[Event "Qatar Masters op"]
[Site "Doha"]
[Date "2015.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "QAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ironically this was possibly one of my best games in Qatar but unfortunately
the end was not favourable for me.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12.
dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bf6 {It looks very close to = but some
accuracy is required from Black.} 15. Rc2 {Preparing Nf5.} Qd7 $1 {Now Black
threatens ...Bxd4 followed by ...Ne6 and ...d4, equalising.} 16. Be3 $1 {
I really liked this retreat, reinstating the influence over d4 and preventing
any possible simplifications.} (16. b4 Bxd4 $1 17. Qxd4 Ne6 18. Qd3 d4 $11)
16... Rfe8 17. Qc1 ({The computer's suggestion is} 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Qb4) 17...
Rac8 18. Rd1 {Slowly overprotecting d4 and preparing for some manoeuvres.} h6 (
18... Ne4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qb1 {slowly trying to push back Black's active
pieces.}) 19. h4 $1 {Kh2-Bh3 up next!} Ne4 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qb1 Ba6 22. Kh2
Qe8 (22... Rc4 $5 {with a complex game.}) 23. Bf3 Be5 $6 {An inaccuracy which
allows me to improve my piece placement.} (23... Rc4 $142 $5 {maintaining
strong pressure on the centre which makes it difficult for White to embark on
any manoeuvres.}) 24. Nf5 $1 Nf6 25. Bd4 {Now White has a comfortable position
with pressure against the isolani.} Bxd4 26. Nxd4 Qe5 27. Kg2 (27. e3 Ne4 28.
Kg2 {would lead to the same.}) 27... Ne4 28. e3 {I tried to avoid making this
so as to maybe use the e3-square and keep more control over the light squares
but it is a compulsory move!} Rc5 29. Qa1 $1 {The point is to get b4 without
having to worry about ...Nc3 and also White can activate the queen via a4-Qa3.}
Qf6 $6 (29... Bc8 $1 $132 {with the idea of Bh3+, but I think my opponent
didn't think much of my Qa1 :).}) 30. a4 Bc8 31. b4 {Now White has a clear
advantage.} Rc4 32. Rc1 (32. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 33. Rc1 $16 {was more clear with a
spectacular knight on d4.}) 32... Qe5 33. Be2 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Bd7 35. Bb5 $5 Bg4
(35... Bxb5 36. axb5 {looked like a improvement for me.} (36. Nxb5 {was also
possible, not changing the pawn structure.})) 36. Qc6 {White has made
considerable progress on the queenside.} Kh7 (36... g6 $5 {was more tenacious.}
37. a5 {with a slight pull.} (37. Qa8+ {doesn't work due to} Kg7 38. Qxa7 Bh3+
$1 $11)) 37. Bd3 $1 g6 38. Qb7 Kg7 39. Qxa7 Bh3+ ({During the game I thought} 
39... Nxg3 $5 {was more critical:} 40. Qxb6 Ne4 41. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 42. a5 $18)
40. Kg1 Nxg3 41. Nc6 $4 {Just one move which spoiled an entire game! Funnily
if it was the 40th move it would have been easy to explain :). But playing
this just after the time control is really difficult to explain!} (41. Qxb6 $1
{was easily winning.}) 41... Qa1+ 42. Kh2 Qh1+ 43. Kxg3 g5 44. hxg5 (44. Bf1 {
is met by the pretty} Qg1+ $1 45. Kxh3 g4#) 44... Qg2+ 45. Kf4 Qxg5+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... Nc6 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 (11. dxc5
Bxc5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd5 Rad8 15. Qh5 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1
Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Bxd4 20. Qf3 {Osieka,U-Schuh,H/BL2-SW 1989/1/2-1/2 
(46)}) (11. Qa4 Ne4 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 Bc6 16.
Rxd8 Bxa4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxe4 Rd8 19. Bd3 Bc5 20. Rc1 {Vokac,M-Votava,J/
Karvina op 1989/1-0 (57)}) 11... Rc8 (11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxc5 14.
Qd3 h6 15. Rcd1 Qf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bc1 Na5 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd3
Bc6 21. Nd4 Ba4 {Wilhelmi,C-Richter,M/DLM 1996/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 12. Bh3 Ra8 13.
Qa4 a6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Red1 h6 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Nd7 Nxd7 18. Qxd7 Qxd7 19.
Bxd7 Rfd8 20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Na4 {1-0 Anguix Garrido,J-Franco,C/
Ibercaja op 1994/ (27)}) (10... Na6 $5 {Ftacnik} 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13.
Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5 $13 {Csom,I-Barczay,L/HUN(ch)/1977/}) 11. dxc5
(11. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Ne4 13. dxc5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc5 15. Bd4 Rc8
16. Qa4 Bc6 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Rd2 h6 20. e3 {1-0 Schussler,
H-Rozentalis,E/Copenhagen AS04 1988/ (39)}) (11. Qb3 {Ftacnik} a6 12. a4 Rc8
13. Rad1 Re8 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qa2 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd4 Bc5 18. Be3 Qf6
19. Qb3 h5 20. h4 Re7 21. Bh3 Rce8 22. Rd3 Nxf2 23. Bxf2 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 Rxe2 25.
Rf3 Rxf2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Qd3 {1-0 Ryan,J-Kennedy,M/IRL-ch 1992 (41)}) 11...
Bxc5 $1 $146 (11... Nxc5 12. Be5 $14 {Kramnik} (12. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Nfe4 $14) (
12. Be5 Re8 13. Qc2 $14)) (11... bxc5 12. Nh4 {- 59/58} (12. Nh4 $1 {Ftacnik}
Nb6 (12... Nh5 13. Nf5 $1 (13. Nxd5 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Bxd5 $1 15. Qxd5 Nxf4 16.
Qxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5
Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bf6 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nxe7+ $18) 18. Rad1 Qa5 $1 19. Nd6 Rad8
20. e4 Bxb2 21. e5 {1-0 Gulko,B-Shabalov,A/USA-ch 1994/}) 13. Nf5 $16 Re8 (
13... Qd7 14. e4 $5 d4 15. Nb5 Qxb5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nf5 $16) 14. Nb5 Qd7 (
14... Nh5 15. Bd6 Bf8 16. e4 Nf6 17. e5 $16) 15. Nbd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re6 $6 (
16... Red8 17. Rc1 c4 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be5 $16) 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qc1 c4 19. Be5
$1 Rf8 20. Qf4 Nh5 21. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Qd4 $18 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Ribli,Z/
Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Belov] (29)})) 12. Nd4 Ne4 (12... Re8 {Ftacnik} 13.
Rc1 Rc8 14. Ncb5 $14) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $11 14. Qd2 (14. Nf5 {Ftacnik} Re8 $14)
14... Nf6 (14... Qf6 $5 15. Red1 Ne5) (14... Re8 {Ftacnik} 15. Red1 $14) 15.
Red1 Qd5 16. b4 Be7 (16... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Rac8 19. Rad1
$14) 17. Qb2 Ng4 $2 {Ftacnik: A serious tactical blunder, black was already
under pressure from white active central pieces.} (17... Rfd8 18. h3 Ne8 $13) (
17... Rac8 $5 {Ftacnik} 18. b5 $14) 18. f3 $1 (18. h3 $2 Nxf2 $1) 18... Nf6 (
18... exf3 19. Bxf3 (19. exf3 $6 Nf6 20. g4 {/\ Nf5} (20. Rac1 $14 {Ftacnik})
20... Rfd8 $1) 19... Qh5 20. e4 $1 $16 {/\ Qe2, Nf5} (20. e4 Rad8 21. Qe2 Ba6
22. b5 Rxd4 23. bxa6 Qc5 $11)) (18... e3 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf5 Qxf5 20. fxg4 Qc8
21. Rac1 $18) 19. Rac1 Rfd8 (19... Qh5 20. g4 $1) (19... Rfc8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 (
20... Qe6 21. Bh3 $1 Qxc6 22. Bxc8 $1 $18) 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23.
fxe4 $16) 20. Bc7 $1 Rd7 $2 (20... Re8 $1 21. Nc6 Qe6 $14 (21... Qf5 {Ftacnik}
22. a4 $14)) 21. Bh3 {Ftacnik: It takes some loss of the material to make
defenders task hopeless.} Rxc7 (21... exf3 22. exf3 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Bd6 24. Rc3
$1 {/\ Rcd3}) (21... Rc8 {Ftacnik} 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Be5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $18) 22.
Rxc7 Bd6 23. Rcc1 Be5 (23... exf3 24. Nxf3 $1) 24. Bg2 $1 {/\ f4} (24. f4 $4 e3
$1 $19) 24... exf3 (24... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 25. e3 exf3 26. Bxf3 Qd7 (26... Qxf3
27. Nxf3 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 $18) (26... Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Qxf3 28. Rxd8+) 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. Nc6 $18) 25. Bxf3 Qd7 26. Qd2 h5 (26... Rd8 {Ftacnik} 27. Nb3 $18) 27. Nc6
Qxd2 (27... Bxc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Bxa8 $18) 28. Rxd2 Bxc6 29. Bxc6
$18 Rc8 30. b5 (30. Rdc2 {Ftacnik} h4 31. Bf3 $18) 30... h4 (30... g6 31. Rc4
$18) 31. Rcd1 $1 {Ftacnik: Anand correctly focuses his attention on vulnerable
a7 pawn.} (31. gxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} Bf4 $14) 31... hxg3 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Rxd8+
Kh7 34. hxg3 Bxg3 35. Ra8 Bd6 (35... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxa7 Ne5 37. Be4+ Kh6
38. Rb7 $18) 36. Rxa7 Kg6 37. a4 {Ftacnik: On top of everything black knight
is ompletely framed by the Bc6.} Ng4 (37... Bc5+ {Ftacnik} 38. Kh1 Bb4 39. a5
Bxa5 40. Rxa5 bxa5 41. b6 $18) 38. Be8 $1 Ne5 39. a5 Bc5+ (39... bxa5 40. Ra6
Nc4 41. Rc6 $18) 40. Kh1 bxa5 41. Ra6+ (41. b6 {Ftacnik} Kf5 (41... Bxb6 42.
Ra6 Nc4 43. Bb5 $18) 42. Ra6) 41... Kf5 42. b6 (42. b6 {Ftacnik} Bd6 43. b7 Bc7
44. Rxa5 g5 45. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 11th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2003.02.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vassallo Barroche, Mauricio"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 Qd7 $5 {Queen looks ok here as much as on c8.} 11. Rc1
Rfd8 12. a3 c5 13. Ne5 Qe6 14. h4 Ne4 15. dxc5 $6 {This makes black happy.} (
15. e3 $142) 15... Bxc5 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. Nb5 Bf6 18. Nc7 (18. Nb4 $2 Nxb4 (18...
Nec5 $2 19. Nxa6 Nxa6 20. b4 $16) 19. Nc7 Qf5 20. Nxa8 Nc6 21. Nc7 Bxb2 22. Rb1
Bxa3 $17) 18... Nxc7 19. Rxc7 Rd7 $2 {This leads only to an equal position.} (
19... Ba6 $1 20. Qa4 $140 Bc4 (20... Bxd3 $2 21. exd3 Nc3 22. Rxe6 Nxa4 23. Rd6
Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Rd8 25. Rxa7 (25. Be7 Bxe7 26. Rxe7 Kf8 27. Rxa7 Nxb2 28. d4 Nc4
$132) 25... Rxd6 (25... Nxb2 26. Bc7) 26. Rxa4 $16) 21. Rc1 (21. Rxa7 $2 b5 22.
Qa5 Rxa7 23. Qxa7 Nxg3 $1 24. Bxg3 Bxd3 $17) 21... b5 22. Qd1 Bd4 $17) 20. Rxd7
Qxd7 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Qf5 23. Nd3 Rc8 24. Qa4 a5 25. Qd4 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Nxf6
27. Rc1 {After this not much is left in the game.} (27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Ba6
29. e3 Bc4 30. b3 Bb5 31. f3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-C"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qd3 $5 {
An interesting move used very seldom by Kortschnoj.} (7. Qc2 c5 $1 $13) 7... c5
$6 {I thought that my move is designed to prevent this.} (7... Na6 8. a3 (8.
O-O c5 $132) (8. e4 $5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 (10... Nb4 $6 11. Qb1 Ba6 12.
Bf1 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 $14) 11. O-O c5 12. Be3 $13) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 $13) (7...
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 (8... exd5 9. O-O $13) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. O-O $13) 8. d5 exd5 9.
cxd5 d6 (9... Na6 $2 10. d6 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bxd6 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Nh4 Nxc3 14. Bxb7
$16) 10. O-O Ba6 {Black tries to handle the opening in some way reminiscent of
4...Ba6 in QID Petrosian System.} 11. Nb5 $6 {Too optimistic.} (11. Qb1 Nbd7 (
11... b5 $6 12. b4 Nbd7 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 $16) 12. a4 $16) 11... Bxb5 12.
Qxb5 Nbd7 $2 {He could have taken the pawn.} (12... Nxd5 $1 13. Nh4 Nc7 14. Qd3
(14. Qa4 $6 d5 15. Nf5 Nba6 16. Rd1 Bf6 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxa6 (18. e4 Qe8 19.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 20. exd5 Rad8 $11) 18... Nb4 19. Rxd8 Nxa6 $17) 14... d5 15. Nf5
Nba6 16. e4 d4 17. e5 Rb8 18. Qe4 $44) 13. Qd3 $14 {Now the advantage is with
whiteside.} Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Bf4 Nh5 $6 {A bad move puting the knight on
the rim.} (15... g6 16. e4 b5 $1 $132) (15... Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 $14)
16. Bd2 (16. Bg5 Qc7) 16... g6 17. Bc3 Bg7 18. e4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nhf6 (19... Qf6
20. Bh3 $16) 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Qf1 $1 g5 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Ng6 24. Qf3 Kh8 25.
Bh3 Ng8 (25... Nh4 26. Qf2) 26. Rf1 Qh4 27. Qg3 Nf6 28. Rae1 (28. Qxh4 Nxh4 29.
Rae1 Ng6 $132) 28... Qh6 29. Qg5 Kg7 $2 (29... Qg7 30. Kh1 $16) 30. Re3 Qxg5+
31. fxg5 Ng8 (31... Nxd5 32. Ref3 $16) 32. Nc4 Rad8 33. Ref3 Rf8 $2 {Black is
condemned to passivity after the text.} (33... Rxe4 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Nd2 Re5
36. Be6 (36. c4 Rxg5+ 37. Kh1 $44) 36... Rxg5+ 37. Kh1 $16) (33... Re7 34. Rf6
$1 Rxe4 35. Nxd6 (35. Rxd6 Rf8) 35... Re5 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Nf5 Rexd5 38. Rxa7
$16) 34. a4 $18 f6 (34... h6 35. gxh6+ Nxh6 36. Rf6 $18) (34... Nh4 35. R3f2 (
35. Rf4 Ng6 36. R4f2 Nh4 37. Kh1 $18) 35... Ng6 36. Kh1 $18) 35. Be6 fxg5 36.
Rf7+ (36. Rxf8 $2 Nxf8 (36... Rxf8 37. Rxf8 Nxf8 38. Bxg8 Kxg8 39. Nxd6 Nd7 40.
Nc4 Nf6 $132) 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. e5 $16) 36... Rxf7 (36... Kh8 37. Nxd6 $18) 37.
Rxf7+ Kh8 (37... Kh6 38. Rxa7 Nf6 39. Bf5 $16) 38. Rxa7 Nf6 39. Nxb6 $6 {
I had to protect the e pawn.} (39. Bf5 Nh4 40. Rf7 $1 (40. Nxb6 Re8 41. Nc4 $18
) 40... Nxf5 41. Rxf6 $18) 39... Nxe4 40. c4 (40. a5 Nxc3 (40... Rb8 41. c4 Nd2
42. Rc7 $18) 41. a6 Nb5 42. Rb7 $16) (40. Bf5 Nxc3 41. Bxg6 hxg6 42. a5 Re8
$132) 40... Nd2 41. a5 (41. Bf5 $6 Nh4 42. Bd3 $132) 41... Rf8 42. Rf7 Rb8 (
42... Rxf7 43. Bxf7 Ne5 44. a6 Ndxc4 45. Nc8 Nd7 46. Be8 Ndb6 47. a7 Na8 48.
Bc6 Nc7 49. Kf2 $16) 43. Nd7 $2 {This throws away the win.} (43. Bc8 Ne5 44.
Rb7 Rxb7 45. Bxb7 Ndxc4 46. Nxc4 Nxc4 47. a6 Kg7 48. a7 Nb6 49. Kf2 Kf6 $44 {
It is really difficult to say who is better}) (43. Rc7 Nb3 (43... Ne5 44. Rc8+
$18) (43... Rf8 44. Rc8 $18) 44. Nc8 Nxa5 45. Nxd6 Rb1+ 46. Kg2 Rb2+ 47. Kg3
$16) (43. Bf5 Nb3 (43... Ne5 44. Rxh7+ Kg8 45. Ra7 Ndxc4 46. Nxc4 Nxc4 47. a6
$18) 44. Ra7 Nxa5 45. Nd7 $18) 43... Rb1+ $11 {After this white can not get
his queen out of the kingsThus it is a draw.} 44. Kf2 Nxc4 45. Nf6 (45. a6 Ra1
(45... Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Ra2 47. Nf6 Ra3+)) (45. Bf5 Rb2+ $11) 45... Rb2+ 46. Kg1
Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Continental op 45'"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Altounian, Levon"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 {The
modern treatment.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 {Draw offer} Na6 10. Bf4 c6 $5 11. Qc2
Nc7 12. Ng5 $5 {Believe or not this move has been played before.} Nce8 $1 $146
(12... g6 {Wirthenson-Landenbegue,SWZ 1993.}) 13. Rad1 h6 14. Nf3 Nd6 15. Ne5
Rc8 $5 (15... Re8 {may we well be interesting.} 16. f3 $5) 16. a3 Rc7 17. Rc1
c5 18. dxc5 bxc5 (18... Rxc5 $6 19. Qa4 Qa8 $8 $14) 19. Red1 Qa8 $2 {Here I
have simply missed whites next.} (19... g5 $1 20. Bd2 d4 21. Na4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2
Qa8+ 23. f3 Qd5 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Nd7 $11) 20. Nc4 $1 $16 Rd7
(20... Nxc4 $2 21. Bxc7 d4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Na4 $18) (20... dxc4 {may well be
the best but objectively leads to one way traffic with such a pawn
configuration for black.} 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Qb8 24. Rd2 Qe5
25. Rcd1 $16) 21. Na5 $1 (21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Nb5 Rb6 (23... Rc6 $6
24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $18) 24. Qxc5 Nd7 25. Qe7 Rxb5 26. Qxd7 Rxb2 27. Rc7 Qb8
28. Rdc1 Ba8 $16) 21... Nc8 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. e4 $1 {By simple means white
exploits the advantage of having a pair of bishops} dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 25.
Rxd1 Qb6 26. Be3 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Qc7 28. Rc1 Nd6 29. Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Bxc5 Rc8 31.
Bd5 Nf5 $2 (31... Bf6 {would have posed more serious problems.} 32. b4 Nb5 33.
Re1 $1 Nxa3 (33... Rd8 34. a4 $1 Nd4 35. Bg2 $18) 34. Bxa7 Rd8 (34... Nc2 35.
Re4 Rd8 36. Bb3) 35. Bb3 $18) 32. b4 $18 a5 (32... Nd4 33. Rc4) 33. Kg2 axb4
34. axb4 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Kf8 36. Kf3 Rc7 37. Ke4 g6 38. g4 Ng7 39. Kd4 f5 $6 (
39... Ke7 40. Re1+ Ne6+ 41. Bxe6 fxe6 42. Rc1 Kd8 43. Ke5 $18) 40. f3 fxg4 41.
fxg4 Ne8 42. Rf1+ Kg7 (42... Ke7 43. Re1+ Kf8 44. Re6 $18) 43. c6 Ra7 44. Ke5
Re7+ 45. Be6 $1 Ra7 (45... Nc7 46. Kd6 Rxe6+ 47. Kxc7 Re2 48. Rb1 $18) 46. Bd7
Nc7 47. Kd6 {And white has eventually brought home the point.} 1-0

[Event "Cappelle op 19th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2003.02.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Petrik, Tomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 {I have decided to play fianchetto system
against Queens Indian Defence,because in my preparation I have noticed that
the young Czech IM always plays with Bb7 instead of the modern choice Ba6.} Bb7
{As expected!} 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 {Preparationwise this is a surprise.} ({
Formerly he always preferred} 6... O-O 7. O-O (7. Qd3 $5) 7... Ne4 8. Qc2 {
I have studied some of Predrag's games.} Nxc3 9. Qxc3 c5 (9... f5 10. Ne5 Qc8
11. h4 $5) 10. Rd1 d6 11. Bf4 $5 {gives lively game in which black should show
some theoretical knowledge which is difficult for an amateur like my opponent.}
) 7. Qc2 {I wanted to stick to my preparation.} ({Otherwise} 7. Bd2 {gives
white some advantage especially in this situation especially when without
castles.} Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. h4 h5 13. Ne4
$14 {is a sample line in which the difference of uncastled kings make
difference compared the lines with the castled ones.}) 7... Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Bf6 {
After a long thought my opponent produced this ugly looking move.} (8... O-O 9.
O-O) 9. Qd3 {From now on black sits on Ng5.So he has to produce some
weaknesses to spend tempi.} d6 10. O-O Nd7 ({Probably too early for} 10... c5
11. d5 (11. Rd1 Nd7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Rc8 $1 $44 {is
annoying.}) 11... exd5 (11... e5 12. e4 O-O 13. Bd2 $14) 12. Nd2 (12. Ne1 O-O
13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Nc2 Qd7) (12. Nh4 $6 {is not to the point.} O-O 13. Bxd5 Nc6
14. Qe4 Re8 15. Qg2 Qd7) 12... O-O 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. a3 $1 $14) 11. Rd1 Qe7 ({
Black turns down the first oppurtunity to play} 11... c5 12. e4 $1 (12. dxc5 $6
Nxc5 $1 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Rc8 $1 $44 (14... Ke7 15. Rd1 h6 (15... Rhd8 16.
Bg5) 16. Nd4)) 12... cxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 (13... Ne5 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. b3) 14. b3 O-O
15. Bb2 {with a normal game.}) 12. h4 {I like this,in one move Bc1 can jump
into the game.} Rd8 (12... c5 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 O-O 15. b3 {and Qe7 stands
rather weird.}) 13. e4 O-O 14. Qe2 g6 {Black's consistency has become some
sort of bulk of misorientation(inspried by Alex's usual expression on my
sometimes unexplainable blunders:flashes of stupidity) not to play c5.} (14...
c5 15. b3 (15. dxc5 $6 dxc5 $1 (15... Nxc5 $6 16. Nh2) 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bd2 Nb8
$17 {d4 square is annoying.}) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4) 15. b4 {Here I had to come
up with a decision.} ({The consistency in my opponents play to ommit c5 thrust
made me not to go for the obvious} 15. e5 Bg7 (15... Bxf3 $2 16. exf6 Bxe2 17.
fxe7 Bxd1 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 20. Bh6 $18) (15... dxe5 16. dxe5 Bg7 (
16... Bxf3 $2 17. exf6 Bxe2 18. fxe7 Bxd1 19. exd8=Q Rxd8 20. Bg5 f6 21. Rxd1
fxg5 22. Bc6 $18) 17. Bg5 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rde8 $14) 16.
Bg5 f6 17. exd6 cxd6 18. Be3 $14) 15... Bg7 {Expected!} (15... c5 16. a3 cxd4
17. Nxd4 Rc8 18. Bb2 $14 Ba6 $140 19. Rac1 Ne5 $2 20. b5 Bb7 21. f4 Nd7 22. e5
dxe5 23. Bxb7 exd4 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Qxa3 27. Rcd1 $1 $16)
16. Bb2 f5 $6 {Very ambitious headbanging!This ain't no backyard play with
2200 open tournament seek and hide play!The inexperience of my young opponent
finally started to talk.} 17. exf5 Rxf5 {After this I have calculated the
coming 10 moves since it is relatively easy and forced line.} (17... gxf5 18.
d5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 $16) 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Qxe6+ $1 {Simple and effective.} Qxe6
20. Nxe6 Re8 21. Nxg7 {Fork!} Kxg7 22. d5+ $8 {Yeah probably he missed that
after d4-d5 and Bb2 -d4 there ain't no danger around f2.} Kg8 $5 {Well I have
to admit that I have missed this and I had to rewind my calculations.} ({
The obvious advantage of the text over} 22... Kf7 23. Kxg2 Re2 24. Bd4 Ne5 25.
Kf1 $1 (25. b5 $6 Nxc4 26. Rac1 Na3 27. Rxc7+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Bb2 Nxb5
30. g4 Rf4 31. Kg3 Rb4 $36) (25. c5 Ng4 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. Re1 Rxe1 28. Rxe1
Rxd5 29. Re4 Ne5 $11) 25... Rc2 26. Rac1 Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rxa1 (27... Rc2 $2 28.
Rxa7 Rxc4 29. Bxb6 Ng4 30. Kg1) 28. Rxa1 Nxc4 29. Rxa7 Rxd5 30. Rxc7+ Ke6 31.
Bh8 $1 $16 {lies in this line.}) 23. Kxg2 Re2 24. Bd4 Ne5 $14 {Smoke clears
and black has a lot of activity despite of material loss.} 25. c5 $1 {I could
not calculate well and after some time I have taken a bad practical decision.}
(25. Kf1 Rc2 26. Rdc1 (26. Rac1 $2 {does not work like in the above mentioned
line.} Rxa2 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Nxc4 29. Rxa7 Rxd5 30. Bf6 c5 31. Rg7+ Kf8
32. bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxh7 $15) 26... Rd2 27. Be3 Rb2 28. a3 Ng4 29. Bd4 Rd2 30.
Rd1 Rc2 31. Rac1 Ra2 $11) (25. b5 $2 Nxc4 26. Rac1 Na3 (26... Nb2 27. Kf1) 27.
Rxc7 Nxb5 $17) (25. a4 Nf3 (25... Ng4 26. Re1 Rd2 27. Rad1 Rc2 28. Re8+ Kf7 29.
Rde1 Ne5 30. Rh8 Kg7 (30... Rxc4 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Rxe5 dxe5 33. Rxh7+ Kf6 34.
b5 $16) 31. Rc8 (31. Ra8 Rxc4 32. Re4 (32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. Rxa7 Rc2 34. Rf1 Kf6
35. a5 e4) 32... Kf7 33. g4 $18) 31... Rxc4 32. Re4 (32. Bxe5+ dxe5 33. d6 Rf7
34. Rxc7 Rfxc7 35. dxc7 Kf6 36. Re4 Rxc7 $11) 32... Kf7 33. g4 Nxg4 34. Rxg4 h5
35. Re4 Rxd5 36. Rf4+ Rf5 37. Rxf5+ gxf5 38. Be3 $18) 26. Be3 Ne5 $132) 25...
bxc5 $2 $138 {With this my opponent started to show his true colors.In deed
there is no need to open extra lines on the queens wing for black for two
reasons:first white one of rooks may penetrate there second any pawn exchanges
in that part of the board increases the scope of whites bishop.} (25... Ng4 26.
cxd6 cxd6 27. Rac1 $1 (27. Re1 $6 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Rxd5 29. Bc3 (29. Re4 Ne5 30.
Bc3 Kf7) 29... Rd3 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Rc8 d5) 27... Nxf2 28. Re1 Rxe1 $8 29. Rxe1
Nd3 30. Re8+ Kf7 (30... Rf8 $2 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. a3 Ne5 33. Bxe5 dxe5 34. Kf3
Ke7 35. Ke4 Kd6 36. b5 $1 $18) 31. Ra8 Rxd5 32. Rxa7+ Ke6 33. Bxb6 Nxb4 34. a4
$14) 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Ng4 28. Re1 $1 $18 {Now it is all over because the
weakness of f2 has lost its importance since whites threats towards black king
give no time to breath .} Rc2 {Only way to keep the game going.} (28... Rxe1
29. Rxe1 Rxd5 30. Re8+ Kf7 31. Re7+ Kf6 32. Rxc7 $18) 29. Re8+ Kg7 {Black king
should make careful steps ..} (29... Kf7 30. Rf8+ Kg7 31. Rxf5 gxf5 32. Bxa7
$18) 30. Re7+ Kg8 31. Rxc7 $1 {No way back! I had to accept the consequences
of this move.} (31. Bxa7 $6 Nxf2 32. Rb1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Nh2 34. Rb8+ Rf8 35.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 36. Rxh7 Rxa2 37. Be3 (37. Rxc7 Nf3+ 38. Kf1 Nh2+ 39. Ke1 Nf3+ 40.
Kd1 Rd2+ 41. Kc1 Rxd5 $11) 37... Rc2 $16) 31... Ne3+ $1 {Tricky!} (31... Rfxf2+
32. Bxf2 Rxc7 33. Bd4 (33. Bg1 Rd7 34. Rd1 Nf6 35. d6 Kf7 $1 $14 {is not that
clear to me.} (35... Ne4 $2 36. Bxa7)) 33... Rd7 34. Kf3 Rxd5 35. Bxa7 $18 {
and the passer decides the issue.}) 32. Kg1 $2 {Somehow this is is another
flash of stupidity.I have looked at the position for some minutes and I have
said "what is the difference?".} (32. Kh3 Rfxf2 (32... Nxd5 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34.
Rf8+ Ke6 35. Rxf5 gxf5 36. Bxa7 $18) (32... Rxd5 33. Rb1 $18) 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34.
Bd4+ Kf7 35. Rxc2 Nxc2 36. Bxf2 Nxa1 37. Bxa7 $18) 32... Rxd5 $1 {Yes that is
the difference.} 33. fxe3 $8 {Luckily this wins.I had to pull myself together
and come up with the continuation of the game.} (33. Rb1 $2 Rd1+ 34. Rxd1 Nxd1
$11) 33... Rdxc5 34. Rxa7 Re2 35. Rb1 $18 {Mating threats makes whites the a
pawn walk down on the board.} Rc8 36. a4 Rxe3 37. Kg2 $1 {A safe haven is
waiting fo my majesty on h3.} h5 38. a5 Rec3 $6 $138 {Black is stone cold lost
but he did not have to lose immediately.} (38... Ra3 39. a6 Ra2+ 40. Kh3 Kf8
41. Rb6 $1 Rf2 42. Rh7 Kg8 43. Rd7 $18 {would have been a logical end to the
game.}) 39. a6 R3c7 $2 {Collapse!} (39... Rc2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41. Rb6 $1 Kh8 (
41... Kf8 42. Rf6+) 42. Rxg6 Rcc2 43. Rh6+ Kg8 44. Rxh5 Rh2+ 45. Kg4 Ra4+ 46.
Kf5 $18 {is similar to the previous note.}) 40. Rxc7 Rxc7 {and my opponent
resigned when I was pondering about landing my rook on b7 or b8.} (40... Rxc7
41. Rb8+ (41. Rb7 $18) 41... Kf7 42. Rb7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Lee Cup 3rd"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Na6 (9... Qe7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 (11... O-O $6 12. Nxe4 fxe4
13. Qxe4 Rae8 14. Qb1 (14. Be3 Qb4 $1 15. b3 (15. Qb1 Qxc4) 15... exd5 16. Qc2
(16. Qb1 $6 dxc4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Bxe3 19. Bxa6 Bxf2+ (19... Rxf2 20.
Bxc4+ Kh8 21. Rxf2 Qc5 22. Rdf1 Rf8 23. Qe1) 20. Rxf2 Rxf2 21. Bxc4+ (21. Kxf2
Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Rf8+ $19) 21... Rf7 $15) 16... dxc4 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxb7 Bxe3 19.
Bxa6 cxb3 20. Qxb3+ Qxb3 21. axb3 Bc5 22. Bc4+ $10) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5
16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. b4 $14) (11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nh4 Bxd5 (14... Bxh4 15. gxh4 Bxd5 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Bxe7 Nxc2
18. Bxc5 Bxa2 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Bd6 $16) 15. Bc3 $1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Be6 17. Bxe4
O-O-O 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 $14) (11... Nd6 12. b3 {-9...Nd6 10.b3 Na6 11.Rd1
Qe7 12.0-0}) 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Nxc7 Rac8 15. a3 $1 Nc5 (15... Rxc7 16.
axb4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 axb4 (17... Qxb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. d6 Bxg2 20. dxc7 Bxf1 21.
Nxf1 Bxb2 22. Rxd7 Bf6 23. Rd6 $1 Rc8 24. Rxb6 Rxc7 25. Rxb4 $16) 18. Ne4 $1)
16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17. Bxc5 $1 (17. d6 $2 Nxb3 (17... Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Nxb3 19. Be1 Bc6
) 18. dxe7 Re8 19. Bd6 Rxc4) 17... Qxc5 18. Ne1 $1 $16) (9... Nd6 10. b3 Na6
11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 e5 14. Na4 Qf7 15. c5 Ne4 16. Nd2 Naxc5 17.
Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Qxf5 d6 20. Qd3 $14) 10. Nxe4 (10. Rd1 Nd6 (10...
Qe7 11. O-O (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 exd5 $1 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5)))
10... fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 (11... Qe7 12. Bc3 exd5 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nh4 $1 $16)
(11... Nc5 12. Qe3 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Bb4 Be7 15. Nd4 O-O 16. O-O $16) 12.
Rd1 $1 Qe7 $5 (12... Bf6 13. Be3 $1 O-O 14. O-O $16) (12... Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf6 14.
e4 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 Qe7 (15... Ba6 16. Bf1) 16. O-O $1 $16) 13. O-O $5 (13. Qc2
Bf6 14. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 15. d6 Bxg2 $1 16. dxe7 Bxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Bxh1 18. Rxh1 Kxe7
$44) 13... Bf6 (13... exd5 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. cxd5 $36) 14. Ne1 $5 (14. Nd4 Nc5
15. Qe3 $13) (14. Bf4 Nc5 15. Qe3 d6) 14... Nc5 15. Qe3 O-O $6 (15... d6 $1 16.
Nd3 exd5 17. cxd5 $36) 16. Bb4 d6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qxe6+ $1 (18. dxe6 Bd4 19.
Qd3 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Qxe6 21. e3 Bf6 22. Nf4 Qf7 23. Nd5 Rab8 24. Rb1 c6 25. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $10) 18... Qxe6 19. dxe6 Bxg2 (19... Rab8 20. Nd3 (20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5
Rb2 $132) 20... Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rfe8 22. Rb1 Rb6 (22... Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxe6 24.
Rb8+ Kf7 25. Rb7 Rxe2 26. Rxc7+ Re7 27. Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Nf4 $16) 23. Nf4 Reb8
24. Rbd1 $1 Rb2 25. Nd5 Rc8 26. e3 Rxa2 27. Rb1 Rc2 28. Rb7 $16) 20. Nxg2 Rae8
21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Nd5 $1 (22. e3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Rxe6 24. Rb1 Ra8 $1 $8 25. Rb7 Re7
26. Rfb1 Kf7 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Rxb8 Ke6 $10) 22... c6 23. Nc7 Re7 24. Na6 Rxe6
25. e3 Bd8 $1 (25... Rd8 26. Rd3 $16) 26. Rd3 (26. Nb8 $2 Bb6 27. Nxc6 $2 Rc8
28. Rxd6 Rxc6 $19) 26... Bb6 27. a4 $1 Re4 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Kg2 $1 (29. f3 $6 {
xe3} Ree8 30. e4 (30. Kg2 d5) 30... d5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Re2
$132) 29... d5 $6 (29... Kf7 30. Ra3 Ba5 31. Rb3 Rd7 32. Kf3 $16) 30. cxd5 c4
31. Rdd1 Rxd5 $8 (31... cxd5 $2 32. Nb4 $1 $18) 32. Kf3 Re6 (32... Ree5 33. Nb4
$5 (33. Nb8 $6 Re6 34. Rf1 $5 $36 Rd8 (34... Rf6+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kg2 Rd2 $1 $10)
35... Ba5) 35. Na6 Rf8+ 36. Ke2 Re4 37. a5 (37. Rc2 c3 38. Ra1 Ba5 39. Nc5)
37... Bxa5 38. Nc5 $16) 33... Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rc5 35. Ke4 $5 (35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Na6
(36. a5 Bxa5 37. Nd3 Rd5 $1 38. Nb2 c3 39. Na4 Rd3 40. Ke4 Rd2) 36... Rf5+ (
36... Ra5 37. Nb8 Rxa4 38. Nxc6 Ke6 39. Ke4 Ra2 40. f4 Rxh2 41. Rxc4 $16) 37.
Ke2 Ra5 38. Nb8 Rxa4 39. Nxc6 Ke6 $17) 35... c3 $140 36. Kd3 Ba5 37. Nc2 Rd5+
38. Ke2) 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Nb4 $138 d4 35. Nd5 $1 $16 dxe3 36. fxe3 Rd6 37. e4
Kf7 38. Rxc4 Ke6 39. Kf4 $1 (39. Nxb6 axb6 40. Rc7 (40. Kf4 Kd7 $1) 40... Kf6)
39... Bd8 40. h4 h6 41. Nc7+ $1 Kd7 42. e5 $1 Rd3 $8 43. Nb5 Bb6 44. Rc3 $2 (
44. h5 $1 a6 45. Nd6 Ke6 46. Rc6) 44... Rd1 (44... Rxc3 $2 45. Nxc3 Ke6 46. Ne2
$1 Bc7 47. Nd4+ Kd5 48. Nf3 Kc4 49. Ke4 Kb4 50. e6 Bd6 51. Nd4 $18) 45. Kf5 a6
46. Na3 $1 (46. Nd6 Bd4) 46... Bd4 47. e6+ $2 (47. Rf3 Re1 $140 $4 48. Rd3
Rxe5+ 49. Kf4 Rd5 50. Ke4 $18) 47... Kd8 (47... Kd6 48. Nc4+ Ke7 49. Ne3 $1
Bxe3 (49... Bxc3 50. Nxd1 Be1 51. h5 (51. Ne3 Bxg3 52. Nd5+ Kd6 53. e7 Kd7 54.
h5 Bh4 55. Kg6 Bxe7 56. Nxe7 Kxe7 57. Kxg7 a5 $1 58. Kxh6 Kf6 59. Kh7 Kf7 60.
h6 Kf8 61. Kg6 Kg8 62. Kf6 Kh7 63. Ke6 Kxh6 64. Kd6 Kg7 65. Kc6 Kf8 66. Kb6 Ke8
67. Kxa5 Kd8 68. Kb6 Kc8 $10) 51... Bxg3 52. Ne3 Bh4 (52... Kd6 53. Nc4+ Ke7
54. Nb6 Kd6 (54... a5 55. Nc8+ Kd8 56. e7+) (54... Ke8 55. Nd5) 55. Nc8+ Kc7
56. e7 Kd7 57. Kg6 Bh4 58. Kf7 $18) 53. Ke5 $1 $18 (53. Nd5+ Kd6)) 50. Rxe3 Rd4
51. a5 (51. Kg6 Rg4+ 52. Kh7 h5) (51. g4 g6+ $1 52. Kxg6 Rxg4+ $10) 51... Ra4 (
51... Rd5+ 52. Kg6 Rxa5 53. g4 (53. Kxg7 h5 54. Kg6 Rb5 55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Rb8
57. h6 (57. Kg7 Rb5 58. h6 Rg5+ 59. Kh8 g3) 57... Rg8+ $1 (57... g3 58. h7 g2
59. Rg3 Kxe6 60. Rxg2) 58. Kh5 Rh8 $1 $10 (58... g3 59. h7 Rh8 60. Kg6)) 53...
Ra4 54. Rg3 Kxe6 55. Kxg7 $18) (51... h5 52. Kg6 Rd5 53. Kxg7 Rxa5 54. Kg6 Rb5
55. Re4 $3 (55. g4 hxg4 56. h5 Rb8 57. h6 Rg8+ $1 58. Kh5 Rh8 $10) 55... a5 (
55... Rb3 56. g4 hxg4 57. Rxg4 Kxe6 58. h5 Rh3 59. h6 Kd6 60. h7 Kc6 61. Rg5
$18) 56. g4 hxg4 57. h5 g3 58. h6 Rb2 (58... Rb8 59. h7 g2 (59... Ra8 60. Rg4
$18) 60. Rg4 Kxe6 61. Rxg2 Kd6 62. Rg5 $18) 59. Rg4 Kxe6 60. h7 Rh2 61. Rxg3
$18) 52. Re5 Ra3 (52... h5 53. Rd5 Ra3 54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Rf7+ Kg8 56. Ra7 Kf8
57. Rxa6 Rxg3 58. Ra8+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ $18) 53. g4 Rf3+ 54. Kg6 Rf4 55. Kh5 $1 g6+
(55... Kf6 56. Rf5+ Rxf5+ 57. gxf5) (55... Rf6 56. g5 hxg5 57. hxg5 g6+ 58. Kh6
$18) 56. Kxg6 Rxg4+ 57. Kh5 Ra4 $10) 48. Rb3 Rf1+ (48... Bf6 49. Nc4 (49. Nc2
$5 {xd5} Rd5+ (49... Rf1+ 50. Kg6 Ke7 51. Ne3 Rg1 52. Nf5+) 50. Kg6 Ke7) 49...
Rd5+ (49... Rd4 50. Ne3 Rxa4 51. Nd5 $18) (49... Rf1+ 50. Kg6 Ke7 51. Ne3) 50.
Kg6 Ke7 51. Ne3 (51. Rb6 $6 Rd3 52. g4 Bxh4 (52... Rd4 53. Ne3) 53. Kxg7 Rg3
54. Kxh6 Rxg4 55. Ne5 Rxa4 56. Ng6+ Kd8 $10) 51... Ra5 52. Nf5+ $18) 49. Ke4
Bf6 50. Nc4 Rd1 (50... Ke7 51. Ne3 Ra1 52. Kf5 $18) 51. Ne3 Rd4+ 52. Kf5 Kc7 (
52... Rxa4 53. Nd5 $18) 53. Rb4 $1 Rd6 (53... Rxb4 54. Nd5+ Kc6 55. Nxb4+ $18)
54. Re4 Kd8 55. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Pula op 19th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2005.06.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Saric, Ante"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ante Saric,Alojzije Jankovic and Ante Brkic are 3 young Croatian IM's who
have a bright future in front of them who will be the best time will tell.} 1.
Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 {Back in the Oldman's opening.} 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7
6. d4 O-O 7. Bf4 $5 {In early 90's Predrag experimented with this move.} d6 {
It looks like this is the most natural move.} 8. Qc2 $5 {An ambitious move.} (
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Rc1 {has been played by Philipp Schlosser in Budapest 1991.})
8... Na6 $1 $146 {A very logical response to white's opening strategy. Black
wants to recapture on c5 by his knight.} (8... c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Nc3 $14) ({
It is obvious that} 8... Be4 9. Qd2 {is to whites advantage.}) 9. Nc3 c5 10.
dxc5 {During the game I have thought that it is a small inexactitude but now I
have changed my mind.} (10. Rad1 $6 {is clumsy.} cxd4 11. Rxd4 Qb8 12. Rd2 Nc5
$1 (12... Rc8 13. b3 e5 14. Bg5 d5 15. Bh3 Rc5 $13 {looks extremely messy.}) (
12... Rd8 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 a6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Na4 (17. Ne4 $6
Qc7 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be3 a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 d5 $40) 17...
Qc7 18. Be3 Nd7 $13) 13. Rfd1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Rd4 f5 16. R4d3 Rc8 17.
Nd2 Nc5 $40) 10... Nxc5 11. Rfd1 $6 {This kind of configuration for white's
rooks I absolutely do not like. In my opinion the rooks should be placed on e1
and d1instead of d1 and c1.} (11. Rad1 Qb8 12. Rfe1 Rd8 13. e4 Ncd7 14. Qe2 $1
Ne5 $5 (14... Ng4 $6 15. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ngf6 17. Nb5 $1 Nc5 18. b4 a6 19.
bxc5 axb5 20. e5 Bxg2 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. Qxe6+ $18) (14... a6 $6
15. e5 $1 $16) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Be3 Be7 18. Rd1 Bb4 19. Bd2 (
19. Bg5 $6 Bxc3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kf8 22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Qh4 Ke7 $17) 19...
Qf8 20. a3 Be7 $13) 11... Qb8 $1 {I had to compare this position with the 4...
Ba6 5.Qa4 line. It seems to be black has taken the sting out of white's
opening advantage.} 12. Ne1 Rd8 ({maybe better was} 12... Rc8 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14.
Qd3 Qc7 15. b3 a6 $13 {and the game goes on.}) 13. Rac1 {A streotyped move by
Ante.} (13. b4 $5 Bxg2 14. bxc5 $1 (14. Nxg2 Ncd7 15. Nb5 Ne5 $13) 14... Bc6
15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Rxd6 Rxd6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qd8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1 Qb4
21. a4 $11) 13... Bxg2 (13... a6 14. b4 {would have transposed to the game
after} Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Ncd7) 14. Nxg2 a6 15. b4 Ncd7 {White has to free his
position.} 16. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 e5 $6 {This aggressive plan is
unfortunately working only after my young opponent's timid answer.} (17... Qc7
18. a3 Rac8 $11) 18. Be3 (18. Bd2 b5 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Qf5 Qb7 $13) 18... b5 19.
c5 $6 {The c pawn could have become dangerous} ({after the right move} 19. Qc6
$1 {And white might have taken over the initiative.} Nf6 (19... bxc4 $6 20.
Rxc4 Nf6 (20... Qb5 21. Rd5 $16) 21. Bb6 Rc8 22. Qxc8+ Qxc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24.
Ne3 $16) 20. c5 Rc8 21. Qb6 dxc5 22. bxc5 Rc7 23. Nh4 (23. c6 $2 Qc8 $17) 23...
Ng4 24. c6 $1 (24. Nf5 $6 Nxe3 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. fxe3 Qxb6 (26... Qc8 27. c6
Rb8 28. Qc5 Qc7 29. Rd6 $40) 27. cxb6 Kf8 (27... f5 28. e4 $1) 28. Rd6 $1 (28.
Kf2 Rb7 29. Rc6 Rab8 30. Rdd6 e4 31. g4 Ke7 32. Kg3 Rc8 $17) 28... Rb8 29. Rc7
Ke8 30. Ra7 $1 Reb7 31. Rxa6 Ke7 32. Rd5 Rxb6 33. Rxe5+ Kd7 $11) 24... Bxh4 25.
gxh4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 $40) 19... dxc5 20. Bxc5 $1 (20. bxc5 Qc7 $1 (20... Nxc5 $6
{only leads to a draw!} 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxc5 Rc8 (22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qd1+
24. Ne1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Rf8 $11) 23. Qxe5 Rxc5 (23... Qd2 $4 24. Qe3 $18) 24.
Rxc5 Qd1+ 25. Ne1 Qxe1+ 26. Kg2 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 g6 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qxa6 Qxe2 $11
) 21. c6 Nf6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qf3 Nd5 $36) 20... Nxc5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. bxc5
Rc8 (22... Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Qd1+ 24. Ne1 Qxe1+ 25. Kg2 Rf8 $11) 23. c6 $4 {
A very bad move.} (23. Qxe5 $6 Qd2 $1 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Bxc5
$17) (23. Ne3 $1 Rxc5 (23... Bxc5 24. Qxe5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 $11) 24. Rxc5 Bxc5 25.
Qxe5 Bf8 26. Nd5 b4 {should be equal.} 27. e4 a5 (27... Qc8 28. Ne7+ Bxe7 29.
Qxe7 a5 30. Qa7 $11) 28. Qb2 Qc8 29. Qb3 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 h6 31. Qa4 Qc4 $11) 23...
Ba3 $1 $17 {All of a sudden white is losing his most important pawn!} 24. c7 {
The best practical chance.} (24. Rf1 $2 Qd4 25. Qxd4 exd4 $19) 24... Rxc7 25.
Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qa8+ Bf8 27. Ne3 Qc1+ 28. Kg2 Qa3 29. Qd5 $2 (29. Nd5 $1 {
was much more resilient.} f5 $1 (29... g6 $2 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Ne8+ Kh6 32. Nf6
$132) 30. Qe8 Qd6 31. Qa8 b4 $17 {black has to still overcome some
difficulties.}) 29... h5 $1 {30.Ng4 should be prevented.} (29... e4 $2 30. Ng4
Qd6 31. Qxe4 Qd2 32. a4 bxa4 33. Qxa4 Qxe2 $17) 30. Qxe5 $2 {Anything but this.
} Qxa2 31. Qxh5 b4 $19 {The power of the connected pawns is tremendous.} 32.
Nd5 $5 $138 {Setting up a nice trap.} Qc4 $1 (32... b3 $4 33. Nf6+ $3 gxf6 34.
Qg4+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg7 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qh5+ Bh6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qxf6 $15) 33.
Qe5 (33. Qg5 Qc6 34. e4 b3 35. Qd8 Qd6 36. Qc8 b2 37. Qc2 Qb8 38. Nc3 Qb4 39.
Nb1 a5 $19) 33... b3 34. Qg5 Qc6 {The b pawn is unstoppable.} (34... Qc6 35. e4
b2 36. Qd8 Qe6 37. Nc3 b1=Q 38. Nxb1 Qxe4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Mediterranean-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2006.02.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Atalik, Suat"]
[Black "Erturan, Yakup"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.02.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 $6 {Too early for
this.} 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qa4+ $1 {Taking the advantage of his 6th move.} c6 9.
Ne5 $1 {That is what Tony Miles used to play in Petrosian System.} (9. Bf4 O-O
10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. O-O Nh5 12. Bc1 f5 $132 ({or} 12... Nhf6 $14)) 9... O-O 10.
O-O Nfd7 11. Nd3 (11. Rd1 $2 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. e4 Nc5 14. Qc2 d4 15. Be3
Ne6 $17) 11... Na6 12. Bf4 (12. Nf4 $5) 12... Bf6 (12... Nc7 13. Bxc7 (13. Nb4
Bxb4 14. Qxb4 Ne6 15. Bd6 Re8 16. e3 $13) 13... Qxc7 14. Rac1 Qd6 15. Rfd1 $14
(15. e4 $2 b5 16. Qc2 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Qxd4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Nf4+ Kg8 20. Rfd1
Qb6 21. Rxd7 Rae8 $17)) 13. e3 $6 (13. e4 $16 {was also possible but I was
trying to lure him for 13...Qe7.}) 13... Qe7 $2 {To catch the bishop he
comitted this bad mistake.} (13... Re8 $11) 14. e4 $1 {All of a sudden all his
pieces are uncoordinated.} b5 15. Qb3 Bxd4 16. exd5 Ndc5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qb4
$1 $18 {The pin is very strong.} Bxc3 19. bxc3 a5 20. d6 $2 {I knew that it is
wrong but I could not connect anything concrete in my calculations.} (20. Qa3
$1 {is the move!} b4 21. cxb4 Ne4 (21... axb4 $2 22. Qxb4 Ra4 23. d6 Rxb4 24.
dxe7 Re8 25. Bd6 (25. Rfb1 Rxf4) 25... Rc4 26. Rfb1 $18) 22. d6 Nxd6 23. b5 Nf5
24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. Rac1 Rac8 26. Bd6 Rfe8 27. Rfe1 Nf5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. bxc6
$18) 20... Qe5 $1 $14 21. Bxe5 axb4 22. cxb4 Nd3 23. Bc3 Rfd8 $2 {A very bad
miss.} (23... Ra3 $1 24. Bd4 Rd8 25. Bc5 (25. Rfd1 Rxd6 26. Bb2 Ra8 27. Rd2 Rd7
28. a3 Rad8 29. Rad1 Ne5 $14) 25... Rc3 26. Rfd1 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Rxc5 28. a4 bxa4
29. Rxa4 $14) 24. Rfd1 $1 $18 {Now white wins Nd3 in agood style.} Rxd6 25. Rd2
Rad8 (25... Ra3 26. Bb2) 26. Rad1 R6d7 27. f4 $1 {Preventing Ne5 and
threatening Bf1 or Be4.} (27. Bh3 $5 {is also winning.} Rd5 28. Bf1 Ne5 29.
Rxd5 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Kxf3 d4+ 33. Ke2 dxc3 34. Kd3 $18 {
wins also easy.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
f5 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Bf6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bxd6 cxd6 13. Rac1 Na6 14. dxe6 dxe6
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. e3 Rd7 18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rdd8
21. Qe2 Nd7 22. b3 Nf8 23. f4 g5 24. e4 Qg7 25. Qf2 gxf4 26. exf5 f3+ $1 {
A powerful pawn thrust, forcing the white king to leave his safe residence.}
27. Kxf3 Qb7+ {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gb7h1]} 28. Kg4 (28. Ne4 {loses after} Bxd4 {
followed by 29...ef5, winning the knight.}) ({After} 28. Ke2 Re8 {Black has a
dangerous initiative.}) 28... Rc5 29. Kh3 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Rxf5 31. Ne4 Ng6 32.
Rf1 Rdf8 33. Nxd6 $2 ({A fatal mistake, brilliantly punished by Black.
Essential was} 33. Rxf5 Rxf5 34. Re1 {preparing Kg2-g1.} (34. Nxd6 $2 {is
refuted by} Rh5+ 35. Kg4 Rh4+ 36. gxh4 Qg2+ 37. Kh5 Nf4+ 38. Qxf4 Qg6#)) 33...
Rh5+ 34. Kg4 {[%tqu "En","All black pieces are targetting the white king. Can
you find the brilliant winning move for Black?","Try to bring your queen into
attack.","Use your h5-rook!","h5h4","An impressive game conclusion!",7]} Rh4+
$3 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gb7g2,Gg6f4,Gg6h4]} (34... Rh4+ $3 {This brilliant move
decides the game in Black's favor:} 35. gxh4 (35. Kg5 h6+ 36. Kxg6 Qh7#) 35...
Qg2+ 36. Kh5 Nf4+ $1 37. Rxf4 Qg6#) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Paragua, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bg5 12. Bxg5 Qxg5 13. Nc3 d6 14. Bg2 Na6
15. e4 Rfe8 ({Auf} 15... Nc7 {is strongly met by folgt stark} 16. f4 Qg6 17. e5
) 16. f4 Qf6 17. Nb5 Re7 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Rad1 Bc8 20. e5 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Gd1,Gd2,
Gd5] A decisive breakthrough. Now the power of White's d-pawn becomes the main
factor of this position. Ein entscheidender Durchbruch. Die Kraft des weißen
d-Bauern wird nun zum Hauptfaktor dieser Stellung.} dxe5 21. d6 Ree8 22. fxe5
Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Re1 Qf5 ({If Falls} 24... Qf6 {, then , so} 25. d7 $1
Bxd7 26. Qxd7 $1 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 25. Nxa7 Bd7 26. Nc6 Bxc6 27. Bxc6
Nb8 (27... Qc8 {is nicely refuted by wird hübsch widerlegt durch} 28. d7 Qxc6
29. Qd5 Qb5 (29... Qa4 30. b3) 30. Re7) {[%tqu "En","How can White convert
activity of his pieces into a full point?","The passed d6-pawn is what counts
in this position!","Exploit the weakness of the opponent's back rank and the
power of your d6-pawn.","d6d7","This spectacular move wins immediately.",5,
"De","Wie kann Weiß die Aktivität seiner Figuren in den vollen Punkt
ummünzen?","Der freie d-Bauer ist, was in dieser Stellung zählt!","Schlagen
Sie Kapital aus der gegnerischen Grundreihenschwäche und der Kraft Ihres
Bauern d6.","d6d7","Dieser spektakuläre Zug gewinnt sofort.",5]} 28. d7 $1 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd2,Gd7,Rd8,Ge1,Rg8] A nice winning move. Black is defenseless
against White's threats: Ein hübscher Gewinnzug. Schwarz ist wehrlos gegen die
weißen Drohungen:} (28. d7 Nxd7 (28... Nxc6 29. Re8+) 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Bxd7
Rxd7 31. Re8#) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
(8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 (9. Rc1 d6 (9... c5 $5) 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 (11... e5
12. h4 Nd7 13. Bh3 g6 14. e4 Bg7 15. h5 Nf6 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Kg2 $1 Qe7 18.
Rh1 $14 {Epishin,V-Ehlvest,J/Terrassa/1991/1:0 (38) Inf 52/535/}) 12. e4 Nd7
13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 a5 16. f4 Nc5 17. f5 f6 $14 {Karpov,A-Salov,S/
Reykjavik/1991/1:0 (67) Inf 52/534/}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rad1 (11. e4
Nd7 12. Rfe1 g6 13. h4 e5 14. d5 h5 15. b4 Bg7 16. Bh3 a5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Qd3
Bh6 19. Nh2 Qe7 $10 {Fedorowicz,J-Van Der Wiel,J/Wijk aan Zee/1991/}) 11... Nd7
12. d5 (12. h4 Qe7 13. d5 a5 14. Ng5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 e5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. e4 Bc8
$10 {Eingorn,V-Ionov,S/SSSR(ch)/1991/}) 12... Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. e4 a5 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. b3 c6 $1 $10 {Dokhoian,Y-Razuvaev,Y/BRD/1992/ Inf 54/524/}) 8...
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 O-O 11. Rc1 (11. Nd4 e5 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8 Rfxb8 14.
h4 a5 15. a4 $5 Rf8 16. e4 h5 17. O-O-O $16 {Karpov,A-Yusupov,A/Tilburg/1993/1:
0 (57); 11...Nd7!?/}) 11... Nd7 12. Nd4 a5 $1 (12... e5 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. dxc6
Nc5 15. O-O $16) 13. Ncb5 (13. O-O Bxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qd2 Nc5 $10) (13. dxe6
Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bb7 15. exd7 Qxd7 $15) 13... Bxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb5 (15. Nc2 Nc5
16. O-O f5 $10) 15... Nc5 16. O-O Ba6 17. Na3 f5 (17... Qe7 18. e4 Rae8 19. f4
f6 $10) 18. f4 $5 Qe7 (18... exf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7 20. Rcf1 g6 21. b3 Rae8 $10) (
18... e4 19. b3 Qe7 20. Nc2 $14) 19. e3 Rae8 20. b3 exf4 $6 (20... g6 $10) (
20... Bc8 $10) 21. exf4 Qe3+ (21... g6 22. Nc2 Qg7 23. Nd4 $16) 22. Qxe3 Rxe3
23. Nc2 Rd3 24. Rfd1 Bc8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Rb1 $1 $16 Re8 28. a3
Nc5 (28... g6 29. b4 Kf7 30. Bf1 Ne1 (30... Re3 31. Rb3 $18) 31. Kf2 $18) 29.
b4 Ne4 $6 (29... axb4 30. axb4 Ne4 31. Re1 g6 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Ra2 $16) 30. bxa5
bxa5 31. Re1 Nd2 (31... g6 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Kf2 $16) 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Bf1
Nb1 $2 (33... g6 $5 34. Bd3 (34. Ne6 c6) 34... Ba4 35. Ne6 c6 36. Nd8 $16) 34.
Bd3 $18 Nxa3 (34... Nc3 35. Nxf5 $18) 35. Kf2 (35. Nxf5 Bg6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37.
Nxg6 hxg6 38. Kf2 $18) 35... g6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. Kd2 Kh6 38. Kc3 Kh5 39. Be2+
Kh6 40. Kb2 Nxc4+ 41. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6...
Ne4 $5) 7. d5 $5 (7. Qc2 $5) 7... Bb4 8. O-O $5 $146 (8. Bd2 c6 (8... Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4
$14 {Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1993/}) (8... Na6 $5 9. O-O Nc5 10. Ne1 (10.
Nh4 Re8 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 d6 $10 {Van Welly,L-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal/1992/}) 10...
Re8 11. Nc2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Ne3 $8 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe3 $1
16. fxe3 d6 $44 {Razuvaev,Y-Tiviakov,S/Rostov/1993/}) 9. O-O Bxc3 10. dxc6 $1
$14 {Ribli/}) 8... Na6 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 c6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nf5
$44) 9. Nh4 Nc5 $6 (9... Bxc3 $5 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 $44) (9... c6 {
Ftacnik} 10. d6 $1 $36 {Romanishin,O-Rodriguez,Am/Luzern WchT/1993/}) 10. Na4
$1 (10. Nb1 Nce4 11. a3 Be7 $13) (10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 a5 $10) 10... exd5 $6 (
10... Nxa4 11. Qxa4 a5 12. e4 (12. dxe6 {Ftacnik} Bxg2 13. exf7+ $16) 12... Bc5
$14) (10... Nce4 11. f3 Bc5+ 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. e4 $16) 11. a3 Nxa4 12. axb4 b5
$8 13. cxd5 $16 (13. c5 $2 a5 14. bxa5 (14. b3 Nc3 15. Qc2 axb4 $17) 14... Nxc5
$15) 13... Re8 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. e4 d6 16. Nf5 (16. Qxb5 Nxe4) 16... a6 17. b3
Nbd7 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Qc2 c6 $2 (19... Rc8 $5 20. f4 Ng6 $16) 20. f4 Ng6 21.
dxc6 Rc8 (21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxc6 23. Qxc6 Bxc6 24. Nxd6 $18) 22. e5 $1 dxe5
23. fxe5 Nxe5 (23... Ng4 24. Qe4 N4xe5 25. cxb7 $18) 24. Rad1 Qb6+ (24... Qc7 {
Ftacnik} 25. cxb7 Qxc2 26. Rc1 Qxc1 (26... Qxf5 27. bxc8=Q Qxc8 28. Rxc8 Rxc8
29. Bxe5 $18) 27. Bxc1 Rc2 28. Bf4 $16) 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Nxg7 $1 $18 Kxg7 27.
Qf5 Bxc6 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. d4 Nd7 12. Bf4 Nf6 13. Ne5 Rc8 14.
Qd3 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Tiviakov,S/Beograd/1991/1.0 (56)/}) 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 (10.
Bg5 Nbd7 (10... Na6 11. Rc1 h6 (11... Re8 12. e3 Ne4 $10) 12. Be3 $1 Re8 13.
Qa4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Nf5 $14 {Podzielny,K-Ftacnik,
L/BRD/1993/}) 11. e3 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Nd2 Rac8 15. Bh3 $14 {
Tregubov-Brodskij,M/R0stov/1993/1:0 (44)/}) 10... Nbd7 (10... Na6 $5 11. Rc1 (
11. Ne5 $5 {Vaganian/}) 11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15.
Nbd4 a5 $13 {Csom,I-Barczay,L/HUN(ch)/1977/}) 11. dxc5 bxc5 $6 (11... Nxc5 $5
12. Rc1 Nfe4 $14) 12. Nh4 $1 Nb6 13. Nf5 $16 Re8 (13... Qd7 14. e4 $5 (14. Bh3
Kh8) 14... d4 15. Nb5 Qxb5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nf5 $16) 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Nh5
15. Bd6 Bf8 16. e4 Nf6 17. e5 $16) 15. Nbd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Re6 $6 (16... Red8
17. Rc1 c4 (17... Bc6 18. e4 (18. Rxc5 $2 Nh5 $1) 18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20.
Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Bxe4 $16) 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be5 $16) 17. Bh3 Bc6 18. Qc1 c4 19.
Be5 $1 Rf8 (19... Qe7 20. Bxe6 (20. Nf5 Qf8 21. Qg5 Rxe5 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Qxe5
Re8 $17) 20... Qxe6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. b3 $18) 20. Qf4
Nh5 21. Bxe6 $1 (21. Qd4 $2 f6 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 g5 $19)
21... fxe6 22. Qd4 $18 Nf6 23. b3 Ba8 24. f3 Qc6 25. Rac1 Nfd7 26. bxc4 dxc4
27. Bxg7 Rxf3 28. exf3 Qxf3 29. Ne4 Nd5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 $5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Bd6 Bf8
14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Rfe1 Re5 $10 {Romanishin,O-Razuvaev,
Y/Jurmala/1987/0,5 (17)/}) 10. Nf5 Nf6 (10... Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6 13. Bf4
Bc8 14. g4 Nba6 15. Rc1 Bxf5 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Bxc7 Nxc7 18. f4 Be7 19. exd5
Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 $10 {Sosonko,G-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg/1984/0,5 (26) Inf 38/718/})
11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 dxe4 (12... Nbd7 13. exd5 (13. Bg5 $5) 13... cxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 $10 {Speelman,J-Burger/Brighton/1981/}) 13. Qxd8 (
13. Bg5 $5 h6 14. Bf4 (14. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 15. Qc1 Bc8 $1 {Polugaevsky,L-Stean,M/
Malta(ol)/1980/0,5 (25) Inf 30/632/}) 14... Ba6 15. Re1 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17.
Qxc3 Qd3 18. Nxh6+ $14 {Sturua,Z-Kengis,E/URS/1981/1:0 (43) Inf 32/613/}) 13...
Bxd8 $8 14. Nd6 Ba6 15. Re1 Bd3 (15... Nbd7 $5 16. Ncxe4 Rb8) 16. Ncxe4 Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Bxe4 (17... Na6 $5) 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Rb1 g6 (19... a5 $142) 20. Bf4 (
20. b4 $142 $16) 20... Rc8 21. b4 a6 22. Rec1 Ra7 $1 23. Bxb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 $14) 9. d4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nbd7 (10... Na6 11. Rc1
h6 (11... Re8 12. e3 Ne4 $10 {Tal/}) 12. Be3 $146 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Re8 14.
Re2 $1 $14) 12... Re8 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qc2 Ng4 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Nf5
$14 {Podzielny,K-Ftacnik,L BRD 1993/}) 11. e3 $5 $146 (11. Rc1 Re8 12. e3 Ne4
13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. Nd4 a5 $10 {Agdestein,S-Browne,W
Taxco 1985 Inf 39/679/}) 11... Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 (13... Rfe8 $5)
14. Nd2 $5 Rac8 15. Bh3 $1 a6 {/\16...Rc7,17...Ndf6/} (15... Ng5 $5 16. Bg4 g6
17. h4 Ne4) 16. Ncxe4 $1 dxe4 17. Nc4 {/\18.Bd7 Rd7 19.Nb6/} (17. Bxd7 $5)
17... cxd4 (17... Qf6 $5) 18. exd4 Qf6 19. d5 $1 (19. Ne3 $1 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Nf8
21. Qc7 $16) 19... b5 20. Bxd7 (20. Ne3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Ne5 $13) 20... Rxc4 $1 (
20... Rxd7 $6 21. Na5 (21. Ne3 Rcd8 22. Rc5 Qxb2 $13) 21... Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qb6
23. Rxe4 $16) 21. Rxc4 bxc4 22. Rxe4 g6 23. Re8+ Rxe8 24. Bxe8 Qd6 $1 $14 25.
Ba4 Bxd5 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Bd1 h5 $1 28. f3 (28. h4 Qe4 29. f3 Qe5 $13) 28... Kg7
$6 (28... Be6 $5 $14) 29. Qc3 $1 f6 (29... Qxc3 30. bxc3 Kf6 31. Kf2 (31. f4 g5
32. Kf2 h4) 31... Ke5 32. Ke3 Be6 33. f4+ Kd5 $16) 30. Qxe5 fxe5 31. a3 g5 $6 (
31... Kf6 $5) 32. h4 $1 gxh4 33. gxh4 Kf6 34. Kf2 Bf7 35. Ke3 Ke6 $6 (35... Be8
$5 36. Be2 Bf7 37. f4 a5 $16) 36. f4 $18 Bg6 37. Be2 exf4+ (37... Kd5 38. fxe5
$18) 38. Kxf4 Kd5 39. Kg5 Bd3 40. Bxh5 Kd4 41. Bf7 Be2 42. h5 Bxh5 43. Kxh5 a5
44. a4 Kc5 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis SPICE Cup op 12th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.10.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Durarbayli, Vasif"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Bok,B"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the last round of the SPICE Cup. Before this game I
was on 5/8 and I was looking to finish the tournament on a high note.} 1. Nf3
Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 ({Another
approach to this line begins with} 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 {and White will try to
fight against the hedgehog that Black is going to set up with ...d6, Nbd7, a6,
etc.}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5 {is the alternative.}) 9. d4 O-O 10. b3
$5 {I knew this is not the main line but I was in a creative mood that day.} ({
Most games continue with} 10. Bf4 {here}) 10... Nc6 ({Black's alternatives
include} 10... Nbd7 11. Bb2 Re8) ({and} 10... Ne4 11. Bb2 Bf6 {I believe in
both cases White has chances to fight for an advantage.}) (10... c4 $6 {
is unplayable on account of} 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. a3 $16 {followed by e2-e4}) 11.
Bb2 Re8 12. Rc1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qf4 $5 (15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Rf1
(16. e3 $6 d4 $1 17. exd4 (17. Bxb7 $2 dxe3 $19) 17... Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bxd4 $11)
16... Qf6 $13) 15... Re6 $6 {After this, Black's position becomes very
difficult.} ({In case of} 15... Qd7 16. Rcd1 Rad8 17. e3 {White's position is
definitely more pleasant but Black has good chances to hold on.}) 16. Nb5 $1 {
White's threats are now difficult to deal with.} Ne4 17. e3 Qd7 $6 18. Bh3 $1
Rf8 (18... Qxb5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qc7 $18 {the point behind hanging the knight
on b5.}) (18... Nxf2 19. Kxf2 Qxb5 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qc7 Rf8+ 22. Kg1 Rf7 23.
Qb8+ Bf8 24. Rf1 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 19. Nd4 Bd6 20. Qf5 Rfe8
21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qh5 $18 {White is a healthy exchange up and technically
winning.} Rf8 23. Rc2 Nc5 24. Bd4 (24. Rd1) 24... Qe7 25. Rd1 g6 26. Qg4 Bc8
27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. b4 e5 29. Qxc8 (29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. gxh4 Bxh3 31. bxc5 {is also
winning.}) 29... Rxc8 30. Bxc8 Bxb4 31. Rxd5 {Black managed to regain some
material but due to his exposed king he is helpless against the White rooks.}
Qf6 32. Rd7 (32. Rc7 {would have been more convincing, with the fine point that
} Be1 {runs into} 33. Be6+ $1 Kh8 34. Rf7 $18) 32... Bc5 33. Rcd2 Bb4 34. Rd1
Qf3 35. Bb7 Qe2 36. Bd5+ (36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. R1d7+ Kf6 38. Bd5 {Would have
concluded the game faster}) 36... Kh8 37. Bb3 Be1 38. Rf7 Bd2 39. h4 (39. Rxa7
{Would have been easier way to victory.}) 39... a5 40. Rd7 Be1 41. Rd8+ Kg7 42.
R1d7+ Kh6 43. Rf8 $6 ({Stronger would have been} 43. Rf7 $18 {as now Black
does not have the resource he had in the game.}) 43... Bxf2+ $8 {Vasif spots
his chance to make my task more difficult} 44. Rxf2 Qg4 {This was the move
that I had missed.} (44... Qxe3 45. Kg2 {is hopeless as Rff7 will come soon.})
45. Rff7 Qxg3+ 46. Kf1 Qh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48. Kd3 Kh5 49. Rxh7+ Kg4 50. h5 Qf1+
51. Ke4 Qf3+ 52. Kxe5 Qxe3+ 53. Kd6 Qc5+ 54. Ke6 gxh5 55. Rdf7 Qc6+ 56. Ke5
Qc3+ $6 (56... Qc5+ {Would have made my task harder as now it's more difficult
to escape from the checks.}) 57. Kd6 {Now my king escapes and the hunt on the
black king can begin!} Qd4+ 58. Kc6 Qc5+ 59. Kb7 Kh4 60. Rfg7 b5 61. Be6 Qe5
62. Rg4+ Kh3 63. Re4+ (63. Rg5+ Qxe6 64. Rhxh5# {Would have been slightly more
precise, but picking up a queen isn't bad either :).}) 1-0

[Event "BCF-ch 82nd"]
[Site "Swansea"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Summerscale, Aaron"]
[Black "Levitt, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "WLS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bf4 d5 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nb5 Bd5 13. Nc7 Rc8 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Ne1 b5 16. Bxd5 Qb6 17. e3 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19. Rdd1 Qb7 20. Qf5 Rfe8 21.
Rac1 Bf8 22. Bd6 Re6 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nf3 Qe4 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Nd4 Rb6 27. f3
Nd6 28. e4 b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 Nb5 31. Nf5 (31. Nxb5 Rxb5 32. Rc3 {was
better.}) 31... Nxa3 32. Rd7 g6 (32... Rb1 33. Rxb1 Nxb1 34. Nd6 (34. Rxf7+
Kxf7 35. Nd6+ Ke6 36. Nxc8 c3) 34... Rc6 35. e5 c3 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rb7) 33.
Nd6 Rcc6 34. Rxf7+ Kg8 35. Rxa7 Rb1 36. Rxb1 Nxb1 37. Ra1 Nd2 38. Nb5 Nxf3+ 39.
Kg2 Ne5 40. Nc3 Rb6 41. Ra2 Rb3 42. Rc2 Kf7 43. Kf2 Ke6 44. Ke3 Nc6 45. Kd2 Ke5
46. Ne2 Nd4 47. Nxd4 Rd3+ $1 48. Kc1 Rxd4 49. Kb2 Rxe4 50. Kc3 Kf5 51. Rf2+ Kg4
52. Rf7 h5 53. Rf6 g5 54. Rg6 h4 (54... Re5 55. Kxc4 Kh3 56. Kd4 Ra5 57. Rh6 g4
58. Ke3 Kxh2 59. Kf2 Rf5+ {was also winning.}) 55. gxh4 Kxh4 56. Rf6 (56. Rh6+
Kg4 57. Rh8 Re3+ 58. Kxc4 Rh3) 56... Kh3 57. Rf2 Rg4 58. Rd2 Rg2 59. Rd1 Kxh2
60. Kxc4 Re2 61. Kd3 Re8 62. Ra1 g4 63. Ra7 g3 64. Rh7+ Kg1 65. Kd2 g2 66. Rh6
Re5 67. Kd3 Kf2 68. Rf6+ Kg3 69. Rg6+ Kf3 70. Rg8 Rd5+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1989.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Bf6 (10... Bc5 11. e4 Ne7 12. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 13. b4 Bxb4
14. Qd4+ f6 15. Qxb4 c5 16. Qd2 $40 {Polugaevsky,L-Kortschnoj,V (12)/Buenos
Aires m/1984/}) (10... Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 $40) 11. Re1 (11. e4 Ne7 12. Nd6
Ba6 13. Re1 Be5 14. Nc3 c5 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. gxf4 Nbc6 17. Qa4 $16 {Lukacs,
P-Portisch,L/HUN-ch/1981/}) 11... Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Nc3 $1 Be5 14. Bf4 Bxf4
15. gxf4 Nc8 16. e4 {16.Nce4} Nxd6 (16... c5 $2 17. Nf5 {/\ Qg4, Rad1}) 17.
Qxd6 c5 $1 18. Nd5 Nc6 19. Nc7 (19. e5 Nd4 20. Nc7 $2 Nf5) 19... Bb7 20. Nxa8
Bxa8 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. f5 (22. b4 f5 $1 23. bxc5 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Ne6 25. Qc4 fxe4
26. Bh3 Qh4 $40) 22... Bc6 {>= 22...a5} 23. b4 $1 Nc2 24. Re2 Nxb4 25. a3 Na6
26. Re3 Nc7 27. Rg3 $2 (27. Red3 $1 Ba4 (27... Qc8 28. Rg3 f6 29. Bf1) 28. R1d2
Nb5 29. Qf4 $1 Nd4 30. e5 f6 31. e6 $1 Qe7 (31... dxe6 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Rxd4
e5 34. Rxd8 exf4 35. Bd5+ Kh8 36. Rxf8#) 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qxd4 Bb5 34. a4 Bc6
35. exd7 $18) 27... f6 28. Bf1 (28. e5 Nb5 $1) 28... Nb5 29. Bxb5 (29. Bc4+ Kh8
30. Qf4 Nd4 31. Qg4 Qe7 32. Qg6 h6 33. Rh3 Nf3+ 34. Rxf3 Qxe4 $19) 29... Bxb5
30. Re1 Bc6 31. f4 Re8 32. e5 Qe7 33. Qd2 Qf7 $6 {>= 33...d6!} 34. exf6 Rxe1+
35. Qxe1 Qxf6 36. Qe8+ Qf8 37. Qe5 Kh8 $2 (37... d6 38. Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qxd6 Qd5
$1 {Mit Remis-Chancen}) 38. Kf2 c4 39. h4 h6 40. Rg6 Kh7 41. h5 c3 42. f6 gxf6
43. Rxf6 Qc5+ 44. Qxc5 bxc5 45. Ke3 Kg7 46. Rd6 c4 47. Rg6+ Kf7 48. Rxh6 Be4
49. Ra6 d5 50. Rxa7+ Ke6 51. Rg7 Kd6 52. Kd4 c2 53. Rg1 Bf3 54. Rc1 Be4 55. h6
Bh7 56. a4 Kc6 57. a5 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Kristiansund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 {Ideen er
Е spille e4 fKr d4 slik at man kan ta igjen med hesten uten at hvit-
feltslKperne byttes av.} d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Re8 {
11...Se4 er mer nKyaktig.} 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. e3 Bf6 14. Ne5 {Eneste forsKk pÅ Е
fÅ fordel.} g6 15. f3 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rc8 (16... cxd4 17. exd4 Be7 {og svart har
antagelig utlignet.}) 17. f4 Bg7 18. Qd2 Qe7 19. f5 $5 {Den mest aggressive
fortsettelsen.} Qg5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qf2 Rc7 22. Nd3 Rec8 23. Bh3 f5 $6 {
23...Td8 var bedre.} 24. Bb2 Re7 $4 {En bukk spilt i begynnende tidsnKd.} (
24... Nb4 $1 25. Nxb4 (25. Nf4 Nxa2 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Ne6 Qh6 28. Nxc7 Qxh3 29.
Ne6 Nd3 30. Qf1 Qxf1+ 31. Rxf1 a5 $1 {og svart stÅr antagelig best.}) 25...
cxb4 26. Qd2 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qe7 29. g4 Bc8 30. Qc2 Be6 31. gxf5
Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Qg5+ 33. Kh1 gxf5 34. Qg2 Qh5 $1 35. Qxd5+ Kh7 36. Qg2 Qd1+ 37.
Qg1 Qf3+ 38. Qg2 Qd1+ $10) 25. Bg2 Rce8 26. Nf4 Rd7 27. Bf1 cxd4 28. Bxd4 Bxd4
29. exd4 Rde7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. h4 $1 Qh6 32. Bxa6 Bxa6 33. Rc6 Rg7 34. Qe1 Kh7
35. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Women) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Melamed, Tatiana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia (W)"]
[BlackTeam "Germany (W)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 ({Als
sicher für Schwarz gilt} 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2
O-O 12. O-O Rc8 13. e4 c5 (13... b5) 14. exd5 exd5 15. dxc5 dxc4 16. cxb6 Nxb6
17. Re1 cxb3 18. Qxb3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bc4 20. Qa4 Be6 21. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (21)
Ivanchuk,V (2787)-Leko,P (2755) Moscow 2007}) 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O
10. O-O Bb7 11. Bc1 ({Oder} 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Bf4 Rd8 14. Qb2 h6 15.
Rac1 Qe6 16. b4 g5 17. Be5 Bxb4 18. Bxc7 Rdc8 19. Be5 Ne8 20. g4 Qxg4 21. Bg3
Qe6 22. Nb5 Nf6 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Nxa7 Re8 25. Ne5 Ne4 26. Nb5 h5 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. d5 Qf6 29. Rd4 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rxd5 31. Nxb4 Rxb5 32. a4 Rc5 33. Nxa6 Bxa6
34. Rd2 Qxb2 35. Rxb2 h4 36. Bd6 Rc6 37. Ba3 h3 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Bb2 Rxa4 40.
Rd4 Rxd4 41. Bxd4 b5 42. Bc5 Kg7 43. Kf1 f5 44. Ke1 Kf6 45. e3 f4 46. Kd2 Ke6
47. Kc3 Bc8 48. Kd4 Bb7 49. Bb4 Bc6 50. Ba5 Kf5 51. Bd8 g4 52. exf4 b4 53. Bh4
Bb5 54. Ke3 Bd3 55. Kd2 Kxf4 56. Bg3+ Kf3 57. Kc1 b3 {1/2-1/2 (57) Kryakvin,D 
(2551)-Jakovenko,D (2732) Taganrog 2011}) 11... Nbd7 12. Bb2 Re8 ({Die
Alternative ist} 12... c5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. e3) 13. Rc1 Bf8 (13... c5 14. Nh4 g6
15. Nf3 Rb8 16. e3 Bf8 17. Rc2 a6 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Nf4 c4 20. Ne5 b5 21. bxc4
bxc4 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Rb2 Ba8 24. Nxd7 Qxd7 25. Bh3 Qc6 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Bb4
Bc7 28. Qa4 h5 29. Ba5 c3 30. Rc2 Bxf4 31. exf4 Bc6 32. Qb3 Bb5 33. Qxc3 Qxc3
34. Rxc3 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Rb8 36. Rc6 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Ne4 38. Rxa6 Rb2 39. Be1 Rb1
40. Kf1 Rd1 41. Ke2 Rc1 42. f3 Nc3+ 43. Kd2 Ra1 44. Kxc3 Rxe1 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
a4 Rc1+ 47. Kb4 Rc4+ 48. Kb5 Rxd4 49. a5 Rd2 50. Rd8 d4 51. a6 Rb2+ 52. Kc6
Rc2+ 53. Kb7 Rb2+ 54. Ka8 Rd2 55. a7 d3 56. Kb7 {1-0 (56) Ding,L (2660)-Li
Shilong (2549) Xinghua 2012}) 14. Re1 (14. Qc2 c6 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Red1 Bd6 17.
Nh4 g6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. e3 Nf8 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Ne5 N6d7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. e4
dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nd5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Qxe7 Rexe7 28. Bf3 Rxc1 29.
Rxc1 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Kf1 f5 32. Bc1 Kf7 33. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Cao,S 
(2514)-Sachdev,T (2401) Jakarta 2012}) 14... a6 15. e3 Bd6 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Nf4
Ne4 $11 18. Qc2 c6 19. Red1 Rac8 20. Qe2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5 22. Nd3 Qe7 23. Rc2
Nf6 24. Re1 h5 {Schwarz geht zum Angriff über.} 25. Ne5 h4 26. gxh4 $6 ({
Solider war z.B.:} 26. Rec1) 26... c5 27. f4 Ne4 28. h5 ({Zu erwägen war} 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nc4) 28... cxd4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxd4 Qh4 31. Nf3 $6 {Danach
übernimmt Schwarz das Kommando.} (31. Bxb6 $2 Rc2 32. Qd1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxg2#)
(31. Rf1 $5 Bc5 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Rd1 $11) 31... Qxh5 32. Bxb6
Bb4 33. Ra1 (33. Rd1 $2 Nc3) (33. Rf1 Rc6 34. Bd4 Bc8 {mit Angriff.}) 33... Rc6
34. Bd4 Bc8 35. Qf1 Rg6 $17 36. Ng5 $2 {Panik.} (36. Kh1 Ng3+ $19) ({Besser war
} 36. Ne5 $5 {mit der Idee} Rh6 37. h3 {denn} Bxh3 ({Besser} 37... Bf5) 38.
Bxh3 Qxh3 39. Qxh3 Rxh3 $11 {bringt Schwarz nichts ein.}) 36... Nxg5 37. fxg5
Bd6 $19 38. Qf3 Qxh2+ 39. Kf2 Qh4+ 40. Kf1 Rxg5 41. e4 Rg3 42. Qf2 Bh3 43. Bxh3
Qxh3+ 44. Ke1 Rg2 45. Qf1 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 85th"]
[Site "Verden/Aller"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Graf, Felix"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.11.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.12.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Nd7 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 {Weiß hat den Bauern zurückgewonnen. Er verfügt
über Raumvorteil und die aktiveren Figuren, aber liegt in der Entwicklung
leicht zurück.} Bf6 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3 {Bis hierhin ist diese Variante
bekannt. Der 18. Zug von Schwarz ist nicht allzu überraschend, könnte aber
eine Neuerung sein.} Qe8 19. Nh6+ Kh8 20. Ng4 Be7 21. Bf4 {Weiß entwickelt
den Läufer c1 und steht ein bisschen besser.} Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qc8
24. Be5 Ne6 25. h4 f5 $6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich energisch. Zurückhaltender
war 25...f6.} 26. Ne3 f4 27. gxf4 Bxh4 28. f5 Nc5 29. Bxg7+ $1 {Mit diesem
taktischen Schlag gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern und sichert sich Vorteil.} Kxg7
30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qxh4 Qc7 32. Qd4+ Qg7+ 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Kg2 Rf7 35. Kf3 Rd7
36. Rxd7+ Nxd7 {Weiß hat im Springerendspiel einen Bauern mehr, das reicht
oft schon zum Gewinn. Hier ist der Mehrbauer zwar ein Doppelbauer und Schwarz
hat seinerseits einen Freibauern auf der h-Linie, aber dafür kann Weiß mit
seinem vorgerückten f-Bauern Drohungen aufstellen.} 37. Kf4 Kf7 38. Ng4 Nc5
39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. b4 Na4 41. Ng4+ Ke7 42. Ke5 h5 43. Nf6 Kf7 ({Nach} 43... h4
44. Nh7 h3 45. f6+ Kd7 46. f7 h2 47. f8=Q h1=Q 48. Nf6+ Kc7 {kommt Weiß
zuerst. Er kann} 49. Nd5+ {spielen und versuchen, Schwarz Matt zu setzen oder
mit} (49. Qe7+ Kc8 50. Qd7+ Kb8 51. Qxa4 {eine Figur gewinnen.})) 44. Nd5 Nb2
45. Kf4 Nc4 46. Kg5 Nd6 47. f6 h4 48. Kxh4 Ke6 49. Nc3 Kxf6 {Der Doppelbauer
ist verschwunden und Weiß hat ein Springerendspiel mit Mehrbauern. Botvinnik
wird der Ausspruch zugeschrieben, dass Springerendspiele wie Bauernendspiele
sind. Wenn das stimmt, dann steht Weiß hier klar auf Gewinn. Aber in der
Praxis sind Springerendspiele natürlich viel komplizierter als
Bauernendspiele.} 50. f4 Kf5 51. Kg3 a6 52. Kf3 Nc4 53. Nd5 Ke6 54. Nc7+ Kd7
55. Nxa6 Kc6 56. a4 Nb2 57. Ke4 Nxa4 58. Ke5 Nb2 59. f5 Nc4+ 60. Ke6 Nd2 61.
Nb8+ Kb5 62. Nd7 Ne4 63. Ke5 Ng5 64. f6 Kxb4 {Jetzt muss Weiß versuchen, den
Springer von der Kontrolle der Felder f7 und f8 abzudrängen. In der Partie
gelingt ihm das auch. Erst vertreibt der weiße König den Springer, dann
lenkt der weiße Springer seinen Kollegen ab.} 65. Kf5 Nf7 66. Ke6 Ng5+ 67. Kf5
Nf7 68. Kg6 Nd6 ({Hartnäckiger war} 68... Nd8 {Dann muss Weiß nach zum
Beispiel} 69. Nxb6 Kc5 {sehr schwer arbeiten, wenn er noch gewinnen will.}) 69.
Nxb6 Kc5 70. Nc8 $1 Nc4 (70... Nxc8 71. f7 Ne7+ 72. Kg5 {hat Schwarz kein
Schach mehr und der Bauer läuft durch.}) 71. Kf5 Ne3+ 72. Ke6 Ng2 73. f7 Nf4+
74. Kf5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Nh4
$5 {8.0-0, 8. c1, 8. c2} d5 $5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 $5 (9. Bxc3 $14) 9... Bxg2
10. Nxg2 $14 {P e4,f4@}) 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 (10... Bxd5 $2 11. e4 $2 (
11. Qa4+ $1 $14) 11... Bb7 12. Qh5 c5 $36) (10... Bxh4 11. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 12.
Qxd7+ Nxd7 13. dxe6 Bxg2 14. exd7+ Kxd7 15. Rg1 Bxg3 16. Rxg2 $1 {P g7}) 11.
Nf5 Nc6 $1 {<->c4} 12. Ne3 Na5 13. Qa4+ $1 Bc6 $8 (13... c6 $2 14. Nxd5) 14.
Qb4 Be7 15. Qb1 Qd7 $6 (15... O-O) 16. h4 $1 O-O 17. Bh3 Qd8 18. Qf5 $1 $14 {
-/+B, <->d5} Nc4 (18... Bb7 $142 $13 {P c6, c5, c8, f6, e8}) 19. Nxc4 dxc4 20.
e4 $1 $16 b5 21. O-O b4 22. Rfe1 Rb8 23. d5 Bb7 {P c8} 24. Bf1 $1 Ba6 25. Rab1
$1 (25. cxb4 $16) 25... c5 26. Rec1 Qa5 $132 27. Bf4 $1 $16 Rbd8 (27... g6 $5
28. Qd7 $8 Rb7 29. Qc6 $16) 28. d6 $1 Bxd6 29. cxb4 $1 {<->a5} Qa4 (29... Qxa2
30. Ra1 {P a6}) 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Qxc5 Qd7 (31... Rd2 32. Qxa7 Qxa2 (32... Rxa2
33. Bxc4) 33. b5 $1 $18) 32. b5 Rc8 33. Qa3 Bb7 (33... Bxb5 34. Rxb5 Qxb5 35.
Qxd6) 34. Qxa7 c3 (34... Bxe4 35. Qxd7 Rxd7 36. Rb4 $18 {<->c4}) 35. Qe3 c2 36.
Rb2 Rd2 37. a4 $1 $18 h5 38. a5 Ra8 39. a6 Bc8 40. Rbxc2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1989.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Rc1
(8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 e5 $10 {Karpov,An-Salov,V/URS-55ch/
1988/1/2-1/2/ -> CBM 9}) 8... Bxd4 9. Nxd4 $1 Nxc3 10. Bxb7 (10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11.
Rg1 Bb7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. g4 Qg5 14. Rd1 d6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. f4 Qe7 {Douven,R-Van
der Wiel,J/NLD-ch/1989/0-1/} 17. Nf5 $1 $13) 10... Nxd1 11. Rxd1 c6 $5 {N} (
11... e5 12. Nf5 g6 $13 {Inf45/671; Inf39/671}) 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bd6 Re8 14.
Bxa8 $6 (14. b4 $5 c5 $1 $13) 14... Qc8 15. b4 Na6 16. b5 Qxa8 17. bxa6 c5 18.
Nf3 Qe4 19. Rc1 f6 20. a3 $1 Qc6 21. Rd1 (21. Bf4 $2 g5 $1 $19) 21... Qa4 22.
Nd2 $8 {22.0-0? Qxc4} Qc6 23. Nf3 Qa4 24. Nd2 Qxa3 $2 {>= 24...Qc6=} 25. O-O
Qxa6 26. e4 $1 Qa4 27. e5 $1 Qc6 28. Rfe1 a6 29. Re3 h6 $1 $138 (29... b5 $2
30. Ne4 $1) (29... a5 $2 30. Nb1 {/\ Nc3}) 30. Rc1 $2 (30. Ne4 $1 fxe5 31. f3 {
/\ Re3-d3}) 30... Ra8 31. Ne4 fxe5 32. f3 a5 $1 33. Ra3 a4 34. h4 $1 Ra5 35.
Kg2 b5 $1 36. cxb5 Rxb5 37. Kh3 $1 Rb3 38. Rxc5 Qa6 39. Rc3 Qb5 40. Kg4 Kh7 41.
h5 Rxa3 42. Rxa3 g6 43. Bf8 $1 Kg8 $1 (43... Qb1 $2 44. Ra1 $1 gxh5+ 45. Kxh5
Qxa1 46. Nf6+ Kh8 47. Kxh6 Qh1+ 48. Kg6 Qb1+ 49. Kf7 $18 {Karpov}) 44. Bd6 Kf7
$1 45. Rc3 $2 (45. hxg6+ $1 $10 Kxg6 46. Kh3 h5 $10) 45... gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Qf1
47. Kg4 (47. Kxh6 Qh3+ 48. Kg5 Qf5+ 49. Kh4 Qh7+ 50. Kg5 Qg6+ 51. Kh4 Qh6+ 52.
Kg4 Kg6 $1 $19) 47... Kg6 48. Bxe5 d5 49. Nc5 (49. Nf6 Qb1 $1 50. Kh4 h5 $1 51.
g4 Qe1+) 49... Qh1 $1 50. Kf4 Qh5 $1 51. Ke3 Qxe5+ 52. Kd2 d4 {(Valery Salov
in der Sonntags-Zeitung)} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Marjanovic, Slavoljub"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 (7. Nc3
Ne4) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 $1 {Polugajevsky} c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 (10... Bc5
11. e4 Ne7 12. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 13. b4 $16 {Polugajevsky-Korchnoi(12)/ct sf/1980/})
11. Nc3 d5 (11... d6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rad1 $16 {Sveshnikov-Platonov/
Taschkent/1980/}) (11... Ne8 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e4 Nac7 15. Rad1 Bf6
16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 {1/2 Timman-Karpov/1983/}
) 12. e4 Bf6 (12... dxe4 13. Nxe4) (12... Nd7 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Bf6 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Rad1 Qd7 20. Qf3 Qb7 $10 {
Kishnev-Cholmov/1981/}) 13. exd5 $1 (13. Qg4 $10 {Razuvajev-Makarichev/Tiflis/
1978/}) (13. Bf4 d4 14. Nxd4 (14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nxg7 Qxg7 17. Bxc7
cxb2 18. Rb1 $146) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Qxd4 c5 $1 $10) 13... cxd5 (
13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Nxd5) 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Re1 Qd7 $6 (
15... Nc5) (15... Bc8) 16. Bh3 (16. Qg4 Bc8 17. Ne7+ Qxe7) 16... Kh8 $2 (16...
Qd8 {+/=/}) (16... Qc6 17. Rc1 Nc5 18. Be5 $1 Rfe8 (18... d4 19. Ne4) 19. Nd4
$18) 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Ng5 Qc6 (18... Ne6 19. Nd6 {/\ 20.Qc2}) 19. Ne7 Qf6 20.
Nxh7 $1 Qd4 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 Bxa1 23. Nf6+ (23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Qh6+ Kxf6 25.
Bg5#) 1-0

[Event "Match Botvinnik-Levenfish +5-5=3"]
[Site "Moscow/ Leningrad"]
[Date "1937.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Levenfish, Grigory"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {The games 1-8 were played in Moscow.} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7
5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 c6
12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. Bb2 Rc8 18.
Qd3 Rc7 19. Rcd1 g6 20. Nb1 Bc8 21. Ba3 Bf5 22. Qa6 Bg7 23. Nc3 h5 24. Bc1 Ne4
25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. h4 Rd7 27. Bg5 Bf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qc4 Red8 30. Rc1 Rd6 31.
Qc3 Qxd4 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc6 Rd2 34. a4 Rb2 35. Rc3 Rd4 36. Re3 Rb4 37. Rc1
R2xb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rc4 Rb1+ 40. Kh2 Rb2 41. Bf1 0-1

[Event "Bela Crkva op"]
[Site "Bela Crkva"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cabrilo, Goran"]
[Black "Skembris, Spyridon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1983.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. d4 Ne4 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bf6 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Qd2 a5 15.
Rae1 Kh8 $1 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc6 $1 19. dxc6 Nc5 20. e4 $1
f6 $1 (20... Qxc6 $2 21. e5 $16) 21. Re2 (21. e5 $2 dxe5 22. fxe5 f5 $15) 21...
Qe7 22. Rfe1 Ne6 23. Rf2 Nc5 24. Qg3 (24. Rfe2 Rae8 $15) 24... Rae8 25. h4 Qf7
26. Rfe2 Re7 27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 f5 $15 29. Bd5 Qh5 30. Rg2 f4 31. Qg5 Qxg5
32. Rxg5 h6 $1 33. Rg6 Nd3 $17 34. Re4 Nxe5 35. Rg4 (35. Re6 $2 Rxe6 36. Bxe6
Nxc6 $19) 35... Nf3+ 36. Kf2 Rxe4 37. Bxe4 Ne5 38. Rg1 Rd8 39. Bd5 Rd6 40. h5
$1 g5 $1 (40... Nxc6 41. Re1 $13) 41. hxg6 Kg7 42. Rd1 Rxg6 43. Be4 Rf6 44. Rd5
Re6 45. Bf5 Re7 46. Bd7 (46. Rd7 Nxc6 $19) 46... Kf6 47. a4 $2 (47. Rd6+ $1 Kg5
48. Rd5 Kh4 $17) 47... Rg7 48. Rd4 f3 49. Rf4+ Ke7 50. Re4 Rg2+ 51. Kf1 Re2 $1
$17 52. Rd4 (52. Rxe2 fxe2+ 53. Kxe2 Nxd7 $19) 52... Rb2 53. Rd5 (53. Re4 Re2
54. Rd4 Kf6 $19) 53... Kf6 54. c5 $2 (54. Rd6+ cxd6 55. c7 Nd3 56. Kg1 Rg2+ 57.
Kf1 Rg8 58. c8=Q Rxc8 59. Bxc8 Ke5 $19) 54... bxc5 55. Rxc5 $2 $138 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bb2 Qc8 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. a3 (12. Ne5) 12... c5 13. dxc5 bxc5
14. b4 Qd7 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Na4 Nfe4 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qa4 Bb6 20.
Nf3 Rac8 $10 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Bh3 Rb8 24. Ba1 Bc5 25. Bd7 Bb6 26.
Bg4 Qg5 27. Bh3 Qd2 28. Qb4 Bc8 29. Bxc8 Qxb4 30. axb4 Rxc8 31. Rd1 Rc4 32. e3
Bxd4 33. Bxd4 Rxb4 34. Bxa7 Rb5 35. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation URS-YUG 35,5-19,5"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1971.11.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1971.11.06"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 8. O-O
Nd7 9. Ne1 Nxc3 $6 (9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 c6 $1) 10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 $11 O-O
12. Qd2 $5 c6 13. e4 d5 14. Qe2 dxe4 15. Qxe4 {12.e4} Rc8 16. Rad1 Re8 17. Ne3
Bf8 18. Qf3 Qf6 19. Qe2 (19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. d5 Ne4) 19... Qg6 20. Ng4 h5 21. Ne5
Nxe5 22. dxe5 Red8 23. h3 Bc5 24. Kg2 $14 a5 25. Qf3 $14 Qf5 26. Qxf5 (26.
Rxd8+ {25.g4!} Rxd8 27. Qxc6 Rd3 28. f3 Re3 $1) 26... exf5 27. f4 $2 Kf8 28. g4
hxg4 29. hxg4 fxg4 30. Kg3 g6 31. Kxg4 Ke7 $1 32. f5 $11 (32. Be1 $3) 32...
gxf5+ 33. Kxf5 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Rd8 35. Rh1 Bb4 36. Bxb4+ axb4 37. Rh6 Ra8 38.
Rxc6 Rxa2 39. Rxb6 Rxb2 40. Rb7+ Ke8 41. Ke4 b3 42. Kd3 Rb1 $2 (42... f6 {
31...Bb4}) 43. Kc3 Rc1+ 44. Kd4 Rd1+ $2 45. Kc5 Re1 46. Kd6 $2 Rd1+ 47. Kc6 $1
$13 Rb1 $2 48. c5 b2 49. Rb5 Ke7 50. Kb6 Ke6 51. c6 Rc1 52. Rxb2 Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch16 Alekhine-Euwe +10-4=11"]
[Site "Netherlands"]
[Date "1937.11.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1937.10.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 (7. Nc3 $142
) (7. Qc2 $142) 7... d5 (7... c5) 8. Ne5 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nc3
Nbd7 12. Nd3 Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Ba3 Rc8 15. Nb5 Ne4 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Rd1 {
[%cal Rg2e4,Rd3e5] /\18.Be4,19.Nf5} Nd6 18. Nf4 Nxb5 19. axb5 Nf6 20. Nxd5 Nxd5
21. e4 c4 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. exd5 Qxe1 24. Rfxe1 cxb3 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rb8
27. d7 g6 (27... Rfd8 $2 28. Ra1 Rxd7 29. Rxa5 Rd3 30. Re4 $1 h6 31. Rb4 Rd5 $3
32. Rxb3 f5 $10 {[%csl Ra5] צa5, Botvinnik}) 28. Ra1 (28. Rd4 Rfd8 29. Re3 b2
30. Rb3 Rb7 31. b6 a4 $1 32. Rxb2 (32. Rxa4 Rdxd7 33. Rxb2 Rd6 $14) 32... a3
33. Rb1 a2 34. Ra1 Rxb6 35. Rxa2 Rb7 $14 {Levenfish}) 28... Rxb5 29. Re8 Rd5
30. Rxa5 Rxd7 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rb5 Rd3 33. Rb7 Kg7 34. Rb6 g5 35. h3 h5 36.
h4 g4 37. Rb5 Kg6 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rb5 f6 40. Kf1 Kg6 {/\1....f5, 2....Ke6-d6
3.Rf5 b3-b1Q Botvinnik} 41. Ke2 Rf3 (41... Rc3 42. Kd2 Rc2+ 43. Ke3 b2 44. f4
$1 $10 Rg2 (44... f5 45. Rb6+ Kf7 46. Kd4 Rg2 47. Rb7+ Ke6 48. Rb6+ Kd7 49.
Rb7+ Kc6 50. Rb8 Rxg3 51. Rxb2 Rh3 52. Ke5 Rxh4 53. Rg2 Rh3 54. Kxf5 g3 55. Kg6
h4 56. f5 Rh2 57. Rg1 Rf2 58. Kg5) 45. Ke4 Rxg3 46. Rxb2 Rh3 47. f5+ Kh6 48.
Rb6 Rxh4 49. Rxf6+ Kh7 50. Rg6) 42. Ke1 f5 43. Rb6+ Kf7 44. Rh6 f4 (44... Rc3
$142 45. Kd2 Rc2+ 46. Ke3 b2 47. Rb6 Ke7 48. f3 $10) 45. Rxh5 Rc3 46. Rb5 f3
47. Kd2 Rc2+ 48. Ke3 b2 49. Kf4 Rc4+ 50. Ke3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Staunton Memorial"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1946.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1946.08.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5 (10. f3 $5 {/\ 11.e4}) 10... Nxd5 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5
Bxc5 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Rd8 16. Qc1 (16. Nxc5 Qxc5 (16... Ne3
17. Qe1 Nc2 (17... Nxf1 $2 18. Nd3 $1) 18. Qc3 Nxa1 19. Bxg7 Qxc5 20. Qxa1))
16... Bf8 17. Qxc8 $2 (17. Rd1 $8) 17... Raxc8 18. Rfd1 (18. Rac1 Ba3 $1 19.
Rxc8 Rxc8 {/\ 20...Rc2-/+}) 18... f6 19. Bf4 (19. Bb2 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rdc8 21. Rad1
Bb4 $1) 19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 h6 {[/\ 21...Rc2]} (20... Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc2 22.
Rd2) (20... f5 21. Ng5) 21. Kg2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Ng3 Rc2 $17 24. a4 Rc3 25.
Rb1 a5 26. e3 Bc5 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. h4 g6 29. h5 gxh5 30. Nxh5 Ba3 31. Rg1 Rxb3
32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rg6 Ke7 34. Rxh6 Bb2 35. Rh7+ Kd6 36. Ng7 Bxg7 37. Rxg7 Rb4
38. Rb7 Rb2 39. Rb8 Kc5 40. Rb7 (40. Re8 Kb4 41. Rxe6 Kxa4 $19) 40... Rb4 41.
Re7 Rxa4 42. Rxe6 b5 43. Re5+ Kc4 44. Rxf5 b4 45. Rh5 (45. Rf8 b3 46. Rb8 Rb4
$19) 45... b3 46. Rh1 b2 47. Rb1 Rb4 48. f5 a4 49. f6 a3 50. f7 Rb8 {[/\ 51...
Rf8!, 52...a2]} 0-1

