[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2814"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Bg6 7. Be2 Ne7 {
I know that some of the Caro-Kann specialists prefer to develop the knight on
h6, with little concern about spoiling the pawn structure. Perhaps, it's a
matter of taste, but, in practice Black achieve results superior to the move
in the text. Here is the latest example:} (7... Nh6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bxh6 gxh6 10.
Nb3 O-O 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. c3 f6 13. Qe3 Qc7 14. c4 Rae8 $132 {0-1 Edouard,R 
(2634)-Zhigalko,A (2566)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 850 (36)}) 8. Nh4 $1
{The best way to fight for an advantage.} c5 ({Black can also save his bishop
by} 8... Nf5 9. Nxf5 Bxf5 10. g4 Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 {This position
appeared in a couple of games. I believe that here Black's chances to equalise
are higher than after the choice of Wang Hao.}) 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3
({Another possible idea for White is} 11. a3 Rc8 (11... a5 12. a4 $14 {[%csl
Yb5]}) 12. b4 cxd4 13. cxd4 {gaining space on the queenside.}) 11... Rc8 $6 {
This standard move can't be so bad, but, I believe that Black's play should be
more concrete.} (11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15. h4 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Qa6 18. Qd1 $1 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2735)-Macieja,B (2613)/
Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (61)}) (11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 {This is just a
temporary inconvenience for the king. After g2-g3 he will find a safe shelter
on g2. Later on White will start the plan that was realized in current game.
The evaluation clearly favours White.}) (11... Qb6 $1 {If Black wants to
continue to play this line, he has to be more active.} 12. O-O $5 (12. Qc2 cxd4
13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 Rc8 $132 {The queen on c2 is vulnerable.}) 12... Qxb2 {
Risky, but principled.} 13. Rb1 Qxc3 $2 (13... Qxa2 14. Rxb7 {White's
compensation is obvious, but the objective evaluation is unclear to me. This
position is worth being checked in practice. Here is a sample line:} c4 {
It is recommended for Black to close the centre.} 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. Bg4 $5 {
A very interesting rook sacrifice.} (16. Rb1 Be7 17. Bg4 $44) 16... Nxb7 17.
Qf3 f5 (17... Nf6 18. exf6 Nd8 19. Re1 $1 $44) 18. Nxe6 Rc8 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20.
Qxf5 Nb6 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Nxg7+ Kd8 {White has a perpetual check, but not more
than that.}) 14. Rxb7 cxd4 (14... c4 15. Rc7 $18 {[%csl Rc6,Rd7][%cal Gd1a4]
Black's knight doesn't have a good square in view of the threat Qd1-a4.}) 15.
Bd2 Qa3 16. Bb5 Rc8 17. Qb1 $1 Be7 18. Rc1 $18) 12. O-O a6 {This plan is
obviously slow. On the other hand, it's very hard to suggest an alternative
idea. Due to doubled pawns on the kingside, Black can, in no way, realise the .
..f7-f6 advance.} 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 b5 (14... Qb6 15. Rb1 {and Black has no
good way to develop his initiative on the queenside.}) 15. a4 $1 {It is useful
for White to open the a-file.} Qb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kg2 c4 {It should be
noted, that castling is unsatisfactory for Black at any moment. In such a case
White simply plays Rh1 followed by h4-h5 with an irresistible attack.} 18. Ng5
Qd8 19. Bg4 {Now some sacrifices on e6 or f7 are in the offing, therefore,
Black's next more is practically forced.} Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. Rh1 {White's
plan is incredibly prosaic, and there is nothing Black can do about it. His
counterplay on the queenside is way too slow.} Nb6 22. h5 {Black is lost,
where did he go that astray? I guess, the whole conception was wrong and the
plan on the queenside too slow as well.} gxh5 23. Bxh5 Na4 {This allows a
spectacular finish, but the position is lost anyway.} (23... g6 24. Bg4 {
is not a relief for Black. Either the penetration along the h-line, or the
manouevre Qd1-Qf3-Qf6 will be decisive.}) (23... Rf8 24. Qc2 g6 (24... Kd7 25.
Qh7 $18) 25. Bg4 Ne7 26. Rh7 Nf5 {and here White has several winning ideas,}
27. Qc1 Qb7 28. Bd1 $18 {followed by Qc1-f4 and g3-g4 is just one good example.
}) {[%tqu "En","Find the forced win for White.","","","h5f7","",10]} 24. Bxf7+
$1 Kxf7 25. Qf3+ Kg8 (25... Kg6 26. Bf6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rf3g4]}) 26. Rxh8+ Kxh8
27. Rh1+ Kg8 28. Qh5 Rf8 (28... Ne7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Qxc8 $18)
29. Bf6 $1 (29. Bf6 Qd7 30. Qg6 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh1h7]}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2010.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 {
This line has become very popular recently in tournaments at the highest level.
} 8. c4 {The most aggressive move. White is trying to open up the centre,
before Black comfortably completes his development.} Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 {This move
is necessary to cover the b5-square against a knight move.} 10. Na3 {More
common is 10.Nc3. However, Leko certainly paid attention to the following
recent game where the young Vietnamese star equalised easily.} (10. Nc3 dxc4
11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 g5
17. g4 Nh4 18. f5 Nxe5 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Ke7 23.
Bb3 Rd8 24. h3 {1/2-1/2 Bologan,V (2692)-Le Quang Liem (2647)/Moscow RUS 2010/
The Week in Chess 796}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxf5 $146 {
A novelty. I suppose it was a fruit of home preparation. White is trying to
play as concretely as possible in order to exploit of Black's vulnerable king,
which is temporarily stuck in the centre. The previously played 13.Nxc4 didn't
bring White any real dividends.} (13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 {the bishop is
going to d5, which will secure Black's position from any danger.} 15. Rac1 Bd5
16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Rc1 Ne7 19. b4 Ng6 20. b5 Ba3 21. Rc3 Bb4 22.
Rc8+ Kd7 23. Rxh8 Nxh8 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 {1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2616)
-Bareev,E (2711)/Sochi 2004/CBM 101}) 13... Nxf5 {The play is now becoming
forced for a while.} 14. Bb6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Nc6 16. f4 g5 $1 {Black must
undermine White's pawn chain. Otherwise, White will have a stable advantage
since his bishops are superior to Black's knights.} (16... Rc8 $6 17. Rac1 (17.
Bxc4 $2 Nxe5 $15) 17... Nce7 18. Bxc4 O-O 19. Bb3 $14) 17. Bxc4 gxf4 18. Rae1 (
18. Rxf4 $6 Nxe5 19. Bd5 $5 {is an amusing idea, but doesn't really work in
view of} Nd6 $1 20. Bc7 Kd7 21. Bxd6 Kxd6 22. Bxb7 Ra7 $15 {Black is
practically a pawn up.}) {[%tqu "En","What is the best move for Black?","","",
"f5e3","Forcing the elimination of one of the bishops.",10]} 18... Ne3 $1 {
Forcing the elimination of one of the bishops.} 19. Rxf4 (19. Bxe3 fxe3 20.
Rxe3 Rd8 $11) 19... Nxc4 20. Rxc4 {The position is approximately balanced.
White doesn't really have enough resources to harass the enemy's king, and has
to be careful not to get slowly outplayed. If he allowed his opponent to swap
rooks, he would be lost due to his numerous pawn weaknesses.} Rg8 21. Bc7 {
The bishop is going to a dominating d6 square, but also the black knight will
be excellent on d5...} (21. Bc5 {would prevent the knight from being
transferred to d5, but then the rook comes out.} Rd8 22. Bd6 f6 23. Rf4 fxe5
24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 $11) 21... Ne7 22. Bd6 Nd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 23. Rh4 Rg7 24.
Rc1 Kd7 25. g3 Rh8 $1 {Prepaing the expansion on the kingside.} 26. a4 a5 27.
Rhc4 h5 28. Rc5 {Provoking b7-b6 in order to get access to the c6-square.} b6
29. Rc6 h4 30. Ba3 {[%cal Gc6d6]} Rd8 31. Kf2 $2 {This loses, but it wasn't
easy at all for Leko to find a series of only moves to keep the balance.} (31.
R1c4 $1 hxg3 32. h4 $1 g2 33. Bc1 $1 Rg3 34. Bg5 Rb8 35. Rc2 Rf3 36. Rd6+ Ke8
37. Rxg2 Rf5 38. h5 Rxe5 39. h6 f6 40. Bc1 $1 Re1+ (40... Ke7 $6 41. Ba3 {
is the point of 40.Bc1.}) 41. Kh2 Rxc1 42. Rg8+ Ke7 43. Rxb8 Kxd6 44. h7 Rc2+
45. Kg3 Rc3+ 46. Kh2 Rc2+ $11) 31... hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rg4 33. Rd6+ (33. R1c4 Rxc4
34. Rxc4 Rh8 35. Kg1 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Kxc8 {would lead to a hopeless endgame for
White, as all his pawns are weak.}) 33... Ke8 34. Rh1 Rxd6 35. Bxd6 Rxa4 36. a3
Nc3 37. Rh4 f5 (37... Rxh4 38. gxh4 f5 {An engine shows this as completely
winning for Black. However, for a human player it doesn't seem logical to give
White a passed pawn.}) 38. Rh8+ Kf7 39. Rf8+ Kg7 40. Re8 Ne4+ 41. Ke1 Ng5 {
The final phase of the game was played very convincingly by Le Quang Liem.} 42.
Rb8 Rg4 43. Rxb6 Rxg3 44. Ra6 f4 45. Rxa5 Rg1+ 46. Kf2 Nh3+ 47. Kf3 Rg3+ 48.
Ke4 f3 {This pawn will cost White a piece.} 49. Bc5 f2 50. Bxf2 Nxf2+ 51. Kd4
Kg6 52. Ra8 Rd3+ 53. Kc4 Rd5 54. Rg8+ Kf7 55. Rg3 Ne4 56. Rh3 Nc5 57. Kb5 Nd7+
58. Ka6 Nxe5 59. a4 Nc4 {[%mdl 4096]} 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O f6 {A very risky
approach, but other moves do not guarantee equality.} (6... Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8.
Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 {A new move, though it is unclear if it is one that
will be repeated often.} Bh5 (10... h5 {was played in Caruana-Tomashevsky from
the 2013 Grand Prix in Paris. The Italian won a fantastic game there.}) 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 g6 13. Re1 h5 14. Qd3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. c4 dxc4 (16... Kf8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 {was not to Jobava's liking; it does seem that giving
up the c-file and allowing Qb5 is dangerous.}) 17. Qxc4 Kf8 18. Rac1 {
Grischuk-Jobava, Tbilisi 2015, White keeps a big space advantage.}) 7. c4 ({
A very logical way was} 7. Bd3 $5) (7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Bg3 fxe5 10. dxe5
Bb4 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bg4 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. N2b3 Rae8 16. Bxf5 exf5
17. f4 {Matsenko,S (2429)-Dobrov,V (2510)/Budva 2009, with a slightly better
position.}) 7... fxe5 (7... Ne7 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. c5
Qc7 12. Qa4 Qb8 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bf4 Qa8 15. Rfe1 {Teran Alvarez,I (2413)
-Campora,D (2530)/Ayamonte 2006. The black king is in big danger.}) 8. dxe5 Bc5
9. Nc3 a6 ({Possibly there was simple development...} 9... Ne7 10. Na4 O-O 11.
Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. g4 Bg6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe6 Qxe5 17. Nxf8
Rxf8 18. Bd4 Qf4 19. Rc1 Ng5 20. Be3 Be4 {0-1 Popov,V (2548)-Kukhmazov,A (2239)
/St Petersburg 2013}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be3 $5 {A very central approach.} (11.
Ng5 {was not bad:} Qe7 12. Bf4) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Qb3 (13. Nd4 {
was not especially promising:} O-O 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17.
Nxe6 Qf6 18. Nf4 Rd8) 13... Qb8 $1 14. Qa3 {Svidler has to sacrifice a central
pawn and game starts to be entertaining.} Nxe5 15. Nd4 N5c6 16. Nxf5 $2 ({
The active approach} 16. g4 $5 {would be much stronger:} Nxd4 17. exd4 Bg6 18.
Na4 {and Black has problems castling.}) 16... exf5 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Qc5 ({
White had to start fighting for the draw from this moment on.} 18. Rad1 Qxe3+
19. Kh1 O-O 20. Rde1 Qg5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re6)
18... O-O-O {This looks very risky, but for Jobava it is nothing.} 19. Rfd1 Kb8
20. b4 $6 ({Maybe it was useful to double rooks against the d-pawn:} 20. Rd2)
20... Rd6 $1 {Very technical play with the rooks is demonstrated here by
Jobava.} 21. b5 Rc8 $1 {This is the point. The knight on c6 is untouchable and
taking on a6 does not work either.} 22. Rac1 (22. bxc6 Rdxc6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 Rxc3 $19) (22. bxa6 Nd8 $19 {Sometimes backward moves are very important,
even decisive!}) 22... Na7 23. Qa3 axb5 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nac6 {Black
simply returns his knight back into the centre and White's position is close
to resignable.} 26. Qc5 g5 $1 27. h3 b4 28. a3 Re6 29. Kf2 d4 $1 {This leads
to decisive exchanges.} 30. exd4 Qxc5 ({This is simple, but a more
combinational way was possible here too:} 30... Qe3+ 31. Kg3 g4 32. d5 gxf3 33.
dxe6 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 fxe2) 31. dxc5 Ne5 $1 {And White resigned, as other
material losses are threatening.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[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 "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {A small surprise, since Arkadij usually plays the
classical 3.Nc3. Still, I had prepared for 3.e5 as well, but only in
connection with the very sharp 4.Nc3.} Bf5 4. Nd2 {Now this is the real
surprise. My experiences against this move had not been very pleaseant and
this was probably the main reason for my opponent's choice.} e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 ({
I think that} 5... c5 6. Nxc5 Bxc5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3 {is a line
where there are only two possible results...}) 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 {My
attention was drawn towards this move by the game Galkin-Ivanchuk at the World
Cup 2007. For the moment Black delays his main idea ...c5 and tries to develop
the kingside first.} 8. a4 {I am not sure about this move, but since Arkadij
played it quite quickly it was probably part of his preparation.} (8. O-O Be7
9. Ne1 c5 $1 {is quite unclear}) 8... Be7 9. a5 a6 $1 {Otherwise, after 10.a6
the knight on c8 would be embarrassed.} 10. Be3 Na7 {I was reluctant to castle
before White did, in order not to be subjected to a direct attack.} 11. O-O O-O
12. c4 ({During the game I was slightly worried about the future of my a7
knight after} 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 {but Black seems to be fine if he keeps e5
under pressure with} Qc7 14. Bd3 Be4 $13) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb5 14. Ne1 $6 ({
During the game I thought that} 14. Bd3 {was the critical move, since after
the bishop exchange Black has problems with lack of space and especially with
the d7 knight. Therefore best for Black might be} Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 {trying to
break with ...c5 or f6 afterwards.}) 14... c5 $1 {After this break, it is
White who has to think about equalizing.} 15. Nxc5 $6 ({The curious} 15. Nf3 $1
{seems to hold the balance, for example:} cxd4 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17.
Bxb5 axb5 18. dxc5 {is worse for Black.}) 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nc5 ({
worse is} 17... Nb8 18. Rfd1 Nc6 (18... Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 20. f3 Bg6 21. Kf2
$14) 19. Qf4 Qe8 20. Bb6 $14) 18. Qc3 Ne4 19. Qb3 Nc5 $11 {because} (19... Rc8
$5 20. Rfd1 Qc7 21. Rac1 Rfd8 $13) 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxb7 Rb8 22. Qc6 Qe7 23.
Bxa6 Rxb2 {is dangerous for White.}) 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxe5 $15 {Now it is
clear that Black has taken the initiative.} 17. Be2 Qxd1 $1 {During the game,
I was not sure about this move, but now I think that this endgame gives Black
the best winning chances.} ({After the natural} 17... Qf6 18. Qb3 Rfd8 {
White has the strong} 19. Ra4 {with an unclear position.}) 18. Rxd1 Rfd8 19.
Nf3 $6 {This natural move seems to cause more trouble for White, but the
refutation of it is not easy to spot.} (19. Rxd8+ $142 Rxd8 20. Nf3 Nc6 (20...
Bd3 $2 21. Rd1 Rd5 22. Nxe5 Bxe2 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. c6 $14) 21. Ra1 $15) 19...
Bd3 $1 20. Nxe5 Bxe2 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Re1 Na7 $1 $17 {This move insures that
White will suffer heavily for the rest of the game.} ({White was hoping for} 
22... f6 $6 23. c6 $1 bxc6 (23... fxe5 $2 24. Bb6 {is even worse for Black.})
24. Nxc6 $11) 23. f3 Bb5 24. Bf2 Rd2 25. b4 Nc6 $6 ({Strangely, I was close to
blundering with} 25... f6 $2 26. c6 $1 Nxc6 27. Nxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxe6 {after
which things are almost equal.}) ({I think that the best was} 25... Nc8 26. Be3
Rd5 {with the idea Ne7 followed by f6 with a big, probably decisive advantage
for Black.}) 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27. Re3 {It is funny that engines evaluate this
position as almost equal. There is some work ahead, still.} Rb2 $17 28. Be1 Bd5
29. h4 f6 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Rd3 h5 {I hesitated a long time before playing this
move. Black has to decide how he wants to break the white structure on the
kingside. There are two possibilities: play h6-g5-g4 or e5-e4. I chose the
second plan, if only because it exchanges only one pawn.} 32. Kg3 Ke7 {Before
actually going for the main idea, it makes sense to confront the opponnent
with some 'fake' threats, like the king march to the queenside.} 33. Bc3 Rc2
34. Bd2 Bc6 35. Kf2 Rc4 $1 36. g3 $6 {Once the second weakness on f3 appeared,
White must use his rook only for defensive purposes and Black can proceed to
his main idea. With the pawn still on g2 White could activate his rook via
d8-c8-c7 if the black king goes to f5.} (36. Kg3 $142) 36... Rc2 37. Ke3 Rb2
38. Bc3 Rb1 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Re3 Rc1 41. Bd2 Rc2 42. Rd3 Rb2 43. Ke3 Kg6 ({
I could have won a pawn by} 43... Bb5 44. Rc3 Rxb4 45. c6 bxc6 46. Rxc6 {
but in return White would have activated his pieces.}) 44. g4 {White cannot
allow the king to f5, but this move also has its drawbacks.} Rb1 45. Kf2 Rh1 $1
46. Kg3 Rf1 $19 {Here I was sure that Black is winning.} 47. Re3 (47. Kg2 $2
Rxf3 48. gxh5+ Kxh5 49. Rxf3 Kg4 $19) ({More stubborn was} 47. g5 Kf5 48. gxf6
gxf6 49. Re3 Rd1 (49... e5 50. Be1 Bd5 {is also enough}) 50. Be1 e5 51. Bc3 Bb5
$1 52. Kf2 Rc1 53. Kg3 Rc2 54. Be1 Bf1 55. Bf2 Rb2 $19 {and the pawns start to
fall.}) 47... e5 48. Rd3 e4 $1 {Finally!} 49. fxe4 Bxe4 $1 ({It was not to
late to spoil things with the careless} 49... Rg1+ $2 50. Kf2 Rxg4 51. Rg3 Bxe4
52. Rxg4+ hxg4 53. Kg3 $11) 50. gxh5+ Kxh5 51. Rd7 f5 $1 {White has no defence
against ...f4 and therefore he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Bucharest Kings 6th"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2012.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.11.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 {This line continues to be
very topical.} 6. Be3 cxd4 ({There are fewer andfewer players going for the
brave} 6... Qb6) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 (8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 {is an alternative way
to fight for an advantage.}) 8... Nbc6 9. N2f3 Be4 (9... Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11.
Nxf3 Qc7 {is another actual line constantly defended by Viktor Laznicka. Here
is an example from the recent Olympiad:} 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Be7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Bd3 Nfd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. f4 Rad8 21.
Be4 Qa5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H (2778)-Laznicka,V (2683)/
Istanbul 2012/CB36_2012 (30)}) 10. O-O a6 (10... Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Qc7 {may
transpose to the "Laznicka" line.}) 11. c3 Qd7 $146 {I suppose this is the
fruit of home preparation. In general Black wants to move his kingside knight
to f5, then bishop to e7 and castle. If he plays 11...Nf5 immediately, then 12.
Nxc6 bxc6 13.Qa4 may be trouwith a piece. For that purpose either the move in
the text, or the previously played 11...Rc8 suit well.} (11... Rc8 12. Bf4 ({
It is worth checking in practice the piece sacrifice:} 12. Ng5 Bg6 13. Ngxe6 $5
fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd7 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Bg4 Nf5 17. Qxd5 {Though White, probably,
doesn't have more than equality here.}) (12. Re1 Qd7 {could transpose to our
game Caruana-Nisipeanu.}) 12... h6 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 {1/2-1/2
Salgado Lopez,I (2627)-Nisipeanu,L (2648)/Mamaia 2012/CB39_2012}) 12. Re1 {
This plan is a bit too slow and allows Black to complete the development
without any concessions.} (12. Bd3 {might be an improvement for White.} Bxd3
13. Qxd3 Ng6 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. f4 Bc5 16. f5 Nxe5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18.
Qe2 Nf7 19. Rae1 e5 20. Nf5 Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 O-O 22. Qg3 g6 23. Ne3 $44 {[%cal
Ge3g4]}) 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. h4 h5 16. Qe2 $14 {In future the Ph5 will be a
target.}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf1 h6 {Another useful move, covering the g5-square.
If necessary, Black's light-squared bishop may retreat to h7.} (13... Nxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nf5 {also looks pretty equal.}) 14. h4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nf5 {In general,
exchanges favour Black in this type of position as he has a little less space.}
16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. a4 {Trying to seize space on both flanks.} Be7 18. h5 O-O {
Black has equalised.} 19. Bd4 Bc5 20. a5 Qe7 21. Ra4 Bxd4 22. Qxd4 (22. Rxd4 $6
Rc5 {[%csl Ra5]}) 22... Rc5 23. Re3 Rfc8 24. b4 Rc4 $5 {An interesting
exchange sacrifice, although it wasn't necessary at all.} ({After} 24... R5c7 {
I don't see any problems for Black. He can't really improve his position, but
neither can White. The position is just equal.}) 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qd1 Bg4 $6 (
26... Qh4 $1 {This move prevents b4-b5 followed by the exchange of rooks shich
is favourable for White.} 27. Ra2 (27. g3 Qh3 28. b5 Bg4 29. Qb3 Rxa4 30. Qxa4
Qxh5 31. bxa6 bxa6 32. Qf4 g5 33. Qf6 Bf5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Qf6 $11) 27... Qg5
28. Rg3 Bg4 29. Qe1 Re4 30. Qd2 Qxe5 31. Re3 Bxh5 $11) 27. Qb3 Re4 $2 {
Creatively played but, doesn't work.} (27... Bxh5 $6 28. b5 axb5 29. Qxb5 $16)
(27... Qd7 $1 {was still playable for Black.} 28. b5 axb5 29. Rb4 Rxb4 30. cxb4
({Also inhe event of} 30. Qxb4 Bxh5 31. Qc5 Bg6 {Black should hold.}) 30... d4
31. Re4 Bf5 32. Re1 d3 {[%csl Gd3] The strong passed pawn guaranties him
sufficient counterplay.}) 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Qc4 Bf3 {I suppose, Nisipeanu was
counting on this idea, but it has a flaw.} 30. gxf3 Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Qc1+ 32. Ke2
Qc2+ 33. Ke3 Qc1+ 34. Kxe4 $4 {Now White falls into perpetual check.} ({
The king should go on the queenside towards the Pb7:} 34. Kd4 $1 Qd1+ 35. Kc5
Qxa4 36. Kb6 $18) 34... Qe1+ 35. Kf4 Qc1+ 36. Ke4 (36. Kg3 Qg1+ $11) 36... Qe1+
(36... Qe1+ 37. Kd4 Qxf2+ 38. Kd3 Qf1+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. a4 {A typical positional idea - White is going to seize more space on
the queenside and restrict the mobility of Nd7.} ({Alexander deviates from his
previous successful game in this line:} 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 Nh6 (10... Nh4 11.
Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. g5 Qf7 15. Na5 $14) 11. Ne1 (11. h3 $5)
11... c5 12. c3 (12. dxc5 $5 O-O 13. Nd3 Rc8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. f4 $14) 12... c4
13. Nc1 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Nf7 17. Qxb7 O-O $44 {1-0 (34)
Grischuk,A (2783)-Mamedyarov,S (2757)/Beijing CHN 2013}) 9... Rc8 {Baadur
doesn't hurry with the development of his queenside pieces. That rare text
move is aimed for preparing the standard c6-c5 advance.} ({GM Victor Laznicka
has successfully tried} 9... Be7 {but it can be strongly met by:} 10. g4 $1 (
10. a5 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {0-1 (44) Svidler,
P (2753)-Laznicka,V (2679)/Dubai UAE 2014}) 10... Nh6 11. h3 (11. Ne1 c5 12.
Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 $132) 11... O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qd2 c5 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 $14) ({It looks like the
prophylactic} 9... a6 $5 {is more flexible than Baadur's move and gives Black
some chances for equality. For instance,} 10. a5 c5 11. c3 (11. c4 dxc4 12.
Bxc4 cxd4 13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qf4 O-O $11) 11... Rc8 12. Bf4 cxd4
13. Nbxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 $11 {1/2-1/2 (76) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)-Wang
Hao (2735)/Beijing CHN 2013}) 10. a5 Bh5 $146 {Black is spending too much time
with moving the same piece, and eventually exchanges it. This approach doesn't
seem promising.} ({Previously,} 10... h5 {had failed to solve Black's problems
in the following top-level game:} 11. g3 Be7 12. Bf4 a6 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4
O-O 15. Qe2 $14 {1-0 (36) Caruana,F (2779)-Tomashevsky,E (2703)/Elancourt FRA
2013}) ({After} 10... a6 11. c4 $1 {White manages to seize a lot of space and
gets some positional advantage:} (11. Bd2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 {
was acceptable for Black in 1-0 (34) Kosintseva,T (2513)-Stefanova,A (2523)/
Tbilisi 2012}) 11... Bh5 (11... dxc4 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nxc4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 $36)
12. c5 Be7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bg5 15. Bg4 Bxc1 16. Nxc1 $14) 11. h3 (11. c3
$5 a6 (11... Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bg5 14. Bg4 Bxc1 15. Nxc1 Nh6 16. f4 $14)
12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c5 14. Bg4 $14) 11... Bxf3 (11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxe2 13.
Qxe2 Qxh4 14. f4 $36) 12. Bxf3 g6 {Black's position is solid, but rather
passive now. I guess, Baadur wasn't happy with his choice.} ({The standard
c6-c5 advance doesn't help Black much now:} 12... c5 13. c3 Be7 14. Bg4 c4 15.
Nd2 $36) (12... Be7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. c3 $14) 13. Re1 {Alexander doesn't hurry
with drastic measures and improves his position step by step.} (13. Bg4 $5 {
also deserved serious attention:} h5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Be3 c5 16. c3 $14 {
and the weakness of Black's k-side structure may tell soon.}) 13... h5 (13...
Be7 14. c3 O-O 15. Be2 c5 16. a6 b6 17. Bb5 $14) 14. Qd3 Bh6 {Black is
suffering from a lack of space, so any exchanges should favour Jobava.} ({Now} 
14... c5 15. c4 $1 {could be strongly met by:} dxc4 16. Qxc4 cxd4 17. Qa4 $36)
15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. c4 $1 {Black's setup on the k-side is very solid, so it
makes sense to extend the initiative on the opposite side.} dxc4 ({Perhaps,} 
16... a6 $5 {was better, though White has a clear edge there as well. For
instance,} 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. Qc3 Rb8 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Be2 Rh8 21. Bd3 $14) 17.
Qxc4 Kf8 18. Rac1 Ne7 {The main idea behind that move is protecting the Rc8,
so White cannot push d4-d5 yet.} 19. Qc3 $1 {Making the c4-spot vacant for the
knight.} Kg7 20. Nd2 Rh8 21. Nc4 Rb8 22. Be4 $16 {Grischuk's natural play is
quite impressive. Almost all his pieces are at their ideal places.} a6 23. Red1
Nc8 $2 {Black's position was extremely unpleasant, but this mistake makes it
hopeless.} ({It was necessary to sit and wait:} 23... Rf8 24. Re1 Nc8 $16) 24.
d5 $1 {A decisive breakthrough.} cxd5 25. Bxd5 b5 {This move looks like
desperation.} ({Indeed,} 25... exd5 {loses on the spot:} 26. Rxd5 Kh7 27. Rcd1
$18) (25... Qe7 26. Bf3 Rd8 27. Qe3 Nf8 28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Qxd4 $18 {is just
lost from positional point of view.}) 26. Bc6 bxc4 27. Rxd7 Qg5 28. Bb7 ({
Even simpler was} 28. Rcd1 Ne7 $140 29. h4 $1 Qxh4 30. R1d4 Qg5 31. f4 $18)
28... Ne7 29. Qe3 {Being under time pressure, Alexander is looking for
simplifications.} (29. Rcd1 {was also good enough:} Rhe8 (29... Nf5 30. Qxc4
$18) 30. Qxc4 Qxe5 31. Qxa6 Qxb2 32. Qa7 $18) ({Or} 29. f4 Qh4 30. Qd2 Nf5 31.
Rxc4 $18) 29... Qxe3 30. fxe3 Nf5 (30... Nd5 {offered no hope either:} 31. e4
Nf4 32. Rxc4 Nd3 33. Rcc7 Nxe5 34. Rd6 Rhd8 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxa6 Ra8 37. Rc5
Nd7 38. Bb7 Ra7 39. Rb5 $18) 31. Rxc4 Nxe3 ({After} 31... Rhd8 32. Rxd8 Rxd8
33. Ra4 $1 Rb8 34. Bxa6 Rxb2 35. Bf1 $18 {White's passer decides the game.})
32. Rc6 (32. Rc3 {was a bit stronger:} Nf5 33. b4 Rhd8 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxa6
$18) 32... Rhd8 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxa6 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Nc4 36. b3 Nxe5 {Black's
pieces are quite active now, but the passed pawns are too strong.} 37. Rb6 Ra1
38. a6 Kf6 (38... Nd7 39. Rd6 Ra2+ 40. Ke3 Nb8 41. b4 $18) 39. Rb5 $1 {The
last precise move.} (39. b4 $6 {would be inaccurate:} Ke7 40. Rb5 Kd6 $16)
39... Ra3 40. Ke2 h4 {Baadur resigns in view of 41.b4 or 41.Kd2 with an easy
win for White in both cases.} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 {This is the
most principled way to meet Black's last move. White is trying to open up the
center before Black completed his development. Quiet alternatives like 7.c3 do
not cause Black any troubles.} Nbc6 8. Na3 (8. dxc5 d4 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ng6
11. Qe4 Bxc5 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Nge7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Gelfand,B (2703)-Karpov,A (2693)/Cannes 2002/CBM 088 (43)}) 8... dxc4 9. Bg5 ({
Usually White starts with} 9. Nxc4 {and only now} Nd5 10. Bg5 {, but after} Qd7
{it's just a transposition.}) 9... Qd7 10. Nxc4 (10. dxc5 Nd5 11. Bxc4 Bxc5 12.
Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bg6 15. Rc1 Ba7 16. Bxd5 exd5 $11) 10... Nd5 11.
Rc1 h6 12. Be3 {Bologan already has experience in this line being on the white
side.} b5 (12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Bf3 O-O 16. Ne3 Bg5 17.
Qb3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Bg6 19. e4 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rfc8 21. Rcd1 Qe8 22. Bd6 $16 {
1-0 Bologan,V (2663)-Erenburg,S (2499)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (43)}) 13. Nd6+ $2
{This is a punch in the air. In the tie-break game two days later Cheparinov
unleashed an improvement 13.Na3.} (13. Na3 $1 {This poses some problems for
Black. This position is critical for evaluation of the whole line.} a6 (13...
Nxe3 14. fxe3 a6 15. dxc5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Be4 17. Nxb5 $1 axb5 18. Bxb5 Rc8 19.
Nd4 $16) 14. dxc5 Be7 15. Nc2 Nxe3 (15... O-O 16. Ncd4 Be4 17. a4 $14) 16. Nxe3
Be4 17. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cheparinov,I (2671)-Bologan,V (2692)/Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 786 (70)}) 13... Bxd6 14. exd6 c4 {Now it's quite
obvious that White is the one who has to think about an equality.} 15. a4 (15.
b3 Qxd6 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O {is similar to the game, just with the
presense of the a-pawns.}) 15... a6 16. axb5 axb5 17. b3 Qxd6 18. bxc4 bxc4 19.
Bxc4 O-O {Black is slightly better.} 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qd2 Be4 22. Ne5 {
Correctly trying to swap knights even at a price of a pawn.} Na5 (22... Nxe5
23. dxe5 Qxe5 {would yield Black a pawn, but no real winning chances due to
the presense of opposite colour bishops. The d-pawn will be securely blocked.})
23. Qd1 f6 24. Nd3 Nc4 25. Bf4 Qd7 26. Nc5 Qf5 27. Bg3 Ra2 28. Nxe4 (28. Re1
Bc2 29. Qe2 $11) 28... Qxe4 29. Re1 Qf5 30. Qb3 Rfa8 31. Qb7 Kh7 32. Qb1 $1 {
This is not forced, but from practical point of view I like this decision.
After queen's swap it will be easier for White to defend.} Qxb1 33. Rxb1 Rd2
34. h4 Rxd4 35. Rb7 {Black won a pawn, but white's counterplay along the 7th
rank is sufficient.} h5 36. f3 Kg6 37. Ree7 Rg8 38. Rbd7 Rd3 39. Kf2 Kf5 {
Black has to give the Pg7, otherwise he can't make any progress.} 40. Rxg7 Rxg7
41. Rxg7 Rd2+ 42. Kg1 d4 43. Rh7 Ne3 44. Bf2 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Nf1+ 46. Kh3 d3 (
46... Kg6 47. Rd7 d3 48. Bg3 d2 49. Bf4 Rb1 50. Rxd2 Nxd2 51. Bxd2 {leads to a
drawish position.}) 47. Rxh5+ Kg6 48. Rd5 d2 49. h5+ Kf7 50. h6 Kg6 51. Rd7
Kxh6 52. Bg3 Kg5 (52... Rb1 53. Rxd2 Nxd2 54. Bf4+ Kg6 55. Bxd2 $11) 53. Rd4
Kf5 54. Bf4 Ne3 (54... Ne3 55. Bxe3 Rh1+ 56. Kg3 d1=Q 57. Rxd1 Rxd1 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Paris FIDE GP"]
[Site "Elancourt"]
[Date "2013.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.09.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {The point of this
order of moves is probably to avoid the messy line 6.0-0 c5, while after 6.c3
c5 White can take 7.dxc5 and protect the pawn by b2-b4 before castling.} Nd7 ({
Black can also play} 6... h6 {followed by Bf5-h7. Later on the knight might
come out to f5.}) 7. O-O h6 8. Na3 a6 {Black needs to cover the b5-square, as
he is going to play c6-c5.} 9. Nc2 Bh7 (9... c5 {In this particular position
rather risky.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ncd4 Be4 12. Be3 Ng6 $6 (12... Qc7 $14) 13.
Nd2 $2 {Correct idea, but wrong execution.} (13. b4 $1 Nd7 14. Nd2 $1 Ngxe5 15.
f4 Nc6 $2 (15... Nd3 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxd3 exd3 18. f5 e5 19. Ne6 $1 $16) 16.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Ke7 (17... g6 18. Nxe4 gxh5 19. Qxh5+ Ke7 20. f5 dxe4 21.
fxe6 $18) 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. f5 {with crushing attack.}) 13... Nxe5 14. Nxe4
Nxe4 15. f4 Nd7 $17 {0-1 (38) Sutovsky,E (2654)-Morozevich,A (2707) Beersheba
2005}) 10. Nfe1 (10. Nce1 c5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Ng6 13. g3 Be7 14. h4 h5 15.
Re1 Rc8 16. Be3 c4 17. Nc1 Rc6 18. Qc2 Nb6 19. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (94) Anand,V 
(2650)-Karpov,A (2730) Brussels 1991}) 10... c5 11. Bd3 {White has to exchange
the light-squared bishops, otherwise he can't really develop his play on the
kingside.} Bxd3 12. Nxd3 Rc8 $146 (12... Ng6 13. f4 c4 {In general, this idea
of closing the centre is not recommended for Black.} 14. Nde1 Ne7 15. Ne3 $14)
13. g3 {Perhaps too slow.} (13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Be3 Rc8 16. Nd4 Ng6
17. f4 Bc5 18. f5 exf5 19. Nxf5 O-O $11) (13. Nf4 $5 {deserved attention with
an idea to place the knight on h5.}) 13... Qc7 14. Ne3 h5 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4
Qb6 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Nc2 Be7 $11) 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nf4 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 {The Pd4
is the main target for Black. White has to defend it, and therefore can't have
a free hand on the kingside.} 18. Ne2 Na5 (18... h4 19. Qd3 Be7 20. f4 hxg3 21.
hxg3 f5 $11) 19. b4 Nc4 20. Ng2 {Ruslan decided to keep the knights rather
than an exchange for a while. Basically the side with space superiority should
refrain from exchanges, but here White won't be able to keep that for long.}
Nb8 21. Bg5 Nc6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 22. Ne3 Nxe3 (22... a5 $2 23. Nxc4 dxc4 24. d5
$36) 23. fxe3 Be7 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Rc1 (25. Nf4 g6 $11) 25... Rxc1 26. Qxc1
O-O $11 27. Qc5 Qd8 28. Nf4 g6 29. Rc1 {White controls the c-file, but it
doesn't bring him any real benefits. Black gets counterplay on the other side
of the board due to the weakness of White's kingside.} Nf5 30. Kf2 Qg5 31. Rg1
b6 32. Qc3 (32. Qxb6 $4 Rc8 $19 {[%cal Gc8c2]}) 32... Ne7 33. Rc1 h4 34. Kf3 $6
(34. Qe1 Nf5 35. Kf3 Nh6 36. h3 hxg3 37. Qxg3 $11) 34... hxg3 35. hxg3 Nf5 $6 (
{Black could pose a problem to his opponent by} 35... f6 $1 36. Qc7 (36. Nxe6
$2 Qf5+ $19) (36. exf6 $2 Qxf6 $19 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 36... fxe5 37. dxe5 Nf5 38.
Rg1 Ng7 {The idea of moving the queen to f5 (or h6), followed by g6-g5 is very
unpleasant.}) 36. Qe1 {Now White is safe.} a5 37. b5 Qe7 38. Rc3 a4 39. g4 Nh6
40. Rc2 Kg7 41. Qc1 Qh4 42. Rg2 Qe7 43. Rg1 Rh8 44. Rh1 Qg5 45. Rg1 {Neither
side can improve his position.} Qe7 46. Rh1 Qg5 47. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Eljanov,P"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SHSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 {Our previous game saw the ''Berlin wall''. This time I had decided
to enter a more complex game.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3
c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 {A modern way to handle this system. Black is ready to get a
rid of his dark-squared bishop.} 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Bb5+ ({White
could take the second bishop,but after} 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. O-O O-O
13. Re1 Qc7 $11 {Black gets a comfortable position, while the Pe5 is somewhat
weak.}) 10... Nd7 11. Bg5 {That move was connected with an interesting
strategical idea.} (11. O-O O-O 12. f4 a6 13. Be2 Be4 $11) 11... Bg6 {A
logical retreat. Black keeps a flexible pawn structure.} (11... O-O 12. Nxf5
exf5 13. Bxe7 (13. Qe2 $5) 13... Qxe7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Qd4 Rac8
$11 {1-0 Antal,T (2222)-Magyar,O (2248)/Paks HUN 2011/The Week in Chess 863 
(41)}) 12. Qd2 $146 {The white king can hardly feel safe on the q-side,so
white's last move doesn't really bring a ''new life'' in this position.} ({
In the following recent game Black solved all his problems too:} 12. h4 h6 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h5 Bh7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Rac8 18. c3 b5 19. a3 a5
20. Rfe1 b4 $6 (20... Rc4 21. Re3 Kh8 22. b3 Rc7 23. Rg3 Rg8 $11) 21. axb4 axb4
22. Re3 (22. cxb4 $1 Rc4 23. b5 Qxb5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Nxb5 $14) 22... bxc3
23. bxc3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Rg8 $11 {1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O (2541)-Peralta,F (2602)/
Barcelona ESP 2011 (33)}) ({After} 12. O-O a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11
{White has a very safe position, but he can hardly make any progress.}) 12...
a6 ({It looks a bit strange, but probably he can even afford} 12... O-O $5 13.
