. Nb2 {
/\Rd1,Qc2,Nc4} Qc7 27. f4 Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Qd3 Qa5 30. Qb1 Qd8 31. Qd3
Qa5 32. Na4 Qc7 $6 (32... c4 $1 33. Qxc4 Qd8 {[%csl Rd2]} 34. Qe2 Qd4 $14) 33.
Nb2 $4 {I completely have overlooked,that by the following move black repeat a
position in third times.} (33. Kf3 $5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gf3e2,Ge2d1,Gd1c2,Gc2b1,
Yb1a2] and then Nb2-c4 +/=/+/-}) 33... Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The analysis of this game was done while it was in progress and in
time-pressure, so the reader might forgive me for any potentional mistake.} 1.
d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. h4 ({This early pawn sacrifice variation seemed to be in fashion
in the latest Wch. Earlier} 10. O-O {was on the choice:} Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 12.
Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Bxc3 18. bxc3
g4 19. Kh1 c5 20. hxg4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rdd1 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg6
25. a4 a5 26. axb5 a4 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rab1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 a3 31.
Ra1 h3 32. Qe2 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 O-O-O 34. Qa2 f5 35. Qxa3 fxe4 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37.
fxe4 Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 Bd3 39. Bxe5 Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Bxb5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Gelfand,B/
Mexico City 2007.}) 10... g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 ({A not very often met move.
Usually Black opts for} 11... h5 {and the latest example is} 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qc5 17. Bd6 Qb6 18. a4 a6 19. e5
Nd7 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Qa4+ Kf8
26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. b3 Kg7 30. bxc4 Ba8 31. Qc2 g3 32.
Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe2 gxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rd8 35. Qg3 Kf8 36. Qe5 Ke8 37. Nxe6 fxe6 38.
Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ Ke7 41. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Svidler,P/
Mexico City 2007.}) 12. Nxg4 Nxg4 ({The alternative is} 12... Nbd7 13. Nxf6+
Nxf6 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Be7 17. a4 Bxh4 18. axb5 Bxg3 19. fxg3
cxb5 20. Bh5 Qd5 21. Rf3 $13 {Grigoryan,A-Hrabusa,M/Sibenik 2007.}) 13. Bxg4 b4
({Also playable is} 13... Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2 Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5 Nd7
18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 $13 {Khalifman,A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002.}) 14. Na4 c5 15.
d5 ({The main move 'must' be considered to be the 'obvious'} 15. Nxc5 {. A
likely continuation can be} Bxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Bxe4 18. Ba4+ (18. O-O
Nc6 19. Be2 (19. Rc1 Bd5 20. Ba4 O-O-O $13 21. Bxc6 $2 Bxc6 22. Rxc4 Rd2 23.
Rb1 f5 $17 {Rogozenko,D-Spiess,G/Dresden 2007}) 19... Bd5 20. Rfc1 Na5 $13 {
Van Wely,L-Vallejo Pons,F/Khanty Mansyisk 2005}) 18... Bc6 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20.
O-O-O Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Rd6 Ne7 $13 {Maki Uuro,M-Koskinen,H/
Finland 2005. But it seems that Grischuk had done his homework too!}) 15...
exd5 ({Black could easily go astray with} 15... Nd7 $2 16. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 $6 17.
Qh5+ Ke7 18. d6+ Kf6 19. Nxc5 Rxg3 (19... Nxc5 20. Be5#) (19... Rg6 20. Nxe6 $1
Kxe6 21. Qf5#) 20. fxg3 {1-0 Schenk,A-Stephan,J/France 2003. Black had no
answer to} (20. fxg3 {:} Nxc5 21. O-O+ Kg7 22. Rf7+ Kh8 23. Qg6 Bxe4 24. Rh7# {
. Actually, the text-move is a 'logical' novelty.})) 16. exd5 (16. O-O $2 dxe4
17. Qe2 Qd3 $1 {.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 18. O-O-O Rxg4 ({C.Lutz proposed 
(back in 2003)} 18... Bxg2 19. Rhe1+ Be7 20. Bd6 (20. Bxb8 Rxb8 21. Rd7 Rxg4
22. Rexe7+ Kf8 23. Rxf7+ Kg8 $13) (20. f3 Kf8 21. Rg1 f5 $13) 20... Nc6 21.
Bxe7 (21. f3 Kf8) 21... Nxe7 22. Rd7 Rxg4 23. Rexe7+ Kf8 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. Nxc5
Bc6 $13 {. Anand's move looks rather OK also.}) 19. Rxd5 Nd7 20. Re1+ Kd8 21.
Red1 (21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Red1 Rc8 23. Rxd7+ Ke8 24. Rb7 Re4 $1 {is fine for
Black.}) 21... Rd4 22. R1xd4 cxd4 23. Rxd4 Rc8 24. Bd6 $1 {A good exchange,
making Black's queenside pawns more vulnerable.} Ke8 $2 ({Black should have
opted for} 24... Be7 25. Kc2 Rc6 26. Bxe7+ Kxe7 27. b3 cxb3+ 28. Kxb3 Rg6 29.
g3 Rf6 30. f4 a5 $11 {. Obviously the 'natural'}) (24... Bxd6 $6 25. Rxd6 f6
26. Ra6 Rc7 27. a3 $14 {would be nice for White.}) 25. Re4+ $1 Kd8 26. Bxf8 {
Of course White is not obliged to go for the repetition draw.} Nxf8 27. a3 $1
bxa3 ({Forced:} 27... a5 28. axb4 axb4 29. Nb6 Rc6 30. Nxc4 $16) (27... f5 28.
Rd4+ Ke7 29. axb4 Ne6 30. Rd5 $16 {.}) 28. bxa3 {White has got the advantage,
mainly because of Black's bad pawn-structure.} Rc6 $1 ({Black's rightly
activates his rook in order to attack the enemy pawns.} 28... f5 29. Re5 Ng6
30. Rxf5 Nxh4 31. Rf8+ Kd7 32. Rxc8 Kxc8 33. g3 Nf3 34. Kc2 $16 {is not a
solution to his problems.}) 29. Nb2 Rf6 30. Re2 $2 ({A poor move. The natural} 
30. f3 c3 31. Nc4 {with advantage to White, was strong and 'easy' to play. it
must be noted that White faces the notorious time-trouble and naturally he
feels uncertain about such 'early' pawn advances.}) 30... c3 $1 31. Nd1 (31.
Nc4 Ne6 (31... Rf4 $2 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nf7+ Kd7 34. Nxh6 (34. g3 Ra4 35. Ra2 h5
$13) 34... Rxh4 35. Ng8 $16) 32. g3 h5 $11 {.}) 31... Ra6 32. Ra2 Ng6 33. g3
Rc6 34. Kc2 Ne7 {It seems that Black has worked his way out, but White can
still win a pawn with a neat combination.} 35. Nxc3 $1 Nd5 36. Kd3 Rxc3+ $1 {
Opting for a rook ending, where Black's active rook will compensate for his
lost pawn.} (36... Nxc3 $2 37. Rc2 $16 {.}) 37. Kd4 a5 $1 {Securing an
important outpost on the b3-square.} 38. Kxd5 a4 39. Kd4 Rb3 40. Kc4 Kc8 41.
Rc2 Kd7 (41... Rxa3 $4 42. Kb4+ {.}) 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Rf3 Ke6 {Black's activity
is obvious. There is not much that White can do, except torture Black for a
long time! Actually no-one can be sure if White has at his disposal a 'secret'
winning plan and I believe that this ending will be under the microscope for a
long time ahead.} 44. g4 Ke7 45. Kd5 {Threatening 46.Rf4.} Rb3 $1 46. Ke4 (46.
Re3+ Kf6 {.}) 46... Rb2 47. Kf5 Rb5+ 48. Kf4 Kf6 49. Rd3 Rb2 50. f3 Ra2 51. Ke4
Rh2 52. Rd4 ({The last chance. After} 52. h5 Ra2 53. Kd4 Rc2 $1 (53... Kg5 $2
54. Kc4 Kf4 (54... f5 55. Kb4 fxg4 56. Rd5+ Kf4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Kxa4) (54...
Rb2 55. Rd5+ Kf4 56. Rf5+) 55. Kb4 f5 56. Kxa4 fxg4 57. fxg4 Kxg4 58. Rd5 $18)
54. Rc3 Rb2 55. Kc4 Kg5 {Black seems to have sufficient counterplay to keep
the balance (active king and rook).}) 52... Rxh4 53. Rxa4 Rh1 $1 {The rook
belongs behind the passed pawn.} 54. Rb4 ({A theoretical draw arises after} 54.
Ra8 h5 55. Ra6+ Kg7 56. gxh5 Rxh5 57. a4 Rh1 58. a5 Ra1 {.}) 54... Ra1 55. a4
Kg6 56. Kd5 Ra3 57. Kc6 (57. f4 f5 58. gxf5+ Kxf5 59. Kc4 h5 $11 {.}) 57...
Rxf3 58. a5 f5 $1 {Securing the draw.} 59. a6 Ra3 60. gxf5+ (60. Kb5 fxg4 61.
Rxg4+ Kf5 62. Ra4 Rb3+ 63. Kc6 Rb8 64. a7 Ra8 65. Kb7 Rxa7+ 66. Rxa7 h5 $11 {.}
) 60... Kxf5 {According to the 'Nalimov Databases' this is a drawn position.}
61. Kb6 h5 62. Rb5+ Kg4 63. Ra5 Rf3 64. a7 Rf8 65. a8=Q Rxa8 66. Rxa8 h4 67.
Kc5 h3 68. Kd4 h2 69. Rh8 Kg3 70. Ke3 Kg2 71. Rg8+ Kf1 72. Rh8 Kg1 73. Rxh2
Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 12th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Arbakov, Valentin"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Bd3 c5 $6 {TN} (11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 c5
14. Nxc5 (14. dxc5 {-61/450}) 14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qc1 Qxc1
18. Rexc1 Bf6 $13 {Cvitan,O-Chernin,A Bern 1995}) 12. d5 $5 exd5 (12... Bg7 13.
g3 Qc7 14. dxe6 $14) (12... Nf6 $2 13. g3 $18) 13. Nc3 $1 Nf6 (13... d4 $2 14.
Qe2+ Kd8 (14... Be7 $4 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. Nd5+ $18) 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. O-O {
(/\17.b4|^)}) 14. O-O $6 (14. cxd5 Bd6 15. Qe2+ Kf8 $132) (14. Qe2+ $1 Be7 15.
O-O $5 $36) 14... Bd6 $1 {[/\15...Kf8,16...Bg4<=>>>]} 15. h3 {[/\16.g3+-]} h5
16. cxd5 (16. g3 Qh6 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. cxd5 Bxh3 $132) (16. cxd5 {[#]}) 16...
Bg4 $1 $36 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Re3 (18. hxg4 $2 hxg4 19. g3 (19. Nd2 $4 Rh1+ $1
20. Kxh1 Qh2#) 19... Qxf3 (19... Qh6 $5 20. Nh4 g5 $36)) 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3
Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Kg7 (20... Qh1+ $2 21. Ke2 Qxa1 22. Qxf6 $18) 21. Rae1 Rhe8 $1 $15
{[/\22...Qh1+23.Ke2 Rxe3+]} 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 {[/\24...Be5,25...Nd6]}
24. Ke1 Be5 25. Nd1 (25. Kd2 Bxc3+ 26. bxc3 Nd6 $17) 25... Bd4 26. Kd2 Qe5 27.
b3 (27. Qe2 Bxb2 $17) 27... Nd6 $17 {[/\28...b5, 29...c4|^<<]} 28. a4 a6 29. a5
$5 Qg5+ $1 {[/\30...Bf6,Qg5-e5-a1]} 30. Kc2 Bf6 31. g3 Qe5 32. Qf4 $5 Qxd5 (
32... Qxf4 $5 33. gxf4 Bd4 $17) 33. Ne3 Qe6 34. g4 $5 hxg4 35. Nxg4 Bd4 36. h4
$5 $132 Qe1 $1 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Bxg6 $1 $138 Qc3+ (38... fxg6 39. Qxg6+ Kh8 40.
Qh6+ $10) 39. Kd1 Qxb3+ (39... Qf3+ 40. Kc2 Bg7 41. Bh7+ Kh8 42. Qxd6 $13) 40.
Ke2 $4 (40. Bc2 Qf3+ 41. Kc1 (41. Ke1 Bc3+ 42. Kf1 Qh3+ $19) 41... Qh1+ 42. Bd1
(42. Kd2 Nc4+ 43. Kd3 Qf1+ 44. Ke4 Qe2+ $19) 42... Ne4 $17 43. f3 Qg2 $19)
40... Qe6+ 0-1

[Event "Korinthos op 2nd"]
[Site "Korinthos"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.07.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 Rd8 $5 {TN} (12... e5) 13. e5
Qe7 14. Qe2 c5 15. d5 {[#]} Nxe5 $5 16. Nxe5 exd5 17. Nf3 $8 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Be6
$13 19. Nb5 $5 (19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Na4 b6 21. Ba6 (21. b4 cxb4 $15) 21... Rc7
22. b4 Bf8 23. Kf1 Bd6 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Nc3 Bf4 $44) 19... Rdc8 (19... Rac8
20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 b6 22. a3 $1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $16) 20. b4 cxb4 (20... b6 21.
bxc5 bxc5 22. Rfd1 a6 23. Nc3 $16) 21. Nc7 Rab8 22. Bb5 {idea 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.
Bd7} Kf8 $1 23. Ba4 $6 (23. Nxe6+ fxe6 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bd7 Rc2 26. Bxe6 Rxa2
27. Bxd5 Rc2 $13) 23... Bf5 $1 24. Nxd5 b5 25. Bb3 a5 $13 26. Ne3 a4 27. Nxf5
$2 (27. Bd5 Bd3 28. Rfd1 Be2 29. Re1 Bd3 30. Red1 $11) (27. Nxf5 {[#]}) 27...
axb3 $1 28. Nxg7 (28. axb3 gxf5 29. Nh4 f4 30. Nf5 Rc3 $17) 28... Rxc1 29. Rxc1
bxa2 $19 30. Nd4 Kxg7 31. Kf1 (31. Ra1 Rd8 32. Nb3 Rd3 $19) 31... Rd8 32. Nb3
Rd3 33. Nc5 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Vlissingen HZ op 03rd"]
[Site "Vlissingen"]
[Date "1999.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rausis, Igors"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1999.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rd8 $5 {TN} (13... a5
14. b5 Nb6 15. bxc6 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 bxc6 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Qxc6 Bb7 19. Qb5 Bxf3
20. gxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Lukasiewicz,G/Cannes 1998/CBM 63 ext (66)})
14. a5 Nf6 $5 {[/\Bc8-d7-e8]} (14... e5 15. b5 e4 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18.
Rfc1 $14) 15. Na4 (15. b5 Bd7 16. Ne5 cxb5 $132) (15. e4 $5) 15... Bd7 16. b5 (
16. Nc5 Be8 17. b5 b6 $132) 16... cxb5 17. Bxb5 Ne4 $5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bd3 (
19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Rc8 23. Qb3 $11) 19... Nd6
20. Nc3 (20. Nc5 Bc6 $132) 20... Bc6 21. Be2 e5 $5 (21... Rc7 $5 {(/\22...Rdc8)
}) 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf1 Nf5 {[/\25...Nh4|^>>]} 25. Qb4 $5 g5 26.
Nb5 $5 {[#]} Nxe3 $5 27. Nxa7 $1 (27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Bxg2+ $1 $19) (27. Re1
Bxb5 28. Bxb5 Qc5 $17) 27... Nc2 $6 $138 (27... Nxf1 28. Rxf1 Qd5 29. Nxc6 $11)
28. Qg4 $6 (28. Rxc2 Qxa1 29. Nxc8 Rxc8 30. a6 $36) 28... Nxa1 29. Nxc8 Nb3 30.
Rd1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Nxa5 $15 32. Qd8+ Qe8 33. Qc7 (33. Ne7+ Kf8 34. Nxc6 Nxc6 35.
Qf6 Qe6 $15) 33... Qd7 34. Qb8 Kg7 35. Nb6 (35. Nd6 $5 Nb3 36. Bc4 $132 (36.
Bd3 Nd4)) (35. Qe5+ f6 36. Qxa5 Qxc8) 35... Qd4 36. Nc8 Qd8 37. h4 Nb3 (37...
gxh4 $5) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qg3 Nd4 40. Nd6 Qf6 $17 41. Nc4 (41. Bc4 b5) 41...
b5 42. Nd2 b4 43. Qb8 Qf4 $1 44. Qxf4 (44. Qxb4 Ne2+) 44... gxf4 $19 45. Bc4
Ba4 46. f3 Bc2 (46... b3 47. Bd3 b2 $2 48. Nc4 $11) 47. Bd5 b3 48. Nc4 Ne2+ 49.
Kf2 Nc3 50. Bc6 Nd1+ 51. Ke2 b2 52. Nxb2 (52. Na3 Ne3 53. Be4 Nc4 $1 $19) 52...
Nxb2 53. Kd2 Bf5 54. Bb5 Kf6 55. Kc3 Nd1+ 56. Kd2 Nf2 57. Ke2 Nh1 58. Kf1 Ke5
59. Be8 Ng3+ 60. Kf2 Be6 61. Bb5 Kd4 62. Ba6 Kc3 63. Bb5 Bc4 64. Bd7 Kd2 65.
Be8 Ne2 66. Bd7 Bd5 67. Be8 f6 68. Bh5 Nc1 69. Be8 Nd3+ 70. Kf1 Ke3 71. Bb5 Bb3
72. Ba6 Bd1 73. Bb5 Be2+ 74. Kg1 Ne5 75. Be8 Bc4 76. Ba4 Ke2 77. Bc2 Nxf3+ $1
78. gxf3 Kxf3 79. Kh2 (79. Bf5 Kg3) 79... Ke3 0-1

[Event "BL2-West 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz II"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bd6 $5 (10... Bg7 11. b5 $14) 11. Bd3 $5 {TN} (11. b5
O-O 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. O-O Be6 15. a4 {1/2-1/2 Quinteros,M-Hort,V
Dortmund 1986}) 11... Qe7 12. O-O Nf6 $5 13. b5 c5 $1 $132 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Nd4 O-O $5 (16... Bxd4 17. exd4 O-O 18. Rfe1 Qd6 19. Qb4 $14) 17.
Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Ne2 $6 (18. e4 $2 Qe5 $1 19. Nxd5 Ng4 20. g3 Nxf2 $19) (18. Rac1
$142 Rac8 (18... Qe5 19. Nxd5 $16) 19. Ne2 $10) 18... Rac8 19. Nf4 $6 (19. Rac1
$142) 19... Qe5 20. Be2 (20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Nxg6 Qh5 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 $36) 20...
Bd6 {[/\21...g5]} 21. g3 Rc3 22. Qa4 {[#]} d4 $1 (22... Bc5 23. Nd3 Qe7 24.
Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Rfd1 $13) 23. Nd3 (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. exd4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Nd5 26.
Rfc1 Nxf4 27. Bf1 Rfc8 $17) (23. exd4 Qe4 $40 (23... Qe7 $5)) 23... Qe4 $1 (
23... Rxd3 24. Bxd3 dxe3 25. fxe3 Qxe3+ 26. Kg2 $13 Qxd3 27. Rxf6 Be5 28. Rd1
$13) 24. Qxd4 (24. Qxa7 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Qxd3 26. Rad1 (26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. exd4 Ra8
28. a4 Bb4 $15) 26... Qxb5 27. Qxd4 (27. Rb1 Qh5 $1 28. Qxd4 Ng4 29. h4 Bxa3
30. Rxb7 Ne5 $36) 27... Be5 $15) 24... Qxd4 25. exd4 Re8 26. Rfc1 (26. Ne5 Bxe5
27. dxe5 Rxe5 $15) 26... Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Re4 $1 $15 28. a4 (28. Bf3 Rxd4 $15 29.
Bxb7 $2 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Be5 31. Rb1 Bc3 $19 {(/\32...Bd2)}) 28... Rxd4 (28... b6
$5 $15 {(/\29...Rxd4)}) 29. Nb3 Rb4 30. Na5 b6 31. Nc6 Rb2 $15 {[><f2]} 32. Bc4
$5 {[/\33.Ra2]} Rc2 $5 (32... Bc5 33. Ra2 $1 Bxf2+ 34. Kf1 $10) 33. Bb3 Rb2 34.
Bc4 Rc2 35. Bb3 Rc3 $5 36. Bd1 Bc5 37. Kg2 (37. Nxa7 Ne4 $15) 37... Rd3 $1 {
[/\38...Rd2]} 38. Bf3 (38. Be2 Rd2 39. Kf1 Ne4 40. Nxa7 Nc3 $5 $15) 38... Rd2
39. Rf1 Ra2 40. Nxa7 Rxa4 41. Nc6 Ra2 $15 42. Ne5 {[/\43.Ng4]} Kg7 43. Bc6 (43.
Nd3 Bd4 44. Rb1 Rd2 45. Rb3 Nd7 $17 {[/\46...Nc5]}) 43... Rd2 44. Nf3 Re2 45.
Ng1 Rb2 $17 {[/\46...Ng4]} 46. h3 $8 Ng8 $5 {[/\Ng8-e7-c6;Ng8-e7-f5-e3]} 47.
Nf3 Ne7 48. Ne5 Nf5 $2 (48... Rd2 $17) 49. Nd3 $1 Rd2 (49... Rc2 50. Rc1 $10)
50. Nxc5 Ne3+ 51. Kf3 $1 (51. Kg1 Nxf1 52. Na4 Rd1 $17) 51... Nxf1 52. Nd7 $13
Rb2 53. Nxb6 Nd2+ 54. Ke3 Nb3 55. Nc4 $1 {[><a5]} Rb1 56. b6 Kf6 57. Kd3 $1 $10
(57. b7 Re1+ 58. Kd3 (58. Kf3 Nd4+) 58... Nc5+ 59. Kc2 Na6 $15 {(/\Kf6-c7)})
57... Nc5+ 58. Kd4 Na6 59. Bf3 Ke6 60. h4 Rf1 61. Bd5+ Ke7 62. Ke3 Rd1 63. Bf3
Rc1 64. Ne5 Ke6 65. Nd3 Ra1 $1 $10 (65... Rb1 $6 66. Bb7 Ra1 $2 67. Bxa6 Rxa6
68. Nc5+) 66. Bc6 Kd6 67. Be8 Rb1 68. Bxf7 g5 69. hxg5 hxg5 70. f4 gxf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9596"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?.1"]
[White "Schoen, Wolfram"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Koeln KKS"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 (7...
Nd7 8. g3 dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kb1 exd4
14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bh3 Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $10 {Korchnoi,V-Dreev,A
Yalta 1995}) 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 {TN} (9. Rd1 Qe7 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bg7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Qb3 Rd8 14. e3 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 {1/2 1/2 Volzhin,A-Serper,G
Novgorod op 1995}) 9... Qe7 10. Qb3 (10. Be2 Qb4 $5 $13) 10... g6 11. Be2 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qa4 $5 (14. Rac1 Bb7 {^^}) 14... Bb7 (14... b5 15.
Qa5 Bb7 16. Rac1 $14 {(/\Nc3-e4-c5)}) 15. Ba6 Nf6 16. Bxb7 (16. Ne5 Rac8 17.
Rac1 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Bxa6 $5 (18... c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxc5
22. Rxc5 bxc5 23. b3 Nd5 24. Nc4 $14) 19. Qxa6 c5 {(/\20...Nd5<=>)} 20. dxc5
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rxc5 $10) 16... Qxb7 17. Rac1 Rfd8 $5 (17... Rac8 18. e4 $5 Rfd8
(18... c5 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 $14) 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $14) 18. b4 (18. e4 $6
c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 18... Rac8 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. h3 Bf8 $5 21. b5 (21. a3 c5
22. dxc5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 bxc5 $15 24. b5 c4 $17) 21... cxb5 (21... c5 22. Ne5
$13 {(/\23.Nc6)}) 22. Nxb5 a6 23. Nc3 b5 24. Ne5 $1 (24. a4 $2 Qa3 $17) 24...
Rc7 $5 (24... Qa3 25. Ne2 {(/\26.Nc6<=>)} Qxb3 26. axb3 $13) 25. Ne2 Rdc8 26.
Rxc7 Qxc7 $2 $138 (26... Rxc7 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Qc7 $15) 27. Rc1 (27. Nxg6
$1 Qc2 (27... fxg6 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Rc1 Qxc1+ 30. Nxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 $16) 28.
Ngf4 $14) 27... Qb7 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 $15 29. Qc3 Qb7 30. Qc2 $6 $138 (30. Qc6 Qxc6
31. Nxc6 Bd6 $15) 30... Bd6 31. Nd3 Kg7 32. Nc3 Qc6 33. Qb2 Qc4 34. Nc1 b4 $17
35. N3e2 a5 36. Qb3 Qc6 37. Nd3 a4 38. Qb1 (38. Nxb4 axb3 39. Nxc6 bxa2 $19)
38... Qc4 39. Nef4 b3 40. axb3 axb3 41. Ne2 {(/\42.Nec1)} (41. Nc1 Bxf4 42.
exf4 Qxd4 43. Nxb3 Qxf4 $17) (41. Ne2 {[#]}) 41... b2 $1 {(/\42...Ba4,43...
Qb3-+)} (41... Ne4 42. Nec1 Nd2 43. Qb2 Qc2 44. Qxc2 bxc2 45. f3 Ba3 46. Kf2
$13) (41... Ba3 42. Nec1 Bxc1 43. Nxc1 Qc2 44. Qxc2 bxc2 45. Kf1 $13) 42. Nef4
$8 Bxf4 43. Nxb2 (43. exf4 Ne4 $1 44. Nxb2 Qe2 $40) 43... Qe2 $1 44. exf4 Ne4
45. Kh2 $1 (45. Nd3 Nd2 46. Qb5 (46. Qc2 Nf3+) 46... Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Nf1+ 48. Kg1
Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Ne2 50. h4 Qg1+ 51. Kh3 Qh1+ 52. Kg4 Qxg2#) (45. Nd1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2
Nd2 47. Qc2 Nf1+ 48. Kg1 Ng3+ 49. Kh2 Ne2 $19) 45... Nxf2 $17 {[פb2]} 46. Qc1
h5 $1 {(/\47...h4,Nf2-e4-g3->)} 47. d5 $5 (47. Nc4 Nd3 48. Qe3 (48. Qc3 Nxf4
49. d5+ Kh7 $19) 48... Qxe3 49. Nxe3 Nxf4 $17) (47. Qc3 Ne4 48. Qd3 Qe1 $1 49.
Nc4 Nc3 $1 {(/\50...Ne2,50...Nd5)} (49... h4 50. Qe3 $10) 50. Nd2 Ne2 51. Qe3
h4 $17 {(/\52...Qg3+ 53.Qxg3 hg+)}) 47... exd5 48. Qc3+ Kg8 49. Qc8+ Kh7 50.
Qc7 $5 (50. Qb7 Kg7 $19) 50... Qxb2 (50... Qe6 51. Kg1 Ne4 52. Nd3 $15) 51.
Qxf7+ Qg7 52. Qxd5 Qe7 $1 {(/\53...Ne4)} (52... Qc7 53. Qd4 $1 Qc2 54. Qd7+ Kh6
55. Qd4 $1 $10) 53. f5 $5 Ne4 (53... g5 $2 54. Qf3 $10) (53... Qc7+ 54. g3 $13)
54. fxg6+ Kh6 $5 (54... Kxg6 $17) 55. g3 $2 $138 (55. g7 $5 Qc7+ 56. Kg1 Qc1+
57. Kh2 Qf4+ 58. Kg1 Qf2+ 59. Kh2 Qg3+ 60. Kg1 Nf6 $17) 55... Qb4 $1 $19 56.
Qa2 $8 Qe1 57. Qg2 Qe3 58. g7 Kxg7 59. Qb2+ Kg6 60. Qg2 Kg5 61. h4+ Kf5 62. Kh3
Kg6 $1 {Zugzwang} 63. Qh2 (63. Kh2 Qf2 $19) 63... Nf2+ 64. Kg2 Ng4 65. Qh3 Qe2+
66. Kg1 Qe1+ 67. Kg2 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 16th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2000.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasilevich, Tatjana"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7 15.
e4 Rfd8 16. a4 $5 {TN} (16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 c5 18. Re1 Qf8 19. Nb5 cxb4 20. d6
Nc5 21. Qxb4 Rd7 $13 {0-1 Komljenovic,D-Fridman,D/Cappelle la Grande 1998/CBM
63 ext (58)}) 16... Rac8 {[/\ 17...Ba8,18...c5 <=>]} (16... Rab8 17. b5 $5) 17.
Rd2 Ba8 $5 18. Rcd1 (18. Ba6 Rb8 19. b5 c5 20. d5 Ne5 $132) 18... c5 $1 19.
dxc5 $6 (19. bxc5 $5 bxc5 20. d5 Rb8 21. Nb5 $1 (21. Qc2 Nb6 $132) 21... exd5
22. Bxd5 a6 23. Bxa8 (23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+
Kf8 27. Na3 Bxe4 $17) 23... axb5 24. Bc6 bxa4 25. Qxa4 Ne5 $11) 19... bxc5 20.
Nb5 {[/\21.Nd6]} (20. b5 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Bxe4 $15) 20... Ne5 $1 (20... cxb4 21.
Nd6 $36 Rb8 $2 22. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxd7+ $18) 21.
Nd6 $2 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. bxc5 Qh4 $15) (21. Nxa7
Rxd2 22. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qc7 $17) 21... Rb8 $17 22. b5 (22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23.
Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxe6+ Kf6 $1 $19) 22... Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Bd4 $1 $19 24. Nxf7 Qxf7
25. Qg4 Re8 26. Rd3 h5 27. Qe2 Kg7 28. Rf3 Qe7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-B"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Lutz} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 {Lutz: 'Die Idee von Vallejo Pons.'}
12. O-O (12. h5 $6 {Lutz} Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 16. e5
Nf6 $1 $17 {0-1 Timman,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Pamplona 1999/CBM 75/[Lutz] (28)})
12... Nbd7 13. Nxg4 b4 $5 {'N' Lutz.} (13... Nh5 {Lutz} 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3
Qb6 16. a4 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Dreev,A/Essen 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (16)} a6 $13) 14.
Na4 (14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2 17. Rb1 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4
Qa5 (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qa5 17. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg7 (18... Ke7 19. Bxe6
$40) 19. Bxe6 Kh8 20. Bxd7 Qxa4 21. Ne5 $16) 16. b3 {'!?' Lutz.} Nxg3 $6 (16...
O-O-O $5 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd2
$15) 17. fxg3 {Lutz: 'Die weiße Bauernstellung ist schlechter als die von
Schwarz, aber er hat Druck entlang der f-Linie und Schwarz hat auch Schwächen
auf der c-Linie.'} Rg6 $6 {[/\18...f5, 19.0-0-0] Lutz: 'Dieser und der nächste
Zug gefallen mir nicht. Schwarz sollte seine Dame zum Königsflügel bringen:'} (
17... Qh5 18. Be2 (18. Rf4 {Lutz} Qg6 (18... Bd6 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20. Rxf6 Qxd1+
21. Rxd1 $13) 19. Nc5 (19. Bd3 Qg7) 19... Bxc5 20. dxc5 O-O-O {mit schwarzem
Vorteil.}) 18... Qg6 $132 (18... Qg6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 O-O-O)) (17... h5 $6
{Lutz} 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxh5) 18. Qe2 $1 Bg7 {'?' Lutz.} (18... Qh5 19. Rxf7 $1
(19. Rf4 {Lutz} Bd6 20. Bd3 Rg8 21. Nc5 O-O-O $1) 19... Qxg4 (19... Kxf7 20.
Ne5+ $18) 20. Qxg4 Rxg4 21. Bxe6 Rxd4 22. Raf1 Be7 23. Rh7 $36) 19. Rad1 h5 (
19... Qh5 20. Rxf7 (20. Rf4 {Lutz}) 20... Qxg4 21. Qxg4 Rxg4 22. Bxe6 Bc8 $13)
20. Ne3 {'->' Lutz. Lutz: 'Jetzt hat Weiß eine schöne Angriffsstellung
errichtet.'} Qc7 (20... O-O-O 21. Rxf7 Rf8 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Nc5+ $16) 21. Nc5
$1 $40 Nxc5 22. dxc5 {Lutz: 'Der Bb7 spielt nicht mehr mit.'} Rd8 (22... Qxg3
23. Nf5 $18) (22... Qe7 23. Qxh5 Rxg3 24. Bxe6 $1 Qxe6 25. Nf5 $18) 23. Nf5 Bf8
24. Qe3 $5 Rd5 $2 $138 (24... Rd7 {(/\25...Kd8)} 25. Nd6+ (25. g4 $5 {Lutz}
hxg4 (25... Rxg4 26. Bxe6) 26. h5 $40) 25... Bxd6 26. cxd6 Rxd6 $13 27. Qxa7
Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qxg3 29. Bf1 Qc7 30. Ba6 Qg3 $11) 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27.
cxd6 Qxd6 28. Kh2 $18 {'+/-' Lutz. Lutz: 'Schwarz hat keine genügende
Kompensation, da sein König unsicher steht.'} Kf8 29. Rf4 e5 30. Rf5 f6 31.
Qxa7 Qe7 $138 (31... Qe7 {Lutz} 32. Rc1 {nebst Qb8+ und Rc7 ist tödlich.}) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Yusupov} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. a3 dxc4 (8... g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. b4 Qd6 13. Qb3
Nb6 {1/2:1/2 Horvath-Todorovic Niksic 1991}) 9. Bxc4 Bd6 (9... Be7 $5 10. Ne4
Qf5 11. Bd3 Qa5+ 12. b4 Qb6 {/\13...a5<=>}) 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. Nxd6+ Qxd6 12. O-O
(12. e4 $14 {Yusupov}) 12... Qe7 $5 (12... O-O $6 13. e4 $16 {/\14.e5}) 13. Qc2
(13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bg4 $10) 13... O-O 14. Ba2 Rd8 $5 {[/\Nd7-f8,
Bc8-d7-e8,f7-f6,Be8-g6]} (14... e5 $6 {Yusupov} 15. Qe4 Re8 16. Rfd1 exd4 17.
Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rxd4 $16) 15. Rad1 a5 $5 (15... Nf8 $6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Bd7
18. Ne5 Be8 19. Nc4 $16) 16. Bb1 (16. Rd2 $5 $14 {Yusupov}) (16. Ne5 {Yusupov}
Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Bd7 $14) (16. e4 $5 {Yusupov}) 16... Nf8 17. Ne5 (
17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Nd7 $13) 17... a4 18. f4 $6 (18. Qc5 $6
Qxc5 19. dxc5 Rd5 20. Nc4 Nd7 $132) (18. Rd2 $5 $14 {/\Rfd1,Qc5} c5) 18... Bd7
19. Ba2 (19. Qc5 {Yusupov} Qxc5 20. dxc5 Be8 21. Bc2 $14) 19... Be8 20. f5 (20.
Nd3 {Yusupov} b6 21. Nb4 c5 $10) 20... f6 $10 {[#]} 21. fxe6 $4 (21. Nf3 Bf7
22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 (23... Nxe6 {Yusupov} 24. e4 $14) 24. e4 Nh7 $13)
(21. Nd3 {Yusupov} Bf7 22. Nc5 exf5 23. Bxf7+ $10) (21. Ng4 {Yusupov} Bf7 22.
e4 exf5 23. Bxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf5 Qe6 $14) 21... fxe5 22. Qc5 (22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.
Qh7 (23. Rf1+ Kg8 24. Bb1 g6 $19) 23... Qg5 $1 24. Rf1+ Ke7 $19) (22. Qf5 {
Yusupov} Ng6 (22... Bg6 23. Qxe5 Nh7 (23... Re8 $4 24. Rf7) 24. Rf3 $146) (
22... Rd5 $5 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Qxe5 $13) 23. h4 (23. dxe5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kh8 25.
Bb1 Nf8 $19) 23... exd4 $1 (23... Nxh4 24. Qxe5 $17) 24. h5 Nh4 25. Qf8+ Qxf8
26. e7+ Bf7 27. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rf1 Raf8 30. exd4 g5 $19) (22.
Qe4 {Yusupov} Nxe6 23. Qxe5 Rd6 $19) 22... Ng6 $17 23. h4 Kh8 24. Qxe7 (24. h5
Qxc5 25. dxc5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Ne7 $19) 24... Nxe7 25. dxe5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kg8 $5 {
[/\Ra8-a5-e5]} 27. Bc4 Kf8 28. Rf1+ Kg8 29. Rd1 c5 (29... Ra5 30. Rd7 Kf8 31.
Rxb7 Rxe5 32. Ra7 Rxe3 33. Rxa4 $132) 30. Rd6 Bc6 $6 $138 (30... Kf8 $1 {
/\31...Nc6,Kf8-e7,Rd8} 31. Rb6 Bc6 $19 32. Rxc6) 31. h5 g6 32. hxg6 Kg7 33. e4
$5 {/\34.Bd5} Bxe4 34. Rd7 Re8 35. Rc7 (35. Bb5 {Yusupov}) 35... Kxg6 36. Bb5
Bc6 37. Bd3+ Kg5 38. g3 Nf5 39. Rf7 Nxg3 40. e7 Be4 41. Bb5 Bc6 42. Bd3 Bd5 $19
43. Rg7+ Kf4 44. Bg6 Nf5 45. Rh7 Rxe7 46. Bxf5 Rxh7 47. Bxh7 Kxe5 48. Bg6 Kd4
49. Kf2 Be4 50. Be8 Bc6 51. Bg6 c4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Be3 $5 (10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2 N5b6 12. Nxb6 (12. Qc2 Nxa4 13.
Qxa4 a5 14. Rc1 Be7 15. Bd3 Nc5 16. Rxc5 Bxc5 17. Be4 Be7 18. Bxc6+ Bxc6 19.
Qxc6+ Kf8 $15 {0-1 Tregubov,P-Yakovich,Y/Kazan 2005/CBM 109 (48)}) 12... Qxb6
13. Be3 c5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Be2 Be7 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. Bf3 Qa6 19. Bxb7
Qxb7 20. O-O Rfd8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qd5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Yakovich,
Y/Paris FRA 2005/The Week in Chess 559 (38)}) 10... Qa5 (10... Be7 11. Nd2 O-O
12. Nb3 a5 13. f3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Bb5 15. Nbc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18.
Be2 Rac8 19. Rd1 Rfd8 20. Kf2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Van Wely,L/Khanty Mansyisk
RUS 2005 (53)}) 11. b3 Be7 12. Nd2 $5 {TN [/\13.f3,14.Nc4]} (12. Rc1 O-O 13.
Be2 Rfd8 14. e5 Nd5 15. O-O c5 16. dxc5 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bc6 19. Nd4
Bxa4 20. c6 Nb6 21. bxa4 Nd5 22. Qf3 Nc3 $17 {0-1 Romanishin,O-Sveshnikov,E/
Sochi 1983/MCL (28)}) 12... O-O 13. f3 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nc4
Qc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Qd6 $5 Rfc8 (18... Qh5 $5 19. Qe5 (19. Be2 a5 $132 20.
O-O $2 Nxe4) (19. Qxb4 Bxe4 20. fxe4 Qh4+ $40) 19... Qg6 20. Qg3 Qh5 $132) 19.
Be2 Ne8 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Kf2 $6 (21. a3 $1 bxa3 22. Rxa3 $36) 21... Ba6 $5 {
[/\22...Bxc4,23...Nd6]} 22. a3 (22. Rhd1 Kf8 23. a3 bxa3 24. Rxa3 Bxc4 25. Bxc4
Ke7 $14) 22... bxa3 23. Rxa3 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nd6 25. Bd3 e5 $11 (25... Rc7 26. e5
$36) 26. Rha1 Kf8 27. Ra6 (27. Rxa7 Rxa7 28. Rxa7 Rc3 $11) 27... Rd8 28. R6a5 (
28. Rxa7 Rc3 $11) (28. R1a5 Nb7 29. Rb5 Rxd3 30. Rxb7 Rc2+ 31. Kg3 Rdd2 $132)
28... Rc3 29. Rd5 (29. Be2 f6 30. b4 Rb3 31. b5 Rb8 $11) 29... Rxb3 30. Rxa7 f6
31. Bc4 Rb7 $1 32. Rxd6 Rb2+ 33. Kg3 Rxd6 34. Rf7+ Ke8 35. Rxg7 Rd7 36. Rxd7 (
36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Kh3 (37. Bd5 Kd6 38. Kh3 Kc5 $132) 37... Rdd2 $15) 36... Kxd7
37. Bg8 h6 38. Bh7 $11 {[/\Bh7-f5-h3,Kg3-g4<=>]} Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-West 9697"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.10.??"]
[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 "Andernach"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 (9. Qc2 $5 Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. O-O Nh5 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3
O-O-O 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nd6+ $36
{1-0 Chernin,A-Pavasovic,D/Feldbach op 1997 (43)}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11.
Qc2 Nh5 12. d5 $5 {TN} (12. a4 a6 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 Qe7 18. Rd6 Nxe5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Rxd8
$15 {- Lugovoy,A-Sakaev,K/St.Petersburg-ch 1996 (36)}) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7
(13... Qf6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $5 $36) (13... exd5 14. exd5 Nf6 (14... Bg7 $5
15. Qe4+ Qe7 $13 16. dxc6 Qxe4 17. cxd7+ Kxd7 $17) 15. Nd4 Nxd5 16. Rfe1 $36)
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $1 (15. Rad1 Qe7 16. e5 O-O $15 17. Ne4 c5 $17) 15... O-O
(15... Nxe5 $6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bh5+ Kf8 19. Rfe1 $36) (15... Qe7
$5 16. Qg6+ (16. Nd4 $5 Nxe5 (16... O-O 17. f4 {Look the game}) 17. Bh5+ $13
Nf7 18. Nf5 $1 $36) 16... Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ne4 Rab8 $17) 16. Nd4 $1 {
[/\17.f4|^]} Qe7 (16... Re8 17. Rad1 Nxe5 18. Ndxb5 Qe7 19. Nd6 Red8 20. Nxc4
$14) 17. f4 (17. Bg4 Nxe5 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf5 b4 $17) 17... gxf4 18. gxf4 c5
$5 (18... Rad8 19. Rad1 Nc5 (19... Nxe5 $2 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ (20... Qc5 21. Rxf8+
Kxf8 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Qd2 $18) 21. Bxf1 b4 22. Nxe6 $1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 $18) 20.
Bg4 Kh8 21. b4 $5 cxb3 22. axb3 $36 a5 23. Nce2 $36 {(/\24.Rc1)}) 19. Ndxb5 {
[#]} Nxe5 $1 20. fxe5 Qg5 $36 21. Bxc4 (21. Ne4 Qe3+ 22. Nf2 Qg3 23. Ne4 Qe3+)
(21. Rxf8+ $6 Rxf8 22. Bxc4 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ $132) 21... Bxe5 $1 {[/\22...a6,
22...Qg3]} 22. Rae1 $132 (22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Rae1 a6 $17) (22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Bxf1 (24. Kxf1 Qf4+ $5) 24... a6 $5 $36 (24... Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+
26. Kg1 Bh2+ $1 $36)) 22... Kh8 $1 {[#]} 23. Rxe5 $1 (23. Ne4 Qh4 24. g3 Rg8 $5
) 23... Qxe5 24. Qd2 Qg7 $14 (24... Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Qf6 26. Nd6 $2 Rd8 $18 27.
Nf7+ $6) 25. Rxf8+ $6 (25. Nd6 $5 Bxg2 $1 26. Nf7+ $1 (26. Qxg2 Qd4+ 27. Kh1
Qxd6 $14) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qxh6+ Qh7 29. Qxh7+ Kxh7 30. Kxg2 Kg6
31. Ne4 $14 (31. Bxe6 Kf6 32. Bc4 Ke5 $1)) 25... Rxf8 26. Bxe6 {[#]} a6 $1 27.
Na3 $1 (27. Nd6 Bxg2 $17 28. Qxg2 (28. Nf5 Rxf5 29. Bxf5 Be4+ $132) 28... Qd4+
29. Kh1 Qxd6 30. Qg6 Qf4 $1 $132) (27. Nc7 Bxg2 $132 28. Qxg2 Qxc7 $1 $132)
27... Bxg2 $1 28. Qxg2 Qe5 $1 (28... Qd4+ $2 $18 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Bh3 Qe1+ 31.
Qg1 Qh4 32. Qe3 $18) 29. Bb3 $2 (29. Bf7 $1 Rxf7 30. Qa8+ Kg7 31. Qg2+ Kh8 (
31... Kh7 32. Qe4+ $17) 32. Qa8+) (29. Bc4 $2 Qe1+ 30. Bf1 Rg8 31. Qxg8+ Kxg8
32. Nc4 $17) (29. Qh3 $2 Qe1+ 30. Kg2 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+ 32. Kh4 Qg5#) 29...
Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Rf2 $1 31. Nc4 h5 $1 32. Na4 $2 (32. Nd1 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 h4 34. Nf2
Qe2 $17) 32... h4 33. Nxc5 Rxg2+ 34. Kxg2 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 h3 (35... h3 36. Ne4
Qg2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1999.08.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 b4
(7... Bb7 {Lutz: führt ebenfalls ohne Problem zum Ausgleich.}) 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9.
Qxe4 Bb7 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bc4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qd3 c5
{'=' Lutz. Lutz: 'Schwarz hat seine Figuren harmonisch aufgebaut. '} 16. e4
cxd4 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Qxd4 Bc5 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bg5 Rf8 22. Bf1
f6 23. Bd2 Rfd8 {Lutz: 'Die weiße Stellung beginnt, verdächtig zu riechen.'}
24. b3 g5 25. h3 h5 26. Rxc5 {'!?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Dieses Qualitätsopfer war
sicherlich nicht nach Kortschnojs Geschmack. Dass er nicht verliert, ist der
mangelhaften Technik des Nachziehenden zu verdanken.'} Rxc5 27. Bxb4 Rc7 {
'-/+' Lutz.} 28. Ba5 e5 29. a4 Rcd7 30. Be2 Kg7 31. Kh2 Kg6 32. Ng1 Ra8 33. Bb5
Rdd8 34. Bc4 Rd4 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Ne2 Rd2 37. f3 Rc2 38. Ng3 Rd8 39. Nf1 Rb2
40. Rc1 g4 41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kg3 gxf3 43. gxf3 Bc8 44. Ne3 Rh8 45. Rc2 Rxc2 46.
Nxc2 Rd8 47. Ne3 Bb7 48. Bd5 Ba6 49. b4 Bd3 50. b5 Kg5 51. Bc4 f5 52. exf5 Bxf5
53. Nd5 Rd6 54. Kf2 Bc8 55. Ke3 Bb7 56. f4+ exf4+ 57. Nxf4 Kf6 58. Nd3 Ke7 59.
Ne5 Rh6 60. Bg8 Rh3+ 61. Kd2 Rg3 62. Bh7 Bd5 63. Bc2 Kd6 64. Nd3 Be4 65. Kc3
Bxd3 66. Bxd3 Kc5 67. a5 bxa5 68. Kc2 {A interesting position. One needs to
know that black has to be very careful about pushing his a5-P. Even without
whites b-P the position would often be draw with the black P on a4. However
only if two conditions are fulfilled. Whites bishop must control the /^ g8-a2,
and whites K must not be placed on the c-<-> being cut of by a black R placed
on the b-<->. The king should be on the b or a-<->} Kd4 (68... a4 $1 {Still
this is the easiest way to win!} 69. Bf5 (69. b6 Kxb6 70. Bc4 Rg4 71. Bf7 Rb4
$1) (69. Kc3 a3 $19 {[%cal Ra3a2]}) 69... Rb3 $1 {This is the point. Now the
win is simple} (69... Kxb5 70. Be6 $11 {This is a theoretical draw. If black P
was on a5 it would be a win.}) 70. Bd7 Rb4 71. Kc3 a3 $19) (68... Rg4 {[%cal
Rg4b4,Yb4b1,Yb8b1]} 69. Kb2) (68... Rh3 69. Bf1 $8 (69. Bf5 $2 Rh2+ 70. Kb1
Kxb5 71. Be6 {is a win, though finding the right way at the board without
having studied the position at home is almost impossible} Kb4 72. Bf7 Ka3 73.
Be6 Rb2+ 74. Kc1 (74. Ka1 $2 Re2 75. Bf5 Re1+ 76. Bb1 Kb4 77. Kb2 a4 $1 {
only good because Bb1 is not in the right /^} 78. Ba2 a3+ {[%csl Ra2]} 79. Kc2
Kc5 80. Bg8 Re8 81. Bf7 Rb8) 74... Rb4 {with the idea 75..Ka4 76.Ld7+ Kb3} 75.
Kc2 Rb6 76. Bf7 Ka4 {Black has managed to cut whites K off. Now he only needs
to get his own K out.} 77. Kc3 {black needed to get whites K to this square
which is much worse for whites K than c2} (77. Be8+ Kb4 78. Bf7 Kc5 $19) 77...
Rb4 {[%cal Ra4b5]} 78. Be8+ Ka3 79. Bf7 Rb7 80. Be6 Rc7+ $19) (69. Be2 $2 Rh2)
(69. Kc3 a4 $1 {This is only good because white is pinned and does not have
time for Kc2, Bg6, Kb2 and Bf7} 70. Kc2 a3 71. Bg6 Rh2+ 72. Kb1 a2+ {White did
not get his B into the diagonal g8-a2 in time} 73. Ka1 Kb4 $19) 69... Rh2+ (
69... Rf3 70. Bd3) 70. Kb3 Rf2) 69. Bf5 Kc5 (69... Kc4 {In my opinion this
would have been a more straighforward way - but that is just a matter of taste}
70. Bd7 (70. b6 Rg2+ 71. Kb1 Kc3 $19) 70... Rg2+ 71. Kb1 Re2 $1 {It is now
very difficult for whites B to get back into the important /^ g8-a2} 72. Kc1 (
72. b6 Kb3 73. Kc1 Kc3 74. Kb1 Rb2+ $19) (72. Bc6 {see 72.Kc1} Kc3 73. Ka1 (73.
Bd7 Rb2+) 73... Kb3 74. Bd5+ Ka3 $19) (72. Ka1 Kb3 $19) 72... Kc3 73. Kb1 Rb2+
(73... Kb3 74. Kc1 a4 75. b6 a3 76. b7 Kc3 77. Kb1 Rb2+ 78. Ka1 Rxb7 79. Be6
$11) 74. Ka1 Kb3 75. Be8 Ka3 76. Bc6 Rb4 77. Be8 Re4 78. Bg6 Re1+ 79. Bb1 Re2
80. Bd3 Rd2 81. Bb1 Rd5 $19) 70. Bd7 Rg7 (70... Kc4 71. Kb2 $1) (70... a4 71.
Kb2 Kb4 72. Be6 $11) (70... Kb4 71. b6 Rg2+ 72. Kd3) 71. Bc6 Kb4 72. Kb2 Rg6
73. Kc2 Rf6 74. Bd7 Rf2+ (74... Kc4 75. Kb2) 75. Kd3 (75. Kb1 Kc3 $19 {[%cal
Yf2b2]}) 75... Rb2 $2 (75... Kc5 {[%cal Ra5a2]} 76. Kc3 a4 77. b6 a3 $19) 76.
Be8 a4 $2 (76... Kc5 77. Kc3 Re2 78. Bc6 (78. Bh5 Rh2 79. Be8 a4 $19) 78... a4
$19 {[%cal Ra4a1]}) 77. b6 Ka3 {Lutz: '(...)'} (77... Ka3 78. Bf7 Rxb6 79. Kc2
{With a theoretical draw}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "222"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. e4 (9. e3 a6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O c4 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Qc7 $10 {
Gross,S-Polgar Zso 1991}) 9... b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nef6 13.
O-O O-O 14. Rac1 $44 {><c6,><c5,><Lc8} a5 15. Rfe1 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Qc2 h6
18. Bc4 {/\Sg6} Qd6 19. Bb3 Rfe8 20. Rcd1 Rcd8 21. h3 Nd5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Nc5
Bc8 24. Ne5 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 (25. dxc5 {/\Sc4-d6} Ba6 $17) 25... Ne7 (25... Bb7
26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nc4) 26. Rd3 Rd6 $1 $15 {/\Sf5} 27. Rf3 Rf8 28. g4 Qd8 29. Re4
f6 30. Nd3 Nd5 31. Nf4 f5 $17 32. Ng6 Rf6 33. gxf5 exf5 34. Bxd5+ Kh7 (34...
Rxd5 35. Ne7+ Kh7 36. Nxd5 Rg6+ {See the game}) 35. Ne7 Rxd5 36. Nxd5 Rg6+ 37.
Rg3 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 fxe4 39. Ne3 Be6 (39... Bxh3 40. g4) 40. Qe5 (40. a3 bxa3
41. bxa3 Bd5) 40... Bxa2 41. Qxe4+ Kh8 42. Nf5 Bd5 $19 43. Qe1 (43. Qe5 Qg5)
43... Qf6 44. g4 Qe6 45. Kf2 Be4 46. Nh4 Qf6+ 47. Ke3 Qg5+ 48. Ke2 Qb5+ (48...
a4 $1) 49. Ke3 Qg5+ 50. Ke2 a4 51. Kd1 Bd5 (51... Qf4 52. Qxb4 Qf1+ 53. Qe1 (
53. Kd2 Qf2+) 53... Qd3+ 54. Qd2 Qxh3 $19 55. Qf4 (55. Qe2 Bd3) 55... Qd3+ 56.
Ke1 Qb1+) 52. Nf5 a3 53. bxa3 Bb3+ 54. Ke2 bxa3 55. Kd3 Kh7 56. Kc3 Bd5 57. Qe3
a2 $2 (57... Qd8 58. Qe5 Qd7 {/\59...Qb7/59...a2 60.Kb2 Qb7+} 59. Ne7 a2 60.
Kb2 Qb7+ 61. Kc2 Qb1+ (61... a1=Q $4 62. Qf5+ $10) 62. Kd2 a1=Q $19) 58. Kb2
$17 Qd8 59. Ka1 Qb6 60. Qd3 Kh8 61. Ne7 Bf7 62. Ng6+ Kg8 63. Ne7+ Kf8 64. Ng6+
Bxg6 65. Qxg6 Qxd4+ 66. Kxa2 Qc3 67. Qe4 Kf7 68. Kb1 Kf6 69. h4 Qb3+ 70. Kc1
Qd5 71. Qf4+ Ke6 72. Kc2 Qc5+ 73. Kb1 Qe5 74. Qf3 Kd6 75. h5 Kc7 76. Kc2 Qc5+
77. Kb1 Qc4 78. Kb2 Kb6 79. Qe3+ Ka6 80. Qe8 Qd4+ 81. Kb3 Kb5 82. Qb8+ Kc5 83.
Qf8+ Kd5 84. Qf3+ Kd6 85. Ka3 Qa1+ 86. Kb3 Qf6 87. Qd3+ Ke7 88. Qg3 Qd6 89.
Qh4+ Qf6 90. Qg3 Ke6 91. Kc4 Qf1+ 92. Kc3 Qc1+ 93. Kb3 Qb1+ 94. Ka3 Qa1+ 95.
Kb3 Qe5 96. Qh4 Kd5 97. Qf2 Qf6 98. Qe3 Qe6 99. Qf4 Kc5+ 100. Ka3 Qd6 101. Qe3+
Kc4+ 102. Ka2 Qd5 103. Qb6 c5 104. Ka3 Qd3+ 105. Ka2 Qd2+ 106. Ka1 Qb4 107.
Qe6+ Kc3 108. Qe3+ Kc2 109. Qf2+ Qd2 110. Qf5+ Kb3 111. Qf7+ c4 {C. Hansen} 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1998.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Nf8
15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f5 19. Nd6 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 21.
Nxb7 Re8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nd2 e3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Kf2 Reb8 26. Nd6 a5 27. N2c4
a4 28. Bc2 a3 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 e5 32. Nxe5 Kg7 33. Ke2 Be7
34. Bxg6 Kf6 35. Nxd7+ Nxd7 36. Be8 Nxc5 37. Nc4 Ne4 38. Kd3 Nd6 39. Bxc6 Nxc4
40. Kxc4 {[#] White's passed pawns(-candidates) on the king's wing are not so
close to each other that the Black defenders can be diverted from one another.
The pawn pair on a2/a3 only means that Black can get by without a bishop
sacrifice, but this also goes without problems. The course of the game speaks
for itself. [#] Die weißen Freibauern(-kandidaten) am Königsflügel stehen zu
dicht beieinander, als daß die schwarzen Verteidiger auseinanderdividiert
werden könnten. Das Bauernpärchen a2/a3 bedeutet lediglich, daß Schwarz ohne
Läuferopfer auskommen muß, was auch problemlos geht. Der Partieverlauf spricht
für sich.} Bd6 41. g3 Ke5 42. Kd3 Bc5 43. Ke2 Kf5 44. Kf3 Kg5 45. h4+ Kf6 46.
g4 Ke5 47. Be8 Be7 48. g5 hxg5 49. h5 Bf8 50. Bg6 Bg7 51. Kg4 Kf6 {I must
nevertheless sketch out a serious white winning attempt. It revolves around
the exchange of the h-pawn versus the a-pawn, in order to create a greater
distance between the e- and a- passed pawns. Black ultimately holds the draw
by hemming in the white king on a3. I have not searched for other drawing
possibilities. Einen seriösen weißen Gewinnversuch möchte ich doch noch
skizzieren. Er beruht auf dem Tausch des h- gegen den a-Bauern, um einen
größeren Abstand zwischen den Freibauern e und a zu bekommen, als er es
zwischen den Bauern e und h ist. Schwarz hält letztendlich durch das
Einklemmen des weißen Königs auf a3 remis. Nach anderen Remismöglichkeiten
habe ich nicht gefahndet.} (51... Kf6 52. Be4 Bh6 53. Bg2 Ke5 54. Kf3 g4+ 55.
Ke2 Bg5 56. Kd3 Bh6 57. Bh1 Bg5 58. e4 Bh6 59. Kc4 Bf8 60. Kb3 Kd4 61. h6 Bxh6
62. Kxa3 Kc3 63. e5 Bf8+ 64. Ka4 Kb2 65. Bd5 g3 66. Kb5 g2 67. Bxg2 Kxa2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15.
Qc2 b6 16. e4 c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. Qc2 Ra7 20. Qd2 exd5 21. exd5
Kg7 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Rbd1 Bb7 25. Qe3 Nf8 26. Ne5 h5 27. Bc6 Bc8
28. h3 Re7 29. f4 h4 30. Qf2 Kg8 31. Rb1 g5 32. fxg5 Qxg5 33. Nf3 Rxe1+ 34.
Qxe1 Qg3 35. Rxb6 Ng6 36. Qxg3 hxg3 37. Rb8 Ne7 38. Bb7 c4 39. Kf1 c3 40. Ke1
Kg7 41. Kd1 Bxb7 42. Rxd8 Nxd5 43. Ne1 Ne3+ 44. Kc1 Be4 45. Rc8 Nd5 46. Kd1 f5
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. h4 f4 49. Rc4 c2 50. Nxc2 Bxg2 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Ne1 Be4 53. Rc4
Ne3 54. Ra4 Ng4 55. Ra5+ Ne5 56. Ra3 Kg4 57. h5 f3+ 58. Kf1 f2 59. Ng2 Nf3 60.
Ne3+ Kf4 61. Ng2+ Kg5 62. Ke2 Nd4+ 63. Kf1 Nf3 64. Ke2 Kxh5 65. Ne3 Nh2 66. Nf1
Nxf1 67. Kxf1 {[#] T-L+2verbundene Freibauern, Taktik, Pattwendung} Kg4 68. Rf3
$1 (68. Ra4 Kf3 (68... Kf4 69. Ra3 (69. Rb4 Ke3 $19) 69... Bf5 70. Rf3+ $10)
69. Ra3+ Kf4 70. Rf3+ $10) 68... g2+ 69. Kxg2 Bxf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15.
Ng3 Bd7 16. Re4 Be8 17. Rae1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 f6 19. Bc4 Bf7 20. Qc3 Qd7 21. b4
Re8 22. g4 Rad8 23. Qb3 a6 24. a3 g5 25. R4e2 Kg7 26. Rd2 Ng6 27. g3 Re7 28.
Kg2 Rde8 29. Qc3 Rh8 30. Rh1 Ree8 31. Rdd1 Ne7 32. Nd2 Nd5 33. Qf3 Bg6 34. Bd3
Bxd3 35. Qxd3 e5 36. Qf3 exd4 37. Nc4 Nc3 38. Rd3 Qd5 39. Nd6 Re5 40. Nxb7
Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 f5 42. Rxd4 fxg4+ 43. Kxg4 Ne4 44. Rf1 h5+ 45. Kf3 Rf8+ 46. Kg2
h4 47. Re1 h3+ 48. Kg1 Nd2 49. Rxe5 Nf3+ 50. Kh1 Nxe5 51. Re4 {RN<->-RN Motive:
taktisches Endspiel, Mattangriff, S-Einkreisung} Nd3 52. Kh2 Nxf2 53. Re2 g4
54. Na5 Nd3 55. Nxc6 Rf1 56. Ne5 Nf2 57. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 58. Kh1 Re2 $1 59. Nxg4 Re4
$1 60. Nf2 Re1+ 61. Kh2 Re2 62. Kxh3 Rxf2 63. a4 Rb2 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Nyborg"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Rasmussen, Karsten"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "2001.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne4 Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qf6 14. e3 O-O
15. Qh5 Nb6 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Qxg5 hxg5 18. h3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 a5 20. g4 a4 21. a3
Ra5 22. Ne4 c5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Rb5 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc1 c4 27. Nd6 Rxb2
28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Kf8 31. Rxa4 Ke7 32. Rd4 Bb6 33. Rd5 Bc7
34. Kg2 Bd6 35. a4 b6 36. Bb5 Rc1 37. Rd2 Rc5 38. Bd3 Rd5 39. Kf3 Bc5 40. Kg4
Kf6 41. h4 gxh4 42. Kxh4 g6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Kg4 g5 45. Kf3 Rd7 46. Rd1 Ke5
47. Ke2 Rg7 48. Bc4 Kf6 49. Kf3 Rh7 50. Kg3 Rh4 51. Bb5 Rb4 52. Rd5 Rb1 53. Bd7
{[#] Die weiße Idee a4-a5 muss bedient werden.} Ra1 54. Rf5+ Kg6 55. Rd5 Kf6
56. Kf3 Rc1 57. Rf5+ Kg6 58. Rd5 Rc4 $6 {Soll das Vorgehen des weißen Königs
unterbinden, verliert aber die Idee a4-a5 aus den Augen.} (58... Ra1 $142) (
58... Kf6 $142) 59. Bb5 Rb4 $2 (59... Rc1 $142) 60. Bd3+ Kh5 61. a5 $1 {
Das Schaffen eines zweiten weit vorgerückten Freibauern bedeutet
entscheidenden Vorteil} Kh4 62. a6 Ra4 63. Rd7 g4+ 64. Kg2 Ra2 65. Bc4 Ra5 66.
Rd5 Ra3 67. Rd2 Ra4 68. Rc2 Kg5 69. Bb5 Ra5 70. Be2 Kf6 71. Kg3 Ke5 72. Kxg4
Kd6 73. Rb2 Kc6 74. Bb5+ Kc7 75. Rb3 Kb8 76. f4 Bxe3 77. Rxe3 Rxb5 78. Re7 Rb1
79. f5 Rg1+ 80. Kh5 Rh1+ 81. Kg6 Rg1+ 82. Kf7 Ka8 83. f6 Rf1 84. Kg7 b5 85. Re5
Rg1+ 86. Kh7 Rh1+ 87. Kg6 b4 88. f7 Rg1+ 89. Kf6 Ka7 90. f8=Q Rf1+ 91. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Novgorod 3rd"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1996.07.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {HarZvi Tischbierek} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6
Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 (12. Ne4
{HarZvi} Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 (13... b6 14. Ba4 c5 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qa4 $14) 14. Qc2
Nf6 (14... e5 $5) 15. Nc5 b6 16. Ne5 $1 Rd6 (16... bxc5 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Nxd8
$14) 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $14 {/+/- Dautov,R-Dreev,A
Reggio Emilia 1995 65/412 [Dreev,A]}) (12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 bxc6 (
14... Nxc4 $2 {HarZvi} 15. Nd5 $16) 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nb1 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2 h5 20. Nb3 a5 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Kamsky,G Wijk ann Zee (m/
7) 1994 59/(456)}) (12. Qe2 {HarZvi} Qe7 13. Rfd1 a6 14. a3 (14. e4 b5 15. Bb3
c5 $15) 14... b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 $6 (16. h3) 16... c5 17. d5 b5 18. Ba2 c4
$15 {Van Wely,L-Dreev,A Wijk Ann Zee 1996 65/413 [Dreev,A]}) (12. b4 {HarZvi
this move is considered to be the main move} Qe7 (12... Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. a4
a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nc4 Raa8 20. d5 Bxc3
21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Rd6 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Dreev,A Novosibirsk 1995 65/409 
[Beliavsky,A]}) 13. Qb3 (13. b5 c5 14. Bb3 b6 15. d5 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Qf6 17. Rc4
e5 $13 {Milovanovic,R-Peng,Zhaoqin Pozarevac 1995 64/(390)}) 13... b6 14. a3 $6
(14. e4) 14... Bb7 15. e4 Rab8 16. Rfe1 Rfe8 17. Rcd1 $2 (17. e5 c5 18. d5 exd5
19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bxf7+ Kg7 24. Bxe8
Rxe8 $10) 17... a6 $3 $15 {with c5 on the next move Van Wely,L-Huzman,A
Amsterdam 1995 64/390 [Huzman,A]}) 12... Qe7 (12... Rd8 $5 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6
15. Bb3 Bg4 $10) 13. e4 Rd8 {HarZvi: normally black does not allow white to
play e5,and play e5 by him self,see annotation to white's 12 move [ 12.e4 ]
this is a strange decision by Kramnik} (13... e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bb3 $16) 14. e5
b6 {N/} (14... b5 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nxc5 {1/2-1/2/ Khalifman-Huzman 
(Amsterdam 1995)} Nxc5 18. Rxc5 (18. dxc5 Qc7 $14) 18... a6 19. Rc2 $1 Bxf3 (
19... Ra7 20. Be4 $16) 20. Qxf3 Ra7 21. Re4 Rad7 22. Qe3 $16) 15. Qe2 Rb8 (
15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Rab8 (16... Bxa6 17. Qxa6 {/\Nc3-e4+/-}) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18.
Ne4 $16 {><c6}) 16. Bd3 $1 (16. Ba6 $5 c5 17. d5 (17. Bxc8 Rbxc8 18. d5 exd5
19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qf5) 17... Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nc7 Qc6 21.
Nb5 Nf8 22. Nxa7 Qa8 23. Qa3 Ne6 {/\24...b5} 24. Nb5 Qxa3 25. Nxa3 (25. bxa3
Ra8 $44) 25... b5 $44) 16... Bb7 (16... c5 $2 {HarZvi} 17. d5) 17. Be4 {
HarZvi: white got what he should hope in this line,it seems black can not
break with c5,while white enjoyes a big space advantage thanks to the pawn on
e5,just pleasent position to play with white} Nf8 (17... c5 $5 18. Bxb7 (18. d5
exd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxe5+ Qxe5 23.
Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rd2 $17) 19... Bxd5 (19... Nf8 $10) 20. Nxd5 Qe6 $10) 18...
Rxb7 19. Qe4 (19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Qa6 Rbb8 23. Nd5 Qe6 24.
Nc7 Qc6 25. Nb5 Nf8 26. Nxa7 Qa8 27. Qa3 Ne6 {/\28...b5} 28. Nb5 Qxa3 29. Nxa3
(29. bxa3 Ra8 $44) 29... b5 $44) (19. Nb5 cxd4 20. Nbxd4 $16 (20. Nd6 Rbb8 21.
Rc7 $16)) 19... Rbb8 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Qe8 $14) 18. g3 Rbc8 19. a3 Rc7 (
19... c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne4 Qd5 {Huzman} (21... cxd4 $1 {Tischbierek} 22.
Nd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 (23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. exd6 Qc6 $44) 23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qd5 25.
Ne1 $1 Qxd6 26. Qa6 $13) 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Red1 $16) 20. Red1 c5 21. Bxb7 Rxb7
22. Ne4 Rc7 (22... cxd4 23. Nd6 (23. Nxd4 Rd5 24. Nc6 $16) (23. Nxd4 {HarZvi})
23... Rc7 (23... Rbd7 24. Nxd4 $18) 24. Rxc7 (24. Nxd4 Bxe5) 24... Qxc7 25.
Rxd4 $16) 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 bxc5 {/\g6-g5,Nf8-g6} 25. h4 (25. Nd6 {HarZvi
}) 25... Nd7 (25... Rb7 $5 {><b2} 26. Nd6 Rb3 27. Rd3 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Nd7 29. Nc4
(29. Nc8 Qe8 30. Nxa7 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Bxe5 32. b3 Bd4 {/\33...e5,34...e4<=>})
29... Nb6 30. Na5 $14) 26. Nd6 Nb6 (26... Rc6 $5 {HarZvi with the idea Nxe5})
27. Nd2 {HarZvi: a very strong move which probably Kramnim had underestimated,
since he could have played 26...Rc6 not allowing this,now white will defend
the e5 pawn with f4 and put the "bad" f3 knight on e4} (27. Qb5 $5 Qd7 (27...
c4 28. Rc1 $14) 28. Qa5 Qc6 $132) 27... Rd7 (27... Bxe5 {HarZvi alomost
working,but almost is not enough} 28. Qxe5 Nd7 29. Qf4 e5 30. Qa4 Qxd6 31. Ne4
{and white takes twice on d7 and give a check on f6 winning}) 28. f4 Rxd6 {
it is clear black position is unpleasent but after this I think losing} (28...
f6 {xe6,g6}) 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Ne4 Qc6 $2 (30... Bd4+ 31. Kh2 $16 {/\32.b4}) (
30... Qe7 $1 {/\31...Nd5,31...Bd4<=>}) 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. h5 Qc7 (32... gxh5 33.
Ng5+ Kg6 34. Qd3+ Kf6 (34... f5 35. Nxe6 $18) 35. Rg8 $1 {/\36.Nh7+;36.Qd8+}
hxg5 36. Qd8+ Kf5 37. Qxg5+ Ke4 38. Rxg7 $18) 33. hxg6+ fxg6 34. Rd6 Bd4+ 35.
Kh2 Nd5 36. Rxe6 (36. Qb5 $5 {HarZvi} Nb6 37. b4 $1 {winning}) 36... Qb7 37.
Qg4 Ne7 38. Nd6 Qd7 39. Qe2 Ng8 40. Qe4 Bf6 (40... Bf6 {HarZvi} 41. Ne8 Qd2+
42. Kh3 Qd7 43. g4) 1-0

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8256]} 1. d4 {Lutz} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6.
Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
d5 $6 {This is not the best move, white opens the position with two bishop for
black.  Lutz: 'Wie bereits in den Anmerkungen zu Vauli,A-Korotylev,A angegeben
ist, sollte Weiß hier besser 13.Be2 spielen. Nach dem Textzug gerät Weiß in
Schwierigkeiten.'} (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rad1
Bh6 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1 Rhe8 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Red6 23. Be2
Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25. Qh4 Bf8 26. Bc4 $13 {1-0 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Linares 1993
(45)}) 13... O-O-O $1 {[%csl Gd5,Ge6]} 14. Be2 f5 {'N' Lutz.} ({Also possible
is} 14... Nb6 15. Nxb6+ Qxb6 16. O-O f5 $36 (16... Rg8 {Lutz} 17. g3 $6 f5 18.
Rfd1 fxe4 19. Qxe4 exd5 20. Qxh7 Bg7 21. Rac1 Kb8 $17 {0-1 Vaulin,A-Korotylev,
A/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/[Lutz] (32)})) 15. exf5 ({Much better was} 15. dxe6 Nb6 $1
16. Nxb6+ Qxb6 17. Qc4 fxe4 18. Ng5 {with a very unclear position.}) 15... Nb6
16. Nxb6+ Qxb6 17. O-O $6 {'?' Lutz.} ({After} 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. Ne5 $1 (18. d6
Rxd6 (18... Bg7 $6 19. O-O-O $1) 19. Qc4 Bg7 20. Rc1 Bc3+ 21. Rxc3 bxc3 22.
Qxc3 Qb4 $17) (18. O-O {Lutz}) 18... Rxd5 19. Nc4 {white 's position is still
playable}) 17... Rxd5 18. Qe3 Rxf5 {'-/+' Lutz. Lutz: 'Abgesehen von seinem
Mehrbauern hat Schwarz auch noch Druck gegen den weißen Königsflügel.'} 19. Ne5
$2 {It's difficult to find a move.} (19. g3 Qc6 $1) (19. Ne1 Bg7 20. Rd1 Rg8
$40) (19. a3 $5 {Lutz}) 19... Rg8 20. g3 {'?' Lutz. Lutz: 'Führt zu einer
tödlichen Schwächung der Diagonalen h1-a8, wie gleich deutlich wird.'} (20. Nf3
$17 {Lutz}) 20... Bg7 {Now there is no defence against the threat 21...Be5 and
22...Qc6.  Lutz: '... und Kortschnoj verlor die Lust am Weiterspielen.
Verständlich, wenn man die Varianten sieht:'} (20... Bg7 21. f4 (21. Nc4 {Lutz}
Qc6 22. f3 Bd4 $19) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Ivanov,Se"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Bg7 (13... Nxe5) 14. Nxd7
$5 $146 (14. Rad1 Qb6 (14... Qe7 $13 {Lutz}) 15. Na4 {Sokolov,I-Novikov,I/
Antwerp 1997}) 14... Nxd7 15. e5 $1 c5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Nd6 Qb6 18. dxc5 Qc6
19. Nxb7 Qxb7 20. Bxc4 $16 {...} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 15th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2014.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Jakovenko,D"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bb4 {Viorel had never played the Anti-Moscow
Gambit and I had not reviewed my analyses before the game. So I decided to
play this very rare move which was introduced to the top level by Vladimir
Kramnik in an old 2008 game.} ({The main lines are} 11... Bg7 {and}) (11... h5)
12. Qc2 ({The game Miton,K - Kramnik,V continued} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Qc2 ({
The more aggressive} 13. f4 {has been played in two games of Gabriel
Sargissian and he won both. But in the latter one he had Black!}) 13... h5 14.
h3 g4 15. hxg4 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Qg5 17. Bh3 Nf6 {and here} 18. Rfe1 $5 ({or} 18.
a3 $5 {deserves attention.})) 12... Nxe5 $5 {This is a novelty prepared about
five years ago when I was young and optimistic enough to play the Anti-Moscow
on purpose.} 13. Bxe5 ({I don't believe in White's attack after} 13. dxe5 Nd7 {
although he will have his chances after putting the rook on d6.}) 13... O-O 14.
Rad1 ({Of course,} 14. f4 $6 {is met by} Nd7) ({But} 14. a3 $5 {deserved
attention, with the idea} Ba5 $6 ({Instead Black should choose between} 14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 c5) ({and} 14... Be7 15. Rad1 a6 $5) 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bd6) 14...
Qe7 {Now we have transposed to the game Anand,V - Kramnik,V from the World
Championship in 2008 in which Black was considered to have a good position.
This was the idea of my novelty - and yes, as one may have noticed, I like
Kramnik's opening choices! One small problem was that I could not remember
either how the game continued or any of my analyses.} 15. b3 ({Anand played} 
15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f4 (16. e5 Qf5) 16... Qg7 17. e5 c5 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5
$15 {and Black seized the initiative. The idea of Bologan's move is to free
the d3-square for his bishop and prevent the black queen from coming to the
h7-b1 diagonal after Bxf6 and e5.}) 15... cxb3 16. axb3 ({Marin in his
commentaries to Anand - Kramnik recommended} 16. Qxb3 {with a repetition of
moves after} Nd7 17. Bg3 Nf6 ({Modern engines also suggest} 17... a6 $5)) 16...
Rac8 $6 ({I have considered the strongest} 16... Nd7 $1 17. Bg3 e5 {(again
Marin's recommendation, by the way)} 18. Bg4 ({Better is} 18. Na2 Ba5 19. dxe5
Nxe5 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Rfd8 $132) 18... Nf6 19. Bf5 exd4 20. Rxd4 Rad8 {
And here I was not sure about the complications after} 21. Rxd8 ({or} 21. Rxb4
Qxb4 22. e5 Nh5) 21... Rxd8 22. e5 Nh5 23. Ne4 c5 24. Nd6 Bd5 {. So I decided
to look for something else and then just forgot about this line. In fact,
Black is just better in both positions.}) 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5 Qg7 19. Ne4 c5 {
This breakthrough was the idea of my 16th move but it doesn't solve all the
problems.} 20. Nf6+ (20. Nd6 cxd4 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. Qd3 Qxe5 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 Bc5 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 20... Kh8 21. d5 {Very natural.} ({
I was slightly worried about} 21. Bd3 cxd4 22. Qe2 {, planning f2-f4, but here
Black has} g4 $1 {and White's compensation is insufficient.}) ({A serious
alternative to the move in the game was} 21. dxc5 $5 Rxc5 22. Qa2 {[%cal Gf6d7]
. White threatens Nf6-d7. It seems that Black should have enough compensation
with two bishops and at least one pawn but his king is not save. For example:}
Rxe5 (22... a6 23. Nd7 Rc3 24. Nxf8 Qxf8 {does not look too appealing eigther})
23. Nd7 Kg8 24. Nxf8 Qxf8 25. Bh5 {with an unpleasant initiative.}) 21... exd5
({After} 21... Bxd5 22. Bxb5 {Black has no counterplay.}) 22. f4 $2 {Viorel
goes wrong.} ({He should have prevented c5-c4 by simply taking the pawn:} 22.
Bxb5 $1 {Here Black's task is very tough. Houdini tries to hold with moves like
} a6 ({Playing 16...Rac8 I was counting on} 22... c4 23. bxc4 a6 {but it does
not work because of} 24. Qb2 $16) 23. Bd3 a5 24. Qe2 Rc7 {But it's clear that
White's attack is very dangerous, especially in a practical game.} 25. f4 $36 (
25. Nh5 Qg8 26. f4 $36)) 22... c4 $1 {After this move I felt that my
counterplay was at least sufficient. In fact, Black is much better now.} 23.
Kh1 ({It's very important that} 23. fxg5 {is met by} Qg6 $1) ({After} 23. bxc4
{Black answers} dxc4 $1 (23... bxc4 24. Kh1 {is much better for White than in
the game as Black has not possibility to take on b3}) 24. fxg5 Rcd8 (24... Qg6
$2 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Rd7) 25. Bf3 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Bc8 $15) (23. Nxd5 gxf4 24.
Rxf4 Rfd8 (24... cxb3 25. Qxb3 Bc5+ 26. Kh1 Qxe5 $17) 25. Bf3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qg6
27. Qe2 Rxd5 $1 28. Rxd5 c3) 23... d4 {The most concrete. Black opens up the
way for his light-coloured bishop.} 24. Rxd4 ({After} 24. bxc4 gxf4 25. Bf3
Rxc4 26. Qf2 Bc6 $15 {despite three extra pawns things are not that clear but
Black should be better.}) 24... gxf4 (24... Rcd8 {was another possibility but
I preferred a more forced continuation.}) 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 (26. Rxf3 cxb3
27. Qxb3 Qg6 $1 $17 (27... a5 28. Rdxf4 Bd2 29. Rf5) 28. Rdxf4 Bd2 29. Rf5 Qxf5
30. Rxf5 Rc1+) 26... cxb3 27. Qxb3 Bc3 $2 {Here I was choosing between this
move and 27...Rg8. When I noticed my 32nd move I could not resist.} (27... Rg8
$1 {was stronger:} 28. Ng4 (28. Nxg8 Rxg8 29. Qc2 Bc5 30. Rdd1 b4 $19) 28...
Be7 $1 29. Rxf4 (29. Rd7 Rce8 $19) 29... Rc4 $1 {This is what I missed.} 30.
Rxc4 (30. Rf5 Qg6 31. Qxb5 Rb4 32. Qd7 Rb2 $19 {[%cal Gh6h5]}) 30... bxc4 31.
Qxc4 h5 32. Ne3 Qxe5 $17 {and Black should win.}) 28. Rxf4 $2 {White misses
his chance.} ({After} 28. Rdd1 $1 Bxe5 29. Nd7 Rfe8 30. Rg1 Qh7 31. Qxb5 {
White's counterplay is very strong:} Bg7 32. Rd6 Re7 33. Nf6 Bxf6 34. Rxf6 Rg8
35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. Rxf4 {and this should be draw.}) 28... Bxe5 29. Rg1 Rc1 30.
Rxc1 Bxf4 31. Nh5 Qg5 {All these moves were forced, and now there is the point:
} 32. Qb4 $2 (32. Nxf4 {was more stubborn:} Qxf4 33. Qc3+ f6 34. Rg1 b4 {
and Black should gradually win.}) 32... Bd6 $1 {This beautiful geometry
finishes the struggle.} 33. Qc3+ Be5 34. f4 Bxc3 35. fxg5 b4 {White resigned.}
0-1

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "195"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 a5
15. Bb3 Nf8 16. a3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Rab8 $146 (17... Ra7 18. e4 Be8 19. e5 $14 {
Yusupov-Dreev/Tilburg/1992}) 18. e4 $1 $14 {()} Bc8 {/\b6} (18... Be8 $142 19.
e5 Bb6 20. Ne4 $14) 19. Nd3 $5 Ng6 (19... Bd7 20. e5 $16 {/\Nf4}) 20. e5 Nh4 $6
(20... Bd7) 21. Nde1 $1 $16 Nxf3+ (21... Ng6 $5) 22. Nxf3 Bd7 23. Qe4 (23. Nd2
{/\Ne4} c5 $1 $132 {/\Bc6} 24. Ne4 Bc6 25. Nxc5 Bb6 $44) 23... c5 $5 (23... Be8
24. h4 $16 {/\h5, Bc2}) 24. Rxc5 (24. dxc5 $2 Bc6 25. Qe3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qg5+
$10) (24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 b5 $13) 24... Bc6 (24... Bb6 25. Rc3 $16) 25. Qf4
Bxf3 $5 {^-} 26. gxf3 $1 (26. Qxf3 $2 Rxd4 $1 $10) 26... b5 (26... Bb6 27. Rc3
$16) 27. Kh1 {/\Rg1->} Bb6 $5 28. Rxb5 Ba7 $1 (28... Bxd4 $6 29. Qxd4 $3 Rxd4
30. Rxb8+ Kh7 31. Rxd4 $18) 29. Rxb8 (29. a4 $6 Rxb5 30. axb5 Qb4) 29... Rxb8
30. Bc4 $5 (30. Rd3 a4 31. Bxa4 Rxb2 $132) 30... Rxb2 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Bxf2
$5 (32... Rxf2 33. Rxa5 Rb2 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxa7+ $16) 33.
Rxa5 Qd8 (33... Ba7 34. Qxf7+ $16) 34. Bxf7+ (34. Qxf7+ $2 Kh8 35. Rd5 Rb1+ 36.
Kg2 Qg5+ $40) 34... Kh8 35. Bd5 $6 (35. Rd5 $1 Qc8 36. Bg6 $18) (35. Qa4 $6 {
/\Ra8} Rb1+ 36. Kg2 Qg5+ 37. Kh3 Qf5+) 35... Be3 $3 (35... Rb8 $2 36. e6 $1 Be3
37. Qxb8 $18) 36. Qa4 $3 (36. Qf5 $2 Rb8 $1 $19) 36... Rb1+ $1 (36... Rb8 37.
Ra8 $18) 37. Kg2 Qg5+ $2 {(+)} (37... Rb8 $142 38. Ra8 $140 Qg5+ 39. Kh3 Qxe5
$16) 38. Kh3 $18 Qxe5 (38... Qh5+ 39. Qh4 $18) (38... Qf5+ 39. Qg4 $18) 39.
Ra8+ $2 {(+)} Rb8 40. Rxb8+ Qxb8 $16 41. Qc2 $1 Bf4 42. a4 Bc7 43. Qg6 Qc8+ (
43... Bxh2 44. Be4 Kg8 45. a5 $16) 44. Be6 Qa8 45. Qf7 Qd8 46. Bf5 Qa8 47. Kg4
$5 (47. Be4 Qc8+ 48. Kg2 Qd8) 47... Bxh2 48. Qg6 Kg8 49. Be6+ Kh8 50. a5 Qb8
51. Kh3 Bc7 52. Bf5 Kg8 53. Be6+ Kh8 54. a6 Bb6 55. Bf5 Kg8 56. Qe6+ Kh8 (56...
Kf8 $4 57. Bg6 $18) 57. Qg6 Kg8 58. Be4 Qc8+ 59. Kg2 Qd8 {/\Qg5} 60. Qe6+ Kh8
61. Kh3 Qb8 62. Qf5 Kg8 (62... Qg8 $5) 63. f4 (63. Qd7 Kh8 64. f4 Ba7 65. Bd3
Bb6 66. Qf5 Qg8 $1 $16) 63... Qd8 $1 64. Kg3 Ba7 65. Bb1 $6 (65. Bc2 Qb6 $1)
65... Bf2+ $3 (65... Bb6 66. Bc2 Ba7 67. Kg4 Qb6 68. Kh5 Qc5 69. Bb3+ Kh8 70.
Bd5 Bb6 71. Qe6 Qf8 $16) 66. Kg2 (66. Kxf2 Qd2+ 67. Kf3 Qd1+ 68. Ke3 Qe1+ 69.
Kd4 Qb4+ 70. Kd5 Qb5+ $10) 66... Qd2 67. Qe6+ Kf8 68. Kf3 (68. Bg6 Ba7+ 69. Kf3
$2 Qf2+ 70. Kg4 Qg2+ 71. Kf5 $4 Qh3+ 72. Ke5 Bb8+ 73. Kd5 Qb3+ $19) (68. Ba2
Qxf4) 68... Bg1 $1 69. Qf5+ (69. Ba2 Qf2+ 70. Kg4 h5+ $1 71. Kxh5 Qh2+ $10)
69... Ke7 70. Qe5+ Kd8 71. Qb8+ Ke7 72. Qc7+ Kf8 73. Qc8+ Ke7 74. Qb7+ Kd8 75.
Be4 $14 Qf2+ $6 (75... g5 $5) (75... Qd1+) 76. Kg4 Qa7 77. Qb3 $1 $16 Bd4 (
77... Qxa6 78. Qd1+ $18) 78. Bf5 Kc7 79. Qd5 (79. Qb5 $5 $16) 79... Bf6 80.
Qd7+ Kb6 81. Qd6+ Ka5 $1 (81... Kb5 $2 82. Bd7+ Kc4 (82... Ka5 83. Qa3+ Kb6 84.
Qe3+ Kxa6 85. Bc8+ $18) 83. Qc6+ Kd4 (83... Kd3 84. Bf5+ Kd4 (84... Ke3 85.
Qe4+ Kd2 86. Qc2+ Ke1 (86... Ke3 87. Qd3+ Kf2 88. Qd2+ $18) 87. Kf3 $18) 85.
Qd7+ $18) (83... Kb4 84. Qb7+ $18) 84. Be6 {/\Qd7} Ke3 (84... h5+ 85. Kf3 $18)
(84... Qb8 85. Qb7 Qd6 86. Qd7 $18) (84... Be7 85. Qc4+ Ke3 86. Qc1+ $18) 85.
Qc1+ Kd3 (85... Kf2 86. Qd2+ Kg1 87. Kf3 Qa8+ 88. Bd5 $18) (85... Ke4 86. Qb1+
$1 Ke3 87. Qg1+ $18) 86. Bc4+ Ke4 87. Qh1+ Kd4 88. Qg1+ $18) 82. Qa3+ (82. Bd3
Be7 $5) 82... Kb5 (82... Kb6 $4 83. Qe3+ $18) 83. Bd3+ (83. Qb3+ $5 Ka5 $5 (
83... Kc6 $6 84. Be4+ $1 Kc7 $1 85. Qc4+ Kb6 $1 86. Qc6+ Ka5 87. Bd3 Qb6 $16) (
83... Kc5 84. Qb7 Qb6 85. Be4 Qe6+ 86. Kg3 $140 g5 87. a7 gxf4+ 88. Kh2 Qa2+)
84. Qa3+) 83... Kc6 (83... Kb6 $5 84. Qd6+ Ka5 $16) 84. Qc1+ $1 Kd6 (84... Kd5
85. Bb5) (84... Kd7 85. Bb5+ Kd8 86. Qc6 Qg1+ 87. Kf5 (87. Kh5 $5) 87... Qb1+
88. Ke6 Qb3+ 89. Bc4 Qe3+ 90. Kf7 Qe7+ 91. Kg6 Bd4 92. Qa8+ Kc7 93. Qb7+ Kd8
94. Qb8+ Kd7 95. Bb5+ Ke6 96. Qc8+ Kd6 97. Qc6#) 85. Bb5 {/\Qc6,Qb7} Bd4 $6 (
85... Qb6 86. Qa3+ Kc7 87. a7 Qe6+ $1 (87... Qg1+ 88. Kf5 Qb1+ 89. Bd3 $18) (
87... h5+ 88. Kh3 Qe6+ 89. Kh2 $18) 88. Kg3 Qe1+ 89. Kg2 $1 Qe4+ 90. Kh3 Qe6+
$140 (90... Qh1+ 91. Kg4 $18) 91. Kh2) (85... Qa8 $2 86. Qa3+ $1 Ke6 (86... Kc7
87. Qc5+ $18) 87. Qe3+ Kf7 88. Qe8+ $18) (85... h5+ 86. Kf5 Qb6 87. Qc4 Ke7 (
87... Bd4 88. a7 g6+ (88... Qxa7 89. Qc6+ Ke7 90. Qe6+ Kd8 91. Qd6+ Kc8 92.
Ba6+ $18) 89. Ke4 Qb7+ 90. Kxd4 Qxa7+ 91. Kd3 Qa3+ 92. Ke4 Qa8+ 93. Ke3 $18)
88. Qd5 $1 g6+ 89. Kxg6 Qg1+ 90. Kh6 Qg7+ 91. Kxh5 $18) (85... Ke7 $5 86. Qa3+
Ke6 $16 (86... Kd8 87. Qd6+ $18) (86... Kf7 87. Bc4+ Ke8 88. Qd6 $16)) 86. Qc6+
Ke7 87. f5 $1 Qb6 (87... Bf2 88. Qe6+ Kd8 89. Qg8+ Kc7 90. Qxg7+ Kb6 91. Qxa7+
Kxa7 92. Kh5 Be3 93. Kg6 $18) (87... Bc5 $5 88. Qd5 (88. Qe6+ Kd8 89. Qg8+ Kc7
90. Qxg7+ Kb6 91. f6 Bd4 $1 92. Qe7 Bc5) 88... Qb6 89. Qd7+ Kf6 90. a7 h5+ 91.
Kxh5 g6+ 92. Kg4 $1 Qxa7 93. Qe6+ Kg7 94. f6+ Kh6 (94... Kh7 95. Bd7 $18) 95.
Qe5 Qa2 (95... Kh7 96. Qh2+ Kg8 97. Bc4+ $18) (95... Bg1 96. Qg5+ $18) 96. Qf4+
Kh7 97. Qc7+ $18) 88. Qd7+ Kf6 89. Bc4 $18 (89. a7 h5+ 90. Kxh5 (90. Kf3 $2 Bg1
) 90... g6+ 91. Kh6 $1 Be3+ 92. Kh7 Qxa7 93. Qxa7 Bxa7 94. fxg6 $18) 89... h5+
90. Kxh5 Ke5 91. Kg4 $1 Qd6 (91... Ke4 92. Qe6+ $18) 92. Qxg7+ Ke4 93. Qb7+ Ke5
94. Qh1 Qc5 95. Qh2+ Kf6 96. Qh6+ Ke7 97. Qe6+ Kd8 98. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O (10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qe7 12. Qc2 $13 {Sveshnikov ECO
D43/(157)}) 10... Qe7 (10... O-O $6 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 {/\e5+/-
Sveshnikov ECO D43/(158)}) 11. Ne4 (11. Qd3 O-O 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Ng3 e5 14. Bb3
Re8 15. Bc2 Nf6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. e4 Be6 $10 {Beliavsky,
A-Dolmatov,S/USSR-ch/1979/}) (11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qe2 e5 13. Ne4 exd4 14. Nxd6 Qxd6
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rxd4 Nf6 $10 {Gheorghiu,F-Larsen,B/Buenos Aires/1979/}) (11.
e4 {-ECO D43/30}) 11... Bc7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qc2 (13. Qe2 Rd8 (13... e5 14. d5
Nb6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 f5 17. Ng3 c5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. e4 g6 20. Rfd1 f4
21. Nf1 g5 22. h3 $14 {Razuvaev,Y-Dolmatov,S/USSR-ch/1980/}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Bb3
Nf8 (14... a5 $5 15. a3 Nf6 $6 (15... Kh8 {/\Nf8,Bd7-e8,f7-f6}) 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6
17. Rfd1 $16 {Bareev,E-Anand,W/Linares/1992/}) (14... Rb8 15. h3 Kh8 16. Rfd1
Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. f4 Be8 $10 {Ribli,Z-Kuczynski,R/Tilburg/1992/}) 15. Ne5 Rb8
16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 $14 {Cebalo,M-Kuczynski,R/Polanica Zdroj/1992/}) 14... Nf8
15. Ne5 Bd7 16. f4 Be8 17. a3 a5 18. Ba2 Kh8 19. Qf3 a4 $1 $132 {Razuvaev,
Y-Dreev,A/Moscow/1989/}) (13. Bb3) 13... Rd8 (13... b6 14. Bb5 cxb5 15. Qxc7
$16) (13... Rb8 14. Bb3 Nf6 $6 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qc5 Bb6 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Ne5
Qe7 19. Bc2 Bc7 20. f4 $16 {Razuvaev,Y-Yusupov,A/USSR-ch/1980/}) (13... Kh8 14.
a3 (14. Rfd1 $5) 14... e5 $5 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Ba2 exd4 17. Nxd4 Bd7 $10 {
Cramling,P-Knaak,R/Hamburg/1991/}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Bb3 $5 Nf8 15. Rfd1 Rb8 16. a3
Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qe4 Nh7 (18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Ned3 $14 {1/4-1/4/
Schmidt,W-Kuczynski,R/Poland-ch/1991/}) 19. Nd3 Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 $14 {
Petrosian,T-Dorfman,I/USSR-ch/1976/}) 14... a5 (14... Nf8 15. Ne5 (15. Nc5 Bd6
16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. Nd3 Bd7 19. e4 Be8 20. Qe2 Bc7 21. e5 Bb6 22. Qe3
a5 23. Rd2 a4 $132 {Chernin,A-Dreev,A/Moscow/1989/}) (15. a3 a5 16. Ba2 (16.
Bb3 $5) 16... Bd7 17. Nc5 Ra7 18. e4 (18. Ne5 Be8 19. f4 Kh8 20. Qf2 f6 21. Nf3
b6 22. Nd3 a4 23. g4 Ra5 $132 {Bellon,J-Dreev,A/Logrono/1991/}) 18... Be8 19.
e5 b6 20. Na4 (20. Ne4 a4 $132) 20... Raa8 $10 {1/4-1/4/Sakaev,K-Dreev,A/Brno/
1992/}) 15... Bd7 16. Be2 $6 Be8 $10 {Mackey-Dreev,A/Arnhem-chjr/1988/}) (14...
b6 15. Bb5 cxb5 16. Qxc7 Ba6 17. Nd6 Kf8 18. Ne5 $16) 15. Bb3 $5 Nf8 16. a3 Bd7
17. Nc5 Ra7 18. e4 $1 Be8 19. e5 $14 Bb6 20. Ne4 Raa8 $1 {/\Rd7,Rad8,><d4} 21.
Ba2 Rd7 (21... a4 $2 22. Nc3 c5 23. d5 $16) 22. Qb3 Ba7 (22... Qd8 $6 23. Nc5
$16) 23. Nd6 Qd8 $1 (23... Rad8 24. Qc3 $16 {><a5}) 24. Nxb7 $2 (24. Bb1 $16)
24... Rxb7 $1 25. Qxb7 Bb6 $1 $44 26. d5 $5 (26. Rxc6 Rb8 27. Rxb6 Rxb7 28.
Rxb7 Bc6 29. Rb3 Bd5 $15) 26... cxd5 (26... exd5 27. Rxc6 Rb8 28. Rxb6 Rxb7 29.
Rxb7 Bc6 30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Rb5 $16) 27. Nd4 Ng6 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 (29. Rxc6
$6 Rb8 30. Qa6 Nxe5 $36) 29... Nxe5 30. Qc2 Ng4 31. Rf1 (31. Rd2 $2 Qg5 $40)
31... Rb8 32. Bb1 (32. h3 Nxf2 $5 33. Rxf2 Bd4 34. Rb1 Qh4 $40 {><a2}) 32... g6
33. h3 Nf6 34. Qd2 Kg7 35. Rc6 $13 Qd7 $6 (35... Bc7 $142 $44) 36. Rfc1 Qa7 $6
$138 37. Qf4 $138 Rb7 $6 38. Rc8 $40 Nd7 39. Qd6 Bd4 40. Kh1 $6 (40. Qe7 $1 Nb6
$140 41. Qd8 $18) 40... Be5 $6 (40... Bxb2 41. Qe7 $3 {/\Qd8->}) 41. Qe7 $18 (
41. Qe7 {/\Qd8} Nb6 (41... Qxf2 42. Qd8 {/\Qh8#} f5 43. Qe7#) (41... Qb6 42.
Qe8 Kf6 43. R1c6 Qxb2 44. Qd8+ $18) (41... g5 42. Qd8 f5 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qxe6+
$18) (41... h5 42. Qe8 Kh6 (42... Kf6 43. Qd8+) (42... f5 43. Qxe6 Rb6 44. Rg8+
Kh7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Rcc8 Bf6 47. Rh8+ Kg5 48. Qe3+ f4 49. h4+ $18) 43. Qxf7
$18) 42. Qd8 Nxc8 43. Rxc8 f5 44. Qf8+ Kh7 45. Qg8#) 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 $5 dxc4 $5 $146 (12... f5 13. c5
Bf6 14. a4 g5 $6 (14... g6 $142 {/\ e5}) 15. b5 a5 16. Ne2 $14 {Kramnik,
V-Illescas Cordoba,M (04)/ Alcobendas m/ 1993/ 1:0/ 37}) 13. Bxc4 a5 14. Qb3
$16 (14. b5 c5 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. d5 Nb6 $13) 14... Nb6 15. Ne5 $5 (15. Be2 axb4
16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Nd5 18. b5 Qb6 19. Na4 Qa5 20. Rc1 $14) 15... Nxc4 16.
Qxc4 Bd7 17. Ne4 $1 Be8 (17... Qc7 18. Nc5 $16) 18. Nc5 Qc8 (18... Qc7 19. Rae1
$16) 19. bxa5 $1 Rxa5 20. Qc3 Ra7 21. Nc4 f6 (21... b5 22. Ne5 f6 23. Ned3 $16)
(21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qc7 23. Rfd1 $16) 22. Nb6 Qc7 23. Rab1 Bf7 24. f4 Bd6 25.
a4 $1 Qe7 (25... e5 26. dxe5 fxe5 27. f5 e4 28. h3 $16) 26. a5 $6 (26. Ne4 $142
Bb8 27. a5) 26... Rd8 $2 (26... Bxc5 $2 27. dxc5 Rd8 28. Rfd1 $18) (26... e5 $5
$132) 27. Rb2 Kh8 $6 (27... e5 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rbf2 exd4 30. exd4 $36) (27...
Bxc5 $5 28. dxc5 Bg6 $132) 28. Ne4 $1 Bc7 (28... Bg6 29. Nxd6 Qxd6 30. Rc1 $16)
29. Nc4 Rd5 30. Nc5 (30. Rfb1 $6 Bxa5 31. Nxa5 Rdxa5 32. Rxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxb7
Qxb7 34. Qxa5 Qb1+ $19) 30... e5 (30... Bd8 31. Rfb1 Bg6 32. Rxb7 Bxb1 33. Rxe7
Rxe7 (33... Bxe7 34. Nb6 Rd8 35. Nxe6 $18) 34. Qb4 Ba2 35. Nb6 Bxb6 36. axb6
$18) (30... Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5 32. Qb4 $18) 31. fxe5 $18 Rxc5 (31... fxe5 32.
Nxb7 exd4 33. exd4 Rxb7 34. Rxb7 Bxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Qxb7 36. a6 Qc7+ 37. Ne5 Bg8
38. Ra1 $18) 32. dxc5 Bxc4 (32... Qxc5 33. exf6 Qxc4 (33... Bxc4 34. fxg7+ Kh7
35. Rf8 $18) 34. Qxc4 Bxc4 35. f7 $18) 33. exf6 (33. Qxc4 Qxe5 $132) 33... Qe4
(33... gxf6 34. Qxc4 Qe5 35. Qf4 Qxb2 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qe8+ Kg7
39. Qe7+ $18) 34. f7 Bxf7 35. Rxf7 Rxa5 $2 (35... Be5 36. Rb4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 a5 $5 (5... Nbd7 6. Bg5 Be7 (6...
Qa5 $5) 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 a5 $6 (8... dxc4 9. Qxc4 c5 $13) 9. a3 $1 $14 {
Vyzmanavin,A-Sveshnikov,E/URS ch 1L/1984/0,5 (41) Inf 39/514/}) 6. e3 (6. Bg5
a4 7. Nxa4 dxc4 8. Qc2 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 $13) 6... Nbd7 (6... a4 $5 7. Qc2 a3 8. b3
b6 $13) 7. Qc2 Bd6 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. cxd5 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb2 Bb4+ 14. Kf1 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 $14) 10. O-O b6 (10... dxc4
11. bxc4 e5 12. Bb2 $13) 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Rac1 (12. e4 $5 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 c5 16. Rad1 $14) 12... Qe7 13. Rfd1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 e5 (15... Nf6 16. Qh4 c5 17. Rcd1 $10) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 c5 $1
18. Qe3 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 $10) 13... Ba3 (13... dxc4 $6 14. bxc4
e5 15. c5 $1 bxc5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. g3 Qe7 19. Na4 $16) 14. Bxa3
Qxa3 15. Ne5 (15. Bd3 $5 Qe7 16. Qb2 $14) 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 $14
Red8 (17... Qc5 $2 18. Qd2 $16) (17... f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. e4 (19. Bf3 $5)
19... dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qc5+ (21... Re7 22. c5 $1 bxc5 23. Rc2 $16)
22. Kh1 Re7 $14) 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. Na4 Rac8 20. Qb2 (20. e4 b5 $1 21. Nc3 dxc4
22. bxc4 b4 23. Na4 Nc5 $15) 20... Rb8 21. Qc2 (21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bf3 b5 23.
Nc3 Nb6 $132) 21... Ba8 (21... dxc4 $6 22. bxc4 $16) 22. cxd5 (22. e4 dxc4 23.
bxc4 b5 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Nc3 Rdc8 $13) 22... exd5 23. e4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 c5 25.
Qe3 Bc6 26. Nc3 (26. Rd6 Bxa4 27. bxa4 Nf8 28. Rcd1 Ne6 $13) 26... Nf8 27. Bb5
(27. f5 $2 Re8) (27. Bf3 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Ne6 29. Nb5 (29. Nd5 Qb7 $1) 29... Nd4
30. Nxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 cxd4 $10) 27... Bxb5 (27... Ba8 28. f5 $16) 28. Nxb5 f6
$1 $132 29. Nd6 fxe5 30. Qxe5 (30. fxe5 Ng6 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nxa5 Qxe5 33. Qxe5
Nxe5 $10) 30... Qxe5 31. fxe5 Ne6 32. Rf1 (32. Rf1 Rd7 {/\Nd4,Re7=/}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ne4 (11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 Rd8 14.
Rfd1 $5 (14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 (15. b5 c5 16. d5 Nb6 $132) 15... Rxa5 16. Rfd1 b6
17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 c5 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Dreev,A/Novosibirsk/1995/0,5/46/})
14... b6 (14... a5 $5 15. b5 c5 16. d5 Nb6 17. dxe6 Rxd1+ 18. Nxd1 Nxc4 19.
exf7+ Qxf7 20. Qxc4 Qxc4 21. Rxc4 Be6 $146 (21... b6 $5 $146)) 15. b5 c5 16. d5
Nf8 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Nd5 Qb7 19. h3 Rd7 20. Rd2 Rad8 21. Rcd1 Kh8 22. Nf4 $1
Bxc4 23. Qxc4 $14 {Ionov,S-Yagupov,I/St-Petersburg/1995/1|0/60/}) 11... Qe7 12.
Qc2 {N/} (12. Rc1 $5 O-O 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. Nc5 (15. Rfd1 $5 $14) (15.
Ne5 $5 $14) 15... b6 16. Ne5 Rd6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 Rc8 19. b4 $14 {Dautov,
R-Dreev,A/Reggio Emilia/1995/0|1/60/}) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 e5 14. Rfe1 $6 (14. d5
cxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Nxc5 Rab8 $10) 14... Kh8 15.
Ned2 (15. d5 $2 cxd5 16. Bxd5 f5 17. Nc3 e4 18. Nd4 Ne5 $17) 15... Re8 16. Nc4
(16. d5 $2 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Nf6 18. Bb3 Bf5 19. e4 Rac8 $17) 16... e4 17. Nfe5 $6
(17. Nfd2 $5 Nf8 $22 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rac1 Rad8 $15) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 (18.
Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Rad1 Kg7 21. e6 fxe6 $15) 18... Bf5 $15 19. Rad1 Rf8
20. Nd6 (20. Qc3 Rae8 21. Nd6 Bxe5) 20... Bxe5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23.
Red1 Kg7 24. Qc4 $6 (24. Rxd8 $5 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26. Bc4 $22 Qd6 27. g3 h5
28. b3 $15) 24... Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rc8 26. a4 Rc7 27. g3 a6 (27... Rd7 28. Rxd7
Qxd7 29. Qc5 $10) 28. Bd1 (28. a5 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 $15) 28... b5 29. Qb3 Qe6
30. Qc2 c5 $1 31. axb5 axb5 32. b3 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 $17 34. Qa2 Kf6 35. Qa8 Rc8
36. Qa5 c3 37. Ra2 h5 $5 38. h4 Qd6 39. Qa6 (39. Qa4 Rg8 40. Qa6 Rb8 $17) 39...
Rb8 40. Qxd6+ Bxd6 41. Bc2 (41. Bxh5 $2 Rb2 $19) 41... Ke5 42. Kf1 (42. Ra5+
Ke6 43. Ra2 Kd5 $17) 42... Kd5 43. Ke1 Kc4 44. Ra7 f6 45. Ra6 Rd8 46. Ra1 Bb4
47. Rd1 Ra8 48. Rb1 (48. Rd4+ $2 Kc5 49. Kd1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Rc1 51. Bb3 c2 52.
Rc4+ Kb5 53. Rxc2 Re1#) 48... Ra3 49. Ke2 Ra6 50. Ke1 Ra3 51. Ke2 Ra7 52. Ke1
Kc5 53. Ke2 Ra2 54. Kd1 Kc4 $1 55. Kc1 (55. Bb3+ Kd3 56. Bxa2 c2+ 57. Kc1 Ba3+
58. Rb2 Kc3 $19) 55... Ba3+ 56. Kd1 Bb4 57. Kc1 Ra5 58. Bb3+ (58. Kd1 Rd5+ $19)
(58. Bd1 $22 Rd5 (58... Ra2 59. Bb3+ Kd3 60. Bxa2 Ba3+ 61. Kd1 c2+ 62. Ke1
cxb1=Q+ 63. Bxb1+ $16) 59. Bb3+ Kd3 60. Bc2+ Ke2 61. Rxb4 Kxf2 62. Rc4 Kxg3 63.
Rxc3 Kxh4 64. Bd1 Kg5 65. Rc8 $132) 58... Kd3 59. Bc2+ (59. Kd1 Ra2 $1 $19)
59... Kc4 60. Bb3+ Kd3 61. Bc2+ Ke2 $1 62. Rxb4 Kxf2 63. Bd1 (63. Bxe4 fxe4 64.
Rxe4 Kxg3 65. Rf4 f5 66. Kc2 Re5 $19) 63... Kxe3 64. Kc2 (64. Bxh5 Kd3 65. Rb1
f4 $19) 64... Kf2 65. Bxh5 Kxg3 66. Bd1 (66. Kxc3 f4 67. Bd1 e3 $19) 66... e3
$1 67. Kxc3 f4 68. Rb6 Rd5 69. Be2 f3 70. Bxf3 Kxf3 71. Rxf6+ Kg2 $19 72. Re6 (
72. Kc4 Re5 $19) 72... Kf2 73. Rf6+ Ke1 74. Kc2 (74. Kc2 e2 75. Rf8 Rc5+ 76.
Kb2 Kd2 77. Rd8+ Ke3 78. Re8+ Kd3 79. Rd8+ Ke4 $19) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 {It turns out that Black's king is ideally placed for
the endgame, covering the f7 pawn and controlling potentially weak squares on
the d-file, and thus his decision to delay castling was fully justified.} 17.
Rfd1 Rhd8 18. Rac1 Rac8 {To sum up, from the games in CBM 50, three cases
where the king remains safely in the middle of the board can be identified:   
(1) When the central pawn structure is closed.   (2) In order to gain some
structural or positional advantage (though this is risky - think back to the
Sicilian games at the beginning).  (3) When an endgame is likely to arise.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Altensteig-A"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1993.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 g6 $1 {Das fiel mir am Brett ein. Weiß schafft e4-e5 nicht
mehr.} 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 {= laut Dautow, aber Schwarz muß es noch beweisen.
} 12. d5 Nb6 $1 13. Bb3 $1 {Nur so kann Weiß etwas spielen.} O-O (13... Bg4 $6
14. Na4 $1 $14) 14. a4 (14. h3 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Be6 $11) (14. Qe2
Bg4 15. Rfd1 c5 $11) 14... a5 $11 15. Qe2 Bg4 $1 16. Rfd1 Bxf3 $1 17. Qxf3 Qxf3
18. gxf3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 {Er bot an und ich zögerte nicht.} (19. Rac1 Bf6 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2003.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 $6 {A dubious move. The theoretically
approved 4...Bb4, 4...dc, 4...h6 were stronger.} 5. Nbd2 h6 {The
"Cambridge-Springs" way to develop the black pieces does not work here: after
5...Nbd7 6.e3 Qa5 7.a3 black has no logical continuation any more.} 6. Bxf6 {
I reproach myself for this move. Obviously, my opponent had a dim impression
what to do after the natural 6.Bh4. But now I will force him by energetic, too
energetic, play to make the only moves. Wrong!} Qxf6 7. a3 {White enjoys a
great lead in development, so with all convenience he will undertake soon
activity in the centre.} Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 {The move looks rather
risky, but a strive for double-edged positions is typical for my young
opponent. It is true, after the solid 8...Qd8 I was going to get a firm grip
upon the black position by 9.c5 Be7 10.Bc4 or 9...e5 10.Qe2 Be7 11.0-0-0.} 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 b6 {It seems, this is the best move.} (12... c5 $2
13. d5 exd5 14. Nc3 {looked very bad.}) (12... Rd8 {was also worth of
consideration.}) 13. d5 {Not the most solid way to treat this position.} (13.
b4 Bb7 14. c5 {was the acknowledged and strong continuation.}) 13... cxd5 14.
cxd5 Bb7 {It is better than} (14... exd5 15. Nc3 {with many unpleasant threats,
due to the exposed location of the black queen and many other tactical targets
in the black position.}) 15. d6 Bd8 (15... Bf6 {was more circumspect, would
lead to about equal play, but my opponent does not want to lose his trumps -
two bishops. To refute 15...Bf6 is hardly possible, after} 16. Rc1 Bxb2 17. Rc7
Nc5 18. Nxc5 Bxf3 {black has no worries.}) 16. Qa4 {The white position is a
bit over-extended. He needs urgent means to protect his far advanced pawn and
to push it ahead.} Ne5 $1 {The only move.} ({After} 16... Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Be4 {or Ne5 black's position is on the verge of collapse. But the move is
bound to an eventual queen sacrifice.}) 17. Nxe5 $2 {This is an act of
faint-heartedness. The black queen had to be taken:} (17. Nf6+ Bxf6 $1 18. Bh7+
$1 Kxh7 19. Qxf4 Nd3 20. Qd2 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 {In spite of material advantage to
win the game is not easy - black has active pieces, but still, it was black
who remained in defensive.}) 17... Qxe5 18. Qd7 Rb8 19. Nc3 {It seems white is
doing very well. After, say 19...Qf4 20.Be4 Bc8 21.Qa7 Qd6 .Nb5 Qf4 21.g3
white wins a rook...} Qa5 $1 {The only move, which saves the position. The
point of it is obvious: pawn a7 is protected!} 20. Be4 ({Or} 20. b4 Qg5 21. Be4
Bf6 $1 22. Rac1 Rfd8 23. Qc7 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qd2 {and black takes
over the initiative.}) 20... Bc8 21. Qc6 Bb7 22. Qc4 $4 {White does not want
to admit equality of chances on the board and suddenly slips into a
technically lost position.} Bf6 $1 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Re2 ({Or} 24. b4 b5 $1 25.
Qd3 (25. bxa5 bxc4 26. Rac1 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rd8 {or 26...Rb3 in both cases with
an inferior endgame for white. Still, it was better than continuation in the
game.}) 25... Qa6 {with a clear edge to black.}) 24... Bxc3 $1 25. bxc3 Rd8 26.
Rd2 Rbd7 27. Qc6 Qa6 28. g3 Qc8 29. Qxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd3 Rc5 31. Rad1 f6 32. f4
Ra5 33. Rd4 Kf7 34. a4 Rc5 35. R4d3 e5 {The game is over. White is not able to
protect his innumerable pawn weaknesses.} 36. f5 Ra5 37. Ra1 e4 0-1

[Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Nc3 {The alternative is 5.g3.
In the catalan set-up it would be wise to postpone development of knight b1:
with a point to develop it eventually to d2.} Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qd3
(8. Qb3 {Lutz} Nbd7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Bd3 Nef6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Rac1 $44 {Kortschnoj,V-Anand,V/Tilburg 1991/CBM 26/[Hansen,Cu] (111)})
8... Ba6 {Using an awkward location of white queen, black gains several tempi.
An open question, however, how conveniently bishop a6 is located?} (8... b4 {
Lutz} 9. Na4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. Qxc5 Qxc5 13. dxc5 Ne4 14. Be3
Nd7 15. Rc1 e5 16. g3 f5 17. Bg2 Bb5 18. Nh4 g6 19. g4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Browne,
W-Henley,R/Berkeley 1984/MCD (62)}) (8... O-O {Lutz} 9. Qc2 b4 10. Na4 Ba6 11.
Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Nd4 b3+ 15. Qd2 Qxc5 16. Nxb3 Qb6 17.
Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 $11 {0-1 Portisch,L-Jussupow,A/Toluca 1982/IZT (52)}) 9.
Qc2 Qa5 10. Bxf6 {It is a pity to give up the bishop. Another line, albeit
more complicated, looks more promising for white:} (10. e3 b4 (10... Nbd7 11.
Be2 b4 12. Qa4 $14) 11. Bxf6 bxc3 (11... Bxf6 12. Qa4 $14) 12. b4 Qxb4 13. Rb1
Qa5 14. Bxg7 Rg8 15. Be5 {(what is,frankly,much more difficult to evaluate)})
10... Bxf6 (10... gxf6 $5 {Lutz}) 11. e3 Nd7 12. Bd3 c5 $1 {Certainly, not
Lutz: 'Christian Gabriel wählt seinem Stil gemäß eine sehr maximalistische
Fortsetzung. Allerdings bleibt sein König in der Mitte. Ich habe das Gefühl,
dass der schwarze Plan zu optimistisch ist.'} (12... b4 13. Ne4 b3+ $2 14. Qd2
$16) 13. O-O c4 $2 {After} (13... cxd4 14. exd4 b4 15. Ne4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O {
black would have had no problems.}) (13... Rc8 {Lutz} 14. d5 $1 (14. a4 $6 b4
15. Bxa6 (15. Nb5 cxd4) 15... Qxa6 16. Ne4 Be7) 14... Bxc3 15. dxe6 fxe6 16.
bxc3 Nf6 17. Ng5 $36) 14. Be4 Rc8 15. a4 $1 b4 16. Nb5 Qb6 (16... b3 {was
worth a consideration:} 17. Qc1 {would enable black soon to castle} ({After} 
17. Qb1 {pawn c4 would not hang}) (17. Qc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxb5 19. axb5 Rc7 20.
Ra5 O-O 21. Rfa1 {white wins a pawn, but black, having a strong passed pawn b3
will, for sure, have counterplay.})) (16... Bxb5 {Lutz} 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. Rxa7
g6 19. Rfa1 $36 {/\} O-O 20. R1a5 Qb6 21. Qa4 $16) 17. Nd2 $1 $16 {'+/-' Lutz.}
c3 ({Or} 17... Bxb5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Rxa7 g6 20. Bb7 $1 {winning a pawn.}) 18.
bxc3 bxc3 19. Nf3 Be7 (19... e5 20. Bf5 {is annoying}) (19... g6 20. Rfb1 {
and black loses pawn c3}) 20. Rfb1 Nf6 21. a5 {'+-' Lutz.} Qxb5 (21... Qd8 22.
Nxa7 Nxe4 23. Nxc8 $18) (21... Qb8 22. Bd3 Nd5 23. Nxc3 $16) 22. Rxb5 Bxb5 23.
Bb7 $1 Rc7 24. a6 O-O 25. Qb3 {In order to deprive black of counterplay white
needs to win pawn c3.} Bd3 26. Rc1 Nd5 27. Ne5 Be2 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxc3 Rxc3
30. Qxc3 Bxa6 31. Qa5 {Black resigned. A bit too early. It is true, after 31...
Bb7 32.f4 he loses pawn a7. Still, white has had to demostrate some technic...}
1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 5th"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "1999.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.07.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 {'!?' Lutz.} 10. d5 {'!?' Lutz.} Bb7 {Lutz: 'Dieser Zug
fühlt sich besser an als 10...b4?!, aber Schwarz bleibt unter Druck.'} (10...
b4 $6 {Lutz: reibt den eigenen Damenflügel auf. Dieser Zug wird in Beliavsky,
A-Bacrot,E/Albert 1999 behandelt.}) 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. e5 {'!' Lutz.
} (13. O-O $6 {Lutz: ist schwächer:} Qd7 14. e5 O-O-O 15. exf6 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Rxd4 17. Be5 Rd2 18. f7 Rh7 19. Bh5 Rd7 20. Rae1 Rhxf7 21. Bxf7 Rxf7 22. Bd4
Kd7 23. Rd1 Kc7 24. Rfe1 b4 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Ne4 Bb6 27. Rd2 Rf5 28. Red1 Rd5
29. Nf6 c3 30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Rd3 d4 32. Rh3 Ba6 33. bxc3 bxc3 34. Rc1 Ba5 35.
Rxh6 d3 36. Rh7+ Kb6 37. Rb1+ Bb5 38. Rd7 c2 39. Rc1 Bd2 {0-1 Van Wely,
L-Porper,E/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 13... Nd5 (13... Nfe4 $2 14. Bh5+ Ke7 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qf3 Qxd4 17. Rd1 $16) 14. O-O {Lutz: 'Der schwarze König wird in
der Mitte bleiben. Weiß hat Kompensation.'} Qb6 {'?!' Lutz. Lutz: 'Mir gefällt
dieser Zug nicht. Schwarz sollte die Dame in der Nähe des Königs behalten.'} (
14... Qd7 $5 {Lutz} 15. Bh5+ Kd8 16. Bg4 Kc7 17. Ne4 Re8 $13) 15. Bh5+ Kd7 16.
Qg4 Rh7 {A threat was Bf7 Lutz: 'Verhindert 17.Bf7'} 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. h4 (18.
Ndxb5 $5 Nd3 (18... cxb5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5+ Kc8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. f4 $40
Qd4+ $2 23. Bf2 Qxf4 24. Bd4 $18) 19. Nd6 $16) (18. Ne4 $5) 18... Rg7 19. Ne4 {
'!' Lutz.} Bc8 $1 {Excellent defensive move. A big pawn on b7 turns out to be
of some help. Moreover, it has a bright future.} (19... Nxe4 {Lutz} 20. Nxe6
$18) 20. Nxc5+ Bxc5 21. Qxe6+ Kc7 22. Qxh6 Re7 23. Nf3 {'+/-' Lutz.} Bf5 $1 24.
Nxg5 {White won several pawns, but lost a momentum. An initiative will be soon
taken over by black. White needs to consolidate his position - several his
pieces are badly located.} (24. Qxg5 {looked more natural. Then after} Bd3 25.
Rfe1 Bb4 {black could win an exchange. But after} 26. e6+ Kb7 27. Bf7 {white's
advantage would be out of question.}) 24... Kb7 25. Bg6 (25. Nf7 {presumably
planned by white, does not work out:} Rg8 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. exd6 Rh7) 25... Bg4
26. Rde1 (26. Nf7 Rg8 27. Nd6+ Ka6 (27... Bxd6 $2 28. exd6 Reg7 29. Bh7 $16)
28. Rde1 Re6 29. h5 Bxh5 30. Qxh5 Rexg6 {white position is hard to defend.})
26... c3 27. bxc3 Nxc3 28. Bh5 {It seems, both partners are in time trouble.
In order to pacify the position (and to retain an advantage) 28.Ne4 was called
for.} Bf5 29. Nf7 Rg8 30. Kh2 $4 {'?' Lutz. An awful move. Lutz: 'Weiß
verliert die Kontrolle.'} ({After} 30. Nd6+ {white was still winning:} Bxd6 31.
exd6 (31. Qxd6 {Lutz} Rd7 32. Qf6 $18 {macht einen besseren Eindruck.}) 31...
Rxe1 (31... Rh7 32. Re7+) 32. Rxe1 Rxg3 33. Qf4) 30... Bd3 31. Rh1 {'?' Lutz.
After this move white position collapses. Instead, after 31.Nd6+ white would
have had still chances to win the game.} (31. Nd6+ $142 {Lutz} Ka6 32. Bf7)
31... Bxf2 {'-/+' Lutz.} 32. Ng5 Rh7 {'!' Lutz.} 33. Qf6 (33. Nxh7 {Lutz} Bxg3+
34. Kh3 Bf5+ 35. Bg4 Rxg4 $19) 33... Bxe1 34. Rxe1 Nd5 $1 $17 (34... Rxh5 $2 {
Lutz} 35. Qf7+) 35. Nxh7 (35. Qf3 Rxg5 36. hxg5 Bg6 $19) 35... Nxf6 36. Nxf6
Rh8 37. e6 {Lutz: 'Durch den e-Bauern hat Weiß noch Gegenspiel.'} Qd4 38. Re5 {
A witty way to help to promote the e pawn will be parred by a nonless witty
manner.} Bg6 $1 39. e7 (39. Bxg6 Rxh4+ 40. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 Qd4+ {'-+' Lutz.}
42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Kg1 Qxe5 44. Nd7 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Kc7 $19) 39... Bxh5 40. Nxh5 Qg4
41. e8=Q $2 {A logical continuation of the game would be} (41. Nf6 Rxh4+ 42.
Bxh4 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 Qd4+ 44. Kf1 Qxe5 45. e8=Q Qxf6+ $17) 41... Rxe8 42. Rxe8 {
Perhaps white overlooked that 42.Nf6 has a refutation - Qg3 - check...} Qxh5
$19 43. Re5 Qh7 44. h5 a5 45. Bf4 a4 46. a3 {'?' Lutz.} ({Bessere Chancen
bietet} 46. h6 {Lutz} b4 47. Re3 {mit der Idee Rg3-g7, und die Partie ist noch
nicht zu Ende.}) 46... b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Ra5 Qe4 {Lutz: 'Der a-Bauer wird den
Läufer kosten.'} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ng5 $5 {This move is more or less a novelty.
Up to now white played here 11.Bg5, Bd2 or Be2.} h6 12. Ne4 Qa5 13. b3 N5b6 {
The well-known maneouvre - white knights controlling the square c5 must be
eliminated.} 14. Nac5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 {An alternative was} (15... Bxc5 $5 16.
Qg3 Bd4 17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Nxb7 Qd5) 16. Qg3 Nxc5 17. Nd2 $6 {Too optimistic.
After} (17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Rg8 19. Bb2 {or Be3 white would have had full
compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 17... Qd8 $1 {The move hinders normal
development of white pieces - in case of a natural 18.Bb2 black would simplify
the position by} (17... Qd8 18. Bb2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 Ne4+ {[%cal Re4d2,Re4g3]})
18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qe4+ 20. Qe3 {Or 20.Be2 0-0-0 21.f3 Nd3 22.Kf1 Qf5-/+} (20.
Be2 O-O-O 21. f3 Nd3+ 22. Kf1 Qd5 $17) 20... Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 a5 {In an
opening|s skirmish black won a pawn. But the position is still unclear - black
pawns on the queen side are blockaded, some pieces, like Bb7 and Nc5, are
misplaced. Obviously, black is going to play a5-a4. In order to prevent it
white had to continue now 22.Bd4 or 22.Nb6 with a position, still difficult
for an evaluation...} 22. Rc1 $2 (22. Bd4) (22. Nb6) 22... a4 23. Nb6 Ra7 24.
bxa4 {24.Bd4? ab-+} (24. Bd4 $2 axb3 $19) 24... Nxa4 25. Nxa4 Rxa4 26. Bc4 Ra5
27. Kf2 Ba6 28. Bb3 Bb5 {Certainly c6-c5 had to be considered. But I disliked
the following line:} (28... c5 29. a3 $1 Be7 30. axb4 cxb4 31. Rc7 Bd8 32. Ra7
O-O 33. Ra1 Rxa1 34. Bxa1 Bd3 35. Bd4 {- the white pieces look extremely
active!}) 29. Bd4 Be7 30. Rhd1 O-O 31. Bc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rfa8 33. Rd4 {White
forces his opponent to sacrifice an exchange, what turns out to be very strong.
It is true, after some indifferent move like 33.Kg3 black would continue Ba4,
still with good winning chances.} Rxa2+ 34. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 Rb2 $17 36. Rc1
b3 37. Rb4 Rc2 38. Ra1 Bc4 39. h4 {Immediate 39.e4, in order to prevent a
set-up Bd5+c6-c5-c4-c3, was more stubborn.} c5 40. Rb8+ Kh7 41. e4 Kg6 42. Ra7
Rc3+ 43. Kh2 (43. Kf2 Bd3 44. Ke3 Bc2+ 45. Kd2 (45. Kf4 Kh5 46. Rg8 b2 $19)
45... Rg3 $19) 43... Bd3 44. h5+ Kxh5 45. Rxf7 Bxe4 46. Rxg7 c4 47. Rb4 Rc2 48.
Kh3 Bg6 $19 49. Rgb7 Kg5 50. Kg3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz Petursson} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. O-O Bg7 (9... dxc4 {Lutz} 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. e4 e5) 10. e4
(10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 $14) 10... dxc4 $6 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 (11... Qf4
$142 $1 $11) 12. c5 O-O 13. Re1 $14) 11. e5 {Um dies zu vermeiden, spielt
Schwarz in der Regel 9...d:c4.} Qe7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qe2 (14. Bd3 {
Lutz} b6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rab8 18. h4 Rdc8 19. g3 Ba8 20. Rcd1
Rd8 21. Qe3 Rbc8 22. Qf4 b5 23. Qe3 Nb6 24. h5 g5 25. Rc1 Bb7 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk 1995}) 14... Nb6 {Schwarz öffnet die
Stellung, obwohl er unterentwickelt ist. Schwarz sollte sich ähnlich zu
Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J aufbauen.} (14... a5 $5 {Lutz} 15. Rad1 b6 $14) 15. Bb3
c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Ne4 Qb4 $6 (17... Qe7 $5) 18. Nd6 a5 $2 (18... Nd7 $142 $1
19. Rac1 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 (20... Qxd6 $2 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Rxc8 $1 $18)
21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Rxc8 Qxe1+ $1 23. Qxe1 Rxc8 24. g3 $13) 19. Rad1 a4 20. Rd4
$16 Qc5 21. Bc2 a3 22. Red1 {/\ Ne4} Rf8 23. b4 Qc7 24. h4 Bd7 25. b5 Nd5 26.
Qd3 {/\ h5} h5 $2 (26... Qa5 $142 27. h5 Nb4 28. Rxb4 Qxb4 29. hxg6 $40) 27.
Bb3 Nb6 {White has built up an overwhelming position, but here he does not
play the very strongest move.} 28. Ng5 (28. Nxf7 $1 {Petursson} Rxf7 29. Qxg6
Rxf3 30. gxf3 Be8 31. Qxe6+ Bf7 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxf7+ Kh7 35.
Qf5+ Kh6 36. Bf7 $18) 28... Bxe5 (28... Be8 $16 {Petursson}) 29. Ndxf7 $18 (29.
Ngxf7 $1 {Petursson} Bxd4 (29... Rxf7 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe6+
Kh8 33. Qxe5 $18) 30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Nh6+ Kh8 32. Bc2 Qxc2 33. Qxc2 Bxh6 34. Qc7
$18) 29... Rxf7 30. Rxd7 $6 {30.Dg6 Tg7 31.Le6 Le6 32.De6 +-} (30. Nxf7 $6 {
Petursson} Kxf7 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Qxd7+ Qxd7 33. Rxd7+ Kf6 34. Rxb7 Rb8 $1 $16
) (30. Qxg6+ $1 {Petursson} Rg7 31. Bxe6+ Bxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 33. Qh6+ Kg8 34.
Ne6 Qc2 35. Nxg7 Bxd4 36. Rxd4 Qxa2 37. Qg5 $18) 30... Rxd7 31. Bxe6+ (31.
Qxg6+ {Petursson Also winning easily} Rg7 32. Qxe6+ Kh8 (32... Kf8 33. Nh7+
Rxh7 34. Qg8+ Ke7 35. Qxh7+ Bg7 36. Qxg7+ Ke8 37. Qg8+ Ke7 38. Qf7#) 33. Qh6+
Rh7 34. Nxh7 Qxh7 35. Qxb6 $18) 31... Kg7 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxd7+ Nxd7 34.
Rxd7+ Kg8 $16 35. Nf3 $1 Bg7 36. b6 Rc8 37. Rc7 Re8 (37... Rb8 38. Kf1 $16) 38.
Rxb7 Re2 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. b7 Rb2 41. g3 Bf6 42. Ra8 Rxb7 43. Rxa3 Rb2 44. Ra6
Kg7 45. Kf1 Bd8 46. Ne5 $1 (46. Ne5 Bb6 (46... Bf6 47. f4 $18) 47. Nd3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1996.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Hecht} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ {The other
well-known lines are:} (5. e4 Bb4) (5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5) 5... c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7.
Qd3 (7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. g3 b4 9. Nb1 c5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Nb6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {
Black is Okay, Kelecevic,N-Maksimenko,A/op Geneva SUI 1996}) 7... Bb7 (7...
Nbd7 8. a3 b4 $6 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. e4 a5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qe4 Bxf1 14.
Kxf1 {White is clearly better, Karpov,A-Lautier,J, 1996}) 8. a3 ({Alternative
is} 8. Bg5 $5) 8... a6 9. e3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {Black equalized
and stays a little bit better} 12. Bd2 Ke7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ke2 Bd6 15. Rhd1
Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Be1 Nc4 18. Rc2 Bxf3+ $1 (18... Rhd8 {Ftacnik} 19. h3 $10
) 19. gxf3 (19. Kxf3 Ne5+ 20. Ke2 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Ng4 (21... Bxh2 {Ftacnik} 22.
g3 h5 $17) 22. h3 Ne5 23. Rd1 Rc7 {and it is not easy for White to eliminate
Black's pressure on Queen-side}) 19... Ne5 (19... Bxh2 $2 {Ftacnik} 20. f4 $1 (
20. a4 $2 Ne5 21. axb5 Nxd3 22. Rxd3 axb5 {/\ 23...b4}) 20... Nd6 (20... h6 $2
21. a4 Nd6 (21... bxa4 22. Nxa4) 22. axb5 axb5 (22... Nxb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 24.
Bxc2 axb5 25. Bb4+ Ke8 26. Bd3 (26. Rh1)) 23. Nxb5 Rxc2+ 24. Bxc2 Nxb5 25. Bb4+
Ke8 26. Ba4) 21. Bd2 $1 Rc5 22. Rh1 Rh5 23. Kf1 {>< Bh2}) 20. h3 Nxd3 21. Rxd3
Rhd8 {White must be careful, his pawn chain is broken} 22. Rcd2 Bc7 23. Rc2 $6
(23. Rxd8 {Too passive. Better was} Rxd8 24. Ne4 Nd5 25. Rc2 Bb6) 23... Bb6 24.
Rxd8 Kxd8 25. Rd2+ Ke7 26. Rd1 g6 {/^ h4-d8} (26... Rc5 {Ftacnik} 27. Ne4 Nxe4
28. fxe4 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2) 27. f4 {/\ f3, Bh4} ({worse is} 27. Ne4
$2 Nd5) 27... Rc4 28. f3 Nd7 29. b3 Rc6 30. Ne4 Rc2+ 31. Rd2 (31. Kd3 $1 {
Ftacnik} Rc6 (31... Rc7 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kd3 $10) (31... Rh2 $2 32. Bb4+ Kd8
33. Nd6 (33. Ng5 Ke8 34. Rc1) 33... f5 34. Rc1 Nf6 35. Nf7+ Ke8 36. Ne5 Kd8 37.
Rc6) (31... Rb2 $2 32. Bb4+ Ke8 (32... Kd8 33. Kc3 $18 {/\ 34.Nf6}) 33. Nd6+
Kd8 34. Nxf7+ Ke8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Kc3 Rh2 (36... Rf2 $2 37. Ne4 Rxf3 38. Nf6)
37. Rd3 (37. e4) 37... Kc7 (37... Rxh3 38. Nf7+ {/\ Ng5}) 38. Nf7 Rxh3 $6 39.
Ng5 Rg3 40. Nxe6+) (31... Rg2 $2 32. Bb4+ Kd8 33. Ng5 Ke8 34. Rc1 Bd8 35. Nxh7
Rh2 36. Rc8 $18) (31... Ra2 $2 32. Bb4+ Kd8 33. Ng5 Ke8 34. Rc1 Bd8 35. Nxh7 {
/\ 36.Rc8+-}) 32. Bb4+ (32. Ke2 $5 a5 $140 $6 33. b4 $1 {>< b5}) 32... Kd8 33.
Nd6 (33. Ng5 Ke8 34. Nxh7 $6 (34. Ne4) 34... a5) 33... f6 34. e4 Kc7 35. Ke2
Rc2+ 36. Rd2) 31... Rxd2+ 32. Bxd2 Bc5 $5 {A provocative move, as 33.b4 Bd6
favors Black, as well as 33.Bb4 Bxb4 33.axb4 f5 34.Nc3 (34.Nc5!? Nxc5 35.bxc5
a5); The reasonable reply is 33.a4} 33. Nxc5 (33. a4 {Ftacnik} bxa4 34. bxa4
$10) 33... Nxc5 34. Bb4 Kd6 35. Kd2 (35. Kd1 {Ftacnik} a5 (35... Kc6 36. Kc2) (
35... Kd5 36. Kc2) 36. Bxa5 $2 Nxb3 37. Bc3 Kd5 {/\ Kc4}) 35... a5 36. Bxc5+
Kxc5 {Black has advantage in the pawn ending because his pawn structure is
better and his King is more active. [#] Hecht Raum und bessere Bauernstruktur
und mehr Tempi für Schwarz. Gewinnmotiv: entfernten Freibauer am K-Flügel
bilden.} 37. Kd3 f6 38. h4 $6 {it is very likely that this inaccuracy could
cost Karpov a lot because it gives Black an important tempo in the critical
moment. 38.e4 deserved attention} (38. e4 $1) 38... Kd5 39. b4 (39. e4+ {
Ftacnik} Kd6 40. Ke3 (40. Kd4 $2 e5+ 41. fxe5+ fxe5+ 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. a4 b4 44.
Kc4 (44. Ke3 Kf6 45. f4 exf4+ 46. Kxf4 h6 47. e5+ Ke6 48. Ke4 g5 $19) 44... h5
$19 {/\ 45.Kb5 g5}) 40... e5 41. f5 $1 gxf5 42. exf5 Kd5 43. Kd3 a4 44. bxa4
bxa4 45. h5 h6 46. Kc3 e4 47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Kb4 Kxf5 49. Kxa4 Kg4 50. Kb4 f5
51. a4 f4 52. a5 f3 53. a6 f2 54. a7 f1=Q 55. a8=Q $10) 39... axb4 40. axb4 h6
$2 {This move allows White to escape. Black was winning after 40... e5} (40...
e5 41. e4+ (41. fxe5 Kxe5 42. Kd2 (42. Ke2 h5 43. Kf2 Kd5) 42... h5 43. Ke2 g5
44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Kf2 h4 46. Kg2 Kd5 47. f4 gxf4 48. exf4 Ke4 49. Kh3 Kxf4 $19)
41... Kd6 (41... Ke6 {Ftacnik} 42. Ke3 (42. fxe5 fxe5 43. Ke3 Kf6 44. f4 (44.
Kf2 h5 45. Kg3 g5 46. Kh3 gxh4 47. Kxh4 Kg6 $19) 44... exf4+ 45. Kxf4 h6 $19)
42... Kd6 $1 (42... Kf7 $2 43. f5 $1 gxf5 44. exf5 Kg7 45. Kf2 Kh6 46. Kg3 $10)
43. f5 (43. fxe5+ fxe5 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Kg3 h6) 43... gxf5 44. exf5
Kd5 45. Kd3 (45. h5 Kc4 46. Ke4 h6 $19) 45... h5 46. Ke3 Kc4 47. Ke4 Kxb4 48.
Kd5 Kc3 49. Ke6 b4 50. Kxf6 b3 51. Kg7 b2 52. f6 b1=Q 53. f7 Qb7 54. Kg8 Qxf3
$19) 42. fxe5+ fxe5 43. Ke3 Ke6 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Kg2 (45. Kg3 h6 $1 46. Kg4 (46.
f4 exf4+ 47. Kxf4 g5+ 48. hxg5+ hxg5+ 49. Kg4 Ke5 {and Black is winning}) 46...
h5+ 47. Kg3 g5 {winning}) 45... h5 $1 {with the following g6-g5}) 41. e4+ Kd6
42. Ke3 e5 43. fxe5+ fxe5 (43... Kxe5 44. f4+ Ke6 45. Kf3 $11 (45. Kd4 g5 46.
hxg5 hxg5 47. Ke3 $1 $11)) 44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Kg2 $1 {The only move that allows
White to save the game} (45. Kg3 $4 Kf6 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kg3 g5 48. Kh3 gxh4 49.
Kxh4 Kg6 50. Kh3 Kg5 51. Kg3 h4+ $19) (45. Kg2 $1 Kf6 46. Kg3 h5 (46... g5 47.
h5 $10) 47. f4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "London FIDE GP 1st"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.09.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. e4 {One of several possible plans.} (9. O-O O-O 10. b4 {is played quite
often, too.}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Qc2 (11. Qd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rad1
Qc7 14. Qe3 b6 15. c5 e5 16. b4 a5 $11 {1-0 Wang Yue (2716)-Potkin,V (2626)/
Ningbo 2010/CBM 137 Extra (54)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O c5 (12... f5 $6 13. Nc5 Bxd4
14. Nd3 Qd6 15. c5 Qd8 16. Nf4 Bg7 17. Nxg6 Re8 18. Nfe5 $16 {1-0 Moiseenko,A 
(2670)-Korobov,A (2684)/Kharkov 2010/CBM 139 Extra (38)}) 13. dxc5 Bd7 (13...
Bxb2 $2 14. g3 Qf5 15. Nh4 Qe5 16. Rab1 Ba3 17. Rb3 Bxc5 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Nxc5
$16) 14. b4 $2 {[%mdl 8704] A wrong exchange sac.} (14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nd6 Nd7
16. g3 Qf6 17. Nd4 {, and it is not easy for Black to recapture the pawn
without concessions, e.g.} a5 $1 (17... Nxc5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. b4 Na6 20. Rab1
$16) 18. Nxb7 Bxb7 19. c6 Bxc6 20. Nxc6 Nc5 21. Rab1 {[%cal Rc6a5]} Rfc8 22.
Nd4 {keeping a pawn although Black has some compensation.}) 14... Bxa1 $2 ({
Both players underestimated the intermediate} 14... Bc6 $1 15. Nd6 (15. Nc3 $2
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be5 {- that's the point!}) (15. Ng3 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 Rd8 $17) 15...
Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Be5 17. Rfd1 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1 Bxa1 (18... Nc6 $5) 19. Bxb7 Nd7 20.
Bxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxf7 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qh5+ 23. f3 Nf6 {- White does not have
sufficient compensation for the missing piece.}) 15. Rxa1 {Now White's
queenside pawns guarantee him good compensation for the exchange.} Bc6 (15...
Ba4 $5 16. Qd3 Nd7) 16. Nd6 Nd7 17. Qc1 $6 (17. Qb2 $142 e5 18. Rd1 $44) 17...
Qf6 $6 {Apparently, both players wrongly evaluated the exchange of queens,
which, in fact, was rather favourable for Black.} (17... Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Rfd8
$15 {[%cal Ya7a5,Yb7b6]}) 18. Rb1 g5 19. Qe3 Rad8 20. Nd4 a6 (20... Qe5 $5 {
Still!} 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. b5 Be8 23. Rd1 Rd7 24. a4 $16) 21. Re1 (21. Nxc6 $5
bxc6 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. a4 $16) 21... Ne5 22. h3 Ba4 $6 (22... Rd7 $14) 23. Qa3 $6
(23. Nf3 $1 Ng6 (23... Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 $16) 24. Nxb7 (24. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Yd3e4]})
24... Rb8 25. Qa3 $16) 23... Nc6 $6 (23... Ng6 $142) 24. Nf3 $1 Bc2 25. b5 {
White's pawn avalanche becomes unstoppable.} axb5 26. cxb5 Ra8 (26... Nd4 27.
Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Nxb7 Ra8 29. Qe3 $16) 27. Qc1 Nb4 28. Qd2 Qf4 29. Qxf4 gxf4 30.
Nxb7 Rxa2 31. c6 Rfa8 (31... Be4 $142 $1 32. Bc4 (32. Ne5 $5 Rc2 33. Na5 Bd5
34. Bf1) 32... Bxc6 $1 33. bxc6 Rc2 34. Re4 Nxc6 35. Rxf4 Rb8 36. Nd6 Rb1+ 37.
Bf1 Rcc1 38. Nd2 Rb4 {- White should probably win but not so quickly}) 32. Nd6
Bd3 33. Bxd3 Nxd3 34. Rf1 (34. Rb1 $1 Rxf2 35. b6 Raa2 36. b7 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rg3
38. b8=Q+ Kh7 39. Ne4 $18) 34... Rc2 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. b6 Nb4 37. c7 Rf8 38. Rb1
Na6 39. N4b5 Rc6 40. b7 Nxc7 41. Nxc7 (41. Nc8 $1 {ended the game at once but
an extra piece is quite enough.}) 41... Rxd6 42. b8=Q Rxb8 43. Rxb8+ Kh7 44.
Rb4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 e5 46. Ne8 f5 47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2799"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 {
[%mdl 8] This system is examined by GM I.Stohl in CBM 118 (annotations to
Iljin-Nepomniachtchi), by GM D.Rogozenko in CBM 120, as well as in annotations
to Inarkiev-Aronian in this issue, which I wrote a couple of weeks ago. The
opening theory is developing so quickly that they are somewhat out of date
already! Particularly, the text move, which I suggested in those annotations,
has now undergone a thorough test at the highest level. Sit and enjoy!} 15. Bg3
Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 {An early draw?} 17. Bxf8 {Not yet! Black's uncastled king
gives White some compensation for the pawn.} Rxf8 $6 {I don't like this move.}
(17... Kxf8 $5 {(leaving the line of fire) will probably be tested in future
games, e.g.} 18. b3 cxb3 (18... b4 19. Na4 c3 20. d5 {[%cal Cc6d5,Rd1d4]}) 19.
axb3 Kg7) 18. b3 (18. d5 $5 cxd5 19. exd5 Qb6 {[%cal Ye8c8]}) 18... b4 (18...
cxb3 19. axb3 $36) 19. Na4 c3 20. a3 a5 21. d5 $5 {A typical breakthrough.} Qe7
(21... cxd5 22. exd5 Bxd5 $2 {loses to} 23. Bb5 {with a deadly pin.}) (21...
Qf6 22. Qd3 {and White keeps initiative.}) 22. d6 Qf6 23. e5 $1 Qf4 {The pawn
is untouchable as both} (23... Nxe5 24. Nc5) ({and} 23... Qxe5 24. Ba6 Qxe1+
25. Qxe1 Bxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe4 {[%cal Oe4c6,Re4b4] are unsatisfactory for
Black.}) 24. Bd3 {[%csl Gd6,Ge5] The white pawn wedge is now extremely strong.}
bxa3 {Again Black can't capture the e5-pawn:} (24... Nxe5 25. Re4 Qf6 26. axb4
$16) ({The attempts to free his b7 bishop also fail:} 24... c5 $2 25. Bb5 {or})
(24... Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe2 Nb8 (27... Ra8 28. Nxc3 $1) 28.
d7+ $1 Kd8 29. Rad1 {[%cal Ca6a7,Cb8d7,Ya4c5,Yg2g3] with a deadly attack for
White.}) 25. Qe2 $1 {It's time now to protect the pawn, simultaneously
preventing ...Bb7-a6.} (25. Rxa3 Nxe5 {is now less clear, e.g.} 26. Re4 (26.
Nc5 Ng4 $1) 26... Qd2 $1 $13) 25... Qd2 {Black decides to simplify the game at
any cost.} (25... O-O-O 26. Nxc3 f6 {looks quite desperate. White can continue}
27. Bc4 $1 (27. Ne4 $143 Qxe5 $1) 27... Nxe5 (27... Qxe5 28. Qd2) 28. Ne4 $1
Kb8 29. Rxa3 f5 30. Nc5 Ng4 31. g3 Qxd6 32. Rxa5 Qd2 33. Rea1 {with a strong
attack.}) 26. Rxa3 Qxe2 (26... f6 $5) 27. Rxe2 g4 $6 {This attempt to activate
the f8-rook is probably too slow.} (27... Ba6 $5 {was probably better:} 28.
Bxa6 c2 $1 29. Rxc2 Rxa6 $14 {[%cal Od7e5,Ca4c5,Cc5a6,Yf7f6]}) 28. Nxc3 Rg8 29.
Ne4 Kd8 30. Nd2 c5 (30... Rg5 31. f4 gxf3 32. Nxf3 $16) 31. Bb5 $1 Bd5 32. Nc4
Rg5 33. Rea2 {The e5-pawn has played its part. It's now time for the invasion!}
Nxe5 (33... Bxc4 34. bxc4 Rxe5 35. Kf1 $18 {[%cal Ya5a8,Oa3a5,Ce5h5,Ch5h2,
Ya5a7]}) (33... Rb8 34. Rxa5 {and Black is nearly in zugzwang!}) 34. Nb6 $1 Rb8
35. Rxa5 {[%cal Rb6d5,Ra5a8]} Be4 36. Ra7 f6 37. R2a6 {Missing a forced win
but keeping a decisive advantage anyway:} (37. Nd7 $1 Rxb5 38. Nxf6 {[%cal
Ce5c6,Cc6a7,Ra7a8,Ra7e7]} Nc6 39. Rf7 Kc8 40. Nxe4) 37... Rg8 38. Rc7 (38. Ba4
$5 {[%cal Yb6d7]}) 38... Rf8 39. Rxc5 Rf7 40. d7 Nxd7 41. Nxd7 Rxd7 42. Bxd7
Kxd7 {Slowly but surely White brings home his material advantage:} 43. Rc3 f5
44. Ra7+ Kd6 45. Rh7 Bd5 46. Rxh6 Bxb3 47. h3 gxh3 48. Rhxh3 Bd5 49. Rc2 Ke5
50. f3 Kf6 51. Kf2 Rb4 52. Re2 Kg6 53. Kg3 Ra4 54. Rh4 Ra7 55. Rb2 Kf6 56. Rhb4
Ke5 57. Re2+ Kf6 58. Rd2 Ke5 59. Re2+ Kf6 60. Kf4 Ra3 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Re2 Ra3
63. Kg3 Ra8 64. Rc2 Ke5 65. Rh4 Rg8+ 66. Kh2 Ra8 67. Re2+ Kf6 68. f4 Ke7 69.
Rh7+ Kd6 70. Kg3 Rg8+ 71. Kh3 Rg4 72. g3 Rg8 73. Rd2 Rc8 74. Kh4 Rc3 75. Rg7
Ra3 76. Rc2 Bc6 77. Rc1 Rb3 78. Rg1 Bd5 79. Kg5 Kc5 80. Kf6 Kd4 81. Re1 Rb6 82.
Rd7 Rc6 83. Ke7 Ra6 84. Rd6 Ra7+ 85. Kf6 {[%cal Cd4c5,Cc5d6,Re1e6]} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 (9... h5 {was examined in CBM 120 and 123. The text move is
considered less accurate.}) 10. h4 g4 (10... Bg7 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8
13. Qf3 $1 (13. a4 a6 14. Bxc4 $1 b4 (14... Nbd7 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Be2 Nxe5 17.
Bxe5 b4 18. Nb1 O-O-O 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Bxh8 Rxh8 21. Nc4 e5 22. O-O-O $16 {
1-0 Jobava,B (2330)-Raceanu,V (2293)/Artek 1999/EXT 2000(58)}) 15. Na2 c5 $1
$13 (15... a5 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Jobava,B-Nikoladze,S (2250)/
Tbilisi 1997/EXT 2002(28)})) 13... b4 $6 (13... Nbd7 14. O-O-O $44) 14. Nxc4
bxc3 15. bxc3 Kf8 16. Nd6 Qe7 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. e5 Ne8 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Rb7 Nec7
21. Qxc6 $18 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2569)-Askarov,M (2522)/Kazan RUS 2008/The Week
in Chess 714 (27)}) (10... gxh4 11. Bxh4 Be7 12. Qf3 Nbd7 (12... b4 $6 13. Na4
Nbd7 14. Bxc4 (14. Nxc4 $5 $16) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Bxh4 17. Rxh4 (
17. Bxe6 $1 Nxe5 18. Rxh4 Qf6 (18... Nd3+ 19. Ke2) 19. Nc5 $16) 17... Qe7 18.
Rg4 O-O-O 19. Rg7 $14 Rhf8 (19... Rdf8 $1 {Mchedlishvili,M; Izoria,Z}) 20. Rd1
$16 {1-0 Izoria,Z (2486)-Korobov,A (2470)/Patras 2001/CBM 083 ext(47)}) 13.
Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Rb8 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Qe3 Qf8 19.
g3 Kf7 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. Rhe1 Bc8 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Jobava,B-Tkeshelashvili,S 
(2180)/Tbilisi 1997/EXT 2002(31)}) (10... Rg8 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qf3 (12. Nxf7
Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 $1 (13... Bb4 14. exf6 Rh8 15. Rh5 Nd7 16. Rxg5 Qxf6 17. Rg4
$36 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2534)-Rodshtein,M (2615)/Yerevan 2007/CBM 120 ext (38)})
14. Rh7+ Bg7 15. Qh5+ Kf8 16. Ne4 $6 (16. Qf3+ Ke8 17. Qh5+ Kf8 18. Qf3+ Ke8
19. Qh5+ {1/2 Grischuk,A (2716)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Baku AZE 2008/The Week in
Chess 703}) 16... Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Qa4+ 18. Kc1 Nb4 $2 (18... Qb4 $1) 19. Qf3+ Ke8
20. Nd6+ Kd8 21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Ne8+ Kb6 (22... Kd7 $5) 23. Qd8+ Ka6 24. Nc7+ Ka5
25. Ne8+ {1/2 Estremera Panos,S (2394)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/La Massana
AND 2008/The Week in Chess 716}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O-O (13. Be2 Nbd7 14. Rd1
O-O-O 15. Kf1 a6 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bg3 f6 20. Kg1 Bg7
21. Qe3 $44 {1-0 Sasikiran,K (2670)-Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2464)/La Roche sur
Yon 2006/CBM 112 (51)}) 13... Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Ne4 c5 17. d5
Qe8 18. Qg4 Bxd5 19. Rh7 Be7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. e6 f5 22. Qxf5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nb6
24. Rxe7 Rd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qxe7 26. Be2 $2 (26. Qc6+ Kd8 27. Be2 $16) 26... Qb7 $1
$13 {1/2 Sargissian,G (2676)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/Merida ESP 2008/The
Week in Chess 701 (34)}) 11. Nxg4 (11. Be2 Nbd7 $5 (11... h5 {leads to the
main theoretical line 9.h4 g4 10.Ne5 h5}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxg4 $5) 12... Qxd7 13.
Be5 Qe7 14. Bxg4 Rg8 15. Bf3 Nd7 16. Bg3 O-O-O 17. Qe2 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. O-O-O
(19. O-O $142) 19... Nd3+ 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. dxc6 Bxc6 $13 {0-1 Georgescu,T (2384)
-Gurevich,M (2611)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 703 (29)}) 11... Nxg4 (
11... Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (12... Nxf6 13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Be2 (14. O-O-O $5) 14...
a6 (14... b4 $5 15. Na4 c5) 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. b3 cxb3
19. axb3 Be7 20. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Gelfand,B (2723)-Alekseev,E (2711)/Dagomys RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 700 (37)}) 13. Qd2 $1 (13. Be2 Rg8 $1 (13... O-O-O 14.
e5 Qf5 15. a4 b4 16. Bxc4 Nc5 (16... bxc3 17. Bd3) 17. Ne2 Rg8 18. O-O Be7 19.
Qc1 $16 {1-0 Radjabov,T (2744)-Cheparinov,I (2687)/Sochi RUS 2008/The Week in
Chess 717 (38)}) 14. e5 Qf5 15. O-O O-O-O 16. a4 $6 (16. Qb1 $13) 16... b4 17.
Bxc4 bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. Bd3 Be4 20. Ba6+ Kc7 21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Rfe1 Qg4 23. Qd2
Be7 24. Be2 Qg7 $17 {1-0 Babuiian,L (2415)-Grigoriants,S (2577)/Istanbul 2008/
CBM 125 Extra (41)}) 13... O-O-O (13... Rg8 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Qe3 b4 16. e5 Qf5
17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Be2 c5 19. dxc5 Qxe4 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 22. cxb6
axb6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Rd4 Bxg2 25. Rxc4+ Bc5 26. Rf4 $16 {1-0 Bocharov,D (2569)
-Vitiugov,N (2617)/Dagomys RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 701 (86)}) 14. h5 Bg7 15.
O-O-O Qe7 16. Qe3 e5 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Be2 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21.
Rxd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 Qg5+ 23. Qd2 Qxg2 24. Rd1 Qg5 25. f4 $14 {1/2 Gelfand,B 
(2737)-Najer,E (2634)/Odessa UKR 2008/The Week in Chess 687 (?)}) 12. Qxg4 Qxd4
13. Rd1 (13. Be2 Na6 $5 (13... h5 14. Qf4 Na6 15. Rd1 Qg7 16. O-O Be7 17. a4 b4
18. Nb1 Qf6 19. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)-Roiz,M (2644)/Beer Sheva 2007/
CBM 120 ext (45)}) (13... Nd7 $5 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. Qf4 Rd8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Qg4
Be5 18. Kh1 h5 19. Qg5 Bf6 20. Qc1 Ne5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. f4 Ng4 23. e5 Be7 24.
Bxg4 hxg4 25. Ne4 Qb6 26. Qd1+ Kc8 27. Qxg4 c5 $13 {0-1 Nebolsina,V (2345)
-Shumiakina,T (2360)/Chelyabinsk RUS 2008/The Week in Chess 709 (68)}) 14. Rd1
(14. O-O Nc5 15. Qh5 Rg8 16. Be5 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd3 18. Bxd3 cxd3 19. Qf3 Rd8 20.
Rd2 c5 21. a4 b4 22. Nb5 f5 $17 {0-1 Rodshtein,M (2626)-Nyback,T (2587)/
Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 704 (40)}) 14... Qg7 15. Qh5 (15. Qf3 {
[%cal Ye4e5]}) 15... Qg6 (15... Nc5 16. Be5 Qxg2 17. Bf3 Qg8 $13) 16. Qe5 Qg7
17. Nxb5 Qxe5 18. Bxe5 cxb5 19. Bxh8 $14 {0-1 Greenfeld,A (2559)-Gelfand,B 
(2736)/Beer Sheva 2007/CBM 120 ext (23)}) 13... Qf6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13... Qg7
14. Qf4 Na6 15. Be2 (15. a4 $5 Bb4 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Nc5 18. Qe3 Nb3 (18...
Bxc3 $142 19. bxc3 Nxa4 20. Rd7 $44) 19. axb5 Bc5 20. Qf4 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxc4 $16 {1/2 Sasikiran,K (2700)-Stefanova,A (2483)/Zafra 2007/
CBM 117 (72)}) 15... Be7 (15... Nc5 16. O-O Rc8 17. e5 Be7 18. Qe3 Rd8 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. b4 cxb3 21. axb3 a5 22. Rc1 $36 {1-0 Bellon Lopez,J (2440)
-Almagro Mazariegos,S (2311)/La Roda 2006/CBM 111 ext (32)}) (15... e5 16.
Qxe5+ Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Rg8 18. a4 Bb4 19. O-O Nc5 20. axb5 Bxc3 21. Bxc3 cxb5 22.
f3 $16 {1-0 Pashikian,A (2611)-Motylev,A (2672)/Kallithea GRE 2008/The Week in
Chess 729 (45)}) 16. O-O $5 (16. e5 Nb4 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qc1 Bb4+ 19. Kf1 O-O-O
$15 {0-1 Eljanov,P (2641)-Dreev,A (2705)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (104)})
16... Nc5 17. e5 Qg6 18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Rd5 $6 (19... Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Qc2 21.
Bh5 Qf5 $13) 20. Qe3 h5 21. Bf3 a6 22. b4 cxb3 23. axb3 $16 {1-0 Aronian,L 
(2757)-Caruana,F (2640)/Dresden GER 2008/The Week in Chess 732 (32)}) 14. e5 (
14. Be2 h5 $5 (14... Nd7)) 14... Qf5 $5 {Here the black queen is more active
than on g7.} 15. Qd4 Be7 16. b3 (16. a4 O-O 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Nc6 $132)
16... c5 17. Qe3 $6 (17. Qd2 $1 $13 {preventing 17...Nc6.}) 17... Nc6 $1 18.
bxc4 Nb4 19. Qf4 Nc2+ 20. Ke2 Qxf4 21. Bxf4 bxc4 $17 {Black has clearly won
the opening/middlegame battle. His doubled pawns should not be underestimated
- they control important central squares.} 22. f3 Nd4+ (22... Nb4 $5 {[%cal
Yb4d5]}) 23. Kf2 Bd5 24. h5 (24. Rb1 $5) 24... Rb8 25. Be2 Rb2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27.
Bxd2 f6 28. exf6 Bxf6 29. Rb1 Nxe2 $6 {Giving up this formidable knight was
not necessary.} (29... Kd7 30. Bd1 Kd6 $17) 30. Nxe2 O-O $6 (30... Kd7 31. Bc3
Bxc3 32. Nxc3 Kc6 $15) 31. Bxh6 Bh4+ 32. Kg1 Rf5 {Black must recapture the
pawn but White now creates sufficient counterplay.} 33. Rb8+ Kh7 34. Bd2 Rxh5
35. Bc3 Bg5 36. Kf2 Bh4+ 37. Kf1 Bg5 38. Ng3 Rh4 39. Rh8+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kh6 41.
Rh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 {This
system is examined by GM I.Stohl in CBM 118 (annotations to
Iljin-Nepomniachtchi), by GM D.Rogozenko in CBM 120, as well as in annotations
to Inarkiev-Aronian in this issue. Perhaps fearing a novelty from the Dutch GM,
Teimour opts for an older line than} (14. Re1 {, which he had played against
Anand two days earlier - see the game in this issue.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8
16. d5 {This move meets a definite refutation in the present game.} (16. e5 Qb6
17. b3 $146 (17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5
Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 $36 {0-1 Radjabov,T-Anand,V/Mainz 2006/CBM 114 (36)}) 17...
O-O-O $5 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 $1 20. Ne4 Qb4 (20... Nc4 21. Be2 f5 22. Bxc4
fxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Rxe4 Qb2 26. f3 Rf4 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1
Rxd4 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30. g4 fxg3 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P-Anand,V/Kemer 2007/CBM 121})
21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 23. a4 Qxd6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Mexico
City 2007/CBM 120/[Rogozenko] (40)}) 16... cxd5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (16... Qe7
$5 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Ne5 19. Rac1 c5 20. dxe6 O-O-O 21. exf7 Rd3 $6 (21...
Nd3 $142 $1 $13) 22. Be2 Qxf7 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 {1/2-1/2 Gajewski,G-Dreev,A/
Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (70) - Black's compensation for the exchange is hardly
sufficient.}) 17. exd5 Nf6 $1 18. dxe6 (18. Re1 {looks more logical but Black
keeps an excellent position by means of} Ke7 $1 (18... Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20.
Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxe6+ Kd7 22. Rxh6 Rh8 $1 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Bxf7 Nf4 25. g3 Nh3+
26. Kg2 Nxf2 {is quite enough for a draw}) 19. Bf3 b4 20. Ne2 (20. d6+ Qxd6 21.
Qxd6+ Kxd6 22. Bxb7 bxc3 23. Bxa8 cxb2 24. Rad1+ Nd5 $19 {[%csl Gb2,Gc4]})
20... Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rg8 {[%cal Cd1a4,Ca4b4,Ye7f8] and White does not have
sufficient compensation for the material sacrificed.}) 18... Qxd1 19. Bxf7+ Ke7
20. Raxd1 $15 {[%mdl 4096] White has won a pawn but his f7 bishop is out of
play and Black's queenside pawn majority guarantees him a certain edge.} Rfd8
21. Ne2 Be4 22. f4 b4 23. fxg5 $6 {it was time to look for equality:} (23. Ng3
$1 Bd3 (23... Bh7 $6 24. f5) (23... Bc2 24. Rc1) 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rf5 $11 {
[%cal Of5g5,Yf5c5]}) 23... hxg5 24. Ng3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bh7 26. Nh5 $6 (26. Ne2)
26... c3 27. Nxf6 Kxf6 28. bxc3 bxc3 29. Rc1 c2 30. Kf2 Rd8 {Suddenly White is
in trouble despite his extra pawn!} 31. Ke2 Rd4 32. h3 Be4 33. Bh5 {The bishop
has to ingloriously retreat.} Kxe6 34. g3 Ke5 {[%cal Yd4d6,Ye5d4,Yd4c3]} 35. h4
gxh4 36. gxh4 Rd5 $4 {In a winning position Black commits a big mistake.} (
36... Rd6 $1 {[%cal Re5d4]} 37. Ke3 (37. Bf3 Bh7 $19) 37... Rd3+ 38. Ke2 Kd4 $1
$19) 37. Bf3 $1 Rd1 38. Bxe4 Rxc1 39. Kd2 {White has given up an exchange to
get rid of Black's terrible passed pawn - and fortunately, he can now survive!}
Rg1 $6 {Black goes for an endgame with blocked a-pawns, which is is
theoretically drawn. However, the more logical} (39... Ra1 40. Bxc2 Rxa2 {
was not sufficient for a win either:} 41. h5 Ra3 42. h6 Rh3 43. h7 Kd4 44. Bf5
Rh2+ 45. Kc1 Kc3 46. Kb1 {How can Black push the white king away? If he moves
his pawn to a4, White's bishop can abandon his h7-pawn and pass to the a2-g8
diagonal, with a theoretical draw. The other attempt is to move the black king
to the a2-square:} Kb4 (46... Kb3 47. Be6+ Ka3 48. Bg8) 47. Bg6 Ka3 48. Bf5 (
48. Be4 {is possible, of course, but not necessary.}) 48... Rh1+ 49. Kc2 Ka2
50. Be4 {(say; in fact, White needn't even remain passive)} Rh2+ 51. Kc1 a5 52.
Bf5 a4 53. Be4 a3 54. Bf5 Ka1 55. Be4 a2 56. Bf5 Rh4 57. Be4 {Black has
apparently made some progress, but can't achieve anything more.}) 40. Bxc2 Kd4
41. Bd3 a5 (41... Ra1 42. h5 {etc. - see previous annotation.}) 42. a4 Rh1 43.
Bb5 Rh2+ 44. Kd1 Ke3 45. Kc1 Rxh4 46. Kc2 Rh7 47. Ba6 Rc7+ 48. Kd1 Rc6 49. Bb5
Rc3 50. Ba6 Ra3 51. Bb5 Ra2 52. Kc1 Kd4 53. Kd1 Kc3 54. Ke1 Rd2 55. Ba6 Rd4 56.
Bb5 Kc2 57. Ke2 Re4+ 58. Kf3 Re7 {Black has cut off the White king along the
e-file but he can't win without pushing it a file farther - and that is
impossible.} 59. Kf2 Kc3 60. Kf3 Kd4 61. Ba6 Re3+ 62. Kf2 Ke4 63. Bb5 Kf4 64.
Ba6 Re4 65. Bb5 Re6 66. Bc4 Re4 67. Bb5 Rd4 68. Ke2 Rd6 69. Bd3 Rh6 70. Bb5 Ke4
71. Bd3+ Kd4 72. Bb5 Rh2+ 73. Kf3 Ra2 74. Bd7 Ra3+ 75. Kf2 Kd3 76. Kf3 Kd2+ 77.
Kf4 Re3 78. Bb5 Re7 79. Kf3 Kc3 80. Ba6 Kd4 81. Bb5 Re6 82. Kf2 Re5 83. Kf3 Kc5
84. Kf2 Kb6 85. Bd3 Kc5 86. Bb5 Kb4 87. Kf3 Kb3 88. Kf4 Re1 89. Kf3 Ra1 90. Ke2
Rxa4 91. Bxa4+ Kxa4 92. Kd2 Kb3 93. Kc1 {The king comes back in time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O {This sharp line was examined in several CBM issues, most recently in CBM
120 (Aronian - Anand annotated by GM M.Marin)} 16. Qc1 {[%cal Rc1g5,Yc1f4] A
relatively new plan. Other options:} (16. Bg3) (16. f3) (16. b3) 16... Nh7 (
16... Nd7 $5 {needs checking, e.g.} 17. Bxg7 (17. Bd6 Qxh4 $1) 17... Kxg7 18.
e5 (18. g3 Qf6 $5) 18... f5 $1 (18... Qxh4 $143 19. Ne4 $44)) 17. g3 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (17. Bxg7 {was played (without success) in the stem correspondence
game:} Kxg7 18. g3 (18. e5 f5 $5) 18... Qb6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Qf4 (20. bxc4 $142
Rxd4 21. cxb5 $11) 20... cxb3 21. axb3 f6 22. e5 c5 23. Nxb5 Qc6 $13 {0-1
Martys,M-Starke,R/IECG 2004/Telechess CBM 115(41)}) 17... f6 18. Bf4 $44 {
The black g7-bishop is now shut in.} a6 19. Rfe1 {It is not clear whether the
rook is better here than on f1 (f2-f3 may be a good plan in some situations).}
(19. b3 $5) 19... Rf7 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nf8 23. Be3 Qe7 24. a4 (
24. f3 $5 {Still! Despite the fact that the rook is on e1.}) 24... Qf7 (24...
b4 25. Nb1 $44 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2c4]}) 25. d5 $6 {This break in the centre is
not dangerous.} (25. f3 $142 $5) 25... exd5 26. exd5 f5 $1 {At last the black
bishop says its word!} 27. Bf1 $6 {Too passive.} (27. Bd3 $142 $5 cxd5 (27...
Ng6 $2 28. Bxf5) (27... Rc8 28. Ne2 (28. Bxf5 $2 cxd5 $1 29. Bxd7 Rxc3) 28...
c5 29. axb5 Bxd5 30. Qb1 Ba2 31. Qc1 axb5 32. Bxb5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 {and Black
can hardly make use of his extra pawn due to his kingside weaknesses.}) 28.
axb5 (28. Ne2 Ng6 $1 $36 (28... bxa4 29. Qxa4 $44)) 28... Bxc3 $1 29. Qxc3 d4
$1 30. Bxd4 Rc8 31. Qd2 (31. Bc5 $143 Rd5 32. Bc4 Rcxc5 33. bxa6 Rxc4 (33...
Bxa6 $143 34. Rxd5 $1 Rxc4 35. Qd2) 34. Qxc4 Rxd1 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rxd1 Bxa6
{with winning chances for Black}) 31... Rxd4 32. Qg5+ Qg6 (32... Kh8 33. Bxf5
$44) 33. Qxg6+ Nxg6 34. Bxf5 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rc5 $1 36. Bxg6 axb5 37. f4 $1 gxf3
38. Bxh5 $1 {and White should reach a draw.}) 27... Ng6 28. Bg2 Ne7 $2 {
Missing a good chance:} (28... f4 $1 $17) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Bd4 Bxd4 31. Rxd4
Rc8 {Without the dark-squared bishops White has full compensation for the
missing pawn as the dark squares in Black's camp are too weak.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 $146 {[%mdl 520] With this
sacrifice (apparently prepared long ago) Veselin Topalov opens up a new
chapter in the theory of the Moscow Gambit!} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 {The position is
extremely complicated and needs detailed analysis. Particularly, I would
consider giving the piece back at once:} (13... Rf8 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Be5 Kg8
16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Rae1 $44) 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. Nd6 Qb6 16. Bg4 $44 {Black is a
clear piece up but his position is not easy to play. His king is in jeopardy
and the white d6 knight is extremely powerful.} Raf8 {Of course, Black has a
lot of defensive ideas which deserve attention, such as, e.g.,} (16... Rhg8 $5
17. Qc2 Nf8) 17. Qc2 Qxd4 $2 {A very unfortunate move clarifying the position
in White's favour.} (17... Rhg8 {is an attempt at improvement, successfully
applied on the next day in the Honorary Group:} 18. a4 $6 (18. Qg6 {leads
nowhere due to} Nc7) ({but something else should be looked for, say,} 18. Rad1
$5) 18... Ba8 (18... Qxd4 {now appears very strong}) 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. d5 cxd5
21. axb5 a5 22. b3 cxb3 23. Qh7 d4 24. Bh5 Nxb5 25. Nf7 b2 26. Rab1 Nc3 $19 {
0-1 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Corus Honorory, Wijk aan Zee NED 2008 (42)}) 18. Qg6
Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ {White has recaptured the piece while keeping up
a strong attack.} Kc8 21. a4 $1 b4 22. Rac1 c3 $6 (22... Rfg8 $5 23. Qf7 Rf8
24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. Qg6 Rhg8 26. Qb1 $14) 23. bxc3 b3 $2 (23... Rfg8) 24. c4 $1
Rfg8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Qf7 Rf8 27. cxd5 $2 (27. h3 $1 Rxf7 28. hxg4 {[%cal
Cd5e3,Ce3f1,Od6f7,Rc4d5] was apparently winning at once.}) 27... Rxf7 28. Rxc6+
Kb8 29. Nxf7 Re8 $2 {It is very difficult to defend such a position. Probably}
(29... Qe2 $1 {was the solution, e.g.} 30. Rc3 $1 (30. Nxh8 $2 Qxf1+ $1 31.
Kxf1 b2) (30. Rb1 $2 Qa2) 30... b2 31. Rb3+ Ka8 32. Nxh8 Nc5 $1 33. Rxb2 (33.
Rb4 a5 34. Rb5 Nxa4) (33. Rb5 Nxa4 34. Rxb2 Qxb2 35. dxe6 Qb6 36. e7 Qe6 $13)
33... Qxb2 {and the fight is in full swing.}) 30. Nd6 Rh8 31. Rc4 $1 {White
now stops the b3-pawn and his own central pawns decide the game.} Qe2 32. dxe6
Nb6 33. Rb4 Ka8 34. e7 Nd5 35. Rxb3 Nxe7 36. Rfb1 Nd5 37. h3 h5 38. Nf7 Rc8 39.
e6 a6 40. Nxg5 h4 41. Bd6 Rg8 42. R3b2 Qd3 43. e7 Nf6 44. Be5 Nd7 45. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2008.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "219"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 {This system is
examined by GM I.Stohl in CBM 118 (annotations to Iljin-Nepomniachtchi), by GM
D.Rogozenko in CBM 120, as well as in annotations to Inarkiev-Aronian in this
issue.} 14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 (15. d5 c5 16. b4 $1 Qb6 $1 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5
(24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Bb7 27. Bxc4 Ba6 28. Kf1 Bxb5 29. Bxb5
Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Aronian,L/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 682 (40)}) 24... f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+
29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5 c3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E-Bareev,E/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS
2007/The Week in Chess 682 (40)}) (15. Re1 Qf6 16. Ba3 Bf8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. Nd5
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008}) 15... exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {
An active response leading to immense complications.} (16... dxc3 17. e6 Ne5
18. e7 $16 Qb6 $2 19. Bxe5) 17. Re1 (17. axb5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. bxa6 Rxa6
20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Qe2 f6 23. Nd5 Qd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Iljin,A-Smirnov,
P/Saratov 2006/EXT 2008 (40)}) (17. Bf3 Nxe5 $1 (17... Bxf3 $2 18. Qxf3 Nxe5
19. Qd5 $1 dxc3 20. Rfe1 (20. Rae1 $18 {[%cal Re1e5,Rd5c6] Stohl}) 20... cxb2
21. Rad1 b1=Q 22. Rxb1 Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rbd1 $18 {1-0 Kuljasevic,D-Zhao
Jun/Richardson USA 2007/The Week in Chess 684 (30)}) (17... Ra7 $2 18. Bxb7
Rxb7 19. Ne4 $1 Nxe5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 $1 gxf4 22. Qh5 Rb6 23. Bxe5 $18 {
1-0 Iljin,A-Nepomniachtchi,I/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Stohl] (27)}) 18. Bxb7 Qxd6
19. Bxa8 O-O $1 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. axb5 Rxa8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qh5 Ra7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6
25. bxa6 Qc6 26. Qf5 Qxa6 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Nxc5 d3 $44 {1/2-1/2 DEEP
JUNIOR-DEEP FRITZ/Elista RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 657 (47)}) 17... Nxe5 $1
18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 {Black's pawn avalanche looks powerful but
the position of his king is quite unsafe.} f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 $1 cxb3 (22...
d3 $5 23. bxc5 $1 b4 $1 $13 {was recommended by Vishy Anand. This will
possibly be checked in future.}) 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Nc3 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Anand's other suggestion.} (25. Qd3 {was seen in his rapid game vs.
Radjabov:} Bf5 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rac1 (27. Bf3 Rac8 28. axb5 axb5 29. h3 $13 {
V.Anand}) 27... Rac8 28. h4 Kh8 $1 29. axb5 axb5 30. Qb2 b4 $13 {0-1 Radjabov,
T-Anand,V/Mainz (m) 2006/Inf 97/[Anand,V] (58)}) 25... dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27.
Qf3 $36 {The poor position of Black's king makes him defend carefully.} Ra7 (
27... Rb8 $5 28. Qc6 (28. Re7+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qf6 30. Rc7 Be6) 28... Kg8 29. Rad1
Qg7 30. axb5 axb5 31. Qd5+ Kh8 32. Qxc5 Bf5) 28. axb5 {This pawn now remains
alive and turns into a powerful "second weakness" (from Black's point of view).
} Qf6 (28... Rf6 $5 29. Rad1 Qc4) 29. Qa3 $1 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32.
Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 $1 gxh4 34. Bg4 Rdd8 35. Bxc8 Rxc8 36. Qd5+ Qf7 37. bxa6 Qxd5
38. Rxd5 Rf7 39. a7 Ra8 40. Rda5 {[%mdl 4096] The complication ended in a
seemingly simple endgame. White's a7-pawn is strong but it is not easy to make
use of it with four rooks on the board (needless to say that with one pair of
rooks Black's position would be absolutely hopeless).} Kh7 (40... f3 41. gxf3
Rxf3 $2 {is impossible due to} 42. Rb1 {[%cal Rb1b8] but can White win if
Black doesn't take on f3? I don't think so.}) 41. R1a3 {...f4-f3 must now be
prevented.} (41. f3 Rg7 {is hardly better.}) 41... h3 $5 42. gxh3 f3 43. Kh2
Rg7 44. h4 Rg2+ 45. Kh3 Rg7 46. Ra6 Rf7 47. R3a5 Rg7 48. h5 Rf7 49. Kg4 (49.
Kh2 Rg7 50. Kh1 Rg4) 49... Rg8+ 50. Kh3 Ra8 51. Kg4 Rg8+ 52. Rg6 {There is no
other way to make progress but now White can hardly avoid the drawish endgame
with f- and h- pawns.} Ra8 53. Raa6 Raxa7 54. Rxh6+ Kg8 55. Rag6+ Rg7 56. Kxf3
Rxg6 57. Rxg6+ (57. hxg6 Ra3+ 58. Kg2 Ra6 $11) 57... Kf7 {With the sudden
death time control, it is not easy to hold endgames like this one or, say, R
vs R+B, especially against Kramnik. The drawish endgame I lost to him at Wijk
five years ago was a good example.} 58. Rg4 Ra1 59. Kg3 Rh1 60. Rh4 Ra1 61. Rb4
Kg7 62. Rb6 Rg1+ 63. Kf4 Rh1 64. Kg5 Rg1+ 65. Kf5 Rh1 66. h6+ {In theory, when
this pawn goes to h6, White loses any winning chances...} Kh7 67. Ra6 Rf1 68.
f4 Rb1 69. Re6 Ra1 70. Rf6 Re1 71. Kg4 Ra1 72. f5 Rg1+ 73. Kf4 Rf1+ 74. Ke5
Re1+ 75. Kd6 Rf1 76. Ke7 Rf2 77. Rf8 Re2+ (77... Kxh6 {was already good enough:
} 78. f6 Ra2 79. Rd8 (79. Re8 Ra7+ 80. Ke6 Ra6+ 81. Kf5 Ra5+ 82. Re5 Ra8 $11)
79... Ra7+ ({or} 79... Kg6 80. Rg8+ Kf5 $1 81. f7 Ra7+ 82. Kf8 Kf6) 80. Rd7 Ra8
$11) 78. Kf7 Ra2 79. Rd8 Ra7+ (79... Kxh6 $1 80. f6 (80. Rh8+ Kg5) 80... Ra7+)
80. Kf6 Ra1 81. Rd2 Rb1 82. Ra2 Rb3 83. Rh2 Rb1 84. Rh4 Rb8 85. Kg5 Rg8+ 86.
Kf4 Ra8 87. Kg5 Rg8+ 88. Kf6 Ra8 89. Re4 Ra1 90. Re8 Ra2 91. Re1 Ra3 92. Rh1
Ra2 93. Kg5 Rg2+ 94. Kf4 Rf2+ 95. Ke4 Re2+ 96. Kf3 Ra2 97. Ke4 Re2+ 98. Kd4
Rd2+ 99. Ke3 Ra2 100. f6 Ra7 {Black was probably under severe time pressure as
after} (100... Ra3+ {the white king simply had no place where to hide!}) 101.
Rf1 Kg6 102. Ke4 Ra4+ 103. Kd5 Kf7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder.} (103...
Ra5+ 104. Kc4 Ra4+ 105. Kb5 Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ya8f8,Og6h6,Yf8f6]}) 104. Rh1 Ra5+
105. Kc4 Ra4+ 106. Kb5 Ra8 107. h7 Rh8 108. Rh6 {Suddenly Black is lost! His
rook is passive and he can do nothing against the approach of the white king!}
Rb8+ 109. Kc6 Rc8+ 110. Kd6 (110. Kd6 Rh8 111. Kd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {Not a very popular move. White doesn't hurry with
e3-e4 in order to keep a choice of possible plans but Black has good ways of
development anyway.} (10. e4 {is the main line.}) 10... Nd7 11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1
Qe7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qb3 Rab8
18. Na4 c5 $1 $36 {0-1 (29) Obolenskikh,D (2510)-Sjugirov,S (2622) Moscow 2012}
) (11. e4 {is not dangerous here as after} dxc4 {White can't insert e4-e5.} 12.
Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 $11 {
0-1 (48) Taboas Rodriguez,D (2412)-Zhigalko,A (2603) Linares 2013}) (11. Rfe1
$5 Qe7 12. e4 dxc4 $5 (12... dxe4 $143 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Qf8
16. Be4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nd6 Bg4 22.
Qa6 $16 {0-1 (54) Khoze,E (2160)-Nguyen,A (2480) Melbourne 1996}) 13. Bxc4 b5
$132) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 ({The structure after} 12. cxd5 exd5 {is not
dangerous for Black at all; besides, Rf1-d1 is senseless in that case:} 13.
Rab1 a5 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. h3 Be6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rdc1 Bf8 19. b4 b5
20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bg7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Re8 $11 {1/2 (61) Krivenko,S 
(2300)-Khismatullin,D (2654) St Petersburg 2010}) 12... a6 {A typical move.
Black is preparing ...d5xc4, ...b7-b5 and ...c6-c5.} 13. cxd5 {And here this
is harmless, too.} (13. h4 $5 {was an interesting attempt to justify White's
play} dxc4 $140 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. h5 $1) 13... exd5 14. Na4 Re8 15. a3
a5 16. Qc2 Bf8 {[%mdl 32] A typical plan in this structure (often arising from
the Grünfeld Defence with 4.Nf3 and 5.Bg5): Black transfers his bishop to d6,
where it controls the b4-square and aims at White's kingside.} 17. Nd2 $6 (17.
Re1 $5 Qd8 18. h3 Kg7 $140 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Bxg6) 19. e4) 17... Qd8 18. e4 {
This break is a bit untimely as White's pieces are not well placed. However,
it is not easy to suggest an alternative.} Nf6 $5 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rb8 {
[%cal Yd7f6]} 20. Re1 Bg7 {was quite good, too.}) 19. e5 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. Nc3
(21. Qc3 $142 {protecting the d4-pawn.}) 21... Bg4 22. Be2 (22. f3 Bh3 {
[%cal Yg7f5]}) 22... Bd7 (22... Bf5 $1 {was strong} 23. Bd3 $140 Ne6 $1 24. Ne2
Bh3 $36) 23. Nf1 Nf5 {This arrangement of pieces is not so profitable for
Black. We have an effect of an "excess piece": both his minor pieces wish to
occupy the f5-square.} 24. Ne3 $6 {And that is exactly why this move is wrong!
White solves Black's problem, trading one of his excess pieces. Besides, a
strong undermining action is coming up.} (24. Na4 $142 {[%cal Ya4c5]}) 24... f6
$1 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. exf6 (26. f4 h5) 26... Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Ge8e2] Black controls the e-file, and White's d4-pawn is weak.} 28. Qd2
Kg7 29. Bf1 Re7 30. Bg2 Rae8 31. Bxd5 $6 {It would be a good "asymmetric
exchange" for White (two pieces for a rook and two pawns); however, he
underestimates Black's strong reply.} (31. Qf4 $142) 31... Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
32. Bg2 $2 (32. Qxd4 {is impossible due to} Re1+) (32. Qf4 {was the only
chance to keep the material balance but after} Qxf4 33. gxf4 c5 {White's
position is completely ruined.}) 32... Nb3 $19 33. Ne4 $2 Nxd2 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 (
34... Kxf6 35. Rxd2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Jermuk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Jermuk"]
[Date "2009.08.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2009.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 {This move is absolutely harmless.} (11. Qc2
{was examined in CBM 122 (Mamedyarov-Ivanchuk) and CBM 128 (Bu
Xiangzhi-Topalov).}) (11. Rc1) (11. b4) 11... e5 $1 {A typical and strong
response.} 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3
Ke7 17. dxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rf2,Rf3,Rh3] In view of White's weaknesses on
the kingside, this splitting up of the pawns is of absolutely no importance.
Angesicht der weißen Schwächen am Königsflügel spielt diese Zersplitterung der
Bauern keine Rolle.} 18. Rfc1 Rhd8 19. Nd1 Rd6 20. Rc3 a5 21. Ne3 h5 $11 {
1/2 Khalifman,A (2650)-Akopian,V (2620)/Yerevan 1996/CBM 053/[Lutz] (38)})
14... O-O (14... Rd8 $5 {is apparently a simpler way to equality:} 15. h3 (15.
Re1 h5 16. Qe2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Bh6 19. Rc2 O-O 20. Rd1 Kg7 21. a4
a5 $11 {1/2 Grkinic,G-Van Bommel,T/IECG 2001/Telechess CBM 95 (52)}) 15... Bxf3
16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 (17... Ke7 18. Rfd1 Rhf8 19. a4 a5 20. Kg2 Rd6 $11
{0-1 Zhang Pengxiang (2567)-Negri,S/Dos Hermanas (Internet) 2004/CBM 099 ext 
(60)}) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd7 20. a4 Ke7 21. a5 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23. Rd3
Kd8 24. Rdc3 Be7 25. Rc4 Bd6 $11 {1/2 Alekseev,E (2714)-Leko,P (2756)/Jermuk
ARM 2009/The Week in Chess 771 (36)}) (14... h5 {may be just a loss of time
after} 15. Na4 $1 (15. h3 Bh6 16. Rc2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc8 19. Rd1
Ke7 20. dxc6 Rxc6 $11 {1/2 Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc HUN 2009/The
Week in Chess 761 (27)}) 15... Rc8 16. Rc3 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 $14 b5 $2 18. Rxc6 $1
Rxc6 19. Bxb5 $18 {1-0 Edouard,R (2597)-Fressinet,L (2667)/Nimes FRA 2009/The
Week in Chess 771 (67)}) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 {The black king is
now far away from the centre, which gives White a small benefit (of course,
insufficient for a real advantage).} Rfd8 (17... Rfc8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Rc7
20. Rfd1 Bf8 21. Nc5 $14 a5 22. Rd3 (22. Na4 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 Rac8 24. Rc4 Be7 25.
Bb3 Kf8 26. Kg2 Rb8 27. Kg3 Bg5 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Kg2 Bf4 30. Rdc3 Kd6 31. Rd3+
Ke7 32. Rc2 Rb4 33. Rdc3 Kd6 34. Bd5 c5 35. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Dokhoian,Y (2550)
-Kuczynski,R (2520)/Germany 1993/GER-chT (75)}) 22... Kg7 23. Kf1 Be7 24. Rdc3
Bd6 25. Bd1 Kf8 26. Be2 Ke7 27. Na6 Rcc8 28. Rxc6 $16 {1/2 Arutinian,D (2548)
-Ter Sahakyan,S (2486)/Gyumri ARM 2009/The Week in Chess 760 (43)}) 18. dxc6 (
18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 (
23... Be7 $1 24. Ra5 (24. Rxe5 c5 {[%csl Re5]}) 24... Rd7 25. Ne3 (25. a3 Rb7
$1) 25... Bb4 $132) 24. Ne3 Ke7 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2776)
-Karjakin,S (2706)/Nice FRA 2009/CBM 128 Extra (62)}) 18... bxc6 19. Nd1 Rac8
20. Rc5 Bf8 21. Rc2 h5 22. Ne3 Rd4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Kf1 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Be7 26. Rg1
Kf8 27. Bc4 Rb8 28. Ra1 Rbd8 29. Ke1 Bg5 30. Be2 Be7 31. Rac1 Ra4 32. a3 Rad4
33. Rc3 Kg7 34. Rb3 Rf8 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Rc2 Rdb7 $6 {A wrong plan
as Black will be unable to get to the b2- pawn this way. It was better to stay
on the d-file, ready to play ...RRd7-d4:} (37... Rbd8 38. Bb5 Rc7 39. a4 Rd4
40. Ra6 Rb4 $132) 38. Ba6 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rdb7 40. a4 Nd7 $2 (40... Rd8 $1 41. Ra6
Rd4 {was now necessary, e.g.} 42. a5 Nd7 43. Bc6 (43. Bxd7 Rbxd7 44. Nc4 f6)
43... Rc7 44. Nd5 $140 Rxd5 $1 45. exd5 Nb8) 41. Nc4 (41. Bc6 $5 Rc7 42. Nd5 $1
Rxc6 43. Rxa7 $1 Bd8 $1 44. Rxd7 Ra6 45. b3 $1 Raa8 $1 {[%cal Rb8b3]} (45...
Ba5+ 46. Ke2 Rxb3 47. Rxc5) 46. f4 $1 exf4 47. Nxf4 Ba5+ 48. Kf1 Rxb3 49. Rxc5
$16) 41... Nf8 $6 (41... f6 $142 {keeping the material balance but weakening
the light squares} 42. Ra6 $16) 42. Nxe5 Ne6 43. Nc6 Ra8 44. Bc4 $16 {Of
course, White has some technical problems but a pawn is a pawn.} Nf4 45. Bd5
Re8 (45... Bf6 $142 46. Nb4 $1 (46. Nd8 $4 Bxd8) 46... Nxd5 47. Nxd5 Bxb2 48.
Raxc5 $16) 46. Rxa7 Rxa7 47. Nxa7 {White's a4 pawn must now decide the game
but...} Nxh3 48. Nc6 Nf4 49. Nxe7 $2 {This exchange of a strong knight for a
passive bishop gives the win away.} (49. Bc4 h4 50. Kf1 h3 51. Kg1 Bf6 52. a5
Rc8 53. Bd5 $18) 49... Rxe7 50. Kf1 (50. Bc4 f5 51. a5 fxe4 52. fxe4 Rxe4+ 53.
Kf1 $14) 50... Nxd5 51. exd5 {[%mdl 4096]} Ra7 52. b3 Rb7 $1 {Black has
unexpectedly created counterplay.} 53. d6 (53. Rc3 Kf6) 53... Rxb3 $2 {An
"obvious" move and a decisive mistake! Black's rook now gets overloaded. He
should have urgently brought his king to hold White's d-pawn:} (53... Kf6 $1
54. Rxc5 Rxb3 $11 55. Rd5 $140 Rb8 56. a5 Ke6) 54. Rd2 $1 Rb8 55. d7 Rd8 56. a5
c4 $8 57. Rd4 c3 58. Ke2 h4 $8 59. Kd3 h3 60. Kxc3 g5 61. Rd1 h2 62. Rh1 Rxd7
63. Rxh2 {White has finally kept his extra passed pawn and wins relatively
easily.} Rd1 64. Rg2 Kh6 65. Rg4 Ra1 66. Kb4 f5 67. Rc4 Ra2 {A usual defence:
Black is trying to win something on the kingside, then (when forced) give up
his rook for White's passed pawn, and achieve a draw in the "rook vs. pawns"
ending; however, he lacks just one tempo to complete this plan!} 68. Kb5 Rxf2
69. a6 Re2 70. a7 Re8 71. Ra4 Ra8 72. Kb6 Kh5 73. Kb7 Rxa7+ 74. Rxa7 $1 (74.
Kxa7 $2 {gives Black the crucial tempo as the white king is a move farther
from the kingside:} g4 75. fxg4+ (75. Kb6 g3 $1 76. Kc5 Kg5 $1 {preparing to
shoulder off the white king} 77. Kd4 $140 Kf4 $11) 75... fxg4 76. Kb6 g3 77.
Kc5 g2 78. Ra1 Kg4 79. Kd4 Kf3 $11) 74... g4 75. fxg4+ fxg4 76. Kc6 Kg5 77. Rf7
{This "nicety" was unnecessary:} (77. Kd5 Kf4 78. Kd4 Kf3 79. Kd3 g3 80. Rf7+
$18) 77... g3 78. Kd5 (78. Kd5 Kg4 79. Ke4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. e4 c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]
Surprisingly, this move, which can hardly be regarded as unusual or
paradoxical, had apparently been never seen in practice!} (12... e5 {is
usually played.}) ({Other known options:} 12... Qe7) (12... Rd8) (12... a6) 13.
d5 (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e5 {is harmless, e.g.} Qe7 15. b4 $6 Nd7 {[%csl Rb4,Re5]}
) 13... Nb6 14. b3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. h3 {Black needs his light-squared
bishop to fight for the d5 square; therefore it made sense not to prevent ...
Bc8-g4:} (16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Rfd1) 16... Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc8
20. Qf4 b5 $5 {[%mdl 32] It is logical to open up the position for Black's
bishops.} 21. e5 g5 $5 22. Qg3 (22. Qe3 $5) (22. Qe4 $5) 22... bxc4 23. Red1
Rc6 $1 {[%csl Gc6] The most useful position of the rook: it protects the
kingside and retains the possibility of attacking the e5-pawn by means of ...
Rc6-e6.} 24. Ne3 (24. Rxc4 Qb8 $15) 24... Qc7 25. Nxc4 $6 {This modest capture
allows Black to comfortably arrange his pieces and seize the initiative.} (25.
h4 g4 $1) (25. Nd5 $5 Qb7 26. Ne3 $11 Be6 $6 27. h4) 25... Be6 $15 26. h4 $6 {
This move makes little sense when Black can reply ...g5-g4.} (26. Nd6 {is not
dangerous either due to} Rd8 {[%cal Rg7e5]} (26... Rb8 $5 {[%cal Gb8b2]})) (26.
Rd6 $5 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxd6 (27... Bxe5 28. Rxc6 Bxg3 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. Rxc5 Bb6
31. Rc2 $15) 28. exd6 Qc6 29. h4 $15) 26... g4 27. Nfd2 Rd8 28. Re1 Rd4 29. Qe3
Qd8 30. g3 Qd5 31. Na5 Rc8 (31... Ra6 $142 $1 {[%csl Ga6] A.Korotylev} 32. Ndc4
Bf8 $17) 32. Ndc4 {White is keeping a blockading setup.} Rb8 33. Qe2 Bf8 34.
Ne3 Qe4 35. Nb3 {Giving up a pawn but getting rid of Black's bishop pair. In
the resulting position White will have some compensation due to the weakness
of Black's kingside.} Bxb3 36. axb3 Rxb3 (36... Qxe5 37. Qa2 $15) 37. Qa2 Qb7
38. Qc2 Rb2 39. Qf5 Qe4 40. Qxe4 Rxe4 41. Ra1 $6 (41. Red1 $142 $15) 41... c4 {
[%csl Gf1]} 42. Rxa7 Bc5 43. Ra8+ Kh7 44. Rf1 c3 45. Rc8 Bd4 46. Rc7 Rxe5 47.
Rxf7+ Kg6 48. Rd7 Bxe3 49. fxe3 {[%mdl 4096]} Rd2 $2 (49... Rb6 $1 {, and
Black should win by exploiting both his passed pawn and White's pawn
weaknesses (e3, g3), e.g.} 50. Rc7 (50. Rd4 h5 51. e4 Rc5 52. Rdd1 c2 53. Rc1
Rf6 $1 54. Rfe1 Rf3 $19) 50... Rxe3 51. Rf4 $1 {A.Korotylev} h5 $1 (51... Rxg3+
$143 52. Kf2 Rd3 53. Rxg4+ Kf6 54. Rf4+ Ke5 55. Rfc4 Rb2+ 56. Ke1) 52. Kf2 Rd3
53. Rc5 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Rd1+ 55. Rf1 Rxf1+ 56. Kxf1 c2 57. Ke1 Rb1+ 58. Kd2 Rg1
59. Rxc2 Rxg3 60. Rc6+ Kf5 61. Rc5+ Kf4 62. Rxh5 Ra3 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Kg3
$19) 50. Rc7 {[%cal Rc7c6,Rc7c3]} (50. Rc7 c2 51. Rc6+ $11 Kh5 $140 52. Rff6)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
Bd6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Bb3 {A quiet
prophylactical move leading to a slight plus for White, due to his space
advantage.} Rd8 (13... e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Bb8 (15... Nb6 $2 16. Qc5 $1)
16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nd2 a5 19. Ne4 Qg6 20. Nc5 Ra7 21. Nd7 Bxd7 22.
Qxd7 b6 23. Qb5 $16 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Mazuran,M/Pula 1993/EXT 1999 (35)}) 14. Qc2 (
14. Qe2 $5 Rb8 (14... Nf8 15. Ne5 Rb8 (15... Bd7 16. f4 Be8 17. Nc5 $14) 16. f4
f6 17. Nd3 Kh8 18. Ndc5 a5 19. a3 Ra8 20. Qc2 b6 21. Nd3 Bd7 22. Qc4 (22. Ba4
$1 $14) 22... Rac8 23. Ba2 Be8 24. b4 Bg6 25. Nef2 Bd6 26. Rfd1 axb4 27. axb4
Ra8 $132 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Kuczynski,R/Polanica Zdroj 1992/CBM 031 (50)}) (14... a5
15. a3 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rc5 Be8 19. Qc2 $1 Qe7 20. Ba2 Bd6
21. Rc3 Rac8 22. h4 g6 23. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Anand,V/Linares 1992/CBM
028/[Dautov] (46)}) 15. h3 Kh8 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. f4 Be8 19. a3 a5
20. Qc4 f6 21. Nd3 Bf7 22. Nec5 Kg8 23. Rf1 Bd6 24. Qc3 Ra8 25. Rce1 Kh8 26.
Rf3 Bg6 27. Rg3 $14 {0-1 Ribli,Z-Kuczynski,R/Tilburg 1992/CBM 032 (29)}) 14...
a5 $146 {Other moves seen in practice:} (14... Nf8 15. Rfd1 (15. Ne5 f6 16. Nf3
Bd7 17. Nc5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Sandstrom,L-Beikert,G/Baden-Baden 1993/TD (17)}) 15...
Rb8 16. a3 (16. Ne5 Bd7 17. a3 Be8 18. Ba2 f6 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. Nec5 Kh8 21. Qc4
Bh7 22. b4 Rd5 23. g3 Qf7 24. Qc2 Rh5 25. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Kumaran,D-Berezin,O/
Halle 1995/CBM 048 ext (35)}) 16... Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Qe4 (18. Ba2 Kh8 19.
Nd3 b6 20. b4 Rdc8 21. Rd2 Ra8 22. Qb2 a5 23. Rdc2 axb4 24. axb4 f6 25. Rc3 Ra7
26. Ra3 Rxa3 27. Qxa3 Bg6 28. Nfe1 Bd6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Galliamova,A/
Groningen 1997/CBM 062 ext (41)}) 18... Nh7 (18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Kh8 20. Ned3 $14
{1/2-1/2 Schmidt,W-Kuczynski,R/Cetniewo 1991/CBM 022 ext}) 19. Nd3 (19. Ne5 $5)
19... Ng5 20. Nxg5 Qxg5 21. f4 Qf6 22. Qf3 Kh8 23. Rc3 Rbc8 24. Ba2 Qe7 25. Bb3
Ba5 26. Rc2 Bc7 27. Qe4 Qf6 28. Ne5 Qe7 29. Nd3 Qf6 30. Ba4 (30. Nc5 $142 $14)
30... Qf5 31. Qxf5 (31. Qf3 Qd5) 31... exf5 32. Nc5 Rb8 33. Kf2 Bd6 34. Rdc1 g6
35. b4 Rdc8 36. Bb3 Rc7 37. Bc4 Re7 38. a4 Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,T-Dorfman,J/
Moscow 1976/URS-ch (44)}) (14... Rb8 15. a3 Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Nc5 Be8 18. Ba2
(18. f4 $5) (18. Qe4 $5) 18... b6 (18... Kh8 19. Qe4 f6 20. Qh4 Bd6 21. Nf3 b6
22. Ne4 c5 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rfd1 Rbc8 25. Bb3 cxd4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Nxd4 $14
{1-0 Zarubin,O-Filipenko,A/Severodonetsk 1982/EXT 1999 (48)}) 19. Ncd3 c5 $1
20. dxc5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 23. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Dreev,A/
Elista 1998/CBM 065}) (14... Nf6 15. Rfd1 (15. Nc5 b6 16. Nd3 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rac8
18. Qe2 Bb8 19. Rc2 Ne4 20. Rdc1 Bd6 21. a3 c5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24.
Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Haap,J-Remmler,H/Schwaebisch Gmuend 2001/CBM 080 ext}) (15. Nxf6+
$5 Qxf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Qe4 Re8 18. Ne5 Rad8 19. f4 Bd6 20. Rd2 Bc8 21. g4 g6
22. Rf1 Re7 23. h4 Qg7 24. h5 $36 {1-0 Van Seben,E-Budra,Z/IECG 2001/
R1-2001-0-00006 (39)}) 15... Bd7 16. Nc5 Rab8 17. a3 Be8 18. Ba2 e5 19. Bb1
exd4 20. exd4 g6 21. Re1 Qf8 22. Ba2 Kh7 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Nd3 Rbc8 25. Nfe5 Bb8
26. Qf4 Qg7 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Qh3 Rc7 29. Nc5 Re7 30. Qh4 $36 {1-0 Alekseev,
E-Burmakin,V/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 (44)}) 15. a3 Rb8 {This move (you have already
seen it in some games above) is also prophylactical. The idea is that after ...
Nd7-f8(f6) and ...Bc8-d7 Ne4-c5 doesn't attack the b7 pawn. The drawback is
that after the insertion of ...a7-a5 a2-a3 the a5 pawn can be hanging at some
point.} 16. Rfd1 Nf8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Nxd7 $6 {A paradoxical decision, which
no-one but Magnus can explain. White exchanges his powerful knight for Black's
passive bishop. He takes into account that the bishop can be activated by
means of ...Bd7-e8, ...f7-f6 and ...Be8-g6; however, that would weaken Black's
pawn structure.} Nxd7 19. g3 Nf6 20. Qc5 Qxc5 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxc5 {[%mdl
4096] Equal pawns, opposite-coloured bishops... and now Magnus Carlsen
outplays an outstanding endgame specialist!} Ra8 23. Kg2 Bd6 24. Rc2 f5 25. Bc4
a4 $6 {A tentative but in my opinion - a wrong move! This pawn will be weak on
a light square and need major pieces to defend it!} 26. Be2 Be7 27. Bf3 Ra5 28.
Rc4 Bf6 29. Rdc1 {[%cal Yf3d1] White's plan is to put his bishop to d1 or c2 
(forcing ...Rd8-a8) and then, according to the principle of two weaknesses,
after necessary preparation, open a second front on the kingside (g3-g4). To
prevent such course of events, Black opens up the centre. That creates the
second weakness at once (the f5 pawn) but Black obtains some counterplay
against the white b2 pawn.} e5 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Rb4 Rd7 32. Rc2 Kg7 33. Kf1
Bf6 34. Rcc4 Ra8 35. Rf4 Ra5 36. Ke2 $6 (36. Rxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4 Bxb2 38. Ra7 c5
39. Be2 $14 {[%cal Ye2c4] was probably more appropriate.}) 36... Rc5 $1 37.
Rfc4 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Bxb2 39. Rxa4 c5 (39... Bc3 $142 $1 40. Ra7 $140 Rd2+ 41.
Kf1 Rb2 {activating the rook and Black is probably out of danger,}) 40. Kf1 b6
41. Be2 {Correcting the inaccuracy on the 36th move but now the white rook is
far less active.} Bc3 42. Bb5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Ba5 44. Rf4 Kg6 45. a4 (45. Bc4 $142
$1 {[%cal Yg3g4]} Rd7 46. Ba2 $1 $36 {[%cal Ra2b1]}) 45... Bc3 {[%cal Rc3e5]}
46. g4 {what else?} fxg4 47. Be8 Be5 (47... h5 48. Bxf7+ Kg5 49. h3 $1) 48.
Bxf7+ Kg5 49. Re4 Kf5 50. Rc4 Rd7 51. Bh5 Rg7 52. a5 (52. h3 $5 gxh3+ 53. Kxh3
{creating connected passed pawns}) 52... bxa5 53. Rxc5 Ra7 54. Rc4 Rg7 55. Rc5
Ra7 56. Rc4 Rg7 57. Rc6 Ra7 58. Bg6+ Kg5 59. Bc2 a4 {[%csl Ga4]} ({Black is
out of danger after} 59... h5 {, too}) 60. Rg6+ Kh5 $2 (60... Kh4 $1 61. Rxh6+
Kg5 62. Re6 Bb8 {and White can't make exploit the dangerous position of the
black king.}) 61. Re6 $2 (61. h3 $1 a3 (61... gxh3+ 62. Kxh3 a3 63. Rg2 $18 {
- the h6 pawn harms Black!}) 62. hxg4+ (62. Rxg4 Rg7 63. Rxg7 Bxg7 64. Bb3 {
is hardly winning}) 62... Kh4 63. Bf5 Bg7 (63... a2 64. Rxh6+ Kg5 65. Rg6+ Kh4
66. f4 Rh7 $8 67. Ra6 a1=Q 68. Rxa1 Bxa1 69. Bxh7 Kxg4 {is a tablebase win for
White - Black can't reach a drawish setup Kf6, Bd6}) 64. Be6 {and White keeps
good winning chances}) 61... Bg7 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible mistake - nothing
unusual after a long defence. Black overlooks a mating idea.} ({After} 61...
Bb8 {White can't win}) 62. Kg3 Ra5 63. Bg6+ Kg5 (63... Kg5 {and Black resigned,
noticing} 64. h4+ (64. f4+ gxf3 65. h4#) 64... gxh3 65. f4#) 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 {[%mdl 512] Topalov's famous
piece sacrifice (see Topalov - Kramnik in CBM 122) has naturally obtained
popularity.} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 (14... Ke7 $5 15. Nd6 Rb8 {brought
Black a victory in the following game but further tests and analyses are
definitely needed:} 16. Bg4 c5 17. f4 Ne3 18. fxg5 Nxf1 19. Qxf1 Qf8 20. Qe2 (
20. g6 $1) 20... Bd5 21. Rf1 Qg8 22. g6 Kd8 23. dxc5 Kc7 24. Rf7 Kc6 $13 {
0-1 Beckhuis,G-Steingrimsson,H/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 703 (35)})
15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg4 h5 $5 $146 (16... Raf8 17. Qc2 Rhg8 (17... Qxd4 $2 18. Qg6
Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 21. a4 $1 b4 22. Rac1 $36 {1-0 Topalov,
V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (44)}) 18. Qg6 $5 $146 (18.
a4 $6 Ba8 (18... Qxd4 $5) 19. Rfe1 Nc7 20. d5 cxd5 21. axb5 a5 22. b3 cxb3 23.
Qh7 d4 24. Bh5 Nxb5 $19 {0-1 Timman,J-Ljubojevic,L/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122 
(42)}) 18... Nc7 19. Qe4 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4] a new interesting idea} Ba8 $6 (19...
Nd5 $5) (19... Ne8 $5) (19... Kd8 $5) 20. f4 $36 Nf6 $2 (20... c5 21. Qh7 $40)
(20... Kd8 $5 21. fxg5 hxg5) 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. fxg5 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe4 24.
gxf6+ Rxf6 25. Nxe4 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Rxg4 27. Bd6+ Kd8 28. Rf8+ Kd7 29. Rf7+ Ke8
30. Re7+ Kd8 31. Nf6 $18 {1-0 Kiselev,V-Gundavaa,B/Moscow 2008/CBM 122 Extra 
(37)}) (16... Rhg8 $5 17. Qc2 Nf8) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $44 {
Of course, this extremely complicated position requires a detailed analysis;
I'll only mention some interesting alternatives to the course of the game.}
Rhg8 (19... c5 $5 20. hxg5 Bg7 21. g6 Kd8) 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. Ne4 (21. Bh4 Bxh4
22. Qxh4+ N7f6 {is a satisfactory version for Black to give back the piece.}) (
21. Rfe1 $5 {[%cal Yd6e4] preventing ...Ne3}) 21... Ne3 $1 22. Qxg5+ $1 Rxg5
23. Bh4 Kd8 24. fxe3 (24. Bxg5+ Kc7 25. Bxe3 c5 $1 26. dxc5 Qc6 27. f3 Qd5 $132
) 24... Rh8 25. Bxg5+ Kc7 26. Bg4 c5 $1 27. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 28. Rf7+ Kb8 29. Nd6
Rg8 $1 30. Raf1 $1 Rxg5 31. Rf8+ Kc7 32. R1f7+ (32. Ne8+ Kc6 33. Bf3+ Ne4 34.
Bxe4+ Kc5 35. Nd6 Bxe4 (35... Ba6 $5) 36. Nxe4+ Kc6 37. Nxg5 Qxe3+ 38. R8f2
Qxg5 $13) 32... Nd7 33. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 34. Rf7+ Kd8 (34... Kc6 $2 35. Bf3+ Kc5
36. Rxb7 Qa5 37. Ne4+ $16) 35. Rf8+ (35. Nxb7+ $2 Ke8) 35... Kd7 36. Rf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 {
About this line - see CBM 123, annotations to Avrukh - Sargissian by GM B.
Avrukh, and CBM 126, annotations to Grischuk - Karjakin by GM I.Stohl.} O-O $5
$146 {A curious novelty.} (15... cxb3 {is usually played.}) 16. bxc4 (16. Bg3 {
(normally played when ...cxb3 axb3 is included) is now senseless due to} b4 17.
Na4 Qxd4 18. e5 ({White has no} 18. Nc5 {here!}) 18... Qe4 $1) 16... Nh7 17.
Bxg7 (17. cxb5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxh4 {[%cal Yh7g5]}) 17... Kxg7 {[%cal Rd8d4,
Rd8h4]} 18. Rad1 (18. d5 cxd5 19. exd5 bxc4 20. dxe6 Qxh4 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Nb5
fxe6 $1 22. Nc7 Rf6 $1 23. Nxa8 $140 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 g3 $19) 21...
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qf6 23. exf7 c3 24. f4 (24. Rac1 $142) 24... Rad8 25. Bc4 Rd4 26.
Qe6 Rxf4 $17 {0-1 Maletin,P (2557)-Van Wely,L (2625)/Budva MNE 2009/The Week
in Chess 748 (85)}) (18. Qd3 Qxh4 (18... bxc4 $143 19. Qxc4 Qxh4 20. Qc5 $36 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 19. cxb5 Rfd8 {and White has hardly any advantage.}) 18... Qxh4
19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Rac8 21. Qd3 Rfd8 $6 {Just missing the equalizer or
playing for a win?} (21... g3 $1 22. Qxg3+ Qxg3 23. fxg3 Bxe4 24. Bxh5 (24. Nd6
Rc2) 24... Rc2 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Rb8 $11) 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24.
Qxa7 Qe7 (24... Ng5 $6 25. Nd4 $1 $16 {S.Zagrebelny} ({but not} 25. Qxb7 $2
Nf3+ $1 26. Bxf3 (26. gxf3 g3) 26... gxf3 27. Nd6 fxg2 28. Kxg2 Qg4+ $11)) 25.
e5 Qxe5 $2 (25... Ra8 $142 26. Qe3 Rxa2 27. Rfe1 {White has good compensation
for the pawn due to the weakness of Black's kingside but hardly any real
advantage.}) 26. Qxb7 Rb8 (26... Qxe2 27. Nd6) 27. Qc7 Qxe2 28. Nd4 $1 {
[%cal Rd4e2,Rd4c6] Even stronger than} (28. Nd6 {[%cal Rc7f7,Rd1d5]} Rf8 (28...
Qe6 29. Rfe1 $1 Qf6 (29... Qxd6 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxd6 $18) (29... Qd7 30. Re8+
$1) 30. Rxd5 Ng5 31. Red1 $16) 29. Rxd5 Qxa2 30. Ra5 $1 Qe2 31. Rxh5 $36) 28...
Qc4 29. Qe5 (29. Nc6 $142 $1 {S.Zagrebelny} Rbc8 $1 30. Ne7+ Kf8 31. Qg3 Kxe7 (
31... Rc5 32. Rfe1 $40 {[%cal Rg3e3,Rg3e5]}) 32. Qe5+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34.
Rfe1+ Kd6 35. Qe5+ Kc6 36. Rc1 $18) 29... Re8 30. Qxh5 Rb6 31. Nf5 $16 {
[%csl Rg8][%mdl 128] Black's kingside is seriously compromised; his defence is
very hard.} Rbe6 (31... Qxa2 32. Rd4 $1 $18) 32. Ne3 (32. Rd4 $4 Qxf1+) (32.
Nh6+ $142 Kg7 33. Nxg4 $16 Qxa2 $140 34. Ne3 {winning the d5-pawn.}) 32... Qxa2
33. Nxg4 $6 (33. Rd4 $142 Re4 34. Rxe4 {exchanging one of the defenders} Rxe4
35. Nxg4 $16 Qe2 36. Nh6+ Kg7 37. Nf5+ Kg8 38. f3 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 33... Qe2
$1 {A sudden tactical trick - the d5-pawn is untouchable.} 34. Qh4 Qc4 $6 (
34... Rg6 $1 35. f3 Qe6 {holding on and keeping material parity.}) 35. f4 $1 {
[%cal Yf1f3] White brings new forces into attack!} Rg6 36. Rf3 Qc5+ $6 (36...
Re2 37. Rg3 Qxf4 38. Rf1 Qd4+ (38... Qd2 39. Rxf7 $1 Qd4+ 40. Rf2 Kg7 41. Rh3
$18) 39. Kh2 Kg7 40. Rh3 $18) (36... Kf8 $5 {was a computer-like way to defend
as after} 37. Qxh7 (37. Kh2 $142 $5 {keeping various threats} Re2 38. Ra1 $36)
37... Rxg4 38. Qh8+ Rg8 39. Qh6+ Ke7 $1 40. Re3+ Kd7 {, amazingly, White can't
win.}) 37. Kh1 Qe7 38. Qh3 Qd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] This blunder loses but even
after} (38... Nf6 39. Re3 $1 (39. Nh6+ Kf8 40. Nf5 Qe2 $1) 39... Qf8 $1 (39...
Ne4 40. f5 Ra6 (40... Kg7 41. fxg6 Rh8 42. Qxh8+ Kxh8 43. Rxd5 Kg7 44. gxf7
Qxf7 45. Re5 $16) 41. Qh5 $1 (41. f6 Rxf6 42. Nxf6+ Qxf6 43. Rf3 Nf2+ 44. Kh2
Qe5+ 45. Qg3+ Ng4+ 46. Kg1 Qxg3 47. Rxg3 Re4 $14) 41... Kg7 42. Rh3 Rg8 43. f6+
$1 Rxf6 44. Nxf6 Qxf6 45. Rf3 {and White gets a decisive material advantage})
40. Nxf6+ Rxf6 41. Rg3+ (41. Rxe8 $143 Qxe8 42. Rxd5 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Kg7 44. Rh5
Qc1 $1) 41... Rg6 42. Rxd5 $16 {Black still faces serious problems due to his
weak king.}) 39. f5 Rg5 40. Nh6+ Kf8 41. Nxf7 $1 {Winning a pawn and
continuing his attack.} Qf6 (41... Kxf7 42. Qxh7+ Kf8 43. f6 Qe5 44. Rh3 $18)
42. Nxg5 Nxg5 43. Qh4 $18 Re7 (43... Kg7 44. Qg4 Re4 45. Qg3 Kf7 46. Rfd3 $18)
44. Rh3 $1 Qxf5 45. Qh8+ (45. Qh6+ Ke8 46. Rh5 $18) 45... Kf7 46. Rh5 Re8 47.
Qh6 Rg8 48. Qd6 Rg6 49. Qxd5+ Qxd5 50. Rxd5 {The rest is easy.} Ne4 51. Rhf5+
Kg7 52. Rd7+ Kh6 53. Rf4 Ng3+ 54. Kh2 Nh5 55. Ra4 Nf6 56. Rdd4 Rg5 57. Rf4 Rg6
58. Rf3 Nh7 59. Rh3+ 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
Qd8 {After this move White keeps a small advantage.} (8... g6 {is more common.}
) 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O {This position was examined in CBM 119 (annotations
to Gelfand - Kasimdzhanov) and in CBM 121 (annotations to Delchev - Kosic by
GM L.Ftacnik).} 11. Rad1 dxc4 (11... a6 $5 {is probably more flexible, e.g.}
12. cxd5 (12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a3 c5 16. d5 c4 $132 {
0-1 Plachetka,J-Sveshnikov,E/Dubna 1979/EXT 1999 (29)}) 12... exd5 13. Rfe1 Nf6
14. e4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. d5 c5 18. Qd3 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. Re3
b5 21. Rde1 Bf4 22. R3e2 $13 {1-0 Furman,S-Rizzi,D/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105
(75)}) 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Be2 $146 (13. Bd3 {is also possible:} Bb7 14. Ne4 (14.
a3 $5 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Qb6 17. Rc1 Rac8 $6 18. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Gonzalez
Zamora,J-Mendoza Moreno,J/Merida 2005/EXT 2007 (32)}) 14... Qb6 15. Rc1 Rac8 (
15... Rfd8 $142) 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Be4 Rcd8 20. Rfd1 g6
21. b4 Bg7 22. Nb3 f5 23. Bf3 e5 24. e4 Bc8 25. Na5 f4 26. Qb3+ Kh7 27. h3 $14
{1-0 Petrosian,A-Farago,I/Yerevan 1982/MCD (52)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Rc1
{White seizes the c5 square preventing ...c6-c5 but that now leads to
simplifications.} Rfd8 {This is definitely more useful than} (15... Rac8 {
as the d-file will open up in a moment.}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Ye1d3]})
16... Rac8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 $1 {[%mdl 512] An interesting
pawn sacrifice, which Black should have probably rejected.} Qxc5 (19... Qc7 $5
{[%cal Yc8d8] with good chances to equalize.}) 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 21.
Rd7 Ba8 22. Ne5 Bb6 (22... f6 23. Ng6 {[%cal Yg6f4,Yf4e6]} (23. Nd3 Bb6 24. Nf4
Rd8 $1 25. Re7 Kf8 26. Ng6+ Kg8) 23... e5 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 a5 26. Kf1 $44
) 23. Nxf7 Rc7 24. Ne5 (24. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 25. Rd8+ Kg7 26. Rxa8 Rd7 27. Bg4 Rd2
28. b3 Rxa2 29. Kf1 $14 {White has a stronger pawn chain and therefore his
bishop is more active.}) 24... Rxd7 25. Nxd7 Bc7 26. Nc5 {White's advantage 
(Black's "bad" a8 bishop) should not be enough to win the game.} Kf7 27. Bg4 e5
28. Bf3 Ke7 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. b4 a5 31. a3 Bxc5 32. bxc5 Bb7 33. Ke2 Ba6 {
Passive defence is probably good enough, too.} 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Be4 g5 36. Kc3
Bc8 37. g3 Kc7 38. f4 g4 $4 {Putting this pawn on a light square is a terrible
positional mistake.} ({White can't win after} 38... exf4 39. exf4 gxf4 40. gxf4
Bd7 41. f5 Kd8 42. f6 (42. Kd4 Ke7 43. Ke5 Be8) 42... Ke8 43. Bg6+ Kf8 44. Kd4
{and now the simplest} a4) 39. f5 Bd7 40. f6 Kd8 41. Kd3 a4 (41... Ke8 42. Bg6+
Kf8 43. Ke4 Be8 44. Bf5 b4 45. axb4 axb4 46. Kxe5 b3 47. Kd4 $18) 42. Bg6 Be6
43. Kc3 $2 (43. Ke4 {was quite possible:} Kd7 (43... b4 44. Kxe5 Bb3 45. Kd6
$18) 44. Kxe5 Bb3 45. Bf5+ Ke8 46. Kd6 b4 47. axb4 a3 48. Bb1 $18) 43... Kd7 $2
{It was unclear how White was going to win after} (43... Bd5 {e.g.} 44. Kb4 Bf3
45. Ka5 Kd7 46. Bf7 (46. Kb6 Bd5) (46. Bf5+ Ke8 47. Be6 Bd1 48. Kb6 $6 Bb3)
46... Be4 47. Kb6 Bg2) 44. Be4 $22 {Black now loses his ill-fated g4 pawn due
to the zugzwang.} Bf7 (44... Kc7 45. Bf5 $1) (44... h5 45. Bg6) 45. Bf5+ Ke8 (
45... Be6 $4 46. f7) 46. Bxg4 Bd5 47. Bh5+ Kd7 48. Bg6 e4 49. g4 Ke6 50. f7 Ke7
51. h4 Kf8 (51... Bxf7 52. Bxe4) 52. Kd4 Ke7 53. h5 $1 {[%cal Rg4g5]} Bxf7 54.
Bxe4 Be8 55. Bf5 Kf6 56. e4 Kg5 57. Bc8 Kf4 58. e5 {[%cal Re5e6,Rc8d7]} b4 59.
axb4 a3 60. Kc3 Kxe5 61. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
g6 9. Be2 (9. Bd3 {is more common, with a usual continuation being} dxc4 10.
Bxc4) 9... Bg7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 {was possible here, too.}) 10. cxd5 {
[%mdl 32] White goes for the classic Karlsbad structure, for which his rook is
not placed properly on c1 but neither is Black's bishop on g7.} ({He can
include mutual castling first:} 10. O-O O-O (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 {again leads
to a common position}) 11. cxd5 (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qf4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Nc3
Qc7 15. Rfd1 e5 16. d5 {0-1 (31) Kanep,M (2505)-Fridman,D (2653) Riga 2012} e4
$132) (11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rfd1 a6 $5 13. a3 Rb8 14. h3 Kh8 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. b4 b5
17. c5 e5 18. Nb3 Nf8 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd4 Qc7 21. h4 Ne6 $132 {1/2 (48)
Aronian,L (2816)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) Istanbul 2012}) 11... exd5 12. b4 a6 (
12... Nb6 {1/2 (17) Tosic,M (2440)-Kosic,D (2455) Kladovo 1993} 13. b5 $1) 13.
a4 Qd6 14. Qb3 (14. b5 $5) 14... b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. e4 {1/2 (42) Devereaux,M
(2329)-Horton,J Port Erin 2003} Nb6 $1 $11 17. exd5 $140 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 $1)
({If} 10. b4 a6 11. a4 {then} dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 $11 14. b5 $6 axb5
15. axb5 c5 16. Be2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 e5 20. Nf3 Be6 $36
{0-1 (60) Kolbus,D (2416)-Malakhatko,V (2556) Port Erin 2005}) 10... exd5 11.
b4 {[%cal Yb4b5]} a6 (11... Qd6 {is less accurate:} 12. b5 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14.
bxc6 bxc6 (14... Qxc6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Nc5 Bc6 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. a4
Qg5 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. Nb5 Nc8 22. Bf3 a6 23. Nc3 $16 {1/2 (61) Shchekachev,A 
(2537)-Bajarani,U (2424) Paris 2011}) 15. Na4 Re8 16. Nc5 Rb8 17. Re1 Nd7 18.
Nd3 Ba6 19. Nf4 Bb7 20. Qa4 a6 21. Nd3 Rec8 22. Qa5 $14 {1-0 (46) Shchekachev,
A (2528)-Lamorelle,J (2277) Paris 2012}) 12. a4 O-O 13. b5 axb5 14. axb5 {
The classic minority attack leads to a typical position with the weak c6-pawn 
(in the event of b5xc6 b7xc6) or weak b- and d-pawns in Black's camp (in the
event of ...c6xb5 or b5xc6 Qxc6). Usually Black opts for the former setup as
it is difficult for White to convert such a small advantage. Often (in the
present game, too) White refrains from the early capture on c6 so that the
b-file remains closed, and he can sometimes attack the b7-pawn.} Qd6 15. O-O
Nb6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Nd1 {The knight goes to d3 and then possibly to c5 or e5.}
Bf5 18. Nb2 Rfc8 19. Nd3 Bxd3 {A simple way to disrupt White's plan. However,
the exchange of Black's light-squared bishop has a drawback as it is a good
defender of his position.} 20. Qxd3 c5 {Another typical transformation. Black
prefers to have an isolated central pawn, safely protected by the perfectly
placed b6 knight. In many cases (including this one) it is quite enough for
equality.} 21. dxc5 Rxc5 $11 {However, the World Champion is famous for
regularly outplaying his rivals in quiet equal positions.} 22. h4 Na4 (22... h5
{was quite possible (and would have been probably played against any other
opponent):} 23. Ng5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Ra8 $11) 23. h5 Rbc8 $6 {Another timorous
move.} (23... Nc3 $142 24. hxg6 Qxg6 $11) 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 {The knight is hardly
placed better on c5 than on b6.} 25. Qc2 {Now the destruction of Black's
queenside is inevitable. He must switch to defence.} gxh5 (25... Qe6 26. Rc1 $1
$36) 26. Nd4 Qg6 27. Nf5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]} Bf8 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Rc1 Nb3 $1 {
[%mdl 256] A correct simplification.} 30. Qxc8 Nxc1 31. Qxc1 Qxf5 {The
opposite-coloured bishops should secure Black a draw.} 32. Qc7 Qb1+ 33. Bf1 d4
$1 34. exd4 (34. Qxb7 dxe3 35. fxe3 Qe1 {[%cal Yf8d6,Ye1g3]}) 34... Qd1 (34...
Qe4 $142 $1 $11 35. Bc4 $140 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxf2) 35. Qe5 $1 (35. Qxb7 Qxd4 $11 {
[%cal Yf8c5]}) 35... Bg7 36. Qe8+ Bf8 37. Qd8 Kg7 (37... Qd2 $142 $5 38. d5 Kg7
) 38. Qd5 $1 {White is trying all possible chances.} b6 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40. Qf6
Bg7 (40... Bb4 $142 $1 41. Qxb6 (41. Qxh6 Qxd4 {[%cal Yb4c5]}) 41... Kg7 {
[%cal Yb4c3,Yc3d4]} 42. Qd8 Bc5 $1 {, which is not easy to find, though.}) 41.
Qxb6 Bxd4 42. Qxh6 Qg4 43. Qd6 Qd1 44. Qd8+ Kh7 $6 {A serious inaccuracy.} (
44... Kg7 $1 45. Qg5+ Kh7 {was still a clear draw.}) 45. Qc7 $1 {White's
passed pawn now moves forward.} Kg7 46. b6 Qg4 $1 {The only way to create
counterplay.} (46... Qd2 $4 47. Qg3+ Kh7 48. b7) 47. b7 Qh4 $1 48. g3 Qf6 49.
Qc2 Qe5 {Black has stopped White's pawn at the last moment. The draw is still
highly probable.} 50. Qd3 Ba7 51. Qf3 Qf6 52. Qe2 {The queen exchange leads to
a draw, e.g.} (52. Be2 Qxf3 53. Bxf3 Kg6 54. Kg2 f5 55. Be2 Bb8 (55... f4 56.
gxf4 Bb8 {is good enough}) 56. Kh3 Be5 57. f4 Bc7 58. Kg2 (58. Kh4 Bd8+) 58...
h4 $1 $11) 52... Qc3 53. Kh2 Qd4 54. Qf3 Bb8 $2 {Surprisingly, this is a big
mistake.} (54... h4 $1 {was correct as} 55. g4 Qe5+ 56. Kg2 Bb8 {lead to a
dead draw.}) 55. Kh3 Bc7 (55... Qf6 56. Qxf6+ Kxf6 57. Kh4 Kg6 58. Be2 {
- Black's bishop is placed wrongly, unable to give a check, therefore he loses
the h5-pawn and the game.}) 56. Be2 Bb8 57. Bd1 {[%cal Rf3h5] White doesn't
want to calculate the queen endgame after} (57. Qxh5 Qxf2 58. Qg5+ Kf8 59. Qd8+
Kg7 60. Qxb8 Qxe2) 57... f5 {Desperation.} 58. Be2 f4 (58... Qg4+ 59. Qxg4+
hxg4+ 60. Bxg4 fxg4+ 61. Kxg4 $18 {White's pawns easily prevail as his king
goes to the queenside at the decisive moment.}) 59. Qxh5 Qxf2 $5 60. Qg5+ Kf7
$138 {White lost on time unaware of the time rate. He still needed several
accurate checks to construct the mating net:} (60... Kf7 61. Bc4+ Ke8 62. Bb5+
$1 {Only this; if Black's king escapes to the queenside, it will be safe!} Kf7
63. Qf5+ Kg7 64. Qd7+ $1 Kf6 65. Qd8+ $1 Kg7 (65... Kf7 66. Bc4+ Kg6 67. Qg8+
Kf6 68. Qf8+ Kg5 69. Qg7+ {leads to the same}) 66. Qe7+ Kh6 67. Qf6+ Kh7 68.
Bd3+ Kg8 69. Bc4+ Kh7 70. Qf7+ Kh6 71. Qf8+ $1 Kg5 72. Qg7+ Kf5 73. g4+ Ke4 74.
Qg6+ Kd4 75. Qb6+ $18) 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
{An old-fashioned move.} Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qc2 a6 $6 (11... dxc4 {
is more common:} 12. Bxc4 e5 (12... Nb6 13. Ne4 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bc7 15. Ne5 Rd8
16. f4 f6 17. Nd3 a5 18. Rf2 Bd7 19. Ndc5 b5 20. Qe2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tomashevsky,
E-Pavasovic,D/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (43)}) (12... b6 13. Ne4 (13. Rfd1 Bb7 14.
Ne4 Bc7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. a3 Bb8 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bd3 f5 19. Ng3 c5 $132 {
0-1 Sladek,V-Cech,P/Ostrava 2003/EXT 2006 (65)}) 13... Bc7 14. Bb3 Ba6 $6 (
14... Bb7 $1) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ba4 f5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Qd6 19. e4 $14 {
0-1 Sladek,V-Klimsa,J/Ostrava 2003/EXT 2006 (38)}) 13. Ne4 exd4 (13... Bb8 $5
14. Ng3 (14. d5 $5) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. a4 e4 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Be6
19. Rf4 Qb4 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxa4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Nc5 Nd5
$132 {0-1 Stanojevic,B-Basagic,Z/Skofja Loka 1997/CBM 061 ext (60)}) 14. Nxd6
Qxd6 15. Rfd1 Ne5 (15... Nb6 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Qe4 Rae8 19. Bc2 f5
20. Qh4 Bxa2 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. Rxa7 Nc8 24. Ra8 g6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Hjartarson,J-Thorhallsson,T/Iceland 1993/TD (44)}) 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxd4 Bf5
18. Qc3 Rae8 19. Qa3 a6 20. Rcd1 Bc8 21. b4 Qc7 22. Qc3 Re5 23. a3 Rfe8 24. Rf4
Bf5 25. h3 a5 26. g4 axb4 27. axb4 Be6 28. Rfd4 Bc8 29. Rf4 Be6 30. Bxe6 R5xe6
31. Qd4 Re5 {1/2-1/2 Capablanca,J-Levenfish,G/Moscow 1936/HCL}) 12. c5 Bc7 13.
e4 {[%mdl 32] A typical reaction.} dxe4 14. Nxe4 Rd8 $146 {Black decides to
defend passively.} (14... e5 {is quite risky:} 15. Rfe1 exd4 16. Neg5 (16. Nd6
$5 Qd8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Bf5 $36) 16... Qxc5 17. Qb3 Qd5 $2 (17... Qb6 $2 18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Nxh6+ $16) (17... Qd6 $1 18. Nxf7 (18.
Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 Kxh7 21. Re7 Qg6 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Qxd7 Qd6
24. Qxd6 Bxd6 25. Nxd4 Re8 $15) 18... Rxf7 19. Bc4 Qf8 20. Nh4 $44) 18. Qxd5
cxd5 19. Nh7 $16 {1-0 Kiselev,S-Guliev,S/Azov 1991/CBM 025 (40)}) 15. Rfe1 Nf8
16. Qc3 f6 17. Bb1 Kh8 18. a3 Bd7 19. Nfd2 {[%cal Rd2c4]} f5 $1 {Just in time!}
20. Ng3 Qf6 21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ba2 (22. Ne5 Ng6 $1) 22... b6 (22... a5 $5 {
[%cal Ya5a4]} 23. Ne5 Nd7 $5) 23. Rc2 (23. Ne5 $5 bxc5 (23... Rab8 24. cxb6
Bxb6 25. Ne2) 24. Qxc5 (24. dxc5 f4 25. Nf1 a5 $13) 24... Rab8 {[%cal Rc7b6,
Rb8b2]} 25. Qc3 Rd6 26. Ne2 $14 (26. b4 $143 a5)) 23... bxc5 24. Qxc5 $14 {
Black has a lot of weaknesses but his bishop pair can be potentially strong.}
Rab8 25. Rd2 a5 26. Qc3 Rd6 27. Rde2 (27. Ne5 $5) 27... Bb6 28. Re5 {The rook
is not the best blockader but White can afford this.} Bf7 29. Bb1 Qd8 30. Ba2
Rb7 31. Ne2 Ng6 32. Re3 a4 {Both sides have made a little progress. Black
decides to blockade White's queenside pawns but his own a4-pawn can now be
weak.} 33. Qc2 Rc7 $6 {[%mdl 512] This pawn sac to activate pieces is dubious.}
(33... Ra7 $142) 34. Qxa4 c5 35. dxc5 $6 (35. Rc3 $1 cxd4 (35... Kg8 36. dxc5
Rxc5 37. Ned4 $5) 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Nexd4 Bxd4 38. Nxd4 Qb6 39. Nxf5 $1 (39.
Nxe6 $143 Qxb2 40. Bb3 Rd3) 39... Rd2 40. Rf1 Rxb2 41. Bc4 {and Black has no
sufficient compensation.}) 35... Rxc5 $44 {[%csl Re3] Now Black is fine.} 36.
Rc3 Ne5 37. Ned4 Ng4 $6 (37... Be8 38. Qb3 Rcd5 $44) (37... Nxf3+ $5 38. Nxf3
Rxc3 39. bxc3 Rd2 $1 40. Nxd2 Qxd2 41. Rf1 Qxa2 42. Qb4 Bc7 43. Qe7 Qc4 44.
Qxf7 Bxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Qxf1 {and the endgame should end in a draw.}) 38. h3 $6 {
This leads to complications, which eventually end in a draw.} (38. Qc2 $1 $14 {
kept the better prospects for White.}) 38... Nxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 Ra5 40. Qc2 Rxd4
41. Kf1 Qd7 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Qc6 Qd6 44. Qxd6 Rxd6 45. Rf8 Ra7 46. Ne5 Rd2 47.
Re2 Rd1+ 48. Re1 Rd2 49. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. Bg5
{The most principled continuation.} ({The simplifications after} 8. e4 c5 9.
dxc5 Qxd3 10. Bxd3 Bxc5 {are not very promising for White.}) 8... c5 9. Bxf6 $1
gxf6 10. d5 Bb7 (10... b4 11. Na4 Ra7 {1/2 (48) Troff,K (2545)-Krishnan,V 
(2315) Arlington 2015} (11... Bd7 $6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. b3 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 b3+ 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Qe4 $16 {1/2 (28) Khalifman,A (2638)-Grigoryan,A 
(2595) Moscow 2011}) 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. e3 $14) (10... Ra7 11. e4
Rd7 {1-0 (88) Khismatullin,D (2667)-Alsina Leal,D (2546) Kavala 2010} 12. Qe3
$14) (10... Bg7 $5 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 f5 13. Rd1 Bb7 $13 14. Qe3 $6 {1-0 (31)
Cabrera,A (2518)-Sandipan,C (2641) Caleta 2011} exd5 15. Nxd5 Nd7 $15) 11. e4 (
11. O-O-O $6 b4 12. Na4 {1-0 (42) Grischuk,A (2752)-Bacrot,E (2714) Porto
Carras 2011} Bxd5 $1 $17 13. e4 $140 $2 Bh6+ 14. Kc2 (14. Kb1 $2 Bxe4) 14...
b3+ 15. axb3 Nc6 $19) (11. dxe6 Qxd3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. exd3 Rg8 14. a4 Nc6 15.
axb5 Nd4 $44 {1/2 (47) Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2782) Leuven 2016}) 11... Bh6
$6 {Not a good square for the bishop.} (11... Nd7 {leads to a double-edged
position, e.g.} 12. Rd1 (12. O-O-O $6 c4 13. Qc2 Qb6 {[%csl Gb6]} 14. Kb1 O-O-O
15. g3 Kb8 16. Bh3 Nc5 $17 {1/2 (31) Gyimesi,Z (2595)-Erdos,V (2576) Hungary
2011}) 12... c4 (12... Qc7 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bd6 15. dxe6 Nb6 16. e5 fxe5
17. Ng5 Rhg8 18. Nce4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Be7 20. Qa3 Kb7 21. exf7 Rgf8 22. Bf3 Ka7
23. Nc3 Na4 24. Nd5 {1-0 (24) Le,Q (2703)-Jumabayev,R (2556) Zaozhuang 2012})
13. Qc2 (13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Qd4 Rc8 15. Qe3 {1/2 (56) Ipatov,A (2562)-Sandipan,C 
(2656) Rethymno 2011} Qe7 $1 $15 {[%cal Ye6d5,Yb5b4]}) 13... Qb6 14. Be2 Bg7
15. O-O Nc5 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Rc8 $13 18. Qa2 $2 f5 19. dxe6 Bxc3 20. exf7+
Kf8 21. exf5 Qf6 $17 {0-1 (38) Zhukova,N (2476)-Yilmaz,M (2531) Nakhchivan 2013
}) 12. Rd1 Qc7 {Hardly a perfect square for the queen.} (12... Nd7 $5 13. g3 c4
14. Qc2 Qb6 {deserved attention.}) 13. g3 Nd7 $6 (13... O-O $142 {although
White's position looks more pleasant after} 14. Bg2) 14. Bh3 Nf8 $2 {After
this move Black will be unable to complete development, and his king remains
in the centre.} (14... c4 $142 15. Qe2 Nc5 {although White retains the better
prospects after} 16. O-O O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. O-O Rd8
$6 {Another wrong decision. The exchange of White's passive f1-rook is
favourable for him.} (16... Rg8 $142) 17. Qe2 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rg8 19. Nh4 $1 $18
{[%cal Re2h5] All White's pieces take part in the attack, which becomes
decisive.} Rg5 (19... Qf7 $2 20. Nxb5 $1) 20. Bg2 c4 (20... Ng6 21. f4 Nxf4 22.
gxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd3 $18) 21. f4 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Rg7 23. e5 $1 {[%cal Re2h5]} Bxg2+
24. Nxg2 ({Surprisingly,} 24. Kxg2 $1 {was stronger. If} Bxf4 {then} 25. exf6
Rg8 26. Ne4 $18) 24... f5 25. Qh5+ Rg6 26. Nh4 $6 {White goes for unnecessary
complications while after} (26. Ne2 {Black had no defence against the 26.Nh4
threat, e.g.} Qc6 27. Rd6 Qe4 28. Kf2 {[%cal Rg2h4]}) 26... Bxf4 $1 27. gxf4
Qg1+ 28. Ke2 Qxh2+ 29. Ke3 Qxb2 $1 (29... Qh3+ 30. Kd2 Qg4 31. Qxg4 Rxg4 32.
Nf3 Ng6 (32... Rxf4 33. Ke3 Rg4 34. Rd6 $18) 33. Ne2 Nxf4 34. Nxf4 Rxf4 35. Ke3
Re4+ 36. Kf2 {[%cal Rd1d6] , and White should win.}) 30. Ne2 Qa3+ $1 31. Kf2
Qh3 32. Rd6 (32. Rg1 $5 {[%cal Re2g3]} Kd8 33. Rxg6 (33. Ng3 $6 Rg4) 33... Nxg6
34. Qg5+ Kd7 35. Nf3 {[%cal Rg5f6]} c3 $1 (35... Qg4 36. Qh6) 36. Nxc3 Qg4 37.
Ne2 Qxg5 38. Nxg5 {- White has work to do but should finally prevail.}) 32...
b4 (32... c3 33. Rxa6 c2 (33... Qh2+ 34. Ke3 Qh3+ 35. Kd4) 34. Ra8+ Kd7 35. Qf3
$1 $18 Qxh4+ $140 36. Kf1 {[%cal Rf3b7]}) 33. Rxa6 Kf7 (33... Qh2+ $142 34. Ke3
Qh3+ 35. Kd2 Qh1 (35... Qd3+ $6 36. Ke1 $18) {although after} 36. Rd6 {White's
advantage should be decisive.}) 34. Ra8 (34. Ra7+ Kg8 35. Rxh7 $1 {was simpler,
e.g.} Qh2+ 36. Ke3 Rg3+ 37. Nf3 $18) 34... Qh2+ ({After} 34... Kg7 {I planned}
35. Rxf8 (35. Ra7+ $1 Kg8 36. Rxh7 {was still possible}) (35. Nxf5+ Qxf5 36.
Qxf5 exf5 37. Nd4 {was good, too}) 35... Rg2+ $1 36. Nxg2 Qxh5 37. Rb8 {
. White's rook and two knights are stronger than Black's queen but it would
take a while to convert this advantage.}) 35. Ke3 Qh3+ 36. Kd2 c3+ (36... Qd3+
37. Ke1 $18) 37. Kc2 Qe3 38. Nxg6 (38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Nxg6+ Kg7 40. Nh4 {
was possible, too.}) 38... Qe4+ {Black has a number of checks but nothing more.
} 39. Kb3 hxg6 (39... Qd5+ 40. Kxb4 hxg6 (40... Qe4+ 41. Kxc3 {etc.}) 41. Ra7+
Ke8 42. Qg5) 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qf6+ Kd7 43. Qf7+ Kd8 44. Qf8+ (
44. Qf8+ Kc7 45. Qd6+ Kc8 46. Qxe6+ {etc.}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 36th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2008.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.06.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 c5 15.
dxc5 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. c6 Bxc6 {About this line - see CBM 122, annotations to
Inarkiev-Aronian.} 18. Bxb4 $146 (18. Nd5 $5 Ne5 $6 (18... Bxb2 $5 19. Bxb4 $5
$13 (19. Be7 $143 Qxe7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 $44)) 19. Be7 Qd7 $6 (19... Qa5 $142 20.
Bxb4 Qd8 21. Ne7 Rb8 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Ba3 $36) 20. Nf6+ Kxe7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22.
Qd2 a5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qb6 $16 {0-1 Inarkiev,E-Aronian,L/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (48)}) 18... Qb6 19. Ba3 Bd4 20. Bxc4
(20. Rf1 Ne5 $132) 20... Ne5 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kh1 Bb7 $13 (21... Bxe1 $143 22.
Qd6 $44)) 21. Bxa6 $5 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Rd8 (22... Qxa6 $2 23. Qd6 Ng6 $140 24. Nd5
$1 $40) 23. Qe2 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 $44 {After all the complications White has
retained decent compensation for a minor material loss: Black's king is caught
up in the centre although his strong e5-knight enables him to hold on.} f6 {
[%cal Re8f7]} (24... Rd7 $5) 25. Qh5+ Kd7 26. Qe2 (26. Bb5 Kc8 $1 27. Bxc6 (27.
Be7 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Nd3) 27... Qxc6 28. Be7 Nd3 $1 29. Rf1 Qe8 $1 30. Qxe8 Rdxe8
31. Bxf6 Ref8 $13) (26. Bf1 Qf2 27. Rc1 Kc7 $1 $36) (26. Be2 $5 {was a good
possibility to fight on:} Kc8 27. Rf1 $5 (27. Be7 $143 Rd3 $3 28. Nd5 (28. Bxd3
Nxd3) (28. Bxf6 Be8) 28... exd5 29. Bxd3 Re8 $1 30. Ba3 Nxd3 31. Qh3+ Kb7 32.
Qxd3 dxe4 $13) (27. Qh3 $5 $36) 27... Nd3 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Qf7 $36) 26... Ke8
(26... Kc7 $2 27. Be7) 27. Qh5+ {Both players were too scared to play on in
this crazy position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 O-O 13. Rfe1 a6 {A typical
flexible move keeping a lot of possibilities (...b7-b5, ...c6-c5, ...e6-e5).
The other options seen in practice:} (13... b5) (13... Rd8) (13... b6) (13...
Nb6) 14. a3 (14. e4 b5 {[%cal Yc6c5]}) (14. Ne4 b6 $5 {[%cal Yc8b7,Yc6c5]})
14... b5 15. Ba2 c5 16. d5 c4 $5 $146 (16... Nb6 17. e4 (17. d6 $142 Qf6 18. e4
Bb7 19. e5 $36) 17... Bb7 18. e5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rad8 21. Ba2 c4
$11 22. h4 $6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Re1 Nxe5 $17 {0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Perez
Candelario,M/Lorca 2005/CBM 111 (30)}) 17. dxe6 (17. d6 {doesn't work now as
White can´t safely support this pawn:} Qf6 18. e4 Bb7 19. e5 $6 Qf4 $17 {
[%csl Re5]}) 17... Qxe6 18. b3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nd5 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Bb7 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Is it a blunder or a kind of bewilderment? Did Black simply fail
to find a satisfactory move and decide to give up material? In fact he had a
lot of possibilities, e.g.} (21... Kh7) (21... Rb8) ({and the simplest:} 21...
Be6 22. f4 Qb2 $1 23. Ne7+ Kh7 $1 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Bxe6 Rad8 $1
{White can't save his extra pawn, and after} 27. a4 bxa4 {Black's strong
a-pawn compensates for his inferior pawn structure (indicated by GM K.Maslak).}
) 22. Nb6 {[%cal Rb6a8,Rb6d7] Black loses an exchange but his bishop pair
makes converting this advantage quite difficult.} Be4 23. Qa2 Rae8 24. Nd7 Qg5
$1 25. f4 {[%csl Re3,Ge4]} Qf5 26. Nxf8 Bxf8 27. Bd5 h5 $1 28. Rd4 $6 {White
exchanges a lot of material but perhaps it was better to keep tension by means
of} (28. Bxe4 Rxe4 (28... Qxe4 29. Qb3) 29. Rd5 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 28... Bc5 29.
Bxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Kh1 Qd3 32. a4 $2 (32. e4 $142 Bxa3 33. e5) 32...
bxa4 $2 (32... Bxe3 $1 33. axb5 Qxb5 $1 ({but not} 33... axb5 $4 34. Qa8+ Kg7
35. Qf3) 34. g3 {otherwise Black wins the f4 pawn with a clear draw} h4 $1 {
and Black's counterplay should save him.}) 33. Qxa4 Qc3 $6 (33... Qd2 34. Qe8+
(34. Qa1 Kh7) 34... Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kh7 36. Rf1 Qd3) 34. Rf1 $6 {Missing} (34.
Qe8+ Kg7 (34... Bf8 35. Rd1) 35. Qe5+ Qxe5 36. fxe5 {with good winning chances
in the endgame.}) 34... Qd3 35. Qa1 Kh7 36. e4 ({After} 36. f5 Bxe3 $1 (36...
gxf5 $143 37. e4 $1 Qxe4 38. Qf6) 37. fxg6+ fxg6 38. Rf7+ Kh6 {, surprisingly,
there is nothing decisive in sight. Naturally, the exchange of queens leads to
a theoretically drawn ending as in the line} 39. Rf3 Qd4 40. Qxd4 $2 Bxd4)
36... Qxe4 37. Qxa6 Be7 {If Black now manages to put his queen to f5, White,
with his unsafe king and weak f4-pawn, will hardly be able to win.} 38. f5 $1 (
38. Qb5 Bd6 $5 39. f5 $140 Qh4 $1 40. fxg6+ Kh6 $1 41. g3 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Be5 $1)
(38. Qa1 $5 {[%cal Ya1e5]}) 38... gxf5 39. Qc8 Kg6 (39... f4 40. Qc7 f3 41.
gxf3 Qe2 42. Kg1) 40. Qg8+ Kf6 41. Qh7 h4 42. Ra1 $2 {Just one inaccurate move
- and winning chances are gone!} (42. Qh6+ Ke5 43. Ra1 $40 {[%csl Re5]}) 42...
Qf4 {[%cal Re7d6] White can´t now either win a pawn or pose any threats to the
black king, and Black´s counterplay is sufficient for a draw.} 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44.
Qg8+ Kf6 45. Rd1 Bd6 46. Qd8+ Ke6 47. Re1+ Be5 48. Qb6+ Ke7 49. Qg1 {The only
way to protect the h2-pawn but in the long term it will always tie up the
white pieces.} Kf6 50. Rf1 Qe4 51. Qb6+ Kg7 52. Qb3 Kg6 53. Qf3 Bd6 54. Qc3 Be5
55. Qa3 Qe2 56. Qc1 f6 57. Re1 Qf2 58. Qe3 Qc2 59. Qf3 Qd2 60. Rf1 Qc2 61. Re1
Qd2 62. Rd1 Qb4 63. Rf1 Qe4 64. Qb3 Kh6 65. Qd1 Kg6 66. Qd2 Qc4 67. Rc1 Qe4 68.
Re1 Qc4 69. Rc1 Qe4 70. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 10th"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "2009.03.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. e3 $5 $146 (9. O-O {is played automatically in this position. GM Kiril
Georgiev, however, decides to deal with the c4-pawn at once.}) 9... Be7 (9...
e5 $5) 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Qxc4 e5 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 Be6 $11 {Black has
completed his development and has no problems.} 14. dxe5 (14. Qc2 exd4 (14...
Bf5 $5) 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 $11) 14... Qxf3 (14... Qg6 $5 15. Qd1 Rfd8 {was a
promising pawn sacrifice but the Hungarian GM prefers a simpler course.}) 15.
Bxf3 Bxb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 (17. e6 fxe6 18. Bg4 Kf7) 17... Nxe5 {It looks
unbelievable that Black can lose this endgame.} 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20.
Rd1 Bb6 21. Na4 Rd8 22. Nxb6 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 axb6 {[%mdl 4096]} 24. Kf1 Kf8 25.
f4 Nd3 26. Ke2 Nc5 27. Bc2 Ke7 28. e4 f6 29. Ke3 Kd6 30. h4 b5 31. Bd1 Ne6 32.
Bg4 Nc5 (32... c5 $5) 33. Bd1 Ne6 34. b4 b6 35. Bg4 Nc7 36. Bc8 c5 37. Kf3 Ke7
$6 {A strange manoeuvre.} (37... cxb4 $5 38. Kg4 $6 Kc5 39. Kf5 Kc4 {and Black
is by no means worse.}) 38. h5 Kd8 39. Bb7 Ne6 40. e5 fxe5 41. fxe5 Ke7 42. Bd5
Nc7 43. Bb7 Ne6 44. Ke4 cxb4 45. Bc6 Nc5+ 46. Kd4 Na4 47. b3 Nc5 48. Bd5 Nd7 $2
{White's only plan is to bring his king to g6 and then play e6-e7. It was easy
to prevent:} (48... Kd7 49. Ke3 Ke7 50. Kf4 Na6 51. Kf5 Nc7 52. Be4 (52. Bc6
Ne6) 52... Ne6 53. Kg6 Kf8 54. Bd5 Nd4 55. e6 (55. g4 Ne2) 55... Ne2 56. e7+
Kxe7 57. Kxg7 Nxg3 58. Kxh6 Kf6 $11) (48... Na6 49. Ke4 Nc7 {was even simpler:
if the white king goes to g6 then after} 50. Bb7 Ne6 51. Kf5 Nd4+ 52. Kg6 Nxb3
53. Kxg7 Nd2 54. Kxh6 b3 {it is White who must look for the draw:} 55. Bc8 Ne4
56. Bf5 Nxg3 57. Bg6 Ke6 58. Kg5 Nxh5 59. Kxh5 Kxe5 60. Kg4 {etc.}) 49. Ke4
Nc5+ $6 {Too late!} ({I am not sure if White can win after} 49... Nf8 50. Kf5
Kd7 {He can win the b5-pawn then try to bring his king back to the queenside -
all that needs a detailed analysis.}) 50. Kf5 Kf8 $2 {After the text move,
amazingly, Black can't organize his defence!} (50... Na6 51. Kg6 Nc7 (51... Kf8
52. g4 Nc7 53. Bf7 $22 $18 ({but not} 53. Bc6 Kg8 $1 54. e6 Nxe6 55. Bd5 Kh8
56. Bxe6 {-stalemate!})) 52. Bf7 Kf8 53. g4 $22 Na6 54. e6 Nc5 55. e7+ Kxe7 56.
Kxg7 Ne4 57. Bg6 Ng5 58. Kxh6 Kf6 59. Be8 Ne4 60. Bxb5 Ng5 61. Be2 $18) (50...
Nd7 $1 {, admitting his mistake, was Black's only chance:} 51. g4 (51. Kg6 Kf8
52. e6 Nf6 53. Bf3 Ng8 54. Kf5 Ke7 {looks like a draw}) 51... Nf8 {- see
annotation to move 49}) 51. g4 $22 Ke7 (51... Nd7 52. Ke6 $18) (51... Nd3 52.
Ke6 $18) 52. Kg6 Kf8 53. e6 Nd3 54. e7+ Kxe7 55. Kxg7 Nf4 56. Kxh6 $1 {the
simplest} Nxd5 57. Kg7 Nf4 58. h6 Ne6+ 59. Kg8 Ng5 60. h7 Nf7 61. g5 Nh8 62.
Kxh8 Kf7 63. g6+ Kxg6 64. Kg8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2797"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
{A quiet move.} Bd6 {This continuation is quite rare.} (8... dxc4 {is logical
and leads to the 8.Bd3 system after} 9. Bxc4) (8... g6 {and}) (8... Qd8 {
are other typical options.}) 9. O-O (9. cxd5 $6 exd5 10. O-O Qe7 11. Bd3 O-O
12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 {0-1 Nascimento,A (2205)-Chernin,A (2495)/Luzern 1985/MCD
(32)} Nf6 $15 {/=}) (9. e4 {is harmless due to} dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+) (9. Qc2 O-O
10. O-O Qe7 11. Rad1 b6 12. e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16.
Bb3 $6 (16. e5 $5) 16... e5 17. d5 Bb4 18. Rc1 Nc5 $15 {0-1 Galmiche,A (2050)
-Klovans,J (2440)/Douai 1993/EXT 2004 (25)}) 9... Qe7 $146 (9... O-O {is less
accurate as} 10. e4 {gains in strength, e.g.} dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 Qxd6
13. c5 $1 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. Qd2 Nf8 $6 (15... e5 16. d5) 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. Ne5
$16 {1-0 Rychagov,A (2375)-Kochetov,D/Moscow 1996/CBM 056 ext (29)}) 10. e4
dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bc7 12. c5 {Still, despite Black's dark-squared bishop, this
blockading move is White's best chance.} O-O (12... e5 13. Bc4 $36) 13. Re1 Ba5
(13... b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3) 14. Rf1 Bc7 15. Qc2 {White now tries another idea.}
e5 16. Bc4 (16. Rfe1 $5 exd4 (16... Ba5 $140 17. Nd6 $1 Bxe1 18. Rxe1 $44) 17.
Bc4 {- below}) 16... Nf6 $6 {This allows Whte to keep up the pressure despite
exchanges.} (16... exd4 {was quite possible:} 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Nd6 Qd8 19. Nxc8
Rxc8 20. Rad1 Re8 $11 21. Qb3 $140 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qd7) 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. Re3 {[%csl Gc4,Rc8]} Bf5 22. Qc3 $14 Bg6
23. Rae1 Rad8 24. Re5 $6 {This move enables Black to simplify the game.} (24.
g3 $5 {[%cal Yh2h4]}) 24... Qd2 25. Re7 b5 26. cxb6 Qxc3 27. bxc3 axb6 28. Rc7
b5 29. Bb3 Rc8 30. Rb7 (30. Ree7 c5 $1 31. Bxf7+ Bxf7 32. Rxf7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 c4
(33... Rd8 $5 34. Kf1 c4 35. Rb7 Rd3 36. Rxb5 Rxc3 {, and Black should manage
to trade the queenside pawns}) 34. Rd7 Ra8 35. Rd2 Ra3 36. Rc2 Kf7 37. Kf1 Ke6
38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd2 b4 40. cxb4 Kd4 {with sufficient counterchances}) 30...
Rfe8 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {[%mdl 4096]} 32. f4 Kh7 33. Kf2 f6 34. Rc7 Be4 35. g4 Bd5
36. h4 Ra8 37. Ke3 Bxb3 38. axb3 Ra3 {Despite all White's efforts, the rook
ending proves to be drawish.} 39. Rxc6 Rxb3 40. Ke4 b4 41. c4 h5 (41... Rc3 $5
42. Kd4 Rf3 43. c5 Rxf4+ 44. Kd5 f5) 42. g5 fxg5 43. hxg5 Ra3 44. Rb6 b3 (44...
h4 $142 $1 45. Rxb4 (45. Kf5 h3 46. Rxb4 h2 47. Rb1) 45... Kg6 46. Rb7 h3 47.
f5+ Kxg5 48. Rxg7+ Kh6 49. Rg8 Kh7 50. Rg4 Ra6 $1 $11) 45. f5 h4 46. Rb8 {
Black is now in some trouble.} Ra4 47. Kd4 Ra5 $2 {A good idea but bad
implementation.} (47... Ra2 $5 48. Rxb3 Rd2+ 49. Ke5 Rc2 50. Kd5 Rf2) 48. c5
Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Rf4 50. Ke6 $2 (50. c6 {is not winning:} Rxf5+ 51. Kd6 Rf1 52. c7
(52. Rxb3 Rd1+ 53. Ke7 Rc1 54. Kd7 Kg6) 52... Rc1 53. c8=Q Rxc8 54. Rxc8 Kg6
55. Ke5 (55. Rc5 h3) 55... h3 $1 (55... Kxg5 56. Ke4 Kg4 57. Ke3 Kg3 58. Ke2
Kg2 59. Rc5 b2 60. Rg5+ Kh2 61. Rb5 Kg2 62. Rxb2 h3 (62... g5 63. Rb4) 63. Rb5
h2 64. Rg5+ Kh3 65. Kf2 h1=N+ 66. Kf3 $18) 56. Rc1 (56. Kf4 $4 b2 57. Rb8 h2)
56... Kxg5 57. Ke4 Kg4 58. Rg1+ (58. Ke3 h2) 58... Kh4 59. Kf3 h2 60. Rd1 (60.
Rb1 Kh3 61. Kf2 b2 $1) 60... Kh3 61. Kf2 b2 $1 {[%cal Yg7g5,Yg5g4,Yg4g3] , and
White must repeat moves:} 62. Rd3+ Kh4 63. Rd1 Kh3) (50. f6 $1 {is the right
move - see below}) 50... Re4+ $2 (50... h3 $1 51. Rxb3 Rh4 52. c6 (52. Rb1 Rc4
53. Kd6 Rd4+ 54. Kc6 h2 55. Rh1 Rd2 $11) 52... h2 53. c7 h1=Q 54. c8=Q Qd1 $1 (
54... Qe4+ $2 55. Kf7 Qd5+ 56. Qe6) 55. g6+ Kh6 56. Qh8+ Kg5 57. Rg3+ Rg4 58.
Rxg4+ Qxg4 $11) 51. Kd5 (51. Kf7 $1 {was quite correct. White's win is really
study-like:} Re5 {The main line:} 52. f6 Rxg5 53. Rb4 $1 Rh5 54. c6 b2 55. fxg7
$1 (55. Rxb2 Rf5 56. Ke8 Rxf6 57. c7 Rc6 58. Kd7 Rxc7+ 59. Kxc7 Kg6 $1 60. Rb5
Kf6 61. Kd6 g5 $11) (55. c7 b1=Q $1 56. Rxb1 Rc5 57. Rb7 (57. Ke6 Rxc7 58. f7
Rc8 59. Ke7 g5 60. f8=Q Rxf8 61. Kxf8 Kg6 $11) 57... gxf6 58. Ke7 Kg6 $11)
55... Rf5+ 56. Ke6 Rc5 (56... Rf2 57. Rxh4+ Kxg7 58. Rb4) 57. Kd6 Rc1 $1 (57...
Rc2 $2 58. Rxh4+ Kxg7 59. Rb4) 58. Rxb2 Kxg7 (58... Rd1+ 59. Ke7 Re1+ 60. Kd8
Rd1+ 61. Kc8 Kxg7 62. c7 Kg6 63. Kb8 Rc1 64. Rb5 $1 $18) (58... h3 59. Rb3) 59.
Rh2 $1 Rd1+ 60. Kc7 Rd4 61. Kb6 Rc4 62. c7 $18 {[%cal Rh2h4]}) 51... Rf4 52. f6
$1 {Another good idea, enough for a win.} gxf6 53. c6 Rf5+ 54. Kd6 Rf1 55. c7
Rc1 56. gxf6 $4 {A bad slip at the last moment.} (56. c8=Q Rxc8 57. Rxc8 {
Unbelievably, with Black's pawn on f6 instead of g7 (see 50.c6), White wins:}
Kg6 (57... fxg5 58. Ke5 h3 59. Rc1 Kg6 60. Ke4 Kh5 61. Kf3 Kh4 62. Kf2) 58. Kd5
$1 h3 (58... Kxg5 59. Ke4 b2 60. Rg8+ Kh5 61. Rg1 h3 62. Kf3 $18) 59. Rc1 b2
60. Rb1 Kxg5 61. Ke4 Kg4 62. Rg1+ Kh4 63. Kf4 h2 64. Rb1 Kh3 65. Kf3 f5 66. Rh1
f4 67. Rb1 $18 {- Black's f-pawn, unlike the g-pawn, doesn't bother White!})
56... Kg6 57. Rxb3 (57. c8=Q Rxc8 58. Rxc8 Kxf6 59. Rc5 b2 60. Rb5 h3 61. Rxb2
Kf5 $11) 57... Kxf6 58. Rb8 (58. Rb5 h3 $1 59. Rh5 Rd1+ 60. Kc6 Rc1+ 61. Kd7
Rd1+ 62. Kc8 Rd3 $11 {- White's king is far away and can't attack the rook as
in the 51.Kf7 line.}) 58... Rd1+ (58... Rxc7 59. Kxc7 Kf5 {was possible}) 59.
Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kd7 Kf5 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Rxc8 h3 63. Kd6 Kf4 64. Rc3 Kg4 65. Ke5
h2 66. Rc1 Kf3 67. Kf5 Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Qb3 {Quite a harmless
way to avoid the Cambridge Springs.} Be7 (6... Qa5 $1 {is more aggressive and
strong.}) 7. e3 h6 (7... O-O) 8. Bh4 b6 $6 {Hardly a good "version of the TMB
system".} (8... O-O $142) 9. cxd5 exd5 {White will now prepare e3-e4.} 10. Bd3
(10. Be2 $143 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. a3 Qe7 15. Bd3 {
Still, after losing a lot of time!} Qf8 (15... Qe6 $5) 16. Qc2 $13 {1-0 Fuster,
G-Florian,T/Gyor 1946/EXT 2000 (64)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rac1 {Probably
too modest.} (12. Qc2 $5 $14 {preventing ...Ne4.}) 12... Ne4 $1 13. Bg3 $5 (13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1 $5 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 c5 $5 $132)) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3
Nf6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 (17... Qc7 $5) 18. Bxe4 Bf6 $6 (
18... Bd6 $5 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. f4 (20. Bxc6 $6 Bxe5 21. Bxb7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxd4)
20... c5 (20... Bxe5 $143 21. dxe5 c5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd6 $14) 21. Bxb7 Qxb7
22. d5 $140 b5 $132) 19. Qa3 $6 (19. Ne5 $142 Bxe5 (19... Qd6 20. f4) 20. dxe5
Qe7 21. f4 Rfd8 (21... c5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rd6 $14 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 22. Kh2 $1
$14) 19... a5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This move not only allows Nf3-e5 but also
weakens the b6-pawn.} (19... Qc7 $1 20. d5 $140 c5 21. d6 Qb8 {, and the d6
pawn is rather weak than strong.}) 20. Ne5 $1 {Finally!} Qe8 21. Re1 Qd8 22.
Qf3 Rc7 (22... Re8 23. Rcd1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc7 25. Bc2 $1 $36 Rxe5 $4 26. Rxe5
Qxe5 27. Rd7) 23. Rcd1 g6 (23... Qd6 24. Nc4 Qb4 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qxf6 Qxc4 27.
Qd6 Rfc8 28. a3 $16 {[%csl Gd6]}) 24. Qb3 Kg7 $2 {Losing the b6-pawn and
consequently the game.} (24... b5 {was still possible altgough after} 25. a4 $1
(25. Nxg6 $2 a4) (25. Bxg6 $2 a4) 25... bxa4 26. Qxa4 {White is obviously
better.}) 25. Qxb6 Re7 26. Qc5 Rfe8 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qb8 29. Qc3 Qb4 30.
f4 Qxc3 31. bxc3 Rc7 32. Rd3 Rec8 33. Ree3 Rb7 34. d5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Nd7
Bd8 37. Re8 Rxa2 38. d6 a4 39. Ne5 a3 40. d7 Rb8 41. Rxd8 Rxd8 42. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 Bf8 {
This topical line was examined in several CBM issues, most recently in
annotations to Radjabov-Anand (CBM 122). GM Ernesto Inarkiev tries a new plan
avoiding the exchange of the dark-squared bishops.} 15. Bg3 (15. Bxf8 Rxf8 $6 (
15... Kxf8 $5) 16. b3 b4 17. Na4 c3 18. a3 a5 19. d5 $5 Qe7 20. d6 Qf6 21. e5
$1 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (82)})
15... Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. e5 $5 O-O (18... c5 $5 19. d5 O-O 20. Bf3
Ra7 $6 21. dxe6 Bxf3 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. gxf3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T-Aronian,L/
Sofia BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 705 (56)}) 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Ne4 {A typical
transfer of the white knight to d6.} Nb6 {And Black's typical reaction would be
} (20... c5 $5 {However, it is now quite risky due to} 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22. Bxb7
Rab8 23. Be4 cxd4 24. Qh5 Rfc8 25. Bh7+ Kf8 26. h4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 Qc5 28. Qg5
$40) 21. Qe2 (21. b3 $5) 21... Rad8 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. a3 Kh8 24. Qc2 a5 25. h4
$5 {It is logical to exploit the weakness of Black's kingside.} (25. b3 {
was another plan.}) 25... Nf4 (25... gxh4 $2 26. Nf6 $1 Nxf6 27. Bxh4 $16) 26.
hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. g4 (28. Nc5 $5) 28... f5 (28... fxg3 29. Kg2 f5 30.
exf6 Bxf6 31. Nc5 $36) 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Nc5 (31. Nxf6 $5 {was now
more appropriate now, e.g.} Rxf6 (31... Qxf6 32. Re5) 32. Rh1 Rg6 33. Rh5 $36)
31... Bc8 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Rh1 Rh8 34. g5 $6 {White adds some firewood to the
stove aspiring for more than} (34. Rxh8 Rxh8 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Bxc6 b4 37. axb4
axb4 38. Rc1 $11) 34... Bxg5 35. Rhg1 Kf7 (35... Bf6 $5 36. Kf1+ Kf8 {White's
compensation for the missing material is hardly sufficient.}) 36. Kf1 Rdg8 37.
Ke2 Rg7 38. Rg4 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder leading to a "sudden death". The
position remained unclear after} (38. Qxc6 Qxc6 39. Bxc6 b4 40. axb4 axb4 41.
Ra1 $132) 38... e5 $1 39. Nb7 $6 {Desperation.} Qg6 $6 {Quite enough for a win
but there was nothing wrong with} (39... Bxb7 40. dxe5 Qe7 41. Qf5+ (41. Rd6
Re8) 41... Ke8 42. Rd6 Rf8 $19 {parrying White's threats.}) 40. Qxg6+ Kxg6 (
40... Rxg6 $19) 41. Rxg5+ $5 Kxg5 42. Rg1+ Kf6 43. dxe5+ Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kf8 {
White's counterplay is over and Black's material advantage decides.} 45. Rd1
Ke7 46. Bxc6 Be6 (46... Bg4+ $5 47. Bf3 Bd7) 47. Bxb5 Rg5 (47... Bg4+ 48. Kd2
Bxd1 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. e6+ Kf6 51. Nxg7 Bb3 52. e7 Kxe7 53. Nf5+ Kf6 54. Nd4 Rh2
$19) 48. Nxc4 Bg4+ 49. f3 Rh2+ 50. Kd3 Bxf3 51. Re1 Rg3 52. Kd4 Be2 53. e6 Rd3+
54. Ke4 f3 55. Ne5 Rh4+ 56. Kf5 Rh5+ 57. Kg4 Rxe5 58. Bxd3 Bxd3 59. Rxe5 f2 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 {This system was examined by GM Ch.Lutz in his
annotations to Kortschnoj-Zvjaginsev (CBM 90).} 11. Be2 $6 {Too soft.} (11. e5
Nd5 12. Bd2 {is usually played.}) 11... Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 {The knight is not safe
here.} (12... Nd5 $142 13. O-O Be7 (13... Rc8 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Rac1 O-O 16. Qb5
Qxb5 17. Bxb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 $6 (18. Bxc6 $11) 18... Rcd8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Be2
Nxb3 21. axb3 Bb7 22. Ra1 Nc3 23. Bc4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rxd4 25. Be3 Rd7 26. Bxa7
Ra8 $11 {1-0 Umansky,M-Dreev,A/Gorky 1989/CBM 016 (61)}) 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rfc1
Rfc8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 N5b6 $5 {the idea behind 15...Rfc8!} 18. dxc5 Nxc5
19. Nxb6 (19. Nxc5 $142) 19... axb6 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Be3 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nc3 23.
Rc2 Bc5 24. Bf1 Be4 25. Rd2 Nxa2 $15 {0-1 Piket,J-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1999/
CBM 069 ext (40)}) 13. Be3 Rd8 $6 {An unnecessary move.} (13... cxd4 $142 14.
Bxd4 Be7) 14. O-O {[%cal Rd3b5]} a6 15. Rac1 Be7 16. Qc2 $1 O-O (16... cxd4 17.
Bxd4 O-O 18. Qc7) 17. Bd3 cxd4 18. Bxe4 Rc8 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black goes for
complications, which should end up in White's favor.} (18... Bxe4 $142 19. Qxe4
dxe3 20. Qxe3 Rc8 {although White keeps his initiative by means of} 21. Qa7 $1)
19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 Rxc1 (20... Bxf3 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxd4 Nxe5 23. Bxe5
Qxe5 24. Qxf3 Kxh7 25. Qxf7 $16) 21. Bxc1 $2 {Obvious but wrong!!!} (21. Rxc1
$1 Bxf3 (21... dxe3 22. Qxd7 Bxf3 23. Qxe7 $18) 22. Qxd4 $1 Nxe5 23. Bb1 Rd8 (
23... Ba8 24. Rc5 $3 $18) 24. Qf4 Bc6 25. Qg3 Kg8 26. Bb6 Qd5 27. Bxd8 Bxd8 28.
f3 $16) 21... Bxf3 22. Qxf3 (22. gxf3 $2 Nxe5 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qb7 Kxh7 25. Qxe7
Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Qd5 $19) 22... Kxh7 23. Re1 $6 {It was time for liquidation:} (
23. Bb2 Nxe5 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. f4 Nc6 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 27. Bxd4 $11) 23... Kg8 24.
Qg3 $6 (24. Qe4) 24... f6 $2 {[%mdl 32] Unnecessarily opening up the centre.} (
24... Rc8 $17 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Yc8c2]}) 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Qd3 Qd5 27. Qe4 $2 {
White finally decides to exchange queens... at the most inappropriate moment!}
(27. f3 $142 $11 Ne5 $140 28. Qe4) 27... Qxe4 28. Rxe4 e5 {[%cal Rf6c6,Rc6c2]}
29. Nb2 (29. f4 Rc6 30. Bb2 d3 31. Kf1 Rc2 $17 {[%cal Rd7c5,Rd7f6]}) (29. Kf1
Rc6 30. Bb2 Bg5 $1 $17) 29... Rc6 30. Nc4 Nb6 31. Rxe5 Bf6 {Black recaptures
the c4 pawn and his advanced pawns bring him a decisive advantage.} 32. Ra5 (
32. Re1 Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 {[%cal Ya6a5,Ya5a4,Yb4b3,Yd4d3]}) 32... Nxc4 33.
bxc4 Rxc4 34. Bf4 d3 35. g3 Rc2 36. Rd5 Rxa2 37. Rxd3 Ra3 $1 {White resigns as
Black's b4 pawn is unstoppable.} 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bxg4 {Not the most popular option in
this position.} (12. Nxg4) (12. Nxd7) (12. O-O) 12... Rg8 (12... Nxg4 13. Qxg4
Nf6 14. Qf4 $36) (12... b4 13. Na4) 13. Nxd7 (13. Bf3 $2 {leads to an
advantage for Black after a positional exchange sacrifice:} Rxg3 $1 14. fxg3 (
14. Nxd7 Rxf3) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Bh5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 (18.
Kh2 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20. Ne2 Be3 21. Nf4 c5 22. Bxf7 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Nxf7 24.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Kf6 26. Rxb7 a6 27. Rc7 Ke5 28. Rxc5+ Kd6 29. Rh5 b4 {
0-1 Domogaev,S-Novikov,M/Tula 2005/EXT 2006 (41)}) 18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20.
Bxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7 Ke5 24. Rc7 Kd6 25. Rh7 Bd4 26.
Rxh6 Rf8 27. Rh5 Be5 28. Kg1 b4 29. Na4 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 c3 {0-1 Borovikov,
V-Shalimov,V/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 13... Qxd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O (14... b4
15. Na4 c5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 O-O-O $6 (17... Bxe4 18. Bd6 $1 $36) (17...
Nxe4 $1 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Rd1+ $5 (19. O-O-O+ Ke8 $1 20. Rhe1 (20. Rd4 $6 Nxg3
21. Bxb7 Ne2+) 20... Nxc5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. Rd4 $44) 19... Ke7 (19... Ke8 20.
Rd4 Nxg3 $2 21. Bxb7) 20. Bd6+ Kf6 21. c6 Bxc6 22. Bxb4 $14) 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 19.
Rc1 Bxe4 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Rxc4 $18) 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22.
Ke2 Rd5 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 e5 25. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Shchekachev,A-Shalimov,V/St
Petersburg 1999/CBM 074/[Lutz] (33)}) (14... c5 15. dxc5 b4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17.
O-O-O+ Kc8 18. Nb5 Nxe4 {Ch.Lutz} 19. c6 $1 Bxc6 20. Rhe1 f5 21. Nd4 $16) 15.
Bf4 $146 {A new concept. White avoids the exchange sacrifice but retains the
possibility of playing e4-e5. If necessary, this bishop will go to e3 or even
d2! However, Black solves his problems by tactical means.} (15. a4 a6 (15... b4
16. Ne2 c5 17. Qc2 $14 {Se.Ivanov}) 16. Be5 (16. Bf4 {-game}) 16... Ne8 (16...
Qe7 $5 {[%cal Yf6d7,Ye6e5] Se.Ivanov}) 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 Qe7 19. Qe2 Bg7 20.
Bg3 Bd4 21. O-O-O Qc5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Nc7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bxb2+ $1
26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ $1 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa2+ $11 30. Kc1 Qa1+ {
1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Shalimov,V/Saint Petersburg 80/448 2000/Inf 80/[Ivanov,Se]})
15... a6 16. a4 Bb4 17. e5 c5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (17... Nd5 18. Bd2 $1) (17... Ng4
$6 18. axb5 cxb5 19. O-O) 18. exf6 cxd4 19. axb5 Qxb5 (19... dxc3 20. Qxd7+
Rxd7 21. Ra4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rgd8 (22... a5 23. bxc3) 23. Rxb4 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rxh1
25. Rxc4+ Kb7 26. bxc3 Rxh4 27. Rc7+ Kb6 28. Bg3 axb5 29. Rxf7 $44) 20. Qc2 $1
(20. Bxb7+ Qxb7 21. Qe2 Qc6 22. Bd2 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bc5 24. f3 Rd3 $17) 20...
Bxf3 21. gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 $1 (22... Bd6 23. Bxh6 Be5 24. Ke2 Rd3 25. Qa4
$1 $11) 23. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 exf5 25. Ra4 (25. Rac1 $5 Rge8+ 26. Be3 Rd2+ (
26... Rd3 27. Rhd1 $1) 27. Kf1 Rd3 28. Bxh6 {and White should survive.}) 25...
Rge8+ 26. Be3 Rd2+ 27. Kf1 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Rxh1 (28... Rg8+ $5 29. Kh2 Be5+ $1 30.
f4 Rxh1+ 31. Kxh1 Bc7 32. Rxa6 $1 ({after} 32. Rxc4 Kd7 $17 {White's f4 pawn
deprives him of counterplay.}) 32... Re8 33. Kg2 Kd7 {[%cal Re8e6]} 34. Ra4 Re4
35. Kf3 h5 $1 (35... Kc6 36. Ra6+ Kb5 37. Ra7) {Fortunately for White, he
survives in the pawn ending after} 36. Ra7 $1 c3 (36... Kc6 37. Ra6+ Kb7 38.
Ra7+ Kb8 39. Ra4) 37. Bb6 $1 Rxf4+ (37... Rc4 38. Bxc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7+ Kxc7 40.
Ke3 Kd6 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. f3) 38. Ke2 Rc4 39. Rxc7+ Rxc7 40. Bxc7 Kxc7 41. Kd3
Kd6 42. Kxc3 Ke5 43. Kc4 $1 Ke4 44. Kc5 $1) 29. Kxh1 Bxf6 30. Rxc4+ Kd7 {
[%mdl 4096]} 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. h5 $1 {[%csl Rh6]} Bg7 33. Kg2 Rc6 34. Rb7+ Ke6
35. Ra7 Rd6 36. Bc5 Rc6 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bc5 Rc6 {Black can't improve his
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Hoffmann, Michael"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen SG"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. Bxg4 (14. O-O {
- see Grischuk - Aronian in this issue.}) 14... Rg8 15. Bf3 (15. Bh3 $6 O-O-O (
15... b4 $5) 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qf6 18. Qe3 Nb6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. d5 cxd5 21.
O-O-O Bc6 22. Qf4 Rd7 23. Rhe1 dxe4 24. Bf6 Qe8 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. Rd1 Nd5 $17 {
1/2 Nechepurenko,R (2510)-Bocharov,D (2605)/Krasnoiarsk 2007/CBM 120 (75)})
15... Nd7 16. Bg3 (16. Bh2 O-O-O 17. O-O Bg7 18. d5 {1/2 Grischuk,A (2720)
-Motylev,A (2675)/Saint Vincent 2005/CBM 110} Be5 $17) 16... e5 (16... O-O-O $5
17. Qc2 (17. Qe2 e5 18. d5 Nc5 19. O-O-O Nd3+ 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd5
Qb7 (22... Qd6 $1 $15) 23. Qc2 $2 (23. Nf6 Rxg3 24. fxg3 $13) 23... f5 24. Nf6
Rxg3 25. fxg3 fxe4 $19 {0-1 Georgescu,T (2384)-Gurevich,M (2611)/Plovdiv 2008/
CBM 124 (29)}) (17. O-O Bg7 18. a4 b4 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qc1 Bxd4
22. Nxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxh6 c5 24. Rfe1 f5 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Re3 Qg7 27. h5 fxe4 {
0-1 Zontakh,A (2581)-Yevseev,D (2529)/Dagomys 2009/CBM 129 Extra}) 17... e5 (
17... Nb6 $5 18. a4 b4 19. a5 (19. Ne2 $5 a5 20. h5 $13) 19... bxc3 20. bxc3
Nd7 21. e5 Ba6 (21... Nb8 $5) 22. O-O Bb5 23. Rfb1 Nb8 24. a6 Nd7 25. Rxb5 cxb5
26. Qb1 Nb6 {1-0 Werle,J (2591)-Fridman,D (2637)/Liverpool 2008/CBM 126 Extra 
(63) Although Black lost this game (with an extra rook!), he should be
satisfied with the outcome of the opening.}) 18. d5 Nc5 19. O-O-O (19. O-O {
-game}) 19... Nd3+ 20. Kb1 Kb8 21. Be2 cxd5 (21... Nb4 $5 22. Qd2 cxd5 23. a3
$140 (23. exd5 f5) 23... Nd3 $1 24. exd5 (24. Bxd3 dxe4 $1) 24... Rxg3 $1 25.
fxg3 Nf2 $13) 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Qxd3 d4 $13 {1/2 Tregubov,P (2613)-Godena,M 
(2530)/France 2007/CBM 118 ext (55)}) 17. d5 (17. a4 $5 exd4 18. Qxd4 Bg7 (
18... Nc5 $2 19. axb5 Nb3 20. Qxc4 Nxa1 21. bxc6 Bc8 22. Nd5 $18 {1-0 Dobrov,V
(2515)-Potkin,V (2557)/playchess.com INT 2006/CBM 110 ext (39)}) 19. Qd1 (19.
Qd2 b4 20. Ne2 Nc5) 19... Be5 $1 (19... Qb4 20. e5 $5 Qxb2 21. O-O Qxc3 22. e6
$40) 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Nd5 Qd6 $13) 17... Nc5 18. O-O (18. dxc6 Nd3+ 19. Kf1
Bxc6 20. Qe2 O-O-O 21. b3 Qb4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 f5 $17 {0-1 Zaitsev,A 
(2370)-Yagupov,I (2441)/Tula 2004/EXT 2005 (32)}) 18... O-O-O $1 (18... Nd3 19.
Be2 Qc5 20. Bxd3 Rxg3 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bc2 Bd6 23. Nd5 O-O-O 24. b4 cxb3 25.
Bxb3 Rdg8 26. Rc1 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 R2g4 28. Qxg4+ Rxg4 29. Rxc5 Bxc5 30. Rc1 Rxh4+
31. Kg2 Kd7 32. Rxc5 Kd6 33. Rc3 Rxe4 34. f3 $14 {1/2 Rammstein,O-Simmelink,J/
LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 127 (62)}) 19. Qc2 (19. Qe2 Nd3 20. Kh2 (20. dxc6 Bxc6
21. a4 b4 22. Nd5 Qc5 23. Bh2 f5 24. b3 Bxd5 25. exd5 Bd6 $19 {0-1 Lalith,B 
(2328)-Arun Prasad,S (2492)/Nagpur 2008/CBM 126 Extra (43)}) (20. b3 $5) 20...
Qb4 (20... cxd5 21. Bg4+ Kb8 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Qc5 $13) 21. a4 cxd5 22.
axb5 d4 23. Nd5 $13 {1-0 Smirnov,P (2624)-Potkin,V (2552)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107 
(28)}) 19... Nd3 20. b3 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Kh2 f5 22. exf5
Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rd4 24. Ne4 Qf7 25. f6 Qh5 26. Qe2 Nf4 27. Qe3 Nd5 28. Qe2 Nxf6
$1 $17 {1/2 Lekic,D (2386)-Perunovic,M (2580)/Banja Vrucica 2009/CBM 130 Extra
(39)}) 20... Qc5 21. Kh1 cxd5 22. Nxd5 $2 (22. exd5 $142 f5 23. bxc4 $1 (23.
Nxb5 e4 $17) 23... e4 $1 (23... Qxc4 24. Rac1 $1) (23... bxc4 24. Rab1 $40) 24.
Nxe4 $1 Qxc4 $1 (24... fxe4 25. Bxe4 $36) 25. Qxd3 $1 Qxd3 26. Rfc1+ Bc6 (26...
Qc4 $2 27. Nd2) 27. Rxc6+ Kb7 28. Rc7+ Kb6 (28... Ka8 29. Nc3 $1 $16) 29. Rc6+
Kb7 $11) 22... f5 $1 23. bxc4 bxc4 (23... Qxc4 $5 24. Rfc1 $5) 24. Nc3 Rd4 $6 (
24... f4 $142 $1 {shutting up the white bishops, e.g.} 25. Bh2 Be7 26. Rab1 Bc6
$17 {[%csl Gd3,Rh2]}) 25. Rab1 $5 (25. Qa4 $5 $132) 25... fxe4 26. Rxb7 $1 exf3
$1 27. Rfb1 Qc6 $1 28. Rb8+ (28. Kg1 Rdg4 $1 29. Qa4 Qxa4 30. Nxa4 c3 $1 31.
Nxc3 Bb4 $1 $17) 28... Kd7 29. R1b7+ $2 {The right idea, but the wrong
execution of it. This move just chases the black king to safety.} (29. Nb5 $1 {
was correct, e.g.} Rdg4 (29... fxg2+ 30. Kg1 Re4 {is now senseless}) 30. Nxa7
$1 Qd5 $1 31. R1b6 $1 {[%cal Rc2a4]} (31. Qa4+ $6 Ke6) (31. R1b5 $2 Bc5 $1)
31... c3 $1 {Well, White has apparently nothing more than a perpetual.}) 29...
Ke6 30. Nb5 $2 (30. Kg1 Rxh4 $1 {[%cal Rg8g3]} 31. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 32. Kf1 Rh2 33.
Kg1 Rxh4 {[%cal Rf8c5]} 34. Qa4 Qxa4 35. Nxa4 Nf4 36. Re8+ Kd5 37. Rb5+ Kc6 38.
Rbxe5 Rg4+ 39. Kh1 Nh3 $19) 30... fxg2+ 31. Kg1 Re4 {[%cal Re4e1] That's the
difference. It is the white king which is now mated.} 32. Nc7+ Kf5 33. f3 Bc5+
34. Kxg2 Rxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. e4 $5
{Black has weakened dark squares in his camp; therefore, this advance is more
appropriate than a move earlier. Still, it is double-edged as White loses his
right to castle.} dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Ke2 Qe7 ({The practice of strong
players had seen this line only once, in a blitz game between two outstanding
GMs:} 10... Qf4 11. Qd3 Be7 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Rhe1 b6 15. Kf1 Bb7 16.
c5 a5 17. Kg1 O-O 18. Qe3 Kg7 19. Ne5 $1 $36 {1-0 (31) Kramnik,V (2772)-Leko,P
(2752) Moscow 2009 The text move is more passive.}) 11. c5 O-O 12. Qa4 {
Suddenly Black's bishop is in danger.} (12. Qb3 Ba5 13. Qe3 {was also possible.
}) 12... Na6 $6 ({It was not easy to find} 12... a5 13. a3 e5 $3 {, which was
the only way to get a good position:} 14. Nxe5 (14. dxe5 Bxc5 $36) (14. axb4
exd4 15. Nfd2 (15. Kd3 $2 Bf5 16. Nfd2 Na6 $1) 15... f5 16. bxa5 fxe4 17. Qxd4
Rd8 $44) 14... f6 15. axb4 fxe5 {, and White's king in the centre is quite
vulnerable.}) 13. a3 b5 (13... e5 14. axb4 exd4 15. Kd3 {is now favourable for
White.}) 14. Qb3 Ba5 15. Ne5 Nb8 16. Qg3 $16 {White has properly rearranged
his pieces while Black has not yet developed his queenside. White can now
start an attack.} Bc7 17. Ke3 $6 {Not a good idea.} (17. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yh4h5]} h5 $140 18. Qg5) 17... g5 $1 {[%cal Rf7f6]} 18. f4 (18. Nd6 Bxd6
19. cxd6 Qxd6 20. Ng4 e5 $1 21. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Nd3 Bf5 $36 {
[%csl Re3]}) 18... f5 19. h4 $2 {[%mdl 512] This piece sacrifice is incorrect.}
(19. Nd6 $8 Bxd6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. h4 $13 {. In the event of} c5 22. hxg5 Qxd4+
23. Ke2 Qxb2+ 24. Ke3 Qd4+ {Black gives a perpetual.}) 19... Bxe5 (19... fxe4
$142) 20. dxe5 fxe4 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh5 Rf5 23. Be2 Qg7 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Rah1
Nf8 26. Rh8+ Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Kxe4 $6 {After this "soft" move Black
easily converts his material advantage.} (28. Qh4+ $142 Kg8 29. Bh5 {
preventing ...Ng6} Bd7 $140 30. g6 Be8 31. g4 Rf1 32. Qg5 $132) 28... Bd7 29.
Ke3 (29. Qh4+ Kg8 30. Bh5 Be8 31. g4 Rf1 $19) 29... Rf7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qe4
Rc8 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 Rb8 34. b4 Rf5 35. Bf3 Rxe5+ 36. Kd4 Rxg5 37. Kc3 Rc8
38. Qxa7 Rg7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 (11. Nxg4 {is more popular nowadays.}) 11... Nbd7
12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. O-O (14. Bxg4 {- see Hoffmann - Gelfand in this
issue.}) 14... Rg8 (14... h5 15. Qc2 (15. b3 $5 {was probably prepared by
Alexander Grischuk for this game}) 15... Bh6 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. Bxf6
Qxf6 19. e5 Qxh4 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. g3 Qd8 22. Nd6 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Grischuk,A (2720)
-Dreev,A (2698)/Mainz 2005/CBM 107 ext (42)}) 15. b3 $5 (15. Qc2 $5 Nd7 (15...
Nh5 $5) 16. Bg3 e5 17. d5 Qf6 18. b3 (18. dxc6 $5 Bxc6 19. a4 $1 $40) 18... b4
19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 c3 22. a3 a5 (22... bxa3 23. Bb5 Rb8 24.
Bc6) 23. axb4 Bxb4 24. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Huang Qian (2410)-Ruan Lufei (2486)/
Beijing CHN 2009/The Week in Chess 759 (40)}) 15... Nd7 $1 (15... b4 16. Na4
Nxe4 (16... c3 $5) 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bxc4 $1 (18. dxc5 g3 $1 (18... Bc6 $6 19.
Qxc4 a5 20. Rad1 Qb7 21. Rd4 Be7 22. g3 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rd1 Bc7 25. Bd6
Qa7 26. Rd4 $16 {1-0 Brynell,S (2463)-Rasmussen,A (2501)/Ballerup 2009/CBM 130
Extra (51)}) 19. Bxc4 (19. fxg3 Nxg3 20. Bxc4 Bc6 $17) 19... gxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qd7
$1 (20... Nxf2 $4 21. Bb5+ Kd8 22. c6 $18) 21. Re2 Qc6 $17) 18... Bg7 19. Bxg7
(19. Rae1 $5) 19... Rxg7 20. Rae1 Nd6 21. Nxc5 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 (22. bxc4 Bc6 23.
Qd2 O-O-O 24. Qxb4 Rxd4 25. g3 Qd6 26. Rb1 e5 $14 {1/2 Riazantsev,A (2656)
-Vitiugov,N (2638)/Moscow 2008/CBM 127 (128)}) 22... Bd5 23. Qxb4 (23. Qb5+ Kf8
24. Qxb4 {[%cal Yg2g3]} g3 25. Qd2 $16) 23... Qxh4 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Qd2 Rg6 26.
Nc3 Rd8 27. Re5 $14 {1/2 Gupta,A (2472)-Korneev,O (2565)/Benasque 2007/CBM 119
ext (37)}) 16. Bg3 b4 17. Na4 c3 18. Qd3 h5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (18... e5 $143 {
as it is White who will attack in the centre:} 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. d5 Qd6 21. Bxg4
cxd5 22. exd5 O-O-O 23. a3 $1 Ba6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bf5 Kb8 26. Rfe1 Bh6 27. Qf3
Bd2 28. axb4 Bxe1 29. Rxe1 $16 {[%csl Rb8] 1-0 Grischuk,A (2717)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/Odessa 2007/CBM 119 (41)}) (18... a5 $5 19. a3) 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4
21. Nc5 $1 {The only way to make use of White's development advantage.} Rxa1 (
21... Nxc5 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. dxc5 Bb7 24. Bd6 $1 Qxh4 25. Rd1 $44) 22. Nxb7 $3
{[%mdl 512]} (22. Rxa1 Nxc5 23. dxc5 e5 24. Ra7 (24. Rd1 Bc8) 24... f6 $1 25.
Qc4 Rg7 $17 {[%csl Gc3,Rg3]}) 22... Ne5 $5 (22... Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 e5 (23... Nb8
24. Nd6+ Kd8 25. d5 $44) 24. Qa6 f6 $8 25. Bc4 $1 $40 Nb6 $1 26. Qxb6 c2 27.
dxe5 $1 c1=Q+ 28. Kh2 Qxc4 $8 29. bxc4 fxe5 30. Qxc6+ Qd7 31. Qb6 $44) 23. Rxa1
$1 Nxd3 24. Ra8+ $1 (24. Nd6+ Qxd6 $1 25. Bxd6 Nc1 $1 (25... Bxd6 $143 26. Bxd3
) 26. Bxf8 (26. Rxc1 Bxd6 27. Ra1 Bb8 28. Bd3 Ke7 $19) (26. Bd1 Bxd6 27. Ra8+
Ke7 28. Rxg8 Ne2+ $1 29. Kf1 Nxd4 $19) 26... Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Ng3+ $5 (27... Nxd4
$143 28. Bxb4 c2 29. Rc1 $17) 28. fxg3 Rxf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 {, and Black should
win this rook ending.}) 24... Kd7 25. Bxd3 Qf6 26. Be5 $2 {This natural move
meets a brilliant refutation.} (26. Na5 $6 Qxd4 27. Rd8+ Kxd8 28. Nxc6+ Kd7 29.
Nxd4 Bd6 $17 {_|_ Similarly to the game, the rook and the c3 pawn will be
stronger than two minor pieces.}) (26. e5 $1 Qh6 27. Ra7 $1 Kc8 28. Na5 {
and Black can't avoid a perpetual.}) 26... Bd6 $3 27. Bxf6 Rxa8 $19 {_|_} 28.
Kf1 (28. Nxd6 Kxd6 29. Kf1 Ra3 $19 {Black wins the b3 pawn, and his connected
pawns decide the game.}) 28... Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ (29... Ra2+ 30. Ke1 c2 $19)
0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 {This system was
examined in CBM 120, annotations to Kramnik-Anand by GM D.Rogozenko.} 14. Re1
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. Here are the most recent examples
illustrating White's main alternatives:} (14. Bh5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6
17. b3 O-O-O $5 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 $1 20. Ne4 Qb4 (20... Nc4 {was played
by Anand a couple of days later:} 21. Be2 f5 22. Bxc4 fxe4 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24.
Re1 Qc3 25. Rxe4 Qb2 26. f3 Rf4 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rxd4 29. Rxf4 gxf4 30.
g4 fxg3 {1/2-1/2 Eljanov,P-Anand,V/Kemer TUR 2007/The Week in Chess 675}) 21.
Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 23. a4 (23. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1,Ga1c1,Gd3h7]}) 23...
Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Mexico City 2007/CBM 120/[Rogozenko] (40)}) (
14. b4 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Re1 Bc8 20.
Bf3 Ra7 21. a4 Rg7 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxd5 Re7 24. Bf3 Qxd1 25. Rexd1 bxa4 26.
Rxa4 Kf7 27. b5 axb5 28. Nxb5 Kg7 29. Rxc4 {1/2-1/2 Miton,K-Karjakin,S/Crete
GRE 2007/The Week in Chess 679}) (14. e5 c5 (14... Qb6 15. Bh5 c5 16. Qg4 O-O-O
17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxf7 $14 Rxd6 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Bg6 Rf8 22. Qe2
Bxc3 (22... Qc7) 23. bxc3 Qf6 24. Qe3 Na4 25. Be4 $16 {1-0 Bartholomew,
J-Robson,R/Richardson USA 2007/The Week in Chess 684 (53)}) 15. Bh5 (15. d5 $5)
15... Bf8 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ng6 19. Ne4 O-O 20. dxc5 Qd3 21.
Nf6+ Kh8 22. Qh5 Kg7 23. Rad1 Qf5 24. Nd7 Rfd8 25. f4 gxf4 26. Qxf5 exf5 27.
Nb6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rb8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Najer,E-Malakhov,V/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007/The
Week in Chess 670 (62)}) (14. a4 {was played in several games of the World Cup:
} e5 $1 15. d5 (15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Bf3 Nxe5 $1 ({rather than} 17...
Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qd5 dxc3 20. Rfe1 cxb2 21. Rad1 $1 b1=Q 22. Rxb1 Rc8 23.
axb5 axb5 24. Rbd1 $18 {1-0 Kuljasevic,D-Zhao Jun/Richardson USA 2007/The Week
in Chess 684 (30)}) 18. Bxb7 Qxd6 19. Bxa8 O-O 20. Ne4 Qc7 21. axb5 Rxa8 22. f4
gxf4 23. Qh5 Ra7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. bxa6 Qc6 26. Qf5 Qxa6 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Nxc5
d3 $44 {1/2-1/2 DEEP JUNIOR-DEEP FRITZ/Elista RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 657 
(47)}) 15... c5 16. b4 $5 Qb6 $1 (16... cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8
20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb3 Rc8 (21... Qc8 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7+ Rxc7 24. Rac1 Nc5
25. Qh3 Bc8 26. Qf3 g4 27. Qe3 Bf8 28. f4 $1 gxf3 29. Qxf3 f5 30. Qg3 {1-0
Gustafsson,J-Rodshtein,M/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 681}) 22.
Rac1 Bf8 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Qe3 Nf6 $6 (24... Qc2 25. Rc1 Qb2 {needs checking})
25. Rc1 Qd8 26. Bxe5 Be7 27. d6 O-O 28. dxe7 Qxe7 29. Bd6 $16 {1-0 Zhao
Jun-Harikrishna,P/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 681 (77)}) 17.
bxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8
23. Rb1 Bf8 24. Nxb5 (24. Rxb5 Rxb5 25. Qxb5 Qxb5 26. Nxb5 Bb7 27. Bxc4 Ba6 28.
Kf1 Bxb5 29. Bxb5 Bc5 $11 {_|_1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Aronian,L/Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682 (40)}) 24... f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27.
Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30. exf5 c3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,
E-Bareev,E/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682 (40)}) 14... c5 (
14... e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 $1 {[%cal Re5e6] is the idea behind 14.Re1.}) (
14... Bf8 $5 {needs further analysis.}) 15. dxc5 Rc8 16. a4 $1 {This is more
dangerous now as the b5 pawn is unprotected.} b4 17. c6 Bxc6 $1 ({After} 17...
Rxc6 18. Bxb4 Qb6 19. Ba3 Bd4 20. Rf1 {Black's uncasted king causes him a lot
of trouble, e.g.} Ne5 21. a5 Qa7 22. Na4 $5) 18. Nd5 $5 ({In case of} 18. Bxb4
Qb6 19. Ba3 Bd4 20. Rf1 Ne5 {Black's pieces are placed better than in the 17...
Rxc6 line but now White has an additional option, i.e. the text move.}) 18...
Ne5 $6 (18... Bxb2 $5 19. Bxb4 $5 {with an extremely complicated position,
which nedds a detailed analysis} (19. Be7 $143 Qxe7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 $44)) 19. Be7
Qd7 $6 (19... Qa5 $142 20. Bxb4 Qd8 {although White keeps pressure after} 21.
Ne7 Rb8 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Ba3) 20. Nf6+ Kxe7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 {Black has no
sufficient compensation for the queen although converting it is far from easy.
Eventually Aronian even manages to win this rapid game.} 22. Qd2 a5 23. Rad1
Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qb6 Ra8 26. Rd6 $6 (26. h4 $142 $1 {trying to open up
the position.}) 26... Rdb8 27. Qc5 Rc8 28. Qb6 Rcb8 29. Qe3 Rc8 (29... Bxa4 $5
30. Ra1 Bd7) 30. h4 Ke7 31. Rb6 g4 32. f4 $6 {It was not necessary to give up
the a4 pawn now.} (32. Rb7 $142 Ke8 33. Ra1 Bc6 $140 34. Ra7 Bxe4 35. Rxa8 Bxa8
36. Qb6 $16) 32... gxf3 33. gxf3 Bxa4 34. f4 Nd7 35. e5 Nxb6 36. Qxb6 Kf8 37.
Bh5 $6 c3 38. f5 $2 cxb2 39. Qd6+ Kg8 40. Bxf7+ Kh8 41. f6 Rc1 42. fxg7+ Kxg7
43. Qe7 Rxe1+ 44. Kh2 Rh1+ 45. Kg3 Rg1+ 46. Kh2 b1=Q 47. Be8+ Kh8 48. Qf6+ Rg7
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 Qe7 13. Rb1 a5 $5 {[%mdl 4]
Quite a typical reaction to the minority attack. In this position it was first
applied by Boris Gelfand.} 14. b5 (14. bxa5 {is another option seen in
practice:} Rxa5 15. Qc2 b6 16. e4 (16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. e4 e5 $1 (17... c5 $6 18.
d5 {A.Beliavsky}) 18. d5 Rfa8 {1/2-1/2 Forsberg,J-Dzieniszewski,A/ICCF 2002/
ICCF Telechess CBM 112}) 16... c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. Qc2 Ra7 20. Qd2
exd5 21. exd5 Kg7 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23. Bb5 Rd8 24. Rbd1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Gelfand,B/Beograd 1995 (69)}) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 c5 {The main idea of 13...a5
- the b6 knight is now placed perfectly. Black had, however, another option:} (
15... Nd5 $5 {K.Sakaev}) 16. Qc1 c4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black looks for a
strategically complex position. This pawn, however blockaded, will be an
important trump.} (16... cxd4 {is good enough to equalize:} 17. exd4 Bd7 (17...
Rd8 $143 18. Qe3 {[%cal Rd4d5]} Qa3 19. Ne5 Qe7 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Rbc1 Qg5 22.
Qe4 Qf5 23. Qe3 Qg5 24. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rogozenko,D/Pardubice 1997/CBM
059 ext (41)}) 18. Qe3 (18. Ne4 $5 {[%cal Yc1f4]}) 18... Rac8 (18... Qa3 19.
Ne5 Rad8 20. h4 Bc8 21. h5 g5 22. Rfe1 Qb4 23. d5 Qd6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Ne4 Qe5
26. dxe6+ Bxe6 27. Bxe6+ {1-0 Averkin,O-Baranov,G/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000}) 19.
Ne5 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Be8 21. Rfe1 Nd5 22. Qf3 b6 $11 {0-1 Averkin,O-Popov,R/
Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (53)}) (16... Rd8 $143 17. Qa3 Bf8 18. Qa2 $14 {
K.Sakaev}) 17. Bc2 e5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qa3 {The queen is not
very active here.} (20. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ye3e4,Yf2f4]}) 20... Rd8 21. Ne2 {
[%cal Ye2d4] Aiming for d4 but this takes valuable time and Black obtains a
good position.} Bf5 $1 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Nd4 Qd3 (23... Qe5 $5) 24. Qxd3 {
Leading to a slightly inferior endgame.} (24. Qe7 $5 Rd7 25. Qh4 Kh7 $11) 24...
cxd3 25. Rfd1 Nxa4 26. Rxd3 Nb6 27. Rc3 Rdc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Black
has an outside passed pawn but White should hold on thanks to his strong
knight.} 29. Kf1 Kf8 (29... a4 {[%cal Ya4a3,Yc8a8] brings nothing:} 30. Ke2 a3
31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Kd3) 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Kd3 Kd6 32. Nb3 $6 {A loss of time.} (32.
e4 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4]}) 32... Nc4 (32... a4 $5 33. Na5 Rc7 34. Rb2 Kd5 $15) 33.
Rc1 a4 $2 {Wrongly evaluating the pawn endgame.} (33... Ne5+ $142 34. Kd4 Rxc1
35. Nxc1 Ng4 36. Nd3 Nxh2 {keeping winning chances} ({but not} 36... a4 $6 37.
h3 a3 38. Kc3)) 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Kxc4 axb3 36. Kxb3 Kc5 37. b6 (37. Ka4 $2 b6
$19) 37... h5 38. e4 Kxb6 39. Kb4 $11 {Black has an outside passed pawn but
the kingside pawns are not blocked and the white king is further up the board.}
Kc6 (39... g5 40. f3 f6 41. g3 {[%cal Yh2h4]} g4 $1 42. f4 $1 Kc6 43. Kc4 b5+
44. Kb4 Kb6 45. e5 fxe5 46. fxe5 Kc6 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kxb5 Kxe6 49. Kc4 $11) 40.
f4 h4 41. g3 h3 (41... hxg3 42. hxg3 b5 43. g4 f6 (43... Kb6 44. g5 Kc6 45. f5
gxf5 $8 $11) 44. Kb3 Kc5 45. Kc3 b4+ 46. Kb3 Kd4 47. e5 fxe5 48. f5 gxf5 49.
gxf5 Kc5 50. f6 Kd6 51. Kxb4 $11) 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kb4 Kb6 44. g4 Kc6 $2 {
A horrible move, after which winning chances pass to White.} (44... f6 45. e5
fxe5 46. fxe5 Kc6 47. e6 Kd6 48. Kxb5 $11) 45. g5 $1 Kb6 46. f5 Kc6 47. fxg6 $2
{Content with a draw, White misses an excellent opportunity.} (47. f6 $1 Kd6
48. Kxb5 Ke5 49. Kc6 Kxe4 50. Kd6 Kf3 51. Ke7 Kg2 52. Kxf7 Kxh2 53. Kxg6 Kg3
54. f7 h2 55. f8=Q h1=Q {This endgame is theoretically drawn but practically
it is very difficult for Black to hold it.}) 47... fxg6 48. e5 Kd5 49. Kxb5
Kxe5 50. Kc4 Kf4 51. Kd3 Kxg5 52. Ke3 Kg4 53. Kf2 Kf4 54. Kg1 g5 55. Kh1 g4 56.
Kg1 Kf3 57. Kh1 Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 (10. e4 {is the main alternative here.}) 10... c5 {
This continuation leads to a position with a fixed centre (d4 vs d5), which is
rather favourable for White's knights. Practice has seen:} (10... Rd8 11. c5
Bd7 12. b4 Be8 13. f4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Qe7 15. Rf3 $36 {0-1 (38) Abhishek,A (2106)
-Sethuraman,S (2574) Kanpur IND 2014}) (10... Nd7 11. f4 Qe7 12. c5 Nxe5 13.
fxe5 b6 14. b4 Bd7 15. Qg4 Rfb8 16. Rab1 Be8 17. h4 Qd8 18. h5 g5 19. Nd1 a5 {
1/2 (19) Latorre,M (2312)-Mareco,S (2591) Asuncion 2011}) (10... Qe7 11. cxd5
exd5 12. f4 Nd7 13. Qf3 Nxe5 (13... Nf6 14. Rae1 Rd8 15. Kh1 c5 16. a3 c4 17.
Bc2 Qc7 18. g4 $40 {1-0 (27) Polak,T (2543)-Feher,A (2342) Hungary 2012}) 14.
fxe5 Be6 (14... f6 $5 15. Qg3 g5 $13) 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Qf4 Rae8 17. Rac1 Kh7 18.
h4 $14 {1-0 (93) Polak,T (2525)-Krejci,J (2455) Ostrava 2010}) (10... dxc4 11.
Nxc4 $1 (11. Bxc4 c5 12. f4 (12. Rc1 cxd4 13. exd4 Rd8 14. Re1 $6 Nc6 15. Qa4
Rxd4 16. Nxc6 Bd7 $17 {0-1 (37) Krejci,J (2529)-Hovhannisyan,R (2630) Moscow
2013}) 12... cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qxf6 Bxf6 16. Rac1 {1/2 (36)
Cmilyte,V (2514)-Sebag,M (2501) Beijing CHN 2013} Rd8 $11) 11... Qe7 12. Qb3
Rd8 13. Rad1 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Be4 Na6 16. a3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19.
Nxd5 Qe6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nf4 Qc6 22. Nh5 $44 {1-0 (31) Fedoseev,V (2525)-Negi,
P (2641) Moscow 2012}) 11. cxd5 cxd4 (11... exd5 12. Nxd5 $5 (12. f4 Nc6 13.
Kh1 Qd8 14. Rc1 cxd4 15. exd4 {1-0 (66) Gunina,V (2490)-Nezad,H (2394) Caleta
2013} Be6 $14) 12... Qd6 13. Nf4 $1 Bxe5 (13... cxd4 14. Nexg6 $1 fxg6 15. Qb3+
Rf7 16. Bxg6 Qf8 17. exd4 $40) 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nxg6 Qf6 17.
Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Qd5 $14) 12. exd4 exd5 13. Re1 $1 $14 {[%csl Ge5]} ({Now after} 
13. Nxd5 Qd6 14. Nf4 Nc6 $1 {Black has no problems, e.g.} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ne2
Bg4) 13... Be6 14. Bb5 $1 {[%mdl 32] A typical manoeuvre in order to weaken
Black's queenside.} Rd8 15. Rc1 a6 16. Ba4 Rd6 $1 {[%cal Yb8d7]} (16... b5 17.
Bb3 {[%csl Gb3]}) 17. Qb3 (17. Qd2 $142) 17... b6 $6 ({Black renounced} 17...
b5 {in view of} 18. Qa3 {[%cal Ra4b5,Ra3d6] . In fact, he saw the riposte} Qd8
$1 19. Bxb5 axb5 20. Qxa8 Ra6 21. Qb7 Rb6 {, which led to a draw:} 22. Qa8 (22.
Nxf7 $6 Bxf7 23. Qe7 Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Kf8 25. Rc7 Bxd4) (22. Qa7 $6 Bxe5 23. Nxd5
$5 (23. dxe5 Nc6 24. Qa3 b4) 23... Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Bxd5 25. Rc8 Qxc8 26. Qxb6
Nd7 27. Qxb5 Nf6 {[%cal Rc8g4]} 28. f3 Bxa2 $17) 22... Ra6 $11 {but Veselin
Topalov was playing for a win.}) 18. Ne2 b5 19. Qa3 Bf8 20. Bc2 Nc6 (20... Nd7
$5) 21. Qg3 (21. Qe3 $142 $14 {[%cal Ye2f4]}) 21... Rc8 22. h4 Ne7 (22... Be7
$5 23. h5 Qg5 $13) 23. h5 (23. Nf4 $5 Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxc1 (24... Qxf5 25. Rc5 $1)
25. Rxc1 Qxf5 26. Rc7 $36) 23... g5 24. f4 $1 Qg7 (24... Nf5 25. Qf2) 25. Rf1 (
25. Qf2 $5 {[%cal Ye2g3]}) 25... f6 $1 26. Ng4 $6 {This retreat releases
White's pressure.} (26. Ng6 $142 $1 Nxg6 (26... Rdc6 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. Bd3 $14)
27. Bxg6 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 $1 $14 {[%cal Yc1d3]}) 26... Rdc6 27. Ne3 f5 $1 28. fxg5
(28. Qe1 {was probably more accurate.}) 28... Qxg5 29. Qxg5+ (29. Qf3 Bf7 30.
Nf4 Bg7 31. Rfd1 Rc4 $5 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 $44) 29... hxg5 30. Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Rxc6
Rxc6 32. Nxf5 {[%mdl 4096]} Rc2 33. Neg3 Rxb2 {The position has sharpened.
Black's bishop pair has become an important factor but White's passed h5-pawn
should not be underestimated either.} 34. Re1 Bd7 (34... Bxf5 35. Nxf5 Rxa2 36.
Re8 $132) 35. Ne7+ Kf7 $6 (35... Kg7 $1 36. Nxd5 Bd6 37. Ne4 Be6 38. Nxd6 Bxd5
39. Re5 Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Bf3 {is not easy to find and evaluate.}) 36. Nxd5 Bc6 37.
Rf1+ $1 Ke6 {Black's king is unsafe here but he has no choice.} (37... Kg7 $2
38. h6+ Kxh6 39. Rf6+) (37... Kg8 $6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. d5) 38. Ne3 (38. Nc7+ $1
Kd6 39. d5 Kxc7 40. Rf7+ Kb6 41. Rf6 $16 {(indicated by GM P.Maletin)}) 38...
Bg7 39. Ngf5 Bh8 40. h6 Be4 41. d5+ Kd7 42. Ng3 (42. Ng7 $5 Rb1 43. Ne6) 42...
Bd3 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. Rf3 Rxa2 45. Nef5 Rd2 $2 {[%mdl 64] Black misses a
tactical motif.} (45... Bxf5 46. Nxf5 g4 $1 {should be enough to save the game,
e.g.} 47. Rg3 Rd2 48. Rxg4 Rxd5 49. Rg8+ Kf7 50. Rxh8 Rxf5 $11) 46. Ng7+ $1 Ke7
47. d6+ $1 Kxd6 48. Rf8 {Black's h8 bishop is suddenly trapped!} b4 {
Desperation.} 49. Rxh8 b3 50. N7f5+ $2 {This check suddenly lets White's
victory slip.} (50. Ne4+ $1 {was the nicest way to win:} Bxe4 51. Rd8+ Ke5 (
51... Kc5 52. Rxd2) 52. Rxd2 Bc2 53. Kf2 b2 54. h7 $1 b1=Q 55. Re2+ $1 Kd5 56.
h8=Q $18) 50... Bxf5 $2 {Black fails to find a miraculous escape:} (50... Kc7
$1 51. h7 b2 52. Rc8+ Kxc8 53. h8=Q+ Kb7 $1 54. Qg7+ Ka8 {- White can't either
stop Black's pawn or capture his d2-rook and must give a perpetual.}) 51. Nxf5+
Kc7 52. h7 b2 53. Rc8+ Kxc8 54. h8=Q+ Kd7 55. Qh7+ (55. Qh7+ Kd8 56. Ne3 $18)
1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 2nd"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Bxg4 {This rare continuation was
examined in CBM 119, annotations to Gelfand - Kasimdzhanov.} Rg8 13. Nxd7 (13.
Bf3 $2 Rxg3 $1 14. fxg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {e.g.} 16. O-O Nxe5 17. Bh5 Bc5+
18. Kh1 Qxd1 19. Raxd1 Ke7 20. Bxf7 Nxf7 21. Rxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7
Ke5 24. Rc7 Kd6 25. Rh7 Bd4 26. Rxh6 Rf8 {0-1 Borovikov,V (2472)-Shalimov,V 
(2400)/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 13... Qxd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O (14... Bb4 $5 15.
O-O O-O-O 16. e5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 18. Qd2 Ne7 19. Qxh6 c5 20. d5 $6 (20. Qf4
$142) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qc1 Qc6 23. Kh2 Rg7 24. Re1 Rdg8 25. Qc2 Kb7
26. a4 $6 b4 $17 {0-1 Fridman,D (2635)-Stripunsky,A (2569)/Philadelphia 2007/
CBM 119 ext (32)}) 15. Qd2 $1 {A strong new idea.} ({A new example of} 15. a4 {
showing that it also deserves attention:} a6 16. Be5 Ne8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5
Qe7 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Bg3 Bd4 21. O-O-O Bxc3 ({Black didn't like} 21... Qc5 {
- perhaps because of} 22. Qd2 $5 (22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Nc7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25.
exd5 Bxb2+ $1 26. Kxb2 Qb4+ 27. Kc2 Qa4+ $1 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa2+ $11 30.
Kc1 Qa1+ {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,S-Shalimov,V/Saint Petersburg 80/448 2000/Inf 80/
[Ivanov,Se]})) 22. bxc3 Qa3+ 23. Qb2 Qxb2+ 24. Kxb2 exd5 25. exd5 Nf6 26. Rhe1
Bxd5 27. Re7 Bxf3 28. Rc7+ Kb8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Rxf7+ Kc8 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32.
gxf3 $16 {1-0 Lehnhoff,H-Howes,T/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (36)}) (15. Bf4
$143 a6 16. a4 Bb4 17. e5 c5 $1 18. exf6 cxd4 19. axb5 Qxb5 20. Qc2 $1 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 dxc3 22. bxc3 Qf5 $1 23. Qxf5 Bxc3+ 24. Ke2 exf5 $15 {1/2 Gelfand,B (2733)
-Kasimdzhanov,R (2677)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Krasenkow] (38)}) 15... Rxg3 {
[%mdl 512] Here, too, Black sacrifices the exchange. The difference from the
13.Bf3 line is that his king is far away from the kingside, where White can
create a passed pawn or attack Black's f7 pawn.} (15... Qxd4 $4 {doesn't work,
of course, due to} 16. Qxd4 Rxd4 17. Be5) 16. fxg3 e5 $146 {Hardly a
successful novelty but} (16... Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Rd1 $1 {demonstrates the
drawbacks of the position of the black king:} Rxd1+ (18... Bc5 19. g4 $5 {
[%csl Gg4,Gh4]}) 19. Kxd1 Nd7 (19... Kd8 $2 20. e5 {[%cal Rc3b5]}) 20. Bh5 $1
f6 21. Bf7 Nc5 22. Rf1 Bg7 23. Ne2 Kd7 24. Nf4 Ke7 25. Bg8 {[%cal Re4e5,Rf4g6]}
e5 26. Nh5 Bh8 27. Bh7 b4 28. g4 Ba6 29. Rh1 Bb5 30. Ng3 Kf8 31. g5 hxg5 32.
hxg5 Nd3 33. Kc2 fxg5 34. Bg6 Bg7 35. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Tacke,R (1787)-Parushev,A 
(2357)/ICCF WS 2007/ICCF CBM 130 (55)}) 17. O-O-O Qxd4 (17... exd4 $6 18. Qf4
$1 Qe6 19. e5 dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 $16 {
S.Zagrebelny}) 18. g4 {[%csl Gg4,Gh4]} (18. Qxd4 Rxd4 $1 (18... exd4 19. e5
dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. exf6 {-17...exd4}) 19. g4 $1 {deserved attention, too})
(18. Qe2 {was possible, of course, but White has no reason to avoid the
exchange of queens.}) 18... Nd7 $1 {The right course. Black sacrifices a pawn
to obtain the e5-square. Although his compensation will hardly be fully
sufficient for a pure exchange, he has no better option.} 19. Qxd4 exd4 20.
Rxd4 Bg7 (20... Bc5 $5 21. Rdd1 Rh8 {S.Zagrebelny}) 21. Rdd1 Rg8 22. g5 Ne5 23.
gxh6 Bxh6+ 24. Kb1 b4 25. Ne2 (25. Na4 Kc7 26. Nc5 $6 Bc8 {[%cal Rc7b6] S.
Zagrebelny}) 25... c5 26. Rd6 Bg7 27. Rhd1 (27. h5 Kc7 28. Rhd1 Nd3 29. R6xd3
cxd3 30. Nf4 (30. Rxd3 Be5 $44) 30... Ba6 31. Nxd3 Bxd3+ 32. Rxd3 Rd8 $5 {
as the endgame with opposite-coloured bishops should be drawn.}) 27... Kc7 (
27... Nd3 $5 28. b3 Kc7 {with a similar position to the 27.h5 line.}) 28. Nf4
Rh8 29. h5 Bc6 (29... c3 $5 $132) 30. R6d2 Bh6 $2 (30... c3 $1 {(indicated by
GM S.Zagrebelny in his online commentary) was still necessary to create
counterplay. After the text move (very natural but in fact passive!) White
successfully regroups his pieces and invades along the crucial f-file.}) 31.
Nd5+ Kb8 32. Rf2 Ba4 33. Rdf1 (33. Rh1 $142 $1) 33... Nd3 34. Re2 Ne5 35. Rh1
$1 a5 36. Rf2 $1 Bd7 (36... Nd3 37. Rff1) 37. Be2 $1 Be6 38. Nf4 Bc8 39. Rd1 $1
{The threats along the d-file deflect Black's pieces from the f-file.} Bb7 (
39... Rg8 $142 40. Rd6 $1 (40. Rd5 Ng4) 40... Bxf4 41. Rxf4 Rxg2 42. Rd5 Rxe2
43. Rxe5 Be6 44. Rxc5 $18) 40. Nd5 $1 Re8 {Black has no way to prevent the
invasion:} (40... Bg7 41. g4 {[%cal Rg4g5]}) (40... Bg5 41. Rf5) 41. Rf6 $1 Re6
(41... Bg5 42. Rb6 {[%cal Rb6b5]}) 42. Rdf1 Bg7 43. R6f5 $5 (43. Rxe6 fxe6 44.
Nf6 {was quite possible, too, but White was probably afraid of some technical
problems after} Bc6 45. g4 Bh6 {He prefers a more direct way. After the text
move his g-pawn goes forward.}) 43... Nd3 $6 {Giving up evrything, but Black
has no hope anyway:} (43... Re8 44. g4 Bc8 45. R5f4 Bh6 46. Rf6 Re6 47. R1f5
Bg7 48. Rxe6 fxe6 49. Rg5 $18 {S.Zagrebelny}) 44. Rxf7 Bd4 45. Rd7 $1 {[%cal
Rf1f8]} Re8 46. Rff7 Bc6 47. Rde7 Rd8 48. b3 Ne5 49. Rf5 cxb3 50. Rfxe5 bxa2+
51. Kxa2 Rf8 52. R5e6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Ne4 {This is one of
the main positions of the Moscow variation.} e5 (13... Rd8 {is too passive:}
14. Rfd1 $1 (14. Rad1 $143 a5 15. a3 Ra6 (15... Nf8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18.
g4 Kh8 19. Rde1 $14 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo Carrillo,P-Zvjaginsev,V/Pamplona 1996/
CBM 052 (28)}) 16. Rd2 (16. h3 $5 {Dreev}) (16. h4 $5) 16... Nf6 17. Nc5 Ra7
18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Na4 Raa8 21. e4 Qc7 22. Nf3 Rac8 23. e5 Nd7 24.
Rc1 $6 (24. Qe4 $11) 24... c5 25. Qe4 b6 26. g3 Qb8 27. d5 Nxe5 28. Nxe5 Qxe5
29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Nxb6 (30. Re2 Bxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxd5) 30... Rb8 31. Nc4 Bd4 $17 {
0-1 Bareev,E-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee 1995/CBM 045 (54)}) 14... Nf8 15. Ne5 (15.
Rac1 $5 Bd7 16. a3 Be8 17. Ne5 f5 $6 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Nd3 g5 20. Qc5 Rc7 21.
Qxa7 Bh5 22. Re1 Kh8 23. Qa5 b5 24. Rc5 $16 {1-0 Goldin,A-Bykhovsky,A/Israel
1996/CBM 052 ext (34)}) 15... f6 16. Nf3 Bd7 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 f5 19. Nd6
Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bf6 21. Nxb7 Re8 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nd2 e3 24. fxe3 Bg5 25. Kf2 Reb8
26. Nd6 a5 27. N2c4 a4 28. Bc2 a3 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Rb1 Rxb1 31. Bxb1 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Ivanov,S/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 065/[Hecht] (51)}) 14. Nc3 {
[%cal Rc2g6] An interesting move. After provoking ...e6-e5 the knight comes
back to support d4-d5. White has a lot of other options seen in practice:} (14.
Rfe1 Kh8 15. Ned2 (15. Rad1 f5 16. Nc5 e4 17. Nd2 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Rb1 Bd7
20. Red1 Rad8 21. Qc4 b5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. a4 b5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Guliev,S-Yagupov,
I/Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (46)}) (15. Nc3 $142 $1) 15... Re8 $1 16. Nc4 e4 17.
Nfe5 $6 (17. Nfd2 Nf8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rac1 Rad8 $15 {Dreev}) 17... Nxe5 18. dxe5
(18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bf5 $15) 18... Bf5 19. Rad1 Rf8 20. Nd6 Bxe5 21. Nxf5
gxf5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Red1 Kg7 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf
68/[Dreev,A] (75)}) (14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 c5 18. Nf4
Kh7 19. Nde6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 b5 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra5 Kh8
25. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Korotylev,A/Biel 2003/CBM 095 ext}) (14. Rad1 exd4
15. exd4 (15. Rfe1 d3 16. Qxd3 Kh7 17. Nd6 Nc5 18. Qc2 Nxb3 19. Nxc8 Rfxc8 20.
Qxb3 a5 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b3 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Litvinenko,N-Wilczek,T/Chessfriend.com
2003/Telechess CBM 101 (43)}) 15... Nf6 (15... Nb6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Ned2 Qd6
18. h3 Bf5 19. Ne4 Qf4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc5 Qxb2 23. Ng3 Nd5 24.
Nxf5 gxf5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Godena,M/Vienna 1996/
CBM 053 ext/[Chekhov] (42)}) 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 (17... b6 18. Nd3 Qd6 19.
Nde5 Be4 20. Rfe1 Bd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qe3 Rac8 24. Rc1 b5 $11 {
0-1 Shipov,S-Dreev,A/Internet ICC 2002/EXT 2003 (74)}) 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19. h3 Nd5
20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nfe5 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Qxh6
Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 d4 $13 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Savchenko,S/Lyon 1994/CBM 045 (88)}) (14.
Ng3 $5 Kh8 15. h4 (15. Rad1 Re8 (15... f5 $5) (15... a5) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. f4 Bg7 (18... Bc7 $143 19. Qc3+ (19. f5 g5 20. Qc4 Qxe3+ 21. Kh1 Qe7
22. Qxf7 Qxf7 23. Bxf7 Rf8 24. Bg6 b6 25. Nh5 Be5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Gallo,L-Busch,
K/IECG 2003/Telechess 117 (53)}) 19... Kg8 $2 (19... f6 $142 20. e4 $36 {
Kaidanov,G.}) 20. f5 g5 21. Kh1 Be5 22. Qc4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rf8 24. Qc3 c5 25. f6
Qc7 26. Qd3 c4 27. Bxc4 Bf5 28. Rxf5 Rad8 29. Rd5 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Ippolito,D/
Connecticut 2002/CBM 087 ext}) 19. f5 (19. e4 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Castaneda,G-Yagupov,
I/Tula 2007/CBM 119 ext}) 19... Bxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 22. Kh1 Qe4
23. Qxf7 Re7 24. Qf2 {1/2-1/2 Ruck,R-Goloshchapov,A/Topola 2004/CBM 101}) 15...
f5 (15... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ye5e4]} 16. Qc4 Rf8) 16. h5 e4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Rac1 c5
19. Qc4 Qf6 20. dxc5 Ne5 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qa5 Nd3 23. Rc2 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nd3 25.
Nc4 $14 {0-1 Bacrot,E-Filippov,V/Corsica 1997/EXT 1999 (49)}) 14... a5 $146 (
14... Kh8 15. Rad1 f5 (15... b6 16. d5 Bb7 17. h4 Nc5 18. d6 Qd7 19. h5 Nxb3
20. axb3 g5 21. e4 Rad8 22. Ne2 Qe6 23. Ng3 (23. Qd3 $5) 23... Rxd6 24. Nf5
Rdd8 25. Nh2 c5 26. Ng4 a5 27. Nge3 $44 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Piket,J/Monte Carlo
2002/CBM 087 ext (38)}) 16. d5 (16. Ne2 a5 17. Rfe1 Kh7 18. a3 e4 19. Nd2 c5
20. Nc3 Nb6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 cxd4 23. exd4 Be6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. d5 Qd7
26. a4 Rac8 27. Qb3 $13 {1-0 Epiney,F-Mauro,L/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess
CBM 95 (49)}) (16. e4 f4 17. d5 g5 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 g4 20. Nd2 Ba6 21. Bc4
Bb5 22. Nc3 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 Nc5 24. Nd6 $36 {1-0 Pozo Vera,S-Rasmussen,K/Havana
CUB 2007/The Week in Chess 655 (66)}) 16... e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nce2 Bd7 (18...
cxd5 $142) 19. Nf4 Rfc8 20. d6 Qf6 21. Nde6 Rab8 22. Qc5 Kh7 23. Qxa7 $16 {
1-0 Makarov,M-Lastin,A/Krasnoyarsk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 670 (40)}) (14...
Kh7 $142 $1 15. Rad1 (15. Rfe1 $143 Re8 (15... b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 $11 17. h4 $6
Rae8 18. h5 e4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. hxg6+ fxg6 21. f3 exf3 22. Nxf3 Ng4 23. Qd3 Rxf3
24. gxf3 Nxe3 $17 {0-1 Graf,A-Goloshchapov,A/Dubai 2003/CBM 093 ext (51)}) 16.
Rad1 e4 17. Nd2 f5 18. Nc4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. a3 Bd7 21. Rd2 b5 22. d5 Qc5
23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Ne2 Qxc2 25. Rxc2 Red8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mamedyarov,S-Gelfand,B/
Moscow RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 681 (82)}) 15... f5 (15... Re8 16. d5 Nc5 17.
d6 Qd7 18. Nd5 (18. Ne4 $142) 18... e4 19. Ne1 cxd5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. exd4 Rd8
22. Nc2 f5 23. Ne3 b6 24. Qd5 $6 Bb7 25. Qe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxd6 $17 {0-1
Halkias,S-Potkin,V/Katernberg GER 2007/The Week in Chess 682 (54)}) 16. d5 (16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Rd3 f4 19. exf4 Qxf4 20. Re3 Bf5 21. Qe2 Rad8 22.
Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Oms Pallise,J-Perez Candelario,M/Lorca 2005/CBM 111 (29)})
16... e4 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nce2 Nd3 $1 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6 Bb7 {The g6 pawn
is protected!} 21. Qe6 Rfe8 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nc1 Bxd4 24. exd4 Nxb2 25. Rd2
Nd3 26. Nxd3 exd3 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rxd3 Rc7 29. Re3 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Bu
Xiangzhi-Motylev,A/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2007/The Week in Chess 682}) 15. a3 {
An obvious reply. The insertion of ...a7-a5 and a2-a3 must be favorable for
White as Black's queenside is now weakened.} (15. Qxg6 $2 a4) 15... Kh7 16.
Rfe1 (16. Rad1 {needs testing.}) 16... b6 (16... Re8 $5) 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. d5 $1
{Of course! Instead of anti-positional plans with h2-h4 (see 14...Kh7), White
breaks in the centre.} Rac8 (18... cxd5 {deserved attention although the
weakness of the b6 pawn was now quite annoying.} 19. Bxd5 Nc5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
e4 $14) 19. d6 Qe8 20. h4 $1 {Now, after gaining space in the centre, it's
time to switch to the kingside!} f5 21. e4 $1 {[%cal Rh4h5]} f4 22. Na4 $1 {
The consequences of 14...a5? will now make Black worry during the whole game.
However, his position is still very solid.} Bf6 23. g3 Bd8 24. Kg2 Rf6 25. g4
Ba6 ({Alas,} 25... Qf8 {doesn't work due to} 26. g5 $1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qc4 Qf8 29. Rd1 Rc7 30. Qe6 Bc8 31. Rd6 $18) (25... Rf8 $5 {deserved attention
but I guess, Black intentionally allowed White to open up the kingside, in
order to get some counterplay in future.}) 26. g5 Rf8 27. gxh6 $6 {This turns
out to be good for Black.} (27. Rh1 $142 c5 ({in case of} 27... h5 {White will
prepare an invasion to e6}) 28. Bd5 b5 29. Nc3 b4 (29... c4 30. a4 $1 b4 31.
Nb5) 30. Na4 c4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Ra1 {keeping initiative.}) 27... Kxh6 28. Rg1
c5 29. Bd5 b5 30. Nc3 {The knight has fulfilled its mission.} b4 31. Ne2 $6 (
31. Na4 c4 32. axb4 axb4 33. Ra1 Bb5 34. Qd2 Nf6 $132) 31... Nb6 32. Kh2 Rh8 $2
{Overlooking a tactical blow. After} (32... Kg7 33. Rg4 Rh8 {the position
remained tense.}) {[%tqu "En","What tactical blow did Black overlook?","","",
"d5f7","",10]} 33. Bf7 $1 Qxf7 34. Nxe5 Qe8 35. Nxg6 {and the black king is
helpless.} Nd7 36. Nexf4 Ne5 37. d7 $1 Nxd7 38. e5 Qxe5 39. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 {An old line played even back in the 50s!} 10. O-O-O {
The other moves are quite harmless:} (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Bc7
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Qb4 Ba5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb6 18. Rb4 O-O-O
$17 {1/2-1/2 Navarovszky,L-Dely,P/Budapest 1963/MCL (30)}) (10. Bg2 exd4 (10...
Be7 $2 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ {1-0 Duhayon,Y-Laurent,B/
Charleroi 2001/EXT 2003 (30)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 $6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13.
O-O-O Nf6 14. e4 Ng4 15. Rhf1 Nxh2 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Rd2 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Rxd2 19.
Nxd2 Bxf2 20. Rf1 Nxf1 {0-1 Dlugy,M-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999/EXT 2005}) (11.
Ne4 Qf5 (11... Qe7 12. Qxd4 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Nf6 (13... Qxb2 $5) 14. O-O-O Be6 15.
a3 Qa5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. Kc2 Bd6 19. Nd3 O-O $10 {Korchnoi,
V-Kramnik,V/Monaco/1994/}) 12. Qxd4 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 Nb6
16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 $15 {0-1 Sellos,D-Nikcevic,N/Cannes 1995/
CBM 046 ext (51)}) 11... Nb6 (11... Be7 12. f4 Qd6 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nd6 Nb6 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Qe5 $14 {
1-0 Terpugov,E-Kotov,A/Moscow 1951/URS-ch (39)}) 12. Qd3 Bc5 $6 (12... Be7 $1
$15) 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rd8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Nc5
Rxd4 19. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 Mikenas,V-Cherepkov,A/Riga 1952/EXT 2003 (67)}) (10. d5
$2 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ $17) 10... Be7 (10... exd4 11.
Rxd4 (11. Ne4 $1 $14 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 {
S.Shipov} 16. g4 $1 Qh3 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $14) 11... Nb6 12. Qd3 Bc5 13.
Re4+ Be7 (13... Be6 $142 $13) 14. Rf4 (14. Re5 $1 {[%cal Yc3e4]}) 14... Qd6 15.
Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Re4+ Kf8 17. Nd4 f5 18. Re3 Kf7 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Rd2
Nc4 22. Rd3 Ne5 23. Rd2 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Polgar,S/Curacao 2002/CBM
091 ext (42)}) 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kb1 (13. h4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15.
Kb1 Nf6 16. e3 Nd5 17. a3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nf6 20. Nd2 (20. Nd6 $142
$11 {J.Timman}) 20... Rfd8 21. Nd4 Bf8 22. Rhg1 Ng4 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qe7 25.
e4 Qe6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gelfand,B/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051 (40)}) 13... Nf6
$146 {[%mdl 8] Jan Timman's recommendation.} (13... exd4 {is also enough for
equality:} 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bh3 (15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3 $5 {(S.Shipov) is hardly
worrying Black}) 15... Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nf5 Rcd8 19. f4
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. a3 Qd5 23. e4 Qd7 24. e5 Be7 25. Kc1 g6
$1 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Qd2 Kf8 28. exd6 Ke8 29. Qe3+ Qe6 $1 30. Qxa7 $8 Qe1+ 31.
Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Dreev,A/Yalta 1995/CBM 047
ext/[Shipov]}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 $6 {An
obvious move but} (17. e4 Bg4 18. Be2 $11 {was more accurate}) 17... Qh5 (17...
Qe3 $5) 18. e4 Bg4 {It turns out that White now loses the d-file!} 19. Re1 (19.
Rd2 Rad8 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Rd4 $1) 20... Bf3 21. Re1 Qa5 $1 22. Kc1 Rd4 $1 {
leads to serious trouble for White.}) 19... Rad8 20. Be2 Rd4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22.
e5 $6 {It was necessary to exchange a pair of rooks:} (22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd4
Rxd4 24. Re1 $15 Qd7 $140 25. Kc1) 22... Rfd8 {White is now completely passive.
} 23. Re2 g6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. a3 Qe6 26. Qc4 R8d5 27. Ka1 a5 28. Qc2 h5 29. Rf1
$6 {This rook should rather remain on c1 to prevent the advance of Black's
pawns.} (29. Kb1 $142 c5 30. Qa4 $17) 29... b5 30. Ref2 {It is too late to
return:} (30. Rc1 c5) 30... Qf5 31. Re1 c5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 32. e6 $6 {A
desperate attempt but White had no defence anymore.} fxe6 33. Rfe2 Rd6 34. Qc1
Qd5 $1 35. Re5 Qb3 (35... Qb3 36. R5e3 c4 {is absolutely hopeless for White.})
0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.11.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.11.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 {
Quite a decent alternative to the main line} (7... Nd7) {Recapturing the
sacrificed pawn will require some precious time from White.} 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7
10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O e5 {Black has
successfully developed his pieces and now starts attacking White's centre.} (
14... Rfc8 {is also played.}) 15. Qa4 $146 {This novelty is not very dangerous.
} (15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxc4 {is the main continuation. White wins
a pawn but Black obtains sufficient counterplay due to his strong bishop pair:}
Rac8 ({or} 17... a5 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qe4+ 22.
f3 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxa5 Rxc3 25. e4 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Pavasovic,D/
Bled 1999/CBM 069 ext}) 18. Qb3 (18. Be2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rxc3 20. Qb2 Rxe3 21.
Qxb7 Rxe2 22. Qxa7 {1/2-1/2 Guseinov,A-Sveshnikov,E/Volgodonsk 1983/MCD}) 18...
Bxg2 (18... Bxc3 $143 19. Qxb7) 19. Bxf7+ (19. Qxb4 Qg5 $132) 19... Rxf7 20.
Rxa7 Rcf8 $5 (20... Bxf1 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Kxf1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 (23. Qd7 Bd4 $1
24. Qxd4 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kf3 Qf5+ 27. Qf4 Qh3+ 28. Qg3 Qf5+ 29. Kg2 Qd5+
30. Kh3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qd5+ {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Chalkidiki
1992/CBM 032/[Ftacnik]}) 23... Rxc3 24. Re7 Qb5+ 25. Kg2 Qg5+ 26. Kh3 Rc6 27.
Re8 Rf6 28. Qg8+ Kg6 29. f4 Qb5 30. Kg3 Qa5 31. Kh3 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qa5 33. Qc4
Qe1+ 34. Kh3 Qf2 35. Qe4+ Kh5 36. Re5+ g5 37. f5 Qf1+ 38. Kg3 Qe1+ 39. Kh3 Qf1+
40. Qg2 Rxf5 41. Qxf1 Rxf1 42. Kg2 Rf6 43. Kg3 {1/2-1/2 Lempert,I-Edzgveradze,
N/Yerevan 1996/CBM 052 ext}) 21. Kxg2 Bd6 22. f4 Qxe3 23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Qc4
Bxf4 25. Nd5 Qe6 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ne7+ Kf7 28. Qxf4+ Kxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Noronha,L-Schauer,J/ICCF Email 2000/ICCF tele 9/2002 (37)}) (15. Rfd1 {
deserves more attention. The following game ended in a draw but an improvement
for White is quite possible:} exd4 16. Rxd4 Nb6 17. Nd2 (17. Rf4 $5 {[%cal
Yf3d4]}) 17... a5 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Rxc4 (19. Bxc4 $5 {[%cal Yc3d5]}) 19...
Rac8 20. Rd1 Qg5 21. Ne4 (21. Nd5 $5) 21... Rxc4 22. Bxc4 Qf5 23. f3 Bxe4 24.
Qxe4 Qxe4 25. fxe4 Re8 26. Bd5 Kf8 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Rc1 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 Kroll,
O-Rasmussen,K/Denmark 1993/EXT 2000 (41)}) 15... Qe7 16. Qb5 (16. dxe5 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 {leads to a probable draw.}) 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6
18. Bf3 {Black's b7 bishop is strong but after this exchange White has too
little material to play for a win.} Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qc5 20. Ra6 Rfb8 21. Nd4 Qxb5
22. Ncxb5 Rb7 23. g3 Nd7 24. Rc1 ({After} 24. Rc1 Ne5 $1 {Black is not worse.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Qc2 {A rare move. White completes his
development before starting an attack.} (12. Nxd7) (12. f4) ({and Topalov's} 
12. Nxf7 {are more popular.}) 12... O-O (12... a6 $6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f4 Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f5 Re8 $6 (16... Qb6+ $5 17. Kh1 Rfd8) 17. Bh5 exf5 18. exf5
Bxe5 19. f6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 23. Qh7+ Ke6
24. Qf5+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ Kc5 26. a3 {1-0 Horvath,P (2458)-Todorovic,G (2457)/
Budapest 2003/CBM 093 ext}) (12... Qb6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. b3 cxb3 15. Qxb3 a6 16.
a4 Rfd8 17. f4 c5 18. fxg5 cxd4 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Bf2 Qc5 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Qxd5 24. Qb2 $44 {1/2 Rossello Padron,C-Udvari,N/LSS 2007/
Telechess CBM 129 (66)}) (12... Nxe5 $5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Rad1 Nd7 $5 (14... Qe7
15. Bg3 $6 (15. b3) (15. f4) 15... Nd7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 $13 {1/2 Lopez Martinez,J
(2505)-Perez Candelario,M (2522)/Lorca 2005/CBM 111 (36)}) 15. Bd6 Qb6 16. Bxf8
Nxf8 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 $6 (19. bxc3 $13) 19... exd5 $15 {
0-1 Porper,E (2492)-Kotanjian,T (2560)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (45)}) 13. Rad1 Qe7
14. h4 Rad8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Rfe1 a6 17. Qc1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nh7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Bg4 c5 $5 {A typical break in the centre. The other option was to improve
the position of pieces first:} (20... Rh8 {[%cal Yh7f8,Yf8g6]}) 21. d5 $1 Qf6
22. e5 Qh6 $4 {[%mdl 16384] This voluntary exile of the queen means a
positional capitulation.} (22... Qf4 $1 {, exchanging the queens, was a must.
In the endgame Black's queenside pawn avalanche can be dangerous:} 23. Qxf4
gxf4 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bxe6 Ng5 $132) 23. dxe6 fxe6 $6 (23... Qh4 $142 24. f3
fxe6 25. Qe3 Rd4 $1 26. Ne2 Rxg4 27. fxg4 Bd5 $16) 24. Qe3 {[%csl Rc5]} Qh4 25.
Bxe6 $18 Rd4 26. Ne2 Rfd8 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qa3 g4 29. Qc5 Ng5 30. Qe7+ Kh6 31.
Qf6+ Kh5 32. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. e5 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bd3 {A
tricky move.} ({If} 14. Qe2 {then} b5 $1 15. Bd3 b4 16. Na4 c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5
18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. h4 Bb7 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Rac8 22. Re2 Rd5 23. Rae1 Qa5
24. Qf4 Qxa2 25. Qxb4 Qc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. Re4 Rc2 28. R1e2 Rc1+ 29. Kh2 Bf8 {
1/2-1/2 Riazantsev,A-Dobrov,V/St Petersburg 2003/EXT 2004 (44)}) ({Meanwhile,
to} 14. Qc2 {Black plays} b6 $1 (14... b5 {is not good anymore:} 15. Bd3 Bb7 (
15... b4 $2 16. Ne4 $16) 16. Be4 Rab8 17. Rad1 a6 18. h4 c5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20.
d5 Nf8 $6 21. d6 Qe8 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Zakharevich,I-Novikov,M/St Petersburg
2003/EXT 2004 (38)}) 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ba2 Nf8 18. Qe2 (18. h4 $142
Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 $11 {Dautov}) 18... Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 g5 21.
h3 Ng6 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Slobodjan,R/Germany 1997/GER-chT/[Dautov] (41)}) 14...
b6 ({And now to} 14... b5 {White plays} 15. Qc2 {transposing to the 14.Qc2
b5?! line} ({but not} 15. Be4 $2 Nxe5)) (14... Nb6 {is not good either after}
15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Rc1 {1-0 Sellos,D-Collard,O/France 1994/EXT 99 (35)}) 15. Qe2 {
[%cal Ya1d1,Yd3a6,Yh2h4]} Rb8 (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc6]} (16. Be4)) (
15... a5 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Be4 Rab8 (17... Ba6 18. Qe3 Rac8 19. h4 $16 {
Beliavsky Alexander G-Pavasovic Dusko/Krsko (m/1) 1997/[Beliavsky,A]}) 18. h4
Rdc8 19. g3 Ba8 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. Qe3 Rbc8 22. Qf4 (22. h5 $142) 22... b5 23.
Qe3 Nb6 24. h5 g5 25. Rc1 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Ehlvest,J/Novosibirsk 1995/
CBM 050}) (15... a6 16. Be4 Bb7 17. Rac1 Rdb8 18. Qe3 c5 $6 19. d5 Nxe5 20.
Nxe5 Bxe5 21. dxe6 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Qxe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Re8
26. Rce3 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd8 28. g3 Kg7 29. Rxb6 Rd2 30. a4 $16 {1-0 Shimanov,
A-Yagupov,I/St-Petersburg RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 625 (43)}) 16. Rad1 ({
Even here} 16. Ba6 {deserved attention.}) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 Nf8 {The other,
more active plan is apparently more appropriate here:} (17... b5 18. h4 Nb6 19.
Rc1 (19. h5 $5) 19... a6 20. Nb1 Rdc8 21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Qc3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxe4 24.
Rxe4 Qxc5 25. b3 Nd6 $1 $11 {1-0 Lputian,S-Yevseev,D/Sochi 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(43)}) 18. h4 Rd7 19. Rd2 c5 20. dxc5 (20. Bxb7 cxd4 (20... Rbxb7 21. d5 exd5
22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Red1 $14) 21. Nxd4 Rbxb7 22. Qe4 $14) 20... Qxc5 21. Bxb7
Rbxb7 22. Ne4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Qe7 $6 {Underestimating the danger Black faces in
the middlegame.} (23... Qd5 24. Qxd5 exd5 {gave Black better chances to
equalize.}) 24. g4 $1 {[%cal Yg4g5,Ye4f6][%mdl 32]} f5 $6 {A positional
capitulation but Black had serious problems after} (24... Nd7 25. Qd4 Nc5 26.
Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd7 28. Qe3 {, too}) 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Kg2
$16 Kh7 (27... h5 $5) 28. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Ge5]} Qxh4 (28... Rc7 $142) 29. Rh1 Qf6
30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qe3 Rh7 32. Rc1 {White should try to exchange queens and not
rooks but alas, Black forces the latter.} Qh4 33. Kf3 Qd8 34. Ke2 Rc7 35. Rxc7
Qxc7 {[%mdl 4096]} 36. Qc3 $1 {Still, the exchange of queens is White's
imperative. Black must avoid it making further concessions, up to material
losses.} Qb7 (36... Qxc3 37. bxc3 g5 38. Kd3 Kg7 39. Kd4 Nh7 40. c4 Nf6 41. f3
{[%cal Yc4c5]}) 37. Ke3 Qe7 38. b4 g5 39. b5 Kh7 40. a4 Kg8 41. Nc6 Qf7 42. Qe5
Ng6 43. Qxg5 Kh7 44. Ne5 Nxe5 45. Qxe5 Qe7 46. Kf4 Qf8+ 47. Kg3 Qe7 48. Qe4+
Kg7 49. f4 Qd7 50. Kh4 Qd8+ 51. g5 Qd7 52. Qe5+ Kg8 53. g6 1-0