[Event "Mondariz zt 1.1"]
[Site "Mondariz"]
[Date "2000.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb5 $6 Nce4 13. Nbd4 Bc5 14. a3 $6
a5 $2 (14... Ng4 $1 15. Rf1 g5 16. Bc1 Ngxf2 17. Rxf2 Nxf2 18. Kxf2 g4 19. Bg5
f6 20. Bh6 gxf3 21. Bxf8 fxg2 22. Bxc5 (22. Bh6 Qe8 23. b4 Bxd4+ 24. Qxd4 Qg6
25. Bf4 Re8 $36) 22... bxc5 23. Nf3 Qe7 24. Kxg2 Re8 25. Kf1 d4 $17) 15. h3 Re8
16. Qa4 Nh5 (16... Rc8 $5 17. b4 $140 (17. Rad1 Qe7) 17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nh5
19. bxa5 (19. Bc1 Nxf2) 19... Nxf4 20. gxf4 Rc4 21. Qd1 Qh4 22. Rf1 bxa5 $15) (
16... Qe7 $5) 17. Rad1 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qf6 19. e3 h6 20. Re2 $5 (20. Qd7 Nd6 $1)
20... g5 $6 (20... Bd6 $5 21. Rc2 Rec8 22. Rdc1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rd8 24. Qb5 Bc5
$13) 21. fxg5 hxg5 22. Nd2 $1 $14 Ng3 $2 (22... Rac8 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Red2 $14
) 23. fxg3 Bxd4 24. Nf1 $1 $16 Bxb2 25. Rf2 Qe5 26. Qb3 Bc3 27. Bxd5 $6 (27.
Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 $18) 27... Bxd5 (27... a4 28. Bxf7+ Kg7 29. Qb1 $18 (29.
Qxb6 Qe4 30. Qg6+ $1 Qxg6 31. Bxg6 Kxg6 32. Rd6+ Kg7 33. Rd7+)) 28. Rxd5 a4 29.
Qb5 Qe6 30. Rxg5+ Bg7 (30... Kf8 $5) 31. Qb2 Qh6 32. Rff5 $1 Rac8 33. h4 $18
Rc5 34. Rxc5 bxc5 35. Qb5 Qe6 36. Qxc5 Rc8 37. Qd4 f6 38. Rg4 Rc1 39. Qe4 Qa6
40. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6 13. Re1 Bc8 14. Qf3 (14. g4
$5 Bxf5 15. gxf5 d4 16. Ne2 $13) 14... Be6 (14... Nd7 15. Bf4 $16) (14... Re8
15. Rd1 $16) 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 (16. Bf4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 $17) 16... dxe4
$8 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Nd5 $15) 17... Nd5 18. g5 Be5 19. Qh4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21.
Bxd5 Bxd5 (21... cxd5 22. Be3 {/\ Bd4+/-}) 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Be3 (23. Bf4 f6)
23... Bg7 24. Rad1 Ne5 25. Qg3 f6 26. Bd4 Nf7 $1 (26... Nc6 $2 27. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6
28. gxf6 Qxf6 29. Rxd5 $14) 27. Nxf7+ Rxf7 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Re6 $1 Bxd4 30.
Rxd4 Qc7 $1 31. Rxd5 $2 (31. Qxc7 Rxc7 32. Rxd5 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Rc2 34. Rf6 $1 $10
) 31... Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qxb2 33. Red6 $1 Raf8 34. Rd2 Qb4 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. h3 Qf4
37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Rc6 R8f7 39. Rc3 Ra4 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. f3 Kh6 42. a3 b5 43. Rb2
Rc4 $1 (43... Rf5 $1) 44. Rd3 a6 (44... Rf5) 45. Re2 $15 Rfc7 46. Re6 Ra4 47.
h4 Rb7 48. Re5 Rf7 49. Re6 Kg7 50. Rc6 Re7 51. Kh3 Kf7 52. Kg3 Rb7 53. Re3 Rd7
54. Rb6 Kg7 55. Rc6 Kh6 56. Rb6 Rdd4 57. Ree6 Rxa3 (57... Rxh4 58. Rxa6 $10 {
Epishin,V}) 58. Rxa6 Rxa6 59. Rxa6 Kh5 60. Ra7 h6 61. Rb7 Rd5 62. Rb6 Rf5 63.
Rb7 Rd5 64. Rb6 Rc5 65. Rd6 b4 66. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 (11... cxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfd1 g6
14. Nd4 e5 15. Ndb5 Rc8 16. e4 f4 17. Qb3 Na6 18. Qa3 $14 {Ivanchuk-Salov/
Linares/1993}) 12. O-O Na6 13. e4 $1 {N} (13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. Nb5 (14. dxe6 Qxe6
15. Nd5 $14) 14... Qc5 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Nxa7+ Kb8 17. Nb5 c6 18. Nc3 Qxc4 19.
Nd2 Qb4 20. a3 Qc5 21. Nb3 Qc4 {Remis/Yusupov-Hjartarson/Reykjavik/1988}) 13...
Bxc3 14. Qxc3 fxe4 15. Ng5 (15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Nd2 (16. Ng5 $2 exd5 17. cxd5
Rhg8 $19) 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Nxe4 Nc5 19. Rfd1 Qg8 20. Qd4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Kb8 $10) 15... exd5 16. cxd5 O-O $8 (16... O-O-O $2 17. Nf7
Qxd5 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Qxg7 $16) 17. Nxe4 Qb4 18. Rfd1 $14 (18. Rad1 $5 $14)
18... Rae8 19. Rd4 $1 (19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Rd2 d6 $10)
19... Qxc3 20. Nxc3 c5 21. dxc6 (21. Ra4 $5 Ra8 (21... Rf6 22. f4 d6 23. Bh3
Kf8 24. Be6 $16) 22. Nb5 Nb4 23. Rd1 (23. Nc7 $2 Rac8 24. Rxa7 Rxc7 25. d6 Bxg2
26. dxc7 Bc6 $17) 23... a5 24. a3 Na6 25. Nd6 Rab8 26. Re4 Rf6 27. Nxb7 Rxb7
28. Re7 $16) 21... dxc6 22. Rd6 Nb8 (22... Rf6 $2 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Rd1 Kf7 $6
25. Ne4 $16) 23. Rad1 Re7 24. f4 (24. b4 $1 Na6 (24... c5 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26.
bxc5 bxc5 27. R1d2 $14) 25. a3 c5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. b5 Nb8 28. f4 $14 {פb8})
24... c5 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Kf2 $6 (26. h4 $5 Re7 27. Kf2 Rfe8 28. Kf3 Re3+ 29.
Kg4 $14) 26... g5 27. Nd5 Rbf7 28. Kg2 (28. Kf3 $142 $1) 28... gxf4 29. Nxf4
Na6 30. R1d5 Nc7 $10 31. Rg5+ Kh8 32. Rh6 $6 Rd8 33. Ng6+ Kg8 (33... Kg7 $4 34.
Ne5+ $18) 34. Ne7+ (34. Ne5+ Rg7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rc6 Rd2+ 37. Kh3 Nd5 $15)
34... Kf8 35. Nf5 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxb2 37. Rgh5 Rxa2 (37... Kg8 $2 38. Rd6 Kf8 39.
Rd8+ Ne8 40. Nd6 $18) 38. Rxh7 Rxh7 39. Rxh7 Ne6 40. Kg4 c4 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42.
Nd6+ Ke7 (42... Kg7 43. Re8 Nc5 (43... Kf6 44. Ne4+ Kf7 45. Nd6+ $10) 44. Kg5
$10 {/\Re7-e8}) 43. Ne4 Nc5 $2 (43... b5 $5 44. Rh7+ Kd8 45. Nc3 Rb2 46. Rxa7
b4 47. Nd5 b3 $15) (43... a5 $5) 44. Nxc5 bxc5 45. Kf3 $1 (45. Rc8 $2 Kd6 46.
h4 c3 47. Rd8+ Ke5 48. Rd1 Rh2 $1 49. h5 Ke4 50. Kg5 c2 51. Rc1 Kd3 $19) 45...
c3 46. Ke3 Rd2 47. Rh7+ Kd6 48. Rxa7 $10 c4 49. Ra8 Kc5 50. Rc8+ Kb4 51. Rb8+
Ka3 52. Ra8+ Kb2 53. Rb8+ Kc1 54. Rc8 Rxh2 55. Rxc4 c2 56. g4 Kb2 57. Kf4 Kb3
58. Rc7 Rh1 59. Kf5 c1=Q 60. Rxc1 Rxc1 61. g5 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Graz zt"]
[Site "Graz"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zueger, Beat"]
[Black "Schroll, Gerhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. Bd2
exd5 $5 {N} (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13.
O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. e5 $14 {
Karpov-Ivanchuk/Linares/1993}) (8... c6 9. dxe6 (9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 exd5 11.
Nh4 $44) 9... dxe6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1
Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Nec5 18. Nh4 g6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 $14 {
Gulko-Balashov/URS-ch/1977}) 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 (11. Nxd2 $5
c5 $1 12. O-O (12. dxc6 dxc6 13. O-O Qe7 $10 {/\c5}) 12... d6 13. e4 (13. a4 $5
Nd7 14. Nc4 (14. f4 $5) 14... Qe7 15. e4 Ba6 16. b3 Ne5 17. Qc2 $14) 13... Nd7
14. f4 Re8 15. Re1 b5 16. Nf3 Nb6 17. Qc2 $14 {/\Rad1}) 11... c5 12. dxc6 $6 (
12. O-O d6 13. e4 (13. b4 $5 Nd7 (13... cxb4 14. Nd4 a5 15. Nc6 $36) 14. bxc5 (
14. Rfe1 $5 $14) 14... bxc5 $1 (14... Nxc5 15. Nd4 $14) 15. Rab1 Ba6 $132)
13... Nd7 14. Nh4 Re8 15. Rfe1 g6 (15... b5 16. Nf5 Nb6 17. f4 $14) 16. f4 b5
17. Rad1 $16) 12... dxc6 $10 13. Rd1 (13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ne5 $1 f6 (14... Re8
15. Rd1 $14) (14... Na6 15. Bxc6 $1 (15. Nxc6 Re8 $44) 15... Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Rd6
17. Ne7+ Kf8 18. Nf5 $14) 15. Nc4 (15. Nd3 a5 16. Rc1 Ra7 17. O-O c5 $10) 15...
Ba6 16. Rc1 Bxc4 17. Rxc4 Rd6 18. e3 (18. b4 a6 19. e3 Ra7 $10 {/\a5}) 18... a5
19. Ke2 Ra7 20. Rhc1 c5 $10) 13... Na6 14. O-O c5 15. Qc2 Nb4 (15... Qe7 16. a3
Rad8 $10) 16. Rxd8 (16. Qb1 $6 Qe7 17. a3 Be4 18. Qc1 Nc6 $15) 16... Nxc2 17.
Rd7 (17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Rd1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. Kg2 Re8 21. e3 Nxf3 22. Kxf3
Kf8 $10) 17... Bc6 18. Rd6 Rac8 19. e3 Nb4 20. a3 Na6 21. Rfd1 Rfe8 22. Nh4 (
22. Nh4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nb8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Orlov, Georgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Crnic,M. Crnic,M. Crnic,M} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7
6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Nba6
13. Re1 (13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Bf4 (14. Bh6 Bc8 $1) 14... Bc8 15. e5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5
Be7 17. Rad1 $44) (13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Nc5 (15... Nc7 {> 13...
cd! 14.Bf4 Bf6= see Kasparov-Marjanovic, Malta ol 1980 30/631} 16. Bxc7 Qxc7
17. Rc1 Qd8 $1) 16. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 {1-0 Romanishin Oleg,(-Orlov,G/
Belgrade 1988/[Crnic,M] (51)}) 13... dxe4 $2 (13... Bf6 $5 14. e5 Be7 15. Qg4
g6 16. Nxe7+ (16. Bh6 Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Qa4 {Bukic-Jelen,
Jugoslavija ch 1981 31/617}) 16... Qxe7 17. Bg5 Qb4 $1 18. Qf3 $5 (18. Qh3 h5
$1 {/\ Bc8}) 18... Ne6 19. Bh6 {'!' Crnic,M.} (19. Bf6 Qxb2 $17) 19... Rfe8 $13
) (13... Re8 {Romanishin,O-Gruen,P/Plovdiv/1983/} 14. exd5 $1 (14. Bf4 Bc5 15.
h4 Bc8 16. a3 Bxf5) 14... Nxd5 (14... cxd5 15. Bf4) 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Nc5
17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. Nf5 Bc8 21. Re1+ Kf8 22. Bd6+ Qxd6
23. Re8+ {Crnic,M}) 14. Bxe4 $2 (14. Qg4 Bf6 15. Bh6 (15. Nxe4 Bc8 $13) 15...
Bc8 $8 16. Nxe4 g6 $1 {Zlotnik-Radocai, Novi Sad 1988}) (14. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 15.
Qg4 Bf6 16. Bh6 g6 $8 17. Bxf8 $16) 14... Bf6 15. Nd6 (15. Bf4 $5) 15... Bxc3
$1 16. Nxb7 (16. bxc3 Nc5 $1 17. Bc2 (17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Bxc6 Nd3 $17) 17... Ba6
18. Qh5 Bd3) 16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be5 $1 {><f4} 18. Bxc6 Nb4 $6 (18... Ne6 $15)
19. Bg2 Ne6 20. a3 Nc2 21. Rb1 Ncd4 (21... Rac8 {>=}) 22. Kf1 $1 g5 $5 23. Bd2
$14 a5 $8 (23... f5 $2 24. Bb4 Rf6 25. Re1 Bc7 26. Bd5 $18) 24. Bc3 Ra7 (24...
Rac8) 25. Re1 (25. Rd3 Rb8 26. Rbd1 Raxb7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Rxd4
Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Rc7 $10) 25... Bg7 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Rbd1 b5 28. Re4 Nb3 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Re3 a4 31. Bd5 Nbc5 32. Nf5+ Kf8 (32... Kf6 33. Rf3 $1) (32... Kg6 33.
Nd4 Nxd4 34. Rxd4 $16) 33. Bxe6 fxe6 $4 (33... Nxe6 $14) 34. Re5 $1 Rc7 35. Rc1
Na6 36. Rxc7 Nxc7 37. Nd4 $16 Kf7 $2 (37... h6 38. Nxe6+ (38. Rc5 $2 Rd8 $1)
38... Nxe6 39. Rxe6 Kg7 $16 {Orlov,G}) 38. Rxg5 Nd5 39. Rh5 $18 Rh8 40. Rh4 b4
41. axb4 Nxb4 42. Rf4+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ exf5 44. Rxb4 Kf6 45. Rxa4 Rc8 46. Ra6+ Kg5
47. Kg2 Rc2 48. Rb6 Rc4 49. h4+ Kh5 (49... Kg4 50. f3+ Kh5 51. Kh3 Rd4 52. g4+
fxg4+ 53. fxg4+ Rxg4 54. Rb5+ Kg6 55. Kxg4) 50. Kh3 Rc2 51. f3 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 (7. Qc2 c5
8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 $14) 7... Bb4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 (8... c6 9. O-O (9. dxe6 dxe6 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3
Ne4 17. Qc2 Nec5 18. Nh4 g6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 $14 {Gulko,B-Balashov,Y URS-ch
1977}) 9... Bxc3 (9... cxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd2 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Qxd2 $14 {Ribli,Z}
) 10. Bxc3 (10. dxc6 dxc6 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5 $10) 10... cxd5 (10... exd5
$5 11. Nh4 $44) 11. Nh4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 {Ribli,Z-Farago,I
Dortmund 1987} 14. c4 Na6 15. Rc1 $14 {Ribli,Z}) 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11.
cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4 $14 (15. f4 c6 (15... Qf6
16. Qd4 $14) 16. c4 Ba6 17. dxc6 Bxc4 18. Re1 b5 $5 $132) (15. Nf5 $5 $14)
15... Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 18. Nf3 (18. e5 fxe5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5
Rae8 21. Rae1 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 $10) 18... Rae8 19. e5 (19. Re3 $5 c6 (19...
Qa4 20. Qxa4 Nxa4 21. Nd4 $14) 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. e5 $36) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5
fxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6 22. Re3 (22. Nc6 $5 $14) 22... Bb5 $1 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. Nc6
Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf6 $1 26. g4 (26. Nxa7 $2 Qa3 27. Nxb5 Qc1+ 28. Bf1 (28. Kf2
Ng4+ 29. Ke2 Rf2+ $19) 28... Ng4 $19) (26. Re6 Qa3 $1 27. h3 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qb2 {
/\} 29. Qf4 Bf1 $1 30. Qf3 Ng4+ $19) (26. h3 Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Re8
29. Ra3 a5 $10) 26... Bxc6 27. dxc6 Qxd4 28. cxd4 Re8 29. Ra3 Nxg4 (29... a5 $5
30. g5 Ne4 31. Re3 Nd6 $10) 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Bf1 Rc1 32. Rxc7 Kf8 (32... Ne3
$2 33. Kf2 Nxf1 34. Ke2 $1 (34. d5 Nd2) 34... Nxh2 35. d5 Ng4 36. d6 Ne5 37. d7
$18) 33. Rc8+ (33. d5 Ne3 34. Kf2 Nxd5 35. Rc8+ Ke7 36. a4 Kd6 37. Bb5 Nc7 38.
Rd8+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Nxb5 40. c7 Kb4 41. axb5 Kxb5 42. Rxg7 h6 $10) 33... Ke7 34.
c7 Kd6 35. Rh8 Kxc7 36. Rxh7 $10 Kd6 37. Rxg7 Nxh2 38. Kxh2 Rxf1 39. Kg2 Ra1
40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Ke4 Re2+ 42. Kd3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
Bf6 8. Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 (9... O-O $142 10. Rd1 d6) 10. d5 $1 O-O (10... e5
11. h4 $1 Nd7 12. Bh3 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rb1 (14. Kf1 $5 $14) 14... Bc8 15. Kf1
Bxh3+ 16. Rxh3 Qd7 17. Kg2 h5 18. e4 g6 19. Qe2 (19. Ne1 $5) (19. b3 O-O 20. a3
$14) 19... Be7 20. Nb5 $6 O-O 21. Ng5 Rac8 22. Rhh1 f5 23. exf5 Bxg5 24. hxg5
Rxf5 25. Qe3 Rcf8 $17 {Stangl-Hracek/Brno-B/1991}) 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nc6 $1 Qd7
13. Nxb8 Rfxb8 14. h4 a5 15. a4 $5 Rf8 16. e4 (16. Bh3 Qe7 17. Ne4 $6 h5 18.
O-O-O g6 19. g4 hxg4 20. Bxg4 Bg7 $132) 16... h5 17. O-O-O g6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19.
Kc2 (19. Kb1 $142) 19... Kg7 (19... Bg7 20. g4 $1 (20. Qd3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Raxc8
22. f3 f5 $10) 20... hxg4 (20... Qxh4 $5 21. gxh5 Qxh5 22. Bc8 Qxh1 23. Rxh1
Bxc8 24. f3 $40) 21. Bxg4 f5 22. Bf3 $16 {/\Rdg1,h5->} (22. Bh3 $5)) 20. f3 Rh8
21. Rh2 Ba6 22. Nb5 Raf8 (22... Bxb5 23. cxb5 Rae8 {/\Qf8,Bd8} 24. Qc3 $1 $16
Qd8 25. Kb1 Re7 26. Rc1 {/\Qe3,Rhc2-c6,Qc3,><c7}) (22... Rae8 $5 23. Kb1 Bxb5
24. cxb5 Qf8 25. Rc1 Bd8 {+/=/+/-}) 23. Kb1 Qd8 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Re2 Bc8 $6 (
25... Bxb5 {Ftacnik} 26. cxb5 Qe8 27. Rc2 Bd8 28. Rdc1 Qe7 29. Rc6 {/\ b4+/-})
26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Rg1 $16 {ץe7} Bd8 (27... f5 $2 28. f4 $1 fxe4 29. Qxe4 Bf6
30. g4 $1 hxg4 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Rxg4 Rf6 33. Reg2 $16) 28. Na7 Qh3 29. Qc2 Re8
(29... f5 $4 30. Rh2 $18) (29... Qd7 30. Nc6 f5 31. f4 $1 exf4 (31... fxe4 32.
fxe5 $18) 32. e5 $1 dxe5 (32... fxg3 33. e6 Qc8 34. e7 $18) 33. Nxe5 Qd6 34.
gxf4 Rh6 35. Reg2 Rf6 36. Qc3 $16) 30. Nc6 Bf6 31. Rf2 Qd7 32. Qe2 (32. f4 $2
exf4 33. Rxf4 Be5 $14) 32... Rhf8 33. Rh2 Rh8 34. Qf2 (34. f4 $6 Qg4 $1 35.
Qxg4 hxg4 $10 36. f5 gxf5 37. exf5 Rh5 38. Rf1 $14) 34... Ref8 35. Rf1 (35. g4
{Ftacnik} hxg4 36. fxg4 Bd8 $16) 35... Kg8 $6 (35... Re8 $142 {Karpov} 36. g4
$5 {/\g5,f4} Kg8 37. Qg3 Rh7 38. Ka2 $16 {/\Ka3,b4!?}) 36. f4 Qg4 (36... exf4
37. gxf4 Re8 (37... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 38. e5 $16) 38. Re1 Qg4 39. Ka1 {/\e5+-}) 37.
Qf3 Re8 (37... Qxf3 $5 38. Rxf3 Re8 39. f5 Kg7 $16) 38. Qxg4 hxg4 39. f5 g5 (
39... Kg7 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Rhf2 Rhf8 42. Kc2 Be7 43. b4 (43. Rxf8 Rxf8 44.
Rxf8 Kxf8 45. Nxe7 Kxe7 46. b4 Kd7 47. bxa5 bxa5 48. Kc3 c5 $10) 43... axb4 44.
Kb3 Bxh4 $1 (44... Rxf2 45. Rxf2 Rf8 46. Rxf8 Kxf8 47. Nxe7 Kxe7 48. Kxb4 Kd7
49. a5 bxa5+ 50. Kxa5 Kd8 51. Kb5 Ke7 52. c5 dxc5 53. Kxc5 Kd7 54. Kc4 Ke7 55.
Kb4 Kd6 56. Kb5 Kd7 57. Kc5 $18) 45. gxh4 g3 46. Rxf8 Rxf8 47. Rg1 Rf3+ 48.
Kxb4 Kh6 $132) (39... Kg7 40. Kc2 $1 {/\fxg6,Rhf2}) 40. h5 $18 Ra8 41. Kc2 Kg7
42. Kc3 Ra6 43. Ra1 Rha8 44. b4 Kf8 (44... axb4+ 45. Kxb4 Kh6 46. Rha2 $18 {
/\a5} (46. Kb5 {Ftacnik} Bg7 47. f6 Bh8 48. Rf2 Kh7 49. h6 Kg6 50. h7 $18)) 45.
b5 R6a7 46. h6 Bh8 (46... Rb7 47. h7 Kg7 (47... Bh8 {Ftacnik} 48. f6 $18) 48.
Rah1 Kh8 (48... Rh8 49. Rh6 $1 {(.)}) 49. Rh6 Bg7 50. f6 $1 Bxh6 51. Rxh6 Re8
52. Ne7 {/\Nf5-e3xg4+-} Rxe7 53. fxe7 Rb8 54. c5 $1 $18 {Karpov}) 47. f6 Bxf6
48. Rf1 Bh8 49. Nxa7 Rxa7 50. Rh5 Ke7 51. Rxg5 Ra8 52. h7 f6 53. Rg8 Rf8 54. c5
$1 dxc5 55. Kc4 Kf7 56. d6 cxd6 57. Rxf8+ (57. Rxf8+ Kxf8 58. Kd5 Ke7 59. Kc6
$18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Baburin Mowsziszian} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4
O-O 7. d5 Bb4 {Putting pressure on the central pawn and preparing for Bxc3.} 8.
O-O (8. Bd2) 8... Na6 9. Nh4 (9. Ne5 $5) 9... Bxc3 (9... Nc5 10. Na4 $1 exd5
11. a3 b5 12. axb4 Nxa4 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Qd3 $16 {Romanishin,O-Tiviakov,S/
Beograd 1993}) 10. bxc3 e5 $146 {Baburin: We see a standard plan: Black tries
to keep the position (and the White Bishops!) locked in, while placing his
pawns on the dark squares. In the game White's attempt to attack sharply
failed to a solid defence.} (10... Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 exd5
14. cxd5 Ba6 15. Re1 d6 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. e4 Qb5 19. f3 h6 20. Nf5
Nd7 21. f4 Nb6 22. Bf1 Qa4 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. e5 $16 {Shneider,A-Brynell,S/Aars
(06) ;CBM 50 1995}) (10... Rb8 11. e4 d6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf3 (14.
Bd4 $5) 14... Nac5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Bd4 Qh6 17. h3 Ba6 18. Bf1 exd5 19. exd5 Qg6
$10 {Romanishin,O-Markowski,T/Biel op (03) ;EXP 48 1995}) 11. e4 (11. f4 $5 e4
(11... exf4 12. Bxf4 $36 {/\Bg5} (12. Bxf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 $16 {/\e2-e4-e5})) 12.
Nf5 (12. f5 $36 {Mowsziszian}) 12... Re8 13. h3 $14 {/\g4}) 11... d6 12. f4 (
12. Nf5 Bc8 13. Ne3 Nc5 $10) 12... exf4 13. Nf5 (13. gxf4 $2 Nxe4 $17) (13.
Bxf4 Nd7 14. Nf5 g6 (14... Nac5 $6 15. Bh6 g6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ne3 $14) (14...
Ne5 {Mowsziszian} 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Rf2 $40 {/\Qg4,Ra1-f1} (16. Qg4 g6 17. Nh6+
Kg7 18. Rxf7+ (18. Nf5+ Kh8 $15) 18... Rxf7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qe6+ Kg7 21.
Qxe5+ (21. Rf1 Qe8 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23. Bh3 Bc8 $17) 21... Qf6 22. Qd4 $15)) 15.
Nh6+ Kh8 $13) 13... Bc8 $1 (13... fxg3 $2 14. Bg5 gxh2+ 15. Kxh2 $16 {/\Nxg7} (
15. Kh1 {Mowsziszian} Bc8 16. Nxg7 $16)) (13... g6 $2 14. Nh6+ Kg7 15. Qd4 $1
Kxh6 16. Bxf4+ g5 17. Bxd6 Nd7 18. Bxf8+ Qxf8 19. Rf6+ $18) 14. Nxg7 $4 (14.
Bxf4 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nc5 $10) (14. Rxf4 {Mowsziszian} Bxf5 15. Rxf5 Nd7 16. Bg5
f6 {><e5,c5}) (14. Nd4 {Mowsziszian} Re8 (14... fxg3 15. Bg5 $44) 15. Rxf4 Nc5
$15) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd4 Kg8 (15... Nc5 $2 16. Bxf4 Ncd7 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Re8
19. Bh3 $18) 16. gxf4 (16. Bxf4 Nd7 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 $17) (16. Rxf4 {
Mowsziszian} Ne8 $17) 16... Nc5 17. e5 Ng4 18. h3 Nh6 $19 19. f5 (19. Kh1 {
Mowsziszian /\Rg1} Nf5 20. Qf2 Qh4 $19) 19... Nxf5 20. Qg4+ Ng7 21. Qg3 Qe7 22.
e6 (22. Bf4 Ba6 23. exd6 Qd7 24. dxc7 Bxc4 $19) (22. Bh6 {Mowsziszian} Qxe5 $19
) 22... fxe6 23. Bg5 Qe8 24. dxe6 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bb7 (25... Bxe6 $4 26. Bh6 $10
(26. Bxa8 {Mowsziszian} Qxa8 27. Bh6 $18)) 26. Bxb7 Nxb7 27. Rf6 (27. e7 Qg6
28. Rf6 {/\Qf8} (28. Qf4 {Mowsziszian /\Qf8} Ne6 $19) 28... Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qe4
30. Rf4 Qe2+ 31. Rf2 Qe5 $19) (27. Bh6 {Mowsziszian} Qg6 $19) 27... Nh5 28. Qf3
Nxf6 29. Qxb7 Nh5 30. e7 h6 31. Qd5+ Kh7 32. Be3 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne5 (9. Qa4+ $1 Qd7 10. Qc2 Nxd2 (10... Nxc3 11. Qxc3 $14) 11. Qxd2 O-O
12. O-O Nc6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. e3 Bf6 15. Rfd1 Na5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qd6 18.
Nf4 c6 19. Ne5 $1 c5 20. Ng4 $16 {Kasparov-Gligoric/Niksic/1983}) 9... O-O 10.
O-O {->E18} Nd7 (10... Nxd2 11. Qxd2 c6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 $14) (10... Nxc3
11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. Nd3 Bd6 13. b4 c6 14. a4 a6 15. Qb3 Re8 16. Ra2 b5 17. Nc5
Nxc5 18. dxc5 $14 {Tal-Trifunovic/Palma de Mallorca/1966}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nxe4
dxe4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Bc3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd5 $10) 11... Ndf6 (11...
c5 12. Nxe4 (12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc5 $10) 12... dxe4 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxc5 16. Rd7 Bc6 17. Rc7 Bd5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. a3 a5 20. h4 $14)
(11... Nxe5 $5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c6 $5 $132 {/\Ba6-c4}) 13.
Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxe4 (14. Qc2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18.
Bxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 Qe6 20. exd5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 $10) 14... dxe4 15. Rc1 Rad8
16. e3 f5 17. Qc2 Rf7 $10) 12. Qa4 c5 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 c5 (13... Qe8 14.
Qb3 c5 15. a4 $14) 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. Qxc6 $14) (12... Qe8 $6 13. Qxe8 Rfxe8 14.
Nxe4 (14. Nb5 Bd8 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. f3 a6 $13) 14... Nxe4 (14...
dxe4 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxe4
dxe4 18. Nd7 Rac8 19. Rfd1 $16) 13. Nxe4 (13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Rc8 (14... cxd4
15. Bc7 Qc8 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxc7 18. Bxe4 Rad8 19. Rac1 $14) 15. Qa4
cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Be5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 $10)
13... dxe4 (13... Nxe4 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qc2 Bd6 16. Nd3 $14) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15.
b4 Be7 (15... Bd6 $2 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Nc6 Qd7 18. Bxd6 Bxc6 19. b5 Bxb5 20. Qb3
Rfc8 21. Qxd5 Bxe2 22. Bxe4 $16) 16. b5 (16. Rac1 $5 Nd5 (16... a5 17. b5 Bc5
18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Qc4 $16) 17. Rfd1 (17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Rc8 $10)
17... Qe8 $132) 16... Bc5 17. Nc6 (17. Rad1 Qe8 18. Nc6 $2 a6) (17. Bg5 $6 Qd4
$1) 17... Qd5 (17... Qe8 18. Bg5 a6 19. Bxf6 axb5 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 gxf6
22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Bxb7 Ra7 24. Bd5 $14) 18. Rad1 Qf5 (18... Qh5 $5 19. Bxe4
Nxe4 (19... Qxe2 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21. Bxb7 $16) 20. Qxe4 Rfe8 21. Qf3 Qxf3 22.
exf3 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. axb5 Rac8 $10) (18... Qe6 $5 $13 {/\a6}) 19. Bd6 $1
Rfe8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. Rc1 Qh5 22. Qc4 (22. Rc2 a6 $10) 22... Bc8 $1 (22... a6
23. a4) 23. Rfe1 (23. a4 $5 Bh3 24. Rfe1 $14) 23... Be6 24. Qa4 h6 25. a3 Bh3
26. Qc4 Be6 (26... Ng4 $2 27. Bxe4 Nxh2 28. Ne7+ Rxe7 29. Bxa8 $18) (26... Re6
$5 27. Red1 Rae8 {/\} 28. Nxa7 Ng4 29. Rd5 g5 30. Bh1 Bg2 31. Bxg2 Qxh2+ 32.
Kf1 Rf6 33. Qd4 e3 34. f3 Qxg3 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. exf3 e2+ 38. Ke1
Qg3+ 39. Kd2 e1=Q+ 40. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 41. Kd3 Qd1+ 42. Kc3 Re3+ 43. Qxe3 Qa1+ $19)
27. Qb4 a6 (27... Bh3 $5) 28. bxa6 Rxa6 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Rxa3 31. Nd4 $14
Ra2 $2 (31... Qd5 32. Qxd5 Bxd5 33. Rb1 Ra6 34. Rb4 g6 35. Reb1 Rb8 $14) 32.
Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rc7 $16 Qd5 $4 (33... b5 34. Qc6 b4 35. Rb7 Rb2 $16) 34. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Horgen"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1995.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Ne5 (11. Rc1 Rd8 (11... c5 12. Be5 Rd8 13. a3
Qd7 14. Bf4 h6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qb3 g5 $6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. e4 c4
20. Qc2 d4 21. Nd5 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Pogorelov,R/Alcobendas op (03) 1994}) 12.
Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Bd5 17. Qe3 f6 18. Nc4
f5 19. f3 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Re8 22. Qf4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qb7
25. Qxf5 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Wojtkiewicz,A/Haninge 1990}) 11... c5 $5 (11... Rd8)
12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $16) 13. e3 (13. Nxd5 $2
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qc5+ $10) (13. Rc1 $5 Qe6 (13... d4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Nb5 Rad8 16. Bg5 $16) 14. Nd3 $14) 13... Bb4 $5 (13... Qe6 {/\g5} 14. Nd3
$14 (14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Qf6 $132)) 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. Nd3 (15. Nf3 Ne4 16. Nd4
Qf6 $132) 15... Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc1 f6 {/\g5} 18. g4 (18. f3 Nec5 $10 {
ץg2}) (18. b4 $5 Rac8 $1 (18... g5 $2 19. f3 gxf4 (19... Nd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21.
Qb3 $16) 20. Nxf4 Qf7 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. a3 $16) 19. Qh5 g5 20. Bh3
Qe8 21. Qxe8 Rcxe8 22. b5 Nac5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Bc7 $10) 18... Rac8 19. h3
Rxc1 20. Nxc1 $14 Nac5 21. f3 (21. Ne2 $5 Ba6 22. Nd4 Qf7 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bxg5
fxg5 25. Qd2 $14) 21... Nd6 22. b3 (22. Ne2 $5 Nc4 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. b3 Ne5 25.
Bg3 Re8 26. Qd2 $14) 22... Nf7 23. b4 $2 {[%csl Rc4] ><c4} Nd7 24. Nb3 Nde5 25.
Nd4 Qd7 26. Bg3 Rc8 27. Kh2 (27. f4 {><e4} Nc4 (27... Nc6 $5 28. Nc2 Ne7 {/\Qa4
} 29. Nd4 Nc6 $10) 28. f5 Nfe5 (28... Ng5 $5) 29. Ne6 Qb5 $132) 27... Nd6 $10
28. h4 Re8 29. Qb3 Kh8 30. b5 Ndc4 31. a4 Qf7 32. h5 h6 33. Bf4 Nd7 34. Qc2 Nc5
35. Bf1 Ne5 36. Kg3 (36. a5 Ne6 37. Bxe5 (37. Kg3 bxa5 $15) 37... fxe5 38. Nxe6
Qxe6 (38... Rxe6 $2 39. a6 Ba8 {ץa8} 40. Rc1 Re8 41. Qg6 Qxg6 42. hxg6 d4 43.
e4 $18) 39. Qc7 Qe7 {/\Qh4} 40. Qxe7 Rxe7 41. a6 Bc8 $10) 36... Rc8 37. Qf5 Re8
38. Qc2 Rc8 39. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Belov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4
8. Bd2 Na6 $5 {N} (8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 (10... c6 11. Nf5 dxc4
12. Qd6 Kh8 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. Qf4 h6 15. g4 $36 {Halasz,A-Lendwai,R Miskolc
1990/}) 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4 $14 {
Karpov-Ivanchuk/Linares/1993} (15. Qd4 {Belov} Ba6 16. Rfd1 Qd7 17. f4 $14 {
Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V Linares 1993/})) (8... c6 9. O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 (10. dxc6
dxc6 11. Bxc3 Nbd7 12. Qc2 c5) (10. dxc6 $1 $14 {Belov Ribli/}) 10... cxd5 11.
Nh4 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. c4 Na6 15. Rc1 $14 {Ribli}) 9. O-O Nc5 {
/\Bxc3,exd5} 10. Ne1 (10. dxe6 dxe6 (10... Nxe6 11. Nd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 $14) (
10... fxe6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 $13) 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 $10) (10. Ne5 Re8
11. f4 (11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 $132) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5
13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 $132) (10. Nh4 $1 Re8 11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 (12. a3
Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5 (13... a4 $1 14. Re1 $14) 14. cxd5 Nce4 15. Nf5 Nxd5 16.
Bxg7 Qg5 17. g4 $16) 12... a4 (12... exd5 13. cxd5 (13. Nxd5 $14) 13... Bxc3
14. Bxc3 Nce4 15. Bxf6 (15. Nf5 $5) 15... Nxf6 16. e4 $14) (12... d6 $15 {
Belov Van Wely,L-Tiviakov,S Gausdal 1992/}) 13. Nb5 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 $14) 10...
Re8 11. Nc2 (11. Rc1 $5 a5 (11... exd5 12. Nxd5 (12. cxd5 Qe7 13. Rc2 c6 $132)
12... Bxd2 13. Qxd2 $14) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a4 14. Nc2 exd5 15. cxd5 Nce4 16.
Ne3 $14) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Ne3 (14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rb1
(15. f3 Nd6 16. b3 c6 $10) 15... c6 16. Ne3 Qe5 $132 {/\Nf2}) 14... Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Rxe3 $1 (15... d6 {Belov} 16. Nc2 (16. Qd4 Qe7 17. Rfe1 Qe5 $10) 16... a5
17. Re1 Ne4 18. Qd4 Nc5 19. e4 $14) 16. fxe3 d6 17. Qd4 Nd7 $44 18. Rf4 Qe7 19.
Raf1 Ne5 20. Be4 (20. Bh3 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qe4 Re8 23. Rh4 h6 24. Rh5 Qd7
$44) 20... Rf8 21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Qe4 g6 (22... f5 $2 23. Qd4 $16 {/\e4} (23. Rxf5
$1 {Belov} Rxf5 24. Rxf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 g6 26. Qf4 $14)) 23. Rf6 Kg7 24. c4 (24.
Qh4 Re8 25. Bb5 Rf8 $44) (24. h4 $5) 24... Bd7 25. h4 Qxf6 (25... Bg4 $5 26.
Qd4 Kg8 $44) (25... h5 {Belov} 26. Qd4 {/\27.Bg6!/} Qxf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. c5
$1 bxc5 29. Qc3 {/\30.Qa5+/-/}) 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Kf2 Kg7 $10 29.
Ke1 f6 30. Kd2 Ng4 31. e4 Ne5 32. Qc3 Re7 33. Qa3 a5 34. Qb2 Nf7 35. Bc2 Re5 (
35... Ne5 $10 {Belov}) 36. Qa3 Kf8 37. Ba4 Bg4 (37... Bxa4 $6 {Belov} 38. Qxa4
Rxe4 (38... Ke7 39. Qc6 Kd8 40. c5 $16) 39. Qc6 Re7 40. c5 dxc5 (40... bxc5 41.
Qa8+ Kg7 42. Qxa5 $16) 41. Qxf6 $16) 38. Qd3 Ke7 39. c5 $2 (39. Bc2 Nd8 40. Qe3
Nf7 $10) (39. Bc2 $10 {Belov}) 39... dxc5 40. Qb5 Nd6 41. Qc6 Kd8 42. Bc2 Bc8
43. Qa8 g5 $1 $17 44. Qc6 $6 (44. hxg5 {>=} Rxg5 45. e5 fxe5 46. Bxh7 Rxg3 $17)
(44. h5 {Belov} g4 45. h6 Rh5 $17) 44... gxh4 45. gxh4 Rh5 46. e5 (46. Qa4 {
Belov} Rxh4 47. Qb3 Rh3 48. Qb1 Nc4+ $19) 46... fxe5 47. Qa4 e4 48. Qb3 Bb7 49.
Qc3 Bxd5 (49... Rxd5+ {Belov} 50. Kc1 Rd4 51. Qg3) 50. Qf6+ Kd7 51. a4 Kc6 52.
Qe7 Kb7 53. Kc3 Bc6 54. Kb2 c4 55. Kc3 Nc8 $1 56. Qf6 Rc5 57. Qh6 (57. Qg7 {
Belov} h5 {/\Nd6,b5-+/}) 57... Ne7 $19 58. Qxh7 Nd5+ 59. Kd4 (59. Kb2 c3+ 60.
Kc1 Nb4 61. Qg7 (61. Bxe4 c2 62. Bxc6+ Rxc6 63. Qf7 Rd6 $19) (61. h5 Rg5 $19)
61... Nxc2 62. Kxc2 Bxa4+ 63. Kc1 c2 64. Qd4 Bb3 65. Qxe4+ Rd5 66. Qf3 a4 67.
h5 Ka7 $19) 59... c3 60. Bxe4 Nb4 61. Bg6 Bxa4 62. h5 c2 63. Bxc2 Bxc2 64. Qf7
a4 65. h6 a3 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Ne5 {N} (10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rfd8 13. Ne5 c5
14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nac5 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. Qe5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7
$10 20. Rc2 $14 {Spassov,L-Kestler/Moscow EUchT/1977}) (10. Be3 c6 11. Ne5 Nd7
12. Nd3 Re8 13. Qa4 Bf6 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. Nb4 b5 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Qc1 a5 18. Nc2
b4 19. Na4 Ba6 20. b3 Bb5 $15 {Panno-Petrosian/Buenos Aires/1979}) 10... c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 (11... bxc5 12. Qa4 Qb6 $2 13. Nd7 Nxd7 14. Qxd7 Qc7 15. Qxc7 Nxc7
16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Bxc7 Rxc7 18. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bf4 (12. Be3 $5 Nfe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4
14. b4 Ne6 15. a3 Qc7 16. Qd7 Qxd7 17. Nxd7 Rfd8 18. Red1 Rac8 $10) 12... Nfe4
13. Nb5 $6 (13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Rc1 Ne6 (14... f6 15. Nc4 $16) (14... Bf6 15. Nc4
$14) (14... f5 15. Nc4 Qxd1 16. Rexd1 Rad8 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bd6 $14) 15. Qa4 Nxf4
16. gxf4 Qd2 $1 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxb2 19. Rc7 (19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qd5+ Kg6
21. Qe4+ Kf7 22. Qd5+ Kg6 $10) 19... Bd6 20. Rxf7 Qxa2 $13) (13. Rc1 $5) 13...
Bf6 {/\g5} 14. Nd3 a6 15. Na3 Bd4 $1 (15... Nxd3 16. exd3 Nc5 17. d4 Ne6 18.
Be5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 $14) 16. Bxe4 (16. e3 $2 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxb2 $17) (16. Rf1 Qf6
17. Rb1 Nxd3 18. exd3 Nxf2 19. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 g5 21. Qg4 h6 {/\Bc8} 22.
Qd7 gxf4 23. Qxb7 fxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Kh8 $17) 16... dxe4 17. Nxc5 bxc5 (17... Bxc5
18. Nc4 Qf6 19. Be3 $10) 18. Nc2 (18. Nc4 $2 e3 19. f3 (19. Nxe3 g5 $17) 19...
Bxf3 $17) 18... Qd5 {/\e3,/\Bxb2} 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bc6 22.
Bd2 d3 23. Rac1 Bb5 24. exd3 exd3 $17 25. f3 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Re1 Rb8
28. Kf2 f6 29. Rc1 Kf7 30. h4 h5 31. Rc7+ Kg6 32. Rc1 Rb7 33. b4 (33. Rc3 $2
Re7 34. Be3 d2 $19) (33. Be3 Bd7 (33... Re7 34. Re1 Kf5 35. Bd2) 34. Rc3 Bf5
35. Ke1 a5 36. Kd1 a4 37. bxa4 Rxb2 38. a5 Ra2 39. Bb6 $10) 33... Kf7 34. Re1
Rd7 35. Rc1 Ke6 36. Rc5 Re7 37. Rc1 Kf5 38. Re1 Rd7 39. Rc1 Kg6 40. Re1 Kf5 41.
Rc1 Rd8 42. Rc5+ Kg6 43. Rc1 Rg8 44. Bf4 Re8 45. Re1 Rd8 46. Bd2 Kf7 47. Rc1
Ke6 48. Re1+ (48. Rc5 $1) 48... Kd6 49. Bf4+ $6 (49. Rc1 $142) 49... Kd5 50.
Rc1 Re8 51. Re1 $2 (51. Be3 $8 Bc4 52. Re1 $17) 51... Rc8 52. Rc1 Rc2+ $1 53.
Rxc2 dxc2 54. Ke1 Kc4 55. Kd2 (55. Bc1 Kb3 56. Kd2 Bd7 57. Kd3 Bf5+ 58. Kd2 Ka2
59. g4 hxg4 60. fxg4 Bh7 61. h5 Kb1 62. b3 Be4 $19) 55... Kb3 56. Kc1 Bc6 $19
57. Bd6 Bxf3 58. Bf8 g6 59. Be7 f5 60. Bf6 Be4 61. Be7 Bc6 (61... Bc6 62. Bd6
Ba4 63. Be7 Kc4 64. Kd2 Kd4 65. Bg5 Ke4 66. Ke2 (66. Kc3 Kf3 67. b3 Bc6 68.
Kxc2 Kxg3 69. Kd2 f4 70. Ke1 f3 71. Be3 Kxh4 $19) (66. Bf4 Kf3 {/\g5}) 66...
Bb5+ 67. Kf2 Kd3 68. Ke1 Bc6 69. Bf4 Be4 70. Bg5 Kc4 71. Kd2 Kxb4 72. Kc1 Kb3
73. Bf6 Bc6 74. Bg5 Ba4 75. Bf6 Kc4 76. Kd2 Kd5 77. Bg5 Ke4 78. Ke2 Bb5+ 79.
Kf2 Kd3 80. Ke1 a5 81. Bf4 a4 82. Bc1 Bc6 83. Bf4 c1=Q+ 84. Bxc1 Kc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1994.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 $1 9. Bb2 Nd7 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 c5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 $10) 10... c5 11. Rc1 Rc8
12. Nc4 (12. a3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rxc1 14. Qxc1 Qa8 15. Qb1 N5f6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17.
Rc1 Rc8 $10 {Ribli-Stean/Buenos Aires olm/1978}) 12... N5f6 13. e3 (13. Nfe5
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 b5 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Ne5 Qb7+ $10) (13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 $10
) 13... b5 $5 (13... Qc7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qe2 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Nfe5 Bxg2
18. Kxg2 Qb7+ 19. Qf3 $14) (13... cxd4 $6 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 $14 {/\Qf3})
14. Nce5 Nxe5 (14... Qb6 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nd4 Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Nxb5 Qxd3
19. Nxd3 Ba6 20. a4 $14 {Gheorghiu-Lengyel/Los Angeles/1973}) 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16.
Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 (17. Qf3 $1 {>=} c4 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rfe1 $1 {/\e4} (19. Rc2
Rc7 20. Kg1 Rfc8 21. Bc3 Bd6 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. Rb5 Nxc3 25. Rxc3
Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rc5 {Remis/Huebner-Pachmann/Munich/1979}) 19... Bb4 (19... Ne4
20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxe4 Qxa2 23. Qb7 $1 Ba3 24. Bxa3 Qxa3 25. Rb1
$14) (19... Rfd8 20. e4 Qb5 21. Bc3 Bd6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 $14) 20. e4 Qa5 (
20... Qb7 21. Bc3 $14) 21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rfd8 (22... Qxa2 23. d5 exd5 24.
exd5 $36 {/\Nc6}) 23. Rd1 (23. Nxc4 Qxa2 $10) 23... Qxa2 24. d5 exd5 25. exd5
Rd6 26. Nc6 $36) (17. f3 Qb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 a6 $10) 17...
Rfd8 $10 (17... cxd4 18. Qxd4 $14) (17... Qb7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ng4 Nd7 (19...
Nd5 $2 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Qd4 f5 22. Nh6+ $18) (19... Ne4 $5) 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21.
Qg4 f6 22. Qxe6 $1 gxh6 23. Rfd1 $16) 18. dxc5 (18. Qe2 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qb7 $10)
18... Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rxc5 21. Ba3 Rd5 (21... Rxe5 $2 22. Bxe7
Nd5 23. Bc5 a6 24. Bd4 $16) 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Kf1 f6 25. Nd7 Kf7
26. Ke2 Nc6 27. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novy Smokovec"]
[Site "Novy Smokovec"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Rd1 {/\ ->>>} (10. O-O d6 11. e4 {-E18}) 10... d6 11. Qc2
g6 (11... Nd7 $6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bc6 $14) 12. h4 h5 $6 (12... Nd7
$142 13. h5 Qe7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Ne4 Bg7 $13) 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Nfg5 $14 {/\Nf6}
d5 (14... Kh8 $4 15. Nxd6 $1 $18) (14... Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Qb1 exd5 $6 (16...
e5 $14) 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e3 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 $16) 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... exd5 16.
Nc3 c6 17. O-O Nd7 18. e4 $14) 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nc3 $6 (17. Bh3 $1 $14 {/\} Rc8
18. Nc3 Bb7 19. d5 e5 20. Ne6 $1 $18) 17... Bxg2 18. Kxg2 c6 19. Qe4 Rc8 20. e3
Nf6 21. Qf3 Nd5 (21... Qe7 $10 {/\c5}) 22. e4 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qe7 24. e5 $36 c5
25. Ne4 (25. g4 $5 hxg4 26. Qxg4 cxd4 27. cxd4 {/\h5}) 25... cxd4 26. cxd4 Rc2
27. Rc1 (27. Nf6+ $2 Bxf6 28. exf6 Qd6 $15) 27... Rxa2 28. Nd6 $13 Qd7 (28...
f6 $1 29. Qe4 fxe5 30. dxe5 Kh7 $13) 29. Rc4 (29. Rc3 $6 Qa4 30. Rc7 Qxd4 31.
Rxf7 Qd5 $17) 29... Ra4 30. Rfc1 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 b5 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Qc3 b4 34.
Qc4 (34. Qc4 b3 35. Rc7 Qd8 36. Rxf7 (36. Nxf7 $2 Qd5+ $19) 36... b2 37. Qxe6
Kh7 (37... b1=Q $2 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Qg8+ Kh6 40. Nf7#) 38. Rxg7+ $1 (38. Qf6 $2
Qg8 $1 (38... Qxf6 39. exf6 Kg8 40. Rxg7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kf8 $10) 39.
Nf5 Qxf7 40. Qxf7 gxf5 41. Qxf5+ Kh8 42. Qb1 a5 $17) 38... Kxg7 39. Qf7+ Kh8 (
39... Kh6 40. Qf4+) 40. Qxg6 Qxd6 41. Qxd6 b1=Q 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44.
Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qf6+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Black "Eismont, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bb2 Qc8 11. Rc1 h6 (11... Rd8 12. Ne5 Qe6 13. Nd3 Bf8 14.
e3 Qe8 15. Qe2 g6 16. Rc2 Bg7 17. Rfc1 Ne4 18. a3 c6 19. Qe1 c5 20. dxc5 Naxc5
21. Nxc5 Nxc5 22. Rd1 d4 $10 {Andersson,U-Salov,V Skelleftea WCup 1989}) (11...
Rd8 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 Qd7 15. bxc5 Nxc5 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Na4 Nfe4
18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qa4 Bb6 20. Nf3 Rac8 21. Nd4 Qf6 $10 {Nikolic,P-Halifman,A
Manila izt 1990}) 12. a3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 Qd7 15. b5 $5 (15. bxc5 Nxc5
16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Na4 Nfe4) 15... Nc7 16. Ne5 Qc8 $6 (16... Qe6 $2 17. Na4 c4 18.
Nxc4 Nxb5 19. Na5 $16) (16... Qe8 $1 $13) 17. Na4 $1 (17. Nc6 $6 Bxc6 18. bxc6
Rb8 19. Ba1 Qe6 20. Qa4 d4 $15) 17... Nxb5 $6 (17... Ne6 18. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 19.
bxc6 $16) (17... c4 18. e4 $1 Rd8 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Rxc4 $16) (
18... Qe6 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nfxd5 $2 21. Rxc4 Nxb5 22. Rc6 Nd6 23. Nc5 $18
) 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qf3 $36) 18. Nxc5 $1 Bxc5 19. Nd3 Nd7 (19...
Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Qd8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Nf4 $16) 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. a4 Qc6 22. axb5
Qxb5 23. Bxg7 $1 $16 Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. Rxc5 Qxe2 26. Rc7 Rab8 (26... Qb5
27. Qg4+ Kh8 28. Qf5 $18 {/\Rb1}) 27. Qxa7 Qa6 28. Qd4 Rbc8 (28... Qe6 29. Bf3
$5 $16) 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Re7 Rce8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Qd7 Rf8 33. Rb1 Ba8 34. h3
$5 (34. Bxd5 Qd3 35. Rb5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qe2 39. Rf5
$16) 34... Qe6 35. Qa7 Kg7 36. Kh2 Bc6 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Rb6 Rd8 39. Bf1 Rc8 40.
Ba6 Rc7 41. Qb4 (41. Qc5 Qxh3+ $2 (41... Kg7 $1) 42. Kg1 Qe6 43. Rb8+ Kh7 44.
Bd3+ f5 45. Rf8 $18) 41... Re7 $2 (41... Kg7 42. Bb5 {/\Qc3} Qf6 43. Qg4+ Kf8
44. Rb8+ Ke7 $16) 42. Bc8 (42. Qc5 $1 Rc7 43. Rb8+ Kg7 44. Qf8+ Kg6 45. Qg8+
Kf6 46. Qh8+ $18) 42... Qxc8 (42... Qe2 $142 43. Qf4 $16) 43. Rb8 (43. Qxe7 $18
) 43... Qxb8 44. Qxb8+ Kg7 45. Qb2+ Kg8 46. g4 Re4 47. Qc1 Re6 48. Qc5 d4 49.
Qxd4 Be8 50. Kg3 Bc6 51. f4 Be8 52. f5 $18 Rc6 53. Qe5 Kf8 54. f6 Re6 55. Qf4
Bc6 56. Qxh6+ Ke8 57. Qg7 Re3+ 58. Kh4 Bd5 59. Qg8+ Kd7 60. Qg5 1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mowsziszian,K} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7.
Bd2 O-O 8. d5 Nxc3 (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6) (8... f5) 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 (10.
Nd4 c6 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Qxd5 $14 {
Andersson,U-Pomar Salamanca,A/Buenos Aires olm/1978}) 10... d6 (10... c6 11.
O-O cxd5 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 $2 14. cxd5 Qb6 15. Nd3 $16 {Epishin,
V-Timman,J/Madrid (04) ;CBM 47 1995}) 11. dxe6 (11. O-O $142 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5
13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 {-E18}) 11... fxe6 12. O-O Qe7 (12... Nd7 $6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14.
Bxb7 Bxc3 15. Bxa8 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Qxa8 17. Rxb2 Qc6 18. Rc2 Qe4 19. Rc3 Nc5 20.
f3 Qe5 21. Qd2 $14 {Stangl,M-Unzicker,W/Wildbad (10) 1990}) 13. Bxf6 (13. Nd4
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Nd7 $10) 13... Rxf6 14. Qd3 {/\Ng5 /\Ng5,><b7,h7}
g6 $1 15. Nd4 (15. b4 Nd7 $10) (15. e4 $2 Nd7 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Rf8f1] ><d4,
<->f}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd7 $10 17. Qe4 Raf8 18. Qb7 $6 (18. Nc6 Qf7 19. Qe3
a5 $10) 18... Ne5 19. h3 (19. Qxa7 $2 Ng4 20. Nf3 e5 21. h3 e4 22. hxg4 exf3+
23. exf3 Rxf3 24. Qb7 (24. Rc2 Qe4 $19) 24... Qe2 25. Qd5+ R8f7 26. Qd4 $2 Rd3
$19) (19. f3 $5 {Mowsziszian,K} a5 20. a3 {/\b4,c5}) 19... g5 20. f3 (20. Qxa7
$2 g4 21. hxg4 (21. h4 {Mowsziszian,K} Qf7 $17) 21... Nxg4 22. Nf3 e5 $17)
20... a5 21. a3 (21. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 22. Qxc6 h5 23. Qe4 $10) 21... h5 22. Nb5 $6
R6f7 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 h4 25. c5 $2 (25. g4 Qf6 {/\Qf4-g3} 26. Qe4 d5 27.
cxd5 exd5 28. Qd4 c6 29. Nc3 $15 (29. Nc3 {Mowsziszian,K} Nc4 $17)) (25. gxh4
Rg7 $1 (25... gxh4 26. Kh2 Rg7 27. Rg1 $13) 26. Kh1 (26. Rg1 g4 $1 27. hxg4
Nxg4 $40) 26... g4 27. fxg4 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxh4 29. Kg2 Nxg4 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31.
Qe4+ Kh6 32. Qf4+ (32. Qxe6+ $2 Rg6 $19) 32... Kh7 (32... Kh5 33. Qf3 Kh6 34.
Qf4+ $10) 33. Qe4+ $10) 25... bxc5 26. bxc5 d5 $17 27. gxh4 (27. g4 Nc4 $17)
27... Rg7 $1 28. Kh1 g4 $1 29. Qxc7 $1 $8 (29. fxg4 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxh4 31.
Qa8+ Kh7 32. Qa3 Rxg4 $17) 29... Qxc7 30. Nxc7 Rxc7 31. hxg4 Rfc8 32. Rc3 $6 (
32. Kg2 Nc4 (32... Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. Kf2 $17) 33. Kf2 Rxc5 34. Rc2 $17)
32... d4 (32... Rxc5 $2 33. Re3 d4 34. Re4 $15) 33. Rb3 (33. Rc2 Rxc5 34. Rxc5
Rxc5 35. Rd1 d3 36. exd3 Nxf3 $19) 33... Rxc5 34. Kg2 Rc2 35. Rf2 Rd2 $2 (35...
Ng6 $1 36. Kg3 e5 37. Rb5 R8c5 38. Rxc5 Rxc5 $17) 36. f4 $1 (36. Rb5 Ng6 37.
Kg3 Rcc2 38. h5 d3 39. hxg6 dxe2 40. Rb1 e1=Q 41. Rxe1 Rxf2 $19) 36... Nc4 (
36... Nxg4 $4 37. Rg3) 37. Kf3 $2 (37. Rd3 $1 Ne3+ 38. Kf3 Rxd3 39. exd3 Kf7
40. Ra2 $15) 37... Ra2 $19 38. Rd3 (38. Kg2 Nd2 39. e4 Nxb3 40. Rxa2 d3 $19)
38... Nd2+ 39. Kg2 Ne4 40. Rf1 Rc3 $1 41. Rc1 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
Nxc3 (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6) 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 (10. Nd4 c6 (10... c5 11. Nb5
$14) 11. O-O cxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nb5 Nc6 15. Qxd5 Qe7 16. Rfe1
a6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nc3 Qe6 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Rac1 $14 {Andersson,U-Pomar
Salamanca,A/Buenos Aires olm/1978}) 10... c6 {N} (10... Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 d6 12.
O-O e5 13. Nd2 f5 14. f4 $14) 11. O-O cxd5 (11... exd5 12. cxd5 c5 13. e4 d6
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 $14) 12. Ne1 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 b5 $2 (13... Na6 14. cxd5 {
/\dxe6} Rb8 15. Ra3 $14) (13... d6 {>=} 14. cxd5 (14. Nd3 $5) 14... e5 15. Nd3
{/\Nb4-c6} a5 $1 (15... Na6 16. e4 $14) 16. b4 (16. f4 $5) 16... Nd7 17. bxa5
bxa5 $1 $10 {/\Ba6xc4,Nc5} (17... Rxa5 18. Nb4 $14)) 14. cxd5 Qb6 (14... Na6 $2
15. dxe6 Bxg2 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxg2 $18) (14... b4 $2 15. Rc4 $16) 15. Nd3
$16 Na6 $6 (15... Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nf4 d4 18. Nd5 $16) (15... d6 $2 16.
dxe6 fxe6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. Qb3 Re8 (19... d5 20. Rfc1 $16) 20. Re3
Kf7 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf3+ $18) (15... b4 $2 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17.
Rb3 $16) (15... a5 16. Nc5 $16) 16. Ne5 $1 b4 $2 (16... Qd6 $2 17. dxe6 $18) (
16... Rad8 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Nd7 b4 19. Rd3 $18) (16... Nb8 17. dxe6 dxe6 18.
Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd6 Na6 (19... Qe4 20. Nxf7 $1 $18) 20. Rd1 $16) 17. Nxd7 Qb5 18.
Rd3 $1 Rfe8 $2 (18... Qxd7 19. dxe6 Qb5 20. a4 bxa3 (20... Qb6 21. Rd6 $18) 21.
Rb3 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. bxa3 $16) 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. a4 $1 (20. a4 bxa3 21.
Rb3 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. bxa3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1996.01.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1996.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Baburin} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4 {N} (
13. Nb5 g5 14. Be5 (14. Be3 $1 $14) 14... Qd7 15. Nc3 Qf5 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Be3
Bc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Qc7 e3 {1/2-1/2
Csom,I-Regan,K/Budapest Tungsram 1978}) (13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. Nbd4 a5
$13 {Csom-Barczay/HUN-ch/1977}) 13... Bf6 14. Bh3 $1 (14. b4 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Ne6
16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rc7 Rf7 $10) 14... Ng5 {Baburin: In positions with an
isolated d5-pawn,Bishops are not as useful as Knights, therefore Black should
not be seeking this kind of exchange, the Knight was well placed on e4. 14...
Re8 would be a normal continuation.} (14... Re8 $2 15. Ncb5 Ng5 (15... Re7 16.
b4 Ne6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Nc7 $18) 16. Bg2 Bxd4 (16... Nge6 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18.
Nd6 $16) 17. Nxd4 Nge6 18. Be3 $16) (14... Qe7 $2 15. Nf5 $16) 15. Bxg5 Bxg5
16. e3 $14 Bf6 (16... g6 17. Re2 Qe7 {/\Rfd8} 18. Nf3 $16) 17. Re2 {Preparing
to put more pressure on the d5-pawn.} (17. b4 Ne4 $14) 17... g6 (17... Re8 18.
Rd2 $14) 18. b4 {Baburin: A very interesting approach: after the forthcoming
Nc3-e4, Nxe4 dxe White is going to take advantage of the fact that his Rooks
have been developed to the central files.} Ne4 19. Nxe4 (19. Rec2 $5 Re8 (19...
Nd6 20. Bg2 $16) 20. Ncb5 Re7 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 $16) 19... dxe4 20. Rd2 Qe7
21. b5 {Baburin: /\Nc6 The point! White is going to occupy the weak c6-square,
as Black cannot afford to take the Knight there (in a view of b5xc6), he has
to take it on d4.} Bxd4 22. Rxd4 {<->c,d} Bc8 (22... Rfd8 23. Bd7 $1 (23. Rd7
Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 Kf8 26. Rc7 Bd5 $14) 23... Bc8 (23... Qe5 24. Bc6
Rxd4 25. exd4 Qe7 26. d5 $16) 24. Bc6 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxd4 26. Qxd4 Qxb7 27. Qe5
$16 {/\Rc7}) 23. Bd7 $1 {/\Bc6} Bxd7 24. Rxd7 Qa3 $1 25. Rc2 {/\Qd5} (25. Qd2
a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 $14) 25... Qa4 (25... a6 26. bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qd5 $16) 26. Rd5
Rae8 (26... Rac8 27. Rxc8 Qxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxc8 29. Rd7 Ra8 30. a4 a6 31. Rb7
axb5 32. axb5 h5 33. Rxb6 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. h3 Kg7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 g5
$16) (26... a6 $5 27. Qe2 (27. bxa6 Qxa6 (27... Rxa6 28. Rd4 Qe8 29. Qb1 $16 {
/\Rb2,Rc7}) 28. Qd4 Qa4 $14) 27... axb5 28. Rd4 Qa5 29. Rxe4 $14) 27. h4 h5 28.
Kg2 $1 Re6 (28... Rc8 $4 29. Rxc8 Qxd1 30. Rxf8+ $18) (28... a6 29. bxa6 Qxa6
30. Qd4 $16) 29. Qe2 Qa3 30. Rc7 Re7 31. Rc6 Rfe8 32. Qc4 Kh7 33. Rd2 Rb7 34.
Rdd6 $16 Qb2 (34... Rbe7 35. g4 $1 hxg4 36. h5 gxh5 (36... Rg8 37. Rf6 Rg7 38.
Rxf7 $1 $18) 37. Qd5 Qb2 38. Rh6+ Kg8 39. Rxh5 $18) 35. a4 Re5 {/\Rf5} 36. Rd5
(36. Qd4 Qxd4 37. exd4 Ree7 $14) 36... Rxd5 (36... Rbe7 37. Rc7 Kg7 (37... Rxc7
$2 38. Qxc7 Rxd5 39. Qxf7+ $18) 38. Rdd7 Rxd7 39. Rxd7 Rf5 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41.
Rxd4 Re5 42. Rd7 $16) (36... Ree7 37. Rd4 Qb1 38. Rc8 $18 {/\Qc3,/^a1-h8}) 37.
Qxd5 Re7 38. Qd6 $1 (38. Qd8 $2 Qe5 $14) 38... Re6 39. Qd8 $1 {/\Rc7} Qe5 40.
Rc7 Kg7 (40... Rf6 {/\Qb2} 41. Rc8 Rf5 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Qh8+ Qxh8 44. Rxh8+ Kg7
45. Ra8 $16) 41. Rxa7 Rd6 42. Qe7 $18 Qd5 43. Ra8 Rd7 (43... Qxa8 44. Qxd6 Qxa4
45. Qxb6 $18) 44. Qf8+ Kf6 45. Re8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Netherlands"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 {Gagarin} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Na6 {Gagarin}) (9... Nd6 {Gagarin} 10. Bf4 $14)
10. Rd1 (10. O-O Bxc3 (10... Na6 {Gagarin} 11. Rad1 Nb4 $5 (11... Nd6 12. dxe6
dxe6 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ng5+ Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6
Rxb2 19. Qxa7 Bf6 20. Nb5 Rxe2 21. Qxc5 Rd8 22. Bf3 Rxa2 23. Nxc7 Rc8 24. Rxd6
Rxc7 25. Qb6 Rb2 26. Qa6 Ra2 $10 {Petursson,M-Rozentalis,E/Malme/1993/0,5/28/})
(11... O-O 12. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Rae8 $14 {Romanishin,O-Rozentalis,E/Malme/
1993/1:0/27/}) 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5 O-O $5 14. Nxc7 $5 (14. Bxb4 Qxb4 $1 15. dxe6
dxe6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 Rfe8 18. Ned4 Rxc4 19. Nxf5 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rc2 $44 {
Epishin,V-Rotstein,A/FRA/1994/0:1/40/}) 14... Rac8 15. a3 Nc5 16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17.
Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne1 a4 19. Qxa4 Bxb2 20. Nd3 Qxa3 21. Ra1 Qc3 22. Rab1 Ra8 23.
Qb5 Ba3 24. Qxb6 Qxc4 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Qxc7 $18 {Magerramov,E-Marinelli,T/
Budapest/1990/1:0/32/}) 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 $13) 10... exd5 $5 (10...
Na6 11. O-O $14) 11. cxd5 $1 {N} (11. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qc5 $1 13. Qxc5
bxc5 14. Bc1 Na6 15. Nd2 Nd6 16. O-O (16. a3 Rb8 17. Bf1 c4 18. e3 c3 19. Bxa6
c2 $17 {Olafsson-Arnason/Kopavogur/1994} (19... c2 {Gagarin} 20. b4 Nb5 21. Nc4
cxd1=Q+ 22. Kxd1 Nc3+ 23. Kc2 Nxd5 $19 {Olaffson,H-Arnason,J/Kopavogur/1994/0:
1/47/})) 16... Nb4 17. a3 Na2 18. e4 O-O 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. b3 Bg5
22. Bb2 c4 23. Bh5 Bxd2 24. Bxe8 Nxe8 25. Rxd2 c3 26. Bxc3 Nxc3 $17 {->Horvath,
J-Arnason/EUCup f Lyon/1994}) 11... c5 (11... Qc5 $2 12. O-O Bxd5 13. Be3 Qc6
14. Rxd5 Bxc3 15. Rxf5 $16) (11... O-O 12. O-O $14) 12. Bf4 (12. dxc6 dxc6 13.
O-O Na6 $5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne1 c5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $10) (12. O-O
$5 Na6 (12... Nxd2 $2 13. Nxd2 $16 {/\d6,Qf5}) 13. Nxe4 (13. Bf4 {-12.Bf4})
13... fxe4 (13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4+ fxe4 15. Ng5 e3 16. Bxe3 Bxb2 17. Ne4 $16) 14.
Nh4 $1 (14. d6 Qe6 $1 (14... Qxd6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Bxg5 Nb4 18.
Qb1 $16) 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb4 17. Qc3 O-O 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc4 Rae8 $13)
14... Bxd5 (14... Bxh4 15. gxh4 Bxd5 16. Bg5 Nb4 (16... Qe6 $2 17. Rxd5 Qxd5
18. Bxe4 $18) 17. Bxe7 Nxc2 18. Bxc5 Bxa2 19. Bd6 Rc8 20. Bxe4 $16) 15. Bc3 $1
(15. Nf5 Qe6 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O $13) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 (16. Rxd5 Nb4
17. Qxe4 Qxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxb2 $10) 16... Nc7 17. c4 Be6 18. Bxe4 O-O-O 19. Nf5
Bxf5 20. Bxf5 $14) 12... Na6 13. O-O (13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. Qxe4 Bxd5
16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 $10) 13... Nb4 (13... O-O $5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2
Nb4 16. Qxe4 Bxd5 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bd6 $14) 14. Qb3 {
/\a3} c4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. Qb3 Bxc3 (16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Qa4 Nxd5 19.
Qxa7 Nxf4 20. Qb8+ Bc8 21. Qxf4 $16) 17. bxc3 Rxc3 18. Qa4 a5 19. d6 (19. Qb5
$2 Qc5 $13) (19. Nd4 $5 {Gagarin} Nc5 20. Nxf5 Nxa4 21. Nxe7 Nb2 $13) 19... Qd8
{/\Bc6-+} 20. Rc1 (20. Nd4 $2 Nc5 21. Qb5 Ba6 $17) 20... Qc8 (20... Nd5 $5 $13
{Gagarin /\ Nc5/}) 21. Ne5 (21. Rxc3 $5 Nxc3 22. Qb3 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Nxf4 24.
gxf4 $44 {עe8}) 21... Nd5 22. Bxe4 $2 (22. Rxc3 Nexc3 23. Qc2 O-O (23... Nxf4
24. gxf4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 $16) 24. Bg5 {/\Be7} Ne4 25. Qb3 (25. Bxe4 fxe4 $13)
25... Qc3 $2 26. Nxd7 Qxb3 27. axb3 Nxg5 28. Nxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. Rd1
Bxb3 31. d7 Ne6 32. d8=Q+ Nxd8 33. Rxd8+ Ke7 34. Rb8 $18) (22. Rb1 $5 $16)
22... Nxf4 (22... fxe4 $2 {Gagarin} 23. Qxe4 $16) 23. gxf4 Rxc1 24. Bxb7 Rxf1+
25. Kxf1 Qxb7 26. f3 Rf8 27. Qb5 $10 (27. Qc4 $6 {Gagarin} b5 $13) 27... Kd8 (
27... Rf6 28. Qc4 Re6 $2 29. Qc7 $18) 28. a4 Rf6 29. Qc4 Rxd6 (29... Re6 $2 30.
Nf7+ Ke8 31. Ng5 Rxd6 32. Qg8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7+ Kd8 34. Nf7+ Ke7 35. Nxd6+ Kxd6
36. Qe5+ Kc6 37. Qxf5 $16) 30. Nf7+ Ke7 31. Nxd6 Kxd6 32. Qd4+ Qd5 (32... Kc7
$5 {Gagarin} 33. Qe5+ (33. Qxg7 Qd5 34. Qxh7 Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qxa4 36. Qxf5 Qd4+
$44 {/\ a4/}) 33... Kc8 34. Qxf5 (34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Qe5+ $10) 34... g6 $13 {
/\ Qc6/}) 33. Qxb6+ Ke7 34. Kf2 Kf7 35. Ke3 d6 (35... g6 {Gagarin} 36. Qd4 Qb3+
37. Kf2 Qe6 38. Qc5 $14) 36. Qd4 Qb3+ (36... Qxd4+ $2 {Gagarin} 37. Kxd4 Ke6
38. Kc4 $18) 37. Kf2 Kg8 38. Qxd6 Qxa4 39. Qe6+ Kf8 40. Qxf5+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ (41.
e4 $5 Qd4+ 42. Kg2 a4) (41. Qd5+ $5 {Gagarin} Kf8 42. e4 Qc2+ 43. Kg3 a4 44.
Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ $16) 41... Kf8 42. Ke3 Qa3+ 43. Kd4 Qb2+ 44. Kd3 Qb1+ 45. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Black "Karpman, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Crnic,M. Crnic,M} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4
7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5 f5 9. Qc2 exd5 $5 10. Nxd5 (10. cxd5 {Crnic,M} Nxc3 11. Bxc3
Bxd5 12. O-O-O Be4 13. Qb3+ d5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 c6 16. Nf4 {12.0-0!?} Nd7
17. Nxd5 {16.h4_} cxd5 18. Qxd5+ Rf7 $5) 10... Nc6 11. O-O Bf6 (11... Re8 $5 {
/\ Bf8}) (11... a5 $1 {Crnic,M} 12. a3 (12. Ne1 Nd4 13. Qd3 Bc5 14. Be3 (14.
Bxe4 fxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8) 14... Ne6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 c6 17. Nc3 Qf6 $5 (
17... Ng5 18. Bxg5 {/\ Nb4})) (12. Rad1 Nb4 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Nd4 (14. Ne5 $1
Bd6 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe8 (16... Rxa2 17. c5) 17. f4 Bc5+) 14... Bc5 15.
Qb3 (15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Qb3 Kh8 $1) 15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4 c5 $19) 12... Bf6 (12...
Bc5 13. Bf4 d6 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. Nd2 Nd4 16. Qd3) 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 d6 14. Rad1))
12. Rad1 a5 13. Be3 d6 $14 14. c5 $5 (14. Nd2 Nb4 $1 (14... Nc5 $6 15. Bxc5
dxc5 16. Nf3 $5 Qc8 17. Nxf6+ Rxf6 $14) 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2
Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $10) (14. Nd4 $1 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 $14) 14... Nb4
$1 (14... bxc5 $2 15. Qb3 $18) (14... Nxc5 $2 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Qb3 $18) 15.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb3+ d5 17. a3 (17. cxb6 $6 c5 $1) 17... Na6 18. cxb6 Nac5 (
18... c5 $5 $13) 19. Qc2 cxb6 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. b3 f4 $6 (21... Ne6 $1 22. Bb2 (
22. Qb2 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 f4 $10) 22... Rac8 23. Qd3 $5 N4c5 24. Qe3 f4 $13) 22.
Qb2 $1 $14 Rac8 (22... b5 $5 23. Rc1 Ne6) 23. Rc1 fxg3 24. hxg3 Nd6 25. Rc2 Nf5
26. Be5 Rc6 $6 (26... Nd7) 27. Rfc1 Re6 28. b4 $1 axb4 29. axb4 Na4 $2 30. Qb3
$1 (30. Qa1 Qxb4 31. Rb1 Qg4 $13 (31... Qe4 $2 32. Nd4 $1 $16)) 30... Rxe5 31.
Rc7 $1 (31. Nxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxa4 Nd4 $13) 31... Nc5 $8 (31... Qe8 32. Nxe5 Nd4
33. Qe3 $18) 32. R1xc5 $1 bxc5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. bxc5 $14 {/\ e4} Bc6 (34...
Kh8 35. Bh3 $1 {/\ Bf5, Nd4+-}) 35. g4 $1 (35. Bh3 Rb7 $1 36. Qa2 Ne7) 35...
Rb7 36. Qa2 Ne7 37. Nd4 Rc7 {(+)} 38. e4 (38. Ne6 Ra8 39. Qb2 $18 {Timoscenko,G
}) 38... Ra8 39. Qb2 Rb7 40. Qd2 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg zt"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1993.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Qc2
c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Ng5 h6 $1 (9... g6 10. cxd5 d6 11. h4 $1 $40) 10. Nxd5 (10. h4
$5 {Chekhov}) 10... Bxd5 11. cxd5 (11. Bxd5 $1 Nc6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nf3 Qd7
14. O-O Qh3 15. Bf4 (15. b3 $1 Rfe8 16. Bb2 $14) 15... Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17.
Bd6 Re6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 $10 {Vladimirov,E-Zagrebelny,S URS 1988}) 11... hxg5 $1 {
N} (11... d6 12. Nh3 Nbd7 13. O-O b5 14. e4 c4 15. f4 Rc8 16. Nf2 Qb6 17. Qe2
Rfe8 18. Be3 $14 {Van der Sterren,P-Karner,H Tallinn 1987}) 12. d6 Nc6 13. dxe7
Qxe7 14. Bxg5 (14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Bxg5 Rfe8 16. e3 $2 Qe4 $1 17. O-O-O Qxc2+ 18.
Kxc2 Ne4 $19) 14... d5 15. e3 (15. O-O $5 Nd4 16. Bxf6 (16. Qd1 Nxe2+ 17. Kh1
Rfe8 $1 (17... Nd4 {Chekhov} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bxd5 Rad8 $15) 18. Re1 $2 Ng4 $1
$19) (16. Qd2 Qxe2 $1 $17) 16... gxf6 17. Qd1 Qxe2 (17... Nxe2+ $2 18. Kh1 {
/\Re1}) 18. Bxd5 Rad8 19. Bg2 Rfe8 $10) (15. Rd1 Nd4 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. e3 Ne6
$10) (15. Bxf6 {Chekhov} Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxb2 $17)
15... Qe6 $1 16. Bxf6 (16. O-O Ne4 (16... Nh7 17. h4 $13) 17. Bf4 Nb4 (17...
Qf5 $6 18. g4 $1) 18. Qe2 c4 $132) 16... Qxf6 17. O-O Rad8 $10 18. Rfd1 (18.
Rad1 $5 Rd6 19. f4 Rfd8 20. Qf2 (20. a3 Na5 $1 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd4 $15)
20... c4 21. a3 b5 $15) 18... Rd6 19. Rd2 (19. Rxd5 $5 {Chekhov} Rxd5 20. Bxd5
Nb4 21. Qb3 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxb2 23. Rd1 $13) 19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 Qe5 $1 (20...
d4 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Qe4 Rd6 $10) 21. Qa4 g6 22. a3
$6 (22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 d4 (23... Ne7 $5) 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. exd4 Rcd6 26. f5
$1 $10) 22... Na5 $1 {><c4,b3} 23. Qf4 (23. Bf1 c4 $17) (23. b4 {Chekhov} Nc4
24. Rc2 Nb2 $19) (23. Qc2 {Chekhov} c4 {/\ Nb3, b5,d4-/+}) 23... Qxf4 24. gxf4
d4 $17 25. b4 (25. exd4 {Chekhov} Nb3 26. Rd3 Nxd4 27. Kf1 a5 $17) 25... Nb3 (
25... Nc4 {Chekhov} 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rc2 dxe3 28. Rxd6 exf2+ 29. Kxf2 Nxd6 30.
Rxc5 $10) 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rc2 a5 28. a4 (28. Kf1 $142 a4 $17) (28. exd4 {
Chekhov} Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 $17) 28... dxe3 29. Rxd6 exf2+ 30. Kxf2 Rxd6 31.
Rc3 Rd2+ 32. Kf1 (32. Kg3 Nd4 33. Rxc5 Nf5+ (33... Ne2+ {Chekhov} 34. Kf3 Nxf4
$17) 34. Kh3 Rd3+ 35. Kg4 Ra3 36. Bc6 (36. Rxa5 $2 Ne3+ 37. Kh3 Nc4+ $19) 36...
Nd4 37. Bd7 f5+ 38. Kg5 Kg7 $19) 32... Rb2 33. Bd5 c4 $1 34. h4 (34. h3 $5 {
Chekhov}) 34... Ra2 35. Bxc4 Nd2+ 36. Ke1 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Kg7 $19 38. f5 (38. Kf1
Kh6 39. Kg1 f5 $19) (38. h5 gxh5 39. Rc5 Rxa4 40. Rxh5 Ra2 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. Kf1
a4 43. Ra5 a3 44. Kg1 Ke6 45. Kh1 f5 46. Kg1 Kd6 $19) 38... gxf5 39. Rc5 Rxa4
40. Rxf5 Re4+ (40... Ra2 {Chekhov} 41. Kd1) 41. Kf2 a4 42. h5 Rh4 43. Ra5 Rh2+
44. Ke1 (44. Kg3 Ra2 45. Ra6 a3 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. Kg2 a2 48. Kh2 f5 $19) (44. Kg1
{Chekhov} Ra2 45. Kf1 a3 46. Kg1 Ra1+ 47. Kg2 a2 48. Kh2 f5 $19) 44... Rh1+ 45.
Kd2 Rh4 46. Rg5+ Kh6 47. Ra5 Rh2+ 48. Kc1 (48. Kd1 $1 $17 {Chekhov}) 48... Rxh5
49. Ra6+ Kg7 50. Rxa4 Rd5 51. Ra2 Kg6 52. Rf2 (52. Rg2+ {Chekhov} Kh5 53. Rh2+
Kg4 54. Rg2+ Kf3 $19) 52... f5 53. Rd2 Rxd2 54. Kxd2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Na6 $2 (8... Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. O-O Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5 O-O 14.
Nxc7 Rac8 15. a3 Nc5 16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne1 $16 {Magerramov,
E-Marinelli,T Budapest Spring op 1990}) (8... Bf6 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O Na6 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. dxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd5 $14 {ECO}) 9. dxe6
dxe6 10. Qa4+ Qd7 (10... c6 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 Nc5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Ng4 $16)
11. Qxd7+ Kxd7 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Ne5+ Kc8 14. Bxe4 fxe4 15. O-O-O $16 Kb7 16.
Be3 Rhd8 17. a3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Re8 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. h4 Bf6 21. Bf4
Nc5 22. Kd2 $16 {><e4}) 19. Kc2 Bf6 20. Ng4 Kc8 21. Nxf6 gxf6 22. g4 $1 Nb8 (
22... Rd8 23. Rg1 $1 $16 Rg8 24. h4 Kd7 25. g5 e5 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27. gxf6 Kxf6
28. Rd7 Rg7 $2 29. Bg5+ Kg6 30. h5+ $18) 23. Rd4 f5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Rd5 Rf8
26. Kc3 (26. b4 Nc6 27. Bg5 $16) 26... Nc6 27. Bg5 a5 28. b4 axb4+ 29. axb4 Nb8
30. Re5 (30. b5 Nd7 31. Kd4 Rf7 32. Ke3 Nf8 33. Rd8+ Kb7 $16) 30... Nc6 31. Rd5
(31. Re6 Kd7 32. Rh6 Rf7) 31... Nb8 32. h4 $1 Kb7 (32... Nc6 33. b5 Nb8 34. Kd4
Nd7 35. Ke3 Nc5 36. Be7 $18) 33. b5 Rf7 34. Re5 $1 Nd7 35. Re7 $1 Rxe7 36. Bxe7
Ne5 37. Kd4 Ng4 38. f3 exf3 39. exf3 Nh2 40. Ke3 Nf1+ 41. Kf4 Nd2 42. Bb4 Nxc4
43. Kxf5 c5 44. bxc6+ Kxc6 45. Ke6 Ne3 46. Bd2 (46. f4 $2 Ng2 47. f5 Nxh4 48.
f6 Ng6 49. f7 Kb5 50. Bd6 Kc4 51. Kf6 Kd5 $10) 46... Ng2 (46... Nc4 47. Bc1 b5
48. f4 b4 49. f5 $18) 47. h5 b5 48. h6 (48. f4 $2 b4 49. f5 b3 50. Bc3 Nf4+ $10
) 48... Nh4 (48... Kc5 49. f4 b4 50. f5 b3 51. Bc3 Nf4+ 52. Kf7 Nd5 53. Ba1 Ne3
54. f6 Ng4 55. Kg7 $18) 49. f4 Nf3 50. Bc3 Kc5 51. Kf7 (51. f5 $2 b4 52. Bb2
Nd4+ 53. Ke5 Nc6+ $10) 51... Kc4 52. Bb2 Kd5 53. f5 b4 54. f6 Ng5+ 55. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bc1 Nbd7 (11... Re8 $5 12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rc1 a6
14. e3 Nbd7 15. Re1 Ne4 16. Re2 Qf6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Qf5 19. Nc4 Bf8 20.
Ba3 Re6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rec2 Bd5 {1/2:1/2 Cvitan,O-Psakhis,L Palma-GMA 1989})
12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Rc1 (13. Nb5 Be7 14. Rc1 a6 $1 (14... c6 15. Nc3 $14 {/\Nd2,e4}
) 15. Nc3 Bd6) 13... a6 14. Nd2 $1 (14. Rc2 Qe7 15. Nh4 Qe6 16. Qc1 b5 17. Qg5
g6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Qh4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rfc1 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Nb6 23. Bh3 b4
24. Re1 f6 25. Bc1 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Nxc8 $10 {Stempin-Farago,I/Praha zt 1985})
14... Rb8 (14... Re8 $5 15. Nc4 Bf8 16. Ne3 c6 17. Nc2 a5 18. Ne1 Bd6 19. Nd3
Ne4 $10) 15. Re1 c5 $2 (15... Re8 {>=} 16. e4 dxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bb4
$10 {/\f5}) 16. e4 $1 dxe4 (16... cxd4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nxd5
20. Qxd4 f6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Rcd1 $16) 17. Ncxe4 Be7 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4
(18... Be7 19. dxc5 (19. d5 f5 20. Nc3 $14) 19... Nxc5 (19... bxc5 20. Qg4 $16)
20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be5 Bxg2 22. Bxb8 $16) 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Bf3 $16 {^^}) 18.
dxc5 Bxe4 (18... Nxc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nxc5 bxc5 21. Rxc5 $16) (18... bxc5 19.
Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxc5 $16) 19. Nxe4 Nxc5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Rxc5 Qb6 (22... Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rfd8 (23... Rfc8 $5) 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.
Bb7 g6 26. Bxa6 Rd2 27. a4 Bd4 28. Rc7 $16) 23. Rc6 Qb5 24. Qc2 Rb6 $6 25. Rc5
Qd7 (25... Qb4 26. Re4 Qa3 27. Ra4 Qb2 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Rc6 Rxc6 30. Bxc6 $18)
26. Rd1 Rd6 27. Rxd6 Qxd6 28. Rc6 Qa3 29. Be4 $1 h6 30. Bd5 {/\Rxf6,><f7} Bb2 (
30... Rd8 $2 31. Rxf6 Rxd5 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Rxa6 $18) (30... Kh8 31. Rc8 Qe7
32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qc4 $18) 31. Rc8 $1 Bf6 (31... a5 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc8+
Ke7 34. Qc7+ $18) 32. Qc4 $18 a5 33. Bxf7+ Kh8 34. Rxf8+ Qxf8 35. Bg6 Qd8 36.
Kg2 Be7 37. Be4 Bb4 38. Qe6 Qf6 39. Qe8+ Bf8 (39... Qf8 40. Qg6 Kg8 41. Bd5+
Kh8 42. h4 $18) 40. Qa8 Qe7 41. Bd3 Qb4 42. Qd5 Qc5 43. Qe4 Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kh8
45. h4 1-0

[Event "SUI-chT"]
[Site "Switzerland"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2005.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luzern"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 $5 $146
{Eine interessante Neuerung bereits im 8. Zug! Schwarz bereitet die
Entwicklung Bb8-a6 vor und wartet auf 8.Nc3, um 8...Ne4 fortzusetzen.} (7... d5
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 {ist die meistgespielte Fortsetzung.}) (7... d6 $6 {
ist nicht zu empfehlen wegen} 8. d5 $1 exd5 9. Nh4 c6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nf5 $36
) (7... Qc8 {ist ein bekannter Wartezug, der m.E. nicht mehr leistet als 7...
a5.} 8. Nc3 (8. Qc2 Be4 (8... c5) 9. Qb3 c5 (9... Nc6 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Rd1 $13)
10. Nc3 (10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 d6 $10) 10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12.
d5 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 h6 (14... Re8 $142) 15. f4 $14 {Tolush,A-Simagin,
V/Parnu 1947}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5
Be7 14. d5 e5 15. h4 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 $11 {Piket,J-Salov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1993})
8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. d5 Qb7 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12. Nxg2 d6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nf4
Qc8 15. Qa4 c6 $11 {Papaioannou,I-Stefansson,H/Leon 2001}) 8. Nc3 (8. d5 $6 {
funktioniert hier nicht:} exd5 9. Nh4 Bb4 10. Rf1 (10. Bd2 Bc5 11. Nc3 Ne4 $1
$15) 10... c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. e4 Ne7 $15) (8. Bg5 d6 $5 {Kortschnoj} (8... h6
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3) (8... Ne4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Bxb7
Ra7 12. Qxd2 Rxb7 13. Nc3 d6 14. e4 $14) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qc2 Nxc3
12. Qxc3 f5 $11) 8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 (9. Bd2 f5 $11) ({Die Folgen von 9.Nd2!?
waren mir zu unklar:} 9. Nd2 $5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 f5 $1 (11... Nc6
12. e4 {/\Nf1}) 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Qe8 14. Qg4 Qf7 15. Be3 Nc6 $11) 9... Bxe4
10. d5 {Ich beschloß, nach diesem typischen raumgreifenden Muster zu verfahren,
weil der Zug 7.Re1 gut dazu paßt.} Na6 (10... exd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. d6 Bf6 13.
Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Re8 15. e4 $14) 11. Nd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Bb4 $1 {Der Abtausch
der Läufer ist der beste Weg zum Ausgleich.} (12... c6 $5 {Kortschnoj} 13. dxe6
(13. dxc6 Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. cxd7 Qxd7 $44) 14... Nc5 15. Qb5 Bf6 $11) (13. e4 $5
) 13... fxe6 14. e4 Nc5 15. e5 $14) 13. Bd2 ({Nach} 13. Rf1 Re8 14. e4 exd5 15.
exd5 Qf6 {hat Schwarz die bessere Entwicklung und aktive Figuren:} 16. Be3 (16.
Qg4 c6 $132) 16... Re4 $11) 13... e5 $1 {Der weiße Raumvorteil spielt keine
Rolle, da fast alle Leichtfiguren abgetauscht sind. Mit dem Textzug öffnet
sich Schwarz die Möglichkeit, auf dem Königsflügel aktiv zu werden.} 14. Bxb4 (
14. Nb5 $6 c6) (14. Nf5 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Ng4 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 d6 $11) 14...
Nxb4 {Sicherer war das Schlagen mit dem Bauern, was eine ausgeglichene
Stellung ergab.} (14... axb4 15. Nc2 Qe7 (15... c5 $5 {Kortschnoi} 16. a3 bxa3
17. Rxa3 Nc7 18. Qd3 Rxa3 19. Qxa3 (19. bxa3 Ne8 20. Rb1 Nd6 $11) 19... f5 20.
b4 Qe7 $11) 16. d6 $5 (16. e4 f5 17. d6 Qf6 18. Qd5+ Kh8 $36) 16... Qe6 $1 (
16... cxd6 17. Qd2 Qe6 18. Ne3 $44) 17. dxc7 Qxc4 18. Qxd7 Nxc7 $11) 15. Nb5 c6
16. Nc3 (16. Nd6 $2 Qf6 17. Ne4 Qg6 $17) 16... f5 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Rad1 {
Mit der klaren Absicht einer Invasion auf der d-Linie.} e4 (18... Rae8 19. a3
Na6 20. Na4 Rb8 (20... c5 21. d6 $1 {/\Qd5-b7}) 21. dxc6 dxc6 22. Qd6 b5 23.
cxb5 cxb5 24. Nc3 $14) 19. a3 Na6 20. dxc6 $6 {Vielversprechender war die
Öffnung einer zweiten Linie mit 20.f3!, mit dem Textzug erreicht Weiß nichts.}
(20. Na4 $5 Rab8 21. dxc6 dxc6 22. Qd6 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Nc3 b4 25. Qxf6
Rxf6 26. Nd5 Rf7 $11) (20. f3 $1 exf3+ (20... Nc5 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 fxe4
23. Qd4 $14) 21. exf3 Nc5 22. dxc6 dxc6 23. Qd6 Rad8 24. Qxf6 gxf6 $14 {
Dieses etwas schlechtere Endspiel sollte für Schwarz haltbar sein.}) 20... dxc6
21. Qd6 (21. Qe3 Nc5 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Ne6 (23... Ra3 $2 24. Nd5) 24. Rd6
Rfd8 25. Red1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Rd8 $11) 21... Nc5 22. Qxf6 Rxf6 23. b4 axb4 24.
axb4 Ne6 (24... Nb3 $6 25. Rd7 Ra3 26. Red1 $14) 25. Rd7 (25. b5 Ra3 26. Nb1
Ra4 27. bxc6 Rxc4 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Nc5 30. Nc3 Rxc6 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Nxb6
$11) (25. Ra1 Rff8 26. b5 cxb5 27. cxb5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rc8 29. Nd5 Rc5 $11)
25... Ra3 26. Rc1 Rf7 (26... Rb3 27. b5 cxb5 28. Nxb5 Rb4 $11) 27. Rd6 Rf6 28.
Rd7 ({Nach} 28. Kg1 Nc7 29. Rxf6 gxf6 $11 {steht Schwarz dank seines aktiven
Turms zumindest nicht schlechter.}) 28... Rf7 29. Rd6 Rf6 30. Rd7 Rf7 31. Rd6
Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1986.07.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Klinger, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1986.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Be4 10. Qd2 d5 $6 (10... Bf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne1 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Qe7
14. Qd3 Qf7 $10 {Inkiov,V-Prandstetter,E/Warszawa/1987/}) 11. cxd5 exd5 (11...
Qxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Bh3 Qd6 $2 (13...
Bxf3 $32 14. exf3 Nc6 15. Rae1 Bd6 16. Re6 Qd7 17. Rfe1 $14) 14. Ne5 $16 f4 15.
f3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. gxf4 Nd7 18. e4 Rff8 19. Kh1 Rad8 20. Rad1 g6 21. Rg1
Kh8 22. f5 $1 g5 (22... gxf5 23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Qh6+ $18) 23. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 32nd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,Cu Ftacnik Dautov} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7
6. c4 O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 (11. Nc3 Ne8 $5
(11... d6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17.
Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Rc8 {+/- Sveshnikov,E-Platonov,
I/URS 30/(631) 1980}) (11... Ne6 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rd1 Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Re8 17. Be3 Nc7 18. a4 {~/= Romanishin,O-Savon,V/Lvov 32/(614)
1981}) (11... Nba6 12. e4 d6 13. Bf4 Ne8 14. Qd2 Nac7 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 c5 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd4 22. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Mozny Milos-Hracek Zbynek/Ch CZE Usti (Chehia) 1994}) (11... d5 12. e4
Bc5 (12... Nd7 13. Re1 d4 14. Nxd4 Ne5 15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Nf5 Ne6 $15 {Dolezal,
Martin-Tichy,Vladimir/Praha Metro-A (02) 1990}) 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Qg4 Qf6 15.
Bg5 Qg6 16. Nh4 Qe6 17. Qh5 Re8 18. Rad1 Nd7 19. Bf4 $44 {Dorfman,J-Agzamov,G/
URS-FL Tashkent ,MCL 06 1980}) 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e4 Nac7 15. Rad1 (15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qf5 Rad8
21. Bg5 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Kulcsar,G-Gosztola,I/HUN-ch32 ,CCS 01 1991}) 15... Bf6 16.
exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 {0,5/Timman,J-Karpov,A/
Tilburg/1983/}) 11... d5 (11... Ne6 {Hansen,Cu} 12. Nc3 g6 (12... Na6 13. Re1
d6 14. Nd5 cxd5 15. exd5 Bf6 16. dxe6 Bxg2 17. e7 $18 {Torres Javier-Izumikawa
Burt/It San Mateo (USA) 1994}) 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. f4 d6 16. f5 f6
17. Bf4 Ne8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Qg4 Kg7 $15 {Marel,B,V,d-Pliester,L/Unitas
Groningen-HSG 1987}) (11... Ne8 {Hansen,Cu} 12. Nc3 Na6 13. Re1 d6 14. Qg4 Bc8
15. Bf4 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nac7 17. Rad1 $44 {Rosen,B-Morawietz,D/2.BLW 8990
Katernberg-KKS Cologne [2] 1989}) (11... d6 {Hansen,Cu} 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Nc3 Nd7
14. Qe2 Nc5 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Bxd6 Nxd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. e5 $16 {Heinz,
J-Hofmann,M/2.BLS 9091/1991/26/}) 12. Re1 (12. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Nba6 (12... dxe4
13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nxe4 Ne6 15. Rd1 h5 16. Qxh5 Nd7 17. Nh6+ {1-0/Piveny,I-Pilaj,
H/Velden op (8)/1994/}) (12... Bf6 13. exd5 (13. Re1 Bc8 14. Qf3 (14. g4 $5
Bxf5 15. gxf5 d4 16. Ne2 $13) 14... Be6 (14... Nd7 15. Bf4 $16) (14... Re8 15.
Rd1 $16) 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 (16. Bf4 $2 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 $17) 16... dxe4 $8
17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Nd5 $15) 17... Nd5 18. g5 Be5 19. Qh4 {Romanishin,O-Epishin,
V/Beograd 46/731 1988} g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Be3 (23.
Bf4 f6) 23... Bg7 24. Rad1 $44 {Romanishin,O-Epishin,V/Beograd/1988/1/2-1/2 
(66)}) (13. Bf4 Nd7 (13... Bc8 $5 14. g4 $1 (14. Bh3 Ne6 15. Bd6 Ng5 16. Bg4
Re8 $17 {Farkas,T-Zagrebelny,S/Caissa KFT(05) 1993 (27)}) 14... Nba6 15. Rc1 (
15. exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf5 17. gxf5 Nxd5 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. c4 $44 {Lagunov,
A-Rechlis,G/Berliner Sommer (06) ,EXP 47 1995}) 15... Bd7 (15... Bxf5 16. gxf5
Bg5 17. Bxc7 Nxc7 18. f4 Be7 19. exd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Rfe8 25. Bc6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,
G-Tukmakov,V/Tilburg 38/718 1984}) 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Bxc7 (17. e5 Be7 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. h3 Qg6 21. f4 $13 {Kasparov,G-Karpov,An/Moscow (m/2) 38/
717 1984 (46)}) 17... Qxc7 18. exd5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rad8 20. b4 Nb7 21. Ne4 $14)
(13... d4 14. Ne2 c5 $17 {Roe,S-Piper,M/Lloyds Bank 1988 (30)}) 14. Re1 (14.
Rc1 $5) (14. Bxc7 Qxc7 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rad8 $10) (14. exd5
$6 cxd5 (14... Nxd5 $5) 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Qg4 g6 (17... Ne4 $4 18.
Nh6+ $18) 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rd8 22. Rd1 {
1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Olafsson,F/Buenos Aires 1980} (22. Rd1 Bxb2 $5 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24.
Nf5+ Kh8 $17)) 14... d4 (14... Ne6 15. Bd6 d4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. f4
Nc4 19. e5 Be7 20. Qc2 b5 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Rd3 g6 23. Nd6 Nxd6 {1/2-1/2
Caiafas,T-Magalotti,A/Dubai olm (09) 1986}) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17. Qd2
Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nc5 19. Rad1 Qe7 $10 {Zaitshik,G-Polovodin,I/URS 32/614 1981})
13... cxd5 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Rc1 (15. Re1 {Hansen,Cu} Bc8 (15... Qd7 16. Bh3 Kh8
17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. Ne7 Qf6 20. Nxh7 Qd4 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 Bxa1 23.
Nf6+ {1-0 Kasparov,G-Marjanovic,S/Malta ol 30/631 1980}) 16. Nd4 (16. Qh5 g6
17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qf3 Bg5 19. Ng4 Bxg4 20. Qxg4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qxf6+ {
1/2-1/2 Mozny-Prandstetter/Praha (02) 1986}) 16... Qd7 17. Rc1 Bb7 $15 {
Kusorkin-Zlotnik,B/URS 31/618 1981 (32)}) 15... Qd7 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Ne4 {
Hergott,D-Kosashvili,Y/Novi Sad olm (03) CAN-ISL 1990} Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19.
Bd6 Rfe8 20. f4 Nec5 21. Be5 Rxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qg4 Kh8 24. Qd4 Qxd4+ 25.
Nxd4 $14 {Hergott,D-Kosashvili,Y/Novi Sad olm (03) CAN-ISL 1990/1/2-1/2 (93)})
13. Re1 (13. Bf4 Bf6 (13... Re8 14. Qg4 $40 (14. Qg4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. Qf3 f6
17. Rad1 d4 18. e5 $44 {Ksieski,Z-Dejkalo,S/Naleczow (13) 1985})) (13... Bc5 {
Hansen,Cu} 14. a3 Qf6 15. g4 Rfe8 16. e5 Rxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf3 Ne6 19.
Rfe1 Qf4 $13 {Najdorf-Morgado/Mar del Plata op 1987}) (13... g6 14. Nh6+ Kh8
15. Ng4 f6 16. Bh6 Rf7 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Rad1 Bxh6 19. Nxh6 Rf8 20. Rfe1 Nc5 $15
{Orsag,M-Augustin,J/Brno/Morava-C (07) 1991}) 14. Nd6 (14. Qg4 $5 {/\ Rad1})
14... Bc8 15. exd5 (15. Rc1 $2 g5 $1 16. Nxc8 gxf4 $19) 15... Bxc3 $1 16. bxc3
Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 {Yusupov,A-Beliavsky,A/Munich 49/616 1990} 19.
Qh5 $2 (19. Qd4 $1 $10) 19... Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Re3 Rad8 22. Rae1 (22. Ne4
$5 $15) 22... Qa4 23. a3 $17 {Yusupov,A-Beliavsky,A/Munchen/1990/0-1 (40)}) (
13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bc8 15. e5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Be7 17. Rad1 $44) (13. exd5 cxd5 (
13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Nc5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 $14 {Bukic,E-Jelen,
I/YUG ch 31/617 1981 (35)}) 14. Qg4 (14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. Qxd5 Nb4 $15 {Kulcsar,G-Sturm,G/HUN-ch32 ,CCS 01 1991 (27)}) (14. Ne3 Qd7
15. Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rad8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qg4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nc5 $15 {
Hakki,I-Handoko,E/Doha op (02) 1992}) 14... Bf6 15. Bh6 Bc8 16. Rad1 g6 $17 {
Paulsen,D-Spassky,B/BL 8384 Lasker-Solingen [2] 1984}) 13... Re8 (13... dxe4 $2
14. Bxe4 $2 (14. Qg4 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bc8 $8 16. Nxe4 g6 $1) (14. Nxe4 $1 Nd5 15.
Qg4 Bf6 16. Bh6 g6 $8 17. Bxf8 $16) 14... Bf6 15. Nd6 (15. Bf4 $5) 15... Bxc3
$1 16. Nxb7 (16. bxc3 Nc5 $1 17. Bc2 Ba6 18. Qh5 Bd3) 16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be5
$1 {><f4} 18. Bxc6 {Romanishin,O-Orlov,G/Beograd 46/730 1988} Nb4 $6 (18... Ne6
$15) 19. Bg2 Ne6 {Romanishin,O-Orlov,G/Beograd/1988/1-0 (51)}) (13... Bf6 $5
14. e5 Be7 15. Qg4 g6 16. Nxe7+ (16. Bh6 Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19.
Qa4 $16 {Romanishin,O-Gruen,G/Plovdiv EUchT (03) 1983}) 16... Qxe7 17. Bg5 Qb4
$1 18. Qf3 Ne6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 $13) 14. Bf4 Bc5 15. h4 Bc8 16. a3 Bxf5 17. exf5
Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qf6 {Zlotnik-Radocaj/Novi Sad op (06) 1988 (43)} 19. Qb1 h6 20.
Qc2 Bd6 21. Bd2 Re8 {Zlotnik-Radocaj/Novi Sad op (06)/1988/0-1 (43)}) 12... Ne6
$2 {N xd5} (12... dxe4 13. Qg4 Bf6 {N} (13... g6 14. Nc3 Ne6 $2 (14... Bc8 $142
15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxe4 $14 (16. Qxe4 {Ftacnik} Qxe4 17. Nxe4 $14)) 15. Nxe4
Na6 16. Bh6 $18 {Barlov,D-Brunner,L Biel 1988 Barlov,D-Brunner,L/Biel (op)/
1988 Barlov,D-Brunner,L/Biel (op) 46/(730) 1988}) 14. Nc3 (14. Bh6 $2 {Hansen,
Cu} Bc8 $1 $17) 14... Bc8 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 $2 Nd5 16. Bg5 (16. Nxf6+ {
Hansen,Cu} Qxf6 17. Re5 Be6 $1 {/\ Nd7-+}) 16... Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf6 $15 {
Barbero,G-Olafsson,H/Budapest/1989/} (17... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 18. Be4 h6 {Barbero,
G-Olafsson,H/MTK Budapest-Reykjavik S.K 48/699 1989 (27)} 19. Nh7 (19. Nxf7 $5
Kxf7 $1 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Re7+ $1 Kg8 $19) 19... Kxh7 20. Ne7+ g6 21. Nxc8 Na6
22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Ne7 Rad8 24. Rad1 Rfe8 25. Qa4 Nc5 26. Qc6 Qd6 27. b4 $2 Rxe7
{Barbero,G-Olafsson,H/MTK Budapest-Reykjavik/1989/0-1}) (17... h5 $5 {Hansen,Cu
} 18. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 19. Qxh5 Nf6 20. Qh4 Qc7 21. Be4 $44)) 15... Nd5 $2 (15...
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Bh6 $44 (18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Be3 $44
{Barlov})) 16. Bh6 {Barlov,D-Abramovic,B/YUG 61/564 1994 (24)} g6 (16... Bxf5 {
Ftacnik} 17. Qxf5 g6 $8 18. Qf3 Nxc3 19. Bxf8 $1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Kxf8 21. Rd1 Nd7
$8 22. Qg4) 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bxd5 Bxf5 (18... cxd5 {Ftacnik} 19. Qb4+) 19.
Qb4+ Be7 20. Qb3 cxd5 21. Nxd5 $18 {Barlov,D-Abramovic,B/JUG/1994/ Barlov,
D-Abramovic,B/Jugoslavija/1994/1-0 (24)} (21. Nxd5 {Dautov} Be6 22. Rxe6 $1
fxe6 23. Qf3+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 {1-0 Barlov,D-Abramovic,B/Jugoslavija 1994})) (12...
Bf6 $5 {Dautov} 13. e5 Bc8 (13... Be7 {Ftacnik} 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.
Bh6 Re8 17. Nd2 {/\ Nf3-g5~/= /\ Nf3-g5~/=}) 14. exf6 Bxf5 15. fxg7 Re8 16. Nc3
Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 Nd7 18. h4 Qf6 {Tregubov,P-Gelman,A/Czestochowa op (05) 1992 
(43)} 19. Bg5 Qxg7 20. Qd2 Re8 $17 {Tregubov,P-Gelman,A/Czestochowa op (05)
1992}) (12... Re8 {Hansen,Cu} 13. Nc3 Bf8 14. Qg4 Kh8 15. Bf4 $44 {Barlov,D})
13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 {><d5} (14. Bxd5 {Hansen,Cu} Nc6 $14) 14... Bb4 $8 15.
Qg4 $1 {[%cal Yg4b4,Yg4g8]} (15. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 (15... Bxe1 16. Nde7+ Kh8 17.
Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxb7 Nd7 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Nd6 $40) 16. Qxd5 Bxe1 17. Qxd8 Rxd8
18. Bxa8 Bd2 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 20. Rc1 g6 $10) (15. Nh6+ $5 {Ftacnik} gxh6 (15...
Kh8 16. Nxf7+ Rxf7 17. Rxe6 $16) 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qxb4 Nc6 18. Qg4 d4 19. Nd5
$36) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 {[%cal Ye1e6] /\Rxe6 /\Rxe6 +-} Qf6 (16... g6 {Dautov}
17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Qxe6 $16) (16... Qc7 {Dautov} 17. Ba3 Rd8 18.
Be7 $18) (16... Na6 $2 {Ftacnik} 17. Rxe6 $18) 17. Ba3 Nc5 $8 (17... Re8 $2 {
Dautov} 18. Nd6 (18. c4 $16 {Hansen,Cu}) 18... Re7 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Bxd5 $18)
18. Bxc5 bxc5 $16 19. Ne7+ (19. Rab1 Bc8 20. Qxg7+ $1 (20. Ne7+ $2 Qxe7 21.
Rxe7 Bxg4 22. Bxd5 $13) 20... Qxg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bxd5 $16) 19... Kh8 20.
Rab1 Bc6 (20... Qxc3 {Dautov} 21. Nxd5 Qa5 22. Re7 Bc6 (22... Ba6 {Ftacnik} 23.
Nc7 $18) 23. Rxf7 $18) (20... Qa6 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxd5 Qd7 23. Qe2
$18) 21. Nxd5 Qd8 (21... Bxd5 {Dautov} 22. Bxd5 Nc6 23. Qf3 Qxf3 24. Bxf3 Rac8
25. Rb7 $16) 22. Rbd1 Qa5 (22... Nd7 $2 {Hansen,Cu} 23. Ne3 Qf6 (23... Bxg2 24.
Rxd7 Bf3 25. Rxd8 Bxg4 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Nxg4 $18) 24. Bxc6 Ne5 25. Nd5 $1 $18
) 23. Re7 $18 {/\Rxf7} (23. Qf5 $2 Nd7) 23... Na6 (23... Qxa2 {Ftacnik} 24.
Rxf7 $1 $18) 24. Qf5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Yg2e4] /\Rxf7,/\Nf6 /\Be4, ><h7} Bxd5 (
24... Qa4 {Dautov} 25. Rd2 Rae8 26. Nf6 g6 27. Qh3 $18) (24... Kg8 {Ftacnik}
25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Bxc6 $18) 25. Bxd5 Rad8 (25... Nc7 26. Bxf7 $18) 26. Rxa7 c4
27. Kg2 h6 (27... Qb6 {Ftacnik} 28. Be4 g6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Rxh7+
$1 Kxh7 32. Qh5+) 28. Rd4 (28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Qxc3 30. Bxc4 $18) 28... Qb6
(28... Qxc3 {Dautov} 29. Be4 $18) 29. Be4 g6 30. Rxd8 (30. Rxd8 gxf5 (30...
Qxd8 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Qf4 $18) 31. Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Raxf7+ Kg6 33. Rxf5 $18 (33.
Bxf5+ {Ftacnik} Kh5 34. Rg7 $18)) 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1996.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1996.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hansen,LB} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5
{This move together with 7.Re1 has been popular recently. The main variation 7.
Nc3 Ne4 etc is regarded as safe for Black.} exd5 $8 8. Nh4 {Polugajevskij's
important innovation.} (8. Nd4 {is the old move in this variation. The
disadvantage is that there is no press- ure on d5, after} Bc6 $1 {Black has a
sound position.} (8... c6 $5 {is also playable but will probably transpose to
8.Nh4.})) 8... c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 $14)
10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 (11. e4 {Hansen,LB} d5 12. Re1 dxe4 (12... Ne6 13. exd5
cxd5 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Qg4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne7+
Kh8 20. Rab1 Bc6 21. Nxd5 $16 {Sosonko,G-Tivjakov,S/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 13.
Qg4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bxe4 $5 Nd5 $2 (15... Bxf5 $142 16. Qxf5 g6 $13 {Barlov
}) 16. Bh6 $1 g6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bxd5 Bxf5 19. Qb4+ Be7 20. Qb3 $1 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 23. Qf3+ Ke8 24. Nxe7 {1-0/Barlov-Abramovic,B/
Jugoslavija/1994/}) 11... Ne6 (11... d5 {is the main variation.} 12. e4 {
Hansen,LB} Bf6 (12... Nba6 13. Re1 dxe4 14. Bxe4 (14. Qg4 $5) 14... Bf6 15. Nd6
Bxc3 $1 16. Nxb7 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Be5 18. Bxc6 $13 {Romanishin,O-Orlov,G/Beograd/
1988/}) 13. Bf4 (13. Re1 Bc8 14. Qf3 Be6 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 $13 {Romanishin,
O-Epishin,V/Beograd/1988/}) 13... Nd7 (13... Nba6 14. Rc1 Nc5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16.
exd5 Rad8 17. b4 $1 Na6 18. d6 Qd7 19. Bh3 Kh8 20. Ne4 $16 {Adrian,
C-Rozentalis,E/Mondorf op/1991/}) 14. Re1 d4 $5 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Ne6 17.
Qd2 $14 {Zaitshik,G-Polovodin,I/URS ch/1981/}) 12. e4 (12. Nd6 Ba6 (12... Bxd6
13. Qxd6 Qc7 14. Rd1 $14 {Koc-Judasin, SSSR 1981}) 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rd1 Bxd6 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Re8 17. Be3 Nc7 18. a4 $14 {Romanisin-Savon, Lvov 1981})
12... d6 $146 (12... Na6 13. f4 f6 14. h4 Nac7 15. Be3 d6 16. Qg4 Qe8 17. a4
Kh8 18. h5 Qf7 19. Nh4 Rfd8 20. a5 c5 21. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 22. f5 Nf8 23. e5 $1 Bxg2
24. e6 Qe8 25. Kxg2 $16 {Kasparov-Nikitin and Shakarov, Baku (training-session
game) 1981}) 13. f4 Nd7 14. Be3 (14. Nxd6 $6 Ba6 15. Re1 Ndc5 $132) 14... Nf6
15. Rf2 {/\ Rd2 >< d6} d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5
$14 Re8 (19... Qxd5 $4 {Hansen,LB} 20. Nxe7+ $18) 20. Rd1 Bf8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22.
Qxd6 Qc8 23. f5 Nf8 24. Bg5 Qc4 25. Be7 Rac8 (25... Qxa2 {Hansen,LB} 26. f6 $40
) 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. f6 Rfe8 28. fxg7 Re2 {Hansen,LB: Good defensive play. With
the weak king Black has to exchange pieces.} 29. b3 Qc2 30. Rdf1 Rxf2 31. Rxf2
Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Kf3 Kxg7 35. Ke4 {White has the advantage
in this instructive rook ending. White's king is more active than Black's and
it is centralised. White has two pawn islands against Black's three. Hansen,LB:
White is still slightly better with his active K and better pawns, but I still
think Black should be able to draw.} Rc5 36. Kd4 h5 37. b4 {Hansen,LB:Now
Black has decide if he wants to give up the c-file (37.-,Rg5) or the 5th rank 
(37.-,Rc7). I am not sure he makes the right choice.} Rc7 (37... Rg5 {Hansen,LB
}) 38. Kd5 Kg6 39. a4 Kg5 40. Rf4 {Compare this move with 35...Rc5. White
could play 37.b4 but Black can not play ...g5.} f6 41. b5 Rc2 42. h4+ Kg6 43.
g4 hxg4 44. Rxg4+ {It is understandable, that Adams didn t want to be cut off
from the passed h-pawn with 44.-, Kf7, but maybe 44.-, Kh6!? was better.} Kh5 (
44... Kh6 45. Ke6 Rf2 46. Rd4 $18) (44... Kh6 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 45. Rg7 a6 46.
bxa6 Rc5+ 47. Ke6 Ra5 48. a7 f5 (48... Rxa4 49. Kxf6 Kxh4 50. Ke5 b5 51. Kd5 b4
52. Kc4 $18) 49. Rh7+ Kg4 (49... Kg6 50. Rf7 Rxa4 (50... Ra6 51. h5+ Kxh5 52.
Kxf5 Rxa4 53. Ke5 Kg6 54. Rb7 $18) 51. h5+ Kxh5 52. Kxf5 Ra5+ (52... Kh6 53.
Rb7 $18) 53. Ke6 $18) (49... Kg6 $5 {Hansen,LB}) 50. h5 f4 51. Rf7 Kg5 (51...
f3 52. h6 f2 53. h7 Rxa7 54. h8=Q Rxf7 55. Qg8+ $18) (51... Kxh5 {Hansen,LB}
52. Rf5+ $18) 52. Rf5+ Rxf5 53. a8=Q Rf6+ 54. Ke5 Rf5+ 55. Ke4 1-0

