[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {This is especially designed to avoid McShane´s
Sveshnikov Variation, which he knows quite well.} d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 {
An interesting way to take advantage of white´s rigid play in the opening.
During my prep for the game, I noticed McShane had used 5...e5 a number of
times. I had looked at a few games, but I only made my mind up after
considerable thought.} 6. Nxc6 {Every logical knight retreat is possible, but
the only critical move must be} (6. Nf5 $5 {In this way white will get a grip
on the light squares by forcing black to part away with the c8 bishop. Of
course, matters are never so easy, and black gets a nice mobile center.
Moreover, many times the f5 pawn is lost as well.} Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8. g4 h5 9.
Be3 hxg4 10. Qxg4 Nf6 (10... d5 $5 {Is what I was looking at during the game.
The position is very complicated.} 11. O-O-O d4 $13) 11. Qa4 d5 12. O-O-O d4
13. f4 O-O-O 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb5 Qxf5 17. Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4
Nxe5 19. Rd1 $2 (19. Qxa7 $16) 19... Kb8 20. Nd5 Be7 21. Kb1 Qe6 22. Qc3 $2 Bd6
23. a4 Rxh2 24. a5 Qh3 $17 {1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A-Sherbakov,V/Omsk 1996/CBM 57 (24)
}) 6... bxc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 {This is how Ponomariov played. The
white queen does a nice job here, controlling many key squares.} h6 $1 (9...
O-O $6 10. O-O-O {Is how the Ponomariov game continued. The threat to capture
on f6 is very annoying.} Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Kh8 13. Rhf1 Rb8 14. f5 Bxc4
15. Qxc4 Qb6 16. b3 {with an indisputable advantage for white.} a5 17. Rf3 Rbc8
18. Na4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nb6 Rc7 21. c3 Rg8 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 bxc3 24.
Rd3 Rb7 25. Nc8 Bf8 26. Rxc3 d5 27. Rxc6 dxe4 28. Nb6 Kg7 29. Nd5 Kh6 30. Nxf6
Ba3+ 31. Kd2 Kg5 32. Nxe4+ Kxf5 33. Rc4 Be7 34. g4+ Ke6 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. a4 Bb4
37. Kd3 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Kd3 Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rb8 41. Nc5+ Bxc5 42. Rxc5 Rg8
43. Rc4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxg2+ 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. a5 Rxh5 47. a6 Rh8 48. b4 Ra8 49. b5
f5 50. b6 Rxa6 51. b7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Moiseenko,A/Kramatorsk 2001}) 10. Bh4
Rb8 11. O-O-O (11. Bb3 Qb6 12. Bxf6 (12. O-O-O g5 {game}) 12... Ba6 $1 13. Qd2
Bxf6 14. Qxd6 Rd8 15. Qa3 Be7 $17 {Does not achieve its aim, which would be to
force black to take back on f6 with a pawn.}) 11... g5 {Black opts for
stopping Bxf6 in a drastic way. Now he will have to work quickly in order to
compensate for his weak kingside pawn structure.} 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Bb3 Ba6 14.
Qd2 {White has more or less been forced up to here. With the following move
black goes for the bishop pair, before white gets his g3 bishop back into the
game through f3 - Bf2.} Nh5 15. f3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 {After the game, both my
opponent and I believed white was better here, but black´s defensive resources
should not be underestimated.} Kf8 $1 {The kings looks for shelter on g7.} 17.
Rh5 {This move does nothing to fight for the initiative. White has one of two
plans: get a knight to f5, but not allow a queen exchange, so as to be able to
attack the weak black king; attack straight away along the f file.
Unfortunately, things are not that easy.} (17. Kb1 {Would be the most logical
follow up, opening up lines against the black king.} Kg7 18. f4 f6 $1 {Black
is not willing to go down without putting up a fight. Now 19.fxe5 will be
answered by 19...fxe5, when the position is very solid, but there is no other
way. Nonetheless, there is a nuance which makes it possible to keep on
pressing.} 19. Na4 $1 {White needs to have access to the f2 square for his
queen. During the game I had not noticed how strong this move was.} Qb7 20. Qf2
Bb5 $1 {Black tries to defend against fxe5, but keeping active play of his own.
} 21. fxe5 $1 {White carries out his plan anyway.} (21. Nc3 Bc4 $1 22. Qf3 Bxb3
23. cxb3 Qc8 $13 {does not get white anywhere.}) 21... Bxa4 (21... dxe5 22. Qf5
$16) 22. exf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxd6 Rbf8 $8 {only move.} (23... Qe7 24. Rxf6 Bxb3 (
24... Qxf6 25. Qxa7+ $16) 25. Rf1 Be6 26. Qd4 $18 {is killing for white.}) 24.
Qf5 Bxb3 25. Rd7+ (25. axb3 Qb5 $17) (25. e5 Qe7 (25... Bxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Qf7+ 27.
e6 Qe8 {maybe black can hold, but it is scary.}) 26. exf6+ Rxf6 27. Rxf6 (27.
Rd7 Rxf5 28. Rxe7+ Bf7 $19) 27... Qxf6 28. Qxf6+ Kxf6 29. cxb3 Kf5 {with good
counterplay.}) 25... Qxd7 26. Qxd7+ Bf7 27. Rf1 (27. Qxc6 $6 Rb8 28. b3 Rhe8 {
black takes all his pieces out.}) 27... c5 {For the time being, black´s army
is very discoordinated, but that might change if white does not take
advantagee quickly. I would say the position remains complicated.} (27... Re8
28. Qf5 $18) 28. Qd6 (28. c3 Re8 $1 29. Qf5 Re6 30. e5 $2 Bg6 $19) 28... Bc4) (
17. f4 {straight away would be great, were it not for the unfortunate position
of the white king on c1.} gxf4 18. gxf4 exf4 {and Qxf4 is not possible because
of the Bg5 pin. On top of that, Qe3 is threatened.} 19. Rh3 Bc8 $1 20. Rf3 Bg4
21. Rxf4 Bxd1 22. Rxf7+ Ke8 23. Qxd1 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Rxb3 $17) 17... Kg7 18. Rdh1
(18. Ne2 {, planning 19.g4 and 20.Ng3 is well met by Qf2.} Qf2) 18... Qd4 $1 {
Black´s problems are over. Once the queens are off, the weakness of black´s
king is no longer a factor.} 19. Nd1 Qxd2+ 20. Kxd2 Bd8 21. Ne3 Bc8 22. g4 {
The ending, because of the of the opposite colored bishops, is dead equal.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 16th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2000.02.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szelag, Marcin"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {I have chosen this
opening against Marcin because he was only heading for Be2 systems.} 6. g4 $5 {
After along thought.} a6 7. g5 $6 {Well this is not the main idea.} (7. Be3
$142 Nge7 $5) 7... h6 8. gxh6 Nxh6 (8... g6 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Bxh6 Rxh6 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. Qd2 d5 13. O-O-O Rxh4 14. Rxh4 Qxh4 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17.
Qxd5 Ra7 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qd6 Ne7 20. Bxa6 $44) 9. Rg1 (9. h4 Be7 10. Bg5 Ng8 (
10... f6 11. Be3 Nf7 12. h5 g5 $13) 11. Rg1 Bxg5 12. hxg5 Nge7 $13) (9. Be3
Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qd2 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 $13) 9... Bd7 10. Be3 $6
(10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nf7 12. Rg2 g5) 10... Ng8 11. h3 $6 ({Of course h3 is not
the most exact way to meet blacks idea.} 11. Rg2 $142) 11... Nf6 12. Nb3 $6 (
12. Qe2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Rc8 (14... Bxh3 $6 15. Bxh3 Rxh3 16. Bg5 $132)
) (12. Qd2 b5) 12... b5 13. a3 Rc8 14. f4 e5 15. Qd2 Na5 $6 (15... exf4 16.
Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nd4 (17. Qe3 $2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 Rxh3 20. Qd4 Be6 $19) (
17. Rg3 $2 Rxc3 $1) 17... Qb6 18. O-O-O b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 $40) 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17.
Bg2 $6 (17. O-O-O b4 18. Na2 $8 (18. Nd5 $2 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qa4) 18... Qa4 (18...
Nxe4 $2 19. Qxb4 Qxb4 20. Nxb4 $14) 19. Nxb4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 a5 (20... Nc3 $2 21.
bxc3 Qxa3+ 22. Kd2 Bb5 23. Ra1 Qb2 24. Rb1 Qxb1 25. Qxb5+ axb5 26. Bxb5+ Ke7
27. Rxb1 $18) 21. Nd5 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. fxe5 Rh5 24. Nb6 Qf4+ 25. Qd2 Qxd2+
26. Rxd2 Rhxe5 27. Nxd7 Kxd7 $11) 17... Rh5 $5 {Very similar to A.
Ivanov-Atalik, Chicago(US Masters) 1997.} 18. O-O-O (18. f5 Rc4 $5) 18... exf4
$2 (18... Bxh3 $2 19. Bf3 exf4 (19... Rh7 20. f5) 20. Bxh5 fxe3 21. Qxe3 Rxc3
22. bxc3 Qxa3+ 23. Kd2 Be6 24. Bf3 $18) (18... b4 $1 19. axb4 (19. Na2 exf4 20.
Bxf4 bxa3) (19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 $2 Bf5 $19) 20... Qa4 21. b3 Qxa3+
22. Kb1 Be6 23. Bc1 $3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 g6 $17) 19... Qxb4 $40 (19... Qa1+ 20. Nb1
Ba4 21. c3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 a5 23. bxa5 Qxa5 $44)) 19. Bxf4 $6 {This move came
very fast.} (19. Bd4 {should be seriously considered.} Bxh3 $5 (19... f3 $2 20.
Bxf3 Rxh3 21. Bxf6 Rxf3 22. Bxg7) (19... Be7 20. Bxf6 (20. Qxf4 Be6 21. Qg3 g6
$13) 20... Bxf6 21. Qxd6 Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Re5 $5 $40 (23... Bxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qc3+ $11)) 20. Bxh3 (20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxh3 Rxh3 22. Nd5 Qxd2+ 23. Rxd2
Bh6 $17) 20... Rxh3 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rg8 Rc6 $15 (22... Rhxc3 $4 23. Qxd6 $18)
) 19... Rhc5 20. Kb1 (20. Bxd6 b4 $1 (20... Bxd6 21. Qxd6 Rxc3 (21... b4 22.
Nd5 (22. axb4 Qxb4 23. Qd4 (23. Rd4 Qa5 $40) 23... Qa5 $40)) 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23.
Qd3 $8 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qe5 $44) 21. axb4 (21. Bxf8 bxa3 $3 22. Kb1 (22. b3 Rxc3
$19) (22. b4 Qxb4 23. Qd6 Qb2+ 24. Kd2 Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Bb5+ $19) (22. Bxc5 axb2+
23. Kxb2 Rb8+ $19) 22... axb2 23. Na2 Kxf8 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 $19) 21... Qa1+ 22.
Nb1 Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Ba4+ 25. Kc1 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Qa4
$19) 20... Rxc3 21. bxc3 Qxa3 22. e5 $2 $138 (22. Bxd6 b4 $1 (22... Bxd6 23.
Qxd6 Qxc3 24. Qd3 (24. Qd2 Qa3 25. Qd3 Qb4+ 26. Qb3 Qa5) 24... Qb4+ 25. Qb3 Qa5
26. e5 Be6 27. Qb2 Nd7 28. Bd5 Nc5 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Rg3 $14) 23. Bxf8 (23.
Bxb4 $2 Bxb4 24. cxb4 Rc4 $19) (23. cxb4 Be6 (23... Bxd6 $2 24. Qxd6 Rc4 25.
Rd4 $18) (23... Rc4 $2 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Qd6+ Kg8 26. Rd4 $16) 24. c4 Rd8 (
24... Rxc4 25. Qb2 Qxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Nxe4 (26... Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Rxb4+ $44) 27. Bxe4
Rxe4 $11) 25. Qd3 Qxd3+ 26. Rxd3 Rxd6 $15) 23... Be6 24. c4 Kxf8 (24... Bxc4 $2
25. Qxb4 Qa2+ 26. Kc1 $19) 25. Qd3 Rxc4 26. Qxa3 bxa3 $36) 22... Be6 $19 23. c4
bxc4 24. Bb7 c3 0-1

[Event "Pula op 19th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2005.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Predojevic, Borki"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[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"]

1. e4 c5 {I did not touch to Sicilians for a long time but I was ready to
fight.} 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 $5 {That has taken me
surprised.} ({My preparation was based on the following lines.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
f3) 6... a6 7. Be3 ({My only experience with the was} 7. g5 $6 h6 8. gxh6 Nxh6
9. Rg1 Bd7 10. Be3 $6 Ng8 $1 $17 {Szelag-Atalik,Cappelle La Grande 2000.}) 7...
Nge7 8. Nb3 {After this I have started to calculate.} b5 (8... Na5 $6 9. Na4 $1
$16) (8... Bd7 $5 {is every interesting because maybe I need this bishop on d7
rather than b7.} 9. Qd2 (9. f4 Na5 10. Qd2 b5 $1 (10... Nec6 $6 11. Nxa5 Qxa5
12. Qf2 $16) 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. Qf2 Rb8) 9... Na5 10. O-O-O Nec6) (
8... d5 $6 9. Bg2 dxe4 10. Bxe4 (10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Bxe4 Bd7 12. Na5 (12. O-O-O
Bc6 13. Rhe1 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15. Bc5 $14) 12... Nec6 (12... Rc8 13. Nxb7 Nxb7
14. Bxb7 Rb8 15. Bxa6 Rxb2 $16) 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nb6 $16)) 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qd2 {
After this the rabbit-hearted kid offered a draw. I have thought for sometime
say like 10 minutes and started to weight the consequences. With a draw I
would play Savic with white next round and if I would win it means that I also
win the tournament I have said to myself which has eventually became true. But
what happens if I lose? In that case not only I would destroy my tournament
situation but next day my name would go to Bosnian newspapers next day with
titles praising this kid. No I am not that brave!} (10. Qd2 g5 {was my
intention.} (10... Nc8 $2 11. Qf2) 11. O-O-O $1 (11. fxg5 $2 Ne5 12. Be2 b4 13.
Na4 Bxe4 14. O-O Nd5 $17) (11. f5 $2 Ne5 12. O-O-O b4 13. Na4 Bxe4 $17) 11...
gxf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 (12... Ne5 $2 13. Na5 $1 $16 (13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. Qf2 Qc8 $8))
13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 16. Rd2 Rag8 $1 17. Nc5 Bc8 $44) (10.
Qf3 $6 g5 $1 11. fxg5 Ne5 $44 {is known since Shirov-Polgar,Buenos Aires})
1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "San Diego"]
[Date "2004.12.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.11.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. Qd2 Ne5 10. Be2 N7c6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. f4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nd4 Qc7
15. Kb1 O-O 16. g5 Bd7 17. Ka1 Rfb8 18. h4 Qb7 19. Rb1 Na7 20. g6 Nb5 21. gxf7+
Kxf7 22. f5 e5 23. Nde2 Bc6 24. Rhg1 Bxe4 25. Bg5 Bf8 26. f6 g6 27. Bh6 Nxc3
28. bxc3 Qd5 29. Qe3 Rxb1+ 30. Kxb1 Rb8+ 31. Kc1 Qb7 32. Bxf8 Qb2+ 33. Kd2
Qxc2+ 34. Ke1 Rxf8 35. Qh6 Bf3 36. Qg7+ Ke6 37. Qe7+ Kf5 $4 ({A terrible
mistake severely punished by Shabalov. Essential was Ein schrecklicher Fehler,
der von Shabalov drastisch bestraft wird. Erforderlich war} 37... Kd5 38. Qb7+
Ke6 39. Qe7+ $11 ({after nach} 39. Qxf3 Rxf6 40. Qb7 Qxa2 {Black has more than
sufficient compensation for the knight. hat Schwarz mehr als ausreichende
Kompensation für den Springer.})) {[%tqu "En","How can White finish his
attack?","Open the e-file.","Sacrifice your knight!","e2d4","This beautiful
move wins on the spot.",6,"g1g5","",0,"De","Wie kann Weiß seinen Angriff
abschließen?","Öffnen Sie die e-Linie.","Opfern Sie Ihren Springer!","e2d4",
"Dieser wunderschöne Zug gewinnt auf der Stelle.",6,"g1g5","",0]} 38. Nd4+ $3 {
[%csl Rc2,Gd4,Ge7,Rf5,Gg1]} ({This amazing knight sacrifice decides the
outcome of this dramatic game in White's favor. Krush was probably expecting
Dieses verblüffende Springeropfer entscheidet den Ausgang dieser dramatischen
Partie zugunsten von Weiß. Krush erwartete vermutlich} 38. Rg5+ Ke4 39. Qb7+
Ke3 40. Qb6+ Ke4 41. Qb7+ Ke3 (41... d5 $4 {is refuted by wird widerlegt durch}
42. Rxe5+ Kxe5 43. Qe7+ Kf5 44. Nd4+) 42. Qb6+ {, with a draw by perpetual.
mit Remis durch Dauerschach.}) 38... exd4 ({Leads to a spectacular mate final,
but if Führt zu einem spektakulären Mattfinale, aber} 38... Ke4 39. Nxc2 {
, losing the queen. verlöre die Dame.}) 39. Rg5+ Kf4 40. Qxd6+ Ke3 41. Qxd4#
1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Euwe Memorial"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.05.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 (6. f4 $5)
6... b5 7. a3 (7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O Ne7 9. f4 Nbc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12.
Qb6 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Qxb6 13. Bxb6 $14 {Sisniega,M-Vera,R Linares NL 1/4 30
1992}) 7... h6 $5 (7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 $13) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O (9.
Be3 Nd7 10. Qe2 Rc8 $132) 9... Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Be3 (11. a4 $2 b4 12. Na2
Ngf6 $15) (11. Qf3 $5 {Ftacnik /\ Qh3}) 11... g5 $5 (11... Ngf6 12. g5 Rxc3 13.
bxc3 Nxe4 $44) 12. Qe2 $6 (12. Qf3 gxf4 13. Qxf4 Ngf6 $13) (12. fxg5 hxg5 13.
Qd2 Be7 $13) (12. f5 {Ftacnik} e5 13. Nde2 Ngf6 $13) 12... gxf4 13. Rxf4 e5 14.
Rf5 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Nd5 (16. Bxe5 dxe5 17. Rxe5+ Ne7 18. Nd5 (18. Rd1 {
Ftacnik} Qc7 $17) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 Bg7 $17) 16... Bg7 17. Raf1 Rh7 (17...
Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 f6 $17) 18. Kh1 Bh8 (18... Ne7 {Ftacnik} 19. Nf6+
Bxf6 20. Rxf6 $15) 19. c3 Ne7 20. Bxe5 (20. Nf6+ {Ftacnik} Bxf6 21. Rxf6 $15)
20... dxe5 (20... Bxe5 $2 21. Rxe5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. exd5+ Qe7 24. Qf2 $14
) 21. Qf3 (21. Nf6+ {Ftacnik} Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Rc6 $17) 21... Nxf5 $2 (21... Bxd5
22. exd5 Nxf5 23. Qxf5 Rg7 {Ftacnik} 24. d6 Qd7 25. Qxe5+ Kf8 26. Bd5 Re8 $1
$19) 22. Qxf5 Rg7 23. Nf6+ Kf8 24. Nd7+ Kg8 $2 (24... Ke7 25. Qxe5+ (25. Qf6+
Ke8 $19) (25. Nxe5 Qd6 (25... Qb6 $17) 26. Nxf7 Qe6 $19) (25. Rd1 Rg5 $19)
25... Kxd7 26. Rd1+ Kc6 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Ftacnik} 28. Qf6+ Kc7 29. Qe7+ Kc8 30.
Bf3 Rg6 $17) 25. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Sicilian"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1994.10.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.10.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 (6... h6
7. h4 a6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nf6
14. Nxe7 Qxe7 $13 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G (14)/ Wch-KK2 Moscow/ 1985/ 1/2-1/2/ 32}
) (6... Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Rg1 Be6 12. g5 Nd7
13. O-O-O Qa5 $10 {Luther,T-Stoica,V/Eforie-Nord/1989/1/2-1/2/ 59}) 7. Be3 Nge7
8. Nb3 (8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 b5 (10... Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qa5
13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5 Nb4 18. Bd2 Qb6 {1/2
Luther,T-Vogt,L Altensteig (01) 1992}) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. h4 $13 {Todorovic,
G-Cebalo,M/JUG/1988/1:0 (58)}) 8... b5 (8... Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4
h6 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Be2 Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd3 $14 {Bologan,
V-Frolov,A URS-ch (07) 1991 1-0 40}) 9. f4 (9. Qe2 Na5 10. O-O-O (10. Bg2 Bb7
11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 $14 {Lanka,Z-Yermolinsky,A/ Luzern WchT/
1993/ 1/2 26}) 10... Nc4 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rd4 (12. Kb1 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rxc4 $5
Qxc4 14. Qxc4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc6 16. f5 Ne5 17. Na5 $2 (17. Be2 $8 Be7 18. Na5
Bc8 19. Na4 Bd8 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. Bxb6 h5 $1 $15 {Salov}) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4
Rc8 19. Na5 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4 $17 {Shirov,A-Salov,V/Linares/1993/0:1 (40)})
9... Bb7 10. Qf3 (10. Bg2 Na5 (10... Ng6 $5) 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2) 10... g5 $1
$146 (10... Na5 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ (11... Nc4 $2 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. f5
$16) 12. axb3 $2 (12. cxb3 $5 Rc8 13. Kb1 Nc6 $13) 12... Rc8 13. h4 Nc6 14. g5
(14. Kb1 Nb4 $1) 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bd4 (16. Qf2 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa2+ 18.
Kc1 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxc2+ 20. Ke1 Qxb2 $17) 16... d5 $1 $15 {Shirov,A-Kasparov,G
Novgorod (06) 1994 1/2 48 - CBM 43}) (10... b4 $2 11. Na4 Nc8 12. O-O-O $16)
11. fxg5 (11. O-O-O gxf4 12. Bxf4 Ng6 $10 (12... Ng6 {Ftacnik} 13. Nc5 Qf6))
11... Ne5 12. Qg2 (12. Qf6 Nxg4 13. Qxh8 Nxe3 14. Bd3 Ng6 15. Qxh7 (15. Qf6 Be7
16. Qf3 Bxg5 $17) 15... Qxg5 $44) (12. Qe2 {Ftacnik} b4 13. Na4 Bc6 14. Nb6
Bxe4 $132) 12... b4 13. Ne2 (13. Na4 {Ftacnik} Nd5 $5 14. Bd2 Rc8 $36) 13... h5
$3 14. gxh5 $6 (14. gxh6 Bxh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. O-O-O N7g6 $44 (16... Qb6 $132
{Ftacnik})) (14. O-O-O hxg4 15. Ng3 $13 (15. Nf4 {Ftacnik /\ Nd4})) 14... Nf5
$1 15. Bf2 (15. Bf4 Nh4 16. Qg3 Nhf3+ 17. Kd1 Bxe4 $40) (15. exf5 {Ftacnik}
Bxg2 16. Bxg2 Rxh5 $17) 15... Qxg5 $1 16. Na5 $2 (16. Ned4 Nh4 (16... Nxd4 17.
Nxd4 Rxh5 $15) 17. Qxg5 Nhf3+ 18. Kd1 Nxg5 $17) (16. Qxg5 Nf3+ 17. Kd1 Nxg5 $17
) (16. Ned4 $17 {Ftacnik}) 16... Ne3 $1 $19 17. Qg3 (17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Nxb7
Nf3+ 19. Kd1 Qd2#) (17. Qxg5 Nf3#) 17... Qxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc2+ 19. Kd1 (19. Kd2
Nxa1 20. Nxb7 Bh6+ $19) 19... Nxa1 20. Nxb7 b3 21. axb3 (21. a3 {Ftacnik} Bh6
22. Nxd6+ Kd7 $19) 21... Nxb3 22. Kc2 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Be1 Nf3 25. Bc3
Nd4+ 26. Kd3 Bd6 27. Bg2 (27. b4 {Ftacnik} Ke7 28. bxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxd4 Rhd8 30.
Ne2 Bxd4 31. Nxd4 e5) 27... Be5 28. Kc4 Ke7 29. Ra1 Nc6 (29... Nc6 {Ftacnik}
30. Kxc5 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Rhc8 32. Kc4 Ne5+ 33. Kd4 f6 34. Bf1 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 12th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 (6. f4 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7
8. Qf3 (8. O-O Nf6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb6
14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd5 $17 {Adams,M-Anand,V EUCUP f (1) 1993 0-1 40 -CBM 39}
) 8... Nd7 9. Be3 Rc8 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Ne7 12. Nb3 Na4 13. Nxa4 bxa4 14. Nd2
d5 $10 {Anand,V-Wojtkiewicz,A Manila olm 1992 1/4 35}) (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nbd7
8. a4 b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. f4 Nc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Nd7
$10 {Van der Wiel,J-Polugaevsky,L Antwerpen (03) 1993 1-0 34}) (6. Be2 b5 7.
O-O Bb7 8. Bf3 Nd7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Ngf6 13. Ndb5 Ne5
$10 {Vogt,L-Schlosser,P Altensteig (02) 1992 1/4 21}) 6... b5 7. a4 (7. g4 Bb7
8. Bg2 Nd7 9. Qe2 Rc8 10. O-O Qc7 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 Ngf6 13. Nxb4 Qc4 14. Nd3
Bxe4 15. Ra3 $1 $16 {Timman,J-Zapata,A Amsterdam OHRA I 1987 1-0 46}) 7... b4
8. Na2 Nf6 9. Nxb4 (9. f3 e5 10. Nb3 d5 11. Bd3 d4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. O-O Be6 14.
Qe1 Qb8 15. Nac1 Bd6 $15 {Gipslis,A-Lazarev,V Alushta 1993 1-0 38}) 9... Bb7
10. Bd3 d5 11. c3 Nxe4 (11... dxe4 $5) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qh5 Qc8 14. O-O Be7
15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 O-O 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. a5 h6 19. Qg3 Nf6 20. Nbc2 Rb8 21.
Rc1 Bd5 22. b4 Bc4 23. Rfd1 Nd5 $15 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rd8 26. Qe5 Qb7 27.
