[Event "Karlsbad-02 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1911.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1911.08.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SPANISCHES VIERSPRINGERTSPIEL} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5.
O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 ({Auf den besseren Zug} 6... dxc6 {kann Weiß durch} 7.
Nxe5 Re8 8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Nxe4 10. Qf3 {usw. ein leichtes Remis erlangen})
7. Nxe5 Qe8 (7... Re8 8. d4 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nxe4 10. Qf3 {usw. stünde Weiß
etwas besser.}) 8. Ng4 (8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Qf3 {nebst
Lf4 usw. es ist aber zweifelhaft, ob Weiß selbst in diesem Falle bei
richtigem Gegenspiel mehr als Remis erreichen kann. Die Abtauschvariante des
Vierspringerspiels ist allzu farblos!}) 8... Nxe4 (8... Nxg4 9. Qxg4 d5 10. Qh4
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxe4 12. Qxe4 dxe4 {usw. konnte Schwarz eine Remisstellung
herbeiführen. Die Verwicklungen, die er mit dem Textzug besucht, schlagen
schließlich zu seinem Nachteil aus.}) 9. Nh6+ {Durch diesen überraschenden
Zug kommt Weiß jedenfalls in Vorteil. Für Schwarz wäre es noch am besten
gewesen, den kecken Springer zu nehmen ....} Kh8 ({.... obwohl auch nach} 9...
gxh6 10. Qg4+ Kh8 11. Qxe4 Qxe4 12. Nxe4 Be7 13. d3 f5 14. Nc3 f4 15. Re1 {
-e4 usw. die weiße Stellung doch den Vorzug verdient hätte.}) 10. Re1 {
Dieser Fesselungszug bringt nun den Schwarzen in große Schwierigkeiten.} d5
11. d3 Qe5 ({Die Alternative war} 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Qh5 $1 Be6 14. f4
{usw. mit gutem Angriff für Weiß. Bei dem gewählten Zuge unterschätzt
Schwarz die Wirkung der Antwort 16. Tab1!}) 12. dxe4 d4 13. a3 dxc3 14. axb4
cxb2 15. Nxf7+ ({Sehr gut war auch in das sofortige} 15. Rb1 {mit der Folge}
Qe6 $1 (15... bxc1=Q 16. Nxf7+) 16. Rxb2 gxh6 17. Rb3 {Und Schwarz würde den
Bauern h6 nicht halten können. Ich wollte aber dem Gegner die Chance der
offenen g- Linie nicht lassen - zumal die Partiefortsetzung ebenfalls einen
ganz klaren Vorteil versprach.}) 15... Kg8 16. Rb1 {Damit kommt Weiß in
materiellen Vorteil. Schwarz hat nichts besseres zu tun als ungleiche Läufer
herbeizuführen, ....} Rxf7 ({.... da die Variante} 16... bxc1=Q 17. Nxe5 $1
Qf4 18. Nd3 {usw. für ihn noch viel trostloser aussieht. Die Gewinnchance des
Weißen besteht hauptsächlich darin, dass er, abgesehen von dem Mehrbauern,
vier Bauern gegen zwei auf dem Königsflügel hat und der verdoppelte
Mehrbauer des Schwarzen auf dem Damenflügel diesem absolut keine Gegenchance
bietet.}) 17. Bxb2 Qg5 18. Qd3 Be6 ({Verhindert} 18... Bh3) 19. Bd4 {Droht
schon mit 20. Tba1 usw. Schwarz muss nun entweder die Damen tauschten oder den
a-Bauern fallen lassen.} Rd8 20. Qe3 Qb5 {Um vielleicht noch mit der Dame
etwas im Trüben zu fischen.} ({Nach} 20... Qxe3 21. Bxe3 a6 {hätte Weiß ein
ziemlich leichtes Gewinnsspiel gehabt,} {z.B. durch} 22. Red1 Rfd7 23. Rxd7
Rxd7 24. f3 Kf7 25. Ra1 Bc4 26. Kf2 {nebst Ta3 - c3 -c5 und endlich c4}) 21.
Bxa7 {Hier konnte die a- Linie sofort besetzt werden. Weiß kommt aber auch
später forciert dazu.} Qa4 22. c3 Bc4 23. Bd4 Ra8 24. Qd2 h6 25. h3 Qb5 26.
Ra1 Ra4 27. Qc2 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bd3 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. Qa2 Qh5 ({Falls} 30... Bc4 {
so} 31. Qa7) 31. Qe6 $1 {Das Eingreifen der Dame entscheidet nun in wenigen
Zügen.} Bf1 {Schwarz hat keinen halbwegs plausiblen Zug mehr und
"erfindet"noch diesen unschuldigen Witz.  Jetzt macht Weiß kurzen Prozess.}
32. Ra5 Qd1 33. Kh2 Bxg2 {Noch eine Hoffnung,} 34. Kxg2 ({Denn nimmt Weiß den
Turm} 34. Qxf7 {so wird er nach} Qh1+ {nebst Dxh3+ fx3+ auf e4 mattgesetzt.})
34... Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Rf4 36. Ra8 Rf7 37. Qg4 Qd3 38. Rf8 {SCHWARZ GIBT AUF.
Kommentar: A. Aljechin, "Meine besten Partien 1908 -1923, 1983, S. 17-20; MDB
15: 23980} 1-0

[Event "BIH-chT"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2004.06.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bogut, Zeljko"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.05.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Siroki Brijeg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 ({In four knights I do not have an
inclination for Rubinstein System.} 4... Nd4 5. Ba4) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 {A historical continuation.However blacks set up was under
suspect for many years after the text.} (8... h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Rb1 a6 11. Ba4
b6 12. d4 (12. Bb3 Re8 (12... g5 $2 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 15. f4 Qe8 16.
fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf6+ Nxf6 18. exf6+ Kg6 19. Bd5 $18) (12... Qe7 13. Re1 Na5 (13...
g5 $2 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Kg7 16. Re3) 14. d4 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 g5 18. Bg3 Nd7 $13) 13. Nd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Nc4 Ng6 16. Ne3 $13)
12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxa4 14. Nf5 Bd7 15. Nxh6+ Kh7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rh8
18. f4 Kg8 19. Bg5 $40) 9. Bxf6 $6 {The easiest approach! My opponent did not
seem to have any grasp about this particular opening.} (9. Nh4 Ne8 10. Bc4 (10.
d4 f6 11. Be3 Be6 $13) 10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4
Rxf4 15. Qxf4 Nf6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Qe3 Rxf6 18. Qxa7 {Chandler-Agdestein,
Hastings 1991.} Qb5 $1 19. Qb8+ (19. Nf3 $2 Qb2 20. Rf1 Nc6 21. Qa4 Qxc3 $17)
19... Kf7 20. Qxc7 (20. Nf3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qc5+ 22. Kg2 Qxc3 23. Rg1 Qxc2+ 24.
Kg3 Qc5 $11) 20... Qg5 $1 21. g3 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kg2 $2 g5 $1) 22... Rf2 23.
Qxd6 g5 24. Ng2 Qf3 25. Rg1 Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Qf1+ 27. Rg1 Qf3+ $11) (9. Bc4 Ng6
10. Nh4 Nf4 $1 $132) 9... gxf6 10. d4 (10. Qd2 Ng6 11. d4 Kh8 $40) 10... c6 (
10... Ng6 $5 {is another approach.} 11. Re1 Kh8 12. g3 Rg8 13. Bf1 Qe7 $15) 11.
Be2 {Unexpected sealing of e line for oneself.} (11. Bd3 Ng6 (11... Kh8 12. Re1
Rg8 $36) 12. Re1 Qa5 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qe3 Kh8 $36) 11... Ng6 12. Re1
f5 $1 {Black is already better but how is big is his edge will be subject to
test.} 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Bxf5 (15. Rb1 b6 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. Qd6 Rfe8 19. Qxc6 Rac8 20. Qa4 Nf4 $1 $17) 15... Qxf5 16. Qd3 Qxd3 17.
cxd3 Rfe8 $15 {I felt here I am the drivers seat.} 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Rab1 Re7
20. d4 exd4 $1 {Probably he did not see this.} 21. Rxe7 Nxe7 22. Nxd4 (22. Rxb7
$2 dxc3 23. Ne1 Rd8 24. Rb1 Rd2 $19) (22. cxd4 b6 23. Re1 Kf8 $17) 22... b6 23.
Re1 Kf8 24. Kf1 c5 25. Nf3 Nd5 26. c4 Nc3 $1 {Hitting to the right target.} (
26... Nb4 27. a3 Nc2 $2 28. Rc1 $1) 27. a3 Rd8 28. Rc1 Rd1+ $2 {This may bring
to much simplification into the game but I thought my pressure over pawn c4
would bring the desired result.} (28... Ne4 29. Ke2 Re8 30. Kf1 Nd6 31. Nd2 $15
) 29. Rxd1 Nxd1 30. Ke2 (30. Ne5 Nb2) 30... Nb2 31. Nd2 Ke7 32. g4 Ke6 33. f4
a6 34. Ke3 (34. h4 b5 35. cxb5 axb5 36. Ne4 Nc4 37. Ng5+ (37. a4 bxa4 38. Nxc5+
Kd5 39. Nxa4 Ke4 40. Nc3+ Kxf4 41. Nd5+ Kxg4 42. Nf6+ Kxh4 43. Nxh7 $11) (37.
Nxc5+ Kd5 38. Nb3 Ke4 (38... Nxa3 39. Kd3 Nc4 40. g5 Nd6 41. Nd4 b4 42. h5 Ne4
43. Nb3 Ng3 44. h6 Ne4 45. Ke3 Nd6 46. Kd3 f6 47. g6 hxg6 48. h7 Nf7 49. Nd2
Nh8 50. Ne4 Ke6 51. Ng3 g5 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. Kc4 Kf7 54. Kxb4 Kg6 55. Ne4 g4
56. Kc5 Kxh7 57. Nf6+ $11)) 37... Ke7 38. Nxh7 Nxa3 39. h5 b4 40. Kd2 c4 41.
Ng5 c3+ 42. Kd3 Nb5 43. Ne4 Nd4 44. Ng3 c2 45. Kd2 b3 46. Kc1 Ne6 47. Ne2 Nc5
48. Kd2 Ne4+ 49. Kc1 Nf2 50. Kd2 Nxg4 51. Kc3 Ne3 52. Kxb3 Kf6 53. Kc3 c1=Q+
54. Nxc1 Nd5+ 55. Kc4 Nxf4 $11) 34... f5 35. h3 b5 36. gxf5+ $5 {Panic! It is
funny that this may work.} (36. cxb5 axb5 37. Ke2 Na4 38. Ke3 $1 (38. Nb3 $6
Nc3+ 39. Ke3 Ne4 $17) 38... Nc3 (38... fxg4 39. hxg4 Kd5 40. Ne4 b4 41. axb4
cxb4 42. Nf6+ Kc4 43. Kd2 b3 44. Kc1 Nc3 45. g5 Ne2+ 46. Kb1 Nxf4 47. Nxh7 $11)
39. Nb3 Ne4 40. gxf5+ Kxf5 41. Kf3 h6 42. h4 h5 43. Ke3 Nd6 44. Nxc5 Kg4 45.
Nd7 Kxh4 46. Nf6 Nc4+ 47. Kd4 Nxa3 48. Kc5 $11) 36... Kxf5 37. cxb5 axb5 38.
Nb3 Na4 39. Kf3 Ke6 {I was reluctant to push my h pawn forward yet.} (39... h6
40. h4 h5 41. Nc1 Nb2 42. Ne2 Nc4 43. Ng3+ Ke6 44. f5+ Ke5 45. Nxh5 Nxa3 (45...
Kxf5 46. Ng3+ Ke5 47. Ne4 Kd4 48. Kf4 Nxa3 49. h5 Nc4 50. h6 Ne5 51. h7 Ng6+
52. Kf5 Nh8 53. Nxc5 Kxc5 54. Kf6 b4 55. Kg7 b3 56. Kxh8 b2 57. Kg8 b1=Q 58.
h8=Q $11 {is only a close call.}) 46. Ng3 b4 47. h5 Nb5 (47... b3 $4 48. h6 Kf6
49. Nh5+ $18) 48. h6 Nd6 49. h7 Nf7 50. Ke3 c4 51. Ne2 b3 52. Kd2 Kxf5 53. Kc3
$11) 40. Ke4 Kd6 41. Nd2 Nb6 42. Kd3 Kd5 43. Ne4 Nc4 {Forward or backward,
this is the question!} (43... Nd7 44. Nc3+ Kc6 45. Ne4 (45. a4 $5 b4 46. Nd1
Nb6 47. a5 Nd5 48. f5 Kb5 49. a6 c4+ 50. Kd4 c3 51. Ne3 Ne7 52. f6 Nc6+ 53. Kd5
b3 54. a7 Nxa7 55. f7 c2 56. f8=Q c1=Q 57. Qb8+ Ka6 58. Qxb3 $11) 45... h6 46.
Nc3 Nb6 47. f5 $11 Nc4 48. f6 Nd6 49. a4 $11) 44. Nf6+ {After this I have
burned my remaining time pondering which flank to move my king to.} Ke6 (44...
Kc6 45. Nxh7 Nxa3 46. f5 b4 {It is fantastic that such a powerful armada Na3,
b5, c5 cannot promote a queen too quick.} (46... Kd6 47. f6 c4+ (47... Nc4 48.
Ng5 Nb6 49. h4 Nd5 50. f7 Ke7 51. Ne6 $11) 48. Kc3 Ke6 49. Kb4 $11) 47. f6 c4+
48. Kd2 c3+ 49. Kd3 c2 50. Kd2 b3 51. Kc1 Nb1 52. f7 Nc3 53. f8=Q Ne2+ (53...
Na2+ 54. Kb2 c1=Q+ 55. Kxb3 Qb1+ 56. Ka3 Qxh7 57. Qf3+ Kd6 58. Kxa2 $11) 54.
Kd2 c1=Q+ 55. Kxe2 Qc2+ 56. Kf1 Qxh7 57. Qf3+ Kd6 58. Qxb3 $11) 45. Ne4 Kf5 46.
Nxc5 Kxf4 {Any move leads to a draw since my h pawn is far back on the
battlefield.} (46... Nxa3 47. Kc3 Nc4 48. Kb4 Nd6 49. Nd7 Kxf4 50. h4 h6 (50...
Kf5 51. h5 h6 52. Kc5 Ne4+ 53. Kxb5 Ng3 54. Kc4 Nxh5 55. Kd3 $11) 51. Kc5 Ne8
52. Kxb5 h5 53. Kc5 Kg4 54. Kd4 Kxh4 55. Ke3 Kg3 56. Nc5 h4 57. Ne4+ Kg2 58.
Ng5 $11) 47. Kc3 Nxa3 48. Kb4 $11 Nc2+ 49. Kxb5 h5 50. Kc4 Kg3 51. Ne6 Ne3+ 52.
Kd3 Ng2 53. Ng7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chennai op 10th"]
[Site "Chennai"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Llaneza Vega, Marcos"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 ({I had bad
memories in this line as Marcos indicated in the post-mortem.} 6... d6 7. Ne2
$5) 7. bxc3 d6 8. Re1 (8. Bg5 Bd7 9. Rb1 {is more common.}) 8... Bd7 9. Bg5 (9.
d4 Re8 (9... Qe7 10. Bg5 Rad8 11. Rb1 b6) (9... Ne7 $5) 10. Bd3 Bg4) 9... h6
10. Bh4 Ne7 11. Bxd7 $6 (11. a4 c6) ({I always think that White should
somewhere include.} 11. Rb1 $1 c6 (11... Bxb5 12. Rxb5 b6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4
Kh7 15. Qh5 Qe8 16. Rbb1 Rg8 17. Qf3 Kg7 $14) 12. Bc4) 11... Nxd7 (11... Qxd7
$2 12. d4) 12. d4 f6 13. Qd3 Rf7 14. Rad1 $6 ({To bring the other rook to the
d-file makes sense so as to use the Ra1 on the queen's wing.} 14. Red1) (14.
Nd2 $142 Nf8 15. f3 Ne6 16. Bf2 $13) 14... Qe8 15. Nd2 (15. Qc4 Nb6 16. Qxc7 $4
Nec8 {traps the queen.}) 15... Nb6 16. Nf1 Qa4 17. Ra1 $2 (17. Ne3 $142 Qxa2
18. Ra1 Qe6 19. Ra5 $44) 17... c5 $1 $17 18. dxc5 (18. d5 $2 Nexd5) 18... dxc5
19. Ne3 Ng6 20. Nf5 $1 {The best under the circumstances.} Nf4 (20... Nc4 21.
Qd5 Nf4 22. Qxc5) 21. Qg3 Kh7 22. Qg4 (22. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 23. Qh4 h5 24. g3 Rg8
25. h3 Rg5 $19) 22... Nc4 $6 {Black should have picked up the pawn.} (22... g6
$2 23. Nd6 Qd7 (23... Rd7 24. Bxf6) 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxf6 $1) (22... Qxc2 $1
23. Rad1 (23. Bg3 Nd3 24. Red1 c4 $17) 23... c4 $17) (22... g5 $2 23. Bg3 h5
24. Qf3 g4 25. Qe3 $18) (22... h5 $5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nd6 Rff8 25. Nxb7 {is
unnecessary too.}) 23. Bg3 Ng6 (23... g6 $142 $5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nh4 (25.
Qxf4 gxf5 26. Qxf5+ Kg8 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qxf6 Qc6 $17) 25... Ne5 26. Qxf4 Qxc2
$17) (23... h5 24. Qf3) 24. h4 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rdd7 26. Rd5 $5 $138 (26. h5 $142
Nf8 27. Nh4 $11) 26... Rxd5 (26... Nf8 27. Rxc5) 27. exd5 Qxc2 28. h5 Nf8 29.
Nxh6 Qxc3 (29... Kxh6 $2 30. Qxc4 Kxh5 31. f4 $40) (29... gxh6 30. Qxc4 Nd7)
30. Nxf7 Qxe1+ 31. Kh2 Nd2 $1 $138 {In mutual time trouble chances seemed to
be equal.} (31... Qc1 32. h6) (31... b5 32. h6 gxh6 33. d6 $40) 32. Qc8 $2 (32.
Nd6 Nf1+ 33. Kh3 Nxg3 34. Kxg3 Qc3+ 35. Kh2 Qd4 36. Qc8 Qxf2 $11) 32... Qe2 $4
{Which square to go e2 or d1?} ({I came up with a terrible decision not to play
} 32... Qd1 $1 {which actually gives better scope to Black's queen:} 33. Qf5+
Kg8 34. Nd6 (34. f4 Nf1+ 35. Kh3 Ne3 $19) 34... Nf1+ 35. Kh3 Qxd5 $19) 33. Qf5+
$1 (33. Qxf8 $2 Qxh5+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Nf1+ 36. Kh3 Qh5+ 37. Bh4 Qf5+ 38.
g4 Qf3+ 39. Bg3 Qh1+) 33... Kg8 34. Nd6 c4 $4 {Now it is Black's turn to ruin
his position.} (34... Nf1+ 35. Kh3 Nxg3 (35... Qxa2 36. Nc8) 36. fxg3 c4 37. h6
g6 $19) 35. h6 $1 $18 gxh6 ({I noticed} 35... Nf1+ 36. Kh3 Nxg3 37. h7+ $3 $18
{in the very last seconds.}) 36. Ne8 $2 (36. Qxf6 Qh5+ 37. Bh4 Qg6 38. Qxe5 $18
) 36... Nf1+ $2 (36... Ne4 $3 37. Qxe4 Qh5+ $11) 37. Kh3 $1 (37. Kg1 $2 Nxg3
38. fxg3 (38. Nxf6+ Kf7 39. fxg3 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Qg5) 38... Qe3+ 39. Kh2 Qg5 40.
Qc8 f5 $15) 37... Nxg3 38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. fxg3 c3 $2 (39... Qd1 40. Kh2 Qd2 41.
Nd7 Nxd7 42. Qxd7+ Kf8 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qxc4 $36) 40. Ne4 $4 {It looked
winning...} (40. Ne8+ Kg8 41. Nd6 Nh7 42. Qg6+ $18) {...till I found...} 40...
Nh7 $1 $11 41. Qxe5+ Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qd7+ {White can not improve his
position.} (43. d6 Ng5+ 44. Kh4 Qxe4+ 45. Qxe4 Nxe4 46. d7 c2 47. d8=Q c1=Q $11
) (43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. d6 $2 Qh5+ 45. Qh4 Qf5+ 46. Kh2 c2 $19) 43... Kg6 44. Qe6+
Kg7 45. Qe7+ (45. Qe5+ Kg6 46. d6 $2 Ng5+ $19) 45... Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op 01st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kozlov, Vladimir N"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2371"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.02.25"]
[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 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 $5 {
This symmetrical line contains some certain poison but I have learned my
lesson after my game with Campora.} Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4
Re8 12. Bc2 (12. Bb3 h6 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ndf5 Qf6 $11)
12... h6 13. h3 Bb6 $1 {This helps black to easily keep the balance.} (13...
Qe7 $6 14. Re1 Qf8 15. a4 c5 $2 16. d5 Nf4 17. Nd2 $1 $16 {Campora-Atalik,
Calvia 2004.}) 14. Be3 (14. Re1 Qc7 15. Be3 Be6 $11) 14... d5 ({I had to keep
the game alive with} 14... Be6 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Bxh6 $140 $2 gxh6
18. Qxh6 Qe7 $1 $19) 15. exd5 $1 {This move shook me off.} (15. dxe5 Nxe5 $5 (
15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 $11) 16. Nxe5 Rxe5 17. Bd4 Rg5 18. e5 c5 $132) 15...
exd4 (15... e4 $6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 (16... cxd5 17. Nxg6 fxg6 $14) 17. dxe5 Nxd5 18.
Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxe4 Qxb2 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc3 22. Rfe1 $14) 16. Bxd4 Nxd5
17. Qd2 {After a long think.} ({He did not fall into the trap with} 17. Nh5 $6
Ngf4 18. Nxf4 (18. Nxg7 $2 Ne2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Nxe8 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxe8 $17)
18... Nxf4 $11) 17... Bxd4 (17... Ndf4 $5 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ne2 $1 $11 (19. Nf5
c5 $1 20. Be3 Qxd2 21. Bxd2 Rad8 $40)) (17... Nh4 $6 18. Nxh4 Qxh4 19. Rfe1 Be6
20. Qd3 g6 21. Re4 Qg5 22. Rae1 $36) 18. Nxd4 (18. Qxd4 Ndf4) 18... Ndf4 19.
Rae1 Be6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. f4 $1 c5 (21... Bxa2 $2 {is very risky.} 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. f5 Ne5 24. f6 Nc4 25. Qf2 Qe3 26. fxg7 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Bb1 28. Ndf5 $16
) (21... Qh4 $6 22. f5) (21... Nh4 $6 22. Qf2 Bd5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qf8
25. Nh5 c5 26. Qxh4 cxd4 27. cxd4 Bxa2 28. f5 $40) 22. f5 cxd4 23. fxe6 Rxe6
24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Qd3 $1 {Well played.} (25. cxd4 $6 Qd5 $15) 25... Ne5 26. Qe4
Qd5 (26... Qg5 $6 27. Qxb7 Re8 28. cxd4 Qe3+ 29. Kh2 Qxd4 30. Nh5 $40) 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. cxd4 {He sidesteps a second small trap.} (28. Rf5 $2 dxc3 29. Rxe5
cxb2 30. Re1 Rc8 31. Ne2 Rc2 32. Kf1 d4 $19) 28... Nc6 (28... Nd3 $6 29. Rf3
Nxb2 30. Rb3 Nc4 31. Rxb7 $14) 29. Rf5 $1 (29. Nf5 $6 Re8 $36 {I was dreaming
to take over the initiative.}) 29... Rd8 30. Ne2 Re8 $5 {I had enough with
this game!} (30... g6 31. Rf6 (31. Rf2 Kg7 32. Nc3) 31... Kg7 32. Re6 Kf7 33.
Re3 $11) 31. Nc3 Nxd4 32. Rxd5 Ne2+ 33. Nxe2 Rxe2 34. Rb5 b6 35. a4 Kf7 36. a5
bxa5 (36... Re6 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. axb6 Rxb6 39. Rxb6+ axb6 40. Ke3 Ke5 41. g4 $11
) 37. Rxa5 Rxb2 38. Rxa7+ Kg6 {No material to continue!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[Annotator "Atalik,S"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 ({I like Rubinstein but not his
system!} 4... Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. Nxe5 $13 {looks always better for white to me.
I do not want to play a pawn down these days.}) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {
Frankly speaking I like this move! I knew that he has played it before I have
even even looked at it briefly but to meet this over the board is a different
story.} Ne7 (7... Bc5 8. c3 Bb6 9. Ng3 Kh8 $13 {has been played by the great
Bogoljubow so it should be respected!}) 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4
{He strikes first as expected.} Re8 {A template move!} (11... d5 $2 12. Bg5 $1
h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. exd5 cxd5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18.
gxf3 $16 {is known.}) (11... Bc7 $5 12. Bb3 d5 13. Bg5 exd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ndf5 dxe4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Rfe1 Be5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne3 b5 20. Nxe4 Be7 $11)
12. Bc2 $5 {Not everyone does this and he likes it. The move is designated to
prevent d5.} (12. Bb3 h6 13. h3 exd4 14. Nxd4 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Ndf5 Qf6 $11
) 12... h6 13. h3 Qe7 $6 {The first signs of going wrong!} (13... Bb6 $142 14.
Re1 Qc7 15. Be3 Be6 $11) 14. Re1 Qf8 $5 {I have thought I have done something
original and I would confuse him, but eventually I have only confused my own
poor self by such artificial and idiotic moves.} (14... Be6 15. Nf5 Qc7 $11 {
is no bad.}) 15. a4 c5 $2 {This was really stupid!I should have never pulled
the bishop out of there.} (15... Be6 16. b4 Bd8 17. Ba3 Be7 18. Nf5 Rad8 $14) (
15... Bc7 $6 16. b3 Be6 17. Ba3 c5 18. d5 Bd7 19. Bd3 $16) 16. d5 Nf4 17. Nd2
$1 $16 {I have missed this and my position became immediately a wreck!} g6 18.
Nc4 Bd8 19. a5 $1 {Another very strong move now he comes from the other
direction with Ba4. On the top of everything apart from Bojan who had a normal
game and drew the rest of the team probably satisfied with my rotten position
they have all made draws and left me alone on the stage.} (19. b4 cxb4 20. cxb4
Bd7 $16 {is still acceptable.}) 19... Bd7 20. Qf3 N4h5 21. Ba4 $1 {He did
everything on the right agenda I have started to feel like a puppet.} Nxg3 22.
Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxg3 {Now I had to deal with f4.} Bf6 24. Qg4 Rad8 25. b4 (25. a6
b6 26. Na3 Bg7 27. Nb5 Nf6 28. Qh4 g5 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. Qf3 $18 {looks also
horrible.}) 25... h5 26. Qe2 cxb4 27. cxb4 a6 28. Be3 Rc8 29. Rac1 Qe7 30. Rc2
Rc7 31. Rec1 Rec8 32. Qd2 $18 {I was tied bounded and gagged but never
surrender!} Kg7 33. Rc3 Bh4 34. g3 Bf6 35. h4 Kh7 36. Bb6 $1 {Finally the
decisive blow comes. His game was a textbook like type so far.} Nxb6 37. axb6
$1 {Another exact one I was simply waiting for the wrong recapture.} (37. Nxb6
$6 Rxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxc3 39. Qxc3 Kg7 40. Qc8 (40. Kg2 g5 41. hxg5 Bxg5 $132)
40... Bxh4 $1 41. gxh4 Qxh4 42. Qc2 Qg4+ 43. Kf1 Qh3+ 44. Ke1 h4 $44) 37... Rd7
38. Na5 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 $1 (39. Qxc3 $6 {is close but still I have some defence.}
Qd8 40. Qc8 Kg7 41. Rc7 Qxc8 42. Rxc8 Bd8 43. Nc4 f5 44. f3 fxe4 45. fxe4 Kf6
46. Kf2 g5 $132) 39... Qd8 40. Qe3 Bg7 41. Nc6 $1 {This is the unpleasant
thing.} Qe8 42. Qd3 Bf6 43. Qc2 Kg7 44. Na5 (44. Na7 Bd8 45. Rc8 Qe7 46. Nc6
bxc6 47. dxc6 Bxb6 48. cxd7 Qxd7 49. Rb8 $1 $18 {is the same!}) 44... Bd8 45.
Rc8 Qe7 46. Nc6 $1 {Now is about the time to give up.} bxc6 $1 {Best under the
circumstances.} 47. dxc6 Bxb6 $8 48. cxd7 Qxd7 {I have not have lost my hopes
in this position. You know why?} 49. Kg2 $4 {This has surprised me since it
has looked ok for a while.} ({Because I myself have not seen} 49. Rb8 $1 $18) (
49. Qc6 $4 Qh3 $1 $11) {Then I have seen} 49... Bc5 $1 {and the slave breaks
the chains!} 50. Ra8 (50. bxc5 $2 Qxc8 51. c6 Kf8 $15 {and we could even
change the roles.}) 50... Bxb4 51. Rxa6 Bc5 52. Qc4 $6 (52. Qb3 {was more
cautious.} Qc8 53. Ra2 Bd4 54. Rc2 Qa8 55. Qd5 Qxd5 56. exd5 Bc5 57. Rb2 e4 $11
) 52... Qb7 53. Ra2 f5 54. Re2 (54. Qd5 Qxd5 55. exd5 e4 $11) 54... Bd4 {
I have got even spoiled around here.} (54... fxe4 55. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 56. Rxe4 Bd4
$11 {is the game continuation which he has forced me to go into!}) 55. Qe6 $1 {
I have thought that this was impossible but} Bc5 $8 ({Then I have realised that
} 55... fxe4 $2 56. Qxd6 Qf7 $2 (56... e3+ 57. f3 $16 {is no picnic either.})
57. Rc2 $1 Qf3+ 58. Kh2 Bxf2 59. Qxe5+ $18) 56. Qc4 fxe4 $1 57. Qxe4 $8 Qxe4+
58. Rxe4 Bd4 $1 $11 59. Re2 Kf6 60. Rc2 e4 $1 {He can not squeeze me in this
type of endings, I can even lose a pawn.} 61. Rc8 Bc5 62. f3 exf3+ 63. Kxf3 Bd4
64. g4 hxg4+ 65. Kxg4 Be3 $1 {g5 square is important.} 66. Re8 Bh6 67. Kf3 d5
68. Kg4 d4 {Draw offer.} 69. Rd8 Be3 {This ending is a draw even without the d
pawn as well as the previous one but the existence of the pawn makes it a dead
draw.} 70. Rd6+ Kf7 71. Kf3 Kg7 72. Ke4 Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "14.5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Graf, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Bd7 10. d4 Rad8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Nh4 h6 13. Bc1 Nh7 14. g3 Qf6
15. d5 Nb8 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. Qe2 (18. h4 Kh8 19. h5 {would allow
White to retain better perspectives in the middlegame. würde Weiß in dem
Mittelspiel bessere Perspektiven sichern.}) 18... Kh8 19. Kg2 h5 $1 {Seizing
the initiative on the kingside. Ergreift die Initiative am Damenflügel.} 20.
Nh4 g6 21. Nf3 g5 22. Be3 Qg6 23. Qc4 Rc8 24. Qa4 Ndf6 25. Nd2 h4 26. f3 g4 27.
f4 Kg8 28. f5 Qh5 29. Rh1 h3+ 30. Kf2 c6 $1 31. dxc6 (31. c4 {falls short of
scheitert an} Nxe4+ $1 32. Nxe4 Qxf5+ {, and Black is easily winning. und
Schwarz gewinnt leicht.}) 31... d5 32. Rhf1 d4 ({Much simpler was Viel
einfacher war} 32... Nxe4+ 33. Nxe4 Qxf5+ 34. Ke2 Qxe4 35. Qxe4 dxe4 {, with a
large, probably decisive advantage in the ending. mit großem wahrscheinlich
entscheidendem Vorteil im Endspiel.}) 33. cxd4 {[%tqu "En","Black is two pawns
down, but his mobilized army is ready for a big strike. How should he
continue?","Exploit the exposed placement of the enemy king.","Sacrifice your
knight!","f6e4","This impressive sacrifice yields Black a decisive advantage.",
5,"De","Schwarz hat zwei Bauern weniger, aber seine mobilisierte Armee steht
zum großen Schlag bereit. Wie soll er fortsetzen?","Schlagen Sie Kapital aus
der exponierten Stellung des feindlichen Königs.","Opfern Sie Ihren Springer!",
"f6e4","Dieses kraftvolle Opfer bringt Schwarz entscheidend in Vorteil.",5]}
Nxe4+ $1 {[%csl Ra4,Rb1,Rd2,Ge4,Rf2,Rf5,Gh5][%cal Ge4c3] This powerful blow
yields Black a large advantage. Dieser Kraftzug bringt Schwarz großen Vorteil
ein.} 34. Kg1 ({The most stubborn continuation. Die zäheste Fortsetzung.} 34.
Nxe4 {fails to scheitert an} Qxf5+ 35. Ke2 (35. Kg1 Qxe4 36. Qb3 Qg2#) 35...
Qxe4 36. Rbd1 Rxc6 {, winning. und gewinnt.}) 34... Nc3 35. Qc4 exd4 36. Bxd4
Nxb1 37. Nxb1 Ng5 38. Nd2 Qh6 {[%csl Rc6,Gc8,Gh6] Provoking the advance of the
f-pawn, opening the diagonal b1-h7 for the black queen. Provoziert den Vorstoß
des f-Bauern, der die Diagonale b1-h7 für die schwarze Dame öffnet.} 39. f6 Qg6
40. Bc3 Ne4 $6 ({Not the best continuation. Stronger was Nicht die beste
Fortsetzung. Stärker war} 40... Ne6 {, retaining good winning chances. mit
nach wie vor guten Gewinnchancen.}) 41. Nxe4 $2 ({The decisive mistake.
Essential was Der entscheidenden Fehler. Erforderlich war} 41. Rf4 $1 {,
although White has rather little chances to escape after obwohl Weiß auch dann
recht geringe Überlebenschancen hat:} b5 42. Qd3 Nxc3 43. Qxg6+ fxg6 44. f7+
Kg7 45. fxe8=Q Rxe8 46. Rxg4 Rc8) 41... Qxe4 42. Qxe4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O Bxc3 6. dxc3 d6 7. Re1 O-O 8.
h3 h6 9. Nh2 Ne7 10. Ng4 Nxg4 11. hxg4 Be6 12. Bf1 Qd7 13. f3 f6 14. c4 c6 15.
Be3 Rfd8 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. c3 Kf7 $1 18. Qa4 b6 19. Rad1 a6 20. a3 Rh8 $1 {
Preparing the attack on the kingside. After h6-h5 Black's rooks become very
dangerous on the h-file.} 21. Rd2 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qd1 Rad8 24. a4 bxa4 25.
Qxa4 Ra8 26. Qc2 (26. Qd1 {was to be preferred.}) 26... h5 $1 27. gxh5 Rxh5 28.
Red1 Rah8 $1 29. Be3 d5 30. b4 $2 ({White obviously underestimates the danger.
} 30. Kf2) 30... f5 ({Immediate} 30... d4 $1 {was winning too.}) 31. Ra1 {
[%tqu "En","How to power up Black's attack?","Try to bring the black queen
into attack.","Use the d5-pawn for the decisive blow.","d5d4","Now the game is
over.",5]} d4 $1 {[%csl Gc7,Gd4,Re3,Rg1,Gh5,Gh8][%cal Gc7g3] This elegant pawn
move shatters White's last illusions.} 32. cxd4 ({Alas,} 32. Bf2 {fails to}
Rh1#) 32... exd4 33. Bxd4 Qg3 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Gh5,Gh8][%cal Gh8h1,Gg3f2] , and
White resigned in view of inevitable mate.} 0-1

[Event "World-ch17 Tournament"]
[Site "The Hague/Moscow"]
[Date "1948.05.13"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1948.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "25"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 (10... Bg4) 11. Bc1 Rd8 (11... c5) 12. Bf1 Nf8 (
12... c5 $142) (12... Nd7 $142) 13. Nh4 $1 Ng4 (13... Nxe4 14. Rxe4 f5 15. Bc4+
Kh8 16. Qh5 fxe4 17. Bg5 Qd7 18. Bf7 $40) 14. g3 Qf6 15. f3 Nh6 16. Be3 (16.
Bxh6 gxh6 {/\ Ng6} (16... Qxh6 17. dxe5)) 16... Re8 17. Qd2 Ng6 18. Ng2 $1 (18.
Bg5 $2 Nxh4 $1) 18... Bh3 (18... Qxf3 19. Be2 Qf6 (19... Qxe4 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21.
Bb5) 20. Bc4 Qe7 21. Bxh6) 19. Be2 (19. Bg5 Qxf3 20. Be2 Qxg2#) 19... Bxg2 20.
Kxg2 d5 21. exd5 exd4 22. cxd4 Nf5 23. Bf2 Red8 24. c4 h5 (24... b5 $142 25.
Rac1 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Nfe7 27. Qa5 Qf5 28. Qxc7) 25. h4 (25. Rab1 $142) 25... b5
26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5 h4 (27... bxc4 28. Bxc4 Nfe7 29. Rac1 Nxd5 30. Bb3 Nge7 (
30... Rdc8 31. Rc6 Nge7 32. Ra6) 31. Rxc7 Nxc7 32. Rxe7 Nd5 33. Re5 Nb4 34. g6)
28. Bd3 hxg3 29. Bxg3 Nxd4 (29... Nxg3 $142 30. Kxg3 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Kf8) 30.
Rad1 {/\ Bg6} c5 31. dxc6 Nxc6 32. Be4 Rac8 33. Rxd8+ Nxd8 34. Bf5 Ra8 35. Re8+
Kh7 36. cxb5 f6 37. Bc7 Ne6 38. Rxa8 Nxc7 39. Rxa7 Nxb5 40. Rd7 fxg5 41. a4 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 16th"]
[Site "Buekfuerdo"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ekstroem, Roland"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.02.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 (6... d6 7. Bg5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 $10) 7. bxc3 d6 (7... d5 8.
exd5 Qxd5 9. c4 $1 Qd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Qe1 $1 $16 {Korn-Friedman/
corr/1938/}) 8. Bg5 Ne7 (8... Qe7 {/\Nd8-e6}) (8... Bd7 9. d4 h6 10. Bh4 Re8
11. Re1 a6 12. Bd3 Bg4 $10 {Urzica-Karpov/Stockholm/1969/}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 Bg4
10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 g5 12. Bg3 Nh7 13. Rab1 Qf6 14. Qe3 $14) 9. Nh4 Nd7 (9...
c6 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bb3 Qd6 12. f4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. f5 $16) 10.
Bc4 Kh8 {/\f6 /^d8-h4} 11. d4 f6 12. Be3 exd4 (12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Qe8 $13) 13.
cxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nbxd5 16. Bd2 {/\c4} b5 {/\Be6} 17. Re1 g5 $5 18.
Nf3 a5 19. c4 (19. a4 b4 {/^a6-f1}) 19... bxc4 20. Bxc4 Bf5 21. Qb3 Qd6 (21...
a4 22. Qa3 {><c5} (22. Qb5 {<->5})) 22. Qb5 Rfd8 (22... Rfb8 $142) 23. h3 c6
24. Qc5 Qd7 (24... Qxc5 25. dxc5 {/\Nd4}) 25. Rac1 (25. Bxa5 $5) 25... Ng6 26.
Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qb6 Rf8 28. Rc7 (28. Rc7 Qd8 29. Qb7 Nf4 30. Bxf4 (30. Ree7 Ne6
31. Rcd7 Qb8 32. Qxd5 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 $18) 30... Rb8 (30... gxf4 31. Ree7 $18) 31.
Rxh7+ Bxh7 32. Bxb8 Qxb8 33. Qxd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Prague"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 Bd7 11. Nd2 a6 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bb3 Nd8 14. d4 c5 15.
Bd5 Ra7 16. f4 $5 (16. Nf3 g5 17. Nxg5 (17. Bg3 Nxd5 18. exd5 f6) 17... hxg5
18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 16... cxd4 (16... g5 $5 17. fxg5 Nxd5 18. exd5
hxg5 19. Bg3 f6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. c4) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. cxd4 Nc6 19. Bxc6 Bxc6
20. d5 (20. Nf3 g5 21. d5 (21. Bg3 exd4 22. Nxd4 Bxe4 23. Nf5 Qc5+ 24. Bf2 Qxf5
25. Bxa7 $13) 21... gxh4) 20... Bd7 21. c4 Rc7 22. Rc1 Rfc8 23. Rf1 g5 24. Bg3
bxc4 25. Rc3 Ne8 (25... Bg4 $1 26. Qa4 Ne8 27. Nxc4 (27. Qxa6 Nd6 28. Bf2)
27... Be2 28. d6 (28. Rfc1) 28... Nxd6 29. Nxd6 Rxc3 30. Nxc8 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 Bb5
32. Qd1 Bxf1 $19) 26. Qh5 Kg7 27. Rxf7+ $5 Qxf7 28. Bxe5+ Kg8 (28... Nf6 29.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rf3 c3 31. Rxf6+ Kg7 32. Rxa6+ Kh7 33. Nb3 c2 34. Bxc7 Rxc7 35.
Nc1 Rb7 36. Rd6 Ba4 37. Ra6 Rb1 $19) 29. Qxh6 Ng7 30. Rf3 Qe7 31. Bc3 $1 (31.
Bxc7 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qxc7 33. Qxg5 c3 34. Nb3 c2 35. Nc1 Re8 $15) 31... Qc5+ (
31... g4 32. d6 Rc6 33. Rf6 $18) 32. Kh1 Bg4 33. h3 (33. Rf1 Qe3) 33... Bxf3
34. Nxf3 Qf2 (34... Rb8 35. Nxg5 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Qe3+ 38. Kg4 Qxc3 $2
(38... Qe2+ 39. Kh4 Qxe4+ $1 40. Nxe4 Nf5+ 41. Kg5 Nxh6 42. Kxh6 Re7 $17) 39.
d6 $1 $18) 35. Bd4 (35. Nxg5 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc3 39. d6
Qe5+ 40. Kh1 Nf5) 35... Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Rf8 $138 (36... Rf8 37. Nxg5 (37. d6 Rcf7)
37... Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kh1 $10) 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Bxc6 (9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bh4 h5 14. Nh2
c6 15. Bc4 Ne6 $10 {Ivkov-Portisch, Santa Monica 1966}) 9... bxc6 10. Nd2 h6
11. Bh4 Qe6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Rb1 c5 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Rb7 Qe7 16. Ne3 Rfb8 17.
Qb1 Qd8 18. Qb2 Qc8 19. Rb1 Rxb7 20. Qxb7 Bxa2 21. Qxc8+ Rxc8 22. Ra1 Be6 23.
Rxa7 Kf8 24. h4 Ke7 25. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.11.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 (8... Qe7 $5) (8... Bd7 $5) 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Re1 Nd8 11. d4 Ne6 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc5 14. Bxf6 Qxb5 15. Ng4 h5 (15... Nf4 $6 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Bxg7
Bxg4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Qxh6 Re8 21. Rad1 Ng7 22. Re3 Qh5 23. Qxh5
Nxh5 24. Red3 Nf4 25. Rd8 $18 {Nadyrhanov,S-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk/1993/1|0/42/
}) 16. Ne3 gxf6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Qxh5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Ng7 20. Qh4 $5 {/N/} (20.
Qh6 Bf5 21. Qxf6 Qb6 22. Qh4 Bxc2 23. Re7 Qd6 24. c4 b5 25. cxb5 Qxd5 $132 {
Speelman,J-Karpov,An/Linares/1992/0,5/41/}) 20... Bf5 21. c4 Qb2 (21... Qb6 22.
Rab1 Qa6 23. Rb3 $36) 22. Qf4 (22. Rab1 Qc3 $13) 22... Rc8 23. g4 Bh7 (23...
Bxc2 24. Qd2 $18) 24. Rab1 Qc3 25. Re3 Qxc2 26. Rbe1 Qxa2 $6 (26... Qg6 27. Re7
(27. h4 f5 28. Rg3 fxg4 29. Rxg4 Qf5 30. Qg3 Bg6 $13) 27... Qg5 28. Qg3 f5 $132
) 27. h4 Qa6 28. c5 $1 (28. h5 Qd6 $1 29. Qxd6 cxd6 30. h6 Bg6 (30... Rxc4 $4
31. Re8+ $18) 31. hxg7 Rxc4 $132) 28... f5 (28... Qa2 $5) 29. h5 Qa2 (29...
fxg4 30. h6 $16) 30. h6 Qxd5 31. Qg5 Bg6 (31... Qd4 32. Re8+ $18) 32. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Wien Trebitsch Memorial-08 3players"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1916.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlechter, Carl"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1916.11.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)DSZ 1917, S.10-12 [Schlechter]. Endstand 1.Schlechter,Carl 6,5/12 2.
Vidmar,Milan sen. 6,0/12 3.Kaufmann,Arthur 5,5/12} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4.
Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. h3 Ne7 9. Nh4 d5 $1 $11 10. Bg5 Qd6
11. Qf3 c6 12. Ba4 Ne8 13. Qg3 f6 14. Be3 Be6 15. f4 Qa3 $2 (15... dxe4 $142
16. dxe4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Qc5+ 18. Kh2 Bf7 $11 (18... g5)) 16. Bb3 $16 exf4 17.
Qxf4 $14 {Besser als 17.Be3xf4.} a5 18. Qf2 Qd6 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. exd5 cxd5 21.
Rae1 Nc7 22. c4 Rfe8 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Nf5 Qd7 27.
Re1 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Nxg7 ({Bessere Gewinnaussichten bot} 29. Qg3 Qd7 30.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 31. Qb8+ Kf7 32. Qxb7 $14 (32. Nd6+ Kg6 33. Nxb7 $14)) 29... Kxg7
30. Qg3+ Kh6 31. Qxc7 Qe3+ 32. Kh2 Bxb3 33. cxb3 Qxd3 34. Qxb7 Qd2 35. Qf3 Qxa2
36. Qxf6+ Kh5 37. h4 Qd2 (37... h6 38. Kh3 Qxb3+ 39. g3 $18) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match Rubinstein-Marshall +3-2=3"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1908.10.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1908.10.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 Bg4 8. c3
Bc5 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nf5 Bb6 11. Be3 Qf6 $6 (11... Ne7) 12. h3 Bxf5 (12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 $16) 13. Bg5 Qg6 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. g4 $14 Qe6 16. gxh5 Qxh3 17. Be3 (
17. Bd2 Qxh5 18. Nh2 $14) 17... Bxe3 (17... Ne7) 18. fxe3 Qxh5 19. Kf2 $14 {[#]
} e4 $6 (19... d5) (19... Ne7) 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. dxe4 Rab8 22. b3 f5 23. Rh1
$16 Qg6 24. e5 f4 25. e4 Qg3+ 26. Kf1 dxe5 27. Qe2 Rbd8 28. Rd1 h6 29. Rh5 g5
30. Rxh6 g4 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qc4+ Rd5 33. Ne1 Kg7 34. Qxc6 Rd6 35. Qxc7+ Kxh6
36. Qxd6+ Kh7 37. Qe7+ Kg6 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. Qxe5 Qh3+ 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+
42. Qg3 Qd8 43. Qxg4 Qd2+ 44. Kxf3 Qd1+ 45. Kf4 Qd2+ 46. Kf5 Qxe1 47. Qg6+ Kh8
48. Ke6 a5 49. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Lodz Dreimeisterturnier 8R"]
[Site "Lodz"]
[Date "1908.08.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1908.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "16"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 (7. Bg5)
7... Bg4 (7... Ba5) (7... Ne7) 8. Be3 (8. c3 $5 Ba5 9. Ng3 {(9.B:c6 /\ Qa4)}
Nh5 10. Nxh5 Bxh5 11. h3 $1 $14) 8... Nh5 $2 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 {Zinkl; 9..
d5! Kmoch}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne1 $1 (10. c3 Ba5 11. Qa4 Bb6 12. Qxc6 {(12.B:b6)
} Bxf3 13. gxf3 f5) 10... d5 11. f3 Be6 12. g4 $1 Nf6 13. Ng3 $1 (13. h3 dxe4
14. fxe4) (13. Ng2 $2 dxe4 $1 14. dxe4 Bc4 $1 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Kf2 Rd7) 13...
d4 $2 (13... Bd6) (13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc4 {(14..Q:d1 /\ Bc4)}) (13... Nd7 14.
f4 exf4 $2 15. Bxf4 {(15.R:f4? Bd6!)} Qh4) 14. Bd2 Be7 15. Ng2 Rb8 16. b3 c5
17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. gxf5 Rb6 19. Rf2 Qd7 20. Qe2 Rfb8 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 c4 23.
bxc4 (23. dxc4 Bc5 24. Qd3) 23... Rb1+ 24. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 25. Rf1 Rb2 (25... Rxf1+
26. Qxf1) 26. e5 Ne8 27. Bg3 Qa4 (27... Bg5) 28. f6 $1 Bf8 (28... gxf6 29. Bh4)
(28... Rxc2 29. Qf3 {(29.Qe4 Bf8 30.e6)} gxf6 30. Bh4) 29. Qg4 $1 g6 (29...
Qxc2 30. Nf4 {(/\ 31.Qd7,e6!)} Qa4 31. e6 Nxf6 32. exf7+ Kh8 33. Qh4 $1) 30. e6
$1 Rxc2 (30... fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qf7) (30... Qxc2 31. exf7+ Kh8 32. Nf4
Nxf6 33. Nxg6+ $1) 31. Ne1 $1 Rxa2 32. exf7+ Kxf7 33. Nf3 $1 Nxf6 34. Ng5+ Kg7
35. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 36. Qf4+ Ke7 (36... Kg7 37. Ne6+) 37. Qf7+ Kd8 38. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "San Sebastian International Masters-02"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "1912.02.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1912.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Nxd5 Bxg5 10. Nxg5 (10. Nxc7 Rb8 (10... Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxc7 12. Nf3
Bg4 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Ba4 $14) 11. Nxg5 Qxg5 12. Bc4 b5 13. Nxb5 e4 14. dxe4 Rxb5
15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. b3 $14) 10... Qxg5 11. c3 (11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Nc3 c5 13. Qc1
Qg6 14. Qe3 $14) 11... Rd8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxf4 Rb8 15. Qe2 h6
16. Rae1 Rb5 17. Rf2 Bd7 18. d4 Re8 19. Qd2 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Rf5 21. Nd3 Rxf2 22.
Qxf2 Bf5 23. h4 Qg6 24. Ne5 Qe6 25. Nxc6 Be4 26. Nxa7 Qa6 27. d5 Qxa2 28. Nb5
Qc4 29. Qd4 Qe2 30. Qf2 $19 {time} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch18 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1950.12.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1950.11.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 (7. Bxc6
bxc6 8. Ne2 Re8 $1 9. Ng3 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Re1 Bd7 $10) 7... Ne7 (7... Bg4 8.
Bxc6 (8. c3 Bc5 9. Ng3 (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. Nf5 $1 Bb6 12. Kh1 $16 {
Maroczy-Schlechter,Barmen 1905}) 9... Nh5 10. Nf5 Bb6 11. d4 $16 {Canal-Euwe,
Venezia 1948}) 8... bxc6 9. Ng3 Nh5 10. h3 {Juarez-De la Vega}) (7... Bc5 8. c3
Bb6 9. Ng3 Kh8 10. Be3 Ng4 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. d4 f6 $10 {Maroczy-Bogoljubov,
London 1922}) 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Be6 (11... d5 $1 12. Bg5
$36 (12. exd5 e4 13. Ne5 cxd5 14. Bg5 $10 {Schlechter-Duras,Wien 1908})) (11...
Re8 12. Bb3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 $2 (13... Be6 14. Ng5 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Qd7 16. f3
$14 {Alekhine-Euwe,Amsterdam 1936}) 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxf7+) 12. Bc2 (12. Bb3
$142 Re8 $1 $14) 12... Re8 13. Re1 {x/^a5-e1} (13. Be3 $142 {()}) 13... Bg4 $1
{/\ed;Nh4} 14. Nf5 $2 (14. dxe5 Nxe5) (14. Re3 d5 $1) (14. Be3 exd4 15. Bxd4
Nh5) (14. h3 $142 $1 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 exd4 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bg5 $1 $13 Ne5 (17...
Re5 18. Nf5 $36) 18. Qf5 Ned7 (18... h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6) 19. e5 $1
dxe5 20. Nh5 $40) 14... d5 $1 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxe4 (16... exd4 17. Bg5 $36
(17. Nxd4 $5)) 17. Bxe4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Bb6 $1 (18... Qe7 19. Nf5 {/\Ng3}) (18...
Qh4 19. Qf5 $1 Rxe4 20. Bg5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Qh5 22. g4 Qxh3 23. Re3 $18) (18...
c5 19. Nb3 (19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Bxd5)) 19. Bd2 dxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxd4
22. cxd4 {xPd4} Qe7 23. Qg4 Qd6 24. Re1 (24. h4 $142 $1 h5 (24... Nf8 25. h5
Ne6 $15) 25. Qxh5 Qxd4 26. Bc3 $1 Qxh4 27. Qxh4 Nxh4 28. Rd1 $1) 24... Qd5 $1 {
/\Qa2;h5} 25. b3 h5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. Rxe4 f6 28. Kf1 Kf7 29. Ba5 b6 30. Bc3 Rd8
31. Bb2 Rd6 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4 Re6 (33... Nf8 $142 {/\Ne6,Rd5}) 34. f3 (34.
Rxe6 Kxe6 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Kd3 {=/+/-/+}) 34... Ne7 35. Bc1 Nd5 36. Bd2 Rd6 37.
Ke2 Rd8 38. Kf2 Nc7 {/\Nb5} 39. a4 Ne6 40. Be3 Rd5 41. Kg3 (41. Ke2 b5 $2 42.
a5 b4 (42... a6 $142) 43. a6 $1 $132 Nc7 (43... Ra5 44. d5 cxd5 45. Rxb4) 44.
Kd3 Nxa6 45. Kc4) 41... Ke7 (41... b5 42. Kf2 bxa4 43. bxa4 Ra5 44. d5 cxd5 45.
Rb4) 42. g5 $2 (42. Kf2 Kd7 {/\g6;a6;b5}) 42... f5 $1 (42... fxg5 43. Kg4) 43.
Re5 Kd6 44. Rxd5+ Kxd5 45. g6 $1 a5 $1 (45... Nxd4 46. Kf4 (46. Bxd4 $1 Kxd4
47. Kf4 b5 $1 48. axb5 cxb5 49. b4 $1 Kc4 50. Kxf5 Kxb4 51. Ke6 (51. f4 $1 Kc5
(51... Kc3 52. Kg5 $1 b4 53. f5 b3 54. f6 gxf6+ 55. Kxf6 b2 56. g7 b1=Q 57.
g8=Q) (51... a5 $1 52. Ke6 (52. Ke4 $1 a4 53. Kd3 $1) 52... a4 53. f5 a3 54. f6
gxf6) 52. Ke6 $1 b4 53. f5 b3 54. f6) 51... a5 $1 52. f4 (52. Kf7 a4 53. Kxg7
a3 54. Kf7 a2 55. g7 a1=Q 56. g8=Q Qa2+ 57. Kf8 Qxg8+ (57... Qa8+ 58. Kg7 Qxf3)
58. Kxg8 Kc4 59. f4 Kd5 60. Kf7 $3 Ke4 61. Ke6 $1 Kxf4 62. Kd5 $10) 52... a4
53. f5 a3 54. f6 gxf6 $1 55. g7 a2 56. g8=Q a1=Q 57. Qf8+ Kb3 $19) 46... c5)
46. Kh4 Nxd4 (46... b5 $142 {/\b4,Nd4}) 47. Bh6 $1 Ne6 (47... gxh6 $4 48. g7) (
47... Nxf3+ 48. Kh5 Ne5 49. Bxg7 Nxg6 50. Kxg6 f4 51. Bf6) 48. Be3 c5 (48... b5
49. Bb6 b4 50. Bxa5 c5) 49. Kh5 (49. Bc1 c4 50. bxc4+ Kxc4 51. Bb2 b5 52. axb5
Kxb5 53. Bxg7 Nxg7 54. Kg5 a4 55. Kf6 a3) 49... Ke5 (49... c4 $142 50. bxc4+
Kxc4 51. Bxb6 Kb4) 50. Bc1 Nd4 (50... Kd4 51. Bb2+ Ke3 $2 52. Bxg7 $1 Nxg7+ 53.
Kg5 $1 Kxf3 (53... Ne8 54. Kxf5 Kxf3 55. Ke6 Ke4 56. Kd7) 54. Kf6 Nh5+ 55. Kxf5
Ke3 56. Ke5 Kd3 57. Kf5 $1) (50... f4 51. Kg4 Kf6 52. Bb2+ Kxg6 53. Be5 $1 {
/\Be5-b8-a7}) (50... Kd5 $1 51. Bb2 c4 52. bxc4+ Kxc4 {/\b5} 53. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 54.
Kg5 Ne8 $1 55. Kxf5 Kd5 {/\b5}) 51. Bh6 (51. Bb2 $2 Kf4) 51... Kf6 (51... Ne6
$142) 52. Bg5+ Ke6 53. Bh6 $2 (53. Bd8 $1 Nxb3 (53... Kd7 $1 54. Bxb6 (54. Bf6
Ne6 55. Be5 Kc6 56. Bxg7 Nxg7+ 57. Kg5 Ne8 58. Kxf5 Kd6 $1 59. f4 (59. Kf4 Ke6
60. Ke4 Nd6+ 61. Kf4 Kf6 62. g7 Kxg7 63. Ke5 c4 $1) 59... Kd5 60. Kg5 Ke6 61.
f5+ Ke5) 54... Nxb3 55. Kg5 c4) 54. Bxb6 $2 (54. Kg5 $1 {/\Bf6!!} Nd4 (54... f4
55. Kxf4) 55. Bxb6 Nxf3+ 56. Kf4) 54... c4) 53... gxh6 54. Kxh6 Nc6 $1 55. g7
Ne7 56. Kh7 Kf7 57. Kh6 Kg8 58. f4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch17 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1949.10.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1949.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 (4... Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7.
exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ $6 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O $36) 8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 $10) 5.
O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 (11. Bh4
Nf4 {/\ Ng6}) 11... c5 (11... c6) 12. Bf1 (12. Bd3) 12... Qc7 13. d5 Nd8 (13...
Nf4 $6 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 {e.g.} Rd8 17. c4 b5 18. Qf3 Bb7 (
18... bxc4 19. d6 Qb7 20. Qxf4 $16) 19. Rad1 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd6 21. Bb3 $16) 14.
Nh4 Ne8 15. g3 {/\ 16.f4} Qe7 16. Nf5 Bxf5 $8 {Ne3-c4} 17. exf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 Qe7
(18... g6 19. Bg5 $1 {20.Be7}) 19. Bg5 Qd7 (19... Nf6 20. Qd1) 20. a4 f6 21.
Bd2 g6 22. Bh3 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Bxf5 Ng7 25. Bd3 f5 (25... Nf7 $142) 26.
f4 e4 (26... Nf7 $142) 27. Be2 Rc8 28. c4 Ne8 {[#]} 29. h3 $1 {/\ 30.g4} Nf6
30. g4 fxg4 31. hxg4 Rc7 32. Kf2 h6 33. Rh1 e3+ 34. Bxe3 Ne4+ 35. Kg2 Nf7 36.
Bd3 Re7 37. Rae1 Rfe8 38. Bc1 Nc3 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40. a5 b6 41. axb6 axb6 42. Bd2
Ne2 43. c3 b5 44. Kf3 1-0