[Event "NED-ch55"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "2000.05.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grooten, Herman"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Engqvist"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 Na6 {
[%cal Yc7c5,Yd7d6,Yd7d5] An interesting move which keeps the flexibility in
the pawnchain. It is also more dynamic than the drawish 7...Ne4. One of the
greatest exponents is Tiviakov and he even puts an exclamationmark on the move.
} 8. d5 (8. Bf4 d6 {It is logical to put the pawn on d6 rather than d5 when
black develop his bishop to f4. This is one fundamental point with 7...Na6,
black keeps his options and waits for white's next move.} 9. a3 (9. d5 c5 10.
e4 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Qc2 b5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 exd5 15. exd5 Bc8 16. Rfe1 Rb8
17. Ng5 g6 18. Nge4 Nh5 19. Bc1 Bf5 20. h3 bxc4 21. bxc4 Nf6 22. g4 Nxe4 23.
Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Bf6 $11 {Tisdall-Tivjakov, Gausdal 1992}) (9. Ne1 Bxg2 10.
Nxg2 (10. Kxg2 $142) 10... c5 11. d5 Nc7 (11... exd5 $143 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nb4 14. Qe4 d5 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Rfd1 Nf6 17. Rxd8 Nxe4 18. Rd7) 12. e4
exd5 (12... a6 $143 13. dxe6 Nxe6 (13... fxe6 14. e5) 14. Be3) (12... e5 $143
13. Bd2 $14 {XBe7}) 13. exd5 Qd7 14. Qd3 Rfb8 15. a4 a6 16. Bd2 (16. Rfe1 $142
{Hultin}) 16... Ng4 $36 {Hultin-Engqvist, Stockholm International (10) 1997}) (
9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 (10. Rfd1) 10... Nxc5 (10... bxc5 $5 11. Ng5 $5) 11. Rfd1
Qb8 $1 (11... a6 12. b4 Nce4 13. Ng5) 12. Ne1 (12. b4) 12... Rc8 13. Rd2 (13.
Bxb7 Nxb7 {and d6 is overprotected.}) 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 b5 $1 $36 {
Kretz-Engqvist, Göteborg Elitserien (1) 1993}) 9... c5 10. d5 Nc7 11. e4 a6 (
11... b5 $11 {ECO}) 12. b4 exd5 13. exd5 cxb4 14. axb4 b5 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Rc1
Rfe8 $13 {Ribli-Markowski, Moskva (ol) 1994}) (8. Bg5 c5 9. d5 (9. Ne5 Bxg2 10.
Kxg2 h6 $11 11. Bxf6 $140 Bxf6 12. Qa4 Nb8 $1 {Tivjakov} (12... cxd4 $142 $1
13. Nxd7 dxc3)) 9... exd5 (9... d6 $5) 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nh4 (11. e4 $2 Nxd5 $17)
(11. Qd2 Nc7 12. e4 b5 $15) (11. Nd2 $5 Nc7 12. Nc4 $14 {Dautov}) 11... Qd7 (
11... h6 $5 12. Bc1 $8 Qd7 13. e4 $13 {and Nf5 Tivjakov}) 12. Qd2 (12. e4 Nxd5)
12... b5 $5 (12... Nc7) (12... Bd8 13. e4 b5 $13 (13... Re8 $5 $13)) 13. e4 b4
$5 14. Nd1 (14. Ne2 Bd8 {and Re8}) 14... Bd8 $1 $13 {A.Snejder-Tivjakov,
Moskva (open) 1992 - 56/611}) (8. b3 d5 {Of course it is logical to place the
pawn on d5 rather than d6 when white is planning Bb2.} 9. Bb2 (9. Ne5 c6 $5 10.
Bb2 Nd7 11. Nd3 Bf6 12. e3 g6 13. Qe2 Nc7 $11 {Andersson-Tivjakov, Haninge 1992
}) 9... c6 {This is actually a Catalan position, E06 in ECO.} 10. Rc1 (10. Ne5
Nd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. e4 Nc7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Ba6 16. Qg4 $1
$13 {Van Wely-Sturua, Iraklion 1993}) 10... Bd6 11. Re1 (11. Qd3 $142 $5 c5
$140 12. cxd5 Nb4 13. Qb1 Nbxd5 14. Nb5 $1 $14 {Sturua}) 11... Ne4 12. e3 Bb4 (
12... Qe7 $5) 13. Ne5 c5 $1 14. cxd5 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxd5 17. e4
cxd4 $1 18. Qxd4 Bb7 $11 {Sturua}) (8. Re1 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qa4 (10. Ne5
Bxg2 11. Kxg2 c5 (11... Qc8 $5 12. e4 Qb7 13. Qa4 (13. Nxd7 $6 Rfd8 14. Ne5 Bf6
15. Bf4 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bd2 Rxd4 $15 {Bator-Stefansson,
Mariehamn 1997}) 13... c6 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Qb3 d6 $11 {
Piket-Renet, Moscow ol (Men) (3) 1994}) 12. d5 Qc7 13. Nf3 d6 14. e4 Rab8 15.
a4 Bf6 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. Bd2 Nd3 18. Re3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. dxe6 Bd4 21. e7 (
21. exf7+ Qxf7) 21... Qxe7 22. Re2 Rbe8 $15 {Saidano-Tiviakov, Linares Anibal
op (1) 1999}) (10. Nh4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 c5 12. d5 Bf6 13. Nf4 g6 14. e4 Bd4 15. e5
Nc7 16. dxe6 dxe6 $11 {Arkell-Tiviakov, Monarch Assurance 7th Port Erin (2)
1998}) 10... Qc8 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 $1 13. Be3 (13. d5 $143 $6 exd5 14.
cxd5 Nb4 $1 $15 {Poluljahov-Tiviakov, RUS-ch51 St Petersburg (5) 1998}) (13.
Qxd7 $143 Qxd7 14. Nxd7 Rfd8 15. Ne5 Rac8 $1 $15 {Tiviakov}) 13... Qb7+ $5 (
13... d6 $5 14. Nc6 $140 Bf6) 14. Nf3 $5 cxd4 (14... d6) (14... Rac8) 15. Bxd4
$11 {Tiviakov}) (8. a3 {[%cal Yd4d5]} d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 $5 11. Qa4 $5
{Terehov} (11. Be3 $5)) (8. Ne5 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8 10. e4 $5 Bb4 11. f3 Bxc3 12.
bxc3 $14 {Dautov}) (8. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Qc8 {[%cal Yc7c5]} 9. Rd1 Ne4 10. Nxe4
Bxe4 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rac1 Qb7 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 c5 15. d5 e5 16. Bd2 Rab8 {
[%cal Yb6b5] This is the fundamental defect with 8.Qa4. White needs the
possibility to play a2-a4.} 17. a3 b5 18. cxb5 Nc7 19. Ne3 Nxb5 20. b4 Nd4 21.
Kf1 cxb4 22. Bxb4 f5 23. Ng2 Rfc8 24. Rc3 a5 $1 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Be1 Qa6 27.
Rd3 Nxe2 {0-1 Tatai-Tiviakov, Arco op (2) 1998}) 8... Bb4 9. Bd2 (9. Nh4 Bxc3
10. bxc3 Rb8 $1 $13 {Romanishin-Kortschnoj, Leonid Stein mem 2000}) 9... Nc5
10. Nh4 (10. Ne1 Re8 {[%cal Ye6d5]} 11. Rc1 $5 (11. a3 $143 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5
13. cxd5 Nce4 $40 {[%csl Rd5]}) (11. dxe6 $143 $15) (11. Nc2 $143 Bxc3 12. Bxc3
exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Ne3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe3 $1 $15 {Razuvaev-Tivjakov,
Rostov 1993 - 57/520}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 (12. Nxd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 $14 {Dautov}
) 12... Qe7 13. Nc2 (13. Rc2 c6 $132 {Dautov}) 13... Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nce4 (14...
Qxe2 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne3 $44 {Bacrot-Pelletier, Mermaid Beach Club Bermuda 
(3) 1999}) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Ne3 $11 {Tisdall}) (10. Na4 $5 Bxd2 11. Nxc5 bxc5
12. Nxd2 exd5 13. Nb3 $11 {ECO}) (10. dxe6 dxe6 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 a5 $11 {
Dautov}) (10. Ne5 Re8 11. f4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4
$132 {Dautov}) (10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh3 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. Nf4 a5 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Nfe4 16. Be1 a4 17. f3 Nd6 18. Rc1 Ba6 19. Bf2 Nc4 20. Rc2 d6 $15 {
Izeta-Del Rio de Angeles, ESP-chT Ponferrrada (6) 1997}) 10... Re8 11. Re1 (11.
a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3) (11. Rc1 a5 12. Re1 (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a4 $1 14. Re1 $14 {
Dautov}) 12... d6 $15 {Van Wely-Tivjakov, Gausdal 1992}) 11... a5 $146 (11...
exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nce4 14. Qd4 c5 15. Qd3 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Re5 17. Qc2
Qe7 18. Rad1 Re8 $15 {[%csl Rd5] Gross-Chernyshov, Budapest Spring op (5) 1994}
) 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Nce4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Qg5 {[%csl Rd5]
} 17. Qd4 Nf6 (17... Bxd5 $4 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qxe4 $18) (17... Nxc3 $2 18. Rxc3 {
[%csl Rc7]} Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc7 Bc6 21. Nf5 Kf8 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. Rxc8
Rxc8 $16) 18. d6 (18. e4 $5 Rxe4 $140 19. Rxe4 Nxe4 (19... Qxc1+ $142 20. Re1
Qc2) 20. f4 Nxc3 21. Rxc3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxc7 Bc6 24. Nf5 Kf8 25. Nd4
Ke7 26. Nxc6+ Kd6 27. Ra7 Rxa7 28. Nxa7 Kc5 29. a4 $18) 18... c5 (18... Re4 {
is harmless after} 19. Nf3 ({A funny variation is} 19. Qd2 Qxh4 20. gxh4 Rg4+
21. Kf1 Bg2+ 22. Kg1 $11 {with a draw.}) 19... Rxd4 20. Nxg5 Rxd6 21. Be5) 19.
Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Re6 {[%csl Rd6]} 21. Rcd1 Nd5 22. Be5 f6 23. e4 fxe5 24. exd5
Rxd6 25. Rxe5 Rf8 {[%csl Rd5,Rf4]} 26. f5 (26. Nf5 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 Ba6+ 28. Ke1
Rgf6 29. Ne7+ Kh8 30. f5 Rh6 {[%csl Rh2]}) 26... Rh6 27. Ng2 d6 28. Re6 Rxf5
29. Rxh6 gxh6 30. Ne3 Rg5+ 31. Kh1 Ba6 {[%cal Ra6e2]} 32. f4 Rg6 33. Rd2 a4 34.
h4 Kf7 35. Kh2 Kf6 36. Rg2 Bd3 37. Rg3 b5 38. Nd1 Rxg3 39. Kxg3 b4 {[%csl Rd5]}
40. Kf3 Bc2 41. Ne3 Bd3 42. Ng4+ Kg6 43. Ke3 Bb1 44. h5+ Kxh5 45. Nf6+ Kg6 46.
Ne8 c4 47. Kd2 (47. Nxd6 c3 $19) 47... bxa3 48. bxa3 Be4 49. f5+ Kg5 50. Nxd6
Bxd5 51. Kc3 h5 52. Kd4 Bg8 53. Ke5 h4 54. Ne4+ Kh6 55. Kf4 h3 56. Nf2 (56. Kg3
Bd5 57. Nc3 Bc6 58. Kxh3 Kg5 $19) 56... c3 57. Ke3 Kg5 58. Nxh3+ Kxf5 59. Kd3
Kg4 60. Ng1 Bd5 61. Kxc3 Bf3 {[%csl Rg1]} 62. Kd4 Kg3 {[%cal Yf3g4]} 0-1

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "1997.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Fritz"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.03.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be5 Re8 14. e3 Nxc3 15.
Rxc3 Be7 16. h4 Nb8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Ng5 Nb6 21. Qh5
Bxg5 22. hxg5 Qe7 23. Red1 Rad8 24. b3 Ba6 25. R3d2 d4 26. exd4 Be2 27. Bf3
Bxd1 28. Rxd1 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Qxa3 30. Kg2 Qxb3 31. Bxg7 Qc2 32. Bd4 Nc4 33. Rc1
Qxc1 34. g6 fxg6 $4 (34... Ne3+ $1) 35. Bd5+ Rxd5 36. Qxd5+ Kf8 37. Bc5+ Kg7
38. Qd7+ Kh6 39. Qxe8 Qa1 40. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Lagno, Kateryna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Momot Alexander"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nfd2
d5 9. cxd5 (9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nc3 f5 11. f3 (11. a3 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bd4
14. Qb3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Bb2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. e3 Bf6 19. Ne2 Bxb2 20.
Qxb2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 {0-1 Lopez Agustench,E-Ramirez Gonzalez,J/Spain 1997/ 
(61)}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. fxe4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Qxd4
Nxd4 16. Rac1 f4 (16... fxe4 17. Nxe4 Rab8 18. Ng5 h6 19. e3 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 hxg5
21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rcd1 c5 {0-1 Matjushin,G-Lahno,K/Donetsk 2003/ (59)}) 17. Nb5
Nxb5 18. cxb5 fxg3 19. hxg3 Rf7 20. Red1 h5 21. Bf3 g6 22. Rc3 Kg7 {1/2-1/2
Gavrikov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Switzerland 1996/ (26)}) 12. e3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Bd6 14.
b3 g5 15. Bb2 g4 16. Bg2 Qg5 17. Nb5 Nd8 18. Nxd6 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd6 20. e4 d5
21. exd5 exd5 22. Ba3 {1-0 Laird,C-Solomon,S/Melbourne 1993/ (35)}) 9... exd5
10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 f5 12. Bf4 Kh8 {The first independent move, black is
still doing fine due to the locking of bishop g2 out of play.} (12... Bf6 13.
Nb5 Qd7 14. Nxc7 g5 15. Qb3+ Rf7 16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. Nxa8 Bxa8 18. e3 Bd5 19. Qc3
Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Lobron,E-Skembris,S/Thessaloniki 1988/ (51)}) 13. Qb3 Na6 (13...
Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qb4 15. Nxc7 $16) (13... Nc6 14. Rad1 Bd6 (14... Nxd4 15. Qc4 c5
16. e3 b5 17. Qf1 (17. Nxb5 Bd5 18. Qa4 Nxb5 19. Qxb5 $11) 17... b4 18. Nb1 Qa5
19. exd4 Ba6 $15)) 14. Rad1 Nb4 $6 (14... Bd6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 $11) 15. d5 a5 (
15... Na6 16. Nb5 $14) 16. d6 $5 {[%mdl 32] Greenfeld finds a way to sacrifice
a pawn for a great positional compensation.} (16. a3 Na6 17. Nb5 $14) 16...
cxd6 (16... Bxd6 17. Nb5 Qc8 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 $14) 17. a3 Na6 18. Nd5 (
18. Be3 Bc6 19. Qxb6 Qxb6 20. Bxb6 a4 $11) 18... Bxd5 (18... Nc5 19. Qxb6 Bxd5
20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. Rxd5 $14) 19. Qxd5 Qd7 (19... Nc7 20. Qc6 (20. Qb3 b5 21. f3
a4 22. Qe3 Ne6 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Bxd6 Rc8 $11) 20. Bh3 Rad8 (20... Nc5 21. b4
Na4 22. Rc1 Ra7 $11) 21. f3 $1 {White is much better prepared for the opening
of the center, his two bishops can become very dangerous.} (21. Be3 Nc7 22. Qb7
Na8 23. Qd5 b5 24. f3 Nc7 25. Qb7 Bf6 26. Rc1 $11) 21... Nc7 22. Qb7 Rb8 (22...
exf3 $2 23. exf3 b5 (23... Rb8 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 (24... Qd8 25. Qe4 $18) 25. Qxc7
$16) 24. Rc1 $16) 23. Qxe4 $1 fxe4 (23... Rf7 24. Qd3 $16) 24. Bxd7 Rbd8 (24...
g5 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Rxd6 exf3 27. exf3 Rxf3 28. Re7 Rbf8 29. Bh3 $18) 25. Bc6
Ne6 (25... exf3 26. exf3 Rf7 27. Be3 $16) 26. Be3 Bf6 (26... d5 27. Bxd5 Bc5
28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. fxe4 $18) 27. Bxb6 Rb8 28. Ba7 (28. Bxa5 Bxb2 29. Bb4 exf3
30. Bxf3 $18) 28... Rxb2 29. Rxd6 {A bishop pair and an extra pawn give all
the reason for optimism, Lahno is lost.} Ng5 (29... Nc7 30. a4 exf3 31. exf3
$18) 30. f4 Nf7 (30... Bc3 31. Red1 Nf7 32. Rd7 $18) 31. Rd7 Nh6 32. Bxe4 Bc3
33. Red1 Rxe2 34. Rd8 Kg8 (34... Rg8 35. Bf3 Ra2 36. Rxg8+ Nxg8 37. Rd8 $18)
35. Bd5+ Nf7 36. Rd7 (36. Rd7 Bf6 37. Bc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 3rd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2005.08.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2589"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 Na6 8. O-O
Nb4 {Most players would not start the activity in the center with the jump of
the knight, but Onischuk will not be able to refute it.} (8... d5 9. Ne5 (9.
cxd5 Nb4 10. Qa4 (10. Qb3 Nbxd5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Ne5 c5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5
Nxd5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Gershon,A (2546)
-Tiviakov,S (2600)/St Vincent 2004/}) 10... Nbxd5 11. Bd2 c5 12. Rfd1 Qe8 13.
Qxe8 Rfxe8 14. Rac1 Red8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. b4 Bf8 18. Ne5 Bxg2
19. Kxg2 Ne4 20. Be1 {1-0 Dlugy,M (2531)-Kramnik,V (2751)/Internet ICC 1999/ 
(75)}) 9... Qc8 10. e4 c5 11. dxc5 Nb4 12. Qb3 d4 13. Qxb4 Bxc5 14. Qb3 dxc3
15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qe1 Nd6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rb1 Nd4
21. f4 f6 {0-1 Solonar,S (2400)-Itkis,B (2455)/Orel 1994/ (61)}) (8... c5 9. d5
exd5 10. Nh4 Nb4 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Nf5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf6 14. Bd2 Nc6 15. cxd5 Na5
16. Qa4 Ba6 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Qc2 Nc4 19. Rac1 d6 {0-1 Jakobsen,O (2375)-Brodsky,
M (2500)/Copenhagen 1994/ (45)}) 9. Qb1 c5 10. e4 (10. d5 exd5 11. Nh4 Bc6 12.
a3 d4 13. axb4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Re8 16. b5 Bf8 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Ra2
Qe6 19. Rd1 a6 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. bxa6 Ra8 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K (2530)-Kuzmin,G 
(2500)/St Petersburg 1993/ (31)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc8 (11... Qc7 12. b3 a6
13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Nce2 $11) 12. b3 Nc6 13. Nde2 {Onischuk is retreating with the
knight in order to be able to play for some advantage.} d6 14. h3 (14. Bb2 Ne5
15. Qd1 a6 $11) 14... a6 15. Be3 Nd7 (15... Qc7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Qb2 Bf6 $13) 16.
f4 Rb8 (16... Qc7 17. Qb2 Rad8 $11) 17. Qb2 Ba8 18. Rac1 Re8 (18... b5 $5 19.
cxb5 (19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Qd2 b4 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Rc4 Qb6 $11) 19...
axb5 20. b4 Qa6 21. Nd4 Bf6 $11) 19. Nd4 Nxd4 (19... Bf6 20. Qf2 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
Qc7 $11) 20. Bxd4 e5 $6 {Gulko is unable to resist exchange of the white f
pawn, black seems closer to safe equality after the move 20...Bf6!} (20... Bf6
$1 21. Bxf6 (21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rfd1 Rbd8 23. Bxf6 (23. Bf2 Nc5) 23... Nxf6 24.
Qe3 Bb7 $11) 21... Nxf6 22. Qa3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Qc7 24. Rd3 Ne8 $11) 21. Be3 (21.
fxe5 $5 Nxe5 (21... dxe5 22. Bf2 $14) 22. Rcd1 b5 23. Qf2 Bf6 24. Ba7 Rb7 25.
Nd5 Bg5 26. cxb5 Rxb5 27. Bd4 $14) 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 (22. gxf4 Bf6 23. Qa3
Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxd6 Qe8 $11) 22... Qc5+ (22... Ne5 23.
Qe2 Bf6 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. cxd5 Qb7 26. Be3 Bd8 $11) 23. Kh2 (23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24.
Kxf2 Ne5 25. Rcd1 b5 $13) 23... Bf6 24. Qd2 Be5 (24... Bxc3 25. Rxc3 Ne5 26.
Rcc1 Qc7 27. Rcd1 Rbd8 28. Be3 b5 $11) 25. Rfd1 Bxf4 $6 {The second exchange
in the center is still playable, but black is slowly drifting in the wrong
direction.} (25... Nf6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qb5 28. Rc6 Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxf4 30.
Qc2 Be5 31. Bxh7+ $14) 26. gxf4 Nf6 27. Re1 (27. Qxd6 Nxe4 (27... Qxd6 28. Rxd6
Nxe4 29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Na4 $16) 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Qxd6 30. Bxh7+ Kxh7 31.
Rxd6 Re2+ 32. Kg3 Rxa2 $14) 27... Qc7 $6 {Gulko was still able to justify his
concept with the brave transfer of the queen to the kingside.} (27... Qh5 $5
28. Qxd6 Qh4 29. Nd5 (29. Qd2 Nh5 (29... Rbd8 30. Nd5 Nh5 31. f5 Bxd5 32. cxd5
Qg3+ 33. Kh1 Nf6 34. Qc3 $14) 30. f5 Qg3+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 $132) 29... Ng4+ 30. Kg1
Qf2+ 31. Kh1 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Ne3 33. Rg1 Nxg2 34. Rxg2 Qh4 $132) 28. Nd5 Qd8 (
28... Bxd5 29. cxd5 Qe7 30. e5 Nd7 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 $16) 29. e5 (29. Qd4
Bxd5 30. cxd5 Nd7 31. Rc6 $14) 29... dxe5 30. fxe5 Nh5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
truly horrible retreat, black will not get any counterplay on the squares f4,
g3 but will end up with very poorly misplaced knight.} (30... Nxd5 31. cxd5 f6
32. Qf4 (32. e6 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 Rbd8 34. Red1 Qg3 35. Qc3 $14) 32... fxe5 33. Rxe5
Rf8 34. Rf5 $14) 31. Rc3 $1 b5 32. Rd3 bxc4 33. bxc4 (33. Nf6+ $5 Qxf6 (33...
Nxf6 34. Rxd8 Rexd8 35. Qa5 Nh5 36. Bxa8 Rxa8 37. bxc4 $16) 34. exf6 cxd3 35.
Bf1 Nxf6 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Bxd3 $16) 33... Qc8 (33... Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rc8 35.
Re4 $16) 34. Qg5 $1 {It seems only just, that black should be punished for his
sinful 30th move.} (34. Bf3 Bxd5 35. cxd5 Qf5 36. Bg4 Qf4+ 37. Qxf4 Nxf4 38.
Rd2 $16) 34... g6 (34... Qxc4 35. Nf6+ Kf8 (35... Nxf6 36. exf6 g6 37. Qh6 $18)
36. Nxh7+ Kg8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxh5 Qxd3 39. Qxg7+ Ke7 40. Qf6+ Kf8 (40... Kd7
41. Qxf7+ Kd8 42. Ng7 $18) 41. Rf1 Rb7 42. Qg7+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ $18) (34... Bxd5
35. Bxd5 Rb2+ 36. Kh1 g6 37. Rf3 $18) 35. Ne7+ Rxe7 36. Qxe7 Bxg2 (36... Qxc4
37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qxa8 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 $18) 37. e6 $1 {
The decisive shot that the defender might have missed from afar, white is
using all his forces for an attack.} Qxc4 (37... Qf8 38. exf7+ Kg7 39. Qe5+
Kxf7 40. Kxg2 $18) 38. exf7+ Qxf7 39. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 40. Qxd8+ Kg7 (40... Qf8 41.
Re8 $18) 41. Re7 Bd5 42. Rxf7+ Bxf7 43. Qa5 (43. Qa5 Bc4 44. Qc3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Kalinin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 c5 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Qa4 Ne4 (12... h6 13. Rcd1 c4 14.
Ne5 g5 15. Bd2 Nc7 16. b3 cxb3 17. Qxb3 Ne6 18. Bc1 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Dunnington,
A-Collier,D/England 1998/ (60)}) (12... Nc7 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Red1 Ne6 15. Ne5
Qb6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Arambel,S-Giardelli,S/
Mar del Plata 1998/ (43)}) 13. Red1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 {It is a bit surprising,
that nobody wanted to support the center with this natural pawn capture.} (14.
Rxc3 Nb4 (14... Bf6 15. Be5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. Nd3 cxd4 18. Rc2 Rc8 19. Nf4
d3 20. Nxd3 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Qc8 22. Qd2 d4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf4 {1-0 Gabriel,
C-Radocaj,D/Pula 1997/ (49)}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Ne5 a5 17. Rcc1 Bd6 18. Nd3
Rxe2 19. Bxd6 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qxd6 21. Qb5 Qf6 22. Qxc5 {Ree,H-Hort,V/Amsterdam/
1981/ (38)}) 14... Bf6 (14... Nc7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 Qe7 $11) 15. Be5 Bxe5
16. Nxe5 (16. dxe5 $6 Qc8 17. Qf4 h6 $15) 16... f6 17. Nc6 Qd7 (17... Bxc6 $2
18. Qxc6 Nc7 19. dxc5 $16) 18. c4 $1 {The tactics is helping to solve the
riddle of the central pawn structure, both white rooks are on ideal squares.}
Bxc6 (18... cxd4 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Qc2 $16) 19. Qxa6 cxd4 (19... Rxe2 20. dxc5
d4 (20... Qf5 21. Rf1 Rd2 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qxb6 $16) 21. Bd5+ Bxd5 22. cxd5
Rae8 23. c6 Qf5 24. Rf1 $16) 20. Rxd4 Rxe2 (20... Bb7 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxd5+
Qxd5 23. cxd5 Rxe2 24. a3 $14) 21. Bf3 (21. cxd5 Bb5 22. Qa3 Rae8 $11) 21...
Re5 (21... Rb2 $2 22. Qa3 $18) 22. cxd5 Bb5 (22... Bxd5 $2 23. Bxd5+ Rxd5 24.
Qc4 Rd8 25. Rcd1 $18) 23. Qa3 Rae8 24. h4 Re1+ (24... Be2 25. Bg2 b5 26. d6 $14
) (24... Qh3 25. Qb4 $14) 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Kh2 Qf5 (26... Re8 27. d6 $14) 27.
Rf4 (27. Qc3 Re8 28. Rd2 Rc8 $14) 27... Qd3 $2 {Kalinin is making a wild dash
for counterplay, but black's king will get distinctly harsher treatment.} (
27... Qd7 28. Qb3 $14) 28. Qxa7 $1 Qf1 29. Qb8+ Kf7 (29... Be8 30. Bg2 Qg1+ 31.
Kh3 Kf7 32. Qd8 Bb5 33. Rg4 Qxf2 34. Qc7+ Re7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxe7+ Kg8 37.
d6 $18) 30. Qc7+ Kg8 31. Qd8+ Be8 (31... Kf7 $2 32. Bh5+ g6 33. Rxf6+ Kg7 34.
Qf8#) (31... Re8 32. Qxb6 $16) 32. Bg2 Qg1+ 33. Kh3 h5 34. Re4 Rxe4 (34...
Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxe4 36. d6 Kh7 37. d7 $18) 35. Bxe4 Kf8 (35... Qf1+ 36. Bg2 Qb5
37. Kh2 Kf7 38. d6 $18) 36. d6 Qf1+ 37. Bg2 Qe2 38. Kh2 (38. Kh2 Qe6 (38... Qb5
39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Bh3 $18) 39. Bc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-D"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf6 10. Rc1 c6 11. Nd4 exd5 (11... c5 $5 12. Nb5 Bxc3+ 13. Nxc3 d6
14. O-O e5 $11) (11... cxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Qxd5
$14) 12. cxd5 c5 13. Nf5 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 Qf6 $6 {Harikrisna did not have a
lucky hand with premature foray of black queen, Beliavsky will decide to start
a violent attack.} (14... d6 15. Qa4 Bc8) 15. e4 Ba6 (15... d6 16. O-O Bc8) 16.
f4 d6 17. g4 $1 g6 (17... g5 $2 18. fxg5 Qxg5 19. Qd2 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Rd8 21. g5
$18) 18. g5 Qd8 19. Nh6+ Kg7 20. h4 Qe8 (20... f6 21. Ng4 Nd7 (21... fxg5 22.
hxg5 Rxf4 23. Rch3 h5) 22. Qa4 $16) 21. h5 Qb5 {Black's queen already made
quite a journey, but her friendly pieces are still underdeveloped. White is
finishing the preparations for the decisive onslaught.} 22. Qd2 Nd7 23. Rch3
Rae8 24. hxg6 fxg6 (24... hxg6 25. Kd1 $18) 25. Kd1 Qa4+ (25... Qb4 26. Qxb4
cxb4 27. Nf5+ $1 $18) 26. b3 Qd4 27. Qxd4+ cxd4 28. Nf5+ $1 {[%mdl 128] It is
possible to temporarily sacrifice material in the attack even without queens
on the board!} (28. Nf7 $5 Rxf7 (28... h5 29. Nxd6 Rd8 30. e5 Nc5 31. f5 gxf5
32. Rxh5 $18) 29. Rxh7+ Kf8 30. Rxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rh7+ Kf8 32. Rxd7 Bd3 33. Rxd6
Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Rxe4 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Kd2 $18) 28... gxf5 (28... Kg8 29. Nxd6 Re7
30. Rh4 $18) 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 (29... Kg6 $2 30. R1h6#) 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. R1h7+ Kg6
32. Rh6+ Kg7 (32... Kf7 33. R8h7+ Kg8) 33. R8h7+ Kg8 34. exf5 {The last truly
interesting moment in the game, white is ignoring very dangerous possibility
to play for the mating attack with 34.Bf3!} (34. Bf3 $1 Rxe4 (34... fxe4 35.
Bh5 $1 Nf6 36. gxf6 Rxf6 37. Rh8+ Kg7 38. R6h7#) 35. Bh5 Be2+ 36. Bxe2 $18)
34... Rxf5 (34... Re3 35. Rxd7 $18) 35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. R6h7+ Kg6 37. Rxe8 Nc5 (
37... Kxh7 38. Be4 Kg6 39. Re6+ $18) 38. Rhh8 (38. Rh6+ Kf7 39. Rhh8 $18) 38...
Rxf4 39. Reg8+ Kf5 40. Rf8+ Kg4 (40... Kxg5 41. Rhg8+ $18) 41. Rxf4+ Kxf4 42.
g6 Ke3 43. Re8+ (43. g7 Be2+ 44. Kc1 Nd3+ 45. Kb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 $6 (10... Na6) 11. dxc5 bxc5 $6 (11... Nxc5 12. Be5
Re8 13. Qc2 $14) 12. Nh4 $1 Nh5 (12... Nb6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. Nb5 $1 Qd7 15. Nbd6
Bxd6 16. Nxd6 $16 {Kramnik,V-Ribli,Z/Groningen/1993/}) 13. Nf5 $1 (13. Nxd5
Bxh4 14. gxh4 (14. Bc7 $5) 14... Bxd5 $1 (14... Qxh4 15. Bg3 $16 {Kramnik}) 15.
Qxd5 (15. Bxd5 Nxf4 16. Bxa8 Qxa8 17. Qxd7 $4 Qg2#) 15... Nxf4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8
17. Bxa8 Rxa8 $13) 13... Nxf4 14. gxf4 Nb6 15. Nxd5 $1 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17.
Qxd5 Bf6 (17... Qxd5 $4 18. Nxe7+ $18) 18. Rad1 Qa5 $1 19. Nd6 Rad8 20. e4 Bxb2
21. e5 Bd4 22. e6 (22. Kg2 $5 $16 {/\ Re2}) 22... Qc7 23. exf7+ Qxf7 24. Qxf7+
Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Kg2 Rd6 27. Re2 Ra6 28. Rb1 Kg6 29. Rb7 Ra3 30. Rb3 Ra4
31. Kg3 c4 (31... Kf5 $5) 32. Rb5 Bf6 33. Rc5 c3 34. Re6 Ra3 35. f3 h5 $2 (
35... Rxa2 36. Rxc3 Ra1 $14) 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Re8 Ra4 38. f4 Rxa2 39. Rcc8 g6
40. Re6 h4+ 41. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Montreal-A 5th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2004.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
Bxd5 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 {The first game with open
invitation for the black knight to occupy the center, previously white were
trying more promising idea 12.e4.} (12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Rad1 (14. Rfd1
Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. e5 Ne8 18. f4 a6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qg2 Qxg2+
21. Kxg2 b5 {1/2-1/2 Vukic,M-Abramovic,B/Novi Sad 1995/ (49)}) 14... Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nf8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 a6 19. Qh5 Ng6 20. Nf3 Qd7 21. Nf6+
gxf6 22. exf6 Bf8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxe6 {1-0 Giardelli,S-Granata,R/Buenos Aires
1978/ (30)}) (12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qc7 16. Nf3 Ne5
17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd3 Rfd8 19. Qf3 h5 20. Nd5 {1-0 Czech,L-Ellrich,J/Bad
Homburg 2004/ (31)}) 12... Nxc5 13. Rfd1 Qe8 14. Rac1 (14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4
Bxe4 16. Qc7 Bc6 $11) 14... Rc8 15. Qb1 (15. Qd2 a5 16. Qf4 b5 $11) 15... h6
16. Rd4 (16. b4 Na4 17. b5 Nxb2 18. Qxb2 Rc5 $11) 16... a6 17. Rcd1 b5 18. Ne5
(18. b4 Ncd7 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nfd5 $11) 18... Bxg2 19. Kxg2 a5
20. R1d2 $6 {Novikov has achieved nothing with his batery in the center, it
was time to start worrying about equality.} (20. e4 b4 21. Ne2 Qb5 22. Rc4 $11)
20... b4 21. Nd1 a4 22. Ng4 (22. Rxb4 $2 Nxb3 $17) 22... axb3 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (
23... gxf6 24. Rxb4 f5 25. Nc3 Qc6+ 26. f3 $11) 24. Rxb4 Qc6+ 25. f3 Bg5 (25...
Bxb2 26. Rxb2 bxa2 27. Qxa2 Rfd8 $15) 26. Rdd4 $2 (26. e3 bxa2 27. Qxa2 Rfd8
$15) 26... Qa6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Rozentalis makes small wonders with his queen,
she becomes hero of the day.} 27. Nc3 (27. axb3 Qxe2+ 28. Kg1 e5 $19) 27... Bf6
28. Rdc4 Bxc3 29. Bxc3 bxa2 (29... Qxa2 $6 30. Qb2 $15) 30. Qc2 (30. Qa1 $2 Nb3
31. Rxb3 Rxc4 32. Bxg7 Rc2 $19) 30... Nd7 31. Ba1 Rxc4 32. Rxc4 (32. Qxc4 Qxc4
33. Rxc4 Ra8 34. Rc7 Nf8 35. e4 e5 $19) 32... Ra8 33. Qb2 e5 34. Rc7 Rb8 (34...
Ra7 35. Rc2 Qe6 $19) 35. Qc2 Nf6 {It is hard to blame black for not winning
this position, converting an extra pawn on a2 is no easy task.} (35... Nf8 36.
Rc4 Ra8 37. Rc5 Ng6 38. e4 Qb6 $19) 36. Rc6 Qb5 37. Rc8+ Rxc8 38. Qxc8+ Ne8 (
38... Kh7 $2 39. Qc2+ $1 Kh8 40. Qxa2 $11) 39. Kf2 e4 40. fxe4 Kh7 41. e5 (41.
Qf5+ Qxf5+ 42. exf5 Nd6 43. Ke3 Nxf5+ 44. Kd3 Kg6 $17) 41... Qb6+ 42. e3 (42.
Kg2 Qb1 43. Qc3 h5 $17) 42... Nc7 (42... Qc7 43. Qf5+ g6 44. Qd3 Qc1 45. Qd4
Qc2+ 46. Kf3 g5 47. g4 $17) 43. Bd4 (43. e6 $5 {White might have tried even 43.
e6!? with equal chances.} Nxe6 (43... fxe6 44. Qd7 e5 45. Bxe5 Ne6 46. Qd3+ $11
) 44. Qc2+ $11) 43... Qc6 44. g4 Qc2+ (44... Qc2+ 45. Kg3 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-03"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1979.11.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1979.11.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 {Panno} d5
8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. e4 $1 Nxc3 (9... Nb4 10. d4 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5
Bf6 13. Ne5 $14) 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 $14) 9. d4 c5 10. Be3 (10. dxc5) (10. Bf4
Na6 11. Nd2 $2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Rfd8 13. h3 Rac8 $36 {Ljubojevic-Karpov/Moscow/1977}
) (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qd2 {/\Tad1}) 10... Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. Na4 d4 14. Bg5 Ne6 (14... Ne4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd2 $16) 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
$1 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bg2 (18. Ba6 $6 {׻}) (18. Bf3 $6 Qf6 {
/\Sg5->}) 18... Bxb2 19. Rb1 Ba3 $1 20. Qc2 Nd4 21. Qc4 Bb4 22. Rf1 $1 (22.
Red1 $2 Qa5 23. Nb2 Nb5 $1 $17) 22... Qa5 23. Nb2 Ba3 24. Nd3 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Qc3
26. Bd5 Qxc4 27. Bxc4 Nc3 28. Rb3 Bb4 (28... Rxb3 29. axb3 {/\Ta1}) 29. Nxc5 (
29. Nxc5 Rfc8 $2 30. Na6 (30. Nd7)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Heinbuch, Detlef Ulrich"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Godesberg"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Bc1 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb2 Qc8 13. e3 Rd8 14. Rc1 Qe6 15.
Ne5 Bf8 16. a3 c5 17. Ne2 Qe8 {Both players have chances in a complicated
position, black's central pawns are excellently protected.} (17... Bd6 18. Nf4
Qe7 19. Ng4 $11) 18. Re1 Rab8 19. Nc3 (19. Nf4 Ne4 20. Qh5 Bd6 21. Ned3 Qb5 $13
) 19... Nc7 20. Rc2 (20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 $11) 20... Nb5 21.
Nxb5 Qxb5 22. Qd3 Qe8 (22... Qxd3 23. Nxd3 Ba6 24. Nf4 $14) 23. Rec1 Ne4 24. f3
Ng5 25. Qd2 (25. Ng4 Qe6 26. Nf2 f6 $11) 25... Ba6 26. b4 f6 27. Ng4 (27. Nd3
Bxd3 28. Qxd3 cxb4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. e4 a5 31. exd5 $11) 27... c4 {Hansen
plays with ambition in the hope, that one day this c pawn can become a hero.}
28. Bc3 Bb5 29. Re1 Ba4 30. Rcc1 Qg6 31. Nf2 (31. e4 Nxe4 32. Nh6+ gxh6 33.
fxe4 $11) 31... Ne6 32. e4 Nc7 33. Nh3 Qf7 34. Nf2 (34. Nf4 Rbc8 35. Nxd5 Nxd5
36. exd5 Bd7 37. f4 b5 38. Be4 Bd6 $11) 34... Nb5 35. Ng4 $6 (35. Bb2 Rbc8 36.
f4 dxe4 37. Nxe4 Qd7 38. d5 Re8 39. Nc3 $11) 35... dxe4 36. fxe4 Qd7 37. Ne3 $2
(37. Bh3 Kh8 (37... Nxd4 38. Nxf6+ gxf6 39. Bxd7 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nxd2 41. Bxa4 b5
42. Bc2 Rb6 $11) 38. d5 Nxc3 39. Qxc3 Bb3 $15) 37... Nxc3 38. Qxc3 Qxd4 39.
Qxc4+ (39. Qxd4 Rxd4 40. Nxc4 Rbd8 $15) 39... Qxc4 40. Nxc4 (40. Rxc4 Rd3 $15)
40... a5 $1 {With bishop's pair black needs practising targets and lots of
space for th happy duo.} 41. bxa5 (41. Rb1 axb4 42. axb4 Rd4 43. e5 Bc2 44. Rb2
Bg6 $17) 41... b5 42. Ne3 (42. Nb2 Bxa3 43. Re2 b4 44. Rf2 Bb5 $17) 42... Bxa3
43. Rb1 (43. Rc6 Bb4 44. Ra1 Bxa5 $17) 43... Bc5 (43... Ra8 44. e5 Rxa5 45. e6
Bc5 46. Kh1 b4 47. Nd5 b3 48. Nc3 Bb4 49. Nxa4 Bxe1 50. e7 Re8 51. Rxe1 Kf7 52.
Nb6 b2 $17) 44. Bf1 (44. Kf1 b4 45. Rbc1 Bxe3 46. Rxe3 b3 47. Rb1 b2 $19) 44...
Re8 45. Bd3 (45. Kf2 Rxe4 46. Kf3 Rbe8 47. Ng2 Rxe1 48. Nxe1 b4 $17) 45... f5
$1 {White is in for another round of unpleasant choices as black managed to
win a pawn.} 46. Kg2 fxe4 47. Bf1 Bd4 48. Nf5 Bc3 49. Re3 (49. Rec1 b4 (49...
Bd2 50. Nd6 Bxc1 51. Nxe8 Bd2 52. Nd6 Bxa5) 50. Nd6 Red8 51. a6 Kf8 52. Be2 Bc6
$19) 49... Bd2 50. Re2 Bxa5 51. Nd6 (51. Ra2 $1 Bc7 (51... e3 52. Nxe3 Bc3 53.
Nd5 Be5 54. Bd3 Red8 $17) 52. Nd4 Ra8 53. Bxb5 Bxb5 54. Rxa8 Rxa8 55. Nxb5 Ra2+
56. Kh3 Be5 57. Rb4 Ra5 58. Nd4 $17) 51... Re6 52. Nxe4 Rbe8 53. Kf3 b4 54.
Nf6+ $2 (54. Re3 Rf8+ 55. Kg2 Rc8 56. Bd3 Bc2 57. Rc1 b3 $19) 54... Rxf6+ 0-1

[Event "Minneapolis HB Global op"]
[Site "Minneapolis"]
[Date "2005.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Burnett, Ronald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nc7 12. Rc1 Ne6 (12... Rc8 13. e3 Re8 14. Na4
Ne6 15. Ba3 c4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nc3 a6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4
21. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Ortmann,D-Pribyl,J/Schwaebisch Gmuend 1999/ (49)}) (12... Re8
13. e3 Qd7 14. Re2 Rad8 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd7 Rxd7
19. Ne5 Rd5 20. Bxd5 Ncxd5 21. Nxc4 {1-0 Mohamed,H-Al Shameah,G/Beirut 2000/ 
(34)}) 13. e3 Ne4 {Black manages to keep balance in this line as white pieces
are well developed but lack real access to the center.} (13... Re8 14. Ne2 (14.
Rc2 Rc8 15. Bh3 Rb8 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa1 c4 18. bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Bb4 20. Rce2
Rf8 {0-1 Arkeles,D-Siamidis,D/Iraklio 2002/ (40)}) 14... Ne4 15. Rc2 Ba6 16.
Nc3 Rc8 17. dxc5 N6xc5 18. Bf1 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Bb2 Bc5 {
1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V-Almasi,Z/Germany 1998/ (47)}) 14. Ne5 (14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Ne5
$14) 14... Bf6 (14... Bd6 15. Nc4 Be7 16. dxc5 N6xc5 17. Ne5 $14) 15. Ne2 Re8
16. Nf4 (16. Ng4 h5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. f3 $11) 16... cxd4 {Burnett refuses to
play a bit twisted pawn structure and rather relays on the symmetry.} (16...
Nxf4 17. exf4 Rc8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bh3 $13) 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 (17... fxe6 18. exd4
$14) 18. exd4 Re8 (18... Rc8 19. Bh3 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 Re8 $11) 19. Re2 Rc8 20.
Rec2 Qe7 (20... Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Bg5 22. f4 Be7 23. Qc7 Qc8 $14) 21. h4 g6 22. Bh3
Rxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxe5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Novikov has maanged to get some advantage
and the problems were mounting, but opening the a1-h8 diagonal is hardly a
solution.} (23... Nd6 24. Qc7 Nb5 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bf1 $1 Nxd4 27. Bxd4 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rc7 $18) (23... Kg7 24. Qc7 Ba6 25. Ba3 $14) (23... Ba6 24.
Qc6 Rd8 25. Qc7 Re8 26. Qd7 $14) 24. dxe5 Nc5 (24... f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Qc3
$16) 25. Qc3 (25. Kh2 Ne6 26. Qd1 Rd8 27. Bd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Re8 29. f4 $16)
25... d4 $2 (25... Ne6 $14) 26. Qxd4 Rd8 27. Qb4 (27. Qc3 Nd3 28. Rf1 Nxb2 29.
Qxb2 Qb4 $14) 27... Qe8 28. e6 {White's move is not bad, but he had also very
attractive and tricky move in 28.Qc3!?} (28. Qc3 $5 Qc6 (28... Nd3 29. e6 Nxb2
30. Qf6 $1 Bd5 (30... Rb8 31. exf7+ Qxf7 32. Be6 $18) 31. e7 Ra8 32. Rc7 Qb5
33. h5 $18) (28... Ne6 29. Qe3 $16) 29. Kh2 Qf3 30. Qxf3 Bxf3 31. Rc2 Bd1 32.
Rc4 Rd2 33. Bd4 $16) 28... Qc6 (28... Nxe6 29. Bxe6 Qxe6 30. Qc3 f6 (30... Kf8
31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Rc7+ Rd7 33. Ba3+ $18) 31. Qxf6 Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Rd2 $14) 29.
exf7+ Kf8 (29... Kxf7 30. Qf4+ Kg8 31. Kh2 $16) 30. Kh2 Qf3 31. Bd4 Kxf7 32.
Be3 {Novikov saw no reason to give up the sweet plus of the bishop pair.} (32.
Bxc5 Rc8 (32... bxc5 33. Qc4+ Kg7 34. Qxc5 $18) 33. Qc4+ Bd5 34. Qf1 Rxc5 35.
Rxc5 bxc5 36. Bg2 Qf5 37. Bxd5+ Qxd5 38. Qa6 $18) 32... Rd1 (32... Re8 33. Qd4
$16) 33. Rxd1 Qxd1 34. Qf4+ Kg8 (34... Ke8 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2
$18) 35. Qb8+ Kf7 36. Qc7+ Ke8 (36... Kf6 $2 37. Bg5#) 37. Bg2 Bxg2 38. Kxg2
Qd5+ 39. Kh2 Nd7 (39... Qd7 40. Qe5+ $18) 40. Bg5 $1 {This fine move prevents
dangerous jump of black's knight to the center.} (40. Qxa7 Ne5 41. Bxb6 Nf3+
42. Kg2 Nxh4+ 43. Kh3 Nf3 44. Qb8+ Kf7 45. Qc7+ $18) 40... Kf7 41. Qxa7 Ke6 42.
Bf4 h6 (42... Qf3 43. Be3 $18) 43. Qa6 g5 44. Qe2+ Kf6 (44... Kf5 45. hxg5 hxg5
46. Qh5 $18) 45. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wu, Wenjin"]
[Black "Wang, Zili"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. a3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Ndf6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. dxc5 (14.
Qb3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd6 $11) 14... Nxf2 $6 {[%mdl 512] Thunder from the blue
heaven, the idea is very spirited but not without flaws.} (14... bxc5 15. Nxe4
Nxe4 $11) 15. Kxf2 Bxc5+ 16. e3 (16. Kf1 g5 (16... Rxe5 $2 17. Bxe5 Ng4 18. e3
Nxe3+ (18... Nxe5 19. b4 Bd6 20. Nxd5 $16) 19. Rxe3 Bxe3 20. Qg4 f6 21. Bc7
Qxc7 22. Qe6+ Qf7 23. Qxe3 $18) 17. Nxf7 (17. Bxg5 Rxe5 18. Bf4 Ng4 $17) 17...
Kxf7 18. Bxg5 Re5 19. Qd2 Rf5+ 20. Bf3 d4 $11) 16... g5 17. Nxf7 (17. Bxg5 Rxe5
18. Bf4 Re6 19. Qd3 $14) 17... Kxf7 18. Bxg5 h6 19. Bf4 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6+ 20. Qf3
Rad8 21. b4 $16) (19. Bh4 $5 Rc8 20. Qa4 $16) (19. Bxh6 $2 Rh8 20. Bg5 Rxh2 21.
Rf1 d4 22. Ke1 Bxg2 $17) 19... Qd7 20. Kg1 (20. b4 Bxe3+ (20... Be7 21. Qd4 $16
) 21. Bxe3 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe3 23. Qf3+ Kg7 24. Rxe3 d4 25. Qxb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7
Rxe3 27. Bxa8 $18) 20... d4 21. Bxb7 (21. exd4 $2 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1
Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Kh3 Qc8+ $11) 21... Qxb7 22. Qb3+ $2 {White misses the
chance to punish the opponent for his daring play with 21.Nb5!} (22. Nb5 $1
Rad8 23. exd4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Rxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 26. Be3 Bxb2 27. Rd1 $18)
22... Kg7 23. Na4 (23. Nb5 dxe3 24. Bxe3 Rxe3 25. Rxe3 Qd5 26. Rxc5 Qxc5 27.
Qc3 Qxb5 28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qc2+ Kh5 30. Qd1+ Kg6 31. Qc2+ $11) 23... Qd5 24.
Nxc5 bxc5 25. Qxd5 (25. Qb5 Rac8 26. Qa6 $16) 25... Nxd5 26. exd4 $6 {Another
weak move will give black final break and a fair chance to save the game.} (26.
e4 $1 Nxf4 27. gxf4 Rac8 28. Rc4 $16) 26... Nxf4 27. Rxe8 (27. gxf4 cxd4 28.
Rc7+ Kf6) 27... Rxe8 28. gxf4 cxd4 29. Rc7+ Kf6 30. Rxa7 (30. Rc6+ Kf5 31. Rd6
Ke4 $11) 30... Kf5 31. Kf2 (31. Rd7 Ke4 32. f5 Rg8+ 33. Kh1 Rf8 34. Rd6 Rxf5
$11) 31... Kxf4 32. Rf7+ (32. Rd7 Ke4 33. Ke2 Rb8 34. b4 Ra8 $11) 32... Ke4 33.
Ke2 Rb8 34. b4 Rc8 35. Re7+ Kd5 36. a4 (36. Kd2 Rc3 $11) 36... Rc2+ 37. Kd3
Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Ra3 39. a5 Kc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 (10. Nf5 $6 Ne4 $13) 10... Na6 (10... g6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5
12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 {/\ Nf3+/=}) 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 d6 13. Re1 (13. e4 $6
Ne6 $8 14. exd5 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Re8 $13) 13... Re8 (13... Ne6 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Rc1
$14) 14. Rc1 $1 $14 (14. e4 $6 Ne6 (14... Nxe4 $5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4
17. Rxe4 Ne6 $10) 15. Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 16. Bxd6 Rd7 (16... Qxd6 $6 17. e5 $14) 17.
e5 Ne8 18. Ba3 d4 $15) 14... Bf8 (14... Rc8 15. Qa4 $1 $14) 15. Ne3 Qd7 (15...
Rc8 16. Qa4 (16. Ncxd5 Ncxd5 17. Rxc8 Qxc8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5
Qc5 $14) 16... a6 17. Rcd1 $16) 16. Nexd5 Ncxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 $2
(18... Rac8 19. b3 Rc5 (19... Rxc1 20. Bxc1 {/\ Ba3+/-}) 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qd2
{/\ Be3+/=}) 19. Qxd5 $16 {Lputian,S} Rac8 20. e4 g6 21. b3 a6 22. Red1 $1 Re6
23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qe8 25. f3 $18 h6 26. h4 Qd8 27. Rc6 Re8 28. Kg2 Qf6 29.
Qd2 Qd8 30. a4 h5 31. Qd3 Qd7 32. Rxb6 Rc8 33. Rxa6 Qb7 34. Ra5 Qb4 $138 35.
Bd2 Qa3 36. Ra7 $6 Rb8 37. Qd5 Qxb3 38. Qxb3 Rxb3 39. Bf4 Rb2+ 40. Kh3 Ra2 41.
a5 Ra3 42. Ra8 Kg7 43. Rxf8 Rxa5 44. Rd8 1-0

[Event "NED-chT 0102 playoff"]
[Site "Enschede"]
[Date "2002.05.09"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Straub, Natalia"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2373"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2002.05.09"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "ING/ESGOO Enschede"]
[BlackTeam "Hilversum HSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Nba6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. e5 Bg5 {
[%mdl 4] Equalizing for black is not that easy, white has quite a compensation
for the sacrificed pawn.} 15. Qg4 Ne6 16. f4 h5 (16... Nb4 $6 17. fxg5 Nc2 18.
Bd2 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 $14) (16... Be7 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nxf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qf8 20.
Qg4 Nb4 $13) 17. Qd1 (17. Qxh5 $1 g6 18. Qh3 gxf5 19. fxg5 Nb4 20. Rd1 Nc2 21.
Rb1 Ncd4 22. Qh6 Qc7 23. Bf4 $14) 17... Be7 18. Nxe7+ (18. Qxh5 Bc5+ 19. Be3 g6
20. Qg4 Bc8 $13) 18... Qxe7 19. Qxh5 f5 20. exf6 (20. Bh3 Qf7 $11) 20... Qxf6
21. Bd2 (21. Be3 Nac5 22. Rad1 $14) 21... Nac5 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. Rf1 $6 (23. Rab1
Bc8 $11) 23... Rae8 24. Rae1 g6 $6 {Both sides are blind to the dangerous line
for white starting with 24...Rxe1!} (24... Rxe1 $1 25. Rxe1 (25. Bxe1 Ba6 26.
Rf2 Nd3 $17) 25... g6 26. Qd1 Nd3 $17) 25. Qd1 Ba6 (25... Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Ba6 27.
Bf2 $11) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ (27... Rd8 28. Bc1 Nd3 29. Re3 $13) 28.
Bxe1 Nd3 29. Bf2 (29. Bg2 $2 Nxb2 30. Qd2 Nd3 $17) 29... Nf5 30. Qd2 (30. Qa4
$5 Bc8 31. Nd1 Nxf2 32. Nxf2 a5 33. Nd3 $14) 30... Qe7 (30... Nd6 31. Bg2 d4
32. Ne4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Nxf2 34. Qxf2 c5 $15) 31. Bf1 (31. Bxf5 gxf5 32. a3 Nxf2
33. Kxf2 Qc5+ 34. Kg2 d4 $17) 31... Nxf2 32. Bxa6 (32. Qxf2 Bxf1 33. Qxf1 Qe3+
34. Kg2 d4 $15) 32... Ng4 33. Be2 $4 {A heavy blunder looses on the spot as
white king has lost the defender.} (33. Nd1 Nf6 $11) 33... Qc5+ 34. Kg2 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.07.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 (10... exd5 11. Nf5 Re8 12. cxd5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4
14. f3 Re5 15. e4 Qf6 16. g4 Nc5 17. Qd4 d6 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qe3
Ba6 {0-1 Summerscale,A-Motwani,P/Edinburgh 2003/ (39)}) 11. Nb3 {Topalov
insists on improving his pawn structure, black can not consent since he lacks
bishop pair.} (11. Ba3 Rb8 (11... exd5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Nxc4 d5 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Qh3 18. f3 Qe6 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Re1 a5 {0-1
Grunberg,S-Itkis,B/Predeal 1997/ (30)}) 12. Nb5 a6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Na3 Re8
15. Re1 exd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Qf6 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Bf1
Bxd5 22. Bd3 c4 {0-1 Marusak,P-Chernyshov,K/Martin 1996/ (29)}) 11... Nce4 12.
f3 (12. Qd3 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. c4 Nc5 15. Nxc5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 bxc5 $15)
12... Nxc3 (12... Nd6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Ba3 Qb8 15. e4 e5 16. Bxd6 cxd6 17. Qd3
$11) 13. Qc2 (13. Qd2 Na4 14. Qb4 b5 15. Qxb5 Nb6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. c5 Bc6 18.
Qa5 $14) 13... Na4 14. e4 d6 15. Nd4 (15. Na5 $5 Nc5 16. Nxb7 Nxb7 17. f4 $44)
15... Nc5 16. Bb2 Qd7 (16... Re8 17. Rae1 a6 18. f4 Rb8 $15) 17. Bh3 Rfe8 18.
a4 (18. Nb3 Qa4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qc3 Kg7 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Rab1 Ba6 $15) 18...
a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 (19... Re7 20. Nb5 Rae8 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. e5 $44) 20. e5 $1 {
White is right in opening the position for his far reaching bishops, but
Kasimdzhanov is well prepared.} dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7 (21... Qd6 22. Nb5 Qd7 23.
Ba3 $11) 22. Re3 Qc5 23. Rae1 e5 24. Nb3 (24. Ba3 Qxd4 25. Bb2 Qc5 26. Ba3 $11)
24... Qd6 25. Bxd7 (25. Qd2 c6 26. f4 exf4 $17) 25... Nxd7 (25... Qxd7 $2 26.
Bxe5 Qxa4 27. Qc3 Ba6 28. Nd2 $14) 26. f4 f6 27. Nd2 Qf8 (27... Rad8 28. Ne4
Qe7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Ba3 Qf7 31. Ng5 $13) 28. fxe5 Nxe5 (28... fxe5 $5 29.
Bxe5 (29. Nf3 c6 30. Ng5 g6 31. Ne6 Qd6 32. Ba3 c5 33. Bb2 Rxe6 34. dxe6 Qxe6
$15) 29... c6 30. Bd4 (30. Qb3 Nxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rxe5 33. Rxe5 cxd5
34. cxd5 Rd8 $19) 30... Rxe3 31. Rxe3 cxd5 32. Qb2 $15) 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5
fxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ (31... c6 32. Ne4 Qa3 33. Qc3 Qxa4 34. Re7 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+
36. Kg1 Qd1+ $11) 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 {Bulgarian grandmaster was probably
unhappy about his limited success in this position and next phase he plays
beyond his capabilities.} (33. Ne4 $1 Qa3 34. Ng5 g6 35. Re6 Qa1 36. Qe2 $14)
33... h6 34. Qd3 (34. Nh4 c6 35. Nf5 cxd5 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Ng6+ Kg8 38. Ne7+ (
38. Nxf8 $2 dxc4+ 39. Kf1 Qxe5 $19) 38... Kh8 $11) 34... Ba6 35. Re4 (35. Rf5
$5 Rxf5 (35... Qxc4 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf5+ $11) 36. Qxf5 Qxc4 37. Qe6+ $11)
35... Qb4 36. Ne5 (36. Qc2 Bc8 37. Nd4 Bd7 $15) 36... Qxa4 37. h4 $2 {
Important tempo as black will now fully take over the initiative.} (37. Nc6 $1
Kh8 38. Ne5 Rf6 $15) 37... Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 (39. Re4 Qb2+ 40. Re2 Qc1
$17) 39... Qf1 40. Qe3 Bc8 41. g4 (41. Ng6 $2 Qh3+ 42. Kg1 Rf1#) 41... Re8 42.
Kg3 (42. Re1 Qf6 43. g5 hxg5 44. hxg5 Qd6 45. Qf4 $17) 42... h5 43. Re1 (43.
gxh5 Qh3+ 44. Kf2 Qxh4+ 45. Qg3 Qxh5 $19) 43... Qf6 44. gxh5 (44. g5 Qf5 45.
Kg2 a4 $19) 44... Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3 a4 $1 {Excellent move, that
underlines the pain of the missing vital a pawn, Topalov is completely lost.}
47. Ng4 (47. Qg5 Qxg5 48. hxg5 a3 $19) 47... Bxg4 (47... Rxe1 $4 48. Nf6+ $18)
48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3 51. Qc8+ (51. d6 Qxd6 52. Qe2 Qg6+ $19)
51... Kh7 52. Qa6 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 0-1

[Event "London Simpsons 175th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2003.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "King, Daniel J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be5 Re8 14. e3
cxd4 {King is reducing the tension in the center, but his knight on a6 still
needs time to get into play.} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. exd4 Rac8 (16... Nxc3 17. Rxc3
Re4 18. Ne5 $14) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 (17... Rxe4 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qc2
Bf5 21. Nh4 Be6 22. Qxe4 Nc7 23. Qe5 $16) 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 (18... Bxc8 19. Ne5 Bf5
20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $16) 19. Ne5 Qf5 (19... Rd8 20. Qa4 (20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Nc5 22. Re3 Ne6 23. Rd3 $16) 20... Qf5 21. Bf1 Qc8 22. Bc4 Kf8 23. Bxf7 b5
24. Qxb5 Rxd4 25. b4 $16) 20. Qb1 {The pawn on e4 is practically lost, black
will be hard pressed to find some compensation.} g6 (20... Nc5 21. dxc5 (21. b4
Ne6 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 f5 25. Re3 Nxd4 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Kg2
$14) 21... Qxe5 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 $16) (20... Re8 21. f3 Qe6
22. fxe4 f6 23. Nd3 Qd6 24. d5 $16) (20... f6 $2 21. Qa2+ $18) 21. Bxe4 (21. f3
exf3 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Kf8 25. Kf2 $16) 21... Bxe4 22. Rxe4
Nc7 $2 {[%mdl 256] This boarders on negligence, since black will lose second
pawn by force.} (22... Nb8 23. Qd3 Nd7 24. Re1 Qxd3 25. Nxd3 Rc4 26. Re4 $16)
23. Nc6 $1 Nd5 24. Nxa7 Ra8 25. Nc6 Rc8 26. Nb4 $2 {Horribly simplistic, since
Speelman could have done much better with his two extra pawns.} (26. Ne5 f6 27.
Ng4 Kg7 28. Qe1 $16) 26... Nf6 (26... Nxb4 $1 27. axb4 Qd5 28. b3 (28. Qe1 Rc4
29. Qe3 Rxb4 30. Re8+ Kg7 31. Qe7 Rxd4 32. Qf8+ Kf6 $11) 28... Rc3 29. Re8+ Kg7
30. Qe1 (30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxb3 32. d5 Rd3 33. Re5 Rb3 $11) 30... Rxb3 31.
Re4 $14) 27. Re1 Qh3 28. f3 Nh5 29. Qe4 Nxg3 30. Qg4 (30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kf1
Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qg2+ 33. Kd1 Qxb2 34. Nc2 $18) 30... Ne2+ {Black is refusing to
lose politely in a difficult knight endgame and prefers wild ride without the
piece.} (30... Qxg4 31. fxg4 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Nxc1 34. Ke3 Nb3 35. Nd5
b5 36. g5 $18) 31. Rxe2 (31. Kh1 Qxg4 32. fxg4 Nxd4 $11) 31... Rc1+ 32. Kf2
Qf1+ (32... Qxh2+ 33. Ke3 Qd6 34. Qe4 $18) 33. Ke3 h5 (33... Rc7 34. Nd5 Qc1+
35. Kf2 $18) 34. Qg3 $6 {Not so bad, but 34.Qg2! was winning by force and
should have been preferred.} (34. Qg2 $1 Qd1 35. Nc2 Kf8 36. Rd2 $18) 34... Qd1
35. Nd3 Rc8 36. Qe5 Qg1+ 37. Kd2 Rd8 (37... Qb1 38. Qb5 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Qg1+ 40.
Rf2 Kh7 41. d5 $18) 38. Qe3 Qb1 39. Re1 Qa2 40. Qe7 Rxd4 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Re7
Kg7 (42... Qxb2+ 43. Ke3 Rxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Qxa3+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Ke3 Qc3+ 47. Kf2
Qc5+ 48. Re3 Qc2+ 49. Kg3 $18) 43. Ke3 Rh4 44. Re4 Rh3 45. Qd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group2"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qc2 (14.
Rc1 Qe8 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qc6 17. Be3 Qe6 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Qb1 f5 20. Bxc5
Bxc5 21. Nb3 Bd6 22. Nd4 Qf6 23. e3 Bd5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rd1 g6 26. Bf1 a6 {
1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gavrikov,V/Biel 1995/ (26)}) 14... Rc8 $6 {The first step in
dubious direction, as 14...Qc8 seems to be solving all problems for black.} (
14... Qc8 15. h4 (15. Red1 g5 16. Be3 Qe6 17. Nc4 Rac8 18. b3 h6 19. Bd4 Bd5
20. Bb2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 b5 22. Qc3 f6 23. Ne3 Nxb3 24. Qxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8
26. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Kortschnoj,V/Hoogeveen 2001/ (35)}) 15... Ne6 16.
Bxe4 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Bxh4 18. Bb3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rc1 g5 22.
Bxe6 fxe6 23. Ng4 Bxb2 24. Bxg5 Bxc1 25. Bxd8 Kf7 {0-1 Petrosian,A-Kudriashov,
A/Moscow 1981/ (36)}) 15. Red1 Qe8 (15... Nd3 16. Qb1 Nxf4 17. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 18.
Kf1 Rfxd8 19. Kxe2 (19. Bxe4 Rc1+ 20. Qxc1 Nxc1 21. Bxb7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Bf6 $15)
19... Ba6+ (19... Bd6 20. Bh3 Rc7 21. Nd7 Bc6 22. Kf1 $16) 20. Ke3 Bg5+ 21.
Kxe4 f6 22. f4 Bb7+ 23. Ke3 Bxg2 24. Ng4 $1 $16) (15... Bd5 16. Rd2 f6 17. Qd1
fxe5 18. Rxd5 $16) 16. Bh3 Ne6 (16... Rd8 17. b4 (17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Nc4 Qc6 19.
Nd6 $14) 17... Qa4 18. Qxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rc1 Bxb4 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22.
Rc7+ Kf6 23. Rxb7 Nc3 24. Bg4 Nxa2 25. Rxa7 $11) 17. Qb3 (17. Qb1 f5 $15) 17...
Nc5 (17... Nxf4 18. gxf4 (18. Bxc8 $2 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Bxc8 20. Kxe2 Be6 21. Nc4
b5 $17) 18... Rc7 19. Nd7 $16) 18. Qa3 Na6 (18... Ra8 19. b4 f6 20. Nc4 Na6 21.
Qb3 Qf7 22. Nd6 Qxb3 23. axb3 Bxd6 24. Bxd6 $16) 19. Qe3 f5 (19... Bc5 20. Qb3
e3 (20... Rd8 21. Rd7 (21. Nd7 Bc8 22. Qa4 e3 $13) 21... Rxd7 22. Nxd7 Bc8 23.
Rd1 $16) 21. fxe3 g5 22. Ng4 Qc6 23. Bxg5 $18) 20. g4 $5 fxg4 $2 {Ulibin is
missing his big chance to arrest dagerous development of opening the position
for white's bishops with timely 20...Bf6!} (20... Bf6 $1 21. Nd7 (21. Qb3+ Kh8
22. Nd7 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Bd6 Rb5 25. Qe3 Rg8 $15) (21. Qg3 g5 22. gxf5 Kh8
23. Ng6+ hxg6 24. Bxg5 Rc6 $17) 21... Bxb2 22. Rab1 Rf7 23. Rxb2 Rxd7 24. Rxd7
Qxd7 25. Rd2 (25. gxf5 Qd1+ 26. Kg2 Rc1 27. Kg3) 25... Qf7 26. gxf5 $11) 21.
Bxg4 Bc5 (21... Rd8 22. Nd7 Qg6 23. Qg3 Bc8 24. Nxf8 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qxg4 26.
Qxg4 Bxg4 27. Nd7 $16) 22. Qg3 Rc7 23. Nd7 $1 Rf7 24. Nxc5 (24. Bxc7 Bxf2+ 25.
Qxf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Nxc7 $15) 24... Rxc5 25. Rd6 $1 {[%mdl 128] Akopian plays
the attack with great efficiency, each move comes with some blow for black.}
Bc8 (25... Nc7 26. Rad1 Rd5 (26... Bd5 27. Bh5 $18) 27. Bh5 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 g6
29. Bxc7 $18) 26. Rad1 Rf8 (26... Bxg4 27. Rd8 $18) 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 (27... Qxc8
28. Rd7 g6 29. Qh3 $18) 28. Be5 Rf7 (28... g6 29. Qb3+ Rf7 30. Qh3 $1 Rf5 (
30... Ra8 31. Rxg6+ $18) 31. Bf6 $18) 29. Qg5 h6 (29... Re7 30. Bf6 (30. Re6
Rcc7 31. Bxc7 Rxe6 32. Rd8 Nxc7 33. Rxe8+ Nxe8 34. Qf5 $16) 30... Rf7 31. Rd8
$18) 30. Rxh6 Rc5 31. Qh5 $1 (31. Qh5 $1 gxh6 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qxh6+ Ke7 34.
Qd6#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6... Ne4) 7. d5
$1 Bb4 8. O-O $5 (8. Bd2 {Karpov,An-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1993/}) 8... Na6 $6 (
8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 c6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 $13) 9. Nh4 c6 $5 (9... Bxc3
10. bxc3 Nc5 $14) 10. d6 $1 Qb8 (10... Ne8 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bg5 $1 Qb8 13. a3
Bxd6 (13... c5 14. axb4) (13... fxe4 14. axb4 {/\ Be7}) 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qc2
$1 (15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Be7 Nxc4 17. Rfd1 (17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $14) 17... Nxb2 18. Rxd7
$14) 15... Nf6 (15... Qc7 16. e4 $1) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Bf4 e5 18. Bg5 g6 19.
Nxf5 gxf5 20. Qxf5 Qd8 21. Rd6 $16) 11. Bf4 Nh5 (11... Ne8 12. Ne4 f5 13. a3)
12. Be5 f6 13. a3 $1 Bc5 $2 (13... fxe5 14. axb4 Nxb4 $16) 14. e3 $1 g6 (14...
fxe5 15. Qxh5 Qxd6 16. Be4 $18) 15. g4 $1 Ng7 16. Bg3 Ne8 17. Ne4 e5 18. g5 $1
Bxd6 (18... fxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxd6 (19... Qxd6 20. b4 Qxd1 21. Rfxd1 Bd6 22. Ne4
Bc7 23. Rxd7 $16) 20. Qc2 {/\ Nh7, Ng6}) 19. gxf6 Nc5 20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. b4 Ne6
22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. Rfd1 $1 Nxc4 24. Rxd7 Bc8 (24... Rab8 25. Bf1 b5 26. Bxc4
bxc4 27. Bxe5 $18) 25. Re7 Rxf6 (25... Nd8 26. b5 $1 Rxf6 27. bxc6 Nxc6 28. Rc7
N4a5 29. Rc1 Bb7 30. Rxb7 Nxb7 31. Bxc6 $18) 26. Bxc6 Rb8 27. Bd5 $1 1-0

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Corral Blanco, Juan Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Rc1 Rfe8 {Black does not have to
fight with great problems in this line, all his pieces are working in harmony.}
(12... Rfd8 13. Ne5 (13. e3 c5 14. Qa4 Nb4 15. Red1 a5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qa3
Nd6 18. b3 Qf6 19. Ne1 d4 20. exd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 cxd4 22. Nb1 d3 23. Nf3 {
Suba,M-Spassov,L/Sochi 1977/ 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 13... c5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nac5
16. Nd3 Ne6 17. Qe5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc2 h6 21. h4 {Spassov,
L-Kestler,H/Moscow 1977/EU-chT/1-0 (59)}) (12... c5 13. e3 Nc7 14. Qa4 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne6 16. Qa3 Rfe8 17. Ne5 a6 18. Rb1 b5 19. Qa5 c4 20. a4 f6 21. Nf3 Qc7 {
1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Itkis,B/Bucharest 1997/ (24)}) 13. a3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc3 (14...
Naxc5 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Nf4 $14) 15. Rxc3 bxc5 16. Rd3 Nc7 (16... Qf6 17. e3
Rad8 $11) 17. b4 {Suba decides to fight the nice black's pawn duo in the
center, but the concept can not promise him advantage.} cxb4 (17... c4 18. Re3
Qf6 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. e3 Nb5 $11) 18. axb4 Ba6 19. Rd4 (19. Rb3 Bc4 20. Rb2
Nb5 $11) 19... Nb5 20. Rg4 Bc8 $6 {Corral Blanco has not decided to brave the
dangerous line starting with 20...Nc3!?, but black seems to be slightly better.
} (20... Nc3 $5 21. Qd2 (21. Qd4 f5 22. Rg5 Nxe2+ 23. Rxe2 Bxe2 24. Qxd5+ Kh8
25. Ne5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27. Bxa8 g6 $19) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Rab8 23. Bf1
Rb6 $15) 21. Rh4 Nc3 $2 (21... Nc7 22. Qd3 h6 23. Rc1 $14) 22. Qd3 Ne4 (22...
Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 $18) 23. Qxd5 Bb7 24. Qa5 {Black has lost a pawn and faces an
uphill struggle for a draw.} Rab8 25. Rh5 (25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Bc6 $16) 25... f6
26. Qxa7 (26. Qa2+ Qf7 (26... Kh8 27. Nh4 $16) 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7 28. Ra1 a6 29.
Rxh7 Nc3 30. Rh4 $14) 26... Qxb4 27. Qa2+ Kh8 (27... Kf8 28. Rxh7 $18) 28. Rb1
$6 (28. Qa5 Ba8 29. Qxb4 Rxb4 30. Ra5 $16) 28... Qd6 $2 {Both players are
ignoring the great tactical shot 28...Bd5! with fair chances for a draw.} (
28... Bd5 $1 29. Rxb4 Bxa2 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Bh3 g6 32. Ra5 Bc4 $14) 29. Nh4 h6
(29... Qe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Rhb5 $18) 30. Qf7 Qd2 (30... Rg8 31. Ng6+ Kh7 32.
Ne7 Qd2 (32... Rgf8 $2 33. Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. Qg6#) 33. Nxg8 Rxg8 34. Qxb7 $18) 31.
Nf5 $6 {White misses an easy win with 31.Ng6!} (31. Ng6+ Kh7 32. Nf4 $1 Rf8 33.
Rxh6+ Kxh6 34. Qg6# (34. Qh5#)) 31... Rg8 32. Rxh6+ (32. Qg6 Nxf2 33. Nxh6 Nh3+
34. Kf1 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nf4+ 36. Kf3 Qxe2+ 37. Kxf4 Qf2+ 38. Kg4 $18) 32... gxh6
33. Bxe4 Bxe4 (33... Qg5 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Qxb7 $18) 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Qe7+ Kg6
(35... Kh8 36. Qe5+ Kh7 37. Qxe4 $18) 36. Qxe4 Rxb1+ 37. Qxb1 {The outcome of
fine combination is unusual position with three extra connected pawns for an
exchange. Black is doomed to suffer till the end.} Kf6 38. e4 Rc8 (38... Rb8
39. Qxb8 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qxe4+ 41. Kh3 Qxf5+ 42. g4 Qe6 43. Qf4+ Kg7 44. Qe3 $18)
39. Qb6+ Ke5 (39... Kf7 $2 40. Qb7+ $18) 40. Qb5+ (40. f4+ Kxe4 41. Qe6+ Kd3 (
41... Kf3 42. Nh4#) 42. Qxc8 $18) 40... Ke6 (40... Kxe4 41. f3+ Kxf3 42. Nh4+
Ke3 43. Qe5+ Kd3 44. Qf5+ Ke3 45. Qe6+ Kd3 46. Qxc8 $18) 41. Qb6+ Kd7 42. Qb5+
Kc7 (42... Ke6 43. Kg2 $18) 43. Kg2 Rd8 44. Qe5+ Kb7 45. Qg7+ Rd7 46. Qxh6 $18
{With four extra pawns even direct mathematics of material work wonders for
white.} Qb4 47. Qf4 Rd1 48. Ne3 Rc1 49. Qf7+ Kb8 50. Qe8+ Kb7 51. h4 Qd2 52.
Qb5+ Kc8 53. h5 Qd6 54. Qb2 Rc6 55. Nf5 Qc7 56. h6 Re6 57. Qh8+ Qd8 58. Qxd8+
Kxd8 59. h7 Re8 60. Nh6 1-0

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bc1 $5 Na6 $6 (11... Nbd7 $142) 12. Bb2 Qc8 13.
Qc2 Rd8 14. Rac1 h6 15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. e3 $1 Bf8 (16... c5 17. Ne2 g5 $5 (17...
Qe4 18. Qd2 $1 $36)) 17. Ne2 Qe4 18. Ne5 $1 (18. Qd2 Bb4 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Nxc3
Qe7 $1 {/\ c5}) 18... Qxc2 19. Rxc2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 (20... bxc5 21. Rcd2 Be7
22. Nc3 Nc7 $14) 21. h4 Bd6 22. Nf4 Rac8 $6 (22... Re8 $1 23. Nf3 Nce4 $1 $14)
23. Bh3 $1 Rc7 24. b4 Na6 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Rc1 Nfe8 27. a3 $16 Ra8 28. Nc6
Bxf4 29. gxf4 Bxc6 $2 (29... a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. a4 $16) 30. Rxc6 f6 31. h5
Rd8 32. a4 Rd6 33. Rc1 b5 34. a5 Kf7 35. Bf5 Ne6 36. Rc8 N8c7 37. Bd4 Rd8 (
37... Nxd4 $4 38. Rxc7+ $18) 38. Rxd8 Nxd8 39. Bxa7 Nc6 40. Bc5 Na6 41. Bd7 (
41. Bd7 Ncxb4 42. Bxb4 Nxb4 43. Bxb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2000.10.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
f5 9. Qc2 Nd6 10. Bf4 Na6 (10... Nxc4 11. Nb5 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Bxd5 13. Nxc7 Nc6
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ng5 $14) 11. O-O Nxc4 12. dxe6 Nb4 (12... dxe6 13. Qb3 Bd5 (
13... Nd6 14. Qxe6+ Kh8 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nd4 Qd7 (15... Nc5 16.
Qf3 $16) 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rad8 18. b3 $14) 13. Qc1 (13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qa4
dxe6 $15) 13... d5 {The whole opening line is pretty double edged, but black
is not without chances for the equality.} (13... dxe6 14. Rd1 (14. Nb5 Nd6 15.
Nxc7 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qxc7 17. Qxb4 $11) 14... Nd5 15. Nd4 Qc8 16. Nxe6 Nxf4 17.
Qxf4 $16) 14. b3 Na5 (14... Nd6 15. a3 Na6 16. Ne5 $36) 15. Ne5 Rf6 $6 (15...
c5 $5 16. Rd1 Bf6 $13) 16. Qb1 $1 d4 (16... c5 17. a3 Na6 18. Rd1 $14) 17. Bxb7
Nxb7 (17... dxc3 18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. a3 $18) 18. Rd1 c5 (18... Rxe6 19. Qxf5 Rf6
20. Qg4 Bd6 $1 (20... Nc5 21. Rac1 $16) 21. Ne4 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rg6 23. Qf3 Nc6
$11) 19. e3 Rxe6 (19... Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. exd4 cxd4 22. Qb2 Rd8 23. Nf7 Re8
24. Rxd4 Qxe6 25. Ng5 $14) 20. Qxf5 Rf6 21. Qg4 Nd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Tactically
horrible move that runs into small, but very convincing and decisive
combination.} (21... Bd6 $1 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Nb5 $14) 22. exd4 cxd4 (22... Qe8
23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 $16) 23. Rxd4 Nc2 (23... Qc8 24. Rc1 Nc6
25. Qxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nd5 Nxd4 27. Nxe7+ Kh8 28. Nxc8 Ne2+ 29. Kg2 Nxc1 30. Nxd6
$18) 24. Nc6 Qf8 (24... Nxd4 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Nd5 $18) 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Nd5
{The second knight fork is decisive, black will not be able to profit from the
knight on c2.} (26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Nxa1 (27... Qxd6 28. Qe4 Nxa1 29. Qxa8+
Kf7 30. Qxa7+ $18) 28. Ne4 Rf8 29. Rd7 Qe5 30. Rxa7 $18) 26... Qf7 27. Nxf6+
Qxf6 28. Rxd6 (28. Rdd1 $1 Nxa1 29. Rxd6 Qb2 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Be5 $18) 28...
Qxa1+ 29. Rd1 Qf6 (29... Qxa2 $2 30. Be5 $18) 30. Qd7 Rf8 (30... Nb4 31. a3 Nc6
32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Rc1 Rc8 34. Qd7 $18) 31. Qd3 Rc8 $6 (31... Nb4 32. Qc4+ $18) (
31... Qc6 $1 32. Qd5+ Qxd5 33. Rxd5 $16) 32. Qd5+ Kh8 (32... Qf7 33. Qxf7+ Kxf7
34. Rd7+ $18) 33. Be5 Qg6 34. Qd8+ Qe8 35. Qd7 (35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Rg8 37.
Rxa7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Schebler, Gerhard"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. c4 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5
exd5 8. Nh4 {Kortschnoj: 'This line was invented by L. Polugaevsky in 1980 and
applied against me with success in the match in Buenos-Aires.'} c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5
{Kortschnoj: 'Less pretentious is 9...cxd5 - after recapturing the pawn d5
white will get a slight edge. '} 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 {Kortschnoj:
'This position is well known - whatever black is playing now white retains a
solid compensation for the pawn.'} Bc5 $2 {Schebler has found the courage to
play a line, which faded from the limelight without a clear conclusion about
the chances for both sides. In the position after 12.Re1 the second players
have been playing several moves with mixed results. Huebner was not suspecting,
that his "novelty" 12...Bc5? would turn out to be so bad.  Kortschnoj: 'It is
an unlucky attempt to avoid the main theoretical lines. 12...Bf6 or 12...d4
promise the safest ways for black to achieve the equilibrium.'} (12... Bf6 13.
e5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nc3 Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd1 Re8 18. h4 f6 19. Bf4 (19.
Bxd5+ $1 $16) 19... f5 20. e6 Nba6 $15 {0-1 Raheb,D-Rozentalis,E/Montreal 2000/
(35)}) (12... d4 13. Qg4 (13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. e5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17.
Bd2 Bf8 18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Nb5 Rab8 20. Bc3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Almasi,Z/Monte
Carlo 2002/ (28)}) 13... g6 14. e5 Bc8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd4 Rd8 17. Qe3 Nd5
18. Qh6 Nd7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bg5 Qf8 21. Qh4 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Palo,D/
Chalkidiki 2001/ (35)}) 13. b4 $1 {[%mdl 128] This comes very close to be a
direct refutation of the move 12...Bc5?  Kortschnoj: 'The refutation, frankly
not a too complicated one, of the bishop's move - black is not able to take on
b4 because of 14.Qd4 Qf6 15.Qb4 Qa1 16.Bb2 Qa2 17.Ne7 or 16...c5 17.Qb3,
winning.'} Qf6 (13... Bxb4 14. Qd4 Qf6 15. Qxb4 Qxa1 16. Bb2 c5 (16... Qxa2 17.
Ne7+ Kh8 18. Ng6+ hxg6 19. Qxf8+ Kh7 20. Qxg7#) 17. Qd2 Qxa2 18. Ne7+ Kh8 19.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qf6#) (13... Be7 14. Bb2 Bf6 15. e5 $40) 14. bxc5
Qxa1 15. Bd2 {Kortschnoj: 'A subtle continuation of the assault.'} (15. Qb3 $5
Qf6 16. Bb2 Qd8 17. Bxg7 Bc8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Qf3 $16) 15... Qxa2 (15... Ne6
16. Bc3 Qxa2 17. Bxg7 Re8 18. Be5 $18) 16. Bh6 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Ne7+ Kg7 18. Qf4
$18) 16... Bc8 (16... Ne8 17. Bxg7 Bc8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 (18... Bxf5 19. Bh6 (19.
exf5 Kxf8 20. Qh5 Nd7 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qxc6 $18) 19... Bg6 20. exd5 $18) 19.
Qh5 $18) 17. Nxg7 Qb2 18. Nh5 Be6 (18... bxc5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. exd5 $18) 19.
Bf4 Nd7 20. Bxc7 Rfe8 21. Re2 Qa1 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Re1 f6 24. Nc3 Qa5 25. Nxf6
Nxf6 26. Be5 Kg8 27. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ruck, Robert"]
[Black "Cao, Sang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Re8 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 (14.
Qxb6 axb6 15. Ne5 Bd8 16. Nc4 Re7 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Nf5 Re6 19. e3 g6 20. Nh6+
Kg7 21. h4 {1-0 Diaz Nunez,A (2176)-Petkov,V (2375)/Ortigueira 2004/ (46)})
14... Bf8 $6 {The position is quite difficult for black, so the simple retreat
of the knight is not sufficient for solving the problems.} (14... Qxb3 15. axb3
h6 (15... Ne4 16. Red1 Rad8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Bh3 Bc6 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 Bb5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Kf1 {1-0 Khalifman,A (2650)-Stefansson,H (2555)/
Aarhus 1997/ (70)}) 16. Nd3 g5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Na4 d4 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 {1/2
Kengis,E (2570)-Almasi,Z (2650)/Bern 1996/}) 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nc4 $1 Re6 (
16... dxc4 17. Bxb7 Ra7 18. Bc6 Rd8 19. Nb5 Re7 20. a3 $16) 17. Ne3 Rae8 (17...
Rd8 $6 18. Rcd1) 18. Nexd5 {Ruck is spoiled for choice, his advantage might
have also been significant after 18.Rcd1!?} (18. Rcd1 $5 c4 19. a3 Nc5 20.
Ncxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 c3 23. bxc3 Ne4 24. c4 Bxa3 25. Kg2 $16)
18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21. Nc3 $6 {White is missing the
magnificant idea 21.a3! completely paralysing the knight on a6 with critical
situation for the defender.} (21. Nf6+ $2 gxf6 22. Bxb7 Nb4 23. Rb1 Nd3 $11) (
21. a3 $1 Re6 (21... Rxb2 22. Nf6+ gxf6 23. Bxb7 b5 24. Bxa6 c4 25. a4 $18) (
21... Bc8 22. Nxb6 Bg4 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Nd7 $18) 22. Nf6+ Rxf6 23. Bxb7 b5 24.
Bg2 $16) 21... Re7 22. Rd1 (22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rd1 f6 24. a3 Kf7 $14) 22... Nb4
(22... Bxg2 23. Kxg2 f6 24. h4 $16) 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rd8 {White is still much
better, but Cao Sang can now try to build up serious resistance.} Nc6 25. Rc8 (
25. Ra8 Ne7 26. Bd6 Ng6 (26... Rd7 27. Nd5 Ng6 28. Bxf8 Nxf8 29. Nxb6 $18) 27.
Kg2 f6 28. Ne4 $16) 25... Ne7 26. Ra8 f6 27. Nb5 (27. Bd6 Kf7 (27... Rd7 28.
Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rb8 Re6 30. Nd5 Re2 31. Rxb6 $16) 28. Ne4 $16) 27... g5 28. Bd6
Kg7 29. Kg2 Ng6 30. Bc7 (30. Bxf8+ Nxf8 31. Nd6 Rd7 32. Ne8+ Kf7 33. Nxf6 Rd2
34. Ne4 Rxb2 35. Nxg5+ Kg6 36. Nf3 $16) 30... Ne5 31. Ra6 (31. Bxe5 fxe5 32.
Na3 e4 33. Ra4 Re7 34. Ra6 e3 35. fxe3 Rxe3 36. Rxb6 Re2+ 37. Kf3 Rxh2 38. Nc4
h5 39. a4 $16) 31... Nd3 32. b3 Nb4 $1 {Black´s survival chances have improved
significantly.} 33. Ra8 (33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Bxb6 Nxa2 $11) 33... Nc6 34. Rc8 (
34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Rc8 Bc5 $14) 34... Nd4 $5 {The defender is
getting out of the grip and the drawing dream is now within reach.} 35. Nxd4 (
35. Nd6 Bxd6 36. Bxd6 Kg6 $11) 35... cxd4 36. Kf3 Bc5 37. Ke4 Kf7 38. a4 (38.
Bd8 h5 39. Kd3 $14) 38... Ke6 39. Bb8 Kd7 40. Rh8 Kc6 41. Rc8+ (41. g4 Re7+ 42.
Kd3 Re1 43. Rxh7 Rd1+ 44. Kc2 Re1 $11) 41... Kd7 42. Rh8 Kc6 43. Rc8+ Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "DEN-ch"]
[Site "Nyborg"]
[Date "2001.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pedersen, Steffen"]
[Black "Pilgaard, Kim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.04.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Ng5 g6 10. h4 (10. Nh3 Nc6 (10... Na6 11. Qd1 Nc7 12. cxd5 d6 13. Nf4
b5 14. h4 b4 15. Nb1 Re8 16. O-O Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Flumbort,A-Soltanici,R/Oropesa
del Mar/ 1998/ (44)}) 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Qd1 d6 13. Nf4 Nd7 14. O-O Bf6 15. a3
Na6 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Rb1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Bukic,E-Kristinsson,J/Vrnjacka Banja/1972/
(33)}) (10. Qd1 d6 11. cxd5 Na6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. a3 Bf6 15. e4 b5
16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Rad1 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Karpov,A/
Moscow/1974/ (67)}) (10. Qd2 Na6 11. h4 Nc7 12. h5 gxh5 13. cxd5 d6 14. b3 b5
15. Rh2 b4 16. Nce4 Ncxd5 17. Nxh7 Nxh7 18. Qh6 {1-0 Gomez Esteban,J-Andruet,G/
Rome/1984/ (18)}) (10. cxd5 d6 (10... Na6 11. Nh3 Nc7 12. e4 d6 13. O-O b5 14.
a4 b4 15. Nd1 Ba6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. f4 Bf6 18. Be3 Re8 19. Rc1 c4 {0-1 Speer,
A-Vogt,A/Halle/1991/ (35)}) 11. h4 (11. O-O Na6 (11... Nbd7 12. f4 b5 13. Nxb5
Bxd5 14. e4 Bb7 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Bd2 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. Bc3 Qd3 {
1/2-1/2 Guseva,O-Tabrina,A/Kazan/2001/ (62)}) 12. f4 Nc7 13. e4 b5 14. Rd1 b4
15. Ne2 a5 16. a4 Nce8 17. e5 Ng4 18. Ne4 {1-0 Horvath,C-Guimaraes,R/Lisbon/
2000/ (43)}) 11... Bc8 12. h5 Bf5 13. e4 Bd7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qe2
Ng4 17. Ne6 Qc8 18. Nxf8 Bxf8 19. e6 {1-0 Stohl,I-Vuruna,M/Vrnjacka Banja/1989/
(29)}) 10... Nc6 11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Qd1 (12. Qd2 h5 13. e3 Nf5 14. e4 Nd4 15. O-O
d6 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Re8 18. Qd2 Ng4 19. f3 Ne5 20. f4 {1-0 Banhazi,
I-Somogyi,I/Budapest/2000/ (32)}) 12... Re8 13. h5 $6 {This extremely
aggressive approach fails due to white's underdevelopment and unstable
location of the king in the center.} (13. e3 Bf8 14. O-O Nf5 $13) 13... Nxh5
14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. e3 (15. g4 Bh4 16. gxh5 Qf6 17. hxg6+ fxg6 18. O-O Rf8 $15)
15... Kg7 16. exd4 (16. g4 Nf4 $1 17. exf4 Bd6+ $17) 16... Bf6+ 17. Kf1 Bxd4
18. Qf3 (18. Bf3 Qf6 19. Bd2 Re5 $17) 18... Re5 $1 19. Kg1 (19. Bf4 Nxf4 20.
gxf4 Re8 21. Qg3 Qe7 $17) 19... Rf5 20. Qxf5 {Pedersen has to give up the
queen, but his compensation will be clearly insufficient.} (20. Bf4 Nxf4 21.
gxf4 Qb8 22. Rh4 Bf6 23. Rg4 Be5 $19) 20... gxf5 21. Rxh5 Qf6 22. Bd2 (22. Rh6
Qd8 (22... Qxh6 $6 23. Bxh6+ Kxh6 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Nb5 Kg6 26. Nd6 Ba6 $15) 23.
Bd2 Qe8 $19) 22... Rh8 $1 23. Rxh8 Kxh8 24. Bf3 a6 25. Kg2 b5 26. Re1 Kg7 27.
Re8 Be5 28. Ne2 (28. Nxb5 Bxb2 (28... axb5 29. Rxe5 d6 30. Re2 b4 31. a3 $17)
29. Nc7 c4 $19) 28... d6 29. b3 (29. Nf4 Kh7 30. Nh5 Qg6 31. Nf4 Qg5 $19) 29...
c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Be3 (31. Nf4 Bxf4 32. Bxf4 c3 $19) 31... c3 32. Nc1 f4 33.
Bb6 fxg3 34. Ne2 (34. fxg3 Qg5 35. Ne2 c2 $19) 34... gxf2 35. Bd8 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. Nxe4 (12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rf1 (13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 e3 15. Bxe3 Bxg2 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Nf3 Qxa2 19.
b4 Ne6 20. Qc2 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 a5 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Lutz,C/Berlin 2002/ (26)})
13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Ne1 Qf6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19.
Qc1 Rac8 20. Rd1 g6 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Van Wely,L/Groningen 1997/ (71)}) (12.
Nd2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nf6 14. Bg5 Rc8 15. e3 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a4 Qd7 18. Qb3
Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rec1 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 1998/
(41)}) (12. Ne5 cxd4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rc7 {1-0 Sommerbauer,
N-James,D/Elista 1998/ (15)}) (12. Rf1 Rc8 13. Bh3 g5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Ne1 c4 16.
Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. Nc2 Be6 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. dxc5 Qxd2 21. cxb6 axb6 22.
Rc2 Qb4 {1/2-1/2 Calotescu,A-Sasu Ducsoara,A/Targoviste 2001/ (40)}) (12. Qa4
a6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. e3 b5 15. Qb3 Bb6 16. Red1 Ndc5 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. Nxe4 Nxe4
19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Be5 Rcd8 {1/2-1/2 Jatautis,D-Gashimov,S/Nakhchivan 2003/ (77)})
12... dxe4 13. Nd2 Nf6 (13... f5 14. Nc4 g5 15. Bd6 Rf6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Be5
Re6 18. b4 Na6 19. a3 Qe8 20. Ba1 Rd8 21. Qb3 Bd5 22. Qb1 Qf7 23. Ne3 {1-0
Ortega,L-Borges Mateos,J/Cienfuegos 1989/ (73)}) 14. Nb3 {White is unable to
claim any advantage from the opening, but the position is full of life.} (14.
dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. Rf1 Rc8 17. a3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Bd6 19. Rd1 Bxf4 20.
gxf4 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Hollermann,T-Gresshoff,W/Muensterland 2003/ (26)}) 14... cxd4
15. Qxd4 (15. Nxd4 Bb4 16. Rf1 Qd5 17. a3 Rfd8 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17.
Rc1 Qa8 18. Qa4 (18. Rc7 $2 Rd8 19. Qa4 Rd1+ 20. Bf1 Nd5 $17) 18... Rc8 19.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Nd4 (20. Nd2 Bb7 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 $11)
20... Qd5 21. Be3 Qd7 22. Qc6 Bb7 (22... Bc5 23. Bxe4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxe4 25.
Qxe4 f6 $14) (22... h6 $5 23. Bxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Bb7 25. Qf5 Qa4 26. Qb1 Bf6
$44) 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Nb5 (24. Nf5 Kf8 25. Nxe7 Kxe7 26. Bd4 f6 $14) 24... a6
$6 (24... a5 25. Nc3 Bc5 $5 (25... f5 26. g4 fxg4 27. Nxe4 Bd5 28. b3 b5 29.
Nc3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 b4 31. Nd5 Bd6 $13) 26. Nxe4 Bxe3 27. fxe3 Kf8 $11) 25. Nc3
Bf6 (25... Bc5 26. Bxc5 Nxc5 27. b4 $16) (25... f5 26. Bh3 g6 27. g4 fxg4 28.
Bxg4 Nf8 29. Bxb6 Kf7 30. Bh3 $16) 26. Nxe4 Bxb2 (26... Bxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxb2 28.
Bb7 a5 29. f4 $14) 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. Bxb7 {[%mdl 4096] Two bishops in an open
position with pawn assymetry promise white significant pull.} a5 29. f4 Nc5 (
29... Be7 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. Bd2 $14) 30. Bd5 Kf8 (30... Na4 $5 31. Bf2 (31. Bc6
Nc3 32. Kf1 b5 $11) 31... Nc3 32. e4 b5 33. Bc5 b4 34. Kf2 $14) 31. Kf2 Bc3 (
31... Na4 32. Bc6 Nc3 33. Bxb6 Nxa2 34. Bxa5 $16) 32. g4 f6 33. Kg3 Be1+ 34.
Kf3 Ke7 (34... Bc3 35. Bf2 Ke7 36. h4 $14) 35. Bd4 h6 36. g5 $5 {Very
interesting moment, bishops naturally need breathing space. The negative side
of this idea is the reduction in number of pawns.} hxg5 37. fxg5 fxg5 (37...
Bh4 38. g6 Kd6 39. e4 Nd7 40. Kg4 Be1 41. a4 $14) 38. Kg4 (38. Bxg7 Nd7 $14)
38... Bd2 (38... Bh4 39. Kf5 Kf8 40. e4 $16) 39. e3 Kd6 40. Bc4 Nd7 (40... a4
$1 41. Kxg5 b5 42. Bxb5 (42. Bf7 Ne6+ 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. Kf4 b4 $11) 42... Ne6+
43. Kf5 Nxd4+ 44. exd4 Kd5 45. Bxa4 Kxd4 $11) 41. Kxg5 Ne5 42. Be2 b5 (42...
Kd5 43. Kf5 (43. Bxb6 $2 Ke4 $11) 43... g6+ 44. Kf4 $16) (42... Nc6 43. Bxb6
Nb4 44. Bxa5 (44. Bc4 Nc2 45. Kf4 Kc6 46. Ba7 Kb7 47. Bb3 g5+ 48. Ke4 Kxa7 49.
Bxc2 Kb6 $14) 44... Bxe3+ 45. Kg6 Nxa2 46. Kxg7 $16) 43. Kf5 (43. Bxb5 Nf3+ 44.
Kg6 Nxd4 45. exd4 Bc3 46. Kxg7 Bxd4+ $11) 43... Nc4 (43... g6+ 44. Ke4 Nc6 45.
Bb6 b4 $14) 44. e4 $1 (44. Ke4 g5 (44... Ke7 45. Bxg7 Nd6+ 46. Kd3 Bxe3 47.
Kxe3 Nf5+ 48. Ke4 Nxg7 49. Bxb5 $18) 45. a4 Bxe3 46. Bxe3 Nxe3 47. Kxe3 bxa4
$11) 44... Bh6 (44... g5 45. Bf6 $16) 45. Bxc4 (45. e5+ Kd5 46. Bxc4+ Kxd4 (
46... bxc4 47. Bc3 (47. e6 Kxd4 $1 48. e7 c3 49. e8=Q c2 50. Qe5+ Kd3 51. Qd5+
Ke2 52. Qe4+ Kd2 53. Qd4+ Ke2 $11) 47... a4 48. e6 Kd6 49. Bb4+ Kc7 50. Kg6 $18
) 47. Bxb5 Kc5 48. Bd7 Bd2 49. Kg6 Bc3 50. e6 Kd6 51. Kf7 Bf6 52. h3 Bh4 53.
Kxg7 Ke7 $16) 45... bxc4 46. e5+ Ke7 (46... Kd5 47. Bc3 $1 $18) 47. Bc3 {
In the bishops ending black has to fight against white's many pluses in
advanced pawn, bettwe pawn structure and more active pieces.} a4 48. Bb4+ Ke8
49. e6 (49. Ke4 $1 Bc1 (49... Kf7 50. Kd5 Bg5 51. e6+ Kf6 52. Bc3+ Ke7 53. Bxg7
Bd2 54. Kxc4 Kxe6 55. Kb5 $18) 50. Kd4 Bb2+ 51. Bc3 a3 52. Kxc4 Kf7 53. Kb3 $18
) 49... Bc1 50. Bc3 a3 51. Ke4 Bb2 52. Bb4 (52. Kd4 Ke7 53. Kxc4 Kxe6 54. Kb3
Bxc3 55. Kxc3 g5 56. Kb3 Kf5 57. Kxa3 Kg4 58. Kb4 Kh3 59. a4 Kxh2 60. a5 g4 $11
) 52... g6 53. Ke3 Kd8 54. Kd2 Kc7 55. Kc2 $1 Kc6 56. Bc3 Bxc3 (56... Kd6 57.
Bxb2 axb2 58. Kxb2 Kxe6 59. Kc3 Kd5 60. h4 Kc5 61. a4 Kd5 62. a5 Kc5 63. a6 Kb6
64. Kxc4 Kxa6 65. Kd5 $18) 57. Kxc3 Kd6 58. Kxc4 Kxe6 59. Kb3 Kd5 (59... Kf5
60. Kxa3 Kg4 61. Kb4 Kh3 62. a4 Kxh2 63. a5 g5 64. a6 $18) 60. Kxa3 Kc4 61. h4
Kd5 1-0