Nc2 Bd3 28. Nd4 Rd5 29. Qg3 Rc8 30. Nb3 Rc6 31. Nc5 Rcxc5 $1 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33.
c4 $1 (33. Qd6 Qc8 34. c4 Rxc4 35. Rxc4 Qxc4 $17) 33... Rg5 34. Qe1 (34. Qd6 $2
Qb2 35. g3 Rf5 $19) 34... Qc7 35. c5 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 Qxc5 37. Rc1 Qg5 38. h4 Qe5
39. Qc3 Qg3 40. Qe1 Qg4 $2 (40... Qe5 41. Qc3 $10) 41. Rc5 $1 Kh7 (41... f6 42.
Rc7 e5 43. Kh2 Kh7 44. Qg3 Qxg3+ 45. Kxg3 h5 $14 (45... Kg6 $2 46. h5+ $16))
42. Kh2 g5 $6 (42... f5 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 $16) 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Rc8 $1
Kg6 $2 (44... f6 45. Qg3 Qxg3+ 46. Kxg3 Kg6 $14) 45. Rh8 $3 f6 46. Qc1 (46. Qc3
Bf1) 46... Qe2 47. Qc7 Kf5 48. Qh7+ Ke5 49. Qa7 Kf5 50. Rh6 Qf2 $2 (50... Kg4
$3 {Fritz} 51. Qb6 (51. Rxf6 Qe1 $10) (51. Qf7 Qxe3 52. Qh5+ Kf5 53. Qg6+ Kg4
$10) 51... Qf2 52. Qxe6+ f5 53. Qd6 Qxe3 54. Rh3 Qf4+ 55. Rg3+ Kh5 56. Qxf4 (
56. Qe7 g4 $10) 56... gxf4 57. Rg8 $10) 51. Kh3 $1 $18 g4+ 52. Kh2 g3+ 53. Kh3
Qe2 (53... Be2 54. Qc5+ e5 55. Qe7 $18) 54. Qg7 1-0

[Event "Linares 11th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
(8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 (10... b5 $5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13.
Nd5 $13) 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qa5 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Rfc8
17. h5 Nb4 18. Bd2 Qb6 {1/2 Luther,T-Vogt,L Altensteig (01) 1992}) 8... b5 (
8... Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 h6 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Be2 Na5
15. Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd3 $14 {Bologan,V-Frolov,A URS-ch58 (07) 1991 1-0 41}) 9.
Qe2 $6 (9. Qd2 Ne5) (9. f4 $5) 9... Na5 $1 10. O-O-O Nc4 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rd4 $6
(12. Bg2 $13) 12... Bb7 13. Rxc4 $2 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc6 $17 16. f5
Ne5 17. Na5 $6 (17. Be2 $17) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rc8 19. Na5 Rxc3 $1 20. bxc3
Bxe4 $19 {^^ Pa2,c2,c3} 21. Rf1 h5 $1 22. fxe6 fxe6 23. g5 Be7 24. c4 Rf8 25.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Kd2 Kd7 27. Nb3 e5 28. Nc1 Ke6 29. Ne2 h4 30. Nc3 Bc6 31. Kd3
Be7 {/\ Kf5} 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. cxd5+ Kxd5 34. c4+ Ke6 35. Ke4 h3 $1 {P h2} 36.
a4 Bd8 37. g6 Bh4 {/\ Bg3} 38. Bg1 Be1 39. Kf3 Kf5 40. Ke2 Bb4 (40... Bb4 41.
Kf3 Bc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 21st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2013.05.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 {Im Geiste des
Keres-Angriff, den Schwarz aber durch Rückstellung der Entwicklung des Sg8 zu
vermeiden suchte.} Ne7 {Wenn Weiß einen Sf6 angreifen möchte, dann ist es
wohl gut, wenn der Springer dort nicht hinzieht, wird sich Schwarz gedacht
haben.} ({Üblicher ist allerdings} 6... Nf6 {wonach Weiß mit} 7. Be3 ({oder} 
7. g5 {fortsetzt.})) 7. h4 ({Meist geschah hier} 7. Be3 {zum Beispiel:} b5 8.
a3 Bb7 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. g5 Nc5 12. Bg2 Ng6 13. f4 Nh4 14. Rhe1 Nxg2
15. Qxg2 Qa5 16. Kb1 b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. f5 Be7 19. g6 fxg6 20. fxe6 Bf6 21.
Na2 Qb6 22. Nb3 O-O 23. Qd2 Qxb3 24. cxb3 Bxe4+ 25. Qc2 Bxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Nxe6+
27. Nc3 Be5 28. Rd2 Rc6 {0-1 (28) Mulyar,M (2425)-Milov,V (2595) Las Vegas 2003
}) 7... b5 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. g5 Nbc6 ({In einer Vorgängerpartie geschah} 9... d5
10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Qg4 Ra7 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Nxe6 Qd7 14. N4c5 Bxc5 15. Nxg7+ Kd8
16. Qxd7+ Kxd7 17. Bxd5 Nd4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Be3 Nxc2+ 20. Kd2 Bxe3+ 21. Kxc2
Rc7+ 22. Kd3 Bb6 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bxf2 25. Nf5 Ke6 26. Ke4 Kd7 27. Rd1+
Kc7 28. Rc1+ Kd7 29. Rd1+ Kc7 30. Rd5 Re8+ 31. Re5 Re6 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33. Nd4
Kd6 34. Nf3 Ke7 35. h5 Bb6 36. Ne5 Bc7 37. Ng4 Kf7 38. Nh6+ Kg7 39. Ng4 Bd8 40.
Ke5 Bxg5 41. Kxe6 a5 42. b3 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 {1/2-1/2 (43) Ahn,M (2350)
-Lemmers,O (2388) Belgium 2008}) 10. a3 g6 ({Die Alternative war} 10... Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Nc6 {wonach der Läufer auch nach e7 entwicklelt werden könnte.}) 11.
h5 Bg7 12. Nde2 ({Anstelle von} 12. Be3 {, was ebenfalls spielbar war.}) 12...
O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 (13... fxg6 $5 14. Qd3 b4 $5) 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Qh3 d5 {
Die Öffnung des Zentrums wirkt angesichts des unrochierten weißen Königs
logisch. Doch Weiß behält alles unter Kontrolle.} ({Sehr in Betracht kam} 
15... b4 $5 16. Nd1 (16. axb4 Nxb4 {mit sehr lästigen Angriff auf c2.}) 16...
a5 {und hier schlagen führende Engines den Zug} 17. b3 {vor, denn} Bxa1 {
wäre ja Selbstmord wegen} (17... Kf8 18. Bb2 e5 $11) 18. c3 {und Matt. Na
bitte, auch Computer haben Humor.}) ({Auch} 15... Rc8 {ist spielbar.}) 16. exd5
exd5 {Schwarz möchte die e-Linie öffnen.} ({Besser war jedoch} 16... Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 (17. Bd2 b4 18. Ne4) 17... exd5 18. Be3 {mit der interessanten Idee} Rxe3
19. fxe3 (19. Qxe3 Ne5 20. Qh3 (20. O-O-O Nc4) (20. c3 Nc4 $11) 20... Nc4 21.
Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Bxh8 23. Rxh8+ Ke7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. O-O-O $11) 19... Qxg5
20. O-O-O Rd8 21. Nf4 $14) 17. Be3 d4 18. O-O-O dxc3 $5 {Schwarz bietet den
Tausch seiner Dame gegen Turm und Springer und Komplikationen an.} ({"Normal"
war} 18... Nf5 19. Ne4 {Droht Sxd4 und Sf6.} Kf8 20. Kb1 $14) 19. Nxc3 {
Weiß lehnt dankend ab.} ({Weiß konnte das Angebot aber wohl annehmen. Nach} 
19. Rxd8 cxb2+ 20. Kb1 Raxd8 21. Bc5 Rd2 22. Nf4 Red8 23. Nd3 {behält Weiß
die Kontrolle.}) 19... Qc8 20. Qh7+ Kf8 21. Ne4 {Es droht entscheidend Sf6,
gefolgt von Lc5 und Matt auf h8 oder g8.} Qf5 $2 ({Die einzige Verteidigung war
} 21... Ne5 {mit komplizierten Verwicklungen, ein paar Besipielvarianten:} 22.
Nf6 (22. Bd4 Qf5 23. Ng3 Qf4+ 24. Be3 Qxe3+ 25. fxe3 Bxg2 26. Rh2 Bf3 27. Rf1
Nd5 $11) 22... Bxg2 23. Bd4 (23. Nxe8 $2 Qxe8 24. Rhe1 Rc8 25. Bd4 Nf5 $19)
23... Nf5 24. Bxe5 (24. Bc3 {droht Lb4 Matt.} Qxc3 (24... a5 25. Rhe1 $18) 25.
bxc3 Bxh1 26. Qxh1 Rad8 (26... Red8 $2 27. Re1 Nc4 $2 28. Qh7 $18) 27. Nxe8
Rxe8 $11 {und Schwarz hält sich mit seinen drei Leichtfiguren für die Dame.})
24... Rxe5 25. Rd7 (25. Qg8+ $2 Ke7 $19) 25... Ne7 26. Qh8+ Bxh8 27. Rxh8+ Kg7
28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ $11 {mit Dauerschach.}) 22. Nf6 $18 Red8 (22... Bxf6 $4
23. gxf6 {nebst Matt auf g7.}) 23. Bd5 (23. Bh3 Qe5 24. Rd7 $19) 23... Rxd5 ({
Es drohte} 23... Z0 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rh7+ Kf8 26. Rxf7#) 24. Rxd5 Qf3 $2 ({
Möglichkeit zu weiterem Widerstand bot} 24... Qxd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Bc5+ Nce7
27. Re1 Re8 28. Qh2 Rc8 $18) 25. Nd7+ (25. Rhd1 $18) 25... Ke8 26. Rdd1 Nf5 27.
Nf6+ Ke7 28. Bc5+ (28. Rhe1 $18) 28... Ke6 29. Rhe1+ Ne5 30. Qh2 Bxf6 31. gxf6
Be4 {Schwarz baut sich vor dem König im Zentrum eine neue Rochadestellung aus
Figuren, doch es reicht nicht.} 32. Bd4 Nc6 (32... Nxd4 33. Rxd4 $18 {Le4 oder
Se5 fallen.}) 33. Bc3 Rc8 34. Rd3 Qg4 35. f3 Qg5+ 36. Kb1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Higher League 66th"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2013.06.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.06.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. f4
b5 9. a3 Nf6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nxg4 12. Bxg4 Qh4+ 13. Kd2 Qxg4 14. Rad1 Qh4
15. Kc1 {Ian Nepomniachtchi: "Bei der Vorbereitung hatte ich eine ähnliche
Stellung auf dem Brett. Weiß hat einen Bauern für sehr starke Initiative
geopfert und es ist nicht klar, wo Schwarz besser spielen kann."} Qd8 16. Rhg1
Rc8 17. f5 e5 ({Ian Nepomniachtchi: "Wahrscheinlich hätte man hier nicht den
e-Bauern ziehen, sondern} 17... Qc7 {mit der Idee ...Dc4 spielen sollen, aber
auch dann ist die schwarze Stellung schwer zu verteidigen."}) 18. Qd3 Bc6 19.
Kb1 Qc7 20. Qe2 Bb7 21. Rd3 Qc4 22. Qg2 g6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. Rc3
Qd7 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. f6 {Weiß hat den Läufer auf f8 eingemauert und spielt
praktisch mit einer Figur mehr.} h5 28. Qd2 h4 29. Ka1 ({Ian Nepomniachtchi:
"Eigentlich wollte ich} 29. c4 {spielen, aber} Qf5+ {gefiel mir nicht."}) 29...
h3 30. c4 bxc4 31. Qb4 Rh4 32. Rc1 Re4 33. Rc3 {Obwohl Weiß zwei volle Bauern
weniger hat, ist es Schwarz, der in Verlustgefahr schwebt. Ian Nepomniachtchi:
"Weiß will den Bauern a6 gewinnen, danach die Damen tauschen und das Endspiel
mit dem eingeschlossenen Läufer auf f8 gewinnen."} Be7 34. fxe7 Kxe7 35. Qb6
Rg4 36. Bh6 Qc5 37. Qb7+ Ke8 38. Rf3 f5 39. Bf8 $3 (39. Bf8 $3 {und Grachev
gab auf, denn nach} Kxf8 40. Rxh3 Kg8 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Rh7# {
wird er mattgesetzt.}) 1-0

[Event "BL2-West 9899"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Bastian, Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Chuchelov,V"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT2"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Andernach"]
[BlackTeam "Saarbruecken"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e4 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nb3 $1 b6 12. f4 Qb8 13. g4 $36 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8
15. Bd3 $1 g6 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. Qf2 Nb4 18. Be2 (18. Bb1 $5) 18... b5 (18... Bd8
$142 19. Rfd1) 19. c5 $1 $16 a5 (19... dxc5 20. Nxc5 Be8 21. Rfd1) 20. cxd6
Bxd6 21. Rfd1 Be8 22. a3 Na6 23. Nxa5 b4 24. axb4 Bxb4 25. Nc4 Bc5 (25... Nc5
26. Nd6 Rc6 27. Nxe8 Nxe8 28. Bf3 $16) 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 (26... Nxc5 27. Nd6) 27.
Nd6 $6 (27. Ne5 $1 Rc8 (27... Rxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qg3 Qc5+ 30. Kh1 Qb6 31.
Ra1 $18) 28. Ng4 $18) 27... Qxb2 28. Qe3 (28. Nxe8 $6 Nxe8 29. Na4 Qxc1 30.
Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Kg2 Nb4 $132) 28... Qb6 29. Nxe8 $138 (29. e5 $16) 29... Rxg5+ (
29... Nxe8 30. e5 $16) 30. Kf2 Rg2+ 31. Kf3 Qxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Nxe8 33. Rh1 $1 (33.
Ra1 Rc8) 33... f5 34. exf5 Rxe2+ 35. Nxe2 exf5 36. Rhd1 $16 Nf6 37. Kf3 Nb4 38.
Rd4 Nbd5 39. Rcd1 Ra5 40. R1d3 Rc5 41. Ra4 Kg7 42. Rda3 $1 Kh6 43. Ra5 Rc4 44.
Rd3 Ne7 45. Rd6 Kg7 $2 (45... Ne4 $8 46. Re6 Rc7 47. Rae5 $140 (47. Ng3 $5 $16)
47... Nc6 48. Rxf5 Nc3 $1) 46. Ra7 Kf7 47. Nd4 $18 Rc3+ 48. Ke2 Rc5 49. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Winterthur"]
[Site "Winterthur"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gallagher,J"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1996.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 {Black's move order
is specifially designed to avoid the Keres Attack. The text is an inferior
version but leads to sharp positions.} a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 b5 9. Qe2 $5 (9.
f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 $6 {led to brilliant victory for Black in Shirov-J.Polgar,
Buenos Aires 1994:} g5 $1 {A positional pawn sacrifice to gain control of ...
e5.} 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 $1 14. gxh5 $6 Nf5 $1 15. Bf2 Qxg5 $1
16. Na5 Ne3 $3 17. Qg3 (17. Qxg5 Nf3#) 17... Qxg3 18. Nxg3 Nxc2+ 19. Kd1 Nxa1
20. Nxb7 b3 {and the knight escaped leaving Black an exchange to good.}) 9...
Bb7 10. f4 Na5 {Perhaps 10...g5!? is even playable here.} 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2
Ng6 $6 {I think 12...Nc6 or 12...Rc8 are better when I would have castled
short.} 13. Qf2 $1 {Preventing ...Nh4 and preparing to embarass the black
queen with Bb6.} Rc8 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. O-O-O $1 Qc4 (15... Rxc3 {is not good
enough as Black has no piecies to fuel the attack, e.g.} 16. bxc3 Qxc3 17. Bd4
Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxa2 19. Qb6) 16. h4 $6 {My original intention was to play 16.a3!,
but then I noticed that 16...b4 can be met by 17.Rd4 so I thought I had time
for the text. After 16.a3 Qc6 17.Be3 White is clearly better.} Qc6 $1 {With
the very annoying threat of 17...Nxf4.} 17. Be3 $1 {At first I wanted to play}
(17. Nd5 {, but rejected this because of} exd5 18. exd5 Qc4 {when} 19. Rhe1+
Be7 20. Rd4 Qxa2 21. h5 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 {is completely out of the question.})
17... b4 {[#]} 18. Nd5 $5 {18.Nb1 was playable but not in keeping with my mood.
} exd5 19. exd5 Qa4 20. Kb1 {White has only a pawn for the piece and no
immediate threats but Black's kingside is in a tangle as both his bishop an
knight need the e7 square.} h5 21. g5 $1 Be7 22. Bd4 O-O (22... Nxf4 23. b3 $1)
23. f5 Ne5 {[#]} 24. f6 $5 {A pretty crazy move. When playing 21.g5 I had
intended the sensible} (24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. d6 Bxg2 26. dxe7 Bxh1 (26... Be4 27.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 28. Rc1 {transposes}) 27. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 28. Rxh1 {with some
advantage to White as Black has problems with his h5 and e5 pawns. However, on
reaching the position I couldn't stop myself from playing the text.}) 24... Ng4
(24... Bd8 25. fxg7 Kxg7 26. Be4 $1 {followed by ...Qf5 looks very dangerous
for Black.}) 25. Qd2 Bd8 (25... gxf6 26. gxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Qg5+ Kh7
29. Qf5+ {is good for White.}) 26. fxg7 Re8 {Unfortunately I had less than ten
minutes left at this point; not much to dwell on the numerous attacking
possibilities.} 27. Bf3 (27. g6 fxg6 28. Bf3 {was an alternative.}) 27... Ne5
28. Bxh5 $6 {I wanted to play} (28. g6 {but I didn't have enough time to work
it out. Here's one amusing line from our post mortem:} Nxf3 29. gxf7+ Kxf7 30.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 31. Qf4+ Ke8 32. Rhe1+ Nxe1 33. Rxe1+ Be7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Qf6+
Ke8 36. Qe6+ Kf8 (36... Kd8 37. Bb6+ Rc7 38. Qxg8+ Kd7 39. Qe6+) 37. Qf6+ Ke8
38. Qe6+ {with perpetual check.}) 28... Bxd5 29. b3 Qc6 30. Rhe1 {30.Rhf1 is
probably better.} Be4 31. Rc1 Qd5 32. g6 $5 {This probably deserves a "?" (32.
Qf2 or 32.Qf4 were objectively stronger) but as it won me the game I won't be
so harsh.} Bf6 $2 {The losing move.} (32... Nxg6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Rxe4 (34.
Qh6 $4 Bxc2+ $1) 34... Qxe4 35. Qh6 {is also winning for White as} Qxd4 36.
Qh8+ Kf7 37. g8=Q+ Rxg8 38. Qxd4 {picks up the black queen.}) (32... fxg6 $1 {
looks good for Black, e.g.} 33. Qh6 Qxd4 $1 34. Qh8+ (34. Rf1 Nf7) 34... Kf7
35. Rf1+ Ke7 36. Qh7 {36.Qxe8 and 36.Qf8+ are similar while 36.Rf8+ allows
mate starting with 36...Bxc2+.} Ke6 $1 {and White has nothing better than} 37.
g8=Q+ Rxg8 38. Qxg8+ Kd7 {with advantage for Black.}) 33. Rxe4 Qxe4 34. gxf7+
Nxf7 35. Bxf6 {Suddenly its all over.} Qf5 36. Bxf7+ Kxf7 37. Bb2 Kg8 38. Qh6
Qh7 39. Qxd6 Qf5 40. Qh6 Rxc2 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qxe8+ Kxe8 43. g8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be3 Nc6 $6 (9... b6) 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Nb3 b6 12. f4 Bc8 $146 (12... Qb8
13. g4 $36 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. Bd3 $1 g6 16. Qd2 Ng7 17. Qf2 Nb4 18. Be2 (18.
Bb1 $5 {Chuchelov}) 18... b5 (18... Bd8 $142 {Chuchelov} 19. Rfd1) 19. c5 $1
$16 {1-0 Chuchelov,V-Bastian,H/Germany 1999/GER-chT2/[Chuchelov] (49)}) 13. Bf3
Bb7 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Rfd1 Qb8 (15... Re8 $142) 16. Na4 $1 Qc7 17. Qf2 b5 (17...
Nc5 $5 18. Nxb6 $3 Qxb6 19. e5 $1 Qb4 $1 20. exd6 Nxb3 21. dxe7 Nxe7 22. axb3
Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxb3 24. Bc5 $1 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Rfe8 26. b4 $16) 18. Nb6 (18. cxb5
axb5 19. Nc3 Qb8 $14 (19... b4 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. Qd2 Rxa2 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6
Rxb2 $132)) 18... Nxb6 (18... Rae8 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e5) (18... Rad8 19. Nd5
exd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Nd4 $18) 19. Bxb6 Qb8 20. c5 (20. e5 $5
bxc4 21. exd6 Bxd6 22. Rxc4 Nd8 $16) 20... e5 21. cxd6 Bxd6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23.
Bxc5 Rd8 24. f5 f6 25. Rd5 $5 (25. Bb6 $5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28.
Qxd4 Qf4 29. Bb3+ Kh8 30. Re1 $16) 25... Nd4 (25... Rc8 26. Rd7 Rd8 27. Bd6
Rxd7 28. Bxb8 Rxb8 29. Qb6 $18) 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Rd1 d3 29. Qe3
Qe7 30. Qxd3 Re8 31. Qd4 Qc7 32. b4 Qc2 33. Qd3 (33. Rd2 Qc1+ (33... Qb1+ 34.
Kf2 Bxe4 35. Re2 Bc6 36. Bd5+ $1 $18) 34. Kf2 Qc7 35. h3 $16) 33... Qxd3 $2 (
33... Qxa2 34. Qd7 Qf7 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rd7+ Re7 37. Bh5+ g6 38. fxg6+ hxg6
39. Bxg6+ $18) (33... Qc7 $16) 34. Rxd3 Bxe4 35. Re3 Bc6 36. Rxe8+ $4 (36. Kf2
$1 Rc8 37. Rc3 Bd7 38. Rxc8+ Bxc8 39. Ke3 $18) 36... Bxe8 37. Bb7 Kf8 38. Bxa6
Bd7 39. Kf2 Ke7 40. g4 Kd6 41. Bb7 g6 42. fxg6 hxg6 43. Bf3 g5 44. Ke3 Ke5 45.
a3 Be8 46. Be2 Bd7 47. Bd3 Be8 48. Bf5 Bc6 49. Kd3 Be8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 (6... h6 7. h4 a6
8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nf6 $132 {
Karpov-Kasparov,Moskva1985}) 7. Be3 Bd7 $6 (7... h6 $5 8. Qd2 $6 Nf6 9. Rg1 h5
$5 $132) 8. g5 Nge7 9. f4 b5 (9... e5 10. Nf3 (10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f5 Nxf5) 10...
exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Be3 $1 (12. Bxd6 Bg4) 12... Be6 13. Nd5 $14) (9... Nxd4
10. Qxd4 Nc6 (10... e5 11. fxe5 Nc6 12. Qd1 Nxe5 13. Nd5 $14) 11. Qd2 h6 12. h4
hxg5 13. fxg5 Qc7 $13) 10. Qd2 h6 $6 (10... Na5 $142) 11. gxh6 Rxh6 12. O-O-O
Na5 $2 (12... Nxd4 $142 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qd2 Qc7 $14) 13. f5 Rh8 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. e5 $1 $16 {->} d5 (15... dxe5 $143 16. Nf3 Bc6 (16... Nf5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18.
Nxe5 $40) 17. Qf2 Qc8 (17... Nd5 18. Nxe5) 18. Nxe5 Nf5 19. Bg2 $16) 16. Qf2 b4
(16... Qc7 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Bb6 $18) 17. Nce2 Nc4 18. Bg5 Qb6 (18... Qa5 19.
Kb1 O-O-O 20. Nf4 Nxe5 21. Ndxe6 $16) 19. Nf4 Nxe5 $8 20. Bh3 Rxh3 21. Nxh3
O-O-O 22. Rhf1 N5g6 23. Nf4 $1 e5 (23... Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Re8 25. Qxf8 $18) 24.
Nxg6 Qxg6 25. Qh4 $1 $18 Re8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Nb3 d4 29. Bxb4 Bf5
30. Qf2 Re6 31. Rg1 Qh6+ 32. Bd2 Qh7 33. Qg2 e4 34. Nxd4 Rg6 35. Bg5 Rd6 36.
Qg3 Kd7 37. Nxf5 Qxf5 38. Bf4 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 (5... b5) (5...
Qc7) 6. g4 (6. Be3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2 Nf6 9. Nxb4 Bb7 $1 10. Bd3 d5 11. c3 Nxe4
$6 (11... dxe4 $13) 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qh5 $14 {Shirov-Kamsky,Linares 1994})
6... Nc6 (6... b5 7. a3 (7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O b4 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h6 11. a3 e5
12. Ndf5 bxa3 13. Rxa3 g6 14. Ne3 Nbd7 15. b4 $14 {Hort-Ree,1994 Amsterdam})
7... h6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Be3 g5 $13 {Short-Kasparov,1994
Amsterdam}) (6... Ne7 7. g5 Nec6 8. Nde2 b5 9. a3 Nd7 10. Bg2 Rb8 11. O-O Be7
12. f4 O-O 13. Kh1 Re8 $13 {Walther-Summermatter,1993 Silvaplana}) 7. Be3 Nge7
(7... Bd7 8. g5 Nge7 9. Nxc6 (9. Nde2 $1 $14) 9... Nxc6 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. O-O Ne5
$1 $13 {Fedorovich-Elvest,New York 1994}) 8. Be2 $6 (8. g5 $5) (8. Nb3) (8. f4)
8... b5 9. a3 $5 Bb7 (9... Nxd4 $5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rb8 $5
$132 {with idea b5-b4}) 10. h4 Rc8 11. g5 $5 Na5 $5 (11... Nxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Nc6
13. Qd2 Be7 $132) 12. Qd2 e5 $6 (12... Nc4 $5 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132) (12... d5 $1
$132) 13. Nf3 Nc4 (13... Rxc3 $5 14. Qxc3 Bxe4 $44) 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. O-O-O Qc7
$4 (15... Rxc3 $1 16. Qxc3 Bxe4 $132) 16. Nxe5 $1 Rxc3 (16... dxe5 17. Bb6 $1
$18 (17. Bb6 $1 {Petursson} Qxb6 18. Qd7#)) 17. bxc3 Nc8 (17... dxe5 18. Bb6
$18) (17... Bxe4 18. Rhe1 $18) 18. Nd3 d5 (18... Bxe4 19. Rhe1) (18... Qa5 19.
Nb4 $16) 19. Nb4 Qa5 (19... dxe4 {Petursson} 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. Rhe1 $18) 20. Qd4
$5 (20. Kb2 $2 {Petursson} Nd6 $132) 20... Qxa3+ 21. Kb1 Bxb4 22. Qxb4 (22.
cxb4 {Petursson} O-O 23. Bc1 Qf3 24. Bb2 f6 25. gxf6 Rxf6 26. Rhg1 $18) 22...
Qxb4+ 23. cxb4 $18 Nd6 24. exd5 Kd7 25. Rhe1 f5 26. h5 Re8 27. Bd4 Rxe1 28.
Rxe1 Bxd5 29. Kb2 Be6 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jonsson, Bjorgvin"]
[Black "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 (6... Nc6 $5) 7.
Be3 (7. a3 h6 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11. Be3 g5 $13 {Short- Kasparov
,Amsterdam 1994}) (7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O b4 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h6 11. a3 e5 12.