[Event "World-ch01 Steinitz-Zukertort +10-5=5"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1886.03.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Black "Steinitz, William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1886.01.11"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "20"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Games 10 to 20 were played in New Orleans.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 (
3... g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O $10 {Steinitz}) 4.
Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 e4 $1 {Gunsberg} 8. dxc6 (8. Ne1 {
! Minckwitz,Schallopp} Ne7 9. Bc4 (9. d3 c6 10. dxc6 dxc6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3
Bxe1 13. Rxe1 exd3 14. Qxd3 Qxd3 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rfe8 $10 {
Minckwitz (Not convincing e.g. 10...dc?, obviously better 10...bc) (Nicht
überzeugend z.B.10...dc? offenbar besser 10...bc)}) 9... c6 $1 (9... d6 10. f3
Bc5+ 11. Kh1 f5 12. d4 Bb6 13. c3 Ng6 14. Nc2 Qh4 15. Be3 $10 {Minckwitz}) 10.
dxc6 bxc6 {/\ d5-/+ Steinitz}) 8... exf3 {8...dc=/+ 8...bc=/+ Keres} 9. Qxf3 (
9. cxb7 Bxb7 10. gxf3 Qg5+ $19) (9. cxd7 fxg2 $17) 9... dxc6 10. Bd3 $6 {
10.Be2! =  10.Bc4 /\ c3, d4 Minckwitz} Bd6 11. b3 $6 {>= c3 Steinitz} Qg5 12.
Bb2 (12. h3 $4 Qe5 $19) (12. c3 f5 $17 {Steinitz}) 12... Qxd2 13. Bc1 (13. Qe4
Qh6 14. h3 Bd7 {/\ 15...Rae8-/+}) (13. Rae1 Qf4 14. Qxf4 Bxf4 15. Re2 $15 {
/\ Rfe1 Minckwitz}) (13. Qh5 $5 g6 14. Qh4 Qf4 $15) 13... Qa5 $17 14. Bf4 Be6 {
? 14...Bd7! /\ Rae8-/+ Minckwitz} 15. Rae1 Rfe8 (15... Qxa2 $2 16. Bd2 {
/\ 17.Ra1 Qb2 18.Bc3 Qc3 19.Bh7 +-} Qa3 (16... Kh8 17. Qh5 $40) 17. b4 {
/\ 18.Qe4,Qd4->}) 16. Re3 $1 Bd5 $6 (16... Qxa2 $1 17. Bxd6 (17. Rfe1 Qb2 $1
$19) 17... cxd6 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qd4 Qa3 20. b4 a5 $19 {Steinitz}) (16... Bf5 $2
17. Bxd6 Bxd3 (17... Rxe3 $4 18. fxe3 $18) 18. Rxd3 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Qxa2 20. Rd7
Rf8 21. Qd3 $15 {Minckwitz}) 17. Bxh7+ $2 (17. Qh3 g6 18. Rxe8+ (18. Bxd6 Rxe3
19. Qxe3 cxd6 20. Qe7 Qb4 21. a3 Qg4 (21... Qxa3 $2 22. Qxb7 Re8 23. c4 $16)
22. f3 Qe6 (22... Qc8 23. Qxd6 $10) 23. Qxb7 $10 {Minckwitz}) 18... Rxe8 19.
Bxd6 cxd6 20. Qd7 $1 $10 {Lasker}) 17... Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rh3 f6 20. Qh7+
(20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. c4 Qd2 (21... Qxa2 22. cxd5 Qb2 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rd1 Qe5
$17 {Minckwitz}) (21... Rac8 22. cxd5 Qxd5 $17 {_|_}) 22. cxd5 Re1 $17 {/\ Rae8
} 23. Qh8+ $4 Kf7 24. Qxa8 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qd1# {Steinitz}) 20... Kf7 21. Qh5+
Kf8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Qh5+
Kf8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Kf7 {2h} 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Re3+ Kf8 (
32... Kd7 33. Qf5+ (33. Qg4+ $2 Be6 $19) 33... Kd8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Bxd6 cxd6
36. c4 $44 {|^}) 33. Qh8+ Bg8 34. Bh6 $5 {1h 34. 34.Rg3 leads to the game. Rg3
führt zur Partiefortsetzung} Re7 $8 (34... gxh6 35. Qxf6+ Bf7 36. Qxh6+ Kg8 37.
Rh3 Bd5 (37... Qe5 38. Rg3+ $18) (37... Be5 38. Qg5+ Kf8 39. Rh8+ Bxh8 40. Qxa5
$18 {Minckwitz}) 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40. Rh8# {Steinitz}) 35. Rxe7 (35.
Rfe1 $4 Qxe1+ $19) 35... Kxe7 36. Bxg7 (36. Qxg7+ Bf7 $19 {/\ Rg8 Steinitz})
36... Qf5 $19 37. Re1+ Kf7 38. Bh6 Qh7 39. Qxh7+ Bxh7 40. c4 a5 $1 41. Be3 c5
42. Rd1 a4 {Time: Zukertort: 1h 25min    Steinitz: 2h 39min Zeit: Zukertort:1h
25min    Steinitz: 2h 39min} 0-1

[Event "DSB Kongress-15 Meisterturnier-14"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1906.08.11"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1906.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Ne7 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bh4
g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. d4 Bg4 17. Qd3 exd4 18. e5 Nd7 19. cxd4 Nb6 20. Bb3 Be6 21.
c4 c6 22. Bc2 Bg8 23. Bb3 Rad8 24. Qc3 Qe6 25. Rxf8 Rxf8 26. Rc1 Rd8 27. a4 Qg4
28. a5 Nc8 29. Rd1 Ne7 30. h3 Qe6 31. Qb4 Qd7 32. Qc5 a6 33. Be1 Ng6 34. d5
cxd5 35. cxd5 Nxe5 36. Bc3 Ng6 37. Bc2 Nf4 38. d6 Rc8 39. Bxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qe5+
Kf7 41. Bf5 Qd8 42. Bxc8 Qxc8 43. d7 (43. Qe7+ $1 Kg6 44. d7 {P 45 d6+ +-})
43... Qd8 44. Rd6 Bh7 45. Rxh6 (45. Rf6+ $1 $18) 45... Bg6 46. Qe8+ Qxe8 47.
dxe8=Q+ Kxe8 48. g3 Nxh3+ 49. Rxh3 g4 50. Rh2 Kd7 51. Rh6 Be4 52. Kf2 Bf3 53.
Ke3 Ke7 54. Kf4 Kd7 55. Rf6 Be2 56. Ke3 Bd1 57. Rf1 Bb3 58. Rf4 Be6 59. Kd4 Kd6
60. Rf6 Ke7 61. Ke5 Bd7 62. Rh6 Bc6 63. Rh7+ Kd8 64. Kd6 Ke8 65. Re7+ Kd8 $2
66. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Arbeiderspers International"]
[Site "Amsterdam/ The Hague/ Rotterd"]
[Date "1936.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1936.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Chess 1936,p.181 2)Lachaga:Amsterdam 1936, p.9-11. 3)Fine:Amsterdam
1936 Chess Congress. p.8-10. 4)Euwe: From My Games 1920-1937, p.176-81.5)
Richter/Teschner:Dr.Max Euwe. S.60.} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 (7. Bg5) 7... Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4
Re8 12. Bb3 (12. Bc2) 12... exd4 {Schwarz fürchtet zu unrecht durch d4-d5 in
eine gedrückte Stellung zu geraten.} (12... h6 13. h3 (13. d5 Bb6) 13... Be6)
13. cxd4 Be6 (13... h6) (13... Nxe4 $2 14. Nxe4 Rxe4 15. Bxf7+ $16 (15. Ng5 Re7
16. Qh5 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. f4 $16)) 14. Ng5 (14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15.
Qd3) 14... Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Qd7 16. f3 $14 {Weiß besitzt das Bauernzentrum, er
steht etwas besser.} h6 17. Nh3 Re6 (17... Bb6 $142 18. Be3 Qe6) 18. Nf4 Nxf4
19. Bxf4 Bb6 20. Rad1 $14 Rae8 21. Kh1 d5 22. e5 {Jetzt hat Weiß eine
Bauernmehrheit am Königsflügel, die seine Angriffsimöglichkeiten am
Königsflügel unterstützt.} Nh7 23. Nf5 f6 $1 24. g4 $1 ({Euwe hatte mit} 24.
Nd6 {gerechnet} fxe5 25. dxe5 Rf8 {mit erträglichem Spiel für Schwarz.})
24... fxe5 25. Bxe5 Nf6 {Schwarz will sich mit Bb6-c7 befreien.} 26. Qd3 (26.
Z0 Bc7 27. Qxb7 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qxa7 Rxb2 {mit aktivem Spiel})
27... Bxe5) 26... Kh8 {Bereitet Bc7 vor, ohne ein Schach auf g6 hinnehmen zu
müssen.} ({Jetzt scheitert} 26... Bc7 {an} 27. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 28. Qg6+ Qg7 29.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 30. Bxc7 $16) (26... h5 $1 {Ist eine interessanter Versuch} 27. g5
Rxe5 $1 28. dxe5 Rxe5 29. Nh6+ gxh6 30. gxf6 Qf5 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rde1 Rxf6 {
Weiß hat es nicht leicht in diesem Endspiel Vorteil nachzuweisen.}) 27. Rg1 $1
$16 (27. g5 {Führt zu verwickeltem, aber für Schwarz angenehmen Spiel.} hxg5
28. Rg1 Rxe5 $1 29. dxe5 Bxg1 30. exf6 Bb6 31. fxg7+ Kg8 {Eine Fortsetzung des
weißen Angriffs ist schwerlich zu finden.}) 27... Bc7 {Gemäß Plan} 28. f4
Qf7 (28... c5) 29. Rdf1 $2 (29. Rgf1 $142 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Ne4 31. Nd6 $18 {
Jetzt ist die Qd3 gedeckt, also geschieht Qg6 ohne die Drohung Nf2+}) 29...
Bxe5 30. fxe5 Ne4 $1 {Schwarz schreitet mit seinem Plan voran} 31. g5 $14 (31.
Nxh6 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Rxh6 33. Rxf2 Rxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Qxf2+ 35. Rg2 Qf4+ $15) (31. Nd6
Qg6 {/\Nf2+} 32. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Re1 c5 $11) 31... hxg5 32. Nd6
Nf2+ (32... Qg6 33. Qh3+ $16 {Das ist die Pointe von 31.g5 gegenüber 31.Nd6})
33. Kg2 Nxd3 34. Nxf7+ $2 (34. Rxf7 $14 {Scheint aussichtsreicher zu sein})
34... Kg8 35. Nxg5 Rg6 $11 {Jetzt muß Weiß sorgfältig spielen. Schwarz ist
aller Sorgen ledig.} 36. h4 (36. Rf5) 36... c5 37. dxc5 $2 (37. Rf3 $142 Nxb2 (
37... c4 38. b3 b5 39. Kg3 Ra6 40. Rf7 Rxa2 41. bxc4 dxc4 42. Rgf1 Ra6 43. Rc7
$16 Rf8 44. Rxf8+ Kxf8 45. e6 $16) 38. dxc5 Na4 39. Rc1 Rc6 40. Rf7 Rxc5 41.
Rcf1 $11) 37... Rxe5 $17 38. Kh3 (38. b4 Re4) 38... Nxc5 $15 39. Rc1 Rc6 40.
Rge1 Ne4 41. Rxc6 (41. Nxe4 Rxe4 42. Rxe4 dxe4 43. Re1 Rc2 44. b3 Rxa2 45. Rxe4
Rb2 46. b4 Kh7 $17) 41... bxc6 42. Rc1 Nxg5+ $17 43. hxg5 Re6 44. Kg4 Kf7 45.
Rc3 a5 46. Kf3 Kg6 47. Ra3 Kxg5 48. Rxa5 Kf5 49. a4 g5 50. Ra8 Re4 $2 (50...
g4+ $1) 51. Rf8+ (51. a5 {Reicht auch nicht zum Remis} Ra4 52. a6 Ke5 53. a7
Kd4 54. b4 Kd3 55. Kg3 d4 56. Kf3 Ra2 57. Kg3 Kd2 58. Rd8 Rxa7 59. Rxd4+ Kc3
60. Re4 Ra3 61. Rg4 Ra1 $17) 51... Ke5 52. Re8+ Kd4 53. Rb8 c5 54. b4 $2 (54.
a5) 54... c4 $1 {Jetzt gewinnt Schwarz ohne Mühe.} 55. a5 Re3+ 56. Kf2 Ra3 57.
Rg8 c3 58. Rxg5 Ra2+ 59. Kf3 c2 60. Rg1 0-1

[Event "Casual Spielmann-Vidmar"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1917.04.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spielmann, Rudolf"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1917.04.25"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 c6
15. Bd3 h6 (15... Qc7) 16. c4 (16. Ba3) 16... e4 17. Ba3 (17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. f3
Nc3 (18... d5 19. fxe4 dxe4 20. Qg4 Rxd4 21. Bb2 $16) 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. Qxc3 Qxf5
21. Rb1 b6 $11) 17... Qd7 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qxf5 20. Qe2 Ng6 21. g3 Rac8
22. Re3 d5 23. Re1 Qh3 24. Be7 Rd7 25. c5 Nxe7 26. Rxe7 Rf8 27. Qf3 b6 28. R1e5
Rxe7 29. Rxe7 bxc5 30. dxc5 a5 31. a4 f5 32. Qf4 Qh5 33. Qe5 Rf6 34. Qc7 Qg4
35. h3 Qg5 36. h4 Qg4 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Qc8 Kg6 39. Rg8 Kh5 40. Qd7 g6 41. Qe7
Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qd4 43. Qe2+ Qg4 44. f3 Qc4 45. Qxc4 dxc4 46. Kh3 1-0

[Event "Karlsbad-01 International Masters"]
[Site "Karlovy Vary"]
[Date "1907.08.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Janowski, Dawid Markelowicz"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1907.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Qd2 $6 (9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 c6 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. Bc1 $14) 9... Nd8 10.
Bc4 Be6 11. Bb3 Bxb3 12. axb3 Ne6 13. Bh4 h6 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Bg3 (15. d4 $5)
15... Nh5 16. d4 Nef4 17. Bxf4 (17. Qe3 $5 {/\ Rad1, Rd2, Red1 Gelfand}) 17...
Nxf4 18. g3 Ng6 19. Qd3 {/\ f5,ef,Nf3-d2-e4 deckt f2.} Qe6 20. Nd2 f5 21. d5
Qd7 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Ne4 Raf8 24. Re3 Ne7 $3 {/\ 1. Kh8, Ng8-f6, 2. Rh5, Qh3}
25. Rd1 (25. c4 Rh5 $40 {Razuvaev}) 25... Kh8 (25... Rh5 26. Qf1) 26. c4 (26.
f3 $5 $10 {Razuvaev}) 26... Ng8 27. f3 (27. c5 Nf6) 27... Nf6 28. Rf1 (28. Nc3
g5 {/\ g4-> Razuvaev}) 28... Nxe4 29. Qxe4 $6 (29. Rxe4 {/\ Qe3= Gelfand})
29... Qd8 $3 30. Qg4 (30. Ree1 Qb8 (30... Qg5 {/\ Rf4-d4 Marco}) 31. Qe3 {
Gelfand}) 30... Qb8 $3 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. Rfe1 Qc5 $15 33. Qe4 Qb4 34. R1e2 R5f6
35. Qd3 Kg8 (35... a5 $5 36. Qc3 Qc5 $15 {Gelfand}) 36. Qc3 a5 37. Qxb4 axb4
38. c3 bxc3 39. Rxc3 Ra8 40. Kh3 $2 (40. b4 Ra1 41. Rb2 {/\ c5}) (40. c5 $1 $10
{Gelfand}) 40... b6 $1 41. Kg4 (41. b4 $5 Ra4 42. Rb2) 41... Ra1 42. Rb2 (42.
h4 Rh1 43. h5 Kh7 44. Ra2 g6 45. hxg6+ Rxg6+ 46. Kf5 Rh5+ 47. Ke4 Rxg3 $19)
42... Kh7 43. b4 Kg6 44. Rbb3 (44. Kh3 Rg1) 44... Rf5 45. Rc2 Rh1 46. f4 $2 (
46. h4 h5#) (46. Kh3 Rh5+ 47. Kg4 $8 R5xh2 48. Rxh2 Rxh2 49. f4 (49. c5 $4 h5#)
49... e4 50. f5+ Kf6 51. Kf4 Rc2 52. Kxe4 Rxc4+ 53. Kd3 b5 $19) (46. c5 dxc5 (
46... Rg5+ $1 47. Kh3 Rh5+ $19 {Gelfand}) 47. bxc5 bxc5 48. Rxc5 Rxh2 49. Rc6+
Rf6 50. Rxf6+ gxf6 51. f4 f5+ 52. Kf3 e4+ 53. Ke3 Rg2 $19) 46... exf4 47. gxf4
h5+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rg4 50. Rf3 Rgxf4 51. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 52. Ke3 Kf5 53. Kd3
Rf3+ 54. Kd4 Rb3 $1 {Blocking the white pawns.} 55. Rf2+ Kg6 56. Rg2+ Kh6 57.
b5 (57. Ra2 b5 $1 (57... Rxb4 $2 58. Kc3 Rb1 59. Ra7 $10) 58. Ra7 Rxb4 $19 {
Gelfand}) 57... Rf3 58. Ke4 Rf6 59. Ra2 g5 60. Ra7 Rf4+ $1 61. Kd3 Rf7 62. c5
$5 dxc5 63. d6 Rd7 $1 64. Rxc7 Rxd6+ 65. Ke4 Rd4+ $1 (65... Rg6 66. Kf5 (66.
Rc6 Kh7 $1 67. Kf5 Rg7 68. Rxb6 $14) 66... Rg7 (66... g4 $2 67. Rc6 $18) 67.
Rc6+ Kh7 68. Rxb6 $10) 66. Kf5 h4 67. Rc8 (67. Rc6+ Kh5 68. Rxb6 Rf4+ 69. Ke5
Rf2 $19 {Gelfand}) 67... Rf4+ 68. Ke5 c4 69. Rh8+ Kg7 70. Rc8 Kg6 71. Rg8+ Kh5
72. h3 c3 73. Rh8+ Kg6 74. Rg8+ Kh6 75. Rh8+ Kg7 76. Rc8 Rf3 77. Rc6 Rxh3 78.
Rxb6 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Los Angeles"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O (5... d6 $2 6. Nd5 $1 Bc5
7. d4 exd4 8. Bg5) 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ne7 (8... Qe7 $1 {
mainvariation /\Nc6-d8-e6}) 9. Nh4 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 f5 (10... c6 11. Bc4
d5 12. Bb3 Ng6 (12... Qd6 13. Qh5 $16) (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 $16)
13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 $1 exf4 (14... dxe4 15. dxe4 $16 (15. fxe5 fxe5 16. dxe4
$16)) 15. Rxf4 Kg7 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rf1 $16 {Maroczy-Bernstein,Ostende 1906})
11. f4 (11. Qh5 $5) 11... Ng6 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxf4 14. g3 $14) (9. Bc4
Ng6 (9... Be6 $2 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nh4 $1 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14.
f4 $1 $16 {--> Tarrasch-Pillsbury}) 10. Nh4 Nf4 $1 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Nf3 Bg4
$17 13. h3 {--> Janowski-Lasker (2)} (13. Qd2 {--> Janowski-Lasker (4)})) 9...
c6 (9... Ne8 10. Bc4 (10. f4 f6 11. fxe5 $1 fxg5 12. Rxf8+ Kxf8 13. Qf3+ Kg8
14. Rf1 $16) 10... Be6 (10... Kh8 11. f4 f6 12. Qh5 $1 $16) 11. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 12.
exf5 Qd7 13. g4 $16 {Tarrasch-Vidmar,San Sebastian 1911}) (9... Ng6 10. Nxg6
fxg6 (10... hxg6 11. f4 c6 12. Bc4 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Ng4 14. Qe1 $40) 11. Bc4+ Kh8
12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. d4 $16 {Janowski-Spielmann,
Nuernberg 1906}) 10. Bc4 (10. Ba4 {--> Marshall-Capablanca}) 10... Be6 $2 (
10... d5 11. Bb3 Qd6 (11... dxe4 12. dxe4 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. f4 $16) 12. f4 $1 dxe4 13. dxe4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. f5 $16) (
10... Ne8 11. f4 d5 12. Bb3 f6 13. fxe5 $1 fxg5 14. Rxf8+ Kxf8 15. Qf3+ Kg8 16.
Rf1 $16) 11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4+ Kf7 14. f4 $1 $18 Rg8 15. Qh5+
Kg7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 18. Rf1+ Nf5 (18... Kg7 19. Rf7+ Kh8 20.
Qxh7#) 19. Nxf5 $1 exf5 20. Rxf5+ Ke7 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22. Rf6+ Kc5 23. Qxb7 $1 Qb6
24. Rxc6+ $1 Qxc6 25. Qb4# 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 13th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 a6 {It is one of the legitimic attempts to equalize
the game, eliminating white's light-squared bishop. Other possibilities are:} (
10... Nd8 11. d4 Ne6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc5 14. Bxf6 Qxb5 15. Ng4 h5 16.
Ne3 gxf6 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Qxh5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Ng7 20. Qh4 Bf5 21. c4 $36 {
1-0 Arkhipov,S-Kholmov,R/Moscow 1995/CBM 050 ext/[Chekhov] (32)}) (10... g5 11.
Bg3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d4 Rad8 14. Rb1 Nb8 15. Bf1 c5 16. Qd3 Nc6 17. d5 Na5
18. Nd2 Bg6 19. f3 Nh5 20. Bf2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Christiansen,L-De Firmian,N/Essen
1999/CBM 071/[Tsesarsky] (20)}) (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Rb1 Nd8
14. d4 c6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. c4 Bh7 17. c5 g5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Bg3 Nxe4 20. Bxe5
Qd7 21. Bd3 f5 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Schlechter Carl-Marshall Frank/
Ostende Belgium 1907 (30)}) (10... Be6 11. d4 Bg4 12. d5 Nd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4
Bg6 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Kh2 Nb7 18. Rg1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Kh7 20. Rg2 Rh8 21.
Rag1 Kg8 22. f3 Na4 23. Nb1 Nc5 24. Qe1 Qd7 25. Nd2 Nh7 26. Nf1 f6 27. Qe2 Qe7
28. Ne3 Nf8 29. Be1 Bh7 30. h4 g5 31. Rh1 Ng6 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Bd2 Ne7 34. Kg1
Bxf5 35. gxf5 $14 {1-0 Platz,J-Josiah/New York cc 1951 (52)}) (10... Bd7 11.
Rb1 Kh8 12. Qc1 Rg8 13. d4 g5 14. Bg3 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. exd6
cxd6 18. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lobron,E/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1994 (52)}) (
10... Nb8 11. d4 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Bg3 Nd7 18. Qh5 c5 19. a4 b6 20. Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qf2 $132 {
1-0 Volzhin,A-Tolstikh,N/Volgograd 1994 (43)}) 11. Bxc6 $146 ({In a previous
game White prefered} 11. Ba4 Na5 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 14. d4 Nd7 15. Bg3
Re8 16. Qd3 f6 17. Nd2 {1-0 Zhang Zhong-Zhu Chen/Beijing 1998/CBM 066/
[Tsesarsky] (44)}) 11... bxc6 12. d4 {Taking control over the centre.} Bg4 {
My goal was to leave White with a passive dark-squared bishop.} 13. Qd3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 g5 {Limitting the possibilities of white's dark-squared bishop.} 15.
Bg3 Nd7 {From a strategical point of view, black's position is excellent. He
has built a strong centre, which limits the possibilities of white's
dark-squared bishop, the position is closed, that prevents White from using
the drawback of the position of black's monarch. It should be noted, that
black's prospects are better in a long run, in view of some weaknesses of
light squares in white's camp, such as the c4 spot. That's why White should
act decisively and quickly!} 16. Rab1 Nb6 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Yb6c4] Closing the
"b" file, and, emphasizing the drawback of white's pawn structure.} (16... Rfb8
17. Rxb8+ Rxb8 18. Qd3 Rb6 19. f3 Qe6 20. Bf2 Qxa2) 17. h4 {Trying to weaken
the position of black's monarch still more.} f6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. c4 $1 {
In my opinion, it is the right decision to open up the game, even if it costs
two pawns for White.} exd4 ({After} 19... Nxc4 {white's initiative is
dangerous:} 20. Qc3 Qf7 21. Rb4 d5 22. dxe5 (22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. dxe5 $44) 22...
fxe5 23. Rxc4 dxc4 24. Qxe5 $44) 20. c5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Continuing the right
plan.} dxc5 (20... Nd7 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Rb7 $44 (22. Qd1 c5 23. c3 $16)) 21.
e5 {After White sacrificed two pawns, his pieces became much more active, and
the position of black's monarch is more vulnerable.} (21. Qf5 $2 {Is too slow.}
Rae8 22. e5 Nd5 $1 (22... Qh7 23. Qg4 Qg6 24. exf6 Nd5 25. Re6 Rxf6 26. Rxe8+
Qxe8 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 28. Rb8+ Kf7 29. Qe5 Re6 30. Qh8 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Nf6 $15) 23.
exf6 Qxf6 $19) 21... Nd5 $6 {Objectively, this move is not worse than 21... f5.
The point is that White doesn't have any chance to win, after 21...f5. White
plays without risk, as he has a perpetual check... On the other side, if I
wouldn't play this continuation, very nice variations would not have appeared
in the game.} ({More logical was to close the game with} 21... f5 $5 {, that
would force White to make a draw with only moves:} 22. e6 $1 {preparing the e5
square for the rook.} (22. Qxc6 f4 23. Bh2 Rae8 24. a4 (24. e6 Rf6) 24... a5
25. Rb5 Nd7 26. Qxc7 Rf7 27. Rxa5 Qe6 $17) 22... f4 23. Qg4 (23. Re5 Nc4 $19)
23... Qg7 (23... fxg3 24. Re5 gxf2+ 25. Kf1 Qh7 26. Rxg5+ Kh8 27. Rh5 Nd5 {
[%cal Gd5e3]} 28. Rxh7+ Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ $11) (23... Rad8 $5 24. Re5
Rd5 25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Bh4 Qg7 27. Bxg5 Qg6 28. Re1 Rf5 29. e7 Nxe7 30. Rxe7
Qxg5 31. Qe2 Rf7 (31... f3 32. Qe6+ $18) 32. Re5 Qg6 33. Rxc5 $13) 24. e7 Rfe8
25. Bh2 Nd5 26. Qe6+ Qf7 27. Qxc6 Nxe7 28. Qxc5 Nf5 29. g4 fxg3 30. Bxg3 c6 (
30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Rf8 32. Qxc7 Qxa2 33. Re4 Qf7 34. Rg4 Qxc7 35. Bxc7 $11)
31. Qxc6 Nxg3 32. fxg3 Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Rf8 34. Qe6 $11) 22. exf6 (22. e6 {
Is met by} Kg7 $17) 22... Qxf6 ({An interesting alternative was to cover the
majority of the light squares by} 22... Qh7 $5 23. Be5 Rae8 (23... Qxc2 $2 24.
Rbc1 $16) 24. Qg4 Qg6 25. Qd7 Nb4 26. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3h3]} Rxf6 27. Rh3 Nd5 28.
Kh2 Re7 29. Qd8+ Re8 30. Qd7 $11) 23. Qh5 $1 {White is threatening to play Re5.
} Nf4 {Forcing White to change the bishop.} ({Worth of consideration is a
computer proposal:} 23... Rf7 $5 24. Rb3 {[%cal Gb3f3]} (24. Be5 $4 Qxf2+ $19)
(24. Re5 Rg7 25. Re8+ (25. Rbe1 Qg6 26. Re8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kf7 28. Qe2 (28.
Qh8 Rg8 $19) 28... Rg8 29. Rxg8 (29. Re5 Rb8 $19) 29... Kxg8 30. Qc4 Qe6 31.
Qxc5 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qc3 33. Qa7 Kf7 (33... Qxc2 34. Qxd4) 34. Bxc7 Ke6 35. Bg3
Nf6 $17) 25... Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kh7 27. Rb8 Rf7 28. f3 Ne7 $1 29. Bxc7 Ng6 30.
Bd6 g4 31. fxg4 c4 $15) 24... Qf5 (24... Rh7 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Qf8 (26...
Kg7 27. Be5 $18) 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qxc6 (28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Qg6+ $11) 28... Nb4
29. Qe6+ Qf7 30. Qe4 $36 {[%cal Gb3f3]} (30. Qe5 Qe7 $15) 30... Qe7 31. Be5 Nc6
$1 32. Qf5 (32. Qd5+ Rf7 33. Qxc6 Qxe5 34. Qg6+ Kf8 $132 (34... Qg7 35. Qxa6
$16)) (32. Qxc6 Qxe5 33. Qa8+ Kf7 34. Rf3+ Ke7 $15) 32... Qd7 33. Qf6 Nxe5 34.
Qxe5 Qe7 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Rg6 $11) 25. Re5 (25. Rf3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 g4 $17)
25... Rh7 26. Qe2 (26. Qxg5+ Qxg5 27. Rxg5+ Rg7 28. Rh5 Kf7 29. Be5 $13 {/=/+})
26... Qg6 27. Re6 Qh5 28. Qxh5 Rxh5 29. Rb7 (29. Rxc6 Nc3 30. Bxc7 (30. Rxc5
Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc1 $15 {[%cal Gc1b3,Yh5h1]}) 30... g4 $15) 29... Rh7 30. Rxc6 Re8
31. f3 $13 {/=}) (23... Rab8 $2 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Re5 $40) 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 (24...
gxf4 {just bad, as it closes the "f" file for heavy pieces:} 25. Re5 Rf7 26.
Rbe1 Raf8 27. Rg5+ Rg7 28. Rxg7+ Qxg7 29. Re5 $18) 25. f3 {Not only parrying
black's threat, but, also creating the idea Re1-e4.} (25. Qg6+ {Doesn't
promise more than a draw:} Kh8 26. Rb3 (26. Re2 Rf6 27. Qh5+ Kg8 $17) (26. Qh6+
$11) 26... Qxf2+ 27. Kh2 Qxe1 28. Rh3+ (28. Qxg5 Rf7 $19) 28... Qh4 29. Rxh4+
gxh4 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ $11) (25. Re2 {Is not to the point:} Rf6 26. Rbe1
Raf8 27. f3 Qh4 $19) 25... Rab8 $1 {A very important resource. Black is
forcing White to give up on the open "b" file.} (25... Qf5 $2 {Is refuted by}
26. Re7 g4 27. Qh6 Rf7 28. Rbe1 Raf8 29. R1e5 $1 Qh7 30. Qe6 $18) (25... Rf7
26. Re4 (26. Re6 Qh4 $1 (26... Rh7 27. Rg6+ Kh8 28. Rh6 Qf5 29. Re1 $18 {
[%cal Ge1e7]}) 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Rb8 d3 $1 $11 {
[%cal Gh4d4]}) 26... Qf6 (26... Rh7 27. Qg6+ Rg7 28. Qxc6 Qf8 29. Rbe1 $16) 27.
Rbe1 Raf8 28. Re6 {[%cal Ge6g6]} Rh7 29. Rxf6 Rxh5 30. Rxc6 g4 31. fxg4 Rg5 32.
Ree6 $14) 26. Rbd1 ({White gets nothing after} 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28.
Re4 Qg3 {[%cal Gb8b1] Now we see how important it was to take the control over
the "b" file. As the result, the best White has is a perpetual check:} 29. Qh6+
Kg8 30. Qg6+ $11) 26... Rf7 {Covering the seventh rank.} 27. Re4 Rh7 $1 {
[%mdl 256] Another important intermediate move, which drives away white's
queen from an extremely attacking position.} ({Worse is} 27... Qf6 28. Rde1
Rbf8 29. Re6 (29. Re5 {Is parried by} Rg7) 29... Rh7 30. Rxf6 Rxh5 31. Rxc6 g4
32. fxg4 Rg5 33. Ree6 $14 {Maybe, after 27...Qf6 White has something more, but,
also here the position favours first player.}) 28. Qg6+ ({The endgame after} 
28. Rxf4 Rxh5 {is equal:} 29. Rf5 Rb5 30. g4 Rh7 31. a4 Rb4 32. Rxg5+ Kf8 33.
Rxc5 Rxa4 34. Rxc6 Rd7 35. Kf2 a5 36. f4 d3 37. Ke3 Re7+ 38. Kf3 dxc2 $11)
28... Rg7 29. Qe6+ (29. Qxc6 Qd6) 29... Qf7 30. Qxc6 g4 $1 {A very strong idea.
With this move Black activates all his pieces, in order to open up the "f" and
"g" files.} ({A passive strategy would lead to unpleasant results:} 30... Qf5
31. Rde1 g4 (31... Rf8 32. Re8 Kh7 33. Rxf8 Qxf8 34. Re6 $18) 32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33.
fxg4 Qf4 34. Qxc5 Rf8 35. Qd5+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg8 37. Re7 Rf7 38. Re8+ Rf8 39.
Qd5+ $18) 31. Rde1 (31. f4 $5 {Is an interesting option, but leads only to a
draw:} g3 (31... Qf5 32. Rde1 (32. Re5 Qxf4 33. Qxc5 g3 34. Qd5+ Qf7 $17) 32...
Rf8 33. Re8 $36) 32. Qxc5 Rb5 33. Qc6 Qh5 (33... Rb6 $5 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+
Qg6 36. f5 Qg4 37. f6+ Qxe4 38. Rxe4 Rxf6 $15) 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Qg6 $11)
31... gxf3 $1 {[%mdl 64]} ({Worth of consideration is} 31... Rg6 {, but after}
32. Re6 $1 {white's chances are better:} (32. Rxg4 Rxg4 33. fxg4 Rf8 34. Qe6
$11 (34. Qh6 $11) (34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qxf6 Rxf6 36. Re5 (36. Re8+ Kf7 37. Re5 Rc6
$15 {[%cal Gc5c4,Yd4d3]}) 36... c4 37. Rc5 d3 $11)) (32. Re8+ $2 Kg7 $19) 32...
Rxe6 33. Rxe6 gxf3 34. Rg6+ (34. Rf6 f2+ (34... Qe7 35. Qd5+ $18) 35. Kf1 (35.
Kxf2 Qxf6+ 36. Qxf6 Rf8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. Kf3 c4 $19) 35... Qc4+ 36. Kxf2 Rf8
$17) 34... Kh7 35. Rf6 f2+ 36. Kxf2 (36. Kf1 Qc4+ 37. Kxf2 Qxc2+ 38. Kg1 Qc1+
39. Kh2 Rh8 {[%cal Gh7g7]} 40. Rg6 $1 Rg8 $11) 36... Qe7 37. Rh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+
Qg7 39. Qxa6 (39. Ke2 Qxg6 40. Rxg6+ Kf7 41. Rxa6 Re8+ 42. Kd1 Rg8 43. Rc6 Ke7
$11) 39... Qf7+ 40. Rf6 Qe7 41. Rg6+ Kf7 42. Rg3 $14) ({Black defenses the
eigth rank:} 31... Rb6 $2 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qa8 Kh6 (33... Rg8 34. Rxg8 Qxg8 35.
Re7+ Kh8 36. Re8 $18) 34. Rf8 $1 Qd7 35. fxg4 $18) 32. Re8+ Kh7 ({Of course not
} 32... Rxe8 $4 33. Rxe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Qg6 35. Qh4+ $18) 33. Qe4+ (33. Rxb8 $4
{loses:} Rxg2+ 34. Kf1 (34. Kh1 Qh5#) 34... Qc4+ 35. Re2 Qxe2#) 33... Rg6 34.
Qh4+ ({White doesn't have more than a perpetual check after:} 34. Re7 f2+ 35.
Kh2 Rh8 $3 {Maybe, not the strongest continuation, but a very attractive one!}
({Black can play on to win after} 35... Kg8 36. Rxf7 (36. Rf1 Rh6+ 37. Kg3 Qg6+
$17) 36... Rh6+ 37. Kg3 fxe1=Q+ 38. Qxe1 Kxf7 39. Qe5 Rg8+ 40. Kf2 Rf6+ 41. Kg1
$13 {, but, probably, White has enough resources to equalize.}) 36. Qh4+ (36.
Rxf7+ $4 Kg8+ 37. Rh7 Rxh7+ 38. Qh4 Rxh4#) 36... Rh6 37. Rxf7+ Kg8 38. Rxf2
Rxh4+ 39. Kg3 $11) 34... Rh6 35. Qe4+ Rg6 (35... Kg7 36. Qe5+ Rf6 (36... Kg6
37. Qg3+ Kh7 38. R8e7 $18) 37. Qg5+ $11) 36. Qh4+ Rh6 37. Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bh4 Nf4 12. Nd2 {Eine neue Idee im
Vierspringerspiel. Der Läufer h4 soll nach f2 überführt werden.} Kh8 (12... c5
$10) 13. Bf1 h6 14. f3 g5 15. Bg3 Rg8 16. Nc4 Rg7 17. Ne3 h5 18. c4 Bd7 19. c3
Rag8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 h4 22. Bf2 g4 23. Bxh4 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Rg4 25. Bg3
N6h5 26. Bxf4 Nxf4 27. g3 Qh4 28. Re3 Nh5 29. Qf2 exd4 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Rae1
$14 Qf6 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Qg5 34. Qd4+ Kh7 35. Rh4 $1 $40 Re8 36. Qd1 Kh6
37. Be2 $18 Rxe2 38. Qxe2 a6 39. a4 b6 40. Rh3 Qc1+ 41. Kg2 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "237"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd7 (8... Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 $10) 9. Rb1 a6 10. Ba4 Rb8
11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Na5 14. d4 Rbd8 15. h3 Kh7 16. Qc1 Nxb3 17. axb3
Bc8 18. Qe3 b6 19. c4 Rde8 20. b4 Rg8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bg3 Nd7 23. Red1 f6 24.
Nh4 Qf7 25. Rb3 Nb8 26. c5 b5 27. Rbd3 Nc6 28. c3 a5 29. bxa5 Nxa5 30. c6 Nxc6
31. Rd5 (31. Qc5 Qc4 32. Qxc4 bxc4 $15) 31... b4 32. Rc5 Nb8 33. cxb4 Na6 34.
Rc3 Nxb4 35. Qa7 Na6 36. Ra1 Re6 37. f3 Qd7 38. Bf2 Rc6 39. Rxc6 Qxc6 40. Nf5
Re8 41. Ne3 Qb7 42. Nd5 Qxa7 43. Bxa7 Bb7 44. Rc1 Bxd5 45. exd5 Rd8 46. Rc6 Nb4
47. Rxc7 Rxd5 48. Rb7 Nc6 49. Be3 Nd8 50. Rb2 Ne6 $15 51. Rd2 Rb5 52. Kf2 Kg6
53. Rd6 Rb2+ 54. Rd2 Rb4 55. Ra2 h5 56. Re2 h4 57. Rd2 Kf5 58. Rc2 Nf4 59. Bd2
Ra4 60. Kf1 Nh5 61. Kf2 Ng3 62. Be1 Ke6 63. Rb2 Nf5 64. Rb6+ Kd7 65. Rb2 Kc6
66. Rc2+ Kd5 67. Rd2+ Nd4 68. Rb2 Kc4 69. Kf1 Ra1 70. Kf2 f5 71. Bb4 Ne6 72.
Bd2 Kd3 73. Be1 Nd4 74. Rd2+ Kc4 75. Rb2 e4 76. fxe4 fxe4 77. Bd2 Kd3 78. Bf4
Ra3 79. Rd2+ Kc4 80. Rb2 Nf5 81. Rc2+ Kd4 82. Rd2+ Kc3 83. Re2 Ra4 84. Re1 Ra2+
85. Kf1 Kd3 86. Rd1+ Kc4 87. Rc1+ Kd5 88. Rd1+ Ke6 89. Re1 Ra4 90. Kf2 Kf6 91.
Re2 g5 92. Bc1 Rc4 93. Re1 Rc2+ 94. Kg1 Ng3 $5 (94... Kg6 $1 95. Rd1 (95. Bxg5
Kxg5 96. Rxe4 Rc1+ 97. Kf2 Rf1+ $1 $19) 95... e3 96. Re1 Rc3 $1 {/\ ...
Kf6-e5-e4}) 95. Be3 Kg6 96. Bf2 Kf5 97. Be3 Ne2+ $2 (97... Ra2 $1 98. Rb1 $5
Kg6 $1 {/\ ...Nf5, ...Re2} (98... Ne2+ $2 99. Kf1 Nf4 100. Rb5+ Kg6 101. Rb6+
Kf7 102. Bxf4 gxf4 103. Rb4 $10) 99. Rb6+ {scheitert} Kh5 100. Rb5 Ra1+ $1 {
nebst matt}) 98. Kf1 Nf4 99. Ra1 $1 Nxg2 100. Ra5+ Ke6 101. Ra6+ $1 {Eine
studienartige Rettungsidee} (101. Bxg5 e3 {/\ ...e3-e2+}) 101... Kd5 (101...
Kf7 102. Bxg5 e3 103. Rf6+ Kg7 104. Re6 $10) 102. Ra5+ Kc4 103. Ra4+ $1 Kc3 (
103... Kd3 104. Ra3+) (103... Kb3 104. Rxe4) 104. Bxg5 $1 (104. Ra3+ Kb2 $19)
104... e3 105. Bf6+ $1 (105. Re4 Kd3 $19) 105... Kb3 (105... Kd3 106. Rd4+ Kc3
107. Rg4+ Kd3 108. Rd4+ $10) 106. Re4 Rf2+ 107. Kg1 Rxf6 (107... Kc2 108. Rxe3
$1 $10) 108. Kxg2 Rf2+ 109. Kg1 Rf3 110. Kg2 Rg3+ 111. Kf1 $1 Rxh3 112. Ke2 Ka2
113. Rb4 (113. Rxe3 $10) 113... Ka3 114. Re4 Kb3 115. Rf4 Rh1 116. Kxe3 h3 117.
Kf2 Kc2 118. Kg3 Kd3 119. Rh4 {Nach diesem harten Kampf teilten Karpov und
Ivanchuk den Sieg in Reykjavik.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.18"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 9. Nh4 $1 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 f5 $1 $10 (10... c6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3
Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Kg7 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Rf1 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. c4 $1 Be6 20. Qe3 $1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 f6 23. g4 $14 {Maroczy,
G-Bernstein,O/Ostende/1906/}) 11. f4 (11. Qh5 $5) 11... exf4 $1 (11... Ng6 12.
Nxf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nxf4 14. g3 Qg5 15. Qf3 c6 {Leonhardt-Johner/Wien/1908/} 16.
Bc4 $14) 12. Rxf4 Ng6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 $10) (9. Bc4 Ng6 10. Nh4 $6 Nf4 $1 11. Bxf4
exf4 12. Nf3 Bg4 $17 {Janowski,D-Lasker,Em (2)+(4)/Paris m/1909/0-1/ ->
Historisches Abo}) (9. Qd2 Ng6 10. Nh4 $2 Nxh4 11. Bxh4 Nxe4 $1 12. Bxd8 Nxd2
13. Bxc7 Nxf1 {Mackenzie,G-Zukertort,J/London/1883/0-1/49/ -> Historisches Abo}
) (9. Nd2 Ng6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. e5 Ng4 13. d4 f6 14. Qe2 fxe5 15.
Bxe5 N6xe5 16. dxe5 c6 17. Ba4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Bg4 20. Nf3 Ne4+ 21.
Kh1 Nxc3 {Walbrodt,K-Suechting,H/Berlin/1897/0-1/21/ -> Historisches Abo}) 9...
c6 (9... Ne8 10. Bc4 (10. f4 $5 f6 11. fxe5 dxe5 $13 (11... fxg5 12. Rxf8+ Kxf8
13. Qf3+ Kg8 14. Rf1 $16)) 10... Be6 (10... Kh8 $2 11. f4 f6 12. Qh5 {/\ Ng6#})
11. Bxe6 (11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Qd7 13. g4 c6 14. d4 e4 15. d5 Nc7 16. dxc6
bxc6 17. Re1 $13 {Tarrasch,S-Vidmar,M/San Sebastian/1911/1/2-1/2/37/ ->
Historisches Abo}) 11... fxe6 12. Qg4 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Rxf4 15. Qxf4
Nf6 16. Bxf6 Rf8 17. Qe3 Rxf6 18. Qxa7 $14 {Chandler,M-Agdesteim,S/Hastings
91-92/1991/1-0/  -> CBM 27}) (9... Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 (10... hxg6 11. f4 $14)
11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 h6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bh4 (14. Be3 Qe7 15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Qf2
b6 17. Bd5 $14 {Perlis,J-Jacob,F/Ostende-B/1907/1/2-1/2/40/ -> Historisches Abo
}) 14... g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. d4 $16 {Janowski,D-Spielmann,J/Nürnberg/1896/}) (
9... Nd7 $5 10. d4 f6 11. Be3 Kh8 12. dxe5 fxe5 13. g3 Nb6 {Shaposhnikov,
Yu-Kortschnoj,V/URS-sf Tashkent/1958/0-1/35/}) 10. Ba4 (10. Bc4 d5 (10... Be6
$2 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4+ Kf7 14. f4 $1 Rg8 15. Qh5+ Kg7 16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Rxf6 $1 Kxf6 18. Rf1+ Nf5 19. Nxf5 exf5 20. Rxf5+ Ke7 21. Qf7+ Kd6 22.
Rf6+ Kc5 23. Qxb7 Qb6 24. Rxc6+ Qxc6 25. Qb4# {Capablanca,J-Steiner,H/Los
Angeles/1933/ Eine Vorführpartie mit lebenden Schachfiguren. Wahrscheinlich
war die Partie im voraus komponiert.}) 11. Bb3 Qd6 (11... dxe4 $2 12. dxe4 Qxd1
13. Raxd1 Ng6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd6 Kg7 17. f4 $1 $16 {Lasker,
Em-Beratende/Moscow/1899/1-0/48/}) 12. f4 $5 (12. Qf3 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6
gxf6 15. f4 Kg7 16. Rae1 Re8 {Talvik,E-Rosenkrantz,K/St.Petersburg/1905/0-1/42/
}) 12... dxe4 (12... Qc5+ $2 13. d4 $1) (12... exf4 13. Qe1 $1 (13. Rxf4 $2
dxe4 14. Bxf6 Qxf4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. dxe4 Bg4 17. Qd6 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. h3
Bxh3 20. Bg5 h6 $17 {Pachmann}) 13... dxe4 {-> 12...dxe4}) 13. Qe1 $1 {Keres} (
13. dxe4 $2 {+/- ECO} Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 $2 (14... Nxe4 $1 $146) 15. f5 $1 $16 {
ECO}) 13... exf4 (13... exd3 14. Qxe5 $5 (14. fxe5 $6 Qc5+ 15. Qf2 Qxe5 16.
Bxf6 gxf6 17. cxd3 Kg7) 14... Qxe5 15. fxe5 Nfd5 16. cxd3 (16. c4 h6 17. cxd5
hxg5 18. d6 Nd5) 16... h6 17. Bd2 Bg4) 14. Bxf4 Qc5+ 15. d4 Qh5 16. Be5 $14)
10... Ne8 (10... Qa5 $6 11. Bb3 Qxc3 12. Qf3 $36) 11. Bb3 Be6 12. d4 $5 (12.
Bxe6 $1 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qd7 {/\ f2-f4} 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17.
Bxf6 Rf8 18. Qe3 Rxf6 19. Qxa7 $16 {Marshall,F-Capablanca,J/USA m/1909/1/2-1/2/
}) (12. f4 $2 Bxb3 13. axb3 f6 $1) 12... h6 13. Be3 b6 (13... exd4 $1 14. cxd4
d5) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qg4 Rf6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 {/\ e4-e5} e5 (17... Qd7 18.
Raf1 $16) 18. Rxf6 Nxf6 19. Qe6+ Kh7 20. Rf1 Qf8 (20... Qd7 21. Rxf6 $1) 21.
Rf3 $1 (21. Qxd6 Ng6 $1 22. Qxf8 Nxf8 23. dxe5 Nxe4) (21. dxe5 $1) 21... Re8
22. Bxh6 Kxh6 23. Rh3 $18 (23. Rh3 Kh7 (23... Ng6 24. Nf3+ Nh5 25. g4 $1) (
23... g6 24. Nf5+ Kg5 25. Nxd6) 24. dxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Nf3+ Kg6 26. Nxe5+ Kg5 27.
g3 Qg8 28. Rh5+ $1 Kxh5 (28... Nxh5 29. h4#) 29. Qh3+ Kg5 30. Qh4#) 1-0