[Event "GER-ch 72nd"]
[Site "Heringsdorf"]
[Date "2000.11.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2416"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.11.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bg5 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qa4 (12. Rc1 Rfd8 (12... c5 13.
e3 Nc7 14. Qa4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Ne6 16. Qa3 Rfe8 17. Ne5 a6 18. Rb1 b5 {1/2-1/2
Marin,M-Itkis,B/Bucharest 1997/ (24)}) 13. Ne5 (13. e3 c5 14. Qa4 (14. a3 Nc7
15. Qc2 Ne6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 f5 19. Red1 Ba6 20. Nc4 {
1-0 Strauss,D-Peters,J/Lone Pine 1981/ (59)}) 14... Nb4 15. Red1 a5 16. dxc5
bxc5 17. Qa3 Nd6 18. b3 Qf6 19. Ne1 d4 20. exd4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 cxd4 {1/2-1/2
Suba,M-Spassov,L/Sochi 1977/ (41)}) 13... c5 14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Nac5 16. Nd3
Ne6 17. Qe5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 d4 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rc2 {1-0 Spassov,L-Kestler,H/
Moscow 1977/ (59)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Ne5 c5 14. e3 Nxc3 (14... f6 $5 15. Nd3 Nxc3
16. bxc3 Qd7 $13) 15. bxc3 cxd4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Wrong strategical decision,
white retains better pawn structure and more active pieces.} (15... Nc7 16.
Rab1 Ne6 $13) 16. cxd4 Nc7 17. Rec1 Ne8 (17... f6 18. Nc6 Qe8 19. Rc3 $14) 18.
Rc2 Nf6 (18... Rdc8 $2 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxa7 $16) 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20. Bh3 $1 (
20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. h3 $14) 20... Rxc2 21. Qxc2 g6 22. Qc7 Re8
23. Rc2 (23. Nd7 $5 Ne4 (23... Ba6 24. Qxa7 Bc4 25. Nxf6+ Qxf6 26. a4 $16) 24.
Qxb7 Nxf2 25. Rf1 Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Kg7 27. Qxd5 $16) (23. Bd7 Nxd7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7
25. Nxd7 $16) (23. Bf1 Kf8 24. Bb5 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Re7 26. Nd7+ Nxd7 27. Bxd7 Ba8
28. Kg2 a5 $14) 23... Kg7 24. a4 Ba6 25. a5 $1 {Bischoff cleverly creates
additional targets by breaking up black's pawn structure.} bxa5 (25... b5 26.
Qc6 Qb4 27. Kg2 Qxa5 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 Ne4 30. Rxf7+ Kg8 31. Rxa7 $18) 26.
Qxa5 Qb7 27. Rc1 Re7 28. Bg2 $6 (28. Qa3 $1 Re8 (28... Bb5 29. Bc8 $18) 29. Ra1
Bc4 30. Bg2 Qe7 31. Qxa7 $16) (28. Bc8 $2 Qb2 29. Qe1 Bxc8 30. Rxc8 Ne4 $11)
28... Qb2 $1 (28... Ne4 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Qc5 $16) 29. Qc5 (29. Rd1
Bb5 $14) 29... Nd7 (29... Ne4 $5 30. Qc2 (30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Rd1 Rb7 $11) 30...
Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Rb7 32. Rc1 f6 $11) 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Rc2 (31. Re1 Bc4 32. h3 $14
) 31... Qb1+ 32. Rc1 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 0001 43th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2001.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Naumkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 (11... O-O 12. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 13. Bxb7 Rb8
14. Bc6 $14) 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 a6 14. Kf1 $1 {[%mdl 4] White has given up his
dark squared bishop, his compensation lays in excellent center and play along
the h file.} (14. O-O $6 Nf6 15. hxg6 hxg6 $15) 14... Qe7 (14... O-O 15. hxg6
hxg6 16. d5 $14) 15. Nd2 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 O-O (16... O-O-O 17. Nf3 f5 18. b4 $14)
(16... Bxd4 $2 17. Qe4 $18) 17. Nf3 f5 (17... c5 18. d5 Nf6 19. dxe6 Qxe6 20.
Nd5 $14) 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 b5 (19... c6 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5 e5 22. Ng5 $14
) 20. Qe3 c6 (20... bxc4 $2 21. Nd5 Qf7 22. Ng5 $18) 21. d5 $1 b4 (21... Ne5
22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. dxc6 bxc4 24. Rd7 $16) (21... cxd5 $2 22. Nxd5 $18) 22. Na4 (
22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. dxe6 Nc5 24. Nb1 Rae8 25. Rxd6 Rxe6 26. Rxe6 Nxe6 27. b3 Rd8
$14) 22... cxd5 (22... c5 $2 23. Qxe6+ $18) 23. cxd5 e5 24. Qg5 Qe8 $6 {
Naumkin clearly overestimates his defensive potential, it was much better to
accept slightly worse ending.} (24... Qxg5 $5 25. Nxg5 Rfc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Bh6 28. Rc7 Nf6 29. Ne6 Nxd5 30. Rd7 a5 31. Rxd6 $14) 25. Qh4 Nf6 26. Nb6
Rb8 (26... Ra7 27. Nc4 Rd7 28. Ng5 $16) 27. Nc4 b3 (27... Qa4 28. Ng5 Qxa2 29.
Ne6 e4 30. Nxd6 $16) 28. axb3 Qd7 (28... Rxb3 29. Nxd6 Qd7 30. Nc4 e4 31. Nd4
Qxd5 32. Nxb3 Qxc4 33. Nd4 $18) 29. Qg5 Rxb3 (29... Kf7 $2 30. Nfxe5+ dxe5 31.
Nxe5+ $18) 30. Qxg6 f4 (30... Rb4 31. Rh4 e4 32. Rdh1 exf3+ 33. exf3 $18) 31.
Rh4 Qe8 {Not a nice move, but black has to prevent mating attack along the h
file.} (31... fxg3 $2 32. Rdh1 $1 gxf2 33. Rh8#) 32. Qc2 (32. Qxe8 Nxe8 33.
Nfd2 $16) 32... Rb4 33. Nxd6 Qd7 (33... Qb8 34. Nc4 $18) 34. Nc4 e4 (34... Nxd5
$2 35. Qh7+ Kf7 36. Ncxe5+ $18) 35. Nfe5 Qb5 36. Rxf4 (36. gxf4 Nxd5 37. Qxe4
$18) 36... Rc8 (36... Nxd5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qxe4 Bxe5 39. Rxd5 $18) 37. b3 (
37. Rd4 Nxd5 38. Rfxe4 $18) 37... Rxb3 (37... Nxd5 38. Rxe4 Qb7 39. Kh2 Rxb3
40. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 41. Qxb3 $18) 38. Rxf6 $1 {Black king is losing the last
defenders of his naked nature.} Bxf6 39. Qxe4 Qe8 (39... Bxe5 40. Qg4+ Kf8 41.
Qxc8+ $18) 40. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 b5 $1 10. b3 $2 {Kamsky was taken by surprize and his reaction is
pretty meek. Black will quickly get advantage as his development after 10...
Nc6! is complete and white struggles to get some piece coordination.} (10. cxb5
Qb6 (10... a6 11. Nf5 axb5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. Nxb5 Bc6 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6
16. O-O Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qf6 18. Rfd1 Nc7 19. a4 Ra5 20. c4 Rfa8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. Rxd5 {1/2-1/2 Sturua,Z (2600)-Mchedlishvili,M 
(2416)/Batumi 2001}) 11. Nf5 Re8 12. a4 d4 13. a5 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf8
16. Bf4 Qc8 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. O-O Qxb5 19. e3 d3 20. Qc3 c4 21. Nd4 Qb4 {
0-1 Avrukh,B (2525)-Stefansson,H (2540)/Antwerp 1998 (41)}) 10... Nc6 $1 11.
Nxb5 (11. cxd5 Nd4 12. Qd3 b4 13. Na4 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Re8 15. Bxd4 cxd4 16. Nf5
Qc7 17. O-O Nc3 $17) 11... d4 12. O-O (12. Bd2 a6 13. Na3 Nb4 14. Qf5 Bxg2 15.
Nxg2 g6 $17) 12... Nb4 13. Qb1 (13. Qf5 $5 Bxg2 (13... g6 14. Qf4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2
a6 16. Na3 d5 $15) 14. Nxg2 a6 15. Na3 d5 $15) 13... Bxg2 14. Nxg2 d5 $1 {
Naturally Adams is not losing time and opens up the center when white pieces
are not controlling it.} 15. Qf5 (15. cxd5 Nfxd5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Nxd4 Nc3 18.
Qb2 cxd4 19. axb4 Bxb4 $17) 15... dxc4 16. bxc4 a6 17. Na3 Re8 18. Re1 (18. Qf3
Qd7 19. Nf4 Bd6 $17) 18... Qa5 {White knights are cutting a very depressing
picture.} 19. Qf3 (19. Bb2 Rab8 20. Qf3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 Rxb2 22. Qd3 Ng4 $17)
19... Bd6 20. e4 Rad8 $1 (20... Nd7 21. Bd2 Ne5 22. Qb3 Qb6 23. f4 Ned3 24.
Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Nc2 Qc6 $17) 21. Bb2 (21. Bd2 d3 22. Nc2 dxc2 23. a3 Be5 24. axb4
Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. Qe2 (26. Qe3 Rxe4 $19) 26... Bc3 $19) 21... Re5 (21...
Nc6 22. Rad1 Rb8 23. Bc1 Ne5 24. Qe2 Qc3 25. Kh1 Qf3 $19) 22. Re2 Rde8 23. Rae1
R5e6 {Adams is often playing on feeling, there was nothing wrong with a direct
win of a pawn 23...Nxa2!?} (23... Nxa2 $5 24. Qb3 Nb4 25. f3 Qc7 $17) 24. Bc1 (
24. Nf4 Bxf4 25. gxf4 d3 26. Re3 d2 27. Rd1 Nxe4 $17) 24... d3 25. Re3 (25. Rd2
Nxe4 $19) 25... Be5 26. Nf4 (26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Bd4 $19) 26... Bxf4 27.
gxf4 {Kamsky has to play daring moves, since the normal ideas are already
falling short of expectations.} (27. Qxf4 Nxa2 28. Nb1 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 Rxe4 $19)
27... Nxa2 28. e5 (28. f5 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Rxe4 Nxc1 31. Re3 h5 32. Nb1
Qb4 $19) 28... Ng4 $1 29. f5 (29. Qxg4 Rg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 $19) 29... Nxe3 30.
Rxe3 (30. fxe6 $4 Qxe1#) 30... Rb6 31. f6 Nxc1 32. e6 Ne2+ 33. Kg2 Rbxe6 {
Black already had a possibility to play for direct attack as white
counteraction was easy to refute.} (33... Qe1 34. exf7+ Kxf7 35. Qd5+ (35.
fxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rxe8 Qg1+ 37. Kh3 Rh6+ $19) 35... Rbe6 36. Qd7+ R8e7 37. fxe7
Qg1+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Qg2+ 40. Rg3 Qe4+ $19) 34. Rxe6 Qd8 $1 {Covering the
basic rank and easily deciding the issue.} (34... Rd8 35. Re3 Qe1 36. Rxd3 Qg1+
37. Kh3 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Nf4+ $19) 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qg4 (36. Kf1 Qd8 37. Nb1
gxf6 $19) 36... g6 37. Nb1 Qc6+ 38. f3 Qxf6 39. Nd2 Qb2 40. Qg5 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 Be7 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 (7. O-O
$142) 7... bxc5 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rd2 h6 13. Bxf6
Bxf6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Ne4 $6 Be7 16. a3 O-O 17. Rd3 $2 (17. Nc3 Na5) 17... Nb4
18. axb4 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Bxd3 20. exd3 Rb8 21. bxc5 dxc5 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Ne1 Bf6
24. Be4 Rb4 25. Qxa6 Rxb3 26. Nc2 Rb2 27. Ne3 Bd4 28. Re1 Qd6 29. Qa5 Qb6 30.
Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Nc2 Bc3 32. Rd1 f5 33. Bf3 Rb2 34. Ne3 Bd4 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Be2
Rb8 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. h4 Rbb2 39. h5 Bxe3 40. fxe3 e5 41. e4 Kf6 42. exf5 Kxf5
43. g4+ Kf4 44. Kf2 Rxd3 45. Kg1 Rg3+ 46. Kh1 Ke3 47. Bd1+ Kf2 48. Rxe5 Rh3#
0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.11.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qd3 (7. Nc3 Ne4
) (7. Qc2 Be4) 7... c5 (7... Be4 8. Qe3) (7... d5) 8. dxc5 $6 (8. Nc3 cxd4 9.
Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 $14) 8... bxc5 (8... Bxc5 $143) 9. Nc3 Nc6 {/\d5} 10. e4 $2
(10. Bf4 {/\11.Sb5, 11.Tfd1} d5 11. cxd5 exd5) 10... d6 {/\e5, Sd4} 11. b3 (11.
Bf4 Nd7 12. Bxd6 $2 Nde5 $19) 11... Nd7 $1 12. Bf4 Nde5 13. Qd2 (13. Bxe5 dxe5
{/\Sd4}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bf6 15. Rac1 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nd4 17. Bg2 e5 18. Be3
Qa5 {/\19... Dc3} 19. Re1 Qb4 20. Rd3 a5 21. Kf1 Qb6 22. f4 f6 23. f5 Ba6 24.
Rc1 Rab8 25. Kf2 a4 $1 26. Bxd4 (26. Rb1 $2 Bxc4) 26... cxd4 27. bxa4 Qb4 28.
Qxb4 Rxb4 29. Ra3 Rb2+ $1 (29... Rxc4 30. Rxc4 Bxc4 31. a5 Ba6 32. Bf1 $1 $10)
30. Kg1 Rfb8 31. Bf1 Kf8 {/\Kc5} 32. Rb3 (32. c5 $2 Rb1 $1 $19) 32... R2xb3 33.
axb3 Rxb3 34. c5 Rc3 $1 (34... Bxf1 35. Kxf1 $1 (35. cxd6 Ba6 36. Rc6 Bb7)
35... Rc3 (35... dxc5 36. Rxc5 $10) 36. Rxc3 $1) 35. Rb1 Bxf1 36. cxd6 (36.
Kxf1 dxc5 $19) 36... Ba6 37. Rb6 Bc8 38. a5 Ke8 39. a6 Kd7 40. Rb8 Ra3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Couso, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Sollentuna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Qc2 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc3 $6 {Not a serious
mistake just an innacuracy, white can now build his plans around the isolated
d5 pawn structure.} (12... Bxc5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6 (14... Rc8 15. Qb1
Nf6 16. Nxe4 (16. b4 $5 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 h6 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Kg1 hxg5 20. Bd6 Qe6
21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb3 $14 {Kasparov}) 16... Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Qd4 18. Bf3 Qxf2+ 19.
Kh1 Rfe8 20. Rf1 Qd4 21. Rd1 Qc4 22. Qf5 Be3 23. b3 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Rd3
Bxf4 26. gxf4 g6 27. Kg2 Nh5 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Van Wely,L/Germany 2001/ (77)})
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd4 17. Bf3 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 19. Rf1 Qd4 20. Rad1 Qb4
21. a3 Qb5 22. Qf5 Qa4 23. e4 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Van Wely,L/Tilburg 1997/ (33)})
13. c6 $1 Bxc6 (13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Qxe7 $18) 14. Qxc3
Rc8 15. Rac1 Nc5 (15... Bf6 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Ne5 $14) 16. Be5 Ne4 (16... f6 17.
Bf4 Ne6 18. Nd4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 $14) 17. Qd3 Bc5 (17... Re8 18. Red1 $14) 18. Bd4
Bb7 19. Red1 Re8 20. e3 Qd7 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 (21... bxc5 22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Rxd2
Red8 24. Qa3 $14) 22. Nd4 {Savchenko enjoys small, but pleasant pull with his
superior endgame chances.} Qa4 (22... Rec8 23. Rxc5 bxc5 24. Ne2 Nf6 25. Nf4
$14) 23. Qb3 Qxb3 (23... Qd7 $5) 24. Nxb3 Rxc1 (24... Rcc8 25. Nd4 $14) 25.
Nxc1 (25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $14) 25... Kf8 (25... Rc8 26. Nb3 Nf6 27. Nd4
$14) 26. Ne2 Nf6 27. Nc3 Rd8 28. f3 Rc8 (28... Ke7 29. Nb5 a6 30. Nd4 $14) 29.
g4 h6 (29... g5 30. Kf2 a6 31. Bf1 $14) 30. Kf2 Rc5 31. Bf1 Nd7 (31... a6 32.
Rd4 $14) 32. h4 Ne5 33. Rd4 a6 (33... Nc6 $2 34. Rxd5 $16) 34. Be2 b5 $6 {
[%mdl 4096] Black is creating aditional targets for white pieces for no
obvious reason.} (34... Ke7 35. f4 $14) 35. a4 $1 bxa4 36. Rxa4 a5 (36... Nc4
37. Rb4 Rc7 38. e4 a5 39. Rb3 Nd2 40. Nxd5 Bxd5 41. Rb8+ Ke7 42. exd5 Rd7 43.
Rb5 $18) 37. Rd4 Nc4 $2 (37... Bc6 38. h5 $14) 38. Bxc4 $1 Rxc4 (38... dxc4 39.
Na4 Rc6 40. e4 $16) 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. e4 Ke7 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. Kd4 {Weak black
c4 pawn will be the cause for his undoing, white just needs to play with some
caution.} Ba6 43. f4 g6 (43... Bc8 44. f5 f6 45. Nb5+ Ke7 46. Kxc4 $18) (43...
f6 44. Nd5 $18) 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Ke6 (45... Kc6 46. Nd5 Kd6 47. Ne3 (47. f5
gxf5 48. exf5 Bc8 49. Ne3 c3 50. Kxc3 Ke5 $16) 47... c3 48. e5+ $1 (48. Kxc3
Kc5 49. b3 Bb5 50. Nc4 Bc6 51. e5 a4 $132) 48... Kc6 49. Kxc3 Kc5 50. f5 Bb5
51. e6 Be8 52. e7 gxf5 53. Nxf5 Kc6 54. Kd4 a4 55. Ke5 $18) 46. Kc5 f6 47. gxf6
Kxf6 48. Nd5+ Kf7 (48... Ke6 $2 49. Nc7+ $18) 49. Kb6 Bc8 50. Kxa5 Bg4 (50...
Bb7 51. Kb5 $18) 51. Kb4 Be2 52. Kc5 (52. Kc5 Bf3 53. Kd4 g5 54. fxg5 Kg6 55.
Ne3 Kxg5 56. Nxc4) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 78th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2005.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Qc8 12. a3 (12. Be5 Rd8 13. a3 Qd7 14. Bf4
h6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qb3 g5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. e4 c4 20. Qc2 d4 21.
Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bf6 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Qh7+ {1-0 Nogueiras,J-Pogorelov,R/
Alcobendas 1994/ (38)}) (12. Ne5 Rd8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Qb3 Rf8 16.
Nc4 Nb4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. Nd6 Qa6 21. Rxb4 cxb4 22.
Rc7 h5 23. Rxf7 Kh8 {0-1 Ivanov,V-Dragomarezkij,E/Sochi 1996/ (37)}) 12... Rd8
13. b4 $1 $146 {Excellent novelty, that presents black with new problems in
the center.} (13. Qc2 h6 14. Red1 Qe6 15. h3 Rac8 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Qa2 Nc7 18.
Qb1 Nb5 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Aseev,K/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/ (18)}) 13... c4
(13... cxb4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxc8 Rdxc8 16. Ne5 bxa3 17. Bd2 $16) (13... Qf5
14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Rb1 $14) 14. Ng5 Re8 (14... h6 15. Bh3 Nd7 16. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7
17. e4 Nc7 (17... dxe4 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Be6+ Kxe6 (19... Kf6 20. Qh3) 20. Qxg6+
Nf6 21. Nxe4) 18. exd5 Bf6 19. Ne4 $18) 15. e4 dxe4 (15... h6 16. e5 hxg5 17.
exf6 Bxf6 18. Be5 $14) 16. d5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Loginov plays with great energy in
the center. It becomes obvious, that white has achieved much.} Bf8 $2 (16...
Qd7 17. Ngxe4 Rad8 18. d6 $14) (16... Qf5 17. Qd4 h6 18. Ngxe4 Nxd5 19. Nxd5
Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxd5 $14) 17. Ncxe4 $1 Nxe4 (17... Nxd5
18. Qh5 Qf5 19. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 (19... gxf6 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Be4
Qxe4 23. Nxe4 $18) 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Bxb7 $18) (17... Bxd5 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Rxe8 Qxe8 20. Qxd5 $18) 18. Bxe4 h6 (18... g6 19. d6 Qd7 20. Rxc4 $16) 19. Qh5
{After this logical enforcement of attacking pieces black is simply
overwhelemed.} Qd7 (19... Rxe4 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Nxe4 $18) 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bf5
$1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 g6 (22... Qxd5 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qg6+ Bg7 26.
Re8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8+ Bf8 28. Be6+ $18) 23. Bxd7 (23. Be5+ $1 {White alaready
had a pleasant choice of winning continuations.} Kg8 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+
Bg7 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Ne6+ Qxe6 28. Bxg7+ $18) 23... gxh5 24. Nxf7+ Kg7 25. Be6
Re8 (25... Kg6 26. Ne5+ Kh7 27. Nxc4 $18) 26. Bxh6+ (26. Be5+ Kh7 27. f4 Bc8
28. f5 $18) 26... Kg6 27. Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 (13.
Rxc3 bxc5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qd7 16. Rd3 c4 17. Rd2 Qe6 18. Bc3 Rfd8 19. e3
Bc6 20. Qh5 Qg6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. Red1 {1-0 Farago,S-Galindo,R/Budapest 2001/ 
(31)}) 13... Bxc5 14. Qd3 h6 15. Rcd1 Qf6 16. Qxd5 Rad8 17. Qb3 g5 18. Bc1 Na5
19. Qc2 Rc8 20. Qd3 Bc6 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Rd2 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Wilhelmi,C-Richter,M/
Schoeneck 1996/ (54)}) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 e3 15. fxe3 Qe7 16. Qd3 (16. Ne4
Nb4 17. Nxc5 Bxg2 18. Qd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Rfd8 20. Kxg2 Rxd7 21. a3 Nd5 22. Red1
Rad8 23. Kf3 {1-0 Akesson,R-Dvoirys,S/Cappelle la Grande 2000/ (38)}) 16... g6
(16... f5 $2 17. Ne6 Nb4 18. Qc4 $18) 17. Qe4 {White's extra pawn promises
better chances in nearly any endgame.} Na5 (17... Rac8 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Red1
$14) 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Rc7 (19. Bxb7 $6 Nxb7 20. Rc7 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc5 22. Be7
Rfc8 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Rc1 $14) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bd8 21. Rd7 h6 $2 {
Black exposes yet another pawn instead of improving the location of his poor
displaced knight.} (21... Nc4 $1 22. b3 Bxg5 23. Bxg5 Ne5 24. Rc7 f6 25. Bf4
$14) 22. Nf3 Re8 (22... Nc4 23. b3 Na5 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. Red1 $18) 23. Rc1 (23.
Bxh6 Bf6 24. b3 Nc6 $16) (23. Ne5 g5 24. Nxf7 gxf4 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 26. exf4 Bf6
27. e4 Bxb2 28. e5 $18) 23... g5 24. Bd6 Rxe3 25. b4 Bf6 (25... Rxe2+ 26. Kf1
Rxa2 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Ne5 $18) 26. bxa5 (26. Ng1 $1 Ra3 27. bxa5 Rxa2 28. Rcc7
Rd2 29. axb6 axb6 30. Rb7 $18) 26... Rxe2+ 27. Kf1 Rxa2 28. Be5 $6 {White is
simply reckless in realizing his advantage properly.} (28. axb6 $1 axb6 29.
Rcc7 Re8 (29... Rb2 30. g4 Ra1+ 31. Ne1 Rbb1 32. Bg3 $18) 30. g4 Re3 31. Ne1
Ra1 32. Bg3 Bc3 33. Rc8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rb7 Rb1 36. Bf2 Rexe1+ 37. Bxe1
Rxe1+ 38. Kf2 Re6 39. Rxc3 $18) 28... Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxa5 30. Ng4 (30. Re7 Rf8
31. Rcc7 a6 32. Ke2 Ra2+ 33. Ke3 $16) 30... Kg7 31. Ne3 (31. Rcc7 Rf5+ 32. Ke2
Re8+ 33. Ne3 a5 34. g4 Rf6 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Rxe7 a4 $14) 31... Re8 32. Rc3 h5
$1 (32... a6 33. g4 $14) 33. h3 Re6 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 a6 36. Kf2 Ra4 37. Kg3
a5 38. Rd8 Rae4 (38... b5 39. Rd5 b4 40. Rxg5+ Kh6 41. Rh5+ Kg6 42. Rb3 $16)
39. Nf5+ Kg6 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Rf3 Ke5 (41... R6e5 42. Nd4+ Rf4 43. Rxf4+ gxf4+
44. Kxf4 $16) 42. Rxg5 Rg6 43. Nh6+ (43. Rxg6 fxg6 44. Nh4 a4 45. Nxg6+ Kd4 46.
Nh4 b5 47. g5 b4 48. g6 Re8 $13) 43... Rxg5 44. Nxf7+ Kd5 45. Nxg5 Re8 46. Nh7
(46. Rf5+ Kc4 47. Nf7 Re6 48. g5 a4 49. Ne5+ Kc3 50. g6 $18) 46... Kc4 47. Nf6
Ra8 {[%mdl 4096] Benjamin's chances to save the endgame are excellent even
though he will have to give up the rook for the white g pawn.} (47... Re1 48.
Kf2 (48. Rf4+ Kb3 49. g5 Rg1+ 50. Kh4) 48... Re7 49. g5 Rg7 50. Rg3 a4 51. Nh5
Rg8 52. g6 a3 53. g7 Kb4 $14) 48. Rf4+ Kb3 49. Nd5 (49. g5 a4 50. g6 a3 $11)
49... b5 50. Rf3+ Kc2 51. Nc7 Rb8 52. Rf2+ Kb3 (52... Kb1 $2 53. Rf5 b4 54.
Rxa5 b3 55. Rb5 $18) 53. Rf5 Kc4 54. g5 a4 55. Rf4+ Kc3 (55... Kc5 $2 56. Na6+
$18) 56. Nd5+ Kb3 (56... Kc2 57. Nb4+ (57. g6 a3 58. Nb4+ Kb3 59. Rg4 a2 60.
Nxa2 Kxa2 61. g7 Rg8 $11) 57... Kb3 58. Nc6 Rc8 59. Nd4+ Kc4 60. g6 a3 61. g7
Rg8 62. Ne6+ Kb3 63. Rf8 Rxg7+ 64. Nxg7 a2 65. Rf3+ Kb2 $11) 57. Rb4+ Kc2 (
57... Ka3 58. Kg4 $18) 58. Nc7 a3 59. Nxb5 a2 60. Nd4+ Kd3 $2 {Terrible
mistake that throws away the fruits of a long labour.} (60... Kc3 $1 61. Ra4
Kb2 62. Nc2 Rc8 63. Nb4 a1=Q 64. Nd3+ Kb1 $11) 61. Ra4 (61. Ra4 Rb4 62. Rxa2
Rxd4 63. Rf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow-ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Andrianov, Nikolai Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1981.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Rc1
$5 (8. O-O O-O $14 {E18}) (8. Qc2 $5 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 O-O 11. Nd4 e5 12.
Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8 Rfxb8 14. h4 $1 a5 15. a4 $1 Rf8 16. e4 h5 17. O-O-O $1 $16 {
Karpov,An-Yusupov,A/Tilburg/1993/1:0/57/}) 8... Bxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. Bxb7 (
10. Bxc3 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. Qd3 O-O 13. g4 Qg5 14. Rd1 d6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. f4
Qe7 {Douven,R-Van der Wiel,J/NLD-ch/0:1/53/} 17. Nf5 $5 exf5 18. Bxg7 Rfe8 19.
Rd2 $13 {Douven}) (10. Rxc3 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. g4 d6 13. g5 Qd7 14. Re3 Nc6
15. Nf5 Kf8 16. Ng3 e5 $17 {Tatai,S-Toth,B/Budva/1981/0:1 (27)/}) 10... Nxd1
11. Rxd1 e5 (11... c6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bxa8 (14. O-O a5 15. Bxa8 Qc8
16. c5 bxc5 17. Nb3 Qa6 18. Bxb8 Rxb8 19. Rxd7 Rxa8 20. Rfd1 h5 $17 {Busch,
K-Hecht,H/BRD/1989/0:1 (26)/}) 14... Qc8 15. b4 Na6 16. b5 Qxa8 17. bxa6 c5 18.
Nf3 Qe4 19. Rc1 f6 20. a3 $1 $13 {Karpov,An-Salov,V/Rotterdam/1989/0:1/52/}) (
11... O-O $5 12. Bxa8 c6 13. Bf4 Qc8 (13... Na6 $2 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Nxe6 $1
$16) 14. Bd6 Rd8 15. b4 Na6 (15... Qa6 16. b5) 16. b5 cxb5 (16... Nc5 $2 17.
Bxc6 dxc6 18. Nxc6 $16) 17. Bf3 bxc4 $13 {Polovodin,Fedorov,VI}) 12. Nf5 $1 (
12. Nb5 $6 a6 13. Bxa8 axb5 14. cxb5 c6 15. Bb4 (15. bxc6 dxc6 16. Bb4 Qc8 17.
Bd6 Nd7 $19) 15... Na6 $1 (15... Qc7 16. bxc6 dxc6 (16... Nxc6 17. Bd6 Qc8 18.
Bxc6 Qxc6 19. O-O f6 20. Rd2 Kf7 21. Rfd1 $44) 17. Bd6 Qa7 18. Bxb8 Qxa8 19.
Bxe5 $10) 16. bxa6 Qxa8 $17 {Polovodin,Fedorov,VI}) (12. Nf3 $2 Nc6 $1 13. Bc3
Qb8 14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Nd7 $2 Qb7 17. O-O O-O-O $19 {Vyzmanavin,
A-Naumkin,I/Moscow/1983/0:1 (17)/}) 12... g6 (12... Qf6 13. Ne3 $13) (12... Nc6
13. Bxc6 (13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Bh6 (14. Nh5 $5 $40) 14... Qf6 $17) 13... dxc6 14.
Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Bh6 Qf6 16. Nf5+ Ke8 (16... Kg8 17. e4 $16) 17. e4 (17. Ng7+ Ke7
18. h4 Qg6 $1 $17) 17... Rg8 18. h4 Rd8 19. Ke2 $44 {Polovodin,Fedorov,VI}) 13.
Ng7+ Ke7 (13... Kf8 $6 14. Bh6 Ke7 15. f4 exf4 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rxf4 f6 18. Re4+
Ne5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rxe5+ $1 fxe5 21. Bg5+ Kf8 22. Rxd7 Qc6 23. Rxc7 $1 $40 {
Pinter,J-Thomson,C/Edinburgh/1989/1:0 (33)/}) 14. Bxa8 Rg8 $6 (14... c6 $5 15.
f4 $1 Kf8 16. Bc3 Kxg7 17. Bxe5+ f6 18. Bxb8 $1 Qxb8 19. Rxd7+ Kh6 20. Bxc6 Qc8
21. Rd6 $10 {Polovodin,I-Solozhenkin,E/URS/1985/0,5 (41) Inf 39/671/}) (14...
h6 15. Bc3 f6 16. f4 exf4 17. O-O Kf7 18. Nh5 gxh5 19. Rxf4 d6 20. Bxf6 {
Lukacs,P-Ligterink,G/Wijk/1987/1/2-1/2/20/} Qxf6 21. Bd5+ $1 Ke7 22. Rxf6 Kxf6
23. Rf1+ $16) 15. Bh6 (15. f4 {Polovodin,Fedorov,VI} Rxg7 16. fxe5 $5 (16. Bc3
Na6 17. Bc6 Nb8 18. Bg2 $36) 16... Qc8 (16... Ke8 $6 17. O-O c6 18. Bh6 Rg8 19.
Rf6 Qc8 20. Rdf1 Na6 21. Rxf7 $18) 17. O-O c6 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Rd6 $44 Na6 $140
$2 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. Rfd1 f6 22. Bxf6 $16) 15... c6 16. f4 $1 Qc7 17. fxe5 Qxe5
18. Rd3 g5 $4 (18... Qxb2 $5 19. Re3+ Kd8 20. O-O $36 f6 (20... Rxg7 21. Bg5+
Kc7 22. Bf6 Qd2 23. Re8 $16) (20... Qd4 21. Rxf7 Na6 22. Kg2 $1 Nc7 23. Bxc6 $1
$18) (20... f5 21. Bg5+ Kc8 22. Ne8 $16) 21. Rd1 Qxa2 22. Ne6+ Ke7 (22... Kc8
23. Nf8 g5 (23... Qxc4 24. Re8+ Kc7 25. Bf4+ $18) 24. Re8+ Kc7 25. Ne6+ $18)
23. Nc5+ Kf7 (23... Kd8 24. Nxd7 $1 $18) 24. Nxd7 g5 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 26. Rd7+ Kg6
27. Bxc6 Kxh6 28. g4 Qxc4 29. Be4 $18) 19. Re3 $1 $18 Qxe3 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21.
Nxe3 Kg6 22. Rf1 Na6 (22... Kxh6 23. Nf5+ Kh5 24. g4+ $1 $18) 23. h4 gxh4 (
23... Kxh6 24. Nf5+ Kh5 25. g4+ $18) 24. Bb7 Nc5 (24... Kxh6 25. Bxa6 $18) 25.
Nf5 Re8 26. gxh4 Re5 (26... Nxb7 27. h5+ $18) 27. h5+ Kxh5 28. Bg7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-43"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Greet, Andrew"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Ganguly, Surya Sekhar "]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2018.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Scotland"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SCO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nd7 {With his already huge opening repertoire Anish
still managed to find something that he never played before as early as move
3! Judging by Andrew Greet's opening repertoire which is largely based on the
Catalan probably Anish most likely just wanted to find a way to make sure that
White doesn't get a normal Catalan that easily. It’s an old line played by
many strong players and goes back all the way to when players like Lasker and
Capablanca used it followed by many strong players. Nevertheless, it is not as
common as other main moves here.} 4. Nbd2 {It paid off. Andrew after 15 min of
thought decided to stick to a Catalan setup anyways but here Black will not
have any issues with equality.} (4. Nc3 {most principled of course but then a
player who plays mainly Catalan would be reluctant to test this while facing a
somewhat better prepared player :)} Ngf6 {transposes to a completely different
big line and at least it won’t be easy to get a normal Catalan setup here
which was probably Anish's genius idea of playing 3...Nd7.}) (4. g3 {It is
certain that Andrew didn't want to test Anish's preparation and thus started
with Nbd2 before g3. There is nothing wrong with playing g3, just that it gets
to some less analysed position rather quickly.} dxc4 {I guess this is what
bothered White} 5. Bg2 {and now there are many fresh areas like 5...Rb8/Nb6/
Bb4/c6 etc and it would be a tough call to predict what Anish had in mind})
4... Ngf6 5. g3 {Finally the bishop has come to g2 but White is committed to
Nbd2 and Black didn't even have to compromise anywhere. The opening problem is
solved to start with} b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Rc1 c5
11. dxc5 {I don't understand the need for releasing the central tension so
quickly. It just gives away the central battle rather too easily} (11. e3 {
is a normal move with a not so complicated position :)}) 11... bxc5 12. Ne5 {
Also, it didn't make much sense to volunteer to exchange the knight and lose a
few tempi.} Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qb6 14. e3 Rad8 {I am pretty much sure that Anish
would not have played this move had he seen White's little trick here which
only works with the rook on d8} 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Qc2 (16. b4 $1 {a sudden
chance to nullify the centre and get a good square on d4. I actually like
White after this move} Ba6 (16... cxb4 17. Bc7 {[%csl Rd8]}) (16... Qxb4 17.
Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]}) (16... c4 17. a3) (16... Nd7 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Rb1 $14) 17.
bxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nb3 {A random line by the computer but it would
have never happened in the actual game}) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Bf4 $6 {The bishop
definitely doesn't belong on this diagonal.} (17. Ba1 {was called for}) 17...
h6 18. h3 (18. e4 {The engine says this but it’s understandable that one can
get unhappy about playing Be3 after g5.} g5 19. Be3 d4 20. Nc4 Qg6 21. Bd2 Bf8
$36) 18... Nf6 19. e4 $6 (19. Be5 {it was not too late to get the bishop where
it belongs}) 19... Nh5 $1 {I guess by now Anish has seen the brilliant idea} (
19... dxe4 {leads to some forced lines which was not that clear} 20. Nxe4 Nxe4
21. Bxe4 Bd6 22. Bxb7 Bxf4 23. gxf4 Qxb7 24. Rfe1 {also better for Black but
the game continuation is much stronger}) 20. Be3 d4 21. Nc4 Qg6 22. Bd2 Bh4 $3
{and here comes the 19th century move! Anish is a peaceful guy but today he
decided to have the 'beast mode' on for a change ;-)} 23. Rce1 (23. Ba5 {
It would be interesting to know what Anish saw here. With so many tempting
possibilities it is not clear which one is best. I feel he probably would have
just played Rd7 with his huge understanding which is also practically the best.
However, the lines here are quite pretty after d3.} d3 $5 (23... Nf4 {looks
super cool but doesn't work} 24. gxf4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 $1 $11 {
spoils the show}) (23... Rd7 $1 {I think this is what he would have opted for
eventually which in my opinion is most practical and strong enough.}) 24. Qd1
Rxe4 {just because it looks really tempting} (24... Rd4 25. Nd2 Bxg3 {also
good enough}) 25. Bxd8 Nxg3 26. fxg3 (26. Bxh4 Ne2+ 27. Kh1 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Rg4+
29. Kh2 Rg2+ 30. Kh1 Rxf2# {wouldn't it feel nice to mate like this!}) 26...
Re2 27. Qxe2 dxe2 28. Bxh4 exf1=Q+ 29. Rxf1 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qe4+ $1 31. Rf3 g5
32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. g4 {but the question is why get here and bother if it's a
fortress or not when Black could simply play Rd7 without having to calculate
too many lines :P}) 23... Nxg3 $1 {Crushing and brilliant.} 24. fxg3 Bxg3 25.
Ba5 Rd7 {He surely would have played Rd7 in the other line too :)} 26. Qd3 (26.
Rd1 Rxe4) 26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 f5 $1 {cleanest} 28. Kh2 fxe4 29. Qg3 Qxg3+ 30.
Kxg3 {Anish has excellent technique and with +5 evaluation he plays even
better chess} Re6 31. Rc1 Bd5 32. Bf1 Rf7 33. Be2 Rg6+ 34. Kh4 Rg2 35. Bg4 Rxa2
{No rush} 36. Be1 Rf1 37. Ne5 Bxb3 {if the game goes for few more moves he
would not leave the h3 pawn either} 38. Rxc5 Rxe1 39. Rc8+ Kh7 40. Bf5+ g6 41.
Rc7+ Kg8 42. Bxg6 Rg2 {Good to see a nice attacking game by Anish for a change
:)} 0-1

[Event "Vienna Millenium"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1996.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 {The position here is quite typical. If white gets this
position through Petrosian's system of queen's indian, then we will have a
pawn on a3 instead of a rook on e1. But it's not clear which of this move is
more useful.} Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 {Other moves are also possible, but I
wanted to define the pawn structure immediately.} Nxc5 {So black decided to
play with an isolated pawn, I guess that Anatoly didn't like} (11... bxc5 12.
Ne5 {with an idea e4} Nc7 13. Nc4 (13. Qa4 Ne6 14. Rad1 (14. Red1 {Ftacnik} Qb6
15. Nd7 Nxd7 16. Qxd7 Bf6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Qxa2 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. Qc6 Qxe2 23. Re1 Qh5 24. Be3 {0-1 Wyss,T-Jurek,J/Biel
Credis (05)/1995/ (42)}) 14... a5 15. Bc1 Ra6 16. Ng4 Bc6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.
Qa3 Bd4 19. e3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 d4 21. Qc4 Qa8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. exd4 cxd4 24. Qd3
Rfc8 {0-1 Sorensen,T-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch (09)/1988/ (36)}) 13... Ne6 14. Be5)
12. Rc1 (12. Nd4 {Ftacnik} Nfe4 (12... Qd7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. Rc2 Rfe8 15. Nf3
Nce4 16. Ne5 Qf5 17. Nxe4 Rxc2 18. Qxc2 dxe4 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. b3 Rc8 21. Qb1 b5
22. Nd2 Bc5 {1-0 Sanchez,G-Browne,W/US-Open Concord (08)/1995/ (35)}) 13. Qc2
Bg5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. e3 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Rc5 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. Rac1
Rac8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rd1 g6 22. Nd4 h5 23. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Browne,W/San
Francisco (06)/1995/ (45)}) 12... a6 (12... Nfe4 13. Be5 {Moving the bishop to
d4}) 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 {Black is exchanging the bishops in order to gain
some space.} (14... Qd7 15. b4 Ne6 16. Bh3) (14... Nfe4 15. b4 (15. b4 {Ftacnik
} Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc7 $16)) (14... Qd7 $5 {Ftacnik}) 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Qd2 Rad8 (16... Nfe4 {Ftacnik} 17. Qf4 $14) 17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 {
I don't like this decision as without queens White has more possibilities to
manoeuvre his pieces.} (18... Qe7 $142) (18... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 19. b4 Ne6 20. Qe3
$14) 19. gxf4 $14 Kf8 20. e3 Rd6 $6 {Rook is badly placed here. Better is} (
20... Ke7 {Black has to bring the king in the centre.} 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nce2 Rc8
{Or}) (20... Nfe4 $5) 21. b4 Ne6 (21... Nce4 22. Na4 {with an idea f3} (22.
Nce2 {Ftacnik} Rd7 23. a4 $14)) 22. Nce2 Re7 23. a4 $1 {White has to make a
second weakness (a6 pawn) as Nimzovitch wrote in his book. If White prefers to
take control on the c-line by} (23. Rd2 Ne8 $140 24. Rdc2 Rd8 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26.
Rxc6 {Then Black gets counterplay by} d4 27. Rxb6 (27. Nxd4 Nxd4 28. exd4 Rxd4
29. Rxb6 Rxf4 30. Rxa6 Re2 $132) 27... d3 $132) 23... Nd8 24. a5 Bc6 (24... b5
{Leaves Black without any counterplay}) 25. Nc3 (25. axb6 {Ftacnik} Ba4 26. Rd2
Rxb6) 25... Be8 26. Bf1 bxa5 (26... b5 {Is similar to previous note}) (26...
Ra7 $2 27. b5 $1) (26... b5 {Ftacnik} 27. Nce2 Nc6 28. Nxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxc6
30. Nd4 $16) 27. bxa5 Rb7 28. Ra1 $1 {The most difficult move in the game.
Again I followed Nimzovitch's principle and over protected the a5 pawn, which
is the key to White's success} Rc7 $6 {Black didn't find the proper response
to White's idea.} (28... Ne4 {Is refuted by} 29. Ndb5 $3 $18 {Huzman,A} (29.
Nde2 Rbd7) 29... Bxb5 30. Nxe4 {Better is}) (28... Ke7 $142 {or}) (28... Ne6
29. Nxe6+ (29. Rdb1 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Nxd4 31. exd4 Ke7 32. Rb6 Rxb6 33. axb6 Bc6
34. Bxa6 Nd7 35. b7 Nb8) 29... fxe6 30. Rdb1 $14) 29. Na2 Rb7 (29... Nc6 30.
Nxc6 Bxc6 31. Bxa6 $1 Ba4 32. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 33. Nxc1 $16) 30. f3 Ne6 31. Rdb1 Re7
(31... Rxb1 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxb1 Nxd4 33. exd4 Re6 34. Rb6 Bb5 35. Bxb5 Rxb6 36.
axb6 axb5 37. Nb4 $18) 32. Nb4 $16 Nc5 {Sad necessity as loses} (32... Nxd4 33.
exd4 Ra7 (33... Ree6 {Ftacnik} 34. Nxa6) 34. Nxa6 (34. Rc1 {Ftacnik} Nh5 $132)
34... Raxa6 35. Bxa6 Rxa6 36. Rb6 Rxb6 37. axb6 Bc6 38. Rc1 $18) 33. Rc1 Rb7 (
33... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 34. Ra2 $16) 34. Rab1 {Black's pieces are extremly passive
here and time trouble doesn't help} Nfd7 35. Nbc6 Rc7 $138 (35... f6 $5) (35...
Rxb1 {Ftacnik} 36. Rxb1 h5 37. Ne5 $16) 36. Ne5 Ke7 (36... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 37.
fxe5 Rd8 38. Rb6 $16) 37. Rc3 f6 38. Nxd7 Kxd7 39. Rb8 (39. Rbc1 Ne6 40. Nxe6 (
40. f5 $5 {Ftacnik} gxf5 41. Nxf5 Rxc3 42. Rxc3 d4 43. Nxd4 Nxd4 44. exd4 Rd5
45. Rc5 Rxc5 46. dxc5 Kc6 47. Bxa6 Kxc5 48. Bd3 $16) 40... Rxc3 41. Nf8+ Ke7
42. Nxg6+ hxg6 43. Rxc3 d4 $16 {gives Black some counterplay}) 39... Ne6 (39...
Ke7 {Ftacnik} 40. f5 g5 41. Rb6 $16) 40. Rxc7+ Nxc7 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. f5 g5 (
42... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 43. Rh8 $16) (42... Bf7 {Ftacnik} 43. Rh8 h5 44. fxg6 Bxg6
45. Rb8 $16) 43. Ke1 {Black s pieces are not moving and White s King goes to
c5 That`s why Black are forcing matters} Bb5 (43... Bf7 44. Kd2 h5 45. Kc3 h4
46. Kb4 $16) 44. Bxb5 Nxb5 (44... axb5 {Ftacnik} 45. Rb7 Rd7 46. Kd2 $18) 45.
Nxb5 axb5 46. Rxb5 Rc6 (46... d4 {Ftacnik} 47. e4 Rc6 48. Rb7+ Kd6 49. Rb6 Rxb6
50. axb6 Kc6 51. e5 $18) 47. Rxd5 Rc3 (47... Rc2 {Ftacnik} 48. Rd2 Rc3 49. Ra2
Rxe3+ 50. Kf2 Rc3 51. a6 Rc8 52. a7 Ra8 53. Ke3 Kd6 54. Kd4 Kc6 55. Kc4 $18)
48. Kd2 Ra3 49. Kc2 {The simplest decision. Now white are winning the rook for
the a-pawn.} Rxe3 (49... Ra2+ {Ftacnik} 50. Kb3 Rxh2 51. a6 Rh1 52. Ra5 $18)
50. Kb2 Re2+ (50... Rxf3 {Ftacnik} 51. a6 Rf2+ 52. Kb3 Rf1 53. Ra5 Rb1+ 54. Kc4
Rb8 55. a7 Ra8 56. Kb5 $18) 51. Kb3 Rxh2 52. a6 Rh1 53. Kb4 Ra1 (53... Rb1+ {
Ftacnik} 54. Kc5 Ra1 55. Kb6 Rb1+ 56. Rb5 Rd1 57. a7 Rd8 58. Kc6 Rc8+ 59. Kb7
$18) 54. Ra5 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Rb8 (55... Rc1+ {Ftacnik} 56. Kb6 Rb1+ 57. Rb5) 56.
a7 Ra8 57. Kc6 h5 58. Kb7 (58. Ra6 $1 {was even simpler}) 58... Rxa7+ (58...
Rd8 {Ftacnik} 59. a8=Q Rxa8 60. Rxa8 Kd6 61. Re8 h4 62. Re6+ Kd5 63. Rxf6 Ke5
64. Rf8 $18) 59. Kxa7 Kd6 60. Kb6 h4 (60... g4 {Ftacnik} 61. fxg4 hxg4 62. Rc5
g3 63. Rc3 Ke5 64. Rxg3 Kxf5 65. Kc5 Kf4 66. Rg8 f5 67. Kd4 $18) 61. Rc5 h3 62.
Rc2 Ke5 63. Rh2 Kxf5 64. Rxh3 Kf4 (64... g4 {Ftacnik} 65. fxg4+ Kxg4 66. Rh8 f5
67. Kc5 f4 68. Kd4 f3 69. Ke3 $18) 65. Kc5 f5 66. Kd4 g4 67. fxg4 fxg4 68. Rh8
Kf3 (68... g3 {Ftacnik} 69. Rf8+ Kg4 70. Ke3) 69. Kd3 (69. Kd3 {Ftacnik} g3 70.
Rf8+ Kg2 71. Ke2 Kg1 72. Kf3 g2 73. Rg8 Kh1 74. Kf2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Prague m1"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2006.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Ng5 (9. Nh4 b5 $1 {and Black got good counterplay in Kamsky,G-Adams,M/
Wijk aan Zee 2006/ und Schwarz bekam gutes Gegenspiel in Kamsky,G-Adams,M/Wijk
aan Zee 2006/}) 9... h6 ({Of course, I was not in the mood to repeat the
famous blunder Natürlich war ich nicht in Stimmung, den berühmten Kurzschluss
zu wiederholen:} 9... Nc6 $6 10. Nxd5 g6 11. Qd2 $1 $146 Nxd5 $2 (11... Rb8 $5
{Matanovic,A} 12. Nxe7+ $14) (11... Re8 $5 {(Matanovic,A)}) 12. Bxd5 Rb8 $4 (
12... Bxg5 {Matanovic,A} 13. Qxg5 Qxg5 14. Bxg5 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. O-O-O $16
) 13. Nxh7 $1 $18 Re8 (13... Kxh7 {Matanovic,A} 14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16.
Qh6+ Kg8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd5+ $18) 14. Qh6 Ne5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17.
Qxg5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bxc4 19. f4 {1-0 Korchnoi,V-Karpov,A/Moscow (m/21) 18/571
1974/[Matanovic,A] (19)}) 10. Nxd5 ({Victor Kortchnoj was less successful in a
later game Weniger Erfolg hatte Victor Kortchnoj in der späteren Partie} 10.
Nh3 b5 11. Nf4 Nc6 12. cxd5 Nd4 13. Qd1 b4 14. Na4 Bd6 15. O-O Re8 16. e3 Nb5
17. a3 a5 18. Re1 Rc8 19. e4 Be5 {Kortschnoj,V-Stefansson,H/Reykjavik 2000/})
10... Bxd5 11. Bxd5 ({White could get 2 Bs vs 2 Ns advantage by Weiß hätte
sich den Vorteil 2 B gegen 2 N verschaffen können, doch nach} 11. cxd5 hxg5 $1
12. d6 Nc6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxg5 (14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Bxg5 $11) 14... d5 $1 {
but Black is doing well. , steht Schwarz gut.} 15. e3 (15. Bxd5 $2 Nb4) (15.
Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxb2) (15. Rd1 Rad8 $5 {/\
Nd4-e6= Tiviakov,S} (15... Nd4 $5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. e3 Ne6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11))
15... Qe6 {/\ Ne4} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rad8 $5 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Rd2 (19. Bxd5
$2 Nb4 20. Qb3 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Rd8 $17 {/\ 23... Qb2, 23... Rd2})
19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 Qe5 $11 {Balashov,Y-Tiviakov,S/Sankt_Peterburg (zt) 1993/
Inf 57 (20)} (20... Qe6 $5 {Tiviakov,S})) 11... Nc6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nf3 {
It seems that White is slightly better due to Black's doubled-pawns on the
queenside. That's why we can find this assessment in some annotated games in
the database. But I think that the chances are equal. Es scheint, als stünde
Weiß afgrund der verdoppelten schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel leicht besser.
Deshalb finden wir diese Einschätzung in manchen kommentierten Partien in der
Datenbank. Aber ich meine, die Chancen sind gleich.} Qc8 14. O-O Qe6 15. b3 ({
Black didn't face any problems also after Keine Probleme hatte Schwarz auch
nach} 15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rad1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Bf6 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Rd2 g5 20. Be3
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bd4 {Loginov,V-Orlov,A/St Petersburg 1997}) 15... Ne4 16. Bb2 Bf6
17. Bxf6 Nxf6 {Of course, it would be better not to waste a tempo on retake on
f6 and then return the N to e4, but if Black would prepare it by 16...Rfe8,
then 17.Ne5 is unpleasant. Natürlich wäre es besser, für das Wiederschlagen
auf f6 kein Tempo zu verschwenden und dann mit dem N nach e4 zurückzukehren,
doch wenn Schwarz dies mit 16...Rfe8 vorbereitet, dann ist 17.Ne5 unangenehm.}
18. Rad1 Rfe8 {Black is building pressure along the e-line and this gives him
sufficient counterchances. Schwarz baut entlang der e-Linie Druck auf, und
dies gibt ihm ausreichende Gegenchancen.} ({I was hesitating how to place my
rooks, as Ich zögerte, wie ich meine Türme platzieren sollte, denn} 18... Rae8
{is also interesting with idea ist ebenfalls interessant mit der Idee} 19. Rfe1
(19. e3 Ne4) 19... Ne4 20. Nd2 f5 $5 (20... Ng5)) 19. Rfe1 $6 {The rook will
have to return to f1 soon to protect the f2 pawn. Der Turm wird bald nach f1
zurückkehren müssen, um den Bauern f2 zu decken.} ({More precise was  Genauer
war} 19. e3 Ne4 20. Rd3) (19. Rd2 {allows erlaubt} b5) 19... Ne4 20. Rd3 (20.
Nd2 Ng5 21. h4 Nh7) (20. Nh4 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 g5 {
loses a pawn. verliert einen Bauern.}) 20... Qf6 (20... Qf5 $5 {also deserved
attention, building pressure on the b1-h7 diagonal. verdiente ebenfalls
Aufmerksamkeit, um entlang der Diagonalen b1-h7 zu drücken.} 21. Re3 $140 $2
Nxg3) 21. Kg2 g5 $1 {Black is building up pressure and threatening g5-g4.
Schwarz erhöht den Druck und droht g5-g4.} 22. Rf1 ({I think it was worth to
include the h3 and h5 moves: Ich denke, es lohnte sich, die Züge h3 und h5
einzuschalten:} 22. h3 h5 23. Rf1 Rad8 24. Nd2) 22... Rad8 23. Rxd8 ({It looks
tempting to exchange some pieces: Es sieht verlockend aus, ein paar Figuren zu
tauschen:} 23. Nd2 $5 Rxd3 (23... Nd6 24. Nb1 Nf5 25. e3) (23... Nxd2 24. Qxd2
Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Rd8 26. Qc2) 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxd3 {but after , doch nach} Rd4
26. Qc2 Qd6 {the control of the only open line indicates that Black's chances
have to be preferred. deutet die Kontrolle der einzigen offenen Linie darauf
hin, das die schwarzen Chancen vorzuziehen sind.}) 23... Qxd8 24. Rd1 (24. e3
Qf6 25. Ne1 (25. Nd2 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Nxc3 27. Rc1 Rd8) (25. Rd1 $1) 25... Qc3)
24... Qf6 25. h3 h5 (25... b5 $5 {/\ b4 deserved attenton, fixing the weak a2
pawn and strengthening control on the c3 square. kam in Betracht, um den
schwachen Bauern a2 festzulegen und die Kontrolle über das Feld c3 zu festigen.
}) (25... Nc3 $6 26. Rd3 Nxe2 $2 27. Re3 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Nc3 29. e4 {loses a
piece verliert eine Figur.}) 26. Qd3 {After a long thought David finds an
incredible tactical recourse. However, it plays into Black's hands. Nach
langem Nachdenken findet David eine unglaubliche taktische Ressource. Aber sie
spielt Schwarz in die Hände.} ({The simple Das einfache} 26. e3 {seems
sufficient to keep the balance. scheint ausreichend, um die Balance zu halten.}
Qf5 (26... Kg7 27. Rd7) (26... g4 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Nh4 $11) 27. Ne1 g4 28. h4
{But after the strong Doch nach dem starken} Kh7 $1 {/\ Re6-f6 Black's attack
can become strong. kann der schwarze Angriff stark werden.}) 26... Kg7 $1 ({
Of course, not Natürlich nicht} 26... g4 $2 27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Qd7 Qe6 {the
only saving move Der einzig rettende Zug.} (28... gxf3+ 29. exf3 $16) (28...
Re6 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Rh1 gxf3+ 31. exf3 $18) 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Nh2 $11) 27. Qd7
({The immediate Das sofortige} 27. Rf1 {was more stubborn. war hartnäckiger.})
27... Re6 28. Rf1 {Admitting that the queen advance was just a waste of time.
Räumt ein, dass der Damenvorstoß nur Zeitverschwendung war.} (28. Qc8 Qb2 $1 (
28... Nd6 $15) 29. Rd8 Qxe2 30. Rg8+ Kf6 31. Qd8+ Re7 $19) (28. Qd8 g4 $19)
28... Nc3 29. e3 ({It was worth considering to look for counterplay, even
though after Übelegenswert war es, Gegenspiel zu suchen, wenngleich nach} 29.
h4 gxh4 30. Nxh4 Nxe2 31. Qxa7 Qe5 $1 {Black is better. Schwarz besser steht.})
29... Rd6 30. Qxa7 Ne4 $2 {A natural move, Ein natürlicher Zug,} ({but
stronger was aber stärker war} 30... g4 31. hxg4 hxg4 32. Nh2 (32. Nh4 Rd2 33.
Qc7 Nd1 $1) 32... Qe6 {and White is helpless against the mating threats, for
example und Weiß ist hilflos gegen die Mattdrohungen, zum Beispiel} 33. Qb8
Qe4+ 34. f3 Rd2+ 35. Rf2 (35. Kh1 Qh7 36. Qe5+ Kg6) 35... gxf3+ 36. Nxf3 Rxf2+
37. Kxf2 Qc2+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kg2 Qe2+ 40. Kh3 Qxf3 41. Qe5+ Kg6 42. Qxc3 Qh1+
43. Kg4 Qh5+ 44. Kf4 Qf5#) 31. Qc7 ({Or} 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 Qe6 33. Nh2 (33.
Kh3 Rd8 $19) 33... Rd2 $19) 31... g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33. Nh4 (33. Nh2 {is
unsufficient because of reicht nicht aus wegen} Qe6 $1 ({Not so good is Nicht
so gut ist} 33... Qf5 34. Kg1 Rd2 35. Qf4 (35. f3 Ng5) 35... Qxf4 36. exf4 f5
37. Re1 $1 Nxf2 38. Nf1 {with excellent drawing chances mit ausgezeichneten
Remischancen.}) 34. Kg1 Nd2 $19) 33... Rd2 34. Qf4 Qxf4 35. exf4 Kf6 36. Kg1 (
36. a4 Rb2 37. Kg1 Rxb3 38. Ra1 Ke6 $17 {also leads to a difficult ending.
führt ebenfalls zu einem schwierigen Endspiel.}) 36... Rxa2 37. Ng2 Nd2 (37...
Ke6 $5) 38. Rd1 Ke6 (38... Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Ke6 $5) 39. Re1+ Kd7 40. Rd1 Kc7 41.
Ne3 Nxb3 42. Nxg4 {Despite the material balance, Black is close to winning, as
his pawns can run much quicker. Trotz des materiellen Gleichgewichts steht
Schwarz dicht vor dem Sieg, da seine Bauern viel schneller laufen können.} Nd4
$2 {It's natural to centralize one's N, but it allows some counterplay. Es ist
natürlich, den eigenen N zu zentralisieren, doch dies lässt Gegenspiel zu.} ({
Stronger was Stärker war} 42... b5 43. Ne5 f6) ({Or Oder} 42... Rd2 43. Re1 b5)
43. Nh6 $1 f5 ({Probably I had to dare to play Vermutlich musste ich} 43... b5
44. cxb5 cxb5 {wagen} {but I was not sure that I'll win after , aber ich war
nicht sicher, dass ich nach} 45. Nxf7 b4 46. Ne5 {gewinne.}) 44. Kg2 $2 {
Too slow. Zu langsam.} ({White is missing an excellent chance: Weiß verpasst
eine ausgezeichnete Chance:} 44. g4 $1 fxg4 45. f5 Ra3 (45... g3 46. fxg3 Ne2+
47. Kf1 Nxg3+ 48. Kg1 {The king is cut on the 1st rank, but Black has to take
care of the f-pawn. Der König ist auf der ersten Reihe abgeschnitten, aber
Schwarz muss auf den f-Bauern aufpassen.}) (45... Rc2 46. f6 Rxc4 47. Kg2 Ne6
48. Re1 $132) (45... Ra8 46. f6 Rf8 47. f7) 46. f6 Rf3 47. f7 $17 b5 48. Ra1
Kd6 49. Kg2 (49. Ra8 Ne6) 49... bxc4 (49... b4 50. Ra7) 50. Rc1 {with good
drawing chances. mit guten Remischancen.}) 44... Ra8 (44... b5 $5 {was also
interesting, but I decided to prevent the above-mentioned counterplay first.
war ebenfalls interessant, doch ich beschloss, zuerst das oben erwähnte
Gegenspiel zu verhindern.}) 45. Rc1 (45. g4 fxg4 46. Nxg4 Rf8 {winning the
f-pawn. mit Gewinn des f-Bauern.}) 45... Rf8 46. Ra1 (46. f3 Rf6 (46... Kd6 47.
Kf2 b5 48. Ke3) 47. Rh1 b5 48. g4 {seems to be White's last chance. scheint
die letzte Chance für Weiß zu sein.}) 46... b5 47. cxb5 (47. Nf7 bxc4 {doesn't
leave much chances to save the game as well. bietet ebenfalls keine großen
Überlebenschancen.}) 47... cxb5 48. Nf7 b4 ({I saw that also winning is Ich
sah, dass auch} 48... Rxf7 49. Ra7+ Kc6 50. Rxf7 b4 {, but prefered the
simplest way. gewinnt, bevorzugte aber den einfachsten Weg.}) 49. Ne5 b3 50. f3
Kd6 51. Ra6+ Kd5 52. g4 Rb8 53. Nd7 b2 54. Nb6+ Kc6 55. Na4+ Kb5 56. Ra7 b1=Q
57. Nc3+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kiselev, Sergey"]
[Black "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 12. Rb1 $146 (12. Rd1 {Fritz 5.00 
(100s)} Qe7 13. O-O Bf6 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Qe3 O-O 16. Bb4 d6 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. dxe6 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 Rae8 21. Nf4 Bg5 22. Nd5 c6 23. Nc7 Re7 24.
Na6 Rxe6 25. e3 Bd8 26. Rd3 Bb6 27. a4 Re4 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Kg2 d5 30. cxd5 c4
31. Rdd1 Rxd5 32. Kf3 Re6 33. Rxd5 cxd5 34. Nb4 d4 35. Nd5 dxe3 36. fxe3 Rd6
37. e4 Kf7 38. Rxc4 Ke6 39. Kf4 Bd8 40. h4 h6 41. Nc7+ Kd7 {Atalik,S-Greenfeld,
A/Beijing Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/1-0 (55)} (41... Kd7 42. e5 Rd3 43. Nb5 Bb6 44.
Rc3 Rd1 45. Kf5 a6 46. Na3 Bd4 47. e6+ Kd8 48. Rb3 Rf1+ 49. Ke4 Bf6 50. Nc4 Rd1
51. Ne3 Rd4+ 52. Kf5 Kc7 53. Rb4 Rd6 54. Re4 Kd8 55. Kg6 {1-0 Atalik,
S-Greenfeld,A/Beijing Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/[Atalik,S]})) 12... Bf6 13. h4 Qe7
14. Ng5 Nc5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rb5 d6 18. Rxc5 (18. Bxc5 Bxg5 (18...
dxc5 19. Nxe6) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. hxg5 a6 21. Rb1 exd5 $11) 18... bxc5 19. Nxe6
Qxe6 (19... Rfb8 $142 {Fritz 5.00 (100s) war der einzige Versuch}) 20. dxe6
Bxg2 21. Rg1 $2 (21. Rh2 $18 Bc6 22. h5) 21... Bc6 22. h5 Kg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24.
Qc1 Rfe8 25. Bh6+ Kg8 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. e7 Rab8 28. f3 Rb2 29. Qe3 Bd4 30. Qe6+
Kg7 31. Be3 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Kf7 33. Qa3 Rb4 34. Kf2 Rxe7 35. Rh1 Rxc4 36. Qa6 Bd5
37. Qc8 Kf6 38. e4 Rc2+ 39. Ke3 Bf7 40. Qh8+ Ke6 41. Qh3+ Kf6 42. Qh4+ Ke6 43.
Qg4+ Kf6 44. Rh7 Rxa2 45. Qf4+ Ke6 46. Qg5 Ra3+ 47. Kf4 c6 48. Qg4+ Kf6 49.
Qh4+ Ke6 50. Qh3+ Kf6 51. Qh4+ Ke6 52. Kg5 Kd7 53. Qg4+ Be6 54. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {
[#] Hecht Desorganisierte schwarze Position zieht Mattangriff nach sich. Thema:
der aktive König!} 55. Qf4 c4 (55... Bf7 56. Qf6+ Ke8 57. e5 dxe5 58. Qxc6+ Kd8
59. Kf6 Be8 60. Qd6+ Bd7 61. Qe7+ Kc7 62. Qxc5+ $18) 56. Qf6+ Kd7 57. Qg7+ Kc8
58. Kf6 Bd7 59. Ke7 {[%cal Rg7f8,Rf8d8]} Kc7 60. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4d6,Rd4a7]} 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "224"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Ne5 Re8 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. dxc5 Naxc5 14. Nd3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. e3 Rad8 18. Qf1 h5 19. Rc2 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 Bxc3 21.
Rxc3 d4 22. exd4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Rxd4 25. Re3 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Qc6 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Qxh5 {[#]} Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qd2 30. a4 Qd4 31. Qf3 g6 32. h4 a5 33.
h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5 Qe4+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qg5+ Kf8 37. Qe3 Qh8+ 38. Kg2 Qf6 39. g4
Qc6+ 40. Qf3 Qe6 41. Kg3 Qd6+ 42. Qf4 Qd3+ 43. Qe3 Qd6+ 44. f4 Qb4 45. Qd3 Qe1+
46. Kg2 Qb4 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. g5 Qc5 49. Qc4 Qg1 50. Ke4 Qe1+ 51. Kf5 Qe3 52. Qd5
Qh3+ 53. Ke4 Qh1+ 54. Ke5 Qe1+ 55. Kd6 Qb4+ 56. Kc6 Qxf4 57. Kxb6 Qb4+ 58. Ka6
Qc3 59. Qxa5 Qxb3 60. Qe5+ Kg6 61. a5 Qd3+ 62. Kb6 Qd8+ 63. Kb7 Qd7+ 64. Qc7
Qf5 65. a6 Kh5 (65... Kxg5 $2 66. a7 Qe4+ 67. Qc6 Qe7+ 68. Ka6 Qa3+ 69. Kb6 $18
) (65... Qxg5 $2 66. a7 $18) 66. Qc6 (66. g6 $2 Qb5+ 67. Qb6 Qd7+ $14) 66...
Qb1+ 67. Kc7 Qa2 68. Qf6 (68. g6 fxg6 69. Qc5+ g5 70. a7 Qf7+ $13 {Pg5 als
Seitenschutz!}) 68... Qd5 69. Qh6+ Kg4 70. Qc6 Qa5+ 71. Kb7 Qb4+ 72. Ka8 Qa5
73. Qc4+ Kh5 74. Kb7 Qf5 75. a7 Qd7+ 76. Kb6 Qd8+ 77. Qc7 Qd4+ 78. Qc5 Qd8+ 79.
Kb5 Qd7+ (79... Qd3+ $5 80. Kc6 Qe4+ 81. Kd7 {mit evtl. Angriff auf Pf7}) 80.
Kc4 Qa4+ 81. Kc3 Qa1+ 82. Kd2 Qa2+ 83. Ke3 Qg2 84. Kf4 Qg4+ 85. Ke5 Qe6+ 86.
Kd4 Qd7+ 87. Kc3 Qb7 88. g6+ Kxg6 89. Qd6+ f6 90. Qg3+ Kh5 91. Qb8 $18 {
Gewinn laut ENDSPIEL-CD in 12 Zügen (ohne Pf6, der eher hindert, weil Qg7 die
beste Verteidigung wäre. Idee: K-Marsch nach a5.} Qf3+ (91... Qc6+ 92. Kb4 Qe4+
93. Ka5 Qe1+ 94. Qb4 Qa1+ (94... Qh1 $5) 95. Kb6 $18) 92. Kb4 Qe4+ 93. Ka5 Qe1+
94. Qb4 Qa1+ (94... Qh1 $5 95. Qc5+ Kg6 96. Qc2+ Kh6 (96... Kg7 97. Kb6 Qg1+
98. Qc5 Qh1 99. Qc6 Qg1+ 100. Kb7 Qb1+ 101. Kc7 $18) 97. Qd2+ Kg6 98. Qd3+ Kh6
99. Qe3+ Kh7 100. Qe7+ $18) 95. Kb6 f5 (95... Qh1 96. Qa5+ $18) 96. Qe7 Qd4+
97. Kb7 Qd5+ 98. Kb8 Qb5+ 99. Kc7 Qa5+ 100. Kc8 Qa6+ 101. Kd8 Qb6+ 102. Ke8
Qc6+ 103. Qd7 Qa8+ 104. Kf7 Kg4 105. Kg7 Kf4 106. Qc7+ Ke3 107. Qb8 Qg2+ 108.
Kf8 f4 109. a8=Q Qxa8 110. Qxa8 f3 111. Qe8+ Kf2 112. Qe4 Kg3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Bar, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Bg2 a6 14. a4 Nd7 15.
Rb1 Rc8 16. Bh3 Re8 17. e4 Rc7 18. Bg2 c4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bd4 Bc8 21. Bf1 Bxd4
22. Qxd4 Nb3 23. Qd1 Nc5 24. Qc2 Rce7 25. Bxc4 f5 26. Bd3 fxe4 27. Nxe4 Bf5 28.
f3 Qd7 29. b3 Re5 30. Re2 Qe7 31. Rbe1 Nxd3 32. Qxd3 Qf7 33. Nxd6 Bxd3 34. Rxe5
Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Qxf3 36. Re8+ Qf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kf2 {[#] Starker
Defensivläufer im Spiel gegen einen Freibauern bei wenig Bauern auf dem Brett.}
Bc2 39. Nc4 b5 40. axb5 axb5 41. Nd2 Ke7 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd4 b4 44. Ne4+ Kc7
45. Nc5 Kd6 46. Kc4 Bd1 47. Ne4+ Ke5 48. d6 Ke6 49. Ng5+ Kxd6 50. Nxh7 Ke5 51.
Ng5 (51. Kxb4 Kf5 52. Kc4 Bg4 53. h4 Be2+ 54. Kc5 Kg4 $11) 51... Bg4 52. Kxb4
Kf5 53. h4 Bd1 54. Nh3 Bxb3 55. Nf2 Bd5 56. Kc3 Bf3 57. Kd4 g5 58. Ke3 gxh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Vladivostok Zaitsev Memorial"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Endspiel-CD} Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7.
Re1 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Bg5
Qxb3 14. axb3 Nbd7 15. Nd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ra5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc5
Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd2 21. Rc7 Ba6 22. Nxe4 Rxb2 23. Nd6 Bxe2 24. Nxf7 a5 25. Nd6
Rd8 26. Nf5 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Bxd1 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. g4 Bc2 30. Ra7 Bxf5 31. gxf5 {
T - T Motive: T+f+h vs T; beiderseits fehlerhaft gespielte Schlußphase!} Rxb3
32. Rxa5 Kg7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34. Ra6+ Kxf5 35. Rxh6 Kg5 36. Ra6 Rc3 37. Ra5+ Kg6
38. f3 Kf6 39. Ra4 Kf5 40. Kg3 Rc1 41. Ra5+ Kf6 42. h4 Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kf6 44. Rg4
Rc5 45. Rf4+ Kg6 46. Kg4 Rc1 47. h5+ Kh6 48. Rf6+ Kg7 49. Rg6+ Kh7 50. f4 Rg1+
51. Kf5 Ra1 52. Kg5 Rg1+ 53. Kf6 Rh1 54. Rg5 Rf1 55. f5 Ra1 56. Rg6 Ra2 57. Kg5
Rg2+ 58. Kf4 Rf2+ 59. Ke5 Rh2 60. Rg5 Kh6 61. Rg1 $10 Rxh5 $5 (61... Ra2 $10)
62. Ke6 (62. Kf6 Rh2 63. Ra1 Rh4 64. Kf7 Rb4 $1 $10 (64... Kh7 $2 65. f6 $18))
62... Kh7 $2 (62... Rh2 $10 {Endspiel-CD} 63. Kf7 Ra2 64. Rg6+ Kh7 65. Re6 Ra5
66. f6 Ra8 $10) 63. Ra1 (63. Rd1 $1 Rh2 64. f6 Ra2 65. f7 Ra8 66. Ke7 Ra7+ 67.
Rd7 $18) 63... Rh2 64. f6 $2 (64. Kf7 $1 Rh5 65. f6 Rh4 66. Rd1 Rh6 67. Rd2 Rh1
68. Kf8 $1 Rh4 69. f7 Kh6 70. Re2 Rb4 71. Rh2+ Kg6 72. Kg8 $18 {Endspiel-CD}) (
64. f6 $2 Rb2 $1 65. Rd1 (65. Ra7+ Kg6 $10) 65... Rb8 66. f7 Kg7 $10) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Georgiev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1
d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rf1 Nxc3
14. Rxc3 Nf6 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Ne1 Qf6 17. Nd3 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Qc1 Rac8 20.
Rd1 g6 21. Bh3 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Ng5 23. Bg2 Ne6 24. Qd2 a5 25. b4 Ra8 26. h4 h5
27. bxa5 bxa5 28. Qb2 Ba6 29. Qf6 Qd8 30. Qe5 Bc4 31. Bh3 Qb6 32. Rd2 Re8 33.
Qf6 Bxd3 34. Rxd3 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxa2 36. Rf3 Nd8 37. Bd7 (37. Be6 $3 {Georgiev}
Rxe6 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. Qc7 $1 Rf6 40. Qe5 $18) 37... Rf8 38. Re3 (38. Bf5 {
Georgiev} Qxe2 39. Bxg6 Qe6 40. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (40... Rxf7 $1 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42.
Rxf7+ Qxf7 43. Qxa5 Qxf2+ $11) 41. Qg5+ Qg7 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. Qxd8+ Kf7 44.
Qxd5+ Kf8 45. Qxa5) 38... Qc2 39. Re7 (39. Re5 $1 $18 {Georgiev} a4 (39... Qc7
40. Re7) 40. g4 hxg4 41. h5 Qc1 42. e3 $1 g3+ 43. Kxg3 Qg1+ 44. Kh4 Qh2+ 45.
Bh3 $18) 39... a4 40. g4 hxg4 41. h5 Qc1 42. Kg2 Qh6 43. hxg6 Qxg6 44. Qxg6+
fxg6 45. Bxa4 {[#] Aufbau einer Festung von T+S gegen T+L bei ausgesperrtem
weißen König und später bei K+S gegen K+L bei blockierten weißen Freibauern.}
Nf7 46. Bb3 $2 {Erfordert e4, um den Bd5 erobern zu können. Danach erreicht
Schwarz eine Blockadestellung. Der e-Bauer sollte auf e2 bleiben. Besser war
daher nach Georgiev:} (46. Rd7 Kg7 (46... Rd8 47. Rxd8+ Nxd8 48. Bb3 $16 {
[%csl Rd5,Rg4]}) 47. Rxd5 $18) (46. Re6 $16) (46. Bc2 $16) 46... Rd8 47. e4 Kf8
48. Ra7 Ne5 49. Bxd5 Rd7 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Kg3 Rd8 52. Ra7+ Rd7 53. Ra1 g5 $1 {
[%cal Yg5f4,Yg5h4]} 54. Rh1 Kd6 55. Rh5 Rg7 56. Rh6+ Kc5 57. Be6 Rg6 58. Rxg6
Nxg6 59. Kxg4 Nf4 60. Bf5 (60. Kf5 Nd3 $8 61. Bb3 Nxf2 62. e5 g4 $11 {
(Georgiev)}) 60... Kd4 61. Kxg5 Ke5 62. Kg4 Nd3 63. Kf3 Nf4 64. Bc8 Nd3 65. Bb7
Nf4 66. Kg4 Nd3 67. f3 Nf4 68. Ba6 Ng6 69. Bc4 Nf4 70. Kg3 Nh5+ 71. Kf2 Nf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 O-O 11. Nd4 (11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Nd4 a5 $1 13. Ncb5 Bxd4 14.
Nxd4 e5 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. O-O Ba6 17. Na3 f5 18. f4 Qe7 $10 {Ehlvest,J-Emelin,V/
St. Petersburg op(08)/1-0/41/}) 11... Bxd4 $146 (11... e5 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8
Rfxb8 14. h4 a5 15. a4 $5 Rf8 16. e4 $14 {Karpov,An-Yusupov,A (2)/Tilburg (05)
1993}) 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 f5 14. O-O f4 $5 (14... Nd7 15. f4 exf4 16. gxf4 $14
) 15. gxf4 $6 (15. Ne4 a5 16. b3 $14) 15... exf4 16. Kh1 Nd7 $6 (16... Qh4 $1
17. Qd4 Nd7 18. e3 Qh6 $13) 17. Bh3 Ne5 18. b3 Qh4 $6 (18... Bc8 $10) 19. Be6+
Kh8 20. f3 Rae8 (20... Rf6 21. Rg1 Rh6 22. Rg2 $16) 21. Rg1 Rf6 $6 (21... Bc8
22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne4 $14) 22. Rg2 Rh6 23. Qd4 a6 24. Ne4 Re7 25. Rag1 Bc6 26.
Qf2 $2 (26. b4 $1 Bd7 27. Ng5 $16) 26... Qxf2 27. Rxf2 a5 28. Rg5 Bd7 29. Bxd7
Rxd7 30. Rf5 Rf7 31. Rxf7 Nxf7 32. Rg2 Rh5 33. Nc3 Re5 34. Nb5 Re7 35. Nd4 Re3
$1 $10 36. Kg1 (36. Nf5 Rc3 37. Rxg7 Nh6 38. Rg5 Nxf5 39. Rxf5 Rc2 40. Rxf4
Rxe2 41. Rf8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 Rxa2 43. Rxc7+ Kg8 $1 44. Rc6 Rb2 45. Rxd6 (45. Rxb6
a4 $132) 45... Rxb3 $10) 36... a4 37. Kf2 g5 38. h4 h6 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rg1
Kh7 41. Ke1 Kg6 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Rh1 axb3 44. axb3 Ke5 45. Nc6+ Kf6 46. Nd4 Ke5
47. Nc6+ Kf6 48. Nd4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 44th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2016.07.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Buhmann, Rainer"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 {A rare
variation, also known as the "old" theory. The only reason White would want to
enter this variation is to force a draw - there simply isn't much more to be
found.} (7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 9. Qc2 $5 $14) (7. Re1 $5 {Attempting to take
control over e4, this variation is still one my favorite responses to this
variation!}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6
(12... Nba6 $5 13. Re1 Re8 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nh6+ Kh8 {
0-1 Kozul,Z (2602)-Alekseev,E (2700)/Rijeka CRO 2010}) 13. exd5 cxd5 (13...
Nxd5 $6 {There is no reason to exchange the knights. Black's knight could
serve both defensive and attacking purposes (on e6) - unlike the knight on c3.}
14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3 Na6 16. Nxd5 Nc5 17. Be3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qe7
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc3 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bb3 g6 24. Qg4 Kg7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Harika,D (2528)-Adams,M (2758)/Douglas ENG 2014}) 14. Bf4 Nba6 15. Re1 Bc8 (
15... Qd7 $6 16. Bh3 Qd8 $1 (16... Ne6 17. Ne4 $1 Bxb2 18. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Xu Jun
(2498)-Wang Yue (2709)/Hefei CHN 2011}) 17. Nd6 $14) 16. Nd6 $5 {The
alternative variation to the obvious 16.Nd4 draw! Now, White attempts to take
the advantage. The problem is that the knight on d6 could become a problem if
the position is handled incorrectly.} (16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nf5 $11) 16... Bxc3 $5 (
16... Be6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h4 $14)
17. bxc3 Be6 18. a4 $1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal Ga4a5] By far the best move in the
position! It is also quite easy to reach the conclusion of why that is... Just
ask yourself the question - how can I improve my position?} Nc5 19. h4 $6 {
A huge waste of time! Buhmann should have continued his idea from the previous
move.} (19. a5 $1 b5 (19... Ne8 $6 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. c4 $16) 20. Rb1 Qd7 21. c4
dxc4 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxc4 Qxd1 24. Rexd1 Nd5 25. Rxb5 Nc3 26. Rxc5 Nxd1 27.
Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ra7]}) 19... Qd7 20. a5 Bg4 21. f3 $6 {[%csl Rg2] A crucial
mistake, and the beginning of the end!} (21. Bf3 $142 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 bxa5 23.
Rxa5 Nb3 24. Ra2 Nc5 25. Ra5 $11) 21... Be6 $15 22. g4 $6 {Another move that
is a complete waste of time - even though it is not completely pointless.
White prepares a future retreat to f5 with the knight, but completely ignores
the biggest problem in the position - the bishop on g2.} (22. axb6 $142 axb6
23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf1 $15) 22... Qc6 $6 (22... bxa5 $1 23. Rxa5 Qc6 24. Kh1
Rfd8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nb5 $17) 23. Rb1 $2 (23. axb6 $142 {... Attempting
to fix the mistake from the previous move.} axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bf1 Rd8 26.
Nc4 Bd7 27. Ne5 Qb7 28. Be3 Bc8 29. Bf2 $132) 23... Rad8 {[%csl Rd6] At this
point, it's either the knight on d6 that is doomed or White's pawn structure.}
24. axb6 axb6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nb5 27. Be5 Rfe8 $19 {[%csl Yb5,Yc5,Gc6,
Gd8,Ge8]} 28. f4 f6 (28... Ne4 $142 29. Kh2 Nbxc3 30. Rc1 Qh6 $19) 29. c4 fxe5
30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Qxd5+ Qxd5 32. cxd5 Nc3 (32... Nd4 $142 {[%cal Gd4f3] The
more logical alternative...}) 33. Rxb6 Nxd5 $2 {A slight oversight which leads
to an almost drawish position!} ({The easy win was:} 33... Nd3 $1 34. Ra1 Nxf4
$19) 34. Rd6 $4 {Buhmann returns the favor...} (34. Rxe5 $3 Nxb6 35. Rxe8+ Kf7
36. Re5 Nd3 37. Rb5 Nc8 38. Kg2 Nxf4+ 39. Kf3 Nh5 40. Kg4 Nf6+ 41. Kf4 $132 {
Even though the position is still fairly close to being won, it doesn't seem
like Black can make any progress due the lack of pawns in the center to
support his knights. Now, draw seems to be the most likely outcome!}) 34...
Nxf4 35. Ra1 e4 36. Rc6 e3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game with Kortschnoj is always something special.He's already a legend-no
question!But even more:being 66 years old he still remains a great player
whose source of energy seems to be infinite.Hard to believe:he played 5th or
6th tournament in a row! It's even more special to play against Viktor in St.
Petersburg.After so many years the audience which belonged mainly to my
opponent's generation ( young Russians,unfortunately,have a lot of other
things to do ) came to see their hero in action.So I tried to do my best.} 1.
d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6
9. Qc2 Qe7 (9... Nd6 10. Bf4 $14) 10. Rd1 (10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 exd5 12. cxd5
(12. Nd4 O-O $13) 12... Bxd5 $13 {Hulak-Naumkin/Palma-GMA/1989 (20)}) (10. Nxe4
fxe4 11. Qxe4 exd5 12. Qf4 dxc4 $13) 10... exd5 {This line was a bit
unexpected to me as I was counting mostly on QGA.So the last move came as a
surprise:I thought that the main move 10...Na6 (the speciality of Rosentalis)
is the only reasonable one and strangely enough decided that my opponent just
forgot the theoretical line.It was rather naive but somehow helped me to win
this game.As a matter of fact the text move was played before and brought
Black good practical results.I think it's strategically dubious and include
extensive opening analysis just to prove my point of view.} (10... Na6 11. O-O
Nd6 (11... Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. Nb5 O-O (13... Na6 $6 14. Nxc7+ $1 Nxc7 15. Qxb6
$16) (13... Rc8 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Nfd4 $14) 14. Nxc7 (14. Bxb4 Qxb4 $1 (14...
axb4 $2 15. Nxc7 Rac8 16. Nb5 $16) 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 Rfe8
18. Ned4 Rxc4 $44 {Epishin,V-Rotstein,A/FRA/1994/0:1/40/ (20)}) 14... Rac8 15.
a3 Rxc7 (15... Nc5 16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne1 $16 {Magerramov,
E-Marinelli,T/Budapest 1990}) 16. axb4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qxb4 (17... axb4 18. Ne4
$18) 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. d6 $1 Bxg2 20. dxc7 $16 {Shneider,A-Cosma,I/Belgrade 63/
455 1995/1-0 (45)}) (11... Nac5 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nb5 exd5 15. cxd5
Bxd5 16. Qb1 $14 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Marinelli,T/Formia op 1995 (34)}) (11... O-O
12. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 13. Qxe4 Nc5 (13... Rae8 14. Be3 $1 $16 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Rozentalis,E/Malmo (03) 1993 (27)}) (13... Bxb2 $2 14. Ng5 g6 (14... Rf5 15.
Qh4 h6 16. d6 $18) 15. d6 Qxd6 16. Qxb7 Nc5 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Bxa8 $16) (13...
exd5 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Nd4 $16) 14. Qb1 $1 exd5 15. cxd5 Qxe2 16. Ng5 $14) (
11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 $14) (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 O-O 13. dxe6 $14) 12. Nb5 (12.
dxe6 dxe6 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Be3 $14 {Petursson,M-Rozentalis,E/Malmo 1993}) 12...
Nxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bb4 Be4 16. Qc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,
H-Rozentalis,E/EU-Cup Lyon 1994 (32)}) 11. cxd5 {No real choice:11.Nd5 gives
Black good Benoni-like counterplay.} (11. Nxd5 $6 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qc5 $1 13. Qxc5
bxc5 14. Bc1 Na6 $15 {Olafsson-Arnason/Kopavogur/1994 (19)}) 11... c5 $6 {
It was just too much for me:Black can't ignore basic positional rules (king
safety first) so calmly.I considered only 11...0-0 (please remember:I had no
idea that we were following some recent game).After the text move I spent
about 30 minutes looking for the immediate refutation.Believe or not:I found
it!} (11... Qc5 $6 12. O-O Bxc3 (12... Bxd5 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Rxd5 Bxc3 15. Rxf5
$16) (12... O-O 13. Be3 Qc4 14. Bd4 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bxd5 (15... Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Qc5
17. Nh4 g6 18. g4 $1 $16) 16. Bxf6 Be4 17. Nd2 $1 $18) 13. Bxc3 O-O (13... Bxd5
14. Rxd5 $1 Qxd5 15. Ng5 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe6 19. Bf5
$16) 14. Nh4 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 g6 16. e4 $16) (11... O-O 12. O-O Na6 {Probably
the best:White has only slight advantage after this move.} (12... c5 {At this
stage this move makes more sense but is not enough to equalise either.} 13.
dxc6 $1 (13. Bf4 $14 {- 11...c5 12.0-0 0-0}) 13... dxc6 14. Bf4 $1 {The right
plan is to exploit weak square d6.} (14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd4 c5 16. Qb3+ Kh8 $1 (
16... Rf7 17. Nb5 (17. Nf5 Qe5 $13) 17... Nc6 18. Be3 $16) (16... Qf7 17. Qxf7+
Rxf7 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Bc3 $16) 17. Nf5 (17. Ne6 Re8 $13) 17... Qe5 $15) 14...
Bxc3 (14... c5 15. Nb5 Nc6 16. Nd6 Nxd6 (16... g6 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. Nd2 $1 Nxd2
(18... Nd4 19. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 20. Bxe4 $18) 19. Rxd2 $16) 17. Bxd6 Qe4 18. Qd2 $1
Rfd8 (18... Nd4 19. Nh4 $18) 19. Nh4 $16) (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 c5 16. Bd6 Qe4
17. Rd3 Rf7 18. Re3 $1 Qc6 19. Nh4 $16) 15. bxc3 c5 (15... Nd7 16. Nh4 $1 $16)
16. Qb3+ Kh8 (16... Qf7 17. Qxf7+ (17. Ne5 Qxb3 18. axb3 Re8 $13) 17... Rxf7 (
17... Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Ne6 $18) 18. Rd8+ Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Ng5 $16)
17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Bxg5 Qc7 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qe6 $1 (21. Bd6 Re8 22.
Bxc5 Nc6 23. Be3 Ne5 $14) 21... Qe4 (21... Nc6 22. Rd7 Qc8 23. Bh6 $1 (23. Rfd1
Rf6 24. Qd5 $14) 23... gxh6 24. Rfd1 Qe8 25. Qxc6 $16) 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Rd6
$16) (12... c6 13. dxc6 $1 $16 {- 12...c5} (13. Nxe4 Qxe4 $1 (13... fxe4 14. d6
Qxd6 (14... Qe6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 c5 17. Be7 Re8 18. a3 $16) 15. Ng5 Qe5 (
15... Bxg5 16. Bxg5 $16) 16. Nxe4 Qxb2 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bb4 $16) 14. Qxe4
fxe4 15. dxc6 Nxc6 $15)) 13. Bf4 Nxc3 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rae8 (14... Qc5 15.
Nd2 $14) 15. c4 Nac5 16. Nd4 $14) 14. bxc3 Rae8 (14... Qe4 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16.
Nd2 Bxc3 17. Nxe4 Bb4 18. d6 c6 $14) 15. Nd4 (15. d6 Qxe2 16. Qxe2 Rxe2 17.
dxc7 Rc8 $11) 15... Qc5 (15... Bxd4 16. d6 $1 $18) 16. Qb3 (16. Qxf5 Qxc3) (16.
e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 g6 $13) 16... Kh8 17. Be3 $14) 12. dxc6 (12. Bf4 Na6 13. O-O (
13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Nb4 15. Qxe4 Bxd5 16. Qxe7+ Kxe7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 $11) 13...
Nb4 (13... O-O $5 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Nd2 $14) 14. Qb3 c4 15. Qxc4 Rc8 16. Qb3
$13 {van der Sterren,P-Arnason,J/Moscow olm 1994/1/2-1/2 (45)}) (12. O-O Na6 (
12... Nxd2 $2 13. Nxd2 $16 {/\d6,Qf5}) (12... O-O 13. Bf4 Na6 (13... Re8 14.
Nd2 $1 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxe2 16. Bf3 Qb5 17. Qxf5 $16) 14. Nxe4 fxe4 (14... Qxe4
15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nd2 Nb4 (16... Bxb2 17. Nxe4 Nb4 {- 16...Nb4}) 17. Nxe4 Bxb2
18. Rd2 Bd4 19. e3 Bf6 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21. a3 Na6 22. e4 $16) 15. Nd2 Nb4 (15...
g5 $2 16. Nxe4 gxf4 17. d6 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qe8 19. Qc4+ $18) 16. Qxe4 Nxd5 (16...
Bxd5 17. Qxe7 Bxe7 18. Ne4 $14) (16... Qxe4 17. Nxe4 $16 {- 14...Qe4}) 17. Qxe7
Bxe7 18. Be5 Bc6 19. Nc4 Nf6 20. Bxc6 dxc6 21. f3 $14) 13. Nxe4 (13. Bf4 {
-12.Bf4}) 13... fxe4 (13... Qxe4 14. Qxe4+ fxe4 15. Ng5 e3 16. Bxe3 Bxb2 17.
Ne4 $16) 14. Nh4 $1 (14. d6 Qe6 $1 (14... Qxd6 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17.
Bxg5 Nb4 18. Qb1 $16) 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nb4 17. Qc3 O-O 18. a3 Nd5 19. Qc4
Rae8 $13) 14... Bxd5 (14... Bxh4 15. gxh4 Bxd5 16. Bg5 $16) 15. Bc3 $1 (15. Nf5
Qe6 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 O-O $13) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 $14) 12... dxc6 {[#]} (
12... Nxc6 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. O-O $16) (12... Bxc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 $16) 13.
Nxe4 $5 $146 {It's so easy:White is going for the weak pawn e4.The obvious
question:what to do with Nf3 after recapture is,however,decided in a less
obvious way.} (13. O-O Na6 (13... O-O 14. Bf4 {- 11...0-0 12.0-0 c5}) 14. Bh3 (
14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Ne1 c5 16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 $11) 14... Bxc3 15. Bxc3
O-O 16. Be5 $14 {1-0 Horvath, Cs-Miniboeck, G./AUT-chT 95/96 (03) 1995 (28)})
13... fxe4 (13... Qxe4 {Allows Black to keep material balance but the
resulting ending (or better to say middlegame without queens because White's
advantage lead is a decisive factor) is quite bad for him.} 14. Qxe4+ (14. Qb3
$6 Ba6 15. O-O Bc4 $13) 14... fxe4 15. Ng5 Bxb2 (15... e3 16. Bxe3 Bxb2 17. Ne6
Na6 (17... Bc3+ 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Bf4 Bc3+ 20. Kf1 Na6 21. Rc1 $16) 18. O-O $16)
16. Bxe4 g6 (16... h6 17. Bb4 $1 $18) 17. Ne6 Na6 18. Bg5 Rc8 (18... Bc3+ 19.
Kf1 Rc8 20. Rd3 Bb2 21. Kg2 $16) 19. O-O $16 Nb4 $6 20. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 21. Nxd8
Ba8 22. Rb1 Bc3 23. Rb3 $18) 14. Nh4 $1 {Columbus egg.} Bxh4 (14... c5 15. Nf5
Qe5 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd6+ Ke7 (17... Kf8 18. Nxe4 Qxb2 19. Qd3 Nc6 20. Qd5 $18
) 18. Nxe4 Qxb2 19. Qd3 Qd4 (19... Rd8 20. Qxd8+ Kxd8 21. Bc3+ $18) 20. Qf3 $16
) 15. gxh4 O-O $1 {If Black tries to keep material balance at any price he
will pay for this too high:his queen side will be paralised.} (15... Qxh4 16.
Qxe4+ Qxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd7 (17... O-O 18. Bc3 Re8 19. Rg1 g6 20. f3 $18) 18. Bc3
Nc5 (18... Nf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rg1 $18) 19. Bc2 O-O (19... Ne6 20. Rg1 Ke7
21. Rg3 $18) 20. b4 Ne6 21. Rd7 $18) 16. Qc4+ {Probably too subtle:I couldn't
stop myself playing for a nice trap.Direct 16.Qe4 was easier.} (16. Qxe4 $5 Qf7
(16... Qxe4 17. Bxe4 $18 {Since 17...c5 is impossible White will not face
great technical problems to convert his extra pawn.}) 17. O-O Nd7 {If Black
will bring his queenside rook to e8 he will get good counterplay.However...}
18. Bb4 $1 {This nice move leaves Black without visible compensation for the
pawn.} Rfe8 19. Qf3 Nf6 20. Bc3 $16) 16... Qf7 {The only move.} (16... Kh8 17.
Bg5 Qe5 (17... Qc7 18. Qxe4 $18) 18. Qf7 $1 {A smart trap I was playing for.}
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Qc5 20. Be7 $18) 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bxe4 $16 c5 $5 {Black has to
change the bishops as} (18... Nd7 {is strongly met by} 19. Bc2 $1 Nf6 (19... c5
20. Rg1 $16) 20. e4 $1 Re8 (20... Nxe4 21. Bb3 c5 22. Rg1 $16) 21. f3 Ba6 22.
Rg1 $16) 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Bc3 {So finally we are in the technical phase:
active pieces and extra pawn must be enough for win.Some technique is,however,
required (especially against Korchnoi who is the great master of stubborn
defence ).} Nc6 21. Rg1 (21. Rd6 $5 Ne7 (21... Nb4 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Rg1 $18) (
21... Rc8 22. Rg1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. Kd2 Rf7 25. f3 $18) 22. e4 (22. h5 Nf5
23. Rd5 Rf8 (23... Rf7 24. Rg1 $16) 24. Rg1 Re7 25. Kd2 $16) 22... Re8 $14)
21... Re8 22. Rg5 Re4 (22... Rbe7 23. e3 $16) 23. h5 (23. Rd6 Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4
25. h5 Rbe7 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Rf5+ Ke6 28. Rf3 (28. Rdd5 g6 $11) 28... Rh4 $14)
23... Rbe7 (23... Nd4 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rd5 $16) 24. e3 (24. Bf6 $5) 24... Nd4
(24... Rh4 $2 25. Bf6 Rf7 26. Rxg7+ Rxg7 27. Bxh4 $18) (24... h6 $5 25. Rgd5 (
25. Rg2 Nd4 26. Kf1 Nb5 $14) 25... Rh4 26. Rd7 $1 Kf7 (26... Rxh5 27. Rxe7 Nxe7
28. Rd7 Nf5 29. Rxa7 Rxh2 30. Rb7 $16) 27. R1d6 Rxh2 28. Rxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rd7 $16
) 25. Kf1 h6 (25... Ne6 26. Re5 $1 Rxe5 (26... Rh4 27. Rd8+ $1 Nxd8 28. Rxe7
$18) 27. Bxe5 $18) 26. Rd5 Nb5 {Definitely not the best square for the knight
but Black had no real alternative.} (26... Nf3 27. Rf5 $1 Nxh2+ (27... Ng5 28.
Rd8+ Re8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd5 Ne4 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 $18) 28. Kg2 Ng4 29.
Rd8+ Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rf4 Nf6 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Rxf6 $18) 27. Be1 Rf7 $6
{Simplifies White's task.Now Black will have two bad pieces:Knight and King.
Combining the threats to both White breaks through directly.} (27... Kf7 {
(with the idea Nb5-c7-e8-f6-h5) was the best survival chance:at least I had to
find the next move.} 28. Rd7 $1 (28. Rf5+ Ke6 29. Rf8 Re5 $13) (28. h3 Nc7 29.
Rd7 (29. Rd8 Rh4) 29... Ne8 $13) 28... Rh4 (28... R4e5 29. R1d5 $16) (28... Nc7
29. f3 $1 Rxe3 30. Bh4 Rxf3+ 31. Kg2 $18) (28... Ke6 29. Rxe7+ Kxe7 30. Kg2 $16
) 29. Kg2 Rxh5 30. f4 $16) 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. R1d7 $1 {Now and then Black can't
afford rook exchange as he needs both: one to defend his own weaknesses and
the other to attack White h-pawns.} (29. Rb8 Rf5 $13) 29... Rf5 (29... Ree7 30.
Rxe7 Rxe7 31. a4 Nc7 32. a5 $1 b5 33. Rd6 $18) 30. Rd5 Rf6 (30... Rxd5 31. Rxd5
Rc4 (31... Rh4 32. Rd7 $1 $18) 32. f3 Rc2 33. Rd2 Rc1 34. a4 Nc7 35. Rd7 $18) (
30... Rf7 31. R8d7 $1 (31. Rb8 Rh4 32. f4 Rxh2 33. Bg3 Nc7 $13) (31. Rc8 Rh4 (
31... Rc7 32. Rb8 $18) 32. f4 Rxh2 33. Bg3 Rxb2 34. Rdd8 g5 35. Rh8+ Kg7 36.
Rcg8+ Kf6 $13) 31... Ree7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. a4 Nc7 34. Rf5 $18) 31. Rb8 $1 {
White exploits mating motives to force the favourable rook exchange.} Rd6 (
31... Rh4 32. f4 Rxh2 33. Bg3 Nc7 (33... Rxb2 34. Rdd8 $18) 34. Rd7 Na6 35.
Rbb7 $18) (31... Nd6 32. Bc3 Rfe6 33. Ra8 Ra4 34. a3 $18) (31... Rxe3 $2 32.
Rdd8 $18) 32. Rf5 {Not here,on f6 please.} Rf6 (32... Rh4 33. f3 Rxh2 34. Kg1
Re2 35. Rff8 Rxe1+ 36. Kf2 $18) 33. Rxf6 gxf6 34. Rd8 {Now my position is
easily won.The most accurate way was probably 34.Rb7 but once more I tried to
hide my intention which is just to collect Black knight somehow.} (34. Rb7+ $5
Kg8 35. Rd7 $18) 34... c4 $2 $138 {Time-trouble blunder.Now the game is over.}
(34... Rc4 35. Ke2 Kg7 36. f3 $18) (34... Re7 35. a4 Nc7 36. Bc3 Kg7 37. Kg2
$18 {and White king is marching to f5.}) 35. a4 c3 36. axb5 cxb2 37. Rd1 Rc4
38. Bd2 $1 $18 {The last accurate move in time-trouble.} (38. Rb1 Rc2 $13 {
would complicate matters.}) 38... Rc5 39. Rb1 Rxb5 40. Bc3 Rc5 41. Bxb2 Rb5 42.
Ke2 a5 43. Kd3 a4 44. Kc2 Rc5+ 45. Bc3 b5 46. Kd3 Rxh5 47. Bxf6 {Kortschnojs
only loss in the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Politiken Cup 18th"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 Nc7 12. Nh4 Ne6 13. Nf5 Nxf4 14. gxf4 c4 15.
Qd2 Bb4 16. a3 Ba5 17. f3 Re8 18. Ng3 h5 {This game didn't fit neatly into any
of the sections, but it is still worth looking at. It occurs quite commonly
that the h-pawn is used to attack a knight on g3, and here it goes on to
deflect the bishop away from defending the centre.} 19. f5 h4 20. Nh1 Nh5 21.
e4 h3 22. Bxh3 dxe4 23. fxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Qd6 27.
Qf2 Bxc3 28. Rxc3 b5 29. Re3 Qxd4 30. Bg2 Re8 31. Kh2 g6 (31... Qb6 32. Qe1
Qh6+ 33. Kg1 Qb6 $10) 32. fxg6 fxg6 33. Qf4 Qxb2 34. Rxe4 Qh8+ 35. Kg1 Qa1+ 36.
Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rc8 38. Ke2 c3 39. Kd1 c2+ 40. Kc1 Rc3 41. Rg4 Rxa3 42. Be4
a5 43. Bxg6 b4 44. Bxc2+ Kf7 45. Kb2 Re3 46. Rf4+ Kg7 47. g4 Rg3 48. Rc4 Kf6
49. Bd1 Rg2+ 50. Kc1 Rg1 51. Rc6+ Ke7 52. Rb6 Rg3 53. Rb5 Ra3 54. Kb2 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 8th"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2007.04.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Bindrich, Falko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2007.04.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. d4 Be7 {Black has now ended up in a
Queen's Indian with Bb7 - quite unfashionable nowadays, but not at all refuted.
Schwarz ist nun in einem Dameninder mit Bb7 gelandet, der so ziemlich aus der
Mode ist. Widerlegt ist er freilich nicht.} 6. Nc3 O-O ({One way of deviating
here is: Hier ist eine Möglichkeit, um abzuweichen:} 6... Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Rc1 {, but White has the more pleasant game. , aber Weiß hat das
angenehmere Spiel.}) 7. Qc2 $1 c5 {The obvious reply for most peaople, since 7.
..d5 is disadvantageous and 7...Na6 audacious to say the least.  Das ist für
die meisten selbstverständlich, denn 7...d5 ist nachteilig und 7...Na6
zumindestens gewagt.} 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 $1 {This may not be quite new, but it
has hardly ever been played. Instead of that, 9.Ng5 is famous, on account of
Korchnoi-Karpov, Moscow 1974, 1-0 (in 19 moves). 9.Nh4 is also known. Das ist
zwar nicht ganz neu, aber so gut wie ungespielt. Stattdessen ist 9.Ng5 berühmt,
wegen Kortschnoj-Karpov, Moskau 1974, 1-0 (in 19 Zügen). Auch 9.Nh4 ist
bekannt.} Nxd5 $2 ({The as yet never played Das bisher nicht gespielte} 9...
Na6 {is necessary, but in my opinion it is quite possible that White is
clearly better. ist notwendig, aber es ist m.E. gut möglich, dass Weiß klar
besser steht.}) 10. Qe4 $1 {This move was found by the young Pole Grzegorz
Gajewski. Der Erfinder dieses Zuges ist der junge Pole Grzegorz Gajewski.} Nb4
({Loss of material could be avoided by Materialverlust ließ sich mit} 10... f5
{, but White is clearly better here too. vermeiden, aber Weiß steht ebenfalls
klar besser.} 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qxb5 Nb6 14. Be3 Na6 15. O-O Bf6 16.
Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxc4+ $16 {/+/=}) 11. Qxb7 N8c6 12. Bf4 g5 $6 (12... Nc2+ $142
13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. Rxa1 Bf6 15. Rd1 $16 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Bh3 d5 18. Bg5 Qg6
19. Ke1 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Be7 Rab8 22. Qd5 Rfe8 23. Ne5 Qc2 24. Qxf7+ Kh8
25. Bg4 Qe4 26. f4 Nc2+ 27. Kf2 Ne3 28. Rd7 Qxe5 29. fxe5 Nxg4+ 30. Ke1 Nxe5
31. Qe6 Nxd7 32. Qxd7 Rbc8 33. Kd2 {1-0 Gajewski,G (2515)-Hernandez,H (2524)/
Calvia 2006/EXT 2007}) 13. O-O-O $1 gxf4 14. a3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Arnason, Jon Loftur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavikur Taflfelag"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 (10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 exd5 12. Qf4 {+=}) 10... exd5
11. Nxd5 (11. cxd5 {+=}) 11... Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qc5 $1 13. Qxc5 bxc5 $132 14. Bc1
Na6 15. Nd2 Nd6 $1 16. O-O Nb4 17. a3 Na2 {=+} 18. e4 O-O 19. exf5 Rfe8 20. Bf3
Rab8 21. b3 Bg5 22. Bb2 c4 23. Bh5 Bxd2 (23... Re7 24. f4 {~}) 24. Bxe8 Nxe8
25. Rxd2 c3 26. Bxc3 Nxc3 27. b4 Nd6 28. Re1 Nxf5 29. Rc1 Nb5 30. a4 Nbd4 31.
Rd3 $4 (31. Rb2 {=+}) 31... Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Leonid Stein Memorial"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2000.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2000.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
$5 {Romanishin allows to his partner, for sake of the dynamics, to destroy the
white pawn structure. Some other, cautious people prefer 8.Bd2.} Bxc3 9. bxc3
Na6 10. Nh4 Rb8 11. e4 d6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. f4 {It is a novelty. In
a similar position against Markowsky Romanishin continued Nf3.} Nac5 15. Bf2
Ba6 16. Nf3 {Played without hesitation. Some other, less resolute people would
first protect pawn c4 by Bf1.} e5 {A manoeuvre Nf3-d4-c6 looked pretty
unpleasant for black...} 17. f5 $5 {Very interesting! In a closed position the
loss of a pawn on the queen side is not too painful, but the white pieces,
concentrated on the king side, will soon ominously develop its activity!} Bxc4
18. Re3 $1 {An important move. The black knight must not be ever allowed to d3.
} b5 19. g4 f6 {Had black to play this move? It seems, without f7-f6 the task
of white would be easier-he would play g4-g5, f5-f6 (second pawn sacrifice-who
cares!?), then Nf3-h4-f5, whether pawn on g6, or not, with fast devastating
assault!} 20. h4 Rc8 {Black is going to challenge white in the centre. Another
line would be something like a7-a5+b5-b4, trying to get counter play on the
queen side.} 21. Ne1 c6 22. dxc6 Rxc6 23. Nc2 {Immediate 23.Rg3 was a good
alternative.} Rc7 24. Rg3 ({Certainly not} 24. Qxd6 Nb6 {and black stands
clearly better.}) 24... Nb6 25. g5 (25. Nb4 a5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 e4 {
and another double-edged position would arise.}) 25... fxg5 $2 {I qualify this
move as a suicide attempt! Actually, black built up his position for to be
able to push d6-d5,and he had to do it now! Then white was to be at the
crossroads.} (25... d5 {The only way to cause some problems to black would be}
26. Bxc5 $1 ({Bad was, for example} 26. gxf6 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28. Qh5 $6 Nd5
{with advantage to black}) (26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5+ Bxd5 28. gxf6 Ne4 29. Rd3
Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Qxf6 31. Rxd5 Qxh4+ {and white is in trouble.}) 26... Rxc5 27.
Qh5 {(and we have to pay a credit to Romanishin - he was going to play exactly
this way!). Now} Kh8 28. Ne3 (28. Rd1 {may lead to transposition of moves.})
28... Qe7 29. Rd1 d4 30. cxd4 exd4 31. Rxd4 (31. Ng4 Be2 32. Bf3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3
Nd7 {and black successfully defend his position} 34. g6 h6 35. Rg3 Ne5 36. Nxh6
$6 gxh6 37. g7+ Kg8 38. Qxh6 Nf7) 31... Nd7 $11 {Making a long speech short:
after 25...d5 chances were about equal.}) 26. hxg5 d5 27. Bxc5 $1 ({The
immediate} 27. Qh5 {looked also strong, but after} Nxe4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rh3
g6 {black would not resign at once...}) 27... Rxc5 28. Qh5 Nd7 29. f6 $2 {
An awful move, made in severe time-trouble. After 28.Ne3 black even had no
time for d5-d4 - white could simply take on c4 and then f5-f6 was winning. And
after 28...Nf8 white had a choice - to take on d5 or to play Ng4 with a
victorous attack..} (29. Ne3) 29... d4 30. fxg7 (30. Rh3 Nf8 31. fxg7 (31. g6
gxf6 {and black is not in danger.}) 31... Kxg7 32. g6 Rc7) 30... Bf7 31. Qh3 {
This looks like resignation!} ({Instead white had} 31. g6 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 hxg6
33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rf1+ Nf6 35. Rxf6+ Qxf6 36. Qxe8+ Kxe8 37. g8=Q+ {where a
draw was the most probable result.}) 31... Rxc3 32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Qxg5 34.
Ne3 Nf6 35. Rf1 {White is losing one pawn after another.} (35. Qd3 Bg6 36. Nd5
{was more stubborn.}) 35... Nxe4 36. Qa3 Ng3 37. Rf2 Qxg7 38. Qxa7 Rf8 39. Qb6
Qg5 40. Qa7 Be6 41. Nd5 $1 {This strong move was made after about 20 minutes
of thinking. A new time scramble is approaching.} Rxf2 42. Kxf2 Nh5 43. Qb8+
Kg7 44. Qxb5 Nf6 ({After} 44... Nf4 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Nxf4 Qxf4+ 47. Kg1 {
black could not take on a2 because of Qa6+. But} Qd2 {was strong enough,
winning pawn e2.}) 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Nxf6 $2 {The last blunder.} (46. Qc6 $2 {
was not possible due to} Qxg2+ 47. Kxg2 Bxd5+) ({but after} 46. Qb6 {white
would still have drawing chances.} Qd2+ $145 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kh2 Ng4+ 49. Kg3
Qe1+ 50. Kh3 Kg5 51. Qd8+ Nf6+ 52. Kh2 Qh4+ 53. Kg1 Qd4+ 54. Kh2 Bxd5 $19)
46... Qxf6+ 47. Qf3 Qxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Bd5+ {He overlooked this check.} 49. Kg3
Bxa2 50. Be4 Bf7 51. Kg4 Bg6 52. Bb7 Kg7 53. Kg5 h6+ 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Bc8 Bf5+
0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 (11... bxc5 $6 12. Nh4 $1
Nb6 13. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Ribli,Z/Groningen PCA 1993/CBM 39/[Belov] (29)})
12. Rc1 a6 (12... Nfe4 $14) 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rad8
17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Karpov,An/Wien 1996/ (68)}) 11. Qc2 (11. Rc1
$6) 11... c5 (11... Nxc3 $5 12. bxc3 c5 (12... Nf6 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Ne5 (14.
Bg5 Re8 15. c4 c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bb7 19. e5 Bd8 20. d5 c4
21. d6 Qc5 22. Ng5 Bxg5 23. Bxb7 Rab8 24. Bd5 g6 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Bxc4 b5 27.
Bd5 a5 28. f4 Bd8 29. g4 a4 30. f5 Ba5 31. e6 fxe6 32. fxe6 Bxe1 33. e7+ Kg7
34. Rxe1 {1-0 Kramnik,V-Nikolic,P/Monaco blind 1995/EXP 46}) 14... c5 15. e3
Ne4 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. h4 Qe6 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. Qd2 Qa4 20. Nd4 Rfd8 21. Nf5 Bf8
22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Bh3 Qe8 24. h5 Bc8 25. g4 g6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Ng3 Be6 28. Bg2
Bg7 29. Bg5 f6 30. Bf4 Rac8 31. Nf1 Bf7 32. g5 f5 33. Rd4 Ne4 34. Bxe4 dxe4 35.
Kg2 Rxc3 36. Rxd8 Qxd8 37. Rd1 {Kramnik,V-Vyzmanavin,A/Paris PCA\Intel-GP 1994/
EXP 43/1-0 (95)}) 13. Rad1 Qc8 14. Bh3 Qe8 15. c4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nf6 17. Nf5 Bb4
18. Bd2 Bc5 19. Bg2 Ne4 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Bc8 22. Rxd5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Nd6
24. Rd5 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Nb7 26. Rh5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Karpov,An/Monaco blind
1996/EXP 52}) 12. dxc5 $1 (12. Rad1 Rc8) (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 f5 14. dxc5
Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qc8 16. Nc4 Qe6 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. Nb5 Bxa2 19. Nc7 {1-0 Rahman,
Z-Smith,J/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44 (40)}) 12... Bxc5 (12... Nxc3 13. c6 $1) (
12... Ndxc5 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qb3) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Nf6 (
14... Rc8 $5 {Kasparov} 15. Qb1 Nf6 16. b4 $1 Bxf2+ $5 (16... Bd4 17. Rd1) 17.
Kxf2 h6 $1 18. Rd1 $1 (18. Nh3 e3+ $1 19. Kg1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Qe6
22. Kg2 Qd5+ $11) 18... Qe8 19. Kg1 $1 (19. Nh3 e3+ 20. Kg1 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+
22. Kg1 Qe6 23. Kg2 Qc6+ $11) 19... hxg5 20. Bd6 Qe6 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Qb3 $14)
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qd4 $6 (16... Rc8 17. Qd3 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qd4 19. Qxd4
Bxd4 20. Rad1 $1 Bxb2 21. Rd7 $16) 17. Bf3 (17. Bxa8 $4 Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Ng4 19.
Bg2 Qg1+ $1 20. Rxg1 Nf2#) 17... Qxf2+ 18. Kh1 Rac8 (18... Rad8 19. Rf1 Qd4 20.
Rad1 Qb4 21. a3 Qb5 22. b4 Be7 23. Qc7 $16) 19. Rf1 Qd4 20. Rad1 Qb4 21. a3 Qb5
22. Qf5 $1 {/\b2-b4} Qa4 $2 (22... Qxb2 $2 23. Be5 Qxa3 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Be4
$18) (22... Qb3 $1 23. Rd3 (23. e4 Qe6 $1 $14) 23... Qe6 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. b4 (
25. Rfd1) 25... Be7 26. Re3 $16 Kf7 27. g4 $5 Nd5 $5) 23. e4 $1 (23. Be5 $6 Be7
24. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 25. Be4 g6 $1) 23... Qc2 24. Rd2 Qc4 25. Rfd1 Qe6 (25... Be7
26. e5 g6 27. Qd3 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Nh5 29. Bh6 Rfd8 30. Rd7 $18) (25... h5 26. e5
Ng4 27. Bd5 Qa6 28. e6 $36) 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. e5 Ne8 $2 (27... Nd5 28. Bxd5
exd5 29. Rxd5 a5 $1) 28. Bg4 Nc7 29. b4 Be7 30. Rd7 Rf7 (30... Bd8 31. Rc1 $18)
31. Rc1 Bf8 (31... Bd8 32. Rcxc7 $1 $18) 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rc6 $1 (33. Bf3 Ke7
34. Bb7 Kd7 35. Bxc8+ Kxc8 36. Kg2) (33. Rc6 Ke7 34. Bxe6 Rb8 35. Bg5+) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2007.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 Na6 {
Avoiding the main system} (7... exd5 8. Nh4) 8. Nd4 exd5 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5
Nxd5 (10... cxd5 11. Nf5 Nc7 {leads to one of the main theoretical lines after
7...exd5 8.Nh4.}) 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nf5 Bf6 13. Bxd5 {White has recaptured the
pawn and now has a superior pawn structure; however, he has yet to develop his
queenside.} Bc6 (13... Bxd5 $5 14. Qxd5 Nc7 15. Qb3 d5 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rac1 Ne6
18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Ba3 g6 20. Ne3 Nd4 21. Qd3 Qb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Summerscale,
A-Ikonnikov,V/France 1998/CBM 064 ext (37)}) 14. Qb3 $6 {A strange move
voluntarily losing time.} (14. e4 $5) (14. Rb1 $5) 14... Nc5 15. Qf3 Bxd5 16.
Qxd5 Qe8 $1 17. Qf3 $6 (17. e3 Qe6 18. Rd1 Ne4 $1 {[%cal Ya8c8]}) (17. Be3 Bxb2
18. Rad1 (18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxe2) 18... Ne4 (18... Qe6 19.
Bxc5 bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxa2 21. Rxd7 $132) 19. Qxd7 {was probably the lesser evil
although Black keeps the better chances due to her queenside pawn advantage.} (
{or} 19. Bd4 Nf6 $15)) 17... Qe6 {White's queenside is now completely paralysed
} 18. Ne3 Ne4 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Nd5 Rc2 $6 (20... Rfe8 $142) 21. Nxf6+ $6 (21.
Qd3 $1 Bxb2 (21... Rfc8 22. f3) 22. Qxc2 Bxa1 23. Nf4 $1 (23. Ba3 d6 24. Nf4
Qe5) 23... Qe5 24. Rxd7 $11) 21... Nxf6 22. Rd2 Rc5 23. Rd4 Re8 24. Be3 {
The bishop has come out, Black's d-pawn is still isolated but... White has not
equalized! His pieces are placed awkwardly and his king is unsafe.} Rf5 25. Qb7
(25. Rf4 $6 Rxf4 26. gxf4 $8 (26. Qxf4 Nd5 $17)) 25... Re5 (25... Nd5 $5 26.
Rd3 Rh5 27. h4 Re5 28. Bd2 Nf6 29. e3 Ne4 $17) 26. Qf3 h5 {[%cal Rf6g4]} 27.
Rad1 $6 {White loses patience but what could he do?} (27. Rdd1 Rf5 28. Qb7 h4
$17) 27... Qxa2 28. R4d2 Qa4 {Black has won a pawn and tactics is in her
favour.} 29. h3 (29. Bd4 Rxe2 30. Bxf6 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 gxf6 32. Qxf6 (32. Qxh5
Re1+ 33. Kg2 Qc4 $17 {[%cal Yc4f1,Yf1h1]}) 32... Re1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Qxc6
dxc6 $19 {_|_}) 29... Qb5 30. Bd4 Rf5 31. Qb7 Rxe2 32. Bxf6 gxf6 $1 33. Qc8+ (
33. Rxe2 Qxe2 34. Rf1 h4 35. gxh4 (35. g4 Rf3) (35. Qxd7 Qf3) 35... Rh5 {
is equally hopeless.}) 33... Kg7 34. Rxd7 {Desperation.} Rfxf2 35. Rxf7+ Kxf7
36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Rxe7+ Kxe7 38. Qb7+ Ke6 39. Qe4+ Qe5 40. Qc6+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "Linares 26th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d5 {[%mdl 512]} exd5 7.
Nh4 {An unusual version of this well-known pawn sacrifice (normally castling
by both sides is included).} c6 (7... Bb4+ 8. Nd2 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nc7
11. Nf5 Ne6 12. e4 g6 13. Nh6 Bf8 14. Nc4 Ba6 15. Qf3 f6 16. b3 $36 {1-0
Aslanian,L-Liublinskaya,L/Krasnoyarsk 1981/EXT 2002 (27)}) (7... Ne4 $5 8. cxd5
Bxh4 9. gxh4 (9. Bxe4 $5) 9... Qe7 10. Qd4 f5 11. Bg5 $5 Nxg5 12. d6 Bxg2 13.
dxe7 Ne6 14. Qe3 $6 (14. Qd2 Bxh1 15. f3 $13) 14... Bxh1 $6 (14... f4 15. Qd2
Bxh1 16. f3 Bg2 $17 {[%cal Yg2h3]}) 15. f3 Nc6 16. Nc3 f4 17. Qg1 Bxf3 18. exf3
Nxe7 19. O-O-O O-O-O $15 {0-1 Blechzin,I (2400)-Grishanovich,S (2295)/St
Petersburg 1998/EXT 1999 (29)}) 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf5 O-O 10. e4 Nc7 11. Bf4 (11.
O-O {leads to the main theoretical line.}) 11... d5 12. Qg4 Ne6 13. Nc3 Kh8 (
13... g6 $5) 14. Be5 $6 (14. O-O-O {was probably more accurate. E.g.} Nd7 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Rc8+ 18. Kb1 Nf6 19. Qf3 Nxf4 20. gxf4 Qc7 $13
) 14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. O-O-O $6 (16. exd5 $142 Nc5 $1 (16... cxd5 17.
O-O-O) 17. O-O-O Bc8 18. Qxg7+ $5 Qxg7 19. Nxg7 Nba6 $1 (19... Kxg7 $143 20. b4
) 20. Nh5 (20. dxc6 Kxg7) 20... Bg4 21. Nf4 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $44) 16... Nd7 $6 (
16... g6 $1 17. Nd6 d4 $1 $17 {A.Sayapin}) 17. f4 Ndc5 18. e5 $2 {This doesn't
give White sufficient compensation for the pawn. He should have taken the last
opportunity to recapture it:} (18. exd5 $142 cxd5 19. Bxd5 $14 {A.Sayapin})
18... Qg6 19. Qh3 (19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nd6 Ba6 $17 {[%cal Yc5b7]}) 19... f6 20.
Nh4 Qh6 21. Nf3 {Sad necessity. In the endgame Black gradually brings home his
extra pawn.} (21. exf6 Qxf6 {is equally hopeless.}) 21... Qxh3 (21... Nxf4 $5
22. gxf4 (22. Qxh6 Nfd3+ 23. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 24. Kd2 gxh6 25. Kxd3 fxe5 $19) 22...
Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 fxe5 $17 {M.Notkin}) 22. Bxh3 Nc7 (22... a5 $5 {A.Sayapin} 23. f5
$140 fxe5) 23. b4 N5a6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Rhe1 b4 26. Ne2 Bc8 27. Bg2 Bf5 28. Nfd4
fxe5 29. fxe5 Be4 30. Bxe4 dxe4 31. Nf4 Nc5 32. h4 Rae8 33. e6 a5 34. Kb1 N7xe6
35. Ndxe6 Nxe6 36. Nd5 Nc5 37. Nxb6 h6 38. Nc4 Rf2 39. Rd5 Na4 40. Rxa5 Nc3+
41. Ka1 (41. Ka1 Rd8 {[%cal Rd8d4]}) 0-1