Ndf5 $14 {Hort-Ree,Amsterdam 1994}) 7... Bb7 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. f4 $5 (9. a3 $5 $14)
9... b4 10. Nce2 $6 (10. Na4 $5 Ngf6 11. O-O $1 Nxe4 (11... Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4
13. f5 e5 14. Nc6 $36) 12. f5 e5 13. Ne6 $1 $40) 10... Ngf6 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. f5
e5 13. Nb3 Ncxe4 (13... Nfxe4 $6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qd5 $36) 14.
g5 Qc7 $1 (14... Nxg3 15. Bxb7 Nxh1 16. gxf6 $18) (14... Nd5 15. Bxe4 Nxe3 16.
Qf3 d5 (16... Nxc2+ 17. Kd2 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxa1 19. Qc6+ Ke7 20. f6+ gxf6 21.
Nf5+ Ke6 22. Nc5+ Kxf5 23. Qe4+ $18) 17. Qxe3 dxe4 $13) 15. Na5 (15. gxf6 Nxg3
$19) (15. O-O Nxg3 16. hxg3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ $17) 15... Qxa5 (15... Nxg3 16.
Bxb7) 16. gxf6 b3+ (16... d5 $2 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. fxg7 Bxg7 19. Nh5 $18) 17.
Bd2 (17. c3 $2 $19 Nxc3 $19) 17... Nxd2 18. Bxb7 Nf3+ 19. Kf2 (19. Kf1 $2 Qb5+
$19) 19... Qb6+ 20. Kg2 (20. Kxf3 Qxb7+ $17) 20... Nh4+ $6 (20... Qxb7 $5 21.
Qxf3 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 bxc2 $17) 21. Kh3 Qxb7 22. Kxh4 g5+ $6 (22... bxc2 $5 23.
Qxc2 gxf6 $17) 23. Kh5 $1 (23. Kxg5 $2 Qg2 $1 24. axb3 Qh3 $19) (23. Kh3 h5 $1
$19) 23... bxc2 (23... Qg2 24. Qg4 $13) 24. Qg4 $1 $132 (24. Qxc2 $2 Qf3+ $19)
24... d5 25. Rhe1 Bd6 26. Qa4+ Qd7 27. Qxc2 Rc8 28. Qd2 Qa4 29. Ne4 $5 $13 Rc2
30. Qxd5 (30. Nxd6+ $2 Kd7 $19) 30... Rxh2+ 31. Kg4 $8 O-O 32. b3 (32. Qxd6
Rh4+) 32... Qa3 $5 33. Qxd6 $2 (33. Nxd6 $2 Qb2 $1 $19) (33. Rh1 $1 $13) 33...
Qb2 34. Qd3 (34. Ng3 Rh4+ 35. Kxg5 (35. Kf3 Rf4+ 36. Ke3 Qf2+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ $19)
35... Qh2 $1 $19) 34... h5+ 35. Kxg5 Kh7 0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3
Nge7 8. Nb3 (8. g5 b5 9. f4 Bb7 (9... h6 $6 10. g6 $1 fxg6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12.
Qg4 $36) 10. Bg2 h6 $1 11. h4 $6 (11. gxh6 Rxh6 $1 12. f5 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13.
Bxh6 $2 Nexf5 $1 14. exf5 Bxg2 15. Qxd4 Bxh1) 13... Nxf5 14. exf5 Bxg2 $13)
11... hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Rc8 $132 {Shabalov-Smirin ,Los Angeles 1997}
) (8. f4 Nxd4 (8... Bd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bg2 h5 11. gxh5 d5 $1 $15 {
Shirov-PolgarJ,Dos Hermanas 1996}) 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1
Be7 13. g5 O-O 14. h4 $16 {Shirov-PolgarJ,Monako 1996}) 8... b5 9. Bg2 (9. Qe2
Na5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. g5 Qc7 15. Qf2 Bd8 16.
Ne2 $1 O-O 17. h4 Ne7 18. Nd4 $1 d5 19. e5 $16) (9. f4 Bb7 10. Qf3 g5 $1 (10...
Na5 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 Rc8 13. h4 Nc6 14. g5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bd4 d5
17. f5 $1 dxe4 18. Qf4 $3 $16 {Shirov}) 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 $1
14. gxh5 Nf5 $1 15. Bf2 Qxg5 16. Na5 Ne3 $3 $17 {Shirov-Polgar.J-Buenos Aires
1994}) 9... Ne5 $5 10. Qe2 Bb7 (10... Nc4 $5) 11. Nd2 g5 $5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 13. h4
(13. f4 Rxg5 14. fxg5 N7g6 15. h4 b4 16. Nd1 Rc8 $44) 13... h6 14. Bf4 Nxg4 (
14... N7g6 $5 15. Bg3 Qf6 $44) (14... Rxg4 $2 15. Bxe5 Rxg2 16. Bg3 Nf5 17. Qf3
) 15. O-O-O Qc7 (15... Qb6 $5 $132) (15... Nc6 16. e5 $36) 16. e5 dxe5 (16...
Bxg2 $2 17. exd6 Qb7 18. dxe7 (18. Rhg1 $5 $36) 18... Bxe7 (18... Bxh1 $2 19.
exf8=Q+ Kxf8 20. Bd6+ Ke8 21. f3 $18) 19. Rhg1 $40) 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 (17... Qxe5
$2 18. Qxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxb7 Ra7 20. Nde4 Bg7 21. Nd6+ Kf8 22. Ndxb5 $18) 18. Bxb7
Ra7 $2 (18... Qxb7 $5 19. Qxe5 Bg7 $132) 19. Nde4 $1 Bg7 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Qe3
$1 N7c6 (21... Rxb7 $2 22. Nxb7 $18) (21... Qb8 22. Nc8 Nxc8 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24.
Rxg8 Qxb7 25. Qc5+ Nd6 (25... Kf6 26. Rg1 $18) 26. Rd1 $18) 22. Bxc6 $2 (22.
Qc5 Bf6 23. f4 Rxb7 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Qe3 $18) 22... Nxc6 23. Qc5 Nd4 24. Qa3
Qe7 25. Rhg1 Be5 $2 (25... Rd7 $1 26. Rxg7 Qxd6 (26... Rxg7 $6 27. Rxd4 Rg1+
28. Nd1 $16) 27. Qxd6+ Rxd6 28. Rxg8+ Kxg8 $13) 26. Qc5 $1 Qxd6 (26... Rxg1 27.
Qc8+ Kg7 28. Rxg1+ $18) 27. Qc8+ Ke7 28. Rxg8 $18 Qc7 29. Qf8+ Kf6 30. Qxh6+
Ke7 31. Qf8+ Kf6 32. Qg7+ Ke7 33. Qg5+ Kd7 34. Rf8 $4 (34. Qe3 $1 Bf4 35. Rxd4+
$18) 34... Bf4+ $19 35. Kb1 Bxg5 36. Rxf7+ Be7 37. Rxd4+ Kc6 38. a4 Qb6 39. Re4
Bd6 40. Rf6 Re7 41. axb5+ axb5 42. h5 Qc5 43. Rexe6 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Qxh5 {
[#] Hecht:  Black has sufficient material to win with the queen versus rook
and two pawns. A Medal for the material division. [#] Hecht:  Schwarz hat noch
genügend Material, um mit der Dame gegen Turm plus zwei Bauern zu gewinnen.
Eine Medaille für die Materialverteilung.} 45. b3 (45. Ne4 $2 Qd1+ 46. Ka2 Qd5+
) 45... Qh3 46. Ne2 Qf1+ 47. Kb2 Kd5 48. Re3 b4 (48... Qxf2 {Hecht} 49. Rd3+
Kc5 50. b4+ Kxb4 $2 51. Rxd6 Qxe2 52. Rd3 $11) 49. f4 Bf8 50. c4+ Kc6 51. Kc2
Bg7 52. Kd2 Qb1 53. Rd3 Kc7 54. Ke3 Qb2 55. Kf3 Bc3 56. Ke3 Be1 (56... Qxb3 {
Hecht} 57. Nxc3 bxc3 58. Kd4 {[%csl Rc3] ergibt ein beträchtliches technisches
Problem.}) 57. Kf3 Qc2 58. Re3 Bd2 {Hecht: Die weißen Figuren sind abgedrängt,
so daß b3 endgültig fällt.} 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 76th"]
[Site "Altenkirchen"]
[Date "2005.02.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2491"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.02.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Bd7 8.
O-O-O {8.f3 was also played as in the game given below where white seized the
initiative} (8. f3 Nge7 9. Nb3 $5 Nc8 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4
b6 14. Rad1 Rd8 15. Kh1 Be8 16. f5 $36 {0-1 De la Villa Garcia,J-Yudasin,L/
Pamplona 1991/CBM 028 (35)}) 8... Rc8 (8... Nge7 $5 {Is a possible alternative.
In this case as the tournament practice shows black recieves a fine counterplay
} 9. Nxc6 (9. Nb3 Nc8 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kb1 b5 {1/2-1/2 Fercec,N-Cabrilo,G/
Jahorina BIH 2003/The Week in Chess 451 (11)}) (9. h4 b5 10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 Nc8
12. g4 Qa5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. g5 Nb6 15. Ka1 Na4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Boensch,U/
Terrassa 1991/CBM 24 (18)}) 9... Nxc6 10. Na4 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13.
Bf4 (13. Bc5 Rd8 14. Bb6 Rc8 15. Bc5 Rd8 16. Bb6 Rc8 17. Bc5 {1/2-1/2 De la
Villa Garcia,J-Gofshtein,L/Montpellier 2000/EXT 2001 (17)}) 13... e5 14. Bg5
Qe6 15. Kb1 Be7 16. h4 O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Bischoff,K/Halkidiki 2002/
CBM 92 (23)}) 9. Kb1 {A profilactic move. An immideate 9.f4 deserved attention
trying to activize the pieces at once} (9. f3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12.
Bd3 Ne7 13. Rhe1 Qb7 14. f4 b4 15. Ne2 Nc6 16. f5 e5 17. Be3 Be7 18. Ng3 $36 {
0-1 Tirard,H-Bischoff,K/France 2003/CBM 095 (47)}) (9. f4 $5 b5 10. Nf3 $5 Nf6
(10... Qa5 $5 11. Kb1 b4 12. Ne2 Nf6 $13) 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 b4 (12... Nd5
13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Kb1 $13) 13. Na4 (13. exf6 $6 bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nb4
15. fxg7 Nxa2+ 16. Kd2 Bb5+ 17. Bd4 Bxg7 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Qe3 Nb4 $15) 13...
Nd5 14. Nb6 {0-1 Gelfand,B-Polgar,J/Pacs 2003/CBM 096/[} (14. Bb6 $5 Rc7 15.
Kb1 {kam auch in Frage.})) 9... b5 10. Nxc6 {A typical move for this kind of
position. White exchanges the knights and frees the d4 square for the other
knight} Bxc6 11. f3 Nf6 12. g4 {White starts a typical offense on the kingside.
12.Ne2 was also possible as was played in the game given below} (12. Ne2 $5 Be7
13. Nd4 Bb7 14. g4 Nd7 15. Be2 O-O 16. h4 Ne5 17. b3 d5 18. f4 Nc6 19. e5 {
1-0 Vallejo Pons,F-Bischoff,K/Mainz 2003/CBM 095 ext (35)}) 12... Nd7 13. g5
Ne5 {[%cal Re5c4,Re5f3] 13...b4 deserved attention with a further d6-d5 trying
to organize some counterplay} (13... b4 $5 14. Ne2 d5 15. Nd4 Bb7 $132 16. Bd3)
14. f4 Nd7 $6 {A lack of determination. Black looses time and white seizes the
initiative. It was essential to play 14...b4 and as the variations show black
seizes the initiative} (14... b4 $5 15. Nd5 (15. fxe5 bxc3 $132) 15... exd5 16.
fxe5 dxe5 (16... dxe4 17. exd6 $16) 17. exd5 Ba4 18. Bd3 Qxd5 19. Bxa6 Qxd2 20.
Rxd2 Rc6 $132) 15. Bg2 {[%cal Rg2e4] Developing the bishop and defending at
the same time the pawn e4} Be7 16. h4 Qc7 17. h5 $36 {White conquers space on
the kingside, strengthening the pressure on the black king} b4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19.
Ng3 Rg8 {Because of the insecure position of his king black as the variations
show has serious problems} (19... Nc5 20. h6 g6 21. Rh2 $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (
19... f5 20. gxf6 Nxf6 21. h6 g6 22. Bd4 O-O 23. Bh3 $36) (19... O-O 20. g6 $1
fxg6 21. hxg6 hxg6 (21... h6 22. f5 $40) 22. Bf3 {[%cal Rd2h2,Gf3g4]}) 20. g6
$1 $16 {[%mdl 128] White carries out a typical plan of attack - firstly to
destroy the pawn structure near the black king} hxg6 21. hxg6 f5 {Of course,
21...fg is dangerous in view of 22.Bh3 with a strong attack} (21... fxg6 22.
Bh3 $1 {[%cal Gh3e6]} Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rhe1 Rf8 25. Bd4 Qxf4 26. Qd3 $36)
22. Rh2 {[%cal Rh2g2,Rh2h7] Protecting the bishop and forcing black to open
the position} fxe4 23. Bh3 $40 {[%cal Rh3e6]} Bd5 24. f5 Ne5 25. fxe6 {[%cal
Rg3f5]} Nf3 {Closing the f-file and not letting white to activize his forces}
26. Qf2 {[%cal Rg3f5]} Bh4 {Black tries to restrict the white pieces} (26...
Qb5 27. Nf5) 27. Bg4 Rf8 $2 {A big mistake, after which white could have won
immideatly. 27...Nh2 was more stubborn} (27... Nxh2 28. Qxh2 Bxg3 29. Qxg3 Qc6
30. Qf2 Rc7 31. Qd2 Bc4 32. Bf4 $36) 28. Rxh4 {White misses the win. After 28.
e7 he wins easily} (28. e7 $1 Bxe7 (28... Kxe7 29. Bxc8 Nxh2 30. Nf5+ Rxf5 31.
Qxh4+ $18) 29. Bxc8 Nxh2 30. Bxb7 Rxf2 31. Rxd5 Rf3 32. Bc6+ $18 Kd8 33. Bb6+
Kc8 34. Rh5) 28... Nxh4 29. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2d5,Re6e7] White has created two
threats. One is 30.e7, the other one is 30.Qd5} Qc6 (29... Rc3 $5 30. Ka1 Nf3 (
30... Rxe3 31. Qxe3) 31. Bxf3 Rxf3 32. Nxe4 Bxe4 33. Qxd6 $18) 30. e7 $18 Rf3 (
30... Kxe7 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Bg5+) 31. Bxf3 Nxf3 32. Qxd5 (32. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 33.
Ka1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 {White's plan is to
occupy space on the kingside} a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 {White removes the knight
from the centre in order to prevent exchanges} (8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3
Be7 (10... b5 $5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nd5 $13) 11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qa5
13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5 Nb4 $132) 8... b5 (8...
Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 h6 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Be2 Na5 15.
Nxa5 Qxa5 16. Bd3 $14 {Bologan,V-Frolov,A URS-ch58 (07) 1991 1-0 41}) 9. Qe2 $6
{9.f4 deserved attention with the idea to take the e5 square from the black
knight.} (9. Qd2 Ne5) (9. f4 $5) 9... Ne5 $5 {[%cal Re5c4] Black had a decent
counterplay also after 9...Na5 as the game given below shows.} (9... Na5 $5 10.
Bg2 Bb7 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 14. g5 Qc7 15. Qf2 Bd8 16. Ne2 O-O
17. h4 Ne7 18. c3 f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Yermolinsky,A/Luzern
1993/CBM 038 (27)}) 10. a4 $146 {A novelty. After 10.f4 black gets a fine
counterplay.} (10. f4 Nc4 11. O-O-O Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. Rd4 $6 (12. Bg2 $13)
12... Bb7 13. Rxc4 $2 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc6 $17 {0-1 Shirov,A-Salov,
V/Linares 1993/CBM 034/[Boensch,U] (40)}) 12. Bf2 Qc7 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. Rd3 g6
15. h4 Bg7 {0-1 Zhang Zhong-Navara,D/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (32)}) (10.
Nd2 b4 11. Na4 Bd7 12. b3 Bb5 $132 {1-0 Fontaine,R-Kelly,B/Zagan 1997/CBM 059
ext (54)}) 10... b4 11. Na2 Bb7 {[%cal Rb7e4] Attacking the e4 pawn and
receiving counterplay.} 12. Bg2 N7c6 {An immideate 12...a5 deserved attention
with a further transfer of the bishop to a6.} (12... a5 $5 13. f4 Ba6 14. Qd1
Nc4 $17) 13. O-O-O (13. g5 a5 {[%cal Rb7a6]}) 13... Qh4 {[%cal Rh4g4,Re5g4]
This way black prevents from white to advance pawns on the kingside.} 14. h3 a5
{[%cal Gb7a6] A typical plan for this kind of position. Black prepares to put
his bishop on a6.} 15. f4 Ba6 16. Qf2 Qxf2 17. Bxf2 Nc4 18. Kb1 {[%cal Ra2c1]
White frees the c1 square for his knight on a2, which is out of play.} g5 {
[%mdl 512]} 19. Nd4 $6 {It was essential to accept the challenge and to take
the pawn 19.gf and as the variations show, white is better.} (19. fxg5 $5 Bg7 {
[%cal Rc4b2]} 20. Nd2 $1 Nxb2 (20... N6e5 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. b3 Na3+ 23. Kc1 Rc8
) 21. e5 Nxd1 22. Bxc6+ Kf8 23. Rxd1 $16) 19... Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. Bf2 Be7 {A bad bishop on g2, a control over the c-file and a weakness on
e4 give black an advantage.} 23. Nc1 h5 {[%cal Rh8h1] Undermining white's pawn
chain and activizing the passive rook on h8.} 24. Nd3 hxg4 25. hxg4 Rxh1 26.
Rxh1 O-O-O {Bringing the rook to the game and trying to corrupt white's pawn
structure with b4-b3.} 27. Kc1 b3 28. cxb3 Rxd3 29. bxc4 Bb4 {[%mdl 512] Black
sacrifices a pawn and is trying to complicate the game. In case of 29...Bc4 a
draw is the most likely result.} (29... Bxc4 30. Bf1 Rf3 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rh7
$11) 30. c5 $2 {White doesn't handle the pressure and makes a mistake. It was
necessary to play 30.Rh2.} (30. Rh2 $5 Kd7 (30... Rd2 31. Bf1 Kd7 32. Bg1 Rxh2
33. Bxh2) 31. Bf1 Rf3 32. Be2 Rf4 33. b3 f6 34. Kd1 $11) 30... Rd2 $1 {Further
activizing his pieces.} 31. Bf1 Be2 $1 $17 {[%csl Re4,Gg4]} 32. Bxe2 Rxe2 {
[%cal Re2e4,Re2f2]} 33. Bg3 Rxe4 {Despite the material equality black has trhe
initiative as the white pawns (g4 and c5) are very weak.} 34. Rf1 {[%cal Rf1f7]
} Re3 35. Bh2 f6 {The pawn on f6 is untouchable, as if white takes it, he
loses his bishop.} 36. Kb1 Rh3 {Black takes advantage of the bad position of
the white bishop.} 37. Rf2 (37. Bg1 Rh1 $19) 37... Kc7 38. c6 Kxc6 (38... Rh4)
39. Rxf6+ Kd5 40. Rf2 e4 {Black is totally dominating.} 41. Kc2 e3 $19 {
Further restricting the white pieces and improving the position of his king.}
42. Re2 Ke4 43. Bc7 Rh6 44. Kd1 Rh1+ {White resigned as after the retreat of
the king 45...Kf3 decides.} 0-1

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 (6... h6 7. h4 a6)
7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4 (8. Nb3 Ng6 $5 9. f4 $140 Be7) 8... b5 (8... Nxd4 9. Bxd4 (9.
Qxd4 e5 10. fxe5 Nc6 $13) 9... Nc6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 (11. g5 $6 h6 $1 $44)
11... Bh4+ 12. Bf2 $14) 9. Nb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2
b4 13. Ne2 Ng6 $13) 10... Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 b4 (12... Ng6 13. Qf2 $1
$16) 13. Nd1 d5 (13... Ng6 14. O-O Be7 15. f5 $16) 14. Nf2 (14. e5 h5 $132)
14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 Bxe4 $6 (15... Nd5 $142 $132) 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. f5 Nxe3 $2 (
17... Be7 18. fxe6 O-O 19. exf7+ Rxf7 $44) 18. Qxe3 Qe5 (18... b3+ 19. c3 Be7
20. O-O bxa2 21. fxe6 O-O 22. exf7+ Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf3+ $16) (18... Be7
$142 19. fxe6 O-O 20. O-O fxe6 $14) 19. fxe6 Qxe6 (19... fxe6 20. O-O Qxb2 21.
Qb6 $16) 20. O-O-O Be7 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Qxe6+ fxe6 23. Rxd6 O-O (23... Ke7 24.
Rhd1 Ra7 (24... Rhd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Kd2 Kd7 28. c3 $18) 25.
Rb6 a5 26. Re1 $16) 24. Rxe6 Rf2 25. Rd6 Re8 $6 (25... Rc8 $142 26. Rd2 Rf4 27.
h3 h6) 26. Rd2 Ree2 $2 (26... Rf4 27. h3 h6) 27. Rxe2 Rxe2 28. h3 h6 29. b3 $2
(29. Kd1 $142 Rg2 (29... Re3 30. Kd2 Rg3 31. Ke2 Rg2+ 32. Kd3 $18) 30. Re1 Rg3
31. Re4 a5 32. h4 $16) 29... Re3 30. Kb2 (30. Kd2 Rg3 31. Ke2 Rc3) 30... Kh7
31. a4 (31. a3 $142 a5 32. axb4 axb4 33. Rd1 Rxh3 34. Rd4 Rh4 35. Rc4 $22 g5
36. Rxb4 h5 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. gxh5 Rxh5 $16) 31... a5 32. Rd1 Rxh3
33. Rd5 Rg3 34. Rxa5 Rxg4 35. Rb5 (35. Rc5 $142 $5 $14) 35... Rf4 36. a5 g5 37.
a6 Rf6 $4 (37... Rf8 $1 $11) 38. Rb7+ Kg6 39. a7 Ra6 40. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Olomouc AZ Sanace Cup"]
[Site "Olomouc"]
[Date "1998.08.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Betko, Lubomir"]
[Black "Mirumian, Vigen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Ne7 7. Bg2 (7. f4 $5)
7... Nec6 8. Nb3 (8. Be3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5) 8... b5 9. Be3 Bb7 10. g5
Nd7 11. f4 Be7 12. Qg4 (12. O-O $5 h6 13. g6 $13) (12. Qe2 $142 Na5 13. O-O-O)
12... Na5 13. Nxa5 $6 (13. O-O-O $5 Nc4 14. Bf2 $13) 13... Qxa5 14. O-O O-O 15.
a3 $6 (15. Nd5 Qd8 (15... Bd8 16. b4 Qa3 17. Bd4 $16) 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rae1
Rac8 18. c3 Rc4 19. Bd2 Nc5 20. b3 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 $15) (15. f5 $5 Ne5 16.
Qh3 b4 17. Ne2 exf5 18. exf5 Bxg2 19. Qxg2 $13) 15... Rfe8 16. Rad1 Bf8 17. Rd3
Rac8 $15 18. Bd2 $6 (18. Bf2 $142) 18... Qb6+ 19. Kh1 (19. Be3 Qc7) 19... g6
20. Rh3 Bg7 21. f5 $2 (21. Qh4 Nf8 22. Qe1 $15) 21... exf5 22. Qh4 $2 (22. exf5
Rc4 23. Qg3 Be5 24. Qf2 $17) 22... Nf8 23. exf5 Bxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Rhf3 (
25. Kg1 Rc4) 25... gxf5 26. Qf4 $4 (26. Kg1 $142 $17) 26... Ng6 0-1

[Event "Governor's Cup"]
[Site "Kramatorsk"]
[Date "2001.10.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2001.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Qd3 O-O 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f4 Kh8 13. Rhf1 Rb8 14. f5
Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6 16. b3 a5 17. Rf3 Rbc8 18. Na4 Qb4 19. Qxb4 axb4 20. Nb6 Rc7
21. c3 Rg8 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. hxg3 bxc3 24. Rd3 Rb7 25. Nc8 Bf8 26. Rxc3 d5 27.
Rxc6 dxe4 28. Nb6 Kg7 29. Nd5 Kh6 30. Nxf6 Ba3+ 31. Kd2 Kg5 32. Nxe4+ Kxf5 33.
Rc4 Be7 34. g4+ Ke6 35. Kc2 Rb8 36. a4 Bb4 37. Kd3 Rd8+ 38. Ke3 Rb8 39. Kd3
Rd8+ 40. Kc2 Rb8 41. Nc5+ Bxc5 42. Rxc5 {[#] verbundene Freibauern beiderseits}
Rg8 43. Rc4 h5 44. gxh5 Rxg2+ 45. Kc3 Rh2 46. a5 Rxh5 47. a6 Rh8 (47... f5 48.
Rc8 Rh7 49. b4 Kd6 50. Kc4 (50. b5 Rc7+ 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. a7 Kb7 53. b6 f4 $11)
50... Rc7+ (50... f4 51. b5 f3 52. b6 f2 53. Rf8 Rh4+ 54. Kd3 Kc6 55. Rf6+ $18)
51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Kc5 f4 53. b5 f3 54. b6+ Kd7 55. a7 f2 56. a8=Q f1=Q 57. Qd5+
Kc8 58. Qc6+ Kd8 59. Qc7+ Ke8 60. Qxe5+ Kd7 61. Qd6+ Ke8 62. b7 $18 Qc1+ 63.
Kb6 Qb1+ 64. Kc6 Qh1+ 65. Qd5 Qh6+ 66. Kc5 Qe3+ 67. Kb5 Qe2+ 68. Kb6 Qe3+ 69.
Qc5 $18 {[%csl Yb5,Yc6,Re8]}) 48. b4 Ra8 49. b5 f5 50. b6 $1 Rxa6 51. b7 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "2011.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[Annotator "Hou,Yifan"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the second time I was taking part in a FIDE Women's Grand-prix, also
this is the second game of this tournament. My opponent Alisa is from Russia.
We had met each other twice before. I had been victorious in both these games 
(both were played in 2007, Russian league and North Urals Cup).} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 $5 ({A little surprise for me! Usually Alisa plays} 2... Nc6 {, we used
this line when playing against each other in 2007 in North Urals Cup.}) 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 ({In this variation I played a lot of} 5. Bd3 {, so I
guessed she must have good home preparation in this line, so I decided to play
another main line.}) 5... d6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 ({I used 10 minutes here to think,
then I decided to prevent ...b4 first. In my mind this position will return to
a normal Scheveningen form. Another game continued:} 7. Bf3 Bb7 8. e5 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 d5 10. Qg3 Ne7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f4 g6 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. h4 h5
16. f5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Qc5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qg6+ Kd8 21. Nd4 Kc8 22.