[Event "Khodzhaev Memorial"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Laios,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1982.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rg8 (11... f6 $5) 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bxc4 g4 14. Nd2
Nf6 15. Nc5 Nd5 16. h3 gxh3 17. gxh3 Rg6 (17... Bxc5 $5) 18. Be2 Nd7 19. Bh5
Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qg5 $2 (20... Nf4 $5) 21. Bxg6+ (21. Nxe6 $5 Qxh5 22. Qxc6+ Kf7
23. Nd8+ Ke7 24. Qxd5 Ba6 25. Qf7+ Kxd8 26. Qxf8+ Kd7 27. Qf7+ Kd8 28. Qd5+ Ke7
29. Qf3 $14) 21... Qxg6 22. O-O-O Rb8 23. Ndb3 Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qe7 25. Rhg1 a5 26.
Rg8 Qf7 27. Rdg1 Ne7 28. R1g7 Qxg7 29. Rxg7 Bxg7 30. f4 Nd5 31. Nxa5 Rb5 32.
Nc4 Bf8 33. Nd3 b3 34. axb3 c5 35. Qg2 Rxb3 36. Qg6+ Kd8 37. Qg8 Rxd3 38. Qxf8+
Kd7 39. Qxc5 Rxh3 40. Qa7+ Kd8 41. Nd6 Bd7 42. Qb8+ Ke7 43. Nxf5+ Kf7 44. Qb7
Kg6 45. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "CRO-ch 12th"]
[Site "Opatija"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jankovic, Alojzije"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Let's Check"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nh5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 c5 13. Nf6+ Nxf6 14. exf6 g4 15. Ne5
Qxd4 16. Bxc4 Qe4+ 17. Qe2 Bd6 $2 (17... a6 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 $11) 18. Bb5+ Kf8 19.
O-O-O $2 (19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. O-O-O) 19... Bc7 $2 (19... Qxe2 20. Rxd6 Qxb5) 20.
Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxc7 Bxa4 24. Rd3 Kg8 25. h3 Bb5 26.
Rg3 h5 27. Ne5 Rh6 28. hxg4 Rxf6 29. Rxh5 Kg7 30. Rgh3 Rxf2 31. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Danzhou 3rd"]
[Site "Danzhou"]
[Date "2012.06.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. e3 g6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Na4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Nc5 e5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Ncb3 Qe5 19. g3 Qh5 20. h4 Re8 21. Qe2
g5 22. Kg2 gxh4 23. Rh1 Bf6 24. Nf3 Rad8 25. Nbd4 Re4 26. Rxh4 Bxh4 27. Nxh4
Rd6 28. Rh1 $6 (28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Qc2 $11) 28... Rf6 $17 29. Nhf3 Qg6 30. b3 h5
31. Qb5 $4 (31. Qc2 Kg7 32. a3 $15) {[%tqu "En","","","","e4d4","",10]} 31...
Rxd4 $1 $19 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2012.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pashikian, Arman"]
[Black "Hovhannisyan, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2012.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Re1 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd1 Rhd8 20. Rc5 Rd2 21.
Kf1 Rc7 22. Re3 Nd7 23. Ra5 h5 24. Ke1 Rd6 25. Rc3 Bh6 26. Ne3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 g5
28. Bd1 Rb7 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Bxb3 g4 31. Bd1 Rg6 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rxa7 Kd6 34.
Kf1 g3 35. h4 g2+ 36. Kg1 Rg3 37. h5 Rxe3 38. h6 Rxe4 39. h7 Rh4 40. Bc2 e4 {
[%tqu "En","","","","c2e4","",10]} 41. Bxe4 $1 Nf6 42. Bxc6 Kxc6 43. Ra6+ Kd5
44. Rxf6 Rxh7 45. Kxg2 Ke5 46. Rb6 f5 47. Rb4 Rd7 48. a4 Rd1 49. Kf3 Rf1+ 50.
Ke2 Rh1 51. Rb8 Ra1 52. b3 Kd4 53. Rb4+ Kc3 54. Rb5 f4 55. Kf3 Rf1+ 56. Ke4 Kd2
57. Rd5+ Kc2 58. Rd3 Re1+ 59. Kd4 Rf1 60. Rc3+ Kd2 61. b4 f3 62. a5 f2 63. Rf3
Ke2 64. Re3+ Kd2 65. a6 Rb1 66. Rf3 Ke2 67. Rxf2+ Kxf2 68. Kc5 Ke3 69. b5 Ra1
70. Kb6 Kd4 71. a7 Kc4 72. Kb7 Kxb5 73. a8=Q Rxa8 74. Kxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg-ch int"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1998.05.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Buhr, Carl Christian"]
[Black "Lukacs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 {This continuation is not that
popular these days, because it brings the Q too early into play. Karpov,
Korchnoi and Portisch were the few adherents, who tried to achieve something
here.} dxc4 ({The alternatives} 5... Be7 {and}) (5... Nbd7 {keep the centre
closed}) 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 (7. Qb3 {is another possibility here.}) 7... Nbd7 8.
g3 {This is a cautious move, giving away the chances for an advantage.} (8. e4
{is more straightforward.}) 8... b4 $6 {This is a bit risky.} ({During the
game I didn't want to go for} 8... Bb7 $142 9. Bg2 a6 10. Bg5 (10. O-O c5)
10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. O-O cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5) 11... Bxc5 (11... Nxc5) 12. O-O
h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 (14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Rac1 O-O) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 O-O
$11 {Bellon-Chekhov, Barcelona 1987, and Black has no real chances to play for
a win.}) 9. Ne4 Qa5 {/\ Ba6 was the main idea of Black.} 10. Nfd2 $6 {This
move is unnatural.} ({White has to finish development by playing} 10. Bg2 $1
Ba6 11. Nxf6+ $1 (11. Qc2 Nxe4 (11... b3+ 12. Bd2 $1) 12. Qxe4 Bb7 (12... Rc8
13. O-O Nf6 $11) 13. O-O Nf6 $11) 11... Nxf6 (11... gxf6 12. Qc2 $1 Rc8 (12...
b3+ 13. Bd2 $1) 13. O-O c5 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Nh4 {with more than enough
compensation for the sacrificed P due to the K in the centre and the weakened
P stucture.}) 12. Qc2 $5 {That was the move I was afraid of during the game.
White is not afraid of b4-b3+} (12. Qd1 $6 Rc8 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne5 Qb5 15. a4
bxa3 16. bxa3 Nd5 17. e4 Nc3 18. Qd2 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 O-O 20. Re1 Nxc1 21. Raxc1
Qa4 $11 {I.Sokolov-Piket, Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 12... b3+ 13. Bd2 bxc2 (13... Qb5
$2 14. Qd1 $16) 14. Bxa5 Rb8 (14... Nd5 15. Rc1) 15. Ne5 Nd5 {This is the
critical position with unclear consequences.}) 10... Ba6 11. Nb3 Qb6 (11...
Bxd3 $2 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Nxa5 Bb5 14. Bg2 $16) 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 {Black has
to keep control over the vital squares e5 and c5.} (12... Nxf6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14.
Bg2 Rc8 15. Nc5 $16 {and the B on b7 is dead.}) 13. Qf3 $6 {This is not a
natural place for the Q.} ({More to the point was} 13. Qc2 c5 14. d5 $5 (14.
Bg2 Bb7) 14... c4 $1 15. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 13... Rc8 {/\ c6-c5} (13... Bb7 $6 14.
Bg2 $14 {and the B on b7 is pinned.}) 14. Be3 $2 (14. Bg2 Qb5 $5 {fighting
against 0-0 and threatening c6-c5.}) 14... Bc4 $1 $17 {d4-d5 is not a real
threat!} 15. Qh5 (15. d5 Bxd5 $19) 15... Bd5 16. Rg1 Qa6 $1 {/\ Bxb3} 17. Nd2
b3 18. a3 (18. Bf4 $2 {/\ e4 is met by the flushy} Qxa2 $1 19. Rxa2 bxa2 20.
Nb3 Bxb3 21. Qa5 Bb4+ $19) 18... Qb7 19. Bg2 (19. Bf4 f5) 19... Bxg2 20. Rxg2
c5 21. Qf3 $1 Qxf3 22. Nxf3 c4 $1 23. Bd2 Nb6 24. Bc3 Na4 25. Kd2 $2 ({The
last chance to defend was} 25. Rc1 Bxa3 26. bxa3 b2 27. Bxb2 Nxb2 $17) 25...
Be7 26. Rgg1 Kd7 $1 $19 {In the _|_ the K belongs to the centre, /\ Kc6-d5} 27.
Rgc1 Bd8 28. Kd1 Nxc3+ 29. Rxc3 Ba5 30. Re3 (30. Rcc1 c3 $19) (30. Rac1 Bxc3
31. Rxc3 Kd6 $19) 30... Kc6 $1 (30... c3 31. bxc3 Bxc3 32. Rb1) 31. Re4 Kd5 32.
Rf4 f5 33. Nd2 Bc7 34. Rh4 Bd8 35. Rh5 (35. Rf4 Bg5) 35... Kxd4 36. e3+ Kd3 37.
Nf3 Bf6 $2 (37... c3 $1 {was a nice possibility to win immediately. This would
be the logical end of the game.} 38. Ne5+ (38. bxc3 Bf6) 38... Ke4 39. Nxf7
cxb2 $1 {This dangerous o^ is worth of a R!} 40. Rb1 Rc2 41. Nxh8 Kd3 $1 (41...
Ba5 42. Rh4+) 42. Nf7 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Ba5 $19) 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. Ne1+ Ke4 40. Ke2
Kd5 $1 (40... c3 41. f3+ Kd5 42. bxc3 Bxc3 43. Nd3) 41. g4 Kd6 42. gxf5 Rb5 $1
(42... Bxb2 $2 {This was my first idea in time trouble, but I had to realiye
soon that after} 43. Rxb2 c3 44. Rb1 c2 45. Nxc2 $1 bxc2 46. Rc1 $11) 43. e4
Re5 (43... exf5 $2 44. f4 $1) 44. Ng2 Rxe4+ 45. Kf3 (45. Ne3 Re5 $1) 45... Re5
46. Ne3 Rc5 47. Rd1+ Ke7 48. Rd2 Rb8 $1 49. Nd1 Rd5 50. Ke2 c3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Vietnam"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "VIE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb4 $5 {Eine eher ungebräuchliche Variante.} (9... Bb7) (9... Nbd7) 10.
Qc2 (10. O-O {ist hier die Hauptalternative. Allerdings erscheint mir dann}
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 {nicht klar:} 12. Ne5 $5 (12. Qc2 $6 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14.
Nd2 Qe7 15. a4 a6 16. Rab1 Ra7 17. Rbe1 O-O 18. g4 Nf6 $17 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Peng,
Z/Rotterdam 1999/CBM 72/[Lutz] (41)}) 12... Nd7 13. Bh5 O-O 14. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc2 Ndf6 17. Be5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Akopian,V/Ubeda
1997/CBM 58/[Lutz] (26)}) 10... Bb7 (10... g4 {gewinnt den Bd4, aber das ist
sehr gefährlich:} 11. Ne5 (11. Nd2 Qxd4 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 $6
Qa6 $2 15. Qb3 Bxc3 $2 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Qxc3 Nbd7 18. Bh4 e5 19. Nf5+ Ke8 20.
Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+ Kg8 24. Nc7 {1-0 Ikonnikov,
V-Prie,E/St Affrique 1994/EXT 99/[Prie,E] (24)}) 11... Qxd4 12. O-O Nh5 13.
Rad1 Qc5 14. Bh4 Kf8 15. Rd8+ Kg7 16. Rxh8 Kxh8 17. Nxf7+ Kg7 18. e5 Bxc3 19.
bxc3 Qf8 20. Nd6 Nd7 21. f4 Nxf4 22. Bf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxf4 {1-0 Fressinet,
L-Kundin,A/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (23)}) 11. Rd1 Nbd7 {Im Vergleich
zu Varianten, in denen Schwarz direkt 9...Bb7 und 10...Nbd7 spielt, hat
Schwarz nun den Läufer nach b4 entwickelt. Das hat zur Folge, dass der
schwarze Königsflügel geschwächt ist. Häufig benötigt Schwarz den Läufer auf
e7 oder g7, um den Nf6 zu stützen.} 12. Ne5 {[%csl Rg3,Rh5][%cal Yf2f4,Ye2h5,
Gf6h5,Gh5g3] Dies ist ein typischer Zug in dieser Variante. Der f-Bauer wird
frei und ...Nh5xg3 verhindert.} Rg8 $6 {Ich habe Schwierigkeiten, den Sinn
dieses Zuges zu erkennen.} ({Besser sieht} 12... Qe7 {aus, obwohl nach} 13. O-O
{Schwarz wieder vor dem Problem steht, einen Zug zu finden.}) 13. O-O Qe7 14.
a4 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 Nf6 (16... cxd5 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. d6 $36) 17. d6 $16
Qd7 18. f4 $1 {Van Wely macht kurzen Prozess: Die Öffnung der f-Linie
entscheidet, da der Nf6 und der Pf7 zu Angriffszielen werden.} Bxc3 (18... g4
19. Bh4 $16) 19. bxc3 c5 20. fxg5 Bxe4 (20... Nxe4 {hilft auch schon nicht
mehr:} 21. Bh5 Nxg5 (21... Rf8 22. g6 $18) 22. h4 Nf3+ (22... Be4 23. Qf2 $18)
23. Bxf3 (23. Rxf3 $18) 23... Rxg3 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. d7+ Ke7 26. Rxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qh7+ Kf6 28. d8=Q+ Rxd8 29. Rf1+ $18 {nebst 30.Qxb7}) 21. Qd2 $18 Nd5 22. Bh5
Bg6 (22... Rf8 23. Rfe1 Bd3 24. g6 $5 fxg6 25. Bxg6+ $18) 23. Bf3 Bd3 24. Bxd5
exd5 25. Rde1+ Kd8 26. Re7 (26. Re7 Qg4 27. Qf2 {mit der tödlichen
Doppeldrohung 28.Qxc5 und 28.Qf7.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O (12. f3 $5 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Dreev,A/
Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (59)}) 12... Nbd7 (12... Bg7 {0-1 Beliavsky,
A-Sandipan,C/Pune 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (63)}) 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
{Nach diesem Zug hatte Schwarz zuletzt adäquates Gegenspiel.} (15. Bg3 $5 {
ist an und für sich der kritische Zug. Weiß will sich das Tempo 16.Rad1 sparen,
um im Falle von 15...0-0 direkt 16.e5 Nd7 17.Ne4 spielen zu können.} O-O $5 (
15... b4 $2 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Borovikov,V/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (26)}) (
15... Qxd4 $5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. a4 $40 {Sakaev}) 16. e5 (16. Rad1 {führt zu 15.
Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 (16... Nd7 $5 17. Ne4 $1) 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6
19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25.
a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/
Dortmund 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] (41)}) 15... O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 $1 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. fxg4 (18. g3 $5) 18... Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2 (20. Bf3 $2 f5 $1 21.
d5 $6 fxe4 22. dxe6 exf3 23. e7 Rf6 24. Rd8 Nh3+ $1 $19 {0-1 Halkias,S-Asrian,
K/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Lutz] (38)}) 20... Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23.
Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/
[Lutz] (24)}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 (17. e5 c5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5
21. Qxd5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe6 24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf3 Bxe5
$17 27. Qxh5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd5 29. Qf3 Re5 30. Bd1 Re3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 {0-1 Goldin,
A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (31)}) 17... Qb6 18. Kh1 c5 $146 {Dieser
Zug ist neu. Da sich sein Königsflügel aufzulösen droht, muss Schwarz schnell
nach Gegenspiel im Zentrum suchen. Bislang wurde 18...e5 gespielt.} (18... e5
19. dxe5 $5 (19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Dreev,A/Biel 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (42)}) 19... Nxe5
20. Qc1 (20. fxg4 $5 hxg4 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qc1 Bg7 $132) 20... Rae8 21. fxg4
hxg4 22. Rd6 $13 {1-0 Filippov,V-Borovikov,V/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (60)
}) 19. d5 Ne5 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qc1 exd5 (21... b4 $5) 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
Rae8 24. Rf5 f6 25. Qd1 Nf7 26. e5 (26. Bxg4 $5) 26... Nh6 27. Rh5 Qe6 28. Rd6
Qf7 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 f5 31. Qg5 (31. Qf3 $5) 31... f4 32. Rf6 Rxe5 33.
Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qd1 Rxh5 36. Qxh5 fxg3 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 (
38... Bh6 39. Kg1 $11) 39. Qd5+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 (11... Nbd7) 12. f3 $5 {Aus zweierlei Gründen
wurde dieses Abspiel bislang wenig gespielt: Zum einen gaben die
Schwarzspieler in der letzten Zeit häufiger 11...Nbd7 den Vorzug, zum anderen
hatte sich an und für sich etabliert, dass Weiß mit 12.0-0 Nbd7 14.Qc2 Vorteil
erhält.} (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2) 12... Nbd7 (12... gxf3 13. Bxf3 Bh6 (13... c5
14. O-O Qxd4+ 15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. Nxc4 Rg8 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxd4 Bc6
20. Nxa7 {1-0 Gormally,D-McDonald,N/Hampstead 1998/EXT 99 (20)}) (13... Nbd7
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e5 Rg8 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Bg5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Be7 19. Bxh5 Bxg5
20. hxg5 Rxg5 21. Rf1 Rg7 22. Qd2 O-O-O 23. Qh6 Rdg8 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Bxf7 Qa3
26. Bxe6+ Kc7 27. Qc1 Qxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rh8 29. Bh3 c5 {stb.. 0-1 Ciuclaru,
H-Hegedus,G/Debrecen 2002/EXT 2004 (29)}) 14. O-O Be3+ 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2
Rh7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxh5 b4 19. e5 Nbd7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne4 {1-0
Pliasunov,A-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (21)}) 13. fxg4 {So gewinnt
Weiß den Bauern zurück und öffnet die f-Linie, aber andererseits öffnen sich
auch Linien für den Turm h8.} (13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4
hxg4 17. Qe1 g3 18. Bxg3 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 b4 20. Rd1 Qg7 21. Ne2 Be7 22. Qf2 c5
23. Qf4 e5 24. Qf5 Bc8 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4 27. Ng3 Bxg3+ 28. Bxg3 Rh8+
29. Kg1 Be6 30. Rd6 Rd8 31. Rfd1 Rxd6 32. Bxd6 Rh5 33. e5 a5 34. a4 c3 35. bxc3
bxc3 36. Rc1 Rh4 {1/2-1/2 Khenkin,I-Godena,M/Arco 1998/EXT 2000 (36)}) 13...
Nxe5 (13... hxg4 14. O-O Bh6 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e5 Be3+ 17. Kh2 Ke8 18. exf6
Nxf6 19. Bxg4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rh6 21. Rae1 c5 22. d5 Bg5 23. Rxe6 Nxg4+ 24. Qxg4
Rxe6 25. dxe6 Bh6 26. Rf7 {1-0 Malinin,Y-Sestjakov,S/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (26)})
14. Bxe5 hxg4 15. Bxg4 Rh6 (15... Rg8 16. Bf3 Be7 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bh2 Qb6 19.
Bh5 O-O-O 20. Bxf7 e5 21. Bxg8 Rxg8 22. Qh5 exd4 23. Rad1 {1-0 Rychagov,
A-Novogrudsky,N/Moscow 2001/EXT 2002 (23)}) 16. h5 Qa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf4 Rh7
19. e5 Qb6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. a4 a5 22. Kh1 {Weiß zieht seinen König aus der
Diagonalen b6-g1, muss ihn dafür aber in das Kreuzfeuer von Bb7 und Rh7
stellen.} (22. Be3 $2 Nxe5) (22. Bf3 $5 c5 23. Be3) 22... c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24.
Nxc5 Qxc5 {Jetzt hat Schwarz genügend Gegenspiel.} 25. Qc2 Rg7 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27.
Rxf3 Rg4 28. g3 Qd5 29. Raf1 O-O-O 30. axb5 Rh8 31. b3 Qxb5 32. Rc1 Rxh5+ 33.
Kg2 Rg8 34. Qxc4+ Qxc4 35. Rxc4+ {Weiss hat jetzt noch etwas Vorteil im
Endspiel, aber es ist nicht genug.} Kb8 36. Bd2 Rgh8 37. Rxf7 Rh2+ 38. Kf3 Rxd2
39. Rxe7 Rd3+ 40. Kf4 Rf8+ 41. Ke4 Rxg3 42. Rxe6 Rxb3 43. Rec6 Kb7 44. e6 Rb4
45. Ke5 Rxc4 46. Rxc4 Kb6 47. e7 Re8 48. Kd6 Kb5 49. Rf4 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. f4 $2 {Gemäß K.Sasikiran in 'New in Chess' 2004/6
eine zweifelhafte Neuerung. Besser ist der Normalzug 11.h4.} (11. h4 {0-1 Oms
Pallise,J-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (26)}) 11... Nfd7 $1 12.
Nxf7 {Wie Sasikiran in seinen ausführlichen Kommentaren darlegt, stellt dieses
Springeropfer die beste praktische Initative dar, da nach anderen Zügen die
Initative an Schwarz übergeht.} (12. Ng4 h5) (12. O-O Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 {
nebst ...c6-c5}) (12. Nf3 g4) (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. e5 gxf4 14. Bxf4 c5 15. Nxb5
Qa5+ 16. Nc3 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Nxe5) 12... Kxf7 13. Bh5+ Ke7 $5 {Schwarz will mit
dem König zum Damenflügel, aber das gibt Weiß Gegenchancen.} ({Die klarste
Widerlegung des weißen Opfers bestand in} 13... Kg8 $1 14. O-O Kh7 15. fxg5 Rf8
$17 {(Sasikiran)}) 14. e5 (14. O-O $5) 14... Qb6 15. fxg5 $2 (15. O-O $5 {
hätte laut Sasikiran zu unklarem Spiel geführt.}) 15... Kd8 16. Qg4 Bxe5 $2 {
Eine nervöse Reaktion. Schwarz opfert eine Figur, um Damentausch zu erreichen,
aber auch ohne Damen wirkt sich sein Entwicklungsnachteil aus.} (16... c5 $1 {
ist nach Sasikiran vorteilhaft für Schwarz, ein Aszug aus seinen Varianten:}
17. O-O-O (17. gxh6 Bf8 18. O-O-O cxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc5) 17... cxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc6
19. Rd6 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qe3+) 17. dxe5 Qe3+ 18. Qe2 Qxe2+ 19. Bxe2 Na6 20. Ne4 $1
$16 Nac5 21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. O-O-O+ Kc7 23. Rhf1 {Der schwarze König ist
weiterhin eine Zielscheibe für die weißen Figuren und der Bb7 spielt nicht mit.
} hxg5 24. Rf7+ Kb6 25. Bf2 Rab8 (25... Rxh2 26. Rxb7+ Kxb7 27. Bxc5 Rxg2 28.
Bf3 Rh2 29. Rd7+ Kc8 30. Bxc6 $18 {(Sasikiran)}) 26. b4 cxb3 27. axb3 a5 28.
Rd2 Rhf8 29. Rf6 Rfd8 30. Rc2 Rd5 31. Rxe6 Bc8 32. Re8 g4 33. h4 $1 {Schwarz
ist völlig gebunden.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 {Mit diesem Zug von Beliavsky versucht Weiß
am Damenflügel Raum zu gewinnen. Schwarz hat dank seiner flexiblen Stellung
kaum Probleme, allerdings sollte er nicht zu früh ...e6-e5 spielen.} O-O 12. a4
Qe7 {Der flexibelste Zug. Schwarz bringt seine Dame aus der Schusslinie des
Sc3.} (12... b6 $5 13. a5 Rb8 14. axb6 axb6 15. Ra7 Rb7 16. Ra2 Qe7 17. Qb3 c5
18. Nb5 cxd4 19. Nbxd4 Ne5 20. Be2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Rd7 23. d5 exd5
24. Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Novikov,I/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (24)}) (12...
e5 $6 {Obwohl dieser Zug häufig gespielt wurde, gefällt er mir nicht. Die
Wirkungskraft des Lc4 wird erhöht und die Öffnung der Stellung kommt nur dem
besser entwickelten Weißen zugute.} 13. a5 exd4 14. exd4 Qd6 15. Qb1 $1 Kh7 16.
Qb3 $36 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Lutz] (30)}) 13. Qb3 (
13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qc2 b6 16. e4 c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. Qc2
Ra7 20. Qd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Gelfand,B/Belgrade 1995/CBM 51/[Hecht] 
(69)}) 13... b6 $5 $146 {An dieser Stelle neu. Weiß kann nun die a-Linie
öffnen, aber Schwarz kann das verschmerzen.} (13... Rd8 $5 {Ein flexibler Zug,
der noch nicht die Karten offenlegt. Schwarz plant ...Nb6-d5.} 14. Rfd1 (14. a5
Nf6 $5 15. Na4 (15. e4 Rb8 16. b5 Bd7 17. Rfe1 cxb5 18. Bxb5 Rbc8 $11 {0-1
Campos Moreno,J-Gurevich,M/Cap d'Agde 2000/CBM 80/[Hecht] (114)}) 15... Bd7 16.
b5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Ne4 $5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Be2 e5 $5 22.
Nxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 $11 {0-1 Rausis,I-Gurevich,M/Vlissingen 1999/EXT 2000/
[Gurevich,M] (79)}) 14... Nb6 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 17. Rac1 Qd6 18.
Ne1 Bd7 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nf4 $2 (20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rdc1 $11) 20... Bf8 21. Rb1
Rac8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Nd3 Bc8 24. b5 Bxa6 25. bxa6 Rdc8 $17 {0-1
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Bareev,E/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Lutz] (58)}) 14. a5 Rb8 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Ra7 Bb7 17. Rd1 Rfd8 $11 {Ein typisches Szenarion in der
Moskauer Variante. Weiß hat etwas Raumvorteil und alle seine Figuren stehen
irgendwie akiv, aber es geht trotzdem nicht weiter. Dem Weißen fehlt eben der
schwarzfeldirge Läufer.} 18. Ne1 $5 Bf8 19. Nc2 {Jetzt muss Weiß gewisse
Verrenkungen unternehmen.} Nf6 20. b5 c5 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Qxc5 23. Nd4
Bg7 24. Nb2 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nd3 Qc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 {Schwarz steht schon
fast besser, aber der aktive weiße Turm auf der 7.Reihe verspricht Weiß
genügend Gegenspiel.} 28. Nc6 Nxb5 29. Rd7 Ra8 30. g3 Nc3 31. Nde5 Bxe5 32.
Nxe5 Rf8 33. Rc7 Nd5 34. Rb7 h5 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Nd7 Rc8 37. Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 7th"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.07.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. g3 (9. e4 b4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. O-O $44 {
0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Kramnik,V/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99/[Lutz] (31)}) (9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3
a6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Rc8 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Rxc5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17.
Ne4 Rd5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb1 Re8 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bg3 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,
A-Dolmatov,S/Sverdlovsk 1984/MCL (21)}) (9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O
12. O-O a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ng5 c5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxc5 17. Nce4 Qf5 18.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Nf3 Rac8 $15 {0-1 Adianto,U-Dreev,A/Beijing 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] 
(57)}) 9... b4 10. Na4 (10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Na4 Ba6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. e3 Bb5 14.
Bxb5 cxb5 15. Nc5 a5 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. O-O Bxc5 18. dxc5 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20.
Nxd3 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 f6 22. c6 $16 {1-0 Petrosian,A-Giorgadze,T/Tashkent 1984/
MCD (52)}) 10... Qa5 (10... Ba6 11. Bg2 Bb5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O Qa5 14. Nc5
Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Qc2 Bd6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Qe4 c5 20. Nh4 Be7
21. Bf3 Kf8 22. Ng2 Kg7 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Nf4 $44 {0-1 Adianto,U-Villamayor,B/
Vung Tau 2000/CBM 76 ext (47)}) 11. Rc1 Ba6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. e4 $1 {Weiß
weicht von seinem ursprünglich geplanten Läuferfianchetto ab. Wegen der
schwarzen Bauernschwächen hat er einen leichten Vorteil.} Bb5 14. Bxb5 cxb5 15.
Nc5 $14 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Rc8 17. O-O O-O (17... Rxc5 18. Rxc5 Bxc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20.
Qc2 Be7 21. Qc8+ Qd8 22. Qb7 $36) 18. e5 f5 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Qh6 Bf8 (20...
Qxa2 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Qxg5+ Kf8 23. c6 $40) 21. Qh5 h6 22. g4 $1 {Weiß nutzt
aus, dass die schwarzen Schwerfiguren sich momentan am Damenflügel tummeln.}
Qxa2 23. Kh1 Qd5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Rg1+ Kh8 26. Rg2 Rc6 27. Rcg1 $16 Rg6 28.
Rxg6 fxg6 29. Rxg6 Qe4 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Rg3 f4 $2 (31... Bg7 32. Qg6 $16) 32.
Qg4 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 $5 {Wenn Weiß den Springer nach e5 stellen will, erscheint mir 9.Be2
Bb7 10.Ne5 wie die präzisere Zugfolge. Allerdings erreichen wir später wieder
eine bekannte Stellung.} h5 10. h4 (10. h3 b4 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Qf3 Nd6 13. Bxc4
g4 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Ba6 16. hxg4 Qd5 17. b3 Bg7 18. gxh5 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Qa5
20. Nc5 b3+ 21. Kf1 b2 22. Re1 $40 {1/2-1/2 Jobava,B-Asrian,K/Yerevan 2000/CBM
78 ext (35)}) (10. f3 h4 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qd2 Be7 15.
Be2 Rg8 16. g3 Qc7 17. Bf2 a6 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. O-O-O c5 20. gxh4 cxd4 21. Bxd4
Nc5 22. Qc2 gxh4 23. e5 {0-1 Manninen,M-Hansen,L/Nordic zt 1992/CBM 31 (23)})
10... g4 11. Be2 (11. f3 Rg8 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 gxf3 14. gxf3 Ba6 15. Qc1 c3 16.
Bf2 Qa5 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Be3 Bb4 19. Nf4 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Nfd7 21. Ned3 Be7 22.
Ke2 Na6 $13 {0-1 Gofshtein,L-Polgar,S/Tel Aviv 1998/CBM 65 (56)}) 11... Bb7 {
Jetzt haben wir über Zugumstellung eine Stellung aus dem Khalifman-System 9.
Be2 Bb7 10.h4 erreicht.} 12. O-O Nbd7 (12... Bh6 13. Kh2 Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15.
e5 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. b3 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Qe7 19. Bd3 O-O 20. Rae1 Bc8 21. d5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 exd5 24. Rxe7 Bf5 25. Bxb5 $16 {1-0 Selin,
O-Novikov,M/Donskoj 2000/CBM 79 ext (43)}) 13. Qc2 Nxe5 (13... Bg7 14. Rad1 {
Sokolov se contente pour l'instant de centraliser ses forces. Il faut dire que
les Noirs sont devant une tâche difficile. Leur position est resserée et on ne
voit guère de refuge convaincant pour abriter le Roi.} Qb6 $5 15. Na4 $1 {
Une conception splendide!} Qa5 $2 16. Nc5 {Empêche ...c5 et enferme le Bb7
pour de bon.} Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qb4 18. Rd6 $16 {1-0 Sokolov,I-Novikov,I/Antwerp
1997/CBM 61/[Lutz] (34)}) 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. d5 $6 {Mir erscheint diese Öffnung
des Zentrums als verfrüht. 15.Rad1 ist der normale Zug hier.} (15. Rad1 O-O 16.
Bg3 $5 (16. f3 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2 Nh3+ 21.
gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 {Lutz} Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (24)}) 16... Nh7 (16... Nd7 $5 17.
e5 c5 (17... f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 $13 {0-1 Goldin,
A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (31)}) 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5
20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8
26. axb5 Rf3 $1 $13 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] (41)})
(15. Rfd1 O-O 16. g3 Nd7 17. Bd6 Re8 18. b3 Qb6 19. bxc4 c5 20. Nxb5 Rec8 21.
Rac1 a6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Pedersen,S/DEN 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 15... cxd5
16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Nxb5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. g3 Qa5
22. Rd4 Ba8 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass Schwarz keine Probleme mehr hat. Die
lange Diagonale erweist sich als Ärgernis für Weiß.} 23. Rxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxc4 Nf5
25. Qd2 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qf6 27. Bf1 Nd4 $1 28. Bg2 (28. Qxd4 Qf3 $19) 28... Nf3+
29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Rc1 Rd8 31. Qe3 Ba8 ({Warum nicht einfach} 31... a6 $17 {
mit klarem schwarzen Vorteil ? Die weißen Figuren müssen ständig die
Grundreihe bewachen.}) 32. Kf1 Qf5 33. Ke1 Kh7 34. Rd1 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 $11 {
Mit dem Tausch der Türme hat Weiß jetzt das Gröbste überstanden.} a6 36. Kd2
Kg7 37. Ne2 e5 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. b4 f6 40. Qc5 (40. a4 $5 $11) 40... Qd7+ 41. Ke3
Bc6 42. a3 Kg6 43. Qc4 Qa7+ 44. Ke2 Bf3+ 45. Ke1 Kg7 46. Qd3 (46. Ne4 $11 Qd7
$2 47. Qg8+ $1) 46... Qf7 {Jetzt gelangt die schwarze Dame ins weiße Lager,
aber noch ist alles im Lot.} 47. Qxa6 (47. a4 Qb3) 47... Qb3 48. Qa7+ Kg6 49.
Kd2 $2 (49. Qe3 Qxa3 50. b5 $11 {und Weiß bleibt einfach stehen.}) 49... Qb2+
50. Kd3 Bg2 $1 $19 51. Qc5 Bf1+ 52. Ke4 Qd2 {Matt läßt sich nicht mehr
vermeiden.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 $5 Bg7 (11... a6 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Vallejo Pons,
F/Khanty Mansyisk 2005/CBM 111/[Lutz] (26)}) (11... b4 $6 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Na4
$40 {1-0 Janssen,R-Pavasovic,D/Maribor 2004/CBM 102 ext (66)}) 12. Nxd7 (12. f4
Nxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f5 Qb6+ 15. Bf2 c5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Ke7
18. Qd6+ Qxd6 19. exd6+ Kxd6 20. e5+ Nxe5 21. Bg3 Kc6 $2 (21... Raf8) 22. Rae1
b4 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 bxc3 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Bg4 h5 27. Rf7+ Kd8 28. Bf5
Bc8 29. Rd6+ Ke8 30. Bg6 Rh6 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rd8# {1-0 Pedersen,S-Rasmussen,K/
Nyborg 2001/CBM 83 (32)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bg4 (14. a4 a6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O
17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Be1 b4 19. Na2 a5 $17 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Bxb4 c5 22. dxc5 Bc6
23. Bb5 Nxe5 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Qg3 Rfc8 26. h4 Qe7 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qf2 Bxe4 29.
Bd2 Qg6 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Nf3+ {0-1 Mitkov,M-Grabarczyk,M/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
(31)}) (14. d5 O-O 15. dxe6 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. exf7+ Kf8 $17
19. Rf5 Bd4+ 20. Kf1 Bc8 21. Rf3 Be5 22. g3 Be6 23. Ke1 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rad8 25.
Rc2 Rd4 26. Re3 Kxf7 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28. Nd1 Bc7 29. Nf2 Bb6 30. Ree2 Rf8 31. Re3
Rdd8 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rf8 34. Bh1 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 c3 37. bxc3
Bxa2 38. Ke3 Ke6 {0-1 Jean,O-Boudre,J/Marseille 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 14... O-O
(14... Qb6 $5) 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Kh1 Rad8 20.
Qe1 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qxh4 Rfe8 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Bxf7+ Kh7 26.
Bxe6 Nxe5 27. Bf5+ Rxf5 28. exf5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd3 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Ne4 c5 32.
Ng5+ Kg7 33. Ne6+ Kh7 34. Qe7+ Kh8 35. Qe8+ {1-0 Bosboom,M-Baum,B/Germany 1997/
GER-chT2 (35)}) (12. Qc2 $5 a6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f5 Re8
17. Bh5 $40 exf5 18. exf5 Bxe5 19. f6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+
Nxd7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qf5+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ Kc5 26. a3 {1-0 Horvath,P-Todorovic,G/
Budapest 2003/CBM 93 ext (26)}) 12... Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5 $5 (13. Be5 $5 {
/\ f2-f4}) 13... Nd5 14. Ne4 $36) 13. Bd6 a6 (13... e5 $5 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Nxa4 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM
109/[Lutz] (65)}) (13... Bf8 $5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 $40 {1/2-1/2
Pantsulaia,L-Karjakin,S/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (24)}) 14. a4 {In der
anschließenden Schnellpartie zwischen den gleichen Spielern wählte Weiß 14.e5.}
(14. e5 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Erenburg,S/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Lutz] (52)})
14... e5 15. d5 c5 {Dank des Einschubs ...a7-a6/a2-a4 ist dieser Zug nun
möglich. Schwarz droht ...Qb6.} 16. b4 $1 {Weiß setzt auf seinen starken
Läufer.} (16. axb5 $2 Qb6 17. Bxc4 a5 $17) 16... cxb4 (16... cxb3 17. axb5 b2
18. Ra2 $16) 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8 20. Bxc4 $6 {Das verspricht
bestenfalls ein Remis.} (20. Bg4 $5 Ba6 21. Na7 Qb6 22. Nc6 $40) 20... Rxc4 21.
Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qb6 {Forciert das Unentschieden, aber vielleicht war mehr
drin.} (22... f6 $5 23. Bc7 Qa8 24. Nd6+ Kf8 {, und Weiß muss sich strecken,
um Kompensation für die Figur nachzuweisen.}) 23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Nb5 Ke8 25. Nc7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kortschnoj} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nh5 (11... Bg7 {Kortschnoj:} 12.
Ne5 {with the idea f2-f4-white has good attacking chances}) 12. d5 $5 {M.E.
muß Schwarz diese Variante nicht fürchten.} Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bg7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15.
e5 Qe7 (15... O-O {0-1 Chernin,A-Gurevich,M/BL2-W9697 1996/BL2-W/[Gurevich,M] 
(35)}) 16. Qg6+ Qf7 17. Qe4 a6 (17... Qf5 {Kortschnoj} 18. Nxb5 $1 Qxe4 19.
Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nxe4 $13) (17... O-O-O {Kortschnoj} 18. Qe3 a6 19. a4 $44) 18. Nd4
Bxe5 19. Bg4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 O-O-O {Weiß kann das Opfer der beiden Bauern kaum
rechtfertigen.} (20... e5 $2 {Kortschnoj} 21. Bxd7+ Qxd7 22. Qxe5+ Kf7 23. Rad1
$18) (20... O-O $6 {Kortschnoj} 21. Rae1 Rfe8 22. Ne4 $16) 21. Rfe1 Rhe8 22.
Ne4 Kb8 23. Rad1 (23. Nd6 $2 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 24. Qe5 (24. Qc5 Qf8 $17 25. Nf7)
24... Nxg4 25. Nxf7+ Nxe5 26. Nxd8 Nd3 $17) 23... Qe7 24. Nd6 Nf6 25. Bf3 (25.
Rxe6 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qxe6 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 $19) 25... e5 (25... g4 {Kortschnoj}
26. Qe5 $1 $13) 26. Qc5 e4 27. Qa3 {!Kortschnoj} (27. Nxe8 $5 Qxc5 28. Rxd8+
Ka7 29. Nxf6 (29. Bxe4 Qe7 $17) 29... exf3 {Ich vermute, daß Schwarz hier
besser steht.} 30. Rd7 Kb6 {Weiß kann die potentielle Gabel auf d7 nicht
ausnutzen kann, z.B.} 31. Ree7 Bc8 32. Re8 Qf5 $17) (27. Be2 $2 {Kortschnoj}
Nd5 $19) 27... Rf8 28. Bxe4 Nd5 $2 (28... Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Qxa3 30. bxa3 Rd5 $17)
29. Nxc4 Qxa3 (29... Qxa3 30. Nxa3 c5 $15) (29... Qf6 30. Bxd5 (30. Na5 {
Kortschnoj} Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 $13) 30... Qxf2+ 31. Kh2 cxd5 32. Na5 $5 $44) (29...
bxc4 {Kortschnoj} 30. Rxd5 Qxa3 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. bxa3 Kc7 $11 (32... Rd2 $6
33. f4 $14)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade Investbank"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1997.11.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1997.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 $1 $11 {Gelfands Idee.} 11. Bd3 (11. Be2 {1/2-1/2
Dautov,R-Giorgadze,G/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/[Lutz] (20)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O Qe7
13. Qb3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 (15. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Tilburg
Fontys 1996/CBM 56/[Gelfand] (31)}) 15... Nc8 16. Rac1 (16. b5 {1/2-1/2 Van
der Sterren,P-Van der Wiel,J/Hoogovens-B 1997/CBM 57/[Lutz] (31)}) 16... Nd6
17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 b5 19. e4 $5 {Weiß muß angesichts der Schwäche c4
bereits um Ausgleich bemüht sein.} Rxc3 20. Qxc3 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qc7 Nd6
23. Ne5 Bxe5 {Gerade als die Partie spannend wird, erfolgt der Remisschluß.} (
23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nc4 {sieht wie der beste Zug aus.} (24... Nc8 25. Qb7 $18)
(24... Nf5 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Rd2 {/\ Rc7}) (24... Ne8 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Rd2 Qg5 27.
Rdd1 {und der Bd7 steht unbequem.} (27. Rcd1 Bc6 $19)) 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. h3 $1 (
26. Qxa7 Bc6 $1 $19) 26... a6 27. Re2 (27. Rc3 Kf8 28. Rcd3 Ke8 29. Rd4 {
führt zur gleichen Stellung.}) 27... Kf8 28. Re4 Ke8 29. Red4 Nb2 30. R1d2 Nc4
31. R2d3 Nb2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. h3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Bd7 16. Rfd1 c5 $2 {Ein strategischer Fehler. Schwarz muß mittels 16...Rac8
die Spannung aufrechterhalten. Zur Erläuterung der Thematik siehe Shulman,
Y-Ippolito,D (Anibal op 4th 1997).} 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. Ba4 Rb8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20.
a4 $16 {Weiß greift einfach am Damenflügel an, Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.}
Qa6 21. Nb5 Nd6 22. Nc4 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Rxa7 b6 25. Rda1 h5 26. g3 Rbd8
27. R7a6 Rb7 28. Kg2 Qb4 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. R1a3 Qb5 31. Qb3 Qd7 32. Rxb6 Rdb8 33.
Ra8 1-0

[Event "YUG-ch"]
[Site "Podgorica"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Drazic, Sinisa"]
[Black "Blagojevic, Dragisa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {King} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd6
8. a3 Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 (9... dxc4 10. e5 Bc7 11. Bxc4 $14 {führt zu dem anderen
Stellungstyp in der Moskauer Variante. Weiß steht ebenfalls etwas besser.}) 10.
Nxe4 Bc7 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. c5 $1 $14 {Diese Art von
Struktur sollte der Weiße anstreben. Der befreiende Vorstoß ...c6-c5 wird
verhindert und der Bc8 fristet ein kärgliches Dasein. Man vergleiche die
Partie Piket,J-Dreev,A/Nussloch (02) CBM 53 1996} Nf8 15. Ned2 Bd7 16. Qc2 Be8
17. Re2 b6 18. b4 a5 19. Qc3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Ra7 21. Ree1 axb4 22. axb4 Rda8 23.
Rxa7 Rxa7 24. g3 Qd8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 bxc5 27. Nxc5 Bb6 28. Rd1 Qa8 29.
Bb1 Qb8 30. h4 Bxc5 $6 {Schwarz wurde von der scheinbaren Aktivität, die er
den nächsten Zugen entfaltet, geblendet. Er sollte seine guten Läufer nicht
einfach so abgeben.} (30... Kf8 $14) 31. bxc5 Rd7 32. Bd3 $2 (32. Re1 $1 Qb5 (
32... Rd5 33. Be4) 33. Be4 $16 {[%csl Rc6,Re8,Rg8] Auch wenn der Schwarze hier
vergleichsweise besser steht als in der obigen Partie, hält Weiß nach wie vor
die Zügel in der Hand. Er kann gegen den Pc6, den Kg8 und den Be8 spielen.})
32... Qd8 33. Qc2 (33. Kf1 Rd5 34. Ke2) 33... Rd5 34. Be2 Qe7 35. Rxd5 exd5 36.
Qc3 (36. f4 $10) 36... f6 37. f4 fxe5 38. fxe5 Bd7 $17 {Jetzt ist der Be2 der
schlechte Läufer, da er die Bauern c5 und e5 nicht verteidigen kann. Man
beachte, wie schnell eine scheinbar risikolose, strategisch klar vorteilhafte
Stellung kippen kann. Anscheinend war der Weiße von Zeitnot geplagt.} 39. Qd4
Bf5 40. Bf3 {King: This was a curious game. White had the better position for
most of the game, but Black has fought a splendid rear-guard action,
exploiting small tactical tricks to gradually improve his position, and now he
actually stands better due to White's isolated pawns.} Kf7 41. Kg2 Ke6 {
The king is the best blockader of a passed pawn.} 42. h5 Qa7 43. Qb4 Qa2+ 44.
Kg1 Qb1+ 45. Qxb1 Bxb1 46. Bd1 Be4 47. Ba4 d4 48. Bb3+ Kxe5 49. Kf2 Bd5 50. Bd1
Bh1 51. Bb3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup 9-16"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 a6 $6 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu. Die
Standardfortsetzung ist 11...Bg7. Der Nachteil ist, dass Schwarz noch etwas
weiter in der Entwicklung zurückfällt. Van Wely geht daher sofort zu Aktionen
über.} (11... Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Erenburg,S/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/
[Lutz] (25)}) 12. f4 gxf4 13. Bxf4 Rh7 14. Nxf7 $5 {Van Welys Drang nach vorne
ist nicht zu übersehen.} (14. Qc2 $5 $40 {ist auch nicht von der Hand zu
weisen.}) 14... Rxf7 (14... Kxf7 15. e5 $16) 15. e5 Qb6 16. Bh5 $5 {Weiter im
Opferstil gespielt.} (16. exf6 $5 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Rxf6 18. Ne4 Rxf4 19. Rxf4 c5
20. d5 Bxd5 21. Qe2 $40) 16... Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Qxd4+ 18. Kh1 Qd3 $1 {Der einzige
Zug. Schwarz muss seine Dame nach h7 zurückbringen.} 19. Bxh6 $2 (19. Bg3 Qh7
20. Rf4 Nxe5 21. Ne4 (21. Qxe5 Rxf4 22. Bxf4 Qf5 23. Qc7 Qf7 $13) 21... Qg6 22.
Qxe5 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. Qh8+ $2 $19 (21. Ne2 Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd5
23. Qe3 c5 {Schwarz steht besser, aber die Lage ist noch nicht klar.}) 21...
Ke7 22. Qh4+ Ke8 23. Rfe1 c5 24. Qg5 (24. Rxe5 Rf1+) 24... Qf5 25. Qg8+ Kd7 26.
Rad1+ Nd3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2005.11.29"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. e5 {Weiß
zementiert den eingedrungenen Bd6.} (14. a4 {1/2-1/2 Izoria,Z-Erenburg,S/
Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/[Lutz] (25)}) 14... c5 15. Bh5 {Die Drohung ist
16.Qg4.} Bf8 (15... cxd4 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. Qxd4 $16) 16. d5 $5 (16. Bxf8 $5 Nxf8
$1 (16... Kxf8 17. f4 Rh7 18. f5 $40) (16... Rxf8 17. d5 Qb6) 17. Bf3 (17. d5
exd5 18. Bf3) 17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ng6 19. Qc6+ Kf8 20. dxc5 Nxe5 $132) 16...
Bxd6 17. Bxf7+ $2 {Das ist wohl übertrieben.} (17. exd6 O-O $13) 17... Kxf7 18.
dxe6+ Kg7 (18... Kxe6 $5 19. Qxd6+ Kf5 {kam auch in Betracht.} (19... Kf7 $2
20. e6+ $18) 20. Ne2 Nf6 21. Ng3+ Kg6 22. Qe6 Bc8 23. Qc6 Bd7) 19. Qxd6 (19.
exd6 Ne5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. f5 Bc6 $17) 19... Nf8 20. e7 Qxd6 21. exd6
Nd7 $17 {Schwarz steht besser, aber in einer Schnellpartie hat Weiß noch
Schwindelchancen. Der weitere Verlauf ist von beiderseitigen Fehlern
gekennzeichnet.} 22. f4 g4 23. Rae1 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Ne2 h5 27.
f5 Rh6 28. Rd1 Re8 29. Nf4 Rf6 30. Ne6 Rxf5 31. Nd8+ Kf6 32. Re6+ Kg5 33. Nxb7
b4 34. Nd8 c3 35. bxc3 bxc3 36. Re2 Kf6 37. Re6+ Kg7 38. Rc1 Rd5 39. Rxc3 Nf8
40. Re1 Rxd6 41. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 42. Rxe8+ Kxe8 43. Nb7 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3
h4+ 46. Kxh4 Rxg2 47. a3 c4 48. Nd6+ Kd7 49. Nxc4 Rxh2+ 50. Kxg4 Kc6 51. Kf4
Kc5 52. Ke4 $4 Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8.
a3 $5 (8. Bg5 Bb7 9. e3 a6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Be7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5
14. Qd4 Qxd4 15. Rxd4 Rfd8 16. Rad1 h6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bf4 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1
Nd5 20. Bb8 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Timman,J/FIDE-Wch 1993}) 8... b4 9. axb4 Bxb4
10. e4 (10. g3 $5 a5 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Qc2 c5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Rd1 {/\ d4-d5} Bb7
15. dxc5 Qe7 16. Na4 O-O 17. Bd2 $14 {>< a5; 0-1 Kaunas,K-Grabliauskas,V/
LTU-ch Vilnius 1994 (92)}) 10... a5 (10... Bb7 $5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O
h6 14. Nb5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rxa7
Rxa7 20. Qd4 h5 21. Qxa7 Qb6 22. Qa4 Ke7 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Qh4+ Ke8 25. Bxd7+
Kxd7 26. Qg5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Novikov,I/Antwerp op 1995 (49)}) 11. e5
Nd5 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qe4 Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Ne7 (14... h6 15. Qg4) 15. g3 c5 $6 (
15... h6 $5 {/\ ...0-0}) 16. d5 $1 $14 exd5 (16... Bxc3 17. dxe6 fxe6 (17...
Bxd2 18. exd7+ $16) 18. Bxc3 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Re6] >< a5, c5, e6}) 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxd5 O-O 19. Bg5 Qc8 20. Kg2 Nb6 21. Qe4 Qe6 22. Rhd1 f6 23. Bd2 Bxd2
$6 (23... Rad8 $5 $14) (23... fxe5 $5 $14) 24. Rxd2 Rae8 25. Rc2 Nd7 26. Rxa5
Qb6 (26... fxe5 27. Ng5 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Ne4 $16) 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. exf6 $1
Qxf6 (28... Qxa5 29. fxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qxd7+ $18 {/\ Ng5}) 29. Ra3 $18 Ne5 30. Re3
Nxf3 31. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33. Kxf3 Rc8 34. Ke4 Kg8 35. Kd5 Rb8 36. Re2
Rc8 37. f4 Kf7 38. b3 Kf6 39. Kc4 g5 40. fxg5+ Kxg5 41. Re5+ 1-0

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manor, Ilan"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1996.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
$5 (8. Bd3) (8. a3) 8... g6 9. O-O Bg7 $6 (9... dxc4 $5) 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4
Qd6 12. Qb3 {Normalerweise verspricht der Minoritätsangriff in diesem
Stellungstyp wenig, aber hier hat Weiß eine gute Version erreicht (er hat kein
Tempo für a2-a3 verschwendet, auf e2 verstellt der B nicht die d-Linie). Weiß
hat leichten Vorteil, daher hätte die Nachziehende 9...dc4 10.Bc4 mit Übergang
in die Normalvarianten wählen sollen.} O-O 13. b5 Nb6 14. Rac1 Bf5 $2 {Nun
geht es rapide abwärts geht. 14...c5!? erscheint mir wie die letzte
Möglichkeit zum Absprung :} (14... c5 $5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfd1 (16. Na4 Qd6
17. Nxb6 axb6 $132 {[%cal Ga8a2] <-> a}) 16... Be6 17. Nd4 (17. Na4 Qe7 18. Nc5
Rac8 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 $132) 17... Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 $132 {[%cal Gc8c1] Derartige
Strukturen werden häufig zu positiv für Weiß eingeschätzt. Zwar hat Schwarz
den Isolani d5, aber Weiß hat (infolge von b4-b5) Schwächen auf der c-Line.})
15. a4 Nd7 16. a5 Rab8 17. Qa2 Rfc8 18. a6 $1 Nf6 19. axb7 Rxb7 20. bxc6 Rxc6
21. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rd5] >< d5, a7 >< d5, a7} Rcb6 22. Na4 Rb4 23. Nc6 a5
24. Nxb4 axb4 25. Nc5 Rb6 26. Qb3 h5 27. Ra1 Bg4 28. Ra8+ Kh7 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30.
g3 h4 31. Ra7 h3 32. Rd7 Qf6 33. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Evry 1st"]
[Site "Evry"]
[Date "2001.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Velikov, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2001.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gilt als zweifelhaft. Zwar kann Schwarz den Pe4
gewinnen, aber die Schwächen am Damenflügel wiegen schwerer.} 10. Na4 Nxe4 11.
Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5 $1 $36 {Dieser Zug von Kramnik stellt eine wichtige Feinheit
dar. Weiß kann nun seinen Läufer auf e5 festigen und erhält dauerhafte
Initaitive.} (12. Bxc4 Nbd7 {ist weit weniger überzeugend.}) 12... Bg7 (12...
Nbd7 $5 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bxc4 Be7 15. Qc2 Qb6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. h4 g4 18. O-O-O
Rad8 19. Ne4 Nd5 20. Qd2 Kh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Qxh6 f6 24. Qg6+
Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 {1/2-1/2 Drogun,A-Ganin,M/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (25)}) 13.
Bxc4 Nbd7 (13... O-O $6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. h4 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Kobalija,M/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Lutz] (25)}) 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qc2 a5 16. Qe2 Qa7 17.
Nd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 {Weiß kann nun Druck auf der c-Linie entfalten, während
Schwarz immer noch Probleme mit seinem König hat.} (18. Qf3 Ke7 {schlägt noch
nicht durch, daher verstärkt Weiß einfach seinen Druck.}) 18... Kf8 (18... O-O
19. h4 $40) 19. O-O Nd7 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. Nb3 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Qa6 23. Qc2 Qb5 24.
Rxc6 a4 25. Nd2 Bxd4 26. Rc4 Be5 27. Rxb4 {Weiß hat den Bauern nun
zurückgewonnen, aber das Problem des schwarzen Königs bleibt.} Qd5 28. Bxe5
Nxe5 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Rd1 Qa5 31. a3 Rhd8 32. Nd6 Rab8 33. Rxa4 Qb6 34. Rb4 Qa5
35. h3 Rxb4 36. axb4 Qb6 (36... Qxb4 $2 37. Nf5+) 37. Qc5 $16 Qxc5 38. bxc5 Rb8
39. Rd2 Kf6 40. Rc2 Nc6 41. Nc4 Rb5 42. Nd6 Rb8 43. Rd2 Ra8 44. Rd3 Ra1+ 45.
Kh2 Ke7 46. Rb3 Nd8 47. Rb6 Rc1 48. Nb7 $18 Rc2 49. f3 h5 50. b4 h4 51. b5 Nxb7
52. Rxb7+ Kd8 53. Rxf7 Rxc5 54. b6 Kc8 55. f4 gxf4 56. Rxf4 Rh5 57. Kg1 (57.
Rf7 $18) 57... Kb7 58. Rb4 Rh7 59. Kf2 Rf7+ 60. Ke3 Rg7 61. Kf3 Rh7 62. Kf4 Rg7
63. Kf3 Rh7 64. Rb5 (64. g3 hxg3 65. Kxg3 $18) 64... Rh8 65. Kg4 Rh7 66. Rb4
Rg7+ 67. Kxh4 Rxg2 68. Kh5 e5 69. h4 Re2 70. Kg4 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 $5 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu, bislang wurde
fast ausschließlich 11...Bg7 gespielt.} (11... Bg7 12. Nxd7 $5 {Dies sieht wie
die kritische Fortsetzung aus.} Nxd7 13. Bd6 e5 $5 (13... Bf8 $5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 $40 {1/2-1/2 Pantsulaia,L-Karjakin,S/Gothenburg
2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (24)}) 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 (16... a6
17. b3 $40) 17. Nxa4 $1 $40 {1-0 Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/
[Lutz] (65)}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. f3 {Eine Runde früher hatte
Radjabov hier 14.f4 gespielt. Topalovs Idee ist anders: Er will den Pe4
festigen und so die schwarzen Figuren einschränken.} (14. f4 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,
T-Vallejo Pons,F/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112/[Lutz] (51)}) 14... Qe7 (14... h4
$5 {wird von Vallejo in seinen Analysen in NEW IN CHESS 3/2006 erwähnt. Weiß
kann dann mit 15.f4!? oder 15.b3!? fortsetzen.}) 15. a4 (15. f4 $5 {(Vallejo)
ist nun eine Idee, obwohl die Dame auf e7 wohl eher besser steht als auf d7.})
15... a6 16. Qc2 (16. axb5 cxb5 (16... axb5 $2 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. Qa1 $36 {
Vallejo}) 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bxc4 Qb4 {(Vallejo) ist gut für Schwarz.}) 16...
Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. Bc7 (18. f4 $5 $13) 18... Rc8 19. Bg3 e5 20. d5 {So kann
Weiß das Feld d5 für seinen Springer gewinnen, aber der Bg3 kommt nicht so
richtig ins Spiel.} (20. dxe5 $5 Nxe5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f4 $13) 20... b4 (20...
Qf6 $5 {Vallejo}) 21. dxc6 Rhxc6 22. Nd5 Qe6 23. Qd2 $6 {Danach kann Schwarz
seinen h-Bauern in Bewegung setzen.} (23. h4 $5 $13 {wird von Vallejo als
besser angegeben.}) 23... h4 24. Bf2 c3 25. bxc3 (25. Qxg5 $5 {Vallejo}) 25...
bxc3 26. Qxg5 c2 27. Rc1 h3 $1 $17 {Schwarz bringt seine Bauern sehr schön zur
Geltung.} 28. g3 Qh6 $1 {So kann Schwarz den c-Bauern weiter unterstützen.} 29.
Qf5 Qd2 30. Rfe1 Ba3 $19 {Weiß verliert Material, daher muss er am
Königsflügel im Trüben fischen.} 31. f4 Bxc1 32. Bh5 Rg6 33. Bxg6 Bxd5 34. exd5
Qxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Be3+ 36. Kf1 c1=Q 37. Qxf7+ Kd8 38. Ke2 Bb6 39. Bd2 Qc4+ $6 (
39... Qh1 $19 {Vallejo}) 40. Kf3 e4+ 41. Kg4 Kc7 $6 (41... e3 $19 {Vallejo})
42. a5 Bd4 43. Bf5 Rg8+ 44. Kh4 Rh8+ 45. Kg5 Qb5 46. Be6 e3 47. Be1 e2 48. g4
Rf8 49. Qh7 Be3 50. Kh4 Bxf4 51. g5 Qa4 52. Kh5 Bxh2 53. Bxh3 Be5 54. Qd3 Rh8+
55. Kg6 Nf8+ 56. Kf7 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 $5 $146 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 14. f4 $5
{Das Problem dieses scheinbar aggressiven Zuges besteht darin, dass der Pe4
anfällig ist. In der nächsten Runde des gleichen Turnieres spielte Topalov
daher 14.f3.} (14. f3 {0-1 Topalov,V-Vallejo Pons,F/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM
112/[Lutz] (56)}) 14... g4 15. Qc2 c5 {Schwarz leitet sofort Gegenspiel im
Zentrum ein.} 16. d5 b4 17. f5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 {Weiß gewinnt
seinen Bauern zurück, aber Schwarz erhält Gegenspiel am Königsflügel.} 20. Bxd6
Qxd6 21. Bxc4 h4 (21... Kf8) 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. Bc6 Rd8 $6 (23... Rc8 $132) 24.
Rac1 h3 (24... Nxd5 $2 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Rfd1 Qa8 27. Qxc5+ Kg7 28. Qxb4 $18)
25. gxh3 $6 (25. Qxc5 $5 g3 26. Rf4 {gibt Weiß einen Vorteil.} (26. hxg3 $2
Qxc5+ 27. Rxc5 h2+ 28. Kh1 Ne4 $19) 26... gxh2+ 27. Kxh2 Ng4+ 28. Kh1 Qxc5 29.
Rxc5 Ne3) (25. g3 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27. Rcd1 Qa8 28. Qxc5+ Kg7 $13) 25... Rxh3
26. Qxc5 g3 27. Qxd6+ Rxd6 28. hxg3 Ng4 29. Kg2 (29. Rf3 $2 Rdh6 $19) (29. Rf4
Rxg3+ 30. Kf1 Rh6 31. d6 Rxd6 $15 {ist nur für Weiß gefährlich.}) 29... Ne3+
30. Kf3 (30. Kxh3 $4 Rh6#) 30... Nxf1 31. Rxf1 Rh2 32. b3 Rxa2 $13 33. Ke4 Ke7
34. Rh1 Rg2 35. Kf4 Rf2+ 36. Kg5 Rd8 37. Re1+ Kd6 38. Kf6 Rg8 39. Re3 Rg2 (
39... Rg4 $5) 40. Kxf7 R8xg3 41. Re6+ Kc5 42. f6 Rxb3 43. Ke7 Rd3 44. f7 Rf2
45. f8=Q Rxf8 46. Kxf8 Rxd5 $11 47. Bxd5 Kxd5 48. Ra6 Kc4 49. Rxa7 b3 50. Rb7
Kc3 51. Rxb3+ Kxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup KO"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.08"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2000.09.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 {Generell ist der Aufmarsch der
Damenflügelbauern am Damenflügel zu harmlos, um die flexible schwarze Stellung
ernsthaft zu erschüttern. Schwarz darf nur nicht den Fehler machen, zu früh ...
e6-e5 zu spielen.} O-O 12. a4 Qe7 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qc2 b6
16. e4 c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. Qc2 Ra7 20. Qd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,
A-Gelfand,B/Belgrade 1995/CBM 51/[Hecht] (69)}) 13... Rd8 $5 {Ein flexibler
Zug, der noch nicht die Karten offenlegt. Scwarz plant ...Nb6-d5.} 14. Rfd1 (
14. a5 Nf6 $5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. b5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Ne4 $5 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nd6
20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Be2 e5 $5 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 $11 {0-1 Rausis,
I-Gurevich,M/Vlissingen 1999/EXT 2000/[Gurevich,M] (79)}) 14... Nb6 15. Be2 Nd5
16. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 {Schwarz hat problemlos ausgeglichen.} 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Ne1
Bd7 19. Nd3 b6 20. Nf4 $2 {Ein Fehlgriff, nachdem Schwarz die Initiative
erringt.} (20. Rc2 Rac8 21. Rdc1 $11) 20... Bf8 21. Rb1 Rac8 22. Ba6 Rc7 23.
Nd3 Bc8 24. b5 Bxa6 25. bxa6 Rdc8 $17 26. Qb5 Rc4 27. g3 Qc7 28. Ne5 Rc2 29. a5
bxa5 30. Qa4 Bb4 31. Nd3 Qc6 32. Ra1 Qxa4 33. Rxa4 Rd2 34. Rxd2 Bxd2 35. Kf1
Rc6 36. Ke2 Bc3 37. Ra3 Bb4 38. Ra2 g5 39. Kd1 Kf8 40. Ra4 Rc3 41. Nxb4 axb4
42. Rxb4 Ra3 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. g4 Rxa6 45. Ke2 Ra1 46. Kf3 a5 47. Ra8 a4 48. h3
a3 49. Kg2 a2 50. Kh2 f6 51. Ra7+ Kf8 52. Kg2 Ke8 53. Kf3 e5 54. Ra5 exd4 55.
exd4 Ke7 56. Ke2 Kd6 57. Kf3 Kc6 58. Ke2 0-1

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. dxc6 $1 {
Dies ist die Pointe von 12.e4} bxc6 (14... Nxc4 $2 15. Nd5 Qd6 16. Rxc4 bxc6
17. Rxc6) 15. Be2 $14 {Diese Struktur ist etwas besser für Weiß.} Be6 (15...
Rd8 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. Nb1 $5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rd6 19. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van der
Sterren,P-Kamsky,G/Wijk cm3 1994 (32)}) 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Nd1 Rac8 18. Ba6 Rb8
19. Ne3 h5 20. b3 {Schwarz wird nun langsam, aber sicher vom Brett geschoben.}
Rd6 21. Rfd1 Rbd8 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Bb7 Bg4 24. Ne1 Bh6 25. Bxc6 Bxe3 26. fxe3
Qd8 27. Qc3 f6 28. Bb5 Rd1 29. h3 Be6 30. Be2 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Kg7 32. Nd3 Qd6 33.
Qc5 Qxc5 34. Nxc5 Bc8 35. b4 Kf7 36. Bb5 Ke7 37. Kf2 g5 38. Ke1 Na8 39. Kd2 Nc7
40. Be2 h4 41. Kc3 Kd6 42. a4 f5 43. exf5 Nd5+ 44. Kd2 Ke7 45. b5 Nf6 46. Bd3
Nh5 47. a5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Shinkevich, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nh5 $5 (10... Nd5 {ist möglicherweise der solidere Zug.} 11.
h4 Qa5 12. Rc1 Bb4 (12... g4 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nce4 cxd4 15. O-O h5 16. a4 a6 17.
b4 Qd8 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc3 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qf6 23.
Qd3 O-O 24. Rxc3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Tal,M/Moscow 1982/IZT (24)}) 13. hxg5
Qxa2 14. Rxh6 Rg8 15. Kf1 Qxb2 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. g6 fxg6 19. Ng5
Bc8 20. Bg4 Na6 21. Nxe6 Qd3+ 22. Qxd3 cxd3 23. Rh7 Rb8 24. Rxa7 Be7 25. Rxa6
Bxa6 26. Nc7+ Kd8 27. Nxa6 $18 {1-0 Ernst,S-Fontaine,R/Groningen 1997/CBM 62
ext (48)}) 11. Nxg5 $1 {Dieses Opfer erfolgt analog zur sensationellen Partie
Kramnik-Anand (Belgrad 1997), allerdings ohne den Einschub 11.a4 a6. Anand
wies darauf hin, dass ohne den Einschub dieses Zugpaares Schwarz über das
Manöver ...Na6-c7 verfügt, aber wie die vorliegende Partie zeigt, ist dieser
Umstand vermutlich nicht so relevant. Auf jeden Fall ist der weiße Angriff
äußerst gefährlich, vielleicht sollte Schwarz daher 10...Nd5 bevorzugen.} (11.
a4 a6 (11... b4 $5) 12. Nxg5 $1 Nxg3 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. fxg3 Kg8 15. Bg4 Qe7 16.
O-O Nd7 17. Ne4 $40 {Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Belgrade 1997/[Lutz]}) (11. Ne4 Bb4+ 12.
Kf1 Nd7 13. Nfxg5 Ng7 14. Nh3 Nf5 15. Bg4 Nxg3+ 16. hxg3 Rf8 17. Nf4 Qb6 18.
Bxe6 O-O-O 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Qg4 $13 {1-0 Relange,E-Buturin,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM
56 ext (35)}) (11. O-O Nd7 12. a4 a6 13. Kh1 Ng7 14. Ne4 Nf5 15. Nfd2 Qb6 16.
Bh5 Qxd4 17. Qg4 $13 {Ftacnik,L. 1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Groningen 1991/CBM 27/
[Ftacnik] (26)}) 11... Nxg3 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. fxg3 {Weiß hat nur einen Bauern,
aber der schwarze König steht völlig entblößt.} Kg8 14. O-O Na6 $2 {Dies ist
der Unterschied im Vergleich zu Kramnik-Anand, dieser Zug wurde auch von Anand
angegeben. Der Springer kann nach c7, um den Pe6 zu decken. Allerdings hätte
Schwarz doch besser 14...Nd7 gespielt, denn nun ist das Feld f6 schwach.} (
14... c5 $6 15. Qc2 Bg7 16. Qg6 $18) (14... Nd7 $5 {sieht wie der kritische
Zug aus.} 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qg4+ Bg7 17. Qxe6+ Kh7 18. Qf5+ {gibt Weiß
Dauerschach, aber nicht mehr.}) 15. Ne4 Bg7 (15... c5 16. Bxc4 $1 Rh7 (16...
Bxe4 17. Qg4+ Qg5 18. Bxe6+ Kh7 19. Qxe4+ Qg6 20. Bf5 $18) 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18.
Nxh7 Kxh7 19. Rf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe6 $18) 16. Bh5 $18 {Ich sehe keine Verteidgung
mehr für Schwarz.} Rh7 (16... c5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Qg4+ Kf8 (18... Bg7 19.
Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Bg6#) 19. Rxf6+ $18) (16... Qe7 17. Qg4 {/\ Nf6}) 17. Bg6 Qd5 18.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc2+ Kg8 21. Rxf6 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qd3 23. Qf2 Rd8
24. Rf1 {Die schwarzen Leichtfiguren sind nur Zuschauer. Es gibt keine
Verteidigung mehr.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Ne4 (11. e4 e5 $1) 11... Bc7 12. Rc1
$14) 10. e4 $6 {Nicht die beste Fortsetzung.} (10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4
$14 {führt zu einer sehr bequemen Stellung für Weiß. Wenn er es schafft, ...
e6-e5 zu verhindern, verfügt er über einen angenehmen Raumvorteil.}) 10... dxc4
11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 $11 {So erreicht Schwarz beguqmen Ausgleich. Zwar ist
der Pc6 schwach, aber Schwarz kontrolliert diue schwarzen Felder.} 13. dxc6
bxc6 (13... Nxc4 $2 14. Nd5 Qe6 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Qa4+ $16) 14. Be2 (14. Bb3 $5
Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 O-O 17. Rac1 Bc5 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. Rfd1 g6 20. Rc2 Kg7
21. Rdc1 Nd7 22. Ba4 Rc7 23. Rc4 Rb8 24. b3 a5 25. R1c2 Rb4 26. R4c3 Rb8 27. g3
Rbc8 28. Kg2 Qd6 29. h4 Bb4 30. Rd3 Qe7 31. h5 Nc5 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Rh1 Bc5 34.
Qg4 Qg5 35. Qxg5 hxg5 36. hxg6 Kxg6 37. Rhc1 Ba3 38. Rd1 g4 39. Rh1 Be7 40. Rc4
Rd8 41. Bxc6 Rd2 42. Bd5 Rxe2 43. Bxe6 Rxc4 44. Bxc4 Rxa2 45. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Sveshnikov,E/Bled 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 14... O-O (14... Bg4 15. Nd2
Be6 16. Bg4 O-O 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Rc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rab8 20. b3 Bb4 21. Rfd1 Rd6
22. Nf1 Rbd8 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Nd1 Rd4 25. Rc2 Nd7 26. Nb2 Nc5 27. f3 Qd7 28.
Nc4 Rd1 29. Nb2 Qd4+ 30. Qf2 Ra1 31. Rc4 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Rxa2 33. Rxb4 Nd3+ {
0-1 Kula,R-Thorhallsson,T/Arnhem 1988/TD (33)}) 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Rac1 Rac8 17.
Nd1 c5 $2 {Schwarz spielt sehr riskant. Er gibt die Kontrolle über das Feld c6
auf und der c-Bauer wird bald fallen.} (17... Rfd8 18. Ne3 Be6 $11) 18. Ne3
Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c4 20. Be2 c3 21. bxc3 Bc5 22. Nf5 Qg5 23. Rcd1 Rfd8 24. g3 h5
25. Kg2 g6 26. f4 {Weiß geht energisch vor, aber Schwarz kann sich noch
verteidigen.} exf4 27. h4 Qf6 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Rxf4 Rxd1 30. Bxd1 Nc4 $1 {
So hält Schwarz noch gerade die Balance.} 31. Rxf6 (31. Qd3 $2 Qd6) 31... Ne3+
32. Kh3 Nxc2 33. Rxf7+ Kxh6 34. Bxc2 Bd6 35. Rf6 Rxc3 36. Rxd6 Rxc2 $14 {
Die Aktivität des schwarzen Turmes kompensiert den Minusbauern.} 37. Ra6 Re2
38. Ra4 a5 39. a3 Kg7 40. Rxa5 Rxe4 41. Kg2 Re3 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Ra6+ Kf5 44.
Ra8 Re2+ 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47. Re8+ Kf5 48. Re3 Ra1 49. Ke2 Kg4 50. Kd2
g5 51. hxg5 Kxg5 52. Kc2 Rh1 53. a4 Kf6 54. Kb3 Rh3 55. Rc3 Ke7 56. a5 h4 57.
gxh4 Rxh4 58. a6 Kd7 59. Rc5 Rh1 60. Kb4 Rb1+ 61. Ka5 Ra1+ 62. Kb6 Rb1+ 63. Ka5
Ra1+ 64. Kb6 Rb1+ 65. Ka7 Rb2 66. Ka8 Rb1 67. Ka7 Rb2 68. Rh5 Kc7 69. Rh7+ Kc8
70. Rh6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. O-O Nd7 {Sveshnikovs Spezialsystem in der Moskauer Variante. Meines
Erachtens steht Schwarz einfach passiv.} 10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O
13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nf8 15. Ned2 Nd7 $5 (15... Bd7 16. Nc4 Be8 17. Rad1 f6 18.
Qc3 $14 {0-1 Bareev,E-Granda Zuniga,J/Groningen PCA 1993 (31)}) 16. Ne4 (16.
Nc4 $5) 16... Nf8 17. a3 Bd7 18. g3 (18. b4 Be8 19. g3 Nd7 20. Bf1 Nf8 21. Qb2
f6 22. Re3 Bf7 23. Ned2 Qd7 24. Rae1 Rab8 25. Qc3 Re8 26. a4 Rbd8 27. b5 Re7
28. Qb4 g5 29. Ne4 Nh7 30. b6 Bb8 31. bxa7 Bxa7 32. Nd6 Bb8 33. Nf5 $1 $18 Ree8
34. Nxh6+ Kg7 35. Nxf7 Kxf7 36. Bc4 Nf8 37. Re4 f5 38. Nxg5+ Kf6 39. Rxe6+ Nxe6
40. Nxe6 Qe7 41. Qc3 Rd5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Qe3 {1-0 Ruban,V-Sveshnikov,E/Anapa
1991 Diese Partie war eine ziemlich einseitige Angelegenheit.}) 18... Be8 19.
b4 f6 20. Ned2 Kh8 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Rae1 Bh5 23. Bc4 Re8 24. Qb3 $14 {Weiß kann
ohne Risiko seine Stellung verstärken, da die beiden schwarzen Befreiungszüge .
..c6-c5 als auch ...e6-e5 verhindert sind.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pune"]
[Site "Pune"]
[Date "2004.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Bg7 $5 {Dieser Zug wird deutlich
seltener gespielt als 12...Nbd7 und ist wohl auch objektiv schlechter.} (12...
Nbd7 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Novikov,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (40)}) 13. Qc2
$146 {Dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung. Bislang war Weiß erfolgreich mit dem
direkten 13.f3.} (13. f3 O-O (13... Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be5 Rg8 16. b3 gxf3
17. Bxf3 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. bxc4 Rd8 21. cxb5 cxb5 22. d5 exd5
23. Qd4 $40 {1-0 Chytilek,R-Volodin,V/Olomouc 2001/EXT 2002 (49)}) 14. fxg4
hxg4 15. Bxg4 $40 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Tallinn/ Parnu 1998/
CBM 66/[Lutz] (30)}) 13... Qxd4 {Nutzt den Nachteil des letzten weißen Zuges
aus, aber Weiß erhält nun eine kräftige Initative.} 14. Rad1 Qc5 15. Ng6 $1
fxg6 16. Bd6 Qb6 17. e5 Kf7 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Qc1 c5 21. Nxf6 Nxf6
22. Qf4 Bd5 23. Be5 Qd8 {Weiß hat natürlich starken Druck auf den schwarzen
Feldern, aber noch hat er drei Bauern weniger.} 24. b3 Qe7 25. bxc4 bxc4 26. f3
g3 27. Qxg3 Rad8 28. Rc1 Kg7 29. Bd1 (29. Qg5 $5 Rhf8 30. Bxc4 $44) 29... Rhg8
30. Qf4 Rdf8 31. Bd6 Nd7 32. Qxf8+ $2 {Jetzt nimmt die Partie eine Kehrtwende.
Weiß sollte die Damen auf dem Brett lassen, da im Endspiel der unscheinbare
c-Doppelbauer an Bedeutung gewinnt und Schwarz seinen König aktivieren kann.} (
32. Qg3 Qf7 33. Bxf8+ Rxf8 34. Bc2 $40) 32... Kxf8 $13 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7 34. Re1
Kd6 35. Re3 Ne5 36. Be2 $2 (36. Rb1) 36... Rb8 $17 37. Rc2 (37. f4 Nd3 38. Bxd3
cxd3 39. Rxd3 Rb2) 37... Rb4 38. Ra3 Nc6 39. Bf1 Rb1 40. Rd2 $2 Rc1 41. Kf2 c3
42. Rd3 c2 43. Rac3 Nb4 $19 44. Rd2 Ra1 45. Rcxc2 Nxc2 46. Rxc2 Bxa2 47. Rd2+
Kc6 48. Bd3 Bb1 49. Bc4 Bf5 50. Re2 Kd6 51. Rd2+ Ke7 52. Be2 Ra4 53. g3 a5 54.
Rb2 c4 55. Ke3 c3 56. Rb7+ Kd6 57. Rb6+ Kc7 58. Rb3 c2 59. Rc3+ Kd6 60. Kd2 Ra1
61. g4 hxg4 62. fxg4 Be4 63. h5 g5 0-1

[Event "RUS-USA m"]
[Site "Ruschess.com INT"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Stripunsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2005.07.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxg4 b4 $6 {This move is
dubious. Black gets the Pe4 and can also swap off the Bg3; but on the other
hand, Black's queenside is destroyed. The critical line appears to be 13...Qb6
or 13....Nxg4 followed by ...Qb6. Dieser Zug ist zweifelhaft. Schwarz bekommt
den Pe4 und kann auch den Bg3 abtauschen, aber andererseits wird der schwarze
Damenflügel zerstört. Kritisch erscheint 13...Qb6 oder 13...Nxg4 nebst ...Qb6.}
(13... Qb6 $5 14. a4 a6 15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 O-O-O 18. axb5 cxb5
19. d5 Nc5 20. Rc1 f5 21. exf5 exd5 22. b4 d4 23. bxc5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Rxf2+ 25.
Bf3 Rxf3 26. cxb6 Rxf1+ 27. Kh2 {0-1 Pavlov,A-Malinin,Y/Gatchina 2001/EXT 2002
(27)}) (13... Nh5 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 (15... h5 $5) 16. a4 a6 (16... Rxg4
$2 17. Bxg4 Nxe5 18. a5 $18) 17. Kh2 h5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxf6 O-O-O 20. Bxh5
Rxd4 21. Qf1 Rh8 22. Bxf7 Bg7 23. Re1 Kb8 24. Rg6 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rdxh4+ 26. gxh4
Qd4 {1-0 Wang Yue-Bhat,V/Shanghai 2002/CBM 91 (26)}) (13... Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6
15. a4 (15. Bh5 Nf6 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Nf6 18. a4 b4 19. a5 Qd8 20. a6 Bc8 21.
Na4 Bxa6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Qxd1 24. Bxd1 Bb5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Bd6 a5 27. f4
a4 28. g4 a3 29. bxa3 b3 30. Re3 f6 31. e5 Kf7 32. exf6 Nxf6 33. g5 Ra7 34. Kf2
Nd5 35. Bh5+ Rg6 36. Rg3 b2 37. Rag1 Kg7 38. gxh6+ Kxh6 39. Bxg6 Rg7 40. Be5 c3
41. Rg5 Rxg6 42. Rxg6+ Kh7 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. R7g6+ Kh7 45. Rg8 {1-0 Van Wely,
L-Vallejo Pons,F/Monaco 2004/CBM 99 ext (45)}) 15... a6 (15... a5 16. d5 cxd5
17. Nxb5 Rc8 18. exd5 Nf6 19. d6 Bc6 20. Bf3 Rxg3 21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Bxc6+ Kd8
23. Nxd4 Rd3 24. Rad1 e5 25. d7 Rc7 26. Nf3 Bd6 27. Bb5 Nxd7 28. Bxc4 Rxd1 29.
Rxd1 Rxc4 30. Rxd6 f6 31. b3 Rc3 32. Nd2 Ke7 33. Ra6 Nc5 34. Rxa5 Nxb3 35. Ra7+
Ke6 36. Ne4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 f5 38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. Nf6+ Kd4 40. Rd6+ Kc4 41. Nd7 Re1
42. h5 Nd4 43. a5 e4 44. Nb6+ Kd3 45. Nd5 Nb5 46. Nf4+ Kc4 47. Rxh6 Ra1 48.
Rc6+ Kd4 49. h6 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Kosteniuk,A/Lausanne 2003/CBM 98 no vc (49)})
16. a5 Qa7 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. Bc7 Nxg4 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Bb6 Nxd5 22.
Ne4 Qb8 23. f4 Be7 24. Rf2 Nxf4 25. Qf3 f5 {0-1 Sharevich,A-Smeets,J/Hengelo
2005/CBM 107 ext (25)}) 14. Na4 $1 (14. Nxf6+ $6 Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 Rxg3
(16... cxb2 17. Rb1 c3 18. Qb3 Rxg3 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rg6 21. Bf3 Bd6 22.
Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qxf6 24. Qa6 {0-1 Cvitan,O-Pavasovic,D/Pula 2003/CBM 94 ext 
(24)}) 17. fxg3 cxb2 18. Rb1 c3 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Kh2 O-O-O 21. Qc4 Qb4 22. Qd3
Qxd4 23. Qh7 Bd6 24. Kh3 Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc7 26. Qf3 c5 27. Ba6 Rd5 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7
29. Rfc1 Ba5 30. Kh2 Kc6 31. Qf1 Bb6 32. Rc2 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35.
g4 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Be5 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Rg3 39. Kf2 Rxg5 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Ke4
Bxf6 {0-1 Kovalenko,N-Shalimov,V/Kharkov 2003/CBM 93 ext (41)}) 14... Nxe4 15.
Bxc4 {In practice, this position has mainly favoured White. Diese Stellung war
in der Praxis meistens günstig für Weiß.} Nxg3 (15... Qa5 16. Rc1 $5 (16. b3
Nxg3 $6 (16... O-O-O $5 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5
21. dxe5 Rd2 $15 {Gurevich,M}) 17. fxg3 Rg6 $6 (17... Qh5 $5 {Gurevich,M}) 18.
Qe2 $1 Bg7 $2 19. Rad1 h5 20. Ne3 $40 {1-0 Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM
79/[Gurevich,M] (31)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Bh2 Qf5 18. f3 Nef6 19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Qb3
h5 21. Be2 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rasmussen,K/Copenhagen 2003/CBM 95 ext (38)}) (
15... h5 16. Ne3 Qa5 (16... Ndf6 17. Be5 Be7 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Bb3 Kf8 20. Rfc1
$16 {1-0 Quinn,M-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 17. Bh2 Ndf6 18. Bb3
Rd8 19. Qc2 Rxd4 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bh6 22. Rd3 Ng4 23. Nc4 Qf5 24. Bc7
Bf4 25. Rf3 e5 26. Nc5 Nh2 27. Rxf4 Qxf4 28. Nxe5 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxe4+
{1-0 Bocharov,D-Lastin,A/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102 (30)}) 16. fxg3 Qe7 $2 (16... Qa5
17. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg7 (18... Ke7 19. Bxe6 $40) 19. Bxe6 Kh8 20. Bxd7
Qxa4 21. Ne5 $16 {Gurevich,M}) (16... h5 $5 $132 {looks better; in order to
divert the knight from attacking f6. sieht besser aus, um den Springer vom
Feld f6 abzulenken.}) 17. Nc5 $1 $16 {And White wins the exchange. So gewinnt
Weiß die Qualität.} O-O-O 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 (18... Qxd7 19. Nf6 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rxd4
21. Nxg8 Rxc4 22. Rxf7 $18) 19. Ne5 Rg7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 {even if White's
pawn structure is destroyed, that is not sufficient compensation for being the
exchange down. Auch wenn die weiße Bauernstruktur zerrüttet ist, so bietet das
doch keinen ausreichenden Ersatz für die Minusqualität.} Bd6 22. Rf3 Kb8 23.
Raf1 Bc7 24. Kh1 Bb6 25. Qe3 Bxd4 26. Qf4+ Ka8 27. Qxf7 $1 $18 {The knockout
punch. Der KO-Schlag.} (27. Qxh6 $18 {also wins, of course, but the text move
simplifies the position. gewinnt natürlich auch, aber der Textzug vereinfacht
die Stellung.}) 27... Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qc8 29. Rf8 Bxb2 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. g4 a5
32. g5 hxg5 33. hxg5 Ka7 34. g6 Kb6 35. Rf7 a4 36. g7 Bxg7 37. Rxg7 Kc5 38. Rc7
Bd7 39. Rxd7 Kxc4 40. g4 b3 41. axb3+ axb3 42. g5 1-0

[Event "NED-ch51 playoff"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1996.11.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.11.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Rc1
Nd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 a6 $1 (13... b6
$6 14. Ba6 $14) 14. Bb3 $6 {[%csl Rb3] Prohylaxe gegen ...b7-b5, aber auf b3
steht der Läufer schlecht.} (14. a3 b6 15. e4 Bb7 16. e5 c5 17. d5 b5 18. Ba2
c4 19. Bb1 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qd2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5
Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bxe5 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Wijk 1996 (56)}) (14. e4 b5)
14... b6 $1 (14... b5 $2 15. Ne4 {[%csl Rc5] >< c5}) 15. e4 Bb7 16. Qe3 c5 17.
d5 b5 $5 $15 {Es ist faszinierend, wie schnell Weiß in der Moskauer Variante
schlechter stehen kann. Der Bg7 ist einfach zu stark.} 18. Qf4 c4 19. Qc7 $2 (
19. Bc2 Rac8 $5 20. e5 (20. d6 Qd8 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd8b6,Ye6e5] /\ ...e6-e5, .
..Qb6; >< d6}) 20... exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rc5 {[%csl Re5] >< e5} 23.
Rcd1 Nxe5 $1 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qxh6 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bf4 $19) 19... Qd8 $1 20.
Qxd8 (20. Qxb7 Nc5 21. Qc6 Rc8 $19) 20... Raxd8 $17 {[%cal Yg7b2,Yb7f3] ^^} 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. Bc2 Nc5 23. Re1 Bc6 24. a3 g5 25. h3 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Rxd3 27. Re2
Rfd8 28. Ne1 Rd2 29. Rc2 R2d7 30. e5 Rd4 31. Nf3 Rf4 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Rce2 Bxf3
34. Rxf3 Rxf3 35. gxf3 Kf7 36. Kg2 Rd4 37. a4 b4 38. Ne4 Bxe5 39. Nc5 Rd5 40.
Nxa6 Bd6 41. Re4 Ra5 42. Nxb4 Bxb4 43. Rxc4 Bd6 44. b3 Ra8 45. h4 Rb8 46. hxg5
hxg5 47. Rc3 Be5 48. Rd3 Rb4 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. Rd3 Bd4 51. Kg3 e5 52. Kg2 Kf5
53. Kg3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Metalska Trgovina CC 90"]
[Site "Ljubljana"]
[Date "2002.01.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 $5 {Diese superscharfe Variante scheint zu Gunsten des
Weißen zu verlaufen.} 11. hxg5 bxc3 12. bxc3 $1 {Das ist das Problem.} (12.
gxf6 $6 {ist schwächer, da die schwarzen Freibauern schnell gefährlich werden:}
cxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 c3 15. O-O Ba6 $1 $36 {0-1 Atalik,S-Dreev,A/Sarajevo
2001/CBM 84/[Lutz] (29)}) 12... Nxe4 13. Be5 Nxc3 $146 {Auch diese Neuerung
löst die schwarzen Probleme nicht. Ich stütze mich in der Folge auf die
Kommentare von Alexander Beliavsky im Schachinformator 83/427.} ({Nach} 13...
Rh7 {hat Weiß die Auswahl zwischen zwei Zügen:} 14. Qb1 $1 (14. Qc2 $5 Qa5 (
14... c5 $5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxc4 $44 {Stohl,I}) 15. O-O c5 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17.
Qa4+ Bc6 18. Rxb8+ {1-0 Ivanov,S-Potkin,V/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (18)})
14... Qa5 15. Nd2 $1 $18 f5 (15... Qxc3 16. O-O {Rogozenko,D}) (15... Nxd2 16.
Qxb7 Qxc3 17. Qc8+ Ke7 18. Bf6+ Kd6 19. Qd8+ Nd7 20. Be5+ Kd5 21. Qxd7+ Ke4 22.
Qxc6+ Kf5 23. Rd1 {Rogozenko,D}) 16. gxf6 c5 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bh5+ $1 Kd8 19.
Qxe4 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qd3+ 21. Qxd3 cxd3+ 22. Kxd3 $18 {Rogozenko,D-Filipenko,A/
WICC 2002}) 14. Qc2 (14. Qc1 $5 {ist ein Vorschlag von Beliavskys Sekundanten
und Trainingspartner Adrian Mikhalchishin. Eine Variante ist dann} Bb4 15. Kf1
Rg8 16. gxh6 f6 17. h7 Rh8 18. Qh6 $1 fxe5 19. Qg7 $18) 14... Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Nd7
(15... Rg8 16. gxh6 {/\ h7 +- Beliavsky,A} Bxh6 17. Rxh6 Nd7 {sollte auch
angenehm für Weiß sein.}) 16. Bxh8 hxg5 {Schwarz hat als Ersatz für die
Qualität zwei Bauern. Außerdem stehen beide Könige unsicher.} 17. Rh7 (17. Rab1
$5 Ba6 18. Kf1 {/\ Kg1 Beliavsky,A}) 17... g4 (17... c5 18. Kf1 g4 19. Nd2 $16
{Beliavsky,A}) (17... Ba6 $5 18. Kf1 $14 {Beliavsky,A}) 18. Ne5 (18. Nd2 $5 {
Beliavsky,A}) 18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qd5 20. Rb1 $2 ({Hier hatte Weiß eine
überraschende Möglichkeit:} 20. Rah1 $1 {mit der Idee, auf f7 zu schlagen, z.B.
} Qxg2 (20... c5 21. Rxf7 Qe4+ 22. Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rf4 $16 {Beliavsky,A}) 21.
Rxf7 $1 Qxh1 22. Qg6 $18 {Beliavsky,A}) 20... c5 21. Rxb7 (21. Rxf7 $5 Qe4+ 22.
Qxe4 Bxe4 23. Rbb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 cxd4 25. Bxd4 O-O-O 26. Rxa7 Rxd4 27. Ra8+ Kb7
28. Rxf8 c3 $11 {Beliavsky,A}) 21... Qxb7 22. Qa4+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rxf7+
Kc6 $15 {Jetzt steht Schwarz etwas besser.} 25. Rc7+ Kd5 26. Rd7+ Kc6 27. Rc7+
Kb6 28. dxc5+ Bxc5 29. Rg7 Rf8 30. Bg3 c3 31. Kd3 Rd8+ 32. Kc2 Rd2+ 33. Kxc3
Rxa2 34. Rxg4 Bxf2 35. Bxf2+ Rxf2 36. Re4 Rf6 37. Re5 Kc6 38. Ra5 Rf7 39. g4
Kd6 40. g5 Rf5 41. Rxa7 Rxg5 42. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sanjin Hotel Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Tiayuan"]
[Date "2005.07.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qb6 12. Rd1 Bg7 13. h4 g4 14. O-O Rd8 15. Na4
$5 $146 {So kommt der weiße Springer nach d5, allerdings öffnet sich die
Diagonale des Bg7.} (15. Bf4 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Ne5 19.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxb5 Bxf2+
25. Kf1 Bxh4 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Grischuk,A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Lutz] (25)})
(15. Qc1 Nh5 16. Nxd7 Rxd7 17. Be5 f6 18. Bxg4 fxe5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxh5+ Ke7
21. Rxd7+ Kxd7 22. Kh1 Kc7 23. Bf7 Qc5 24. f4 Bf6 25. Qe1 Qe7 26. Bh5 Bxh4 27.
g3 Bf6 28. e5 Bg7 29. Qe3 Kb8 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Nd6 Bf8 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxb7 Qxb7
34. Rxf5 Be7 35. Qxh6 Qd7 36. e6 Qd3 37. Rf7 Qxg3 {0-1 Sammalvuo,T-Rytshagov,M/
Jyvaskyla 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 15... Qa5 (15... bxa4 $2 16. Nxc4 $18) 16. Nxd7
Nxd7 17. Nc5 (17. Nc3 Qb6) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Qxa2 20. Bc7 Qxb2
$5 {Nun ist die Partie forciert remis.} (20... O-O $5 {ist ein Versuch, auf
mehr zu spielen.} 21. e5 Qb3 22. Qd2 (22. Qxb3 cxb3 23. Bxg4 a5 24. f4 Ra8 $1 {
und Schwarz steht zwar momentan sehr passiv, jedoch muss Weiß immer auf die
Bauern am Damenflügel aufpassen. Schwarz steht vermutlich besser, z.B.} (24...
a4 $6 25. Ba5 $1 Rb8 26. Rd7 {nebst Bb4}) 25. Rd7 a4) 22... g3 23. f4 (23. Ra1
gxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rc8 25. Bd6 c3) 23... f6 24. Bg4 f5 25. Bf3 b4 $13) 21. Rd8+ Ke7
22. Qd1 Qa1 (22... Kf6 {ist kein sinnvoller Gewinnversuch. Weiß kann auch dann
mindestens Dauerschach erzwingen:} 23. e5+ Kg6 24. h5+ Kxh5 25. Rd4 Kg6 26.
Bd3+ cxd3 27. Qxg4+ Kh7 28. Qe4+ Kg8 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Qg4+ Kh7 31. Qe4+ $11)
23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Rd7+ Ke8 26. Rd8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb4 {Diese Idee wurde noch nicht oft angewandt. Es erscheint anrüchig,
den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer gegen den Nc3 abtauschen zu wollen, aber
andererseits hängt der Pe4.} 10. O-O (10. Qc2 Bb7 11. O-O Qb6 12. a3 Bxc3 $5 {
Konsequent. Schwarz bekommt nun Gegenspiel auf den weißen Feldern.} 13. bxc3 c5
14. e5 Ne4 15. Rfb1 Qc6 16. Bf1 h5 17. h4 $13 {0-1 Milanovic,D-Rajkovic,D/
JUG-chT (Cetinje) 1993 (38)}) (10. Be5 $2 {Das kann es wohl nicht sein.} Nbd7
11. O-O Bb7 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qc2 g4 14. Ne5 Qxd4 $17 {0-1 Kiese,M-Schoeneich,
M/BL2-N 1993 (25)}) 10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Ne5 {Besser als 12.Qc2.} (12.
Qc2 $6 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. Qe4 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bh5 O-O-O 17. Rxf7 c5 18.
Qxe6 cxd4 19. Nf3 dxc3 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bf5 Rhe8 22. Qg6 g4 23. Rxd7 Qc5+ 24. Kh1
Kb8 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Rxe7 Rxd1+ 27. Ng1 Rxe7 28. Bc2 Rd2 {0-1 Utemov,
V-Mukhametov,E/Moscow op 1990}) 12... Nd7 13. Bh5 O-O (13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf8
15. Qe1 $5 {nebst f2-f4}) 14. Nxf7 $5 {Eine interessante Abwicklung, die durch
den schlafenden schwarzen Damenflügel (Ra8, Bc8) motiviert ist. Weiß plant,
mit f2-f4 den Königsflügel aufzureißen.} Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc2 Ndf6 (
16... Nef6 17. f4 g4 18. f5 $40) 17. Be5 {Der Be5 dominiert die beiden
Springer. Die nächsten Züge sind g2-g4 (um ...g5-g4 zu verhindern) und f2-f4.
Schwarz findet nun einen bemerkenswerten Weg zum Gegenspiel.} (17. f4 $2 g4)
17... Qa5 18. Rac1 Qa3 19. g4 $1 {Verlockend war hier 19.f3 :} (19. f4 g4) (19.
f3 Nxc3 $1 (19... Nd6 20. g4 {und f3-f4}) (19... Qxc3 $2 20. fxe4 $18) 20. Qxc3
(20. Bxf6 Kxf6 21. f4 $5 (21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 b4 $132) 21... g4 22. f5 $5
exf5 23. Qd2 Ne4 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 $17 {ist gut für Schwarz, da Weiß seine Türme
nicht ins Spiel bringen kann, z.B.} 25. Rce1 (25. Qxc6 $2 Qe3+ {mit einem
erstickten Matt.}) 25... Be6 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27. Qg7+ Kd6 28. Qe5+ Kd7 29. Qg7+
Qe7 $19) 20... Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rcc1 {Hier fehlt dem Weißen der Schwenk
nach h3.} c3 {mit einer unklaren, aber wohl für Schwarz guten Stellung. Er
droht einfach mit dem Vormarsch seiner Damenflügelbauern, während Weiß keine
richtige Initiative entwickeln kann.}) 19... b4 (19... Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxc3 21.
Rxc3 Nd5 {ist hier ungenügend wegen} 22. Rh3 Kg6 23. f4 $40) 20. f4 (20. cxb4
$2 Qf3) 20... Qxc3 21. Qxc3 bxc3 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf6+ $11 {Hiermit geht die
Partie in ein remisiges Endspiel über. Aufgrund seiner Bauernschwächen ist der
schwarze Materialvorteil unbedeutend.} Nxf6 24. Rf1 c2 25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Rf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup4"]
[Site "Perm"]
[Date "1997.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Supatashvili, Khvicha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.02.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Rad1 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
e5 (15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. e5 $5 Nf8 17. Qe2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Rac8 21. Qc4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Chernin,A-Kuczynski,R/EU-chT Debrecen POL-HU1 1992 
(63)}) 15... Rac8 16. Qe2 Ba8 17. Rfe1 Rcd8 18. h4 $6 {Sehr riskant,
vorsichtiger ist 18.Bc2.} (18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Be4) 18... Rfe8 19. h5 g5 20. Bc2
$2 {Mit diesem Zug kippt die Partie zugunsten von Schwarz.} (20. Ne4 c5 21. Nd6
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 (22. gxf3 Rf8) 22... Rf8 (22... cxd4 $2 23. Nxe8 Nxe5 24. Qg3)
23. Qe4 cxd4 24. Bc2 f5 25. exf6 (25. Qxd4 $5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rxd6 27. Qxd6 Qxd6
28. Rxd6 Bxe5 29. Rxe6 Bxb2 30. Rxh6 $11) 25... Nxf6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. Rxe6
Nxh5 28. Bb3 $44) 20... c5 21. dxc5 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Nxe5 23. cxb6 axb6 $17 24.
Kg2 Rc8 25. Nb5 Red8 26. b3 Rd7 27. a3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nd7 29. Be4 Nf6 30. Rh1
Qc5 31. b4 Qe5 32. Qd3 g4 33. Bb7 gxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rc4 35. Rd1 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.03.11"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Straeter, Timo"]
[Black "Knaak, Rainer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Nc3
g6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bd6 {An und für sich hat Schwarz nach dem Abtausch 9.
cxd5 exd5 wenig Probleme. Er hat zwar einen leichten Entwicklungsnachteil,
kann aber auf die Kontrolle der schwarzen Felder pochen.} 11. O-O Qg7 $5 {
Prophylaxe gegen e3-e4} 12. Rab1 a5 13. a3 O-O 14. Na4 Re8 15. Rfe1 Qf8 16. Nd2
f5 17. f4 Nf6 18. Nf3 Be6 19. Ne5 Bf7 20. Nb6 Rad8 21. Qc3 Bc7 22. Qxa5 $5 {
Nun beginnen interessante Komplikationen.} Ra8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. dxc5 Ra5 25.
Nxf7 $2 {Tauscht den schlechten Bf7 ab.} (25. Ra1 $1 {mit der Idee b2-b4} Bxe5
(25... Rxc5 26. Ned7 $1 Ng4 27. Nxc5 Bxb6 28. b4) 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. b4 {
, und Weiß steht wegen des eingesperrten schwarzen Turms auf der a-Linie
besser.}) 25... Kxf7 {Jetzt macht sich der schwarze Trumpf (die Beherrschung
der schwarzen Felder) bemerkbar.} 26. Rbc1 Ng4 27. g3 Nxe3 28. h3 $2 (28. Re2
$142) {[%tqu "De","Wie kann Schwarz auf den schwarzen Feldern zum Erfolg
kommen ?","","","a5c5","",10]} 28... Rxc5 $1 29. Rxc5 Bxb6 30. Rcc1 (30. b4 Nc4
$19) 30... Nd1+ $5 {Schwarz streut erst einmal eine Zugwiederholung ein, da
Weiß sowieso nicht abweichen kann.} (30... Nc2+ $19) 31. Kf1 Ne3+ 32. Kf2 Nc2+
$19 33. Kf1 Nxe1 34. Rxe1 Ra8 35. Kg2 Ra5 36. Kf3 c5 37. g4 c4 38. Bb1 fxg4+
39. hxg4 Rb5 40. f5 Rb3+ 41. Kg2 Rxb2+ 42. Kh1 g5 0-1

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 {Dieser Zug scheint
genauer als 12...Qe7. Daher ist vielleicht 12.e4 besser, siehe Kortschnoj,
V-Fontaine,R (Enghien 1997).} (12... Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 $1 bxc6
(15... Nxc4 {Meulders} 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Rxc4 bxc6 18. Rxc6 $1 $18) 16. Bb3 Rd8
17. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Piket,J-Novikov,I/Antwerpen op 1996 (43)}) 13. Qc2 (13. Qe2
Qe7 14. Ne4 a5 15. Bb3 b6 16. Nc3 Bb7 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gelfand,B/Erevan olm
1996}) (13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 {ist hier nicht bedrohlich.}) 13... Qe7 14. a3 b6
15. e4 Bb7 (15... e5 $2 16. d5 {und das Feld d5 ist schwach.}) 16. e5 {Nun ist
Weiß zu e4-e5 gegkommen, aber in einer ungünstigen Form (Tempoverluste mit Qc2
und a3).} Rab8 17. Rcd1 b5 18. Ba2 c5 19. d5 c4 {Sperrt den Ba2 aus, Schwarz
hat bereits die Initiative übernommen.} 20. b3 {Weiß unbedingt den Ba2
befreien.} (20. d6 $2 Qe8 $17 {[%csl Re5] Der Pe5 ist tödlich schwach.}) 20...
Rbc8 21. bxc4 bxc4 22. dxe6 Qxe6 23. Rd6 Qe7 24. Nd5 Qf8 25. Bxc4 Nxe5 (25...
Qxd6 $2 26. Nf6+) 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 (26... Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxd8 $5 {/\} 28. Ne7+ (
28. Qb3 Rd7) 28... Kh7) 27. Nxe5 $11 Bxd5 28. Qd2 Bxc4 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxc4
Bc3 31. Rc1 Rd4 32. Ne3 Bb2 33. Rc4 Rd3 34. a4 (34. a4 Bd4 35. Kf1 Bxe3 36. Ke2
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-CHN Summit Men 2nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.08.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.08.10"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 $5 {Eine ungewöhnliche Option.}
Nbd7 {Schwarz kann hier natürlich 5...dxc4 6.Qxc4 mit Übergang zu den
Varianten nach 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 spielen, aber Dreev entscheidet sich dafür,
die Spannung beizubehalten und so die Stellung der weißen Dame als nachteilig
nachzuweisen.} (5... Na6 $5 6. a3 c5 7. e3 cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Qxc4 Nc7 10.
Bd3 a6 11. Ne5 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Qd3 Bb5 15. Nxb5 Nxb5 16. Be3
Rc8 17. Rad1 g6 18. Bb3 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nd6 20. Bh6 Qb6 21. Bg5 Nfe4 22. Bf4 Nc3
23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. Bxe6 Nf5 25. Bxc8 Nxd1 26. Bxf5 Nxb2 27. Qg3 Qf6 28. Bb1 Rd8
29. Be5 Qh4 30. Qb3 {Time. 1-0 Romanishin,O-Ljubojevic,L/Groningen 1993/CBM 39
(30)}) 6. Bg5 (6. g3 $5 b6 7. Bg2 Ba6 8. b3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Rc8 11. e4
c5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Nb5 cxd4 14. Nfxd4 Nc5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bb2 Rfe8 17. Qf3
dxc4 18. Nc6 Bxb5 19. Rxd7 Bxc6 20. Rxe7 Bxf3 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Bxf3 Nd3 23.
Ba3 b5 24. bxc4 bxc4 25. Rd1 Nc7 26. Bg4 Rd8 27. Be2 h6 28. Bb4 Nb5 29. a4 Nd4
30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Kg2 Nc2 32. Bc5 a6 33. Kf3 f5 34. Kf4 Rd5 35. Be3 g5+ 36. Kf3
Kf7 37. Rb1 g4+ 38. Kf4 d2 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. Rb6+ Kh5 41. Bxd2 Rxd2 42. Kxf5
Rxf2+ 43. Ke4 Rxh2 44. Rxa6 Re2+ 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 Rf3 47. Ra5+ Kg6 48. Rc5
Nb4 49. Rb5 Rxg3 50. Kf4 Ra3 51. Rxb4 Kh5 52. Rb6 Rxa4+ 53. Kg3 Ra3+ 54. Kg2
Kg5 55. Rb5+ Kh4 56. Rb2 h5 57. Kh2 Ra5 58. Kg2 Kg5 59. Kh2 h4 60. Kg2 h3+ 61.
Kh2 Kh4 62. Rb7 Ra2+ 63. Kh1 Re2 64. Rc7 Kg3 65. Rc3+ Kf4 66. Rc1 g3 67. Rb1
Rd2 68. Ra1 Ke3 69. Ra3+ Rd3 70. Ra1 {0-1 Praszak,M-Luther,T/Koszalin 1997/CBM
59 ext (70)}) (6. e4 $5 Bb4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Be2 Nb6 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11.
c5 Nd7 12. c4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Makarov,M-Dreev,A/Elista 1995/CBM 50/[Dolmatov] (54)
}) 6... Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 {Die Stellung ähnelt einem orthodoxen Damengambit,
aber mit der Dame auf d3.} b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O
Bb7 {Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob Schwarz vielleicht noch glatter den
Ausgleich hätte erreichen können. Die entstandene Struktur ist aus der
Tartakower-Variante bekannt und da steht der schwarze Läufer normalerweise auf
e6 besser als auf e6. Aber andererseits hat Weiß seine Figuren auch nicht
optimal aufgebaut und so hat Bu Xiangzhi zwar einen kleinen strukturellen
Vorteil, aber sonst nichts Konkretes.} 13. Rac1 a5 {Schwarz verhindert, dass
Weiß mit b2-b4 den Pc6 festlegt.} 14. Rc3 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 a4 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne1 {
Weiß will weiter mit Nd3 die Schwäche c6 festlegen, aber Schwarz nutzt die
vorübergehende Aufgabe der Zentrumskontrolle, um aktiv zu werden.} c5 18. dxc5
(18. Bb5 $5 {kam in Betracht, um sowohl den Pa4 als auch indirekt den Pc5
anzugreifen.} Ba6 $1 {hält alles zusammen.} (18... a3 19. bxa3 Nf6 20. dxc5 Ne4
21. c6 Nxc3 22. Qxc3 Ba6 23. a4 Bxb5 24. axb5 {ist ein interessantes
Qualitätsopfer.}) 19. Qxa4 (19. Bxa4 $2 b5 20. Bb3 c4) (19. Bxd7 Qxd7 20. dxc5
bxc5 21. Rxc5 $2 Rxc5 22. Qxc5 Rc8) 19... Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Ra5 $1 (20... Rxa2 $2
21. Qb3) 21. Qd3 (21. Qb3 c4) 21... Rxa2 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Qxd5 Rxb2 $132)
18... bxc5 19. Bg4 {Nun erhält Schwarz die Möglichkeit, durch Aktivität und
Bauernopfer das Spiel auszugleichen.} d4 20. Ra3 Re8 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Qxc5 Nxf3+
23. gxf3 (23. Nxf3 $2 Rac8) 23... dxe3 24. Qxe7 {Weiß tauscht schnell die
Damen ab, da sich ansonsten sein geschwächter König auswirken könnte.} (24.
fxe3 Qf6 $44) (24. Rxe3 Qf6 $44) 24... exf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxe7 26. Nd3 Rd8 27. Rc2
Rd5 28. Nc5 Rh5 29. Kg3 (29. Nxb7 $2 Rxh2+) 29... Rg5+ 30. Kf2 Rh5 31. Kg3 Rg5+
32. Kf2 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiseljak"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 {Weiß strebt nach Raumgewinn am
Damenflügel mit a4-a5.} e5 $6 {Obwohl dieser Zug häufig gespielt wurde,
gefällt er mir nicht. Die Wirkungskraft des Bc4 wird erhöht und die Öffnung
der Stellung kommt nur dem besser entwickelten Weißen zugute.} (12... Qe7 {
gefällt mir besser:} 13. Qb3 (13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qc2 b6 16. e4 c5 17.
d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Gelfand,B/ Belgrade Invest 1995}) 13...
Rd8 $5 14. a5 Nf6 $5 15. Na4 Bd7 16. b5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Ne4 $5 $132 {0-1 Rausis,
I-Gurevich,M/ Vlissingen 1999 (79)}) 13. a5 exd4 14. exd4 Qd6 (14... Rd8 15.
Re1 $6 (15. Qb3 $14 {Cifuentes,R} Nf8 16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Qe3 $5 (17. Nc5 Bxd4 18.
Rad1 Bg4 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. h3 Bf5 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Nxb7 Re8 24.
Nd6 Re7 25. Qf3 Rd7 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxd7 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd7 29. f4 Kf8 {
1/2-1/2 Kumaran,D-Schandorff,L/ Copenhagen 1996 (43)}) (17. Rfe1 Be6) 17...
Qxe3 18. fxe3 Bf5 (18... Be6 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Nc5 $14) 19. Nc5 (19. Nfd2 Rd7
$1 (19... Be6 $6 20. Rfc1 Rab8 21. Nc5 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 b6 23. Nd3 $14 {
Prizant-Denisov,L/ Russia 2000}) 20. Nc5 Re7 21. Ra3 Rae8 22. Kf2 b6 23. axb6
axb6 $15) 19... b6 20. Nb3 b5 (20... Be6 21. Rac1 Bd5 22. e4 $1) 21. Be2 Re8
22. Kf2 Nd7 23. Rac1 Rac8 24. Nbd2 Nf6 25. Ne5 Ne4+ 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Nd7 Re7
28. Nc5 Bd5 29. Bd3 Rce8 30. Rfe1 f5 $1) 15... Nf8 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Bf1 Qe7 18.
Rb1 Qd6 $15 {Adla,D-Glavina,P/ Spain 1997}) 15. Qb1 $1 {Weiß deckt den Pb4 und
nimmt den Pg6 ins Visier.} Kh7 $6 $146 {Diese Neuerung kann die schwarzen
Probleme auch nicht lösen.} (15... b6 16. Re1 bxa5 17. bxa5 c5 18. Nb5 Qf6 19.
Ne5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qg5 21. Nd6 Be6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qb3 Rab8 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25.
Re2 Rb4 26. Rae1 Rd4 27. g3 Qd8 28. h4 Qxa5 29. Qe7 Qd8 30. Qxa7 Rg4 31. Re4
Qxh4 32. Rxg4 Qxg4 33. Qxc5 $16 {0-1 Campos Moreno,J-Novikov,I/ Vendrell 1996 
(41)}) (15... b5 16. Ba2 Ba6 17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. Rfe1 Bc8 20. g3 Qc7
21. Rac1 Nb8 22. d5 Bf5 23. Nh4 Na6 24. d6 Qd8 25. Qb1 Nb8 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27.
Nc5 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxd6 29. Qxf5 $16 {1-0 Tukmakov,V-Luther,T/ Lenk 1999 (39)})
(15... Nf6 $6 16. Qxg6 Qxb4 17. Qd3 $36) (15... g5 $5 {Cifuentes,R} 16. Ne4 Qf4
17. Re1 Nf6 18. Nc5 Bf5 19. Qb3 Qc7 (19... Ne4 $5 20. g3 (20. Nxb7 $2 g4 21.
Rxe4 Bxe4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rae8 $17) 20... Nxc5 21. bxc5 Qc7 22. Ne5 Rad8
23. Qc3 $14) 20. Ne5 Rad8 $6 (20... Ng4 $142 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Qg3 Nxe5 22. dxe5
Rad8) 21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bg6) 21. Qf3 Bc8 22. a6 $1 g4 (22... b6 23. Qxc6 $1
Qxc6 24. Nxc6 bxc5 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. dxc5 $16) 23. Qc3 b6 (23... b5) 24. Nb7 $1
Nd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxc6 $18 {Tukmakov,V-Rogic,D/ Croatia (tt) 1998}) 16. Qb3
b5 $5 {Das war wohl die Absicht, aber ich kann nicht erkennen, was Schwarz für
den Bauern hat.} (16... f5 {Cifuentes,R} 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Be6 Nf6 19. Rac1 $14)
(16... Kg8 {Cifuentes,R} 17. Rad1 $14 (17. Ne4 Qf4 18. Qe3)) 17. Bxf7 Qf6 (
17... Qe7 18. Be6 (18. Bxg6+ $5 Kxg6 19. Rae1 Qd8 20. Qc2+ Kf7 21. Nxb5 cxb5
22. Qe4 Nb6 23. axb6 Qxb6 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Bg8+ Rxg8 20. bxc5 $16 {mit einem
glatten Mehrbauern.}) 18. Ne4 $1 {Im Opferstil gespielt, obwohl es auch
kleinlicher gegangen wäre.} (18. Be6 $5 {ist etwas prosaischer:} Nc5 19. Bg8+
$5 (19. bxc5 {Cifuentes,R} Bxe6 $44) 19... Rxg8 20. bxc5 $16 {und Schwarz hat
nicht genügend Kompensation für den Bauern.}) 18... Qf4 19. Bxg6+ $1 {Das war
die Pointe.} Kxg6 20. Qc2 Nb8 {Nicht schön, aber was sonst?} (20... Kf7 21.
Qxc6 Qb8 22. Neg5+ hxg5 23. Nxg5+ Ke7 24. Rae1+ $40) 21. Nd6+ Bf5 22. Nxf5 Rxf5
23. Rae1 {Die abseits stehenden schwarzen Figuren am Damenflügel verheissen
nichts Gutes.} Kf7 24. Qb3+ Rd5 (24... Kg6 25. Qg8 Rf8 26. Re6+ Kf5 27. Qxg7
Kxe6 28. Re1+ Kd5 29. Qe7 $18) 25. Ne5+ $18 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxd4 27. Qf3+ Kg7 28.
Re7+ Kg6 29. Qf7+ Kg5 30. Re6 1-0

[Event "Gistrup"]
[Site "Gistrup"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 b6 14. a3 Bb7 15.
Ba2 {Es scheint mir, als ob der Läufer auf a2 überhaupt nichts ausrichtet,
während sein Gegenpart auf b7 nach ...c5 große Aktivität entfaltet. Weiß
sollte nach dem Vorstoß e4-e5 so stehen, daß er entweder durch den Abtausch
Bc4-a6 oder mit dem Manöver Bc4-d3-e4 den gegnerischen Läufer neutralisieren
kann. Man vergleiche Ivanchuk-Kramnik, Novgorod 1996 !} Rfd8 16. e4 Rac8 17.
Qe2 Nf8 18. e5 c5 $10 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Qe4 Rd7 23.
Nf4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Kf1 Rc8 26. b3 Rcd8 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Ke2 Bxe5 29.
Nxe5 Re7 30. Nfd3 f6 31. Rc4 fxe5 32. Re4 Nd7 33. f4 Kf7 34. fxe5 g5 35. Re3 b5
36. Kd2 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lasker Memorial op"]
[Site "Barlinek"]
[Date "2001.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Black "Bator, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gilt als zweifelhaft. Zwar gewinnt Schwarz einen
wichtigen Zentralbauern, aber sein Damenflügel ist geschwächt.} (9... Bb7) 10.
Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rg8 $5 {Gegenüber dem Standardzug 11... Nf6 kommt Schwarz
nach diesem selten gespielten Zug zum Abtausch des Pe5, aber trotzdem kann die
schwarze Stellung nicht begeistern.} (11... Nf6 12. Nc5 $1 $36 {ist
vorteilhaft für Weiß, da Schwarz nicht den lästigen Be5 mit ...Nbd7 beseitigen
kann.} Bg7 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 (13... O-O $6 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. h4 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,
K-Kobalija,M/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Lutz] (25)}) 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Qc2 a5
16. Qe2 Qa7 17. Nd2 Ba6 18. Rc1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Shchekachev,A-Velikov,P/Evry 2001/
CBM 83/[Lutz] (70)}) 12. Qc2 $146 (12. Bxc4 $5 g4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd7 15.
Bf4 Qa5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Be7 19. O-O h5 20. Rfe1 h4 21. Re5
Qb6 22. Qd3 a5 23. Qh7 Rf8 24. Bh6 g3 25. Bxf8 Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 h3 27. Qxh3 Bxf8
28. Rf1 Qd4 29. Qh5 Bd6 30. Qh8+ {1-0 Ligterink,G-Kuijf,M/Hilversum 1986/EXT
99 (30)}) 12... Nf6 13. Bxc4 Nbd7 14. O-O g4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2 Qxd4 17.
Rad1 {Mit seinen zwei Mehrbauern wird Schwarz nicht glücklich.} Qf4 18. Bxe6 $1
$16 {Da ist Nr.1 schon wieder weg.} Ne5 (18... fxe6 19. Qxc6 Rb8 20. Qxe6+ $18)
19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Rfe1 Be7 21. Re4 Qf6 22. Nc4 Rg5 (22... Nxc4 23. Qxc4 $16)
23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rxg4 {Und da ist Nr.2} Qe6 25. h3 Bd6 26. g3 Ke7 27. Rgd4 Rd5
28. Kh2 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Kf8 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5+ Qe7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rxb4
$18 {Und Nr. 3. Außer dem Mehrbauern sind auch alle schwarzen Bauern schwach,
Weiß steht daher technisch auf Gewinn.} a5 34. Ra4 Rb8 35. b3 Rb5 36. Kg2 Rd5
37. Kf3 Kd6 38. Ke3 Kc7 39. Rd4 f5 40. Rh4 Re5+ 41. Kf3 Rc5 42. Rxh6 Rc2 43.
Rh4 Rxa2 44. Ra4 Rb2 45. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 46. Kf4 Kd6 47. Ra2 Rb5 48. Re2 Rd5 49. h4
c5 50. h5 c4 51. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 ({Die schärfere Alternative ist} 10... b4 {0-1 Atalik,
S-Dreev,A/Sarajevo 2001/CBM 84_01/[Lutz] (29) Lutz}) 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 $1 15. Rad1 O-O 16. f3 {Dieser Zug ist vermutlich
harmlos, da nach der folgenden Abwicklung Schwarz am Königsflügel aktiv wird.
Besser erscheint daher Kramniks 16.Bg3!?} (16. Bg3 $5 Nh7 (16... Nd7 $5 17. e5
c5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 $132 {0-1 Goldin,A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76
ext (31)}) 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 $13 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000/
CBM 78/[Lutz] (41)}) 16... Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Bf3
$2 {Weiß will kein Unentschieden, aber sein Gewinnversuch wird drastisch
bestraft.} (20. Qd2 $142 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1
Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (24)}) 20...
f5 $1 21. d5 $6 (21. exf5 $142 Rxf5 {, und Schwarz steht gut, aber Weiß wird
nicht sofort matt.}) 21... fxe4 22. dxe6 (22. Nxe4 Nxf3+ 23. Rxf3 Rxf3 24. gxf3
cxd5 $19) 22... exf3 23. e7 (23. Rd7+ Kh8 {mit der Drohung ...Nh3+}) 23... Rf6
24. Rd8 Nh3+ $1 $19 25. gxh3 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 c5 $1 {
Natürlich gibt sich Schwarz nicht mit Dauerschach zufrieden.} 29. e8=N+ Kf8 30.
Nxf6+ Rxd8 31. Nce4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Ke7 $1 {Räumt die g-Linie für
den Turm.} 34. Re1 Rg8+ 35. Ng5+ Kf6 36. Qc3+ Kxg5 37. Re5+ Kf4+ 38. Kf2 Qh2+
0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas-B"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oms Pallisse, Josep"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wells} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 {Topalovs Zug.} ({In preference to the text,
the ultra-sharp} 10. h4 $5 {Wells: has been fashionable in the last year or
two. I draw attention to this mainly to point out an interesting trend in the
theory here. After trying several different routes black has eventually moved
towards the sharpest. As I mention in the text a lot can be put up with for a
healthy centre pawn. Hence} b4 $5 11. hxg5 (11. Na4 {Wells} Nxe4 12. Be5 Rg8 $5
$13 {white has nothing concrete and has added an important centre pawn to his
spoils.}) 11... bxc3 12. bxc3 $5 {and here we have it. As black tries more and
more ambitious moves so white is pushed to try further investment in
preference to allowing the serious counterplay which ...cxb2 represents.} (12.
gxf6 {Wells} cxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 c3 15. O-O Ba6 $132 {0-1 Atalik,S-Dreev,
A/Sarajevo BIH 2001}) 12... Nxe4 13. Be5 Rh7 14. Qc2 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Ya1b1,
Yc2h7] and although the final word is certainly yet to be spoken, white
clearly has very dangerous attacking chances.} Qa5 15. O-O c5 16. Rab1 Qxc3 17.
Qa4+ Bc6 18. Rxb8+ {1-0 Ivanov,S-Potkin,V/St Petersburg 2000 (18)}) 10... Bg7 (
10... Nbd7 11. O-O (11. Qc2 Rg8 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rad1
Rg8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 $44 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (36)})
(11... Bg7 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nh7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
fxg5 hxg5 18. e5 c5 19. d5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Komljenovic,D/Villarrobledo 2000/
EXT 2001 (32)}) 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. O-O a6 16. d5 O-O-O
17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 c5 19. e5 Be7 20. Qh7 Rge8 21. Qf7 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23.
Qxe6 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (49)}) (11. h4 Nxe5
12. hxg5 Nfd7 13. dxe5 Qxg5 14. Kf1 h5 15. Rh3 h4 16. f4 Qxg3 17. Rxg3 hxg3 18.
Bh5 O-O-O 19. Qf3 f6 20. Rd1 fxe5 21. Bf7 b4 22. Bxe6 bxc3 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24.
Qxc3 Rhh7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Yevseev,D/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 11...
b4 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4
Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) (10...
Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. fxg5 Nfd7 15. dxe5 Qxg5 16. Rxf7
O-O-O 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qxe4 19. Qd6 Qd5 20. Rd1 $40 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,
R/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11. h4 b4 $146 {Dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung.
Schwarz ergreift unmittelbar die Initiative im Zentrum und beschwört
Komplikationen herauf.} (11... Nfd7 $6 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+
Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Lutz] 
(42)}) (11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 $6 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16.
Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 (18... Qxg3+ {Lutz} 19. Kf1 hxg5 20. Rxh8+
Bxh8 21. Qd3 $16) 19. O-O $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM
81/[Lutz] (34)}) 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxc4 (14. Bh5 $5 {ist
letztlich nicht gut für Weiß.} Nxh5 {Wells: 'when black has covered the main
threats without making serious concessions.'} (14... bxc3 15. Nxf7 Qa5 16.
Nxh8+ Kd7 17. b4 $1 cxb3 (17... Qxb4 18. Rb1) 18. axb3 $16) 15. Qxh5 Bxe5 16.
dxe5 (16. Bxe5 bxc3) 16... Nd7 (16... bxc3 17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qf6+ Ke8 $11) 17.
Ne2 Nc5 $36) 14... bxc3 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 cxb2 {Wells:
'whether black's defence here is entirely sufficient, it is typical of the
modern counterpunching trend. He makes concessions ( here king safety,
disharmonious pieces ) in order to retain definite counterattacking trumps (
the b2 pawn, and later chances to strile at d4. )'} 18. Rb1 Nbd7 {Bis hierhin
sehen die beiderseitigen Züge nach 11...b4 recht plausibel aus.} 19. Nxd7+ (19.
Qd2 Qd8 (19... Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nxe4 21. cxb6 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 axb6 23. Bf3 $16) 20.
Nxd7+ Qxd7 21. Qe3 Nh7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rb8 24. Rxb2 Rxb2 25. Qa3+ $13)
19... Nxd7 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. e5 {'!' Wells. Weiß hat den Bh8 eingesperrt, aber
Schwarz hat noch den Pb2. Schwarz muss nun energisch handeln, sonst kommt
einfach 22.Qd2 mit klarem Vorteil.} c5 $5 ({If} 21... Qa5+ {Wells} 22. Kf1 Qxa2
23. Qc2 $14 {black loses his main counterpunching asset and stands worse.}) 22.
Qa4 $1 Rd8 23. Bb5 $1 {Zwingt Schwarz zu einem Figurenopfer.} cxd4 24. Bxd7 d3
25. Be7 $2 {'??' Wells. Ein naheliegender Zug, der jedoch brillant wiederlegt
wird.} (25. Bb5 $1 {gibt Weiß Vorteil, aber das ist sehr schwer in der Partie
zu berechnen.} d2+ $1 26. Ke2 $1 Bxe5 $5 27. Bxe5 d1=Q+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1 29. Bd3
$3 {Mit der Idee Qe8+, ohne diese Möglichkeit stünde Weiß schlecht.} Rd2+ $5 {
Die einzige Chance.} (29... Re1+ 30. Kxe1 b1=Q+ 31. Bxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Kd2 $18) 30.
Kxd2 Qxf2+ 31. Kd1 (31. Kc3 Qc5+ 32. Kxb2 Qxe5+ $13) 31... Qg1+ (31... b1=Q+
32. Bxb1 Qf1+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qf1+ 35. Kd4 Qf2+ 36. Kc4 Qe2+ 37. Bd3 Qxe5
38. Qxa7 $18) 32. Ke2 Qxg2+ 33. Ke3 Qg1+ 34. Kf3 Qh1+ 35. Kf2 $18) (25. Kf1 $1
{Wells} a6 (25... Qb7 {Wells} 26. Bc6 Rc8 27. Bxb7 Rc1+ 28. Qd1) 26. Kg1 Bg7
$14) 25... Qc7 $1 $19 26. Bxd8 Qc2 $1 {Trotz seines großen Materialvorteils
ist Weiß machtlos gegen die schwarzen Freibauern.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Bg7 $6 $146 {
An innovation, though not a convincing one. It is surprising that Black does
not play Dreev's rook sacrifice. Eine Neuerung, die jedoch nicht überzeugen
kann. Es ist überraschend, dass Schwarz nicht Dreevs Turmopfer spielt.} (14...
Bh6 $6 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. e5 Be3+ 17. Kh2 Ke8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg4 Qe7 20.
Qf3 Rh6 21. Rae1 c5 22. d5 Bg5 23. Rxe6 Nxg4+ 24. Qxg4 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Bh6 26.
Rf7 {1-0 Malinin,Y-Sestjakov,S/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (26)}) (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5
Nd7 $3 16. Bxh8 Qxh4 17. Bxg4 Qxh8 18. e5 O-O-O $1 $146 (18... Nxe5 $2 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Dreev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Stohl] (59) Lutz}) 19. Qe2 c5 $1
20. d5 Nxe5 21. dxe6 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxb5 fxe6 25. Rac1
Bh6 26. Rxc4+ Kb8 27. Re1 Be3+ 28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Rd4 Rf8 30. Rd1 a6 31. Nc3 Rf2
32. Rd6 e5 33. Re6 Rf5 34. Rg6 Rf2 35. Rg5 Rxb2 36. Rxe5 Rxg2+ {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,
E-Dreev,A/Poikovsky 2005/CBM 106/[Lutz] (36)}) 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. e5 Kg8 17.
Bxg4 $1 Rh6 (17... Nxg4 18. Qxg4 {and the infiltration of the knight to d6
gives White a clear advantage, e.g. und das Eindringen des Springers nach d6
gibt Weiß deutlichen Vorteil, z.B.} Rh6 19. Ne4 Qe8 (19... Kh8 20. Nd6 $18) 20.
Rf6 Kh8 21. Nd6 Nxf6 22. exf6 Qg6 23. fxg7+ Kg8 24. Qf3 Qxg7 25. Be5 $18) 18.
Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf4 (19. exf6 Nxf6 $16 {is also good for White, but Black can
still thrash about for a bit. ist ebenfalls gut für Weiß, aber Schwarz
strampelt noch.}) 19... Ng8 (19... Rxh4 20. Bg5) 20. Bg5 Qe8 21. Bf7 Qc8 22.
Ne4 $6 (22. Qd2 $1 Rh7 (22... c5 23. Bxg8) 23. Ne4 $18 {is pretty bad for
Black. ist ziemlich übel für Schwarz.}) 22... c5 23. Nf6 $2 {And this swings
the game round a full 180 degrees. Danach wechselt sich der Kurs der Partie um
180 Grad.} (23. Bxh6 Nxh6 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Qh5 $16) (23. Nd6 $2 Rxd6 24. exd6
Bxd4+ 25. Kh2 Ne5 26. Qh5+ Kg7 $13) 23... Ndxf6 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Nxf6 26.
Bxh6 Qd7 {Now things have cleared up and suddenly Black is the one attacking.
Jetzt hat sich die Lage geklärt und auf einmal ist Schwarz der Angreifer.} 27.
Bg6 (27. Bh5 $142 cxd4 $17) 27... Rg8 $19 28. h5 Qd5 29. Qc2 (29. Qe2 Nxh5 $1 {
/\} 30. Qxh5 Qxg2#) 29... Nxh5 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Bxe8 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 Nxe5 $2 {Dieser Zug ist
eine ernsthafte Ungenauigkeit gegenüber sofortigem 13...hxg4, da Weiß nun ohne
die kurze Rochade auskommen kann.} (13... hxg4 14. O-O (14. Bxg4 $2 {ist nun
nicht möglich wegen} Rg8 15. Bh5 Rxg3 16. Nxf7 Qb6 $17) 14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7
$1 {1/2-1/2 Bacrot,E-Dreev,A/Poikovsky 2005/CBM 106_01/[Lutz] (36)}) 14. Bxe5
hxg4 15. Bxg4 $1 (15. O-O {würde zu der Stellung nach 13... hxg4 14.0-0 Sxe5
15.Lxe5 führen. Aber dank der schwarzen Ungenauigkeit hat Weiß nun eine andere
Fortsetzung.}) 15... Rh6 (15... Rg8 16. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Rxg2 18. Rf1 Qd7
19. O-O-O $40 {Kobalija}) 16. Qf3 $1 {Weiß betont, dass Schwarz auch Schwächen
hat, nämlich die f-Linie.} (16. h5 Qa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf4 Rh7 19. e5 Qb6 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. a4 a5 22. Kh1 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Rg7 26. Bf3
Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rg4 28. g3 Qd5 29. Raf1 O-O-O $132 {Beliavsky,A-Kobalija,M/FIDE
WCh Tripoli/2004/}) 16... Nd7 (16... b4 17. Na4 c5 18. Rf1 Bxe4 19. Qf4 $36 {
Kobalija}) (16... Nxg4 17. Qxg4 b4 18. Na4 $1 {/\} (18. Ne2 c5 $132) 18... Qa5
19. O-O Qxa4 20. Qg8 O-O-O 21. Rxf7 Bd6 22. Qg7 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 17. Bh5 Rh7
18. O-O-O Qa5 19. Kb1 $2 {Weiß ist offenbar zu sehr von der Drohung ...b5-b4
beeindruckt.} (19. Rhf1 $1 {ist die konsequente Fortsetzung.} O-O-O 20. Bxf7 b4
21. Bxe6 $1 Bh6+ (21... bxc3 22. Qxf8 $1 Qxa2 23. Qb4 $18) 22. Kb1 bxc3 23.
Qxc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 $40 {nebst Vormarsch des g-Bauern gibt Weiß sehr gutes
Spiel.}) 19... b4 20. Ne2 (20. Rhf1 $5 O-O-O 21. Bxf7 bxc3 22. Bxe6 Ba3 $5 23.
Qxc3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 Re8 {ist nun nicht mehr ganz so überzeugend.}) 20... Nxe5
21. dxe5 Qxe5 $17 {Jetzt hat Schwarz einen Mehrbauern und das wunderbare Feld
e5 für seine Dame. Weiß versucht noch durch ein Figurenopfer den Gang der
Ereignisse zu ändern, aber dafür ist es bereits zu spät.} 22. Nf4 Bd6 23. Nxe6
Qxe6 24. e5 Rxh5 25. Qxh5 Bf8 26. Rhf1 Qg6+ 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. g4 Bc8 29. Rd4
Be6 30. Rf6 Bd5 31. Rxg6 Bc5 32. Rxd5 (32. Rf4 Be3 $19) 32... cxd5 33. Rg8+ Bf8
34. e6 Rc8 35. h5 Rc7 36. h6 Rh7 37. g5 Ke7 38. Rg6 Kd6 39. b3 c3 40. Kc2 Be7
41. Kd3 Rh8 42. Kc2 Rf8 43. h7 Rf2+ 44. Kd3 Rh2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. f3 Qb6 18. Kh2 $146 {Dieser Zug ist eine Neuerung
gegenüber dem mehrfach gespielten 18.Kh1. Für mein Empfinden steht aber der
König auf h1 besser als auf h2, da auf h1 die Wahrscheinlichkeit für ein
lästiges schwarzes Zwischenschach geringer erscheint. So oder so sollte Weiss
jedoch keinen Vorteil haben.} (18. Kh1 c5 (18... e5 19. dxe5 $5 (19. d5 cxd5
20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo
Pons,F-Dreev,A/Biel 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (42)}) 19... Nxe5 20. Qc1 Rae8 21. fxg4
hxg4 22. Rd6 $13 {1-0 Filippov,V-Borovikov,V/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (60)
}) 19. d5 Ne5 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qc1 Nd3 (21... exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rae8
24. Rf5 f6 25. Qd1 Nf7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B-Novikov,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/
[Lutz] (40)}) (21... b4 $5) 22. Bxd3 cxd3 23. Rxd3 b4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Kobalija,M/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Lutz] (35)}) 18... Rad8 $5 {Schwarz drückt
weiter gegen d4, aber vielleicht ist das zu langsam. Analog zu den Varianten
nach 18.Kh1 ist auch hier 18...e5 oder 18...c5 möglich.} (18... e5 $5) (18...
c5 $5) (18... Bxd4 $2 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Rd1) 19. fxg4 hxg4 20. Rf4 $1 {Weiss
opfert das Zentrum, nimmt dafür aber direkt den schwarzen König aufs Korn.} (
20. e5 c5) (20. Qc1 $5) 20... e5 (20... c5 $5) 21. Rxg4 exd4 22. Qc1 $1 c5 (
22... f6 $5 23. h5 Kh7 24. Qf4 $13) 23. Nxb5 {Jetzt ist Schwarz in Problemen.}
Bxe4 $5 {Schwarz opfert eine Figur, um dank seiner Bauernmasse im Zentrum
Gegenspiel zu erlangen.} (23... Nf6 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8
27. Bc7 $18) 24. Qg5 Qg6 (24... Bg6 25. Bxc4 $18) 25. Qf4 Qf6 26. Qxe4 Rfe8 27.
Qc2 Ne5 28. Rg5 $2 {Von nun an geht es bergab mit der weissen Stellung.} (28.
Rxg7+ $5 Kxg7 29. Qc1 $16) 28... d3 29. Bxd3 cxd3 30. Qxc5 d2 31. Nc7 $2 {
Es sieht so aus, als wäre Weiss im Vorteil, aber Schwarz hat noch einen Pfeil
im Köcher ...} Nf3+ $1 32. gxf3 Re2+ 33. Bf2 $2 (33. Kh3 Qxf3 34. Qg1 f6 35.
Rg4 Qf5 {sieht günstig für Schwarz aus, ist aber noch nicht klar.}) 33... Qxf3
34. Rg2 Kh8 {Trotz Mehrfigur ist Weiss hilflos.} 35. Qg5 Rg8 36. Bd4 Rxg2+ 37.
Qxg2 Qxd1 38. Qg5 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp2 49th"]
[Site "Sant Lluis"]
[Date "2005.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2005.08.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 $5 {This move is unusual. Here preference has
mainly been given to: 11.Qc2, 11.d5, 11.e5 or 11.a4. Dieser Zug ist
ungewöhnlich. Meist wurde hier 11.Qc2, 11.d5, 11.e5 oder 11.a4 der Vorzug
gegeben.} (11. Qc2) (11. d5) (11. e5) (11. a4) 11... Bg7 (11... b4 $6 {
voluntarily loosens things up on the queenside. lockert freiwillig den
Damenflügel.} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 (12... Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1
Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Na4 17.
Be5 O-O 18. Bxc4 $16 Rfe8 19. f3 Nxc5 20. Bd6 Na4 21. Bb3 Nb6 22. Bxb4 a5 23.
Bc5 a4 24. Bc2 Nc4 25. Rd4 Ba6 26. Bxa4 Rec8 27. b4 Ne5 28. Bc2 Bb5 29. a4 Ra6
30. Kf2 Rca8 31. a5 Rc8 32. Rad1 Raa8 33. Bb3 Kg7 34. g3 Kf6 35. R1d2 g4 36.
Bd1 gxf3 37. Bxf3 Nxf3 38. Kxf3 Kg6 39. Rd7 Re8 40. g4 Bc4 41. R2d4 Bb3 42. h4
f5 43. exf5+ exf5 44. R4d6+ Be6 45. h5+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kh4 47. Bf2+ Kh3 48. gxf5
Bd5+ 49. Rxd5 cxd5 50. Rg4 Re4 51. Rxe4 dxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Kg4 53. f6 Kxh5 54. Kd5
Kg6 55. Kc6 h5 56. Kb7 Rf8 57. Bh4 Kf5 58. a6 Kg4 59. a7 Rf7+ 60. Ka6 Rf8 61.
b5 Kxh4 62. b6 Kg4 63. b7 Rxf6+ 64. Kb5 Rf5+ 65. Kc6 Rf6+ 66. Kd5 {1-0 Janssen,
R-Pavasovic,D/Maribor 2004/CBM 102 ext (66)}) 12. Nxd7 $146 {It is surprising
that White so willingly gives up his only advanced piece. Es ist überraschend,
dass Weiß so bereitwillig seine einzige vorgerückte Figur abtauscht.} (12. f4
Nxe5 13. fxe5 (13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f5 Qb6+ 15. Bf2 c5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Ke7
18. Qd6+ Qxd6 19. exd6+ Kxd6 20. e5+ Nxe5 21. Bg3 Kc6 $2 (21... Raf8) 22. Rae1
b4 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 bxc3 25. Rxe6+ Kd7 26. Bg4 h5 27. Rf7+ Kd8 28. Bf5
Bc8 29. Rd6+ Ke8 30. Bg6 Rh6 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rd8# {1-0 Pedersen,S-Rasmussen,K/
Nyborg 2001/CBM 83 (32)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bg4 (14. a4 a6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 O-O
17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Be1 b4 19. Na2 a5 $17 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. Bxb4 c5 22. dxc5 Bc6
23. Bb5 Nxe5 24. Rd6 Qc7 25. Qg3 Rfc8 26. h4 Qe7 27. hxg5 Qxg5 28. Qf2 Bxe4 29.
Bd2 Qg6 30. Rc1 Bf8 31. Rd4 Nf3+ {0-1 Mitkov,M-Grabarczyk,M/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84 
(31)}) (14. d5 O-O 15. dxe6 Nxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. exf7+ Kf8 $17
19. Rf5 Bd4+ 20. Kf1 Bc8 21. Rf3 Be5 22. g3 Be6 23. Ke1 Rd7 24. Rc1 Rad8 25.
Rc2 Rd4 26. Re3 Kxf7 27. Bh5+ Ke7 28. Nd1 Bc7 29. Nf2 Bb6 30. Ree2 Rf8 31. Re3
Rdd8 32. Rf3 Rxf3 33. Bxf3 Rf8 34. Bh1 Bxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 c3 37. bxc3
Bxa2 38. Ke3 Ke6 {0-1 Jean,O-Boudre,J/Marseille 2001/EXT 2002 (38)}) 14... O-O
(14... Qb6 $5) 15. h4 gxh4 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qa7 19. Kh1 Rad8 20.
Qe1 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qc5 22. Qxh4 Rfe8 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. Bh5 Rf8 25. Bxf7+ Kh7 26.
Bxe6 Nxe5 27. Bf5+ Rxf5 28. exf5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Nd3 30. Rf1 Qe5 31. Ne4 c5 32.
Ng5+ Kg7 33. Ne6+ Kh7 34. Qe7+ Kh8 35. Qe8+ {1-0 Bosboom,M-Baum,B/Germany 1997/
GER-chT2 (35)}) (12. Qc2 $5 a6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f5 Re8
17. Bh5 $40 exf5 18. exf5 Bxe5 19. f6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf8 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+
Nxd7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qf5+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ Kc5 26. a3 {1-0 Horvath,P-Todorovic,G/
Budapest 2003/CBM 93 ext (26)}) 12... Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5 $5 (13. Be5 $5 {
/\ f2-f4}) 13... Nd5 14. Ne4 {controlling a lot of important black squares.
mit Kontrolle vieler wichtiger schwarzer Felder.}) 13. Bd6 {This bishop is
White's real trump card. In order to castle, Black has to indulge in some
contortions. Dieser Läufer ist der wesentliche Trumpf des Weißen. Um zu
rochieren, muss Schwarz einige Verrenkungen machen.} e5 $5 {Some weeks earlier
13...Bf8 was played here. Einige Wochen früher wurde hier 13...Bf8 gespielt.} (
13... Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Pantsulaia,L-Karjakin,S/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (24)}
) 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 {Weiß muss möglichst schnell den
Damenflügel aufbrechen, damit der Bd6 Unterstützung erhält. Dabei schreckt er
nicht vor Materialopfern zurück.} bxa4 (16... a6 17. b3 $40) 17. Nxa4 Nc8 $2 {
Considering the miserable endgame which awaits Black after this move, it is
well worth considering accepting White's sacrifice of the exchange. In
Anbetracht des trostlosen Endspiels, das Schwarz nach diesem Zug ertwartet,
kommt die Annahme des weißen Qualitätsopfers stark in Betracht.} (17... Bxa4
18. Rxa4 Nxa4 (18... Qd7 19. Ra5 $40) 19. Qxa4+ Qd7 {and here the position is
unclear. und die Stellung ist nicht klar:} 20. Qa6 (20. Qa3 Rd8 21. Bb4 Bf8 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxc4 Rh8 $13) 20... Rc8 (20... Rd8 $6 21. Rd1 Bf8 22. Bxc4 Rb8
23. Bxb8 Qxd1+ 24. Bf1 $40) (20... Qc8 $6 21. Qb5+ Qd7 22. Bxc4 Qxb5 23. Bxb5+
Kd8 24. Rd1 $40) 21. Rd1 Rc6 22. Qa3 Qb7 23. Qc3 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 O-O $13) 18. Bc5
Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bf8 20. Be3 Bb4 {Black decides to get his king into safety in
double quick time. Schwarz beschließt, schleunigst den König in Sicherheit zu
bringen.} (20... Bxe4 21. Bxc4 Nd6 22. Be2 Bc6 23. Nc3 $40) 21. Bxc4 O-O 22. f3
$16 {The smoke has cleared, and White can lay claim to a clear endgame
advantage. The reason for this is that his pieces are noticeably more active
and he has pressure against a7. Der Rauch hat sich verzogen und Weiß kann
deutlichen Vorteil im Endspiel reklamieren. Der Grund dafür sind seine
wesentlich aktiveren Figuren und der Druck gegen a7.} Rb8 (22... a5 $5 $16) 23.
Nc5 Nb6 24. Be2 Rbd8 25. Nd3 Bb5 26. Rxa7 {And White collects the pawn, and
still maintains his pressure. Damit sackt Weiß den Bauern ein, bei anhaltendem
Druck.} Nc4 27. Nxb4 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nxe3 29. Bb3 Bc4 30. Bxc4 Nxc4 31. Nc6 Nxb2
32. Nxe5 Nd1 33. Rc7 h5 $6 {Loses a second pawn, but his position was already
bad in any case. Verliert einen zweiten Bauern, aber die Stellung war ohnehin
schon schlecht.} (33... Nb2 $142 34. Kf2 Kg7) 34. Nd7 $18 Rd8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36.
Nxh5+ Kg6 37. Rc6+ Kh7 (37... Kxh5 38. g4+ Kh4 39. Rh6#) 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rd6
Rxd6 40. Ne8+ Kg6 41. Nxd6 Nb2 42. Kf2 Nd3+ 43. Ke3 Ne1 44. g3 Nc2+ 45. Kd3
Nb4+ 46. Ke2 Nc6 47. Nf5 Ne5 48. h3 f6 49. h4 Nc4 50. hxg5 Kxg5 51. f4+ Kh5 52.
Ne3 Nd6 53. Kd3 Kg6 54. Nc4 Nb5 55. e5 fxe5 56. Nxe5+ Kf5 57. Ke3 Nc3 58. g4+
Ke6 59. Kf3 Nd5 60. Nc4 Ne7 61. Ne3 Nc8 62. g5 Nd6 63. Kg4 Ne4 64. Kh5 Kf7 65.
Kh6 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 h6 (8... Be7) (8... a6) 9. Bxf6 {In zwei Partien von Kharlov stand dieses
Schlagen auf dem Plan.} (9. Bh4 $5 a6 10. e3 c5 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Rfd1 Bb7 14. Rac1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Dydyshko,V-Smagin,S/Ivano
Frankovsk 1982/EXT 99 (34)}) 9... Nxf6 $146 {Es ist seltsam, dass dieses
Zurückschlagen eine Neuerung ist.} (9... gxf6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 a6 12. O-O Be7
13. e4 c5 14. d5 Qb6 15. Rad1 h5 16. Rd2 O-O-O 17. Qc2 Rhg8 18. b3 Bd6 19. a4
Ne5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rfd1 $13 {1-0 Kharlov,A-Popov,V/St Petersburg 1998/CBM
67 ext (49)}) (9... Qxf6 10. e3 a6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Bc4 Be7 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. f4 c5 17. O-O-O O-O 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. Qd3 Bxd6 20. exd6 Qc6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Beshukov,S/Kstovo 1997/CBM 59 (40)}) 10. e3 a6 11. Rc1
Bd7 {Dieser Zug sieht nur auf den ersten Blick seltsam aus. Schwarz plant ...
c6-c5 und will einem eventuellen Bf1xb5+ vorbeugen.} (11... Bb7 $5 12. e4 c5
13. dxc5 Bxc5 $2 14. Bxb5+ axb5 15. Qxb5+) 12. e4 c5 13. dxc5 (13. e5 cxd4 14.
Nxd4 Bc5 $5) 13... Qa5 14. e5 (14. Bd3 $11) 14... Ne4 15. a3 $2 {Was mag sich
Krasenkow dabei gedacht haben ? Das Turnier in Dos Hermanas wird der Pole
jedenfalls so schnell wie möglich vergessen wollen.} (15. Qc2 $142 Nxc5 16. a3)
15... Bxc5 $17 16. Rc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Qxa3 19. Qb1 Be7 {Mit einem
glatten Minusbauern macht das Weiterspielen nicht mehr so viel Spaß.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 {Dieser Zug ist Topalovs Spezialität. Allerdings ist
Khalifmans 10.h4 populärer.} Bg7 (10... Nbd7 11. Qc2 (11. h4 Nxe5 12. hxg5 Nfd7
13. dxe5 Qxg5 14. Kf1 h5 15. Rh3 h4 16. f4 Qxg3 17. Rxg3 hxg3 18. Bh5 O-O-O $13
{1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Yevseev,D/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) (11. O-O b4 12.
Nxd7 Kxd7 $6 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18.
Ba6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 11... Bg7 (
11... Rg8 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. O-O a6 16. d5 O-O-O 17.
dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 c5 19. e5 Be7 20. Qh7 Rge8 21. Qf7 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Qxe6
$36 {1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext (49)}) (11... Nxe5 12.
Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rad1 Rg8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 a6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5
Be7 19. Qh7 Rf8 20. Bh5 Qc7 21. Ne4 c5 22. dxc5 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qf6
25. Re3 Rd8 26. Rde1 $36 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 12.
Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nh7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. e5
c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. exd6 Qb6 24. Qc3+
Kg8 25. Qe5 Rd8 26. Bh5 $18 {1-0 Topalov,V-Komljenovic,D/Villarrobledo 2000/
EXT 2001 (32)}) (10... Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. fxg5 Nfd7
15. dxe5 Qxg5 16. Rxf7 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qxe4 19. Qd6 Qd5 20. Rd1 Qc5+
21. Bf2 Qxd6 22. exd6 c5 23. Bg4 Bd5 24. Bxc5 Rhg8 25. Bh3 a6 26. Bf2 $16 {
1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11. h4 Nbd7 (11... Nfd7
$6 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,
V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Lutz] (42)}) 12. Qc2 c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 $6 {
Schwarz beschwört Komplikationen herauf, die letztlich aber den Weißen in
Vorteil bringen.} (13... hxg5 $5 {sieht wie ein offensichtlicher
Verbesserungsversuch aus.}) 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 (14... Qa5+ $5 {ist interessant:} 15.
Kf1 Nxe4 (15... d3 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 $18) (15... Qxb5 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17.
Nxc4 $16) 16. Nxc4 Qxb5 17. Nd6+ Nxd6 18. Bxb5 Nxb5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Nc7 21.
gxh6 Bf6 {Ich denke, dass Weiß hier besser steht.}) 15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16. Nbd6+ Kf8
17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 {Der vertrippelte weiße g-Bauer sieht nicht
beeindruckend aus, aber viel wichtiger ist, dass nun eiene Angriffslinie gegen
den Pf7 geöffnet ist.} Qxb7 (18... Qxg3+ 19. Kf1 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qd3
$16) 19. O-O $16 {Es erscheint mir, dass Dreev diese Stellung nicht richtig
bei seinen Vorausberechnungen eingeschätzt hat.} d3 {Um die Diagonalen b6-g1
und g7-a1 zu öffnen.} 20. Qxd3 Ne5 (20... Qd5 $5 21. g6 $16) 21. Nxe5 $18 {
Weiß steht auf Gewinn, da Schwarz an der offenen f-Linie zugrunde geht.} Qb6+ (
21... Bxe5 22. Bh5 {, und der Pf7 kann nicht mehr richtig gedeckt werden:} f6 (
22... f5 23. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 24. Qxf5+ $18) (22... Qb6+ 23. Kh1 $1 f5 (23... f6
24. Qd7 Qc7 25. Rxf6+ $18) 24. Rxf5+ $1 exf5 25. Qxf5+ Bf6 26. Qd7 Rh7 27. Qxh7
$18) 23. gxf6 $18) 22. Rf2 (22. Kh1 $4 {geht jetzt nicht.} hxg5+ $19) 22...
Bxe5 23. Qf3 {Der Rf2 ist nun gefesselt, aber jetzt schlägt das Unheil von der
anderen Seite zu: Der Pf7 und der Ra8 hängen.} f5 (23... Ke7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 (
24... Kd6 25. Rd1+ $18) 25. g6 $18) 24. Qxa8+ Ke7 25. Qf3 {Mit dem Mehrturm
steht Weiß natürlich auf Gewinn, obwohl er wegen der Fesselung auf der
Diagonalen b6-g1 noch etwas Sorgfalt walten lassen muss.} hxg5 26. Rd1 Kf6 27.
Bc4 g4 28. Qd3 Kg5 29. Re1 Qc5 30. b4 Qd4 31. Rxe5 Qa1+ 32. Rf1 Qxe5 33. Qd2+
Kg6 34. Re1 1-0

[Event "Monaco m"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gurevich,M Baburin Gurevich,M} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5
h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 {Scheinbar ist 8.a3 ein Tempoverlust, dieser
Zug enthält jedoch mehrere Ideen, die gegen schwarze Aufbauten mit ...g6
gerichtet sind:} Bd6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {Im Vergleich zu der Variante 8.Bd3
dc4 9.Bc4 g6 hat Weiß jetzt das Mehrtempo a2-a3, daß er später zur
Umgruppierung Ba2-b1 benutzt.} g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Rfe1
Nb6 14. Ba2 $1 c5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. exd4 Qc7 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 g5
20. Bb1 Rd8 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qxe5 24. Rd8+ Ke7 25. Qg8 Qb5
26. Rd1 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Chernin,A/Moscow PCA-GP (2.2) 25' ;EXP 52 1996}) (8...
g6 9. e4 {Dieser Zug ist mit unklaren Verwicklungen verbunden. In der nächsten
Zeit wird hier noch einiges geschehen. In zwei anderen Partien führte Weiß
durch Abtausch auf d5 die Karlsbader Struktur herbei. M.E. bietet dieser
Aufbau unter den gegebenen Umständen keine Aussichten auf Vorteil.} (9. b4 Bg7
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Rfc1 Be6 15. Nd2 $10 {
1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Wijk (10) ;CBM 51 1996 (41)}) (9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Bd6 11.
Bd3 Qe7 12. O-O Nf6 13. b5 c5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Gurevich,M/BL2 9596 ;
CBM 51 1996 (70)}) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 11. Bd3 c5 (11... Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Re1 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Rexc1 Bf6 19.
Be4 a6 20. g3 Ra7 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Chernin,A/Bern op (08) ;EXP 46 1995
}) 12. d5 exd5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. O-O Bd6 15. h3 h5 {0-1 Arbakov,V-Gurevich,M/
Cappelle op ;CBM 51 1996 (40)}) 9. e4 Qe7 {Einige Tage später in Nussloch
wurde zwischen den gleichen Gegnern 8...de4 erprobt. Dreev kam jedoch arg
unter die Räder.} 10. e5 Bc7 11. Rc1 {/\ cd5} Nb6 12. c5 Nd7 13. Bd3 f6 {
Schwarz muß die Stellung öffnen, um seinen Läufern zum Leben zu verhelfen.
Alllerdings sollte er auch jetzt Prbleme haben.} 14. Nh4 Nf8 15. f4 fxe5 16.
Qh5+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 18. fxe5 Bd7 19. O-O+ $2 {Ein sehr natürlicher Zug,
der aber den Vorteil verspielt. Nach 19.Bg6! steht Weiß klar besser :} (19.
Bg6+ $1 Nxg6 (19... Ke7 20. Ne2 $1 Be8 21. Nf4 $16) 20. O-O+ Kg8 (20... Ke8 21.
Nxg6 Rg8 22. Rf3 $16) 21. Nxg6 Rh7 22. Rf3 $16 {/\ Rcf1}) 19... Ke7 20. Ne2 Be8
21. Nf4 g5 22. Nfg6+ Nxg6 23. Nxg6+ Bxg6 24. Bxg6 Rhf8 $10 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 b6 28. b4 bxc5 29. bxc5 Ba5 30. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 $5 Nxd7 13. Bd6 Bf8 $5 {This is
how Black gets rid of the annoying bishop, but must accept that he loses the
right to castle and that his black squares are weakened. So beseitigt Schwarz
den störenden Läufer, muss aber den Verlust des Rochaderechts und eine
Schwächung der schwarzen Felder in Kauf nehmen.} (13... e5 {1-0 Radjabov,
T-Dreev,A/Sant Lluis 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (65)}) 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4
{White proceeds very directly against f7, but he must bear in mind the
opposition of Qb6-Kg1. Weiß geht sehr direkt gegen f7 vor, muss aber auch die
Gegenüberstellung Qb6-Kg1 beachten.} Rd8 17. Bh5 g4 {keeps the f-file closed.
Hält die f-Linie geschlossen.} (17... c5 $5 {is also worth considering, but on
account of the open f-file Black is close to the abyss. kommt auch in Betracht,
aber angesichts der offenen f-Linie ist Schwarz dem Abgrund nahe:} 18. fxg5
Nxe5 (18... cxd4 19. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 20. Rxf7+ Kg8 21. gxh6 d3+ 22. Kh1 Nxe5 23.
Rg7+ Kf8 24. Qd2 $18) 19. dxe5 $5 (19. Qe2 {is completely unclear, e.g. ist
völlig unklar, z.B.:} cxd4 20. Qxe5 dxc3+ 21. Kh1 Rh7 22. g6 (22. bxc3 hxg5)
22... Rd2 23. Be2 (23. Bf3 Rg7 24. Qxc3 Rd7 25. Rad1 $13) 23... Rg7 24. Rxf7+
Rxf7 25. gxf7 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 cxb2 27. Qh8+ (27. Rf1 Qd4 $19) 27... Kxf7 28.
Rf1+ Ke7 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Qc8+ Kd5 32. Qd7+ Kc5 33. Qxd2 b1=Q 34.
Qe3+ $11) 19... Rxd1 20. Raxd1 Rh7 (20... hxg5 21. Rxf7+ Kg8 22. Rdd7 Rxh5 23.
Rg7+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Rge7 $1 $18) 24. Rdf7+ Ke8 25. Rxb7 $18) 21. Rd6 Qc7
22. g6 Rg7 23. Ne2 $40) (17... gxf4 $6 18. Rxf4 Nxe5 19. Qf1 Rh7 20. Qf2 $18)
18. Qxg4 $6 (18. Ne4 {looks stronger. The Pd4 is still protected and there is
the threat of Nd6. sieht stärker aus. Der Pd4 bleibt gedeckt und es droht Nd6.}
c5 19. Nd6 Rh7 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5) 18... Rg8 19. Qh4 Qxd4+ 20. Rf2 {
The rook on d8 is hanging and there is the threat of Rd1; so the next move is
forced. Der Turm d8 hängt und es droht Rd1, der nächste Zug ist daher erwungen.
} (20. Kh1 $2 Nxe5 21. Ne2 Qd5) 20... Nc5 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Ne2 $18) 21. Ne2 (
21. Rd1 Nd3) 21... Qd2 22. Ng3 (22. Qf6 {was a possibility of continuing the
game. White has the chance of f4-f5. but Black can bring his knight to d3. war
eine Möglichkeit, die Partie fortzusetzen. Weiß hat die Möglichkeit f4-f5,
aber Schwarz kann seinen Springer nach d3 bringen.} Rg7 23. Ng3 Qd4 24. Rd1 Nd3
25. Rdd2 (25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. f5 Bc8 27. Qxh6 Kg8 28. f6 Rh7 29. Qg5+ Kh8 $19)
25... Re8 (25... Rd7 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. f5 d2 28. fxe6 $18) 26. Qxh6 (26. Rxd3
cxd3 27. f5 d2) 26... Kg8 27. f5 Bc8 $13) 22... Qd4 23. Ne2 (23. Qf6 Rg7 {
- 22.Qf6 Rg7 23.Ng3 Qd4}) 23... Qd2 24. Ng3 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch60"]
[Site "Leeuwarden"]
[Date "2005.09.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Werle, Jan"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.09.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. f3 $6 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2 {Soweit war
noch alles bekannt und Schwarz forcierte in den Vorgängerpartien mittels 20...
Nh3+ das Dauerschach. Dies ist auch der Grund, warum aus
eröffnungstheoretischer Sicht 16.f3?! als harmlos gilt und Weiß meist 15.Bg3
oder 16.Bg3 versuchte.} Qg3 $5 {.... aber Schwarz will mehr. Vielleicht musste
Schwarz aus turniertaktischen Gründen auf Gewinn spielen, angesichts des
passiven Bb7 ist dies jedoch riskant.} (20... Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+
23. Kg1 Qg3+ $11) 21. Bf3 Rad8 22. Ne2 Qh4 (22... Nh3+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Rxf2 $1
Qxf2 25. Qg5+ Kh7 26. Qf6 Rd7 27. e5 {gibt Weiß Angriff.}) 23. Qc3 f6 (23...
Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qg3+ Kh8 (25... Kh7 26. Nc3) 26. Rf6 $40) 24. g3 Qh3 25.
Qe3 c5 (25... e5 26. dxe5 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 fxe5 28. Qa3 $16) 26. d5 e5 {Schwarz
will mit ...Rh8 und ...Bc8 am Königsflügel aufmarschieren und gibt dafür seine
Bauern am Damenflügel her.} (26... exd5 27. exd5 $16) 27. Qxc5 Rf7 28. Qxb5 Rh8
29. Qxc4 Bc8 $2 {Schwarz musste unbedingt den wichtigen weißen
Verteidigungsläufer abtauschen.} (29... Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bc8 (30... Rxh5 31. Kf2
Bc8 $44) 31. Kf2 Bg4 $44 {und die Lage ist nicht klar.}) 30. Bg2 Qxh5 31. Kf2
$16 {Jetzt hat Schwarz nicht genügend Kompensation für die beiden Bauern.} Qh2
$2 (31... f5 32. exf5 Bxf5 33. Ke1 $16) 32. Rh1 $18 Ba6 33. Qxa6 Nxe4+ 34. Kf1
Nxg3+ 35. Nxg3 Qxg3 36. Rxh8 Qf4+ 37. Kg1 Qe3+ 38. Kh1 Kxh8 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40.
Qh3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Nordahl, Helge Andreas"]
[Black "Lendwai, Reinhard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[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 "Norway"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 e6 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. e4 h6 10. Bh4 Qa5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. a3 Qb6 15.
Rad1 Rd8 16. Qe3 Be7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Qg3 g6 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. Nxf3 g5 23. Rd6 Qc5 24. Rxa6 Nb8 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. exd6+
Qxd6 28. Qxd6+ Kxd6 29. Nd4 Kd5 30. Nxb5 Kc4 31. Nd6+ Kb3 32. Nxf7 Rh7 33. Ne5
Kxa3 34. b5 Rb7 35. Rb1 Ka2 36. Re1 Rxb5 37. Nf7 h5 38. g3 Nc6 39. Rxe6 Nd4 40.
Re4 {Up till now, White has played well. However, the drama which follows is a
condemnation of the shortened FIDE thinking times. Bis hierhin hat Weiß gut
gespielt. Das folgende Drama ist jedoch eine Anklage gegen die verkürzte
FIDE-Bedenkzeit.} Nf3+ 41. Kg2 g4 42. h3 {The correct move, but now tactical
complications arise. Der richtige Zug, aber nun entstehen taktische
Komplikationen.} gxh3+ (42... Rf5 43. hxg4 Rxf7 44. gxh5 $18) 43. Kxf3 {
White has won the piece. Now "all" he has to do is gather in the h-pawn. Die
Figur hat Weiß gewonnen, jetzt muss er "nur" noch den h-Bauern einsacken.} (43.
Kxh3 $5 {From the practical point of view this would have been preferable,
although it is not totally clear whether White can win. wäre aus praktischer
Sicht vorzuziehen gewesen, obwohl nicht klar ist, ob Weiß gewinnen kann.} Rf5
44. Nd6 Rd5 45. Re2+ Kb1 46. Re3 $16) 43... Rb3+ (43... Rb1 44. Ra4+ Kb3 45.
Rh4 $18) 44. Re3 Rb1 45. Re5 Rb3+ (45... h2 $2 46. Ra5+ Kb2 47. Rb5+ Kc2 48.
Rxb1 Kxb1 49. Kg2 $18) 46. Re3 Rb1 47. Re5 (47. Re2+ $5 {would have been the
only way left to avoid the draw. war wohl noch die einzige Möglichkeit, dem
Unentschieden auszuweichen.} Ka3 (47... Kb3 48. Re5 h2 49. Rb5+ $18) (47... Ka1
$2 48. Re5 Rb3+ 49. Re3 Rb1 50. Ra3+ Kb2 51. Ra5 $18) 48. Re5 h2 49. Rxh5 h1=Q+
50. Rxh1 Rxh1 $16 {with some winning chances for White. mit einigen
Gewinnchancen für Weiß.}) 47... Rb3+ {Drawn? Remis ?} 48. Ke4 $2 {White
decides to play for a win, but only brings himself into danger. Weiß
entschließt sich, auf Gewinn zu spielen, bringt sich jedoch nur selbst in
Gefahr.} (48. Kf4 Rb4+ $11 (48... h4 $2 49. Re2+ $18)) (48. Ke2 h4 49. Rh5 hxg3
50. fxg3 Rxg3 $11) 48... h4 49. Ra5+ Kb2 50. Rh5 $2 (50. Rd5 {was the only
move with which to secure the draw. war bereits der einzige Zug, um das
Unentschieden zu sichern.} Kc1 51. Rc5+ Kd1 (51... Kb1 52. Rd5) (51... Kd2 52.
Ra5) 52. Ra5 Kc2 (52... Rb1 53. Kf3) 53. Ra2+ Kb1 54. Re2 hxg3 55. fxg3 Rxg3
$11) 50... h2 $19 51. Rxh4 Rb4+ 52. Kf3 Rxh4 53. gxh4 h1=Q+ 54. Kg4 Qg2+ 55.
Kh5 Qxf2 56. Nh6 Qf6 57. Ng4 Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Black "Matthiesen, Arne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2356"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Oslo"]
[BlackTeam "Aarhus"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 {Sakaevs Bauernopfer, dessen Folgen nach wie vor nicht geklärt sind.} Qxd4 {
Schwarz wählt die prinzipiellste Antwort.} (15... b4 $2 16. Na4 Qxd4 17. Bxc4
c5 $2 18. e5 $18 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Borovikov,V/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (26)})
(15... O-O $5 16. e5 (16. Rad1 {führt zu 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 {
Nun sind wir per Zugumstellung bei Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000 angelangt:
} (16... Nd7 $5 {muss Weiß nicht mit 17.Rad1 und Übergang zu bekannten
Varianten beantworten, sondern kann mit} 17. Ne4 $1 {(plant Ng5)} f5 18. exf6
Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Be5 $40 {begegnet werden.}) 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19.
f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4
Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13) (15... Nh7 16. e5 Qxd4 17. Rad1
Qb6 18. Ne4 O-O 19. b3 $1 $40 {Sakaev}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 $6 {ist schwächer,
da Weiß den Turm auf a1 zur Unterstützung des a-Bauern braucht.} Qb6 (16... Qc5
$6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Kh1 $13 {0-1 Wendt,J-Van Wely,L/
Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (39)} (20. Qe4 $5)) 17. e5 (17. Bd6 O-O-O $5)
17... Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O (18... O-O $2 19. Ng5) 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 $17 {
0-1 Wu Shaobin-Al Sayed,M/Doha 2003/CBM 94/[Lutz] (50)}) 16... Qb6 17. a4 a5 $5
{Dieser Zug wurde schon einmal in einer Partie zwischen zwei schwächeren
Spielern gewählt. Gegenüber der Standardreaktion 17..a6 hat er den Vorteil,
dass a4-a5 nun "physisch" verhindert ist und auch ...b5-b4 in der Luft hängt.}
(17... a6 18. Qd2 Bh6 (18... O-O 19. Qg5 Nh7 20. Qxh5 b4 21. a5 Qa7 22. Na4 Nf6
23. Qg5 Nxe4 24. Qxg4 f5 $13) (18... Rh6 19. Qf4 Rg6 20. Qe5 Bf8 21. Rd2 Rc8
22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qb8+ Ke7 27. Bc7 e5
28. Qxb7 Nd7 29. g3 Ke6 30. Qxa6 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Kxd6 32. axb5 Rf6 33. Nd1 Qxb5
34. Qa8 Qb4 35. Kf1 c3 36. bxc3 Qxe4 37. Ke1 Qh1+ 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Ne3 Qb1 40.
Nd1 Rd6+ 41. Ke1 Qe4 42. Ne3 f5 43. Qg8 f4 44. Qg7+ {1/2-1/2 Bocharov,
D-Kobalia,M/Abu Dhabi 2005/CBM 107 ext (44)}) 19. Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4
Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23. Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7
28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5 $44 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Kobalija,M/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] 
(38)}) 18. Qc1 $146 (18. Qd2 b4 19. Qg5 Kf8 20. Be5 $6 (20. e5 $5 Nd5 21. Ne4
$44) 20... Rh6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Bd6 Qc8 $19 {0-1 Witt,R-Al Sayed,M/
Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (36)}) 18... b4 19. e5 $2 (19. Qg5 {würde zu der
Variante nach 18.Qd2 führen und war vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bh6 20. Bf4 (20. Qc2
bxc3 21. exf6 Qxb2 $19) 20... Bxf4 $6 {Führt zwar auch zu einer schwarzen
Gewinnstellung, es ging aber noch besser.} (20... bxc3 $19 21. Bxh6 cxb2 {
war nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 21. Qxf4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qf6 Rg8 24.
g3 Rg6 25. Qf4 (25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxh5 d4 $19) 25... Rc8 26. Rd4 Ba6 27. Rc1 Ke7
$19 28. Bd1 b3 29. Rc3 Rcg8 30. Kh2 f5 31. Qe3 Rb8 32. Be2 Bc8 33. Rc1 Bd7 34.
Ra1 Qc7 35. f3 Rbg8 36. fxg4 hxg4 37. Kg2 Rh8 38. Rdd1 Rh5 39. Qd4 Rg8 40. Rf1
Kd8 41. Rfd1 Kc8 42. Rac1 Bc6 43. Kg1 Kb7 44. Kg2 Qb6 45. Ra1 Qxd4 46. Rxd4 Kb6
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. e5 Nh5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nd6+ $146 (14. Nfd2
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Be7 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17. exd6 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Nc4 O-O $13 {
Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54/1/2-1/2 (57)}) (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5
Qd5 16. Qc1 Ba6 $15 {Gelfand}) 14... Bxd6 15. exd6 Nxg3 16. hxg3 (16. fxg3 O-O
17. Bxc4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 $10 {Gelfand}) 16... Qb6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Bd5
19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Nd2 Rd8 $1 (20... Nb6 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. d7+ Ke7 23. b3 $36
Nb2 $2 24. d8=Q+ Rhxd8 25. Qxd8+ $16) (20... Qxd6 21. Nxc4 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Ke7
23. Nd6 {/\ Rc7, Nb7}) (20... Bxf1 21. Rxc5 Nxc5 22. Nxf1 {/\ Qd4, Ne3-g4}) 21.
Rxc4 (21. Nxc4 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 {>< d6}) 21... Qxd6 22. Ne4 Qxd1 (22... Qe5 $2
23. Rd4 {/\ f4}) 23. Rxd1 Ne5 (23... a5 $2 24. Rc7 $18) 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rxb4
$11 Kc7 26. f4 gxf4 27. gxf4 Nc6 28. Rb3 Rd8 29. Re3 Rd4 30. f5 $1 (30. b3 Ne7
$5 $15 {/\ ...Nd5}) 30... exf5 31. Nc3 Kd7 (31... Kd7 32. Rh3 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. cxd5 cxd5 $1 {Diese Idee von Gelfand scheint Schwarz ziemlich
problemlos Ausgleich zu sichern.} 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 (13. Na4 $5 {
Van Wely} Nb6 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. a4 Bd7 16. Ne5 Be8 {scheibnt ein besserer
Versuch im Kampf um die Initative zu sein. Zumindest ist der Rf8 außer Spiel.})
13... Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 (15. Nd2 Nc8 16. Rfc1 Nd6 17. b5 Rfc8 18. a5 Qd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Gelfand,B/Tilburg Fontys (9) 1996 (31)}) 15... Nc8 $11
{Schwarz kommt zu ...Nd6 und ...Rfc8, wonach aufgrund der Schwäche c4 Weiß
eher um Ausgleich bemüht sein muß.} 16. b5 Nd6 17. b6 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Be8 19. f4
axb6 20. axb6 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 g5 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 Ne4 24. Bd3 gxf4 25. exf4
Qh4 26. g3 (26. Bxe4 Qxf4 $1) 26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qh3+ 29. Kg1
Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Qh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Qd8 $5 (9... Be7 {wurde öfter versucht.}) 10. e3 Bd6 {Schwarz
strebt ein schnelles ...e5 an. Die Frage ist, wie Weiß darauf reagiert.} 11.
Qe2 (11. Nd2 $5 {scheint mir interessant, da der Nf3 so auf bessere Felder
gelangt und der Bg2 zum Leben erwacht.} Nb6 {Andernfalls folgt Nxc4 mit
leichtem Vorteil.} 12. a4 {Um das Feld b5 zu schwächen, sobald der Pc6 zieht.}
a5 13. Qe2 e5 (13... O-O 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e5 16. d5 cxd5 (16... c5 17. e4
$14 {nebst f2-f4. Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.}) 17. Bxd5 $14) 14. Nxc4 (14. d5
$5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb4 17. Qxc4 Bxd2 18. Rfd1 {verdient
Aufmerksamkeit.}) 14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 exd4 (15... O-O 16. d5 {- 13...0-0}) 16.
exd4 $1 (16. Qxd4 $2 {ist ein strategischer Fehler, da der Bg2 keine
Betätigung hat.} Qf6 $5 17. Qxf6 gxf6 $11 {und Schwarz hat bequemen Ausgleich.}
) 16... O-O 17. d5 c5 (17... cxd5 18. Bxd5 $14) 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Bf1 $14 {
und der weiße Läufer strebt nach b5 bzw. zum Abtausch gegen den Bc8. Man
beachte, daß ohne Einschub der Züge a2-a4 und a7-a5 Schwarz einfach ...a7-a6
folgen lassen kann und keine Probleme mehr hat.}) 11... O-O 12. Rfd1 (12. Nd2
$5 {ist auch hier beachtenswert.}) 12... Qe7 13. Qxc4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15. Qh4
cxd5 16. Qxe7 Bxe7 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. f4 {Sonst folgt ...Bxc3} Bxe5 19. fxe5 Be6
20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rad8 $11 23. Rd4 b6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. Rd5
Re7 26. Kf2 Rfe8 27. Kf3 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Rd7 Ra5 31. a3 Kg6
32. h4 Kf6 33. g4 Rb5 34. Rxa7 Rxb2 35. a4 Rb4 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 04th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bator, Robert"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 {Mein persönlicher Eindruck ist, daß Weiß in
dieser Stellung über keinen Vorteil verfügt.} 11. Rc1 Qe7 $5 {Eine
interessante Feinheit gegenüber 11... 0-0:} (11... O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8
(13... e5 $2 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 $16 {Dautov}) (13... b6 $5 14. Ba4 c5 (14...
Ba6 15. Bxc6 Bxf1 16. Bxa8 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxa8 18. Qa4 $14 {Dautov}) 15. Bc6 Rb8
16. Qa4 $14 {Dautov}) 14. Qc2 Nf6 (14... e5 $5 15. Rfe1 Kh8 $5 16. Ng3 $14 {
Dautov}) 15. Nc5 b6 (15... Rb8 16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 $14 {Dautov}) 16. Ne5 $1
Rd6 17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Ba4 $1 Rc8 19. b4 Nd7 20. f4 $16 {Dautov,R-Dreev,A/Reggio
Emilia9596 (02); CBM 51 1996}) 12. Bb3 (12. Ne4 $5 b6 13. Qe2 {/\ Ba6} a5 $5)
12... b6 13. Ne2 (13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Ba4 Rc8) 13... Bb7 {Schwarz kommt zur
problemlosen Entwicklung des Bc8 und steht (in Anbetracht des folgenden
Befreiungsmanövers ...c6-c5) bereits besser.} 14. Nf4 O-O $15 15. Qc2 Rfd8 16.
Rfd1 Rac8 17. Qe2 a6 (17... c5 18. d5 $1) 18. a3 b5 19. Nd3 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rxc5 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 $17 {Von derartigen Stellungen
träumt der Schwarze im Moskauer System: er hat den Bc8 befreit und seine
Läufer beherrschen das Brett. In der Folge läßt der Nachziehende jedoch seinen
Vorteil verschwinden.} 24. Qd2 Qc6 25. h3 Bf6 26. b3 Kf8 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4
Qb6 29. Nd4 h5 30. f4 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Nf3 Bf6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Qd3 Qb2+ 35.
Qc2 Qa3 36. Qb3 Qe7 37. Qc4 Qe4 38. Bb3 Qxc4 39. Bxc4 Kf8 40. e4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Black "Wallace, John Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 (8. Bd3 g6 $6 (8... dxc4 $1 9. Bxc4 g6 10. e4 $140 e5 $1) 9. e4
dxc4 10. e5 $1 Qe7 11. Bxc4 $14 {Diese Stellung ist bekanntlich besser für
Weiß. In der Partie hat Weiß sogar noch das Mehrtempo a2-a3 und die schwarze
Dame steht auf d8 statt e7.}) 8... g6 9. e4 dxc4 $6 {Kritisch ist hier 9...
dxe4:} (9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qf4 $13 {Arbakov,V-Gurevich,M/Cappelle op ;CBM 51
1996} (10... Qf4 {Ftacnik} 11. Bd3 (11. Qe2 Bg7 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O
e5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Nc5 18. b4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh3 20. Rfe1
Rad8 21. c5 Qc7 {0-1 Nikolic,Pr-Kramnik,V/Amber Blind Monte Carlo (9)/1996/ 
(41)}) 11... Bg7 (11... c5 $6 12. d5 $5 exd5 13. Nc3 $1 Nf6 14. O-O $6 Bd6 $1
15. h3 h5 16. cxd5 Bg4 $1 $36 17. Re1+ Kf8 18. Re3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qh2+ 20. Kf1
Kg7 21. Rae1 Rhe8 $1 $15 {0-1 Arbakov,V-Gurevich,M/Cappelle op/1996/ (40)}) 12.
O-O (12. c5 $5 O-O 13. O-O e5 14. g3 Qg4 15. Re1 $5 exd4 16. Bc4 b6 17. b4 bxc5
18. bxc5 Qh5 19. Rc1 $16 {Neverov,V-Guliev,S/Nikolaev zt/1993/1/2-1/2 (85)})
12... O-O 13. Re1 e5 (13... b6 14. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Savchenko,S-Kozirev,A/URS-chT
Podolsk/1990/}) (13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bc3 17.
Qc1 Qxc1 18. Rexc1 Bf6 19. Be4 a6 20. g3 Ra7 21. Nd2 {1/2-1/2 Cvitan,O-Chernin,
A/Bern op (08)/1995/}) 14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Bf1 Qc7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. cxd6
b6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Rec1 Rd8 21. g3 {0-1 Petursson,M-Serper,G/Oslo op (05)/1994/
(38)}) 14. g3 Qg4 15. Nd6 exd4 16. Re4 Qh3 17. Bf1 Qh5 18. b4 g5 19. Nxd4 Qxd1
20. Rxd1 Nf6 21. Ree1 (21. Re7 $1 Rd8 22. Nxf7 Kf8 23. Rc7 Ne8 24. Nxd8 Nxc7
25. Be2 $16) 21... Rd8 22. Nb3 {Tukmakov,V-Gurevich,M/Wijk op (07)/1993/1/2-1/
2 (67)})) 10. e5 Qd8 (10... Qe7 $2 11. Ne4) 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. Qe2 (12. O-O {
Ftacnik} O-O 13. Re1 c5 14. Nb5 Nb6 15. Ba2 cxd4 16. Nd6 Rb8 17. Rc1 Bd7 18.
Nxd4 Nc8 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qg4 Re8 21. h4 {1-0 Lalic,B-Marangunic,S/CRO-chT
Makarska (05)/1994/ (35)}) 12... c5 $6 {Schwarz ist im Entwicklungsrückstand
und sollte daher nicht die Stellung öffnen.} (12... O-O $142) (12... O-O {
Ftacnik} 13. O-O b6) 13. d5 exd5 (13... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. dxe6 $14
) 14. Nxd5 O-O (14... Qa5+ {Ftacnik} 15. Kf1 $1 $40) 15. O-O-O Kh8 (15... Re8 {
Ftacnik} 16. Nf4 Qb6 17. e6 $16) (15... a6 $5 16. Nf4 Kh7) (15... Kh7 $5) 16.
Nf4 Qc7 (16... Qe8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Nxe6 $36) 17. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 (17... Nxe5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Nxg6+ $18) 18. Nxg6+ Kh7 19. e6 Nf8 (19... Kxg6 20.
Qe4+ Kf6 21. Rd5 $18 (21. Rd5 $1 Ne5 (21... Rf8 22. Rf5+ Ke7 23. exd7+ Kxd7 24.
Rd1+ $18) 22. Rxe5 Ke7 23. exf7+ Bxe5 24. Nxe5 $18) (21. Rhe1 $40 {Chekhov})) (
19... Rxf3 {Ftacnik} 20. Qxf3 Kxg6 21. Qe4+ Kf6 22. e7 $18) 20. e7 $1 Nxg6 (
20... Bg4 21. Nxf8+ Bxf8 22. e8=Q Rxe8 23. Qxe8 Qf4+ 24. Rd2 $18) (20... Rxe7 {
Chekhov} 21. Nxe7 $18) 21. e8=Q $18 Qf4+ (21... Nf4 22. Q2b5 Rf8 23. Qe3 $18)
22. Rd2 (22. Q8e3 $5 Re7 23. Qxf4 Rxe2 24. Qc7 Rxf2 25. Rd8 $18) 22... Re7 23.
Qxg6+ Kxg6 24. Qxe7 Kh7 (24... Qc4+ {Ftacnik} 25. Rc2 Qf4+ 26. Qe3 $18) (24...
Bf5 {Chekhov} 25. Qd6+ $18) 25. Qe3 Qf6 26. Rhd1 Bf5 27. Ne5 c4 28. g4 c3 29.
bxc3 Be6 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Rd6 Qe7 32. Ng6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.07.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 (9. g3 e5 $1 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. h4 exd4
14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gelfand,B/Belgrade Invest 1995 
(40)}) 9... g6 (9... Qe7 $5 {Die Dame steht auf e7 besser als auf f6. Außerdem
muß Weiß sich mit der Drohung ...Qb4 auseinandersetzen.} 10. Qd3 g6 11. e4 Bg7
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O b6 14. e5 Bb7 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. Rfe1 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5
Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rfe8 20. Bb5 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Novikov,I/Bern op 1994 
(29)}) (9... e5 $2 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 Bd6 12. Rxd6 $18) 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bh3
O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 $146 {Gegen die Drohung ...Nb6 und ...e5 gerichtet.} (
13. Rd2 Nb6 14. Qb3 e5 15. Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg,K-Cuijpers,F/NLD-ch
Hilversum 1983/MCD-ch}) 13... Rb8 (13... Nb6 14. Qc2 e5 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. dxe5
Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd6 $36 {und Schwarz hat offensichtlich die Stellung zu
früh geöffnet.}) 14. a3 (14. b4 $6 b6 15. Qxc6 Bb7 16. Qc2 Qxb4) 14... Re8 15.
b4 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht so sehr, da Schwarz sich durch das
folgende Manöver entlastet.} (15. Rd3 $6 b6 16. Qxc6 $2 Bb7) (15. Rd2 $5 {
mit der Absicht Rfd1} Nb6 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bxc8 exd4 18. Bxb7 $5) 15... a5 $1 16.
Nc5 (16. bxa5 $5 Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qe7 18. a6 bxa6 19. Qxc6 Bb7 $11 {verspricht dem
Weißen nichts.}) 16... axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 $11 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Rd2 e5 {Führt zu
Vereinfachungen. Ebenfalls möglich war 19...b6 :} (19... b6 $5 20. Nxd7 Bxd7
$11 {/\ ...Be8}) 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. dxe5 (21. Nxb7 $2 Be6) 21... Bh3 22. Rxd8+
Rxd8 23. Rc1 Bg4 24. Qe3 Rd5 25. Nd3 Bxf3 26. exf3 Bxe5 27. Re1 Bd6 28. Qxe7
Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Rxd3 30. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Qc2 (9. Be2 a6 (9... Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 (10... a6 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 gxf4 13.
Bxf4 $44 {0-1 Bosboom,M-Riemersma,L/NED-sf 1996 (37)}) 11. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Dortmund 1996 (56)}) 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7
13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Qh7 $40 {1-0 Lobron,
E-Slobodjan,R/Nussloch 1996 (28)}) 9... Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 (10... Be7 11. O-O a6
12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. a4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ahlander,B-Hansen,L/Farum 1993 (25)}) 11. O-O
Nh5 12. a4 a6 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 15. Rfd1 O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 $5 {
[%cal Yc2h7,Ye2f3,Yf3e4,Yc3e4] Weiß gibt noch einen Bauern um Felder und
Lineien für Qc2, Nc3 und Be2 zu erlangen. Aber zwei Bauern sind zwei Bauern ...
} Qe7 18. Rd6 Nxe5 19. Rad1 Rad8 (19... Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 (20... Qxd6 21. Bh7+)
21. Qxd3 $44 {<-> d}) 20. Rxd8 Nxf3+ (20... Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Nxe5 Bxe5
23. Qg6+ Bg7 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Bg4 $40) 21. Bxf3 Rxd8 22. Re1 $44 {Die
zerrissene schwarze Struktur und der inaktive Bb7 geben Weiß Ersatz für das
geopferte Material.} Rd4 23. axb5 axb5 24. Be4 Kh8 25. Bf5 Bc8 26. Qe2 Qf7 27.
Bb1 (27. Bxe6 $2 Bxe6 28. Qxe6 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rd2 $19) 27... Rd8 28. Be4 (28.
Qe4 Bd4) 28... Bd7 29. Rd1 Rf8 30. Bb1 c5 31. Rd6 Bd4 32. Ne4 Bc8 33. Kh2 Kg8 (
33... Bxf2 34. Nxf2 Qxf2 35. Qe5+ Kg8 (35... Qf6 36. Qxf6+ Rxf6 37. Rd8+) 36.
Rc6 $44) 34. Rc6 Qb7 35. Rd6 Qf7 36. Rc6 Qb7 37. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 05th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1997.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. g3
Nb6 $5 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung. Schwarz provoziert c4-c5.} (8... dxc4)
9. c5 Nd7 10. Bg2 b6 $6 {Nun kommt Weiß zum Druckspiel gegen die Bauern b6 und
c6. Bedenkenswert erscheint mir 10...e5 :} (10... e5 11. e3 {Weiß muß die
Bauernkette d4-c5 stützen.} (11. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 {schwächt lediglich den Pc5.}) (
11. e4 $2 exd4) 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 {mit der Idee b2-b4-b5.}) 11.
cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Qd8 13. e4 Be7 14. exd5 exd5 (14... cxd5 15. Rfc1 $14 {
gefolgt von Bf1 und Nb5 ist besser für Weiß.}) 15. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rc6]
[%cal Ya1c1,Yc1c6,Ye1e8,Yc3a4,Ya4b6,Yf3e5,Ye5c6] Angesicht der schwarzen
Schwächen hat Weiß Vorteil.} O-O 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. Bh3 Nf6 $5 {Gibt dem Weißen
das Feld e5.} (17... Ra6 $5 18. Na4 b5 19. Bxd7 Rxa4 (19... Qxd7 20. Nc5 $16)
20. Bxc6 Rb4 21. Qe3 $18 {funktioniert nicht für Schwarz.}) 18. Ne5 (18. Na4 $5
b5 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 $14) 18... Bd6 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nd3 $14) (
18... b5 $5 {um den Nc3 nicht nach c5 zu lassen.} 19. a4 b4 {nebst ...Qb6 oder
...Qa5.}) 19. Na4 b5 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Qb6 22. Bf5 Ra4 23. Qc3 Rxa2 24.
Nxc6 Re8 $6 (24... Rfa8 $5 {und ...Ra1}) 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nc8 $6
(27. Nxd5 $1 $16 {war möglich.} Ra1+ 28. Kg2 Nf6 $2 (28... Nc7 29. Be4 $16) (
28... Nd6 29. Be4 $1 $16 Nxe4 $2 30. Rc8+) 29. Rc8+ $1 Ne8 30. Qb4+ $18) 27...
Qa5 28. b4 Qa3 $1 {Mit dieser glänzenden Verteidigung meldet Schwarz sich
zurück. Trotz zeitweilig zweier Minusbauern kann Schwarz sich nun halten..} 29.
Qxa3 Rxa3 30. Rxb5 Bxc8 31. Bxc8 Nd6 $1 {Hier entfaltet der Srpinger eine
ungeheure Defensivwirkung.} (31... Nf6 32. Bb7 $16) 32. Rxd5 Ke7 33. Rc5 (33.
Re5+ Kd8 34. Bg4 Rb3 $14) 33... Rb3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rc6 Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kf6 37.
Rc6 Ke7 38. Ba6 Rxb4 39. d5 Rd4 40. Rc5 {Trotz Mehrbauer hat Weiß keine
Gewinnchancen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kumaran, Dharshan"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. a4 (12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. a4
a5 $5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. Nd2 c5 19. Nc4 Raa8 20. d5 Bxc3
21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Rd6 Qe7 23. Qxc3 Ba6 24. Rd2 Bxc4 25. Bxc4 Ne5 $10 {
Beliavsky,A-Dreev,A/Novosibirsk (04) ;CBM 50 1995}) 12... e5 {Geöhnlich ist ...
e5 nicht so effektiv, wenn Weiß noch nicht e4 gespielt hat. In zwei Partien
Beljwaskis reagierte Schwarz mit dem Gegenstoß ...a5 auf das weiße a2-a4:} (
12... Qe7 13. Rb1 a5 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qc2 b6 16. e4 (16. Rfe1 $5 Bb7 (16... c5
17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 $16 {Beliavsky}) 17. e4 c5 18.
d5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxa4 20. Bb5 Ra7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Ne5 Qe7 23. Ng4 $40 {
Beliavsky}) 16... c5 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rxa4 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Gelfand,B/
Belgrade Invest (04) ;CBM 51 1995}) 13. a5 exd4 14. exd4 Rd8 15. Qb3 $14 Nf8
16. Ne4 Qf4 17. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7][%cal Yb3f7]} Bxd4 (17... Bg4 18. Ne5) (
17... Rb8 18. Rfe1 b6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nd3 {/\ Nde5}) 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Rxd4
Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. h3 Bf5 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Nxb7 Re8 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Qf3 Rd7
26. Nxf5 (26. Qxc6 $5) 26... Qxf5 27. Rxd7 Qxf3 28. gxf3 Nxd7 29. f4 Kf8 30.
Kg2 Ke7 31. Kf3 f5 32. Ke3 Nf8 33. h4 Ne6 34. Bd3 Ng7 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. Bc4 Ne6+
37. Bxe6 Kxe6 38. Kc5 Kd7 39. b5 cxb5 40. Kxb5 Kc7 41. Ka6 Kb8 42. Kb5 Kc7 43.
Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1997.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1997.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 $5 {Dieser Zug ist eine sehr prinzipielle Antwort auf das Gambit 6.
Bh4. Schwarz verliert zwar seinen Halt am Damenflügel, bekommt dafür aber den
wichtigen Pe4.} 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Bxc4 $5 $146 {Diese Neurung ist schwächer als
11.Be5.} (11. Be5 Nf6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxc4 g4 (13... Be7 $5 14. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6
15. Qe1 {1-0 Stocek,J-Stojanovic,M/EUchJM-U18 Hania 1994 (23)} Qe7 $17) 14.
Bxf6 (14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Qf2 Bg7 $17 {
0-1 Neurohr,S-Beikert,G/BL2-S 1992 (36)}) 14... Qxf6 15. Ne5 h5 16. f4 Nxe5 17.
fxe5 Qg5 18. Qd3 $44 {1-0 Lputian,S-Smagin,S/URS-ch52 Riga 1985 (34)}) 11...
Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. O-O Bg7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. Bd3 {Schwarz hat
keine Probleme mehr und steht eher besser.} c5 $5 17. dxc5 Bc6 18. Be4 Qc7 19.
Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Re2 g4 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Ne5 Qb5 23. Nd7 Ne4 24. Rd3 Rfc8 25. a3
bxa3 26. Rxa3 Rc7 27. Rd3 Kh8 28. b3 f5 29. Rc4 Re8 30. f3 gxf3 31. gxf3 Nxg3
32. Kf2 Nh5 33. Nc3 Qb7 34. Rd6 Rc6 35. Rd3 Qc7 36. Rd6 Rd8 37. Rxc6 Qxc6 38.
Ne5 Rxd1 39. Nxc6 Rd7 40. Na5 Bd4+ 41. Kf1 Bxc3 42. Rxc3 Nf4 43. c6 Rc7 44. Rc4
Nd5 45. Ke2 Kg7 46. Kd3 Kf6 47. Kd4 h5 48. Kc5 Rh7 49. Rh4 Kg5 50. Rh3 Kf4 51.
Nc4 h4 52. Kd6 Nc7 53. b4 Nb5+ 54. Kxe6 Nd4+ 55. Kd5 Nxf3 56. Nd6 Kg4 57. Rh1
h3 58. Nb5 a6 59. c7 Rh8 60. Nd6 h2 61. c8=Q Rxc8 62. Nxc8 Kg3 63. Ne7 f4 64.
Ng6 Kg2 65. Ra1 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 {Sakaevs Zug, die Idee besteht darin, nach 15...0-0 sofort 16.e5 antworten
zu können. Der Nachteil gegenüber der Hauptvariante 16.Rad1 ist natürlich,
dass der Pd4 hängt.} Qxd4 (15... b4 $2 16. Na4 Qxd4 17. Bxc4 c5 $2 18. e5 $18 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-Borovikov,V/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (26)}) (15... O-O $5 16.
e5 (16. Rad1 {führt zu 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 {Nun sind wir per
Zugumstellung bei Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000 angelangt:} (16... Nd7 $5 {
muss Weiß nicht mit 17.Rad1 und Übergang zu bekannten Varianten beantworten,
sondern kann mit} 17. Ne4 $1 {(plant Ng5)} f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Be5
$40 {begegnet werden.}) 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21.
fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1
27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13) (15... Nh7 16. e5 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ne4 O-O 19.
b3 $1 $40 {Sakaev}) 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Qc5 $5 {0-1 Wendt,J-Van Wely,L/
Minneapolis 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (39)}) 16... Qb6 17. a4 {Es droht a4-a5 mit
Kaltstellung der schwarzen Dame. Andererseits hat Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr.} a6
(17... a5 $5 18. Qd2 b4 19. Qg5 Kf8 20. Be5 $6 (20. e5 $5 Nd5 21. Ne4 $44)
20... Rh6 21. Bd4 Qc7 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Bd6 Qc8 $19 24. e5 Nh7 25. Qf4 bxc3 26.
bxc3 Nf8 27. Rab1 Ng6 28. Qg5 c5 29. Rb6 Be4 30. Bxc4 Qd8 31. Rb5 Nxh4 32. Qe3
Bxg2 33. Rdb1 Nf5 34. Qxc5 Qh4 35. Rb8+ Rxb8 36. Rxb8+ Kh7 {0-1 Witt,R-Al
Sayed,M/Amsterdam 2004/CBM 101 ext (36)}) 18. Qd2 Bh6 {Schwarz will die weisse
Dame nicht nach g5 lassen, aber nun dringt Weiss über d6 ein.} (18... O-O 19.
Qg5 Nh7 20. Qxh5 b4 21. a5 Qa7 22. Na4 Nf6 23. Qg5 Nxe4 24. Qxg4 f5 $13) 19.
Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4 {Mit den Ideen Bg5 und Be3.} Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23.
Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7 28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5
{Weiss hat natürlich Kompensation für den Bauern, aber klar ist die Lage noch
lange nicht. In den nächsten Zügen verschlechtert sich die Lage des Schwarzen
jedoch rapide.} Rh7 $6 (29... Qc7 $5 30. Ne4 c5) 30. Bf3 f5 $2 {So
kontrolliert Schwarz das Feld e4, schwächt aber gleichzeitig den Bauern e6 und
das Feld g6.} (30... Rh4 31. Qg3 c5 $5) 31. Ne2 c5 32. Qg3 Kf7 33. Nf4 $16 Rg7
34. Qh3 Bxf3 35. Qxf3 Qxe5 $6 36. Re1 Qb8 37. Rxe6 $18 Rg4 38. Qd5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 {11.h3 ist eine genauere Idee. Der Bc8
kommt dann nicht so leicht zur Entwicklung:} (11. h3 O-O 12. e4 e5 $1 (12...
Qe7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bb3 Bb7 15. Rad1 a6 16. e5 c5 17. d5 c4 18. Bc2 exd5 19.
Nxd5 Qc5 20. b4 cxb3 21. Bxb3 Rae8 22. Rc1 Qa7 23. Rc7 Nxe5 24. Ne7+ Rxe7 25.
Rxe7 Bxf3 26. Qxe5 Qa8 27. Bxf7+ Rxf7 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Rxa8 Bxe5 30. gxf3 $16 {
1-0 Khenkin,I-Tyomkin,D/ISR-chT (02) (Elizur-Beer2) ;EXP 52 1996 (41)}) 13. d5
Nb6 14. Bb3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Rac1 (16. Rfd1 $5 {mit der Idee a4-a5 wurde
von Ehlvest im NIC Magazine vorgeschlagen. Meines Erachtens steht Weiß dann
etwas besser.}) 16... Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. a3 Kg7 19. Ba2 Rac8 20. Qe3 c5 21.
Qe2 c4 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 {Gemäß Ehlvest hat Schwarz
Kompensation für den Bauern.} 25. Bxc4 Rdc8 $2 (25... a6 {Ehlvest,J}) 26. Bb5
Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Qf4 28. Qe2 Bd4 29. Rc2 Rc5 30. Rd1 a6 31. Rd3 h5 32. g3 Qf6 33.
h4 Qd6 34. Qf3 R8c7 35. Kg2 Rc4 36. Qd1 b5 37. Qf3 Qc5 38. Qd1 Qd6 39. Qf3 Qc5
40. g4 hxg4 41. Qxg4 Qd6 42. Qg3 b4 43. axb4 Rxb4 44. Re2 Rcc4 45. Kf1 Qb8 46.
h5 Rxb2 47. hxg6 fxg6 48. Rxb2 Qxb2 49. Ne2 Bxf2 50. Kxf2 Rxe4 51. Re3 Qb6 52.
Nc3 Rf4+ 53. Kg2 Qb4 54. Qe1 Rg4+ 55. Kh3 Qf4 56. Ne4 Qf5 57. Kh2 g5 58. Ng3
Rh4+ 59. Kg1 Qc2 60. Re2 Qc5+ 61. Rf2 Rf4 62. Nh5+ {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Kharlov,A/
Novosibirsk (10) ;CBM 50 1995}) 11... e5 $1 {Schwarz soll genau dann ...e5
spielen, wenn Weiß e4 gespielt hat und e4-e5 droht. Mit dem weißen Pe3 macht ..
.e5 nicht so viel Sinn, da Weiß dann einfach im Zentrum verharrt.} 12. d5 Nb6
13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 {In Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J/
Paernu-A (02)/CBM52 1996 wurde hier Remis vereinbart. Ich habe nicht den
Eindruck, daß Weiß irgendetwas hat.} 17. dxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Rf2,Rf3,Rh3]
Angesicht der weißen Schwächen am Königsflügel spielt diese Zersplitterung der
Bauern keine Rolle.} 18. Rfc1 Rhd8 19. Nd1 Rd6 20. Rc3 a5 21. Ne3 h5 22. Rac1
a4 23. Bd1 Kd7 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke1 Kc7 26. Be2 Kb7 27. R1c2 Ra5 28. a3 Bxe3 29.
fxe3 f5 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 fxe4 32. fxe4 Re6 33. Ra5 Kc7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Ra6
Kc5 36. Ra5+ Kd6 37. Ra6 Kc5 38. Ra5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
{Es ist interessant, dass Van Wely nicht zu Sakaevs Fortsetzung 15.Lg3 greift
und stattdessen das häufiger gespielte 15.Tad1 anwendet. Die danach
entstehenden Stellungen kann man mit Fug und Recht als "unklar" bezeichnen, es
scheint mir jedoch nicht, dass Weiß etwas Besonderes hat.} (15. Bg3) 15... O-O
16. Bg3 Nd7 17. f3 Qb6 {Während Weiß sich über den schwarzen Königsflügel
hermacht, sucht Schwarz das Gegenspiel gegen d4.} 18. Kh1 c5 (18... e5 19. dxe5
$5 (19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F-Dreev,A/Biel 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (42)}) 19... Nxe5 20.
Qc1 (20. fxg4 $5 hxg4 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qc1 Bg7 $132) 20... Rae8 21. fxg4 hxg4
22. Rd6 $13 {1-0 Filippov,V-Borovikov,V/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (60)})
19. d5 Ne5 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Qc1 Nd3 $146 (21... exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5
Rae8 24. Rf5 f6 25. Qd1 Nf7 26. e5 (26. Bxg4 $5 {Lutz}) 26... Nh6 27. Rh5 Qe6
28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Bxg4 Nxg4 30. Qxg4 f5 31. Qg5 (31. Qf3 $5 {Lutz}) 31... f4 32.
Rf6 Rxe5 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Qd8+ Rf8 35. Qd1 Rxh5 36. Qxh5 fxg3 37. Qd5+ Kh7 38.
Qh5+ Kg8 (38... Bh6 {Lutz} 39. Kg1 $11) 39. Qd5+ Kh7 40. Qh5+ {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,
B-Novikov,I/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104/[Lutz] (40)}) (21... b4 $5) 22. Bxd3 (22. Qg5
exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qg6 {nimmt Weiß den Wind aus den Segeln.} (24...
Nxb2 25. d6 $5 Nxd1 26. Bxd1 $44)) 22... cxd3 23. Rxd3 (23. Qg5 exd5 24. exd5
Qg6 $17) 23... b4 24. Ne2 $6 {Vielleicht sollte Weiß kleinere Brötchen backen.}
(24. dxe6 $5 {ist ein interessanter Zug, der vermutlich zum Dauerschach führt.}
bxc3 (24... fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qg5 bxc3 27. Be5 Rf7 28. Rd8+ $16) 25.
exf7+ Rxf7 (25... Kh8 $2 26. Rd6 cxb2 27. Qg5 $18) 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rd7+ Kg8
28. Bd6 (28. Qg5 Qh6 $19) 28... cxb2 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qf5+ $11)
24... exd5 25. exd5 Rae8 26. Rd2 Bh6 (26... Ba6 $5 27. Re1 c4 $36) 27. Bf4 Qf6
$6 (27... Ba6 $5 28. Re1 c4 $36) 28. Bg5 Qh8 29. Rd4 $2 {Effektvoll, aber
nicht wirklich gut.} (29. Rdd1 $5 Bxg5 (29... Bg7 30. Qc4) 30. Qxg5+ Qg7 31.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Ng3 $36) 29... Bg7 (29... cxd4 30. Bxh6 Qe5 31. Qf4 $11) 30.
Rxg4 f5 31. Rg3 Rxe2 32. Bh6 Bxd5 $6 {Schwarz beschließt, das Remis zu sichern.
} (32... Rf7 $5 {erschien Schwarz während der Partie anscheinend zu riskant,
aber Mehrfigur ist Mehrfigur ...} 33. Qg5 Re5 34. d6 Bc6 35. Kg1 Kf8 $17) 33.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Bxg7 Rxg2 35. Bxf8 (35. Qxc5 Rd2+ 36. Qxd5+ Rxd5 37. Bxf8 Kxf8
$11) 35... Rc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {Interessanterweise wählt Khalifman diesmal nicht 'seine'
Variante 10.h4, sondern kehrt zu einem älteren System zurück.} Nbd7 11. a4 {
Dieser Zug wurde einige Male von GM Rulan Sherbakov angewandt. Falls Schwarz
zu 11...a6 greift, gewinnt 12.d5 an Kraft. Daher muss Schwarz seine Formation
am Damenflügel lockern, aber andererseits muss Weiß wegen des ungedeckten Pe4
auch sein Zentrum auflösen.} b4 (11... a6 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. axb5
Nxc3 15. bxc3 axb5 16. Rb1 (16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Qa1 Bd5 19. Rb1 b4
20. Nc2 b3 21. Ne3 Qc6 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bf3 Bc5 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Qd1 Nb6 26.
Bh5 Kg7 27. Be5+ f6 28. Bd4 Nd7 29. Qb1 Nf8 30. Qf5 Qd6 31. Bxc5 Qxc5 32. Re6
Rh7 33. Rxf6 b2 34. Rf7+ Kg8 35. Rxh7 Nxh7 36. Bf7+ Kg7 37. Qg6+ Kf8 38. Qxh7
b1=Q+ 39. Qxb1 Kxf7 40. Qh7+ Ke8 41. Qxh6 Qe7 42. Qc6+ Kf8 43. Kf1 Qe4 44. Qf6+
Ke8 45. Qd4 Qxd4 46. cxd4 Kf7 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. g4 Kf7 49. Ke3 Kf6 50. f4 Kg6 51.
fxg5 Kxg5 52. h3 Kg6 53. h4 Kh6 54. h5 Kg5 55. Kf3 Kh6 56. Kf4 Kg7 57. g5 Kh7
58. Kf3 Kg8 59. g6 Kg7 60. Ke3 Kf6 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. h6 Kf6 63. h7 Kg7 64. Kf3
Kh8 65. Ke3 Kg7 66. Kf4 Kh8 67. Kf5 {1-0 Sherbakov,R-Gurevich,M/Niksic 1996/
EXT 2000 (67)}) 16... Be7 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Rxb5 Bd5 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Nf5 Ra6
21. Qxd5 Rf6 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Qe5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qc8 25. Qe5 Re8 26. Bxc4 Bf8 27.
Qd5 Ne6 28. Rc1 Bg7 29. h4 gxh4 30. Bxh4 Qc7 31. Bg3 Qe7 32. Bd3 Rc8 33. c4 Qa3
34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Qf3 Qc3 36. Kh2 Qb2 37. Re1 Qd4 38. Re3 Rc8 39. Re4 Qc5 40. Rg4
{1-0 Goldin,A-Gurevich,M/Niksic 1996/EXT 2000 (40)}) (11... Qb6 12. Ne5 a6 13.
d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Bf3 Ne5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19.
Qe2 Nd3 20. Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. Nd5 Qb7 23. Bc7+ {1-0 Sherbakov,
R-Gagarin,V/Minsk 1997/EXT 2000 (23)}) 12. e5 (12. Na2 {Gelfand} Nxe4 13. Bxc4
Bg7 14. Nxb4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 c5) 12... g4 {Dieser Zug wurde von Gelfand in den
Analysen zu seiner Partie gegen Topalov erwähnt. Schwarz hat anscheinend keine
Probleme.} (12... Nh5 {Gelfand} 13. Ne4 c5 14. Nfd2 (14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6
Nxg3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sherbakov,R-Galkin,A/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60/[Lutz] (31)}) (14.
Nxc5 {Gelfand} Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qd5 16. Qc1 Ba6 $15) 14... Nxg3 15. fxg3 Be7 (
15... cxd4 {Gelfand} 16. Bh5 Nxe5 $2 17. Nxc4 $1 Nxc4 18. Rxf7 $18) 16. Nd6+
Bxd6 17. exd6 c3 $1 (17... O-O {Gelfand} 18. Nxc4 $14) (17... cxd4 {Gelfand}
18. Nxc4 e5 19. Bh5 O-O 20. Rc1 $15) 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Nc4 O-O $13 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Gelfand,B/Dortmund 1996/CBM 54/[Gelfand] (57)}) (12... bxc3 {Gelfand}
13. exf6 cxb2 14. Rb1 c3 15. Qb3 $14) (12... Nd5 {Gelfand} 13. Ne4 $36) 13. Nh4
(13. Ne1 {Gelfand} bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba6 16. Rxb2 $15) 13... bxc3 14.
exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba6 {Die beiderseitigen Bauernstrukturen sind zerrüttet. Als
Kompensation für seinen unsicheren König hat Schwarz den Pb2, der Weiß eine
Weile beschäftigen wird.} 16. Bxg4 Nxf6 17. Be2 Bg7 18. Be5 O-O 19. Nf3 Nd5 $6
(19... c5 $5 {sieht vorteilhaft für Schwarz aus, z.B.} 20. dxc5 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1
Ne4 22. Rxb2 c3 23. Ra2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Nxc5 $17) 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. Bxc4 {
Khalifman gibt die Qualität. Dieses Opfer scheint angesichts des schwachen
schwarzen Königs annähernd zu genügen.} (21. Rxb2 c3 22. Ra2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 c5
$13) 21... Nc3 22. Bxa6 Nxb1 23. Bd3 Nc3 24. Qxb2 c5 (24... Nd5 25. Qe2 {/\ Qe4
}) 25. Qd2 Rac8 (25... Rfc8 26. Qf4) 26. Qf4 c4 (26... f6 27. Qg4) 27. Qg4 $1 {
Unter Figurenopfer sichert sich Weiß das Unentschieden. Der Rest ist forciert.}
f6 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. Bc2 fxe5 30. Nxe5 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32. Ng6+ Nxg6 33. Qxg6
Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qg6 Kg8 36. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 31st"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Atalik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {'!?' Atalik.
Atalik: 'For me this is the most critical move.'} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. h4 (10. Ne5 {Atalik} Bg7 (10... Nbd7 {Atalik} 11. Qc2) 11. h4 $13 {
is Topalov and Van Wely's approach.}) 10... b4 {'!?' Atalik. Atalik: 'There
are different follow ups for black in this position.' Dieser Zug ist die
schärfste Möglichkeit, um der Khalifman-Variante 10.h4 zu begegnen.} ({Die
ruhigere Alternative ist} 10... g4 {0-1 Halkias,S-Asrian,K/Ohrid 2001/CBM
84_01/[Lutz] (38)} 11. Ne5 h5 (11... Rg8 {Atalik} 12. Nxg4 Nbd7 13. e5 $5 $13)
(11... Nbd7 {Atalik Popularized by Shalimov.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Be7 14.
Bxg4 $13) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17.
Rad1) 11. hxg5 {'!?' Atalik. Atalik: 'The modern choice.' Das sieht wie die
derzeit beste weiße Möglichkeit aus, da 11.Na4 Nxe4 12.Be5 Rg8! in Ordnung für
Schwarz zu sein scheint.} (11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Be5 (12. Bxc4 $2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7
14. hxg5 Qc7 15. Rh3 O-O-O $17 {0-1 Kobalija,M-Yevseev,D/Ekaterinburg 1999/CBM
75/[Lutz] (45)}) 12... Rg8 $1 (12... f6 13. Bxb8 $5 (13. Qc2 $5 c5 14. Bxc4 $5
fxe5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bd3 $13 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Yagupov,I/St
Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (54)}) 13... Qxb8 (13... Rxb8 14. hxg5 b3 $2 15.
axb3 fxg5 16. O-O $16 {1-0 Ivanov,S-Sitnikov,D/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (22)
}) 14. hxg5 Nxg5 15. Nxg5 (15. Bxc4 $36 {Stohl}) 15... fxg5 16. Bh5+ Kd8 17.
Qe2 $13 {0-1 Atalik,S-Lastin,A/Herceg Novi 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 13. hxg5 (13.
Qc2 $6 c5 14. Bxc4 g4 15. Bb5+ Nd7 $15 {0-1 Sokolov,I-Dreev,A/Dos Hermanas
2001/CBM 83/[Stohl] (31)}) 13... hxg5 (13... Nxg5 $5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6
16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne4 $13 {1-0 Malakhatko,V-Sumets,A/Alushta 1999/EXT
2001 (38)}) (13... Nxg5 $5 $13 {Atalik}) 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Qd3 g4 16. Qxe4 gxf3
17. gxf3 Qa5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O-O $15 {1-0 Xu Jun-Nielsen,
P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Heine Nielsen] (62)}) 11... bxc3 12. gxf6 $6 {
Da Weiß mit diesem Zug vermutlich zuviel riskiert, sollte 12.bxc3!? näher
untersucht werden: Atalik: 'In 1998,showing some analysis to me about this
line late Lembit mentioned that this may be in my style.'} (12. bxc3 $5 Nxe4
13. Be5 Rh7 (13... Nxc3 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 $36 {Stohl}) (13... Rg8 14. Qb1
$1 $16 {Stohl}) 14. Qc2 Qa5 (14... c5 $5 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxc4 $44 {Stohl}) 15.
O-O c5 16. Rab1 Qxc3 $2 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Rxb8+ {1-0 Ivanov,S-Potkin,V/St
Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) 12... cxb2 13. Rb1 {Natürlich spielen hier
beide Seiten mit dem Feuer: Weiß hofft auf einen Mattangriff, Schwarz setzt
auf seine Freibauern. Mir scheint aber, dass Schwarz hier gut steht.} Qa5+ {
'!?' Atalik.} (13... c3 $5 {Atalik} 14. Ne5 Qa5 15. O-O $13) (13... Bb4+ {
Atalik} 14. Kf1 c3 15. Ne5 $13) 14. Nd2 c3 15. O-O {'!' Atalik.} Ba6 $1 {
Schwarz darf nicht zu schnell seine Freibauern forcieren.} ({Nach} 15... cxd2
16. Rxb2 Bb4 17. Rb3 $1 {gewinnt Weiß dank der Drohung 18.a3 eine Figur auf
der b-Linie zurück und von der schwarzen Stellung sind nur noch Ruinen übrig.}
Ba6 (17... c5 $2 {Atalik} 18. a3 Bxe4 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qb5 21. dxc5 Nc6
22. Rxb4 Qxc5 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rb2 Nd4 25. Qe3 $16) 18. a3 Bxa3 19. Bxb8 Bb4 20.
Be5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 $13) 16. Nb3 {'N?' Atalik. Atalik: 'Suffering from being
unprepared!'} (16. Nc4 Qxa2 17. Ne3 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bc5
21. Nc4 Nxf6 $2 (21... Nb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. dxe6 Qxe6 24. Qc2 Qc6 {sieht wie
eine deutliche Verbesserung aus.}) 22. Be5 Nxd5 23. Bxh8 Rc8 24. Ne5 Ke7 25.
Qb5 Rxh8 26. Qxc5+ Kf6 27. Ng4+ Kg6 28. f4 Qa6 29. f5+ Kg5 30. Ne5 Rc8 31.
Nxf7+ Kh5 32. g4+ Kxg4 33. Qd4+ Kh5 34. Rf2 exf5 35. Rh2+ Kg6 36. Rxh6+ Kxf7
37. Rxa6 Ne7 38. Qf6+ Ke8 39. Rxa7 {1-0 Yuferov,S-Sveshnikov,E/St Petersburg
2000/EXT 2001 (39)}) 16... Qxa2 17. Nc5 Bb5 {'!' Atalik.} (17... Bxe2 $2 {
Atalik} 18. Qxe2 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. d5 $40) 18. Qc2 Qa3 19. Rfd1 Rg8 20.
Bxb5 (20. Bf4 $6 {Atalik} Rg6 21. Bh5 Rxf6 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24. Bxf6
Ba4 25. Qd3 c2 26. Qa6 Qb4 27. Rxb2 Qxb2 28. Qxa4 c1=Q 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Bd1
Be7 $19) 20... cxb5 21. Qe2 {'?' Atalik. Atalik: 'The final mistake.'} (21. Rd3
{Atalik} b4 (21... Nc6 {Atalik} 22. Nb3 b4 23. d5 Nd8 $13) 22. Rxb2 $3 Bxc5 (
22... Qxb2 $2 {Atalik} 23. Qa4+) 23. Rb3 Qa5 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. dxc5 Rc8 26. Rd4
Qxc5 27. Rdxb4 $1 $44 (27. Rbxb4 $2 {Atalik} Qg5 28. g3 Qxf6 29. Rdc4 Rxc4 30.
Rxc4 Kf8 31. Rxc3 a5 $15)) (21. e5 $2 {Atalik} Nc6 22. Qe4 Rc8 $19) 21... Qb4
22. Nxe6 Qc4 $1 $19 {Atalik: 'After this move the pawns are unstoppable.'
Einfacher als 22...fxe6. Schwarz steht auf Gewinn.} (22... fxe6 $5 23. d5 $132)
23. Nc7+ Kd8 24. Qh5 (24. Qxc4 bxc4 25. Nxa8 c2 26. Bxb8 cxd1=Q+ (26... c3 $5
$19 {Atalik}) 27. Rxd1 c3 $19) (24. Qc2 {Atalik} Rxg3 25. Nxa8 Rg6 $19) 24...
Rg5 25. Qh3 Rxg3 26. Qxg3 Qxc7 27. Qg8 Nd7 28. Qxf7 Qc4 29. d5 Qxe4 (29... Qxe4
30. Re1 c2 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Liang, Jinrong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. a3 $6 {Diese zahme Fortsetzung ist nicht im Geiste des Gambits 6.Bh4. 9.Be2
ist die Normalfortsetzung:} (9. Be2 b4 $5 (9... Bb7 {wird häufiger gespielt.})
10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 (11... f6 12. Qc2 $16 {Lputian; Tavadian}) 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Bxc4 g4 14. Bxf6 (14. Nd2 $5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 $2
(17. Nxf3 $5) (17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxf3 $5) 17... Nxe5 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. Ne4 O-O
20. Rad1 Qe7 $17 {Neurohr,S-Beikert,G/BL2-S 9192 (1992) ;BL2 1992}) 14... Qxf6
15. Ne5 h5 $2 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxg4 Bg7 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Qe4 O-O
20. Rad1 $13 {Lputian; Tavadian}) 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 $16 Qg5 18. Qd3 Bd7 19.
Rad1 Rd8 20. Qe4 h4 21. Rf4 g3 22. h3 Bh6 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Qe2 Bf8 25. Rdf1 Bc8
26. Bd3 Qg5 27. Rxf7 Rxd4 28. Qf3 Be7 29. Qxc6+ Bd7 30. Rxe7+ Kxe7 31. Qc5+ Ke8
32. Qxd4 Bxa4 33. Qxa7 Bc6 34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qd6+ {1-0 Lputian,S-Smagin,S/
URS-ch52 Riga (08) ;URS-ch 1985}) 9... Qa5 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qb6
13. b3 Qxd4 14. Qc2 cxb3 15. Nxb3 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. Kh1 e5 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Qb2
Qd4 20. Rfc1 Bxc3 (20... O-O $5 $17) 21. Rxc3 b4 22. Rc2 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 c5 24.
f3 Nh5 25. Bf2 Nf4 26. Bc4 Ke7 27. Nb3 Ne6 28. Bxe6 Kxe6 29. Bxc5 Rhc8 $2 (
29... a5 $1 30. Rd1 Rhc8 31. Rd6+ Ke7 $17) 30. Bxb4 Bc6 31. Rd2 $40 f6 32. Na5
Nb8 33. h3 Be8 34. Rd6+ Kf7 35. Rb6 Nd7 36. Rb7 Kg6 37. Rd1 Nc5 38. Re7 Bxa4
39. Rd6 Rab8 40. Bxc5 Rxc5 41. Rxa6 Re8 42. Rb7 Rcc8 43. Raa7 Rg8 44. Rb4 Bc2
45. Nc4 Rb8 46. Rab7 Rxb7 47. Rxb7 Rg7 48. Rb6 Rc7 49. Nxe5+ Kg7 50. Ng4 Rf7
51. Kh2 Ba4 52. e5 fxe5 53. Rxh6 e4 54. fxe4 Rf4 55. Re6 Bc2 56. e5 Bf5 57. Rf6
Bc8 58. Rxf4 gxf4 59. Nf6 Kg6 60. Nd5 Kg5 61. h4+ Kxh4 62. Nxf4 Kg4 63. g3 Kf5
64. e6 Kf6 65. Kg2 Bb7+ 66. Kf2 Bc6 67. Ke3 Kf5 68. Kd4 Kg4 69. Ne2 Kf3 70. Kc5
Be8 71. Kd6 Bh5 72. e7 Kxe2 73. g4 Be8 74. Ke5 Kf3 75. Kf5 Bd7+ 76. Kg5 Kg3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "208"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Ne5 (9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 {wurde einige Male von I.Sokolov gespielt, allerdings
ohne sonderlichen Erfolg. Schwarz könnte mit 10...Bb7 jetzt zur Textpartie
überleiten, es wurde jedoch meistens 10...Bb4 oder 10...h5 gespielt.}) (9. Be2
Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 {ist die Khalifman-Variante.}) 9... Bb7 10. h4 {Dieser
Zug wurde vor einige Male von dem jungen Georgier Baadur Jobava gespielt.} g4
$5 {Schwarz vermeidet, dass die h-Linie geöffnet wird. Dieser Zug ist
technisch gesehen eine Neuerung, allerdings ergeben sich nun Möglichkeiten zur
Zugumstellung.} (10... Bg7 11. a4 a6 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bxc4 Nbd7
(14... b4 15. Na2 a5 16. Qd3 Qe7 17. O-O-O Nbd7 18. f3 Bg7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20.
Kb1 Qf6 21. Nc1 Nb6 22. Be5 Qg6 23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. Nb3 O-O-O 25. Nxa5 Nxa4 26.
Ba6 Nc5 27. Bxb7+ Nxb7 28. Qa6 {1-0 Jobava,B-Nikoladze,S/Tbilisi 1997/EXT 2002
(28)}) 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b4 18. Nb1 O-O-O 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Bxh8
Rxh8 21. Nc4 e5 22. O-O-O Kb8 23. Qe3 f6 24. Kb1 exd4 25. Qxd4 Ne5 26. Nd6 a5
27. Qc5 Qc7 28. Nxb7 Kxb7 29. Rd6 Qe7 30. Bb5 Kc7 31. Rxc6+ Nxc6 32. Qxc6+ Kb8
33. Ka2 Rc8 34. Qb6+ Qb7 35. Qxf6 Qxe4 36. Qd6+ Rc7 37. f3 Qe7 38. Qb6+ Kc8 39.
Ba6+ Kd8 40. Bc4 Qe5 41. Qb8+ Ke7 42. Qg8 Rd7 43. Bf7 Qf6 44. Qe8+ Kd6 45. Qf8+
Kc7 46. Qc5+ Kb8 47. Bd5 Qd6 48. Qb5+ Kc8 49. Bb3 Qf6 50. Qc5+ Kb8 51. Qxa5 Qf4
52. Qb6+ Rb7 53. Qd8+ Ka7 54. Qd5 Kb8 55. Qc6 Rc7 56. Qe8+ Ka7 57. Bd5 Kb6 58.
Qb5+ {1-0 Jobava,B-Raceanu,V/Artek 1999/EXT 2000 (58)}) (10... gxh4 11. Bxh4
Be7 12. Qf3 Nbd7 (12... b4 13. Na4 Nbd7 14. Bxc4 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qh5 Bxh4
17. Rxh4 Qe7 18. Rg4 O-O-O 19. Rg7 Rhf8 20. Rd1 Nc5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd1+ Nd7
23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Nc5 Qe7 25. e6 Bc8 26. Nxd7 Bxd7 27. Qxd7+ Qxd7 28. exd7 Kxd7
29. Rh7 a5 30. Rxh6 Re8 31. Rh4 Kd6 32. Kd2 Kc5 33. Ke3 Kc4 34. e5+ Kd5 35.
Rd4+ Kc5 36. f4 f6 37. Rd2 f5 38. g4 fxg4 39. Ke4 g3 40. Rc2+ Kb5 41. f5 Rh8
42. Rg2 Rh4+ 43. Kf3 b3 44. axb3 Kc5 45. Kxg3 Re4 46. e6 Kd6 47. Rf2 {1-0
Izoria,Z-Korobov,A/Patras 2001/CBM 83 ext (47)}) 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. e5 Rb8 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O Ke7 18. Qe3 Qf8 19. g3 Kf7 20. Bh3 Qe7 21.
Rhe1 Bc8 22. Ne4 a5 23. Nc5 Re8 24. Kb1 e5 25. Bxc8 Rbxc8 26. Qxh6 Rh8 27. Qd2
b4 28. Qe2 c3 29. Qc4+ Kg6 30. dxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg4+ {1-0 Jobava,B-Tkeshelashvili,
S/Tbilisi 1997/EXT 2002 (31)}) 11. Nxg4 $5 {Leitet die Partie in unabhängige
Bahnen.} (11. Be2 {führt zur Khalifman-Variante.}) 11... Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13.
Rd1 Qg7 {Es ist schwierig für mich zu sagen, wer von dem Tausch der Bauern
profitiert hat. Einerseits konnte Schwarz einen wichtigen Zentrumsbauern
einheimsen, andererseits musste er seine Dame nach g7 zurückziehen.} 14. Qf4
Na6 15. Be2 Be7 16. e5 $6 {Mir gefällt dieser Zug nicht, da nun Schwarz das
Feld d5 mit dem Springer besetzen kann und die Möglichkeit zur langen Rochade
erhält.} (16. O-O $5 {sieht besser aus.}) 16... Nb4 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Qc1 Bb4+
19. Kf1 O-O-O $15 {Ich denke, dass Schwarz besser steht, da sein König (im
Gegensatz zum weissen König) nun relativ sicher steht und er sich immer noch
eines Mehrbauern erfreuen kann. Auf der anderen Seite hat Weiss Kontrolle über
die schwarzen Felder, insbesondere c5, d6 und f6.} 20. h5 Kb8 21. Rh4 Ka8 22.
b3 c3 23. a3 Be7 24. Rg4 Qf8 25. Nxc3 Bxa3 26. Qa1 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 c5 28. Rd6 Bb4
29. Qd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bxd6 31. exd6 f5 32. Rd4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Qg7 34. Qe3 Rc8 35.
Ra4 Bc6 36. Ra5 f4 37. Qxf4 Qc3 38. Ra2 Rhf8 39. d7 Bxd7 40. Bf3+ Bc6 41. Bxc6+
Qxc6 42. Qe3 Qc1+ 43. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 44. Ke2 Rc6 45. Be5 Rf5 46. Bd4 a6 47. g4 Rf4
48. Be3 Rxg4 49. Bxh6 Rh4 50. Ra5 e5 51. Bg7 Rxh5 52. Bxe5 Kb7 53. Ke3 Rc4 54.
Rd5 Kc6 55. Rd6+ Kc5 56. f4 Rh3+ 57. Kd2 Ra4 58. Kc2 Ra2+ 59. Kb1 Re2 60. Rd1
Rb3+ 61. Ka1 Rb5 62. Rd3 Kc4 63. Rc3+ Kb4 64. Rd3 Ka4 65. Rd6 Rb7 66. Rd3 Rb3
67. Rd4+ Rb4 68. Rd3 Rbe4 69. Bb2 Rxf4 70. Ra3+ Kb5 71. Rh3 Ra4+ 72. Kb1 Rb4
73. Ka1 Rg2 74. Rf3 Rc2 75. Rh3 a5 76. Rg3 Re4 77. Ka2 Rce2 78. Rg8 Ka4 79. Rg3
R2e3 80. Rg8 Re2 81. Rg3 Rh2 82. Rf3 Rb4 83. Ka1 Kb5 84. Rf5+ Ka6 85. Rf6+ Rb6
86. Rf5 a4 87. Rf4 Kb5 88. Rf5+ Kc6 89. Rf6+ Kb7 90. Rf4 Ra6 91. Rf7+ Kc6 92.
Rf3 Kd5 93. Rg3 Re2 94. Rh3 Rb6 95. Rh4 Re4 96. Rh8 Kc4 97. Rc8+ Kb3 98. Rc3+
Kb4 99. Ka2 Re2 100. Rh3 Ka5 101. Rh5+ Rb5 102. Rxb5+ Kxb5 103. Ka3 Re3+ 104.
Ka2 Kb4 0-1