[Event "Candidates sf"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "2007.05.31"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.05.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
{This system (introduced by Polugaevsky in his famous game vs. Kortschnoj) is
not very popular nowadays. White has decent compensation for the pawn but
hardly an advantage.} c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13.
exd5 (13. Bf4 {is played more frequently in this position}) (13. Re1 {is
another option.}) 13... Nxd5 (13... Bxc3 $6 14. bxc3 Nxd5 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6
Re8 17. Rfe1 $18 {1-0 Velickovic,Z-Riemelmoser,O/Graz 1994/EXT 1998 (29)}) (
13... cxd5 {is the main theoretical move.}) 14. Nxd5 (14. Ne4 Bc8 $1 {The
point of Black's defence: he gets rid of the terrible f5 knight.} 15. Qf3 Bxf5
16. Qxf5 Nd7 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Nxf6+ N7xf6 19. Bg5 Qb4 20. Rac1 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. Bxc6 Rad8 23. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 Rzoska,K-Zdebskaja,N/Wroclaw 2004/EXT 2007})
14... cxd5 15. Bf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15. Ne3 Re8 (15... Nd7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17.
Qxd5 Rc8 18. Bf4 Nc5 19. Bd6 Be7 20. Rfd1 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Rfd8 23.
Rad1 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Steinbacher,M-Seegers,H/Germany 1998/EXT 1999 
(62)}) (15... Nc6 16. Nxd5 Be5 $11 17. Rb1 $6 Nd4 18. Nc3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qf6 $36
{0-1 De Waard,R-Lemmers,O/Helmond 1993/EXT 2004 (32)}) 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. Nxf6+
Qxf6 18. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Sterling,F-Perez,G/SEMI 1997/Telechess CBM 93}) (15. Re1
$5 Na6 $5 16. Bf4) 15... Nd7 (15... Qd7 16. Bh3 Kh8 {looks risky but still
needs testing.}) 16. Nd6 Ba6 17. Qxd5 $6 {[%mdl 512] This exchange sacrifice 
(or a complicated combination started with this move) only leads to equality.}
(17. Re1 $142 Nc5 (17... Bxb2 $6 18. Bxd5 $1 {[%cal Rd6f7]}) 18. Bxd5 Nd3 19.
Qa4 $1 {leads to very promising complications for White and puts the whole 13..
.Nxd5 idea under s cloud.}) 17... Bxf1 18. Kxf1 (18. Rxf1 Qe7 $5) 18... Rb8 19.
Rd1 (19. Nb7 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Nc5 21. Qxa7 Bxb2 22. Re1 Bc3 23. Rc1 Bb2 $11) 19...
Nc5 20. Nxf7 $5 (20. b4 $2 Ne6) 20... Rxf7 21. b4 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rd8 $1 23. bxc5
bxc5 24. Be3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder, after which White is just an
exchange down.} (24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rc1 $11 ({rather than} 25. Rxd8 Bxd8 {
and the black king comes to d5 first})) 24... Kh8 $19 {Game over...} 25. Bxf7
Rxd1+ 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Bb3 Bd4 28. Bf4 Re7+ 29. Kf1 g6 30. Bh6 Rc7 31. Bf4 Rc6
32. Bd5 Rb6 33. Bb3 Rc6 34. Bd5 Rb6 35. Bb3 c4 $1 36. Bxc4 Rb2 37. h4 Rxf2+ 38.
Ke1 Rc2 39. Bb3 Rh2 40. a4 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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 "Vietnam"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "VIE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c5 {
This line is not so popular as it leads to the Modern Benoni structure, not
always suitable for QI adherents. However, it is quite playable.} 8. d5 $1 exd5
9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6 12. Nc3 (12. Qc2 {is an alternative,
played by Mamedyarov, Bacrot etc.}) 12... d6 13. Bg2 {This modest move can be
followed by two different plans: Bc1-f4, Nc3-e4, attacking the d6-pawn, or
e2-e4, f2-f4. Otherwise White must make his choice now:} (13. Bf4 Qe7 (13...
Qd7 $6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bg2 Na6 $2 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qc3 $18 {1-0
Socko,B (2656)-Abasov,N (2505)/Warsaw 2009/CBM 132 (30)}) (13... Bg5 14. Bxg5
Qxg5 15. Qc2 Qh6 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. e4 a6 18. Nd1 b5 19. f4 c4 20. Ne3 $36 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A (2550)-Grabarczyk,M (2505)/Brzeg Dolny 1996/CBM 053 (47)}) (
13... a6 14. Qc2 (14. a4 Qe7) 14... g6 (14... h6 $142) 15. Bg2 Be7 16. e4 Bf6
17. Rad1 Re8 18. a4 Be5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. f4 $14 {1/2 Kunte,A (2551)
-Sethuraman,S (2223)/Hyderabad 2006/CBM 111 ext (49)}) 14. Bf5 (14. Qc2 h6)
14... Bc8 15. e4 Nd7 16. a4 g6 17. Bxd7 Bxd7 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Qxb6
Rfb8 21. Qc7 Rxb2 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Ne4 Rc8 {1/2 Babula,V (2584)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2739)/Warsaw 2005/CBM 108}) (13. Qc2 h6 $5 (13... g6 14. Bg2 Bg7 15. Ne4 Na6
16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Nb4 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. Nxc5 Bxd5 22.
Qxb4 $18 {1-0 Akopian,V (2660)-Kotsur,P (2587)/Dubai 2000/EXT 2001 (50)}) 14.
Bf4 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bg2 {- see game}) 13... Nd7 (13... Re8 $5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. h4 Na6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Qb3 Bf6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Nb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Ra8 21. e4
a5 {1/2 Zaja,I (2449)-Lenic,L (2575)/Sibenik 2009/CBM 132 Extra}) (13... a6 $5
14. a4 Nd7) 14. Bf4 (14. e4 a6 15. a4 Re8 16. Be3 c4 17. Bd4 Nc5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6
19. Bf1 {1/2 Yevseev,D (2520)-Fedoseev,V (2428)/St Petersburg 2010/CBM 137 (31)
} Nb3 $1 20. Rb1 Nd4 21. Bg2 b5 $132) (14. Ne4 Be7 15. a4 a6 16. Bf4 Qc7 17.
Rc1 h6 18. b4 f5 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Nc3 g5 21. Bd2 Ne5 $13 {1/2 Krivoshey,S 
(2483)-Neverov,V (2562)/Kiev 2001/EXT 2002 (56)}) 14... Qe7 15. Qc2 h6 ({
Of course, not} 15... g6 16. Ne4 Be5 17. Bg5 {Generally, as you have seen, ...
h7-h6 is safer in this line than ...g7-g6.}) 16. Rad1 a6 17. a4 Rab8 (17...
Rfe8 18. Ne4 Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nc3 b5 $5 (20... Bc8 21. f4 Nc4 22. e4 Bg4
23. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Yb2b3]}) 21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Ba6 23. Nc3 Rab8 24. Ra1 (
24. b3 $5) 24... Bc4 25. Ra3 Qb7 26. Ne4 Bb3 27. Qc3 Nc4 28. Raa1 f5 29. Nd2
$14 {1-0 Matlakov,M (2575)-Durarbeyli,V (2456)/Kemer 2009/EXT 2010 (66) -
Black failed to prove his compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 18. Ne4 (18.
Bc1 b5 $5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 (21. Bxd5 $5 Rxb5 22. b3) 21...
Rxb5 22. Red1 Rb6 $13 {1/2 Gasanov,E (2551)-Kravtsiv,M (2511)/Alushta 2009/CBM
130 Extra (56)}) 18... Be5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Nf2 (21. Nc3 $5 Qe3+
22. Kh1 {[%cal Yd1d3,Ye2e4]} c4 $2 23. Ne4) 21... b5 22. e4 c4 {Black has
obtained some counterplay but White keeps an edge and is preparing e4-e5.} 23.
Qc3 Rfe8 24. e5 $6 {Probably too early.} (24. axb5 axb5 25. Qb4 Nc5 26. e5 $36)
24... dxe5 25. fxe5 Qc5 $1 26. axb5 (26. e6 $5) 26... axb5 27. e6 Nf6 $1 28.
Qe5 (28. Re5 b4 $36) 28... fxe6 29. dxe6 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rb6 (31...
Kf8 $5 32. Rd6 Ke7 33. Ra6 Rb7 $15) 32. Rde1 Kf8 33. h4 $6 (33. e7+ $142 Kf7
34. Ne4 b4 35. Rb5 $1 (35. Nxf6 $143 gxf6 36. Rc5 c3 $1 37. bxc3 b3 $15) 35...
Re6 36. Nxf6 Rxe1 37. Nxe8 Kxe8 38. Rxb4 $11) 33... Rc8 (33... Ke7 $5 $15) 34.
Nh3 $6 (34. Ne4 $142) 34... b4 $1 35. Nf4 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Rc1 c2 (37...
Rb2+ $142 38. Kf3 c2 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yb3c3]}) 38. Re2 Rbc6 39. e7+ Ke8 (39... Kf7
40. Nd3 R6c7 41. Nb4 $11) 40. Ne6 (40. Nd3 $6 {doesn't work now due to} Nd5)
40... Nh5 41. Nd4 Rg6 42. Re3 $2 {Black now keeps his c2-pawn, which
eventually brings him a victory.} (42. Rexc2 {was quite enough for a draw:}
Rxc2+ 43. Rxc2 Nxg3 (43... Rxg3+ 44. Kh2 $1 {[%cal Rd4f5]} g6 45. Nc6 $1 Re3
46. Rf2 Kd7 47. Rf8 Ng7 48. Rg8 $11) 44. Kf3 $1 Kxe7 45. Rg2 Rd6 $1 $11) 42...
Rd6 $1 43. Nf3 $2 (43. Rf3 $142 $1 {but after} Rc4 $1 44. Nxc2 Rd2+ 45. Rf2
Rxf2+ 46. Kxf2 g6 {it is unclear whether White can make a draw despite his
extra pawn - the consequence of the pin on the c-file.}) 43... Rd1 44. Re1 Rxc1
45. Rxc1 {[%mdl 4096]} Nf6 46. Nd4 Nd5 47. Nf5 Rc3 $1 48. Nxg7+ Kxe7 49. Nf5+
Kf6 50. Nd4 (50. Nxh6 Nb4 $19) 50... Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 51. Kh3 Ke5 52. Nxc2 (
52. Ne2 Rd3 $19 {[%cal Ye5e4,Ye4e3]}) 52... Nxc2 (52... Rxc2 $2 53. Rxc2 Nxc2
54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Kh5 Kg7 56. g4 $11) 53. Rb1 Ne3 54. Rb5+ Ke4 55. Rb4+ Kf3 56.
Rf4+ Ke2 57. h5 (57. Rf6 Rc1 58. g4 Rh1+ 59. Kg3 Rg1+ 60. Kh3 Nxg4 $19) 57...
Rc1 58. Kh2 Rc4 $1 59. Rf8 Rc5 60. g4 Nxg4+ 61. Kg3 Ne3 62. Kh4 Rg5 63. Rf6
Nf5+ 64. Kh3 Kf3 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 38th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2010.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a5 {
A rare move... and an even rarer reply!} 8. a3 (8. Nc3 {and}) (8. Bf4 {are
usually played.}) 8... Na6 {Black consequently waits for Nb1-c3 in order to
play ...Nf6-e4 in reply.} (8... Re8 {is also possible, with the same idea:} 9.
Bf4 d5 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qd4 15. Qc2
g5 $1 16. Red1 Qc5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Bd2 Qc5 20. Bxe4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rd8 $11 {1/2 Ikonnikov,V (2592)-Spoelman,W (2448)/Vlissingen
2008/CBM 125 Extra (29)}) (8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 {leads to a completely
different kind of position, which is rather comfortable for White. In the
following game, however, Black seized the initiative:} 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7
12. Be3 f5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Nxe4 $6 (14. Rac1 $142 $14) 14... fxe4 15. Nd2 a4 16.
Qa2 Kh8 17. f3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nf1 c5 20. Rad1 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc5 $1 $36 {
1/2 Zatonskih,A (2440)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2580)/Merida 2008/CBM 127 Extra
(63)}) 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 f5 12. Bf4 Bf6 13. Rad1 {This allows
the black knight to powerfully enter the game.} (13. Qd2 $142 $14) 13... Nc5
14. Be5 $6 (14. Nd2 $142 {preventing ...Nc5-e4.}) 14... Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 15.
Qc2 d6 16. Nd2 $5 {Better late than never!} Bg5 $1 17. Bf4 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Qh4
19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qxe4 Rae8 (21... Qg4+ $5 22. Kh1 Qxf4 23. Qxe6+
Kh8 24. f3 Rae8 $44 {Black, however, takes a simpler course.}) 22. e3 e5 {
This leads to simplifications and a draw. White can't keep his extra pawn.} 23.
dxe5 dxe5 24. Qd5+ Kh8 25. Qf3 exf4 26. exf4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Qf6 28. b4 axb4 29.
axb4 g5 30. f5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Re7 c5 33. Rb7 Rf4 34. Rb8+ Kg7 35. Rb7+
Kh8 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 {
Quite a rare continuation, which was examined by IM I. Tsesarsky in CBM 63 
(annotations to his game vs. E. Shvidler). Black protects his bishop and waits
for Nb1-c3 in order to play ...Nf6-e4.} ({Juan S. Morgado: La línea normal es} 
7... d5 {is the main line.}) 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 $6 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb7+ 10. f3 c5 11.
dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. e4 Rab8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rc1 a6
18. Qd2 h6 19. Bf4 Nde5 $132 {1-0 Bykhovsky,A-Tsesarsky,I/Grand Prix 1997
rapid,Ashkelon,Israel. (34)}) (8. Qc2 c5 $5 (8... Be4) 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nc3 Nc6
11. a3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxb7 Qxb7 14. Nb5 Bc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bb2 a5 $1 $11
{1/2 Koneru,H (2622)-Dzagnidze,N (2479)/Nalchik RUS 2010/The Week in Chess 808
(43)}) (8. b3 d6 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. d5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6
14. Bh3 Bf5 15. Bxf5 exf5 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Nd4 g6 18. f3 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Gutman,L
(2471)-Ikonnikov,V (2553)/Wiesbaden 1999/EXT 2001 (46)}) (8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bxf6
Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 (11... c5 {looks premature:} 12. d5 (12. e5 $5 dxe5
13. d5 (13. dxe5 Be7 14. Qc1 a6 15. Qf4 Ra7 16. Ne4 Rd8 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4
Rad7 $15 {0-1 Wirig,A (2497)-Granda Zuniga,J (2640)/Nancy FRA 2010/The Week in
Chess 799 (58)}) 13... exd5 (13... Rd8 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Nc6 16. Re3 Nd4
17. Qd3 Re8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Bh3 Rad8 20. Ne2 $1 $16 {1-0 Prusikin,M (2520)
-Brunello,S (2467)/Chur SUI 2010/The Week in Chess 813 (27)}) 14. cxd5 Nd7 15.
Bh3 Qc7 16. Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Nd2 g6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Nd6
Qc7 22. Nb5 $44 {1-0 Akopian,V (2688)-Medvegy,Z (2556)/Rijeka CRO 2010/The
Week in Chess 801 (34)}) 12... e5 13. h4 Qd8 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Kg2
Nd7 17. h5 Be7 18. Qe2 a6 19. Rh1 Qe8 20. Qd3 Rb8 21. a4 Bd8 22. b3 $14 {
1/2 Iordachescu,V (2584)-Aleksic,N (2374)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext (65)}) 12.
Qd2 (12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. d5 e5 15. h4 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc2 g6 $11 {
1/2 Piket,J (2590)-Salov,V (2660)/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 034 (25)}) (12. Qc2 c6
13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Be7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Nd4 a6 18. f4 c5 19. Nc2
Nb8 $11 {1/2 Baryshpolets,A (2426)-Korobov,A (2623)/Pardubice 2009/CBM 131
Extra (52)}) 12... Re8 (12... c5 $5) 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. h4 a6 15. b3 Qd7 16. e5
Be7 17. d5 Rad8 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. Ne4 Qa8 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Nxd6 Rxd6 22. Qe3 Qd8
23. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Sharavdorj,D (2453)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2425)/Berkley 2005/CBM
107 (72)}) 8... Ne4 {Juan S. Morgado: Many GMs prefer Juan S. Morgado: Muchos
GM prefieren} 9. Bd2 {Probably too modest.} (9. Nxe4 {is hardly dangerous for
Black, too:} Bxe4 10. d5 (10. Bh3 $5 Nc6 $1 $132 (10... Bxf3 $6 11. exf3 c6 12.
f4 Qa6 13. Bf1 Bf6 14. g4 $36 {1-0 Grabarczyk,M (2522)-Gorin,L (2413)/
Bydgoszcz 2000/CBM 076 ext (25)})) 10... exd5 (10... Qb7 $5 11. Nh4 Bxg2 12.
Nxg2 d6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Nf4 Qc8 15. Qa4 c6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Nd3 e5 18. Nb4 Nb8
19. Be3 Qb7 20. Rad1 a5 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Papaioannou,I (2591)
-Stefansson,H (2575)/Leon 2001/CBM 086 (35)}) 11. cxd5 c5 (11... Re8 $142) 12.
Bg5 (12. Nh4 $1 Bxg2 13. Nf5 $1 Re8 14. Kxg2 $14) 12... f6 13. d6 Bd8 14. Bd2
Qc6 15. Bc3 b5 16. b3 a5 17. Qd2 Na6 18. a4 b4 19. Bb2 c4 20. bxc4 Bb6 $132 {
1-0 Papaioannou,I (2561)-Graf,A (2584)/Korinthos 1999/EXT 2000 (55)}) (9. Qc2
$5 f5 ({Juan S. Morgado: If Juan S. Morgado: Si} 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 f5 (10...
c5 $5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 11. Ne5 (11. b3 {- see below}) (11. Rd1 $5) 11... d6
12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nd3 Bf6 14. Nf4 Nc6 15. Qf3 Rae8 16. Rd1 Kh8 17. Nh5 Qa8 18.
Nxf6 Rxf6 19. b3 e5 $11 {1/2 Jeremic,V (2525)-Aleksic,N (2378)/Vrnjacka Banja
2005/EXT 2006 (26)}) 10. b3 (10. Nd2 $6 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Qd3
Qb7 14. Nf3 Nb4 $1 15. Qb3 Qe4 $36 {0-1 Siegel,G (2540)-Kortschnoj,V (2625)/
Switzerland 1998/EXT 2006 (55)}) (10. d5 $5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Bf6 12. Qc2 {1-0
Miciak,E (2410)-Bas Fortuny,M (2325)/ICCF 1996/ICCF Telechess CBM 112 (24)} Na6
$5) 10... Nxc3 (10... c5 $5 11. Bb2 Na6 12. a3 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Qe6 15.
Nb5 Rfc8 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rac1 Nb8 18. Nc3 Nd7 $11 {1/2 Forslof,L (2425)
-Staudler,H (2570)/ICCF 1998/ICCF tele 1/2002 (44)}) 11. Qxc3 a5 12. a3 Bf6 13.
Bb2 Na6 14. Qd2 Be4 15. Red1 {intending Ne1. 15.Red1 is better than 15.b4,
according to Anton. Con idea de Ne1. 15.Red1 es mejor que 15.b4, según Anton.}
(15. b4 Qb7 16. b5 Nb8 17. a4 d6 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Nd7 21. Bxf6
Rxf6 22. c6 Nc5 $13 {1/2 Alatortsev,V-Makogonov,V/Tbilisi 1937/EXT 2000 (52)})
15... Qb7 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 c6 $6 {Very artificial Muy artificial.} (17...
d6 $5 {Juan S.Morgado}) (17... b5 $5) 18. Nf4 Bg5 19. d5 $1 $36 {1-0 Anton,V 
(2616)-Rittner,H (2601)/corr BdF 2000/78 telechess/[Juan S. Morgado] (64) This
breakthrough is very strong, and brings out the power of the Bb2. Ahora esta
ruptura es muy fuerte, y se potencia el Bb2.}) 9... f5 {Strengthening the e4
outpost underlines the passivity of White's e1 rook.} (9... d5 10. cxd5 exd5
11. Rc1 Na6 {1/2 Martinovic,S (2447)-Abramovic,B (2508)/Belgrade 2007/CBM 121
Extra (15)} (11... Nd7 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ng5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Bd5 15. Qc2 h6 16.
Qxc7 $1 $16 {1-0 Yevseev,D (2572)-Vlasenko,M (2409)/Peterhof 2006/CBM 113 ext 
(33)}) 12. Ne5 $36) (9... c5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. e4 Nd7
14. Bh3 Qd8 15. Qf4 a6 16. Rad1 f6 17. Be6+ Kh8 18. Qe3 Ne5 {1/2 Jurek,J (2387)
-Voloshin,L (2494)/Imperia 2004/EXT 2005}) (9... d6 $5 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bh3
Qd8 12. Bc3 c5 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Red1 Rc8 15. b3 {1/2 Wells,P (2506)-Bykhovsky,A
(2415)/Herzliya 2000/CBM 079}) 10. d5 Na6 11. Nd4 $146 (11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ng5
exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Shvidler,E (2455)
-Tsesarsky,I (2425)/Israel 1998/CBM 063/[Tsesarsky]}) 11... Bf6 $1 12. e3 Nd6
13. b3 c6 $132 {Black has solved his opening problems. Now lengthy manoeuvring
starts.} 14. Rc1 Qe8 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. Qb1 Qf7 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. Bc1 Nc5 19. Ba3
Nce4 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Nxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 {The e4 pawn is now weak but
White's king is less safe.} 23. c5 Rd5 24. Qxe4 bxc5 25. Ne2 Rcd8 26. Rc1 $2 {
Why give up the d-file?} (26. Qc2 $142 {although Black is OK after} Qd7 $1 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. Qxc5 e5 $44 {Zagrebelny}) 26... Rd2 27. Rc2 (27. Bxc5 Ba6 28. Nf4
g5 $1 (28... e5 29. Ng2 Rxa2 30. Ra1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 Bb5 $36) 29. Nh3 (29. Nxe6
$2 Re8) 29... Bb2 $17 {Zagrebelny}) 27... Ba6 $1 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Nf4 (29. Qf3
Qd7 $17) 29... e5 {[%csl Rf2]} 30. Bc1 (30. Ng2 Rxa2 31. Bc1 (31. Bxc5 Be7 $1
32. Bxe7 Qxf2+ 33. Kh1 Bf1 $19) 31... Bd8 $1 32. f4 Ba5 33. Rd1 Qxb3 $19) 30...
Rxa2 31. Qb1 Ra5 32. Ne2 Rb5 {[%csl Rb3]} 33. Qa1 Bc8 34. Nc3 Rxb3 $19 {
Black has two extra pawns and a continuous attack.} ({However,} 34... e4 $1 $19
{(Zagrebelny), with a deadly pin, was even stronger.}) 35. Ne4 Bh3 36. Nxf6+
gxf6 37. Qa4 c4 38. Qxc6 Kg7 39. Qe4 Qb7 {The safest. Despite the
opposite-coloured bishops, White has few chances to survive in the resulting
endgame as his king is blocked in, and Black's queenside pawns easily move
forward. However, the game will now drag on.} (39... c3 {was more energetic.})
40. Qxb7+ Rxb7 {[%mdl 4096]} 41. f3 Be6 42. e4 c3 43. Kf2 a5 44. Re2 Rb8 $6 (
44... a4 $142 45. Rc2 $1 ({here is Black's plan if White just waits:} 45. Ke3
Ra7 46. Ba3 Bb3 47. Re1 c2 48. h4 Rd7 49. Rc1 Rd1 {and the black king goes to
c3 - indicated by S.Zagrebelny}) 45... Rb3 (45... Rc7 46. Bd2 $1 {- that's why
the black rook is poorly placed on the 7th rank!}) 46. Ra2 $1 Bf7 $1 (46... Bd7
$143 47. Ra3 Bb5 (47... Rb2+ 48. Ke1) 48. Ke1) 47. f4 (47. Ra3 Rb2+ 48. Ke1 Bb3
$19) 47... Rb8 $1 48. Rxa4 (48. Rc2 Rc8 {[%cal Yf7b3]}) 48... Rb1 49. Be3 exf4
50. gxf4 c2 $19 {- White has no Ra7+ and Rc7 - that was the idea of 46...Bf7!})
{Instead, Black is trying to parry the Re2-c2 "threat" by removing his rook
from the 7th rank. However, White finds another way to organize his defence.}
45. Ke3 Bb3 46. Kd3 Rc8 (46... c2 47. Kc3 a4 48. Rd2) 47. Re3 a4 48. f4 Kf7 (
48... Rc4 $142 $1) 49. fxe5 fxe5 50. g4 Kg7 51. Rf3 c2 52. Kd2 Rc4 53. Re3 Rd4+
54. Kc3 Kf6 55. Kb2 Ke6 $1 {Black finally finds the right way.} 56. g5 (56. h4
Kd6 $1 57. g5 Kc5 $19 {[%cal Rc5b4]}) (56. Kc3 Rc4+ 57. Kb2 Kd6 $1 {[%cal
Yd6c5,Yc5d4]} 58. g5 Kc5 59. Rh3 Rb4 $1 60. Kc3 Rb7 $19 {[%cal Yb7d7,Yd7d1]})
56... Kf7 $1 {And now the black king comes back squeezing into the chink!
which has arisen} (56... Kd6 $143 57. Rh3) 57. h4 $6 {[%csl Rh4] This pawn
becomes weak, and Black wins easily. However, passive defence didn't help
either:} (57. Rf3+ Kg7 58. Re3 Kg6 59. Ka3 Rd1 60. Kb2 Rg1 $19) 57... Kg6 58.
Rf3 Kh5 59. Rf6 Kxh4 60. Rh6+ Kg4 61. Rxh7 Rxe4 62. Rh6 Re1 63. g6 Kf5 64. g7
Rg1 65. Rh7 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Pamplona-A 16th"]
[Site "Pamplona"]
[Date "2006.12.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.12.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Rd1 Na6 {This system against 7.Bd2 is sometimes played by
GM Eduardas Rozentalis.} 11. a3 $6 {An unnecessary move.} (11. O-O {is more
common. Practice has seen:} Nb4 (11... Nd6 12. Nb5 $1 (12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Qa4+
Kf7 14. Be3 Nc5 15. Bxc5 bxc5 16. Ng5+ Bxg5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bc6 Rxb2 19. Qxa7
Bf6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Rozentalis,E/Malmo 1993/CBM 036 (28)}) (12. Bf4 e5
13. Bc1 e4 14. Nd4 O-O 15. b3 c5 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. f4
Qf6 20. a3 Rad8 21. e3 Nc5 $132 {1-0 Hoelzl,F-Petran,P/Budapest 1995/EXT 1998 
(52)}) 12... Nxb5 13. cxb5 Nc5 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. Bc3 $1 (15. Bb4 Be4 16. Qc1 c6
17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne1 Rc8 20. Qc4 Kf7 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. b4 Rhc8
23. b5 Rb6 24. Nd3 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Qe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,
H-Rozentalis,E/Lyon 1994/CBM 045 (31)}) 15... Bd5 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Nxf5 exf5 18.
Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rxd5 O-O 20. g4 $18 {1-0 Boga,A-Cassidy,P/ICCF 2001/CBM 109 (36)}
) (11... Nac5 12. b4 (12. Nb5 O-O 13. Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nb5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16.
Qb1 Bc4 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bh6 Rfe8 $132 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Marinelli,T/Formia 1995/
EXT 1997 (33)}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qb3 e5 16. Nh4 g6 17.
Bxe4 fxe4 18. c5 d6 19. Qa4+ Kf7 20. Qc2 dxc5 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxe4 $16 {
1-0 Naumkin,I-Marinelli,T/Porto San Giorgio 1995/EXT 2000 (45)}) (11... O-O 12.
Nxe4 $1 (12. a3 $5 Nac5 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Ne4 16. Qb3 e5 $2
17. Nh4 Qf7 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qe3 a5 20. Qxe4 $16 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Scalcione,M/
Letojanni 2001/EXT 2007 (45)}) 12... fxe4 13. Qxe4 Rae8 $2 (13... Nc5 14. Qc2
exd5 {Romanishin} 15. Be3 $5) 14. Be3 $1 exd5 (14... Qb4 15. Qc2 Qxb2 16. Qxb2
Bxb2 17. dxe6 dxe6 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nb4 20. a3 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nc2 22. Bb2
Rd8 23. Kg1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Ye2e3] 1-0 Quednau,H-Zillich,R/www.desc-online.de
2005/Telechess CBM 113}) 15. Qxe7 Rxe7 16. Nd4 Nb4 (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Nb4 18.
Rd2 $1 Rf5 19. g4 Rfe5 20. a3 Na6 21. cxd5 d6 22. b4 $18 {1-0 Romanishin,
O-Rozentalis,E/Malmo 1993 (26)}) 17. a3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nc2 19. e3 c6 20. Bc3 $18
{1-0 Barkhagen,J-Marin,M/Goeteborg 1999 (33)}) (11... Bxc3 $5) 12. Qb3 a5 13.
Nb5 O-O 14. Nxc7 (14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. dxe6 dxe6 16. Nxc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 Rfe8 18.
Ned4 Rxc4 19. Nxf5 Qxb3 20. axb3 Rc2 $44 {0-1 Epishin,V-Rotstein,A/France 1994
(40)}) 14... Rac8 15. a3 Rxc7 (15... Nc5 16. Bxb4 Rxc7 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ne1 a4
19. Qxa4 Bxb2 20. Nd3 Qxa3 21. Ra1 $1 Qc3 22. Rab1 Ra8 23. Qb5 Ba3 24. Qxb6
Qxc4 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Qxc7 $18 {1-0 Magerramov,E-Marinelli,T/Budapest 1990/CBM
017 ext (31)}) 16. axb4 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Qxb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. d6 $1 Bxg2 20.
dxc7 Bxf1 21. Nxf1 Bxb2 22. Rxd7 Bf6 23. Rd6 Rc8 24. Rxb6 Rxc7 25. Rxb4 $14 {
1-0 Shneider,A-Cosma,I/Beograd 1995 (44)}) (11. Nxe4 {is premature:} fxe4 12.
Qxe4 Nc5 (12... exd5 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nh4 Bxb2 15. cxd5 d6 16. O-O Rae8 17.
Nf5+ $14 Kf7 18. Be3 Bf6 19. Rd2 {1/2-1/2 Naumkin,I-Drei,A/Reggio Emilia 2000/
CBM 081}) 13. Qb1 $6 (13. Qe3) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. O-O Be4 16. Qc1 a5
$17 {0-1 Ortega,L-Marinelli,T/Cattolica 1994/EXT 1997 (52)}) 11... Bxc3 (11...
Nd6 $5 {is quite appropriate and proves that a2-a3 was rather just a loss of
time:} 12. dxe6 dxe6 13. Qa4+ Kf7 14. Be3 Rhd8 15. O-O Nc5 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17.
Nd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qd7 19. Qc2 Qc6+ 20. Kg1 Rd7 21. b3 Rad8 22. Nf3 Ne4 $15 {
0-1 Diedam,N-Emunds,H/Germany 2000/EXT 2001 (45)}) 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. Nh4 $6 {
This move is now completely senseless as Ne4 is safely protected.} (13. cxd5)
13... O-O 14. cxd5 Rae8 15. Bd4 $6 {Completely neglecting development.} (15.
O-O $142 {V.Lebedev} Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxe2 $6 17. Nxf5 $1) 15... c5 {Probably not
the best.} (15... Qf7 $5 16. g4 Bxd5 17. Nxf5 Bb3 18. Qc1 Qg6 (18... Bxd1 19.
Bxg7 $1 $36 {[%csl Ra6]}) 19. Bxe4 $1 Rxe4 20. f3 $1 $13) (15... g5 $1 16. Nf3
Bxd5 $17) 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Qe3 $6 {White continues
a series of pretencious moves eventually leading to a disaster.} (19. O-O)
19... Nc7 20. Bc3 $6 (20. b4 Nd5 21. Qc1 $15) 20... c5 (20... Nd5 $5 21. Qc1
Ba6 $17) 21. Ng2 $6 (21. O-O) 21... Nd5 22. Rxd5 {After this Black is
technically winning.} (22. Qc1 $142 e3 23. f3 $17) 22... Bxd5 23. Nf4 Bf7 24.
h4 Kg8 25. b4 Rd8 26. O-O Rd7 27. Rc1 Rfd8 28. Kg2 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Nd3
cxb4 31. axb4 h6 32. Ne5 Bd5 33. Ng6 Qf7 34. h5 Kh7 35. g4 Bb7 36. Be5 Bc8 37.
Kh3 Rg1 38. Bg3 Qd5 $6 (38... Rh1+ 39. Kg2 Rd1 40. Kh3 $140 Rd5 41. Qxe4 Rxh5+
42. Kg2 $2 Bb7) 39. Kh2 Rd1 40. Ne7 $6 (40. Qf4 $1 e3 41. f3 {suddenly gave
White counterplay.}) 40... Qe6 41. Nxc8 $6 {Capitulation.} Qxg4 $1 42. Kg2 Qxc8
43. Qxe4+ Kg8 44. Be5 Qd8 45. f3 Qg5+ 46. Bg3 Qxh5 47. Qc4+ Qd5 48. Qc8+ Kh7
49. Qc2+ Kh8 50. Be5 Rd2 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Qf5+ g6 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Ne5
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 c6 {This move is apparently too slow.} (9... Qc8) 10. e4 ({
Here is an example of Black taking the initiative:} 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Bg5 h6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qb3 d6 15. Nd3 Nc7 16. Nc3 b5 17. c5 $6 dxc5 18. Nxc5
e5 19. e3 exd4 20. exd4 Bxc5 21. dxc5 Qf5 22. Ne4 Ne6 23. Qc3 Rad8 $15 {
0-1 Molnar,P-Maiorov,N/Kharkov 2007/CBM 117 ext (63)}) 10... Qc7 11. Nc3 Qb7
12. Nd3 (12. Nf3 b5 13. c5 Ne8 14. Bf4 b4 15. Na4 f5 16. Nd2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nac7
18. Be5 Nd5 19. Rc1 Nef6 20. f3 Qc8 21. Nd6 Qa6 22. b3 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Rf7 24.
Qe2 Qa5 25. Qd2 Ne8 26. Be5 Nec7 27. a3 Nb5 28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 Nxb4 30. Re3
Nd5 31. Rd3 Raf8 32. Nb2 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Chernyshov,K/Dagomys RUS 2008/
The Week in Chess 702}) (12. Qf3 Rad8 13. Bf4 d5 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Bg5 h6 16.
Bxf6 Bxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Ng4 Rd6 20. Qf5 Rfd8 21. Rd3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,A-Rozentalis,E/Panormo 2001/CBM 084 ext (45)}) 12... d5 13.
e5 Nd7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. h4 Nb4 16. Bg5 {A typical manoeuvre - the exchange of
bishops in order to open up the h-file. Of course, Black avoids that.} Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 Bb4 18. Rec1 a6 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. h5 h6 21. a3 Bf8 22. Bd2 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Rc8 24. Rf1 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yf4f5]} b5 25. f4 Qc6 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Rf1 Qc6 28. Qf3
Qb6 {Start of a wrong plan.} (28... Nb6 $142 29. f5 exf5 30. Qxf5 Qe6 31. Qf3
$14) 29. f5 exf5 30. Bc3 {[%cal Rf3d5]} a5 $2 {Overlooking a tactical blow.} (
30... Qc6 31. g4 $16) 31. Bxa5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (31. Qxd5 {was not bad either.})
31... Qxa5 32. Qxf5 Qd2 (32... Qd8 33. Qxf7+ Kh7 34. Nf4 $18) 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34.
Rf2 Rd8 35. Qxd5 {[%cal Re5e6,Re2f4]} Qa5 36. Nf4 Qa8 37. Ng6+ (37. Ng6+ Kh7
38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. Rf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 7th"]
[Site "Bursa"]
[Date "2010.01.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Banikas, Hristos"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.01.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Greece"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 (9. Ng5 {is more common here.}) 9... b5 {For this line - see CBM
111, annotations to Kamsky - Adams by GM L.Ftacnik.} (9... Na6 10. cxd5 d6 11.
O-O Re8 12. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Gereben,E-Eigler,F/HUN-ch 1946 (30)}) (9... Nc6 $5 {
will be probably be paid more attention now:} 10. cxd5 Nd4 (10... Nb4 11. Qd1
d6 12. a3 Na6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Bergraser,V-Raizman,M/Nice 1938/EXT
1999/[ChessBase] (48)}) 11. Qd1 Ne8 (11... b5 $5 12. e3 b4 $132) 12. Nf3 Nxf3+
13. Bxf3 d6 14. O-O Nc7 15. a4 a6 16. Qb3 Qd7 (16... b5 $5) 17. e4 b5 18. Re1
Bf6 19. Bf4 Rab8 20. Rad1 $14 {1-0 Ilincic,Z (2520)-Hoang Thanh Trang (2455)/
Budapest 2004/CBM 102 ext (43)}) (9... g6 $5 10. cxd5 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 (11...
Qd7 12. e4 b5 13. f4 b4 14. Nd1 Na6 15. Ne3 $14 {1-0 Ruban,V-Giddins,S/
Antwerpen op 1993/EXT 93op (27)}) (11... a6 12. f4 Nbd7 13. e4 Ne8 14. Nf3 b5
15. b3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Bg7 17. a4 $14 {1-0 Barkhagen,J (2456)-Engqvist,T (2365)/
Stockholm 2001/CBM 085 (33)}) 12. a4 Re8 (12... c4 $5) 13. h3 Bf8 14. b3 Bg7
15. Bb2 a6 16. Rad1 Bc8 17. e4 Rb8 18. f4 b5 $132 {1/2 Wagner,C (2379)-Del Rio
Angelis,S (2509)/France 2002/EXT 2003 (33)}) 10. cxd5 $1 (10. b3 $2 Nc6 $1 11.
Nxb5 d4 12. O-O Nb4 13. Qb1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 d5 $1 $17 {0-1 Kamsky,G (2686)-Adams,
M (2707)/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111/[Ftacnik] (40)}) (10. cxb5 a6 $1 (10... Qb6
$2 11. Nf5 Re8 {0-1 Avrukh,B (2525)-Stefansson,H (2540)/Antwerp 1998/EXT 1999 
(41)} 12. Bg5 $16 {H.Stefansson}) 11. Nf5 axb5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. O-O (13. Nxb5
Bc6 14. Nc3 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 {1/2 Sturua,Z (2600)-Mchedlishvili,M (2416)/
Batumi 2001/EXT 2002 (24)}) 13... Nc7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Nxd5
17. Bxd5 Qe8 18. e4 g6 19. Nd6 Qe7 20. Qxc5 Bxb2 21. Bxc6 dxc6 $11 {1/2
Onischuk,A (2664)-Tomashevsky,E (2658)/Dagomys 2008/CBM 124 (31)}) 10... b4 11.
Nf5 $3 $146 {[%mdl 8] An excellent novelty, which must bring the whole 7.Qc2
system back on top.} (11. d6 Bxg2 12. dxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxg2 bxc3 14. O-O (14. bxc3
Qe4 $1 $15) 14... cxb2 15. Bxb2 d6 16. Ne3 Nbd7 $15 {0-1 Agaragimov,D (2219)
-Aroshidze,L (2500)/Baku 2007/CBM 118 ext (24)}) (11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 g6 $13)
11... d6 (11... bxc3 $2 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. d6 $1 Qe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxc3
Bxh1 16. f3 $16 {[%csl Rh1]}) 12. Ne4 $1 Nxd5 (12... Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nd7 14. a3
$1 $14) 13. O-O {[%csl Rd6,Ge4,Gf5][%cal Gg2b7,Rf1d1] White's powerful knights
exert tremendous pressure; Black's material advantage is temporary.} Na6 (13...
g6 $5 {should be checked, e.g.} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rd1 Nd7 16. Nxd6 $1 Qxd6 17.
e4 $14) 14. Rd1 Nac7 15. Nxc5 $1 dxc5 16. e4 $16 {White regains the pawn in a
favorable version, keeping his f5-knight.} Nb5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Be3 Rc8 19.
Rac1 c4 20. Qe2 Qf6 21. Nxd6 (21. Bh3 $18 {[%cal Rc1c4]}) 21... Nxd6 22. Bxa7 {
White has won a pawn and converts his material advantage without major
problems:} Rfe8 23. Qc2 Qd8 24. Bh3 f5 25. Be3 Qd7 26. Bf4 g6 27. Bf1 Ba6 28.
b3 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Bxf1 30. Rxf1 Nf7 31. d6 g5 32. Bxg5 Qxd6 33. Bf4 Qa6 34. Rxc8
Rxc8 35. Re1 Ra8 36. Qd5 Rd8 37. Qxf5 Qxa2 38. Bg5 Ra8 39. Bf6 Qc4 40. Re4 Qc1+
41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 25th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (9... Nxd5 $6 {Compared to the popular line 
(see Radjabov-Leko and Aronian-Anand in this issue), Black has a kind of an
"extra tempo" (his bishop has come to b7 in one go) but that tempo has a
negative value!} 10. Qe4 $1 (10. Ng5 $143 Bxg5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13.
a3 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Qe7 15. e3 Qe5 16. Rd1 Rad8 17. O-O Ne7 18. e4 Nc6 19. f4 Nd4
20. Qc4 Qe7 $17 {0-1 Tomovic,V-Pirc,V/Zagreb 1949/EXT 2000 (48)}) 10... Nb4 (
10... Nxc3 11. Qxb7 {- had White already castled, Black would have taken on e2
with check!}) (10... f5 11. Qc4 b5 12. Qb3 c4 13. Qxb5 $16 {Knaak}) 11. Qxb7
N8c6 12. Bf4 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. Rxa1 Bf6 15. Rd1 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Bh3
d5 18. Bg5 Qg6 19. Ke1 $16 {1-0 Gajewski,G-Hernandez Carmenates,H/Calvia 2006/
EXT 2007 (32)}) (9... Na6 $5 {but in the following game Black failed to
equalize:} 10. Nh4 d6 11. Nf5 Re8 12. O-O Bf8 13. a3 Bc8 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. b4 $14
Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Hernandez Carmenates,
H/Merida MEX 2007/The Week in Chess 685 (60)}) 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Nh4 (11. O-O
$5 {[%cal Yf1d1]}) 11... Nb4 12. Qd2 N8c6 13. Nf5 Nd4 $1 {[%mdl 512] This
exchange sacrifice solves Black's problems. Although he gets doubled pawn with
it, his pieces occupy strong squares in the centre.} 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxa8
Qxa8 16. O-O Qe4 17. a3 (17. f3 Qg6) 17... Nc2 18. Ra2 Rc8 {[%csl Gc2]} 19. b3
Rc3 20. Bb2 Rc6 21. Rd1 Bf6 22. Qd3 (22. Rc1 $145 $1 {(Aronian according to
Schach 4/2008)}) 22... d5 {[%csl Ge4]} 23. Qf3 (23. Bc1 Rc3 24. Qb5 d3 $1 25.
exd3 Qe6 $44 {[%cal Yc2d4]}) 23... h6 24. h4 g5 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. b4 Kg7 27.
Qd3 b5 28. Bc1 (28. Bc1 Rc3 $1 29. Qxe4 (29. Qxb5 d3 $1 30. Rxc2 (30. exd3 Qf3
31. Rf1 Rc8 $19) 30... dxc2 31. Rxd5 a6 $1 32. Rxg5+ $8 Bxg5 33. Qxg5+ Qg6 $15)
29... dxe4 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 12th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2019.03.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Lenderman, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.03.05"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%evp 0,60,19,25,27,-14,1,4,38,-16,22,14,13,16,20,8,17,13,0,-12,0,0,1,-16,-16,
-13,-5,-14,-11,-11,-32,-8,-8,-29,-22,-18,-14,-14,-23,-48,-45,-48,-21,-25,0,0,0,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 $6 8. Nc3 {White rejects the immediate e2-e4, after
which the game transposes to a Catalan setup with a strange move Rf1-e1.} (8.
e4 $1 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. cxd5 (10. h4 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nc3 Na6 (12... Nc6 13.
Be3 Qd7 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 bxc5 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Bf4 $14 {1-0 (36) Van
Wely,L (2653)-Ivanov,A (2538) Philadelphia 2010}) 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15.
Ng5 Nxg5 16. hxg5 {1/2 (16) Greenfeld,A (2559)-Werle,J (2565) Groningen 2009})
(10. Nfd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Na6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nf3 Nb8 14. h4 a5 15. a3 Ba6 16.
Bg5 Re8 17. Rc1 Ra7 $11 {1/2 (46) Schlosser,P (2508)-Tratar,M (2456)
Schwarzach 2017}) (10. Be3 Na6 11. Nbd2 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Bxd5 14. Ne4
cxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc5 $11 {1/2 (27) Ibragimov,I (2602)-Ehlvest,J (2640) Stillwater
2007}) (10. Bf4 Nd7 $6 {[%csl Rd7]} (10... Na6) (10... c5) 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 a5 14. Rec1 Ba6 15. Bf1 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 b5 {1-0 (39) Svane,R 
(2529)-Derakhshani,D (2307) Doha 2015} 17. h4 $36) 10... cxd5 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12.
Bxd2 Nc6 (12... Ba6 $5) 13. h4 Qd7 14. h5 h6 15. Bf1 f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bf4
Qf7 18. Bh3 Bc8 19. Bg4 $16 {1-0 (52) Aronian,L (2763)-Gelfand,B (2723)
Yerevan 2008}) 8... d5 9. Nd2 (9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Ne5 Nd5 11. Nxc4 Nxf4 12. gxf4
Nd7 13. e3 Nf6 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 c5 $11 {1-0 (58) Abasov,N (2544)-Derakhshani,
D (2365) Wijk aan Zee 2015}) 9... b5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] An energetic move
solving Black's problems.} (9... Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Ndxe4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf6 {
1-0 (39) Arenas Vanegas,D (2369)-Boni,C ICC INT 2009} 13. Be3 $14) 10. cxb5 (
10. c5 {is more ambitious but Black is still OK after} e5 ({or} 10... Nbd7 $5
11. f4 a5 {with a solid position}) 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. e4 d4 13. Ne2 Nxe5 $13)
10... cxb5 11. Nxb5 Qb6 {Black regains the pawn on d4.} 12. Nc3 ({or} 12. Qb3
Bc6 13. Nc3 Qxd4) 12... Qxd4 13. e4 {This break leads to simplifications,
nothing more. That's because White has lost time in the opening (9.Nd2) and
has no development advantage.} Na6 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Nb3 Qxd1 17.
Rxd1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Bf6 19. Rd7 Nb4 20. Nc5 Rfb8 {Black is satisfied with a
draw but he could have played on after, say,} (20... Rfd8) 21. Ne4 Nc2 22.
Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rb1 Na3 24. Ra1 Nc2 25. Rb1 Na3 26. Ra1 Nc2 27. Rb1 Na3 28. Ra1
Nc2 29. Rb1 Na3 30. Ra1 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2007.02.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. d5
f5 9. Qc2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12. Rad1 Bf6 {This line was reviewed by
GM S.Tiviakov in the annotations to his game vs B.Gelfand (CBM 111).} 13. a3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] A new move preventing ...Nc6-b4. Black can now fix the
queenside by ...a5-a4 but White doesn't fear that as the a4 pawn will be quite
weak..} (13. Be3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Nxd5 15. cxd5 g6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Nd4 Ba6 (17...
Nd6 $142 $11 {S.Tiviakov}) 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qe8 20. Qc2 Qe5 21. Qb3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 2006/CBM 111 (29)}) 13... a4 14. Be3
d6 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 g6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A tactical oversight.} (16... Kh8
17. Rfd1 Ne5 $14) 17. Nxf6+ (17. c5 $1 {was perhaps even stronger:} bxc5 (17...
dxc5 18. Nxb6) 18. b4 $3 {Wow!!!} Bd4 19. bxc5 dxc5 20. Nf4 $16 {and Black's
position is in ruins.}) 17... Qxf6 18. Bd5+ Rf7 $8 {Alas...} 19. Rd3 (19. f3 {
was quite appropriate to gag Black's strong bishop.}) 19... Nd8 20. Bd4 Qe7 21.
Re3 (21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. f3 $16) 21... Qd7 22. Qd2 (22. Bxf7+ Nxf7 23. f3 {
was still possible. White decides on a positional advantage, instead of
material.}) 22... Bxd5 23. cxd5 {[%csl Gd4]} Nb7 24. Bc3 {[%cal Rd2d4]} h6 25.
Re6 Kh7 26. Qe3 $6 ({The energetic} 26. e4 $1 {was appropriate:} fxe4 (26...
Nc5 27. exf5 Rxf5 28. Re3 Re8 29. Rfe1) 27. Rxe4 Nc5 28. Re3 (28. Rh4 $6 h5)
28... Re8 29. Rfe1 $16 (29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Re1 Re7 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qf4 $16))
26... Nc5 27. Rd1 $6 {It was time to get rid of this knight:} (27. Bd4) 27...
Qd8 {Black is preparing to capture the e6 rook.} 28. Rd4 $6 (28. Bd4 Nxe6 29.
dxe6 f4 $1 30. gxf4 Rf5 $15) 28... Qg5 $6 (28... Nxe6 29. dxe6 Re7 $4 30. Qxh6+
$1 Kxh6 31. Rh4+ Kg5 32. f4#) (28... Qf8 $1 {was correct, trapping the e6 rook
without sufficient compensation for White.}) 29. Qf3 {White doesn't understand
that his advantage has gone. The initiative gradually passes to Black.} (29.
Qxg5 hxg5 30. Re3 $11) 29... Raf8 30. Bd2 $2 {White fails to find the best
arrangement of pieces in the new situation. Or perhaps he overlooks his
opponent's reply.} (30. Rh4 $1 h5 $1 (30... Nxe6 31. dxe6 Re7 32. Qd5) 31. e3
$1 $13 Nxe6 $140 32. dxe6 Re7 33. Qd5 Rfe8 34. Rc4 $44) 30... f4 $1 31. Qc3 (
31. Bxf4 Qf5 32. e4 Qh3 $17) 31... Nxe6 32. dxe6 Re7 33. Rc4 {Panic!} (33. Bxf4
$142 Qf6 34. Be3 c5 35. Rxd6 Rxe6 36. Rd7+ Rf7 {At least White gets a pawn for
the exchange.}) 33... c5 34. Rxa4 Qf6 {Black is an exchange up and confidently
wins:} 35. Qd3 Qxe6 36. Bxf4 d5 37. Ra6 Qxe2 38. Qxe2 Rxe2 39. Rxb6 g5 40. Rb7+
Kg6 41. Bd6 Rfxf2 42. Bxc5 Rg2+ 43. Kf1 Rxb2 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 17th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2019.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.01.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 188 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.02.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,57,19,34,28,0,-3,6,27,14,10,6,12,13,-2,6,35,27,30,20,24,22,28,-5,42,0,
5,3,25,9,6,13,41,10,19,10,6,-21,-17,-69,-83,-58,-26,-12,-12,-68,-35,41,33,18,1,
0,0,78,217,238,289,366,387,194]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 $5 {A relatively new strong move.
White allows Black to double his c-pawns but plans a pawn advance in the
centre.} (9. Bd2) ({and} 9. Qc2 {are usual continuations.}) 9... Nxc3 (9... d6
$5 10. Rc1 Bf6 ({but not} 10... Nxc3 11. Rxc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 f6 14.
Bf4 Bb4 15. c5 $5 {, and White obtains an excellent compensation for the
exchange})) 10. bxc3 Be4 (10... f5 11. d5 {[%cal Ye2e4]}) 11. Bf1 {[%cal Yf3d2,
Ye2e4]} (11. Bh3 $5 {is an interesting alternative.}) 11... Bd6 (11... Bxf3 12.
exf3 {[%cal Ge1e8]} Nc6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Qc2 g6 15. h4 Bf6 16. h5 Bg7 17. Kg2 {
[%cal Ye1h1]} d6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qd2 f5 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Qg5 $18 {->: 1-0 (29)
Feller,S (2622)-Filip,L (2419) Plancoet 2015}) 12. Bc1 c5 (12... Be7 13. Nd2
Bb7 14. e4 d6 $14 {was passive but safer.}) 13. d5 $1 {[%csl Re4]} exd5 14.
cxd5 Re8 15. c4 Qa6 (15... Bxf3 $142 16. exf3 Be5 17. Rb1 d6 $14) 16. Nd2 $1 {
[%mdl 512]} Be5 {Black wins an exchange but White obtains full domination.} (
16... Bg6 17. f4 $16 {[%cal Ye2e4]} Re3 18. Kf2 $1) 17. Nxe4 Bxa1 18. Nd6 Rf8
19. e4 Be5 20. Bf4 Bxd6 21. Bxd6 {[%csl Gd6]} Re8 22. e5 Qxa2 23. Re4 Na6 {
A desperate attempt to develop Black's queenside; it is too late as White
creates a decisive attack against Black's unprotected king.} 24. Rg4 {[%mdl
128]} Qb2 25. Qf3 Nb4 26. Qf6 g6 27. h4 h5 28. Rf4 Rf8 29. g4 $1 (29. g4 hxg4
30. h5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Nba6 13. Re1 Re8 (13... Bf6 {
is a less logical alternative in this gambit variation - see Straub -
Kosashvili in CBM 89 (annotations by GM L.Ftacnik)}) 14. exd5 {Or else:} (14.
Qg4 Bf6 15. Bf4 Bc8 $1 16. exd5 (16. e5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Be7 18. Rad1 Ne6 $15 {
0-1 Engqvist,T (2380)-Ochsner,T (2300)/Stockholm 1996/EXT 2001 (56)}) 16...
Rxe1+ (16... Bxf5 $142 17. Qxf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Qxd5 Nc5 $11) 17. Rxe1 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 g6 (18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxd5 20. Bg5
$44) 19. Qd3 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxa6 Nxf4 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. gxf4 Qf3 24.
Qa3 Qg4+ 25. Qg3 Qf5 26. b3 $16 {1-0 Cummings,D (2375)-Smith,J (2200)/Cardiff
1997/EXT 2000 (37)}) (14. Bf4 Bf8 (14... Bc5 $5 15. h4 $6 (15. Qg4 Qf6) (15.
exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 cxd5 17. Rd1 Qf6 $11) 15... Bc8 16. a3 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rxe1+
18. Qxe1 Qf6 $17 {0-1 Zlotnik,B (2430)-Radocaj,D (2255)/Novi Sad 1988/EXT 1997
(43)}) 15. Qg4 (15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 $11 18. Qe5 $6 Qd7
$15 {0-1 Vavrak,P (2245)-Oral,T (2435)/Slovakia 1997/EXT 1999 (22)}) 15... Qf6
16. Qh3 $6 (16. exd5 cxd5 17. Ne3 $44) 16... Bc8 17. g4 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Bd6 $17 {
1/2 Ris,R (2364)-Kabatianski,A (2432)/Netherlands 2007/EXT 2008 (43)}) 14...
cxd5 (14... Nxd5 $5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19.
Rxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxd5 Rd8 {1/2 Seres,L (2444)-Balogh,V (2182)/Budapest 2000/CBM
078 ext}) 15. Bf4 (15. Qg4 $5 g6 (15... Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Bf4 $44) 16.
Nh6+ Kg7 17. Bd2 $44 Qc8 $140 18. Qf4) 15... Bf8 16. Qg4 Qf6 (16... g6 17. Nh6+
Bxh6 18. Bxh6 $44 {[%csl Rg8]}) 17. Nh6+ (17. Ne3 {[%cal Ya1d1] was a safer
option.}) 17... Kh8 18. Qd7 $2 (18. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rd8 21.
Rd1 {with a probable draw.}) 18... gxh6 $1 $146 {This simple move practically
refutes White's operation.} (18... Bc6 $2 {gives White the upper hand:} 19.
Qxf7 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxf7 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Rd1 Ba8 24. Nxd5 $16 {
1-0 Grandelius,N (2491)-Drei,A (2278)/Palau 2009/CBM 130 Extra (58)}) 19. Bxc7
Bc6 $1 20. Nxd5 $8 Qg6 21. Qh3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 {, and Black
easily consolidated his forces and converted his material advantage:} 24. Rad1
Ne6 25. Kh1 Rc8 26. f4 Rc2 27. f5 Qf6 28. Qf1 Qxb2 29. Rd5 Ng5 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheboksary"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 dxe4 13. Nc3 $5 Bc8 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 {This line was examined in CBM 60, annotations to Piket-Van der Wiel.
Later GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov found an improvement for White, which he
applies in this game, too.} 15. Nxe4 (15. Bxe4 Be6 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Qh5 h6 18.
Re3 (18. Rad1 Nba6 19. Bxc6 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Rd8 21. Qa4 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qc5 23. Be4
Nb4 24. Qe2 Ncd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 Rd7 $11 {0-1 Schebler,G-Jedynak,R/
Pardubice 2005/CBM 107 ext (53)}) 18... Ne8 19. Bf5 $6 (19. Rae1 $5 $44 {
Tisdall}) 19... Nd7 $1 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Qf3 Rac8 22. h4 Qf6 23. Bc2 Ng6 24.
Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Bb3 Nxf4 $1 27. gxf4 Rd5 28. Nxd5 Qg6+ $1 29. Kh2
cxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kf8 {0-1 Piket,J-Van der Wiel,J/Rotterdam 1997/CBM 060/[Tisdall]
}) 15... Ne6 16. Qh5 Nd7 $146 {An unsuccessful novelty.} (16... h6 17. Bd2 f5
18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Qe2 $6 (20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Be3 $44) 20... Na6 21.
Qc4 $6 Nac5 22. Bxc6 Ba6 23. Qh4 Rd4 24. Bf4 Bb7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Ng5 27.
Rxd4 Nf3+ $17 {1-0 Mamedyarov,S-Gomez,J/Oropesa del Mar 2001/EXT 2002 (31)})
17. Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 $1 {White has no good square for this bishop; therefore, it
is quite logical to trade it.} Nxf4 {Otherwise 19.Bd6.} (18... Ba6 19. Bd6 Qf7
20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rad1 $16) 19. gxf4 Qb4 (19... g6 20. Qd1 $5 {[%cal Re4d6]})
20. Rad1 Rb8 {This quickly loses.} (20... g6 21. Qh4 $16) (20... f5 $142 21.
Nd6 Nf6 22. Qg5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 fxe4 24. Bxe4 Qc5 (24... Bb7 $2 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26.
Re7 Qxb2 27. Rdd7) 25. Qxc5 bxc5 26. Bxc6 $16) 21. Nd6 {[%cal Rd6c8,Rg2c6,
Rg2e4]} Nc5 22. Bxc6 Be6 23. Bd5 {Huge material losses are inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2002.01.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Nce4 13. Be5 Re8 $5 {/\ Nf2}
14. Bd4 (14. Bh3 Bc8 $1 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Bd4 (16. Qa4 Bc5 17. e3 (17. Bd4 Ng4)
17... Ng4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bd6 21. f4 Bxe5 22. fxe5 Qd2 $36
) 16... Qd7 $11) 14... Rc8 15. Bh3 Rc4 (15... Rc7 $5 16. Nb5 (16. e3 Bb4 17.
Qb3 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 (20... d4 21. Nxd4 Qd5 22. f3
Qxa2 23. e4 $14) 21. Qc2 d4 22. Nxd4 Ng5 23. Bg2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qd5+ 25. f3 Qxa2
$11) 16... Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Bc5 (17... Bb4 18. Rd1 Ba6 19. Qc6 Qa8 20. Qxa8 Rxa8
21. a4 $14) 18. Qf4 (18. Nxa7 Qa8 19. Nb5 Qxa2 $11) 18... Ba6 19. a4 $13) 16.
Nxe4 Nxe4 17. e3 (17. Rxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 Nc5 (18... Bc5 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Qxc4 Nf6
21. Bxc5 bxc5 22. Bf1 $14) 19. Qxc4 Bf6 $44) 17... Bc8 $1 18. Bg2 (18. Bxc8
Qxc8 19. b3 Rxc1 20. Qxc1 Qf5 21. Kg2 Rc8 $15) (18. Bf1 Rxc1 (18... Bg4 19.
Rxc4 (19. Bxc4 $2 dxc4 20. h3 Bxh3 21. Qa4 Qa8 $15) 19... dxc4 20. h3 Be6 21.
Qa4 $13) 19. Qxc1 Bb4 20. Rd1 Bg4 21. Bg2 Qc8 (21... Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 (22...
Bxd1 $2 23. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 24. Qxd1 $16) 23. Qc6 Rc8 24. Qb7 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Bxe7
26. Re1 Be6 27. Bc3 b5 $11) 22. Qxc8 Rxc8 23. h3 Be6 (23... Bxf3 24. Bxf3 Rc2
25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Bc3 Bf8 27. Rd8 $36) 24. Bf1 Bd6 $11) 18... Bg4 $2 (18... Bb4
$1 19. Re2 (19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Re2 b5 $11 (20... Bg4 21. h3 $14)) 19... Rxc1 20.
Qxc1 Ba6 21. Rc2 Bd3 22. Rc6 (22. Rc7 $6 Bd6 (22... Bc5 $6 23. Rxa7 Qb8 (23...
Bb5 24. b4 $16) 24. Rd7 $36) 23. Rxa7 (23. Rc6 Qd7 $15) 23... Qb8 24. Rd7 Bb5
$15) 22... Bc5 (22... Bb5 23. Rc2 Bd3 $11) 23. Bh3 Ba6 (23... Qa8 24. Rc7 Bd6 (
24... Qb8 25. Be5 $132 (25. Rd7 Be2 $15)) 25. Rc8 $11) 24. Bxc5 Nxc5 25. Nd4 (
25. b4 Bb7 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. bxc5 Qc7 28. Nd4 Ba6 $15) 25... Bb7 26. Rxc5 bxc5
27. Qxc5 Qb6 28. b4 $13) 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qa4 $16 Bc5 21. Ne5 (21. Qxc4 $4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd2 23. Qe2 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Bxd4 25. Rd1 Qf6 $19) (21. Bxc5 $5
Nxc5 22. Qxc4 Be6 (22... Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Qd2 (23... Qf6 24. Bd5 $16) 24. Qe2 $16)
23. Qc2 Qd3 24. Rc1 $1 $16) (21. Rd1 $5 Qe7 22. Qxc4 $16) 21... Bxd4 22. exd4
Nf6 (22... Nd6 23. Re3 $1 Be6 24. d5 Bf5 25. Qxa7 $16) (22... Nxf2 $5 23. Qxa7
(23. Kxf2 $2 Qxd4+ 24. Kf1 (24. Re3 $2 Rxe5 $19) 24... Re6 $1 25. h3 (25. Qxa7
Rf6+ 26. Nf3 g5 $1 27. Qa8+ Kg7 28. h3 Qd3+ 29. Kf2 Qd4+ 30. Re3 Qd2+ 31. Re2
Qd4+ $11) 25... Bxh3 $1 26. Qd1 (26. Bxh3 $2 Rf6+ $19) 26... Bxg2+ (26... Rf6+
$2 27. Nf3 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Rxf3+ 29. Ke2 Rd3 30. Bxh3 $16) 27. Kxg2 Qxb2+ 28. Re2
Qb5 29. Nxc4 Qc6+ 30. Kf2 h6 $11) (23. Qxc4 $5 Be6 24. d5 Nh3+ 25. Bxh3 Bxh3
26. d6 Be6 27. Qc7 $36) 23... Bh5 (23... Rxe5 24. dxe5 (24. Rxe5 $2 Nh3+ 25.
Bxh3 Qxd4+ 26. Kg2 Qxb2+ 27. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 24... Nd3 25. Re4 Nxe5 26. h3 Bc8
27. Qb8 f6 28. Kh2 $16) 24. Qa4 (24. Kxf2 $2 Qxd4+ 25. Kf1 f6 26. Bc6 (26. Nf3
$2 Qd3+ 27. Kf2 Rxe1 28. Kxe1 Qe3+ 29. Kf1 Bxf3 $17) 26... fxe5 27. Bxe8 Qd3+
28. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 24... Ng4 25. Qxc4 $16) 23. Qxc4 (23. Qxa7 Qxd4 (23... Be6 $6
24. Nc6 Bh3 (24... Qd6 25. Qxb6 $18) 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Bxh3 Qxe7
28. Qxb6 $18) 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ hxg6 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27. Qxe8+ Kh7 $16)
23... Be6 24. Qa4 Qd6 $2 (24... a5 $16) 25. Ng4 $1 $18 Bxg4 26. Rxe8+ Nxe8 27.
Qxe8+ Qf8 28. Qc6 $2 (28. Qxf8+ $2 Kxf8 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Ke1 Kd6 31. Kd2 Be6 32.
a3 a5 $16) (28. Qe5 $1 Qd8 (28... Qc8 29. Bb7 $1 Qd8 30. d5 $18) 29. d5 f6 30.
Qf4 Bc8 31. Qb8 $18) 28... Qc8 $1 $16 29. Qc3 $1 (29. d5 Qxc6 30. dxc6 Kf8 31.
b4 b5) 29... h6 (29... Qxc3 $5 30. bxc3 Be6 31. a3 Kf8 32. Bf1 a5 (32... Ke7 $2
33. Ba6 $1 Kd6 34. Kf1 Kc6 35. c4 Kd6 36. Ke2 Bd7 37. Kd3 $18 {/\ Kc3-b4,
a4-a5, c5}) 33. Bb5 Ke7 34. Kf1 Kd6 35. Ke2 Bh3 36. Ke3 $16) 30. a3 Be6 31. Qd2
Bf5 32. h4 $1 (32. d5 Qc2) 32... Qc7 (32... Qc2 33. Qf4 $36) (32... Kf8 33.
Qb4+ (33. d5 $5)) (32... f6 $142 33. d5 $16) 33. Qe3 $1 {/\ Qe5} Kf8 (33... f6
$2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Bd5 $18) 34. Qe5 $1 Qxe5 35. dxe5 $18 Ke7 36. f4 f6 (36...
g5 37. Kf2 gxf4 38. gxf4 f6 39. Ke3 $18) 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Bf3 g5 $6 39. fxg5+
hxg5 40. g4 Bh7 41. h5 Ke5 42. Bb7 $1 {/\ Bc8, h6, Bf5} Kf4 43. Bc8 a5 44. Kf2
Be4 45. h6 1-0

