[Event "Bundesliga 0001"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.04.01"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Bareev,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Luebeck"]
[BlackTeam "Castrop Rauxel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O {a bit hastily,more precisly 9..Na6} 10. Be4 Nc6 11. Qc2 $1
h6 12. Rb1 $14 {there is no a convenient way to finish developing pieces for
black} Na5 13. Qa4 $1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Rb5 b6 16. c5 Be7 17. cxb6 axb6 18.
Rxe5 {despite pawn up converting it to win is far from easy because ofweakness
on a2.} Qf6 19. Re2 $1 Bd6 20. Rfe1 $2 {i did not realize that d5 is key
square for black'queen} (20. Qc2 $1 $16) 20... Qf5 $1 21. Nd4 Qd5 22. d3 {
i don't think white can win after exanging knights.} (22. Qc2 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Qxc6
$14) 22... Rfd8 (22... c5 $5 23. Qb5 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qd6+ 25. Kg1 cxd4 26. cxd4
$14) 23. Qc2 Bf8 24. Re5 (24. Re3 Bc5 25. Re4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 $14) 24... Qd7
25. R5e3 c5 $6 (25... Bc5 26. Re4 f5 27. Re6 $1 (27. Rf4 g5 28. Rf3 Bxd4 29.
cxd4 Nc6 30. Qc4+ Kh7 $11) (27. Rh4 Re8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $44) 27... Bxd4 28. cxd4
$14) 26. Nf3 Nc6 (26... b5 $1 {very important and strong} 27. Ne5 Qe6 $5 $14 (
27... Qb7 28. Rg3 Nc6 (28... Re8 29. Bxh6 Nc6 30. Nf3) 29. Bxh6 Nxe5 30. Rxe5
$16)) 27. Qb1 $1 Qd6 $2 28. Nd2 {now white's advantage becomes significant} Na5
29. Ne4 Qc6 30. c4 $16 Rd7 31. Nc3 Rad8 32. h3 $1 Rd6 33. Rg3 Qd7 (33... Rg6
34. Bf4 Rxg3 35. Bxg3 $16) 34. Nd5 b5 35. Bf4 $1 $18 {the last finess} (35. Bb2
Rg6 (35... bxc4 36. Nf6+ Rxf6 37. Bxf6) 36. Bf6 Rb8 37. Ne7+ Bxe7 38. Rxe7 Qf5
39. Be5) 35... Re6 (35... bxc4 36. Bxd6 Qxd6 37. dxc4 Nxc4 38. Rd3 Qc6 39. Red1
$18) 36. Rxe6 Qxe6 37. Bc7 Ra8 38. Re3 Qg6 39. Qxb5 Nc6 40. Rg3 Qe6 41. Re3 Qg6
42. Qb7 $1 Rxa2 43. Re8 {Bareev} 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.30"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Lucas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[Annotator "Bok,B"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{This game was played in the 14th round of the 2017-18 Schachbundesliga. My
team SG Solingen and Baden-Baden were sharing the lead with 23/26 match points.
It was clear that we had to win this match and I was hoping to contribute to
team victory.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5
7. d3 {This move is the latest trend in this variation with the likes of
Carlsen, Grischuk and Kramnik playing it, so I also decided to give it a try.}
Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 c4 10. g3 ({A day earlier} 10. a4 {was played
inTomashevsky,E -Aronian,L Germany 2018}) 10... Be7 11. Bg2 Na6 $5 $146 {
This interesting novelty, prepared by Lucas, surprised me.} ({In my
preparation I had mostly looked at} 11... Bd3 {Carlsen,M -Aronian,L
Baden-Baden 2018}) 12. O-O b5 13. Ne1 Qd7 $1 {A precise move by Lucas.} (13...
O-O $6 {is inaccurate due to} 14. g4 $1 {and White expands on the kingside.}
Bg6 15. f4 $14) 14. Nc2 Bd3 15. Re1 ({In the event of} 15. Ne3 {Black just
plays} Nc7 ({But} 15... Bxf1 $2 {would be bad:} 16. Bxd5 $16 {and White has
tremendous compensation.})) 15... O-O 16. a3 Nc7 17. h4 $5 {I considered this
move to be interesting, my idea is to exchange the dark-squared bishops with
Bg5.} ({Another way of treating this position is} 17. Ne3 a5 18. Bd2 $13) 17...
a5 {There were many decent options here, Lucas chose the most direct approach
which is also fine.} ({He could have also opted for} 17... Rfb8 18. Bg5 Bf8 {
to preserve his dark-squared bishop.} 19. Bd2 a5 20. Ne3 $13) 18. Bg5 b4 19.