Qb4 Re8 14. Qd6 (14. Qa4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 $11) 14... Nf5 15. Bxd7 Nxd6 16. Bxd8
Rexd8 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. exd6 e5 19. Nf3 Rxd6 $11) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7
15. h4 {I can hardly recommend any other constructive plan.} ({For instance,
after} 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 $6 Be4 17. Rae1 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 $15 {[%csl Ge4] the
bishop is extremely strong.}) 15... h5 ({As we can see according the above
mentioned game,black's possible reaction is also:} 15... h6 16. h5 Be4 17. O-O
O-O $11) 16. c3 b5 {Not hurrying with castling.} (16... O-O $2 {would offer
White additional chances:} 17. Qg5 Rac8 18. g4 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Qc7 20. Qe2 $36)
17. Qg5 ({After} 17. Rh3 a5 18. a3 O-O 19. Qg5 (19. Kf1 Rfc8 20. Kg1 Rc4 21.
Rg3 Rb8 $11) 19... b4 $132 {Black is just in time to start his counterplay.})
17... a5 18. a3 Rc8 19. O-O O-O {Only now! White has no time to push g2-g4.}
20. Rfe1 ({White could still try} 20. f3 $5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Rc4 ({Another
interesting idea to meet it is:} 20... Kh7 $5 21. g4 $140 f6) 21. g4 hxg4 22.
fxg4 {but the endgame after} Qd8 23. Qxd8 Rxd8 {is OK for Black. For instance,}
24. Rf4 b4 25. cxb4 Be4 26. Rd1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra8 28. b5 Raa4 29. Nc6 Rc5 30.
Nd4 Rcc4 $11) 20... Rc4 21. Re3 (21. g4 {is not dangerous for black. The play
may continue:} Qd8 22. gxh5 Qxg5+ 23. hxg5 Bxh5 24. Nxb5 Rg4+ 25. Kh2 Rb8 26.
a4 Rxg5 $15) 21... b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. g4 {What else?} bxc3 24. bxc3 Qd8 $1
$11 {White cannot avoid the exchange of queens, so there is no attack anymore.
I was quite satisfied with my position,but at this moment White is not in a
danger yet.} 25. gxh5 (25. Qxd8 $5 Rxd8 26. g5 Rdc8 27. Ra3 $11) 25... Qxg5+
26. hxg5 Bxh5 27. f3 $6 {The first slight inaccuracy. There was no reason to
remove the knight from d4, since White could easily protect the pawn with the
second rook.} (27. Rh3 $142 g6 28. Re3 Rfc8 29. Ra3 $11) 27... Rfc8 28. Ne2 ({
Now, after} 28. Ra3 Kh7 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. f4 Rb8 31. Kg3 Rb1 32. Ra6 Rf1 {
Black is slightly better due to his activity, but White should hold on with
energetic play:} 33. f5+ Rxf5 34. Nxf5 Kxf5 35. Rb6 {[%cal Gb6b4]}) 28... Rb8
29. Kf2 (29. Nd4 Kh7 30. f4 Rb2 $15) 29... Bg6 ({I could activate my king
immediately, but after:} 29... Kh7 $5 30. Nd4 Kg6 31. f4 $15 {White should
hold on.}) 30. Kg3 Rc7 {The rook is not useful on c4 anymore.} 31. Nd4 Rbc8 32.
Ra3 ({White could achieve an immediate draw by:} 32. Nb5 $1 Rc5 33. Nd6 Rxc3
34. Nxc8 Rxe3 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Nxg6+ fxg6 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Kg8 39. Ra8+
Kf7 (39... Kh7 $6 40. Kf4 Rb3 41. Ra6 $14) 40. Ra7+ $11) 32... Rc5 33. Rb3 Kh7
{Although I didn't see any constructive plan, according to our situation in
this match I had to play for a win.} 34. Ne2 {Once again, there was no reason
to remove the knight from its ideal position.} (34. Ra3 $11) 34... R5c7 35. Nd4
Ra7 36. Kf4 $6 {One more step in a wrong direction!} ({White could activate
his rook:} 36. Rb6 Ra1 37. Rc6 Rg1+ (37... Rb8 38. Re2 Bh5 39. Rh2 Kg6 40. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Rg1+ 41. Rg2 $11) 38. Kf2 Rxc6 39. Kxg1 $11) 36... Ra1 {Now the
position is unpleasant for White, since the Ra1 may disturb him all the time.}
37. Rb2 Rc1 38. Ne2 Rc4+ 39. Kg3 Re1 40. Rd2 Ra4 {Black has got all he could,
but it's still not enough...} 41. Rd4 Ra2 42. Rh4+ Kg8 43. Kf2 Rb1 44. Kg3 Ra3
45. Kf2 {It's obvious that Black cannot do much without bringing his king into
play.} Rb2 46. Kg3 Rc2 47. Rb4 Ra1 48. Rh4 Re1 49. Kf2 Rd1 50. Rd4 Rh1 51. Kg3
Rh5 ({After} 51... Bf5 $5 52. Rh4 Re1 53. Rh2 g6 (53... Kf8 $6 54. Kf4 {
[%cal Ge2d4] and White is consolidating.}) 54. Rf2 Kf8 55. Rh2 Ke7 56. Kf4 $15
{White's life is not easy, but it's possible to hold on.}) 52. f4 $2 {A
decisive mistake. A weakness of white's king and a lack of coordination don't
leave white any hopes.} ({White had to find} 52. Rg4 $1 Bf5 $6 ({Black should
play} 52... Rh1 53. Rd4 Bf5 $15 {getting the position from the previous note.})
53. Nd4 Bxg4 54. fxg4 Rhh2 55. Nxc2 Rxc2 56. g6 fxg6 57. Kf4 {with an obvious
draw.}) 52... Bf5 $19 {White has almost no moves.} 53. Kf3 Rh2 (53... Rh3+ 54.
Ng3 (54. Kf2 Rh2+ 55. Kf1 Bh3+ 56. Ke1 Bg4 57. Rd2 Rh1+ $19) 54... Rhh2 55. Ne2
Kh7 $19) 54. Rb4 (54. c4 {looks like an agony, but there is nothing better.
Black easily wins after} dxc4 55. Rd1 Bg6 (55... Kh7 56. Re1 Bd3 57. Ng3 Rcf2+
58. Kg4 Rhg2 59. Kh3 Kg6 $19) 56. Ng3 c3 57. Rf1 Kh7 $19) 54... Kh7 55. Ra4 Kg6
56. Rb4 Kh5 {[%cal Gf5g4] That's it. White cannot avoid the loss of his knight,
so Fabiano resigned.} ({The following line is obvious:} 56... Kh5 57. Ng3+ Kh4
58. Nxf5+ exf5 {and mate is coming.}) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 {This is
a very sharp variation which chances for both sides.} 8. dxc5 (8. h4 {-
Kotronias-Boaziz FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999 Cbm 72}) 8... Nec6 (8... Nbc6 {
deserves attention as well, for example:} 9. h4 d4 10. h5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 dxc3
12. Qxc3 Qd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg2 Nec6 15. O-O Bxc5 $11 {
Smirnov-Chiburdanidze, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 9. h4 Qc7 (9... Nxe5 10.
Bb5+ (10. Bg2 h6 $1 {Now the B can retreat.} (10... Bxc5 $2 {is certainly met
by} 11. h5) 11. Qe2 Nbc6 12. Nxg6 (12. Ncxd5 Bxc5 {and Black can successfully
finish his development.}) 12... Nxg6 13. Nxd5 Rc8 $15 {and White has committed
some weaknesses on the >> without grabbing the |^.}) (10. h5 Be4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg2 Nbd7 $5 (13... Nbc6 14. Bxe4 Nxg4 {is also worthy of
attention.}) 14. b4 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 exf3 16. Bb2 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1+
19. Bxa1 b6 $13 {blowing up White's P chain on the <<.}) 10... Nbc6 11. Qe2 Be4
$1 (11... Qd7 {puts the Q into a nasty pin.} 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Bf2 Re8 17. Rhe1 Re7 {(Schaack-Kierzek, Hessenliga
1996)} 18. Bd3 f5 19. g5 $16 {with a huge space advantage for |_hite.}) 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qxe4 Qd4 $11 {heading for a comfortable _|_.}) 10.
Bg2 (10. h5 $6 {is useless because of} Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Be4 $15) 10... Qxe5+ 11.
Nce2 (11. Kf1 $5 d4 (11... Qd4 12. Qe2 Qxc5 (12... Bxc5 $2 {is feeble because
of the double ->} 13. Nb5) 13. Nb5 (13. Nxg6 {is also interesting} hxg6 14.
Nxd5 Nd4 15. Be3 $1 Nxe2 16. Bxc5) 13... Kd8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qxc4
dxc4 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f4 $44 {and White has a strong ^^ and the lead of
development for the P.}) (11... Nb4 $6 {can be met by the cold-blooded} 12. a3
$5) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nb5 Na6 {Other tries fail:} (13... Bxc5 $2 14. f4) (13...
Kd8 $2 14. Nxd4 $1) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qf3 Qd5 (15... Qxc5 $6 16. Nxd4 $1) 16.
Qxd5 cxd5 (16... exd5 17. Nxd4) 17. c6 Bc5 $11) 11... Bxc5 $2 {Black clearly
overestimates his position. The time was not ripe for the piece sacrifice yet.}
(11... d4 $1 {looks stronger} 12. h5 (12. f3 Qxc5) 12... Be4 13. f3 Bd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 {solving Black' s problem of the vulnerable B.}) (11... Nb4 $6 {
on the other hand is only a loss of a tempo after} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c3 $16)
12. h5 Be4 13. f3 {Now Black certainly has some play for the piece, but this
is not enough.} f5 (13... g5 14. Nh3 $1 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nd4 16. Qd3 Nbc6 17. a3
$16 {and White consolidates his position.}) 14. fxe4 fxe4 (14... dxe4 15. gxf5
exf5 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxe6 $1 {White gives back the material immediately
ruining Black's mighty central P formation.} Qxe6 16. Nf4 Qe5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 (
17... Bb4+ $1 {was a chance for fishing in troubled waters.} 18. Ke2 $1 (18.
Kd1 $6 {runs into checks on the d <->.} Na6 $1 19. Qxe5+ (19. Qxe4 $2 O-O-O+
20. Nd3 Nc5 $44) 19... Nxe5 20. c3 Rd8+ {This is more active than} (20... Be7
21. Bxe4 Rd8+ 22. Kc2) 21. Kc2 Bd6 22. Bxe4 Nc5 23. Bf5) 18... Nd4+ 19. Kd1
Nbc6 20. c3 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 O-O-O 22. Bxe4 Rhe8 23. Bg2 Re2 24. Rg1 Rxg2 25. Rxg2
Rxd5 26. Bd2 {winning material.}) 18. Nxd5 O-O (18... Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 20. c3
Bd6 21. Bxe4 $18) (18... Na6 19. h6 $1) 19. Bd2 (19. Nc7 $5) 19... Bf2+ (19...
Nd7 20. O-O-O) 20. Kd1 Na6 21. h6 (21. Bxe4 Nc5 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. h6 g6 24. Rf1
$16 {and White is a healthy P up.}) 21... Rfe8 22. hxg7 Bd4 23. c3 Rad8 $1 (
23... Bxg7 24. Re1) 24. Rh5 $1 (24. cxd4 Rxd5 $11) 24... Bxg7 25. Kc2 (25. Ne3
Re5 26. Kc2 Rxh5 27. gxh5 Nc5 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Nf5 $16 {with many threats and a
strong ^^.}) 25... Nc5 26. Be3 (26. Rah1 $16) 26... Nd3 27. Rd1 Rd6 28. a3 (28.
Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxd3 $16 {and White still holds the P.}) 28... Rg6 29. g5 Re5 30.
Rh4 Rge6 31. Nf4 Re8 32. Nh5 Bh8 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. gxf6 h5 (34... R8e6 35. f7+
$1) 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Kxd3 $18 {eliminating Black's last active
piece the _|_ is won for White without any troubles.} Rg4 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Bf2
Ne5 40. Kf1 Rg6 41. Rd5 Nc4 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Bd4 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45. Rd7+ Ke8
46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Be5 Na5 48. Rc7 Kg8 49. Bd4 Nb3 50. Bxa7 h4 51. Rxb7 h3 52.
Rb8+ Kf7 53. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Nxh5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nge7 12. Bg5 a6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qa4 b5
15. Qf4 Qc7 16. O-O-O $2 {Very strange novelty, that sends white king into the
real danger. In the Sicilian black can never dream to put his attacking bishop
to h7.} (16. O-O Bg6 17. Ng3 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Bc5 19. Kg2 Qd4 20. Qe2 Qc4 {1/2-1/2
Orso,M-Kallai,G/Budapest 2000/ (48)}) 16... b4 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne2 Nxe5 18. c3
Bg6 $17) 17... exd5 18. Rd2 (18. Rxd5 Nd4 $19) (18. e6 Qxf4+ 19. Nxf4 d4 20.
Nd5 Bd6 $17) 18... Nd8 19. Bxd8 (19. Qg3 Ne6 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Qc4 $19)
19... Rxd8 20. Re1 (20. e6 Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Be4 $17) 20... Bg6 $1 {Black is a
piece up and white's options are limited.} 21. Qf3 (21. e6 Qxf4 (21... Bd6 $2
22. Nxg7+ Kf8 23. Qd4 Rh7 24. Nf5 $11) 22. Nxf4 Rxh4 23. Nxd5 Bd6 $19) 21...
Bxh5 22. e6 (22. gxh5 Qc6 $19) 22... Bd6 (22... Bg6 $2 23. exf7+ Kd7 24. Qxd5+
Bd6 25. Re6 $18) 23. Rde2 (23. exf7+ Kf8 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 26.
Re2+ Kd8 27. gxh5 Qc4 $19) 23... Qc4 {If Bareev survives the attack white can
as well resign.} (23... Bg6 $2 24. exf7+ Kd7 25. Qxd5 Kc8 26. Qa8+ Qb8 27. Qc6+
$11) (23... Bf4+ 24. Kd1 Qc4 $19) 24. exf7+ (24. gxh5 Qf4+ $19) 24... Kd7 25.
Re7+ (25. gxh5 Qxa2 26. Re8 Rdxe8 27. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 28. Qg4+ Kd8 $19) 25... Bxe7
26. Qf5+ Kc6 (26... Kc6 27. Rxe7 Bxg4 28. Qe5 Qf1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1997.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Karpov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 {[%csl Gc3,Rc4,Gc5,Rc6,
Gd4,Rd5,Ge3,Re4,Ge5,Re6] /\5... c5 6.d:c5 B:c5 7.b4; 5... c5 6.c4} (5. Nbd2 Nd7
6. Nb3 Rc8 7. Be3 f6 $11 {0-1 Horre,E-Reuter,A/Koblenz op 1990 (26)}) (5. b3 c5
6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. O-O Bg4 $15 {0-1 Michels,G-Weia,B/Koblenz op 1990
(16)}) (5. Nc3 c5 6. Be3 Nc6 7. dxc5 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nge7 10. Nb5 Nxe5
11. Qg3 N7c6 12. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai,T-Navarovszky,L/BL-HUN 1991 (24)}) 5...
Ne7 {[%cal Re7c6,Rc6e5,Rc6d4,Re7f5,Rf5d4]} (5... Nd7 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 Bxd3 7.
Qxd3 Rc8 8. O-O c5 9. c3 Ne7 10. Re1 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Nf5 $11 {Petrovicova,
E-Tkacova,K/CSR-chJW 1990/1-0 (47)}) 6... Ne7 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 $1 Nc6 9. b4
Ndxe5 (9... a5 10. b5 Ncxe5 11. Nd4 Bg6 12. c6 bxc6 13. bxc6 Nb8 14. Bb5 Qc8
15. f4 Nc4 16. f5 exf5 17. c7+ Nd7 18. Re1+ {1-0 Gutman,L-Schuster,B/Kassel op
1994}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 $14) (5... c5 6. Bb5+ (6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 $13 {
Vistisen,L-Nielsen,T/DEN-chB 1989/1-0 (41)}) 6... Nd7 7. c3 a6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9.
Qxd3 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Forstova,K-Molnarova,D/CZE-chW 1992 (37)}) (5... h6 6. Bd3
Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Nd7 8. O-O c5 $11 {Pepke,H-Weber,J/Baden Wuerttemberg-ch 1988/1/
2-1/2 (52)}) 6. Nbd2 (6. Nh4 Qb6 (6... Be4 {Karpov} 7. Nd2 Nf5 8. Nxe4 Qxh4) 7.
b4 $2 a5 $5 $36 {Orti,P-Irigoyen,P/Cajas op 1989/0-1 (47)} (7... Bxc2 8. Qxc2
Qxd4 9. Nf3 $44)) 6... Nd7 {[%cal Rd7c5,Rc5e4,Rd7e5]} (6... c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8.
b4 $14) 7. Nh4 (7. Be2 f6 $5 (7... c5 8. c3 cxd4 9. cxd4 $11)) 7... c5 8. c3 a6
(8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Rc8 $11) (8... Bg6 {Karpov} 9. Nxg6 hxg6) 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10.
Nf3 (10. g4 Nh4) 10... Rc8 (10... cxd4 {Karpov} 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Be2 {/\12...
Be7 13.g4 Nh4 14.N:h4 B:h4 15.g5!}) 11. Bd3 (11. dxc5 Qc7 {[+]}) 11... cxd4 (
11... Nh4 {Karpov} 12. O-O (12. Ng5 $1 Nxg2+ $2 13. Kf1 Nh4 14. Qh5 Ng6 15.
Nxe6 (15. Nxf7)) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Be7) 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Nxd4 $14 {[%cal
Gd4c6,Gd4e6,Gd4f5]} (13. Qxd4 {Karpov}) 13... g6 (13... Nxe5 14. Nxf5 (14. Qe2
Qe7 15. O-O Nc6 $11) 14... Qd7 15. Ne3 Bc5 16. Nxd5 (16. Qxd5 Nd3+ 17. Kf1 Qxd5
18. Nxd5 Nxf2 19. Rg1 $15) 16... Rd8 17. c4 Nxc4 18. Qe2+ Kf8 19. Qxc4 Qxd5 $11
) 14. O-O (14. e6 {Karpov} fxe6 (14... Nc5 15. exf7+ (15. O-O Nxe6 16. Re1 Qd7
17. Qe2 Be7) 15... Kxf7 16. O-O Bg7 $14) 15. Nxe6 Qe7 16. Qe2 $14 (16. O-O))
14... Nc5 {[%csl Gb2,Yb3,Gb4,Gc3,Rc4,Yc6,Yd3,Gd4,Rd5,Yd6,Ge3,Re4,Ge5,Ye6,Gf2,
Yf4,Rf5,Yf6,Rf7,Rg6]} 15. Be3 (15. Qe2 Bg7 16. Rd1 O-O 17. c4 $132) 15... Bg7
16. Nf3 (16. f4 {><e4}) 16... O-O 17. Re1 Re8 18. Re2 (18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd4
Rc4 20. Qd2 Re4 21. Rad1 $13) (18. Bxc5 $16 {Karpov Short}) 18... Ne4 $15 19.
Qb3 (19. Qd3 {Karpov}) 19... b5 20. Rd1 (20. a4 $142) (20. a4 $14 {Karpov})
20... Rc4 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxd5 Bd6 22. Bf4 Qf6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 $11) 21. Bd4 (21.
Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rexd2 Rxe5 23. Bd4 Re6 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rxd5 $4 (25. g3 Qe7 26.
Kf1 $15 (26. Rxd5 $4 Re1+ 27. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 28. Kg2 Qe4+ $19)) 25... Qxd5 $19)
21... Qb8 (21... Qd7 $5) 22. Rd3 (22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rexd2 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25.
g3 Rd8 $15) 22... f4 {XBd4} 23. Qd1 (23. Re1 a5 24. Red1 a4 $13) 23... Rc6 24.
Ne1 (24. Nd2 $5) 24... Rce6 25. Nc2 (25. f3 Nd6) 25... Qb7 {/\Bg7:e5} 26. f3
Nd6 27. b3 Nf5 28. Qd2 (28. Red2) 28... h5 (28... g5 {Karpov} 29. g3 $5 fxg3
30. Qxg5 gxh2+ 31. Kh1 $1) 29. Re1 (29. Qxf4 $4 {Karpov} Bh6 $19) 29... a5 30.
Kf1 Qc7 31. Kg1 Kh7 32. b4 a4 33. Kf1 Qc4 $17 34. Kg1 Bxe5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36.
Rxe5 Rxe5 $19 37. Nd4 (37. Kf2 h4 38. Nd4 Re3 $19) 37... Re3 38. Rxe3 fxe3 39.
Qd1 Qxc3 (39... Qxc3 40. Nxf5 gxf5 41. Kf1 Qb2 42. Qe2 Qxa3 $19) 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {Heute hat dieser Zug den 3.Nc3 als Hauptvariante
abgeloest.} (3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Qa5 13. c3 Be7 14. c4 Qc7 $11 {
Das ist die Hauptproblemstellung, warum die Weißspieler zu 3.e5 gewechselt
sind.}) 3... Bf5 4. Nd2 {Es gibt auch viele Alternativen.} (4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6
6. Nge2 c5 $132 {führt zum schärfsten Spiel, das sehr unklar ist.}) (4. h4 h5
5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 $11) (4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 {gilt als Hauptvariante, doch
Schwarz kann mittels} c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 $11 {zum relativen Ausgleich
kommen, obwohl er noch genau spielen muss.}) 4... e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 (5... c5 $1 {
Der einfachste und direkteste Weg zum Ausgleich.} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8.
c3 Qxc5 9. Qa4+ Nd7 $1 {Das ist der wichtige Zug! Schwarz sollte nicht in das
Endspiel nach 9....Nc6 gehen.} (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. Nd4 $14 {Karjakin - Kamsky (Jermuk, 2009)}) 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bb5 $11) 6. Nf3
a6 {Schwarz muss ...c5 erst vorbereiten, er kann es nicht gleich spielen.} (
6... c5 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 (8... Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Qa4+ $18) 9. Bb5+
$16) 7. Be2 {Stärker sieht 7.Be3 aus, wonach Schwarz es nicht so einfach hat, .
..c5 durchzusetzen.} (7. Be3 Ne7 (7... Rc8 8. c3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nfd4 Bg6
11. Be2 Nh6 12. h4 Nxb3 13. axb3 $14 {Jakovenko - Eljanov (Odessa, 2010)}) 8.
Be2 Bg6 9. Nh4 Nf5 10. Nxf5 Bxf5 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Bg6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
g6 15. a4 O-O 16. a5 $14 {Kosintseva,N - Paikidze (Moscow, 2010)}) 7... c5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 (8... Nxc5 9. Nfd4 Bg6 10. O-O $14 {Die weiße Stellung ist etwas
angenehmer zu spielen, wobei Schwarz mit präzisen Zügen noch ausgleichen
sollte.}) 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O {Zu beachten ist auch 10.Nd4, obwohl Schwarz
danach keine großen Schwierigkeiten hat.} (10. Nd4 $5 Bg6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Be3
Qc7 13. f4 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Rc1 b5 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Rxc4 O-O
19. Rxc5 Qb7 $44 {Kosintseva - Paikidze (Moscow, 2010)}) 10... Ne7 11. Nh4 {
Der Versuch mit schnellem c4 durchzukommen bringt nichts:} (11. Be3 Rc8 12. c4
(12. Rc1 b5 $1 $11) 12... dxc4 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Bxc4 Na4 15. b3 Nb2 $1 $11)
11... Be4 {Es ist immer gut die Schwächung f3 zu provozieren.} 12. f3 Bg6 13.
Be3 Rc8 14. c3 b5 $1 $11 {Weiß kann weder a4 noch c4 spielen, auch der
typische Anlauf des f-Bauern ist kaum zu realisieren.} 15. Re1 (15. Nxg6 hxg6
16. f4 Nf5 17. Bf2 Ne4 18. Qe1 g5 $1 $15) 15... Na4 $2 {Solche Züge muss man
immer vorsichtig machen - der Springer steht am Brettrand sehr verdächtig.} 16.
Qd2 Nc6 {Die schwarzen Figuren laufen in die falsche Richtung.} (16... Nb6 17.
b3 $16) 17. Nxg6 {Jetzt gibt es keine Gefahr am Königsflügel mehr.} hxg6 18. f4
Na5 19. Bd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 {Der Springer a4 ist völlig abgeschnitten.} 21.
Qf2 Qh4 {Weiß hätte nun großen Vorteil mit dem Damentausch bekommen können.}
22. g3 (22. Qxh4 $1 Rxh4 23. g3 Rh8 24. b3 $1 Nc5 (24... cxb3 25. axb3 Nxc3 26.
Rxa6 $16) 25. Reb1 $1 Nd3 26. a4 $16) 22... Qe7 23. Rad1 O-O {Nun stellt sich
heraus, dass der Läufer d4 noch schlechter ist als der Springer a4, weil
Letzterer den Bauern b2 angreift und der Läufer so gut wie keine Funktion auf
dem Brett hat.} 24. Rd2 Rfd8 25. Red1 Rd5 26. Be3 $1 {Weiß muss die Türme
sofort tauschen, sonst baut Schwarz mittels Turmverdoppelung Druck auf der
d-Linie auf.} Rxd2 27. Qxd2 Qb7 {Das Problem von Weiß ist, dass seine Dame an
die Verteidigung des Bauern b2 gebunden ist.} 28. Kf2 $6 (28. Qf2 Qe4 29. Bb6
Nxb6 30. Qxb6 Qc2 31. Rd8+ Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Kh7 33. Qh4+ $11 {Das wäre wohl der
logische Schluss dieser Partie gewesen.}) 28... b4 $1 {Die Schwäche b2 wird
immer offensichtlicher.} 29. Qc2 (29. cxb4 $4 c3 30. bxc3 Nxc3 31. Rc1 Ne4+ $19
) 29... Qb5 30. cxb4 Qxb4 31. b3 Nb6 32. Rd4 Qb5 33. h4 $4 {Wie man den Bauern
so leicht na c3 marschieren lassen kann, ist die große Frage... Vermutlich
waren beide Spieler in Zeitnot, daher die vielen Fehler am Ende der Partie.} (
33. bxc4 Nxc4 34. Qd3 Qb2+ 35. Qe2 $11) 33... c3 $17 34. a4 (34. Qe2 Qa5 $17)
34... Qa5 $4 (34... Qc6 $1 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. Rxe4 Nd5 $17) 35. Re4 $4 (35. Qd3
$1 Nd5 (35... c2 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Qxd8+ Kh7 38. Qc7 $16) 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. Qxc4
$16) 35... Rd8 $2 (35... Nd5 36. Rc4 Rxc4 37. bxc4 Nxe3 38. Kxe3 Qc5+ 39. Kd3
Qg1 40. Kxc3 Qxg3+ 41. Qd3 Qxf4 $15) 36. Bxb6 $4 {Verliert endlich.} (36. Ke2
$1 Rc8 37. Bxb6 Qxb6 38. Rc4 $14) 36... Qxb6+ 37. Kf3 Qc6 0-1

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 (6... Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6
8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1
14. Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 Ne7 18. Rc3 {It is curious that
Black repeated Ivanchuk's play in a disastrous game for him.} Rc8 $146 {
This was mentioned by Kritz as insatisfactory.} (18... a6 {Gashimov,V (2733)
-Ivanchuk,V (2764)/Reggio Emilia 2011/CBM 140/[Kritz] (1-0, 27)}) 19. Rxc8+
Nxc8 20. Rd1 Ne7 21. f4 $5 (21. c4 $16 {Kritz}) 21... g5 22. fxg5 h6 23. c4 $1
{It becomes clear that Black's preparation had a bug somewhere.} hxg5 (23...
dxc4 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. gxh6 Rxh6 27. Bxc4 $16) 24. cxd5 Ng6 25. Rf1
f4 26. d6 Kg7 (26... Nxe5 27. Rc1 Kg7 28. d7 f6 29. Rc8 Nf7 30. Re8 Nd8 31. Kf2
$18) 27. Re1 Nf8 28. Bd3 Ne6 29. Bf5 Nd4 30. Bg4 Re8 31. Kf2 $16 {Svidler,P 
(2739)-Postny,E (2618)/Ningbo 2011/ (1-0, 37)}) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. c4 Nc6 9. O-O
Be7 $146 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Be4 13. Bf3 $36 {
Efimenko,Z (2648)-Pribeanu,D (2277)/Turin 2006/CBM 113 (1-0, 23)}) 10. cxd5
exd5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Nb3 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Qb3 Bxc5 16. Qxd5
Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bc3 Be6 19. Qc5 $16 {The bishop's pair in this kind of
positions is a very dangerous weapon. White's advantage is not diminished by
exchanges at all.} Re8 20. Rfd1 Qe7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rd2 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Nxd8
24. Rd1 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. f3 Ne6 27. Kf2 Bc6 28. Ke3 Bd5 29. a4 f5 30. g3
Kf7 31. b4 a6 32. Be5 g6 33. g4 Bb3 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. a5 Bd5 36. Bd3 Kg6 37. h4
h5 38. f4 Bc6 39. Kd2 Bb5 40. Bc2 Nd8 41. Bb3 Be8 42. Kc3 Nc6 43. Bd5 Bf7 44.
Bf3 Be6 45. Bc7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund 47th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2019.07.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.07.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 $5 {Eine sehr seltene Fortsetzung
der Caro/Kann-Vorstoßvariante, viel häufiger anzutreffen sind 5.Be3/a3/Nf3/
Qg4.} Bxc5 {Hier gibt es mit 5...Nc6 und 5...Nd7 beachtliche Alternativen.} 6.
Qg4 {Diese Option des Damenausfalls hat sich Weiß mit seinem 5.Zug offen
gelassen.} Ne7 {[#] Die Einladung zu einem wilden Tanz wird von dem nun unter
US-Flagge agierenden kubanischen Spitzenmann abgelehnt.} 7. b4 ({Extrem
zweischneidiges und kompliziertes Spiel ergäbe der doppelte Bauernraub} 7.
Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qxh7 {wegen z.B.} Qb6 9. Nh3 Nbc6 $44 ({bloß nicht} 9... Rxg2 $2 {
wegen} 10. Kf1 Rg8 11. Rg1 Rxg1+ 12. Kxg1)) 7... h5 $146 {Ein verpflichtender
Bauernaufzug, um die feindliche Dame von g7 abzulenken.} ({Die Großmeister
bewegen sich auf unerforschtem Terrain, aus der Praxis lässt sich hierzu nur
noch eine Partie finden:} 7... Bb6 8. Nf3 a5 $6 (8... Ng6) 9. b5 (9. Qxg7 $5)
9... Ng6 10. h4 f5 $6 (10... Qc7 $142 11. Bb2 Qc5) 11. Qg3 O-O 12. h5 Nh8 13.
Bh6 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qb4+ $6 {Der Beginn eines verfehlten Plans, bei dem sich die
schwarze Dame im gegnerischen Lager verirrt.} (14... Qc7 $142) 15. Nbd2 (15.
Bd2 $142) 15... Qg4 $2 (15... Nd7 $142) 16. Qh2 $1 Nd7 $2 (16... Qb4 $142) 17.
Bf4 $1 Nc5 18. Be2 Ne4 19. Rf1 (19. Nd4 $142 $1 $18) 19... Nc3 20. Ng1 Nxe2 21.
Nxe2 g6 22. hxg6 Qxg6 23. a4 (23. Bh6) 23... Bd7 24. Ra3 Qf7 25. Rh1 Rfe8 26.
Rh3 Re7 27. Nf3 Qg7 28. Ng5 {- 1-0, Vitiugov,N (2726) - O'Donnell,C (2360),
Batumi 2018}) 8. Qf4 $1 ({Weiß findet ein geeignetes Feld für seine Dame,
zumal} 8. Qg3 $2 {an der taktischen Finesse} Bd4 $1 9. c3 Qc7 $1 {scheitern
würde.}) 8... Bb6 (8... g5 $4 {würde wegen} 9. Qf6 $1 (9. Qxg5 $143 Bxb4+ 10.
c3 Bc5) 9... Bxb4+ 10. c3 $18 {fehlschlagen.}) 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Nbd2 a5 $1 11.
b5 (11. bxa5 Bxa5 12. O-O Nf5 $13) 11... Nb4 12. Ba3 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Bd7 14. Qa4
$5 Nf5 15. Rc1 g5 16. h3 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Ke2 $1 {Die kritische
Partiestellung, in der der russische Turnierfavorit und Titelverteidiger mit
einem gekünstelten Damenmanöver völlig aus der Spur gerät.} Qb8 $2 ({
In dieser Phase hätte sich Nepomniachtchi, der seine Züge meist relativ
flott aufs Brett zauberte und zudem über einen beträchtlichen
Bedenkzeitvorsprung verfügte, wesentlich intensiver der Stellung widmen
sollen. Ein besserer Kandidatenzug war z.B.} 18... Qd8 $1 {mit der möglichen
Folge} 19. Nb3 Rg8 20. g4 (20. g3 f6) (20. Bc5 Bc7) 20... Nh4 21. Bc5 Bc7 22.
Nxh4 gxh4 $13 {/=}) 19. Nb3 $1 Qa7 ({Allem Anschein nach ist eine
befriedigende Verteidigung nicht mehr in Sicht. Alternativen, z.B.: I} 19...
Rg8 20. g4 Nh4 21. Bd6 Qd8 (21... Qa7 $2 22. Nxh4 gxh4 23. Rc1 Bxf2 (23... hxg4
24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 $18 Qb6 26. hxg4 h3 27. Qf4) 24. Rc8+ $1 Bxc8 25. b6+ Bd7
26. bxa7 $18) 22. Rc1 hxg4 (22... Nxf3 23. Kxf3 $16) 23. hxg4 $16 f6 24. Nc5) (
{II} 19... Bd8 20. Rc1 b6 21. g4 $16) ({III} 19... Nh4 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Nxh4
gxh4 22. Nc5 Qg5 23. Nxb7 $16) 20. Rc1 $1 g4 ({I Nach} 20... Bxf2 $2 {zündet
wieder der Trick} 21. Rc8+ $1 Bxc8 22. b6+ Bd7 23. bxa7 $18) ({II} 20... Qb8
21. Nc5 h4 22. Kf1 Rg8 23. Rc2 Rg6 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Bc5 $16 {/+-}) 21. hxg4
hxg4 22. Qxg4 Bxf2 {[#] Auf dieses Gegenspiel entlang der Diagonalen a7-g1
hatte Schwarz vergeblich seine Hoffungen gesetzt.} 23. Nc5 $1 $18 {Wonach
guter Rat bereits teuer ist.} Bg3 {[#]} ({Falls} 23... Be3 {, so kann} 24. Rh1
Nh6 25. Qg7 Rg8 26. Rxh6 Rxg7 27. Rh8+ Ke7 28. Nxb7+ Bc5 29. Bxc5+ Qxc5 30.
Nxc5 $18 {folgen. Aber auch nach dem Partiezug findet der schwarze Läufer
kein sicheres Plätzchen.}) 24. Rh1 $1 {Hebt die Verteidigung mit einer
hübschen taktischen Wendung aus den Angeln.} Rf8 (24... Rxh1 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26.
Nxb7+ Qc5 27. Qd8#) 25. Rh5 $1 {- Schwarz gab auf.} ({Nach} 25. Rh5 {könnte z.
B.} Bxb5 26. Rxf5 exf5 27. Qxg3 Qb6 (27... b6 28. Nb3 Rh8 29. Qg7 $18) (27...
f4 28. Qg7 $18 Qb6 29. Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nd7+ Ke8 31. Nxb6) 28. Nd4 $18 {folgen.})
1-0

[Event "Lake Sevan"]
[Site "Martuni"]
[Date "2011.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Nadanian,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g4 $1 {Una interesante idea del GM húngaro Attila
Groszpeter, que lo jugó por vez primera en 2002. Las blancas buscan avanzar su
peón f a f5 para molestar al alfil negro de casillas claras.} Nh4 ({Tras} 10...
Nh6 $6 11. h3 {el caballo negro de h6 está extremadamente restringido.}) 11.
Nxh4 Bxh4 12. f4 {Ahora las blancas amenazan con ganar una pieza tras 13.f5.
Las negras deben decidir como responder a esa amenaza. Hay tres opciones: 1)
situar el alfil en e4; 2) avanzar el peón f; 3) abrir una "ventana" para el
alfil, avanzando el peón h. Sin embargo, ninguna de esas posibilidades
prometen a las negras una vida dulce.} h6 {Tras la partida tanto Zhigalko como
Jobava criticaron esta jugada. Baadur dijo que durante la partida había tenido
una fuerte sensación de que alguien le había recomendado esta jugada antes.
Dijo que no lo había comprobado por si mismo y ahora encontraba que era
terrible. Estaría de acuerdo con él si las negras tuviesen una buena
alternativa, pero dado que las negras no tienen una opción razonable,
considero que 12...h6 es jugable. Las negras debería probablemente buscar la
igualdad en algún momento anterior.} ({El problema con} 12... Be4 {es que tras}
13. Be3 {el alfil negro es vulnerable a 14.Cd2.}) ({La jugada} 12... f6 {
permite a las blancas iniciar una peligrosa tormenta de peones tras} 13. f5 Bf7
14. g5 exf5 ({O} 14... Bxg5 15. Bg4 exf5 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Bxf5 Bg6 18. Bxg6+
hxg6 19. Qd3) 15. gxf6) (12... f5 13. exf6 ({Las blancas no pueden separar al
alfil del rival del resto del ejército con} 13. g5 {porque tras} h6 14. Bh5 Kf7
$1 15. Bxg6+ Kxg6 {las negras lo salvan con éxito.}) 13... Bxf6 14. g5 Be7 15.
Bg4 ({Según Zhigalko} 15. Bh5 {es también buena.}) 15... Bf5 16. Re1 ({
Bastante inocua es} 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Qh5+ g6 18. Qh6 Kf7) 16... O-O 17. Rxe6
$1 Bxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Qg4 $1 (19. Qh5 g6 20. Qh6 Bd6 21. f5 gxf5 22. Re1 (
22. g6 Qe7 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Bxf5 Ne4) 22... Qc7 23. Re3 Nb6 24. Rh3 Rae8 25. Nc5
Qg7 26. g6 Re7 {Efimenko,Z (2683)-Parligras,M (2601)/Delmenhorst GER 2011 Las
negras aguantaron con éxito el ataque blanco.}) 19... Nb6 20. Rf1 Nc4 21. Bc1
Nd6 22. Nc5 g6 23. Nd7 {Las blancas tienen una fuerte iniciativa.