[Event "Andorra op 15th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Estremera Panos, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.07.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 (8... Nxd5 9. e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. d4 $14) 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1
Ne4 $5 (11... Qc8) (11... Re8) 12. dxc5 Naxc5 (12... Bxc5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5
Qe7 15. Qa4 Rfe8 16. Nxe4 $1) 13. Nd4 Qd7 $2 (13... Re8 14. Bh3) 14. b4 $1 $16
(14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. b4 Ne6 16. Nf5 Rfd8 $8 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Rcd1 Rxd1 19. Nxe7+
Kf8 20. Rxd1 Kxe7 $14) 14... Ne6 15. Bh3 N4g5 (15... Nxc3 $8 16. Rxc3 Bd6 $8 (
16... Bxb4 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 $18) 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. a3 Rac8 19. Nf5 Qd7 20.
Qd3) (15... Bxb4 16. Nxe4 Bxe1 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Rc7 $18 Bxf2+ $140 19. Nxf2)
16. Bxg5 Bxg5 17. e3 Qe7 $8 (17... Rac8 18. Qg4) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nb5 Rac8 (
19... Bc8 20. Qb3 {/\Rc7, Rac1}) (19... Qxb4 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. Nxe6 $18) 20. Qg4
$18 Rf5 (20... e5 21. Qe6+ $18) (20... Rfe8 21. Nd4 $18 Rxc1 (21... e5 22. Qe6+
) 22. Rxc1 e5 23. Ne6 Bf6 24. Rc7) 21. Nd4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Re5 23. Nf3 $1 (23. f4
Qxb4 $5) (23. Nxe6 h5 $5 24. Qxh5 Bxe3 25. Qxe5 Bxc1) 23... h5 (23... Rf5 24.
Nxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Rxg5 26. Bxe6+ Kf8 27. Rc7) 24. Qxh5 Bxe3 25. Qxe5 Bxc1 26.
Bxe6+ Kh8 (26... Kf8 27. Nh4) (26... Kh7 27. Bf5+ $18) 27. Nh4 Qe8 28. Qf5 (28.
Qf5 g6 29. Qf6+ $1 Kh7 30. Nxg6 $1 {(/\Nf8#)} Bh6 31. Ne7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Ne5
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb8 10. Bg5 (10. e4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb4 14.
Qd2 Qb7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ng4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 f5 19. f3 fxe4 20. Rxe4
Nc5 21. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Ionescu,C/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) 10... Qb7+
11. f3 $6 (11. e4) 11... c5 12. e3 (12. Ng4 $4 Nxg4 $140 13. Bxe7 Ne3+ $19)
12... cxd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. b3 d6 15. Nd3 d5 16. Nd2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Ne5
(18. Nxb4 Bxb4 $17 {><c4, d4}) (18. Qb1 Nc6 19. Qb2 Ng4 $15) 18... Nd7 19. Ng4
Nf6 20. Nf2 (20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Ng4 Nd3 22. Re2 Nf6) 20... Nc6 $19 21. Qe2 (21. c5
bxc5 22. dxc5 Nd7 $19) 21... dxc4 22. Nxc4 Nxd4 (22... Nd5 $5 {(Cosma,I)} 23.
Rac1 (23. Rad1 Nc3) 23... Nxe3+ 24. Qxe3 Nxd4) 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25.
Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. a4 Qd5 28. Nd3 Be7 29. Qc2 g5 30. Nce5 Bd6 31. Qc6
Bxe5 32. Qxd5 Nxd5 33. Nxe5 Nb4 34. Kf2 f6 35. Ng4 Kf7 36. Ke3 h5 37. Nf2 e5
38. g4 hxg4 39. fxg4 Ke6 40. Ne4 Na6 41. Nc3 Nc5 42. b4 Na6 43. Nb5 Nxb4 44.
Nxa7 f5 45. gxf5+ Kxf5 46. Nb5 Nd5+ 47. Kd3 Kf4 48. Nd6 Nf6 $2 (48... Ne3 {
(Iordachescu,V)} 49. Ne4 Nf1 50. h3 Ng3 51. Nd6 Kf3 $19) 49. Nc4 Nd7 50. Ke2 e4
51. Kf2 Kg4 52. Kg2 Kf5 53. Kg3 Ke6 54. a5 bxa5 55. Nxa5 Kd5 56. h4 gxh4+ 57.
Kxh4 e3 58. Kg3 Ne5 59. Nb3 Kc4 60. Nc1 Kc3 61. Kf4 Nc4 62. Kf3 Kc2 63. Ne2 Kd2
64. Nd4 Kd3 65. Ne6 Ne5+ 66. Kg2 Kc2 67. Nd4+ Kd1 68. Kg3 Kd2 69. Kg2 Kc3 70.
Ne2+ Kd3 71. Nc1+ Kd2 72. Nb3+ Kc2 73. Nd4+ Kd3 74. Nb3 Nc4 75. Nc1+ Kc2 76.
Ne2 Kd2 77. Nd4 Na5 78. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2017.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Qc2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 {Delaying castling in this system was advocated by Karpov in his
best years. It could help by creating kingside threats, or allow White to
castle long after stabilising the queenside.} d6 10. h4 $146 {This thematic
move is usually played after the centre is blocked, but in this position is a
novelty.} ({The main move is} 10. d5 {Topalov had tried it a few years earlier.
} Bxc3 ({An old Karpov game went} 10... O-O 11. Nd4 e5 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8
Rfxb8 14. h4 a5 15. a4 Rf8 16. e4 h5 17. O-O-O {with one-sided play in Karpov,
A (2760)-Jussupow,A (2630) Tilburg 1993 CBM 039 [Dautov] (1-0, 57)}) 11. Qxc3
O-O 12. Nd2 Re8 13. e3 c5 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5 Nd7 {Topalov,V (2784)-Grischuk,
A (2789) Bilbao 2014 CBM 163 [Stohl,I] (½-½, 74), with satisfactory play for
Black.}) 10... Nd7 11. Rd1 {With the centre still flexible White gives up the
plan of castling long, but keeps his king in the centre to inhibit ...g7-g6 in
view of h4-h5. The last move takes measures against the breaks with ...e6-e5
and ...c7-c5, but may prove useful if White plays d4-d5.} O-O 12. Qc2 {[%csl
Rb7,Rh7][%cal Gf3g5,Gf6g5,Gh4g5] Threatening to win a piece with 13.Ng5 Bxg5
14.hxg5.} c6 $5 {Timman,J (2625)-Polugaevsky,L (2625) Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee
1979 (8) 0-1 A flexible move, parrying the threat and preparing a slow
expansion with ...a7-a6 and ...b6-b5, but keeping other options as well. It
reminds me of} (12... Rb8 {allows the slight kingside weakening:} 13. Ng5 g6
14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Nf3 {[%cal Ge1f1,Gf1g2,Gh4h5]}) (12... Re8 {is less
committal but also less ambitious than the text:} 13. e4 (13. Ng5 $2 Bxg2 14.
Qxh7+ Kf8 $19) 13... e5 14. d5 a5 {This structure is typical for the whole
variation, but having delayed castling helps, as Bh3 and h4-h5 make part of
White's general plan. The king could later go to g2.}) 13. e4 Qc7 14. Ng5 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Ge4e5]} e5 15. d5 h6 16. Nf3 a6 {Black consequently carries
out his plan, while White is a bit behind in development due to the time
losses caused by the queen and knight.} 17. dxc6 {The start of an ambitious
plan.} (17. O-O b5 $5 (17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 20. Rc1 {offers
White chances for an advantage due to his control on the light squares:} Nb6
21. Rdd1 Qxc4 (21... bxc4 22. Nd2 Rac8 23. Bh3 $16) (21... Nxc4 $2 22. b3 $18)
22. Qxc4 Nxc4 23. b3 Na5 24. Rxd6 $36) 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd5 Bd8 $11) 17...
Qxc6 18. Bf1 $5 {It takes guts to play such a move with the king in the centre.
Topalov obviously wanted to prevent ...b6-b5.} (18. Qd3 b5 19. Qxd6 Nc5 20.
Qxc6 Bxc6 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Ge1,Ge4]}) 18... Rfc8 $6 {Slightly inaccurate.} ({
Black should have hurried to transfer the knight closer to the d4-square.} 
18... Nc5 19. b4 ({The same plan as indicated below leads to fiasco:} 19. g4
Bd8 20. g5 h5 21. g6 fxg6 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4][%cal Gf8f3,Gc5e6]}) 19... Ne6 $11)
19. a4 ({Missing the chance to take over the initiative with} 19. g4 $5 Bd8 20.
g5 h5 21. g6 $5 ({The more neutral} 21. Bh3 g6 22. Qd2 Be7 23. Qe3 {also looks
promising.}) 21... fxg6 22. Bh3 $36) 19... Nc5 20. Nd2 Ne6 21. Qb1 Nd4 22. Bh3
Rf8 23. Rc1 $2 {White wastes too much time. He probably wanted to inhibit ...
b6-b5, but it would have been more important to prepare to exchange the
central knight:} (23. Qd3 $1 Bd8 24. O-O f5 ({Of course, Black could play
solidly with, say,} 24... Qc5 {but then he would not have chances for an
advantage.}) 25. Nf3 $1 {In the game White will not have this resource.} Nb3 (
25... Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 $16 fxe4 $2 27. Be6+) 26. Qxd6 Nd4 27. Rxd4 (27. Qxc6
Nxf3+ 28. Kg2 Nxh4+ 29. gxh4 Bxc6 30. Rd6 $13) 27... exd4 28. Qxc6 Bxc6 29.
Nxd4 Bxe4 30. Nxe4 fxe4 31. Be6+ Kh8 32. Bd5 Rc8 33. b3 $44) 23... Bd8 24. O-O
f5 $1 ({The other thematic break clears space for White's pieces:} 24... b5 25.
axb5 axb5 26. cxb5 Nxb5 27. Nxb5 Qxb5 28. Nc4 Bc7 29. Rfd1 $11) 25. Kh2 f4 {
Black has excellent attacking chances while White has no constructive idea.} (
25... g5 $5) 26. Qd3 Kh8 (26... Qe8 $5 {[%cal Ge8h5]}) 27. b3 Bc8 28. Bxc8 Qxc8
29. Ne2 Nxe2 30. Qxe2 {White has exchanged the active knight but this does not
make his king's situation safer.} Ra7 $1 {A thematic way of connecting rooks.}
31. Rc3 b5 ({Playing on two wings but the immediate} 31... Raf7 {was also
strong.}) 32. Rd3 bxa4 33. bxa4 Raf7 34. Rxd6 Bxh4 $1 35. Rd5 (35. gxh4 f3 36.
Qe3 Rf4 $19) 35... f3 $2 {Since Black will not be able to deliver mate on g2,
the last move reduces his attacking potential.} (35... Qe6 $1 36. a5 Be7 $17 {
Pawns are equal but Black is better regrouped and the white king is weak.
Curiously, the permanent threat of ...fxg3+ is likely to put White in zugzwang
with a lot of pieces on board!!} 37. c5 Kh7 $3 {Alekhine,A-Nimzowitsch,A San
Remo 1930 (3) 1-0 Creating the zugzwang. Compare with the famous} (37... fxg3+
{is premature.} 38. fxg3 Rxf1 39. Nxf1 Qf6 40. Kg2 $11) 38. Qd1 fxg3+ 39. fxg3
Rxf1 40. Nxf1 Qf6 $19) 36. Qd3 Qg4 37. Rh1 Bg5 38. c5 (38. Rxe5 $5) 38... Rb8 (
38... Bxd2 39. Qxd2 Qxe4 40. Re1 Qxa4 41. Rdxe5 $44 {The extra pawn is not
significant and the c-pawn is strong.}) 39. Nc4 Rfb7 $6 ({Black could have
strengthened his attack with} 39... Bf4 $1 {requiring from White a long series
of only moves to save the game:} 40. Rd8+ ({Black's idea is revealed after} 40.
Nb6 $2 Bxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qh5+ 42. Kg1 f2+ 43. Kg2 Qxh1+ 44. Kxh1 f1=Q+ 45. Qxf1
Rxf1+ 46. Kg2 Rc1 $17) 40... Rxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd8c8]} (42.
c6 $2 Bxg3+ 43. fxg3 Qxe4 $19) 42... Bxg3+ 43. fxg3 Rf6 {[%cal Gg4h5]} (43...
Qh5+ 44. Qh4) 44. Qc8 $1 Qg5 45. Nc4 {[%csl Gd2,Ge3] It is Black's turn to
find a way of forcing a draw.} Rf4 {[%cal Gf4e4,Gf4h4]} 46. Ne3 Rf6 47. Nc4 $11
{with a draw by repetition.}) 40. Nb6 Rxb6 $2 {Black will not get enough
compensation for the exchange.} (40... Bf4 {would still have kept White under
pressure and probably maintained even chances. For instance} 41. Qf1 (41. Qxa6
Qh5+ 42. Kg1 Qg6 $11 {[%csl Ge4]}) 41... Qg6 42. gxf4 Qxe4 $44 {[%csl Gd5,Gh2]}
) 41. cxb6 Rxb6 42. Rxe5 Bh4 43. Qc3 Rg6 44. Qe1 $18 {White's position is not
too harmonious but he has parried the threats keeping a clear extra exchange
and a dangerous passed pawn.} Bg5 45. Rf5 Rd6 46. Rf8+ Kh7 47. e5 Rd3 48. e6
Be7 49. Rf4 Qh5+ 50. Kg1 Qd5 51. Qe4+ Qxe4 52. Rxe4 Kg6 53. Kh2 Rd2 54. Rf1 Kf5
55. Re3 Kg4 56. Kg1 g5 57. Rc1 Ra2 58. Kf1 Rxa4 59. Rc7 Bb4 60. Rc4+ (60. Rc4+
Kf5 61. Rxb4 Rxb4 62. e7) 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 {The development of
this knight before castling was submitted to thorough investigation at a high
level for the first time during the final Candidates' match between Karpov and
Kortschnoj, back in 1974. Playing with white, Kortschnoj managed to unearth
several interesting ideas, but suceeded in winning a game with this line only
towards the end of the match. Sadly for him, this did not change the course of
history and Karpov won the match with a minimal difference and was soon to be
proclaimed World Champion after Fischer's refusal to defend his title. El
desarrollo de este caballo antes del enroque has sidom sometido a una
examinación atenta durante el encuentro final de los Candidatos de 1974, en el
que se enfrentaban Karpov y Kortschnoj. Jugando con blancas, Kortschnoj
conseguió relevar varías ideas interesantes, pero solo ganó una partida con
esta variante hacía el final del encuentro. Tristemente para él, este logro no
cambió el curso de la historía: Karpov gano el encuentro por una diferencia
mínima y fue proclamada Campeón del Mundo tras el rechazo de Fischer de
defender su título.} Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 {We can see here a first
difference induced by this move order. In the position with castles inserted,
Black could win a pawn with ...Bxc3 followed by ...exd5, but here this is
impossible because the g7-pawn would be hanging. There has been some intense
theoretical and practical discussion in this line some 10 years ago. Later,
the systems based on 4...Ba6 became increasingly popular and little progress
has been made in this variation. Aquí vemos una de las diferencías inducdas
por este orden de jugadas. En la posición similar con los enroques efectuados,
las negras ganarían un peón con ...Axc3 seguído por ...exd5, pero esto no vale
aquí porque el peón de g7 quedaría indefenso.} Qe7 10. Nxe4 {This move was
introduced into practice by none other than an already aged but ever young
Kortschnoj.} ({Against} 10. Rd1 {, the developing move} Na6 {is considered best
} (10... exd5 {Khalifman,A (2650)-Kortschnoj,V (2635)/St Petersburg 1997/CBM
059/[Khalifman] (1-0, 47)}) {and after} 11. O-O {theory holds} Nd6 $1 {to
offer best chances for equality, Olafsson,H (2520)-Rozentalis,E (2595)/Lyon
1994/CBM 045 (1/2-1/2, 32)} (11... O-O $6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 {Romanishin,O
(2590)-Rozentalis,E (2595)/Malmo 1993/CBM 036/[Dautov] (1-0, 27)})) 10... fxe4
11. Qxe4 Bxb2 (11... exd5 $2 {(! acording to Tyomkin)} 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Ng5
h6 (13... Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bf6 15. cxd5 $16) 14. cxd5 $1 Ke8 (14... Kf8 15. Bb4+ $1
) 15. Ne4 $16) 12. Rd1 $1 {With the centre under tension, this move is very
logical. The rook indirectly consolidates the d5-pawn, which is essential in
order to keep the b7-bishop passive for the time being.} ({In the initial game
} 12. Rb1 {was played. Kortschnoj probably wanted to win a tempo because of
the forced} Bf6 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Rozentalis,E (2650)/Beersheba 1997/CBM
058/[Tyomkin,D] (0-1, 36). As we shall see, Black will more or less have to
retreat with the bishop even if not attacked.}) 12... Bf6 {We have reached a
strategically unbalanced position, which seems to suit both players' style.
Gelfand has obtained considerable advantage of space and some initiative,
while the b7-bishop is quite passive. Morozevich relies on the fact that after
the elimination of the b2-pawn, the c5-square has become an excellent outpost
for his knight. If in the long run his stability on the dark squares will
allow him extinguish the first wave of White's initiative, he might obtain a
pleasant endgame. As for the b7-bishop, it can always come back into play via
a6 or (after a preliminary ...d6) via c8-d7. Hemos llegado a una posición
estrategiamente desequilibrada, que parece ajustarse al estilo de ambos
jugadores. Gelfand ha obtenido considerable ventja de espacio y algo de
iniciativa, mientras que el alfil de b7 se encuentra bastante pásivo.
Morozevich confía en que después de la eliminación del peón de b2, la casilla
de c5 se ha vuelto muy comfortable para el caballo. Sí a largo plazo, su
estabilidad en casillas negras le permitirá extinguír las prieras olas de
iniciativa blanca, se podría llegar a un final agradable para las negras. En
lo que a su alfil de b7 se refiere, queda siempre tiempo para volver en juego
por a6 o, tras un previo ...d6, por c8-d7.} ({The attempts to save a tempo by
leaving the bishop on b2 are risky.} 12... O-O 13. Qc2 (13. Ng5 $1 $16 {
is simpler, provoking the weakening of the black kingside.}) 13... Bf6 14. d6
$1 Qf7 (14... cxd6 $2 15. Ng5 $1 $18) 15. dxc7 Na6 16. Bf4 $14 (16. Ng5 $2 Bxg5
17. Bxb7 Qxf2#)) (12... Na6 13. Qc2 $1 (13. O-O {is also possible, when Black
can transpose below by retreating with the bishop. Otherwise,} Nc5 14. Qc2 Bf6
15. e4 $14 {allows White remove the queen from the centre with gain of time
and consolidate his d5-pawn, retaining considerable advantage of space.}) 13...
Bf6 14. e4 $1 $14 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 {The only way to question White's
ambitious plan.} 16. e5 Bxf3 {Again the only move. Otherwise, too many black
pieces would be hanging after the simple 17.0-0.} 17. Bxf3 Qxe5+ 18. Kf1 O-O-O
19. Qa4 Nb8 20. Kg2 $40 {[%cal Yd2f4]}) ({Finally, the part played by the rook
on d1 becomes clear in the slightly cooperative variation} 12... exd5 $6 13.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. cxd5 Bxd5 $2 15. Bg5+ $1 {when the d5-bishop will be lost soon.}
) 13. O-O Na6 {White's queen is stuck in the centre. The d5-pawn is pinned and
under pressure and there is no obvious way to consolidate it with a further e4.
} 14. Nd4 (14. Ne1 $5 {would transpose to the game Atalik,S (2525)-Greenfeld,A
(2555)/Beijing 1996/CBM 054 ext/[Atalik] (1-0, 55), in which ...Qe7 and ...Na6
were played in reverse order.}) 14... Nc5 15. Qe3 $5 $146 (15. Qg4 O-O $6 (
15... h5 16. Qg6+ Qf7 17. Qxf7+ Kxf7 {allows Black exchange queens without
releasing the tension in the centre, but White would probably maintain an edge
with} 18. Be3 $14 {, when Black's position is not easy to hold together.}) (
15... O-O-O $5 16. Bb4 h5 17. Qg6 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rh6 19. Qc2 e5 20. Rd2 h4 $132)
16. Bb4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qc3 $14 a5 $2 19. d6 $1 axb4 20. dxe7 bxc3 21.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Rxd7 Rxa2 24. Rc1 Nc5 25. Rxc7 c2 26. Rxc5 bxc5
27. Kf1 $16 {Burmakin,V (2581)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2544)/Albacete 2007 
(1-0, 79)}) 15... exd5 $5 {A creative reaction to Gelfand's novelty. Against
other moves, White would play Bb4, with similar play as in Burmakin-Hernandez
game.} 16. cxd5 (16. Nb5 $5) 16... Qxe3 17. Bxe3 O-O-O {Both sides have
completed the first wave of their development and the time has come for direct
contact. Ambas partes han finalziado su movilisación y ha llegado la hora de
contactes directos.} 18. Rb1 $1 {This is not a loss of time. he rook has done
its job on the d-file and returns now to the queenside, in order to strengthen
the threat Nb5.} (18. Nb5 a6 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Na3 {does not look too
dangerous for Black, who has two bishops.}) 18... Rhe8 $5 {Very principled.
Black fights against the threat by indirect means, continuing the activation
of his forces.} 19. Nb5 {Threatening Bxc5, when Black would be deprived of one
of his main trumps. Amenazando Axc5, que privaría a las negras del orgullo de
su posición.} Rxe3 $5 {An exchange sacrifice in the style of Petrosian and
Andersson. Its main idea is to preserve the stability on the dark squares. Una
entrega de calidad en el estilo de Petrosian y Anderson. Su principal idea
estratégica es conservar estabilidad en casillas negras.} (19... a6 $6 {
is what White has prepared for by re-directing his rook to b1.} 20. Bxc5 axb5 (
20... bxc5 $2 21. Na7+ Kb8 22. d6 $1 {The immediate 22.Nc6+ is also possible.}
c6 23. Nxc6+ $1 $18) 21. Be3 $16) ({An interesting variation can arise after} 
19... Kb8 20. Bxc5 $1 {The correct move order.} (20. d6 $6 c6 21. Nc7 Rxe3 $1
22. fxe3 Be5 {is far from clear.}) 20... bxc5 21. d6 c6 22. e3 $1 {Taking
advantage of the potential pin along the b-file in order to defend the e-pawn.}
Re6 23. Na3 Ka8 (23... Rxd6 $2 24. Nc4 Rd3 25. Na5 $18) 24. Rxb7 $5 Kxb7 25.
Rb1+ Ka8 (25... Ka6 $2 26. Bf1+ Ka5 27. Nc4+ Ka6 28. Nd2+ Ka5 29. Rb7 $40 {
[%cal Ya2a3,Gb7a7]}) (25... Kc8 $2 26. Bf1 Rxd6 27. Ba6+ Kc7 28. Rb7+ Kc8 29.
Rxa7+ $1 {[%csl Gb6] making the b6-square available for the knight with gain
of time.} Kb8 30. Rb7+ Kc8 31. Nc4 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Rb1+ Kc7 34. Rxd1 {
White has won a piece but it is not all over yet.} Ra8 35. Rxd7+ $1 Kxd7 36.
Nb6+ Kc7 37. Nxa8+ Kb8 38. Nb6 Ka7 {and now, if one does not feel like
calculating the consequences of the pawn ending, he can choose the safely
winning endgame arising after} 39. Nc4 Kxa6 40. a4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5][%cal
Re3e4,Rf2f4]}) 26. Nb5 a5 (26... Rc8 27. Nc7+ Rxc7 28. dxc7 Re8 29. Rd1 Kb7 30.
Rxd7 {/\Rd6} Rc8 31. Kf1 $16 {White has good chances to win even after the
exchange of rooks.}) 27. Nc7+ Ka7 28. Nxe6 (28. Bxc6 dxc6 29. Nxe6 Rxd6 30.
Nxc5 Rd2 $132) 28... dxe6 29. Rd1 Kb6 30. Bh3 e5 31. Rb1+ (31. Be6 c4 $1 32.
Bxc4 Kc5 $11) 31... Ka7 32. d7 $16 {Again, Wite has good winning chances.}) 20.
fxe3 a6 21. Nd4 Re8 22. Nf5 d6 23. Rb4 {With his disrupted structure, White
can hardly think about a favourable pawn break. Therefore, his only
constructive plan is to activate his pieces. The main threat is Rg4. Dado que
su estructura ha perdido toda flexibilidad, las blancas no pueden ni soñar con
una ruptura favorable de peones. Por esto, el único plan constructivo que les
queda es la activación desus figuras. La principal amenaza es Tg4.} h5 $6 ({
We can suppose that Morozevich was optimistic around this moment. If this is
true, he must have forgotten that he did not fulfil all his programmed tasks
yet. He still needs to activate his light-squared bishop. From this point of
view, more consequent would have been Cabe suponer que Morozevich estaba
optimista en este momento. De haber sido así, el debe de haberse olvidado de
que no había efectuado todo sus "deberes" todavía. Le quedaba por activar su
alfil de casillas blancas. En este sentido, era mas consecuente} 23... Kb8 {
preparing ...Bc8 and offering some indirect defence to his kingside at the
same time. preparando ...Ac8 y ofreciendo alguna defensa de forma indirecta al
flanco de rey al mismo tiempo.} 24. Rg4 Bc8 25. Nxg7 $5 {The only way to
maintain the initiative. In other cases, Black would exchange on f5, obtaining
a reliable fortress on dark squares. Later, he could consider advancing his
queenside pawns gradually, which could cause White certain problems. La única
forma de mantener la iniciativa. En caso contrarío, las negras cambíarían en
f5, con una fortaleza muy estable. Más tarde, el avance gradual de los peones
del flanco de dama podría causar ciertos problemas a las blancas.} Rg8 26. Ne6
Rxg4 {At this moment we understand why the king could not go to d8 instead of
b8. En este momento comprendemos porque el rey no pudo ir a d8 en vez de b8.}
27. Rxf6 Ra4 28. Rf8 {Threatening Nxc5 followed by Bh3. Amenazando Cxc5
seguído por Ah3.} Nd7 29. Rh8 Rxa2 {White's position remains more active, but
the a- and b-pawns will start running soon. The position remains difficult to
assess. La posición de las blancas es más activa, pero los peones de a y b se
pondrán a correr en cualquíer momento. La situación queda difícil de evaluar.})
24. g4 $1 a5 25. Rbf4 {White's kingside initiative has become very dangerous
now. Ahora, la iniciativa de las blancas en el flanco de rey se ha vuelto muy
peligrosa.} Rh8 26. gxh5 Rxh5 27. Rg4 Rh7 28. Nxg7 $1 {An elegant tactical
blow, crowning White's previous play and taking advantage of the fact that the
b7-bishop is still a mere spectator. Un golpe táctico elegante, coronando el
juego anterior de las blancas y aprovechando el hecho de que el alfil de b7
queda un mero espectador todavía.} Rxg7 ({Or O} 28... Bxg7 29. Rf7 $18) 29. Bh3
$1 Rxg4+ 30. Bxg4+ Kd8 31. Rxf6 Bxd5 32. a3 {Both players were familiar with
this scenario from their games yesterday. Black is an exchange down and
searches for some desperate counterplay based on the advance of his queenside
pawns. Para ambos jugadores, el escenarío era familiar desde sus partidas de
la ronda anterior. Las negras tienen calidad de menos y buscan un contrajuego
desesperado al avnzar los peones del flanco de dama.} b5 33. h4 b4 34. axb4
axb4 35. Rf4 b3 36. Bf5 Bf7 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke1 Kf6 39. Bd3+ Kg7 40. Kd2 Be6
41. Kc3 Bf7 42. Bc4 Bxc4 43. Rxc4 Kg6 44. e4 Ne6 45. Kxb3 Kh5 46. e5 d5 47. Rb4
Kg6 48. Rb8 Nd4+ 49. Kb2 Nf5 50. Rf8 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
Bf6 {Despite his defeat in the game against Gelfand, Morozevich seems to
maintain his faith in this variation. A pesar de su derrota en la partida
contra Gelfand, Morozevich parece mantener la confíanza en esta variante.} 9.
Qc2 Na6 ({Deviating from Desvíandose de} 9... Qe7 {, as he played in the
aforementioned game. , como había jugado en dicha partida.}) 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11.
Qxe4 Nc5 ({Against} 11... Bxb2 {White's rook has a choice (see also the
similar situation from the game Gelfand-Morozevich)} 12. Rd1 {Atalik,S (2525)
-Greenfeld,A (2555)/Beijing 1996/CBM 054 ext/[Atalik] (1-0, 55)} (12. Rb1 {
Kiselev,S (2485)-Ionescu,C (2515)/Bucharest 1997/CBM 060/[Hecht] (1-0, 60)}))
12. Qe3 O-O $5 {Instead of retrieving the sacrificed pawn, Morozevich opts for
rapid development. Optically speaking, his compensation looks obvious, but the
absence of significant weaknesses in White's position will allow him
neutralize Black's initiative in the next phase of the game. En vez de
recuperar el peón entregado, Morozevich opta por un desarollo rápido de sus
figuras. Opticamente, su compensación parece obvía, pero la falta de
debilidades en la posición de las blancas les permitirá neutralizar la
iniciativa delas negras en la fase siguíente de la partida.} (12... Bxb2 13.
Rb1 Qf6 {leaves Black hanging somewhat. Here is a perfect illustration of
White's ideas:} 14. O-O O-O 15. Bb4 d6 16. g4 $1 {Suddenly, the a1-h8 diagonal
is not long enough.} g6 17. g5 Qg7 {It became longer now, but also... weaker.}
18. Rxb2 $1 Qxb2 19. Bc3 Qa3 20. Qd4 e5 {Not really a stonewall.} 21. Nxe5 $1
dxe5 22. Qxe5 Kf7 23. Qg7+ Ke8 24. d6 cxd6 25. Bxb7 $18 {Sulava,N (2420)-Drei,
A (2310)/Forli 1995/EXT 2002 (1-0, 48)}) 13. dxe6 $146 {Practically forced,
because White cannot defend his central pawn in a satisfactory way.} (13. Bb4
$6 exd5 $1 14. Bxc5 bxc5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxc5 c6 17. O-O Qb6 $15 {Lerner,K 
(2524)-Arlinsky,U (2295)/Givataim 2007/CBM 118 ext (1-0, 44). Black will win
at least one of the queenside pawns, when his active bishops will offer him
excellent play.}) 13... Re8 14. Qa3 Qe7 {Aiming to attack e2 and c4 at the
same time.} (14... Rxe6 15. Be3 {looks OK for White.}) 15. Be3 (15. O-O Qxe6 {
[%csl Yc4,Ye2]}) 15... Qxe6 16. Rc1 Ne4 17. O-O Nd6 {This looks like too much
moving around with the knight to be really good, but I cannot see an effective
way to prove Black's compensation anyway.} 18. Bd4 $5 {Aronian decides to
neutralize Black's pressure along the long diagonal.} (18. b3 Nf5 19. Bf4 $14 {
would have preserved the material advantage, with rather questionable
compensation for Black.} Qxe2 $2 20. Rce1 $1 $16 Qd3 $2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Ne1
$1 $18) 18... Be7 {[%cal Ge7a3]} (18... Qxe2 $2 19. Rfe1 $18) (18... Nxc4 19.
Qd3 b5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. b3 Nb6 22. Rxc7 $16) 19. c5 {Probably too optimistic.}
(19. Qc3 $5) (19. Qd3 $5 Be4 20. Qc3) 19... Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 $2 {This was
Aronian's idea.} (20... bxc5 $1 {would have won the pawn back with an active
central position.}) 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rfd1 Rxb7 23. Rxd2 Reb8 24. Qe3 (24. b3
$1 $16 {would have maintained the extra-pawn without any compensation for
Black. Just look at his rooks, they are doubled on a file where there is
nothing to do!}) 24... bxc5 25. Qxe6+ dxe6 26. Bxc5 {(?!) (?!)} ({It is hard
to refrain from "winning" the pawn again, of course, but the drawish tendency
of rook endings is well known. One important alternative was Por supuesto, es
difícil abstenerse de "ganar" el peón otra vez, pero la tendencía de tablas de
los finales de torres es bien conocida. Una alternativa importante era} 26. Bc3
{, maintaining White's advantage intact, because of his better structure, more
active bishop and the control over the only open file. , manteniendo la
ventaja de las blancas intacta, en vista de su mejor estructura, alfil más
activo y control de la única línea abierta.}) 26... Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxb2 28. Rd7
{Threatening to invade the seventh rank. Amenazando con invadir la séptima
línea.} Rc8 29. a4 $6 ({The ending resulting after this move offers White no
winning chances at all. A slightly more promising ending could have been
obtained with El final que resulta después de esta jugada no ofrece a las
blancas ninguna posibilidad de ganar. Un final algo más prometedor se
obtendría con} 29. Re5 Rb6 30. Rg5 $1 {Forcing Black to weaken his seventh
rank. Forzando a las negras a que debiliten la séptima línea.} g6 31. Rc5 Rb2
32. e3 Rxa2 33. Rdxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 {Despite material equality, Black's
position is not easy to defend, because of his numerous weaknesses. In his day,
Akiba Rubinstein was a great expert in this kind of position. A more recent
example where this structure arised is Karpov - Hort, Waddinxveen 1979, in
which White won. A pesar de la igualdad material, la posición de las negras no
es fácil, por las numerosas ebilidades de peones. En sis mejores días, Akiba
Rubinstein era un gran experto en este tipo de posiciones. Un ejemplo mas
reciente es la partida Karpov - Hort, Waddinxveen 1979, ganada porlas blancas.}
) 29... Rxe2 30. Rcxc7 Rxc7 31. Rxc7 a6 32. Ra7 Ra2 33. Rxa6 e5 34. a5 e4 35.
Ra7 h5 36. h4 {The importance of the lack of flexibility induced by this move
will become obvious at a later stage. La importancía de la falta de
flexibilidad causadapor esta jugada resultará clara mas adelante.} Kh7 37. a6
Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra2 {There was no need to leave the king escape from g2 yet.} (
38... Kg6) 39. Kf1 Kg6 40. Ra8 Kh7 41. a7 g6 ({The weakening of the seventh
rank will not change the evaluation of the position, but the more prudent} 
41... Kg6 {was also possible.}) 42. Ke1 Kg7 43. Kd1 Ra1+ 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kb3
Ra1 46. Kc4 Ra2 47. Kd4 Ra1 $1 ({An important moment. Keeping the central pawn
defended with Un momento importante. Mantener el peón central defendido con} 
47... Ra4+ 48. Kd5 Kh7 $2 {would lose after perderíapor} 49. Kc6 $1 {
(Threatening Kb6) (amenazando con Kb6!)} Ra1 50. Rd8 Rxa7 51. Rd7+ Rxd7 52.
Kxd7 {with an easily won pawn ending. con un final de peones facilmente ganado.
}) 48. Kxe4 {As I have mentioned in my comments to the earlier game Anand -
Kramnik, this ending is drawn. The time has come to explain my comment on
White's 36.h4. With the pawn on h3 or h2, White could have created a passed
pawn on the f-file, which would ensure an easy win. However, Black could have
prevented this undesirable outcome by advancing his g-pawn to g4, immediately
after White's 41.a7. Como he mencionado anteriormente, en mis comentaríos de
la partida Anand - Kramnik, este final son tablas. Ha llegado la hora de
explicar mí breve comentarío después de 36.h4. Con su peón en h2 o h3 todavía,
las blancas podían haber creado un peón pasado en la línea de f, lo que les
aseguraría la victoría. Sin embargo, las negras podían haber evitado este
desenlace indeseable con avanzar su peón de g hasta g4, inmediatamente después
de 41.a7.} ({The plan to exchange rooks does not work out if the black king is
well placed (on g7). For instance} 48. Kc5 Ra2 49. Kb6 Rb2+ 50. Kc6 Ra2 (50...
Rc2+ 51. Kd6 Rd2+ 52. Ke6 Ra2 53. Re8 Ra6+ $1 $11 {followed by ...Rxa7.}) 51.
Rd8 Rxa7 52. Rd7+ Rxd7 53. Kxd7 Kf6 54. Kd6 g5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Ke5 e3 57.
fxe3 Kg4 $11) 48... Ra4+ 49. Kf3 Ra3+ 50. Kg2 Ra2 51. Kh3 Ra3 52. f3 Kh7 53.
Kg2 Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 Kg7 57. Kc4 Ra1 58. Kc5 Rc1+ 59. Kd6
Rd1+ 60. Ke5 Ra1 61. Kf4 Ra4+ 62. Ke5 Ra1 63. f4 Ra2 64. f5 gxf5 65. Kf4 Ra5
66. Re8 Rxa7 67. Kxf5 Rf7+ 68. Ke4 Rf1 69. Re5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 ({
This move was introduced in top level games by Polugajevsky during his
Candidate's match against Kortschnoj, back in 1981. Polugajevsky was probably
exasperated by the fact that he could not get an advantage in the "normal" line
} 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 {(in fact, he even lost one game with it
in that match, as he had done 3 years earlier against the same opponent and
same kind of event.) Later, the young Kasparov included this interesting pawn
sacrifice into his repertoire. However, Black gradually discovered ways to
stand the first way of White's assault.}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 ({This is
Polugajevsky's novelty. He came up with it in the last game of the match, when
he desperately needed to win in order to even the score. Previously, he tried
the known} 8. Nd4 {in two games of the match.}) 8... c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5
Nc7 11. Re1 d5 12. e4 d4 $5 {A rare move and a pragmatic decision. Black
returns the pawn for the sake of rapid development.} 13. Nxd4 (13. Qg4 g6 14.
e5 Bc8 $6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qxd4 {led to an advantage for White in
Mamedyarov-Palo, Chalkidiki 2001. Black should probbaly prefer 14...Ne6,
defending his extra-pawn. If one is going to suffer, he should have some
consolation at least.}) 13... c5 14. Nf5 Nc6 15. Nc3 ({A novelty over} 15. e5 {
when after} Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rfd8 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. Nc3 Ne6 {the control of the
d4-square and the stability of the e6-knight offered Black a reasonable
position in Piket-Almasi, Monaco 2002.}) 15... Nd4 {Now that this knight is
not pinned anymore, it can jump on this active square.} 16. Bf4 {It might look
tempting to capture on e7, but this would just eliminate White's most active
piece and help Black complete his development.} Bf6 ({Black should also avoid
releasing the tension. After} 16... Nxf5 17. exf5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {it would be
hard to improve the position of the c7-knight and retain some chances for the
control of at least one of the central files. For instance,} Ne8 19. Qf3 {
with dangerous initiative for White.}) ({The main alternative to the text move
was} 16... Nce6 {, consolidating the d4-knight.}) 17. e5 $5 {An interesting
exchange of tactical blows starts now.} Bxg2 18. exf6 Bf3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Nb5 Bxd1 22. Nxc7 Bc2 23. Nxa8 Nf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxa8 26.
Nd5 gxf6 27. Nxf6 Kg7 28. Nh5+ Kf8 29. g4 {The position has calmed down and is
about equal.} Rd8 30. Nf6 h6 31. Kg3 Kg7 32. Nh5+ Kf8 33. Nf6 Ba4 34. Ne4 Bc6
35. Nc3 Rd2 36. Re2 Rd4 37. Re1 Bd7 38. f3 Be6 39. a3 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Metz op 31th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aguettaz, Maxime"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 (7. d4 c5
8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Na6) 7... d5 (7... c5) 8. cxd5 exd5 (8... Nxd5 {Le GMI
m'avait joué l'alternative à l'open Rohde 2004} 9. e4 (9. d4) 9... Nxc3 10.
bxc3 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Rc1 (14. Rb1 $142 Na5 15. Bc3
Nc4 16. Qd3 (16. Qa4) 16... Rc8 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Be7 19. Rbd1) 14... Rc8
$11 {Primel,D (2127)-Maiorov,N (2454) Rohde op 04th 2004 (1) 0-1}) 9. d4 {
Transpose sur une Ouest-Indienne} Na6 10. Bf4 c6 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7e6] Une ligne
secondaire solide mais un peu passive} (10... c5 {La grande ligne} 11. Rc1 (11.
Ne5 cxd4 12. Nb5 Nc5 13. Nxd4) 11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 {[%csl Gd4]} (
13. Nd4) 13... Re8 14. Nb5 (14. a3 Bf8 15. Bd4 {Kuzubov,Y (2626)-Maiorov,N 
(2524) Pfalz op 2nd 2009 (4) 1/2}) 14... Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qb3 f6 17. Bf4 Nxf4
{Tihonov,J (2460)-Maiorov,N (2524) BLR-ch Minsk 2009 (2) 1/2}) 11. Rc1 (11. Ne5
) 11... Nc7 {90 Les Noirs ont joué à tempo l'ouverture} 12. Ne5 $146 (12.
Bxc7 Qxc7 13. Ne5 c5 $11 {Sandipan,C (2640)-Berkes,F (2706) Bundesliga 1112
2011 (2.2) 1-0}) (12. Bh3 $5 {[%csl Ra8,Rc8]} Ne6 13. Be5) 12... Ne6 {89} 13.
Be3 c5 $11 {72} (13... Re8) 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 Rc8 {60} 16. b3 {Un millieu
de jeu intéressant avec la lutte à distance des pièces Blanches contre les
P pendants} Ba8 17. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3c5,Ga4c5] Forçant les Noirs à avancer les
P pendants pour les affaiblir mais la diagonale du Ba8 s'ouvre et les Noirs
doivent avoir assez de contre-jeu} d4 18. Bxa8 (18. Bd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd5+ 20.
Kg1 Rfe8 (20... Ng5 $132 {[%cal Gg5h3]})) 18... dxe3 19. Bg2 exf2+ 20. Nxf2 {
suite illisible et gain Noir au 25ème coup} 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.04.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {01h30} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 (4... Ba6) 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O
7. d5 {Le gambit relancé par "Polou" au début des années 80 lors du match des
candidats} exd5 (7... Na6 $5 {Moiseenko,A (2679)-Rozentalis,E (2573) FRA-chT
Top 12 2011 (8.3) 1-0}) 8. Nh4 (8. Nd4 {L'ancienne ligne mais qui pose moins
de problèmes aux Noirs}) 8... c6 {La ligne critique} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7
11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 (12. Re1 Bf6 13. e5 Be7 (13... Bc8 14. exf6 Bxf5 15. fxg7 Re8
$13) 14. Qg4) (12. Qg4 Bf6 13. Nc3 Nd7) 12... Bf6 13. exd5 (13. Bf4 Bc8) (13.
Qg4) 13... cxd5 (13... Nxd5) 14. Bf4 Nba6 {88 Tout est théorique et les Noirs
ont joué rapidement l'ouverture} 15. Re1 Qd7 (15... Bc8 16. Qh5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5
Qc8 18. Qh5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. c4 Rad8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Be5 g6 23. Qh6 f6
24. Rad1 fxe5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 26. Bc4 Qf5 27. Qe3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Nc5 29. Rd5 Qe4
30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe5 Nd2 32. Bd5 {1/2-1/2 (32) Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Polgar,J 
(2708) Vitoria Gasteiz 2007}) (15... Nc5) 16. Qg4 $146 (16. Bh3 {Kasparov,G 
(2595)-Marjanovic,S (2490) Malta ol (Men) 1980 (4) 1-0}) 16... Bc8 17. Nh6+ (
17. Re5 Kh8 18. Nxd5 Bxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bxc7 Qxf5 21. Qxf5 Bxf5 22. Bd6 Rfe8
23. Ne7 Be6 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. a3 Rd8 26. Re1 Bf7 27. Rc1 Be6 28. Rc6 {1/2-1/2 
(28) Valak,A (2432)-Kyhos,A (2318) ICCF email 2010}) 17... Kh8 18. Qxd7 (18.
Nxd5 Nxd5 {Probablement une simple transposition}) (18. Qf3 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gc3d5]
} Bb7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Ng4) 18... Bxd7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 {62} 20. Nxf7+ $1 {
La pointe de la nouveauté du français} Rxf7 21. Bxd5 Raf8 22. Bxf7 Rxf7 23.
Rad1 $14 {[%csl Ra6] Le matériel est égal mais la R des Blancs semble une peu
plus forte} h6 (23... Kg8) (23... Bxb2 $4 24. Rxd7 {[%csl Rh8]}) 24. Be5 Bxe5 {
30} 25. Rxe5 Kg8 26. Rd4 Nc7 27. f4 Kf8 28. f5 $1 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. g4 Nb5
31. Rd1 Nd6 32. h3 a5 (32... h5 $5) 33. Kf2 b5 34. Kf3 Nc4 35. b3 Nd6 36. Kf4 {
[%csl Re7,Gf4]} b4 37. Rd5 $1 Nb7 {[%csl Rb7]} 38. Ke3 Bc6 39. Re5+ Kf7 40. h4
$16 Bd7 41. Kf4 a4 42. bxa4 Bxa4 43. g5 hxg5+ 44. hxg5 Bd7 45. Rd5 Ke8 46. Ke5
$36 {[%csl Ge5]} (46. g6 $5 {[%csl Rg7] Moins naturel mais les Noirs
commencent а manquer d'espace} Ke7 $2 47. f6+ $1 {[%cal Gd5d7,Gg6g8]}) 46...
Nd8 47. Kd6 $1 Nf7+ 48. Kc7 $40 {Les Noirs sont proches du zuzgwang} Ba4 49. g6
Nh6 50. Re5+ Kf8 51. Kd8 $1 {La fin va être digne d'une étude} (51. Ra5 Be8 52.
Kd6 Kg8 53. Ra8 Kf8 (53... Nxf5+ 54. Ke6) 54. Ke6 Ng4 55. Rc8 Ne3 $22 56. f6
$18) 51... Bc6 52. Rc5 (52. Re7 Ba4 $22 (52... Bd5 53. Re8#) 53. Re4 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ge4b4,Ge4f4]}) 52... Be4 53. Re5 Bc6 $2 (53... Nf7+ $3 54. gxf7 Bb1 55.
Re2 Kxf7 56. Rf2 Kf6) 54. Re6 Bd5 $4 55. Re8# 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Medvegy, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 $2 {
I can't award any other annotation than this! The move is extremely passive,
which allows White to obtain a strong centre. Black will have huge problems
with the lack of space. And it is very strange, that it has become so popular
in the last two years. The reason is simple - in all normal systems Black has
faced numerous problems. But few players have continued to adopt classical
plans with solid results.} (7... Na6 8. Nc3 (8. Ne5 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5
11. Bf4 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc5 14. Rc1 Re8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxb7 Nxb7
17. Rxc4 Bc5 18. Nd3 Na5 19. Rc2 Bf8 20. Bd2 Qd5 21. Nf4 Qf5 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23.
Nd5 Rac8 {Black successfully overcame his opening problems and now starts to
counterattack.} 24. Rd2 {0-1 Ernst,S (2589)-Tomashevsky,E (2688)/Novi Sad SRB
2009 (57)}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Nd4
Bf6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Nf5 Ne6 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Ba3 Be5 18. Qa4 Qf6 19. Qd7 Qxf5
20. Qxb7 Bd4 21. e3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rc4 Rab8 24. Qc6 Rbc8 25. Qxe4 Qxe4
26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Rd8 {White has an extra pawn, but opposite coloured
bishops help Black to fight for a draw.} 28. Re2 {1/2 Kempinski,R (2601)
-Kryvoruchko,Y (2611)/Kallithea GRE 2009 (57)}) ({In former times the
following system was considered to be playable, but nowadays the results are
terrible for Black:} 7... c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 Bxh4 11. Bxe4 Bf6
12. Qc2 g6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Bg2 Nd7 17. e4 b5 18. f4
Qf6 19. Qc3 $1 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21. Rab1 a6 22. c4 b4 23. e5 {The endgame is
really difficult for Black.} Bc8 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2709)-Markos,J (2565)/Germany
GER 2010/CT-3380 (45)}) ({But the worst is the premature control of e4:} 7...
Ne4 8. Nfd2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nc3 f5 12. e3 Nd7 13. b4 Kh8 14.
Qb3 Qc8 15. Ba3 {The weakness of c7 is impossible to cure - White has a very
serious advantage.} a5 16. Rec1 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 c5 19. Qb2 cxd4 20.
Ne2 Qd8 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Rd1 Qf6 23. Rab1 Na4 24. Qb4 Rfc8 25. Rdc1 Rxc1+ 26.
Rxc1 Nc5 {1-0 Rodshtein,M (2623)-Stella,A (2330)/Puerto Madryn ARG 2009}) 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 c5 ({It is possible to delay for few
moves the attack on the centre:} 11... Nd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. d5 e5 15.
h4 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 17. Nc2 g6 {Black's position is solid and it is necessary to
try to attack on both flanks, which is mission impossible.} 18. Nh2 Qd7 19. Ne3
Rae8 20. a3 Bc8 21. b4 Qc7 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. Rg1 Kg7 24. Qd3 h5 25. Bf3 {1/2-1/2
Piket,J (2590)-Salov,V (2660)/Wijk aan Zee 1993/CBM 034}) 12. e5 $1 {Very
interesting and very fresh pawn sacrifice - now White will get a powerful
passed d-pawn.} (12. d5 Bxc3 $6 (12... e5 {returning to the previous
annotation is correct}) 13. bxc3 exd5 14. cxd5 Nd7 15. Qd2 Qd8 16. Qf4 Qf6 17.
Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Nd2 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Re7 20. f3 Nd7 21. Kf2 Ne5 22. c4 Rae8 23. h3
Bc8 24. f4 Nd7 25. Re3 (25. a4 {much better would be to create a weakness on
the other side.}) 25... g5 26. Rae1 f6 {Rusev,K (2547)-Lilov,V (2409)/Plovdiv
2010/CBM 134 Extra/1-0 (48)}) 12... dxe5 13. d5 ({Another option was to try to
exploit some space advantage} 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Qc1 a6 15. Qf4 Ra7 16. Ne4 Rd8
17. g4 $2 ({After the natural} 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Qxe4 Rd7 20.
Bf1 Nc6 21. Bd3 g6 {White has no real plan for improving his position.}) 17...
Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad7 19. Rae1 g5 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. a3 Rd1 22. Qb3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1
Qc7 24. Qa4 a5 25. h3 Bf8 26. Qc2 Nd4 27. Qe4 Nxf3+ 28. Bxf3 Rd4 {Black
controls the d-file and additionally White has a few pawn weaknesses.} 29. Qe2
{0-1 Wirig,A (2497)-Granda Zuniga,J (2640)/Nancy FRA 2010/CT-3399 (58)}) 13...
exd5 14. cxd5 $146 ({After the capture with the knight} 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Nxf6+
gxf6 16. Nh4 Nd4 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qh5 Kh7 19. Rad1 (19. Nf5 {was a draw
immediately.}) 19... Rg8 20. f4 exf4 (20... Qd7 {was much better, with some
better chances for Black.}) 21. Nf5 Rg6 22. Re7 Qf3 23. Qxf3 Nxf3+ {with
equality.}) 14... Nd7 ({The queen sortie} 14... Qf5 {was premature:} 15. Ne4
Rd8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Nxe5 Na6 18. Qb3 Rd6 19. Rad1 {and White retained a
very centralised position.}) 15. Bh3 (15. Nd2 {was another good option, but
the pin is always unpleasant for the opponent.}) 15... Qc7 ({After} 15... Re8
16. Nd2 {the white knight threatens to come to e4 and then to move to d6.}) 16.
Nb5 Qd8 17. Nd6 Qc7 18. Nxb7 ({White is not looking for a draw by repetition:} 
18. Nb5) 18... Qxb7 19. Nd2 g6 $6 (19... Rad8 {would be more natural, keeping
an eye on the opponent's central passed pawn.}) 20. Ne4 (20. d6 Rad8 21. Qb3
Qc6 22. Ne4 Bg7 23. Bg2 {was much more direct, but Black would keep a
defendable position.}) 20... Bg7 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. d6 $1 {No draw
after the knight move to d6!} f5 ({More logical was} 23... e4 24. Bg2 Nf6 ({
after the natural} 24... f5 {White would destroy his opponent's centre by
playing} 25. f3) 25. Qa4 Rad8 26. Rad1 Qc6 27. Qa6 {with good compensation for
the pawn - the d6-pawn is doing a lot of harm.}) 24. Nc7 e4 (24... Rac8 25. Bf1
Rxc7 26. dxc7 Qxc7 27. Qd5+ Kh8 28. Rad1 Nb8 29. Qe6 {was leading to much
better play for White.}) 25. Rxe4 $6 {A kind of bluff.} ({In the event of} 25.
Qb3+ Kh7 26. Nxa8 Qxa8 27. f3 Ne5 28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Rf1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Qc6 31.
Rad1 e3 $5 {the position is unclear, but balanced.}) 25... Qxe4 $2 (25... fxe4
{would be a much stronger move:} 26. Bxd7 ({After} 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Bd5 Qc8 28.
Bxa8 Bxb2 29. Rb1 Bd4 {it is clear, that Black has the upper hand.})) 26. Bg2
Qd4 $2 ({After} 26... Qe5 27. Bxa8 Kh7 28. Qd2 Qxb2 29. Qxb2 Bxb2 30. Re1 Be5
31. Bc6 Bxd6 32. Ne6 Nf6 33. Rd1 Be7 34. Nxf8+ Bxf8 35. f3 {it is not easy to
realise an exchange.}) 27. Bxa8 ({Possible was} 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Bxa8 Be5 29.
Bd5+ Kh7 30. Ne6 Re8 31. Rd1 {with a slightly more active position in the
endgame.}) 27... Qxd1+ $2 ({Better was} 27... Qxb2 28. Bd5+ Kh7 29. Rb1 Qe5 30.
Rb3 f4 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. Nxf4 Qxd6 {with an extra pawn for Black, but White
still has some compensation.}) 28. Rxd1 Bxb2 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. Bc6 Rf7 ({Or} 
30... Ne5 31. Bb5 Nf7 (31... Nf3+ {is weaker:} 32. Kg2 Nd4 33. Be8 Kh7 34. d7 {
with advantage.}) 32. d7 Nd8 33. Re1 {with unpleasant threats in the endgame.})
31. Re1 (31. f4 {was good also, prohibiting the e5-square to the black knight.}
) 31... Be5 32. Ne8 ({There was the simpler way to a win with} 32. Bxd7 Bxd6
33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Nd5) 32... Bf6 33. Nxf6 ({It was possible to win a piece
immediately:} 33. Bxd7 Rxd7 34. Nxf6 Rxd6 35. Ne8 Rc6 {but the knight would
have some problems in the opponent's camp.}) 33... Rxf6 34. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Taizhou"]
[Date "2013.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.09.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {Ushenina avoids the Nimzo-Indian, where she has
lost two games - a logical decision, but probably too late.} b6 4. g3 Bb7 {
Hou has a fantastic feel for the match! She decided to play a new system,
expecting serious preparation of Ushenina in her successful pet lines.} (4...
Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. Bc3 d5 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nd2
O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Rc2 g5 17. Ne1 h5 18.
Nd3 h4 19. e3 Nf6 20. f4 Qh7 21. Re1 g4 22. Qc1 Rfd8 23. Rd1 Bb8 24. a4 Kg7 25.
Kf2 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qh2 27. Rg1 Ne4+ 28. Kf1 Nxg3+ 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. a5 Rh8 31.
Nb4 Ne4+ 32. Kf1 Ng3+ 33. Kf2 Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Ng3+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ {1/2 Werle,J 
(2607)-Hou,Y (2571)/Wijk aan Zee 2009}) (4... Bb4+ 5. Bd2 c5 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O
O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bf4 a6 11. Rc1 d6 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14.
b3 Rc8 15. h3 h6 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rc6 18. Ne1 Qc8 19. Nf3 Qb7 20. Qd3 Nef6
21. Nd4 Rcc8 22. Qf3 Qc7 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Qg2 Rfd8 25. f4 Ned7 26. Bf2 Bf8 27.
e4 Re8 28. Nf3 Nc5 29. Nd4 e5 30. fxe5 dxe5 {0-1 Cramling,P (2495)-Hou,Y (2578)
/Beijing 2011/}) 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 ({Ushenina has had no really serious
practice here, but her perfomance in an old game is quite convincing:} 6. O-O
O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 f5 10. h4 Bf6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Qa4 Qc8 13.
Bg5 Bxg5 14. Nxg5 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c5 16. Rad1 Qb7+ 17. Kg1 Rac8 18. e3 Nb8 19.
Rd2 a6 20. d5 e5 21. f4 Rce8 22. Qd1 h6 23. Nf3 d6 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. e4 Qf7 26.
Rg2 Nd7 27. Qe2 Qg6 28. Nd2 Rf6 29. h5 Qg4 30. exf5 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxf5 32. Nb3 {
1-0 Ushenina,A (2496)-Pokorna,R (2376)/Dresden 2008}) 6... O-O ({The top
specialists play} 6... Ne4 {here or concentrate on d7-d5, which leads to
hanging pawn structures.}) 7. Qc2 c5 ({A hanging pawn structure is possible
here too, but modern players are usually afraid to chose it:} 7... d5) 8. d5
exd5 9. Nh4 ({In the 1974 match against Karpov, Korchnoi twice played} 9. Ng5 {
One of those games went} Nc6 ({Nowadays Black usually responds with} 9... h6 {
for example:} 10. Nh3 (10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. cxd5 hxg5 $1 (11... d6) 12. d6 Nc6 13.
dxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxg5 (14. Bxc6 dxc6 15. Bxg5 $11) 14... d5 $1 15. e3 (15. Rd1
Rad8 $5 {/\ Nd4-e6=} (15... Nd4 $5 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. e3 Ne6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11))
15... Qe6 {/\ Ne4} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. O-O Rad8 $5 18. Rfd1 Rd6 19. Rd2 Rfd8 20.
Rad1 Qe5 $11 {Balashov,Y (2545)-Tiviakov,S (2595)/Sankt_Peterburg (zt) 1993})
10... Na6 11. cxd5 d6 12. O-O Nc7 13. e4 Nd7 14. f4 b5 $13 {Naumkin-Korotylev,
Moscow 2012.}) (9... g6 10. Qd1 $1 (10. O-O Nc6 $13) 10... d6 11. cxd5 Na6 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Nf3 Nc7 14. a3 $6 Bf6 15. e4 b5 16. Bf4 Nb6 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 (18.
e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nbxd5 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxc7 Nxc7 $11) 18... Bg7 (18... b4 19.
axb4 cxb4 (19... axb4 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Nb1 $14) 20. Ne2 $14) 19. Rad1 b4 20.
Nb1 Ba6 21. h4 Re8 22. Bg5 {and Black has to fight for equal play, Kortschnoj,
V-Karpov,A/Moscow (m/5) 1974.}) 10. Nxd5 g6 11. Qd2 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Rb8 $4 13.
Nxh7 $1 Re8 14. Qh6 Ne5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Qxg5 Bxd5 18. O-O Bxc4
19. f4 {1-0.}) ({A sharper option here is} 9. cxd5 {as} Nxd5 {can be met with}
({Here is one high-profile encounter:} 9... Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. Nh4 Nb4 12.
Qd2 N8c6 13. Nf5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. O-O Qe4 $44 {
Aronian-Carlsen, Morelia/Linares 2008.}) 10. Qe4 $1) 9... Nc6 {This is
probably the safest move.} ({A very sharp try is} 9... b5 10. cxd5 b4 11. Nf5
d6 12. Nd1 Re8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Ne3 g6 (14... Na6) 15. b3 Na6 16. Bb2 Nc7 17.
Rd1 Nb5 18. Nc4 Ne4 $2 (18... Rad8) 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. f3 Ree8 22.
Bf6 $16 {Riazantsev-Pelletier, Biel 2010.}) 10. cxd5 Nd4 11. Qd1 ({It was
possible to think about the more active} 11. Qd3 {for example:} Qc8 12. Be3 Ba6
13. Qd2 Re8 14. O-O Bd6 15. Rfe1 {with slightly better play.}) 11... Ne8 $5 {
Sometimes Black plays this plan in the Benoni, but a more natural and sharper
one seems to be} (11... b5 12. e3 b4 13. Na4 Nb5 14. Nf5 d6 15. O-O Re8 16. e4
Bf8 17. f3 c4 18. Rf2 Rc8 19. Bf1 Ba6 20. Ne3 c3 21. b3 g6 22. Bd3 Nc7 23. Nc2
{Piasetski,L (2301)-Maiorov,N (2528)/Metz 2011 (45). The white knight
threatens to exploit the weaknesses of the blockaded squares.}) 12. Nf3 ({
Black obtains very comfortable play after} 12. e3 Bxh4 13. exd4 Qe7+ 14. Ne2
Bf6 15. O-O Nd6) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 ({Another capture promised a worse
ending:} 13. exf3 Ba6 14. Bf1 Qc8 15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. Qe2 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 Bf6 18.
Bf4 g5 19. Be3 Nd6) 13... d6 (13... Bd6 $5 {was possible:} 14. O-O Be5) ({
But maybe} 13... f5 {is even better:} 14. O-O Nd6 15. a4 a6 16. Qc2 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bf4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Qb6 20. h4 c4 21. b4 Ra8 22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Be3 Qa6
{with an unclear fight, Zakhartsov,V (2608)-Terrieux,K (2422)/Aix-les-Bains
2011.}) 14. O-O Nc7 ({More in Benoni style fashion would be to place the
bishop on the long diagonal immediately:} 14... Bf6 15. Bf4 Nc7) 15. a4 a6 {
This is a typical classical Benoni structure with one piece exchanged, which
is usually Black's idea, as she has a problem with space for her pieces.} 16.
Rb1 $146 {White is getting ready to meet 16...b5 with 17.axb5 axb5 18.b4!,
which is typical for Benoni positions.} ({Other options were} 16. Qb3 Qd7 17.
e4 b5 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Bf4 Rab8 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. e5 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5
$14 {Ilincic - Hoang Thanh Trang, Budapest 2004}) ({Or to try to provoke some
blockade on the queen's flank:} 16. Qd3 b5 17. e4 Qd7 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Nd1)
16... Bf6 $5 ({After} 16... b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 c4 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bd4 Qe7
21. Qd2 Ra3 22. e4 Rfa8 23. Rfe1 Bc8 24. Bg2 {computer engines do not
understand the position and evaluate it as better for Black. But the truth is
completely the opposite - in the blockaded central position Black has
absolutely no counterplay.}) 17. Bd2 $6 ({It would be better to press against
the opponent's centre:} 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. Bf4 b5 19. Rbd1) 17... b5 18. axb5 Nxb5
$1 ({Hou Yifan did not like the blocked position, as we explained before:} 
18... axb5 19. b4 c4 20. e4 Be5 21. Qc1) 19. Bg2 Bc8 $1 {I like this move -
the new World Champion tries to find an active position for her bishop.} 20.
Ne4 Re8 $1 {One more brave and deep decision not to try to keep the bishop
pair, which is a weakness of many modern players.} 21. Nxf6+ ({Maybe it was
better not to take the bishop, but play} 21. Qa4) 21... Qxf6 22. e4 a5 23. Ra1
Bd7 ({Of course not} 23... Qxb2 $4 24. Rb1 $18) 24. Ra2 ({In the line} 24. Rxa5
Rxa5 25. Bxa5 Qxb2 26. Qa1 Qxa1 27. Rxa1 f5 $1 {the game would come to a draw.
But Ushenina is forced to play because of her match situation.}) 24... a4 $1 {
Now White regretted her decision not to have eliminated this pawn.} 25. Re1 h6
26. Be3 ({Probably the best solution was to wait, but who can do it in such a
situation?} 26. Qe2 Nd4 27. Qd1) 26... a3 $5 {With this manoeuvre Black
creates a passed pawn, which plays its role later in the game.} 27. Qd2 ({
It was better to go to the crazy line} 27. Bc1 c4 28. bxa3 Nc3 29. Bb2 Nxd1 30.
Bxf6 Ba4 31. Bd4 c3) 27... axb2 28. Rxb2 Nc3 ({It was very logical to fight
for control over the d4-square with} 28... Ra4 $5) 29. f3 ({After} 29. Bf4 $5
Nxd5 30. Bxd6 Qxd6 31. Rc1 Qe5 32. exd5 Bf5 33. h3 {the position would be
still equal.}) 29... Ra3 ({Once more} 29... Ba4 $5 {was good, with the idea ...
Nd1.}) 30. Bf2 $1 {The best defensive move.} Nb5 31. Reb1 ({It was necessary
to threaten the break in the centre} 31. f4 $1 Ra4 (31... c4 32. Rb4 $1) 32.
Qc2 Nd4 33. Qb1) 31... c4 $5 32. Rxb5 Bxb5 33. Bd4 $4 {In time trouble
Ushenina missed Black's reply.} ({White could not be satisfied with} 33. Rxb5
$2 Ra1+ 34. Bf1 Qxf3 $19) ({But after} 33. Qb4 {White would hold easily} Ra2
34. Qxb5 Rxe4 35. Rf1 Ree2 36. Qxc4 Qb2 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 $11) 33... c3
$1 {Now the position is simply lost!} 34. Qf2 ({The endgame arising after} 34.
Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Bxf6 gxf6 36. Rxb5 Rc1+ 37. Bf1 f5 $1 {should be won for Black
without big efforts.}) 34... Qg5 $1 {For the last moves Hou Yifan played
really like a computer!} 35. f4 ({The alternative -} 35. Rxb5 {does not help}
Qc1+ $5 36. Bf1 (36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 c2 38. Bb2 Ra1 $19 {[%cal Ga1b1]})
36... Qd1 $1 37. Bxc3 Rxc3 $19) 35... Qg4 $19 36. Re1 ({Or} 36. h3 Qe2 37. Qxe2
Bxe2 38. Rc1 Bd3 39. e5 c2 40. exd6 Rb3) 36... Rea8 37. h3 Qc8 38. e5 Ra1 39.
exd6 c2 40. Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Aars"]
[Site "Aars"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
Na6 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 c6 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nf5 $44 {><d6,/\Qd2-g5->
}) 9. Nh4 Bxc3 (9... Nc5 10. Na4 $1 $14 {/\a3}) (9... c6 10. d6 $1 Qb8 (10...
Ne8 11. Ne4 f5 12. Bg5 Qb8 13. a3 Bxd6 $2 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Qxd6 Nxd6 16. Be7
$16) 11. Bf4 Nh5 (11... Ne8 12. Ne4 f5 13. a3) 12. Be5 f6 13. a3 $1 Bc5 14. e3
g6 15. g4 Ng7 16. Bg3 $16) 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 (11... d6 $2 12. Bxc5 bxc5
13. dxe6 Bxg2 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Kxg2 $16) 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 exd5 14. cxd5
Ba6 15. Re1 (15. Qc2 $6 Bc4 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Rd1 Qb5 18. e4 d6 19. Nf5 Rb8 20.
e5 dxe5 21. d6 cxd6 22. Nxd6 Qa6 $17 {1-0 Shipov,S-Brynell,S/Berliner Sommer 
(09) ;EXP 47 1995 (50)}) 15... d6 16. Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. e4 Qb5 19. f3 (
19. Nf5 $2 {/\Qg5} Nxe4 $1 20. Bxe4 (20. Qf4 Nxc3 $17) 20... Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Qf1#
) 19... h6 20. Nf5 Nd7 21. f4 Nb6 (21... Qd3 22. Qc1 {/\Bf1}) (21... Qa4 $5 {
/\Bc4}) 22. Bf1 Qa4 $6 (22... c4 $142 {Ist gegen den weissen Vorstoss e4-e5
gerichtet. Schwarz macht Druck gegen den Pd5.} 23. Qd4 (23. Qd1 {/\Qg4} Kh7 24.
Qg4 g6 25. Nd4 Qd7 $14) 23... f6 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. Qxf6 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Nxd5 27.
Qg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ $13) 23. Bxa6 Qxa6 24. e5 $16 {[+]} Qc8 (24...
Qc4 25. exd6 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 cxd6 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Ne7 $1 h5 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30.
Qh8#) (24... Nc4 25. Qd3 Qxa2 26. e6 Kh8 (26... fxe6 27. Nxh6+ gxh6 28. Qg6+
Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. dxe6 Re7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Qh8#) 27. Re2 Qa1+
28. Kg2 $16) 25. e6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Kh7 (26... Rxe6 27. Ne7+) 27. Qe2 Qb7 28. Qg4
g6 29. Nh4 Rg8 30. e7 h5 31. e8=Q hxg4 32. Re7+ Kh6 33. Qxg8 Qh1+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.02.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2006.02.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
O-O 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. O-O Nc5 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bf6
15. Qb3 Qe8 16. a4 exd5 17. cxd5 Qxe2 18. Rac1 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Rxc7 Rab8
21. d6 Bc6 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Bf6 24. Nf3 Rfd8 25. Nd2 a6 26. Nb3 a5 27. Rd5
Kf7 28. Rxf5 Ke6 29. Rb5 Kxd6 30. Rc1 Ke7 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Rb1 Bc3 33. Nc5 d6
34. Na6 Rbc8 35. Rxb6 Ke6 36. Rd1 Rc4 37. Rd3 Bd4 38. Nc7+ Kd7 39. Nd5 Rf8 40.
Rb2 Kc6 41. Ne7+ Kd7 42. Nd5 Rxa4 43. Nb6+ Bxb6 44. Rxb6 Rf6 45. Rd2 g6 46.
Rb7+ Kc6 47. Rxh7 Rb4 48. h4 Rb5 49. Ra2 d5 50. h5 gxh5 51. Rxh5 Kc5 52. g4 Kc4
53. g5 Rf5 54. Ra4+ Kb3 55. Rg4 d4 56. Rh3+ Kc4 57. g6 Rf8 58. Rh7 Rg8 59. Rf7
Rd5 60. g7 Rdd8 61. Kf1 a4 62. Ke2 a3 63. Rc7+ Kb3 $2 {Hier steht der König
sehr unglücklich, denn er gerät schnell in den Weg seines a-Bauern oder gar in
einen Mattangriff. Nach} (63... Kb4 {scheint sich Schwarz mit knapper Mühe und
Not behaupten zu können, z.B.} 64. Kd3 (64. Ra7 a2 65. Rxa2 Rd7 66. Kd3 Rgxg7
67. Rxg7 Rxg7 68. Kxd4 Rf7 69. Rb2+ Ka3 70. Rd2 Rf8 71. Ke5 Re8+ 72. Kf6 Rf8+
73. Ke7 Rf3 $11) 64... Ra8 65. Kxd4 Kb3 66. Rg3+ Kb2 67. f4 Ra4+ 68. Kd3 Rd8+
69. Ke3 a2 70. Rg2+ Kb3 71. Rc1 Rg8 72. Ra1 Ra7 73. Kf3 Ra5 74. Ke4 Ra7 75. f5
Rgxg7 76. Raxa2 Rge7+ 77. Kf4 Rxa2 78. Rxa2 Kxa2 79. f6 $11) 64. Kd3 $1 $18 Rb8
(64... a2 65. Rb7+ Ka3 66. Ra7+ Kb2 67. f4 a1=Q 68. Rg2+ $18) 65. f4 a2 (65...
Ra8 66. Rb7+ Ka4 67. f5 a2 68. Rg1 Ra6 69. Kxd4 Ka3 70. Ke5 $18) 66. Ra7 Rgc8 (
66... Rbe8 67. Rb7+ Ka3 68. Rg1 Re6 69. Kxd4 Rd8+ 70. Kc5 Rc8+ 71. Kd5 Ra6 72.
f5 $18) 67. Rg2 Rc3+ (67... Ra8 68. Rxa8 Rxa8 69. g8=Q+ Rxg8 70. Rxg8 a1=Q 71.
Rb8+ Ka2 72. Ra8+ Kb2 73. Rxa1 Kxa1 74. f5 $18) 68. Kxd4 Rc4+ (68... Rd8+ 69.
Ke4 Rc4+ 70. Kf5 Rc5+ 71. Kg6 Rd6+ 72. Kf7 Rf5+ 73. Ke7 $18) 69. Ke5 (69. Ke5
Re8+ (69... Rb5+ 70. Ke6 Rb6+ 71. Kd7 Rd4+ 72. Kc7 $18) 70. Kf5 Rc5+ 71. Kf6
Rc6+ 72. Kf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Nf6 13. Rac1 Qd7 14. Bxc7
Qxc7 15. Nxd5 Qd6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20.
Rc7 Bxb2 21. Rxa7 Rfd8 22. e3 Kf8 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. a4 Be7 25. Rb5 Rbc8 26. Bd5
Rd6 27. Rb7 Rc5 28. Rxc5 bxc5 29. Bc4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Rc1 31. Rb8+ Bd8 32. Rxd8+ (
32. Bxf7 $18) 32... Ke7 33. Rg8 $2 {Damljanovic underestimates the counterplay
which is there because of the passed black c-pawn. Now the game can hardly be
won. After the positional Damljanovic unterschätzt das durch den schwarzen
c-Freibauern entstehende Gegenspiel. Nun ist die Partie kaum noch zu gewinnen.
Nach dem positionellen} (33. Rd2 Rxc4 34. Ra2 $18 {White's extra pawn should
win the game sooner or later. sollte sich der weiße Mehrbauer hingegen früher
oder später durchsetzen.}) 33... Rxc4 34. Rxg7 Rxa4 35. Rxh7 c4 36. Rh4 Kd6 37.
Rf4 Kc5 38. Rxf7 (38. h4 Ra7 39. Kf1 (39. Kf3 Kb4 40. h5 Kb3 41. h6 c3 42. h7
Ra8 43. Rxf7 c2 44. Rb7+ Ka2 45. Rc7 Kb1 46. g4 Rh8 $11) 39... Kb4 40. h5 Kb3
41. h6 c3 42. h7 Ra8 43. Rxf7 c2 $11) 38... c3 39. Rc7+ Kb4 40. h4 Kb3 41. h5
c2 42. h6 Ra6 43. f4 Rxh6 44. e4 Rh7 45. Rc5 Rd7 46. e5 Rd3 47. e6 Re3 48. f5
Re5 (48... Rc3 49. Rxc3+ Kxc3 50. e7 c1=Q 51. e8=Q Qc2+ {[%cal Gc2g2,Gc2f5] is
also a draw, but more tiresome to play over the board. ist ebenfalls remis, in
der Praxis aber mühseliger.}) 49. Rxc2 (49. Rxe5 c1=Q 50. Kh3 (50. e7 $4 Qb2+
$19) 50... Qf1+ 51. Kg4 Qd3 $11) 49... Kxc2 50. g4 Kd3 51. Kf3 Kd4 52. Kf4 Re4+
53. Kg5 Kd5 54. Kf6 Rxg4 55. e7 Re4 56. Kf7 Kd6 $1 57. e8=Q Rxe8 58. Kxe8 Ke5
59. f6 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.28"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 Nce4 13. Be5 Bc5 14. Bd4 Qe7
15. e3 Rfd8 16. a3 Qe8 17. b4 Bf8 18. Qd3 Rac8 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rec1 h6 21. Qf1
Qe8 22. Bh3 Rc4 23. Qe1 Bd6 24. Nh4 Be5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Nf3 Bxd4 27. Nxd4 Qe5
28. Bf1 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rc8 30. Qc1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 g6 32. Qa4 Qf6 33. f3 Ng5 34.
Bg2 Qe7 35. Kf2 a6 36. Qc2 Kg7 37. Qc3 Kh7 38. h4 Ne6 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Qe5 Bc6
41. Bh3 Bd7 42. Qc7 b5 43. f4 Kg7 44. Qe5+ Kf7 45. Qh8 h5 46. Bf1 Qf6 47. Qxf6+
Kxf6 {Leichter weißer Gewinn wegen der vielen festgelegten Schwächen im
schwarzen Lager:} 48. Bd3 Be8 49. e4 Ke7 (49... dxe4 50. Bxe4 e5 51. Ke3 Ke6
52. Bb7 Kf5 53. Bc8+ Kf6 54. Bxa6 Bc6 55. fxe5+ Kxe5 56. Bc8 Be8 57. Bb7 Kf5
58. Bf3 Ke5 59. Be4 Bf7 60. Bc6 Bc4 61. Be8 $18) (49... d4 50. e5+ Ke7 51. Be4
{[%cal Gf2e2,Ge2d3,Gd3d4]} Kd7 52. Ke2 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kb6 54. Kxd4 Bf7 55. Ke3 Kc7
56. Kf3 Be8 57. g4 Bf7 58. gxh5 gxh5 59. f5 $18 {[%cal Gf3f4,Gf4g5]}) 50. Ke3
Kd6 51. Kd4 Bf7 52. Bb1 Be8 53. Bc2 $22 Bf7 54. a4 bxa4 (54... Be8 55. axb5
axb5 56. exd5 exd5 57. Bd3 Kc6 58. Ke5 Bf7 59. Kf6 Be8 60. Ke7 $18) 55. Bxa4
Ke7 56. exd5 exd5 57. Bc2 Kd6 58. Bd3 Be8 59. Bxa6 Bd7 60. Bd3 Be8 61. Bc2 Bf7
62. Ba4 Be6 63. Be8 Bf5 64. Bf7 Be4 65. b5 1-0

[Event "Prague m1"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2006.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "207"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {This
gambit was highly topical in the 80's, but nowadays is well forgotten. White
sacrifices a pawn with hope to achieve a long-term initiative.} ({The main
line goes with} 7. Nc3 Ne4 {where black usually equalizes quite easily. The
percentage of draws is extremely high in this line.}) 7... exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9.
cxd5 Nxd5 ({Worse is:} 9... cxd5 $6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Rc1
Bc6 14. Na4 g6 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17. Ne7+ Kg7 18. Nxd5 $14 {0-1
Beliavsky,A (2590)-Spassky,B (2615)/Vienna 1980/MCL (60)}) 10. Nf5 Nc7 $1 {
Black is preparing to move forward his central pawns.} 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 (12.
Qg4 Bf6 13. Bh6 Bc8 {parrying all threats.}) 12... Bf6 13. Bf4 Bc8 $1 {Eyeing
the outposted knight.} ({Extremely dangerous for Black is:} 13... d4 $2 14. e5
$1 dxc3 15. Qg4 cxb2 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bxd5 cxd5 19. Bg5 h5 20.
Qf4 Qc3 21. Bh6 $3 $40) 14. g4 $6 {This ambitious move appeared for the first
time in a Wch KK match in 1984. White supports his knight to be able to play
either exd5 or e4-e5. Current game will probably force White players to look
for alternatives...} (14. Rc1 Bxf5 15. Bxc7 Qxc7 16. Nxd5 Qd8 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. exf5 $11) 14... Nba6 15. e5 (15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. e5 Be7 18. Nxe7+
Qxe7 19. Bg5 Qe6 20. h3 Qg6 21. f4 f6 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Bh4 f5 24. b4 fxg4 25.
hxg4 Nd3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705)/Moscow 1984/MainBase 
(47)}) 15... Be7 16. Bg3 $146 (16. Re1 Nc5 17. Bg3 Ba6 18. f4 Nd3 19. Re2 Bb4
$17 {1-0 Selin,O (2440)-Okrugin,S (2373)/Tula 2002/CBM 087 ext (60)}) 16... f6
$1 {Undermining white's central outposts. Black clearly won the opening battle.
} 17. Nd4 (17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bxd5+ Be6 (18... Nxd5 $2 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Nxd5 Bxg4 $11) 19. Bxa8 Nxa8 20. Qxd8 Bxd8 $17) 17... Bd7 18. Rc1 (18.
e6 Nxe6 19. Nxd5 Bc5 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bxg4 23. Bxc6 Rad8 {
and Black is simply a pawn up without any compensation.}) 18... fxe5 19. Bxe5
Bf6 20. Bg3 Rc8 $19 {White didn't get sufficient compensation for the pawn
sacrifice. Black's forces are fully mobilised as well, and preparing the
advance of his central pawns.} 21. h3 c5 22. Nde2 d4 $6 (22... Bc6 {followed
by 23...Qd7 and 24...d4 would have been more convincing.}) 23. Ne4 Be7 24. Nf4
Bg5 $6 {Trying to eliminate white's active knights, but it's not really
necessary.} ({Again} 24... Bc6 {followed by 25...Qd7 should have been
preferred.}) 25. Nxg5 Qxg5 26. Nd3 Be6 27. Bb7 Rcd8 28. Qa4 c4 $2 {A typical
human mistake. The move in the text allows White to get into the game.} (28...
Qh6 $3 {A typical computer solution.} 29. Rfe1 (29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 Qxh3 {
[%csl Rg1][%cal Ge6d5]} 31. Nf4 Rxf4 32. Bxf4 Qxg4+ 33. Bg3 Bd5 34. Qd3 Qh3 35.
f3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Rd6 {mating.}) 29... Bd5 30. Bxd5+ Rxd5 {keeping a winning
position.}) 29. Bxa6 Nxa6 30. Qxa6 cxd3 31. Qxd3 {Now, the battle is not that
one sided, since Black has no more his proud central pawns.} Bxa2 32. Rc7 (32.
b3 $2 Qd5 $19 {[%csl Rb3]}) 32... Rf7 33. Re1 Qg6 ({The centralization of the
queen} 33... Qd5 $17 {was called for.}) 34. Qa3 Bd5 35. Qxa7 d3 36. Rxf7 {
I guess that at this point both players were in time-scramble, otherwise, it's
very difficult to explain the following several moves...} d2 $4 (36... Bxf7 $17
) 37. Rd1 $4 (37. Rfe7 dxe1=Q+ 38. Rxe1 {White is just a pawn up, while
black's counterplay on the light squares might be sufficient only for a draw.})
37... Bxf7 38. Qc7 Qd3 39. Bf4 (39. Qxb6 $2 Re8 $19 {[%cal Re8e1]}) 39... Re8
40. Kh2 $4 {Instead of capturing the dangerous passed pawn, Navara is
protecting his own. The move in the text loses by force.} (40. Rxd2 Qxh3 41.
Rd8 Qxg4+ 42. Bg3 $15) 40... Qf3 41. Rxd2 Re1 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Missing forced
mate.} (41... Bd5 $1 42. Rxd5 Qxf2+ 43. Kh1 Re1#) 42. Qd8+ Re8 ({Probably
Gelfand overlooked that after} 42... Be8 {White can exchange queens} 43. Qd5+
Qxd5 44. Rxd5 $14) 43. Qd4 Re1 44. Qd8+ Re8 45. Be3 $1 {Navara correctly
realized that he can play for a win!} h6 (45... Rxd8 46. Rxd8+ Be8 47. Rxe8+
Kf7 48. Rb8 {White will capture the Pb6 and will get good winning prospects
thanks to passed "b" pawn.}) 46. Qd6 b5 47. Qf4 Qxf4+ 48. Bxf4 {Black's
defensive task in this endgame is not easy at all.} b4 $1 {It is important for
Black to put this pawn on a protected square.} 49. Be3 b3 50. Kg3 Re7 51. Rd8+
Kh7 52. Bd4 Be6 53. Rd6 Kg8 (53... Rd7 $2 54. Rxe6 Rxd4 55. Re3 Rb4 56. Kf3 $18
{This endgame is lost, because black's rook is passive.}) 54. f4 g6 55. Rd8+
Kf7 56. Rh8 Rd7 57. Be5 h5 58. Rh7+ (58. gxh5 Rd3+ 59. Kf2 gxh5 $11) 58... Ke8
59. Rh6 hxg4 {Every pawn exchange makes black's defensive task easier.} 60.
hxg4 Kf7 61. Kh4 Bd5 62. Kg5 Be4 63. f5 gxf5 64. gxf5 Rd2 65. Rh7+ Ke8 {
Running away from the danger zone.} 66. Rh8+ Kf7 67. Rh7+ Ke8 68. Kf6 Rf2 69.
Rh5 Kd7 70. Bd4 Rf1 71. Ke5 Bc2 72. f6 $6 (72. Rg5 $1 {could still force
Gelfand to work very hard for a draw.}) 72... Re1+ 73. Kd5 Bg6 {Now it's clear
why 72.Rg5 was important.} 74. Rh8 Re8 75. Rh4 Bf7+ 76. Kc5 Rc8+ 77. Kb5 Rb8+
78. Kc5 Rc8+ 79. Kb4 Kd6 80. Rh7 Rb8+ 81. Kc3 Rc8+ 82. Kd2 Ke6 {Gelfand
managed to safely blockade the passed pawn.} 83. Bc3 Rg8 84. Rh1 Rg3 $11 {
Now white's king won't be able to pass the 3rd rank.} 85. Ra1 Kf5 86. Rf1+ Kg6
87. Be5 Rh3 88. Bd4 Rg3 89. Bc3 Rh3 90. Be5 Kg5 91. Rg1+ Kf5 92. Rg7 Kxe5 {
Simplifying to a drawish rooks endgame.} (92... Ke6 {was possible as well.})
93. Rxf7 Ke6 94. Rf8 Rg3 95. Rd8 Kxf6 96. Rd3 Rg8 ({Of course, not} 96... Rxd3+
$4 97. Kxd3 Ke5 98. Kc4 Kd6 99. Kxb3 Kc5 100. Ka4 $18) 97. Kc3 (97. Rxb3 Ke5
98. Rd3 Rb8 {is a theoretical draw.}) 97... Rb8 98. Re3 Kf7 99. Kc4 Kf6 100.
Rxb3 Rc8+ 101. Kd5 Ke7 102. Rb6 Rc2 103. b4 Kd7 104. Rb7+ {[%mdl 256]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dinamo"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $1 exd5 8.
Nd4 {L'ancienne variante mais Nh4 est devenu ensuite la ligne principale} (8.
Nh4 $142 {[%cal Gh4f5,Gg2b7] La variante qui est devenue а la mode en cette
même année 1980, elle reprend l'idée du GMI GUIMARD qui avait été oubliée
pendant une trentaine d'année} c6 $1 9. cxd5 Nxd5 {[%cal Ge7h4]} 10. Nf5 Nc7 $1
11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Bf6 13. exd5 (13. Bf4) 13... cxd5 14. Bf4 $44 {Kasparov,G 
(2595)-Marjanovic,S (2490) Malta ol (Men) 1980 (4) 1-0}) 8... c6 (8... Bc6 $1 {
La ligne critique pour la variante Nd4 car les blancs ont des difficultés а
garder l'initiative} 9. cxd5 (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Nc3 $11 {O'Kelly de Galway,
A-Euwe,M Hoogovens Beverwijk 1958 (8) 1-0}) 9... Bxd5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4
12. Nf5 $11 {Razuvaev,Y (2470)-Spassov,L (2470) Rubinstein Memorial 17th 1979 
(3) 1/2} (12. Nc3 N8c6)) (8... Na6 $143 {[%cal Ga6c7,Gc7c6]} 9. Nc3 c6 10. cxd5
cxd5 11. Nf5 {[%cal Gg2b7]} Nc7 {[%cal Gc7d5]} 12. Bf4 $44) (8... Nc6 {
Sveshnikov,E (2520)-Sturua,Z (2420) Cup URS (Team-II Group) 1980 1/2}) 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. e4 Nc7 11. Nc3 (11. Nf5 $142 {[%cal Gf5g7] Retombe sur les grandes
lignes} d5) 11... d6 $5 {Une idée utilisée contre TAL} (11... d5 12. exd5 cxd5
13. Re1 {Douven,R-Smith,J EU-ch U20 Groningen 1980 (13) 1-0}) 12. Nf5 $1 $146 {
[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf5d6,Gf5g7,Gc1f4] Retombe par interversion de coups dans des
positions proches de celles issues de la variante Nh4 а la différence prés que
les noirs ont joué d6 au lieu de d5 qui est plus actif.} (12. Re1 $143 {
Tal,M-Kholmov,R Riga m 1968 (2) 1/2}) 12... Nd7 $1 13. Re1 (13. Nxd6 $143 Ba6
14. Re1 Ne5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Be3 (17. Qa4 b5) 17... Nd3 $36 (17...
Rfd8)) (13. Qg4 $5 {[%csl Rg7]} Ne6 $1 (13... g6 $143 14. Bf4 {[%cal Gf5d6,
Gf4d6]}) 14. Bf4 (14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. Nxf7+ $5 {Joli mais les blancs ne font que
récupérer le P sacrifié et la Q blanche va perdre du temps pour trouver une
bonne case de développement.} Rxf7 16. Qxe6 Rf8 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Qg4 Nd3 $1 $36
{[%cal Gd3f4,Gd3b2]}) 14... Ne5) 13... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8g7]} (13... Ne6 $143 {
[%cal Ge6g7]} 14. Nd5 $1 $36) 14. b3 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2g7] Semble un peu lent
mais le Be7 est aussi dévié de la défense du P"d6"} (14. Bf4 {[%cal Gf5d6,
Gf4d6]} Ne5 15. Qb3 {[%cal Ga1d1]} Bf6 16. Rad1 $44 {[%csl Rd6] Les blancs ont
des bonnes compensations pour le P avec l'avantage d'espace et des pièces
actives. En outre, "d6" est assez faible.}) 14... Bf6 15. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2g7]} g6
16. Ne3 (16. Nxd6 $6 Nxd6 17. Qxd6 Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gc5d3,Gd3b2]}) (16. Nh6+ $5
Kh8 17. Ng4 Bg7 18. Ne3 {[%csl Gd5,Rd6][%cal Gc3d5,Ge3d5,Gd1d2,Ga1d1] Les
noirs vont avoir du mal а pousser "d5" et les blancs ont quelques
compensations avec l'activité des pièces centralisées} Nc5 19. Qd2 Qc7 20. b4
$1 (20. Rad1 Rd8 21. b4 Ne6) 20... Ne6 (20... Nd7 21. b5 $1) 21. Rac1 {[%cal
Gc1c7,Gb4b5,Gc3d5]} Rd8 22. Ncd5 $1 (22. Nf5 $1) 22... Qb8 23. Bxg7+ N6xg7 24.
Ne7 {[%cal Ge7c6]} c5 25. N3d5 $36) 16... b5 17. b4 (17. Qc2 {[%cal Ga1d1]} b4
18. Na4) 17... a5 18. a3 Bg7 19. Qd2 axb4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qb6 22. Rd1
Ne5 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Nd5 $1 Qd7 27. Bxe5 dxe5 28. Rxc6
$1 Kh8 29. Qc1 (29. Rc5 $14 {[%cal Gc5b5,Gc5d5] Semble plus simple}) 29... Nf6
30. Rc7 Rc8 $1 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Qxc8+ (32. Nec3 {[%csl Rb5]}) 32... Bxc8 33.
Nxf6 Bxf6 34. Nc3 Be7 35. Nd5 Bd6 36. Bf1 Be6 37. Bxb5 Bxd5 38. exd5 Bxb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 02nd round of 16"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Black "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1978.10.??"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Budapest MTK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 $6 {Une variante
trés douteuse} (6... O-O $142 7. O-O Ne4) 7. cxd5 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} exd5 8. Qa4+
c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 {[%csl Rc6]} (10. Bf4) 10... Nfd7 (10... b5 11. Qc2 Nbd7
12. Nd3 Re8 13. Bg5 a5 14. b3 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Rcd1 Bd6 18.
Rfe1 Qb6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rad8 22. Nc5 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 (22)
Baumbach,F (2390)-Zheliandinov,V (2410) Pecs 1976}) 11. Nd3 $14 {[%csl Gc5]}
Nf6 $146 (11... a5 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Rac1 Re8 14. a3 Bf6 15. e3 g5 16. Be5 Nxe5
17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Qd1 Ba6 20. b4 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4
23. Qxd8 Raxd8 24. Rxc6 Rxe5 25. Rxb6 Rd2 26. g4 Rb2 27. Kg1 Kg7 28. Bf1 Rd5
29. Rb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 axb4 31. axb4 Rxb4 32. Bd7 Kf6 33. Kg2 Ke5 34. Kg3 Kd5
35. h4 h6 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Kg2 Kc5 38. Kf1 Rc4 39. Bf5 Kb4 40. Bh7 Kc3 41. Ke2
{Fischer,J-Kertesz,A Satu Mare 1976 1-0}) 12. Rd1 Bd6 13. Bg5 (13. Bf4 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 13... Nbd7 14. e4 $1 {Pour profiter de l'avance de développement,
il faut ouvrir le centre} dxe4 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18.
Rac1 $32 Nb8 $6 19. Ne5 $36 Rc8 20. Rc3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gd1c1,Gc3f3]}
Qd6 21. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 22. Qc4+ Ke7 23. Re3+ Kd8 24. Re6 Qf8 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qh4+
Kc7 27. Re7+ Nd7 28. Bxd5 Rd8 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qe4+ 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 10th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2010.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.10.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 {01h40+30s} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2
{[%cal Ge2e4]} (7. O-O {La grande ligne}) 7... c5 8. d5 {Un thème courant dans
cette structure} exd5 9. Nh4 {[%cal Gh4f5,Gg2b7,Gc4d5]} ({RR} 9. cxd5 Na6 10.
Nh4 d6 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. O-O b5 14. Bg5 Nc7 15. Qf5 Qd7 16. Qxd7
Nxd7 17. Ne4 Bxd5 18. Nxd6 Rxe2 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Rfe1 Nd4 22.
Rxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf1 Rxb2 {Gelfand,B (2737)-Topalov,V (2780)/Nice 2008/CBM 123
Extra/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (9. Ng5 h6 10. Nxd5 (10. h4 {[%csl Gh1]} Na6 $13 {
Grischuk,A (2715)-Adams,M (2729) ESP-chT finals 2007 (1) 1-0})) 9... Nc6 {01h31
} (9... b5 $5 {la ligne critique pour redonner le P dans des bonnes conditions}
) 10. cxd5 Nd4 {01h31} 11. Qd3 {Ressort une vieille ligne mais les Noirs vont
y répondre а tempo} (11. Qd1 {Le coup habituel} Ne8 12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 d6
14. O-O Nc7 15. Qc2 b5 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. a3 f5 18. b3 Bf6 19. Bb2 Rac8 20. e3 Qf7
21. Qd2 a6 22. Ra2 Rce8 23. b4 Na8 24. Ne2 Nb6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Mozharov,M (2451)
-Korotylev,A (2594)/Moscow 2010/Mega2010 Update 16/1/2-1/2 (38)}) 11... Qc8
$146 {01h27 La préparation des Noirs} ({RR} 11... Ng4 12. d6 Ne5 13. Qd1 Bxh4
14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bg2 Bf6 16. O-O b5 17. f4 Ng6 18. e4 Qc8 19. Nd5 Bd8 20. e5
Qa6 21. h4 Re8 22. h5 Nf8 23. b4 Qa4 24. bxc5 Qc4 25. Bb2 Nf5 26. Rc1 {Ader
Hausman,W-Cristia,J/Vina del Mar 1945/HCL/1-0}) 12. Be3 Ne8 $6 {[%cal Ge7h4]
56""} (12... Ba6 $5 {Semblait davantage dans l'esprit de Qc8} 13. Qd2 Re8 14.
O-O Bf8 15. Rac1 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gc1c8,Ge3d4]} Nb5 {[%cal Gb5d6]} 16. Nxb5 (16.
Nf5) 16... Bxb5 17. Rfe1 d6 $11) 13. Bxd4 cxd4 {44""} 14. Nf5 $1 $36 Bc5 15.
Nxd4 {Les Noirs n'ont pas de compensations} Nd6 {39"" N.MAIOROV est rarement
en zeitnot et son retard а la pendule dans cette partie est un signe qu'il
n'est pas très а l'aise} 16. O-O $16 Ba6 {39""} 17. Qd1 Qd8 {27""} 18. Qa4 Bc4
19. Rfd1 a6 20. Qc2 a5 21. Ne4 Rc8 {[%cal Gc8c2] 21""} 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 {22""} 23.
Nf5 $1 Bb8 $2 (23... Bxd5 $2 24. Qd3 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]}) (23... Qf6 $8 24. Nxd6
Qxd6 25. b3 (25. Rac1 {[%cal Gb2b3]} Qb8 26. b3 Bxd5 27. Qd3) 25... Bb5 (25...
Bxd5 26. Qd3) 26. Qd2 {Les Blancs sont nettement mieux mais c'est encore loin
d'être gagné}) 24. d6 $1 Rc5 {06mn55s} 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Rd4 b5 27. Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 07th round of 32"]
[Site "Edinburgh"]
[Date "1989.04.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Pinter, Jozsef"]
[Black "Thomson, Craig SM"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Pritchett,C"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.04.15"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SCO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Wandering Dragons"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8. Rc1
Bxd4 $6 {Black should prefer 8 . . . 0-0. White usually plays 8 0-0, and Black
is fatally attracted to the false idea that he has committed a tactical error.}
9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. Bxb7 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 e5 (11... c6 12. Bxa8 O-O 13. Bf4 Na6 14.
Bb7 Nc5 15. Nxc6 Qe8 16. Ne5 Nxb7 17. Nxd7 {and white gains a material plus})
12. Nf5 g6 13. Ng7+ Kf8 $5 (13... Ke7 14. Bxa8 h5 15. Bc3 Kf6 16. f4 Kxg7 17.
fxe5 Re8 18. O-O $1 {and White threatens 20. e6+ and 21. Bd5 +-}) 14. Bh6 Ke7
15. f4 $1 {This fine move permits the rapid entry of White's king's rook into
the attack.} exf4 16. O-O Nc6 17. Rxf4 f6 18. Re4+ Ne5 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Rxe5+
$1 {White finishes the game quite brilliantly. He forces Black's king to the
back rank, where it blocks his rook out of the game and leaves White's pieces
with overwhelming threats,} fxe5 21. Bg5+ Kf8 22. Rxd7 Qc6 23. Rxc7 $1 Qd6 (
23... Qxc7 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Nxc7 Rc8 26. Nb5 $18) 24. Bh6 $1 {Threatening a
decisive discovered check, of if 24 . . . Kg8 25 Ne8 and wins.} Qd4+ 25. Kf1
Qd1+ 26. Kf2 Qd4+ 27. Kf3 Qd1 28. Rxa7 Qf1+ 29. Ke4 Qxe2+ 30. Kd5 Qxh2 31. Ne6+
Ke8 32. Kd6 $1 {Black's desperate queen checks have only driven White's king
into a decisive support role. Black now sportingly co-operates in a fitting
suicide mate.} Qxh6 33. Re7# 1-0

[Event "Torshavn op 3rd"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "2000.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Johannessen, Leif Erlend"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2000.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 (11. Ne5 Re8 12. Rc1 Nc7 (12... Bf8 13. Nd3
Qe7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Na4 Ne4 16. e3 Rad8 17. Re1 Qg5 18. Qc2 c4 19. Nf4 Nb4
20. Qd1 Nxa2 $15) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Na4 Ne6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Rc2 Rc8 17. Qa1 Qa5
18. Rfc1 Qa6 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 d4 $15 {Itkis-Psakhis,L Tallinn rapid 1988})
11... Qd7 (11... Rc8 12. Qd3 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qb1 Bd6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e3
Qe7 17. Rd2 g6 18. Rcd1 Rcd8 19. Ba1 Nd7 20. h4 Nb6 {0-1 Galinsky,T-Malakhatko,
V/Polanica Zdroj op 1999 (32)}) (11... Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nd2
Ne6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. b4 $1 $36 {1-0 Larsen,B-Slipak,S/
Buenos Aires 1983 (28)}) (11... Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qd3 Qb6 15.
e3 Nc7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qf5 a5) (11... Re8 12. Qc2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 h6 14. Qb1 Qe7
15. e3 Rad8 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Ne2 Ne6 18. g4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Ne4 $13
{1-0 Suba-Psakhis,L/Tallinn 1983 (44)}) 12. Ne5 $146 (12. Qc2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Qe8
14. Qb1 Nc7 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 Ne6 17. e3 Rac8 18. Ne5 Ba8 {Etruk,
R-Lisitsyn,G/Riga 1968/1/2-1/2 (69)}) 12... Qe6 13. Nd3 Rfd8 14. e3 Rab8 (14...
cxd4 15. exd4 (15. Nf4 $2 dxc3 16. Nxe6 cxb2 17. Nxd8 bxc1=Q 18. Qxc1 Rxd8 $15)
15... Ne4 16. Nf4 $14) 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Nef4 Qh6 (16... Qf5 $5) 17. Ne5 (17. Qh5
Qxh5 18. Nxh5 Nb4 $5 $13) 17... Bd6 18. dxc5 (18. Ng4 Qg5 19. f3) 18... bxc5 (
18... Naxc5 $5) 19. Ng4 Qg5 20. f3 Bc8 $4 (20... Nf6 21. h4 $18) (20... Nxg3 $1
21. hxg3 h5 22. Nf2 Qxg3 23. N2h3 d4 24. Qe1 $16) 21. h4 Qf5 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6
23. fxe4 dxe4 24. Bh3 (24. Bh3 Qxh3 25. Nxh3 Bxh3 26. Qh5 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $18 {
[%cal Rh5f7,Rh5h6]}) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[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"]

{This game was played in the last round, and we both had to win it desperately.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Bf6 8.
Qc2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 (9... c5 10. d5 O-O 11. O-O exd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Nc6
14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. b3 a6 17. e3 b5 18. Qe2 Rb8 {Safin,S-Timoshenko,
G/Cappelle la Grande op 1999/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 10. d5 (10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 12.
h4 Bg7 13. h5 a6 14. Kf1 Qe7 15. Nd2 Bxg2+ 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Nf3 f5 18. hxg6
hxg6 19. Qd2 b5 20. Qe3 c6 {Romanishin,O-Naumkin,I/Reggio Emilia 2001/CBM 81/
[Ftacnik]/1-0 (40)}) 10... e5 ({After} 10... O-O {White can get small and
stable advantage -} 11. Nd4 e5 (11... Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 f5 14. f4 $1
exf4 15. Qxf4 Nd7 16. O-O $14 {1-0 Maherramzade,J-Allahverdiev,A/Baku 1998/
Vaiser (60)}) 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8 Rfxb8 14. h4 a5 15. a4 $1 Rf8 16. e4 $14 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Jussupow,A/Tilburg 1993/Inf 59 (57)}) 11. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Good
move, White don't need to be in hurry with castle, first I wanted to put pawn
on h5 and bishop on h3.} (11. O-O O-O $13) 11... h5 $146 {Novelty} (11... Nd7
12. e4 (12. Bh3 a5 13. Qc2 Nc5 14. Rb1 Bc8 15. Kf1 Bxh3+ 16. Rxh3 Qd7 17. Kg2
h5 18. e4 g6 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Nb5 $14 {Stangl,M-Hracek,Z/Brno B 1991/0-1 (55)})
12... a6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bh3 Bc8 15. Kg2 Be7 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Bxc8 Qxc8 18. Ne1
Qg4 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Nc2 g6 21. f3 $14 {Magerramov,E-Timoshchenko,G/Oberwart
op 1994/1-0 (49)}) 12. Bh3 Nd7 13. e4 a5 14. b3 ({Worse considering} 14. O-O $5
a4 $140 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. b4) 14... g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. Qe2 (16. Ne1 $5 {[%cal
Ge1d3]}) 16... Bh6 17. Ne1 O-O 18. a3 (18. Nd3 Nc5) 18... Nf6 (18... Nc5 19.
Rb1 a4 20. b4 Nb3 21. Nf3 $5 {[%csl Ra4]}) 19. Nd3 Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8g7,Gf7f5]
Interesting plan, knight comes to g7 where from it supposts counterplsy with f5
} 20. Kh2 Ba6 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 21. a4 $5 {I didn't believed, that White could
get real chances on the Q side and wanted to stop possible a4} Ng7 22. Qe1 $1 {
[%cal Ge1h4,Gf2f4]} f5 (22... Bc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. f4 $36) 23. f4 exf4 (23...
fxe4 24. Qxe4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxf4 Qe7 28. Rf1 $16) 24.
Nxf4 Qf6 (24... Bxf4 25. Rxf4 Bc8 $14) 25. exf5 Rae8 (25... gxf5 $5 26. Qd2 $14
) 26. Ne4 Qb2+ (26... Qd4 27. Ne6) 27. Rf2 Qxb3 28. f6 Qxc4 $2 $138 {My
opponent had already severe time troubles and made now first real mistake} ({
Correct} 28... Nf5 $1 {leads to wild complications -} 29. Ne6 (29. f7+ Kxf7 30.
Ne6 Kg8 31. Bxf5 (31. Nxf8 $2 Rxe4 $1) 31... gxf5 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. Nxc3 Rf7)
29... Bxc4 $132 (29... Bc8 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Qe2 $1 Bxe6 32. Qxh5 $18) 30. Bxf5
$140 gxf5 31. Nd2 Qd3 32. Nxc4 Qxd5 $1) 29. fxg7 Bxg7 30. Be6+ Rxe6 $8 31. Nxe6
Rxf2+ 32. Nxf2 {Good enough, but} (32. Qxf2 $1 {wins easy, for example} Qxe4
33. Nxg7 Kxg7 34. Re1 Qf5 35. Qb2+ (35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Re7+ Kf6 37. Rxc7 Bd3 38.
Rc6 Ke5 39. Rxb6 Kxd5) 35... Kf7 36. Rc1 Bc8 37. Rxc7+ Bd7 38. Kg1 $1 $18)
32... Be5 $1 33. Rd1 {[%csl Rd5]} (33. Rc1 $5 Qxd5 (33... Qxh4+ 34. Nh3 Bf1 35.
Nef4 $18) 34. Nf4 $18) 33... Qxh4+ 34. Nh3 {I thought already that game is
over , but Yemelin fight up to death!} Bf1 $3 $138 {[%mdl 64] To be honest I
overlooked this move, when Yemelin made it he had just 3 (!!) seconds left!}
35. Neg5 $138 (35. Kg1 $142 $3 Qxh3 36. Qf2 Qxg3+ 37. Qxg3 Bxg3 38. Rxf1 $18)
35... Qg4 $1 (35... Bxh3 36. Qxe5 $1) 36. Rd2 (36. Nf4 Qxg5 37. Qxf1 h4) 36...
Bxh3 37. Nxh3 h4 ({Black could organized stronger ressistance after} 37... Qxa4
$1 $16 {[%csl Ge5]}) 38. Kg2 hxg3 (38... Qxa4 $5) 39. Qb1 $1 Kg7 40. Qc2 {
[%csl Gc2] Now game is over, white's queen controles all important squares.}
Kh6 41. Rd1 $18 Qd7 42. Rh1 Kg7 43. Ng5 Kf6 44. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Sautron op 14th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2014.10.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dumitrache, Dragos Nicolae"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:34:29"]
[BlackClock "0:07:37"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:01:02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bb7
{[%emt 0:00:24]} 5. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:
00:06]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (7. Nc3 {La grande ligne}
Ne4) 7... d5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:02:22]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 9.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} (9... c5 10. Bf4) 10. a3 {[%emt 0:05:
43] Trop lent} (10. Bf4 $142 c5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb5 Qe8 13. a4 Ne4 14. Nxa7 Ra8
15. Nb5 c4 16. Nd2 f5 17. b3 g5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Be3 Bb4 20. bxc4 Bxe1 21.
Qxe1 Qg6 22. Qd2 Rac8 23. c5 Bc6 24. Bxg5 bxc5 25. dxc5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nb4 27.
Be3 d4 28. Qxd4 Na2 29. Qc4+ Qf7 30. Rc2 Qxc4 31. Rxc4 Rfd8 32. Bxe4 {1-0 (32)
Gelfand,B (2759)-Kosteniuk,A (2541) Sochi 2014}) (10. Ne5 $142 c5 11. Bf4)
10... Ne4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:10:12] Une amélioration proposée par Tisdall} (
10... c5 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Bxc7 Qxc7 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Ne5 Qe6 15. Nd3 c4 16. Ne5
Rab8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qd5 21. Qe2 f5 22. Re3 b5
23. Nc6 Qxc6 24. Rxe7 Rbe8 25. Re1 Rxe7 26. Qxe7 a6 27. Re5 f4 28. d5 Qg6 29.
Qe6+ Qxe6 30. dxe6 fxg3 31. hxg3 Re8 32. f4 Kf8 33. f5 Ke7 34. Rc5 Kf6 35. Kf2
g6 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. a4 Rb8 38. axb5 Rxb5 39. Rc6 Rxb2+ 40. Kf3 {Ibragimov,I 
(2578)-Pushkov,N (2561) Elista 2001 1/2-1/2}) 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} c5 {
[%emt 0:03:23]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} (12. Bf4 {Plus actif} cxd4 13. Nb5 Re8
14. Nxd4 {[%csl Gd4]}) 12... Re8 {[%emt 0:27:44]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:16:48]} Bf8
{[%emt 0:05:48]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:08:06]} 15. bxc3 $6 {
[%emt 0:06:26]} (15. Rxc3 $142 cxd4 16. Bxd4 $14 {[%csl Gd4]}) 15... cxd4 {
[%emt 0:04:20]} 16. cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:31][%csl Ga7][%cal
Ga7a1]} 17. Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} (17... Bf8 {Les
compensations des Blancs pour le P ne sont pas évidentes et la majorité du
GMI est dangereuse}) 18. Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 19. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} a5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 20. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:54]} (20. Rec1 Ba6)
20... Ba6 {[%emt 0:04:43]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:06:47] Les Blancs sentent que le
sacrifice du P"a3" était douteux et ils tentent de prendre l'initiative avant
que les Noirs n'aient le temps de mobiliser la majorité de l'aile-dame} dxe4 {
[%emt 0:07:25]} 22. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:39]} 23. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:03:19]} Bb7 $17 {[%emt 0:03:28]} 24. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rxe8 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 25. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:01:28]} 26. Kxg2 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 27. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe6 $19 {
[%emt 0:05:37]} 28. Qxe6 {[%emt 0:01:23]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 30. Bc1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} b5 {[%emt 0:02:
57]} (30... Kf7) 31. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:21]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 32. Kd3 {[%emt 0:
00:38]} b3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 33. Kc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 34. e4
{[%emt 0:00:15]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 35. g4 {[%emt 0:02:48]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 36. h4 {[%emt 0:03:23]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 37. h5 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} 38. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:01:56]} 39. Kc3 {
[%emt 0:03:12]} Nd1+ {[%emt 0:00:27]} 0-1

[Event "Vaujany op 5th"]
[Site "Vaujany"]
[Date "2014.07.18"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Maiorov, Nikita"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2014.07.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Une partie à enjeu dans cette dernière ronde mais les deux
adversaires vont jouer pour le gain} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 (7. Nc3 {La grande ligne mais la partie va transposer
ensuite} Ne4) 7... d5 (7... Na6) (7... c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 $44 {[%cal Gg2b7]})
8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 (9... c5) 10. Bf4 Re8 (10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Rc1 Ne4
12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 Re8 14. Nb5 Bf8 15. b4 Ne6 16. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5]})
11... bxc5 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Ne5 Rd8 14. Bh3 Qxh3 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17.
Nxd5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rf8 19. Qb7 Rab8 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rab8 22. Nf4 Qxh2+ 23.
Kxh2 Rxb7 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. f3 Nd7 26. Bc3 Nb6 27. Rac1 Na4 28. b3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3
Rd8 30. Nd3 Re7 31. Kf2 Rd5 32. Rh1 {1-0 (32) Yu,Y (2724)-Sargissian,G (2668)
Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 11. Rc1 h6 (11... c5 {Plus courant}) 12. a3 {Une nouveauté
dans cet ordre de coups mais en fait, c'est une simple transposition} c5 13. h4
$146 {[%csl Gg5]} (13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. e3 d4 17. Bxd6
Qxd6 18. Bxb7 dxc3 19. Bxa6 cxb2 20. Nxb2 Qxa6 21. Qa4 Qxa4 22. Nxa4 Rb3 23.
Nxc5 Rxa3 24. e4 Ra2 25. h3 Re7 26. e5 {1/2-1/2 (26) Brodsky,M (2595)-Podgaets,
M (2460) Odessa 2007}) (13. Ne5 Bf8) 13... Bf8 14. e3 Qe7 (14... Nh5 15. Ne5
Nxf4 16. exf4 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 15. Qa4 Nc7 16. Be5 $14 Red8 17. Red1 Nce8 18.
Bxf6 {Un échange luttant pour les cases centrales et les Blancs évitent le
risque d'enfermer le Be5} Nxf6 19. Ne5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Gc6,Ge5][%cal Ge5c6] Les
Noirs n'ont toujours pas égalisé} Rdc8 20. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]} a6 21. Qb3 cxd4
22. exd4 Qd6 23. g4 (23. Na4 $5 b5 24. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5]}) 23... Rd8 24. Na4 (24.
g5 Nh5) 24... b5 25. Nc5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc5,Ge5]} Bc8 26. f5 $1 {[%csl Rc8]}
Ra7 27. Ncd3 $1 h5 28. Rc6 $36 Qe7 29. g5 Ng4 30. Nxg4 hxg4 31. Re1 Qb7 32. Ne5
Bd7 33. Bxd5 $1 Bxc6 34. Nxc6 Rd6 35. Ne7+ Qxe7 36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8
(37... Rxf7 38. g6) 38. Be6 Rxd4 39. Qc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3h8,Gh4h6] Pour l'instant,
la Q Blanche domine les R mais en présence de B de couleurs opposées, les
chances sont réciproques} Rd1+ 40. Kf2 Re8 41. f6 (41. Kg3 Rg1+) 41... Red8 $1
{[%cal Gd8d2,Gd1d2] Liant les R et l'activité est souvent un facteur plus
important que le matériel dans ce genre de position aigüe} 42. Bxg4 R1d2+ 43.
Be2 R2d4 44. Qc7 $6 (44. Qf3 $18 {[%cal Gf3f6,Gf3h5]}) 44... gxf6 45. gxf6 R8d6
46. f7 Rf6+ 47. Ke3 Rdd6 $13 48. Bg4 Kg7 49. a4 Rxf7 50. Qc3+ Kh7 51. Qc2+ Kh8
52. axb5 Bh6+ $1 {[%csl Re3] Retour de baton pour le K Blanc} 53. Ke4 axb5 54.
Qc5 $2 (54. Ke5) 54... Rf4+ 55. Ke5 Rxg4 $1 56. Qxb5 (56. Qxd6 Bf4+) (56. Kxd6
Bf8+) 56... Rgd4 57. Qb8+ Rd8 58. Qb7 Bg7+ 59. Kf5 Kh7 0-1