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Czerwonski, Aleksander"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3
Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 $6 {Im späteren Verlauf der
Partie stände die weiße Dame besser auf e2.} (11. Qe2 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Rac1
b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 Rac8 16. Ne4 c5 17. Nd6 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Rcd8 19. Qe4 cxd4
20. f4 $44 {wäre eine Variante, wenn Schwarz sich analog aufbaut.}) 11... O-O
12. Bb3 (12. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Rad1 a5 15. a3 Ra6 16. Rd2 Nf6
17. Nc5 Ra7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 (19. Nexd7 $142 $10) 19... Be8 20. Na4 Raa8
$10 {Bareev,E-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee (m1)/1995/0-1 (54)}) 12... Qe7 (12... e5 {
Ftacnik} 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxg6 $18) (12... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 13.
Rad1 e5 14. d5 $14) 13. Rac1 (13. Rad1 {Ftacnik} b6 14. e4 Bb7 (14... Ba6 $5
15. Rfe1 c5 16. d5 c4 17. d6 Qd8 18. Qe2 $1 $14) 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. e5 $5 Nf8 (
16... b5 17. Qe2 a6 18. h4 c5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5
23. Red1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Be4 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Cebalo,
M-Savchenko,S/Bled op (07)/1996/ (40)}) (16... Rab8 17. Qe2 b5 18. Qe3 c5 19.
d5 c4 20. Bc2 b4 21. d6 Qf8 22. Ne4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. d7 Bxb2 25. Qxa7 Bd5
{1-0 Jovicic,M-Maksimenko,A/JUG-chT2 (03)/1994/ (33)}) 17. Qe2 c5 (17... Rd7 $5
18. Ne4 c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 $13) 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rac8 21. Qc4
$14 {Chernin,A-Kuczynski,R/Debrecen/1992/1/2-1/2 (64)}) (13. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Rd8
(13... e5 14. Rad1 exd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Qc1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Qc7 19.
h3 Nd5 20. Nd3 Qd6 21. Nfe5 Rfe8 22. Nf4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25.
Qxh6 {Sokolov,I-Savchenko,S/EUCup f Lyon/1994/1-0 (88)}) 14. Rad1 a5 15. a3 Nf8
16. Ne5 Bd7 17. f4 Be8 18. g4 Kh8 19. Rde1 f6 20. Nf3 g5 21. Qc5 Rd7 22. Nfd2
f5 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Zvjaginsev,V/Pamplona 9596 (09)/1996/ (28)}) (13. e4
{Ftacnik} b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. e5 a6 16. Rad1 b5 17. Qe4 Rab8 18. Qe3 Rfd8 19.
Ne4 c5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Rdc8 22. Rd6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qg5+ 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25.
c6 {1/2-1/2 Volzhin,A-Novikov,I/St.Petersburg op (03)/1995/ (47)}) 13... b6 14.
e4 Bb7 (14... e5 $2 {ist hier schlecht, da Schwarz sich bereits durch ...b6
weißfeldrig gelockert hat.} 15. d5 $16) 15. e5 Rac8 16. Ne4 $2 {Mit diesem Zug
überspannt Weiß den Bogen. Allerdings war ohnehin fraglich, ob Weiß besser
steht. Mit der wQ auf e2 wäre 16.Ne4 möglich.} (16. Qe4 $5 $10) (16. Rfe1 $1 {
Ftacnik} c5 17. d5) 16... c5 17. Nd6 (17. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17
) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 (18. Nxc8 Qg5 $17 (18... Qg5 {Ftacnik} 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20.
g3 Qxe7 $19)) 18... Rcd8 19. f4 (19. dxc5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 $19) 19... cxd4 20.
Qe4 Qh4 21. Rc7 (21. Qxd4 {Ftacnik} Bxe5 $19) 21... Nc5 22. Qf3 (22. Qxd4 {
Ftacnik} Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qxf4 25. Rxc5 (25. Re1 Qf3+ 26. Kg1 Nd3 $19
) 25... bxc5 26. Qd3 Bxe5 $19) 22... g5 $17 23. Rxa7 (23. fxg5 {Ftacnik} Bxe5
24. Qg2 Qxg5 $19 (24... Bxd6 $2 25. gxh6+ Bg3 $8)) 23... Qxf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25.
Nc4 b5 26. Na5 Rc8 (26... Ra8 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Nc6 d3 29. Rd1 Kf8
$17) 27. Kg2 (27. Re1 d3 28. Kf1 Rfd8 $19) 27... Bxe5 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Bd1 Bb8
30. Ra8 e5 31. b4 (31. Re1 f5 32. Rg1+ Kf6 33. Ke2 e4 $19) 31... e4+ 32. Kg4
Nd3 33. Be2 (33. Nb3 {Ftacnik} f5+ 34. Kh5 Rfd8 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Be2 Nxf2 $19)
33... Nxb4 34. Bxb5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {Damit vermeidet Schwarz die Variante 9...Bb7 10.h4. Aber nach
dem folgendem Durchbruch im Zentrum behält Weiß die Initiative.} 10. d5 cxd5
11. exd5 Nb6 12. dxe6 Qxd1+ {Schwarz tauscht die Damen ab, da er in einem
Mittelspiel noch größere Probleme hat.} (12... Bxe6 13. Nd4 $1 a6 (13... Bb4
14. O-O O-O 15. Ncxb5 $16 Bd5 16. a4 $1 Ne4 17. a5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. Nc3
Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Be6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 Ne5 25. Qxd8
Raxd8 26. Bf5 Rd2 27. Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bc8 Rd6 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Ra4
Nc1 32. Ke1 Nd3+ 33. Ke2 Rc6 34. Bf5 Nc1+ 35. Ke3 Nb3 36. g4 Rc5 37. f3 Nxa5
38. Ra3 Rd5 39. Be4 Rb5 40. Ra2 Kf6 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. g3 Kd6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4
f6 45. Rh2 Rc5 46. Rh6 Nb3+ 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Bg6 Rc6 50. Ke4 a5 51.
Rf7+ Kg8 52. Ra7 a4 53. Kf5 Nd4+ 54. cxd4 c3 55. d5 c2 56. dxc6 c1=Q 57. c7 Qc6
58. Bf7+ {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Bacrot,E/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (58)}) 14. O-O
Bg7 15. Bf3 $16 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe6 (17. Re1 $5 O-O 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Rxe6 $18) 17... fxe6 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Rfe1 Rhe8 21. Rad1 Rad8 22.
Bh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. Be5 $18 Qc6 25. g3 b4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28.
Qe4 Rg8 29. Rc1 c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Re3 Qd7 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Qh7
Rf8 35. Qg6+ {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Alavkin,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (35)
}) 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Nd4 $14 {Schwarz kann sich momentan noch eines Mehrbauern
erfreuen, aber aufgrund des weißen Entwicklungsvorsprungs steht Weiß trotzdem
besser.} (14. Be5 {führt ebenfalls zu einem vorteilhaften Endspiel.} Bg7 15.
Nxb5 O-O 16. O-O Nfd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Nd4 Kf6 21.
Rfe1 e5 22. Nf3 Rad8 23. Bf1 Rfe8 24. Nd2 Nb4 25. Nxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxc4 a5 27. g3
g4 28. Kg2 h5 29. h3 Nc2 30. Rh1 gxh3+ 31. Kxh3 e4 32. Be2 e3 33. Rdf1 Rd2 34.
Rh2 Kg5 35. f4+ Kh6 36. Rd1 Red8 37. Rhh1 R8d4 38. Bf3 e2 39. Rc1 R4d3 40. Be4
e1=Q 41. Rhxe1 Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Rd6 43. Bf3 Rf2 44. Re3 Rxb2 45. Re5 Rxa2 46.
Rxh5+ Kg7 47. Rb5 Rh6+ 48. Bh5 Rf6 49. Rb7+ Kh6 50. Bf3 Ra3 51. Kg2 Ra2+ 52.
Kg1 Ra3 53. Kf2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra3 55. Kf2 Ra2+ 56. Ke3 Ra3+ 57. Ke4 Re6+ 58. Kf5
Rxf3 59. Kxe6 Rxg3 60. Ra7 Re3+ 61. Kf6 Rb3 62. Ra6 a4 63. f5 a3 64. Ra4 Kh7
65. Ra7+ Kh6 66. Ra8 Kh7 67. Ra5 Rb6+ 68. Kg5 Kg7 69. Rxa3 Kf7 70. Ra7+ Kf8 71.
Rh7 Kg8 72. Rd7 Kf8 73. Kf4 Ra6 74. Ke5 Rb6 75. Rh7 Ra6 76. Kf4 Rb6 77. Ke4 {
1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Akopian,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (77)}) 14... a6 15. Bf3 O-O-O
16. O-O Bc5 17. Nc6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Nbd7 19. Na5 Kd8 20. Nb7+ Kc8 21. Nxc5 Nxc5
22. Be5 Ncd7 23. Rxd7 Bxd7 24. Bxf6 $14 {Die Lage hat sich geklärt: Weiß
kämpft mit zwei Leichtfiguren gegen einen Turm. Den Mehrbauern gibt Schwarz
auf, um dafür alle Bauern am Damenflügel abtauschen zu können.} Re8 25. h3 Re6
26. Nd5 a5 27. a3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Bd4 c3 30. Nxb4 cxb2 31. Bxb2 Kd8 32.
Nd3 Ke7 {Vom theroretischen Standpunkt sollte das Endspiel vermutlich remis
sein. In der Praxis kann Weiß jedoch stundenlang den Gegner 'kneten'.} 33. Nc5
Rb6 34. Ba3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Ra1 36. Bb4 Rb1 37. Ba3 Ra1 38. Bb4 Rb1 39. Nd3+ Ke8
40. Bd6 Rb6 41. Bc7 Rb5 42. Ne5 Ke7 43. Nc4 Be6 44. Bd6+ Kf6 45. Ne3 Rb2 46.
Nd1 Rb3 47. Ne3 Rb2 48. Nd1 Rb3 49. Bh5 Kg7 50. Ne3 Rd3 51. Bc5 f6 52. Bd1 Rd2
53. Kg1 Ra2 54. Bd4 Rd2 55. Bc5 Ra2 56. Bc2 h5 57. Bd4 h4 58. Kf1 Kf7 59. Ke1
Kg7 60. Kd1 Kf7 61. Kc1 Kg7 62. Bb2 Kf7 63. Bd3 Ra4 64. f3 Ra8 65. Nc2 Rc8 66.
Kb1 Bc4 67. Be4 Rd8 68. Kc1 Bd3 69. Bxd3 Rxd3 70. Nd4 Kg6 71. Kc2 Re3 72. Kd2
Re8 73. f4 gxf4 74. Nf3 Kh5 75. Ne1 Kg5 76. Bd4 Rd8 77. Ke2 Re8+ 78. Kf2 Re6
79. Nf3+ Kh5 80. Kg1 Ra6 81. Bf2 Ra1+ 82. Kh2 Ra2 83. Bxh4 Kg6 84. Be1 Kf5 85.
Bc3 Ra3 86. Bd4 Rd3 87. Kg1 Ra3 88. Kf1 Ra2 89. Bc3 Ra3 90. Bd2 Ra2 91. Ke2 Ra3
92. Nd4+ Ke5 93. Nc2 Rb3 94. Ne1 Ke4 95. Nf3 Ra3 96. Bb4 Ra2+ 97. Nd2+ Kf5 98.
Kf3 Ra4 99. Bc5 Ra1 100. Nb3 Kg5 $4 {Jeder Turmzug auf ein sicheres Feld hätte
die Partie wohl gehalten.} 101. Nxa1 {Upps!} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
O-O $6 (8... Nd7 9. O-O Qe7 {So behält Schwarz sein Läuferpaar.}) 9. O-O Nd7
10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. Nxd6 $14 {Die schwarze Hoffnung in der Moskauer
Variante ist sein schwarzfeldriger Läufer. Wird dieser einfach abgetausch, hat
der Nachziehende keine Kompensation für seinen Raumnachteil. Weiß gewinnt
beinahe automatisch.} Qxd6 13. c5 Qf4 14. Re1 Rd8 15. Rc1 b5 $2 16. Bb1 $16 Nf8
17. Re4 Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd7 19. Rc3 Be8 20. Rg3 f5 21. Re1 a5 22. Rd3 a4 23. a3 Qe7
24. Kh1 Qf6 25. f4 Ng6 26. Qd2 Ne7 27. g4 fxg4 28. Nxg4 Qh4 29. Qe2 Bf7 30. Rg1
e5 31. dxe5 Bd5+ 32. Rxd5 cxd5 33. f5 Kf8 34. f6 gxf6 35. Nxf6 Nc6 36. Qf3 Nxe5
37. Nd7+ Ke8 38. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gallego Jimenez, Victoriano"]
[Black "Cifuentes Parada, Roberto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 $11 c5 $5 {16...Ke7 ist gut genug zum Ausgleich.} (16... Ke7
{1/2:1/2 Khalifman,A-Ehlvest,J (Paernu 1996)} 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Rhd8 19.
Nd1 Rd6 20. Rc3 a5 21. Ne3 h5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Bd1 Kd7 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke1 Kc7
26. Be2 Kb7 27. R1c2 Ra5 28. a3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 f5 30. Rc5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 fxe4 32.
fxe4 Re6 33. Ra5 Kc7 34. Kd2 Kd6 35. Ra6 Kc5 36. Ra5+ Kd6 37. Ra6 Kc5 38. Ra5+
{1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/Erevan 1996}) 17. a4 $6 (17. Na4 Nd7 (17... Nxa4
18. Bxa4+ Ke7 19. d6+ $5) 18. d6 $5) 17... Nc8 18. a5 Nd6 19. a6 b6 (19... b5
$2 20. Ra5 {/\ Nb5}) 20. Nb5 Ke7 21. Nxd6 Kxd6 22. Bc4 h5 23. b3 Bh6 $15 24.
Rfd1 f5 25. Kf1 Raf8 26. Ke2 Rf6 27. Rg1 fxe4 28. fxe4 Rhf8 29. Raf1 g5 30. f3
Rf4 31. Rg3 R8f6 32. Rg2 Rg6 33. Rfg1 Rgf6 34. Rf1 Ke7 35. Rg3 Kd6 36. Rg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2588"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Bg7 11. Qc2 {Topalov hatte hier stattdessen zweimal zu 11.
h4 gegriffen. Neben der Deckung des Bauern e4 hat der Damenzug auch noch die
Pointe, dass die Idee Nxf7 nebst e4-e5 und Bh5+ in der Luft hängt, siehe die
Anmerkung zu 11...Qxd4.} (11. h4 Nbd7 (11... Nfd7 $6 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 13. hxg5
hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/
CBM 63/[Lutz] (42)}) (11... b4 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxc4 bxc3 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 cxb2 18. Rb1 $40 {0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Korneev,O/
Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (26)}) 12. Qc2 (12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8
14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Kg1 Nd7 18. Bxh8 Rxh8 19. Rd1 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Nagpur 2002/CBM 86 ext (33)}) 12... c5 13. hxg5
cxd4 $6 (13... hxg5 $5 $13) 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 (14... Qa5+ $5) 15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16.
Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 19. O-O $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/New
Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (34)}) (11. f4 $2 Nfd7 $1 $17 {1-0 Sasikiran,
K-Ponomariov,R/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Lutz] (33)}) 11... Nfd7 $146 (11... Qxd4 12.
Nxf7 $1 O-O (12... Kxf7 13. Rd1 Qc5 14. Bd6 Qb6 15. e5 Nfd7 $2 (15... Nbd7 16.
exf6 Nxf6 17. O-O $44) 16. Bh5+ Kg8 17. Qg6) 13. Nd6 Ba6 14. Rd1 Qc5 15. e5 $16
Nd5 16. Bg4 Nb4 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qg6 Nd3+ 19. Rxd3 cxd3 20. Nf5 Rxf5 21. Bxf5
Kg8 22. O-O Qe7 23. Ne4 b4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Nd6 Nd7 26. Nf5 {1-0 Armbruster,
A-Madl,I/Budapest 2003/CBM 96 ext (26)}) 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rd1 e5 $2 {Dieser
Zug gefällt mir nicht. Zwar wird so der Bg3 eingesperrt, aber andererseits ist
der Bg7 jetzt nur noch wenig mehr als ein großer Bauer und die Felder d5 und
f5 werden geschwächt.} (13... Qb6 $5 {ist kritisch für die Bewertung des
weißen Konzepts. Die Stellung erscheint mir befriedigend für Schwarz.}) 14. d5
$40 Qa5 15. O-O O-O (15... h5 16. h4 g4 17. f3 gxf3 18. Rxf3 $40) 16. h4 Rad8
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qc1 f6 19. a4 a6 $5 (19... cxd5 $5 {erscheint mir besser, um
für die Schwächen auf den weißen Feldern wenigstens noch einen Bauern
einzustreichen.} 20. Nxd5 Qxa4) 20. Bg4 cxd5 $6 (20... Nc5 $5) 21. Nxd5 $16 Kf7
{Schwarz kann das Feld e6 leider nicht mehr befriedigend decken.} (21... Nc5 $2
22. b4 $1) 22. Bh5+ Ke6 {Dieser Wanderkönig lässt das Vertrauen in die
schwarze Stellung schwinden.} (22... Kg8 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qe3 {und die weiße
Dame gelangt auf die h-Linie.}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 cxb3 25. Qe3 {mit den
Ideen Qxb3 und Qf3-f5+.} Bxd5 26. exd5+ Kd6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rc6+ Rxc6 29. dxc6
Kxc6 30. Rc1+ Kd6 $6 (30... Kb7 31. Qxb3 (31. Qd3 Nb6 32. Qh7 b2 33. Qxg7+ Ka6
{ist nicht so klar}) 31... Nb6 32. Bf3+ Ka6 33. Be2 $16) 31. Qd3+ Ke7 32. Qh7
1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 {Das
System mit der frühen Damenentwicklung gilt als nicht besonders gefährlich,
wenngleich sowohl Kortschnoj als auch sein Erzrivale Karpov mit dieser
Variante experimentiert haben.} Nbd7 8. a3 b4 9. axb4 Bxb4 10. g4 $2 $146 {
Mangelnde Kreativität konnte man Kortschnoj sicherlich noch nie vorwerfen. Er
spielt eine Art Shabalov-Angriff (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf7 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7
6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4!?), allerdings erscheint mir in dieser Form der Aufzug des
g-Bauern eher zweifelhaft. Durch die Öffnung des Damenflügels kann Schwarz
nämlich sehr schnell Gegenspiel organisieren. Besser erscheint mit daher das
"traditionelle" 10.e4.} (10. e4 Bb7 (10... a5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Bd2 Ba6 13. Qe4
Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Ne7 15. g3 c5 $6 16. d5 $1 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Lautier,J/Tilburg
1996/CBM 56/[Lutz] (41)}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Be2 c5 13. O-O h6 14. Nb5 cxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qb6 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rxa7 Rxa7 20. Qd4 h5 21.
Qxa7 Qb6 22. Qa4 Ke7 23. Bb5 Ra8 24. Qh4+ Ke8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,
V-Novikov,I/Antwerp 1995/EXT 97 (50)}) 10... a5 11. g5 Ba6 12. Qc2 Nd5 13. e4
Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Ne7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rd1 Qc8 17. Na4 e5 {Schwarz öffnet die
Stellung. Seine Dame steht bereit zum Sprung nach g4 und h3.} 18. dxe5 Ng6 19.
h3 Rb8 20. Kg2 Re8 21. Nd4 Ndxe5 $15 {Wenn der weiße g-Bauer jetzt auf g3
stände, könnte Weiß wegen der schwarzen Schwächen am Damenflügel auf Vorteil
hoffen. So aber steht Weiß schlechter.} 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. b3 f6 $1 {Schwarz geht
am Königsflügel zum Angriff über.} 24. Nd4 $2 (24. gxf6 $5) 24... Qf7 25. f4
Nh4+ 26. Kg3 c5 $1 {Ein präziser Schlag, der das weiße Kartenhaus zum Einsturz
bringt.} 27. Nxc5 Rbc8 28. fxe5 (28. Ne2 fxg5 29. Rhf1 Neg6 $19) 28... Rxc5 29.
Qe2 Rcxe5 $19 30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rxe4 32. gxf6 (32. Bf2 Bd6#) 32... Bd6+ 33.
Kf2 Rxe3 34. Rhg1 g6 35. Rg5 R3e5 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Nc6 Bxf6 38. Nxa5 Nf5 39.
Rd5 Rc8 40. Ke2 Be7 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. Nb7 Ke6 43. Rb5 Ra8 44. Rb3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "Nordic-ch VISA"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1997.10.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. c5
$6 {Dieser Zug ist strategisch zweifelhaft. Schwarz kann problemlos ...e5
durchsetzen.} (8. g3) (8. e4) 8... Nd7 9. e3 (9. Na4 g5 (9... g6 $5) 10. h3 Qd8
11. e3 Bg7 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Rd1 $13 {Sitnik,I-Basagic,V/Ljubljana op 1992/TD
92\04/0-1 (47)}) (9. e4 e5) 9... e5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Bd8 13.
Qa4 e4 14. Nd2 Bc7 15. b4 b5 16. Qb3 axb4 17. Nxd5 $5 {Ansonsten hat Weiß kein
Spiel.} cxd5 18. Qxd5 Rb8 19. Qxe4 $13 Qd8 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. Qb1 Nd5 22. Rc2 Bb7
23. Qb3 Nc3 24. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 25. Kh1 Bc7 26. Nf3 Rxb7 27. a3 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5
29. axb4 Nxb4 30. Rb2 Nd5 31. e4 Nc3 32. Re1 Re8 33. d5 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 Nxe4 35.
Nd4 Nxc5 36. Re2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Godena, Michele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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 "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 {Just like 11...Rg8, this move intends to
return the Pg4 in order to speed up development and to obtain counter-play
down the g-file. There are however some little differences. Dieser Zug hat,
ähnlich wie 11...Rg8, die Idee, den Pg4 zurückzugeben, um schneller zur
Entwicklung zu kommen und auf der g-Linie Gegenspiel zu entfalten. Es ergeben
sich jedoch einige kleine Unterschiede.} 12. Nxd7 $5 (12. Nxg4 Rg8 {is the
other main possibility. ist die andere Hauptmöglichkeit} (12... Nxg4 13. Bxg4 {
results in the same position as in the game. ergibt die gleiche Stellung wie
in der Partie.})) (12. O-O Rg8 (12... Nxe5 $5 13. Bxe5 Rg8 {0-1 Ivanov,
S-Korobov,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (23)})) (12. Bxg4 Rg8 {1-0
Shchekachev,A-Shalimov,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (33)}) 12... Nxd7 (
12... Qxd7 $5 {has been preferred by bthe expert on the Semi-Slav, Dreev.
wurde von Semi-Slawisch-Experte Dreev bevorzugt:} 13. Be5 Qe7 (13... Be7 14.
Bxg4 Rg8 15. Bf3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ba6 17. b3 b4 18. Nd1 Qb7 19. bxc4 Nd7 20. Bh2
Nb6 21. Nb2 Rxd4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Zhukova,N-Kosteniuk,A/Krasnoturinsk 2005/CBM 107
ext (60)}) (13... Bg7 14. Bxg4 Rd8 15. Bh3 O-O 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. O-O-O $5 $40 {
1-0 Pavlov,A-Shalimov,V/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (31)}) 14. O-O h5 15. Qc2
Bh6 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 O-O 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. e5 Qxh4 $36 {0-1 Grischuk,
A-Dreev,A/Mainz 2005/CBM 107 ext (42)}) 13. Bxg4 Qb6 (13... Bg7 14. O-O b4 15.
Na4 (15. Ne2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qa4 h5 18. Bh3 d4 19. e5 Qc8 20. e6 fxe6 21.
Nf4 Qc6 22. Qc2 Rh6 23. Rae1 $40 {1-0 Smirnov,A-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 2003/
EXT 2004 (71)}) 15... Qe7 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. Be2 Rxd4 19. Qc2 Nd7 20.
Rfd1 $36 {1-0 Bocharov,D-Novikov,M/Tomsk 2004/CBM 102 (31)}) (13... Rg8 14. O-O
(14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 16. O-O-O b4 17. Na4 Qa5 18. d5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20.
Kb1 cxd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qf4 b3 $13 {1-0 Krush,I-Stripunsky,A/
Montreal 2004/CBM 101 ext (62)}) 14... Nf6 (14... b4 15. Na4 Be7 16. Rc1 Ba6
17. Be2 Bxh4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Rxc4 Qg5 20. Qf3 Bxg3 21. fxg3 Rg7 22. Rxb4 $36
{1/2-1/2 Lesiege,A-Stripunsky,A/Montreal 2004/CBM 101 ext (55)}) (14... Qb6 15.
a4 (15. d5 $2 cxd5 16. exd5 Nf6 $19) 15... a5 16. d5 Nf6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. axb5
Rxg4 19. Be5 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxf6 Rf4 22. Be5 Rf5 23. Qe2 Qxb5 24. f4 h5
$13 {0-1 Sarkar,J-Fridman,D/Philadelphia 2004/CBM 101 ext (48)}) 15. Be2 Qb6
16. a4 Bb4 (16... O-O-O 17. a5 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Rxd4 19. a6 Ba8 20. Be5 Rd2 21.
Bf3 Rd3 22. Be2 Ng4 23. Bxd3 Nxe5 24. Be2 Kc7 $15 {0-1 Filippov,V-Dreev,A/Neum
2000/EXT 2001 (60)}) 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 $13 {0-1 Khalifman,
A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (35)}) 14. O-O Bg7 $2 {Allows White to
open up the centre. Erlaubt Weiß die Öffnung des Zentrums.} (14... Rg8 {
seems better, in order to traspose to the above-mentioned game Sarkar,
J-Fridman,D and to exploit the position of the white bishops. erscheint besser,
um zur obigen Partie Sarkar,J-Fridman,D überzuleiten und die Stellung der
weißen Läufer auszunutzen.}) 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. exd5 O-O (16... O-O-O $5 {
is comparatively better, but not really all that attractive. ist
vergleichsweise besser, aber auch nicht wirklich attraktiv.} 17. dxe6 fxe6 18.
Qd6 $5 $40 (18. Qe2 $5 $40)) 17. dxe6 Nf6 18. e7 $16 {This pawn is the final
nail in Black's coffin. Dieser Bauer ist der Sargnagel des Schwarzen.} Rfe8 19.
Re1 b4 20. Na4 Qb5 21. Bd6 Ne4 $6 {Tempting, but White has a strong reply up
his sleeve. Verlockend, aber Weiß hat eine starke Antwort parat.} (21... Bxg2
$5 22. Kxg2 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qd5+ 24. Kh3 Qxd6 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Rae1 Rac8 27. Re3
$40) (21... Nxg4 22. Qxg4 h5 (22... Qxa4 23. Be5) 23. Qg3 Kh7 24. Nc5 $18) 22.
Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 23. Nc5 $18 {Supported by the position of his e-pawn, White now
moves over to the attack. Gestützt auf den e-Bauern kommt Weiß jetzt zum
Angriff.} Bc6 24. Bh5 {White attacks f7, and the black queen is a mere
spectator. Weiß greift f7 an und die schwarze Dame kann nur zuschauen.} Qb6 (
24... c3 25. Qb3) 25. Qg4 Bf3 (25... Bd5 26. Be5 f6 27. Nd7) 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27.
Qf4 Bc6 28. Be5 Bb5 29. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Lost Boys 5th"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.08.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Winants Epishin Novikov} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 {
La variante de Moscou.} 6. Bh4 {Le coup habituel est ici 6.Bxf6. Mais le recul
du Fou propose un gambit intéressant.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 $1 $146 {
Dieser Zug stellt eine interessante Neurung dar, um das Bauernopfer 6.Bh4 zu
beleben. Die wesentlichen Alternativen sind 9.Be2 und 9.Qc2. Une nouveauté au
lieu de 9.Bé2, 9.Qc2 ou 9.Né5.} (9. Be2) (9. Qc2) (9. Be5 $6 {Epishin} Nbd7 10.
Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bg7 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. O-O a6 16. Qg3 c5
17. f4 cxd4 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. e5 dxc3 20. exf6 Rxd1 21. Bh5+ Kg8 22. Bxd1 Bxf6
23. bxc3 Rh7 24. Qh3 gxf4 25. Qxe6+ Qf7 26. Qd6 Rg7 27. g3 Be7 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29.
Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. Rxf4 Bc5+ 31. Kf1 Rf7 {0-1 Stankovic,D-Vucic,M/Bela Crkva op
1983/MCD-op}) (9. Ne5 $6 {Epishin} h5 (9... Bb7 10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4
O-O 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Bd6 Qb6 16. Kh1 Qxd4 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qe1
Nc5 19. Rd1 Qe5 20. Bh5 {1/2-1/2 Eberhardt,F-Pitschka,C/BL2-S 1988/BL2}) 10. f3
h4 11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Qd2 Be7 15. Be2 Rg8 16. g3 Qc7
17. Bf2 a6 18. Rg1 O-O-O 19. O-O-O c5 20. gxh4 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc5 22. Qc2 gxh4
23. e5 {0-1 Manninen,M-Hansen,L/Nordic zt 1992/CBM 31}) (9. a3 $6 {Epishin} Qa5
10. Nd2 Nbd7 (10... Bb7 11. Be2 c5 12. a4 cxd4 13. axb5 Qd8 14. Na4 Bb4 15. O-O
d3 16. Bf3 g4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxd2 19. Qg7 Rf8 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Ra4 Bg5
22. Rxc4 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Bxf6 24. Nxd3 Nd7 25. Ra1 {Kahlert,T-Heller,M/RLNN 1988/
BIG 80/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qb6 13. b3 Qxd4 14. Qc2 cxb3 15. Nxb3
Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. Kh1 e5 18. Nd2 Bb4 19. Qb2 Qd4 20. Rfc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 b4 22.
Rc2 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 c5 {Zhang Zhong-Liang Jinrong/Beijing Tan Chin Cup 1996/CBM
55/[Lutz]/1/2-1/2 (76)}) 9... g4 (9... b4 $5 10. Na4 Nxe4 $13) 10. Ne5 {
La pointe: les Blancs gagnent du terrain en attaquant le Pg4.} h5 {[%csl Rg5,
Rh5][%cal Yf2f3] Nun ist der schwarze Königsflügel (speziell das Feld g5 und
der Ph5) dauerhaft schwach. Weiß kann bei kurzer schwarzer Rochade auch
eventuell f2-f3 versuchen.} ({Ou} 10... b4 {Winants} 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bxc4 Nxg3
13. fxg3 {et l'ouverture de la colonne -f- promet un assaut vigoureux.}) 11.
Be2 Bb7 (11... b4 {Epishin} 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bf4 Qxh4 15. Qc2 (15.
g3 Qd8 16. Qc2 Ng5 $17) 15... g3 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 Qxg3 18. Rf3 (18. Qe4
f5 19. Qf4 h4 $15) 18... Qh4 19. Rd1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $17) 12. O-O Nbd7 (12...
Bg7 {Epishin} 13. f3 O-O 14. Kh2 $1 (14. fxg4 c5 $1 $13)) 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Rad1
{Sokolov se contente pour l'instant de centraliser ses forces. Il faut dire
que les Noirs sont devant une tâche difficile. Leur position est resserée et
on ne voit guère de refuge convaincant pour abriter le Roi.} Qb6 $5 {[#] Ce
coup naturel prête le flanc а une astuce tactique. In Anbetracht des folgenden
Zuges vielleicht zweifelhaft.} (14... Qe7 $13 {erscheint normal.}) ({Toutefois
après} 14... O-O {Winants} 15. f3 {les Blancs auraient obtenu l'initiative.})
15. Na4 $1 {Une conception splendide!} Qa5 $2 {Gemäß Novikov in "SCHACH" 9/97
bereits der entscheidende Fehler.} (15... bxa4 16. Nxc4 Qb4 17. e5 (17. Nd6+ {
Epishin} Ke7 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qc1 $18) 17... Nd5 18. a3 Qb3 19. Qxb3 axb3 20.
Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nxb7 a5 $13 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Yg7h6,Yh6c1] ist gemäß Novikov
völlig unklar. Weiß fällt es nicht so leicht, sein Läuferpaar in Szene zu
setzen.}) 16. Nc5 {Empêche ...c5 et enferme le Bb7 pour de bon.} Nxc5 17. dxc5
Qb4 (17... Qxa2 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 $40 {(Novikov) Es droht 20.Ra1 und 20.
Nd6+.}) 18. Rd6 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 {Voici enfin l'idée des Blancs: la domination de
la colonne ouverte débouchera bientôt sur l'occupation de la septième rangée.}
O-O (19... Qb6 $5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Nd5 22. Rd7+ Ne7 (22... Kg8 23. Qg6 Rh7
24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Rxb7 $18) 23. Rxe7+ Kxe7 24. Qg6 Rag8 25. Bf4 {"mit Angriff" 
(Novikov), z.B.} Bxe5 26. Bg5+ Kf8 27. Qxe6 Rxg5 28. hxg5) 20. Nd7 {Profitant
de l'occasion pour échanger un défenseur du roque.} Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Qb6 (21...
Bc8 {Winants} 22. Bd6 Qb6 23. Bxf8) 22. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Yc1g5,
Yg5g8] Die Dame schwenkt zum Königsflügel. Derniers préparatifs avant
l'offensive. La Dame vise la case g5.} Bc8 {[#]} (22... f6 23. Be5 $1 {
(Novikov)} (23. Bc7 $1 {Novikov} Qa6 (23... Qc5 24. b4 $1 Qxb4 25. Bd6) 24. Be5
$1 Rf7 25. Rxf7 Kxf7 26. Rd7+ Kf8 (26... Kg8 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qh6) 27. Qf4) (
23. e5 {Winants} Rad8 24. exf6 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Rxf6 (25... Bxf6 26. Qh6 Rf7 27.
Qg6+ Rg7 28. Rxg7+ Bxg7 29. Be5 $18) 26. Qg5 Rf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8
29. Bd6+ Kf7 (29... Kg8 30. Be5) 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Bd1 $18) 23...
Rf7 (23... fxe5 24. Rxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rd7+ Rf7 26. Qg5+ Kf8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+
Kh8 29. Qxh5+ Kg8 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Qg7# {(Fritz)}) 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Rd7+ Kg6
{Auf andere Königszüge folgt 26.Rxg7 (+) und 27.Qg5+.} 26. Qg5+ $1 fxg5 27.
Rxg7+ Kh6 28. hxg5#) 23. Qg5 {Es droht 24.Be5 Tout est là! Les Blancs menacent
24.Bé5} Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Kh7 (24... Kh8 {Winants} 25. Be5 Bxe5 (25... Rg8 26. Qh6#
) 26. Qxe5+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qxh5+ Kg8 29. Qxg4+ Kh7 30. Qh5+ Kg7 31. Qg5+
{suivi de Bh5xf7 avec attaque de mat}) 25. Qxh5+ Kg8 26. Bc7 $1 {Drängt die
schwarze Dame weiter ins Abseits.} Qa6 (26... Qb7 {Winants} 27. Qxg4) 27. Qxg4
Kh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qg5 Kh8 ({Encore une variante:} 29... Kh7 {Winants} 30.
Bh5 Qc8 31. Bxf7 Rxf7 (31... Qxd7 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Qh5+ Bh6 34. Qxh6#) 32. Qh5+
Bh6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Qxg7#) 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5+ Kh7 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qg5+
Kh7 (33... Kh8 {Winants} 34. Bh5) 34. Bh5 1-0

[Event "Olomouc After GP Mladi"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Votava, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 {In der 7.Qc2-Variante ist das Königsfianchetto erst kürzlich
populär geworden.} 10. Qe3 (10. h4 $5 $146 {Diese grobschlächtige Idee
verdient Beachtung. Weiß nutzt seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung, um den schwarzen
Königsflügels zu schwächen.} h5 (10... Bg7 11. h5 g5 12. Bd3 {Und wie
entwickelt Schwarz sich weiter ?}) 11. Bd3 Bh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. c5
Qf4 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Nd6 Ng4 18. g3 Qf6 19. Ng5 Nh6 20. Bc4 Qe7 21.
d5 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Qc7 23. Be4 Rf8 24. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Mukhametov,E/
Berliner Sommer 1997 (39)}) (10. Bd3 {wurde häufiger probiert, ist aber
vielleicht zu brav.}) 10... Bg7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c5 O-O 13. Rd1 (13. Bc4 b6 (
13... e5 $5 14. Nd6 Qf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O b5 $5) 14. Rd1 Kh7
$2 15. h4 $1 Kh8 16. Nd6 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 bxc5 19. h5 g5 20. O-O $16 {
1-0 Magerramov,E-Varga,Z/Andorra op 1991/EXT 91op (51)}) 13... e5 14. Nd6 Qf6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bc4 Qxe3+ (17... Qxe3+ 18. fxe3 Bxb2 (18... Be6
$5) 19. O-O (19. Nxf7 $2 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Bg4+ 21. Kd3 Bxd1 $17) 19... Be6 20. Bxe6
fxe6 21. Nxb7 {Mir gefällt die weiße Stellung hier etwas besser, da der weiße
Turm auf die 7.Reihe gelangt, z.B.} Ba3 22. Rd7 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rf8+ 24. Ke2 Rf7
25. Rd8+ Rf8 (25... Kg7 26. Nd6 Rf8 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Ne4) 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.
Nd8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. f3 (12. O-O {wurde weit häufiger gespielt,
aber auch da ist es fraglich, ob Weiß Vorteil erzielen kann.}) 12... Nbd7 13.
fxg4 hxg4 (13... Nxe5 {0-1 Ivanov,S-Vitiugov,N/St Petersburg 2005/CBM 106_01/
[Lutz] (44) Lutz}) 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 {Dieses Qualitätsopfer wurde
von Dreev bereits in dessen Partie gegen Kasparov bei der russischen
Meisterschaft 2004 gespielt. Damals hatte Dreev jedoch seine Hausanalyse
vergessen und konnte seine fantastische Idee nicht konsequent zu Ende führen.
Diesmal jedoch kann sich Dreev wieder an seine Analyse erinnern.} 16. Bxh8 Qxh4
{Mit der Drohung ...g3.} 17. Bxg4 Qxh8 18. e5 (18. Bh5 $6 {Stohl} O-O-O {><d4}
19. Bxf7 (19. Rxf7 Ne5 $36) 19... e5 $1 $15) (18. Rf2 {Stohl} Bg7 (18... O-O-O
19. Rxf7 Ne5 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 $13) 19. e5 O-O-O $44) 18... O-O-O $1
$146 {Das ist die Verbesserung. Durch die Drohungen ...Nxe5 und ...c6-c5 wird
das weiße Bauernzentrum bald auseinanderbrechen. Wichtig ist, dass der Bf8
immer auf der Diagonalen a7-g1 aufzutauchen droht.} (18... Nxe5 $2 {geschah in
der Stammpartie von 15...Sd7!. Dieser Zug erwies sich jedoch nicht als
ausreichend.} 19. dxe5 Bc5+ 20. Rf2 Qxe5 (20... Bxf2+ {Stohl} 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22.
Qe2 $16) 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Ke7 25. Ke3 $16 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Dreev,A/Moscow 2004/CBM 104/[Stohl] (59)}) 19. Qe2 (19. Rxf7
Nxe5 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Rf5 Nd3 22. Qg4 Bh6 {ist nur für Weiß gefährlich.})
19... c5 $1 20. d5 (20. Nxb5 {Stohl} a6 $1 $44 21. Rxf7 (21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6
Qxd4+ 23. Rf2 Ne5 24. Bh5 Nd3 25. Bxf7 Rxd6 $17) 21... axb5 22. Bxe6 cxd4 23.
Bxd7+ Rxd7 24. Qg4 Bc6 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. e6 d3 $1 27. exd7+ Kd8 28. Qg5+ (28.
Qf5 Qd4+ 29. Kh1 Qh4+ 30. Qh3 $2 Qxh3+ 31. gxh3 Bg7 32. Rb1 Bxb2 $1 $19) 28...
Be7 29. Qxb5 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 $11 (30. Kf1 $2 Bc5 31. Qb8+ Kxd7 $19)) 20... Nxe5
21. dxe6 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd4+ 23. Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxb5 fxe6 {Schwarz hat für die
Qualität einen Bauern und das Läuferpaar. Bacrot entscheidet sich
sinnvollerweise in den nächsten Zügen dafür, auf das Remis zuzusteuern.} 25.
Rac1 (25. Nxa7+ Kb8 26. Nb5 Bc5 27. Kf2 Rg8 $40) 25... Bh6 26. Rxc4+ Kb8 27.
Re1 (27. Rf6 Be3+ 28. Kf1 d3 {/\ ...Rh8, /\ ...d2} 29. Rxe6 Bd5 $17) 27... Be3+
28. Rxe3 dxe3 29. Rd4 Rf8 (29... Rg8 30. Kf1 a6 31. Nc3 Rxg2 32. Rd6 {fürt zu
ähnlichen Stellungen wie in der Partie.}) 30. Rd1 a6 31. Nc3 Rf2 32. Rd6 {
So kann Weiß knapp das Gleichgewicht halten.} e5 (32... Rxg2+ 33. Kf1 Bd5 34.
Nxd5 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 exd5 36. Rxd5 Rxb2 37. Re5 $11) 33. Re6 Rf5 34. Rg6 Rf2 35.
Rg5 Rxb2 36. Rxe5 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $5 {Dieser
Damenzug wurde bislang nur einmal gespielt, scheint aber besser zu sein als
das häufiger angewandte 13...Nxf6.} (13... Nxf6 14. Bf3 b4 (14... Qb6 15. Qd2
Rd8 (15... h5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qf4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qb7 25. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,
D-Cosma,I/Sovata 2001/EXT 2003 (41)}) 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rd1 $36 c5 $2 (17... Qa5
18. a3) 18. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Novikov,I/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97/[Lutz] 
(40)}) 15. Ne2 c5 16. d5 $1 Qd7 17. O-O O-O-O 18. Qc1 exd5 19. Qf4 $40 {
0-1 Potkin,V-Grischuk,A/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 98/[Lutz] (35)}) 14. e5 {Weiß
verhindert, dass Schwarz selbst ...e6-e5 spielt.} (14. Bf3 e5 15. d5 Bc5 16. h5
Bd4 17. Bh4 Qd6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O a6 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 a5 22. Qc1 Qe6 23.
Rd1 Bb6 24. Ng3 Rxg3 25. Bxg3 Bd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qd2 d3 28. b3 Nc5 29. bxc4
Nb3 30. Qxd3 Nxa1 31. Qb1 Qf6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Bxc6+ Qxc6 34. Qxa1 O-O-O {
0-1 Komljenovic,D-Korneev,O/Sevilla 2003/CB07 (46)}) 14... Qf5 15. Bf3 O-O-O
16. Qe2 Nb6 17. a4 bxa4 {Und in dieser spannenden Stellung wurde das
Unentschieden vereinbart.} (17... bxa4 {Mir scheint, dass Schwarz gut steht, z.
B.} 18. Be4 (18. Ne4 Rxd4 19. O-O c5) 18... Qg4 19. Bf3 (19. Qc2 Bb4) 19...
Qxd4 20. Rd1 Qc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 (
8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 (9... Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 $2 (11... O-O 12. e5
Bc7 $14) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bxf7) 10. a3 O-O 11.
Qc2 a6 12. b4 f5 13. Na4 Bd6 {Hier spielt Schwarz ...Be7-d6!} 14. Nc5 Qf6 15.
Rac1 g5 16. Qc3 g4 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. f4 gxf3 20. Rxf3 Kh8 21. Rh3
Rg8 22. Rf1 Rg5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V (03)/PCA-WchQual3 New York ;
CBM 42 1994 (45)}) 8... Qd8 {Derzeit steht 8.a3 als Bekämpfungsmethode von
schwarzen Aufbauten mit ...g6 hoch im Kurs. Allerdings kann Schwarz wie in
dieser Partie einen Aufbau mit ...Qd8 und ...Bd6 wählen.} 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O
O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 (13... exd5 $5) 14. Qb3 Nf6 $6
(14... Kh8 $5 {/\ ...g5-g4}) 15. Ne2 g5 16. Ne5 Rb8 17. f3 Qa5 18. Rc3 Nd7 19.
f4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be7 21. Rec1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Dorfman,J (03)/URS-ch45
plof-1pl Moscow ;URS-ch 1978 (34)}) (11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 $1 {Hier wirkt
sich das mit a2-a3 vergeudete Tempo aus.}) 11... a6 12. e4 (12. b4 $5 f5 13. c5
$5 (13. Na4 {würde mit Minustempo zur Partie Kamsyk,G-Kramnik,V führen.}) 13...
Bc7 14. a4 Qf6 {/\ ...e5} (14... g5 $5 $132)) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 $1 {
Schwraz sollte jetzt satten Ausgleich haben.} 14. Rad1 Qc7 (14... Qe7 $5 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10 17. f4 $2 Qc5+) 15. h3 b5 (15... exd4 $5 16. Nxd4
Ne5) 16. Ba2 Bb7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nh4 Bc5 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. f4 Nc4 21. Bxc4
bxc4 22. Qe2 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Rd8 24. Qxc4 Bd4 $44 {[%csl Rd1,Re4,Rf4,Rh4][%cal
Gb7h1,Gd4b2,Gd4f2,Gc7f4] >< d1, h4, e4, f4} 25. Nf5 c5 26. Nc3 Qb6 27. Nd5 Qxb2
28. Nxd4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qxd4 30. Qxa6 Qxd5 31. Rc1 Qe4 32. Qf1 Rd3 33. Kh2 c4
34. a4 c3 35. a5 Qd4 36. a6 Rd2 37. a7 Qxa7 38. Rxc3 Qb7 39. Qf3 Qxf3 40. Rxf3
Kh7 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Ra3 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Nbd7 {Schwarz wählt in der Folge
einen Aufbau, der an den geschlossenen Katalanen erinnert. Mit 5...dxc4 konnte
Schwarz eher im Geiste des Semi-Slawisch fortsetzen.} 6. g3 b6 $146 {Dieser
Zug schein neu zu sein, aber im geschlossenen Katalanisch ist es natürlich
normal, den Läufer nach a6 oder b7 zu entwickeln.} 7. Bf4 (7. Bg2 Ba6 8. cxd5
cxd5 {ist die Idee des Schwarzen, da Weiß dann die Spannung im Zentrum
aufgelöst hätte und der Ba6 besser als der Bg2 wäre.}) 7... Be7 (7... Ba6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nb5 {, und Schwarz müsste sich von seinem Läufer trennen.}) 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bg2 Nxf4 10. gxf4 {Auch dies Art von Strukturen ist aus dem
Katalanen bekannt: Weiß gibt das Läuferpaar ab, erhält dafür aber eine bessere
Zentrumskontrolle. In dieer Partie gibt es aber noch die besonderheit, dass
Weiß lang rocherien kann.} Bb7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Rhg1 $14 {Mir persönlich
gefällt die weiße Stellung etwas besser, aber Schwarz steht solide.} Qc7 13. e3
Rad8 $6 {Dieser Zug ist nicht unbedingt nötig. Besser scheint mir sofortiges ..
.a7-a6, nebst ...b6-b5 und ...c6-c5.} (13... a6 14. Kb1 b5 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16.
fxe5 c5 $132) 14. Kb1 a6 15. Ne5 b5 {Schwarz bereitet langsam ...c6-c5 vor,
allerdings ist nun das Feld c5 geschwächt.} (15... c5 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. d5 Nxe5
18. fxe5 $40 {Mit dem schwarzen Bauern auf b5 könnte Schwarz nun ...c5-c4
spielen.}) 16. Qc2 Nxe5 (16... c5 17. Ne4) 17. fxe5 c5 {Schwarz entschliesst
sich jetzt zu diesem Zug, da ansonsten Ne4 folgen würde.} 18. Ne4 Kh8 19. f4
Rd7 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern.} (19... c4 {würde den Bauernverlust
vermeiden, überlässt Weiß jedoch freie Hand im Zentrum.}) 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21.
Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 Rc7 $16 {Weiß hat nun einen Mehrbauern, für den Schwarz nur
ein nebulöses Gegenspiel entlang der Felder e4 und f3 besitzt.} 23. Rd6 Qf3 24.
Qc3 a5 25. Rc1 g6 26. a3 Rfc8 27. Qd4 Kg7 28. Rd8 b4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 {Weiß hat
nach wie vor einen Mehrbauern, kommt aber angesichts seiner Schwächen nicht so
leicht weiter.} 30. axb4 axb4 31. Qxb4 Qxe3 32. Qc4 Qf2 33. c6 Qxh2 34. c7 {
Nun hat Weiß seinen Freibauern weit vorgerückt, aber der schwarze h-Bauer
steht ebenfalls schon bereit.} Qd2 35. Rc3 (35. Qa6 Qd7 36. Qc6) 35... Qd1+ 36.
Ka2 h5 37. Qa6 Qd7 38. Qb7 h4 39. Kb1 h3 40. Rxh3 Qd1+ 41. Ka2 Qa4+ 42. Kb1
Qd1+ {Man hat den Eindruck, dass Weiß seine Chancen nicht optimal verwertet
hat.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stepanakert-A"]
[Site "Stepanakert"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg4 Rg8 13. O-O b4 $6 {Dieses Abspiel
ist sehr prinzipiell, aber auch riskant: Schwarz kassiert den Pe4, zerstört
dafür aber sein Bauerngefüge am Damenflügel. Die bisherigen Ergebnisse in
dieser Variante favorisieren Weiß.} (13... Nxg4) (13... Nh5) 14. Na4 (14. Nxf6+
$6 Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2 (16... Rxg3 17. fxg3 cxb2 18. Rb1 c3 19. Qd3
Qa5 20. Kh2 O-O-O 21. Qc4 Qb4 22. Qd3 Qxd4 23. Qh7 Bd6 24. Kh3 Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc7
26. Qf3 c5 27. Ba6 Rd5 28. Bxb7+ Kxb7 29. Rfc1 Ba5 30. Kh2 Kc6 31. Qf1 Bb6 32.
Rc2 Qd4 33. Qf3 Qd3 34. Qxd3 Rxd3 35. g4 Bc7+ 36. Kg1 Be5 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5
Rg3 39. Kf2 Rxg5 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Ke4 Bxf6 {0-1 Kovalenko,N-Shalimov,V/Kharkov
2003/CBM 93 ext (41)}) 17. Rb1 c3 18. Qb3 Rxg3 19. Qxb7 Rb8 20. Qxa7 Rg6 21.
Bf3 Bd6 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Be4 Qxf6 24. Qa6 {0-1 Cvitan,O-Pavasovic,D/Pula 2003/
CBM 94 ext (24)}) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 (15... Nxg3 16. fxg3 Qe7 $2 (16...
Qa5 $2 {Gurevich,M} 17. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 18. Qf3+ Kg7 (18... Ke7 19. Bxe6 $40) 19.
Bxe6 Kh8 20. Bxd7 Qxa4 21. Ne5 $16) (16... h5 $5 $132) 17. Nc5 $1 $16 O-O-O 18.
Nxd7 Rxd7 (18... Qxd7 19. Nf6 Qxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Nxg8 Rxc4 22. Rxf7 $18)
19. Ne5 Rg7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qd3 $16 {1-0 Vitiugov,N-Stripunsky,A/Ruschess.
com INT 2005/CBM 109/[Lutz] (42)}) (15... h5 16. Ne3 Qa5 (16... Ndf6 17. Be5
Be7 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Bb3 Kf8 20. Rfc1 $16 {1-0 Quinn,M-Rytshagov,M/Istanbul
2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 17. Bh2 Ndf6 18. Bb3 Rd8 19. Qc2 Rxd4 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Bh6 22. Rd3 Ng4 23. Nc4 Qf5 24. Bc7 Bf4 25. Rf3 e5 26. Nc5 Nh2 27. Rxf4
Qxf4 28. Nxe5 Nf3+ 29. Nxf3 Qxf3 30. Qxe4+ {1-0 Bocharov,D-Lastin,A/Tomsk 2004/
CBM 102 (30)}) 16. Rc1 (16. b3 Nxg3 $6 (16... O-O-O $5 {Gurevich,M} 17. Qe2
Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd2 $15) 17. fxg3 Rg6
$6 (17... Qh5 $13 {Gurevich,M}) (17... Qh5 $5 {Gurevich,M}) 18. Qe2 $1 $40 {
1-0 Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Gurevich,M] (31)}) 16... O-O-O 17.
Bh2 Bd6 $146 {Dieser Zug ist neu. Schwarz will den Bh2 neutralisieren, muss
dafür aber eine 'ewige' Schwäche auf c5 in Kauf nehmen.} (17... Qf5 18. f3 Nef6
19. Ne3 Qa5 20. Qb3 h5 21. Be2 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Rasmussen,K/Copenhagen 2003/CBM
95 ext (38)}) 18. Bd3 Bxh2+ 19. Nxh2 Ndf6 20. Bxe4 {Im 'New In Chess Magazine'
8/2005 bezeichnet Nakamura diesen und den nächsten weißen Zug als mehr oder
weniger forciert, da ansonsten Schwarz gutes Spiel erhält:} (20. Nf3 $6 Qf5 $40
{Nakamura}) (20. Qc2 $2 Rxd4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Nf3 Nd2 $3 23. Nxd4 (23. Nxd2
Qd5 $19) 23... Qd5 24. g3 Qxd4 $19 {Nakamura}) 20... Nxe4 21. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 22.
Rxc5 Qxa2 23. b3 Qb2 $2 {Diese bezeichnet Nakamura als Fehler.} (23... Rg7 {
führt "zu ungefähr gleichem Spiel, aber Schwarz hat eine leichte Initative" 
(Nakamura)} 24. g3 (24. Qf3 Qb2) 24... f5) 24. Nf3 Rg4 25. Rc2 $1 Rgxd4 (25...
Qxb3 $2 26. Rxc6+ $18) (25... Qa3 26. Ne5 Rgxd4 (26... Rdxd4 27. Rd2 Rxd2 28.
Qxd2 Rg8 29. Qd7+ Kb8 30. Qxf7 Rc8 31. Nd7+ Ka8 32. Nc5 Ba6 33. Qxe6 $18) 27.
Qf3 $40 {Nakamura}) 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 27. Qh5 $18 {Angesichts des schlechten Bb7
hat Schwraz nicht genügend Kompensation für die Minusqualität.} Qd3 28. Rc4
Qxb3 29. Rfc1 Kb8 (29... Rd7 $142 $5 30. Qxh6 a5 {Nakamura}) 30. Qxh6 Qb2 31.
Qf4+ e5 32. Rxb4 exf4 33. Rxb2 Kc7 34. Rc4 $6 (34. Rb4 $142 f3 35. Rf4 fxg2 36.
Rxf7+ $18 {Nakamura}) 34... f3 35. Rf4 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 fxg2 37. Rxf7+ Kd6 38. Kxg2
Ba6 39. Rxa7 Bc4 40. f3 Ke5 41. h5 Rd8 42. h6 Bd3 43. h7 Rh8 44. Rbb7 c5 45.
Kf2 Kd4 46. Rd7+ Kc4 47. Ke3 Bf5 48. Rf7 Bb1 49. Kf4 Kd5 50. Kg5 c4 51. f4 Be4
52. Rfd7+ Kc5 53. f5 c3 54. Rac7+ 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Shabtai, Ran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Qb6 $6 (6... dxc4) 7.
Qc2 g5 8. Bg3 g4 9. c5 Qd8 10. Ne5 $16 {[%csl Re8,Rg4] >< g4, e8} b6 11. cxb6
Qxb6 12. e3 Ba6 13. Be2 h5 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rg8 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Rc1 Nbd7
18. Kf1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bf4 c5 21. e4 cxd4 22. Nb5 d3 23. Qxd3 dxe4 24.
Qc4 Ke7 25. Nc7 Rd8 26. Rh5 Qxb2 27. Rb5 Qa3 28. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen KS"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 (12... Qe7 $6 13. e4 Rd8
14. e5 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Novgorod ; CBM 54 1996}) 13. e4 e5 $10 14. Qb3
Qe7 15. d5 Nb6 16. dxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 12th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 $6 (10... Bg7 11. e4 e5) 11. e4 Bg7 12. d5 (12. e5
O-O $14 {In der letzten Zeit haben die Schwarzen diese Stellung vermieden. Man
sehe die Partie Kamsky,G-Kramnik,V/WchT Luzern 1993.}) 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 e5 14.
Rc1 Bd7 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup Final"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1997.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.09.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Nh5 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 exd5 $2 {Die Öffnung
der Stellung ist verfehlt, da sich der schwarze Damenflügel auflöst und die
Felderschwächen am Königsflügel (besonders f5) übrigbleiben.} (13... Bg7 {
0-1 Chernin,A-Gurevich,M/BL2-W9697/1996/[Gurevich,M] (35)}) 14. exd5 Bg7 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 (16... a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa1 (18... Bxb5 19.
Qe4+ $18) 19. Nd6+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ $16) 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nd4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal
Yd4f5]} Bxd4 {[%csl Rh6] Schwarz muß seinen Läufergeben, um Nf5 zu verhindern,
aber nun ist auch noch h6 schwach.} 19. Rxd4 $16 Qf6 20. Rad1 Ne5 21. Rd6 Qg7
22. Bxc4 Rac8 23. Ba2 a3 24. bxa3 Ba8 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Yc8c3,Yg7c3,Ye5f3] /\ ..
.Rc3} 25. R1d4 $1 Rfe8 26. Qd2 Kh8 27. Nd1 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Yd1e3,Ye3f5]}
Nc6 28. Rc4 Qe5 29. Ne3 Kg7 30. Kh2 $1 {/\ Ng4} (30. Ng4 $2 Qe1+) 30... h5 (
30... Red8 31. Rcxc6 $18) 31. Rd5 Red8 32. Rcc5 Ne7 33. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.03.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Bb4 $5 {
Zvjaginsev ist für seine originelle Eröffnungsbehandlung bekannt. Hier weicht
er von den Standardaufbauten mit ...Nd7 und ...g6 ab.} 8. Qb3 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10.
cxd5 {Mir erscheint es nicht zwingend, die Spannung im Zentrum aufzugeben.} (
10. Bd3 $5 {sieht normaler aus, z.B.} Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6
14. Ba2 Nf6 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rd8 17. Bb1 Bd7 18. e4 Be8 19. Qd3 g6 20.
Qe3 Kg7 21. h3 Rdc8 22. Rc3 Rd8 23. Rfc1 Rab8 24. Ba2 Ra8 25. Ne5 Ng8 26. f4 f6
27. Nf3 Bf7 28. Bb1 Qe8 29. g4 Ne7 30. h4 Qd7 31. R3c2 Rh8 32. Rg2 Rac8 33. f5
exf5 34. gxf5 Kf8 35. fxg6 Bxg6 36. Qf4 Qe6 37. Ba2 Qxe4 38. Qxf6+ Ke8 39.
Qxh8+ Kd7 40. Qf6 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Bosbach,G/Germany 1997/GER-chT 
(41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Bc7 13. Rac1 {Weiß möchte 13...Nd7
verhindern (wegen 14.Nxd5), aber Schwarz hat eine andere Möglichkeit, sich zu
entwickeln.} (13. h3 $5 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 {[%csl Re1,Re5,Re7,Rf7][%cal
Ya1e1,Yd3c4,Yf3e5,Yb3f7,Ye1e7] führt zu einer typischen Isolani-Stellung, mit
einer kleinen Initiative für Weiß..}) 13... Bg4 14. Ne5 (14. Qxb7 $2 Bxh2+) (
14. Nd2 Bb6 $5 {/\ ...Nd7}) 14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Qxb7 Qe6 {Mit der
Doppeldrohung ...Nc5 und ...Rfb8.} 17. Be2 Nxe5 18. Qa6 Qg6 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20.
Qe2 Qxe2 21. Nxe2 Rfb8 $11 {Der Druck gegen b2 kompensiert die geschwächte
Bauernstruktur. Die Stellung verläuft ins Unentschieden.} 22. Nd4 Rxb2 23. Nxc6
Nxc6 24. Rxc6 a5 25. g3 Ra2 26. Rd1 Rxa3 27. Rxd5 a4 28. Rc7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 a3
30. Rdd7 a2 31. Ra7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.10"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 "Kyrgyzstan"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KGZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Qc2 {Mir erscheint 9.Be2 gefährlicher. Weiß muß ohnehin seinen Läufer
entwickeln und legt noch nicht die Stellung seiner Dame fest. 9...b4 10.Na4} (
9. Be2 {ist der Normalzug und erscheint mir gefährlicher. Weiß muß seinen
Läufer ohnehin entwickeln und legt die Stellung seiner Dame noch nicht fest.
Der einzige Nachteil ist, daß der Pe4 nicht gedeckt ist, aber nach dem
neuesten Stand ist dies halb so schlimm:} b4 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5
$1 $146 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Kobalija,M/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Lutz] (25)}) 9...
Bg7 $146 {[%mdl 8] Eine Neuerung gegenüber 9...Bb7 und 9...g4.} (9... g4) (9...
Bb7) (9... Qa5) 10. O-O-O {Die lange Rochade ist in der Variante 6.Bh4
ungewöhnlich.} (10. Be2 $5) 10... O-O 11. e5 {Weiß öffnet die Diagonale b1-h7.
Mir scheint aber, daß Weiß besser mit h2-h4 arbeiten soll.} (11. h4 $5 g4 12.
Ne5 $44) 11... Nd5 12. Ne4 $2 {Weiß beabsichtigt h2-h4 nebst Nf3-g5, aber
Schwarz übernimmt jetzt die Initiative.} (12. h4 $5 g4 13. Nh2 $44 (13. Ng5 $2
{funktioniert nicht, da} hxg5 14. hxg5 Qxg5+ {mit Schach erfolgt.})) 12... Qa5
13. a3 (13. h4 Nb4) 13... b4 14. Bxc4 bxa3 15. bxa3 Ba6 $17 {[%mdl 128] Der
schwarze Angriff kommt zuerst. Der Rest ist für einen Spieler von Schirows
Klasse kein Problem mehr.} 16. Rd3 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Nd7 18. Nfd2 (18. Nc5 $5 $17)
18... c5 19. Nxc5 Rfc8 20. Nde4 Bf8 $19 21. Kd1 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxd5
exd5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Qb4 Qa6 26. h4 Rab8 0-1

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 a6 (9... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5
13. fxe5 Nh7 14. Bh5 O-O 15. Qf3 $13 {Kuprejchik-Sveshnikov/USSR ch/1985/}
Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Qd7 $5) (9... Nbd7 {Ftacnik}) (9... b4 {Ftacnik} 10. Na4 Nxe4 11.
Be5 $13) 10. Qc2 (10. O-O {Ftacnik} Bb7 11. Ne5 $5 Bg7 (11... Nbd7 12. f4 Nxe5
13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Bh5 Rh7 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Rf2 Bg7 18. Raf1 $18)
12. f4 O-O 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 $8 15. Qxh5 f6 $8 16. Ng4 Nd7 $1 17.
e5 Qe8 $1 {Lputian,S-Sveshnikov,E/USSR/1991/ (19)}) (10. Ne5 {Ftacnik} h5 11.
h4 g4 12. f3 c5 13. d5 Nbd7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. O-O Rg8 16. Qe1 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Nd7
18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qg3 Bb7 20. fxg4 O-O-O 21. Bf4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 {1-0 Ambarcumjan,
A-Guliev,S/Frunze op/1989/ (30)}) 10... Be7 (10... g4 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. Ne5 b4
12. Nd1 Qxd4 $13) 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Ne5 {Die Drohung ist 14.Nf7, 15.
e5, 16.Bh5} Nxe5 (13... h5 $5 14. h4 gxh4 15. Bxh4 Ng4 16. Bg3 Ngxe5 17. Bxe5
Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qc7 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qf4 Kf8 21. b3 cxb3 22. axb3 h4 23. Bg4 Kg7
24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Rd1 Qe7 26. Rd6 Bc7 27. Rd3 Rh6 28. Rf3 c5 $17 {0-1 Kurz,
A-Kuczynski,R/BL 9192 (1992) ;BL 90 1992 (57)}) (13... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 14. f4 c5
$13) 14. Bxe5 Rg8 (14... Rf8 15. f4 $44) (14... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 15. f4 $1) 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Be7 (16... Bg7 17. Ne4 $40) 17. Qh7 Rf8 (17... Kf8 $2 18. f4
$40) 18. Bh5 Qd7 $2 {Sieht nach einem glatten Tempverlust aus.} (18... Qc7 $5
19. f4 (19. Qxh6 b4 (19... O-O-O {Ftacnik} 20. Bxf7 $1) 20. Ne4 $16) 19...
O-O-O 20. Bxf7 Kb8 $13 {Unter Aufgabe des Plusbauern hat Schwarz den König in
Sicherheit geschafft. Die Lage ist nicht klar.} 21. Bxe6 gxf4 22. Qxh6 c5) 19.
Ne4 Qc7 (19... O-O-O 20. Nc5 (20. Nc5 {Ftacnik} Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Rd6 f6
23. Qxh6 $14)) 20. Nc5 Bc8 (20... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 21. dxc5 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qf6 23.
Qg7 $1 Qe7 (23... Qxg7 24. Rxe6#) 24. Rd6 Bc8 25. Qxh6 $18) 21. f4 (21. Qxh6
Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxe5 23. Rfe1 Rh8) 21... Bd7 (21... gxf4 {Ftacnik} 22. Rxf4 Bxc5
23. dxc5 $18) 22. fxg5 O-O-O 23. g6 (23. Rxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Qxe5
$132) 23... Rh8 $2 (23... Bxc5) (23... Bxc5 {Ftacnik} 24. dxc5 (24. g7 $6 Qxe5
$1 25. gxf8=Q Bxd4+ 26. Kh1 Rxf8 27. Bxf7 Bxb2 $17) 24... Qxe5 $1 (24... fxg6
25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Bxg6 Rd8 27. Qg7 $14) 25. g7 Rg8 26. Rxf7 Qxc5+ 27. Kf1 Qxh5
28. Rdxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxg8+ Kc7 30. Rxd7+ Kxd7 31. Qf8 Qd1+ $10) (23... fxg6 {
Ftacnik} 24. Qxe7 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 gxh5 26. Nxa6 $16) 24. Qxf7 $18 Bxc5 25. dxc5
Qxe5 (25... Rhf8 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxf8 Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kb7 28. g7 $18) 26. g7 Rhg8
27. Rxd7 Rxg7 (27... Rxd7 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxg8+ Kc7 29. Qf8 $18) 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8
29. Rd1+ (29. Rd1+ {Ftacnik} Kc8 30. Qe8+ Kb7 31. Rd7+ Rxd7 32. Qxd7+ Kb8 33.
Qd8+ Kb7 34. Qb6+ Kc8 35. Qxc6+ Kd8 36. Qd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 $5 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Bxc4 $2 {Dieser Zug erscheint als ein
Fehler, da die weiße Bauernstruktur zerstört wird.} (12. Be5 f6 13. Qc2 $5 c5
14. Bxc4 $5 $13 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] 
(54)}) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. hxg5 (14. O-O Qc7) 14... Qc7 15. Rh3 O-O-O
$17 {Offensichtlich ist etwas für Weiß schiefgelaufen: Sein König steht in der
Mitte und seine Bauern sind schwach.} 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. gxh6 Bxg3+ 18. Kf1 Bf4
19. Qxb4 Bxh6 20. Qb3 Bg7 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rd1 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 c5
25. d5 {Verliert einen Bauern.} (25. dxc5 Nxc5 26. Qc2 $17) 25... Qd6 26. Qe2
Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. b3 Kd8 29. Qb5 Ke7 30. Qa5 Bd4+ 31. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Kg3
Kf6 33. Qd8+ Kf5 34. Qe7 Ne5 35. Qxc5 Qf4+ 36. Kh3 Qg4+ 37. Kh2 Qh4+ 38. Kg1
Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Kg6 40. Qd4 f5 41. Qd8 Ng4+ 42. Kh3 Qe3+ 43. Kh4 Nf6 44. Qc8 Qe1+
45. Kh3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde von Topalov und Sasikiran schon
häufiger angewandt.} h5 (10... Bg7 11. h4 b4 (11... Nfd7 $6 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 13.
hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee
1998/CBM 63/[Lutz] (42)}) (11... Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 $6 14. Nxb5 Nxe4
15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16. Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 (18... Qxg3+ {Lutz} 19.
Kf1 hxg5 20. Rxh8+ Bxh8 21. Qd3 $16) 19. O-O $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/New
Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (34)}) 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxc4
bxc3 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 cxb2 18. Rb1 Nbd7 19. Nxd7+ Nxd7 20.
Bd6+ Kg8 21. e5 $36 {0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/
[Lutz] (26)}) (10... Nbd7 11. O-O (11. Qc2 Rg8 (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O
Qb6 14. Rad1 Rg8 15. b3 cxb3 16. axb3 $44 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/
EXT 2001 (36)}) (11... Bg7 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nh7 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. e5 c5 19. d5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Komljenovic,D/
Villarrobledo 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.
O-O a6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 c5 19. e5 Be7 20. Qh7 Rge8 21. Qf7
Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Qxe6 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76 ext
(49)}) (11. h4 Nxe5 12. hxg5 Nfd7 13. dxe5 Qxg5 14. Kf1 h5 15. Rh3 h4 16. f4
Qxg3 17. Rxg3 hxg3 18. Bh5 O-O-O 19. Qf3 f6 20. Rd1 fxe5 21. Bf7 b4 22. Bxe6
bxc3 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxc3 Rhh7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Yevseev,D/Koszalin
1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 11... b4 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15.
Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) (10... Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxe5
14. fxg5 Nfd7 15. dxe5 Qxg5 16. Rxf7 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bh5 Qxe4 19. Qd6 Qd5
20. Rd1 $40 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11. h3 (11.
h4 $5 g4 {würde mit Zugumstellung zur Khalifman-Variante 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5
führen. Vielleicht stellt dies sogar die beste Option für Weiß dar.}) 11... a6
(11... Bg7 12. O-O a6 13. f4 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. f5 c5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. fxe6+
Kg8 18. d5 Nh5 19. Bf2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bxg4 Nf6 22. e7 Qd6 23. e8=Q+ Nxe8
24. Be6+ Kg7 {1-0 Gershon,A-Pavlovic,S/Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext (24)}) 12. O-O
g4 $5 {Schwarz gibt seinen Mehrbauern zurück, ehe Weiß mit f2-f4 selbst Linien
öffnet. Schwarz erhält Spiel entlang der g- und h-Linie. Es scheint mir, als
ob Schwarz so befriedigendes Spiel erhält.} 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg4 Nbd7 15. e5
Nxg4 16. Bxg4 Qg5 17. f4 Qg7 18. f5 {Weiß richtet sein Spiel direkt gegen den
Pe6. Nachteilig ist aber, dass seine Königsstellung noch etwas weiter geöffnet
wird.} O-O-O 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rf4 Rh6 21. Qe2 Be7 22. Rd1 Bg5 23. Rf6 $5 Rdh8
{Schwarz verschmäht das weiße Opfer.} (23... Bxf6 $6 {öffnet den weißen
Läufern das Spiel gegen den schwarzen König.} {Nach} 24. exf6 {[%csl Rb8,Rc8]
[%cal Yg3b8,Yg4c8,Yc3e4,Ye4d6,Yd6c8]} Rxf6 {kann Weiß zumindest mit} (24...
Nxf6 25. Qe5 $18) 25. Ne4 Rg8 26. Nd6+ Kd8 27. Nxb7+ Kc8 28. Nd6+ Kd8 {das
Unentschieden erzielen.}) 24. Rxh6 Qxh6 25. Bh3 Be3+ 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qg6
28. Qe3 Rh4 {Der weiße König steht weiterhin etwas unsicher, aber die
schwarzen Leichtfiguren sind sehr passiv. Die Stellung ist ungefähr
ausgeglichen.} 29. Kh2 Kc7 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rh6 32. Ne4 $6 (32. Kf4 $5 {
hält den Pe5 gedeckt und verhindert so ...c6-c5.}) 32... Rg6+ 33. Kh4 $6 (33.
Kf2 $5) 33... c5 $1 {Jetzt kommt Schwarz in Vorteil.} 34. Ng5 (34. Nxc5 Nxc5
35. dxc5 Bxg2 36. Kh5 Rg3 37. Bxe6 Re3 $17) 34... Rh6+ 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. dxc5
Nxe5 37. Rf1 (37. Rf1 Kc6 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Anic, Darko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 e5 $2 {In der
Moskauer Variante hat der Schwarz das Läuferpaar und einen feste Stellung, der
Weiße dagegen Raumvorteil und Entwicklungsvorsprung. Daher ist es falsch, wenn
Schwarz freiwillig die Stellung öffnet. Besser ist 13...b6 oder 13...Rd8.} (
13... b6 14. e4 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. a3 Rfd8 17. Rcd1 Nf8 18. h3 Rc7 19. e5
Rcd7 20. Rd2 c5 $1 {Erst jetzt erfolgt die Öffnung der Stellung. Schwarz steht
bereits besser.} 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Be2 c4
26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Ne6 29. Bc2 a5 30. Qc3 axb4 31. Qxb4 Qc6 32.
a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qxa4 34. Bxa4 Nc5 35. Bc2 Kf8 36. Nd2 c3 37. Ne4 Nxe4 38. Bxe4
Bxe5 39. Kf1 f5 40. Bc2 Ke7 41. Ke2 h5 42. f3 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Slobodjan,R/
Calcutta 1996/EXP 50 (42)}) (13... Rd8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rfd1 b6 17.
Nd2 c5 18. d5 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nf6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Rcc1 Ra7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolic,P-Kramnik,V/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (22)}) 14. b5 exd4 15. exd4
Nb6 16. Rfe1 $16 {Alle weißen Figuren spielen mit. Schwarz verliert bereits
Material.} Qd8 $146 (16... Qd6 17. bxc6 (17. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 18. Re8+ Bf8 19. Ne5
Qf6 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Rxf8+ $1 $18 {ist sogar noch ein bißchen stärker.}) 17...
bxc6 (17... Nxc4 $5 $16) 18. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Ne5 Qf6 21. Ne4 Qf4
22. Rxc6 (22. Rxf8+ $1 $18) 22... Kg7 23. g3 Qf5 24. g4 Qf4 25. Rxg6+ Kh7 26.
Ng5+ {1-0 Lutz,C-Kuczynski,R/BL9293 1993/BL 90}) 17. bxc6 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 bxc6
19. Ne5 Be6 20. Qxc6 Qxd4 21. Nxg6 Rac8 $5 {Schwarz stiftet noch etwas
Verwirrung.} (21... fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Kh7 23. Ne4 $18 {ist ebenfalls recht
trostlos.}) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxe6 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qd2 26. Ne4 Qxa2
27. Nf6 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 $18 Kg7 29. Rf3 a5 30. h3 a4 31. Rcc3 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Qb8+
33. g3 Qb4 34. Rc7 Qf8 35. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Albert m"]
[Site "Albert"]
[Date "1999.09.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1999.09.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {McShane} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {Dieser Zug wird zusehends populärer, sicherlich eine
Reaktion auf die anhaltenden Probleme nach 9...Bb7 10.h4!.} 10. d5 $5 {Der
Versuch, die schwarze Zugumstellung auszunutzen.} (10. O-O Bb7 {führt zu der
alten Hauptvariante, die aus schwarzer Sicht nicht zu fürchten ist.}) 10... b4
$6 {Nach diesem Zug zerfällt der schwarze Damenflügel.} (10... Bb7 {gefällt
mir besser, wenngleich Schwarz auch dann Porbleme hat. Dieser Zug wird in Zhu
Chen-Dreev,A/Shenyang 1999 behandelt.}) 11. dxe6 bxc3 (11... fxe6 12. Na4 Be7
13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. O-O Qe8 17. Rfe1 $2 (17. Ne5 $16)
17... Nh5 18. Be5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nc5 Qg6 21. Rac1 Kh7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Qe4
Rb5 24. Qxg6+ Kxg6 25. Ne4 c5 26. Nd6 Ra5 27. b3 Bd7 28. Rc2 Bc6 29. Rec1 Bxf3
30. gxf3 Bxd6 31. exd6 Rd8 32. Rxc5 Rxa2 33. Rd1 Kf6 34. Rc4 e5 35. Rxb4 Ke6
36. Rb7 Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Rh7 a5 39. Rxh6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd5 41. Ra6 Ra3
42. Kg2 e4 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. h4 Kf5 45. h5 Rxb3 46. h6 Rb7 47. Rxa5+ Kg6 48.
Ra6+ Kg5 49. Kf3 Rc7 50. Ke4 Re7+ 51. Kd5 Rd7+ 52. Ke5 Re7+ 53. Re6 Rxe6+ 54.
Kxe6 Kxh6 55. Kf5 f3 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Kxf3 Kf5 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Galliamova
Ivanchuk,A/Belgrade 1996/EXT 97 (57)}) 12. exd7+ Qxd7 $146 {McShane: 'With
hindsight '} (12... Bxd7 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Be5 $6 {McShane: 'looks interesting
although it's certainly an easier position for White to play. '} (14. Qd4 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Rg8 16. O-O {gibt Weiß angesichts des unrochierten schwarzen Königs
hervorragende Kompensation.}) ({or} 14. Qd4 {McShane}) 14... f6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16.
Nd4 Bg6 17. Bf3 Qd5 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19. O-O Kf7 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bd8 g4 22. Bxg4
Qxd8 23. Qa4 Qd5 24. Qxa7+ Kf6 25. Re3 Bc5 26. Rf3+ Kg5 27. Qc7 Qd6 28. Qxd6
Bxd6 29. Bd7 Bh5 30. Rf5+ Kg6 31. Re1 c5 32. Nc6 Nf6 33. Bxe8+ Kxf5 34. Bxh5
Nxh5 35. Na5 Be5 36. Nxc4 Bxc3 37. Nd6+ Kg6 38. Re6+ Nf6 39. Ne4 Kf5 40. Nxf6
Bxf6 41. Rc6 Bd4 42. Rxh6 Ra8 {0-1 Savchenko,S-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1991/TD (42)
}) 13. Qc2 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'Black's king will suffer more in the
presence of queens.'} g4 {'?!' McShane. McShane: 'I can only offer the
obvious' Forciert das Geschehen, aber Schwarz steht ohnehin einfach schlecht.}
(13... cxb2 {(McShane) as an improvement, but after} 14. Qxb2 Bg7 15. Be5 Qb7
$5 16. Qxb7 Bxb7 17. Nd4 $1 {intending Nf5, it's still much better for White.})
14. Rd1 $1 (14. Ne5 $2 Qd2+ $1 (14... Qd4 {McShane} 15. bxc3 Qxe4 {looks like
the motive behind 12...g4, but Beliavsky finds a crusher.}) 15. Qxd2 cxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nxe4+ {und Schwarz ist aus dem Gröbsten heraus.}) 14... Qb7 15. Ne5 {
'!' McShane.} Qxb2 (15... cxb2 16. O-O Be6 17. Bxc4 $18 {ist ziemlich verloren
für Schwarz (auch wenn mir FRITZ nicht glauben will).}) 16. Qa4 {'!' McShane.
McShane: 'Clearly White will lose much of his initiative in a queen exchange.'}
Qb5 {Diesen Zug hatte Bacrot wahrscheinlich bei 13...g4 geplant, es gibt aber
einen "kleinen" Haken. Allerdings steht Schwarz andernfalls auch auf Verlust.}
(16... Bb7 17. Nxc6 (17. Bxc4 $6 c2 {ist weniger überzeugend.}) (17. Qxc4 {
McShane} Rh7 18. O-O {threatening Rb1 is much better for White.}) 17... Qa3 18.
Qb5 $18 {z.B.} Ba6 19. Bb8 Be7 20. Qe5 Kf8 21. Bd6 Bxd6 22. Qxf6 Rh7 23. Rxd6)
(16... Bd7 {McShane} 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Qxc6 Rd8 19. Bxg4 {wins.}) 17. Rd8+ $1 {
'!!' McShane. McShane: 'Wherever the king goes 18.Nxc6+ picks up the queen.'
Dieser taktische Haken führt zum K.O. !} (17. Rd8+ $1 Kxd8 18. Nxc6+ {zieht
der Qb5 den Stuhl weg.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 {Nun entstehen Strukturen, die aus dem Klassischen
Damengambit bekannt sind. Weiß strebt einen Minoritätsangriff am Damenflügel
an, während Schwarz sein Glück in einem flexiblem Aufbau und Angriff am
Königsflügel sucht.} (10... cxd5 $11 {führt zu langweiligeren Stellungen, gilt
aber als problemlose Ausgleichsvariante.}) 11. Bd3 Qd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb3 Nb6
14. a4 (14. Rfc1 Be6 15. Nd2 Rfb8 16. Rab1 a5 17. bxa5 Nd7 18. a4 Rxa5 19. Qc2
Ra7 20. Ne2 Nf8 21. h3 Bc8 22. Nc3 Ne6 23. Kh1 Bd7 24. Rb6 Qc7 25. Rcb1 Ra5 26.
f4 Nc5 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. R6b3 b5 29. axb5 cxb5 30. Nxd5 Rxc2 31. Nxc7 Rxd2 32.
Bxb5 Bf5 33. Bc6 Rxb3 34. Rxb3 Rc2 35. Nd5 Kh7 36. Nb4 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Bf8 38. Bd5
Rc5 39. Bxf7 Kg7 40. Be8 Rc2 41. Nxc2 {1-0 Piket,J-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee 1996/
CBM 51/[Baburin] (41)}) 14... Be6 (14... Bg4 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Ne2
Rfe8 18. Rab1 Bg4 19. Nc3 Be6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Ne2 f5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Nf4 Bf7
24. g3 Qf6 25. a5 Bf8 26. axb6 axb6 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nf3 Bd6 29. Ra1 Nb6 30. Bf1
Nc4 31. Nd3 Rc7 32. Ra6 Ree7 33. Nc5 g5 34. Bd3 Bh5 35. Ra8+ Kg7 36. Ne1 Rf7
37. Rca1 Rce7 38. Ng2 Bf3 39. R1a6 Bc7 40. Rc8 Be4 41. Qe2 Bxd3 42. Qxd3 Rf8
43. Rxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd1 Kg7 45. Nd3 Kh7 46. Kh1 Bb6 47. h4 Ra7 48. Rxa7+ Bxa7 49.
Qa1 Qe7 50. Qa6 Qc7 51. hxg5 hxg5 52. Nge1 Kg8 53. Nf3 f4 54. exf4 Qh7+ 55. Kg2
Qxd3 56. Qc8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kg6 58. Qxc6+ Kh5 59. Qe8+ Kh6 60. fxg5+ Kg7 61.
Qe7+ Kg8 62. Qe6+ Kf8 63. g6 Ne3+ 64. Qxe3 Qxe3 65. fxe3 Bb8 66. Ng5 Bd6 67.
Ne6+ Kg8 68. Kf3 Bxb4 69. Nc7 Ba5 70. Nxb5 Kg7 71. Na7 Bc7 72. Nc6 Bd6 73. Ne5
{1-0 Sokolov,I-Lautier,J/Correze 1992/CBM 28 (73)}) 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Rab1 a5 {
Dieser Zug erscheint unlogisch, da Schwarz auf dem Damenflügel aktiv wird, der
Domäne des Weißen. Eine ähnliche Idee ist aber aus der Tartakower-Variante im
Damengambit bekannt. Schwarz erlangt die Kontrolle über das Feld c5 und kann
mit ...c6-c5 gegen d4 drücken. Zwar sind die Bauern auf b6 und c6 schwächlich,
aber Weiß kann dies vorerst nicht ausnutzen.} 17. bxa5 (17. b5 $2 c5) 17...
Rxa5 18. Qc2 b6 19. Nb3 Raa8 20. Qd2 c5 21. Bb5 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Ng4 {Provoziert
eine Schwächung.} 23. g3 c4 {Eine zweischneidige Entscheidung. Der Pd5 wird
nun schwach, aber Schwarz erhält Angriff.} 24. Nc1 f5 25. N1a2 g5 26. Nb4 f4
27. Bc6 fxe3 28. fxe3 Rf2 29. Qxf2 (29. Qe1 Raf8 $40) 29... Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Ra5
31. Nb5 $2 {Zeitnot?} (31. Kg2 $13 {führt zu einer völlig unklaren Stellung.
Wegen des Drucks gegen d5 kann sich Schwarz nicht bewegen.}) 31... Qf8+ 32. Kg1
(32. Kg2 Rxa4 33. Nxd5 $2 Ra2+ $19) 32... Qf3 (32... Rxa4 33. Nxd5) 33. Re1 Bf8
34. Nc7 (34. Nc3 Bh3 $19) 34... Bh3 (34... Bh3 35. Rb2 Bxb4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Dieser Zug von Vallejo Pons hat
sich als wichtige Alternative zu 11...h5 etabliert.} (11... h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13.
Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3 $1 {Sakaevs wichtige Neuerung.} Qxd4 (15... O-O
$5) {Nach} 16. Rad1 $6 ({Sakaevs Empfehlung} 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. a4 {erscheint
sinnvoller.}) 16... Qb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 {
stand Weiss aber eher schlechter. Zwar hat Weiß die Qualität gewonnen, aber
der schwarze König ist relaiv sicher und die schwarzen Bauern verhindern ein
weißes Eindringen. - Wu Shaobin-Al Sayed,M/ Asia-ch Doha 2003 [Lutz] 0-1 (50)})
12. Nxg4 (12. h5 $6 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 $36 {Timman,
J-Vallejo Pons,F/ Pamplona 1999}) (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nxg4 b4 $5 (13... Nh5 14.
e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 16. a4 {1/2-1/2 Glek,I-Dreev,A/ Essen 2000 [Lutz] (16)} a6
$13) 14. Na4 (14. Nxf6+ {Gurevich} Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2 17. Rb1 $13)
14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. b3 {Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/ Shenyang 2000 [Gurevich] 
(31)} O-O-O $5 {Gurevich} 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2
Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd2 $15) 12... Nbd7 (12... Nxg4 13. Bxg4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2
(15. Bf3 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2) 15... Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3
c5 {Khalifman,A-Acs,P/ Essent Crown Hoogeveen 2002} 20. d5 $5 $13) 13. e5 (13.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 (13... Nxf6 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 h5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5
exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qf4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5
Qb7 25. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I/ Sovata 2001 (41)}) 14. Bf3 e5 15. d5
Bc5 16. h5 Bd4 17. Bh4 Qd6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O a6 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 a5 22.
Qc1 Qe6 23. Rd1 Bb6 24. Ng3 Rxg3 25. Bxg3 Bd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qd2 d3 28. b3
Nc5 29. bxc4 Nb3 30. Qxd3 Nxa1 31. Qb1 Qf6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Bxc6+ Qxc6 34. Qxa1
O-O-O 35. Qc1 b3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Be5 Qe4 38. f4 Qe2 39. Qc3 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+
41. Kg1 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 b2 44. Qxb2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Kg4 Rg3+ {
0-1 Komljenovic,D-Korneev,O/ Sevilla op 2003}) 13... Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6 {
[%csl Rb6,Rg8][%cal Yg8g1,Yb6g1] Schwarz hat den Bauern zurückgegeben, hat
aber potenzielles Spiel entlang der Diagonalen b6-g1 und der g-Line.} 15. a4 (
15. O-O O-O-O 16. b3 Nb8 17. Qf3 Qxd4 18. Bh3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Rxg3 20. Qxg3 Qxc3
21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qg8+ Kc7 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Qxf7+ Kb6 25. Qe8 Qc2 26. Bg4 Kb7
27. Qf7+ Bd7 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Qxd7+ Kb6 30. Qd8+ Kc5 31. Qd6+ Kb6 32. Qb8+
Kc5 33. Qxa7+ Kd5 34. Qe3 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Lastin,A/ Panormo 2001 (34)}) 15...
O-O-O $5 {Schwarz lässt zu, dass seine Dame vorübergehend auf a6 begraben wird.
} (15... a6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5 O-O-O 18. Kf1 h5 19. Bxh5 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Nxe5
21. Qe2 Bg7 22. d6 Rxd6 $17 {0-1 Sambuev,B-Yevseev,D/ Tula 2001 (36)}) 16. a5
Qa6 17. O-O c5 18. d5 b4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Na4 {Auf a4 steht der weiße
Springer natürlich schlecht. Aber andererseits hatte Weiß keine Alternativen.
Für mich sieht es so aus, als stünde Schwarz besser.} Bd5 21. Bf3 Qc6 $17 22.
Qe2 (22. Bxd5 exd5) 22... Bxf3 23. gxf3 Be7 24. Kh2 Rdf8 25. Qe4 Qxe4 26. fxe4
Rf3 27. Rfc1 Rgxg3 28. fxg3 Nxe5 29. Kg2 Rb3 30. Rc2 Kc7 31. Rf2 Kc6 32. Nb6 $5
Kc7 $2 {Die folgende Zugwiederholung erscheint merkwürdig (Zeitnot?).} (32...
c3 33. Nc8 (33. bxc3 axb6 34. a6 Ra3 35. Rfa2 Nc4 {und der a-Bauer ist
gestoppt.}) 33... cxb2 34. Rb1 (34. Nxe7+ Kd7 35. Rb1 {- 34.R b1}) 34... Kd7
35. Nxe7 Kxe7 36. Rbxb2 Rxb2 37. Rxb2 Nd3 38. Rb1 c4 $19) (32... axb6 $5 33. a6
Ra3 34. bxa3 b3 $17 {sieht ebenfalls vielversprechend aus.}) 33. Na4 Kc6 34.
Nb6 Kc7 35. Na4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Escaldes zt"]
[Site "Escaldes"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Cekro, Ekrem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Rc1
$5 {Wahrscheinlich ist es nicht so effektiv, die Turmstellung so früh
festzulegen. Vielleicht macht 8.Rc1 gegen den derzeit populäreren Aufbau mit ..
.g7-g6 einen tieferen Sinn !?} (8. Bd3) 8... Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 (10...
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 12. Ne4 Bc7 13. Qc2) 11. e4 (11. c5 {ist eigentlich der
normale Zug (wenn Rc1 und ...0-0 noch nicht geschehen sind). Hier wirkt sich
allerdings Rc1 als Tempoverlust aus, denn Schwarz kann} Bc7 12. e4 dxe4 13.
Nxe4 e5 {spielen, in vergleichbarer Stellung hat Weiß bereits seinen Turm auf
e1.}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 {In der Regel hat Schwarz hier keine
Probleme, aber durch sein weiteres ungenaues Spiel gibt er dem Weißen die
Möglichkeit, seinen strukturellen Vorteil auszubauen.} 14. dxc6 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8]} (14. Bb3 Bg4 {ist weniger genau.}) 14... bxc6 (14... Nxc4 15. Nd5)
15. Be2 Bg4 $6 {Wahrscheinlich ein Tempoverlust.} (15... Be6 $5) 16. Nd2 $14 {
Natürlich läßt Weiß nicht zu. daß Schwarz mittels ...Bxf3 Kontrolle über das
Feld d4 erlangt.} Be6 17. Bg4 Rfd8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qe2 Bc5 $6 {Die Besetzung
von d4 ist unwesentlich, da Weiß am Damenflügel eine Druckstellunbg aufbauen
kann.} (19... Bb4 $5 {Nutzt aus, daß die Dame die Diagonale a2-g8 kontrolliert.
} 20. a3 (20. Nb3 a5 $5) 20... Bc5 $5 {Weiß hat es nicht so einfach, den Nd2
nach a5 zu bekommen, da das Feld b3 geschwächt ist. Schwarz beabsichtigt ...
Bd4.} (20... Bxc3 21. Rxc3 $14)) 20. Nb3 Bd4 $6 {Fritz5.32 schreibt : "Die
Sturmspitze auf d4". Allerdings ist der schwarze Läufer wenig effektiv, in
einigen Zügen wird er zum Angriffsobjekt.} (20... Bb4 $5 {Der Springer gelangt
nicht nach a5.}) 21. Na5 Rd6 22. b4 Qg6 $6 {Ein Tempoverlust.} 23. Nb1 Qe6 24.
Rc2 Qd7 25. Kh1 Nc8 26. Nd2 $16 Rb8 27. a3 Ne7 28. Ndc4 Rg6 29. Rd1 Qc7 30. Nb3
Rd8 31. Rcd2 Re6 32. f4 {Der Bd4 wird ausgehebelt.} Re8 33. fxe5 c5 (33... Bxe5
$2 34. Nc5 Rg6 35. Na6 $18) 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Rxd4 Ng6 36. Rd7 Qb8 37. Qf2 R6e7
38. h3 Qb5 39. Qd4 Nxe5 40. Nxe5 Rxe5 41. Qxa7 Rxe4 42. Qf2 Qc4 43. Rd8 Qc3 44.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 45. Rf1 Re7 46. Qf3 Qb2 47. Qd3 Re2 48. Qd5 Kh7 49. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Pamplona"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "1999.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1999.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 $146 (11... h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Rg8 15. Rad1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,M-Galkin,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Lutz]
(22)} (15. Rad1)) (11... Nbd7) 12. h5 $5 {Timman greift den Stier bei den
Hörnern und versucht das Fehlen von ...h6-h5 auszunutzen. Aber der Textzug
erscheint zu langsam.} (12. O-O $5 Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 {
würde zu einer Stellung ähnlich zu Notkin-Galkin führen, allerdings hätte
Schwarz das Tempo ...h6-h5 gespart.}) (12. Nxg4 $5 {Warum nicht den Bauern
nehmen ?}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 {[%csl Rd1,Rg1]
[%cal Yd8d1,Yb6g1,Yg8g1] Schwarz hat auf einmal kräftiges Druckspiel entlang
der d- und g-Linie und entlang der Diagonalen b6-g1.} 16. e5 (16. Bh3 Rxg3 17.
fxg3 Ne5 18. Ne2 Bc5 $44) 16... Nf6 $1 $17 {Jetzt öffnen sich alle Schleusen.}
17. Bxe6 (17. exf6 Rxd4 $17) 17... Rxd4 18. Qe2 (18. Qf3 c5 19. Qxf6 fxe6 {
/\ ...Qc6} 20. Nxb5 Be7 $17) 18... Nd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Bh3 Rxg3 $19) 19... cxd5
20. Kh2 b4 21. Nd1 Re4 22. Qd2 Rg5 23. Ne3 d4 $19 24. Rad1 (24. Nxc4 Rh4+ 25.
Kg1 Qe6 $1 $19 {/\ ...Qc4, /\ ...Rh1!}) 24... Bc5 25. Qe2 (25. Nxc4 Rh4+ 26.
Kg1 Rxg3 $1 $19) 25... dxe3 26. f4 Rg8 27. b3 Qe6 28. f5 Qxe5 $1 {Danach hatte
Weiß endgültig genug. Eine kraftvolle Vorstellung des jungen Spaniers.} (28...
Qxe5 29. Bxe5 Rh4+ 30. Kg1 Bxg2 $1 31. Qxg2 e2+ 32. Bd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Rxg2+
34. Kxg2 exf1=Q+ 35. Kxf1 Rxd4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
Bb4 $5 9. Qc2 (9. Bxc4) 9... b5 10. Be2 $146 (10. O-O-O $6 {In der
Gambit-Variante mit 6.Bh4 ist es selten eine gute Idee, lang zu rochieren.} Qa5
11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. h5 Nbd7 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Bh4 Be7 16. a3 Nfd7 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. Nxg4 c5 19. Qd2 b4 20. dxc5 bxc3 21. Qd6+ Ke8 22. cxb6 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2
Qxb6+ 24. Ka1 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Ke7 26. Rhd1 Nc5 27. Bxc4 Bxe4 28. Ne3 Rab8 29.
R6d4 Bc6 30. Rc1 Rhc8 31. Rb1 Ne4 32. f3 Rxb1+ 33. Kxb1 Ng3 34. Rh4 Rg8 35. Rg4
Kf8 36. Rh4 Rg5 37. Bd3 Rxh5 38. Rc4 Bb5 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. Bc2 Re5 41. Ng4 Re1+
42. Kb2 Bf1 43. f4 Bxg2 44. Rc7 Be4 45. Bb3 Rb1+ 46. Ka2 Ne2 {0-1 Matveeva,
S-Chiburdanidze,M/Belgrade 1996/EXT 97 (46)}) 10... g4 $6 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O
Bb7 {Wenn Schwarz nicht 11...Qxd4 oder 12...Qxd4 spielen will, kann er sich
auch ...g5-g4 sparen.} 13. Rad1 Be7 {Es scheint mir, als hätte Schwarz
ungefähr drei Tempi verschwendet (...Bf8-b4-e7, ...g5-g4, ...h6-h5).} 14. d5
cxd5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxb5 h4 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Ng6 e5 20. Nxe5
Qb6 (20... Nxe5 $142 21. Bxe5 Rh5 $16) 21. Nxc4 $18 {Die schwarze Stellung
liegt in Trümmern.} Qc6 22. Nc7+ Kf8 23. Nxd5 (23. Nxa8 $5 Bxg2 (23... Qxa8 24.
Ne3 $18) 24. Rd1 $18 {ist auch nicht von der Hand zu weisen. Mit Ne3 kann ggf.
g2 gedeckt werden.}) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxg4 Rd8 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Bc7 $1 Rc8 26. Ne3
Qb7 27. Rc1 $18 {ist für einen Menschen nicht so leicht zu sehen.}) 25... Qc5
26. b3 Kg8 27. Re1 Bf6 28. Bd6 Qd4 29. Rd1 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Bxc3 31. Be7 Re8 32.
Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2002.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 $5 {Der kritische Zug an dieser Stelle, obwohl er bislang erst
zwei Mal gespielt wurde. Häufiger wurde 16.f3 gewählt, was jedoch meistens
sofort mit einem Remisschluss endete.} (16. f3 Nh7 $1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 (
18. g3 $5) 18... Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2 (20. Bf3 $2 f5 $1 21. d5 $6 fxe4 22.
dxe6 exf3 23. e7 Rf6 24. Rd8 Nh3+ $1 $19 {0-1 Halkias,S-Asrian,K/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84/[Lutz] (38)}) 20... Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24.
Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (24)})
16... Nd7 (16... Nh7 $6 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4
hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27.
gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] (41)
}) 17. f3 $146 {Die Neuerung. Weiß knabbert sofort den geschwächten schwarzen
Königsflügel an, Schwarz sucht jetzt das sofortige Gegenspiel im Zentrum.} (17.
e5 c5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Nxe5 23. Bxe5
Qe6 24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf3 Bxe5 $17 27. Qxh5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd5 29.
Qf3 Re5 30. Bd1 Re3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 {0-1 Goldin,A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76
ext (31)}) 17... Qb6 18. Kh1 e5 19. d5 {Weiß beschließt, den Lg7 vorerst
kaltzustellen.} ({Nach} 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. fxg4 hxg4 21. Bxe5 (21. Qc1 Rae8)
21... Bxe5 22. Qc1 (22. Bxg4 Qe3) 22... Bg7 {wären die schwarzen Bauern am
Königsflügel auf ein Minimum reduziert, aber der Lg7 bietet genügend Schutz, z.
B.} 23. Bxg4 b4 24. Ne2 c5 25. Qxc4 Qh6 26. g3 Rae8 {mit gutem Spiel.}) 19...
cxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 {Weiß hat den
Bauern zurückgewonnen, aber das Problem ist, das sein weißfeldriger Läufer
ziemlich passiv ist und Schwarz auf der d-Linie aktiv ist. Vom Standpunkt der
Eröffnungstheorie kann also 17.f3 auch nicht überzeugen.} 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bf3
Qe3 26. Rf2 $2 {Weiß muss die schwarze Dame sofort neutralisieren. Der Textzug
ist zu passiv.} (26. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 (26... Qh6 27. Qxe5) 27. bxc3 Rd3 28. Bxe5 Nd7
29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rb1 a6 31. a4 bxa4 32. Rb4 Rxc3 33. Rxa4 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 {
und das Endspiel sollte mit einem Unentschieden enden.}) 26... Rd3 {Jetzt
dringt Schwarz in die weiße Stellung ein.} 27. Re2 Qh6 28. b3 Nh5 29. Be1 Nf4
30. bxc4 Bf6 31. g3 (31. cxb5 Bxh4 32. Kg1 Nxe2+ $17) 31... Rxf3 32. gxf4 Bxh4
33. Rg2+ Bg3+ $2 ({Vermutlich waren beide Aktuere hier in Zeitnot, daher ist
es verständlich, dass Dreev nicht seinen König auf die selbe Linie wie die
Dame stellen will. Jedoch hätte er dann gewonnen:} 33... Kh7 $19 34. Bxh4 (34.
Rh2 Rf1+) 34... Rf1+ 35. Rg1 Qxh4+ 36. Kg2 Rxf4 {nebst ...Rg4}) (33... Kf8 $5
34. Bb4+ Be7+ 35. Rh2 Qxf4 $19 {gewinnt ebenfalls.}) 34. Kg1 $11 {Da der
schwarze Läufer sich jetzt selbst gefesselt hat, ist kein Gewinn mehr möglich.}
exf4 35. cxb5 Qb6+ 36. Bf2 Qe6 37. Qe2 Ra3 38. Qh5 Qxe4 39. Qg5+ Qg6 40. Qxg6+
fxg6 41. Bxg3 fxg3 42. Rb2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3
Nbd7 8. Bg5 Be7 9. e4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] '?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Kortschnoj is
courageous as ever, but the problem is not in the temporary loss of the pawn.
White pieces will lose coordination and he will have to strive for
compensation.' Ein interessantes Bauernopfer, das ungefähr gleiches Spiel
verspricht.} (9. e3 {0-1 Adianto,U-Shabalov,A/New York 1994/CBM 40 ext (24)}) (
9. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Kharitonov,A-Dolmatov,S/Sverdlovsk 1984/MCL (21)}) 9... b4 10.
Bxf6 (10. Ne2 {Ftacnik} Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qc2 Nd6 13. Qxc6 Bb7 14. Qa4 Nc4
(14... O-O 15. Qxb4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rab8 17. Qa3 $13) 15. Ne5 Ncxe5 16. dxe5 O-O
$15) 10... Nxf6 (10... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 11. Qxb4 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rxb2 13. e5 $14) 11.
Na4 Nxe4 12. Bd3 (12. Qc2 {Ftacnik} Nf6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Nxc6 Qc7 15. Bb5 O-O (
15... Nd7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Rc4 $14) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. O-O Rab8 $15)
12... Nf6 (12... Qd5 $5 {Ftacnik} 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. O-O O-O $15) 13. O-O {
Die weiße Kompensation stützt sich auf die Schwächen in der schwarzen Struktur
und den leichten Entwicklungsvorsprung.} O-O (13... Qd5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 14. Rac1
{Ftacnik: 'The control of the squares c5,e5 is suffiecient , but black has two
bishops and no weaknesses (except for c6 pawn).'} a5 (14... Qd5 {Ftacnik} 15.
Bc4 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Rd8 $15) 15. Rfd1 (15. Rxc6 Bb7) 15... Bd6 (15... Bb7 {Ftacnik
} 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Nc5 $15) 16. Ne5 (16. Rxc6 Bb7) 16... Nd5 $5 (16... Bb7 17.
Nxc6 (17. Nxc6 {Ftacnik} Qc7 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Bc4 Rac8 20. Qe3 Qa7 $15)) 17. Qc2
g6 18. Qxc6 Ra7 19. Nc5 {Ftacnik: 'The knight on a4 was not very well located,
finally white can claim that his pieces are working together again.'} (19. Be4
{Ftacnik} Rc7 20. Qa8 (20. Qb5 $2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Bd7 $19) 20... Nf4 21. Kh1 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Ne2 23. Re1 (23. Nc6 Qh4 $19) 23... Nxd4 $17) 19... Rc7 20. Qb5 (20.
Qa8 {Ftacnik} Nf4 21. Qe4 Qg5 $15) 20... Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qg5 22. Be4 $2 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Kortschnoj bricht plötzlich zusammen.} (22. Re1 $5 $11 {sollte zu
ausgeglichenem Spiel führen, z.B.:} Nf4 (22... Bb7 23. h4) 23. g3) (22. Qxa5 {
Ftacnik} Bb7 $1 (22... Qxe5 23. Rc2 $14) 23. h4 (23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Qb5 Nc3 $1 25.
f4 Qh5 $17) 23... Qxh4 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Rc4 Qh5 $11) 22... Bb7 23. g3 $2 (23.
Bf3 $2 Nc3) (23. Qxa5 {Ftacnik} Qxe5 24. Bxd5 (24. Nxb7 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxe4 26.
Qc5 Nf4 27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra8 $17) 24... Bxd5 25. Qxb4 Rfc8 26. Qa3 Bxg2
27. Kxg2 Rxc5 $15) 23... Qxe5 {Auf einmal hängen die weißen Figuren in der
Luft.} 24. Re1 {Ftacnik: 'White has lost the string of the fight and Kramnik
not only won the pawn, but managed to improve all his pieces. '} (24. Nxb7 Qxe4
25. Nc5 Qe5 $17) (24. Bxd5 {Ftacnik} Bxd5 25. Qxa5 Rfc8 26. Qxb4 Qd6 $19) 24...
Rfc8 25. Bxg6 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (25. Qxa5 {Ftacnik} f5 26. Bd3 (26. Bg2 Rxc5 $19)
26... Rxc5 27. Rxe5 Rxa5 $19) (25. Nd3 {Ftacnik} Rxc1 26. Nxc1 (26. Nxe5 Rxe1+
27. Kg2 Ne3+ 28. fxe3 (28. Kf3 Bxe4+ 29. Kxe4 Nc4+ $19) 28... Bxe4+ 29. Kh3
Rxe3 $19) 26... Bc6 $17) 25... Qxb2 $17 (25... Qd4 {Ftacnik} 26. Nb3 Qxb2 27.
Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Be4 $13) 26. Bd3 $6 (26. Rb1 $142) 26... Nc3 $19 {Ftacnik:
'White must be in dire straits, since now the communication between his forces
is to great deal disabled.'} 27. Bxh7+ (27. Qb6 Rxc5 28. Qxb7 Ne2+ 29. Rxe2
Rxc1+ $19) 27... Kh8 28. Qd3 (28. Qf1 Rxc5 29. Rc2 Qa3 $19) 28... Ne2+ {
Schwarz kann sich den Gewinn bereits aussuchen.} (28... Rxc5 29. Rc2 Qa3 $19)
29. Qxe2 Qxe2 30. Rxe2 Kxh7 31. Rec2 Bd5 (31... Bd5 32. h4 a4 {/\ .. b4-b3})
0-1

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 {Dieser Zug stammt von Vallejo Pons. Statt
des häufiger gespielten 11...h5 deckt Schwarz den Bauern mit dem Turm. So hält
er sich das Feld h5 für den Springer offen, aber andererseits kann Weiß
natürlich nun den Bauern zurückgewinnen. Mit diesem Zug kam kürzlich der junge
Ungar Peter Acs zu einem glanzvollen Sieg über Alexander Khalifman.} 12. O-O (
12. Nxg4 Nxg4 (12... Nbd7 13. e5 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 h5 16. O-O
Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qf4 Be7
23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qb7 25. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I/Sovata 2001/EXT
2003 (41)}) 13... Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O (15. a4 a6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5
O-O-O 18. Kf1 h5 19. Bxh5 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Bg7 22. d6 Rxd6 $17 {
0-1 Sambuev,B-Yevseev,D/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 15... O-O-O 16. b3 Nb8 17.
Qf3 Qxd4 18. Bh3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Rxg3 20. Qxg3 Qxc3 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qg8+ Kc7
23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Qxf7+ Kb6 25. Qe8 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Lastin,A/Panormo 2001/CBM
84 ext (34)}) 13. Bxg4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2 (15. Bf3 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 $5)
15... Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 $13 {0-1 Khalifman,
A-Acs,P/Hoogeveen 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (35)}) (12. h5 $6 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 $36 {Timman,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Pamplona 1999}) 12... Nbd7
13. d5 $146 (13. Nxg4 b4 $5 (13... Nh5 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17.
Kh2 h5 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Rxf6 O-O-O 20. Bxh5 Rxd4 21. Qf1 $40 {Bang Yue-Bhat,V/
Shanghai 2002}) 14. Na4 (14. Nxf6+ {Gurevich,M} Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2
17. Rb1 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. b3 {Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/
CBM 79/[Gurevich,M] (31)} O-O-O $5 {Gurevich,M} 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1
19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rd2 $15) (13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e5 Nh5 (14...
Nd5 15. Ne4 h5 16. a4 a6 17. Qc2 Rg6 18. b3 Nb4 19. Qb2 c5 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21.
exd6 Qc6 22. f3 c3 23. Qxc3 Nd5 24. Qb2 gxf3 25. Rxf3 $13 {1-0 Abramov,
V-Safronov,A/Cherepovets 2001/EXT 2002 (43)}) 15. Bxg4 Nxg3 16. fxg3 O-O-O 17.
Kh2 c5 18. dxc5 b4 19. Na4 Qc6 20. Bf3 Rxd1 21. Bxc6 Rxa1 22. Bxb7+ Kxb7 23.
Rxa1 Kc6 $17 {0-1 Smirnov,A-Shinkevich,V/St Petersburg 2001/EXT 2002 (31)})
13... Nxe5 (13... exd5 14. exd5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxd5 16. Re1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 $40 {
ist sehr gefährlich für Schwarz.}) 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. a4
a6 18. b3 $5 {Weiß opfert eine Figur.} (18. dxe6 $5 fxe6 19. e5 Rg7 $13 (19...
O-O-O 20. Qh7)) 18... b4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Qxc3 Qc5
{und in dieser spannenden Stellung wurde ein Unentschieden vereinbart.} ({
Es könnt so weitergehen:} 22... Qc5 23. Qb2 $5 Qe7 (23... O-O-O 24. Rac1 $40)
24. Bf5 $1 {Dieser Läufer verhindert die lange Rochade des Schwarzen.} Qf7 (
24... O-O-O $2 25. Qd2 $1 $18 {mit den Ideen Qa5 oder Qf4 gewinnt Material.})
25. Rad1 $44 {mit sehr guter Kompensation für Weiß, da der schwarze König
nicht in Sicherheit kommt.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen Essent Crown"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2002.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Acs, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 {Die Idee von Vallejo Pons.
Statt des häufiger gespielten 11...h5 deckt Schwarz den Bauern mit dem Turm.
So hält er sich das Feld h5 für den Springer offen, aber andererseit kann Weiß
natürlich nun den Bauern zurückgewinnen.} 12. Nxg4 (12. h5 $6 Nbd7 13. Nxd7
Nxd7 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O Rd8 $36 {Timman,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Pamplona 1999}) (12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Nxg4 b4 $5 (13... Nh5 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qb6 16. a4 {1/2-1/2
Glek,I-Dreev,A/Essen 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (16)} a6 $13) 14. Na4 (14. Nxf6+ {
Gurevich,M} Nxf6 15. e5 bxc3 16. exf6 cxb2 17. Rb1 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Bxc4 Qa5
16. b3 {Xu Jun-Gurevich,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79/[Gurevich,M] (31)} O-O-O $5 {
Gurevich,M} 17. Qe2 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Qh5 $1 19. Ne5 Qxe2 20. Bxe2 Nxe5 21. dxe5
Rd2 $15) 12... Nxg4 (12... Nbd7 13. e5 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 h5
16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd3 22.
Qf4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qb7 25. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I/Sovata
2001/EXT 2003 (41)}) 13... Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O (15. a4 a6 16. axb5 cxb5
17. d5 O-O-O 18. Kf1 h5 19. Bxh5 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Nxe5 21. Qe2 Bg7 22. d6 Rxd6 $17
{0-1 Sambuev,B-Yevseev,D/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 15... O-O-O 16. b3 Nb8 17.
Qf3 Qxd4 18. Bh3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Rxg3 20. Qxg3 Qxc3 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qg8+ Kc7
23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Qxf7+ Kb6 25. Qe8 Qc2 26. Bg4 Kb7 27. Qf7+ Bd7 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7
29. Qxd7+ Kb6 30. Qd8+ Kc5 31. Qd6+ Kb6 32. Qb8+ Kc5 33. Qxa7+ Kd5 34. Qe3 {
1-0 Sakaev,K-Lastin,A/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (34)}) 13. Bxg4 Nd7 {Dafür, dass
Schwarz den Bauern zurückgegeben hat, hat er nun einen aktiven Turm auf der
g-Linie.} 14. O-O Nf6 15. Be2 (15. Bf3 $5 Qb6 16. Qd2 {würde Weiß ein
Mehrtempo im Vergleich zu Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I geben (s.o.), aber ob Weiß
deswegen besser steht, ist eine andere Frage.}) 15... Qb6 16. a4 Bb4 17. Be5
Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. Be3 c5 20. axb5 $6 {Weiß schenkt der schwarzen Initiative
wenig Beachtung.} (20. d5 $5 $13 {hätte die Diagonalen und Linien geschlossen
gehalten.}) 20... Nf6 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 {Für den Minusbauern ist
Schwarz dank seiner aktiven Figuren reichlich entschädigt.} 23. Qc2 Rd4 24. Bf3
(24. Rfd1 Nxe4 25. Bf3 Qf5 26. Bxe4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 $40) 24... Rd3 25. Qe2 {
Bis jetzt war Weiß vermutlich guter Dinge, aber nach ...} Rg3 $1 {... wird ihm
vermutlich anders geworden sein. Schwarz droht das Nehmen auf f3.} 26. Na4 $6 (
26. Kh1 Rgxf3 (26... Rdxf3 $2 27. fxg3) 27. gxf3 Qh5 $40) ({Der Computerzug} 
26. Ra4 $5 {ist vielleicht noch das Beste, z.B.} Rgxf3 (26... Rdxf3 $2 27. Rxc4
Qb6 28. Na4) 27. gxf3 Qh5 28. Rxc4 Rxf3 29. Rd1 Qg4+ 30. Kf1 Qh3+ 31. Ke1 Ng4
32. Rcd4 Rxf2 33. Rd8+ Ke7 34. R8d7+ Kf8 35. Qxf2 Nxf2 36. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 37. Ke3 {
, und Schwarz muss Dauerschach geben.}) 26... Qd4 27. Rfd1 (27. Kh1 Rgxf3 28.
gxf3 Rxf3 $17) (27. Kh2 Rgxf3 28. gxf3 Qe5+ $17) 27... Bxe4 {Jetzt fallen die
schwarzen Figuren über den weißen König her.} 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Nc3 Nd2 $1 $19
30. b6 Rxg2+ $1 31. Kxg2 Qg7+ 32. Kh2 Nf3+ 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Rg1 Rxf2+ 35. Kh1
Qd4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup final"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.18"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.10.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 Bg7 12. Re1 O-O 13. e5 Rd8 14. Qc2 b6 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Ba2 {Wir haben eine typische Stellung in der Moskauer
Variante erreicht. Weiß hat Raumvorteil, Schwarz hat das Läuferpaar und steht
zu ...c6-c5 bereit. Bislang galt dieser Stellungstyp als befriedigend für
Schwarz, aber wie die vorliegende Partie zeigt, gibt es ein paar Feinheiten zu
beachten.} c5 {Schwarz sucht direkt die Klärung im Zentrum, obwohl er damit
auch noch warten kann.} (17... Nf8 18. Qe2 (18. h4 {Dautov} Rc7 19. Rd2 Rcd7
20. Red1 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Ne6 $10) 18... Rc7
19. Rd2 Rcd7 20. Red1 g5 $1 $15 {0-1 Dautov,R-Slobodjan,R/Germany 1997/GER-chT/
[Dautov] (41)}) 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf8 {Schwarz hat ...c6-c5
durchgesetzt, musste dafür aber seinen weißfeldrigen Läufer abgeben. Der weiße
Läufer entfaltet nun Druck entlang der Diagonalen c4-f7.} 21. Qe4 (21. a4 Rd7
22. Bc4 Rcd8 23. Rxd7 (23. Rc1 $5 {kommt in Betracht, um analog zur Partie
beide Turmpaare auf dem Brett zu behalten.}) 23... Qxd7 24. h4 Ne6 25. g3 Qc6
26. Re3 Kf8 27. b3 Ke7 28. h5 g5 29. Qf5 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 a6 32. Qh7
Bxe5 33. Bxa6 Bc3 34. Nc2 Qf3 35. Qd3 Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Dreev,A/Luzern
1997/CBM 62 (35)}) 21... Ne6 22. Bc4 Rd7 {Schwarz verdoppelt die Türme, aber
wie sich bald herausstellen wird, kann er mit der offenen d-Linie wenig
anfangen. Daher sollte er vielleicht überlegen, direkt die Türme abzutauschen.}
(22... Rxd1 $5 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ (24. Re1 {ist nun nicht mehr ganz so
effektiv, da Weiß zwei Türme braucht, einen zur Unterstützung deedes e-bauern,
den anderen , um mittels a4-a5 Aktivität am Damenflügel entwickeln zu können.})
24... Qxd8 25. g3 (25. Bxe6 Qd1+ 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Nxe1 fxe6) 25... Qd7 $11)
23. g3 Rcd8 24. Rc1 $1 $14 {Ein sehr wichtiger Zug. Weiß weicht dem Turmtausch
aus, da er für seine Türme noch andere Absichten hat. Schwarz kontrolliert
zwar die d-Linie, hat aber keine Einbruchsfelder, da die weißen Leichtfiguren
diese kontrollieren. Will Schwarz mittels ...Sg5 oder ...Sd4 den weißen
Springer abtauschen, so ist e5-e6 unangenehm. Schwarz ist also in den nächsten
Zügen zur Passivität verdammt.} h5 25. Kg2 Bh6 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. a4 Rcd7 28. b3
Bd2 29. Re2 Bh6 (29... Bb4 $5 {kam in Betracht, um a4-a5 zu verhindern.}) 30.
a5 Rb8 31. axb6 axb6 32. Bb5 Rdd8 33. Ra1 {Weiß hat nun die a-Linie erobert.}
Bg7 34. Raa2 Qb7 35. Qxb7 Rxb7 {Nach dem Abtausch der Damen ist der Pe5
anfälliger geworden, so dass Weiß auch etwas in seiner Aktivität eingeschränkt
ist. Ohne die Damen ist auch Springertausch mittels ...Sd4 wieder eine Option,
da nun der potenzielle Vormarsch e5-e6 nicht mehr so stark ist.} 36. Red2 Rbb8
$2 {Aber das ist zu passiv.} ({Schwarz sollte die derzeitige weiße
Figurenstellung ausnutzen und sofort Gegenspiel entwickeln:} 36... Rxd2 37.
Rxd2 g5 $1 38. Rd5 Rb8 39. Bc4 g4 40. Nd2 Rd8 41. Rxd8+ Nxd8 42. f4 gxf3+ 43.
Nxf3 Nc6 44. e6 fxe6 45. Bxe6+ Kh7 $11 {mit Ausgleich}) 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. Bc4
$16 {Jetzt kann der weiße Turm am Damenflügel eindringen.} Nf8 $6 {Ein glatter
Tempoverlust.} (38... Nd4 39. Ng5) (38... g5 39. Bxe6 g4 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41.
Ng5+ Kg6 42. Ne6) (38... Re8 $5 39. Ra7 g5 40. Bxe6 Rxe6 41. Nxg5 Rxe5 42. Nxf7
Re2 43. Nd6 Bd4 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45. Rf8 $16) 39. Ra7 Ne6 (39... Rd7 40. Rxd7 Nxd7
41. e6 Nf6 42. e7 Ne8 43. Bb5 $18) 40. Rb7 Re8 41. Rxb6 $18 Nf8 42. Ng5 Re7 43.
f4 Nd7 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. Nxf7 Nxe5 46. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. h4 $5 {Ivan Sokolovs Idee aus seiner Partie gegen I.Nowikow (Antwerpen 1997)
} g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 $5 $146 (10... h5 {[%csl Rg5,Rh5][%cal Yf2f3] geschah in der
Stammpartie.} 11. Be2 Bb7 (11... b4 $5 {(W.Epischin) wirft einen großen
Schatten auf das weiße Komzept.} 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. O-O Bg7 14. Bf4 (14. Bxc4
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Nd7 $17) 14... Qxh4 15. Qc2 (15. g3
Qd8 16. Qc2 Ng5 $17) 15... g3 16. fxg3 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 Qxg3 18. Rf3 (18. Qe4 f5
19. Qf4 h4 $15) 18... Qh4 19. Rd1 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {(W.Epischin)}) 12. O-O
Nbd7 13. Qc2 Bg7 14. Rad1 {Sokolov se contente pour l'instant de centraliser
ses forces. Il faut dire que les Noirs sont devant une tâche difficile. Leur
position est resserée et on ne voit guère de refuge convaincant pour abriter
le Roi.} Qb6 $5 15. Na4 $1 {Une conception splendide!} Qa5 $2 16. Nc5 $16 {
1-0 Sokolov,I-Novikov,I/Lost Boys 5th 1997/CBM 61/[Lutz] (33) Empêche ...c5 et
enferme le Bb7 pour de bon.}) 11. f3 Nh5 12. Bf2 Qa5 13. Qd2 g3 14. Be3 f6 15.
Ng4 $2 {Dieses Versehen führt zu eier grausamen Stellung für Weiß.} (15. Ng6
Rg8 16. Nf4 $13) 15... f5 16. Ne5 (16. Nxh6 f4) (16. Be2 $5 {ist ein Versuch,
eine Figur zu opfern.} f4 (16... fxg4 17. fxg4 $44) 17. O-O $5 Rf8 $1 $19 {
nebst ...fxe3 und ...Nf4.} (17... fxe3 18. Qxe3 {/\ f4})) 16... f4 17. Bg1 (17.
Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Ke2 Qb2+ $19) 17... Bb7 18. Rc1 Rg8
$19 {[%csl Rf1,Rg1,Rh1] Offensichtlich ist die weiße Idee gescheitert.} 19. a3
Bd6 20. Ng4 Nd7 21. Qc2 O-O-O 22. Nxh6 {Weiß schafft es in der Folge noch,
Verwicklungen zu schaffen.} Rg7 23. Be2 c5 24. d5 exd5 25. Nf5 Rg6 26. e5 Nxe5
27. Nxd6+ Rdxd6 28. Bxc5 Rde6 29. Kf1 d4 30. Bxd4 Nxf3 31. Bxf3 Bxf3 32. Qf5 a6
33. a4 Qd8 34. Qc5+ Rc6 35. Qf5+ Rce6 36. Qc5+ Rc6 37. Qf5+ Rge6 38. gxf3 Qxd4
39. Rc2 b4 40. Nd5 b3 41. Ne7+ Kb7 42. Nxc6 g2+ 43. Kxg2 Qg7+ 44. Qg5 Rg6 45.
Nd8+ Ka8 46. Ne6 Qg8 47. Re2 Rxg5+ 48. hxg5 Ng3 49. g6 Nxe2 50. g7 Qxe6 51. Rh6
Qf7 52. Rh8+ Kb7 53. g8=Q Qxg8+ 54. Rxg8 c3 55. Rg7+ Kc6 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch 4th"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2003.02.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wu, Shaobin"]
[Black "Al Sayed, Mohammed"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$1 {Dieser Zug ist aus der Partie Sakaev,K-Borovikov,V/Halkidiki 2002 bekannt.
Sakaev is so sehr von dessen Stärke überzeugt, dass er im Informator 85 15.Lg3
mit zwei Rufzeichen und der Bewertung 'klarer weißer Vorteil' versieht.} ({
Die Folgen von} 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 $1) 16... Nd7 {erscheinen
akzeptabel für Schwarz, wie die letzten Partien zeigen.}) 15... Qxd4 {Sehr
prinzipiell, Schwarz nimmt sich noch einen Bauern.} (15... b4 $2 16. Na4 Qxd4
17. Bxc4 c5 $2 (17... Qxe4 18. Bd3 Qd4 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rad1 $16) (17... O-O 18.
e5 {/\ Rad1}) (17... Qd8 $5 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bd6 O-O-O 20. Nc5 $40) 18. e5 $18
Qe4 (18... Nd7 19. Rfd1 Qe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. Nxc5 O-O-O 23. Nxd7
Rxd7 24. Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rac1 $18) 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. f3 gxf3 22.
exf6 Bxf6 23. gxf3 Qg6 24. Kh2 Rc8 25. Qe3 Rc2+ 26. Rf2 {1-0 Sakaev,
K-Borovikov,V/Halkidiki 2002/CBM 92/[Lutz] (26)}) (15... O-O $5 16. e5 (16.
Rad1 {führt zu 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 {Nun sind wir per Zugumstellung
bei Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000 angelangt:} (16... Nd7 $5 {muss Weiß
nicht mit 17.Rad1 und Übergang zu bekannten Varianten beantworten, sondern
kann mit} 17. Ne4 $1 {(plant Ng5)} f5 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Be5 $40 {
begegnet werden.}) 17. Rad1 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4
hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27.
gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13) (15... Nh7 16. e5 Qxd4 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Ne4 O-O 19. b3
$1 $40 {Sakaev}) 16. Rad1 ({Sakaev selbst empfiehlt} 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. a4 $40 {
"mit Angriff". Es droht a4-a5 mit Kaltstellung der schwarzen Dame.
Andererseits hat Schwarz zwei Bauern mehr. Hier sind noch weitere praktische
Tests nötig.}) 16... Qb6 17. e5 (17. Bd6 O-O-O $5) 17... Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O (
18... O-O $2 19. Ng5) 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 {Mir scheint, dass die letzten
weißen Züge nicht im Sinne des Erfinders Sakaev gewesen sind. Zwar hat Weiß
die Qualität gewonnen, aber der schwarze König ist relaiv sicher und die
schwarzen Bauern verhindern ein weißes Eindringen. Ich ziehe die schwarze
Stellung vor.} 21. Kh2 Kd7 22. Rfe1 f4 $2 {Natürlich ist es verlockend, direkt
den Bg3 einzuheimsen. Aber nun gelangt die weiße Dame hinter die Bauern und
richtet dort verheerenden Schaden an.} (22... Bd4 $5) (22... Re8 $5) 23. Qg6
fxg3+ 24. fxg3 Bxb2 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Qxe6+ Kd8 27. d7 $2 {Gewinnt den Rh8 im
Austausch für den d-Bauern, lässt aber den schwarzen König entwischen.} (27.
Qf7 $1 {gewinnt für Weiß, da Schwarz nichts gegen die Drohungen Re7 oder d7
nebst Re8+ unternehmen kann.} Ba6 (27... Kc8 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. d7+) 28. Rxd5 (
28. Re6 $5 $18 {/\ d7}) 28... cxd5 29. d7 Kc7 30. Re8 Kc6 31. Rxh8 Bxh8 32. Qe8
Kc5 33. Qxh8 $18) 27... Kc7 28. Qe8 Rxe8 29. dxe8=Q Qc5 $17 {Dem schwarzen
König kann jetzt nicht mehr so leicht zugesetzt werden und der c-Freibauer
meldet sich zu Wort.} 30. Qxh5 c3 31. Qe5+ Kb6 32. Rb1 Nb4 33. Qg7 Nd3 34. Re7
Ba6 35. Re2 (35. Rxa7 c2 36. Qc7+ Kb5 37. Qb8+ Ka5 38. Rxb2 Nxb2 39. Qc7+ Kb4
40. Qf4+ Qc4 $17) 35... Bb5 36. Rc2 Qa3 37. Qxg4 Qxa2 38. Qd4+ Ka6 39. Rf1 Qa4
$19 40. Qxa4+ Bxa4 41. Rxc3 Bxc3 42. g4 Be5+ 43. g3 c5 44. g5 Be8 45. Rf8 Bh5
46. Kh3 c4 47. g4 Nf4+ 48. Rxf4 Bxf4 49. gxh5 c3 50. g6 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn/Parnu"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Epishin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 $5 {Khalifmans Idee erscheint sehr gefährlich.} g4
11. Ne5 h5 (11... b4 $6 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 15. Nxf7 $1 $18
{1-0 Khalifman,A-Dreev,A/Presidents Cup 1998/CBM 65/[Lutz] (29)}) 12. O-O Bg7 (
12... Nbd7 {ist vielleicht solider.} 13. Qc2 {Epishin} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 15.
Rfd1 (15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Bb4 $1 19. Na2 Bf8 $11)
15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Qb6 (16... Be7 $2 17. e5 Bxh4 18. Qh7 Rf8 19. Ne4 $16) 17. b3
cxb3 18. axb3 Rc8 19. e5 $1 $16) 13. f3 O-O 14. fxg4 (14. Kh2 $5 {Epishin} Nbd7
15. Nxd7 $6 (15. a3 $5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 $44) 15... Nxd7 $1 (15... Qxd7
16. e5 Nd5 17. fxg4 Ne3 18. Qd2 Nxf1+ 19. Rxf1 c5 20. gxh5 cxd4 (20... Qxd4 21.
Qg5 Kh7 $8 22. Bd1 $1 $18) 21. h6 Bh8 22. Rf4 $40) 16. fxg4 c5 $15) 14... hxg4
15. Bxg4 c5 $6 (15... b4 $5 {war in Anbetracht der folgenden Abwicklung
vorsichtiger, obwohl auch hier} 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 $13 {in Betracht kommt.}
(17. Bxe6 {Epishin} bxc3 18. e5 cxb2 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. exf6 bxa1=Q 21. fxg7+
Kg8 22. Qxa1 Nd7 23. Qb1 Ba6 24. Qg6 Qe7 25. Rf8+ Nxf8 26. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 27. Bd6
$18)) (15... Nxg4 {Epishin} 16. Qxg4 Qxd4+ 17. Kh1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rf6 $1
$18) 16. d5 $1 exd5 17. Nxf7 (17. exd5 {Epishin} b4 18. Rxf6 bxc3 (18... Qxf6
19. Ne4 $36) 19. Rf2 cxb2 20. Rxb2 Qxd5 21. Qxd5 Bxd5 22. Rd1 $14) 17... Rxf7
18. Be6 {Die Fesselung des Rf7 ist lästig.} Qe7 (18... d4 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. e5
$18) 19. exd5 (19. Bxf7+ {Epishin} Qxf7 20. e5 Nbd7 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nxb5 Qg6
$13) 19... Nbd7 (19... Kh8 20. Ne4 $40) 20. Ne4 (20. Nxb5 $5 {erscheint sehr
verlockend.} Nb6 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb6 23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7
Kxf7 25. Nc3 $16) (20... Nf8 {Epishin} 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Nd6 Qxd5 23. Nxb7
Qxb7 24. Qe2 Qe4 25. Rae1 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 $14) 21. Re1 (21. Nd6 Bxd5) 21... Kh8 {
Die schwarze Stellung ist mehr als anrüchig, aber ich sehe noch keinen
sofortigen Gewinn.}) 20... Nxe4 $5 {Schwarz opfert die Dame, um den Gegner
maximal zu verwirren.} (20... Bxd5 $5 21. Nxf6+ (21. Bxd5 $2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nb6
23. Qxf7+ Qxf7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 {ist angenehmer für Schwarz, da seine Bauern
weiter vorgerückt sind als die weißen.}) 21... Nxf6 22. Bxd5 (22. Rxf6 $2 Bxe6)
22... Nxd5 23. Qxd5 {Schwarz kann sich nicht aus der Fesselung befreien.} Raf8
(23... Rd8 $2 24. Rxf7 Qe3+ 25. Bf2 $18) (23... Rc8 24. Rae1 Qb7 25. Qe6 Qd7 $2
26. Rxf7 Qxe6 27. Rxg7+ $18) 24. Rae1 Qd8 (24... Qd7 25. Bd6) 25. Qe6 {mit
Initative.}) 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qg4 $6 {Weiß hat eine Abwicklung
vor Augen, die jedoch am eigenen König scheitert.} (23. Qf3+ Ndf6 24. Rd1 $16)
23... Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Ndf6 25. Qe6+ Kg6 26. h5+ $2 {Führt nur zum Dauerschach.
Weiß kann den Bb7 nicht gewinnen, da nun sein eigener König auf Matt steht.} (
26. Rf1 Bxd5 27. Qf5+ Kg7 28. Be5 {gibt Weiß immer noch Vorteil.}) 26... Kxh5
27. Qf7+ Kg5 28. Qg7+ (28. Qxb7 $2 Rh8+ $19) 28... Kh5 29. Qf7+ (29. Qxb7 $2
Ng4+ {und der Ne4 setzt auf g3 oder g5 matt.}) 29... Kg5 30. Qg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA Cup final"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2002.05.25"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.25"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Qc2
g6 9. cxd5 {Kramnik wählt den Übergang in die Karlsbader Bauernstruktur. In
dieser Form sollte der weiße Aufbau nicht viel versprechen, aber Kramnik hofft
wohl auf sein besseres Stellungsverständnis.} exd5 10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12.
b4 {Weiß geht zum üblichen Minoritätsangriff b2-b4-b5 über.} Qd6 13. Rab1 a6 $5
{Vallejo wählt einen interessanten Aufbau am Damenflügel, der allerdings mit
gewissen Risiken behaftet ist.} (13... Nb6 {ist der Standardplan.} 14. a4 (14.
b5 c5 $11) 14... Be6 15. a5 Nd7 {mit einer ausgeglichenen Stellung. Schwarz
hält seine Bauern flexibel und spielt ggf. ...b7-b6, so dass auch ...c6-c5
einmal möglich ist.}) 14. Rfc1 b5 {Die Pointe des schwarzen Aufbau besteht
darin, dass er das Feld c4 für seinen Springer hat. Nachteilig ist natürlich
der rückständige Bauer auf c6. Der normale Plan dagegen betseht im
Bauernvorstoß e3-e4, aber Kramnik spielt anders.} 15. Ne2 (15. e4 Nb6 $5) 15...
Bb7 16. h4 h5 17. Nf4 Bh6 18. g3 {Kramnik versucht erst einmal seine Figuren
auf gute Felder zu stellen, ehe er zu Aktivitäten übergeht. Schwarz muss auf
die schwachen Felder e5 und g5 aufpassen.} a5 $5 {Schwarz sucht eine Klärung
am Damenflügel.} (18... Nb6 19. Qc5 $5 {/\} Qxc5 20. bxc5 Nd7 (20... Nc4 21.
Bxc4 dxc4 22. Ne5 $36) 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22. c6 $16) 19. a4 {Weiß hält konsequent
dagegen.} (19. a3 $6 axb4 20. axb4 {würde Schwarz keine Probleme geben, da die
a-Linie geöffnet und der Pb4 schwach wäre.}) 19... axb4 20. axb5 Rfc8 21. bxc6
Rxc6 22. Qb2 {Formal gesehen hat Schwarz nun zwei isolierte Bauern auf b4 und
d5. Aber Weiß ist nicht richtig in der Lage, diese anzugreifen.} Bf8 23. Ng5 (
23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Bc2 Nb6 25. Nd3 Nc4 {/\} 26. Qxb4 $2 Qf6 $19) 23... Be7 (
23... Nb6 $5) 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Bc2 Nb6 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. Qxb4 Qd8 $11 {Durch
den indirekten Abtausch des Pb4 gegen den Ph4 entasteht eine ausgeglichene
Stellung.} 28. Qc3 Bxg5 29. hxg5 Qxg5 30. Ne5 (30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. dxe5 Bd7)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 {Khalifmans Idee.} g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 $5 {Eine
Verbesserung.} (12... Bg7 $6 {wurde in A.Khalifman-I.Morovic (Parnu 1998)
gespielt.}) 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 {Schwarz kann nicht mehr kurz rochieren,
aber das war angesichts seiner geschwächten Bauernstellung ohnehin keine
wirkliche Idee.} 15. Rad1 {Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob wirklich dieser Turm
nach d1 gehört. Da der Vorstoß f2-f3(f4) mit Risiken behaftet ist (die g-Linie
wird geöffnet), konnte vielleicht auch der Königsturm nach d1.} (15. Rfd1 $5) (
15. a4 $5 a6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qb6 $13 {mit der Idee} 18. d5 Nc5) 15... Nd7
16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 {Weiß hat zwar Kompensation für den Bauern (starkes Zentrum,
unsicherer schwarzer König, Entwicklungsvorsprung), aber um einen Fortschritt
zu erzielen, muß er seine Bauern einsetzen. Aber wie ? Nach f2-f3(f4) wird die
g-Linie geöffnet, e4-e5 schließt den Bg3 ein, d4-d5 schwächt die Felder c5 und
e5.} cxb3 18. axb3 Bb4 19. Na2 (19. d5 $5 {kam in Betracht.} a6 (19... Qc5 20.
Rc1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. Rxc3 {ist sehr gefährlich für Schwarz.}) 20. dxe6
fxe6 21. Na2 Be7 22. b4 {mit der Idee Qb3} c5 {ist sehr unklar.}) 19... Be7 20.
Nc3 Bb4 {Es ist für Schwarz schwer, einen konstruktiven Zug zu finden. Die
lange Rochade kommt wegen Nxb5 nicht in Frage.} 21. Na2 Be7 22. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 b4 $6 {Eher zweifelhaft. Schwarz ruiniert seinen Damenflügel, bekommt
dafür aber den Pe4 und den schwarzfeldrigen Läufer.} (9... Bb7) (9... Nbd7) 10.
Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. O-O g4 14. Nd2 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Re1
(16. f4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 (17. Nxf3 Bg7 18. Re1 Qa5 19. Qd6 Qxa4 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Qxe6+ Kd8 22. Qf7 Re8 23. Qxg7 Re7 24. Qxh6 Qb5 25. Red1 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qc4 27.
Nd4 Bb7 28. Rac1 Qd5 29. Nxc6+ Bxc6 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Qh8+ Re8 {Nikuljshin,
K-Burmakin,V/Spring op 1993/EXT 97/1-0 (63)}) 17... Nxe5 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. Ne4
O-O 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Be2 Bd7 22. Nac5 Be8 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Rd1 Qe7
26. Nd6 f5 27. Qe3 Bf7 28. Ncb7 Ng4 29. Bxg4 fxg4 30. b3 e5 31. Qxa7 Bd5 32.
Qc5 Qh4 33. Qe3 e4 34. Nxe4 Bxe4 35. g3 Qe7 36. Nc5 Rf3 {0-1 Neurohr,S-Beikert,
G/BL2-S 1992/BL2}) (16. Qxg4 Nxe5 17. Qe4 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Qd5 19. Qf4 Ba6 20. Ne5
O-O-O 21. Nxc6 Bd6 22. Qc1 Kd7 23. Nxd8 Bxf1 24. Qxf1 Rxd8 25. b3 Ke7 26. Rc1
Qd2 27. Qe1 Bf4 28. Qxd2 Rxd2 29. g3 Bd6 30. Rc8 Rxa2 {Chiburdanidze,
M-Galliamova,A/FIDE Candidates W 1997/EXP 62/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 16... h5 (16... Qa5
$5) 17. f4 Nb6 $2 {Ein klarer Fehler. Zum einen behält Weiß den starken Pe5,
zum anderen wird der momentan inaktive Na4 gegen den wichtigen
Defensivspringer abgetauscht.} (17... gxf3 18. Nxf3 Bb7 {nebst ...Qa5(c7) und
langer Rochade.}) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Kh1 $16 {Es gibt kaum noch eine
Verteidigung gegen Ne4 und f5.} Be7 20. Ne4 Bb7 21. f5 c5 22. fxe6 fxe6 23.
Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 $18 Rd8 25. Qc2 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 4th"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Qb3 {Einmal mehr wählt
Kortschnoj einen Aufbau mit dem frühen Damenausfall.} Nf6 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Qxc4
b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4 b4 9. Na4 Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. e5 (11. Be2 $5 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5
13. O-O Be7 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Bxb5 N5b6 $11 {0-1
Piket,J-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1999/CBM 69 ext (40)}) (11. Bg5 Bb7 (11... cxd4
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nxd4 Bb7 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rxc5 Qxc5
18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxb7 Qb6 20. e5 fxe5 21. Be2 Rac8 22. Qe4 Rc1+ 23. Bd1 Qd4 24.
Qxd4 exd4 25. Na5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Filippov,V-Kharlov,A/Kemerovo 1995/CBM 50 (88)})
12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 (13. d5 $6 O-O-O $1 14. Be2 f5 $36 {Kortschnoj,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Lvov 2000/[Lutz]}) 13... O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 Nb6 16. Nxb6
Qxb6 17. Rad1 Bh6 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1 Rhe8 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1
Red6 23. Be2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25. Qh4 Bf8 26. Bc4 $13 {1-0 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/
Linares 1993 (45)}) 11... Nd5 12. Bd2 (12. Be2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Ba6 14. Bd2 Be7
15. a3 $6 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Qb5+ $1 17. Qc4 Qb8 $36 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Kramnik,V/Monte
Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (29)}) 12... Be7 13. Rc1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $1 $146 {
Ftacnik: 'Both players are trying to keep up the high game, Kortschnoj is
principially fighting for the advantage despite modest location of the knight
on a4 and weak c3 square. '  Eine Verbesserung genüber 14.Qxd4. Der Springer
wirkt nach b5 und c6 und die Dame kann nach g3 schwenken. Im folgenden bediene
ich mich der Kommentare Vadim Zvjaginsevs in SCHACH 7/2002.} (14. Qxd4 O-O 15.
Bd3 Ba6 16. O-O Bxd3 17. Qxd3 N7b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Hauchard,A/France
2001/EXT 2002 (53)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Nxe5 15. Qe4 (15. Qg3 {Ftacnik} Bf6 16.
f4 (16. a3 {Ftacnik} O-O 17. Nc2 $11) 16... Qd8 17. Rxc8 $3 Rxc8 18. fxe5 Bh4
19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Nxe6+ (20. O-O {Ftacnik} Bxg3 21. Nxe6+ Ke7 22. Nxd8 Bxh2+ (
22... Rhxd8 {Ftacnik} 23. hxg3 Rc2 24. Rf2 $16) 23. Kxh2 Rhxd8 24. Bc4 $14)
20... fxe6 21. O-O+ Kg8 22. Qg4 Qe7 (22... Nc7 {Ftacnik} 23. Bc4 Qe7 24. Bxb4
h5 25. Qe4 Qg5 26. Rf4 $18) 23. g3 Rc2 24. Bh6 $16) 15... Bd6 16. f4 Ng4 17.
Bb5+ Ke7 18. Qe2 $16 {(Zvjaginsev) gibt Weiß sehr starken Angriff für den
Bauern.}) 15. Qg3 $6 {Verlockend, aber Schwarz hat eine starke Riposte.} (15.
Qb5 $1 Qxb5 16. Bxb5 {gibt Weiß laut Zvaginsev das etwas bessere Spiel, da
nach z.B.} a6 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 {Weiß einen Springer auf c6 etablieren
kann.}) 15... O-O $1 {Schwarz bringt seinen König aus der Gefahrenzone. Das
Qualitätsopfer gibt ihm gutes Spiel.} 16. Bh6 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'It is
difficult to blame white for underestimating opponent's chances, but
Zvjagincev's compensation for the exchange will be more than sufficient.'} (16.
Bb5 $1 {Ftacnik} N7b6 (16... Rfc8 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxd7 Rxc1+ 18. Bxc1 Qc7 19.
Bh6 $18) 17. Bh6 g6 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. O-O $18) 16... g6 17. Bxf8 (17. Bb5 Rfd8
18. O-O (18. Bc6 $14 {Ftacnik}) 18... Nb8 $1 $11 {Zvjaginsev}) 17... Bxf8 {
Als Ersatz für die Qualität hat Schwarz die Kontrolle über die schwarzen
Felder und aktive Leichtfiguren.} 18. Be2 $2 (18. Bb5 {war laut Zvjaginsev
erzwungen, um das Gleichgewicht zu halten. Er gibt die folgende Varianten an:}
Bh6 {'!' Ftacnik.} 19. O-O (19. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Nf4 (19... Bf4 {Ftacnik} 20. Qh4
Nxe5 21. Nc5 $14) 20. O-O Nxe5 $13) 19... Bf4 20. Qh4 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxe5 22.
Qe4 a6 23. Qxe5 axb5 24. Nc5 Rc8 25. Ndxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8 27. Qe5+ $11 {
mit Dauerschach.}) (18. Rc4 {Ftacnik} Nc3 (18... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 19. Qh3 Bf4 20.
Nxe6 Re8 21. Nxf4 Nxf4 22. Qxd7 Rxe5+ $13) 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Nc2 Qxa2 21. Qxc3
Qb1+ 22. Kd2 Rd8 23. Rd4 Nc5 $15) 18... Bh6 $17 19. Rc2 (19. O-O Bf4 20. Qh4
Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxe5 22. Qe4 {ist im Vergleich zur Variante nach 18.Bb5 nicht
mehr effektiv, da Schwarz einfach} Nd7 {spielen kann.}) 19... Nf4 20. O-O (20.
Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 21. O-O (21. Nc5 {Ftacnik} Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rc8 $19) 21...
Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qf5 $17) 20... Bxg2 {Kortschnoj hat einen
taktischen Gegenschlag vorbereitet, der leider einen kleinen Haken hat.} 21.
Qxg2 $5 {Ftacnik: 'Ingenious idea in the defense, white has decided to catch
black's queen on a5 in a very original way.'} (21. Bf3 {Ftacnik} Bxf1 22. Bxa8
Ba6 23. Kh1 Qd8 24. Be4 Nxe5 $19) (21. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Be4 22. Rc4 Nxe5 23. Rc5
Qd8 $17) 21... Nxg2 22. Nc6 {So war's geplant, die Dame ist wegen des Schachs
auf e7 auf dem offenen Brett gefangen. Aber Zvjaginsev hat weiter gerechnet.}
Ne3 $3 {Ftacnik: 'The refutation of the concept is equally fascinating, only
this move is disturbing white's idea.'} 23. fxe3 $6 (23. Nxa5 $142 Nxc2 24. Nc6
Bf4 25. Bd3 Na3 26. Re1 a5 $17 {Zvjaginsev}) 23... Bxe3+ 24. Kg2 (24. Rf2 Rc8
$1 25. Ne7+ Kg7 26. Nxc8 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Qxe5 $19 {Zvjaginsev}) 24... Qd5+ 25.
Bf3 Qd3 $19 {Die Dame ist entfleucht, damit ist die Partie besiegelt.} 26. Rb2
(26. Nxb4 Qb5 $19 {Zvjaginsev}) 26... Qb5 27. Re1 Bg5 28. Rd1 Nb6 29. Nd4 Qe8
30. Nxb6 axb6 31. Bxa8 Qxa8+ {Hätte Weiß noch seine Königsflügelbauern, wäre
die Sache noch nicht so schlimm. So aber steht natürlich glatt auf Verlust.}
32. Nf3 Bf4 33. Kf2 Qe4 34. Re2 Qf5 35. h4 h6 36. Rg1 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ree1
Kf8 39. Nd4 Qh3 40. Rg2 Qh4+ 41. Ke2 Bxe5 42. Nf3 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[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"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {Es ist bemerkenswert, daß Dreev nicht das üblichere 9...Bb7
spielt. Hat er möglicherweise Angst vor 9...Bb7 10.h4, was in Khalifman-Dreev 
(Presidents Cup 1998) mit einem Sieg des Weißen endete ?} (9... Bb7) (9... b4)
(9... Bb4) 10. e5 {Eine eigenständige Variante. 10.Qc2 Bb7 oder 10.Be2 Bb7
würde zu bekannten Varianten führen, wobei im letzteren Fall auch 10...b4!? zu
bedenken ist.} (10. d5 b4 11. dxe6 fxe6 (11... bxc3 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3
Nxe4 14. Be5 f6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Nd4 Bg6 17. Bf3 Qd5 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19. O-O Kf7
20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bd8 g4 22. Bxg4 Qxd8 23. Qa4 Qd5 24. Qxa7+ Kf6 25. Re3 Bc5 26.
Rf3+ Kg5 27. Qc7 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Bd7 Bh5 30. Rf5+ Kg6 31. Re1 c5 32. Nc6
Nf6 33. Bxe8+ Kxf5 34. Bxh5 Nxh5 35. Na5 Be5 36. Nxc4 Bxc3 37. Nd6+ Kg6 38.
Re6+ Nf6 39. Ne4 Kf5 40. Nxf6 Bxf6 41. Rc6 Bd4 42. Rxh6 Ra8 {0-1 Savchenko,
S-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1991/TD 91\03 (42)}) 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Qc2
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 O-O 16. O-O Qe8 17. Rfe1 Nh5 18. Be5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Nc5
Qg6 21. Rac1 Kh7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Qe4 Rb5 24. Qxg6+ Kxg6 25. Ne4 c5 26. Nd6 Ra5
27. b3 Bd7 28. Rc2 Bc6 29. Rec1 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Bxd6 31. exd6 Rd8 32. Rxc5 Rxa2
33. Rd1 Kf6 34. Rc4 e5 35. Rxb4 Ke6 36. Rb7 Rxd6 37. Rxd6+ Kxd6 38. Rh7 a5 39.
Rxh6+ Kc5 40. Re6 Kd5 41. Ra6 Ra3 42. Kg2 e4 43. fxe4+ Kxe4 44. h4 Kf5 45. h5
Rxb3 46. h6 Rb7 47. Rxa5+ Kg6 48. Ra6+ Kg5 49. Kf3 Rc7 50. Ke4 Re7+ 51. Kd5
Rd7+ 52. Ke5 Re7+ 53. Re6 Rxe6+ 54. Kxe6 Kxh6 55. Kf5 f3 56. Kf4 Kg6 57. Kxf3
Kf5 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/Belgrade 1996/EXT 96b (57)})
10... Nd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (10... Nh5 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Be7 13. Bh5 Rf8 14.
Qg4 Qb6 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Rxf7 Rxf7 18. Rf1 Nf6 19. Qg6 Qxd4+ 20.
Kh1 Bd7 21. Qxf7+ Kd8 22. Nf3 Qc5 23. Rd1 Kc7 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Bf3 e5 26. b4
Qxb4 27. Ndxb5+ cxb5 28. Nd5+ Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Rb8 30. Qxd7+ Kb6 31. Qc6+ Ka5 32.
Qc7+ Rb6 33. Qxa7+ Ra6 34. Qc7+ Rb6 35. Qa7+ Ra6 36. Qc7+ Rb6 37. Qa7+ Ra6 {
1/2-1/2 Danschczyk,C-Werner,M/BL9495 1995/BL 90}) 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nde4
Bb7 14. O-O a6 15. a4 Qb6 16. a5 {Mir gefällt dieser Zug nicht richtig. Zwar
vertreibt Weiß die Dame von b6, aber der Druck gegen b5 wird aufgehoben, und
Schwarz kann leichter zu ...c6-c5 kommen.} (16. Kh2 $5 {und Schwarz muß erst
einmal einen konstruktiven Zug finden. Weiß kann ggf. mit f2-f3 operieren.})
16... Qa7 17. Qd2 Bh6 $2 {Ich verstehe nicht, warum Schwarz sich die Rochade
verderben läßt.} (17... c5 {sieht natürlich aus.} 18. Nxd5 (18. Qg5 Nxc3) (18.
dxc5 Nxc3 19. Nxc3 O-O-O) 18... Bxd5 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. exd6 cxd4 21. Qg5 f6 22.
Qg6+ (22. Qg7 O-O-O $17) 22... Kd8 23. Qg7 Re8 {und die schwarzen Bauern
werden gefährlich.}) 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Nb4 21. Qd1 Nxc5 22.
Ndxb5 $2 {Dieses Opfer erscheint mir unnötig.} (22. Kh2 Ncd3 23. f3 {ergibt
einen starken Angriff fast zum "Null-Tarif".}) 22... axb5 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Nxb5
Bf8 25. Qd4 Qa6 26. Nd6 Qc6 $17 {Weiß hat nicht genügend Kompensation für die
Figur. Im weiteren Verlauf stellt Schwarz jedoch alles ein. Zeitnot?} 27. f3
Ncd3 28. Bxd3 Bxd6 29. exd6 Nxd3 30. Rad1 Qd5 (30... Qc5 $2 31. Rxd3) 31. Qf6
Rh7 32. b3 Rg7 (32... cxb3 $5) 33. bxc4 Qc5+ 34. Kh2 Rg6 35. Qc3 Nb4 36. d7 Nc6
37. Bc7 Qe7 38. g3 e5 39. f4 Nd4 $2 (39... exf4 40. Bxf4 Re6 $13) 40. d8=Q+
Rxd8 41. Bxd8 Qxd8 42. fxe5 Ra6 43. Rxd4 Qxa5 44. Qe3 Bf3 45. Qg5+ Rg6 46. Qd8+
Qxd8 47. Rxd8+ Kh7 48. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 (7. a4 Bb4
8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e3 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. e4 Qb6 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Ne5
Rfe8 15. Nxf7 $1 {Das gleiche Motiv in einer anderen Version - Weiß opfert den
Ne5, gefolgt von e4-e5 und Öffnung der Diagonalen c2-h7.} Kxf7 16. e5 Bxc3 (
16... Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Qh7 Rg8 19. Bh5+ Kf8 20. Qg6 $18) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
Bxf6 Kxf6 19. Qxc3 Ke7 20. Bh5 Rf8 21. Qg3 g5 22. h4 Rad8 23. a5 Qa7 24. hxg5
Rf5 25. Re1 Rxg5 26. Qc7+ Rd7 27. Rxe6+ Kxe6 28. Re1+ Kf6 29. Qxd7 Rxh5 30.
Re6+ {1-0 Hala,B-Golubovic,B/Hradec Kralove op 1992/EXT 92op}) 7... g5 8. Bg3
b5 9. Qc2 g4 $6 {M.E. ist die Annahme des zweiten Bauerns viel zu riskant.} (
9... Bb7 10. Be2 Nbd7 {ist besser, mit Übergang zu bekannten Stellungen. Durch
die frühe Damenentwicklung (im Vergleich zur Variante 9.Be2) stehen Weiß
allerdings einige Möglichkeiten nicht mehr zur Verfügung.}) 10. Ne5 Qxd4 11.
Rd1 Qb6 12. Be2 h5 13. Ng6 $1 $16 {Dieses Motiv sollte man sich merken,
vergleiche auch die Anmerkung zu 7.e4.} fxg6 14. e5 Kf7 15. exf6 e5 ({Die
Stammpartie von 13.Ng6! ging anders weiter :} 15... Bb4 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Qxc3
a5 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. f3 g3 21. Bxg3 h4 22. Bf2 Qf5 23. Rd6 Ra6 24. b3
cxb3 25. a4 Qc2 26. Qe3 Nxf6 27. Bd3 Qa2 28. axb5 Ra8 29. Qg5 Rg8 30. Bxh4 Qb2
31. Rb1 Qc3 32. Rxb3 Qa1+ 33. Rb1 {1-0 Aseev,K-Popov,V/RUS-chT 1995/CBM 51/
[Makarichev]}) 16. Ne4 {Angesichts des schwarzen Entwicklungsrückstandes ist
die Sache klar.} Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Re8 (17... Nd7 18. Bh4 $5) 18. a3 Bf8 (18... Bc5
19. b4 $18 {ändert nicht viel.}) 19. Rd6 $1 $18 {Mit der tödlichen Drohung
Ng5+.} Bh6 20. h3 gxh3 21. Bxh5 $1 Bf5 22. Ng5+ Bxg5 23. Qxf5 {Ein schwungvoll
vorgetragener Angriff.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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"]