[Event "Sanya City m"]
[Site "Sanya City"]
[Date "2010.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Friedel,F"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2010.11.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 a5 12. Rb1 Qe6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Nh4 f6
15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. Ne3 Ba6 18. f4 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Qc4 20. Qd2 Rae8 21.
fxe5 fxe5 22. Bf2 h6 23. h3 Rf7 24. Bg3 Kh7 25. Kh2 Bb5 26. Rbd1 Re6 27. Ra1
Ba4 28. dxe5 dxe5 29. Rac1 Qc5 30. Qe3 Qxe3 31. Rxe3 Rd7 32. Rd3 Rdd6 33. Kg1
Bb5 34. Rdd1 Be2 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Bf2 Bb5 37. Be3 Rd7 38. Rcd1 Red6 39. Rxd6
cxd6 40. Bb6 a4 41. Be3 c5 42. Kf2 Rf7+ 43. Kg3 Rf6 44. Bd2 $2 {Putting the
bishop on a square where it can be attacked by the black rook on f2.} Kg8 $2 (
44... Bf1 $1 $19) 45. Re3 $2 Bc6 $2 (45... Bf1 $1 $19) 46. Re2 Rf1 $1 47. Be1
Kf7 48. c4 Ke6 49. Bd2 Ra1 50. Re3 Ra2 51. Kf3 Rxc2 52. Bc3 Bb7 53. g3 Ba6 54.
Be1 Bxc4 {Black has picked off two pawns, and has the powerful bishop pair.
The game is lost for White.} 55. Rc3 Be2+ 56. Ke3 Ra2 57. Bd2 Bf1 58. h4 Bh3
59. Bc1 Bf1 60. Bd2 Kd7 61. Bc1 Kc6 62. Kf3 Be2+ 63. Ke3 Bh5 64. Bd2 Bg4 65.
Kd3 Kb5 66. Ke3 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.10"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 {Capablanca} (10... c5 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. Bc1) 11.
h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bh4 (13. Nh4 h6 14. Bc4 Bh7 {Portisch} (14... Ne6)) 13...
h5 $2 $18 (13... Ne6 $142) 14. Nh2 c6 (14... Ne6 $142 {Portisch}) 15. Bc4 Ne6
16. gxh5 Bh7 17. Ng4 (17. h6) (17. Qf3) 17... Nf4 18. Re3 $2 (18. Kh2 $142
N4xh5 19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bxd6 $18 {Portisch} (22.
Rg1+ Kh8 23. Bxd6 $18 {Ivkov})) (18. Nxf6+ $142 gxf6 19. Qf3) 18... N4xh5 19.
Rf3 (19. Nh6+ gxh6 20. Qxh5 Nxh5 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bxd6 exd4 $10 {Portisch})
19... Kh8 20. Qc1 Rg8 21. Kf1 $2 (21. dxe5 $142 dxe5 22. Qg5 $1 {/\ Ne5, Qe5}
Rae8 23. Qxh5 Nxh5 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxf7 Rge8 26. f3 $16 {+- Portisch}) 21...
exd4 22. Bd3 Qe6 (22... dxc3 $6 23. e5 $1 (23. Qg5 Qe6 24. Nxf6 Nxf6 25. Rxf6
Qxh3+ 26. Ke2 gxf6 27. Qxf6+ Rg7 28. Rg1 Rag8 $17) 23... Bxd3+ $140 24. cxd3
dxe5 25. Nxf6 Nxf6 26. Bxf6 $18) 23. Nxf6 Nxf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. cxd4 {Ivkov
offered a draw.} Rg5 $36 26. Qe3 c5 27. c3 Rag8 28. Ke2 cxd4 29. Qxd4 (29. cxd4
d5 30. exd5 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Qxd5 $40) 29... Re5 30. Kd2 d5 31. exd5 Rxd5 32. Qh4
Qe4 33. Qxe4 (33. Qxf6+ Rg7 $19 {Portisch}) 33... Bxe4 34. Re3 Rgd8 35. Rxe4
Rxd3+ 36. Ke2 (36. Kc2 $142 $10) 36... Kg7 37. Re3 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rc2 39. Rb1 b6
40. Rb4 Rdd2 41. Rg4+ Kf8 42. Rg2 Rxa2 43. h4 Ra5 44. Rh2 Rf5+ 45. Kg3 Kg7 (
45... Re5 $142 {Ivkov}) 46. Rg2 (46. h5 $2) 46... Rc5 47. Kh3+ Kf8 48. Rf3 Ke7
49. Rg4 b5 50. Re4+ Re5 51. Rd4 $2 (51. Ref4 Rd6 (51... Re6 52. h5) 52. c4 b4
53. c5 $10 {Ivkov}) 51... Rxd4 52. cxd4 Rd5 53. Ra3 Rd7 54. h5 Kf8 55. Ra5 (55.
Ra1) 55... Rb7 $19 56. d5 b4 57. d6 b3 58. Ra1 a5 (58... b2 59. Rb1 a5 60. d7 {
Ivkov}) 59. h6 b2 60. Rb1 Kg8 61. d7 (61. Kg4 a4 62. d7 Rxd7 63. Rxb2 Ra7 $19)
61... Rxd7 62. Rxb2 Ra7 63. Ra2 a4 64. Ra3 Kh7 65. Kg4 Ra5 66. Kf4 Kxh6 67.
Rh3+ Kg7 68. Ra3 Kf8 69. Ke4 Ke7 70. Kd4 Kd6 71. f3 Ra8 72. Kc4 Ke5 73. Kd3 Kf4
(73... Kf4 74. Ke2 Kg3 75. Ke3 f5 76. Ke2 f4 77. Kf1 Ra5 78. Ke2 Kg2 79. Ke1
Re5+ 80. Kd2 Re3 81. Rxa4 Kxf3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 (10... Ne6 11. Bc1 c5) 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13.
Bh4 (13. Nh4 $143 {Wolf-Rubinstein/Teplitz Schönau/!922}) 13... Ne6 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 (16... fxg6 $143 {Ivkov}) 17. Rb1 g5 18. Bg3
Qxc3 19. Qd3 (19. Bd3 Nc5 $132) 19... Qc5 20. Qe3 Qxe3 (20... Qxc2 $6 21. Bd3 {
Ivkov} (21. Rbc1 $142 Qxa2 (21... Qb2 22. Bc4 {/\ Be6, Rb1->}) 22. Bc4 {
/\ Be6, Rc7->}) 21... Qxa2 22. e5 Nd7 $1 23. Qe4 Rfd8 $1 {Unzicker}) 21. Rxe3
Rfd8 22. Bc4 b6 (22... Nc5 $2 23. Bxc7 Rd4 24. Bd3 $16) 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bxc7
Rdc8 25. Be5 Rxc2 26. Bxf6 (26. Ra3 Nxe4 27. Rxb6 Rd8 $40) 26... gxf6 27. Ra3
Re2 (27... Rc6 28. Ra6 {/\ Rb3-a3= Ivkov} (28. Rd1 $10)) (27... Rcc8 $143) 28.
Ra4 (28. Rxb6 axb6 29. Rxa8+ Kf7 $10) 28... Kf7 29. Kg2 Kg6 30. Kg3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "NED-ch49"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1994.06.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Rb1 a6 11. Ba4 b6 $6 (11... Rb8 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Re1 {
Chandler,M-Karpov,An/Reykjavik/1991/}) 12. d4 $5 Re8 (12... Ne7 $2 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxa4 15. Qxd8 $18) (12... g5 $13) 13. Qd3 Nxd4 $2 (13... Ne7 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Bxd7 Nxd7 16. Rfd1 $16) 14. Nxd4 Bxa4 (14... exd4 15. Bxd7 Qxd7
16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. cxd4 $16) 15. Nf5 Re6 16. f4 Qf8 17. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 18. f5
Ree8 19. Bxf6 d5 20. exd5 Kh7 21. Qe4 Bb5 22. Rf3 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qc4 24. Qe3 Qe2
(24... Qxd5 $2 25. Qxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rh3#) 25. Re1 Qxe3 26. Rexe3 (26. Rexe3 Bd7
27. g4 Rg8 28. Rh3 Rxg4 29. Rxh6+ $1 Kxh6 30. Rh3+) 1-0

[Event "UKR-ch 83rd"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "2014.11.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Bogdanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {This is
a manoeuvring move. White wants to place his knight on g3.} (7. Bg5 {is the
most popular and the usual move.} Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11.
Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Nf8 14. Nh4 h6 $13 {Ivanchuk-Nakamura, Antalya 2013})
7... Ne7 {And Black wants to do the same. After this move, Black usually wants
to play c6, Ng6, Ba5-c7.} 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 {The position is
very symmetrical.} 11. Re1 (11. d4 {is the most popular move} Re8 12. Bc2 h6
13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 c5 15. d5 Bd7 $13 {Short-Collins, Bunratty 2011}) 11... Re8
12. h3 $146 {This is the novelty.} (12. Bc2 {has been played before} d5 13. a4
(13. Bg5 d4 $13) 13... Bc7 14. Bb3 Be6 $132 {Llaneza Vega-Sebastian, Bremen
2009}) 12... h6 13. d4 {And White is the one, who wants to break the symmetry
and gain some space.} exd4 (13... Be6 {is also possible to hold the centre} 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. Qc2 Bb6 $11) (13... b5 {is an interesting move} 14. Bc2 b4 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 {and White has some initiative.}) 14.
b4 $1 {Of course White wants to take back on d4 with the pawn.} Bc7 15. cxd4 b5
16. Bb3 a5 {This is Black's idea, White can't protect the b4-pawn with a pawn,
but this isn't a problem, as White has a strong centre and the bishop will be
strong on b4.} 17. Bd2 $1 axb4 18. Bxb4 Bb7 {This move will cause Black
problems, as the bishop is actually doing nothing else other than defending
the c6-pawn.} (18... Be6 {is still better} 19. Rc1 Bxb3 20. axb3 $14) 19. Rc1 (
19. Qc2 {is also good} Nf4 20. Rad1 $14) 19... Qd7 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Rcd1 {
White can improve his position as much as he wants, as Black is completely
paralyzed.} (21. e5 $1 {is a more direct way to fight for the advantage} Nd5
22. Ne4 $1 dxe5 23. Nc5 Qe7 24. Nxb7 Qxb4 25. Qxc6 $16) 21... Bb8 22. a4 (22.
e5 {is also possible to get the c5-square for the knight} Nd5 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24.
exd6 Qxd6 25. Ne4 Qf4 26. Nc5 Ba8 27. Qd3 $14) 22... bxa4 23. Bxa4 Ba6 24. Bb3
(24. Qb3 $16 {is even better, White is simply much better.}) 24... Bb5 (24...
Nf4 25. Bc3 $14) 25. Bc3 (25. Bd2 {is also good.}) 25... Qb7 (25... d5 26. e5
Nh7 27. Bd2 $14) 26. Nf5 (26. Qd2 $1 {is also interesting followed by Bc2})
26... d5 {Black tries to activate his f6-knight.} ({In the event of} 26... Nf4
{White's only way to the advantage is} 27. Ba2 $1 {, which defends against the
threat of Nd3, which would work, if the B is on b3}) 27. e5 Ne4 28. Rxe4 $1 {
This is the only way to keep the advantage. White's central pawns, bishop pair
and f5-knight are simply too strong.} dxe4 29. Qxe4 $18 Bd3 {This is the only
chance; otherwise Black's kingside gets destroyed.} 30. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 31. Rxd3
Rf8 32. g4 $18 Qd5 ({If Black tries to exchange the strong knight, White plays
} 32... Ne7 33. Bb4 $18 (33. e6 $18)) 33. Qxd5+ (33. Nxh6+ {is even better} Kh7
34. Nf5 $1 Qxe4 35. Ng5+ Kh8 36. Nxe4 $18) 33... cxd5 34. Bd2 Rfe8 35. Rb3 Nf8
36. Rb5 (36. g5 $18) 36... Rcd8 37. g5 h5 38. Bb4 Ne6 39. g6 Kh8 40. Bd6 (40.
Be7 $18) 40... Ba7 41. Rb7 Ra8 42. h4 Bb8 43. Ng5 Nxg5 44. hxg5 Bxd6 45. exd6
Rf8 46. Rf7 Rad8 47. d7 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Argentina"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gomez Baillo, Jorge H"]
[Black "Slipak, Sergio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. a4 Rd8 13. Rb1 Nh5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qxh5 exd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd3 Be6 18. e5 h6 19. Be3 b6 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bc2
Qf8 22. Rbd1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. f4 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qc8 26. Qd3 g6 27. Qd6 Qd7
28. f5 Qxd6 29. exd6 Bxf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 {guter L mit 2 getrennten Freibauern;
Taktik} 31. Bxh6 f6 32. Bf4 Kf7 33. h4 a6 34. Kf2 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ke2 Nd8
37. h5 Ne6 38. g3 Nf8 39. Be3 Nd7 40. Kd2 Ke6 41. Bf4 Nf8 42. Kc2 Kd7 43. Kb3
Kc6 {Festung?} 44. c4 b4 45. Ka4 Nd7 46. h6 Nf8 47. Be3 $1 {nein!} Kxd6 48. Kb5
b3 49. Bxc5+ Ke6 50. Ba3 Kf7 51. Ka4 Ne6 52. Kxb3 f4 53. gxf4 Nxf4 54. c5 Ne6
55. Kc4 f5 56. c6 f4 57. Kd3 Kg6 58. Bf8 $1 Kh7 59. Ke4 f3 60. Ke3 $1 Kg6 61.
Bg7 1-0

[Event "Schoeneck"]
[Site "Schoeneck"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nd2 Re8 9. Nc4 Nf8 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Ne3 Bd6 14. Nf5 Be5
15. Qh5 c5 16. Rad1 Qd7 17. b3 b5 18. Ne2 b4 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Kh1 a5 21. Ng1 a4
22. Nf3 Bxf5 23. exf5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxf4 25. Qg4 Be3 26. Rde1 axb3 27. axb3 h6
28. Re2 Bd4 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Nd2 Ra8 31. Ne4 Ra2 32. h3 Bf6 33. Qe2 Kh7 34.
Qf3 Kh8 35. Re1 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Bxa1 {[#]_|_ bessere weiße Leichtfigur,
schlechtere schwarze P-Struktur, weißer () und Raumgewinn durch Vorgehen der
>>-PP} 37. g4 Bd4 38. Kg2 Qa8 39. h4 Qa1 40. Qf1 Qa2 41. Qd1 Kg8 42. g5 g6 43.
fxg6 fxg6 44. gxh6 Kh7 45. Qc1 c4 46. dxc4 Qa1 47. Qxa1 Bxa1 48. Nc5 Bd4 49.
Ne6 Bb6 50. c5 Ba7 51. c6 Bb6 52. Kf3 Kxh6 53. Ke4 Kh5 54. Nf4+ Kh6 55. Nd5 Ba5
56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "ISL-chT"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Rausis, Igors"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Ne7 $5 9. Nh4 Ng6 10. Nxg6 fxg6 (10... hxg6 $6 11. f4 c6 12. Bc4 Qb6+ 13.
Kh1 Ng4 14. Qe1 $5 (14. Qf3 $1 $16) 14... Ne3 15. f5 Nxf1 16. f6 $44 {Grau,
R-Palau,L/Carrasco 1921 (1-0/40)}) 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f3 (12. f4 Qe8 (12... h6 $6
13. fxe5 $1 dxe5 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 Qe7 16. d4 Bg4 (16... Nxe4 17. Bxe5 Rxf1+
18. Qxf1 Nxc3 $2 19. Qf3 Na4 20. Rf1 $18) 17. Qd3 exd4 18. e5 Nd7 19. cxd4 Nb6
20. Bb3 Be6 21. c4 c6 22. Bc2 $16 {Janowski,D-Spielmann,R/Nuernberg 1906 (1-0/
41)}) (12... exf4 13. Rxf4 (13. Bxf4 $5 c6 14. Qd2 $14) 13... h6 14. Rh4 Qe8
15. Be3 (15. Qd2 $2 Nh7 16. Be3 g5 $17) 15... d5 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Qd2 $44 Be6
$2 (17... Qe7) 18. Bxh6 $16 {Ginsburg,G-Zude,A/Hofheim MT 1995 (1-0/33)}) 13.
fxe5 dxe5 (13... Qxe5 14. Qd2 Be6 (14... Bd7 $5 15. Bb3 $14) 15. Bxe6 (15. Bf4
$5 Nxe4 $8 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Bxe6 Rxf4 18. d4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qc6 20. c4 $44)
15... Qxe6 16. c4 $14) 14. Qb1 (14. Qd2 Be6 15. Bb3 $14 {Adams}) 14... b6 15.
Qb3 Bd7 16. a4 h6 17. Rxf6 Rxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bf7 Qe7 20. Bxg6 Be6 $44 {
Adams,M-Kortschnoj,V/Madrid 1996/Inf/66/276}) 12... Qe7 (12... h6 13. Be3 d5
14. Bb3 $14) 13. Rb1 b6 14. d4 Be6 15. Qd3 $1 h6 16. Bd2 c5 $2 {xb6} (16... g5
17. Bb3 $14) 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. a4 Rac8 (18... cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Rb4 $1 $16
{xd6,g6}) 19. d5 Qe8 20. Qa6 Rc7 21. a5 Qa4 $2 (21... Nd7 $1 22. c4 g5 23. g4
$5 $14) 22. Qb5 $1 (22. Ra1 $2 Qxc2 23. axb6 axb6 24. Qxb6 Rcf7 $1 25. Rfd1
Nxe4 $1 26. fxe4 (26. Rac1 Qd3 27. fxe4 (27. Bxh6 Qe2 28. Re1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Rxf3
$19) 27... Qe2 $1 $19 28. Z0 $140 Rf2) 26... Rf2 27. Qb1 (27. Qxd6 $2 Qxe4 $19)
27... Rxd2 $17) 22... Qxa5 (22... Qxc2 $2 23. Rb2 $18) (22... Qxb5 23. Rxb5 Nd7
24. c4 g5 25. Ra1 $16) 23. Qxa5 bxa5 24. Rb5 Nd7 25. c4 $1 $16 (25. Rxa5 Rb8
$132) 25... a4 (25... a6 26. Bxa5 Ra7 27. Rb3 $16) 26. Ba5 Nb6 27. Ra1 Rb7 28.
Rxa4 Rfb8 29. Bxb6 axb6 (29... Rxb6 30. Rxa7 Rxb5 31. cxb5 Rxb5 32. Ra6 Rb2 33.
Rxd6 Rxc2 34. Re6 c4 35. Rxe5 c3 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Rc8 $18) 30. Kf2 {xb5} g5 31.
Ra6 Kg8 32. Ke3 Kf7 33. Kd2 Ke7 34. Kc3 Kd7 35. Kb3 Kc7 36. Ka4 Rf8 37. Rb3 g4
38. Kb5 $18 h5 39. Rba3 $1 h4 40. Ra8 Rf7 (40... Rbb8 41. R3a7+) (40... Rxa8
41. Rxa8 h3 42. Rg8 hxg2 43. Rxg7+ Kc8 44. Rxg4 $18) 41. fxg4 Rf1 (41... Rf4
42. Rg8 Rxg4 43. Rf3 $1 $18) 42. Rg8 Rb1+ 43. Ka6 $1 (43. Rb3 $2 Ra1 44. Rxg7+
Kb8 45. Rg8+ $8 $11) 43... Rb8 44. Rxg7+ Kd8 45. Ka7 Rc8 46. Kb7 b5 47. Rb3 $1
1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Nh4 c6 (13... Nxe4 $2
14. Rxe4 f5 15. Qh5 fxe4 16. Bg5 $18) 14. Bd3 c5 $6 (14... h6) (14... Nxe4 $5
15. Rxe4 f5 (15... d5 $2 16. Ba3) 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Nxf5 (17. Qh5 fxe4 18. Bg5
Qc7 19. Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qf7 d5) 17... Bxf5 18. Re1 $14) 15. Qf3 (15. Nf5 $6 Bxf5
16. exf5 e4 17. Bf1 d5 $13) (15. g3 $5 {/\ 16.d5}) 15... h6 (15... cxd4 16.
cxd4 exd4 17. Bb2 Ng4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne5 20. Qg3 $16) 16. g3 (16. Nf5
Bxf5 17. exf5 (17. Qxf5 cxd4 18. cxd4 exd4 19. Bb2 Ne6 $10) 17... Kh8 $13)
16... N8h7 17. Qg2 {/\ f4} (17. d5 $14) (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 $14) 17... Qc7
18. f4 $5 (18. d5 $14) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Qc3 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. c3
$6 (22. fxe5 dxe5 23. d5 Nhf6 24. c4 b6 25. a5 $13) 22... Nhf6 23. Nf3 (23.
fxe5 dxe5 24. d5 b6 {/\ Ne8-d6=}) (23. Kg2 {/\ Bg1} Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Bd7 $10)
23... Be6 24. Kg2 $6 (24. d5 Bxd5 25. exd5 e4 26. Bd4 exf3 (26... exd3 $2 27.
h3) 27. c4 (27. h3 f2+) (27. Kh1 Nxd5) 27... f2+ (27... Re8 28. Kh1 {/\ h3})
28. Bxf2 Nxf2 29. Qxf2 b6 {/\ Re8=/+}) (24. fxe5 $5 dxe5 25. Kg2 (25. d5 Bxd5
26. exd5 e4 27. Bd4 exf3 28. c4 Re8 $15) 25... Nxe3+ (25... Rac8 26. Bg1 Qxc3
27. h3 Qxd2+ 28. Nxd2 Rc3 29. Bb1 Nh5 30. hxg4 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 {/\ d5}) 26. Rxe3
Rac8 27. Ra3 $13) (24. f5 $2 Bc4 $17) 24... d5 $1 25. Nxe5 (25. fxe5 Nxe4 26.
Bxe4 (26. Qc2 Qxc3) 26... dxe4 27. Ng1 Nxe5 28. Bf4 Qa5 $19) (25. exd5 Nxe3+ {
/\ 26...ef4-+}) 25... Nxe4 26. Qc2 (26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nxg4 Bxg4 $17) 26... Ngf6
27. Rec1 (27. Rac1 $5) 27... Rac8 28. Qb2 $2 (28. Bd2 {/\ Be1=/+}) 28... Nd6
29. Qc2 (29. Rab1 Bf5 $1) 29... Nfe4 30. Bd2 f6 31. Nf3 Nc4 32. Bxc4 (32. Bxe4
dxe4 33. Qxe4 Bd5 34. Qd3 Qc6 35. Rf1 (35. Be1 Re8 36. Bf2 Nb2 $19) 35... Be4
36. Qe2 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Qxc3 $19) 32... Qxc4 33. Be1 Bg4 {/\ Bf3} 34. Ng1 Bf5 35.
Qa2 Nd6 36. Qxc4 Rxc4 37. h3 h5 38. Kf3 (38. Nf3 $5 Be4 39. g4) 38... Be4+ 39.
Kf2 Kf7 40. Ra3 (40. g4 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rh8 $19) 40... Rdc8 41. Rca1 R8c6 42. Ne2
$6 (42. a5 Nb5 43. Rb3 a6 {/\ Ke8-d7-c8}) 42... Bf5 43. Kg2 Rb6 $19 44. Bd2 Bb1
{/\ Rb2} (44... Rb2 45. R3a2) 45. Kf3 (45. Bc1 Bd3 $19) 45... Bd3 46. Nc1 Be4+
47. Ke3 (47. Ke2 Bf5 48. h4 Ne4 $19) (47. Kf2 Bf5 48. Kg2 Ne4 49. R1a2 (49. Be1
Rb2+ $19) (49. R3a2 Nxc3 $19) 49... Rb1 50. Ne2 (50. Rb3 Nxd2 $19) 50... Rd1
$19) 47... Bf5 $2 (47... Rc7 48. Ke2 Nc4 49. Rb3 (49. R3a2 Bb1) 49... Rxb3 50.
Nxb3 Bc2 $19) 48. a5 Rb5 49. h4 $2 (49. Rb3 $142) (49. g4) 49... Rc7 50. Rb3
Nc4+ 51. Ke2 Rxb3 (51... Re7+ 52. Kd1 Nb2+ $19) 52. Nxb3 Bc2 (52... Bc2 53. Nc5
Re7+ 54. Kf2 Nxd2 55. Ra2 Ne4+ 56. Nxe4 Bxe4) 0-1

[Event "Mitropa Cup-08"]
[Site "Lienz"]
[Date "1983.10.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Hug, Werner"]
[Black "Wittmann, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Hug,W"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1983.10.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 {Als Remis-Variante verschrien, aber
so einfach ist die Sache nicht.} 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 $5 {Eine unangenehme
Überraschung für den Theoretiker Dr. Wittmann; in den Büchern wird nun 6...
dxc6 empfohlen.} bxc6 $2 {Trotz der entstehenden Symmetrie hat Schwarz danach
ernsthafte Sorgen.} 7. Nxe5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 Nxe4 9. Re1 Nd6 ({Auch nach} 9... Nf6
10. d3 h6 11. Qf3 {hat Schwarz Mühe mit der Entwicklung des Damenflügels.}) 10.
d3 f6 11. Nf3 Re8 ({Falls} 11... Nf7 {so} 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nf5 d6 14. Ne7+ Kh8
15. Qh5 {mit klarem Vorteil für Weiss.}) 12. Bf4 Rxe1+ ({Natürlich nicht} 12...
Nf7 $4 13. Bxc7 $1) 13. Qxe1 Bb7 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Rb3 $1 Ba8 {Ein schrecklicher
Platz für den Läufer,} ({aber} 15... Ba6 16. Ra3 {verliert sofort.}) 16. Qe3
Rb6 17. Bxd6 $1 {Ein wichtiger Entscheid: Der wendige Springer ist dem Läufer
bei dieser Bauernstellung überlegen.} cxd6 18. Nh4 g6 19. h3 Rxb3 20. cxb3 c5 {
Zu spät erwacht der Läufer.} 21. d4 $1 Qf8 22. c4 {Droht peinlich 23. d5.
Schwarz fischt noch etwas im Trüben.} cxd4 23. Qxd4 a6 24. Qb6 $1 {[#] Das
musste doch noch recht genau berechnet werden. Der Witz ist, dass im
Damenendspiel der Bauer d7 mit Schach fällt.} Bc6 25. Qxa6 Qh6 26. Nf3 Qc1+ 27.
Kh2 Qf4+ 28. Kg1 {Zeitgewinn} Qc1+ 29. Kh2 Qf4+ 30. Kh1 $1 {Damit ist der Ofen
aus.} Qc1+ ({Auf} 30... Bxf3 {folgt} 31. Qc8+ $1 {usw. womit der Bauer h3
gedeckt wird.}) 31. Ng1 Qf1 32. f3 g5 33. Qa3 $1 Qd1 34. b4 g4 {Verzweiflung}
35. hxg4 Qe1 36. b5 Qh4+ 37. Nh3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. f4 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolenko, Oleg"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.11.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bh4 (12. g4 Bg6 13. d5
c6 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. c4 b6 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bh4 Bh7 18. Qf3 g5 19. Bg3 Nb7 $13)
12... Ne6 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18.
Qf3 Nd7 19. Qe3 Ne5 20. Bg3 g5 21. Bf1 Qxe3 {Kobalia,M-Kharitonov,A/Moscow op/
1996/0.5/}) 11. Bc1 c5 (11... Rd8 12. a4 Nf8 13. Nh4 c6 14. Bd3 h6 (14... c5
15. Qf3 h6 16. g3 N8h7 17. Qg2 $14 {Yudasin,L-Huebner,R/Groningen/1993/0:1/52/}
) 15. Qf3 Re8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 $14 {Adams,M-Akopian,V/Groningen/1993/1:0/
52/}) 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Bg5 (15. Nh4 $5 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7
17. Qh5 Nb6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 Nc8 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 $16 {Iuldashev,
S-Kholmov,R/KAZ/1994/1:0/28/}) 15... Qe7 16. Nh4 h6 17. Bd2 $5 {N/} (17. Bc1 g5
18. Ng2 (18. Nf5 $5 Bxf5 19. exf5 $14) 18... Ng6 19. f3 Kh8 20. Ne3 $14 {
Short,N-Tukmakov,V/Zolingen/1991/0.5/30/}) 17... Ng6 (17... g5 $5 18. Ng2 Ng6)
18. Nf5 $5 (18. Ng2 $5 {/\f3,Ne3+/=}) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf8 20. c4 $14 Re8
21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Rb3 N8d7 23. g4 Nh7 (23... e4 {/\Ne5} 24. f4 $1 {/\25.a4} b5
25. cxb5 Nxd5 26. c4 N5f6 27. Rg3 {/\Bc3,g5+/-}) 24. Rg3 Qf6 25. Bd3 Re7 26.
Kg2 {/\27.h4! Qh4 28.g5 Ng5 29.Rh1 Qd4 30.c3+-} b5 $2 (26... Qh4 $5 27. Re4 (
27. Rh3 Qf6 28. f3 (28. Rh5 $2 e4 $1 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Bxe4 Qd4 {/\Nhf6,Ne5})
28... Ree8 $14) 27... Ng5 (27... Nhf6 $2 28. Rh3 $18) 28. Bxg5 Qxg5 29. h4 Qf6
(29... Qxh4 30. g5 $18) 30. Qf3 (30. g5 $6 Qxf5 31. gxh6 g6 $13) 30... g5 $13)
27. cxb5 e4 28. Bf1 (28. Bxe4 $5 Rxb5 29. Bc3 Qg5 30. Bd3 $16) 28... Ng5 29.
Bc3 Ne5 {/\30...h5} 30. h4 $1 Ngf3 31. Rxe4 Qxh4 (31... Nxh4+ 32. Kh3 g5 (32...
h5 33. f4 hxg4+ 34. Rxg4 $18) 33. Rge3 Rbe8 34. Kg3 h5 35. f3 $18) 32. Rxf3 (
32. Rh3 $2 Qxh3+ 33. Kxh3 Ng5+ 34. Kg3 Nxe4+) 32... Nxg4 33. Rxg4 Qxg4+ 34. Kh2
$18 f6 (34... Qh5+ 35. Bh3 {/\36.f6,/\36.Bg7+-}) 35. Bxf6 $2 (35. Bh3 Qh5 36.
Kg2 Kh7 (36... Rxb5 37. Bxf6 $18) 37. Qd3 $18) 35... Qh5+ 36. Bh3 Rf7 37. Bc3
Rxf5 $13 38. Kg2 Rg5+ $5 (38... Rxf3 39. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Rxb5 $14) 39. Kf1
Kh8 (39... Rxb5 $2 40. Be6+ Kh8 41. Rf8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ $18) 40. Qe2 Qg6 $2 (
40... Rxd5 $2 41. Qe7 Rg8 (41... Rg5 42. Rf8+ Rxf8 43. Qxf8+ Kh7 44. Bf5+ $18)
42. Rg3 Rd1+ (42... Rg5 43. Qxd6 Rxg3 44. Qxg3 $18) 43. Kg2 Qd5+ 44. f3 $18) (
40... Re8 $1 41. Re3 Rxe3 42. Qxe3 Qd1+ 43. Be1 Qxc2 $13) 41. Qd3 Rg1+ 42. Ke2
Re8+ 43. Be6 Qg2 (43... Rxe6+ 44. dxe6 Qxe6+ 45. Qe3 (45. Re3 Qg4+) 45... Qc4+
46. Kd2 Qd5+ 47. Qd3 Qg5+ 48. Ke2 $18) 44. Kd2 $18 c4 (44... Qh1 45. Qe2 $18)
45. Qe3 Qh1 46. Bd4 Rd1+ 47. Kc3 Re1 48. Qf4 {/\49.Rh3,/\49.Bg7} R1xe6 49. dxe6
Qe1+ 50. Kb2 Qb4+ 51. Rb3 c3+ (51... cxb3 52. Qxh6+) 52. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Thinius, Marco"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 {Dieser Zug ist mit Sicherheit keine
beste Entscheidung, wenn man der Hauptvariante der Berliner Mauer entkommen
will. Es gibt bessere Alternativen wie z.B.:} (4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 {oder}) (4. Qe2
Bc5 5. c3 {was ebenfalls zu einem ausgegliechenem Spiel führt, das jedoch
nicht so remislich ausschaut, wie das 4-Springerspiel.}) 4... Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6.
d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 (7... Bg4 $6 {Der Versuch der Symmetrie nachzugehen endet
wie sehr oft in großen Schwierigkeiten:} 8. Nd5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Nd5
Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxb5 12. f4
$14) 8... Nd4 9. Nxb4 (9. Bxf6 gxf6 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxd8 Bxd1 11. Bxc7 Bxc2 12.
Ba6 Ba3 13. Bxb7 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Ba3 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Kf1 $14 {
Ende-Gelände: Symmetrie ist vorbei, Weiß hat besseren Läufer und sein Turm
kommt gleich auf b7 -> die schwarze Strategie hat versagt!}) 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Nxb5 12. f4 f5 13. Qh5 $14) 9... Bxf3 (9... Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Bxf6 (11.
Qd2 Nxf3+ $1 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 $18) 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. h3 {
/\Kh2-Tg1} Nxe4 $3 14. dxe4 f6 15. Bh4 Bxe4 $15) 11... gxf6 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ (
12... Bxf3 13. Qh6 $19) 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Qh6 Bxd5 (14... Kh8 15. Nxf6 $18) 15.
Kh1 Kh8 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Rxg8+ Qxg8 18. Rg1 Qxg1+ 19. Kxg1 Be6 20. Qxf6+ $18)
10. gxf3 Nxb5 11. Nd5 Kh8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 $14) (
7... h6 $2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $4 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9.
Nd5 Ba5 10. c3 f5 11. Qa4 $1 $16) 8. bxc3 Bg4 {wird sehr selten gespielt} (8...
Qe7 {ist die Hauptvariante} 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 $14) (8...
Ne7 $5 {Ein hinterhältiger Zug: Weiß wird angeboten auf f6 zu schlagen, denn
sonst spielt Schwarz Sg6-h6 und wird nicht schlechter stehen. Doch gerade das
Nehmen auf f6 ist eine Fehlentscheidung:} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 Ng6 $1 11. Nf5 (
11. Qh5 Nf4 12. Qh6 Kh8 $1 $15 {Weißer Angriff hat keine Perspektiven, dafür
kann Schwarz auf der g-Linie gutes Spiel haben.}) (11. Nxg6 hxg6 $1 12. f4 Kg7
13. f5 Rh8 $15 {/\ Qe7-c6-Bd7 und die Verdoppelung auf h-Linie.}) 11... c6 12.
Bc4 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 (13... Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne7 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. f4 $132) 14. dxe4
Bxf5 15. exf5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nh4 17. Rd7 Nxf5 18. Rxb7 Nd6 19. Rc7 Rfc8 20. Rd7
Rd8 21. Rc7 Rdc8 $11) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 (10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Rb1 Qe7 (11... Rb8
12. Rxb8 Qxb8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qb1 $16 {Der schwarze Läufer ist
eingesperrt, er wird nie wieder rauskommen können - Weiß hat so gut wie eine
Figur mehr.}) 12. Rb7 $14) 10... Bg6 11. Bc4 $2 (11. Bxc6 $1 bxc6 12. Rb1 h6
13. Bh4 $14) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Nb8 13. Rb1 b6 (13... Nbd7 14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bb5
$1 Qc8 16. Bc6 $16) 14. Ne1 c6 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 $2 {Läßt den Vorteil ganz
aus, Schwarz bekommt sogar bessere Chancen.} (16. Ng2 $1 Bh7 (16... Nbd7 17.
Nxf4 Bh7 18. Nh5 g5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd4 $14) 17. g5
hxg5 (17... Nfd7 18. g6 $18) 18. Bxg5 Nbd7 19. Bb3 $14) 16... Nbd7 17. Ng2 Qe7
18. Rf2 Qe5 $1 {Sehr stark! Schwarz befreit sich von der Fesselung, greift c3
an und bereitet d5 vor.} 19. Qd2 d5 $1 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nf4 $2 (21. Re1 $1 {
Man sollte den Bauer opfern, um gute Kompensation dafür zu bekommen. Ansonsten
steht Weiß etwas schlechter wegen der geschwächten Königsstellung.} Qxc3 22.
Qxc3 Nxc3 23. Nf4 Bh7 24. Re7 $44) 21... Nxf4 22. Rxf4 (22. Qxf4 $5 Qxc3 23.
Be7 Rfe8 24. Bxf7+ Bxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 $132) 22... Rae8 $15 {Weiße Läufer
stehen nutzlos da und sein König ist geschwächt. Daher hat Schwarz einen
kleinen, aber unumstrittenen Vorteil.} 23. Re1 Qc5+ 24. Kg2 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Ne5
26. Bb3 Qd6 27. Bg3 c5 28. Re4 Bxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Re8 30. d4 Qg6 31. Qd5 Nc6 32.
Ba4 Rc8 33. Bd6 Rd8 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Qxc5 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "HUN-ch 56th"]
[Site "Szekesfehervar"]
[Date "2006.03.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Krisztian"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Ne7 $5 {
meistens wird zuerst auf c3 getauscht} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 {ist die
Hauptvariante} (8... Bg4 {wird sehr selten gespielt} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6
11. Rb1 Qe7 (11... Rb8 12. Rxb8 Qxb8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qb1 $16 {
Der schwarze Läufer ist eingesperrt, er wird nie wieder rauskommen können -
Weiß hat so gut wie eine Figur mehr.}) 12. Rb7 $14) (8... h6 $5 9. Bh4 Kh8 $5 {
Schwarz will g5 spielen, muss aber auf den Opfer Ng5 aufpassen.} (9... g5 $6
10. Nxg5 Nxe4 $1 (10... hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nb8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ng4
15. Bc4 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. Qh5 $18) 11. Nf3 $5 (11. Nxe4 Qxh4 12. f4 f5 13.
Nd2 exf4 $14) 11... Ng5 (11... Nf6 $2 12. Nd2 $18) 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nd2 $14) 10. d4 (10. Nd2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1 h5 14. f3 Rg8
15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Qd2 h4 18. Bf2 Nf4 $132 {und Schwarz hatte gutes
Gegenspiel in Fressinet - Sokolov (Reykjavik, 2006)}) 10... g5 11. Nxg5 $5 {
Das ist natürlich der kritische Zug - wenn das Opfer korrekt ist, dann ist
diese Variante für Schwarz nicht empfehlenswert.} (11. Bg3 Nxe4 12. Bxc6 bxc6
13. dxe5 f5 $1 $13) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 {Das war wohl die Idee von 9....
Kh8 - das Feld g8 wurde für den Turm geräumt.} 13. f4 exf4 (13... Rxg5 $2 14.
fxg5 Nh7 15. h4 Qg8 16. Qh5 Nd8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxf7 $18) 14. Bh4
Rg4 (14... Rg6 15. Rxf4 Kg7 16. Qf3 $18 {Schwarz kann sich nicht entfesseln.})
15. Qe1 $1 $16 {/\Bc6-e5 oder einfach h3. Rublevsky - Sokolov (Poikovsky, 2006)
}) (8... Ne7 $5 {führt zu der Stellung, die in der Partie kam, nur mit dem
Unterschied, dass Weiß nach 9....Bg4 einfach f3 spielen kann.} 9. Nh4 Bg4 10.
f3 (10. Qc1 {->siehe Partie}) 10... Be6 11. d4 $14) 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11.
Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 $14) (7... Bg4 $6 {der Versuch der Symmetrie nachzugehen endet
wie sehr oft in großen Schwierigkeiten} 8. Nd5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Nd5
Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxb5 12. f4
$14 (12. f4 f5 13. Qh5 $14)) 8... Nd4 9. Nxb4 (9. Bxf6 Bxf3 10. Bxd8 Bxd1 11.
Bxc7 Bxc2 12. Ba6 Ba3 13. Bxb7 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Ba3 16. Bxa8 Rxa8
17. Kf1 $14 {Ende-Gelände: Symmetrie ist vorbei, Weiß hat besseren Läufer und
sein Turm kommt gleich auf b7 -> die schwarze Strategie hat versagt!}) 9...
Bxf3 (9... Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Bxf6 (11. Qd2 Nxf3+ $1 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Qh6 $18) 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. h3 {/\Kh2-Tg1} Nxe4 $3 14. dxe4 f6 15. Bh4
Bxe4 $15) 11... gxf6 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Qh6 Bxd5 (14... Kh8 15.
Nxf6 $18) 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Rxg8+ Qxg8 18. Rg1 Qxg1+ 19. Kxg1 Be6 20.
Qxf6+ $18) 10. gxf3 Nxb5 11. Nd5 Kh8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15.
Ne3 $14) (7... h6 $2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $4 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Ba5 10. c3 f5 11. Qa4 $1 $16) 8. Nh4 {Vermutlich keine
richtige Reaktion.} (8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nh4 Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ng6 $1 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12.
f4 Kg7 $132) (8. Ne2 $5 {dieser Zug scheint logisch zu sein, denn Schwarz hat
die Möglichkeit, seinen Läufer gegen diesen Springer zu tauschen, nicht
genutzt.} Ng6 9. c3 Ba5 10. Nh4 $1 $14) 8... Bg4 $1 (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 Ng6 10.
Nxg6 fxg6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. f4 Qe8 13. Qd2 Be6 14. Bb3 $16 {Vallejo Pons -
Kortschnoi (2004)}) 9. Qc1 (9. f3 $6 Bc8 $1 10. f4 Bc5+ {hier sieht man, warum
Schwarz mit dem Tausch auf c3 abwarten wollte.} 11. Kh1 Ng4 $1 $15) 9... Bxc3
10. bxc3 {Diese Stellung kam in der Praxis noch nicht vor.} Nd7 (10... c6 $5
11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. a3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Be6 $13) 11. h3 Be6 12. d4 f6 13. Bd2
Nb6 $1 $15 {Dank der Schwäche des Feldes c4 hat Schwarz mindestens gleiches
Spiel, vielleicht sogar steht er einwenig besser.} 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qe1 Nc4 16.
Bc1 b5 17. g4 Qd7 18. Nf5 Nxf5 19. gxf5 Bf7 20. f4 Kh8 21. Kh2 Rae8 22. Qg3 Rg8
23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rg1 b4 26. Qh4 bxc3 27. Rg4 Rgf8 28. fxe5 dxe5 29.
Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rodriguez Guerrero, Enrique"]
[Black "Werle, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 (4... Nd4 {ist seit mehreren Jahren
die Hauptfortsetzung im Vier-Springerspiel, wonach weiß mittels} 5. Ba4 ({oder
} 5. Bc4 {um Vorteil kämpfen, bzw. durch den kollektiven Tausch}) (5. Nxd4 exd4
6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 (7... cxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Qxf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 $44) 8.
dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Qe2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 d5 11. Bf4 c6 12. c4 $11 {gleich remisieren
kann})) (4... Bd6 $5 {ist ein seltener Zug, mit der Hauptidee, die sofortigen
forcierten Remisvarianten zu vermeiden} 5. d3 h6 (5... O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6
8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3 $14) 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 $5 $13) 5.
O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 (7... Bg4 $6 {der Versuch der Symmetrie
nachzugehen endet wie sehr oft in großen Schwierigkeiten} 8. Nd5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6
(8... Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Nxb5 12. f4 $14 (12. f4 f5 13. Qh5 $14)) 8... Nd4 9. Nxb4 (9. Bxf6 Bxf3
10. Bxd8 Bxd1 11. Bxc7 Bxc2 12. Ba6 Ba3 13. Bxb7 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1
Ba3 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Kf1 $14 {Ende-Gelände: Symmetrie ist vorbei, Weiß hat
besseren Läufer und sein Turm kommt gleich auf b7 -> die schwarze Strategie
hat versagt!}) 9... Bxf3 (9... Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Bxf6 (11. Qd2 Nxf3+ $1 (
11... Bxf3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh6 $18) 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. h3 {/\Kh2-Tg1} Nxe4 $3
14. dxe4 f6 15. Bh4 Bxe4 $15) 11... gxf6 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Qh6
Bxd5 (14... Kh8 15. Nxf6 $18) 15. Kh1 Kh8 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Rxg8+ Qxg8 18. Rg1
Qxg1+ 19. Kxg1 Be6 20. Qxf6+ $18) 10. gxf3 Nxb5 11. Nd5 Kh8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5
dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 $14) (7... h6 $2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $4 9. Nd5
Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Ba5 10. c3 f5 11. Qa4 $1 $16) 8. bxc3
Bg4 {wird sehr selten gespielt} (8... Qe7 {ist die Hauptvariante} 9. Re1 Nd8
10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 $14) (8... Ne7 $5 {Ein hinterhältiger Zug: Weiß
wird angeboten auf f6 zu schlagen, denn sonst spielt Schwarz Sg6-h6 und wird
nicht schlechter stehen. Doch gerade das Nehmen auf f6 ist eine
Fehlentscheidung:} 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nh4 Ng6 $1 11. Nf5 (11. Qh5 Nf4 12. Qh6 Kh8
$1 $15 {Weißer Angriff hat keine Perspektiven, dafür kann Schwarz auf der
g-Linie gutes Spiel haben.}) (11. Nxg6 hxg6 $1 12. f4 Kg7 13. f5 Rh8 $15 {
/\De7-c6-Ld7 und die Verdoppelung auf h-Linie.}) 11... c6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bb3
dxe4 (13... Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne7 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. f4 $132) 14. dxe4 Bxf5 15. exf5
Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nh4 17. Rd7 Nxf5 18. Rxb7 Nd6 19. Rc7 Rfc8 20. Rd7 Rd8 21. Rc7
Rdc8 $11) 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 (10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Rb1 Qe7 (11... Rb8 12. Rxb8
Qxb8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qb1 $16 {Der schwarze Läufer ist eingesperrt,
er wird nie wieder rauskommen können - Weiß hat so gut wie eine Figur mehr.})
12. Rb7 $14) 10... Bg6 11. Re1 $5 $146 {Ein neuer Zug, der zuvor noch nicht
ausprobiert wurde.} (11. Bc4 h6 12. Bh4 Nb8 13. Rb1 b6 (13... Nbd7 14. Rxb7 Nb6
15. Bb5 $1 Qc8 16. Bc6 $16) 14. Ne1 c6 15. f4 exf4 16. Ng2 $1 Bh7 (16... Nbd7
17. Nxf4 Bh7 18. Nh5 g5 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Bf2 d5 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Bd4 $14)
17. g5 hxg5 (17... Nfd7 18. g6 $18) 18. Bxg5 Nbd7 19. Bb3 $14) (11. Bxc6 $1
bxc6 12. Rb1 h6 13. Bh4 $14) 11... Qe7 (11... a6 $5 12. Bxc6 (12. Ba4 Qe7 {
jetzt kann der weißfeldrige Läufer nicht mehr zurück} 13. d4 Na5 14. Nd2 c5 $15
) 12... bxc6 13. d4 Qe7 14. Rb1 Rab8 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18.
Kg2 $132 {Dank der Tatsache, dass der g6-Läufer aus dem Spiel ausgeschaltet
ist, hat Weiß Zeit, um gutes Spiel am Damenflügel zu bekommen.}) 12. d4 Nd8 13.
Bh4 Ne6 (13... c6 14. Bd3 $14) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc5 (15... Rad8 $5 16.
Nd3 (16. Nxg6 fxg6 $1 17. Qe2 g5 18. Bg3 c6 19. Bd3 Nd7 $44) 16... c6 17. Bc4
$14) 16. Nxg6 hxg6 (16... fxg6 17. Qd3 $1 g5 18. Bc4 $1 (18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Qc4
Qe7 $44 {/\c6}) 18... Rae8 (18... Rfe8 19. Bg3 Rad8 $4 20. Bxe6+ $18) 19. Bg3
Rf7 20. e5 Rd7 21. exf6 $1 Rxd3 22. cxd3 $16) 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Rb1 $5 Qxc3 18.
Qd3 Qc5 19. e5 $14) 17... Qxc3 $11 {Wegen dem passiven 17-ten Zug kann Weiß
nun keine Initiative entwickeln, so dass seine Schwächen in der Bauerstruktur
gerade durch das Läuferpaar kompensiert werden, aber auch nicht mehr.} 18. Bg3
Nd7 19. Re3 Ndc5 20. Bf1 Qa5 21. Qc1 g5 22. Rb1 Rfd8 23. Bc4 Rd4 24. Bxe6 Nxe6
25. Rxb7 Qxa2 26. Bxc7 Rc8 27. Rb8 Rxb8 28. Bxb8 Rb4 29. Ra3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 07th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 (4... Bd6 $5 {ist ein seltener Zug,
mit der Hauptidee, die sofortigen forcierten Remisvarianten zu vermeiden} 5. d3
h6 (5... O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qf3
$14) 6. h3 O-O 7. g4 $5 $13) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 (7... Bg4 $6 {
der Versuch der Symmetrie nachzugehen endet wie sehr oft in großen
Schwierigkeiten} 8. Nd5 (8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11.
Nxb4 $18) 9. Nd5 Nd4 10. Nxb4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxb5 12. f4 $14 (12. f4 f5 13. Qh5
$14)) 8... Nd4 9. Nxb4 (9. Bxf6 Bxf3 10. Bxd8 Bxd1 11. Bxc7 Bxc2 12. Ba6 Ba3
13. Bxb7 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bxb1 15. Rxb1 Ba3 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Kf1 $14 {
Ende-Gelände: die Symmetrie ist vorbei, Weiß hat den besseren Läufer und sein
Turm kommt gleich nach b7 -> die schwarze Strategie hat versagt!}) 9... Bxf3 (
9... Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Bxf6 (11. Qd2 Nxf3+ $1 (11... Bxf3 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13.
Qh6 $18) 12. gxf3 Bxf3 13. h3 {/\Kh2-Tg1} Nxe4 $3 14. dxe4 f6 15. Bh4 Bxe4 $15)
11... gxf6 12. Qd2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Be6 14. Qh6 Bxd5 (14... Kh8 15. Nxf6 $18) 15.
Kh1 Kh8 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. Rxg8+ Qxg8 18. Rg1 Qxg1+ 19. Kxg1 Be6 20. Qxf6+ $18)
10. gxf3 Nxb5 11. Nd5 Kh8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne3 $14) (
7... h6 $2 8. Bxf6 gxf6 (8... Qxf6 $4 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nxb4 $18) 9.
Nd5 Ba5 10. c3 f5 11. Qa4 $1 $16) 8. bxc3 h6 $5 {Andere Spielmöglichkeiten
sind:} (8... Bg4 {wird sehr selten gespielt} 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. Rb1
Qe7 (11... Rb8 12. Rxb8 Qxb8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. g4 Bg6 15. Qb1 $16 {Der
schwarze Läufer ist eingesperrt, er wird nie wieder rauskommen können - Weiß
hat so gut wie eine Figur mehr.}) 12. Rb7 $14) (8... Qe7 {ist die Hauptvariante
} 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 $14) (8... Ne7 $5 {Ein
hinterhältiger Zug: Weiß wird angeboten auf f6 zu schlagen, denn sonst spielt
Schwarz Ng6 und h6 und wird nicht schlechter stehen. Doch gerade das Nehmen
auf f6 ist eine Fehlentscheidung:} 9. Bxf6 (9. Nh4 $1) 9... gxf6 10. Nh4 Ng6 $1
11. Nf5 (11. Qh5 Nf4 12. Qh6 Kh8 $1 $15 {Weißer Angriff hat keine Perspektiven,
dafür kann Schwarz auf der g-Linie gutes Spiel haben.}) (11. Nxg6 hxg6 $1 12.
f4 Kg7 13. f5 Rh8 $15 {/\De7-c6-Ld7 und die Verdoppelung auf h-Linie.}) 11...
c6 12. Bc4 d5 13. Bb3 dxe4 (13... Bxf5 14. exf5 Ne7 15. Qh5 Qd7 16. f4 $132)
14. dxe4 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nh4 17. Rd7 Nxf5 18. Rxb7 Nd6 19. Rc7
Rfc8 20. Rd7 Rd8 21. Rc7 Rdc8 $11) 9. Bh4 Kh8 $1 {Schwarz will g5 spielen,
muss aber auf das Opfer Ng5 aufpassen.} (9... g5 $6 10. Nxg5 Nxe4 $1 (10...
hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nb8 12. f4 c6 13. fxe5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Ng4 15. Bc4 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2
Qxf2 17. Qh5 $18) 11. Nf3 $5 (11. Nxe4 Qxh4 12. f4 f5 13. Nd2 exf4 $14) 11...
Ng5 (11... Nf6 $2 12. Nd2 $18) 12. Bxg5 hxg5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 $14) 10. d4
(10. Nd2 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Re1 h5 14. f3 Rg8 15. Bf1 Qe7 16. Nc4
Bd7 17. Qd2 h4 18. Bf2 Nf4 $132 {und Schwarz hatte gutes Gegenspiel in
Fressinet - Sokolov (Reykjavik, 2006)}) 10... g5 11. Nxg5 $5 {Das ist
natürlich der kritische Zug - wenn das Opfer korrekt ist, dann ist diese
Variante für Schwarz nicht empfehlenswert.} (11. Bg3 Nxe4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13.
dxe5 f5 $1 $13) 11... hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rg8 {Das war wohl die Idee von 9....Kh8 -
das Feld g8 wurde für den Turm geräumt.} 13. f4 exf4 (13... Rxg5 $2 14. fxg5
Nh7 15. h4 Qg8 16. Qh5 Nd8 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Rxf7 $18) 14. Bh4 Rg4
(14... Rg6 15. Rxf4 Kg7 16. Qf3 $18 {Schwarz kann sich nicht entfesseln.}) 15.
Qe1 $1 {Es droht einfach Bc6 und anschließend e5.} Kg7 (15... Kg8 $5 16. Bxc6
$1 bxc6 17. h3 $1 (17. e5 $2 dxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 $19) 17... Rxh4 (17... Rg6 18.
Rxf4 Bxh3 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 (19... Rxg2+ 20. Kh1 $18) 20. Qg3+ Rg6 (20... Kf8 21.
gxh3 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 $18) 21. Qxh3 $18) 18. Qxh4 Be6 19. Qg5+ Kf8 20. Rxf4 Nd7
21. Qh5 $18) 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. e5 $18 {Weiß gewinnt die Figur zurück und steht
mit einem Mehrbauern eigentlich auf Gewinn.} dxe5 18. dxe5 Qd5 19. Bxf6+ Kh7
20. Qe2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Qe3 22. Qd1 Be6 23. Rf3 Qe4 24. Qd2 Bd5 25. Rh3+ Kg6 26.
Rg1 Rg8 27. c4 Qxc4 28. Qd3+ Qxd3 29. Rxd3 Kf5 30. Rd2 f3 31. h3 Rxg2 32. Rgxg2
fxg2+ 33. Kg1 Rb8 34. Rd1 Rb2 35. Rc1 Rxa2 36. Kh2 a5 37. h4 Kg4 38. Bd8 Ra3
39. Kg1 Rh3 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. Rg1 a4 42. Be7 Kh5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1909.02.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teichmann, Richard"]
[Black "Burn, Amos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Lasker,Emanuel"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1909.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1) Lasker:The international congress St.Petersburg 1909. Translation by
R.Teichmann (2) Lasker: Der internationale Schachkongreß zu St.Petersburg.
1909. Berlin.1909. (Nachdruck Olms.1989.)} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4
5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {After the actual continuation Black has time to
take up quite as strong a position as White.} ({White should play for attack by
} 7. Bg5) 7... Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Bb6 12. h3 exd4 13.
Nxd4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Ndf5 Qf6 16. Bc2 Bxf5 17. Nxf5 Rfe8 18. Qg4 Qe5 19.
Bb3 Nf6 {Black ought to complete his development, before making aggresive or
defensive manouvers. Moreover the Knight was well posted on d5.} ({Why not
first?} 19... Rad8) 20. Qf3 Bc7 {This Bishop was also well placed.} ({The
simplest continuation was} 20... Ne7 {in order to dislodge White's advanced
post at f5.}) 21. g3 Rad8 22. Bg5 Kf8 {As Nf5-h6 was threatened.} 23. Rae1 {
An ingenious sacrifice, which however, should not have won with the best
defense.} Qxe1 24. Bxf6 {Of course, White does not want to give the two Rooks
for the Queen.} (24. Nxg7 $145 {Looks interesting and more promising.} Nd5 (
24... Kxg7 25. Qxf6+ Kg8 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Bb3#) (24... Qe2 25. Qxf6 Re7 (25...
Qe7 26. Ne6+) 26. Bh6 Be5 27. Nf5+ Ke8 28. Qg5 Red7 29. h4 $16) 25. Bxd8 Bxd8
26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Qxd5 $14) 24... gxf6 {Not the right answer;} (
24... Qe2 {should have been played.} {White would then have achieved no mate by
} 25. Bxg7+ (25. Qxe2 $145 $11 Rxe2 26. Bxd8 Bxd8 27. Rd1 Bb6 28. Rd7 Ne5 29.
Rxb7 Ke8 30. Nd6+ Kd8 31. Nxf7+ Kc8 32. Nd6+ Kd8 $11) 25... Kg8 26. Nh6+ ({or} 
26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nd6+ Kxg7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. Nf5+ Kg5 30. f4+ Bxf4 31. gxf4+
Nxf4 32. h4+ Kg4 33. Rxf4+ Kh3) 26... Kxg7 27. Qxf7+ Kxh6) 25. Qh5 Qd2 26. Qxh7
Re6 27. Bxe6 fxe6 28. Qg7+ Ke8 29. Qxg6+ Kd7 30. Qf7+ Kc8 31. Qxe6+ Kb8 32. h4
Qxb2 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Be5 35. c4 b5 36. f4 Bc3 37. Rf3 b4 38. h5 a5 39. h6
Ka7 40. g4 a4 41. bxa4 Ka6 42. g5 fxg5 43. fxg5 Ka5 44. g6 Be5 45. Ne7 Kxa4 46.
Nxc6 Rd1+ 47. Kg2 Rd2+ 48. Rf2 Rxf2+ 49. Kxf2 b3 50. g7 b2 51. g8=Q 1-0