Nxe6 Bh6+ 23. Kb1 Qc6 24. Qf5 Ra7 25. Rxd5 Re8 26. Nc5 Bf8 27. b4 Qf6 28. Qxh5
Rd8 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. a3 Rc7 31. Rc1 Kb8 32. Qd1 Rdc8 33. Nd6 Nb6 34. Rd3 Bxd6
35. Rxd6 Qb7 36. c3 Nc4 37. Rd4 Qxg2 {0-1 Nijboer,F (2578)-Caruana,F (2598)/
Wijk aan Zee NED 2008/The Week in Chess 690}) 7... Bb7 8. f4 Nf6 9. Bf3 d5 $6 (
{I felt very happy when I saw this move; the opening of the centre is
definitely better for White. Here just playing} 9... Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Kh1
Be7 {leads back to a modern Scheveningen form.}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5
12. Be3 {When I took on d5 I just calculated to this position: now we can see
most of Black's pieces are on the back rank, and it is difficult for her to
come out quickly. But White's plan is clear: Qe2, 0-0-0 and an attack on
Black's king which is still in the centre.} Qd7 {After a long think, Alisa
found the best choice for this position.} ({If} 12... Be7 13. Nf5 ({The
seductive way:} 13. f5 O-O 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. O-O (15. Nxe6 Bh4+) 15... Bc5 $1 {
White is slightly better}) 13... O-O 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Qf3 g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7
17. O-O-O Qe4 18. Rhf1 $5 (18. Rxd5 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nc6 20. Rhd1) 18... Rc8 19.
Rd2 Re8 20. Qxe4 dxe4 21. Rd6 Rc8 22. f5 {White has a huge advantage.}) 13. Qe2
{The easy way.} ({But} 13. f5 $1 {is better:} Nc6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Nxc6 {
this move is what I missed} ({I only considered} 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nxc6 Qxg2 $1
) 15... Qxc6 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 exd5 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Bd4 Rd7 20. b4 {
White controls almost all the files and has a solid advantage, but maybe not
enough to win.}) 13... Nc6 $6 {After this move, Alisa does not have any more
chances to hold her position.} ({The best choice here is} 13... Be7 $5 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. Nf5 Re8 (15... Bf6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19. f5 {
with a strong attack}) 16. Bd4 Bf8 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Ne3 {which is
much better for White.}) 14. O-O-O {At this point I realised my position was
much better: her king is still in the centre, my rook on the d-file is aiming
towards her queen; now White just needs to push f5, and as soon as the centre
opens Black will resign!} Rc8 ({During the game I thought maybe Alisa could
manage to castle to the queenside, for example} 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 O-O-O 16.
Bxd5 exd5 17. Kb1) (14... Ne7 15. Rhe1 O-O-O 16. f5 e5 17. Nb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Qc6 19. Qh5 {Both variations are winning for White.}) ({But Black also can not
move bishop on f8, if} 14... Be7 {then} 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Bd4 {
with a strong attack.}) 15. f5 Nxd4 (15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 $1 {is almost winning
for White.} (16. gxf3 Bd6)) 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc6 18. Rhe1 {My first idea,
all looks normal.} ({Here the computer found a stronger way:} 18. Rd3 $1 Qc4
19. Kb1 Rd8 20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Rhd1 {All the pieces are attacking the centre, and
White has no weakness, but Black's rook and bishop are on their starting
square, they have never moved!}) 18... Qc4 (18... b4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. axb4
Bxb4 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Rxa6) (18... Be7 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Bc3
Bxa3 21. Kb1 $1 {Avoiding a trap!} ({During the game I thought of} 21. fxe6 $2
Qxc3 22. exf7+ Kxf7 23. Rd7+ Kf8 $1 {which I missed!! After this move the
position is better for Black!}) 21... b4 22. Be5 {winning for White.}) 19. fxe6
$6 {A misunderstanding, of course White should keep her queen on the board:} (
19. Qg2 $1 Bc5 (19... Rg8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Kb1 Be7 22. Re4 Rd8 23. Rd3) 20.
Bc3 {White is winning.}) 19... Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ke7 ({Alisa should have played} 
20... Rc6 $1 21. e7 Bxe7 22. Rde1 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rf8 25. Bxg7 Rxf3
26. Rxa6 {which is still winning for White.}) 21. exf7+ $6 {After a long
period of thought, I also did not find the best choice:} (21. Bf2 $1 fxe6 22.
Bh4+ Kf7 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. Rxe6 {and contrary to the game, we find that Black
does not have enough time to push the h-pawn and then activate the h8-rook.}
Ra8 25. Bg5 h5 26. h4 $1 {Limiting the h8-rook, winning for White.}) ({The
combination here is unsuccessful:} 21. Bc5+ Rxc5 22. Rd7+ Kf6 (22... Ke8 23. e7
Rc8 24. exf8=N+ Kxf8 25. Ree7) 23. Rxf7+ Kg6 24. e7 Bxe7 25. Rexe7 Rg8 26. Ra7
{White gets a pawn up, but Black can still hold her position.}) 21... Kxf7 22.
Bb6 h5 {A dogged move, trying to create difficulties to me.} (22... Be7 23. Rd7
Rhe8 24. Ba5 Rc6 25. Bb4 Re6 26. Rxe6 Kxe6 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Bxe7 Kxe7 29. Kd2
{The pawn ending is winning for White.}) 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. Bd4 h4 25. h3 Rh6 26.
Rg2 g6 $2 {The final mistake!} ({But there are no good suggestions, for example
} 26... Rcc6 27. Rd8 (27. Bxg7 Rhg6 28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rh7 {
also wins}) 27... Rc7 28. Rg4 Rd6 29. Ra8 Rdc6 30. c3 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rg6
{winning for White.}) 27. Be3 Rc6 28. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Re2 Kf8 31.
Ree7 g5 32. c3 Rf6 33. Ke2 Bc1 34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rdg7+ Kf8 36. Ra7 {I was really
delighted with my results in this tournament! Here I would like to express my
warm gratitude to FIDE and the Rostov region for holding such a top event!} 1-0

[Event "Novgorod"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2805"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 (6... h6
7. h4 a6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nf6
14. Nxe7 Qxe7 $13 {Karpov,A-Kasparov,G (14)/ Wch-KK2 Moscow/ 1985/ 1/2-1/2/ 32}
) (6... Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Be3 b5 (10... Be7 {Boensch}
11. O-O-O b5 12. f4 Qa5 13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g5 Bd7 16. h4 Rfc8 17. h5
Nb4 18. Bd2 Qb6 {1/2 Luther,T-Vogt,L Altensteig (01) 1992}) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12. h4
$13 {Todorovic,G-Cebalo,M/JUG/1988/1:0 (58)}) (6... Be7 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2 Nxd4
9. Bxd4 e5 10. Be3 Nf6 11. Rg1 Be6 12. g5 Nd7 13. O-O-O Qa5 $10 {Luther,
T-Stoica,V/Eforie-Nord/1989/1/2-1/2/ 59}) 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 b5 (8... Ng6 9.
Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 h6 12. Qf2 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Be2 $14 {Bologan,
V-Frolov,A/Moscow(URS-ch)/1991/1:0 (41)} (14. Be2 {Boensch} Na5 15. Nxa5 Qxa5
16. Bd3 $14 {Bologan,V-Frolov,A URS-ch (07) 1991 1-0 40})) 9. f4 $146 (9. Qe2
Na5 10. O-O-O (10. Bg2 {Boensch} Bb7 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. f4 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 $14 {
Lanka,Z-Yermolinsky,A/ Luzern WchT/ 1993/ 1/2- 1/2/ 26}) 10... Nc4 11. f4 Qc7
12. Rd4 (12. Kb1 $5) 12... Bb7 13. Rxc4 $5 Qxc4 14. Qxc4 bxc4 15. Bxc4 Nc6 16.
f5 Ne5 17. Na5 $2 (17. Be2 $8 Be7 18. Na5 Bc8 19. Na4 Bd8 20. Nb6 Bxb6 21. Bxb6
h5 $1 $15 {Salov}) 17... Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rc8 19. Na5 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe4 $17 {
Shirov,A-Salov,V/Linares/1993/0:1 (40)}) 9... Bb7 10. Qf3 (10. Bg2 Na5 (10...
Ng6 $5) 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Qd2) 10... Na5 $1 (10... b4 $2 {Boensch} 11. Na4 Nc8
12. O-O-O $16) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxa5 Qxa5 {/\ b4|^}) 11... Nxb3+ (11... Nc4 $2 {
Boensch} 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. f5 $16) 12. axb3 $2 (12. cxb3 $5 Rc8 13.
Kb1 Nc6 $13) 12... Rc8 13. h4 Nc6 14. g5 (14. Kb1 Nb4 $1) 14... Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4
16. Bd4 (16. Qf2 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Qa2+ 18. Kc1 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Rxc2+ 20. Ke1 Qxb2 $17
) 16... d5 $1 (16... Nxc2 $2 {Boensch} 17. Kxc2 b4 18. Ra1 $1 Qc7 19. Bxa6 $18)
17. f5 $5 (17. exd5 Bxd5 $19) (17. e5 Bc5 (17... Nc6 {Boensch} 18. Ne2 (18. Bf2
Be7 $15) 18... Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 $15) 18. Qf2 (18. Qe3 Qa1+ 19. Kxa1 Nxc2+ 20.
Kb1 Nxe3 $17) 18... Bxd4 19. Qxd4 O-O) 17... dxe4 18. Qh3 (18. Qf4 e3 19. fxe6
fxe6 20. Qxe3 Qa1+ 21. Kxa1 Nxc2+ 22. Ka2 Nxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxh1 $17) (18. Qe3 $2 {
Boensch} exf5 19. Bh3 (19. Bb6 $2 Rxc3 20. Rd8+ Ke7 21. Qxc3 (21. Rd7+ Ke6 $1
$19) 21... Qxb6 22. Rxf8 Qd6 $1 $19) 19... Rxc3 $1 20. Qxc3 (20. Bxc3 Qa1+ 21.
Kxa1 Nxc2+ 22. Ka2 Nxe3 $19) 20... Qa2+ 21. Kc1 Nd5 $17) (18. Qf4 $5 {Boensch})
18... Bd6 $1 (18... e3 $2 19. fxe6 Rxc3 20. exf7+ Kxf7 (20... Ke7 21. Bc5+ $1
Kxf7 22. Qf5+ $18) 21. Bc4+ $1 bxc4 22. Rhf1+ Ke8 (22... Ke7 23. Bc5+ Qxc5 24.
Qd7#) (22... Kg6 23. h5+ Kxg5 24. Rg1+ Kh6 25. Qe6+ g6 26. Rxg6+ $18) 23. Qe6+
Be7 24. Qf7+ Kd7 25. Bb6+ $18) 19. Qe3 (19. fxe6 Rxc3 $1 20. exf7+ Ke7 21. Qxc3
Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Nd5 23. Bf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxf6+ Kd7 26. Bh3+ (26. Qxh8
Bf4+ 27. Kd1 Qb1+ 28. Ke2 Qxc2+ $19) 26... Kc6 27. Qxh8 (27. Rd1 e3 $19) 27...
Bf4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qxc2+ 30. Kf1 Qd1+ $19) 19... exf5 $17 20. Bh3 (20.
Bxg7 f4 21. Qd4 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 e3 $19) 20... O-O (20... Rxc3 $2 21.
Bxc3 (21. Qxc3 $2 Qa2+ 22. Kc1 Nd5 $19) 21... Qa2+ 22. Kc1 f4 (22... Nd5 {
Boensch} 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 f4 25. Qa7 $18) 23. Qb6 e3 24. Bd7+ $1 Kxd7 25.
Qxb7+ Ke8 (25... Ke6 26. Rxd6+ Kxd6 27. Rd1+ Kc5 28. Qc7+ Nc6 29. b4+ $18) 26.
Qc8+ Ke7 27. Bf6+ gxf6 28. gxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rxd6+ Ke5 (29... Ke7 30. Qc7+ Kf8 31.
Qd8+ $18) 30. Qc5+ Ke4 31. Rd4+ Kf3 32. Qh5+ $18) (20... f4 $1 {Boensch} 21.
Qe1 (21. Bxc8 fxe3 22. Bxb7 Qc7 23. Bxe4 O-O $17) (21. Qe2 Rxc3 22. bxc3 (22.
Bxc3 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 e3 $19) 22... Qa2+ 23. Kc1 f3 $19) 21... Rxc3 22. Bxc3 Qa2+
23. Kc1 e3 $19) 21. Bxf5 Rxc3 $1 22. Bxc3 (22. Qxc3 Qa2+ 23. Kc1 Nd5 {/\ Bf4-+}
) 22... Qa2+ 23. Kc1 Nd5 24. Rxd5 (24. Bxh7+ $2 {Boensch} Kxh7 25. Qxe4+ Kg8
26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Qd4 (27. Qxd5 Bf4+ 28. Kd1 Qb1+ $19) 27... Bf4+ 28. Qxf4 (28.
Kd1 Qb1+ 29. Ke2 Qxc2+ $19)) 24... Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Rxd6 (26. Qd4 Bf4+ 27.
Ke2 Qg2+ 28. Ke1 Bg3+ 29. Kd1 Qf1+ 30. Kd2 Qe1#) 26... Qh2+ 27. Kc1 Qxd6 $19
28. b4 Rd8 (28... Re8 $5 {Boensch}) 29. Bg4 Bc8 (29... Qh2 $1 {Boensch} 30. Be1
(30. b3 Qxh4 $19) 30... Bc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Qxe4 Qg1 $19) 30. Be2 Be6 $6 (
30... Bf5 31. b3 Qe6 32. Kb2 Bg4 $19) (30... Qh2 $1 $19 {Boensch}) 31. b3 Qh2
$6 (31... Bf5 $5) 32. h5 Qc7 (32... Qg2 33. Kb2 Bg4 34. Qb6 $1 Rf8 35. Qd4 f6
36. Qd5+ Kh8 37. Qd6 Kg8 38. Qd5+ $10) (32... Qh3 {Boensch} 33. Qb6 Rc8 34. Bd4
Qxb3 $19) 33. h6 $1 $132 Rc8 34. Kb2 f6 (34... gxh6 35. gxh6 f5 36. Qd4 Qxc3+
37. Qxc3 Rxc3 38. Kxc3 Kf7 39. Kd4 Kf6 40. c4 $132) 35. gxf6 gxf6 36. Qd4 Qe5
37. Qg1+ Qg5 38. Qb6 Qd5 (38... Kf7 39. Qa7+ Kg6 40. Qg7+ Kf5 41. Qxh7+ Kf4 (
41... Qg6 42. Bg4+ Kg5 43. Bd2+ $18) 42. Qe7 $13) (38... Bf5 {Boensch} 39. Qxa6
(39. Bxf6 Qd2 40. Qg1+ Bg6 41. Bd1 e3 $19) (39. Qb7 Rd8 40. Qe7 Rf8 $19) 39...
Rxc3 40. Kxc3 Qe3+ 41. Kb2 Qxe2 42. Qxf6 Qg4 $19) 39. Bg4 (39. Bxf6 $13) 39...
Bxg4 (39... Re8 40. Qc7 Bf7 41. Bxf6 $13) (39... Kf7 40. Qa7+ Ke8 41. Bxf6 Qd7
42. Bh5+ Kf8 43. Qg1 $36) (39... f5 {Boensch} 40. Bh5 Qd7 41. Be5 $1 $132 (41.
Qg1+ $2 Kf8 42. Bg7+ Ke7 43. Qg5+ Kd6 $19)) 40. Qxf6 Qd7 41. Qh8+ Kf7 42. Qxh7+
(42. Qf6+ {Boensch} Ke8 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. Qf6+ $10) 42... Ke6 43. Qxe4+ Kf7 44.
h7 (44. Qh7+ {Boensch} Ke6 45. Qxd7+ (45. Qg6+ Kd5 46. h7 Bf5 $10) 45... Kxd7
46. h7 Kc6 47. h8=Q Rxh8 48. Bxh8 $10) 44... Bf5 45. Qf4 Qe6 (45... Rxc3 $4 {
Boensch} 46. h8=Q (46. Kxc3 $2 Qc6+ $19) 46... Rxc2+ 47. Ka3 $18) 46. h8=Q Rxh8
47. Bxh8 Qe4 48. Qc7+ (48. Qc7+ Kg6 49. Be5 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Women-ch k.o."]
[Site "Antakya"]
[Date "2010.12.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Dembo, Yelena"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Kosintseva,T"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2010.12.04"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first game of my match with Yelena Dembo went extremely badly for me.
Having reached a winning position, I committed a series of incomprehensible
mistakes, leading to a terrible defeat. As a result of this, I had to win the
second game, in order to stay alive. This game was a big fight, but
unfortunately, I did not succeed in taking advantage of the chances I had.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 {In a situation where only a
win will do, and you have the black pieces to boot, it is important to choose
an opening or a setup, where there are more chances of getting a complicated
battle. I decided to rely on the Scheveningen, counting partly on my
opponent's comparative lack of experience in playing such positions. But I too
have relatively little experience with this system, so it seemed to me that we
would face roughly equal conditions.} 6. g4 {Judging by this move, White is
also ready for a fight, which of course suited me very much! White wishes to
play the Keres Attack. However, the absence of the black knight from f6 is of
course in Black's favour, and gives him some interesting additional
possibilities in the fight against the white pawn-storm.} a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Rg1 $6 {According to the database, this move has not been
played before. The idea is simply to remove the rook from the x-ray along the
long diagonal, but in the process, White loses a valuable tempo.} ({White more
often plays} 10. Qd2 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 {with a complicated and
interesting struggle.} ({or} 12. Qf2)) 10... Rc8 $2 {Now after 11.Qd2 Black
loses his main idea ...Na5, which I had not noticed.} ({It was essential to
play} 10... Na5 {at once, for example} 11. Qd2 Nc4 (11... Nec6 12. Nxa5 Qxa5
13. Qf2 Be7 $2 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. O-O-O $18) 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nd4 d5 $13) 11. Qd2
Ng6 {A poor square for the knight, but Black has to do something.} ({Now Black
cannot play ...Na5 followed by ...Nec6, because of} 11... Na5 12. Nxb5 $1 {
with complications, which end in White's favour} Nxb3 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. Qxd6
Nxa1 15. Qb6 $1 (15. Bxa6 Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Nc6 17. Qd2 Bxa6 18. Qxc2 Be7) 15...
Nxc2+ 16. Kf2 Nxe3 (16... Bxe4 17. Bxa6 Nxe3 18. Bxc8 Nxg4+ 19. Rxg4 Nxc8 20.
Qc7 Nd6 21. Rg1 $16) 17. Qxb7 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 f6 19. Rd1 Kf7 20. Rd6 h5 21. g5
$16 {and in view of the lack of development of Black's kingside, he will not
be able to achieve normal piece coordination.}) 12. Qf2 $1 {Finally preventing
...Na5 once and for all.} (12. O-O-O Na5) 12... Qc7 ({After} 12... Be7 13.
O-O-O O-O 14. g5 {Black has nothing with which to oppose White's natural and
clear play on the kingside.}) 13. a3 {Creating something for Black to latch on
to; now in the event of long castling, Black will be able to achieve
counterplay with b4.} ({More consequent was} 13. O-O-O {, not fearing} b4 14.
Na4 Na5 (14... e5 15. f5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nb6) 15. Nb6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 {
which gives White a clear advantage.}) 13... Be7 14. g5 (14. O-O-O Bf6) 14...
b4 15. Nd1 $2 {A serious mistake, radically changing the character of the
position, in Black's favour. White damages his pawn structure and leaves his
king in the centre.} ({It was essential to play} 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. O-O-O {
with the advantage.}) 15... bxa3 16. bxa3 ({esli} 16. Rxa3 {, to} d5 17. exd5
Nb4 18. c4 Bxd5) 16... e5 $2 {Trying to activate the knight on g6 as quickly
as possible.} ({A more subtle decision was first to transfer the other knight
to d7:} 16... Nb8 $5 17. Bd3 Nd7 18. h4 h5 {preserving the same idea, but in a
more favourable form.}) ({Also interesting was} 16... f6 $5 {with the possible
variation} 17. h4 fxg5 18. hxg5 O-O 19. Qh2 d5 20. Rh1 h6 21. gxh6 Bh4+ 22. Nf2
Nce5 $1 23. fxe5 Bxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Qc3+ $19) 17. f5 Nf4 18. c4 {I had missed this
move, with which White clamps down on the d5-square.} ({Of course, it was
wrong to grab material by} 18. Bxf4 $2 exf4 19. Qxf4 Ne5 {since Black gets
excellent compensation.}) 18... h6 $2 {Continuing to open the position.
Instead of this, it was already time to think about one's own king, before
White himself starts active operations.} (18... Bd8 $5 19. Nc3 O-O 20. h4 Re8 {
with chances for both sides.}) 19. f6 $2 {Approaching time-trouble leads to
mutual mistakes.} ({Worthy of attention was} 19. gxh6 $5 Rxh6 20. Rxg7 Bh4 21.
Rg3 Rh8 22. Nc3 $13) 19... gxf6 20. gxh6 f5 $6 {White would have been posed
greater problems by 20...Bf8.} (20... Bf8 $5 21. Nc3 Bxh6 22. Nd5 (22. Qh4 Ne7)
22... Nxd5 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 24. Rg8+ Ke7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. cxd5 Nd4 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. Nxd4 exd4) 21. Nc3 (21. exf5 Bf6 (21... Rxh6) 22. Nc3 Ne7 $36) 21... fxe4
22. Bxf4 exf4 23. h7 $6 {White's idea is to play on the weakness of the back
rank, but after the correct reaction, this proves an illusion.} (23. Nd5 Qd8
24. Qxf4 {is tempting, keeping the pawn on h6, which could lead to the
following variations:} Ne5 25. O-O-O Bxd5 (25... Nxc4 26. h7 Ne3+ 27. Kb1 Nxd5
28. Rg8+ Bf8 29. Rxh8 Nxf4 30. Rxf8+ Ke7 31. h8=Q Qb6 32. Kb2 Ng6 33. Rxf7+ $18
) 26. Rxd5 Rb8 (26... Nxc4 27. h7 Rxh7 28. Qxe4 Ne5+ 29. Kb1) 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28.
Qxe5 f6 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. h7 Bxa3+ 31. Kc2 Rxb3 32. Rg8+ Rxg8 33. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8
34. Qg6+ $11) 23... f5 $2 {A terrible mistake, caused by having too little
time to calculate the variations.} ({The only correct decision was} 23... Rxh7
24. Nd5 Qd8 {and now if} 25. Rg8+ (25. Qxf4 Rh8 26. Qxe4 Ne5 27. O-O-O Bxd5 28.
Qxd5 Bg5+ $36) 25... Bf8 26. Qxf4 {Black has} Qh4+ $1 {which I had missed} 27.
Qxh4 Rxh4 28. Nf6+ Ke7 29. Nd5+ Ke6 30. Bh3+ f5 31. Rg6+ Ke5) 24. Qxf4 $2 {
A mistake in reply.} ({A large advantage resulted from} 24. Nd5 Qd7 25. Rg8+
Kf7 26. Nb6 Qe6 27. Nxc8 Bf6 28. Rxh8 Bxh8 29. Qxf4 Bxc8 30. Qg5 $16) 24...
Rxh7 25. Qxf5 Rf7 26. Qe6 Ne5 27. O-O-O {Once again, the advantage is on
White's side. He has quite simple and clear play, whilst Black, with his king
in the centre, has to play some accurate moves, which is not easy in
conditions of extreme time-trouble. This inevitably results in mistakes.} Qb6
$2 ({The computer advises} 27... Kf8 {, but it is clear that this is not a way
to play for the win, if only because of} 28. Qh6+ Ke8 29. Qe6) 28. Rg8+ Rf8 29.
Nd5 Bxd5 30. Qxc8+ Kf7 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. cxd5 $2 (32. Nd4 $18 {wins easily.})
32... Qxb3 33. Qe6+ (33. Qh3) 33... Kg7 34. Qf5 $6 {White makes his task more
difficult.} ({The simple} 34. Qh3 {led to a draw.}) 34... Qxa3+ 35. Kb1 Qb3+
36. Kc1 Be7 37. Be2 (37. Rd2 $5 Qc3+ 38. Kd1 Qa1+ 39. Kc2 $11) 37... Qe3+ 38.
Kb1 Qb6+ $2 {Missing the purely practical chance 38...Bf6.} (38... Bf6 $1 {
, which would have forced White, in great time-trouble, to find the only move}
39. Bh5 $1 {after which things would after all end in a draw, because Black is
not able to construct a mating net} (39. Rf1 Qb3+ 40. Kc1 Nd3+ 41. Bxd3 Bb2+
42. Kd2 Qxd3+ 43. Ke1 Bc3+ 44. Kf2 e3+ 45. Kg2 Qxf5 46. Rxf5 e2 $19) 39... Qb3+
(39... a5 40. Rf1) (39... Bg5 40. Rf1 Kh6 41. Bd1 $11) 40. Kc1 Nd3+ 41. Kd2
Qb2+ 42. Ke3 Bd4+ 43. Kxe4 Nf2+ 44. Kf3 Nxd1 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46. Qh6+ $11) 39. Kc2
Qc5+ 40. Kb1 Qb4+ 41. Kc2 Qc5+ 42. Kb1 Qe3 43. Rf1 a5 44. Rf2 Qb3+ 45. Kc1 Qc3+
46. Kb1 Qb4+ 47. Kc2 Qa4+ 48. Kb1 Qb3+ 49. Kc1 Qe3+ 50. Kb1 Bg5 51. Qf8+ Kh7
52. Qf5+ Kg7 53. Qf8+ Kh7 54. Qf5+ Ng6 55. Bh5 Qc1+ 56. Ka2 Qc4+ 57. Kb1 Qc1+
58. Ka2 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.10.23"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Michaelsen, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 {Die Idee dieser Variante ist, Schwarz in eine
Igelstellung hineinzuzwingen. Weiß wartet mit dem Zug d4 ab, und spielt ihn
erst nach dem er seine Figuren entwickelt hat. Gelingt es Weiß tatsächlich in
Igel rüberzukommen, so bekommt er einen kleinen Vorteil, doch leider gibt es
eine Menge Variante, wo Schwarz mindestens ausreichendes Gegenspiel erreicht.}
Nc6 4. Nc3 (4. d4 {das kann natürlich nicht das Ziel von 3.c4 gewesen sein}
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 (5... Qa5+ $5 6. Nc3 (6. Bd2 Qe5 7. Nb5 a6 8. N5c3 Bc5 $15)
6... Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bd2 $14) 6. Nc3 (6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nc3 e5
$11) 6... Bb4 7. Nxc6 dxc6 (7... bxc6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. e5 $1 (9. O-O e5 $15) 9...