1. d4 {Baburin. Kortschnoj. McShane} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6
6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {McShane: Black has won a pawn but White has a
strong centre, better development, and Black's pawn structure is far from
perfect.} 9. Be2 b4 $6 {Nach der vorliegenden Partie wird man sich verstärkt
den Alternativen widmen.} (9... Bb7) (9... Nbd7) (9... Bb4) 10. Na4 Nxe4 11.
Be5 Nf6 (11... f6 {McShane} 12. Qc2 $1 {and Black's light squares, as well as
his pawn structure, look very shaky.}) 12. Nc5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] '!?' Baburin.
Baburin: Sakaev is known as a player who is particularly dangerous with White,
and I am sure that he had analysed this novelty carefully prior to this game.
The point of his last move is to keep the e5-bishop alive for as long as
possible, while the c4-pawn can be collected later. Dieser Zug gewann den
Preis für die interessanteste Neuerung der Russischen Meisterschaft. Ich
zitiere Alexej Dreev in SCHACH 1/98 : " Danach müssen die Schwarzen diese
ohnehin zweifelhafte Variante wohl endgültig ad acta legen. Gegenüber dem
bisher gebräuchlichen 12.Bxc4 gelingt es Schwarz nun nicht, den mächtigen Be5
mit ...Nbd7 auszuhebeln. Ohne diese Möglichkeit erinnert die schwarze Stellung
an ein Sieb. Interessant ist, daß all dies Sakajew und einigen wenigen
Verfechtern dieser Variante seit etwa einem halben Jahr bekannt war. Die
Partie Kramnik-Galljamowa bei einem kleinen Schnellturnier in Moskau blieb der
Aufmerksamkeit der Schachwelt verborgen.} (12. Bxc4 {Baburin} Nbd7 13. O-O g4
14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxg4 Bd6 18. g3 Bd7 19. Rad1 $13 {
Gormally-Ippolito, Hampstead 1998.}) 12... Bg7 {'?!' Kortschnoj. '?!' Baburin.}
(12... Nbd7 $5 {Kortschnoj} 13. Nxd7 (13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 $1 $15 (14...
Bxc5 15. Qxc6+ Nd7 16. Qxa8 O-O 17. Qe4 $16)) 13... Bxd7 14. Bxc4 $44 {/\h4! +/
-Lutz}) ({Probably,} 12... Bxc5 {Baburin} 13. dxc5 Nbd7 {is more critical.
Then after} 14. Qd6 {a very unclear position arises.}) 13. Bxc4 O-O $6 {
Dreev kritisiert diesen Zug. Der schwarze König wird ein Angriffsziel.} (13...
Nbd7 {(Dreev) ist aber auch nicht viel attraktiver.} 14. Nxd7 Bxd7 15. h4 g4
16. Nd2 {Weiß kann nach weiterem Qe2 entweder kurz oder lang rochieren und
f2-f3 folgen lassen. Der schwarze König hat dagegen kein sicheres Plätzchen.})
14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. h4 $16 {'!' McShane. White has the better placed pieces, but
is a pawn down and if he just waits Black will develop and exchange off the
good pieces. Quick action to blow open Black's king defence is called for.
Baburin: For a mere pawn White has a great attacking position: his minor
pieces are already very active, while his major pieces have good prospects on
the kingside.} gxh4 {'?!' Kortschnoj. '?' Baburin. Baburin: Black is being too
co-operative, allowing to open files near his king. Kortschnoj: 15...g4 16.
Sg5!? Te8 17.Sge6 fe 18.Se6~/=} (15... g4 $5 16. Ng5 $1 {(Dreev)} (16. Nxd7 {
Baburin} Bxd7 17. Ng5 Re8)) 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rxh4 {[%mdl 132] '+/-'
Kortschnoj. McShane: The attack is starting to look very strong now that there
are open files against the black king, and White's minor pieces are clearly
dominant.} Nd5 18. Bxg7 {'!' McShane. McShane: Taking the opportunity to swap
off Black's only good defensive piece by capturing before Black can play f6.}
Kxg7 19. Rg4+ Kh8 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Ne5 Be8 22. O-O-O {'+-' Baburin. McShane:
With White castled and about to swing a rook over to h1 Black is completely
lost. Baburin: White has achieved his goal - all his pieces are more active
than their black counterparts. Not surprisingly, Black cannot hold this
position for long.} Ne7 23. Rh1 Ng8 24. Rgh4 {McShane:/\Rxh6} Kg7 25. Rf4 $1 (
25. Rf4 Qe7 26. Rg4+ Kh7 27. Rxg8 Kxg8 28. Qxh6 $18 {(Dreev)}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 {
Nutzt den Nachteil von 7.Qc2 aus - der Pc4 ist ungedeckt. Die entstehende
Variante ist schon länger bekannt, wurde aber nicht häufig von Schwarz
gespielt. Mir scheint sie aber durchaus spielbar, wenn sie auch nicht so
flexibel ist wie die Stellungen nach 7...Nd7.} (7... Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Qxe4 {
wurde in der Vergangenheit häufiger gespielt.}) 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5
cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Rfc8 {Als Kompensation für
seinen geschwächten Damenflügel hat Schwarz das Läuferpaar und kann eventuell
mit ...e6-e5 die Stellung öffnen.} 15. Rfc1 $146 (15. Rfd1 a5 16. Nd2 Nb6 17.
Bf3 Nd5 18. Nde4 Qe7 19. Na4 Rab8 20. Nec5 Bc6 21. Rdc1 Bb5 22. h3 Qd8 23. Be2
c3 24. Nxc3 Nxc3 25. bxc3 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxc5 27. Bxb5 Rbxb5 28. Ra4 Qc7 29. c4
Rb6 {Lacrosse,M-Novikov,I/Antwerpen op 1996/EXT 96op2/1/2-1/2 (41)}) (15. Nd2
Nb6 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Rfc1 a5 18. Qd1 Qe7 19. Be2 Nb6 20. Nf3 Bd5 21. Ne5 Bd6 22.
Nf3 Qb7 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Nh4 a4 25. Bg4 Rcb8 26. Bf5 a3 27. bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rcb1
Be7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Bjerke,R-Agdestein,S/NOR-ch 1986/EXT 86ch/1/2-1/2 (52)})
15... a5 16. Na4 Rab8 17. Qd1 e5 $1 {Schwarz nutzt die Gelegenheit, um unter
Bauernopfer seine Stellung zu befreien.} (17... Bd5 18. Nd2 {drängt Schwarz in
die Defensive.}) 18. Rxc4 ({Nach} 18. dxe5 $6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 {ist der Pc4
wegen des geschwächten weißen Königsflügels indirekt gedeckt :} 20. Rxc4 (20.
Bxc4 Bd6 21. g3 Qe4 $17) 20... Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd6 22. g3 Qe4 $17) 18... Rxc4 19.
Bxc4 (19. Bxc4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 exd4 22. exd4 Nb6 23. Nxb6 Rxb6 {
beläßt Weiß mit einem nur noch symbolischen Mehrbauern, daher erfolgte der
Remisschluß.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Presidents Cup "]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.05.18"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 (9. h4 {I.Sokolov}) 9... Bb7 10. h4 $1 $146 {Eine interessante Neuerung.
Im Vergleiche zu I.Sokolovs 9.h4 wurden die Züge Bf1-e2 und ...Bc8-b7
eingeschoben. Dieser Umstand ist eher für Weiß nützlich, da der Punkt e6
geschwächt ist, wie Weiß überzeugend demonstriert.} (10. O-O) (10. e5) 10... g4
11. Ne5 b4 $5 {Sehr riskant.} (11... h5 12. O-O Nbd7 {würde über Zugumstellung
zu I.Solokov-I.Novikov (Lost Boys Antwerpen 1997) führen}) 12. Na4 Nxe4 13.
Bxc4 Nxg3 (13... h5 14. Qe2 Nxg3 15. fxg3 {mit der Idee Nxf7 oder 0-0.}) 14.
fxg3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yh1f1,Yf1f7,Ye5f7,Yc4f7] Nun stehen alle weißen Figuren
zum Angriff gegen f7 bereit.} Nd7 15. Nxf7 $1 $18 {Bereits die Entscheidung.}
Kxf7 16. Qxg4 Qe7 (16... Qe8 17. O-O+ Ke7 18. Nc5 $1 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Kd8 20. Qd4+
Kc8 (20... Kc7 21. Qe5+ $18) 21. Bxe6+ Qxe6 22. Qxh8 $18) 17. O-O+ Ke8 18. Bxe6
Bc8 (18... Rh7 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qg6+ Rf7 21. Rae1+ $18) 19. Rae1 Kd8 20. d5
$6 (20. Rf7 $6 {ist nicht überzeugend.} Ne5 $1 21. Rxe5 Qxf7 22. Bxf7 Bxg4 23.
Re8+ Kc7 24. Rxa8 Bc5 25. Rxh8 Bxd4+ 26. Kf1 Bxh8 $44) (20. Bf7 $1 {ist noch
stärker als der Textzug.} Qd6 (20... Nf6 21. Qg6 $18) (20... Ne5 21. Qh5 $18)
21. Re6 Qb8 22. Re8+ Kc7 23. Be6 $18) 20... Qg7 $6 (20... c5 {ist vielleicht
eine bessere Verteidigung.} 21. Bf7 $5 (21. d6 Qg7 $1 {Dank der Doppeldrohung .
..Qxg4 und Qd4+ kann Schwarz sich halten.} (21... Qxd6 $2 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Bxd7
Bxd7 24. Rf7 Be7 25. Rxe7 Kxe7 26. Qg7+ $18) 22. Bf7 Nf6 23. Qc4 Bxd6 {/\ ...
Qxg3}) (21. Bxd7 Bxd7 $1 $13 (21... Qxd7 $2 22. Qg6 $18)) 21... Ne5 (21... Nf6
22. Qg6 $18) (21... Qd6 22. Re6 Qb8 23. Re8+ Kc7 24. d6+ $18) 22. Qh5 Bg7 23.
d6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Nd3 25. Kh2 $1 (25. Nxc5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Qxc5 27. Rxd3 Kc7 $13)
25... Bd7 (25... Bd4 26. Rxd3) 26. Qf3 Rc8 27. Rxd3 Bd4 28. Nxc5 Rxc5 29. Qe4
$18) 21. dxc6 $18 Qxg4 22. Bxg4 Nb6 (22... Nc5 23. Rf7 Bd6 24. c7+ Bxc7 25.
Rd1+ Ke8 26. Bh5 $18) 23. Rf7 $1 Bd6 (23... Bxg4 24. c7+ Kc8 25. Re8+ Kb7 26.
c8=Q#) 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. c7+ $1 Bxc7 26. Rd1+ Ke8 27. Bh5 $1 Bg4 (27... Be5 28.
Rc7+ Kf8 29. Rd8#) 28. Rh7+ Bxh5 29. Rxh8+ Ke7 30. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Minsk"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BLR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7
8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 $5 {Dieser Zug stellt eine Spezialität Shulmans
dar. Allerdings scheinen es mir im Vorteilssinne besser, den Pc4 gleich
abzuholen.} (10. Ne4 $1 Qf5 11. Ned2 $1 b5 12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qc2 Bb7
15. Nxc4 c5 {Christiansen,L-Gurevich,M/Antwerpen (06) ;CBM 37 1993} 16. Na5
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Rac8 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {Gurevich,M}) 10... O-O 11. a5 (11.
e4 $6 {Sperrt den Bg2 ein.} e5 12. d5 a5 13. Nd2 Nb6 {Shulman,Y-Sveshnikov,E/
Vladivostok (02) ;EXP 43 1994}) (11. e3 Rd8 12. Qe2 Rb8 13. Nd2 e5 14. d5 Nb6
15. e4 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Rbc8 $10 {Shulman,Y-Novikov,I/
Nikolaev zt (04) ;CBM 47 1995}) 11... e5 12. d5 Bb4 13. Nd2 Nc5 (13... Bxc3 14.
Ne4 $5) 14. Nde4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qd8 16. Qa4 cxd5 17. Qxb4 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bg4 19.
a6 Qd4 20. Bxb7 (20. Bg2 $5 Bxe2 21. axb7 $13) 20... Rad8 21. e3 Qd2 22. Qxd2
$2 (22. Qxc4 Be2 23. Qc5 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qxb2 25. Qxa7 $10) 22... Rxd2 23. f3 Bh3
24. Rfc1 (24. Rf2 Rfd8 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Rc1 Rg2+ 27. Kh1 Rxb2 $17) 24... Rfd8
25. Rxc4 Rg2+ $17 26. Kh1 Rdd2 27. f4 Rxh2+ 28. Kg1 Be6 29. Rc5 Rh3 30. Rxe5
Rxg3+ 31. Kh1 Rxb2 32. Rc1 g6 33. Bc8 Ba2 34. f5 Rb4 35. Kh2 Rg5 36. e4 gxf5
37. Bxf5 Be6 38. Rf1 Bxf5 39. Rfxf5 Rxf5 40. exf5 {HechT: T vs T + beide
Randbauern ab Zug 44. Schwarz gelint es nicht, das Zusammenspiel zwischen sK+T
zu stören. Der wK kann auch nicht einen der sB blockieren oder angreifen 
(siehe Beispiel-Studien Nr. 24+25)} Rb6 41. Re7 Rxa6 42. f6 Kh7 43. Rxf7+ Kg6
44. Rc7 Kxf6 {[#]} 45. Rh7 (45. Rc5 {Hecht} Re6 46. Ra5 a6 $19) 45... Kg5 46.
Rc7 Kf4 47. Rf7+ Ke4 48. Re7+ Kd3 49. Rd7+ Ke4 50. Re7+ Kf5 51. Rc7 Ra5 52. Kh3
Kg5 53. Kg3 Kh5 54. Kh3 (54. Rc3 Rg5+ 55. Kf4 a5 $19) 54... Ra3+ 55. Kg2 Ra4
56. Rc5+ Kh4 57. Rc6 h5 58. Kh2 Ra2+ 59. Kg1 Ra3 60. Kh2 Rh3+ 61. Kg2 Rg3+ 62.
Kh2 a5 63. Ra6 Rg5 64. Ra7 Rb5 65. Kg2 Rb2+ 66. Kg1 Ra2 67. Rc7 Ra3 68. Ra7 (
68. Kh2 {Hecht} Rh3+ 69. Kg2 Rg3+ 70. Kh2 a4 $19) 68... Kh3 69. Rc7 a4 70. Kf2
Rb3 71. Rc4 a3 72. Ra4 h4 (72... h4 {Hecht} 73. Ra8 Kh2 (73... Rb2+ 74. Kg1
Rb1+ 75. Kf2 Ra1 76. Ra4 a2 77. Ra8 Rh1 78. Ra3+ Kg4 79. Ra4+ Kf5 $19) 74. Ra4
h3 75. Ra8 Rb2+ 76. Kf3 a2 77. Ra7 Kg1 78. Rg7+ Kf1 79. Ra7 h2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 33rd"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1998.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. e4
dxe4 9. Qxe4 g6 10. c5 (10. Qe3 Bg7 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. c5 O-O 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nd6
Qf6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bc4 Qxe3+ {1/2-1/2 Babula,V-Votava,J/After
GP Mladi 1997/CBM 61/[Lutz]}) (10. Bd3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Rd8 (12... c5
13. d5 Nb6 14. d6 Qd8 15. Qf4 Bd7 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Be4 Nxc4 18. Bxc6 Nxb2 19.
Bxb7 Rb8 20. Ne5 Nxd1 21. Nc6 Qb6 22. Rxd1 Rxb7 23. Ne7+ Kh7 24. Ne4 f5 25.
Ng5+ hxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxe7 27. dxe7 Re8 28. h4 Qc7 29. h5 Qxe7 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31.
Rd3 c4 {0-1 Atalik,S-Bacrot,E/Hoogovens-B 1997/CBM 57/[Atalik,S]}) 13. c5 Rb8
14. Rac1 b6 15. cxb6 axb6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. Rcd1 c5 18. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,
B-Akopian,V/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57}) (10. h4 h5 (10... Bg7 11. h5 g5 12. Bd3 c5
13. d5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O-O Qxe4 16. Nxe4 exd5 17. cxd5 Bd4 18. Nd6+ Ke7
19. Nb5 Be5 20. Rhe1 Kf6 21. Nc3 Bg4 22. Be2 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Be2 Bf5 25.
Bd3 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Matveeva,S-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/RUS-chW 1997/EXT 97}) 11. Bd3
Bh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. c5 Rb8 15. Qe2 b6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. b4 Bf4 18.
g3 Bc7 19. Bc4 a5 20. a3 Ra8 21. Neg5 Nf6 22. cxb6 Bb8 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5
Nd5 25. Qf3 axb4 26. axb4 Rb8 27. b5 {1/2-1/2 Matveeva,S-Prudnikova,S/RUS-chW
1997/EXT 97}) 10... Bg7 11. Qe3 O-O 12. Ne4 Qd8 $5 (12... Qe7 {hätte mit
Zugumstellung zur obigen Partie Babula-Votava geführt.}) 13. O-O-O {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Yg7b2] Wegen der Drohung ...Qa5+ sieht Weiß sich gezwungen, lang zu
rochieren, wo der König jedoch nicht sehr sicher steht.} (13. Rd1 Qa5+ 14. Nc3
e5) 13... b6 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. Rd2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qa5 18. Qe3 Ba6
19. Bxa6 Qxa6 {Schwarz hat offensichtlich keine Probleme.} 20. Kb1 Rfd8 21.
Rhd1 Rd5 22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Nd4 Rb8 24. b3 Bxd4 $6 {Dieser Zug gewinnt einen
Bauern, aufgrund seiner zentralisierten Schwerfiguren hat Weiß aber genügend
Kompensation.} (24... Qc8 $5 {/\ ...a5-a4}) 25. Rxd4 Qf1+ 26. Kb2 Qxg2 27. Ra4
Qxh2 28. Rxa7 h5 29. a4 Rd8 30. Re7 Qh4 31. Re8+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kg7 33. Qxc6
Qd4+ $2 (33... Qxf2+ 34. Ka3 d4 $11 {Schwarz sollte nicht verlieren.}) 34. Ka3
h4 35. Qd6 h3 36. c6 h2 37. Qxh2 $16 Qc5+ 38. Kb2 Qd4+ 39. Ka2 Qd2+ 40. Ka3
Qc1+ 41. Kb4 Qxc6 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. a5 Qb7+ 44. Ka3 Qc6 45. Qd4 g5 46. b4 Qc1+
47. Ka4 Qc6+ 48. b5 Qc2+ 49. Kb4 Qb1+ 50. Kc5 Qc2+ 51. Kb6 Qc4 52. Qf6 d4 53.
Qf5+ Kh6 54. a6 d3 55. a7 Qd4+ 56. Kb7 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 {Die Fortsetzung von Topalov und Sasikiran, gegenüber
Khalifmans 11.h4} Nbd7 (10... h5 11. h3 (11. h4 $5 g4 {- 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 h5})
11... a6 (11... Bg7 12. O-O a6 13. f4 g4 14. hxg4 hxg4 15. f5 c5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7
17. fxe6+ Kg8 18. d5 Nh5 19. Bf2 Bd4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Bxg4 Nf6 22. e7 Qd6 23.
e8=Q+ Nxe8 24. Be6+ Kg7 {1-0 Gershon,A-Pavlovic,S/Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext 
(24)}) 12. O-O g4 $5 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Nxg4 Nbd7 15. e5 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 Qg5 17.
f4 Qg7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Novikov,I/Qingdao 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (37)}) (
10... Bg7 11. h4 Nbd7 (11... Nfd7 $6 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+
Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 63/[Lutz] 
(42)}) (11... b4 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxc4 bxc3 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16.
Nxb7 Qb6 17. Nc5 cxb2 18. Rb1 Nbd7 19. Nxd7+ Nxd7 20. Bd6+ Kg8 21. e5 $36 {
0-1 Oms Pallise,J-Korneev,O/Dos Hermanas 2001/CBM 83/[Lutz] (26)}) 12. Qc2 (12.
hxg5 hxg5 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qa5 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Kg1 Nd7
18. Bxh8 Rxh8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. g3 Kb8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Nagpur
2002/CBM 86 ext (33)}) 12... c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 $6 14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. Nxc4 Nxg3
16. Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 19. O-O $16 {1-0 Topalov,V-Dreev,A/
New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Lutz] (34)}) (10... Bb4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Bxc3
13. bxc3 Nxe5 14. fxg5 Nfd7 15. dxe5 Qxg5 16. Rxf7 O-O-O 17. Bg4 Qg6 18. Bh5
Qxe4 19. Qd6 Qd5 20. Rd1 $40 {1-0 Sasikiran,K-Ramesh,R/Udaipur 2000/EXT 2001 
(32)}) 11. Qc2 (11. O-O b4 (11... Bg7 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 O-O 14. f4 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd7 16. f5 Re8 17. Bh5 exf5 18. exf5 Bxe5 19. f6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Nf8 21.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rd7+ Nxd7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. Qf5+ Kd6 25. Rd1+ Kc5 26. a3 {
1-0 Horvath,P-Todorovic,G/Budapest 2003/CBM 93 ext (26)}) 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13.
e5 bxc3 14. exf6 cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0
Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,B/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (18)}) (11. h4 Nxe5 (11... g4
{- 10.h4 g4 11.Ne5 Nbd7}) 12. hxg5 Nfd7 13. dxe5 Qxg5 14. Kf1 h5 15. Rh3 h4 16.
f4 Qxg3 17. Rxg3 hxg3 18. Bh5 O-O-O 19. Qf3 f6 20. Rd1 fxe5 21. Bf7 b4 22. Bxe6
bxc3 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Qxc3 Rhh7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Yevseev,D/Koszalin
1999/EXT 2000 (53)}) 11... Bg7 (11... Rg8 12. Rd1 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Qb6
15. O-O a6 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Bg4 c5 19. e5 Be7 20. Qh7 Rge8 21.
Qf7 Qc6 22. Bf3 Qc7 23. Qxe6 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Bareev,E/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 76
ext (49)}) (11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Be7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rad1 Rg8 15. b3 cxb3 16.
axb3 $44 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Dreev,A/Neum 2000/EXT 2001 (36)}) 12. Rd1 Qb6 (12...
Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nh7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. e5 c5
19. d5 $40 {1-0 Topalov,V-Komljenovic,D/Villarrobledo 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 13.
O-O Rd8 14. h4 $146 (14. f4 $6 {ist wahrscheinlich der flasche Ansatz, da nach}
Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bf2 O-O {das weiße Angriffspotenzial deutlich reduziert
ist.} 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 a5 20. d5 Qa6 21. Ra1 cxd5 22. exd5 exd5
23. Rxa5 Qc6 24. Bxb5 Qc7 25. Rc1 Nxe5 26. Qd1 d4 27. Ne4 Qb6 28. Nc5 Ba8 29.
Qa4 Qd6 30. Ra6 Qd5 31. Bf1 Ng4 32. Qa2 Qe5 33. g3 Qf5 34. Be1 Qf3 35. Rxa8
Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qxc1 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Qd2 Qa3 39. Bd3 Ne5 40. Be2 {0-1 Bocharov,
D-Grischuk,A/Togliatti 2003/CBM 94 ext (40)}) 14... g4 $5 {Diese Art von
Bauernopfer ist besonders in der Variante 10.h4 Allgemein gut geworden.
Schwraz gibt seinen Mehrbauern zurück und kann im Gegenzug (dank des
Abtausches des Ne5) bessere Kontrolle über die Felder d4 und e5 erlangen.
Häufig (allerdings nicht in dieser Partie) spielt die geöffnete g-Linie
ebenfalls eine Rolle.} (14... Nxe5 15. Bxe5 $44) (14... c5 15. d5 $13) 15. Bf4
c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxg4 Ne5 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Rd1+ Kc8 {
Zwar steht der schwarze Könoig unsicherer als sein weißer gegenpart, aber
dafür hat Schwarz die schwarzen Fleder gut im Griff.} 21. Be2 Nc6 22. Be3 (22.
Bd6 Qb6) 22... Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nxb5 Bxf2+ 25. Kf1 Bxh4 ({Nach} 25... Bxh4
26. Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Nd6+ Kb8 28. Bxc4 Rd8 29. Rd3 Rd7 $11 {ist die Stellung
ungefähr ausgeglichen, der weiße Nd6 und das schwarze Läuferpaar neutralisiern
sich.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ubeda op 5th"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "2000.01.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.01.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Bb7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Nbd7 10. e5 (10. Be2 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Be3 Rd8 14. Qb5
Qxb5 15. Bxb5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 a6 17. Bxd7+ Rxd7 18. Rc1 Be7 19. Ke2 Nd2 20. Be3
Nxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Nxd7 {1-0 Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo
1999/CBM 69 ext (23)}) 10... Nd5 11. Bd2 (11. Bg5 Qa5 12. b3 N7b6 13. Nxb6 Nxb6
14. Be2 h6 15. Bd2 Qd5 16. O-O a5 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Qe3 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Be7 20.
Be3 {1/2-1/2 Tisdall,J-Schandorff,L/Torshavn 1997/CBM 56 ext (20)}) 11... Qa5
$6 {Dieser und die folgenden Züge sind wenig pointiert.} (11... N5b6 $5) (11...
a5 $5) 12. b3 N5b6 $6 (12... N7b6 $5) 13. a3 h6 (13... Nxa4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15.
Rxa4 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Qc7 (16... Qd5 17. Nc4) 17. Ne4 O-O 18. Ng5 $40) 14. Be2
Nd5 (14... Nxa4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Rxa4 Bxd2+ 17. Nxd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Nd6
$16) 15. O-O Qc7 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qe4 a5 18. Rfc1 g6 19. Nc5 $16 {Man sieht
die Folgen des schwachen schwarzen Eröffnungsspiels: Mit dem eingesperten Bb7
hat Schwarz einen Klotz am Bein. Da nutzt selbst das Springerfeld auf d5
nichts.} Nxc5 20. dxc5 Nd5 21. Ra4 Be7 22. Bd3 Kf8 23. h4 Kg7 24. h5 gxh5 (
24... g5 $5 {sieht solider aus.}) 25. Nd4 Kf8 26. Be2 Bd8 27. Bxh5 Qe7 28. Ra3
$1 {/\ b4, Rf3} Qh4 29. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 30. Qf3+ Nf6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Bf4 Rh7
33. Bd6+ Kg8 34. Ra4 Qxf3 35. Bxf3 Bf6 36. Re1 $18 {Jetzt fällt ein Bauer, die
schlechte schwarze Stellung bleibt.} e5 37. Bxe5 Re7 $2 38. Rg4+ Bg7 (38... Kf7
39. Rf4 $18) 39. Rxg7+ Rxg7 40. Bxg7 (40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e3 a6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Bd3 $6 (12. Be2 $5 $11) 12... Rc8 13.
O-O c5 {Diese Stellung hat Ahnlichkeit mit Abspielen aus dem orthodoxen
Damengambit (D60-D69). Dort steht die weiße Dame aber häufig auf e2. Diesen
Umstand macht sich Schwarz gleich zu Nutze.} 14. dxc5 Bxf3 $1 15. gxf3 Rxc5 16.
Bxf6 {Andernfalls folgt 16...b4.} Bxf6 17. Be2 $2 {Weiß sollte erst einmal den
Ph7 einkassieren und den Schwarzen etwas beschäftigen.} (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4
{und die Stellung erscheint reichlich unklar. Schwarz wird vermutlich einen
Bauern am Damenflügel gewinnen, aber Weiß hat ja derzeit einen Bauern mehr.}
Bxc3 (18... Qc7 19. Qd3) (18... b4 19. Qa4 bxc3 20. Rxd7) 19. bxc3 Qh4 20. f4
Nf6 21. Bg2 Rfc8 $13) 17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qc7 $17 19. a4 Nf6 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Rb1 Rb8 22. Qb2 $6 (22. Rfc1 $5 $17) 22... Rxc3 23. Bxb5 $2 Rc5 24. Qe2 Rg5+ (
24... Rg5+ 25. Kh1 Rh5 26. f4 Rhxb5 27. Rxb5 Qc6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaulin, Alexander"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. d5 $6 {An dieser Stelle
verfrüht, da der d-Bauer direkt unter Beschuß gerät. Nach 13.Be2 leiten wir zu
einer bekannten Karpov-Partie über.} (13. Be2 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 {
Erst jetzt, da Schwarz mit ...Kb8 ein Tempo verloren hat.} Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6
17. Rad1 Bh6 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1 {Ein positionelles
Qualitätsopfer.} Rhe8 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Red6 23. Be2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25.
Qh4 Bf8 26. Bc4 {Trotz Minusqualität hat Weiß deutlichen Vorteil.} Rxd5 27.
Bxd5 Rxd5 28. Re1 Rd8 29. Qxf6 Qc7 30. g3 Bd6 31. Ng5 Rd7 32. Re8+ Kb7 33. Ne4
Qc6 34. Qf5 Be7 35. Kg2 Rc7 36. Rh8 Qg6 37. Qd5+ Qc6 38. Qxc6+ Kxc6 39. Rxh7
Kd5 40. Nd2 Bf6 41. Nc4 Kd4 42. Rh6 Rc6 43. g4 Re6 44. h4 Kd5 45. g5 {1-0
Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Linares 1993/CBM 34 (45)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Be2 Nb6 15. Nxb6+
Qxb6 16. O-O Rg8 (16... f5 $5) 17. g3 $6 {Weiß kann sich nicht derartig lasche
Züge leisten.} (17. a3 $5) (17. Rad1 $5) 17... f5 ({Mit dem Bauerngewinn nach} 
17... exd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. a3 {wäre Schwarz nicht recht glücklich. Er möchte
einen Bauern nach d5 bekommen, um die weißen Felder zu kontrollieren.}) 18.
Rfd1 (18. e5 Rxd5 19. Qc2 Qc6 $17) 18... fxe4 19. Qxe4 exd5 20. Qxh7 Bg7 21.
Rac1 Kb8 $17 {Angesichts der schwarzen Zentrumsdominanz ist sein Vorteil
augenfällig.} 22. Qf5 Qc7 23. Nh4 Qe7 24. Rc2 Bc3 25. Qf4+ Be5 26. Qf5 Bc3 27.
Qh5 Rh8 28. Qf3 $2 (28. Qg4 $142 $5) 28... Rxh4 $1 29. gxh4 Rg8+ 30. Kf1 Qxh4
31. Qh5 (31. Rxc3 Qxh2 32. Qg3+ Rxg3 33. Rxg3 Qh1+ 34. Rg1 Qh3+ 35. Ke1 Qc3+
$19) 31... Qe4 32. Qxf7 Qh1# 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski-A 2nd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2000.05.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.04.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 $5 {Die Neuerung aus der Partie Timman,
J-Vallejo Pons,F.} 12. O-O (12. h5 $6 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. O-O
Rd8 16. e5 $6 (16. Bh3 Rxg3 17. fxg3 Ne5 18. Ne2 Bc5 $44 {Lutz}) 16... Nf6 $1
$17 {0-1 Timman,J-Vallejo Pons,F/Pamplona 1999/CBM 75/[Lutz] (28)}) (12. Nxg4
$5 {erscheint mir immer noch wie der kritische Zug.}) 12... Nbd7 13. Nxg4 (13.
Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 {würde zu einer Stellung ähnlich zu Notkin,
M-Galkin,A (Russian Club Cup 1998) führen, allerdings hätte Schwarz das Tempo .
..h6-h5 gespart.}) 13... Nh5 14. e5 Nxg3 15. fxg3 {[%csl Rf7,Rg2,Rg3][%cal
Yf1f7] Der weiße Königsflügel ist nun natürlich zersplittert, aber dafür hat
Weiß Druck gegen f7.} Qb6 (15... h5 $5) 16. a4 {Dieser Zug hebelt nicht nur
den Pb5 an, sondern erlaubt es auch, bei Bedarf die Qb6 von der Diagonalen
g1-a7 zu vertreiben. Schade, dass gerade jetzt ein Unentschieden vereinbart
wurde, denn die Stellung ist sehr spannend.} (16. a4 a6 $5 $13 (16... Rxg4 $2
17. Bxg4 Nxe5 18. a5 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Sitnikov, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 $5 {Dieses riskante Vorgehen ist aus Sherbakov,R-Yagupov,
I bekannt. Schwarz löst seine Struktur am Damenflügel auf, gewinnt dafür aber
den Be4.} 11. Na4 Nxe4 12. Be5 f6 13. Bxb8 $5 {Weiß versucht, ohne
Figurenopfer die schwarze Stellung zu knacken. Der Erfolg in der Partie gibt
ihm Recht.} (13. Qc2 $5 c5 14. Bxc4 $5 (14. O-O-O $5 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Bxc4
$44) 14... fxe5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bd3 $13 {0-1 Sherbakov,
R-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/[Lutz] (54)}) 13... Rxb8 14. hxg5 b3 $2 {
Dieser Zug ist schwierig zu erklären.} (14... Qa5 {sieht wie der einzige
Versuch aus, um eine halbwegs spielbare Stellung zu erreichen.} 15. Kf1 (15.
Bxc4 b3+ 16. Nc3 Nxc3) 15... Nxg5 16. Nxg5 (16. Bxc4 Nxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxa4 18.
Qxf6 (18. Bxe6 $44) 18... Ba6 19. Qxe6+ $13) 16... Qxg5 17. Rh5 Qg6 $13) 15.
axb3 fxg5 16. O-O $16 {Die schwarze Stellung ist ein Trümmerhaufen.} Bg7 17.
Bxc4 O-O 18. Qc2 Rf4 19. Rfe1 $18 Nxf2 (19... g4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 $18)
20. Rxe6 (20. Kxf2 $5 $18) (20. Qxf2 $2 Bxd4) 20... Kh8 (20... Kf8 21. Kxf2 $18
) 21. Ne5 Qxd4 (21... Bxe5 22. Rxh6+ Kg7 23. Qg6+ Kf8 24. Qg8+ Ke7 25. Rh7+ $18
) (21... Nh3+ 22. Kh2 $18 (22. gxh3 $2 Qxd4+)) 22. Ng6+ (22. Ng6+ Kh7 (22...
Kg8 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bg8#) 23. Nf8+ Kg8 24. Rf6+ Kh8 25. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Szuhanek, Ranko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
Bb4 $5 {Dieser Zug wurde bislang äußerst selten gespielt.} 9. Bxc4 (9. Qc2)
9... Nxe4 10. O-O Nxg3 (10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bb4 13. Ne5 $40 {ECO})
11. fxg3 {Angesichts der offenen e- und f-Linie und des Entwicklungsvorsprungs
hat Weiß offensichtliche Kompensation.} Nd7 12. Qe2 (12. Qb3 Be7 13. Rae1 Nb6
14. Bd3 O-O 15. Kh1 (15. Bb1 {/\ Qc2 ECO}) 15... c5 16. Bb1 cxd4 17. Nb5 d3 18.
Nbd4 d2 19. Qd3 f5 20. Qxd2 Bf6 21. g4 Qd5 22. gxf5 exf5 23. Bc2 Nc4 24. Bb3 b5
25. Nxf5 Be6 26. Nxh6+ Kh7 27. Qxd5 Bxd5 28. Ng4 Bxb2 29. Nxg5+ Kg6 30. Nf3
Rae8 31. Rb1 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Sveshnikov,E/Riga 1985/URS-ch 
(32)}) 12... Qe7 (12... O-O 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nd5 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nc5 Bxc5
17. dxc5 Qe7 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Ne5 Rf6 21. Qe3 Bb5 22. Rf2 Raf8 23.
Qd4 a6 24. Rc3 Qh7 25. Rc1 f4 26. Ng4 Rf5 27. Re1 h5 28. Ne5 fxg3 29. Rxf5
gxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qxf5 31. Nf3 g4 32. Re5 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Nh4 Re4 35. Rxe4
dxe4 36. g3 e3 37. Kg1 Kf7 38. Ng2 e2 39. Kf2 e5 40. a4 Bc6 41. Ne3 Bf3 42. Ke1
h4 43. gxh4 g3 44. Nc4 e4 45. Ne3 a5 46. Kd2 g2 47. Nxg2 Bxg2 48. Kxe2 Bf3+ 49.
Ke3 Bd1 50. Kxe4 Bxa4 51. Ke5 Bc6 52. b3 a4 53. bxa4 Bxa4 54. h5 Kg7 {0-1 Ward,
C-Pelletier,Y/Germany 1998/EXT 99 (54)}) 13. a3 Bd6 14. Rae1 Nb6 15. Ne4 Nxc4
16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Ne5 f5 18. Ng6 Qe8 19. Nxd6 Qxg6 20. Re5 $16 {Weiß gewinnt
den Pe6 mit großem Vorteil zurück.} (20. Nxc8 Raxc8 21. Rxe6 Qf7 {ist nicht so
klar.}) 20... Kh7 21. Rfe1 f4 $6 (21... Rf6 22. b4 $5 $16 {Weiß verstärkt in
aller Ruhe seine Stellung.}) 22. Nxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxe6 Rf6 24. d5 Rxe6 25. dxe6
Rf8 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. e7 Re8 28. Re6 $6 (28. Re6 Qb1+ 29. Kf2 Qxb2+ 30. Kf3 Qb1
$16) (28. Qxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Labollita, Martin"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Rg8 $146 {Eine Neuerung
gegenüber dem an dieser Stelle nahezu ausschließlich gespielten 13...Nxe5.} 14.
Nxd7 (14. Nxf7 $6 {funktioniert hier nicht:} Kxf7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qh7+ Rg7 17.
Qxh5+ Kg8 18. Bxg4 Qe8) (14. Rad1 $5 {bietet sich an, mit Übergang zu
bekannten Stellungen nach} Nxe5 15. Bxe5) 14... Nxd7 15. d5 $5 {Mit diesem Zug
will Weiß schnell die Lage im Zentrum klären.} (15. Rad1 {wäre hier möglich
gewesen, über Zugumstellung ist die gleiche Stellung wie nach 13...Nxe5 14.
Bxe5 Rg8 15.Rad1 Nd7 16.Bg3 entstanden.}) 15... e5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Rfd1 Rg6
18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. b3 {Weiß erhält nun eine drohende
Angriffsstellung, muss Schwarz aber dafür einen gedeckten Freibauern auf c3
einräumen.} b4 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 (23. Rxd5 c3 24. Bb5 Rd6) 23... c3 24. Bb5
Qb7 25. Qd3 (25. Bc6 Rxc6 $5 26. dxc6 Qxc6 $13) 25... Bd6 26. Bc6 Qc7 27. Qf5
Ke7 {Die schwarze Stellung ist fester, als es auf den ersten Blick erscheint.}
28. Re1 $2 {Der Pe5 ist das falsche Ziel.} (28. Qxh5 Nf6 29. Qf5 Rh6 $13) 28...
Nf6 29. Rxe5+ $6 (29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5+ Kf8 {war aus weißer Sicht vorzuziehn,
obwohl Schwarz ebenfalls besser steht. Der König gelangt auf g7 in Sicherheit
und der Pc3 kann sich bald in Szene setzen, z.B.} 31. g3 Qa7 (31... c2 32. Re1
Nxd5 33. Bxd5 c1=Q 34. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 35. Kg2 Rg7 36. Qxh5 $11) 32. Kg2 Qd4 $36)
29... Kf8 $1 30. Re3 Bxg3 31. Rxg3 $2 (31. fxg3 $17) 31... Nxd5 $1 $19 32. Qxd5
Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Alavkin, Arseny Nailievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nd4 $1 $146 a6 {Schwarz
verteidigt den Mehrbauern, aber der Entwicklungsnachteil hat irreparable
Folgen.} (13... Bb4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Bacrot,E/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74_02/[Lutz] 
(58) Lutz}) 14. O-O Bg7 15. Bf3 $16 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe6 (17. Re1 $5 O-O
18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 $18 {ist ebenfalls nicht von der Hand zu weisen.}) 17...
fxe6 18. Qe2 Qd7 19. Bg4 Kf7 20. Rfe1 Rhe8 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bh5+ Kg8 23. Bxe8
Rxe8 24. Be5 $18 Qc6 25. g3 b4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Qe4 Rg8 29. Rc1
c3 30. bxc3 bxc3 31. Re3 Qd7 32. Rf3+ Ke8 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Qh7 Rf8 35. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Shalimov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 $1 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 $146 {Anstatt seinen Mehrbauern zu
verteidigen, gibt Schwarz ihn direkt her. Es bleibt die Frage, ob Schwarz dann
genügend Gegenspiel hat.} (11... h5) (11... b4) 12. Bxg4 (12. Nxg4 b4 13. Na4
Nxe4 14. Bxc4 Nxg3 15. fxg3 Qc7 16. Qb3 $13) 12... Rg8 13. Nxd7 (13. Bf3 Rxg3
$1 14. fxg3 (14. Nxd7 Rxf3 $1 $17) (14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. fxg3 e5 $17) 14... Nxe5
15. dxe5 Nd7 $17 {Schwarz steht trotz Minusqualität besser, da er den Pe5
gewinnen wird und Weiß dann mit einer runierten Struktur übrigbleibt.}) 13...
Qxd7 14. Bf3 b4 $2 {Dieser Zug kann das Rückopfer des Bauern nicht
rechtfertigen.} (14... c5 {ist beachtenswert.} 15. dxc5 (15. Be5 cxd4 16. Qxd4
(16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. O-O-O+ Ke8 $13) 16... Ng4 17. Rd1 (17. Qxd7+
Kxd7 18. Bg3 a6 19. e5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Ne3 $132) 17... Qxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 (18... a6
$2 19. e5) 19. Nxb5 exd4 20. Nc7+ Kd7 21. Nxa8 Bc5 $17) 15... b4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7
17. O-O-O+ Kc8 {, und obwohl die schwarze Stellung verdächtig aussieht, kann
ich nichts für Weiß finden:} 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Rd4 (19. Rhe1 Nxc5) 19... Nxc5
20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kb7 22. Rd1 Rc8 $13) (14... Rxg3 15. fxg3 O-O-O 16. e5
$16) 15. Na4 $16 {Weiß behält nun alle Vorzüge seiner Stellung ohne einen
materiellen Nachteil.} c5 {Verliert einen Bauern, aber es war eh schon schwer.}
(15... O-O-O 16. Be5 Ne8 17. Qc2 f6 18. Bf4 $16 Qxd4 $2 19. Rd1 b3 20. Qb1 $18)
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 O-O-O (17... Nxe4 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O+ Kc8 20. Rhe1
Nxc5 (20... Nxg3 21. c6 Ba6 22. fxg3 Rxg3 23. Rd7 $18) 21. Re5 Bd5 22. Rexd5
exd5 23. Rxd5 Ne6 24. Rh5 $16) 18. Qxd7+ Rxd7 (18... Nxd7 19. Rc1 $16) (18...
Kxd7 19. Rd1+ Kc8 20. Rc1 $16) 19. Rc1 Bxe4 (19... Nxe4 $2 20. c6 Bxc6 21. Rxc4
$18) 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Ke2 Rd5 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 e5 25. Rb1 Nh5
26. c6 f5 27. c7 $18 Kd7 28. Rb6 f4 29. Rxh6 Ng7 30. Rg6 Kc8 31. Rb6 Kd7 32.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 33. Rb7+ Kd8 (33... Kd8 34. Rxc8+ Kxc8 35. Rxg7 fxg3 36. fxg3 $18)
1-0

[Event "RUS Cup final 4th"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2000.08.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.08.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 $5 {
Schwarz sucht die weiße Damenstellung auszunutzen.} (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 {
oder}) (7... Nd7 {sind die gewöhnlicheren Alternativen.}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4
Bb4+ {Eine der Pointen von 7...a5. Schwarz zerstört die weiße Rochade,
allerdings müssen sein Läufer und seine Dame Verrenkungen machen.} 10. Kd1 (10.
Qxb4 axb4 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 {bringt Weiß nichts ein, z.B.} 12. g3 Nd7 13. Bg2 b6
14. d5 cxd5 15. cxd5 Bb7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Nc5 18. Rfc1 Ke7 19. Nd4 Bxg2
20. Kxg2 Rhc8 21. b3 Kf7 22. Rc4 Nd3 23. Nc6 Kf8 24. Kf1 Rc7 25. Ke2 b5 26. Rc2
Rac8 27. Kxd3 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Thesing,M/GER 1991/TD (27)}) 10... Qf4 {Schwarz
muss in diesem und den nächsten Zügen energisch reagieren, ansonsten kann
c4-c5 mit Läuferfang unangenehm werden. Die Stellung ist sehr scharf.} 11. Bd3
f5 12. Ng3 c5 13. a3 (13. d5 $5 a4 14. Qc2 O-O 15. a3 Ba5 16. Qe2 exd5 17. cxd5
Bd7 18. Qe5 Bc7 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20. Nh4 Bxg3 21. hxg3 b5 22. Kd2 Ra6 23. Rae1 c4
24. Bc2 Rd6 25. Kc3 Rxd5 26. Ng6 {1-0 Timman,J-Kuczynski,R/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32
(26)}) 13... a4 14. Qc2 Ba5 15. Ne2 (15. Qxa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 cxd4 17. Ne2 $2 (17.
Qc1 $5 {Ftacnik} Qxc1+ 18. Kxc1 $1 $10 {/\ Rd1}) 17... Qg4 18. Nexd4 Nc6 $40
19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Be2 Qxg2 21. Rg1 O-O-O+ 22. Kc1 Qxf2 {0-1 Rodriguez,R-Ye
Rongguang/Bacolod 1991/CBM 23 ext (22)}) 15... Qd6 (15... Qg4 $6 16. Ne5 Qxg2
17. Rg1 Qxf2 18. Qxa4+ Nd7 19. b4 cxd4 20. Rxg7 Qf1+ 21. Kc2 Qxa1 22. Nxd7 b5
23. Qxb5 {1-0 Novikov,I-Strokov,A/Alicante 1992/TD (23)}) 16. Qxa4+ $146 {
Weiß schnappt sich einen Bauern, aber Schwarz kommt zur Vollendung der
Entwicklung, wonach sich der unrochierte weiße König bemerkbar macht.} (16. Ne5
O-O 17. f4 Bc7 18. Nc3 Qxd4 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. Qf2 b6 22. Kc2 Nc6
23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. Rae1 Bb7 $17 {0-1 Pelletier,Y-Kadimova,I/Altensteig 1994/EXT
97 (47)}) 16... Bd7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nc1 Bc7 20. Nb3 Qe7 $17 {
[%csl Rd1][%cal Ye6e5,Ye5e4,Ya8d8,Yd8d1] Mir scheint, als ob Weiß trotz des
Minusbauern arg in der Bredouille steckt.} 21. g4 $5 {Schwächt den
Königsflügel, aber ansonsten droht ...0-0 nebst ...e6-e5-e4.} O-O-O 22. gxf5
exf5 23. Kc1 Qd6 24. Kb1 Qf4 25. Be2 g5 26. Qd2 Qe4+ 27. Qd3 Rhe8 28. Qxe4 Rxe4
29. Ng1 {Offensichtlich ist etwas fundamental schiefgelaufen.} Bb6 30. Kc2 (30.
c5 Be6 31. cxb6 Bxb3 $19) 30... Bxf2 31. Bd3 Nd4+ 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Kc3 Rxd3+
34. Kxd3 Bc6+ 35. Ke2 Bh4 36. Nh3 Bg2 37. Rhd1 Re8+ 38. Kd3 Bxh3 39. c5 f4 40.
Kd4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 $146 {Eine Neuerung. Normalerweise deckt Weiß erst den Pd4, bevor er den
Läufer zurückzieht.} (15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 {siehe Fillipov,V-Borovikov,V/EUCup
18th Halkidiki 2002}) 15... b4 $2 {Schwarz packt den Stier bei den Hörnern,
aber er hatte zwei Alternativen.} (15... O-O $5 {ist naheliegend:} 16. e5 (16.
Rad1 {führt zu 15.Rad1 0-0 16.Bg3}) 16... Nh7 {Nun sind wir per Zugumstellung
bei Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000 angelangt:} (16... Nd7 $5) 17. Rad1 f5
18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1
24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13) (15... Qxd4
$5 16. Rad1 Qb6 $13 {erscheint riskant da der schwarze König dann lang
rochieren muss, aber Bauer ist Bauer:} 17. e5 (17. Bd6 O-O-O $5) 17... Nd5 18.
Ne4 O-O-O (18... O-O $2 19. Ng5) 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 $13) 16. Na4 Qxd4
17. Bxc4 {Nun ist Schwarz bereits arg in Nöten, da seine Dame in Bedrängnis
gerät.} c5 $2 (17... Qxe4 18. Bd3 Qd4 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Rad1 $16 {, unsd die
schwarze Dame wird nicht mehr richtig glücklich.}) (17... O-O 18. e5 {nebst Rd1
}) (17... Qd8 $5 {erscheint noch wie das Beste, ist aber auch nicht wirklich
erfreulich für Schwarz.} 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bd6 O-O-O 20. Nc5 $40) 18. e5 $18 Qe4
(18... Nd7 19. Rfd1 (19. Rfe1 $5 {/\ Rad1} Bc6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rad1 Bxa4 22.
Qxa4 $18) 19... Qe4 20. Qxe4 Bxe4 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. Nxc5 O-O-O 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24.
Bxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rac1 $18) 19. Bb5+ Kf8 20. Qxc5+ Kg8 21. f3 gxf3 22. exf6 Bxf6
23. gxf3 Qg6 24. Kh2 Rc8 25. Qe3 Rc2+ 26. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 $1 b4 $5 $146 {Schwarz spielt mit maximalem Risiko.
Andererseits waren die Folgen nach 10...g4 11.Se5 bisher auch nicht gerade
erbaulich für ihn.} (10... g4) 11. Na4 (11. hxg5 bxc3 12. gxf6 cxb2 13. Rb1 c3
(13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 c3 15. Ne5)) 11... Nxe4 {Ein Vergleich mit der Variante 9..
.b4 10.Sa4 Sxe4 11.Le5 ist angebracht. Weiß hat den Extrazug h2-h4, während
Schwarz bereits seinen Läufer nach b7 entwickelt hat.} 12. Be5 f6 $8 {Die
schwarzen Schwächen machen keinen guten Eindruck, aber momentan hat Schwarz
zwei Bauern mehr.} (12... Nf6 13. Nc5 $16 {wäre im Vergleich zur Variante nach
9...b4 ziemlich desaströs für Schwarz.}) 13. Qc2 $5 (13. Bxb8 Rxb8 14. Bxc4 (
14. hxg5 Qa5 15. Kf1 Nxg5 $132) 14... g4 $13) 13... c5 14. Bxc4 $5 {Die
schwarze Stellung riecht nach einem Opfer.} (14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16.
dxc5 Qa5) (14. O-O-O $5 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Bxc4 $44 {ist auch nicht von der
Hand zu weisen. Schwarz hat Probleme mit dem Ne4, da dieser der weißen Dame
den Zugang nach g6 verwehren muss.}) 14... fxe5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. Rhe1 Qc7 17.
Bd3 (17. Rxe4 $2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf4+ $19) 17... Nd7 $5 {Schwarz gibt die Figur
direkt wieder zurück, um seinen König in relative Sicherheit zu bringen.} (
17... Nf6 18. Rxe6+ (18. hxg5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 hxg5 $13) 18... Kf7 $13 {und ich
sehe keine klare Fortsetzung. Gelegentlich kommt Schwarz das Damenschach auf
f4 zu Hilfe.}) 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20. Rxe6 Kb8 21. Qg6 {Wenn Weiß
den Na4 ins Spielgeschehen einbeziehen kann, steht er gut. Gelingt dies nicht,
so steht er schlecht.} gxh4 22. Kb1 h5 23. Ng5 Ne5 24. Qe4 Bd6 25. Rxe5 $1 {
So kann Weiß den Bauern zurückgewinnen und den Na4 wieder ins Spiel bringen.}
Bxe5 26. Ne6 Qd6 27. Naxc5 Qd5 28. Na6+ Kb7 29. Nxd8+ Rxd8 30. Qxd5+ Rxd5 31.
Nxb4 Rd8 32. Nd3 Bf6 $11 {Dies Stellung ist ausgeglichen. Es ist erstaunlich,
dass Weiß noch verliert. Wahrscheinlich war Zeitnot im Spiel.} 33. Re1 Rg8 34.
Nf4 (34. Re6 Rxg2 35. Rxf6 h3 36. Nc5+ Kc7) 34... Rg5 35. Re4 (35. Kc2 Rg4 36.
Nxh5 $11) 35... d3 36. Kc1 Rg4 37. Kd1 Bg5 38. Ne6 Be7 39. Re5 $6 (39. Rd4 Kc6
40. Rxd3 Rxg2 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. Nd4+ {sollte immer noch zum Unentschieden
reichen.}) 39... Rxg2 40. Kd2 $2 (40. Rxh5 Rxf2 (40... Kc6 41. Kd2 Rxf2+ 42.
Kxd3 $15) 41. Rh7 Kb6 42. Rxe7 h3 43. Rh7 h2 44. Kc1 (44. Nf4 Rxb2 45. Nxd3
Rxa2 $17) 44... Rc2+ (44... Rf1+ 45. Kd2 h1=Q 46. Rxh1 Rxh1 47. Kxd3 $11) 45.
Kb1 Re2 46. Kc1 {, und Weiß hält sich noch.}) 40... Rxf2+ 41. Kxd3 h3 42. Nc5+
(42. Rxh5 h2 43. Rh7 Kb6 $19) 42... Bxc5 $19 43. Rxc5 Rxb2 44. a4 Rb4 45. Rxh5
(45. a5 Rh4 $19) 45... Rxa4 {Hecht: '[#]'} 46. Kc3 Ra3+ (46... Ra1 {Hecht:
Möglich und logisch war auch} 47. Kb2 Rh1 48. Rg5 {Versuch der
Seitenverteidigung} Rf1 49. Rh5 Rf2+ 50. Kc3 h2 $19 {mit dem zweifachen
Gewinnplan: Annäherung des Königs an den h-Bauern; Laufen des a-Bauern, wenn
der weiße König am Königsflügel bleibt. Der weiße Turm ist an die Bewachung
des h-Bauern gebunden.} 51. Rh6 Kc7 52. Kd3 Kd7 53. Ke3 Rb2 54. Kf3 (54. Kd3
Ke7 55. Kc3 Rf2) 54... a5) 47. Kb4 Rf3 48. Rh6 Kc7 49. Ra6 (49. Kc5 {Hecht} Kd7
50. Kd5 a5 51. Rh7+ Kd8 52. Rh4 Ke7 53. Ke5 Kf7 54. Ke4 Rb3 55. Ke5 a4 56. Rxa4
Kg6 57. Kf4 h2 58. Ra1 (58. Ra6+ Kh5 59. Ra8 Rf3+ 60. Ke4 Rf6 $19) 58... Rh3
59. Rh1 Kh5 $19) 49... Kd7 50. Kc4 (50. Rxa7+ {Hecht} Ke6 51. Rh7 Kf5 52. Kc4
Ke4 53. Rh8 Ke3 54. Kd5 Kf2 55. Ke4 Kg2 $19) (50. Rh6 {Hecht} Ke7 51. Kc5 a5
52. Kd5 a4 53. Ke4 Rb3 $19) 50... Rf4+ 51. Kd5 Rh4 {Hecht: 'Gewinnindizien:
Turm hinter dem Freibauern und horizontale Sperre. '} 52. Rxa7+ Ke8 53. Ra1 h2
54. Rh1 Kf7 (54... Kf7 55. Ke5 Kg6 $19 {Hecht: 'mit Aussperrung des weißen
Königs.'}) 0-1

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 {Mit diesem Zug (ähnlich wie nach 11...
Rg8 von Vallejo Pons) will Schwarz (im Gegensatz zum 'normalen' 11...h5)
seinen Mehrbauern direkt wieder zurückgeben und hofft, dafür Gegenspiel auf
der g- und d-Linie zu erlangen.} (11... h5) 12. Nxg4 {Weiß sollte schon das
Rückopfer des Nachziehenden annehmen, nach anderen Zügen hat Schwarz ein Tempo
gewonnen.} Rg8 13. Nxf6+ (13. e5 Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Qb6 15. a4 (15. O-O O-O-O 16. b3
Nb8 17. Qf3 Qxd4 18. Bh3 Bb4 19. Rad1 Rxg3 20. Qxg3 Qxc3 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22.
Qg8+ Kc7 23. Rd1 Bc8 24. Qxf7+ Kb6 25. Qe8 Qc2 26. Bg4 Kb7 27. Qf7+ Bd7 28.
Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. Qxd7+ Kb6 30. Qd8+ Kc5 31. Qd6+ Kb6 32. Qb8+ Kc5 33. Qxa7+ Kd5
34. Qe3 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Lastin,A/Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (34)}) 15... O-O-O $5 (
15... a6 16. axb5 cxb5 17. d5 O-O-O 18. Kf1 h5 19. Bxh5 Rxg3 20. fxg3 Nxe5 21.
Qe2 Bg7 22. d6 Rxd6 $17 {0-1 Sambuev,B-Yevseev,D/Tula 2001/EXT 2002 (36)}) 16.
a5 Qa6 17. O-O c5 18. d5 b4 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Na4 Bd5 21. Bf3 Qc6 $17 {1/2-1/2
Gershon,A-Miton,K/Bermuda 2003/CBM 94/[Lutz] (35)}) 13... Nxf6 {Da dieser Zug
zu Problemen führt (wie nicht nur die vorliegende Partie zeigt) ist vielleicht
13...Qxf6 eine nähere Prüfung wert.} (13... Qxf6 $5 14. Bf3 e5 15. d5 Bc5 16.
h5 Bd4 17. Bh4 Qd6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O a6 20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 a5 22. Qc1 Qe6
23. Rd1 Bb6 24. Ng3 Rxg3 25. Bxg3 Bd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Qd2 d3 28. b3 Nc5 29.
bxc4 Nb3 30. Qxd3 Nxa1 31. Qb1 Qf6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Bxc6+ Qxc6 34. Qxa1 O-O-O 35.
Qc1 b3 36. e6 fxe6 37. Be5 Qe4 38. f4 Qe2 39. Qc3 Qd1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh5+ 41. Kg1
Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Qh4+ 43. Ke2 b2 44. Qxb2 Qe1+ 45. Kf3 Rd3+ 46. Kg4 Rg3+ {0-1
Komljenovic,D-Korneev,O/Sevilla 2003/CB07 (46)}) 14. Bf3 Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 (15...
h5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd3
22. Qf4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qb7 25. Qxh5 $36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I/
Sovata 2001/EXT 2003 (41)}) 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rd1 {Weiß hat eine gute
Aufstellung gefunden. Gegenspiel auf der g- und d-Line wurde neutralisiert und
er verfügt immer noch über sein Bauernzentrum. Die schwarzen Probleme 
(besonders die Frage der Königsstellung) sind dagegen immer noch akut.} c5 $2 {
Dieser Zug führt einfach zum Verlust eines Bauern, ohne viel Kompensation.} (
17... Rxd4 $2 18. Rxd4 Qxd4 19. Qb8+) (17... Qa5 18. a3) 18. dxc5 $16 Rxd1+ 19.
Kxd1 Qxc5 $146 {Erst dieser Zug ist neu.} (19... Qc6 20. Kc1 Nd7 21. e5 Bxe5
22. Qe3 Rxg3 23. fxg3 Qa6 (23... Qxc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxb7 Nxb7 26. Nxb5 $16)
24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Ne4 Ke7 26. Rd1 f5 27. Nc3 b4 28. Ne2 c3 29. bxc3 bxc3 30.
Nxc3 Qc6 31. Rxd7+ {1-0 Nyback,T-Nielsen,P/Copenhagen 2003/CBM 95 ext (31)})
20. Qb8+ Qc8 (20... Bc8 21. Bd6 (21. Qxb5+) 21... Nd7 22. Bxc5 Nxb8 23. Nxb5
$18) 21. Qxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nxb5 $18 {Der Rest ist trostlos für Schwarz.} Ke7 23.
Kc2 Ba6 24. Nxa7 Bb7 25. Re1 Nd7 26. e5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nb6 28. Rd1 Ra8 29. Nc6+
Ke8 30. a3 Bf8 31. Nd4 Rb8 32. Bf4 Bg7 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Bd2 Nd5 35. f4 Rb6 36.
h5 f5 37. a4 Kf7 38. a5 Ra6 39. Ra1 Bf8 40. Ra4 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.06.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb4 $5 {Eine seltene Alternative zu 9...Bb7.} 10. O-O (10. Qc2 $5) 10...
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxe4 12. Qc2 $6 {Besser gefällt mir Jussupows 12.Ne5!?:} (12. Ne5
$5 Nd7 13. Bh5 O-O 14. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qc2 Ndf6 17. Be5 $44 Qa5
$1 18. Rac1 Qa3 19. g4 $1 (19. f3 Nxc3 $1 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Nd5 22. Rcc1
c3 $13) 19... b4 20. f4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 bxc3 22. fxg5 hxg5 23. Rxf6+ $11 Nxf6 24.
Rf1 c2 25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Akopian,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58/
[Lutz] (26)}) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. Nd2 (14. Qe4 Qc7 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bh5
O-O-O 17. Rxf7 c5 18. Qxe6 cxd4 19. Nf3 dxc3 20. Bg4 h5 21. Bf5 Rhe8 22. Qg6 g4
23. Rxd7 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Kb8 25. Rad1 Qe7 26. Rxe7 Rxd1+ 27. Ng1 Rxe7 28. Bc2 Rd2
{0-1 Utemov,V-Mukhametov,E/Moscow 1990/CBM 19 ext (28)}) 14... Qe7 15. a4 a6
16. Rab1 Ra7 17. Rbe1 O-O 18. g4 Nf6 {Weiß hat nicht genügend Kompensation für
die beiden Bauern.} 19. Bd1 Nd5 20. Ne4 f6 21. Bf3 Qh7 22. Qd2 Rg7 23. Nc5 Re7
24. axb5 axb5 25. Be4 Qg7 26. Bf3 f5 27. Re5 fxg4 28. Bxg4 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 Qf6+
30. Kg1 Qf4 {Schwarz hat nach wie vor zwei Mehrbauern. In der Folge stellt
Schwarz jedoch seine Stellung ein, wahrscheinlich war Zeitnot im Spiel.} 31.
Qxf4 gxf4 (31... Nxf4 $17) 32. Ne4 b4 (32... Ra7 $17) 33. cxb4 c3 34. Nc5 Ne3
35. Be2 Ra7 36. Nd3 Ra1+ $2 (36... Ba6 37. Ra5 (37. Rc5 Bxd3 38. Bxd3 Ra2 $19 {
/\} 39. Rxc3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Nd1+) 37... Bxd3 38. Bxd3 Rd7 (38... Rxa5 $2 39. bxa5
c2 40. Bxc2 Nxc2 41. a6 $18) 39. Rc5 Rxd4 40. Rxc3 Nd5 41. Ra3 Nxb4 $17) 37.
Kf2 Ba6 38. Ra5 {Jetzt entsteht auf der a-Linie ein gefährlicher Freibauer.}
Nd1+ (38... Rxa5 39. bxa5 Bxd3 40. Bxd3 c2 41. Bxc2 Nxc2 42. a6 $18) 39. Kf3
Rxa5 40. bxa5 Nb2 41. Nb4 $18 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 $5 $146 {An dieser Stelle ein neuer Zug.} (10. O-O) (10. e5)
10... Bg7 (10... Nbd7 $5) 11. h4 Nfd7 $6 (11... Nbd7 $5) 12. Ng4 $1 Qa5 (12...
h5 13. Ne3 $16) (12... f5 $5 {sieht zwar nicht sehr solide aus, kommt
angesichts der unerfreulichen Partiefolge aber stark in Betracht.} 13. Ne5 (13.
exf5 exf5 14. Ne3 f4 15. Bh5+ Kf8 16. O-O $13) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15.
dxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 g4 $13) 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rxh8+ Bxh8 15. Kf1 $16 Na6 16. e5
$1 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7,Rg3,Rg5,Rh8][%cal Yc3e4,Ye4d6] Ein sehr starker Zug. Weiß
sperrt zwar seinen Bg3 ein, aber nun sind Pg5, Pf7, das Feld d6 und der Bh8
schwach.} O-O-O 17. a4 Qb4 18. Bf3 $1 {/\ ab5} Qxb2 19. axb5 Qxc3 20. bxa6 Ba8
{[%csl Ra8,Rh8] Nun sind beide schwarzen Läufer kaltgestellt.} 21. Rc1 Qb3 22.
Nh6 Rf8 23. Bh5 $1 (23. Qxb3 $2 cxb3 24. Bxc6 b2) 23... Qxd1+ 24. Rxd1 f5 25.
exf6 Bxf6 26. Nf7 Be7 27. Nd6+ Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Rf5 29. Bg4 Rd5 30. Bg3 c5 31.
Bxe6 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Bxc4 Be4 34. f3 Bf5 35. Bf2 $2 {Erlaubt Schwarz
die Rettung.} (35. Ke2 $16) 35... Ne5 $1 36. Bb5 Bd7 37. Bxd7+ Kxd7 38. Bxd4
Nc6 39. Bc5 g4 $1 40. Ke2 Ke6 41. f4 Nb8 42. Bxa7 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Zaja, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc2 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. e5 Qe7 15. a3
Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8 (16... Nf8 $5) 17. h4 $5 (17. Ba2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nf8 $11 21. a4 Rd7 22. Bc4 Rcd8 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. h4 Ne6 25. g3
Qc6 26. Re3 Kf8 27. b3 Ke7 28. h5 g5 29. Qf5 Rd1+ 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 a6 32.
Qh7 Bxe5 33. Bxa6 Bc3 34. Nc2 Qf3 35. Qd3 Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Dizdar,G-Dreev,A/WchT
4th 1997/CBM 62}) 17... b5 (17... c5 $5 18. d5 exd5 {/\ ...Nf8}) (17... Nf8 $5)
18. Ba2 c5 19. d5 c4 (19... exd5 $5 20. e6 (20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf8 $11) (
20. Bxd5 Nf8 $132) 20... Nb6 21. exf7+ Qxf7 22. Nxb5 $13) 20. h5 exd5 21. hxg6
d4 $2 (21... fxg6 22. Qxg6 (22. Nxd5 Qe6 23. Nf4 Qg4 24. Nd5 Qe6 $11) (22. Nxb5
$5) 22... d4 (22... Nf8 23. Qg4 $16 {/\ Nd4}) 23. Nxd4 (23. Rxd4 Bxf3) 23...
Nxe5 $132) 22. gxf7+ $18 Kf8 (22... Qxf7 23. e6 $18) (22... Kh8 23. Nxd4 $18)
23. Qh7 Qxf7 24. e6 Nf6 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. Nxd4 Kg8 27. Qxb5 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Rc5 29.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Borovikov, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1
O-O 16. Bg3 {Der kritische Zug an dieser Stelle, obwohl er bislang erst zwei
Mal gespielt wurde. Häufiger wurde 16.f3 gewählt, was jedoch meistens sofort
mit einem Remisschluss endete. Nach dem Textzug plant Weiß die Öffnung des
Königsflügels mittels f2-f3, Schwarz versucht sich mit ...e6-e5
dagegenzustemmen.} (16. f3 Nh7 $1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20.
Qd2 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Qg3+ 22. Kh1 Qxh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qh3+ {1/2-1/2 Van
Wely,L-Lautier,J/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM 76/[Lutz] (24)}) 16... Nd7 (16... Nh7 $6
17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23.
Ne4 c5 $1 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 27. gxf3 gxf3 28. Kh2 $13 {
1-0 Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78/[Lutz] (41)}) 17. f3 (17. e5 c5
18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe6
24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf3 Bxe5 $17 27. Qxh5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd5 29. Qf3
Re5 30. Bd1 Re3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 {0-1 Goldin,A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext 
(31)}) 17... Qb6 18. Kh1 e5 19. dxe5 $5 $146 {Der erste neue Zug und
wahrscheinlich eine Verbesserung gegenüber 19.d5. Weiß hält die Stellung offen
und kann so besser gegen den schwarzen König spielen. Ob Weiß allerdings
objektiv Vorteil hat, steht auf einem anderen Blatt.} (19. d5 cxd5 20. Nxd5
Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rad8 22. fxg4 hxg4 23. Bxg4 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,
F-Dreev,A/Biel 2002/CBM 91/[Lutz] (42)}) 19... Nxe5 20. Qc1 (20. fxg4 $5 hxg4
21. Bxe5 (21. Qc1 Rae8 {führt zur Partie.}) 21... Bxe5 22. Qc1 (22. Bxg4 Qe3)
22... Bg7 $132 {und der Bg7 bietet dem schwarzen König genügend Schutz, z.B.}
23. Bxg4 b4 24. Ne2 c5 25. Qxc4 Qh6 26. g3 Rae8 {mit gutem Spiel.}) 20... Rae8
21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Rd6 (22. Qg5 Re6) 22... Qc5 23. Rdf6 {Weiß greift kräftig an.
} Bc8 (23... Bxf6 $2 {kann sich Schwarz nicht erlauben, denn ohne den
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer steht der schwarze König ziemlich schutzlos:} 24. Rxf6
{(droht Qg5+)} Ng6 25. Qh6 {(droht h4-h5 nebst Bd6)} Qd4 (25... b4 26. h5 Nh8
27. Bd6) 26. Qg5 {nebst h4-h5}) 24. Qg5 Nd3 {Schwarz will sich durch
Damentausch entlasten, aber Weiß hat noch einen Pfeil im Köcher.} 25. Nd5 $5
Rxe4 $1 (25... cxd5 $2 26. Bxd3 cxd3 27. h5 $1 {, und gegen die Drohung h5-h6
ist Schwarz erstaunlich machtlos, z.B.} Kh7 28. h6 Bxf6 29. Rxf6) 26. Bxd3 cxd3
27. Rxc6 {So gewinnt Weiß die Dame, aber die Partie ist noch lange nicht
vorbei.} Qxc6 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Re2 $2 {Dies sieht falsch aus.} (29... Be6
$13 {mit der Idee} 30. h5 $6 Kh7) 30. h5 d2 (30... Kh7 31. h6 Bh8 (31... Bxf6
$2 32. Qxf6 Rg8 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Bh4 Re6 35. Bf6+ Rxf6 36. Qxf6+ Kh7 37. Qf7+
Kh8 38. h7 Rg7 39. Qf8+ $18) 32. Qd5 Bxf6 33. Qxd3+ Kxh6 34. Qxe2 $14) 31. Rd6
Kh7 32. h6 d1=Q+ 33. Rxd1 Bxh6 34. Qxb5 $16 {Weiß hat nun klaren Vorteil, da
bei Schwarz nicht nur der König, sondern auch der Damenflügel schwach ist.}
Rfe8 $6 35. Rf1 f5 36. Rxf5 $1 Bxf5 37. Qxf5+ Kg8 38. Qxg4+ $18 {Angesichts
des offenen schwarzen Königs sind die Dame und die zwei Bauern deutlich
stärker als die beiden schwarzen Türme.} Bg7 39. b4 R2e4 40. Qd7 R8e6 41. Bf4
Re7 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Bg5 R7e5 44. Qd2 Kh7 45. Qd3 Kg6 46. Be3 Kf7 47. Bc5 a5
48. a3 axb4 49. axb4 Re1+ 50. Kh2 Rh5+ 51. Kg3 Ree5 52. Be3 Bf8 53. Qc4+ Rd5
54. b5 Bd6+ 55. Kg4 Ke7 56. b6 Rb5 57. b7 Rhe5 58. Bf4 Rxb7 59. Bxe5 Bxe5 60.
Kf5 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 {
Dieser Zug ist seltener als 14...Bg7, aber vielleicht nicht so schlecht.} (
14... Bg7) 15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 $5 {kommt ebenfalls in Betracht}) (15. a4 $5 a6
16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. Bg3 Qb6 $13 {mit der Idee} 18. d5 Nc5) 15... Nd7 (15... Rg6
16. Bf4 $1 (16. Bg3 {Sakaev,K} Be7 $13) 16... Be7 17. g3 $1 (17. b3 cxb3 18.
axb3 Nd7 19. g3 e5 20. dxe5 Qb6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Bc8 24. Rd5
Rb8 25. Rfd1 Rb7 26. Rc1 Rxb5 27. Rxb5 Ba6 28. Rd5 Bb7 29. Rd4 Rc6 30. Qxc6
Bxc6 31. Rxc6 Qb8 $17 {0-1 Atalik,S-Maksimenko,A/Lvov 1999/EXT 2000 (63)})
17... a6 $2 (17... Qa5 $1 $13 {Sakaev,K}) 18. b3 $1 $16 {1-0 Sakaev,K-Khenkin,
I/Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[Sakaev,K] (39)}) (15... Be7 16. Bxf6 $5 (16. Bf4) 16...
Bxf6 17. e5 Bxh4 18. Qh7 $36 {Sakaev,K}) 16. Bg3 e5 $146 {Schwarz strebt
direkt danach, die Lage im Zentrum zu klären.} (16... Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3
a6 (18... Bb4 19. Na2 Be7 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Na2 Be7 22. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,
M-Galkin,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Lutz] (22)}) 19. d5 Bg7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Rd6
O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Qc5 23. Nd5 cxd5 24. Rc1 dxe4 25. Qd2 b4 26. Rxc5+ Nxc5 27. Qf4
Nxe6 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,J-Pcola,P/Nove Zamky 1999/EXT
2000 (29)}) (16... b4 17. Na4 Be7 18. Bxc4 Bxh4 19. d5 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qe7 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. Ba6 Bxa6 23. Qxc6 Bxf1 24. Qxa8+ Kf7 25. Rxf1+ Nf6 26. Qc6 Rg5
27. Qc4 Qd6 28. Qc1 Kg6 29. Qe3 Ra5 30. b3 Qe5 31. Qd3 Rb5 32. Kh1 Rb7 33. Nc5
Re7 34. Na6 Rh7 35. Kg1 h4 36. Nxb4 hxg3 37. Rxf6+ Kxf6 38. Nc2 Rc7 39. Qd8+
Kg7 40. Ne3 Rc1+ 41. Nf1 Qc5+ {0-1 Benkovic,P-Sedlak,N/Subotica 2000/EXT 2001 
(41)}) 17. dxe5 (17. d5 $5) 17... Qe7 18. a4 {Weiß muss jetzt schnell handeln,
da ansonsten Schwarz einfach den Pe5 zurückschlägt.} a6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra1
Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Bg7 22. Ra7 Nc5 23. Bf4 $2 {Die Umgruppierung des Läufer
erscheint mir falsch. Der starke schwarzfeldrige Läufer des Schwarzen bleibt
erhalten und die weiße Dame kommt nicht ins Spiel.} (23. Qc1 $5 {erscheint mir
besser, mit Kompensation für den Bauern nach z.B.} Bxe5 24. Qe3 Bxg3 25. Qxg3
Kf8 26. Qf4 Kg7 27. Qf5 $44) 23... Bxe5 24. Be3 Ne6 $17 {Der Ne6 und der Be5
kontrollieren jetzt eine große Menge an Feldern. Kompensation für den Bauern
kann ich nicht sehen.} 25. g3 Qc7 26. Qd2 Ke7 27. Nd5+ $2 {Ein erfolgloser
Versuch, noch einmal das Spiel zu verwickeln.} (27. Na4 $5 Ra8 (27... bxa4 28.
Qb4+ c5 29. Qxb7 Qxb7 30. Rxb7+ Kf6 31. Bxc4) 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nb6 Bb7 $17)
27... cxd5 28. exd5 Ra8 $1 $19 29. Qb4+ (29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. dxe6 Qc6 $19) 29...
Bd6 30. Qxb5 Rxa7 31. Bxa7 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxa7 33. Kg2 Qc5 34. Qb7+ Bc7 35. Qc8
Qe5 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial 07th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.11.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nb6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Nxb5 $6 {Dieser Zug
läßt Schwarz "zu billig" davonkommen.} (13. Nd4 $1 Bb4 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Bacrot,
E/Bugojno 1999/CBM 74_02/[Lutz] (58)} (13... a6 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Alavkin,A/
St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74_02/[Lutz] (35)})) 13... Bb4+ 14. Kf1 (14. Nc3 $5)
14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 O-O $13 {Die Königstellung auf f1 hilft dem Weißen nicht.}
16. Nfd4 Nfd5 (16... Bd7 17. Bf3 Nfd5 18. Bd6 Bxd6 19. Nxd6 Rfd8 20. N4f5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Kf8 22. Nxh6 Nf4 23. Rb1 Rd2 $4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Godena,M/FRA 1999/EXT
2000 (23)} (23... Rab8 $44) 24. Bxa8 $18) 17. h4 g4 18. h5 Bd7 19. Bd6 Bxd6 20.
Nxd6 c3 21. b3 $2 {Es ist etwas optimistisch, diesen Bauern leben zu lassen.} (
21. bxc3 $11) 21... f5 $1 22. a4 Rf6 23. Nc4 Nb4 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26.
Ne2 b5 27. axb5 c2 28. Rc1 Rd6 29. Nf4 $2 (29. g3) 29... Rd1+ (29... Rd1+ 30.
Ke2 Re8+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.02.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 (9... Qa5 10. b3 c5 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Be2 (13. d5 $6
O-O-O $1 14. Be2 f5 15. exf5 Nb6 16. Nxb6+ Qxb6 17. O-O $6 Rxd5 18. Qe3 Rxf5
19. Ne5 $2 Rg8 20. g3 $2 Bg7 {0-1 Kortschnoj,V-Ivanchuk,V/Lvov 2000}) 13...
O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15. d5 Nb6 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Rad1 Bh6 18. Qc4 Rd6 19. dxe6
Rxe6 20. Rd5 $1 Rhe8 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Rd1 Red6 23. Be2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qb7 25. Qh4
Bf8 26. Bc4 $44 {1-0 Karpov,A-Gelfand,B/Linares 1993 (45)}) 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bd2
(11. Ng5 $5 h6 12. Ne4 Qa5 13. b3 N5b6 14. Nac5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 16. Qg3 Nxc5
17. Nd2 $6 Qd8 $1 18. Nc4 Qd4 19. Bb2 Qe4+ 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 a5 $17 {
0-1 Krasenkow,M-Kortschnoj,V/Halkidiki 2002/[Kortschnoj]}) 11... Qa5 12. b3 Be7
(12... c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qb5 Qxb5 15. Bxb5 Be7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Bc6 Bxc6 18.
Rxc6 O-O 19. O-O g5 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Re1 h6 22. Kf1 Bf8 23. Rc4 Rdc8 24. Rec1
Rxc4 25. bxc4 N5b6 26. Nxb6 Nxb6 27. c5 Nd5 28. Ne1 a5 29. Nd3 Be7 30. Rc4 Kf8
31. a3 bxa3 32. Ra4 Ke8 33. Rxa3 a4 34. Bc1 Kd7 35. Ra1 Kc6 36. Ba3 Rb8 37. Ke1
{1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Kuczynski,R/Budapest zt 1993}) 13. Nb2 N5b6 14. Qe4 Qd5 15.
Qg4 g6 16. Nd3 h5 17. Qf4 a5 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Ng5 Rc7
22. Ne4 Be7 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rd1 g5 25. Nxg5 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qxe5 27. h4 {Weiß
hat in der Eröffnungsphase einen Bauern gewonnen, für den er etwas
Kompensation (schwarzfeldrigen Läufer, rückständiger c-Bauer bei Schwarz) hat.
Die eigentlichen Komplikationen der Partie beginnen aber erst jetzt.} (27. Rxd7
Qxg5 28. Rxc7 Qe5 29. Rxb7 Qa1+ 30. Ke2 Qxa2+ 31. Kf3 Qxb3 $13) 27... c5 $6 {
Es wäre ungerecht, diesen Zug zu tadeln, denn das folgende Opfer war nur
schwer vorauszusehen.} ({Hätte Khenkin geahnt, was ihn erwartet, hätte er wohl
den Übergang ins Endspiel gewählt:} 27... Qxg5 28. hxg5 c5 29. Rh4 Ke7 {
Weiß hat dank des Läuferpaares Kompensation für den Bauern, aber nicht mehr.})
28. Rxd7 $1 {Ein verblüffendes Konzept. Aronian gibt die Dame im Tausch gegen
Turm, Läufer und Angriffchancen gegen den schwarzen König. Unabhängig davon,
dass der Überraschungseffekt natürlich für Aronian spricht, ist dieses Opfer
aber auch objektiv spielbar, denn in Verlustgefahr gerät Weiß wohl nicht.} Qxg5
29. Rxc7 Qd5 (29... Qe5 $5 30. Rxb7 Qa1+ 31. Ke2 Qxa2+ 32. Kf3 Qxb3 33. Rb8+
Ke7 34. Rxh8 Qd5+ 35. Kg3 Qe5+ 36. Kh3 Qxh8 37. Bxc5+ Kf6 $13) 30. Bb5+ Kd8 (
30... Kf8 31. Rh3 $40 {mit der Idee Rg3 oder Rf3}) 31. Rxc5 Qe4 32. Ke2 {
Ein wichtiger Umstand ist, dass der weiße König dank des starken Be3
schwarzfeldrig geschützt ist. Die schwarze Dame kann so zwar vereinzelte
Schachs geben, aber keinen richtigen Angriff inszenieren.} Qg4+ 33. Kd2 Rg8 $2
(33... f6 {ist der richtige Zug, um die Felder g5 und e5 unter Kontrolle zu
nehmen. Nach} 34. Rhc1 Qxg2 {erscheint mir die Lage nicht klar, z.B.} 35. Bd3 (
35. Rc7 $2 Qd5+ 36. Bd3 Ba6) 35... Ke7 36. Rc7+ Kd6 37. Rf7 Rc8 38. Bf4+ e5 39.
Rxf6+ Ke7 40. Bg5 Rxc1 41. Kxc1 Kd7 {und wahrscheinlich sollte die Partie mit
einem Unentschieden enden.}) 34. Rhc1 $18 {Jetzt ist die Partie um, denn es
droht sowohl 35.Rc7 als auch 35.Rg5.} Qe4 (34... f6 35. Rc7 $18) 35. Rg5 Ke7 (
35... Rg6 36. Rc4 Qb1 37. Rxg6 Qxg6 38. Bb6+ Ke7 39. Rc7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 Qxg2 41.
Rb8+ $18) 36. Rxg8 Qd5+ 37. Bd3 Ba6 38. Bg5+ f6 39. Rc7+ Kd6 40. Bf4+ e5 41.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 $5 {Umgeht die Probleme nach 9...Bb7 10.h4!.} 10. d5 $5 {Will die
schwarze Zugumstellung ausnutzen.} (10. O-O Bb7 {führt zu der alten
Hauptvariante, die aus schwarzer Sicht nicht zu fürchten ist.}) 10... cxd5 $5 {
Dieser Zug ist der neue Favorit für Schwarz, da 10..b4 und 10...Bb7 nicht die
schwarzen Probleme lösen können.} (10... b4 $6 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Bacrot,E/
Albert 1999/CBM 73/[Lutz] (17)}) (10... Bb7 $5 {0-1 Zhu Chen-Dreev,A/Shenyang
1999/CBM 73/[Lutz] (48)}) 11. exd5 Nb6 (11... Nc5 $5 12. Qd4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5
14. Qxf6 Rg8 (14... Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Qxd3+ 17. Kg1 O-O 18. Be5 Qh7
19. h4 g4 20. Ng5 $18) 15. Rd1 Nd3+ 16. Bxd3 cxd3 17. O-O Bg7 18. Rxd3 Bxf6 (
18... Qxd3 $2 19. Re1+ Be6 20. Rxe6+ $18) 19. Rxd5 Kf8 20. Rxb5 Ba6 21. Rf5
Bxf1 22. Rxf6 Bc4 23. b3 Rd8 24. h4 Bd5 $13 {1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Kundin,A/
Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 72 ext (59)}) 12. dxe6 (12. d6 $5 a6 13. Ne5 Qxd6 14.
Qc2 Qc5 15. Bf3 Nbd5 16. O-O-O Bg7 (16... Bb7 $5 {und Weiß muss die
Korrektheit seines doppelten Bauernopfers noch nachweisen.}) 17. Ng6 fxg6 18.
Qxg6+ Kf8 19. Rxd5 Qb6 (19... exd5 20. Nxd5 $40) 20. Rd6 Qb7 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22.
Qxg7+ Kxd8 23. Qxf6+ {1-0 Gofshtein,L-Velikov,P/Saint Quentin 1998/EXT 2000 
(23)}) 12... Bxe6 (12... Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Be5 Bg7 15. Nxb5 O-O 16. O-O
$14 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Akopian,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 72 (77) Weiß hat Vorteil,
da Schwarz keine Kompensation für seine Bauernschwächen hat. Allerdings sind 
(im Gegensatz zur Hauptpartie) die Damen bereits vom Brett, was die
Verteidigung etwas erleichtert.}) 13. Nd4 $1 $146 (13. Nxb5 $6 {0-1
Solozhenkin,E-Riazantsev,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74_02/[Lutz] (29) gewinnt
zwar den Bauern sofort zurück, lässt aber ein Läuferschach auf b4 zu.}) 13...
Bb4 (13... a6 {1-0 Solozhenkin,E-Alavkin,A/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74_02/[Lutz]
(35) verteidigt den Bauern, handelt aber dafür andere Probleme ein.}) 14. O-O
O-O 15. Ncxb5 $16 {Weiß hat den Bauernzurückgewonnen, Schwarz bleiben nur
seine Schwächen.} Bd5 16. a4 $1 Ne4 17. a5 Nxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Nd7 21. Nf5 Be6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. Bxg4 {Weiß hat einen
Mehrbauern und die bessere Leichtfigur.} Ne5 25. Qxd8 Raxd8 26. Bf5 Rd2 27.
Rfd1 Rfd8 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Bc8 Rd6 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Ra4 Nc1 32. Ke1 Nd3+ 33.
Ke2 Rc6 34. Bf5 Nc1+ 35. Ke3 Nb3 36. g4 Rc5 37. f3 Nxa5 {Jetzt ist materieller
Gleichstand, aber selbst das hilft dem Schwarzen nicht.} 38. Ra3 Rd5 39. Be4
Rb5 40. Ra2 Kf6 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. g3 Kd6 43. f4 gxf4 44. gxf4 f6 45. Rh2 Rc5 46.
Rh6 Nb3+ 47. Ke3 Ke7 48. Rh7+ Kf8 49. Bg6 Rc6 50. Ke4 a5 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Ra7
a4 53. Kf5 Nd4+ 54. cxd4 c3 55. d5 c2 56. dxc6 c1=Q 57. c7 Qc6 58. Bf7+ 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. h4 $6 {I.Sokolovs Idee ist weniger effektiv als Khalifmans 9.Be2 Bb7 10.h4!}
Bb4 $146 (9... g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 {wurde in mehreren Partien mit gutem Erfolg für
Schwarz probiert.}) 10. hxg5 (10. Qc2 $5 g4 $5 11. Ne5 Qxd4) 10... Nxe4 11. Be5
Rf8 (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Ke2 Rf8 14. gxh6 {ist eine Zugumstellung})
12. gxh6 $1 {Andernfalls steht Weiß einfach schlecht.} (12. Qc2 Nxg5 {und Weiß
hat keinen Ersatz für den verlorenen Pe4.}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2
f6 15. h7 Kd7 16. Rh6 $6 (16. Rc1 $5 Bb4 17. Rh6 fxe5 (17... Be7 18. Nh4 fxe5
19. Ng6) 18. dxe5+ Kc7 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. h8=Q Rxh8 21. Rxh8 {und im Gegensatz
zur Partie hat Schwarz keinen Druck gegen e5.}) 16... fxe5 17. dxe5+ Kc7 18.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bb2 20. Rc2 Ba1 21. h8=Q Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Nd7 {Das entstandene
Endspiel ist ziemlich unklar.} 23. Rc1 (23. Rh7 $5) 23... Bb2 24. Rb1 c3 25.
Kd1 a5 26. Kc2 a4 27. g4 b4 {Es droht 28...b3+ 29.axb3 a3 nebst ...a2-a1Q.} 28.
Rxb2 cxb2 29. Kxb2 Ra5 30. g5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. g6 Rg5 33. Bd3 e5 34. a3
c5 35. Rh4 Bg4 36. Rh7+ Kd6 37. Rb7 Bf5 38. Bxf5 Rxf5 39. axb4 Rxf2+ 40. Ka3
cxb4+ 41. Kxa4 Rg2 42. g7 Rg4 43. Kb3 (43. g8=Q Rxg8 44. Kxb4 Rc8 $19) 43...
Kc5 44. Rc7+ Kd5 45. Rb7 Kd6 46. Rxb4 Rxg7 47. Kc3 $11 Rd7 48. Rb1 Ke6 49. Re1
Rd4 50. Kc2 Kf5 51. Rf1+ Ke4 52. Re1+ Kf4 53. Rf1+ Kg3 54. Kc3 Rd7 55. Re1 Kf4
56. Rf1+ Kg4 57. Re1 Kf5 58. Rh1 $2 {Ein Fehler bei der Eingabe ?} (58. Rf1+
$11) 58... Ke6 $2 (58... e4 $19) 59. Re1 Rd8 60. Kc2 $2 (60. Kc4 $11) 60... Kf5
$19 61. Rf1+ Kg4 62. Re1 Kf4 63. Rf1+ Kg3 64. Re1 Rd5 65. Rg1+ Kf3 66. Rg5 Kf4
67. Rh5 Kg4 68. Rh8 e4 69. Kc3 e3 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. h4 $5 {Die Idee von I.Sokolov. Mir scheint aber Khalifmans 9.Be2 Bb7 10.
h4!? genauer.} g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 11. f3 Bb7 (11... Nh5 $5 {0-1 Sokolov,
I-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/[Lutz] (55) Lutz}) 12. a3 Ba5 13. Nxg4
Nxg4 14. fxg4 c5 15. dxc5 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd7 18. Bd6 Rc8 19. a4
Nxc5 20. axb5 $2 (20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. axb5 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Be5 f6 22. Bd4 e5
23. Bxa7 Nxc3+ 24. Kc1 Nxb5 $17 25. Be3 Nd4 26. Ra7 Be4 27. Rh3 Rh7 28. Rxh7
Bxh7 29. Bxh6 c3 30. Bd3 Bxd3 31. Rxd3 Ra8 32. Kb1 c2+ 33. Kb2 Rb8+ 34. Kc3 Rb1
35. Rxd4 exd4+ 36. Kxc2 Rg1 37. Kd3 Kf7 38. g5 Kg6 39. Bf8 f5 40. Kxd4 Rxg2 41.
Ke3 Rg4 42. Kf3 Rxh4 43. Be7 Rh3+ 44. Kf4 Rh1 45. Bf6 Rg1 46. Kf3 Kh5 47. Kf2
Rb1 48. Kf3 Rf1+ 49. Kg2 Rd1 50. Kf3 Rd3+ 51. Kf4 Kg6 52. Be5 Ra3 53. Bf6 Ra8
54. Be7 {(..74)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 6th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2583"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2000.07.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. g3 {Die Stellung hat eine gewisse Ähnlichkeit mit dem
Katalanen (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.
Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 Nbd7 10.Bxf6 etc., ECO-Code E05), allerdings in einer
schlechteren Version für Weiß.} Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Ng5
c5 15. dxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qxc5 17. Nce4 Qf5 18. Nxf6+ (18. Qf3 h6 $1 19. Nxf6+
Bxf6 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Nf3 Bxb2) 18... Bxf6 19. Nf3 Rac8 $15 {In
vergleichbaren Stellungen im Katalanen hat Weiß eine bessere Figurenstellung.
Meistens hat Weiß schon die c-Linie besetzt. In dieser Stellung hat Weiß wegen
des Drucks gegen b2 jedoch schon Probleme.} 20. Rac1 Qe4 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd2
g5 $1 23. h3 h5 24. Qd3 Qxd3 25. exd3 Kg7 26. d4 $2 {Vielleicht sollte Weiß
diesen Bauern nicht vorrücken, denn er geht bald verloren.} (26. g4 $5 $15 {
/\ Kg2-f1-e2}) 26... Rd8 27. g4 Kg6 28. b3 Rd5 29. Kf1 Bg7 30. Ke2 hxg4 31.
hxg4 f5 32. gxf5+ exf5 33. Rc2 (33. Ke3 $5) 33... g4 34. Rc6+ Kh5 35. Ne1 Bxd4
36. Nd3 Kg5 37. Rxa6 f4 38. f3 g3 39. Ra8 Be3 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Rg4 Kf5 42. Rg8
b4 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44. Rg8+ Kf6 45. Rg4 Rd4 46. Rg8 Rd6 47. Rg4 Kf5 48. Rg8 Rh6
49. Rf8+ Kg5 50. Ne1 Rh2+ 51. Kd3 Bf2 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. Rf8+ Kg6 54. Re8 Bxe1
55. Rxe1 Rf2 56. Kc4 Rxf3 57. Kxb4 g2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Rg8 12. Nxg4 Nbd7 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (13...
Qxf6 $5 14. Bf3 e5 15. d5 Bc5 16. h5 Bd4 17. Bh4 Qd6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. O-O a6
20. a4 b4 21. Ne2 a5 22. Qc1 Qe6 23. Rd1 Bb6 24. Ng3 Rxg3 25. Bxg3 Bd4 26. Rxd4
exd4 27. Qd2 d3 28. b3 Nc5 29. bxc4 Nb3 30. Qxd3 Nxa1 31. Qb1 Qf6 32. e5 Qe6
33. Bxc6+ Qxc6 34. Qxa1 O-O-O {0-1 Komljenovic,D-Korneev,O/Sevilla 2003/CB07 
(46)}) 14. Bf3 b4 $146 {Ftacnik: 'This extremely sharp system requires
enterprising attitude from both players, the arising positions are often very
unusual. '  Bislang wurde hier 14...Qb6 gespielt, was jedoch zu Problemen für
Schwarz führt. Wegen dieses Zuges und früherer Abweichungen siehe meine
Kommentare zu Shulman-Novikov (Buenos Aires ) im CBM 97. Ob Grischuks Zug eine
Verbesserung ist, bleibt angesichts der weißen Möglichkeit im 20. Zug fraglich.
} (14... Qb6 15. Qd2 Rd8 (15... h5 16. O-O Rd8 17. Ne2 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5
Bxd5 20. Qf4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Rd3 22. Qf4 Be7 23. Rfe1 Nd5 24. Qe5 Qb7 25. Qxh5
$36 {1-0 Rogozenko,D-Cosma,I/Sovata 2001/EXT 2003 (41)}) 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rd1
$36 c5 $2 (17... Qa5 18. a3) 18. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Novikov,I/Buenos
Aires 2003/CBM 97/[Lutz] (40)}) 15. Ne2 c5 {Das ist die Idee: Das weiße
Zentrum soll sofort angeknackt werden.} 16. d5 Qd7 {Schwarz kann den Pd5 nicht
gut nehmen:} (16... exd5 17. exd5 (17. e5 Ne4) 17... Bxd5 (17... Nxd5 18. Qa4+
Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. O-O-O $18) 18. Qa4+ Qd7 (18... Ke7 19. O-O-O $18) 19.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. O-O-O Kc6 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Nf4 Rd8 23. Nxd5 $16) 17. O-O O-O-O
{[%csl Rb7,Rb8,Rc7][%cal Yg3b8,Yf3b7] Das Problem für Schwarz ist natürlich
sein König. der von den weißen Läufern angepeilt wird.} 18. Qc1 {[%cal Yc1f4]}
exd5 19. Qf4 {Ftacnik: 'An excellent strategical solution, the black king is
feeling very insecure.'} Qc6 (19... Rxg3 $5 20. Nxg3 $16 {Ftacnik}) 20. exd5 $2
{Hier geht Weiß an einer großen Chance vorbei.} (20. Rfd1 $1 {sieht gut aus,
da Schwarz die Spannung im Zentrum nicht lösen kann. Weiß hat deutlichen
Vorteil.} Rxg3 (20... d4 21. Qb8+ Kd7 22. Nxd4 Rxb8 23. Nxc6+ Kxc6 24. Bxb8 $18
) (20... Qb6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxf7 $18) 21. Nxg3
$16) (20. Rad1 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxg3 (20... Nd7 21. exd5 Qb6 22. Rfe1 $18) (20...
Qb6 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxf7 Ne7 25. Rd1 $18) 21.
Nxg3 d4 22. e5 Nd5 23. Qxf7 $16) 20... Nxd5 21. Qb8+ {Ftacnik: 'This seemingly
very good solution is winning an exchange, but black will get excellent
compensation.'  Das nun entstehende Endspiel hat Weiß wohl falsch eingeschätzt.
Ohne Damen spielt die gefährdete schwarze Königsstellung keine große Rolle
mehr.} (21. Bxd5 $5 Rxd5 22. Qb8+ Kd7 23. Nf4 Rd4 24. Rad1 $13) (21. Bg4+ {
Ftacnik} Rxg4 22. Qxg4+ Qe6 23. Qxe6+ fxe6 24. Be5 $14) (21. Qxf7 $5 {Ftacnik}
Be7 22. Qf5+ Qd7 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. Rad1 $16) 21... Kd7 22. Bxd5 Rxb8 $1 (22...
Qxd5 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Nf4 Qd7 25. Rfe1+ Be7 26. Qxc5 $40) 23. Bxc6+ Bxc6 24.
Rfd1+ (24. Bxb8 $2 Rxg2+ $19) 24... Kc8 25. Bxb8 Kxb8 26. Ng3 Kc7 $36 {Jetzt
wird klar, dass Weiß mit Zitronen gehandelt hat. Das schwarze Läuferpaar in
Verbindung mit der Bauernmasse am Damenflügel ist eine Macht.} 27. a3 $6 b3 28.
Rac1 Rg4 29. Nf5 Rxg2+ 30. Kf1 Rg4 31. Ke2 Rf4 32. Ne3 Bf3+ 33. Ke1 Rxh4 34.
Rd2 Rh1+ 35. Nf1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 {Dieser seltene Zug kam bislang
ausschließlich in Partien des russischen Spielers Valery Shalimov vor. Ähnlich
wie nach 11...Rg8 hat Schwarz nichts dagegen, seinen Mehrbauern sofort wieder
zurückzugeben.} (11... h5) (11... Rg8) 12. O-O $6 {Ich denke, dass Weiß den
Bauern auf g4 in irgendeiner Form nehmen sollte.} (12. Nxd7 $5 {erscheint
aussichtsreich:} Qxd7 13. Be5 Bg7 14. Bxg4 Rd8 15. Bh3 O-O 16. Qe2 Qe7 17.
O-O-O a6 18. g4 $16 {1-0 Pavlov,A-Shalimov,V/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (31)})
(12. Bxg4 Rg8 13. Nxd7 (13. Bf3 Rxg3 $1 14. fxg3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. O-O Nxe5
$44 {0-1 Borovikov,V-Shalimov,V/Alushta 2000/EXT 2001 (36) Schwarz hat
genügend Kompensation für die Qualität, da die weiße Bauernstruktur entwertet
ist und er über einen 'ewigen' Springer auf e5 verfügt.}) 13... Qxd7 14. Bf3 c5
$5 (14... b4 $2 15. Na4 $16 {Shchekachev,A-Shalimov,V/St Petersburg 1999/CBM
74/[Lutz] (33)}) (14... O-O-O 15. a4 a6 16. Be5 Ne8 17. axb5 cxb5 18. d5 Qe7
19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Bg3 Bd4 21. O-O-O Qc5 22. dxe6 fxe6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ivanov,
S-Shalimov,V/St Petersburg 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) (14... Rxg3 15. fxg3 O-O-O 16.
e5 $16) 15. dxc5 (15. Be5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 (16. Bxf6 dxc3 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.
O-O-O+ Ke8 $13) 16... Ng4 $13) 15... b4 16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O+ Kc8 {, und
obwohl die schwarze Stellung verdächtig aussieht, kann ich nichts für Weiß
finden:} 18. Nb5 Nxe4 19. Rd4 (19. Rhe1 Nxc5) 19... Nxc5 20. Rxc4 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Kb7 22. Rd1 Rc8 $13) (12. Nxg4 b4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Be5 Rg8 16.
Qc2 c5 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Bxe4 b3 20. Qc3 Qxa4 21. axb3 Qa1+ 22. Kd2
Qa6 23. Ra1 Qb6 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxc4 Be7 26. Qa6 $16 {1-0 Borovikov,
V-Shalimov,V/Kharkov 2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rg8 14. Qc2 Nh5
15. g3 $2 ({Besser erscheint} 15. a4 $5 a6 16. Rfd1 {mit der Idee} Qxh4 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Nxb5 axb5 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Bxc4 $13) 15... f6 16. Bxg4 {
Bereits eine Verzweiflungsaktion.} (16. Bf4 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qxd4 {, und die
weiße Stellung liegt in Trümmern.}) 16... Rxg4 17. Qe2 f5 18. exf5 Qxh4 $19 {
Damit ist der Kampf entschieden.} 19. Bc7 Kd7 20. Qe5 Qf6 21. fxe6+ Qxe6 22.
Qxh5 Kxc7 23. Rfe1 Qg6 0-1

[Event "Lippstadt 11th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "2003.08.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schenk, Andreas"]
[Black "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2003.08.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Konikowski} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Nh5 $5 {Ein seltener Zug, im Gegensatz zum normalen 9...
Bb7. Weiß hat mehrere direkte Versuche, die ungedeckte Stellung des Nh5
taktisch auszunutzen.} (9... Nbd7) (9... b4) (9... Bb4) 10. Bxb8 {'!?'
Konikowski. Weiß sucht die sofortige Widerlegung. Häufiger wurde 10.Be5
gespielt.} (10. Be5 Rg8 11. Bxb8 (11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Bxh5 Qxg2 13. Rf1 (13. Ke2
$2 b4 14. Bf3 Qg5 15. h4 Qd8 16. Na4 Nd7 17. Bf4 Ba6 18. Kf1 Qa5 19. Be2 e5 20.
dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc2 Rd8 23. Re1 Qf4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Bxd1 b3 {
0-1 Lipinsky,F-Godena,M/Saint Vincent 2000/CBM 74 ext (25)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bg3
Bb4 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Bf3 Qh3 17. O-O-O Bb7 18. Qe3 Rg6 19. d5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Bc5
21. Qc3 e5 22. Ng1 Rxg3 23. hxg3 Qh2 24. Bg4 cxd5 25. exd5 Bd4 26. Rxd4 exd4
27. Re1+ Kd8 28. Qa5+ Nb6 29. Qb4 Nd7 30. Qe7+ {1-0 Savchenko,S-Rodgaard,J/
Torshavn 2000/CBM 78 ext (30)}) (11. d5 $5 b4 (11... Nf4 $5) 12. Nd4 Bg7 13.
Bxb8 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Rxb8 15. Bxh5 bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 17. O-O g4 18. Rfd1 Rg5 19.
Qh8+ Ke7 20. Qxh6 Qg8 21. exd5 Rb5 22. f3 Rgxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxg4 Qg5 25.
Qxg5+ Rxg5 26. Rd1 Ra5 27. h4 f5 28. Bh3 f4 29. Bg4 Bb7 30. Rd4 Bd5 31. Rxf4
Rxa2 32. h5 Rb2 33. h6 Rb8 34. Bh5 Rh8 35. Rf7+ Kd6 36. h7 a5 37. Ra7 a4 38.
Bg6 Bc6 39. Bb1 e5 40. Bc2 Kc5 41. Ra5+ {1-0 Pedersen,S-Savchenko,S/Torshavn
2000/CBM 78 ext (41)}) 11... Rxb8 12. Ne5 Nf4 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Nxb8 Nxg2+ 15.
Kf1 Nf4 16. Bxc4 (16. a4 b4 17. Bxc4 bxc3 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nc6+ Kf6 20. Ne5
cxb2 21. Rb1 a6 22. Bc4 Ba3 23. h4 Rd8 24. hxg5+ hxg5 25. Bd5 Kg7 26. Nc4 Qb4
27. Qg4 Rxd5 28. Nxa3 Qxa3 29. Qg3 Qa1 {0-1 Oll,L-Liiva,R/Tallinn 1998/EXT 99 
(29)}) 16... a6 17. Nxa6 bxc4 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Qxb2 21. Rd1+
Ke7 22. Qa5 Bb7 23. h4 Rc8 24. c6 Bxc6 25. Qe5 Qb8 26. Qc5+ Kf6 27. hxg5+ hxg5
28. Rg1 Qe5 29. Qxe5+ Kxe5 30. Rxg5+ f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Rg3 Rh8 33. Ke1 Nd3+
34. Rgxd3 cxd3 35. Rxd3 f4 36. Ne2 Rh1+ 37. Kd2 Rh2 38. Ke1 Rh1+ 39. Kd2 Rh2
40. Ke1 {1/2-1/2 Borovikov,V-Rogic,D/Bled 2000/CBM 75 ext (40)}) (10. O-O $5
Nf4 11. Bxf4 gxf4 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Qxf4 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qh5 Nf6
17. Qh3 Qf4 18. Ne5 h5 19. Qe3 Qh6 20. f4 Rc8 21. Qh3 Rd8 22. Kh1 a6 23. f5 Nd7
24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. fxe6+ Ke8 26. exd7+ Rxd7 27. d5 cxd5 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. exd5
Kd8 30. a4 Qb6 31. axb5 axb5 32. b3 Rh6 33. bxc4 b4 34. Ra1 Kc7 35. c5 Bxc5 36.
Ra6 Qxa6 37. Bxa6 Rxa6 38. Qxh5 Rad6 39. Rd1 Re7 40. h3 Kb6 41. Qh8 Kb5 42.
Qb8+ Rb6 43. Qf4 Rd6 44. Qf1+ Kb6 45. Qc4 Rc7 46. Ra1 Kb7 47. Ra5 {1-0 Zhu
Chen-Cosma,E/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (47)}) 10... Rxb8 11. Ne5 {Mit Angriff
gegen c6 und h5. Weiß gewinnt die Qualität, aber die Sache ist (zumindest in
einer praktischen Partie) noch nicht so einfach.} Nf4 12. Nxc6 Qb6 13. Nxb8
Nxg2+ 14. Kf1 Nh4 (14... Nf4 $5 {kommt ebenfalls stark in Betracht, analog zu
den Partien Oll,L-Liiva,R und Borovikov,V-Rogic,D (siehe Varianten nach 10.Be5)
.}) 15. Bxc4 (15. Nxb5 $142 $1 {Konikowski} Qxb5 16. Qb3 cxb3 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18.
Nc6+ Kc7 19. Ne5 Bb7 20. Rc1+ (20. Bd3 f5 21. Ke2 fxe4 22. Rhc1+ Kb8 23. Nd7+
Ka8 24. Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Rc8+ Kb7 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Nxf8 $18) 20... Kb6 21. Bd3
bxa2 22. Nd7+ Ka5 23. Ra1 Kb4 24. Rxa2 a5 25. Ke2 $18) 15... a6 $1 {Die
einzige Möglichkeit, um weiterzuspielen.} (15... bxc4 16. Qa4+ Ke7 17. Qxa7+
Qxa7 18. Nc6+ $18 {Weiß kann die Damen tauschen und sollte seine Mehrqualität
verwerten können.}) 16. Nxa6 bxc4 (16... Bxa6 17. Qb3 $18) 17. Qa4+ Kd8 (17...
Bd7 18. Qxc4 $18) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qxb2 {Zeit für eine kurze
Zwischenbilanz: Weiß hat eine Qualität mehr, hat aber immer noch das Problem,
dass sein König schlecht steht und der Rh1 momentan schwächer ist als der Nh4.
In der Partie schafft es Weiß nicht, die praktischen Problem zu lösen, aber
vielleicht gibt es letztlich keine richtig überzeugende Lösung.} 20. Qd1+ Ke7
21. Qc1 {'?' Konikowski.} (21. Qd6+ $142 $1 {Konikowski} Kf6 (21... Ke8 22. Rd1
$18) 22. Qd4+ Kg6 23. Rb1 Qc2 24. Rd1 e5 25. Qe3 $18) 21... Qb4 22. Ke2 Rd8 23.
Rd1 {Damit hat Weiß seinen Turm aktiviert, aber das Problem des Königs bleibt.}
Rd3 $5 24. Rxd3 cxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Nf3 {Die schwarze Figuren sind hervorragend
koordiniert,} 26. Ke2 (26. Rb1 Qd4+ (26... Ne5+ 27. Kc2 Qxc5 28. Qe3 $16) 27.
Ke2 g4 28. Qc2 Ba6+ 29. Nb5 Qe5 $40) 26... Nxh2 27. f3 (27. Kd1 Ng4) 27... g4
$1 28. fxg4 Ba6+ 29. Kd1 Nf1 30. Kc2 {Ich habe Schwierigkeiten, eine klare
Verbesserung für Weiß in den vorangegegangenen oder folgenden Zügen anzugeben.
Meine Schlussfolgerung ist daher, dass das Qualitätsopfer Schwarz gute
Kompensation gibt.} (30. Ke1 Qd4) 30... Qd4 31. Qe1 Ne3+ 32. Kc1 Bd3 33. Qd2
Nc4 34. Qe1 Qxc5 35. a4 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Lutz,C"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Bg7 $5 {Mit diesem Zug waren zuletzt die schwarzen Hoffnungen verbunden, die
gefährliche Khalifman-Variante 10.h4 zu entschärfen. Schwarz strebt die kurze
Rochade an. Im gegensatz dazu hatte Schwarz in der älteren Variante 14....Tg8
Probleme mit dem König gehabt.} 15. Rad1 (15. b3 $5 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Rad1
Nh7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g3 Rc8 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. fxg4 Qc7 23. Kh2 fxg4
24. Ne4 $44 Rce8 25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Nc5 Nf6 27. Rde1 Qxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxe1 29. Nxb7
Nd5 30. Qd2 Re3 31. Nd6 Kf6 32. Be4 Rxb3 33. Bxd5 cxd5 34. Qh6+ Ke7 35. Qg7+
Kxd6 36. Qxf8+ Kc6 {1-0 Goldin,A-Novikov,I/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (36)})
15... O-O 16. Bg3 $5 {Dieser Zug erscheint gefährlicher als 16.f3. Weiß deckt
seine Karten am Königsflügel noch nicht sofort auf.} (16. f3 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,
L-Lautier,J/Monaco 2000/CBM 75/[Lutz] (24) Lutz}) 16... Nh7 {'?!' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'The knight moves in a wrong direction, it belongs to the center.'
Auf dem ersten Blick ist es nicht so leicht zu erkennen, welche Vorteile die
Springerstellung auf h7 (gegenüber d7) bietet. Aber Akopian plant ...f7-f5 und
dann verhindert der Sh7, dass Weiß ggf. seinen Springer nach g5 stellt.} (16...
Nd7 $5 {in Verbindung mit ...c6-c5 sieht nach einer sinnvollen Alternative aus.
} 17. e5 c5 (17... f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. d5 exd5
21. Qxd5 Rad8 22. Qe4 Nxe5 $1 23. Bxe5 Qe6 24. f4 gxf3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxf3
Bxe5 27. Qxh5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Rd5 29. Qf3 Re5 30. Bd1 Re3 31. Qa8+ Kg7 {0-1
Goldin,A-Khenkin,I/New York 2000/CBM 76 ext (31)}) 17. e5 f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 {
Jetzt will Schwarz am Königsflügel Gegenspiel suchen.} 19. f3 ({Kramnik gab
gemäß SCHACH 8/2000} 19. b3 $5 {zu bedenken. Dieser Zug hätten den Vorteil,
dass das Feld d3 für den Läufer geräumt werden würde.}) 19... Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6
21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 $1 {"Ehe er sich mit Ne4-c5 seinen Bb7
kaltstellen lässt, gibt Akopian den Merhbauern für aktives Spiel zurück." (R.
Tischbierek, SCHACH 8/2000)} 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 $1 {Ftacnik:
'Black comes up with a phantastic attacking idea, Kramnik has to play exact
moves. ' Der Höhepunkt der Partie, jetzt wird's taktisch.} 27. gxf3 gxf3 28.
Kh2 Nf6 $2 {Der entscheidende Fehler.} (28... Bh6 $1 {war richtig:} 29. Qe5 (
29. Qf2 Nf6 {"mit genügend schwarzen Gegenchancen" lt. Kramnik. In der Tat hat
Schwarz nach z.B.} 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Ng4+ 32. Kh1 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Qc2 34.
Re1 Qxb2 {wegen des offenen weißen Königs keine Probleme.}) (29. Qc3 Bf4 30.
Rg1 Ng5 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Kg3 Rf5 {"und der schwarze Angriff dringt durch" 
(Kramnik/Tischbierek)}) 29... Bg7 30. Qe3 {mit Zugwiederholung wird von
Kramnik als das Beste für Weiß angegeben.} (30. Qc7 fxe2 31. Rxf8+ Nxf8 32. Re1
Bxd4 $40)) 29. Bxf3 Bxf3 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. Rxf3 $1 {Weiß gibt die Qualität
zurück, um den gefährlichen weißfeldrigen Läufer zu eliminieren.} Qc2+ 32. Rf2
Qxd1 {Ftacnik: 'The outcome of the combination is somewhat dangerous position
for white, but he has some extra material.'} 33. Kg2 Qxd4 34. Qe5 Qd5+ (34...
Nh7 35. Rxf8+ Nxf8 36. Qxd4 Bxd4 37. Na4 Nd7 38. Bf2 Bxf2 39. Kxf2 Kh7 40. Ke3
$18) 35. Qxd5 Nxd5 36. Rxf8+ Bxf8 37. Na4 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This
original endgame is very dangerous for black, since white king is very strong
and pawn on a7 a perfect target. '} Bg7 38. Kf3 Nb6 39. Nxb6 axb6 40. Ke4 Bxb2
41. Kd5 {"Auf 41...c3 holt sich Weiß zunächst mit 42.Be5+ nebst Kc4 den
gegnerischen Pc3 ab, bevor er durch den Gewinn des b-Bauern selbst den
entscheidenden Freibauern bildet." (Tischbierek)} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Brkic, Ante"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 {This move is clearly not the
best, however may be used from time to time, especially against well
theoretically prepared opponents.} Nbd7 ({Perhaps the strongest reaction is} 
5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 {with a transposition to the Vienna Gambit.}) 6. Bf4 ({
After} 6. g3 {Black can develop in a standard way with ...Be7 or ...Bd6 - that
leads to a good (for Black) version of the Catalan Defence, as b3 is not the
best square for the white queen. Black has also the interesting idea} Nb6 {
forcing White to clarify the position in the centre.}) (6. Bg5 {is another
natural possibility, however Black can respond with} Qa5 {and then g5 is not
the most fortunate square for the bishop, as after ...Ne4 it always comes
under attack.}) 6... a5 $1 {A very strong response. Black prepares ...a4
followed by ...dxc4.} 7. e3 $6 ({White should have continued with} 7. cxd5 exd5
8. e3 {although then it is not easy to justify the position of the white queen
on b3.}) ({During the game I was also considering} 7. a3 a4 8. Qa2 {but
eventually came to the conclusion that with the queen on a2 it would be
impossible to claim an advantage.}) 7... Be7 $2 {This standard move is a
serious mistake. When both sides finish the development, White will obtain a
decent positional advantage due to the more active position of his pieces 
(let's compare bishops on f4 and c8!) and a slight space advantage.} ({The
correct idea was} 7... a4 $1 8. Qc2 {Forced, as after} (8. Nxa4 dxc4 {it is
already difficult for White to equalise.} 9. Qc2 (9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11.
Qxe6+ Be7 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. Qxe5 Rxa4 $17) (9. Qxc4 b5 10. Qxc6 Rxa4 11. Bc7 (11.
Bxb5 Bb4+ 12. Ke2 Ra7 $15) 11... Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Qe7 13. Bxb5 Ra7 14. Bd6 Bxd6 (
14... Bb7 $5 15. Qb6 Bxf3+ 16. gxf3 Qxd6 17. Qxa7 Qd5 18. Be2 O-O $15) 15.
Qxc8+ Qd8 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15) 9... b5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Nd2 Nd5 $15) 8... a3 9.
b3 ({Another possibility} 9. Bd3 {also leads to an equal position after} axb2
10. Qxb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bd3 Ba3 13. Qc2 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. O-O Nxf4
16. exf4 g6 $11) 9... Bb4 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 (13.
Ne5 $6 Nb6 $1 14. f3 f6 15. Ng4 $15) 13... f5 14. f3 e5 $1 (14... exf3 15. Nxf3
O-O 16. O-O $14) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. fxe4 O-O 17. O-O Rd8 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3
Qxc3 20. Qxc3 Bxc3 21. Rxc3 fxe4 22. Nd4 c5 23. Nb5 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rd1+ $11) 8.
Bd3 Nh5 {The main idea behind the previous move.} 9. Be5 $1 {This quite
typical response seemed to surpise my opponent. White is not afraid to
exchange the bishop for a knight, as he may continue later with c5 and Na4
gaining a clear advantage due to the passiveness of the Bc8. At the same time
is it better to exchange the bishop for Nd7 than for Nh5, as it gives White
extra time (Black needs to come back with the knight).} O-O ({Black can force
a swap of the white dark-squared bishop for the Nh5, by playing} 9... f6 10.
Bg3 {however it significantly weakens the light diagonals b1-h7 and a2-g8.})
10. O-O Nb6 $6 {A very unexpected move. Black forces White to clarify the
situation in the centre, however playing c5 followed by Na4 was one of the
main plans of White anyway. It is however difficult to recommend anything else
instead.} ({For instance, after} 10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. c5 Nd7 {White
gains an advantage by playing} 13. f4 (13. Na4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 {is another
interesting possibility.}) 13... Nxe5 14. fxe5) 11. c5 Nd7 12. Na4 f6 {The
main idea of Black. Now the centre is closed, so breaks with e4 are not so
dangerous. However, White remains with a clearly better position anyway.} 13.
Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Rb8 ({The main idea of White is clearly visible in the line} 
14... f5 15. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 {White will continue with Qc3 and Nb6
optaining a strategically winning position.}) 15. Qc2 $6 (15. Rac1 {was
stronger, preventing Black from playing ...b6.}) 15... f5 {This move is
practically forced, as after} (15... h6 {the white squares become terribly
weak, while after}) (15... g6 {White can sacrifice a bishop with} 16. Bxg6 hxg6
17. Qxg6+ Kh8 18. Nh4 f5 {(there is nothing better)} 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qxe6+ Rf7
21. Nxf5 Kf8 {obtaining 4 pawns for a piece.}) 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 {White
has almost accomplished his strategic plan. If he manages to reach the
b6-square with a knight, the game will be over.} b5 $1 {A very good practical
decision.} 18. cxb6 Bd7 {Black is threatening to play ...c5.} 19. a3 $1 Rxb6 $1
{Another good decision.} ({If} 19... c5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 ({Now after} 20... Rc8 $2
{white has} 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 $18) 21. Qxc5 Qxb6 {then White can play} 22.
Rfc1 {keeping excellent chances for a win due to the material advantage and
the passiveness of the black bishop.}) 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. b4 $1 {White
sacrifices a pawn in order to open lines for his rooks. Without the sacrifice,
it is very difficult to improve the position, as Black is planning ...c5.} ({
Even after} 21. g4 {Black can play} c5 $5) 21... axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Qa4 $2
{Missing Black's answer.} ({The correct move was} 23. g4 g6 24. gxf5 gxf5 25.
Ra6 Qc7 (25... Qb7 26. Rfa1 c5 27. Ra7 Qc8 28. Qb3 $1 Bc6 {(there is no better
defence against Bxf5)} 29. e4 $1 $18) (25... Qb8 26. f4 $16) 26. Rb1 Rb8 (26...
Be7 27. Qa4 $1 $18) 27. Qa4 c5 28. Ra7 Rb7 (28... Bxa4 29. Rxc7 $16) 29. Rxb7
Qxb7 30. Qa5 $1 $16) 23... Bc3 24. Rab1 $2 ({After the planned} 24. Qa7 {
I saw that my opponent could play} Qd8 $1 {winning a pawn. However, after} 25.
Ra6 Bxe5 26. Bc2 $1 {it is not so easy to defend with Black against Ba4, that
can be followed by Rb1-b7.}) 24... Qc7 25. f4 c5 ({Deserving attention was the
inclusion of} 25... Bd2 $5 26. Kf2 {and only then playing} c5 27. Bb5 Bc8 {
with good chances to hold the game.}) 26. Bb5 Bc8 27. Rf2 $1 {A strong move.
White defends the d2-square and at the same time activates the last piece.} Ba5
$2 {Black attempts to obtain a position with a pawn on c4 and the bishop on
the a7-g1 diagonal. That would secure excellent compensation for an exchange
indeed. However, White has prepared for that plan.} ({There was the much
stronger} 27... d4 28. Rc2 Bb7 29. exd4 cxd4 {with good drawish chances, for
instance} 30. Bc4 (30. Qc4 Qxc4 31. Bxc4 Be4 32. Bxe6+ Kh8 33. Rcc1 Bxb1 34.
Rxb1 g6) 30... Be4 31. Bxe6+ Kh8 32. Rcc1 Bxb1 33. Rxb1) 28. Bc6 $1 c4 $2 {
This move loses.} ({It is also already too late to come back to the previously
mentioned plan, as after} 28... Bc3 29. Ra2 d4 {White wins by playing} 30. Qb5
$1 Qe7 (30... dxe3 31. Qxc5 $18) 31. Qc4 $1 $18) ({Relatively best is} 28...
Bb4 {although after} 29. Ra2 {followed by Qb5 White seems to be able to win
quite convincingly.}) 29. Qb5 $1 {White takes control over the b6-square, so
the dark-squared bishop cannot come back.} Rd8 30. Ra2 Bc3 31. Kf1 ({White
wins even faster after} 31. Qc5 $1 Bd7 32. Qe7 $1) 31... Qf7 32. Qb6 Qe7 (32...
Rf8 33. Rc1 $18) 33. Ra7 Qf8 34. Ra8 d4 35. Bb7 Qe8 36. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Qc2 g4 $6 10. Ne5 Qxd4 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. Be2 h5 13. Ng6 $3 fxg6 (13... Rg8 $2
14. Nxf8 Rxf8 15. Bd6 Rg8 (15... Rh8 16. Be5 Nbd7 17. Rxd7 $18) 16. e5 Nd5 17.
Qh7 $18) 14. e5 Kf7 (14... Nd5 $2 15. Qxg6+ Kd7 16. Qf6 $1 h4 (16... Rg8 17.
Qf7+ $18) (16... Rh7 17. Qxf8 $18) 17. Qxh8 hxg3 18. Qxf8 Qxf2+ 19. Qxf2 gxf2+
20. Kxf2 $18) 15. exf6 Bb4 (15... Nd7 16. Ne4 $1 (16. O-O Nxf6 $13) 16... Bb4+
17. Kf1 Nxf6 (17... h4 $2 18. Bd6 $16) 18. Nxf6 $1 (18. Be5 Be7 $13 (18... Nxe4
19. Qxe4 $18)) 18... Kxf6 19. Qe4 Rf8 20. h3 h4 21. Be5+ Ke7 22. Bd4 Qc7 (22...
c5 23. Be5 $18) 23. Qxg6 g3 24. Qg7+ Rf7 25. Bf6+ Ke8 26. Qg8+ Bf8 27. Bh5 Bb7
28. Bg7 Qe7 29. Bxf8 Qxf8 30. Bxf7+ Ke7 31. Qh7 $1 Qxf7 32. Rd7+ $18) 16. O-O
$16 Bxc3 $1 (16... Nd7 17. Ne4 Nxf6 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. a3 Ba5 (19... Be7 20.
Qc3+ $18) 20. b4 cxb3 21. Qb2+ $18) 17. Qxc3 a5 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Qc5 (19...
Nxf6 $2 20. Bg5 Ne4 21. Qxh8 Nxg5 22. Rd8 $18) 20. f3 g3 $1 $8 21. Bxg3 h4 (
21... Nxf6 $5 22. Bd6 Qg5 (22... Qf5 $2 23. g4 $1 Qg5 24. f4 Qh4 25. g5 $18)
23. b3 Re8 24. bxc4 b4 $16) 22. Bf2 Qf5 23. Rd6 $1 Ra6 (23... Qxf6 $4 24. Bd4)
24. b3 cxb3 $2 (24... c5 $5 25. Rxa6 (25. Qd2 Rxd6 26. Qxd6 Qxf6 27. bxc4 b4
28. Bd1 $5 Qe7 29. Qf4+ Kg7 $13) 25... Bxa6 26. bxc4 b4 $13 27. Qd2 Bc8 $1 (
27... Nxf6 $2 28. Qd6 Bc8 29. Bxc5 $16)) 25. a4 $1 Qc2 26. Qe3 $1 $18 Nxf6 27.
Bd3 Qa2 (27... Qc3 $2 28. Bxg6+ $1) (27... Qb2 28. Qg5 Rg8 29. Bd4 $18) 28.
axb5 Ra8 (28... cxb5 29. Rxa6 Bxa6 30. Qa7+ $18) 29. Qg5 Rg8 30. Bxh4 Qb2 31.
Rb1 Qc3 32. Rxb3 $1 Qa1+ 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {This is precisely the starting move that led Kramnik to the highest
peaks of his career. He abandoned it for the slightly more aggressive 1.d4
only with the occasion of his match against Kasparov. Later, he experimented
with 1.e4, without too much success. Now, the cycle seems to start again. Dies
ist genau der Anfangszug, der Kramnik zu den höchsten Gipfeln seiner Kariere
führte.  Erst anlässlich seines Matches gegen Kasparov gab er dies zugunsten
des leicht aggressiveren 1.d4 auf. Später experimentierte er dann mit 1.e4,
ohne allzu großen Erfolg. Nun scheint der Zyklus von Neuem zu beginnen.} d5 {
Svidler occasionally employed this move as an emergency exit after losing 3
games with the Gruenfeld in Morelia/Linares 2006. His overall result in the
closed openings was not really satisfactory either, but we can assume that for
the World Championship he is better prepared. Svidler gebrauchte diesen Zug
gelegentlich als Notlösung, nachdem er in Morelia/Linares 2006 3 Partien mit
Gründfeld verloren hatte. Sein Gesamtergebnis in den geschlossenen Eröffnung
war auch nicht wirklich zufriedenstellend, doch wir dürfen annehmen, dass er
für die Weltmeisterschaft besser vorbereitet ist.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 {No big surprises on White's part yet.
This position formed part of Kramnik's repertoire in his chess youth, although
in more recent years he has flirted with the ultra-sharp 6.Bh4, too. Noch
keine großen Überraschungen, was Weiß angeht. Diese Stellung bildete einen
Teil von Kramniks Repertoire in seiner Schachjugend, obwohl er in den letzten
Jahren auch mit dem ultrascharfen 6.Bh4 geflirtet hat.} g6 {Of course. A
Gruenfeld specialist would take the first opportunity to develop his king's
bishop in fianchetto. Na klar. Ein Grünfeld-Spezialist würde die erste
Gelegenheit ergreifen, seinen Königsläufer zu fianchettieren.} 9. e4 dxc4 10.
e5 Qe7 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O {The structure vaguely resembles a Gruenfeld,
indeed. We just have to remove the b2- and c6-pawns. However, the presence of
these pawns gives the game a rather closed character, without the possibility
of active piece play as in Svidler's favorite weapon. On the other hand, White
cannot crush his opponent by advancing his central pawns , which is a
permanent danger for Black in the Gruenfeld. Die Struktur erinnert tatsächlich
vage an einen Grünfeldinder. Wir müssen bloß die Bauern b2 und c6 entfernen.
Doch die Anwesenheit dieser Bauern verleiht der Partie, im Gegensatz zu
Svidlers Lieblingswaffe, einen ziemlich geschlossenen Charakter ohne die
Möglichkeit zu aktivem Figurenspiel. Andererseits kann Weiß seinen Gegner
nicht durch Vorrücken seiner Zentrumsbauern überrollen, was im Grünfeldinder
eine permanente Gefahr für Schwarz darstellt.} 13. Re1 ({Kramnik had had his
share of experience with this position: Kramnik hat seine Erfahrungen mit
dieser Stellung gemacht:} 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1 {Kamsky,G (2645)-Kramnik,V (2710)
/Luzern 1993/CBM 038/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 36)}) 13... Rd8 ({The main alternative is
Die Hauptalternative ist} 13... b5 {, but against such a technical player as
Kramnik, Svidler must have disliked the idea of weakening the c5-square so
soon. , aber gegen einen solchen Techniker wie Kramnik missfiel Svidler
bestimmt die Idee, das Feld c5 so früh zu schwächen.}) 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rad1 {
White is the first to have completed his development, but the relatively
closed character of the centre prevents him taking immediate advantage of this
circumstance. Weiß hat seine Entwicklung als Erster abgeschlossen, aber der
relativ geschlossene Charakter des Zentrums hindert ihn daran, aus diesem
Umstand unmitelbaren Vorteil zu ziehen.} ({Anticipating a bit the next general
discussion, I would remark that Der nächsten allgemeinen Diskussion ein wenig
vorzugreifend, möchte ich anmerken, dass} 15. Ba6 {is premature because of
verfrüht ist wegen} Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 $1 {when after the generally desirable ,
worauf Schwarz nach dem generell wünschenswerten} 17. d5 {Black has the
unexpected, but entirely sufficient defence die unerwartete, doch völlig
ausreichende Verteidigung} Nb8 $1 {hat:} 18. Qc4 (18. Qd3 {places the queen
under just another pin, allowing similar play. zieht die Dame bloß in eine
andere Fesselung, was ähnliches Spiel erlaubt.}) 18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 {
. This is the point! The fork on c7 is impossible now. . Das ist die Pointe!
Die Gabel auf c7 ist nun unmöglich.} 20. Rad1 Nc6 $11) 15... a5 $5 {This move
is not so much dictated by ambitions of queenside expansion as by the desire
to prevent the exchange of the light-squared bishops! This might sound a bit
absurd: why would White exchange his "good" bishop for Black's "bad" bishop?
In fact, the situation is not as one-sided as it might look at first sight.
Once the black bishop emerges on b7, the permanent threat of ...c5 questions
White's stability in the centre. He would obviously need to place a minor
piece on e4, but here we discover another aspect: at least two of his minor
pieces are competing for this square: the bishop and the queen's knight! By
exchanging the light-squared bishops, White achieves better stability and can
prepare the thematic attack based on h4-h5, in order to increase his influence
on light squares. Dieser Zug wird weniger von Ambitionen auf eine
Damenflügelexpansion diktiert als vielmehr von dem Wunsch, den Tausch der
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu verhindern! Die mag ein wenig absurd klingen: Wieso
würde Weiße seinen "guten" Läufer für den "schlechten" von Schwarz tauschen?
Tatsächlich ist die Situation nicht so einseitig, wie es auf den ersten Blick
wirken mag. Wenn der schwrze Läufer erst einmal auf b7 auftaucht, stellt die
permanente Drohung ...c5 die Stabilität des Weißen im Zentrum in Frage. Er
würde offensichtlich eine Leichtfigur auf e4 platzieren müssen, doch hier
entdecken wir einen weiteren Aspekt: Mindestens zwei seiner Leichtfiguren
konkurrieren um dieses Feld, der Läufer und der Damenspringer! Durch den
Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer erreicht Weiß bessere Stabilität im Zentrum
und kann den thematischen Angriff basierend auf h4-h5 vorbereiten, um seinen
Einfluss auf den weißen Feldern zu vergrößern.} (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7
Qxb7 18. h4 Na6 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. a3 (20. h5 $16) 20... Nd5 21. Rd2 $14 c5 $6 22.
dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rdc2 Ne7 26. Rc4 Rd5 27. b4 $16 {
Bocharov,D (2602)-Dobrov,V (2479)/Moscow 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 79)}) (15...
Rb8 {A slightly mysterious move. The ideas behind it will become clear
slightly later. Ein leicht mysteriöser Zug. Die Ideen dahinter werden etwas
später klar werden.} 16. a3 (16. Ba6 $6 {does not work now so well:
funktioniert nicht so gut:} c5 $1 17. d5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 {
and there is no fork on c7! und es gibt keine Gabel auf c7!}) 16... Bb7 17. Ba2
(17. Ba6 {can be answered with kann bereits mit} Ba8 {already. beantwortet
werden.}) 17... Nf8 18. h4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxd5 $14) 20... Bxd5
21. Bxd5 b5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. h5 g5 24. g3 $14 {Korotylev,A (2565)-Potkin,V 
(2540)/Sochi 2004/CBM 101 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 16. Bd3 $146 {For the time being,
Kramnik decides to install the bishop on e4. Fürs Erste beschließt Kramnik,
den Läufer auf e4 zu installieren.} ({Previously, Zuvor hatte man} 16. Ne4 {
had been played. gespielt.} c5 17. dxc5 (17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qe4 Ra7) 17... bxc5 (
17... Nxe5 $5 18. cxb6 Bb7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 18. Nd6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxd6 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxf7 $1 $16 {Mueller,M-Kaczynski,J/POL-ch35 sf06 corr 1991/Corr
Nr. 1 (1-0, 25)}) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 b5 18. h4 {Since there is not much to do
in the centre, White starts a typical operation on the kingside, aiming to
weaken the light squares in the neighborhood of the enemy king. Da es im
Zentrum nicht viel zu tun gibt, startet Weiß eine typische Operation am
Königsflügel mit dem Ziel, die weißen Felder in der Umgebung des feindlichen
Königs zu schwächen.} (18. Nxb5 Nxe5 $1 $11) 18... Nb6 {[%cal Yb5b4,Gc3b1]} 19.
Bb1 {White clears the e4-square for the knight in view of the threatened ...b4,
but also in order to block Black's whole queenside by preventing ...c5. The
obvious drawback of the last move is that it releases the pressure along the
e4-a8 diagonal. Weiß räumt das Feld e4 für den Springer angesichts des
drohenden ...b4, aber auch, um durch die Verhinderung ...c5 den ganzen
schwarzen Damenflügel zu blockieren. Der offensichtliche Nachteil des letzten
Zuges liegt darin, dass der Druck entlang der Diagonale e4-a8 aufgehoben wird.}
(19. Qc2 $5 b4 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. h5 g5 22. Ng3 {seems to maintain the control
for a while, although it is not clear how White can improve his position
further. scheint die Kontrolle für eine Weile zu behaupten, wenngleich nicht
klar ist, wie Weiß seine Stellung weiter verbessern kann.} (22. Nh2 $6 c5 $1))
19... c5 $5 {A brave decision. If White installs his knight on e4, it might be
simply too late for any form of counterplay. Eine tapfere Entscheidung. Wenn
Weiß seinen Springer auf e4 installiert, könnte es für jede Form von
Gegenspiel einfach zu spät sein.} 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. h5 {Now and on the next
move, Kramnik seems to have been animated by the desire to avoid any kind of
complications. In doing so, he also reduced his chances for an advantage. Hier
und im nächsten Zug scheint Kramnik von dem Wunsch beseelt gewesen zu sein,
jegliche Art von Komplikationen zu vermeiden. Dabei minderte er aber auch
seine Chancen auf Vorteil.} (21. Bd3 $5 {was a reasonable attempt to maintain
the extra-pawn. war ein vernünftiger Versuch, den Mehrbauern zu behalten.} Nd5
{[%csl Gb5,Gd3][%cal Yd5f4]} 22. Bc4 $5 (22. g3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nxa2
{is entirely acceptable for Black. ist völlig annehmbar für Schwarz.}) 22...
Nb6 23. b3 $1 {and despite Black's pair of bishops, White is not hanging in
any way. und trotz des schwarzen Läuferpaars hängt bei Weiß nichts durch.})
21... g5 22. Nh2 ({Here, too Auch hier war} 22. Bd3 {was possible. möglich.} c4
$5 (22... Nd5 $6 {is worse now because of ist nun schwächer wegen} 23. Qe4 $1)
23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 g4 {. This possibility did not exist after 21.Bd3. .
Diese Möglichkeit gab es nach 21.Bd3 nicht.} 25. Nh2 Qg5 {. Black will
retrieve one of the sacrificed pawns, but it is not clear whether his pair of
bishops would offer entirely adequate compensation for the second one. White
has more space, is quite stable and has no real weaknesses. . Schwarz wird
einen der geopferten Bauern zurückgewinnen, doch es ist nicht klar, ob sein
Läuferpaar gänzlich ausreichende Kompensation für den zweiten bieten würde.
Weiß hat mehr Raum, steht recht stabil und hat keine realen Schwächen.}) 22...
Rxd4 23. Rxd4 {It looks as if Black has dangerous counterplay in the centre
and on the queenside, but the position is anything but drawish. On the other
hand, travelling from Europe to Mexico must have been quite tiring and the
opponents know each other so well since childhood, so that the abrupt end is
not completely illogical. Es sieht aus, als hätte Schwarz gefährliches
Gegenspiel im Zentrum und am Damenflügel, doch die Stellung ist alles anderes
als remislich. Andererseits war die Reise von Europa nach Mexiko bestimmt sehr
ermüdend, und die Gegner kennen sich von klein auf sehr gut, so dass das
abrupte Ende doch nicht so unlogisch ist.} (23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bd3 (24. Ng4 Qb4
$1 $132 25. Bd3 Nd5 {[%cal Yd5f4]} 26. g3 Rb8 {[%csl Yb2]}) 24... Nd5 25. Nxd4
(25. Nd6 $5 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 {[%cal Yh2g4]} Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd6 28. Qxd4 Qb4 $1)
25... Bxd3 (25... Nf4 $2 26. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Ya8,Yh7]}) 26. Qxd3 Qb4 {[%csl Yb2,
Ye1]} 27. Qe4 (27. Re2 $2 Nf4 $19) 27... Qxb2 28. Ng4 $13 {White has strong
pressure against the enemy kingside, but he cannot build up a dangerous attack
yet, because the enemy queen is harrasing him. Maybe the position remains
equal. For instance, after Weiß hat starken Druck auf den feindlichen
Königsflügel, kann aber noch keinen gefährlichen Angriff inszenieren, da die
gegnerische Dame ihn belästigt. Vielleicht bleibt die Stellung gleich. Zum
Beispiel kann Weiß nach} Qxa2 {White can sacrifice a knight with einen
Springer opfern mit} 29. Nxe6 $1 {when after , worauf er nach} fxe6 {he has
several ways of achieving a perpetual. diverse Möglichkeiten hat, ein
Dauerschach zuerzielen.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{An excellent way to play for a win with Black, although it should be said
that White's cooperation is needed, too. In case of 6.Bxf6 (as played just one
day earlier by Kramnik against Svidler), play takes a positional course.
However, Aronian is not the kind of player to refrain from a sharp battle,
especially when he has the white pieces. Eine ausgezeichnete Möglichkeit, mit
Schwarz auf Gewinn zu spielen, obwohl gesagt werden sollte, dass dabei auch
die Kooperation von Weiß nötig ist. Im Fall von 6.Bxf6 (wie nur einen Tag
zuvor von Kramnik gegen Svidler gespielt), nimmt die Partie einen
positionellen Verlauf. Doch Aronian ist niemand, der vor einem scharfem Kampf
zurückschreckt, vor allem, wenn er die weißen Figuren hat. Un excelente método
de jugar para ganar con negras, aunque cabe decir que la colaboración de las
blancas es esencial. En caso de 6.Bxf6 (como se había jugado un día antes en
la partida Kramnik - Svidler), el juego entraría por cauces posicionales. Sin
embargo, Aronian no esel tipo de jugador que huya de una lucha aguda,
especialmente cuando tiene blancas.} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4 {Black is a pawn up,
but White has a strong centre and better prospects of transferring his king to
a safe location. In the next phase of the game, both players have to
permanently take into account the standard pawn moves (White's) d5 or f3 and 
(Black's) ...b4 or ...c5. For a while, however, play continues with natural
developing moves. Schwarz besitzt einen Bauern mehr, doch Weiß hat ein starkes
Zentrum und bessere Aussichten, seinen König an einen sicheren Ort zu
verfrachten. In der nächsten Phase der Partie müssen beide Spieler ständig die
gegnerischen Standardbauernzüge berücksichtigen, d5 oder f3 (Weiß) und ...b4
oder ...c5 (Schwarz). Für eine Weile aber geht es mit natürlichen
Entwicklungszügen weiter. Las negras tienen un peón de ventaja, ero las
blancas disponen de un fuerte centro de peones y de la posibilidad de llevar a
su rey a una residencía mas segura. Durante la sigíente fase de la partida,
ambos jgadores deberán tener permanentemente en cuenta las jugadas típicas de
peones d5 o f3 (de las blancas) y ...b4 o ...c5 (de las negras). Por algún
rato, el juego continúa con jugadas naturales de desarrollo.} 11. Be2 Bb7 12.
O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 {Werle,J 
(2514)-Smeets,J (2537)/Leeuwarden 2005/CBM 110/[Lutz] (1-0, 40)}) 16... Nd7 (
16... Nh7 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Akopian,V (2660)/Dortmund 2000/CBM 078/[Lutz] (1-0,
41)}) 17. f3 {This move is almost unanimously played here. White finally
establishes a centre of pawn tension and aims to open the f-file for his
king's rook. The only (but significant) drawback of this move is that it
weakens the king's residence. Dieser Zug wird an dieser Stelle fast
ausschließlich gespielt. Weiß errichtet endlich ein Zentrum mit Bauernspannung
und möchte die f-Linie für seinen Königsturm öffnen. Der einzige (aber
gewichtige) Nachteil dieses Zuges ist, dass er die Königsresidenz schwächt.
Esta jugada se efectúa casi unanimamente. Por fin, las blancas crean un punto
de tensión de peones, aspirando a abrir la columna de f para su torre. La
única (pero importante) desventaja de esta jugada es que debilita seriamente
la posición del rey blanco.} c5 $5 $146 ({An interesting novelty. Previously,
Aine interessante Neuerung. Bislang galt Una interesante novedad.
Anteriormente,} 17... Qb6 {was considered best. See for instance Onischuk,A 
(2638)-Lastin,A (2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), containing also a
small survey on the queen move. Anand decides that the best way of taking
advantage of the vulnerability of the enemy king is to keep the queen on her
initial square. als Bestes, siehe zum Beispiel Onischuk,A (2638)-Lastin,A 
(2590)/Sochi 2005/CBM 107/[Lutz] (0-1, 38), worin auch eine kleine Übersicht
bezüglich des Damenzuges enthalten ist. Anand beschließt, dass sich die
Anfälligkeit des feindlichen Königs am besten ausnutzen lässt, indem die Dame
auf ihrem Ausgangsfeld bleibt. era considerada como la mejor jugada. Anand
decidió que la mejor manera de aprovecharse de la vulnerabilidad del rey
enemigo es mantener la dama en su casilla inicial.}) 18. dxc5 ({The generally
desirable Auf das generell wünschenswerte La generalmente deseable} 18. d5 {
can be strongly met by kann stark puede ser fuertemente contestada por} Be5 $1
{when White is in some sort of trouble: folgen, wonach Weiß in gewissen
Schwierigkeiten steckt: cuando las blancas pasarían por algunos apuros:} 19.
Bxe5 $6 ({After Nach Después de} 19. f4 Bd4+ {the black dark-squared bishop is
much more active than his direct rival. ist der schwarzfeldrige Läufer des
Nachziehenden weit aktiver als sein direkter Rivale. el alfil negrod e
casillas oscuras es mucho mas activo que su rival.}) 19... Nxe5 20. f4 $2 Qxh4
$1 {with decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff. con ataque decisivo.}) ({
Finally, Schließlich findet} 18. Nxb5 {can be strongly met by die starke
Erwiderung} cxd4 {for instance , zum Beispiel} 19. Nxd4 $2 {The most
principled continuation, which, however, loses almost by force. Die
prinzipiellste Fortsetzung, die allerdings fast forciert verliert.} (19. Qxc4 {
looks better from practical point of view, although Black has excellent play
anyway. sieht aus praktischer Sicht besser aus, wenngleich Schwarz auch dann
ausgezeichnetes Spiel hat.} Ne5 20. Qb3 {The knight cannot be captured because
the h4-pawn would remain desperately weak. Der Springer kann nicht geschlagen
werden, weil dann der h4-Bauer hoffnungslos schwach bliebe.} gxf3 21. gxf3 {
. This weakens the king's position, but otherwise the e5-square would remain
under Black's strict control. . Dies schwächt die Königsstellung, doch
andernfalls würde Schwarz das Feld e5 fest im Griff haben.} Ng6 {with a nice,
but possibly not better position for Black. mit schöner, aber möglicherweise
nicht besseren Stellung für Schwarz.}) 19... Qb6 20. Bf2 g3 21. Be3 Qd8 $3 {
Now that the bishop has been driven away from the defence of the h4-pawn, the
queen switches back to the kingside. Nun, da der Läufer von der Verteidigung
des Bauern h4 verdrängt wurde, fährt die Dame wieder zum Königsflügel.} 22. Bg5
{The natural reaction. Die natürliche Reaktion.} (22. f4 Bxd4 {followed by ...
Qxh4 is not much more appealing.}) 22... Bxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Qb6 $3 {Apparently,
the oscilations of the black queen correspond to the high degree of
uncertainty typical to any lady. In fact, each time Her Majesty pursues a very
precise aim. Now, it's a pin again. Das Hin- und Her der schwarzen Königin
gleicht scheinbar jenem hohen Maß an Unbestimmtheit, wie sie für jede Dame
typisch ist. Tatsächlich verfolgt Ihre Majestät jedes mal ein ganz genaues
Ziel. Diesmal ist es wieder eine Fesselung.} 24. Be3 e5 $1 {and und} 25. Rd3 {
does not save the day because of rettet den Tag nicht wegen} cxd3 $1 $19) 18...
Qe7 19. Kh1 $6 {This move is aimed to enable the capture on b5, but the king
is even worse placed here than on g1. Dieser Zug soll das Schlagen auf b5
ermöglichen, doch hier steht der König sogar noch schlechter als auf g1.} (19.
Nxb5 $2 {is impossible because of ist unmöglich wegen} Qxc5+) (19. Bd6 $6 {
is also not entirely adequate: reicht ebenfalls nicht ganz aus:} Qxh4 20. fxg4
Be5 (20... hxg4 $2 21. Rf4 $16) (20... Nxc5 $5 $13 21. Bxc5 $2 Be5 22. Rf3 hxg4
$19) 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. gxh5 b4 $132 {[%csl Ye4] and Black has good control in
the centre, and attacking chances on the kingside. For instance, und Schwarz
hat gute Kontrolle im Zentrum und Angriffschancen am Königsflügel. Zum Beispiel
} 23. Nb5 Bxe4 24. Qc1 Bxg2 $1 25. Kxg2 Kh7 $40) (19. Rd6 {[%csl Yb5] is a
better way to put the b5-pawn under pressure, but has the drawback of
obstructing his own bishop. Black can calmly answer with ist ein besserer Weg,
den b5-Bauern unter Druck zu setzen, hat aber den Nachteil, den eigenen Läufer
zu verstellen. Schwarz kann ruhig} a6 $13 {antworten.}) (19. Rf2 {[%csl Yb5]
[%cal Yg3d6] looks logical. White threatens Nxb5 and, in certain cases, Bd6.
However, things are not so rosy for White. sieht logisch aus. Weiß droht Nxb5
und in gewissen Fällen Bd6. Dennoch stehen die Dinge nicht so rosig für Weiß.}
a6 20. fxg4 (20. Bd6 $6 {is premature yet. ist noch verfrüht.} Qxh4 21. g3 Qg5
{With the rook on f2, the infiltration to h3 simply loses the queen to Rh2.
Mit dem Turm auf f2 verliert die Infiltration auf h3 einfach die Dame wegen
Rh2.} 22. f4 Qg6 23. Bxf8 Nxf8 $44 {Black has a pawn for the exchange, the
c5-pawn is weak and the pair of bishops very active. Schwarz hat einen Bauern
für die Qualität, der c5-Bauer ist schwach und das Läuferpaar sehr aktiv.})
20... hxg4 {[%cal Yd7e5]} (20... Ne5 $5 $44) 21. Bd6 Qxh4 $36 {Concluding, I
could not find an entirely adequate continuation for White, which adds a lot
of value to Anand's innovation. Unterm Strich konnte ich keine ganz völlig
ausreichende Fortsetzung für Weiß finden, was Anands Neuerung deutlich
aufwertet.}) 19... a6 20. a4 Bc6 {Black has stabilized the position and
threatens to win the c5-pawn with ...Nxc5. Since 21.Rd6 can be strongly met by
21...Be5!, White is forced to resort to radical measures. Schwarz hat die
Stellung stabilisiert und droht, mit ...Nxc5 den Bauern c5 abzuholen. Da auf
21.Rd6 stark 21...Be5! folgen kann, ist Weiß zu radikalen Maßnahmen gezwungen.
Las negras han conseguído de estabilizar laposición y amenazan ganar el peón
de c5 con ...Nxc5. Dado que 21.Rd6 puede ser fuertemente contestada por 21...
Be5!, las blancas tienen que recurrir a medidas extremas.} 21. Nd5 $6 {Aronian
tries to change the generally unfavourable course of events by radical means.
Aronian versucht, den generell ungünstigen Lauf der Dinge mit radikalen
Mitteln zu ändern.} (21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Bxg4 (22. Nd5 {does not work at all now:
geht jetzt gar nicht:} exd5 23. exd5 Nxc5 $1 24. dxc6 Ne4 $1 25. Be1 g3 26. Rf4
f5 $17 {and the white king is in a very bad situation. und der weiße König ist
in einer ganz schlechten Lage.}) 22... Nxc5 {[%csl Rd3,Ye4,Gh1][%cal Rb5b4,
Ra8d8] leads to a very pleasant position for Black. All his minor pieces are
placed on excellent squares, while the enemy king remains exposed. führt zu
einer höchste angenehmen Stellung für Schwarz. All seine Leichtifiguren stehen
auf ausgezeichneten Feldern, während der feindliche König weiter exponiert
bleibt.}) 21... exd5 22. exd5 {Normally, this kind of operation would yield
White an advantage... Normalerweise würde eine derartige Operation Weiß
Vorteil einbringen... Normalmente, tal operación debería ofrecer a las blancas
ventaja...} Be5 $1 {... but only with a safer king's position! With this
already familiar to us move, Anand forces his opponent to release the kingside
tension and consolidates his advantage. ... aber nur mit einer sichereren
Königsstellung! Mit diesem uns bereits vertrauten Zug zwingt Anand seinen
Gegner, die Spannung am Königsflügel aufzuheben, und konsolidiert so seinen
Vorteil ... pero ¡solo en caso de tener una posición segura de su rey! Con
esta jugada familiar ya, Anand fuerza a su contrincante a abandonar la tensión
del flanco de rey y consolida su ventaja.} ({After Nach} 22... Nxc5 $2 23. dxc6
{the e4-square is not available for the knight, if compared with a similar
line from the previous comment. hat, im Vergleich zu einem ähnlichen Abspiel
im vorangegangenen Kommentar, der Springer nicht das Feld e4.}) 23. f4 Bg7 24.
dxc6 Nxc5 {Both White's bishops are very passive. The c6-pawn in conjunction
with certain rook activity along the d-file will prove insufficient to level
the balance. Beide weißen Läufer sind sehr passiv. Der c6-Bauer in Verbindung
mit gewisser Turmaktivität entlang der d-Linie wird nicht ausreichen, um die
Bilanz auszugleichen. Ambos alfiles blancos están muy pasivos. El peón de c6
en combinación con algo de actividad alargo de la columna d no resultarán
suficientes para mantener la igualdad.} 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27. Rxh5 f5 {
White has temporarily won a pawn, but his rook is miserably placed. Anand went
on winning convincingly. Weiß hat vorübergehend einen Bauern gewonnen, aber
sein Turm steht miserabel. Anand fährt die Partie überzeugend nach Hause. Las
blancas han ganado un peón de forma temporar, pero su torre queda muy mal
colocada. Anand acabó imponiendose con confianza.} 28. Kh2 Rac8 29. Bb4 Rfe8
30. axb5 axb5 31. Re1 Qf7 32. Rg5 Nxg5 33. fxg5 Rxc6 34. Bf1 Rxe1 35. Bxe1 Re6
36. Bc3 Qc7+ 37. g3 Re3 38. Qg2 Bxc3 39. bxc3 f4 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qa6 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 {By choosing a Slav move order, Gelfand avoids Aronian's
unusual setup from his earlier game against Grischuk. Al eligir el orden de
jugadas de Eslava, Gelfand evita enfrentarse con el experimento de Aronian en
su partida anterior con Grischuk.} 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6
7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 ({A curious moment. This early release of the tension in
the centre is only apparently a concession. In the first round game
Kramnik-Svidler, Black played Un momento curioso. Este cambio temprano es solo
aparentemente una concesión. En la partida Kramnik-Svidler de la primera ronda,
las negras jugaron} 8... g6 {, which offered White the additional possibility
of winning space in the centre with , que ofreció a las blancas la posibilidad
adicional de ganar espacío en el centro con} 9. e4 dxc4 10. e5 $1 Qe7 11. Bxc4)
9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O ({Now, Ahora,} 10. e4 {can always be met by puede siempre
ser contestada con} e5 $1) 10... Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bb3 Rd8 (13...
b6 {has been tried in a few games and is considered to offer White chances for
an advantage after} 14. Ba4 {, although practice has not sustained this point
of view.} ({It is possible to justify the retreat of the bishop by employing a
pseudo-attacking plan:} 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 g5 16. Ng3 Rad8 17. Bc2 c5 18. Qd3 {
However, it is not clear what the queen's rook is doing on c1, while Black's
development is very harmonious..} f5 19. Qa3 a5 $15 {Ragozin,E (2475)-Neverov,
V (2541)/St Petersburg 2000/CBM 076 (1-0, 79)}) 14... c5 (14... Ba6 15. Bxc6
Bxf1 16. Bxa8 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rxa8 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qc6 Rd8 21. Rc4
$14 {Moiseenko,A (2582)-Sedlak,N (2423)/Aviles 2000/CBM 077 ext (1/2-1/2, 30).
White's better control in the centre, his stability on the light squares and
the control of the only open file make the position theoretically better for
him, but Black is solid and in case of a break with ...e5 his bishop could
become active.}) 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Qa4 Bb7 (16... Nf6 17. Rfd1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Rd8 21. Rc3 a5 22. Qc2 $14 {Moiseenko,A (2573)
-Borovikov,V (2472)/Ordzhonikidze 2000/CBM 078 (1/2-1/2, 56). For once,
White's advantage, though minimal, is real here. He is better developed while
the enemy king is slightly vulnerable.}) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b3 {
White has conquered the c4-square for his pieces, but Black is well
coordinated.} f5 20. Ned2 g5 {It appears that White's stability on the light
squares is questionable.} 21. Rfd1 g4 $132 {Lutz,C (2550)-Knaak,R (2525)/
Baden-Baden 1992/CBM 033 (1/2-1/2, 44)}) 14. Qc2 {Aronian has chosen a rarely
seen setup, with his knight in front of the e-pawn, which deprives him of the
possibility of winning space in the centre. White's philosophy in the current
position is to prevent Black from completing his development or freeing his
position with the thematic ...c5 or ...e5, rather than starting active
operations himself. Aronian escogió un sistema de desarrollo bastante poco
frecuente, basado en colocar el caballo en frente del peón de e3, impediendo
así una futura conquísta de espacío en el centro. La filosofía de las blancas
en esta posición se basa en primer lugar en impedir el desarrollo de las
negras y la realisación de las rupturas temáticas ...c5 o ...e5 y en menor
medida en mejorar su propría posición de forma rápida.} e5 {Black usually
shies away from this move, preferring to jump with his knight to f6 or b6.
Normalmente, las negras se abstienen de esta jugada, prefiriendo un salto de
caballo a b6 o f6.} (14... Nf6 15. Nc5 $14 {Dautov,R (2620)-Dreev,A (2670)/
Reggio Emilia 1996/CBM 051/[Dautov] (0-1, 60)}) 15. Rfe1 {A subtle move. White
discourages the exchange on d4, which would leave the black queen vulnerable
after exd4. Una jugada sútil. Las blancas quíeren quitar a las negras las
ganas de comer en d4, que, después de exd4, dejaría a la dama negra incómoda
en la misma columna con la torre blanca.} Kh8 {Less subtle, but very strong.
Black threatens the brutal ...f5. Menos sútil, pero muy fuerte. Las negras
crean la brutal amenaza ...f5.} (15... Kh7 $2 {is worse because of} 16. Bxf7)
16. g4 $5 {It is hard to give a final evaluation of this exotic move, since it
almost surely formed part of Aronian's preparation. It also bears strong
similarity with the advance of the g-pawn from his aforementioned game against
Grischuk. I get the feeling that, having been deprived of the possibility of
playing Nbd2!? in the opening, Aronian "transposed" to the familiar territory
with his last move. Anyway, White's main idea is the same: to ensure some
stability for the knights. However, there is a significant difference compared
to the previous game: Black's kingside structure is more flexible because the
g-pawn is on g6 instead of g5. This is clearly in Black's favour, since
White's kingside position remains shaky. Es difícil dar una evaluación
definitiva a esta jugada algo exótica, especialmente que, casi seguramente,
formaba parte de la preparación casera de Aronian. Notamos cierta similitud
con el avance del mismo peón en la partida anterioremnte mencionada contra
Grischuk. me da la sensación que, al no haber tenido la posibilidad de repetir
el experimento con Cbd2!? en la apertura, Aronian "transpuso" a un teritorío
familiar con su última jugada. De toda forma, la idea de las blancas es la
misma: asegurar estabilidad de los caballos en casillas blancas. Sin embargo,
hay una esencíal diferencía con respecto a dicha partida: la estructura de las
negras en el flanco de rey es más flexible, porque el peón de g se encuentra
en g6 en vez de g5. Este detalle favorece a las negras, porque la posición de
las blancas en el centro y en el flanco de rey queda bastante inestable.} ({
Previously,} 16. Ned2 {had been played. I must say, this is not a shattering
move.} Re8 ({Now that there is no danger of a fork on g5, Black can simply
improve his position with} 16... Kh7 $5 {, when it would be difficult for
White to prove an active plan.}) 17. Nc4 e4 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 (19...
f5 $5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Red1 Bf5 22. Nd6 Re7 $13) 20. Nd6 (20. Qxe4 $1 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 {[%csl Gf7]}) 20... Bxb3 21. Qxb3 Rf8 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Rab8 24. Na5
Rxb2 $11 {Roiz,M (2507)-Farakhov,R (2317)/Pardubice 2002/CBM 089 ext (1/2-1/2,
40)}) 16... Rf8 $1 {After the radical weakening of White's kingside, the rook
changes plans. From f8, it defends the f7-pawn, enabling ...Nb6, which attacks
the g4-pawn, while also supporting an eventual advance of the f-pawn to f5.
Después de la debilitación del flanco de rey blanco, la torre cambía sus
intenciones. Desde f8, sobredefiende el peón de f7, para habilitar ...Nb6, que
atacaría el peón de g4 y sosteniendo el avance del peón f al mismo tiempo.} 17.
g5 $6 ({This new advance of the g-pawn will fail to stabilize the position.
Maybe it was time to think about safety with Este nuevo avance del peón de g
no conseguírá estabilizar el flanco de rey. tal vez era el momento de jugar
seguro con} 17. Ng3) 17... f5 $1 {I suppose that Aronian underestimated this
move. From structural point of view, it does not seem to make sense, but a
closer look at the position reveals the merits of Gelfand's decision. The
e5-pawn will remain isolated now, but in fact it is not a weak pawn (as would
be the case if the d4-pawn would be on d5 and the c6-pawn on c5). Also, the
e4-knight will not become more stable (refer to the same hypothetical
situation for comparison). Finally, the pressure exerted by the f8-rook
against the white kingside will be very annoying.} ({Aronian might have
expected} 17... hxg5 {when after} 18. Nexg5 {[%cal Yc2e4,Ye4h4]} Bh6 (18... f5
19. Ne6 $1) 19. h4 {White is not without ideas.}) 18. gxf6 Bxf6 ({This looks
slow, but} 18... Nxf6 {would lose a pawn to} 19. Nxe5 {, because the pinning
move} Bf5 {is not dangerous in view of} 20. Qc5 $1) 19. Kg2 Bg7 20. h4 $6 {
Strategically correct, but, with queens on the board, very risky.
Estrategicamente corecto, pero con damas en el tablero - muy arriesgado.} ({
White cannot stabilize the position in the centre with} 20. d5 $2 {because of}
cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nb6 $40 {[%cal Yc8g4,Yf8f3]}) ({Here, too} 20. Ng3 {looks like a
safer choice.}) 20... Nb6 $1 {The turning point in the game. Gelfand was
approaching time trouble, but the investment of time in the previous phase of
the game was fully justified, as Black has the better position already.} 21.
dxe5 $2 ({It seems that after this move White's game cannot be saved anymore.
Parece que después de esta jugada las blancas no pueden salvarse ya.} 21. Nxe5
{would have been a lesser evil. hubiera sido un menor mal.}) 21... Bg4 ({
Not a bad move, but No es una mala jugada, pero parece que} 21... Rxf3 $1 {
seems to have been decisive, too: hubiera ganado, también:} 22. Kxf3 Bf5 23.
Kg2 {The only way to get out of the nasty pin. La única forma de intentar
desclavarse.} Qxh4 24. f4 {and now, Black has y ahora las negras tienen} Nd7 {
, when White's poor coordination prevents him from parrying such a simple
threat as ...Nxe5, when Black's attack will take on decisive proportions. ,
cuando la mala coordinación de las blancas les impide parar la sncilla amenaza
...Nxe5, con ataque ganador.}) 22. Ned2 Nd7 23. e6 ({This makes it easier for
Black, who can win with normal moves. Esta jugada simplifica la taréa de las
negras, que ganarán con jugadas sencillas.} 23. Qxg6 {would have been more
demanding. White threatens Bc2, but Black is the first to deliver decisive
blows: hubiera requierido un juego algo más preciso de las negras. La amenaza
directa es Bc2, pero las negras se adelantan con su ataque:} Nxe5 24. Nxe5
Rxf2+ $1 25. Kxf2 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1 Bxe5 27. Nf1 Rf8 {Threatening ...Qf2+ or ...
Rxf1+, followed by mate. Amenazando ...Qf2+ o ...Rxf1+ con mate.} 28. Rc2 Bf3
29. Rg2 {Apparently, White has defended, but the next move shatters the
illusion. Aparentemente, las blancas se han defendido, pero después de la
siguíente jugada se esfumarán las ilusiones.} Be4 $1 {White has no adequate
way to keep the rook defended. For instance, Las blancas no tienen a
disposición un modo adecuado de mantener a la torre de g2 defendida. Por
ejemplo,} 30. Qg4 {loses the queen to perdería la dama por} Bh2+ $1 31. Kh1 (
31. Nxh2 {leads to mate after llevaría al mate después de} Qxe1+ 32. Nf1 Rxf1+
33. Kh2 Rh1#) 31... Qxg4 $1) 23... Ne5 $1 24. Nh2 (24. Nxe5 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2
Qxh4+ 26. Kg2 (26. Kg1 Qg3+) 26... Bxe5) 24... Qxh4 {Around this moment,
Gelfand must have felt like in the good old days, when the King's Indian was
his main weapon against 1.d4. White is under decisive attack and he does not
even have a material advantage to offer him some Platonic consolation... [#]
Alrededor de este momento, Gelfand debe de haberse sentido como en los viejos
buenos tiempos, cuando la India de Rey era su principal arma contra 1.d4.} 25.
f4 Bf5 26. Ne4 Qh3+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ 28. Nxf3 Qxf3 29. Ng5 hxg5 30. Qh2+ Qh5 31.
Qxh5+ gxh5 32. e7 Rfe8 33. Rc5 Bg4 34. Rxg5 Rxe7 35. Kg2 Bf6 36. Rg6 Rf8 37. e4
Bf5 38. Rh6+ Kg7 39. Rxh5 Bxe4+ 40. Kh2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 {This whole series of moves played at
lightning speed was interrupted by Aronian's one-minute thought on the next
one.} 5. Bg5 {In principle, the most aggressive move, but it does not disclose
anything yet. According to both players' mood we could get the dynamic and
strategically complex Cambridge Springs Variation, the irrational Botvinnik or
anti Moscow Systems, but also the somewhat dull Exchange variation or (as out
of fashion as this might be) the Capablanca System.} h6 {With his move, Leko
passes to his opponent the responsability of choosing the character of the
game.} 6. Bxf6 {Aronian is not keen to check his opponent's preparation in the
ultra-sharp anti Moscow vVariation and settles for a positional battle with
some slight initiative for White.} Qxf6 7. Qb3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10.
Bd3 Be7 11. Bc2 $5 {If we exclude a game played in 1928, this is a novelty.
However, the bishop retreat is not really unusual for this line and play will
eventually transpose to previous games.} ({The curious thing is that Leko
thought for almost half an hour before answering, which makes me think that
against the usual} 11. O-O {he did not intend to get castled, but rather tried}
e5 $5 {There are only 11 games in the Mega Database 2011 + updates with this
line, but almost all of them are between strong and very-very strong players,
spread over a period of more than three quarters of a century!} ({One
important line is} 11... O-O 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 {which reveals that
Aronian's Bd3-c2 is some sort of committment, since White usually plays here}
14. Bb1 {for instance} Rfe8 15. c5 {[%csl Gb7] A typical move, giving away the
d5-square but turning the b7-bishop into a passive piece. For practical
purposes, White will have an extra piece for his kingside attack.} Qc7 16. Qc2
$14 {A better square for the queen than d3, since it not only creates threats
along the attacking diagonal, but also defends the c5-pawn.} f5 $2 17. Ng3 $18
{Novikov,I (2601)-Bisguier,A (2365) Philadelphia 1999 (1-0, 28)}) 12. Rfe1 (12.
dxe5 {is too simplistic to be bothering.} Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qc7 15. Kh1
Bf5 {Sulava,N (2450)-Ortega,L (2475) San Marino 1998 (1-0, 31)}) 12... exd4 13.
Nxd4 ({Against the straightforward} 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 {Black reacted better
81 years ago than this same year!} g6 (14... f5 $6 {weakens the position too
much, causing Black problems with developing hios queenside.} 15. Ng3 Nc5 {
Navara,D (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Czechia 2014 (1/2-1/2, 27)} 16. Qa3 Qc7 17.
Nxd4 Ne4 18. Qe3 Bg5 19. Qe2 Nxg3 20. hxg3 g6 21. Rad1 $32) 15. Qxd4 Rd8 $6 (
15... Nc5 $1 16. Rad1 Be6 $11) 16. Qc3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 (17. g3 $1 {[%cal Gc3f3]}
Qf5 18. Ne5 $36) 17... Bxc5 18. Re4 Qc7 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. Rh4 Qb6 $1 21. Rxh6
Bxf2+ 22. Kf1 Bd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 24. Nxd4 $36 Re5 $8 25. Nxf5 Rae8
$8 26. Be4 $8 Qd8 27. Ng3 Qg5 28. Rh3 f6 $13 {[%csl Gf1]}) 23... Rxd4 $15 {
(1/2-1/2, 38) Van den Bosch,J-Landau,S Netherlands 1933}) (13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Qa3
{Timman,J (2620)-Gelfand,B (2700) Wijk aan Zee 1996 (1/2-1/2, 31)} Ne6 $5 {
this looks quite safe for Black.}) 13... O-O 14. Bc2 Nc5 $1 {This is the right
square for the knight, aiming to block the c4-pawn.} (14... Nf6 15. Rad1 g6 {
eventually worked out well for Black in the classical Euwe,M-Fine,R Holland
1938 (0-1, 44), but White could improve with, say, the thematic} 16. c5 $32)
15. Qc3 Rd8 (15... Nxe4 {looks like a concession, helping White activate his
pieces.} 16. Rxe4 Qf6 $6 17. c5 Qg5 $6 18. Rae1 Bf6 19. h4 $36 {Ivanisevic,I 
(2628)-Ragger,M (2540) Budva 2009 (1-0, 26)}) 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 {
Sargissian,G (2667)-Malakhov,V (2676) Copenhagen 2007 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 11... O-O
({After White has cleared the third rank,} 11... e5 $2 {would run into} 12. g3
{winning the e5-pawn.}) 12. O-O Rd8 {Leko had another long thought on this
natural move - a quarter of an hour. He must have felt uncomfortable in a
position he possibly did not study at home. Otherwise it is not practical to
spend so much time on natural moves which could be played without thinking.} ({
The more natural move order is} 12... b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 {leaving for later the
decision about how to develop rooks. However, in view of the thematic threat
Qd3, Black would most probably play ...Rfd8 anyway, clearing the f8-square for
the king's escape, or for the knight, to defend h7.} 14. Qd3 ({If after} 14.
Rad1 {Black avoids transposing to a variation below by playing, say,} Rad8 $6 {
then} 15. c5 Qc7 16. Qd3 {would be very strong.}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Qc7 15. Ng3
Nf6 16. Ne5 Rfd8 17. Nh5 $18 {Lilienthal,A-Shamkovich,L Baku 1951 (1-0, 19)})
15. Ng3 Nf8 16. Re5 g6 17. Qe2 {Kobylkin,E (2444)-Paramonov,D (2362) Alushta
2004 (1-0, 35) with a solid but somewhat passive position for Black.}) 13. Rad1
b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7 {White has completed his development harmoniously and can
safely claim to have stepped into the middlegame. Black still needs to open
the long diagonal for his b7-bishop and find some way of putting to work his
queen's rook. If he achieves that under favourable circumstances, his position
will be pleasant, due to his bishop pair. I assume that this is the kind of
position which made Steinitz state that the advance in development has a
volatile character. The first official World Champion would surely like
playing with Black, due to his lack of weaknesses and potentially strong
bishops. And indeed, it is not easy for White to strengthen his position in
the near future. His mobilisation is so good, his pieces are so well placed
that it almost looks as if he was... in zugzwang!} 15. h4 $5 {Fortunately,
White has pawn moves available, so he does not need to worsen the position of
any of his pieces. Which makes me think of a somewhat naive Steinitzian advice
to keep most of the pawns back, so as to have reserve tempi in the pawn
ending! With his move, Aronian seems to be admitting that he cannot prevent
the opening of the centre, but he uses the available time for putting pressure
on the kingside. In certain cases, h4-h5 combined with Qd3 would be killing.} (
15. Ng3 {was previusly played in two games between less strong players.} Qc7
16. Qd3 (16. Qe3 {Castillo Larenas,M-Maderna,C Buenos Aires 1935 (1-0, 32)})
16... Nf8 {Bauk,S (2269)-Pavlovic,D (2289) Podgorica 2007 (0-1, 36)}) ({
Actually, the standard} 15. c5 $5 {would be quite ok, here, too:} Qc7 (15...
Rab8 16. Qd3 $36) 16. Qd3 Kf8 17. b4 $14) 15... Qc7 {Leko spent 15 minutes on
this solid, but somewhat passive move. He was probably afraid that the queen
could get in danger on f4, and he was not completely wrong. The last move also
defends the bishop, preventing White's thematic c4-c5. As revealed by the next
comment, the dream of preparing his own ...c6-c5 when he wishes is not too
realistic.} ({If} 15... c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 $5 {Threatening ...c5-c4,
which would prevent White from setting the dangerous battery along the b1-h7
diagonal and cause the White queen some problems of mobility.} 18. Qa3 $1 {
Attacking a7 and pinning Pc5.} (18. Bb1 $5 c4 19. Qc2 Nf8 {and Black would be
doing fine.}) 18... a6 19. Ng3 Bf6 20. Be4 {[%csl Gd6,Gf4][%cal Gd5d6]
Threatening to put the queen in lethal danger with d5-d6} Qb8 21. Bf5 $36) 16.
Qe3 $1 {Quite logical: White takes the offered space. Concretely, White
reinforces the positional threat c4-c5 and gets ready for the opening of the
e-file after the game continuation.} c5 {This offers White the initiative, but
it is hard to see how Black could improve his position before carrying out
this operation. Apart from the permanent threat c4-c5, White still has the
simple h4-h5 to strengthen his kingside pressure.} 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 {
Aronian spent on this natural move more than ten minutes. He must have
considered the knight retreats to g3 and c3, coming to the conclusion that it
is too early to define his intentions regarding the knight. White has an
active position, but needs to play with precision. If his initiative vanishes,
he could even get some problems, due to his (now strong) d5-pawn.} Nf8 $6 {
Played almost without thinking, this will lead to a passive position.} ({
Black would have had better chances to hold the position with} 18... Bd6 {
True, White's intrusion along the e-file looks threatening:} 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20.
Qe7 Qxe7 21. Rxe7 {but after} Kf8 22. d6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nf6 {things would not
be entirely clear. Black threatens to simplify with ...Rd7, while after} 24.
Rc7 Ne8 25. Rc6 {he would have the strong defensive move} g6 $1 {Preparing ...
Rd7 without fearing Bf5 and clearing the g7-square for the knight.} 26. d7 Ng7
{With his king close to the main theatre of action, Black has good chances to
hold. The evaluation of Aronian's opening play greatly depends on the
evaluation of this variation and the possibility of finding anything more
constructive than 16...c5.}) 19. Ng3 {Gaining a tempo for the defence of the
d5-pawn and preparing for establishing the kingside domination with h4-h5 and
Nf5.} Bf6 20. Be4 $1 {The b2-pawn is not important, it is the central passed
pawn that counts.} Re8 ({Leko hesitated for 17 minutes before declining the
sacrifice. If} 20... Bxb2 21. Qb3 Bf6 22. d6 Qd7 23. Bf5 Qc6 24. Ne4 {White
has strong pressure.}) 21. d6 Qd7 22. Qd2 {Since the dark-squared bishop
cannot attack the passed pawn any more, the fight has become rather one-sided.
White can increase his pressure at no risk. By now, even Wilhelm Steinitz
would have to admit that, according to his own criteria, White has managed to
convert his advance in development and initiative into something more palpable,
more stable.} Ne6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf5 Red8 25. Re3 {Just one of the possible
ways of activating White's position.} ({Strategically,} 25. h5 {looks quite
appealing.}) 25... h5 {This natural move fails to consolidate the kingside.
The weakening of the g5-square will have more serious effects than it may seem
at first sight.} 26. Qe2 b5 (26... Nf4 {does not achieve much after} 27. Qc4
Ne6 28. Rde1) 27. Ng5 $1 {The start of the final attack.} Nf4 ({Black had no
favourable way of taking the pawn, for instance} 27... Nxg5 28. hxg5 Bxg5 29.
Qxh5 {(threatening Rh3)} Bxe3 30. Ne7+) 28. Qf1 c4 29. g3 Nd3 {The last hope.
Would the outpost on d3 be able to bring in some relief?} 30. Rdxd3 $1 {
Not really! Aronian played this exchange sacrifice (truly in the spirit of the
former World Champion Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian) after just one minute. The
knight was the only good thing in Black's position. After its disppearance,
Black will not be able to cope with the kingside threats and with the passed
pawn at the same time.} cxd3 31. Qxd3 Bxg5 {Black has to eliminate this knight.
} ({For instance,} 31... Rd7 32. Ne7+ {leads to mate.}) 32. hxg5 {Threatening
Qd4 or Qc3.} g6 33. Ne7+ Kh7 34. Rf3 $5 {A good practical decision, based on a
correct evaluation of the ensuing ending. As postulated by Steinitz, one form
of advantage can be transformed into some other form if the objective 
(abstract) evaluation does not change. From a killing attack to a won ending,
I have heard so many times that this is the most technical approach. There are
many other ways to win, though.} (34. Re6 $5 {is an elegant attacking move}) ({
but the most natural continuation would be} 34. Qd4 b4 35. Qf6 Rf8 36. Nf5 $1
gxf5 37. Re7 Qd5 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. g6 {with inevitable mate.}) 34... Qxe7 35.
dxe7 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Re8 37. Rd7 a5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Kh3 $1 {It is important to
activate the king before Black gets to attack the e7-pawn.} f5 {There is no
other way of freeing the king.} 40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Kh4 a4 ({Taking the pawn
would lead to a lost pawn ending:} 41... Rxe7 42. Rxe7 Kxe7 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. f4
Kg7 45. f5 gxf5 46. Kxf5 Kh6 47. Kf6 {wins.}) 42. a3 Kf7 43. f4 Kf6 44. Rb7 Ra8
45. Rb6+ $1 {An accurate way of simplifying to a technical ending.} Kxe7 46.
Rxg6 Rd8 47. Rg5 b4 48. Ra5 Rd2 49. Rxa4 bxa3 50. Rxa3 {With two extra pawns
White would have no problem winning.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Anand-Kramnik +3-1=8"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 ({The whole match situation had become
much worse for Kramnik since the 4th game where he preferred the more solid
Queen's Gambit by playing} 4... Be7 {. This time, he simply could not afford
to play for just equality with Black.}) 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {Despite his
advantage on the score table, Anand does not shy away from complications,
probably aiming to maintain the initiative in the match.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {Both players are well-versed in the subtleties of this modern
tabyia, having played it with reversed colours, too!} 10. Qc2 $5 {A relatively
rare move.} ({The main stream of theory goes} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7
(12. Nxf7 $5 {(Topalov's sensational novelty, experimented with successfully
against none other than Kramnik!)} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16.
Bg4 h5 $5 $146 (16... Raf8 {Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/
[Krasenkow] (1-0, 44)}) 17. Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 $44 {Shirov,A (2740)
-Karjakin,S (2732)/Foros 2008/CBM 125/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 36)}) 12... Nxd7 13.
Bd6 a6 {Recently, both opponents had had this position with opposite colours
compared to their match game.} 14. Re1 {Radjabov,T (2735)-Anand,V (2799)/Wijk
aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 85)} (14. a4 {Kramnik,V (2799)-Aronian,
L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee 2008/CBM 122/[Krasenkow] (1-0, 110)})) 10... Nbd7 11. Rd1
{White is in no hurry to get castled and prefers to strengthen the pressure in
the centre. The queen's rook obviously is useful in the centre, but even the
other rook may be activated with an eventual h4.} ({In the event of the hurried
} 11. O-O {Black has obtained good results with} Nh5 {, which is enabled by
the fact that without a rook on d1} 12. d5 {is not that strong.} ({Or,
similarly,} 12. a4 a6 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bg7 {Lugovoi,A (2500)-Sakaev,K 
(2600)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056/[Lutz] (1/2, 37)}) 12... Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bg7
14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 O-O 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qg6 c5 18. Ne4 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Nxe5 $17
{Grabuzova,T (2340)-Korneev,O (2560)/Linares 1998/CBM 062 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11...
Bb4 {An important decision. Black creates some indirect pressure on the
e4-pawn (and somewhat inhibits d5) by undermining the c3-knight. An even more
important aspect is that he prepares the e7-square for his queen. In other
games, Her Majesty has preferred the b6-square.} (11... Qb6 12. O-O Nh5 $6 {
Prematurely weakening the control over the centre.} ({For} 12... Be7 {see below
}) 13. d5 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O (14... Bg7 15. a4 a6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. e5 O-O-O
18. Qg6 Rhg8 19. Qxe6 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne4 $36) 15. b3 {We shall see this
move more than once. White enlarges the horizons of his light-squared bishop
and of his queen and makes the black queenside majority less threatening.} cxb3
16. axb3 a6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. e5 Bb4 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 Qb6 22.
b4 $44 {Chernin,A (2620)-Pavasovic,D (2495)/Feldbach 1997/EXT 98 (1-0, 44).
White has the safer king's position, more active pieces and a more compact
structure. Quite enough to compensate for the minimal material deficit.}) (
11... Be7 12. O-O Qb6 ({The queen is somewhat out of play after} 12... Qa5 {
, leaving the kingside slightly weakened.} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rf8 15. f4 Nd7
16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bxh6 b4 {This weakening move is more or less necessary in
order to establish some connection between the queen and the kingside. However,
in Amigues,E (2391)-Godena,M (2530)/Marseille 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 31) White
could have retained an advantage with the simple} 18. Nb1 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc4]})
13. b3 ({White can also play simpler with} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 O-O 15. h4 $44
) 13... cxb3 14. Qxb3 {This move drives the queen away from the kingside,
where she is supposed to sustain the attack.} (14. axb3 $5) 14... a6 15. Ne5
O-O 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. e5 Rad8 18. Bf3 {White decides to keep the queenside
under pressure, but, being a pawn down on that side, his chances of success
are questionable.} b4 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Qc2 c5 $15 {Sargissian,G (2630)
-Anastasian,A (2574)/Yerevan 2005/CBM 107 (0-1, 42)}) (11... Nh5 {has not been
tried yet, but} 12. d5 Nxg3 13. hxg3 $36 {seems to offer White strong
initiative.}) 12. Ne5 Qe7 $146 {A novelty. Kramnik plays the least committal
move, refraining from clarifying the situation in the centre and keeping open
the possibility of castling on either side.} (12... Rg8 $6 {is illogical, as
it fails to contribute to the development and gives up the right to castle
short.} 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 a6 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. d5 $40 {Van Wely,L (2643)-Dao
Thien Hai (2555)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz] (1-0, 26). In fact, in his
notes to this game, Lutz had recommended Kramnik's move as a possible
improvement for Black, so that "novelty" may not be an entirely accurate
description of 12...Qe7.}) (12... Nxe5 {offers White additional possibilities.}
13. dxe5 ({After} 13. Bxe5 {, Black should not castle because of 14.h4, but}
Qe7 {is likely to transpose to the game.}) 13... Nd7 14. h4 Qe7 (14... Rf8 $5 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Ge2h5,Gh1h7]} 15. hxg5 hxg5) 15. hxg5 Qxg5 16. Kf1 Be7 17. Rh3
Qg7 18. f4 O-O-O 19. Bf2 $44 {Necesany,Z (2410)-Bucker,J (2482)/ICCF Email
2001/Corr 2004 (0-1, 34)}) (12... O-O $6 13. h4 $1 $36 {[%csl Gh1]}) 13. O-O (
13. h4 {would be strongly met by} O-O-O {when White would remain with problems
finding a safe place for his king.}) 13... Nxe5 (13... O-O-O $6 {looks too
risky now that White has not lost a tempo with the self-weakening move h4.} 14.
a4 a6 (14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxc3 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Bxc4 $1 $16)
15. Nxd7 Rxd7 (15... Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. d5 $40 {White has strong threats.
For instance, Black has no time to launch a counterattack with} h5 $2 {because
of} 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 20. Bxc4 $18) 16. Be5 Rg8 17. axb5 axb5 18.
b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxf6 Qb4 $5) 20... Nxe4 21. Qc2 {[%cal
Gc2e4,Ge2b5]} Nd6 22. Rfe1 $5 $40 {[%cal Gd4d5,Ge2g4] Despite his two extra
pawns, Black finds himself under strong pressure.}) 14. Bxe5 (14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
a4 h5 $5 $132) 14... O-O {After a wait-and-see game, both players have
eventually castled short. White has to find a way to build up an attack before
Black opens the centre with ...c5.} 15. Bxf6 {After this exchange, White will
practically be fighting for equality. Anand may have thought that the tempo
lost by the enemy queen would offer him attacking chances, but in the game
things will prove to be less simple than that. However, it is not easy to
suggest a more constructive plan.} (15. f4 $6 Nd7 $1 {leaves the bishop
terribly misplaced.}) (15. b3 {looks logical, because it aims to make the
d3-square available for the bishop, in view of a further exchange on f6
followed by e5, Bd3, Ne4, etc. However, it leads to unclear consequences.} cxb3
16. Qxb3 ({White has to put the bishop under some pressure, because} 16. axb3 {
would allow} Nd7 17. Bg3 e5 $132) 16... Nd7 (16... a5 $6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. e5
$40 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gc3e4,Gf2f4]}) 17. Bg3 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5]} Nf6 {(/\=)} 18. e5
$5 Bxc3 $8 (18... Nd5 $2 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. f4 $40) 19. exf6 Qb4 $13 {White
obviously has compensation for the missing pawn, because of his huge advantage
in space on the kingside, but it is not easy to suggest a clear-cut
continuation of the attack. The problem is that avoiding the queen exchange
would lose the d4- and possibly the f6-pawn.}) 15... Qxf6 16. f4 $5 (16. e5 Qf5
17. Ne4 Be7 {[%cal Gc6c5] looks relatively safe for Black, because Bd3 is not
available and the queen feels more or less OK on f5.}) 16... Qg7 (16... gxf4
17. e5 Qf5 18. Qxf5 exf5 19. Rxf4 $36) 17. e5 (17. f5 Rad8 18. e5 f6 $5 $132 {
The weakness of the dark squares in White's camp will soon be felt.}) 17... c5
$1 $132 {Although White is better developed, he faces serious problems
maintaining his stability in the centre.} (17... f5 $6 18. exf6 Qxf6 {would
unnecessarily weaken the kingside, leaving White with more than one way to
develop his initiative.}) 18. Nxb5 cxd4 19. Qxc4 a5 20. Kh1 $5 {A
multi-purpose move. The king evacuates the dangerous g1-a7 diagonal and clears
the g1-square for the rook, hoping for a sequence such as ...gxf4, Bf3 Bxf3,
gxf3! followed by Rg1 with an attack.} Rac8 21. Qxd4 {White is a pawn up now,
but the e5-pawn is as good as lost and Black's bishops are very active.} gxf4 (
21... Bc5 $5 {[%csl Gg1] may have been a better try, to retain a small
advantage.} 22. Qa4 (22. Qd2 $6 gxf4 23. Bf3 Be3 $1 24. Qe2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Qxe5
$17) 22... gxf4 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Qxe5 25. Qxf4 (25. Rxf4 Rfd8 26. Rff1
Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qxb2 $15) 25... Qxf4 26. Rxf4 Rfd8 $15 {The bishop is more
active than the knight and the f- and e-pawns may soon become dangerous.}) 22.
Bf3 Ba6 (22... Bxf3 $2 23. gxf3 $16 {[%cal Gd4f4,Gf1g1]}) 23. a4 $6 {Anand was
getting short of time by now and started playing simple moves.} (23. Qb6 $5
Bxb5 24. Qxb5 Rc5 25. Qa4 Rxe5 26. a3 Bc5 27. Qxf4 $11 {We have reached the
same type of position as in the game, but White is not a pawn down anymore.})
23... Rc5 24. Qxf4 Rxe5 25. b3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rxb5 $15 {/-/+ Black's chances
for success depend very much on his possibility of advancing the f- and
e-pawns. With queens on board, this is not easy, of course.} 27. Be4 Bc3 {
Kramnik was not left with too much time either. He seems to have considered
that with opposite coloured bishops on board he should play for an attack with
queens, but this plan will prove not realistic.} ({From the point of view of
my previous comment,} 27... Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f4,Gf7f5] deserves serious attention.
}) 28. Bc2 Be5 29. Qf2 (29. Qf3 $5) 29... Bb8 {[%cal Gb5h5] Not a very happy
regrouping. If the bishop does not help to deliver mate, it will just be
passive and exposed.} 30. Qf3 {[%csl Rh5]} Rc5 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. g3 Kh8 (32...
Rxb3 $2 33. Bh7+ $1 $14) 33. Qb7 {It appears that White is better regrouped
now and Black's progress is far from easy.} f5 {This is not such a good moment
to start advancing the pawns, because they will be submitted to strong
pressure.} 34. Qb6 $1 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]} (34. Qxg7+ $6 Kxg7 $17 {[%cal Gg7f6] is
precisely what Black would be dreaming of.}) 34... Qe5 35. Qb7 ({Anand misses
a forced way out of troubles with} 35. Bxf5 $1 exf5 (35... Rxf5 36. Rxf5 {
[%csl Rb8]} exf5 37. Qxh6+ Kg8 38. Qg5+ $18 {[%cal Gd1d8]}) 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37.
Qg6+ Qg7 38. Qe6+ Qf7 (38... Kh8 39. Rxf5) 39. Qxf7+ Rxf7 40. Rd8+ Rf8 41.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. Rxf5+ Kg7 43. Rxa5 $11 {and Black will probably not even get
the R+B vs R ending.}) 35... Qc7 $6 {With the king far from the central pawns,
the exchange of queens helps White to reach a safe zone.} (35... Rg8 $5 {
[%csl Rg3] would have kept White under pressure.}) 36. Qxc7 Bxc7 37. Bc4 Re8 (
37... a4 38. Rd7 $132) ({Black does not seem to be well regrouped for} 37... e5
38. Rd7 Bb6 $5 (38... Bd8 39. Bd3 {leaves the black king somewhat exposed, for
instance} f4 40. gxf4 exf4 {The capture with the rook is not possible because
of the hanging bishop on d8.} 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rg1+ Bg5 43. Rxh6 $11) 39. Rd6
Be3 40. Ra6 {Black will lose his extra pawn, while the exposed position of his
king makes it difficult to capitalize on the better structure.}) 38. Rd7 a4 39.
Rxc7 axb3 40. Rf2 Rb8 41. Rb2 $11 h5 (41... Rc2 42. Rxc2 bxc2 43. Bxe6 Rb1+ 44.
Kg2 c1=Q 45. Rxc1 Rxc1 46. Bxf5 $11) 42. Kg2 h4 43. Rc6 hxg3 44. hxg3 Rg8 45.
Rxe6 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 ({Agrest
had some recent experience with this position. His previous game continued in
no less spectacular way than the game from Turin:} 14. e5 c5 15. Bh5 Bf8 16. d5
Bxd6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. dxe6+ Kg7 19. exd6 Ne5 20. f4 Nd3 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. f5
Nf4 {0-1 Agrest,E (2591)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/Asnieres sur Seine FRA 2006/
TWIC 600 (37) and Black managed to consolidate.}) 14... e5 15. f4 {The
attacking sequence starting with this move is characteristic for the romantic
style of the King's Gambit.} gxf4 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Ke6 19.
Rad1 Bxd6 20. Qg4+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Ke6 22. Ne2 c5 23. Nxf4+ Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25.
Rxf8 Nxf8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxb7 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 15th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Perunovic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Marjanovic,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 ({The Anti-Moscow
Variation} 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 {is one of the most
difficult variation, because White has to prove that he has adequate
compensation for the sacrificed pawn. This variation has been played by the
strongest grandmasters of the world. The following game is good example of the
statement above.} 10. O-O ({Many games were played with} 10. Qc2) (10. e5) (10.
Ne5) ({and the most popular} 10. h4) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd6 a6 14. a4 b4 (14... e5 $5 {with an unclear position}) 15. Bxb4 (15. Nb1 Nf6
16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe5 19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 22.
Qe1 (22. Qb3 $6 Qf4 23. Qf3 Qh4 24. Qg4 Nxf2+ 25. Rxf2 Qxf2 26. c6 $2 (26. Rf1
Qg3 27. Nd6+ Rxd6 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. cxd6 Bf4 30. Bf3 Kd7 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32. g3
Rxb7 33. Bc3 Bxg3 34. Rxf7+ Kc6 35. Rf6 Kxd6 36. Rxh6 $17) 26... Bxc6 $19 27.
Rf1 Qg3 28. Qxg3 Bxg3 29. Bh5 Rd4 30. Bxf7+ Kd7 31. Bc3 Rh4+ 32. Kg1 Bh2+ 33.
Kf2 Rf4+ {0-1 (33) Van Wely,L (2693)-So,W (2706) Hoogeveen 2013}) 22... Rd4 23.
Ba5 Qf4 24. Ra3 g4 25. Rd3 Rxd3 26. Bxd3 Nxc5 $15) 15... Qb6 16. Ba3 Qxd4 17.
Qc2 c5 18. Rad1 Qe5 19. Bxc4 Qc7 $11) 6... Qxf6 7. Qb3 {The second possibility}
({The main line in the Moscow Variation is} 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6
10. O-O Bg7 {where Black has to play very precisely in order to equalise}) 7...
a5 {This weakens the b6-square. with the pawns We have to play with the pawns
only if it is necessary (especially in openings)!} ({7...dxc4 has been played
more often, or 7...Nbd7} 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 (9. g3 e5 $1) 9... g6 (
9... Qe7 10. a3 g6 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 (
15... cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. d6 Qf6 $11) 16. dxc6 (16. d6) 16... bxc6 17. Qc2
Rfb8 18. Nd2 a5 19. Rb1 h5 20. Nc4 Be6 21. Nxb6 (21. Na4) 21... Rxb6 22. Qc1 a4
23. Nd1 Ra5 24. Qd2 Ra7 25. Qc1 Ra5 26. Qd2 Ra7 27. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 (27) Le Quang,
L (2693)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2684) Istanbul 2012}) (9... Be7 10. g3 (10. e3) 10...
O-O (10... e5) 11. Bh3 Qg6 12. O-O Qc2 (12... Qh5) 13. Rd2 Nb6 14. Rxc2 Nxc4
15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Ne5 Rd8 17. e3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40) Navara,D (2700)-Motylev,A 
(2656) Yerevan ARM 2014; with a small advantage for White.}) 10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2
(11. Bh3 $5) 11... O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 (12... e5 13. d5) 13. O-O b6 14. e3 Bb7 15.
Nd2 Nf6 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc4 (18. Qa4 $13) 18... c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7
20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rxc5 $15 22. b3 Qc6 23. Qd6 Nd5 (23... Qf3 $15) 24.
Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Ne2 b5 26. Nd2 Ra6 27. Rc8+ Kh7 28. Nc1 Nc3 29. Kf1 Nxa2 30. Nxa2
Rxa2 31. Ne4 a5 (31... g5 $15) 32. Rc7 Rb2 $6 33. Rxf7 Rxb3 34. Ra7 a4 $2 (
34... g5) 35. Nf6+ Kh8 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Nd7 $18 {1-0 (43) Ivanchuk,V (2746)
-Navara,D (2654) Prague 2009}) (7... Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11.
O-O Be7 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 (14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc3 Nxe4 16. Rxe4
Qc7 $11) 14... g6 $1 (14... f5 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qd1 (16. Qa3 $14) 16... d3 (
16... Qc7) 17. Rxe7 dxc2 18. Qxc2 Qd6 19. Re5 Qd3 20. Qc1 (20. Qd1) 20... b6
21. b4 Ne4 22. Qb2 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Nxc3 24. Nd4 f4 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Bd7 27.
h4 a5 {1/2-1/2 (27) Navara,D (2705)-Ponomariov,R (2731) Lysa nad Labem CZE 2014
}) 15. Qxd4 Nc5 $11) 8. e3 $1 {In my opinion, better than 8.a3 or 8.e4} Nd7 ({
Black does not equalise, not even after} 8... a4 9. Nxa4 (9. Qc2 a3) 9... dxc4
10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bxb5 cxb5 12. Nb6 Qd8 13. Nxa8 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 Bd7 15. d5 Qxa8 (
15... b4 16. e4 $14) 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. O-O Be7 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Rac1 (19. Rfd1
Qa4 20. Qxa4 bxa4 21. Nd4 $14) 19... O-O (19... Qa4 20. Qxa4 bxa4 21. Rc7 O-O
22. b4 axb3 23. axb3 $14) 20. Rfd1 Kh8 21. Rc7 Rd8 (21... Bc8 $2 {0-1 (48)
Tikkanen,H (2544)-Perunovic,M (2613) Warsaw 2013}) 22. h3 $14) 9. Bd3 Bd6 10.
O-O O-O $146 {A novelty} ({After} 10... Qe7 {White stands slighty better} 11.
c5 (11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. d5 (13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 a4 (
15... Bd4+ {0-1 (39) Danielian,O (2455)-Guliev,S (2470) Moscow 1995}) 16. Bxf7+
Kf8 17. Nxa4 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 b5 $17) 13... O-O 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Qe3
Nf6 $11) (11. a3 $5 O-O 12. Rfe1 $14) 11... Bc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14.
Rfe1 $14) 11. Rfe1 Bc7 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. a3 $14 {White has a small advantage.}
dxc4 14. Qxc4 e5 15. Ne4 {An imprecision.} ({A better try is} 15. Bb1 Re8 (
15... Nf6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 $14) 16. h3 $14) ({
or} 15. Bc2 Re8 (15... Nf6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd4 (18. Rd4 $14)
18... Qxd4 19. Rxd4 $14) 16. Qd3 $14) 15... Re8 ({Black has missed an
opportunity to equalise:} 15... Nb6 $1 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 exd4 18. exd4 (18.
Nxd4 g6) 18... Rd8 $11) 16. Qc2 Nf6 (16... Bb8 17. Bc4 $14) 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.
d5 $14 {And White has (at least) a small advantage.} Qe7 (18... Bd7 19. Bh7+
Kh8 20. Be4 $14) 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Be4 c5 (20... cxd5 21. Rxd5 $1 Be6 (21... Rb8
22. Rc5 Bd6 23. Rxa5 $14) 22. Rb5 Rab8 23. Rxb7 (23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 $14)
23... Rxb7 24. Bxb7 $14) 21. Nd2 Bd6 (21... a4 22. Rc1 Ra5) 22. a4 g6 (22...
Bd7) 23. Bd3 f5 (23... Bd7) 24. Bb5 Rd8 25. Nc4 $16 {White has the upper hand.}
Qc7 ({After} 25... e4 26. Rc1 Qc7 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 {
White has a pawn more, with good chances to try to win the ending.}) 26. Qc3
Kh7 27. f4 e4 28. Qf6 b6 29. Ne5 Rg8 30. Qf7+ $1 {In a better position White
found a way to push forward his d-pawn.} (30. Nf7 Be7 31. Qe5 Qxe5 32. Nxe5 $16
) (30. Nc4 Rd8 31. h4 $16) (30. Re2 Qd8 31. Qxd8 Rxd8 32. Nf7 Bb7 $16) 30...
Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Bf8 32. d6 Be6 33. Ne5 (33. d7 Be7 34. Ne5 $16) 33... Rd8 34. d7
Rg7 35. Rd2 g5 $6 {A dubious move.} ({It was better} 35... Be7 36. Red1 Bb3 37.
Rf1 $16) ({or} 35... c4 36. Red1 Bc5 37. Rd6 $16) 36. Red1 ({White wins after} 
36. fxg5 $1 c4 (36... hxg5 37. g4 $18) 37. Red1 Bc5 (37... hxg5 38. Bxc4 $18)
38. Rd6 Re7 (38... Bxe3+ 39. Kh1 Re7 40. Bxc4 $18) 39. Kf2 $18) 36... gxf4 37.
exf4 e3 (37... c4 38. g3 Bc5+ 39. Kf1 $16) (37... h5 38. Kf2 $16) 38. Re2 c4 {
The final inaccuracy.} (38... Bb3 39. Rde1 (39. Rc1 c4 40. Rc3) 39... c4 40.
Rxe3 Bc5 41. Kf1 Bxe3 42. Rxe3 $16) 39. Rxe3 Bc5 40. Kf2 $18 {White has a
decisive advantage.} Bxe3+ 41. Kxe3 Rxg2 (41... h5 42. Rd6 Bg8 43. g3 $18) 42.
Rd6 Bxd7 43. Bxd7 Kg7 44. Rxb6 Rxh2 45. Bxf5 Rdd2 46. Rb7+ Kf8 47. Rf7+ Ke8 48.
Bg6 Rxb2 49. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Matlakov,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 {This is one of the most interesting sidelines in the
Moscow Variation.Of course, I understood that I would not surprise my opponent
with this line, but what should I do against one of the best theoreticians of
the world? The main line 10.e4 was based mostly on Gelfand's games, that's why
I even didn't considered this move.} c5 {The most forced and straightforward.}
({Black has many options, such as} 10... Nd7 11. f4 Qe7 12. Qb3 $5 $13 {
with an unbalanced position.}) ({The tricky idea of developing Be2 turns out
after} 10... dxc4 {which is good with bishop on d3, but here White gets a
strong alternative:} 11. f4 $1 Qe7 (11... Nd7 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. Ne4 $1 $14) 12.
Nxc4 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Qd8 15. Bf3 $1 {That's the difference! White has
excellent coordination and totally control of the d5-square.} {For instance}
Be6 ({or} 15... Nc6 16. Qa4 Rb8 17. Qb5 $14) 16. Nd6 $1 {with initiative.}) 11.
cxd5 cxd4 12. exd4 exd5 13. Bf3 Nc6 14. Re1 Qd6 {We reached this position
spending a few minutes. We both knew that this line is completely fine for
Black, and even the stylish move} 15. Nxf7 {was not a novelty and didn't come
as a surprise for Boris.} ({Of course any of the captures on d5 leads to
nothing:} 15. Bxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. h3 Be6 ({also fine is} 17... Bf5) 18.
Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Nd5 {Not forced, but provoking nice simplifications.}
Rad8 21. Rad1 Rfe8 22. f4 Bd4+ $1 23. Qxd4 Rxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxe1+
26. Kf2 Rb1 $11) ({or} 15. Nxd5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qd2 Be6 18. Rad1 Bxh2+
19. Kh1 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Bf4 21. Qd4 Kh7 $11) 15... Rxf7 16. Bxd5 {During the
prep I realised it is nearly 100% that Boris analysed this sacrifice and knew
the way to a draw, but on the other side it's very tempting to make the
opponent remember the narrow path of the only moves, especially in rapid
control when you haven't much time to relax. In most cases it leads to a
5-minute draw , but sometimes you can get lucky like me in this game.} Bf5 $1 {
The only move.} ({Immediately losing is} 16... Bxd4 $2 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qb3+
Kg7 19. Re8 Ne7 20. Re1 Bf6 21. R1xe7+ Bxe7 22. Qg8+ Kf6 23. Ne4+ {1-0 (23)
Postny,E (2601)-Veinberg,N (2401) Ramat Gan ISR 2019}) ({Also too dangerous is
} 16... Qf8 $5 17. Qb3 $1 Bxd4 (17... Nxd4 $2 {is refuted by} 18. Bxf7+ Qxf7
19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 21. Qb4+ Kg8 22. Qxd4 $18) 18. Ne4 Be5 19. f4 $1
Bd4+ (19... Bxf4 20. Rf1 g5 21. g3 $18) 20. Kh1 Bd7 21. Qxb7 Rd8 22. Rad1 Be8
23. Qb3 Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qc2 Qf5 26. Qc1 {with better chances.}) 17. g4
Bd7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Nb5 Qb4 ({The alternative} 19... Qf6 {also leads to
equality:} 20. Qb3+ Kf8 21. Re3 Bxg4 22. Rae1 {but here only} Bd7 $1 {
maintains the balance} (22... Qg5 $2 23. f4 $18) (22... Bf5 $2 23. Nc7 Rb8 24.
Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8#) 23. Rf3 Bf5 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Rfe3 Bd7 26. Rf3 Bf5 $11) 20.
Qf3+ Kg8 21. Qd5+ Kh7 22. Qxd7 Qxb5 23. Re7 Rg8 24. Rae1 Qxb2 25. Qxb7 {
The culmination of the battle.} Qc2 $2 {The decisive mistake. After} (25... Qc3
{there was nothing left than to repeat the position with} 26. R1e3 ({because
after} 26. Qc7 {Black has the saving resource} Qf3 $1) 26... Qc1+ 27. Re1 $11)
26. Qc7 $1 {That's the point! Now Black is in trouble due to the knight's pin.}
Qa4 (26... Nxd4 27. Qxc2 Nxc2 28. Rd1 $18 {White totally dominates.}) 27. Qd7
Qc4 28. Rf7 Nxd4 29. Ree7 Kh8 $1 {The best resource.} (29... Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc6+
31. f3 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Ne6 33. f4 $1 {should be winning.}) 30. Kg2 (30. Rxg7 $2
Rxg7 31. Rxg7 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne1+ 33. Kg1 Nf3+ $11) 30... Nc2 $2 (30... Qc6+ $1 {
was the only move to continue the game:} 31. Qxc6 Nxc6 32. Re4 (32. Rc7 Ne5 $1
{and due to the hanging pawn g4 Black wins an important tempo.} 33. Rf4 Nd3)
32... Rd8 {with good drawing chances.}) 31. Qe6 $1 {Now it is over.} Qd3 32.
Re8 Rxe8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 Ne1+ 35. Qxe1 Qd5+ 36. Rf3 Qxa2 37. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 39th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2011.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 {In der Mehrzahl meiner Partien in
Dortmund gingen meine Gegner einem Duell in einer Hauptvariante aus dem Weg.}
5. Qa4+ (5. e4) 5... c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 $1 {Ich denke diese Variante
zieht 5.Qa4 den Zahn.} 8. e4 (8. Bg5 c5 9. Bxf6 $5 {ist ein neuerer Versuch
von Wang Hao, der zu zweischneidigen Stellungen führt.}) 8... c5 {Nach eigener
Aussage improvisierte Liem am Brett. Er konnte natürlich nicht wissen, dass
ich damit schon im Internet-Blitz auf schach.de konfrontiert wurde! Er hatte
wohl einfach darauf gehofft dass ich nicht zur Wiener Variante und nach 5.Qa4+
wenigstens nicht zu 7...a6 greifen würde...} 9. e5 ({Üblich ist} 9. dxc5 Bxc5
10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {aber Weiß erreicht dort regelmäßig nichts.} {Und der scharfe
Versuch} 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. O-O-O {geht nach hinten los:} Nd7 14. Ne4
Bb7 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bh4 Ne4 17. Rd4 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Nexf2 19. h3 Nxh1 20. hxg4
h5 21. g5 g6 22. Be2 Ke7 23. Be1 h4 24. Nxh4 Rhd8 25. Rf4 Ng3 26. Bxg3 Rd2 27.
Bg4 Rcc2 {0-1 Navara,D (2672)-Kramnik,V (2788)/Prague 2008/CBM 124 Extra (36)})
9... Nd5 $146 (9... cxd4 10. Nxb5 axb5 11. exf6 Nc6 {ist schwer zu beurteilen
und ich wusste, dass Schwarz nach 9...Nd5 nichts zu befürchten hat.}) 10. Bg5
Qb6 $1 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 {Strukturell hat Weiß keinerlei Vorteil,
denn der Pe5 ist anfällig, gleichzeitig muss er sich schon konkreten Problemen
widmen.} 13. Qc2 Nc6 ({Eine gute Alternative bestand in} 13... Bg4 $5 14. Bd3
Bxf3 15. gxf3 {dies schätzte ich als nur symbolisch schlechter für Weiß ein.})
(13... h6 $2 14. Be3) 14. Rc1 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Nd4 $5 {Die dahinterstehende Idee
verführte mich zu diesem Zug, während objektiv betrachtet ...Bxd2+ vorzuziehen
war.} (15... Bxd2+ $142 16. Qxd2 O-O 17. Bd3 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. O-O Rae8) 17...
Bg4 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Re8 19. f4 f6 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 fxe5 22. fxe5
Rxe5 23. Rhe1 $132) 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Qxc6 Qa5+ 21. Qc3 Qxa2 22.
O-O Rac8 23. Qd2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 {mit einem Endspiel, in dem der schwarze
Vorteil wohl auch symbolisch bleiben wird.}) 16. Nxd4 (16. Qxc8+ $4 Rxc8 17.
Rxc8+ Kd7 18. Rxh8 Qc6 $1 $19) 16... Qxd4 17. Bxb4 Qxb4+ 18. Qc3 Qe4+ 19. Be2
O-O 20. f3 Qh4+ 21. g3 Qh6 $6 (21... Qh3 {nagelt den Bauern auf h2 fest und
gibt Weiß keinerlei Hoffnung auf Vorteil.}) 22. Kf2 Be6 23. Qd4 (23. h4 $142 d4
24. Qxd4 Rfd8 $5 (24... Bxa2 25. Rhd1 Qe6) 25. Qe3 Rd2 $132) 23... Rac8 24. Rc3
Rxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 {Schwarz ist bereit, mit f7-f6 den Damentausch einzuleiten,
wonach auf einmal der ganze weiße Damenflügel schwach wird. Weiß macht nun ein
paar genaue Züge, um das Gleichgewicht zu wahren.} (25... f6 {wäre verfrüht:}
26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6 Rxf6 28. Ke3 d4+ 29. cxd4 Bxa2 30. Bd3) 26. h4 f6 27. a4
$1 {Weiß tauscht potentielle Schwächen ab und liquidiert damit zum Remis.} bxa4
28. Ra1 fxe5 29. Qxe5 Bf7 {Noch ein kleiner Versuch Verwirrung zu stiften,
denn ...Qd2 wird ermöglicht.} 30. Qd4 {Lässt keine Spielereien zu.} Qc6 31.
Rxa4 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Rxa6 Kf8 34. Ra8+ Ke7 35. Ra7+ Kf8 36. Ra8+ Ke7 37.
Ra7+ Kf8 38. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sanikidze, Tornike"]
[Black "Doluhanova, Evgeniya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2332"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 (5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O (10. h4) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd6 {[%csl Re8]} a6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1 Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxe5
19. Na3 Qc7 20. Nxc4 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 {Van Wely,L (2693)-So,W (2706)
Hoogeveen Unive Crown 17th 2013 (4) 0-1} (21... Qf4 22. Nd6+ Nxd6 23. Qxd6 Qxd6
24. cxd6 Bf4 {Martinovic})) 5... Nbd7 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Qc2 Bb4 9. e3
O-O 10. Bd3 Qd8 $6 $146 {03 coups de Q dans les 10 premiers coups pour revenir
à la position initiale?} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 $132 {Ivanov,M (2461)
-Sarakauskas,G (2381) Schwarzach op-A 2000 (8) 1/2}) 11. O-O (11. O-O-O $5 $32
{[%cal Gg2g4,Gg4g5]} dxc4 12. Bxc4 Be7 13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rhg1 $44 Nxf2 15. Rdf1)
11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd6 13. Rad1 $32 Qe7 14. Rfe1 (14. e4 e5) 14... b5 15. Bd3
Bb7 16. e4 e5 $8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rfd8 {Les Blancs n'ont pas réussi à
profiter de l'avance de développement et les Noirs sont proches de
l'égalité.} 19. Ne2 $1 Bb4 20. Rf1 a6 21. a3 Bd6 22. Ng3 {[%csl Gh6][%cal
Gg3f5]} g6 (22... g5 $2 23. Nf5 Qf8 24. Bg3 $36) 23. Qc1 (23. dxe5 $142 {
Semblait plus naturel pour tenter de profiter du centre Blanc} Nxe5 24. Nxe5
Qxe5 (24... Bxe5 25. f4 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 c5 $2 27. e5 $40) 25. f4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Qxc2
27. Bxc2 Be7 28. e5 Nd5 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Ne4 {[%csl Rb7]}) 23... Kh7 24. Nh1 {
Bizarre} c5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 (25... Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. f4) 26. Bb1 Qe6 27.
Nxe5 Nxe5 28. f4 Neg4 $6 (28... Rxd1 $142 29. Rxd1 Nc4) 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. h3
Rd4 31. hxg4 Nxe4 32. f5 Qd7 33. fxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Antwerp op"]
[Site "Antwerp"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Re1 Qe7 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nb6 15.
dxc6 $1 bxc6 (15... Nxc4 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Rxc4 bxc6 18. Rxc6 $1 $18) 16. Bb3 Rd8
17. Qc2 Bd7 $6 (17... Bg4) 18. h3 Be8 19. Na4 Nxa4 20. Bxa4 Rab8 21. Re3 Qb4
22. b3 Rbc8 23. Rc3 Rd6 24. Qe2 {Wegen der beschraenkten Aktivitaet der
schwarzen Lauefer und der geschwaechten Bauernstellung steht Weiss klar besser.
} Qb6 25. Rc5 Re6 26. a3 Bf8 27. Rxe5 Bxa3 $2 (27... Rxe5 28. Nxe5 Bxa3) 28.
Rxe6 fxe6 {Die schwarze Koenigsstellung ist jetzt eine Ruine.} 29. Rc2 Bf8 30.
e5 $1 Rd8 31. Qc4 Rd5 32. Qg4 Bf7 33. Rxc6 $1 Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Qxf2 35. Rc8 {
Droht vernichtend 36.Db4} Qb6 36. Qh4 {Und jetzt droht entweder Dxh6 oder De7.}
Qb7 37. Rxf8+ $1 Kxf8 38. Qxh6+ Ke7 39. Qh4+ Kf8 40. Ng5 Bg8 41. Qf4+ Kg7 $2 (
41... Bf7 42. Nxe6+ Kg8 43. Qf6 Bxe6 44. Qxg6+ Kf8 45. Qxe6 {und der Gewinn
kann Weiss nicht mehr entgehen.}) 42. Qf6+ Kh6 43. Be8 Qg7 44. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} c6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 8. Bg3
{[%emt 0:00:03]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 9. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 10. e5 {[%emt 0:00:08] Grischuk is one of the top experts in the Moscow
Gambit, but he trwas trying this line for the first time! It was somewhat
popular in 2009-2013, but 10.h4 remains the main line. But nobody remembers
that this move was introduced by Garry Kasparov!} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 11. O-O
{[%emt 0:00:15]} ({Possible is} 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. h4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 14. hxg5
cxd4 15. g6 fxg6 16. Bh5 Rg8 17. Qg4 Qe7 18. Bxg6+ Rxg6 19. Qxg6+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+
Kxf7 21. cxd4 Bxg2 22. Rh4 {Salem,A (2469)-Grigoriants,S (2566)/Pardubice 2010,
White stays just slightly better.}) 11... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} ({Before
Grischuk|s opponent played here} 11... Nd7 12. Nd2 Qb6 13. a4 a6 14. Nde4 O-O-O
15. Bh5 Rh7 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 Nf6 20. Bg4+
Nxg4 21. Qxg4+ Kb8 22. Qf5 {Mamedyarov,S (2742)-Karjakin,S (2727)/Moscow 2008,
with a winning position.}) 12. bxc3 {[%emt 0:02:31]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 13. a4
{[%emt 0:23:34]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:46]} 14. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:54] A typical
manoeuvre with the idea of recovering the sacrificed pawn.} ({Here} 14. axb5 {
has been tried:} axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Qb1 Bc6 17. Rd1 Nd7 18. d5 Bxd5 19.
Rxd5 exd5 20. e6 Bg7 21. Bd6 Qb6 22. exd7+ Kxd7 {Wukits,R (2293)-Kilgus,G 
(2443)/Vienna 2014 (27), Black's pawn group is very dangerous.}) ({Black was
promised good counterplay after} 14. dxc5 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Rb1 Nd7 19. Rxb5 Bc6 20. Ra5 O-O 21. Nd2 Rb8) 14... g4 {[%emt 0:
08:12]} (14... Qd7 {was clearly worse:} 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Bxc4)
15. Nh4 {[%emt 0:04:14]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:28:39]} ({The first move to check was} 
15... Be7 16. Ng6 fxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. dxc5 Qg8 19. Qb1 Kc8 20. axb5 axb5 21.
c6 Bxc6 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Qxb5 Qe8 24. Qxc4+ Qc6 25. Qxc6+ Bxc6 26. Bxg4 Bd7 {
in this position three pawns for a piece allow White just to hold, not more.})
16. axb5 {[%emt 0:17:05]} ({There was a different way which was not worse:} 16.
Bxc4 Qc8 17. Be2 dxc3 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Rc1 axb5 20. Bxb5 Ra3 21. Qd3) 16... d3
{[%emt 0:03:12]} 17. Bxg4 {[%emt 0:04:40] The position is totally unbalanced,
but in such cases sooner or later the safety of one's own king position will
decide!} a5 {[%emt 0:21:04]} 18. Bf3 {[%emt 0:22:33] The bishop on b7 is too
strong and must be exchanged.} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:05:02]} 19. Nxf3 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} ({A very promising line was} 19... Nd7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Qg5 24. Qd1 Nd5) 20. Ra4 {[%emt 0:07:32] White has
no other realistic target to attack.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. Qa2 {[%emt 0:00:
09] Black doesn't want to give up his c4-pawn, but maybe he should have.} Nb6
$2 {[%emt 0:02:48]} ({It was necessary to be realistic:} 21... Qxb5 22. Rb1 Qd5
23. Nd2 Be7 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. Nxc4 O-O {with good chances to save the game.})
22. Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 23. Qxa5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Qa2 $1 {[%emt 0:02:40] White understood that the queen has
to be urgently transferred to the other side. The extra pawn does not
guarantee anything, as Black holds an important asset - the passed d3-pawn.}
O-O {[%emt 0:06:23]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:47]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 26. Re1 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Be7 {[%emt 0:07:29]} ({I would try the more active} 26... Rg8
27. Kf1 Rg4) 27. Bf4 {[%emt 0:09:11]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Kh1 {[%emt 0:00:
29]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:12:01]} 29. Be3 $6 {[%emt 0:03:14]} ({A better option was to
start with} 29. Rb1) 29... Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 30. Bd4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxb5 {
[%emt 0:00:08] White gave up the pawn, but now it is time to create some
threats against the opponent's king.} 31. Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bg7 $2 {[%emt 0:
02:33] This move is simply bad. But the endgame would be anyhow better for
White.} (31... Rg7 32. Nd2 Qd5 33. f3 Be7 34. g3 Bg5 35. Qe4+ Qxe4 36. Nxe4 Rg8
37. f4) 32. Qxf7 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 33. Nd2 $6 {[%emt 0:01:
23]} ({Better was} 33. Nh4 d2 34. Qg6+ Kh8 35. Rf1 Nxe5 36. Qc2 Nd3 37. Qxd2)
33... Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 34. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} (
34... Nb8 $1 {Such backward moves are very difficult to see even for top
players. The threat Nc6-d4 would be very unpleasant.}) 35. Re3 {[%emt 0:04:38]}
({Even better was} 35. Re4 Nf8 36. f3) 35... Rg5 {[%emt 0:03:16]} ({A funny
draw was} 35... Nxe5 36. Rg3 Rf7 37. Qxf7 Nxf7 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Bf6 Qf5 40.
Rg6+ Kh7 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Rg6+) 36. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:02:29]}
({A good chance was} 36... Rxg3 37. hxg3 Nb8 $1 38. f4 Nc6 39. Qc7 Nxd4 40.
cxd4 Qxd4 41. Qxc4) 37. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 38. Nxc4 $6
{[%emt 0:01:05] A brave decision in deep time trouble. Grischuk calculated
this very well.} ({A very technical decision would be} 38. h4 g4 39. Kh2) 38...
Kg6 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 39. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nf7 $4 {[%emt 0:00:25] A
terrible time trouble blunder.} ({After the correct} 39... Kh6 40. Ne3 d2 $1
41. h3 $1 Qb3 42. Kh2 d1=Q 43. Nxd1 Qxd1 44. Qxe6+ {it is probably a draw.})
40. Qg8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00] A terrible pin - material losses are inevitable!} e5
41. Nxe5+ {1-0 (41) Grischuk,A (2780)-Karjakin,S (2753) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015}
1-0