[Event "Horgen CS"]
[Site "Horgen"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Re1 (8. Bg5 $142) 8... h6 $1 $146 (8... Qe7) (8... Bd7) 9. d4 Bd7 10. h3 (10.
Rb1 b6 11. Qd3 Re8 12. h3 Na5 $10) 10... Re8 11. Bd3 b6 12. Bb2 Nh7 $1 (12...
Qe7 13. Nd2 Rad8 14. Bf1 $14) 13. Nd2 Ne7 (13... Qf6 $1 14. Nb3 (14. Re3 $2
exd4 15. Rf3 Qe5 16. Nc4 Qc5 $17) (14. d5 Ne7 15. Nf1 Ng6 16. g3 Ng5 $1 $36)
14... Ng5 $1 $13) 14. Bf1 Ng6 15. g3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qc8 17. Kh2 Qa6 $1 18. c4 $1
Ba4 $6 (18... c5 $1 19. d5 Nh7 {/\Rab8,b5}) 19. Re3 $1 {/\Ra3} Bc6 20. f4 $5 (
20. Qf1 Qb7 21. Rae1 {/\f4+/=}) 20... Qb7 $1 (20... exf4 $2 21. Ra3 Qb7 22. d5
fxg3+ 23. Rxg3 Bd7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qf3 $16 {|^}) 21. d5 (21. fxe5 dxe5 22. d5
Bd7 23. Rf3 c5 $1 $13) 21... Bd7 22. f5 Nf8 23. g4 (23. Qf3 c6 $1 24. g4 cxd5
25. cxd5 Rac8 $15) 23... g5 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nf1 g5 $5 (25... N6h7 26. Ng3 Re7
27. Qd2 Rf7 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Bxf1 Re8 30. Rf3 $36) 26. Rf3 $1 (26. Ng3 Ng6 27.
Rf3 Nf4 $17) 26... Kg7 27. Ng3 Ng6 28. Qd2 Rf8 29. Raf1 Nh7 $1 (29... Nf4 $2
30. Rxf4 $1 gxf4 31. Rxf4 $3 Nh7 (31... exf4 32. Qxf4 {/\Nh5+} Kg6 33. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 34. Qxf5+ Kg7 35. g5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Kf7 (36... Kh7 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Qxf6
Rg8 39. e5 $1 $18) 37. Qxf6+ Ke8 38. Qe6+ Kd8 39. Bf6+ $18) 32. Nf5+ Bxf5 33.
exf5 Nf6 34. Rf3 $1 {/\Rg3,h4,g5+/-}) 30. Nf5+ $1 (30. Nh5+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ Nxf6
32. Rxf6 Kg7 $15) 30... Bxf5 31. exf5 Ne7 (31... Nf4 32. Rxf4 $1 $36) 32. Qb4
$138 Rae8 (32... Ng8 $6 33. c5 $1 $16) 33. a4 Nf6 34. a5 Neg8 $1 35. Ra3 Nd7
36. axb6 $6 (36. Rfa1 Ra8 37. Qb5 Nc5 $10) 36... axb6 37. h4 $2 (37. Rfa1 $142)
37... Ngf6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qd2 Kf7 $1 $17 40. Rfa1 $5 (40. Qe2 Rh8+ 41. Kg1
Rh4 $17) 40... Nxg4+ 41. Kg1 b5 $2 (41... Ngf6 $1 42. Ra7 (42. Qxg5 Rg8 43. Qh6
Rg7 $17) 42... Qb8 43. Qb4 Nc5 $17) 42. c5 $1 $8 (42. cxb5 $2 Qb6+ 43. Kf1
Qxb5+ $19) 42... Nxc5 43. Qxg5 Rg8 $1 $8 (43... Nf6 $2 44. Qg6+ Ke7 45. Bxe5 $1
$18) 44. Qh5+ Ke7 45. Qh7+ Kf6 46. Qh4+ Kf7 47. Qh5+ Ke7 48. Qh7+ Kf6 49. Bd4 (
49. Qh4+ $10) (49. Rg3 $6 Ne4 $1 (49... Qb6 $2 50. Bd4 $1 exd4 51. Qh4+ Kf7 52.
Qh5+ Kf6 53. Rxg4 $18) 50. Bxe4 $2 (50. Qh4+ Kf7 51. Qh5+ (51. Bxe4 Qb6+ 52.
Kh1 Rh8 53. Rxg4 Qf2 $1 $19) 51... Ke7 52. Rxg4 (52. Qh7+ $1 $10) 52... Qb6+
53. Kh2 Rxg4 (53... Rh8 $2 54. Rg7+ $18) 54. Qxg4 Rh8+ 55. Bh3 Qf2+ 56. Qg2
Qf4+ 57. Kg1 Qe3+ 58. Kh2 Rxh3+ $1 59. Qxh3 Qf4+ 60. Kg1 Qf2+ 61. Kh1 Ng3+ $19)
50... Qb6+ 51. Kg2 (51. Kh1 Rh8 $19) 51... Qf2+ $1 $19) 49... exd4 50. Rg3 Qc8
$1 $8 51. Qh4+ Kf7 52. Rxg4 Rh8 53. Rg7+ $1 (53. Qg3 Reg8 54. Re1 Rxg4 55. Qxg4
Qg8 56. Qxd4 Qg3 $15) 53... Kxg7 54. Qg5+ Kf7 55. Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Andorra op 14th"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. a4 (13. Nh4 Qc7 14.
Nf5 d5 $132) 13... Nd7 14. g3 Ndf8 15. Bg2 h6 (15... Qf6 $2 16. d5 Nc5 17. Bg5)
16. Ba3 (16. Nh4 Qf6 17. Nf5 Ng5) 16... Qf6 {(/\Ng5)} (16... c5 $5) 17. h4 $1
c5 18. Qd2 (18. d5 $142 $14 Nc7 19. Nh2) 18... b6 19. a5 (19. d5 Nc7 {ץa3, Qd2
}) 19... Ba6 20. dxe5 $6 dxe5 $15 21. Qe3 Nd7 {(/\bxa5, Nb6)} 22. axb6 axb6 (
22... Nxb6 $5) 23. Bf1 $6 Bxf1 24. Kxf1 Nc7 25. Bb2 Qe6 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. c4 Qh3+ (28... Nce8 $5 {/\Nd6=/+}) 29. Ke2 (29. Kg1 Ng4) 29... Ne6 30.
Qf3 (30. Bxe5 Ng4 31. Qc3 f6 32. Bd6 Rd8 33. Be7 (33. Bf4 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 $140
Qxc3) 33... Nf4+ $19) 30... Rd8 $5 $138 (30... Ra2 31. Qb3 $8 Qg4+ (31... Nf4+
$5) 32. f3 Rxb2 33. Qxb2 Qxg3 $44) 31. Bxe5 (31. Rh1 Nf4+ $1 32. Kd1 (32. Ke1
Ng2+ 33. Ke2 Qxh1) (32. gxf4 Rxd2+ 33. Ke3 Ng4+) 32... Qd7 33. Bc1 Ne6 $17)
31... Ng4 32. Bc3 Nh2 33. Qf5 Qg2 34. Nf3 $2 $138 (34. Ra1 $142 {Vehi}) 34...
Nxf3 35. Qxf3 Rd2+ $1 36. Ke3 (36. Bxd2 Nd4+) 36... Qxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Rxc2 $17 38.
Re3 Ra2 39. Be5 f6 40. Bf4 Rc2 41. Ra3 Rxc4 42. Ra8+ Kh7 (42... Kf7 $142) 43.
Rb8 (43. Re8 $142) (43. h5 Ng5+ 44. Bxg5 hxg5 $19) 43... b5 44. Be3 b4 45. Rb6
Nd4+ 46. Bxd4 Rxd4 $19 47. Rb5 Rc4 48. h5 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 b3 50. f4 c4 51. e5 fxe5
52. fxe5 Re3 53. Kf4 Re1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

{Before it starts, you can be sure this will be an interesting battle - two
very creative players who normally are willing to take risks is one of the
best combinations for a chess audience!} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 {
The Four Knights Opening, that was played for the first time in 1836, and also
in the fantastic Paulsen-Morphy game from 1857, mentioned below:} 4. Bb5 Bb4 (
4... Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nxe5 Re8 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Be2 Nxe4 10. Nxe4
Rxe4 11. Bf3 Re6 12. c3 $6 Qd3 $1 {locking the bishop in on c1. White is still
ok, but the position starts to become tricky} 13. b4 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Qxa4
Bd7 16. Ra2 Rae8 17. Qa6 {the game had flaws until now, but here we can see
the amazing Paul Morphy showing one of his brilliant combinations, proving
once again he was way ahead of his time!} Qxf3 $3 18. gxf3 Rg6+ 19. Kh1 Bh3 $1
20. Rd1 (20. Qd3 {was the most resilient defense, forcing Black to find the
fantastic} f5 $3 {avoiding Qxg6 as a defensive resource. Considering how
impressive Morphy was, I would assume he had seen this beforehand.} (20... Bg2+
$2 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. d4 $16) 21. Rd1 Bg2+ 22. Kg1 Bxf3+ 23. Kf1
Bxd1 $19) 20... Bg2+ 21. Kg1 Bxf3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25.
Qf1 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Re2 27. Ra1 Rh6 28. d4 Be3 {0-1 (28) Paulsen,L-Morphy,P New
York,NY 1857}) (4... Nd4 {is the most critical response, leading to complex
positions after the pawn sacrifice on e5} 5. Ba4 c6 (5... Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7.
Nd3 Bb6 $44 {1-0 (57) Duda,J (2658)-Leko,P (2707) Berlin 2015}) 6. Nxe5 d6 7.
Nf3 Bg4 8. d3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Nxc3 $1 (10... Bb4 $2 {played by the
very same Naiditsch, 2 and a half weeks before this game} 11. Qe1+ Ne6 12. Ne5
Bh5 13. Qe4 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qxb4 $18 {1-0 (37) Duda,J 
(2678)-Naiditsch,A (2684) Barcelona 2016}) 11. bxc3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be6 $44 {
with complicated play}) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 (6... Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 {
is the main line} (8. Nd2 $5 {preparing f4} Bd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Rxf4 Ne7 11.
Bxd7 Nxd7 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bb2 f6 14. Nf1 Qd7 15. Ne3 a6 16. Qh5 $36 {1-0 (41)
Harikrishna,P (2763)-Eljanov,P (2765) Shamkir 2016, and White obtained the
initiative in a complicated position.}) 8... Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 {[%csl Rb5]} 10. d4
Ne6 11. Bd2 {with good potential for White, with the bishop pair and more
space. Black doesn't have an ideal way to organise the pieces for now} (11. Bc1
$5 {is also interesting}) 11... c5 12. h3 Rd8 13. a4 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh2 Ng6
16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 h6 19. Bd2 $16 {1-0 (82) Adams,M (2723)
-Harika,D (2520) Caleta 2011}) 7. Ne2 $5 (7. Bg5 Ne7 $1 {is Black's idea now}
8. Bxf6 {leads nowhere} (8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 10. Bb3 Qd6 {with chances for
both sides. For example:} 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Qd8 $13) 8... gxf6 9. Nh4 c6 10.
Ba4 Ng6 11. Nf5 d5 $11 {followed by ...Kh8, Black seems to have good play,
considering specially that the light-squared white bishop is left out of play
for now.}) 7... Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 {A 100% symmetrical
position, but White has the move! A typical situation in a Ruy Lopez opening -
which is what we obtained here after neither minor piece got exchanged on c3
or c6.} 11. d4 {And this gives White reason enough to claim a small advantage,
not only because he has an additional move, but because d4 (or d5 for Black)
is one of the most important plans in these kind of Ruy Lopez/Italian
positions.} Re8 (11... Bg4 $6 {wouldn't make sense here because the d4-pawn is
well defended} 12. h3 {forcing the bishop to go back, because handing over the
bishop pair is simply bad here} Bxf3 $6 13. Qxf3 $16) 12. Bc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 14.
Be3 Qc7 15. a4 Bb6 16. Qc1 a5 17. Re1 (17. Bxh6 $2 {is something that caught
my attention right away, but it doesn't work} gxh6 18. Qxh6 {threatening the
deadly Nf5 -} Qe7 $1 19. Nf5 Qf8 $17 {and Black survives.}) 17... Rad8 18. b3
$5 {A nice positional approach by White.} (18. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 19. Qxh6 {runs
into the same defence:} Qe7 $1 $17) 18... Bc8 19. c4 {Kind of forces Black to
play ...exd4, now that White can't take with the c-pawn anymore.} exd4 20. Nxd4
{In this pawn structure, White always has a comfortable space advantage,
better piece play and better flexibility to advance (f4 at some point). On the
other hand, Black may exploit the weaknesses on the queenside or try to play ..
.d5, opening the centre and liquidating into an equal position.} Bc5 {
Preparing a move like ...Qb6, taking advantage of the weak b6-c5 squares on
the queenside.} 21. Ndf5 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Bxf5 $6 (22... d5 $1 {would be simple
and good, Black achieves full equality} 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Qb2 Ne5
$1 {hitting the rook on e3} 26. Ree1 Qc3 $1 $36 {and Black could even think
about a small advantage.}) 23. Nxf5 d5 {Now it doesn't work so well, but it is
hard to spot why.} 24. exd5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qb2 $1 {[%csl Rg7] An
important intermediate move.} Re5 (26... Ne5 {is not the same now (comparied
to 22...d5!)} 27. Rg3 $1 {[%csl Gg7] In the analysis to the 22nd move, there
was a white knight on g3; now White can launch a strong initiative.} g6 28. Qc1
$5 $40 (28. Nxh6+ Kg7 29. Ng4 Nf4 $1 $132)) 27. Rxe5 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Be4
{The dust has cleared, but White maintains the initiative, Bxd5 is threatened.}
Nc6 30. Rc1 $1 {[%cal Gc1c5]} Ndb4 (30... h5 $1 {a difficult move, spending an
important tempo to create the threat of ...g6} 31. Rc5 Ndb4 32. Rb5 g6 33. Ne3
Kg7 $1 (33... Rd7 34. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 $16 {with a strong initiative,
White will end up winning a pawn in the endgame after exchanging the minor
pieces}) 34. Rxb7 Nd4 {[%csl Gb3]} 35. Nc4 Nxb3 36. Nxa5 {[%csl Gb4]} Rd1+ 37.
Kh2 Nd2 $1 {threatening the bishop on e4 and at least a perpetual on f1} 38. f3
Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Nd2+ 40. Kf2 Nxe4+ 41. fxe4 Rd4 $1 $132) 31. Rc5 {Rb5 is very
annoying, combining the pressure on the queenside with well placed pieces on
the kingside.} g6 $2 (31... h5 $1 {- 30...h5.}) 32. Nxh6+ Kg7 33. Ng4 Nd4 (
33... f5 34. Bxc6 $16) 34. Bxb7 Rb8 35. Bf3 Nxb3 (35... Nxf3+ {doesn't help:}
36. gxf3 {[%csl Ra5] and the a5-pawn is in trouble} Nd3 37. Rb5 $1 $18 {
the most precise, stopping any counterplay} (37. Rxa5 $2 Rxb3 $132)) 36. Rc7
$16 {[%cal Gg4e5] White emerges with better pieces and a pawn up.} Re8 37. Ne3
Re5 38. Kh2 Rc5 39. Rd7 (39. Rxc5 $2 {wouldn't make sense, the white rook on
c7 is much too active to be exchanged.} Nxc5 {not to mention that the
queenside pawns would be exchanged, most likely leading to a drawn endgame} 40.
Nc4 Nxa4 41. Nxa5 $14) 39... Kf8 40. Be2 $1 {Threatening the decisive Bc4.} Ke8
41. Rb7 f5 {Helps White to conclude the game.} (41... Nd4 42. Bc4 Ne6 {would
be very passive and slow, but perhaps it was the best chance of survival} 43.
Bxe6 fxe6 44. Rg7 g5 45. Kg3 $16) 42. Bb5+ Kf8 43. Nc4 $1 $18 {Threatening f4
and Ne5.} f4 44. Nb6 $5 {[%cal Gb6d7]} (44. Nd6 $1 {threatening Rf7+ and Rxf4}
g5 45. h4 $1 gxh4 46. Rf7+ Kg8 47. Rxf4 {winning the h4-pawn and the game.})
44... Rc3 45. Nd7+ Kg7 46. Ra7 Nd4 47. Nc5+ Kh6 48. Ne4 Nbc6 49. Bxc6 (49. Rxa5
$18 {would be a fun move to make.}) 49... Nxc6 50. Rc7 Rc2 51. Nd6 f3 (51...
Kh5 52. Nb7 {[%csl Ga5] and White wins.}) 52. Nf7+ Kh5 53. Rc8 {and Black
resigned, because there is no way to escape checkmate:} (53. Rc8 g5 54. Rg8 $1
{[%cal Gg8g5]} Rc5 55. g4+ Kh4 56. Rh8#) 1-0

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2015.04.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 {The Four Knights is an interesting
opening for both sides and it has been popular in recent years. White is
trying to make many openings playable and that is how this one came into focus.
} Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {Not highly popular but a known idea; in his
comments Anand said that he wanted to use something practical, and he got
exactly that.} Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 Ng6 {I will give some examples how the
game might have continued if Black took the opportunity to chase the bishop
with ...c6.} (9... c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 (13... d5
14. exd5 e4 15. Ne5 cxd5 16. f4 Bb6 17. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 (107) Lopez Martinez,J 
(2543)-Delchev,A (2637) Linares 2013; with unclear play.}) 14. Be3 Bc7 $5 (
14... Qc7 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qd2 Bb6 {Compared to the game Black is a tempo up, .
..Rad8 is that tempo up, but still White has a powerful idea even here:} 17.
Nf5 $1 Qd7 $1 (17... d5 18. Nxg7 $1 {with a dangerous attack}) (17... Bxf5 18.
exf5 e4 19. Nh2 Nf8 20. Ng4 Qe7 21. f3 d5 22. Bf4 N8h7 23. Nf2 c5 {with
another complicated position}) 18. Bxh6 (18. Rad1 exd4 19. N5xd4 Bxh3 $1 20.
gxh3 Qxh3 {it is Black now who attacks!}) 18... Nxe4 $1 19. Bxe4 Bxf5 {Black
is fine}) 15. Re1 {we have transposed to some regular positions} (15. Qd2 d5 $1
16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxg6 Bxf3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Rfe1 exd4 21. Bxd4
Qh4 {Black has more than adequate play}) {A reasonable alternative is} 15...
Qe7 ({In a recent example Black has tried} 15... d5 {I am not so sure that
this works right now} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bd4 Bd5 (
19... Qg5 20. Bxe4 Bxh3 21. f4 Qg3 22. Qb3 {White has some initiative}) 20.
Bxe4 c5 ({In a very old game Black tried} 20... Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd5 22. Qc2 $1 (
22. f3 $6 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd5 Rxd5 25. Re7 Rd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25)
Maroczy,G-Teichmann,R Prague 1908}) 22... Bxe5 23. Rae1 f6 24. a3 {White has
the better game}) 21. Bxc5 Rxe5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd4 Qd6 24. Qg4 $5 (24. g3
Bb6 25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rd8 27. Rad1 b6 28. Re4 f5 29. Rf4 Qd7 {this doesn't
look bad for Black despite his being a pawn down}) 24... Rg5 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26.
Kf1 Qh1+ 27. Ke2 Qxg2 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kf3 Rh2 $2 30. Re7 $18 {1-0 (37) Wei
Yi (2706)-Melkumyan,H (2676) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Rad1 a5 18. a4
Rad8 {with unclear play.}) 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bd3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3
Be6 15. Qc2 {It is interesting that Anand keeps the queen on c2 instead of the
more logical d2, probably by doing so he "eyes" g6 in case Black goes for some
thematic ...d5.} (15. Qd2 Qc7 (15... Qe7 16. Nf5 Qf8 {is also interesting}) 16.
Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nf8 18. Bxh6 N8h7 {due to the e4-threat White loses a piece,
still his attack compensates for material losses.} 19. g4 e4 20. g5 Nh5 21.
Bxe4 gxh6 22. f6 $13 {0-1 (28) Adhiban,B (2481)-L'Ami,E (2593) Dieren 2009})
15... Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. c4 $5 {So it's more a positional and slow approach.
Let's see.} a4 18. Red1 {Now we have mixture of many things, it resembles a
Philidor Defence, a Bogo-Indian; Black should be ok here.} exd4 19. Bxd4 Ne5 {
Obvious but perhaps not the best move.} (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Qb6 21. Bf1 Qc5 $1
{By finding this square for the black queen, I think Black could have solved
his problems.} 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Ngf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf4 26. Ne2 Nxe2+
27. Bxe2 Re7 28. Bf3 Rae8 {with good counterplay for Black.}) 20. Be2 Bc5 21.
Rd2 Nfd7 22. Rad1 Red8 $6 {An overambitious try, Black had to exchange one
knight first to ease his position.} (22... Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Red8 24. Be2 Bxd4 25.
Rxd4 Nc5 26. Qc3 Nb3 27. R4d3 c5 $5 {with interesting play.}) 23. Nh4 $1 {
Now the situation turns in White's favour, by having f4 at some point it helps
White to increase the pressure.} Bxd4 24. Rxd4 c5 $5 25. Rxd6 Nc6 26. Nhf5 Nd4
27. Qd2 Ne5 {Mamedyarov was counting on something like this.} 28. Rd5 $1 {
A typical sacrifice.} (28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {would justify Black's idea.}) 28... Bxd5
29. cxd5 {White has strong play for the exchange.} Qb6 30. f4 {We have entered
a position where computers disagree with Anand's sacrifice, but from a human
perspective it looks more than ok.} Ng6 31. Bc4 Qa5 32. Qf2 b5 (32... Nxf5 33.
exf5 Nh4 34. f6 $1 {White has a dangerous attack.}) 33. Nxd4 cxd4 34. Ba2 b4
35. Nf5 bxa3 36. bxa3 Qc3 37. e5 Rab8 38. Rd2 Qxa3 39. Nxd4 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Rbc8 {
The alternative is facinating:} (40... Rd7 $1 {Computer chess! Such moves
allowing e6 are simply beyond the human approach to chess} 41. e6 fxe6 (41...
Rdb7 42. d6 $1 $18) 42. dxe6 Rdb7 43. f5 Qc7+ 44. g3 Ne7 45. f6 gxf6 46. Qxf6
Rb2 $1 {and Black survives!}) 41. d6 $1 {Now it's over, White is winning.} a3
42. Nf5 Rf8 43. d7 {Followed by Qd4 and e6 Black is helpless.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-30"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1992.06.09"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Norri, Joose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Pein,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1992.06.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. d5 $14) 11.
Bc1 c5 12. a4 $1 {Spassky's idea} (12. d5 Nc7 13. Bd3 b5 (13... Nfe8 14. c4 f5
$6 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qd3 g6 19. a4 Nf6 20. Ng5 {
Tarrasch,S-Teichmann,R/Karlsbad/1923/1-0/36/}) 14. c4 Bd7 $10 {Barendregt-Van
der Berg/Amsterdam/1950/}) (12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Bd5 Nf8 (13... Nc7 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. c4 Bg4 16. h3 Ncxd5 17. cxd5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne8 19. a4 Nd6 $10 {
Alexander-Pachmann/Dublin/1957/}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Ng6 {Chandler,M-Salov,V/
Rykjavik WCup/1991/0-1/77/  CBM-VC [Salov]}) 12... Rd8 13. Bc4 (13. Bf1 Nf8 14.
d5 Ng6 15. Nd2 Rf8 16. Nc4 b6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2 h6 19. Ne3 $14 {Spassky,
B-Yusupov,A/Bugojno/1986/}) 13... Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15. Bf1 Rac8 (15... d5 16.
dxe5 Nxe4 17. Qd3 {/\ c2-c4}) 16. d5 Bd7 17. Nd2 {/\ Nd2-c4,f2-f4} Rc7 $2 {
h7-h6 and g7-g5, maybe.} 18. Nc4 Bc8 (18... Ng6 19. f4 $1 exf4 20. e5 $1 Nxe5
$2 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. d6 $1 $18) 19. f4 Ng6 20. f5 Nf8 21. g4 Ne8 22. g5 f6 23.
h4 Kh8 24. Qf3 Qf7 25. Bg2 b6 26. Ne3 g6 27. Rf1 Ng7 28. c4 Nh5 29. Ng4 gxf5
30. exf5 Re8 31. Nh6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Kunte, Abhijit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2522"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bd2 {This retreat gained some popularity
just recently. Previously White preferred 11.Bc1 or 11.Bh4, both played by
Shirov long ago as well. In case of 11.Bc1 the bishop can jump to a3, and by
11.Bh4 White keeps the pin along the diagonal h4-d8. The idea of 11.Bd2 is not
very clear to me, but for some reaosn White achieves good results with this
move!} c6 (11... Rd8 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. Nh4 c5 14. Qf3 h6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5
Qc7 17. Qg3 Kh8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. c4 Re8 20. Bc3 N8d7 21. Re3 $14 {1-0
Cheparinov,I (2678)-Jakovenko,D (2760)/Jermuk ARM 2009/The Week in Chess 770 
(43)}) (11... c5 12. Nh4 (12. dxe5 dxe5 $11 13. Nxe5 $4 {would fall into a
primitive trap.} Nc7 $19 {[%csl Rb5,Re5]}) (12. d5 Nc7 13. Bf1 {is possible.
White has some space superiority, but his pawn structure is slightly damaged.
The position is approximately equal.}) 12... cxd4 13. Nf5 Qc7 14. cxd4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Rb1 Ng4 18. Bd3 Ne5 $11 {0-1 Sutovsky,E (2676)
-Efimenko,Z (2654)/Kragujevac SRB 2009/The Week in Chess 775 (55)}) 12. Bd3 Qc7
(12... Nd7 13. a4 Qf6 14. Be3 Re8 15. g3 h6 16. Bf1 Ndf8 17. h4 Nc7 18. Nd2 d5
$6 (18... Be6 $14) 19. Bg2 exd4 20. cxd4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Qd8 22. c4 $16 {1-0
Adams,M (2682)-Meszaros,T (2434)/Ohrid MKD 2009/The Week in Chess 778 (38)})
13. Nh4 {A typical manoeuvre in this line. The knight is heading to f5.} Re8 (
13... exd4 14. Nf5 c5 (14... dxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne8 16. e5 d5 17. Qh5 $1 g6 18. Qh4
$16) 15. Qf3 Nd7 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. f4 Nxd3 19. cxd3 {with more
than sufficient compensation for the pawn. The Nf5 is very strong.}) 14. Qf3 (
14. Nf5 $6 c5 {and White probably has nothing better than to close the center
by d4-d5.}) 14... Nf8 $2 {This move is not natural. Basically Black should try
to provoke White to close the position in the center. This will minimize the
factor of bishops pair.} (14... c5 15. d5 ({Does not work:} 15. Nf5 $6 cxd4 16.
Nxg7 $6 Nxg7 (16... Kxg7 $2 17. Bh6+ $1 Kg8 18. Qxf6 $16) 17. Qxf6 Re6 {
The rook joins the defense and Black is fine.}) 15... Nf8 16. Bg5 N6d7 {
Black has slightly worse, but playable position.}) 15. Bg5 Qe7 (15... Bg4 16.
Qg3 N8d7 17. f4 {is unsatisfactory for Black.}) 16. Qg3 Ng6 17. Nxg6 $1 {
As simple as strong. Shirov eliminates the only piece that fights against the
f2-f4 advance.} (17. Nf5 Qe6 {looks good for White, but there is nothing
concrete.}) 17... fxg6 (17... hxg6 18. f4 $16 {opening the f-line will yield
White a strong attack.}) 18. f4 exf4 19. Qxf4 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qg3 g5 22.
Rf1 Qe7 (22... Qe6 {would have been better, controlling the g6 square, even
though White keeps a big advantage anyway. Practically he is a pawn up in the
center with continuous initiative.}) 23. e5 d5 24. Bg6 Rf8 25. Rxf8+ Qxf8 26.
Rf1 Qe7 27. Bf7+ Qxf7 (27... Kh8 28. e6 b6 (28... Bxe6 29. Qe5 Qxf7 30. Rxf7
Bxf7 31. Qe7 $18) 29. Qe5 Ba6 30. Rf5 $18 {Black is defenseless against 31.Bg6
followed by 32.Rf7.}) 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Ke7 30. c4 $1 {The queen will
penetrate via dark squares. Black does not have a chance to build a fortress.}
Be6 31. Qa3+ Kf7 32. c5 Bf5 (32... a6 33. Qb4 Rb8 34. Qb6 $18) 33. Qa5 Re8 34.
Qxa7 Re7 35. c3 Bg6 36. Kf2 Ke6 37. Ke3 Be8 38. Qb8 Kf7 39. Kd2 Kg6 40. Kc2 Bd7
41. Kb3 Bf5 42. Qf8 Re6 43. Qd8 1-0

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mullon, Jean Baptiste"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 (4... Nd4 5. Ba4) 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6
7. Bg5 (7. Ne2 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Gc2c3]}) 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 $5 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Gc7c6,Gd6d5]} 10. d4 Bg4 (10... Ne6 {[%cal Ge6g5,Ge6f4]} 11.
Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 $14) 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 $5 (12. Bh4 Ne6 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Nxe5 Qc5 {[%cal Gc5e5,Gc5b5]} 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bd3 Qxc3 $11 {[%csl Rd3]
[%cal Gc3f6]}) 12... Bg6 13. d5 c6 $1 {Il est étonnant de voir que cette
conception trés moderne d'attaque du centre était déjà jouée dès 1906.
Nimzovitch insistait au début du siècle sur le fait q'une chaine de P devait
être attaquée а la base de la chaine et non pas а son sommet. La pratique a
ensuite montré qu'il était aussi pourtant possible d'attaquer au sommet} 14.
Bf1 ({RR} 14. Bd3 cxd5 15. exd5 e4 {[%cal Ge4d3,Ge4f3]} 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd4 {
[%cal Gg5f6,Ge1e4]} Ne6 $2 18. Qxe4 Nxg5 19. Qxe7 Nxf3+ {il n'y a pas de
compensation pour la pièce sacrifiée} 20. Kf1 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Nxd5 22. Qxb7 Nf4
23. Re7 Rab8 24. Qxa7 g5 25. Qd4 Nxh3 26. Qxd6 Nf4 27. Qf6 Ng6 28. Rd7 h6 {
Spassky,B (2610)-Gligoric,S (2515)/Sarajevo 1986/EXT 1997/1-0 (44)}) (14. Bc4
$143 $6 {[%cal Gc4d5]} Rc8 $132 {[%cal Gc8c4,Gc6d5];Tarrasch,S-Rubinstein,A
Maehrisch Ostrau 1923 (3) 0-1}) 14... cxd5 15. exd5 Rc8 16. c4 h6 $146 ({RR} 
16... b6 17. a4 Nb7 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Nc6 Nd8 20. f4 h6 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. f5 Bh7
23. Nxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. a5 h5 26. Bd3 hxg4 27. hxg4 Rc5 28. Kf2 Bg6 29.
Rh1 Rh8 30. axb6 axb6 31. fxg6 {Wolf,H-Cohn,E/Nuremberg 1906/HCL/1-0 (32)}) 17.
Bh4 Bh7 18. Qd2 Kh8 {[%cal Gf8g8,Gg7g5] Un plan original mais un peu artificiel
} (18... b5 $5 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 19. cxb5 Rxc2 {[%csl Gc2]} 20. Qe3 {[%csl Rd8]
Le problème des noirs est le Nd8 qui est mal placé et empêche le doublement
des R sur la colonne "c". L'ouverture de la colonne "c" pourrait même
peut-être profiter aux blancs qui sont des pièces plus actives et la
possibilité de doubler les R}) 19. a4 Rg8 20. a5 g5 21. Bg3 Ne4 $11 {[%cal
Ge4g3,Ge4d2,Gf7f5]} 22. Qe3 f5 $1 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Kh2 Nxg3 25. fxg3 Bxc2 26.
Qxa7 Qf6 27. Qe3 Rf8 28. Be2 Rc7 {[%cal Gc7f7]} (28... Nf7 29. Rac1 Qg6 30. Qd2
Bf5) 29. Rac1 Bh7 30. Rf1 Qg7 31. c5 $1 e4 32. Nd2 Rxf1 33. Nxf1 (33. Bxf1)
33... Qb2 34. Qc3+ (34. a6 $1 bxa6 35. c6 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Gc6]}) 34... Qxc3 35.
Rxc3 Rxc5 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Bb5 Bf5 38. Ne3 {[%csl Ge3]} Bc8 39. Nc4 {[%csl
Rd6]} Nf7 {[%cal Gf7d6,Gf7e5]} 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Be8 e3 $2 42. g4 h5 43. Bxf7
hxg4 (43... e2 44. Kf2) 44. hxg4 Bxg4 45. Be8 $2 (45. Nxe3 $142 $1 {le
contrôle du temps était pourtant passé mais les blancs ratent une chance de
gain} Bd7 {[%csl Rf7]} 46. Bh5 Kf6 47. Bg4 $18) 45... e2 46. Kf2 Bf3 47. Ne3 g4
48. Ke1 g3 49. Bc6 bxc6 50. d6 Kf6 51. d7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bazna Kings 4th"]
[Site "Medias"]
[Date "2010.06.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.06.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O {The solid Four Knights
Variation is considerably less popular than Ruy Lopez, but nevertheless many
strong Grandmasters played it at least few times in their practice. Some top
players, like for instance Ivanchuk or Shirov have the the Four Knights
Variation as a stable part of their opening repertoire. On the other hand
Nisipeanu has never played it before and must have counted on its surprising
effect. As we'll see, this turned out to be an unfortunate choice.} 6. d3 d6 7.
Bg5 Ne7 ({Much more popular is} 7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7) 8. Nh4 c6 9. Bc4 d5 {
Ponomariov showed a good preparation and made his moves quickly in the opening.
First of all this happened because he played himself this variation with the
white pieces and knew it well. Secondly, Carlsen and Radjabov played recently
few times the Four Knights Variation and Ponomariov must have repeated the
theory before the tournament.} 10. Bxf6 ({After} 10. Bb3 {Black plays} Qd6 {
protecting the knight f6 with the queen.}) ({Long time ago Ponomariov himself
played here} 10. exd5 Nfxd5 11. Ne4 f6 12. Bc1 {but Black is obviously doing
fine here too.}) 10... gxf6 11. Bb3 a5 $1 {An improvement over a game played
almost 100 years ago!} (11... Qd6 12. Qf3 Kh8 13. exd5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd5 15.
c4 d4 16. c5 Qc6 {was unclear in the game Tarrasch,S-Yates,F/ Karlsbad 1923})
12. a3 ({Deserved attention} 12. a4) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qh5
{An overambitious move.} ({It was time for White to think about equality and
continue something like} 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qf3) 15... Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 {White
has serious problems with his queenside pawn structure and no attacking
prospects on the kingside. His position is worse, but now Nisipeanu makes a
tactical mistake.} 17. d4 $2 ({Necessary was} 17. g3 {and White is very much
in the game. Black is only slightly better.}) 17... f5 $1 {Missed by Nisipeanu.
The main reason for White's troubles is the bishop on a2, which often remains
completely out of the game (for instance Black can play b7-b5 sometimes).} 18.
Nxf5 (18. Nxg6+ fxg6 19. Qe2 fxe4 20. c4 exd4 21. cxd5 Re8 {is also awful for
White.}) 18... Nf4 19. Qh6 ({In case of} 19. Qf3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Rxg2 21. Rg1 {
Black has a beautiful mate:} Rxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qh4+) 19... Rg6 20. Qh4 Bxf5 21.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. exf5 Rxg2 23. dxe5 Rdg8 ({White is completely lost. For
instance:} 23... Rdg8 24. Rg1 ({or} 24. c4 Nh3 {and mate on g1.}) 24... Rxg1+
25. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc3 {losing the bishop.}) 0-1

[Event "Gashimov Memorial 3rd"]
[Site "Shamkir"]
[Date "2016.05.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.05.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Nd2 $5 {This original idea was introduced long time ago by the legendary GM
Ratmir Kholmov. The main idea behind this move is unlocking the f-file, so
White gets some attacking prospects.} Bd7 $146 {A natural novelty. Pavel
doesn't hurry with moving the knight away from c6 in order to keep more
control over the centre.} (8... a6 $5 {deserves serious attention:} 9. Bc4 Be6
(9... Na5 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. axb3 d5 {Kovalenko,I -Meskovs,N / Warsaw POL 2015,
didn't offer Black full equality.}) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 {with a very solid position.}
) ({In the first encounter, where this original move was employed, Black
didn't manage to solve all the problems after:} 8... Ne7 9. d4 c5 10. Bd3 Ng6
11. a4 cxd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2 $14 {Kholmov,R-Smyslov,V Moscow
1947}) 9. f4 {The most consistent.} ({White gets nothing special after} 9. Nc4
a6 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne8 $1 {followed by 14...f5})
9... exf4 10. Rxf4 Ne7 ({Another way of exchanging the bishops is:} 10... Ne5
$5 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 (11... Nfxd7 $6 {is too passive:} 12. Nf1 $1 f6 13. Ne3 $14)
12. Nf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qe6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bb2 f6 $11 {and it would be very
difficult for White to make any progress here.}) 11. Bxd7 Nxd7 $1 {Pavel
reasonably avoids the possible sac on f6 and unlocks the f-pawn.} (11... Qxd7
$6 12. c4 Ng6 13. Rf5 $14) 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bb2 f6 {At the moment, Black's
position is very solid, but quite passive. However, it's not easy for White to
make further progress either.} 14. Nf1 {The knight is heading to e3, where it
will keep an eye on the key squares f5 and d5.} (14. Qe2 Qd7 15. a4 b6 $11) ({
The aggressive} 14. d4 N5g6 15. Rf2 Qd7 $132 {looks risky for a human eye -
the central pawns are becoming vulnerable.}) 14... Qd7 15. Ne3 a6 (15... b5 $5
16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. Rb1 Qa4 $11) 16. Qh5 {White's play is now based only on the
k-side attack - quite a risky approach.} (16. a4 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. axb5 Qxb5
$11) 16... b5 {Accepting the challenge - Black doesn't mind entering into wild
complications.} ({A safer choice would be} 16... N7g6 17. Rf2 b5 18. cxb5 axb5
19. a3 c6 $11) 17. Rh4 h6 ({It was possible to grab some material, but the
position would be unclear anyway:} 17... N7g6 18. Qxh7+ (18. Rh3 Nf4 19. Qxh7+
Kf7 20. Nf5 Nxh3+ 21. Qxh3 Rh8 22. Qg3 Kg8 {leads to the same.}) 18... Kf7 19.
Nf5 Nxh4 20. Qxh4 Rh8 21. Qg3 Kg8 22. c5 Re8 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rf1 $44) 18. Rf1
bxc4 19. d4 Nf7 ({Both players have missed an excellent tactical resourse} 
19... Qb5 $1 {Now it turns out, that White has to play very precisely in order
to maintain the balance:} 20. Bc1 $1 (20. dxe5 Qxb2 21. Rg4 Kh8 22. exd6 cxd6
$15) 20... Nf7 21. Qg4 Rae8 22. Rxf6 Qb1 23. Rf1 Ng5 24. Nf5 $1 Nxf5 (24...
Qxc2 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qc8+ Re8 28. Rf4+ Nf7 29. Qd7 Qxc1+ 30.
Rf1 Qe3+ 31. Kh1 Re7 32. Qd8+ Re8 33. Qd7 $11) 25. exf5 {, and now Black
cannot avoid a drawish rook's ending:} Re4 26. Bxg5 Rxg4 (26... Re1 27. Qf3
Rxf1+ 28. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kxf1 hxg5 30. Re4 Rxf5+ 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. d5 Rxd5 33.
Rxc4 $11) 27. Rxb1 Rxg5 28. Rf4 Rgxf5 29. Rxf5 Rxf5 30. Rb4 d5 31. Ra4 Rf6 32.
Ra5 $11) 20. Ng4 Qb5 21. Nxf6+ $1 {This tactical resource keeps the position
tense} (21. e5 {would lead to a forced draw:} fxe5 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Nxh6+ gxh6
24. Qxh6 Rg7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ng8 27. Qf6+ Rf7 28. Qg5 $11) 21... gxf6 22.
e5 Kh8 $1 {The only, but sufficient defence.} (22... Qxb2 $2 23. exf6 Qc3 24.
Qg4+ Ng5 25. Rxh6 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Nd5 27. h4 $18) 23. Bc1 Ng8 $8 24. Qg6 (24. a4
Qxa4 25. Qg6 dxe5 26. Rxf6 Qa1 27. Rf1 Nd6 28. Rxh6+ Nxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30.
Qg6+ $11) 24... dxe5 25. Rxf6 {Once again, Pentala chooses the most tricky
continuation.} (25. Bxh6 Nfxh6 26. Rxh6+ Nxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 $11)
25... Qb1 26. Rf1 exd4 $2 {Alas, this natural move turns out to be a decisive
mistake.} ({Instead, Pavel should have preferred} 26... Qb6 27. Qxb6 cxb6 28.
Ba3 exd4 29. Rxd4 b5 30. Rdf4 Kg7 $11) ({or} 26... Nd6 $1 27. Rxh6+ Nxh6 28.
Qxh6+ Kg8 $11) 27. Bxh6 Qxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Nfxh6+ 29. Kg1 {The exposed king
doesn't allow Black to advance the k-side pawns.} Rab8 (29... Rad8 30. Rxh6+
Nxh6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qxa6 c3 33. Qc4+ Kh8 34. Qxc7 $18) 30. Rxh6+ Nxh6 31.
Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. h3 d3 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qxa6 dxc2 (35... Rf7 {
offered equally little hope:} 36. cxd3 ({Only not} 36. Qxc4 $2 d2 37. Qg4+ Kf8
$19) 36... c3 37. Qc4 $18) 36. Qxc4+ Kh8 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qxc2 Rfc8 (38... Rf7
39. a4 Ra8 40. Qc6 Ra5 41. h4 $18) 39. Qc6 Kf7 40. a4 Ke7 41. a5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Salov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 10. Rb1 a6 11. Ba4 Rb8 12. Bb3 $1 $14 {
Short-Speelman,London(m/6)1991}) 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 (10... Bg4 $6 11. h3 Bh5
12. g4 Bg6 13. d5 $1 $16 {Spassky-Gligoric,Sarajevo 1986}) 11. Bc1 c5 (11...
Rd8 12. a4 c5 13. Bf1 Nf8 14. d5 Ng6 15. Nd2 Rf8 16. Nc4 b6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2
h6 19. Ne3 $14 {Spassky-Yusupov,Bugojno 1986}) 12. Bc4 (12. d5 Nc7 13. Bd3 Nfe8
14. c4 Bd7 15. Rb1 Rb8 $10 {Tarrasch-Euwe,Bad Kissingen1928}) 12... Rd8 13. Bd5
Nf8 (13... Nc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Bg4 16. h3 Ncxd5 17. cxd5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Ne8
19. a4 Nd6 $10 {Alexander-Pachman,Dublin 1957}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3
Rb8 17. a4 b6 18. Nh2 $6 Be6 19. Qf3 Ne8 20. Ng4 Nd6 21. Ne3 Qh4 22. Nf5 Bxf5 (
22... Nxf5 23. exf5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ne7 25. g4 $1 $13) 23. exf5 Ne7 24. g4 Nxd5
25. cxd5 f6 $15 26. Kg2 Rd7 27. a5 b5 28. a6 Rc8 29. Rb1 Kf7 30. Be3 Rdc7 31.
c3 g6 32. fxg6+ hxg6 33. Bc1 Re8 34. c4 b4 35. Bb2 Kg7 (35... Nxc4 $4 36. d6
Nxd6 37. Bxe5 $18) 36. Qd3 g5 37. Rbc1 Qh7 38. Qf3 $1 (38. Qxh7+ Kxh7 $17)
38... Qg6 39. Re3 Rce7 40. Qe2 Kg8 41. Ra1 Rh7 42. Ra5 Rc7 43. Ra1 Rce7 44. Re1
Rb8 45. Ra1 Rc7 46. Ra5 Rb6 47. Ra1 Rc8 48. Ra5 Rc7 49. Ra1 Rc8 50. Ra4 $2 (50.
Ra5 $142) 50... b3 $1 $17 51. Rc3 (51. Ba3 Rcb8 $1 (51... Qc2 $2 52. Qxc2 bxc2
53. Rc3) 52. Qb2 Qe8 $3 53. Qb1 Kg7 $19) 51... Qe4+ 52. Qxe4 Nxe4 53. Re3 Nd6
54. Rc3 Rb4 $1 (54... Rcb8 55. Ra5 Rb4 56. Rxc5 Ne4 57. Rc7 Nxc3 58. Bxc3 b2
59. Bxb2 Rxb2 60. d6 $132) 55. Rxb4 cxb4 56. Rxb3 Rxc4 57. Kf3 Kf7 58. Ke3 Ke7
59. Kd3 Kd7 60. f3 Kc7 61. Ba1 (61. h4 gxh4 62. g5 h3 $19) 61... Kb6 62. Rb1
Kc5 (62... Kxa6 $6 63. h4 $1 gxh4 64. g5 $132) 63. h4 $8 gxh4 64. g5 Kxd5 65.
g6 (65. gxf6 Rf4 66. Ke2 h3 67. Rh1 Rxf6 68. Rxh3 Nc4 $19) 65... Nf5 66. Rg1
Rc7 67. Bb2 Rg7 68. Bc1 h3 69. Rh1 Rxg6 70. Rxh3 Rg1 71. Bd2 b3 72. Kc3 Rd1 73.
Rh2 Ra1 74. Kxb3 Rxa6 75. Rf2 Nd4+ 76. Kb2 Rb6+ 77. Kc3 (77. Kc1 Rb3 78. f4 e4
$19) 77... Rb3# 0-1

[Event "Congres International"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1878.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winawer, Szymon"]
[Black "Zukertort, Johannes Hermann"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Schallopp,E"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1878.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{085 Vierspringerspiel .} 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5
6. d3 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nd4 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. c3 Bb6 10. Qg4 ({Um} 10. Z0 Qh4 {
zu begegnen und selbst anzugreifen.}) 10... O-O ({Geschieht} 10... Qf6 {
, so hält Weiß mit} 11. d4 exd4 ({oder} 11... c6 12. Bc4) 12. Bg5 {den
Angriff fest.}) 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 Qe7 13. d6 {[#]  Weiß kann den Doppelbauer
schwrlich besser verwerten. Das Opfer öffnet dem Läufer die Diagonale nach
g8 und sperrt den gegnerischen Damenflügel ein.} cxd6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Be3 f5
16. Qe2 Bc5 17. O-O-O f4 18. Bd2 b5 {Sehr hübsch!} 19. Bd5 ({Der Bauer darf
nicht geschlagen werden} 19. Bxb5 {wegen} f3 20. gxf3 Bb7) 19... Rb8 20. d4 Bb6
21. Qe4 Qf6 22. h4 b4 ({Zieht Schwarz} 22... exd4 {, so taugen seine Bauern
nicht viel. Weiß könnte mit} 23. h5 h6 24. Be1 {fortfahren.}) 23. h5 bxc3 24.
Bxc3 exd4 25. Rxd4 {Weiß bietet die Qualität an, um den Angriff festzuhalten.
} Qh6 ({Nimmt Schwarz dieselbe} 25... Bxd4 {- was jedenfalls besser wäre, so
folgt} 26. Bxd4 Qh6 27. Qf3 Z0 {mit der Drohung, den Turm genau wie im Text,
nach} 28. Rh4 Z0 29. Rg4 {zu spielen.}) 26. Ra4 $1 a5 (26... a5 {um} 27. Qe7 {
mit} Ba6 {beantworten zu können.}) 27. Rh4 {Der Angriff wird nun
unwiderstehlich.} f3+ 28. Kb1 Ba6 ({Auch} 28... Bd8 29. Rg4 Bf6 {nutzt nichts.}
30. Qxf3 Qxh5 ({oder} 30... Ba6 31. Raf4 {etc.}) 31. Bxf6 Rxf6 32. Qxf6) 29.
Rg4 Rbe8 30. Rxg7 Qxg7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg4+ Kh8 33. gxf3 (33. h6 Re7 34. Qg5
Bd8 35. Rf4 {hätte noch schneller entschieden.}) 33... Bd3+ 34. Kc1 Bf5 35.
Qh4 Re2 36. Rd4 $1 {Dies bricht dem Gegenangriff die Spitze ab.} Bd8 37. Qg3
Rfe8 38. Rd2 Re1+ 39. Rd1 R1e2 40. Rg1 Re1+ 41. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Qxd6
a4 44. b4 axb3 45. axb3 1-0

[Event "Candidates m1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 h6 $5 {The most common plan is 8. - Qe7 followed by Nc6-d8-e6.} 9. Bh4 Bd7
10. Rb1 a6 11. Ba4 Rb8 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Re1 Na5 14. d4 Rbd8 15. h3 $14 Kh7 16.
Qc1 $1 {Preventing g5: 16. - g5 17.Nxg5 hxg5 18.Qxg5 + -} Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc6 18.
Ra1 Rg8 19. dxe5 $1 $16 dxe5 20. Ra5 Bb5 21. c4 b6 22. Ra1 Bc6 23. Rxa6 g5 24.
Bg3 Nh5 25. Nxe5 Bb7 26. Ra7 Nxg3 27. Rxb7 {27.Nd3!?} Qxe5 28. fxg3 Qxg3 29.
Qe3 Qe5 30. c5 $1 b5 $6 {30. - g4} 31. Rf1 $18 Rd7 32. Rxb5 c6 33. Rb6 Rg6 34.
b4 Kg7 35. Qf3 h5 36. Qxh5 Qd4+ 37. Kh1 g4 38. Rb8 Rd8 39. Rb7 Qf6 40. Rxf7+
Qxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. h4 Re8 43. Qh7+ Kf6 44. Qd7 Re6 45. b5 Ke5 46. b6 Rg8
47. c3 1-0