Qa5 10. Bf4 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc3+ 12. Kf1 Ne8 13. Rb1 $44) 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Bd2
(9. e5 Ne4 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Kc7 12. Be3 Nxc3 13. Bd3 Na4 $11) 9... e5 10.
O-O-O Kc7 11. f3 (11. Nd5+ Nxd5 12. cxd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rd8 $11) (11. Nb5+ cxb5
12. Bxb4 Nxe4 13. Be1 Be6 $17) 11... Bc5 12. b4 Bf2 $11) 4... Nf6 {Neben
diesem Zug gibt es noch andere, die mindestens genau so gut für Schwarz sind:}
(4... Nd4 $5 5. Nxd4 $1 (5. d3 Ne7 6. g3 (6. Be3 Nec6 7. Be2 Be7 8. a3 O-O 9.
O-O b6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. f4 f5 $15 {Straub - Eingorn (Bad Woerishofen, 2004)})
6... Nec6 7. Bg2 g6 8. O-O Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Bg7 10. Be3 d6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bg2 Rb8
13. Rab1 a6 14. f4 f5 $11 {Malakhov - Kveinys (Cappelle la Grande, 1999)}) (5.
Be2 Ne7 (5... a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Re1 Bd6 $5 8. h3 Ne7 9. Bf1 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 Nc6
$15) 6. O-O Nec6 7. d3 g6 (7... Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nb5 Nxe2+ 10. Qxe2 f5 $1 $15)
8. Be3 Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Ne1 d6 11. f4 a6 12. Bf3 Bd7 13. g3 Rb8 14. Bg2 b5
15. Rd1 f5 $15 {Moshina - Istratescu (Kavala, 2002)}) 5... cxd4 6. Ne2 Qb6 7.
Ng3 Bc5 8. d3 (8. Be2 $2 d3 $1) 8... Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 $5 (9... Ne7 $6 10. Be2
O-O (10... Qa5 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 d6 14. Rhc1 b6 15. b4 $14 {
פe7}) 11. O-O Bxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. f4 $14) 10. Be2 d6 11. a3 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2
Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nf6 14. Rhc1 $11) (4... e5 $1 {Ein kleines Paradoxon! Stünde
der weiße Springer noch auf g1, so wäre die weiße Stellung etwas besser, da
Weiß in symmetrischer Stellung am Zug wäre. Aber der Springer steht schlechter
auf f3 als auf g1! Er versperrt nämlich dem Bauer f2 den Weg nach f4 - der
einzige aktive Plan in dieser Stellung.} 5. g3 (5. d3 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O f5
8. exf5 Bxf5 9. Ne1 Nf6 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Ne3 Bg6 $11) 5... g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. a3
Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. d3 d6 10. b4 f5 $1 (10... cxb4 {das hat Schwarz nicht nötig}
11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Be3 $44) 11. b5 Nd4 $15 {Maze - Lautier (Val d´Isere, 2004)})
5. Be2 Be7 $2 {Das ist jetzt nicht folgerichtig. Man kann 5....Le7 zwar
spielen und in einen normalen Igel abwickeln, aber Schwarz steht eine besser
Möglichkeit zur Verfügung:} (5... d5 $1 6. exd5 (6. e5 $6 Nd7 (6... Ne4 7. O-O
Be7 (7... Nxc3 8. dxc3 $14) 8. Qb3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 $14) 7. cxd5 exd5
8. Bb5 (8. Nxd5 Ndxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Qe2 f6 12. d4 $5 (12. f4
Kf7 13. fxe5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Qxd5 15. O-O $13) 12... cxd4 13. f4 Rc8 14. fxe5
Qa5+ 15. Nc3 dxc3 16. Bxd7+ (16. exf6+ Kd8 $19) 16... Kxd7 17. O-O Qxe5 18.
Qd3+ Kc6 19. bxc3 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 $44) 8... a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 O-O
$15) 6... exd5 7. d4 Be7 (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bb4 (9...
dxc4 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bf4 $14) 10. cxd5 Bxc3+ 11.
bxc3 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 Nxd5 13. c4 Nb4 14. O-O $14) 9. Nxc6 (9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4
Be6 $11) 9... Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Be6 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rc1 $14) 8. Be3 (8. O-O O-O 9. dxc5 (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5
11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 $11) 9... dxc4 10. Be3 Be6 $11) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4
O-O (9... Nxd4 10. Qxd4 dxc4 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8 12. Bxc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
O-O-O $14) 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Rd8 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. f3 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Nb5 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Nxd4 Bd7
$11) 6. O-O $6 {Man musste die Gelegenheit ergreifen, um Schwarz die
Möglichkeit des Vorstoßes d5 zu verweigern.} (6. d4 $1 cxd4 7. Nxd4 $14) 6...
O-O $2 (6... d5 $1 $11 {wieder geht Schwarz am Ausgleich vorbei}) 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. Be3 Bd7 {Auf dem Brett ist eine etwas bessere Igelstellung für Weiß
entstanden. Es stehen verschiedene Pläne zur Verfügung:} 10. Qd2 $6 {Dieser
Zug ist ungenau. Besser ist:} (10. Nb3 a6 11. f4 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. Rc1 Bc8 14.
Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Nd7 16. Rfd1 $14 {Short - Hernandez (Merida, 2001)}) (10. Rc1
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. cxb5 Nf6
17. Rc6 $14 {Ivanchuk - Ipek (Kocaeli, 2002)}) 10... a6 $6 {Schwarz nutzt die
Ungenauigkeit von Weiß nicht aus. Grundsätzlich gilt: Wenn man raummäßig im
Nachteil ist, sollte man Figuren tauschen. Hier bietet sich der Tausch auf d4
an, zumal Weiß dann im Vergleich zur Partie Ivanchuks ein Tempo verlieren
würde (Qd2-Qd4)} (10... Nxd4 $1 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Qa5 13. Rfd1 Rfd8
14. Nd5 Qxd2 15. Nxe7+ Kf8 16. Rxd2 Kxe7 $13 {Weiß hat eher einen symbolischen
Vorteil, der be genauer Verteidigung sehr schwer zu realisieren sein wird.})
11... Bc6 12. Rfd1 b6 13. f3 Rc8 $132) 11. Rac1 (11. f3 Qb8 12. Rfd1 $2 b5 $1
13. cxb5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 axb5 15. b4 Rc8 $132 {Mihalcisin - Baramidze (Portoroz,
2005)}) 11... Rc8 $6 {Ziemlich planlos gespielt. Man sollte versuchen zum
Vorstoß b5 zu kommen.} (11... Qb8 $5 12. f4 b5 (12... Nxd4 $5 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14.
Qe3 Nd7 15. Bd3 $14) 13. cxb5 (13. Bf3 $5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 bxc4 16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf6 $11) 13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 axb5 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd5 17.
Nxd5 exd5 $132) 12. b3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc6 14. f3 Qa5 (14... d5 15. cxd5 exd5 16.
e5 Nd7 17. f4 $14) (14... Qd7 15. b4 $1 b5 16. Rfd1 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb7 18. a3
$14) 15. Rfd1 Qh5 (15... b5 $2 16. Nd5 Qd8 (16... Qxd2 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Rxd2
$18) 17. Bb6 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxd6 $18) (15... Rfd8 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17.
Nxe7+ Kf8 18. Rxd2 Kxe7 19. Rcd1 $14 {Hier hat Weiß Zusatzchancen im Vergleich
zur obigen Stellung, da Schwarz das Feld b6 geschwächt hat.}) 16. a4 {Hier ist
die Schwächung des Feldes b4 nicht so wichtig, da Schwarz den Springer c6
schon getauscht hat.} Qg6 (16... a5 17. Nb5 Ra8 (17... Nd7 18. Qxa5 Bg5 19. Ra1
Bf4 20. g3 Be5 21. Qc3 Bxb5 22. axb5 $16) 18. Bc3 $16) 17. b4 $14 {Weiß hat
Raumvorteil und einen klaren Plan des Angriffs auf dem Damenflügel mittels
a5-b5 usw. Schwarz dagegen hat noch nichts geschafft.} Be8 18. a5 Nh5 19. Be3
d5 20. cxd5 Bxb4 21. e5 Ba4 22. Rf1 f5 23. d6 f4 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Bd3 Qg5 26.
Qb2 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 g6 28. Qd2 Ng7 29. Be4 Bb5 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Rc1 Rb8 32. Ba7
Rf8 33. Bb6 Bd7 34. Rc7 Rf7 35. Qc3 Ne8 36. Rxd7 Rxd7 37. Qc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 00 75th"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2438"]
[Annotator "McShane,L"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2000.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 $5 {6.Nde2 is also
interesting.} Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 Qxf5 9. O-O {intending f4.}) 8...
Nge7 9. O-O (9. f4 Nxf5 10. O-O Nfd4 11. Bc4 f6 $13 12. Nd5 O-O-O 13. c3 Nf5)
9... d5 $5 (9... Nxf5 10. f4 Nfd4 11. Bc4) 10. Qh5 g6 (10... Rd8 11. Rd1 $1)
11. fxg6 fxg6 12. Qh4 O-O-O 13. Bg5 {I must defend my central pawns.} Qe6 $5 {
My plan was to play Rd7 and Nf5, then get the bishop and other rook out, with
a much better game due to the big centre. It was very tempting to just stick
the bishop on g7 to develop, but it does more harm than good there because the
knight on e7 loses support. Besides, it does a lot more on c5, given the
chance. If White does nothing Black will be clearly better.} 14. Na4 $5 {
Maybe even necessary.} e4 15. Nc5 Qf7 (15... Qd6 16. Qg4+ Nf5 (16... Kb8 17.
Bf4) 17. Nxb7 Kxb7 18. Bxd8) 16. Qh3+ Nf5 (16... Qf5 17. Be2 Qxh3 18. gxh3 {
Keeps my centre under pressure.}) 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 (17... Kxb7 18. Bxd8 exd3 19.
Bg5 dxc2 20. Qb3+ Nb4 21. Be3 {to prevent Nd4} Qg8 {to defend the queen so
that I can meet 22. a3 with 22...d4} 22. Qa4) 18. Bxd8 Kxd8 19. Be2 {A
fascinating position. White has rook and pawn for two knights. My centre could
soon crumble. The opposite coloured bishops are an exciting twist - White's
bishop is dominated by the centre but could still be very useful while mine
might yet be useful for attacking the white king.} Qxb2 $5 {Drastic measures
were called for. This allows a rook to penetrate to b7.} (19... Bd6 $142 {
with Nce7 to follow.}) 20. Rab1 Qe5 (20... Qa3 21. Rb3) 21. Rb7 Bc5 (21... Bd6
{to attack h2 may well be more troublesome.}) 22. Kh1 $5 (22. Rd1 $5) 22... Na5
$2 (22... Ncd4 $1 23. Bg4 (23. Qc3 Bd6 $1) 23... h5 24. Rfb1 Bb6) 23. Rb5 Bb6
24. c4 Ne7 25. cxd5 $2 (25. Rd1 $142 Qf6 26. Rbxd5+ $5 (26. cxd5 Nb7 $13) 26...
Nxd5 27. Rxd5+ Ke7 (27... Kc7 28. c5 $16) 28. Qd7+ Kf8 29. c5 Qxf2 30. Qd6+ Kf7
(30... Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 (31... Qf6 32. Rd7+ $18) (31... Kh6 32. Qg5+ Kg7 33.
Rd7+ $18) 32. Qb8+ $11) 31. Qd7+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kg7 (32... Qf8 33. Qxe4 Bxc5 (
33... Bc7 34. Rd7 $18) 34. Qe6+ Qf7 (34... Kg7 35. Qe5+ $18) 35. Qc8+ Kg7 36.
Qxc5 $16) 33. Qe5+ $11) 25... Nf5 26. Qa3 $1 Nd4 $8 (26... Nb7 $2 27. Rxb6 $1
axb6 28. Qa8+ Kc7 29. Rc1+ Nc5 30. Qa7+ Kc8 31. Qxb6 $18) 27. Qb2 $2 (27. Rxa5
$1 Nxe2 28. Rxa7 $3 Bxa7 29. Qxa7 Qd4 (29... Nc3 30. d6 $1 Ke8 (30... Qxd6 31.
Qa8+) (30... Nb5 31. Qa5+ Kd7 32. a4 $18) 31. Rc1 Rf8 (31... Kf8 32. Qb8+ Kg7
33. Qc7+ $18) 32. Rxc3 $18) 30. Qa6 $1 Nc3 31. Rc1 Rf8 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Qc6+
Kd8 34. d6 $1 $18) 27... Re8 28. Rb4 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Nb7 30. a4 Nd6 $15 31. Qd2
Ke7 {Probably a waste of time as my king is not in great danger in the centre.}
(31... Rf8 $142 {with the threat e3.}) 32. Rb3 Kf7 33. a5 Bd4 ({I also
considered} 33... Bc7 $5 {attacking h2.}) 34. Rd1 e3 (34... Nf5 35. Rb7+ Kg8)
35. fxe3 (35. Qxd4 $4 Qxd4 36. Rxd4 e2 $19) 35... Bxe3 36. Qc3 Bd4 37. Rf1+ Kg7
38. Qc7+ Re7 39. Qb8 Qf6 40. Rbf3 Nf5 41. g4 Qd6 $8 42. Qxd6 (42. Qc8 Re2 $1
43. Qb7+ Ne7 44. Rf7+ Kh6 $17) 42... Nxd6 {My advantage has now evaporated.}
43. Rf8 Re2 $2 44. g5 $1 {Rf8-d8-d7 is dangeous.} Re7 45. a6 Nf5 46. Rb8 Kf7
47. Rb7 Ke8 48. Rd1 $1 Bc5 (48... Bb6 49. d6 Rd7 50. Re1+ Be3 (50... Kd8 51.
Rb8#) 51. Kg2 Rxd6 52. Rxa7 (52. Kf3 Rxa6 53. Rxe3+ Nxe3 54. Kxe3 Re6+ 55. Kd4
Re7 $19) 52... Kd8 53. Ra8+ (53. Rf7 Rxa6 54. Rxf5 gxf5 55. Rxe3 Rg6 56. h4 h6
$1 $11) 53... Kc7) 49. Rc1 Bd4 50. Rc8+ Kf7 {I should be able to swap rooks
with Nd6 and a drawn ending.} 51. Rc6 Ke8 52. d6 Rd7 53. Rc8+ Rd8 54. Rxd8+
Kxd8 55. Kg2 (55. Rxh7 Bg7 56. h4 $2 (56. Rh3) 56... Ng3+ 57. Kg2 Nh5 {This
may still be drawn, but Black has all the fun.}) 55... Nxd6 56. Rxh7 Nf5 57.
Rb7 Nd6 58. Rh7 Nf5 59. Rb7 Nd6 60. Rb4 Be5 61. Rb8+ Ke7 62. Ra8 Bd4 63. Kf3
Ne8 $1 {White can no longer afford to give up his a-pawn.} 64. h4 Nc7 65. Rg8
Kf7 66. Rd8 Bb6 67. Rd7+ Kf8 68. Rd6 Kf7 69. Rd7+ Kf8 (69... Ke6 70. Rg7 Kf5
71. Rf7+ Ke5 72. Rf6 $16) 70. Rd6 (70. Ke4 Nxa6 71. Kd5 Nc5 72. Rh7) 70... Kf7
71. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Meier,Georg"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany II"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

{Als die Auslosung uns am Morgen Bulgarien (in Gedanken = Topalov) als ersten
Gegner bescherte, war meine Freude groß. Allerdings wusste ich auch, dass ich
innerhalb von ein paar Stunden nicht das Geringste gg. sein Repertoire
ausrichten könnte und verzichtete deshalb auf eine konkrete Vorbereitung. Dann
zu erfahren, dass ich gg. Cheparinov spielen würde, war eine gewisse
Erleichterung, weil gg. ihn ein Sieg nicht 'ausgeschlossen' ist.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 e6 {Ich hatte nur Partien von Cheparinov mit 2...d6 oder 2...Nc6 gesehen.}
3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {Eine deutliche Kampfansage. Da ich mit Weiß
nie in Scheveninger- Strukturen gerate, setzte mich die Wahl dieser Variante
unter Druck. Allerdings war ich vor ein paar Jahren bereits mit dieser
Zugfolge konfrontiert worden und kannte mich etwas aus.} 6. g4 {Das vermeidet
praktisch die Entwicklung des Springers nach f6 und führt zu eigenartigen
Stellungen.} a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3 {Verfolgt die mit g4 eingeleitete
strategische Idee: Der Springer e7 verstopft nun den Königsflügel.} b5 9. f4
Ng6 $5 {Nach langem Nachdenken fand Ivan fernab jeder Schablone diese - für
mich - verblüffende Idee. Schwarz macht sich zunutze, dass die Bauern g4 und
f4 noch einen Moment lang anfällig sind.} ({Üblich ist} 9... Bb7 10. Qd2 (10.
Qf3 g5 $5) 10... Na5) 10. Qf3 Qh4+ {Die einzige Rechtfertigung der
Springerstellung auf g6.} (10... Be7 $2 11. O-O-O O-O 12. h4 {nebst Matt.}) 11.
Bf2 Qf6 12. Bg3 $2 {Die Zugwiederholung kam für mich nicht in Frage und obwohl
ich spürte, dass Schwarz nach dem Damentausch (13.Dg3) nicht ausgleichen kann,
leitete mich die fixe Idee, dass die merkwürdige schwarze Aufstellung mit Qf6
und Ng6 nicht gut sein kann. Dementsprechend entschied ich mich für das
folgende Bauernopfer, denn der Damentausch erschien mir im Sinne einer
´Bestrafung´ zu kleinlich und Unsizilianisch... Außerdem konnte ich mich an
keine Partie Cheparinovs erinnern, in der er sich überzeugend verteidigt hätte
und folgerte, dass ihm die entstehende Stellung zumindest nicht liegen würde.
Damit sollte ich schließlich recht behalten!} ({Korrekt ist allein} 12. Be3
Qh4+ 13. Qg3 $1 $14 {was auch im Sinne von 6.g4 und 8.Nb3 wäre, denn der
Springer g6 bleibt kaltgestellt.} (13. Bf2 $11)) 12... Nce5 13. Qe3 Nxg4 14.
Qe2 h5 15. e5 {Diese Stellung hatte ich angestrebt, ohne weitere Berechnung
und im festen Glauben, durch die Stellungsöffnung einen nachhaltigen Angriff
einleiten zu können.} dxe5 {Ich versank nun in tiefes Nachdenken und musste
einsehen, dass die weißen Figuren zu ineffektiv postiert sind und ich den
schwarzen Springern durch meine Aktion erst Leben eingehaucht hatte.} 16. Bg2 {
Nachdem ich mich davon überzeugt hatte, dass die konkreten Varianten zu
womöglich entscheidendem schwarzen Vorteil führen würden, verstand ich, dass
die beste praktische Chance darin besteht, die Geschehnisse nicht zu
forcieren! Ich setzte die Entwicklung fort und wartete auf meine Chance.} ({
Der direkte Angriff mit} 16. O-O-O Nxf4 $1 ({Nach} 16... exf4 $2 17. Qe4 Ra7
18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Qb6 {entfaltet sich die weiße Initiative.}) 17. Qe4 {wird
durch die Rückgabe von Material sofort erstickt:} Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5
Rb8) 16... Ra7 17. fxe5 Qg5 18. O-O {Was nun geschieht ist erstaunlich: Die
Anfälligkeit des Ra7 hält fortwährend die weiße Initiative am Köcheln. Statt
die Turmstellung zu verbessern und damit die Konsolidierung zu beginnen,
wählte Ivan stets die schärfste Lösung und nahm mir damit im Endeffekt die
ganze Arbeit ab! Solch überscharfes Spiel wurde Cheparinov schon häufig zum
Verhängis.} h4 (18... Qe3+ $2 19. Qxe3 Nxe3 20. Bf2) ({Nach} 18... Rc7) ({oder
} 18... Rd7 {fällt es schwer den Kampf am Leben zu erhalten.}) 19. Ne4 Qh5 20.
Bf2 {Der erste Stich gegen a7.} Nf4 (20... Rd7 {wäre wiederum richtig.}) 21.
Qf3 Nxf2 22. Qxf2 {Der 2. Stich...} Qg6 (22... Ne2+ $142 23. Kh1 Rc7 (23...
Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ $11)) 23. Qxf4 h3 24. Rf2 {Mit den von Schwarz eingeleiteten
Abtauschaktionen hat sich das Bild grundlegend geändert: Die agilen schwarzen
Springer sind verschwunden während der weiße Entwicklungsvorsprung bedrohlich
angeschwollen ist und nun wenigstens volle Kompensation verspricht.} Bb7 $2 {
Überlässt Weiß auch noch die d-Linie} ({Notwendig war} 24... Rd7 25. Nd6+ Bxd6
26. exd6 Rh5 $13) 25. Rd1 {Seinen nächsten Zug führte Ivan schnell und voller
Zuversicht aus. Ich hatte geradezu den Eindruck, als hätte er die Sache schon
abgehakt, nach dem Motto: 'Ich werde jetzt rochieren und du kannst aufgeben'.}
Be7 {Eine Verteidigung gibt es schon nicht mehr.} ({Nach} 25... Ra8 {bieten
sich 2 elegante Wege zum Sieg an:} 26. Na5 (26. Qf3 Bd5 27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Nf6+
gxf6 29. Qxd5 Rc8 30. e6 $18) 26... Bd5 27. c4 bxc4 28. Nxc4 $18 Bxc4 $140 29.
Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qxc4) (25... Bd5 {Scheitert natürlich an} 26. Rxd5 exd5 27. e6)
26. Nf6+ {Der entscheidende Stich...gegen a7! Das Eindringen der weißen
Figuren beendet die Partie im Handumdrehen.} Kf8 (26... gxf6 27. exf6 Ra8 28.
Qc7 $18) 27. Rd7 Bxg2 28. Rxa7 Rh6 29. Rxe7 {Für mich war diese Partie der
Auftakt zu einem überaus erfolgreichen Turnier. Am nächsten Tag folgte quasi
als Belohnung eine Partie gg. Carlsen (zu diesem Zeitpunkt erst mein 2.ter
Gegner aus der 2700er- Riege), die mir erlaubte, weiteres Selbsvertrauen zu
tanken.} 1-0

[Event "Sao Paulo zt 2.4"]
[Site "Sao Paulo"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Soto Vega, Jorge"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Melao,H"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.06.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 {mais usuais são Bd7 ou Nd7} 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4
Bd7 6. Bxc6 (6. c4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nc3 Ng4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bc1
Ne5 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Qe2 Qa5 15. Rad1 a6 16. Qd2 Qb6 17. Ba1 Qa7 18.
Kh1 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Rbd8 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Kg1 Nh5 23. Nf5 Qxe3 24. Nxe3
Nf4 25. Ne2 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Nd3 27. Red1 Nc5 28. Nc3 a5 29. f3 Ra8 30. Rab1 f6
31. Rd2 Reb8 32. Rdb2 Be6 33. Kf1 Rb7 34. Ke2 Rab8 35. Kd2 a4 36. Ncd1 axb3 37.
axb3 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Rxb3 Nxb3+ 40. Kc3 Nc5 41. g4 {0-1 Vasiukov,
E-Furman,S/Tallinn 1965/URS-ch (41)}) (6. Nc3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Nxc6
bxc6 10. Bc4 Ng4 11. Bd4 e5 12. Be3 d5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bxd5 Rc8 15. Bxa7 Qc7
16. Be3 O-O 17. Bb3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bc6 19. Qd3 Qb7 20. Rad1 Bxe4 21. Qd7 Qxd7
22. Rxd7 Bxc2 23. Rfxf7 Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bd5 e4 26. Re7 Bxb2 27. Bxe4 Ba3
28. Bb7 Bxe7 29. Bxc8 Kg7 30. Kf2 Kf6 31. Kf3 Ke5 32. g3 Be4+ 33. Kf2 Ba3 34.
Ba6 Bd5 35. Bd3 Bxa2 36. h4 Bd5 37. Bb1 Be4 38. Ba2 h6 39. Bb3 Bc1 40. Bc4 Kd6
41. Ke2 g5 42. hxg5 hxg5 43. g4 Kc5 44. Be6 Kb4 45. Bd7 Kc3 46. Bf5 Bxf5 47.
gxf5 Kc4 48. f6 Kd5 49. f7 Ba3 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Kg4 Kf6 {0-1 Parkkinen,
J-Sammalvuo,T/Helsinki 2000}) 6... bxc6 7. c4 {a estrutura Maroczy costuma ser
eficiente quando o Peão ausente das Pretas й o PBD, mas nesse caso a formação
Maroczy não produz efeito tão bom, em primeiro lugar porque as Pretas sempre
que quiserem conseguem jogar 'd5', a pressão pela coluna 'b' e pela diagonal
'a1-h8' й mais eficaz, o controle de 'b5' com o Peão 'c' deixa livre o Peão
'a' para romper em 'a4', entre outras possibilidades.} Nf6 (7... e6 8. Nc3 Nf6
9. O-O Be7 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Bg5 e5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. b3 O-O 15. Nh4
Rd8 16. Qf3 h6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf6 Bg4 19. Qxg4 Bxf6 20. Rcd1 Qb4 21. Rd3 Kf8
22. Rfd1 Qa5 23. h4 Qc7 24. g3 Ke7 25. R1d2 Ke8 26. Nd1 a5 27. Ne3 a4 28. Nf5
Kf8 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 axb3 31. axb3 Rd8 32. Qd1 Rxd6 33. Qxd6+ Qxd6 34.
Nxd6 Ke7 35. Nf5+ Ke6 36. h5 {1-0 Ivanovic,B-Kocovski,I/Skopje 1991}) 8. Nc3 g6
9. O-O Bg7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qb6 {o jogo preto й mais harmônico e muito mais
fácil de conduzir.} 12. h3 Rab8 13. b3 c5 {enfraquecendo 'd5'. As Pretas
poderiam prosseguir com um jogo mais lento, sem dar contra-jogo às Brancas.} (
13... a5 $5) 14. Nc2 (14. Ndb5 $4 Bxb5 15. Nxb5 Nxe4) 14... Qb7 15. Rb1 Bc6 16.
f3 {demasiado passivo.} ({com} 16. Nd5 {as Pretas estariam diante do dilema de
deixar esse poderoso Cavalo em 'd5' ou abrir a coluna 'e' deixando vulnerável
o Peão 'e7'. Não se cogita a possibilidade de expulsar o Cavalo com e6, porque
'd6' seria uma debilidade decisiva.} Bxd5 (16... Rfe8 $5) 17. exd5 a5 $5 18.