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Ne5 Rd8 $2 14. Bh3 $1
Qxh3 15. Qxb7 Bd6 16. Qxf7+ Kh8 17. Nxd5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rf8 19. Qb7 Rab8 20.
Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qb7 Rab8 22. Nf4 Qxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Rxb7 24. Kg2 Kg8 25. f3 Nd7 26.
Bc3 Nb6 27. Rac1 Na4 28. b3 Nxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd8 30. Nd3 Re7 31. Kf2 Rd5 32. Rh1
1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 11th 1st league"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1980.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zenit"]
[BlackTeam "Gantiandi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 $1 exd5 8.
Nd4 Nc6 (8... c6 $142 {Bronstein,D (2550)-Balashov,Y (2590) Cup URS (Team-II
Group) 1980 1/2}) 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd3 d6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bf4 a6
14. a4 g6 15. Rad1 Bf8 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. h3 Rb8 18. g4 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. b4
cxb4 21. Na2 Qa5 22. Qb3 Qa4 23. Rb1 h5 24. g5 Ne4 25. Nxb4 Bf5 26. Nd3 Bg7 27.
Rec1 Nc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Qxc3 Bxd3 30. Rb4 Rbc8 31. Rxa4 Rxc3 32. Ra7 Bxe2
33. Bxd6 Bf3 34. Be7 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 Rd3 36. d6 b4 37. Rb7 b3 38. Kf1 h4 39. Kg2
f5 40. gxf6 Kf7 41. Kf1 Ke6 42. Ke2 Rxd6 43. Bxd6 Kxd6+ 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. Kg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vazquez Igarza, Renier"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 $5 {
Un ordre de coups assez rare} a5 $5 {Cette idée de Kortchnoi est devenue
assez populaire récemment} (7... Na6 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11.
Rc1 Re8 12. Bf4 c5 13. a3 Bf6 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nac5 17. Rcd1
Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Ng4 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rad8 21. Ne3 Ne4 22. Rd3 Ba6 23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. c4 h5 26. Rc1 Rd2 27. Kf1 Ra2 28. Rc3 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Ra2
30. Kf1 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 {1/2-1/2 (31) Leko,P (2723)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Beijing
2014}) 8. Bg5 d6 9. Bxf6 $146 {La suite logique de Re1 pour garder le
contrôle de la case "e4"} (9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng5 Bxg5
13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Bg2 Na6 15. Nc3 Qb6 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. b3 Rd7 18. e3 Rbd8 19.
Rd2 Nb4 20. Qc1 Nc6 21. Red1 f5 22. h4 Bf6 23. h5 g6 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nb5 Na7
26. a4 Kg7 27. e4 Nxb5 28. axb5 Ra7 29. exf5 exf5 30. Re2 a4 31. bxa4 Rxa4 32.
Qf4 Be5 33. Qg5 Rf8 34. Rxe5 dxe5 35. Bc6 Qb8 36. Rd7+ Rf7 37. Rd8 Qc7 38. Qh4
Rf8 {Jankovic,A (2534)-Palac,M (2581) Opatija 2015 1-0}) 9... Bxf6 10. Nc3 g6
$1 {Anticipe la poussée e4e5} 11. Qc2 {Les Blancs préfèrent terminer le
développement avant de gagner de l'espace au centre} (11. e4) 11... Bg7 12.
Rad1 Nd7 13. e4 $14 Qe7 14. Qd2 $1 Rfd8 15. Qf4 Nf8 $6 {Un coup passif} 16. h4
(16. e5 $5 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3e4,Ge4f6]}) 16... h6 17. e5 Bxf3 18. exd6 $1 (
18. Bxf3 $143 dxe5 19. dxe5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 $132) 18... cxd6 19. Qxf3 Rac8
20. b3 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. a4 $16 {Les Blancs ont un bon avantage d'espace et
des pièces plus actives} h5 23. Qe3 Rb8 24. Bh3 $1 Qe7 (24... Qb7 {Un moindre
mal}) 25. d5 e5 26. Nd4 $1 f5 27. Nc6 Qc7 28. Rb1 $1 {Les R Noires sont mal
placées et prendre la qualité n'est pas urgent} Re8 29. b4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Kh7
(30... Rb7 31. Reb1 $40) 31. a5 $1 Nd7 (31... bxa5 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Nxb8 Qxb8
34. c5 $36 {[%csl Gd5]}) 32. Nxb8 bxa5 $2 33. Na6 $18 Qc8 34. Rb6 Nxb6 35. Qxb6
Qxc4 36. Qc6 Rc8 37. Qxd6 e4 38. Bf1 Qd4 39. Be2 Rc2 40. Kf1 a4 41. Nc7 e3 42.
Ne6 Qa7 43. Bxh5 Rxf2+ 44. Kg1 Bf6 45. Nf8+ Kg7 46. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2378"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 {Es ist
interessant, dass Schwarz - mit 300 Elo-Punkten mehr - eine ruhige Variante
spielt, und keine Angst vor Remis hat.} 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 d5 (7... c5) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nd7 (9... Bf6 $11) 10. Rc1 c5 11. d4 Rc8 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Schwarz
hat keine Eröffnungsproblemen, aber die Remisgefahr ist gross, da die Bauern
im Zentrum getauscht werden und wir bekommen eine symmetrische Stellung.} 13.
Qd3 (13. Qd2 cxd4 (13... Bf6 14. Rfd1 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ne5 {
1/2-1/2 Ianov,V-Oral,T/Presov 1997/EXT 98 (17)}) 14. Rxc8 $6 (14. Qxd4 $11)
14... Qxc8 15. Qxd4 Nf6 16. Rc1 $6 (16. Qe5 $1 $11) 16... Qa6 $1 $15 17. e3
Qxa2 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. Qe5 Bd6 20. Qd4 Ba3 21. Bxa3 Qxa3 22. Rc7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 h6
24. Nc4 Qxb3 25. Rxa7 Qc2 $1 $17 {0-1 Speelman,J-Karpov,A/Thessaloniki (ol)
1988/Inf 46/[Zaitsev,I] (35)}) (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ne1 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Qxd1 16.
Rfxd1 Rfd8 17. Ne3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {1/2-1/2 Shvedchikov,
A-Gipslis,A/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (19)}) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 $6 {Dieser Zug ist 
(noch) nicht schlecht, aber er gibt dem Gegner einfaches Spiel. Die
Alternativen sind sicherer.} (14. Rxc8 Qxc8 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nf5 $5 exf5 17.
Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qc4 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Ribli,Z/London 1984/MCL (18)}) (14. Bxd4
Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Rcd1 (18. Nf3 Rfd8 19. Rc4 f6 20.
Rfc1 Qd7 21. Kg2 e5 22. Bb2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Seirawan,Y-Stean,M/Wien 1980/MCL (22)}
) 18... Qb7 19. b4 Na6 20. b5 Nb8 21. Ng4 Bc5 22. Qg5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 f6 24. Qd2
a6 25. bxa6 Nxa6 26. Rd7 Rc7 27. Rd8 Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Vogt,L-Stangl,M/Wildbad 1990/
CBM 20 ext (34)}) 14... Bf6 $11 {[%cal Rf6b2]} 15. Qd2 Nc5 {[%csl Gd5,Ye4,Gf6]
Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung,und mindestens gleiche Chancen - sein
Springer kontrolliert das e4-Feld und seine Läufer stehen aktiv.} 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Qd4 Qe7 {[%cal Ge7b7,Gb7g2] Schwarz möchte die Damen auf dem Brett halten.
Die Dame strebt nach b7, von wo sie die grosse Diagonale kontrollieren kann.} (
17... Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. Rfd1 $11) 18. Qe3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 a5 $5 {[%csl Gc5]
Schwarz sichert die Springerstellung auf c5 und verhindert die eventuelle
Möglichkeit b3-b4.} 20. Ne1 Ne4 (20... Rfd8 $11) (20... Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Rfd8 $11)
21. Bxe4 $6 {Dieser Zug ist nicht logisch - der schwarze Läufer wird
wertvoller als der weisse Springer.} (21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 $11) (21. Nd3 {
[%cal Gd3f4] Dieser Zug erscheint auf den ersten Blick sonderbar, aber für
Ausgleich ist er gut genug.} Nc3 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rd2 Rfe8 $11) 21... Bxe4 $15
{[%cal Ge4h1,Ge4c6]} 22. f3 Rxc1 (22... Bd5 $15) 23. Rxc1 Bc6 24. Nd3 (24. Qc3
Rc8 $15) 24... Rd8 25. Nf4 Re8 {[%cal Ge6e5,Ge5e4] Schwarz bereitet den Zug
e6-e5 vor.} 26. Qe5 (26. Nd3 f6 $15 (26... e5 $6 {Es ist zu früh für diese
Fortsetzung.} 27. Nxe5 f6 28. Qc3 (28. Rxc6 $2 Qxc6 $17 {[%cal Ge8e3]}) 28...
Rxe5 29. Qxc6 Qxc6 30. Rxc6 Rxe2 31. a4 $5 (31. Rxb6 Rxa2 $11) 31... Re3 32.
Rxb6 Rxf3 $14)) 26... Qd7 {[%cal Gd7d1]} 27. Qc3 Ba8 28. Nd3 (28. Qc7 Qd4+ 29.
Kg2 e5 $15) 28... f6 29. Nf2 (29. Qc7 Qd4+ $15) 29... e5 30. Rd1 (30. Qc7 Qd2
$15) 30... Qc6 31. Qe3 $6 {Ich glaube, es wäre besser für Weiss die Stellung
zu vereinfachen und die Damen zu tauschen.} (31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rc1 $5 $11 (32.
Rd6 Rc8 $15 {[%cal Gg8f8,Gf8e7]})) 31... f5 $36 32. Qg5 e4 $1 33. Qxf5 (33.
fxe4 fxe4 $15 {[%cal Ga8h1]}) 33... exf3 34. e4 {Weiss nimmt nicht auf f3, er
möchte die Diagonale geschlossen halten.} (34. exf3 Rf8 (34... Qxf3 35. Qxf3
Bxf3 36. Rc1 Re2 $15) 35. Qe4 Qc8 $15 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Ra8f3,Rf8f3]}) 34... Rf8
35. Qe5 h6 {Ein Luftloch ist nützlich.} 36. h4 Re8 37. Qf5 (37. Qd5+ Qxd5 38.
exd5 Kf7 $15 {Der d5P ist eher schwach als stark.} (38... Bxd5 $2 39. Rxd5 Re1+
40. Kh2 Re2 $11)) 37... Qc3 {[%csl Gc3] Die schwarze Dame ist wirksam -
Schwarz hat das bessere Figurenspiel.} 38. Kh2 Qe3 {[%csl Ga8,Ge3,Re4,Ge8,Rf2]}
39. Rf1 Qe2 $1 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Ge2h2,Re2f1,Re2a2]} (39... Bxe4 $6 40. Nxe4
Qxe4 41. Rxf3 (41. Qxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxf3 Re2+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 $17) 41... Qxf5 42.
Rxf5 Re2+ 43. Kh3 Rxa2 44. Rb5 Rb2 45. Rxb6 a4 46. b4 $11) 40. Kg1 Bxe4 $17 {
Schwarz hat nicht nur einen Bauern mehr, sondern dank seines f3P eine ewige
Angriffstellung.} 41. Qd7 (41. Nxe4 $4 Qg2#) 41... Bg6 42. Qd6 {[%cal Rd6b6]}
Re6 43. Qd5 {[%cal Gd5g8]} Bf7 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. Qc7 Rf6 {[%csl Gf6] Dank
seinem gutem f6R ist alles in der schwarze Stellung verteidigt.} 46. Ra1 Qb2 {
[%csl Ra1,Ra2,Gb2]} 47. Qc1 (47. Re1 Qxa2 $19) 47... Qe5 {[%cal Re5g3,Rg3g1]}
48. Kh2 Rg6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Re5g3,Rg6g3]} 49. Qg1 Qb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2h2,
Rg6e6,Re6e2]} 50. h5 Re6 51. g4 Re2 {Das Eindringen des Turmes ist tödlich für
Weiss.} 52. Rf1 Qxa2 $19 {Schwarz hat klare zwei Bauern mehr und Weiss hat
kein Gegenspiel.} 53. Qg3 Qxb3 54. Qf4 Qd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 55. Kg3 Qe5 {Am
Einfachsten. Schwarz tauscht die Damen und mit zwei verbundenen Freibauern am
Damenflügel steht er auf Gewinn.} 56. Qxe5 Rxe5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb6]} 57. Kxf3 a4 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb6]} 58. Kf4 Ra5 59. Rc1 a3 60. Nd3 a2 61. Ra1 Rd5 {Und Weiss gab
auf - endlich - in völlig hoffnungsloser Stellung.} (61... Rb5 $19 {[%csl Ga2]
[%cal Rb5b1,Rb1a1]}) (61... Rd5 62. Nc1 (62. Nb4 Rd4+ $19 {[%cal Rd4b4,Rd4f4]})
62... Rd2 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/Amruta Mokal"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:31]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:17]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:
00:05] This has been tried most recently by Markus Ragger. One of the players
who has played it a lot is the Chinese player Ju Wenjun. Perhaps Ding picked
up this idea from her. Of course, he avoids Wesley's preparation in the Open
Catalan after 0-0 dxc4.} b6 {[%emt 0:06:40]} 7. O-O {[%emt 0:04:50]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:15]} (8. Bb2 Nbd7 (8... dxc4 9. bxc4 c5 10.
e3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (30)-1/2 (30) Ju,W (2535)-Tan,Z 
(2483) China 2013}) 9. e3 Ne4 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Ne5 $14 {1-0 (55) Ju,
W (2505) -Kantorik,M (2331) Caleta 2013}) 8... Nbd7 {[%emt 0:14:07]} 9. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 10. Ne1 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:03] Usually a
backward move like this should not be any good, but this idea by Ding Liren
turns out to be really interesting. Wesley liked this idea so much that he
urged White players to try it out in their games.} (10. cxd5 {has been the
main continuation with 142 games in the live book} Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {Black
should be happy with his position.}) 10... cxd4 {[%emt 0:11:22]} (10... Ne4 $5
{should be Black's best option perhaps.} 11. cxd5 (11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Qc2 f5 13.
Rd1 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Qc7 {would be an interesting position to play}) 11... exd5
12. Nc2 $11 {/+=}) (10... Rc8 11. cxd5 (11. Rc1 {is also possible.}) (11. Nc2 {
also looks good for White.}) 11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 (
14. Ng2 c4 $1) 14... Nxc5 15. Ng2 $13) 11. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bc5 $6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} (11... Nc5 {could have been better} 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rd1 Ne6
14. Qe5 Qc8 15. Qf5 (15. Nxd5 $4 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 (17. Qxd5 Rd8 {
and the rook is lost by x-ray.}) 17... Bf6 {and Black wins a piece.}) 15... g6
16. Qb1 Rd8 17. Nf3 {an unclear position where White can play against the IQP
but Black too will find his own means of piece activity.}) 12. Qf4 {[%emt 0:18:
38]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:03:27] This move doesn't make much sense. White just plays
Nd3 with tempo and secures the bishop pair.} (12... Qe7 $14 {maybe a better
option, but White keeps his edge.}) 13. Nd3 {[%emt 0:10:58]} Bxc3 {[%emt 0:12:
52]} 14. Bxc3 $16 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:24] Wesley thought this was
the move that landed him in trouble, but I think he is already quite worse.} (
14... dxc4 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bb4 $1 {suggested by Wesley after the game} Re8 17.
Ba6 cxd3 18. Bd6 Ra8 19. Bb7 $14) (14... Qb8 15. Qxb8 Rfxb8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17.
Rac1 $14) 15. Rfc1 {[%emt 0:07:13]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 16. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:
21]} Nxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18.
Qxb8 {[%emt 0:04:27]} Rfxb8 {[%emt 0:09:20]} (18... Raxb8 19. Rc7 {and the a7
pawn hangs after ...Bxg2. Hence Wesley took on b8 with the f-rook.}) 19. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:03:23]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 20. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ne8 $1 {
[%emt 0:01:05] Yes this is passive, but it is very important to stop the rook
from entering c7.} 21. Nc6 {[%emt 0:17:21] White has many ways to strengthen
his position. This looks not at all bad.} (21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rcc1 Kf8 23. Nc6
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nf6 {Black should be able to hold with not too much difficulty.})
(21. b4 {is possible.}) ({so is} 21. a4) 21... Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 22. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:04:29]} 23. e4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} ({I also liked
the idea of fixing he knight on c6 with b4-b5.} 23. b4 a6 24. a4 b5 25. axb5 (
25. Rc5 bxa4 26. Ra1 Rb5 27. Rxa4 Rxc5 28. bxc5 $14) 25... axb5 26. Rc5 $14)
23... Nf6 {[%emt 0:04:51] Wesley said that he played this move because he
wanted to meet e5 with ...Nd5.} 24. f4 {[%emt 0:05:33]} b5 {[%emt 0:08:06]} (
24... Ng4 $1 {This active knight move would have been the most accurate way to
maintain equality when the rooks are currently a bit tied down} 25. Rd3 (25.
Re1 Rc7 {would lead to similar variations}) 25... Rc7 {is preferable to ...Rc8}
(25... Rc8 26. Ne5 Rxc4 (26... Nxe5 {Black cannot take because of the
intermediate check} 27. Rxc8+) 27. Nxc4 Ke7 $14) 26. h3 (26. Ne5 $6 Nxe5 27.
fxe5 Rxc4 28. bxc4 Rc8 $15) 26... b5 $1 27. Rc1 (27. Rc5 Nf6 {provoking} 28. e5
Nd5 {with the idea of winning a piece by ...Rac8} 29. Nb8 $8 (29. Rd2 $4 Rac8
30. Rdc2 Ne3+ $19) 29... Rxc5 30. Nd7+ Ke7 31. Nxc5 Rc8 $11 32. Ne4 Rc2+ 33.
Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Nxd2 $11 {with a completely equal knight endgame}) 27... Rac8 28.
Rdc3 (28. Nxa7 Rxc1 29. Nxc8 Rc2+ $1 (29... Rxc8 30. hxg4 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 {
with the difference of the white king being on an active square than on the
back rank} Rxa2 32. Rd8+ Ke7 33. Rb8 Rc2 34. Rb7+ Ke8 35. Rxb5) 30. Kf1 (30.
Kf3 Nh2+ 31. Ke3 Rxc8 $17) 30... Nh2+ 31. Kg1 Rxc8 32. Kxh2 Rc2+ 33. Kg1 Rxa2
$11) 28... Ne3+ 29. Rxe3 (29. Kf3 Nc4 $1 $11) 29... Rxc6 $11) 25. Rcd4 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 26. Ne5 {[%emt 0:07:02]} h6 $6 {[%emt 0:02:
13] A pretty bad move by Wesley.} (26... Rc7 27. Kf3 Rac8 28. g4 Ke8 29. g5 Nh5
$14) 27. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:53]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:04:07]} 28. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Nd7
{[%emt 0:01:34]} 29. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} (29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Ke3 $14 {would
have been the most simple way to put pressure on Black's position.}) 29... a5 {
[%emt 0:02:41]} 30. Rc6 {[%emt 0:03:56]} (30. f5 $5 exf5 31. exf5 Kf8 (31...
gxf5 32. Rd6 $16) 32. Rd6 $14) 30... Ke7 {[%emt 0:02:41]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} (31. f5 $1 Kf6 (31... Rd8 32. fxg6 Ne5+ (32... fxg6 33. Ke3 $16) 33. Nxe5
Rxd4 34. Ra6 $18) 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rd5 $5 $16 (33. Ke3 $16)) 31... Raa7 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:01:28]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:59]} 33. Rc8 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 34. Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:51]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 35.
Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:59]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 36. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:20] Of course
Ding Liren plays on in this position.} Nb6 $2 {[%emt 0:00:31] It is very
difficult to understand why this move is weak and there is only one way that
White can take advantage of it. Ding Liren was not able to find it during the
game.} (36... Nxc5 $142 37. Rxc5 $14 {White has a small edge here as well, but
this should be within the realms of a draw.}) 37. Rc6 $6 {[%emt 0:04:19]} (37.
Rh8 $3 {This is the move that gives White a very big advantage, perhaps not
winning, but definitely big enough to cause Black enough headaches.} Rc7 {
The rook is attack so this is forced.} 38. Rdd8 $1 {The two rooks have made
their way to the back rank and are planning to weave a mating net.} Rxc5 (38...
Ra8 $6 39. Rxa8 Nxa8 40. Rxa8 Rxc5 41. Kd4 $16) 39. e5 $1 {Now the door is
shut on the black king. Rhe8 mate is a very big threat.} f5 {Absolutely the
only move to stay in the game.} 40. Rb8 $1 {Attacking the knight and also
creating the deadly threat of Rh7#. Fortunately Black has} Rc8 (40... Rc3+ 41.
Kd4 (41. Kd2) 41... Rc8 42. Rbxc8 Nxc8 43. Rxc8 Rd7+ 44. Kc5 Rd5+ 45. Kb6 Rd3
46. b4 $18) 41. Rbxc8 Nxc8 42. Rxc8 {This position should be enough for Ding
Liren to decide that he should go for this line. But let's try to dig deeper.}
a4 $1 {Black tries to do something active.} 43. b4 Rd7 44. Rh8 $1 {This move
forces h5 and reduces Black's options in this position.} h5 45. Rb8 Rd5 46. h4
$1 {This fixes the pawns on the kingside and Black slowly runs out of moves.} (
46. Rb6 {This keeps an eye on the e6- and b5-pawns, but at the same time has
some nasty threats like ...Kf7 Rd6! Black must be very careful.} g5 $5 (46...
Kd7 47. Rb7+ Kc8 48. Rg7 Rd1 49. Rxg6 Ra1 50. Rxe6 Rxa3+ 51. Kd4 $16) 47. Rb7+
Kf8 48. fxg5 Rxe5+ 49. Kf3 $16) (46. Ke2 h4 $1 $14) 46... Kf7 (46... Rd1 47.
Rxb5 Ra1 48. Kd4 Rxa3 49. Rb7+ Kd8 50. Kc5 $16 {It seems like White should win
this.}) 47. Rb7+ Kf8 48. Ke2 $16 {is a zugzwang.} Ke8 49. Rg7 Rd8 50. Rxg6 {
White should win this.}) 37... Rc7 $1 {[%emt 0:00:01] After this Wesley
doesn't give his opponent any chances and achieves the draw.} 38. Rxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 39. e5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} g5 $1 {[%emt 0:
04:13]} 40. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} gxf4+ {[%emt 0:02:19]} 41. gxf4 {[%emt 0:02:
41]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. h3 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Ra2 {[%emt 0:07:11]} 43. b4 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} axb4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 44. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rh2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 45. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 46. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:01:16]}
Rc4+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} 47. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (47. Ke3 Rxh3+ $17) 47... Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} (47... Rc3 48. Rb7+ Kf8 $11) 48. Rc5 {[%emt 0:05:36]} Rxc5 {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 49. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. f5 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} exf5+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} 51. Kxf5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} (51. Kd5 Kd7 $11)
51... Rxc5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 52. Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 53.
Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 54. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 55. exf6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 56. Rxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 57. h4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 58. h5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kxh5 {[%emt 0:00:02] A great fight and excellent
play by Ding Liren. Unfortunate he couldn't convert this position. Wesley So
defended very well after Ding missed his opportunity.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top16 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 e5 10. h4 $5 Nd7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bh3 g6 13. Nh2 Bf8 14. O-O Bg7 15.
b4 O-O 16. Qe2 Qe7 17. Kg2 h5 18. a3 Ne8 19. Rae1 Bh6 20. Qd3 Ng7 21. Ne2 Rae8
22. f4 exf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 f6 25. Rff1 Kh7 26. Nf3 c5 27. Rf2 Bc8 28.
Bxc8 Rxc8 29. b5 Rf7 30. a4 Rcf8 31. a5 Kg8 32. Rfe2 Qd8 33. Qd2 Kh7 34. Rf2
Re7 35. Qf4 bxa5 36. Ra2 a6 37. bxa6 Ra7 38. Rb1 Rxa6 39. Rb7 a4 40. Qc1 Qe8
41. Qb1 Rf7 42. Rb8 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. Nc3 d5 12. e4 Nba6 ({After the more popular} 
12... Bf6 {Black can meet} 13. Bf4 {by} Bc8 {as for instance in the second
match game Kasparov-Karpov 1984/85.}) 13. Bf4 $5 {Jussupow tries to profit
from Black`s slightly unusual move-order.} Bf6 14. Nd6 Bc8 15. exd5 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 $15 19. Qh5 Qd7 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21. Re3 Rad8
22. Rae1 Qa4 23. a3 Rd7 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Ne6 26. Be5 Rfd8 27. Rf3 Qxa3 28.
h4 Qe7 29. Kg2 Rd5 30. Qg4 Qb7 31. Kh2 Rd1 32. Re4 h5 33. Qf5 Rf1 34. Bd4 Rd5
35. Re5 Rxe5 36. Bxe5 Re1 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Kh2 Rd5 39. Kg2 g5 40. c4 Rc5 (40...
Rc5 41. hxg5 Nd4 $1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Haninge"]
[Site "Haninge"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5 c5 11. Rc1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Qe7 14.
dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nd4 $14 {This position is only very slightly better for White.
Speelman-Jansa, Malta  (ol) 1980.}) 10... Qc8 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5
bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qb3 Bd5 17. Qe3 f6 18. Nc4 f5 19. f3 Bf6 20.
Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Re8 22. Qf4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qb7 25. Qxf5 Rf8 26.
Qe6+ Kh8 27. Ne5 Rf6 28. Qd7 Qxd7 29. Nxd7 Rc6 30. a3 Rc7 31. Ne5 h6 32. Nc4
Rd8 33. Re4 Nb8 34. Rce1 Nc6 35. Re8+ Rxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Re5
Nb3 39. Rd5 Re7 40. Ne5 Rb7 41. Ke3 a5 42. h4 a4 43. h5 Rb8 44. Kd3 Na5 45. g4
Rxb2 46. Rd8 g5 47. hxg6+ Kg7 48. Rd7+ Kg8 49. g5 h5 50. Rd8+ Kg7 51. Rd7+ Kg8
52. Re7 Rb6 53. g7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia Top16 33rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. d4 Ne4 7. Bd2 d6 8. d5
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 (9. Qxd2 e5 10. h4 $5 Nd7 11. e4 Nf6 12. Bh3 {12.h5!?} g6 13. Nh2
Bf8 14. O-O Bg7 {Karpov,An-Ehlvest,J, Reggio Top 16 1991 - game 22/690.}) 9...
e5 10. e4 Nd7 11. h4 h5 12. b4 g6 13. Bh3 a6 14. Nb3 $14 Nf6 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. a4
Bh6 17. a5 O-O 18. O-O Bc8 19. Bg2 Rb8 20. b5 Ng4 21. axb6 cxb6 22. bxa6 f5 23.
exf5 gxf5 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. a7 Rf7 26. Nb5 Qf6 27. Na1 f4 28. Nc2 Rg7 29. Nb4 Bb7
30. Rd3 Rf8 31. Nc3 Qd8 32. Ne4 Qc7 33. Ra3 Ba8 34. Nc6 Kh8 35. Rfa1 Rgf7 36.
Kh1 Rg7 37. Rb3 Rgf7 38. Raa3 Kg8 39. Qe1 Kh8 40. Kg1 Rf5 41. Qb4 fxg3 42. fxg3
Bc1 43. Ra1 Be3+ 44. Kh1 Nf2+ 45. Nxf2 Bc5 46. Qd2 Rxf2 47. Qh6+ Qh7 48. Qxh7+
Kxh7 49. Rbb1 Rg8 50. Rf1 Rxg3 51. Rxf2 Bxf2 52. Rf1 Bc5 53. Rf8 Rg8 54. Be4+
Kg7 55. Rf5 Rh8 56. Bf3 Bf2 57. Bxh5 Bxh4 58. Rf7+ Kh6 59. Be2 Kg5 60. Kg2 Rg8
61. Ne7 Re8 62. Rf5+ Kh6 63. Rh5+ Kg7 64. Nf5+ Kf6 65. Nxh4 Re7 66. Rf5+ Kg7
67. Rg5+ Kf6 68. Rg6+ Kf7 69. Rxd6 Rxa7 70. Rxb6 Ra2 71. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Yalta op"]
[Site "Yalta"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Fedorchuk, Sergey A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6... Ne4 $5) 7.
d5 $1 exd5 (7... Bb4 8. Bd2 (8. O-O $1 Na6 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 exd5 $5 10. Nh4
Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qd3 $44) 9. Nh4 Nc5 (9... c6 10. d6 $1 Qb8 11. Bf4 Nh5
12. Be5 f6 13. a3 $1 Bc5 14. e3 $1 g6 15. g4 Ng7 16. Bg3 $16 {Romanishin,
O-Rodriquez,Am/Luzern/1993/}) (9... Bxc3 $5 10. bxc3 Nc5 $132) 10. Na4 $1 exd5
(10... Nxa4 11. Qxa4 Bc5 12. b4 $16) 11. a3 b5 12. axb4 Nxa4 13. cxd5 Re8 14.
Qd3 Nb6 15. e4 d6 16. Nf5 $16 {Romanishin,O-Tiviakov,S/Belgrade/1993/}) 8...
Bxc3 (8... c6 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bf4 e5
14. Bc1 Rfe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 $14 {Gulko,B-Balashov,Y/Leningrad/1977/}) 9.
Bxc3 exd5 10. Nh4 Ne4 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. e4 Nc5 15. Qd4
Ba6 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. f4 f6 $10 {Karpov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1993/}) 8. cxd5 (8.
e4) (8. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 9. cxd5 Re8 (9... Bf6 $5 10. O-O g6) 10. O-O Bf6 11. Nd2
$1 d6 (11... g6 12. Ne4 Bg7 13. Bg5 $1) 12. Ne4 Be7 13. b3 f5 14. Nd2 Bf6 15.
Rb1 Ba6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Nf3 Nc5 18. Bb2 $14 {Goldin,A-Elbilia,J/FRA/1993/})
8... Re8 (8... Bb4 9. Nh4 c6 $5) 9. O-O Bb4 10. Nh4 Na6 11. a3 (11. Bd2 $5 Nc5
12. Rc1 $1 (12. Nb5 $2 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Bxd5 $1 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 c6 $15) (
12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nce4 $10) 12... a5 (12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nce4 14. Bxf6 $1
$16) 13. a3 $14) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 (12... Qe7 13. d6 $1) 13. c4 (13. Re1
Nfe4 $1 14. Bb2 (14. c4 $2 Nxf2 $17) 14... Qf6 (14... Nd6 $5) 15. f3 g5 $1 $13)
13... Qe7 (13... Nfe4 $1) 14. Re1 Nce4 15. Qd3 (15. Bb2 Nxf2 $1 16. Kxf2 $2 (
16. Qd4 $17) 16... Qe3+ 17. Kf1 Ng4 18. Qd4 Nxh2#) (15. Qc2 $5) (15. Qd4 $5)
15... b5 $2 (15... Qe5 16. Bf4 (16. Rb1 Qc3 17. Bb2 Qxd3 18. exd3 Nc5 $10)
16... Qc3 17. Bxc7 Rac8 18. d6 Qa5 $1 $44) 16. cxb5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Rac1
$14 Rab8 (18... cxb5 19. Bxf6 $18) (18... a6 $5) 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Nd4 Qe7 21. f3
$1 Nc5 $8 22. Qd2 Na4 (22... Rxb5 23. Nxb5 Nb3 24. Qg5 $1 $8 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 cxb5
26. Bxf6 $18) 23. Nf5 Qf8 (23... Qe6 24. Qg5 $18) 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd4 Nb6 26.
Qxf6 Re6 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. e4 $18 Bc4 29. bxc6 dxc6 30. Red1 (30. Ne3 $32) 30...
c5 $1 31. Qd2 (31. Ne3 Bb3 $1 {/\c4/}) 31... f6 32. Qc3 Rc6 33. f4 Be2 34. Rd2
Na4 $1 35. Qa5 Ra6 36. Qc7 Bb5 $2 (36... Rc8 $16) 37. Rcd1 Rc6 (37... Re8 38.
Rd7 Bxd7 39. Rxd7 Rd8 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ Qxh6 42. Qf7#) 38. Qxb8 Rc8 (38...
Qxb8 39. Rd8+) 39. Qxc8 $1 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Shipov,S"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1996.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nh4 (9. Ne5 $5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 exd5
14. cxd5 Re8 15. Nc4 Ba6 16. Qa4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 d6 18. a4 $1 Qc8 19. a5 $1 $14 {
Epishin,V-Brynell,S/Malme/1994/1:0/35/}) 9... Bxc3 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Na4 $1 exd5
11. a3 Nxa4 12. axb4 b5 13. cxd5 Re8 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. e4 d6 16. Nf5 a6 17. b3
$16 {Romanishin,O-Tiviakov,S/Belgrad/1993/1:0/29/}) 10. bxc3 Rb8 (10... e5 11.
e4 d6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nf5 (13. gxf4 Nxe4 $1) 13... Bc8 14. Nxg7 $6 Kxg7 15. Qd4
Kg8 16. gxf4 Nc5 17. e5 Ng4 $17 {Filippov,V-Tiviakov,S/Elista/1995/0:1/32/}) (
10... Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. Bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 exd5 14. cxd5 Ba6 15. Re1 d6 16.
Rxb8 Qxb8 17. Qd2 Re8 18. e4 $14 {Shneider,A-Brynell,S/Aars/1995/1:0/33/}) 11.
e4 d6 12. f4 (12. Be3 Re8 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Nf3 Nac5 15. Qc2 Qf6 16. Bd4 Qh6 17.
h3 Ba6 18. Bf1 exd5 19. exd5 Qg6 $10 {Romanishin,O-Markovsky,T/Biel/1995/0.5/
37/}) 12... Nd7 13. Nf3 e5 14. fxe5 (14. Be3 Nac5 15. Nd2 Ba6 $10) 14... Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. Qa4 Qd6 $1 19. Rfb1 (19. Qxa7 $2
Ba6 20. Rab1 Ra8 $19) (19. Rab1 $1) 19... Ba6 20. Rb3 (20. Kh1 $5 Rb6 21. Bh3 {
/\ Bd7/}) 20... Rb6 21. Rab1 (21. Bh3 Qh6 $1 $17) 21... Bc8 $1 22. Qa3 (22.
Qxa7 Ra6 23. Qb8 Rxa2 $15) 22... Bd7 $15 23. Ra1 $6 (23. Qa5) 23... g6 24. Qc1
Rfb8 25. Qh6 a5 26. h4 a4 27. Rxb6 Rxb6 $17 {<-> b/} 28. h5 Qf8 29. Qe3 f6 30.
a3 g5 31. Bf3 Kg7 32. Rf1 Rb3 33. Bd1 Rb1 (33... Rxa3 $2 34. Qc1 Ra2 35. Qb1
Rd2 36. Qc1 Ra2 (36... Rd3 37. Kg2 {/\ Be2/}) 37. Qb1 $10) 34. Qf2 h6 35. Kg2 (
35. Qa2 $5 Rb6 36. Kg2 Qb8 37. Qf2 $17) 35... Qd6 36. Qd2 Qb6 37. Rf2 Ra1 38.
Rf1 Kf7 $2 (38... Rxa3 $1 39. d6 $5 cxd6 (39... Qxd6 $2 40. Qb2 Rb3 $8 41. Bxb3
$10) 40. Qf2 d5 $1 (40... Qd8 $2 41. Qb2 $10) 41. exd5 Rxc3 $19) 39. Qf2 Ke7
40. Bc2 $1 (40. Qd2 Rxa3 41. d6+ cxd6 42. Qf2 d5 $17) 40... Rxa3 41. Rb1 Qd6
42. Rb8 {<=>/} Kf7 (42... Ra2 43. Rh8) 43. Bd1 Ra1 44. Bf3 a3 45. Qe2 (45. Ra8
Qb6 {/\ Qb2/}) 45... Qa6 $1 (45... a2 $2 46. Ra8) 46. Bg4 a2 $1 47. Bxd7 Rb1 $2
(47... Rg1+ $1 48. Kxg1 a1=Q+ 49. Kg2 Qxc3 $19) 48. Be8+ Ke7 (48... Kg7 $1 49.
Qg4 $1 Rg1+ (49... Qd6 $2 50. Qf5 Rg1+ 51. Kh3 Rh1+ 52. Kg4 $18) (49... Rxb8 $2
50. Qd7+ Kh8 51. Bg6 $18) 50. Kh2 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ $10) 49. Qg4 $1 Qd6 $2 (
49... Rg1+ 50. Kh2 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ $10) 50. Ra8 a1=Q 51. Rxa1 Rxa1 52. Qc8 {
/\ Bg6|^/} f5 (52... c6 $5 {/\ Ra7/}) 53. Bg6 (53. exf5 $2 e4 54. Bg6 Rg1+ 55.
Kxg1 Qxg3+ $10) 53... Ra2+ 54. Kf1 Ra1+ 55. Ke2 Ra2+ 56. Kd3 $2 (56. Ke3 $1 f4+
57. Kd3 $18 Qd7 58. Qh8 Qd6) 56... fxe4+ 57. Kxe4 $2 (57. Ke3 $1 Qf6 58. Qxc7+
Kf8 59. Qxc5+ Kg7 60. Qc7+ Kf8 $10) 57... Qd7 $1 58. Qxd7+ (58. Qh8 $2 Qg4+ 59.
Kxe5 Re2+) 58... Kxd7 59. Kxe5 Ke7 $19 60. Be4 Ra3 61. Kf5 Rxc3 62. Kg6 Rxc4
63. Bf5 Rd4 64. Kxh6 Kf6 65. Bb1 Rg4 66. Kh7 Rxg3 67. h6 Rh3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {Once the QID was the top solid opening against 1.
d4, nowadays the elite goes more often for various lines of the Queen's Gambit.
} 4. g3 Bb7 {The classical move.} ({Slightly more popular is} 4... Ba6 {
, especially due to Karjakin:} 5. b3 (5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
(8. b3 c5 9. Bb2 d6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. e4 Nc6 14. N2f3
a6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. e5 Qxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Nxe5 20. Nxe5
dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rfc8 22. Red1 Ra7 $11 {Andreikin,D (2722)-Karjakin,S (2767)/Baku/
2014/}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Rd1 Na6 11. a3 Qc8 12. Nb1 c5 13. Nc3 Nc7 14.
Nh4 g6 15. Bh6 Rd8 16. Nf3 Ne6 17. h3 Qc6 18. e3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. Ne5 Ne4
21. Rac1 cxd4 22. exd4 f5 23. Kh2 Bf6 24. f4 Rc7 $132 {Grischuk,A (2797)
-Karjakin,S (2767)/Baku/2014/} (24... g5 $5)) ({The pawn sacrifice} 5. Qc2 Bb7
6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 {appears less often than a couple of years ago:} exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Qf5 (11. Qa4 Nf6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. g4 Ne8 $146 (
13... Nb4 14. a3 Nbd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. g5 Bc6 17. Qh4 Ne8 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19.
Rxd7 Bb7 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Be3 Rd5 22. Nf3 Nd6 $44 {Shirov,A (2699)-Aronian,L 
(2759)/Elista cm/2007/CBM 119/[Stohl,I]}) 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 d6
17. g5 Nc7 18. Bf4 Ng6 19. Bg3 b5 20. Qg4 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Ne4 Ne8 23.
Nxd6 (23. h4 $5 $44) 23... Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Nf4 $11 {Ding,L (2742)
-Harikrishna,P (2725)/Kocaeli/2014/}) 11... Nf6 12. e4 g6 13. Qf4 O-O 14. e5
Nh5 15. Qc4 (15. Qh6 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Qc7 19. Nc3 Qxe5
20. Rxd7 Qe6 21. Rd1 Rad8 $11 {Bacrot,E (2720)-Karjakin,S (2771)/Dubai rpd/
2014/}) ({White retains more tension in the position with} 15. Qg4 d5 16. exd6
Bxd6 17. Nc3 Qb8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Nd5 Ne7 20. Ne3 Nc6 {Although he has
sufficient compensation, getting something more concrete is difficult.} (20...
Ng7 $5)) 15... Qc7 $5 ({This has recently replaced} 15... d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17.
Nc3 Na5 18. Qd3 Bc7 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh6 Rfd8 23. Rad1
Qf7 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nb5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 $44 {Gelfand,B (2755)-Leko,P (2756)/
Jermuk/2009/CBM 132/[Gelfand,B]}) (15... Na5 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Nc3 Rad8 18. Nb5
Qb8 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Re1 Rfe8 21. Qc3 Ne6 22. Rad1 $44 {Pellen,M (2490)-Siigur,
J (2452)/email/2011/}) 16. Bh6 Na5 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20.
Rxd5 Nc6 21. Qc4 Ng7 22. Rad1 Nb4 23. Rd6 $6 (23. R5d2 Ne6 $13) 23... Nf5 24.
Bf4 b5 $1 $15 {Sethuraman,S (2590)-Mareco,S (2574)/Tromso olm/2014/}) (5. Qb3
Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 (7. Qa4 Bb7 8. Bg2 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1
Qc7 12. e4 Bc6 13. Qa3 d6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 O-O 17. Qa4 Rfc8
18. Ndf3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxc6 Rxc6 21. Bf4 Rb6 $11 {/+/=,Gelfand,B (2748)
-Karjakin,S (2767)/Tashkent/2014/}) 7... c5 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4
11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. b3 Be7 15. Bb2 O-O 16. Qe3 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Nd4 $5 {is a positional sacrifice, typical for this line. After} 18. Bxd4
cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Qe4 Qa5 22. Qe2 d6 23. exd6 Bxd6 24. h4 Bc5
25. Kg2 Qc7 26. Qe4 a5 $44 {Vachier-Lagrave,M (2757)-Karjakin,S (2767)/
Tashkent /2014/ the blockade on the dark squares holds strong.}) 5... Bb4+ 6.
Bd2 Be7 7. Nc3 {is a long-lasting theoretical feud between Aronian and
Karjakin, where the former has until now been far more successful:} c6 (7...
O-O 8. Bg2 c6 9. e4 d5 10. exd5 cxd5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bf4 Na5 14.
Rc1 Ba3 15. Rb1 Bb4 16. Ne2 Nc6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. cxd5
exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Re1 $36 {Aronian,L (2812)-Karjakin,S 
(2759)/Wijk aan Zee/2014/ For more details see the notes to this game in CBM
159.}) (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Rc1 Nbd7
13. Bg5 c6 14. f4 c5 15. e3 cxd4 16. exd4 Ne4 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Qd3 Ndf6 19.
Bh3 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd6 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. R3c2 f6 23. Nc6 Rf7 24. Qb5 g6 25. Qb4
$14 {Navara,D (2718)-Almasi,Z (2695)/CRO-chT Bol/2014/}) 8. e4 d5 9. Qc2 dxe4
10. Nxe4 Bb7 (10... c5 11. Bc3 Bb7 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Na6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 O-O 17. Rd1 Nc5 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. O-O Qb7 20. Qxb7 Nxb7 21. Bb4
Rfc8 22. Rd2 a5 23. Ba3 a4 24. Nb5 axb3 25. axb3 Nc5 $11 {Van Wely,L (2655)
-Carlsen,M (2646)/Schagen/2006/}) 11. Bc3 ({For Topalov's aggressive} 11. Neg5
$5 {see Topalov,V (2778)-Anand,V (2785)/Sofia/2005/CBM 107/[Tyomkin,D]}) 11...
Nbd7 (11... c5 $142 $5) 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bd3 c5 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 O-O 16.
O-O Qc7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Rfe1 Rfd8 19. Qe3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22.
Ne5 b5 23. Rc1 bxc4 24. Rxc4 Qd6 25. Qf3 Qd5 26. Kg2 a5 27. Ra4 $14 {Aronian,L
(2815)-Karjakin,S (2771)/Stavanger/2014/ For more details see the notes to
this game by Krasenkow in CBM 161.}) 5. Bg2 Be7 ({In the sideline} 5... c5 6.
d5 exd5 {White has come up with a similar promising pawn sacrifice} 7. cxd5 $5
({The main move used to be} 7. Nh4 {, which doesn't give White much.}) {
The defence faces serious problems here:} 7... Bxd5 8. Nc3 Bc6 9. e4 $1 d6 10.
O-O Be7 11. Nh4 g6 $6 (11... O-O $142 12. Nf5 $44 {|^}) 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8
Kxf8 14. Qd2 Ne8 15. Rad1 Kg7 16. f4 Qc8 17. Nd5 Rf8 18. e5 $1 dxe5 19. f5 Qd8
20. f6+ Nxf6 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qh6 Rg8 23. Nxf6 {1-0, Gelfand,B (2748)
-Andreikin,D (2722)/Baku/2014/}) 6. Nc3 (6. O-O O-O {can transpose into the
game, but not necessarily:} 7. Nc3 (7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4 {isn't currently
considered too dangerous:} c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6
13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Ne3 Nc6 16. Nxd5 Be5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qg4 Nd4
19. Bg5 f5 20. Bxd8 fxg4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Bxb7 Raxd8 23. Rxe5 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+
Kxe7 $11 {Lysyj,I (2670)-Khismatullin,D (2671)/Vladivostok/2014/}) (7. Re1 Na6
8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Bf4 $5 (9. Qc2 f5 10. Ne5 d6 11. Nd3 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2742)
-Adams,M (2753)/Bilbao/2013/} Bf6 12. Be3 c5 $132) 9... d6 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Qb3
Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. e4 Nc6 14. d5 Bf6 15. Qd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. e5 dxe5
18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 exd5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Re7 Bc6 22. Bxd5 Rad8 23. Rxa7
Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Rxd5 26. Rb7 Rd6 27. Re3 g6 28. Rb3 c4 29. R3xb6
Rxb6 30. Rxb6 Ra8 31. a3 c3 $14 {/=, Gelfand,B (2748)-Grischuk,A (2797)/Baku/
2014/}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd2 f5 $5 ({For} 8... Bf6 {see the note to move 8.}) 9. d5
Bf6 10. Rc1 (10. Qc2 $2 {is possible without castling, here} Bxc3 $1 11. Bxc3
exd5 $15 {wins a pawn.}) 10... Na6 11. Be1 Nac5 12. Nd4 Qe7 {This position was
played already in the 20th century, Black has reasonable counterplay:} 13. Ndb5
a6 14. Nxc7 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Rac8 16. b4 Rxc7 17. Bb2 d6 18. bxc5 Nxc5 19. Ba3 e5
20. Rb1 Nd7 21. Qb3 a5 22. Rfc1 Ba6 23. Bh3 g5 24. e3 Qf6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Qd1
Qg6 27. f3 h5 $13 {Forsloef,L (2475)-Fritz,J (2446)/email/2008/}) 6... Ne4 {
The main move.} ({After} 6... O-O {Black must reckon with Korchnoi's} 7. Qc2 $5
c5 8. d5 {In practice White is doing well in this line.}) 7. Bd2 {[%cal Yd4d5]
Introduced by Opocensky at the Buenos Aires ol 1939, this move is nowadays
White's main try to fight for an edge from the opening.} ({The former main line
} 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. O-O $132 f5 ({or} 9... c5 $11 {is currently
considered too soft and is out of fashion.})) 7... Bf6 {The main move, geared
against d5.} (7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qa4+ $5 (9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bf4
c5 12. Nd2 ({According to Krasenkow, the popular} 12. dxc5 {, or}) (12. Be3 {
and}) (12. Qc2 {are better tries to get an opening advantage.}) 12... Nxc3 13.
bxc3 Rc8 (13... Nf6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nb3 Ba3 16. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {1/2, Petrosian,
T (2640)-Karpov,A (2540)/Moscow/1971/}) 14. Re1 Re8 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1
17. Qxc1 Nf8 18. e5 Qd7 19. Qb1 Rc8 20. Be3 g6 21. h4 Qc6 22. Bh3 Ne6 $132 {
Giri,A (2737)-Fressinet,L (2708)/Elancourt/2013/CBM 157/[Krasenkow,M]}) 9...
Qd7 10. Qc2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 {[%csl Rd7]} O-O 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. e3 Bf6
15. Rfd1 Na5 16. b3 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Nf4 c6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Ng4 $16 {
[%csl Rd5] Kasparov,G (2690)-Gligoric,S (2505)/Niksic/1983/}) 8. Qc2 ({The
complications after} 8. Rc1 $6 Bxd4 $1 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. Bxb7 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 c6
12. Bf4 O-O 13. Bd6 Re8 14. Bxa8 Qc8 15. b4 Na6 16. b5 Qxa8 17. bxa6 c5 18. Nf3
Qe4 19. Rc1 f6 20. a3 {give Black at least a draw with} Qc6 ({Engines recommend
} 20... g5 $5 {and prefer Black.}) 21. Rd1 Qe4 $11) ({The more usual
continuation is} 8. O-O O-O 9. Rc1 ({After} 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 d6 11. d5 {
the simplest is} Bxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. Nh4 d4 $1 14. Qxd4 Bxg2 15. Nxg2 Nc6
16. Qc3 a5 17. Nf4 Re8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Rad1 Re5 20. e4 Rae8 21. f3 f5 22. Nd3
R5e7 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe6 $11 {Smejkal,J (2570)-Makarichev,S (2505)/
Sarajevo/1982/}) 9... c5 ({More restrained and maybe even more solid is} 9...
d6 10. d5 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Nd7 15. Rb1 Qe7 16.
Ne1 Ra7 17. Nc2 Rfa8 18. h4 Bc8 19. e4 h5 20. Bf3 g6 21. Qh6 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2
23. Ne3 Qf6 24. Nf1 Qg7 25. Qg5 Qf6 $11 {Markus,R (2602)-Hracek,Z (2634)/
Tromso olm/2014/}) 10. dxc5 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bc3 Nc6 $11) ({The main move is
} 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 d6 13. Nde4 Be5 $5 {The resulting complex
position ressembles a Benoni, chances are roughly equal:} ({The passive} 13...
Be7 14. f4 Nd7 15. g4 a6 16. a4 ({or} 16. g5 $5 $14 {gives White more
realistic attacking chances})) 14. Qd2 ({More enticing in my opinion is} 14. f4
Bd4+ 15. Kh1 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rfe1 g6 18. e3 Bg7 19. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Yg5f3,
Ye3e5] , White strives to play in the centre.}) 14... Ba6 15. Rfe1 g6 16. g4
Qe7 17. f4 Bg7 18. g5 Nd7 19. a4 Rae8 (19... Rfe8 $5) 20. e3 Rd8 21. h4 Rfe8
22. b3 Nf8 23. Ng3 Bc8 24. Bf3 h6 25. Nce4 Nh7 26. Qd3 f5 $1 27. Nd2 hxg5 28.
hxg5 Nxg5 $5 29. fxg5 Qxg5 $44 {Sjugirov,S (2635)-Alekseev,E (2673)/Moscow/
2012/}) 10... bxc5 11. Qb3 $5 Qb6 12. Bf4 {This is still a rare idea, but
White has had some recent success with it and also Houdini likes the pressure
on the d-file. Further practical tests are required:} Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be4 (13...
Nc6 14. Rfd1 (14. Rb1 $5) 14... Na5 15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18.
Kg1 Rfd8 19. Rb1 d6 20. Qb2 Rd7 $6 21. Qb5 Qxb5 22. Rxb5 Bxc3 23. Ne4 a6 24.
Rxc5 dxc5 25. Rxd7 Bb4 26. Nd6 f6 27. Be3 $36 {Berkes,F (2685)-Kovacevic,A 
(2549)/HUN-chT/2012/}) 14. Rfd1 Rd8 (14... d5 $2 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Bxg2 17.
Kxg2 Qxb3 18. axb3 Rd8 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Ne3 d4 21. cxd4 cxd4 22. Nf5 Bf6 23.
Nxd4 $16 {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2664)-Nikolov,M (2550)/Panagyurishte 2012/CBM 148
Extra (59)}) 15. Ng5 (15. Bd6 $5) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 e5 17. Be3 Bxg5 18. Bxg5
f6 19. Be3 d6 20. Rb1 Nd7 21. f3 Qc7 22. a4 Rab8 23. Qa2 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qa5 25.
Rb7 Nb6 26. Qd2 Qxa4 27. Bxc5 Qxc4 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Rxb6 d5 $11 {Medvegy,Z 
(2522)-Bokros,A (2461)/Zalakaros/2014/}) 8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 {White
fights for central space.} (10. O-O O-O 11. e4 Nd7 12. Rad1 g6 13. Rfe1 (13. h4
Qe7 14. Rfe1 Bg7 15. Qc2 c5 16. b3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 a6 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Qe3 Rab8
20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Red1 Nd7 23. Bg2 Rbc8 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Nde2 Bf8 $11
{Anand,V (2780)-Carlsen,M (2843)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/ Black has a pleasant
Hedgehog here with no problems whatsoever.}) 13... Bg7 {gives Black a flexible
position, violent attempts to break it up would enhance the power of his
bishop pair.} 14. d5 e5 15. b4 a5 16. a3 Ba6 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Ra1
axb4 20. Qxb4 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Bh6 $11 {Morozevich,A (2722)-Alekseev,E (2678)/
RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) 10... Bxc3 $146 {[%mdl 40] Until now Black has usually
tried to stablise the central pawn-structure as soon as possible. Grischuk's
strategy is slightly different, Black opts for a more open fight.} (10... e5
11. h4 $1 Nd7 12. e4 a5 13. Bh3 Nc5 14. O-O Bc8 15. Bxc8 Qxc8 16. Kg2 O-O 17.
Qe3 Qg4 18. Rh1 Be7 19. Nd2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. f3 Qg6 22. Nce4 $14 {[%csl
Ge4] Browne,W (2510)-Saidy,A (2415)/Reno/1994/}) (10... O-O $142 11. Nd4 {
, but even here it's more prudent to exchange the bishop with} Bxd4 $5 (11...
e5 $2 12. Nc6 Qd7 13. Nxb8 Rfxb8 14. h4 $1 a5 15. a4 $1 Rf8 16. e4 h5 17. O-O-O
g6 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Kc2 Kg7 20. f3 Rh8 21. Rh2 Ba6 22. Nb5 Raf8 23. Kb1 Qd8 24.
Qd3 Be7 25. Re2 Bc8 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 27. Rg1 Bd8 28. Na7 $16 {[%csl Ga7,Rd8]
Karpov,A (2760)-Jussupow,A (2630)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039/[Dautov] Here White's
knight again dominated the bishop in a model game.}) 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd2 a5 14.
O-O Nd7 15. e4 Nc5 16. f4 Re8 17. f5 f6 18. b3 Bc8 19. Qc2 Bd7 20. h4 Qe7 21.
Rf2 Kh8 22. Kh2 Rg8 23. Qd2 Rab8 24. Bf1 Rbf8 25. Be2 g5 $11 {Indjic,A (2430)
-Lysyj,I (2656)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 11. Qxc3 O-O 12. Nd2 ({We have already
mentioned} 12. O-O exd5 13. Nh4 d4 $11 {above.}) 12... Re8 13. e3 c5 $5 ({
Grischuk spurns} 13... e5 {and plays more actively, than Lysyj above.}) 14. O-O
exd5 15. cxd5 {To increase his chances for a central break White needs more
pieces.} ({A less ambitious move is} 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 (15... Qe7 $5) 16. cxd5 Nd7
$11) 15... Nd7 16. a4 (16. e4 b5 $132 {with typical Benoni counterplay.}) 16...
Ba6 17. Rfd1 b5 $6 {This seems too violent.} (17... Qe7 $142 $11) (17... Qf6 $5
$11) 18. axb5 ({The immediate} 18. b4 $5 {/\} bxa4 19. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%csl Rd6]
is interesting}) 18... Bxb5 19. b4 a6 20. Nb3 Rc8 (20... c4 21. Nd4 Ne5 22. Bf1
$14 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Ye3e4,Yf2f4]}) 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd4 $14 {White is better
due to his more compact pawn-structure.} Qf6 $6 (22... Qd7 $14 {is rather
passive.}) 23. Rac1 $6 {[%cal Yd4c6] Topalov wants more than an endgame and
prepares to invade via c6, but he runs into a tactical blow.} (23. Nxb5 $142
axb5 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rdb1 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 23... Ne4 $1 24. Qxc8 {Accepts
the challenge, but this should have led to a draw by force.} (24. Qb2 Rxc1 25.
Rxc1 Nc5 $132 {[%cal Yb5d3,Yd3e4]}) 24... Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qxe3 26. h3 (26. Bxe4
$6 Qxe4+ 27. Kg1 Qe3+ $1 (27... Rxc8 $2 28. Rxc8+ Be8 29. Nc2 $1 $16 {[%csl
Re8][%cal Rd1e1]}) 28. Kg2 Rxc8 (28... Qe4+ $11) 29. Rxc8+ Be8 30. Rf1 h6 31.
Ne6 $15 {/=}) 26... Nxg3+ 27. Kh2 Qf4 $2 {This causes Black big problems for
many moves to come.} (27... Qe5 $142 $1 28. Nf3 (28. Nxb5 Ne2+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30.
Kg1 Ne2+ $11) 28... Nf1+ 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Ng3+ 31. Kh2 Ne2 $1 $11 {and
White can't well avoid a perpetual.}) 28. Qg4 $1 {Forces a queen swap.} Nf1+
29. Kg1 Qh2+ 30. Kf2 Ne3 31. Qg3 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Qxg3+ 33. Kxg3 g6 {[%csl Ra6,
Rd6][%mdl 4096] Formally the material is equal (Black has 3P for the N), but
this endgame is advantageous for White, as Black's pawns are not dangerous and
mostly just vulnerable. Grischuk's main hopes to save the game stem forom the
fact the White has only 2P (and soon only a single one) left.} 34. Rc1 (34. Rb1
$142 $5 $16) 34... Kg7 35. h4 Kf6 36. Kf2 h6 37. Bf3 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Rc7
Re7 40. Rc3 Re8 41. Bg2 Re7 ({A more resilient move was} 41... g4 $1 $14 {<=>})
42. Rh3 $1 Kg6 (42... g4 $5 43. Rh6+ Ke5 $14) 43. Bf3 Bd7 (43... f5 $2 44. Rh6+
$1 Kxh6 45. Nxf5+ $16) 44. Rh8 Re8 (44... f5 45. Nc6 $36) 45. Bh5+ Kg7 {
Black prefers to sacrifice a pawn to exchange White's active rook.} (45... Kf6
46. Rh6+ Ke7 (46... Ke5 $2 47. Nf3+ $18) 47. Nc6+ Bxc6 48. dxc6 $16) 46. Rxe8
Bxe8 47. Nf5+ Kf6 48. Nxd6 Bd7 49. Nb7 $6 (49. Nc4 $142 $5 {/\} Bb5 50. Na5 Be8
51. Nc6 $16) 49... Be8 50. Ke3 Ke5 51. d6 {[%cal Rh5f7]} Ke6 $2 {This allows
White to activate his K and coordinate his forces. The threat against f7 was
more or less illusory:} (51... a5 $142 $1 52. Bxf7 Bd7 {and White has no way
to support his passed pawn.} 53. Kd3 g4 54. Kc4 g3 55. Bd5 Be6 {already forces}
56. Bxe6 Kxe6 57. Nc5+ Kxd6 58. Ne4+ $11) 52. Kd4 a5 53. Bf3 a4 54. Bd5+ Kf6 (
54... Kd7 55. Kc5 a3 56. Bc6+ Kc8 57. Kb6 $1 Bd7 58. Nc5 $18 {and White wins
Black's bishop.}) 55. Nc5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Gd5,Gd6]} Bb5 56. Ne4+ (56. Bc4 $1 Bc6
57. Ke3 a3 58. Ba2 Bb5 59. Bb3 Bc6 60. Bc4 $22 g4 61. Kf4 $18) 56... Kf5 57.
Bxf7 g4 58. Bd5 a3 59. Ng3+ Kf4 60. Ne4 (60. Ne2+ $1 Kf5 61. Kc5 Bd7 62. Nd4+
Kf4 63. Nc2 $18 {[%cal Rc2a3]}) 60... g3 61. Nc3 Kf5 62. Be4+ $6 {White
shouldn't let the king nearer to his pawn, but even after} (62. Kc5 Ba4 $5 (
62... Bd7 63. Ne2 $1 g2 64. Bxg2 a2 65. Nd4+ $18 {[%cal Rd4b3,Rd4c2]}) {
it's not easy to see, how White can win:} 63. Ne2 g2 64. Kb4 Bd7 65. Kxa3 Ke5
$11 {is already insufficient.}) 62... Ke6 63. Bg2 Bd7 (63... a2 $1 64. Nxa2 (
64. Bd5+ Kxd6 $11 65. Nxb5+ $4 Ke7 66. Bxa2 g2 $19) 64... Kxd6 {was an
immediate draw, but even now I don't see how White can improve his position -
Black's passed pawns are too far forward and tie down the enemy forces.}) 64.
Kc5 Ke5 65. Bd5 Be6 66. Bc6 Bd7 $1 67. Bh1 (67. Bxd7 $2 g2 68. Ne2 a2 $19)
67... Be8 68. Na2 Bd7 69. Nb4 Be8 70. Bd5 Bd7 71. Nd3+ Kf6 72. Nb4 {SOCAR had
already won the match, so Topalov abandons further winning attempts.} Ke5 73.
Nd3+ Kf6 74. Nb4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 48th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2015.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.07.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 ({Choosing between the classical text
move and} 4... Ba6 {is still more or less a matter of taste and preparation.
Both continuations remain roughly equally popular in elite practice.}) 5. Bg2
Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {As the notes will show, Wojtaszek has had previous
experience with this sacrificial line with both colours.} ({More restrained
attempts to fight for an opening edge are} 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2) ({and} 7. Re1)
7... exd5 8. Nh4 {The Candidates match Korchnoi-Polugaevsky in 1980 was
crucial for the development of this line, which later caught the interest of
Kasparov.} ({Thanks to Polugaevsky White's knight started heading for f5 via
the edge, as after} 8. Nd4 {he has to reckon with} Bc6 $1 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bxd5
Nxd5 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. Nf5 Re8 14. f4 d6 15. Qg4 N8c6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Ne4 exf4 18. Nh6+ Kf8 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxf4 Re1+ 21. Kg2 Ne5 22. Rxf6 Nxg4 23.
Rxf7+ Ke8 24. Rxg7 Nxh6 25. a3 Rd8 26. axb4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Kxd7 $17 {Polugaevsky,
L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V (2695) Candidates Buenos Aires 1980}) 8... c6 {Clearly
the main move.} ({Returning the pawn immediately with} 8... Ne4 $143 9. cxd5
Bxh4 10. Bxe4 Bf6 11. Nc3 (11. Qc2 $5 $36) {gives White a riskless pull:} 11...
Na6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bf4 Nc5 14. Bg2 a5 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6
18. Rfd1 Rc8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Qd2 Qc8 21. Rac1 Re8 22. Be3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qb7
24. Rd1 d5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxb2 27. Rb5 $16 {Adhiban,B (2564)-Prince,B 
(2305) Visakhapatnam 2012}) 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... cxd5 {will sooner or later cost
Black the central pawn:} 10. Nc3 Na6 11. Nf5 Nc7 12. Bf4 d6 (12... Bc5 13. Rc1
(13. Ne3 $5) 13... Bc6 14. Na4 (14. a3 a5 15. Qd2 Ne6 16. Nxd5 $6 (16. Be5 $142
$44) 16... Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Qf6 19. Bxc6 dxc6 $36 {Piazza,R-Schmidt
DDR corr 1989}) 14... g6 (14... d6 15. b4 Qd7 16. bxc5 $5 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17.
bxc5 $14) 16... Bxa4 17. c6 Qxf5 18. Qxa4 $36) 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Bxc7 Qxc7 17.
Ne7+ Kg7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rab8 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Bf3 Qe5 22. Qd2 d6 23. Rc4
$5 (23. Rfd1 Rb6 24. Qa5 Re7 25. Rc4 Qb2 26. Ra4 h5 27. Qd2 Qe5 28. h4 Rd7 29.
Rc1 Rc7 30. Kg2 d5 $11 {Beliavsky,A (2590)-Spassky,B (2615) Vienna 1980}) 23...
Rb6 24. Ra4 Re7 25. Rc1 $14 {Timman,J (2655)-Gligoric,S (2535)/Bugojno 1982/
Black didn't get in the d5 advance, his pawns are vulnerable and he is
slightly worse.}) 13. Rc1 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5
17. Qxd5 Bxb2 18. Rad1 Qf6 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rd5 Rfe8 21. Rfd1 Re5 $11 {Ftacnik,
L (2612)-Gschnitzer,O (2427) Germany 2006}) (13. Qb3 Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. Qa3 (16. Bg5 $14) 16... Rfd8 17. e4 Nh5 $1 18. exd5 Nxf4 19. gxf4
{Jobava,B (2644)-Sachdev,T (2393) Benasque 2007} Re8 $132) 13... Re8 14. Re1
Bf8 15. Ne3 Rc8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ncxd5 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Nd4 22. Qd3 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 b5 24. Kg2 g6 25. h4 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Rf6]
1-0 (38) Gledura,B (2407)-Georgescu,T (2478) Arad 2014}) 10. Nf5 Nc7 {Black
still follows a well-trodden path. Let's have a look at the less common
alternatives:} ({Korchnoi was surprised and reacted badly in this position with
} 10... Bc5 $6 11. e4 Ne7 ({Even the subsequently tested} 11... Qf6 12. Nxg7 (
12. Bd2 $5 $36) 12... Kxg7 13. exd5 Ba6 14. Bd2 $40 {doesn't solve the opening
problems.}) 12. Nxg7 $1 Kxg7 13. b4 Bxb4 ({A more resilient move is} 13... Ba6
$5 {, but} 14. bxc5 $5 (14. Re1 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Ng6 16. Bb2+ f6 $13) 14... Bxf1
15. Bxf1 $44 {[%csl Rg7] is still very dangerous for Black.}) 14. Qd4+ f6 15.
Qxb4 c5 16. Qd2 Nbc6 17. Bb2 Ba6 18. Rd1 Ne5 19. Na3 N7c6 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. f4
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. e5 $1 fxe5 24. Bxc6 dxc6 25. Rd7 $3 Qxd7 26. Qxe5+ Kf7
27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kf7 29. Re1 $1 $18 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Kortschnoj,V 
(2695) Candidates Buenos Aires 1980}) (10... Bf6 {was introduced by Portisch,
but it's quite risky:} 11. e4 (11. Re1 {After} Ba6 (11... Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13.
Nc3 Be5 (13... Nc8 14. Bf4 Nxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Qb3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Na6 18. Ne4
$16 {Greenfeld,A (2575)-Mecking,H (2565)/Passo Fundo 2008/ Here White profits
from omitting e4, as this allows him to increase his pressure.}) 14. Bf4 (14.
f4 $5) 14... Bxf4 15. gxf4 Ng6 16. e3 (16. Qd4 $5 $44) 16... Nh4 17. Bh3 c5 18.
Nd5 Nc6 $13 {Wojtaszek,R (2625)-Hernandez Carmenates,H (2568)/Havana 2008/
Despite the pretty white knights Black has counterplay and the position
remains unclear.}) 12. e4 Ne7 {Black must reckon also with} 13. Ne3 (13. Nd6 $5
Nc8 {-11.e4}) {However, this seems playable after} 13... Be5 14. Ng4 Bc7 15. e5
d5 (15... d6 $1 $13) 16. Bg5 Bc8 17. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 $1 (17... Kh8 $2 18. Nc3 Na6
19. Nfxd5 cxd5 20. Nxd5 Be6 21. Bxe7 Qd7 22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Bd6 Qc4 24. Bf1 {
1-0, Timman,J (2605)-Portisch,L (2630) London 1982}) 18. Bxf6 Bf5 19. Qh5 Bg6
20. Qh6 Nf5 21. Bxd8 Nxh6 22. Bxc7 Nf5 $132) 11... Ne7 12. Nd6 Ba6 13. Re1 {
is more natural:} Nc8 $142 $5 (13... Be5 $6 14. Nc3 c5 15. Bf4 $1 (15. f4 Bxd6
16. Qxd6 Nbc6 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Qd2 d5 $1 19. exd5 Nf5 20. Bf2 Nd3 $11 {
Cheparinov,I (2618)-Ponomariov,R (2704) Pamplona 2005}) 15... Bxf4 (15... Nbc6
$6 16. Qa4 Bc8 17. Rad1 a6 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 N5c6 20. e5 Ra7 21. f5 Nd4 22.
Rxd4 cxd4 {Almasi,I (2441)-Sachdev,T (2343) Balatonlelle 2005} 23. Qxd4 $16 {
/+-}) (15... Ng6 $6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nd3 18. Re3 c4 19. e5 Nc6 {Vazquez
Igarza,R (2558)-Kravtsiv,M (2510) Cappelle la Grande 2009} 20. Qh5 $40 (20. Nd5
$5 $40)) 16. gxf4 Nbc6 17. Re3 $1 (17. Qa4 $143 Nc8 18. Rad1 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 Bb7
20. e5 Rb8 21. Red1 (21. Re3 $142 Nd4 22. Qxd7 Qc8 $5 $132) 21... Qh4 22. Rxd7
b5 $1 23. Nxb5 $2 (23. Qe4 $5 Ba8 24. Qf5 Nd4 25. Qg5 $11) 23... Ba8 $1 24. b3
Nd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Bxg2 26. Nf5 Qh3 27. R1d3 Bf3 28. Ne3 Rb4 {0-1, Lukacs,P (2465)
-Portisch,L (2650) Budapest 1981}) (17. e5 $5 $44) 17... Nd4 $2 (17... Nc8 $142
18. Nf5 N8e7 ({Black tries to avoid the weakening} 18... g6 19. Rh3 $40 {
[%csl Rg8]}) 19. Qg4 $1 Nxf5 20. exf5 $36 {[%cal Ya1d1,Yd1e1,Ye3g3,Yg3h3,Yc3d5,
Yf5f6] After a while even the engine confirms that Black is in trouble here.})
18. Qa4 Bc8 19. e5 Nec6 20. Rae1 a5 21. Nd5 Ba6 22. Qd1 Ne7 23. Nf6+ $1 Kh8 (
23... gxf6 24. Qh5 Be2 (24... Ne2+ 25. R1xe2 Bxe2 26. Qh6 $1 fxe5 27. Rh3 Bd3
28. f5 $18) 25. R1xe2 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Ng6 27. Rh3 $18) 24. Rh3 h6 25. Qb1 {
1-0, Ftacnik,L (2563)-Garcia Palermo,C (2455) Sibenik 2014}) 14. Nxc8 (14. Nf5
Ne7 15. Nd6 $11) (14. e5 Nxd6 15. exd6 Bc4 $5 $13) 14... Bxc8 15. e5 Be7 16.
Nc3 Na6 17. Be3 (17. Ne4 Nc5 18. Nd6 a5 $5 $132 {[%cal Yc8a6,Yf7f6]}) 17... Nc5
(17... f6 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rad1 fxe5 20. Bxc6 $36) (17... Bb7 $5 18. Ne4 $44)
18. Qc2 f6 19. Rad1 $1 fxe5 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. b4 Qe8 22. Bg2 Ne6 23. Qa4 Bb7 24.
Nd5 $36 {Buhmann,R (2594)-Rozentalis,E (2592) Austria 2013}) (10... Nf6 {
also isn't quite ideal:} 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 dxe4 ({It's not easy to retain the
tension:} 12... Re8 13. e5 Nfd7 14. Qg4 $5 (14. Bh6 $44) 14... g6 15. Nh6+ Kg7
16. Re1 f6 17. e6 Ne5 18. Rxe5 $1 fxe5 19. Nf7 Qc7 20. Bh6+ Kg8 21. Rc1 Bc5 22.
b4 Na6 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. f4 Rxe6 25. Nxe5 $16 {Pogrzeba,G (1881)-Schlosser,R 
(1845) GER email 2006}) 13. Bg5 ({The most common move, but Kasparov points
out the simpler} 13. Nxe4 $5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 $36 {[%cal Yd1c2,Yd1g4,Yc1f4,Ya1d1,
Yf1e1] White easily coordinates his forces and he has a powerful initiative -}
Bf6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Nh6+ Kg7
21. Bxc6 $18 {Nanu,C (2515)-Corlatescu,D (2176) Eforie Nord 2010}) 13... h6 14.
Bf4 {and Black has development problems:} (14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qc1 Bc8 $1 16.
Nxh6+ Kh8 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Re1 Qe5 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Qg5 21. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7
22. Qxg5 Bxg5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Rxc8 Rf8 25. Rc7+ Rf7 26. Rc8 Rf8 27. Rc7+ Rf7 {
½, Polugaevsky,L (2620)-Stean,M (2420) Valetta olm 1980}) {Insuffcient is}
14... Ba6 $6 ({The untested} 14... Nbd7 $5 {deserves attention, but White has
a choice here:} 15. Nxe7+ (15. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Qxh6 Bf8 18. Qg5+
Kh8 19. Rad1 $44 {with at least a guaranteed draw}) 15... Qxe7 16. Bd6 $14) 15.
Re1 Bb4 16. Qb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qd3 18. Nxh6+ Kh8 19. Qxd3 exd3 20. Bd6 $16 {
Sturua,Z (2450)-Kengis,E (2385) Tallinn 1981}) 11. e4 ({Kasparov actually
considered} 11. Nc3 {more flexible, his point being it eliminates some
defensive options by Black. After} {The most natural} d5 {transposes into the
game after} (11... d6 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15. Bxd6 Nxd6 16.
Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 $14 {Sveshnikov,E
(2570)-Platonov,I (2435) /Tashkent 1980/ White is better, as he has refrained
from closing the long white diagonal with e4.}) ({After} 11... Nba6 12. Bf4 d5
{White already plays} 13. e4 Bf6 $5 (13... Re8 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kf8 (15...
Kg7 $142 16. Rad1 $44) 16. Rad1 d4 17. Qf3 f6 18. Ne2 Ne6 19. Bh3 Nxf4 20. Nxf4
Bc8 21. Qb3 $18 {Frisk,E (2184)-Golubka,P (2397) Vaxjo 2014}) 14. Nd6 Bc8 15.
exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nxd5 17. Be5 $5 Nc5 18. c4 Nb4 $1 (18... Ne7 19. Re1 Be6 20.
Rc1 Qd7 21. Rc2 f6 22. Bc3 Rad8 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Bb4 Bg4 25. Qxg4 Rxd6 26. Bxc5
bxc5 27. Qf4 $14 {Miladinovic,I (2555)-Iordachescu,V (2515) Elista olm 1998})
19. Bc3 Nbd3 20. Bxc6 Bh3 $11 (20... Be6 21. Qf3 Rb8 $132)) (11... Ne6 12. e4
$44 (12. Nd6 $5)) (11... Ne8 12. Bf4 Na6 13. Qd2 d5 14. e4 Nac7 15. Rad1 Bf6
16. Qc2 $1 $36 {Kasparov} (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bxc7
Qxc7 {1/2, Timman,J (2605)-Karpov,A (2710) Tilburg 1983}) (16. Rfe1 $5 $44))
12. e4) 11... d5 (11... d6 {is perhaps playable, but rather passive:} 12. Bf4 (
12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Qg4 Bf6 (13... g6 $142 $13) 14. Rd1 Ne5 15. Qe2 d5 16. f4 (16.
exd5 cxd5 17. Ne4 $36) 16... Ng6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. g4 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Qc8 21. f6 dxe4 22. Qh5 {Wojtaszek,R (2630)-Shirazi,K (2404) France 2009} Qe6
$5 23. fxg7 Rfd8 $13 {/=/+}) 12... Ne8 13. Nc3 Na6 14. Qd2 (14. Qg4 $5 Nc5 (
14... Nac7 $142 15. Rad1 Bc8 $5 $132) 15. Rad1 f6 $2 16. b4 Nd7 17. Bxd6 Bxd6
18. Nxd6 Nxd6 19. Rxd6 $18 {Rizouk,A (2406)-Crouch,C (2403) Hampstead 2001})
14... Nac7 15. Rfd1 Ne6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 c5
$1 (19... Rfd8 20. Rad1 Rxd6 21. Rxd6 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. e5 Kf8 24. f4 $14
{/=, Shulman,Y (2571)-Seirawan,Y (2643) Saint Louis 2012}) 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2
Nd4 22. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 (22) Mozny,M (2405)-Hracek,Z (2510) Czechia 1994}) 12. Nc3
({White has also tested the alternative} 12. Re1 {and now:} {Black's main
reaction is the provocative} Bf6 $5 (12... Re8 13. Nc3 (13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3
Bf8 15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bf4 Nba6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Ne3 Nc5 19. Qd1 Rd8 20. Bxc7
Qxc7 21. Nexd5 Qe5 $11 {Miroshnichenko,E (2671)-Le Quang,K (2284) Abu Dhabi
2007}) 13... Nba6 (13... Bf8 $5 {also seems playable}) 14. exd5 (14. Qg4 Bf6
15. Bf4 Bc8 $1 {is a standard motif, White's compensation gives him only
equality after} 16. exd5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bg5 Qc8 $11)
14... cxd5 15. Bf4 Bf8 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Nh6+ ({Ambitious, the modest} 17. Ne3
Qe6 18. Qh5 {regains the Pd5 with simplification and equality.}) 17... Kh8 18.
Qd7 $2 (18. Qf5 $1 Qxf5 19. Nxf5 $11) 18... gxh6 $1 19. Bxc7 Bc6 20. Nxd5 Qg6
$1 21. Qh3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Nxc7 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24. Rad1 Ne6 $17 {Kozul,Z (2602)
-Alekseev,E (2700) EU-ch Rijeka 2010}) ({Opening the centre is better than in
the 10...Nf6 line, but still quite risky:} 12... dxe4 13. Nc3 $5 (13. Qg4 Bf6
14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bxe4 (15. Nxe4 Nd5 $132 16. Ned6 $5 Qxd6 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nxf7+
Kg8 $11) 15... Bxf5 16. Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Bh6 Nd4 19. Qg2 Re8 20. Be3 a6
21. Ne2 Ra7 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Bxc6 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Nxc6 26. Qxc6
Kg7 27. b3 {½, Sosonko,G (2513)-Komarov,D (2588) France 1999}) 13... Ne6 (
13... Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Nxe4 Ne6 16. Qh5 Nd7 $2 (16... h6 17. Be3 $36) 17.
Bg5 f6 18. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Qb4 20. Rad1 Rb8 21. Nd6 Nc5 22. Bxc6 Be6 23.
Bd5 {1-0, Mamedyarov,S (2728)-Jakovenko,D (2671) Fuegen 2006}) 14. Qg4 Nd7 15.
Nxe4 (15. Rd1 $1 $36) 15... Ne5 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Nxf7+ Nxf7 18. Qxe6 Bb4 19.
Nc3 Re8 20. Qxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Be3 {Shomoev,A (2551)-Tiviakov,S 
(2663) Sochi 2007} Re7 $11 {/+/=} (22... Ne5 $5)) (12... Bc5 $2 13. b4 $1 Qf6
14. bxc5 Qxa1 15. Bd2 $1 Qxa2 16. Bh6 (16. Qg4 g6 17. Qf4 $1 $40) 16... Bc8 (
16... Ne6 17. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7 18. Qg4 Qb2 19. e5 $18) 17. Nxg7 Qb2 18. Nh5 Be6 19.
Bf4 (19. Bg7 $5) 19... Nd7 20. Bxc7 Rfe8 21. Re2 Qa1 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Re1 f6 24.
Nc3 Qa5 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Be5 Kg8 27. Qg5+ {1-0, Schebler,G (2474)-Huebner,R 
(2637) Germany 2005}) ({A radical solution is} 12... d4 $5 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf5
Nc6 15. Nc3 Nd4 16. Bf4 Bf6 (16... Nce6 17. Nd5 $1) 17. e5 $5 Bxg2 18. exf6 Bf3
19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bxc7 (20. fxg7+ Kxg7 21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qb1 Nce6 $132) (20. Be5
$5 g5 21. Qc1 Nce6 $13) 20... Qxc7 21. Nb5 Bxd1 22. Nxc7 Bc2 23. Nxa8 Nf3+ 24.
Kg2 Nxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxa8 26. Nd5 gxf6 27. Nxf6 Kg7 $11 {Aronian,L (2744)
-Ivanchuk,V (2750) Morelia/Linares 2007}) (12... Ne6 $2 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3
Bb4 15. Qg4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 (16... Qc7 17. Ba3 Rd8 18. Be7 g6 19. Bxd8 Qxd8
20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nxf7 Qf6 22. Rxe6 Qxf7 23. Qd4+ {1-0, Lalic,B (2600)-Marchand,
F (2310) Montecatini Terme 1997}) 17. Ba3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20.
Rab1 Bc6 21. Nxd5 Qd8 22. Rbd1 Qa5 {Sosonko,G (2525)-Tiviakov,S (2655)
Polanica Zdroj 1995} 23. Qf5 $1 {[%cal Rg2e4] /\} Nd7 (23... Bd7 24. Qf4 Nc6
25. Nf6 $18) 24. Ne7 $1 Bxg2 25. Rxd7 {[%csl Rg2]} Qxc3 26. Re3 $18) 13. e5 (
13. Nc3 Bc8 $5 14. Qf3 Be6 15. g4 Nd7 16. Qg3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. g5 Be5 19.
Qh4 g6 20. Nh6+ Kh8 $15 {Romanishin,O (2550)-Epishin,V (2475) Belgrade 1988})
13... Be7 (13... Bc8 $5 14. exf6 Bxf5 15. fxg7 Re8 $13 {hasn't been refuted
either}) {White mostly plays} 14. Qg4 {, the knight can be developed also via
d2. After} (14. Bh6 $6 gxh6 15. Qg4+ Bg5 16. h4 Kh8 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Qf3 Bc8
19. Nd6 Be6 20. Qc3 c5 21. b4 Nba6 22. a3 f6 $17 {Netolitzky,G (2263)-Gaujens,
A (2377) email 2008}) (14. Nc3 Nba6 15. Qg4 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rad1 (17. Nxe7+
Qxe7 18. Rad1 f5 $6 (18... Ne6 $13) (18... Qb4 $5) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Bg5 Qf8
21. Re3 $1 Bc8 22. Qh4 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Be6 24. Be7 Qf7 25. Rf1 Qg7 26. Bf6 Qd7
27. Bd4 Ne8 28. e4 $1 $40 {Sadowski,M-Salomone,N email 2003}) 17... Bc8 18.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe2 (19. Qa4 $5 $44) 19... Nc5 20. b4 Ba6 21. Qc2 N5e6 22. Qa4
Bb7 23. Qb3 Ba6 24. f4 Bc4 25. Qb1 c5 (25... a5 $1 $15) 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rad8 $11 {Ftacnik,L (2544)-Langrock,H (2398) Rakovnik 2008})
14... g6 15. Bh6 (15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Nd2 {was successfully tested
in mail games, but Black seems to be OK after} Nd7 18. Nf3 c5 $5 $13 {/=/+})
15... Re8 16. Nc3 (16. Ng7 Bc8 17. e6 Bxe6 18. Qe2 Bf8 $1 19. Nxe8 Bxh6 20.
Nxc7 Qxc7 $15 {/-/+}) 16... Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa4 (18. Qd1 $13 {Tiviakov})
18... b5 $1 19. Qd1 b4 20. Ne2 Ne6 21. f4 {[%csl Rh6]} (21. Nd4 $142) (21. Rc1
$44) 21... Nd7 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Nd4 Rac8 (23... Nxd4 $5 24. Qxd4 c5 $15) 24. Nf3
(24. Bh3 $5) 24... c5 25. g4 $2 (25. f5 $1 gxf5 26. Nh4 $132) 25... c4 26. f5
Nec5 $17 {L'Ami,E (2617)-Tiviakov,S (2663)/Hilversum 2007/ Black took over and
converted his advantage. See the notes to this game by Tiviakov in CBM 119.})
12... Bf6 (12... dxe4 $6 13. Qg4 Bf6 $6 (13... g6 $142) 14. Rd1 $1 (14. Nxe4
Bc8 15. Bh6 $14) ({or} 14. Bh6 {are also good for White}) 14... Nd5 15. Bh6 Bc8
16. Bxe4 $1 g6 (16... Bxc3 17. Bxg7 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Kxg7 19. Qxh7+ Kf6 20. bxc3
b5 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rd3 $1 $18 {and the attack breaks through})
17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Qe8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qf4 Bxf5 (20... gxf5 21. Bg2 Bb7
22. Rxf5 Bxg2 23. Rxf6 $18) 21. Rxf5 gxf5 22. Bxa8 Na6 23. Bf3 Bxb2 24. Rd1 $18
{Thejkumar,M (2441)-Yashas,D (1992) Nagpur 2008}) ({2)} 12... Nd7 $6 {is an
attempt to finish development by returning the pawn, but White stays clearly
on top after} 13. Re1 $1 Bf6 (13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Ne6 15. Ned6 (15. Bd2 $5 Nf6
16. Bc3 $16) 15... Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Qc7 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxe6 Nc5
20. Re3 Qd6 21. Rc3 Rae8 22. Bf4 $36 {RexT,G-WOODIE,R Engine Room blitz 2007})
14. Nd6 Ba6 15. exd5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd5 (16... Nxd5 17. Qa4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bd3 19.
Nxg7 $1 $16) 17. Bf4 Nc5 18. Nf5 Bd3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Nc6 Qc8 21. Bd6 $16 {
Ghaem Maghami,E (2599)-Canda,D (2289) Dresden olm 2008}) 13. exd5 (13. Bf4 Bc8
$1 (13... d4 $6 14. e5 dxc3 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Nd6 cxb2 17. Rb1 Rd8 18. Re1 Nba6
19. Be5 Qe6 20. Rxb2 Ne8 21. Rd2 $36 {Hergott,D (2390)-Shakhnazarov,O (2230)/
San Francisco 1999/ This game followed an older analysis of Kasparov.}) 14. g4
$5 Nba6 15. Rc1 (15. e5 Be7 16. Bg3 f6 $1 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rc1 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6
20. Bg3 Rc8 $15 {Navara,D (2719)-Gelfand,B (2729) Prague 2006}) 15... Bxf5 (
15... Bd7 $6 16. Qd2 Nc5 {Kasparov,G (2715)-Karpov,A (2705) WCh Moscow 1984}
17. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 18. exd5 Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rad8 20. b4 Na6 21. Qe2 $1 Nxb4 22. Qc4
$36 {[%cal Rd5c6]}) 16. gxf5 Bg5 17. Bxc7 (17. Qg4 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 d4 19. Rcd1 f6
20. Ne2 c5 21. Qh4 Nb4 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Rh3 h6 25. Nf4 Rf7 $15 {
sirocco,h (2550)-jamwan,h (2563) Engine Room 2012}) 17... Nxc7 18. f4 Be7 (
18... Bf6 $5 19. e5 Be7 $13) 19. exd5 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5
Qxd5 23. Bxd5 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Rfe8 25. Bc6 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {1/2, Sosonko,G (2565)
-Tukmakov,V (2550) Tilburg 1984}) (13. Qg4 $6 Nd7 14. f4 g6 15. Nh6+ Kh8 16. e5
Bg7 $17 {Razuvaev,Y (2465)-Makarichev,S (2495)/Tbilisi 1978/ This was one of
the first games in the whole line, but it was played with the 8.Nd4 move order.
}) 13... cxd5 ({The modest} 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 {returns the pawn, but
also deserves attention:} 15. Bf4 (15. Ne3 Nc6 (15... Na6 16. Nxd5 Nc5 17. Be3
Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rc8 19. Rb1 Qe7 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. b4 Rc3 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Bb3 g6
24. Qg4 Kg7 25. Rbd1 h5 26. Qd7 Rd8 $11 {Harika,D (2528)-Adams,M (2758)
Douglas 2014}) 16. Nxd5 Be5 17. Re1 (17. Qg4 Re8 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Be3
Qd8 21. Qg4 Qc8 22. Qh4 Qd8 23. Qh5 Nd4 24. Rad1 Bxd5 25. Bxd4 Bxg2 26. Bxe5
Qg5 $11 {Ramirez,A (2593)-Shulman,Y (2571) Saint Louis 2012}) 17... Re8 18. Qg4
Nd4 19. Bg5 f5 20. Bxd8 fxg4 21. Ne7+ Kf7 22. Bxb7 Raxd8 23. Rxe5 Rxe7 24.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 $11 {Lysyj,I (2670)-Khismatullin,D (2671)/Vladivostok/2014/}) 15...
Bxb2 (15... Nc6 $5 16. Bxd5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Nxb7 19. b4 Nd8 20.
Rfe1 Ne6 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Rxe5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Nc6 Rd7 26.
Re3 h6 27. Ra3 Rd1+ 28. Kg2 Nd4 29. Nxa7 Rb1 $11 {Ragger,M (2655)-Rozentalis,E
(2592) Austria 2012}) 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Re1 Na6 18. Nd6 (18. Bd6 Re8 19. Qg4 g6
20. Nh6+ Kg7 21. Nf5+ {½, Brunsteins,D (2383)-Helmreich,R (2470) email 2011})
18... Bc6 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 $142 (19... Qd7 $6 20. Bc4 Nc5 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh6 Ba4
23. Be5 $1 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Bc2 25. Rbe1 Qxd6 26. Rh5 $16 {Kraai,J (2514)
-Romanenko,V (2486) ICC INT 2012}) 20. Qxd5 Qd7 $11 (20... Nc5 $5)) 14. Bf4
Nba6 15. Re1 (15. Rc1 Bc8 16. Nd4 (16. Ne3 d4 $1 17. Ncd5 dxe3 18. Bxc7 Nxc7
19. Rxc7 Be5 {leads nowhere}) 16... Be6 (16... Bb7 $11) 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qd2
Rad8 19. b4 Rc8 20. a3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 $44 {Dgebuadze,A (2547)-Werle,J (2412)
Dieren 2001}) 15... Qd7 ({Possibly after this game Black will concentrate only
on} 15... Bc8 $1 {, which seems more reliable:} {Maybe Wojtaszek intended} 16.
Qh5 {, which has been scoring well in engine games after} (16. Ne3 $2 d4 17.
Bxa8 dxc3 (17... Nxa8 $17) 18. Qf3 cxb2 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Bc6 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qa8
22. Qxa8 Rxa8 23. Ng4 Bc3 24. Re3 Nd5 $17 {[%csl Gb2] Cerveny,M (2328)
-Michenka,J (2357) Czechia 2013}) (16. Nd6 Be6 (16... Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. a4
(18. c4 dxc4 19. Rc1 (19. Qh5 Nc5 20. Ne4 Nd3 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Qh4
Nxe1 24. Rxd8 Raxd8 25. Be4 h6 26. Be5 Rd1 27. Nxe6 Nf3+ {0-1, Sciborowski,
M-Marusiak,L Poland corr 1990}) 19... b5 (19... Rb8 $5) 20. Qh5 Nb4 $2 (20...
Qd7 $142 $13) 21. Be4 g6 22. Qc5 Ncd5 23. Bh6 $14 {alexander3,d (2330)-gürü,h 
(2522) Engine Room 2012}) (18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. c4 N7e6 22.
Be5 d4 23. h3 Bh5 24. Nf5 Rac8 25. Bd6 Rfe8 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Bd5 $11 {tamino,
d (2347)-solidor,h (2401) Engine Room 2011}) 18... Nc5 (18... Qd7 19. c4 Bh3
20. Bxh3 Qxh3 21. Nb5 Qd7 22. Nxc7 Nxc7 23. Bxc7 Qxc7 24. cxd5 Rad8 25. Ra2 Rd6
26. Rd2 Qd7 $11 {Basso,P (2428)-Repka,C (2414) Zillertal 2015}) 19. h4 a6 (
19... Ne8 $142 20. Nb5 a6 $11) 20. c4 dxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxc4 22. Qxd8 Raxd8 23.
Bxc7 Rde8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxb6 $14 {1/2, Diermair,A (2488)-Efimenko,Z (2656)
Zalakaros 2015}) 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. h4
(21. Re8 Rxe8 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Qd5 Qf6 24. Nf7+ Kg8 25. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) (21. Be3
Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb7 23. Bxc5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rfd8 26. Rc6 Bf6 (26... a6
27. Nd6 Ba3 $11) 27. Ra6 h5 28. Re4 Rd2 29. a4 Kh7 30. Kg2 $14 {Im_martinez,R 
(2703)-Mrtambourineman,L (2386) 3m + 0s, rated 2007}) 21... h6 $1 22. Re2 Bf6
23. Qf3 Ne6 24. Re4 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Be5 26. Nxf7 Qc7 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. Rd7 Rxf4
29. gxf4 Qe8 $11 {Lehnhoff,H (2237)-Schwierzy,H (2435)/corr/2008/ This game
was quoted already in the notes to Aronian-Karjakin in CBM 159.}) 16... g6 (
16... Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qh5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qd7 20. c4 Rad8 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22.
Be5 g6 23. Qh6 f6 24. Rad1 fxe5 25. Bxd5+ Kh8 {Nisipeanu,L (2668)-Polgar,J 
(2708) Vitoria Gasteiz 2007} 26. Rxe5 $36) (16... Be6 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Ne3 Qc8
19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Rb8 21. Nexd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 $36 {Spiess,G (2406)
-Langrock,H (2422) Leipzig 2006}) 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Qf3 Bg5 ({Perhaps the
safest is} 18... g5 $5 19. Bxc7 Nxc7 $11) 19. Rad1 $5 Kxh6 (19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4
Be6 21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qf6 23. Bxd5 $14 {oskarwin,h (2501)-Pavel,h (2423)
Engine Room 2012}) 20. Nxd5 Bxf4 21. Qxf4+ Qg5 22. Qd4 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 Bf5 24. h4
Qh5 25. Re7 Rad8 26. Qe3+ Kg7 27. Qc3+ Kh6 28. Rd4 $44 {oskarwin,h (2512)
-Павел-,h (2391) Engine Room 2012}) 16. Bh3 Qd8 {Black must take a move
back, parrying both Nh6+ as well as Ne4:} (16... Kh8 $2 17. Ne4 $1 Bxb2 18. Ng5
Qc6 19. Ne7 Qf6 20. Nxh7 Qd4 21. Qh5 g6 22. Qh4 Bxa1 23. Nf6+ {1-0, Kasparov,G
(2595)-Marjanovic,S (2490) Valetta olm 1980}) (16... Ne6 $2 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18.
Rb1 {doesn't help:} Bc8 (18... Rad8 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Nxg7 $1 (20. Rxe6 $6 fxe6
21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Bxe6 Bxg5 23. Bxd7 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rxd7 25. Qd4 Rd6 26. Ng4 Rg6
27. h3 Nc5 $132 {Hracek,Z (2628)-Wojtaszek,R (2701) Poland 2013}) 20... Kxg7
21. Qh5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 $18) 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Re8 22. Bf6 $3
gxf6 23. Qh6 Nac5 24. Rbd1 Qb7 25. Rd4 Ne4 26. Rexe4 dxe4 27. Qxf6 Qc7 28. Nh6+
Kf8 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Nf5# {1-0, Sandipan,C (2563)-Tiviakov,S (2648) Ottawa 2007
}) 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. b4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A definite improvement over} (
19. Nf5 $143 $2 d4 (19... N7e6 $17) 20. b4 N7e6 21. Bd6 (21. bxc5 Nxf4 22. gxf4
dxc3 23. Qd6 Bd7 $17) 21... dxc3 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxf8 Qxf8 24. Qg4 Rd8 $19 (
24... Nd3 {Ragger,M (2632)-Eljanov,P (2723) Dubai blitz 2014} 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26.
Qc4 $1 $15)) 19... N5e6 ({Black's position hangs on a very thin thread after} 
19... d4 20. Nce4 Nxe4 21. Rxc6 Nc3 22. Qd2 N3d5 (22... N7d5 $2 23. Nb7 {
[%csl Rd8]}) 23. Nb7 Qb8 24. Rxc7 $1 Nxc7 25. Bg2 a6 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Nd6 (27.
b5 axb5 28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Nxb5 Nxb5 30. Bxb8 Raxb8 $14 {/<=>}) 27... Rf8 28. Ne4
$5 (28. Bxa8 Nxa8 29. Qc2 $44) 28... Bd8 29. Be5 $36) 20. Nce4 $1 {After this
strong move White retains some pressure.} (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 (20... Kxf7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. Rxe6 d4 24. Ne4 Qd5 $5 $11) 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6 d4 (
22... Bb7 $6 23. Rd6 $16) 23. Rxc6 dxc3 $132 {releases the tension and gives
Black enough counterplay.}) 20... dxe4 21. Rxc6 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Ne8 {Passive and
leads to problems.} (22... Be7 $142 $1 23. Nf5 g6 $5 {is more dangerous, but
there is no immediate refuration in sight after} (23... Ne6 24. Qg4 (24. Qxd8
Bxd8 25. Rxe4 Bf6 26. Nd6 Nd4 27. Rc7 a5 28. b5 Rad8 29. Bd7 Ne6 30. Rxe6 fxe6
({or} 30... Rxd7 {and the defence holds})) (24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26.
Rxe4 Rad8 27. Qb3 Qd7 28. Rcxe6 Qd1+ $14 {/= is drawish despite White's extra
pawn.}) 24... Bf6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxe6 Re7 28. Qc4 $14 {/=})
24. Qb3 $5 gxf5 (24... Na6 25. Qc3 $1 gxf5 26. Bxf5 $40 {[%cal Rc3h3,Rc6h6]})
25. Rd1 Qb8 26. Bxf5 (26. Qg3+ Kh8 27. Qc3+ f6 (27... Kg8 $6 28. Bxf5) 28. Rxc7
Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $11) (26. Kh1 Ne6 $1 (26... Ne8 27. Qg3+ Kh8 28. Rg1 {
[%cal Rc6h6,Rh3f5]} e3 29. Rh6 Qc8 30. fxe3 $18 {[%cal Re3e4]})) 26... Rd8 27.
Bxh7+ Kg7 28. Bxe4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. Qxe6 Qd1+ (31... Rc8 32.
Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Kf7 34. Qh5+) 32. Kg2 Rg8 33. Bd5 $1 Re8 $1 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35.
Qe6+ Kg7 $11) 23. Nxe4 Qxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Bd7 $1 $14 Be7 ({A similar line is
} 25... Bh4 26. b5 g6 27. Kg2 $14) 26. b5 {[%csl Ra7]} g6 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. f5 (
28. Rc4 {[%cal Yc4a4]} Kg8 {[%cal Re8d6]} (28... f5 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rf7
31. Rcd4 $36) 29. Kf3 $14) (28. Rd3 Rg8 $5 $14 {[%cal Yg7f8,Yg8g7,Yf7f5]} (
28... f5 $6 29. Ng5 Bxg5 30. fxg5 Rf7 31. Bxf5)) 28... Nf6 $6 {Eljanov is too
impatient to simplify the position.} (28... gxf5 29. Ng3 Rg8 30. Nxf5+ Kf8+
$132 {[%cal Yg8g6,Yg8g5]}) (28... Rg8 $5 $11) 29. Nxf6 Bxf6 30. Rc7 {[%mdl
4096] In this endgame opposite-coloured bishops give White the initiative due
to his far more active rooks.} Be5 (30... Ra8 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Be6 $16) 31.
Rxa7 Ra8 32. Ra6 $1 $36 {Perhaps Black overlooked this important move - White
keeps the active rook on the board and retains his advantage.} (32. Rxa8 $2
Rxa8 $11 {would be a rather easy draw.}) 32... Rfd8 33. Rd5 f6 (33... Bf6 34.
Rxb6 (34. Bc6 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Rd8 36. Bb3 Bd4 37. Ra7 gxf5 $14) (34. fxg6 $5 hxg6
35. Bc6) 34... Rxa2 35. Rb7 Bh4 36. Be6 $16) 34. Rd3 (34. Rxb6 Rxa2 35. Rb7 Kh6
36. Rd3 Kg5 $14) (34. a4 $142 $5 gxf5 (34... Rab8 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. a5 bxa5 37.
b6 $16) 35. Rd3 $36) 34... gxf5 $2 (34... Rab8 $1 {[%cal Yb8b7] allows Black
to exchange rooks and retain drawing chances after} 35. Ra7 Ra8 36. Rda3 (36.
Rb7 Rdb8 $14) 36... Rxa7 37. Rxa7 Kh6 $14) 35. Rda3 $1 Rab8 (35... Rxa6 $2 36.
bxa6 Bd6 (36... Rxd7 37. a7 $18) 37. Ra4 Ra8 38. Bc6 (38. a7 $2 b5 39. Bxb5 Bc5
) 38... Ra7 39. Bb7 $18 {[%csl Ra7]}) 36. Bxf5 {With both rooks on the board
White is close to winning.} Rg8 (36... Rb7 37. Be4 $18) 37. Ra7+ (37. Be6 $5
Rgf8 38. Rh3 h6 (38... Rb7 39. Bd5 Rd7 40. Bc6) 39. Bf5 $40) 37... Kf8+ 38. Kf1
Rg5 ({A more resilient way was} 38... Rg7 {, but after} 39. Rxg7 (39. h4 $5)
39... Kxg7 40. Ra7+ Kh6 41. Rxh7+ Kg5 42. Bd3 {White should gradually convert
his extra pawns.}) 39. Bxh7 Bxh2 (39... Rg7 40. h4 $18) 40. Rh3 $1 $18 Rg1+ 41.
Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kf3 Bd6 (42... Bb8 43. Rb7 $18) 43. Be4 Rg7 44. Rh8+ Rg8 45. Rh6 {
Black loses more matierial, the rest is simple.} Re7 (45... Be7 46. Bc6 Rd8 47.
Rh7 $18) (45... Be5 46. Rhh7 Rc8 47. Raf7+ Ke8 48. Re7+ Kd8 49. Rd7+ Ke8 50.
Bc6 $18) 46. Rxf6+ Kg7 47. Rg6+ Kh8 48. Rh6+ Kg7 49. Rxe7+ Bxe7 50. Rg6+ Kh8
51. Rxb6 Rf8+ 52. Ke2 Rxf2+ (52... Bc5 53. Rh6+ $18) 53. Kxf2 Bc5+ 54. Kf3 Bxb6
55. Kf4 {Black's king is too far away.} Kg7 56. Ke5 Kf7 57. Kd6 Ke8 58. Kc6 (
58. Kc6 Be3 59. b6 $18 {[%cal Ra2a8]}) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
O-O 9. Qc2 Nd6 (9... exd5 {is a solid alternative.} 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12.
Rad1 Bf6 13. Be3 Kh8 14. Nxf6 Rxf6 15. Ng5 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. a3 Na6 18. Nxe4
Bxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Rd4 Re6 21. Rfd1 d6 22. b4 axb4 23. axb4 Nxb4 24. Qxb4
c5 25. Qxb6 cxd4 26. Rxd4 d5 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Atalik,S/Elekes mem 1991/EXP 23
}) 10. b3 Bf6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. O-O Na6 13. Ne1 c6 14. dxe6 dxe6 15. e4 $5 {
Deviating from the sensible and successful continuation} (15. Nd3 c5 16. Bxb7
Qxb7 17. a3 Rad8 18. Bf4 Nf7 {though here black has no reason to be
dissatisfied with the outcome of the opening.} 19. Be3 Nb8 20. b4 cxb4 21. axb4
Nc6 22. Nf4 Qe7 23. b5 Nd4 24. Qa2 Be5 25. Nfd5 exd5 26. Bxd4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Rc8
28. Qb3 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Rd3 Qc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. Nd5 Re8 33. Ra1 Nd6 34.
Ne3 Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Nxb5 36. Re5 Rb4 37. Rxf5 a5 38. Rc1 Nd6 39. Rd5 Nc4 40. Rd7
a4 41. Rcd1 a3 42. Ra7 h6 43. Rdd7 Na5 44. Rxg7+ Kf8 45. Rh7 Kg8 46. Rhd7 {
1-0 Karpov,A-Salov,V/Madrid 1992/CBM 30}) 15... Nb4 (15... Rad8 $5) 16. Qb1 c5
17. Bf4 Nf7 18. Nb5 e5 19. Bc1 Rad8 (19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. a3 Nc6 22.
Qxe4 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Nd3 $14) 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. a3 {
White prefers to have the black knight influencing d4 rather than d3 before
accepting the f5 pawn. This seems quite risky as the eventual passed d-pawn is
a big long-term asset for black.} (21. exf5 $5 Bxg2 22. Nxg2 e4 $5 $132) 21...
Nc6 22. exf5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 (23. Nc3 $5 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge6] looks better,
trying to use the weakened white squares for outposts, and refusing to give
black a powerful passed pawn.}) 23... exd4 $44 {[%csl Gd4]} 24. Bxb7 Qxb7 25.
Bf4 Bg5 26. Qc1 h6 (26... Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qa6 $5 {(Fritz 5) is an interesting
attempt to infiltrate to the sensitive c3 square. It looks rather strange,
particularly leaving the king somewhat abandoned, but it does sharpen the game
and produce real counterplay on the queenside.}) 27. h4 Bf6 28. Qc2 Be5 29. Nd3
Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Ne5 31. Nd5 d3 $6 (31... Rxd5 $5 32. Qe4 $1 {This is perhaps
what Salov was trying to avoid with the text move, but it is not so clear after
} (32. cxd5 Qxd5 {seems to guarantee at least enough for the exchange, for
example} 33. Rd1 (33. f4 Nf3+ 34. Kf2 Nh2 35. Qe2 Nxf1 36. Qe8+ $11) 33... d3
34. Qc3 Nf3+ $11) 32... Nxc4 33. bxc4 Rd7 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qg6+ Kg8 36. f6 Rd8
{planning ...Qf7.} 37. fxg7 Qxg7 38. Qe6+ Kh8) 32. Qd1 $1 {This retreat
prevents the exchange sacrifice by adding protection to f3. Now black's
position is on the verge of caving in.} b5 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5]} 33. Re1 Rxd5 34.
cxd5 Qxd5 35. Rxe5 $1 {Simplest is best.} (35. Re3 c4 {gives black far too
many chances.}) 35... Qxe5 36. Qxd3 a6 37. h5 Qc7 {Black banks on a passed
c-pawn as his primary hope.} (37... Qa1+ 38. Kg2 Qxa3 39. f6 gxf6 40. Qg6+ {
and the passed h-pawn should win.}) 38. Qd5+ Kf8 (38... Kh7 39. f6 gxf6 40.
Qe4+ $1 Kh8 41. Qe8+ {and the kingside pawns fall.}) 39. Qa8+ Ke7 40. Qxa6 c4
41. Qe6+ Kf8 42. bxc4 bxc4 43. f6 $18 c3 44. fxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qc4+
Kf8 47. Qc5+ Ke8 48. Kf1 Qf6 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Namgilov, Sogto"]
[Black "Skvortsov, Alexandr L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Qb3 (11. Nh4 Qd7 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14.
Qxd7 Nxd7 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bf6 $1 {- Kan,I-Taimanov,M/URS-ch20 Moscow
1952 (24)}) 11... Qb6 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Bg5 Na6 (13... Qxb3 14. axb3 Nbd7 15. Nd3
h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Ra5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rd2 $14 {
1-0 Filippov,V-Fominyh,A/Vladivostok Zaitsev 1995 (63)}) 14. Nc4 dxc4 15. Qxb6
axb6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. Bg2 Nc7 18. Red1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b5 20. a4 $5 (20. Bxf6 $5
Bxf6 21. Rd7 b4 22. Nd5 Nb5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxa7 Nxa7 25. Kf1 $5 (25. Bd5 $2
c3 26. bxc3 bxc3 27. Be4 Nc6 $17) (25. a4 $5 bxa3 26. bxa3 c3 27. Be4 Nc6 (
27... Nb5 28. a4 Nd4 29. a5) 28. e3 (28. Kf1 f5 $1)) 25... Nb5 26. Ke1) 20...
bxa4 21. Ra1 Ne6 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. gxf4 Nd7 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Bd8 $1 26.
Bd5 $6 (26. Bc6 Nb6 27. Nxc5 Bf6 28. b4 cxb3 (28... Bc3 29. b5 Bd4 30. Na6) (
28... c3 29. Be4) 29. Nxb3 $14) 26... Nb6 27. Nxb6 Bxb6 28. Bxc4 Bc7 29. e3 h6
30. h4 Bd8 31. h5 Bf6 32. b3 Bh4 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. e4 Bd8 35. Ke2 Bc7 36. Kf3 Ke7
37. Kg4 Ba5 38. Kf5 Bc3 39. e5 Bd4 40. f3 Be3 41. Ke4 Bc1 42. f5 f6 43. f4 Bd2
44. Bd3 Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Na6 10. Bf4 c5 11. Rc1 (11. dxc5 $5 {was preferred in the
heavyweight encounter Gelfand-Karpov.} Nxc5 (11... bxc5 12. Ne5 {/\ e4} Nc7 13.
Nc4 Ne6 14. Be5 {Gelfand}) 12. Rc1 a6 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16.
Qd2 Rad8 17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 19. gxf4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Vienna
Millenium 1996/1-0 (69)}) 11... Re8 12. dxc5 (12. a3 $5 h6 $6 13. Ne5 Bf8 14.
Nb5 Ne4 15. dxc5 Naxc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Be3 $16 {1-0 Shulman,Y-Murdzia,P/EU-chJM
U20 Holon 1995 (29), but black's play was rather planless here.}) 12... Bxc5 (
12... bxc5 13. Ne5 {/\14.e4} Bd6 14. Nd3 Rb8 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Qa4 {Threatening
to take on f6 and d5. The pressure on the hanging pawns forces black to commit
himself.} c4 17. Nf4 Nc5 18. Qd1 d4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 $6 (20... Ne6
$142 $5 21. Nxf6+ (21. Rxc4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rxb2 24. Qa4 g5 $5)
21... Qxf6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxc4 Rxb2 25. Rxd4 Rxa2 26. Ra4 $14)
(20... Ba6 $1 {Krasenkow} 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 (21... Qxf6 22. Nd5) 22. Nd5 (22.
e3 $6 dxe3 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. fxe3 Nd3 $17) 22... d3 23. exd3 (23. b4 $2 cxb3 $1
24. Rxc5 b2 (24... bxa2 25. Qa1 d2 26. Rf1 Rb1 27. Nxf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29.
Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 25. Qb1 d2 26. Rd1 Rxe2 27. Be4 (27. Nc3 Bd3 28. Rd5 Bxb1 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxe2 Bc2 $19) 27... Rxe4 $1 28. Qxe4 Be2 $1 29. Ne7+ Kg7 $1 (
29... Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Bxd1 31. Rg5+ fxg5 32. Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Qc5+ Kg8 $11) (29...
Kf8 30. Qxe2 Qxe7 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Rd1 Rb8 $11) 30. Qxe2 b1=Q 31.
Nc6 (31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Nc6 Qe8) 31... Qdd3 32. Qg4+ Qg6 33. Nxb8 Qxg4 34. Rxb1
d1=Q+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd4 $19) 23... Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nxd3 25. Qc3 Nxc1
26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Nd5+ f6 28. Qxc1 $44 {xKh8}) 21. Nxd5 Rxb2 22. Rxc4 Ne6 23.
Qa4 $1 $14 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Cvitan,O/Pula 1997/EXP 57/[Tisdall] (50) +/- (29)
An excellent game, well worth studying.}) 13. e3 Ne4 14. Be5 Bf8 15. a3 f6 {
I do not see why black commits himself to this potential weakness. Immediately}
(15... Nac5 {looks more natural} 16. Nb5 {can be met by} a6) 16. Bd4 Nac5 17.
b4 Ne6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Red1 Qf7 20. Nb5 ({I have trouble understanding why} 20.
Nxd5 {is not possible.} N6g5 (20... Nxd4 21. Rxd4) 21. Bb2 {seems to win a
pawn.}) 20... a6 21. Nc3 b5 (21... Nxd4 {looks like the lesser evil for black,
though white retains the more pleasant position, the knight pair being
proverbially more powerful in the isolated pawn structure. However, the game
continutaion allows white to arrange a favorable exchange of his dark-squared
bishop, and black's weaknesses and worries mount.}) 22. Bb6 Rac8 23. Nd4 Nxc3
24. Rxc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qd3 Ng5 27. f3 Qd7 28. Nb3 Nf7 29. f4 Qg4 30.
Bc5 (30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxd5 Rc2 32. Rd2 {was possible, but White seems bent on
ignoring the d-pawn as long as possible.}) 30... h5 31. Bxf8 Rxf8 32. Nc5 Ba8
33. Rf1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5,Rh5] Now black has worries with most of his pawns.} h4
34. Qd1 (34. Bf3 Qh3 35. gxh4 {was also strong, but white continues the policy
of avoiding a whiff of activity from the enemy.}) 34... Qxd1 35. Rxd1 hxg3 36.
hxg3 Re8 37. Kf2 Nh6 38. Bh3 Bc6 39. Rc1 d4 (39... Ra8 40. Be6+ (40. Ne6 Be8 (
40... Bd7 41. Rc7) 41. Bg2 {is also good.}) 40... Kf8 41. Nb3 {and white will
soon be harvesting pawns while maintaining his grip on the position. The game
continuation at least allows the bishop to live a bit.}) 40. exd4 Bd5 41. Re1 (
41. Nxa6 Bc4 {resembled counterplay for black.}) 41... Ra8 42. Bd7 a5 (42...
Kf7 $5) 43. Re8+ Rxe8 44. Bxe8 axb4 45. axb4 Nf5 46. Bxb5 Nxd4 47. Bd3 Kf7 48.
Ke3 Ne6 (48... Nc6 49. b5 Nd8 50. Kd4 $18) 49. Nxe6 Kxe6 50. Kd4 Kd6 51. b5 Bf3
52. Kc4 g5 53. f5 Bb7 54. Kd4 Bf3 55. Be4 Be2 56. b6 g4 57. b7 Kc7 58. Kc5 Bf3
59. Bd5 Bd1 60. b8=Q+ {White's king invades and black's last pawns fall. A
minimalistic performance by white.} 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Black "Zagrebelny, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. a3
$5 {An interesting continuation - white neither indulges in exchanges, nor
allows them by the natural sequence Nc3 Ne4.} (8. Ne5 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb8 10. e4 (
10. Bg5 Qb7+ 11. f3 $6 c5 12. e3 cxd4 13. exd4 Rac8 14. b3 d6 15. Nd3 d5 16.
Nd2 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nb4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Cosma,I-Marin,M/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60/[Marin,
M] (78)}) 10... c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bb4 {My guess is that ...
Bc5 was really played here, as the game continuation does not make much sense
otherwise.} 14. Qd2 Qb7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ng4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 f5 19.
f3 fxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc5 21. Rf4 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Ionescu,C/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 
(21)}) (8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Qa4 Qc8 11. Ne5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 c5 13. d5
exd5 14. cxd5 Nb4 15. Rd1 d6 16. Nf3 Qb7 17. a3 b5 18. Qb3 Na6 19. Qc2 Rfe8 20.
Bf4 c4 21. a4 Nb4 22. Qd2 a5 23. axb5 Qxb5 $17 {0-1 Poluljahov,A-Tiviakov,S/St.
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 noVC (37)}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 c5 (10... Ne4
$5) 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Be5 Ng4 {In many ways this fits in with
white's plan to increase pressure on the d5-pawn. White was willing to
surrender the Be5 for the Nf6, and now it is black who expends energy to
arrange this.} (13... Ne4 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 $14) (13... Qd7
$5 {is a sensible alternative, preparing to put more weight on the d-file.})
14. dxc5 bxc5 15. h3 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bf6 $6 (16... Nc7 $5 {was more ambitious,
retaining the bishop pair.}) 17. Ng4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 $1 $14 {This allows white
to keep more pressure on the black d-pawn.} Rb8 (18... Qa5 $6 19. c4 $1 $36 {
[+]}) 19. Rb1 h5 (19... Qd7 $5 {still looks most logical, since problems on
the d-file are top priority, and the move also gives needed protection to the
Bb7.}) 20. Ne5 $5 (20. Ne3 d4 21. Bxb7 dxe3 22. Qxd8 exf2+ 23. Kxf2 Rfxd8 24.
Bf3 g6 25. Red1 {gives white a small plus. He prefers to seek complications.})
20... Qc7 (20... h4 $5 {is the natural alternative, and looks much safer.} 21.
e4 hxg3 22. fxg3 d4 {is a sharp position where white must also mind the
exposed nature of his kingside.}) 21. e4 $1 d4 $1 (21... Qxe5 22. exd5 $16) (
21... dxe4 22. Qxh5 g6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Ng7 25. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 (25... Rxb7
26. Bxe4 Qd7 (26... Rd8 27. Bd5+ $1) 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28. c4 $5 $18) 26. Bxe4 Rfe8
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Re3 $1 $18) 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Qxh5 g6 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+
Ng7 26. Rec1 Qd7 $6 (26... Qe7 $5 {looks better, preventing the rook lift and
pressuring the e-pawn. If black avoids coming under direct attack who the
imbalance of material favors is far from clear, especially since black has a
d-pawn that can be used to seize the initiative.}) 27. Rc5 $1 d3 (27... Qe6 28.
Qxe6+ Nxe6 29. Rcb5 $16) 28. Rf1 $2 {A strange reaction after investing for an
attack - I can see no reason to react to sudden tactical idea of ...Bxe4 -
though running short of time during a game could be quite a different story:} (
28. Rh5 $5 Bxe4 (28... d2 29. Qh7+ Kf7 30. Rf5+ Ke8 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Qh8+ Kf7
33. Qxb8 d1=Q+ 34. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 35. Kh2 {and white gains a fifth pawn for the
piece - there may be an even more convincing continuation in the complications.
}) 29. Bxe4 Rxb1+ 30. Kg2 {and the threat of Rh8+ seems to provoke desperate
action:} Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qd4+ (31... Qf7+ 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Rd5) 32. Kf3 Rf1+
33. Kg4 Qd7+ 34. Kh4 Qe7+ 35. Rg5 $18 {and white should disarm the d-pawn and/
or maintain the attack. Now black has time to consolidate and the position
becomes completely unclear.}) 28... Qe6 29. Qg5 Rbd8 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Rd2 Bxe4
$4 {[%mdl 8192] Presumably time-pressure...} (31... Re8 {would threaten e4 and
require a commitment from white.}) 32. Re5 $18 Qb6 33. Bxe4 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.11.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. O-O c5 10. Rd1 Nc6 $6 {This natural move seems to create additional
difficulties protecting the d-pawn.} (10... Na6 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 Nc7 12. dxc5
bxc5 13. Ne1 Ne6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Rac1 d4 16. Na4 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Nd5 $36 {
1-0 Kragelj,I-Roskar,R/SLO 1991/EXT 98 (54)}) 11... Nc7 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Na4
Na6 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Rc8 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Qb3 Rxc5 18. Qxb4 $14 {1-0
Groszpeter,A-Finegold,B/Saint John 1988/CBM 06 (50)}) (10... c4 {should leave
the black center vulnerable though he escaped cleverly after} 11. Ne5 Nc6 12.
Bg5 Na5 13. Qf5 g6 14. Qf3 Ne4 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Ng4 h5 18. Ne3 Ng5
19. Qf4 Ne6 20. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 in Sehner,N-Dudek,R/Germany 1996/GER-chT (20)}) (
10... Nbd7 11. Bg5 (11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 a6 13. Qf5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfd8 15. e3 Qb8
16. dxc5 bxc5 {1/2-1/2 Martin,B-Castillo Melenes,O/Tunja 1989/TD (40)}) 11...
Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. dxc5 $14 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 bxc5 15. e3 a5 16. Ne1 Qe6 $2 17.
Nd3 $16 {1-0 Palatnik,S-Bronstein,D/Daugavpils 1978/MCD (56)}) 11. dxc5 (11.
Bg5 Nb4 12. Qb1 c4 $6 13. Ne5 Rc8 $6 14. a3 Na6 15. Nb5 $16 {1-0 Kistella,
R-Jajonek,R/Duesseldorf 1995/EXT 99 (31)}) 11... bxc5 {An improvement over} (
11... Bxc5 $2 12. Nxd5 $1 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd5 14. Qb3 Qf6 15. Nf3 $16 {1-0
Peschel,A-Oezen,A/Berlin 1995/CBM 47 ext (29)}) 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Qf5 g6 (13...
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. a3 g6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na6 17. e4 Qa5 18. exd5 Qxc3
19. d6 $16) 16. Qf4 Nc2 17. Rac1 Nd4 18. b4 $1 $36 {also brings heavy pressure
to bear on the black center.}) 14. Qf4 Nh5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 (15... Nxf4 $4 16.
Bxd8 Nxg2 17. Be7 $18) 16. Qe5 {[%csl Rd5]} Qe6 (16... Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rfe8 18.
Nd7 Rac8 19. a3 $16) (16... Rfe8 $5 {was an interesting try to compensate for
the weak d-pawn by relying on piece activity.} 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. a3 Na6 19.
Nxd5 (19. e3 Nf6 $11) 19... Rxe2 20. b4 $1 $14 (20. Bf1 $5 Rxb2 21. Bxa6 Bxa6
22. Nc7 Bb7 23. Nxa8 Bxf3 $44) 20... Bxd5 $140 $2 21. Rxd5 cxb4 22. Ra5 $18)
17. a3 Nc2 18. Qxe6 (18. Rac1 $5 Nd4 19. Qc7 $1 {was also strong, but white
prefers the simpler, professional version.}) 18... fxe6 19. Rac1 Nd4 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Rxd4 $16 Rac8 22. e4 Nf6 (22... dxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Kf7 $16)
23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bh3 $1 Rfe8 $6 (24... Kf7 {was more stubborn.} 25. Re1 Rc6 {
and black at least prevents rook invasions for the time being.}) 25. Re1 Bb3
26. Rb4 Bc4 27. Nb5 $1 $18 Bxb5 28. Rxb5 Rc6 29. Rb7 {The rest is rather
gruesome as black can only postpone further losses.} a6 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. b3 Nd5
32. Rd1 a5 33. a4 Rc5 34. Bc4 Rd6 35. h4 Rdc6 36. Rd3 Rc8 37. Rd7 Nc7 38. R3d6
Re8 39. Rb6 Kh8 40. Rb7 Rc8 41. Re7 e5 42. f3 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gurevich, Gregory"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 d5 8. Nbd2
Na6 9. Bb2 c5 10. Rc1 ({White proved to be better at maintaining tension after
} 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Qb8 13. Rac1 Qa8 14. Bh3 Rcd8 15. Ne5 Nb4 16.
a3 Nc6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 d4 20. Nf3 f5 21. Qh5 Rf6 22. exd4
Rh6 23. Qg5 Be7 24. Qe3 Rxh3 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. d5 Qc8 27. Qf7 Rg8 28. dxc6 Qxc6
29. Qxe7 h6 30. Rd8 {1-0 Giardelli,S-Bielicki,C/ARG-ch 1989, but this is
largely due to sloppy play from black.}) 10... Re8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nb1 $2 {
Hardly an ideal method to develop knight outposts. If white wanted to put this
piece on c3 he should have done so earlier. Now that it is here,} (12. Ne5 {
is the natural way to create happy horses.}) 12... Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nfd2 (
{The planned} 14. Nc3 {is met by} Bf6 15. Nd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Qa5 {
with too much queenside pressure, so white is obliged to continue with the
knight on b1.}) 14... f5 15. a3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19.
e3 Qe6 20. Nf3 h6 21. Ne1 (21. Nc3) 21... g5 $1 {Preventing Nd3-f4 but also
embarking on an uninhibited project to annex as much space as possible.} 22.
Nc3 Rbc8 23. Bf1 Red8 24. Na4 Rd6 25. Bd3 c4 26. Bxe4 $5 {White wishes to
close the a8-h1 diagonal before capturing on c4, but it was more prudent to
refrain from taking on e4 in any event.} (26. bxc4 dxc4 27. Bf1 (27. Bxc4 $2
Rxc4 $19)) 26... fxe4 27. bxc4 Qf7 $5 {Switching to pressure on f2. An
interesting positional pawn sacrifice. White finds it impossible to escape
steady pressure on the kingside.} (27... Rxc4 {maintained a safe superiority
for black.}) 28. c5 Rf6 29. Qe2 Rf8 30. Rc2 Nc7 31. Rdd2 (31. Nb2 Ba6 32. Qd2 {
and white has prevented black from neutralizing the c- and d-lines with ...Bc4.
However white still comes under pressure after} Ne6 33. c6 g4) 31... Ba6 32.
Qd1 Ne6 33. Nc3 Bc4 34. Qg4 $5 (34. Nxe4 {is an interesting attempt to escape
via tactical means, but since the action moves exclusively to the kingside, it
is not surprising that it fails to solve white's problems:} dxe4 35. Rd7 Qg6
36. Rxc4 Rxf2 37. Ng2 (37. Rc2 Qf5 {and the threat of} 38. Z0 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rg1+
40. Kxg1 Qf1# {leaves white without a good defence.}) 37... Qf6 38. Rc1 Qb2 $1
$19) 34... h5 35. Qh3 g4 36. Qg2 $2 (36. Qh4 {was clearly correct, when white
can continue with Ng2 or h2-h3. In any event, white is still fighting hard
here.}) 36... Ng5 $19 37. Rb2 Nh3+ 38. Kh1 Nxf2+ 39. Rxf2 Rxf2 40. Rxf2 Qxf2
0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Obukhov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bc1 Na6 12. Bb2 Re8 (12... c6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14.
Nd3 Re8 15. Rc1 Nc7 16. Re1 Ne6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bb4 20. Re2
Rc8 21. Rec2 Ne7 22. a3 Bd6 23. b4 Bb8 24. Rd2 Nd5 25. Qb3 Re7 26. f4 f6 27.
Nc4 {Karpov,A-Kurajica,B/Tilburg blitz 1994/CBM 44/1-0 (58)}) (12... c5 13. Rc1
Qc8 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Rfd1 h6 16. e3 Qe6 17. Qb1 Rac8 18. Ne2 Bf8 19. Nf4 Qe7 20.
Qa1 Ne4 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Nh5 f6 23. Nf4 Qf7 24. Nd2 Ng5 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Qb1
Ne4 27. Nd2 {Horvath,M-Debnar,L/SVK-chT 1994/TD 94\03/1-0 (40)}) 13. Rc1 Bf8 (
13... c5 14. e3 Bf8 15. Ne5 Nc7 16. Na4 Ne6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qf5
Qe7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 d4 23. exd4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 cxd4 25. Rxc8
Qb7+ 26. Qf3 Qxc8 27. Rc1 Qd7 28. Qc6 {Zueger,B-Sokolov,I/Mitropa Cup 1991/CBM
26/0-1 (42)}) 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nd3 Qe7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Na4 Rac8 $6 (17... Ne4
$5 $11 18. Bxe4 $140 $2 Qxe4 19. Naxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 {and now
the power of the long diagonal is nicely illustrated by the two variations:} d4
$1 (21... Qxe2 $2 22. Qd4 f6 23. Rc7 $18 Qa6 (23... Ba6 24. Rxg7+) (23... Re7
24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxd5+ $18) 24. Qg4 $18) 22. f3 Qe3+ $17 {and black switches
diagonals with great effect, /\ ...d3.}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (18... Qxf6 $5 {
looks better, even if it loses a pawn, which does not even seem to be the case;
the potential targets a2 and e2 appear to guarantee black sufficient
counterplay for the weakness of his d-pawn:} 19. Nf4 Qe5 $1 20. Nxd5 (20. Nc3
Nc7 $132 {[%csl Re2]}) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 (21. Qxd5 Qxe2 (21... Qxd5 22. Bxd5
Nb4 23. Bc4 Nxa2 24. Ra1 Nb4 25. Nc3 $14) 22. Nc3 Nb4 $11) 21... Nb4 22. e4 (
22. Bc4 Rcd8 $11) 22... Nxa2 $132) 19. e3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rd5,Rf6,Rf7,Rg8,Rh7]}
Red8 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Nf4 Qe5 23. Nd3 (23. Qe2 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rd5]
(Fritz5) Attacking the d5 pawn thanks to the looseness of the knight on a6,
looks like a more efficient method of increasing the pressure.} Nb8 24. Nd3 Ba6
25. Qf3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 d4 27. exd4 Rxd4 28. Re3 $16 {[%csl Rb8,Rc5,Rf6,Rf7]})
23... Qe7 24. Qf4 Bc8 $2 {Black cracks under the pressure, so white's human
probing proves efficient enough against human defence. Now there is a tactical
blow exploiting the geometric arrangement of black's scattered forces.} (24...
Qe6 $5) 25. Naxc5 $1 {[%csl Rd8,Rh8][%cal Rf6d8,Rf6h8,Gf4f6]} Nb8 (25... Nxc5
26. Nxc5 Rxc5 $2 27. Rxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxf6+) 26. b4 $18 {White has snapped off
one of the "hanging" pawn duo, while maintaining his huge positional trumps
across the rest of the board.} Rd6 27. Nb3 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ba6 29. Ndc5 Bc4 30.
Bf1 Rb6 31. a3 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 34. Kg2 Rc6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36.
Nd4 Qa6 37. b5 Qb6 38. a4 h6 39. Qf5 Qd6 40. a5 Bg7 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc6 Qe5
43. Qc2+ Kg8 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 Bf8 46. b7 Bd6 47. Qc8+ (47. Qc8+ Kh7 48.
Qf5+ Qxf5 49. Nxf5 Bc7 50. Ne7 {and the b-pawn costs black a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Mermaid Beach Club"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[BlackElo "2483"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Na6 8. d5 {
The principled reaction to black's refusal to commit a center pawn, but there
are other methods:} (8. Bg5 c5 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 d6 11. Nh4 Qd7 12. Qd2 b5
13. e4 b4 14. Nd1 Bd8 15. Nf5 g6 16. Bh3 $40 {1-0 Sulava,N-Tiviakov,S/
Montecatini Terme 1995/EXT 97 (46)}) (8. Bf4 d6 9. d5 c5 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 a6
12. Qc2 b5 13. b3 Re8 14. Rad1 exd5 15. exd5 Bc8 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Ng5 $14 {
Tisdall,J-Tiviakov,S Gausdal Arnold Cup 1992. The move in the game tends to
give black rather active play. White is now obligated to maintain the
far-flung pawn on d5.}) 8... Bb4 (8... exd5 $5 {is an interesting, though much
rarer alternative.} 9. cxd5 Bb4 10. Ne1 Re8 11. Nc2 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Ne3
Nfe4 14. Bb2 Qf6 15. Rc1 Ba6 $36 {0-1 Fancsy,I-Loginov,V/Heraklio 1993/TD (40)}
) 9. Bd2 (9. Bg5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 11. Nd2 exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Tiviakov,S/Wijk aan Zee 1996/CBM 51 (25)}) (9. Nh4 $5 Bxc3 (
9... c6 $5 10. e4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Qd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d6 14. Ba3 exd5 15.
exd5 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Beaumont,C-Cooper,J/England 1998/CBM 64 ext (37)}) 10. bxc3
Nc5 11. Ba3 Rb8 12. e4 d6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 e5 $6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qa4 $16
{1-0 Panchenko,A-Allen,A/Biel 1994/TD (39)}) 9... Nc5 10. Ne1 Re8 11. Rc1 $5 {
[%csl Rc7] White has had some difficulty shaking off black's piece play in the
center in this variation. Here some long term pressure on the c-line is one
ingredient in a planned pawn sacrifice. White's structural problems after} (11.
Nc2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Ne3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 {allowed black to
speculate with a thematic exchange sacrifice.} Rxe3 $5 16. fxe3 d6 $44 {
0-1 Samarin,I-Chernyshov,K/Briansk 1995/EXT 98 (32). It seems structure is
worth much more than material in this line.}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 Qe7 (12...
Bxc3 {is risky, but far from clear.} 13. Bxc3 Nce4 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. d6 c6 $13
{and it is not easy to assess the pros and cons of the pawn on d6.}) 13. Nc2
Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxe2 {Black decides to cash in on his central pressure, but this
is a very double-edged decision. The consistent} (14... Nce4 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16.
Ne3 {should give roughly balanced chances.}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne3 $44 {
[%csl Gd5,Rf6,Rf7] White's compensation for the pawn is obvious - lasting
pressure against black's kingside weaknesses, greater space, and even a bit of
latent initiative on the c-line. But is this worth more than a pawn, or just
enough?} Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 a5 18. Rc4 d6 {[%csl Rc6,Rc7] This is natural in some
ways - it prevents any later possibilities of d6 and creates a defensive path
to the kingside. On the other hand, it greatly devalues the pawns on the flank
where black has a majority, and makes it even more difficult to create
counterplay.} (18... a4 $5 {looks more attractive to me - creating chances for
the Ra8 to enter the game, and possibly target the b2 pawn.} 19. Rf4 Ra5 {
offering to sell the f6 pawn for activity feels more entertaining, though
black's plan also has its logic.}) 19. Rh4 $5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Ga4h4,Gh4a4,
Gf4f6,Gg4g8,Gh4h7,Gd1d4] A nice idea - white wishes to double rooks on the
fourth rank, keeping an irom grip on the e4 square, and creating chances of
attacking the entire kingside.} Bc8 20. Rdd4 Bd7 ({There seems to still be
time for something more constructive like} 20... a4 {to seek activity.}) 21.
Bf3 Re5 {This is going nowhere, and even more passivity is soon hard to avoid.}
22. Bd1 $5 Kg7 $2 {The way to justify black's current piece deployment must be}
(22... Rae8 23. Bc2 f5 {when the possession of e4 guarantees black
counterchances. I don't believe black should be worse in this case.}) 23. Bc2
h6 24. Rdf4 {White has now increased his grip. The lack of control over e4 and
f5 leaves black without active options, and he must beware of Bf5, gaining
access to the entire black kingside.} Rh8 25. Rf3 h5 26. Rhf4 Rh6 27. b3 {
It is not clear that this does anything - it creates the option of a3+b4,
though it is not terribly clear that this accomplishes much. But the clock
ticks and black must find something to do himself.} Bg4 $6 (27... b5 $5 {
looks correct, gaining some space. Doubtless black feared running out of moves
and prefers to clarify the position somewhat, even at the cost of being worse.}
) 28. Nxg4 hxg4 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Rd4 Re2 (30... Re1+ $5 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. a4 Re1
{was tougher, cementing the knight on c5. This must pose greater problems.} (
32... Ra2 33. Bd1 {accomplishes nothing for black.})) 31. Rc3 Rh5 32. a3 Rhe5
33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 Ne4 35. Bxe4 R5xe4 36. Rdd3 Rxb4 (36... Re7 37. Rd4 {
leaves black passive, while white can target the c-and f-pawns easily.}) 37.
Rxc7 b5 (37... Rbb2 38. Rf3 Kg7 39. Rc6 $18) 38. Rd7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 b4 40. Rxd6
b3 41. Rxf6 b2 42. Rb6 Rc1 43. d6 $1 {The simplest, forcing an ending with two
extra pawns.} 1-0