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 036"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 (10... Ne6) 11. h3 Bxf3 (11... Bh5 12. Bh4 $1
Ne6 $140 13. g4 Bg6 14. dxe5 $16) 12. Qxf3 Ne6 13. Bh4 $5 (13. Be3 c5 14. dxe5
dxe5 $13) 13... Rad8 (13... exd4 14. e5 $1 dxe5 15. Rxe5 dxc3 16. Rae1 $1 $36)
(13... Nf4 14. a4 Ng6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 $14) 14. Rad1 Nf4 15. Bg5 $5 (15. Bc4
Ng6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bc1 Rfe8) 15... Ne6 (15... Ng6 $6 16. h4 $1 h6 17. h5 hxg5
18. hxg6 $16) 16. h4 $5 (16. Bc1 c5 $10) 16... h6 (16... Nxg5 17. hxg5 Nd7 18.
Qg3 c6 19. Bf1 (19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 c5 $1) 19... g6 $5 (19... f6 20. g6 h6))
17. Bc1 (17. Be3) 17... Kh8 (17... Nd7 18. g3 $14) 18. g3 Nd7 19. Qh5 (19. Qg4
$5 c5 (19... c6 20. Bf1 d5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Qh5 $16) 20. d5 Nc7 21. Bf1 $14)
19... c6 (19... c5 20. dxe5 dxe5 (20... Nxe5 21. f4 $16) 21. Bxd7 Rxd7 22. Qxe5
$16) 20. Bf1 Qf6 21. Be3 Kg8 22. Bh3 $2 (22. Qg4 $1 d5 23. f4 exf4 24. e5 Qg6
25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. Bh3 Rde8 27. gxf4 Nb6 28. Rf1 $16) 22... Nb6 23. Rd3 $6 Nc4
24. Rf1 Rfe8 25. f4 Nxe3 $1 (25... exd4 26. f5 $1 $40) 26. fxe5 Qg6 27. Qxg6
fxg6 28. Rxe3 dxe5 29. Rd1 (29. Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rd1) 29... Nc5 $1 30. Bg2 Na4 $6
(30... Rd6 $1 $13) 31. Rb1 $1 b5 (31... Nb6 $10) 32. d5 $1 a6 (32... Nb6 33.
dxc6 a6) 33. c4 $1 Rd6 34. Ra3 Rc8 (34... Red8 35. Rxa4 bxa4 36. c5 Rf6 $16) (
34... Nc5 35. dxc6 bxc4 $14) 35. Bh3 Rcd8 36. Rxa4 $1 bxa4 37. c5 Rf6 38. c4 $1
Kf8 39. Rb6 cxd5 $2 (39... Rf3 $1 40. dxc6 Rxg3+ 41. Kh2 Rxh3+ 42. Kxh3 Rc8 43.
Rxa6 Ke7 $14) 40. exd5 Rf3 41. c6 $18 Rxg3+ 42. Kh2 Rc3 43. c7 Re8 44. Rb8 Rxc4
45. d6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] An important last-round encounter. With both Svidler and Malakhov
leading the tournament together with Vitiugov and Fedoseev, it was clear that
a win would be very valuable indeed.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 ({In St
Petersburg Svidler faced also the classical} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
, Black has a choice after} 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 ({
Avoiding the Chigorin-like} 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5) {More enterprising is}
10... b4 ({The manoeuvring struggle} 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3
Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 c5 16. Ng3 (16. d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5
20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rea1 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg5
$11 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Leko,P (2717) Ningbo 2011}) 16... Qc7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. d5
Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22. a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25.
Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2
Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 $14 {/=, Svidler,P (2765)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg
2017 led to a rather passive, but solid position, which Black held in the end.}
) 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Re8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. h3
Be6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Ne7 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. exd5 Rxe1+
23. Qxe1 Nxd5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nce5 Be8 26. Ba3 Bd6 27. Bc5 g5 28. Rc1 Nf4
$132 {Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris rpd 2017}) 11... Rb8 (11... d5
12. d4 $5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bg6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rb1 Bg5 21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfd1 Rxe5 23. Rb7 $44 {
Ponomariov,R (2709)-Michalik,P (2554) Czech Republic 2017}) 12. Re1 d5 13. a5
Bd6 (13... h6 14. Ba4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19.
Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxb4 Bg4 21. Qe3 Red8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qe3 d5 25.
exd5 Nxd5 26. Qxe5 Nxb4 27. Ra3 Nbc6 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 {Almasi,Z 
(2695)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015} 30. Bc3 $1 $40) 14. Bb3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ba2 Ng6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Ne3
Bc5 22. Nf5 Qe8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Qe7 25. Bc4 h6 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Bxa6 {
½, Balogh,C (2655)-Naroditsky,D (2633) Tsaghkadzor 2015} Ra8 $11) 4. Nc3 {
A rare transposition from the Ruy Lopez to the 4N game. However, fighting the
Berlin wall is tough, so White often tries to se the surprise factor.} ({
The main Antiberlin is} 4. d3 {, after} Bc5 {Magnus towards the end of the
year had some novel ideas with the B sortie:} 5. Bg5 (5. O-O {and}) (5. c3 {
are the more standard moves.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 {has also been played more often,
but not in connection with} 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 (7... Bxe3 $5 8. fxe3 Qe7 9.
h3 Ne8 10. O-O Nd6 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. g4 g6 15. Qg3 gxf5
16. gxf5+ Kh8 17. fxe6 Qxe6 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. Qh4 Rg5 20. Rg1 Rag8 21. Rxg5 Rxg5
$11 {Gopal,G (2548)-Hammer,J (2522) Gjovik 2008}) 8. Bg5 $5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10.
Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8 $2 (14... Nf8 $14)
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc6 17. Qh5 b6 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Be6 (19... g5 20. Rh4
$1 gxh4 21. Bxh6 Bd7 22. Bg7 $1 f5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Bc3 $40) 20.
Rh4 f6 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Qg3 Nb4 23. Bxh6 Nxc2 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg6
Bxa2 27. Bg5 Rff8 28. Rh7 Rf7 29. Bf6 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Riadh 2017}) 5... h6 (5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4
h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16.
Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Be1 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxb3 (20... Ng7 21. Bc2 $5)
21. Qxh5 Bc2 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. b4 b6 26. c4 Bb7 27. a5 $14
{[%csl Rg8] (),Carlsen,M (2837)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 6. Bh4 Be7 $5 7. O-O
d6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 d5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Be6 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb4 19. c3 Rb6 20. Qe3
Qe7 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Nc5 c6 23. a4 Rcb8 24. Qd4 a5 $132 {[%cal Gb8b1] Carlsen,M
(2837)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh rpd 2017}) (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 ({In Riadh White
preferred the riskless} 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 {, but didn't achieve anything
tangible after} Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {is nowadays the main position of the Berlin endgame,
which still remains fully viable. Black even has a choice:} Ke8 (9... Be7 10.
Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 h5 16. Rd4 c5
17. Re4 b6 18. Bf2 f5 19. Re3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 hxg4 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. f5 Kb7 23.
Rf4 Rh8 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rxg4 Rh5 $132 {[%csl Rf5] Navara,D (2737)-Grischuk,A 
(2783) Tbilisi rpd 2017}) (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13.
Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 h6 15. f4 Kc8 16. f5 c5 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Nc3 b6 19. Nd5 Bh4 20.
c4 Kb7 21. Rd3 Rhe8 22. Rad1 g6 $132 {Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2795) chess.com INT 2017 Black again has counterplay against the isolated
pawns.}) (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nf4 (
14... Kf8 15. Re1 Kg8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Kh2 Kh7 18. g4 a5 19. Kg3 a4 20. h4 Ra8
21. h5 Nf8 22. Nd4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Bc1 Ne6 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. Re2 b6 27. f4
c5 28. Be3 Ra8 29. Red2 Re8 30. Kh3 Bb7 31. Nfg3 Bc6 32. g5 hxg5 33. f5 Nf4+
34. Kg4 f6 35. e6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxe6 $44 {1/2-1/2 (45) Zhak,B (2619)-Van Unen,
H (2499) ICCF email 2013}) (14... c5 $146 15. Nc3 Nf4 {Grischuk,A (2750)
-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017} 16. Bc1 Ne6 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Re1 Ne6 16.
Rad1 c5 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. g3 Rd8 20. f4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. Nf2 h5
23. f5 Ng5 24. h4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. e6 Nd4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29.
Nc6 Bxf5 30. Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxd4 Rh6 $11 {Boruchovsky,A (2557)
-Sargissian,G (2650) Minsk 2017}) 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5
Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 $5 ({More forcing than} 22... g5 23.
c4 Nc3 $132 {Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 23. Rxh6
gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26. Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6 a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30.
g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33. f6 a1=Q 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5
37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S (2773)
Saint Louis 2017 Black will sacrifice his N for the Pg5 to hold the endgame.
It's quite likely that this was still home preparation.}) 4... Bb4 {This
symmetrical move is the most common reaction.} ({Both players have already
tried the original} 4... Bd6 $5 {Once Black plays 0-0 and Re8, the B is ready
to go to f8, or c5:} 5. d3 h6 (5... O-O 6. O-O (6. a3 Re8 7. g4 Bc5 8. Rg1 d5
9. g5 Ng4 10. Rg2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 d4 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
Qh1 Rf8 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. h3 Be6 18. Nh4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 f6 20. Nhf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
fxg5 22. Bxg5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2687)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha blitz 2016}) ({
Black must also reckon with} 6. Bg5 {, or the immediate}) (6. g4 $5) 6... h6 7.
a3 Re8 8. h3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bc4 c6 11. Re1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 b5
14. Ba2 a5 15. Ne2 d6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rf1 d5 18. Rf2 Ra7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nf5
Kh7 21. Qg3 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Rc7 23. c3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 b3 $1 26. Bxb3 Qb8
{získal čierny výbornú protihru, Harikrišna - Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2017.
V tejto vetve však treba rátať s agresívnym 6.Sg5, alebo dokonca 6.g4!?}) (
5... a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. h3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12.
Nxe5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 d5 15. exd5 (15. d4 $5 dxe4 16. b4 $14) 15...
Nxd5 16. Qd2 {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2455) Sharjah 2017} c5 $5
$44 {/+/=}) 6. Ne2 (6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rf6
18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Raf2 Nd8 20. Qa4 Qg6 $11 {Svidler,P (2741)-Yu,Y (2750)
Shenzhen 2017}) 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 $5 $146 ({A very provocative
novelty instead of} 8... Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 O-O
13. Qe1 c5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Nb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. d4
f4 20. exf4 exf4 $132 {Vorobiov,E (2543)-Sasikiran,K (2670) Cappelle-la-Grande
2006}) 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 $1 14.
Qxb7 c6 15. Ned4 O-O 16. b4 f5 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 19. Ke2 Qxb4 20. Rd1
Qc4+ 21. Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 (22... Rad8 $142 $5 $44 {is the engine preference
}) 23. Qxa6 g4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 $1 Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2689)
-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) (4... Nd4 {has a good reputation as
well:} 5. Bc4 (5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5
11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 Bc7 $1 17. b3
fxe5 18. Ba3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nf7 $11 {Kasparov,G 
(2812)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 5... Bc5 (5... d6 6.
Ng5 d5 $5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Rfe1
Kf7 19. Rab1 b6 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 g5 $11 {Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Kramnik,V 
(2754) Monte Carlo rpd 2005}) 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44 {was played already by Rubinstein.}) 7... d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O {has been analysed to a draw after} 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 $1 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 (13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. f4 Bd6 16. Kg2 Nxc2
$1 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 
(21) Short,N (2678)-McShane,L (2640) London 2017}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qh4 15.
Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Qe2 21.
a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ $11 {Wei,Y (2727)-Ding,L (2759) China 2017}) {More
natural and logical is} 6... d6 $142 (6... c6 7. Nxe5 O-O $6 (7... d5 $142 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ (9. Bb3 $5 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 {Stanton,
T (1520)-Stein,R (1952) email 1999} (12... Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15.
c3 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Bxf4 17. cxd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd6 $14 {Fedoseev})
13. Bg3 $14) 9... Nxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nc4 $14) (10...
d4 $5) 11. d4 Qxb5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {Fischer,
D (2427)-Benko,B (2329) email 2003}) 8. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 Ne6
$2 (10... d5 $5) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O d6 15. f4 dxe5 {
Fedoseev,V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017} 16. dxe5 $1 Qxd1 17. Raxd1
$16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] /+-}) 7. Na4 (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11) 7... b5 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3
Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4 h6
15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 $11 {Svidler,P (2749)
-Karjakin,S (2785) Moscow 2012}) 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 (9. Ne2 Ba6 $5 $132) 9...
Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 (12. cxd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qf3 Rfd8
$132) (12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Nd5 $1 $11 {Fedoseev}) 12... e4 13.
cxd3 exd3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qc4 Qe5 18. Rac1 Qxf5 {
½, Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Cheparinov,I (2687) Varadero 2016} 19. Qxc5 $11) 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 {Another option are the lines in which Black strives to retain
the B, this gives the game a somewhat different character:} (6... d6 7. Bg5 (7.
Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 Bb6 13. Be3 d5 14.
dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Re1 Bf5
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+
Kg7 $11 {Wei,Y (2738)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Danzhou 2017 White's slight
initiative quickly evaporated.}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 d5 $132 10.
Qe2 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qh4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5
Bc5 17. Be3 Bb6 18. f3 Rab8 19. Rab1 a5 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. g4 Rb7 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23.
Qxf2 Reb8 24. b3 f6 $132 {Grigoryan,K (2590)-Petrosyan,M (2449) Yerevan 2015})
7... Ne7 $5 {This was played already in the 19-th century by players as
Steinitz and Janowsky!} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {can still transpose into our game.}
) 8. Nh4 (8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $1 13. g3 d5
14. Kg2 d4 15. Ne2 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd7 18. a3 Kh8 19. Kg2 Nc5 20.
Ba2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Qf6 23. f4 Rf8 $15 {Naiditsch,A (2706)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden rpd 2015}) (8. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 9. Ne2 f5 10. c3 Ba5 11. Bc4 Ng6
12. Ng3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bb6 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. a4 a5 18. b4
Rg8 19. b5 Rg7 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. Rb2 Nf4 $44 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg8g1] Vallejo
Pons,F (2722)-Granda Zuniga,J (2614) Bahia Feliz 2011}) 8... c6 9. Bc4 (9. Ba4
Ng6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bc5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Bc1 Qe8 18. f4 c5 $1 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
d5 Bg4 22. Nf3 c4 $1 23. Ng3 Bc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gg4] Negi,P (2615)-Sargissian,
G (2673) Sestao 2010}) 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Ne2 (11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6
gxf6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. f4 Nd5 $132) (
14... d5 $5 $13) 15. exf5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nxf5 17. c3 Ba5 (17... d5 $1 18. Nxf6 Bd6
$11) 18. Nxf6 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. g4 Ng7 21. f4 $11 {/+/=, Nikolova,A (2358)
-Motycakova,M (2109) Baku 2016}) 11... h6 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. c3 Qe7
(14... Bb6 15. Qe1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. Qe4 Bf5 $1 20.
Qh4 Bd3 $13 {Sanchez,J (2491)-Godena,M (2540) Bratto 2009}) 15. d4 Bb6 16. Bc2
g5 17. Re1 Be6 18. a4 a5 $11 {/=/+} 19. Ng3 $6 exd4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd7
22. Re6 d5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 hxg5 $17 {Naiditsch,A (2710)
-Georgiev,K (2637) Bol 2013}) 9... d5 10. Bb3 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qh5 $6 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. d4 $2 f5 $1 18.
Nxf5 Nf4 19. Qh6 Rg6 20. Qh4 Bxf5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. exf5 Rxg2 23. dxe5 Rdg8 {
0-1, Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 137 by Rogozenco.}) 10... Qd6 11. f4 (11. Qf3 d4
(11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bc1 Bg4 15. Qg3 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {Svoboda,S (2330)-Talla,V (2447) Czech Republic 2016
}) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. d4 $1 $14) 12. Nb1 (12. a3 $5 $13) 12... Bg4
13. Qg3 Be2 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Qh3 h6 16. Nf3 hxg5 17. Qxh5 Qf6 18. Qxg5 Bxf3 19.
Qxf6 gxf6 20. gxf3 Ng6 21. Kh1 Kg7 22. Rg1 Rh8 $40 {Hindermann,F (2337)-Godena,
M (2527) Switzerland 2012}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 $5 (16... Qxc3 17. Qc1 $6 (17. Ng3
$142 $1 $44 {[%cal Rg3h5] /\Nh5}) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 {
Caruana,F (2709)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow blitz 2010} Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qg5 $15 {/-/+
}) 17. Rxf5 (17. exf5 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qd4 Qg5 $15) 17... Qxc3 $13 {/=/+})
16... hxg6 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ (17... Kg7 18. Rf2 c5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Raf1 f6 21.
Bd5 Rb8 22. c4 b6 $11 {Tisdall,J (2375)-Formanek,E (2410) Lone Pine 1977}) 18.
cxd4 f5 19. Rae1 a5 20. a4 b5 21. h3 Rb8 22. exf5 bxa4 $11 {Batik,F-Strand,R
corr 1958}) 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 ({Black plays} 8... Qe7 {[%cal Yc6d8,Yd8e6,
Ye6f4,Yf4g6] far more often, intending to unpin the Nf6 with the manoeuvre
Nd8-e6-f4-g6. However, this takes time and White can try to develop his
initiative here:} 9. Re1 (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3
c6 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7 $5 (16... a5 17. Qb1 Rfb8 18. a4 Nh5 19.
d4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. Qd1 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Qc7 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rd2 $14 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Batchuluun,T (2525) Chengdu 2017}) 17. Rf1 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Qe1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Ndf4 21. f3 {Kosanski,S (2340)-Toth,B (2470)
Catanzaro 1979} f6 $11 {/=/+}) 9... Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13.
g3 Nf8 ({Passive, but solid is} 13... Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7
17. Nf5 f6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. c4 Bd7 20. h4 Nc8 21. h5 Ne7 22. Nh4 Qc8 23. Be2 h6
{½, Negi,P (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2678) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 14. Nh4 h6
15. a4 N6h7 (15... Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3
Qc6 21. Bd3 c4 22. Nxc4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nxe5 Qxc3 25. Ba3 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2786) Antalya 2013}) 16. Bg2 (16. Nf5 $142 $1 Bxf5 17.
exf5 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]}) 16... Qf6 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxh3 gxh4 21. d5 Nh7 22. Qe3 Re8 $11 {Hjartarson,J (2605)-Aleksandrov,A (2660)
Groningen 1997}) 9. Rb1 {A natural move, occupying the semi-open file and
protecting the Bb5.} (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 11. Bg3 Ne7 $132 {s protihrou.}
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Ne3 Nd7 15. c4 f5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qf7 18.
f3 Kh7 19. Rb1 b6 20. h3 Qg6 21. c4 Rf7 22. a4 a5 23. Re1 h5 24. Bf2 Raf8 25.
Rb2 Nf6 26. Qc1 g4 $36 {Maze,S (2613)-Kollars,D (2500) chess.com INT 2017}) (9.
d4 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. dxe5 (12. Bd3 Bg4 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. c4 Qe7 18. Re3 Nfd7 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4,Gc5,Rd3,Gd7,
Rg3] Urzica,A-Karpov,A Stockholm 1969}) 12... dxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd7 axb5
15. Qxc7 Qe6 16. h3 (16. Red1 Rxa2 17. Qxb7 Rxc2 18. Qxb5 Rxc3 19. Rac1 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 exd4 21. f3 Rec8 $36 {Blomqvist,E (2552)-Dubov,D (2648) Novi Sad 2016})
16... Re7 17. Qb6 Nd4 18. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxe6 20. Reb1 Rf6 21. Kg2 Ra3 $44
{½, Shirov,A (2699)-Jakovenko,D (2675) Sochi 2006}) 9... a6 10. Ba4 Rb8 ({
Black plays the text-move more often, than} 10... b5 $5 {, but as Malakhov
will advance his Pb7 anyway, he could have spared himself the rook move. Black
seems to be OK after} 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Rad8 (13... Na5 14. d4
Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. d5 Qe7 18. c4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 bxc4
21. bxc4 Rfb8 22. Rb3 Nd7 $11 {Sengupta,D (2583)-Dai,C (2438) Bangkok 2017})
14. h3 Kh7 15. Qc1 Rg8 16. d4 Rde8 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rbd1 Na5 19. Qe3 Bb7 {
[%cal Yg7g5,Yc7c5]} 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxf6 $6 (21. Bg3 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 $11) 21...
Qxf6 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Red1 Bc6 24. R7d3 {Grandelius,N (2644)-Hansen,S (2566)
Reykjavik 2015} Nc4 $1 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. R3d2 Qf4 $15) 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 b5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 40] Black has a solid position, but he will have to find a way to
cope with the pinned Nf6 without excessive concessions. Occupying some extra
space on the queenside is probably a good idea.} ({Until now the usual
alternative was} 12... Qe7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 $5 g5 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 16.
cxb3 Ne8 17. d4 Ng7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Ne3 Be6 20. c4 b6 21. b4 (21. f3 $14) 21...
a5 $5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qd2 {Bologan,V (2640)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz
2016} Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f5 $5 $132 {/+/=}) 13... Na5 14. d4 Rbd8 {, po} 15. Qc1
Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. Rb2 Bg4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. h3 Bc8 21.
Nf1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Qf6 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Nxc7 Bxh3 26. f3 Rf8 27. Nd5
Kh7 $13 {[%cal Gg8g1] Naiditsch,A (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz 2016})
16... Bg4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Ne3 Be6 21. f3 Kh7 (21... Qf6
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rbd1 h5 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. c4 h4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 $36 {Nunn,J (2615)-Smejkal,J (2535) Germany 1992}) 22. Qa3 f6 23. c4 Rf7
24. Rbd1 $14 {Gallagher,J (2490)-Ekstroem,R (2490) Biel 1998}) 13. h3 Re8 14.
Qc1 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 {However, Black could have postponed this swap.} ({After} 
15... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ya5b3,Ye7e6] /\Nb3,Qe6} 16. d4 Rbc8 $132 ({or} 16... Bc6 $5
$13 {White must still come up with a plan how to achieve something tangible.
The position resembles the examples from the note to move 10.})) 16. cxb3 ({
Svidler probably didn't fancy} 16. axb3 a5 $5 {[%csl Ga5] and the o^a5 can
give Black counterplay.}) 16... Bc6 17. c4 $1 bxc4 $6 (17... b4 18. c5 $14 {
is pleasant for White.}) ({Better was the more restrained} 17... Rc8 $142) 18.
Qxc4 Bb5 19. Bxf6 $1 {Malakhov probably underestimated this well-timed swap.} (
{Black has no problems whatsoever after} 19. Qc2 c5 $11 (19... g5 $5 $11))
19... Qxf6 $8 (19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc1 $16 {, out of question is} Bxd3 $2 21. Nh4
$1 $18) 20. Qxc7 Rec8 (20... Bxd3 21. Rbd1 (21. Rbc1 $5 $14) 21... Rec8 (21...
Rbc8 22. Qb7 $1 {/\} Rb8 23. Qd5) 22. Qa7 $36 {is only a transposition.}) 21.
Qa7 Bxd3 (21... Ra8 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. a4 $1 $16 Bxd3 $2 24. Rbd1) ({If Black
wanted to sacrifice a pawn, a better version was} 21... Qd8 $5 22. Qe3 Rc3 $44
{/+/= with some compensation.}) 22. Rbd1 Bb5 $2 {After this error White's
pressure will increase rapidly.} ({Far more resilient was} 22... Ra8 $142 $1
23. Qb7 (23. Qb6 Rab8) 23... Bb5 $14) 23. a4 Ra8 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 (25...
d5 26. Nxe5 $1 $16 {drops a pawn.}) 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc6 Rb8 28. Qc7 Ra8 29.
Qc6 Rb8 30. Qc7 Ra8 31. Re3 $1 $16 {After repeting moves Svidler finds the
right way to proceed. The R protects both Pb3 and the Nf3, preventing any
tactical tricks.} (31. Rd1 $6 Bxh3 $132) (31. Nd2 $6 Bxh3 $1 $11 {/\} 32. gxh3
Qg5+) 31... Qg6 (31... Be6 32. Qxd6 $16) 32. Nd2 ({A good move, but even
stronger was the energetic} 32. Nh4 $142 $5 {/\} Qf6 (32... Qe6 33. Nf5 $18)
33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Ra8 36. Nxg7 $1 Bb7 (36... Qxg7
37. Rg3 $18) 37. Qd7 $18) 32... Qe6 (32... Be6 $5 $16 {was still the best way
to prolong the game.}) 33. Qd8+ (33. Rd3 Qd7 $16 {is already not enough}) 33...
Kh7 34. Rd3 Bb7 (34... Qd7 35. Rxd6 Qa7 36. Qa5 $18) 35. Qc7 $1 $18 {Keeping
the queens on, White both wins material and keeps his attack going.} Qc8 $6 (
35... Bc8 36. Rxd6 (36. Nc4 $16 {/+-}) 36... Ra7 37. Qc5 $5 $18) 36. Qxf7 Qc6
37. Nc4 Qxe4 (37... Rg8 38. Nxd6 $18) 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. Nxd6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Be4 (
40... Bc6 41. Nf5 $18) 41. Ne8 {[%cal Rg3g7,Re8f6]} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Lasker, Emanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Lasker"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.01.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tarrasch,S} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Für die
einfachste und beste Verteidigung gegen das spanische Vierspringerspiel wie
gegen die spanische Partie halte ich a7-a6.'} 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 ({In the
final Tarrasch tried to break the symmetry earlier by using a recommendation
of Svenonius. Despite the result of the game this idea is dubious:} 6... Bxc3
7. bxc3 d5 $6 8. Bxc6 (8. exd5 Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Bb2 e4 $132)
8... bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. exd5 $142 $5 (11. Qf3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Rxe5
13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1 Bg4 14. Qg3 Nxe4 15. Qxg4 Qe6 $11) 13... Bg4 14. Qg3 $4 (14.
Rxd6 $8 Bxf3 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe5 Bxe4 17. Bxf6 Bxc2 {/\Rb8=}) 14... Bxd1 15.
Bxe5 Qd2 $1 16. f3 Nh5 17. Qf2 Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxc2 $19 {Capablanca,J-Tarrasch,
S/St. Petersburg f/1914/}) 11... Rxe5 12. d4 Re1 $8 13. Bxd6 Rxd1 14. Rfxd1
cxd6 15. dxc6 $16 {Keres}) {Tarrasch,S: 'Der Bauernzug des Weißen ist an sich
schwach, denn in der Königsbauernpartie muss der Anziehende d2-d4 ziehen,
sonst kommt er nicht zum Zentrumsangriff. Wenn aber gar der Nachziehende ihm
damit zuvorkommen kann, wie Svennius gezeigt hat [Bxc3 nebst d5], so ist das
kein gutes Zeichen für die Eröffnung. Die dritte milchende Kuh der
Turnierspieler wird auch bald versagen.'} 7. Bg5 Bxc3 {Tarrasch,S: 'Hierauf
ist die Verteidigung wegen der lästigen Fesselung schwierig. Die symmetrische
Verteidigung Bg4 ist bedenklich, Ne7 widerlegt, Qe7 nebst Nd8 unnatürlich und
gesucht. Lasker, der sich, wie es scheint ganz unvorbereitet auf diese doch so
häufig gespielte Eröffnung ans Brett gesetzt hat, verfällt auf eine
Verteidigung, die ich im Wiener Turnier 1898 gegen Janowski angewendet habe.
Mein Gegner schlug einfach die Parade durch und gewann glänzend; er führte
aber auch den Angriff mit viel größerer Verve als hier Capablanca.'} ({
Black can't play copycat anymore:} 7... Bg4 $2 8. Nd5 $16) 8. bxc3 h6 {Lasker
chooses an inferior defence, which lands him in a passive position with only
few active prospects. The better alternatives, which have survived into our
times, are} (8... Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 {and}) (8... Bd7 9. Rb1 (9. Re1 h6
10. Bh4 Ne7 $1 $11) 9... h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Ba4 Rb8 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Qc1 Na5 14.
Re1 Rbd8 15. d4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. f3 Be6
21. Ne3 Kh7 22. Qa3 f6 23. c4 Rf7 24. Rbd1 Rg8 $11 {/+/=,Gallagher,J-Ekstroem,
R/Biel/1998/}) ({Although Lasker employed} 8... Ne7 {successfully against
Janowski, at the time of our game the best antidote was already known:} 9. Nh4
$1 (9. Bc4 $143 Ng6 10. Nh4 Nf4 11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nh5 17. Kh2 Qf6 18. Rg1 Rae8 19. d4 Kh8 20. Rb5 Qh6 21.
Rbg5 f6 22. R5g4 g6 23. Bd3 Re7 24. c4 Ng7 $1 25. c3 Ne6 $17 {Janowski,
D-Lasker,E/Paris WCh/1909/}) 9... c6 10. Ba4 Ne8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13.
Qg4 Qd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Rxf4 Rxf4 16. Qxf4 Nf6 17. Bxf6 Rf8 18. Qe3 Rxf6 19.
Qxa7 $16 {Marshall,F-Capablanca,J/New York m/1909/}) 9. Bh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 ({
Black's B has no perspectives after} 10... Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nh2
$1 d5 14. f4 Qd6 15. f5 Bh7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Qe3 f6 19. Rfb1 $36 {
Kroencke,M-Holze,G/BL2-N/1983/}) 11. Qxf3 g5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Dieser Harakiri-Zug
bildet die Pointe der Verteidigung. Das schwarze Spiel weist nun auf dem
Königsflügel lauter schwache Punkte auf. Derartiges darf man sich im Angriff
erlauben, nicht aber in der Verteidigung.'} 12. Bg3 Nd7 (12... Nh7 13. Rab1 Qc8
14. Rfd1 Kg7 15. d4 f6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Qd3 Rb8 18. Bg4 Qe8 19. Qc4 h5 20. Be6
Qc6 21. Qd3 h4 22. Bh2 Rfd8 23. d5 Qa4 24. g3 Ng6 25. Rb4 Qe8 26. Rdb1 b6 27.
Qa6 Nhf8 28. Bg4 hxg3 29. fxg3 Nd7 30. Qxa7 Rdc8 31. Qa6 Nc5 32. Qe2 Rd8 33.
Rf1 Ra8 34. h4 $1 $40 {Janowski,D-Tarrasch,S/Vienna/1898/ is an impressive
example of how White should gradually pry Black's defences open and activate
his as yet passive ^^.}) 13. d4 ({Similar is} 13. Rad1 f6 14. d4 Qe7 15. Qg4
Rae8 16. Rfe1 Kh8 17. Qe2 Ncb8 18. f3 c6 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Bb3 N8d7 21. a4 $14 {
/|^} f5 $2 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qd3 Rf6 24. h4 Qf8 25. hxg5 hxg5 26. Kf2 Rh6 27.
Rh1 Re7 28. Qg6 $16 {Matisons,H-Holloway,E/Paris/1924/}) 13... f6 {Tarrasch,S:
'Natürlich darf Schwarz nicht die Bauern tauschen, denn ist einmal der Pe5
beseitigt, dann kommt Weiß rasch zu f2-f4 und das wäre der Anfang vom Ende.
Aber wie sieht jetzt der schwarze Königsflügel aus! Und wie stehen die
Springer! Das Übergewicht von zwei Läufern gegen zwei Springer macht sich
hier allerdings nicht geltend, da die Läufer, besonders der Bg3, noch keine
offenen Linien haben und das Spiel überhaupt geschlossen ist.'} ({The only
modern GM game with this line} 13... Qf6 14. Qg4 Rad8 15. Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1
Qg6 17. Qe2 Ncb8 {Hennigan,M-Flear,G/Hastings/1993/ didn't radically change
the evaluation of the position-White has good chances of gradually increasing
his pressure.} 18. f3 $5 {[%cal Yh3h4,Yg1f2] /\Kf2,h4|^}) (13... exd4 $2 14.
Bxc6 bxc6 15. cxd4 $16 {Opening the [+] is something Black can't afford.}) 14.
Qg4 Kh8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Es drohte das Vorgehen des f-Bauern.'} (14... Qe8 {
[%cal Yh6h4] /\h5-h4} 15. h4 $5 $16 (15. f4 $6 exf4 16. Bxf4 f5 $1 {/\} 17.
exf5 Nf6 18. Qg3 Nh5 (18... Ne4 $2 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. Qd3 gxf4 21. Rae1 $16) 19.
Qg4 Nf6 $11) (15. Rab1 h5 16. Qe2 h4 17. Bh2 $36)) 15. h4 Rf7 16. hxg5 {
[%mdl 32] Too impatient, as now White will not be able to gain any substantial
advantage from the open h-file. Tarrasch,S: 'Ganz verfehlt! Der Zug darf in
solchen - oft wiederkehrenden - Stellungen erst nach Verdoppelung der Türme
in der h-Linie geschehen, ja mitunter erst nach Tripelung der schweren Figuren,
einer Aufstellung, die der Verteidiger nicht nachmachen kann, weil der eigene
h-Bauer ihm den Raum dazu nimmt. Infolgedessen kann dann der Angreifer in das
gegnerische Spiel mit mindestens einer schweren Figur eindringen, und das ist
die Entscheidung.'} (16. f3 $142 {[%cal Yg1f2,Yf1h1] /\Kf2,Rh1 White first
occupies the <->h, opening it only at the most suitable moment. Black with his
cramped pieces will not be able to prevent this in the long run.}) 16... hxg5
17. f3 Nf8 $1 18. Kf2 Rh7 {Tarrasch,S: 'Jetzt ist Schwarz der Erste auf dem
Plan!'} 19. Rh1 Qe7 20. Qf5 Rd8 {This proves to be a waste of time.} (20... Kg7
$142 $5 $14) 21. Rxh7+ Nxh7 {Tarrasch,S: 'Dieser Offizier ist für längere
Zeit zum Bauern degradiert.'} 22. Rh1 {[%cal Rb5c6,Rh1h7] /\Bc6,Rh7+-} Rg8 (
22... Z0 {Tarrasch,S droht durch} 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Rxh7+ Qxh7 25. Qxf6+ {
den Turm zu gewinnen.}) 23. Bxc6 $6 {[%mdl 32] Again premature. Despite
White's innacurate 16-th move he still has a comfortable advantage and his Bb5
still could have played an important role in the assault. He had various ways
to improve his position: Tarrasch,S: 'Lasker hat nicht Unrecht, wenn er
Capablancas Angriffsführung in dieser Partie bemängelt. Den einen Läufer
tauscht er ab, und mit dem anderen weiß er nichts anzufangen! Und er führt
den Angriff tatsächlich mit zwei Figuren, Q+R, gegen vier, nämlich N+R+Q+K!
Da kann sich kein Gebild gestalten! Zunächst mußte er die Läufer ins Spiel
bringen, den weißen nach d4-d5 über d7 nach e6 und den schwarzen nach c3.
Und dann konnte er den g- und f-Bauern vorstoßen und so, im Zusammenwirken
aller überhaupt verfügbaren Kräfte, mußte der Angriff schließlich ein
günstiges Resultat ergeben. Es scheint, daß tiefe, weitausgreifende Pläne
des Cubaners Stärke nicht sind. Er kann kombinieren, aber nicht komponieren.'}
(23. Ke2 $142 $36 {[%cal Yg3f2,Yf2e3,Yg2g3,Yf3f4] /\Bf2-e3,g3,f4}) (23. d5 Nb8
$5 (23... Na5 24. Bd7 $16) 24. Ke2 a6 25. Bd3 Nd7 $14) 23... bxc6 24. Rb1 {
Tarrasch,S: 'Nun ist nicht mehr viel zu wollen.'} Kg7 {[%mdl 256] Now Black
with careful defence will hold the game} 25. Rb7 Ra8 26. Kg1 Nf8 27. d5 ({
The last chance to keep the tension was} 27. Bf2 $142 Ne6 (27... a6 28. c4 Ne6
(28... exd4 29. Bxd4 Ne6 30. Bc3 $14) 29. d5 Nd8 30. Rb3 $14) 28. dxe5 fxe5 29.
Rxa7 Rb8 $14 {/<=>}) 27... c5 28. Bf2 {Tarrasch,S: '16 Züge hat der Läufer
tatenlos dagestanden.'} Qd8 $1 29. g3 Rb8 {Tarrasch,S: 'Lasker drängt jetzt
kräftig zur Abrüstung.'} 30. Rb3 (30. Rxa7 Rb2 $132 (30... Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Rb2
$13)) 30... Rxb3 (30... Rb6 $11 {/\Qb8, a5-a4}) 31. cxb3 Qd7 32. Qxd7+ (32. c4
$5 Qd8 $1 {/\Qb8-b4<=>} (32... Qxf5 33. exf5 $14 {[%cal Ra2a3,Rb3b4] (),/\a3,b4
}) 33. f4 gxf4 34. gxf4 Ng6 $11) ({Es war wohl besser, den Schwarzen tauschen
zu lassen und} 32. g4 Qxf5 33. gxf5 {zu ziehen. Das schwarze Spiel wäre noch
etwas eingeengt geblieben.}) 32... Nxd7 $11 33. Kf1 Kg6 34. Ke2 (34. g4 Kf7 $11
) 34... f5 {Tarrasch,S: 'Endlich, nach mehr als 30 Zügen kommt Schwarz dazu,
die im 11. Zuge auf f5 geschaffene Lücke zu plombieren.'} 35. g4 $1 {Tarrasch,
S: 'Weiß muß Sorge tragen, daß der schwarze König nicht in sein Spiel
eindringen kann.'} (35. Kd3 $2 g4 $1 {/\} 36. fxg4 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Nf6+ $17) (
35. Z0 {droht mit} g4 36. Z0 gxf3+ 37. Kxf3 fxe4+ 38. Kxe4 Nf6+ 39. Kf3 Kf5)
35... fxe4 36. fxe4 Nf6 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Be3 Nh7 39. b4 {Tarrasch,S: 'Noch ein
Versuch, aber mit ungenügenden Mitteln. Das Endspiel ist auf jede Weise remis.
'} (39. c4 a6 $1 $11 (39... Ke7 40. b4 cxb4 41. Bxa7 Kd7 42. c5 $16)) 39...
cxb4 40. cxb4 ({Es kam in Betracht, den Pa7 zu schlagen} 40. Bxa7 {Tarrasch,S
und anschliessend den a-Bauern vorzurücken. Schwarz aber kann ihn mit dem
König aufhalten und dann konnte Weiß bestenfalls noch Remis erreichen, denn
auf Königszüge kam der Springer nach nach f6 und gewann den Pe4:} bxc3 41. a4
Ke7 42. a5 Kd7 43. a6 Kc8 44. Be3 c2 45. Kg3 (45. Ke2 Nf6 46. Bxg5 Nxe4 47. Bc1
Nc3+ 48. Kd2 Nxd5 49. Kxc2) 45... Kb8 46. Kf3 c1=Q 47. Bxc1 Ka7 48. Be3+ Kxa6)
40... a6 41. a4 Ke7 {On the >> there is a sort of stalemate and neither side
can make any progress. (If White's K wanders too far, Black has Nf6) And as
Black's K comes just in time to the <<, the game will be drawn shortly.} 42. b5
(42. a5 $2 Kd7 {/\c6|^}) 42... axb5 43. axb5 Kd7 44. Bf2 Kc8 45. Be3 Kd7 46.
Bf2 (46. Ke2 Kc8 47. Kd3 Kb7 48. Kc4 Nf6 49. Bxg5 Nxg4 $11) 46... Kc8 47. Be3
Kd7 48. Bf2 Kc8 49. Be3 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 10th"]
[Site "Tsaghkadzor"]
[Date "2015.04.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Ne2 {A new
and fashionable move.} (7. Bg5 {is the real main line.}) 7... Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9.
Ng3 c6 ({3 days later Mamedyarov played} 9... Ng6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Re1 c6 12. Bd3
Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. c4 a4 18. Red1 exd4 19.
Bxd4 Ne5 $11 {with an approximately equal position, although later White
managed to win, Anand-Mamedyarov, Shamkir 2015.}) 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 {The most
natural move, White gains the centre. Black will develop his pieces before
going for the counterbreak with d5.} Re8 12. Bc2 h6 13. h3 Be6 14. Re1 Bc7 (
14... b5 {was played by Jakovenko} 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qc1 (16. Nf5 $5) 16... Kh7
17. a4 a6 18. Nf5 $36 {Rapport-Jakovenko, Caleta 2015, and White has a nice
initiative.}) 15. Be3 d5 {It seems to be interesting, because we have a mirror
position after 15 moves! However with the extra tempo and the fight in the
centre, White logically takes the advantage.} 16. Nxe5 ({In the event of} 16.
exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 $11 {and Black should
equalise.}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4 (17... Bxe5 $6 {could have been met by}
18. f4 $1 Bc7 19. e5 $36 {and White has a great position.}) 18. Nxe4 ({The
engine suggests} 18. Qd3 $5 f5 (18... Qh4 19. Bd4 $14) 19. exf6 Bxg3 20. fxg3
Qxf6 21. Bd4 Qg5 22. g4 $14 {and with his pair of Bs, White looks more
comfortable.}) 18... dxe4 19. Bd4 Bd5 $6 {A small inaccuracy.} (19... Qe7 20.
b4 $1 {White avoids ...c5.} Rad8 21. Qe2 $14 {and Black loses a P.}) ({Probably
} 19... Qg5 $1 {was the best reaction} 20. Bxe4 Bxh3 21. f4 Qg3 $1 22. Qf3 (22.
Re3 $2 {is nicely met} Qxf4 23. gxh3 c5 $1 24. Bxc5 Rxe5 {and White can't
defend the K and save the piece at the same time.}) 22... Qxf3 23. Bxf3 Be6 $11
{with a balanced position.}) 20. Bxe4 c5 ({Of course} 20... Bxe5 $2 {does not
work, because of} 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bh7+ $18 {and White is winning.}) 21. Bxc5
Rxe5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Bd4 {White is a P up, moreover his d4 B is very strong.
Now Black has to gain the initiative, otherwise his position is hopeless.} Qd6
{The best chance.} (23... Bb6 24. Re4 $14 {and White is safe.}) 24. Qg4 $5 {
A brave decision by Wei Yi!} (24. g3 {is a more conservative move, where White
still pushes with} Bb6 25. Re4 (25. Qf3 Bxd4 26. cxd4 Rb8 $1 (26... Rd8 27.
Rad1 b6 28. Re4 $14 {White is still a pawn up.}) 27. Rad1 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4
29. Re7 Qxb2 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 {and it seems like Black might hold.}) 25... f5 $5 (
25... Rd8 26. Qb3 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxd4 28. cxd4 $14) 26. Re2 Bxd4 27. cxd4 Rxd4
28. Qb3+ $14 {and White has a slight advantage.}) 24... Rg5 (24... Qh2+ 25. Kf1
Rg5 26. Qf3 {transposes to the game.}) 25. Qf3 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh1+ $6 ({It was
necessary to exchange White's strong bishop with} 26... Bb6 $1 27. Rad1 Bxd4 (
27... Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qxg2 (28... Qh2 29. Bxb6 axb6 30. Rd7 $14) 29. Qxg2 Rxg2 30.
Kf3 Rg6 31. Re7 $14) 28. Rxd4 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qh2 $1 {The best practical chance.}
(29... Re8+ 30. Re4 Rxe4+ 31. Qxe4 Qxg2 32. Qxg2 Rxg2 33. Rd1 Rg6 34. Rd8+ Kh7
35. Rd7 Rb6 36. b4 Kg6 37. Kd3 $14 {and White is more active.}) (29... Qxg2 30.
Qxg2 Rxg2 31. Kf1 Rh2 32. Re7 Rxh3 33. Rf4 $1 Rf8 34. Rxb7 $16 {and White's R
are more active.}) 30. Rd7 Rf8 31. g4 {and White should be slightly better,
but his K is unsafe, so he will need many strong moves to prove an advantage.})
27. Ke2 Qxg2 $6 {Black simplifies for a bad endgame.} ({Still} 27... Qh2 {
gave some practical chances. After the creation of threats with the Q and R
White's K has become uncomfortable.}) 28. Qxg2 Rxg2 29. Kf3 Rh2 $4 {The
decisive mistake. Now the R gets trapped!} (29... Rg5 30. Re7 $14) ({or} 29...
Rg6 {was important} 30. Re7 Bb6 31. Rd1 $14 {and the R endgames usually give
him some chance to survive.}) 30. Re7 $1 $18 Rxh3+ (30... Rc8 31. Rxc7 $1 {
This is the point!} Rxc7 32. Kg3 $18) 31. Kg4 Bd6 32. Rd7 Rd3 33. Rxd6 Re8 34.
Rg1 g6 35. Rg3 Rd2 36. Re3 Rf8 37. Re7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg International Preliminary"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1914.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 {
Diese von Svenonius angegebene Verteidigung hat Marshall schon in mehreren
Turniere angewandt, aber ohne der vorherigen Tausch auf c3. Sie führt so
ziemlich, aber nicht ganz zum Ausgleich.} 8. exd5 {Der hier geschehene Zug
scheint für Weiss nicht günstig zu sein, erkostet ihn ein Tempo und das
Zentrum.} ({Ausserdem kommen noch} 8. Bxc6 {und}) (8. Ba3 {in Betracht.}) 8...
Qxd5 9. c4 Qd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 {Allerdingsist der schwarze Doppelbauer jetzt
isoliert. Dafür aber hat er einen Mittelbauern, ist mit einem Zuge in der
Entwicklung voraus und drohtmit dem lästigen Fesselungszuge.} 11. Bb2 Re8 12.
Nd2 {Um der Fesselung (mit Bg4) zu entgehen. Aber jetzt hat Schwarz seinen
Entwicklungsvorsprung weiter vergrössert.} ({Auf} 12. h3 {konnte recht gut} e4
{der Königsbauer vorgehen.} {Wie schon üblich brischt Tarrasch seine Variante
in der Erwartung ab, dass seine Leser wirklich alles begreifen. Deshalb hier
von mir noch ein paar Züge, die Tarraschs Aussagen verdeutlichen sollen.} 13.
Bxf6 Qxf6 14. dxe4 Rxe4 {Wie soll Weiss nun den Pc4 retten?} 15. Qd3 (15. Re1
$2 Rxe1+ (15... Rxc4 $4 16. Re8#) 16. Nxe1 Be6 17. c5 (17. Qd3 $4 Qxa1) 17...
Rd8 18. Nd3 Qc3) 15... Bf5 16. Rfd1 h6) 12... Rb8 13. Bc3 Bf5 {Der Läuferzug
ist ziemlich indifferent. Es galt jetzt, einen Plan zu fassen. Ein solcher war
z. B., den Damenturm über b6 nach dem Königsflügel zu bringen. Dann Bb7
undf7-f5. Zu beginnen hätte die Ausführung mit c6-c5, wonach auch, je nach den
Gegenzügen, der Springer nach d4 gespielt werden konnte.} ({Nutzlos wäre} 13...
Qa3 {wegen} 14. Nb3) 14. f3 Rbd8 {Aufdie Fallegespielt, nach Ne4 zweimalauf e4
zu schlagen und dann durch Qc5 König und Dame anzugreifen. Besser war aber
sofort Nd5.} ({Besser war aber sofort} 14... Nd5 {Und wieder eine von Tarrasch
abgebrochene Variante.} 15. cxd5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Qxc3 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Ne4 Rb2)
15. Qe1 Nd5 $2 {Um auf cxd5 mit Qc5+ den Läufer zurück zu gewinnen. Aber jetzt
ist der Läufer schondurch die Qe1 gedeckt.} 16. Ne4 $1 {Danach bekommt Weiss
das etwas freiere Spiel.} Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 {Denn erhat jetzt
ebenfalls einen Mittelbauern, eine halboffene Turmlinie und die kompaktere
Bauernstellung.} 19. Qf2 f6 20. Rfb1 ({Weiss könnte den a-Bauern schlagen,
aber die Freude wäre nur von kurzer Dauer gewesen.} 20. Qxa7 Ra8 21. Qf2 Ra4 {
Nach Rea8 erobert Schwarz den weissen a-Bauern bei besserer Stellung, oder,
wenn Weiss den Bauern mit} 22. a3 Rea8 23. Bb2 Nd4 {die starke Stellung auf d4
für den Springer. Entscheidend wäre der VOrteil schwerlich gewesen.}) 20... a6
21. Rb3 Rb8 22. Rab1 Rxb3 23. axb3 {Eine weitere Konzentrierung der weissen
Bauern.} c5 24. Ra1 {Weiss steht entschieden überlegen; an Gewinn ist für
Schwarz gar nicht zu denken. Der Ehrgeiz des Weissen geht jedoch nur darauf,
die partie nicht zu verlieren.} Ng5 25. Qe3 Rf8 26. Ra5 Ne6 27. Qf2 Qc6 28. Qe3
h6 29. Qe1 Ng5 30. Qe3 Ne6 31. Ra1 Ng5 32. Rf1 Ra8 33. Ra1 Ne6 34. Qf2 Rf8 35.
Rf1 Qd6 36. Qe3 Qd7 37. Qf2 Ra8 38. Ra1 Qc6 39. Bd2 Rf8 40. Be3 {Endlich eine
Idee! Ermuss den Pc5 auch mit dem Läufer angreifen.} Qd6 41. Ra5 Nd4 42. Bxd4 {
Mit diesem Tausch kommt Weiss dem Ziel einen Schritt näher; aber was hilft das,
wenn sein Ziel das Remis und nicht der Gewinn ist.} cxd4 {Als Remis
abgebrochen; wieso, warum -- keine Ahnung! Bekanntlich war Remisschluß vor dem
45. Zuge verboten. Weiss ist erheblich im Vorteil; die Schwäche des Pa6 ist
sehr bedenklich. Und sowie es ihm gelingt, den Damentausch zu erreichen, ist
der Sieg iemlich sicher. Eine gute Fortsetzung war Qf1-e1-a1-a3. Wenn man
bedenkt, in einer wieviel schwierigeren Stellung Lasker gegen Rubinstein den
Sieg nach und nach erzielt hat!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 {Wie schon früher bemerkt, halte ich
a7-a6 für die beste Verteidigung des Vierspringerspiels. Aber auch die von
Svenonius herrührende , die in der vorigen Partie zur Anwendung kam, kann man
spielen, wenn man von vornherein auf jede Möglichkeit, in Vorteil zu kommen,
verzichten und sich mit einem, noch dazu schwachen - Remis begnügen will.} 5.
O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 {Nach diesem Zug behält Weiß immer das Heft in der Hand.} 7.
Bg5 Bg4 {Dr Wert der symmetrischen Verteidigung, die ich vor drei Jahren
empfohlen habe, ist stark bestritten worden. In dieser Partie bewährt sie sich
vollständig.} 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Kh1 {Von Dr. Krause empfohlen.} ({Gut ist auch} 9.
Nxb4 Nxb5 10. Nd5 Nd4) 9... c6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh4 Nxb5 {Weiß hat die Figur
nur zeitweilig geopfert. Bald gewinnt er sie wieder zurück.} 12. c3 Ba5 13. a4
Nc7 (13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Qc1 Bxa1 16. Qh6 {mit Bxf6 und der Drohung
Qg7#.}) 14. b4 Bxb4 15. cxb4 Kg7 {Weiß hat einen bauern weniger, aber der
schwarze Königsflügel ist bedroht. Besonders der Punkt f6 bedarf der Deckung,
die sich mit den naheliegenden Zügen Kh8 und Rf8-g8-g6 nicht bewerkstelligen
lßt weden des Angriffs d3-d4. Zieht Schwarz aber, um diesen zu verhindern, Ne6,
so geschieht Qd2 und der König muß zur Verhinderung von Qh6 doch nach g7. Also
bloß Zugumstelung.} 16. Qd2 Ne6 17. Ng1 Rg8 18. f4 {Das Opfer ist zu gewaltsam.
Sicherer und stärker war es, den Vorstoß des f-Bauern mit f2-f3 und Nh3
vorzubereiten.} exf4 19. d4 d5 20. Rxf4 {Ohne Qualitätsopfer kommt Weiß nicht
weiter. Aber ohne dieses Qualitätsopfer wären seine Chancen noch größer.} (20.
e5 Qb6 21. Bxf6+ Kf8 {und Weiß verliert den Pd4, wenn er nicht auf d1 die
Qualität opfern will. Dann doch lieber auf f4 opfern, wonach er gute
Angriffschancen erhält.}) 20... Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Be6 22. Rf1 Kf8 23. Bxf6 Qb8 24.
Qh6+ Ke8 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nf3 (26. Qxh7 Rg6 27. Qh8+ Kd7) 26... Rg6 27. Qh4
Qd6 28. Ne5 Qf8 {Schwarz muß die Qualität zurück geben.} (28... Rg8 29. Qxh7
Qf8 30. Rc1 {und Weiß nutzt die Beweglichkeit seiner Figuren aus. Es droht
Rc1-c7-e7xf7, was kaum zu parieren ist.}) 29. Nxg6 hxg6 {Die weißen Bauern am
Damenflügel sind etwas schwach.} 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. h3 Rc4 32. Qe5 Qxb4 (32... Kd7
) 33. Qb8+ Rc8 34. Qxa7 {Nun steht das Spiel auf Remis.} Bf5 35. Kh2 Kd7 36.
Rf2 Ke6 37. Bg5 f6 38. Bd2 Qb3 39. Qa5 Be4 40. Bb4 Qc4 41. Bc5 Qb3 42. Bb4 Qc4
43. Bc5 Qb3 44. Bb4 Qc4 45. Bc5 Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg International Final"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1914.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Tarrasch, Siegbert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "Tarrasch,S"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "1914.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "Tarrasch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d5 {
Diese Verteidigung rührt von Svenonius her; sie ist, wie der Verlauf zeigt,
nicht gerade empfehlenswert, denn nur mit Mühe und Not kann Schwarz dabei
Ausgleich erzielen.} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qd6 10. Bf4 Re8 11. Qf3 {Dieser Zug
ist nicht neu, wie ich glaubte, sondern bereits von Svenonius ausgeführt.} (11.
exd5 Rxe5 12. d4 Re1 13. Rxe1 Qxf4 14. dxc6) 11... dxe4 (11... Rxe5 $2 12. d4)
12. dxe4 Rxe5 13. Rfd1 {Besser war es, den anderen Turm nach d1 zu ziehen, wie
sich gleich zeigt.} ({Auf} 13. Rad1 Bg4 (13... Qe7 $2 14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Rd8+
Ne8 16. Rb1 {würde die schwarze Entwicklung massiv behindert, was die Qualität
kompensiert.}) 14. Qg3 Bxd1 15. Bxe5 Nh5 $1 16. Bxd6 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 Bxc2 18. f3
{ergibt sich ein Endspiel mit ungleichen Läufern, das schwarz zur Not remis
halten kann.}) 13... Bg4 14. Qg3 {Erst dies ist der entscheidende Fehler.} ({
Mit} 14. Rxd6 Bxf3 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe5 Bxe4 {könnte Weiß noch vollen
Ausgleich erzielen.}) 14... Bxd1 15. Bxe5 Qd2 $1 {Diese Mattdrohung (Qe1#),
die bei Rad1 unmöglich gewesen wäre, ändert die Situation vollständig; Schwarz
behauptet jetzt die Figur, die Weiß nur temporär zu opfern gedachte.} (15...
Qd8 $2 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rxd1 {und Weiß bleibt mit einem Bauern im Vorteil.})
16. f3 Nh5 17. Qf2 (17. Qh4 g5 18. Qf2 (18. Qxh5 Qe1#)) 17... Qxf2+ 18. Kxf2
Bxc2 19. Rc1 Ba4 20. Bxc7 {Weiß hat nur einen Bauern für den Springer, aber
die bessere Stellung, da der Springer deplaziert und die schwarzen Figuren
überhaupt sämtlich nicht gut stehen, während Schwarz sich ängstlich hüten muß,
einen zweiten bauern herzugeben, was dem Gegner ernstliche Remischancen geben
könnte. Dies erklärt den langen Widerstand, den Weiß noch leusten kann.} Rc8 ({
Hier war} 20... Rf8 {besser.}) 21. Rb1 Bb5 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Be5 Ke7 24. a4 Bc4 (
{Mit} 24... Bxa4 25. Ra1 Bb5 26. Rxa7+ {die a-Bauern zu tauschen und Weiß die
a-Linie zu überlassen, lag nicht im Interesse des Schwarzen.}) ({Der Rückzug} 
24... Ba6 {hätte den Pa7 immobilisiert und zum Angriffsobjekt gemacht.} 25. Bd4
Rc7 26. Bc5+ Ke8 $1 27. Rb1 {mit der Drohung Rb8+-a8xa7.}) 25. Rd4 Be6 26. Rb4
Bd7 27. Rb7 Ra8 28. Ke3 Nf6 29. a5 Ke8 30. Bd4 (30. a6 Bc8) 30... a6 31. f4 {
Dies ermöglicht dem Schwarzen, sein Spiel bedeutend zu erleichtern.} c5 32.
Bxf6 (32. Be5 Nxe4 33. Kxe4 (33. Rxd7 Kxd7 34. Kxe4 f6) 33... Bc6+) 32... gxf6
{Schwarz hat zwar nun einen Läufer mehr - und das will im Endspiel viel mehr
sagen als ein Springer - aber das Spiel bleibt doch bis zum Schluß interessant.
Capablanca leistet einen heldenmütigen Widerstand.} 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. f5 Bb5 35.
g4 Rd8 36. Kf4 Rd1 (36... Rd2 37. c4 Bxc4 38. Rc6 {wäre noch nicht direkt
tödlich.}) 37. h4 h6 38. Rb7+ Kf8 39. Rc7 c4 40. g5 {Ein letzter,
verzweifelter Versuch.} hxg5+ 41. hxg5 Rf1+ 42. Kg4 Rg1+ 43. Kf4 fxg5+ (43...
Rxg5 44. e5) 44. Ke5 Re1 ({Nach} 44... g4 {hängt der Gewinn an einem Haar.} 45.
Kf6 Be8 46. Rxc4 g3 47. Rd4 (47. e5 g2 48. Rg4) 47... g2 48. Rd2) 45. Kf6 Rxe4
$1 (45... Be8 {würde ein hübsches Remisspiel gestatten.} 46. Rxc4 g4 47. e5 g3
48. Rh4 {(droht Rh8#!)} Kg8 49. Rg4+ {und hält Remis.}) 46. Rxf7+ Ke8 47. Rg7
g4 48. Rg5 {Der Cubaner findet immer noch etwas: jetzt droht der f-Bauer
vorzugehen.} Bc6 {um von d5 aus den Bauern aufzuhalten.} 49. Kg7 Bd5 50. Rg6 (
50. f6 Bf7) 50... Re7+ 51. Kh6 Be4 (51... Bf3 {wäre stärker.}) 52. Rxg4 Bxf5 {
Das jetzt entstandene Endspiel von Turm, Turmbauern und fehlfarbigem Läufer
gegen Turm ist sicher, aber schwer gewonnen. Natürlich wäre es remis, wenn
Weiß die Türme tauschen und mit dem König das Eckfeld erreichen könnte. Dieses
Endspiel kommt übrigens sehr selten vor. Daher ist der schluß der Partie, der
in typischer Weise das Gewinnspiel zeigt, von besonderem Interesse.} 53. Rxc4
Re5 54. Kg5 $1 {Sehr richtig gespielt, denn sonst kommt der König nie über die
fünfte Reihe nach a1.} Bd3+ 55. Kf4 Rf5+ 56. Kg4 Rxa5 57. Rd4 Bb5 58. Kf4 Ra3
59. Ke5 Bd7 {um den schwarzen König den Weg zum Damenflügel freizusperren.} 60.
c4 Kd8 61. Rd2 Kc7 62. Kd4 a5 63. Rd3 Ra1 64. Kc3 Rc1+ 65. Kb2 Rh1 (65... Rxc4
$2 66. Rc3 {mit Turmtausch und Remis.}) 66. Rd5 a4 67. Rd2 Bc6 68. Ka2 Kb6 69.
Rb2+ Kc5 70. Rb1 Rh3 71. Rg1 Kxc4 72. Rc1+ Kb5 73. Rb1+ Kc5 74. Rc1+ Kd6 75.
Rd1+ Bd5+ 76. Kb2 a3+ 77. Ka1 Kc5 78. Rc1+ Bc4 79. Rg1 Rh2 80. Rg5+ Kb4 {
Die jetzt erreichte Stellung ist typisch. Der Läufer muß auf die Diagonale
b1-h7 gebracht werden und der König nach b3 vordringen, dann droht Ra2#, das
nur durch urmopfer zu drcken ist. Der Läufer darf aber auf der Diagonale
nicht ein beliebiges Feld besetzen, sondern nur das auf der dritten Reihe, um
den König vor dem Flankenschach zu schützen. Geht er aber sofort dorthn. so
wird er durch den Turm angegriffen. Also muß man diesen Angriff durch Rd2
verhindern und zwr am besten gleich mit Tempogewinn. Natürlich muß man vor
dem Patt auf der Hut sein.} 81. Rg1 Ra2+ 82. Kb1 Rd2 83. Ka1 {und gab
gleichzeitig auf.} (83. Ka1 Bd3 {Es droht Kb3 mit Ra2#} 84. Rc1 (84. Rg4+ Kc3 (
84... Kb3 85. Rb4+ Kc3 (85... Kxb4) 86. Rb3+)) 84... Ka4 $1 85. Rc3 {oder
einderes beliebiges Feld auf der c-Linie, z. B.} (85. Rc5 Rd1+ 86. Ka2 Bb1+ 87.
Ka1 Bh7+ 88. Ka2 Bg8+ 89. Rc4+ Bxc4#) (85. Re1 Kb3 {Es droht Ra2#.} 86. Rb1+
Rb2 87. Rxb2+ (87. Rd1 Ra2#) 87... axb2#) 85... Rd1+ 86. Ka2 Bb1+ 87. Ka1 Bf5+
88. Ka2 Be6+ 89. Rb3 Bxb3#) 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik zt"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tisdall,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bc4 Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. d4 Bc6
15. Nd2 Rfe8 16. Re3 g5 17. Bg3 Qf8 18. Qe2 Qg7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Ra5 Bb5 21.
c4 b6 22. Ra1 Bc6 23. b4 Qg6 24. f3 Nh5 25. Rea3 Bb7 26. b5 Nxg3 27. hxg3 axb5
28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. cxb5 Qd6 30. Kh2 Bb7 31. Nc4 Qd7 32. Ra7 Qc8 33. Qe3 Qb8 34.
Qa3 g4 35. Ne3 gxf3 36. gxf3 Kh7 37. Nf5 Re6 {[#] Sune Berg Hansen announces
his arrival in the zonal. After a calm, positional build-up, the Dane cashes
in the favored Icelander:} 38. Rxb7 $1 (38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Qf8) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shabanov, Yuri"]
[Black "Notkin, Maksim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 (11... c5 {Theory}) 12. Bf1 Qc7 13.
g3 (13. Nh4 Re8 (13... c5 14. d5 Nd8 (14... Nf4 $6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Qd2 Nh5
17. Be2 $14) 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Qf3 (16. c4 $5) 16... c4 $1 17. Reb1 f6 18. Be3 $5
$14 (18. Bd2 Bd7 19. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,M-Yakovenko,D/St.Petersburg
Chigorin 1995 (32)})) (13... Rd8 $5 14. Qf3 (14. g3 d5 $5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Bg2
(16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Nxd4 $15 {0-1 Koenig Bernhard-Hartl Aldo/
Bayern Regionalliga 1995 (40)}) 16... Rd8 17. Nf3 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. c3 cxd4
20. cxd4 Bd7 21. Ng5 h6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11) 14... d5 (14... exd4 15. Nf5 (15.
cxd4 Nxd4 $17) 15... Qa5 (15... dxc3 16. Nxg7 $1 Nxg7 (16... Kxg7 17. Bh6+ $18)
17. Qxf6 Qa5 18. Bh6 Nh5 19. Qe7 Be6 20. e5 Bf5 21. Be2 $18) 16. Bd2 (16. Nxd6
Qxc3 (16... Rxd6 17. e5 Rd5 18. exf6 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 dxc3 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Re3
$132) 17. Qxc3 dxc3 18. e5 Nd4 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Rb1 b6 21. Rd1 h6 22. Nxc8 Raxc8
23. Ba6 $44) 16... Nc5 17. Nxd4 Bg4 18. Qf4 Ne6 19. Qe3 Re8 $15) 15. exd5 e4
16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe6 Nd6 18. exf7+ Qxf7 $14 {Nijeboer,F-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee/1995/}) (13... d5 $5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rxe5 Nxc3 16. Qd3 Nb5 17. c3 $14)
14. Qf3 (14. Nf5 g6 (14... Nf8 15. Qf3 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne6 17. dxe5 dxe5 $11 {
0-1 Knorr,J-Alvarez Ibarra,D/Euskadi-ch 1995 (31)}) 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. h3 Qb6 17.
Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 exd4 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. cxd4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. c4 $132 {
1-0 Arkhipov,S-Gostisa,L/Lippstadt 1994 (46)}) (14. Qd3 Bd7 15. g3 Rad8 16. Bg2
Bc8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nf8 19. f5 $14 {0-1 Duras O-Rubinstein A/Karlsblad
1907 (37)}) 14... Kh8 15. Nf5 Ng8 16. h4 f6 17. Rd1 Rf8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Ne3 Ne7
20. c4 cxd5 21. Nxd5 (21. cxd5 f5 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 $15 {1/2-1/2
Levenfish,G-Lisitsin,G/URS-ch12 Moscow 1940 (48)}) (13. a4 Rd8 (13... Re8 14.
g3 h6 15. Bg2 Nf8 16. Nh4 $14 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Sieglen,J/Bonn GSK 1994 (43)}) 14.
g3 c5 15. d5 Nf8 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Nh4 h6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Qf3 $14 {
1-0 Wells,P-Thipsay,P/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1991 (40)}) (13. Ng5 Re8 14. Nxe6 Rxe6
15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Bg5 exd4 17. cxd4 Rae8 18. f3 h6 19. Bd2 c5 20. d5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Horvath,I-Zupe,M/Budapest FS06 IM-B 1994 (30)}) 13... Re8 (13... Rd8
14. Bg2 c5 (14... b5 15. Nh4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe5 Nxc3 18. Qe1 b4 19. Nf5
Bb7 20. Bd2 $14 {1-0 Salazar-Garcia,J/Kontinental ch Südamerika/SW,45,9 1987 
(24)}) 15. d5 Nf8 16. c4 $132 (16. Bg5 N8d7 17. Nh4 h6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. Qe2 $132
(19. f4 Nc4 20. Rf1 (20. Nf5 $5) 20... Qe7 21. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {Yeo,M-Patience,P/
Open, St Helier JER 1998/1-0 (54)}))) 14. Rb1 (14. Bg2 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nf8 16. h3
Ng6 17. Nh2 h6 18. h4 Qa4 19. Be3 Qa5 20. Qd2 Be6 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rad8 $17
{0-1 Istratescu,A-Rausis,I/Cappelle op 1993 (41)}) (14. Nh4 Nf8 15. Bg2 Ng6 16.
Nxg6 hxg6 17. h3 Qa5 18. Bb2 $11 {0-1 Vodep-Mahdy/Wien op 1994 (34)}) 14... Nf8
(14... Bd7 15. Bg2 Rad8 16. Nh4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qd3 exd4 19. cxd4 Bc8 20.
c4 Nb6 21. Bb2 $14 {0-1 Pelikian,J-Matsuura,E/Sao Paulo zt 1995 (39)} (21. Nf3
$14)) 15. Bg5 N8d7 16. dxe5 $6 $15 (16. Bh3 $11) (16. Qd3 $11) 16... dxe5 17.
Nh4 $5 (17. Qe2 h6 $15) 17... h6 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. f3 (19. Bg2 Be6 20. a3 Rad8
$17) 19... Be6 20. a3 Rad8 (20... Qa5 $6 21. c4 Qa6 22. Bb4 Rad8 23. Qe2 Na4
24. Qf2 Nb6 25. c5 Nc4 $11) 21. Qc1 b6 (21... Re7 22. Be3 Na4 23. c4 Qa5 24.
Rb4 Red7 25. Qa1 b6 $15) 22. Re2 Rd7 23. Rg2 Qd8 (23... Red8 $15) 24. Be3 Na4
25. Qe1 Nh7 $6 $132 (25... Qe7 26. Rb4 Nc5 $15 (26... b5 27. c4 a5 (27... a6
28. cxb5 cxb5 29. c4 $14) 28. Rb1 Bxc4 (28... bxc4 29. Qxa5 Qxa3 30. Re2 Qa2
31. Ree1 Qxc2 32. Rec1 Qa2 33. Qxe5 $14) 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Nf5 Qxa3 31. Qxa5
Qa2 32. Re1 $132)) 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Qd6 28. Be3 Rd8 29. c4 (29. Rb4 Nc5
30. Ng2 (30. Qf2 Nd7 31. Ng2 (31. Nf5 Bxf5 32. exf5 Nhf6 33. Bd3 Nd5 34. Ra4 (
34. Rb3 Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Nc5 $17) 34... a5 $17) 31... a5 32. Rb1 Qxa3 33. Bxb6 Rb8
34. Bc5 Qxc3 35. Rxb8+ Nxb8 $17) 30... Nf6 $15) 29... Nf6 30. Qb4 $11 Qxb4 (
30... Nc5 31. Bxc5 Qxc5+ (31... bxc5 32. Qb7 $11) 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. Rb7 $11)
31. axb4 Nc3 32. Ra1 Rd1 (32... Rd7 33. Bd3 $14) 33. Rxd1 Nxd1 34. Bd2 Nb2 (
34... c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Be2 Nb2 37. Bc3 Nxc4 38. Bxc4 Bxc4 39. Bxe5 $11) 35.
Nf5 Kf8 36. Bc3 (36. Ne3 Nd7 37. b5 c5 38. Nd5 f6 39. Bc1 Na4 40. h4 $132)
36... Nxc4 37. Bxc4 Bxc4 38. Bxe5 Ne8 39. Nd6 Nxd6 40. Bxd6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Zhu, Chen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 h6 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 (12. Nh2 Nd8 13. Qf3
$14 (13. f4 $2 $17 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne6 $2 (14... d5 $1 15. e5 (15. Rb1 dxe4 $17)
15... Nxg4 16. Nxg4 Qc5+ 17. d4 Qxb5 $19) 15. Bg3 (15. Be3 $132) 15... c6 16.
Ba4 Nc5 17. Bb3 $132 {Euwe,M-Rueb/ 1920/1-0 (56)})) 12... h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14.
Ng2 (14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Rb1 $14 (15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb1 $14)) 14... a6 15. Bc4
Na5 $11 {Ozog,L-Obrochta,B/Bytom op 1995/1-0 (53)}) (9... a6 10. Bc4 (10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. d4 (11. Nd2 $11) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Qe6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg3 Nd7 15.
Nh4 $1 g6 (15... Re8 $11) 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 g5 (18... Rb8 $11)
19. Qf5+ Qxf5 20. Nxf5 {Gusev,Y-Kholmov,R/Russia 1994} Rb8 21. Bxc7 (21. Rf1
Rb2 $132) (21. Rab1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Nc5 $15) 21... Rb2 $132) 10... Na5 11. Nd2 h6
12. Bh4 Be6 (12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Be6 $132) 13. Bb3 Nxb3 14. axb3 g5 15. Bg3 Ne8
$11 {1-0 Bohatirchuk,F-Botvinnik,M/Moscow 1935 (37)}) (9... Bd7 10. Rb1 a6 11.
Ba4 Rab8 12. Bb3 h6 13. Bh4 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 $11 {Nunn,J-Fritz2/Hamburg ') 1992/
1-0 (57)}) 10. Bh4 (10. Be3 Bd7 11. h3 a6 12. Ba4 Nd4 13. cxd4 Bxa4 14. Rb1 c5
15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Rb6 $14 {Chess Tiger-Capture/15th WMCCC, Paris FRA 1997/0-1 
(57)}) 10... a6 (10... Bd7 11. Nd2 (11. d4 Rad8 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qd2 Nb8 14. Bd3
Bg4 15. Qe3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Euwe,M-Ree,H/Nederland 1973 (38)}) 11... a6 12. Ba4 b5
13. Bb3 Nd8 14. a4 $1 $14 (14. d4 c5 15. Bd5 Ra7 16. f4 $5 (16. Nf3 g5 17. Bg3
(17. Nxg5 $2 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Ne6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 $17) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 f6 $132)
16... cxd4 (16... g5 $5 17. fxg5 Nxd5 18. exd5 hxg5 19. Bg3 f6 20. dxc5 (20.
dxe5 fxe5 21. c4 $11) 20... dxc5 21. Ne4 $14) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. cxd4 $132 {
1-0 Kveinys,A-Smejkal,J/Prague 1993 (36)})) (10... Nb8 11. d4 c6 12. Bd3 Re8
13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. Nc4 Nf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bg3 Nd7 18. Qh5 c5 (18...
b5 $1 19. Na5 (19. Nxe5 Ndxe5 20. dxe5 Qc5+ (20... Nxe5 $15) 21. Kh1 Nxe5 $17)
19... Nf6 20. Qf3 Qc7 21. Nb3 Bg4 22. Qf2 Be6 23. Nc5 Qa5 $15) 19. a4 b6 20.
Rf1 Nf6 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qf2 $132 {1-0 Volzhin,A-Tolstikh,N/Volgograd 1994 (43)}
) (10... g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. d4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Be2 f5 15. exf5 e4 16. Nd2
(16. Ne5 $5 Bxf5 (16... Bxe2 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qxe2 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rxf5 20. Rb7
$16) 17. Bc4+ Kg7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Bd5 $16) 16... Bxf5 17. f3 e3 18. Bc4+ Kh8
19. Nf1 Qh7 20. Nxe3 $18 {Stefanov,P-Basoren,H/Balkaniad-men 1993/1-0 (52)}) (
10... Nd8 11. d4 Ne6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Qc5 14. Bxf6 Qxb5 (14... gxf6 15.
Nd7 (15. Ng4 Qxb5 16. Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 Ng7 $17) 15... Qxb5 16. Nxf8 Nxf8 17.
Qd8 $15) 15. Ng4 h5 16. Nh6+ gxh6 17. e5 Ng7 $19 (17... Qc6 18. Re3 $6 (18. Qd2
$1 $11 Kh7 $8 (18... Ng5 $4 19. e6 $3 Ne4 20. Qxh6 Nxf6 21. Qg5+ Kh7 22. Qf5+
Kg8 23. Qxf6 (23. Qg5+ $11) 23... fxe6 (23... Bxe6 24. Re5 $18) 24. Qg6+ Kh8
25. Re3 $18) 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Qg3+ Kh7 21. Qd3+ $11) 18... Nf4 19. Rg3+ Ng6 20.
Qxh5 Kh7 21. Bg5 Rh8 22. Bxh6 Kg8 23. Rd1 Bf5 $1 (23... Bd7 $2 24. Rd6 $1 Rxh6
25. Qxh6 cxd6 26. Rxg6+ fxg6 27. Qxg6+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Delgado Crespo,M-Ramon,V/
Capablanca mem Masters II, Havana CUB 1998 (28)}) 24. Qxf5 Rxh6 25. Rd7 Rf8 26.
e6 Qxe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28. Rxc7 Rf7 $15)) 11. Ba4 Na5 $5 $11 (11... Nd8 12. Bb3
Be6 $11) 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe6 (13... Bg4 $11) 14. d4 Nd7 (14... Re8 15. d5
Qe7 16. Nd2 Bd7 17. Qf3 g5 18. Bg3 Bg4 19. Qd3 $132) 15. Bg3 Re8 (15... c6 $11)
16. Qd3 f6 17. Nd2 b6 $6 $14 (17... c5 $132) 18. b4 Bb7 19. d5 Qf7 (19... Qe7
20. Ra3 $14) 20. c4 f5 21. f3 $6 $11 (21. exf5 $1 Rf8 22. Ne4 Qxf5 23. c5 dxc5
24. bxc5 bxc5 25. c4 $14) 21... Rf8 (21... f4 $6 22. Bf2 $14) 22. Nb3 Nf6 23.
exf5 Nh5 24. Nd2 (24. Bf2 Nf4 25. Qd2 Qxf5 26. Be3 Rf7 $11) 24... Qxf5 25. Qxf5
Rxf5 26. Ne4 Rff8 (26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rff8 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke3 Ke7 $132) 27.
Red1 Nf6 28. Nxf6+ gxf6 29. c5 a5 $2 $16 (29... bxc5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. c4 a5
32. Rdb1 Ba6 (32... Rfb8 33. Ra4 c6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 35. Rxb8+ Rxb8 36. Rxa5 Rb1+
37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rb1+ 39. Be1 $16) (32... Bc8 33. Bf2 Rd8 34. Bxc5 $14) 33.
Rxa5 Bxc4 34. Rxc5 Ba2 35. Rb2 Rfb8 $11) 30. c6 Bc8 31. Be1 $1 (31. Ra2 $2 Bf5
32. Rda1 Kf7 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 bxa5 35. Rxa5 Bxc2 36. Ra7 (36. Bf2 $11)
36... Rc8 37. Be1 Bb3 38. Ra5 $11 (38. Ba5 Bxd5 39. Bxc7 Ke6 $17)) 31... Bf5 (
31... a4 32. Ra3 (32. b5 Ra7 33. Ra2 Bf5 34. Rda1 Rfa8 35. Bb4 Bg6 36. Kf2 Kf7
37. Ke3 f5 38. c4 (38. g3 Bh5 39. c4 Kf6 40. Ra3 Bg6 41. Bc3 Kf7 $11) 38... f4+
39. Kd2 Ke7 $11) (32. Ra2 $1 b5 (32... Bf5 33. Rda1 b5 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxa4
Rxa4 36. Rxa4 e4 37. Ra7 Rf7 38. b5 exf3 39. gxf3 Bd3 40. Rb7 Kg7 41. Ba5 $18)
33. c4 Ba6 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Rac8 36. Ba5 Kf7 37. d6 $16) 32... Bf5 (32...
b5 33. c4 Ba6 34. c5 dxc5 35. bxc5 Rac8 36. Ba5 Kf7 37. d6 cxd6 38. cxd6 Rxc6
39. d7 $18) 33. Ra2 Ra7 $11) 32. bxa5 bxa5 33. Bxa5 Bxc2 34. Rdc1 Bb3 35. Bxc7
Rxa1 (35... Bxd5 36. Bxd6 $16) 36. Rxa1 Bxd5 37. Bxd6 Rc8 38. c7 Kf7 39. Rb1
Ke8 $2 $18 (39... Ke6 40. Rb8 Kd7 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Rb6 Bd5 43. Ke3 Bc6 44. Rb8
$16) 40. f4 (40. Rd1 Bc6 41. Kf2 Kf7 $16) 40... e4 (40... exf4 41. Bxf4 Kd7 42.
Rd1 Kc6 43. g4 $1 $18) 41. f5 e3 (41... Kd7 42. Bf4 $18) 42. Bf4 e2 43. Kf2 Be4
44. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Elgoibar 10th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Garbisu de Goni, Unai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Ne7 {
Except of this move there are 2 another very old and quite good continuations:}
({The first is} 7... e4 $5 8. dxc6 dxc6 9. Be2 exf3 10. Bxf3 Re8 (10... Bd6 11.
d4 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Forgacs,L-Nimzowitsch,A/San Sebastian 1912/HCL (82)}) (
10... Bf5 11. d3 Qf6 12. c3 Bd6 13. Be3 (13. g3 Rae8 14. Bg2 Qg6 15. d4 h5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Solmanis,Z-Bogoljubow,E/Kemeri 1939/HCL (47)}) 13... Rad8 14. d4 Rfe8
15. Qd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Tal,M/URS 1968/MCD (19)}) (10... Be6 11. b3 (11.
Re1 $11) 11... Re8 12. c3 Qf6 13. Bb2 Bd6 14. g3 Bf5 15. d4 Be4 16. Bg2 Bxg2
17. Kxg2 Re4 18. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Boehnisch,M-Hennings,A/Freiberg 1970/EXT 98 
(23)}) 11. c3 Bd6 12. d4 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. Be3 $11 {0-1 Wong,S-Vladimirov,E/
Groningen 1977/EXT 99 (48)}) ({The second is} 7... Nd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 {and now:}
9. f4 (9. Qg4 Qf6 (9... c5 10. c3 d6 11. Qf4 dxc3 (11... Ba5 12. cxd4 cxd4 13.
Qxd4 Bf5 14. Qf4 Bg6 $44 {1/2-1/2 Linnanen,L-Balashov,Y/Eupen 1994/EXT 97 (21)}
) 12. dxc3 Ba5 13. Bd3 f5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rosenthal,
S-Winawer,S/London 1883/HCL (64)}) (9... c6 $2 10. Qxd4 $16 {1-0 Rosenthal,
S-Skipworth,A/London 1883/HCL (43)}) 10. d3 a6 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 d6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hassan,S-Hansen,L/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (66)}) (9. a3 Be7 10. Be2 c5
11. c4 d6 12. b4 {1/2-1/2 Radulov,I-Gligoric,S/Leningrad 1973/IZT (12)}) (9.
Be2 Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. d3 b6 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Be4 c6 $11 {0-1 Torre,E-Gligoric,
S/Manila 1973/EXT 98 (46)}) (9. Re1 Re8 10. c3 dxc3 11. dxc3 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13.
c4 $11 {0-1 Hintze,B-Haaf,M/Stetten 1988/EXT 97 (53)}) (9. Qf3 d6 10. c3 Bc5
11. Bd3 Re8 12. cxd4 Bb6 13. Qf4 Bd7 14. b3 $44 {0-1 Horvath,T-Jussupow,A/
Clichy 1993/CBM 38 (53)}) (9. Qe2 d6 10. Qe4 Qf6 11. Bd3 g6 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4
Bb6 14. Bb2 Bd7 $11 {0-1 Schreiner,R-Schlager,T/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (72)})
9... f5 10. Be2 Qf6 (10... Be7 11. d3 d6 (11... c5 12. Bf3 d6 13. g3 $11 {
0-1 Schwarz,J-Von Minckwitz,J/Berlin 1881/HCL (62)}) 12. Bf3 Bd7 (12... Bf6 $11
{1-0 Schwarz,J-Fleissig,B/Vienna 1890/EXT 99 (41)}) 13. Qe1 Bf6 14. Bd2 Qe8 $11
{0-1 Wittek,A-Schallopp,E/Berlin 1881/HCL (34)}) 11. d3 Be7 12. Bf3 d6 13. Qe2
$11 {1-0 Schwarz,J-Von Schuetz,H/Berlin 1881/HCL (39)}) 8. Nxe5 Nxd5 9. d4 (9.
Bc4 $5 Nf6 10. d4 d6 $1 (10... d5 $5 11. Bd3 h6 (11... Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4
$14) 12. Qf3 Re8 $1 (12... c6 $6 13. c3 Bd6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Rfe1 $14 {1-0
Taeger,W-Otte,L/Munich 1993/TD (22)}) 13. Bf4 (13. c3 Bd6 14. Bf4 c5 15. Rfe1
cxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 $11) 13... Be6 14. c3 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Nd7 $11) 11. Nd3 (11. Nf3
Bg4 $11) 11... Ba5 $132) 9... Nf6 (9... Be7 10. Nd3 (10. Bc4 Nf6 11. Re1 d6 12.
Nf3 h6 13. h3 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Jevtic,M-Petronic,J/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (23)})
10... c6 11. Ba4 Nf6 12. c3 d5 13. Bc2 Bg4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Quinteros,M/
Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (36)}) 10. Bd3 d6 11. Nf3 d5 (11... Bg4 12. c3 Ba5 13. h3
Bh5 14. Re1 Re8 $11) 12. Ne5 Be6 ({More flexible is} 12... Re8 13. Bf4 Bd6 $11
{-like in one of previous variations.}) 13. f4 $5 {Interesting decision! White
doesn't afraid of e4 weakening and intends to develop Attack on the kingside.}
Ne4 14. f5 f6 $6 $14 (14... Bc8 $142 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. f6 $36) 15. Ng4 $6 $132
({Worth of attention was} 15. Ng6 $1 hxg6 16. fxe6 f5 (16... Qe8 $6 17. c4 $1
Qxe6 18. cxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qb3+ $18) 17. c4 Bd6 (17... c6 18. Qb3 $16
) 18. Bxe4 (18. cxd5 Qh4 $17) 18... dxe4 19. Qb3 $14) 15... Bf7 16. c4 Be7 (
16... Re8 17. a3 Bf8 $1 $132 (17... Ba5 18. b4 {[%csl Ra5]} dxc4 (18... Nc3 19.
Nh6+ $1 gxh6 20. Qg4+ Kh8 21. c5 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra5]}) 19. Bxe4 Bb6 20. Bxb7
Qxd4+ 21. Be3 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Bxe3+ 23. Nxe3 Rab8 24. Nxc4 Bxc4 25. Bd5+ $14))
17. Bf4 Qd7 (17... Re8) 18. Ne3 Rfe8 (18... c6 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qg4 {[%cal
Gf4h6]} Rfe8 $132 {[%cal Ge7f8]}) 19. Rc1 $6 $132 ({Much better was simply} 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Bd6 21. Bc1 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1b3,Gd3b5]}) 19... Bd6
$1 20. Bxd6 $6 $15 {Second dubious move} ({Right was} 20. cxd5 Bxf4 (20... Ng3
21. Bxg3 Bxg3 22. Qf3 (22. hxg3 Rxe3 $17) 22... Bh4 $44 (22... Bd6 $44)) 21.
Rxf4 Ng5 22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Nc2 Bxd5 24. Nb4 $132) 20... Nxd6 21. Nxd5 c6 22. Nf4
Nxf5 {[%csl Rd4]} 23. Bxf5 $8 Qxf5 24. d5 cxd5 (24... Rac8 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. b3
Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rd6 $15) (24... Re4 25. Qd2 (25. Ne6 Qe5 $17) 25... Rae8 26. b3 (
26. dxc6 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 bxc6 28. b3 Qa3 $15 {[%cal Ga7a5]}) 26... Qe5 $15) 25.
Nxd5 Qe5 26. Qd2 Kh8 $6 $11 {Black doesn't know, what to do with a small
advantage...} (26... Qe2 $1 $15) 27. Rfe1 Qd6 28. Qd4 b6 {Position is equal,
it is a time to draw agreement...} 29. Rcd1 h6 (29... Rad8 $11) 30. b3 Rad8 31.
Qf2 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Re8 (32... Bxd5 33. Rd1 Qe5 (33... Bxc4 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35.
Qc2 $44 (35. bxc4 $4 Rd1+ $19)) 34. Qd2 $11) 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Qe3 (34. Qf4
Qxf4 35. Nxf4 g5 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf7 (37... f5 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4 $16 {
[%cal Gd4e5]}) 38. Ke3 Bd7 39. Kd4 Ke6 $11) 34... Bc6 35. Qe7 Qd7 (35... Qxe7
36. Nxe7 Bd7 $11) 36. h3 Qf5 $4 $18 {Terrible move} ({Natural} 36... Qxe7 37.
Nxe7 Bd7 {was lead to equal endgame.}) 37. Qxa7 Bxd5 38. cxd5 Qxd5 39. Qxb6 h5
40. a4 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 f5 42. a5 Qd2 43. Qc7 f4 44. Qe5 1-0