Re1 $14) 16... Rfe8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Ne5 {as peças Pretas estão mais bem
coordenadas e vão ganhando mobilidade a cada lance! Além disso, atuam tanto na
ala do Rei como na ala da Dama. As Brancas precisariam desenvolver um plano
ativo com urgência.} 19. h4 $2 {permitindo um golpe tático elementar...} f5 $1
20. exf5 (20. f4 Ng4 $17) 20... gxf5 (20... Bxf3 21. Rf1 gxf5 22. gxf3 Nxf3+
23. Rxf3 Qxf3 $17) 21. Bh6 ({se as Brancas tentassem remendar o erro com} 21.
Kf2 {seriam castigadas com} Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kg1 (23. Ke1 f4) 23... f4
$1 24. Bxf4 $8 (24. Bf2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke1 Nf3+ $19) 24... Qg4+ {
os duplos em 'f3' deixam o Rei branco sem lances bons...} 25. Kf2 (25. Kf1 Ng6
$1 $19) 25... Ng6 $1 $19 {vencendo rapidamente por ataque.}) 21... Bxh6 (21...
Bxf3 $2 22. Qg5 Ng6 23. gxf3) 22. Qxh6 Bxf3 23. Na3 $4 (23. gxf3 Qxf3 24. Qe3
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 {e embora estejam em situação difícil, as Brancas ainda poderiam
resistir bem.}) 23... Kh8 $1 {as Pretas podem vencer com quase qualquer lance,
mas a maneira como seguiu й a mais elegante.} (23... Bxg2 $19) (23... Bxd1 $19)
24. Rd2 Rg8 25. Qf4 (25. Rbb2 Rg6 26. Qf4 Rbg8 $19) 25... Bc6 (25... Bxg2 $142)
26. Kf1 Ng4 $19 {erro de notação?} ({muito mais forte й} 26... Rg4 $19 {
[%cal Yb8g8]}) ({ou} 26... Bxg2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Metz op 30th"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2012.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solodovnichenko, Yuri"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Metz Alekhine/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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. e4 c5 {01h30} 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 {
L'ukrainien a probablement été surpris par le choix de la variante e5 car le
français n'avait pas de parties dans les bases avec la B32 et il préfère jouer
une ligne secondaire pour éviter une préparation adverse.} (6. Ndb5 $142 {
La grande ligne}) 6... Bxf5 (6... Nf6) 7. exf5 Qd7 8. Nd5 (8. g4 h5) 8... Nge7
9. f6 Nxd5 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Qxd5 O-O {85 Les Noirs ont joué trés rapidement
l'ouverture} 12. Be3 $146 (12. Bd3 {Gasanov,E (2454)-Moiseenko,A (2559)
UKR-chT Alushta 2002 (9) 0-1}) 12... Ne7 {71 Les Noirs sont maintenant hors
préparation} (12... Rac8 {Quelques mois plus tard, l'entraineur de l'équipe de
France a tenté d'améliorer la position avec Rc8} 13. c3 Ne7 14. Qb5 Rc6 15. g3
d5 $1 {Santos Latasa,J (2399)-Cornette,M (2567) Creon op 17th 2012 (9) 1/2})
13. Qb3 d5 (13... Rac8) 14. Bb5 (14. O-O-O $5 a5 15. Kb1 (15. a4 Rac8 16. Bb5
Qe6) 15... a4 $132) 14... Qe6 15. O-O-O $5 {40} (15. O-O Nf5 $132) 15... a6 {48
} 16. Be2 Rac8 (16... b5) 17. Kb1 d4 $1 18. Qxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 19. Bg4 $1
(19. Bg5 Rxf2 $36) 19... Rc6 20. Bg5 Nd5 $132 {[%csl Gd5] Le N central est
trés fort et les Noirs ont commencé а prendre l'initiative} 21. Bf3 Rb6 {
[%cal Gd5c3]} 22. Bd2 d3 $1 (22... e4) 23. Be4 $8 (23. cxd3 $2 e4) 23... dxc2+
24. Kxc2 Rxf2 $36 25. Kc1 Rxd2 $1 26. Kxd2 (26. Rxd2 Bh6) 26... Rxb2+ 27. Kc1
Rxa2 28. Rxd5 $1 {[%cal Ge4d5,Gd5a2,Gd5g8]} Ra1+ 29. Kc2 Rxh1 30. Rd8+ Bf8 31.
Bxb7 Rxh2 32. Ra8 Rh4 33. Rxa6 Kf7 34. Kd3 Rd4+ 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Bc6 e4 37. Ra2
Bh6 38. Ra4 Rd2+ {[%csl Re2]} 39. Kf1 Rd1+ {Une petite répétiton de coups pour
passer le contrôle de temps} (39... e3 $40 {[%csl Rf1]}) 40. Ke2 Rd2+ 41. Kf1
e3 $40 {[%cal Gd2f2]} 42. Bf3 Bg5 43. Be2 Rb2 {[%csl Gb2][%cal Gb2b1]} 44. g3
h6 45. Rc4 Ke5 {[%csl Ge5,Rf1] La différence d'activité des K donne des
petites chances de gain aux Noirs} 46. Rc5+ Kd4 47. Rb5 Rc2 48. Rb4+ Kc5 49.
Rb5+ Kc6 50. Rb4 Ra2 51. Rd4 e5 52. Rd3 Kc5 53. Rc3+ Kd4 54. Rc4+ Kd5 55. Rc1
Rd2 56. Ra1 Rb2 57. Rd1+ Ke4 58. Rc1 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Meyer,CD"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 $5 ({I Eher nach
Gashimovs Geschmack als das relativ ruhige} 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Na3 {womit Kempinski
ordentliche Resultate erzielt hat, z.B.:} Be7 (7... Be6 8. Nd5 Bxd5 9. exd5
Nce7 10. c4 Nf6 11. Be2 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qb3 Qd7 14. Be3 O-O 15. Bb6 Rac8 16.
Rac1 Ne4 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd2 Nf5 19. Bg4 Bh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21. Bxd7 Nxd7 22.
Be3 Nf5 $15 {, 0:1/52, Sarakauskiene,Z (2164) - Kempinski,R (2597), Warsaw 2010
}) 8. Nc4 b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Nb4 12. Be2 Be6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Ned5
Nd4 15. Nxe7+ (15. Bd3) 15... Qxe7 16. Bd3 h6 17. Be3 Nc6 $13 {/=, remis/34,
Swiercz,D (2540) - Kempinski,R (2600), Warsaw 2011}) (6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. f4 a5 10. a4 Nb4 11. Kh1 Bd7 12. Be3 Bc6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qd2 b6 15.
Qf2 Rab8 16. Rad1 b5 17. axb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxb5 $13 {/=, remis/59, Negi,P 
(2596) - Kempinski,R (2615), Germany 2011}) ({II Das alte} 6. Nde2 {nebst
nachhaltiger Kontrolle von d5 ist eine weitere, solide Alternative.}) 6... Bxf5
7. exf5 Be7 $6 ({Den Vorzug verdient die üblichere Folge} 7... Qd7 $142 {, z.B.
} 8. g4 (8. Bc4 Qxf5 9. O-O {/\f4}) 8... h5 9. g5 Qxf5 10. Be3 $44 {mit
zweischneidiger Stellung, in der Weiß auf den hellen Feldern dominiert und für
den geopferten Bauern Kompensation hat, etwa nach dem weiteren} O-O-O 11. h4
Kb8 12. Bh3 Qg6 13. Qf3 (13. Bg2)) 8. g4 $5 $146 ({Bewährt hat sich} 8. Bc4 Nf6
9. Be3 $14) ({Oder mit Zugumstellung} 8. Be3 Nf6 (8... Qd7 $6 9. Qf3) 9. Bc4
$14) 8... h6 $6 (8... h5 $142 $5 {war wohl die gegebene Reaktion:} 9. Rg1 $13)
9. h4 {Nach seiner Erstrundenniederlage (gegen Mchedlishvili) beim langen
Bundesliga-Wochenende in Mülheim war Vugar offenbar besonders "auf Krawall
gebürstet".} ({Indes stünde Schwarz nach} 9. Bg2 {ebenfalls unbehaglich, z.B.}
Nf6 (9... Rc8 10. Be3 $14 (10. h4 Qa5 $5 (10... Bxh4 $6 11. Be3 Be7 12. Qe2 Nd4
(12... Qa5 13. O-O-O) 13. Qd3))) 10. h4 $14) 9... Nf6 ({Auch hier kostet der
Bauernraub} 9... Bxh4 $6 {kostbare Zeit:} 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Be3 {und Weiß steht
überlegen, dazu ein paar interessante Spielproben:} Rc8 (11... Qd7 12. Nd5 Nf6
13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. g5 Bd8 15. f6 $16) (11... Qa5 12. g5 O-O-O (12... Qb4 13.
Qd3 $1) 13. a3 $1 Nd4 (13... Kb8 14. b4 Qc7 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. c3 $1 Qxf5 (16...
Rc8 17. b5 Nd8 18. Qa4 $18) 17. b5 Na5 18. Qa4 b6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Nxb6 $18) (
13... d5 14. b4 Bxb4 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Bd2 $16) 14. f6 $5 gxf6 (14... Bf8 15.
Qg4+ Kb8 16. O-O-O gxf6 17. Rxd4 $1 exd4 18. Bxd4 $18) 15. gxh6 f5 16. b4 Qa6
17. Nd5 Kb8 18. h7 Nf6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 $18) 12. Qe2 $1 Nd4
(12... Qa5 13. O-O-O $1 Nb4 14. Kb1 Nf6 (14... Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxa2 16. Bd2 Nxc3+
17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qb5+ Kf8 19. Qxb7) 15. a3 Rxc3 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. g5 Nd7 18.
f6 gxf6 19. Rxh6 Rg8 20. Bd5 $18) 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Qa5+ 15. b4 Qa6 16.
Qxa6 bxa6 17. O-O-O $16) 10. Rg1 (10. Bg2 $142 $14) 10... Qa5 $1 $13 11. Bd2
Nd5 (11... Nd4 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Nd7 $13) 12. Ne4 $5 ({Oder: I} 12. Bg2 Nxc3
13. Bxc3 $13) ({II} 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. c4 $13) 12... Qb6 13. Rg3 $5 {mit
attraktiver Schwenkmöglichkeit zum Damenflügel} O-O-O (13... Qxb2 {erschien
Schwarz zu riskant:} 14. Rb1 Qd4 (14... Qxa2 $143 $6 15. Rgb3 Nd4 16. R1b2 Qa4
17. Rxb7) 15. Qf3 $13) 14. c4 Nf6 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Rb3 Qd4 $2 ({Aber hier
gießt Schwarz Öl ins Feuer, während seine Position nach dem Rückzug} 16... Qc7
$142 $13 {einen etwas passiven, doch zuverlässigen Eindruck gemacht hätte, z.B.
} 17. g5 hxg5 18. hxg5 Be7 19. Bg2 (19. Qg4 Qd7 20. O-O-O g6) 19... Nd4 (19...
Rh2 $6 20. Qg4) 20. Be3 $5 (20. Rd3 $2 Rh2 21. Kf1 Rdh8 22. Kg1 Qd7 $17) 20...
Nxb3 21. axb3 a6 22. Qd5 Rh5 $1 23. Qxf7 Rxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 $11) 17. Qe2 $1 ({
Die bärenstarke Widerlegung, während} 17. Bg2 {nicht so zupackend gewesen wäre:
} e4 (17... Qxc4 $4 18. Rc1 Qa6 (18... Qd4 19. Rb4 $18) 19. Bf1 (19. Rxb7)
19... Qa4 20. Rxc6+ bxc6 21. Rb8+ Kxb8 22. Qxa4 $18) 18. Be3 Qxd1+ (18... Qe5
19. g5) 19. Rxd1 Bxh4 20. Bxe4 Rhe8 21. Bd5 $14) 17... d5 $2 {Guter Rat war
teuer! Geringere Übel mögen gewesen sein:} ({I} 17... h5 18. g5 Be7 19. Bg2 Qg4
(19... Qxh4 20. Rg3 Nd4 21. Qd3 $16 Nc6 22. Be4 $1 Qh2 23. f6 gxf6 24. Kf1 fxg5
25. Rh3 $18) 20. Qe4 $16) ({II} 17... Bxh4 18. Bg2 e4 19. Bc3 Qd3 20. Bxe4
Qxe2+ 21. Kxe2 Rde8 22. Kf3 $16) 18. Rc1 $1 {Nun ist Schwarz nicht mehr zu
retten!} e4 ({Oder z.B.: I} 18... Rd7 19. Rd3 Qe4 20. cxd5 Qxe2+ 21. Bxe2 e4
22. Rb3 Rxd5 23. Ba6 $18) ({II} 18... Kb8 19. Bg2 e4 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Bf4 $18)
19. Be3 Qe5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Qb5 $1 {Alle weißen Geschütze sind massiv
aufgefahren und die Verteidigung sollte jetzt flugs kollabieren.} Qd7 ({Oder: I
} 21... Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Bxh4 (22... Rd5 23. Bxc6 (23. Ba6) 23... bxc6 24. Rxc6+
Kd7 25. Ra6 Ra8 26. Bxh6 $18 Bxh4 27. Bxg7) 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Ra6
$18) ({II} 21... Rd7 22. Bf4 Qxb5 23. Bxb5 $18) 22. Qa6 $2 {Auf die knappe
Bedenkzeit des Gegners, allzu hastig und für die Galerie gezogen.} ({Schlicht
und zwingend gewannen beispielsweise: I} 22. Qa4 $142 Kb8 23. Ba6 (23. Bb5 $18
Ka8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxa7 $18 Bc3+ (25... c5 26. Qa6) 26. Rbxc3 (26. bxc3 Qd2+
27. Kf1 Qxc1+ 28. Kg2) 26... Qxa7 27. Qxc6+ Qb7 28. Ra3+ Kb8 29. Rb3) 23... b6
24. Bb5 $18) ({II} 22. g5 $142 hxg5 23. hxg5 Be5 (23... Be7 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25.
Rc3 $18) 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25. Qxe5 Qd6 (25... f6 26. Qa5 $18 (26. Qg3 $18)) 26.
Rc3+ Kb8 27. Qxd6+ Rxd6 28. Bf4 $18) 22... Qc7 $2 ({Mit dem Rücken an der Wand
und der Zeitnot im Nacken verpaßt Schwarz die letzte, indes vage Chance: I} 
22... Bc3+ $5 23. bxc3 (23. Rbxc3 bxa6 24. Bxa6+ Kb8 (24... Kc7 25. Bb5 Qe7 26.
Rxc6+ Kb7 27. Ba6+ Ka8 28. Rc7 Qd6 29. Bb7+ Kb8 30. Bxa7+ Kxa7 31. Bxe4+ Kb6
32. R1c6+ $18) 25. Rxc6 $16) 23... Ne5 $16 (23... bxa6 $4 24. Bxa6+ Kc7 25.
Bf4+ Ne5 26. Bxe5+ Kc6 27. Bb5+ Kd5 28. Bf4 Qxb5 29. Rxb5+ Kc6 30. Ra5 $18) 24.
Bb5 bxa6 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rcb1 Nxg4 27. Rb7+ $16) ({II} 22... Qd1+ 23. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 bxa6 25. Bxa6+ Kc7 26. Rb7+ Kd6 27. b3 Bxh4 28. Bf4+ Ne5 29.
Rxf7 Bg5 30. Bg3 Bf6 31. Rxa7 $18) ({III} 22... bxa6 23. Bxa6+ Kc7 24. Bf4+ $18
) 23. Qa4 $18 {Schluß mit lustig!} Rd6 24. Bxa7 ({I} 24. Bxa7 Kd7 25. Bb6 $18
Qc8 26. Bc5 Rd5 27. Qc4) ({II} 24. Bf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Geneve op"]
[Site "Geneve"]
[Date "2003.04.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.04.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Ne7 7. g5 b5 $1 $146 (
7... Nec6) 8. a3 Bb7 9. Be3 Nd7 10. h4 $6 (10. Bg2 $142 Ne5 $13) (10. Qd2 d5
$15) 10... d5 11. exd5 (11. Bg2 dxe4 (11... e5 $2 12. Nf5) 12. Nxe4 Nd5 $15)
11... Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 13. Rg1 Qc7 14. Bg2 (14. Qd2 Rc8) 14... Nb6 (14...
Qh2 $6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 $2 (15... Qc7) 16. Qxf3 Qxg1+ 17. Ke2 Qxa1 18. Qxa8+ Ke7
19. Qb7 Qxb2 20. Bc5+ Kd8 21. Qa8+ Kc7 $11) 15. Qg4 Be7 16. O-O-O $6 (16. h5
Rc8 17. Bxd5 (17. g6 hxg6 18. hxg6 f5 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. g6 hxg6 19. hxg6 f5
20. Qe2 Qe5 $15) 16... Rc8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Kb1 (18. h5 $2 e5 $19) 18... O-O (
18... e5 $2 19. Nf5 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1 $13) (18... b4 $1 19. axb4 e5 20. Nf5 Qxc2+
21. Ka1 Nxb4 $19) 19. Bc1 (19. h5 e5 20. Nf5 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Bxa3 22. bxa3 Qc3+
23. Ka2 b4 $19) 19... Bxa3 $1 20. bxa3 Nc3+ 21. Kb2 Qc4 22. Be3 (22. Nb3 Na4+
23. Ka1 Qc3+ 24. Kb1 Qxc2+) 22... e5 0-1

[Event "Legion-AdW match"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1988.06.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Moehring, Guenther"]
[Black "Filipowicz, Andrzej"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Moehring,G"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1988.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. f3 h5 10. g4 hxg4 11. fxg4 Nf6 12. g5 Ng4 13. g6 f6 14. h4 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qa5 17. Qa4+ (17. Be2) 17... Qxa4 18. Nxa4 Bd7 19. Nb6
Rd8 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. h5 Rc8 22. Be2 Rc5 23. Rdg1 f5 24. h6 gxh6 25. g7 Rg8 26.
Rxh6 fxe4 27. Rh8 Rg5 (27... Bg5+ 28. Rxg5 Rxg5 29. Rxg8) 28. Rxg8 Rxg1+ 29.
Kd2 Bg5+ 30. Kc3 Bf6+ 31. Kb3 Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Bxg7 33. c3 d5 34. Bg4 Kd6 35. Kc2
Bh6 36. Bh3 b6 37. Bg4 a5 38. Bh3 Bg5 39. Bg4 Ke5 40. Bh3 Kf6 41. Bg2 Bh6 42.
Kd1 Kg5 43. b4 axb4 44. cxb4 Bf8 45. a3 Kf4 46. Bh3 e5 47. Be6 d4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch48 First League"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "1980.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1980.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
(8. g4 $5 h6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc2 g5 11. h4 Rg8 12. hxg5 hxg5 13. Qd2 $14 {
Mariotti,S-Gheorghiu,F/Leningrad/1977/0:1/ (34) Inf 24/321/}) 8... O-O 9. Be3 (
9. b3) (9. f4 $5) 9... Bd7 $6 (9... b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Re8 13.
g4 Bf8 14. g5 Nfd7 15. Bg2 $14 {Torre,E-Polugaevsky,L/Manila/1975/1:0/ (42)
Inf 20/358/}) (9... Nbd7 10. Rc1 Re8 11. f4 Bf8 12. Nb3 $1 $14 {Barua,
D-Gheorghiu,F/London/1981/0:1/ (58) Inf 32/235/}) 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4 $1 Rc8 $6 (
11... Nxd4 $5 12. Qxd4 Qc7 (12... e5 $6 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 $16)
13. Rac1 (13. f4 e5 $1) 13... Rac8 $14) 12. f4 $16 (12. Nb3 $6 Ne5) 12... Re8 (
12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Bxd4 $5) 13... Qc7 14. e5 $16) 13. Nb3 $1 (13. g4 $6
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Bc5+ $1 17. Bd4 (17. bxc5 Rxe5 $15)
17... Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Bxg4 $15) 13... Qc7 14. Rc1 b6 15. b5 $1 (15. Nd5 $2 exd5
16. cxd5 Qb7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 $17) 15... Na5 16. Nxa5 bxa5 17. bxa6 a4 18. Nb5 $1
$18 Qc6 19. e5 (19. Na7 $2 Qxe4) 19... dxe5 20. fxe5 Bc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kh1
Qxe5 23. Nd6 Ra8 24. Nxe8 Bxe8 25. c5 $6 (25. Bf3 $1 Rxa6 (25... Ne4 26. Bxe4
Qxe4 27. Qf3 Qxf3 28. Rxf3 Rxa6 29. c5 Bc6 30. Rd3 $18) 26. Qd8 $18) 25... Bc6
26. Bf3 Ne4 27. Qe2 f5 28. Rfd1 h5 29. Bxh5 $2 (29. Bxe4 Bxe4 30. Qxh5 (30. c6
$18) 30... Qb2 31. Qg5 $18) 29... g6 30. Bf3 Kf7 31. Rd6 $4 (31. g3 $4 Nxg3+
32. hxg3 Qxe2 $19) (31. Bxe4 $1 Rh8 32. g3 Bxe4+ 33. Kg1 $18) 31... Rh8 $1 $19
32. Bh5 Ng3+ (32... Ng3+ 33. hxg3 Qxe2 $19) 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 74th"]
[Site "Saarbruecken"]
[Date "2002.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mueller, Karsten"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2002.11.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
(8. f4 Nxd4 (8... Bd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bg2 h5 11. gxh5 $6 (11. Nd2 $5) 11... d5
$1 $15 {Shirov-PolgarJ,Dos Hermanas 1996}) 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Kb1 Be7 13. g5 O-O 14. h4 $40 {Shirov-PolgarJ,Monaco 1996}) 8... b5 (8...
Ng6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. O-O-O b5 11. f4 $14 {Bologan,V-Frolov,A URS-ch58 (07) 1991})
9. Qe2 (9. f4 $5 Bb7 (9... g5 $5 10. fxg5 Ne5 11. Bd3 N7g6 12. Be2 Nh4 13. Rg1
Be7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Feletar,D-Rogic,D/Zagreb 1997/EXT 99 (55)}) 10. Qd2 (10. Qf3
g5 (10... Na5 $5 11. O-O-O Nxb3+ 12. axb3 $6 (12. cxb3 $5) 12... Rc8 13. h4 Nc6
14. g5 Qa5 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Bd4 d5 $1 $36 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kasparov,G/Novgorod
1994/CBM 43/[Kharitonov] (48)}) 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 $5 14. gxh5
$6 Nf5 $1 15. Bf2 Qxg5 $3 $36 {A.Shirov-J.Polgar, Buenos Aires 1994.}) (10. Bg2
$5) 10... Nc8 (10... Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 d5 13. Qf2 dxe4 14. f5 Nd5 15.
fxe6 O-O-O 16. O-O $13 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Bacrot,E/Enghien les Bains 1999/
CBM 70 (39)}) 11. O-O-O Be7 (11... Nb6 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 Rxc4 $132 {0-1 Wallace,J-Johansen,D/Canberra 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 12.
Kb1 O-O 13. g5 Qe8 $6 14. Rg1 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nd4 b3 18. cxb3 axb3
19. Nxb3 Bd8 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. f5 $40 {1-0 Svidler,P-Bischoff,K/Bled 2002/EXT
2003 (34)}) (9. g5 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. f4 Nc8 12. Qf2 Be7 13. Bg2 Bd8 14. a4 b4
15. Nb1 O-O 16. N1d2 f5 17. O-O-O Rb8 $6 18. Kb1 (18. exf5 $5 Rxf5 19. Bh3 N8e7
20. Rhe1 $36) 18... fxe4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Bischoff,K/Ohrid 2001/CBM
84 (40)}) (9. Bg2 Ne5 $5 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Nd2 g5 $5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 13. h4 (13. f4
Rxg5 $13) 13... h6 14. Bf4 $13 {0-1 Nijboer,F-Hall,J/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/
[Gofshtein,L] (58)}) 9... Bd7 (9... Na5 10. O-O-O (10. Bg2 Bb7 11. Nxa5 Qxa5
12. f4 Nc6 (12... b4 13. Nd1 e5 14. O-O exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. e5 d5 17. Be3 Bc5
18. Qf2 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 O-O 20. Nf5 Nxe5 (20... Qc7 $5) 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qf6+
Kg8 23. Qxe5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Rae8 25. Qg5+ Qg6 26. Qxg6+ fxg6 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28.
Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Haslinger,S-Kelly,B/Witley 1998/EXT 99 (28)}) (12... Ng6 $6 13.
Qf2 Rc8 14. Bb6 Qb4 15. O-O-O Qc4 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Vogt,L/Winterthur 1996/CBM
55/[Gallagher] (43)} 16. a3 $5 {(Gallagher)}) 13. O-O Be7 14. g5 Qc7 15. Qf2
Bd8 16. Ne2 O-O 17. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Yermolinsky,A/Luzern 1993/CBM 38 
(27)}) 10... Nc4 11. f4 Qc7 12. Rd4 Bb7 13. Rxc4 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4
$13 {0-1 Shirov,A-Salov,V/Linares 1993/CBM 34/[Boensch,U] (40)}) 10. O-O-O Nc8
{Klaus Bischoff's Spezialaufbau} 11. f4 b4 12. Nd5 {Alles oder nichts.} (12.
Nb1 $5) 12... a5 $5 {"Der Gaul auf d5 läuft mir ja nicht weg" hat sich
Bischoff hier sicher gedacht und zunächst sein Spiel gegen den weißen
Monarchen weiter verstärkt.} (12... exd5 13. exd5 N6e7 14. Bg2 $13) 13. Bg2 a4
14. Nd4 Nxd4 (14... exd5 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Bb6+ Qe7 18. Qf2 Nxb6
19. Rhe1 $13) 15. Bxd4 exd5 {schließt nimmt Schwarz doch an, bevor der
Springer es sich anders überlegt und wieder wegzieht.} (15... b3 16. Nc3 $13)
16. e5 Be7 17. exd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd5 Ra5 (18... Rc8 $5) 19. Bxg7 Rg8 20. Be5 Bxg4
21. Bf3 b3 $2 (21... Bxf3 {war besser, auch wenn Weiß nach} 22. Qxf3 Qc7 23.
Kb1 {durch die etwas unsichere Stellung des schwarzen Königs und die fehlende
Koordination seiner Türme noch gewisse Kompensation hat.}) {[%tqu "En","What
had Klaus Bischoff overlooked, when he choose 21...b3?","","","d1d6","",5,"De",
"Was hatte Klaus Bischoff bei 21...b3 übersehen?","","","d1d6","",5]} 22. Rxd6
$1 Qc8 (22... Bxd6 23. Bxd6+ (23. Bf6+ $2 Be7 $19) 23... Kd7 24. Rd1 Bxf3 25.