Caruana-Fernandez Romero, Gibraltar 2011.}) 13. f5 Bh7 14. Bd3 {Activa tanto
el alfil como la dama. El mayor dolor de cabeza de las negras es el
extremamente pasivo alfil de h7 y la insegura posición de su rey.} O-O 15. Qf3
{Simple y bueno. Las blancas ahora amenazan jugar 16.Ab4.} c5 $6 {Un intento
desesperado de liberar la posición.} ({Tras la paciente} 15... a5 16. a4 Bg5 {
la posición de las negras es pasiva pero defendible.}) 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. dxc5
f6 ({La más "natural"} 17... Qc7 $6 {es peor:} 18. Qh3 $1 Bg5 (18... Be7 {
Una línea muy hermosa es} 19. f6 Bxc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxd3 21. cxd3 Qxe5 22. Bxh6 $1
gxf6 23. Rf5 $3 exf5 ({O} 23... Qxb2 24. Raf1) 24. gxf5 {con mate en pocas
jugadas.}) 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20. fxe6 Bxd3 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxd3 Qxc5+ 23. Kg2)
18. fxe6 $6 ({Tras la correcta} 18. Bf4 {las blancas tienen un peón de ventaja
y una buena posición.}) 18... fxe5 19. Qxf8+ $6 ({Otro error más. Tras} 19.
Bxh7+ $6 Kxh7 20. Qb3 Re8 $1 21. Qxb7 Rxe6 {las negras tienen bastante
actividad a cambio de los peones.}) ({Sin embargo, era muy prometedor} 19. Bf5
$1 {Tras} e4 ({pero no} 19... g6 $2 20. Bxh6 gxf5 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. gxf5 {
La posición de las blancas está cerca de ser ganadora.}) 20. Qb3 Bxf5 ({Si} 
20... Be7 {entonces} 21. Rad1 $3 Bxc5+ 22. Kh1 {y las negras no pueden
aguantar el peón d5. Por ejemplo} Qd6 23. Bxh6 $3 gxh6 24. Rxd5 Qa6 25. Rfd1
Be7 26. Qe3 $1) 21. gxf5 Qc7 22. Kh1 d4 23. Qh3 e3 (23... Bf6 $2 24. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 25. Qxh6 Qh7 26. Rg1+ Kh8 27. Rg6 $1) 24. Qxh4 Qc6+ 25. Kg1 exd2 26. Rf2
$1 Qxc5 27. Qe4 $1 Rf6 28. Rd1 Raf8 29. Rdxd2 Rxf5 30. Rxf5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5
32. Rxd4 Re5 33. Rd7 {Las blancas tienen un peón de ventaja y buenas opciones
de ganar.}) 19... Qxf8 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. Bxh7+ $2 (21. Rf1 {es mucho más
fuerte. En este caso las negras no serían capaces de atacar el peón e6 tan
fácilmente.}) 21... Kxh7 22. Be1 ({Ahora} 22. Rf1 {no es tan fuerte} Rxf1+ 23.
Kxf1 Kg6 24. Bc3 d4 25. Bb4 Kf6 (25... Be7 $4 26. c6 $1) 26. e7 Kf7 27. Ke2 e4
$1 28. c6 bxc6 29. Bc5 Bf6 $1 30. Bxa7 Kxe7 {con una posición igualada.}) 22...
Be7 23. Bf2 Kg6 $1 {Yendo a por el peón e6.} 24. Rd1 d4 25. c3 (25. Re1 $2 {
es un error garrafal:} Rxf2 $1 26. Kxf2 Bh4+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1 28. Kxe1 Kf6 {
y solo las negras pueden ganar aquí.}) 25... Bxc5 ({También era posible} 25...
dxc3 26. bxc3 Kf6 27. Rd7 Kxe6 28. Rxb7 Rf4 29. h3 Rc4 30. Rxa7 Rxc3 31. Kg2
Rc2) 26. b4 Bb6 27. cxd4 Rf4 {La posición está totalmente igualada ahora.} 28.
Re1 Rxg4+ 29. Kf1 Rf4 30. Kg2 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxe5 Rd8 33. Rc5 Rd2+ 34.
Kf3 Kf6 35. Rc7 Kxe6 36. Rxb7 Rxa2 37. Rxg7 Rxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 {
White wants to open up the position for his better developed pieces.} Nbc6 (
8... dxc4 {- Ni Hua-Lauber, Perenyi mem Gyula HUN 2000 CBM 75}) 9. Qa4 a6 10.
cxd5 (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 Bd3 {This is the key-move for the defence.} 12. Bxd3
cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 14. Ndxb5 $5 {- Ni Hua-Wu Shaobin, Zhong Hong Estate Cup 2001
CBM 85} (14. Qb3 {- Svidler-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998})) (10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1
Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 {White has a strong ^^, but he has
no time to consolidate his position.} 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Ncd4 17. Nd2 Rc6 18.
Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11 {Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze, FIDE World Cup-C (Women)
2000}) (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 {
and the B comes back with a great effect, White has got nothing from the
opening.} 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {1/2:1/2 Svidler-Anand,
Tilburg Fontys 1998}) 10... Nxd5 (10... Qxd5 $6 {attacks >< e5, but loses
vital tempi in an already undeveloped position.} 11. Nd2 Qa5 (11... Qxe5 {
gives White additional time to get a big advantage of development.} 12. Nc4 Qb8
13. Nb6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Bg6 15. Bf3 $16) 15. Bf3 $1 $16) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 {If White can preserve his strong ^^ in an
opened position, his _|_ will be better.} Bb4 16. Rfd1 O-O 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. a3
Be7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Bb2 $14 {Sikula-Mihalko, Nyiregyhaza 1999}) (10... b5 $142
{is a strong intermediate move.} 11. Nxc6 (11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5 13. Nc3 (
13. O-O Nb4 (13... Nf4 $5 14. Nc3 Rc8) 14. Nc3 {- 13.Nc3}) 13... Nb4 14. Rc1 (
14. O-O {allows the annoying penetration} Nc2 $5 (14... Rc8 $13) 15. Nxb5 $1
Be7 $1 $15 {This is the cold-blooded defence, otherwise White gets the upper
hand!} (15... Nxa1 16. Qa4 Be7 17. Nc7+ Kf8 18. Bb6 Nc2 19. Nxe6+ $14)) 14...
Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Qxd4 $17 {Trygstad-Solozhenkin, Classics GM
Gausdal NOR 2001}) (11. Nxf5 Nxf5 $15) 11... Nxc6 12. Qf4 (12. Qd1 Nb4 13. Na3
Nxd5) 12... Nb4 $1 (12... Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 (13... Bb4+ 14. Nc3 $16) 14. O-O $14
) 13. O-O Nxd5 (13... Nc2 {is too adventurous after} 14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 $44)
14. Qf3 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $14) 15. Rd1 Bb4 $13 {and Black will finish his
development with ease.}) 11. Nxc6 Qd7 12. Nc3 Nxe3 $6 {Taking the wrong piece,
although it looks very logical.} (12... bxc6 13. Rd1 Qb7 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3
$16) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. O-O $14 {and Black has weaknesses on the <<.}) (12...
Nxc3 $1 {was required, because after} 13. bxc3 Qxc6 {is possible in contrary
to the game!} 14. Qxc6+ bxc6 15. Bf3 Kd7 $11) 13. fxe3 bxc6 ({Now} 13... Qxc6
$2 {simply loses to} 14. Bb5 $18) 14. Bf3 Rc8 15. Ne2 $6 ({It was time for
hunting pawns!} 15. Qxa6 $142 Bd3 (15... Bc5 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Rd6 $1 {This
positional exchange sacrifice is the point!} Bxd6 (17... O-O 18. Rxc6 $18) 18.
exd6 Qd7 19. Na4 Qd8 20. d7+ $1 Kxd7 21. Nb6+ Ke7 22. Nxc8+ Qxc8 23. Qa3+ c5
24. Qa7+ $16) 16. Qb6 (16. Qa4 Qb7 17. Rd1 Ba6 $44) 16... Be7 17. Rd1 $1 $16)
15... Bc5 $1 16. Nd4 (16. Rc1 $6 Bxe3 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qxc6 (18. Rxc6 Qd2+ 19.
Kf1 O-O $19) 18... Bxc1 $17) 16... Bxd4 17. exd4 (17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. exd4 Ke7
$11) 17... c5 $1 {Black can change the structure just in time.} 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7
19. d5 (19. Rd1 cxd4 20. Rxd4+ Ke7 21. O-O Rc5 $15 {>< e5}) 19... c4 20. O-O-O
$1 (20. O-O Rc5 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 $15) 20... Bd3 21. dxe6+ (21. Rhe1 Rc5 22. dxe6+
(22. d6 f6) 22... Kxe6 23. Bg4+ Ke7 $11) 21... fxe6 {The _|_ looks OK for
Black.} (21... Kxe6 {leads to a completely drawish R _|_.} 22. Bg4+ Bf5 23.
Bxf5+ Kxf5 24. Rd7 Ke6 25. Rhd1 $11) 22. Kd2 (22. Bb7 Rc5 $1 23. Bxa6 $2 Ra8
24. b4 {founders on the forceful} Rxa6 $1 (24... cxb3+ 25. Kb2 $11) 25. bxc5
Rxa2 $17) (22. Rhe1 Rc5 23. Kd2 Ke7 24. Kc3 {- 22.Kd2}) 22... Rc5 23. Kc3 Ke7 (
23... Rxe5 24. b3 $14) 24. b4 (24. Rhe1 Ra5 $11) 24... Rxe5 25. Rhe1 Rxe1 26.
Rxe1 {White has sacrificed a P, but >< a6 is very vulnerable, and the c4 o^ is
blockaded.} Kd6 27. Bb7 Rf8 28. a4 (28. Bxa6 Rf2 29. Bxc4 Bxc4 30. Kxc4 Rxa2
31. Rd1+ $11) 28... Rf2 29. Bxa6 {White now has two connected remote passed
pawns, but the black R is very active.} Rc2+ (29... Rxg2 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Kxc4
Rc2+ 32. Kb5 Rxh2 33. a5 $11) 30. Kd4 Bg6 (30... Rxg2 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Kxc4
Rxh2 $11) 31. Bxc4 e5+ 32. Rxe5 Rxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Kxe5 34. Kc5 Ke6 {[#]} 35. Kc6
$4 {This is a terrible blunder, probably in time trouble.} (35. a5 Kd7 36. b5
Kc8 37. Kb6 Kb8 38. g4 $11) 35... Be8+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. Ngf3 {The fight
for the e5 square begins.} Qc7 8. Bf4 {White wants to keep his stronghold on
e5.} (8. exf6 Ngxf6 $13 {helps only for Black to finish his development.}) 8...
fxe5 (8... Ne7 9. Bg3 (9. exf6 {is again good for Black, he can quickly finish
his development.} Qxf4 10. fxe7 Bxe7 11. O-O O-O $13) 9... Qb6 10. Nb3 Be4 11.
O-O Nf5 12. Bf4 O-O-O 13. a4 $36) 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Ndf3 (10. g4 $6 {weakens
only his own position.} Bg6 (10... Be4 $5) 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. c3
e5 14. h4 O-O-O $15) (10. Bg4 Bxe5 11. dxe5 {and if White takes back with P,
his P structure is not better anymore.} Ne7 $13) 10... Ngf6 11. O-O O-O (11...
Ng4 12. Bd3 (12. Nxg4 Bxf4 $13) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 $14) 12. Bg3 (12. Re1 $5 {
weakens >< f2.} Ng4 $1 (12... Nh5 13. Nxd7 $14) 13. Nxd7 Bxf4 $1 14. Nxf8 Bxh2+
15. Kf1 Rxf8 $1 (15... Qg3 $5 16. fxg3 Ne3+ 17. Kf2 Ng4+ $11) 16. Bd3 Bg3 17.
Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Rxe6 Nxf2 $40) 12... Rae8 (12... Nh5 $5 {immediately attacking
the B was logical.} 13. Nxd7 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qxd7 15. Bd3 $11) (12... Ne4 $11 {
is about the same and White cannot hold the e5 square forever.}) 13. Re1 Ne4
14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Bd3 $2 {White overlooks Black's active
counterplay.} (16. c3 {was the caotious reply.} e5 $5 {This is the radical way
of solving the problem of >< e5!} (16... c5 17. Qa4 (17. Rf1 Qb6) 17... a6 $13)
17. dxe5 (17. Nxe5 Nxf2 $1) 17... Qg6 18. Nh4 Qh6 19. Nf3 Qg6 $44 {with
repetition of moves.}) 16... Qb4 $1 (16... Bg4 $5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf3
19. gxf3 Rf6 $44 {and White's >> is corrupted, the extra P is not a big deal.})
17. Rb1 c5 18. a3 Qb6 19. Bxe4 (19. c3 e5 $1 $36 {and White has no time for a
blockade of e5.}) 19... dxe4 (19... Bxe4 $15) 20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Qd4 (21. Nd4
Bg6 $17) 21... Qxc2 22. Rbc1 (22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rd5 $15) 22... Qd3 {Black
has won a P, White has to blockade the position.} 23. Red1 e5 $1 {If your Q is
attacked, counterattack the enemy Q!} 24. Qb4 Qa6 $1 (24... Rc8 25. Nxe5 Rxc1
26. Rxc1 Qd5 27. Qc3 $15) 25. Rd6 b6 26. Ng5 Rc8 27. Qb3+ Kh8 28. Rcd1 (28.
Rdd1 $142 Bg6 $15) 28... Qb7 29. f3 (29. Qe3 h6 {and the white N is in trouble.
} 30. Ne6 Rf6 $1 31. Rd7 Qc6 $17) 29... Qc7 (29... exf3 30. Qxf3 Qxf3 31. Nxf3
e4 32. Nd4 Kg8 33. Nxf5 Rxf5 {The e o^ is dangerous, the white K is cut off
the f file.} 34. Re6 h5 35. Rxe4 Rc2 $17) 30. fxe4 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Bg4 32. Nf3 Qf2
33. R6d2 {[#]} Rxf3 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Simple, but pretty.} 34. Qxf3 Qxd2 35.
Qxg4 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5
Nec6 9. h4 Qc7 10. h5 Qxe5+ 11. Nfe2 Be4 12. Bf4 Qf6 13. g5 Qe7 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Nc3 Qxc5 16. Qd2 (16. Qe2 {- Nataf-Bareev, Cannes NAO Masters 2002 CBM 88})
16... Qa5 $1 (16... Nd4 17. Bg2 (17. O-O-O Nbc6 18. Bg2 {- 17.Bg2} (18. Nxe4
Qd5)) 17... Nbc6 (17... Nf3+ {eliminates White's dangerous ^^, but loses time
and the Black K remains vulnerable.} 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. O-O-O Be7 20. g6 $1 $40)
18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. Nxe4 Qc4 20. Kb1 $14 {and White's ^^ is impressive.}) (
16... Nd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nxe4 $14) 17. Nxe4 (17. O-O-O {allows the pin
after} Bb4 $132) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Bxd2 {After the messy opening White has a
rather clear small but durable advantage in the _|_ due to his ^^.} (18. Kxd2 {
is a sophysticated way of castling >>!} Nd7 19. Rd1 O-O-O (19... Nc5 20. Bg2
Nxe4+ 21. Bxe4 Bc5 22. Ke2 Nd4+ 23. Ke1 $16 {^^}) 20. Kc1 $14) 18... Nd7 (18...
Nd4 19. O-O-O Nbc6 20. Bg2 $14) 19. Bg2 h6 $5 {Black wants to create some
weaknesses on the >>.} (19... O-O-O 20. O-O-O $14) 20. O-O-O hxg5 21. Bxg5 (21.
Nxg5 {is less precise:} Nf6 $1 22. Bf3 Rd8 23. Bc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nd5 $11)
21... Rc8 22. Rh3 ({The quiet} 22. Kb1 {was also playable} Nc5 23. Be3 Nxe4 24.
Bxe4 $14 {with the same type of position again, White's ^^ dominates the board.
}) 22... Nc5 (22... Nb4 23. Kb1 $1) 23. Nd6+ (23. Kb1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Be7 (24...
Bc5 25. f4) 25. Rg1 $14) 23... Bxd6 24. Rxd6 {Now the ^^ fights against the
pair of knights, which is an achievement for White in an opened position like
that.} Nd7 (24... Nb4 25. Kb1 $14) 25. b3 {/\ Kb2 improving the K's position
in the _|_.} ({or} 25. a3 Rc7 26. Rd1 $14) 25... Rc7 26. Kb2 Ne7 27. Rd1 b6 28.
Bf4 (28. h6 {was also logical in order to get rid of the h P.} gxh6 29. Rxh6
Rxh6 30. Bxh6 $14) 28... e5 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bc1 Nc5 31. f4 e4 {Now White's P
structure is not as good as it was before!} 32. Be3 (32. b4 $142 $5 {was the
last chance to infuse life into the position, but White's pawns are in four
islands.} Na6 33. Bxe4 (33. c3 f5) 33... Nxb4 34. a3 Nbc6 35. Rg3 $14) 32...
Kf7 33. Bxc5 {Giving up the ^^ is the end of White's hopes.} (33. Bf1 Nf5)
33... Rxc5 34. Bxe4 Rhxh5 $11 35. Rxh5 Rxh5 36. Rd7 a5 37. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2014.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2014.08.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "23"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 {Black has quite a variety of
moves here. The choice of Maxime is principled, but also risky. Black has
suffered some heavy blows in this line in the last few years. The main
executioner was Sergey Karjakin.} 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 $1 Nc6 (7... Qxb2 8. Qb1 $1
{is the point.} Qxb1+ (8... Qxc3+ $2 9. Bd2 {[%csl Rb7,Rc3] and Black has to
part with his queen to avoid the worst.}) 9. Rxb1 c4 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Nb5 Nd8
12. Rc7 Rb8 13. Nd6+ $1 Bxd6 14. exd6 Rb1+ 15. Bd1 Bxc2 16. Kd2 Bxd1 17. Rxd1
Rb6 18. Bf4 Nf6 19. Re7+ Kf8 20. Rxa7 Ne4+ 21. Kc2 f6 22. h4 $16 {1-0 (34)
Karjakin,S (2747)-Eljanov,P (2761) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010}) 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 (
9. Nb5 $6 c4 $1 10. Nc7+ Kd7 11. Nxa8 Bxc2 {Black will capture the white
knight soon and will have marvellous play for the exchange.} 12. Qe1 Bb4 13.
Bd2 Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Ng5 Rxa8 16. Nxf7 Nec6 $17 {0-1 (46) Karjakin,S 
(2706)-Morozevich,A (2771) Nice 2009}) 9... cxd4 (9... c4 {is an alternative
attempt to close the position, but here too White has the initiative.} 10. Rb1
Qxc2 11. Rxb7 Bb4 12. Rxb4 $1 Nxb4 13. Bd1 Qd3 14. Ba4+ Kf8 15. Qa1 $1 Bg4 16.
Qb2 Rb8 17. Rb1 Bxf3 18. Bc2 Be2 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. a3 Bxb1 21. axb4 Bg6 22. Qa3
$18 {1-0 (30) Karjakin,S (2772)-Laznicka,V (2701) Poikovsky 2011}) 10. Bxd4
Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 {This position has already
appeared once in my career against ... Caruana!} 14. Rc1 $5 $146 {This new
move is obvious in itself, but the following kingside offensive is a new
concept in this line. I wouldn't call it as a refutation of the whole line,
but it definitely poses new problems for the second player.} (14. Rb3 Ne7 15.
Nd6+ Kf8 16. Nxb7 Bb6 17. Nd6 (17. Bd1 Qc1 18. Na4 Qc7 $6 (18... Bd4 $1 $13)
19. Nd6 Bg6 20. Qb4 $36 {1/2-1/2 (40) Caruana,F (2770)-Postny,E (2651) Achaea
2012}) 17... Ba5 18. Bf3 Bd3 $6 (18... h6 $142) 19. Qc1 Qxc1 20. Rxc1 Ng6 21.
Nxd5 $1 Nxe5 22. Nf4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bg6 24. Rb7 $16 {1-0 (46) Karjakin,S (2779)
-Fridman,D (2655) Dortmund 2012}) 14... Qb2 15. g4 (15. Nd6+ $6 Kf8 16. Nxf5
exf5 17. Na4 Bxe1 18. Nxb2 Bd2 {White has full compensation here too, but the
exchange of queens would be a big relief for Black.}) 15... Bg6 16. f4 {
Fabiano continues to play quickly, following his home preparation, while
Maxime has to figure out the right path over the board. A very difficult task,
especially in such a complex position! At the moment Black is two pawns up,
his bishops are excellent, but he is still undeveloped and the king is in the
centre. White's threats may come from both flanks.} Be4 $6 (16... Ne7 {seems
to be the real test for Caruana's concept. Future games will tell. Here is
what might follow:} 17. Nd6+ ({After} 17. f5 {Black has an additional option
of sacrificing a piece for a quick development.} O-O $5 18. fxg6 fxg6 $44)
17... Kf8 18. f5 exf5 19. gxf5 Nxf5 $1 20. Nxf5 Rc8 21. Bb5 (21. Nxd5 Qxc1 22.
Qxa5 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5+ Rxc5 24. Nfe3 Be4 25. e6 f5 $1 $13) 21... Bxf5 (21... Bxc3
$2 22. e6 Qxb5 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. e7+ $1 Ke8 25. Nxg7+ Kd7 26. e8=Q+ $18) 22. e6
$1 f6 $1 23. Rxf5 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qxc3 25. e7+ Kf7 26. e8=Q+ Rhxe8 27. Bxe8+ Kf8
28. Qxc3 Rxc3 29. Ba4 {Black is going to lose the Pd5, but still will keep
three pawns for a piece, which is enough to maintain the balance.}) 17. Rf2 $1
Nh6 $2 {Maxime went astray too soon.} (17... Qb4 $2 18. f5 $1 exf5 (18... Bb6
19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. fxe6 $40) 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qd1 $1 Bb6 21. Ncxe4 dxe4 22. Qd5
Nh6 23. g5 Qd4 24. Qxd4 Bxd4 25. gxh6 $16) (17... Kf8 {was the only sensible
move. Caruana himself mentioned this move in the interview after the game.} 18.
Bd3 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qe7 (19... Qc5 $6 20. Nxe4 Qxb5 $1 21. Qf1 $1 Qc6 22. Rc2 Bb6+
23. Kh1 Qd7 24. Nd6 h5 25. Qc1 $16 hxg4 $140 $2 26. Rxb6 $1 axb6 27. Rc7 $18)
20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nd6 Bb6 22. Rxb6 $1 axb6 23. Ncxe4 {with great compensation
for the exchange, but the position is still playable for Black,}) (17... Bb6 $2
{loses to} 18. Na4 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxa2 20. Qb4 $18) 18. Bd3 Qb4 ({Black
doesn't get sufficient play for the queen after} 18... Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Bxd3 20.
Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qd1) 19. Rb1 {Black loses material by force.} Qc5 (19... Qe7 20.
Nd6+ Kf8 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. g5 Bb6 (22... Nf5 23. Rxb7 $18) 23. gxh6 $18) 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Bxe1 21. Nxc5 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 O-O 23. g5 {is also lost for
Black. White's pieces dominate the board.}) 21. Qxa5 O-O 22. Be2 $18 e3 23.
Rff1 {Black has only two pawns for a piece. On top of that the knight on h6 is
out of play. No chance.} Rfc8 24. Qe1 $1 {The most accurate.} Qd5 25. Rb2 f6
26. Qg3 fxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Rxf8 29. Qxe3 Nf7 30. Nc3 {[%mdl 4]} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 f6 {This is
another extra-sharp line with unclear consequences.} 7. Nf4 fxe5 (7... Bf7 {
- E.Berg-Akesson, SWE-ch Linkoping 2001 CBM 85}) 8. Nxe6 (8. Nxg6 {-
Zezulkin-Murdzia, Swidnica 1999 CBM 71}) 8... Qe7 9. Nxf8 exd4+ {This
intermediate check looks logical.} (9... Kxf8 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bg2 Qxe5+ (11...
Nxe5 12. O-O Qh4 13. h3 h5 {Black's -> against the white K is not well-founded
because of his lack of development.} 14. f4 Nxg4 15. f5 {White's counterattack
seems to be more real.} Bf7 16. Qd4 Ne7 {(Fleck-Muse, GER-chT Germany 1985} 17.
Qf4 $1 (17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Bf4 $14) 17... Re8 18. Be3 $16 {and Black's pieces
are completely disorganized.}) 12. Be3 h5 13. g5 Ne7 14. Qd2 {/\ 0-0-0} Nb6 {
/\ Nc4} 15. O-O-O Nc4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 {^^} b6 18. Rhe1 Nf5 19. Re6 $1
Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Be8 21. Nxd5 $1 cxd5 22. Bxd5 $16 {Vlassov-Shovunov, Russian
Club Cup 1998}) 10. Be2 $1 Kxf8 (10... dxc3 $142 $5 {is the critical move here.
} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qd3 Nf6 {Now White has to decide which P to take.} (12...
Qf6 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Ne7 15. c4 $5 $14 {opening up the diagonals for the
^^.} (15. Rxb7 {is not so clear after} Nc5 16. Rxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxg6+ Kd7 18. Bg5
Qf8 19. Be3 Ne6 $13 {Tischbierek-Boehm, GER CupT 1991})) (12... cxb2 $5 {
takes the P, but White can open up the position for his active ^^.} 13. Bxb2
Qf7 14. c4 Ne7 15. Rb1 $44) 13. Qxc3 {looks safer anyway.} (13. Qxg6+ Kd8 14.
bxc3 Nbd7 {Now suddenly White is a P up, but has problems with his development!
} 15. Qg5 (15. Be3 Ne4 16. Bd4 c5 $1 $13) (15. Bg5 Re8 16. Qd3 Ne5 $13) 15...
Qe4 $1 (15... Nc5 16. Qe3 Nce4 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bb2 Nxg5 {Black gets back the
sacrificed P, but after} 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. c4 {the active ^^ works well again.
} Nf6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. O-O-O Rad8 23. Rhg1 $16 {Kobalija-Yevseev, Chigorin
mem op 2001}) 16. f3 Qxc2 17. Qd2 Qh7 $13 {avoiding the exchange of queens,
since the white K looks more vulnerable this time.}) 13... Nbd7 (13... Nxg4 14.
Qg3 Ne5 15. f4 Nf7 16. Qxg6 $14) 14. Be3 (14. Qe3 {is rather ugly hindering
his own development.} Ne4 15. Bd2 Nxd2 {and the ^^ has gone.} 16. Kxd2 Qxe3+
17. fxe3 Rh4 $15 {Minasian-Karpman, Minsk 1990}) 14... Ne4 15. Qb3 $5 (15. Qd4
O-O 16. O-O (16. h4 Rae8 $1 {/\ Nf2}) 16... Qh4 17. f3 (17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. f3
Ng3) 17... Ng3 $1 $11 {Nunn-Andersson, London 1992}) 15... O-O-O (15... Ndc5
16. Qa3 $14) 16. O-O-O $14 {with somewhat better chances due to the ^^.}) (
10... Qxf8 $5 {looks less impressive.} 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. Be3 (12. Qb4 $5 Qe7)
12... Bxc2 {Is this c P so necessary?!} 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Nxd5 $3 cxd5 15. Rc8+
Kd7 16. Qc5 {It is hard to believe that Black save his skin here.} Na6 (16...
Ke6 17. g5 $1 Qf5 18. Qb4 $1 Qb1+ 19. Kd2 Qxh1 20. Bg4+ Bf5 21. Re8+ Kd7 22.
Qf8 $18) 17. Bb5+ Ke6 18. Bxa6 Ne7 $1 19. Rc7 (19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxb7 Rb8)
19... bxa6 20. Bd4 Qh4 21. Kd2 Be4 $1 (21... Rac8 $2 {was losing outright after
} 22. Re1+ Be4 23. Rxe4+ $1 $18 {De Vreugt-De Saegher, Haarlem AKN op 2001}) (
21... Qg5+ 22. Kc3 Rac8 23. Re1+ Be4 24. Rxe4+ dxe4 25. Qxg5 $14) 22. f3 Qg5+
23. Be3 (23. Kc3 Rhc8 $1) 23... Qf6 24. Bd4 Qf4+ 25. Be3 Qf6 $11 {with
repetition of moves!}) 11. Qxd4 Na6 (11... Bxc2 {is again a loss of a tempo.}
12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. h4 $44) 12. Be3 Nb4 (12... Bxc2 {is now met by} 13.
Bxa6 bxa6 14. Rc1 Bg6 15. g5 $44) 13. O-O-O {White is not afraid of losing ><
c2 in this line.} Nf6 ({There is no time for} 13... Nxc2 {either:} 14. Qf4+ Qf6
15. Bc5+ Ke8 16. Qc7 $16) 14. Rd2 a5 15. a3 Kf7 (15... Nxc2 $6 {is useless
again:} 16. Rxc2 Bxc2 17. Kxc2 $16) (15... Na6 {was more persistant, although
after} 16. Qb6 $14 {White's ^^ and his better development secure the edge.})
16. Qf4 $1 $16 (16. axb4 axb4 17. Nb1 b3 $44) 16... Kg8 17. Bd4 {and finally
the N has to retreat.} Na6 18. Bxa6 bxa6 (18... Rxa6 $2 19. Qb8+ $18) 19. Re2
Qf7 20. f3 {Black's P structure is pathetic, and his h8 R is still entombbed.}
Re8 21. Rhe1 h5 22. g5 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Nd7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 (24... Bxf7 25. Nf4 $18
) 25. Nf4 Bf5 {[#]} 26. g6+ $1 {liquidating for a winning _|_.} Bxg6 27. Re7+
$1 $18 {This is pretty, but typical.} Kxe7 28. Nxg6+ Ke6 29. Nxh8 g5 30. Ng6 c5
31. Bg7 Kf5 32. Ne7+ Ke6 33. Nc6 d4 34. Kd2 a4 35. c3 Kd5 36. Nd8 1-0

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Silver,A"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. e6 $5 {While this move is
certainly well-represented in the databases, it has never been seen in
grandmaster play. This was not some on-the-spot inspiration, and shows the
Russians plan to give it their all to change the direction of that golden wind.
} (6. Ne2 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Ng3 Qb6 9. a4 a5 10. c3 c5 11. Na3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+
13. Kf2 Nd7 {1-0 (50) Shirov,A (2705)-Parligras,M (2650) Porto Carras 2011})
6... fxe6 7. h4 Nd7 $146 {The 'official' novelty.} (7... c5 $5) (7... e5 8.
dxe5 e6 9. h5 Bf7 10. Be3 c5 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. Bf4 Nge7 {1/2-1/2 
(22) Kranjec,T (2157)-Grabner,J (2184) ICCF email 2005}) 8. h5 Bf7 9. f4 {[#]}
e5 {An excellent practical decision. The e6 pawn is unlikely to survive in the
longterm, so Black decides to unload it right away to work on his development.}
10. fxe5 e6 11. Nf3 c5 12. c3 Ne7 13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Qb6 15. Kg2 Rc8 16. a3 {
An interesting idea. not only does it prevent cxd4 cxd4 Nb4, but it also waves
a red flag inviting Black to take on d4.} cxd4 {Black takes! However, he is
walking into a minefield.} 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Bg6 $1 Qxd1 20.
Bxf7+ Kd8 ({Trying to keep the king on the Bf7 is very risky.} 20... Ke7 21.
Bg5+ Nf6 22. Rxd1 Kxf7 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Be3 {and White is clearly better, up
a piece for two pawns.}) 21. Rxd1 Ke7 22. Rf1 Rc2+ 23. Kh1 Nxe5 24. Bg5+ Kd7
25. Nc3 {Black must now prevent Rae1.} Nxg4 {aiming for ...Rh2+.} 26. Bxe6+
Kxe6 27. Rae1+ Kd6 {[#]} 28. Rxf8 $1 Nf2+ {A miscalculation.} ({Of course not} 
28... Rh2+ $6 29. Kg1 $16) ({Black just need to take back with} 28... Rxf8 $11
29. Be7+ Kd7 30. Bxf8 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 d4 {and the position is not clear as
White's pawns are quickly disappearing.}) 29. Rxf2 $1 $14 Rxf2 30. Nb5+ Kc6 31.
Nxa7+ Kc7 32. Nb5+ Kb8 33. b4 Rf5 34. Be7 Rxh5+ 35. Kg2 d4 36. Nxd4 Rd5 37. Bc5
Rhd8 38. Re4 h5 39. a4 g5 (39... Kc8 $14) 40. a5 ({White should try} 40. Bb6
$16) 40... g4 41. a6 ({Better is} 41. Bb6 $1 $16) 41... bxa6 42. Nc6+ Kc7 43.
Nxd8 Kxd8 $16 44. Kg3 Rf5 45. Kh4 Rd5 46. Re3 Kc7 47. Re7+ Kb8 48. Bb6 Rb5 49.
Bc7+ Ka8 50. Ba5 Rf5 51. Re6 Kb7 52. Rg6 Ka7 53. Rb6 Rd5 54. Rf6 Kb7 55. Rf4
Ka7 56. Kg3 (56. Rf7+ $16 Kb8 57. Rh7) 56... Rd3+ $14 57. Kf2 Rd5 58. Ke3 Re5+
59. Kf2 Kb7 60. Rf7+ Ka8 61. Rg7 Re4 62. Kg3 Re5 63. Kf4 $1 Rd5 64. Ke4 Rb5 65.
Kd4 Rf5 66. Bb6 Rb5 $2 67. Rg8+ Kb7 68. Bc5 Kc7 69. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 a6 (5... Nd7 {Blatny,P}
6. O-O Ne7 (6... h6 7. c3 Qc7 8. a4 g5 9. Na3 f6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O-O
12. exf6 Ngxf6 13. Re1 Re8 14. c4 Ne4 15. Nd2 Bb4 {Anand-Timman, Paris 1991})
7. c3 (7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 $14 {
--> Anand-Karpov, Brussel 1991 CBM25}) 7... h6 (7... c5 {--> Benjamin-Seirawan,
USA(ch) 1991}) 8. Na3 a6 {--> Anand-Karpov, Brussel(m-5) 1991 CBM25}) 6. O-O
Nd7 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Ne7) 7... Bg6 $1 8. a3 Nh6 $1 (8... Ne7 9. Nh4)
9. c4 Be7 10. Nb3 O-O (10... Nf5 11. Bd2 a5 12. cxd5 cxd5 (12... exd5 $5) 13.
Bb5 b6 14. Bc3 $14) 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Qd2 Kg7 13. Na5 Qc7 14. cxd5 (14. b4 b6
15. Nb3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 $132 {Karpov}) 14... exd5 $1 15. b4 f6 16. Rae1 Rae8
17. Qc3 Bd8 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. dxe5 c5 $1 $15 21. e6+ Nf6 22. Nb3
cxb4 23. Qxb4 (23. Qxc7+ $15) 23... Be7 24. Qd2 Bxa3 $17 25. Qd3 (25. Nbd4 Re7
26. Qd3 Bc5 $17) 25... Bd6 26. Nbd4 Qc4 (26... Re7 $17) (26... Ne4 $5 {Blatny,P
}) 27. Qb1 Qb4 (27... Re7 $142 {Blatny,P}) 28. e7 Rf7 (28... Rg8 $2 29. Ne6+
Kh8 30. Qa1 Bxe7 31. Nc7 Rd8 32. Re6 Rgf8 33. Ne5 $16) 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30. Nf8+
Rexf8 31. exf8=N+ Bxf8 32. Qd3 Qc4 33. Qe3 Qe4 34. Ne5 Rg7 (34... Re7 35. Qc5
Qf5 36. Nxg6 $16) 35. Qb6 Qf5 36. Nf3 Rf7 37. Re5 Qf4 38. Re6 Nd7 39. Qb1 Qg4
40. Re3 (40. Rfe1 $5 Rxf3 $2 41. h3 Qg5 42. h4 Qg4 43. h5 $1 $40) 40... Bc5 41.
Rd3 Qf5 (41... Qe4 42. Re1 Qf5 $13) 42. Nd4 Qh5 $2 (42... Qe4 43. Re1 Qh4 44.
g3 (44. Rg3 Nf8 45. Nf3 Qf6) 44... Qh5 $13) 43. Rh3 Qg4 44. Nf3 $14 Re7 45.
Qxb7 Qc4 (45... Nf6 $1 46. Qxa6 (46. Qc6 Ne4 47. Qxd5 Qf5 $1 48. Qxf5 $140 gxf5
{>< Rh3,Pf2}) 46... Ne4 $44) 46. Qb2 $1 $16 h5 47. Rg3 Re2 48. Qa1 $16 a5 $2 (
48... d4 $142 {Blatny,P}) 49. Ng5+ Kg8 50. Nh3 Ne5 51. Qxa5 $1 $18 Be7 52. Qa7
Ng4 53. Rf3 $1 Ne5 54. Re3 Kf7 55. Qb7 $1 {The best move putting black almost
in zugzwang} Kf6 56. Rxe2 Qxe2 57. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Lublin 3rd"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2011.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bg5 $5 {Quite a rare line which has
its poison. Black has several opportunities of winning a pawn at least,but
White has a lot of dynamic play in any case.} Qb6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 (6... Qxd4 7. Nf3
Qg4 8. O-O e6 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. c4 $44 {is too risky to play without special
preparation.}) 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Nd2 Qa6 {Somehow I had in mind that idea.} ({
Deserves a serious attention also} 8... c5 $5 9. c4 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxd4 11. Qxd4
cxd4 12. Ngf3 {and White has some compensation for a pawn, but hardly more.})
9. c4 Nd7 $146 {I was not sure if I had to put my bishop on b4,so I just made
this developing move.} (9... Bb4 10. b3 Nd7 (10... Ne7 11. Ngf3 (11. Ne2 $5)
11... Nf5 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfc1 Ba3 14. Rc2 c5 15. Nb1 Nc6 16. Nxa3 Qxa3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Korneev,O (2554)-Galkin,A (2608)/Lugo 2009/CBM 133 (23)}) 11. Ngf3 Ne7
12. O-O Nf5 13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a3 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Qb6 (15... Rac8 16. a4 Rfe8 17.
Qc3 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Bf4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 b6 23.
Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd1 Rc5 25. b4 Rc4 26. Qxd5 Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Shomoev,A (2562)
-Akopian,V (2700)/Moscow 2008/CBM 123}) 16. Rc3 f6 17. c5 Qd8 18. exf6 gxf6 19.
Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Thinius,M (2367)-Naumann,A (2544)/Solingen GER 2011 (20)}) 10.
Ne2 {This was played rapidly by Alexei.} ({During the game I didn't like the
most natural} 10. Ngf3 $5 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 (11... Nb6 12. b3) 12. a3 Be7 13.
Bxe7 Nxe7 14. b4 $14 {and White is somewhat better due to his space advantage.}
) 10... Be7 $5 {Immediately exploiting a drawback of White's last move.} 11.
Nf4 {This energetic move fails to pose any serious problems.} ({It looks like
Black is able to consolidate his position also after:} 11. O-O Bxg5 12. hxg5
Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. a4 O-O 15. b4 dxc4 16. Nxc4 Nb6 17. Nd6 Qxd3 18. Nxd3 Nf5
$11) 11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 ({My engine recommends here a slighty ''exotic''} 12.
Qc3 {but I think Black should be fine after:} Nb6 (12... Ngf6 $5 13. O-O Nd5
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 $13) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Ne4 O-O-O $13) 12... Nb6 13.