[Event "NOR-ch"]
[Site "Norway"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Black "Heim, Sverre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {An
interesting gambit which I have played with success recently.} exd5 8. Nh4 c6
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 Bf6 $5 {Considered risky by theory,
but I believe it is probably the best move.} (12... dxe4 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nc3 {
has been played more often, but white has very serious attacking chances here.}
) 13. Nc3 $5 {Theory prefers} (13. e5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {when
white gets some attacking chances on the black squares. However, it seemed to
me that black is quite solid here, and I tried to find a way to keep black's
center under pressure.}) 13... Bc8 $1 {This is a key defensive manoeuvre, and
one which I underestimated in my preparations (I had planned this variation
for my final round game against Hjartarson in the Reykjavik Open.)} 14. Qf3 $1
{Clearing the d-line and keeping the knight protected with a piece.} Be6 $1 {
Another good solid move. If} (14... Nd7 15. g4 $1 {and white will develop a
dangerous attack after Dg3.}) 15. g4 $1 Nba6 $1 {It is important to support
the springer pa c7.} 16. Bf4 Bxf5 $1 {Another logica l move that take most of
the steam out of the white attack. White continues to have a strong
inititative, but his poor pawn structure guarantees black counterplay.} 17.
gxf5 dxe4 {[#]} 18. Qxe4 (18. Nxe4 {was my original intention, and I had
calculated a rather attractive line:} Nd5 $1 (18... Bxb2 19. Rad1 Nd5 20. Qb3
$1 Bf6 21. Qa4 $1 Qc8 22. Rxd5 $3 (22. Nd6 Nc5 $1) 22... cxd5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6
24. Bh6 Qc4 (24... Kh8 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Qxa6) 25. Qa3 $1 {and black cannot
avoid the loss of material. Unfortunately,}) 19. Rad1 Nc5 $1 {leaves black
with a solid defensive position and an extra pawn. so, I decided not to push
my luck...}) 18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Rad1 h6 $6
{Black's only doubtful move of the game, and accompanied by a draw offer. I
thought until I had four minutes left, but could not find a way through. First,
} (22... Nb4 $1 {was probably better:} 23. Bc4 Nc2 $1 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Re4 h6
$5 {and the weakness on f5 gives white some worries.} (25... Nd4 26. Bc7)) (
22... h6 23. Bc4 Nc5 (23... Nb8 $2 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Rd7 {gives white a
dangerous attack.}) 24. Bd6 (24. b4 Na4 25. Bd6 Nb2) 24... Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. Rd7 Re7 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Rf8 g6 $1 {completely equalizes. A
well played game of some theoretical interest - unfortunately logical games
often end in draws...}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asker 75th"]
[Site "Asker"]
[Date "1997.11.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gausel, Einar"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 {By far the most popular choice in
practice, black prefers an isolated pawn and active pieces to the chore of
defending the hanging pawns.} (11... bxc5 12. Ne5 Nc7 13. Qa4 (13. Nc4 $5 Ne6
$140 14. Be5 $36 {is a possibility mentioned by Gelfand in the notes to his
game with Karpov.}) 13... Ne6 14. Rad1 a5 15. Bc1 Ra6 16. Ng4 Bc6 17. Nxf6+
Bxf6 18. Qa3 Bd4 19. e3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 d4 21. Qc4 Qa8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. exd4
cxd4 24. Qd3 Rfc8 25. Bd2 Rc2 26. Bc3 Ng5 27. Qxc2 Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Nxh2+ 29. Ke2
dxc3 30. Rd3 cxb2 31. Rc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Qe4+ 33. Kd2 Qxe1+ 34. Kxe1 b1=Q+ 35.
Kd2 Qxa2+ 36. Ke3 Qe6+ {0-1 Sorensen,T-Danielsen,H/DEN-ch 1988/EXT 88ch}) 12.
Be5 {By manoeuvring at once with the bishop, white allows Black the option of
an eventual ...Ne6 annexing the bishop pair. This does not really change very
much however, since white's dark-sqaured bishop is rather ineffective.} (12.
Nd4 Nce4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Nf5 Bc5 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Bd5 17. Nf5 Be6 18.
Nd4 Qd5 19. e3 Rac8 20. Qa4 Rc7 21. Rec1 Rfc8 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. h3 Bd7 24. Qd1
h5 25. a3 g6 26. Qe2 Qg5 {Dautov,R-Ciolac,G/Porto San Giorgio op 1997/EXP 59/
1-0 (67), after black embarked on some ambitious adventures.}) (12. Rc1 {
led to a prominent white win for Gelfand against Karpov, but Pelletier later
restored solidity to the defence.} a6 (12... Nce4 13. Be5 Bc5 14. Bd4 Qe7 15.
Bh3 Rfd8 16. a3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Ne4 18. Rc2 a5 19. Qd3 Qd6 20. Qe3 Re8 21. Qf4
Rad8 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. e3 f6 24. Rd1 Bc6 25. Rcc1 Ba4 26. Re1 Re7 27. Nh4 {
Gelfand,B-Pelletier,Y/Credit Suisse 1997/CBM 60/[Fritz5.00 (100s)]/1/2-1/2 (66)
}) 13. a3 Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 Qxf4
19. gxf4 Kf8 20. e3 Rd6 21. b4 Ne6 22. Nce2 Re7 23. a4 Nd8 24. a5 Bc6 25. Nc3
Be8 26. Bf1 bxa5 {Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Vienna Millenium 1996/CBM 55/[Gelfand]/
1-0 (69)}) 12... Qd7 13. Bd4 Rad8 14. Rc1 Ne6 15. Qb3 Ne4 16. Red1 Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Bc5 18. e3 Qe7 19. Qc2 g6 20. a3 h5 21. Qe2 Rfe8 22. Rc2 Qf6 23. Nxe4 dxe4
$11 {After this black should have no problems, and Åkesson even slightly
preferred his position. Nevertheless, white has good practical chances, with
ideas of probing for weaknesses on the queenside, and by getting black to
expose his position by making him play ...f5 to defend the e4-pawn. Most of
the players watching at this point had more faith in white's position, if for
no other reason than Gausel's penchant for quiet manoeuvring in this type of
position. Eventually he combines the assets of his position with his
opponent's time trouble to make real progress.} 24. Rcd2 a6 {One of those
small decisions that eat up thinking time because they are difficult to
differentiate. One alternative is} (24... a5 {which gains some space and does
not leave a weakness on a6, but on the other hand allows white to use the b5
square.}) 25. Qc4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Red8 27. Ne2 {Heading for c3, where added
pressure can be mounted against e4. The exchange of rooks also suits white, as
it creates more points of entry for his queen and reduces the chance of black
using the d3 square meaningfully.} Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. Qd1 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qd6
31. Qc2 Qd8 $2 (31... Qd3 $2 {only leads to a weak d-pawn after} 32. Qxd3 exd3
33. Nc3) (31... b5 {reducing the eventual scope of the white knight deserved
preference, when black should have nothing to fear.}) 32. Nc3 f5 33. Na4 {
Now white has a real initiative, since his queenside pawns are vulnerable, and
white can also probe the exposed kingside.} Qc7 34. Bf1 {White banks on
creating threats by invading with the forces that remain.} (34. Qc4+ $5 {
was the straightforward approach;} Kg7 35. b4 Bd6 36. Qd4+ Be5 37. Qxb6 Qxb6
38. Nxb6 Bb2 (38... Bc6 39. Bf1 Bc7 40. Nc4 Bb5 41. Nd2 $16) 39. Nc4 Bc1 40. a4
Bd5 {and the bishop pair give black defensive chances, particularly to reach
endings with bishops of opposite colors.}) 34... a5 {Taking the sting out of a
b4 advance.} 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Qe6 Bc8 37. Nxc5 Qxc5 38. Qe8 Qf8 $2 {A time
pressure error that allows white to increase the pressure. Better was} (38...
Qc7 {though white can continue to try and turn up the heat with} 39. b3 {
intending Bc4.}) 39. Qe5+ Kg8 (39... Qf6 $4 40. Qc7+) 40. h4 $6 (40. Bc4+ Kh7
41. Qc7+ {would win the b-pawn for nothing.}) 40... Qd8 41. Qb8 {Although it
could have been even better for white, his positional gains will soon shake
some material concessions out of black., who can hardly guard b6, the passive
bishop and his exposed king.} Kh7 42. Kg2 {Renewing the threat of Ba6.} f4 {
Gaining some breathing space for the Bc8 and threatening ...Bh3+.} 43. Qxf4 Bf5
44. Qe5 Qc8 45. Bb5 Qc2 46. Qe7+ Kg8 47. Be8 (47. Qd8+ Kh7 48. Qxb6 Bg4 {
allows unnecessary counterplay for black.}) 47... Qb3 $2 (47... Qxb2 {was the
last chance, when black still has hopes of creating counterplay with a passed
queenside pawn:} 48. Bf7+ Kh7 (48... Kh8 49. Qf8+ Kh7 50. Bg8+ Kh8 51. Be6+)
49. Bxg6+ Kxg6 50. Qg5+ $16) 48. Qf6 Kh7 49. g4 $1 hxg4 (49... Bxg4 50. Qxg6+
Kh8 51. Bf7) 50. h5 $1 (50. h5 Qg8 51. hxg6+ Bxg6 52. Qh4+ Kg7 53. Bxg6 Kxg6
54. Qxg4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Cvitan, Ognjen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. c4 {Krasenkow} Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1
{This is one of the most dangerous lines against Black's "Hedgehog" set-up.
Rather than allow white to play e4 and d4, black steers play back to a Queen's
Indian type of position, where the move Re1 may not be optimal.} d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Rc1 {Immediately clarifying the center with} (
11. dxc5 $5 {was preferred in the heavyweight encounter Gelfand-Karpov.} Nxc5 (
11... bxc5 12. Ne5 {/\ e4} Nc7 13. Nc4 Ne6 14. Be5 {Gelfand}) 12. Rc1 a6 13. a3
Re8 14. Nd4 Bd6 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Red1 g6 18. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 19. gxf4
$14 {Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Vienna Millenium 1996/1-0 (69)}) 11... Re8 12. dxc5 (
12. a3 $5 h6 $6 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Nb5 Ne4 15. dxc5 Naxc5 16. b4 Ne6 17. Be3 $16 {
1-0 Shulman,Y-Murdzia,P/EU-chJM U20 Holon 1995 (29), but black's play was
rather planless here.}) 12... bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $5 {Krasenkow}) 13. Ne5 {/\14.e4
} Bd6 14. Nd3 Rb8 15. Bg5 Be7 (15... Nc7 $6 {Krasenkow} 16. e4 $1) 16. Qa4 {
[%csl Yc5,Yd5] Threatening to take on f6 and d5. The pressure on the hanging
pawns forces black to commit himself.} c4 17. Nf4 (17. Bxf6 cxd3 (17... Bxf6 {
Krasenkow} 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Qxa7 Ba8 $44) 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 $36) 17... Nc5 18. Qd1 (
18. Qc2 {Krasenkow} d4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ncd5 Ba6 $1 $13) 18... d4 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 $6 (20... Ne6 $142 $5 21. Nxf6+ (21. Rxc4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 Bxg2
23. Kxg2 Rxb2 24. Qa4 g5 $5) 21... Qxf6 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxc4
Rxb2 25. Rxd4 Rxa2 26. Ra4 $14) (20... Ba6 $1 {Krasenkow} 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 $1 (
21... Qxf6 22. Nd5) 22. Nd5 (22. e3 $6 dxe3 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. fxe3 Nd3 $17)
22... d3 23. exd3 (23. b4 $2 cxb3 $1 24. Rxc5 b2 (24... bxa2 25. Qa1 d2 26. Rf1
Rb1 27. Nxf6+ Kf8 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 $11) 25. Qb1 d2 26. Rd1 Rxe2 27.
Be4 (27. Nc3 Bd3 28. Rd5 Bxb1 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Nxe2 Bc2 $19) 27... Rxe4 $1
28. Qxe4 Be2 $1 29. Ne7+ Kg7 $1 (29... Qxe7 30. Qxe7 Bxd1 31. Rg5+ fxg5 32.
Qxg5+ Kf8 33. Qc5+ Kg8 $11) (29... Kf8 30. Qxe2 Qxe7 31. Qxe7+ Kxe7 32. Rb1 Rd8
33. Rd1 Rb8 $11) 30. Qxe2 b1=Q 31. Nc6 (31. Qg4+ Kh8 32. Nc6 Qe8) 31... Qdd3
32. Qg4+ Qg6 33. Nxb8 Qxg4 34. Rxb1 d1=Q+ 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd4 $19) 23...
Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nxd3 25. Qc3 Nxc1 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Nd5+ f6 28. Qxc1 $44 {xKh8})
21. Nxd5 Rxb2 22. Rxc4 Ne6 (22... Qa5 {Krasenkow} 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd4 Rxa2
25. e3 {xKg8}) 23. Qa4 $1 Qb8 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Bd5 {White aims for a small
but nagging advantage, based simply on the more exposed black king. Also
possible was} (25. h4 $5 {to prepare Bf3 and free the Re1.}) (25. Rc2 $5 $14 {
Krasenkow}) 25... Kg7 (25... Rb1 {Krasenkow} 26. Qxe8+ Qxe8 27. Rxb1 $16) (
25... Rxe2 $1 {Krasenkow} 26. Rxe2 Qb1+ 27. Kg2 Nf4+ 28. gxf4 (28. Kf3 Rxe2 29.
Rc8+ (29. gxf4 $2 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 (30. Kg4 h5+ 31. Kh4 Qf5 $19) 30... Qe3 $19) (
29. Kxf4 $2 Rxf2+ 30. Bf3 Qd3 31. Rc8+ Kg7 32. Qc6 Qe3+ 33. Kg4 Rxh2 $19) 29...
Kg7 30. Qxd4 Qf5 $1 31. Qxf4 (31. gxf4 $2 Re1 $1 $19) (31. Qc4 h5 $1 (31... Re1
32. Be4) 32. h3 $2 (32. Qxf4) 32... Re1 $1 33. Be4 Qxh3 $19) 31... Qd3+ 32. Kg2
Qxd5+ 33. Qf3 Qxf3+ 34. Kxf3 Rxa2 $11) 28... Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qxc1+
31. Kg2 Rxe2 32. Qd7 Rxf2+ (32... Re6 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Qd7+ Kg6
36. Qxd4 $16) 33. Kxf2 Qxf4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kg2 Qe2+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ $11) 26.
Bxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxd4 Rexe2 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Rg4+ (29. Rd7 {Krasenkow} Qb1+ {
/\30...Qf5}) 29... Kh8 $14 {+/-} 30. Qc6 Qd8 (30... Re6 31. Qf3 (31. Qd7 Qa8
$132)) 31. Ra4 a5 {/\Re2-e5,h7-h5} 32. Rf4 Re6 33. Qf3 Kg7 34. Qg4+ (34. Rg4+
Kh8 35. Rh4 Re5) 34... Kh8 35. Qh5 Qa8 (35... Re1+ $6 {Krasenkow} 36. Kg2 Qd3
37. Kh3 Qf1+ 38. Kh4 Qg2 39. h3 $16) 36. Rf3 (36. Qd1 $5 {Krasenkow} Qe8 37.
Qf3 $14) 36... Kg7 37. Qg4+ (37. h4 {Krasenkow} Qe4 $1) 37... Kh8 38. h4 (38.
Qf5 {looks like a more controlled way to proceed.}) 38... Qd5 39. Qf5 (39. a3
$5 {Krasenkow}) 39... Qxa2 (39... Qxf5 40. Rxf5 {is very unpleasant for black
due to the weakness of the a-pawn and the absence of counterplay against
white's pawns.}) 40. Rd3 Qa1+ $6 (40... Qb1+ $142 41. Kh2 Qb6 {should be
without real danger for black.}) (40... Qa4 {Krasenkow}) 41. Kh2 Qa4 $6 (41...
Re1 {was safer. It soon becomes clear that black faces a grim defensive task
if he cannot generate some counterplay against the enemy king.} 42. Rd8+ Kg7
43. Qg4+ Kh6 44. Rd5 Rh1+ 45. Kg2 Rg1+ $11) (41... Re8 {Krasenkow}) 42. Qc5 (
42. Rd5 Qe4 $11) 42... Re8 $6 (42... Qb4 $5 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Qc8 Re2 45. Rg8+ (
45. Rh8 {Krasenkow} Rxf2+ 46. Kh3 Kh6 47. Qg8 Qe4 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. Qxf7+ Kh6
$11) 45... Kh6 46. Rg4 (46. Kh3 $1 Rxf2 $2 (46... Qd6 $1 47. Rg4 (47. g4 $5)
47... Qd5 48. Qf8+ Kh5 49. f3 Qa2 50. Qc5+ Re5 51. Qf8 $11) 47. Rg4 Qe7 48.
Qc1+ $1 (48. Qg8 Rh2+ 49. Kxh2 Qe2+ $11) 48... Kh5 49. Rg7 Rf3 $8 50. Rxh7+ Kg6
51. Qh6+ Kf5 52. Qh5+ $36) (46. Qf5 Qd4 47. Kg1 Qa1+ $1 48. Kh2 Qe5 $11) 46...
Qe1 $1 47. Qf8+ Kh5 48. Rg5+ fxg5 49. Qxf7+ Kg4 $19) 43. Qd6 $1 Kg7 44. Rd4 Qa1
$6 (44... Re6 45. Qc5 Rc6 (45... Qe8 $16 {+/=}) (45... Qe8 $1 {Krasenkow} 46.
Qxa5 Re4 $1 47. Rd8 Qe5 48. Rd5 Qb2 $11 {/\49...Re5}) 46. Qd5 Qc2 47. Rg4+ Kh6
48. Rf4 $16) 45. h5 h6 $2 (45... Re5 46. Rg4+ Rg5 47. Rxg5+ fxg5 48. h6+) (
45... Qb2 46. h6+ Kg6 47. Rg4+ Kf5 (47... Kh5 48. Rh4+ (48. Qf4 {Krasenkow} Qe5
(48... Re5 49. Rg8 $18) 49. Qf3 Kxh6 50. Qg2 Qh5+ 51. Rh4 $18) 48... Kg6 49.
Qd3+ f5 50. Rg4+ Kf6 51. Qd6+ Re6 52. Qd8+ Ke5 53. Qxa5+ $16) 48. Kh3 $1 $40 {
+-} (48. Qf4+ Ke6 49. Qe3+ Kd7 50. Qa7+ $18)) 46. Rg4+ Kh7 47. Qd3+ (47. Qd7 {
Krasenkow} Rf8 48. Qe7 f5 $1) 47... Kh8 48. Qd2 Kh7 49. Rg6 $1 fxg6 50. Qd7+ (
50. Qd7+ Kg8 51. Qxe8+ Kg7 52. Qe7+ Kg8 53. hxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch52"]
[Site "Rotterdam"]
[Date "1997.06.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1997.06.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {VanderWiel} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5
exd5 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 {Barlov's refinement
which led to a few nice white wins in this gambit line.} dxe4 (12... Ne6 $2 13.
exd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Bb4 15. Qg4 $1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. Ba3 $16 {led to an
overwhelming white win in Sosonko-Tiviakov, Polanica Zdroj 1995, 1-0, 30.}) (
12... Bf6 $5 {is black's most testing defence in my opinion. After} 13. e5 Be7
(13... Bc8 $5 {has also been played.}) 14. Qg4 g6 15. Nxe7+ {white will have
attacking chances based on the weakened dark squares on the kingside, but
black is solid and has managed to keep the position closed.}) 13. Nc3 $5 {
An odd place for a novelty. Black has yet to demonstrate a fully convincing
continuation after} (13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Nc3 Bc8 15. Bxe4 Nd5 $2 (15... Bxf5 16.
Qxf5 g6 17. Qf3 Ne6 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Be3 {with ample compensation
according to Barlov, which certainly looks true. White should get good
entertainment value from the bishop pair, active forces and lead in
development, though black is also quite solid if he can find a sensible way to
return the pawn and complete mobilization.}) 16. Bh6 g6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Bxd5
Bxf5 19. Qb4+ Be7 20. Qb3 cxd5 21. Nxd5 Be6 {1-0 Barlov,D-Abramovic,B/JUG-chT
Igalo 1994/EXT 94ch}) 13... Bc8 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Bxe4 {An interesting new
start position. White has typical compensation (bishop pair, activity and many
open lines) and in comparision to Barlov's line, black has a light-squared
rather than dark-squared bishop. The absence of black's dark-squared bishop
should give white even more chances to develop an initiative. At first glance
Piket's idea looks to be at least as promising as previous theory.} Be6 16. Bf4
(16. Qh5 $5) 16... Rd8 17. Qh5 h6 18. Re3 (18. g4 $5) (18. Bxh6 {Van der Wiel}
gxh6 19. Qxh6 f6 20. Bf5 Nd7 21. Qg6+ (21. Re4 Ne5) 21... Kf8 $11) (18. Bf5 {
Van der Wiel} Nd5 $1) 18... Ne8 19. Bf5 $6 {Since it proves impossible to
break through on e6, this only lessens the pressure a bit by removing the
bishop's gaze from c6.} (19. Rae1 $5 Nf6 20. Qh4 $40 Qf8 (20... g5 $2 21. Qxh6
$1 gxf4 22. gxf4 $18) 21. Bxh6 Nxe4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxe4 $44) 19... Nd7 $1 {
Cool defence, the transfer of this piece to f8 considerably blunts white's
attack.} (19... g6 $2 20. Bxg6 fxg6 21. Qxg6+ Ng7 22. Bxh6 $18) (19... Nf6 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. Rd1 $5 $14) 20. Rae1 (20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Qg4 Nf8 22. Bxh6 Nf6 23.
Bg5 (23. Qg5 Kh8) 23... Nxg4 24. Bxe7 Rd7 25. Re4 Nxf2 $17) 20... Nf8 21. Qf3
Rac8 22. h4 Qf6 {Black continues to make gradual progress, slowly unravelling
his pieces. This drives white back and prepares Ng6.} 23. Bc2 Ng6 {Now white's
compensation has evaporated - his bishop pair devalued while black remains
solid. White tries some tactical confusion.} 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26.
Bb3 Nxf4 $1 {By far the simplest way to win.} 27. gxf4 Rd5 28. Nxd5 Qg6+ $1 29.
Kh2 cxd5 30. Qxd5+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Cosma, Ioan"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Re1 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nc3 Na6 10. Bf4 Re8 (10... h6 $5 {is one of black's most successful
options.} 11. Qc2 (11. Ne5 c5 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Nc5 15. Qxd4
Nfe4 $36 {and white had problems since the queen is very awkwardly placed
doing duty on d4. 0-1 Andonov,B-Eingorn,V/Saint John 1988/CBM 06 (36)}) 11...
c5 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. dxc5 (13. a3 Rd8 14. Be5 $6 Qe6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e3 Nd7
17. Qb3 Nxe5 18. Qxb7 $4 Rab8 19. Qxa7 Rd7 {0-1 Jimenez,V-Pogorelov,R/Linares
1995/CBM 45 ext (19)}) 13... bxc5 14. Nh4 Nb4 15. Qb1 d4 16. Nf5 $36 {1-0
Lingnau,C-Loginov,V/Berlin 1995/CBM 47 ext (37)}) (10... Qc8 11. Ne5 (11. Rc1
Rd8 (11... c5 12. Be5 Rd8 13. a3 Qd7 14. Bf4 h6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qb3 g5 $6 17.
Ne5 Qc8 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. e4 c4 20. Qc2 d4 21. Nd5 $16 {Nogueiras,J-Pogorelov,R/
Alcobendas op (03) 1994}) 12. Ne5 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Qb3 Bd5 17. Qe3 f6 18. Nc4 f5 19. f3 Bf6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Re8 22. Qf4
exf3 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Qb7 25. Qxf5 $14 {Ehlvest,J-Wojtkiewicz,A/Haninge
1990}) 11... c5 $5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 (12... Nxc5 $2 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 $16) 13.
e3 (13. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 15. Kxf2 Qc5+) (13. Rc1 $5 Qe6 (13... d4
14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. Nb5 Rad8 16. Bg5 $16) 14. Nd3 $14) 13... Bb4 $5 (13... Qe6 {
/\g5} 14. Nd3 $14) 14. Rc1 Qe6 15. Nd3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Ne4 17. Rc1 f6 {/\g5} 18.
g4 Rac8 19. h3 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Ehlvest,J/Horgen 1995/CBM
50/[Dautov] (39)}) (10... Ne4 11. Qc2 (11. Rc1 c5 12. dxc5 Naxc5 13. Be5 Re8
14. a3 Bf8 15. Bd4 Qd7 16. e3 Rac8 17. Bxc5 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 bxc5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Gausel,E-Akesson,R/Munkebo 1998/CBM 67 (62)}) 11... Bf6 12. Rad1 Nxc3 13. bxc3
$5 Qe7 $6 14. e4 $1 $36 {0-1 Schlosser,P-Enders,P/Passau 1998/EXT 99 (49)}) 11.
Rc1 Nh5 $5 {A lively move that appears to be new.} (11... c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13.
Qb3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Ne4 (15... h6 16. Nd3 g5 17. Bd2 Rab8 18. Na4 d4
19. Bxb7 Rxb7 {1/2-1/2 Kengis,E-Almasi,Z/Bern 1996/CBM 51 ext (19)}) 16. Red1
Rad8 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nc4 Bd5 19. Bh3 Bc6 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Bb5 $11 {
1-0 Khalifman,A-Stefansson,H/Aarhus 1997/CBM 60 (70)}) 12. Be5 (12. Be3 $5)
12... f6 13. Bf4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qd7 {A very logical move, preparing to
strengthen his presence on the d-line, and also eyeing the kingside. In the
meantime, white can try to prepare pressure against d5, and try to create
kingside chances.} 15. e3 c5 {This will occur sooner or later. It does allow
white to create more pressure against the d5 pawn, but by undermining white's
control of e5 black also creates the possibility of chipping open the kingside
with ...g5, which could exploit his possession of the bishop pair, and white's
pawn strucutre, if properly timed.} 16. a3 Nc7 (16... Rad8 {is more flexible.})
17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Re2 $1 Rad8 19. Rd2 Kh8 (19... Qg4 $5 {was a serious option,
in order to play Qh5 and Ne6 or ...g5, while preventing Bh3.}) 20. Nh4 g6 $2 {
I find this baffling. It seems to me that} (20... g5 {is a desirable move, and
why not play it if begged?}) 21. Ne4 Qb5 22. Ng3 {White has managed to change
the focus of play, and avoided black kingside aggression. The further course
of the game demonstrates that black has lost the thread. Now white has two
positional ideas, the obvious b4, and the hidden one exectued in the game.} Qb6
(22... Bf8 $1 {opening the second rank for defence looks better, as b4 is not
clearly desirable for white.}) 23. f5 $1 g5 24. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 (24... hxg6 $4 25.
fxg6 Kg7 26. Qh5 $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rh7]}) 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. b4 $1 {A very nice
sequence by white who now takes control. He has relieved black of the bishop
pair and now creates targets the hanging pawns.} cxb4 (26... c4 $4 {is no
longer an option since} 27. Rxc4 {exploits one of the other achievements of
the white raid on moves 23-25.}) 27. axb4 Rde8 {Unpinning the d-pawn. Despite
white's obvious progress, the position still offers mutual chances.} (27...
Qxb4 $4 28. Rb1) 28. Rdc2 {White has a tricky attacking idea in mind. There
are many tempting ideas, but no clear way to further improve white's position.}
(28. h4 $5 gxh4 29. Qg4+ Rg7 30. Qxh4 Rxe3 $2 (30... Kh8 $13) 31. Nh5 $1) (28.
Rd4 $5) 28... Rd8 (28... Kh8 $1) 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Qxh4 Rg8 (31...
Rg7 32. Nh5) 32. Rc6 $5 {[%mdl 2560] A very promising sacrifice that allows
white to seize the initiative.} Bxc6 33. Qxf6+ Reg7 34. Rxc6 Qb7 35. b5 $1 (35.
Nh5 $2 Ne8 36. Qc3 d4 $1 37. Qxd4 Qxc6 38. Nxg7 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qc7+ $19) 35...
Ne8 $1 (35... Nxb5 36. Nh5 {clearly gives white the upper hand, though black
can confuse things with} d4 $5 {. I would imagine that time pressure was
raging by now.}) 36. Qb2 Qf7 (36... Nc7 $5 37. Nh5 $2 (37. Qf6 Ne8 38. Qe5 (38.
Qb2 $11 {or transposes to the game.}) 38... Qe7 {transposes to the game.} (
38... Qxb5 39. Bxd5 Rf8 40. e4 {gives white the same type of dangerous
compensation as the game.})) 37... Qxb5) 37. Qe5 Qe7 38. Re6 $6 (38. Qxe7 Rxe7
39. f6 Rd7 40. f7 Rxf7 41. Bxd5 Rb7 42. Ra6 {is one route to a very clear
advantage.}) (38. Qd4 $1 {is also very unpleasant.}) 38... Qf7 39. Bxd5 $6 (39.
Rc6 $5) 39... Rf8 (39... Nc7 $5 40. Rd6 Nxd5 41. Rxd5 Re8 {or} (41... h5 $5 {
give black reasonable defensive chances.})) 40. Rc6 Qe7 41. Re6 (41. Qxe7 Rxe7
42. Rc8 $1 {and white's bind seems to give black little choice but} Kg7 43.
Nh5+ Kh6 44. f6 Re5 45. f7 Rxd5 46. fxe8=Q Rxe8 47. Rxe8 {which should be a
winning rook ending.}) 41... Qf7 42. e4 $5 {It seems like a big concession to
surrender the bishop and the homogenous pawn structure, but the passed pawns
and active pieces continue to give black major headaches.} (42. Rc6 $5) 42...
Nc7 43. Rc6 Nxd5 44. exd5 Qxf5 {This is grim, but rook endings do have their
attractions.} 45. Qxf5 $1 Rxg3+ (45... Rxf5 $4 46. Rc8+ Rg8 47. Rxg8+ Kxg8 48.
Nxf5) 46. fxg3 Rxf5 47. d6 Rd5 (47... Kg7 48. d7 Rd5 49. Rc7 $18) 48. Kf2 (48.
Ra6 $5 Kg8 (48... Rxb5 49. Rxa7 $18) (48... Kg7 49. Rxa7+ Kf6 (49... Kg6 50. d7
) 50. d7) (48... Rd2) 49. Rxa7 Rxd6 50. Rb7 Rd2) 48... Kg7 49. Rc7+ Kf6 $1 50.
Rxh7 (50. Rxa7 Rxb5 51. Rxh7 Rb3 {makes little difference.}) 50... Rxb5 51.
Rxa7 Rb3 52. Kg2 Rd3 53. d7 $2 (53. Rd7 Kg5 54. Kh3 Rd1 55. Rd8 Kg6 56. Kg4 {
and white should win by centralising his king. Now the d-pawn completely
limits white's rook.}) 53... Kf5 54. Kf2 Ke4 55. Ke2 Rd6 56. Ra4+ Kf5 57. Ra5+
Ke4 58. Ra7 Kf5 59. Ke3 Rd1 60. Rb7 Ke5 61. Ke2 Rd4 62. g4 Re4+ 63. Kf3 Rd4 64.
Ke3 Re4+ 65. Kd3 Rd4+ 66. Kc3 Rd1 67. Kc4 (67. g5 Kf5 68. Kc4 Kxg5 69. Rb5+ Kf6
70. Rd5 Rxd5 71. Kxd5 Ke7 72. Kc6 Kd8) 67... Ke6 68. Ra7 Ke7 $1 (68... Rxd7 $4
69. Rxd7 Kxd7 70. Kd5 $18) 69. Kc5 Rd2 70. Kc6 Rd6+ 71. Kc5 Rd1 72. Rb7 Rd2 73.
g5 Rxd7 $1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Benkovic, Petar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 c5 (9... Nbd7 $5 {omitting ..c5 and giving white no obvious targets
deserves serious attention.} 10. Nc3 Re8 (10... Ne4 11. Rc1 Ndf6 12. Ne5 c5 13.
dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd3 Be7 15. Nb5 a6 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 $14 {
1-0 Wojtkiewicz,A-Bobras,P/Nat-ch POL Brzeg Dolny 1996 (36)}) 11. Qc2 a6 12.
Rfd1 Bd6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qf5 g6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2
b5 19. d5 $5 Bxd5 $6 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,I-Adams,M/
Chalkidiki 1992/CBM 32 (54)}) 10. Nc3 Re8 (10... Nc6 $5 11. Rc1 Ne4 12. dxc5
Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. e3 Qb6 15. Rc2 Rfd8 16. Rd2 a5 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qe6
19. Bc3 Bc6 20. Qb1 Bg5 $132 {0-1 Panno,O-Zarnicki,P/ch-ARG, Saenz Pena City
1996 (40)}) 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Qc2 (12. Qd3 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Ndf6 14. h3 Rc8 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Nd4 Qd7 17. e3 h5 18. Nce2 Bd6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bb8 21. Nf4 $14 {
0-1 Avirovic,D-Nedeljkovic,S/Belgrade 1959/MCD (34)}) (12. Rc2 Rc8 13. Qa1 Bf8
14. Rfc1 Qe7 15. e3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Qe6 18. b4 $5 $13 {1/2-1/2
Szilagyi,G-Nedeljkovic,S/Budapest 1960/MCD (30)}) (12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Nh4 Nb6
14. Nf5 Bf8 15. e3 g6 16. Nh4 Bg7 17. Rc2 Qe7 18. Nf3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Orso,
M-Petronijevic,Z/Budapest 1998/EXT 99 (71)}) 12... Rc8 13. Rfd1 a6 (13... Ne4
$5) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Qb1 Bf8 {Again, planting a knight on e4 looks like the
most natural choice.} 16. e3 Rc7 $2 {It was not too late to put a knight on e4.
} 17. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gb1h7,Gb2f6] Now white gains a definite initiative by
coupling threats to the kingside and d5, while controlling the key e4 square.}
g6 18. b4 Ne6 19. Nge4 $1 {Making use of the weaknesses induced.} Nxe4 20. Nxe4
Rxc1 21. Qxc1 dxe4 $6 {A drastic reaction, but black's position was already
quite unpleasant, and there are only evil choices:} (21... Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7
23. Nc3 Nc7 24. Qd2 Qf6 (24... Re5 $6 25. e4 $16) (24... Qd6 25. Qd4+ $16) 25.
Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rc8 {leaves black with nothing for a pawn but
the hope of creating problems in a rook ending.}) (21... Be7 22. Qc3 {and
black must shed a pawn.} ({The sophisticated} 22. a3 $5 {is also very nasty,
keeping options of Nc3.})) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bf6 Rc8 24. Qd2 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. Bh3 $1 {Without the Ne6 black's position becomes easily penetrable.} Rc6 (
26... Kf6 $5 {is quickly suggested by friend Fritz but does not make much
difference in the long run:} 27. Bxe6 Kxe6 28. Qd4 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 b5 30. Qb6+ Bc6
31. Qxa6 {and white already threatens to break through with a4 and b5.}) 27.
Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd7 Bc6 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qxb6 $18 Bb5 31. Qd8+ Re8 32. Qc7 Re6
33. g4 h6 34. h4 Kg7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Re8 37. Kg2 Re6 38. Kg3 Re8 39. Qc2
Kg8 40. Kf4 Bd3 41. Qc7 Bb5 42. Qa5 {Finally preparing to mobilize his
majority.} Bd3 43. a4 Bc4 44. Qb6 Bd3 45. Qb7 {Paving a smooth path into the
promotion zone for a passed pawn.} a5 {Hoping that white will capture and
allow a blockade with ...Re6.} 46. b5 {A game with a very clear strategic
lesson about he importance of the e4 square in such positions.} 1-0

[Event "NED-ch62"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 5th round of the Dutch Championship was very important for
me. I had had 4 draws in the first rounds of the tournament. I had fallen far
behind my rivals (L'Ami was the leader of the tournament with 3.5 points) and
badly needed a win in this game to be once again in the fight for the title of
the Dutch champion. Luckily there was a rest day before and I had been able to
look at all popular lines and be prepared for everything!} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6
3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 {A lot of time was spent by me
analysing this sharp pawn sacrifice which had become very popular recently
with lot of games played in the tournament of all levels incl. the top ones.
This move has also been played against me 9 times, my overall score is +2 in
this system.} exd5 (7... Na6 $5 {is an interesting move. I have tried it 4
times, although with correct play by White Black gets slightly worse and
passive position.}) 8. Nh4 c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Re1 (12.
Nc3 {is considered to be less dangerous for Black because of} Bf6) 12... Bf6 $5
{An interesting move. It seems that Black loses a tempo, after 13.e5 the black
bishop has to return back to e7. The strategical idea of this move is that
after the centre has been closed the pressure is released and Black can finish
the development easier. Also White will be under strong presure to conduct the
attack on the Black king - if he fails to mate Black then he might lose since
he is a pawn down. These were exactly the reasons for which I had chosen this
move during my preparation.} (12... dxe4 {and}) (12... d4 {are worthy
alternatives to the text.}) 13. e5 ({After} 13. Nc3 Bc8 {Black doesn't have
much to worry about, he easily neutralizes White's initiative.}) 13... Be7 (
13... Bc8 $5 14. exf6 Bxf5 15. fxg7 Re8 {is also playable for Black. I had
spent lot of time analysing this position as well, but finally chose the text.}
) 14. Qg4 ({Instead of 14.Qg4 White had several interesting alternatives.} 14.
Nc3 {is one of them} Bc8 15. Qg4 Bxf5 (15... g6 {leads to the same position as
14.Qg4 g6 15.Nc3 Bc8}) 16. Qxf5 Ne6 17. f4 $44 {with compensation}) (14. Bh6 $5
{is another interesting option, offered by Yasser Seirawan, who analysed this
move as a second of Viktor Korchnoi during his match against Lev Polugaevsky
in Buenos Aires 1980. The white initiative seems to be dangerous but with
correct play Black can neutralise it and get a better position after} gxh6 (
14... Ne8 {is less clear, after} 15. Nxg7 (15. Qg4 Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qxc8
gxh6 $13 {is unclear}) (15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qg4 Bg5 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Bc8 (
18... h6 19. h4 Bc8 20. f5 Nd7 21. Nd2 Kh7 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Nf3
g4 25. Nd4 $44) 19. Qxg5+ Qxg5 20. fxg5 Na6 $15 {with better chances for Black
in the ending.} (20... Nd7 $15) (20... Kg6 $5) (20... Be6 $5)) 15... Nxg7 16.
Qg4 {the position is on board, arising after 14.Qg4 Ne6 15.Ng7 Ng7 16.Bh6}) 15.
Qg4+ Bg5 16. h4 Kh8 (16... Ne6 17. Nxh6+ (17. f4 $5 h5 18. Qxh5 Be7 19. Nh6+
Kg7 20. f5 $44 {Seirawan}) 17... Kg7 18. Nf5+ Kh8 19. hxg5 $13 {is unclear 
(Seirawan)}) 17. hxg5 (17. f4 Bf6 18. exf6 Qxf6 $17 {with advantage for Black.}
) 17... Qxg5 $15 {with better chances for Black.}) 14... g6 ({After} 14... Ne6
15. Nxg7 Nxg7 16. Bh6 Bf6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bd2 Bc8 (18... Qg6 $5 {deserves
attention}) 19. Qa4 Nd7 (19... Ne6 $5 {is interesting}) 20. Bc3 Qg6 21. Nd2 Nc5
22. Qa3 $44 {White has a compensation for the sacrificed pawn} Bf5 23. Nf3 Be4
24. Nh4 Qh5 25. f3 Bg6 26. Bf6 Rfe8 27. Qc3 Nge6 28. Qd2 d4 29. Re5 {1-0
Barlov Dragan (SCG)-Perez Felipe Marcos Adrian (E/El Sauzal (Spain) 2006 (29)})
15. Bh6 (15. Nc3 {is an alternative to the text, although there is nothing
wrong with the bishop being developed to h6. After} Bc8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd1
Re8 {the black position is OK.}) 15... Re8 (15... Bc8 $2 {loses an exchange
after} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bxf8 $16 {with advantage for White}) 16. Nc3 $5 ({
White in this critical position had a choice where to develop the knight on b1:
to c3 or d2, not an easy choice to make. After} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nd2 $44 {
White has some compensation for the pawn. For example,} (17. Nc3 Nba6 (17...
Nd7 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Rad1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rf8 23. Qe2
Re8 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qe6 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. h4 Bc8 28. Ne2 c5 29. Nf4 d4 30.
Qc2 Bf5 31. Qa4 b5 32. Qxa7 d3 33. Qb8+ Kf7 34. Bf3 c4 35. Nd5 Qe1+ 36. Kg2
Nxd5 37. Bxd5+ Be6 38. Qc7+ Kf6 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qd8+ Kf7 42. Qd7+
Kf6 43. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 Stocek Jiri (CZE)-Oral Tomas (CZE)/Prague (Czech
Republic) 2007 (43)}) 18. Rad1 Ne6 19. Rd2 Nac7 20. h4 a5 21. Kh2 Bc8 22. Qd1
b5 23. f4 Ng7 24. Bg5 Qc5 25. Rc2 Qb6 26. Rd2 h5 27. Bf6 Bf5 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29.
Bh3 Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Ne6 31. f5 Nc5 32. Rf2 Nd3 33. Qxd3 Qxf2 34. Rf1 Qc5 35. Qf3
Qf8 36. Qf4 Kh7 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Qxg4 Qg7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Qf4 Qg4+ 41. Qxg4
hxg4+ 42. Kxg4 Rxe5 43. Kg5 Kg7 44. Kf4 {0-1 Ivanisevic,I-Zafirovski,M/Niksic
1997/CBM 059 ext (44)}) 17... Bc8 18. Qe2 Nba6 19. h4 Nc5 20. Bg5 Qe6 21. Nf3
Qg4 22. Rad1 N7e6 23. Bf6 Ba6 24. Qd2 Qh5 25. Nh2 Qf5 26. Bf3 h5 27. g4 Qf4 28.
gxh5 gxh5 29. Bxh5 Qxd2 30. Rxd2 Nf4 31. Bf3 Kh7 32. Ng4 Rg8 33. Kh2 Bc8 34.
Bg5 Nh5 35. Nh6 {1-0 Lieb,H-Helmsen,F/Plau am See 2004/EXT 2006 (35)}) ({After
} 16. Ng7 Bc8 {the knight on g7 is trapped and can't easily be freed. E.g.} 17.
e6 (17. Qf3 Rf8 $15 {/\f5}) 17... Bxe6 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 (19... Nxe6
20. Bxf8 Bxf8 $15) 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 $15 {with better chances for Black.}) 16...
Bc8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Qa4 ({I think,} 18. Qd1 $142 $44 {is better, since
after the text Black wins an important tempo, allowing him to drive the knight
from an excellent place on c3, where it attacks the pawn on d5, making thus
the development of the black pieces much more difficult.}) (18. Qf3 Nd7 {
is not good for White - the pawn on e5 is weak.}) 18... b5 $1 $146 ({An
important novelty, although} 18... Bd7 19. Rad1 Nba6 {is quite playable as
well.}) 19. Qd1 ({After} 19. Qa5 Nba6 {Black is threatening to exchange the
queens by Qe7-b4}) ({Or} 19. Qd4 Nd7 {and Black is OK} (19... Ne6 $5 {followed
by b4, deserves attention as well})) 19... b4 ({Driving away the knight from
the c3 square, Black frees the knight on c7, which defending the d5-pawn from
possible sacrifices. But} 19... Nd7 $5 {deserved attention as well}) ({After} 
19... Ne6 {although not losing, Black has to be ready for the possible
sacrifice on d5. After} 20. Nxd5 $140 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Nc7 22. Qd6 Nba6 $13 {
the game is unclear.}) 20. Ne2 Ne6 ({It was possible to take the pawn on e5 by
} 20... Qxe5 $5 {but after} 21. Qd2 $44 {White has a huge compensation for the
2nd pawn, and I thought that it would be too much to play...}) ({But} 20... Nd7
$5 {was a worthy alternative to the text.}) 21. f4 $6 ({This move is a mistake.
In any case White fails to create an attack on the kingside so he had to try
to create pressure on the black pawn on c6 and in the centre, preventing the
immediate development of the black pieces and the pawn advance in the centre.} 
21. Nd4 $142 Bb7 22. Rc1 $44 {was better}) ({Or} 21. Rc1 $142 $44 {with some
compensation for the pawn.}) 21... Nd7 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Nd4 Rac8 {Black has
finished his development and is now ready to push his central pawns.} 24. Nf3 (
{After} 24. Bh3 {Black plays} a6 $5 $15 {first, covering the square b5 and
only after c6-c5 with better chances.}) 24... c5 25. g4 $6 ({But this move is
too slow. After the correct} 25. f5 $142 gxf5 26. Bh3 c4 ({or} 26... f6 $15)
27. Bxf5 f6 $15 {White is only slighly worse.}) 25... c4 $1 {(/\Nec5-d3)} 26.
f5 $6 ({Leading to a lost position.} 26. Rc2 $5 $17 {was more stubborn.}) 26...
Nec5 {Threatening to win an exchange by Nc5-d3.} 27. Qd2 ({Other moves also
lose.} 27. Qd4 Nd3 $19) ({Or} 27. e6 fxe6 (27... Nd3 $5 28. exd7 Qc5+ 29. Re3 (
29. Be3 Rxe3 $19) 29... Rxe3 30. dxc8=Q+ Bxc8 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. Qxc1 Re8 $17)
28. fxe6 Nxe6 $19 {with decisive advantage for Black.}) (27. Bg5 Qf8 $19) (27.
Re3 Nd3 $19) 27... Ne4 ({Playing safe, although it was better to win an
exchange by} 27... Nd3 $142 $5 28. e6 Nxe1 29. exd7 (29. Rxe1 fxe6 30. Rxe6 (
30. fxe6 Nc5 $19) 30... Qc5+ $19) 29... Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxd7 $19 {with decisive
advantage.}) 28. Qd4 ({After} 28. Qe3 {Black gets a winning position after}
gxf5 ({both} 28... Qc5 $19) ({and} 28... Nxe5 $19 {are also possible}) 29. gxf5
Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxa7 Rc6 $19) 28... Qc5 ({Transposing into a won ending
with an extra pawn. Although both} 28... gxf5 29. gxf5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qxe5 31.
Qxa7 Rc6 $19) ({and} 28... Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Qxe5 30. Qxa7 Ba8 $19 {were possible
as well.}) 29. Be3 Qxd4 30. Bxd4 Ndc5 31. Red1 (31. Rc2 Nd3 32. Rf1 $19) 31...
a5 (31... Nd3 32. Rc2 (32. Rb1 a5 $19) 32... a5 $19 {was also possible.}) 32.
Ne1 Nd7 33. Nf3 Bc6 34. h4 $138 Ba4 ({Black doesn't need to complicate the
matters. After} 34... gxf5 $6 35. gxf5 Ng3 36. Kf2 Nxf5 37. Bh3 Nxd4 38. Nxd4
Re7 39. Rg1+ Kh8 40. Rg3 $17 {White gets some counterplay despite being 2
pawns down.}) 35. Re1 c3 $5 (35... Ndc5 $19 {was also possible.}) 36. Ng5 (36.
bxc3 Nxc3 $19) 36... Nxe5 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Bxe4 {Black has so many good
possibilities to finish the game.} c2 ({Or} 38... Rc4 39. bxc3 bxc3 40. Bxc3 (
40. Bf2 Nxg4 $19) 40... Nxg4 $19 {winning.}) 39. Bxe5 (39. b3 Nf3+ 40. Bxf3
Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 c1=Q 42. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 43. Kf2 Bc6 $19) (39. fxg6 hxg6 40. b3 Nf3+
41. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 c1=Q 43. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 44. Kf2 Bc6 $19) 39... Rxe5 40. b3
Rce8 ({Or} 40... Bd7 $19) 41. bxa4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 Rxe4 {The ending which has
arisen is absolutely hopeless for White.} 43. Rxc2 Rxg4+ 44. Kh2 Rxh4+ 45. Kg3
g5 (45... Re4 46. f6 Re8 $19) 46. Rc5 Kg7 47. Rxa5 Rc4 {The victory in this
game allowed me to come closer to the leaders and eventually become the Dutch
champion for the 2nd time in a row!} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[The match from Armenia was a disaster for our Dutch team. Being at the top
of the field during the 1st half of the tournament, after the win against
Russia, we lost 3 matches in a row, starting with Armenia. This game with
Akopian was also very difficult for me. Usually, I don't have opening problems,
nor with White, neither with Black, but in this rare exception I could have
completely not survived the opening. I have to acknowleadge my poor, not
serious preparaton for this game.]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5.
Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O {[From 1986 I lost only 1 game in this line (to Sosonko in
Polanica Zdroj 1995). And usually I don't prepare with Black against such
lines, I have too much experience in it.]} 7. Re1 $5 {[Just 1 month before
this game at the Russian League in Sochi V. Akopian was already playing this
move against M. Brodsky and won. That game was played on the neighbouring
table, since both me and Brodsky played for the same FINEK club from St.
Petersburg. Actulally, preparing for our game I thought that Akopian would not
repeat 7.Re1 again, since that line doesn't promise much advantage. And
suddenly this position came on the board! Sometimes after playing a certain
line successfully for so many years, you lose the sense of danger!]} Na6 {
[Still I decided to go for the main principle line. ...Na6 is my favourite
move in the Queen's Indian Defence. The system with 7.Nc3 Na6 has been brought
by me into a serious tournament practice. Recently I easily made a draw with
Gelfand in this system (Russian League in Sochi 2006)]} 8. Ne5 Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb8
10. e4 c5 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc5 14. Qd1 {[I was only
remembering the game, published in the Chess Informant #67 and had forgotten
about the game of Van Wely. After this move Black is in serious trouble
already. His whole opening concept after 7.Re1 has to be re-thinked and
re-assesed.]} (14. Qd2 Qb7 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Ng4 (16. Bxf6 $6 Bxf6 17. Qxd7 Qxd7
18. Nxd7 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8 $15) (16. f3 d6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8 19. Qc6
Rd2+ 20. Kg1 Qc8 $1 $15) 16... Nxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 f5 19. f3 fxe4
20. Rxe4 Nc5 21. Rf4 {(1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Ionescu,C/Yerevan (ol) 1996/Inf 67/
(606) [Ionescu,Co])} Nd3 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nh6+ $11) 14... Qb7 15.
Bg5 $1 $146 {[Obvious, but very strong improvement on the above-mentioned game.
]} (15. a3 {is too slow, Black consolidates his position} Rfc8 16. g4 d6 17.
Nd3 d5 18. exd5 Bd4 19. g5 exd5 20. Qf3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne4 22. Ne5 Nac5 23. cxd5
Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qb7 25. Rd4 Nxc3 26. Qxb7 Nxb7 27. Nxf7 Re8 28. Ne5 Nc5 29. Rc4
Nb5 30. a4 Nd6 31. Rb4 Nf7 32. Re3 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Rxe5 34. Rxe5 Nd3 35. Rbe4
Nxe5 36. Rxe5 Kf7 37. a5 bxa5 38. Rxa5 Ke6 39. h4 a6 40. h5 Ra7 41. Kg3 Kd6 42.
f4 g6 43. Kg4 Kc6 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 Kb6 46. Re5 a5 47. g6 hxg6+ 48. hxg6 a4
49. Kf6 a3 50. g7 Ra8 51. Rh5 Rc8 52. Rh3 a2 53. Ra3 Rc6+ 54. Kf5 Rc5+ 55. Kg6
Ra5 56. Rxa5 Kxa5 57. g8=Q {1-0 Van Wely,L-Van der Wiel,J/Leeuwarden 2001/CBM
084 (57)}) 15... Be7 {[What else?!]} 16. Ng4 Nd5 {[The only move.]} 17. cxd5
Bxg5 {[White position is so good, he has so many possibilities...]} 18. f4 (18.
h4 $5 Bd8 19. h5 {deserved serious attention.}) 18... Bd8 19. Nb5 $2 {[This is
a serious mistake, allowing Black to escape from a difficult position. After
Vladimir made this move I was no longer afraid over the outcome of the game.]}
(19. f5 $1 $16 {was much better, preparing to smash the Black position, with a
huge advantage!}) 19... exd5 {[Black now is able to exchange some material,
open space for breathing...]} 20. Nd6 ({After} 20. exd5 Nc7 {all Black dangers
are over}) ({the same applies to} 20. Qxd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 $14 {although in the
ending White still keeps slightly better chances}) 20... Qc6 21. e5 $6 (21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. exd5 $14 {with better chances due to the active position of the
pieces, was better. The text causes unnecessary for White complications.})
21... d4+ 22. Kg1 (22. Kh3 $5 $13 {with unclear play, deserved attention. The
king on h3 is not naturally situated, but on the g1 he can become a target for
the bishop d8 (from b6) as it happened some moves later in the game.}) 22... b5
$1 {[Black should not waste any time and bring his passive bishop d8 into play.
At this moment I was thinking that already I was slightly better!]} 23. Rc1 Qd5
{[Now it is White who is in danger. He has to play extremely carefully.]} 24.
Ne3 Qxa2 (24... Qe6 {was possible, but if I can take a pawn, I always take it.}
) 25. Ra1 Qe6 26. Nc2 {[Black has 2 extra pawns at this moment, but his 1
piece + 2 pawns are hanging. I have to give some material back, the game by
force goes into an equal ending...]} d3 27. Qxd3 Bb6+ 28. Kg2 Nc5 29. Qf3 (29.
Qxb5 {is too risky for White to play. Suddenly all White pieces lose
coordination.}) 29... Qb3 {Here I thought for some time and decided it would
be too risky to stick to an extra pawn by 29...a6 and decided to go into an
equal ending.} 30. Qxb3 Nxb3 31. Ra3 Nd2 {Neither side has winning chances, so
a draw was agreed here.} (31... Nd4 {with equal chances was possible as well.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.01.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2 f5 8. d5
O-O 9. Qc2 exd5 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. O-O a5 12. Rad1 Bf6 13. Be3 Nb4 (13... d6 $6
14. Nd4 $1 (14. c5 Nb4 $1 15. Nxb4 (15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb3+ d5 17. a3 (17. cxb6
$6 c5 $1 {46/729}) 17... Na6 18. cxb6 Nac5 (18... c5 $5 $13 {46/729}) 19. Qc2
cxb6 20. Bd4 Qe7 21. b3 f4 (21... Ne6 $142 $1 22. Bb2 (22. Qb2 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 f4
$10 {46/729}) 22... Rac8 23. Qd3 $5 N4c5 24. Qe3 f4 $13 {Timoshchenko,
G-Karpman,V/Beograd 1988/Inf 46/729 [Timoshchenko,G]}) 22. Qb2 Rac8 23. Rc1
fxg3 24. hxg3 Nd6 25. Rc2 Nf5 26. Be5 Rc6 27. Rfc1 Re6 28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Na4
30. Qb3 Rxe5 31. Rc7 Nc5 32. R1xc5 bxc5 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. bxc5 Bc6 35. g4 Rb7
36. Qa2 Ne7 37. Nd4 Rc7 38. e4 Ra8 39. Qb2 Rb7 40. Qd2 Rb1+ 41. Kh2 {1-0
Timoscenko,G-Karpman,V/Belgrade 1988/TD (41)}) 15... axb4 16. c6 Bc8 17. Qc4+
$14) (14. Nd2 Nb4 $1 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Qb1 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 $10 {
46/729}) 14... Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 $14 {Timoshchenko,G, 46/729})
14. Qb1 (14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qb3 (15. Qb1 d6 16. a3 Nc6 $11) 15... c5 $1 16.
Rxd7 Bc6 17. Rc7 a4 18. Qd1 (18. Qa3 Na6 19. Rxc6 Qxc6 $13) 18... Qxb2 (18...
Na6 19. Bg5 (19. Rxc6 Qxc6) 19... Nxg5 20. Rxc6 Nh3+ 21. Kh1 Qxc6 22. Ng1 Qe8
23. Qd5+ Kh8 24. Qxa8 Qxa8 25. Bxa8 Nxg1 26. Bb7 Nxe2 27. Bxa6 Rd8 28. Bb5 Rd2
$13) 19. Rxc6 Rfd8 20. Bd4 cxd4 21. Rxb6 Nc3 $13) (14. Qb3 $5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 a4
16. Qc4 (16. Qc2 a3 $36) 16... Nd6 17. Qc2 a3 $13) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 g6 $146
(15... Qe7 $6 16. Nd4 g6 17. Nb5 c5 18. dxc6 dxc6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. Nd6 c5 21.
Qc2 $1 $14 (21. Nxb7 Qxb7 $11 22. Rd6 Rad8 (22... Be5) 23. Re6 Rde8 24. Rxe8
Rxe8 25. Rd1 Qc6 26. Qc2 a4 27. b3 axb3 28. axb3 Re6 29. Qc4 Be7 30. Qc2 b5 31.
Ra1 Qd5 32. Rd1 Qc6 33. Ra1 Qd5 34. Rd1 Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,J-Almasi,Z/
Hungary 1992/CBM 034 (34)})) (15... Nd6 16. Bf4 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Nd4 Be5
$13 (18... g6 {- 15...g6})) 16. Qc2 (16. d6 c5 $13 (16... Nxd6 17. Bxb6 cxb6
18. Rxd6 Bc6 19. Qd3 Qe7 20. Rd1 $14)) 16... Rc8 17. Nd4 Ba6 $6 (17... Nd6 $142
18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 $11) (17... Qe7 18. Nb5 $36 {><c7}) 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19.
Qxe4 Qe8 (19... Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Re8 21. Qf4 Bxe2 22. Bc3 $1 (22. Rde1 c5 $13)
22... c5 $8 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Qd4 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Bxf1 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Kxf1 $16)
20. Qc2 Qe5 21. Qb3 Bb7 (21... Rf7 22. Rd2 $14) (21... Kh8 $5 22. Rd2 $14) 22.
Nb5 $6 (22. Nc6 $142 Qe4 (22... a4 23. Qc4 Qxb2 24. Rb1 b5 25. Rxb2 bxc4 26.
Rxb7 dxc6 27. dxc6 $16) (22... Qh5 23. Na7 $16) 23. f3 Qe8 (23... a4 24. fxe4
axb3 25. Rxf6 dxc6 (25... Rxf6 26. Ne7+ Kf8 27. Nxc8 Bxc8 28. axb3 $18) 26.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. axb3 cxd5 28. exd5 Rd8 29. Rc1 $16) 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Na7 Ra8 26.
Nb5 $14) 22... Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rd2 (24. d6 c5 $11) 24... Be5 {(><f4)} (
24... Bf6 $5 25. Bf4 $140 (25. Rc1 $140 Bd8 26. Bf4 g5 27. Bxc7 $2 Ba6 $19)
25... g5 26. Bxc7 $2 Ba6 $17) 25. f4 (25. d6 c5 $13) (25. Rc1 $5 $14) 25... Bf6
26. Rc1 Bd8 27. Na7 $138 (27. Bd4 $14) (27. a4 $14) 27... Ra8 28. Nb5 Rc8 29.
Na7 Ra8 30. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d5 Bb4 8. O-O
Na6 9. Nd4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nc5 (10... exd5 $5 11. Nf5 Re8 12. cxd5 Ne4 13. Bxe4
Rxe4 14. f3 Re5 15. e4 Qf6 16. g4 Nc5 17. Qd4 d6 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20.
Qe3 Ba6 21. Rfd1 Bc8 22. Ng3 g6 23. Kg2 Qh4 24. Rd2 Bd7 25. Rf2 Kh8 26. Rd1 h6
27. Rdd2 Kh7 28. f4 Bxg4 29. fxe5 Kg8 30. Kg1 Bh3 31. Rf4 Qg5 32. Qf2 h5 33.
Rxf7 Nxe4 34. Qd4 Nxg3 35. hxg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kh1 Kxf7 37. Rf2+ Kg8 38. e6 Bf5 39.
Rg2 {0-1 Summerscale,A-Motwani,P/Edinburgh 2003/CBM 095 ext (39)}) (10... e5 $5
11. Nf5 d6 {/\Bc8}) 11. Nb3 (11. Ba3 Rb8 (11... exd5 12. Nb3 dxc4 13. Bxb7 Nxb7
14. Nd2 Re8 15. Nxc4 d5 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Qd3 Qh3 18. f3 Qe6 19. Bc1 Nd6 20. Re1
a5 21. Ng2 Rad8 22. Bg5 c6 23. g4 Nc4 24. Kf2 Qe5 25. h4 h6 26. Bxf6 Qxf6 27.
Rh1 Re7 28. Rab1 Qe5 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 g6 {.... 0-1 Grunberg,S-Itkis,B/
Predeal 1997/EXT 2002 (30)}) (11... d6 $5) 12. Nb5 (12. Nb3 d6 13. Bxc5 bxc5
14. Na5 Ba8 15. e4 e5 16. Rb1 Rb6 17. Qc2 Qd7 18. Rfe1 Rfb8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Bd3
Kg7 21. Rb5 a6 22. Rbb1 Rxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Qxb1 Qa4 25. Nb3 Qa3 26. Qc2
Nd7 27. Nd2 Nb6 28. Nb1 Qa5 29. Qb3 Bb7 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. Nxa3 Na4 32. Nb1 Nb2
33. Be2 Bc8 34. f3 Bd7 35. Kf2 f5 36. Ke3 fxe4 37. fxe4 h5 38. Na3 Na4 39. Kd2
Nb6 40. h4 Ba4 41. Bf3 Kh6 42. Bd1 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Gilbert,J-Zude,A/Bad Wiessee
GER 2005 (42)}) 12... a6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Na3 Re8 15. Re1 exd5 16. cxd5 d6 17.
Nc4 Nd7 18. e4 Nb6 19. Na5 Qf6 20. Qc2 Qg6 21. Bf1 Bxd5 22. Bd3 c4 23. exd5
cxd3 24. Qb3 d2 25. Red1 Re2 26. c4 Rbe8 27. Qc3 Qf5 28. Rf1 Na4 29. Qb4 Nc5 {
0-1 Marusak,P-Chernyshov,K/Martin 1996/EXT 99 (29)}) 11... Rb8 $146 (11... Nce4
12. f3 Nd6 $5 $13 (12... Nxc3 13. Qd2 (13. Qc2 Na4 14. e4 d6 15. Nd4 Nc5 16.
Bb2 Qd7 17. Bh3 Rfe8 18. a4 a5 19. Rfe1 Qe7 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 Ncd7 22. Re3
Qc5 23. Rae1 e5 24. Nb3 Qd6 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. f4 f6 27. Nd2 Qf8 28. fxe5 Nxe5
29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Rxe5 fxe5 31. Rxe5 Qc5+ 32. Kg2 Rf8 33. Nf3 h6 34. Qd3 Ba6
35. Re4 Qb4 36. Ne5 Qxa4 37. h4 Qa2+ 38. Re2 Qa1 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qe3 Bc8 41. g4
Re8 42. Kg3 h5 43. Re1 Qf6 44. gxh5 Qf5 45. Kh2 Qxh5 46. Qg3 a4 47. Ng4 Bxg4
48. Rxe8+ Qxe8 49. Qxg4 Qe5+ 50. Kg2 a3 51. Qc8+ Kh7 52. Qa6 Qb2+ 53. Kf3 a2 {
0-1 Topalov,V-Kasimdzhanov,R/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102 (53)}) 13... Na4 14. Qb4 b5
15. Qxb5 (15. cxb5 $5) 15... Nb6 16. dxe6 (16. Na5 $14) 16... fxe6 17. c5 Bc6
18. Qa5 $14)) 12. Nxc5 bxc5 13. e4 (13. Rb1 Ba6 (13... exd5 14. cxd5 Ba6 15.
Rxb8 Qxb8 16. Re1 $14) 14. Rxb8 Qxb8 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. e4 (16. Re1 Re8 (16... d6
$5)) 16... d6 $13) 13... d6 14. Bg5 exd5 (14... Ba6 15. f4 (15. Qa4 Rb6 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 $13) 15... Bxc4 16. e5 Bxf1 $13 (16... h6 $13) (16... dxe5 17. fxe5
Bxf1 18. Qxf1 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. exf6 Rb6 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Qf2 exd5 23. Rf1 $13
)) 15. cxd5 (15. exd5 Bc8 $11 (15... h6 $5)) 15... Ba6 16. Re1 h6 17. Bxf6 (17.
Bf4 Nd7 $11) 17... Qxf6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 (18... Bc4 $5) (18... Rb6 $5) 19. Rab1 {
[19.Rab1 Rb6=]} (19. f4 Rb6 20. Re3 Bc4 $13 21. Rae1 Reb8 $132 {<->b}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petaling Jaya Nazrin Shah"]
[Site "Petaling Jaya"]
[Date "2013.06.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game from the 10th round of the tournament in Kuala Lumpur was my best
at the tournament. Although leading, half a point ahead of T. Luther, before
the last 2 rounds, still I couldn't be sure to win the tournament because of
the stronger opponents in the end. So I had to play for a win in both of the
last games incl. the current game against Niaz Murshed whom I have known since
the Indian and Bangladesh tournaments in 1993-1998.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3
b6 4. g3 {Nowadays this move in the Queen's Indian Defence is extremely
popular.} Bb7 {Besides this classical normal move I can also play 4...Bb4, 4...
Be7 or 4...c6.} 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 ({After} 7. Nc3 {I would have also
played} Na6 {since it is the only way for Black to play for a win. 7...Ne4
allows White to make a draw without any problem if he wants. But the text move
came as a surprise for me since it had never been seen in the previous games
of my opponent. Nevertheless Black has always to be prepared against such a
dangerous move as this. Previously in my career I had suffered several defeats
in the main lines of the variation with 7.d5, so nowadays I am always ready!})
7... Na6 (7... exd5 {is the main continuation, but taking the pawn is risky.
It is necessary to remember a lot of sharp variations and even with correct
play Black cannot win. So the text move is much more safe! The development of
the knight to a6 is my trademark and I use it in my lines of the Catalan and
Queen's Indian Defence for more than 20 years. Recently a DVD by A. Martin has
appeared - A waiting Game in the Queen's Indian 7...Na6 - you can buy it here
- http://www.chessbase-shop.com/en/products/6587?ref=rf70-5oh0efn840  So, I
repeat, I couldn't have played anything else!}) 8. Nc3 $6 ({Played without
much thinking, although it seemed to me, that Niaz was not prepared for the
move 7...Na6. And it turns out to be that the normal developing move 8.Nc3 is
not an accurate one. Other playable moves for White are} 8. Ne5 {8.Nd4, 8.Nh4
and 8.Ne1.}) 8... Bb4 $1 {Of course! Now the game transposes into one of the
main variations of my line with 7...Na6, usually seen after 7.Nc3 Na6 8.d5 Bb4.
} 9. Bd2 ({Played to avoid doubling of the pawns on c3. Other moves for White
are -} 9. Ne5 {9.Nd4, 9.Nh4, 9.Bg5 and 9.Ng5.}) 9... Nc5 {After this move
White is no longer able to support his advanced pawn d5 by the move e2-e4. And
being under attack, White sooner or later starts having problems defending it.
If White exchanges on e6, then also he must think about equality.} 10. Ne1 ({
Besides the text move White has lot of other options, but everywhere White
needs to fight for equality. I had won most of my games in this position,
allowing only 1 draw.} 10. Nh4 Re8 11. Rc1 (11. Re1 a5 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3
exd5 14. cxd5 Nce4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rc1 Qg5 17. Qd4 Nf6 18. d6 c5 19. Qf4 Qxf4
20. gxf4 Re6 21. Rcd1 Nd5 22. Be5 f6 23. e4 fxe5 24. exd5 Rxd6 25. Rxe5 Rf8 26.
f5 Rh6 $19) 11... a5 12. Re1 (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 a4 14. Re1 d6 15. e4 e5 16.
f3 Ba6 17. Bf1 Bc8 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. Rf2 Rc8 20. Qc2 c6 21. dxc6 Rxc6 22. Ng2 Qb8
{1/2-1/2 Gyimesi,Z-Tiviakov,S/Vlissingen 2002 (22)}) 12... d6 13. Qc2 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Re5 16. e4 c6 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nf3 Re8 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. e5
dxe5 21. Ng5 e4 22. Nxe4 Qe7 23. Nd2 Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Nf1 Bxg2 26. Kxg2
Re4 27. Qd2 h6 28. b3 Re6 29. f3 Ra7 30. Kh3 Kh7 31. Ne3 Rd7 32. Qc2+ g6 33.
Nc4 Rd5 34. f4 Nd3 35. Ne5 Nxe5 36. fxe5 Rdxe5 37. Qf2 Rf5 38. Qd2 Re4 39. Qd3
Rh5+ 40. Kg2 Rhe5 41. Qd6 Re6 42. Qd7 Kg7 43. Kf3 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Re2+ 45. Kf3
Rxh2 46. Qd4+ Rf6+ {0-1 Van Wely,L-Tiviakov,S/Gausdal (Norway) 1992 (46)})
10... Re8 11. dxe6 $146 ({The exchange on e6 is new. Previously White was
trying to defend the pawn on d5. The most famous example is my game against
Razuvaev from 1993, which I believe to be my best game ever. In the current
game I was hoping to repeat that game, unfortunately, my opponent deviated
earlier. After} 11. Nc2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 14. Ne3 (14. Qd3 Nxc3
15. bxc3 c6 16. d6 Re6 17. Bh3 Re5 18. c4 Qe8 19. Rfe1 Rh5 20. Bg2 Qe6 21. Ne3
Re8 22. a4 Ba6 23. Bf3 Rc5 24. Rec1 Qe5 25. a5 b5 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Qa3 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 a6 29. Nc4 Qf5 30. Ne3 Qe6 31. Rd1 g6 32. Nc2 Qc4 33. Nd4 Ba4 34. Ra1
Qxd4 35. Qxa4 Qxd6 36. Qc4 Qe5 37. Ra3 Ra8 38. Qb4 Rb8 39. Qd2 Kg7 40. e3 Rb2
41. Qd4 Qxd4 42. exd4 Ne8 43. d5 c5 44. Re3 Kf8 45. Be2 Ra2 46. Bxa6 Nd6 47.
Be2 Rxa5 48. Bg4 f5 49. Bf3 Ra1+ 50. Kg2 c4 51. Rc3 Kf7 52. Be2 Ra5 53. Rc2 Rc5
54. f4 c3 55. Kf2 Ne4+ 56. Ke3 Ke7 57. Bf3 Nd2 58. Bg2 Kd6 59. Kd3 Nb1 60. h4
h5 61. Bh1 Rb5 62. Kd4 Rb2 63. Kd3 Kc5 64. Rxb2 cxb2 65. Kc2 Nc3 66. Kxb2 Ne2
67. Bf3 Nxg3 68. Kc3 Ne4+ 69. Kd3 Nf6 70. d6 Nd5 {0-1 Agopov,M-Tiviakov,S/
Gausdal 2000 (70)}) 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe3 $3 $15 {Black makes a positional
exchange sacrifice, getting the better position.} 16. fxe3 d6 17. Qd4 Nd7 (
17... Qe7 18. Rf4 Re8 19. e4 Nd7 20. Raf1 Ne5 21. Qa4 a5 22. Qb5 Bc8 23. c4 Bd7
24. Qb3 h6 25. R4f2 Ra8 26. Qc3 a4 27. Rb1 Ra5 28. Qd4 Rc5 29. Rb4 Qg5 30. Rf1
h5 31. Qf2 Qd2 32. Qe1 Qxa2 {0-1 Samarin,I-Chernyshov,K/Briansk 1995/EXT 1998 
(32)}) 18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Raf1 Ne5 20. Be4 Rf8 21. Bd3 Bc8 22. Qe4 g6 23. Rf6 Kg7
24. c4 Bd7 25. h4 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Kxf6 27. Qd4 Re8 28. Kf2 Kg7 29. Ke1 f6 30. Kd2
Ng4 31. e4 Ne5 32. Qc3 Re7 33. Qa3 a5 34. Qb2 Nf7 35. Bc2 Re5 36. Qa3 Kf8 37.
Ba4 Bg4 38. Qd3 Ke7 39. c5 dxc5 40. Qb5 Nd6 41. Qc6 Kd8 42. Bc2 Bc8 43. Qa8 g5
44. Qc6 gxh4 45. gxh4 Rh5 46. e5 fxe5 47. Qa4 e4 48. Qb3 Bb7 49. Qc3 Bxd5 50.
Qf6+ Kd7 51. a4 Kc6 52. Qe7 Kb7 53. Kc3 Bc6 54. Kb2 c4 55. Kc3 Nc8 56. Qf6 Rc5
57. Qh6 Ne7 58. Qxh7 Nd5+ 59. Kd4 c3 60. Bxe4 Nb4 61. Bg6 Bxa4 62. h5 c2 63.
Bxc2 Bxc2 64. Qf7 a4 65. h6 a3 {0-1 Razuvaev,Y-Tiviakov,S/Rostov on Don 
(Russia) 1993 (65)}) (11. Rc1 exd5 12. cxd5 Qe7 13. Nc2 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxe2 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne3 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 a5 18. Rc4 d6 19. Rh4 Bc8 20. Rdd4 Bd7 21. Bf3
Re5 22. Bd1 Kg7 23. Bc2 h6 24. Rdf4 Rh8 25. Rf3 h5 26. Rhf4 Rh6 27. b3 Bg4 28.
Nxg4 hxg4 29. Rxg4+ Kf8 30. Rd4 Re2 31. Rc3 Rh5 32. a3 Rhe5 33. b4 axb4 34.
axb4 Ne4 35. Bxe4 R5xe4 36. Rdd3 Rxb4 37. Rxc7 b5 38. Rd7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 b4 40.
Rxd6 b3 41. Rxf6 b2 42. Rb6 Rc1 43. d6 {1-0 Bacrot,E-Pelletier,Y/Bermuda 1999/
CBM 069 (43)}) (11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 exd5 13. cxd5 Nce4 $15) 11... dxe6 $5 (
11... Rxe6 $11 {was also possible as well.}) 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 {Although the pawn
structure is symmetrical in this position, the game is far away from the draw.
Precise play by White is required to equalise completely.} 13. Nd3 ({After} 13.
a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 Nd6 $15 {Black is slightly better attacking the c4-pawn.})
13... a5 (13... c5 $5 {deserved serious attention as well.}) 14. Qc2 ({White
cannot play} 14. a3 {immediately since after} Bxc3 15. Bxc3 a4 $15 {the pawn
on c4 will become weak.} ({or} 15... Ne4 $5 {first, and only them a4})) 14...
e5 ({White slowly but surely is finishing the development of his pieces. So
Black is trying to get some space in the centre by playing e6-e5. After} 14...
Nd6 15. Ne5 (15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 $11) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nfe4 17. f3 Nxc3 18.
Qxc3 $11 {White should achieve full equality.}) 15. a3 $6 ({And again in this
game a normal natural move becomes a mistake. Playing a2-a3, forcing Black to
exchange on c3, White loses a very important tempo allowing Black to regroup
his pieces and achieve a desirable setup.} 15. Rfd1 {was necessary, when after}
Bd6 (15... Qe7 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 $14) (15... Qd7 16. Nxb4 (
16. Bg5 $11) 16... axb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 $14) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 $11
{the position is equal.}) 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd7 {Now Black has a small plus,
later putting the pawn on c5, taking advantage of the misplaced position of
the Nd3 which should stand on e3 or c3, planning to occupy the square d5. But
to carry out such transfer is a very difficult task for White.} 17. b4 ({
Playing} 17. Rfd1 $142 {first White could have forced the black queen to
occupy the e7-square. In the game Black managed to put the queen on the better
square c7.} Qe7 18. b4 c5 {etc}) 17... c5 $1 18. Rfd1 Qc7 19. bxa5 ({White
doesn't feel the dangers of his position... Playing} 19. b5 Nd6 20. Ne1 $11 {
with idea Ne1-g2-e3, White could have hoped to equalise the position.}) 19...
bxa5 $1 ({A very strong move, showing deep positional understanding. After} 
19... Nxa5 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 $11 {White would have an easy task defending his
weaknesses on a3 and c4.}) 20. Nb2 ({After} 20. Rab1 Nd6 21. Nb2 Nb6 {[%csl
Ga4,Gb5,Gb7,Gc4,Gd5,Gd7,Ge4,Gf5]} 22. Qd3 Nb7 $15 {[%csl Ga4,Ga5,Gc4,Gc5,Gd5,
Gd6,Gd7,Gd8] we get a similar type of the position to that in the game, where
Black's pair of knights dominate the opposite B+N. The knights on b7 and b6
are situated perfectly, covering all the penetration squares in the black
position. This is a very rare example of the domination of the pair of knights!
}) 20... Nb6 21. Rd2 Qc6 ({Maybe not the most accurate move, missing the next
move and plan of the opponent.} 21... e4 $5 {looks the most promising for
Black, although in the game I wanted to keep the pawn on e5 for a while,
keeping the control over the d4-square and limiting the activity of the white
bishop.} 22. Rdd1 $15 {/\Bc3-d2-e3, /\Bc3-d2-f4}) (21... a4 22. Qe4 Re6 23.
Rad1 Nd6 24. Qf3 f6 25. h4 $15 {with slightly better position for Black also
deserved attention.}) 22. Qb3 $1 ({A very good defensive resource found by my
opponent. After} 22. Rad1 e4 23. e3 a4 $17 {[%csl Ga4,Ga5,Ga6,Ga7,Ga8,Gb3,Gb4,
Gb5,Gb6,Gb7,Gb8,Gc4,Gc5,Gc6,Gc7,Gc8,Gd3,Gd4,Gd5,Gd6,Gd7,Gd8,Ge4,Ge5,Ge6,Ge7,
Ge8,Gf3] we again see the complete domination of Black! All the squares
highlighted in green are being controlled by Black's pieces. White pieces are
locked entirely to the last ranks in his half of the board.}) 22... a4 ({
It is tempting to try to prevent White from playing Qb3-b5, unfortunately
Black cannot make it work.} 22... Nd6 23. Rad1 Ne4 24. Rd3 a4 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26.
cxb5 c4 27. Re3 $11 {and White is OK.}) ({or} 22... e4 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. e3 a4
25. Rb1 f6 26. Nd1 Nxc4 27. Qxb7 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 $13 {with an unclear position.})
23. Qb5 Qxb5 ({Probably, it was better to play} 23... Rac8 $5 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 $15
{, followed by f6, Kg8-f7-e6, Nd6, ><c4 with advantage.}) 24. cxb5 f6 ({After} 
24... e4 $5 {White plays} 25. Rdd1 $15 {followed by Bc3-d2-e3, creating
counterplay attacking the pawn on c5. During the game already at that moment I
had a plan to put the rook on e6, king on e7 and play Nd6 to attack the pawn
b5, which I had thought would be winning... Unfortunately, the game is far
from over and White has defensive resources.}) 25. e4 ({After} 25. Kg2 Red8 26.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 $15 {Black brings his king into the centre with advantage.}) 25...
Kf7 26. Rad1 Re6 27. Kg2 Ke7 28. Nc4 $2 ({Also my opponent obviously thought
he had a lost position, so he made a desperate attempt to save the game by
complicating matters. But the analysis engine keeps a cool head and saves the
game for White after the simple} 28. Rc2 Nd6 (28... Rd6 29. Rdc1 {/\Bc3-d2-e3})
(28... Nc8 29. Nc4 $11) 29. Bd2 Nd7 (29... Nxe4 30. Be3 $11) 30. Be3 $11 {
and it is not clear how Black can make any progress. After the text move White
is in serious trouble.}) 28... Nxc4 29. Rd7+ Ke8 30. Rxb7 ({Or} 30. Rxg7 Rd8
31. Rg8+ Ke7 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Rc7 Nd6 $19 {with an easy win for
Black}) 30... Re7 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 {White has 2 weak pawns: a3 and b5 and cannot
defend both of them.} 32. Rd5 (32. Ra1 Rb8 $19 {loses as well.}) 32... Rc8 33.
Bd2 $2 (33. Be1 {would be a much more stubborn defence, but White should lose
after} Nxa3 ({or} 33... Ke6 34. Rd3 Nd6 35. Rc3 Nxe4 36. Rc4 Nd6 37. Rxa4 Nxb5
38. Ra6+ Kd5 39. a4 Nd6 $17) 34. b6 Ke6 35. Ba5 Nc4 36. b7 Rb8 37. Rxc5 Nd6 38.
Rc6 Rxb7 39. Ra6 Kd7 40. Bb6 Nxe4 41. Rxa4 Nd6 $17) 33... Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35.
Be3 $6 (35. Bc1 Kc7 36. Kf3 Nd6 37. Ke3 Kb6 38. Kd3 Kxb5 $19 {was better, but
Black should win without any problems.}) 35... Nxa3 36. b6 {And not waiting
for my reply, White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "1998.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shvidler, Eliahu"]
[Black "Tsesarsky, Ilya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1998.01.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc8 $1 (
7... Ne4 $2 8. Nfd2 $1 f5 (8... Nd6 $4 9. c5 $1 $18) 9. Nxe4 fxe4 (9... Bxe4
10. Bxe4 fxe4 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 c6 14. Nxe4 $16) 10. Nc3 d5 11.
Bh3 $16) (7... c5 8. d5 exd5 9. Nh4 Ne4 10. cxd5 $1 $16) 8. Nc3 (8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. Rc1 c5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. d5 e5 (14... exd5
15. cxd5 a6 16. Nbd4 Bf6 17. Nf5 Qc7 $132) 15. h4 a6 16. Na3 Nf6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Piket,J-Salov,V/Wijk op 1993 (24)}) (8. Qc2 Be4 9. Qb3 d5 $11 (9... c5 10. Nc3
Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nc6 12. d5 Nd4 13. Qd1 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 h6 (14... d6 15. dxe6 fxe6
16. Qe2 e5 17. f4 $11) 15. f4 Re8 (15... Qb8 $132) 16. d6 Bf8 17. g4 Qc6 18. g5
$132 {1-0 Tolush Alexander-Simagin Vladimir/Tournament 1947 (56)})) (8. Ne5 $6
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qb7+ $132 10. f3 (10. Nf3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 10... c5 11. dxc5
bxc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Nd3 Nc6 14. e4 Rab8 15. b3 Nd7 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rc1 a6 18.
Qd2 h6 19. Bf4 Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Rcd1 Rfd8 22. Na4 Qc6 23. Nb2 a5 24. h4
a4 25. Nxa4 Nxc4 26. Qc1 Nb6 $2 (26... Ne5 $15) 27. Nxb6 Rxb6 (27... Qxb6 28.
e5 Be7 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Rd1 $132) 28. e5 dxe5 $6 (
28... Be7 29. exd6 Bxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxd6 Qxd6 32. Rd1 $11) 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8
30. Bxe5 Qd5 31. Qb2 f6 32. Bc3 e5 33. Re2 Bc7 34. Rd2 Qe6 $138 {1-0 Bykhovsky,
A-Tsesarsky,I/Grand Prix 1997 rapid,Ashkelon,Israel.}) 8... Ne4 (8... Bb4 $6 9.
Bd2 d6 10. d5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 a5 13. Bxb4 axb4 14. Nd4 $16 {
1-0 Kallai-Enders/Köbanya op/SW,26,19 1987 (43)}) 9. Bd2 (9. Qc2 f5 (9... Nxc3
10. Qxc3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 $132) 10. b3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 a5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Na6
14. Qd2 Be4 15. b4 Qb7 16. b5 Nb8 17. a4 d6 18. Bh3 Qc8 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5
Nd7 (20... Rd8 21. Qc1 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 bxc5 $132) 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. c6 Nc5 23.
Qe3 $14 (23. Qb2 $2 Bxf3 24. exf3 Nd3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Alatortsev,V-Makogonov,V/
URS-ch10 Tbilisi 1937 (52)})) 9... f5 10. d5 (10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Rc1 Qb7 $11 (
11... d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bf4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. b4 $14)) 10... Na6 11. Nxe4
(11. Rc1 Nac5 $132 (11... Bf6 $132)) 11... fxe4 12. Ng5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14.
Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nc5 $11 (15... d5 $2 16. Bg5 $1 $16) (15... Nc5 16. Nxc5 (
16. Bf4 Nxe4 17. Qd5+ Rf7 18. Qxe4 c6 19. Qa4 d5 20. Rad1 (20. Rac1 c5 $132)
20... Qb7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Raf8 $11) 16... Bxc5 (16... bxc5 17. Bc3 d6 18.
e4 Qe6 19. Qd5 $14) 17. Bf4 Rf7 18. Rc1 c6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Beersheba 16th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1997.02.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.02.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Petursson} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Bd2
f5 8. d5 Bf6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nxe4 $6 $146 {As usually Kortschnoj tries new ways
in the opening. I think that 10.Nxe4 is an unsuccesfull experiment.} (10. O-O {
and 10.Rd1 played many times before}) 10... fxe4 11. Qxe4 Bxb2 $6 (11... exd5
$1 12. Qxe7+ (12. Qf4 Na6 $1 (12... dxc4 13. Qxc7 d5 14. Qxe7+ Kxe7 15. Bc3 {
[%csl Yd4]} d4 16. Bb4+ {Black doesn't have good place for K}) 13. Nd4 O-O (
13... g5 14. Qe3) 14. Nf5 Qc5 $15 (14... Qe6 15. Nd4 Qe7 $11)) 12... Kxe7 13.
cxd5 (13. Bg5 dxc4) 13... Bxd5 $15) 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 $6 (13... O-O $2
14. Bb4) (13... Na6 $142 $5 14. Nb3 O-O $15) 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qg4 d6 16. c5 $1
O-O (16... dxc5 $6 17. d6 cxd6 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Qe6+ Kf8 21. Qxd6+
Kf7 22. O-O h6 (22... Re8 23. Qxc5) 23. f4 $5 (23. Be3 Qe4 24. Rb3 $44 {
[%cal Gf2f3]}) 23... e4 (23... hxg5 24. fxg5+ Ke8 25. Rbd1 $18) 24. f5 hxg5 25.
Qg6+ Kg8 26. f6 Qf7 (26... Na6 27. fxg7 Rh7 28. Rf8+ $2 Rxf8 29. Qxh7+ (29.
gxf8=R+ Kxf8 30. Rf1+ Rf7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 $11) 29... Kxh7 30. gxf8=Q $18) 27. Qxe4
gxf6 28. Qxa8 Kg7 $14 (28... Qe7 $5)) 17. c6 (17. cxd6 $5 cxd6 18. O-O Na6 19.
a4 $13 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 17... Bc8 18. Qa4 a5 $15 {[%cal Gb8a6,Ga6c5]} 19. O-O
Na6 20. Qa3 e4 21. Qe3 Bf5 22. Bc3 Rae8 23. Rbd1 Qf7 24. Qd4 Nc5 25. Qc4 (25.
f4 e3 (25... exf3 26. exf3 Re2 27. Rf2 Rfe8 28. Rxe2 Rxe2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30.
Bxe1 Qf6 $11) 26. h3 (26. Rf3 $2 Re4 {[%csl Rd4]}) (26. Bf3 Re7 $1 $15 {
[%cal Ge7g7,Gf8e8,Gf5e4]} (26... Be4 $6 27. Bh5 Bg6 28. Bxg6 Qxg6 (28... hxg6
$5) 29. f5 $132)) 26... Be4 $15) 25... Qh5 {[%cal Gf5h3]} 26. Bd4 Bh3 27. f4
exf3 28. exf3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Re7 30. Rd2 Rfe8 31. Rff2 Qg5 32. Bc3 $2 {[%cal
Ge7e3] white missed control on <->e} (32. Rde2 $142 h6 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge7e2]}
33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Rb2 {[%cal Rd4c5]} Qf5 35. Bxc5 bxc5 36. g4 $132) 32... h6
33. Qd4 (33. Bd4 $142 {with idea to have possibility to change Nc5}) 33... Qg6
$17 34. h4 $2 {[%csl Rg3]} Re3 35. h5 {White destroyed his position in few
moves} (35. Ba1 Nd3 $19) (35. Rd1 {Petursson} Nd3 (35... Ne4 $2 36. Qxe3 Qxg3+
37. Kf1 $18) 36. h5 Qh7 37. Rff1 Re2+ 38. Kh1 Ne5 $15) 35... Qg5 $19 {[%cal
Gc5e4] The white's position is unprotected Suddenly White has no defence
against a very strong threat. It is very important to protect the rook on e3
with the queen!} 36. Rd1 (36. Rc2 Ne4 (36... Rd3 $19) 37. fxe4 Rxg3+ 38. Kf1
Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ 40. Kd3 Rg3+ 41. Kd2 Rxe4 $19) 36... Ne4 (36... Ne4 37. fxe4
Rxg3+ 38. Kf1 Rg1+ 39. Ke2 Qg4+ {]}) 0-1

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Uhlmann/Taimanov"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 $5 {
Uhlmann=:U} exd5 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd3 (11. dxc6 dxc6 {
Taimanov=:T}) 11... d6 12. Nc3 (12. a4 a6 13. Nc3 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8
Qxa8 {T}) 12... a6 13. Bf4 (13. a4 $142 {U}) 13... b5 14. a4 b4 15. Nd1 (15.
Nb1 a5 16. Nd2 Ba6 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Qc2 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nb6 20. Qb5 Bf6 {T}) 15...
a5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Be4 g6 19. Bd3 $17 {U} Nb6 20. Bh6 (20. Ne3 g5 {T
}) (20. e4 Bf6 21. Rc1 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 c4 $1 {T}) 20... Re8 21. Ne3 Bf6 22. Rad1
Qc8 $1 {T} 23. Kg2 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 (24. Qxd3 Qa6 {U}) 24... Ra7 {P 25... ae7 T}
25. Nc4 Nxc4 26. Qxc4 Rae7 27. Rf3 Re4 28. Qb5 Qd8 $1 {U/T} 29. Be3 $2 {T} (29.
Re3 $142 {U} g5 {T}) 29... Bd4 $1 {T} 30. Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rd3 (31. e3 Rxd5 (31...
Rd2) 32. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 33. Qc4 {T}) 31... Rde4 32. e3 h5 33. h4 Kg7 $2 {T ?! U}
(33... g5 $142 {U/T} 34. hxg5 h4 {U}) 34. Rc1 $2 {U/T} (34. Re1 g5 35. f3 {U/T}
) 34... g5 35. hxg5 h4 36. Rc4 (36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. f4 Qc8 $19 {U}) 36... Qxg5
37. Rxe4 Rxe4 38. Qd7 Qg6 {U/T} 39. Rd1 hxg3 40. Rg1 Rh4 $1 {T} 0-1