[Event "Shenzhen FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2011.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "5400"]
[WhiteClock "0:00:00"]
[BlackClock "0:00:25"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qd8 11. c5 O-O 12. Nd6 ({It is possible to try to hold
the centre differently, but this way does not promise anything real to White:} 
12. Bc4 b6 13. O-O (13. b4 bxc5 14. bxc5 Ba6 15. Rc1 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qd5 17. Qe2
Nd7 18. Nc3 Qf5 19. O-O Rfb8 20. Re1 a5 21. h3 Rb4 22. g4 Qf4 23. Kg2 e5 24. a3
Rxc4 25. Qxc4 exd4 {1/2 Zakhartsov,V (2608)-Collas,D (2418)/Benasque 2010.
With very unclear play.} {as it was possible to try an aggressive way here:}
26. Nd5 $1) 13... bxc5 14. Nxc5 Nd7 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rb1 axb4 18. axb4
Nb6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Rd8 22. Bf1 Ne7 23. Ne4 Qc7 24. Qc3 Nf5
25. Rd2 Bd7 26. g3 Be8 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. Rbd1 Ne7 29. Rb1 Nd5 30. Qc4 {0-1
Mkrtchian,L (2463)-Aghasaryan,R (2337)/Kajaran 2011. White will keep the two
weaknesses on d4 and b4 against Black's weakness on c6.}) 12... b6 13. O-O {
Of course, it is always recommended to castle as soon as possible, but in
positions, where the centre is under fire it is possible to check out other
serious options:} (13. Qa4 $6 bxc5 14. dxc5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bc3+ 16. Ke2 Qc7 17.
h4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. h5 g5 20. Rhd1 Rb8 21. Qc4 Rxb1 22. Bxb1 Nf6 {0-1 Garza
Marco,S (2452)-Adla,D (2498)/Zaragoza 2010. White has no real compensation for
the pawn.}) (13. b4 Nd7 14. O-O a5 15. Qa4 b5 16. Qa3 e5 17. Be4 Ra6 18. dxe5 (
{It was stronger to exploit the pin for a tactical attack:} 18. Qb3 $1 axb4 19.
Bxg6) 18... axb4 19. Qxb4 Nxe5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rfe1 Qc3 {
0-1 Hillarp Persson,T (2576)-Rasmussen,K (2429)/Denmark 2010. Black moves into
an endgame with a few unpleasant white weaknesses.}) 13... bxc5 14. dxc5 Nd7 ({
Of course, it is always necessary to check what happens after the primitive
pawn capture:} 14... Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Qa4 Qc7 17. h4 ({Simple
centralisation looks better:} 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Be4 Nxc5 19. Qxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxc6)
17... Nd7 18. Qa3 Rd8 19. Bc4 Bf8 $1 {Continuing the correct strategy of
attacking the opponent's most powerful piece - the d6-knight.} 20. h5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Rfd1 Kf7 25. Ne5+ Kf6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6
27. Nxc6 Bc7 28. Rb3 Bd7 29. Rb7 Bh2+ 30. Kxh2 Bxc6 31. Rc7 Bd5 32. Kg3 Bxc4
33. Rxc4 Rd8 34. Ra4 Rd7 35. Ra5 $1 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2634)-Kornev,A (2507)/
Moscow 2011. White has placed his rook so powerfully, that Black has no real
chances to play for a win with his extra pawn.}) 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. b3 ({White
tries to make the play sharper, as simple development does not promise a bed
of roses here:} 16. Rab1 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Qxa2 18. Bc4 Qa5 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxe6
Ne5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Nxe5+ Bxe5 23. b4 Rxb4 24. Rxb4 Qxb4 25. Qa2+ Kf8 26.
Rd1 Qxc5 27. Qd2 Kg7 28. Qd8 Be6 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M (2591)-Gelfand,B 
(2756)/Lugo ESP 2009}) 16... Bxa1 17. Rxa1 Qa5 {This is a novelty. Previously
another good option was tried:} (17... Qf6 18. Rd1 Bb7 19. Qc1 Ba8 20. Qe3 Kg7
21. h4 Rbd8 22. b4 Nb6 23. Nxf7 ({It was bette to create a strong passed pawn
in the place of the knight on d6:} 23. Be4 Nc4 24. Qc1 Nxd6 25. cxd6) 23...
Rxf7 24. cxb6 Rd5 25. Re1 Qf4 26. Qe2 axb6 27. Bc4 Rd6 28. Qb2+ Qf6 29. Ne5 c5
30. Re3 Rd4 31. Qe2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxh4+ {0-1 Ragger,M (2561)-Gustafsson,J (2622)
/Solingen GER 2009}) 18. Rc1 ({The sacrifice on g6 would have allowed White a
perpetual!} 18. Bxg6 Qxc5 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qg6+ Rg7 21. Qxe6+ Kh7 22. Qe4+
Kh8 23. Qe8+ Rg8 24. Qe7 Rg7 {, but Cmilyte was in an aggressive mood.}) 18...
Qxc5 $1 ({White would have a very serious compensation for the exchange, if
Black did not try to simplify the position:} 18... Kg7 19. Nd4 Bb7 20. Qb2 Nf6
21. h4) 19. Nxc8 Qa3 $1 20. Bxg6 $2 ({A sensible move keeping the initiative
was} 20. Bc4 Rfxc8 (20... Rd8 {is much weaker:} 21. Bxe6 Nf8 22. Bh3 f5 23.
Nxa7 Qxa7 24. Ne5 Rbc8 25. Nxg6 $1 Nxg6 26. Bxf5 Ne5 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Qc3 Qg7
29. Bxc8 Rxc8 30. f4 {and White will keep very good chances in the endgame
with three pawns for the knight.}) 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24.
Qxh6+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ {and White can secure perpetual here, as any black try to
avoid it is dangerous.} Kd8 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Qg8+ Qe8 28. Qg5+ Kc8 $2 (28... Qe7
29. Qg8+ Qe8 30. Qg5+ $11) 29. Nc4 {with unpleasant threats.}) 20... Rbxc8 ({
There was also another possible capture:} 20... Rfxc8) 21. b4 {White has no
special compensation for the exchange and Cmilyte tries to make some waves,
but in vain.} Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qc5 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Nd4 Qd5 ({Or} 24... Nf6 25.
Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Rb7+ Kh8) 25. Qg4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "EU-ch (Women) 13th"]
[Site "Gaziantep"]
[Date "2012.03.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cmilyte, Viktorija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2012.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.04.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bg7 {A rare variation. Some other more principled moves have been tried
here.} 10. Qc2 {A bit too soft.} ({Other tries are much more logical} 10. a4 g4
11. Ng1 (11. Nd2 b4 12. Na2 Qxd4 13. Nxb4 c3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. O-O Qxb4 16. Nc4
Nxe4 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Nd6+ Nxd6 19. Bxd6 Qd4 {with advantage to Black, Werle,
J-Motylev,A/Wijk aan Zee 2009}) 11... b4 12. e5 bxc3 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. bxc3 Qa5
15. Rc1 h5 16. h3 gxh3 17. Nxh3 h4 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Bf3 Bb7 20. O-O O-O-O 21.
Bd6 Nb6 22. Bb4 Qf5 {with a sharp but sound position for Black, Spassky,
B-Antoshin,V/Sochi 1964}) (10. e5 Nh5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Qc2 Na6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14.
Qb1 Nb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Nfxg5 hxg5 17. Bxh5 Bh6 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. Nf6+ Nxf6 20.
exf6 e5 21. Bxf7+ Rxf7 22. Qg6+ Bg7 23. dxe5 c3 24. h4 g4 25. h5 b4 26. h6 Bf5
27. Qxf5 bxa3 28. h7+ Kh8 29. fxg7+ Rxg7 30. b4 a2 31. bxa5 a1=Q+ 32. Kc2 Qb2+
33. Kd3 c2 34. Rc1 Rd8+ 35. Ke2 Qb5+ 36. Ke1 Qb4+ 37. Kf1 Rd1+ 38. Ke2 Qd2# {
0-1 Ragger,M-Potkin,V/Moscow 2009/CBM 129}) (10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O b4
13. Na4 Nxe4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 Ba6 18. Nxc6 O-O
19. Bxa6 Nxa6 20. Bd6 Rfe8 21. Rd2 Bf8 22. Rc1 Bh6 23. Rdc2 Bxc1 24. Rxc1 f6
25. Rc4 Kf7 $11 {Akobian,V-Ceballos Hornero,D/Alajuela 2006/}) 10... Nh5 (10...
g4 {is a very risky, materialistic approach:} 11. Ne5 Qxd4 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Nxg4
Nxg4 14. Bxg4 Nd7 15. Be2 Bb7 16. O-O Ne5 17. Rd6 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Nxb5
Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. R1xd3 {with unpleasant threats in Avrukh, B-Livshits,G/
Ramat Aviv 2004.}) 11. Rd1 ({Anyhow it was better to try to exchange both
bishops:} 11. Be5) ({Or to play for all or nothing!} 11. O-O-O) 11... Nxg3 12.
hxg3 g4 13. Nh2 f5 $5 ({Another option would be to exclude the white knight
with} 13... h5) 14. exf5 ({Classical theory would recommend bringing the
knight back into action} 14. Nf1 $1) 14... exf5 15. d5 $5 {This shows
Cmilyte's very aggressive attitude.} Qf6 ({Another playable reply was} 15...
Qb6) 16. dxc6 Qxc6 $6 ({It was very difficult to calculate variations like} 
16... a6 17. c7 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nb6 Nd4) 17. O-O $2 ({Cmilyte had to go
here va banque} 17. Nxg4 $1 fxg4 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Rd6 Bf5 20. Rxc6 Bxc2 21.
Rxc4 Bf5 22. Nc7) 17... a6 18. Nd5 Ra7 $1 {This move from the Polugaevsky
Sicilian cements Black's position.} 19. b3 c3 20. Rd3 $6 ({The correct was to
bring all forces into the game} 20. Rfe1 O-O 21. Nf1) 20... O-O 21. Rc1 Be6 ({
A good option was} 21... Rd7) 22. Nxc3 Rc8 23. b4 Rd7 {The pin on the c-file
is extremely unpleasant.} 24. Re3 Rdc7 25. Qd2 Nd7 26. Bd1 Ne5 27. Ne2 Nc4 {
Finally the black pieces control all central squares - White is in deep
trouble.} 28. Qe1 ({Black wins after} 28. Bb3 Nxd2 29. Bxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxc7 Ne4)
28... Qd6 29. Rb3 Nb2 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Nf4 Rc1 $1 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Nxe6
Rxd1+ 34. Nf1 Nc4 35. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Everything is equal, but the black pieces are
much better placed.} 36. Rc3 Nd2 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rc6 Nxf1 39. Rxh6 Nxg3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Saric, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was probably the best game of the Championship, but Saric was not deeply
affected by this loss!} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7 {Wojtaszek has played this position a few times,
so he is really well prepared.} (8... Nd7 9. O-O Bg7 (9... dxc4 $6 10. Nd2 $14)
10. e4 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 {is a typical position that is supposed to be
pleasant for White}) 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Qc2 Nf6 (12... f5 13. Ned2 c5
14. g3 Qc7 15. d5 O-O 16. dxe6 Nf6 17. Nh4 Kh7 18. Bd3 Bxe6 19. Rae1 Bf7 20.
Ndf3 Rfe8 21. Ng2 Nd7 22. Nf4 Ne5 {Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian
2016, with very good play.} (22... Qc6)) 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. c5 O-O 15. Rad1 Rd8
16. Ne5 Bd7 17. Rd3 Be8 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. g3 b6 21. b4 bxc5 22.
bxc5 Qc7 23. Nc4 {Wojtaszek,R (2727)-Ding,L (2766) Huaian 2016, White keeps
strict control of the centre,}) 9. O-O O-O ({White can start a minority attack
after} 9... Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4) 10. Ne5 ({Usually White has opened the
centre here with} 10. e4 Nd7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 (11. e5 Qe7 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13.
Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne4 c5 16. Nd6 cxd4 17. Qe4 Rb8 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Nxb7
Rxb7 20. Rad1 Qc5 21. Qe4 Rbb8 22. Rfe1 Rfd8 23. h4 Qa5 24. Bc4 Rbc8 {Sebenik,
M (2534)-Bok,B (2611) Hersonissos GRE 2017, with equality.}) 11... Qd8 12. e5
c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 a5 18. Qe3 {
Lenic,L (2650)-Giri,A (2762) Hersonissos GRE 2017, the strong knight on d6
guarantees an advantage.}) (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Nc5 Bxd4 14.
Nd3 Qd6 15. c5 Qd8 16. Nf4 Bg7 17. Nxg6 Re8 18. Nfe5 Nd7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Nc4
Nf6 21. Nd6 {Moiseenko,A (2670)-Korobov,A (2684) Kharkov 2010, The power of
the knights!}) 11. exd5 ({The critical move could be} 11. e5 {while the game
could continue:} Qe7 12. Re1 Rd8 $1 13. c5 b6 14. b4 a5 15. a3 axb4 16. axb4
Rxa1 17. Qxa1 bxc5 18. bxc5 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 $13) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13.
Ne4 Qb6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Rc1 Qb6 $5 $146 (16... Qb4 17. b3 Bf5 (
17... Rd8 $5) 18. Bd3 Bd7 {0-1 (57) Bacrot,E (2722)-Eljanov,P (2732) Shamkir
AZE 2014, was also quite fine for Black, and after} 19. Rc7 $5 $146 Rfd8 20.
Qd2 Qd6 21. Rxb7 Qxd5 22. Be4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxd2 {Black would
easily make a draw.}) 17. b3 Qd6 $1 {Preventing Nd2. Black, again, has typical
compensation for the pawn.} 18. Qd2 (18. Nd2 Qxd5 19. Bf3 Qa5 20. Nc4 Qxa2 21.
Bd5 Be6 $11) 18... Bf5 19. Nh4 Bd7 20. g3 Rac8 21. Ng2 h5 22. Ne3 {1/2 (22)
Edouard,R (2679)-Matlakov,M (2685) Helsingor 2014 CBM 162 [Edouard,R]} (22. a4
{with the idea} a6 23. a5 {was also critical, but I believe that in the
long-term the pawn would be weak on a5. After something like} Rfe8 24. Ne3 Bh6
25. Rxc8 Bxc8 {I do not think White can be better, and I would even prefer to
play the position with Black.}) (22. Ne3 b5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ (24...
Re8 $5) 25. Qxc1 Bd4 $11)) ({The whole idea of delaying ...Nd7 was shown in
the following game:} 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be6 $1 {Black has the time to
develop his light-squared bishop before going ...Nd7, which makes a quite
important difference.} 12. Qb3 Qd8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 $11 {0-1 (57) Bacrot,E (2722)
-Eljanov,P (2732) Shamkir AZE 2014}) 10... Nd7 11. f4 Qe7 ({There was the
passive, but playable elimination of this strong knight:} 11... Nxe5 12. fxe5
Qe7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a3 f5 15. c5) 12. Qb3 Nxe5 ({White kept an advantage also
after} 12... g5 13. g3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Rf2) 13. fxe5 Bd7 14.
cxd5 ({It was necessary to calculate carefully} 14. Qxb7 Rab8 (14... Rfb8 15.
Qc7 Rxb2 16. Rab1) 15. Qxa7 (15. Qa6 Rxb2 16. Qxa7) 15... Ra8 16. Qb7 Rfb8 17.
Qc7 Rc8 18. Qd6 $2 Qd8) 14... cxd5 15. e4 $1 {The most energetic treatment.}
dxe4 ({Saric did not like to have a weakness on d5 for a long time:} 15... Bc6
16. exd5 exd5 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Bf3) 16. Nxe4 Bc6 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Rxf6 ({
Black would suffer even in the rook ending:} 18. exf6 Qd6 19. Qe3 Qd5 20. Bf3
Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rac1 Rfb8 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Rc4) 18... Rad8
19. Rd1 Rd7 20. h4 Rfd8 21. Qc3 Qf8 22. a3 Qg7 23. Rf4 g5 $2 {Nobody forced
this weakening move.} ({Here and before it was necessary to build a passive
defence like} 23... a6 24. Rdf1 Rc7 25. Qe3 Rdd7) 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rg4 f5 26.
exf6 Qxf6 27. Rf1 Qh6 28. d5 $1 {Opening the position means starting a
decisive attack on the kingside.} Bxd5 29. Rf6 Qh5 ({Or} 29... Qg7 30. Qe5) 30.
Rg3 Qh7 31. Bd3 Be4 32. Rxg5+ Rg7 33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 (33... Kxg7 34. Rf4+) 34. Bxe4
1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Kaspi, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.01.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Nbd7 10. h4 $6 $146 {A dubious opening experiment.} (10. e5 {White
usually chooses between 1)10.0-0 which after 10...Bb7 leads to 9...Bb7;2)10.e5
/\h4 and then Nf3-d2-e4 or 3)immediate 10.d5.You can find examplary games
concerning all these lines below.} Nd5 (10... Nh5 11. Nd2 Nxg3 12. fxg3 Be7 13.
Bh5 Rf8 14. Qg4 Qb6 15. O-O Nxe5 16. Qe4 Nd7 17. Rxf7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Danschczyk,
C-Werner,M/BL9495 1995/GER-chT (37)}) 11. h4 g4 12. Nd2 h5 13. Nde4 Bb7 14. O-O
a6 15. a4 Qb6 16. a5 (16. Ng5 $6 c5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8+ Bxa8 19. Nxd5 Bxd5
20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qd2 Bd4 22. Rd1 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qf4 f6 $1 25. b3 O-O
26. bxc4 bxc4 $19 {0-1 Forster,R-Dreev,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (32)}) 16...
Qa7 17. Qd2 Bh6 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Qc2 c5 20. dxc5 Nb4 21. Qd1 Nxc5 22. Ndxb5
axb5 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Nxb5 Bf8 25. Qd4 Qa6 26. Nd6 Qc6 $17 {1-0 Ivanov,S-Dreev,
A/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 noVC (48)}) (10. d5 b4 $5 (10... Bb7 11. dxe6 fxe6
12. Nd4 Nc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. e5 O-O-O 15. exf6 Qxd4 $17 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Porper,
E/Antwerp 1998/EXT 99 (39)}) 11. dxe6 bxc3 (11... fxe6 12. Na4 Be7 13. Bxc4 Nb6
14. Qc2 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,P-Galliamova Ivanchuk,A/Belgrade
1996/EXT 97 (57)}) 12. exd7+ Bxd7 13. bxc3 Nxe4 14. Be5 f6 15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Nd4
Bg6 17. Bf3 Qd5 18. Bxf6 Rg8 19. O-O Kf7 20. Rfe1 Re8 {[%csl Rf6]} 21. Bd8 g4
$1 22. Bxg4 Qxd8 $17 {0-1 Savchenko,S-Sveshnikov,E/Moscow 1991/TD (42) Despite
the logical play of both sides there is a feeling White could play better at
some point.}) (10. O-O Bb7 {leads to 9...Bb7.}) 10... b4 {Most general
continuation.} 11. Na4 (11. hxg5 bxc3 12. gxf6 cxb2 13. Rb1 {doesn't promise
sufficient compensation.}) 11... Nxe4 12. Be5 {If White has to give up a
bishop at least he will do it with music.} (12. hxg5 $6 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Qc7 14.
Rh3 Rg8 $1 15. gxh6 Rxg3 $17) 12... Rg8 ({After} 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 {[%cal
Ge2h5,Ge2f3] White has good chances to develop strong initiative.}) 13. Qc2 $1
Nef6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5 $6 Qxd4 15. Ng4 {[%cal Gc2e4,Ga1d1]} f5 (
15... c3 16. Rd1 Nd2 17. bxc3 bxc3 18. Qxc3 {[%cal Gg4f6]} Qxc3 19. Nxc3 $18)
16. Rd1 b3 $1 17. axb3 Bb4+ 18. Nc3 (18. Kf1 Nd2+ 19. Rxd2 Bxd2 $19) 18... cxb3
$1 19. Qxb3 Qc5 $19) 14... Nc5 (14... g4 15. Qxe4 gxf3 16. Bxf3 $44) 15. Nxc5
Bxc5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Bxc4 $44) 14. hxg5 hxg5 15. Qxc4 ({Or} 15. Bxc4 Bb7 {
[%cal Gd8a5,Gg5g4]}) 15... Bb7 {[%cal Gd8a5,Gg5g4]} 16. Nc5 $5 {[%csl Rb7] An
attempt to make use of the bishop on b7.} (16. O-O-O g4 17. Nd2 Qa5 (17... Nxe5
18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. Nac5 $44) 18. Bxf6 $1 (18. Nc5 Bxc5 $5 (18... Nxe5
19. dxe5 Qxc5 20. exf6 Qxf2 21. Ne4 Qe3+ $17) 19. Bxf6 Bd6 $17) 18... Qxa4 (
18... Nxf6 $5 19. Nc5 {with some compensation}) 19. Ne4 $1 Nb6 $5 (19... Rc8 $5
) 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Nd5 $15) 16... Bxc5 17. dxc5 g4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd2
a5 $1 {Very important move.Black solves two problems by one stroke:the b4-pawn
is defended and bishop on b7 finds its way out through a6 and finally the
b2-pawn is still hanging.In addition to this White has no time to make use of
the exposed weakness on d6.} (19... Qxb2 $2 {would give White good
counterchances.} 20. Rb1 Qc3 $140 21. Rxb4 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20. O-O-O $2 {
Being displeased by the course of the game I decided to make a drastic turn
and embarked on adventures.} (20. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gd2e4] defending a pawn,
preventing Ba6 and preparing Nd2-e4 seems better than the game.}) 20... Ba6 $5
(20... Qxf2 $1 {was the simplest way to decide the game in his favour.} 21. Ne4
Qe3+ 22. Kb1 (22. Rd2 Ba6 23. Qc2 Bxe2 24. Re1 Rh8 $1 25. b3 a4 $1 26. Rexe2
Rh1+ 27. Kb2 a3#) 22... Ba6 23. Nd6+ Kd8 $1 (23... Ke7 $4 24. Nf5+ $1 {[%cal
Rf5e7,Rf5e3]} exf5 25. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 26. Qxf7+ Qe7 (26... Kc8 27. Qxg8+ Kb7 28.
Rh7+) 27. Rd1+ $18) (23... Kf8 $2 24. Rdf1 $1 f6 (24... Ne5 $2 25. Qxe6) (24...
Bxc4 $4 25. Rxf7#) 25. Rh7 {[%cal Rh7f7]} Rg6 (25... Rg5 26. Qc2 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gh7f7,Gc2h7]}) 26. Qc2 $40) 24. Qe4 (24. Nxf7+ Kc7 25. Qc2 Qxe2 26. Rd2
Qe3 $19) 24... Qxe4+ 25. Nxe4 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Kc7 $19) 21. Qe4 Bxe2 ({Now after} 
21... Qxf2 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Qd3 $1 Qxc5+ (23... Nxc5 24. Qd6 $1) 24. Kb1 {
[%csl Rd6,Rf6][%cal Gd2e4,Rd3a6] White keeps some chances.}) 22. Qxc6 $5 {
[%mdl 512] The idea of 20.0-0-0.} (22. Qxe2 Nxc5 $17) 22... Rd8 $6 {First
inaccuracy.} (22... Qd8 $142 23. Ne4 $1 Bxd1 24. Rh7 $1 (24. Rxd1 Ra7 $1) 24...
Kf8 25. Nd6 Rg5 $1) (22... Bxd1 $5 23. Qxa8+ Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Rxd1 Kc7
26. Ne4 Rh8 27. Nd6 Nxc5 28. Nxf7 Rf8 $17) 23. Ne4 Qf4+ 24. Rd2 {[%cal Gh1e1,
Gg2g3]} Bd3 $1 {Most accurate defence.} 25. Re1 (25. Nd6+ Ke7 $19) 25... Bxe4
$2 {Black doesn't feel danger.} ({After accurate} 25... Kf8 $142 {Black is
winning.}) 26. Rxe4 Qg5 27. Red4 {[%csl Rd7][%cal Gc6e8,Gd4d8] Now the pin
along the d-file is essential.} Qe7 $6 {Black still doesn't believe in White's
compensation and finally lets his advantage out.} (27... Kf8 $142 $1) 28. Qc7
$1 {[%cal Gc5c6] The move Black has missed.Now he should play very precisly
not to lose.} Rh8 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 29. Rd1 $1 {[%cal Gc5c6] White has to
protect first rank.} (29. c6 $2 {loses by force after} Rh1+ 30. Kc2 Qc5+ 31.
Kb3 a4+ $1 32. Kxa4 Nb6+ $1 (32... Ra8+ 33. Kb3 Ra3+ $1 34. bxa3 Rb1+ $1 (34...
Qc3+ $2 35. Ka4 Qxa3+ 36. Kb5 Rh5+ 37. Rd5 $18) 35. Rb2 (35. Ka4 Nb6+ $19)
35... Rxb2+ 36. Kxb2 Qxd4+ $19) 33. Kb3 Rxd4 $19) 29... Rh5 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 30.
c6 Rd5 $1 {[%mdl 256] By the series of precise moves Black solves his problems
along the d-file.} 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Rxd5 $4 $138 {[%mdl 8192] Coarse mistake
in the severe time-trouble.} ({After} 32. cxd7+ Rxd7 ({but not} 32... Qxd7 $2
33. Re1+ Kf8 34. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Ge1h1]}) 33. Qxa5 $13 {In this complicated
position chances of both sides are about equal.}) 32... Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6] I
have missed this simple move.Now all is over.} 33. Rxd8+ (33. Re5 Ne6) 33...
Qxd8 34. Qe5+ Ne6 0-1

[Event "URS-ch47 First League"]
[Site "Frunze"]
[Date "1979.10.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1979.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 (7. g3 Nd7
8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 {N} 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. exd4 $14 {
Speelman,J-Sveshnikov,E/Biel(izt)/1993/1:0/55/}) 7... Bd6 8. a3 (8. Bd3) 8...
Qe7 9. e4 $6 (9. Bd3 $5) 9... dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bc7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 $1 13.
Nc3 (13. Ned2 c5 $1 $10) 13... c5 $2 (13... Nd7 $1 {Yusupov/} 14. Re1 (14. Qc2
e5 15. Bxf5 exd4 16. Nxd4 $2 Qe5 {Yusupov/}) 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Qe2 Re8) 14. Re1 $1 $16 cxd4 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nxd4 e5 (
17... Qb6 $5 18. Nb3 (18. Nb5 a6 19. c5 Qxc5 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Nc7 Ra7 22. Nxe6
Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Qxb2 $13) 18... Nd7) 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. c5 $1 Nc6 (19... Qxc5 $2 20.
Rc1 $18) 20. Bc4+ Kh7 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Nxd6 a5 (22... Bd7 23. Rad1 (23. Nxb7 $6
Rab8 24. Nd6 Rxb2 $10) 23... b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Nf7 $1 $18) (22... e4 23. f4
$16 (23. b4 $16)) 23. f3 Kg6 24. Rad1 a4 25. Bb5 $18 Kf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Nc4
Re8 28. Rd6+ Re6 29. Nb6 $1 (29. Nb6 $1 Rb8 (29... Rxd6 30. cxd6 Rb8 31. d7 Ba6
32. Nc8 $18) 30. Rd8) 1-0

[Event "Grand Slam Final 4th"]
[Site "Sao Paulo/Bilbao"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{The fashionable Moscow system. It is one of the most complicated lines
nowadays, so who else did you expect to play this?!} 9. Ne5 Nbd7 {A rare
choice by Anand.} 10. Nxc6 Qb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. a4 a6 13. Be2 Bxc6 $146 {This
perfectly logical move is a novelty. The other alternative has also been a
successful one in practice, nevertheless there might be something in there
that Anand did not like!} (13... Bg7 14. dxe6 (14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 {Was this
what caused Anand to refrain from this continuation?}) 14... Bxc6 15. exd7+
Nxd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8+ Bxa8 18. O-O Ne5 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Kh1 O-O 21. f4
gxf4 22. Bxf4 f5 23. b4 Qd6 24. Bf3 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Rf2 c3 27. Rf3 Bxd5
28. Rd3 Nxd3 {0-1 (28) Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Gelfand,B (2733) Nalchik 2009})
14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8+ Qxa8 17. O-O (17. Nxb5 $6 {does not
yield anything after} Bb4+ {and castles.}) 17... Qc6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 (19.
Bf3 N7b6 20. Ne4 Bc5 21. Kh1 b4 22. Qe2 {White plans to move his bishop and
play f4, hoping for a devastating attack. Black is a pawn up and has a very
strong majority on the queenside, which is balanced by his exposed king,
making the position unclear.}) 19... Qxd5 20. Qa1 Bg7 21. Rd1 Qc5 $1 {Covers
the a3-f8 diagonal.} 22. Qa8+ Ke7 23. Qb7 Rd8 24. Bf3 Bxe5 $2 (24... Qc8 25.
Qxb5 Qc7 26. Qb4+ Ke8 {seems quiet safe for Black.}) 25. Bxe5 $2 {Returns the
favour.} (25. Bc6 Kf6 (25... Bxg3 26. hxg3 b4 (26... Kf6 $4 {losing to} 27. Qc7
$18) 27. Rxd7+ Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kf6 {seems like a piece up position for White to
me!}) 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Bxg3 28. hxg3 b4 29. Be8 Qf8 30. Ba4 Qd6 31. Qf3+
Kg7 32. Qe3 {also seems like a piece up position to me! The position is far
from winning but it seems more promising for White than the game.}) 25... Qxe5
26. Bc6 Kf6 $1 27. Bxd7 Qxb2 28. Rf1 c3 29. Qc7 Ra8 (29... Rxd7 30. Qxd7 c2 31.
Qd2 b4 32. f4 Kg6 {is also drawish.}) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Ra1 32. fxg5+ Kxg5
33. Qg7+ Kh5 34. Qf7+ Kg5 35. Qf6+ Kh5 36. Qf7+ Kg5 37. Qg7+ Kh5 38. Qf7+ {
A nice battle!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.06"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Stupak, Kirill"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{Bok put the Netherlands on the top of the table with this fine victory with
the black pieces.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {
Stupak has no interest in entering a theoretical duel in the 'Moscow
Variation'.} Qxf6 7. e3 {} g6 8. e4 $5 {A very rare choice and an odd
continuation.} (8. Bd3 {is the typical continuation.} Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 (
10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be6 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Rb1 b6 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. h3
h5 (16... b5 $146 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Qxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxc5 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rbc1
Bd7 22. a4 $11) 17. Rb3 g5 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Bf5 Qf6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nf1 b5 22.
Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Rf8 24. e4 dxe4 25. Ng3 Qg6 26. Qxe4 Qxe4 27. Nxe4 g4 28.
hxg4 hxg4 29. Rg3 Rf4 30. f3 Raf8 31. Ng5 R8f6 32. Re1 Rxd4 33. Nxe6 Rc4 34. f4
Kf7 35. Nd8+ Kf8 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Nd8+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Kf7 39. Nd8+ {1/2-1/2 (39)
Berkes,F (2659)-So,W (2779) Kocaeli 2015}) 10... Qd8 $5 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe4
Qd8 12. c5 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qg7 16. Qe3 Kh7 17. b4 Nf6
18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Be4 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (48) Holt,C (2549)-Le,Q (2678) South
Padre Island 2014}) 11. Re1 (11. e5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Rd6 b6 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4 Rad8 $11
{0-1 (43) Bacrot,E (2729)-Giri,A (2758) Linares 2014}) 11... c5 12. exd5 cxd4
13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nf4 Bg4 17. Be4 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19.
Bd5 Rac8 20. b3 b5 21. Rac1 bxc4 22. bxc4 Rc7 23. Nd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Kh7 25. g3
Bf6 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Rb5 Rfc8 28. Reb1 Rc5 29. a4 Rxb5 30. axb5 Rc7 31. Qb3 Qe5
32. Qf3 Bg5 33. c5 Rd7 34. b6 axb6 35. cxb6 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. b7 d3 38.
b8=Q d2 39. Rd1 Qf3 40. Qb2+ Kh7 41. Qc2 Be3 42. fxe3 Qxe3+ {1/2-1/2 (42)
Caruana,F (2808)-Anand,V (2816) Saint Louis 2015}) 8... dxe4 {(318s)} 9. Nxe4 {
(2s)} Bb4+ {(8s)} 10. Ke2 {Computers cry that this is a bad move but the idea
of taking his majesty into battle dates back to the time of Steinintz when he
used to, sometimes, opt for 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4?! Qh4+ 4.Ke2!!} Qg7 (10...
Qe7 {Saric chose this against Jobava.} 11. c5 O-O 12. Qa4 Na6 13. a3 b5 (13...
e5 14. axb4 exd4 15. Kd3 $1 Bf5 16. Nfd2 Nc7 17. f3 Nd5 18. Kc2 {and Black's
compensation does not seem sufficient for the sacrificed piece.}) 14. Qb3 Ba5
15. Ne5 Nb8 16. Qg3 Bc7 17. Ke3 $2 {Suddenly in this game, Jobava became
self-destructive.} (17. h4 $16) 17... g5 18. f4 f5 19. h4 Bxe5 20. dxe5 fxe4
$17 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. Rh5 Rf5 23. Be2 Qg7 24. fxg5 Nd7 25. Rah1 Nf8 26. Rh8+
Qxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kxh8 28. Kxe4 Bd7 29. Ke3 Rf7 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. Qe4 Rc8 32. a4
bxa4 33. Qxa4 Rb8 34. b4 Rf5 35. Bf3 Rxe5+ 36. Kd4 Rxg5 37. Kc3 Rc8 38. Qxa7
Rg7 {0-1 (38) Jobava,B (2727)-Saric,I (2666) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) (10... Qf5 11.
Ke3 $1 Be7 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. Ke2 {may lead to some slight edge for White.}) 11.
c5 {Stupak cuts off this bishop and his entire plan revovles around keeping
the bishop on c8 out of the game.} O-O 12. Qa4 Na6 13. Ke3 $2 {Stupak plays
fast and inaccurately. He is playing with fire. It may seem that he is about
to win a piece but in reality he gets his king exposed to numerous threats.} b5
(13... f5 14. Bxa6 (14. Nd6 f4+ 15. Ke2 Bxc5 {[%cal Gg7b2]}) 14... fxe4 {
looks also very good for Black.}) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Qxc6 f5 $5 {Of course! A
king hunt is about to begin!} 16. Qxa8 Nc7 17. Nf6+ Qxf6 18. Qc6 Nd5+ 19. Ke2
Rd8 {None of White's pieces can protect his king while all of Black's pieces
are active. That all happened with the material investment of merely an
exchange and a pawn!} 20. g3 Bc5 $1 {Brilliant play by Bok!} 21. Qa4 (21. dxc5
Qxb2+ {wins on the spot.}) (21. Bg2 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Nb4 {This is the idea of ...
Bc5!, it frees the b4-square for the knight!}) 21... Nb4 $2 {This almost lets
White run away.} (21... Bxd4 $3 22. Nxd4 (22. Qxd4 Nf4+ 23. gxf4 Rxd4 $19)
22... Nb4 $3 23. Bg2 (23. Rd1 Qe5+ 24. Kd2 Rxd4+ 25. Kc1 Nd3+ $19) (23. Qxb4
Rxd4 24. Qb5 (24. Qxb6 Qe5+ 25. Kf3 Qe4#) 24... Ba6 25. Qxa6 Qe5+ 26. Kf3 Qe4#)
23... Ba6+ 24. Qxa6 Nxa6 $19) 22. Rd1 (22. a3 Ba6+ 23. Ke1 Rxd4 24. Qe8+ Kg7
25. Bxa6 Rd8 26. Qxd8 (26. Qa4 Qxb2 $19 {Ahh! you were worried about castling?
Please do not! White's king had made way too many moves!}) 26... Nc2+ 27. Kd2
Qxd8+ 28. Kxc2 Qa8 29. Be2 Qe4+ 30. Kd2 Bxf2 $44 {and it is not easy to
imagine how Bok was going to win this game.}) 22... Bb7 23. Rd2 Ra8 24. Qd1 {}
Bf8 $2 {The loss of an important tempo.} (24... Rxa2) (24... e5) 25. a3 e5 {}
26. axb4 exd4 {} 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Rd1 $4 {I have a very hard time
understanding this move.} (28. Bg2 {and I do not see how Black is going to
prove that he has enough compensation when his material investment has gone
from from an exchange to a whole rook!}) 28... Re8+ (28... Qe7+ 29. Kd2 Bxf3
30. Qxf3 Qxb4+ {was probably better!}) 29. Kd2 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 d3 $1 {Now
White's king is exposed again!} 31. Rb1 $4 (31. Kxd3 Qxb2 32. Qc6 Rd8+ 33. Ke3
Rxd1 34. Kf3 {doesn't seem to be losing on the spot. Stupak should have kept
faith in his king and had to let it to take care of itself!}) 31... Bxb4+ {
Now Black owns White's king.} 32. Kxd3 Qe6 $1 {Accurate play! This covers all
of White's king's possible escape routes.} 33. Kc2 Rc8+ 34. Qc3+ Bxc3 35. bxc3
Qc6 {And finally Bok's attack pays off in this topsy-turvy game!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2010.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe2 a6 15.
Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Rab8 19. Ned2 e5 20. Be4 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nc5 22. Bf3 Be5 23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Nb3 27. Rd1
Ba6 28. Bf1 a4 29. f3 f6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34.
h4 Kf7 35. Rd6 h5 36. Rxb6 Nd3 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Nd5 Re8 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. g3
Nxb2 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. Nxf6+ Kh6 43. Nxh5 Kxh5 44. Rxb2 Rd3 45. Kg2 Rxa3 46. Rb6
Rb3 47. Ra6 a3 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 a2 51. h5+ Kf7 52. f4 Rc2 53.
Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g5 Rb2 56. Kg4 Rc2 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf5 Rb2 59. Kg4
Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rb2 61. g6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Rc2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kf5 Rb2 65. Ra8+ Ke7
66. Ra6 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Rb2 68. Ra7+ {Aktive Verteidigung In Turmendspielen ist
dies oft das Motto:} Kf8 $2 {Nun können die weißen Bauern durchbrechen.} ({
Das aktive} 68... Kf6 69. Rf7+ Ke6 70. f5+ Ke5 {hält den Laden zusammen, z.B.}
71. Re7+ Kd5 72. Ra7 Ke5 73. Ra5+ Kf6 74. Ra6+ Ke5 75. f6 a1=Q 76. Rxa1 Kxf6
$11) 69. Kf5 $2 {Wang Hao verpasst die Gunst der Stunde:} (69. f5 $1 {und die
Schachdistanz des Turmes von hinten ist zu kurz:} Rf2 (69... Rg2+ 70. Kf3 Rh2
71. f6 gxf6 72. Kg4 Rh1 73. Rxa2 Kg7 74. Ra7+ $18) 70. Kg5 Rg2+ 71. Kf4 Rh2 72.
Ke5 (72. f6 $2 Rf2+ 73. Kg5 Rg2+ 74. Kf5 Rf2+ 75. Ke5 Rxf6 76. Rxa2 Kg8 77.
Ra8+ Rf8 $11) 72... Re2+ 73. Kd5 Rd2+ 74. Ke4 Re2+ 75. Kf3 Rh2 (75... Re5 76.
Kf4 Re2 77. h6 Rf2+ 78. Ke3 Rxf5 79. Ra8+ Ke7 80. hxg7 $18) 76. f6 gxf6 77. Kg4
Kg8 78. Kf5 Rf2+ 79. Ke6 $18) 69... Rh2 70. h6 ({Zur Umkehr mit} 70. Kg4 {
ist es wegen} Rg2+ 71. Kf3 Rh2 {zu spät.}) 70... Rxh6 71. Rxa2 Rh1 72. Ra8+ Ke7
73. Rg8 Rh5+ 74. Kg4 Rh1 75. Kg5 {Gelfand ist von der langen Verteidigung
ermüdet und gibt auf.} ({Golubev hat jedoch in Chess Today 3657 nachgewiesen,
dass er mit aktivem Spiel remis halten konnte:} 75. Kg5 Ke6 $1 76. f5+ Ke5 77.
Re8+ Kd6 78. f6 Rg1+ 79. Kh4 gxf6 80. Kh5 Rh1+ 81. Kg4 Rg1+ 82. Kf5 Rf1+ $11)
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.27"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Nadanian,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Sagar Shah} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
e6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bxf6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02] The Moscow Variation is an all time
popular line in the Slav Defence. White provided his opponent with two bishops,
but instead got an advantage in development and the control over the e4-square.
} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:02] Someone who liked to play this move was Alexander
Alekhine, favourite chess player of Levon. Preventing the black bishop's check
from the b4-square White prepares the move e4.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 8. e4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qf4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 10. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:07] To avoid getting into trouble,
Black must not play passively.} ({For example} 10... Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 (
12. Bc2 $5 {is also very promising, as was played by Levon in his brilliant
game against Leko in Tromso 2014}) 12... Rd8 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bb1 {
Smyslov-Petrosian, 1971, and White is better.}) 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} ({A beginner's move} 11... f5 $2 {is bad due to} 12. Rae1 fxe4
13. Rxe4 {and Black falls under a heavy attack.}) 12. Rae1 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
exd4 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 13. Bb1 {[%emt 0:00:08] Levon ignores the d4-pawn and
instead takes aim down the b1-h7 diagonal.} ({After} 13. Nxd4 O-O {it's not
easy for White to develop an initiative.}) 13... O-O {[%emt 0:00:47]} 14. Ng3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} ({Black is OK after} 14. Qd3 g6 15. Qxd4 Nc5) 14... Bd8 $2 {
[%emt 0:05:48] Sagar Shah: 'After this Black's position becomes critical
mainly because his pieces are undeveloped.'} ({I think if this position came
up in Ding's practice one more time, he would play} 14... Nc5 {as happened in
Ivanisevic - Schenk, 2005/2006. And then a very possible line is} 15. Qa3 Bd6
16. Nh5 Qg4 17. Ng3 Qf4 18. b4 Ne6 19. c5 Bc7 20. Re4 Qf6 21. Nh5 Qg6 22. Ng3
Qf6 {with repetion of moves.}) 15. Qd3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} (15. Re4 Qc7 16.
Rxd4 {is less ambitious and Black has a decent position after} Re8) 15... g6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} (15... Nf6 $4 {is a blunder due to} 16. Nh5) 16. h4 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:02] Immediately starting to storm the position of Black's king.} Nf6
{[%emt 0:04:51]} ({Better was the more active} 16... Nc5 {after} 17. Qa3 Bb6
18. h5 Qf6 {the position is approximately equal.}) 17. h5 {[%emt 0:01:11]
Sagar Shah: 'Levon was playing very fast and had a lot of time on his clock,
while his opponent Liren was taking a lot of time for his moves.'} g5 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:01] This weakens the kingside without a fight and surrenders
important white squares on the diagonal b1-h7.} ({He had to play} 17... Bg4 18.
hxg6 (18. Ne5 Bxh5 19. Nxh5 Nxh5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7 22. Qh7+ Kf7)
18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qg5 20. Qf5 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Qxg6 22. Bxg6 {and White is
just slightly better. It is interesting to note that a similar mistake against
Levon was made by Vachier-Lagrave, when he played 21...g5? in their rapid game
and then quickly lost.}) 18. Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:03:10] The dominating positions
of all White's pieces provide a big advantage.} ({In the event of the less
strong} 18. Nxd4 Bc7 19. Re7 Qd6 20. Rfe1 c5 {Black exchanges the queens. At
this moment, Ding had half as much time on the clock as Levon: 11 minutes to
22 and he spent another 3 important minutes for his next move. In rapid chess
such a concession in time is often crucial.}) 18... Ba5 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 19.
Ng6 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04] Beautiful move! The knight rushes to e7, from where it
will support the g3-knight for the occupation of the f5-square.} ({To be fair,
it should be noted that White had an even stronger opportunity:} 19. Re2 $1 Bc7
20. Ng6 $1) 19... Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05] Here I will make a small digression.
Almost from the very beginning of the game in the playing hall there was a
noise associated with the repair works in the neighboring building. Both Levon
and Ding appealed to the arbiters with a request to solve the problem. However,
they were powerless. At the moment after 19...Qd2 the noise became so
unbearable, that Levon could not properly concentrate at the game and
naturally became very irritated. In this difficult situation he found a very
strong "move" - having much more time than his opponent - 18 minutes against 8
- he got up at his turn from the board and went out of the playing hall. After
washing his face and pulling himself together - what took about 1,5 minutes -
he returned to the board, concentrated and made another two strong moves -
this time on the chessboard:} 20. Ne7+ $1 {[%emt 0:06:03]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:25]}
({If} 20... Kh8 {then} 21. Qf3) 21. Qb3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:58] Of course, White
does not exchange the queens and continues a strong attack on the black king.
Suddenly appearing on the d2-square Black's queen is out of work.} Qf4 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 22. Rd1 $2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} ({The correct move was the
energetic} 22. Ngf5+ Kh8 (22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5+ Kh8 24. Re7) 23. g3 Qg4 24. Qa3
$3 {and White wins due to the double threat 25.Qxa5 and 25.Ng6+.}) 22... Bb6 $2
{[%emt 0:01:16] This seems to be the decisive mistake.} ({Black shoud have
played} 22... c5 23. Ngf5+ Bxf5 24. Nxf5+ Kh8 25. g3 Qc7 26. Nxh6 g4 {where
White is better, but far from winning.}) 23. Ngf5+ {[%emt 0:06:03]} Bxf5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} ({After} 23... Kh8 24. Nxc8 Raxc8 25. g3 {the position of the
rook on c8 instead of a8 (as in the game) does not help Black.}) 24. Nxf5+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. g3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:03:
31]} 26. Nxh6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxh5 {[%emt 0:01:22] Other two alternatives are
maybe more stubborn, but White is still winning.} (26... Qh3 27. c5 $18) (26...
Qe6 27. Rfe1 Ne4 28. Rxe4 Qxh6 29. Rde1 $18) 27. Kg2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:17]
Provides the decisive join of the rook to the attack and the game immediately
ends.} d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. Qc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:48]} ({The last accurate
move. After the tempting} 28. Rh1 $4 {Black plays} Qe2 {and suddenly survives.}
) 28... Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 29. Nf5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 30.
Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:14] Black resigns A super-important victory!} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.12"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. d4 {Lutz} Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 {Actually a strange move order as 2 c4 c6 3 Bf4 d5
4 e3 is a bit uncomfortable for black} 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4
7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 (10. e5 {Lutz} Nh5 11. a4 a6 12. Nxg5 $1
Nxg3 13. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 14. fxg3 $40 {0-1 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Belgrade 1997/CBM 62/
[Anand] (42)}) 10... g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nfd7 {'?!' Lutz. New to me, but it
seems it has been played in Bosboom-Yuneev. It looks highly artificial, but it
does open the d8-h8 diagonal for blacks queen, which gives some tactical
possibilities.} ({Einen solideren Eindruck macht} 12... Nbd7 {Lutz} 13. Qc2
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 {, was zuletzt einige Male gespielt wurde.}) 13. Nxf7 {
'!' Lutz. Surely the most testing move. White sacs a whole knight, but blacks
king is under serious attack, and his queenside momentarily asleep.  Lutz:
'Dieses Springeropfer auf f7 ist nicht untypisch. Es wird motiviert durch den
schlafenden schwarzen Damenflügel. In etwas anderer Form geschah dieses Opfer
auch in der spannenden Partie Kramnik,V-Anand,V (Belgrad 1997), s.o..'} (13. f3
{Looks most logical, however black has} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 15. Bxh8 $2 (15.
Bg3) 15... g3 {Winning immediately.}) (13. d5 {Is also interesting. during the
game i feared} Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Qxh4 (14... Rg8 {Seemes best, giving white some
compensation, but who is better is not clear} 15. a4 $5 (15. dxe6 {Dosent seem
to give enough} fxe6 16. Qxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rfd1+ Nd7 18. a4 a6 19. Bg3 Ke8 {
And black is pretty solid}) 15... b4 (15... a6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 {Is best, and
again black looks ok}) 16. Bxc4 bxc3 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qb3 {Is too dangerous
for black}) 15. Bxh8 Bd6 (15... Bc5 16. Bd4) 16. e5 Bc5 {seeing no defence
against g3, but both Bf6 or Ne4 wins on the spot} (16... g3 17. fxg3 Bc5+ 18.
Rf2 Qxg3)) 13... Kxf7 14. f3 {Lutz: 'Die Öffnung der f-Linie ist natürlich ein
wesentlicher Bestandteil des weißen Angriffs.'} Kg8 (14... gxf3 {Was played by
Yuneev, who went quickly under after} 15. Bxf3 Kg8 16. e5 (16. Bxh5 $5) 16...
Qe8 17. Be4 Be7 18. Rf4 Rh6 19. Qf3 Na6 20. Rf1 (20. Rf1 {Lutz} Nac5 21. dxc5
Bxc5+ 22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Qxf2 Nxe5 24. Qc5 {1-0 Bosboom,M-Yuneev,A/Wijk aan Zee
2000/CBM 74 ext (24)})) 15. fxg4 (15. e5) 15... e5 {Played quickly, indicating
that it might have been preperation. Its logical preventing white from playing
e5 himself, as well as it fights for squares in the center.} 16. g5 {The idea
is to take h5 with bishop, as well as controlling f6, making sure blacks
knights will have their problems protecting their king  Lutz: 'Es ist
erstaunlich, wie hilflos Schwarz ist, obwohl der weiße Angriff eher langsam
vorankommt.'} (16. gxh5 {Also looks tempting, as} exd4 (16... Bg7 {However
seems ok for black}) 17. Bxc4+ bxc4 18. Qg4+ Bg7 19. Qe6+ Kh7 20. Qg6+ Kg8 21.
Rf7 {Wins}) 16... exd4 (16... Qb6 17. Bxh5 (17. Bf2 {Is ok too} exd4 18. Bxh5
c5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21. Bg3 Nbd7 22. Bg4) 17... Qxd4+ 18. Kh2 Qxd1 19.
Bf7+ Kg7 20. Raxd1 {Seems winning as Be6 is next}) (16... Qe8 17. d5 {Is hard
to asses, but I prefer white. a4 is a serious threat undermining c4. Black is
surely a piece up, but I doubt he will be able to defend} (17. Rf5 exd4 18.
Qxd4)) 17. Bxh5 Rh7 (17... dxc3 18. Bf7+ Kg7 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Qxc3 (20. gxf6+
$6 Kxf7 21. Qxd8 $2 Bc5+ $1 $19) 20... Kxf7 (20... Bc5+ 21. Bf2 Kxf7 22. Bxc5
Nbd7 23. Bd4 (23. Rad1 Qe8 24. Rxd7+ Qxd7 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Qg7 27. Qe6+
Kh7 28. Rf7 $18) 23... Rh7 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6+ Kg8 26. Rg6+ Kf7 27. h5 Qb6+
28. Kf1 Rf8 29. Rf6+ Kg8 30. g6 {Is a nice product of Fritz, which seems
winning for white}) 21. Rxf6+ Kg8 (21... Ke8 22. Re6+ Kf7 23. Rf1+ Kxe6 24.
Qe5+ Kd7 25. Qf5+ Ke7 26. Qf7#) 22. Rg6+ Kh7 (22... Kf7 {Lutz} 23. Qf3+ Ke8 (
23... Kxg6 24. Qf5+ Kg7 (24... Kh5 25. Qf7+ Kg4 26. Qf3#) 25. Be5+ Kg8 26. Qg6+
) 24. Re6+ Be7 25. Rf1 {Mit der Idee 26.Df7+ Kd7 27.Td1+.} Qd4+ 26. Rf2 Rh7 27.
g6 Rg7 28. Be5 $18) 23. Qf3 {And again white crashes through}) 18. Bg6 Qe7 (
18... Rg7 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. e5 {'!' Lutz.} (20. Ne2 c5 21. Nf4 Ne5 22. Bf5 {
Is simple and good, but not too speculative}) (20. Rf3 $1 {Lutz} dxc3 21. Raf1
{und die Drohung 22.Lf7+ ist tödlich, z.B.} Qe6 22. Bf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Bg7 (
23... Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Nf8 25. Be5 Qxe5 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qf7+ Kh8 28. Qxf8+ Kh7
29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Rf8#) 24. g6 {nebst Matt auf h7.}) 20... dxc3 21. Rae1 {
Is much more fun. White sacs more material, but seems to win by a direct
assault} Rxg6 (21... Qe6 22. Rf6 Nxf6 (22... Qd5 23. e6 Nxf6 24. Bf7+ Rxf7 25.
Qxf7+ Kh8) 23. exf6) 22. Qxg6+ Bg7 (22... Qg7 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. Rf7 Bc5+ 25. Kh1
Nf8 26. Qf5) 23. e6) (18... dxc3 {Lutz} 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qg6+
Bg7 22. Rf7 $18) 19. Bd6 {'!' Lutz.} Qg7 (19... Qxd6 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. g6 Qe7 23. Rf7 {Wins allthough fritz finds an amazing idea to fight a
bit !} Nf6 (23... Qxf7 {Lutz} 24. gxf7+ Kg7 25. Rf1 $18) 24. Rxf6 Nd7 25. Rf7
Nf6 26. Rxf6 dxc3 {As Rxf8 now is answered by Rxf8 black can take on c3, but}
27. e5 cxb2 28. Raf1 {Does win easily}) 20. Bxh7+ Qxh7 21. Qg4 (21. Bxf8 {
Seems good too}) (21. Qxd4 c5 22. Qd2 Bg7 {Is not too clear though}) 21... Qg6
(21... Bxd6 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rf7 {'+-' Lutz. Wins}) 22. Bxf8 Ne5 (22... Nxf8 {
Looks as the critacal reply, but white wins by force} 23. Rxf8+ (23. Ne2 $5 {
(Lutz) sieht gut aus, z.B.} c5 24. Nf4 Qxe4 (24... Qh7 25. g6 $40) 25. Rae1 Qh7
26. Nh5 Nbd7 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. g6 Qh6 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. g7+ Kh7 31. gxf8=N+
Nxf8 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33. Re8 $18) 23... Kxf8 24. Rf1+ Ke7 (24... Kg8 25. Rf6 Qe8
26. Qf5) (24... Kg7 25. Rf6 Qe8 26. Rh6 Bc8 (26... Nd7 27. Qf5) 27. Qf4 Qe7 (
27... Nd7 28. Qf5) 28. g6) (24... Ke8 25. h5 Qg8 26. g6) 25. Rf6 (25. h5) 25...
Qg8 26. Qf4 (26. Qf5 Nd7) 26... Nd7 (26... Bc8 27. Qd6+ Ke8 28. Qxd4) 27. Qd6+
Kd8 (27... Ke8 28. Re6+ Kd8 29. Re7 Bc8 30. Ne2) 28. e5 Kc8 29. Rf2 (29. e6
Nxf6 30. gxf6 Qd8 31. Qe5 Qc7 32. Qxd4) 29... dxc3 30. e6 cxb2 31. Qxd7+ Kb8
32. Qd6+ Kc8 33. e7 b1=Q+ 34. Kh2 {Wins again}) (22... dxc3 23. h5 Qe8 24. g6 (
24. Bd6 cxb2) 24... cxb2 (24... Nxf8 25. g7 Nh7 (25... Ne6 26. h6 Nd7 27. Rf5
Kh7 28. Rf8 Qxf8 29. gxf8=N+ Ndxf8 30. bxc3) 26. h6 Qe7 27. Rad1 Na6 28. Rd7)
25. h6 {Isnt that funny for black. I all lines his King is simply too weak})
23. Qh3 Nbd7 {Lutz: 'Schwarz setzt auf Beendigung seiner Entwicklung, aber es
ist bereits zu spät.'} (23... dxc3 24. h5 Qe8 25. bxc3 {Is winning easily}) 24.
Be7 {'+-' Lutz.} (24. h5 Qe8 25. Bd6 dxc3 26. bxc3 {Wins too}) 24... Re8 (24...
dxc3 25. h5 Qe8 (25... Qg7 {Lutz} 26. Bf6 Nxf6 27. gxf6 Qg4 28. f7+ Kf8 29.
Qxc3 Nxf7 30. h6 Qg5 31. Rf5 Qxh6 32. Raf1 $18) (25... Qxe4 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27.
Bf6+) 26. Qe6+ Kh7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bf6) 25. h5 Qg7 26. Bf6 Nxf6 27. gxf6 Qf7
28. Rf5 {The rest is without interest. White just haves an attack, as well as
material edge} Kh7 29. Qg3 dxc3 {Lutz: 'Endlich ist dieser Springer gefallen,
nachdem er 13 Züge lang hing. Aber die schwarze Stellung ist hinüber.'} 30.
Rxe5 cxb2 31. Rf1 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Bc8 33. Qxb2 Be6 34. Qe5 b4 35. Rf3 (35. Qxe6 {
Wins as well}) 35... c3 36. Rg3 c2 37. Qf4 c1=Q+ 38. Qxc1 Qxh5 39. Rg5 Qh4 40.
g3 Qh3 41. Rg7+ Kh8 42. Qg5 {Lutz: 'Eine stark vorgetragene Partie von Peter
Heine Nielsen, die das Potential des Gambits 6.Bh4 sehr schön verdeutlicht.'}
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 b4 {'!?' Lutz. It seems to me that so far this move
have been underestimated. It does weaken blacks position, but he wins the e4
pawn, and if he succeeds in castling quenside, his king is as safe as whites 
Lutz: 'Ein sehr scharfer Zug. Schwarz zerstört seine Struktur am Damenflügel,
gewinnt dafür aber den Pe4.'} (10... g4 {Lutz}) 11. Na4 (11. hxg5 bxc3 12. gxf6
cxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 c3 15. Ne5 {Is whites best try for an advantege I
guess. Blacks pawns are surely dangerous, but white s direct attack might
succeed. Fritz likes black, but without testing in practise its difficult
evaluating such unbalanced positions}) 11... Nxe4 12. Be5 Rg8 $1 {'!?' Lutz.
Why everybody prefers the weakening 12...f6 I cant understand. Blacks is a
pawn up if white takes on c4, and whites compensation isn't that obvious  Lutz:
'Dieser Zug wurde bislang selten gespielt. Meistens gab man 12...f6 den Vorzug.
'} (12... f6 {Lutz} 13. Bxb8 $5 (13. Qc2 $5 c5 14. Bxc4 $5 fxe5 15. O-O-O exd4
16. Rhe1 Qc7 17. Bd3 $13 {0-1 Sherbakov,R-Yagupov,I/St Petersburg 1999/CBM 74/
[Lutz] (54)}) 13... Rxb8 14. hxg5 b3 $2 15. axb3 fxg5 16. O-O $16 {1-0 Ivanov,
S-Sitnikov,D/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77/[Lutz] (22)}) 13. hxg5 {It is an idea
leaving out this exchange, as black now gets g5 for his queen in some lines.
Still its logical opening the line, blacks rooks just have left.} hxg5 (13...
Nxg5 $5 {Lutz} 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bg3 Nb6 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne4 18. Bh4 Be7
19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Bd3 Nf6 $6 (20... c5 $132) 21. Nc5 O-O-O $6 (21... Rd8 $5)
22. Qa4 $1 Rg5 (22... Rxd4 23. Qxa7 Rg5 24. Nxb7 Rxd3 25. Qa6 $16) 23. Ba6 Rxc5
24. Bxb7+ Qxb7 25. dxc5 $16 {1-0 Malakhatko,V-Sumets,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 
(38)}) 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Qd3 g4 {Lutz: 'Beide Seiten spielen sehr geradlinig.'}
(15... c5 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxd5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 {Might be possible, but as
black is better in a much simpler way, white needs to improve earlier anyway})
16. Qxe4 gxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Qa5 (17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 (18... Qg5 $1 {
Is better for black}) 19. O-O-O) 18. O-O-O Qxa4 19. Rh7 {Seems to much too
dangerous for black} O-O-O (19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rg7 21. Rxg7 (21. Bxe6 Rxh7 22.
Bd7+ Kd8 23. Bxc6+ Kc7 24. Rd7+ Kc8 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Rd7+ {Is Fritz way to a
draw, but although I cant find it, there must be more in it for white}) 21...
Bxg7 22. Bxe6 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 fxe6 24. Qh5+ Ke7 25. Qh4+ Ke8 26. b3 Qa5 27. Qxh6
Qxe5 28. Qg6+) 20. Qxf7 {Is winning due to blacks poor coordination}) 17... Qa5
(17... Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 19. O-O-O Qxa4 20. Qd3 {Wins}) 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5
Nxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O-O {Lutz: 'Schwarz ist mit Vorteil aus der Eröffnung gekommen.
Er hat nur noch das Problem des schlechten Bb7, während Weiß Sorgen mit seinem
König hat. Wenn sich keine wesentlichen Verbesserungen für Weiß finden, kann
12...Rg8!? als eine wichtige Neuerung bezeichnet werden.'} 21. Bb3 Qb5 (21...
Qc7 {Was safe and solid, but hoping for more I ended up with less. Still the
mistake came much later}) 22. Rd1 Ba6 (22... a5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rh7 (24. Rh8
) 24... Ba6 25. Bxe6+ {Is a problam, so black dont have time for the
positionally desirable a5} Kb7 26. Rxf7+ Ka8 27. Ra7+ Kxa7 28. Qc7+ Bb7 29.
Qxd8) 23. Rd2 {White understands very well, that he needs to evacuate his king
to the queenside. this takes some time, but its worth the effort. With the
king stuck in the centre black has too many tactical possibilities} Kb7 (23...
Rxd2 {Lutz} 24. Kxd2 Qd3+ 25. Kc1 Qxf3 $17) 24. Kd1 $2 {'?!' Lutz.} (24. f4 $1
{Should have been played immediately. Now I get another chance.} Rxd2 25. Kxd2
Qd3+ 26. Kc1 Qf3 {Is ok for black, but a pawn worse than the opportunity
arriving in the game!}) (24. f4 $5 {Lutz}) 24... Ka8 {'?' Lutz. Lutz:
'Anscheinend dachte Schwarz, dass er noch Zeit für diesen Zug hätte. Aber
neben dem Tempoverlust steht der König auf a8 eher schlechter als auf b7.'} (
24... Rxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Qd3+ 26. Kc1 Qxf3 {'-/+' Lutz.} 27. Rd1 {Wasn't to my
liking, as my king surely feels insecure. However after the greedy} Qxf2 {
I just don't see what white has for his pawns!} 28. Rd7+ (28. Qd6 Bb5) 28...
Ka8 {And black has too many counterthreats}) 25. f4 Rxd2+ 26. Kxd2 Qd3+ 27. Kc1
Qf3 28. Rh8 {Lutz: 'Mit dem Tausch der Türme ist klar, dass Weiß außerhalb
jeglicher Verlustgefahr ist. Im Gegenteil, er hat nun die Initiative.'} Rxh8
29. Qxh8+ Kb7 30. Qd4 Kc8 $2 (30... Bb5 31. Qd7+ Ka6 32. Qc8+ Ka5 {Is just
fine for black. The active Queen secures the draw. Blacks King looks fragile
at a5, but the queen can only give perpetual}) 31. Qd6 Kb7 32. Ba4 Qd5 {
'?' Lutz.} ({Besser ist} 32... Qh1+ {Lutz} 33. Kd2 Qd5+ 34. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 33.
Qe7+ Kb8 34. Qe8+ Bc8 35. Qxc6 Qc4+ 36. Kd2 Qd4+ (36... Qxf4+ 37. Kd3 {
Unfortunately puts an end to blacks hopes for a perpetual, so my last hope was
the ending that arises, which however is completely lost}) 37. Ke1 Qxf4 38.
Qd6+ Qxd6 39. cxd6 {'+/-' Lutz. Lutz: 'Weiß hat klaren Vorteil, da der Pd6 den
schwarzen König an die Grundreihe fesselt.'} Bb7 40. Kd2 Bd5 41. Kd3 Bxa2 42.
Kd4 f6 {Else Ke5-f6 decides} 43. Kc5 Kc8 44. Kxb4 e5 45. Kc5 Be6 46. Bc6 (46.
Bb5 {Lutz} Kd8 47. Bc6 Bg4 48. b4 Bh3 49. b5 {Weiß fixiert den Pa7.} f5 $6 {
Schwarz schwächt seine Bauernstruktur.} (49... Be6 {(Lutz) ist vielleicht
besser:} 50. Kb4 {Weiß marschiert zum Pa7. Ich sehe nicht, wie Weiß sonst
Fortschritte machen kann.} Bc8 (50... Bg4 51. Ka5 Bc8 52. d7 Bxd7 53. Bxd7 Kxd7
54. Ka6 $18) 51. Ka5 f5 52. Kb4 (52. d7 Bxd7 53. Bxd7 Kxd7 54. Ka6 e4 $11)
52... Be6 53. Kc5 f4 $16) 50. Kd5 $18 e4 51. Ke5 Bg4 52. Bd5 Bh3 53. Be6 Bf1
54. Kxf5 Bxb5 55. Kxe4 Bc6+ 56. Ke5 Bf3 57. Bd5 Bg4 58. f4 a5 59. f5 a4 60. f6
Ke8 61. f7+ Kf8 62. Be6 a3 {1-0 Xu Jun-Nielsen,P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Lutz]
(62)} (62... a3 {Lutz} 63. d7 $18)) 46... Kd8 47. b4 Bg4 48. b5 {Just killing.
Black cant sit and wait, as white just takes a7 with his king then} f5 49. Kd5
e4 50. Ke5 Bh3 51. Bd5 Bg4 52. Be6 Be2 53. Kxf5 Bxb5 54. Kxe4 Bc6+ 55. Ke5 Bf3
56. Bd5 Bg4 57. f4 a5 58. f5 a4 59. f6 Ke8 60. f7+ Kf8 61. Be6 a3 62. d7 {
Nice technique from Xu, who played the final part of the game quickly and
flawlessly} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2876"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,113,40,28,28,26,24,-21,6,6,31,23,47,-27,-18,-18,-2,-13,-9,-52,-11,-12,
27,-60,-6,-7,-14,-26,-18,-34,-20,-23,-12,-32,-30,-34,-3,-46,-40,-40,-43,-67,
-85,-52,-44,-70,-75,-75,-73,-102,-72,-79,-77,-82,-73,-78,-79,-114,-23,-90,-77,
-66,-15,-15,-14,0,8,-26,1,0,64,20,36,55,131,75,39,52,110,93,100,85,107,108,97,
90,110,110,140,125,125,125,151,149,145,163,174,169,196,188,214,217,208,228,238,
215,215,233,238,230,227,227,237,225,213,198]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4.
Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {[%mdl 2048]} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. h4 {I
seconded Vishy Anand in the 2007 World Championship in Mexico where the
Anti-Moscow gambit was the huge rage. Yet White would then either push h4 a
bit later or not at all, but Alphazero adds its own flavour...} g4 10. Ne5 Nbd7
11. Be2 Bb7 ({In the Alphazero-Stockfish game a different move order appeared:
} 11... Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rg8 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 a6 15. g3 {What was striking in
the Alphazero game was the absolute calmness in the style of play, believing
that the long-term compensation is sufficient and thus gradually improving the
position like there is absolutely no hurry at all, proving that White's
initiative compensates for the investment.} h5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bf4 Rg6 18. b3
b4 19. Na4 c3 {Black gets a protected passed pawn, but that also seems not to
worry Alphazero the slighest as it instead gets access to the b1-h7 diagonal
for its bishop and thus can keep slowly improving its position.} 20. e5 Qc7 21.
Bd3 Rg8 22. Bh7 Rh8 23. Be4 a5 24. a3 Be7 25. Bg2 Rd8 26. axb4 axb4 27. Qe4 Rb8
28. Red1 $1 {A strategic gem has materialized.} Rd8 ({Black is basically
committed to passively awaiting White's trying to break through, as} 28... c5 {
now strongly is met by} 29. d5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Qxd5 {when the exchange
sac turns White's long-term prospects into an immediate tactical win.}) 29. Kh2
Ra8 30. Be3 Nb6 31. Nxb6 Rxa1 32. Rxa1 Qxb6 33. Qf4 Qc7 34. Be4 Qd8 35. f3 $1 {
Breaking Black's "fortress"} Rg8 36. Qh6 Kd7 37. Qxh5 Qe8 38. Qh6 Qb8 39. Qf4
f5 40. exf6 Qxf4 41. Bxf4 Bxf6 42. fxg4 Kc8 43. Ra4 Bxh4 44. Rxb4 Bf6 45. Rc4
Kd8 46. Rxc3 Rxg4 47. Rc4 Rg7 48. Bxc6 Ba6 49. Rb4 Bc8 50. Kg2 Ra7 51. Kf3 Ke7
52. Be5 Bxe5 53. dxe5 Rc7 54. Be4 Rc3+ 55. Kf4 Rc1 56. Rc4 Rf1+ 57. Kg5) 12.
Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 {Had Matlakov retreated to d8, then after 13...Qd8 14
0-0 Rg8 it would have been a straight transposition to the Alphazero game!} 14.
b3 $5 {Magnus immediately pokes the queenside, inviting Black to get his
protected passed pawn on c3.} Rg8 {Matlakov's idea is that 15.bxc4 b4 now
allows a black 16...Nxe4 trading his queenside pawn for a central pawn. That
would also lead to interesting complications, but Magnus stays loyal to the
Alphazero concept and protects his e4 pawn.} 15. Qc2 b4 16. Na4 c3 17. a3 {
The inclusion of a3/a5 is generally favourable for White, not only due to the
potential of opening the a-line, but also access to the b6 square. As 17...a5?
18 Nb6! is very favourable for White, Matlakov has to make a couple of
intermidiate moves first, before protecting the b4-pawn.} Nd7 (17... a5 $2 18.
Nb6 $1) 18. Bg3 Bg7 19. Rd1 {A neccessary precaution as} (19. e5 c5 $1 {
would be grim for White as his centre then crumbles.}) 19... a5 20. O-O Bf6 $5
(20... e5 21. Bxg4 Rd8 $5 {would also be interesting, trying to undermine the
centre hoping to withstand the direct attacking possibilities White would get
in the process.}) {But Matlakov's move is obviously critical, trying to simply
pick up the h4-pawn, and thus forcing Magnus to show his hand:} 21. Nc5 $6 {
The right mindset, but the wrong execution!} ({White indeed has to give up
more pawns, but the incredible} 21. Bc7 $3 {was the way when} Bxh4 (21... Rc8 {
would be logical, but the a3/a5 inclusion means that} 22. Bxa5 $1 {is possible!
}) 22. e5 {gives White a huge initiative for the 2 sacrificed pawns.}) 21...
Nxc5 22. dxc5 e5 23. Rd6 {Magnus' play does look like the original 10
Alphazero games, with initiative being the more important factor than the
number of pawns. Even so, objectively speaking Black is fine, but short of
time the practical task of Matlakov indeed is difficult.} Bxh4 24. Bc4 Bg5 25.
Qd3 Rg6 26. f4 exf4 $2 {This logical move ruins Black's position.} (26... gxf3
27. Qxf3 Rg7 {holds, but does depend on finding} 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Bxf7+ Kf8 $5
30. Bc4+ Bf4 $1 {when in the ensuing ending Black's passed pawn on c3 finally
will show its relevance.}) 27. Bxf4 $2 ({In the postgame Magnus said he
actually intended the crushing} 27. e5 $1 {but then somehow forgot!}) 27...
Bxf4 28. Rxf4 c2 29. Qxc2 Rxd6 30. cxd6 Qxd6 31. e5 $1 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qe3 33. Qf5
{Black's king is caught in the centre, and while Magnus could have won quicker,
the result never was in doubt.} Kd8 34. Qxf7 Kc8 35. axb4 Qxe5 36. Qf8+ Kc7 37.
Rf7+ Kb6 38. bxa5+ Qxa5 39. Qe7 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Ra1+ 41. Bf1 Qxf7 42. Qxf7 Ba6 43.
Qf2+ Kb7 44. Qd4 Rxf1+ 45. Kh2 h5 46. Qc5 Rb1 47. Qxh5 Kb6 48. Qxg4 Rxb3 49.
Qg8 Rd3 50. g4 Rd5 51. g5 Bd3 52. g6 Bxg6 53. Qxg6 Kc7 54. Qf7+ Kb8 55. Kg3
Rg5+ 56. Kf4 Rd5 57. Qf8+ Kb7 58. Qb4+ Kc7 59. Ke4 Kc8 60. Qb6 Kd7 61. Qb7+ Kd6
62. Qc8 Kc5 63. Qb8 Rh5 64. Kf4 Rd5 65. Kg4 Kc4 66. Qb6 Rd4+ 67. Kf5 c5 68. Qa5
Rd5+ 69. Ke6 Rd4 70. Qa4+ Kc3 71. Qa3+ Kc4 72. Qa5 Rd3 73. Qa4+ Kc3 74. Qa3+
Kc4 75. Qc1+ Kb4 76. Qb2+ Kc4 77. Qc2+ Kd4 78. Kd6 c4 79. Qf2+ Re3 80. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Neverov, Valeriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. c5 (10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. dxc6 bxc6 $10)
10... Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Re1 Rd8 14. b4 Nf8 (14... Qf8 15. Nc3
Nf6 16. a3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Be8 18. h3 Qe7 $13) 15. Nc3 (15. Qb3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be8
$10) 15... Qf6 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Nc3 Qf6 18. Ne5 Bd7 $2 (18... Rxd4 $1 19. Bh7+
Kxh7 20. Qxd4 Ng6 21. Nf3 e5 $44) 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. g3 Qe7 22. Nef6+
(22. d5 $1 cxd5 23. Nef6+ Qxf6 $8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qh5 $18) 22... Kh8 (22...
gxf6 23. Nxh6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 $18) 23. d5 Be8 (23... cxd5 24. Nxd5 Ba4 25. Nxe7
Bxd1 26. Raxd1 Rd7 27. c6 Rxe7 28. cxb7 Rb8 29. Ba6 $18) 24. d6 Bxd6 25. Nxe8 (
25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Nxe8 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Rxd3 28. Ne5 Rd5 29. Nxf7+ Kg8 30. Ned6
$16) 25... Bb8 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Ne5 Kg8 29. Qh5 Qe7 30. Rad1 $18
Rd6 (30... f6 31. Ng6 Qf7 32. Bc2 f5 33. Nf4 $18) 31. Bc4 Rad8 32. Rxd6 Rxd6
33. a3 f6 34. Nf3 b5 35. Bf1 (35. Bb3 $1 Rd3 36. Re3 Qd6 37. Qc5 $1 $16 Qd7 38.
Rxd3 Qxd3 39. Nd4 Qb1+ 40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. f3 Qe3 42. Nxe6 $18) 35... Rd5 36. Qg4
Qd6 37. Qe4 a5 38. Rc1 axb4 39. Qxb4 Nd7 40. Qxd6 Rxd6 41. Be2 Kf7 42. Kf1 Ke7
43. Ke1 f5 44. Nd2 g5 45. Rc3 Ne5 46. Bf1 Rd4 47. Rc5 (47. Nb3 Re4+ 48. Kd1 b4
49. axb4 Rxb4 $14) 47... Rd5 (47... Kd6 48. Rxe5 Kxe5 49. Nf3+ Ke4 50. Nxd4
Kxd4 51. Kd2 e5 52. f3 $14) 48. Rxd5 $2 exd5 49. Be2 Kd6 50. Nb3 c5 $1 51. Bxb5
c4 52. Nd2 Kc5 53. Ba6 Kd4 54. Bc8 f4 55. Bf5 Kc3 56. gxf4 gxf4 57. Be6 d4 $4
$138 (57... Nd3+ 58. Ke2 f3+ $1 59. Ke3 $8 d4+ 60. Kxf3 Kxd2 61. Bxc4 Ne5+ 62.
Ke4 Nxc4 63. Kxd4 Nxa3 64. f4 Nc2+ 65. Ke4 Ne3 66. f5 Ng4 67. Kf4 Nf6 68. Ke5
Ng4+ 69. Ke6 Nxh2 70. f6 Nf3 71. Kf5 Ng5 72. Kg6 Ke3 73. Kxh6 Kf4 $10) 58. Bxc4
$1 Nxc4 59. Nxc4 Kxc4 60. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Novikov,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1 b6 {N/} (12... e5 {Aseev,
K-Zvjagincev,V/Rostov op/1993/ Inf 62/464/}) 13. b5 c5 (13... Bb7 $5) 14. Ne4 (
14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 $10) 14... Qe7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 bxc5 (16... Qxc5
17. Bxe6 Qxb5 18. Bd5 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Qxf1+ 20. Qxf1 Bxf1 21. Bd5 {/\ Rc7+/-}) 17.
Qa4 Bb7 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Rc2 {/\ Nf3-d2-c4} (19. Rfd1 Rd5 $132) 19... a6 $2 (
19... Bd5 $1 $10) 20. bxa6 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rd6 (21... Qa7 22. Nd2 Qxa6 23. Qxa6
Rxa6 24. Nc4 $14) (21... Qd6 $2 22. Rd2 $18) 22. Rxc5 Raxa6 (22... Rdxa6 $5 23.
Rc8+ Rxc8 24. Qxa6 Qd8 $14 {/\ Ra8,Qa5}) 23. Rc8+ Kh7 24. Qc4 Ra7 25. h4 (25.
Qe2 $5 Rda6 26. Rc2 $14) 25... Rda6 26. h5 gxh5 27. Nd4 (27. Qd3+ f5 28. e4 Ra3
29. Qb1 $4 Rxf3 $1 $19) 27... Bxd4 $8 28. Qxd4 e5 29. Qe4+ Kg7 30. Rd1 Ra4 $8 (
30... Rxa2 $2 31. Rdd8 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 $18) 31. Qf3 Rxa2 32. Qxh5 (32. Rdd8 Ra1+
33. Kh2 Qh4+ $10) 32... Ra1 $10 33. Rcc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Ra6 35. Qg4+ Qg5 36. Qe4
Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Syre Memorial op 31st"]
[Site "Issy les Moulineaux"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Payen, Arnaud"]
[Black "Piankov, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2341"]
[Annotator "Payen,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.05.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 ({RR} 6. e3 Qxb3 7.
axb3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. d5
Bd6 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Be4 Ke7 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nh4 Rab8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bc3 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Kf7 {Tregubov,P (2609)-Maiorov,O (2458)/Krasnodar 1999/EXT 2002/1/2-1/
2 (37)}) (6. c5 Qc7 (6... Qxb3 7. axb3 {[%cal Ga1a7]})) 6... Nbd7 (6... dxc4 7.
Qxc4 Qxb2 8. Rb1 Qa3 9. Rb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 {[%cal Re2e4]}) 7. e3 Nh5 $146 ({RR} 
7... Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 a6 13. Rfe1
Qd8 14. d5 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nbxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rad1 Qc6 18. Qe2 Rd8 19. Ne5 Qe8
20. Qf3 Ra7 21. Be3 Ra8 22. Qh3 {Frog,I (2295)-Dolinskij,B/Moscow 1995/EXT
1998/1-0}) 8. c5 (8. Bg5 $5) 8... Qa5 9. Bd3 Nxf4 10. exf4 g6 11. h4 $1 b6 12.
cxb6 axb6 13. h5 Bg7 14. Qc2 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Rd3g6]} c5 15. Kf1 cxd4 16. Nb5
O-O 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Nc7 (18. Kg1 $5) 18... Nc5 19. Bxg6 $4 {En fait j'avais
programmé ce coup sur un éloignement du cavalier d7 et je l'ai joué
impulsivement.J'étais également en retard au temps.L'enjeu était au minimum
650 Euros alors j'ai fait preuve de nervosité.Toujours la tactique.} (19. b4
Qxb4 20. Nxa8 Qa3 $13 {[%cal Gc8a6,Gc5d3,Ga3d3,Ya6f1]} 21. Nxb6 Ba6 (21... Nxd3
22. Nxc8 Nxf4) 22. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 23. Kg1 Qxb6 24. Rb1) 19... fxg6 20. Qxg6 Ba6+
21. Kg1 (21. Nxa6 $142 Qxa6+ 22. Kg1 Qd3 {[%cal Gd3g6] Le coup simple que j'ai
raté en jouant Fxg6!Une énorme erreur qui aurait dû me coûter la partie.})
21... Bd3 22. Qh5 $1 $138 {[%cal Rc7e8,Re8g7,Rh5e8] Avec une dernière idée
avant la mort!} Ra7 $4 {L'adversaire perd ses nerfs!} (22... Rac8 23. Nxd5 (23.
Ne5 Rxc7 24. Nxd3 Nxd3 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Qxd3 $19) 23... exd5 24. Qxd5+ Rf7 25.
Ng5 Qa7 $19 {[%cal Ga7f7]}) 23. Ne8 $1 {Un coup providentiel!} Qa4 $4 (23...
Rf5 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Nxg7 Rxg7 26. Qh4 $15 {[%cal Rf3d4,Rh4d8]}) 24. Nxg7 $18
Kxg7 (24... Rxg7 25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Ne5+ Ke8 27. Qxg7 $18) 25. Ne5 {C'est mat en
3 coups!} Rf6 $4 {Piankov est groggy!} 26. Qh8# {Une faible mais interessante
partie.Avec une chance énorme pour moi!} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bunzmann, Dimitrij"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.07.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 Nd7 {
Ich wurde von der Eröffnungswahl meines Gegners sehr überrascht, und entschied
mich, nicht in die objektiv bessere aber auch kompliziertere Alternative 7...
dxc4 einziehen zu lassen.} (7... dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5
Bb4+ 12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 O-O $1 13. Nc7 e5 14. Nxa8 exd4 15. Bxc4 Bxa8 $44) 12...
O-O 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bxc4 Rac8 18. Qb3
Bxg2 $1 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxf7+ Kh7 22. Kxf1 Bxc3 23. Qd7 Bd4 $1
$132 {Lautier-Illescas, Chalkidiki 1992}) 8. e4 dxe4 ({Der sofortige} 8... Bb4
$5 {verdient vielleicht Aufmerksamkeit, wenn Schwarz seinen Läufer unbedingt
nach b4 entwickeln will.}) 9. Qxe4 Bb4 $6 ({Die Entwicklung mit} 9... g6 10.
Bd3 Bg7 {sieht viel natürlicher aus.}) 10. Bd3 {[%csl Re8][%cal Rd3h7]} c5 (
10... Qe7 11. O-O Nf6 {wurde schon erprobt.}) 11. a3 $6 {Ein Tempoverlust,
denn nach 11.0-0 ist 11...cxd4? wegen 12.Nd5! fehlerhaft. Deshalb wäre 11...
Bxc3 oder 11...Qe7 erfolgt.} cxd4 $6 (11... Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc5 $1
14. Qe3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 O-O {verprach Ausgleich, während der Textzug Weiss die
besseren Chancen überlässt.}) 12. axb4 dxc3 13. b3 Qe7 (13... c2 14. Qd4 Qxd4
15. Nxd4 $14 {[%cal Ga1a7]}) 14. Qd4 e5 (14... Qxb4 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. O-O Nc5
17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Ne5 {[%csl Re8] wäre wegen des schwachen Königs unerwünscht.})
15. Qxc3 e4 16. O-O O-O (16... exf3 17. Rfe1 Ne5 18. Rxe5 Be6 19. g3 $16) 17.
Rfe1 f5 ({Erzwungen angesichts} 17... Nf6 $6 18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Ra5 $1 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ga5e5] Aber nun steht Weiss dank seines Entwicklungsvorsprungs besser.
Dazu verfügt er über die Stärke der ofenen a-Linie, die den Ra8 an die
Verteidigung des Pa7 bindet. Schwarz muss hingegen versuchen seinen
Raumvorteil am KF auszunützen und evt. dort einen Angriff entwickeln. Bis
dahin ist aber ein langer Weg.}) 18. Bc2 b6 (18... Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Nd4
Rd8 21. Red1 $14) 19. Nd4 Qf6 (19... Bb7 {führt entweder zu Bauernverlust,
oder im Fall von} 20. Nb5 a6 (20... Ne5 21. Rxa7 Rxa7 22. Nxa7) 21. Nc7 Ra7 22.
Qd4 {zu klarem weissem Uebergewicht.}) 20. Nb5 (20. c5 Ne5) 20... Ne5 {[%csl
Rb5,Rc3][%cal Yf6c3,Ye5f3]} 21. f4 ({Den Vorzug verdienten} 21. Red1 Bb7 22.
Rd6 Qe7 23. c5 {oder}) (21. Kf1 Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. Ra4 {denn, im letzten
Fall würde Schwarz über keinen Freibauern verfügen.}) 21... Nc6 22. Qxf6 Rxf6
23. Ra4 (23. Nc7 $2 Nxb4) 23... a6 (23... Rf7 24. Rd1 $14 (24. Nd6 Rc7 25. c5
bxc5 26. bxc5 Rb8 $132)) 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. b5 (25. Nd5 Rd6 26. Rd1 Kf7 $13) (25.
Rd1 $6 b5 $1) 25... Nd4 $6 {Weiss gewinnt nach diesem Zug einen Bauern, obwohl
dieser Vorteil gar nicht leicht zu verwerten ist.} (25... axb5 {sollte
geschehen, mit der möglichen Folge} 26. Nxb5 (26. cxb5 Ne7) 26... g5 (26... Rf7
27. g4 $36) 27. g3 $14) 26. bxa6 Bxa6 27. Nxa6 ({Verschmäht} 27. Bxe4 fxe4 28.
Nxa6 Rd8 29. Rxe4 {, wonach} Nxb3 30. g3 Nd2 {Schwarz ausgezeichnete
Remischancen versprochen hätte.}) 27... Nxc2 28. Rd1 $6 (28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Nxb8
Ne2+ 30. Kf1 Nxc1 {hätte zu ungefährem Ausgleich geführt,}) ({während} 28. Re2
Nd4 29. Rd2 Rd8 30. Kf2 {die weisse Stellung stabilisiert hätte, und einen
leichten Vorteil bedeutet hätte.}) 28... Ra8 29. Kf2 g5 $1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Yf6g6,Yg6g2] Sichert das Ueberleben des Nc2 und öffnet Linien gegen den
weissen König.} 30. g3 (30. fxg5 hxg5 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Yf5f4,Yc2e3] würde der
schwarzen Bauernmasse erlauben, bald vorzurücken, war aber weniger schlimm,
als Schwarz die g-Linie zu überlassen.}) 30... gxf4 31. gxf4 Rg6 {[%cal Yg6g2,
Ye4e3]} 32. c5 $4 {Ein grober Fehler, welchen ich nicht voll ausnutzen konnte.}
(32. Nc5 $4 Re8 {hätte auch verloren, aber}) (32. Nc7 Rxa4 33. bxa4 Rc6 34.
Rd8+ (34. Nd5 Kf7 $5) 34... Kf7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Nd5 Na3 $15 {erlaubte
heftigen Widerstand.}) 32... b5 $2 ({Ich sah, dass ich damit die Qualität
erobern konnte, blieb aber vor dem leichten} 32... e3+ 33. Kf3 Re8 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Re3e1] blind.}) 33. Ra2 e3+ 34. Kf3 e2 35. Kxe2 Rg2+ {[%cal Yg2a2]} 36.
Kf3 Ne1+ 37. Rxe1 Rxa2 38. Nc7 R8a3 39. Rb1 b4 $2 {Wieder ein Fehler, der
Konsequenzen hätte haben können.} (39... Rxh2 40. Nxb5 Ra5 {hätte keinerlei
Schwierigkeiten bereitet.}) 40. Nd5 {[%cal Gc5c6,Gc6c7]} Rxh2 (40... Rc2 41. c6
Kf7 42. Nxb4) 41. c6 {Die Zeitnot ist vorbei und ich wurde langsam von den
Schwierigkeiten bewusst, die der weisse c-Bauer bereitet.} Kf7 (41... Rc2 42.
Ke3 Kf7 43. Nxb4 Rc4 44. Nd3 Re4+ 45. Kf3 {war auch nicht klar.}) 42. Nxb4 $2 {
Wieder ein schlimmes Uebersehen.} ({Nach} 42. Ke3 Ke6 43. c7 Rc2 44. Kd4 Ra5 (
44... Ra8 45. Rh1 Rh8 46. Rg1 $44) 45. Re1+ Kd6 46. Re5 Rxc7 47. Rxf5 Rh7 48.
Rf6+ Kd7 {hätte Schwarz noch arbeiten müssen, um seine Mehrqualität zum Sieg
zu führen.}) 42... Rxb3+ 43. Rxb3 Rh3+ 44. Ke2 Rxb3 45. Nc2 ({Auf} 45. Nd3 {
plante ich die folgende Abwicklung:} Rxd3 $1 46. Kxd3 Ke7 $1 ({und nicht} 46...
Ke6 $2 47. Kd4 h5 $2 (47... Kd6 48. c7 $11) 48. Kc5 {, denn der schwarze König
gelangt nicht mehr nach c8.}) 47. Kd4 h5 48. Kc5 Kd8 $19) (45. c7 Rc3 46. Nd5
Rc5 $19) 45... Rb2 46. Kd3 Rxc2 47. Kxc2 Ke6 48. Kd3 Kd6 49. Kd4 h5 50. c7 Kxc7
51. Ke5 h4 52. Kxf5 h3 53. Kg6 h2 54. f5 h1=Q 55. f6 Kd7 56. Kg7 Ke6 57. f7 Qb7
0-1

[Event "ESP-chT Honor Gp1"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2007.06.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxg4 b4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Na4 Nxe4 15.
Be5 Rg8 16. Bxc4 Bd6 17. Qh5 c5 $1 {Diese Neuerung hatte ich auch gefunden,
aber am Morgen vor dieser Partie hatte ich meine Analyse vertieft.
Kasimdzhanov hatte nämlich einige Wochen zuvor in seinem Kandidatenwettkampf
gegen Gelfand bereits 11...Nbd7 gespielt.} 18. Rd1 (18. O-O-O {sieht logischer
aus, ist aber wegen} Qc7 {[%cal Gc7c1] schlechter.}) 18... cxd4 19. Rxd4 Ke7 $2
({Nach der Partie gab mein Gegner zu, er habe seine Vorbereitung vergessen.
Dies bewies sein 30-minütiges Nachdenken an dieser Stelle, sowie die Tatsache,
dass der Textzug schlecht ist. Nach} 19... Qa5 20. Bxe6 Ng5 $1 (20... Rf8 $6
21. Bd5 $1 b3+ 22. Nc3 Nxc3 (22... bxa2 $2 23. O-O $1 $18) 23. O-O $1 Bxd5 24.
Bxd6 O-O-O 25. Bxf8 bxa2 26. bxc3 a1=Q 27. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 28. Kh2 $18) 21. Bxf7+ (
21. Bd7+ Kxd7 22. Rxd6+ Ke8 $1 23. hxg5 Qxe5+ 24. Qe2 Qxe2+ 25. Kxe2 $11) 21...
Nxf7 22. Rxd6 b3+ 23. Nc3 Qxe5+ 24. Qxe5+ Nxe5 25. Re6+ {besitzt Weiss einen
Mehrbauern, der aber kaum verwertbar ist. Höchstens kann er darauf hoffen,
seinen Gegner ein bisschen leiden zu lassen.}) ({Der beste Zug war aber} 19...
Qc7 $1 {, wobei die Chancen verteilt sind. Z.B:} 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Bxe6 Bxg2 (
21... Rg6 22. Nc5 $5) 22. Rg1 Rg6 23. Nc5 (23. Rxg2 Rxg2 24. Kf1 Rg6 25. Nc5
$11) 23... Bf3 $1 24. Bxf7+ Nxf7 25. Qxg6 Qxc5 26. Re4+ Bxe4 27. Qxe4+ Kd7 28.
Qb7+ Qc7 29. Qxa8 Qc1+ 30. Ke2 Qxg1 31. Qxa7+ Ke6 {Weiss wird das kaum
verlieren.}) 20. Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3d3]} ({Dieser Angriffszug ist stärker als
der Tausch auf d6 oder} 20. Bd3 Nf6 $1 {Es ist ja klar, dass der Bb7 und der
Rg8 die weisse Rochade auf ewig verbieten. Weiss entwickelt also seinen Rh1
und droht die Verdoppelung auf der d-Linie.}) 20... Qc7 21. Rf3 {Erst nach
langem Nachdenken verstand ich hier, dass Weiss seinen Angriff richtig
entfalten könnte, falls er den Tausch auf d6 so lange wie möglich verzögern
könnte.} Raf8 ({Nach} 21... f6 {gewinnen verschiedene Züge:} 22. Bxe6 $1 $18 (
22. Rxd6 Qxc4 23. Rd4 $1 (23. b3 Qc8) 23... Qc1+ 24. Rd1 Qc8 25. Qxh6 $1 $18) (
{und sogar} 22. Qxh6 $18)) 22. Nc5 $1 ({Weiss bringt seine letzte inaktive
Figur ins Spiel, wobei der dreimal angegriffene Springer nicht geschlagen
werden darf. Unbefriedigend wäre hingegen} 22. Bxd6+ Nxd6 23. Rfd3 Be4 $1 24.
Rd2 Bxg2) 22... Rxg2 ({Schlecht sind sowohl} 22... Qxc5 23. Bxd6+ Qxd6 24. Rxd6
Nxd6 25. Rf4 $18) ({als auch} 22... b3 23. Rxb3 $18) ({Auf} 22... Bd5 {hatte
ich vor, meinen Angriff mittels} 23. Bxd6+ Nxd6 24. Rxd5 {fortzusetzen. Es ist
bereits aus, man sehe} exd5 25. Re3+ (25. Qxd5 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 $18) 25... Kd8 26.
Qxd5 $18) 23. Rxd6 $4 ({Den beiden Kontrahenten hatten hier nur noch wenig
Zeit zur Verfügung, wobei die Stellung noch ganz kompliziert ist. Mich reizte
plötzlich eine siegbringende Variante mit dem Textzug. Der Computer zeigt,
dass Weiss mittels} 23. Nxe6 $1 {leicht hätte gewinnen können. Dieses Opfer
zog ich nicht einmal in Betracht... Nach} Rg1+ 24. Ke2 fxe6 25. Rxf8 Kxf8 26.
Qxh6+ Rg7 27. Bxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxe6 $1 (28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bd3 Kh6 30. Bxe4 Bc5
$11) 28... Be7 29. Rxe4 {wird sich Schwarz kaum retten können.}) ({Meine erste
Absicht auf 22...Rxg2 war} 23. Bxd6+ Nxd6 24. Rfd3 {gewesen. Ich hätte meinem
Gefühl folgen sollen, denn Weiss behält klaren Vorteil nach} Rg1+ 25. Ke2 Bd5 (
25... Rd8 26. Qe5 Bg2 27. Nxe6 $1 Bf1+ 28. Kf3 $18) 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. Qe5+ Kd8
28. Qxd5 Re8+ 29. Kf3 Ke7 (29... Rg6 $2 30. Nb7+) 30. Qe5+ Kf8 31. Qxd6+ Qxd6
32. Rxd6 Rc8 33. Rd5) 23... Rg1+ 24. Ke2 Nxd6 $2 ({Kasimdzhanov verbrachte
hier 8 seiner letzten 10 Minuten, fand aber den richtigen Zug doch nicht. In
meinen Überlegungen hatte ich zuvor} 24... Qxc5 25. Rxf7+ $1 (25. Rd4 Rg5 $1
26. Rfd3 $1 Bc6 27. hxg5 Qxe5) (25. b3 Ng5 $19) {für total gewonnen gehalten,
aber es gibt eine leichte Verteidigung:} 25... Rxf7 26. Rxe6+ Kd8 {Weiss hat
einen Turm weniger, kann sich aber noch knapp retten:} 27. Bf6+ $1 Rxf6 28.
Qe8+ Kc7 29. Re7+ Qxe7 30. Qxe7+ Kb6 31. f3 {Die Lage sieht katastrophal aus,
denn Weiss hat Material weniger und einen exponierten König. Der Computer
zeigt aber ruhig, dass alles in Ordnung ist!}) 25. Bf6+ Ke8 26. Re3 $2 ({
Ich führten diesen geplanten Zug sofort aus, verstand aber bald, dass er
verfehlt war. Gewonnen hätte} 26. Rd3 Rg6 (26... Bg2 27. Bxe6 {Schwarz kann
dem gegnerischen Monarch noch zu schwitzen geben, aber es hilft alles nichts.}
Bf1+ 28. Kf3 Bg2+ 29. Ke3 $1 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Ne4+ 31. Kxe1 Nxf6 32. Bd7+ Ke7 33.
Qe2+ Kd8 34. Be6+ Bd5 35. Bxd5 $18) 27. Qe5 $5 (27. Nxb7 Rxf6 28. Nxd6+ Ke7 29.
Qe5 Qb6 30. Ne4 $16) 27... Rxf6 28. Rxd6 Bc6 29. Na6 Bf3+ 30. Kd3 Be2+ 31. Ke3
$1 $18 {Alles ziemlich kompliziert, aber schön.}) 26... Rg6 27. Qxg6 $5 ({
Hier verbrachte ich meine letzten Minuten, um noch die beste Chance zu finden.
Nach} 27. Bxe6 Rxf6 28. Bd7+ Kd8 29. Qe5 Ne4 $5) ({oder} 27. Rxe6+ fxe6 28.
Qxg6+ Qf7 29. Bd3 Bd5 {steht Schwarz problemlos besser.}) 27... Qxc5 ({
Natürlich nicht} 27... fxg6 $4 28. Rxe6+ Kf7 29. Rxd6+ Ke8 30. Re6+ Kf7 31.
Rc6+ $18) 28. Rxe6+ Kd7 29. Rxd6+ ({Die Pointe sieht man nach} 29. Re7+ Kc6 $1
{Weiss verliert Material:} 30. Qg2+ Kb6 31. Rxb7+ Nxb7) 29... Kxd6 $6 ({
Nur der Computer findet in wenigen Sekunden, dass} 29... Kc7 $1 {Vorteil
behält.}) 30. Qd3+ $2 $138 ({Ein letzter Fehler, der nun den zweiten halben
Punkt kostet.} 30. Bg7+ {war einfach zu finden, und remisiert nach} fxg6 (30...
Kd7 31. Qd3+ Ke7 32. Bxf8+ Kxf8 $11) 31. Bxf8+ Kc6 32. Bxc5 Kxc5 33. Bd3) 30...
Kc7 31. Bd4 Re8+ 32. Kd2 Qd6 33. Be3 (33. Bxa7 $142) 33... Qe5 {Nun ist
natürlich alles vorbei.} 34. Kc1 Kb8 35. b3 Qa1+ 36. Qb1 Qe5 37. Qd3 Ka8 38.
Bxf7 Rc8+ 39. Bc4 Be4 40. Qd4 Qxd4 41. Bxd4 Bd5 42. Kd2 Bxc4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44.
Kd3 Rc1 45. f4 Kb7 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{After three wins in a row another tough opponent awaited me in the last round.
Grandmaster Alexey Dreev, not only a very strong player, but also appears
recently in great form, going to break once again the 2700 Elo barrier. In the
tournament I had already a fine score of +4, but, due to my inferior tie-break
had to win another game to qualify for the World Cup. Alexey had half a point
less, and only a win could give him a chance to qualify as well.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qb3 {This is a sort of a side line. I wanted to
avoid the main lines of the Meran where Dreev has huge experience.} Nbd7 6. Bg5
h6 7. Bh4 g5 $5 {This move is perfectly playable, but, in general I was glad
that my opponent is taking some risks, as this gives me chances as well. The
solid alternative is, naturally, 7...Be7, while 7...Qa5 has appeared in the
practice of my opponent with both colours.} (7... Qa5 8. e3 Ne4 (8... Bd6 9.
Bd3 O-O 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bg3 Qc7 13. Rac1 a6 14. Rfd1 exd4 15. Bxd6
Qxd6 16. Nxd4 Qc7 17. Be2 $14 {1-0 Dreev,A (2645)-Burmakin,V (2560)/Ubeda 1999/
CBM 068 ext (67)}) 9. Bd3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bg7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qc2
Nf6 14. Rb1 Qb4 15. a3 Qe7 16. b4 Be6 17. Na4 $14 {1-0 Kharlov,A (2499)-Dreev,
A (2657)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (33)}) 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. e3 Nxg3 10. hxg3 Bg7 {
At the price of weakening the kingside Black gets the pair of bishops.} 11. Bd3
(11. g4 {might run into the typical idea} h5 $1 12. gxh5 g4 13. Nd2 Qg5 {
and Black is okay.}) 11... dxc4 12. Qxc4 $6 {Not the most natural recapture.} (
12. Bxc4 b5 (12... Qe7 $142 13. Be2 {This would lead to a long manoeuvring
game. Perhaps, White has nothing special.}) 13. Be2 (13. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 14. Qxe6+
Kf8 15. Qd6+ Kf7 16. Qxc6 Rb8 {In no way can Black can be worse here.}) 13...
a6 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. Rc1 $14) 12... c5 $2 {This move was made after a long
meditation and surprised me a lot.} (12... g4 $1 {During the game I was
concerned about this. The analysis shows that the position is approximately
balanced in this case.} 13. Ng1 $5 {This looks awkward, but has a point. The
knight is heading to f4.} (13. Nd2 e5 (13... c5 14. dxc5 (14. Nde4 cxd4 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Kg8 $132) 14... Ne5 15. Qa4+ Bd7 16. Qc2 Nxd3+
17. Qxd3 Bc6 $44 {[%csl Gc6,Gg7]}) 14. O-O-O exd4 15. exd4 O-O 16. Bc2 Nf6 17.
Rhe1 Re8 (17... Be6 $6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Nc4 $36) 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8
$11 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 13... e5 (13... c5 14. Nge2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qa4+ Bd7
17. Bb5 a6 18. Bxd7+ Qxd7 $11) 14. Nge2 exd4 15. exd4 Nb6 16. Qc5 Be6 17. O-O-O
Nd5 (17... Qg5+ 18. Nf4 O-O-O 19. Rh5 Qxc5 20. dxc5 $14) 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf4
Qxc5+ 20. dxc5 Bxa2 21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. Bf5 h5 23. Rd7 $36) 13. d5 $2 {Naturally,
I checked the capture, but found some non-existing line where Black gets
counterplay, and switched to the move in the text, which looks positionally
sound. Clearly, both players had become tired after the tough tournament and
couldn't calculate variations properly.} (13. dxc5 {Nothing works for Black;
here are a few sample lines:} Qa5 (13... Qe7 14. Ne4 O-O (14... Bxb2 15. Rb1
Bg7 16. Nd6+ Kf8 17. Be4 $18) 15. Rd1 $1 $18 ({Less clear is} 15. O-O-O $6 b5
$1 16. Qc2 Bb7)) (13... Nxc5 14. Qxc5 Qxd3 15. Rd1 Qf5 16. Qb4 {and Black's
king is in grave danger.}) 14. b4 Qa3 15. Nb5 $18) 13... exd5 14. Qxd5 (14.
Nxd5 $6 Nb6 {After the exchange of knights Black will be totally fine. In the
long run the pair of bishops might tell.}) 14... Qe7 (14... O-O 15. O-O-O (15.
Rd1 Qb6 $132 {[%csl Rb2]}) 15... Qb6 16. Nxg5 {I don't see anything better
than this.} Nf6 17. Qc4 hxg5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bb1+ {is only a
perpetual check.}) 15. O-O-O a6 $6 {Covering the b5-square, since 15...Nb6 is
met by 16.Bb5+. However, the move is too slow. It's already dangerous for
Black to castle, but to keep the king in the centre is even more risky.} (15...
O-O 16. Qf5 Rd8 ({I saw the following trick:} 16... Nf6 $2 17. Nd5 $1 Bxf5 18.
Nxe7+ {wins a piece. This line also reveals the tactical drawback of 14...Qe7.}
) 17. Nd5 Qd6 {This looks extremely frightening, no human would go for such
position as Black. Only an engine manages to hold, take a look at some
fascinating lines.} 18. Nxg5 Ne5 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Nxf7 (20. Bc2 hxg5 (20... Bg4
21. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 22. Nf4 Ng5 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Ng6+ Kf7 25. Ne5+ Kf8 26. Qxg7+
Kxg7 27. Nxg4 $16) 21. Nf4 gxf4 (21... Qc7 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nh5 Bf6 24. Qh6+
$18) 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. gxf4 $16) 20... Kxf7 $1 (20... Nxf7 21. Nf4 $1 Ng5 22.
Ng6+ Kf7 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. Rxd6 Nxh7 25. Rxe6 b5 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. Rxe5+ bxc4
28. Rxh6 {and White's pawn mass should eventually bring him a win.}) 21. Rh4 $1
Kf8 $1 22. Rf4+ Nf7 23. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Nf4 Qf6 25. Bc4+ Be6 $1 26. Bxe6+ Ke7
27. Nd5+ Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxb2+ 29. Kd1 Rd8 $14) (15... Bxc3 $1 {This would have
been the best. Black should look for simplifications.} 16. bxc3 Nf6 17. Bb5+
Kf8 18. Qd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kg7 20. Rxh8 Kxh8 21. Nxg5 (21. Rxh6+ Kg7 22. Rh1
Ne4 23. Bd3 Nxf2 24. Rh7+ Kf6 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rxb7 Rd8 $132)
21... Kg7 22. Nh3 Be6 $44) 16. Ne4 Nb6 $2 {There was the last chance to castle
and keep the position alive.} (16... O-O 17. Bc2 (17. Nexg5 $2 Nf6) (17. Kb1 $5
) 17... Nf6 18. Qxc5 Qxe4 $3 {An amazing resource!} 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qb6 $1 (
20. Qc2 $2 Bf5 21. Rd5 Bg6 22. Qe2 Rac8+ 23. Kd1 Rc7 $1 24. Ne1 Rfc8 25. Nd3
Nf6 26. Rd6 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 R8c2+ {winning back the queen.}) 20...
Nxf2 21. Rxh6 Bf5 22. Rd5 Rac8+ 23. Kd2 Rc2+ 24. Ke1 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 g4 $1 26.
Rxf5 gxf3 27. Rxf3 Rxb2 28. Qd6 Ne5 29. Rf5 Rc8 30. Kg1 Rc1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.
Kxf1 Rb1+ 33. Ke2 Rb2+ 34. Kd1 Bxh6 {and no matter which piece White captures,
Black will have no difficulty in building a fortress. Remarkable piece play!})
17. Qb3 {Now the knight has to go back, and it's clear that something went
disastrously wrong for Black.} Nd7 18. Bb1 $1 $18 {Opening the d-file, as well
as preparing the battery along the diagonal b1-h7, in case Black castles.} c4 (
18... O-O {Now it's too late, the battery along the diagonal b1-h7 is ready.}
19. Qc2 f5 (19... Rd8 20. Nexg5 $1 hxg5 21. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh8#
) 20. Qb3+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Rxf7 22. Nd6 $18) 19. Qxc4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4
Be6 22. Qd3 Bg7 (22... Rc8+ 23. Bc2 Bc4 24. Qd2 f5 25. fxe5 fxe4 26. Kb1 {
is also lost for Black, but would have been more resistant.}) 23. Nd6+ Kf8 24.
e4 {Intending to cramp both Black's bishops by e4-e5 and f4-f5.} Qc7+ 25. Bc2
Qa5 26. a3 Ke7 27. Nf5+ $1 {I was intending to play 27.e5 at first, but then
spotted a simple trick.} Bxf5 28. Qd6+ {Qualified! Black resigned.} (28. Qd6+
Ke8 29. exf5 $18 {[%cal Rh1e1]}) 1-0

[Event "Saint Affrique op"]
[Site "Saint Affrique"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ikonnikov, Vyacheslav"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Prie,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb4 10. Qc2 g4 11. Nd2 Qxd4 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nxc4 $6 Qa6
$2 (14... Qc5 $1 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. a3 (16. e5 Nd5 17. Bh4+ Kd7 18. Nxf7 Rf8 19.
Nd6 (19. Qh7 Kc7 $1) 19... Kc7 20. Qh7+ Nd7 21. Nde4 Qa5 $17) 16... Bxc3 17.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 18. Bd6+ Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Kxd6 20. Qxc3 Nbd7 $2 21. e5+ $4 Nxe5 22. Qg3
Nd5 23. Re1 f6) 15. Qb3 Bxc3 $1 (15... Qb7 $1 16. Bd6 Na6 $1 17. a3 (17. Bxb4
Qxb4 18. Nd6+ Ke7) (17. Be5 Qe7 $2 (17... Be7 {Ikonnikov} 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd6+ Ke7 21. Nxb7)) (17. e5 $13 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Nd5 19. Qg3 Nab4
$15) 17... Bc5 18. Qxb7 Bxb7 19. Be5 Ke7 20. b4 (20. Na5 Rhb8 21. Rd2 Bb6 22.
Bxb8 Rxb8 $11) 20... Nxb4 (20... Bb6 21. Bd6+ Ke8 22. Be5 $44) 21. Na5 Na6 22.
Nxb7 Bxa3+ 23. Kc2 Bb4 24. Ra1 Bxc3 25. Kxc3 Nb8 $1 $18) 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Qxc3
Nbd7 18. Bh4 e5 19. Nf5+ Ke8 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. Ng7+ Kf8 23. Nxe6+
Kg8 24. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qc2 {Wenn die
Stellung nach 14 Zügen die Konsequenz von 7.Qc2 ist, taugt die Variante nicht
viel.} dxc4 8. e3 b5 9. a4 (9. Nxb5 $5) 9... Bb7 10. axb5 cxb5 11. Nxb5 Bb4+
12. Nc3 (12. Nd2 O-O 13. Nc7 e5 $13) 12... O-O 13. Be2 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfc1
{Das ist eine Stellung, die scheinbar ganz ordentlich für Weiß aussieht und
immer wieder angestrebt wird, aber die Resultate sind nicht besonders gut. Es
ist wohl so, dass, wenn Weiß c4 wirklich erobert, Schwarz inzwischen zu viel
Spiel bekommt.} a5 16. Qd1 e5 $1 17. Na4 Qg6 18. Bxc4 exd4 19. exd4 Rd8 20. Qb3
({Der Computer gibt diese interessante Variante an:} 20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Bd5 Bxd5
22. dxe5 {, aber Schwarz hat auch hier genug Kompensation für den Bauern.})
20... Qf5 21. Ne1 {Das ist riskant.} ({Nach} 21. d5 {würde dieser Bauer
vielleicht verloren gehen, aber nur mit Abtausch und ausgeglichener Stellung.})
21... Rab8 22. Nc2 Bd2 $1 23. Rd1 ({Nach} 23. Ne3 $2 Qg5 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 {
sieht es nicht gut für Weiß aus.}) 23... Bxg2 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe6 $2 {
Das führt zu einer sehr schlechten Stellung.} ({Nach} 25. Qg3 {ist die Lage
schwierig, aber nicht hoffnungslos.}) 25... Qxc2 26. Kxg2 Nf6 {Jetzt behindert
der Bd2 das Zusammenspiel der weißen Figuren enorm.} 27. Qc4 Qe4+ 28. f3 Qh4 ({
Genauer ist} 28... Qf4 $1) 29. Kh1 $2 ({Weitaus zäher ist} 29. Qe2 $1 {und z.B.
} Rxd4 30. Kh1 Rbd8 $140 $6 (30... Bb4 $17 {[%csl Gc5]}) 31. Nc5 $1 Bf4 32.
Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Ne6 $1 Rd2 34. Nf8 Rxe2 35. Ng6+ {mit Dauerschach.}) 29... Ne4 $1
$19 30. Rg1 (30. fxe4 Qxe4+ 31. Kg1 Be3+ 32. Kf1 Qf3+ 33. Ke1 Qf2#) 30... Nf2+
31. Kg2 Rxd4 32. Qe6 Bf4 33. Kf1 Nd1 0-1

[Event "Sautron op 13th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2013.10.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ider, Borya"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+245"]
[WhiteClock "1:27:55"]
[BlackClock "1:18:40"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 (4... dxc4 {Retombe sur la variante Qc2}
5. Qxc4 Bf5) 5. Bg5 (5. Nc3) (5. g3) 5... h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 Qf5 (9... Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14.
Rae1+ Kf8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3 a5 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. R1e3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Rf3
h5 21. c5 Bxc5 22. Bc4 f6 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Qd7 25. Qf5 Qd4 26. Re4 Qd1+
27. Bf1 Bd6 28. Rd3 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxf1 30. Rd7 {1-0 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2757)
-Topalov,V (2772) Sofia 2007}) 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1
$14 {[%csl Rc8] Les Noirs ont du mal à réaliser les leviers libérateurs
"c5" et "e5"} Rd8 14. Rad1 Nf8 $146 (14... Qc7 15. Bb1 b6 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Ne5
Bb7 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. f4 c5 20. d5 a6 21. Be4 Rab8 22. Qh5 g6 23. Qxh6 Bxe5 24.
fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bxg6 Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Be4 exd5 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Ne6
30. Red1 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Nd4 32. Na4 Rd8 33. Nxb6 Rd6 34. Nc4 Rxd5 35. Rd2 Rf5
36. Rf2 Rd5 37. Kf1 Ne6 38. Rd2 Rf5+ 39. Ke1 Nd4 40. Rf2 Rd5 41. b3 f5 42. Rd2
Rd8 43. Kf2 Kf6 44. Rd1 {Murdzia,P (2471)-Abergel,T (2532) Germany 2009 1-0 
(79)}) 15. a3 {Les deux adversaires ont recu un avertissement de la part de
l'arbitre pour non respect du réglement qui imposait un minimum de 25 coups
pour proposer nulle.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cyborowski, Lukasz"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dankowice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw AZS WSB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 (11. Rc1) 11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4
14. Rc1 (14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 $11 {Khalifman,A (2650)
-Akopian,V (2620) Yerevan 1996 (1) 1/2}) 14... Bxf3 (14... O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Bd5 Rxc1
22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. a3 Rb8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. b4 Bd6 27. Rc3 f5 28. Kd3
f4 29. Kc2 Kd7 30. Kb3 b5 31. Bf7 g5 32. Bh5 Ra8 33. Bg4+ Kd8 34. Bf5 Ke7 35.
Bc8 Rb8 36. Rc1 Kd8 37. Bf5 Ra8 38. Be6 Ke7 39. Bd5 Rb8 40. Rc3 Kd8 41. Be6 Ra8
42. Bg4 Rb8 43. Rc1 Ra8 44. Be6 {Leko,P (2734)-Gelfand,B (2739) Miskolc 2010 1/
2-1/2 (78)}) (14... Rd8 $5) 15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 17. dxc6 (17. Na4 Rhc8
18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bd5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Kd8 22. Bxf7 g5 23. Be6 Bf8
24. a3 Bc5 25. Kg2 Bd4 26. Rc2 Ra5 27. Rc8+ Ke7 28. Bd5 Rc5 29. Rh8 Rc2 30.
Rh7+ Kf6 31. Rxh6+ Kg7 32. Re6 Rxb2 33. Kg3 Rxf2 34. h3 Rf1 35. Kg4 Rg1+ 36.
Kf5 Rg3 37. Rg6+ Kh7 38. Bg8+ Kh8 39. Be6 Rxf3+ 40. Kxg5 Bc5 41. Bf5 Be7+ 42.
Kh5 Rxa3 43. Re6 Bc5 44. Rxe5 Kg7 45. Re6 b5 46. e5 Ra6 {Postny,E (2628)
-Andersen,M (2479) Oslo 2013 1/2-1/2}) 17... bxc6 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8
20. Nd1 (20. Rd1) 20... Rc8 21. Rc5 h5 22. Ne3 (22. Kf1) 22... Kd6 23. Rc3 Rc7
24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke2 Rb7 26. Rd3+ Ke7 27. Rc3 Kd6 28. Rd3+ Ke7 29. Rc3 Kd6 30.
Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Wielkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8. a4
(8. e4 c5 9. e5 (9. dxc5) 9... Nd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Be2 O-O 13.
O-O Nc6 14. Bg5 Qb6 15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qe4 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qf4
Rfe8 20. Bf6 Bc5 21. Rac1 Bf8 22. h4 Bxa2 23. h5 Rac8 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6
hxg6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qg4 Rc7 28. Bd8 Bf7 29. e6 Be8 30. Re1 Be7 31. Bxc7 Qxc7
32. Qd4 Qc5 33. Qe4 a5 34. Qa8 Qc6 35. Qxa5 g5 36. Qd2 Bg6 37. Qd7 Qc5 {
Tregubov,P (2571)-Potkin,V (2599) Sochi 2015 1/2-1/2}) 8... Bb7 9. axb5 (9. Bg5
Nbd7 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. Ne5 Rac8
16. Bf3 Rfd8 17. Ne4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Nf3 cxd4
22. exd4 Qd5 23. h3 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 b4 25. Rc4 e5 26. Qc2 exd4 27. Qd3 Qd6 28.
b3 g6 29. g3 Kg7 30. Kg2 Rd7 31. h4 Rb7 32. Rc2 Qd5 33. Rc4 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5
35. g4 Re7 36. Kg3 Re4 37. Nd2 Be5+ 38. Kh3 Re3+ {Matsenko,S (2485)-Potkin,V 
(2610) St Petersburg 2014 0-1}) 9... cxb5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. e3 Be7 12. Be2 (12.
Rc1 $5 Rc8 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Nb4 15. Qb1 {Et la Q Blanche est un peu mieux
placée qu'en d2}) 12... Rc8 13. O-O Nb4 14. Qd2 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6
gxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. Ne1 {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 17. Ne1 e5 18. Bf3 e4 19. Bg4 f5 20.
Bh3 Rd8 (20... Rc7 21. Rc1) 21. Qe2 f4 $132 22. Qg4 Qg5 23. Qxg5 Bxg5 24. Nc2
O-O (24... Ke7 $5 {[%cal Gh8e8,Gh8g8] Le Ke7 ne craint pas grand chose puisque
les Blancs n'ont plus de B de cases Noires.}) 25. g3 fxe3 26. fxe3 b4 (26...
Rd6 {[%cal Gd6c6]}) 27. Ra5 h6 28. Kf2 Rd6 29. Ke2 Bc6 30. Rff5 Bd7 31. Rxg5+
$5 hxg5 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Rxg5+ {[%csl Gh2] Les Blancs ont des bonnes
compensations mais les R Noires peuvent s'activer rapidement sur la colonne "c"
} Kh7 34. Re5 f5 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]} (34... Rc8 35. Ne1 a5 36. Rxa5) 35. Kd2 Rc8
36. b3 Rdc7 37. Nxb4 Rb7 (37... a5 38. Rxa5 Rb7) 38. Nxa6 Rxb3 39. Nc5 Rb2+ 40.
Kc3 Rxh2 41. Rxf5 Re2 42. Re5 Rxe3+ 43. Kb4 Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 3rd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2876"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2015.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Ne4 $6 {
This move simply cannot be good, but it is clear that Carlsen had at least
looked at the situation. MVL thought for a few minutes and decided to go for
the sacrificial route.} 8. Nxe4 (8. Nd2 Nxg3 9. hxg3 Bg7 10. e3 a6 {was a
blitz game between Grischuk-Kramnik from 2008. White obtained the better
position and won the game.}) (8. e3 {might be the simple move and the true
refutation of Black's intentions. He might have to start attacking with Bb4,
but it should be insufficient} Bb4 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 $14) 8...
dxe4 9. Nd2 Qxd4 10. e3 {This is the point. The threat on the queen and on the
e4 pawn is strong, so Black must keep munching pawns to stay in the game.} Qxb2
11. Rb1 Qc3 $1 {The only move} 12. Be2 Nd7 (12... Bb4 13. Rxb4 Qxb4 14. O-O {
is already extremely dangerous for Black. For example:} f5 $2 15. Nxe4 $1 fxe4
16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Qd4 {with a decisive advantage: the attack is too strong.})
13. O-O Nc5 {Incredibly Black is holding. There are still many interesting
possibilities in this position, but the situation is very unclear. Carlsen had
blitzed up to this point and it was clear that he had seen this position in
his analysis, so MVL took the practical decision to force the draw.} 14. Nb3
Nd3 (14... Be7 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd6 {looks uncomfortable for Black.}) 15. Nd2
Nc5 {Black must defend the e4 pawn.} 16. Nb3 Nd3 17. Nd2 (17. f3 $5 {would
have been a completely different story.}) 17... Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 (6. Bh4 {leads to the
very sharp Moscow Variation, where these days the home preparation and good
memory are much more important than anything else. Carlsen's move is more
quiet, leading to a strategical battle.}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9.
Bxc4 Bd6 ({A much more popular continuation is} 9... g6 {- a move which
Gelfand played many times before.}) 10. Ne4 ({In case of} 10. O-O {with the
idea 11.Ne4 Black plays} Qe7) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nfd2 Qe7 12. O-O O-O {Black has
the bishop pair, but he still must complete development and find good squares
for his bishops. The position is typical for the Moscow Variation, where in
order to fight for advantage White must try to make use of his lead in
development. But this is a difficult task, since Black is very solid and has
no weaknesses.} 13. f4 $5 {Like in the first round, Carlsen shows aggression
by advancing the f-pawn. On the other hand in the present situation f2-f4 is
mainly designed to prevent e6-e5.} c5 $1 {Rightly starting to open the files
as soon as possible.} 14. Nf3 ({After} 14. a3 {Black equalizes with} Bxd2 15.
Qxd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Nb6) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd4 ({Much more logical than} 15...
c4 {which is suggested by computer engines. With the bishop pair Black should
aim for opening of the position.}) 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. Qh5 {Aggressive, but as
mentioned before Black is very solid and a direct attack can hardly succeed
against a good defence.} ({Some chances to get an opening advantage remained
after} 17. a3 Bc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. Qf3) 17... Rac8 $1 {Gelfand's
moves are very accurate and destroy White's attacking dreams.} 18. Rf3 Nc4 $1
19. Rg3 Kh8 {A cool answer, showing that White gets nowhere with his attacking
intentions.} 20. Rf1 {Clearly overestimating White's position.} ({Also after} 
20. a3 Bc5 {it is Black who fights for advantage.}) 20... Nd6 $1 {Again the
best move, at least from the practical point of view.} (20... Nxb2 {is a kind
of move White was hoping for. Even if there is no refutation, White gets time
to try developing his attack.}) 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Nf3 Rc5 $1 23. Rg5 (23. Qg4 {
is answered with} f5 24. Qg6 Rf6 25. Qh5 Be8 {with advantage for Black.}) 23...
Rfc8 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Qh4 Qxh4 26. Nxh4 {Something went clearly wrong for
White. Thanks to his bishop pair Black has an obvious advantage in endgame.}
Be7 27. Nf3 a5 28. Rd1 Be8 29. Nd4 a4 30. Bc2 g6 31. Kf2 e5 {A tempting move.}
({However, as a possible improvement Gelfand suggested to bring first his king
with} 31... Kg7) 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd3 Rc5 34. Rc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 {Gelfand:
"With my king in the center Black would have been winning". The problem for
Black is that he cannot prevent White from playing Be4 and attack immediately
opponent's pawn weaknesses on the queenside.} Kg7 (35... f5 36. e4 {also
allows White to escape.}) (35... Bd7 36. Be4 Bc8 37. Bc2 a3 38. Kf3 {doesn't
look particularly attractive for Black wither. The white king comes first to
the center via e4 and d5.}) 36. Be4 f5 37. Bxb7 Bf7 38. a3 $1 {This important
resource allows White to achieve the draw.} Bxa3 39. Bc6 Bb2 (39... Bb3 40.
Nxb3 axb3 41. Ba4 b2 42. Bc2 $11) 40. Bxa4 Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{At the moment when this game was played Anand was leading the tournament with
6 points out of 9, a full point ahead of Gelfand and 1,5 points ahead of
Kramnik. It was clear that this encounter represented practically Kramnik's
last chance to fight for maintaining his World Champion title.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {This aggressive set-up represents
White's most ambitious attempt to meet the Semi-Slav. Its drawback is that
unfortunately there is no clear way for advantage here: everywhere Black keeps
counterplay. Kramnik prepared a novelty for this highly important game, but it
didn't shake Anand's preparation: the position remained very complex.} dxc4 7.
e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O ({For almost a decade Khalifman's} 10. h4 {
has been en vogue, but lately White often returns to the "old" 10.0-0.
Although in my opinion 10.h4 still remains White's most principled move, in
the latest games Black achieved good results after} g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 $13) 10...
Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 {Anand is confident and plays the main line, which he used
before as well.} ({In round 7 (four days previous to the present game) Gelfand
played against Kramnik} 11... h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {and now instead of the
commonly established 13.Be5 Rh1 14.Qc1 the World Champion produced a novelty,
playing immediately} 13. Qc1 {which after} Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 {
Kramnik-Gelfand, Mexico City Wch 2007 (40) led to a position where the Israeli
GM had to show all his creativity in order to escape with a draw.}) 12. Nxd7
Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 ({Anand already faced in practice} 14. a4 {which after}
e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {is established as good for Black.}) 14... Bf8 15.
Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 $146 {A logical novelty: anticipating opponent's
long castling White starts to open the queenside. Actually we are witnessing
the amazing homework of the world's best players. Kramnik's second in Mexico
Van Wely played this position with Black and might have felt that 17.b3 is the
right direction for White. On the other hand, Anand's second P-H Nielsen is
also a specialist of this opening line and (as revealed by Anand) during their
preparation process the Danish GM pointed out the move 17.b3. So Anand was
well prepared to meet it and continued to play very quickly.} (17. Ne4 O-O-O
18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 (19. b3 f6 20. bxc4 fxe5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ernst,S (2504)-Van
Wely,L (2675)/Netherlands 2006 (51)}) 19... Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22.
Bxe6 c5 $36 {0-1 Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz (rapid) 2006 (36)})
17... O-O-O $5 {An immediate answer by Anand, which probably came as an
unpleasant surprise for Kramnik.} ({During their analysis both opponents must
have concluded that} 17... c5 {is dangerous for Black. In fact the advance of
the c-pawn is the most natural reaction and possibly Kramnik paid more
attention to 17...c5 than to 17...0-0-0.}) 18. bxc4 Nxe5 19. c5 Qa5 $1 {
In connection with the next move, an interesting exchange sacrifice.} (19...
Qc7 20. a4 $44) 20. Ne4 Qb4 (20... Nc4 {keeps the extra pawn, but due to the
passive bishop on b7 and potentially weak black king White has compensation.})
21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 {Again Anand refrains from 22...Nc4, possibly
because of psychological reasons: if Kramnik achieved this position in his
preparation, he must have mainly looked at 22...Nc4. Up to this point White
spent 17 minutes and Black only 7! The entire idea to sacrifice the exchange
was prepared by Anand and his second Peter-Heine Nielsen at home. Considering
that it was Kramnik who introduced the novelty, such a deep preparation
impresses a lot. The next few moves are very important for both sides,
especially for White, who must find a constructive plan.} 23. a4 {In my
opinion this is a critical moment. The natural advance of the a-pawn is
perhaps too committing, since the exchange of the pawns on b5 (Anand will soon
force that) will offer Black advantages too: the bishop b7 will become active
and Black will remain with two passed pawns. If White cannot create an attack,
then maybe he should have refrained from 23.a4.} (23. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gf1d1,
Ga1c1,Gd3h7]}) 23... Qxd6 {The position calmed down and it is time to evaluate
it. The material is approximately equal and both sides have their strategical
trumps. In the middlegame Black can create pressure on d4, while his queenside
pawns may prove very strong in the endgame. On the other hand the black king
is more vulnerable to almost any kind of further tactical complications.
Apparently in such an open position White should be able to coordinate his
rooks and create some threats, but this is extremely difficult to achieve: if
Black will succeed in finding an active and safe square for the knight, then
he can be optimistic about the future. White doesn't have many pieces left to
create big threats and the exchange of queens would be a catastrophe for him:
in the endgame Black will have a large advantage.} 24. Bf3 {Since the long
diagonal will soon be open, White can hardly avoid the exchange of bishops.} ({
In such an important game giving up another pawn with} 24. Qc2 {looks scary,
even if after} Qxd4 (24... Kb8 25. Qh7 $36) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rfd1 $13 {
White has open files and diagonal for his active pieces.}) 24... Nb6 {Forcing
White to clarify the situation on the queenside.} 25. axb5 {White naturally
opens the position, but as mentioned already, Black can be happy too: now he
will remain with two potentially very strong passed pawns.} cxb5 (25... axb5 $2
{opens files only for opponent's pieces and is obviously weaker} 26. Qc2 $16)
26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 {After the exchange of the bishops White's future hopes are
mainly connected with creating pressure on the a-file.} 27. Qh5 {For the
moment White cannot do much on the a-file: the a6-pawn is difficult to attack 
(and easy to protect). Besides, Black has counterplay in the center against
pawn d4. Having realized that there is no direct attack on the queenside
Kramnik goes for opponent's weaknesses on the other wing.} (27. Qf3+ Nd5 $1 (
27... Qd5 28. Qf6 $36)) 27... Nd5 $5 {Anand didn't resist the temptation to
activate the knight.} ({After} 27... Qxd4 28. Qxh6 {(possibly White must try
something else here)} {Black can force the exchange of queens with} Rh8 29.
Qxg5 Qh4 $1 {Then after} 30. Qxh4 (30. Qe5 $2 Nc4 $17) 30... Rxh4 31. g3 Rh8 {
the endgame looks dangerous rather for White, in spite of his passed pawn on
the h-file.}) 28. Qxh6 Nf4 {Optically Black's plan looks very strong. However,
it is far from clear if Anand's move brings any benefits, since White defends
against concrete threats.} 29. Kh1 $1 {The correct way. White will have to
play f3 and therefore the king must stay on h1 in any case.} (29. Qxg5 $4 Ne2+
30. Kh1 Qxh2+ $1 31. Kxh2 Rh8+ {and mate}) (29. Rfe1 $4 Qd5 30. f3 Qxd4+ 31.
Kh1 Nd3 $19) 29... Qd5 30. f3 Rd8 {The rook finds the right place on d7: it
will be active on the d-file and at the same time protect f7 (and the entire
7th rank).} 31. Qg7 Rd7 ({Another reasonable possibility was to limit the
activity of White's queen by playing} 31... Qf5 {with different ideas to
exchange queens. E.g.} 32. Rfd1 Nh5 (32... Qg6 $2 33. Qe5 Qf5 34. Qe1 $16) 33.
Qh6 Nf4 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf5g6]} 34. Qg7 $11) 32. Qf8 {Kramnik finds and
wisely uses all the new resources of the position. He had to decide for his
queen between squares g8 and f8. In the first case the queen would have kept
an eye on pawn g5, while in the game White has the resource Qf8-a3. In such
cases players mainly rely on their intuition.} (32. Qg8 $5) 32... Ne2 $5 {
It is curious that a quarter of all Black's moves were made with this knight,
which always searches for a better square. With its last move the knight also
takes away square c1 from the rooks.} (32... Qd6 33. Qg8 $13 (33. Qg7 Qd5 $11 {
Anand})) (32... Qxd4 33. Rfc1 $36) 33. Rfe1 $1 Nxd4 (33... Qc4 $6 34. d5 $1 $16
{/\} exd5 $2 35. Qe8) 34. Red1 {The World Champion keeps the rook on the
a-file, still hoping for an attack.} ({Anand admitted that he was more afraid
of} 34. Rad1 {with pressure in the center. In both cases the position is some
sort of dynamic equality.}) 34... e5 {Black is just one step away from the
dream consolidation (...Qd6 and ...f6). However, as often happens in
double-edged positions, the direct way to achieve the goal rarely works out
smoothly.} (34... Qd6 $142 35. Qg7 Qf4 $13) 35. Rac1 {According to the plan,
although this turns out to be an inappropriate moment to remove the rook from
a1.} ({The extremely tense battle had its negative effects: both players missed
} 35. Qh6 {with a double attack on a6 and g5. Then after} Qd6 36. Qxg5 f6 {
(Anand's intention)} 37. Qg8 {things are no longer so rosy for Black: in
contrast to the game he runs into the risk of losing too.}) 35... Qd6 36. Qg8 (
36. Qc8+ Kb6 37. Ra1 a5 {(or even 37...Ra7) and White gets nowhere. With such
a strong knight Black has little to fear.}) 36... f6 37. Rc8 {In order to
justify his previous play White must do something against the black king.} a5
$1 {Finally the tension reaches its top. Black is very solid and Anand starts
showing his ambitions. Notice that the advance of the a-pawn is also a very
useful move from the defense's point of view: the black king gets additional
squares.} 38. h3 {A necessary loss of tempo.} (38. Rdc1 $2 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gd6d1]
} 39. h3 Ne7 $19) 38... a4 39. Qe8 {Kramnik waits for Black's further pawn
advances, which would offer White additional targets for attack.} (39. Rdc1 Nb3
({The risky} 39... a3 {looks possible too, since after} 40. Ra8 Kb6 41. Qc8 {
[%cal Ga8a6] Black has} Rb7 {and after} 42. Rb1 {we have again a sort of
position where both players must keep the status quo.}) 40. Ra8 $1 Kb6 (40...
Rc7 $4 41. Qb8#) (40... Nxc1 $4 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Ra6#) 41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rc3 $13
b4 $140 $2 43. Qc4 $18) 39... Kb6 {It turns out that White has a powerful
construction and Black cannot advance his pawns too far.} (39... a3 40. Ra8 Kb6
41. Qc8 Rb7 42. Rb1 Qc7 43. Qe8 $13 {/=}) 40. Rb8+ Ka5 (40... Rb7 41. Ra8 $11)
41. Ra8+ {With a draw offer accepted by Anand, who wisely decided not to take
any risk. Perhaps in a different tournament situation he could have considered
more seriously 41...Kb4, but objectively Black has little reason to continue.
Of course under the tournament circumstances this draw may be considered a
psychological victory for Anand. Nevertheless the game features a great fight
from both players, who showed impressive skills and were equally good.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 9th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2011.02.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.01.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 141"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 $5 {Vassily has the most
flexible opening repertoire. This time he chooses a less common continuation,
which is gaining a lot of popularity nowadays.} Nbd7 ({The main line here is} 
5... dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 ({or} 7... a6)) 6. g3 ({Another way to handle
the opening is:} 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 O-O
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Qh4 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. g3 Rd8 16. Nf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Navara,D (2692)-Shirov,A (2730)/Novi Sad 2009/CBM 133 (44)}) 6... dxc4
$6 {The only game I knew was Aronian-Gelfand, so I just tried to follow it. At
the same time, that order of moves is inaccurate.} ({During the game I didn't
like} 6... Bd6 $142 7. c5 (7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 (10. Bg5
h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4
Nb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rabrenovic,V (2396)-Ratkovic,M (2132)/Obrenovac SRB 2010 (51)}
) 10... Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nh4 Nb6 $1 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $6 (13... Nxc4 $1 14. Bxe7
$140 Bxe7 15. d5 Nxb2 16. Rdb1 Bb4 $1) 14. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Aronian,L (2783)
-Gelfand,B (2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (41) 1-0 Aronian,L (2783)-Gelfand,B 
(2739)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139 (41)}) 7... Bb8 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 {but after} O-O
10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. Bg2 $140 $2 e5 $1 $17 {Black is just doing fine.}) 7. Qxc4
Bd6 8. Bf4 $1 {That is the point! White is just on time to stop e6-e5.} (8. e4
e5) 8... Bxf4 $146 (8... Nb6 9. Qb3 Bxf4 10. gxf4 Nbd5 11. e3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qd5
13. Bg2 $14 {0-1 Kutynec,J-Knazovcik,L (2310)/Czechia 1996/EXT 2000 (35)}) (
8... Qc7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. e4 (10. O-O-O b5) 10... e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4
13. Nxd4 $14 {leads to an unpleasant endgame.}) 9. gxf4 O-O {Black's position
remains quite solid,but White has a solid space advantage.} 10. Bg2 $6 {
In my opinion, this natural move is a serious inaccuracy, which allowed me to
equalise.} (10. Rg1 $142 $1 g6 11. e3 Qa5 12. a3 $14) 10... Nb6 11. Qd3 (11.
Qb3 Nbd5 12. e3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 $11) 11... Nbd5 12. e3 b6 {That is the point!
White cannot push the Nd5 away by e3-e4, so Black can simply complete his
development and neutralise the ''Catalan'' pressure of the Bg2.} 13. Ne5 Bb7
14. Ne4 (14. O-O Qe7 15. Rac1 Rac8 $11 {doesn't change much.}) 14... Qe7 15.
O-O Rac8 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 g6 $11) 16. Rac1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 {At this
moment I was quite satisfied with my position. Unluckily, I noticed an
interesting tactical attempt to seize the initiative...} 18. a3 f6 ({Of course,
I should prefer} 18... Rfd8 19. Qe2 c5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 $11 {and Black has
nothing to worry about. More than that, White has to be careful, since his
king is more vulnerable.}) 19. Nf3 Nxf4 $6 {That was played rapidly, but my
evaluation was over-optimistic.} (19... Rfd8 20. Qe2 c5 21. dxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5
Qxc5 23. Rd1 $11) 20. exf4 f5 {The bishop is trapped. It looks like White has
a lot of weak pawns and the Bb7 is going to be so strong...} 21. Bxc6 ({
As I understand now, even after} 21. Bd5 $5 exd5 ({or} 21... cxd5 22. Qe3) 22.
Rce1 Qd6 23. Re5 $44 {White has full compensation.}) 21... Bxc6 22. Ne5 Bb7 23.
Qe3 {Only at this moment did I understand, that White is completely out of
risk. The Bb7 would be ineffective soon (after f2-f3), while the Kg8 is in
permanent danger.} Rfd8 {The first slight inaccuracy.} ({Better was} 23... Qd6
$142 24. f3 Rfd8 {forcing White to find} 25. Kf2 $1 (25. Kg2 Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4
27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rc1 Ba6 29. Rc7 Rd2+ 30. Kg3 Bf1 $11) 25... Qxd4 $140 26.
Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Ke3 $14) 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 {Black cannot keep
the rooks on the board.} Qd8 (25... Rxc1+ 26. Qxc1 Qd8 {was simpler.}) 26. Rc3
Qd6 27. f3 Rxc3 (27... Rd8 28. Kf2 {is pointless, since Black is not going to
take the pawn.}) 28. Qxc3 Qd8 {That was connected with a right idea, but
unfortunately I had a fear of ghosts...} 29. Kg2 Bd5 $6 ({It's not easy to
find out why did I reject the obvious} 29... g5 30. fxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kh1 Qf4 $11
{and Black's activity should secure a draw.}) 30. Kg3 Kf8 $6 ({Still,} 30... g5
{was called for.}) 31. h4 {Now Black is tied to a passive defence. I had the
feeling that I can hold it by precise moves, but I failed to do it.} Kg7 32.
Qc2 Kf8 33. Qc1 Kg7 34. Qc3 {It looks like White is just waiting..., but
actually Vassily had a deep idea in mind!} Kg8 $6 {That is the most natural
move, especially if you have just a few minutes left on your clock.} ({At the
same time, it was better to keep the king closer to the centre} 34... Kf8 35.
a4 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. Qxb4+ Ke8 $11) 35. a4 $1 {Immediately exploiting my
passive play.} a5 {That is more or less forced.} ({In my opinion, if White
will push his pawns too far after} 35... Kg7 36. b4 Kg8 37. a5 Kg7 38. a6 Kg8
39. Kh3 Kg7 40. Qc1 $16 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gh4h5] my situation becomes critical,
since most probably White's queen is going to penetrate Black's camp.}) 36. b4
axb4 $2 {I made this impulsive exchange immediately, but it was bad...} ({
It looks like} 36... Kg7 37. bxa5 bxa5 38. Qc5 Bb7 $1 {could save the game:}
39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Kh3 Kg7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Qa7 Qc7 $11 {and White cannot make any
progress.}) 37. Qxb4 {Suddenly Black simply loses a pawn.} Qc7 {What else?} 38.
Qb5 Kf8 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({Having just less than a minute on my
clock, I failed to find} 38... Kg7 39. Qd7+ ({I would prefer to keep the
queens on the board:} 39. Qe8 $5 $16) 39... Qxd7 40. Nxd7 b5 $1 41. axb5 Kf7
$16 {and Black has some chances to survive, since his king is closer to the
Pb5.}) 39. Qxb6 $1 Qxb6 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41. Nxb6 {Finaly we have passed the time
control, but now the position is completely lost for Black, so I resigned.
Well, I was punished for a passive strategy!} ({The following variations may
explain my decision:} 41. Nxb6 Bb7 {the most stubborn} (41... Bc6 42. Kf2 Kd6
43. Ke3 Kc7 44. d5 $1 (44. a5 $6 Bd5 {is less convincing}) 44... exd5 45. a5
Kd6 46. Kd4 Bb7 47. Na4 $18) ({Unfortunately, there is no time to stabilise
the situation by} 41... h5 42. Nxd5+ exd5 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc6 45. Kd3 Kb6
46. Kc3 Ka5 47. Kb3 $18) 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Kc7 44. Nc4 (44. a5 Bd5) 44... Bc6
45. a5 Kb7 46. Ne5 Bd5 47. Nd7 Ka6 48. Nf8 h5 49. Nxg6 Kxa5 50. Nf8 Kb6 51. Nh7
Kc6 52. Nf6 Kd6 53. Nxh5 Ke7 54. Ng3 Kf6 55. Kd3 Bxf3 56. Kc4 Bd5+ 57. Kc5 $18)
1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 {This side
line is used by many top players from time to time.} Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O {
Like in the Catalan, White isn't worried about giving up a pawn for a while.}
Be7 10. Ne4 ({Another way of regaining the pawn doesn't pose Black serious
problems:} 10. Qc2 O-O (10... Qf5 $5 11. e4 Qa5 $132) 11. Rfd1 e5 12. d5 Nc5
13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Qc1 Rad8 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nxc4 Qe6 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2729)
-Bacrot,E (2717) Morelia/Linares 2006}) 10... Qf5 11. Ned2 e5 (11... Nb6 $6 {
is too passive:} 12. Ne5 O-O 13. e3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)
Moscow 2007}) ({However,} 11... b5 $5 {also deserves serious consideration:}
12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 Qxb5 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Nxc4 c5 16. Rfd1 Bd5 {Christiansen,L 
(2555)-Gurevich,M (2605) Antwerp 1993}) 12. e4 Qh5 $5 $146 {Boris comes up
with a natural novelty - the Qh5 is in a safer place than on e6.} ({A recent
top-level game saw} 12... Qe6 13. Rc1 b5 (13... O-O $5 14. Nxc4 exd4 15. Nxd4
Qf6 16. f4 Bc5 17. e5 Qd8 $11) 14. b3 c3 15. Rxc3 {Li Chao2 (2755)-Topalov,V 
(2754) Stavanger NOR 2016, and Black was under definite pressure.}) 13. Nxc4 ({
White gets nothing special with} 13. d5 Nb6 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4
Rd8 17. Qb3 cxd5 18. exd5 Bd6 $11) 13... exd4 14. Qxd4 {Accordingly to his
style, GM Mamedyarov prefers to keep the queens on the board.} (14. Nxd4 {
is toothless:} Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Nb6 16. Na5 O-O $11) 14... Qc5 ({An interesting
try was} 14... O-O $5 15. e5 Nb6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Qxb6 Bd8 18. Qe3 Re8 {
, obtaining decent compensation for the pawn.}) 15. e5 O-O 16. Qe4 ({Once
again, liquidating into an endgame wouldn't offer White any superiority:} 16.
Rad1 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Rd8 20. Nb3 Rb8 21. Rfe1 Kf8 22.
Nc5 Nd7 $11) 16... Nb6 17. Ne3 Qb4 18. Nd4 $1 {A brave decision - White is
ready to sac a pawn in order to develop a dangerous initiative on the kingside.
} (18. Qc2 Rd8 19. a3 Qc5) 18... Rd8 {The first step in the wrong direction -
removing the rook from f8 leaves the king exposed.} ({Much safer was} 18... Bc5
$142 19. Rfd1 Qxb2 20. a4 {would offer White sufficient compensation for a
pawn, but hardly more. For instance,} Bxd4 21. Qxd4 (21. Rab1 Qa3 22. Qxd4 Be6
23. Qb4 Qxa4 24. Qxa4 Nxa4 25. Rxb7 Nc5 26. Rc7 a5 {can be dangerous only for
White.}) 21... Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nd7 23. f4 Nc5 24. Rc4 Na6 25. Rb1 f6 {with a
probable draw.}) 19. Rad1 Qxb2 $6 {Boris is underestimating White's attacking
potential.} (19... Nd5 {would lead to an inferior endgame after} 20. Ndf5 Bxf5
21. Nxf5 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. Rd2 $14) ({The cool-blooded} 19...
Re8 $1 {would have kept the balance, but it is not an easy move to make! For
instance,} 20. b3 Bc5 21. Kh1 Bd7 (21... Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qf4 $14) 22. f4
Qa5 23. Qb1 Rad8 $132) 20. e6 $1 {Now the lack of Black's pieces on the
kingside starts to tell.} Bxe6 $2 {This natural move turns out to be a
decisive mistake.} ({It looks scary to leave the Pe6 alive, but Boris had to
play} 20... Bf6 $1 21. Nef5 (21. Nxc6 Rxd1 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd1 bxc6 24.
Qxc6 Be6 25. Qc7+ Be7 26. Bxa8 Nxa8 27. Qxa7 Nb6 $14) 21... c5 $1 ({Once again,
} 21... Bxe6 $2 {leads to a hopeless position:} 22. Nxe6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24.
Qg4 $1 Rxe6 25. Nxg7 $1 Bxg7 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Be4+ Rg6 28. h4 $18) 22. exf7+
Kxf7 23. Nb3 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 c4 25. Na5 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxb7 Rab8 28. Nc6
Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Re8 30. Nxa7 Bb2 $14 {the strong c-passer yields Black excellent
drawing chances.}) 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bh3 $1 {This move yields White full
control over the light squares.} (22. Qxe6+ {would be less convincing :} Kf8
23. Ng4 Bf6 $1 $16) 22... Kh8 23. Bxe6 $18 g5 {Desperation.} ({The most
stubborn was} 23... h5 24. Qg6 Qf6 25. Qxh5+ Qh6 26. Qg4 $18 {, but then White
would regain the pawn and keep all the merits of position.}) 24. Ng4 {The
knight is coming into the attack with a great effect.} Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qg7 26.
Ne5 Qf6 27. Bb3 Kg7 28. Ng4 {Impressive dynamic play by GM Mamedyarov!} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {The Chinese grandmaster is considered a great KID player,
but in recent years he switched to the solid openings.} 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5.
Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {Alexander opts for the most aggressive continuation, which is
mostly connected with a pawn sacrifice.} dxc4 {Ding Liren accepts the
challenge.} (6... Be7 {is possible, but somewhat passive.}) 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 {The most common. The fianchetto makes
Black's setup more solid, since the kingside pawn structure was seriously
exposed by the g7-g5 advance.} (11... h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {is another
well-explored line.}) 12. Nxf7 {Again, the most aggressive!} (12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13.
Bd6 {was extremely popular 10 years ago, but Black usually does well here.})
12... Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. a4 $5 $146 {As was admitted
by GM Grischuk after the game, this new idea was suggested by AlphaZero. Of
course, this position was deeply explored by Alexander and his team during the
preparation.} (16. Bg4 {is what was almost automatically played before. The
most memorable encounter saw} Raf8 ({Since then Black has managed to find a
convincing way of neutralising White's initiative:} 16... h5 $1 17. Bxh5 Raf8
18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 {was seen in Shirov,A - Karjakin,S Foros 2008} {Now the
strong} c5 $1 {would have put White in serious danger. For instance,} 20. hxg5
Bg7 21. g6 N7f6 22. Bh4 Qxd6 $1 23. exd6+ Kd7 {and White is absolutely lost!})
17. Qc2 Qxd4 $2 18. Qg6 Qxg4 19. Qxg7+ Kd8 20. Nxb7+ Kc8 21. a4 {Black was
crushed in Topalov,V - Kramnik,V Wijk aan Zee 2008 CBM 122 [Krasenkow,M]})
16... Raf8 ({In comparison to above-mentioned note, after} 16... a6 $2 17. Bg4
h5 18. Bxh5 Raf8 19. Qg4 Bh6 20. h4 c5 21. axb5 axb5 22. hxg5 Bg7 23. g6 N7f6
24. Bh4 Qxd6 25. exd6+ Kd7 26. Qd1 Nxh5 27. Ra7 {White is just winng due to
the penetration along the a-file.}) ({The typical break} 16... c5 $5 {looks
scary to a human eye, but might be playable:} 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. axb5 Rhd8 19.
Bxc4 (19. Qc2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Qg6 Qc7 23. Bxc4 Bxe5 $13)
19... Nf4 20. Bxf4 gxf4 21. Qh5 Rxd6 22. Qh4+ Kd7 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Rfd1 Bd4
$13 {The resulting complex position contains danger for both sides.}) 17. Bf3
$1 {A very clever approach - White is going to eliminate the strong Nd5.
Moreover, the subsequent static pawn structure makes it very difficult for
Black to activate his pieces.} a6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Kh1 $1 {
An important prophylactic move.} (20. f4 $2 {is premature:} gxf4 21. Bh4+ Bf6
$19) 20... Bc6 21. f4 gxf4 $4 ({GM Ding Liren had to play} 21... h5 $1 22. f5 {
The most ambitious.} ({it is also to maintain the tension by means of} 22. Be1
$5 b4 23. Bd2 $13 {but then play would be less forced.}) 22... h4 23. Bf2 h3 $1
{reminding White of his own king.} ({The natural} 23... exf5 $6 {runs into} 24.
Qc2 $1 Kd8 25. Nxf5 Rhg8 26. e6 $40 {with a powerful attack.}) 24. g4 Nxe5 $1
25. Qe2 $1 (25. dxe5 $2 d4+ 26. Kg1 Bxe5 $19) 25... Kd8 26. dxe5 d4+ 27. Kg1
Qc5 28. Bg3 Kc7 $132 {This might lead to an extremely sharp situation, where
both kings are in big danger.}) 22. Rxf4 $4 {Returning the favour!} (22. Bh4+
Bf6 23. Qg4 $1 {would win on the spot:} Qxd4 24. Bxf6+ Rxf6 25. Qg7+ Kd8 26.
exf6 Qxf6 27. Qxf6+ Nxf6 28. Nf7+ Kc7 29. Nxh8 $18 {with a decisive material
advantage. Instead, Alexander's move invites serious troubles.}) 22... Rxf4 23.
Bxf4 Kd8 $2 {The position is extremely sharp, so both players commit lots of
mistakes.} ({A much better move was} 23... Rf8 $1 24. Bg3 Kd8 25. Qg4 b4 26.
Qxg7 Qxd4 $17 {Black's queenside passers put White in big danger.}) 24. Qg4 $6
({Possibly, Alexander rejected the obvious} 24. Nf7+ Kc7 25. Nxh8 Bxh8 26. Bxh6
{in view of} Bxe5 27. dxe5 d4 {and the central passers look threatening.
However, after} 28. Qg1 Qc5 29. Rd1 d3 30. Bf4 $14 {White would be able to
deal with them.}) 24... Rf8 25. Bd2 Kc7 26. h3 $2 ({The correct way was} 26.
Ne8+ $1 Rxe8 27. Ba5 Qxa5 28. Rxa5 Re7 29. Qg3 b4 {In the resulting unbalanced
situation White's chances are not worse.}) 26... b4 $1 27. Qxg7 Qxd4 28. Bxb4
Qxb2 {White has regained the piece, but now Black's king is relatively safe,
whereas the passers are very powerful.} 29. Ba5+ Kb8 30. Rg1 c3 31. Qe7 $6 {
Another inaccuracy.} (31. Qg6 $142 c2 32. Bd2 Qxe5 33. Nf7 Rxf7 34. Qxf7 Qe4 {
Black is better, but the exposed Kb8 offers White excellent drawing chances.})
31... c2 $2 {A consistent, but wrong continuation.} ({A much stronger one was} 
31... Qa3 $1 32. Bc7+ (32. Bxc3 Qxc3 33. Rb1+ Ka7 34. Qxe6 Qxe5 35. Qxh6 Rb8
$19) 32... Ka8 33. Qxe6 c2 34. Qxh6 d4 35. Nf5 Qc3 36. Ba5 Qc4 {and Black's
passers should decide the game.}) 32. Bd2 {The bishop joins the defence in
time.} Qxe5 33. Bxh6 Rg8 $1 {The best practical try} ({Nothing is achieved by} 
33... Qf6 34. Bxf8 Qxf8 35. Qxe6 Qf4 36. Qe7 $1 c1=Q 37. Qd8+ Ka7 38. Qa5+ Kb8
39. Qd8+ $11) 34. Nf7 Qc3 ({Possibly, a better try was} 34... Qf6 $5 35. Qd6+
Kb7 36. Qb4+ Nb6 37. Nd6+ Kc7 38. Qc5 Nc4 39. Nxc4 dxc4 40. Qa5+ Kd7 41. Qa7+
Ke8 42. Qb8+ Qd8 43. Qe5 $15 {even though the vulnerablity of Ke8 hardly
leaves Black real winning chances.}) 35. Qd6+ Kb7 36. Qxe6 d4 37. Nd6+ Kb6 38.
Ne4 $1 {It's important to cover the long diagonal.} (38. Qxg8 $4 Qxh3#) 38...
Nc5 39. Qxg8 Nxe4 40. Kh2 ({Another possibility was} 40. Qb8+ Kc5 41. Rc1 d3
42. Be3+ Kc4 43. Qb6 $11) 40... d3 41. Be3+ Kb5 42. Qb8+ Kc4 43. Qc7 Qf6 44.
Rf1 $1 {The only, but sufficient way.} Qd6+ 45. Qxd6 Nxd6 46. Rf6 $1 {
Alexander correctly eliminates the knight in order to set up a blockade.} Kd5
47. Rxd6+ Kxd6 48. Kg3 $11 Kd5 49. Kf2 Kc4 50. Bd2 Kb3 51. Ke3 Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.05"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 ({Black has also tried} 10... Nd7 11. exd5 exd5 12.
cxd5 c5 {, but in the following recent game after} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Bf5
15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Nc4 $14 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2704)-Eljanov,P (2717) Berlin GER
2015, White was better.}) 11. e5 {Locking in the Bg7 is the most tempting
decision, but it wouldn't be easy to hold the pawn centre.} dxc4 (11... c5 {
has also been played by strong players, but it doesn't look like a convincing
way of equalising:} 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Qxd4 $5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15.
Qc5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Rad1 $14) 13... Bxe5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Nb3 Rd8 16. Bf3
Bg7 $11 {1/2 (28) Dubov,D (2661)-Gelfand,B (2741) Berlin GER 2015}) 12. Bxc4 c5
13. dxc5 ({In the event of} 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 {White
cannot benefit from having a better pawn structure - Black's bishops are very
powerful.}) 13... Nd7 14. Qe2 $146 {Protecting the Pe5 and leaving the Bg7
locked in for a while is a natural decision.} ({One preceding top-level game
saw} 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. g3 b6 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Anand,
V (2783) Paris/St Petersburg 2013, and Black was fine.}) 14... Nxc5 15. Rfd1
Qe7 16. Nb5 {The knight is heading to d6 in order to squeeze Black into his
camp. However, its placement wouldn't be safe.} ({Another possibility was:} 16.
Rd6 Bd7 (16... b6 17. Rad1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bb5 Bb7 20. Ne4 $11) 17. Bb5
Bxb5 18. Nxb5 a6 19. Nc3 b5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 $11) 16... Bd7
({After} 16... a6 17. Nd6 b5 18. Qe3 Nb7 19. Bb3 Nxd6 20. exd6 Qa7 21. Qf4 $13
{the d6-passer looks somewhat scary for a human.}) 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Nd4 Qg5 {
As was mentioned before, it wouldn't be easy for White to keep the Pe5
protected for a long time.} 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Re1 $2 {This move leads to the
loss of an important pawn.} ({He had to play} 20. b4 $1 Na4 (20... Nd7 $6 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Bxe6 Nxe5 23. Bxf7+ Nxf7 24. Rac1 {can be dangerous only for
Black.}) 21. Re1 ({There is also a tactical way of maintaining the balance:} 
21. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 22. f4 Qe7 (22... Qf5 $2 23. g4 $18) 23. f5 gxf5 24. Rd6 Rae8
25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 27. Qc2 Nb6 28. Qxf5+ Ke7 29. Qh7 Rf7 30. Rf1 $11)
21... Nc3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 $11) 20... Nd7 21.
Qe4 ({Possibly, Constantin's calculations were based on} 21. g3 Nxe5 22. f4 {
, but then} Nf3+ $1 23. Qxf3 Qc5+ $17 {regaining the piece.}) 21... Nxe5 22. f4
Nf3+ $1 {The same trick. Black manages to keep the extra pawn.} 23. Kh1 Qc5 24.
Qxf3 Qxd6 25. Rad1 Qc7 $17 {Even though there are bishops of different colours
on the board, White's defensive task is tough.} 26. g4 $1 {A brave decision.
The counter-attacking approach seems most effective now.} Bf6 $1 {A decent
prophylactic move - the f-pawn cannot go far now.} 27. f5 exf5 28. gxf5 g5 29.
b3 $2 {Alas, Constantin fails to put up resistance - White cannot afford to
waste a tempo on protecting the pawn.} ({The correct move was} 29. Qg3 Qb6 30.
Rd6 $1 Qxb2 31. Qb3 Qxb3 32. Bxb3 Kg7 33. Rxc6 {The activity of pieces would
offer White definite drawing chances.}) 29... Kg7 30. Qg3 {Now it's too late!}
Qa5 $1 31. Qf3 {A sad necessity.} ({After} 31. Rd7 Qxf5 32. Rb7 Rad8 33. Rf1
Qe4+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rd2+ 36. Rf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Bd4+ 38. Kg2 Kg6 $19 {
Black should be able to promote the passers.}) 31... Rae8 32. Rf1 Qc7 $1 {
Now Black is firmly in control - White is doomed to a passive defence.} 33. Rd2
Rd8 {Swapping the rooks would leave the Kh1 even more exposed.} 34. Rc2 (34.
Rfd1 Rxd2 35. Rxd2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. h3 Qd4 38. Kg2 Be5 $19) 34... c5 {
GM Mamedyarov is not in a rush.} 35. Qg2 Rd4 36. Rd2 Re8 37. Rxd4 {It was
difficult to do with such a strong rook, but now Black also gets a dangerous
passer.} cxd4 $19 38. a4 Re5 ({There was nothing wrong with} 38... Re3 $19 {
either.}) 39. Qf3 Re3 40. Qd5 g4 41. a5 h5 42. a6 Re7 ({Another possibility was
} 42... Kh6 43. Qxf7 Qxf7 44. Bxf7 d3 $19) 43. Qg2 Qd6 44. Rd1 Qf4 45. Rf1 Qd6
46. Rd1 Qb4 47. Qd5 Qc3 48. Rf1 Qe3 49. Rg1 Kh6 50. Qc6 Kh7 51. Rf1 Kg7 52. Qd5
Rc7 $5 {This move is connected with an interesting concrete idea.} 53. Rg1 Be5
54. Rf1 Kh6 {The preparations.} 55. f6 Rxc4 $1 {The most convincing. Now the
Pd4 is unstoppable.} 56. bxc4 d3 57. Qg2 d2 58. Rd1 Bf4 59. c5 Qxc5 60. h3 Qe3
61. hxg4 Qe1+ ({White resigns in view of} 61... Qe1+ 62. Qg1 Qh4+ 63. Kg2 Qg3+
64. Kf1 Qf3+) 0-1