Rc1 {This came as a real surprise,since I hadn't considered any other move
apart from 13.b3.} ({As Alexei told me during our analysis, he rejected it
because of:} 13. b3 Nxc4 ({my intention was:} 13... Nd5 14. O-O Nxf4 15. Bxf4
Nh6 16. Bg5 Nf5 17. Bxe7 Kxe7 18. Qe4 Rhd8 $11) 14. bxc4 Qa5+ 15. Ke2 O-O-O 16.
Rhd1 Rd7 $132 {and Black has some counterplay, as the centre is quite
vulnerable.}) 13... Nxc4 14. Rxc4 g6 ({It was also possible to grab the pawn:} 
14... Qa5+ $5 15. Ke2 Qxa2 16. Rhc1 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Ne7 18. g6 $44 {although
White has obvious compensation for a pawn, I believe Black should be fine here.
}) 15. O-O ({White could try} 15. Nh3 $5 Bd8 16. O-O Ne7 $11 {but Black is
solid enough as well.}) 15... Bxg5 16. hxg5 Ne7 {It looks like Black has
already consolidated, but his queen is stuck on the q-side,and White may try
to create some threats.} 17. Qb3 Rb8 {I didn't see anything wrong with this
passive move.} (17... b6 $5 {was also possible:} 18. Ne2 Rd8 {but I didn't see
any reason to weaken the pawn structure.}) 18. Nd3 {The knight had nothing to
do on f4 anymore.} Qb6 19. Qa3 (19. Rb4 Qc7 20. Nc5 O-O {achieves nothing, as
the endgame after} 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Qxb7 Qxb7 23. Nxb7 Rb8 {is safe for Black.
}) 19... a6 20. Nc5 Qc7 21. Ne4 Kf8 ({There was also nothing wrong with} 21...
O-O) 22. Nf6 Kg7 23. Re1 Nf5 $2 {This move can be hardly explained - somehow I
lost my sense of danger for a moment...} ({Of course, I should continue} 23...
Rbd8 24. Re4 Nf5 $11) 24. Re4 $2 {It's really surprising that Alexei didn't
take the chance to develop a dangerous initiative.} (24. d5 $1 exd5 25. Nxd5
Qd7 (25... Qd8 26. Nf6 Qd2 27. Rce4 Rbd8 28. e6 Qxg5 29. Nd7 $36) 26. Nf4 $1 (
26. Nf6 Qe6 27. Qc3 Rhd8 28. Ne4 $14 {is also better for white.}) 26... Qe7 27.
Qf3 (27. Qxe7 Nxe7 28. e6 f6 $11) 27... Qxg5 28. e6 $40) 24... Rbd8 25. Qc3 Qb6
$11 {Finally I could breathe quietly... White still has a symbolic advantage 
(as he has much more space), but having such a strong knight on f5 Black can
just ''sit and wait''. Black has no real weaknesses, while the weak Pd4 is not
letting White make any progress.} 26. Rf4 h4 27. a4 ({After} 27. b4 {, apart
from waiting Black may try to complicate matters by means of:} Qb5 28. Qb3 a5
$132) 27... a5 28. Kh2 Qa7 29. Kh3 Qb6 30. Kh2 Qa7 31. b3 Qb6 32. Rc5 ({After} 
32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 Qa6 $132 {[%csl Rh2][%cal Ga6f1] White shouldn't forget
about his safety as well.}) 32... Ra8 33. Rc4 (33. d5 $5 {was possible, but
Black should be ok after:} cxd5 34. Rc7 Rad8 (34... d4 $5 35. Qc4 Rad8 36. Nd7
Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rd8 $44) 35. Nd7 d4 36. Nxb6 (36. Qc4 Qb4 37. Qxb4 axb4 38. Nc5
Rhe8 39. Nxb7 Rd5 40. Nd6 Rf8 $11) 36... dxc3 37. Rxc3 Rh5 $132) 33... Rad8 34.
Rc5 Ra8 35. Kg1 Qa7 36. Re4 Qb6 37. Rf4 Qa7 38. Kh2 $138 {This move was
accompanied by the offer of a draw. Anyway, after 38...Qb6 we could get the
same position for 3rd time.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Speelman,J} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 {--> Anand-Karpov CBM26
}) 4... a6 $5 (4... e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 Qb6 9. f4 Nc6 10.
f5 Bh7 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O c4 13. Nf4 Qa6 14. fxe6 Nb4 $132 {Prasad-Ravi,
New Delhi 1991}) 5. Be3 Qc7 6. Nge2 (6. h4 h5 (6... h6 7. g4 Bd7 8. f4 (8. h5 {
Speelman,J} e6 9. f4) 8... e6 (8... h5 $5 {Speelman,J}) 9. Nf3 {()}) 7. Nge2 e6
8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 c5 $10) (6. Bd3 {Speelman,J} Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8. Rc1 $14) 6...
e6 7. Ng3 (7. Nf4 c5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Bg2 {+/=/=} (9. h4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 $132 (
10... Nc6 11. h5 Bxc2)) (9. Bg2 {Speelman,J} Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11.
Ncxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Qa5+ 13. Bc3 Qd8) 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qa5+ 12. c3 cxd4
13. b4 Qd8 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ne7)) 7... Ne7 8. Nxf5 (8. Be2 $142 {()}) (8.
Bd3 {Speelman,J} Bg6 $5) (8. Be2 {Speelman,J}) 8... Nxf5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3
c5 11. Qg4 (11. O-O Nc6 {><d4} 12. Qg4 (12. Ne2 $2 c4 $19) 12... cxd4 13. exd4
Nxd4 $1 $19 {><e5} (13... Nxd4 {Speelman,J} 14. Kh1 Nc6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Rae1
$19)) (11. Nb1 {Speelman,J} Nc6 (11... Qb6 12. b3 (12. O-O $1 cxd4 (12... Qxb2
13. Nd2 c4 14. Qf3) 13. Qf3) 12... Nc6 13. c3) 12. c3 $10) 11... Nc6 12. O-O-O
O-O-O 13. Rhf1 {בf} h5 14. Qh4 (14. Qf4 $142 cxd4 15. exd4 f6 16. exf6 Qxf4+
17. Rxf4 Bd6 18. Rff1 gxf6 19. Rxf6 Nxd4 20. Ne2 {=/=/+} (20. Ne2 {Speelman,J}
Be5 21. Rg6 $10)) 14... Be7 15. Qf4 $2 (15. Qf2 Bg5 $1 16. Kb1 $8 Bxe3 17. Qxe3
cxd4 $17 (17... cxd4 {Speelman,J} 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 $17 19. Qf4)) (15. Qg3 f6 (
15... cxd4 16. exd4 f6 17. Qxg7 Rdg8 18. Qf7 Nd8 19. Nxd5 $8 Nxf7 20. Nxc7 Kxc7
21. exf6 (21. Bc4 $5) 21... Bd6 22. g3 h4 23. Bc4 {=/+/-/+ _|_}) 16. Qh3 f5 {
/\g5 ->>>} (16... f5 {Speelman,J} 17. Be2 g5 $17) (16... Qd7 $2 17. Na4 $1))
15... cxd4 16. exd4 f6 $1 17. Rfe1 Kb8 (17... fxe5 $2 18. dxe5 Bf6 19. Bf5 $1
Kb8 $1 20. Bxe6 Bxe5 {/\d4=/+}) 18. Bf1 fxe5 19. dxe5 Bf6 $1 $19 20. g3 Bxe5
21. Qg5 h4 22. Qg4 hxg3 23. hxg3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 e5 25. Qg5 Qa5 26. Kb2 Rh2 {/\d4
} 27. Rxe5 (27. Rd2 {Speelman,J} d4) 27... Nxe5 28. Qxe5+ Qc7 29. Qxc7+ Kxc7
30. Rd4 g5 31. Rg4 Rg8 32. Rd4 Rf2 33. Bh3 Rg6 $1 {ץh3,Kb2} (33... Rg6 34.
Rxd5 $2 g4 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 (6... Be7) 7. Nge2 (7.
Bg5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd7 9. Nge2 (9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Nf3 Ned5 12. O-O Be7
$13 {Donev}) 9... Nb6 (9... Qc7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 f6 13. exf6
gxf6 14. Be3 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Qe4 Qd7 17. Rhe1 Ned5 18. Bd2 Re8 {
and black has no problems in the game Vasjukov-Orlov, St.Petersburg Petrov (08)
1996.}) (9... Qb6 {- 7.Nge2}) 10. Bb3 Qd7 11. Ng3 (11. Qd2 Ned5 12. Ng3 {
Mokry-Spiridonov, Praha 1985} Bg6 13. Nge4 (13. O-O Nxc3 $5 (13... Be7 14. Nce4
f6 (14... O-O-O 15. a4 (15. Nc5 $5 Qc7 16. Rac1 $14 {Donev}) 15... Bxg5 16.
hxg5 Nc7 17. a5 Nba8 18. Nd6+ Kb8 $14 {Simonn,E-Baron, Manresa op 1993}) 15.
Nc5 $1 $14 {Minasian-Yudasin, Tilburg (01) 20' 1993}) 14. bxc3 Be7 $13 {Donev})
13... Bb4) 11... Bg6 12. Nce4 Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Ng3 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Bg6 16.
Ne2 Nd5 $13 {Alexa.Ivanov-Ostenstad, Biel 1990}) 7... dxc4 (7... Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6
9. Bg5 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. b3 {Benjamin-Seirawan, USA (ch) 1994 -
62/121} Qc7 $10 {Benjamin}) 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 $5 $146 10. Qd2 Qb4 11. a3
Qb3 12. Rc1 Nd5 13. Nce4 b5 14. Be2 Nd7 15. O-O N7b6 16. Nc3 {/\17.Bd1+-} b4
17. axb4 Qxb4 18. f4 f5 19. exf6 gxf6 20. f5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5
23. Rxc4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Rb8 25. Bc1 Kd7 26. Bd3 Bh6 27. Bxf5+ Kd6 28. Re1 Nc7
29. Rc2 Bxc1 30. Rexc1 Rb6 31. Be4 Nd5 32. Rf2 Rf8 33. Bf3 Rb4 34. Rd1 f5 35.
Bxh5 Rh8 36. Rxf5 Rxb2 37. Re1 a5 38. g3 a4 39. Bf3 Rg8 40. Bxd5 Rxg3+ 41. Kf1
cxd5 42. Rf6+ Kd7 43. Rf7+ Kd8 44. Rf8+ Kd7 45. Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu Ernst} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 (4. Nc3 e6 5. g4) 4... e6
5. Be2 c5 (5... Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. c3 (7. Nh4 {Anand,V-Karpov,A, m(7) 1991})
7... h6 {Anand,V-Karpov,A, m(5) 1991 --> CBM 25}) (5... a6 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2
Bg6 8. a3 Nh6 {Anand,V-Karpov,A, Tilburg 1991 --> CBM 26}) 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Bg4
(7... Bg6 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Nf5 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5
$14 {Anand,V-Karpov,A, Roquebourne(active) 1992 --> CBM 28}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Be3 {
Ernst} Bxf3 9. Bxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bg4 Nf5 12. a3 {>= 12.Nc3} Be7 13.
Nc3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 O-O 15. Rf3 Bg5 16. Qd3 {+/=/= Wedberg,T-Ciric,DM/Copemhagen
op/1991/1/2-1/2/17/}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 {/\Bf3,Nf5 קd4} 10. a3 {/\b4,Bb2}
(10. h3 {Ernst} Bxf3 (10... Bh5 {Hansen,Cu} 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Bf4 $14
{Van der Werf-Peelen 1990}) 11. Nxf3 Nf5 12. Rb1 Qb6 13. Be3 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15.
Bd3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Rac8 $10 {Anand,V-Karpov,An/Reggio/1991/1/2-1/2/27/}) 10...
Nf5 11. b4 Be7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 O-O 14. Bb2 (14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16.
f4 f6 $36) 14... a6 15. Qd2 Rc8 16. Rad1 {/\Bd3,Ne1 ->} (16. g4 $5 {Hansen,Cu})
16... Nb8 $1 {/\Nd7-b6-c4} 17. Bd3 Nh4 18. Ne1 (18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. f4 f5 $1 $10)
18... Nd7 19. Nc2 Nb6 20. Ne3 Qd7 21. Rde1 (21. g3 Nf5 $1) 21... Rc7 22. Qd1
Rfc8 23. g3 Nf5 (23... Ng6 24. f4 {->}) 24. Nxf5 (24. Bxf5 exf5 25. Qf3 g6 $15)
24... exf5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Qf4 Na4 (26... Nc4 27. Bc1 $14) 27. Bc1 {><c3} (27.
Ba1 a5 $1 {קa3}) 27... Rc3 28. Bb1 Rb3 $8 29. Ba2 Rd3 {/\Nc3} 30. Bb1 Rb3 31.
Ba2 Rd3 32. Bb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf1"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1992.04.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hansen,Cu Chandler,M} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O
Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 (7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 {--> Short-Karpov (2)}) 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. a3 {/\b4,Bb2} (9. Nc3 Bg4 {/\Nf5,Qb6 קd4} (9... Nc8 {Chandler,M} 10.
Be3 Nb6 {Anand,V-Speelman,J/Linares/1991/1/2-1/2/72/  -> CBM 28} (10... Nb6 {
Hansen,Cu} 11. Rc1 Be7 12. Na4 Nxa4 (12... O-O 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Nd7 15.
Rc3 a6 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Rfc1 $14 {Anand-Seirawan Monaco 1992}) 13. Qxa4 O-O $10
{Anand-Speelman Linares 1992})) (9... Bg4 10. Ne1 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Nf5 12. a3 Qb6
13. Nf3 Be7 14. b4 O-O 15. Qd3 Rac8 16. Bd2 $1 $14 {Oll,L-Campora,D/Sevilla/
1992/1-0/32/ CBM29})) (9. Nbd2 Nb4 $1) (9. b3 {Hansen,Cu} Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11.
Bb2 Bb4 12. g4 Nh4 $13 {Short-Seirawan Amsterdam 1992}) 9... Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5
11. b4 Qb6 (11... Ncxd4 {Chandler,M} 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Be3 Nxe2+
15. Qxe2 Qd3 16. Qg4 $36 {White's lead in development is dangerous.}) 12. Bb2
Be7 (12... Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxe4 (14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15. Bb5+ Kd8 16. Nxe4
Qxe4 17. Re1 $44) 14... Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Be7 17. Rfd1 $14) 13. Re1
Rd8 (13... O-O 14. Bf1 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Rac8 {<->c}) 14. Bf1 a5 15. Nxe4 (15. b5
Ncxd4 $15) 15... dxe4 16. Rxe4 axb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 Qa5 19. h4 O-O 20.
Bd3 Rd7 {^^ + ->>> : <->d + קd4} (20... Bc3 {Chandler,M was plausible,
although White can force a draw, if he wishes with} 21. Ra1 Qb4 22. Ba3 Qa5 23.
Bb2 $10) 21. Rf4 g6 22. h5 Be7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Be4 Ng7 (24... Rfd8 25. d5 $5
Rxd5 $5 $13) 25. Rg4 Rfd8 26. Qc1 {/\Qh6 ->} Nf5 27. Bc3 (27. d5 Rxd5) 27...
Qc7 28. Qb2 {/\d5} (28. d5 $5 {Chandler,M} Rxd5 (28... exd5 $2 29. Bxf5) 29.
Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qb2 b5) 28... Nfxd4 (28... Nh6 29. Rg3 Nf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. e6
$40) 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 (29... Nxd4 30. Bxg6 fxg6 31. Bxd4 Kg7 32. Rc1 $1 Qa5 33.
Qb1 $1 $18) 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Bf3 (31. Qxb7 $2 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) 31...
Rxg4 32. Bxg4 Nxe5 33. Qxb7 Qc2 (33... Qxb7 34. Rxb7 Nxg4 {+/=/= _|_}) (33...
Qxb7 $14 {Hansen,Cu}) 34. Bd1 Qd3 35. Bf3 Bf6 36. Qe4 Qc3 (36... Nxf3+ 37. gxf3
Qxe4 38. fxe4 Be5 {+/=/= _|_}) 37. Be2 Kg7 38. g3 Qc5 39. Kg2 {/\f4} Nc6 40.
Rb7 Nd4 41. Bd3 Qh5 $2 (41... Kg8 $142) (41... Qc6 $142 42. Qxc6 Nxc6 $16 {_|_}
) (41... Kg8 $142 {Chandler,M /\ ...Nf5}) (41... Qc6 $145 $1 $10 {Chandler,M})
(41... Kf8 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) (41... Qc6 $5 {Hansen,Cu}) 42. Rd7 Nf5 (42... e5 43.
Bc4 $18 (43. Qd5 {Chandler,M})) 43. Qxe6 Nh6 44. Bc4 Qe5 $8 45. Qxe5 $2 (45.
Rxf7+ $3 Nxf7 46. Qxf7+ Kh6 47. Bd3 $1 Qg5 $8 48. f4 $1 $18 (48. f4 {Chandler,M
} Qh5 49. Qxf6 Qd5+ 50. Kh2 Qxd3 51. Qh8#)) 45... Bxe5 46. Kf3 Kf8 47. Ke4 Bf6
48. Rd5 Be7 49. f4 Ng4 50. Ra5 Nh6 51. Kf3 f5 52. Ra7 Ng4 53. Be6 Nh6 54. Rc7
Ng4 55. Rb7 Nh6 56. Ke3 Ng4+ 57. Kd4 Nf6 58. Rb8+ Kg7 59. Rb7 Kf8 60. Bd5 Nh5
61. Ke5 Bf6+ (61... Nxg3 62. Bf3 $1 Kf7 63. Rc7 Kf8 64. Ke6 $18) 62. Ke6 Bd4
63. Bf3 $1 Nxg3 64. Rd7 Bc3 65. Rd3 Bb2 66. Rd2 Bc1 (66... Bc3 67. Rc2 Ba1 (
67... Be1 68. Kf6 $18) 68. Rg2 Ne4 69. Rxg6 $18) 67. Rd1 Bxf4 68. Kf6 Bc7 69.
Rd7 Ba5 70. Bc6 Nh5+ (70... f4 71. Rf7+ Kg8 72. Bd5 Kh8 73. Kxg6 {/\Rh7#} Kg8
74. Rxf4+ Kh8 75. Rf8#) 71. Kxg6 Nf4+ 72. Kxf5 Ne2 73. Bf3 Ke8 74. Rd5 Ng3+ 75.
Ke6 Bc7 76. Rd7 (76. Rd7 Bf4 (76... Bb8 77. Bc6 $18 (77. Bc6 {Chandler,M} Kf8
78. Rb7 Bf4 79. Rf7+)) 77. Bc6 Kf8 78. Rf7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Speelman,J"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. Nc3 Nc8 10. Be3 (10. Bg5 $5) 10... Nb6 11. Rc1 (11. Na4 Be7 12. Nc5 $5)
11... Be7 12. Na4 Nxa4 $1 (12... O-O $2 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 $14 {Anand,
V-Seirawan,Y/Roquebrune/1992/1-0/69/}) 13. Qxa4 O-O 14. Bb5 $6 (14. a3 $5)
14... Nb4 $1 (14... Na5 15. Bd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Be4 18. Rfe1 $44 {
But perhaps +/=}) 15. a3 Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Rfe1 a5 18. Qd1 $1 $8 Bg6 19.
Qb3 $1 Ra6 $1 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Rc3 $2 (21. Qc3 $1 $16) 21... a4 22. Qd1 Qb5 23.
Bc1 Rc6 24. Ree3 Rfc8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 (25... bxc6 $5) 26. Bd2 $1 $14 {/\ Bd2-c3}
Qxb2 27. Qxa4 Qa1+ 28. Be1 Bf8 29. Qa8 Ra6 $5 $138 (29... Rc1 $4 30. h3 Be4 31.
Kh2 Bxf3 32. Bb4 $18) (29... Be4 $5 {or perhaps !, but not in time trouble!}
30. Qxb7 (30. h3 Bxf3 31. Kh2 {?!! Anand} Bxg2 $3 {Anand and Speelman in the
post mortem} (31... Ra6 32. Qc8 Rxa3 33. Rxf3 $1 Rxf3 34. Bb4 $18) 32. Kxg2 Ra6
33. Qc8 Rxa3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bb4 Rxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Qxd4+ $19) 30... Rc1 31. h3 (
31. h4 $2 {to control g5;} Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qd7 (34. exf6
Bd6+ 35. Kh3 Rh1+ 36. Kg4 Qxd4+ $19) 34... Qxd4 $19) 31... Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Rxe1+
33. Kh2 f6 $1 {Anand} (33... f5 $2 34. Qd7 Rh1+ (34... f4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36.
Rxf4 Rh1+ 37. Kg3 Qxa3+ 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 $1 Bxe7 40. Rf7 $10 Ba3 41. Rd7 (
41. Ra7 $2 Bf8 42. Rf7 Kg8)) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Qxf5 $18) 34. Qd7 (
34. exf6 $4 Bd6+ $19) 34... Rh1+ $5 (34... Qxd4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
(36... Qc5 $5 37. Rf3 (37. Rf7 $2 d4 38. Qe8 (38. f4 d3 39. Qe8 Qg1+ 40. Kg3
Re3+ 41. Kh4 Qf2+ 42. Kh5 g6+ $19) (38. g3 d3 $1 (38... Rxe5 39. Rxf8+ Qxf8 40.
Qxe5 Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 $10) 39. Qe8 Kg8 40. Rf3 Qe7 41. Qxe7 Bxe7 42. Rxd3 Rxe5 $17
) 38... Kg8 39. Rf5 Qe7 $19) 37... Qe7 38. Qxd5 $1 (38. Qc8 Kg8) (38. Rf7 $4
Qxe6 39. Rxf8+ Qg8) 38... g6 39. Rf7 Qc5 $1 $44) 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ $10) (
34... Qc1 $1 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Qg4 (36. h4 $2 Qh6 37. g3 Qc1 $1 $19) 36... Qc7
$5 $17) 35. Kg3 Qxd4 $1 (35... Qc1 $2 36. Re3 $1 Re1 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. exf6 $1
(38. Rxe1 Qxe1 39. Qf7 (39. a4 Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxd4 $19) 39... Qc3+ 40. Kh2 Qxa3
41. exf6 Qd6+ 42. Kg1 gxf6 $17 (42... Qxf6 $5 43. Qxd5 $17)) 38... Rxe3+ 39.
fxe3 Qc7+ 40. Kf3 $14) 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Rxf6 $1 (37. exf6 g5 $1 38. Rf5 $8
Qh4+ 39. Kf3 Rf1) (37. Qe8 Qc5 $17) 37... Qc5 38. Rf3 Qe7 39. Qxe7 Bxe7 40. Rf7
Bxa3 41. Rd7 Kg8 42. Rxd5 Kf7 $19) 30. Qxb7 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Qc8 h6 $17
33. Qc3 Be4 34. Qxa3 Bxa3 35. Nd2 $1 (35. Bc3 Bxf3 36. gxf3 Kh7 $17 {perhaps
just winning}) 35... Bb2 $138 36. f3 $1 Bxd4+ $2 (36... Bc2 $1 {Short, ><d4,
intending K-f8-e7...c4}) 37. Bf2 Bc3 (37... Bxf2+ $2 38. Kxf2 $10) 38. Nxe4
dxe4 39. fxe4 Bxe5 (39... h5 $5) 40. g4 $1 $15 Kh7 41. Kg2 Kg6 42. Be3 Kf6 43.
h4 Bc3 44. Bf4 Be1 45. h5 Bh4 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. Be3 Kd6 48. Bf4+ Kc5 49. Be5 Bf6
50. Bb8 (50. Bxf6 $4 gxf6 51. e5 Kd5 $1 (51... fxe5 $4 52. g5 $1 $18) 52. exf6
Ke5 53. g5 hxg5 54. h6 Kxf6 $19) 50... Kd4 51. Bd6 Bg5 52. Bf8 g6 53. Bg7+ Kd3
54. Bf8 e5 55. Bg7 $6 (55. Bc5 $10) 55... gxh5 $1 56. gxh5 f5 $1 57. exf5 e4+
58. Kg2 e3 59. Be5 $8 e2 60. Bg3 Bf6 61. Kf3 Bc3 62. Bf2 Kd2 63. Ke4 Kd1 64.
Kd3 Bf6 65. Bg3 Bg5 66. Bf2 e1=Q 67. Bxe1 Kxe1 68. Kd4 Kf2 69. Ke5 Kf3 70. f6
Kg4 71. f7 Be7 72. Ke4 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 (6... Nd7 {
Ivanchuk,V-Karpopv,An/Tilburg/1993/0-1/and Timman,J-Karpov,An/Linares/1992/})
7. cxd5 cxd5 (7... exd5 {Ftacnik} 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bd3 $14) 8. Bd3 $1 $146 (8. Nf3
$6 Bg4 $1) (8. Bg5 $5) 8... Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Nb4 (10... Bb4 $5 {
/\Nge7-f5}) 11. Qe2 (11. Qb5+ Kf8 (11... Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15) 12. O-O $13)
11... Rc8 12. O-O Nc6 13. g3 Qd7 (13... Nh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Rac1 $14) 14. Bd2
$1 (14. Be3 Bb4 $1 15. Rac1 Nge7 $10) 14... Nh6 {/\Nf5 קd4} (14... Bb4 $2 15.
Nb5 $1) 15. Bxh6 (15. Rac1 Nf5 16. Qd3 O-O {=/=/+}) 15... Rxh6 16. Rac1 Kf8 (
16... Rg6 $5 17. a3 Rg4 18. Rfd1 g5 $13) 17. Na4 (17. a3 {Ftacnik /\ b4}) 17...
Rc7 (17... Kg8) 18. Rc3 Rg6 19. Rfc1 {<->c} Rg4 {קd4} 20. Qd3 Kg8 (20... Re4
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 f6 $14) 21. a3 f6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 (22... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 23.
Nxb7 $1 Qxb7 24. Qc2 fxe5 25. Rxc6 $16) 23. Rxc5 Qf7 (23... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 24.
b4 a6 25. a4 Rf8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Na5 28. Rc7 Qd8 29. Rc8 $1 Qxc8 30. Rxc8
Rxc8 31. Qa3 $1 Nc4 32. Qe7 $16) 24. b4 a6 25. Qc3 Rd7 (25... Qg6 $5 26. a4 b6
$1 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Qxc6 Rxg3+ $10 {With perpetual check.}) 26. a4 Ne7 27. Nh2
(27. Rc7 {Ftacnik} Rxc7 28. Qxc7 Qg6 $1 29. Qxe7 Rxg3+ 30. fxg3 Qxg3+ $10)
27... Rg6 28. Qd3 Nf5 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Kh1 Nh6 $2 (30... Qe7 31. b5 axb5 32.
axb5 Qb4 33. Nf3 $14) 31. R1c2 $2 (31. g4 $1 $18 {Windows Analyseprogramm.}
Nxg4 (31... f5 {Ftacnik} 32. g5 (32. gxh5 {Windows Analyseprogramm.} Rg4 33.
Nxg4 Nxg4 34. Qg3 Qxh5 35. R1c7 $18) 32... Ng4 33. Nxg4 fxg4 34. R1c2 $16) 32.
Nxg4 f5 33. Nh2 Qe7 34. Nf3 Qxb4 35. Ng5+) 31... Nf5 32. b5 (32. Nf3 Ne7) 32...
axb5 33. axb5 Qe7 34. R2c5 (34. b6 $1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 35. R2c7 Qe1+ 36. Nf1 $1 (
36. Qf1 $2 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Nxg3 $19) (36. Kg2 Nxh4+ 37. Kh3 Qxf2 $19) 36... Qxf2 (
36... Rxc7 37. bxc7 Qxf2 38. Rh8+ Kxh8 39. c8=Q+ Kh7 40. Qxe6 Nxh4 41. Qh3 $18)
37. Rxd7 Nxh4 38. Rc2 $1) (34. Qd1 $1 {Ftacnik} Rh6 35. b6 $1) 34... b6 35.
R5c6 Ra7 36. Nf3 Ra3 37. Qd1 Rg4 $2 (37... Ra2 38. exf6 Qxf6 39. Ng5+ Rxg5 40.
hxg5 Qxg5 41. Rc2 $16) 38. exf6 Qxf6 (38... gxf6 39. R8c7 $18) 39. Ng5+ Rxg5 (
39... Kg6 40. Rxe6 $18) 40. hxg5 Qxg5 41. Rxe6 h4 42. Ree8 $1 (42. Rxb6 $4 hxg3
43. fxg3 Nxg3+ 44. Kh2 Ne4 $19) (42. g4 $2 Qf4 $1 $13) 42... hxg3 43. Rh8+ Kg6
44. f4 $1 (44. fxg3 $2 Nxg3+ 45. Kh2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 $16 Qf5+) 44... Ne3 (44...
Qxf4 {Ftacnik} 45. Qh5+ Kf6 46. Rhf8+ Ke7 47. Qf7+ Kd6 48. Rfd8#) (44... g2+ {
Ftacnik} 45. Kg1 Ne3 46. Rc6+ Kf7 47. fxg5 Nxd1 48. g6+ Ke7 49. Kxg2 $18) 45.
Rc6+ Kf7 46. fxg5 $18 Nxd1 47. g6+ Ke7 48. Kg2 (48. Rg8 $2 Ne3 49. Rxg7+ Kd8
50. Rgc7 Ra2 $10 {With perpetual check with Rh2+ and Rg2+.}) 48... Ne3+ 49.
Kxg3 Nf5+ 50. Kf4 Nxd4 51. Rxb6 Ne6+ 52. Ke5 Re3+ 53. Kxd5 Re1 54. Rxe6+ (54.
Rxe6+ Rxe6 55. Re8+ Kxe8 56. Kxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf2"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f4 c5
$5 {[%mdl 8]} (7... Na6 8. Ng3 Nb4 9. f5 exf5 10. a3 f4 11. axb4 fxg3 12. hxg3
a6 (12... Nc8 13. b5 $1 $14 {- Sutovsky-Dautov, Julian Borowski-A 3rd Essen
2001 CBM 83}) 13. Bg5 b5 $1 {- Bruzon Bautista-Gonzales, CUB-ch Holguin City
2002 CBM 89} (13... Qb8 14. Bd3 Qa7 {This is a rather sophysticated Q
manoeuvre.} 15. Ne2 b5 16. c3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 {and
White's P chain can easily be mobilized.} h6 20. f5 $16 {Svidler-Galkin,
RUS-chT Tomsk 2001})) (7... h5 8. f5 $1 exf5 9. g5 {- Nataf-Grabarczyk,
Hasselbacken 2001 CBM 85}) 8. h4 $6 {The is too much of P moves on the >>.} (8.
dxc5 $142 {is the natural reaction in the [+].} Nec6 9. Be3 (9. f5 $6 {is
again self-destructive.} exf5 10. Qxd5 Na6 $5 (10... fxg4 {comes also into
consideration, White's P majority on the << is counterbalanced on the other
flank.} 11. Qxd8+ (11. Bf4 Bxc2 (11... Nd7 12. O-O-O Nxc5 {looks also playable.
}) 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Bg2 Nd7 $15 {and White has to show something
for the P.}) 11... Kxd8 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Rd5 f6 $1 {
strengthening the strong N in the [+].} (15... Nd7 16. Rhd1 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Ndxc5
18. Nb5 $1 $14) 16. Rhd1 Be7 $13) 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $13) 9... Nd7 10. Ng3 (10. f5
$6 {is again dubious in view of} exf5 11. gxf5 Bxf5 12. Nxd5 Bxc5) 10... Ndxe5
$1 {This was the idea, but} (10... d4 11. Bxd4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Bxc5
14. O-O-O $14 {and White has the better development.}) (10... Bxc5 $6 11. Bxc5
Nxc5 12. f5 $16) 11. Nb5 $1 {is the real answer!} (11. fxe5 d4 $13) 11... a6 (
11... d4 12. Bd2 $1 Bxc5 (12... a6 13. Nd6+ $16) 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe2 f6 15.
Ne4 $14) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. O-O $14) 8... h5 $1 9. f5
$1 {otherwise the whole >> collapses.} exf5 10. g5 {This old blockading idea
is not so effective, because the [+] is not closed.} Nec6 11. Bg2 cxd4 12. Nxd5
(12. Nxd4 Bb4 $15) 12... Nd7 13. Nxd4 Ndxe5 14. Nb5 {'!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'White has to play creatively, since with completed development second player
might be very satisfied with his prospects.'} (14. Bf4 {Ftacnik} Bd6 15. Qd2
O-O $11) 14... Rc8 (14... Bd6 $5 {Ftacnik} 15. Nf6+ Ke7 16. Nd5+ Kf8 17. Nxd6
Qxd6 18. Bf4 Qc5 $13) 15. Qe2 {'!' Ftacnik.} Bd6 (15... Bc5 $5 16. Bf4 (16. b4
$1 {Ftacnik} Bd6 17. Bf4 $16) 16... O-O 17. O-O-O Qa5 18. Rhe1 Rfe8 19. Kb1 $13
) (15... f6 {Ftacnik} 16. Bf4 $40) 16. Nxd6+ (16. Bf4 $5 {Ftacnik} Bb8 17.
O-O-O Kf8 18. Rh3 $16) 16... Qxd6 17. Bf4 O-O 18. O-O-O {White still blockades
the vital f4 square, but the fight arises now on the other side of the board.}
Qc5 {'?!' Ftacnik. leaving the pins with ease! Ftacnik: 'White's bishops pair
is very dangerous, so it was important for the defender to play accurately.'} (
18... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 19. Rh3 Ng4 20. Qb5 $14) 19. Rh3 {'!' Ftacnik.} (19. b4 $6
{is again a suicide move:} Nxb4 20. Nxb4 Nc4 $1 $44) 19... Rfe8 (19... Nc4 $5 {
grabbing the |^ on the << was worthy of consideration:} 20. Rc3 (20. c3 Rfe8)
20... Nb4 21. Kb1 Qb5 22. Ne7+ Kh7 23. Bf1 $1 (23. Nxc8 Na3+ $19) 23... Rfe8
$17) 20. Rc3 Qa5 21. Ra3 (21. Re3 $2 Qxa2 $1 22. Bxe5 Na5 $1 23. Ra3 Nb3+ 24.
Rxb3 Qxb3 $17) 21... Qc5 22. Re3 (22. Rc3 $11) 22... Nd4 $2 {Black has lost
the thread.} (22... Re6 $1 {was required with a complicated struggle.} 23. Bxe5
(23. Rc3 Qa5 $13) (23. Kb1 Kh8 $13) 23... Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. c3 Nc6 $13)
23. Rxd4 $1 Qxd4 24. Rxe5 {Now White gets the material advantage and an active
^^ in an opened position.} (24. Bxe5 Qxh4 (24... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxg4 fxg4
26. c3 $16) 25. Bf4 Rxe3 26. Qxe3 Kh7 27. Kb1 $14) 24... Kh7 (24... Rxe5 25.
Bxe5 Qg1+ 26. Qf1 $14 {and the _|_ is clearly better for White because of his
chances on the <<.}) (24... Qg1+ 25. Qf1 $14) 25. Qd1 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Not the best way to realize solid advantage, Topalov hopes to eliminate even
a traces of counterplay. '} (25. Qe3 Qxe3+ (25... Qc4 26. Nc3 $14) 26. Rxe3 $14
) (25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Qf1 $14) 25... Qf2 {'!' Ftacnik. Black wants to
complicate matters, therefore avoids the exchange of queens.} (25... Qxd1+ 26.
Kxd1 $14) 26. Bf3 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 f4 $2 {'!' Ftacnik. Black finally wants to
free his entombbed B, but this was not the right place.} (27... Qxh4 28. Bf4
Rd8 (28... Qf2 29. Bxh5 $16) 29. Qd2 Re8 30. Kd1 $14) 28. Bc3 $1 Rd8 {'?'
Ftacnik.} (28... Qxh4 29. Qd4 Rxc3 30. Nxc3 Qxg5 {gave at least a lot of pawns
for Black...} 31. Nd5 $16 (31. Qxa7 $16 {Ftacnik})) 29. b3 (29. Bxh5 $18 {
was simpler}) 29... Kh8 30. Be1 {leaving the long /^ can only be explained by
the usual lack of time.} (30. Bd4 $18 Qxh4 (30... Qh2 {Ftacnik} 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7
32. Qd4+ Kh7 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nxh5+ Kf8 35. Qxd8#) 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd4+ Kh7
33. Nf6+ Kg7 34. Nxh5+) 30... Qc5 31. Kb2 Bf5 (31... Bxc2 {Ftacnik} 32. Qxc2
Rxd5 33. Bxd5 Qxd5 34. Qc4 Qg2+ 35. Ka3 $18) 32. c4 b5 33. Bb4 Qf2+ 34. Qe2
Qxe2+ (34... Qg1 35. Bxh5 $16 (35. Bc3 {Ftacnik})) 35. Bxe2 bxc4 36. bxc4 {
and the _|_ is simply winning again.} Bg4 37. Bd3 f3 38. Kc3 Be6 39. Ne3 Bh3
40. Nd1 $138 (40. Nd1 Bf5 $1 41. Nf2 Bxd3 42. Nxd3 Re8 43. Bc5 a6 44. Bd4 Kh7
45. c5 $16 {Black lost on time in a position, that still offered some chances
for resistance.}) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Laznicka,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O {is
considered to be best.}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Nd7 {My opponent started
to think from this moment, it is not easy to figure out what he was surprised
with.} 9. O-O Bg4 {Black has to be careful.} (9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. g4
Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 $16) (9... Nxc5 10. Nfd4 Bg6 11. Be3 $14) (9... Bxc5 10.
Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 $14) 10. Nfd4 (10. Bf4 Bxc5 {would be a difference, since
the bishop is better placed on g4 than on f5.}) (10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ndxe5
12. Be2 Be7 13. c3 Nd7 $11) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 (13.
c3 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14. f4 {The position is about equal, however it is
important to opt for a good plan and to prevent White from activity on the
kingside. First rooks and queen have to be switched to the game.} Qc7 {Also
aims at the e5-pawn.} 15. Rac1 {Black does not have to be afraid of c4, that
is why Rae1 should have been preferred.} (15. Rae1 Rac8 16. c3 a6 17. Rf3 Rfe8
18. Rh3 g6 $11) 15... Rac8 16. b3 {This is a committal move, it weakens the
queenside. Rae1 should again have been prefered.} a6 17. c3 {It is admitting a
mistake has been made. Black has improved his position, meanwhile White has
only weakened his position.} (17. c4 Nb6 $15) 17... Rfe8 {Prepares ...f6.} 18.
Bf2 b5 ({Attenttion could be paid to} 18... f6 19. Rfe1 fxe5 20. fxe5 b5 $15)
19. Kh1 g6 20. h4 Bf8 (20... f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bb6 23. Nf3 Bxf2 24.
Qxf2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Rf5 $15 {would be more forceable.}) 21. Nf3 (21. b4 Nb6 $15) (
21. h5 Nc5 22. Bh4 Ne4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qe3 Qa5 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Bd4 $2 (22.
h5 Ne4 $15) (22. Nd2 h5 $14) 22... Ne4 23. Kh2 Qa5 {Black has slowly got an
initiative. White`s activity has evaporated and now his weaknesses start to
tell.} 24. c4 (24. b4 Qa3 $17) 24... bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qa4 {Black has
a huge advantage, nevertheless time pressure is coming, so the result is not
still determined.} 27. Qd3 Rc7 $2 {This move could have cost the win.} (27...