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khamatgaleev, Alexej"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd7 9. Rb1 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 {Except of this move Black played here various
continuations with success:} (10... a6 11. Bxc6 (11. Ba4 Rb8 (11... b5 12. Bb3
Na5 $11 {1-0 Doric,N-Fruehauf,N/Schwarzach 1999/EXT 2000 (27)}) 12. Qd2 (12.
Bb3 Qe7 13. Qc1 Kh7 (13... Na5 14. Re1 Rbd8 15. d4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 $132 {
1-0 Gallagher,J-Ekstroem,R/Biel 1998/EXT 99 (53)}) 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qe3 b6 16.
d4 Rbe8 17. Bc4 Nb8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bd3 Bc6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Lukacs,P/
Montpellier 1991/TD (41)}) (12. Nd2 g5 13. Bg3 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15. Nc4 Qe6
16. Ne3 Qxa2 17. Rb3 Qa4 $15 {1-0 Grund,H-Estrella Vidiella,J/Gyula 1997/CBM
58 ext (32)}) 12... Ne7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Qe7 $132 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Toth,B/
SWZ 1997/EXT 99 (64)}) 11... Bxc6 12. Re1 (12. Qc1 Kh7 13. h3 Rg8 14. g4 g5 15.
Bg3 Nd7 $11 {1-0 Dolezal,R-Tolstikh,N/Decin 1997/EXT 98 (34)}) 12... Re8 13.
Nd2 b5 14. Nf1 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Portisch,L/Bugojno 1986/MCL (22)}) (
10... Rb8 11. Re1 a6 12. Ba4 Qe7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. d4 Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bxa4 16. Qa3
Qe8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Qc3 Nd7 19. Qxc7 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kholmov,R-Dubiel,J/
Legnica 1994/EXT 99 (23)}) (10... b6 11. Re1 Nb8 12. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,
D-Kharitonov,A/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (12)}) 11. Qd2 Kh8 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. d4
b6 14. Qe2 (14. d5 Nb8 15. Bd3 Bg4 16. Qe3 Nbd7 17. h3 Bh5 $11 {[%cal Gd7c5]})
14... Nb8 15. Bd3 Rde8 16. Rbd1 (16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Qf3 Nbd7 $132) 16... Rg8 {
[%cal Gg7g5]} 17. dxe5 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3] Ths move disadvantage is doubled PP c2,
c3 probably potential weaknesses.} dxe5 18. Nd2 Bg4 ({Quite well was also} 
18... Be6 19. Nc4 $132) {But Black wanted to provoke f2-f3 move, mayby
preparing Nf6-h5.} 19. f3 Be6 20. Nc4 {[%cal Gc4e3]} Nbd7 21. Kh1 (21. Ne3 $132
{[%cal Gd3c4]}) 21... Rd8 22. Ne3 Rge8 23. c4 $6 $15 {[%csl Rd3] after this
strange move Bd3 looks ugly.} ({Much better was} 23. Bc4 {with plan to change
BB.} Nf8 (23... c6 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Qa6 $132) 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 (24... Nxe6 $2 25.
Nd5 $16) 25. Qa6 $132) 23... c6 24. Nd5 $5 {This is 23.c4 move idea.} cxd5 25.
cxd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 g5 27. Qd2 $2 $17 ({Strong was} 27. d6 $1 Qxd6 28. Bf5 Qc7
29. Bf2 {with certain compensation for P lack.} Nc5 $15 (29... Nh5 $15)) 27...
Nc5 (27... gxh4 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ $11 (30. Qxh4 Qd6 $15)) 28.
Bb5 (28. Bg3 Rxd5 $17) 28... Rxd5 29. Qe3 $2 $19 ({Right was} 29. Qc1 Red8 30.
Rxd5 Nxd5 31. Bg3 f6 $17 {Of course, Black has serious advantage, but White is
able to resist.}) 29... Red8 $1 {[%csl Rd1,Rh4] Now because of tactic trick
White loses.} (29... gxh4 $4 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxe8 Qxe8 33. Qg5+
$18) 30. Rxd5 Nxd5 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rh4] White loses whole piece.} 31. Qc1 gxh4
32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Bc4 Rd6 (33... Qf6 $19) 34. Qh5 Nf4 35. Qg4+ Kf8 36. Qc8+ Rd8
37. Qg4 Qf6 38. g3 hxg3 39. hxg3 Ng6 (39... Rd2 40. Qc8+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Ng6 $19)
40. Qh5 Kg7 {[%cal Gd8h8]} 41. Kg2 0-1