[Event "Southwest Class-ch 7th"]
[Site "Dallas"]
[Date "2016.02.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Black "Sadorra, Julio Catalino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2559"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.02.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the critical last round of the tournament. I knew my opponent is an
experienced fighter, so I was ready to play a solid game.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6
3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 {The Semi-Slav is one of the most reliable defensive
systems up to this day, and it's no surprise it's a part of the repertoire of
many top players.} 5. Qb3 $5 {After some thought, my opponent played this in
an attempt to take me out of mainstream lines. Fortunately for me, I also
covered this line in my general opening studies.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 a6 8.
Bg5 ({Another possibility here is} 8. e4) 8... c5 {This has all been played
before.} (8... Bb7 9. a4 $1) 9. Bxf6 ({Other possible ways to continue
stirring up unclear play are} 9. a4) ({or} 9. d5 $5) 9... gxf6 10. e3 Bb7 11.
Be2 {Here, I was on my own and I didn't see anything wrong with natural moves
so I went with it.} Nc6 12. a3 {A useful waiting move, that prevents any
future ...Nb4 or ...b4 ideas.} Be7 {Keeping flexibility.} ({After the game, my
opponent and I agreed it was simpler to equalise with an IQP structure:} 12...
cxd4 13. exd4 Ne7 14. O-O Nd5 $11 (14... f5 $5 15. Rfd1 Bg7 {and maybe Black
can play for more!})) ({At first I wanted to play an active move like} 12...
Rg8 {but then noticed the possibility of him opening up the centre and
castling queenside:} 13. d5 (13. Qxh7 Rxg2 14. dxc5 {was also not easy to
assess during the game}) 13... exd5 14. Nxd5 (14. O-O-O) 14... Rxg2 15. O-O-O {
so I didn't take my chances, kept the possibility of quickly castling kingside.
}) 13. O-O Qc7 $5 ({Of course I checked the simple} 13... O-O {but once again
was bothered by the pawn break} 14. d5 $1 exd5 15. Nxd5 ({the "best player"
actually recommends a very fancy idea here:} 15. Rad1 $1 Ne5 (15... d4 16. exd4
cxd4 17. Qf5 $1 $16) 16. Nxe5 fxe5 17. Qf5 $1 {setting up multiple threats on
Black's centre and kingside.}) 15... Ne5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qf5 {and it's much
easier to play White from a practical standpoint.}) 14. dxc5 Rd8 (14... Ne5 $2
{is the wrong way to execute the idea} 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxb5 $1) 15. Qc2 Ne5 {
And here, my opponent started his long think comparing different situations
and choosing the way that could best stop my growing intitiative.} 16. b4 (16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. b4 Rg8 18. g3 h5 $44 {and Black's active pieces combined with
the idea of opening up the h-file is at least enough compensation for the pawn.
}) 16... Rg8 17. Qxh7 $1 {Played after a long think, leaving himself about 4
minutes on the clock.} Kd7 $2 {A natural way to continue pressure as it
connects both rooks and gets the king to the "safer" side of the board.
Unfortunately things are more complicated than this. And while I checked my
lines, I missed an important detail in one of the lines I examined...} (17...
Kf8 $1 {is oddly the better way to continue the attack!} 18. Qh6+ ({if White
is ambitious he can only get in trouble} 18. Qh3 $6 f5 $1 {with the idea of ...
Bf6, ...Rh8} (18... Ng6 $5)) (18. Kh1 f5 $1) 18... Rg7 (18... Ke8 19. Qh7 Kf8
$11) 19. Qh8+ Rg8 20. Qh6+ {and the game will objectively end with repetition.}
) 18. Rad1+ Kc8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qf8 21. Nxe5 $1 Rxg2+ 22. Kf1 fxe5 23.
Nxb5 $3 {This is the tactical shot I missed. I tried to find a solution for a
long time, but realised that it's too late to save the position so eventually
I decided to simply pressure my opponent on time with since he had only more
or less 2 min left to make the time-control.} Rg7 (23... axb5 24. c6 Bxc6 25.
Rc1 {is the point} Kb7 26. Rxc6 Kxc6 27. Qe4+ (27. Kxg2) 27... Kb6 28. Kxg2 $18
{and White can easily play a move and win from here on.} (28. Qxg2)) 24. Qd3
Qg8 ({I also checked} 24... axb5 {but White can obtain a winning attack by
force} 25. Qd7+ Kb8 26. c6 Bc8 27. c7+ Ka7 28. Qxb5 $18 {and there's no
stopping the threats.}) 25. Qd7+ Kb8 26. Ke1 {White is simply winning at this
point, and I was merely prolonging futile resisitance.} Bh4 (26... Rg1+ 27. Bf1
) 27. c6 Bxf2+ 28. Kxf2 Rg2+ 29. Ke1 Rxe2+ 30. Kxe2 Qg2+ 31. Kd3 {and Black
resigns.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Sakaev,K"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8.
Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 {Lutz: 'Khalifmans Idee gibt Schwarz einige Probleme.'
} g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Rg8 15. Rad1 Rg6 $146 (15...
Be7 16. Bxf6 $5 (16. Bf4) 16... Bxf6 17. e5 Bxh4 18. Qh7 $36) (15... Nd7 {Lutz}
16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 Bb4 19. Na2 Be7 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Na2 Be7 22.
Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,M-Galkin,A/Maikop 1998/CBM 66/[Lutz] (22)}) 16. Bf4 $1 {
Lutz: 'Weiß verstärkt langsam seine Stellung. Interessanterweise kann Schwarz
nicht viel unternehmen. '} (16. Bg3 Be7 $13) 16... Be7 17. g3 {'!' Lutz.} a6 $2
(17... Qa5 $1 $13) 18. b3 $1 $16 {Lutz: 'Der thematische Zug. Weiß öffnet
einige Linien.'} cxb3 (18... b4 19. Na4 c3 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5 22. Bd6
Nd7 23. e5 (23. Rd4 e5 24. Rc4 Rxd6 (24... Nb6 25. Bc7 $18) 25. cxd6 Nb6 26.
Rd1 Nxc4 27. Bxc4 Rd8 $13) (23. f4 Nxc5 24. f5 Rg8 $13) 23... Nxc5 24. Rd4 (24.
a3 bxa3 $132) 24... O-O-O (24... Qb6 25. Rc4 $18) 25. Rfd1 (25. a3 bxa3 26. b4
Qa4 27. Qxc3 Nb3 $132) 25... Rgg8 26. a3 (26. Rc4 Rxd6 27. exd6 $16) 26... bxa3
(26... Rxd6 27. exd6 (27. axb4 Rxd4 28. bxa5 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rd8 30. Be2 Rd2 31.
Qxc3 Ne4 (31... Rxe2 32. Qxc5 Re1+ 33. Kg2) 32. Qe3 c5 $13) 27... Qxa3 28. d7+
Kd8 29. Qh7 $18) 27. b4 Qa4 28. Qxc3 Nb3 29. R4d3 a2 (29... Rxd6 30. exd6 a2
31. d7+ Kc7 32. Qe5+ Kb6 33. Rxb3 Qxb3 34. d8=Q+ Rxd8 35. Rxd8 $18) 30. Qxb3
a1=Q 31. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 32. Rd1 $18) 19. axb3 Bb4 20. Bd3 $1 {Lutz: 'Neben e4-e5
droht auch Ne2, Be5, Nf4 mit Gewinn des Ph5.'} (20. Na2 Be7 21. Nc3 $11) 20...
Qxd4 {Lutz: 'Schwarz möchte nicht ohne Widerstand untergehen, beschleunigt
aber sein Ende.'} 21. Na2 e5 $8 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Be2 $1 (23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Rxd6
Bxd6 $13) 23... Qe7 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Bc5 Qa5 26. Qb2 Qc7 (26... Nd7 27. Rxd7
Kxd7 28. Rd1+ $18) 27. Bd6 Qd7 $6 (27... Qc8 28. Bxe5 (28. Qxe5+ Qe6 29. Qxe6+)
28... Nxe4 29. Bf4 Qf5 (29... c5 30. Bd3 $36) 30. Bd3 c5 (30... Re6 31. Bxe4
Rxe4 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Bd6+ Ke6 34. Bb8 $18) 31. Bxe4 Bxe4 32. Rfe1 Re6 (32...
Ke7 33. Bg5+ f6 (33... Rxg5 34. hxg5 Re8 35. Rd3 $18) 34. Qb1 $18) 33. Rxe4
Qxe4 34. Qh8+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ f6 36. Qg7+ Ke8 37. Qd7+ Kf8 38. Bh6+ $18) 28. Bxe5
{Lutz: 'Angesichts des schlechten Bb7 und des steckengebliebenen Königs ist
die schwarze Stellung im höheren Sinne verloren.'} Qe7 29. Bd6 Qe6 30. Bc5 $1
$18 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 32. Rd1+ Nd7 (32... Kc7 33. Qd4 Nd7 34. Bb6+ $18) (32...
Kc8 33. Rd6 Qxe4 34. Bd3 (34. Bb6 Ba8) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kh2 $18) 33. Qh8+ {
'?!' Lutz.} (33. Bb6+ {Lutz} Ke7 34. Qh8 $18 {ist noch strenger.}) 33... Qe8 (
33... Kc7 34. Bd6+ Qxd6 35. Rxd6 Kxd6 36. Qxh5 $18) 34. Bb6+ Ke7 35. Qxh5 Nxb6
36. Qc5+ Kf6 37. Qxb6 Qe7 38. Qd4+ Qe5 (38... Ke6 {Lutz} 39. e5 $18) 39. Qd7 (
39. Qd7 {Lutz} Qxe4 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6 42. Qxb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7
8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. a4 $5 $146 {In dieser bekannten
Stellung wartet Salow mit einer interessanten Neuerung auf. Er beabsichtigt,
den a-Bauern nach a5 vorzurücken, wo er dem Nd7 das Feld b6 nimmt und außerdem
...b7-b6 erschwert.} (11. Rc1 {Lutz}) (11. Re1 {Lutz}) (11. e4 {Lutz}) (11. b4
{Lutz}) (11. Ne4 {Lutz}) 11... O-O (11... a5 $5 {Lutz ist die prinzipielle
Reaktion. Kritisch erscheint dann} 12. e4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 $13 {[%csl Rb6] Hier
könnte sich der Einschub von a2-a4 und ...a7-a5 günstig für Weiß auswirken, da
der Nb6 wackelig steht.}) 12. a5 Qe7 $1 (12... e5 13. d5 $14) 13. Qc2 c5 $1 (
13... Rb8 $5 {Lutz mit der Idee ...b7-b6 ist beachtenswert.}) 14. Rfd1 (14. d5
Nf6 $1 (14... Ne5 $5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rad1 $13) 15. Qb3 (15. a6 b5
$1) 15... exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 $132) 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. Qe2
$1 {Weiß kann aufgrund seines Entwicklungsvorsprungs auf eine leichte
Initiative hoffen.} (16. d5 Qc5 $15) 16... Re8 17. Ne5 Nd7 $1 18. Nf3 (18. Nb5
Nxe5 (18... Nf6 $5) (18... Rd8 $2 19. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 20. Nc7 $40) 19. dxe5 Qc5
20. Nd6 Rd8 21. a6 Rb8 $1 22. Qf3 Rf8 $132) 18... Nf6 19. Rd3 $5 {Ein starker
und nicht offensichtlicher Zug, um die Initiative zu behalten. Die Idee ist,
die Überführung des Turms nach e3, wo er Nc3 und Ne5 deckt und außerdem dem
Vorstoß d4-d5 zusätzliche Kraft gibt.} (19. Ne5 $11) 19... Bd7 20. Ne5 Rac8 $6
(20... Bc6 $1 21. Re3 (21. a6 Red8 $1 $15) 21... Qb4 22. a6 Qb6 23. Nb5 $13)
21. a6 $1 {So werden der Pa7 und das Feld c6 geschwächt.} bxa6 22. Bxa6 Rb8 23.
Bc4 Rb7 24. Re3 $36 {Nun hängt der Vorstoß d4-d5 in der Luft.} Qb4 $6 (24...
Reb8 $142 25. b3 Qd6) 25. b3 $1 (25. d5 $5 Qxb2 26. Qxb2 (26. Qe1 Nxd5 27. Bxd5
exd5 28. Rb1 Qxb1 $1 29. Nxb1 Rxe5 $17) 26... Rxb2 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 28. dxe6 fxe6
29. Rxa7 Nc5 $11) 25... a5 {Schwarz sollte Gegenmaßnahmen gegen d4-d5 treffen.}
(25... Rd8 $6 {Lutz} 26. Rd1 (26. d5 exd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5
Bb5 $11) 26... Be8 27. d5 $36) (25... Re7 $5 {Lutz scheint das Gleichgewicht
zu halten.} 26. Rd1 (26. d5 exd5 27. Nxd5 (27. Bxd5 Rxe5) 27... Nxd5 28. Bxd5
Rc7) 26... Rc7 {und die Drohung d4-d5 ist entschärft.}) 26. Rd1 $1 (26. Qf3 $14
) 26... a4 {Verliert Material.} (26... Rd8 27. d5 $1 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29.
Bxd5 Bxe5 30. Bxb7 Bd4 (30... Bxh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxb7 32. Qd2 $18) 31. Re4 $16) (
26... Rc7 $2 {Lutz} 27. Nxd7 Nxd7 (27... Rxd7 28. Bb5) 28. Nd5) (26... Ra7 $5 {
Lutz sieht komisch aus, ist aber unter den gegebenen Umständen noch das Beste.}
) 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 $6 (27... Nxd7 28. Nxa4 (28. d5 $5 Bxc3 (28... e5 29. bxa4 $16)
29. dxe6 Ne5 30. exf7+ Rxf7 31. Qc2 $1 axb3 32. Bxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qxc3 Qxc3 34.
Rxc3 $16) 28... Nb6 29. Nxb6 Rxb6 30. d5 e5 31. f4 $16) 28. Bb5 axb3 29. Bxd7
Nxd7 30. Qb5 $1 $18 Qd6 31. Qxb3 (31. Ne4 $5 Qc7 32. Qxb3 $18) 31... Nf6 32. h3
Rd8 33. Qc4 Qf4 34. Rf3 Qh4 35. Qc5 Ne4 (35... g5 36. d5 $1 g4 37. hxg4 Nxg4
38. dxe6 $18) 36. Nxe4 $138 (36. Qc7 Nxc3 37. Qxf7+ Kh7 38. Rxc3 Rf8 39. Qxe6
Qxf2+ 40. Kh1 Bxd4 41. Rc7+ Bg7 42. Qe7 $18) 36... Qxe4 37. Qe7 (37. Rxf7 Kxf7
38. Qc7+ Ke8 39. Qxg7 $18) 37... Rf8 38. Qd7 (38. d5 exd5 39. Qb7 $18) 38...
Qe2 39. Rfd3 $2 (39. Rc1 $2 Qd2 40. Rc8 $4 Qd1+ $1 41. Kh2 Be5+ 42. Rg3 Bf4 $15
) (39. Rdd3 $1 $18) 39... Bf6 $1 40. d5 (40. R3d2 $142) 40... Rd8 41. Qa4 $1 (
41. Qc6 $2 Bh4 $1 42. g3 Bxg3 $3 43. fxg3 Rxd5 44. Qc8+ (44. Rxd5 Qe3+ $11)
44... Kh7 45. Qc3 Qxd1+ 46. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 47. Kf2 Rd5 $11) 41... exd5 42. Re3 $1
Qh5 $6 (42... Qb2 $8 43. Qc6 $1 Bd4 44. Re8+ Rxe8 45. Qxe8+ Kg7 46. Qe1 $1 Bc3
47. Qe3 $1 d4 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qe4 $18) 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kg7 45. Rc1 $1
$18 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 11th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2013.01.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Saunders,J"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. h3 Rd8 15. a3
a5 16. Qe2 a4 17. Ba2 Bc5 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Rc1 Nd7
22. Rd1 Bc7 23. Qc2 Nc5 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. Ng3 g6 26. Qc3 Bc7 27. Rc1 Ra5 28. h4
Kg7 29. h5 Bd7 30. Bc4 Nb7 31. hxg6 fxg6 32. Rd1 Be8 33. Ba2 Nd6 34. b4 axb3
35. Qxb3 Nf7 36. Rd3 Rb5 37. Qc2 Qc5 38. Rc3 Qb6 {[diag]} 39. Bxf7 $2 Rb2 $1 (
39... Kxf7 {is equal but the text move sets up a powerful skewer on the f2
square.}) 40. Rb3 (40. Bxe8 Rxc2 41. Rxc2 Qb1+ 42. Ne1 Qxe1+ 43. Kh2 Bb6 {
gains White a rook and a knight for the queen but looks very unpleasant for
White on the dark squares.}) 40... Rxc2 41. Rxb6 Bxb6 42. Bxe8 Bxf2+ 43. Kh2
Kf6 {The body count (two knights for rook and pawn) doesn't seem too terrible
for White at first sight but then you notice that White's two knights have
little scope. In particular, they can't help in stopping the advance of
Black's passed c-pawn.} 44. Nh4 Rc3 45. Nf3 c5 46. a4 c4 47. Bb5 Rc2 48. a5 c3
49. a6 Ra2 (49... Ra2 {If} 50. Ne2 {to stop the pawn, simply} Rxe2 51. Bxe2 c2
{and the pawn promotes.}) 0-1

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.04.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
{Die Anti-Moskauer Variante stand vor ein paar Jahren im Spitzenschach hoch im
Kurs. Inzwischen ist die Beliebtheit etwas zurpück gegangen.} 9. Be2 ({
Ein anderes Thema ist} 9. Ne5 h5 10. h4 g4) 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 ({Die
Hauptvarianten sind} 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5) ({bzw.} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5) 10...
Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. d5 cxd5 (12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qb6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Nxg5
Bc5 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Nxe6 Ne5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Be2 Raf8 20. O-O Rhg8 21. b4
Qxb4 22. Qd2 Qc5 23. Qxh6 Bc8 24. Qh4+ Ke6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qh5 Kf6 27. Qh4+
Ke6 28. Nd5 cxd5 29. Rxd5 Qb6 30. Qh5 Qb8 31. Rfd1 Rf6 32. Rxe5+ Qxe5 33. Bg4+
Rxg4 34. Qe8# {1-0 (34) Anand,V (2817)-Shirov,A (2709) Leon 2011}) 13. exd5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Bg7 16. Ne3 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Nf6 $6 ({Hier wurde
bisher fast ausschließlich} 17... Rd8 {gespielt:} 18. Nf5 Kf8 {mit gleichem
Spiel.} 19. a4 a6 20. N3d4 Ne5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf3 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxf3 24.
gxf3 Bxf3 25. Qf5 Bxh1 26. Qe5+ Kh7 27. Qe7 Rg8 28. Qxf7+ Rg7 29. Qf5+ Kg8 30.
Qc8+ Kh7 31. Rd8 Qb6 32. g4 Qf6 33. Rh8+ Kg6 34. Rxh6+ Kf7 35. Rxf6+ Kxf6 36.
Qxa6+ Ke5 37. Qxb5+ Bd5 38. Qe8+ Kd4 39. Qe3# {1-0 (39) Williams,S (2449)-Van
Delft,M (2423) Amsterdam 2014}) 18. Qf5 $6 {Droht nun Td6, wonach der Sf6 in
Schwierigkeiten ist, und Lxc4. Aber Schwarz kann die Drohungen leicht abwehren.
} (18. Nf5 {ist besser als Shabalovs Zug.} Kf8 19. Nd6 Qb6 20. Ne5 Qc7 21.
Nexf7 Bd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nb6 24. Qf5 Kg8 25. Qg6 Rf8 26. Nxh6+ Rxh6 27.
Rxh6 {1-0 (27) Sarkar,J (2451)-Mo,K (2273) Arlington 2013}) 18... Qb6 19. Qe5+
Kf8 20. Rd6 Qc7 21. Nf5 $2 {[#] Auf den ersten Blick sieht es so aus, als ob
Weiß eine aussichtsreiche Stellung erreicht hat. In Wirklichkeit war der
letzte weiße Zug schon der Verlustzug.} ({Nötig war} 21. Rd1 Qxe5 22. Nxe5
Re8 23. Nd7+ Nxd7 24. Rxd7 Bc8 25. Rd2 Be6 $17) 21... Ne8 {und aus. Weiß
verliert Material.} 22. Nxg7 Qxd6 23. Ne6+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Yalta super"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 (7. e3)
7... Nd7 (7... a5 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Qf4 $13) 8. g3 dxc4 9. Qxc4
e5 $1 (9... Qe7 10. Bg2 Qb4 $5 (10... g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13. e3 e5 14.
Ne4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Rac1 Ne5 17. Qc5 $14 {Georgiev,Kir-Ermenkov,E/
Elenite/1994/}) 11. Nd2 $5 (11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Rc1 $14) 11... Qxb2 $1 12. Rb1
Qa3 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qd3 Be7 15. Nc4 Qa6 $1 16. Ne5 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 O-O $15 {
Shirov,A-Anand,V/Linares/1994/}) 10. O-O-O $5 {N/} (10. d5 $2 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ $17) (10. Bg2 exd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. Qxd4 Qb4+ 13.
Nc3 Nf6 (13... Qxb2 $5) 14. O-O-O Be6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18.
Kc2 Bd6 19. Nd3 O-O $10 {Korchnoi,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco/1994/}) 10... Be7 (10...
exd4 $5 11. Ne4 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 $13) 11.
Ne4 (11. Bh3 $2 Nb6) (11. Bg2 exd4 12. Ne4 Qg6 $10) 11... Qf5 $8 12. Qc2 O-O
13. Kb1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bh3 (15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3 $5) 15... Nf6 16. Bxc8
Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nf5 Rcd8 $10 19. f4 $1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ (
21. e4 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qb4 23. Qe2) 21... Bxd8 22. a3 (22. e4 Qe1+) 22... Qd5
23. e4 Qd7 24. e5 Be7 (24... g6 $5 25. Nd6 Be7 $10) 25. Kc1 g6 $1 26. Nd6 Bxd6
27. Qd2 Kf8 28. exd6 Ke8 29. Qe3+ (29. Qd4 Qe6 $1 $10) 29... Qe6 $1 30. Qxa7 $8
Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 (33. Kc4 Qe6+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Nd2 e5 12. Nxc4 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Ne3 (14.
Nxb6 axb6 $14) 14... Rd8 15. d5 Be6 (15... Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxd5 18.
Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxd5) 16. Qb3 cxd5 17. Ncxd5 (17. Nexd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5) 17... Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {xf7,b7 diagonal b3-f7} Rd6 (19... Rd7 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Rd3) 20. Qxb7 (20. Rad1 $5 Rb6 (20... Rad8 21. Qxb7 {= the game} (21. Rd3
$5)) 21. Qc4 Rxb2 22. Rd3 Rb4 $5 (22... Rf8 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Be4 Qh5
)) 20... Rad8 21. Rad1 R8d7 22. Qb3 Qf5 23. Bf3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 g6
26. Kg2 h5 $6 {Xf7,g6 endgame} 27. h4 Bc5 28. a3 $1 Bb6 29. b4 Qe5 30. Bd5 Kg7
31. a4 Bd4 32. Qf3 Qf6 33. Qe2 Bc3 34. b5 (34. Qc4 $2 Be1 $1 $10) 34... Ba5 35.
Qe3 Bb6 36. Qd2 Qf5 37. Bc6 Qc5 38. Qb2+ Qd4 $138 39. Qxd4+ $1 Bxd4 40. a5 $16
Kf6 41. f4 $6 {xg3} Ke6 42. b6 axb6 43. a6 b5 44. Bxb5 Ba7 $2 (44... Ke7 45.
Kf3 f5 $1 46. Ke2 Ba7 47. Kd3 Bf2 48. Kc4 Kd8 49. Kd5 Kc7 50. Ke6 Bxg3 51. Kf6
Bxf4 52. Kxg6 Bd6 $1 53. Kxh5 Be7 $10) 45. Kf3 Bg1 46. Bc4+ Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48.
Kd5 $18 Kf5 49. Kd6 f6 50. Be2 g5 51. Bd3+ Kg4 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. f5 h4 54. gxh4
gxh4 55. f6 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 4th"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2008.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 ({The latest games with} 12. Nxf7
{haven't brought much clarity into the basic question: "Is this sacrifice
correct?"} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 15. Nd6 Rb8 $146 (15... Qb6 16. Bg4 Raf8
17. Qc2 Rhg8 18. Qg6 Nc7 19. Qe4 Ba8 20. f4 Nf6 $6 (20... c5 21. Qh7 cxd4 22.
fxg5 d3+ 23. Kh1 $40) (20... Kd8 $142 $5) 21. exf6+ Bxf6 22. fxg5 (22. Rad1 $18
) 22... Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 $16 {->, Kiselev,V (2504)-Gundavaa,B (2320)/Moscow op/
2008/}) 16. Bg4 c5 17. f4 $5 (17. Qc2 Qg8 18. Qg6 Nf8 $17) 17... Ne3 (17...
cxd4 $5) 18. fxg5 Nxf1 (18... Nxd1 $4 19. Rf7#) 19. Qxf1 Qf8 20. Qe2 Bd5 (20...
cxd4 21. Rf1 Qg8 22. g6 Kd8 23. Qd2 $1 $40) 21. Rf1 Qg8 22. g6 Kd8 23. dxc5 Kc7
24. Rf7 Kc6 {Beckhuis,G (2350)-Steingrimsson,H (2551)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/} 25.
b4 $5 $44) 12... Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Re1 $5 {In a very topical opening
position Radjabov plays Inarkiev's move. This is no surprise, as this year it
brought him a full point against Anand.} ({Another popular alternative is} 14.
a4 e5 {More enterprising is} 15. Bg4 (15. d5 c5 16. b4 Qb6 17. bxc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1 Bf8 24.
Nxb5 f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1 Qb4 30.
exf5 c3 31. Qc8 (31. Qc6 e4 32. h4 g4 33. g3 Qc5 34. Qf6+ Bg7 35. Qd8+ Bf8 36.
Qf6+ Bg7 $11 {Alekseev,E (2716)-Bareev,E (2653)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/})
31... e4 32. d6 Qxd6 33. Qxc3+ Bg7 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Qd4 36. Qe8 Qe5 37. Qg6+
Kh8 $14 {/=^-, Kramnik,V (2799)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Nice rpd/2008/ White has an
advantage, but with P only on one flank the opposite-coloured B are a very
strong drawing factor.}) 15... exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 cxb3 (22... d3 23. bxc5 d2 $5 (23... b4
24. Nd4 Qxd4 25. Re7+ Kh8 26. Rxb7 f3 $5 (26... Qxc5 27. Qe1 $40) 27. Qe1 $14 {
[%csl Rh8] |^,עh8}) 24. Rf1 f3 25. gxf3 Qd3 $44) 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25.
Nc3 $1 dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3 Ra7 28. axb5 Qf6 (28... Rf6 $142 $1 $14) 29.
Qa3 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 $16 {Kramnik,V (2799)-Aronian,L (2739)/Wijk aan
Zee/2008/}) 14... Bf8 ({The premiere game featured the risky} 14... c5 15. dxc5
Rc8 16. a4 $1 b4 17. c6 Bxc6 18. Nd5 {This sortie indicates, why the R is
useful on e1...} Ne5 (18... Bxb2 $142 $5 19. Be7 Qxe7 20. Nxe7 Kxe7 21. Bxc4
Nc5 $132) 19. Be7 Qd7 (19... Qa5 20. Bxb4 $36) 20. Nf6+ Kxe7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22.
Qd2 a5 23. Rad1 Rhd8 24. Qd6+ Ke8 25. Qb6 $16 {Inarkiev,E (2674)-Aronian,L 
(2741)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/ Although White managed to lose the game (it
was a rapid tiebreaker), Black didn't want to repeat this adventure anymore.})
15. Bg3 ({Initially White tried} 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 $142 $1 {Here White would
prefer to have his R on f1 to get in a quick f4.} (15... Rxf8 16. b3 cxb3 (
16... b4 17. Na4 c3 18. a3 a5 19. d5 $1 Qe7 20. d6 Qf6 21. e5 $16 {Radjabov,T 
(2735)-Anand,V (2799)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/}) 17. Qxb3 Qb6 18. Red1 (18. d5 O-O-O
19. a4 $5 $44) 18... O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20. e5 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Qxe6 Qc7 23.
axb5 cxb5 24. Rdc1 Qd6 25. Qa2 Rc8 26. Bxb5 Ng4 {0-1 Citak,S (2319)-Firat,B 
(2182)/Ankara 2008/The Week in Chess 700}) 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 (17. axb3 Kg7
$13) 17... Kg7 18. a4 Qe7 19. Rad1 b4 $5 20. a5 bxc3 21. Qxb7 Rhb8 22. Qxc6 Rc8
23. Qa4 Nf6 $15 {[%csl Gc3] o^c3, Hillarp Persson,T (2535)-Wang Hao (2665)/
Gibraltar/2008/}) 15... Bg7 16. Bd6 Bf8 17. Bg3 Bg7 18. e5 $1 {[%cal Rc3e4,
Re4d6] /\Ne4-d6 A fighting attempt, again introduced by Inarkiev} (18. Bd6 $11)
18... c5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Opening the position is as usual risky, but
otherwise White's compensation is beyond doubt:} (18... O-O 19. Bf3 Qe7 (19...
Qb6 $5 {/\c5<=>}) (19... Rb8 $13) 20. Ne4 Nb6 (20... c5 21. Nxg5 $1 $14 {
[%csl Rg8] ׻}) 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nd5 23. a3 Kh8 24. Qc2 a5 25. h4 $1 Nf4 (
25... gxh4 $2 26. Nf6 Nxf6 27. Bxh4 $16) 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxf4 gxf4 {Inarkiev,
E (2684)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/GP Baku/2008/} 28. Nc5 $36) 19. d5 O-O 20. Bf3 Ra7
$6 {Now White gets strong pressure.} (20... exd5 $142 $5 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxd5 Re8
22. Nf6+ (22. e6 Rxe6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Nc7 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Ra7 26. Nxe6 Qf6 27.
Qd5 Qf7 $17) 22... Bxf6 23. Bxb7 Nxe5 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 $132) 21... Bxd5 22. Qxd5
Qe8 23. Rad1 (23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Qf7 $15) {<=>} 23... Rd8 $13) (20... Qb6 21.
d6 (21. dxe6 Bxf3 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. gxf3 Qe6 $15) (21. Qc2 $5 $44) 21... Rad8
(21... b4 22. Na4 Qb5 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Qc2 $14) 22. Rc1 Bc6 $5 $13) 21. dxe6 (
{The text-move is more straightforward, than} 21. d6 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 f5 23. exf6
Qxf6 24. Qe2 $44 {/+/=}) 21... Bxf3 {[%mdl 512]} (21... fxe6 22. Bg4 Qe7 23.
Qd6 Re8 24. Rad1 Ba8 25. Ne4 $44 {is attractive for White, so Aronjan decides
to sacrifice material.}) 22. exf7+ (22. Qxf3 $2 fxe6 23. Qc6 Qb6 {shows one
reason, why the R is useful on a7.}) 22... Rxf7 23. gxf3 Qe8 $1 (23... Rf8 $2
24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. e6 Nb6 26. Qxc5 $16 {/+-}) 24. e6 (24. Qd5 $5 Nb6 (24... Nf8
25. e6 Rfe7 26. Bd6 Nxe6 27. Bxe7 Rxe7 28. Re4 $16) 25. Qxc5 Qe6 26. a4 $36)
24... Re7 25. Qd5 {A practical choice, Radjabov declines the offer and strives
for activity. However, even after taking the knight White retains some winning
chances.} (25. exd7 Raxd7 26. Qc1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rd2 29. Rb1 Kf7
$5 $14 {/~~} (29... b4 30. Na4 c3 31. bxc3 bxc3 32. Nxc5 c2 (32... Rxa2 $5) 33.
Rb8+ Kf7 34. Nb3 c1=Q+ 35. Nxc1 Rd1+ 36. Kg2 Rxc1 37. Rb7+ Kg8 38. Rb6 $14 {
/+/-}) (29... Bxc3 30. bxc3 Rxa2 (30... b4 31. Bc7 $1 a5 (31... bxc3 32. Rc1 c2
33. Kg2 $18) 32. Bxa5 Rxa2 33. Bxb4 $5 cxb4 34. Rxb4 $18) 31. Bd6 Rc2 32. Ra1
Rxc3 33. Bxc5 $16)) 25... Nf6 (25... Nb6 26. Qf5 $1 $36 (26. Qxc5 $6 Rxe6 $11))
26. Qxc5 Ra8 (26... Rab7 27. Rad1 $5 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Rd6 $16) 27. Qf5 {
[%cal Rg3d6] /\Bd6} (27. a4 $6 Rc8 28. Qb4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rc6 $132) (27. Qb6 $5)
27... Rd8 (27... Qc6 28. Rad1 $16) (27... b4 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 $16) 28.
Rac1 $6 (28. f4 b4 29. fxg5 hxg5 30. Ne4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxb2 32. Rb1 $16) (28.
Rad1 Rxd1 29. Nxd1 $16) (28. h4 $5 Qc6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5 Rxe6 31. Rxe6
Qxe6 32. a4 $1 b4 33. Ne4 $36 {Shipov}) 28... Qc6 $1 29. b3 (29. a4 $1 $14)
29... Rde8 {[%csl Re6] White loses his pride and his advantage evaporates.} 30.
a4 Rxe6 (30... cxb3 31. axb5 Qc4 $5 $11 {is more ambitious, but also roughly
equal. After being in serious trouble for a while, Aronian quite naturally
opts for a simpler solution.}) 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qxe6+ Rxe6 33. axb5 cxb3 (
33... axb5 34. Nxb5 cxb3 35. Rb1 Nd5 $11 {is sufficient as well, but the
text-move leads to further simplification.}) 34. Rb1 Nh5 $1 35. bxa6 Rxa6 (
35... Bxc3 36. a7 Ra6 (36... Re8 $2 37. Bb8 $18) 37. Rxb3 Rxa7 $11) 36. Rxb3
Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Kf7 $11 {With White's compromised P and play only on one flank a
draw is fairly obvious. But here we have the Sofia rules, so the players have
to make a few more useless moves.} 38. Rc4 Rf6 39. Kg2 Kg6 40. h4 Nf4+ 41. Bxf4
(41. Kf1 Nd5 42. Rd4 Rf5 $11) 41... Rxf4 42. Rc6+ (42. Rxf4 gxf4 43. Kh2 h5 $11
(43... Kf6 $11)) 42... Kh5 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kg3 Ra4 45. Rf6 Ra3 46. Re6 Ra4
47. Re4 Ra3 48. Rd4 Rb3 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. f4 gxf4 51. Rxf4 Kg5 52. Rf3 Rxf3 53.
Kxf3 Kf5 54. Ke3 Ke5 55. f4+ Kf5 56. Kd4 (56. Kf3 Kf6 $11) 56... Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vidmar Memorial 13th"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1999.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Lutz. Winants} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 {Winants: 'Le
système de Moscou. On pourrait aussi jouer'} ({la varainte de Botvinnik -} 5...
dxc4 {Winants} 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 {qui
conduit а des complications sans fin}) ({ou la défense de Cambridge-Springs} 
5... Nbd7 {Winants} 6. e3 Qa5 {suivi éventuellement de Fb4}) 6. Bh4 $5 {
Winants: 'Un gambit prometteur.'} ({This dangerous gambit has become a very
popular alternative to the less ambitious} 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3) 6... dxc4 7. e4
g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 (9. h4 Bb4 10. hxg5 Nxe4 11. Be5 Rf8 $1 $146 (11... Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Ke2 Rg8 14. gxh6 f6 15. h7 Rh8 16. Qc2 $1 Qe7 17. Bd6 Qg7
18. Qxc3 Rxh7 19. Rxh7 Qxh7 20. Nd2 $18 {Poluljahov,A-Zakharstov,V/Krasnodar/
1998/}) 12. gxh6 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc3+ 14. Ke2 f6 15. h7 Kd7 16. Rh6 fxe5 17.
dxe5+ Kc7 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bb2 20. Rc2 Ba1 21. h8=Q Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Nd7 23.
Rc1 Bb2 $44 {Filippov,V-Novikov,I/Koszalin op/1999/}) 9... Bb7 10. h4 {'!'
Lutz. Lutz: 'Auch in dieser Partie wird Khalifmans Idee wieder erfolgreich
sein.' Winants: 'Une idée du grand-maître bosniaque Ivan Sokolov. Les Blancs
attirent le fantassin adverse en g4 pour occuper l'avant-poste e5 avec gain de
temps.'} g4 11. Ne5 b4 $2 {Black disrupts his strong << pawn chain-the text is
a well-known mistake. Winants: 'Un faute stratégique qui fait l'affaire des
Blancs.'} (11... h5 $142 $8 12. O-O Nbd7 ({Dangerous is} 12... Bg7 $6 13. f3
O-O 14. fxg4 hxg4 15. Bxg4 c5 {'?!' Lutz.} 16. d5 {'!' Lutz.} exd5 17. Nxf7 (
17. exd5 $5 b4 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4 $40) 17... Rxf7 18. Be6 {'->' Lutz. Lutz:
'1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Morovic Fernandez,I/Tallinn/ Parnu 1998/CBM 66/[Lutz] (30)
'} Qe7 19. exd5 Nbd7 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Rxf7 Qxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qg4 Bd4+ 24.
Kh2 Ndf6 25. Qe6+ Kg6 26. h5+ Kxh5 27. Qf7+ Kg5 28. Qg7+ Kh5 29. Qf7+ Kg5 30.
Qg7+ {1/2,Khalifman,A-Morovic,I/Tallinn-Parnu/1998/}) (12... Be7 13. Qc2 Qxd4
14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Ng6 $5 fxg6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qxg6+ Kd8 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qxe6 Nd7
20. Qf7 Nc5 21. Nf6 Rf8 22. Qxh5 Bxf6 23. exf6 Ne4 24. Qh7 Nexf6 25. Qg7 Ke8
26. Bd3 $1 $40 {Richter,M-Korobov,A/Swidnica/1999/}) 13. Qc2 Nxe5 (13... Bg7
14. Rad1 Qb6 $6 15. Na4 $1 Qa5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qb4 18. Rd6 Qxc5 19. Rfd1
O-O 20. Nd7 Nxd7 21. Rxd7 Qb6 22. Qc1 Bc8 23. Qg5 Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Kh7 25. Qxh5+
Kg8 26. Bc7 Qa6 27. Qxg4 $18 {->,Sokolov,I-Novikov,I/Antwerpen/1997/}) 14. Bxe5
Rg8 15. Rad1 Rg6 $142 (15... Nd7 16. Bg3 Qb6 17. b3 (17. d5 $5 O-O-O 18. dxe6
fxe6 19. b3 $44) 17... cxb3 18. axb3 Bb4 (18... a6 $6 19. d5 Bg7 20. dxe6 fxe6
21. Rd6 O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Qc5 23. Nd5 $1 cxd5 24. Rc1 dxe4 25. Qd2 b4 26. Rxc5+
Nxc5 27. Qf4 Nxe6 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qd6+ {1-0,Plachetka,J-Pcola,P/SVK-ch Nove
Zamky/ 1999/}) 19. Na2 Be7 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Na2 Be7 22. Nc3 {1/2,Notkin,
M-Galkin,A/Maikop RUS-chT/1998/}) 16. Bf4 {'!' Lutz.} Be7 17. g3 Qa5 $5 $13 {
Sakaev '?' Lutz.} (17... a6 18. b3 {'+/-!' Lutz. Lutz: '1-0 Sakaev,K-Khenkin,I/
Belgrade 1999/CBM 69/[Sakaev,K] (39)'} cxb3 19. axb3 Bb4 20. Bd3 $1 Qxd4 21.
Na2 e5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. Be2 Qe7 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Bc5 Qa5 26. Qb2 $16 {[%csl
Re8] ->,Sakaev,K-Khenkin,I/Belgrade EU Cup f/1999/})) ({Il faut jouer} 11... h5
{Winants pour garder le Fe2 enfermé et éviter l'ouverture des lignes contre le
Roi noir.}) 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 h5 $146 {A novelty, but Black's position is
suspect already.} ({White had a winning attack after} 13... Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7
15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qxg4 Qe7 17. O-O+ Ke8 18. Bxe6 Bc8 19. Rae1 {Winants:
'avec une attaque décisive, Khalifman-Dreev Elista 1998'} Kd8 {Khalifman,
A-Dreev,A/Elista President's Cup/1998/} 20. Bf7 $1 Qd6 21. Re6 Qb8 22. Re8+ Kc7
23. Be6 $18) 14. Qe2 Nxg3 15. fxg3 {[%cal Re5f7] /\Nf7 Winants: 'Menaçant déjà
16. Cxf7 !'} Rh6 (15... Nd7 $2 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Qxe6+ Kg7 18. O-O $18) (15...
Rh7 16. O-O $40) 16. O-O $1 f5 $6 (16... f6 17. Nf7 $1 $18) ({Somewhat better
was} 16... Qxd4+ $142 17. Kh2 (17. Kh1 {Winants} f5 18. Rad1 Qe4 19. Qxe4 fxe4
20. Nf7 Nd7 (20... Rh7 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. Rxf8 Kxf8 23. Ng5+) 21. Nxh6 Bxh6 22.
Rxd7 $1 Kxd7 23. Rf7+ Kc8 24. Nc5 {etc.}) 17... f5 18. Rxf5 $5 (18. Rad1 Qe4
19. Qxe4 fxe4 20. Rf7 Ba6 21. Rc7 $1 $16) 18... exf5 19. Bf7+ Kd8 20. Rd1 Qxd1
21. Qxd1+ Rd6 22. Qf1 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rc6,Rd8,Rf5,Rg4,Rh5] White has a big lead
in development and Black's pawns are very weak.}) 17. d5 $1 {[%mdl 128] '+-'
Lutz. Lutz: 'Angesichts des schwarzen Entwicklungsrückstandes ist die Partie
gelaufen.' Winants: 'Forçant le passage. Les Noirs sont perdus.'} (17. Rxf5
Qxd4+ {leads to the line above, the text is even stronger and gives White a
decisive attack.}) 17... Qa5 (17... cxd5 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Rxf5 $1 $18 {'!'
Winants.} (19. Rxf5 $1 {Winants} exf5 20. Nc6+)) (17... Bg7 18. Rxf5 $18) ({Si
} 17... exd5 {Winants} 18. Nxc6+) 18. Rxf5 {'!' Winants. '!' Lutz.} Qxa4 {
Lutz: 'Schwarz lässt sich den Gewinn zeigen, aber es war eh schon schwer.'} (
18... Bc5+ 19. Kh2 Qxa4 20. dxc6 $1 {[%cal Rc4b5] followed by Bb5 is also
hopeless.}) (18... Be7 19. dxe6 Qxa4 20. Qf2 $18 {[%cal Rf5f8] /\Rf8!}) 19.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qf2+ Ke7 ({Ou pire :} 20... Kg7 {Winants} 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Qf8+
Kh7 23. Bd3+ Rg6 24. Bxg6#) 21. Qf7+ (21. Qc5+ $1 Ke8 22. Rf1 Nd7 23. Qd6 $18 {
mates even faster,as Black's King already can't castle!} (23. Nxd7 Kxd7 24.
Rf7+ Kc8 25. Qe7 $18)) 21... Kd6 ({Sur} 21... Kd8 {Winants} {alors tout
simplement} 22. d6 $1 {et le mat suit.}) 22. Qf8+ (22. b3 {Winants suivi de
dxc6 et de Td1 était également très fort.}) 22... Kc7 (22... Kxe5 23. Qf4#) 23.
d6+ Kb6 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Qd8+ Kc5 (25... Ka6 {Winants} 26. Bc4) 26. Rc1+ Kd4 27.
Qg5 $1 {Black can't prevent quick mate, e.g. Winants: 'et les Noirs
abandonnèrent.'} (27. Qg5 Qxe5 (27... Qe2 {Winants} 28. Qf4+ Qe4 29. Rc4+) 28.
Qd2+ $1 Ke4 29. Bc2#) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas-A"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "2001.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.04.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6
8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14.
O-O c5 15. d5 b4 16. Rb1 Qa6 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. e7 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 $1 $14 {
Dreev usually plays the more solid text.}) 6. Bh4 $5 {But even here Black must
be ready for a sharp fight, the P sacrifice has become very topical in the
last 2 years.} (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {is still considered satisfactory for Black.})
6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 {The usual reaction, but also} (7... Bb4 {deserves
attention:} 8. Bxc4 (8. Qc2 $5 g5 9. Bg3 g4 10. Nd2 Qxd4 11. Bxc4 $13) 8... g5
$5 9. Bg3 Nxe4 10. O-O Nxg3 11. fxg3 Nd7 12. Qe2 O-O $44 {[%csl Rc8,Rf5,Rf6,
Rf7,Rg5,Rg6,Rg7,Rg8,Rh5,Rh7] ׻,K,Bc8 White has compensation for the pawn, but
probably not more than that and the resulting position is rather unclear.}) (
7... b5 8. e5 {is the Botvinnik Black wanted to avoid.}) 8. Bg3 b5 (8... Bb4 {
can lead to positions from the above note, but Black must also reckon with} 9.
Ne5 $5 {/\} Nxe4 10. Qf3 Nd6 11. Bxc4 $32 {~~}) 9. Be2 {White prefers
development to risky immediate action} (9. h4 g4 10. Ne5 Bb4 (10... h5 $5) 11.
f3 Nh5 12. Bf2 Qa5 ({interesting is even} 12... g3 13. Be3 f5 $5 14. Qd2 Qf6
15. f4 Qg7 16. exf5 exf5 17. Be2 Nf6 18. Bf3 O-O 19. Kf1 $6 Ne4 20. Qc2 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Nd7 22. Bxe4 Nxe5 23. dxe5 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bf5 $40 {Van Ketel,
R-Savchenko,S/Porto San Giorgio/2000/}) 13. Qd2 g3 14. Be3 f6 15. Ng6 (15. Ng4
$2 f5 16. Ne5 f4 17. Bg1 Bb7 18. Rc1 Rg8 19. a3 Bd6 $19 {[%csl Rg1,Rh1]
Sokolov,I-Thorhallsson,T/Reykjavik op/1998/}) 15... Rg8 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4
Nd7 $13 {/=/+,/\Bb7,0-0-0 and White's forces are uncoordinated.}) 9... Bb7 {
The best move.} (9... b4 $6 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Be5 Nf6 12. Nc5 $1 Bg7 13. Bxc4
O-O 14. Qc2 Nbd7 15. h4 gxh4 16. Nxd7 Bxd7 17. Rxh4 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rg4+
Kh8 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Ne5 Be8 22. O-O-O Ne7 23. Rh1 Ng8 24. Rgh4 Kg7 25. Rf4 {
1-0,Sakaev,K-Kobalija,M/RUS-ch St Petersburg/ 1998/}) (9... Nh5 10. Be5 Rg8 11.
Nxg5 $1 (11. Bxb8 Rxb8 12. Ne5 Nf4 13. Nxc6 Qb6 14. Nxb8 Nxg2+ $44) 11... Qxg5
12. Bxh5 Qxg2 13. Rf1 $32 {[%csl Re8] |^,[+],עe8}) (9... Bb4 $6 10. Qc2 $5 g4
11. Ne5 Qxd4 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qxe4 14. Qd2 Nbd7 15. f3 $1 Qd5 16. Qf4 Rg8
17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. fxg4 e5 19. Qxh6 Bb7 20. Rad1 Qc5+ 21. Bf2 Qf8 22. Qh5 Rh8
23. Qf5 O-O-O 24. g5 $18 {Goldin,A-Ippolito,D/Philadelphia op/1999/}) (9...
Nbd7 {allows} 10. d5 $1 cxd5 (10... Bb7 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. e5 Nd5
14. O-O Qb6 15. Bh5+ Kd7 16. Qg4 Rh7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. h4 Rg7 19. Ne4 Bc8 20.
Nxc5+ Bxc5 21. Qxe6+ Kc7 22. Qxh6 Re7 23. Nf3 $16 {Zhu Chen-Dreev,A/Shenyang/
1999/}) 11. exd5 Nb6 12. dxe6 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Bxe6 14. Be5 Bg7 15. Nxb5 O-O 16.
O-O Nfd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nfd4 a6 19. Nxe6+ fxe6 20. Nd4 {White has a
permanent _|_ advantage due to Black's isolated P.} Kf6 21. Rfe1 e5 22. Nf3
Rad8 23. Bf1 Rfe8 24. Nd2 $16 {Bareev,E-Akopian,V/FIDE WCh Las Vegas/1999/})
10. h4 {Khalifman's move is currently White's main try.} ({The older} 10. e5
Nd5 11. h4 Qa5 $13 {is too murky and committal.}) ({Topalov prefers} 10. Ne5 $5
Bg7 11. h4 Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 13. hxg5 cxd4 $6 (13... hxg5 $142 $13) 14. Nxb5 Nxe4
15. Nxc4 Nxg3 16. Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Nxb7 Qc7 18. fxg3 Qxb7 19. O-O d3 20. Qxd3 Ne5
21. Nxe5 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Bxe5 23. Qf3 $18 {Topalov,V-Dreev,A/FIDE WCh New Delhi/
2000/}) 10... b4 $5 {The strong << P-phalanx is one of Black's main wepons in
this line, already earlier we saw this move should be made with great care.
Here it fits tactically, Black has his problems also after} (10... g4 11. Ne5
h5 (11... b4 $2 {is again weak:} 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Nxg3 (13... h5 14. Qe2
Nxg3 15. fxg3 Rh6 16. O-O f5 17. d5 Qa5 18. Rxf5 Qxa4 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qf2+
Ke7 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Qf8+ Kc7 23. d6+ Kb6 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Qd8+ Kc5 26. Rc1+ Kd4
27. Qg5 {1-0,Stohl,I-Pavasovic,D/Vidmar mem Portoroz/1999/}) 14. fxg3 Nd7 15.
Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qxg4 Qe7 17. O-O+ Ke8 18. Bxe6 Bc8 19. Rae1 Kd8 {Khalifman,
A-Dreev,A/Elista/1998/} 20. Bf7 $1 $18) 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 (13. f3 $5) 13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Rad1 (15. b3 $5 cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Rad1 Nh7 $6 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g3 Rc8 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. fxg4 Qc7 23. Kh2 fxg4 24. Ne4
$40 {Goldin,A-Novikov,I/New York op/2000/}) 15... O-O 16. Bg3 Nh7 17. e5 f5 18.
exf6 Qxf6 19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21. fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 $44 {
Kramnik,V-Akopian,V/Dortmund/2000/}) 11. Na4 {Apart from this natural move
White has also the more ambitious (and risky!)} (11. hxg5 $5 bxc3 12. bxc3 $1 (
12. gxf6 cxb2 13. Rb1 Qa5+ 14. Nd2 c3 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nc4 Qxa2 17. Ne3 Bxe2 18.
Qxe2 Nd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. exd5 $13 {Yuferov,S-Sveshnikov,E/St Petersburg/2000/
Although the position is not completely clear and White went on to win the
game, one can hardly believe this sub-line is worth repeating.}) 12... Nxe4 13.
Be5 Rh7 ({White wins his piece back after both} 13... Nxc3 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15.
Kxe2 $36) ({and} 13... Rg8 14. Qb1 $1 $16) 14. Qc2 (14. Qb1 $2 Qa5 $1 15. O-O
Nxc3 16. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 hxg5+ $40) 14... c5 $5 (14... Qa5 15. O-O c5 16.
Rab1 Qxc3 $2 17. Qa4+ Bc6 18. Rxb8+ {1-0,Ivanov,S-Potkin,V/St Petersburg/2000/}
) 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Bxc4 $44 {[%csl Re4][%cal Rc4d3] /\Bd3,פe4}) 11... Nxe4 12.
Be5 (12. Bxc4 $2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Nd7 14. hxg5 Qc7 15. Rh3 O-O-O {Black's K is
safer than White's.} 16. Qd2 Bd6 17. gxh6 Bxg3+ 18. Kf1 Bf4 19. Qxb4 Bxh6 20.
Qb3 Bg7 21. Rxh8 Rxh8 22. Rd1 Rh1+ 23. Kf2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 c5 $17 {Kobalija,
M-Yevseev,D/Ekaterinburg/1999/}) 12... Rg8 (12... f6 {[%csl Re6,Re8,Rf6] can't
be discarded outright, but this move weakens Black's P and K.} 13. Bxb8 (13.
Qc2 $5 c5 14. Bxb8 $13) 13... Qxb8 14. hxg5 Nxg5 15. Bxc4 $36) 13. Qc2 $6 $146
{[%mdl 72] Leads to quite fantastic complications, but mostly favourable for
Black.} ({More logical is} 13. hxg5 $142 hxg5 14. Bxc4 Nd7 15. Qd3 g4 $1 (15...
c5 16. dxc5 g4 $2 {doesn't win material, after} 17. Bb5 $1 gxf3 18. c6 $16 {
White has a very good version of the game position-the P is still on b4!}) 16.
Qxe4 gxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qg5 $17) 17... Qa5 18. b3 $13 (18.
Nc5 $6 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 O-O-O 21. Bb3 Qb5 $36 {[%csl Re1] עe1,Xu
Jun-Nielsen,P/Istanbul olm/2000/})) 13... c5 14. Bxc4 (14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5
g4 $17) (14. dxc5 g4 $17 {/\} 15. Nd4 Qd5 $1) 14... g4 15. Bb5+ ({After} 15.
Bd3 $6 {the simplest is} gxf3 16. Bxe4 fxg2 17. Rg1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd5 $17 {/-+}
) ({Too passive is} 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Nc6 $17) 15... Nd7 16. dxc5 $2 ({
Till the end of the game White will suffer due to his exposed K, so he had to
close his eyes and play} 16. O-O-O $5 gxf3 17. dxc5 {e.g.,} ({after} 17. gxf3
$2 cxd4 18. Bc7 {the most practical is} Rc8 $1 19. Bxd8 Rxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Kxd8 $19
) 17... fxg2 18. Rhg1 Bd5 19. c6 Bd6 20. cxd7+ Ke7 21. f3 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd7] /
<=>~~,Pd7 and the passed pawn gives White undenaible tactical chances.}) 16...
b3 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga5e1] An important intermediate move, which frees the
e1-a5/^ and b4 for the Bf8.} (16... gxf3 $143 17. c6 $36) 17. Qd3 {The pawn is
poisoned:} (17. axb3 $2 gxf3 $1 (17... Qa5+ $6 18. Nd2 $13) 18. Bxd7+ (18. c6
$2 Qa5+ $19) 18... Qxd7 19. gxf3 Nxc5 $1 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Bxf3 22. Rf1
Rd8 $19 {->} (22... Rg4 $19)) ({Not much better is} 17. Qxb3 Bd5 $5 ({Less
convincing is} 17... gxf3 18. c6 $13) 18. Qd3 gxf3 19. c6 Bb4+ 20. Nc3 (20. Bc3
Bxc3+ 21. Nxc3 Nxf2 $1 22. cxd7+ Kf8 23. Kxf2 Qb6+ $19) 20... Nxe5 $1 21. c7+
Qd7 (21... Ke7 $5 22. cxd8=Q+ Raxd8 $40) 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Qb5+ Kxc7 $17 {
/-+ and Black's active minor pieces are much stronger than the lone white Q.})
17... gxf3 18. c6 Bb4+ {Black frees f8 for his K.} (18... fxg2 19. cxd7+ Ke7
20. Rg1 $13) 19. Bc3 ({In the game White's N will remain offside till the end,
so} 19. Nc3 {deserved attention.} Bxc6 $5 (19... fxg2 20. Rg1 Bxc6 {-19...Bc6!?
} (20... Qxh4 $143 $2 21. Qxd7+ Kf8 22. Qd4 $1 $40)) 20. Bxc6 fxg2 21. Rg1 (21.
O-O-O gxh1=Q 22. Bxd7+ Ke7 $19) 21... Nxf2 $1 22. Qf3 (22. Qh7 Ke7 23. Bxa8
Qxa8 $19) (22. Qxd7+ Qxd7 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Kxf2 Bc5+ 25. Kf3 Bxg1 26. Rxg1 f6
$19 {/-/+}) 22... Rc8 $17 {and White has no obvious continuation. A nice
unforced line, which indicates Black's tactical possibilities, is} 23. Bf6 Qc7
24. Bxd7+ (24. Ba4 Ng4 25. O-O-O bxa2 26. Kc2 a1=Q 27. Rxa1 Bc5 $19) 24... Qxd7
25. Kxf2 Bc5+ 26. Ke2 Bxg1 27. Rxg1 bxa2 28. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Qb5+ $1 30.
Nxb5 Rc2+ $19) 19... Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 (20. Nxc3 $142 fxg2 21. Rg1 Nec5 $5 22. Qe3
$5 (22. cxd7+ $143 Ke7 23. Qe3 Qb6 {[%csl Gg2] -the Pg2 is a powerhouse}) (22.
Qh7 Ke7 23. cxb7 Rb8 $17 {/-+ with a material advantage and a relatively safe
K.}) 22... Qc7 23. cxb7 Rb8 $17) 20... fxg2 21. Rg1 b2 $5 {Here Black already
has a choice.} (21... a6 22. cxb7 (22. cxd7+ Kf8 $19) 22... axb5 23. bxa8=Q
Qxa8 24. axb3 (24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. Nb6+ Kc6 26. Nxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxg2 Rxa2 $19)
24... Qc6 $1 $40 {/\} 25. Nb2 (25. f3 Ne5 $1 26. Qe3 Rg3 $19) 25... Ne5 26. Qe3
Qd5 $1 27. Rd1 Nd2 $1 28. Rxd2 Nf3+ 29. Kd1 Qxb3+ {[%cal Rf3g1] /\Ng1-+}) 22.
Rd1 $6 {Leaving 2 black P on the second rank requires really strong nerves.} ({
More logical was} 22. Nxb2 Qxh4 23. O-O-O (23. Qxd7+ Kf8 24. O-O-O Qf4+ 25. Kc2
Qxf2+ $19) 23... Ndc5 $1 24. cxb7+ Ke7 25. Qe3 Rab8 $19) 22... Qxh4 23. Qxd7+
Kf8 24. Qd4 b1=Q $1 {What a career for the b-pawn! This wins by force.} (24...
Qh2 $143 $2 25. Ke2 $5 (25. Qb4+ Kg7 26. Ke2 Ng5 $1 27. cxb7 Rad8 $19 {->}) (
25. f3 Qh4+ 26. Ke2 $17) 25... Qh5+ 26. Ke3 Qxb5 27. cxb7 $13) 25. Rxb1 (25.
cxb7 $2 Qxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Rd8 $19) 25... Rd8 26. cxb7 (26. Qb4+ Rd6 $19) (26. Qxa7
Qh2 $19 {is similar to the game.}) 26... Rxd4 27. b8=Q+ Rd8 28. Qxa7 {The
newly born Q can't return in time to defend the K.} Qh2 29. Ke2 (29. f3 Qf4 $1
$19 (29... Qg3+ 30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Ke3 Qf2+ $19)) 29... Rd2+ 30. Ke3 Rg3+ $1 31.
Kxe4 (31. fxg3 Qxg3+ 32. Kxe4 f5#) (31. f3 Rxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Qg3+ 33. Kxe4 f5#)
31... Rg4+ (31... Rg4+ 32. Kf3 Qf4#) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich m"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2012.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.04.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 ({Kramnik decides to
forego a sharp theoretical duel in the highly topical AntiMoscow line} 6. Bh4
dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 {Both players have extensive experience with this
position with both colours and it actually arose in one of their previous
games, after} 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 ({Topalov's
sacrifice has lost most of it's fans, latest mail games suggest White's
compensation is good enough only for a draw after} 12. Nxf7 {1/2,Shirov,A 
(2740)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Foros/2008/ See more details in the notes to this
game by Krasenkow in CBM 125.}) 12... Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 {Black has a
choice:} b4 $5 (14... e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 {has been tested especially in numerous mail
games, here Black's position hangs on a thin line:} 22. Nxd4 $142 $1 (22. b4 d3
$1 (22... cxb3 $143 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Nc3 $1 dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27.
Qf3 Ra7 28. axb5 Qf6 29. Qa3 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4
$36 {Kramnik,V (2799)-Aronian,L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/ is the
aforementioned mutual encounter, won by Kramnik after a gruelling struggle.
For more details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 122.}) 23. bxc5
b4 24. Nd4 (24. Qc1 Bd5 25. Qb2+ Qf6 26. Qxb4 dxe2 27. Bxe2 f3 $15 {Nizky,
R-Popov,A (2437)/corr/2009/}) 24... Qxd4 25. Re7+ Kh8 26. Rxb7 Rab8 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Rb1 c3 29. Qb3 Qe5 30. Bg6 d2 31. Rf1 a5 $11 {1/2,Ponting,A (1937)
-Gokerman,E (2105)/corr/2009/}) 22... cxd4 23. Re6 Rf6 24. Qe1 Bd5 25. Re7+ Kg8
(25... Kf8 $5 26. Re8+ Qxe8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Qb4+ Kg7 29. Qc5 Bc6 $14 {
/= is perhaps safer:} 30. Qxd4 Kg6 31. axb5 axb5 32. b3 f3 33. bxc4 fxg2 34.
cxb5 Bxb5 35. Kxg2 Re2 36. Kg1 Rexf2 37. Qxf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 h5 39. Kf3 {
1/2,Figlio,G (2447)-Rivas Romero,G (2377)/corr/2009/}) 26. axb5 Qd6 27. h3 $1 (
27. Bg4 Rf7 28. Re5 d3 $1 $132 {is also known from postal chess.}) 27... a5 $1
{[]} (27... axb5 $2 28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Re6 $3 $146 ({The decisive
novelty, previous games featured only the insipid} 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qe6+ Kh8
32. Qe5+ Qg7 33. Qxb5 c3 34. bxc3 dxc3 35. Qe8+ Qg8 36. Qe5+ $11) 30... Qd5 31.
f3 $1 d3 32. Rg6+ Kh7 33. Qe7+ Rf7 34. Qe8 Qc5+ 35. Kh2 Qf8 36. Qe5 {Voss.
M-Zhak,B/corr/2010/} Rf5 (36... Re7 37. Qd4 $18 {is similar}) 37. Qc7+ Rf7 38.
Qb6 $1 {[%cal Rg6d6,Rd6d8] s hrozbou Vd6, nepomaha ani} Rb7 39. Qd4 $18) 28. b6
(28. Bg4 Bf7 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd7 Bf7 32. Rxd4 Be8 33. h4 $14 {
Kharlamov,V (2491)-Pivinsky,E (2484)/corr/2010/}) 28... d3 29. Rxa5 Rxa5 30.
Re8+ Kg7 31. Qxa5 Bf7 32. Bxf7 Rxf7 33. Qc3+ Qf6 34. Qxc4 Qxb2 35. Qxd3 Qxb6
36. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Rg7] Kosulin,V (2425)-Daus,P (2413)/corr/2010/}) 15. d5 ({
Nobody has yet repeated Topalov's} 15. Nb1 $5 Nf6 16. e5 Ne4 17. Bxb4 c5 18.
Ba3 cxd4 (18... Qc7 $5 19. f3 Rd8 20. fxe4 Rxd4 21. Nd2 Bxe5 22. Qc2 Bxh2+ 23.
Kh1 Bf4 24. Nxc4 Bxe4 25. Qc3 O-O $132) (18... g4 $5 $13 {[%csl Yg5]}) 19. Bf3
Bf8 $2 (19... Rc8 20. Nd2 (20. Re1 Nc5) 20... Nxd2 21. Bxb7 Nxf1 22. Bd6 $1 (
22. Bxc8 Qxc8 23. Qxd4 Qd7 24. Qb6 Nd2 25. Qb8+ Qd8 26. Qb7 Bf8 27. Qc6+ Qd7
28. Qa8+ $11) 22... Bf8 $1 (22... d3 23. Bxa6 Qa5 24. Bb5+ Kd8 25. Qf3 $40) 23.
Qxd4 Bxd6 24. exd6 O-O 25. Bxc8 Qxc8 26. Rxf1 Qc6 $14) 20. Re1 Bxa3 21. Nxa3
Nc5 22. Nxc4 O-O 23. b4 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qc7 27. Rac1 Nb6
28. Nd6 $1 $18 {Topalov,V (2775)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo rpd/2011/}) 15...
bxc3 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. Bh5 Bc8 18. exf7+ $1 Nxf7 19. e5 {necessitates} Ra7 $1 (
19... cxb2 $2 20. Rb1 Bf8 21. Qf3 Ra7 22. Qxc6+ Qd7 23. Qxc4 Qe6 24. Qc6+ Qd7
25. Qc3 Bxd6 26. e6 Qxe6 27. Qxh8+ Kd7 28. Qd4 $40 {Cheparinov,I (2664)-Ter
Sahakyan,S (2575)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/ Here White's attack quickly broke
through - see Ftacnik's notes in CBM 142.}) 20. Qf3 Re7 $13 {[%cal Ye8g8] Gupta
}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 {While this is the more usual move-order, Black can
also postpone the development of his knight. This may lead to the same
position, but can also give the game an independent twist after} (7... g6 8.
Bd3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 (10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qd8 {[%csl Rd4] uses the fact
the knight is not yet ion d7 to attack White's centre.}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nd7 12. e4 c5 $5 13. d5 Nb6 14. b3 exd5 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. h3 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Re8
18. Re1 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Qf4 b5 $132 {/=/+,Anand,V (2810)-Giri,A (2686)/
Wijk aan Zee/2011/ For more details see the notes to this game by Krasenkow in
CBM 141.}) 8. Bd3 ({Game 5 saw the rare} 8. Be2 Qd8 ({Aronian spurns
transposition to our game with} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {and opts for a different
set-up. The queen retreat would be rather passive against 8.Bd3, here it's
more plausible:}) 9. O-O Be7 10. Qc2 (10. e4 dxe4 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12.
Qe2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18.
Rxd4 Qg5 19. Bd5 Rae8 20. Qd1 Nb8 21. g3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $14 {Vokac,M (2507)
-Obsivac,J (2344)/Roznov/2002/}) 11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Qc2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. c5
b6 15. b4 a5 16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Rd8
21. g3 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd5 23. Nc4 g6 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bf6 27.
Ra4 Kg7 28. Kg2 e5 $11 {Peev,P (2405)-Velikov,P (2465)/Plovdiv/1984/}) 10...
O-O 11. a3 (11. Rfd1 a6 12. c5 Qc7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nd6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be6 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rad1 Rd7 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Qd2 {1/2,
Timoshenko,G (2537)-Kruppa,Y (2572)/Kiev/2001/} Bf5 $1 22. Rd4 Bf6 23. Ra4 Be5
$11) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. cxd5 ({Kramnik plays it safe. The
text-move is not too ambitious, but White's main active try} 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 c5 $132 {is double-edged, Black's bishops can have their say.}) 14... cxd5
15. Qa4 Nf6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Qc8 18. Qxc8 Rfxc8 19. Ne5 Bd6 20. Nd3 Ne8
21. Kf1 Kf8 22. Ke2 Ke7 $11 {Kramnik,V (2801)-Aronian,L (2820)/Zuerich m/2012/}
) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Re1 {White has many plausible
alternatives and this has been getting some attention lately.} (11. Rc1 O-O 12.
Bb3 (12. b4 Qe7 13. Qb3 b6 (13... a5 14. b5 c5 15. Na4 cxd4 16. exd4 Qb4 (16...
Qd6 17. Rfe1 Nb6 $132) 17. a3 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rd8 19. d5 exd5 20. Bxd5 Nf6 21.
Ba2 Bd7 22. Nb6 Bxb5 23. Nxa8 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Rxa8 25. Rc7 $36 {Fedoseev,V (2525)
-Nyback,T (2634)/Tallinn rpd/2012/}) 14. b5 Bb7 15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17.
Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne2 Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23.
Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 $11 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Karjakin,S (2661)/Foros/2006/}) (12.
e4 {can after} c5 $5 {lead to the aforementioned Anand-Giri game.}) 12... Qe7
13. Ne4 {retains more tension and is perhaps more promising:} (13. Na4 e5 14.
d5 e4 15. Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bh3 $1 $11) 13... Rd8 14.
Qc2 e5 15. Ng3 $5 (15. Rfe1 Kh8 16. g4 Rf8 17. g5 f5 $1 18. gxf6 Bxf6 19. Kg2
Bg7 {Aronian,L (2750)-Gelfand,B (2733)/WCh Mexico City/2007/} 20. Ng3 $13 {
Marin Black went on to win an excellent game, see the notes by Marin in CBM
120.}) 15... Nf8 (15... Kf8 16. h4 exd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. h5 g5 19. Rfe1 Qf6 20.
Ne5 Nd5 21. Ne4 $40 {Gyimesi,Z (2610)-Steingrimsson,H (2533)/Heraklio/2007/})
16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Qe2 $5 (18. Rce1 Be6 19. f4 Bxb3 20. axb3 Qb5
21. f5 Qd3 22. Qc5 {Steingrimsson,H (2533)-Hansen,S (2564)/Heraklio/2007/} Rd7
$132) 18... Qe7 19. f4 Be6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. f5 $1 Qxa2 22. Ne4 $44) (11. e4 e5
12. d5 Nb6 (12... O-O {is also possible, but after} 13. Rc1 {the game will
likely transpose to the same line as Topalov-Aronian, Linares 2010.}) 13. Bb3
Bg4 (13... O-O {Topalov,V (2805)-Aronian,L (2781)/Linares/2010/ See for more
details about this branch in the notes to this game in CBM 135.}) 14. Re1 $5 (
14. Rc1 Rd8 $1 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5
Rd7 20. Rc3 Ke7 21. Rfc1 Rhd8 (21... Bf6 22. Rc7 Rhd8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Bxb7
Rd2 25. Rc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bd5 Ke7 28. b4 Bg5 29. Kf1 Bd2 30. a3 Bc1
31. a4 Bd2 32. b5 Ba5 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 f6 35. Kc4 Kd6 {1/2,Zakhartsov,V 
(2602)-Potkin,V (2646)/Belgorod/2010/}) 22. Rc7 b6 23. Kf1 Bf6 24. Ke2 Bg5 25.
R1c6 Rxc7 26. Rxc7+ Rd7 27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Bxf7 a5 {1/2,Kreisl,R (2394)
-Buhmann,R (2590)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 14... O-O (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3
Qxf3 16. gxf3 Ke7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nd1 Rhd8 20. Rc5 Rd2 21. Kf1
Rc7 22. Re3 Nd7 23. Ra5 h5 24. Ke1 Rd6 25. Rc3 Bh6 26. Ne3 $14 {Pashikian,A 
(2608)-Hovhannisyan,R (2589)/Yerevan/2012/} Rb7) (14... Rd8 15. Re3 O-O {
-14...0-0}) 15. Re3 {is a more promising way to implement the idea from the
game, although White has only a slight pull at the very best:} Rfd8 (15... Rad8
16. Qe2 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qe7 19. Rd1 Kh8 20. h3 Bc8 21. Rc3 Be6 22.
Rcd3 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rc8 $14 {/=,Jaracz,P (2565)-Nyback,T (2656)/
EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 16. h3 Bd7 17. a4 (17. Qe2 {[%cal Ya1d1] is
perhaps more promising}) 17... a5 18. Rd3 Be8 (18... cxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. Qd2
Qe7 21. Qe3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qe8 $132 {1/2,Penkin,V (2042)-Dziedzic,A (1999)/corr/
2008/}) 19. Qe2 Bf8 20. Rad1 Bc5 21. dxc6 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 bxc6 23. Qc2 Qe7 24.
Nd1 Kg7 25. Ne3 h5 26. Nc4 Nd7 27. Ba2 Bb4 28. Rd1 Ra7 29. Qb3 Nc5 30. Qc2 Rd7
$11 {Jojua,D (2515)-Gurevich,M (2613)/Cappelle la Grande/2011/}) 11... O-O 12.
e4 {The most consistent continuation. Other options as} (12. Rc1) ({, or} 12.
Qc2 {don't fit in too well with White's previous move}) 12... e5 13. d5 Rd8 $5
{Here Black can postpone committing his knight to b6, contrary to the lines
from the note to the 11-th move.} (13... Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 (14... Bd7 15. h3 Rac8
16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. a3 h5 19. Rd3 Bh6 20. Red1 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Rc7 22.
Nd2 Qe7 23. Nc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Bc6 25. Bd5 $14 {Leko,P (2734)-Gelfand,B (2739)/
Miskolc m rpd/2010/}) 15. Re3 {-11.e4}) 14. Re3 ({Takes the sting out of the
future Bg4, but simpler was} 14. h3 {, which prevents the sortie outright and
leads to complex play:} Nc5 (14... Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. a4 a5 17. Re3 Be8 18.
Qe2 Nd7 (18... Bf8 $142 $5 $13 {is similar to Jojua-M.Gurevich above}) 19. Nd2
Nc5 20. Ba2 Qe7 21. Rf3 Kh7 22. Rd1 f6 23. Nc4 b5 {Cmilyte,V (2525)-Munguntuul,
B (2465)/Shenzhen/2011/} 24. Nb6 Rab8 25. dxc6 $1 $36) ({Untested, but
plausible is} 14... b5 $5 15. dxc6 bxc4 16. cxd7 Rxd7 17. Qc2 Qa6 $132) 15. Qe2
a5 16. a4 Bf8 17. Red1 Bd7 18. Rd2 Be8 19. Rad1 Rab8 20. Ba2 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Qg7
$132 {[%csl Ra4] Grigoryan,A (2608)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2558)/Martuni/2011/}) 14...
b5 {As White's last move appeared recently, Aronian was obviously prepared and
answered quickly.} (14... Nb6 15. Bb3 (15. Qb3 $5) {justifies White's idea,
but still doesn't give him anything special after} 15... cxd5 ({Here} 15... Bg4
{would transpose to positions we dealt with above.}) 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5) 16...
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Rd3 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 $132 {/\} 21. Nxe5
Qxb2 22. Qxf7+ Kh7 23. Qxg6+ Kg8 24. Qf7+ $11) 15. dxc6 bxc4 16. Nd5 {Taking
into account the course of the game, the modest} (16. cxd7 $5 {deserved
attention:} Rxd7 17. Qe2 Ba6 (17... Qc6 18. Rc1 $132 {[%csl Rc4]}) (17... Qa6
$5) 18. Rd1 Rad8 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Qc2 $11) 16... Qe6 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
important novelty, which completely takes the sting out of White's tactical
operation. The text-move is recommended by every decent engine and Aronian
played it immediately.} (16... Qd6 $143 $6 17. cxd7 Bxd7 18. Nd2 Bb5 (18... Bf5
$1 19. Nxc4 Qc5 20. exf5 Rxd5 21. Rd3 $14) 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Rc3 Qa6 21. a4 Bf8
22. Nf1 Bc5 23. Qc1 $1 Bc6 $2 (23... Be8 $142) 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Ng4 $16 {
Gunina,V (2511)-Muzychuk,A (2583)/EU-chW Gaziantep/2012/}) 17. cxd7 $8 {
Here Kramnik fell into thought, realizing that his opening has been a failure
and seeking how to proceed after the otherwise forced text-move.} (17. Nb4 a5
$17) (17. Nc7 $2 Qxc6 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 $19) 17... Rxd7 {[%csl Rd5] Gunina's
knight was unassailable on d5, but now it will come under immediate pressure
and it's White, who has to fight for equality.} 18. Qa4 (18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3
Bb7 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Red3 Kh8 $15 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7][%cal Rf7f5]}) (18. Nd2 Bb7
19. Nxc4 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rxd5 $36 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Ge6][%cal Ye5e4,Yf7f5]}) 18...
Bb7 19. Qxc4 (19. Rc1 Bxd5 (19... f5 $5 20. Nc3 (20. Qxc4 Qf7 $36) 20... Rad8
$15) 20. exd5 Qxd5 (20... Rxd5 $15) 21. Qxc4 Re8 $15) 19... Bxd5 (19... Rc8 $5
20. Qa4 (20. Qb3 Bxd5 21. exd5 Qxd5 $15 {gets a better version of the game
position with the rook more active on c8.}) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxd5 $15 {/\}
22. Qxa7 e4 $44 {|^}) 20. exd5 Qxd5 (20... Rxd5 21. Rae1 Rc8 22. Qb3 $132) 21.
Qxd5 (21. Rc1 Re8 $11 {/=/+}) 21... Rxd5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Ye5e4][%mdl 4096] After
a series of natural moves the game went straight from the opening into an
endgame. Black is somewhat better due to his better minor piece and more
mobile central majority, but White certainly has fair defensive chances.} 22.
Rae1 Re8 23. g4 $5 {Fights against the advance of Black's pawns.} (23. g3 f5
24. Nh4 Re6 25. f3 Rc6 $15 {/=}) 23... Kh7 ({Further simplification helps
White, moreover he splits up Black's pawn chain after} 23... f5 24. Nh4 Rd4 (
24... fxg4 25. Nxg6 $132) 25. Nxg6 Rxg4+ 26. Rg3 Kf7 (26... Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 $11)
(26... Bf6 27. Nf4 $11) 27. Rxg4 fxg4 28. Nh4 $11) 24. g5 {An important moment.
White seeks active counterplay at the cost of breaking up his kingside
pawn-structure. Although computers don't see anything directly wrong with the
text-move and at this moment it's not easy to compare it conclusively with
other continuations, it's nevertheless a commital decision.} ({More sedate
alternatives were} 24. R3e2 {Pelletier} f5 25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Nd2 e4 27. Nc4 Rd3
$5 $15 (27... Rd4 28. Rc2 f4 29. Nd2 $15 {/<=>})) ({or} 24. Kg2 {Korotylev} f5
25. gxf5 gxf5 26. Nh4 e4 27. f3 Rb8 28. b3 Bf6 $15 {/= In both cases White has
reasonable drawing chances. However, his position remains defensible even
after the text.}) 24... hxg5 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2]} 25. Nxg5+ Kg8 26. f4 $2 {Only
this is objectively a mistake, as now Black's advantage gets a more concrete
form.} (26. Ra3 $142 Re7 (26... a5 27. Rb3 {[%cal Yb3b7]}) 27. Rc3 $15 {/<=>})
26... Rb8 $1 (26... Bh6 27. R3e2 Rb8 (27... Kg7 28. h4 f6 29. Nh3 Rd4 30. fxe5
f5 31. h5 (31. Rc2 Re7) 31... Rh4 32. Nf2 Rxh5 33. Kg2 $13) 28. Ne4 {[%cal
Re4f6]} Ra5 29. fxe5 Rxa2 $15) (26... Rd4 $5 27. Re4 (27. Nh3 Rb8 $36) (27.
fxe5 Rg4+ 28. Rg3 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxg3+ 30. hxg3 Bxe5 $17) 27... Rxe4 28. Nxe4 (
28. Rxe4 f6 29. Nf3 f5 $15 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 28... Re7 $36) 27. fxe5 (27. b3 exf4
28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Rxe8+ Bf8 30. h4 (30. Nh7 Kxh7 31. Rxf8 Kg7 32. Ra8 Rd1+ 33.
Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 Rxa2 35. h4 Rh2 $19) 30... f6 31. Ne4 Kf7 32. Ra8 Ra5 33. a4
g5 $17) 27... Rxb2 $36 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Rd5d2]} 28. Nf3 {At this moment
Aronian had more than an hour, while Kramnik only around 27 minutes. It's easy
to understand White prevents the doubling of the rooks on the 2-nd rank and
doesn't go for the stronger computer recommendation} (28. h4 $142 Rdd2 29. a3
$1 Bf8 $5 (29... Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rxh4 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nxe6 $15) 30.
e6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Bd6 $36) 28... Rxa2 $17 29. e6 {At this moment keeping rooks
in a hope to create counterplay is only natural.} ({After} 29. R3e2 Rxe2 30.
Rxe2 a5 31. e6 Kf8 $1 32. exf7 Kxf7 33. Rc2 Bf6 34. Rc7+ Ke6 35. Ra7 Bd8 $17 {
/-+ Black should gradually convert his advantage.}) 29... fxe6 30. Rxe6 Rf5 $1
31. Nh4 Rf4 (31... Rg5+ 32. Kh1 Rh5 (32... a5 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 34. Nxg6 a4 35.
Ne7+ $132) (32... Kh7 33. Rg1 $1 $17) 33. Ng2 Kh7 $17) 32. R6e4 $1 {Avoiding a
trap in time-trouble} (32. Nxg6 $4 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Rff2 34. Re8+ Kh7 $19) (32. Ng2
$143 Rg4 33. R6e2 Rxe2 34. Rxe2 a5 $17 {/-+}) 32... Rf6 {Now Aronian avoids
the rook swap.} ({Black hopes for more than} 32... Rxe4 33. Rxe4 $17) ({or} 
32... Ra4 33. Rxa4 Rxa4 34. Nf3 $17 {and wants to whip up a mating attack.})
33. Rg4 Kf7 (33... Kh7 $5) 34. Rc1 Bh6 $1 35. Rc7+ Ke8 $8 {[%cal Rh6e3,Rf6f1]}
(35... Ke6 $2 36. Rc6+ $11) 36. Re4+ (36. Rc3 Bf4 {[%cal Rf4h2]} 37. Nf3 a5 38.
Rh4 a4 39. Rh7 Rf7 40. Rh8+ Kd7 41. Ra8 Re7 $19 {[%cal Ye7e3,Yf4e3]}) 36... Kd8
37. Rh7 {Disrupts the coordination of White's forces.} (37. Rcc4 $142 $17 {
was more resilient.}) 37... Bf8 38. Rd4+ Kc8 39. Rc4+ Kb8 40. Rd7 $2 $138 {
The final mistake, after which the defence collapses.} (40. Rc1 a5 41. Ng2 a4
$19) (40. Rc3 $5 {[%cal Yh4f3] was the best, although after} a5 {Black should
win in the long run.}) 40... g5 41. Ng6 Bd6 {[%cal Rd6h2,Rf6g6]} 0-1