Rxc4 {could be the most decisive} 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Re1 Nc5 $17
31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc1 Rc8 $17) (27... Rc6 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. bxc4 a5 33. Rac1 $17) 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 {There is no better option.} (31. Re1 cxb3 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxe4
Bc1 $17) 31... Bb4 (31... Bf8 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 Nd2 35. Bf2
Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bh6 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bg3 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 Rxf4 40. Kg3 Rd4 $11) 32.
bxc4 Rxc4 (32... a5 33. Rac1 h5 34. Bb6 Rc6 35. Bd4 {is better for Black,
however it is not easy to break through.}) 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 $2 (34. Bb6
Nc5 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. g3 (36. Rxa6 Rxf4 37. Ra5 Be3 38. Kg3 Re4 $17) 36... Rc3
37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Rc1 {with good chances to make a draw.}) 34... Nd2 35. Ra8+ Kg7
36. Bf2 (36. Rd8 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Be7 38. Rd7 Bxh4 $17) 36... Rxf4 $2 (36...
Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Bd2 38. Bg3 h6 39. Ra3 Bxf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Kg3 g5 42. hxg5
hxg5 43. Ra2 Kf8 44. Rb2 Rf5 45. Re2 Ke7 46. Re1 Kd7 $17) 37. Kg3 {The series
of mistakes continues.} (37. Ra4 h5 38. Ng5 Rxf2 39. Rxb4 Rf1 40. Kg3 Rf5 41.
Rb7 Kf8 42. Nh7+ $11) 37... Rf5 (37... Rc4 38. Kh3 Ne4 39. Be3 Bc3 40. Ra2 h6
41. Rc2 $15) 38. Be3 $4 ({He still had very good drawing chances after Ra4.
Even a pawn up in the endgame is not a guarantee of a win.} 38. Ra4 Ne4+ 39.
Kh2 Nxf2 40. Rxb4 Nd3 41. Re4 Rf4 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. g4 Nd3 44. g5 Kf8 45. Kg2
Ke7 46. Kf1 Kd7 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 Nh5 49. Nh2) 38... Nxf3 39. gxf3 Be1+ 40.
Kg2 Bxh4 41. Bc5 h5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Nd7 8. c3 {
This is the quiet positional approach.} (8. c4 {is more aggressive.} dxc4 {
Black has to react in the [+].} (8... Bg6 {/\ Nf5 but this doesn't look an
adequate answer to White's central push.} 9. b3 Nf5 10. Bb2 Bb4 11. a3 (11. Rc1
Qe7 12. cxd5 (12. Nb1 $5 {/\ a3-b4}) 12... exd5 13. Ne1 h5 14. Nd3 a5 {(Tong
Neo Choo-Dreev, ICC INT 2002)} 15. Nf4 $14) 11... Be7 (11... Bxd2 12. Qxd2 $14)
) 9. Nxc4 Nd5 10. Qb3 N7b6 {Black controls firmly >< d5.} 11. Na5 Qd7 12. Bd2
Be7 13. Ne1 O-O 14. Nd3 Bxd3 15. Bxd3 Bg5 {depriving White from the ^^.} 16.
Bxg5 (16. f4 $2 Nxf4 $19) 16... hxg5 $11 {Gdanski-Urban, POL-ch 1992}) (8. Re1
{/\ Nf1 continuing the slow manoeuvring play.} Bh7 (8... g5 $6 {is a nervous
reaction weakening his own >>.} 9. Nf1 c5 10. c4 Bg7 11. Ne3 Be4 12. cxd5 exd5
13. Ng4 cxd4 14. Bd3 $16 {Iordachescu-Brumen, Lido Estensi 2002}) 9. Nf1 c5 10.
c4 {White wants to open up the position for his better developed pieces.} dxc4
11. Bxc4 $142 $14 (11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Nxc4 N7c6 14. Nxe5 Qxd4 15.
Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Be3 c5 $11 {Svidler-Dreev, Elista 1998}
)) 8... a6 $5 {[%mdl 8] Black is not hurrying with the push c5.} (8... c5 9.
Nb3 (9. a3 Nc6 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bg6 15.
Bb2 Rc8 16. Rc1 Qd7 {Black has a good play on the << against the weakened
light squares.} 17. Qb3 a6 $15 {Am.Rodriguez-Asrian, Las Vegas 1999}) 9... c4
10. Nbd2 {This was the idea of the provocation, there is no weakness of d4,
White can freely maintain his pressure on the >>.} Nc6 11. Ne1 $1 $14 {/\
Nc2-e3, f4} Be7 12. Nc2 O-O 13. Ne3 Bh7 14. f4 b5 {/\ b4 with the typical
counterplay on the other flank.} 15. a3 (15. f5 $2 {is premature in view of}
Bg5 $1) 15... Qb6 16. Qe1 a5 $142 {Blatny} (16... Bd8 $6 17. Nf3 $14 {
Ibragimov-Kharitonov, Sochi 1997 CBM 062})) 9. Nb3 Rc8 {c5 is really
well-prepared now.} 10. Nh4 Bh7 11. f4 c5 12. Bh5 (12. dxc5 Nc6 (12... Ng6 13.
Nf3) (12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Nd4 Be4 16. f5 $36) 13. Nf3 Nxc5
14. Be3 Ne4) 12... Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Be3 g6 (14... c4 15. Nc1 $14) 15. Be2
h5 ({Perhaps it was already time for closing the position by} 15... c4 $142 $5
16. Nc1 h5 17. Bf3 h4 18. Qd2 Be7 $13) 16. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Be4 (17... Be7
18. a4 $16) (17... b5 $2 18. a4 $1 $18) 18. a4 {/\ a5 gaining space on the <<,
there is no breakthrough on the other flank.} h4 19. a5 h3 (19... Be7 20. b4
Nd7 21. Qd2 $16) 20. g3 Bg2 {[#]} 21. Rf2 $5 (21. Re1 Be7) 21... Ne4 (21... Be7
22. Bf3 $14) 22. Rxg2 $1 {This is a nice positional exchange sacrifice
changing the character of the game.} hxg2 23. Kxg2 Bc5 24. Bd3 {White has a
nice ^^, a P and a rock-solid position for the exchange.} Qd7 25. Qf3 Bxd4 (
25... f5 $2 26. exf6 e5 {gives no real attacking chances:} 27. Bxe4 Qh3+ 28.
Kf2 dxe4 29. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 31. g4 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qxg4+ 33. Kd3 Bxd4 34.
cxd4 Qe6 35. d5 Qxf6 36. fxe5 $16) 26. Bxd4 f5 $2 {This is the decisive
mistake, but White had a very good compensation already.} (26... Qc6 27. h4 $44
) (26... Nd2 27. Qd1 Nc4 28. Qc2 $44) (26... Nc5 27. Bc2 $44) 27. exf6 e5 28.
Bxe4 $1 $18 {Black has some checks, but that's it.} Qh3+ 29. Kf2 Qxh2+ (29...
dxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ 32. Ke3 $18 {and the K escapes.}) 30. Qg2 exd4
31. Bxg6+ Kf8 32. Re1 $1 d3 33. Bxd3 Rc6 34. Re5 $1 Rd6 35. Kf3 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2
Rh6 37. g4 Rhxf6 38. f5 {The white connected passed pawns decide the battle.}
Rf7 39. Kg3 b5 40. axb6 Rxb6 41. g5 Rd7 42. f6 d4 43. Bg6 Rb8 44. cxd4 Rxd4 45.
Re7 Rdb4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rg7+ Kh8 48. Bf7 Rd4 49. Rg6 Rd3+ 50. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1992.01.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1992.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 c4 $6 {[+]} (
7... Bg4 $142) 8. b3 {/\ -><< Pc4,Pb5,Pa6} b5 (8... cxb3 9. axb3 {<->a ()}) 9.
a4 a6 (9... cxb3 10. Bxb5 $36) 10. Na3 $1 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Nbd2
Qa2 $15) 10... h6 (10... Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Qa4 Qd7 14. Nb5 {
/\Ba3}) (10... Nge7 $5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 $5 Rxa1 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxf7 Qb8
15. bxc4 {|^ Seirawan}) 11. Bb2 (11. Bf4 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nge7 {/\0-0}) 11... Bxa3
$6 (11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Nd2 Nge7 16. Naxc4
dxc4 17. Nxc4 Qb3 18. Nd6+ Kd7 $13) 12. Bxa3 Nge7 13. Bc5 O-O 14. b4 $1 {<->a}
Rb8 15. Nh4 Bh7 16. f4 (16. a5 {/\f4 ->>>}) 16... Re8 (16... a5 $132 17. axb5
Rxb5 18. Qa4 Qb8 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. bxa5 Nc6) 17. a5 $16 Be4 $6 (17... Qd7 {
/\Nd8-b7}) 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Nf3 (19. Nxf5 exf5 {/\Qd7,Pg6,Nd8-e6}) 19... Rb7 20.
Rae1 Nh4 21. Qe3 {/\Nd2} (21. Nxh4 Qxh4 {/\f5!?}) 21... Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Bd3 23.
Be2 Be4 24. Bg4 {/\f5} g6 (24... f5 25. Bh5 {צe8}) 25. Bf3 Bd3 26. Rf2 (26.
Be2 Be4 27. f5 $1 {/\Qh6} Qg5 28. Qxg5 hxg5 29. f6 $40) 26... Kh7 27. g4 Ne7
28. Rg2 Rh8 $6 (28... Ng8 $142) 29. Rg3 Ng8 30. Qf2 Rd7 31. Qg2 Kg7 32. Bd1 $1
{/\33.Bc2 Bc2 34.Qc2 35.f5 ->>>} Be4 33. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 34. Qxe4 $2 (34. f5 {
/\Ne7 35.f6 +-} Qg5 35. f6+ Kh7 36. Qxe4 $18 {פg8,צh8}) 34... Ne7 $8 35. f5
Nd5 36. Bc2 $2 (36. f6+ Kg8 37. h4 {/\38.h5 -> g5 39.Kf2 /\Ke2-d2-c2-b2,Rg1-e1,
Qf3,Bc2-e4,Bd6 ><d5 /\+-}) 36... Qg5 37. fxe6 (37. f6+ Kg8 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Rg1
Qd2 40. Rg3 Nf4) 37... fxe6 38. h4 Qc1+ $8 39. Kh2 Nf4 $1 {קg6} 40. Rf3 (40.
Rg1 Qd2+ 41. Kg3 g5 $19) (40. Re3 Qd2+ 41. Kg3 g5 42. h5 Rf7 {/\Nh5}) 40...
Qd2+ 41. Kg3 g5 $1 (41... Qg2+ $2 42. Kxf4 Rf7+ 43. Ke3 Rxf3+ (43... Qg1+ 44.
Kd2 Qg2+ 45. Kc1 $1 {/\Qxg6#}) 44. Qxf3 Qxc2 45. Qf6+ $18) 42. Rxf4 gxf4+ 43.
Kf3 Qxc3+ 44. Ke2 Qe3+ 45. Qxe3 fxe3 46. Kxe3 Kf7 47. Ke4 Rg8 48. Bd1 Ke8 49.
g5 hxg5 50. Bh5+ Rf7 51. d5 Rh8 (51... Rh8 52. dxe6 Rxh5 53. exf7+ Kxf7 54.
hxg5 Ke6 55. Be3 Rh4+) 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 82nd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2020.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Firouzja,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {This encounter was very important to me, because I had already lost two
times in classical chess against Vladislav. So at least this time I wanted to
get a fighting game. Diese Begegnung war besonders wichtig für mich, da ich
im klassischen Schach schon zweimal gegen Vladislav verloren hatte. Deshalb
wollte ich diesmal zumindest eine Kampfpartie.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 $5
{A most interesting continuation. The Caro-Kann is known to be a rock-solid
choice for Black against 1.e4, but after 4.h4!? it leads to an ultra-sharp
game! Eine hochinteressante Fortsetzung. Caro-Kann gilt ja als stocksolide
Wahl für Schwarz gegen 1.e4, aber 4.h4!? macht die Sache ultrascharf!} h5 5.
c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Rc1 {Until here it's
all well known theory. But now my opponent was out of the book, and he thought
for a while and came up with something I was not expecting. Bis hierher ist
alles bekannte Theorie. Nun aber war mein Gegner aus dem Buch, und er dachte
eine Weile nach und kam mit etwas, was ich nicht erwartet hatte.} dxc4 $6 (
10... Qxb2 $1 {is main theory: ist Haupttheorie:} 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4
13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qd3 Ned5 15. O-O {This is what I was expecting, and I think
White has enough compensation for the pawn thanks to the very strong bishop on
g5 and the knight on g3 which is putting pressure on the pawn on h5. Dies
hatte ich erwartet, und ich meine, Weiß hat genug Kompensation für den
Bauern dank des bärenstarken Läufers auf g5 und des Springers auf g3, der
gegen den Bauern auf h5 drückt.}) 11. Bxc4 {Now all of my pieces are active.
Jetzt sind alle meine Figuren aktiv.} Nf5 12. O-O $1 {A very interesting move.
Ein sehr interessanter Zug.} Be7 {Solid, but now I found another nice plan to
continue my attack. Solide, aber jetzt fand ich einen anderen schönen Plan,
meinen Angriff fortzusetzen.} (12... Qxd4 {runs into läuft in} 13. Nb5 $3 {
A nice little tactic which I found during the game. Ein feiner kleiner Trick,
den ich während der Partie entdeckte.} cxb5 (13... Qb6 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd6+
Bxd6 16. Bxe6 $3 (16. Qxd6 $2 Qc5 $1 $11) 16... fxe6 17. Qxd6 {[%cal Gb6c5,
Gc1c5]} Kf7 18. Qxd7+ Kg8 19. Rcd1 $18) 14. Bxb5 a6 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 17. Rfd1 {with a clear advantage to White. mt klarem Vorteil für Weiß.})
13. Nxf5 Bxf5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gd2g5] My threat is not only
Qg5+ but... Meine Drohung ist nicht nur Dg5+, sondern auch...} Qd8 16. Nd1 $1 {
Now my plan is very direct: Ne3 followed by f4-f5, when the pawn on f7 is
seriously weak. Danach ist mein Plan sehr direkt: Se3 nebst f4-f5, wonach der
Bauer auf f7 ernsthaft schwach ist.} Nb6 17. Ne3 Kf8 $6 {I don't like this
move because now I can easily open up the game with the e6! break. Dieser Zug
missfällt mir, da ich jetzt das Spiel mit dem Hebel e6! leicht öffnen kann.}
(17... g6 {was what I was worried about, but I think White still has a very
nice position following war das, was mir Sorgen machte, aber ich denke, Weiß
hat trotzdem eine sehr schöne Stellung nach} 18. Nxf5+ gxf5 19. Be2 $1 $16 {
Now the plan is to play Bf3 followed by b3 and a4-a5-a6 and put pressure on
both the c6 and h5 pawn. I think White is just clearly better here. Jetzt
lautet der Plan Lf3 nebst b3 und a4-a5-a6, um Druck sowohl gegen den Bauern c6
als auch den auf h5 zu entfalten. In meinen Augen steht Weiß hier einfach
klar besser.}) 18. Nxf5 exf5 19. Bb3 $1 {Keeping the bishop at any cost.
Bewahrt um jeden Preis den Läufer.} Qxh4 20. Rfe1 $1 {Again preparing for the
e6 break. Bereitet noch einmal den e6-Hebel vor.} (20. e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 Rd8)
20... Rh6 {A nice way to prevent the white rook from getting active. Eine
schöne Methode, um die Aktivierung des weißen Turms zu verhindern.} (20...
Rd8 21. e6 $1 {Now this is a killer because after Jetzt ist dies ein Killer,
denn nach} fxe6 22. Rxe6 {, with the active rook on e6 and the support of the
bishop on b3, there is no way Black could hold this. , mit dem aktiven Turm
auf e6 und der Unterstützung des Läufers auf b3, kann Schwarz diese Stellung
niemals halten.} Qxd4 23. Qg5 $18) 21. e6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Re8 23. Bxf5 $16 {
I have regained the pawn, so now White is very close to a winning position.
Ich habe den Bauern zurückerobert, damit ist Weiß sehr nahe an einer
Gewinnstellung.} Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qd8 $2 {A quite understandable move from my
opponent, but he had to bring his knight in to the defence! Ein durchaus
verständlicher Zug meines Gegners, aber er musste seinen Springer in die
Verteidigung einschalten!} (24... Nc4 $1 25. Qb4+ Nd6 26. Be6 Qd8 $16 {Still a
pretty bad position for Black, but at least he has more pieces around his king.
Noch immer eine ziemlich üble Stellung für Schwarz, aber zumindest hat er
mehr Figuren um seinen König herum.}) 25. Qd3 $1 {Threatening the deadly Bg6.
Droht das tödliche Lg6.} Kf7 26. Qf3 Qf6 (26... Kg8 27. Be6+ Kh8 28. Bf7 $18)
27. Qb3+ $1 {Now we can see why Black needed his knight to be around his king.
Jetzt können wir sehen, weshalb Schwarz den Springer in der Nähe seines
Königs brauchte.} Kf8 28. Qa3+ $1 Qd6 29. Qe3 Qd8 30. Qe4 {Again threatening
Bg6! Droht erneut Lg6!} Rf6 31. Bg6 Kg8 32. Qh4 $3 {What a nice move: the rook
on f6 is pinned, and White threatens both Qxh5 and Re8+. Ein wahrer Prachtzug:
Der Turm auf f6 ist gefesselt, und Weiß droht sowohl Dxh5 als auch Te8+.} Qd5
33. Re8+ Rf8 34. Qe7 Nd7 35. Bc2 $3 {Another brillant move that I was proud of.
The bishop returns, and Bb3 is just crushing. Noch ein brillanter Zug, auf den
ich stolz war. Der Läufer kehrt zurück, und Lb3 ist einfach vernichtend.}
Qxd4 36. Rxf8+ $2 {Still winning but I had a nicer finish: Gewinnt immer noch,
aber ich hatte ein schöneres Finale:} (36. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 37. Qf5 $1 $18 {
threatening both Qh7++ and Rxf8+ and, more important, defending the f2 pawn!
droht sowohl Dh7++ als auch Txf8+ und, noch wichtiger, deckt den Bauern f2!})
36... Nxf8 37. Bb3+ Kh7 38. Qxf8 Qxb2 39. Bg8+ Kh6 40. Qf4+ g5 41. Qd6+ Kg7 42.
Bb3 $18 {Still this is just an absolutely hopeless position for Black. So oder
so, dies ist einfach eine absolut hoffnunglose Stellung für Schwarz.} Qa1+ 43.
Kh2 Qf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Kg3 {And the rest is just an easy win. Und der Rest
ist einfach ein leichter Gewinn.} b5 46. Bd1 h4+ 47. Kg4 c5 48. f4 gxf4 49.
Kxf4 Ke6 50. Kg4 a5 51. Kxh4 a4 52. g4 c4 53. g5 a3 54. Be2 Kf5 55. Kh5 Ke4 56.
g6 c3 57. Bd1 {I was very proud of this game! Ich war sehr stolz auf diese
Partie!} 1-0

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. c3 {White wants to avoid
the line 6.0-0 c5, while after 6.c3 c5 he can play 7.dxc5 and b4.} h6 7. O-O
Nd7 8. Na3 a6 (8... Bh7 9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Ncd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. c4
(13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. b4 Nd7 16. Qa4 Rc8 17. Ba6 Nb6 $13) 13... O-O
14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Rc1 a5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 (17... cxd5 $5 18. Bb5 Qb6
19. Qe2 Rc7 20. a4 $14) 18. Bf3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qc2 $14 {Ponomariov,R 
(2734)-Grischuk,A (2763) 1/2 (33) Istanbul 2012}) (8... Qc7 9. b3 Bh7 10. c4
Ng6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Nf6 (15... Qxd6
16. a4 $44) 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Qe3 (17. d7+ Kxd7 18. Qe3 $44) 17... Nxd6 18. Bc5
Qc7 19. Rac1 O-O $15 {Salem,A (2603)-Khismatullin,D (2650) 1/2 (41) Moscow RUS
2015}) (8... Rc8 9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 (12. Be3 a6 13.
Nd4 $14) 12... Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Be3 a6 $2 (14... Bc5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qg4
O-O 17. c4 Qb6 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Qxb2 $13) 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 $16 {
Svidler,P (2723)-Nakamura,H (2699) 1-0 (45) Gjovik 2009}) 9. Nc2 Qc7 (9... Bh7
{see the game Ponomariov,R (2756)-Wang,H (2747) 1/2 Elancourt 2013 annotated
by Evgeny Postny.}) (9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ncd4 Bg4 13. Qa4 $1
Bxf3 (13... b5 $4 14. Nxb5 $18) 14. Nxf3 Ng6 15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qa4 (
17. Qe4 $5 $14) 17... Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Rd6 Nc8 $11 {Markgraf,
A (2493)-Zelcic,R (2564) 1-0 Germany 2011}) 10. Nfe1 $146 {A new idea. White
wants to exchange the opponent's light-squared bishop after Bd3. Then he can
launch an attack by playing f4 and g4.} (10. b4 Bh7 11. a4 a5 12. Bd2 b6 13.
Rc1 axb4 14. cxb4 Nc8 (14... Rxa4 $6 15. b5 c5 16. Nb4 Ra3 17. Na6 Qb7 18. dxc5
bxc5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 $16) 15. Nce1 Be7 16. Bd3 $14 {Papenin,N (2502)
-Zhak,B (2556) 1-0 (30) ICCF email 2009/Corr 2013}) 10... c5 11. Bd3 g6 $6 {
In my opinion this is too sophisticated.} (11... Rc8 12. f4 g6 13. Ne3 Bxd3 14.
Qxd3 Nc6 15. Nf3 Be7 {This is a typical position with mutual chances.}) 12.
Bxf5 Nxf5 13. Ne3 cxd4 {After 11...g6 Black can't get a satisfactory position
by playing ...Nxe3.} (13... Nxe3 14. Bxe3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Nd3 $14) 14. Nxf5
exf5 15. cxd4 Be7 16. Nd3 $14 {White has got an opening edge due to the
opponent's d5-pawn. Even if Black plays ...Nf8-e6 the pawn is still weak. His
other problem is the pawn structure on the kingside. He can't castle short.}
Nf8 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Rd8 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Qc2 $5 {This is more aggressive
than Qxb5.} (20. Qxb5+ axb5 21. g3 Ne6 22. a4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 b4 {and White is
only slightly better.}) 20... Bg5 21. Ne2 (21. g3 Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Ne6 23. Qd2 Qb6
24. Rad1 h5 $13 {After Bg5 Black will have a choice - to take on g5 and play a
slightly worse position due to his worse pawn structure or he can allow White
to play Bf6.}) (21. Nd3 $1 Ne6 22. f4 Be7 23. Rfc1 O-O 24. a4 Qb6 25. b4 $14 {
White has better chances due to his space advantage.}) 21... Ne6 22. Qd2 Rc8
23. g3 Be7 $6 {A dubious decision. Sasikiran has decided to play with his king
in the centre.} (23... O-O 24. Rac1 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Ng5 $11) 24. Rfc1 Kd7 25. Qd1
$5 {Yuri could have won a pawn with 25.Nc3, but he decided to launch an attack.
} (25. Nc3 Bb4 26. Bxh6 $16) 25... Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Nc3 Qc4 $6 ({A better
move is} 27... Qa5 28. Qb3 Bb4 29. a3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. bxc3 {White will
take the pawn on h6, but Black has some chances to escape due to his knight on
e6.}) 28. Qf3 Rc6 29. Kg2 Nc7 ({Black could have tried to play} 29... Nxd4 30.
Qd1 $1 (30. Bxd4 $6 Qxd4 31. Rd1 Qc4 32. Nxd5 Ke8 $11) 30... Nb5 31. Nxd5 Qe4+
32. Kh3 (32. f3 $6 Qxe5 33. Nb6+ Ke8 34. Rxc6 bxc6 35. Qd7+ Kf8 36. Nc4 $14 Qe6
37. Bxh6+ Kg8) 32... Qg4+ (32... Ke8 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. Nxe7 Kxe7 35. a4 $18)
33. Qxg4 fxg4+ 34. Kxg4 $16) 30. Bxh6 Bb4 $2 ({Black still has some chances to
escape after} 30... Qxd4 31. Bf4 (31. Rd1 $6 Qg4 $11) 31... Ke8 32. Rd1 Qc4 33.
Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Rxd5 $16) 31. a3 Bxc3 32. bxc3 Ke8 33. h4 Ne6 34.
Be3 Rb6 35. h5 $18 Rb2 36. Rh1 Kf8 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. g4 f4 39. Rh8+ Ke7 40.
Bxf4 Rb1 41. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 73rd"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2011.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 ({In his days, Botvinnik preferred} 4...
h6 5. g4 Bd7) 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 Bg4 $5 $146 {Nakamura confessed that
he had seen this idea in some comments of Karpov (specifically, they can be
found in the notes for Informant to his game against Adams, where 7...dxc4 was
played).} ({Nakamura had had the following unpleasant experience with this
line:} 7... dxc4 8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qb4 11. a3 Qb3 12. Nge4 Nd5 13.
Rh3 $1 {Svidler,P (2734)-Nakamura,H (2729)/Amsterdam 2010/CBM 138 (1-0, 37)})
8. f3 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 {Black's main achievement is to have forced the
obstruction of the d1-h5 diagonal, which removes the danger against the
h5-pawn after Be2. One more aspect will be revealed later.} 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2
Nd7 12. a3 {Following Svidler's plan, without noticing an important difference.
} (12. Rc1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rd8 14. Qf2 f6 15. Be3 Nd5 $11 {(Nakamura) This and
the following variations were indicated by Nakamura during his press
conference following to his win.}) 12... f6 13. Be3 Qb3 $1 {It appears that
the third rank was obstructed by the pawn, too, depriving White of the
resource Rh3.} 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 (15... cxd5 16. Rc1 fxe5 17. dxe5
Nxe5 18. Rc3 Qa4 19. Rc7 $44 {Nakamura}) 16. Rc1 Nb6 {Black has a stable
position and reasonable development. His position may be preferable already,
so White decided to look for attacking chances.} 17. Ne2 $5 (17. exf6 gxf6 18.
Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 O-O-O 20. Ne2 $15 {Nakamura}) 17... fxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 (18...
Qxd2+ 19. Bxd2 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Bf5 21. Be2 $13 {/+/= Nakamura}) 19. Bd4 Qc7 20.
Qg5 Bf5 (20... Bf7 21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Be5 Rxg5 23. Bxc7 Rb5 $132) 21. g4 (21. Ng3
Be7 22. Qxg7 Rh7 23. Bxb6 Bb4+ $1 (23... Qxb6 24. Qg8+) 24. axb4 Qxg7 $19 {
Nakamura}) 21... hxg4 22. fxg4 Be4 23. Rh3 Be7 24. Qxg7 (24. Qe3 Bd5 25. h5
O-O-O 26. Nc3 $44 {Nakamura} Bf6 $5) 24... Rh7 25. Qe5 (25. Bxb6 Bxh4+ $1 {
Nakamura}) (25. Qg8+ Kd7 26. Bxb6 Rxg8 27. Bxc7 Kxc7 28. g5 Bf5 29. Rh1 Bxg5
$19 {Nakamura}) 25... Qxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxh4+ $17 27. Ng3 Nd7 28. Bd4 Bf3 29. g5
Bg4 30. g6 Rh6 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Rc3 Bf3 33. Rxf3 Rxd4 34. Bh3 Ne5 35. Rf6 Nd3+
36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke3 e5 38. Rf7 Rd3+ 39. Ke4 Rxg3 40. Bd7+ Kd8 41. Bf5 Nxg6 42.
Rg7 Rb8 43. b4 b5 44. Bxg6 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. c3 a6 {Black has sacrificed a P,
but White's position on the >> looks a bit corrupted.} (12... Nxe5 {-
Carlsen-Schandorff, Aalborg blindfold rapid 2006 CBM 112}) 13. Bf4 {doesn't
look very impressive.} (13. Bg5 {provokes} Qb6 $132) (13. Bh6 {is ignored by}
Be4 $5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. f3 Rxh6 17. fxe4 (17. g5 Rh8) 17... Bxg7
{and White's position doesn't look healthy.}) (13. Rh3 $5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Re3 O-O-O $1 (15... N5c6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Qd4 Rg8 18. O-O-O {
White has a big lead of development, but he has to find a target.}) 17. Qd4 Rg8
18. Bf6 (18. Bxe7 Bxe7 19. Nxg7+ Kf8 20. Nh5 Bc5 21. Qf4 Bxe3 22. fxe3 $44 {
and the black K's position compensates the sacrificed exchange.}) 18... O-O-O
19. Bxg7 (19. Nxg7 Ng6 $1 20. Nh5 (20. Bxd8 Bxg7 21. Bf6 e5 $17) 20... Bc5 $13)
19... Bxg7 $5 (19... Rxg7 20. Nxg7 Ng6 21. Qf6 d4 22. cxd4 Be7 23. Qf3 (23.
Qxe7 Nxe7 24. Rc3 {1/2-1/2 Jessel-Barnaure, Instanbul 2005}) 23... Bb4+ 24. Rc3
$1 Bxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Nxh4 26. Qxc6+ bxc6 27. Bxa6+ Kc7 28. Be2 $16) 20. Nxg7 Qc7
$44) 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qe2 e5 $1 {The position is extremely
complicated and requires thorough analyse.} (18... Bd3 $2 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20.
Rxd3 e5 21. O-O-O $1 {White's lead of development is the decisive factor here.}
exd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 $18 {Svidler-Renet, Belfort 2004}) 19. Nde6 (19.
Rxe5 $2 Bd3) 19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bd3 21. Nxc7 (21. Qf3 Qc6) 21... Bxe2 22. Ne6
Bxg4 23. Nxd8 Kxd8 24. Rxe5 Kd7 25. Re4 Bf3 26. Rf4 Bh5 27. Rd4+ Kc7 28. Rxc4+
Nc6 $15 {and Black's ^^ is very strong in the opened position.}) (13. Bg2 $1 {
White is not bothering himself with defending the vulnerable e5 P, he wants to
finish his development quickly and open up the position.} Nxe5 14. O-O Qd7 15.
Bg5 (15. f4 N5c6 16. f5 exf5 (16... e5 17. f6 $1 $18) 17. g5 $44) 15... O-O-O
16. Qe2 N5c6 17. Nxc6 {[#]} Nxc6 $1 {Sacrificing the exchange is a good
practical decision.} (17... Qxc6 {runs into motifs on the c <-> after} 18. c4
$1 f6 19. Rfc1 $40) 18. Bxd8 Qxd8 (18... Nxd8 19. c4 $1) {The preparatory move}
19. Rfd1 $1 {was required.} (19. c4 {This creates a strong o^ on the d <->.} d4
$1 {Black grabs the best chance for creating counterchances, Shomoev-Galkin,
Krasnodar 2002 CBM 091.} (19... Nd4 20. Qe5 dxc4 {opens up the lines and
diagonals only for White.} 21. Rfd1 Bd3 22. Nf4 f6 23. Qe3 e5 24. Nxd3 cxd3 25.
Rac1+ Kb8 26. Qxd3 $16)) 19... Qxh4 (19... g6 20. Ng3 Qxh4 21. c4 $16) 20. c4
d4 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Qf3 $16) 13... Qb6 14. Qb3 (14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $132) 14... Qxb3
15. axb3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Bb5 $142 (17. Be3 Rc8 {and Black has a good
play for the P, there are a lot of weaknesses in White's camp.}) 17... Rc8 18.
Bxc6+ Rxc6 19. Rc1 Bg6 (19... Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Bg6 21. Nf4) 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Ke2
Bxh5 22. gxh5 Rxh5 $11 {Black has won back the P with a comfortable _|_.} 23.
Ra1 Rxh4 24. Be3 f6 25. Rxa6 (25. exf6 gxf6 26. Rxa6 Kd7) 25... fxe5 26. dxe5
d4 (26... c5 $5 27. Ra8+ $1 (27. Rxe6+ Kd7 28. Rg6 Re4) 27... Kf7 28. Ra7+ Kg8
29. Ra8 $11 {with repetition of moves.}) (26... Kd7 27. Ra8 d4 28. Rxf8 dxe3
29. Kxe3 {and the R _|_ is drawish, as general.} Rb4 30. Rf7+ Ke8 31. Rxg7
Rxb3+ $11) 27. Bd2 Rh3 (27... c5 28. Kd3) 28. f3 Rh2+ 29. Kd3 Rh3 30. Ke2 (30.
Rxc6 Rxf3+ 31. Kxd4 (31. Kc4 Rf2) 31... Rxb3 {- 30.Ke2}) 30... Rh2+ 31. Kd3 Rh3
32. Rxc6 (32. Kxd4 Rxf3 $11) (32. Ke2 {was threefold repetition of moves.})
32... Rxf3+ 33. Kxd4 Rxb3 34. Rxe6+ Kf7 35. Rc6 Rxb2 $11 {The position is dead
draw.} 36. e6+ Kg8 37. Bc3 Rb8 38. Rc7 Kh7 39. e7 Bxe7 40. Rxe7 {White has won
the B, but R+B versus R is a theoretical draw even without the g P.} Rb1 41.
Ke4 Rg1 42. Kf3 Rg5 43. Bd4 Rg6 44. Re2 Rd6 45. Be5 Rg6 46. Kf4 Re6 47. Kf5 Re7
48. Rc2 Kg8 49. Rc8+ Kh7 50. Rf8 Rb7 51. Ke6 Rb6+ 52. Kf5 Rb7 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Nepomniachtchi,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the ninth round, I had to play the tournament's sole leader, who had shown
energetic and uncompromising play. In Rijeka, I managed to exploit the white
pieces extremely successfully, and I was also helped by fortune: after the
final rest day, I finished with three whites out of four games (the draw is
seldom so helpful), which of course gave me a significant advantage over my
rivals.  In der neunten Runde musste ich gegen den alleinigen Spitzenreiter
des Turniers antreten, der bislang energisches und kompromissloses Spiel
gezeigt hatte. In Rijeka gelang es mir, die weißen Figuren extrem erfolgreich
auszunutzen, wobei mir auch das Glück zugute kam: Nach dem letzten Ruhetag
hatte ich zum Abschluss in vier Partien dreimal Weiß (das Remis ist selten so
hilfreich), was mir natürlich gegenüber meine Rivalen einen beträchtlichen
Vorteil verschaffte.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 {Jobava had already chosen
this rare continuation against Artyom Tomofeev, and since that game ended
favourably for Baadur, I naturally expected him to repeat the line. This view
was strengthened still further by the fact that the move 3...Qb6 has also been
played by other Georgian grandmasters. Diese seltene Fortsetzung hatte Jobava
bereits gegen Artyom Tomofeev gewählt, und da diese Partie günstig für Baadur
endete, erwartete ich natürlich, dass er das Abspiel wiederholte. Diese
Annahme wurde noch zusätzlich durch die Tatsache verstärkt, dass der Zug 3...
Qb6 auch von anderen georgischen Großmeistern gespielt worden ist.} 4. a4 $5 {
At this moment, I was absolutely sure that I had just played a strong novelty,
and this naturally gave me confidence. Who knows how the game would have
turned out, if I had been in the habit of glancing through, even very briefly,
the games of the previous day's round? The fact is that this move had been
played in the round 8 game Nabaty-Erdos. However, judging by the fact that he
now thought for some time, my opponent was also unaware of the previous game.
In diesem Moment war ich absolut sicher, gerade eine starke Neuerung gespielt
zu haben, und dies gab mir natürlich Auftrieb. Wer weiß, wie die Partie
ausgegangen wäre, hätte ich die Gewohnheit gehabt, und sei es nur ganz kurz,
die Partien des Vortages durchzusehen? Tatsache ist, dass dieser Zug in der 8.
Runde in der Partie Nabaty-Erdos gespielt worden war. Doch der Tatsache nach
zu urteilen, dass er jetzt einige Zeit nachdachte, war meinem Gegner die
Vorgängerpartie ebenfalls unbekannt.} e5 ({The principled move - Black reacts
to a flank attack with a blow in the centre. Of course, he should not play 4...
a5? on account of 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Nc3, with a serious advantage.  Erdos chose
another possibility: Der prinzipielle Zug - Schwarz reagiert auf einen
Flankenangriff mit einem Schlag im Zentrum. Nicht spielen sollte er natürlich
4...a5? wegen 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Nc3, mit ernstem Vorteil. Erdos wählte eine andere
Möglichkeit:} 4... dxe4 5. a5 Qc7 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3 exd4 8. Bc4 Be6 {etc. usw.}
) 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. a5 {White seizes space on the queenside and drives the enemy
queen from her active position - this is the whole point of White's 4th move.
Weiß erobert Raum am Damenflügel und vertreibt die feindliche Dame aus ihrer
aktiven Position - das ist die ganze Pointe des 4. weißen Zuges.} Qc7 7. f4 Nh6
8. Nc3 Bb4 ({This is one possible choice. There will be sharp play after Dies
ist nur eine mögliche Wahl. Scharfes Spiel gibt es nach} 8... Bf5 {for example,
, zum Beispiel} 9. Nge2 ({also interesting is interessant ist auch} 9. Qd4 $5
Nd7 10. Nxe4 O-O-O 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Rhe8+ 13. Be3 Qb8 {with
head-spinning complications) mit schwindelerregenden Komplikationen)} 14. a6 b6
15. O-O-O Bxc2 16. Qc3 Be4 $13) 9... Nd7 10. Ng3 O-O-O $13) 9. Bd2 e3 $2 ({
My opponnent was playing very quickly, possibly hoping to shake my equanimity.
To some extent, he succeeded - the text move is not one that I had examined.
Fortunately, White is now able to complete his development by the simplest
possible means, and his total domination in the centre gives him a solid
advantage. Stronger was Mein Gegner spielte sehr schnell, möglicherweise in
der Hoffnung, mich aus der Fassung zu bringen. Zu einem gewissen Grad gelang
ihm dies - der Textzug war keine Fortsetzung, die ich geprüft hatte. Zum Glück
ist Weiß nun imstande, seine Entwicklung mit einfachsten Mitteln abzuschließen,
und seine totale Dominanz im Zentrum gibt ihm soliden Vorteil. Stärker war} 
9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 O-O {and thanks to his good development, Black can count on
equality. und dank seiner guten Entwicklung kann Schwarz auf Ausgleich rechnen.
} 11. Qd4 Rd8 12. Qxe4 Bf5 13. Qe2 Na6 $44) 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 ({After
the hasty Nach dem hastigen} 11... Ng4 12. Bd2 {Black has shot his bolt - he
has no way to exploit the weakness of f2. hat Schwarz sein Pulver verschossen
- er hat keine Möglichkeit, die Schwäche von f2 auszunutzen.}) 12. Bd3 Na6 ({
Or Oder} 12... Bf5 13. O-O $14) 13. Qe2 Bxa5 14. O-O ({I considered returning
to positional channels with Ich erwog die Rückkehr ins positonelle Fahrwasser
mit} 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. O-O {but could not resist playing for the attack: after
all, White has all the preconditions for developing an initiative on the
kingside. , konnte aber nicht widerstehen, auf Angriff zu spielen: Schließlich
hat Weiß alle Voraussetzungen, eine Initiative am Königsflügel zu entwickeln.})
14... Nb4 15. Be4 {It is very difficult for Black to coordinate his pieces,
without making serious positional concessions. The most logical decision is to
exchange his opponent's powerful light-squared bishop. Es fällt Schwarz sehr
schwer, seine Figuren zu koordinieren, ohne ernste positionelle Zugeständnisse
zumachen. Die logischste Entscheidung ist, den kraftvollen weißfeldrigen
Läufer des Gegners abzutauschen.} Bf5 16. Kh1 $1 {How the Roman emperor
Augustus liked to repeat: Make haste slowly! Wie der römische Kaiser Augustus
gerne wiederholte: Eile mit Weile!} Bb6 ({Black's task is not made any easier
by Die schwarze Aufgabe wird keinesfalls leichter durch} 16... Bxe4 17. Nxe4
Nd5 18. c4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bb4 {(the bishop must be brought into play urgently,
even at the cost of a pawn) (der Läufer muss dringend ins Spiel gebracht
werden, selbst auf Kosten eines Bauern)} 20. Rxa7 (20. Nfg5 {is not very
pragmatic, but is also strong: ist nicht sonderlich praktmatisch, aber
ebenfalls stark:} Be7 21. Qb3 $5 {(the queen goes to c2) (die Dame geht nach
c2)} Rd4 22. Qc2 $40) 20... Nf5 (20... Ng4 21. Qg1) 21. Qf2 Rxa7 22. Qxa7 Qd7
23. Nf2 $16) 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 (17... axb6 $2 {loses immediately, since a piece is
lost: verliert sofort, da eine Figur abhanden kommt:} 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxf5
Nxf5 20. Qe4 Nxc2 21. Nd1 $1 $18) 18. Ng5 {Nothing forcing is apparent, so I
simply move my pieces into position for subsequent operations. Etwas
Forcierendes ist nicht in Sicht, daher bringe ich einfach meine Figuren für
nachfolgende Operationen in Stellung.} c5 $6 ({Now Black's position is
strategically almost hopeless. Maybe he had to try to consoldate his queen, by
means of Nun ist die schwarze Stellung strategisch fast hoffnunslos.