[Event "Pula zt 1.2"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "2000.04.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.04.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 $6 $11 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5
Bxc3 8. bxc3 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 ({Another line is} 9... h6 10. Bh4 {and now} a6 11.
Bxc6 (11. Ba4 Rb8 (11... Ne7 12. Bxf6 Bxa4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rxb7 f5 15. exf5
Bc6 16. Rb2 Rxf5 17. Nd2 $14 {0-1 Urchipia,C-Ramis,J/Martinez Valle 1993/[ 5] 
(31)}) (11... b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Re1 Qe7 14. d4 Rad8 15. Qc1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4
17. Nd2 c5 18. f3 Bc8 19. Nf1 Kh7 20. Qa3 Rg8 21. dxc5 dxc5 22. Bf2 Nd7 $14 {
1-0 Manley,J-Armstrong,G/cr ch ENG teams 1995/[ 5] (34)}) 12. Bb3 (12. Nd2 g5
13. Bg3 Ne7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 $11 {1-0 Grund,H-Estrada Nieto,J/Bela mem, Gyula HUN
1997/[ 5] (32)}) 12... Qe7 13. Qc1 Na5 (13... Kh7 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Qe3 b6 16. d4
Rbe8 17. Bc4 Nb8 18. h3 Bd7 19. Bd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Lukacs,P/
Montpellier 1991/[ 5] (41)}) 14. Re1 Rbd8 15. d4 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 17. Nd2 g5
18. Bg3 Nh5 $11 {1-0 Gallagher,J-Ekstroem,R/It, Biel SUI 1998/[ 5] (53)}) 11...
Bxc6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf1 d5 15. f3 Re6 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Nf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Portisch,L/Bugojno 1986/Inf 41/[ 5] (17)}) 10. Bxc6 (10. Ba4
Rb8 (10... b5 11. Bb3 Na5 (11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 $4 13. Nxg5 $1 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qe7
15. Qc1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gg5h4,Gf2f4]} (15. f4 exf4 16. h4 $18)) 12. Re1
Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Collinson,A-Gyimesi,Z/Balatonbereny 1992/[ 5] (16)}) 11. Bb3 (
11. h3 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Qd2 Qe8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Ferguson,M-Flear,G/Hastings Challengers 1995/[ 5] (37)}) 11... h6 (11... Qe7
12. Nh4) 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Na5 (13... Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Na5) 14. d4
Rbd8 (14... Kh7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nxe5) 15. h3 (15. Qc1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 (
16... Bc8 17. Qa3 Rfe8 18. Rbd1) 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 {1-0 Nunn,J-Smejkal,J/
BL 1992/[ 5] (34)}) 15... Kh7 16. Qc1 Nxb3 17. axb3 Bc8 18. Qe3 (18. Ra1 b6 19.
Qe3 Rg8 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rad1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Krapivin,V-Isakov,D/Perm 1997/CBM
58/ (50)}) 18... b6 (18... Rg8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Kh2 $11) 19. c4
Rde8 (19... Rg8 $11) 20. b4 Rg8 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Bg3 Nd7 {Chandler,M-Karpov,A/
Reykjavik 1991/Inf 52/1/2-1/2 (119)}) (10. Bc4 Na5 11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13.
Bb3 Nxb3 14. cxb3 Qe7 15. d4 g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. f3 Bh5 18. Qe1 Bg6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Carvalho,A-Boino,C/Honra, Almada POR 1998/[ 5] (41)}) 10... Bxc6 $11 {
White can't achieve any advantage in this position.} 11. c4 {Except of this
move White can play} (11. Nd2 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. f3 b5 14. Qc1 g5 15. Bf2 d5
16. Nb3 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kallisto-Genesis II/Leiden 1993/[ 5] (57)}) (11. Re1
Re8 12. Re3 Kh8 (12... b5 $5 $11) 13. c4 h6 (13... Re6 $6 14. d4 exd4 15. Nxd4
Re8 (15... Re5 $6 16. f4 Rc5 17. Qd3 (17. Nxc6 $16) 17... h6 18. Bh4 Rh5 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Rh3 $16 {1-0 Tseitlin,M-Yagupov,I/Biel 1995/[ 5] (26)}) 16. Qf3
$14 {[%csl Rf6]}) 14. Bh4 b6 $11) 11... Re8 12. Nd2 h6 13. Be3 (13. Bh4 b6 14.
Qf3 Re6 $11) 13... Qd7 14. h3 Nh7 (14... b6 $11) 15. Qh5 (15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4
b6 $11) 15... Qe6 16. f4 Qg6 $6 $14 ({Well enough was} 16... exf4 17. Rxf4 Re7
(17... Nf6 18. Qf3 Nd7 19. Rf1 Ne5 20. Qg3 $16) 18. Rbf1 Nf8 19. Nf3 Ng6 20.
Rf5 (20. Rg4 Bd7 21. Nd4 Qe5 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 $11) 20... Bxe4 $1 21. Nd4 (
21. dxe4 Qxe4 22. Bd4 Qxc2 23. c5 Qxa2 24. cxd6 cxd6 $15) 21... Bxf5 22. Nxe6
Bxe6 $44) 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. c5 $5 (18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf3 Ra5 20. Rb2 Ra3 {
[%csl Re4][%cal Ga3e3]} 21. Bd2 b5 (21... a5 $2 22. Nd4 $1 $16) 22. Nd4 Bd7 23.
Bb4 Ra4 24. Ne2 (24. c5 Rxb4 25. Rxb4 dxc5 $19) 24... bxc4 25. Nc3 a5 26. Nd5
$5 (26. Nxa4 axb4 27. Rxb4 Bxa4 28. Rxc4 c6 $15) 26... axb4 (26... Nf6 27.
Nxf6+ (27. Bd2 Nxd5 28. exd5 cxd3 29. cxd3 Ra3 $15) 27... gxf6 28. Bc3 f5 $11)
27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Nxg6+ Kg8 29. Ne7+ $11) 18... dxc5 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20.
Bg3 dxc5 21. Bxc7 Nf8 $14) 19. Bxc5 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rad8 (20... b6 21. Ba3 g5 22.
Rf3 $14) 21. Rf2 (21. Rbf1 Nf6 22. Nb3 g5 23. R4f2 $14) 21... b6 22. Be3 (22.
Ba3 $14) 22... Nf8 (22... g5 23. Rbf1 $14) 23. Rbf1 Re7 24. Nf3 Ne6 25. Ne5 Be8
26. h4 $5 {[%csl Rg5][%cal Gg6g5]} (26. Kh2 g5 27. Kg3 $14 {White pieces
placed well, but it is difficult to find plan of improving of pieces allocation
}) 26... Kh7 27. Ng4 (27. Kh2 $5) 27... Kg8 28. Bc1 Rd6 (28... Nd4 29. Rf8+ Kh7
30. Bb2 $14 Ne6 (30... Nxc2 31. Nf6+ gxf6 32. Bxf6 $18) 31. R8f2 $14) 29. Ne3
$5 (29. Ba3 $142 $1 c5 30. Ne3 $14) 29... Rf7 30. Rxf7 Bxf7 31. Nd5 (31. Nc4
Rd8 32. Ne5 Be8 $14) (31. Ba3 $1 Rd4 $5 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Gd4a4,Gf7a2]} 32. Nc4
Be8 (32... g5 33. c3 Rd8 (33... Rxd3 34. Rxf7 Rxc3 35. Re7 Rxc4 36. Rxe6 Ra4
37. Bc1 Rxa2 38. hxg5 $18) 34. Ne5 Be8 35. Be7 Rc8 36. hxg5 $16) 33. Bb2 Rd8
34. Be5 Bb5 35. Ne3 $14) 31... Rd7 32. Bxh6 $6 {This interesting combination
lead only to equal position} (32. Ba3 $142 $14) 32... Nd4 $1 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5]
[%cal Gf7d5]} (32... gxh6 $4 33. Nf6+ $18) 33. Bf4 (33. Bd2 Bxd5 34. exd5 Rxd5
$11) 33... Bxd5 34. exd5 Ne2+ $1 (34... Rxd5 $6 35. Bxc7 Nxc2 36. Bxb6 Rxd3 37.
a4 $14) 35. Kh2 Nxf4 36. Rxf4 Rxd5 {[%mdl 4096]} 37. Kg3 (37. Rc4 c5 $11) 37...
g5 $5 38. hxg5 $6 $15 (38. Rc4 $11) 38... Rxg5+ 39. Kf3 Rc5 40. c4 $6 {
Sutovsky plays endgame appreciablly worse than middlegame, he had to study
endgames.} (40. Ra4 a5 (40... Rxc2 41. Rxa6 Rd2 42. Ra3 Kf7 43. Rc3 c5 44. Rb3
$11) 41. c4 Kf7 42. d4 Rf5+ 43. Ke3 Rf1 44. Ra3 Rg1 45. Kf3 Rc1 46. c5 bxc5 47.
Ke4 cxd4 48. Kxd4 $44) 40... Ra5 41. Rd4 Rxa2 42. Rd7 (42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 c5
44. Rb8 Rb2 45. Ke4 a5 $17) 42... c5 43. Rb7 Rb2 44. Ke4 Rb4 $2 $44 {Black
also put mistake} ({Right was} 44... Kh7 $1 45. d4 (45. g4 Kg6 $17) 45... Rb4 (
45... cxd4 46. c5 b5 47. Ra7 Rxg2 48. Rxa6 $44) 46. dxc5 (46. Kd5 cxd4 47. Kxd4
b5 48. Rc7 Rxc4+ $19) 46... Rxc4+ 47. Kd3 b5 $17 (47... Rxc5 48. Rxb6 a5 $15))
45. g4 $1 Kh7 46. Kf5 {[%csl Rh7] This strong mov probably was missed by Mitkov
} b5 ({Also} 46... a5 47. g5 Rb1 (47... a4 $4 48. g6+ Kh6 49. Rb8 $18) 48. Rb8
Rf1+ 49. Ke4 (49. Kg4 a4 50. Rxb6 a3 51. Ra6 Ra1 52. Kg3 a2 53. Kg2 Kg8 54. g6
Kf8 55. Ra7 Ke8 $19) 49... Kg6 50. Rxb6+ Kxg5 51. Rb5 $44 {was not give
nothing to Black because the K can't take part in th struggle}) 47. Ra7 (47. g5
$144 bxc4 48. Rc7 Kg8 (48... Rb1 49. dxc4 $11) 49. g6 Kf8 50. Rf7+ Ke8 (50...
Kg8 51. Ra7 $11) 51. dxc4 Rxc4 52. Rxg7 $44) 47... bxc4 48. g5 Rb1 49. dxc4
Rf1+ 50. Kg4 (50. Ke5 $44) 50... Rg1+ 51. Kf5 Rf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Black "Van der Sterren, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 g5 ({Black has good
position also after} 12... Nf4 13. Ne3 c6 (13... g5 14. Bg3 $132 {1-0 Meier,
V-Busch,K/Germany 1993/GER-chT (29)}) 14. Bc4 g5 (14... Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Qf3
Nh7 (16... Qd7 17. Bb3 Nh7 18. Qd1 Rfe8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Skacelova Zahorovska,
L-Klusek,D/Brno 1989/EXT 97 (49)}) (16... Bxc4 17. Nxc4 b5 18. Ne3 Qe6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Skacelova Zahorovska,L-Polakova,P/Frenstat 1989/EXT 97 (82)}) 17. Bb3
Rad8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. d4 c5 $11 {1-0 Smyslov,V-Bagirov,V/Lvov 1978/
MCL (82)}) 15. Bg3 Kh8 16. f3 Rg8 17. d4 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rae8 20. Qd2
N6h5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Meier,V-Svidler,P/Dortmund 1991/TD (27)}) 13. Bg3 c5 {
In spirit of position.} ({Acceptable but a little bit worse is} 13... Ng7 14.
f3 (14. d4 c5 $11 (14... c6 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Bb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. f3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Meier,V-Herbrechtsmeier,C/Germany 1993/GER-chT (53)})) 14... Nfh5 15.
Bf2 Nf4 16. d4 Kh7 17. Ne3 f6 18. Bf1 Be6 19. g3 Ng6 20. Qb1 Rfb8 $132 {
0-1 Taylor,T-Schussler,H/New York 1987/CBM 02 (49)}) ({Or} 13... c6 14. Bc4 Ng7
15. Ne3 b5 16. Bb3 Be6 17. a4 a6 18. h3 Nfh5 19. Bh2 Nf4 $132 {0-1 Skacelova
Zahorovska,L-Stanciu,G/Brno 1989/EXT 97 (40)}) 14. Ne3 Nf4 {[%csl Gb5,Rc2,Rc3,
Gg3] Black solved all opening problems. Factor of pair of BB is neutralized by
closed character of position and doubled PP c.} 15. d4 $5 {Start of very risky
and complicated game.} (15. f3 $132) (15. a4 Be6 $132) 15... Rd8 {Black
refuses to accept P sacrifice.} ({Very complicated and unclear game after} 
15... Nxe4 $5 16. Bxf4 $8 {For example:} Nxc3 $1 (16... gxf4 17. Nd5 $18) 17.
Qd3 cxd4 (17... gxf4 18. Qxc3 fxe3 19. Qxe3 cxd4 20. Qxh6 Bf5 21. Bd3 $44) 18.
Bg3 Qf6 (18... Nxb5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Qxb5 f5 21. f3 Be6 22. c4 $14) 19. f3 $1
Be6 20. Bc4 dxe3 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxc3 f5 $15 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Gf5f4]}) 16. f3
({Equal position after} 16. Bxf4 exf4 (16... gxf4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qg5 19.
dxc5 dxc5 $132) 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qf6 $132) 16... Qc7 {Black removes Q to
the queenside to attack P weaknesses c2,c3,a2.} 17. Bf1 Be6 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. Rb1
$5 {[%csl Ra2,Rb7,Rc3] White continues a risky strategy.} ({It was possible to
play without sacrifices:} 19. d5 Bd7 20. c4 $132) 19... Rab8 20. h4 $5 Kh7 ({
Quite good was also} 20... Qxc3 21. g3 (21. d5 Bd7 $15) 21... Nh3+ 22. Bxh3
Bxh3 23. dxc5 (23. hxg5 hxg5 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Rxb7 Be6 $132) 23... dxc5 24.
Rxb7 $1 $132) 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. g3 ({To equal position was lead} 22. d5 Bc8 (
22... Bd7 $143 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. g3 $14) 23. Nc4 Qc7 (23... Qxc3 $4 24. Rb3 $18)
24. g3 N4h5 $132 (24... Nh3+ 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. Qd2 Kg6 (26... Rg8 27. g4 $16 {
[%csl Rh3]}) 27. Be3 {[%cal Gd2g5]} (27. g4 Rh8 28. Ne3 Rh7 $15 {[%cal Gb8h8]})
27... g4 28. Bg5 Rh8 29. Bxf6 Kxf6 30. f4 $16) 25. Qd2 g4 $132) 22... N4h5 (
22... Nh3+ 23. Bxh3 Bxh3 24. Qd3 $14 {[%cal Ge3d5]}) 23. Nd5 $5 {White plays
with great fantasy!} (23. d5 Bc8 24. Nc4 Qc7 $132 {like in one of previous
variations.}) 23... Bxd5 24. exd5 cxd4 ({Wrong was} 24... Nxd5 $2 25. dxe5 dxe5
26. Rxe5 Nxc3 27. Bd3+ Kh8 28. Qe1 $1 $18) 25. Qd3+ $6 $14 {Premature check.} (
{After} 25. cxd4 $1 {White has advantage in all variations:} Qxd5 (25... Nxd5
26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 $18) 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Bc4 $16 {[%csl Re5,
Rf7]}) 25... Kh6 $5 (25... Kh8 26. cxd4 Qxd5 27. c4 Qe6 28. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Re5,
Rg5]}) 26. Qf5 $4 $17 {Wrong plan. White threatens g3-g4, but for piece to
Black will be too much pawns...} (26. cxd4 $1 Qxd5 27. c4 (27. dxe5 dxe5 28.
Qf5 e4 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. fxe4 Ra5 31. Bc4 Ng4 $132) 27... Qc6 (27... Qe6 28.
Qa3 Nd7 (28... a6 29. dxe5 dxe5 30. Rb6 $18) 29. Qxa7 $14) 28. Qf5 Qd7 29. Qc2
$14) 26... Qxc3 $1 27. g4 Qc8 $1 28. Qxc8 Rdxc8 29. gxh5 Rxc2 30. Rb5 $6 (30.
Re2 Rxe2 31. Bxe2 Nxd5 32. Bc4 Nc3 $17) 30... b6 (30... Rxa2 $19) 31. a4 Rc5
32. a5 Nxd5 33. axb6 axb6 34. Ra1 Rxb5 35. Bxb5 Nc3 36. Bd3 Kxh5 37. Ra7 Rf8
38. Rd7 g4 39. fxg4+ Kxg4 40. Rxd6 b5 41. Kg2 {White has hopeless position} ({
Maybe better was to try} 41. Rb6 $5 Rd8 42. Be1 e4 43. Bxc3 dxc3 (43... exd3
44. Bd2 Re8 45. Rxb5 Re2 46. Ba5 d2 47. Rb1 Kf3 $19) 44. Bxe4 f5 45. Bc2 Rd2
46. Bb3 Rb2 47. Bd1+ Kf4 48. Kf1 b4 $19 {[%cal Gf4e3,Ge3d4]}) 41... f5 42. Rg6+
(42. Rb6 Ra8 43. Bxb5 Ra2 44. Rg6+ Kf4 45. Bc4 Rc2 $19 {[%csl Rc4,Rf2]}) 42...
Kf4 43. Bf1 Ke4 44. Rb6 Rg8+ 45. Kh1 Kf3 46. Be1 Rh8+ 47. Kg1 Ne2+ 48. Bxe2+
Kxe2 49. Ba5 (49. Ba5 Rg8+ 50. Kh2 Kf2 51. Rh6 d3 $19) 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.12.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Itkis, Boris"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.12.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 25184]} 1. e4 {Marin,M} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O
6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Ne2 (8. Bg5 $6 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nd2 $132 (10. Nd5 $6
g5 $1 11. Nxf6+ (11. Nxg5 Nxd5 $1 $19) 11... Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 $17 {[%csl Rg3] 0-1 Winter,W-Capablanca,J/Hastings 1919/ 
(29) [#]})) (8. Nh4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 Qxh4 10. Bg5 Qg4 11. Qxg4 Bxg4 12. Nxd6 cxd6
13. Be7 Rfe8 14. Bxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nimzowitsch,A-Vidmar,M/London 1927 (30)}) (
8. h3 Nd7 (8... c5 9. Nh2 (9. Nd2 c6 10. Nc4 Bc7 11. a4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hug,
W-Unzicker,W/Bad Homburg 1996 (16)}) 9... Be6 (9... h6 10. Kh1 Nh7 11. Qe2 Qh4
$5 12. f4 exf4 (12... Qd8 $6 13. f5 $14 {1-0 Fierz,M-Donev,I/Zurich 1993 (39)})
13. e5 Re8 14. Nf3 Qh5 15. Bxf4 Bg4 $132) 10. b3 Nd7 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qd2 Nf8
13. Ne2 Ng6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 $11 {1/2-1/2
Wittmann,W-Unzicker,W/Graz 1984 (20)}) (8... h6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Rc1
Qf6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Ne2 Qg6 14. Nc3 Qf6 15. Rfd1 Rfe8 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5
Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Garcia,R-Celis,G/Buenos
Aires Gran Prix ,EXT 1994 (41)}) 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Qd2 Nc5 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Be3 c5
13. Nh2 Nd4 14. Ng3 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Kasparian-Levenfish,G/
Leningrad 1947 (53)}) (8. Kh1 Re8 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 (
12... Nxg4 13. hxg4 Bxg4 14. Rg1 $16) 13. Ne2 Bc5 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. Nh4 $14 (15.
Qc1 Rad8 16. b4 Bb6 17. Qb2 Bd4 $132 {1-0 Pavlicek,J-Volek,K/cr Czechia 1993 
(50)})) (8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 Be6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. Nf3 Qc8 12. Ne2 Bxh3 13. gxh3
Qxh3 14. Ng3 Bc5 15. Be3 $16 {1-0 Tian,K-Lopis,D/Australia ch U12 1995 (38)})
8... c5 (8... Re8 9. Ng3 Bf8 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. Nd2 Nb8 13. f4 exf4 14.
Rxf4 Nc6 15. Qf1 Be6 16. Rf2 a5 17. a4 c4 $1 $15 (17... Nd4 18. Nf3 Ra6 19.
Nxd4 cxd4 20. Ne2 $11 {0-1 Pliester,L-Davies,N/Gausdal 1992 (32)})) (8... Bg4
9. Ng3 Nh5 10. Nxh5 Bxh5 11. h3 Re8 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 Qh4 14. Kh2 Rad8 15. Qe2
c5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Ng2 b5 18. a4 a6 19. Ne3 f6 $14 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Zak,U/
Tel-Aviv Cup rapid 1996 (42)}) 9. Ng3 Qe7 $6 10. h3 (10. Nh4 $14) 10... Be6 11.
Qe2 (11. Nh4 $14) 11... Ne8 $5 12. b3 g6 13. Nh2 Ng7 14. Bb2 (14. f4 Qh4 15.
Nh1 $1 (15. Qf3 f5 16. exf5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf5 18. Qe4 Nd4 19. Bxd6 Qxe4 20.
Nxe4 cxd6 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nxd6 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Ne2+ $11) 15...
exf4 16. e5 Be7 17. Rxf4 Qh5 18. Nf3 $14) 14... Bd7 (14... b5 {Itkis} 15. Ng4
f6 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. a4 $132) 15. Rae1 Ne6 (15... a5 16. Ng4 $132 (16. a4 Ne6
17. Qd2 Nd4 18. Rc1 Qh4 19. Qe3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Nxd4 cxd4 $17)
) 16. Qd2 Nd4 17. c3 Nc6 18. Nf3 $6 (18. Qh6 f6 19. Nf3 $132 (19. Bc1 Rad8 20.
f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Rd1 Bb5 24. c4 Bd7 (24... Bc6 25. Ng4
Kh8 (25... Nxd3 $2 26. Nxf6+ Kh8 27. Qg5 Rd7 (27... Rd6 28. Nxh7 $1 $18) 28. h4
$18 {[%csl Yg5]}) 26. Nxe5 (26. Nxf6 Rf7 27. Qg5 Rd6 28. Rf5 Nxd3 29. Rdf1 Re6
30. h4 $132) 26... fxe5 27. Qe3 $11) 25. Nf3 $132)) 18... Rad8 19. d4 $2 $17 {
Here white offered a draw, but black, who didn't like very much the position
either, didn't hear it! (Marin)} (19. Qh6 $132) 19... cxd4 20. cxd4 Bb4 21. Qh6
$1 (21. Bc3 Bxc3 22. Qxc3 exd4 $17) 21... Nxd4 $1 (21... Bxe1 $4 22. dxe5 Bb4
23. Ng5 f5 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Nh5 $3 $18) 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 f6 $6 (23... f5
$1 24. exf5 Bxe1 25. f6 (25. fxg6 Bb4 26. Nh5 (26. Ne4 Bf5 27. gxh7+ Qxh7 28.
Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Be7 $17) (26. gxh7+ Qxh7 27. Qg5+ Kf7 28. Qf6+ Ke8 {[%cal
Gb4e1]} (28... Kg8 29. Qg5+ $11) 29. Qe5+ Qe7 30. Qh5+ Rf7 31. Qh8+ Qf8 32.
Qe5+ Be7 33. Re1 Bc6 $19) 26... Bf5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8
30. g7+ Qxg7 31. Qxf5+ Qf7 $17) 25... Qf7 26. Rxe1 Rfe8 27. Re7 Rxe7 28. fxe7
Qxe7 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Qxh7+ Ke6 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 $19) 24. e5 f5 (
24... Bb5 25. exf6 Qf7 $15) 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Be3 (26. Bc3 Ba3 27. Rcd1 Rxd1 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd3 $17) 26... Rd5 27. Bg5 Qd7 28. Ne2 Rxe5 29. Nf4 Bd6 30.
Rfe1 Rf7 $2 $44 (30... Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Re8 32. Bf6 Bf8 $17) 31. Rcd1 Re4 32. f3
(32. Nxe6 Qxe6 33. Rxe4 fxe4 $17) 32... Rxe1+ 33. Rxe1 Bf8 (33... Bc5+ 34. Kh2
Bf8 35. Qh4 Bd6 36. Kh1 Bxf4 37. Bxf4 $44) 34. Qh4 Bd5 35. Nxd5 (35. Kh1 c6 $17
) 35... Qxd5 36. Re8 Qc6 (36... Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qd6+ 38. f4 h5 39. Bh6 Kh7 40.
Bxf8 Rxf8 41. Qe7+ Qxe7 42. Rxe7+ Kg8 43. Rxc7 Rf7 $11) 37. Rb8 Qc5+ 38. Kh2 c6
39. f4 (39. Bh6 Qd6+ 40. Bf4 Qe6 41. Bh6 $11) 39... Qd6 (39... h5 40. Bh6 Qd6
41. Qd8 Kh7 42. Bxf8 Qxf4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Kf1 Qf4+ 45. Ke2 Qe4+ 46. Kd1 (46.
Kf2 Qf4+ $11) 46... Qb1+ $11) 40. Rd8 Rd7 41. Ra8 a5 (41... a6 42. Bh6 Rf7 43.
Qd8 $18) (41... Rf7 42. Bh6 $18) (41... h5 42. Bh6 Rf7 43. Qd8 Qxd8 44. Rxd8 h4
45. g3 hxg3+ 46. Kxg3 $18) 42. Bh6 $22 $18 Rf7 43. Qd8 (43. Rxa5 $2 Bxh6 44.
Qxh6 Rf8 $11) 43... Qb4 (43... Qxd8 44. Rxd8 Rf6 45. Kg3 b5 46. Rc8 c5 47. Kh4
c4 48. Kg5 Rf7 49. bxc4 bxc4 50. a4 c3 51. g4 fxg4 52. hxg4 c2 53. Bxf8 Rxf8
54. Rxc2 Rf7 55. Rc5 $18) 44. Qe8 g5 45. Bxg5 Qd6 46. Qe5 Qg6 47. Be7 Qh6 48.
Bc5 b5 49. a4 bxa4 50. bxa4 Qg6 51. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Budapest zt 1.4"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2000.06.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c6 (11... c5 {Theory}) 12. Bf1 Qc7 13.
Nh4 (13. g3 Ne8 (13... Nd7 14. Nh4 c5 15. d5 Nd8 16. f4 (16. Nf5 $14) 16... f6
17. c4 Nf7 18. f5 Re8 19. a4 Nf8 20. a5 Bd7 21. Bd2 Re7 22. Ra3 $14 {1-0
Teichmann,Richard-Cohn,Erich/Vienna (11) ;HCL 1908 (31)}) (13... c5 {after
this move in most of variations is created position with closed center (after
d4-d5) - like in Benoni opening - with pair of BB and doubled PP c of White -
I support, with White slight advantage:} 14. d5 (14. Bg2 Rd8 15. d5 Nf8 16. Nh4
(16. Bg5 N8d7 17. Nh4 h6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. f4 Nc4 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22.
Nf5 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Rf4 Bxf5 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 $44 {Yeo,
Michael J-Patience,PJ/St Helier op (2) ;EXT 99 1998/1-0 (54)}) 16... Qe7 17.
Qf3 $1 $14 {[%cal Gh4f5]} (17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Re8 19. c4 Qc7 20. Qd3 N8d7 21.
h3 Ne5 $132 {1-0 Skalicka,Carlos-Johner,Hans/Paris prel-9 (3) ;HCL 1924 (43)}))
14... Nd8 15. h3 Ne8 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4 f6 18. f5 g5 19. Ng2 Qa5 20. Bd2 Bd7 21.
Ne3 Ng7 22. a4 Qc7 23. Kg2 Kf7 24. Be2 Ke7 25. Rh1 $14 {Wilczek,
Hubert-Kasperek,Ryszard/POL-chT2 Wisla ;EXT 2000 1998/0-1 (56)}) (13... b6 14.
Nh4 Bb7 15. f4 Rfe8 (15... exf4 16. gxf4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f5 $16) 16. Nf5 d5 (
16... exf4 17. gxf4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. c4 $14) 17. fxe5 $6 (17. exd5 $1 Nxd5 18.
Rxe5 Nxc3 19. Qe1 Nd5 20. c4 Nf6 21. Bg2 $6 {[%cal Gc1b2]} (21. Bb2 $1 g6 22.
Ne3 Nd7 23. d5 (23. Re4 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7) 23... cxd5 24. cxd5 Nec5 25. Rxe8+
Rxe8 26. Qc3 f6 27. Bg2 $14) 21... g6 22. Ne3 Nd7 (22... Nxd4 23. Ng4 $3 $18)
23. Re4 Nf6 24. Re5 Nd7 $11) 17... Nxe4 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Bd3 c5 $132 {
Khamatgaleev,Alexej-Bykov,Andrey/RUS-Cup Omsk/Perm (2) ;EXT 2000 1998/0-1 (53)}
) (13... Rd8 14. Bg2 (14. a4 b6 15. Nh4 c5 16. d5 (16. Nf5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb7
18. d5 Nc5 19. Bg2 $11 (19. Qf3 $6 Ncxe4 $1 20. c4 (20. Rxe4 Bxd5 21. Bd3 Qb7
$19) 20... Nc5 21. Bg5 Ncd7 22. Nh6+ (22. h4 Kh8 23. h5 Rf8 (23... h6 $2 24.
Nxh6 Rf8 25. Nf5 $16 {1-0 Pedzich,Dominik-Kolosowski,Pawel/POL-ch sf
Czestochowa (11) ;EXT 2000 1998 (29)}) 24. Qa3 (24. h6 g6 25. Nd4 Ng8 26. Nb5
Qb8 $17) 24... Nxh5 25. Be7 Rfe8 26. Bxd6 Qd8 27. Be7 Qc7 $11) 22... gxh6 23.
Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxf6 Rf8 25. Re4 Bc8 $11 {[%cal Gc7d8]})) 16... Nf8 17. f4 $14)
14... b5 $5 $132 (14... c5 15. d5 Nf8 16. c4 $14)) (13... Re8 {-See comments
to the game  1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Yuri-Notkin,Maksim/Russian Club Cup (2) ;CBM 66
1998 (40) (Tsesarsky)}) 14. Bg2 g6 15. Nh4 N6g7 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 f5 18. e5
d5 19. Nf3 $14 {Maroczy,Geza-Treybal,Frantisek/Prague (8) ;HCL 1908/1-0 (52)})
(13. a4 Rd8 14. g3 c5 15. d5 Nf8 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Nh4 h6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Nf5 Qf8
20. Qf3 $14 {1-0 Wells,P-Thipsay,P/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1991 (40)}) (13. Ng5 Re8
14. Nxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd3 Re8 (15... Bd7 16. Bg5 exd4 17. cxd4 Rae8 18. f3 h6 19.
Bd2 c5 20. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,I-Zupe,M/Budapest FS06 IM-B 1994 (30)}) 16.
Bg5 Nd7 $132) 13... Rd8 (13... c5 14. d5 Nd8 (14... Nf4 $6 15. Bxf4 exf4 16.
Qd2 Nh5 17. Be2 Qd8 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf6 20. Bf3 $16) 15. Bg5 $1 (15. g3
Ne8 16. f4 (16. Nf5 g6 17. Nh4 f6 18. f4 Nf7 19. c4 Ng7 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. f5 g5
22. Ng2 Rfb8 23. h4 gxh4 24. Nxh4 a6 25. a4 (25. Kf2 b5 26. Rh1 bxc4 27. Be2 c3
$44 {0-1 Lugo,Blas-Alvarez,Roberto/Havana op ;EXT 2000 1992 (40)}) 25... b6 26.
Bd2 $132) 16... f6 17. f5 Qf7 18. g4 g5 19. Ng2 Ng7 20. h4 h6 21. Re3 Qe8 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh3 Kf7 24. Rh6 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Qxh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Neukirch,
Detlef-Hennings,Artur/DDR-ch 18th Schwerin ;EXT 99 1969 (41)}) 15... Ne8 16.
Qf3 c4 $5 17. Reb1 f6 18. Be3 $5 (18. Bd2 Bd7 19. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kobalija,
Mihail-Jakovenko,Dmitrij/Chigorin mem (6) ;EXT 97 1995 (32)}) 18... Bd7 19. a4
b6 20. Rb4 Nb7 21. Rxc4 Nc5 22. a5 bxa5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 (23... a6 24. Nxd6 $16)
24. Qxf5 $14) (13... d5 $5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Rxe5 Nxc3 16. Qd3 Nb5 17. c3 Rd8
18. Qc2 $14 (18. Qg3 f6 19. Re3 Qxg3 20. Rxg3 Nd6 21. Bd3 c5 $11)) (13... Re8
14. Qd3 (14. Qf3 Kh8 15. Nf5 Ng8 16. h4 f6 17. Rd1 Rf8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Ne3 (19.
dxc6 Rd8 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Ng3 Ne7 22. c4 Rab8 $44) 19... Ne7 20. c4 cxd5 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 Bd7 $11 {Levenfish,Grigory-Lisitsin,Georgy/URS-ch12 Moscow ;
URS-ch 1940/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (14. Nf5 g6 (14... Nf8 15. Qf3 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Ne6 17.
dxe5 dxe5 18. Re3 Nf4 19. Rg3 Re6 $132 {0-1 Knorr,Jose-Alvarez Ibarra,D Rafael/
Euskadi-ch (3) ;EXT 97 1995 (31)}) 15. Nh6+ Kg7 16. h3 Qb6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18.
hxg4 exd4 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. cxd4 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. c4 $14 {1-0 Arkhipov,
Sergey-Gostisa,Leon/Lippstadt (1) ;CBM 43 1994 (47)}) 14... Bd7 15. g3 Rad8 16.
Bg2 Bc8 17. f4 exf4 18. gxf4 Nf8 19. f5 (19. c4 $132) 19... h6 20. c4 $132 (20.
Bd2 N8h7 21. Nf3 Re7 (21... d5 22. e5 Ne4 {[%csl Rf5]} 23. f6 c5 $132) 22. c4 (
22. h4 c5 23. Nh2 Rde8 24. Re3 b6 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Rae1 c4 27. Qe2 Bxe4 $19 {
0-1 Duras,Oldrich-Rubinstein,Akiba/Karlsbad ;HCL 1907 (37)}) 22... c5 23. c3 b6
{[%csl Re4][%cal Gc8b7]} 24. Bf4 Bb7 25. e5 dxe5 26. Bxe5 $132)) 14. Qd3 $5 {
New interesting idea - to replace Q to g3.} (14. Qf3 d5 15. exd5 e4 16. Rxe4
Nxe4 17. dxe6 Nd6 18. exf7+ Qxf7 $13 {Nijeboer,F-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee/1995/})
(14. g3 d5 $5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Nf3 (16. Bb2 exd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Nxd4 19.
Bc4 Bg4 20. Qc1 Rd7 $17 {0-1 Koenig,Bernhard-Hartl,Aldo/Regionalliga SO9495 (2)
;EXT 99 1995 (40)}) (16. Bg2 Rd8 17. Nf3 $132) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 b5 $1 $132 {
[%csl Gc4,Gd5]} (17... c5 18. c4 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bf4 $16 {.../56/ 1/2-1/
2 Tarrasch,Siegbert-Janowsky,Dawid Markelowicz/San Sebastian (13) ;HCL 1911 
(46)})) 14... b6 15. Qg3 (15. Nf5 c5 16. d5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19.
exf5 Qd7 20. Bd3 (20. Qxf4 Nxd5 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. c4 Re8 $15) 20... b5 21. Qxf4
Nxd5 22. Qf3 Nf6 (22... Nxc3 23. f6 g6 24. Re7 Qc8 25. Qe3 Nd5 26. Qg5 $18) 23.
c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 d5 25. Red1 $132) 15... c5 16. d5 ({P sacrifice after} 16. Nf5
exd4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18. Bd3 {was unclear}) 16... Nf4 $1 {This move gives to
Black at least equal position.} 17. Qf3 (17. Bxf4 Nh5 $1 $11 {[%cal Gh5f4]})
17... Bg4 18. Qe3 (18. Qg3 Bc8 $5 $11) 18... Re8 (18... a6 $11) 19. c4 Qc8 20.
f3 Bd7 21. g3 Ng6 (21... Nh3+ 22. Kh1 a6 23. Rb1 (23. a4 h6 24. a5 $132) 23...
Rb8 $132) 22. Ng2 {White has space advantage and doesn't want to change NN.} (
22. Nxg6 hxg6 $11) 22... Ba4 23. Qa3 Bd7 (23... Qd7 $11) 24. Ne3 h6 (24... a6 {
[%cal Gb6b5]} 25. Qb3 Rb8 26. Rb1 b5 $11) 25. Qd3 Nh7 26. Bg2 Ng5 27. h4 Nh7
28. Qf1 Qc7 29. Bh3 Ne7 30. Kh2 Rf8 31. Bxd7 Qxd7 {[%cal Gf7f5]} 32. g4 $8 {
[%csl Rf5] Black already was threaten f7-f5 =/+} (32. a4 f5 $15) 32... g6 33.
f4 $5 {Seems premature promotion, but Black NN e7 and h7 placed not on the
best squares.} f6 (33... exf4 34. Qxf4 $14 {[%cal Gc1b2]}) 34. f5 (34. Rb1 Rf7
35. Rb3 Rg7 (35... g5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nf5 Rf6 38. Qh3 Raf8 39. hxg5 hxg5 40.
Qh5 {[%csl Rg5]} Nxf5 41. gxf5 R8f7 42. Rg1 $16) 36. Qf3 Rf8 37. f5 g5 $11)
34... g5 {Now position is closed, White tries to organize something using line
h, but it is not enough space for really dangerous Attack.} 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Kg2
Rg7 37. Rh1 Qa4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bd2 Rf8 40. Rh3 Rff7 41. Qf1 Nf8 42. Qd3 Rh7
43. Rh5 Kg7 (43... Rxh5 44. gxh5 Rh7 45. Ng4 Nd7 46. Qb3 (46. h6 b5 $5 47. cxb5
Nxf5 48. Rf1 (48. exf5 Qxg4+ $19) 48... Nxh6 (48... Nh4+ 49. Kh3 Rf7 50. c4 Ng6
51. Qb3 Qxb3+ 52. axb3 Nf4+ 53. Kg3 $14) 49. Nxf6+ Nxf6 50. Rxf6 Nf7 51. Rg6+
Rg7 52. Re6 Kf8 $11) 46... Qa6 47. h6 $11) 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. Nd1 (45. Rh1+ Kg8
46. Qb3 Qd7 $11 {[%cal Gf7h7]}) 45... Kg8 46. Nc3 Qd7 47. a4 a5 $1 {After this
move White can't do nothing - this position is dead draw.} 48. Ne2 Rh7 49. Ng3
Nc8 50. Nh5 Kf7 51. Qh3 (51. Qb3 Rh8 $11) 51... Qe8 52. Rb1 $6 {Unnecessary
sacrifice.} Ke7 {Black doesn't pay attention for P a4...} (52... Qxa4 $5 {After
} 53. Qb3 Qxb3 $1 (53... Qd7 $44) 54. Rxb3 {White idea of K penetration
through a4-b5 square is impossible to implement} Nd7 55. Kf2 Ne7 56. Ke2 Ng8
$15 {[%csl Rg4,Rh5][%cal Gg8h6]}) 53. Qa3 Nd7 54. Rh1 Nf8 55. Qb3 Qd7 56. Kf2
Kf7 57. Ke2 Ke7 58. Ke1 Rh6 59. Rg1 Rh7 60. Kd1 Kf7 61. Kc1 {Rest moves are
redundant. White can't improve something in this position} Ke7 62. Kb2 Kf7 63.
Ka3 Qe8 64. Rh1 Qd7 65. Qb1 Qe8 66. Rh3 Qd7 67. Rb3 Qd8 68. Qc1 Nd7 69. Rh3 Nf8
70. Qh1 Qe7 71. Qh2 Kg8 72. Qh1 Kf7 73. Rh2 Qd8 74. Qb1 Qe8 75. Qb3 Qd7 76. Rh1
Ke7 77. Qb2 Kf7 78. Qb5 Qxb5 79. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Acs, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Re1 Re8 (8... h6 9. h3 (9. d4 Bd7 10. h3 (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Bb2 Re8 12. h3 Bh5
13. Rb1 Qc8 $11 {1-0 Nguyen Anh Dung-Lukacs,P/Budapest 1999/EXT 2000 (29)}) (
10. Rb1 a6 11. Bf1 Rb8 12. g3 Re8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nh4 c6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Bosch,
J-Mueller,M/Germany 1998/GER-chT (60)}) 10... Re8 {-see commented game 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Leko,P/Horgen 1994/CBM 43[Leko,P] (55)}) 9... Bd7 10. Ba4 Ne7 11. Bxd7
Nxd7 12. d4 c5 13. Nh2 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. c3 Re8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nf1 Nf6 18.
d5 Ne7 19. Ng3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Comas Fabrego,L-Pavlovic,M/Terrasa 1995/EXT 98 
(66)}) (8... Bg4 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Qe2 Nd8 11. Qe3 Ne6 12. Bh4 Nf4 $132 {1-0
Cooley,O-Charman,C/Witley 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) ({Another mainlines are:} 8...
Ne7) (8... Qe7) (8... Bd7) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 $11 {Black
equalized easily.} 12. d4 Qe7 13. Nd2 Qe6 14. Bg3 c5 $5 15. dxc5 (15. d5 Qd7
$11) 15... dxc5 16. Qe2 a5 17. Qc4 Qc6 $1 {Black is not satisfied by draw!} (
17... Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Nh5 19. Red1 $11) 18. Qd3 Ba6 19. c4 Nd7 20. Qc3 a4 21. f3
f6 22. Bf2 Nb6 23. Qa3 $6 $15 {[%csl Rc4,Rc5]} (23. Re3 $142 $132 {[%cal Ge3d3]
}) 23... Red8 24. Nf1 Bxc4 25. Qxc5 ({Or} 25. Bxc5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Ra5 27. Bb4
Rb5 28. Rf2 Qc4 29. Bc3 $15) 25... Qxc5 26. Bxc5 Ra5 27. Bxb6 $2 $17 ({Much
better was} 27. Be3 Rb5 28. a3 (28. Rab1 Rxb1 29. Rxb1 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Bc4 31.
Bxb6 cxb6 32. Rxa4 b5 33. Ra1 $15) 28... Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Nc4 30. Bc1 Kf7 31. Ke2
Ke6 $15) 27... cxb6 28. Ne3 Bf7 29. a3 $2 $17 (29. Reb1 $15) 29... Rc5 30. Red1
$2 $19 {Decisive mistake} ({Why not} 30. Kf2 Rc3 31. Reb1 Rd6 32. Rb2 $17)
30... Rxd1+ $1 (30... Rd4 $2 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nf5 Rxc2 33. Nxd4 Rd2 $15) 31.
Rxd1 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3,Re3]} 32. Rd8+ ({Loses} 32. Rd3 {in view of} Rxd3 $1 33.
cxd3 Bb3 {[%csl Re3]} (33... b5 $2 34. Nc2 $14 {[%cal Gc2b4]}) 34. Kf2 (34. Nf1
b5 35. Kf2 b4 $19) 34... b5 35. Ke2 b4 36. Kd2 bxa3 37. Kc3 a2 38. Kb2 $19)
32... Kh7 33. Kf2 ({Here also} 33. Rd3 {leads to lost position, like on
previous move.} Rxd3 34. cxd3 Bb3) 33... Rxa3 34. Rd7 Bg8 35. Nf5 {[%csl Rg7]
White had arranged certain counterplay, but too late.} Rc3 36. Nxg7 Rxc2+ 37.
Kg3 Kh8 {[%cal Ga4a1,Gb6b1] Black pass PP pair a and b is too strong.} 38. Nf5
({Or} 38. Ne8 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Ge8f6]} Rc6 $1 $19) 38... a3 39. Ne7 Be6 40. Ra7
a2 41. Nd5 Bxd5 ({Wins also} 41... f5 42. Nf6 f4+ 43. Kh4 Bg8 44. Nxg8 Kxg8 45.
Kg4 b5 46. Kf5 b4 $19) 42. exd5 Rd2 (42... b5 $2 43. d6 Rd2 {-like in this game
} (43... b4 $6 44. d7 Rd2 45. Rxa2 Rxd7 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Rd4 $17)) 43. d6
b5 44. Kg4 ({Or} 44. d7 Rxd7 (44... b4 45. Rxa2 Rxd7 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rb8 Rd4
$17) 45. Rxa2 Rb7 46. Rb2 b4 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Kf5 b3 49. h4 Kf7 $22 $19) 44...
Rxd6 $4 $44 {Terrible mitake allows White to survive.} ({Right was} 44... b4 $1
45. Kf5 b3 46. Ra8+ (46. Kg6 Rxg2+ $19) 46... Kg7 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ Kf7 49.
Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ke6 Rxd6+ 51. Kxd6 b2 $19) 45. Rxa2 Rd4+ (45... Rb6 46. Kf5 Kg7
47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. Ra7+ Ke8 50. Ra8+ Kd7 51. Ra7+ Kd6 52. Kxf6 b4
53. Ra1 $132) 46. Kf5 Ra4 47. Rb2 Kg7 48. Rxb5 Rf4+ 49. Ke6 e4 50. Rb4 f5 51.
Ke5 Rh4 52. Rb7+ Kg6 53. Rb6+ Kg5 54. Rf6 exf3 55. Rxf5+ Kg6 56. Rf6+ Kg7 57.
Rxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2519"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2001.02.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 ({Another mainlines are:} 
12. Nh4) (12. a4) ({and} 12. g3) 12... Nf8 $6 $14 {Rather rare move} ({Much
more popular are} 12... Nd7 13. g3 Ndf8 (13... Nb6 14. Ba3 {[%csl Re5]} Qf6 15.
Qd3 Bd7 16. Qe3 Ba4 17. Rac1 $132 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Nikolov,S/Pardubice 1997/
CBM 59 ext (36)}) 14. Bg2 (14. Nh4 Qf6 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Nxg6 Qxg6 17. Bg2 c5 18.
d5 Nf8 $11 {0-1 Alexander,C-Barcza,G/Munich 1958/MCD (62)}) 14... c5 15. d5 Nc7
16. h4 Bg4 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Qf1 Qe8 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Istratescu,
A-Schwartzman,G/Odorheiu Secuiesc 1993/CBM 36 (61)}) ({and} 12... b6 13. Nh4 (
13. Ba3 c5 14. g3 Bb7 15. d5 Nf8 16. Nh4 Bc8 17. c4 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5
Nf8 20. f4 N8d7 21. g4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Friedman,A-Van Beek,L/Wijk aan Zee 1998/
EXT 2000 (43)}) 13... Re8 (13... Bb7 14. Nf5 Qf8 15. Bd3 exd4 16. cxd4 c5 17.
d5 $16 {1-0 Spraggett,K-Di Fonzo,V/Geneve 1995/CBM 46 ext (38)}) (13... g6 14.
g3 Ne8 15. Bg2 Rb8 16. h3 N8g7 17. Nf3 f6 18. Nh2 $132 {1-0 Kuzmin,A-Andrianov,
N/Moscow 1982/MCD (73)}) (13... c5 14. Nf5 Qc7 15. Qf3 Ne8 16. d5 Nf8 17. h4 (
17. Bg5 $14) 17... f6 18. h5 $14 {0-1 Khamatgaleev,A-Datu,I/Calcutta IND 2001 
(54)}) 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Nf5 Qd8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qf3 Kh8 18. d5 Nc5 19. Bg5 (
19. Qg3 $6 Rg8 $15 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,Rf5] 0-1 Kummerow,H-Aleksandrov,A/Bad
Wiessee 1999/EXT 2001 (27)}) 19... Ng8 $11) (12... h6 13. g3 Nh7 14. h4 g5 15.
Bg2 Qf6 16. Be3 Qg7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qd2 f6 $132 {1-0 Istratescu,A-Nestorovic,
D/Belgrade 1994/EXT 97 (42)}) 13. Nh4 $1 {Best reaction.} ({Another
possibilies are not so effective:} 13. g3 c5 (13... h6 14. Nh4 c6 15. a4 N6h7
16. Bg2 Qf6 17. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Vehi Bach,V-Fernandez Garcia,J/Linares 1998/EXT
99 (17)}) 14. Nh4 Be6 15. Bg2 Rac8 $132 {1-0 Castro Rojas,O-Sanchez,L/
Barranquilla 1972/EXT 2001 (49)}) (13. Nd2 $5 h6 (13... c5 14. d5 $14) 14. a4
Ng6 (14... N8h7 15. Bd3 g6 16. Nf3 Kg7 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Ba3 c5 19. Qe3 b6 20. a5
$14 {1-0 Grill,M-Colin,V/Montlucon 1997/EXT 2001 (54)}) 15. a5 $132) (13. a4
Ng6 14. g3 h6 15. Bg2 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Kunte,A/Calcutta IND 2001/
The Week in Chess 327 (18)}) 13... Nxe4 ({White kept slight advantage also in
the game} 13... Ng4 14. g3 Qf6 (14... c5 15. Bg2 $14) 15. f3 Nh6 16. Be3 $14 {
[%csl Rh6] 1-0 Botvinnik,M-Reshevsky,S/NLD/URS 1948/MainBase (41)}) (13... c5
14. Nf5 Bxf5 (14... Qc7 15. Bg5 Bxf5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. exf5 $14) 15. exf5 $14)
14. Rxe4 f5 15. Nxf5 $1 Bxf5 16. Re1 {White has pair of BB and eventual after
d4xe5 exchange Pe5 will become weakness. In other hand, White has doubled PP c.
} Qf6 ({Or} 16... Ng6 $14) (16... Qf7 17. Qf3 $14) 17. Qf3 b6 ({Badly is} 17...
Bxc2 $6 18. Qxb7 $16 {For instance:} Ne6 (18... exd4 $2 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Bg5
$18) 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qxc7 $16) 18. Qg3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Re8 19. Bg5
$6 $44 (19. Bc4+ $142 Be6 20. Bg5 Qf7 21. Bb5 $14) 19... Qf7 20. dxe5 (20. Bb5
Nd7 $132) 20... Rxe5 21. Rxe5 dxe5 22. Qxe5 h6 $6 $14 ({Intersting was} 22...
Re8 $1 {and Black has sufficient compensation for P lack:} 23. Qd4 (23. Qg3
Bxc2 24. Bb5 c6 $1 (24... Re4 25. f3 $18 {[%csl Re4]}) 25. Bxc6 Qxa2 $1 26. Rc1
Re6 27. Qf3 Bb3 28. h4 (28. Be3 Rf6 29. Qe4 $132) 28... Qe2 $11) 23... Ne6 (
23... Bxc2 24. Bc4 Ne6 25. Re1 Ba4 26. Qg4 Bd7 27. Bf4 b5 28. Bb3 c5 29. Bd5
Kh8 30. Be5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5,Re6][%cal Gf2f4]}) 24. Bc4 Nxd4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7
26. cxd4 Bxc2 $11) 23. Bf4 c5 24. Qe2 {[%csl Gc2][%cal Ge2c2] White has chosen
Pc2 protection plan.} ({Strong was also} 24. Qc7 $1 Bxc2 25. Re1 $14 (25. Qxf7+
Kxf7 26. Bc4+ Ne6 27. Re1 Re8 $11)) (24. Bb5 $6 Ng6 25. Qc7 Qf6 (25... Nxf4 26.
Qxf4 Bxc2 27. Bc4 $18) 26. Qc6 Qxc6 27. Bxc6 Rd8 $132) 24... Re8 (24... Ng6 25.
Bg3 Rd8 26. a3 $14 {[%cal Gf7a2]}) 25. Qd2 Be6 26. Bb5 Bd7 27. Bd3 ({Worth of
attention was also} 27. a4 $5 a5 28. c4 $5 Re4 29. Be3 Be6 30. Qd6 $16) 27...
Bf5 28. Bb5 Bd7 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Be2 {Of course, White would not be satisfied
with draw} (30. Bb5 $6 $11) 30... Kh7 (30... Ng6 31. Bg3 $14) 31. Bg3 Qg6 32.
Bb5 Rc8 33. Re1 Qf7 34. Qf4 Ng6 35. Qf3 Qf6 $2 $18 {At last Black misses
latent threat h2-h4-h5.} (35... Rf8 36. Bd3 c4 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 38. Qxf5 Rxf5 39.
a3 $14 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3]}) 36. h4 {Threatening h4-h5} Rf8 ({In case of} 36... Kh8
{after} 37. h5 Nf8 {and} 38. Bh4 $1 Qxh4 39. Qxf5 Rd8 40. g3 Qf6 41. Qxf6 gxf6
42. Re7 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rf8,Rh6,Rh8] this endgame is lost for Black.}) 37. h5
Ne7 (37... Nh4 38. Bxh4 Qxh4 39. Re5 $18) 38. Be5 Qg5 39. Bd6 $1 Qd2 40. Rd1
Qg5 41. Bd3 $1 g6 (41... Bxd3 42. Qxd3+ (42. Qxf8 $18) 42... Kg8 43. Re1 $18)
42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. Re1 1-0

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Jonkman, Harmen"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 (10... c6 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. Bc1 Rd8 13. g3 c5 14.
d5 Nf8 15. Bg2 {White has here one tempo over- compare this position with
position in our game after 14 move -see commented game 1-0 Bohatirchuk,
F-Freiman,S/Moscow 1924/URS-ch[Ftacnik,L] (57)}) 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. d5
{White keeps pair of BB and space advantage, but doubled PP c2c3 give to Black
sufficient counterplay. However, White maybe has here slight advantage.} ({
More flexible is} 13. g3 $5 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh4 (15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Nh4 h6 17.
Bd2 {see commented game 1-0 Nikolenko,O-Notkin,M/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext 
[Kharitonov,A](52)}) 15... h6 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Nxh4 18. gxh4 {-see commented
game 1/2-1/2 Kreiman,B-Christiansen,L/Seattle 2002/CBM 87_01[Tsesarsky,I] (37)}
) 13... Nf8 14. g3 ({Another mainline is} 14. c4 b6 15. g3 Bd7 16. Nh4 Rab8 17.
Qf3 $14 {-see commented game 1-0 Lugo,B-Glavina Rossi,P/ICC Internet 1998/CBM
65 [Tsesarsky,I](96)}) 14... Ng6 (14... h6 $6 15. Nh4 g5 $2 16. Ng2 $1 (16. Nf5
$2 Bxf5 17. exf5 e4 18. f4 N8h7 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Bg2 Qe5 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. c4
Qxf5 23. Rf1 Qg6 24. g4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Khamatgaleev,A-Hajnal,Z/Gyongyos 1999/EXT
2000 (49)}) 16... Ng6 17. c4 Ne8 18. Ne3 Ng7 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4
$16 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Birnboim,N/Israel 1997/CBM 58 ext (37)}) (14... Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne8 17. a4 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Bykhovsky,A/Cappelle la Grande
1996/CBM 51 ext (29)}) 15. a4 (15. Rb1 h6 {-see commented game 1-0 Oratovsky,
M-Birnboim,N/Jerusalem 1996/CBM 56[Tsesarsky,I] (40)}) (15. c4 h6 (15... Rb8
16. a4 b6 17. h4 Bg4 18. Qd3 h6 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Qd1 Re8 21. Bd3 Qd8 22. Nf1 Qc7
23. Ne3 $132 {1-0 Paehtz,T-Wiesend,B/Bad Woerishofen 2000/CBM 75 ext (67)}) 16.
Bg2 Nh7 17. Nd2 Rf8 18. Nf1 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. Qh5 Qf7 22. Rf1
Nf6 23. Qd1 Rae8 24. a4 $11 {0-1 Kulish,I-Stjazhkina,O/Moscow 1999/CBM 70 ext 
(49)}) (15. Nd2 Rf8 16. a4 Ne8 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. f4 Qf6 20. fxe5
Nxe5 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Be3 b6 23. a5 Nd6 24. Qe2 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Lane,G/
Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext (24)}) (15. h3 Rf8 16. Nh2 h6 17. Bg2 Nh7 18. Qh5
Nf6 19. Qe2 Nh7 20. h4 f5 21. h5 Nh8 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. f4 Rae8 24. g4 Bd7 25.
Bd2 (25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Rb1 b6 $132) 25... Qh4 26. f5 $132 {0-1 Khamatgaleev,
A-Malupande,L/Calcutta IND 2001/The Week in Chess 327 (44)}) (15. Bg2 h6 16.
Rb1 Qc7 17. c4 Bd7 18. Bd2 Rdb8 19. Bc3 a6 20. Nd2 b5 21. f4 b4 22. Bb2 exf4
23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Bxf6 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 gxf6 26. Qf3 Kh7 27. Qxf6 Rg8+ 28. Kh1 Bh3
29. Rg1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Khamatgaleev,A-Khamidulin,V/Togliatty RUS 2001/The Week
in Chess 354 (32)}) 15... h6 16. c4 Nh7 17. Nd2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Qd7
20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Ne4 {Ne4 looks strong, but Black will change him on one of
his NN.} Rd7 22. Ra3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Nf6 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gf6e4]} 24. f3 Nxe4 {
Black equalized.} 25. Qxe4 (25. fxe4 Qh3 26. Rf1 Rdf7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rf3 Qg4
29. Rf2 $11) 25... Qh5 {[%csl Rf3][%cal Gd7f7,Gf8f3,Gh5f3]} (25... Qxe4 26.
fxe4 Rdf7 27. a5 Ne7 28. Rb3 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3b7]} Nc8 29. Be3 b6 30. a6 $11
) 26. h3 Rdf7 27. Kg2 Ne7 28. Bd2 Nf5 29. g4 Qg6 30. Kh2 Nh4 31. Qxg6 Nxg6 {
[%csl Rf3][%cal Gf8f3]} 32. Kg3 $11 h5 33. Bg5 hxg4 ({Another interesting move
is} 33... Nf4 34. a5 Kh7 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 {Seems, Black has advantage, but White
is able to neutralize pressure:} 36. Re4 (36. gxh5 Rxc4 37. Rb3 Rf7 38. Reb1
Rcf4 39. Kg2 Kh6 40. Rxb7 Rxf3 41. Rxa7 Rf2+ 42. Kg1 Rxa7 43. Kxf2 Rxa5 44. Rb6
$11 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gb6d6]}) 36... R4f7 (36... Rxe4 37. fxe4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Rf4
39. Re3 Kg6 40. Kh4 Kh6 41. Rb3 Rxe4 42. Rxb7 Rxc4 43. Rd7 Rxc2 44. Rxd6+ Kh7
45. Kg5 $11) 37. Rb3 Kg6 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Rh4+ Kg5 40. Rg4+ $11) 34. hxg4 Nf4
35. a5 Kh7 36. Rb3 Kg6 37. Bxf4 Rxf4 38. Re4 R8f7 39. Rxf4 exf4+ 40. Kf2 Re7
41. Rb1 Kf6 42. Re1 Rxe1 43. Kxe1 Ke5 44. c3 Kf6 45. Ke2 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. a4 Nc7 (12... Rd8 13. dxe5 (13.
Bc4 Nf8 14. Ng5 Ne6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. a5 h6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 Bd7 19. h3 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Brunner,L/GER-CupT f (Porz-Hamburg) 1992 (31)}) (13. Bf1 Nc7 14.
h3 Bd7 15. g3 b5 16. Nh4 bxa4 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ncd5 19. Ra3 Qc7 20. dxe5
dxe5 21. Qe2 Rab8 22. Bg5 h6 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 $14 {1-0
Smyslov,V-Xie Jun/Hostdans, Copenhagen DEN 1997 (32)}) 13... dxe5 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. Bc4 h6 16. Nh4 Re8 17. Nf5 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bxf5 19. exf5 $14 {1-0 Short,
N-Anand,V/Linares 1992/CBM 28 (33)}) 13. Bf1 Bg4 (13... b6 14. d5 h6 15. g3 Bg4
16. h3 Bd7 17. Nh4 g5 18. Nf3 Kh7 19. h4 gxh4 20. Nxh4 Rg8 21. Qf3 Bg4 22. Qh1
Qf8 23. Bh3 Nce8 24. Nf5 Rg6 25. f3 Bxh3 26. Qxh3 Ng8 27. Kf2 $14 {1-0 Delgado
Mairelys-Ramon Vivian/Memorial J.Capablanca (w), Cuba 1995 (42)}) 14. h3 (14.
d5 Nfe8 15. h3 Bd7 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bg2 Qf6 19. g4 Bg6 20. Be3 $11 {
Middelburg,T-Xie Jun/Vlissingen HZ-op 1997/EXP 58/1-0 (67)}) 14... Bxf3 (14...
Bd7 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Bh4 h6 17. Qb1 Bc8 18. a5 Rb8 19. Qc1 Re8 20. dxe5 dxe5
21. Bc4 b5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Bg3 Nd7 24. Qe3 b5 25. Bf1 f6 26. Red1 Nb6 27. Nh4
Be6 28. f4 $16 {1-0 Chandler,M-Morris,P/London Lloyds 1992/EXP 31 (30)}) 15.
Qxf3 cxd4 (15... Nd7 16. Be3 Rfe8 17. d5 $14) 16. cxd4 exd4 17. e5 $1 (17. Bg5
Ne6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 (18... gxf6 19. Rab1 Rac8 20. Bd3 (20. e5 fxe5 21. Rxb7 Rc7
22. Reb1 Nc5 $15) 20... Rc7 $11) 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rab1 b6 $15) (17. Rb1 b6 18.
Bg5 Ne6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 $15 (19... gxf6 $11)) 17... Nd7 18. Ba3 (18. Qxb7 Nxe5
19. Ba3 Qd8 (19... Rfb8 20. Qe4 $14 (20. Rxe5 $2 Qd7 $1 (20... Qd8 $1 21. Qxa8
Rxa8 22. Re4 Ne6 $17) 21. Bb5 Rxb7 22. Bxd7 dxe5 23. Bc6 Rab8 $17)) (19... Qd7
{This game}) 20. Qb4 Qg5 21. Kh1 Ne6 22. Qxd6 Ng6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 (
24... Rf7 25. Bc4 $18) 25. Bxf8 $16) 18... Nxe5 19. Qxb7 Qd7 $6 (19... Rfb8 20.
Qe4 $14) 20. Qe4 $6 (20. Qb4 $1 $16) 20... Rfd8 (20... Ne6 21. Qd5 Rfd8 22. Bb5
Qc7 23. Bxd6 Qxd6 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rdc8 26. Bd3 Rc5 27. Rae1 Rxe5 28.
Rxe5 Rb8 $14) 21. Qxd4 $14 Ne6 (21... Rac8 22. Rad1 (22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Qe3 Rxa4
24. Qg3 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rad1 Rxc2 27. Rxd6 Qc8 28. Qd3 Rxd6 29. Qxc2 Rd7
$11) 22... Ne6 23. Qb4 $16) 22. Qe4 (22. Qxd6 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 Rxd6
$14) 22... Rac8 23. Rad1 (23. Bb5 $5 Qc7 24. Rad1 Qxc2 (24... Nc4 25. Bb4 Nb2
26. Rd2 d5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Qxd5 Qxc2 29. Ba3 $5 Qc3 (29... Nxa4 30. Rxe6 (30.
Rc1 Qxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 32. Kh2 Nb6 33. Qb7 Nc8 34. Qa8 Nf8 35. Ba6 Nd6 36.
Qxa7 Ra1 37. Qb6 $16) 30... Nb6 (30... fxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Bxa4 Qc4 33. Qf5
Rd8 34. Bc2 Qg8 35. Kh2 $18) 31. Rxb6 axb6 32. Bd3 $14) 30. Re3 $1 $18) 25.
Bxd6 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Ng6 27. Kf1 a6 28. Be2 Rc6 29. Bg3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 f5 31. Rb4
f4 $14) 23... Qc7 24. f4 $6 (24. Ba6 $1 Rb8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27.
Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $16) 24... Nc6 (24... Nc4 25. Bxc4 Qxc4 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. f5
Nc7 (27... Rxa4 28. Rxd6 Re8 29. fxe6 Rxa3 30. exf7+ (30. e7 f6 $11) 30... Kxf7
31. Rd7+ Kf8 32. Rf1+ Kg8 33. Rff7 Rg3 34. Kf2 Rg6 35. Rxa7 $16) 28. Rxd6 Rc8
29. Rd7 g6 30. Ree7 Rxa4 31. Rxf7 Rxa3 32. Rg7+ Kf8 33. Rxh7 Ke8 34. Rde7+ Kf8
35. f6 $18) 25. Bd3 $2 (25. g3 Qb6+ 26. Kg2 Ncd4 27. Bd3 Qc6 28. c3 Qxe4+ 29.
Rxe4 Rxc3 30. Bb2 d5 31. Rxd4 Rb3 32. Ba1 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 $16) (25. Bc4 $1 Nf8 (
25... Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Ncd4 (26... Nc5 27. Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 (28... Kh8
29. Rd5 Qb6 30. Qxh7+ $1 Kxh7 31. Rh5#) 29. Rd5 $1 $18) 27. Bd5 Re8 28. c3 Rxc3
29. Rxd4 Rxa3 30. f5 Ra1 31. fxe6 f5 (31... Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qxd4 33. exf7+ $18)
32. e7+ Kh8 33. Rxa1 fxe4 34. Rf1 Qb8 (34... g6 35. Rf8+ Kg7 36. Rxe8 Qxd4 37.
Rg8+ Kf6 38. e8=Q $18) 35. Rb4 Qc8 36. Bb7 $18) 26. Qf5 $1 Ne5 $1 (26... Na5
27. Bxf7+ Qxf7 28. Qxa5 Qxf4 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Re4 Qf6 31. c4 Nd7 32. Bxd6 Nb6
33. Qb5 $18) 27. Bd5 Nc4 28. Bb4 (28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 Ne6 (
30... Qxc2 $2 31. Qxc2 Rxc2 32. Re8 $18) 31. Qe4 Qc6 (31... Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Rxc2
33. f5 $18) 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb8 a5 (33... a6 34. f5 Nf8 35. Re8 f6 36. Rd8
Kf7 37. Bd6 $18) 34. f5 $18 (34. Re5 $16)) 28... Nb2 $132) 25... Nf8 $1 $14 (
25... g6 26. f5 Nc5 27. Bxc5 (27. Qh4 Ne5 28. f6 Ne6 29. Re3 Nxd3 30. cxd3 Qb6
$11) 27... dxc5 28. fxg6 (28. Qh4 Rd4 29. Qh6 Qf4 30. Qxf4 Rxf4 31. fxg6 hxg6
32. Be4 $16) 28... hxg6 29. Bc4 Kg7 30. Rd5 $16) 26. Kh1 $1 (26. Qe3 Qa5 27. c4
Qxa4 28. Ra1 Nb4 29. Bb2 Qc6 30. Bf5 (30. Qg3 g6 (30... Ng6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32.
Qc3 Qb6+ 33. Kh2 f6 34. Qg3 Kf7 35. f5 g5 (35... gxf5 36. Re7+ Kxe7 37. Qxg7+
$18) 36. Rec1 $11 (36. Qf3 d5 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Re6 Qc7+ 39. Kg1 Nd3 40. Bxf6
gxf6 41. Rxf6 Nf4 42. Qxg5+ Qg7 $17)) 31. Be2 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 d5 33. Bg4 Ra8 34.
cxd5 Nxd5 35. Bf3 $44) 30... Rc7 31. Qg3 (31. Bxg7 $6 Kxg7 32. Qc3+ Kg8 33.
Qxb4 Qxc4 34. Qxc4 Rxc4 35. Rxa7 Rxf4 $15) 31... Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Ng6 33. Qc3 f6
34. Be6+ Kh8 $44) 26... Rb8 (26... d5 27. Qe3 Rb8 28. Bb5 $16) 27. Bc4 (27. Bb5
$16) 27... a5 (27... Ng6 28. Ba2 Rd7 (28... a5 29. Bxf7+ $1 Qxf7 (29... Kxf7
30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Bxd6+ (31. Rxd6 Nb4 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. c3 Qxc3 34. f5 Qf6 35.
fxg6 Qxe6 36. Rxe6 hxg6 37. Rxg6 Rd1+ (37... Rd2 38. Rb6 $18) 38. Kh2 Ra1 39.
Bb2 Rxa4 40. Rxg7 $16) 31... Rxd6 32. Rxd6 $18) 30. Qxc6 Nxf4 31. Bxd6 Rbc8 32.
Qf3 Ng6 33. Qb3 $16) 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7 (29... Kxf7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Rxd6 $18) 30.
Bxd6 Qc8 31. f5 Nge7 32. Bxb8 Qxb8 33. Rd7 Qf8 34. g4 $16) 28. c3 $2 (28. Bxf7+
$1 Qxf7 (28... Kxf7 29. Qd5+ Kf6 30. Bxd6 $18) 29. Qxc6 Rbc8 30. Rxd6 $3 Rxc6
31. Rxd8 g6 (31... Rxc2 32. Ree8 $18) 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Re5 $18)
28... Na7 (28... Ng6 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 (29... Kxf7 30. Qe6+ Kf8 31. Rxd6 $18) 30.
Qxc6 d5 31. Bd6 Rbc8 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Nxf4 34. Rd4 g5 35. c4 $18) 29. Rd4
(29. Qd3 Nc8 30. Re4 $14) 29... Nc8 (29... Nc6 30. Rd3 $16 (30. Rdd1 Na7)) 30.
Qf5 (30. Qd3 Nb6 31. Bb5 d5 (31... Nc8 32. f5 $16) 32. Re7 $16) 30... Nb6 (
30... Ng6 31. Ba2 Nb6 32. Qxa5 Ra8 33. Qf5 Nxa4 34. Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36.
Qxf7+ Kh8 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Qf8 39. Qxa4 Qxf4 40. Qe8+ Nf8 41. Bd5 $16)
31. Ba2 (31. Qxa5 Ra8 (31... Qxc4 32. Rxc4 Nxc4 33. Qd5 Nxa3 34. Qa2 $18 (34.
Re7 Ne6 35. f5 Ng5 36. h4 Kf8 37. Ra7 $18)) 32. Qb5 Rxa4 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (33...
Qxf7 34. Qxb6 Rxd4 35. cxd4 Qf6 36. Re3 $16) 34. Rxa4 Nxa4 35. Qxa4 Qxc3 36.
Bb4 Qc4 37. Qa5 Rd7 $14) 31... Rb7 32. Re3 Qc6 (32... Ra7 $16) 33. Rg3 $2 (33.
Qxa5 $1 Ra8 34. Qg5 h6 (34... Nxa4 35. Bd5 $18) (34... Rxa4 35. Rxd6 h6 36. Re7
$1 hxg5 37. Bxf7+ Kh8 38. Rxc6 Rxe7 (38... Nbd7 39. Bb4 $18) 39. Bxe7 Rxf4 40.
Bb3 Nbd7 41. Bxg5 $18) 35. Bd5 Nxd5 36. Qxd5 Qxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Bxd6 $16)
33... d5 34. c4 $5 Qe6 $1 35. Qg5 $6 (35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Ng6 37. Qxd8 Qe1+
38. Kh2 Qf2 $15) (35. Qb1 $1 Qf6 $1 36. Rd1 $1 $14 (36. Bb2 Nxa4) (36. Rxd5
Nxd5 37. Qxb7 Ne3 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 38. Rxe3 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf4+ 40. Rg3 Rd3 41.
Bd6 $5 Qxd6 42. Qxf7+ $5 Kxf7 43. c5+ Qd5 44. Bxd5+ Rxd5 $19)) 35... f6 $5 (
35... Qe1+ $1 36. Kh2 Ne6 37. Qh4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gg3g7]} Re8 $8 38. f5 Nxd4
$8 39. Rxg7+ (39. Qxd4 Qe5 40. Qxe5 Rxe5 41. Bb2 Rxf5 42. Bxg7 f6 43. Bh6+ Kh8
44. cxd5 Nxd5 45. Rd3 Rd7 46. Bd2 Nb6 47. Rxd7 Nxd7 48. Be6 Re5 49. Bxd7 Rd5
50. Bxa5 $15) 39... Kxg7 40. Qg5+ Kh8 41. Qf6+ Kg8 42. Qg5+ $11) 36. Qh5 $4 (
36. Qg4 $8 Qxg4 (36... Qe1+ $2 37. Kh2 Qf2 38. Bc5 Qxa2 (38... Nxa4 $2 39. Rxd5
Nxc5 (39... Rxd5 40. Bxf2 $18) 40. Rxd8 $18) 39. Bxb6 h5 40. Qxh5 Rxb6 41. f5
Rd7 42. Rh4 Qf2 43. cxd5 $18) 37. Rxg4 Ne6 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. cxd5 Nd4 $15)
36... Qe1+ $19 37. Kh2 Qf2 38. Bxf8 (38. Rgd3 Qxa2 39. cxd5 Nc4 $19) 38... Qxd4
39. Bb1 Kxf8 40. Qxh7 Rf7 41. Bg6 Qxf4 (41... Rc7 42. Qh8+ Ke7 43. Qxg7+ Kd6
$19) 42. Bxf7 Kxf7 43. Qxg7+ Ke6 44. c5 Nc4 0-1