cxb4 Bxg5 (19... Bxc2 $6 {would be inaccurate, Black wins the pawn back but he
should not give up the strong bishop on d3.} 20. Qxc2 axb4 21. axb4 Bxb4 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rb1 $14 {and White keeps some pressure.}) (19... axb4 {is a
decent alternative. Play continues:} 20. Nxb4 Bxb4 (20... Rxa3 $2 21. Bxe7 Rxa1
22. Qxa1 Qxe7 23. Nxd3 cxd3 24. Qc3 $16) 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 Ra8 $44 {
and Black has excellent compensation due to his strong c-pawn.}) 20. hxg5 axb4
21. Nxb4 {I was a bit surprised by the approach chosen by Lucas, as my knight
has a decent outpost now and it is not easy to prove the Black compensation.}
Bf5 22. Qd2 Ra4 23. Ra2 Rb8 ({A better move is} 23... Be6 {overprotecting the
d5-pawn and thus enabling the knight to move to b5 on the next move.}) 24. Rea1
Qb5 $6 {A serious mistake which puts Black in a very difficult situation} ({
After} 24... Rba8 {Black keeps decent compensation for the pawn as it is
difficult for White to make progress.}) 25. Rb2 Qb6 $2 {As is often seen,
mistakes do not come alone.} 26. Raa2 {Lucas resigned here which I thought was
a bit premature, but since Black will lose the d5-pawn his position is
collapsing. This win brought us the lead in the match and we went on to win
convincingly with 5.5-2.5.} 1-0

[Event "Bucharest ENE"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4
e5 8. Nf3 (8. Qe2 $5 Be7 $1 9. dxe5 Qg6 10. Qe3 Nc6 11. Ne2 Qe6 12. Nd4 Qxe5
13. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 bxc6 15. Be2 $14 {Sveshnikov,E-Makarichev,S/Moscow/
1979/}) 8... exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 (10... d3 $2 11. O-O $1 Be7) (10...
Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 $14 {Karpov,A-Yusupov,Y/Linares/1991/0,
5 (68)}) (10... Be7 {Ribli Adorjan,A-Petrosian,A/Shenzen/1992/CBM31/}) 11. Nxd4
Qf7 12. Bf4 Bc5 (12... c6 $6 13. Bg4 $1 Na6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nf5
O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bd6 $18 {Renet,O-Van Gisbergen,S/Groningen/1992/}) 13.
O-O O-O 14. Nb5 (14. Nb3 Na6 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 $14 {Stohl/}) (14. Qc2 Na6
15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rd3 Bf8 $10 {Lautier,J-Yusupov,A/Munchen/1993/0,5
(50) Inf 57/17/}) 14... Na6 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nd6 Re7 (17... Bxd6
$6 {Ribli} 18. Bxd6 c5 19. Rfe1 $14 {Shabtai,R-Unzicker,F/Budapest ExpFS/1993/}
) 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Nxc8 $5 $146 (19. Bg3 {Ribli} f5 $13 {Reinderman,D-Hauchard,
A/Brussels zt/1993/EXP34/}) 19... Rxc8 20. Bg4 Rxe1+ (20... Rce8 21. Bd2 $14)
21. Rxe1 $16 Rd8 22. Bc1 $14 (22. Bg3 {Ribli} Rd2 23. h4 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Rxa2 25.
Re8+ Kg7 26. Rd8 $44) 22... Kg7 23. Bf5 Nc7 (23... h5 $5) 24. g4 Ne8 $6 (24...
Re8 $5 25. Rd1 Re7 {/\Ne8-d6/}) 25. Be3 $1 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Nd6 (26... Kf7 27.
Bxh7) 27. Re7+ Kg8 (27... Kf8 28. Rxh7 Nxf5 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. gxf5
Ke7 32. Kg2 Kd6 33. Kg3 Ke5 34. Kg4 $18) 28. Bxh7+ Kf8 29. Rc7 Nxc4 30. Rxb7 a5
31. Ra7 $5 (31. Kg2 $5 Rd2 32. Rb8+ Ke7 33. Bg8 Ne5 34. h3 Rc2 35. Ra8) 31...
Rd1+ $1 (31... Rd2 $6 32. Ra8+) 32. Kg2 Rc1 33. Be4 (33. Ra6 $2 Rxc3 34. Rxc6
$4 Ne3+ $19) 33... Rxc3 34. Bxc6 Ne5 35. Be4 (35. Bd7 Nxd7 36. Rxd7 Rc2 $10) (
35. Bd5 Nxg4 36. Rxa5 (36. h3 Rc5 $1) 36... Rc2) 35... Rc4 36. f3 (36. Bf5 $2
Ra4 37. Be6 Nxg4) 36... Nxg4 37. Rxa5 Ne5 38. h3 (38. a4 {Ribli} g4 $1) 38...