Vielleicht musste er versuchen, seine Dame mittels} 18... Qc5 {although it is
not entirely clear how Black can hold after zu konsolidieren, obwohl nicht
gänzlich klar ist, wie sich Schwarz nach} 19. Bxf5 Nxf5 20. Qh5 Nh6 21. Nce4
Qxc2 22. f5 $40 {halten kann.}) 19. Rae1 {Simple and strong. The advance e5-e6
hangs over the black position like the Sword of Damocles. Einfach und stark.
Der Vorstoß e5-e6 hängt über der schwarzen Stellung wie ein Damoklesschwert.}
Qg6 {This loses a pawn, but it is hardly possible to recommend anything better.
Dies verliert einen Bauern, aber es ist kaum möglich, etwas Besseres zu
empfehlen.} 20. Bxb7 Nxc2 ({The principled, but at the same time, the losing
move. However, Prinzipiell, aber gleichzeitig der Verlustzug. Doch} 20... Rab8
21. Be4 Nc6 22. e6 $18 {hardly allows Black to save the position. erlaubt
Schwarz kaum, die Stellung zu retten.}) 21. Nd5 $1 ({Slightly more exact was
Einen Tick genauer war} 21. Bxa8 $1 Nxe1 22. Nd5 Kf8 23. e6 {followed by Nc7,
but the move in the game does not spoil anything. nebst Nc7, aber der Zug in
der Partie verdirbt nichts.}) 21... Rxd5 (21... Kf8 {loses immediately:
verliert auf der Stelle:} 22. Qb5) 22. Bxd5 Bd3 23. Qf3 Re8 {The black pieces
are too scattered, and the knight on h6 has still not come into play, so the
time has come for the decisive breakthrough. Die schwarzen Figuren sind zu
verstreut, und der Springer auf h6 ist noch immer nicht ins Spiel gekommen,
daher ist die Zeit reif für den entscheidenden Durchbruch.} 24. e6 $1 Nxe1 ({
Or Oder} 24... f6 25. Bc6 Bxf1 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Rxf1 Nd4 (27... fxg5 28. fxg5
Nd4 29. Qd5 $18) 28. Qd5 $18) 25. Rxe1 fxe6 ({The lesser of the evils was Das
geringere Übel war} 25... Kh8 26. Rd1 fxe6 27. Bc6 Rb8 28. Rxd3 Nf5 {... ...})
26. Rxe6 Kh8 $1 {I had completely missed this move, which threw me into some
confusion. However, I managed to take myself in hand fairly quickly, and find
the most accurate path to victory. Diesen Zug hatte ich komplett übersehen,
was mich in einige Verwirrung stürzte. Doch ich schaffte es, mich recht
schnell zu fangen und den genauesten Weg zum Sieg zu finden.} (26... Kf8 27.
Qe3) 27. h3 Rxe6 28. Bxe6 Bb5 29. f5 $1 {The victorious march of the f-pawn
continues, having started with 3.f3. Der Siegesmarsch des f-Bauern geht weiter,
der mit 3.f3 begonnen hat.} Qe8 30. f6 Qf8 31. f7 {Black resigned.  It is hard
to overstate the significance of this game. After it, I became sole leader of
the tournament and managed to retain this lead; by taking 1.5 out of the last
two games, I stayed ahead of my numerous rivals.  I owe heartfelt thanks to my
friend and trainer Vladimir Potkin, who, despite the burden of his own
preparation, found the time to help me work out the details of the move 4.a4!
Schwarz gab auf.  Es die Bedeutung dieser Partie ist gar nicht hoch genug
einschätzen. Danach wurde ich alleiniger Spitzenreiter des Turniers und
schaffte es, diesen Vorsprung zu behaupten; mit 1.5 aus den letzten beiden
Partien blieb ich vor meinen zahlreichen Rivalen.  Tiefempfundenen Dank
schulde ich meinem Freund und Trainer Vladimir Potkin, der, trotz der Bürde
seiner eigenen Vorbereitung, die Zeit fand, mir bei der Ausarbeitung der
Details von 4.a4! zu helfen.} 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 45th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2010.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. f3 Qb6 4. a4 {Jan is faithful to the line that brought
him a such an important win in the recent European championship.} e6 $1 $146 {
This seems like a good innovation to me. The resulting position is starting to
look similar to the line with 3...e6, but here White's move a2-a4 is not
really to the point.} (4... e5 $6 5. dxe5 dxe4 6. a5 Qc7 7. f4 Nh6 8. Nc3 Bb4
9. Bd2 e3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Nf3 Rd8 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Qe2 Bxa5 14. O-O Nb4 15. Be4
$16 {1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)-Jobava,B (2695)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The Week in
Chess 801 (31)}) (4... dxe4 5. a5 Qc7 6. fxe4 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O
Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nbd2 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Kanovsky,D (2489)-Polak,T (2525)/
Ostrava CZE 2010/The Week in Chess 809 (41)}) 5. c3 $6 {Ignoring natural
development.} (5. Nc3 Bb4) (5. c4 dxe4 6. fxe4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 e5 $1 {In both
cases Black has a good game thanks to the control over the b4-square.}) ({
The only reasonable improvement that comes to mind is} 5. Ne2 $5 {This is
worth being checked in future games. One of the possible continuations is:} Nf6
6. a5 Qd8 7. e5 Nfd7 {I think it's a good version of a French Defence for
Black, but maybe White can still come up with some creative ideas.}) 5... c5 6.
exd5 exd5 {The position reminds me of one of the lines in the Tarrasch
Variation of the French Defence. The moves a2-a4 and, especially, f2-f3
clearly worsen White's position. Black is already slightly better.} 7. Bb5+ (7.
a5 Qc7 {only hurts White as the Pa5 will become a target.}) (7. Qe2+ Be7 8.
Qb5+ Bd7 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. b3 Nf6 $15) 7... Bd7 (7... Nc6 $6 {is less accurate.
After} 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. O-O Bd6 10. dxc5 Bxc5+ 11. Kh1 {White achieves decent
position.}) 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. b3 $6 {This also looks unnatural.
This weakens the Pc3, later on Nepomniachtchi will have serious difficulties
developing his queenside knight.} (10. Nh3 Nc6 11. Nf2 Nf6 12. Nd2 {was
possible. White keeps a slightly worse, but playable position.}) 10... a6 11.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Nh3 O-O-O $1 {Black has nothing to be afraid of, he is better
developed.} 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Ngf6 15. Kh1 $6 {This also looks like a waste
of time.} (15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Nd2 Rhe8 18. Qf2 $15) 15... Rhe8 16.
Qd1 ({The move} 16. Qf2 {would obstruct the Nh3.}) 16... Bd6 17. Bg1 Bc5 (17...
h6 {[%cal Gg7g5] was a good alternative.}) 18. Ra2 (18. Bxc5 Nxc5 19. b4 Ne6
20. b5 a5 $17) 18... Kb8 19. Rd2 h6 $17 {White's position is more difficult
than it seems. All his pieces are passive. Meanwhile, Black can slowly prepare
a kingside assault or a penetration along the e-file.} 20. Bd4 Rc8 21. Nf2 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rd2 Re6 24. Re1 $6 {It's easy to blame this plan, but much
harder to suggest something reasonable instead.} (24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Rce8
26. Na3 Re3 27. c4 Rxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe7 29. Nc2 Qe2 30. Qxe2 Rxe2 31. Nd4 Rb2 {
The endgame should be lost for White.}) (24. f4 $5 Nc6 25. Ng4 {perhaps could
yield White more chances than in the game.}) 24... Rce8 25. Rde2 g5 26. Nd3 {
There is no way out already, White is practically forced to exchange all his
developed pieces.} g4 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rxe5 29. Rxe5 Qxe5 {The massive
exchanges haven't made White's task any easier at all. His queen is passive
and the knight on b1 is miserable. Black's active duo queen + knight is
sufficient to create a decisive attack against the white monarch.} 30. a5 $2 (
30. fxg4 $2 {would lose on the spot in view of} Nxg4 31. Qg1 Qf4 32. g3 Qe4+
$19 {[%csl Rb1]}) (30. g3 $1 Qe3 31. Kg2 h5 {would have been the least of the
evils, but I don't believe that White can still survive here.}) 30... h5 31. g3
gxf3 32. Qxf3 Qe1+ 33. Kg2 Ng4 34. Qf4+ Ka8 35. Nd2 Qe2+ 36. Kg1 Qxh2+ $6 {
This allows White to prolong the resistance.} (36... h4 $1 {would win on the
spot.} 37. gxh4 Ne3 38. Qf2 Qg4+ 39. Kh1 Qd1+ $19) 37. Kf1 f5 $1 38. Ke1 h4 39.
Nf1 Qb2 40. gxh4 Qxc3+ 41. Nd2 d4 42. h5 {This pawn is White's last chance.} d3
43. Kf1 Qa1+ 44. Kg2 Qxa5 45. h6 Qd5+ 46. Kg3 Qg8 47. Kf3 Qe6 48. Nf1 (48. h7
Qe2+ 49. Kg3 Qh2+ 50. Kf3 Qf2#) 48... Nxh6 {No more hopes for White.} 49. Qd4
Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Qf2 f4+ 52. Kf3 Qe5 53. Nd2 Nf5 54. Kg4 Qe2+ {[%mdl 4]
Well played by Vassily Ivanchuk.} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Estremera,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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 "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nf5 8. g4
Ne7 ({Dos partidas de Shirov transcurrieron por el siguente sendero} 8... Nh6
9. h3 Ng8 10. Ne1 h5 11. Ng2 hxg4 12. hxg4 c5 {Shirov,A (2730)-Solak,D (2583)
Novi Sad 2009 1/2-1/2 (41) y Shirov,A (2730)-Mchedlishvili,M (2613) Bundesliga
2010 1-0 (50)}) 9. Nh4 c5 10. c3 Nbc6 ({Jobava llevó el otro caballo a c6
contra Lanho hace cuatro años} 10... Nec6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 Nd7 {y acabó
ganando una complicada partida en Lahno,K (2500)-Jobava,B (2614) Wijk aan Zee
2006}) 11. Nb3 c4 12. Nd2 {Con su maniobra de ida y vuelta Shirov puede
concentrar la atención de sus piezas en el flanco de rey y, al mismo tiempo,
optiene un punto de contacto en b3 que permitirá abrir líneas en el de dama en
el momento oportuno} h5 {se amenazaba f4} 13. g5 Nf5 14. Ndf3 Be7 15. Kh1 b5 (
15... Nxh4 16. Nxh4 Be4+ 17. f3 Bh7 18. Rg1 {y las negras pueden transponer a
la partida con 18...b5 o jugar para el 0-0-0 manteniendo el peón en b7} Qa5 19.
Bd2 $1 O-O-O 20. b3) 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. Nh4 Be4+ 18. f3 Bh7 19. Rg1 b4 20. g6 $5
Bxh4 21. gxh7 {En el tablero tenemos una posición dificil de valorar: a cambio
de evidentes ventajas estructurales el peón de h7 impide para siempre 0-0, las
piezas de las negras están descoordinadas y su rey no tiene un lugar seguro
donde ir.} g6 (21... Rxh7 22. cxb4 Qb6 23. Be3 Nxe5 24. b3 cxb3 25. axb3 Nd7
26. b5 g6) 22. cxb4 Qb6 {Jobava gana un peón central...} ({contra} 22... Bf2 {
simplemente} 23. Rg2) 23. Be3 $1 Nxe5 24. b3 $1 cxb3 $2 {Esta captura sólo
beneficia a las blancas.} ({Las negras harían mejor en apresurarse a coordinar
sus fuerzas con} 24... Rxh7 25. Qd2 Nd3 26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 (
28. d5 Qb7) 28... Rd8 {Aunque la posición no está todavía exenta de peligro
con juego cuidadoso parece sostenerse, por ejemplo:} 29. Qe4 Be7 $1 30. d5 (30.
a3 Rd5 31. Rac1) 30... Qxb4 31. Rxg6 Qxe4 32. Rg8+ Kd7 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. fxe4
{con posibles tablas}) 25. axb3 $1 {La torre se ha activado y amenaza irrumpir
en a6} Nd7 26. b5 Rxh7 27. Ra6 Qb7 28. Qc2 $1 {una jugada muy fuerte que
amenaza tanto Rc6 como Qc6, Jobava impide ambas con} Nb8 {pero...} 29. Rxg6 $3
{Shirov aprovecha con brillantez el patético cuadro que ofrecen las piezas
negras. El sacrificio es ganador} fxg6 30. Rxe6+ Kd8 (30... Re7 31. Qxg6+ Kd8
32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Rxe7+ Bxe7 34. Bf1 $3 Kc7 35. Bf4+ Kb6 36. Qe6+ Ka5 37. Bd2+
Bb4 38. Qd6 Bxd2 39. Qa3+ Kb6 40. Qc5+ Ka5 41. b6# {podría ser un final
divertido}) 31. Qxg6 {Las negras tienen torre de más y les toca pero no tienen
manera de arreglar el desaguisado} Qf7 32. Bg5+ $1 Bxg5 33. Qxg5+ Kc8 34. Qxd5
Rg7 (34... Qd7 35. Qe4 a5 36. Bc4 Ra7 37. Re8+ Kc7 38. Qe5+ Qd6 39. b6+ {
es desastroso}) 35. Bc4 $1 Qg8 (35... Qd7 36. Qxa8) 36. Rc6+ $1 {el resto pudo
habérselo ahorrado el GM georgiano.} Nxc6 37. Qxc6+ Kb8 38. Qd6+ Kc8 39. Bxg8
Rxg8 40. d5 h4 41. Qc6+ Kb8 42. d6 Rc8 43. Qd5 h3 44. Kg1 {Las negras
abandonan. Una muestra más del fascinante juego de Alexei Shirov} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello chess lovers and fans! Now that Tata Steel Super-tournament is over, we
can now focus more on following the fighting and exciting chess happening in
Gibraltar :-D. In round 8, the only decisive game on the top boards that also
affected the leaderboard is the game between the imaginative Israeli GM
Sutovsky and former World Champ GM Topalov.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {the Caro-Kann
is well-known for its solidity and dynamism, making it a good fighting weapon.}
3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 $5 {this sharp line in the Advance Variation only
started becoming popular in high-level practice in 2014, thanks to the efforts
of GMs Morozevich and Saric.} Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Be7 ({The most frequently
played line here is} 7... Qb6 8. Nd2 Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 {which was tested in
the 4th round between Vocaturo and Caruana.}) 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Nbd2
{Interestingly, this position had been played by Sutovsky 3 months previously,
a game which he nicely won.} Nd7 {I'm sure Topalov is still in his prep as
revealed by his time consumption.} ({Sutovsky's previous game went:} 10... Na6
$6 {the knight has no future here.} 11. c3 c5 12. a3 Rc8 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4
Kf8 15. Ke2 g6 16. Qb5 Rc7 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Nb3 a6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7
21. Rc1 Qd7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Nc6 24. Rb1 Rh8 25. Qd2 $1 $16 {1-0 (59)
Sutovsky,E (2625)-David,A (2574) Novi Sad SRB 2016, and White eventually
converted his positional advantages into a win.}) 11. c3 {This normal move can
lead to the same middlegame structure as in the previously mentioned game. It
is also the new deviation according to the databases.} ({The only game played
here before was} 11. g3 c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. cxd5 Qa5 $1 $13 {½-½ (26) Potapov,
P (2485)-Alekseenko,K (2570) Sochi 2016, with a complex game.}) 11... c5 12. a3
Rc8 13. b4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nb6 $1 {Black has a better version of the middlegame
Sutovsky vs. David owing to the better placement of the knight.} 15. O-O $5 {
"Are you asking me?" replied the brave fighter from Bulgaria.} ({Playing in a
similar fashion as Sutovsky did in his previous game will not be as effective
here:} 15. Ke2 Nc4 16. Rhc1 b5 17. a4 a6 {and Black has no problems.}) ({
A more circumspect try is} 15. g3 Nc4 16. Kf1 (16. O-O) 16... Kf8 {but it's
probably not in Sutovsky's style.}) 15... Bxh4 $1 {Ladies & gentlemen, it is
showtime! :-)} 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. Rac1 {"Let me 'show' you what I've got, "
Emil calmly and confidently said.} Qd8 {To which Veselin replied "OK, show me!"
} 18. Qb5+ Qd7 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Qa5 b6 21. Qa6 {The fighters have exchanged
a series forcing blows, and when the smoke has cleared a little, the verbal
fight ensues:} Ne7 {"You're not taking or threatening anything yet, so let me
just play a natural move here."} 22. Rc1 {"It's coming, just you wait..."} Kd8
$6 {"C'mon, I still don't see it," Veselin tauntingly said. Unfortunately for
him, Veselin didn't sense that he is already drifting into dangerous territory.
..} ({Objectively, it was safer to get the king out of the danger zone with} 
22... f6 $5 23. Nf3 Kf7 {followed by transferring his rook to c8.}) 23. b5 $1 {
"Almost there!" said Emil who craftily played a prohpylactic attacking move.} (
{The hasty} 23. a4 $2 {fails to} Nc6 24. a5 Nxb4 {and Black successfully kicks
out White's annoying queen.}) 23... Nf5 {White to play.} 24. Nb3 $6 {This
solid move was played after a 4-minute thought.} ({Unfortunately for the
Israeli fighter, he missed here a great opportunity to show something real for
the sacrificed pawn that he courageously initiated on move 15:} 24. a4 $3 Nxd4
{Then what?} 25. Kh1 $1 {Of course this calm, cool move has to be foreseen &
planned before venturing into sac-ing another pawn!} Rg6 (25... Rh8 26. a5 $40
{and White's attack crashes through!} Nxb5 (26... bxa5 27. b6 $1) 27. axb6 Ke7
28. Rb1 $18) 26. a5 Rg4 27. g3 $1 {Another calm, patient move that allows
White to stop enemy counterplay and move forward his attack.} Nxb5 {the only
way to try to hold on} 28. axb6 axb6 29. Qa8+ Ke7 30. Rc8 $18 {and Black would
have been helpless in face of White's incoming decisive threats.}) 24... Rh8 {
Veselin hurries to bring his rook to the defence of his imprudent king.} 25. a4
Ke7 26. a5 Rb8 {"I made it!" Veselin said with a huge sigh of relief. The
situation is still complex, and Emil still has compensation owing to his
active pieces. However, now that the queenside is safely secured Emil has to
play more accurately as his compensation will be questioned move by move.} 27.
axb6 $2 {The only clear mistake in the game as it limits White's resources or
allows Black to defend easily. But without enough concrete analysis (and time
of course!), it's difficult to make the right choice here.} (27. Rc6 $1 Qb7 28.
Qxb7+ Rxb7 29. a6 $1 {This is the resource that allows White to keep the
balance.} Rd7 30. Rc8 {and Black cannot make progress:} Rd8 (30... g6 31. Kf1
$11) (30... g5 31. g3 $11 (31. Nc5 $5)) (30... f6 $2 {if Black is ambitious,
White can even get more!} 31. Nc5 bxc5 32. dxc5 d4 33. c6 Rd5 34. b6 d3 35.
bxa7 d2 36. Rc7+ $1 Ke8 (36... Kd8 37. a8=Q+ Kxc7 38. Qb7+ Kd8 39. c7+ $18) 37.
a8=Q+ Rd8 38. Qxd8+ Kxd8 39. Rd7+ $18) 31. Rc7+ Rd7 32. Rc8 $11) 27... axb6 28.
Rc6 Qb7 29. Qa3+ Kd7 {The position has now stabilised, and in the next moves
it is Veselin who will execute his plan and control the game.} 30. g3 Ke8 31.
Qc1 Qe7 (31... Qd7 $5 {preventing rook to c7, but Veselin was probably
concerned about} 32. Qg5 g6 $17 {but White only has ghost threats.}) 32. Rc7
Qd8 33. Qc6+ Kf8 34. Rd7 Qc8 $1 {Trading active pieces and simplifying when up
in material--simple chess!} ({A kingside attack doesn't work as it allows
White enough counterplay after} 34... Qg5 35. Qc7 Ra8 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Qxb6 $1
Kxf7 38. Qb7+ $132) 35. Na5 $2 {Hastens the end. It is either a result of
frustration with losing control of his initiative earlier, or discouragement
for not seeing anything good coming from this position.} ({While it is true
that White is much worse due to lack of compensation, I think he should
nevertheless still have tried to resist and make Black do some technical work
after} 35. Rc7 Qe8 $1 36. Kg2 (36. Rd7 Rc8 37. Qb7 Rc3 38. Rc7 Rxc7 39. Qxc7
Qxb5 $19) 36... Qxc6 37. bxc6 (37. Rxc6 g5 $19) 37... Ne7 38. Kh3 $17 {Black
still needs to make a few more important decisions to convert the advantage,
but Veselin will most probably be up to the task!}) 35... bxa5 36. Rc7 Qd8 37.
b6 Ne7 38. Qc5 a4 $19 {Black is simply a piece up for nothing and has a clear
plan of trading his a-pawn for White's b-pawn.} 39. b7 a3 40. Qd6 a2 41. Rc1
Qxd6 42. exd6 Rxb7 {The rook ending is dead lost, so White resigned. A valiant
effort from both players! I am looking forward to more enterprising battles in
round 9 especially from "Top"alov who has now made his way back to the Top!}
0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
$5 (8. cxd4 Nge7 9. a3 {see Short-Adianto, Jakarta 1996 CBM 51} (9. Nc3 {
see Hellers-Epishin, Malmo 1994 CBM 42}) (9. b3 {see Nunn-Stohl, Pardubice
1993 CBM 47})) 8... Nge7 ({accepting the P is out of question:} 8... Nxe5 $2 9.
Bb5+) (8... Bxb1 $6 {is again a move against the principles, usually it is not
advisable to exchange a developed piece for an undeveloped one.} 9. Nxc6 (9.
Rxb1 Nge7 (9... Nxe5 $5 10. Bb5+ $44 Nd7) 10. f4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 g6 12. Qa4+ Nc6
13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Bb5 a6 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Qb3 Qc4 17. Qxb7 Qc8 18. Qxc8+ Rxc8
19. Rfc1 $18 {Leskovar-Escotet, Cipolletti 1993}) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 $1 {
another important intermediate move.} Qd7 11. Rxb1 $16) (8... Bg6 9. f4 $142 ({
On} 9. Nd2 $6 {Black can take into consideration to accept the P sac, because
the N on d2 is not very threatening.} Nxe5 (9... Nge7 {is simply met by} 10. f4
) 10. f4 (10. Bb5+ Nd7) 10... Nc6 (10... Nd3 $4 {There is no time for
advantures!} 11. f5 Nxc1 12. Bb5+ $18) 11. f5 Bxf5 $1 (11... Nxd4 {is weaker,
because the check on the /^ a4-e8 will be annoying for Black.} 12. cxd4 Bxf5
13. Rxf5 exf5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Qe1+ Kf6 16. Nf3 $44) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Rxf5 Nf6
$17 {and Black has time to finish his development.}) (9. Bb5 $5 {is worthy of
consideration.} Nge7 10. Bg5 $13)) 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bd3 Be7 ({Black can try to
build up a blockade position:} 10... g6 11. Qe2 (11. Re1 Bc5) 11... h5 12. Nd2
Bc5 13. Nf3 Nh4 14. Ne1 g5 15. Kh1 f5 {Black already wants to seize the |^ in
the [+].} 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. f4 g4 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O-O {1/2:1/2
Egorov-Galkin, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 11. Re1 d4 $5 (11... O-O 12. Nd2
$142 (12. Qg4 {can easily be parried by} Qd7) (12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qd3 Qd7 (13...
g6 14. Bh6) 14. Qg3 Qe6 {blockading the position.}) 12... d4 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nf3
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 $14 {blockading the d4 P.}) 12. a3 {/\ c4} (12. c4 Nb4 13. Be4 d3
$1 {otherwise a3 comes.} 14. Qa4+ (14. Bxb7 Rb8) (14. Na3 Qd7) 14... Kf8 15.
Rd1 Qd4) (12. Be4 $5 {comes into consideration, for example} dxc3 13. Nxc3 (13.
Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Nxc3 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 O-O $11 {Black's << pawns are weak, but the
white B is bad, too.}) (13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nxc3 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Nd3 $1 $132)
13... O-O (13... Qc7 $2 14. Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5) (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Bxf5) 14.
Bxf5 exf5 (14... Qxd1 15. Bxh7+) 15. Nd5) 12... dxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Qf3 (14.
Bxf5 exf5 15. Nd5 {is simply met by} Bc5) 14... Nh4 $1 {regrouping the N for
the attack of >< e5.} (14... Ncd4 15. Qh3 {/\ g4}) 15. Qe4 Ng6 16. f4 Qb6+ (
16... Qd4+ 17. Be3 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 $14 {leads to a slightly better _|_ for White
because of the ^^ and the space advantage.}) 17. Kf1 (17. Kh1 Rfd8) (17. Be3 {
is risky:} Qxb2 (17... Bc5) 18. Nb5 Qb3 $1 19. Rab1 Qd5) 17... Rfd8 {Black has
fully consolidated his position.} 18. g3 Na5 $5 {>< b3} (18... Nd4 19. Be3) 19.
Rb1 (19. b4 $142 $5 {is answered by the intermediate} Qc6 $1 (19... Rd4 $4 20.
bxa5 $18) (19... Qd4 $4 20. Qxd4 Rxd4 21. Bxg6 $18) (19... Nb3 20. Be3 $1 (20.
Rb1 Nxc1 $11)) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Be4 {looks also better for White, see text
before.}) 19... Rac8 (19... Nb3 $5 {was also playable} 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rbd1 $11
({On} 21. Na4 $6 {the best reply is} Qa5 $1 $13 {Other moves fail to equalize:}
(21... Bxe3 $2 22. Nxb6 Nd2+ 23. Ke2 Nxe4 24. Nxa8 $18) (21... Qc6 $2 22. Qxc6
bxc6 23. Bxg6 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nd2+ 25. Ke2 hxg6 26. Rc1 $18) (21... Qc7 22. Qc4
$1))) 20. Be3 ({Here} 20. b4 $2 {is useless} Rxc3 21. bxa5 Qc6 $1 (21... Qxa5
$2 22. Bd2 Qxa3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Red1) 22. Qxc6 bxc6) 20... Qb3 $1 (20... Bc5
$4 21. Na4) 21. Bxa7 Bxa3 $1 22. Re2 (22. bxa3 Qxc3 $11) 22... Bc5 (22... Bxb2
$2 23. Rbxb2 Qxc3 24. Rec2 Qa3 25. Ra2 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bc2 Qc4 25. Ra1
Nc6 26. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 {This N manoeuvre is fighting
against the freeing move ...c6-c5.} Nd7 6. Nf3 (6. Be3 {continues the struggle
for the key-square c5.} Nb6 {/\ Nc4} (6... a6 {/\ c5, and defending against
Bb5.} 7. f4 Rc8 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 {In a normal "French" structure the B
is passive on c8 and the blockade of >< d4 is favourable for white. Here the
situation is different.} 10. c3 Na4 {This N manoeuvre looks a bit
sophysticated.} 11. Qd2 Ne7 12. Be2 Nb6 13. Na5 {fighting against Nc4.} Qc7 14.
O-O Bg4 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qf2 Qd3 19. Rad1 Qg6 20. h3
{Black has problems with his development.} h5 21. f5 $14 {Short-Dreev, FIDE
World Cup Final Hyderabad 2002}) 7. Nf3 Nc4 8. Rb1 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 {One can
understand that there is something wrong with White's setup.} Ne7 10. Bd3 O-O
11. O-O Nxe3 12. fxe3 c5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. exd4 Be7 16. c3 Rb8 {
/\ b5, a5 with a minority -> against White's <<.} 17. a3 a5 {/\ b5} (17... b5
18. b4 {/\ Nb3-c5}) 18. Qb5 Qc7 19. a4 Qc6 $11 {Short-Macieja, Bled ol (Men)
2002}) 6... Ne7 (6... Bg6 7. Be2 (7. Be3 Nh6 {Black is not afraid of doubled
pawns.} 8. Qd2 (8. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 9. Be2 f6) 8... Nf5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7
11. Be2 (11. g3 $5 Bh5 12. Ng1 {looks odd, but interesting.}) 11... Nh4 12.
Nxh4 Qxh4 13. O-O O-O $11 {Peric-Piankov, Vila de Padron op 2000}) 7... Ne7 (
7... Nh6 8. O-O Be7 9. a4 {the advance on the << is not a dangerous plan for
black.} O-O 10. a5 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. c4 Rxa1 13. Nxa1 Nf5 $11 (13... dxc4
14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Bxc4 $14 {Markovic-Zelcic, Bled op 2000})) 8. O-O {-
Delchev-P.Schlosser, FRA-chT 2003 CBM 95}) (6... a6 7. Be2 (7. Be3 Ne7 8. Be2)
7... c5 8. dxc5 Ne7 {- Zvjaginsev-Sargission, Ciudad de Ubeda op 2000 CBM 75})
(6... f6 {is a logical plan blowing up White's [+].} 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. Be2 Bd6 9.
c4 Ne7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Qf7 12. h3 (12. Bh4 $5) 12... Ng6 13. Re1 Rae8 14.
Be3 Nf4 $15 {Palekha-Savon, Sudak 2002}) 7. Be2 Rc8 (7... Bg4 {- Fries
Nielsen-Rasmussen, DEN-ch Nyborg 2001 CBM 83}) (7... c5 $2 8. Nxc5 $16 {
- Zvjagintsev-Dautov, Julian Borowski 1999 CBM 71}) (7... Ng6 $5 8. O-O h5 {
Dautov}) (7... Bg6 {- 6...Bg6}) 8. O-O Bg4 9. c3 a6 (9... c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11.
dxc5 Nc6 12. b4 $5 {keeping the important c5 P for the e5 one.} Bxf3 13. Bxf3
Nxe5 14. Be2 $14) 10. Bd2 $5 (10. h3 Bxf3 (10... Bh5 11. Re1 $14) 11. Bxf3 c5
12. Nxc5 Nxc5 (12... Nxe5 13. Bh5 $1 $16) 13. dxc5 Ng6 14. b4 Nxe5 15. Be2 $14
{and White has the ^^ and good prospects on the <<.}) 10... Nf5 (10... Ng6 11.
h3 $14) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 13. Bg4 g6 (13... c4 14. Nc1 $14) 14. Bxf5 gxf5
15. Qh5 {White has some space advantage, and it is not eazy for Black to
connect his << and >>.} (15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qa4+ Rc6 18. Bh6 b5
19. Qf4 $14) 15... h6 (15... c4 16. Nc1 $14) 16. Be3 Nb6 ({If Black gains
space on the << by} 16... c4 {then} 17. Nc1 b5 18. Ne2 $14 {comes with good
attacking chances on the >>.}) 17. Nxc5 {Now it is high time to take on c5.}
Bxc5 18. dxc5 Nc4 19. Bd4 Qg5 20. Qe2 f4 21. f3 (21. Rad1 Rg8 (21... f3 22.
Qxf3 Nd2 (22... Nxb2 $2 23. Rb1 $18) 23. Rxd2 Qxd2 24. b4 Qxa2 25. Qf6 Rg8 26.
Qxh6 $11) 22. f3 $14 {looked also a little bit better.}) 21... Ne3 22. Bxe3 ({
The cold-blooded} 22. Rfe1 $1 {gave more practical chances, for example:} Nf5 (
22... Nc4 23. Rad1 $14) (22... Rg8 23. g4 $1 {This is the point!} Nf5 24. Bf2
$14) 23. Rad1 $14) 22... Qxe5 $1 {now an equal R _|_ will arise by force.} (
22... fxe3 $2 23. f4 $18) 23. Rae1 Qxe3+ $11 24. Qxe3 fxe3 25. Rxe3 (25. b4 b6
$1 $132) 25... Rxc5 26. f4 Ke7 27. f5 Rcc8 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rf5 Kd6 30. Rf6
Rce8 31. g4 h5 $1 32. g5 h4 $1 33. Kg2 Rhg8 34. g6 Rgf8 35. Rexe6+ Rxe6 36.
Rxf8 Rxg6+ 37. Kf2 b5 38. Rh8 Rf6+ 39. Ke3 Rg6 40. Rxh4 Rg2 $1 {White has won
a P, but the _|_ remains drawish.} 41. Rh6+ Ke5 42. Rh5+ Kd6 43. Rh6+ Ke5 44.
Rh5+ Kd6 45. b4 Rxa2 46. h4 a5 47. bxa5 Rxa5 48. Rh8 Ra3 49. Kd4 Ra4+ 50. Kd3
Kc5 51. h5 Rh4 52. h6 Rh3+ 53. Kc2 Kb6 54. h7 Kb7 55. Kd2 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 $5 {At this level this daring move is not very
common.} 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 {Preparing to gain queenside space with b2-b4, Bb2
and finally c2-c4.} ({More popular alternatives are} 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bb5 {
Postny,E (2497)-Erenburg,S (2494) Tel Aviv 2002 CBM 093 [Postny,E] (1-0, 55)})
({and} 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O f6 8. Qe2 (8. exf6 {helped Black's
development in Erenburg,S (2475)-Yevseev,D (2546) Alushta 2002 CBM 092 [Lukacs]
(0-1, 16)}) 8... fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nf6 {Smirnov,P (2539)-Kornev,A (2567) Krasnodar
2002 CBM 091 [Lukacs] (1-0, 66)}) 5... Bxc5 6. Nf3 ({Usually White plays} 6. b4
{but in most cases it transposes to the game.}) 6... Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O Nc6
9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 {Black has developed his minor pieces apparently comfortably,
but his main problem remains the lack of space. Undermining e5 is not simple
at all.} Nf4 ({The main alternative is playing on the queenside with} 10... O-O
11. Re1 a5 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Andreikin,D (2706) Nizhnij Novgorod 2013
CBM 157 [Friedel,J] (1-0, 36)}) 11. c4 Nxd3 {Abstractly speaking this looks
like a concession as it does not cause White wasting time.} ({But if} 11... O-O
{the critical move is} 12. c5 {gaining even more space. In some games White
moved with his queen which obviously yielded Black an extra tempo after the
exchange on d3 with respect to our main game.} Bc7 (12... Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bc7 {
allows} 14. b5 Ne7 15. a4 $16 {putting Black in a very passive position.}) 13.
Re1 ({With the knight on f4 still, the same plan does not work:} 13. b5 $2 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qg5 $17) ({But} 13. Bc2 $5 {may be an improvement.})
13... f6 14. exf6 {Ducarmon,Q (2487)-Mithil,A (2258) Pune 2014 (1-0, 53)} e5 $5
15. fxg7 Rf7 {with tremenduous initiative.}) 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Ne7 $146 {
Things will turn bad for Black very soon after this novelty. Hard to guess
what went wrong in Topalov's preparation.} (13... O-O 14. Nc3 Nd4 (14... Ne7 {
is more passive:} 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Qg4 {with strong pressure in Istratescu,A 
(2654)-Grachev,B (2688) Basel 2013 (1/2-1/2, 69)}) 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. Qe2 Qh4
17. Rad1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ {In Smirnov,I (2496)-Sharapov,E (2427) Evpatoria 2008 
(1-0, 23) Black should have played} Qxd8 {preparing to complete the queenside
development:} 19. Rd1 Bd7 {with chances to equalize.}) 14. Nc3 Bd7 (14... O-O {
would transpose to the less favourable game above.}) 15. Qg4 {[%cal Gc3e4,
Gg4g7] White has not done anything special and yet Black has some problems.}
Bc6 {This must have been the key move in Topalov's preparation, but then he
must have overlooked Karjakin's 17th move.} (15... O-O 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ne4 $16
) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Ng5 $1 {A typical pawn sacrifice. Due to the threat Nce4
Black needs accepting it but this will clear the long diagonal and the e-file.}
({Pawn grabbing would justify Black's idea:} 17. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 18. Qf6 Nf5 {
The king is under pressure and the queen isimmobile.}) 17... Qxe5 18. b5 {
Just that simple. The bishop does not have good squares.} h5 {A desperate
intermediate move failing to change the evaluation. of the position as joyless.
} (18... Bd5 19. Nxd5 Qxb2 20. Nxe6 $18) (18... Bd7 19. Rxd7 Kxd7 20. Nxf7 $18)
(18... h6 {may have been the lesser evil:} 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Na4
h5 22. Qc4 Qf5 (22... Qb5 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. Rd3 $16) 23. Rde1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e5]
with strong attack in both cases. Black's extra pawn is not relevant and he is
poorly coordinated while the King is vulnerable.}) ({Finally, the pawn is
absolutely taboo:} 18... Bxb5 $2 19. Nxb5 Qxb2 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Ngxf7 Rg8 22.
Ng5 $18) 19. Qh4 Bxb5 $2 {Even now the pawn is not edible.} ({Black could have
hang on for a while with} 19... Ng6 20. Qg3 Bd7 21. Nxf7 Qxg3 22. hxg3 O-O 23.
Nd6 $16 {His structure is awful and White's knights are very strong, but at
least he will not get mated.}) 20. Rfe1 {Winning an important tempo for
preparing the decisive blow on e6.} Qf5 21. Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Bxg7 Nf5 (22... Rg8
23. Ne4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4d6]}) 23. Nxe6 $1 {Not the only winning move but
the most elegant.} fxe6 (23... Nxh4 24. Nc7#) 24. Rxe6+ Kf7 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26.
Bxh8 {White has a decisive material advantage and as if this was not enough, a
continuing attack.} Bxf2+ 27. Kh1 {The bishop was entirely edible, of course,
but why to expose the king. Somewhere around this move Topalov missed the
right moment to resign.} Qa4 28. Red6 Rf8 29. Qg6+ Kxh8 30. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 8. dxc5
Nec6 9. h4 Qc7 10. Bg2 Qxe5+ 11. Kf1 d4 (11... Qd4 12. Be3 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 $14)
12. h5 {Very daring continuation, it is quite possible that black could have
grabbed the advantage.} (12. Nb5 $5 Bxc5 13. h5 Bb4 14. a4 Bxc2 15. Bxc6+ bxc6
16. Qxc2 $14) 12... Bxc2 $6 (12... dxc3 $5 13. hxg6 (13. Be3 cxb2 14. Rb1 Be4
15. f3 Bxc2 $19) 13... cxb2 14. Bxb2 (14. Rb1 bxc1=Q 15. Qxc1 Bxc5 $19) 14...