Qxf3 bxa2 26. Bb4+ Kc8 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Qc6+ Kb8 29. Bd6+ Ka7 30. Qc7+ Ka6
31. Qc4+ Kb7 32. Qxf7+ Ka6 33. Qxa2 Rxd6 34. Qc4+ $16) 23. Rc6 $1 (23. Bf6 $2 {
trifft auf den Donnerschlag} Re5 $3 ({oder das ruhige} 23... Be6) 24. fxe5 Bxf3
25. Qb5+ Kf8 26. axb3 axb3 27. Qxb3 Bxh1 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Qb4 Ke8 30. Qb5+
$11) 23... Qb7 $6 {[%tqu "En","White to move and win","","","e2c4","",-2,
"e5d6","war der richtige Zug, doch ich hatte",7,"De","Weiß zieht und gewinnt",
"","","e2c4","",-2,"e5d6","war der richtige Zug, doch ich hatte",7]} 24. Qc4 $2
(24. Bd6 $1 {war der richtige Zug, doch ich hatte} Bxf3 $6 (24... Rd5 25. Rc8+
Bxc8 26. Bxd5 Qa7 27. Re1 Be6 28. Bxe7 bxa2 29. Bxa2 $18) (24... bxa2 25. Rc8+
Bxc8 26. Bxb7 Be6 27. Bc6+ Kd8 28. Bxe7+ Kxe7 29. Kd2 $18) 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26.
Rc7+ $1 {übersehen:} Qxc7 27. Qxe7+ Kc6 28. Qxc7+ $18) 24... Rxe5 $2 (24...
bxa2 {gewinnt sofort.}) 25. Qxa4 $2 ({Nach} 25. Rg6 Qxf3 26. Rxg8+ Bf8 27.
Qxa4+ Bd7 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qb4+ Re7 30. Re1 Be6 31. Qd4 {kann Weiß noch
kämpfen, aber Schwarz sollte dennoch langfristig auf Gewinn stehen.}) 25... Kf8
26. Bxg4 $6 (26. Qxb3 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Rc5+ 28. Rxc5 Bxc5 $17) 26... Rxg4 27. Rf1
(27. Qa6 bxa2 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Qxb7 a1=Q+ 30. Kd2 Qa5+ 31. c3 Bg5 $19) 27...
Ra5 28. Qxa5 Qxc6 29. axb3 Rg2 30. Qf5 Qa6 31. c4 Qa2 (31... Qa2 32. Qb1 Qxb3
$19) 0-1

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 37th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2002.05.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.05.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g4 {Weiß versucht es
mit dem scharfen g4, obwohl Schwarz Sf6 noch gar nicht gespielt hat.} h6 7. Bg2
(7. Be3 {wird häufiger gespielt, z.B.} Nf6 8. h3 Be7 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4
11. Qxd4 Bd7 12. f4 Bc6 13. Rg1 Nd7 14. Bc4 Qa5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxg7 Bf6 17.
Qg6+ Ke7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7 (19... Bxd7 20. Ne4 Raf8 21. Bc5+ Kd8 22.
Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Nxf6 Qxa2 24. Qg7 $18) 20. Rd1+ Ke7 21. g5 Rhf8 22. Qh7+ Rf7 23.
gxf6+ Kxf6 24. Qxh6+ Ke7 25. f5 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Van der Sterren,P/Castrop
Rauxel GER 2001/The Week in Chess 327 (25)}) (7. h4 a6 8. Bg2 Be7 9. Be3 Nxd4
10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. c3 Nf6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. g5 hxg5 16.
hxg5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/Moscow 1985/MAINB (32)}) 7... Bd7 $6 (
7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 e5 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. h3 Be6 11. f4 Be7 (11... exf4 $5) 12. f5
Bc4 13. Be3 d5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bh4+ 16. Bf2 Qg5 $6 {1-0 Jaracz,
P-Ibrahimov,R/Polanica Zdroj POL 1999 (32). (31)} (16... Qb6 17. Qd2 Bxf2+ 18.
Qxf2 Qxb2 $15)) 8. Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bf4 e5 ({Weiß hat auch nach} 9... Ne5 10. Qd4 {
die Initiative:} Nf6 (10... a6 $6 11. Nxd6+ Bxd6 12. Rd1) 11. O-O-O g5 12. Bg3
Nfxg4 13. Nxd6+) 10. Nd5 $2 {dieses Opfer geht zu weit.} (10. Be3 a6 11. Na3 ({
Das Opfer} 11. Bb6 $2 {scheint erneut nicht spielbar zu sein:} axb5 12. Nxb5
Nf6 13. Nc7+ Ke7 14. Nxa8 Qxa8 $17) 11... Nf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne7 14. Nc4
$14) 10... exf4 11. Ndc7+ Kd8 12. Nxa8 Ne5 $1 (12... Qxa8 $6 13. Nxd6 Kc7 14.
Nxf7 Rh7 15. Qd2 g5 16. Ne5 {gibt Weiß erheblich mehr Spiel.}) 13. Nbc7 Bc6 (
13... Nf6 14. Qe2 Ne8 {kommt auch in Betracht.}) 14. Qd4 Nf6 ({Auf die
Verwicklungen nach} 14... b5 $6 15. O-O-O Nxg4 $6 16. Rhg1 Bxa8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8
18. e5 {sollte sich Schwarz besser nicht einlassen.}) 15. O-O-O Nfd7 $1 16. Bf1
b6 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qxa8 19. Nxd6 Qc6 $17 20. Nf5 Kc8 21. Qd2 g6 22. Nd4
Qa4 23. Kb1 Nc4 24. Qxf4 $2 (24. Qc3 Nde5 25. b3 Qa5 26. Qxa5 Nxa5 $17) 24...
Nxb2 $3 {[%mdl 640] Dieser Einschlag gibt Schwarz gewinnbringenden Angriff.}
25. Kxb2 (25. Qxf7 Nxd1 26. Qe8+ Kb7 27. Rxd1 Bg7 28. Qf7 Bxd4 29. Qd5+ Qc6 30.
Qxd4 Rh7 $19) 25... Ba3+ 26. Kc3 (26. Ka1 $2 Qb4 $19) 26... Nc5 27. Rb1 Qa5+
28. Kc4 Qa4+ 29. Kc3 Rd8 30. Rhd1 Qa5+ 31. Kc4 Qa4+ 32. Kc3 a6 33. Nc6 (33. f3
Qa5+ 34. Kc4 b5+ 35. Nxb5 axb5+ 36. Rxb5 Qa4+ 37. Kc3 Qxb5 38. Rxd8+ Kxd8 39.
Qd6+ Qd7 $19) 33... Nxe4+ 34. Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Nxd8 b5 36. Rd3 Be7 37. Rbd1 $6 (
37. Nxf7 Qc4+ 38. Kb2 Qxf7 $19) 37... Qb4# 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4
(8. Nb3 b5 (8... Ng6 $5) 9. Bg2 Ne5 $5 10. Qe2 Bb7 (10... Nc4 $5) 11. Nd2 g5 $5
12. Bxg5 Rg8 13. h4 (13. f4 Rxg5 14. fxg5 N7g6 15. h4 b4 16. Nd1 Rc8 $44) 13...
h6 14. Bf4 Nxg4 (14... N7g6 $5 15. Bg3 Qf6 $44) 15. O-O-O $44 {0-1 Nijboer,
F-Hall,J/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (58)}) 8... b5 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4
(9. Bxd4 $5) 9... e5 $5 (9... Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 $6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Be7 13.
g5 O-O 14. h4 $16 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Monaco (rapid) 1996/Inf 69/[Shirov,A] (14)
}) 10. fxe5 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nxe5 $132) (8... Bd7 $5) 9. Nf3 (9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4
Nc6 11. Qb6 Qxb6 12. Bxb6 Rb8 13. Be3 g5 $5 14. fxg5 Ne5 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in Chess 436 (38)}) (9. Nb3
Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 $2 g5 $1 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 $1 14. gxh5
Nf5 $1 15. Bf2 Qxg5 16. Na5 Ne3 $3 $17 {Shirov-Polgar.J-Buenos Aires 1994})
10... Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 b4 $5 13. Nd1 d5 $5 $132 {1-0 Lautier,J-Hall,J/
Harplinge 1998/CBM 67/[Gofshtein,L] (40)}) (9. g5 Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 $1 11. gxh6 (
11. h4 $6 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Rc8 $132 {Shabalov-Smirin ,Los Angeles
1997}) 11... Ng6 (11... Rxh6 $5) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 $1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Polgar,J/Madrid 1997/Inf 69/[Shirov,A] (36)}) 9... Bb7 $5 (9... b4 10. Na4
Rb8 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. b3 h5 13. g5 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rb5 16. c4 bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Rb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Svidler,P/Cannes 2001/CBM 82 (48). (47)}) 10.
Qe2 Na5 11. Kd2 $2 {Was this move really played? Wurde dieser Zug wirklich
gespielt?} (11. Nd2 {ist naheliegender.}) (11. Kd2 $2 Rc8 12. a3 d5 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 21st"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2005.09.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sigfusson, Sigurdur Dadi"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.09.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. g4 Bd7 8. g5
Nge7 9. Nb3 Nc8 10. f4 b5 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nb1 a5 14. N1d2 e5 15.
Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 Qc7 20. Bd4 O-O 21. e5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bd6 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Ne4 Ne8 25. Qh4 g6 26. Nf6+ Nxf6 27. gxf6
Kh8 28. Rhe1 Ra5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Re7 Rh5 31. Qd4 Qc5 32. Qxd7 b3 33. Re2 Rxf6
34. Qxa4 Re5 35. Red2 bxa2+ 36. Qxa2 Kg7 37. Qa4 Kh6 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ Re7
40. b4 Qe5 41. Re1 Qxe1+ 42. Qxe1 Rxd7 43. Kb2 Kf7 44. Kb3 Rf3+ 45. c3 Rc7 46.
Qe5 Rfxc3+ $1 {[%mdl 256] Trotz des entfernten b-Freibauern ist das
Bauernendspiel gerade so remis:} 47. Qxc3 Rxc3+ 48. Kxc3 Ke6 49. Kc4 Kd6 50.
Kb5 Kc7 51. Kc5 Kb7 52. Kd5 Kb6 53. Ke5 Kb5 54. Kf6 Kxb4 55. h4 Kc5 56. Kg7 h5
(56... Kd6 57. Kxh7 Ke7 58. Kxg6 Kf8 $11 {reicht ebenfalls aus.}) 57. Kxg6 Kd6
(57... Kd6 58. Kxh5 Ke7 59. Kg6 Kf8 $1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 10th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2002.06.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hector, Jonny"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.06.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 (6... h6 7. Bg2 Ne7
8. Be3 Nbc6 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O-O Bf6 13. f4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Nikolaidis,I-Banikas,H/Aegina 1995/EXT 95op (59)}) 7. Bg2 (7. a3 h6 (
7... Bb7 $5 8. g5 (8. Bg2 $5) 8... Ne7 9. Be3 d5 (9... Nd7 10. Qd2 d5 $132 {
0-1 Jonsson,B-Arnason,J/Reykjavik 2000/CBM 79 ext (32)}) 10. Nb3 Nd7 11. Bg2
dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nf5 $11 {0-1 Thorhallsson,T-Ehlvest,J/Reykjavik
ISL 2001/The Week in Chess 364 (44)}) 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O (9. h4 Be7 10. g5 hxg5
11. hxg5 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Wach,M-Sax,G/Balatonbereny 1996/CBM 55/
[Psakhis] (31). (31)}) 9... Nd7 (9... g5 $5) 10. f4 Rc8 11. Be3 g5 $13 {
Short- Kasparov ,Amsterdam 1994}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O (8. Be3 Nd7 (8... b4 9. Nce2
Nf6 10. Ng3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. f3 Nc5 13. f4 $14 {0-1 Luther,T-Stangl,M/Graz
AUT 2002/The Week in Chess 377 (48)}) 9. f4 $5 b4 10. Nce2 $6 (10. Na4 $5 Ngf6
11. O-O $1 Nxe4 (11... Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. f5 e5 14. Nc6 $36) 12. f5 e5 13.
Ne6 $1 $40 {ist ein Vorschlag von L.Gofshtein. Ganz klar ist die Sache
allerdings nicht, da Schwarz das Opfer nicht annehmen muss.} Qa5 14. Nxf8 Rxf8
15. c3 Bc6 16. cxb4 Qxb4 17. a3 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. Bxe4 Rb8 20. b4 Nf6)
10... Ngf6 11. Ng3 Nc5 12. f5 e5 13. Nb3 Ncxe4 14. g5 Qc7 $1 $17 {0-1 Jonsson,
B-Akesson,R/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (35)}) 8... Nd7 (8... Ne7 $5 9.
f4 (9. a3 $5) 9... Nbc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2 Sisniega,
M-Vera,R/Linares 1992/EXP 33 (30). (30)}) (8... b4 9. Nce2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h6 11.
a3 e5 12. Ndf5 bxa3 13. Rxa3 g6 14. Ne3 Nbd7 15. b4 $14 {1-0 Hort,V-Ree,H/
Amsterdam 1994/CBM 43 (44)}) 9. a4 $5 $146 (9. a3 g5 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. f4 gxf4
12. Bxf4 Bg7 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Bg5 h6 (14... Rg8 $5) 15. Bh4 N5g6 16. Qf2 O-O $6
17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Kh7 $6 19. Nf5 $1 Qb6+ (19... exf5 20. Rxd6 Qc7 21. gxf5
$16) 20. Kh1 exf5 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Rxf5 Rad8 23. Rd3 Qc7 24. Rh5 Bc8 25. Qg5
Rh8 26. Nd5 Kg8 27. Rxh6 {1-0 Ionov,S-Agrest,E/St.Petersburg op 1992/EXT 92op 
(27).}) (9. g5 Ne7 10. f4 e5 11. Nf5 Nxf5 12. exf5 Qb6+ 13. Rf2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Qb7+ 15. Qd5 O-O-O 16. a4 $14 {1-0 Ponomariov,R-Milov,V/Torshavn FAI 2000/The
Week in Chess 310 (32)}) 9... bxa4 $2 {dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, weil Weiß
nun eine brettumspannende Initiative erhält, die in Hectors Händen schnell
sehr gefährlich werden kann.} ({Ich schlage} 9... b4 {vor, muss allerdings
zugeben, dass auch so die weiße Initiative nicht vollständig ausgetrocknet
werden kann. Eine mögliche Variante lautet:} 10. Na2 Ngf6 (10... Qh4 $5 {Fritz}
) 11. Nxb4 Bxe4 (11... Qc7 $2 12. Re1 d5 13. Nxd5 $16) 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Re1 d5
14. Nxd5 exd5 15. f3 Bc5 16. fxe4 O-O 17. exd5 Nb6 18. b3 Nxd5 19. Bb2 Qf6 $44)
10. Rxa4 Nc5 11. Ra3 Nf6 12. Re1 e5 $6 (12... h6 $5) 13. b4 (13. Nf5 $5 g6 14.
Nh6 Ne6 15. Be3 {müsste näher geprüft werden.}) 13... Ncd7 $2 {nach diesen
Rückzug gerät Peter Heine Nielsen stark unter Druck.} ({Er hätte mit} 13...
exd4 {dagegen halten sollen:} 14. bxc5 dxc3 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxb7 Qxd1 17. Rxd1
Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. g5 Nd7 $11) 14. g5 (14. Nf5 $5 d5 $2 15. exd5 Bxb4 (
15... g6 16. Nd4 Bxb4 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 $16) 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Bh6 Kg8 18.
Rb3 $16) 14... exd4 15. e5 (15. Qxd4 $5 {erfordert weniger Vorausberechnung
und sieht auch interessant aus. Hector Zug ist wesentlich schärfer und
dynamischer. Typisch Hector!}) 15... dxe5 (15... Bxg2 $2 16. exd6+ Ne5 17.
Rxe5+ Kd7 18. gxf6 gxf6 19. Qg4+ Kxd6 20. Re1 Kc7 21. Qxg2 $18) 16. Bxb7 dxc3 (
16... Bxb4 $2 17. Qxd4 Qe7 (17... Bxa3 $2 18. Bxa3 $18) 18. Qc4 Bxa3 19. gxf6
$16) (16... Rb8 17. Bc6 Qc7 (17... Qc8 $2 18. Ba4 Bxb4 (18... Rxb4 19. gxf6
Rxa4 20. Nxa4 Bxa3 21. Bxa3 $16) 19. gxf6 Bxa3 20. Rxe5+ Kd8 21. Qxd4 Rb4 22.
fxg7 Rg8 23. Bg5+ $18) 18. Rxa6 dxc3 19. gxf6 gxf6 20. Qf3 $14) (16... Ra7 17.
Bc6 Qb6 18. Qf3 $40) 17. gxf6 gxf6 18. Qd5 $3 {[%mdl 128] diese
Zentralisierung der Dame ist eine starke Fortsetzung des weißen Angriffs, der
auf seinem weißfeldrigen Druck beruht. Schwarz spürt sehr schmerzlich, dass
ihm der weißfeldrige Läufer fehlt.} (18. Bxa8 Qxa8 19. Qg4 $44) 18... Ra7 (
18... Rb8 $2 19. Rd1 Rg8+ 20. Kh1 Qc7 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Rxc3 $18) 19. Rxa6 ({Nach
} 19. Be3 $5 Bxb4 20. Rb3 Rxb7 21. Qxb7 {kann Schwarz zwar seinen Läufer auf
b4 befestigen, aber der weiße Angriff geht dennoch weiter:} a5 22. Rxb4 axb4
23. Ra1 O-O (23... Rg8+ 24. Kh1 b3 25. cxb3 Nb8 26. h3 c2 27. Kh2 $16) 24. Rd1
$14 {/+/-}) (19. Rxc3 $5 {kam ebenfalls stark in Betracht, z.B.} Bxb4 20. Rc8
Qxc8 (20... Bxe1 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bc6 $16) 21. Bxc8 Bxe1 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23.
Qa8+ Rd8 24. Qxa6 Rd1 25. Qa8+ Rd8 26. Qa4+ Ke7 27. Ba3+ Ke6 28. Qg4+ f5 29.
Qc4+ Kd7 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Qe6+ $16) 19... Rxa6 20. Bxa6 Rg8+ (20... Bxb4 $2
21. Bc4 Rf8 (21... Qc7 22. Rd1 O-O 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. Kh1 Nb6 25. Rg1 $18) 22. Bh6
$16) 21. Kh1 Rg4 {[%mdl 256] eine sehr kreative Verteidigung!} (21... Qc7 $2
22. Rd1 Nb6 23. Bb5+ Ke7 24. Qf3 Ke6 25. Qh3+ f5 26. Bd3 $16) 22. Be3 {
verhindert Td4. Direktere Versuche kamen allerdings auch in Betracht:} (22. Bb5
Rxb4 (22... Qc7 $6 23. Rd1 Rd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. f3 Bxb4 27. Qxd4
Be7 28. Kg2 $16) 23. Rd1 Rxb5 24. Qxb5 $14) (22. Rd1 Rd4 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. Bb5
$14) 22... Rxb4 23. Bb5 Rxb5 $1 {dieser Störenfried muss beseitigt werden,
sonst schlägt der weiße Angriff durch:} (23... Qc7 $2 24. Bc6 Rb8 25. Rd1 Rd8
26. Qb5 Ke7 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7+ Qxd7 29. Bc5+ $18) (23... Bd6 $2 24. Ra1
Rxb5 25. Qxb5 $16) 24. Qxb5 Qa8+ 25. Kg1 Qe4 26. h3 (26. Ra1 $5 {mit der Idee
die Damen abzutauschen, kam in Betracht:} Bd6 (26... Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Qf3 28. Qa6
Bd6 29. Qa8+ $14) 27. Qa4 $14) 26... Qg6+ $2 ({Hat Weiß nach} 26... Qxc2 {
mehr als} 27. Rc1 Qg6+ 28. Kh2 f5 29. Rxc3 Bd6 30. Rc8+ Ke7 31. Qa5 e4+ 32. Kh1
Qh5 $11 {? Jonny Hector hätte sicher noch irgendetwas aus dem Hut gezaubert...}
) 27. Kh2 $16 Bd6 (27... Qxc2 28. Qc6 Bb4 (28... Bh6 29. Bc5 Kd8 30. Ra1 Bf4+
31. Kh1 $18) 29. Ra1 Ke7 30. Ra7 Qd3 31. Qa4 Qd6 32. Rxd7+ Qxd7 33. Qxb4+ $16)
28. Rd1 Ke7 29. Qd5 (29. Qd5 f5 30. Bg5+ Qxg5 31. Qxd6+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.11"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Ne7 {Klaus Bischoff''s Spezialaufbau. Auf f6 wäre der Springer
Anrempelungen durch e5 und g5 ausgesetzt.} 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. Bf2 b5 12. e5 (12.
Kb1 Be7 13. h4 Rc8 14. g4 Qc7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. g5 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 a5
19. f5 b4 20. f6 bxc3 (20... gxf6 $5) 21. fxe7 Rfe8 22. Qxd6 Qb7 23. Qb6 Bc6 $2
(23... Qxe4 $5) 24. Qxb7 Bxb7 25. Rhe1 cxb2 $2 (25... Rxe7 $142) 26. Rd7 $16 {
1-0 Lutz,C-Bischoff,K/Fuerstenfeld AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 437 (45)}) 12...
d5 (12... dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe4 f6 15. Bg3 $44) 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Bd3 Rc8
15. g4 Qc7 16. Rhf1 Nb4 17. f5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qxe5 (18... b4 19. Ne2 h5 20. Rc1
Qxe5 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Bd4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 exf5 24. Qf3 Qxh2 25. Nf4 $44) 19.
Rde1 Qf6 (19... Qd6 $6 20. Bd4 f6 21. g5 O-O 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Qe3 Rc6 24. gxf6
Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Ne2 $36) 20. Bg3 O-O 21. Be5 Qh4 $6 (21...
Qh6 $142 $13) 22. Bg3 Qf6 $6 (22... Qh6 {mit der Idee} 23. Nxd5 (23. h4 Bxh4
24. Rh1 Bxg3) 23... Bc5 {. Allerdings ist die schwarze Stellung wenig
vertrauenerweckend.}) 23. h4 Bb4 $6 (23... Bc5 $6 24. Be5 Qxh4 25. f6 Rfe8 26.
fxg7 Qe7 27. Rh1 $18) (23... Rxc3 $1 24. Be5 Qxh4 (24... Qxe5 $6 25. Rxe5 Rc6
26. g5 $18) 25. Bxc3 Qg5 $16) (23... Rfe8 $6 24. Be5 Qh6 25. g5 Qxh4 26. Rh1
$18) {[%tqu "En","White to move and win","","","g3e5","",5,"De","Weiß zieht
und gewinnt","","","g3e5","",5]} 24. Be5 $1 $18 Qd8 (24... Qxh4 25. Rh1 Qg5 26.
Rh5 Qd8 27. f6 g6 28. Qf4 $18) 25. f6 $1 g5 (25... Re8 26. Qf4 a5 27. a3 Bc5
28. d4 $18) (25... g6 26. Qf4 {[%cal Gf4h6,Gf4b4]} Re8 27. Qxb4 $18) (25...
Bxc3 26. fxg7 Bxe5 27. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 28. Rxe5 $18) 26. hxg5 d4 27. Qh3 (27. Qh3
dxc3 28. Qh6 c2+ 29. Ka1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Selfoss Milk Masters 1st"]
[Site "Selfoss"]
[Date "2002.10.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.10.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nde2 Be7 (6... Nf6 7. g3
(7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nd5 Bg5 10. Nec3 $13 {1-0 Matikozian,A-Justiniano,
O/Duisburg 1992/TD 92\06 (34)}) 7... Bg4 (7... Be7 8. Bg2 a6 (8... h5 9. h3 Be6
10. Be3 Qd7 11. Qd2 h4 12. g4 Nh7 13. f4 $14 {1-0 Walek,M-Choleva,Z/CZE 2002 
(41)}) 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd2 Rc8 11. Rd1 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. Nd5 $14 {1-0 Kintzel,
A-Germann,L/Moscow olm 1956/MCD-ol (50)}) 8. Bg2 Nd4 (8... h5 $6 9. h3 Be6 10.
Be3 Qd7 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. a3 Na6 13. f4 $36 {1-0 Hector,J-Rendboe,J/Bellinge
1991/EXT 91b (33)}) 9. Qd3 Nxe2 10. Nxe2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 $14 {1-0 Curi,
G-Escofet,J/Montevideo URU 2001 (65). (64)}) (6... h6 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2 Be7 9.
O-O O-O 10. h3 b6 11. g4 (11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Na5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Rac1 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 Qc7 16. Qe1 Nb7 17. g4 Nc5 18. Ng3 Ne6 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. Ne2 Bf8 $6 21. c4
$14 {1-0 Cela,A-Gogolis,A/Kavala op 1995/EXT 95op (35)}) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 Ne8
13. Ng3 Bg5 14. Be3 Nc7 15. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Martinovic,S-Lebredo,G/Lublin 1977/
MCD-r7 (27)}) 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Nxe7 (8. Nec3 $5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 f5 10. Bd3 {ist
ebenfalls in Erwägung zu ziehen.}) 8... Qxe7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bc1 Nf6
12. f3 (12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bb3 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Re1 Na5 $11) 12... O-O 13. Be3
Be6 14. Qd2 d5 $5 {mutig und sehr riskant} (14... Rfd8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
Nd4 {kommt auch in Frage.}) 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. c4 b5 $5 {Luke
McShane versucht ideenreich, seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung zur Geltung zu
bringen.} 18. b3 bxc4 19. bxc4 (19. Bxc4 $2 Nb4 $15) 19... e4 $5 20. Be2 (20.
f4 {sieht riskant aus, kommt aber eventuell in Betracht, z.B.} Ng4 21. Rb1 Rac8
22. Be2) (20. fxe4 $2 Nxe4 21. Qc1 Ne5 $36) 20... exf3 21. gxf3 (21. Bxf3 $2
Ne5 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Be2 Nfg4 $36) 21... Nb4 22. Kf2 $6 (22. O-O $2 Nbxd5 23.
cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc1 Re5 $15) (22. Rb1 $5 Nc2+ 23. Kf2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qd6 25. Qd4
$14) 22... Nfxd5 $1 $11 {[%mdl 512]} 23. cxd5 Rxd5 24. Qc3 (24. Qb2 Rb8 25. Qc3
Re8 $11) 24... Re8 25. Rae1 (25. Rhe1 $2 Rh5 26. Bf4 Nd5 27. Qd2 Nxf4 28. Qxf4
Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Qf2 $19) 25... Qh4+ 26. Kf1 Rxe3 27. Qxe3 Qh3+ (27...
Qh3+ 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kg2 $2 Rg5+ 30. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 31. Kf1 Qe3 32. Bd1
Qd2 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Be2 Nxa2 $17) 29... Qh3+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1996.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bg2 h5 11. gxh5 d5 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Qe2 O-O-O
15. O-O-O d4 16. Na4 Qc7 17. Ng5 Nf5 18. Nxf7 Re8 19. Be4 Nd6 $1 20. Nxh8 Nxe4
21. Ng6 Nc5 22. Qc4 (22. Qf3 Nxa4 23. Nxf8 Bf5 24. Qa3 Nb4 25. Qxa4 b5 26. Qb3
Nxc2 27. Bc3 Rxf8 $13) 22... Be6 23. Qxc5 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Bf5 25. Rde1 Rd8 26.