[Event "Linares 27th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2010.02.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2805"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.02.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {Lately Topalov has
preferred either the restrained text-move, or the Meran with 5.e3. His famous
sacrificial idea in the Anti-Moscow gambit} (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9.
Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 15.
Nd6 Qb6 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Qc2 $13 {Topalov,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2795)/Wijk aan
Zee/2008/ brought him success against his arch-rival, but hasn't found much
followers since.}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11.
e4 {In this significant opening position White has tried numerous
continuations, the attention starting shifting towards the text-move after it
was last year successfully employed by Carlsen. Fighting for an advantage
against Black's solid set-up is not easy, other plausible tries are:} (11. Rc1
O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 {is best met by the active} e5 $5 (13... Rd8 14. Qc2
Nf8 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 Rab8 18. f4 Be8 19. Rc2 Nh7 20. Rfc1 Nf6
21. a3 Bf8 22. g3 Kg7 23. Kg2 a5 24. Kf3 b6 25. Nxe6+ $1 fxe6 26. Nxc6 $44 {
|^,Topalov,V (2796)-Aronian,L (2750)/Nice blindfold rpd/2009/}) 14. d5 (14. h3
$5 $11) 14... e4 15. Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bh3 $1 19.
Bxe4 Qxe4 20. gxh3 Rad8 21. Qg4 (21. Rc4 Rfe8 22. Qg4 Qd5 23. b3 b5 24. Rc7 Re4
$36 {Svidler,P (2726)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik/2009/}) 21... Qd5 22. b3 Qa5 23.
Rc2 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rd5 25. Kh1 Rfd8 $44 {[%csl Rf2,Rh2,Rh3] /=/+,׻,
Margvelashvili,G (2491)-Pashikian,A (2655)/Tbilisi/2009/}) (11. b4 O-O 12. Rc1
(12. a4 e5 $5 13. a5 exd4 14. exd4 Rd8 15. Re1 Nf8 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Rad1 Bxc4
18. Qxc4 Ne6 19. Ne5 (19. Ne4 $142 Qf5 20. Nc5 Nf4 $1 $132) 19... Qf5 20. Nxf7
$2 Kxf7 21. Re3 Bxd4 22. Rf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Bxc3 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f4 Rd4 {
0-1,Stefansson,H (2574)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Heraklio/2007/}) 12... Qe7 13. Qb3 b6
14. b5 ({Too soft, more ambitious is} 14. a4 Bb7 15. Rfd1) 14... Bb7 15. bxc6
Bxc6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qb1 Bb7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Be4 Nf6 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Ne2
Ne4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nd2 Nd6 24. Rc1 {1/2,Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Karjakin,S (2661)/
Foros/2006/} Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 e5 $11 {/=/+}) 11... e5 $5 {Black's reaction is
equally important, with the text-move he intends to fight for more central
space.} (11... O-O 12. e5 Qe7 {is the main alternative, but here Black faces
some problems after} 13. Qe2 Rd8 (13... b6 14. Rfe1 $1 (14. Ba6 $6 Bxa6 15.
Qxa6 c5 $15) 14... Rd8 15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 Rb8 (15... Bb7 $6 16. Ba6 {is one of
White's main strategic ideas - now Black's << will be vulnerable.} Rab8 17.
Bxb7 Rxb7 18. a3 $5 (18. Qe4 Nb8 19. h4 Rbd7 20. Qf4 Na6 21. a3 Nc7 22. Ne4 Nd5
23. Qg3 Rc7 24. Rc2 c5 25. dxc5 bxc5 {Harikrishna,P (2668)-Zhao Jun (2552)/
Khanty Mansiysk/2007/} 26. Nfd2 $14) 18... c5 19. Qe4 Rbb8 20. Nb5 cxd4 21.
Nbxd4 Qe8 22. b4 $16 {Sadler,M (2650)-Van Wely,L (2605)/Monte Carlo rpd/1998/})
16. Ba6 c5 $5 17. d5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Nf4 Qf5 21. Nd5 Qe6
22. Nf4 Qf5 23. Nd5 Qe6 {1/2,Mikhalevski,V (2531)-Dreev,A (2683)/Moscow op/
2002/}) 15... Rb8 $5 (15... a5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 b5 18. h4 Nb6 19. Bb1 c5 20.
Nxb5 Ba6 21. Bd3 $5 (21. h5 g5 22. Nh2 $6 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $13 {1/2,Kramnik,V 
(2769)-Svidler,P (2735)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 21... c4 22. Bxc4 Nxc4 23. Qxc4
Qb7 24. a4 Rd5 25. Rd2 $14 {Bocharov,D (2611)-Yagupov,I (2501)/Miass/2007/})
16. a3 Bb7 17. Ba2 Nf8 18. h4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 b5 {
Korotylev,A (2565)-Potkin,V (2540)/RUS-chT Sochi/2004/} 22. b3 $5 a6 23. a4 $14
) (13... b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Be4 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. h4 (18. Nb1
$5 Rdc8 19. Nbd2 Ba8 20. Qe3 $1 c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Ne4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rxc1 24.
Rxc1 $36 Nxe5 $6 25. Nxe5 Rd8 26. Qc3 b4 {Peek,M (2370)-Godena,M (2519)/
EUnion-ch Liverpool/2008/} 27. Nc6 bxc3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Nxg6+ fxg6 30. bxc3
$16) 18... Ba8 19. Rc2 (19. h5 $142 g5 20. Nh2 $14 {Carlsen,/\Ng4}) 19... Rdc8
20. Rdc1 Qf8 21. a4 c5 (21... b4 $1 22. Nd1 c5 $11) 22. axb5 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxe4
$2 (23... axb5 $14) 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 axb5 26. Nc6 $16 {Carlsen,M (2770)
-Topalov,V (2812)/Sofia/2009/}) 14. Rfe1 {will probably transpose into one of
the above lines.} (14. Rac1 c5 15. d5 Nxe5 $5 16. Nxe5 exd5 17. Nf3 Qxe2 18.
Bxe2 d4 19. Ne4 d3 20. Bd1 b6 21. b3 Be6 22. Nfd2 Rac8 23. Bf3 Bb2 24. Rb1 Bd4
25. Rfc1 b5 $44 {Bacrot,E (2721)-Cheparinov,I (2678)/Jermuk/2009/})) 12. d5 {
White must retain the [+] tension; resolving it gives Black with his ^^ a
promising position:} (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7]} 14. Kh1 (14.
Qb3 O-O 15. a4 g5 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Rd3 b6 18. Rad1 Rb7 19. Rd8 Rc7 20. h3 Qe7
21. Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Be2 Be6 23. Bc4 Bc8 24. Be2 Bg7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rd7
$15 {Khachiyan,M (2529)-Stripunsky,A (2650)/Reno/2006/}) 14... O-O (14... g5 $5
15. Qd2 O-O 16. f4 gxf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rf3 Rad8 20. Qf2 b5 21.
Rf1 b4 22. Na4 Qxe4 23. Nc5 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qf5 $17 {Chiong,L (2390)-Villamayor,
B (2380)/Quezon City/1999/}) 15. f4 Qe7 16. f5 {Shuganov,Y (2216)-Novikov,M 
(2427)/Tula/2001/EXT 2002 (71)} b5 17. Bb3 b4 $13 {/=/+}) 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 (
13. dxc6 Nxc4 $5 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. Qa4+ Qc6 17. Qb4 Bf8 18. Qc3 Bd6
19. Rac1 Rc8 20. b3 Nb6 21. Qb2 Qb5 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Nxe5 Nxd5 24. Nc4 O-O
25. Nxd6 Qd7 26. Nxc8 Nf4 $15) 13... O-O ({Another important crossroads, the
main and more usual continuation is} 13... Bg4 {and now:} {The only way to
fight for an initiative is} 14. Rc1 $5 ({Too soft is} 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qxf3
16. gxf3 Ke7 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Rfc1 Rhd8 19. Na4 (19. Nd1 Rd6 20. Rc3 a5 21.
Ne3 h5 22. Rac1 a4 23. Bd1 Kd7 24. Kf1 Bh6 25. Ke1 Kc7 26. Be2 Kb7 27. R1c2 Ra5
$11 {Khalifman,A (2650)-Akopian,V (2620)/Yerevan/1996/}) 19... Rac8 20. Rc3
Nxa4 21. Bxa4 Rd2 $11 22. b4 Bf6 23. Rc2 Rcd8 24. Rxc6 Bh4 25. Rc7+ Kf6 26. Rf1
Rxa2 27. Bb3 Rb2 28. Bd5 Kg5 29. b5 f5 {1/2,Rychagov,A (2557)-Bareev,E (2653)/
Krasnoyarsk/2007/}) (14. dxc6 bxc6 $132) {However, it would be interesting to
know what Topalov had in his mind against} 14... Rd8 $5 (14... h5 15. Na4 $5 (
15. h3 Bh6 $1 16. Rc2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rc8 19. Rd1 Ke7 20. dxc6 Rxc6
21. Nd5+ Nxd5 22. Rxc6 bxc6 $11 {Anand,V (2783)-Leko,P (2751)/Miskolc rpd m/
2009/}) 15... O-O (15... Rc8 16. Rc3 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 b5 $2 18. Rxc6 Rxc6 19. Bxb5
$18 {Edouard,R (2597)-Fressinet,L (2667)/FRA-ch Nimes/2009/}) 16. dxc6 Rad8 17.
Qe2 bxc6 18. Rc3 Rd4 19. Nc5 $14) ({White retains a nagging plus also after} 
14... O-O 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 18. dxc6 (18. Rfd1 Bf6 19.
dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nd1 Rd6 22. Rc5 Kf8 23. Kf1 h5 24. Ne3 Ke7 $2 (
24... Bh4 $1 25. Ke2 f6 26. Nc2 Bg5 $11) 25. Ke2 Bg7 26. Nc2 $1 Bh6 27. Ra5 Rd7
28. Rxe5+ Kd6 29. Ra5 $16 {Carlsen,M (2776)-Karjakin,S (2706)/Nice rpd/2009/})
(18. Na4) 18... bxc6 19. Nd1 Rac8 20. Rc5 (20. Ne3 Rd2 21. Rfd1 $14) 20... Bf8
21. Rc2 h5 22. Ne3 Rd4 23. Rfc1 c5 24. Kf1 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Be7 26. Rg1 Kf8 27. Bc4
Rb8 28. Ra1 Rbd8 29. Ke1 Bg5 30. Be2 Be7 31. Rac1 Ra4 32. a3 Rad4 33. Rc3 Kg7
34. Rb3 Rf8 35. Rb5 Rd7 36. Ra5 Rb8 37. Rc2 Rdb7 38. Ba6 Rd7 39. Bb5 Rdb7 40.
a4 $14 Nd7 $6 41. Nc4 $16 {Aronian,L (2768)-Gelfand,B (2755)/Jermuk/2009/}) 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 $1 (17... c5 18. a4 c4 19. a5 cxb3 20. axb6
axb6 {Czebe,A (2485)-Varga,Z (2481)/Budapest/2009/} 21. Na4 $5 $36) 18. Nxd5
Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd7 20. a4 Ke7 21. a5 Bf6 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23. Rd3 Kd8 24. Rdc3 Be7
25. Rc4 Bd6 26. Kf1 g5 27. Kg2 Rc7 $11 {Alekseev,E (2714)-Leko,P (2756)/Jermuk/
2009/ Black elegantly solved his problems, but perhaps Aronian strove for a
more complex struggle?}) 14. Rc1 (14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Be8 17. a4
a5 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb6 Qe7 22. Qe3 Qg5 (22... Kg7 $5
23. Ba2 Rac8 $13) 23. Qb6 {Haba,P (2475)-Novikov,I (2565)/Ostrava/1994/} Qe7
$11) ({Similar to the game continuation is} 14. h3 Rd8 (14... Bd7 15. Qe2 Kh7
16. Rfd1 Rae8 $6 17. a4 Qe7 18. a5 Nc8 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd2 f5 21. Rad1 Be6
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qe3 Rf7 24. Na4 $16 {Benjamin,J (2570)-Blatny,P (2485)/
Chicago/1995/}) 15. Qe2 Bd7 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 $5 Bd7 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Ne4
Qe7 19. d6 Qd8 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rfd1 $14 {Anastasian,A (2540)-Wolski,T (2315)/
New York/1998/}) 16. Rfd1 Rac8 (16... c5 $6 17. Nd2 Nc8 18. Ba4 Rb8 19. Bxd7
Rxd7 20. a4 Qa6 21. Nb5 Nd6 22. Nc4 Nxb5 23. axb5 Qxb5 24. Rxa7 $16 {
Anastasian,A (2575)-Pelletier,Y (2470)/EU-chT Pula/1997/}) 17. Rd2 (17. a4 cxd5
18. exd5 $5 $13 {/+/=} (18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Rd3 f5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22.
a5 $2 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 Qb3 $36 {Shulman,Y (2555)-Ippolito,D (2280)/Linares op/
1997/})) 17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Rad1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxd5 22.
Rxd5 Qc6 23. Kh2 $11 {1/2,Rychagov,A (2557)-Vitiugov,N (2608)/Krasnoyarsk/2007/
}) 14... Rd8 (14... Bg4 15. h3 $14 {transposes to the line "C2" from the note
to Black's 13-th move}) 15. h3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Although we will later
transpose to a theoretical position, at this exact point Topalov's move is a
novelty. By finally preventing the Bg4 sortie White indicates his own
ambitions.} ({Aronian had a recent experience with the less testing} 15. Qe2
Bg4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nd1 a5 18. Ne3 h5 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 a4
22. Bd1 Rd2 23. Rxc6 Rxb2 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Bd3 {Bacrot,E (2721)-Aronian,L (2768)
/Jermuk/2009/} Bh6 $5 $15) 15... Bd7 ({Provocative is} 15... Be6 16. Re1 (16.
dxe6 $5 $44) 16... Qf4 (16... a5 17. Nd2 $1 cxd5 18. exd5 $36) 17. Re3 a5 18.
Ne1 $5 $14) 16. Qe2 Be8 (16... cxd5 17. Bxd5 $5 {is probably premature.} (17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Be6 $11) (17. exd5 $5 $14)) ({However, possibly more
accurate was} 16... Rac8 $5 17. Rfd1 (17. Rfe1 $5) 17... cxd5 (17... Bf8 18.
Qe3 Kg7 19. a4 $36) 18. Bxd5 (18. exd5 Qf4 $132) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bc6
$11) 18... Rc7 19. Bb3 Qe7 $11) 17. Rfd1 Bf8 (17... Rac8 {again deserved
serious attention.}) 18. dxc6 ({More enterprising than} 18. a3 Kg7 19. Ba2 Rac8
20. Qe3 c5 $6 (20... Qf4 $132) 21. Qe2 c4 22. Nd2 Bc5 23. Rf1 Rc7 24. Nxc4 Nxc4
{Gemäß Ehlvest hat Schwarz Kompensation für den Bauern.} 25. Bxc4 Rdc8 $6 (
25... a6 $14 {Ehlvest,J}) 26. Bb5 $1 Bxb5 27. Qxb5 Qf4 28. Qe2 Bd4 29. Rc2 Rc5
30. Rd1 a6 31. Rd3 h5 32. g3 Qf6 33. h4 Qd6 34. Qf3 R8c7 35. Kg2 $16 {Ehlvest,
J-Kharlov,A/Novosibirsk/1995/}) 18... Bxc6 {Black was facing a dilemma - he
played 16...Be8 only 2 moves ago and the text-move makes this superfluous.} ({
However, splitting the << with} 18... bxc6 {is unnattractive:} 19. Na4 $14 (19.
Qa6 $5)) (18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc6 20. Nd5 $14) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 $5 {
The only way to imbalance the position and continue the struggle for the |^ is
to keep both minor pieces.} (20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bg7 22. Rc7 Rab8 {/\Qd6=})
20... Bd6 (20... Nd7 21. Qe3 $14 {/\Rc7}) 21. Nd2 $1 Qe7 22. Ne4 Kg7 $1 (22...
f5 $2 23. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Rc5e6] /\Ne6->}) 23. Re1 ({After the immediate} 23. h4
{Black can seriously consider} Qxh4 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Qxe5+ Qf6 $11) 23... Re8
(23... Bb4 $5 24. d6 (24. Red1 Bd6 $11 (24... f5 $5 25. a3 Bd6 $11)) 24... Bxd6
25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Qxe5+ Qxe5 27. Rxe5 Rad8 $11) 24. h4 Rad8 (24... h5 {means
giving up f5 due to Ng5-e6} 25. g3 $14 (25. Qb5 $5)) 25. h5 f5 $8 (25... g5 $2
26. Ng3 $40) 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 (26... Qxd6 27. hxg6 Re7 (27... Kxg6 28. Bd1 $5 $36)
28. Rc3 $14 {[%csl Rg7] עg7}) 27. Rc5 e4 $5 (27... g5 28. Qc2 Rd7 29. a4 $36)
28. hxg6 f4 $2 {This even more exposes Black's already vulnerable K and should
have lost practically by force.} ({Necessary was} 28... Kxg6 $142 29. Qd2 Qe5
$14 {/<=>}) ({A pretty line is} 28... Rxg6 29. d6 $1 Qxd6 30. Qb5 $36 {/\} (30.
Rxf5 $2 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qg6+ $15) 30... Rf8 31. Rd1 Qf4 32. Rd7+ $1 Nxd7 33.
Qxd7+ Kf6 (33... Kh8 $2 34. Rc7) 34. Qd4+ Kg5 35. g3 Qd6 36. Rd5 Qb6 37. Qd2+
e3 38. f4+ Kf6 39. Rd6+ Ke7 40. Rxb6 Rxg3+ 41. Kh2 exd2 42. Rxb7+ Kd6 43. Kxg3
$19) 29. Qd2 ({Equally strong was} 29. Qc2 Rd7 (29... e3 30. fxe3 fxe3 31. Qc3+
Qf6 (31... Kxg6 32. Rc7 Qe5 33. Bc2+ Kh5 34. Rg7 $1 Qxc3 35. bxc3 $18 {->}) 32.
Rc7+ Rd7 33. Rxd7+ Nxd7 34. Rxe3 $16 {/+-}) 30. a4 $16) 29... Qe5 (29... e3 30.
fxe3 fxe3 31. Qc3+ {-29.Qc2}) 30. Rc7+ Rd7 (30... Kxg6 $6 31. Rxe4 Qxe4 32. Bc2
$18) 31. Rxd7+ Nxd7 32. Ba4 Rd8 ({After} 32... Re7 33. d6 Re6 34. Qb4 $1 Qxd6
35. Qxb7 Re7 36. Rxe4 Ne5 37. Qc8 Nxg6 (37... Qxg6 38. Rxf4 $18) 38. Qc3+ $18 {
White has healthy extra P and safer K - his win is just a matter of time and
technique.}) (32... e3 33. fxe3 fxe3 34. Qb4 $5 {is not much better:} (34. Qc3
Qxc3 35. bxc3 Rd8 36. Rxe3 $16) 34... a5 (34... Rd8 35. Qxb7 $18) 35. Qc3 $5 (
35. Qxb7 $2 Re7 $11 36. Bxd7 $2 Qd4 $1 $19 {completely turns the tables}) (35.
Qa3 Qd4 (35... Qf4 36. Qc3+ Nf6 37. Rf1 e2 38. Rxf4 e1=Q+ 39. Kh2 Qxc3 40. bxc3
$18) 36. Qc3 {-35.Qc3}) 35... Qxc3 36. bxc3 Rd8 $8 37. Rxe3 Nc5 38. Be8 Rxd5
39. Re7+ Kf6 40. Rf7+ Ke6 41. Bb5 $18 (41. Rxb7 Nxb7 42. Bf7+ $18 {However,
the text-move shouldn't have helped either.})) 33. Qa5 $1 Nb6 34. Bb3 $2 {
Engines show it within seconds - and Topalov had ample time on his clock...} ({
The tactical blow} 34. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Qxe4 35. Qc3+ Kg8 (35... Kxg6 36.
Bc2 Qxc2 37. Qxc2+ Kf6 38. Qc7 Rxd5 39. Qxf4+ $18) 36. Qc7 Qb1+ 37. Kh2 Qxg6
38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Bb3 $18 {wins on the spot!} (39. Bd1 $18)) ({Moreover, even
the less incisive} 34. Qxa7 Nxa4 35. Qxb7+ Kxg6 36. Qa6+ Kg5 37. Qxa4 $16 {
/+- should also be sufficient for a win.}) 34... e3 $1 $132 {And suddenly
despite his time-trouble Black is very much alive.} 35. fxe3 fxe3 36. Qb4 (36.
Qc3 Qxc3 37. bxc3 Nxd5 $11) (36. Qc5 Re8 $11) (36. Qxa7 Qxb2 $1 {and it's
already White, who has to seek a draw with} 37. Qa5 $5 $132 (37. Qxb7+ $2 Rd7
$19) (37. Rxe3 $6 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Re2 Rf8+ $40)) 36... Rd6 (36... e2 37.
Qc3 Qxc3 38. bxc3 Nxd5 39. Rxe2 Nxc3 40. Re7+ Kxg6 41. Rxb7 a5 42. Ra7 a4 {
is probably also a draw, but Black must still prove it.}) 37. Re2 (37. Bc2 e2 (
37... Rxd5 $2 38. Rf1 $40) 38. Qg4 Qxb2 39. Rxe2 Nxd5 40. Qe4 $13 {/+/= was
the last chance to complicate matters. However, Topalov is understandably
frustrated and decides to forego any risk by forcing a drawish R _|_.}) 37...
Rxg6 38. Qc3 (38. Qc5 Re6 $1 $132) 38... Qxc3 39. bxc3 Rg5 40. Rxe3 (40. c4 Re5
41. g3 a5 42. a3 Nc8 43. c5 (43. Kg2 Nd6 $11) 43... Kf6 44. c6 (44. d6 Na7 $1
$15) 44... Nd6 $11) 40... Nxd5 41. Bxd5 Rxd5 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. Rxb7 Ra5 44. Rb2
Ke5 $44 45. Kf2 (45. Kf2 Kd5 (45... Ra3 $11) 46. Ke3 Kc4 47. Kd2 Ra3 48. Rb4+
Kc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iljin, Artem"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {This simple developing move is very topical nowadays. It's
starting to replace the rather heavily analysed} (10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 {, where
apart from the unclear main line} h5 {White has to reckon also with} (11...
Nbd7 {or}) (11... Rg8 $5)) ({Similar to the text-move is the continuation} 10.
Ne5 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf1f8,Yf2f4] Just as after 10.0-0, White's attacking plan
is to open the <->f with a quick f4, something which is more difficult to
achieve in the 10.h4 lines. Here Black's most usual reaction is} Nbd7 {, but
in this case the inverted move-order is more flexible and gives White a wider
choice:} (10... Bg7 $143 11. h4 $1 $36 {, but the less tested}) (10... h5 $5 {
should be considered more seriously,} 11. h3 (11. h4 g4 {-10.h4}) 11... Nbd7
$13 {is far from clear. Another reason, why 10...h5!? deserves attention, will
be shown below.}) 11. O-O {transposes into the game, with} (11. h4 {or}) (11.
Qc2 $5 {also deserving attention.})) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 ({The older
continuation} 11. d5 {is harmless, after} cxd5 12. exd5 (12. Nxb5 Nxe4 $1 $15)
12... Nxd5 13. Nxb5 a6 14. Nbd4 Bg7 (14... c3 15. Qc2 $44) 15. Bxc4 O-O 16. Re1
Rc8 17. Rc1 N5b6 $5 $132 {Black has excellent piece-play and little to fear.})
11... Bg7 {The main alternative to this logical developing move is} (11... h5 {
, after} 12. Nxd7 ({Here nobody plays the time-consuming} 12. h3 {- this
transposes into the above line 10.Ne5 h5!?.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Rh6 {White's
main try is currently} 14. Qc1 $5 {Now Black has a wide choice, possibly the
best is the most radical solution} c5 $5 (14... Nh7 15. f4 Be7 16. Qe3 O-O-O
17. Rad1 f6 18. fxg5 fxe5 $5 19. gxh6 exd4 20. Qg3 Qe8 21. Qg7 Rd7 $1 22. Rf7
$1 Ng5 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxd4 Rh7 26. h4 Nf7 27. Bxh5 $36 {
[%csl Gg2,Gh4] _|_o^g,h,Radjabov,T (2729)-Comp Deep Junior/Florence/2006/
After great complications White was better, but in the final phase the
computer managed to turn the game around completely.}) (14... Ng4 15. Bxg4 hxg4
16. Qxg5 c5 (16... Rg6 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bg3 Bh6 19. Qe2 O-O-O 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. a4
b4 22. Nb5 $1 cxb5 23. axb5 Kd7 24. Rxa7 Ke8 25. Qxc4 $40 {Nielsen,P (2644)
-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/Monte Carlo rpd/2006/}) 17. Rfd1 (17. Rad1 $5 {seems
stronger, the line from the game} b4 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Nd5 Rg6 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21.
Bxf6 Qxe4 22. f3 $16 {is now insufficient.}) 17... b4 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Nd5 Rg6
20. Nf6+ Rxf6 21. Bxf6 Qxe4 22. f3 gxf3 23. Rd4 Qe2 24. gxf3 Qxf3 25. Rad1 Qh1+
26. Kf2 Qxh2+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kf2 Qf3+ 29. Ke1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qf3+ {1/2,Klimov,
S (2481)-Potkin,V (2556)/Pardubice op/2006/}) (14... Rg6 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. Bg3 f5
17. f3 Ne3 ({The seemingly more natural} 17... Nf6 18. Be5 $44 ({or even} 18.
b3 $5 $36 {give White a promising position, Black has problems with his
exposed P and the safety of his K.})) 18. Qxe3 f4 19. Bxf4 gxf4 20. Qxf4 O-O-O
21. Qh4 Bh6 22. Kh1 Be3 23. e5 Qg7 24. Bf1 Rg8 25. Qh3 Kb8 26. Ne4 $16 {
Iljin,A (2538)-Potkin,V (2593)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/ Although Black is not fully
devoid of <=>, activating his ץb7 remains a serious problem.}) 15. dxc5 b4 16.
Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qf4 Ng4 18. Rad1 Qc6 19. Nd5 $8 {This sacrifice is typical, but
also practically forced.} exd5 20. exd5 Qxc5 21. Rfe1 Bh6 22. Qf5 Bc8 23. Bd4
Bxf5 24. Bxc5 Kd8 $6 (24... O-O-O $142 25. Bxc4 Bf4 $13 {/=/+}) 25. Bxc4 Bd7
26. h3 Nf6 27. Bd3 $16 {Aronian,L (2744)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo rpd/2007/
}) ({Other alternatives on move 11 are inferior, an example, which should
definitely be avoided, is} 11... b4 $6 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 $2 13. e5 bxc3 14. exf6
cxb2 15. Rb1 Ba3 16. Qa4 Qf8 17. Bxc4 Kc8 18. Ba6 {1-0,Sasikiran,K-Hatanbaatar,
B/Istanbul olm/2000/}) 12. Nxd7 {An immediate exchange may seem surprising,
but after} (12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 {/\0-0,c5<=> White has nothing concrete,
while Black's position is solid and he is ready to play in the [+].}) 12...
Nxd7 (12... Qxd7 13. e5 (13. Be5 $5 $44 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4 Lutz}) 13... Nd5 14.
Ne4 Bf8 15. a4 Be7 16. Bg4 a6 17. Qf3 Rf8 18. b3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 O-O-O 20. Rfc1
Kb8 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 b4 23. a5 $44 {[%csl Rb7] ץb7,Gongora,M (2441)-Ruiz,
O (2273)/Santa Clara/2007/ Here White's compensation is even more distinct,
than after the text-move.}) 13. Bd6 a6 $5 ({The immediate} 13... Bf8 14. Bxf8
Rxf8 (14... Kxf8 15. e5 Qb6 16. f4 Rd8 17. Bh5 g4 {Pantsulaia,L (2510)
-Karjakin,S (2645)/EU-chT Gothenburg/2005/} 18. Ne4 $36 {/\Nd6}) {probably
isn't ideal. Contrary to the following note, White has forced the exchange of
B without having to play Bh5, this allows him to play} 15. a4 $1 a6 (15... b4
16. Nb1 a5 {Chuchelov,V (2539)-Fridman,D (2626)/Bundesliga/2007/} 17. Nd2 $1
$36) 16. e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. b3 $1 $44 {-> It's more
dangerous to attack directly Black's K, than the Pf7 (as in Radjabov-Anand
below).}) (13... e5 $2 {fails to} 14. Bg4 $1 ({Less energetic, but also good is
} 14. d5 Nb6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 $1 bxa4 17. Nxa4 $36 {Radjabov,T-Dreev,A/
ESP-chT Sant Lluis/2005/ An unforced, but nice sample line, which proves how
difficult Black's life is after accepting the sacrifice, is} Bxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4
19. Qxa4+ Qd7 20. Qa6 Rc8 21. Rd1 Rc6 22. Qa3 Qb7 23. Bc5 $1 $36 {/\} Qb5 24.
Qxa7 $1 Rxc5 25. Qa8+ Ke7 26. Qa7+ Ke8 27. Bh5 $1 Rf8 28. Bxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qa8+
Ke7 30. Qd8+ Ke6 31. Rd6#) 14... h5 (14... exd4 15. e5 $1 {shows the crucial
difference in comparison with the game: Black misses the important a6 move:}
Nxe5 (15... c5 $2 16. Nxb5 $18) 16. Qxd4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rfe1 f6 19. Rad1
h5 20. Bf5 {[%cal Rf5g6] and the threat Bg6 costs Black at least a piece after}
Kf7 21. Bxe5 $18) 15. Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. dxe5 Qe6 17. Qd4 g4 18. f4 gxf3 19. Rxf3
Rh7 20. Raf1 Bh8 21. Rg3 Bg7 22. Rf6 $1 Qd7 23. Rxg7 $1 Rxg7 24. e6 $18 {
Izoria,Z (2606)-Riazantsev,A (2599)/Corsica rpd/2005/}) 14. a4 ({Another
important crossroads, perhaps more promising is} 14. Bh5 $5 Bf8 (14... e5 $2
15. f4 $3 $40 {gives White a huge attack:} gxf4 (15... exd4 16. Qg4 Nf8 17.
fxg5 Qxd6 18. Rxf7 Kd8 19. Rxg7 Bc8 20. Qh4 Bd7 21. e5 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qxe5 23. g6+
{1-0,Pashikian,A (2527)-Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2501)/WChJ Yerevan/2006/}) 16.
dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Ke6 19. Rad1 Bxd6 20. Qg4+ Ke7 21. Qg7+ Ke6
22. Ne2 c5 (22... Bc5+ 23. Kh1 Be3 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. e5 $1 Nxe5 26. Qxh6+ Rf6
27. Rxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rd6+ Kxd6 29. Qxf6+ $18 {/\} Kd5 30. Nc3+ Kd4 31. Qd6#) 23.
Nxf4+ Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. Rxf8 Nxf8 (25... Qxf8 26. Qxd7+ Ke5 27. Qxb7 Rd8
28. Rf1 $18) 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Qxb7 Rd1+ 28. Kf2 Rd2+ 29. Kg3 {1-0,Agrest,E 
(2570)-Kulaots,K (2557)/Turin olm/2006/}) 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Here White again has
a wider choice:} 16. e5 ({Agrest recommends the yet untested} 16. b3 $5) ({
Another novelty is} 16. d5 $146 Qe7 ({Critical is} 16... Ne5 $142 $1 $13) 17.
b3 cxb3 (17... b4 $5 18. dxe6 Qxe6 $13) 18. Qxb3 $2 (18. axb3 $1 $44) 18... Nf6
$1 $15 (18... Ne5 $143 $6 19. Rac1 c5 20. dxe6 O-O-O 21. exf7 Rd3 22. Be2 Qxf7
23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rcd1 c4 25. Qc2 Qe6 26. f3 Kb8 27. Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 $16 {
Gajewski,G (2540)-Dreev,A (2633)/EU-ch Dresden/2007/})) 16... Qb6 17. Ne4 (17.
b3 {Agrest} c5 18. d5 O-O-O $1 19. bxc4 Nxe5 $13) 17... O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8 19.
b3 $5 $146 (19. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 $1 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 $36 23.
Qxh6 Ka7 $1 24. Rae1 Nd3 25. Re3 Rd6 26. h4 Nf4 27. hxg5 Nxe6 $19 {Radjabov,T 
(2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz rpd m/2006/}) (19. Qe2 c5 $132) 19... f6 $6 (19...
c3 $142 $5 $13) 20. bxc4 fxe5 {Ernst,S (2504)-Van Wely,L (2675)/NED-chT/2006/}
{Now the logical} 21. c5 $1 Qc7 22. dxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd6] enables White to
retain the strong Nd6.}) (14. d5 {leads nowhere after} cxd5 (14... Ne5 $2 15.
dxe6 Nd3 16. e5 Bxe5 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg7 19. Bxe5+ Nxe5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21.
Rad1 Qc7 22. Bxg6 Kxg6 23. Qe6+ Kh5 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Ng3+ {1-0, Ris,R (2403)
-Kvisla,J (2134)/Catalan Bay/2007/}) 15. exd5 Nf8 $1 16. dxe6 Nxe6 17. Bf3 Qd7
$15) ({Another immensely complicated attempt is} 14. e5 $5 c5 15. Bh5 Bf8 (
15... cxd4 16. Qg4 $1 Nf8 $8 17. Qxd4 $16) 16. d5 $5 (16. Bxf8 {has not been
tested yet, but is far from clear:} Kxf8 (16... Rxf8 $2 17. d5 Qb6 18. dxe6
Qxe6 19. Bg4 $40 {is bad, but Lutz's suggestion}) (16... Nxf8 $5 {seems to be
a plausible alternative.}) 17. f4 f5 $1 18. exf6 (18. d5 $5 gxf4 19. Ne2 Bxd5
$5 20. Nxf4 Nb6 $13) 18... Nxf6 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Qg4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 cxd4 22.
Rxf6+ Ke7 23. Rf7+ Kd6 24. Rxb7 dxc3 $44) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxf7+ (17. exd6 e5 18.
f4 $5 $44) 17... Kxf7 18. dxe6+ Kg7 (18... Kxe6 $5 {Lutz}) 19. exd6 Ne5 20. f4
Nd3 21. Qh5 Qf6 22. f5 Nf4 23. Rxf4 gxf4 24. Rd1 Rhg8 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Kh7
27. Qe2 Rg7 $1 {Agrest,E (2591)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650)/FRA-chT Asnieres sur
Seine/2006/} 28. d7 Rag8 29. Kf1 $1 $13 {/\} Qh4 30. Qe4 Rxg2 31. Qxg2 Rxg2 32.
Kxg2 $11 {Agrest}) 14... e5 15. Bg4 {[%mdl 64] Although this leads to
interesting tactical complications, it's not the only move White has.} ({
The alternative is} 15. d5 $5 c5 {[%cal Rd8b6] /\Qb6 Again the insertion of a4
and a6 helps Black, now he threatens to trap White's Bd6} 16. b4 $1 cxb4 17.
Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19. Nb5 Rc8 {Izoria,Z (2646)-Erenburg,S (2582)/WCup Khanty
Mansiysk/2005/} 20. Bg4 $1 $44) 15... exd4 16. e5 c5 $1 {White's tactical
threats can't be ignored.} (16... Nxe5 $2 17. Qxd4 $1 h5 (17... Nf3+ 18. gxf3
Bxd4 19. Rfe1+ $18) 18. Rfe1 (18. Bf5 $2 Rh6 $1) 18... f6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20.
Rxe5+ Kf8 (20... Bxe5 21. Qxe5+ Kf7 22. Be6+ Kg6 23. Rd1 {/\} Qf6 24. Bf5+ $1
Qxf5 25. Rd6+ $18) 21. Qc5+ Kf7 22. Be6+ Kg6 23. Rd1 $18) (16... dxc3 $2 17. e6
Nf6 18. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 19. Qxh5 Qf6 20. exf7+ Kd7 21. Rad1 c2 22. Rd2 $18) 17. Bf3
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A dangerous novelty; by taking the e4-square under control
White wants to retain his powerful Bd6 and keep Black's K in the [+]. Although
it probably hasn't been used in previous practice, this idea has earlier been
analysed by Golubev & Notkin.} (17. Re1 Nxe5 $1 (17... dxc3 $2 {is slightly
better than one move earlier, but still insufficient due to} 18. e6 Nf6 (18...
Ne5 19. e7 Qxd6 (19... Qb6 20. Bxe5 $18) 20. Qxd6 Nxg4 21. Rad1 Bd4 22. bxc3
$18) 19. Bh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Qf6 21. exf7+ Kd7 22. Rad1 Kc6 23. Be5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5
Bxe5 25. Qg6+ Kc7 26. Qe6 Bd4 27. bxc3 $18) 18. Bxe5 O-O {Black has
safeguarded his K and his o^ are dangerous. Although the position is not
completely clear, White is the one, who must fight for equality.} 19. Bxg7 Kxg7
20. Ne2 f5 21. Bh5 f4 22. b4 cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bf5 26. Qd2
Qd7 27. Rac1 Rac8 {Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz rpd m/2006/} 28. axb5
axb5 29. Rcd1 b4 30. Nc1 $132 {Korotylev}) 17... Ra7 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Already
Black's immediate reaction is a serious, possibly even decisive mistake.} (
17... dxc3 $2 18. Bxb7 cxb2 19. Rb1 Ra7 20. Bc6 $40) (17... Bxe5 $2 18. Re1 $1
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 dxc3 20. bxc3 $40 {/+- practically paralyzes Black.}) (17... Bxf3
$2 18. Qxf3 {also gives Black a dreary choice:} Nxe5 (18... dxc3 19. e6 Ne5 20.
exf7+ (20. Bxe5 $2 O-O $1) 20... Kd7 21. Qd5 Nxf7 (21... Nd3 22. Rae1 $1 Nxe1
23. Rxe1 Ra7 24. Be5+ Kc8 25. Qc6+ Rc7 26. Bxc7 $18) 22. Rad1 $5 (22. Bxc5+ Kc7
23. Qxf7+ Qd7 24. Bd6+ Kc8 25. Qd5 Ra7 26. axb5 $1 cxb2 27. Qxc4+ $18) 22...
Nxd6 23. Qxd6+ Kc8 24. Qc6+ Kb8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. bxc3 $18) 19. Qd5 $1 dxc3 (
19... Qb6 20. Qxa8+ Kd7 21. Nd5 $16 {/\} Qxd6 22. Qb7+ Ke6 23. axb5) 20. Rae1
$18 {[%cal Re1e5,Rd5c6] ->,/\Qc6,Re5}) ({Black must be even more generous,
than Anand:} 17... Nxe5 $142 $1 18. Bxb7 (18. Bxe5 $2 Bxf3 $19) 18... Qxd6 19.
Bxa8 O-O $1 (19... Qd8 20. axb5 Qxa8 (20... dxc3 21. Bc6+ Nxc6 22. bxc6 Qxd1
23. Raxd1 $16) 21. Rxa6 Qb7 22. Qa4 O-O 23. Ra7 $36) 20. Bf3 (20. Be4 b4 $36 {
[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5 is similar}) 20... Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 b4 $44 {[%csl Gb4,Gc4,Gc5,
Gd4] /-/+ The avalanche of black o^ is very dangerous and should fully
compensate even a whole R.} (21... Qf4 $5 $36)) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Gd6][%mdl 128] The most forceful continuation of the attack, supporting
the Bd6} (19. Qf3 $143 Rb6 {and Black is prepared to get rid off the main
enemy:} 20. e6 $5 (20. Nd5 Rxd6 21. exd6 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qxd6 (22... O-O $5) 23.
axb5 f5 24. Qxf5 Qxd5 25. Rxa6 {is unclear, but hardly dangerous for Black -
he has more than one playable move:} d3 (25... Rf8 {or even}) (25... g4 $5))
20... Nf6 21. Bxc5 (21. Ne4 Rxd6 (21... fxe6 22. Bxc5 Kf7 23. axb5 Rxb5 24.
Nd6+ Kg6 25. b4 $1 $40) 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Qa8+ Qd8 (23... Ke7 24. Qb7+ Kxe6
25. axb5 $44) 24. Qb7 Qe7 $11) 21... Rxe6 $5 (21... dxc3 $2 22. Rad1 Qc7 23.
Bxb6 Qxb6 24. e7 Nd7 25. Rfe1 $1 Be5 (25... cxb2 26. Qa8+ Nb8 27. Qb7 $1 $18)
26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rxe5 $16 {/\} cxb2 28. e8=Q+ Rxe8 29. Qxf7+ Kd6 30. Rd5+ Kc6
31. Qd7#) (21... g4 22. Qf5 $40) 22. Rad1 (22. Rfe1 Qc8 23. Bxd4 O-O $11) 22...
Qc8 $5 23. Bxd4 O-O $11) 19... Nxe5 (19... Bxe5 20. f4 $1 gxf4 (20... Bxf4 21.
Bxf4 O-O 22. Bd6 {/\} Re8 23. Qf3 $18 {nets White a whole R.}) 21. Qh5 $40) (
19... b4 20. f4 $40 {also opens up the files against Black's K. Another strong
reason why White didn't play 19.Qf3 on the previous move was preparation of
the f4 advance.}) 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 $5 $40 (21. Ra6 Rb6 22. Qa1 $1 $36 {
is also good for White, but the text-move is even more energetic and dangerous.
}) 21... gxf4 ({Various N retreats don't help:} 21... Nd3 22. Qe2 Kd7 23. Ra6
$1 {/\ cuts off the Kd7} f5 24. fxg5 $40 {/+-}) (21... Nc6 22. Qf3 $1 {[%cal
Re4f6] /\Nf6} f5 (22... Rd7 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Qxc6 Be7 25. Ra8 $18) 23. Qh5+ (
23. Nf6+ $6 Kf7) (23. fxg5 $40) 23... Rf7 24. Rfe1 fxe4 25. Rxe4+ Be5 26. fxe5
$18) 22. Qh5 Rb6 (22... Nd3 23. Qd5 $18) ({Perhaps slightly more resilient was
} 22... d3 $5 23. Bxe5 O-O {, but even this shouldn't save the game after} 24.
Bxg7 (24. Rxf4 $2 Bxe5 25. Qxe5 Qd4+) (24. Ra8 $5 $40 {/\} Qxa8 $2 25. Nf6+ Kh8
26. Qf5 $18) 24... Kxg7 25. Ra6 $16) 23. Bxe5 $18 Qd5 (23... O-O 24. Rxf4 {/\}
f6 25. Ra7 $1 fxe5 26. Qg4 $18) 24. Rxf4 Rg6 (24... Bxe5 25. Ra8+ $1 Kd7 (25...
Qxa8 26. Qxe5+ $18) (25... Ke7 26. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 26. Rxf7+ Kc6 27. Qg6+ Bd6 28.
Rxh8 $18 {White is R up and his -> still continues.}) 25. Nd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]
Although he had more than one way to win, Iljin winds up the game in style.} ({
More mundane solutions are} 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg7 $18 {or}) (25. Qf3 Bxe5 26.
Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxd5 Bxf4 28. Ra8+ Ke7 29. Qxc5+ $18) 25... Rxd6 26. Rxf7 $1 Bxe5
(26... Qxf7 27. Ra8+ Rd8 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Qxf7 Bxe5 30. Qd5+ $18) 27. Rb7+ {
White gains access to a8 after all!} Kf8 (27... Rg6 28. Qxe5+ $1 Qxe5 29. Ra8+
$18) 28. Ra8+ (28. Ra8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qf7#) 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {In a recent interview
Grishchuk admitted that this gambit is for him like a red cloth to a bull - he
is unable to resist it. This game shows he has a good reason for this - his
excellent understanding of the resulting tense positions.} dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3
b5 9. Ne5 {Although this N sortie is typical for the whole line, White more
often chooses a different move order. More popular is the developing} (9. Be2
Bb7 {and now White has a choice - the two main alternatives are} 10. O-O ({or} 
10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 {which transposes into the game.}) 10... Nbd7
11. Ne5 Bg7 {, now} 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 $44 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Aronian,L 
(2763) Sofia MTel Masters 4th 2008 (3) 1/2 ~~ is the second topical
possibility (see my notes in CBM 124 to}) 9... h5 $5 {This move has currently
the best reputation.} ({In an earlier game between the same opponents,
Karjakin went for} 9... Bb7 10. h4 Rg8 (10... g4 11. Nxg4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6
13. Qf3 Rg8 14. Be2 a6 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. O-O Qf6 17. Qe3 O-O-O 18. b3 cxb3 19.
axb3 Be7 20. Rc1 $16 {Black hasn't managed to create sufficient <=> and his
vulnerable K will soon become a direct target.} Qh8 21. Bh2 Qg7 22. Bf3 e5 23.
Nd5 Bd6 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Qa5 Re6 26. Rxc6+ $1 Bxc6 27. Rc1 Nb8 28. Rxc6+ $1
Nxc6 29. Qxa6+ $18 {->, Gelfand,B (2723)-Alekseev,E (2711)/RUS-chT Dagomys/
2008/}) 11. hxg5 hxg5 {There seems to be more space for White's improvements
after} 12. Qf3 $5 ({This line seems very risky for Black, but} 12. Nxf7 {
isn't sufficient for an advantage after} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Rh7+ Bg7 15. Qh5+
Kf8 16. Qf3+ (16. Ne4 Qa5+ 17. Kd1 Qa4+ 18. Kc1 Nb4 19. Qf3+ Ke8 20. Nd6+ Kd8
21. Qf6+ Kc7 22. Ne8+ Kb6 23. Qd8+ Ka6 24. Nc7+ Ka5 25. Ne8+ {1/2, Estremera
Panos,S (2394)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/La Massana/2008/ is another, more
attractive perpetual.}) 16... Ke8 17. Qh5+ {1/2, Grischuk,A (2716)-Karjakin,S 
(2732)/Baku/2008/}) 12... Qe7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. e5 O-O-O 16. Ne4
c5 17. d5 Qe8 18. Qg4 (18. d6 f5 19. exf6 Qg6 20. Re1 $13 {/+/=}) 18... Bxd5
19. Rh7 Be7 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. e6 f5 22. Qxf5 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Nb6 24. Rxe7 Rd1+
25. Kxd1 Qxe7 26. Be2 (26. Qc6+ $5 Kd8 27. Be2 $36) 26... Qb7 27. Qe3 Qd5+ 28.
Kc1 Rh8 29. e7 Rh1+ 30. Kc2 Qf5+ 31. Kd2 Qd7+ 32. Kc2 Qf5+ 33. Kd2 Qd7+ 34. Kc2
Qf5+ {1/2, Sargissian,G (2676)-Perez Candelario,M (2537)/Merida/2008/}) ({
Anand also prefered the text-move after the following experience:} 9... Bg7
$143 $6 10. h4 Nfd7 (10... g4 11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4 13. Rd1 $44) 11. hxg5
hxg5 12. Rxh8+ Bxh8 13. Qh5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qh8+ Kd7 16. Qxe5 Bb7 17.
O-O-O Kc8 18. Qg7 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne4 $36 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2683)-Anand,V 
(2792)/Mainz rpd/2007/}) {The best, as it wins a tempo.} 10. h4 (10. f3 $143 h4
11. Bf2 Bb7 12. Be2 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. O-O e5 15. a4 a6 16. d5 Rh6 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qc1 Rg6 21. Rd1 Bc5 $15 {/-/+,Carlsen,M 
(2733)-Anand,V (2799)/Morelia/2008/}) 10... g4 $8 11. Be2 {Black is behind in
development and for the time being must keep the position closed.} ({The same
goes here for White, weaker is} 11. f3 Rg8 $5 $132 {[%cal Gg8g1] <->g}) 11...
Bb7 {In this line Black should very carefully consider the disruption of his
<< P-phalanx - it's one of his main positional trumps.} ({However, in this
concrete position the rare} 11... b4 $5 {deserves attention:} 12. Na4 Nxe4 13.
Bxc4 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Nd7 (14... Bg7 $5 {is also playable and perhaps stronger:}
15. Nc5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Ke7
21. Rf1 Rb6 22. Bc4 c5 23. Be2 Rc8 $15 {Amura,C (2355)-Delgado Crespo,M (2298)/
San Felipe/1999/}) 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Bb7 (16... Bg7 $5 $15) 17. Qe2 Bg7 18.
Rad1 Qe7 19. Nc5 Rh6 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Qe4 Rd6 22. a3 bxa3 23. bxa3 Bc8 24. Qe3
Rd8 $13 {Maletin,P (2545)-Kobalia,M (2618)/RUS-ch qual Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 12.
O-O (12. f3 Nbd7 13. fxg4 hxg4 14. O-O Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 16. Bxh8 Qxh4 17.
Bxg4 Qxh8 18. e5 O-O-O 19. Qe2 c5 20. d5 Nxe5 21. dxe6 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd4+ 23.
Qxd4 cxd4 24. Nxb5 fxe6 $44 {Bacrot,E (2715)-Dreev,A (2704)/Poikovsky/2005/
After this game the line 12.f3 more or less disappeared from high-level
practice.}) 12... Nbd7 (12... Bg7 13. f3 $44 {|^}) 13. Qc2 {The main move.} (
13. f3 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 $5 (14... Rg8 $13) 15. Bxh8 Qxh4 16. fxg4 hxg4 {
transposes into the Bacrot-Dreev game above.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 {
Once again Karjakin follows the main line, not daring to repeat his rare
choice from a previous rapid game with Grischuk:} (14... Bh6 $5 15. Bg3 (15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 $44) (15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Nxb5 $5 $44 (18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qg6 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Rxb5 Rac8 $11 {Onischuk
})) 15... Qxd4 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. b4 Bf8 20. Be5 Be7 21.
Qc1 Rg8 22. Qf4 g3 $5 23. Bd4 e5 24. Qxe5 Nd7 25. Qxh5 (25. Qf5 $5) 25... gxf2+
26. Bxf2 Qc7 27. Qh7 (27. e5 $1 O-O-O 28. Rac1 $36) 27... Nf6 28. Qh6 Qe5 29.
Qe3 Bxb4 30. Rac1 Ba5 31. Bf3 Bc7 $36 {Grischuk,A (2711)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
Odessa rpd/2008/}) 15. b3 {Another critical position, in which the theory was
formed mainly by two important games from last year's World Championship. This
time White chooses a third (and possibly the most promising) option.} (15. Bg3
Qxd4 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1 Qb6 17. b3 $5 cxb3 18. axb3 a6 19. Rd2 c5 20. Rd6 Qa5
21. e5 Nd7 22. Rfd1 O-O-O 23. Ne4 Qc7 (23... Qb4 $5 $13) 24. Nf6 $36 {Aronian,
L (2741)-Gustafsson,J (2606)/WCup Khanty-Mansiysk/2007/}) 16... Qc5 17. Bd6 Qb6
18. a4 a6 19. e5 Nd7 20. a5 Qa7 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxc4
bxc4 (24... Bc8 $5) 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Bd5 27. Rd1 Bd4 28. Rxa7 Rxa7 29. b3
Kg7 30. bxc4 Ba8 $13 {/<=>=, Grischuk,A (2726)-Svidler,P (2735)/WCh Mexico
City/2007/}) (15. Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. Qc1 Nh7 17. g3 f6 18. Bf4 a6 19. Rfe1
Rf7 20. Qc2 Rd7 21. b3 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nf8 23. Be3 Qe7 24. a4 Qf7 25. d5 (25. f3
$5 $44 {Krasenkow}) 25... exd5 26. exd5 f5 27. Bf1 Ng6 28. Bg2 Ne7 $11 {
Radjabov,T (2735)-Aronian,L (2739)/Linares/2008/}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 c5 $1 18.
dxc5 Qe7 19. Kh1 $6 (19. fxg4 $13) 19... a6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Nd5 $6 exd5 22. exd5
Be5 23. f4 Bg7 24. dxc6 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27. Rxh5 f5 $17 {Aronian,
L (2750)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3
$5 {[%cal Ye4e5][%mdl 512] /\e5 We mentioned this second P-sacrifice already
last year; since then it has occurred in practice. White's intention is to
play e5 and activate his N as soon as possible.} (17. Rad1 {is the more sedate
alternative:} Ne8 $5 (17... Qe7 18. Bg3 b4 19. Na4 c5 20. Nxc5 Rfc8 21. f3 (21.
Bc4 Rxc5 $44) 21... Nd7 22. fxg4 Nxc5 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc4 Rd8 (24... Be5 25.
Bf2 hxg4 26. Qe2 $5 $36) 25. Qe2 Ra5 26. gxh5 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Qc5+ 28. Bf2 Qe5
29. h6 $5 $40 {Christensen,J (2422)-Selyanchin,N (2479)/corr/2005/}) 18. Bg3 $5
(18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. g3 (19. e5 f5 $5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bd3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23.
g3 Bc8 (23... f4 $5 $15) 24. Ne2 Be6 25. Nf4 Bf7 26. Rfe1 $44 {=, Taucius,M 
(2149)-Figueiras,J (2316)/corr/2005/}) 19... e5 $1 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Ne6 22.
Qc1 Nd4 {1/2, Riedener,T (2453)-Isaev,A (2445)/corr/2005/} 23. Rxd4 exd4 24.
Qh6 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxd5 26. Bd3 f5 27. Qg6+ $11) 18... f5 (18... Bxd4 $5 19. e5
(19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44) 19... c5 $13) 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qc1 Qf6 (20...
Nc7 21. Rfe1 $44) (20... Qe7 $5) 21. Bf4 a6 22. Rfe1 c5 23. Bg5 Qc6 24. d5 Qb6
25. Bd3 g3 26. Re7 $44 {->,Neto,H (2525)-Avotins,M (2466)/corr/2004/}) (17.
Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. e5 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bg5 c5 22. d5 (22. Nxb5 $142
$5) 22... exd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe4 25. Rxc5 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 Ne4 27. Ra6 {
1/2, Volokitin,A (2678)-Gustafsson,J (2606)/Bundesliga 0708/2007/} Nxg5 (27...
Rxf2 28. Be3 Rf5 $11 {<=>}) 28. hxg5 Rf5 $11) 17... c5 {[%mdl 8] A novel idea,
which has earlier occurred only in correspendence games.} ({However, as in the
course of the game Black will get outplayed, he should have possibly realized
this liberating thrust differently:} 17... b4 18. Na4 c5 $5 (18... Nd7 19. Rad1
Qe7 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 $36 {(for more details see Avrukh's notes in CBM 124
to Avrukh,B (2641)-Sargissian,G (2673)/Bundesliga 0708/2007/)}) 19. Nxc5 Rc8
20. Qd3 (20. Bc4 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Rxa7 Nxg3 23. Rxb7 Nxf1 24. Bxf1 Bd4
$132) 20... Rxc5 21. dxc5 Nxe4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxa7 Nxc5 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25.
Bxd1 Bd5 26. Rc7 {1/2, Leitao,R (2604)-Matsuura,E (2500)/Sao Paulo/2008/} Bxb3
27. Bxb3 Nxb3 28. Bd6 Nd4 29. Bxb4 Nf5 30. g3 Be5 $14 {/= leads to a position,
in which White has only very slight practical winning chances.}) (17... Nd7 18.
e5 f5 (18... c5 19. Ne4 $1 $36 {- 17...c5 18.e5 Nd7}) 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Rad1
Qe7 21. Qg6 Qf7 (21... Qe8 $5 22. Qg5 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 $14 {/<=>}) 22. Qg5 b4 23.
Na4 c5 24. Nxc5 Ne4 25. Qe3 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Rfd8 27. Bc4 Bd5 28. Qg5 Qb7 29. Be5
Rd7 30. Rxd5 exd5 31. Bxg7 dxc4 32. Be5+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Rf7 34. c6 Qc8 35. Qh6+
Ke8 36. Re1 {1-0, Pashikian,A (2537)-Ter Sahakyan,S (2449)/Yerevan/2008/}) (
17... Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $36 {[%cal Re4g5] ->׻,/\Ng5
Contrary to the aforementioned game Aronian-Gustafsson, here Black has already
committed his K to the >>, where it's in danger.}) (17... Ne8 18. e5 Qxd4 19.
Rad1 Qc5 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Ne4 Bh6 22. Rd7 Bc8 23. Rd8 Bb7 24. Rxe8 Rfxe8 25.
Nf6+ Kf8 26. Qh7 Bd2 27. Bxg4 $1 Ke7 (27... hxg4 28. h5 Red8 29. Bh4 Qf4 30. h6
$18) 28. Bxh5 Rf8 29. Ne4 c5 30. Nd6 Bd5 31. Bxf7 {1-0, Dhanish,P (2504)
-Misiunas,A (2342)/corr/2006/ was another straightforward and powerful
attacking game, underlining the value of White's concept.}) 18. e5 (18. dxc5 b4
$132) 18... Nd5 (18... Nd7 19. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 (19... cxd4 20. Ng5 Re8 21. Qh7+ (
21. Bxb5 $5) 21... Kf8 22. Qxh5 $16) 20. Qxe4 {/\} Qb6 $142 (20... cxd4 21. Bd3
Re8 (21... f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxb5 $16) 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Qxh5
$36) 21. Bd3 f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Qe2 $14 {[%csl Gd3,Re6,Gg3,Rg4,Rg8,Rh5] ^^,׻
}) 19. Nxb5 $1 ({The text-move is more enterprising, than} 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Qxc5
Bxe4 21. Qxb4 a5 22. Qd2 Qd5 23. f3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 f6 26. Qe3 fxe5
27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. dxe5 Rf5 30. Rxa5 Qxe5 31. Qd2 Rf4 32. Rxb5
Qa1+ 33. Kh2 Rxh4+ $11 {Bester,B (2302)-Van Vugt,W (2344)/corr/2007/}) ({
The same goes for the rather sterile} 19. dxc5 Nb4 20. Qc1 Qd4 $5 21. Rd1 (21.
Nxb5 $2 Qe4) 21... Qxc5 22. Nxb5 Qxc1 $11) 19... cxd4 $8 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Qd2 $5
{[%cal Ye2d3,Yd3c2,Yd2d3,Rb1h7,Ye2d1][%mdl 128] /\Bd3(d1)-c2, Qd3,גb1-h7 An
ambitious move, White set his sights on Black's >> and will gradually develop
a dangerous ->. Less dangerous seems} (21. Bc4 Nb4 22. Qd2 Bd5 23. Rfe1 a5 24.
Rac1 Rb6 (24... Bxc4 $142 25. bxc4 $5 (25. Rxc4 Nd5 $11) 25... d3 26. Ne4 $44)
25. Ne4 Bxe4 {This is hardly ideal, as it weakens the light squares - we'll
see the same motif later in our game.} 26. Rxe4 d3 27. Bf4 Kh7 28. Bg5 f6 29.
exf6 Bxf6 30. Bxe6 Bxg5 31. hxg5 Qd6 32. Bc4 g3 33. fxg3 Qxg3 34. Re7+ Kg6 35.
Qb2 {1-0, Van Unen,H (2526)-Lanc,A (2494)/corr/2007/}) (21. Rxa7 Qb6 22. Rfa1 (
22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qe4 Qxb3 25. Bd3 Ra8 $11) 22... Nb4 23. Qd2 Nc6
24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Ra6 Qc7 26. Nxb7 (26. Qg5 Nb8 27. Ne4 Rc8 28. Nf6+ Kf8 29.
Nh7+ $11) 26... Qxb7 27. Qg5 Rc8 $132) 21... Nc3 {Karjakin wants to keep his Q
closer to his K, rightly fearing} (21... Qb6 22. Qg5 $1 $40) 22. Bd3 (22. Bc4
Ne4 $11 {would be a relief for the defence.}) 22... a5 {Karjakin was still
playing quite fast, but this move, just as the previous one, doesn't stop
White's ideas. However} (22... Bd5 23. Rxa7 Rxb3 24. Qf4 {is also dangerous:} {
/\} Na2 25. Ne4 $1 $40 Bxe4 (25... Rxd3 $2 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 (26... Kh8 27. Qg5 $18
) 27. exf6 $18) 26. Qxe4 Rxd3 $8 27. Qxd3 Qd5 28. Rb1 $14 {/+/-}) 23. Ra3 $5 {
Grischuk avoids both} (23. Bc2 Ba6 $1 $13) ({and} 23. Rfe1 Bd5 $132 {/\} 24.
Bf4 Rxb3 (24... f5 $5) 25. Bg5 f6 $8 (25... Qb8 26. Bf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 (
26... Bxf6 27. Qh6 Ne2+ 28. Rxe2 Rxd3 29. Qg6+ Bg7 30. Qxd3 Qxh4 31. Qxd4 $16)
27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Qf4 Qf8 29. Rxa5 Be7 $11) 23... Bd5 24. Bc2 {Effectively
combines both -> and defence.} Rb6 $6 {The critical moment of the game. Black
had many options and he probably didn't choose the best one:} (24... f5 25.
exf6 Rxf6 $5 {/\} (25... Qxf6 26. Qd3 Rfd8 27. Re1 a4 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh5 Rb6
(29... axb3 $2 30. Ra7 $1 bxc2 31. Rf7+ Kg8 32. Rxf6 Rb1 33. Qf7+ Kh7 34. Kh2
$1 Rxe1 35. Bf4 $18) 30. Be5 Qe7 31. Nc4 $14) 26. Be5 Rb6 27. Nc4 Bh6 $132) (
24... a4 $5 25. Qd3 (25. bxa4 Rb2 {/\} 26. Bh7+ Kxh7 27. Qxb2 Qa8 $44) 25... f5
26. exf6 Rxf6 $132 {/\} 27. Qh7+ (27. Re1 Bxb3 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Ne8 Kxe8 $1 30.
Qxg7 Bxc2 31. Bxb8 Qe7 $44) 27... Kf8 28. Ne8 Rb7 (28... Qxe8 $2 29. Bd6+ Kf7
30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Bh7+ Kh8 32. Bg6+ Kg8 33. Qh7#) 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Qh6+ Bg7
$44) (24... Qc7 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bd3 $44 {|^}) 25. Re1 $1 {
Activates another piece and keeps the tension.} (25. Qd3 $143 f5 26. exf6 Rxf6
27. Rxa5 Rxd6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Ra7 Rf7 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Bd6+ $18) 30. Rxf7+
Kxf7 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 $13 {/=/+}) 25... a4 (25... f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 $5 (26... Qxf6
27. Qd3 Qh6 (27... Ra8 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qxh5 $16) 28. Rxa5 $36) 27. Nc4 Rb4 $14
{is still not so clear, although Black lost a tempo with his previous move.}) (
{After the game Grischuk recommended} 25... Rxd6 26. exd6 f5 {, but this
sacrifice seems insuffcicient due to} 27. Bd3 $1 {[%cal Rd3c4] /\Bc4+/-}) 26.
Qd3 $1 (26. bxa4 Rb2 $44 {<=> is still not so clear, although in comparison
with 24...a4!? White has the useful extra move Re1.} (26... f5 27. Qxd4 $5 $14)
) 26... f5 $8 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 $2 {The decisive error.} (28...
axb3 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Nxb6 Qxb6 31. Bxb3 $1 Bb7 (31... Bxb3 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33.
Rg8 Rg6 34. Be5 $18) 32. Bc4 Qc6 33. Bf1 $16) ({Black shouldn't have clung on
to material, arguably the best try was} 28... Rf5 $5 29. Nxb6 (29. bxa4 Ra6 30.
Rb3 $1 $36) 29... Qxb6 30. Qd2 $14 {/+/-}) (28... Rc6 29. Be5 $40) (28... Rb7
29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh5 (30. Bd6+ Re7 $1 {is less clear}) 30... Rh6 31. Qxg4 axb3
32. Rxb3 Rxb3 33. Bxb3 d3 34. Bd1 $5 $16 {(Rybka)}) 29. bxc4 $18 {[%csl Gc2]
[%cal Ra3c3] /\Rc3 The Bc2 is too strong, with the gaping holes on the light
squares Black is in desperate trouble.} (29. Qxc4 $2 Qd5 $1 $11) 29... Qe7 ({
Moreover, Black can't hold the Pd4, as the tactical} 29... Rb2 {fails to} 30.
Rxc3 Qa5 31. Qh7+ Kf7 32. Re5 $1 Qxc3 33. Rg5 $18) (29... Rb7 30. Rxc3 Qa5 31.
Qh7+ Kf7 32. Re5 $5 $18 {is similar} (32. Qe4 $18)) 30. Qxd4 $1 Qxa3 (30... Rb1
31. Bxb1 Qxa3 32. Be5 Rf7 33. Bg6 Rb7 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Rxe6 $18) 31. Qxb6 (31.
Qd8+ $5 Qf8 32. Qxb6 {/\} e5 33. Qe3 $18 {was equally strong.}) 31... e5 32.
Qd8+ Qf8 33. Qa5 e4 {Black's last chance. However, even in time trouble
Grischuk winds up his -> effectively.} 34. Bxe4 (34. Qxc3 $6 Rxf2 35. Be5 Qc5 (
35... Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Rxc2 37. Rf1 $18) 36. Bxg7 Rxc2+ 37. Bd4 Rxc3 $16 {would
only prolong the game.}) 34... Nxe4 35. Rxe4 a3 36. Re3 {[%csl Ra3] Disarms
Black's o^} Qf7 37. Qxa3 Qxc4 38. Qa5 $18 {[%csl Rh5] Black did his best to
survive the direct ->, but (apart from White's extra P) the difference in the
K position is still decisive: Kg1 is safe, while Kg8 remains permanently
exposed. White will break down the defence by targetting the ><h5.} Qf7 39. Re5
Rh6 $8 (39... Re6 40. Qa8+ (40. Rxh5 $18) 40... Bf8 41. Rg5+ Rg6 42. Rxh5 $18)
40. Qd8+ Kh7 (40... Bf8 41. Rg5+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ Rg6 43. Rxh5+ Kg8 44. Be5 $18 {->
}) 41. Re7 {Black at the very least can't avoid simplification into a lost P
_|_ after} (41. Re7 Qc4 (41... Qf5 42. Qc7 Rg6 43. Be5 Qf8 44. Rf7 Qg8 45. Qd7
Kh6 46. Bxg7+ Rxg7 47. Qe6+ Kh7 48. Qf5+ Kh8 49. Rf8 $18) 42. Be5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2
Rg6 44. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 ({In this year's heavy-weight AntiMoscow duel between Grischuk and
Aronian Black was finally successful in the most recent encounter:} 9. Ne5 Bb7
(9... h5 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3
O-O $5 (15... cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3 $1 c5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxb5 cxd4 20. Nd6
Rb8 21. Qd2 Nc3 22. Bd3 a5 23. Ra3 $44 {|^, Grischuk,A (2728)-Karjakin,S (2727)
/Sochi/2008/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 126.}) 16. bxc4
Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 Qxh4 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Rac8 21. Qd3 Rfd8 $6 (
21... g3 $1 $11) 22. d5 $1 exd5 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. Qxa7 Qe7 25. e5 Qxe5 $2 (25...
Ra8 $142 26. Qe3 Rxa2 27. Bd3 $36) 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qc7 Qxe2 28. Nd4 $40 {
Grischuk,A (2733)-Aronian,L (2750)/Linares/2009/ For more details see the
notes to this game in CBM 129.}) 10. h4 g4 11. Be2 (11. Nxg4 Nxg4 12. Qxg4 Qxd4
13. Rd1 Qf6 14. a4 h5 15. Qg5 $5 $146 Qxg5 16. hxg5 a6 17. Be5 Rg8 (17... Rh7
18. Bf6 $5 Nd7 19. e5 $44 {[%csl Rh7] צh7}) 18. Rxh5 Nd7 19. Bf4 b4 (19... Nc5
$13) (19... Be7 $5) 20. Nb1 c5 (20... Nc5 21. Bxc4 Nxa4 22. Be5 $14 {/~~}) 21.
f3 Bg7 (21... Bc6 $132) 22. Rh7 Bd4 (22... Bxb2 23. Rxd7 $1 $36) (22... Bc6 $5)
23. Bxc4 Nf8 (23... Bxb2 $2 24. Bxe6 $18) 24. Rh5 Ng6 $2 ({Aronian considered
this a serious mistake, recommending} 24... Bxb2 $13) 25. Bc1 O-O-O (25... Ke7
{/\Rad8 is somewhat better, as Pf7 remains protected. However, after} 26. b3
$14 {White remains on top.}) 26. b3 Ne5 27. Be2 Rd7 28. Rd2 $1 Rgd8 (28... c4
29. bxc4 a5 30. Bb2 $16) 29. Rc2 Ng6 30. Kf1 Kb8 31. g3 $16 {/+-,Aronian,L 
(2786)-Leko,P (2752)/Moscow Tal mem/2009/ White prepares Nd2 by stopping Nf4.
He has a distinct, possibly already decisive advantage, as Black's activity
will gradually evaporate.}) 11... Nbd7 12. Nxd7 ({Less common is} 12. Bxg4 {
, after} Rg8 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bf3 O-O-O 15. Qd2 $5 Rxg3 16. fxg3 e5 17. O-O-O
Qxd4 ({Black should have possibly gone for the _|_} 17... exd4 $5 18. Qf4 Qe6
19. e5 dxc3 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Qxf6+ Qxf6 22. exf6 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Bd6 24. Re1
Bxg3 25. Re7 Bc8 26. Bxc6 (26. Rxa7 Bf5 $44) 26... b4 $132) 18. g4 $1 Nd7 19.
Qxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Bg7 21. Rdd1 Rg8 22. g5 Ne5 23. gxh6 Bxh6+ 24. Kb1 b4 25.
Ne2 c5 26. Rd6 Bg7 27. Rhd1 Kc7 28. Nf4 Rh8 29. h5 Bc6 30. R6d2 $16 {Grischuk,
A (2733)-Aronian,L (2773)/Bilbao/2009/ For more details see the notes to this
game in CBM 132.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 {Po} 14. O-O Rg8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Bg3
b4 17. Na4 c3 18. Qd3 h5 $5 $146 (18... e5 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. d5 Qd6 21. Bxg4
cxd5 22. exd5 O-O-O 23. a3 Ba6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bf5 Kb8 26. Rfe1 $13 {/|^,
Grischuk,A (2717)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Odessa rpd/2007/ White finally won this
game after some hair-raising complications.}) 19. a3 a5 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nc5
$5 (21. Qc4 Ra5 $15) (21. Qe3 Rg6 $36) 21... Rxa1 22. Nxb7 $1 Ne5 $1 23. Rxa1
Nxd3 24. Ra8+ Kd7 25. Bxd3 Qf6 26. Be5 $2 (26. e5 $1 Qh6 27. Ra7 Kc8 28. Na5
$11 {and Black's K can't escape the threatening perpetual.}) 26... Bd6 $1 $19 {
[%csl Gc3] o^c3} 27. Bxf6 Rxa8 28. Kf1 Ra1+ 29. Ke2 Ra2+ {0-1,Grischuk,A (2733)
-Aronian,L (2773)/ECC Ohrid/2009/}) 9... Bb7 10. O-O {This move and the lines
connected with it were recently somewhat unfairly neglected.} ({More attention
concentrated on} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 {, transposing into the lines from the
previous note.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bg7 ({Due to the recent developments in
this branch Black should perhaps pay more attention to the less usual, but
playable alternative} 11... h5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 {, which doesn't lead to such
forcing play as the text-move:} 13. Be5 (13. Qc1 Rg8 14. Rd1 Bb4 15. Qe3 Qe7 (
15... Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 17. a4 Kf8 18. axb5 cxb5 19. d5 a6 20. Qb6 Rg6 21. Bc7
Rc8 22. Qxb7 {Goganov,A (2462)-Yevseev,D (2529)/St Petersburg/2009/} Rxc7 23.
Qxa6 exd5 $132) 16. h3 (16. e5 $5 $14) (16. a4 $5) 16... h4 17. Bh2 Bxc3 18.
bxc3 g4 19. Kh1 c5 20. hxg4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 e5 22. Rdd1 Nxg4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3
Rg6 25. a4 a5 26. axb5 a4 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rab1 Rd6 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 a3
31. Ra1 h3 32. Qe2 hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 O-O-O $1 $44 {Kramnik,V (2769)-Gelfand,B 
(2733)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 13... Rh6 14. Qc1 Rg6 15. Rd1 Ng4 16. Bxg4 hxg4
17. b3 cxb3 18. axb3 f6 19. Bg3 Kf7 20. Qe3 a6 21. Rd3 Kg8 22. Rad1 Qf7 23. Qe2
{1/2,Wang Hao (2696)-Predojevic,B (2652)/Sarajevo/2009/} a5 $5 $13 {/=/+}) 12.
Nxd7 ({Topalov's blow} 12. Nxf7 {has almost disappeared from the scene:} Kxf7
13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Bg4 Raf8 17. Qc2 Rhg8 18. Rad1 c5 19.
Qg6 Nc7 20. Nxb7 cxd4 21. Qe4 d3 (21... Nd5 $5 22. Nd6 d3 $15) 22. Rxd3 cxd3
23. Qb4+ Nc5 24. Nxc5 a5 25. Qa3 Rd8 $1 26. Nb3+ $2 (26. Nxd3+ b4 27. Qb3 Rc8
$15 {/~~}) 26... b4 27. Qxa5 Qxa5 28. Nxa5 Rd5 {0-1,Bromberger,S (2510)
-Sandipan,C (2585)/Zuerich/2009/}) 12... Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. a4 {This is the
main and most ambitious move.} (14. Re1 Bf8 $1 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. b3 cxb3 17.
Qxb3 Kg7 18. a4 Qe7 19. d5 b4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qb2 Kh7 22. e5 Rhf8 (22... c5
$5 $15) 23. Qc2+ Kh8 24. Ne4 c5 25. Nd6 Bd5 26. Bc4 Bxc4 27. Nxc4 Rf4 28. Rad1
Kg7 29. g3 Rd4 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qe4 Rf8 32. Qxd4 Qc5 $15 {Lorenzo de la Riva,
L (2331)-Alsina Leal,D (2529)/Barcelona/2009/}) (14. Bh5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16.
e5 Qe7 $5 $146 (16... Qb6 17. b3 O-O-O $13 {Kramnik,V (2769)-Anand,V (2792)/
WCh Mexico City/2007/ See the notes in CBM 120.}) 17. Ne4 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Kb8
19. a4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bf3 Rxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 23. Bxb7 Kxb7 24. Qf3+ Nd5
25. Ra5 Qe7 26. Rfa1 Ra8 $15 {Pavlidis,A (2270)-Kotanjian,T (2578)/Kavala/2008/
}) (14. d5 cxd5 15. exd5 Nf8 $15) 14... e5 15. Bg4 (15. d5 c5 16. b4 Qb6 $1 {
is still considered reliable for Black:} (16... cxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Bd6 b4 19.
Nb5 Rc8 20. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 21. Qb3 $40 Qc8 22. Bc7 Qxc7 23. Nxc7+ Rxc7 24. Rac1
Nc5 25. Qh3 Bc8 26. Qf3 g4 27. Qe3 Bf8 28. f4 gxf3 29. Qxf3 f5 30. Qg3 {
1-0,Gustafsson,J (2606)-Rodshtein,M (2615)/Khanty Mansiysk/2007/}) 17. bxc5
Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8+ Bxa8 21. Qa1 O-O 22. Qa5 Rb8 23. Rb1
Bf8 24. Nxb5 f5 25. Qa6 Kh8 26. Nc3 Rxb1+ 27. Nxb1 Qb4 28. Qxa8 Qxb1+ 29. Bf1
Qb4 30. exf5 c3 31. Qc8 (31. Qc6 e4 32. h4 g4 33. g3 Qc5 34. Qf6+ Bg7 35. Qd8+
Bf8 36. Qf6+ Bg7 37. Qd8+ Qf8 38. Qc7 Qxf5 39. d6 Bd4 40. Qd8+ Kg7 {1/2,
Alekseev,E (2716)-Bareev,E (2653)/Khanty Mansiysk/2007/}) 31... e4 32. d6 Qxd6
33. Qxc3+ Bg7 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. g3 Qd4 36. Qe8 Qe5 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Kg2 Qe7 39.
Kh3 e3 40. fxe3 Qxe3 $11 {[%csl Rf1,Gg7] Kramnik,V (2799)-Karjakin,S (2732)/
Nice blindfold rpd/2008/ The ^- are a sufficiently strong drawing factor to
hold this _|_ for Black.}) ({Interesting, but hardly conclusive is Kramnik's
alternative idea} 15. Re1 $5 Qf6 $5 (15... exd4 $6 16. e5 $1 {/\} dxc3 17. Bh5
Nf8 18. Qf3 Qd7 19. e6 Nxe6 20. Rxe6+ $1 Qxe6 21. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 22. Re1+ $18) (
15... Qb6 16. Bg4 $1 {/\} Qxd4 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. Qh5 $1 Kxd6 19. Qxf7 $40) 16.
Ba3 Bf8 17. Bg4 Rd8 18. axb5 axb5 (18... cxb5 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20.
Bxd7 (20. Ra7 exd4 $5 (20... Nc5 $2 21. dxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 $18) (20... h5 $13)
21. Rxb7 Ne5 $44) 20... Rxd7 $1 (20... exd4 21. e5 Qe7 22. e6 dxc3 23. Qd4 $16)
21. dxe5 Qe6 22. Qh5 Qxe5 23. f4 $5 Qxf4 (23... Qe7 $13) (23... Qc5+ 24. Kh1
Qf2 $13 {Kramnik}) 24. Rf1 Qe5 25. Rf5 Qe6 26. Raf1 Kg7 $2 (26... Rh7 27. e5
$44) 27. Ne2 $1 Rf8 28. Ng3 c5 $2 (28... Qg6 $142 $8 29. Qg4 Rd6 30. Nh5+ Kg8
31. Rf6 Rxf6 32. Rxf6 Qh7 33. Rd6 $1 $40) 29. Rf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Qxh6+
Ke7 32. Nf5+ Ke8 33. Nd6+ Ke7 34. e5 Rg8 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. e6 {1-0,Kramnik,V 
(2759)-Leko,P (2751)/Nice rpd blindfold/2009/}) 15... exd4 16. e5 c5 17. f4 $5
$146 {[%cal Gf1f8,Ge1e8][%mdl 8] A new idea, White would like to open both the
<->e and f against Black's K. Bacrot prepared this novelty already against
Carlsen in Dortmund 2009, but had to face a Botvinnik (5...dxc4) instead. Now
Aronian became the victim, Bacrot in a subsequent interview mentioned a look
of surprise in his opponent's face after the text-move. Other continuations
lack the shock value, but even here White subsequently came up with a
dangerous new idea:} (17. Bf3 Nxe5 $1 (17... Ra7 $2 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 Nxe5
20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Qh5 Rb6 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Rxf4 Rg6 25. Nd6+ Rxd6
26. Rxf7 Bxe5 27. Rb7+ Kf8 28. Ra8+ {1-0,Iljin,A (2538)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)
/EU-ch Dresden/2007/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 118.})
(17... Bxf3 $2 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Qd5 dxc3 20. Rfe1 cxb2 21. Rad1 b1=Q 22. Rxb1
Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rbd1 Qd7 25. Rxe5+ $18 {Kuljasevic,D (2464)-Zhao Jun 
(2552)/Richardson/2007/}) 18. Bxb7 Qxd6 19. Bxa8 O-O 20. Ne4 (20. Bf3 Qe7 (
20... Nxf3+ $142 21. gxf3 b4 22. Ne4 Qd5 $36) 21. Nd5 Qd7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra6
f5 24. h3 (24. Nb6 $5) 24... d3 25. Re1 Re8 26. Nb6 $2 (26. Kf1 $1 $14) 26...
Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 d2 $17 {Pantsulaia,L (2607)-Babuiian,L (2415)/
Istanbul/2008/}) 20... Qc7 21. axb5 Rxa8 22. f4 gxf4 23. Qh5 Ra7 (23... Qb6 $5
$15) 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. bxa6 Qc6 26. Qf5 Qxa6 27. Rxf4 Qg6 28. Nxc5 d3 29. Ne4
Qxf5 30. Rxf5 Ng4 31. Rb5 $11 {Deep Junior-Deep Fritz/Elista comp m/2007/}) ({
More promising seems to be} 17. Re1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne2 f5
21. Bh5 f4 {But White can deviate earlier with} 22. Nxd4 $1 $146 (22. b4 {
However, stronger is the yet untested} d3 $1 (22... cxb3 23. Qxb3 Qd5 24. Qh3
Bc8 25. Nc3 dxc3 26. Qxc3+ Qd4 27. Qf3 Ra7 (27... Rb8 28. Qc6 Bf5 (28... Kg8
29. Rad1 Qg7 30. Re8 Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Bf7+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kxf7 34. Qxb8 $16
{Kramnik}) 29. Rad1 Qc3 30. h3 $40) 28. axb5 Qf6 (28... Bb7 29. Qe2 Bd5 30.
Rad1 f3 31. Rxd4 fxe2 32. Rxd5 $18 {Munkhchuluun,T (2042)-Lhamsuren,U (2038)/
MGL-ch Ulaanbaatar/2009/}) (28... Rf6 29. Rad1 Qc4 30. Rd8 $40 {Kramnik}) 29.
Qa3 Qb6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Re5 Qf6 32. Qxc5 Rd7 33. h4 gxh4 {Kramnik,V (2799)
-Aronian,L (2739)/Wijk aan Zee/2008/} 34. bxa6 $1 Bxa6 35. Bg4 Rd6 36. Rae1 $18
{Kramnik}) 23. bxc5 b4 $13 {Anand} (23... d2 $5 24. Rf1 f3 25. gxf3 Qd3 $44))
22... cxd4 (22... Qxd4 $2 23. Re7+ $18) 23. Re6 Bc8 (23... Rf6 24. Qe1 {
guarantees White at least a draw and he can fight for more.}) 24. Rg6+ Kh7 25.
axb5 Rf6 26. Rxf6 (26. Qe2 $5) 26... Qxf6 27. Qc2+ Bf5 28. Qxc4 Rc8 29. Qd5
axb5 30. h3 Kh8 (30... Rc7 $5 31. Ra8 Be6 32. Qxb5 Bc4 33. Qa5 $14) 31. Qxb5
Rf8 32. Ra6 Qg7 33. Rd6 d3 34. Qb6 Qe5 (34... Kh7 35. Bg4 $36) 35. Bg6 d2 36.
Bxf5 Qxf5 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Qxd2 $16 {/+-,Anand,V-Leko,P/Moscow Tal mem/2009/})
17... dxc3 {White's last move prevented Nxe5, thus enhancing the potential
effect of the ideas/threats, indicated in the above note (axb5, e6, Re1, Bf3
etc.). Although it's a piece sacrifice (Black has time to take the offered N),
the question is of he can't afford to play even} (17... gxf4 $5 {/\ with the
analoguous idea} 18. Bf3 (18. Rxf4 Nxe5 $17) (18. Re1 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 O-O $17 {/\
} 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ne2 d3 $1 $19 {and the N can't go to g3.}) (18. e6 Nf6 $19)
18... Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Qxd6 20. Bxa8 O-O 21. Ne4 (21. Be4 b4 $36) 21... Qb6 22.
Bd5 Rd8 $15) 18. bxc3 Bf8 {A natural reaction, Black forst of all challenges
the monster Bd6.} (18... gxf4 $6 {already runs into} 19. e6 Nf6 20. Bh5 Nxh5
21. Qxh5 Qxd6 22. Qxf7+ Kd8 23. Qxg7 Re8 24. Qxb7 $36) (18... Nf8 19. f5 $44)
19. Qe2 {White calmly continues his development, as more direct continuations
are inadequate:} (19. e6 Nf6 20. Be5 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rg8 22. Bxf6 gxf4 $17) (19.
fxg5 Bxd6 20. exd6 (20. Qxd6 Nb6 21. Qxc5 Qd5 22. Qf2 Qxg2+ $5 23. Qxg2 Bxg2
24. Kxg2 Nxa4 $17) 20... O-O $1 21. gxh6 Ne5 22. Rf5 f6 $15) 19... Bxd6 {
Another logical and human moves, which is consistent with 18...Bf8. Although
now White's initiatiative gives him at least a draw, other tries, initially
favoured by the computer, are connected with serious practical risk,
especially for the defence.} (19... h5 20. Bxh5 Rh7 21. Rad1 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $5 (
22. exd6+ Kf8 23. Bg4 Kg8 $15) 22... Rxh5 (22... Qe7 23. Rfd1 $16) (22... Qc7
23. Re6+ $5 Kf8 (23... Kd8 24. Rd6 $40) 24. fxg5 $40) 23. Qxh5 Qe7 24. Qxg5
Qxg5 25. fxg5 b4 (25... Nf8 26. Rb6) 26. e6 $14) (19... Nb6 20. fxg5 (20. Rad1
$5 Be7 {/\0-0~~}) 20... Qxg5 21. Rf5 Qg7 (21... Qh4 22. g3 Qd8 23. Bh5 $40) 22.
Bf3 (22. Raf1 Bd5 23. Rxf7 $5 Bxf7 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. Bh5 $44) 22... Qh7 (22...
Nd5 23. Qd2 Bxd6 24. Bxd5 $44) 23. Bxb7 (23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Bxb7 Qd3 25. Qf2+
Kg8 26. Bxa8 Bxd6 27. Rf1 Rh7 28. exd6 Qxd6 $11) 23... Qxf5 24. Bxa8 Nxa8 25.
axb5 $44 {|^}) 20. exd6+ Kf8 21. fxg5 hxg5 (21... Rh7 22. g6 $5 (22. Be6 Qxg5 (
22... hxg5 $5 23. Qc2 {-21...hg5}) 23. Rf5 (23. Bxd7 Rg7 24. Rf2 Rd8 $15) 23...
Qd8 24. Raf1 f6 25. Qh5 $44) 22... Rg7 23. gxf7 Nf6 (23... Bxg2 24. Kxg2 h5 25.
Qe6 Rxg4+ 26. Kh1 $18) 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Rxf7 26. axb5 $44) 22. Be6 Rh7 (
22... Nf6 $143 $6 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Rf1 Qg6 (24... Rh6 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Qh5
$18) 25. Rxf7+ Qxf7 26. Bxf7 Kxf7 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Qxb7 $16 {With his exposed
K and weak P Black is fighting for his life in the resulting _|_.}) 23. Qc2 Kg8
$2 {[%mdl 8192] This fails tactically, allowing Bacrot to demonstrate a forced
win.} (23... Nf6 $2 24. Rxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxh7 $40 {/+-}) ({The only correct
defence was} 23... Rg7 $142 $1 24. Qf5 $142 (24. Bxf7 Rxf7 25. Qh7 Rf4 $1 (
25... Nf6 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Rxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qh7+ Ke6 29. Qxb7 $44) (25... Rf6 26.
Rae1 (26. Rfe1 Rxd6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qh7+ $11) 26... Be4 27. Qxe4 Kg7 28. Rf5
$5 Rxd6 29. Rf7+ Kxf7 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ $11) 26. h4 $5 (26. g3 Qf6 $1 27.
gxf4 gxf4 28. Rf2 Re8 $1 29. Qxd7 Qg5+ 30. Kf1 Be4 $19) 26... Nf6 27. Qxb7 Rb8
$15) 24... Nf6 (24... f6 $2 25. Qh3 $18) 25. Qxf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Rd8 (26... Ke8
$6 27. Bf5 $14 {|^}) 27. Raf1 (27. Bf5 b4 $11 {now already gives Black
sufficient <=>.}) 27... Rxd6 28. Rxf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxf7+ Ke8 30. Rxb7 Rxe6 31.
axb5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Re5 33. Kf2 $11 {/+/= White has a slightly better R _|_,
but the most probable result is a draw. I can only speculate if Aronian wanted
to avoid this endgame, or what he overlooked in the final pahse of the game...}
) 24. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Rf1 $1 {[%mdl 64] The combination requires accuracy.} (
25. Qg6+ $2 Kh8 26. Qxf7 Qf6 $1 {/\} 27. Qxd7 Rf8 $19) 25... Nf8 (25... Ne5 26.
Rxf7 Nxf7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qh5+ $1 Kg7 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 (29... Kh6 30. Bf5 Qg8 31.
Qf6+ Kh5 32. g4+ Kh4 33. Qh6#) 30. Bf5 Qg8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qxg5+ Kh8 (32...
Kf7 33. Qe7#) 33. Qh6+ $18) (25... Nf6 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Qxf7 Qf8 28. Qxb7 Rd8
29. Qe7 $1 $18 {wins at least a piece.}) 26. Qf5 $1 {The decisive blow.} (26.
Rxf7 $2 Qxd6 $19) (26. Bxf7+ $6 Kh8 27. Qd1 Kg7 $13) 26... Nxe6 (26... Qd7 27.
Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxg5 $18) (26... Kh8 27. Qxf7 Nh7 (27... Nxe6 28. Rf6 {-26...Ne6}
) 28. Qxb7 $18) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rf6 Qxf6 (28... Qf8 29. Qxe6 $18) 29. Qxf6+
Ng7 30. d7 $18 {This P will cost Black a whole R, the rest is just agony.} b4
31. cxb4 cxb4 32. d8=Q+ Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qb6 Be4 35. Qxb4 Bd3 36. Qa5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Marin} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 (5... dxc4 6. e4 b5 7.
e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 {leads to the notorious Botvinnik line. It still hasn't been
refuted, but Kasparov has always (and mostly successfully) upheld White's
cause and playing such a complex position against him is fraught with danger.
However, even with the text-move Black can't avoid sharp play.}) 6. Bh4 {
An ambitious pawn sacrifice.} ({In the previous decade practice has shown} 6.
Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 $5 $132 {is satisfactory for Black.}
) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 $32 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Re8] ©[+],Чў White
has a strong pawn centre and Black has problems finding a safe place for his
king.} Bb7 {In the last 2-3 years this has become the main line.} (9... Nbd7
$143 10. d5 $1 $40) 10. h4 g4 ({The alternative} 10... b4 {is risky due to} 11.
hxg5 $1 bxc3 12. bxc3 $1 Nxe4 13. Be5 Nxc3 (13... Rh7 14. Qb1 Qa5 15. Nd2 $3
$18) 14. Qc2 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 c5 $5 16. Bxh8 hxg5 $13 {/+/= Black's K is still
more vulnerable, than White's: until now no one had the courage to test this
position in practice.}) 11. Ne5 h5 ({Black has also played} 11... Rg8 {lately.
This move leaves the h5-square free for the N and prevents a quick opening of
the <->f, as in the game. White can regain the P, but even more interesting is
a further sacrifice} 12. O-O (12. Nxg4 Nxg4 13. Bxg4 Nd7 $13 {[%cal Yd8b6,
Ye8c8] /\Qb6,0-0-0 leads to an unbalanced position; Black can sometimes even
sacrifice an exchange on g3 to break up White's [+].}) 12... Nbd7 13. d5 $5
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15. Bg3 h5 16. Qc2 Qb6 17. a4 a6 18. b3 $1 b4 19. dxe6 fxe6
20. Bxc4 bxc3 21. Bxe6 Rg7 22. Qxc3 Qc5 {1/2,Gomez Esteban,J-Korneev,O/
Elgoibar/2002/} 23. Qb2 $1 $44 {Lutz}) 12. f3 $5 {This natural move is not new,
but until now White has played it only very rarely.} ({The more usual
continuation is} 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 ({Now} 13. f3 $6 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 {can be
effectively parried by} Rg8 $1 15. fxg4 Nxg4 16. Bxg4 hxg4 $5 17. Qe1 g3 18.
Bxg3 Qxd4+ 19. Kh2 b4 20. Rd1 Qg7 $17 {Khenkin,I-Godena,M/Arco/1998/}) 13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 {Here Sakaev's idea} 15. Bg3 {should be met with the
principled} (15. Rad1 O-O $13 {is the main line.}) 15... Qxd4 $1 16. Rfd1 (16.
Rad1 Qb6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 21. Kh2 Kd7 22.
Rfe1 {Wu Shaobin-Al Sayed,M/Doha/2003/} Bd4 $17) 16... Qb6 17. a4 a6 $44 {
/=/+ and White still has to prove he has enough for the pawns.} (17... a5 {
Witt,R-Al Sayed,M/Amsterdam op/2004/} 18. Rd6 $1 b4 19. e5 {/\} bxc3 20. Rxe6+
$1 $40)) 12... Nbd7 (12... gxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 $5 $13 {also deserves attention.
Although sacrifices on f7 are altogether typical for this line, here they
don't seem too convincing:} (13... Bh6 $143 $6 14. O-O Be3+ 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.
Rxf2 Rh7 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 18. Bxh5 b4 19. e5 Nbd7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ne4 {
1-0,Pliasunov,A-Yagupov,I/St. Petersburg/2002/}) (13... c5 $6 14. O-O $1 Qxd4+
15. Qxd4 cxd4 16. Nxb5 Na6 17. Nxc4 Rg8 18. Be5 Nd7 19. Bxd4 Bc6 20. Nxa7 {
1-0,Gormally,D-McDonald,N/Hampstead/1998/}) 14. O-O (14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15. e5 Qc7
$1 16. O-O Ke8 17. Qc2 Kd8 $17) 14... Rg8 $5 15. Nxf7 (15. Bxh5 Rxg3 16. Nxf7
Qb6 $15) 15... Kxf7 16. Bxh5+ Ke7 17. Bf4 Qb6 $13 {/=/+}) 13. fxg4 hxg4 (13...
Nxe5 14. Bxe5 hxg4 15. Bxg4 $1 (15. O-O {-13...hg4 leads to the game position.}
) 15... Rh6 (15... Rg8 16. Bh5 $1 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Rxg2 18. Rf1 Qd7 19. O-O-O $40
{Kobalija This is another line, which shows White doesn't have to hurry with
0-0 on move 12.}) 16. Qf3 $5 (16. h5 Qa5 17. O-O Nd7 18. Bf4 Rh7 19. e5 Qb6 20.
Ne4 Be7 21. a4 a5 22. Kh1 c5 23. dxc5 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qc2 Rg7 26. Bf3
Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Rg4 28. g3 Qd5 29. Raf1 O-O-O $132 {Beliavsky,A-Kobalija,M/FIDE
WCh Tripoli/2004/}) 16... b4 17. Na4 c5 18. Rf1 Bxe4 19. Qf4 $36 {Kobalija})
14. O-O Nxe5 (14... Bh6 $6 {is extremely risky:} 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. e5 Be3+ 17.
Kh2 Bg5 (17... Ke8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxg4 Qe7 20. Qf3 Rh6 21. Rae1 c5 22. d5
Bg5 23. Rxe6 Nxg4+ 24. Qxg4 Rxe6 25. dxe6 Bh6 26. Rf7 {1-0,Malinin,Y-Sestjakov,
S/Tula/2001/}) 18. Ne4 $1 Bxh4 19. Bxh4 Rxh4+ 20. Kg3 $1 Rh6 21. Qd2 Rg6 22.
exf6 $40 {/\} Qc7+ 23. Qf4 $16) 15. Bxe5 Nd7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 72] Even Kasparov
can sometimes become a victim of an opening surprise. This attractive tactical
novelty was allegedly prepared by Dreev and his second Filipenko already for
the FIDE WCh 2004 in Tripolis.} (15... Be7 $2 16. Qd2 Rxh4 17. Qf4 Nh7 18.
Qxf7+ Kd7 19. Bg3 Rh6 20. Bf4 Rh4 21. g3 Rh3 22. d5 cxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. exd5
Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. dxe6+ $18 {Nechaev,A-Maksimenko,A/Alushta/
1999/}) ({Black still had could have chosen the less committal and equally
unclear alternative} 15... Rh6 16. Bxg4 (16. Bf4 Rg6 17. Bg5 (17. e5 $5) 17...
Be7 18. e5 Nd5 19. Ne4 Rxg5 $5 (19... Bxg5 $2 20. hxg5 Ne3 21. Qd2 Nxf1 22.
Rxf1 $16) 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. hxg5 Ne3 22. Qd2 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 c5 $132) 16... Nxg4
17. Qxg4 Qxh4 18. Qg8 Qh5 $13 {/\} 19. Bg7 $6 O-O-O $1 20. Bxh6 Bxh6 21. Qg3 b4
$36) 16. Bxh8 Qxh4 {[%cal Rg4g3] /\g3} 17. Bxg4 $8 Qxh8 18. e5 (18. Bh5 $6
O-O-O {[%csl Rd4] ><d4} 19. Bxf7 (19. Rxf7 Ne5 $36) 19... e5 $1 $15) (18. Rf2
Bg7 (18... O-O-O 19. Rxf7 Ne5 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Rxf8 Qxf8 $13) 19. e5 O-O-O $44
) 18... Nxe5 $2 {The critical moment. Black must obviously break up White's [+]
to get sufficient compensation, but this is the wrong way to do it. Dreev
forgot his home analysis (not such a suprising thing with the amount of theory
nowadays!), which went} (18... O-O-O $1 19. Qe2 c5 20. Nxb5 a6 $1 $44 {An
plausible sample line continues} 21. Rxf7 axb5 22. Bxe6 cxd4 23. Bxd7+ Rxd7 24.
Qg4 Bc6 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. e6 d3 $1 27. exd7+ Kd8 28. Qg5+ Be7 29. Qxb5 Qd4+ 30.
Kh1 $11 (30. Kf1 $2 Bc5 31. Qb8+ Kxd7 $19)) 19. dxe5 Bc5+ 20. Rf2 Qxe5 (20...
Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22. Qe2 $16 {is only a better version of the game position.
} (22. Bf3 $5 $36)) 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Bxf2 24. Kxf2 Ke7 25. Ke3
a6 {[%mdl 4096] This _|_ arose practically by force after Black's 18-th move,
although he has 3P for the piece, his P-structure is flawed and it's
impossible to create a phalanx of o^. Kasparov shows good technique, he
gradually blockades and later picks up the <<P.} 26. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rb5,
Rc4,Rc6] Exchanges the R before Dreev activates it.} (26. Ne4 $143 Rd5 27. Rd1
Re5 $1 $132) 26... Rxd1 27. Bxd1 f5 28. g4 $1 {Kasparov removes all the
redundant material.} fxg4 29. Bxg4 Kd6 {Now Black's B will remain trapped, but
no better was} (29... c5 30. Ne4 Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Kd6 32. Bh5 $22 $18 {and the P
will soon start falling.}) 30. Ne4+ Kd5 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Bh5 a5 33. Bf3 e5 34.
Ng5+ Kc5 35. Ne4+ Kd5 36. a3 Ba6 37. Bh5 Bc8 38. Bf3 $138 Ba6 39. Ng5+ Kc5 40.
Be2 (40. Nf7 {Marin} c3 41. bxc3 (41. b3 $142) 41... Kc4 42. Kd2 Kb3 43. Nxe5
Kxa3 44. Nxc6 b4 {Shipov}) 40... Bc8 (40... b4 {Marin} 41. a4 {Shipov}) 41. Nf7
$2 {Although the time-control is over, Kasparov doesn't choose the right way
to cash in.} (41. Ke4 $1 $16 {/+-}) 41... b4 (41... c3 42. bxc3 b4 43. Nxe5
bxa3 44. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4a2,Ye5f3,Yf3d4,Yd4c2] /\Ba2,Nf3-d4-c2+-}) (41... Kd5 {
Marin} 42. Bf3+ Ke6 43. Nd8+ {Shipov}) 42. Nxe5 Be6 43. a4 {Marin: 'A rather
unusual position. From a formal point of view, White's position looks to be
easily winning, since Black has only two doubled pawns for the knight. However,
Black's advantage of space and his active king offer him strong compensation
for the material defficit. The position is not easy to asses. Using the
Bronstein system, we would be tempted to say that Black's chances to draw are
not worse than White's chances to win. I have tried to give a detailed
analysis of the crucial moment, but even so, I am not sure I have exhausted
the subject. The position is too complex for that.' Marin: 'Eine recht
ungewöhnliche Position. Formal gesehen scheint die weiße Stellung leicht
gewonnen zu sein, da Schwarz nur zwei Doppelbauern für den Springer hat. Doch
sein Raumvorteil und sein aktiver König bieten ihm starke Kompensation für das
Materialdefizit. Die Stellung ist nicht leicht einzuschätzen. Gemäß dem
Bronstein-System wären wir geneigt zu sagen, das die schwarzen Remischancen
nicht schlechter sind als die weißen Gewinnchancen. Ich habe versucht, eine
detailliert Analyse des kritischen Moments zu geben, aber selbst dabei bin ich
nicht sicher, dass ich das Thema erschöpft habe. Dazu ist die Stellung zu
komplex.'} c3 $2 {'?!' Marin. Marin: 'It is clear that at some moment Black
will be forced to start his counterplay, but choosing the right moment is not
easy. Dreev's move will considerably simplify Kasparov's technical task.'
Marin: 'Es ist klar, dass zu irgendeinem Zeitpunkt Schwarz gezwungen sein wird,
sein Gegenspiel einzuleiten, aber den richtigen Moment dafür zu wählen, ist
nicht einfach. Dreevs Zug wird die technische Aufgabe Kasparovs beträchtlich
erleichtern.'} ({Marin: However, much better chances for resistance would have
been offered by Marin: Viel bessere Chancen auf Widerstand hätte stattdessen} 
43... Bd5 $142 {'!' Marin. Kasparov gave the following line: Marin: 'as
suggested by Shipov. As far as I understand, the idea is to preventively
defend the c6-pawn, in order to threaten b4, followed by Kb4 and/or eventually
c3.' Marin: 'geboten, wie von Shipov vorgeschlagen. So weit ich verstehe, ist
die Idee, den Bauern c6 vorbeugend zu decken, um b4 zu drohen, gefolgt von Kb4
und/oder eventuell c3.'} {Marin: Shipov only analyses Marin: Shipov analysiert
nur} 44. Nd7+ ({I believe that Meines Erachtens würde} 44. Bd1 {Marin would
offer better chances for success. bessere Erfolgschancen bieten.} b3 (44... Bg2
$2 {reveals White's main idea after enthüllt die Hauptidee des Weißen nach} 45.
b3 $1 {stabilising the queenside to White's favour. wonach der Damenflügel zu
seinen Gunsten stabilisiert wird.}) (44... Kd6 45. Ng4 Kc5 46. Nf2 b3 47. Be2
c3 48. bxc3 b2 {would be a modification of the main line (B4a, 45.Be2) with
the difference that after wäre eine Modifikation des Hauptabspiels (B4a, 45.
Be2), mit dem Unterschied, dass nach} 49. Bd3 Ba2 {White disposes over Weiß}
50. Ne4+ Kd5 51. Nd2 $18 {hat.}) ({The other possible waiting move with the
bishop would have been Der andere mögliche Wartezug mit dem Läufer wäre} 44...
Be6 45. Bc2 b3 {Black clears the b4-square for his king. Schwarz räumt das
Feld b4 für seinen König.} ({After Nach} 45... Bd5 46. Nd7+ Kd6 47. Nf6 Kc5 {
White can improve over the ending resulting from Shipov's main line with
bekommt Weiß eine verbesserte Version des nach Shipovs Hauptabspiel
entstehenden Endspiels mit} 48. Ne4+ Bxe4 49. Bxe4 $18) 46. Bg6 {White aims to
put his opponent in zugzwang. In doing so, he should keep his bishop available
to stop the b-pawn in case of an eventual ...c3. Weiß will seinen Gegner in
Zugwzang bringen. Dabei sollte sein Läufer immer den b-Bauern im Auge behalten
für den Fall eines eventuellen ...c3.} Bd5 47. Bf5 (47. Kd2 Kb4 $11) 47... Bg2
{Black continues to play a waiting game. In doing so, it is important to
maintain the c6-pawn defended. Schwarz verhält sich weiter abwartend. Dabei
ist es wichtig, dass der Bauer c6 gedeckt bleibt.} (47... Kb4 48. Kd4 c3 49.
Nd3+ Kxa4 50. Kxc3 $18) (47... Bg8 48. Kd2 $18 {קc6}) 48. Bg4 Bd5 (48... Kb4 {
is premature: ist verfrüht:} 49. Kd4 $1 c5+ $8 {[%cal Re8a4,Ra4e8]} 50. Ke3 {
and White has every reason to hope for a win since und Weiß hat berechtigte
Siegeshoffnungen, denn} c3 $6 {loses immediately to verliert sofort wegen} 51.
Nd3+ Kc4 52. Be6+ Bd5 53. Ne5+ {bzw. 51...Kxa4 52.Bd7#}) 49. Bh5 Bg2 {and now
that the c4-pawn is vulnerable, it seems that it is the best moment to take
the other double pawn under observation with und jetzt, wo der Bauer c4
anfällig ist, scheint der geeignete Augenblick zu sein, den andern Bauern
unter Beobachtung zu nehmen, also} 50. Be8 {when after , und nach} Bd5 51. Kd2
$18 {besetzt Weiß entweder das kritische Feld c3 oder er gewinnt den
Schlüsselbauern c6. Marin: 'and because of the hanging c6-pawn Black cannot
prevent Kc3.' Marin: 'besetzt Weiß entweder das kritische Feld c3 oder er
gewinnt den Schlüsselbauern c6.' Marin: ', denn aufgrund des hängenden Bauern
c6 kann Schwarz Kc3 nicht verhindern.'}) 45. Bh5 {is more subtle. ist subtiler.
} (45. Be2 $6 {allows Black save the game with erlaubt Schwarz, die Partie zu
retten:} c3 $1 (45... Kb4 $2 46. Kd4 c3 47. Nd3+ $18) 46. bxc3 b2 47. Nd3+ (47.
Bd3 Ba2 $11) 47... Kc4 48. Nxb2+ Kxc3 49. Nd3 Bc4 $11) 45... Kd6 {Still
preparing his counterplay. Bereitet sein Gegenspiel noch weiter vor.} ({
After Nach} 45... c3 46. bxc3 b2 47. Bg6 Ba2 {the d3-square is available and
White wins with steht das Feld d3 zur Verfügung, und Weiß gewinnt mit} 48. Nd3+
Kc4 49. Bf7+ $18) (45... Bg2 46. Be8 Bd5 47. Kd2 $18 {and because of the
hanging c6-pawn Black cannot prevent Kc3. , denn aufgrund des hängenden Bauern
c6 kann Schwarz Kc3 nicht verhindern.}) 46. Nf3 Kc5 47. Nd2 $1 {The knight is
heading for c3, keeping the c4-pawn under observation at the same time. der
Springer strebt nach c3 und hält gleichzeitig den Bauern c4 unter Beschuss.}
Kb4 48. Kd4 c3 (48... Kxa4 49. Nxc4 $18) (48... Bg2 {indirectly defends the
c4-pawn, but verteidigt indirekt den Bauern c4, aber nach} 49. Nb1 c5+ 50. Ke5
Kxa4 51. Be8+ Kb4 52. Nc3 {leaves White in control of the position, with a
probable win. hat Weiß die Stellung fest unter Kontrolle, mit wahrscheinlichem
Gewinn.}) 49. bxc3+ Ka3 (49... Kxa4 {is even worse because of ist sogar noch
schlechter wegen} 50. c4 Bg2 51. Kc3 $18 {winning the b3-pawn. mit Gewinn des
Bauern b3.}) 50. c4 Be6 51. Kc3 b2 52. Bg6 {and after having stopped the pawn,
White should win. , und nachdem er den Bauern aufgehalten hat, sollte Weiß
siegen.}) 44... Kd6 45. Nf6 Kc5 {Marin: 'when the natural' Marin: ', wonach
das natürliche'} 46. Ne4+ {Marin: 'aiming to drive the enemy king back fails
to' Marin: 'mit dem Ziel, den feindlichen König zurückzutreiben, scheitert,
und zwar wegen'} Bxe4 47. Kxe4 {Marin: 'Fritz' analytical powers are well
illustrated by the fact that he already considers the position as drawn. In
fact, Shipov simply follows the computer's steps.' Marin: 'Die Analysekraft
von Fritz wird veranschaulicht durch die Tatsache, dass er die Stellung
bereits für Remis hält. Tatsächlich folgt Shipov einfach den Schritten des
Computers.'} b3 48. Ke3 Kb4 49. Kd2 c3+ {'!' Marin.} 50. bxc3+ Kxa4 51. Kc1 Ka3
52. Kb1 a4 53. Bd3 c5 54. Bc4 b2 55. Bg8 (55. Kc2 {Marin} b1=Q+ 56. Kxb1 $11)
55... c4 56. Bxc4 $11 {Marin: 'Fritz/Shipov'}) (43... b3 $2 {Marin would be
even worse because after wäre sogar noch schlechter, da nach} 44. Kd2 $18 {
Black cannot prevent the white king from occupying the c3-square because the
c6-pawn would be hanging. Schwarz den weißen König nicht daran hindern kann,
das Feld c3 zu besetzen, weil dann der Bauer c6 hängen würde.}) 44. Nd3+ {
Marin: 'An important intermediate check.' Marin: 'Ein wichtiges Zwischenschach.
'} ({Dreev might have counted on Vielleicht rechnete Dreev mit} 44. bxc3 {Marin
} Bb3 45. Nd3+ Kc4 46. cxb4 Bxa4 $11) 44... Kb6 (44... Kc4 45. Nc1+ $1 (45.
Nf4+ $2 {Marin} Kb3 46. Nxe6 Kxb2 $11 {Fritz/Shipov}) 45... Kc5 46. bxc3 bxc3
47. Nd3+ {'+-' Marin. Marin: 'Fritz/Shipov'} Kb6 (47... Kc4 48. Nf4+ Kb3 49.
Nxe6 $18) 48. Kd4 Bb3 49. Nc5 Bd5 (49... Bc2 50. Bg4 Bg6 51. Nd7+ $18) 50. Bd3
Bf3 51. Bc2 $18) 45. bxc3 Bb3 46. c4 $1 {The last finesse, White keeps one P
alive to win the game.} Bxa4 (46... Bxc4 47. Kd4 Bb3 48. Nc5 $18) 47. Kd4 Bc2
48. c5+ Kc7 49. Bf3 {[%csl Ra5,Rb4,Rc6] ק Black's P are going nowhere. Marin:
'After having stabilised the position, White's win is a matter of time.' Marin:
'Nachdem er die Stellung stabilisiert hat, ist der Gewinn des Weißen eine
Frage der Zeit.'} Bb3 50. Be4 Ba4 51. Kc4 Bc2 52. Bf3 Ba4 53. Ne5 Kb7 54. Be4
Kc7 55. Nf3 Bd1 56. Nd4 Ba4 57. Bc2 Bxc2 58. Nxc2 Kd8 59. Nd4 {[%cal Rc4b3,
Rb3a4] /\Kb3-a4} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 {[%mdl 512] It's back to Sakaev's double-edged P sacrifice.} ({After} 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2
Nh3+ $11 {is a well-known draw.}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 {Grischuk was obviously not
sure, how to cope with the stunning new Anand/Nielsen idea} c5 $1 (17... Qb6
$132 {is the older continuation.}) 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. Kh1 a6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Nd5
$6 exd5 22. exd5 Be5 $1 23. f4 Bg7 24. dxc6 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27.
Rxh5 f5 28. Kh2 Rac8 $17 {[%csl Re2,Rh5] צh5,Be2,Aronian,L (2750)-Anand,V 
(2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) ({A rare, but plausible option is} 15. b3 cxb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Rad1 ({Even now the idea} 17. Bg3 $5 {deserves attention:}
Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $13 {Contrary to the game, Black has
already committed his K to the >> and Ng5 becomes an option.}) 17... Nh7 (17...
Qe7 18. Bg3 $44) (17... Ne8 $142 $5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. g3 e5 $13) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. g3 Rc8 (19... e5 $5) 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. fxg4 Qc7 23. Kh2 fxg4 24.
Ne4 Rce8 25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Nc5 $16 {Goldin,A (2566)-Novikov,I (2591)/New York/
2000/}) 15... Qxd4 {The most principled reaction.} (15... O-O 16. e5 Nh7 (16...
Nd7 17. Ne4 $44 {|^}) 17. Rad1 {transposes into a position, which is rather
promising for White:} f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. b3 $5 (19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21.
fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 27. gxf3
gxf3 28. Kh2 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Akopian,V (2660)/Dortmund/2000/} Bh6 $1 29. Qe5
Bg7 $11 {Kramnik}) 19... cxb3 20. axb3 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nc5 $44 {Van Wely,
L (2617)-Dreev,A (2682)/Dordrecht 5'/2004/}) 16. Rfd1 {As already emphasized
by Lutz in his notes to earlier games, it's better to attack the Q with this R.
White's chances on the <->f, connected with f3 are unrealistic, while now the
Ra1 supports the a4 advance.} (16. Rad1 $143 Qb6 (16... Qc5 {is perhaps also
possible:} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. Qe4 Rf8 22. f3 (
22. Nxb7 $5 Qxb7 23. f3 $132 {Lutz}) 22... Ba8 23. fxg4 Qe3 24. Rf3 Qxe4 25.
Nxe4 hxg4 26. Ra3 b4 27. Rxa7 Ne3 $36 {Wendt,J (2289)-Van Wely,L (2687)/
Minneapolis/2005/}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 21. Kh2
Kd7 22. Rfe1 {Wu Shaobin (2545)-Al Sayed,M (2431)/Doha/2003/} Bd4 $17 {Black's
forces are beautifuly centralized and coordinated, White can hope only for
tactical tricks.}) 16... Qc5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but afterwards Svidler
confessed he didn't analyse it deeply enough.} ({It remains an open question,
what exactly was on Grischuk's mind after the more logical} 16... Qb6 17. a4 a6
$5 (17... a5 $6 18. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5] /\Nb5} (18. Qc1 $2 b4 19. e5 Bh6 20.
Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qf6 Rg8 $19 {Johannessen,L (2543)
-Matthiesen,A (2356)/Saint Vincent/2005/}) 18... b4 19. e5 Nd5 (19... bxc3 $2
20. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. exf6 Bh6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Bxc4 $18) 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Rd1 Qc7 (21... Qc5 22. e6 $40) 22. Bxc4 $1 Qe7 23. R1xd5 $1 b3 24. Qc3
cxd5 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Qc7 $16 {Sirota,A (2548)-Valentine,S (2460)/
IECG email/2003/}) 18. Qd2 Rh6 $1 (18... Bh6 19. Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4
Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23. Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7
28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5 $44 {|^,Khalifman,A (2658)-Kobalia,M (2644)/Sochi/2005/})
19. Qf4 Rg6 20. Qe5 $6 (20. Bf1 $5 {Kobalia}) 20... Bf8 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rad1
Qc5 23. Rd8+ (23. Qf4 b4 $17) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qb8+
Ke7 27. Bc7 e5 28. Qxb7 Nd7 $19 {Bocharov,D (2574)-Kobalia,M (2614)/Abu Dhabi/
2005/}) 17. Bd6 ({Kobalia recommends the simple} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19.
Nd6+ Kf8 $13 {/=/+ , but this has its drawbacks as well.}) ({White doesn't
want to shut out his Bg3, but} 17. Bc7 $6 {runs into} Nd5 $1 18. exd5 cxd5 19.
Bf4 Qc6 $36) 17... Qb6 18. a4 {[%csl Rb6] /\a5,ף White plays the thematic
move after all.} (18. Qc1 Nd7 $15 (18... Bh6 19. Bf4 Ng8 $5 $13)) (18. b3 O-O-O
{/\} 19. bxc4 Rxd6 $1 20. Rxd6 g3 $36) 18... a6 $5 (18... b4 $2 19. a5 $16 {
is out of question.}) ({Black doesn't want his Q to end up locked up on a6 and
} 18... a5 19. e5 Nd5 (19... Nd7 20. Ne4 $36) 20. Ne4 $44 {seems to be a more
shaky alternative.}) 19. e5 {A logical, but also quite committal continuation.
White had other alternatives:} (19. Be5) (19. Qc1 $5 {- this seems more
appropriate, than one move earlier.}) 19... Nd7 20. a5 $5 {Relieves the
tension, but also misplaces Black's Q.} Qa7 (20... Qd8 $143 21. Ne4 $36 Qxh4 $2
22. Bc7 $16) 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5e6] /\Ne6} Nxe5 $1 {A brave decision.
} (22... Bd5 $2 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qf5 $40) ({Black can play also} 22... Rh6 {
, but after} 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Qf4 $44 {his forces are passive and untangling
them remains a problem.}) 23. Bxe5 {White is 3 P down, so he seeks a concrete
solution.} (23. Ra3 Rd8 (23... O-O-O 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxf7 Bd4 26. Nxd8 Rxd8
27. Qg6 Bd5 $13) 24. Re3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd5 $15 {/~~}) 23... Bxe5 24. Bxc4 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Grischuk activates another attacking piece and initiates further
wild tactical complications.} ({Too optimistic is} 24. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 25. Rd7+
Kf6 26. Qd2 Rag8 $19 {and White has no suitable follow-up.}) 24... bxc4 (24...
Rh6 $2 25. Nxf7 $1 {/\} Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rad1
$1 Rf8 30. Rd8 $18 {This line illustrates the pressure against e6 and f7 is
very serious, so Svidler decides to liquidate the attacking B, which in turn
amounts to Q sacrifice.}) ({However, the greedy} 24... Bc8 $5 25. Bd5 Rb8 $13 {
deserves attention. Although with the K in the [+] Black's position hangs on a
thin thread, White still lacks anything more concrete.} (25... exd5 $2 26. Rxd5
$40)) 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Bd5 $8 ({Practically forced, as giving up the Pf7
is extremely dangerous:} 26... Kg8 $6 27. Nxf7 $40 {/\} Bd4 28. Nd8 Bd5 (28...
Qb8 29. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Nxe6 $18) 29.
Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxe6 $16) 27. Rd1 $1 {White can continue improving his position
before he cashes in.} Bd4 (27... Qb8 $2 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rxd5 $1 Rh6 (29...
exd5 30. Qc6 Bd6 31. Rg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf6#)
30. Qd7 $5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Kh8 32. Rb7 $18) 28. Rxa7 {This simple solution is
easy to understand - Grischuk was (as usual) already running short of time.} (
28. b3 $5 {is an interesting attempt to avoid the game continuation. After the
game at the press-conference Svidler said this is what he was more afraid of,
but here Black can already retain his Q and the position remains very murky:}
Qb8 (28... g3 $2 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. bxc4 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 $1 {/\} (
32. Kxf2 $16) 32... Ba8 33. Qa3+ Re7 34. Qd6 Rh6 35. Qb8+ Re8 36. Qa7 $1 Rf6
37. Nh7+ $18) 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. bxc4 (30. Qd7 Qe8 $17 {leads nowhere.}) 30...
g3 (30... Rh7 31. Nxh7 $1 (31. Rxh7 Qg3 32. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 $11) 31... Kxf7 32.
cxd5 $36) 31. cxd5 gxf2+ 32. Rxf2 (32. Kh1 Qe5 33. Qc6 Qxd5 (33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2
Rd8 $5 35. Rxd4 $5 cxd4 36. Qc7 f1=N+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1 38. Qxd8+ Qf8 39. Qc7 exd5
40. Qe5 Rh6 $11) 34. Qc7 Qe5 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxf2 Rh6 $11 {In this _|_ Black
manages to coordinate his forces and he is out of danger.}) 32... Bxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Qb4 $5 {and with both K weak a draw seems to be the most probable result.
A plausible line is} 34. Qc6 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg6 38.
Ne6 Rf6 39. Rd3 Qf2+ 40. Kh2 Rg8 $1 41. Rg3+ Kh6 42. Rxg8 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ $11
) 28... Rxa7 29. b3 Kg7 (29... cxb3 $6 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rb7 $1 (31... f6
32. Nxe6+ Bxe6 33. Qxa7 $16) 32. Qxh8+ Ke7 33. Qb2 f6 34. Qa3+ (34. Nh7 e5 $44)
34... Kd7 35. Qa4+ Bc6 36. Qd4+ Bd5 37. Ne4 b2 38. Nd2 b1=Q+ 39. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 40.
Kh2 $16 {Here White's winning chances are very realistic.}) 30. bxc4 Ba8 {
[%csl Ga8,Gd4,Rg7] Black has sufficient material compensation for the Q and if
he manages to consolidate his position, with his active ^^ he can have
ambitions. However, this is not easy - his K is permanently vulnerable.} 31.
Qc2 {White chooses the direct method to reactivate his Q, but Black has enough
<=> and the game heads towards a draw. Less forcing continuations are unclear:}
(31. Qb3 Rd7 32. Kh1 $13 (32. Qg3 Re8 {[%cal Yf7f6] /\f6=/+})) (31. Kf1 Rb7 (
31... Rh6 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. c5 $36) 32. f3 $5 $13) 31... g3 (31... Rd7 32. Kf1
$14 {/\Rb1}) 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe2 gxf2+ (33... Re7 34. Qe5+ (34. fxg3 e5 $15)
34... f6 35. Nxe6+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 37. Qf5+ (37. Qxh8 $4 Re1#) 37... Kg7
38. Qxg5+ $11) 34. Qxf2 (34. Kxf2 {[%cal Re2e5] /\Qe5} Kf6 35. Nh7+ $1 Kg7 (
35... Rxh7 $2 36. Qd3 $1 $16 {/\Qh7,Qd4 wins one of the R with serious winning
chances.}) 36. Ng5 $11) 34... Rd8 ({A safer choice is} 34... e5 $142 $1 {
which more or less forces White to make a draw:} 35. Qg3 f6 36. Ne6+ (36. Ne4+
Kf7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ (39. Qxe5 Rh7 $1 $15 {coordinates the
R and gives Black some winning chances.}) 39... Kg8 40. Qg6+ $11) 36... Kh6 37.
Qf2 Rf7 38. Ng5 Rff8 39. Ne6 Rf7 $11 (39... Kg6 $44 {is possibly also playable,
but not too rational: with his ע Black anyway can't hope for more than a draw.
})) 35. Qg3 Kf8 36. Qe5 $36 Ke8 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] Handling such positions
faultlessly in time-trouble is practically impossible, this error could have
cost Black dearly...} (36... Rad7 $142 $5 37. Nh7+ (37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qg7 d3 $5
{[%csl Gd3] o^<=>} 39. c5 (39. Qxf7+ Kd6 40. Qf4+ Kc6 $5 41. Qe3 Kb7 42. Nxe6
d2 43. Nxd8+ Rxd8 44. Qe7+ Kc8 45. Qc5+ $11) 39... Rf8 40. Nh7 Rfd8 41. Qg5+
Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxd7+ Rxd7 44. c6 d2 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ $11) 37... Ke7
38. Qc5+ $5 (38. Nf6 d3 $1 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 $44) 38... Rd6 $8 39. Qg5+ Kd7 40. c5
Rc6 41. Nf6+ Kc8 42. Ne4 d3 43. Nd6+ Kc7 $14 {/<=>}) (36... d3 $2 37. Qc5+ Re7
38. Nh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Ng8 $1 $18) 37. Nxe6 $2 $138 {The time-trouble
was mutual and Grischuk returns the favour - this tempting blow only draws.} (
37. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 $8 38. Qg7 $40 {/\} Rf8 39. Nxe6 $18) 37... fxe6 38. Qh8+ Ke7
39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ (40. Qxa7 d3 41. Qxa6 d2 (41... Ke7 $5 $11) 42. Qxe6+ Kf8
43. Qf5+ Ke8 44. Qxh5+ Ke7 $11) 40... Ke7 (40... Kd7 $4 41. Qxd4+ $18) 41. Qg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 {This sharp move is
nowadays the main try. Although White has had some recent success with the
more sedate} (6. Bxf6 {theoretically Black is still doing fine here:} Qxf6 7.
Qb3 (7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 g6 9. e4 dxc4 10. e5 Qe7 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1
Rd8 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rad1 a5 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. Be4 b5 18. h4 Nb6 19. Bb1 c5 $1 20.
Nxb5 Ba6 $132 21. h5 g5 22. Nh2 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 {1/2,Kramnik,V (2769)-Svidler,P 
(2735)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) 7... Nd7 (7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 9. e3 g6 10. Be2
(10. h4 $5 $13 {is a sharper try.}) 10... Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 e5 (12...
Qe7 $142 $5 {[%cal Yf8d8,Ye6e5] /\Rd8,e5<=>}) 13. Ne4 Qe7 (13... Qf5 $5 14. Nd6
Qf6 $14) 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qc5 $1 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 $36 Bg4 18. h3 Rac8
19. Nxb7 Be6 20. b3 Rc2 21. Bf1 Nd5 22. Bc4 Nc3 23. Rd2 Rxd2 24. Nxd2 e4 25.
Kf1 Rb8 26. Nc5 Bxc4+ 27. Nxc4 Rb5 28. Na6 $1 $16 {Carlsen,M (2710)-Onischuk,A
(2650)/Biel/2007/}) 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O exd4 (11... Be7
$142 {-see more details in the notes to the game Mamedyarov-Topalov, Sofia
2007.}) 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rae1+ Kf8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3 $14 a5 $6
17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. R1e3 Bb4 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Rf3 h5 $2 21. c5 $1 Bxc5 22. Bc4 f6
23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 $18 {->,Mamedyarov,S (2757)-Topalov,V (2772)/Sofia/2007/
}) 6... dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O {This simple move is the
latest fashion.} ({After} 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 {the brilliant
game Aronian-Anand, WCh 2007 has shown not only Black's, but also White's >>
can become seriously vulnerable.}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne5 h5 {Another important
crossroads. The main alternative, favoured by Anand, is} (11... Bg7 12. Nxd7
Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 (14. a4 e5 15. Bg4 exd4 16. e5 c5 17. Bf3 Ra7 $2 (17...
Nxe5 $1 18. Bxb7 Qxd6 19. Bxa8 O-O $44 {|^}) 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Ne4 Nxe5 20.
axb5 axb5 21. f4 gxf4 22. Qh5 Rb6 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Rxf4 Rg6 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 26.
Rxf7 Bxe5 27. Rb7+ Kf8 28. Ra8+ {1-0,Iljin,A (2538)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2602)/
EU-ch Dresden/2007/ For more details about this line see the notes to this
game.}) 14... Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. b3 $5 $146 (17. Ne4 O-O-O 18.
Nd6+ Kb8 19. b3 $5 (19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 21. Qh5 Rxd4 22. Bxe6 c5 $36 {
Radjabov,T (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Mainz rpd m/2006/}) 19... f6 $6 (19... c3 $5
$13) 20. bxc4 fxe5 21. a4 (21. c5 $1 $16) 21... exd4 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nxb7
Kxb7 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bf3+ $44 {Ernst,S (2504)-Van Wely,L (2675)/NED-chT/2006/
}) 17... O-O-O (17... c5 $5 18. d5 O-O-O $132 {possibly deserves a closer look.
}) 18. bxc4 Nxe5 (18... c5 $2 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qc2 $40 {[%csl Rc8] עc8}) 19.
c5 Qa5 20. Ne4 Qb4 $1 21. Nd6+ Rxd6 22. cxd6 Nd7 {Although the position looks
quite promising for White, Anand was still playing very fast...} 23. a4 Qxd6
24. Bf3 Nb6 25. axb5 cxb5 26. Bxb7+ Kxb7 27. Qh5 Nd5 28. Qxh6 Nf4 29. Kh1 Qd5
30. f3 Rd8 $44 31. Qg7 Rd7 32. Qf8 Ne2 33. Rfe1 Nxd4 34. Red1 e5 35. Rac1 Qd6
36. Qg8 f6 37. Rc8 a5 38. h3 a4 39. Qe8 Kb6 40. Rb8+ Ka5 41. Ra8+ {1/2,Kramnik,
V (2769)-Anand,V (2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/ A very complex game, the whole
line will undoubtedly develop in the near future.}) 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Kramnik doesn't hurry to centralize his B and comes up with an
interesting novelty.} ({Previously White played} 13. Be5 Rh6 14. Qc1 {but the
most recent games have show Black can profit from the exposed Be5 with} Ng4 $1
15. Bxg4 hxg4 16. Qxg5 Rg6 17. Qe3 f6 18. Bg3 Kf7 $5 ({Risky, but also
interesting is} 18... Bh6 19. Qe2 Qxd4 $5 20. Rfd1 Qc5 21. e5 (21. a4 $5) 21...
f5 22. Bh4 Bf4 23. Bf6 Rxf6 24. exf6 Qe5 25. Re1 Qxe2 26. Nxe2 Bd2 27. Red1 Rd8
28. a4 {Korobov,A (2530)-Zubov,A (2552)/Odessa/2007/} a5 $1 $15) 19. Rad1 Rd8
20. a3 a5 21. Qe1 $6 (21. Rfe1 $13) 21... Ba6 $1 22. Ne2 b4 23. Nf4 Rg5 24.
axb4 axb4 25. e5 c3 26. d5 cxd5 27. Rxd5 {Mekhitarian,K (2420)-Ehlvest,J (2629)
/Panamerican Cali/2007/} Qc8 $1 $17) 13... Rg8 (13... b4 $6 14. Be5 Rh6 15. Na4
Nxe4 16. Rd1 $44 {/\Nc5 Black should always be extremely cautious about
breaking up his mighty << pawn-chain.}) ({A possible alternative is} 13... Be7
14. Rd1 $13) ({Not quite clear, but decidedly risky is} 13... Qxd4 $6 14. Qxg5
Nd7 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Bf3 $36) 15. Rfd1
Qf6 16. Qd2 O-O-O 17. e5 $44 {In this line, contrary to the positions after 10.
h4 g4, White's B has access to f3 and can become a powerful atttacking piece.})
14. Rd1 Bb4 {This was possibly an unexpected reaction, as now Kramnik started
spending more time as well.} (14... O-O-O 15. a4 $44 {/\} b4 16. Nb5 $5 cxb5
17. axb5 Bd6 (17... Qxb5 $2 18. Bxc4 Qc6 19. Bb5 $18) (17... c3 18. bxc3 b3 19.
Rxa7 $40) 18. Qxc4+ Qc7 19. Bxd6 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxd6 21. e5 $14) 15. Qe3 $1 {
White already seriously prepares d5.} (15. Be5 Ng4 $13) 15... Qe7 16. h3 {
A modest move.} (16. e5 $5 Nd5 (16... Ng4 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. Ne4 $40) (16... Nd7
17. Ne4 h4 18. a3 $1 $16) 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxh5 Ba5 $14 {[%cal Ya5b6,Yb5b4] /
<=>,/\b4,Bb6}) 16... h4 17. Bh2 {Kramnik quite stubbornly doesn't want to go
to e5 with his B, although here} (17. Be5 $5 $44 {deserved serious attention.})
17... Bxc3 {Exchanging the B is committal, but consistent.} (17... O-O-O 18. a4
$40) (17... g4 18. e5 g3 19. fxg3 hxg3 20. Bxg3 $14) 18. bxc3 g4 19. Kh1 {
This isn't ideal, White will have to take on g4 anyway and he could have done
so immediately:} (19. Bxg4 $142 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Rxg4 21. f3 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Gh2]
^-|^}) (19. Kf1 {is an interesting suggestion by Shipov, here the K can be
safer, than in the corner.}) 19... c5 $5 (19... gxh3 20. gxh3 c5 21. Bf3 $44 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Yd1g1,Gg1g8] [+],/\Rg1,<->g}) 20. hxg4 (20. Bxg4 Bxe4 $5 (
20... Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rxg4 22. f3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rg8 24. a4 $44) 21. dxc5 Nxg4 22.
hxg4 Bd5 $15) 20... cxd4 (20... Nxe4 21. dxc5 h3 (21... Qxc5 $2 22. Rd4 $16)
22. f3 hxg2+ 23. Kg1 Ng5 24. Rd6 Bd5 $13) 21. Rxd4 (21. Qxd4 $5 Nxe4 {/\h3|^}
22. Kg1 $13) 21... e5 $1 {This important intermediate move limits Whte's B.}
22. Rdd1 (22. Rd2 $5 Nxe4 23. Rb2 Qg5 $5 24. Qxg5 Rxg5 25. Rxb5 Bc6 26. Rxe5+
Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Nxf2+ 28. Kh2 Nd3 $11) 22... Nxg4 (22... Nxe4 23. Bf3 Qc5 24.
Bxe4 $1 Qxe3 25. Bxb7 $14) 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg6 25. a4 a5 $6 {Gelfand
wants to keep the <->a closed at any cost, but although} (25... a6 26. axb5
axb5 27. Ra7 {looks dangerous, after} Kf8 $11 {White still has nothing
concrete.}) 26. axb5 a4 27. Qe2 Qc5 28. Rab1 ({White should have kept an eye
on the Pa4 with} 28. Rdb1 $1 $14) 28... Rd6 (28... a3 $142 29. Bg1 Qc7 (29...
Qe7 30. Qxc4 h3 31. g4 $14) 30. Rb4 h3 $5 $132) 29. Rxd6 Qxd6 30. Qxc4 a3 31.
Ra1 h3 $1 {[%mdl 256] Active defence by Gelfand, he seeks <=> on both sides of
the board.} (31... Rc8 32. Qb4 $14) 32. Qe2 (32. g4 $6 {worked earlier, but
now runs into} Rc8 $5 $36 (32... Qd2 $15)) (32. gxh3 Rc8 {is similar.}) 32...
hxg2+ 33. Qxg2 O-O-O $1 $132 {After the game Kramnik said he simply didn't
realize Black could still castle! Now both K are vulnerable and the extra P is
of little consquence.} 34. Qa2 {White goes for drawish simplification.} (34.
Qg7 f6 $44) ({More ambitious is} 34. c4 $5 {when Black should probably again
prefer the modest} f6 $13 {/+/=} (34... f5 $143 35. Qh3 Rf8 36. c5 $1 Qd4 (
36... Qxc5 $2 37. Qh6 $1 f4 (37... Kb8 38. Bxe5+) 38. Bg1 $18 {and suddenly
White has a decisive ->.}) 37. Rf1 $5 (37. Rxa3 $14) 37... a2 (37... Qc4 38. c6
Ba8 39. exf5) 38. Qh6 Re8 39. Qg6 $36)) 34... f5 35. Qxa3 fxe4 $138 ({Gelfand
spent the last remanants of his time considering} 35... Qd3 {, but this
doesn't give Black anything tangible:} 36. Qc5+ (36. c4 $5 fxe4 37. Bxe5 $11)
36... Kd7 37. Qf2 fxe4 38. Bxe5 Qxf3+ (38... e3 39. Qg2 $14) 39. Qxf3 exf3 40.
Kh2 $11) 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. fxe4 (37. Bxe5 Rd2 (37... Rd5 $11) 38. fxe4 Bxe4+
39. Kg1 Rd5 $11) 37... Bxe4+ 38. Kg1 Bd3 39. Bxe5 (39. c4 Bxc4 40. Rc1 Rd4 41.
Bxe5 Re4 $11) 39... Rg6+ 40. Kf2 Bxb5 $11 {The time-control being over,
Kramnik didn't want to invest more energy into this drawn _|_.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 3rd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2007.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 (6. Bh4 {is now all
the rage, Topalov himself played it with White. However, Mamedyarov has other
ideas and goes for the possibly not so harmless former main line.}) 6... Qxf6
7. Qb3 $5 (7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 $11 {/~~<=> is less promising,
players like Anand, Kramnik and Dreev have repeatedly proven the soundness of
Black's set-up. The text-move is more ambitious, White aims to play e4 in one
go without allowing the disruptive}) (7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Bb4+ $13) 7... Nd7 {
A typical reaction in the spirit of the whole system, which is also Black's
most usual choice.} (7... g6 8. e4 $14 {|^[+] is not quite ideal.}) ({About a
decade ago the main alternative was} 7... a5 {[%cal Ya5a4] /\a4 Black wants to
counter White's [+] plans by again taking b4 under control and preparing a4 as
well. However, although the whole line still can't be considered refuted
outright, ignoring development can be quite risky.} 8. e4 dxe4 (8... a4 $143 $6
9. Qc2 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb4+ 11. Kd1 Qd8 12. c5 O-O 13. a3 Ba5 14. Qxa4 b5 15. Qc2
$5 (15. cxb6 Bb7 16. Nc5 Bxb6 17. Nxb7 Rxa4 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Kc2 Bxd4 20. Kb3
Ra7 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Kc3 Rf4 23. Rd1 $14 {_|_,Ivanchuk,V (2625)-Ribli,Z (2630)
/Reggio Emilia/1988/}) 15... e5 16. Nd6 exd4 17. Qe4 Be6 18. Bd3 g6 19. Qf4 Kg7
20. Nxd4 Qf6 21. Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. Be4 Ra6 23. Kc2 Rd8 24. Nxe6 Kxe6 25. Bd3 $18 {
Uhlmann,W (2505)-Kuczynski,R (2460)/Dresden/1988/}) 9. Nxe4 Bb4+ 10. Kd1 Qf4
11. Bd3 f5 (11... Be7 12. Ne5 h5 13. g3 Qh6 14. Qb6 $1 $36) 12. Nc3 $5 $146 (
12. Ng3 c5 13. a3 a4 14. Qc2 Ba5 15. d5 (15. Ne2 Qd6 $1 (15... Qg4 $2 16. Ne5
Qxg2 17. Rg1 Qxf2 18. Qxa4+ Nd7 19. b4 $1 cxd4 20. Rxg7 Qf1+ 21. Kc2 Qxa1 22.
Nxd7 b5 23. Qxb5 {1-0,Novikov,I (2580)-Strokov,A (2245)/Alicante/1992/}) 16.
Qxa4+ Bd7 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Nc1 Bc7 20. Nb3 Qe7 $44 {[%cal Ye8c8,
Ye8g8,Re6e4] /\0-0,0-0-0, e5-e4[+],Popov,V (2555)-Lastin,A (2580)/RUS Cup f
Elista/2000/}) 15... O-O 16. Qe2 exd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 (17... Qd6 $5) 18. Qe5 Qxe5
$2 (18... Bc7 $1 $13) 19. Nxe5 f4 20. Ne4 Re8 21. Nc4 b6 22. Kc2 Rf8 23. Rad1
Bf5 24. Ned6 $16 {Ivanisevic,I (2588)-Potkin,V (2557)/playchess.com 5'/2006/})
12... c5 13. d5 O-O 14. a3 a4 $6 (14... Bxc3 15. Qxc3 exd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 $132)
15. Nxa4 Ba5 (15... b5 16. Nb6 $16) 16. Nb6 Ra6 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19.
Kc2 e5 20. b4 e4 21. bxa5 exd3+ 22. Kxd3 Rg6 23. Qe7 Nc6 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. g3 $16
{Ivanisevic,I (2596)-Korneev,O (2638)/Vrsac/2006/}) ({However, Black can also
play} 7... dxc4 8. Qxc4 Nd7 {Black gives up the [+] immediately, but on the
other hand by doing so before e4 limits White's options - he already won't be
able to take on c4 with his B. Actually this is a position of a similar type
to the ones arising after 7.e3. We'll see the main difference here is that
White can still fianchetto his Bf1. In my opinion Black should be able to
gradually equalize in this line.} 9. Rd1 $5 (9. e4 e5 10. O-O-O (10. d5 Nb6 11.
Qb3 Bc5 $132 ({or even} 11... Bg4 {eases Black's task and straightforward
development gives him excellent piece-play.})) 10... Be7 11. Kb1 O-O 12. Be2
exd4 13. Qxd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Nb6 (14... Ne5 $5) 15. f4 Bb4 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. a3
Bxc3 18. Kxc3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Nb3 Na4+ 21. Kc2 Bc8 22. Rd4 Rxd4 23. Nxd4
Nc5 24. Re1 Ne6 $11 {1/2,Alekhine,A-Wurzburger/Paris sim/1931/ is a piece of
chess history.}) (9. g3 e5 10. O-O-O (10. Bg2 exd4 11. Ne4 (11. Nxd4 $142 $5)
11... Qe7 12. Qxd4 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. a3 Qa5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17.
Nxe5 Rd8 18. Kc2 Bd6 19. Nd3 O-O $15 {Kortschnoj,V (2615)-Kramnik,V (2710)/
Monte Carlo rpd/1994/}) 10... Be7 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. h4 exd4 14. Nxd4
Qa5 15. Kb1 Nf6 16. e3 Nd5 17. a3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nf6 {Timman,J 
(2590)-Gelfand,B (2685)/Belgrade/1995/} 20. Nd6 $11) 9... g6 {The above
examples show, that White's last move was prophylaxis against} (9... e5 $2 10.
dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 Bd6 12. Rxd6 $18) (9... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ye7b4] , toying with
the idea Qb4 is a possible alternative.}) 10. g3 (10. e4 e5 11. d5 Nb6 $11 {
seems fully playable for Black even with the extra moves Rd1 and g6 - see
above.}) 10... Bg7 11. Bg2 (11. Bh3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. a3 Re8 15.
b4 a5 16. Nc5 axb4 17. axb4 Ra8 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Rd2 e5 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. dxe5
Bh3 $11 {<=>,Timman,J (2630)-Sokolov,I (2615)/NED-ch Rotterdam/1997/}) 11...
O-O 12. O-O e5 (12... Qe7 13. Ne4 Kh7 $5 {[%cal Yf7f5,Ye6e5] /\f5,e5<=> is a
more patient and possibly plausible alternative.}) 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d5 cxd5 (
14... Nb6 15. d6 $36) 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qc5 Qxc5 17. Nxc5 {Sherbakov,R (2558)
-Shalimov,V (2406)/Saint Petersburg/2000/} e4 $1 18. Nd4 f5 19. b3 {+/
=Sherbakov} Rf7 $5 {/\} 20. Nb5 (20. Nde6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 Re8 $11) 20... a6 21.
Nd6 Rc7 22. b4 a5 $132) 8. e4 dxe4 ({Here already} 8... dxc4 $143 9. Bxc4 {
is inconsistent. To realize the liberating e5 advance, Black must weaken his
<< and this gives White the initiative after} b5 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 $5 {/\} e5
11. d5) 10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Bd6 14. f4 Qc5+ 15. Kh1
Be6 16. Qd1 Rd8 17. Rc1 (17. e5 $5 Bc7 18. Qe2 $36) 17... Bxf4 $5 18. Rxf4 Qd6
19. Rf3 Bg4 20. Be2 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Qf4 22. Qe1 O-O 23. Rc2 Rd7 24. Qg3 $6 (24.
Ne2 $14) 24... Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rfd8 26. Rc1 Rd2 $44 {Ivkov,B (2510)-Farago,I 
(2500)/EU-chT Moscow/1977/}) 9. Nxe4 Qf4 {Other retreats are more passive.} (
9... Qd8 10. O-O-O $5 (10. Bd3 Qa5+ {-9...Qf5}) 10... Qc7 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3
O-O 13. Rhe1 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4,Ge4][%cal Gd1d8,Ge1e8] ()[+]} c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
cxd5 Bd6 16. Ka1 Rd8 17. Bb1 Nf8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne5 Bd7 20. f4 Rac8 21. g3
b5 22. Qf3 c4 23. Nc6 $1 $36 {Schmidt,W (2446)-Senff,M (2464)/Barlinek/2002/})
(9... Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 Bd6 (11... c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 $32 {|^}) 12.
O-O O-O 13. c5 {[%cal Yb3c4,Yb2b4] /\Qc4,b4+/=()}) 10. Bd3 $32 {White almost
exclusively plays this natural developing move, other tries are less
consistent.} (10. Qe3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 Qxe3+ 12. Kxe3 f5 13. Ned2 c5 14. a3 cxd4+
15. Nxd4 Bc5 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17. Kxd4 Ke7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Kc3 a5 20. c5 axb4+ 21.
axb4 Nf6 22. Bc4 b6 $132 {Dlugy,M (2531)-Kramnik,V (2751)/Internet 5'/1999/})
10... e5 $5 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8] This strategically desirable advance opens the
position for Black's ^^. However, he can profit from this only if he manages
to consolidate his position by finishing his development. This "if" is the big
question, Black's idea is certainly quite risky. A plausible explanation is
that after 0,5/2 in the first rounds, Topalov even with Black felt obliged to
complicate the game and strive for more, than just tedious gradual equality.} (
{Black can't free his position with} 10... Nf6 $143 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (11... gxf6
{is risky:} 12. O-O Rg8 13. Be2 Bd6 14. g3 h5 15. Kh1 Qg4 16. Qe3 Bd7 17. d5
cxd5 18. cxd5 Qf5 19. Rad1 e5 20. Nd2 Be7 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qxd5+ 23. Ne4
Qe5 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Re4 Bc6 26. Bb5 Kf8 27. Bxc6 $16 {Kharlov,A (2614)
-Malakhov,V (2664)/Moscow Aeroflot op/2005/}) 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. c5
Bc7 15. Ne5 {()} b6 $6 {1-0 Czebe,A (2480)-Namyslo,H (2315)/Budapest 2002/CBM
089 ext (23)} 16. Qa4 $1 b5 17. Qc2 $16 {[%csl Rc6] ><c6}) ({The main
alternative is} 10... Be7 11. O-O {but now if Black wants to advance his Pe6,
he should do so immediately. The less committal} O-O ({With} 11... e5 $5 {
we will deal with in the note to Black's 11-th move.}) 12. Rfe1 {already
practically necessitates a change of plan with} c5 $5 (12... e5 $2 {runs into}
13. Ng3 $16 {and passive play with}) (12... Rd8 13. Rad1 Qc7 {gave White a
permanent () and strong pull after} 14. Ng3 Nf8 15. Qc3 a5 16. a3 a4 17. Ne5
Qa5 18. Qc1 Bd7 19. c5 b5 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Qc3 Be8 22. Ne2 Ra6 23. Nc1 Nd7 24.
Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Nd3 Rd8 26. Ne5 $16 {Alekhine,A-Asztalos,L/Kecskemet/1927/}) 13.
d5 exd5 (13... Nb6 14. Rad1 $14) 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd6 17. g3
Qf6 18. Nd2 Bh3 19. Ne4 Qf3 20. Bf1 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxf1 22. Nxd6 Ba6 23. Re7
Rfd8 24. Nxb7 Bxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxd5 $11 {/+/=,Petrosian,T-Szily,J/Budapest/1952/
Black defended well and in the end White didn't manage to increase his slight
edge.}) 11. O-O (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Be7 14. f4 (14. Rae1 O-O
15. Re3 Qa5 16. Bb1 Rd8 17. a3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bf5 19. b4 Qe5 20. Qe2 Qd4 21. Re1
Bf8 22. c5 Bg6 23. h3 b6 $11 {Keres,P-Mikenas,V/URS-ch Tallinn/1965/}) 14...
Qd4+ (14... Qc7 $2 15. f5 $40) 15. Kh1 f5 (15... g6 16. Rad1 O-O 17. Bb1 Qb6
18. Qc3 Bg4 19. c5 Qc7 {Heuer,T (2305)-Simon,R (2245)/Oberliga Nord/1994/} 20.
Rd6 $36) 16. Rae1 O-O 17. Ng3 Bh4 $5 (17... Bc5 18. Re5 g6 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Rd1
b6 21. Bxf5 Qf6 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 {Gavrikov,V (2540)-Liiva,R (2435)/EST-chT/1998/}
23. Qc3 $5 $14 {Gavrikov}) 18. Re5 Bf6 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Rad8 (20... Qxb2
$11) 21. Bb1 Rfe8 $44 {[%cal Yd4f2] /\Qf2,Savchenko,S (2539)-Naumann,A (2480)/
Bad Woerishofen/1999/}) 11... exd4 {Here applies the same that we wrote about
Black's previous move - Topalov plays a very ambitious line.} (11... f5 {
is just as risky, but less in his style - White is now forced to sacrifice a
piece and although the resulting positions are not fully clear, he has a
dangerous long-term initiative and Black must defend with great care:} 12. Ng3
(12. Rfe1 $5 fxe4 13. Rxe4 $13) 12... e4 13. Rfe1 Kd8 $8 (13... Nf6 $2 14. Ne5
$18) 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Qc2 $44 {Kishnev,S (2415)-Simon,
R (2300)/Budapest/1989/}) 14... fxe4 15. Rxe4 Qf7 16. Rae1 $44 {|^}) ({However,
the most solid choice is the developing} 11... Be7 $142 $5 {and it's very
difficult to get any workable edge for White:} 12. Rfe1 exd4 13. Ng3 (13. Nxd4
O-O 14. Bc2 Nf6 ({Equally playable seems} 14... Nc5 15. Qc3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Rd8
17. Ne2 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. c5 b6 20. N2g3 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Nh5 Qg5
23. Re8+ {1/2,Vaassen,J (2036)-Bubir,S (2101)/corr/2001/} Bf8 24. Re5 Qc1+ 25.
Re1 Qg5 $11) 15. Rad1 g6 16. Nxf6+ $6 (16. Qc3 $5 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Qc7 18. Qe3 Bg5
$8 19. f4 Bf6 20. f5 Bg5 21. Qf2 Qb6 $1 $132) 16... Bxf6 17. Re4 Qc7 18. Qe3
Kg7 19. h4 h5 20. Rf4 Re8 $1 21. Qxe8 Qxf4 22. Nf3 Rb8 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4
Bg4 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Bd3 Rd8 $17 {/-+,Euwe,M-Fine,R/AVRO Holland/1938/ Topalov
undoubtedly thought along the lines of this classic game, when he made his
10th, 11th and also some of his following moves - Strategically Black has a
promising position and if White fails to develop his initiative and transform
it into something concrete, he may end up in a disgusting _|_ (as did Euwe).})
13... Nc5 14. Qa3 Qd6 (14... Ne6 $142 $5 15. c5 $44) 15. Bf5 $1 Ne6 16. Qxd6
Bxd6 17. Nxd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Ke7 19. Re4 Kf6 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22.
Rae1 $14 {/=,Timman,J (2620)-Gelfand,B (2700)/Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 12. Nxd4
$146 {[%mdl 8] This natural move is a novelty, but in fact it had already been
recommended by Timman in the notes to Timman-Gelfand above.} (12. Rae1 Be7 13.
Bb1 (13. Nxd4 O-O $11 {/=/+ is pleasant for Black, but}) (13. Ng3 $5 Nc5 14.
Qa3 Ne6 15. c5 O-O 16. b4 $44 {/= is similar to the above note.}) 13... O-O 14.
Ng3 Nc5 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17. Ndf5 {Ivanisevic,I (2588)-Schenk,A (2495)/
FRA-chT Gonfreville/2006/} Bf8 $11 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8] /=/+^^}) 12... Nc5 ({
Black must start getting out his forces, but the natural} 12... Be7 {already
fails to} 13. Nf5 $1 $16) (12... Ne5 13. Bc2 Be7 14. g3 Qg4 15. f4 $32 {->})
13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rae1+ Kf8 {Black will have to move his K and try to castle
artificially.} ({His choice looks logical, but even the provocative} 14... Kd8
$5 {[%cal Yd8c7,Yc8d7,Yh8e8] /\Kc7,Bd7,Rhe8 gives him chances to unravel his
pieces in the future.}) 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Qc3 a5 $6 {Topalov relies on his ^^
and doesn't want to make any positional concessions. This is an even more
risky decision, than on moves 10 and 11.} ({Objectively Black should have gone
for some modest continuation such as} 16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Be6 $14 (17... g6 $2
{[%cal Rf8g7] /\Kg7 runs into} 18. Rd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qe5+ Be6 21.
Bxg6 $1 $16) (17... c5 18. Rd5 Qxc3 19. bxc3 $14 {/+/- costs Black a P.})) ({or
} 16... Bd7 $5 17. b4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Re8 $14 {He can probably neutralize
White's pressure and gradually achieve equality, but this is obviously
something Topalov was not interested in.}) 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. R1e3 Bb4 $6 {
It's easy to criticize this move when we know what happened 3 moves later.
However, Black already has a difficult choice:} (18... Re8 $2 19. Rxe8+ Bxe8
20. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 21. Rf3 $18) ({After the immediate} 18... Qd6 19. Rg3 {
White's initiative remains dangerous:} Bb4 20. Ne6+ $1 Bxe6 21. Qxg7+ Ke7 22.
Rge3 Rag8 23. Rxe6+ Qxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kxe6 25. Qd4 $16) ({Perhaps deserving
attention was} 18... h5 $5 19. Rf3 Qd6 {[%csl Gc5] keeping the B on c5 for the
time being.}) 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Rf3 h5 $6 {[%cal Yh8h6,Yh6f6] This is the last
straw. Black tries to activate his Rh8 via h6, but he won't get enough time to
realize this idea.} (20... Kg8 {gives White a pleasant choice between the
energetic} 21. c5 $5 ({and the simple} 21. a3 Bc5 22. Nb3 $16)) ({However,
more resilient seems to be} 20... Re8 $142 21. Ref4 $5 ({Tempting, but far
from clear is} 21. c5 Bxc5 22. Bc4 Rxe4 23. Rxf7+ (23. Qxe4 $5 f6 24. Nf5 $44)
23... Ke8 24. Qxe4+ Kd8 $132 {/\} 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 $8 26. Qg4+ Kc7 $1 27. Qxg7+
Kb6 28. Qxh8 Bxd4 {/\Bb2=}) (21. Nf5 {is in all probability only a
transposition into 21.Re8}) (21. Rxe8+ Kxe8 (21... Bxe8 $2 22. Nf5 Qd8 (22...
Qc7 23. c5 Qe5 24. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh4g6,Rf3e3] /\Ng6,Re3}) 23. c5 {[%cal
Rf5d6,Rd3c4] /\Nd6,Bc4+-} Qd5 24. Nd6 Qxc5 25. Nxf7 $1 Bxf7 26. Bc4 $18) 22.
Nf5 (22. a3 $5) 22... Bxf5 23. Bxf5 $32 {[%csl Re8,Rh8] -> Black still has
problems with his [+]K and passive Rh8, but he has at least slightly
simplified the position.}) 21... Re1+ 22. Bf1 Kg8 23. a3 $36 {although even
here White has enduring pressure.}) 21. c5 $1 {[%mdl 640] White has activated
his forces and it's time to act. The pawn sacrifice opens new vistas for his
Bd3.} Bxc5 (21... Qxc5 22. Bc4 f6 (22... f5 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 $18) 23. a3
b5 $8 24. Nb3 Qa7 (24... Qg5 25. h4 Qh6 26. Be6 $18) (24... Qd6 25. Bf1 $5 (25.
Rd3 Qc7 26. axb4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 $40) 25... a4 26. Rd3 axb3 27. Qd1 $18) 25. axb4
bxc4 26. Qxc4 $40 {+-}) 22. Bc4 f6 $8 (22... Be8 $2 23. Ne6+ Kg8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5
25. Bxf7+ $18) 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe6 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Gc4,Rc5,Rh8] ->^- The
opposite-coloured B enhance the strength of White's ->, as Black's light
squares are extremely weak. Also Topalov can't solve the problem of his
unconnected R.} Qd7 (24... Qd4 25. Rd3 {/\Rd7+-}) 25. Qf5 (25. Qg6 Qd1+ (25...
Bd4 26. Rd6 $1 $18) 26. Bf1 {[%cal Rf3f6] /\Rff6} Bd4 27. Re2 $1 {/\Rg3,Qe4
and Black is helpless against the decisive invasion via the light squares, for
example} Rh6 28. Qe4 Bc5 29. Rd3 Qa1 30. Qc4 Be7 31. Qe6 Re8 32. Rd8 $1 $18 {
However, the text-move is similar and also strong.}) 25... Qd4 26. Re4 (26. Qg6
{can transpose into 25.Qg6.} {/\} Qxc4 27. Rfxf6+ gxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+
Kf8 30. Qf5+ Kg7 31. Rg6+ Kh7 32. Qxh5#) 26... Qd1+ $8 27. Bf1 Bd6 (27... Bb6
28. Qe6 {[%cal Rf3b3,Re6e7,Rf3g3,Rf3f6] /\Rf6,Qe7,Rg3,Rb3} Rh6 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30.
Rg3 Rh7 31. Rd3 Qc2 32. Rd2 $1 Qxd2 (32... Qc1 33. Qe6+ Kf8 34. Rd7 $18) 33.
Bc4+ Qd5 $8 (33... Kh8 34. Qe8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8#) 34. Qxb7 $18) 28. Rd3 $1 Bxh2+
{Something like the last meal before the execution. The difference in the
scope and activity of the pieces is overwhelmingly in White's favour and he
has a mating ->.} 29. Kxh2 Qxf1 30. Rd7 {[%cal Rf5e6,Rf5g6] /\Qg6,Qe6} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "Vaalerenga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 ({Another main continuation is} 9. e3 g6 10. Ne4 {This year
Levon Aronian has played it twice against Anish Giri.} (10. Be2 Bg7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfd1 Qe7 (12... e5 {Carlsen,M (2710)-Onischuk,A (2650) 1-0 (38) Biel 2007,
annotated by M. Carlsen.}) 13. Ne4 Rd8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nc3 e5 16. d5 e4 17. Nd4
Nb6 (17... Ne5 $1 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Be6 $11) 18. dxc6 Bxd4 19. cxb7 Bxb7
20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. exd4 {Ipatov,A (2625) -Cheparinov,I (2681) Baku 2015 1-0 (65)
. Black has merely some activity for the sacrificed pawn, but not full
compensation.}) 10... Qe7 11. Ne5 Qb4+ (11... Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be2 Kh7 14.
O-O f5 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Rac1 $14 {Sharafiev,A (2418)
-Riazantsev,A (2651) 1/2 (44) Sochi RUS 2016}) 12. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13. Ke2 Be7 14.
f3 (14. f4 b6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Be2 O-O 18. Bf3 c5 19. Ng3 Nxe5 20.
dxe5 Ba6 $11 {Aronian,L (2792)-Giri,A (2798) 1/2 (37) Zurich SUI 2016}) 14...
Rg8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. Nd2 b6 18. Kf2 Bb7 $11 {Aronian,L (2786)-Giri,
A (2793) Moscow RUS 2016 1/2 (42)}) 9... g6 10. a3 (10. g3 Bg7 11. Bg2 (11. Bh3
$5 {Prophylaxis against e5. It seems to me that Black can easily level the
game after} O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Rfe1 Rb8 14. e4 Rd8 $11 {White can't get any
benefits from his pawn centre and good development.} 15. Bg2 (15. e5 $6 b5 16.
Qe2 Bb7 17. Bg2 c5 $15) 15... e5 16. d5 Nb6 17. Qb3 cxd5 (17... Bd7 18. Rd2 (
18. a4 $6 Qc5 19. Rc1 Qa5 $15) 18... Rbc8 19. Red1 $13) 18. exd5 Bf5 19. h3 h5
20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Ndb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nc8 $11 {Neverov,V (2485)-Potkin,V (2605)
Jerusalem 2015 1/2 (42)}) 11... O-O 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. O-O b6 14. e3 Bb7 15. Nd2
Nf6 16. Rc1 (16. Nc4 Rfd8 17. a4 Rac8 18. a5 Ba6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qa4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Nc4 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21.
Qxd1 Rxc5 $15 {Ivanchuk,V (2746)-Navara,D (2654) Prague 2009 1-0 (43)}) (10. e4
e5 $1 {and Black hasn't any problems getting an equal position:} (10... Bg7 $6
11. e5 ({I don't think that you would consider} 11. a3 {which leads to the
game Ivanchuk,V-Predojevic,B}) 11... Qd8 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd3 ({It is worth
considering avoiding ...Qa5+:} 13. Qc3 $5 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qc1
$14) 13... Qa5+ 14. Qc3 Qxc3+ 15. bxc3 c5 $6 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5 g5 18. h3
Bd7 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2 $16 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2556)-Richter,M 
(2473) 1-0 (42) Germany 2013}) 11. d5 Nb6 12. Qb3 Bc5 $1 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O
Bg4 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 h5 18. Ne2 Rfd8 $11 {Moiseenko,A (2701)
-Eljanov,P (2719) 1/2 (38) Lvov 2014}) 10... Bg7 $146 {This leads to a new
position. Black has nothing to complain about concerning the results of the
opening after 10...Qe7:} ({White couldn't get any advantage after} 10... Qe7
11. e4 (11. Ne5 Bg7 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. e3 O-O 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O b6 (15... b5
$1 16. Qb3 (16. Qb4 Qxb4 17. axb4 Bf8) 16... c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 $15) 16. Bf3 Rac8
17. Qa6 Be8 $11 {Geler,A (2330)-Ivanovic, B (2415) 0-1 (29) Cetinje 2009})
11... e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qb3 Bg7 14. Be2 O-O 15. O-O Bd7 16. dxc6 (16. Nd2 $5
cxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. a4 e4 19. a5 (19. Ndxe4 Bxc3 20. Nxc3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxe2
22. b3 $44) 19... Rxc3 20. bxc3 Ba4 21. Qa2 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nd7 $11) 16... bxc6
17. Qc2 Rfb8 18. Nd2 a5 19. Rb1 h5 20. Nc4 Be6 $11 {Le,Q (2693) -Kasimdzhanov,
R (2684) 1/2 (27) Istanbul 2012}) 11. e4 O-O (11... e5 $1 {Despite the fact
that Black's dark-squared bishop is already on g7, so Black can't play ...Nb6
and ...Bc5 as Eljanov did against Moiseenko, I think that Black can equalise
after 11...e5:} 12. d5 O-O {is the simpliest way to equalise:} ({It seems to
me that 12...Nb6 isn't worse than 12...0-0:} 12... Nb6 $5 13. Qc5 Qe7 14. b4 (
14. d6 $6 {the d6-pawn is rather a weakness.} Qf6 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O Rd8 17.
Rd2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. b4 (19. Nxe5 Bb3 $17) 19... Bb3 20. Rb1 Rxd6 $17)
14... Qxc5 15. bxc5 Nd7 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Rc1 Rb8 {with the idea ...cxd5 exd5 ...
b5} 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. exd5 b5 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Nxb6 axb6 $11) 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14.
Qxc6 (14. Nd5 {is a harmless continuation due to} Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Bg4
$11) 14... bxc6 {Black's pieces are much better developed and he has at least
equal chances.} 15. Be2 (15. Bc4 Rb8 16. Rd2 Nb6 17. Ba2 (17. Be2 Be6 18. O-O
Rfd8 $15) 17... Ba6 $36) (15. Rd6 Rb8 16. Na4 Nf6 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Rd3 Nc7 19.
Nc4 Ne6 $11) 15... Rb8 16. Na4 Re8 17. Rc1 Nf8 18. O-O Ne6 $11) 12. e5 Qe7 13.
Ne4 {If Vassily manages to play Be2 and 0-0, his position will be much better.
It is quite obvious that Black shouldn't play ...f6, so Black has to aim for ..
.c5.} Rd8 $6 {Now Borki finds himself in a nasty position.} ({Black should
have tried to get some counterplay with} 13... c5 $1 14. Qc3 $5 {White wants
to force Black to take on d4:} (14. Be2 $6 {with the same idea. It doesn't
work due to} b5 $1 15. Qxb5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxe5 $15) (14. Nxc5 $1 Nxc5 15. Qxc5
(15. dxc5 Bd7 16. Be2 Bc6 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rc1 Qc7 $11) 15... Qd8 16. Bd3 b6
17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc7 21. O-O Qc2 $44 {Black
should make a draw.}) 14... cxd4 15. Qxd4) 14. Qc3 Nb6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. Qc1 Bd7
({The last chance to avoid a passive position is} 16... b6 $5 17. Qxc6 ({
Probably White shouldn't take on c6, but in this case Black can put his bishop
on b7, where it is quite active. Black can also sacrifice an exchange after
Nd6.} 17. O-O Bb7 18. Rfe1 c5 $5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 (20. Nd6 Rxd6 21. exd6
Qxd6 $44) 20... Qxc5 21. Nxc5 Nf4 22. Nxb7 Rxd3 $44 {Black should make a draw.}
) 17... Bb7 18. Qc2 (18. Qc1 g5 $5 19. O-O (19. g3 $6 g4 20. Nh4 Rac8 21. Qd2
f5 22. exf6 Nxf6 $15 {Black will regain the d4-pawn}) 19... Nf4 20. Qd2 Nxd3
21. Qxd3 g4 22. Nf6+ $8 Bxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Qg5 $11) 18... Nf4 19. O-O
Rac8 20. Qd2 g5 21. Bb1 Rc4 $44) 17. O-O $14 {White has completed his
development; his position is much better.} a5 {I'm not sure that Black needs
to push ...a5.} (17... Be8 $5 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. h4 b6 20. b4 Ra8 {then ...a5.})
18. Rfe1 b6 19. h4 $1 c5 {Finally Borki played ...c5. He couldn't wait any
longer.} (19... Be8 $6 20. h5 g5 21. Bc4 Ra7 22. Nh2 $16 {seems to be
unpleasant for Black.}) 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Nd6 $1 ({Black would have get some
compensation after} 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Be8 23. Rd2 Rab8 $44) 21... Rab8 ({
Probably Black should have sacrificed an exchange after} 21... Ba4 $5 22. Rd2
Rxd6 $5 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Qc4 Be8 25. h5 $14) 22. Qxc5 Rxb2 23. Be4 $16 Be8 $6
(23... a4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qd4 Rdb8 {Black still has chances to
survive.}) 24. Qxa5 Bxe5 $2 {A blunder. In any case Black's position is very
difficult.} (24... Rdb8 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. h5 $1 $16) 25. Nxe5 $18 Rxd6 26. Bxd5
Rb5 (26... Rxd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Qc3 Rb8 29. Nxg6 $18) 27. Qa8 $1 Rd8 {
The following lines are too easy for Ivanchuk.} (27... Kg7 28. Bf3 Rxd1 29.
Bxd1 $18) (27... Rbxd5 28. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 (28... Rxd1 29. Nxe7+ Kf8 30. Ng6+ $1
$18) 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Qxd5 $18) 28. Nc6 Bxc6 29. Qxc6 Rc5 30. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 (12. Bxg4 {is the other main
continuation.}) 12... Qxd7 13. Be5 Qe7 14. b3 cxb3 15. axb3 a6 {Usually Black
plays this defensive move, because after d5 the b5-pawn won't be takeable
immediately.} (15... Bg7 {is more popular, for example:} 16. O-O O-O 17. Bxg4
c5 18. Nxb5 Rfd8 19. Bf3 cxd4 $13 {Werle-Van Wely, London 2008, with a
complicated middlegame.}) 16. Qc1 $146 {This is the novelty of the game.} (16.
O-O {has been tried before} h5 17. Re1 Bg7 18. d5 O-O 19. d6 Qd8 20. b4 (20.
Bd3 $5) 20... Bh6 21. Bg3 $44 {Tregubov-Motylev, Krasnoyarsk 2007, with nice
compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Rg8 17. O-O Nh5 ({In the event of} 17... Nd7
{White can simply play} 18. Bg3 {.}) 18. d5 $1 {The best reply, Black's king
is in the middle, so White wants to open the files.} Qxh4 $2 {The decisive
mistake! Black wants to push ...g3, but the queen is out of play, White gets a
strong attack!} ({In the event of} 18... exd5 19. exd5 Qxe5 20. Re1 $1 Be7 21.
Bxb5 $40 {White has a strong attack}) ({, but} 18... f6 $1 19. Bh2 cxd5 20.
exd5 (20. Nxb5 Rc8) 20... Kf7 21. Re1 Rc8 22. dxe6+ Kg7 23. Bxg4 Kh8 $1 $132 {
and suddenly Black's king is safe, the position becomes very complicated.}) 19.
g3 $1 {A very important move. White avoids ...g3 with tempo.} (19. dxc6 $4 {
is losing immediately, because of} g3 $1 $19) ({and} 19. dxe6 $2 {is also bad,
as} Qg5 $1 {and Black is safe.}) 19... Qg5 20. dxc6 $1 Qxe5 (20... Qxc1 $2 {
loses because of} 21. cxb7 $18) ({and} 20... Bxc6 {could have been met by} 21.
Nxb5 $1 Qxc1 22. Nc7+ Kd7 23. Raxc1 $18 {and Black has to resign.}) 21. cxb7
Rb8 22. Nd5 $1 {What a wonderful tactical blow! He opens the c-file for the
queen, so White is threatening Qc8.} ({The similar looking} 22. Nxb5 $4 {
is a big blunder, because of} Bc5 $1 $19 {and suddenly Black is the one who
wins!}) 22... exd5 $6 {Loses immediately, but Black's position was already bad.
} (22... f6 {was tougher, but} 23. Rxa6 Kf7 24. Qc7+ Qxc7 25. Nxc7 Rxb7 26.
Nxe6 $18 {is also winning for White.}) 23. Qc8+ Ke7 24. Rxa6 Nxg3 $1 {Still
the best practical chance.} ({If} 24... Bg7 25. Qc5+ $18 {and mate soon.}) 25.
Bxb5 $1 {Again the stronger move!} Ne2+ 26. Bxe2 f6 27. Re6+ Qxe6 28. Qxb8 {
What a brilliant game by Nakamura!} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[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 "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 (6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5
8. Bg3 b5 {is the sharper main line in the Moscow Variation.}) 6... Qxf6 7. e3
g6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxc4 (10... dxe4 {is another possibility.}) 11.
Bxc4 Qd8 (11... Nd7 {is more common.}) 12. e5 c5 {Black immediately attacks
White's centre. He has the bishop pair, so he wants to open the position.} 13.
dxc5 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nxc5 15. Rfd1 ({3 years ago Giri had a game with} 15. Rad1 {,}
Qe7 16. Rd6 b6 17. Rfd1 Nb7 18. R6d2 Na5 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Be4 Rad8 21. Rd6 Bxe4
22. Nxe4 Nb7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Bacrot-Giri, Linares 2014; with an equal
position; later Black managed to win.}) 15... Qe7 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nd6 a5 $6
$146 {A novelty, but this is a dubious move, because he weakens the light
squares.} (17... Bc6 {was important,} 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. b4 $1 (20.
Re1 $6 {is dubious, as} Nd7 21. Qe4 Nxe5 22. f4 Nf3+ $1 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Qxf3
Qxd6 $17 {Lupulescu-Mamedyarov, Baku 2016; and Black looks nicely placed.})
20... Na4 21. Re1 Nc3 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Nd5 $11 {with an equal position.})
18. Qe3 b6 19. Nd4 Rad8 20. Rd2 f6 $5 {White is very active, so Black tries to
complicate the position. Nevertheless White already has an advantage.} 21. Nb3
fxe5 ({In the event of} 21... Nxb3 22. Qxb3 fxe5 (22... Rb8 $2 {could have
been met by the brilliant} 23. Nf5 $3 gxf5 24. Rxd7 $1 $18 {and White is
winning.}) 23. Qxb6 $16) 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Rf4 24. Qc7 {Threatening Bxe6.}
({The immediate} 24. Qxa5 $16 {was also better for White.}) 24... Kf8 25. Qxa5
Rd4 26. Rxd4 exd4 27. Ne4 d3 (27... Kg8 28. Nc5 $16 {is also unpleasant for
Black.}) 28. Rd1 $1 {The most accurate reply.} Bc6 (28... Bxb2 {is also
hopeless, because of} 29. Rxd3 $18) 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. b3 $1 {A safe and a good
move.} ({The greedy} 30. Rxd3 $6 {could have been met by} Rc8 $1 31. Bxd5 Qxc5
32. Qxc5+ Rxc5 33. Bf3 Bxb2 {still Black has some chances to survive.}) 30...
Bd4 31. Nxd3 Be4 {Black keeps the bishop pair and tries to create some threats.
} 32. Qe1 $1 {A professional move, White protects everything and avoids
Black's threats.} Bf5 33. g3 ({Probably} 33. Ne5 $1 $18 {was stronger, as
suggested by the engine.}) 33... Qa7 34. Qe2 Kg7 ({Even} 34... h5 $5 {gave the
best practical chance.}) 35. g4 $1 $18 {Another strong move, White forces the
exchange of part of the bishop pair.} Bxd3 36. Bxd3 (36. Rxd3 $1 {was more
accurate, for example:} Rf8 37. Qxe6 $1 Bxf2+ ({or} 37... Rxf2 38. Qg8+ Kf6 39.
Qh8+ $18 {wins.}) 38. Kg2 $18 {and Black has to resign.}) 36... Rf8 37. Rf1 e5
38. Kg2 Qb6 39. Be4 Rf7 40. Qd2 ({The immediate} 40. f3 $18 {was also fine.})
40... Rf4 41. f3 Rf7 42. Rb1 {Prepares for a4.} Be3 43. Qc3 Bf4 44. Qc6 {
The best practical move to exchange the queens.} Qxc6 45. Bxc6 Rc7 46. Be4 Rd7
47. Rb2 {White has to defend against ...Rd2.} h5 48. h4 Rd2+ 49. Rxd2 Bxd2 {
White is two pawns up; moreover they are connected passed pawns on the
queenside, so Black has no chance to survive.} 50. Kf2 {Otherwise ...Be1.} Bb4
51. g5 $1 {As the principle says: In opposite coloured bishop endgames the
stronger side has to fix the pawns on the same colour as that of the opposing
bishop.} Kf7 52. a4 Ba5 53. Ke2 Bb4 54. Kd3 {White has to sacrifice the
h4-pawn.} Be1 55. Kc4 Bxh4 56. a5 Bxg5 {White has sacrificed his g- and h-pawn
to advance his queenside pawns.} 57. a6 (57. b4 $18) 57... Be3 58. Kd5 h4 59.
Bd3 h3 60. Bf1 h2 61. Bg2 Kf6 62. b4 Kf5 63. Kc6 Kf4 64. b5 Kg3 65. Bh1 Kf2 66.
b6 Kg1 67. a7 Kxh1 68. a8=Q Kg2 69. b7 h1=Q 70. b8=Q Bf4 71. Qc8 {A smart
solution.} Qc1+ ({There is a nice way of winning after} 71... Kxf3 {,} 72. Kc5+
e4 73. Qxe4+ $1 Kxe4 74. Qc6+ $18 {.}) 72. Kd7 Qd2+ 73. Ke8 g5 74. Qg4+ Kf2 75.
Qa1 {A nice victory by Lenic!} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Tomashevsky,E"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Superfinal of the 68th Russian Championship in Chita went excellently for
me right from the start. I was able to produce what I wanted: interesting
games full of content. I was able to weather some difficult moments (the first
round deserves special mention here as in mutual time trouble Dmitrij
Jakovenko missed a simple win against me; at that point things could have
taken another course). I went into the round 9 game against Ivan Bukavshin as
sole leader. But my narrow lead in the table and also my awareness of my young
opponent's good technique in simple positions gave me the idea of not aiming
to be too safe but rather of defending my lead in a complicated struggle. That
is the reason for the choice of the Anti-Moscow Gambit, because this is one of
the critical variations for Ivan's repertoire. This meant that I could assume
that he would not deviate from it.  Das Superfinale der 68. Russischen
Meisterschaft in Chita lief für mich vom Start weg ausgezeichnet. Ich konnte
das umsetzen, was ich mir vorgenommen hatte: interessant und inhaltsreich
spielen. Einige gefährliche Momente konnte ich "überspringen" (insbesondere
wäre hier die erste Runde zu nennen, als Dmitrij Jakovenko gegen mich in
beiderseitiger Zeitnot den einfachen Gewinn ausließ; hier hätten die Dinge
einen anderen Lauf nehmen können). In die Partie in Runde 9 gegen Ivan
Bukavshin ging ich bereits als alleiniger Spitzenreiter. Aber die engen
Abstände in der Tabelle sowie das Wissen um die gute Technik meines jungen
Gegners in einfachen Stellungen brachten mich auf den Gedanken, nicht nach zu
viel Sicherheit zu streben, sondern die Führung in einem komplizierten Kampf
zu verteidigen. Daher rührt die Wahl des Anti-Moskau-Gambits, denn dies ist
für Ivans Repertoire eine der kritischen Varianten. Ich konnte davon ausgehen,
dass er nicht davon abweichen würde.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Qc2 {These move were,
as might be expected, played at top speed. I had already played this this
variation in Vladivostok in 2014 against Maxim Matlakov and won with it a good
game, which however was detracted from by reciprocal mistakes in two periods
of time trouble. I was curious as to how Bukavshin would react. Diese Züge
wurden, wie nicht anders zu erwarten, im Eiltempo absolviert. Ich hatte diese
Variante bereits in Wladiwostok 2014 gegen Maxim Matlakov gespielt und gewann
damit eine gute Partie, die allerdings durch beiderseitige Fehler in zwei
Zeitnotphasen geschmälert wurde. Ich war neugierig, wie Bukavshin reagieren
würde.} Nh5 $5 {A logical attempt to preempt White. Astonishling, it is an
innovation here! But that is true only of the "human database", because in
computer games this move, which is recommended by the computers, has already
been played several times. Ein logischer Versuch, dem Weißen zuvorzukommen.
Erstaunlicherweise handelt es sich hier um eine Neuerung! Das betrifft aber
nur die „menschliche Datenbank“, denn in Computerpartien ist dieser Zug,
der von den Rechnern empfohlen wird, bereits mehrfach vorgekommen.} ({In the
aforementioned duel I had replied to In dem oben erwähnten Duell hatte ich} 
10... Nbd7 {with mit} 11. Nd2 $5 {which, moreover, had also been a new idea -
the strong bishop on g3 should be retained, even at the cost of a certain loss
of time. Naturally, back then I also looked into the immediate attack on that
piece about which I was so worried :) beantwortet, was im übrigen auch eine
neue Idee gewesen war - der starke Läufer g3 sollte erhalten werden, selbst
um den Preis von etwas Zeitverlust. Natürlich beschäftigte ich mich damals
auch mit dem unverzüglichen Angriff auf jene Figur, um die ich so besorgt war
:)}) 11. Be5 {This reply seemed to have surprised my opponent already. perhaps
in his analysis Ivan had evaluated this move as wrong and thought that I would
head towards Bereits diese Antwort schien meinen Gegner überrascht zu haben.
Vielleicht hatte Ivan diesen Zug in der Analyse als falsch eingeschätzt und
sich gedacht, dass ich mich auf} (11. Rd1 {with a transition to well-known
theoretical territory. mit Übergang in bekannte theoretische Gefilde
orientieren werde.}) 11... Rg8 12. h4 Nf4 $6 {Now the moment arrived which
completely amazed me: this move which Ivan came up with after a long period of
thought was one I had totally rejected in my analysis! Hier war nun der Moment
gekommen, dass ich völlig überrascht war: diesen Zug, den Ivan mir hier nach
längerem Nachdenken servierte, hatte ich in der Analyse glatt verworfen!} ({
In my home preparation I had thought that Ich hatte in der häuslichen
Vorbereitung} 12... g4 {was more or less forced and it was after it that the
theoretical duel actually first started. Concerning the text move, I simply
remembered the next three moves and my verdict "extraordinarily dangerous for
Black“. On the whole this evaluation is also true and for some time Black's
position seemed to me to be almost mathematically lost. But in practice things
are not quite so simple… als quasi erzwungen betrachtet, wonach das
theoretische Duell eigentlich erst beginnt. Den Textzug betreffend erinnerte
ich mich lediglich an die nächsten drei Züge und das Verdikt
„außerordentlich gefährlich für Schwarz“. Im Großen und Ganzen stimmt
diese Einschätzung auch und einige Zeit schien mir die schwarze Stellung fast
schon mathematisch verloren zu sein. Aber in der Praxis ist das dann doch
nicht ganz so einfach…}) 13. hxg5 hxg5 (13... Nxe2 14. gxh6 $1 {the
strictest am strengsten} Bxh6 (14... f6 15. Qxe2 $18) 15. Rxh6 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 ({
or oder} 16. bxc3 {leads to a position in which White has a strong attack "for
free". führt zu einer Position, in der Weiß „umsonst“ starken Angriff hat
})) 14. Bxf4 gxf4 15. d5 $1 {The key resource which determines the evaluation.
It is pleasant to carry out such a "text-book" and aesthetically pleasing
breakthrough, even if it is such an obvious one. Die Schlüsselressource, die
die Bewertung bestimmt. Es ist angenehm, so einen „schulbuchmäßigen“ und
ästhetischen Durchbruch durchzusetzen, auch wenn er so klar auf der Hand
liegt.} (15. O-O-O $2 {allows Black time for lässt Schwarz die Zeit zu} Na6 $1
16. d5 Nb4 $1 17. Qd2 cxd5 {taking over the initiative. mit Übernahme der
Initiative.}) 15... Nd7 {Interestingly here and on some other moves the
machine, on a shallow search depth, evaluates Black's situation as not so bad.
It is only when it delves more deeply into the position that it recognises the
strength of White's attack. Here are some illustrative variations:
Interessanterweise bewertet die Maschine die Lage von Schwarz bei diesem und
einigen anderen Zügen bei geringer Rechentiefe als nicht so schlecht. Erst
wenn man tiefer eindringt, wird die Kraft des weißen Angriffs anerkannt. Hier
einige Varianten zur Illustration:} (15... Na6 {is the logical alternative,
compare ist die logische Alternative, man siehe:} 16. dxe6 fxe6 ({And
furchteinflößend sieht auch} 16... Nb4 {also looks frightening: aus} 17.
exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qc1 (18. Qb1)) 17. Rd1 $1 Qc7 (17... Qf6 18. e5 Qg6 19. Qxg6+
Rxg6 20. Ne4 {, and even the exchange of queens has not helped Black. , und
auch der Damentausch hat Schwarz nicht geholfen}) 18. e5 Nc5 19. b4 $5 (19. Ne4
$5) 19... cxb3 (19... Nd7 20. Qh7 O-O-O 21. Qxg8 Bxb4 22. Qxe6 Bxc3+ 23. Kf1
$18) 20. axb3 Rd8 21. Rh7 {"with a lasting attack" as the nice phrase goes.
White has an abundance of options, even if accuracy is still required. „mit
andauerndem Angriff“, wie es so schön heißt. Weiß hat Möglichkeiten im
Überfluss, auch wenn Genauigkeit immer noch gefordert ist.}) ({But Ganz
furchtbar sieht} 15... cxd5 $6 {looks quite terrible: aus:} 16. exd5 Bxd5 17.
O-O-O Nc6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Rh5 $1 Ne7 (19... Qa5 20. Rhxd5 Qxa2 21. Qf5 $1
Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Nb4+ 23. Kc3 Na2+ 24. Kd2 Qxb2+ 25. Ke1 $18) 20. Rhxd5 $1 Nxd5 21.
Qe4+ Ne7 ({Or oder} 21... Be7 22. Rxd5 Qc7 23. Ng5 $1 (23. Nd4)) 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Qb7 {The storm is easy to conjure up. Der Sturm entwickelt sich leicht und
ungezwungen.}) 16. O-O-O {After calm consideration of this quite normal move,
it is hard to understand how I could spend half an hour of my thinking time on
it. I could simply have played it automatically and by doing so saved time for
calculating the subsequent not so simple varitations. But during the game my
memory came up with "shadows" of certain subtleties which did not exist around
Rd1 instead of 0-0-0 and the long variations needed to "validate" these. Such
doubts can later come back to bite you in time trouble.. Bei ruhiger
Betrachtung dieses ganz normalen Zuges ist schwer zu verstehen, wie ich dafür
eine halbe Stunde Bedenkzeit aufwenden konnte. Ich hätte ihn einfach „mit
der Hand“ spielen und damit Zeit für das Berechnen der folgenden nicht
einfachen Varianten sparen können. Aber während der Partie zeichnete mein
Gedächtnis „Restbilder“ gewisser nicht existierender Feinheiten mit Rd1
statt 0-0-0 und den dazugehörigen langen „Bestätigungsvarianten“. Solche
Zweifel können sich später in Zeitnot rächen...} Qb6 $2 {Interestingly, I
considered this move more or less forced. But in reality it is the decisive
mistake which leads to the loss! Interessanterweise hielt ich diesen Zug für
quasi erzwungen. Aber in Wirklichkeit ist er der entscheidende Fehler, der zum
Verlust führt!} ({After Nach} 16... Qc7 $1 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. b4 $1
cxb3 {we reach the position which I discovered after the game in my notes. I
had skipped any detailed consideration of it, since it did not appear possible
for Black to go into this extremely risky business since he has a normal
choice. But it is not easy for White to continue with his attack entsteht die
Stellung, die ich nach der Partie in meinen Aufzeichnungen entdeckte. Auf eine
detaillierte Betrachtung hatte ich verzichtet, da Schwarz sich auf diese
äußerst riskante Sache nicht einlassen zu können schien, so er denn eine
normale Wahl hat. Aber es ist für Weiß nicht leicht, den Angriff
fortzuführen.} 20. Nxb3 $5 {A comparatively quiet continuation. Eine
vergleichsweise ruhige Fortsetzung.} ({As for the mad variations after In den
verrückten Varianten nach} 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. axb3 (21. Nxb3 $2 Nxb3+ 22. Qxb3
Qe5) 21... Rd8 $1 (21... Bg7 $6 22. e5 Qxe5 23. Bg4) 22. Bf3 (22. b4 $5 Qe5) (
22. Nce2 $5 Qe5 23. Bf3) 22... Qe5 (22... Rg5 $5) 23. Nce2 Rg5 24. Rh7+ Bg7 25.
b4 Na4 (25... Nd7 26. Qxc6) 26. Qxc6 $5 {one has to find one's footing in them
separately, but I do not have the impression that White can make the
advantages of his position count sufficiently well in them - the tendency is
more to playing for any one of three possible results. muss man sich noch
gesondert zurechtfinden, aber ich habe nicht den Eindruck, dass Weiß die
Vorzüge seiner Stellung hier überzeugend zur Geltung gebracht hat - eher
sehen wir hier ein Spiel auf drei Resultate}) 20... Rg5 ({or oder} 20... Nxb3+
21. Qxb3) 21. Bh5+ Ke7 22. Nd4 {The initiative certainly lies with White but
the struggle is still rather unclear. Die Initiative ist bestimmt auf der
Seite von Weiß, aber der Kampf ist immer noch ziemlich unklar.}) ({A far
weaker move is Weitaus schwächer ist} 16... Qe7 17. Nd4) ({Or Oder} 16... Qf6
17. Nd4 cxd5 18. exd5 O-O-O {and White has tons of promising options, und
Weiß verfügt über eine Unmenge aussichtsreicher Möglichkeiten,} {of which
unter denen} 19. Ndxb5 {is the simplest: die einfachste ist:} (19. dxe6) (19.
Nc6) (19. Ne4 Qe5 (19... Qg6 20. Bh5) 20. Rh5 f5 21. Nc3 Nc5) 19... Kb8 20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. Bf3 {with clear superiority for no cost. mit deutlichem und
„kostenlosen“ Übergewicht.}) 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Nd4 {An obvious and very
effective plan of attack. The assault on the e6-pawn does not give Black any
time to evacuate his king in peace. Ein naheliegendes und sehr wirkungsvolles
Angriffsschema. Die Attacke auf den Bauern e6 lässt Schwarz keine Zeit,
seinen König in Ruhe zu evakuieren.} ({Here it is not necessary to play Hier
besteht keine Notwendigkeit zu} 18. Rxd7 $2 Kxd7 19. Qd2+ Kc8 20. Rh7 {, even
if the opponent appears to have full compensation. , auch wenn der Anziehende
hier anscheinend vollwertige Kompensation hat.}) 18... Nc5 {For inexplicable
reasons this despairing reply came as a surprise to me, although I was able to
calculate the alternative quite accurately: Aus unerfindlichen Gründen kam
diese verzweifelte Antwort für mich überraschend, obwohl ich die Alternative
ziemlich akkurat berechnen konnte:} (18... O-O-O 19. Nxe6 Re8 20. Qd2 $1 {
wins by force. gewinnt forciert.} Ne5 (20... Nc5 21. Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Qxf4) (20...
Nf6 21. Qxf4 (21. Bxc4 $5) 21... Rxe6 22. Qf5 c5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5) 21.
Qxf4 Rxe6 22. Qf5 c5 23. Nd5 $18) 19. Bh5+ {This is the most logical, but it
is also decisive Das ist am logischsten, aber es entscheidet auch} (19. Nxe6 $1
Nxe6 (19... f3 20. Nxc5 fxe2 21. Qxe2 Qxc5 22. e5) 20. Bh5+ Ke7 21. e5) ({
whereas während} 19. Nf5 exf5 20. exf5 Rd8 21. f6 {promises "only" a strong
attack and with other continuations in the background looks like an
unnecessary flourish. „einfach“ starken Angriff verspricht und vor dem
Hintergrund anderer Fortsetzungen wie ein unnötiger Effekt wirkt.}) 19... Ke7
20. Be2 $6 {And suddenly panic struck me one step before my goal! This move
was interpreted in contradictory fashion by commentators and colleagues alike.
In the aftermath, some even liked it because of its reliability. However, it
is hard to believe that I spent an enormous part of my remaining thonking time
on it and yet was unable to correctly calculate out even one important
variation. Worse than that, the thought kept swirling through my head that
after the retreat of the bishop I might not even be worse off…?! But that is
a completely baseless under-estimation of the resources to be found in the
position! Understandably, had I had the help of a computer I would easily have
come up with another plan: Und plötzlich bricht bei mir einen Schritt vor dem
Ziel Panik aus! Dieser Zug löste bei Kommentatoren und Kollegen ein
widersprüchliches Echo aus. Einigen gefiel er im Nachklang sogar wegen seiner
Zuverlässigkeit. Allerdings ist kaum zu glauben, dass ich für ihn einen
riesigen Teil meiner verbliebenen Bedenkzeit verbrauchte und es mir dennoch
nicht gelang, auch nur eine wichtige Variante korrekt durchzurechnen. Mehr
noch, mir schwirrte der Gedanke durch den Kopf, ob ich nach dem Rückzug des
Läufers jetzt nicht schon schlechter stünde…?! Das ist aber eine völlig
unbegründete Unterschätzung der der Stellung innewohnenden Ressourcen!
Verständlicherweise wäre mir mit Computerhilfe eine andere Spielweise leicht
von der Hand gegangen:} (20. e5 $1 Nd3+ 21. Rxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Rd8 23. Nf5+ $1
(23. Qh7+ $2 Rg7 24. Qh6 Rxd4 25. Qf6+ Kd7 26. Qxf8 Re7 {can lead to an
incisive change in the decor. kann zu einem einschneidenden Dekorationswechsel
führen}) 23... exf5 24. Qxf5 Rg7 25. Ne4 $1 (25. Bg4 $5 c5 26. Rh7 $1) 25...
c5 26. Nd6 Bd5 27. Rd1 Qc6 28. Bf3 (28. Rd2 $5 {Black is so paralysed that
White can even afford to prepare Bh5-f3 Schwarz ist derart paralysiert, dass
sich Weiß sogar die Vorbereitung von Bh5-f3 leisten kann}) 28... Bxf3 29. gxf3
Qxf3 30. Qf6+ Kd7 31. Nxb5+ Qxd1+ 32. Kxd1 $18) ({Or Oder} 20. Nf5+ $5 exf5 21.
exf5 Rd8 (21... Kf6 22. Ne4+ Nxe4 23. Qxe4 $18) 22. f6+ $1 Kxf6 23. Qh7 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 {with a decisive attack. mit entscheidendem Angriff}) ({even the
reckless selbst das „rücksichtslose“} 20. Nxe6 $5 {?! came into
consideration, but not playing one of these moves deserves clear criticism,
despite the practicality of my choice during the game :) ?! kam in Betracht;
aber keinen dieser Züge zu spielen verdient, bei aller Praktikabilität
meiner Wahl in der Partie, deutliche Kritik:)}) 20... Rd8 {It is interesting
that Black is still objectively worse. Es ist interessant, dass Schwarz
objektiv immer noch schlecht steht.} ({There is no help for him either with Es
hilft ihm weder} 20... Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd4 22. Bxc4 $1 (22. Bf1 Qe5 23. Qd2)
22... Qxc4 23. Qd2) ({or with noch} 20... Rg7 21. Nf5+ $1 exf5 22. exf5 Bc8 23.
f6+ Kxf6 24. Rh6+ {in both cases with an attack which crashes through against
the absolutely exposed king. in beiden Fällen mit durchschlagendem Angriff
auf den absolut offenen König.}) 21. e5 Rg7 (21... Nd3+ 22. Bxd3 Rxd4 23. Be2
$40) 22. Nf3 $2 {After I had started the retreat, it was not so easy to stop
it :) But this time we are talking about a serious mistake, which could have
cost White the win. My move is all the stranger since the obvious Nachdem ich
mit dem Rückzug begonnen hatte, konnte ich nicht so schnell damit aufhören :)
Diesmal handelt es sich aber bereits um einen ernsten Fehler, der Weiß den
Sieg hätte kosten können. Mein Zug ist umso seltsamer, als dass das auf der
Hand liegende} (22. Nf5+ $1 {was an elementary win: elementar gewann:} exf5 23.
Qxf5 Rf7 24. Qg5+ Ke8 25. Bh5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 $18) 22... b4 23. Ne4 Rxd1+ $2 {
Ivan returns the compliment immediately (apparently he was overcome by the
desire to exploit the unexpected uncertainty of his opponent by rapid play
with an eye on my time trouble) and misses a chance . Possible an
over-estimation of his own position also had a role to play here. Despite the
fact that the opposing forces had suddenly sounded the retreat, the position
of his king on е7 and the bishop on f8 give White the possibility of going
back on the attack at any time. However, Black should have grabbed by the
scruff of the neck the amazing opportunity which was being offered to him:
Ivan revanchiert sich postwendend (offenbar überkam ihn der Wunsch, die
unerwartete Unsicherheit des Gegners durch schnelles, auf die Zeitnot
schielendes Spiel auszunutzen) und geht an seiner Chance vorbei. Womöglich
spielte hier auch die Überschätzung seiner Stellung eine Rolle. Ungeachtet
der Tatsache, dass die gegnerischen Kräfte plötzlich zum Rückzug geblasen
hatten, geben die Postierung des Königs auf е7 und des Läufers auf f8 dem
Anziehenden jederzeit die Möglichkeit, in den Angriff zurückzukehren.
Schwarz indessen hätte die sich ihm bietende einmalige Gelegenheit sofort
beim Schopfe packen müssen:} (23... b3 $1 24. axb3 Nxb3+ 25. Kb1 Qa6 $1 {
, forces the exchange of queens. , forciert den Damentausch.} 26. Qc3 $5 (26.
Qxc4 Qxc4 27. Bxc4 c5 $1 28. Nd6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Nd4 {- suddenly it is almost a
draw - plötzlich ist es fast remis}) 26... c5 (26... Qa1+ {is weaker: ist
schwächer:} 27. Kc2 Qa4 28. Qxc4 Qxc4+ 29. Bxc4 c5 30. Nd6) 27. Nd6 Qa1+ 28.
Kc2 Qa4 29. Bxc4 Be4+ $1 30. Nxe4 Nd2+ 31. b3 Qa2+ 32. Qb2 Qxb2+ 33. Kxb2 Nxe4
{with excellent chances of a draw. mit hervorragenden Remischancen.}) 24. Rxd1
c3 ({Now, after the premature exchange of rooks Jetzt, nach dem verfrühten
Turmtausch, funktioniert} 24... b3 {no longer works: schon nicht mehr:} 25.
axb3 Nxb3+ 26. Kb1 Qa6 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Bxc4 c5 (28... Na5 29. Ba2) 29. Nf6 $1
{so Black is now defenceless. daher ist Schwarz nun ohne Verteidigung.}) 25.
Nd6 {Here the knight is completely dominant, but also Hier dominiert der
Springer völlig, aber auch} (25. Nf6 $5 {did not look bad. sah nicht schlecht
aus.}) 25... b3 26. axb3 Nxb3+ ({In this version the ending too is hopeless:
In dieser Version ist auch das Endspiel hoffnungslos:} 26... Qxb3 27. Qxb3
Nxb3+ 28. Kc2 Nc5 29. b4 Ba6 30. bxc5 Bxe2 31. Rb1 Bb5 32. Nxb5 cxb5 33. Rxb5
Rxg2 34. Nd4 Rxf2+ 35. Kxc3 {, which means that the black position is
absolutely lost. , was bedeutet, dass die schwarze Stellung absolut verloren
ist.}) 27. Kb1 cxb2 28. Bc4 {here White could allow himself just about any
move as he has more pieces in play: Hier konnte sich Weiß, der mehr Figuren
im Spiel hat, sich bereits so ziemlich alles erlauben:} (28. Nh4) (28. Nf5+)
28... Nc5 29. Nh4 (29. Nd4) (29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxg7 Bxg7 32. Qf5+
Ke7 33. Ng5 $1) {, and after the unnecessary moves , und nach den schon nicht
mehr notwendigen Zügen…} 29... Nd7 30. Ng6+ Kd8 31. Nxb7+ Kc7 32. Nd6 Qa5
33. Ba2 Rxg6 34. Qxg6 Qxe5 35. Ne8+ Kb6 36. Qxe6 Qxe6 37. Bxe6 Nc5 38. Ba2 {
... Ivan resigned. … gab Ivan auf.} 1-0

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.04.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Baumegger, Siegfried"]
[Black "Soln, Primoz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 (7. e3 Nd7
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 $11 {Kraidman,Y-Agdestein,S/
Jerusalem 1986/0-1 (48)}) (7. e4 dxe4 8. Qxe4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 c5 10. Rc1 (10. Bd3
cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 a6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Nb3 Na4
17. Nd4 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giffard,N-Hagege,G/FRA-chT 1994 (41)}) 10... cxd4 11.
Nxd4 O-O 12. Bd3 Rd8 13. Qh7+ Kf8 14. Nde2 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3 Bd7 16. O-O Bc6 17.
Ng3 Nd7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21. Nd6 $14 {1-0 Garcia
Gonzales,G-Bany,J/Polanica Zdroj 1987 (39)}) (7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. e3 Bd6 (8... Qd8
9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 c5 12. h4 a6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. g4 $14 {
1-0 Neverov,V-Beshukov,S/Russian Cup Stage 1998 (38)}) 9. Bd3 Qe7 10. e4 dxe4
11. Bxe4 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nb3 Nc5 14. Nbxd4 a6 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Nf5 Nxe4 17.
Qxe4 Bf8 18. Qd4 f6 19. Rad1 Kf7 20. Nd6+ $11 {Goldin,A-Bareev,E/URS-chT
Podolsk 1990/1/2-1/2 (41)}) 7... Nd7 (7... b6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nbd2
Nd7 11. e4 Qg6 12. Nh4 Qh7 13. Qa4 dxc4 14. e5 (14. Nxc4 $14) 14... b5 15. Qa5
Bb8 16. a4 a6 17. Be4 Qg8 18. b3 $14 {1-0 Kabatenski,A-Fischer,M/Baden Baden
op 1993 (35)}) 8. Bg2 (8. Nbd2 dxc4 9. Bg2 Bb4 10. Qxc4 Qe7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Ne4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Schlosser,P-Godena,M/Horgen SKA 1994 (30)}) 8... Bb4+ (8... dxc4
9. Qxc4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxc6+ Kd8 14. Nc3 {
1-0 Yermolinsky,A-Kalikshteyn,A/New York Open 1993}) (8... g6 9. O-O Qf5 10.
Qb3 Bg7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 $132 (13... e5 $4 14. cxd5 exd4
(14... e4 15. dxc6 exf3 16. e4 Qf6 17. cxd7 $18) 15. Nh4 Qg5 16. dxc6 $18 {
1-0 Cvitan,O-Goloshchapov,A/Open, Cappelle la Grande FRA 1998 (25)})) 9. Nc3 $6
(9. Nbd2 $11) 9... O-O $6 (9... dxc4 10. O-O O-O (10... b5 11. a4 $16) 11. Ne4
Qf5 $15) 10. O-O $6 $15 (10. Qb3 $11) 10... dxc4 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qxc4 (12. e3
b5 $15) 12... Qxe4 13. Qxb4 $2 $17 (13. Nd2 $3 Qxg2+ $1 (13... Nb6 14. Bxe4 (
14. Qxb4 Qxe2 $17) 14... Nxc4 15. Nxc4 $11) (13... Qg4 14. Bf3 Ne5 15. Bxg4
Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rd8 17. Rfd1 $11) 14. Kxg2 Bxd2 $15) 13... Qxe2 14. Rfe1 Qa6 15.
Ne5 (15. Qd6 Nb6 $17) 15... Qb6 (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rd6
Bc8 19. Red1 Rxd6 20. exd6 Bd7 $15) 16. Qe7 (16. Qc3 Rd8 $17) 16... Nf6 (16...
Nxe5 $2 17. dxe5 Qxb2 18. Rad1 Qc3 (18... Qxa2 $4 19. Rd8 Rxd8 20. Qxd8+ Kh7
21. Be4+ g6 22. Qf8 $18) 19. Re3 (19. Be4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 $17) 19... Qb2 20.
Red3 $16) 17. Rad1 (17. b3 Qd8 (17... Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qc3 (18... Qb6 $2 19. Nc4
$1 Qa6 20. Rd8 Rxd8 21. Qxd8+ Kh7 22. Nd6 Qd3 23. Nxf7 Qxd8 24. Nxd8 Nd5 25.
Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Rd8 27. Be4+ $14) 19. Re3 Qa5 20. b4 $1 Qb6 (20... Qxa2 21.
Rd8 Rxd8 22. Qxd8+ Kh7 23. Nxf7 Qb1+ 24. Bf1 Ng4 25. Re4 Qxe4 26. Bd3 Qxd3 27.
Qxd3+ Kg8 28. Qg6 $16) 21. Nc4 Qa6 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Qxd8+ Kh7 24. Nd6 Qb6 25.
Nxf7 Qxd8 26. Nxd8 Nd5 $17) 18. Qc5 Nd5 $17) 17... Qxb2 $19 18. Rd3 a5 19. a3
Qb6 20. h4 Qd8 21. Qc5 a4 22. Qc1 Ra5 23. g4 Nh7 (23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 (24. dxe5
Qxd3 25. exf6 Rd8 26. fxg7 Kxg7 $19) 24... Nxg4 25. Re2 Qd6 (25... Qxh4 26. Qf4
e5 27. dxe5 Re8 28. Bh3 h5 $19) 26. Rg3 Qxd4 27. Rd2 Qf4 $19) 24. Ree3 (24. Qd2
Rb5 $19) 24... Qxh4 25. Rh3 Qd8 26. f4 f6 27. Nc4 (27. Ng6 Re8 $19) 27... Rb5
28. Qc2 Qc7 29. Rdf3 Rd8 30. Qe4 Rbd5 31. Rd3 c5 32. g5 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2048]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7.
e3 Nd7 8. Nc3 g6 (8... Qd8 $5 9. Rd1 (9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Rac1
f5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Na4 $14 {Lerner,K-Sveshnikov,E/URS ch 1985/Inf 41 (21)} (
14. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Osnos,V-Sveshnikov,E/Jaroslavl tt 1986 (48)})) (9. Rc1 Be7
10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 f5 13. a3 Bd6 14. b4 $14 {0-1 Kiselev,
S-Gorelov,S/Katowice 1992 (46)}) (9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1
a6 13. a3 $14 (13. Rfd1 b5 14. a3 $14 (14. e4 Bb7 15. exd5 b4 16. dxe6 bxc3 17.
exd7 cxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd6 $15 {0-1 Belkin,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/Tashkent
UZB ch 1993 (23)}))) (9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O-O $5 a6 11. Kb1 b5 12. c5 b4 13. Na4
a5 14. g4 $14 {1-0 Finegold,B-Lukasiewicz,G/Groningen op(3) 1993 (38)}) 9...
Be7 10. Bd3 (10. a3 O-O 11. h3 a6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qc2 b6 15. Be2
Qc7 $132 {1-0 Danielsen,H-Maksimenko,A/Farum POL (7) 1993 (40)}) 10... O-O 11.
O-O a6 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Nc5
Nxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Petrosian,T-Farago,I/Erevan 1982 (53)}) 12.
e4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 b5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. a3 c5 $132 {0-1 Plachetka,J-Sveshnikov,E/
Dubna 1979/Inf 27 (29)}) 9. Bd3 (9. O-O-O Bg7 10. e4 (10. Kb1 O-O 11. h4 $132)
10... Qf4+ 11. Kb1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. h4 $5 (15.
c5 $6 b6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,L-Mednis,E/Amsterdam Euwe-mem 1989 (48)})) (9. a3
Bg7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h4 e5 14. h5 exd4 15. hxg6 fxg6
16. Nh4 $4 (16. Nxd4 $1 Nf6 17. Bd3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Rd8 (18... Bg4 19. f3 $16) (
18... Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Qf4 20. f3 $16) 19. Nf3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 g5 21. Re1 $14) 16...
Ne5 $17 {0-1 Skomorokhin,V-Anisimov,A/Kstovo 1994 (26)}) (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3
Bd6 $11 (10... Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 (12... Bd6 $11) 13. Qxc3 (13. bxc3
$14) 13... Nb6 14. Qc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ikonnikov,V-Glavina,P/FrTCh, Montpellier
FRA 1998 (38)})) (9. Be2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe7 13. Rfe1 Nf6
14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qc1 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 b6 18. h4 $132 {1-0 Vukadinov,
M-Panken,R/Canadian Open, Winnipeg CAN 1997 (55)}) 9... dxc4 (9... Bg7 10. O-O
(10. cxd5 exd5 $132 (10... cxd5 $6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfc1 Qe7 13. Qb3 a6 14. a4
b6 15. Na2 Qd6 16. Qb4 Qxb4 (16... Qb8 17. Rc2 $16 {1-0 Belakovskaia,
A-Zitserman,T/ch-USA (Women), Chandler USA 1997 (46)}) 17. Nxb4 a5 18. Nc6 Kh7
19. Rc3 $14)) 10... O-O 11. cxd5 exd5 12. b4 Qd6 13. Rab1 (13. b5 c5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Bc4 d4 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. exd4 Qb4 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Ne2
Rd5 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Qc4 $44 {0-1 Korobov,I-Goloshchapov,A/Geller mem (Cup
Russia), Moscow RUS 1999 (32)}) 13... a6 14. a4 Nb6 15. Ne2 Be6 16. Nf4 Nd7 17.
b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rfc8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Rfc1 c5 21. Nxe6 Qxe6 22. dxc5 Nxc5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Belov,I-Sorokin,M/Moscow rapid ,EXT 1992 (25)}) 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. O-O (
11. Ne4 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qd3 a6 16. b4 Rfd8 17. Qb1
a5 $15 18. Nc3 (18. Rd2 axb4 19. axb4 Ra4 20. Rb2 c5 $17) (18. Ne1 $2 Rab8 (
18... axb4 19. axb4 (19. Qxb4 c5 $19) 19... Ra7 20. Nc2 (20. Nf3 Ra4 $17) 20...
Rda8 (20... c5 21. f3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Ne5 23. Bb3 Qxb4 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Rxd1
Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qc3 $19) 21. f3) 19. f3 {1/2-1/2 Touzane,O-Brenke,A/Lippstadt
1994 (19)}) 18... axb4 19. axb4 c5 20. bxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 bxc5 22. Ne2 cxd4 23.
Nxd4 Ne5 24. Be2 Rab8 $15) (11. O-O-O $5 O-O 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. h4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nd5
15. a3 (15. Ne5 Nb4 $11) 15... Nxc3+ 16. Qxc3 $14) 11... Qe7 12. Rfd1 O-O 13.
Rac1 Nb6 14. Ne4 $6 $11 (14. Bb3 $14) 14... Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Rd8 16. Ne5 (16. b4
$132) 16... Bd7 17. a4 (17. Nc5 Be8 18. a3 (18. b4 a5) 18... b6 19. Ncd3 Rac8
20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 Bf7 22. Qc3 Qd6 23. e4 $132) 17... Be8 18. a5 (18. h3 $132)
18... f6 19. Nf3 (19. Nd3 b6 (19... Bf7 20. a6 e5 21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Nxb4 $16)
20. Nf4 f5 21. Ng3 Rd6 22. e4 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Rd5 24. Ng3 Rd6 25. Ne4 Rd5 $11)
19... Bf7 $6 $14 {Black wants to open the game because of par BB} (19... b6 $1
$132) 20. Qa4 $6 $11 (20. a6 $1 bxa6 21. Qxc6 Rab8 22. Rd2 e5 23. dxe5 fxe5 24.
Rcd1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Qe6 26. Qc7 Qb6 27. Qe7 Re8 28. Qd7 $14) 20... Rac8 21. h3 (
21. a6 b6 22. b4 $132 (22. Rxc6 Be8 $17)) 21... Be8 22. Qc4 Rd5 (22... Bf7 $132
) 23. b4 (23. Nc5 b6 24. e4 Rd6 25. axb6 (25. e5 fxe5 26. Ne4 Rd5 27. Nxe5 Rxa5
28. b4 Rd5 $17) 25... axb6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Ne4 Rxd4 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Qb3 b5
30. Nc5 Bf7 $15) 23... Bf7 24. Qc3 (24. Nc3 Rd7 25. e4 $11) 24... g5 (24... e5
25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qc5 Rc7 28. Nfd2 $132) 25. Nc5 b6 26. e4 (26.
axb6 axb6 27. e4 $132) 26... Rdd8 27. Na4 (27. axb6 axb6 28. Na4 Qb7 29. Nb2
$132) 27... Qb7 28. Qe1 (28. Nb2 f5 29. exf5 exf5 30. Ne5 Bd5 31. Nbc4 $132)
28... Qa6 29. Ra1 Qb5 30. axb6 axb6 31. Nc3 Qxb4 32. Rdb1 Qe7 33. Rxb6 c5 34.
dxc5 (34. Nb5 cxd4 35. Nbxd4 $11 (35. Ra7 $2 Rd7 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Nfxd4 (37.
Nd6 $2 Rc5 38. Nxd4 Qc7 $1 (38... f5 $2 39. Nxf7 Qxd4 40. exf5 Qf4 41. Nxg5 (
41. Nxh6+ Kh7 (41... Bxh6 42. Qxe6+ $18) 42. g3 Rc1 43. gxf4 Rxe1+ 44. Kg2 Bxh6
45. Rxe6 $11) 41... Qxg5 (41... hxg5 42. Qxe6+ Kf8 43. g3 Rc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc7 45.
f6 $18) 42. Qxe6+ Kh7 43. g4 Re5 44. Qg6+ Qxg6 45. fxg6+ Kg8 46. Rb8+ Bf8 47.
f4 Re3 48. Kg2 (48. f5 Rxh3 49. f6 Rg3+ 50. Kh2 Rxg4 51. g7 Rxg7 52. fxg7 Kxg7
$11) 48... Kg7 49. f5 Be7 50. Rb7 Kg8 51. Kf2 $14) 39. Qb4 Bf8 $19) 37... Bf8
$17)) 34... Qxc5 35. Na4 (35. Rb3 $11) 35... Qc2 36. Rb2 Qc7 37. Rab1 (37. Nb6
Rb8 38. Rab1 f5 39. Rb4 $11) 37... Qf4 38. Nb6 Rc6 $1 {In previous variation
this move was impossible.} 39. Rb3 $2 (39. Rb4 Bf8 40. Rc4 Be8 41. Qc3 Rxc4 42.
Qxc4 Rd6 $15) 39... Bg6 $19 40. Rb4 (40. Re3 Rb8 41. Na4 Rxb1 42. Qxb1 f5 43.
exf5 Bxf5 44. Qb5 Rc1+ 45. Ne1 Qd6 46. g4 Bg6 47. Qe2 Bd4 48. Rxe6 Qg3+ 49. Kh1
Qxh3+ 50. Kg1 Bf7 $19) 40... Bf8 41. Rd4 Rxd4 42. Nxd4 Rd6 43. Rb4 Qxe4 44. Qc3
e5 45. f3 exd4 46. Qb3+ Qe6 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Polgar, Sofia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7
8. a3 g6 9. b4 (9. Qc2) (9. Bd3) 9... dxc4 $1 $146 {Black doesn't want to
defend his position in Karlsbad structure [9...Bg710.cxd5],and want's to get
"normal"Moscow var. with couple of fiancette bishops on"g7"and"b7"and long
pressure on White's center} (9... Bg7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nb6 (
12... Qd6) 13. Qb3 Qd6 14. Rfc1 (14. a4 $5) 14... Be6 15. Nd2 Rfb8 $5 (15...
Rac8) (15... f5) 16. Rab1 (16. a4 $5) 16... a5 $1 17. bxa5 (17. Ne2 $5) 17...
Nd7 18. a4 Rxa5 19. Qc2 $1 {1-0 Piket,Je-Dreev,A/Wijk aan Zee 65/408 1996 (41)
/\ Nb3, a5}) 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bb3 (12. Rc1 $5 e5 (12... Rd8 13. Qe2
) (12... b6 $5) 13. d5 Nb6 14. Ne4 (14. dxc6 $2 Nxc4 15. Nd5 Qe6 (15... Qd6 16.
Rxc4 bxc6 $140 17. Rxc6) 16. Rxc4 (16. Nc7 $2 Qxc6 17. Nxa8 b5) 16... e4 $19)
14... Qe7 15. d6 (15. dxc6 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 bxc6 17. Nc5 a5 $10) 15... Qd8 16. Bb3
$13) (12. Qe2 $5) 12... b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. e4 Qe7 (14... a5 $5 15. b5 c5 (15...
cxb5 16. e5 Qf4 17. Nxb5 a4 $1 {/\Ra5} 18. Bc4 $14 (18. Bxa4 $140 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Nxe5)) 16. d5 Rad8 $13) 15. Re1 {[%csl Ge4]} Rac8 $15 {[%cal Gc8c3,Gg7c3,Gg7d4]
} (15... a5 $5 16. d5 $5 (16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. a4 $15) (16. b5 $6 Qxa3 (16... cxb5
17. Nxb5 $14) 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. d5 (18. Nb1 Qd6 19. e5 Bxf3) 18... Nc5) 16...
axb4 17. axb4 (17. dxe6 Bxc3) 17... exd5 (17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 exd5 (18... Qxb4
19. Rc4) 19. exd5 Qf6 (19... Qxb4 $2 20. Rc4 $18) 20. Rce3 $14) 18. exd5 Qxb4
19. Re4 Qd6 20. dxc6 $44) 16. Ba2 (16. e5 Rfd8 17. Qc2 (17. Qe2 $142 c5 $13)
17... c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. d5 c4 20. d6 Qf8 21. Ba4 Nc5 22. Rcd1 Nd3 23. Rxd3
cxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd6 $1 $17) 16... Rfd8 17. Qb3 $6 {[%cal Gb3b7,Gb3f7] Lutz: Die
Aufstellung von Qb3 und Ba2 wirkt extrem gekünstelt.} (17. Qe2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5
19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15) 17... Nf8 18. Red1 c5 {Lutz: Schwarz steht
bereits besser.} 19. d5 (19. bxc5 $6 bxc5 20. d5 c4 21. Qb4 (21. Qa4 Bxc3 22.
Rxc3 exd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 21... Qxb4 22. axb4 Bxc3 23. Rxc3 exd5 24. exd5
Bxd5 25. Ne5 Rb8 $17) 19... c4 $17 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 exd5 22. exd5 Rxd5 $6
(22... Bxd5 $17 {[%csl Gc4]} 23. Re1 Ne6 {white doesn't have any compensation
for the pawn-it is the result of white's play in the opening.Maybe white can
get an advantage in Moscow var.[d43], but not this way.}) 23. Re1 Ne6 (23...
Qd6 24. Ne5 $1) (23... Qd8 $5 24. Qe3 Rd3 25. Qxh6 b5 $17) 24. Qe3 Rd3 25. Qxh6
Rxf3 $6 (25... Bxf3 $1 26. gxf3 (26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Rxc4 Bb7 28. Rh4 Qf6 $17)
26... Qg5+ 27. Qxg5 Nxg5 28. Rxc4 Nxf3+ 29. Kh1 Rxc4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Bxc4 Rxa3
32. Re7 Ng5 33. f4 Kf6 34. Rd7 Ne6 $17) (25... b5 26. Bb1 Rxf3 27. gxf3 Qf6 {
see25...Rxf3}) 26. gxf3 Qf6 27. Re3 b5 (27... Nd4 $2 28. Bxc4 $16 (28. Rxc4
Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxf3+ 32. Kxf3 Qc3+)) 28. Rce1 Rd8
29. Bb1 Rd5 (29... Bxf3 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rd5 $44) 30. f4 Rh5 31. Rxe6 Qxe6
32. Rxe6 Rxh6 $17 33. Re7 Bf3 34. Re3 $1 {[%cal Ge3g3,Ge3a3] White should take
care of his king} (34. Rxa7 $2 Rh4 $19 {[%csl Rg1]} 35. a4 (35. Ra5 Rg4+ $1 36.
Kf1 Rxf4 37. Rxb5 Rd4 38. Bc2 Rd2 39. Ba4 Ra2 40. Ke1 c3) 35... Rg4+ $1 (35...
Be2 36. h3) 36. Kf1 Rxf4 37. axb5 Rd4 38. Bc2 Rd2 39. Ba4 Ra2 40. Bd1 (40. Ke1
c3) 40... Rxa7 41. Bxf3 c3 $19) 34... Bc6 35. f5 g5 (35... gxf5 36. Bxf5 Rd6
37. h3 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rd2 39. Kg3 Rb2 40. h4 Kg7 $17) 36. f3 Rh3 $2 {Black
played well in the opening,but didn't manage to turn the advantage to the win
against experience grandmaster} (36... Kg7 37. Be4 Bxe4 38. Rxe4 Rd6 $17) (
36... Rd6 $1 37. Kf2 (37. Be4 Bxe4 38. fxe4 f6 39. Kf2 (39. e5 Rd3 $1 $19)
39... Rd2+ 40. Kg3 Rb2 $19) 37... Rd1 (37... Kg7) 38. Bc2 (38. Re1 Bxf3 $1)
38... Rc1 39. Be4 Bxe4 $19 40. Rxe4 (40. fxe4 Rc2+ 41. Kg3 Rb2 {/\Rb3}) 40...
Rc3) 37. f6 $1 Rxf3 $2 {probably missing the win} (37... g4 38. Be4 $1 (38. Re7
$2 Rxf3 39. Rc7 $140 Rxf6) (38. Kg2 Bxf3+ (38... gxf3+ 39. Kxh3 f2 40. Re8+ $1
Bxe8 41. Kg2) 39. Kg1 Bc6) 38... Bxe4 39. Rxe4 gxf3 40. Rg4+ $1 Kf8 41. Rd4 Ke8
42. Re4+ Kd8 $17) 38. Rxf3 Bxf3 39. Kf2 Bg4 (39... Bh5 40. Be4 Bg6 41. Bc6 c3
42. Ke3 c2 43. Kd2 Bd3 44. Bd5 $10) (39... Bd1 40. Ke3 c3 41. Be4 $10) 40. Be4
{[%csl Rb5,Rf7,Rg8]} Bd7 41. Ke3 Kf8 42. Kd4 Ke8 43. Bd5 Be6 44. Bc6+ Bd7 45.
Bd5 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel Qualifier 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vogel, Roven"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Vogel,R"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Die Turniersituation vor dieser Letztrundenpartie war eindeutig: Im Falle
eines Sieges meinerseits würde ich das Turnier dank besserer Zweitwertung
gewinnen, bei Remis oder gar Sieg für meinen Gegner, Nico Zwirs, würde er
den begehrten Qualifikationsplatz für das "Challengerturnier" 2021 erhalten,
da er einen ganzen Punkt Vorsprung auf mich hatte. Trotzdessen ging ich recht
entspannt in die Partie, da ich ohnehin recht zufrieden mit meinem
vorausgegangen Spiel war.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 $5 {Clevere
Eröffnungswahl meines Gegners: Dass er nicht unbedingt seine Hauptwaffe
Königsindisch spielen würde, hatte ich schon geahnt, aber mit Semi-Slawisch
hatte ich dann doch nicht gerechnet. Da ich überhaupt nicht einschätzen
konnte, wie viel Wissen er zu den Hauptvarianten hat, spielte ich einen selten
gespielten Zug, den ich in ähnlicher Form einmal von GM Luca Moroni
vorgesetzt bekam und durchaus als leicht unangenehm empfand.} 5. Qd3 $5 dxc4 6.
Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 $5 ({In die eben benannte Partie hätte} 7... a6 {
übergeleitet:} 8. e4 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd3 $6 {führte in meiner Partie zu leichten
praktischen Problemen, obwohl Schwarz auch hier objektiv nichts Schlimmes
befürchten muss.} (9... Bxc5 $142 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bd3 ({zu ehrgeizig wäre
das verlockende} 11. e5 $6 Ng4 $1 12. Bg5+ Ke8 13. O-O-O Nd7 {0-1 (36) Navara,
D (2672)-Kramnik,V (2788) Prague 2008 und Schwarz stand schon praktisch auf
Gewinn.}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 Ke7 $132 {1/2-1/2 (67)
Tregubov,P (2612)-Gelfand,B (2713) Sochi 2005 mit gutem Spiel für Schwarz})
10. Bxd3 Bxc5 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be4 Ra7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bf4 Rc7 15. Rac1 Bb6 16.
b4 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Ne4 Rc7 19. Rxc7 Bxc7 20. Rc1 Bd8 21. Be3 Be7 22. a3
Rd8 23. Kf1 f5 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rc7 Kf7 26. g4 Ke8 27. Nd4 Nf8 28. Ke2 Rd7 29.
Rc1 Kf7 30. Nc6 Rb7 31. Nd8+ {1-0 (31) Moroni,L (2556)-Vogel,R (2449) Le
Castella 2018}) 8. Bg5 $6 {Zeigt meine theoretische Unwissenheit, nach der ich
schon um Ausgleich kämpfen muss.} ({Nach} 8. a3 $5 {hätte ich zumindest
nicht nach 8 Zügen mit Weiß um Ausgleich kämpfen müssen...}) 8... Be7 $6 {
Solide aber auch etwas harmlos, zudem nicht unbedingt klar ist, warum Schwarz
sofort den Läufer dort braucht. Während mein Gegner nachdachte, waren mir
vor allem all die schwarzen Versuche, sofort den Kampf im Zentrum zu suchen,
sehr unangenehm. Oberflächlich betrachtet schein ich zwar ganz gute
Zentrumskontrolle zu besitzen, in Wahrheit fehlt mir allerdings einfach der
Lf1, dessen Entwicklung auch noch zwei bis drei Züge in Anspruch nimmt.} (8...
b4 $5 9. Ne4 Qa5 10. Nxf6+ (10. Ned2 Ba6 11. Nc4 Qd5 12. e3 Ne4 13. Bh4 g5 14.
Bg3 g4 $13 {- vor solchen überfallartigen Angriffen hatte ich etwas Sorge.})
10... gxf6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Qc2 c5 13. d5 $5 exd5 14. a3 $13 {mit großem
bevorstehenden Kampf um die Initiative}) ({selbst in meinem Traumszenario war
es schwer auf Vorteil hoffen zu können} 8... h6 $5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 (9... Qxf6 $6
{Die Dame müsste von hier aus früher oder später nochmal ziehen, da sie
gewissermaßen am Damenflügel fehlt und dem Sd7 und Lf8 etwas im Weg steht.})
10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 a6 12. Ne5 Qb6 $132 {[%cal Gc6c5] zumindest kann ich hier
etwas spielen}) (8... c5 $5 $13) (8... Bb7 $5 9. g3 c5 $132) 9. g3 $6 {Leider
hat Weiß dafür keine Zeit.} (9. e4 $142 b4 10. Na4 h6 11. Bxf6 (11. Bd2 $5
Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 a5 $132 {[%cal Gc8a8,Gb7a6]})
11... Nxf6 12. Ne5 Qa5 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. f3 Rd8 16. O-O-O Rxd4 17.
Rxd4 Qxe5 18. Rc4 Nd7 $44) 9... b4 $1 10. Nb1 $6 {Ein trauriger Zug,
allerdings waren mir die Alternativen auch nicht gerade symphatisch.} (10. Ne4
Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Nxf2 $1 12. Kxf2 Qxe7 $15 {sah nach einem Trick aus, den ich
besser vermeiden sollte, auch wenn die Maschine mir durchaus wage Kompensation
zugesteht, die ich nicht unbedingt sehe}) (10. Na4 {Wir alle wissen, was der
Springer am Rand bringt.} Qa5 11. Qd1 Ba6 $17) (10. Bxf6 bxc3 11. Bxe7 cxb2 12.
Rb1 Qa5+ $1 $15 {schreckte mich auch ab.}) 10... c5 (10... a5 $1 {[%cal Gc8a6,
Gc6c5,Ga8c8,Yg2a8] Als ich diesen Zug bemerkte, kamen in mir sehr negative
Erinnerungen aus einer "uralten" Partie hoch, die ich 2013 bei der Jugend-EM
gegen den bereits erwähnten Luca Moroni in ähnlicher Stellung chancenlos
verloren hatte. Der Punkt ist, dass der Läufer auf a6 wesentlich effektvoller
ist, als sein Pardon auf g2, da dieser nach c5 und Tc8 nur noch ins "Leere"
guckt.}) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Rc8 13. O-O O-O $15 {Der Eröffnungsausgang ist
sehr ungünstig für mich. Das Problem besteht nicht unbedingt darin, dass ich
wegen meiner unkoordinierten Figuren leicht schlechter stehe, sondern vielmehr
darin, dass die schwarze Stellung unheimich gesund ist und ich keinerlei
Chancen auf dynamische Ungleichgewichte habe, womit das Beste, auf das ich
hoffen kann, ein sehr remisliches Endspiel ist. Daher versuchte ich meine
Kompensation auf der Uhr zu suchen.} 14. a3 $5 {Der Versuch irgendwelche
Fragen zu stellen. In der Tat begann mein Gegner ab hier unverhältnismäßig
viel Zeit zu verbrauchen.} bxa3 15. bxa3 (15. Rxa3 $2 c4 $1 $17) ({Für einen
kurzen Moment war ich sogar bereit, das dubiose} 15. Qxa3 $6 {zu spielen, nur
um Ungleichgewichte zu erzeugen:} cxd4 16. Qxa7 Nc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 ({ebenfalls
möglich ist} 17... Bxf6 18. b4 Rc7 $1 $132) 18. Qa5 d3 $15 {doch dann fiel
mir auf, dass die entstandenen Ungleichgewichte keinerlei positive Aspekte
für mich enthalten.}) (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxa3 cxd4 17. Rxa7 Bd5 $15 {- auch
sehr komfortabel für Schwarz.}) 15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 h6 ({Mein Gegner hätte
durchaus ambitionierter spielen können:} 16... Ba6 17. Rfc1 h6 18. Be3 Nd5 $17
) 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Qd3 Nb6 $6 {Logisch, aber auch gewissermaßen hinterfragbar.
Warum ein remisliches Endspiel spielen, wenn man auch um Vorteil im
Mittelspiel kämpfen kann? Schließlich besagt eine alte Weisheit, dass man
auf Gewinn spielen sollte, wenn man Remis machen möchte.} (18... Qe7 $132 {
[%cal Gc5b6,Gf8d8,Ye6e5,Ye5e4]}) 19. Qxd8 (19. Rfc1 Qxd3 20. exd3 Bxe3 21. fxe3
$11 {schien auch nur meine Stellung zu verschlechtern, da ich für die
zusätzliche Bauerninsel keine wirkliche Aktivität bekomme.}) 19... Rfxd8 20.
Bxc5 Rxc5 $11 {Hier bot mir mein Gegner mit 50 Minuten Restbedenkzeit weniger
Remis an, was ich auf Grund der gegebenen Turniersituation als leichte
Provokation aufnahm.} 21. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Ne5 Bxg2
25. Kxg2 $132 {Der beste Fall ist eingetreten: Ich hab ein Endspiel erreicht,
in dem ich durchaus Chancen habe, zumindest ein paar Fragen zu stellen.
Außerdem verblieb ich mit viel mehr Restbedenkzeit, was sich noch als
wesentlicher Faktor herausstellen sollte.} Nd5 (25... Kf8 26. Kf3 Ke7 27. Ke3
Nd7 $11 {schien der plausibelste Weg zur "Neutralisation" zu sein.}) 26. Kf3 f6
27. Nec4 Kf7 28. Ke4 Ke7 29. Kd4 Kd7 30. e4 Ndb6 $6 (30... Nc7 31. f4 Ne7 32.
Nf3 Nc6+ 33. Kc5 (33. Kd3 Na6 34. e5 Nc5+ 35. Ke3 h5 $11 {Die schwarzen
Springer sind ausreichend aktiv, um den leichten Raumnachteil zu kompensieren.}
) 33... Na6+ 34. Kb5 Nc7+ $11) 31. e5 $1 {Ab hier beginnen die Probleme für
Schwarz. Soll er f5 machen, um den Königsflügel weitestgehend abzuschließen,
aber sich damit eine dauerhafte Schwäche auf e6 verpassen lassen, die sobald
ein weißer Springer auf c5 auftaucht, womöglich von einem passiven König
auf e7 verteidigt werden muss und ihm in vielen Bauernendspielen zum
Verhängnis wird? Soll er auf e5 nehmen, um so seinem König und Springer das
Feld d6 freizukämpfen, aber gleichzeitig meinen Springern einen großartigen
Vorposten geben? Oder soll er doch lieber die Spannung aufrecht erhalten, aber
so Bauernschwächen am Königsflügel in Kauf nehmen? Mein Gegner entscheidet
sich für Letzteres.} Kc6 32. exf6 (32. Nxb6 axb6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. g4 $5 (34.
Ne4 e5+ 35. Kd3 f5 36. Nf6 Ne7 $11 {[%cal Gc6d6,Gd6e6,Yc6b5,Yb5a4]}) 34... Nd6
35. Ne4 f5 36. gxf5 (36. Nxd6 Kxd6 37. gxf5 exf5 38. a4 Ke6 39. Kc4 Kd6 40. Kb5
Kc7 $11) 36... Nb5+ $1 37. Ke5 exf5 38. Kxf5 Nxa3 $11) 32... gxf6 ({natürlich
nicht} 32... Nxc4 $4 {wegen} 33. f7 $18) 33. Ne3 Nd6 $6 {Unnötig, wonach sich
Schwarz auf ein kleines Wettrennen einlassen muss.} ({Ultrasolide wäre} 33...
Nd7 $1 {gewesen:} 34. Ng4 $6 h5 35. Ne3 Nd6 $11) 34. Ng4 Nb5+ 35. Kd3 f5 36.
Nxh6 Nxa3 37. f3 Kd6 38. g4 Ke5 $4 {Mit sehr knapper Restbedenkzeit begeht
mein Gegner einen großen Fehler. Viele Wege führten für Schwarz ins
"Challenger" 2021.} (38... fxg4 39. fxg4 Ke5 40. g5 Nd5 $11) (38... Nd5 39.
gxf5 exf5 40. Nxf5+ Ke5 41. Ne3 Nxe3 42. Kxe3 Nc2+ $11) 39. g5 Nd5 $2 {Der
partieentscheidende Fehler.} (39... Nd7 $1 {Eröffnet die Springertänze!
Natürlich sind die folgenden Varianten ausschließlich maschinenbasiert.
Keiner von uns beiden hat auch nur ansatzweise an sowas während dieser
emotionalen Partie gedacht.} 40. Nf7+ Kd5 41. h4 e5 42. h5 Ke6 43. Nh8 $3 (43.
Nd8+ Ke7 44. Nc6+ Kf7 $11 {Schwarz rettet sich in noch in letzter Sekunde.})
43... e4+ (43... Nb5 44. h6 (44. g6 $2 e4+ $3 45. fxe4 (45. Ke3 Nf6 46. h6 Nd5+
47. Ke2 Kf6 48. g7 Ne7 49. fxe4 Nc3+ 50. Kd3 Nxe4 51. Nxe4+ fxe4+ 52. Kxe4 Ng8
53. h7 Kxg7 54. hxg8=Q+ $11) 45... Ne5+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kc2 Kf6 47. exf5 Nd4+ $11)
46... Kf6 47. exf5 Kxf5 48. g7 Ng4+ 49. Kd3 Nh6 50. Nf7 Ng8 51. Ne4 Ke6 52.
Nfg5+ Ke7 $11 {[%cal Gb5c7,Gc7e8,Gg8h6]}) 44... Nd6 (44... e4+ 45. Ke3 $1 (45.
fxe4 $2 Nd6 46. g6 fxe4+ 47. Nxe4 Ne5+ 48. Kc2 Nxg6 49. Nxg6 Nf7 50. h7 Kf5 $11
) 45... Nd6 46. Nb3 $1 $18 {- Mobilisierung aller Kräfte.}) 45. g6 Nf6 46. h7
$18) (43... Ke7 44. h6 Kf8 45. g6 Kg8 46. Nf7 Nf8 47. Nxe5 $18) 44. fxe4 Nb5 (
44... fxe4+ 45. Kxe4 Nb5 46. h6 Nd6+ 47. Kf4 $18) 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Ng6 fxe4 47.
Nxe4 Nf7 48. Kf4 a5 49. Nc3 Nc5 50. Kg4 a4 51. Nf4+ Ke7 52. g6 a3 53. gxf7 Kxf7
$11) 40. Nf7+ Kf4 41. g6 $1 {Jetzt gibt es kein Sf4+!} (41. h4 $2 Kg3 42. h5
Nf4+ $11 {Ich bin mir sicher, dass dies die Idee meines Gegners war.}) 41...
Nf6 42. g7 $1 (42. h4 $4 Nh5 $11 {und der Springer hält die Bauern
rechtzeitig auf.}) 42... e5 $6 {Jetzt verliert Schwarz relativ trivial.} ({
Die einzige mögliche Verteidigung von Schwarz, die ich in der Partie
betrachtete, war mit der Idee verbunden, den Springer nach e7 zu überführen,
um so möglichst lange die weißen Bauern von einer Promotion abzuhalten.
Allerdings ahnte ich, dass ich mit meinem Sd2 einen seiner Springer so
ablenken können würde, dass einer meiner beiden Freibauern doch zur Dame
wird.} 42... Nb5 43. h4 Nc7 44. h5 Ncd5 45. h6 Ne7 46. Nc4 Kxf3 (46... Nh7 47.
Nce5 Ng8 48. Kc4 $18 {Wunderschön: Der weiße König hat alle Zeit der Welt,
da Schwarz sich überhaupt nicht wehren kann.}) 47. Nce5+ Kg3 48. Nd7 Nh7 49.
Nf8 Nf6 50. Ne5 f4 51. Ned7 {Jetzt ist h7 kontrolliert.} Neg8 52. Nxf6 Nxh6 53.
Nxe6 f3 54. Ng5 f2 55. Nge4+ Kg2 56. Nxf2 Kxf2 57. Ng4+ $18) 43. h4 e4+ 44.
fxe4 fxe4+ 45. Nxe4 Ng8 46. Ng3 $1 $18 {[%csl Re5,Rf5,Rg5,Rh5][%cal Gg3f5,
Gf7e5,Gf7g5,Gg3h5] Keine Chance für den schwarzen König, sich den Freibauern
auch nur zu nähern!} Nb5 47. h5 Nd6 48. h6 Nxf7 49. h7 Nfh6 50. Ne2+ Kf5 51.
h8=Q Kg6 52. Nf4+ Kg5 53. Nd5 Kg6 54. Kc4 Kf7 55. Qh7 Ng4 56. Qh5+ {Keine
schöne Partie, aber eine, die mir die Möglichkeit gibt, mich nächstes Jahr
auf ein neues in Wijk aan Zee zu beweisen!} 1-0

[Event "Hyderabad WIPRO"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2000.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.07.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. Qb3 Ba5 $6 {[%csl Ra5]} 10. O-O O-O 11. Rad1 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. Ne4
Qe7 14. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4g6,Gh4f5]} Nb6 15. Ng6 $1 {Of course, the retreat of
the queen would allow black time to consolidate, but this 'counterthreat'
enables white's queen to head for an active post which in turn gains a tempo.}
Qc7 16. Qc5 Nd7 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Qa3 exd4 19. Nd6 $16 Bb6 20. Ndxc8 Bc5 $6 21.
b4 $18 Bb6 22. Nxb6 axb6 23. Qb2 Rad8 24. Rxd4 Qe5 25. Nxc6 bxc6 26. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Pyramiden Franken Cup 5th"]
[Site "Fuerth"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.08.31"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 {The origins of
potential light-square play as discussed in the main text. I am not too
convinced of the efficacy of the g3 line (surprise value played a definite
role here) but when it comes to taking the light-squared chances seriously it
is certainly at the forefront, as indeed is the closely related Open Catalan.}
Qxf6 7. g3 Nd7 8. Bg2 dxc4 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 e5 12. e3 $5 Rd8 13.
Qe2 Qe6 {[%cal Ya5a6,Yg2a8,Yd4d5,Yc3d5,Ye2c4]} 14. a6 $1 {[%csl Yb7,Yd5][%cal
Yg2a8]} bxa6 (14... b5 $5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxb5 $14) 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. Ng5
hxg5 17. Bxd5 Qg6 18. Bxa8 $14 Nb6 {As I discussed in the text, such a
complete change of scene brings with it very special challenges. White has
made a small material gain, but black's position is considerably freed, and
this comfortable development is the first evidence for this.} 19. Bg2 (19. Be4
$5 f5 20. Bg2) 19... Bf5 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gf5d3] The c4 pawn becomes something
of an asset.} 20. Rfd1 Bd3 21. Qf3 Bb4 {The makings of a light-square strategy!
} 22. Qb7 a5 23. Qxa7 f5 $2 24. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Kh7 26. Bxc4 e4 27. Qa6
Qxa6 28. Bxa6 Rd6 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Rac1 $16 d2 31. Rc4 g4 32. f3 gxf3 33. Kf2
g5 34. Kxf3 Kg6 35. h3 Rd3 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. g4 $4 $138 {A truly awful
time-trouble blunder which nearly results in a dark-square rout.} f4 $17 38.
Re6 Rb3 39. h4 fxe3 40. hxg5 Rxb2 41. Kxe3 Rb3+ 42. Ke4 Rg3 43. Rb6 Rg2 44. Kf3
$1 Rh2 45. Rh6 $1 Rxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. Rd1 Rb8 $6 {A bizarre looking novelty from Sam, but it's
recommended by silicon minds.} (9... g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Qe7 13.
Ne4 {Ivanchuk-Predojevic, 2016, brought White success.}) 10. g3 {Varuzhan
switches to Catalan tracks.} (10. a3 Qd8 11. e4 b5 {has to be the point of the
mysterious rook move. After} 12. Qxc6 $6 Rb6 13. Qa8 a6 {the white queen is in
grave danger.}) 10... Qd8 11. Bg2 Be7 12. O-O b5 13. Qd3 (13. Qxc6 $2 Bb7)
13... O-O 14. Ne4 Qa5 $6 ({The more accurate} 14... Qb6 {will be tested
shortly, I'm sure.}) 15. Nc5 $5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bf6 (16... Bxc5 17. Ne5 {is
extremely awkward for Black, who has positioned his major pieces right into a
fork from c6.}) 17. Qd6 $1 {Very energetic play from Akobian.} Ba6 $2 (17...
Bb7 18. Ne5 Rbd8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 b4 $1 {might have been
enough to get Black out of trouble. Surprisingly the white queen cannot step
out of the way without abandoning its c-pawn.}) 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 b4 20.
Bxc6 {Not bad, albeit materialistic.} ({I wanted to see} 20. Rd7 Bb5 21. Rfd1
Qxa2 22. Rxf7 $1 {This isn't just a random line. Many games have been won by
following Alekhine's dictum of tying up the defender on the other side, and
then using your superior forces for a quick kingside kill.}) 20... Rbc8 21. Rd6
Bxe2 22. Rc1 Bb5 23. Bb7 Rc7 24. c6 Qb6 {This is where I chalked up the second
win for the old guard.} 25. Qc5 $5 ({The same logic applies here:} 25. h4 {
How's Black going to untangle?} Ba6 {allows} 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Rxe6) 25... Qxc5
26. Rxc5 a6 27. Rd4 Rb8 28. Rxb5 axb5 29. Rxb4 $3 {This was Akobian's idea. I
admit I didn't see it.} Rbxb7 30. cxb7 Rxb7 31. a4 Ra7 $5 (31... Kf8 32. Rxb5
Rxb5 33. axb5 Ke7 34. f4 Kd6 35. Kf2 Kc5 36. Ke3 Kxb5 37. Kd4 Kb4 38. Ke5 Kc5
39. g4 Kc6 40. h4 Kc5 41. h5 Kc6 42. b4) 32. axb5 Kf8 33. b6 Rb7 34. Kg2 Ke7
35. Kf3 Kd6 36. Ke4 Kc5 37. Rb3 f6 38. Kd3 e5 39. g4 {A classic example of th
winning advantage of an outside passer.} g6 40. h4 f5 41. h5 gxh5 42. gxf5 h4
43. Ke4 Kd6 44. f6 h3 45. Kf5 e4 46. Rxh3 Rxb6 {I had long stopped following
this game, thinking Sam was just going through the motions, but then there was
a sudden twist in the tail.} 47. b3 $6 {I don't get it. To me keeping this
pawn is unnecessary.} ({With his king supporting the passed pawn all White
needed to do is to eliminate some driftwood:} 47. Rh4 Rxb2 (47... Rb5+ 48. Kg6)
48. Rxe4 Rxf2+ 49. Kg6 h5 50. f7 {isn't this routine?}) 47... Rb5+ 48. Kxe4 $4
{A terrible move, but in some way it is consistent with 47.b3.} ({Instead,} 48.
Kg6 Rg5+ 49. Kf7 Rg2 50. Rxh6 Rxf2 51. Ke8 {promotes the pawn.}) 48... h5 {
A whole new ballgame now.} 49. Rf3 (49. Kd4 Rb4+ 50. Kc3 Rf4) (49. b4 Ke6 50.
Rb3 Kxf6 51. Kd4 h4 52. Kc4 Rh5) 49... Ke6 50. Kd4 ({Suddenly} 50. f7 {doesn't
work. Clearly Varuzhan missed} Rb4+ $1 51. Kd3 Rxb3+ 52. Ke2 Rxf3 53. Kxf3 Kxf7
) 50... Kf7 51. Kc4 Rb8 52. b4 h4 53. b5 Rh8 54. Rh3 Kxf6 55. b6 Ke7 $4 {
Words fail me.} (55... Kg5 {just *had* to be played, and guess what? It would
have saved the game!} 56. f3 (56. Kb5 Kg4 57. Rh1 Rf8 58. Rh2 Rf3 59. b7 Rb3+
60. Kc6 h3 61. Rh1 Rc3+ {is an elementary draw.}) 56... Rc8+ 57. Kb5 Rc1 58.
Rh2 (58. f4+ Kg4 59. Rb3 Rc8 60. b7 Rb8 61. Kc6 Kxf4 $11) 58... Rb1+ 59. Kc6
Rc1+ 60. Kb7 Rc3 61. Rg2+ Kh5 62. f4 h3 63. Rb2 Kg4 $11) 56. Kb5 Kd7 57. Ka6
Kc6 58. b7 {At least I got the result right: the older gentleman won.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-B 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nxf7 $5 {[#] A topical line, following
the memorable game Grischuk-Ding Liren, Berlin Candidates 2018} Kxf7 13. e5 Nd5
14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. a4 {[#]} ({The stem game Topalov-Kramnik, 2008 saw
} 16. Bg4 {but later the same year Karjakin introduced a sharp reply} h5 17.
Bxh5 Raf8 18. Qg4 Bh6 19. h4 Rhg8 {in his game against Shirov.}) 16... a5 {
A novelty from Korobov. Knowing his style one wonders whether it was an
over-the-board inspiration.} ({Ding chose} 16... Raf8 {and after} 17. Bf3 a6
18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Kh1 Bc6 21. f4 {erred with} gxf4 $2 {allowing
White a near forced win:} 22. Bh4+ Bf6 23. Qg4 {which Grischuk
uncharacteristically missed.}) 17. Bf3 Rhf8 ({Somewhat illogically Black is
better off blowing up the entire queenside with} 17... bxa4 {in search of
activity for his pieces.}) 18. Bxd5 $1 {Grischuk's idea is very handy here as
well.} cxd5 19. axb5 {[#] Despite a piece deficit White stands very well. His
powerful Nd6 holds everything together, while a natural plan with f2-f4 is
coming up next.} Rf5 $5 {Korobov is willing to part with anything to interfere
with White's plans.} 20. Kh1 (20. Qh5 Rg8 21. Nxf5+ exf5 22. e6 {was very
strong as well.}) 20... Kf8 ({How about taking it to the max?} 20... Raf8 21.
Qd2 Rf4 {physically stops f2-f4, and thus can be considered.}) 21. f4 Kg8 22.
Nxf5 exf5 23. fxg5 Nf8 24. gxh6 Qxh6 25. Rxf5 Bc8 26. Rf1 Be6 27. Qe1 Qg6 28.
Qd2 {[#]} Nd7 ({White's better off keeping the queens in case of} 28... Qd3 29.
Qf2 ({as} 29. Qxd3 cxd3 30. Be1 Bg4 {can get messy:} 31. Rxa5 Rc8 32. Bc3 Bh6
33. Ra6 Be3 34. b6 Rb8)) 29. Bh4 Bh6 30. Qe1 Qe4 31. Qf2 $1 {Same strategy
here. White just has too many pawns, and the youngster confidently brings the
point home.} Kh7 32. Ra3 Rf8 33. Bf6 $1 Nxf6 34. exf6 Bg5 35. b6 $1 Rxf6 36.
Rf3 Rxf3 37. Qxf3 Qxd4 38. Qg3 Bf6 39. b7 Be5 40. b8=Q Bxg3 41. hxg3 1-0

[Event "Dresden ZMD op 20th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Berczes, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
g6 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bg7 11. Re1 O-O 12. e4 Qe7 (12... e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3
Bg4 15. Re3 {gives to White an edge, as indicated in the survey of Lars
Schandorff (CBM 139).}) 13. e5 Rd8 14. Qe2 b5 15. Bd3 ({Earlier I have played} 
15. Bb3 Bb7 16. Ne4 c5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Qa5 cxd4 19. Rad1 {(Zakhartsov-Av.
Grigoryan, Voronezh 2010), and now Black could obtain an advantage by means of}
Rbc8 $1 20. Rxd4 Nxe5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Nc5 Bd5
$1 25. Rxe5 Bxb3 26. f3 Bxa2 $17) 15... Rb8 $1 {The suggestion of Schandorff 
(survey in CBM 140).} (15... b4 {would be worse:} 16. Na4 c5 17. Rac1 cxd4 18.
Rc7 Rb8 19. Qe4 {with an initiative for White.}) 16. Rac1 c5 17. dxc5 ({After} 
17. Nxb5 Bb7 18. Nxa7 Ra8 19. Nb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 cxd4 21. Qg3 Rxa2 22. Nxd4 Nxe5
23. Rxe5 Rxd4 {White struggled for a draw (Rogozenko-Pashikian, Aix-les-Bains
2011)}) 17... Bb7 18. Ne4 (18. Bxb5 {also didn't pose any problems for Black:}
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxe5 20. Qe3 Ng4 21. Qf3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rxb5 23. Qxg4 Rxc5 {
with equality.}) 18... Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxc5 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final"]
[Site "Belgorod"]
[Date "2010.11.10"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2010.11.07"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. e4 e5 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Bg4 14. Rc1 Rd8 $5 {
Probably, the simplest way to equalise. Black avoids a potential weakness on
c6.} 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 cxd5 (17... c5 18. a4 c4 19. a5 cxb3
20. axb6 axb6 {(Czebe-Varga, Budapest 2009) is rather dubious due to} 21. Na4
$1 ({instead of} 21. Nb5 Bf8 22. Rc7 Bc5)) 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd7 20. Rc3 (
20. a4 Ke7 21. a5 {also hardly promises anything special:} Bf6 22. Rfd1 Rb8 23.
Rd3 Kd8 24. Rdc3 Be7 25. Rc4 Bd6 26. Kf1 g5 27. Kg2 Rc7 {with equality 
(Alekseev-Leko, Jermuk 2009)}) 20... Ke7 21. Rfc1 Bf6 (21... Rhd8) 22. Rc7 Rhd8
23. Rxb7 (23. Bxb7 Bg5 (23... Rxc7 24. Rxc7+ Rd7 {transposes to the game}) 24.
R1c5 Rxc7 25. Rxc7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {should be a draw.}) 23... Rxb7 24. Bxb7
Rd2 25. Rc7+ (25. Bd5 Bh4 26. Rc7+ Kd8 27. Rxf7 Rxb2 28. Rg7 Bxf2+ 29. Kf1 g5
30. Rh7 Bd4 31. Rxh6 Rf2+ 32. Ke1 Rxf3 {also a draw.}) 25... Rd7 {The simplest.
} ({Also was possible} 25... Kd8 26. Rxf7 Bh4 27. Bd5 Rxb2 {- see 25.Bd5.}) 26.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Bd5 Ke7 28. b4 Bg5 29. Kf1 Bd2 {Forcing the white pawns to
advance to light squares. Now a draw is inevitable.} 30. a3 Bc1 31. a4 Bd2 32.
b5 Ba5 33. Ke2 g5 34. Kd3 f6 35. Kc4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov Vasylyshyn Memorial GM 9th"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zakhartsov, Viacheslav V"]
[Black "Dastan, Batuhan Muhammed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Zakhartsov,Vi"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2012.11.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bg7 10. e5 Nh5 11. a4 a6 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nfxg5 {(a tempting sacrifice)}
Nxg3 14. hxg3 hxg5 15. Bxc4 {This continuation been occurred only once before
this game.} ({After} 15. Qc2 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19.
Ra3 Qxd4 20. Rf3+ Ke7 {several games ended in a draw. The last example:} 21.
Qg8 Qxb2 22. Rh7 Qb4+ 23. Kd1 Qxa4+ 24. Ke1 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qa5+ $11
{E.Danielian-A.Muzychuk, Kazan 2012}) 15... Qe7 $5 {A novelty.} (15... bxc4 16.
Qh5 Re8 {and now} 17. Qh7+ {(better than} (17. O-O-O Qe7 (17... Ra7 $6 18. Qh7+
Kf8 19. Rh5 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Qxa7 Nd7 22. Rdh1 {and White eventually won,
Grover-Gagarin, Moscow 2012}) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rh5 Nd7 20. Rxg5 (20. Rdh1 Qb4
21. Rxg5 Rb8 22. Qxg7+ Ke7 {and Black wins}) 20... f6 21. Rg6 fxe5 {with
Black's advantage}) 17... Kf8 18. Rh5 Qxd4 19. Rxg5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 {
leads to an unclear position with a non-standard material balance.}) 16. Qh5
Rd8 (16... Qb4+ {? loses to} 17. Kf1 Qxc4+ 18. Kg1 Rd8 19. Qxg5 Qxd4 20. Nf6+
Kf8 21. Rh7 {with decisive threats.}) 17. O-O-O bxc4 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Rh5 f5 (
19... f6 $2 {loses to} 20. Rdh1 {!} Qf7 (20... Nd7 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Rh8+ Ke7 (
22... Bxh8 23. Rxh8+ Ke7 24. Rh7) 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxd8 {and White wins}) 21.
exf6 Bxf6 22. Nxf6 Qxh7 (22... Qxf6 23. Qc7 Nd7 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25. R1h7+ Kg6 26.
Rh6+ Kg7 27. R8h7+ Kg8 28. Rxf6) 23. Rxh7 Nd7 (23... Rxd4 24. Rc7 Nd7 25. Nxd7+
Bxd7 26. Rh8+) 24. Ne4 {and despite the material deficit White has a decisive
advantage:} Re8 25. Nxg5 e5 26. Rh8+ Ke7 27. R1h7+ Kf6 28. Rxe8 Kxg5 29. Rxd7)
(19... Nd7 $5 20. Rdh1 (20. Rxg5 $2 f5 21. Rh1 fxe4 22. Rg4 Qf7 23. Rf4 Nf6 24.
exf6 Bxf6) 20... Qb4 (20... c5 21. Rxg5 f5 (21... f6 22. Rg6 $1 (22. Qh8+ Bxh8
23. Rxh8+ Kf7 24. Rh7+ Kf8 (24... Ke8 $4 25. Rg8+ Nf8 26. Rxe7+ Kxe7 27. Rg7+
Ke8 28. Nxf6#) 25. Rh8+ Kf7 {=}) 22... Qf7 (22... cxd4 23. Nd6 {with the
decisive threat of Qh8}) 23. Nd6 Qg8 24. Qh4 $1 {with decisive attack:} (24.
Rxg7 Qxg7 25. Qh8+ Qxh8 26. Rxh8+ Ke7 27. Rh7+ Kf8 {a draw}) 24... Ke7 25. Re1
Rf8 26. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 27. Nf5+ exf5 28. exf6+) 22. Rh6 $1 fxe4 23. Rhg6 Ke8 24.
Rxg7 Qxg5+ 25. Rxg5 Nf8 26. Rg8 Rd7 27. Qg6+ Rf7 28. d5 {winning}) (20... c3 $5
21. Rxg5 cxb2+ 22. Kb1 f6 {and White has nothing better than a draw by} (22...
Qa3 {also leads to a draw:} 23. Qxg7+ Ke7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rh7+ Kf8 26. Rh8+
Kf7) 23. Qh8+ Bxh8 24. Rxh8+ Kf7 25. Rh7+ Kf8) 21. Rxg5 Rb8 22. Qxg7+ Ke7 {
and White has to force a draw by} 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rh7+ Kf8 (24... Ke8 $4 25.
Rg8+ Qf8 (25... Nf8 26. Nf6#) 26. Nd6#) 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. Rh7+ Kf8 {=}) 20. Nxg5
(20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 (21... Qxh7 22. Rxh7 Nd7 23. Ne4 Kg8 24. Rdh1 Rf8
25. Nd6 {with an advantage for White}) 22. Qc7 Nd7 23. Rdh1 {was sufficient
for a draw:} Ke8 24. Qxc6 Bb7 25. Rh8+ Kf7 26. R1h7+ Kg6 27. Rh6+ Kg7 28. R6h7+
Kg6 $11) 20... Qe8 $2 {A decisive mistake. Black defends against Qg6, but
loses a tempo.} ({The only move was} 20... Bxe5 21. Qg6 (21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22.
Kxd1 Qxh7 23. Rxh7 {with some compensation}) 21... Qe8 $1 {(again the only
move)} (21... Qg7 $2 {loses to} 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Rh7) 22. Nh7+ (22. Qxe8+ Kxe8
23. dxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1) 22... Ke7 23. Qg5+ Kd7 24. dxe5+ Kc7 25. Rxd8 Qxd8 26.
Nf6 Kb6 27. Rh7 Qd3 28. Qg7 Qf1+ 29. Kc2 Qe2+ 30. Kc1 Qxe5 {and White should
find} (30... Qe1+ 31. Kc2 Qe2+ {=}) 31. Nd5+ Qxd5 32. Qc7+ Kc5 33. Qa5+ Kd6 (
33... Kd4 $4 34. Qc3+ Kc5 35. Qa3+ Kb6 36. Qb4+ Qb5 37. a5#) 34. Qc7+ Kc5 {
with perpetual.}) 21. Rh6 {Now White is winning.} Ra7 (21... c3 22. Rf6+ Bxf6
23. exf6 {with inevitable mate}) (21... Bxh6 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24.
Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qg7+ Qf7 26. Qxf7#) 22. Rg6 Qxg6 {Desperation, but} (22... Qe7 {
didn't help either:} 23. Qh5 $1 {(preventing ...Ke8)} (23. Rh1 $2 Ke8) 23... c3
24. Rh1 cxb2+ 25. Kb1 Qa3 26. Qh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Ke7 28. Rg7#) 23. Qxg6 c5 24.
Rh1 Nc6 25. Nh7+ Kg8 26. Nf6+ Kf8 27. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Canberra ANU op"]
[Site "Canberra"]
[Date "2007.07.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Antic, Dejan"]
[Black "Zhao, Zong Yuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Zhao,Zong Yuan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Qc2 $5 (11. O-O {leads to a modern day main line}
Bg7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bd6 a6 14. Bh5 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e5 Qb6 17. Ne4 O-O-O
18. Nd6+ Kb8 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Bxf7 Nxe5 {see Radjabov-Anand, Mainz Rapids 2006
}) 11... h5 12. h3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Rg8 $6 {looks unnecessary} (13... Be7 $5 14.
O-O-O Qb6 (14... a6 15. Kb1 Nd7) 15. Rhf1 O-O-O 16. f4 g4 17. f5 c5 $13) (13...
Qe7 $5 {also looks interesting}) 14. O-O-O Qe7 15. Bxf6 $6 Qxf6 16. Bxh5 Rh8 $1
(16... O-O-O 17. e5 $1 Qf4+ 18. Kb1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. Bxf7) 17. Bf3 (17.
Bg4 O-O-O 18. d5 Bc5 $36) 17... O-O-O 18. Ne2 (18. e5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Rxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Rd1 Qxe5 22. Qd2 Bb4 23. Qd7+ Kb8 24. Bxc6 Bc8 25. Qxf7 Rf8 $19)
18... c5 19. e5 Qe7 20. dxc5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxc5 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24.
Qd2 Be7 25. Nd4 Kb6 (25... b4) 26. f4 Rxh3 27. f3 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Rh4 29. Qe3 Rh8
30. Qf4 Rh4 31. Qe3 b4 32. Kc2 Rh2+ 33. Kb1 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Ka1 Rxa2+ 0-1