Qxf4 (14... Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. Rxb7 $16) 15. Rxh7 Rg8 $17 (15... Rxh7 $2 16.
gxh7 Qh6 17. Qd3 Be7 18. Qb5 $16)) 13. Qxc2 dxc3 14. Nd3 Qd4 (14... cxb2 $5 15.
Bxb2 Qc7 16. h6 $13) 15. Be3 Qc4 (15... Qxg4 $5 16. Qxc3 (16. Qb3 Qf5 17. Rd1
c2 18. Qxc2 Nd7 19. Qa4 Rc8) 16... Nd7 17. b4 Be7 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20.
Rxc4 O-O-O 21. b5 $13) 16. Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 Na6 $2 {Tarrasch was right after
all, the knights are not belonging to the rear of the board. From a6 the poor
knight fails to control the vital e5 square.} (17... Nd7 18. Rb1 O-O-O 19. Ke2
$14) 18. Rb1 O-O-O (18... Rb8 19. Bf4 $18) (18... Nd8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Rxb7
O-O-O 21. Rxa7 Rxd3 22. Rxa6 Rxc3 23. Ke2 Kb7 24. Rb6+ Kc8 25. Rhb1 $18) 19.
Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne5 Rg8 (20... f6 21. Nf7 (21. Nxc6 Rd7 22. Kg2 $16) 21... Bxc5
22. Ke2 $16) 21. Nxf7 Rd7 22. Ne5 Rb7 23. Rxb7 (23. Ke2 Bxc5 24. Rxb7 Kxb7 25.
Rb1+ Kc7 26. Rd1 $18) 23... Kxb7 24. Nd3 {Apart from loss of a pawn the
defender is suffering from the poorly developed pieces and pawn weaknesses.
The win is a question of not too complicated technique.} e5 (24... Be7 25. Ke2
$18) 25. Ke2 (25. Nxe5 Bxc5 26. Ke2 Re8 27. Rb1+ Kc7 28. f4 $18) 25... Be7 (
25... e4 26. Rb1+ Kc8 27. Nb4 Nb8 28. Bf4 a5 29. Nd5 Na6 30. Nb6+ Kd8 31. Na4
$18) 26. Kf3 $1 Kc7 27. Ke4 Re8 28. Rh3 Kd7 (28... Bf8 29. Rf3 $18) 29. Nxe5+
Kc7 30. Rf3 Bf6 (30... Bxc5 31. Rf7+ $18) (30... Nxc5+ 31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rf7+
Re7 33. f4 $18) 31. Rf5 h6 32. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansyisk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qc7 $5 ({As the main
stream nowadays is considered to be} 6... c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5 Nxc5 9. Nd4
Ne7 10. Bb5+ Nd7 11. Bg5 Bg6 12. h4 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qg4 Qc7
16. O-O Qxe5 17. Rfe1 h5 $1 {Bartel Mat 2658 - Turov M 2645 , 4.1.2012 Hilton
Open 2012}) ({Also possible with similar ideas is the move} 6... a6 7. Be2 c5
8. dxc5 Bxc5 {usually Black gives his dark-squared bishop for the knight} 9.
Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 (10. O-O Ne7 11. Qd4 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 Be4 14. Qb4
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Bh5 Rfd8 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $11 {Severiukhina Z
2261 - Gunina V 2511 , 15.4.2012 13th TCh-RUS w 2012}) 10... Ne7 11. O-O Rc8
12. a4 Bg6 13. c3 O-O 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Bd4 Qc7 17. a5 $14 {
Kurnosov I 2648 - Gorkavij V 2378 , 28.1.2012 Moscow Open 2012 A}) 7. Be2 (7.
Bd3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. O-O
Ne7 14. Bg5 Nf5 15. c4 h6 16. cxd5 Nd4 $13 {Rublevsky Sergei (RUS) 2676 -
Morozevich Alexander (RUS) 2755 , Sochi 3.5.2007 Ch Russia (club)}) (7. Bf4 Ne7
8. Be2 h6 9. O-O g5 10. Bd2 a5 11. a4 Bg7 12. Ne1 c5 13. c3 O-O 14. f4 c4 15.
Nc1 gxf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 $15 {Fedorov Alexei (BLR) 2620 - Lastin Alexander (RUS)
2597 , Voronezh 18.6.2007 It (open)}) 7... c5 $1 {One of the most critical
ideas in the whole advance variation of the Caro-Kann, if Black can afford
without problems to play ...c5 then he is doing fine.} ({Actually the ...Qc7
idea before was linked more with} 7... f6 {but I don't think that Black is
doing fine after} 8. O-O fxe5 9. dxe5 O-O-O (9... Nxe5 10. Nfd4 {!} Bd6 11. g4
Bg6 12. f4 Nc4 13. Nxe6 $18 {Zinchenko Ya 2547 - Elizarov D 2356 , 14.6.2010
14th Master Open}) 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Nbd4 Ng6 12. Bg3 $14) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nxc5
Qxc5 $1 {This is the point: the pawn on e5 is hanging and for White it is not
so easy to set up Nd4 and pawn on f4.} 10. c3 ({On} 10. Nd4 {Black can even
try to take on e5} Nxe5 $5 (10... Ne7 {is the normal line} 11. Bb5 (11. f4 a6
12. c3 Be4 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 Nb6 16. Bf2 Nc4 17. b3 Na5 18. Rc1
Rfd8 19. Qd2 Rac8 {=}) 11... Qc7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Bg5 Bg6 14. h4 h5 15. O-O
Nc6 $11 {Sadykov Ramil (RUS) 2207 - Faizrakhmanov Ramil, Kazan 8.1.2010
Memorial N.Mukhamedzianov (juniors)}) 11. Be3 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qe7 14.
Bc3 f6 15. Qd2 Nc6) 10... Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bf4 Bg4 $1 {I don't have any
problems with this bishop - it's a nice strong developed piece, but the art of
exchange suggests to me that I should swap one of two white pieces from e2 or
f3 in order to leave the white dark-squared bishop against my knight.} 13. Re1
Ng6 14. Bg3 b5 {My plan is more or less clear: targeting the pawn on e5 with
both knights, meanwhile preparing a pawn minority attack on the queenside.} 15.
Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. h3 Bh5 $1 {A small but important nuance - after
exchanging on f3 White's main idea will be to push h4-h5, so it is better to
have the bishop on h2.} 18. Bh2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rc6 $15 {Black has two knights
for the bishops and paradoxically that assures him a small advantage thanks to
the half open character of the position.} 20. Bg3 Rfc8 21. a3 $1 {It's
important after the exchange on b4 to have the possibility to create the
passed pawn a4.} (21. h4 b4 22. cxb4 Ngxe5 $1 {using the fact that the rook
from e1 is busy with defending both the rook on c1 and the pawn on e5.}) 21...
a5 {Typical minority attack.} 22. h4 $1 {The only possibility to attack is to
use the h-pawn as a pusher.} Nc5 ({After} 22... b4 23. cxb4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxc1+
25. Qxc1 axb4 26. a4 $1 Ne7 $13 {it's very difficult to asses the position.})
23. Rcd1 Ne7 24. Qg5 R6c7 25. Bf4 b4 26. axb4 axb4 27. h5 {The critical moment
of the game, now I have to decide whether to let him play h6 or not.} bxc3 {
To be honest I underestimated the possibility of the white attack on the
h-file; if I had seen it at this moment I would have preferred my second
choice.} (27... h6 {which I was also considering during the game} 28. Qg4 bxc3
29. bxc3 (29. Bxh6 Nf5 $1 30. Bxg7 Kh7 $3) 29... Kf8 30. Be3 Qb3 31. Rb1 Qc2 {
with some initiative for Black.}) 28. h6 Ng6 29. bxc3 Na4 30. Be3 Qa5 31. hxg7
Nxc3 32. Ra1 Qb4 33. g3 $1 {Rublevsky is preparing Kg2 and Rh1.} Qb2 (33... Ne7
34. Kg2 Nf5 35. Qh5 Qb2 $11) 34. Kg2 Ne4 {It was better to bring the queen
into the defence:} (34... Qc2 35. Rac1 Qf5 36. Qxf5 exf5 37. Bd4 Ne4 $11) 35.
Bxe4 dxe4 36. Ra5 ({The best chance for White was} 36. Red1 {on which I was
going to react with} Re8 37. Rd8 Rc8 38. Bd4 Qe2 39. Rd7 Qf3+ $11) 36... Rd7 (
36... Ne7 37. g4 $18) 37. Qh5 $1 (37. Rh1 Qe2 $11) 37... f5 $3 {It's not so
difficult to see this move but when you are in time trouble anything can
happen.} (37... f6 38. Rc1 Rcd8 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Bg5 Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42.
Kxf3 Re8 43. Bh6 Ne7 44. g4 Ng6 45. Rac5 $16) 38. exf6 Qxf6 39. Bg5 Qc3 40. Rc1
Qf3+ 41. Qxf3 exf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rxc1 43. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann isn't part of Peter's consistent opening repertoire,
so this move might have come as a surprise for Michael.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.
h4 h5 5. Bd3 {This is one of most aggressive ways of handling the positions.
In most cases, White should be prepared to sacrifice a pawn.} Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. Bg5 Be7 (7... Qb6 $5 8. Nd2 c5 9. c4 {, as was checked out in many games,
leads to very sharp play.}) 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 {The usual approach
- White is intending to exchange the Nf5 in a favourable situation.} c5 {
The most challenging - since White's king is still in the centre, this
standard break is quite effective.} (10... g6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. c3
{Saric,I (2666)-Motylev,A (2687) Poikovsky 2014, was unpleasant for Black.})
11. dxc5 Qa5+ $146 {No doubt, this innovation was properly explored by GM
Svidler before the game.} (11... Na6 {is what Michael faced earlier:} 12. Qb5+
(12. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. a4 Qxb5 15. axb5 Nxc5 16. Ned4 {Rodi,L 
(2340)-Roiz,M (2605) Baku AZE 2016, led White to a slightly better ending.})
12... Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. b4 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb4 17. Ned4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 axb6 19. Rb1 Rxa2 20. Kd2 Na6 $11 {1/2 (31) Adams,M (2744)-Navara,D 
(2730) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Bxe7 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. g3 O-O 16. Nf4 g6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Ng5 Kg7 $11 {was safe for Black.})
13... Kxe7 {This original decision seems risky - there are still many pieces
on the board, so the Ke7 is not that safe.} ({More to the point was} 13... Qxe7
14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Qe2 O-O $11) 14. Ned4 {In his turn,
GM Adams fails to extend his initiative properly - the exchanges favour Black
in this situation.} ({A much more energetic try would be} 14. O-O $1 Nc6 15.
Qd2 g6 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Qf6 Kg8 18. Rfd1 $14 {, and Black is suffering from a
lack of harmony.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Nc6 $11) 15... Nc6 {Now Black's problems are solved.} 16. O-O {This move isn't
bad at all, but it is a committal decision - White is giving up a central pawn.
} ({Safer was} 16. Qe3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb4+ 18. Qd2 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. Qe3 Nd7
18. Rfe1 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction - White is wasting an
important tempo, letting Black consolidate.} ({The correct way was} 18. Rad1 $1
Kf8 19. c4 $1 {,maintaining the balance. The play might continue:} e5 (19...
Qxc4 $2 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Rc7 $40) 20. Nf5 d4 (20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 Nf6 22. cxd5
Rd8 $11) 21. Qg5 g6 22. b4 $1 Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qxc4 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Qe6 26.
Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rxb7 $44 {, and White has full compensation for the pawns.})
18... Kf8 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Rh6 20. Red1 Rg6 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. c4 Rg4 $17) 19...
Rh6 $1 {Peter finds a beautiful way of activating the rook.} 20. Rd3 $2 {
It is only after this mistake that White's position becomes really bad.} ({
Had he played} 20. c4 $1 dxc4 (20... Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qb4 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Nf3 $15)
21. Qg3 Nf6 22. Rxe6 Rg6 23. Qd6+ Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $15 {, the activity of his
pieces would offer White excellent drawing chances.}) 20... Kg8 21. Qd2 Rg6 {
Now Black is just a pawn up.} 22. Nf3 Rg4 23. Nh2 $2 ({It was necessary to
swap the knights:} 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. g3 $17 {, hoping to trap the
opponent's rook by means of 26.f4. In this case White would still have some
practical drawing chances.}) 23... Rxh4 24. Qg5 (24. Rg3 {was hardly any
better:} Qf8 25. Qg5 Re4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Qxh5 f5 $1 $19) 24... Re4 25. Ree3
Nf6 $19 {The rest is just an agony.} 26. b4 Qb6 27. Rg3 Re1+ 28. Nf1 Ng4 29.
Rde3 Ra1 30. Re2 Qa6 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Qb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 81st"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2019.01.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {One of his favorite openings, so no surprise there.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5
c5 {This, however, is new from him, he has only played 3...Bf5 before.} 4. dxc5
e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. a3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bxg6
(11. Bb2 Nf4 {transposes to my own game with Black against Vitiugov. I
remembered being quite comfortable in that game.}) (11. Re1 f6 {simpler to play
} (11... Ncxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd4 {Now White has several tries:} 14.
Rh5 (14. Nf3 Bxa1 {and now Bxh7+ doesnt work:} 15. c3 $1 (15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.
Ng5+ Kg6 $1 17. Qg4 f5) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. Qd3+ {
The reason for c2-c3.} Kf6 19. Qxc3 Ke7 {and Black escapes, but this is all
inhuman.}) (14. Re3 Bxa1 15. Nb3 Bc3 (15... Bf6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18.
Rh3 Bh4 19. Rxh4 f6 20. Qh7+ Kf7 21. Rg4 Rg8 22. Bh6 $18 {wins.}) 16. Bxh7+
Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rxc3 e5 19. Rg3 Qf6 20. Bh6 g6 21. Bxf8 $11 {is about
equal.}) 14... g6 15. Rb1 gxh5 16. Bxh7+ (16. Qxh5 f5 17. Nf3 {and by clamping
down on e5, White should have enough compensation,} Bf6 18. Bf4 Rf7 19. Ne5 {
for instance} Rg7 {but White isn't better.}) 16... Kxh7 17. Qxh5+ Kg8 18. Nf3
$1 Bxf2+ {The best move, with the obvious stamp of the computer.} (18... Bf6 $2
19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 f6 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Rb3 e5 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Bh6 {wins,
due to Rg3+.}) 19. Kxf2 e5 {Now Black can go either ...Qf6 or ...Qb6+-g6 and
so defend,.} 20. Bb2 (20. Qxe5 Qb6+ 21. Be3 Qe6) 20... Qc7 (20... Qb6+ 21. Kf1
Qg6 22. Qxe5 f6 23. Qxd5+ Rf7 24. Re1 Bg4 {also works.}) 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qh5+
Kg8 {is a draw.}) (11... Nf4 12. Nb3 {The point of Re1, White's bishop is well
placed on c1.}) 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Bb2 Nxe5 (13... fxe5 14. b5 e4 15. bxc6 exf3
16. Nxf3 bxc6 17. Be5 $1 c5 18. Bg3 {and Ne5 is good compensation.}) 14. Bxe5
fxe5 15. Rxe5 Qf6 16. Qe1) 11... fxg6 (11... hxg6 12. c4 (12. Nb3 a5) (12. Rb1
{A good suggestion by the engine.} g5 13. b5 Na5 14. Rb4 $1 {is a clever way
to exploit g5.}) (12. Bb2 g5 13. h3 f5) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bd4 14. Nxg6 fxg6
15. Ra2) 12. Nb3 Bd7 {I was relieved to see this.} (12... a5 {Here this
bothered me a bit.} 13. b5 a4 $1 {The point.} 14. bxc6 axb3 15. c7 $1 {The
best way to return the pawn.} (15. cxb7 Bxb7 16. cxb3 d4) 15... Qxc7 16. cxb3
Bd7 17. Re1 $11 {White should be able to blockade on d4, but isn't really
better.}) 13. Re1 a5 $6 (13... Rf5 $1 14. c3 (14. b5 Na5 15. a4 (15. Nxa5 Bxa5
16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Bxa5 (17. a4 Rc4) 17... Qxa5 18. a4 Rf4) 15... Nc4) 14... g5
15. Nbd4 Bxd4 16. Nxd4) 14. b5 Ne7 (14... a4 {doesn't work now...} 15. bxc6
axb3 16. cxd7) 15. a4 {Here I started to like my position, since my pawns on
b5 and a4 restrict the Bd7 and I will be able to occupy d4.} Rc8 16. Be3 Bxe3
17. Rxe3 {My optimism notwithstanding, Black is extremely solid here.} Nf5 ({
Both} 17... g5 18. h3 b6 (18... h6) 19. Rd3 h6 {- it's hard for White to make
progress.}) ({and} 17... Rf4 18. Qd2 (18. Nfd4 {White isn't in time with this.}
Nf5 $1 19. Rd3 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Re4) 18... Rb4 $1 {are fine for Black.} (18... b6
19. Nfd4)) 18. Rd3 g5 $2 {A natural move, but an error.} (18... Rf7 19. Nfd2 $5
Qc7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Rc3 Qxe5 22. Rxc4) (18... Nh4 $1 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Qd2 b6)
19. h3 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gd2g5,Gd2a5] Threatening a fork with Qd2.} b6 (19... Qc7
20. c4 Qxc4 21. Nxa5 {is a good swap of pawns for White.}) 20. c4 $1 {The
point.} Rxc4 21. Rxd5 Rf7 22. Rd3 g4 23. Nfd2 {Now its over.} Rb4 24. hxg4 Ne7
25. Nf3 (25. Nc4 Ng6 26. Nbd2 {is even stronger.}) 25... Nd5 26. Nbd4 {Shak
blunders immediately, but the position is won anyway.} Rf4 $2 27. Nc2 $1 Rbe4 (
27... Rxa4 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5+ Kf8 31. e6 $18) 28. Rxd5 exd5
29. Qxd5+ {Followed by Rd1 collecting the Bd7.} 1-0

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 {C'était un duel théorique dans cette
variante d'avance puisque la table 2 a également suivi cette ligne} (4. Nd2 {
Bartel,M (2599)-Antoniewski,R (2608) POL-chT Katowice 2010 (4) 1-0}) 4... e6 5.
Be2 c5 (5... Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. O-O Ba5 8. a3 (8. c3) 8... Bc7 9. c4 f6 (9...
Bg6 10. b4 Nh6 {Oleksienko,M (2541)-Eliet,N (2440) Breizh Masters 5th 2007 (5)
0-1} (10... h6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nb3 Ne7 13. Be3)) 10. Nh4 Ne7 11. f4 O-O 12.
b4 a5 $132) 6. O-O (6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 (7... Qxb2 8. Nb5 $13) 8. O-O Qxb2 9.
Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 (12. Ndb5 Ba5 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1
{Caruana,F (2801)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2768) Sinquefield Cup 2nd 2014 (2) 1-0})
12... Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. h4 h5 {Motylev,A (2705)-Belov,V (2619)
RUS-chT 17th 2010 (8) 1/2} (15... h6 16. Bb5+ (16. c4) 16... Kf8 17. Nxf5 exf5
18. c4 $32 {[%csl Rf8]})) 6... Nc6 7. c3 Bg6 8. Be3 (8. a3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7
10. b4 Nc8 11. Nbd2 Nb6 12. Bb2 Be7 13. Ne1 f6 14. h4 fxe5 15. h5 Be4 16. dxe5
O-O 17. Qb3 Nc4 18. Nxc4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Kh8 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Bxe6 Rad8 22. h6 Nd4
23. hxg7+ Kxg7 24. Qe3 Nxe6 25. Qxe4 Rf4 26. Qe2 Rdf8 27. Rd7 R4f7 28. Rd6 {
1-0 (28) Bologan,V (2687)-Eljanov,P (2704) Sochi 2012}) 8... Qb6 9. b4 $5 {
Quelques jours plus tard, les Blancs vont tenter d'améliorer la position avec
le coup plus solide "b3"} (9. b3 Nh6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. b4 Bf8 13.
b5 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Bg7 15. c4 O-O 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qb2 dxc4 19. Bxc4
Nd5 20. Rac1 Qb4 21. Qa1 Rc5 22. a3 Qa4 23. Bf1 Bf8 24. Nd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qxa3
26. Nc4 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 Bb4 28. Nb3 Bc3 29. Ra3 Nc7 30. Nd6 b6 31. f4 Nd5 32. g3
Bb4 33. Ra1 Bc2 34. Nc1 Bc5+ 35. Kh1 Ne3 36. Bd3 Bxd6 37. exd6 Rd8 38. Rxa7
Bxd3 {Arakhamia Grant,K (2451)-Eljanov,P (2761) Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 0-1}) 9...
cxb4 10. c4 Nge7 11. c5 $44 Qa5 12. Nh4 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} Nf5 13. Nxf5 Bxf5
14. Nd2 {Un coup naturel mais qui laisse un peu de répit aux Noirs} (14. g4 $1
{Un ordre de coups qui parait plus précis} Bg6 (14... Be4 15. f3) 15. f4 {
[%cal Gf4f5]} Be4 16. Nd2 $36 {[%csl Re4]}) 14... Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. f4 f5 17.
g5 h6 $1 {[%csl Rg1]} 18. h4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Rh3 $36 (19... Rh7 {[%cal Ge8c8,
Ga8h8]}) 20. Rf3 Rh7 21. Rg3 Kd7 (21... O-O-O {[%cal Gd8h8]}) 22. Bf3 Rah8 {
Les pièces Noires sont maintenant mieux coordonnées et les compensations
Blanches sont insuffisantes.} 23. Bg2 Bh5 24. Qf1 Rc8 25. Nb3 Qa4 26. Qd3 Kd8
27. Bxd5 $1 exd5 28. Qxf5 g6 29. Qe6 $13 {[%csl Ra4] Malheureusement pour les
Blancs, la Qe6 manque de soutien dans l'attaque} Kc7 30. Qxd5 Be2 $1 31. Qg2
Bc4 32. Rc1 Bxb3 33. axb3 Qxb3 34. d5 {[%cal Gd5d6,Gg3b3]} Rch8 35. dxc6 Rh1+
36. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 37. Kxh1 Qd5+ $1 {La Q Noire s'est enfin centraliser et la
position Blanche va s'écrouler en quelques coups} 38. Kh2 Kxc6 39. Rf1 b3 $19
40. f5 Qxe5 41. fxg6 b2 42. Rb1 a5 43. Bf2 a4 44. g7 Qxg7 45. Kg1 a3 46. Rxa3
Qg6 47. Rxb2 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 {This move
used to be a source of worry for Black for the last several years. However, it
seems that lately Black managed to find decent counter ideas} ({Another
aggressive move} 7. c4 {proved to be not so frightening for Black is view of}
Qxb2 8. Nbd2 Ne7 $1 {Protecting the Pd5.}) 7... Qxb2 ({The alternatives} 7...
Nc6) ({and} 7... c4 {appeared in practice as well, but the move in the text is,
obviously, the main test for the whole line.}) 8. Qb1 $1 {This discovery of
Bologan came as a real shock for Caro-Kann fans some years ago. After the pawn
sacrifice it seems illogical to offer the exchange of queens. In fact, White
can use the b-file and get an initiative also after the queen swap.} (8. Nb5 c4
$1 (8... Na6 $6 9. dxc5 Bxc2 10. Qd4 Qxd4 11. Nfxd4 Ba4 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6
$16) 9. Rb1 Qxc2 10. Qxc2 Bxc2 11. Rb2 Ba4 12. Nc7+ Kd7 13. Nxa8 Kc8 {At the
moment Black is a full rook down, but the knight will be captured and Black's
massive pawns on the queenside guarantee him good play.} 14. Bd1 Bc6 15. a4 Ba3
16. Rb1 Nd7 17. a5 Be7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 Kb8 20. Nb6 axb6 21. axb6 Bd8 22. Ba5
Ne7 23. Bc2 Nc8 24. O-O Bxb6 $17 {0-1 Qin Kanying (2375)-Karpov,A (2735)/
Beijing 1998/EXT 1999 (48)}) 8... Qxb1+ 9. Rxb1 c4 {Black has to close the
centre at the cost of the Pb7.} (9... b6 $2 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rb7 $1 d4 12.
Bxd4 $3 {An excellent piece sacrifice!} cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 14. Bb5 O-O-O 15.
Rxa7 Nb8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Na4 $1 Rd4 18. O-O {White has a furious initiative.}
Ne7 19. c3 Rd2 20. Nb6+ Kd8 21. Nc4 Rd5 22. Nd6 $18 {1-0 Baklan,V (2647)
-Rasmussen,K (2486)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM 124 (36)}) 10. Rxb7 Nc6 11. Kd2 (11. Nb5
Rb8 $6 (11... Nd8 $1 12. Rxa7 Rxa7 13. Nxa7 Bxc2 14. Kd2 Bg6 15. Kc3 Ne7 16.
Nh4 Ndc6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 {is an improvement for Black.}) 12. Rxb8+
Nxb8 13. Kd2 a6 14. Na7 $1 Kd7 15. Rb1 Kc7 16. Ng5 Nh6 $2 (16... Bg6 17. Bg4 $1
$16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gg4e6]}) 17. g4 $1 Bg6 18. Kd1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3d2,Gd2a5]
1-0 Bologan,V (2673)-Palo,D (2510)/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 098 (33)}) 11... Bb4
12. Rb1 Ba5 {The pin along the diagonal a5-e1 is very annoying for White, so
he must play very aggressively and concretely before Black completes his
development.} 13. g4 $2 {Such measures are called for, but it falls short.} (
13. Nh4 Nge7 14. g4 Bg6 15. f4 (15. Bg5 $2 Nc8 $17 {threatening Nc8-b6-a4,
also trapping the white rook.}) 15... h5 16. Nxg6 (16. g5 {looks
anti-positional at first sight, but maybe White can keep the balance this way.
At any price White must prevent the black knight coming to f5.}) 16... fxg6 17.
h3 O-O-O $15) (13. Ng1 $5 {Yes, in fact this move makes sense, even though it
contradicts White's previous play.} Nge7 14. Bf3 Bg6 15. Nge2 Nf5 {with
approximate equality. Here at least White will be able to move his king away
from the pin and develop his play normally.}) 13... Bxg4 14. Rxf7 (14. Ng5 $2
Bxe2 15. Nxf7 Bh5 16. Nxh8 Nge7 $19 {The Nh8 is doomed, so Black is winning.})
14... Bxf3 $1 (14... Kxf7 $2 {would fall into White's neat idea.} 15. Ng5+ Ke7
16. Bxg4 Nd8 17. Rb5 $16 {White has too much for the sacrificed exchange.}) 15.
Rxf3 Nge7 $17 {White doesn't have any initiative anymore. Meanwhile, the pin
along the diagonal a5-e1 and the d4 weakness are permanent and currently
dominant factors in the position.} 16. Rg1 Rg8 {Playing it safe.} (16... Nf5 {
I suppose that Pavel was concerned about the exchange sacrifice} 17. Rxf5 exf5
18. Rxg7 {but it seems insufficient. After} O-O-O {I don't see any reasonable
continuation for White.}) 17. Rh3 $6 {The threat to Ph7 is imaginary. White's
only practical chance would have been to make some waiting move, and then to
sacrifice an exchange when Black's knight will appear on f5.} (17. Rb1 Nf5 18.
Rxf5 exf5 19. Rb5 O-O-O $17) 17... Nf5 18. Bg4 (18. Rxh7 Ncxd4 19. Bh5+ Kd7 20.
Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rhxg7+ Rxg7 22. Rxg7+ Kc6 $19) (18. Rg4 {is not a solution.
White protects the pawn, but after the simple} h6 {there is very little White
can do against the manoeuvre Ra8-b8-b2.}) 18... Ncxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Kc1
Bxc3 21. Rxc3 Ke7 {White's position is lost as all his pawns are weak. Black's
central pawn chain is very strong.} 22. f4 g6 23. Rh3 Rg7 24. Kd2 Rf7 25. Rb1
Rd8 (25... h5 26. Bd1 Rxf4 27. Rg3 {would give White unnecessary chances.}) 26.
c3 Nc6 27. Ke3 h5 28. Be2 Kf8 $1 {Setting free the e7-square for the knight.}
29. Rg3 Ne7 30. Rgg1 d4+ $1 {The decisive breakthrough.} 31. cxd4 Nd5+ 32. Kd2
Nxf4 (32... c3+ 33. Kc2 Rxf4 $19 {would have been more precise.}) 33. Bxc4
Rxd4+ 34. Kc3 Rd8 35. Kb4 Kg7 36. Rgd1 Rc8 37. Bb3 Rb7+ 38. Ka5 Rc5+ 39. Ka6
Rf7 40. Rd6 Rxe5 41. Rbd1 Re2 {With two extra pawns Eljanov is cruising to a
win.} 42. Rd7 Rxh2 43. Kxa7 Rb2 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Kb6 g5 46. Kc5 h4 47. Kb4
Nd5+ 48. Kc5 h3 49. Bxd5 exd5 50. Kxd5 Re2 {An important game for theory.} 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f4 c5 8. Ng3 $5
{[%mdl 8]} (8. h4 $6 h5 $1 {- Topalov-Bereev, Candidats semifinal Dortmund
2002 CBM 90}) (8. dxc5 Nec6 9. Be3 (9. f5 $6 exf5 10. Qxd5 {gives finally
Black the lead of development!} Na6 $5 (10... fxg4 11. Qxd8+ (11. Bf4 Bxc2 12.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. Bg2 Nd7 $15 {and White has no real compensation for
the P.}) 11... Kxd8 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Bg2 {Here White's lead of
development looks more dangerous than before.} Na6 15. Rd5 f6 $1 (15... Nd7 16.
Rhd1 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Ndxc5 18. Nb5 $14) 16. Rhd1 Be7 $13) 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $13 {
and Black's pieces are more active.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Na6 10. Nd4 Nxc5 11. Bb5
Qd7 12. Rf1 {/\ f5 to put an end to the career of the B.} h5 13. f5 Bh7 14. h3
a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qf3 $14 {B.Thipsay-J.Goldberg, GBR-chTorquay 2002}) 10.
Ng3 Ndxe5 $1 {This is the typical counterblow in the [+] followed by d4.} (
10... d4 11. Bxd4 Bxc2 12. Qxc2 Nxd4 13. Qa4 Bxc5 14. O-O-O $14 {with nasty
pins on the d <->.}) (10... Bxc5 $6 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. f5 $16) 11. Nb5 $1 (11.
fxe5 d4) 11... a6 (11... d4 12. Bd2 $1 Bxc5 (12... a6 13. Nd6+ $16) 13. fxe5
Nxe5 14. Qe2 f6 15. Ne4 $14 {Black has no real compensation for the sacrificed
N.}) 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. cxd6 Nc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. O-O $14 {/\ f5 and the d o^
is strong.}) 8... cxd4 (8... h6 9. f5 Bh7 $1 (9... exf5 {opens up the position
for White after the zwischenzug} 10. Nb5 Nec6 11. gxf5 $16) 10. dxc5 (10. Nb5
Nec6 11. c3 (11. fxe6 fxe6 12. c3 a6 $15) 11... a6 $15 {and the N manoeuvre
has failed.}) 10... Nec6 11. g5 hxg5 {Black has to react on this advance.} (
11... Qc7 {allows further advance by} 12. g6 $1 (12. Nb5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+
14. Bxe2 Na6 15. fxe6 fxe6 $13) 12... fxg6 (12... Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 fxg6 14. fxe6 {
- 12...fg}) 13. fxe6 {temporarily entombing the h7 P and ruining Black's [+].}
Bxc5 $5 (13... Qxe5+ 14. Qe2 Bxc5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxd5 Nf3+ (16... O-O 17.
Ne4 $18) 17. Kd1 O-O (17... Bd6 18. Bg2 $1 Nxh2 (18... Nh4 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20.
Bxb7 $18) 19. Bf4 $18 {and Black's pieces on the h <-> look really pathetic.})
18. e7 $18) 14. Qxd5 Qxe5+ (14... Nb4 15. Bb5+ N8c6 16. Qxc5 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 $16
(17. Kf2 O-O-O)) (14... Nd4 15. Bd3 $18) 15. Nge4 $16 {with well-centralized
pieces.}) 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qg4 $14) 9. Nb5 Nec6 10. f5 Bc5 $5 (
10... a6 11. Nd6+ $5 Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 {is met by the cold-blooded} 13. Bg2 $1
{because the B cannot run away.} (13. fxg6 hxg6 14. Be2 (14. Bg2 $2 Rxh2 $1)
14... Nd7 15. O-O e5 $44)) 11. Nd6+ (11. fxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 a6 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14.
exd6 e5 {and Black's mighty P [+] advances.} 15. Qe2 Qxd6 16. O-O-O Nd7 17. Bg2
O-O-O $13) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Bg2 $1 (13. fxg6 $6 {is again
premature in view of the aforementioned} hxg6 14. Bg2 $2 Rxh2 $1) 13... f6 $5 (
13... Qe5+ $6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. fxg6 hxg6 16. O-O $14 {and although Black has
three pawns for the piece, White's ^^ has the future.}) (13... Nd7 14. fxg6
hxg6 15. O-O f6 {- 13...f6}) 14. fxg6 hxg6 15. O-O Nd7 16. Rf2 (16. Qe2 O-O-O
$13) 16... O-O-O $13 {Black's P formation in the [+] has an enormous potential.
} 17. c3 dxc3 18. bxc3 Nb6 (18... Nde5 $5 {deserves attention as well.} 19. Be3
(19. Bf4 g5) 19... Nc4 $13) 19. Nf1 {The position is extremely complicated
with chances for both sides.} Rd7 $6 {This looks a bit slow.} (19... Nc4 20. h3
Qc5 $13) (19... g5 20. h3 Kb8 21. Rb1) 20. h3 f5 21. Rb1 Rf8 (21... Nc4 22. Ne3
$14) 22. Qb3 Rff7 {Black holds the position, but this strategy allows White to
improve his position step by step.} 23. Qc2 Rc7 24. Qd3 Na4 25. Bf4 {provoking
a weakening move, after which the weakness of the long /^ begins to tell.} e5
26. Bh2 (26. Be3 f4) 26... f4 (26... Rcd7 27. Ne3 $14) 27. Qxd5 Qxd5 28. Bxd5
Rfe7 $2 {Now White can fully consolidate his position.} (28... Nxc3 29. Bxf7
Nxb1 30. Bxg6 Nc3 {gave more practical chances, although after} 31. Kg2 $14 {
White's chances are still preferable.}) 29. c4 (29. Rc2 Na5 (29... Nd4 $2 30.
cxd4 Rxc2 31. Bb3 $18) 30. Rbc1 (30. c4 Nc6 $1) 30... Nc5 $16) 29... Nd4 30.
Nd2 (30. Re1 Nc5 31. Rd2 $16 {deserved attention and the N comes only later.})
30... Nc3 31. Re1 b5 $2 (31... Nc2 {was the best chance, for example:} 32. Rc1
Nxd5 33. Rxc2 (33. cxd5 Ne3) 33... Ne3 34. Rc1 Red7 $14) 32. Ne4 $16 Nxe4 (
32... Nxd5 33. cxd5 Red7 34. d6 Rc4 35. Ng5 $1 Rc5 36. Kf1 $18) 33. Rxe4 {
and White has gained a permanent control over the light squares.} g5 (33... Rc5
34. Bxf4 bxc4 35. Bg5) 34. cxb5 Nxb5 35. Re1 (35. Rb4 Nc3 36. Be4 {controls
the vital >< e4.} Rc5 (36... a5 37. Bf5+) 37. Rfb2 $16) 35... Nc3 36. Bb3 (36.
Be4 {is now met by} Rc4 {and White cannot hold >< e4.}) 36... a5 (36... e4 37.
h4 $1 {>< f4}) 37. Kf1 $1 {/\ Bg1 bringing finally the ^^ into action.} (37.
Bc2 e4 38. h4 e3 39. Bf5+ Kd8 40. Rb2 $16) 37... a4 38. Bc2 Kb7 39. Bf5 (39.
Be4+ $16) 39... a3 40. Rc2 Rc6 (40... Rc4 41. Bg1 e4 42. Rec1 Rec7 43. Bf2 $18)
41. Bg1 $1 $18 Rc4 42. Bf2 e4 43. Rec1 Rec7 44. Be1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2003.01.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2003.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
(8... Nc6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Ne2 Qb6 (10... cxd4 {Grischuk-Ehlvest, FIDE k.o.
2000 CBM 77}) 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Bd3 (12. Nxg6 {- Morozevich-Bareev, Bosna Super
GM Sarajevo 2000 CBM 77}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxg6 Nxg6 14. Bxg6+ Kd7 15. gxh5 Bb4+
$17 {Zhang Pengxiang-Khalifman, CHN-RUS Summit Men 2001 CBM 85}) 9. Nxh5 (9. g5
{- Arizmendi Martinez-Piankov, Ciudad de Ubeda op 2000 CBM 75}) (9. Bb5+ Nc6
10. Nxh5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nge7 {- 9.Nh5 Nc6 10.Bb5}) 9... cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. dxc5
(10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nge7 12. Bh6 {is answered by the cold-blooded} (12. Bg5
{White has a big lead of development, but the [+] is closed and Black can free
himself from the pins.} a6 (12... Bxc2 13. Rc1 Qd7 $1 {looks even more
suspicious, but according to Kallai Black has nothing to fear!}) 13. Bxc6+ (13.
Bxe7 axb5 14. Bxd8 Nxd4 15. O-O-O Nxc2 16. Bf6 Rc8 17. Bxg7 Bxg7 18. Nxg7+ Kf8
19. Nh5 Nb4 20. Rh3 Nc6 $15 {and Black will gain back the material, Llobel
Cortell-Gustafsson, Open Andorra la Vella 2002.}) 13... Nxc6 14. Qa4 (14. Qd2
Qc7 $15) (14. Qf4 Qc7 15. O-O Bg6 16. Rfe1 Bxh5 17. gxh5 Rxh5 $17 {
successfully blockading the light squares, Holmsten-Hansen, Rilton Cup
Stockholm 1998.}) 14... b5 15. Qf4 Qc7 16. O-O (16. O-O-O $2 b4) 16... Bg6 17.
Ng3 Qxe5 18. Qd2 Bc5 $15 {and Black grabs the |^ all over the board,
Orso-Kallai, HUN-ch k.o. Budapest}) 12... Rg8 $1 13. O-O-O a6 {and White
cannot hold his active position.} 14. Bxc6+ Nxc6 15. Qf4 (15. Qe3 Qa5) 15...
Qa5 16. Qa4 $1 (16. Rhe1 Nb4 $1 17. a3 Rc8 $1 {and suddenly Black's
counterattack crashes through.} 18. axb4 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qxb2 $19 {Chapman-Rogers,
Australien Open 1999}) (16. Kb1 Nb4 17. Rc1 Rc8 $1 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Rxc3 $1
$19 {A.David-Kallai, France 1999}) 16... Qxa4 17. Nxa4 gxh6 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19.
Nxh7 Nxe5 $5 (19... Rxg4 20. Nb6 Rd8 21. Nf6 Rf4 22. Ng8+ Ke8 23. Nf6+ $11) 20.
g5 Ng4 {/\ Rh8 Kallai}) 10... Bxc5 11. Bb5 (11. Bg2 {- Grischuk-Bareev, FIDE
GP Moscow rapid 2002 CBM 90}) (11. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 (12. cxd3 {McShane})
12... g6 $1 $15 {Nataf-N.P.Nielsen , North Sea Cup Esbjerg 2001 CBM 85}) 11...
Qc7 12. Bxc6+ (12. Bf4 $2 {- Kobalija-Macieja, EUCup Halkidiki 2002 CBM 92})
12... Qxc6 {- Topalov-Gelfand, Candidats Tournament Dortmund 2002 CBM 90}) 10.