Nh4 Qf7 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Nd3 Qxh5 29. b3 Rd7 30. h4 Rc7 31. Kb2 b5 32. Re6 Kb7
33. Rhe1 Qxh4 34. f5 Qg4 35. Bf4 Rc8 36. f6 gxf6 37. Rxf6 Qg2 38. Ree6 Qd5 39.
Rd6 Qg2 40. a3 Ka8 41. b4 Qf3 42. Rf7 Nb8 43. Rg7 Qe2 44. Nc5 Qc4 45. Bd2 Qe2
46. Nd7 Rc7 47. Nb6+ Kb7 48. Rxc7+ Kxc7 49. Bf4 d3 50. Rxd3+ Kxb6 51. Bxb8 Qe7
52. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Balatonbereny GM"]
[Site "Balatonbereny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wach, Markus"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1996.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 {N} (6... h6 7. Bg2
Ne7 8. Be3 Nbc6 9. Qe2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. O-O-O Bf6 13. f4 $14 {
Nikolaidis,I-Banikas,H/Aegina op/1995/0,5/59/}) 7. a3 (7. Bg2 $5 Bb7 8. O-O b4
9. Nce2 Nf6 10. Ng3 h6 11. a3 $1 $14 {Hort,V-Ree,H/Donner mem-B/1994/1:0/44/})
7... Bb7 8. Bg2 (8. g5 $5 $14) 8... h6 9. h4 {N/} (9. O-O Nd7 10. f4 Rc8 11.
Be3 g5 $1 $132 12. Qe2 gxf4 13. Rxf4 e5 $132 {Short,N-Kasparov,G/Amsterdam/
1994/0,5/25/}) 9... Be7 (9... d5 $6 10. exd5 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nxd5 12. Nxe6 $1) 10.
g5 $1 (10. h5 $6 Nf6) 10... hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 g6 (12... Bxg5 $2 13.
Nxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Qh5+) 13. Qg4 $40 Nd7 (13... Nc6 $5 14. Nxe6 $2 (14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. Bd2 $14) 14... Qc8 $1 15. Ng7+ Kf8) 14. Nxe6 $5 (14. f4 e5 15. Nf3 $14)
14... fxe6 15. Qxe6 Kf8 16. Qxg6 Ne5 17. Qh7 (17. Qf5+ Kg7 18. Be3 Qc7) 17...
Bc8 18. g6 $6 (18. f4 $5 Qb6 (18... Nf7 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bd4 $18) (18... Nc4 19.
e5 $1 Nb6 20. g6 Bh4+ 21. Kf1 Bh3+ 22. Kg1 Qe7 23. Bxa8 Nxa8 24. Nd5 $18) 19.
Qh2 Nc4 20. Nd5 $16) 18... Bf6 (18... Be6 19. f4 Bh4+ 20. Kd1 Bg4+ 21. Ne2 Qf6
22. f5 Rc8 $132) 19. Nd5 Bg7 20. Be3 Bg4 (20... Nf6 $5 21. Qh4 $5 Nxg6 22. Qg5
Kf7 23. O-O-O Qh8 24. Nc7 Rb8 25. Rg1 Qh5 26. f4 $132) 21. f4 Nh6 $1 (21...
Nf3+ $2 22. Bxf3 Bxf3 23. Bd4 Qd7 24. Nb6 $18) (21... Nd7 22. Bd4 Ngf6 23. Qh4
Be6 24. Nc3 $40) (21... Nc4 22. Bd4 Qd7 23. f5 $1 Re8 24. f6 $1) 22. fxe5 Qh4+
23. Kd2 Qh2+ 24. Kc3 $8 Qe2 $1 (24... Rc8+ 25. Kb4 Qxc2 26. Rf1+ Nf5 27. b3 $1
(27. Ka5 Qa4+ (27... Rb8 28. Nb6 Qxb2 (28... Rxb6 29. Bh6 $1 $18) 29. Nd7+ Ke8
30. Nxb8 Qxa3+ 31. Kb6 Qxe3+ 32. Kb7 $18) 28. Kb6 b4 $1 (28... Qc4 29. exf5
Rb8+ (29... Qxf1 30. f6) 30. Ka7 Qc8 31. Qxg7+ $1 Kxg7 32. f6+ Kf8 (32... Kxg6
33. Ne7+) 33. Bh6+ Ke8 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Nf6+ Ke6 36. f8=N+ Ke7 (36... Kxe5 37.
Nxg4+ Kd4 38. Rd1+ Kc4 39. Bd5+ Kc5 40. b4#) 37. exd6+ Kxd6 38. Bf4+ Ke7 39.
Nxg4 $18) 29. Nc7 Qd7 (29... Rxc7 30. Kxc7 bxa3 31. Rxf5+ Bxf5 32. exf5 Qc4+
33. Kxd6 $18) 30. Ne6+ Ke7 $1 31. Bg5+ (31. Nd4 Qc7+ 32. Kxa6 Ra8+ 33. Kb5 Qc5#
) 31... Kxe6 32. exf5+ Bxf5 33. Bd5+ Kxd5 34. Rd1+ Kxe5 35. Re1+ Be4 36. Qh2+
Kd5 37. Rd1+ Bd4+ 38. Rxd4+ Kxd4 $19) 27... Rc4+ (27... Qe2 28. Bh6 a5+ (28...
Qxf1 29. Qh8#) 29. Kxa5 Ra8+ 30. Kb6 Rb8+ 31. Ka7 $18) (27... a5+ 28. Kxa5 Qxb3
29. e6 Qa4+ 30. Kb6 Rb8+ (30... Ra8 31. Rxf5+ Bxf5 32. e7+ Ke8 33. Nf6+ Kxe7
34. Qxg7+ Ke6 35. Qd7+ Kxf6 36. Qf7+ Ke5 37. Qxf5#) 31. Kc7 Re8 32. e7+ Rxe7+
33. Nxe7 Kxe7 34. Rxf5 Qa5+ 35. Kb7 $18) 28. Ka5 $1 (28. bxc4 Qa4+ 29. Kc3
Qxc4+ 30. Kd2 Qe2+ 31. Kc3 Qxf1 $19) 28... Qxb3 29. Qh4 $1 Qxa3+ 30. Kb6 Ke8
31. Qxg4 dxe5 32. Qxf5 Qd6+ 33. Kb7 Qc6+ 34. Ka7 $18) 25. Bxh6 Qc4+ 26. Kd2
Qd4+ 27. Ke1 (27. Kc1 $4 Qd1#) 27... Qg1+ 28. Kd2 Qh2+ (28... Qd4+ $10) 29. Kd3
Qe2+ 30. Kc3 (30. Kd4 Qf2+ (30... dxe5+ 31. Kc5 Qc4+ 32. Kb6 Qd4+ 33. Kc6 Qc4+
34. Kb7 Bc8+ $1 35. Kb6 Rb8+ 36. Ka7 Ra8+ $1 37. Kb6 Rb8+ $10) 31. Kc3 Rc8+ 32.
Kb3 Qxc2+ 33. Ka2 Qc4+ 34. Kb1 Qd3+ 35. Ka2 Qc4+ $10) 30... Qc4+ 31. Kd2 Qe2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"]
[Site "Melilla"]
[Date "2011.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2011.11.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cajacanarias"]
[BlackTeam "Linex Magic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 b5 7. f4 Bb7 8. Bf3
Ne7 9. O-O Nec6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Bh5+ Ke7 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Bd4 Rf8 $6 (17... Qc7 18. a4 b4 $16) 18. Qe3 $2 (
18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Qh6 $18) 18... Nc4 $14 19. Bxf6+ Rxf6 20. Qg5 Qf8 21. b3 Ne5
22. Qd2 Rd8 23. Qd4 Rd7 24. a4 Bc6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be2 Qb8 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28.
Ra1 b4 29. Nd1 d5 30. exd5 Rxd5 31. Qe3 Qg8 32. Bf1 Qg6 33. Qf4 Rd4 34. Qf2
Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qh5 36. Qg3 Nxh2 37. Ra7+ Bd7 38. Qg7+ Qf7 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Kxh2
Rxd1 41. Bd3 Ke7 42. Rb7 f5 43. Rxb4 Rd2 44. Rh4 Bc6 45. Rxh7+ Kf6 46. Rh6+ Ke5
47. Rg6 Be4 48. Bxe4 fxe4 49. Kg3 Rxc2 50. b4 Rb2 51. b5 Kd5 52. Kf4 e5+ 53.
Ke3 Rxb5 54. Ra6 Rb3+ 55. Ke2 Rd3 56. g4 Rg3 57. Ra5+ Ke6 58. Ra6+ Kf7 59. g5
Rxg5 60. Ke3 Rg4 61. Rb6 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf3 Be7 (6... Nf6 7. Bg5
Be7 8. Bc4 Be6 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Bg5 12. O-O Bh6 13. c3 $14 {
1-0 Yakovich,Y-Britton,R/Cappelle op 1995 (40)}) 7. Bc4 Be6 8. Bb3 h6 9. O-O
Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 (11. Rd1 Qc8 12. h3 Na5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15.
Rxd5 Nc4 16. b3 Nb6 17. Rd3 f5 18. c4 Nd7 19. Ba3 $1 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Nf6 21. Qg6
Ne8 (21... e4 22. Nd4 exd3 23. Nf5 $18) 22. Re1 $16 {1-0 Klinger,J-Hoelzl,F/
Vienna op 1986 (34)}) 11... Na5 12. Bd5 (12. Rd1 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qc7 14. Be3 a6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. c4 f5 $15) 12... a6 13. b3 Rc8 14. Bb2 b5 15.
Rfd1 Qb6 16. Nh4 (16. a3 $142) 16... b4 17. Na4 Qb5 18. c4 bxc3 19. Qxb5 axb5
20. Nxc3 b4 21. Ng6 Rfe8 (21... bxc3 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Ba3) 22. Bxe6 fxe6 (
22... bxc3 $2 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Bxc8 cxb2 25. Rab1 $18) 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. Na4
Nb7 (24... Nxe4 25. f3 Nc3 (25... Nc5 26. Nxc5 dxc5 (26... Rxc5 27. Rxd6 Nc6
28. Re1 $14) 27. Bxe5 $14) 26. Bxc3 bxc3 27. Rxd6 $16) 25. f3 Rc2 26. Rac1 Rec7
27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Rc8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 Nc5 31. Nxc5 dxc5 32. Bxe5 Rxa2
33. Rb7 $14 Kg8 34. Bd6 Rc2 35. Rc7 Rc3 36. Rxc5 Rxb3 37. Rb5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 b3
39. Be5 (39. Rb7 $1 {This move would have made black's defence very dificult
since he restrict's the night from moving to any active position .}) 39... Nd7
40. Bc3 g5 41. Kg3 Kf7 $132 42. Rb7 Ke8 43. Kg4 Rg1 44. Kg3 Rb1 45. Bd4 Rd1 46.
Bg7 Kf7 47. Bxh6 Kg6 48. Bxg5 Kxg5 49. Rxb3 Nf6 50. h4+ Kg6 51. Rb6 Kf7 52.
Rb7+ Kg6 53. Rb6 Kf7 54. Rb7+ Kg6 55. Kf4 Nd7 56. Rc7 e5+ 57. Ke3 Nf8 58. Rc6+
Kf7 59. Rc7+ Ke6 60. Ra7 Rh1 61. g3 Kf6 62. f4 exf4+ 63. Kxf4 Ne6+ 64. Kg4 Re1
65. Ra4 Nc5 66. Rb4 Rxe4+ 67. Rxe4 Nxe4 68. Kf4 Nxg3 69. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 $6 5. c4 Qb6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 (
7... a6 $143 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Qd2 e6 10. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Polgar,J/
Moscow PCA-GP 1996 (48)}) 8. Be3 Qd8 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 b6 12. Bf3 (
12. g4 $5 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Bg4) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Rc7 15. Rfd1
Qa8 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. g4 Ne8 18. h4 $16 g6 19. g5 Ng7 20. Rd2 Rcd7 21. Bg4 Qb8
22. Bg3 Bf8 23. Kh2 Re7 24. Qf2 (24. h5 $142 $5 $40) 24... Ree8 25. Rcd1 Ba6
26. Nb5 Bb7 27. Nc3 Ba6 28. Nd4 Nxd4 29. Qxd4 Bb7 30. Qf2 Qc7 31. b3 Bc6 32. f5
exf5 33. exf5 Nxf5 34. Bxf5 gxf5 35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Re4 $132 37. R1d2 Rde8
38. Qxf5 Re2+ 39. Kh3 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Re3 41. Kg2 Qe7 42. Rf2 Bg7 43. Qc8+ Bf8
44. Qg4 Qb7+ 45. Kh2 Re6 46. Rf6 Re3 47. Rf2 Re6 (47... d5 $1 48. Qd4 Bc5 49.
Qxd5 Qxd5 50. cxd5 Rd3 51. Rf5 Rd2+ 52. Kh3 Rxa2 $16) 48. Re2 Rxe2+ 49. Qxe2
Qc6 50. a4 Qc5 51. Qd3 $6 Qc6 52. Bf4 Qe8 53. Qe3 Qd7 54. Kg3 Qf5 55. Qf3 Be7
56. Bd2 Qb1 57. Qe3 Kf8 $2 (57... Bf8) 58. Bb4 Qd1 59. Qf3 Qg1+ 60. Kh3 Ke8 $2
(60... Kg8 61. Qa8+ Bf8 62. Bxd6 $19 Qf1+ $18) 61. Qa8+ Kd7 62. Qxa7+ Ke6 63.
Qa8 Qf1+ (63... Qe3+ 64. Kg4 Qxb3 65. Qc8+ Ke5 66. Qf5+ Kd4 67. Qd5+ Ke3 68.
Qf3+) 64. Kg3 Qg1+ 65. Qg2 Qxg2+ 66. Kxg2 f6 67. Bd2 d5 68. Kf3 dxc4 69. bxc4
fxg5 70. Bxg5 Bd6 71. Be3 Bc7 72. Kg4 Bd8 73. Bd4 Bc7 74. h5 Bd8 75. Kf4 Bc7+
76. Kg5 Kf7 77. Kf5 Bd8 78. Be3 Bc7 79. Bf4 Bd8 80. Bg3 Be7 81. Bf2 Bd8 82. Ke5
1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup3"]
[Site "Omsk"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Sherbakov, Vitaly S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1996.12.13"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 $5 {N/} Bxf5 7. exf5
Qd7 8. g4 h5 9. Be3 (9. f3 Be7 $13) 9... hxg4 10. Qxg4 Nf6 11. Qa4 d5 (11...
Qxf5 12. O-O-O $44) 12. O-O-O d4 13. f4 O-O-O $2 (13... Ng4 14. Bg1 Qxf5 (14...
O-O-O 15. Bg2 $146) 15. Bg2 Rc8 (15... Rh6 16. Nb5 Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Nxa7
$1 Ra8 19. Bxd4 $1 $36) 16. Bxd4 $1 exd4 (16... Qxf4+ 17. Kb1 exd4 18. Rhe1+
Nge5 19. Rxd4 Qxh2 20. Bxc6+ bxc6 21. Qa6 Rc7 22. Qa5 $18) 17. Rhe1+ Be7 18.
Bxc6+ bxc6 19. Rxd4 $40) 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bxd4 $1 $18 Nxd4 16. Bb5 Qxf5 17.
Rxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxe5 19. Rd1 $2 (19. Qxa7 $18) 19... Kb8 $1 $15 20. Nd5 Be7
21. Kb1 (21. Nxe7 Qg5+ 22. Kb1 Qxe7 $15) 21... Qe6 22. Qc3 $2 (22. Nf4 Qf5 23.
Nd5) 22... Bd6 23. a4 Rxh2 24. a5 Qh3 {T/} (24... Qh3 25. Qd4 Rh1 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.30"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 Ng6 8.
Nb3 a6 9. Qd2 $5 $146 b5 (9... Nge5 10. Be2 b5 11. O-O $5 $13 (11. f4 $2 Nxg4))
10. O-O-O $5 Nge5 11. g5 Na5 12. f4 (12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. f4 b4 $1 14. Nb1 Nc6 $13
) 12... Nec4 13. Qf2 Rb8 (13... Be7 $5) 14. f5 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 (15... Be7
$142 $1 16. Rg1 Qb6 17. Qg3 $13) 16. Qg3 (16. Qxb6 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Rxb6 $10)
16... Be7 17. Nxa5 $5 (17. Bh3 $5) (17. Nd4 $5) 17... Qxa5 18. e5 $1 d5 $8 (
18... b4 $2 19. exd6 bxc3 20. d7+ $18) 19. f6 (19. Kb1 $5 b4 20. Ne2 exf5 21.
e6 $16) 19... Bb4 $8 20. Nxd5 $2 (20. a3 $1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 gxf6
$140 23. gxf6 $1 $16 {Leko}) 20... exd5 21. e6 Rb7 $1 (21... Qxa2 22. exf7+ Kd8
23. c3 gxf6 24. Qxb8 Qa1+ 25. Kc2 Qa4+ 26. Kd2 $18) 22. exf7+ (22. fxg7 Rg8 23.
exf7+ $140 Rxf7) 22... Kxf7 23. fxg7 (23. g6+ $2 hxg6 24. Bd3 Rh6 25. Rhg1 Qxa2
26. Bxg6+ Kg8 27. c3 Bf8 $1 $17) 23... Re8 24. g6+ Kxg7 $1 (24... hxg6 $2 25.
Bd3 Qb6 26. Qf4+ $16) 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Rg1 Rxh7 $6 (26... Qd8 $1 27. Bd3 $15)
27. Qg6 Qd8 28. Bd3 Qe7 29. Qxh7+ (29. c3 $6 Bc5 30. Rde1 Be3+ $1 (30... Qxe1+
$2 31. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 32. Kd2 Ree7 33. Qf6+ Reg7 34. Qd8+ Rg8 35. Qf6+ $10) 31. Kb1
Rh6 $1 $17) 29... Qxh7 30. Bxh7 Kxh7 31. Rxd5 Bf8 $1 32. Rdd1 $138 (32. h4 $5)
32... Re2 33. Rde1 Rxh2 34. Rh1 $10 Rxh1 35. Rxh1+ Kg6 36. Rh8 Kg7 37. Rh1 Kf7
38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Rh7+ Ke6 40. Rc7 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 76th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2014.01.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2014.01.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 159"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.03.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 (6... a6 {
may have been more accurate, to hold back the knight on g8. However, after
winning the game, I don't want to whine too much :)}) 7. Nb3 a6 8. h4 b5 9. Bg2
Bb7 10. g5 {This move I don't like. If your plan is to push your pawns first,
then} (10. h5 {makes much more sense, at least it prevents any knight
re-routing such as Ng6-e5-c5 or Ng6-h4, also it stops any h6/h5 plans, like in
the game, or even g6, which was an option also in the game.}) 10... Rc8 11. Qe2
h5 {I played this ambitious move after a long think. I just want to fianchetto
my bishop on g7, without being harassed by any h5-h6. However it does cost
time, and Hikaru seeks immediate counterplay on the queenside} ({Other options,
and possibbly better would have been: a)} 11... Na5 $1 12. Rh3 {and here Black
has many options} (12. h5 $6 b4 13. Nd1 d5) (12. O-O $6 h6 $1 {showing one
clear drawback of g5, Black is taking over on the kingside, that was not
White's idea of pushing his pawns...}) 12... b4 {(the most direct, attacking
the centre)} (12... h6 {(attacking the kingside!)}) (12... Nc4 {(putting the
knight on the best square)}) (12... h5 {(closing the kingside!)}) 13. Nd1 d5
14. Rd3 Nc4 {with some complications, although Black looks very good}) ({b)} 
11... g6 12. h5 Bg7 13. h6 (13. Bd2 O-O {maybe this looks scary, and maybe it
is, however if white wants something here, he needs to castle queenside anyway.
But I believe I should be faster. I did have something similar recently versus
Nigel Short. Needless to say: I got mated :)}) {I wasn't too excited to give
my bishop to cripple White's pawn structure: dark squares might be more
important} 13... Bxc3+ ({and} 13... Bd4 {looked to artificial to me, and when
is looks like that, normally it will finsih badly....}) 14. bxc3 Ne5) 12. a4 b4
13. Na2 g6 (13... d5 {required some calculation, so that was not an option :)}
14. Bd2 Ng6 15. exd5 Na5 16. Nxa5 Bxd5 {is a computer line for example}) ({
after} 13... Ng6 {I was worried what to do with my knight on g6 after} 14. f4
Na5 {but then it's also not very clear what white is going to do, since the
knight is quite annoyingly pressing on f4 and h4, and ready to move to e5 if
White decides to chase it away with f5.}) 14. Bf4 Bg7 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Nxb4 Nc4
17. Nd3 Qb6 18. O-O O-O {Time to take stock after the opening:  On one hand I
wasn't too happy, simply because I felt I should have got more out of the
opening.  On the other hand, I am still not in mate, nor there will be mate in
the near future :) Although a pawn down, I do have some initiative. That
itself is not so important, more important is that Hikaru doesn't have the
initiative! Something similar goes for Magnus, he may be a very technical
player, however when he is a pawn down in a rook endgame, which he experienced
a few times 2013, the world is suddenly quite different (and very very hard !)}
19. Nd2 Rfd8 (19... a5 {to bring the bishop to a6 would have made sense, but
so does the move played in the game. Black is preparing some ...d5 at the
right time.}) 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Ne5 $5 {Trying to change the nature of the
game, in general not a bad decision if you didn't like the type of position
you were facing.} ({After the game Hikaru condemned the move he played in the
game and thought he should have played} 21. b3 {however after} Rc3 22. Nb2 d5 {
we reach the critical position. My intuition, for what's it worth, told me
Black should be doing fine. Indeed it's now up to White to show something,
otherwise he will get crushed. During the game I didn't spend too much energy
on trying to find moves for my opponent... it was better to watch closely the
games of Naiditsch, Rapport and Gelfand :)} 23. a5 $1 {seems like the only
move accoring to my beast} Qb5 $1 (23... Qxa5 24. Bd2 Rdc8 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26.
Na4 Qc7 {Black has some compensation, but it may not be enough}) 24. Qxb5 axb5
{and now that White's knight on b2 looks stupid, I believe in Black's chances;}
{However my silicon friend naturally disagrees and shows some small tactics to
support his case} 25. Nd3 $1 dxe4 (25... Rxc2 26. a6 $1 Ba8 27. Nb4 Rc3 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. a7) 26. a6 Bxa6 (26... Ba8 27. Nc5 $1 Nd5 28. Nxe4
Rxc2 29. a7) 27. Nb4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Bb7 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Rb8 Bd5 31. Bf1 {
and it's White who is calling the shots here.}) 21... dxe5 22. Be3 (22. Qxc4 $6
Rxd1 (22... exf4 $4 23. a5 $1 {winning a tempo for deflecting the queen} Qxa5
24. b4 Qb6 25. Qc5 Qxc5 26. Rxd8+) 23. Rxd1 exf4 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. Qb3 $1 {
but after} Qa5 {Black has at least a draw} 26. Qxb7 Qe1+ 27. Bf1 Ne5 {and when
your opponent has at least a draw, it means you can still lose!} (27... Bd4 28.
Qc8+ Kg7 29. Rxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qd7+ $11)) 22... Rcd4 23. c3 Bc6 ({My original
intention was to play} 23... a5 {but then got a bit worried that after} 24.
cxd4 exd4 25. Qb5 Qa7 26. Bf4 (26. Bxd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29.
Qxe7 Qb6) 26... e5 27. Bg3 Ba6 28. Qxa5 Nc6 29. Qd2 Bxf1 30. Bxf1 Qxa4 31. Rc1
{a white bishop might land on c4, and thats something I was definetly not
going to like!}) 24. b3 $4 {A double question mark, not because the move is
THAT bad, although for sure it's bad, but because it's simply incrompehensible
move. Hikaru must have missed something about which I can only speculate} (24.
Qc2 $1 Rc8 (24... Qb8 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bd2 Rc8 27. b4 $1 (27. Qc5 Nf5 $1 28.
Qa3 Nxh4 $36) 27... Bb5 28. Qb3 Bxf1 29. Bxf1 $14) 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 Bd7
$44) 24... Qxb3 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 (26. Qxa6 Ra8) 26... Qxa4 (26... d3 $142)
27. Qf3 Bb5 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rfd1 (29. Rfb1 Qc3) 29... d3 30. Rab1 Qa3 31. Bf1
Nc6 32. Qg3 Qa2 33. Rbc1 d2 $1 {Clearly White is in serious trouble, but I was
getting short of time. Now the question is: should I be trying to consolidate
or trying to calculate some lines till the end? I am not sure it was the most
the practical decision, but no guts no glory :)} 34. Rxd2 Rxd2 35. Bxb5 axb5
36. Bxd2 Nd4 37. Rc8+ Kh7 38. Qc7 {I know Hikaru as a very resilient and
resourceful player, that's why he has saved a few lost positions, and not only
against me. But this one I had seen coming!} ({One of points was} 38. Qd3 Qxd2
39. Qxd2 Nf3+) 38... Qb1+ $1 {Ignoring the bishop and eyeing up White's lonely
king!} (38... Qxd2 $2 39. Qxf7 {and Black is forced to give a perpetual.}) 39.
Bc1 (39. Kh2 Be5+ {was another point} 40. Qxe5 Nf3+) 39... Nf3+ 40. Kg2 (40.
Kf1 Qd3+ 41. Kg2 Nxh4+) 40... Nxh4+ 41. Kh3 Qxe4 42. Qf4 Qh1+ 43. Qh2 Qb7 $1
44. Rd8 (44. Rc7 Qf3+ 45. Qg3 Qh1+ 46. Qh2 Qxh2+ 47. Kxh2 Be5+) (44. Rc5 Bd4 $1
{and White's rook is running out of squares on the c-file:} 45. Rc2 Qf3+ 46.
Qg3 Qf5+) 44... Be5 $1 45. f4 (45. Qxe5 Qg2+ 46. Kxh4 Qg4#) 45... Qf3+ 46. Qg3
Qh1+ 47. Qh2 Qf3+ 48. Qg3 Qh1+ 49. Qh2 Qxc1 50. fxe5 (50. Kxh4 Bxf4 51. Qg2
Bxg5+ 52. Qxg5 Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Qg1+ 54. Kf4 (54. Kh4 Qh2#) 54... Qc1+) 50... Qxg5
51. Qf4 $1 {An ultimate attempt to trick me!} Qxd8 ({There would have been a
more beautiful line but the rook was juicy too, don't you worry:} 51... Qg2+
52. Kxh4 g5+ 53. Qxg5 Qh2#) (51... Qxf4 52. Rh8+ Kg7 53. Rg8+ Kh6 54. Rh8+ Kg5
55. Rxh5+ $11) 52. Qxf7+ Kh6 0-1