[Event "ARG-ROW"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lugo, Blas"]
[Black "Glavina, Pablo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "191"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 (11... c5 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. a4 Nf8 14.
Nh4 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 f5 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Qh5 (17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Re1 Ng6 $132)
17... fxe4 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bf7 (19. dxe5 d5 20. Bxd8 Qxd8 21. Rd1 g6 (21... Be6
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. c4 $16) 22. Nxg6+ Nxg6 23. Bxd5 e3 24. fxe3 Qe7 $15) (19.
Bxd8 Qxd8 20. Qf7 Be6 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Nf5 Qf6 23. Nxd6 Qxf7 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25.
Nxe5 cxd4 $11) 19... Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Sieiro Gonzalez,L-Pujols,C/Havana op 1994})
12. Bf1 c5 13. d5 Nf8 (13... Nc7 14. Rb1 b6 15. g3 Bg4 16. c4 h6 {1/2-1/2 Van
de Oudeweetering,A-Van der Werf,M/Dieren op 1988 (41)} 17. h3 $14) 14. c4 (14.
g3 Ng6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne8 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Reb1
Rdc8 20. a5 Rc7 21. Rb3 Nef6 22. Rab1 h6 23. h4 $14 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,
V-Bykhovsky,A/Cappelle la Grande op 1996 (28)}) (14... h6 15. Nh4 g5 16. Ng2
Ng6 17. c4 Ne8 18. Ne3 Ng7 19. Bd3 Qf6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. Qxg4 Qe7 22. h4 f6 23.
hxg5 fxg5 24. Kg2 $16 {0-1 Zifroni,D-Birnboim,N/Israel 1st League HER-JER b3,
ISR 1997 (37)}) 15. Nd2 (15. Rb1 h6 16. Bg2 Rf8 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 (18. c4
$132) 18... Rb8 19. Ne3 (19. f4 $6 $15 {1-0 Oratovsky,M-Birnboim,N/ISR-ch
Jerusalem 1996 (41)}) 19... b5 20. c4 b4 21. a3 a5 $11) 15... h6 16. Bg2 Nh7
17. h3 Ng5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Ng1 $11 {0-1
Heidrich,M-Hess,R/BL 1981 (40)}) (14. h3 Ng6 15. g3 Bd7 16. c4 Rab8 17. Qd3 h6
18. a4 Rf8 19. Bg2 Nh7 20. Nd2 Ng5 21. g4 (21. Kh2 f5 $15) 21... h5 $15 {
0-1 Lipka,J-Arkhipov,S/Cappelle op 1995 (31)}) 14... b6 (14... Bg4 15. h3 Bd7
16. g3 Re8 17. Nh4 h6 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Rb3 N8h7 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 $11 {
Lein,A-Vatnikov,J/WchS-Biel 1994/1-0 (65)}) (14... Ng6 15. g3 h6 16. Rb1 Nh7
17. h4 Nf6 18. Nh2 Re8 19. Rb3 Nh7 20. Rbe3 Bd7 21. Bg2 $14 {Lein,
A-Zhukhovitsky,S/WchS-Biel 1994/1-0 (52)}) (14... Ne8 15. g3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5
17. Nh4 $14 {1-0 Trifunovic,P-Van Scheltinga,T/Amsterdam 1950 (40)}) 15. g3 Bd7
16. Nh4 Rab8 17. Qf3 $14 (17. a4 $14) (17. Rb1 a6 18. Bb2 b5 19. Qf3 b4 20. Nf5
Bxf5 21. exf5 a5 $132) 17... a6 $5 (17... h6) 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bd2 (19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Rab1 $14) 19... b5 20. Nf5 (20. Rab1 Rb7 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22.
exf5 Rdb8 23. a3 N8d7 24. Bd3 Ne8 25. h3 Nc7 $132) 20... Bxf5 21. exf5 (21.
Qxf5 Qd7 $11) 21... N8d7 22. Qc3 $2 $17 (22. a4 $1 b4 (22... bxc4 23. Bxc4 (23.
a5 $2 e4 24. Bxc4 Ne5 25. Qe2 Qd7 $17 (25... Nf3+ $4 26. Qxf3 $18)) 23... Nb6
24. Bxa6 Nbxd5 25. Bb5 $132) 23. a5 $14) 22... bxc4 (22... Nb6 23. cxb5 Nbxd5
24. Qb3 (24. Qb2 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nc7 26. a4 Nxb5 27. axb5 Qd7 28. Ba5 (28. c4
Qxf5 $17) 28... Rxb5 29. Qxb5 Qxb5 30. Bxd8 Qc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 $17) 24... axb5
25. Bxb5 Nc7 26. a4 Nxb5 (26... d5 27. Rab1 e4 (27... Ne4 28. Bc1 c4 29. Qe3
Nxb5 (29... Qf6 $132) 30. Rxb5 Rxb5 31. axb5 Qd7 32. f3 Nf6 (32... Ng5 33. h4
d4 34. Qa3 Nh3+ 35. Kh2 Qxf5 $132) 33. Qxe5 Re8 34. Qc3 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qxb5 $11
) 28. Bf4 d4 29. c4 Rb7 $15) 27. axb5 Qd7 28. c4 Qxf5 $17) 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24.
Bxa6 (24. Qd3 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Qd7 (25... Qb7 26. Rad1 Nxd5 27. Bxh6 Nb4 28. Bg5
d5 29. Qxc5 Rdc8 30. Qa5 f6 31. c3 Rxc3 32. Bd2 Qc7 33. Qxc7 Rxc7 34. Bxb4 Rxb4
35. Rxd5 Rc2 $11) 26. Qd3 Qa4 27. c4 Rb2 $17) 24... Nbxd5 25. Qf3 (25. Qd3 Nc7
26. Ba5 Ra8 (26... d5 27. Rab1 e4 $17) 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 28. a4 d5 $17) 25... e4
26. Qe2 (26. Qd1 Qe5 $17 (26... Nb4 27. Bf1 d5 $17)) 26... Nb4 27. Bxb4 cxb4
28. Bc4 (28. Red1 d5 29. Rd4 Rb6 (29... Rd6 30. Bb5 Qe5 31. Rad1 Ra8 32. Bc4
Qxf5 33. Bb3 Rb8 34. Qd2 Qh5 35. Bxd5 Nxd5 36. Rxd5 e3 37. fxe3 Rxd5 38. Qxd5
Qxd5 39. Rxd5 Ra8 40. Rd4 Rxa2 41. Rxb4 Rxc2 $11) 30. a4 bxa3 31. Ra4 Qd7 32.
R4xa3 Qxf5 $17) 28... d5 29. Bb3 Qe5 30. a4 (30. Rad1 Qxf5 31. Rd4 Qh3 $17)
30... bxa3 31. Rxa3 Qxf5 32. Ra5 Qh3 (32... Qd7 33. Ra6 (33. f3 Qc7 34. Rea1
Qc3 35. Kg2 Rd7 36. R1a3 exf3+ 37. Qxf3 Qd2+ 38. Qf2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Ng4+ 40.
Kf3 Nxh2+ (40... Ne5+ 41. Kf2 Nc4 42. Ra7 Rbb7 43. Rxb7 Rxb7 44. Ra8+ Kh7 45.
Rc8 $11) 41. Kg2 Ng4 42. Bxd5 Nf6 43. Bb3 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rb7 $19) 33... Qh3 $17)
33. Qf1 Qg4 (33... Qxf1+ 34. Rxf1 d4 35. Ra7 Rd7 36. Rfa1 Rbb7 37. Rxb7 Rxb7
38. Rd1 d3 39. f3 Nd7 40. fxe4 Nc5 41. Rd2 Rb4 42. e5 Kf8 $17) 34. Qe2 Qxe2 35.
Rxe2 Rb7 36. Rd2 d4 37. Bc4 Kf8 38. Ra4 Rbd7 (38... Ke7 $17) 39. Bb5 Rd5 40.
Bc6 R5d6 41. Bb5 g5 (41... Rb8 $6 42. Bf1 Rbd8) 42. h3 Kg7 43. Kf1 e3 $5 (43...
h5 $17) 44. fxe3 dxe3 $5 (44... Nd5 45. e4 (45. exd4 Nc3 46. Rb4 (46. Ra5 Rd5
$19) 46... Rb6 $19) (45. Be2 Nxe3+ (45... dxe3 46. Rd3 f5 (46... Nb6 47. Re4
Rf6+ 48. Ke1 Rxd3 49. Bxd3 Rf3 50. Ke2 Rxg3 51. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 52. Kxe3 Nd5+ 53.
Kd4 Nf4 54. Bf1 Kf6 55. c4 Ke6 56. c5 Kd7 57. Ke5 Kc6 58. Kf6 Kxc5 59. Kxf7 Kd4
60. Kg7 Nxh3 61. Kxh6 $11) 47. Rad4 R6d7 48. c4 Nf6 49. Rxd7+ Rxd7 50. Rxe3 $11
) 46. Kf2 Rf6+ (46... f5 47. c3 $11) 47. Bf3 Rd5 48. Raxd4 (48. Rdxd4 Rdf5 49.
Kxe3 Rxf3+ 50. Kd2 Rxg3 $19) 48... Rdf5 49. Kxe3 Rxf3+ 50. Ke4 Rxg3 51. R4d3
Re6+ 52. Kf5 Rg1 $17) 45... Nc3 46. Ra5 Nxe4 47. Rd3 Rd5 48. Rda3 Rf5+ 49. Kg2
Rdd5 $19) 45. Rxd6 Rxd6 46. Bd3 Nh5 $2 (46... Re6 47. Ra6 (47. Ke2 Nh5 48. Kf3
Nxg3 49. Kxg3 e2 50. Bxe2 Rxe2 $19) 47... Re5 $17) 47. Kg2 $44 (47. Ke2 Nxg3+
48. Kf3 e2 49. Bxe2 Nxe2 50. Kxe2 f5 $19) 47... Rf6 (47... Re6 48. Be2 Nf6 49.
Kf3 h5 50. g4 Nd5 51. Ra5 hxg4+ 52. hxg4 Rf6+ 53. Ke4 Nc3+ 54. Kd3 Nxe2 55.
Rxg5+ Kh6 56. Rh5+ Kg6 57. Kxe2 Rf2+ $11) 48. Re4 $8 Rf2+ (48... Re6 49. Rxe6
fxe6 50. Be2 Nf6 51. c4 (51. Kf3 Nh5 $11) 51... Kf7 $11 (51... e5 52. Kf3 Nh5
53. Kg4 Nf6+ 54. Kf5 $16)) 49. Kg1 Rf3 $6 $14 (49... Nf4 $2 50. gxf4 gxf4 51.
h4 $16) (49... Rd2 50. Rxe3 Kf6 $11) 50. Be2 Rxg3+ 51. Kh2 Nf6 $4 $18 (51... f5
$1 52. Re7+ (52. Bxh5 Rxh3+ 53. Kxh3 fxe4 54. Kg2 Kf6 55. Kf1 Ke5 56. Ke2 Kd4
57. Kd1 Ke5 58. c3 Kf4 59. Ke2 g4 60. c4 g3 61. Kf1 Kg5 62. c5 Kf6 63. c6 (63.
Bg6 h5 64. Bxe4 h4 $11) 63... Ke7 64. Bg6 h5 65. Bxe4 h4 66. Ke2 h3 67. Kxe3 g2
68. Kf2 Kd6 $11) 52... Kf6 53. Rf7+ Kxf7 54. Bxh5+ Ke6 55. Kxg3 f4+ 56. Kf3 Kd5
$11) 52. Re5 Rxh3+ (52... Ne4 53. Rxe4 f5 54. Re6 f4 55. Bh5 $18) 53. Kxh3 Kg6
54. Bd3+ Kg7 55. Rxe3 Nh5 56. Kg4 Nf4 57. Re7 Kf6 58. Ra7 h5+ 59. Kf3 Ne6 60.
Bc4 (60. Ra5 $18) 60... g4+ 61. Kg3 Ng5 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Kh4 Ne4 64. Kxh5 g3
65. Bf1 Nd2 66. Bg2 Nc4 67. Ra4 (67. Rc6 Ne5 68. Rc3 $18) 67... Ne3 68. Be4 (
68. Ra3 $18) 68... f5 69. Bf3 g2 70. Bxg2 Nxg2 71. c4 Kf6 72. c5 Ne3 73. c6 Ke6
74. Rd4 Ke5 75. Rd3 Nc4 76. c7 Nb6 77. Rb3 Nc8 78. Rb8 Kd6 79. Rxc8 Kd7 80. Rf8
Kxc7 81. Rxf5 Kd6 82. Kg6 Ke6 83. Rg5 Ke7 84. Re5+ Kd6 85. Kf6 Kd7 86. Re6 Kc7
87. Ke5 Kd7 88. Kd5 Kc7 89. Kc5 Kd7 90. Re5 Kc7 91. Re7+ Kd8 92. Kd6 Kc8 93.
Rg7 Kb8 94. Kc6 Ka8 95. Kb6 Kb8 96. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2002.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.01.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13. g3 Qc7 (13... cxd4 14.
cxd4 b6 15. c3 Bb7 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. Bd2 d5 {-see commented game 0-1 Willemze,
J-Mikhalevski,V/Dieren 1998/CBM 66 [Tsesarsky,I](29)}) 14. d5 (14. Qd3 h6 15.
Bg2 Bd7 16. d5 Nf8 17. Nh4 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Ne7 20. c4 (20. g4 Nxg4
$17 {0-1 Weinstein,S-Rabinovich,I/Triberg 1915/EXT 99 (35). (35)}) 20... Qd7
21. f4 $1 $132) 14... Nf8 {We can already make certain conclusions: White has
space advantage and pair of BB, but doubled PPc restricts White in his
initiative on the queenside. Position is approximately equal, maybe with very
small White's edge.} 15. Nh4 (15. Bg5 Qe7 16. Nh4 h6 17. Bd2 (17. Bc1 g5 18.
Ng2 Ng6 19. f3 Kh8 20. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Tukmakov,V/Solingen 1991/CBM
23 (30)}) 17... Ng6 18. Nf5 {-see commented game 1-0 Nikolenko,O-Notkin,M/
Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext [Kharitonov,A](52)}) (15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 (16. h4 h6 17.
Nh2 Nh7 18. Bd3 Rf8 19. Ng4 Ne7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Ng6 22. e5 dxe5 (22...
Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rxe5 $11) (
22... Nxf4 23. gxf4 $13) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Nxe5 $132 {0-1 Bosch,
J-Foisor,O/Hyeres 1992/TD (61)}) 16... Re8 (16... h6 17. Nh2 Re8 18. Qd3 Nh7
19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. Qg3 Nhf8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 f4 24. Qc3 b5 25.
cxb5 Bb7 26. Bc4 Qd8 27. Nf3 Nh4 28. Bxf4 $18 (28. Bb2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 Watson,
W-Mainka,R/Prague 1992/CBM 27 (28)} 29. Kf2 $18)) 17. Nh2 Bd7 18. Bg5 Qd8 19.
Rb1 b6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 h6 22. Bd2 Nh7 23. Rb3 f6 24. f4 Nh8 25. g5 hxg5
26. fxg5 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 fxg5 28. Bh3 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd1h5] 1/2-1/2
Campora,D-Van der Sterren,P/Brocco 1991/EXT 97 (44)}) 15... h6 (15... Ng6 16.
Bg5 Nxh4 17. Bxh4 Qe7 18. f4 h6 19. Bg2 (19. Qf3) 19... exf4 20. gxf4 g5 21.
fxg5 Ng4 22. e5 (22. Qd2 Ne5 23. Rf1 Ng6 24. Bg3 hxg5 25. Rf2 $16 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Ga1f1]}) 22... Nxe5 23. Qh5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 f6 25. Bh4 (25. Bh6 Qf7 26. Qh4
Qg6 27. Re3 Kf7 28. Bf4 (28. Rg3 Bg4 $17 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Gd8h8]}) 28... Bd7
29. Bxe5 dxe5 30. Qf2 Rh8 31. d6 Rag8 32. Rg3 Qh7 33. Bd5+ Be6 34. Bxb7 Rxg3+
35. hxg3 e4 36. Qg2 Qh6 $132) 25... Qg7 26. Bg3 Bg4 27. Qh4 Kf7 28. Bxe5 dxe5
29. Re3 Rh8 30. Qf2 Rag8 $132 {0-1 Bondarevsky,I-Lilienthal,A/Leningrad/Moscow
1941/HCL (45)}) 16. f4 Ng6 ({Worth of attention} 16... exf4 $5 17. gxf4 Re8 18.
Qd3 (18. e5 dxe5 19. d6 Qa5 20. fxe5 Qxc3 21. Bf4 N6d7 22. Nf5 Ng6 $15 {
[%csl Re5,Rf4][%cal Gg6f4,Gg6e5]}) (18. Bg2 Qd8 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gd8h4]} 19.
Qd2 {[%cal Gd2f2]} N8d7 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Qxh4 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxe8 Qg4+
23. Kh1 (23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bh3+ 25. Kxh3 Rxe8 $19) 23... Bf5 24. Re3 (24.
Rxa8 Be4+ $19) 24... Qxf4 $15)) 18... Qe7 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qe6 21. fxe5 N6d7
22. Qg3 Nxe5 23. Bf4 f6 24. Bxh6 Qg4 25. Bf4 $132) 17. f5 $1 ({Not} 17. Nxg6 $6
fxg6 18. fxe5 dxe5 $132) 17... Nxh4 ({Or} 17... Nf8 18. c4 (18. g4 N8h7 19. Ng2
{[%cal Gh2h4,Gg4g5]} Ng5 {[%csl Re4,Rh3][%cal Gg5h3,Gg5e4]} 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21.
Qf3 Bd7 22. h4 Nh7 23. Qe3 f6 24. a4 b6 25. Reb1 Rdb8 $132) 18... N8h7 19. Nf3
$14 {[%cal Gg3g4,Gh2h4] and White prepares h and g PP promotion.}) 18. gxh4 {
Now White can increase his pressure on the open g-line. In other hand, because
of doubled PPh White is not able to break black K fortress.} Kh7 19. Kh1 Bd7
20. c4 Ba4 21. Bd3 b5 $1 {What to do, Black had to organize counterplay on the
opposite flank as soon as possible. White gets rid from doubled PP c} 22. Qe2
bxc4 23. Bxc4 Rab8 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Rg3 Qb6 26. Bb3 Bxb3 (26... Bd7 27. Bg5 Qd8
28. Rag1 a5 29. Bc4 a4 30. a3 Qe7 31. Qg2 (31. Bc1 Rb7 32. Qe3 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gg3g7] Threatening Rg3-g7++-} Kh8 $1) 31... Kh8 (31... hxg5 32. hxg5 Nh5
33. g6+ fxg6 34. fxg6+ Kh6 35. Rg5 Nf4 36. Qg3 $18) 32. Bc1 Qf8 $11 {and White
can't improve his position.}) 27. axb3 a5 ({Possible was also} 27... Kh8 28.
Bg5 Nh7 29. Ra6 Qc7 30. Bd2 Nf6 $11) 28. Bg5 c4 $2 $16 {Serious mistake!} ({
Rihjt was} 28... Qd8 29. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gd2a5,Ga1a5]} Ra8 30. Qe1 Qb6 31.
Bxa5 Qb5 32. c4 Qb7 $44) 29. Rag1 ({White can keep his advantage after} 29.
Bxf6 {too:} gxf6 30. Qxc4 Rxg3 (30... Qf2 31. Rf1 Qd2 32. Qc7 Rxg3 33. hxg3 Rg8
34. Rg1 (34. Qxf7+ Rg7 35. Qxf6 Rxg3 $19) 34... Rg7 35. Rg2 Qe1+ (35... Qb4 36.
Kh2 $16) 36. Kh2 Qxe4 37. c4 Qxf5 38. Qxd6 $16)) 29... cxb3 (29... Qd8 30. Qxc4
Rb4 (30... hxg5 31. hxg5 $18) 31. Qe2 $16 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb4e4,Gf6e4,Gg5d8]})
30. cxb3 ({Not} 30. Bxf6 $2 gxf6 31. cxb3 $11 (31. Qg2 $4 Qxg1+ $19)) 30... Qd4
31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Rg4 a4 33. b4 $2 $11 ({Right was} 33. bxa4 {[%cal Ge2g2]
Threatening Qg2} Rb2 $8 34. Rxg8 Qxg1+ 35. Rxg1 Rxe2 36. Ra1 Rxe4 37. a5 Rc4
38. a6 Rc8 39. a7 Ra8 40. Kg2 Kg7 41. Kf3 Kf8 42. Ke3 (42. Kg4 Kg7 43. Kh5 Kh7
44. Ra2 Kg7 45. Ra6 Kh7 46. Rxd6 Rxa7 47. Rxf6 Rd7 48. Rxh6+ Kg7 $44) 42... Ke7
43. Kd3 Kd7 44. Kc4 Kc7 45. Ra6 Kb7 46. Rxd6 $16) 33... a3 34. Qg2 Qxg1+ 35.
Qxg1 Rxg4 36. Qxg4 a2 37. Qg1 (37. Qg1 Rxb4 38. Qa7 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 a1=Q 40. Qxf7+
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Veterans-Women"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Xie, Jun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.07.23"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. a4 (12. d5 Nc7 13. Bd3 (13. Bf1
Bg4 $10) 13... b5 14. c4 Bd7 $10 {Barendregt-Van der Berg/Amsterdam/1950/}) (
12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Bd5 Nf8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. c4 Ng6 {Chandler,M-Salov,V/Rykjavik
WCup/1991/0-1/77/  CBM-VC [Salov]}) 12... Rd8 (12... Nc7 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. h3 (
14. d5 $2 Nfe8 15. h3 Bd7 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bg2 Qf6 19. g4 Bg6 20.
Be3 $11 {Middelburg,T-Xie Jun/Vlissingen HZ-op 1997/EXP 58/1-0 (67)}) 14...
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. e5 $1 $14 {0-1 Spassky,B-Xie Jun/Hostdans,
Copenhagen DEN 1997 (44)}) 13. Bf1 (13. dxe5 {N} dxe5 14. Qe2 Qc7 (14... Nc7
15. Bc4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b6 18. Be3 h6 $11 {1-0 Degraeve,J-Marciano,D/
FRA-chT 1993 (43)}) (14... Nf8 $5 15. Bc4 Ng6 {/\ Be6}) 15. Bc4 (15. g3 h6 16.
Nh4 Ng5 17. f3 g6 18. Bc4 Kg7 19. Ng2 Nh3+ $11 {1/2-1/2 Tarasov I-Khamatgaleev/
Ch Russia club 1995 (28)}) 15... h6 (15... Re8 $1 16. Nh4 Nf4 $132) 16. Nh4 Re8
(16... Ng5 17. Bxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $16 {><g5; Short,N})
17. Nf5 Nf4 18. Qf3 Bxf5 (18... Be6 {>=} 19. Bf1 c4) 19. exf5 $14 {1-0 Short,
N-Anand,V/Linares 1992/CBM 28 (33) ^^}) (13. Bc4 Rb8 (13... Nf8 14. h3 (14. Ng5
Ne6 15. Rb1 Rb8 16. a5 h6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hort,V-Brunner,
L/GER-CupT f (Porz-Hamburg) 1992 (31)}) 14... Be6 15. Bf1 Rac8 16. d5 Bd7 17.
Nd2 $14 {1-0 Nunn,J-Norri,J/Manila olm 1992 (30) /\ Nd2-c4,f2-f4}) (13... h6 $5
14. h3 (14. Nh4 $6 exd4 15. Nf5 Qc7) 14... Nf8 15. Nh4 cxd4 $6 (15... g5 $1 16.
Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 $132) 16. cxd4 exd4 $6 (16... g5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 $14)
17. Bb2 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Lesiege,A/North Bay 1994 (33)}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qe2
Qc7 16. Nh4 Re8 17. g3 h6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. e5 {1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Zilberman,Y/London Lloyds 1992}) (13. Rb1 Nh5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qxh5 exd4 16.
cxd4 Nxd4 $14 {1-0 Gomez Baillo,J-Slipak,S/ARG-ch 1995 (60)}) (13. Bd3 Qc7 14.
d5 Nf8 15. c4 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Li Shilong-Xie Jianjun/Beijing Lee Cup 1996 (61)}) (
13. h3 Nf8 14. Bf1 Ng6 15. Qd3 h6 16. g3 Qc7 17. d5 Rf8 18. Bg2 Nh7 19. Be3 f5
20. exf5 Bxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Vombek,D-Fabisch,C/AUT-chT2S 1995 (52)}) 13... Nc7 (
13... Qc7 14. g3 (14. h3 b6 15. d5 Nf8 16. Nh4 Ng6 17. Bg5 Nxh4 18. Bxh4 Qe7
19. g3 h6 20. f4 Kh8 21. f5 g5 22. fxg6 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Zarnicki,P/Buenos
Aires 1992/TD 92\05}) 14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Rxe5 Nxc3 17. Qe1 cxd4 18.
Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Bb2 Rxa4 20. Bxc3 Rxa1 21. Bxa1 Bd7 $17 {Pedersen,N-Notkin,M/
Aalborg op 1995/EXT 95op/0-1 (41)} (21... Qxc2 $19)) (13... Nf8 14. d5 Ng6 15.
Nd2 Rf8 16. Nc4 b6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Bg2 h6 19. Ne3 $14 {Spassky,B-Yusupov,A/
Bugojno/1986/}) 14. h3 $14 Bd7 15. g3 b5 $6 (15... b6 16. Nh4 $14) 16. Nh4 $1
$16 (16. axb5 Bxb5 (16... Nxb5 $5) 17. Bxb5 Nxb5 18. Qd3 Rdb8 $132) 16... bxa4
(16... a6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 $16 {^^}) 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Ncd5 (18...
Rab8 19. Rxa4 Nb5 20. Qd2 $16) 19. Ra3 $5 Qc7 20. dxe5 $8 (20. Bg2 $2 exd4 21.
cxd4 Re8 $1 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. dxc5 Qxc5 24. Bb2 Rb8 $15) 20... dxe5 21. Qe2
Rab8 (21... h6 22. c4 Nb6 23. Bb2 Nfd7 24. f4 $1 f6 (24... exf4 $2 25. Qg4 $1
$18) 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Rac8 (28... Rdc8 29.
Bg2 Rab8 30. Re7 $16) 29. Re7 Rd2 30. Rxa7 Rxc2 31. Re3 $16) 22. Bg5 $5 h6 $6 (
22... Qd7 $1 23. c4 (23. Qxe5 $4 Re8 $19) 23... Nb6 24. Re3 (24. Bxf6 gxf6 25.
Qh5 Qd2 26. Re4 Rd4 27. Rd3 Qxc2 28. Rdxd4 cxd4 29. Rg4+ Kf8 30. Qxh7 Ke7 31.
Rg7 Rf8 $17) 24... Re8 25. g4 (25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh5 Kh8 27. Qh6 Qe7 28. Re4
Rg8 29. Rh4 Rg7 30. g4 Rd8 $17) 25... Rbd8 26. Bh4 $16) 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qxe5
Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Rd2 $2 (25... Rd1 $1 26. Kg2 Rd2 $1 (26... Nd7 27. Re4 Rbb1 28.
Bd3 $16) 27. Rxa4 Rxc2 28. Rxc5 Rbb2 29. Rc8+ (29. Rf4 $11) 29... Kh7 30. Rxa7
Rxf2+ 31. Kg1 {Black has one tempo more than in the game}) 26. Rxa4 $18 Rxc2
27. Rxc5 Rbb2 (27... Rb3 $142 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rxa7 Rbxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31.
Rxf7 $18) 28. Rc8+ Kh7 29. Rxa7 Rxf2 30. Rxf7 h5 31. Rff8 Kh6 32. h4 Rxf5 33.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Re1 g5 (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bd7 12. d4 Rad8 13.
d5 (13. Bd3 Kh8 14. Qc1 b6 15. Qa3 g5 16. Bg3 g4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. Bb5 Rde8 (
18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxb5 20. dxe5 a6 21. exd6 cxd6 22. e5 $18) 19. Qa4 (19.
Rad1 Rg8 20. Qa4 Nb8 21. Bxd7 (21. dxe5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 dxe5 23. Nh4 Qe6 24. Qd5
Kh7 25. Nf5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Abeln,M-Jonkman,H/Dresden 1993 (51)}) 21... Nxd7 22.
Qxa7 Ndf6 23. Qa4 $16) 19... Nb8 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Qxa7 Qc6 22. Qa3 $16) 13...
Nb8 14. Bd3 (14. Bf1 Bc8 15. c4 Nbd7 $132 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 14... Bc8 15. Nd2
Nbd7 16. Bg3 g5 17. h4 $132 {1/2-1/2 Seyb,D-Mueller,H/Pang GER ch-BAY H1 1983 
(95)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Rb1 (13. Bg3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5 a6 17.
Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Na5 19. Kh2 Kh7 20. Qf3 Rfe8 21. Bh4 Nxb3 22. axb3 a5 23. Rg1
Rg8 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rxg8 Kxg8 26. Rg1+ (26. Qg4+ $2 Kf8 27. Rg1 Ke7 28. Qg7
Qe8 (28... a4 29. Rg6 Qe8 30. Qxf6+ Kd7 31. Rg1 $132 {1/2-1/2 Yurtaev,L-Sideif
Sade,F/URS-FL Frunze 1979 (56)}) 29. Qxh6 a4 $132) 26... Kf8 27. Qh5 $16) 13...
Nd8 14. d4 c6 15. Bf1 Re8 16. c4 Bh7 17. c5 g5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Bg3 Nxe4 20.
Bxe5 Qd7 21. Bd3 f5 22. Bxe4 (22. gxf5 Nc3 23. Bc4+ Nf7 24. Be6 Qe7 25. Qc1
Nxb1 26. Qxb1 $132) 22... fxe4 23. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Schlechter Carl-Marshall Frank/
Ostende Belgium 1907 (30)}) (10... Be6 11. d4 Bg4 12. d5 Nd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4
Bg6 15. Bd3 b6 16. Nd2 a5 17. Kh2 Nb7 18. Rg1 Nc5 19. Qe2 Kh7 20. Rg2 Rh8 21.
Rag1 Kg8 22. f3 Na4 23. Nb1 Nc5 24. Qe1 Qd7 25. Nd2 (25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Qh4 Kg7
$11) 25... Nh7 26. Nf1 f6 27. Qe2 Qe7 28. Ne3 Nf8 29. Be1 Bh7 30. h4 g5 31. Rh1
Ng6 32. Nf5 Qf8 33. Bd2 Ne7 34. Kg1 Bxf5 35. gxf5 $14 {1-0 Platz,J-Josiah/New
York cc 1951 (52)}) (10... Nd8 11. d4 (11. Ba4 Ne6 12. d4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf4 14.
Qc1 N6h5 15. Qa3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Ng6 $11 {1-0 Funis,D-Popovicz,S/Guarapuava 1992
(35)}) 11... Ne6 (11... Kh7 12. Qc1 Bg4 13. Qe3 $132) 12. dxe5 (12. Bg3 Ng5
$132) 12... dxe5 13. Nxe5 $5 (13. Bg3 Ng5 (13... Qc5 $132) 14. Nxe5 Ngxe4 15.
Bd3 Nxg3 16. Ng6 Qc5 17. Nxf8 Bg4 (17... Ngh5 18. Ng6 fxg6 19. Bxg6 Bg4 $15)
18. Qd2 Ngh5 $15) 13... Qc5 14. Bxf6 Qxb5 15. Ng4 (15. c4 Qa5 16. Qd5 (16. Ng4
gxf6 17. Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Nf5 Ng7 $17) 16... Qxd5 17. exd5 $17) (15. a4 Qa5 16.
Ng4 gxf6 17. e5 (17. Nxh6+ Kh7 18. Nf5 Ng7 $17) 17... Qxc3 18. Nxh6+ Kh7 19.
Ng4 (19. Nf5 Nf4 20. Qg4 Ng6 $17) (19. Re3 Qd4 20. Ng4 Qxd1+ 21. Rxd1 fxe5 $19)
19... fxe5 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Ne4 Qc6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh4+ Kg8 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25.
Nh5+ Kg6 26. Qf6+ Kh7 27. Rxe5 (27. Qf5+ Kh6 $11) 27... Rg8 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Nunn,J-COMP ChessMachine/Maastricht 1993 (57)}) 15... gxf6 $1 (15...
Nf4 $4 $16 16. Qd2 Nh5 $2 (16... Bxg4 17. Qxf4 $16) 17. Bxg7 Bxg4 18. Bxf8 Rxf8
19. h3 Bc8 20. Qxh6 $18 {1-0 Nadyrhanov,S-Galdunts,S/Voskresensk ,CBM 1993 (42)
}) (15... h5 $2 16. Ne3 (16. e5 hxg4 17. Qxg4 Qb2 $17) 16... gxf6 17. Nd5 Rd8
18. Qxh5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Ng7 20. Qh6 Bf5 (20... Qb6 21. Re3 $16) (20... Qb2 21.
Qxf6 Bf5 22. Rab1 $16) 21. Qxf6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Karpov,A/Linares 1992/
Inf 54 (41)}) 16. e5 (16. Nxh6+ Kh7 17. Nf5 Ng7 $17) (16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. e5) (
16. a4 $2 Qg5 $17) 16... fxe5 17. Rxe5 Qc4 18. Re4 (18. Nxh6+ Kh7 19. Nf5 Nf4
20. Qf3 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 Ng6 $17) 18... Qxc3 19. Nxh6+ Kh7 20. Nf5 Rh8 $8 21. Rxe6
Bxe6 22. Qh5+ Kg8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kf8 $11) (10... Bd7 11.
Rb1 Kh8 12. Qc1 Rg8 13. d4 g5 14. Bg3 a6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. exd6
cxd6 18. Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Lobron,E/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1994 (52)}) (
10... a6 11. Ba4 Na5 12. c4 Qe6 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rab1 Nd7 15. c3 Kh8 16. Qe2 {
1/2-1/2 Veroci,Z-Magyar,O/HUN-chT2 1994 (16)}) (10... Bd7) 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. h3
Bh5 13. d4 Rad8 14. Rb1 Nb8 15. Bf1 (15. Bd3 b6 (15... c6 16. c4 {[%cal Gc4c5]}
b6 17. c3 $14) 16. Bh2 Nbd7 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nd2 $132) 15... c5 16. Qd3 $6 $132 (
16. d5 $5 Bg6 17. Nd2 Nh5 18. Bh2 Ng7 19. g4 (19. c4 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Bd3
Qf7 $132) 19... b6 20. a4 $14) 16... Nc6 $6 $14 {The only chance white on
reception of advantage consists in progress a4-a5 and a2-a4-a5 trying to
attack on Q side using advantage in space.} (16... Bg6 $142 $1 17. Nd2 Nh5 18.
Bh2 Nf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Qb5 b6 20. d5 (20. f3 cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Bxf4 gxf4
23. Nb3 d5 24. exd5 Qg5 25. Nxd4 Rxd5 $132) 20... f5 21. a4 (21. exf5 Bxf5 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. Bd3 Bd7 $132) (21. f3 fxe4 22. fxe4 Be8 23. Qb3 Qf6 24. Nc4 b5
25. Ne3 c4 26. Qa3 a6 27. Qb4 Bd7 28. a4 $132) 21... fxe4 22. c4 Qh7 23. a5 Nd7
24. axb6 axb6 25. Qc6 Rc8 26. Qb7 $44 (26. Qxd6 Rf6 $19)) 19... exf4 $132) 17.
d5 Na5 (17... Nb8 18. c4 $14) 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. f3 $6 $132 (19. c4 $1 Nh5 20. Bh2
Nf4 21. Qc3 b6 22. Nb3 Nxb3 (22... Nb7 23. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} a5 $2 (
23... f6 24. a5 $14 (24. g3 {[%csl Rh2]} Nh5 25. a5 $132)) 24. Nd2 Qc7 25. Qb2
$16) 23. cxb3 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Rb2 $14) 19... Nh5 20. Bf2 f5 (20... f5 21.
exf5 (21. c4 b6 22. Nb3 Nf4 23. Qc3 Nxb3 24. cxb3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Qd7 (25... Qf7
26. Qc2) 26. Qc2 Rf6 $132) 21... Bxf5 22. Qb5 b6 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Qb2 Nf4 25. c4
$132) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Birnboim, Nathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin Kanstler,B} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3
Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 {Bangiev: Nimzovich in his works often considered this pawn
formation, reaching the conclusion that White's central pawn mass has little
dynamic potential (d3-d4-d5 isn't desirable for White), but it gives White
good control in the centre in the meantime. However in this game White
actually pushed his d-pawn up to d5, gaining space.} 8. Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10.
d4 Ne6 (10... Bg4 {Kanstler,B} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Ne6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. a4 a5
15. Rab1 b6 16. Rbd1 Rad8 17. Kh2 $6 (17. Bg5 $1 Ne6 18. Bc1 $16) 17... h6 18.
g3 Ng6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 {Benjamin,J-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch/1994/}) 11.
Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 (12. a4 {Kanstler,B} Rd8 13. dxe5 (13. Bc4 h6 14. h3 Nf8 15. Nh4
cxd4 $6 (15... g5 $1 $13) 16. cxd4 $14 {Shirov,A-Lesiege,A/North Bay/1994/1:0/
34/}) 13... dxe5 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qe4 Nxc3
19. Qxf4 Nd5 20. Qg5 h6 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 $15 {Nadyrkhanov,S-Kholmov,
R/Sochi/1994/}) 12... Rd8 (12... cxd4 $6 {Kanstler,B} 13. cxd4 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rd8
15. Qc1 Nd7 16. g3 f6 17. c3 Nb6 18. Qd1 Bd7 19. a4 Kh8 20. Nd2 $16 {Kogan,
B-Birnboim,N/ISR-ch/1996/1:0/38/}) 13. d5 {Baburin: In similar positions
Botvinnik used to play dxe5 dxe5, then c3-c4, c2-c3 and then move the knight
to e3 via h4 and g2, threatening to establish the knight on d5. Perhaps that
plan promises White more than one he followed in this game.} (13. g3 {Kanstler,
B} Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh4 $1 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7 17. Qh5 Nb6 18. a4 Bd7 19. a5 $16
{Iuldashev,R-Kholmov,R/KAZ/1994/1:0/28/}) 13... Nf8 14. g3 Ng6 (14... Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ne8 17. a4 Nd7 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Reb1 Rdc8 20. a5 Rc7 21. Rb3
Nef6 22. Rab1 h6 23. h4 $16 {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Bykhovsky,A/Cappelle la Grande
op 1996 (28)}) 15. Rb1 (15. Nd2 h6 16. Bg2 Nh7 17. h3 Ng5 18. Kh2 Qf6 19. Nf3
Bd7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Qe2 Rf8 22. Ng1 Rae8 23. Bd2 Qd8 24. f4 $2 exf4 25. gxf4 Nh7
26. Nf3 Qf6 $17 {0-1 Heidrich,M-Hess,R/BL 1981 (40)}) 15... h6 $11 (15... Rb8
$5 {Baburin}) 16. Bg2 Rf8 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nc4 {Baburin: White has achieved his
goal: he is ready to go ahead with the f2-f4 thrust, while the control over
the b-file secures the position of the knight on c4. Black correctly decides
to challenge the knight:} (18. c4 $132) 18... Rb8 19. f4 $6 (19. Ne3 b5 20. c4
b4 21. a3 a5 $11) 19... b5 $5 (19... exf4 20. gxf4 (20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 b5
22. Nxd6 (22. Na3 a6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nd7 25. e6 (25. d6 Qa5 {[%csl Ra3]}
26. Qc1 Re8 $17) 25... fxe6 26. dxe6 Nf6 27. e7 Re8 28. Qe2 Rb6 $17 {[%csl Ra3]
}) 22... Qxd6 23. e5 Qd8 24. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 20... b5 21. Na3 (21. e5 Bg4 22.
Qd2 (22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Rfe8 $17) 22... bxc4 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24.
exf6 gxf6 $17) 21... a6 $15 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gf8e8]}) (19... exf4 $5 {Baburin})
20. fxe5 Nxe5 $6 (20... Bg4 $5 21. Qd2 $1 (21. exd6 Qd7 22. Qd2 bxc4 23. Rxb8
Rxb8 24. e5 Nh7 $17) (21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 dxe5 23. Na3 (23. Ne3 Qa5 24. Nf5
Rb6 25. a3 (25. d6 $5 Qxa2 26. Nxh6+ (26. Rb2 Qe6 $17) 26... gxh6 27. Bxh6 (27.
Qxf6 Qxb1 28. Bd2 (28. Bxh6 Qxe1+ 29. Kg2 Nf4+ 30. gxf4 Qxe4+ $19) 28... Rxd6
$8 29. Qxd6 Qxc2 30. Bxh6 Qxc3 31. Rd1 (31. Qf6 Qxe1+ 32. Kg2 Nf4+ 33. gxf4
Qxe4+ $19 {[%cal Ge4g6]}) 31... Qf3 32. Bxf8 Nxf8 $17) 27... Qe6 28. Bxf8 Nxf8
$17) 25... Qa4 26. Re2 (26. Be3 Nxe4 (26... Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Bxh6 Nxc3
29. Bxg7 Rd8 30. Rb3 Nxd5 31. Rd3 c4 32. Rdd1 f6 33. h4 Kf7 34. h5 Nge7 35.
Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 $1 (35... Kxf6 $2 36. Nxe7 $14) (35... Rxf6 $2 36. Nxe7 $16) 36.
Rxd8 Nxf5 37. Rxe5 Nxg3 $19) 27. Bxh6 $14) 26... Rd8 $15) 23... Qa5 $15 (23...
a6 $2 24. Bxh6 $16)) 21... dxe5 22. Ne3 Bd7 23. c4 b4 24. a3 $11) (20... dxe5
21. Ne3 $132 {[%cal Ge3f5]} Qa5 22. c4 b4 23. a3) 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. c4 $5 (22.
Rf1 {[%csl Rh6]} Rb6 23. c4 bxc4 24. Rxb6 Qxb6 25. Qf3 $132) 22... Bd7 $6 (
22... b4 23. Rf1 Rb6 24. Qd3 (24. a3 Ba6 25. Qe2 $132) 24... a5 25. c3 $11) (
22... bxc4 $4 {Kanstler,B} 23. d6 $18) (22... b4 $142 $5 {Baburin}) 23. cxb5
Bxb5 24. Qd2 (24. d6 $2 Qc6 25. Bb2 Rfe8 26. Qd2 Re6 $15 {[%csl Rd6]}) 24... c4
25. Qc3 $1 $14 Rfe8 26. h3 (26. Rf1 Ng4 $6 (26... Ba4 27. Rxb8 Rxb8 28. Kh1 (
28. Bxh6 Ng4 29. Be3 Bxc2 $15) 28... Rb1 29. h3 $14) 27. h3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Nf6
29. a4 $16 (29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Bxh6 $16)) 26... Nd7 (26... Ba4 $14) 27. Be3 Nc5
$6 (27... a6) (27... Rb7 $32 $16 {Kanstler,B}) 28. Qa3 Nd7 (28... Na4 $2 {
Kanstler,B} 29. Rxb5 $18) (28... Na6 $2 {Kanstler,B} 29. Rxb5 $18) (28... Rec8
{Kanstler,B} 29. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. a4 $18) 29. Qxa7 $16 Qxa7 $8 30.
Bxa7 Ra8 31. Be3 $2 (31. Bf2 $1 {[%csl Ye4]} Ba4 32. c3 Bc2 33. Rb2 Bd3 34. Rb7
$1 Nf6 $140 35. Ba7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4,Gg1e3]}) (31. Rxb5 $6 {Kanstler,B} Rxa7
$14) 31... Ba4 $5 $14 (31... Reb8 32. Rb4 Rxa2 33. Reb1 Ra5 34. Bf1 (34. Bd2 c3
35. Bxc3 Rc8 36. Be1 Ba6 37. Rb7 (37. Bf1 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 Rac5 39. c3 f5 40. exf5
Rxd5 41. Rb7 $16) 37... Bxb7 38. Bxa5 Ba6 $16) 34... Kf8 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 37. Rxb8+ Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Rb4 Ba6 40. c4 Ra2 41. c5 $18) 32. c3
Bc2 33. Rb4 Rec8 (33... Rxa2 34. Rxc4 Nf6 35. Bf2 $16) 34. Bf1 (34. Rb7 $5 Nc5
35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Rf1 f6 37. Rb2 Bd3 $14) 34... Nf6 $1 {[%csl Re4]} (34... Rxa2
35. Rxc4 (35. Bxc4 $16 {Kanstler,B}) 35... Rxc4 36. Bxc4 Ra3 37. Bb5 Nf6 38. d6
Bxe4 39. d7 Nxd7 40. Bxd7 Rxc3 41. g4 $18) (34... Bxe4 {Kanstler,B} 35. Bxc4
$16) 35. Rxc4 (35. d6 Rc6 36. Rb6 (36. Bxc4 Bxe4 37. Bb3 Rxd6 38. Bf2 Bf5 39.
g4 Be6 40. Rxe5 Rd3 41. Bxe6 (41. Re3 Rxe3 42. Bxe3 Bxb3 43. axb3 Nd5 44. Re4
Nxc3 $11) 41... fxe6 42. a4 Rxh3 43. Be1 Nd5 44. Rd4 $14)) 35... Rxc4 36. Bxc4
Nxe4 (36... Bxe4 37. d6 Rd8 38. Rd1 Bf3 39. Bb6 $1 Rd7 $1 40. Rf1 Bd5 (40...
Rxd6 41. Bc7 Rc6 42. Bxe5 Rxc4 43. Rxf3 Ne4 $14) 41. Bxd5 Nxd5 42. Bc5 Nxc3 43.
Re1 f6 $132) 37. Rc1 $6 (37. Bc1 $5 Nxg3 38. Rxe5 (38. d6 Rd8 39. Rxe5 Rxd6 40.
Re8+ Kh7 41. Bxf7 Ne4 (41... Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Ne4 43. Bf4 Nxc3 $14) 42. Kh2 Rd1 (
42... Nxc3 $4 43. Rc8 $1 $18 Nxa2 (43... Rd1 44. Be3 $18) 44. Bxa2 $18) 43.
Bg8+ Kg6 44. Be3 Re1 (44... Nxc3 45. Rc8 $18) 45. Re6+ Kf5 46. Bd4 Re2+ 47. Kg1
Nxc3 48. Rc6 (48. Bxc3 Rxe6 49. Bxe6+ Kxe6 50. Bxg7 $11) 48... Ne4 49. Bc4 Re1+
50. Kg2 Nf6 $14) 38... Ne4 39. Re7 (39. Bb3 $2 Bxb3 40. axb3 Nxc3 41. d6 (41.
Bd2 f6 42. Rf5 Ne2+ 43. Kf2 Nd4 44. Rf4 Nxb3 $17) 41... f6 42. Re3 Nb5 43. d7
Kf7 $15) 39... Kf8 40. Rc7 Nd6 41. Bf1 Rxa2 42. c4 Ne8 43. Rb7 Be4 44. Be3 f5
$14) 37... Rc8 $11 (37... Ba4 $32 $16 {Kanstler,B}) 38. Bb5 (38. Rxc2 Rxc4 39.
a4 Rxa4 (39... Nxg3 $4 40. d6 $1 $18) 40. c4 Ra3 41. Bf2 Rd3 $1 (41... Nxg3 $2
42. Bxg3 Rxg3+ 43. Kf2 Rxh3 44. d6 Kf8 45. Rc1 Rd3 46. c5 Ke8 (46... f5 47. c6
$18) 47. c6 Kd8 48. c7+ Kc8 49. Rc6 f5 50. Rb6 Kd7 51. Rb8 Rc3 52. Rd8+ Ke6 53.
c8=Q+ Rxc8 54. Rxc8 Kxd6 55. Rg8 g5 56. Rg6+ Kd5 57. Rxh6 Ke4 58. Kg3 $2 (58.
Ra6 f4 59. Rg6 Kf5 60. Rg7 g4 61. Rg8 e4 62. Rg7 g3+ 63. Kg2 Kf6 64. Rg8 Kf5 (
64... Ke5 65. Rf8 e3 66. Kf3 $18) 65. Re8 e3 66. Kf3 $18) 58... f4+ 59. Kg4 Ke3
60. Rh3+ Ke2 61. Ra3 e4 62. Kxg5 f3 63. Kf4 f2 64. Ra2+ Ke1 65. Ke3 f1=N+ 66.
Kxe4 Ng3+ $11) 42. Kg2 (42. c5 Rxd5 43. c6 Rd8 44. c7 Rc8 45. Bb6 f5 46. Rc1
Nxg3 47. Rd1 Ne2+ 48. Kf2 Nd4 $17) 42... f5 $11) 38... Rxc3 39. Bf2 Kf8 $4 (
39... f5 40. d6 Nxd6 (40... Kf7 41. d7 $18) 41. Ba4 Bxa4 (41... Rxg3+ 42. Bxg3
Bxa4 43. Bxe5 $18) 42. Rxc3 Kf7 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. Ra7 $18 {[%cal Ga2a4]}) (39...
f6 $8 {!} 40. Be1 (40. d6 Nxd6 41. Ba4 Rxg3+ 42. Bxg3 Bxa4 43. Rc7 Kh7 44. Ra7
Bc2 45. a4 Ne4 46. Kg2 Bd3 47. a5 Kg6 48. Rc7 (48. Bf2 f5 49. a6 Kh5 50. Ra8
Nc5 $15) 48... Bb5 $11) 40... Re3 (40... Rc5 41. Bf1 Ba4 42. Rxc5 Nxc5 43. Bb4
Ne4 44. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Gd7]}) 41. Rxc2 (41. a4 $2 Bb3 $15) (41. Kg2 Bd3 42.
a4 Bxb5 43. axb5 Rb3 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rb8 Ke7 $15) 41... Rxe1+ 42. Kg2 Rd1 43.
Be2 Rd4 44. Rc4 Rxc4 45. Bxc4 Kf8 46. a4 Ke7 47. a5 Nd6 48. Be2 f5 49. a6 Nc8
$11) (39... Ba4 $5 {Kanstler,B} 40. Rxc3 Nxc3 $16) 40. d6 (40. d6 Nxd6 (40...
Ng5 $144 41. d7 Ke7 42. Bb6 Ne6 43. Ba5 Rxg3+ $8 44. Kh2 $18) (40... Ba4 {
Kanstler,B} 41. Rxc3 Nxc3 42. d7 $18) 41. Ba4 Bxa4 42. Rxc3 $18) 1-0