Nb5 Nc6 (10... Be4 $5 11. Rh3 Nc6 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 $5 {- Antal-Flumbort, Budapest
2002 CBM 89}) 11. Nxd4 Nge7 (11... Nxd4 $6 {- Shirov-Yermolinsky, Wijk aan Zee
1999 CBM 89}) 12. Rh3 {This is the last cry in the fashion.} (12. c3 a6 {
- Shomoev-Galkin, RUS-ch Krasnodar 2002 CBM 91} (12... Nxe5 {-
Grischuk-Seirawan, FIDE GP Moscow rapid 2002 CBM 90})) (12. Bb5 $6 a6 $1 13.
Ba4 (13. Nxc6 Nxc6) 13... b5 14. Bb3 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nc6 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. O-O Na5
18. Qe2 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qxc2 $17 {Svetushkin-Piankov, Ciudad de Ubeda op 2000})
12... a6 (12... Nxe5 $5) 13. Bg5 Qb6 $1 {Black's defence is on the top!} (13...
Nxe5 {is strongly met by} 14. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 15. Bxf6 N5g6 (15... Qa5+ 16. c3)
16. h5 Rg8 17. hxg6 Bxg6 18. c3 $14) (13... Qa5+ 14. c3 Nxe5 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16.
Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Ngxe6+ $1 fxe6 18. f4 $44 {with good attacking chances for White.
}) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 {other captures are clearly worse:} (14... bxc6 $2 15. Rb3 Qc7
16. f4 $16) (14... Qxc6 $2 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Nh5 $16) 15. Bd3 $2
{Now Black gets the upper hand.} (15. Rb3 {was the last chance fishing in
troubled waters.} Qd4 $1 {is the precise answer.} (15... Qc5 16. c3 $1 Nxe5 (
16... Na5 17. Rxb7 $1 Qc6 18. Rb4) 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Bxf6 $16 {with the same
motif again.}) 16. f4 Qe4+ 17. Kf2 Bg6 (17... Bc5+ 18. Kg3 Kf8 19. Bg2 Qc4 20.
Rc3 $13) 18. Rxb7 $13) 15... Bxd3 (15... Qxb2 $17 {was simple and good.}) 16.
Rxd3 Qb4+ (16... Qxb2 $17) 17. c3 Qe4+ (17... Qxb2) 18. Re3 Qg2 (18... Qh1+ 19.
Kd2 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 $16 {keeping the extra P.}) 19. Rc1 Qg1+ (19... d4 $5) 20.
Kd2 Qxf2+ {Now Black gets back the P with a better position.} 21. Re2 (21. Qe2
Qxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rh7 $15 {and White's P structure is a bit weakened in the _|_.})
21... Qc5 22. Qa4 Rc8 (22... b5 $17 {was also possible.}) 23. Rf1 Rc7 (23... d4
) 24. Kc1 d4 (24... b5 25. Qxa6 Nd4 $1 $17) 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Red2 (26. Kb1 dxc3
27. Rxd7 Kxd7 28. Rc2 Qxe5 29. Rxc3) 26... Qxe5 27. cxd4 Qe4 $19 {and White's
pieces lack any of harmony. It is interesting that Black still hasn't
developed his >>!} 28. Rc2 f6 29. Bd2 (29. Bxf6 Rxh5 $1 $19) 29... b5 30. Qxa6
Nxd4 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Ng3 Qxg4 33. Rg1 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Qxe2 35. Rd1 Bb4 $1 {
This is not a bad developing move, it's better later than never.} 36. Qc6 Bxd2+
37. Kc2 Ba5+ 38. Kb3 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 9th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "L'Ami,E"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Bg6 8. Nh4
c5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. c3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. Be3 {I had checked this position
superficially before the game and figured I would have an improved French
Defence. Without the bishop on c8 and having such a compact pawn structure
things couldn't be better for Black! On closer inspection I became less happy
with the line I chose, Black's king has no save haven; short castling always
runs into the plan g3-h4-Kg2-Rh1-h5 with an attack, while long castling is not
desirable because Black wants to push his pawns on that wing. Furthermore
White has the simple plan of pushing g3-h4 which usually results in an
annoying initiative on the kingside. I would recommend players defending the
Black side of the Caro-Kann to check 5...c5 which seems to be the correct way.
Back to the game, I decided not to decide the positioning of my king just yet
but first grabbed some space on the queenside.} a6 13. g3 b5 (13... g5 $5 {
was tried previously but this solution of meeting h4 seems a bit to radical to
me.}) 14. h4 Nb6 15. b3 (15. dxc5 Na4 {would not be an improvement over the
game for White. I am however not sure if the text move is the strongest; of
course it takes away the square c4 from the knight but it also creates a point
of attack for Black.}) 15... c4 16. Kg2 ({The position is very interesting
from a strategic point of view. First of all, many engines will tell you,
White is better after} 16. a4 $6 {but it is exactly the opposite:} Na5 17. axb5
axb5 18. b4 Nb3 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 {with a nice initiative for Black.}) ({The same
goes for} 16. b4 $6 a5 17. a3 Ra7 18. Kg2 Qa8 {with nice play for Black.
White's best is therefore to stick to his initial plans of grabbing the
initiative on the other wing. The move 16.Kg2 serves that plan very well,
making way for the rook to go to h1.}) 16... a5 {Now White has to reckon with
ideas involving pushing a4, forcing b4, than continuing a3-Na4 followed by a
sacrifice on c3 or b4. The two pawns could prove more valuable then a piece.
Another idea is to push ...b4, opening the position on the queenside.} 17. Nd2
Rc8 ({Now} 17... b4 {doesn't work} 18. bxc4 dxc4 (18... bxc3 19. c5 cxd2 20.
cxb6 {White is much better}) 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Nxc4 $1 Qd5+ $140 21. Bf3 Qxc4
22. Rc1 {winning material.}) ({and the sacrificial ideas after} 17... a4 18. b4
a3 {are parried by} 19. Qc1 $1 {for example} Nxb4 (19... Na4 20. Qxa3 {and
Black can't profit from the stange position of White's queen.}) 20. cxb4 Bxb4
21. Rb1 {Black's compensation is not enough. With the textmove I am trying to
make the b4-push possible.}) 18. Rc1 {Prophylactic measures against ...b4.} a4
$5 19. bxc4 ({Since} 19. b4 a3 $1 {followed b4 Na4 gives White no chances of
preventing the strong sacrifices on c3 or b4.}) 19... bxc4 $6 ({A strategic
error, which gets me into real trouble. I had visions of playing a3-Na4 and
Rb8-b2 but this is way too optimistic. Instead I should go for} 19... dxc4 20.
Rh1 (20. Ne4 b4 {gives good counterplay.}) 20... Nd5 21. Ne4 {but, I must
admit, White is better here as well.}) 20. Qc2 a3 {Creating an outpost on b2.}
21. Rb1 Ra8 {Facilitating a route for the knight to reach b2.} 22. Bg4 $1 {
Around here I started to realise things really weren't going that great. White
prepares Nf3-Bg5 and makes sure that I will have to watch out for Bxe6 all the
time.} Na4 23. Nf3 Qd7 ({I didn't like the look of} 23... Qa5 24. Bxe6 $1 Qxc3
(24... fxe6 25. Qxg6+) 25. Bxd5 Qxc2 26. Bxc6+ Kd8 27. Bxa8 {with d4-d5-d6 to
come.}) 24. Rh1 {White is conducting the game very well, now h5 is on the
cards while my queenside play is -let's put it mildly- disappointing.} Kd8 $5 {
The start of a heroic journey by his majesty.} 25. h5 gxh5 26. Bxh5 Rf8 (26...
g6 {fails to} 27. Bxg6 Rxh1 28. Rxh1 fxg6 29. Rh8+) 27. Bg4 Kc7 28. Rh7 Rg8 29.
Bh5 {Forcing me to further weaken my queenside.} g6 30. Bg4 Qe8 31. Rbh1 $6 ({
This looks a bit slow, I think} 31. Bg5 Rh8 32. Rxh8 Qxh8 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34. Ng5
{deserves serious attention.}) 31... Kb6 {I like this move, taking advantage
of the fact that White's rook just left the b-file. On the 7th rank my king is
more vulnerable to Bxe6-ideas while on a5 (yes, that's where he is going!) he
is supporting counterplay by Rb8-b2. It is suprisingly difficult for White to
break through here, and we were of course running out of time as well.} 32. Ng5
{A difficult decision. As I mentioned before White was perhaps better off
exchanging bishops on g5, keeping the knight to pressure f7.} Bxg5 33. Bxg5 Ka5
34. Rb1 Rh8 {It is important to exchange this strong rook.} 35. Rxh8 Qxh8 36.
Rb7 (36. Bc1 Qf8 37. Rb7 Ra7 38. Qb1 (38. Rxa7+ Nxa7 39. Bd1 Nb6 {is OK for
Black as well, the knights are a good match for the bishops.}) 38... Nb2 $1 {
holds, because of} 39. Rxa7+ Nxa7 40. Bxb2 Qb8 $1) 36... Qf8 {Preparing Ra7
when my position is saved.} 37. Qc1 $5 Ka6 $1 ({White's last move is not easy
to meet with little time on the clock. His idea is} 37... Rb8 38. Bh6 $1 Qe8
39. Rxb8 Qxb8 40. Qxa3 {with a win.}) 38. Rc7 Kb6 39. Rd7 Qe8 40. Rd6 {This is
the position I spent my last minutes on, White's rook looks strong but is also
close to being trapped.} Nb2 (40... Kc7 $5 41. Qxa3 Nb6 42. Qc5 Na4 43. Qa3 Nb6
{would have been a draw.}) 41. Bd1 $2 ({Accompanied by a draw offer. It is
very difficult when you have been pressing the whole game and finding yourself
having to switch to defence. Black is threatening Kc7-Na5-Nb7, winning the
rook. White has to act directly in order to stop it.} 41. Qf4 $1 {now} Kc7 42.
Qf6 {is dangerous for Black because Bxe6 is coming. Black should chose 41...
Na4 forcing the queen's retreat 42.Qc1 when 42...Nb2 draws.}) 41... Kc7 42. Bc2
Na5 $1 43. Bf4 Nb7 44. g4 Nxd6 45. exd6+ Kc6 46. Bg3 Qd8 47. Qh6 Na4 48. Qe3
Nb6 49. Bd1 Nc8 50. Bf3 Nxd6 {And the rest is easy.} 51. Qc1 g5 52. Qb1 Qa5 53.
Bxd6 Kxd6 54. Qb7 Qa7 55. Qb4+ Kd7 56. Bd1 Qa5 57. Qb7+ Ke8 58. Qc6+ Ke7 59.
Qb7+ Kf8 60. Bc2 Kg7 61. Bb1 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nge7 9. b3 {><c4,/^c1-a3-f8,/^c1-b2-><d4 :Ne7-b6-c4} (9. a3 {Short,N-Karpov,An/
Linares cs1/1992/  -> CBM 29}) 9... Be4 (9... Nb4 10. Nc3 Nc2 11. Rb1 Nc6 12.
Bb2 Na3 13. Rc1 {/\פa3}) (9... Ng6 {/\f6 ->[+]}) 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12.
g4 $5 (12. a3 $2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qb6 $17) 12... Nh4 (12... Bxd2 13.
Qxd2 Nh4 14. Ne1 (14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. f3 Bg6 16. Ba3 {/^a3-f8 : 0-0} h5 $132)
14... h5 $1 15. f3 Bg6 16. h3 hxg4 17. hxg4 $14) 13. Nxe4 {/\קe4} dxe4 14.
Nxh4 Qxh4 15. Qc2 h5 16. Qxe4 hxg4 17. Qg2 O-O-O (17... f5 $6 18. exf6 gxf6 19.
d5 $1 exd5 20. Bxg4 Rg8 21. h3 f5 22. Qxd5 {->}) 18. Bxg4 Kb8 (18... Nxd4 $2
19. Rac1+ Nc6 (19... Kb8 20. Rc4 $18) (19... Kd7 20. Bxd4 $18) 20. Rxc6+ bxc6
21. Qxc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Kc8 (22... Ka8 23. Bf3+ Rd5 24. Bxd5+ exd5 25. Qxd5+ Kb8
26. Qg2 Rh6 27. Kh1 Rg6 28. Qf3 f6 29. Rd1 $40) 23. Qc4+ Kb8 (23... Kd7 24.
Rd1+ Ke8 25. Qb5+ $18) 24. Qxb4+ $18) 19. Rfd1 f5 (19... Rh6 20. h3 Rg6 21. Qe4
Rh8 (21... Qxh3 22. Qxg6 $18) 22. Kf1) (19... Rd7 20. Rac1 Rhd8 21. Qe4 Ba5 $13
) 20. Bf3 (20. exf6 gxf6 21. Qg3+ Rd6 (21... Qxg3+ 22. hxg3) 22. Rac1 (22. Bxe6
Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rxe6 24. d5 Re2 25. Bxf6 Rf8 $19) 22... Qxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rhd8 24.
Rc4 {+/-/+/= _|_}) 20... Ne7 (20... Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Qxg7
Qxa1+ 24. Kg2 {/\Qxb7#, Qxh8 +-}) 21. d5 (21. Bxb7 $142 Rh6 (21... Ng6 $5) 22.
Rd3 $16) (21. Rd3 {/\Bb7,Rg3} Rd7 22. Bc1 {/\Bg5 +/-}) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 (22.
Rd4 Nf4 23. Rxb4 Nh3+ $1 (23... Nxg2 $2 24. Rxb7+ Ka8 25. Rb4+ Rd5 26. Bxd5+
exd5 27. Rxh4 Nxh4 28. Rd1 $16 {_|_}) 24. Qxh3 $8 Qxh3 25. Rxb7+ Ka8 $8 26. Bc6
(26. Bg2 Qxh2+ 27. Kf1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Kxb7 $19) 26... Qxh2+ (26... Rc8 $4 27.
Rc7+ $10) 27. Kf1 Qh1+ $1 28. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 29. Kg2 Rxa1 30. Rxg7 Rxa2 $19) 22...
Rxd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rd1 Qe4 (24... Rd8 $2 25. Rd4 Qe7 26. Rxd5 $18) 25. Qxe4
dxe4 26. Rd7 Kc8 27. Rxg7 Rd8 28. e6 $2 (28. a3 Bc5 29. b4 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rd2+
31. Ke3 Rxb2 $13) 28... e3 $1 29. fxe3 (29. Kf1 Rd1+ 30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Kxe3 Rxb2
{/\Bc5 -+}) (29. e7 Rd1+ (29... e2 $2 30. exd8=Q+ Kxd8 31. Bf6+ Ke8 32. Re7+ $1
Bxe7 33. Bc3 {/\Kg2-f3+/-}) 30. Kg2 Kd7 31. Rg3 f4 $1 (31... e2 $2 32. e8=Q+ (
32. Re3 $2 e1=N+ $18) 32... Kxe8 33. Re3+ {+/-/+-}) 32. Rg5 Bxe7 $19) 29...
Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rd2+ 31. Kf3 Rxb2 32. h4 Rxa2 33. h5 Rh2 34. Rh7 Rh4 35. h6 a5 36.
Ke2 (36. e7 Kd7 37. e8=Q+ Kxe8 38. Rxb7 Rxh6 39. Kf4 Rf6 40. e4 fxe4+ 41. Kxe4
Rd6 $19 {Pa+Bb4}) 36... b6 37. Kd3 Kd8 {/\Ke8,Bf8,קh6} 38. Rh8+ (38. Rd7+ Ke8
39. h7 Be7 $19) 38... Ke7 39. h7 Kf6 {/\Be7,Ke6 -+} 40. e7 Bxe7 41. Rb8 Rxh7
42. Rxb6+ Kg5 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. Rb6+ Bf6 45. Ra6 Re7 46. Rxa5 Bg5 0-1

[Event "Candidates FIDE f1"]
[Site "Sanghi Nagar"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
$5 (8. O-O {Gelfand,B-Karpov,An/Sanghi Nagar FIDE sf (01)/1995/}) 8... Nbc6 (
8... dxc4 9. Qa4+ Qd7 $5 10. Qxc4 Nbc6) 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5+ (10... Qd5 $6
11. Nxc4 $1 Qxg2 12. Nd6+ Kd7 13. Bf3 $16) (10... Qd7 11. Nxc4) 11. Qxa5 Nxa5
12. Nab5 Nd5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 a6 (14... Bb4 $5 15. Nd6+ (15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16.
Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8 Nc2+ 18. Kd2 Nxa1 $15) 15... Kf8 16. Bf3 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Ne7
18. Kc3 $36) 15. Nd4 Bb4 (15... Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc4 $16) 16. Nxf5 O-O $6
(16... Bxd2+ $5 17. Kxd2 O-O 18. Nd6 Rad8 19. Bf3 Nf4 $132) 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18.
O-O b5 (18... Nd3 19. Bxd3 (19. f4 Nxb2 20. Rab1 Na4 $15) 19... cxd3 $1 20. Nd6
(20. Rad1 Nc4 21. Rfe1 Nxb2 22. Rd2 Nc4 23. Rxd3 Rfd8 $10) 20... Nc6 21. f4 $16
) (18... Rfd8 19. Rad1) 19. f4 Rfd8 (19... Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. b3 $16 {xd3})
20. Rad1 Kf8 (20... Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 cxd3 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. b3 $16) 21.
Nd6 Rab8 (21... c3 22. bxc3 Nxa2 23. Ra1 Nxc3 24. Bf3 $18) 22. a3 Nbc6 (22...
Nc2 23. Kf2 $1 (23. Rd2 $2 Ne3 24. Re1 Nb3 $17) 23... Nc6 24. Bf3 N2d4 25. Be4
g6 26. g4 Rb6 27. Ke3 $16) 23. Bf3 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Rc7 (24... Rbd8 25. Bg4 Re7 26.
Nc8 $16) 25. f5 Rd8 26. Bg4 h5 $6 (26... Rcd7 27. f6 Rc7 28. fxg7+ (28. Nf5 $16
) 28... Kxg7 29. Nf5+ $16) (26... Nb3 27. e6 fxe6 28. fxe6 Ncd4 29. Nf5 $16)
27. Bxh5 Rcd7 (27... f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Re6 $18) 28. Bxf7 $1 Rxd6 (28... Rxf7
29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. e6+ Ke8 32. Rd1 $18) (28... Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Rxd6
30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Bg6 $18) 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 (29... Kxf7 30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. e6+) 30.
exd6 Kxf7 31. d7 Nb7 32. Re8 Nbd8 (32... a5 33. Kf2 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. Ke1 $1
(35. Ke3 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Kd3 Nc5+ 38. Kxc3 Nxd7 $14) 35... c3 36. bxc3
bxc3 37. Kd1 Nbd8 38. Kc2 $18) 33. Kf2 a5 34. Ke3 Kf6 35. g4 (35. Kf4 b4 36.
axb4 axb4) 35... Kg5 36. h3 b4 37. axb4 axb4 38. Kd2 Kf6 (38... Kh4 39. Rg8
Kxh3 40. Rxg7 $18) 39. h4 g6 (39... Kf7 40. g5 g6 41. fxg6+ (41. f6 Ne6 $16)
41... Kxg6 42. Rf8 Kh5 43. Rg8 Kxh4 44. g6 Kg5 45. g7 Ne6 46. Rc8 $18) 40. fxg6
Kxg6 41. h5+ Kh6 (41... Kg5 42. Rh8 Kf6 43. Rg8 $18) 42. Kc1 Kg5 43. Rh8 Kf6 (
43... Kxg4 44. h6 Kg5 45. h7 Kg6 46. Rxd8 $18) 44. Rg8 Kf7 45. Re8 (45. Re8 Kf6
46. h6 Kg6 47. g5 Kh7 48. Kd2 Kg6 49. Rg8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Be4 $5 $146
(7... c5) (7... Qb6) (7... Bg6) 8. Nd2 Nf5 9. Nhf3 c5 10. c3 Be7 $6 (10... cxd4
) (10... Qb6 $5) 11. g4 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. f4 $14 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Be7 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Qe2 {(/\19.f5+/-)} f6 19. Kg2 $6 (19. Kh1
$1 Rf7 $1 (19... fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rc1 $16 Qd8 $140 23. g5
$1 Bxg5 $2 24. Qh5 Bh6 (24... h6 25. Qg6 Qb6 (25... Rf7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rc8
Qxc8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Bxg5+ hxg5 30. Qxc8 $18) (25... Bxe3 26. Qh7+ Kf7 27.
Bg6+) 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. Qh5+ Ke7 29. Qxg5+ $18) 25. Rg1 Kh8 26.
Bxh6 gxh6 27. Bxh7 $18) (19... Rac8 $6 20. f5 $1 fxe5 21. fxe6 Qxe6 22. Bf5 $16
) 20. Rg1 $5 $14 {/\21.Rg3->}) 19... fxe5 20. fxe5 Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Rf8 22. Rc1
Qd8 23. Qc2 $5 (23. g5 $5 Bxg5 24. Qh5 Bh6 $1 (24... h6 25. Qg6 $18) 25. Bxh6
gxh6 26. Qxh6 Rf7 $1 (26... Qe7 $2 27. Rc7 $16) 27. Kh1 (27. Qxe6 $4 Qg5+ $19)
27... Nf8 28. Rg1+ Kh8 $10) 23... Bg5 $1 (23... h6 24. Qc7 Bg5 25. Qxd8 Bxd8
$14) 24. Bxh7+ Kh8 25. Re1 Bxe3 (25... Bf4 $2 26. Bf2 Qg5 27. h3 $16) 26. Rxe3
Rf4 $2 (26... Qg5 27. Rg3 Qf4 28. Bd3 Kg8 (28... Qxd4 $2 29. Rh3+ Kg8 30. Bh7+
Kf7 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Qg5+ $18) 29. Bh7+ (29. Qc3 $6 Nb8 $1 $15) 29... Kh8 30.
Bd3 Kg8 $10) 27. Rg3 $16 Rxd4 $2 (27... Qh4 28. Bd3 Kg8 (28... Nf8 29. h3 $16)
29. Qc7 Nf8 30. h3 $16 Rxd4 $140 $2 31. Rf3 $18) (27... g5 28. Qg6 Rxd4 29.
Qxe6 $1 (29. Qh5 Kg7 $1 $13) (29. Bg8 Rd2+ 30. Kh1 (30. Kf1 Rxh2 $13) 30...
Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd2+ $10) 29... Rd2+ 30. Kf1 $1 (30. Kh3 Kxh7 31. Rf3 Qh8 $3 32.
Qf7+ Qg7 33. e6 Ne5 34. Qh5+ Kg8 $10) 30... Rxh2 31. Bf5 $16) 28. Qf2 $1 $18
Rb4 $6 (28... Kxh7 $142 29. Qxd4 $18) 29. Bg6 Qh4 (29... Qe7 30. Rh3+ Kg8 31.
Bf7+ Qxf7 32. Rh8+ Kxh8 33. Qxf7 Rxb2+ (33... Rxg4+ 34. Kh3 $18) 34. Kg3 $18)
30. Qf7 Rxb2+ 31. Kf1 Nf6 32. Qf8+ $6 (32. exf6 Qxf6+ 33. Rf3 $18) 32... Ng8
33. Rc3 {(/\34.Qxg8+ Kxg8 35.Rc8+)} Rb1+ 34. Bxb1 Qxg4 35. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Linares 10th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. Bg5 f6 {
N} (7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Ne7 9. Rc1 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 $13 {Dobosz-Jelling Esbjerg
1988}) 8. exf6 gxf6 9. Be3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Be2 Bg6 12. Nh3 Bd6 13. Nf4
Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne7 $10 {><e6,><f6,><h5,עe8 - ><d4,><d5} 15. Qd2 Nbd5 16. Rd1
Nf5 17. Bd3 Kf7 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. a3 Rad8 20. Bg3 Qf8 21. O-O Nfe7 22. Bc4 Bf5
23. Rfe1 Qh6 24. Qa5 a6 25. Nc3 Qh7 26. Rd2 Rhg8 27. Kh2 Rd7 28. Na4 Qh6 29.
Rdd1 Rgd8 30. Bb3 Bg4 31. f3 Bf5 32. Re2 Rg8 33. Qe1 {/\Nc5} (33. Nc5 $2 b6)
33... b6 34. Nc3 Nf4 $6 {><e6} 35. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 36. g3 Qd6 37. Ne4 Qc7 38. Bc4 a5
39. Rc1 $2 (39. Nxf6 {Blatny,P} Kxf6 40. Rxe6+ Bxe6 41. Qxe6+ Kg7 42. Qf7+ Kh6
43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ $10) 39... Rxd4 $1 40. Nxf6 $4 Kxf6 $4 (40... Rxh4+ 41.
Kg2 (41. Kg1 {Blatny,P} Rxg3+ 42. Kf2 Rg2+ $1 43. Ke3 (43. Kf1 Rh1+ 44. Kxg2
Qh2#) (43. Kxg2 Qh2+ 44. Kf1 Bh3+ 45. Rg2 Qxg2#) 43... Qf4#) 41... Bh3+ 42. Kh1
(42. Kh2 Bf1+ $19 (42... Bf1+ 43. Kg1 Rxg3+ $19)) (42. Kg1 Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxf3+
44. Kg1 (44. Kxf3 Qf4#) 44... Rg3+ $19) (42. Kf2 Qxg3+ 43. Ke3 Qf4+ $19) 42...
Rxg3 $19) 41. Rxe6+ Bxe6 42. Qxe6+ Kg7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 (43... Kh8 {Blatny,P} 44.
Qf6+ Kh7 (44... Rg7 45. Qh6+ Rh7 46. Qf8+ Ng8 47. Qxg8#) 45. Bxg8+ Nxg8 46.
Qxd4 $18) 44. Qf6+ $18 Ng6 45. Qxd4 Re8 46. Bd3 Re6 47. Be4 c5 48. Qd2+ Kg7 49.
Rd1 Qe5 50. Kh3 a4 51. Qd8 Ne7 52. Rd2 Rf6 53. Qe8 Rf8 54. Qxa4 Nf5 55. f4 {
Hansen,C} 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Shirov} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 cxd4
8. cxd4 Nge7 9. a3 Nc8 $5 (9... Be4 10. Nbd2 Nf5 11. b4 a5 (11... Qb6 12. Bb2
Rd8 $13) 12. g4 $1 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Nh4 14. Nxh4 Qxh4 15. b5 Nb8 (15... Ne7 16.
Bf4 h5 (16... Ng6 17. Bg3 {/\f4-f5->K}) 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. f4 $40) 16. f4 Be7 {
Shirov-Magem Badals/Madrid/1994/} 17. Kg2 {/\Rf3-h3, ףh4}) (9... Be4 {Shirov})
10. Nbd2 (10. Be3 Nb6 11. Nbd2 Be7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. Rfc1 Qd7 14. Qb5 Bd8 15. Rc5
a6 16. Qb3 Qc8 17. h3 Nd7 18. Rc3 Qb8 $10 {Nevednichy,V-Grigore,G/Bucharest/
1994/}) (10. Bg5 $142 {Shirov} Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nc3 $10) 10... Be7 11. b3
(11. b4 $142 Nb6 (11... a5 {Shirov} 12. b5 Nb8 $1 {/\ Nd7}) 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1
$132) 11... a5 12. Bb2 N8a7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nf1 Rc8 (14... b5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16.
Rc1 Qb6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rfc8 $15) (14... Qb6 $5 15. Ng3 (15. Rc1 Nb5 $5
16. a4 Nba7 $15) 15... Bg6 16. h4 h6 17. Bd3 $6 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 a4 $1 19. b4 Qb5
$15 {><c4,Bb2}) 15. Ng3 (15. Ne3 {Shirov} Bg6 {/\ Qb6=/+}) 15... Bg6 16. Qd2
Qb6 17. Bd1 Rc7 18. h4 h6 19. Re2 Rfc8 20. Qf4 Nb8 $15 21. Re3 Nb5 (21... Rc6 {
/\Qd8-f8,Nb5 ->Pa3}) 22. Ne2 Nd7 23. Nh2 (23. Ne1 {Shirov}) 23... Rc6 24. Ng4
Qd8 25. Rh3 Qf8 {קa3} (25... Bxh4 $4 26. Rxh4 Qxh4 27. Nf6+ $18) 26. a4 Na3 (
26... Nc7 $15 {Shirov}) 27. Bxa3 $6 (27. h5 $142 Bc2 28. Rc3 Bxd1 29. Rxd1 Bg5
30. Qf3 Nc2 $15) 27... Bxa3 28. Rg3 h5 29. Ne3 Bb2 30. Ra2 Bc1 {/\׫P} 31. Qg5
Qb4 32. Nf4 (32. Kh2 $8 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Nf8 {=/+/-/+ ץd1,Ra2; <->c} (33... Nf8
$1 {Shirov} 34. Rb2 (34. Nf4 $2 Nh7 $19) 34... Qe1 35. Rb1 Qd2 $17) (33... Qe1
$2 34. Nf4 $13)) 32... Bxe3 33. fxe3 Rc1 $1 (33... Qe1+ $2 34. Kh2 Qxd1 35.
Nxg6 Rc1 (35... fxg6 $4 36. Qxg6 Kf8 37. Rf2+ Ke7 38. Qf7+ Kd8 39. Rxg7 $18)
36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Rf3 Qg1+ 38. Kg3 R8c2 39. Rxc2 Rxc2 40. Ng6+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kh7
42. Nf4 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qd1 $8 44. Nh3 $1 f6 45. exf6 Nxf6 46. Ng5+ Kg6 47. Rxf6+
$1 gxf6 48. Qg8+ Kf5 49. Qxe6+ Kg6 50. Qf7+ Kf5 51. Qd7+ Kg6 52. Qh7#) 34. Nxg6
Rxd1+ $19 35. Kh2 fxg6 36. Qxg6 Qe7 37. Rf2 $2 Qxh4+ 38. Rh3 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 Qb6 5. g4 {5.Na4} Bd7 (5... Bc8 6. Bg2 e6 7.
Nge2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O $16 Bd7 10. Nf4 Qc7 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nh5 Kf8 13. Bf4
$16 {Sveshnikov-Panchenko/Moscow/1983/1-0/ /}) 6. Na4 (6. Bg2 $5 e6 7. Nge2 c5
8. O-O $14) 6... Qc7 (6... Qa5+ 7. c3 e6 8. b4 $16 {Kasparov}) 7. Be3 (7. Nc5
e6 8. Nxd7 {Nd3!?} Nxd7 9. f4 c5 10. c3 Ne7 11. Nf3 h5 {Velimirovic-Kasparov/
Moscow/1982/0-1/ /} 12. gxh5 $1 Rxh5 13. dxc5 $1 {/\ Nf3-d4}) 7... e6 (7... h5
$1) 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. f4 Na6 $1 10. Nf3 h5 $5 11. h3 Ng6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Qe2 Nh4
14. Nxh4 Bxh4+ 15. Bf2 Bxf2+ 16. Qxf2 hxg4 17. hxg4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O c5 $1 19.
Kb1 Kb8 20. a3 $14 {20.Ne2} Qb6 $1 21. dxc5 Nxc5 22. Qd4 (22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23.
Bxd5 $2 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rh1+ 25. Ka2 Be6) 22... Bc6 23. Bf3 $6 (23. f5 $1 Nd7 $1
24. Qf4 Qc7 $6 {24...Rxh1} 25. Rhe1) 23... Nd7 24. Ne2 Qxd4 25. Nxd4 g5 $1 26.
fxg5 Nxe5 27. Rhe1 Ng6 28. c4 Rhg8 $1 29. Re3 Ne7 30. Nxc6+ (30. Re5 dxc4 31.
Bxc6 bxc6 $1) 30... bxc6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rc1 $1 Rd7 $1 33. Be2 Rxg5 34. Ba6
Rd6 35. Be2 Rc6 36. Rf1 Rg7 37. Ref3 f5 38. gxf5 Nxf5 39. Bd3 Nd6 40. Re3 Re7
41. Rfe1 Ne8 42. Re5 Nc7 43. Bf5 Kc8 44. Bg4 Kd7 45. Rg5 Kd6 46. Rg8 Rc4 47.
Re3 Rf7 48. Bh3 Rcf4 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Rc8 Kd7 51. Rxc7+ Kxc7 52. Bxe6 Re7 53.
Rc3+ Kd6 54. Bh3 Re1+ 55. Ka2 Rh1 56. Bc8 Rh7 57. Ba6 d4 58. Rg3 Re7 59. Rg8
Ke5 60. Rg3 Rf2 61. Kb3 Kf4 62. Rg8 Ke3 63. Kc4 Rf3 64. Rd8 Rf6 65. Bb5 Rb6 66.
a4 a6 67. Kc5 Rf6 68. Bc4 Rc7+ 69. Kb4 Rb6+ 70. Ka5 Rxc4 $1 71. Kxb6 Rxa4 72.
b3 Ra1 73. Kc5 d3 74. Re8+ Kd2 75. Kd4 Rh1 {2.58-2.52} 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "NED/INA"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 $5 8. Nf4
Nc6 9. Nxg6 fxg6 10. Ne2 (10. gxh5 cxd4 11. Nb5 Rxh5) (10. dxc5 Bxc5) (10. Be3
$2 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nh6 12. gxh5 $2 Nf5) (10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Nge7 12. Qd3 hxg4
13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qxg6+ Kd7 15. Bf4 Qe8 16. Qxg4 Qh5 $1) (10. Qd3 $2 cxd4 11.
Nb5 (11. Qxg6+ Kd7 12. Nb5 Nxe5) 11... hxg4 $1 12. Qxg6+ Kd7 13. Qxg4 Qb6 $1
$132 {Timman,J-Seirawan,Y/Hilversum (m-4)/1990/}) 10... Nge7 $5 (10... hxg4 $5
11. Nf4 Nxd4 12. Qxg4 g5 $5 13. Ng6 Nh6 $5 14. Qh5 Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Nxh8+
Kd7) (10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne7 $13) 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. Bh3 (12. Nxe6
Qd7 $13) 12... Nxe5 13. Qe2 (13. Nxe6 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qb6 $1) 13... N7c6 14. Nxe6
Qa5+ 15. Kf1 hxg4 16. Bxg4 Bd6 17. Kg2 (17. Nxg7+ Kf7 18. Ne6 Qb6 $13) 17...
Qa6 18. Qd1 Nxg4 (18... d3 $5 $13) 19. Qxg4 Ne5 20. Qxd4 Qc4 $1 21. Qxc4 dxc4
22. Be3 Kd7 23. Ng5 Be7 (23... Rae8 24. Rad1 Kc6 25. Bxa7 Ra8 26. Bd4 Rxa2 27.
Rhe1 $40) 24. Rad1+ Kc6 25. Ne6 (25. Rd4 $1 b5 26. Rhd1 $16) 25... Bf6 26. Nd4+
Kb6 $1 (26... Kc7 27. Nb5+ $16) 27. Nf3+ Kc6 28. Nd4+ Kb6 29. Rhe1 Rae8 30.
Ne6+ Kc6 31. Nd4+ Kb6 32. Bg5 Nf7 (32... Bxg5 33. hxg5 Nf7 34. Ne6 $16) 33. Be3
Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.04.24"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Shakhmatyi (Riga) 1961. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal
1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.278-280.} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 (
5... Nc6 6. Bb5) 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Rd8 8. Nb5 $14 Qc8 9. Nfd4 (9. c3) 9... Bg4
10. f3 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd4 Qb8 13. Qe2 $16 e6 14. Nb3 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Qb4+
16. c3 Qxc5 17. Be3 Qa5 18. b4 Qc7 19. Bc5 Ne7 20. h5 $18 {[#]} h6 21. Bd6 $18
(21. g4 $18) 21... Qb7 22. O-O-O $6 (22. Qf2 $18) 22... Ra8 23. g4 $16 a5 $132
24. Qf2 (24. Bc5 $1 {Blocking c6-c5}) 24... axb4 25. cxb4 c5 $1 26. Bxe7 $14
Kxe7 27. Qxc5+ Ke8 28. Kb2 Rc8 29. Qd4 Ba4 30. Rc1 Rxc1 31. Kxc1 Kd7 32. Kb2
Rc8 33. Bd3 Bb5 34. Rd1 Qa6 35. a3 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 Ke7 37. Qe3 Ke8 38. Qd2 Rc7
39. f4 Kd7 40. Qe3 Kd8 41. Rd1 Kc8 42. Qd3 Qb6 43. Qd4 Qb5 44. Qe3 Kb7 45. Rd4
Qf1 46. a4 Qg2+ 47. Rd2 Qf1 48. Rc2 Rxc2+ 49. Kxc2 Qg2+ 50. Kb3 Qxg4 51. a5
Qd1+ 52. Kb2 Qf1 53. Qb6+ Ka8 54. Qc6+ Ka7 55. Qc7+ Ka8 56. Qc8+ Ka7 57. Qc7+
Ka8 {[%cal Rf1e2,Rf1f4] [#]} 58. f5 $1 (58. Kb3 Qd1+ $1) (58. Z0 Qe2+ 59. Ka3
Qd3+ 60. Ka4 Qd1+ 61. Kb5 $18) (58. Qxf7 Qe2+ 59. Ka3 Qd3+ 60. Ka4 Qc2+ 61. Kb5
Qc4+ 62. Kb6 Qxb4+ 63. Kc6 Qc4+ 64. Kd7 d4 65. f5 d3) 58... Qe1 $1 (58... Qxf5
$2 59. a6 $18) (58... exf5 59. Qc6+ {[%csl Yd5]}) (58... Qb5 59. Ka3) (58...
Qd3 59. fxe6 fxe6 60. Qc6+ Ka7 61. Qb6+ Ka8 62. Qxe6 Qd2+ 63. Ka3 Qc3+ 64. Ka4
Qc2+ 65. Kb5 Qc4+ 66. Kb6 Qxb4+ 67. Kc7 Qxa5+ 68. Qb6 $18) 59. Qc8+ Ka7 60.
Qc7+ Ka8 61. Qc8+ Ka7 62. Qc5+ Kb7 63. Qb6+ Ka8 64. Qc6+ Ka7 65. Qc5+ Kb7 66.
Qd4 Qe2+ 67. Ka3 (67. Kb3) 67... Qb5 68. fxe6 fxe6 69. Qc3 (69. Kb3 Ka6 70. Kc3
Qc6+ (70... Kb7 71. Qc5 $18 Qf1 $1 $16 {Fritz}) 71. Kb2 Qb5 72. Kb3 Kb7 73. Kc3
Qf1 (73... Qc6+ 74. Qc5) (73... Ka6 74. Qd3) 74. Qd3 $1 (74. Qb6+ Ka8) 74...
Qe1+ 75. Kb3 Qxe5 76. Qb5+ Kc7 {Fritz} 77. Qc5+ Kd7 (77... Kb7 78. Qb6+ Kc8 79.
a6 Qxh5 80. Qc6+ Kd8 81. a7 Qd1+ 82. Qc2 Qa1 83. Qc5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rc5a5]}) 78.
a6 $18) 69... Qf1 70. Ka2 Qe2+ 71. Kb3 Qd1+ 72. Qc2 Qf1 73. Ka2 Qb5 74. Ka3 Qf1
75. Qc3 Qb1 76. a6+ Kxa6 77. Qc6+ Ka7 78. Qd7+ Kb8 79. Qxe6 Qa1+ 80. Kb3 Qd1+
81. Kb2 Qd4+ 82. Ka2 Qxb4 83. Qg8+ Kc7 84. Qxg7+ Kd8 85. Qf6+ Qe7 86. Qf4 Qe6
87. Kb2 Ke8 88. Qa4+ Kf7 89. Qf4+ Ke8 90. Kc2 Qa6 1/2-1/2