Ke7 39. a4 Rc3 40. Ra6 $6 (40. Ra7+ $5 Kd6 41. Ra6+) 40... Ra3 41. Ra8 (41. Bd5
Rd3 $1) 41... Nc4 42. Kg3 Ke6 $1 43. Ra6+ Ke5 44. Kg4 Ra1 45. Kh5 Rh1 46. Kg6
Rxh3 47. Rxf6 Rh6+ $1 $10 48. Kxh6 Kxf6 49. Kh5 Na5 50. Kg4 (50. Kg4 Nc4 51.
Bd5 Na5 52. Kg3 Ke5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1980.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1980.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3
h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $5 (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Qe3 $14
{[+],Hort}) 11... Nc6 (11... Bc3 $6 12. Rb1 Bxd4 (12... O-O 13. Bc2 $16) 13.
Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Bb2 $16) 12. Bb2 Bc5 (12... O-O 13. Qe2 Qd8 14. Rd1 {/\Bb1,h4,
Qe4->}) 13. Bc2 (13. Be4 $5 O-O 14. Qd2 Bb4 $8 15. Qe2 Qe7 $14 {[+]} (15... Rd8
$2 16. d5 Bc3 17. dxc6 Bxb2 18. Rb1 bxc6 19. Rxb2 $18)) 13... O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 (
14... g6 $2 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qe2 $18) 15. Rd1 $1 (15. Qh7+ Kf8 16.
Rd1 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 $1 (17... Bxd4 $2 18. Qh8+ Ke7 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20.
Bxd4 $18) 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 $13) 15... Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 $1 {/\h5,Rh4-g4} (17.
g3 $14 {/\Kg2,Rhe1}) 17... Qf5 18. Qe2 $5 (18. Qxf5 $14 {_|_}) 18... Qa5 19.
Bb3 Ne7 20. h5 b6 (20... Ba3 $142 21. Ba1 (21. Bxa3 $5 Qxa3 22. Ne5 $36) 21...
Bb4 22. Rd3 b6 $5 $132) 21. Qe4 Ba6 (21... Rb8 $5) 22. d5 $1 exd5 (22... Ba3 $5
$8) (22... Nxd5 23. Qh7 f6 (23... Nc3 24. Rxd6 $18) 24. Nd4 Nc7 (24... Re8 25.
Nxe6+ $1 Rxe6 26. Qh8+ $18) 25. Nc6 Qg5 $16) 23. Qh7 f6 (23... dxc4 24. Bxg7+
Ke8 25. Bc2 Qxa2 26. Ne5 $18) 24. Kg1 $1 Bxc4 (24... dxc4 25. Bc2 Kf7 (25... c3
26. Bb3 $1 $18) 26. Bg6+ Nxg6 27. hxg6+ Ke8 28. Qxg7 $18) 25. Rh4 Bxb3 26. axb3
{/\Rg4} Kf7 (26... Qa2 27. Rg4 Qxb2 28. Rxg7 Ke8 29. Re1 Kd7 $8 (29... Qa3 30.
Nd4 Kd7 31. Qf5+ Ke8 (31... Kc7 32. Rexe7+ Bxe7 33. Nb5+ $18) 32. Rg8+ $18) 30.
Rexe7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7+ Kd6 32. Rc7 $1 $18) 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Re1 {/\29.Bxf6 Kxf6
30.Rg6!+-} d4 $8 29. Rxd4 Be5 (29... Rad8 30. Qd3 Nc8 31. Qc4+ Kf8 32. Rxd6 $1
Nxd6 33. Qc7 $18) 30. Rd7 (30. Nxe5+ fxe5 31. Rde4 $18) 30... Qxe1+ $8 (30...
Rad8 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Bxe5 $18) 31. Nxe1 Bxb2 32. Nd3 Ba3 33. Nf4 Rgd8 34.
Qg6+ (34. Qd3 $5) 34... Kg8 35. Qd3 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rc8 37. Kh2 $1 Kf7 38. Ng6
Ra8 $2 $138 (38... Rc2 39. Nh8+) (38... Re8 39. Qxa7 Bd6+ (39... Bc5 40. b4
Bxb4 41. Qa2+) 40. Kh3 $18) 39. Nxe7 (39. Nxe7 Bxe7 40. Qd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "URS-ch47 Final"]
[Site "Minsk"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1979.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Qe2
Be7 9. dxe5 (9. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Nf3 f6 $1 $10 {Uhlmann}) 9... Qg6
10. Qe3 Nc6 (10... Bf5 $142 $5 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nf4 $6 (12. Nd4 $13 {Krnic})
12... Qc6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Qf3 Bg6 15. Be2 Bf8 16. Bf4 Nd7 $17 {Ristic,N-Krnic,
Z,Jugoslavija 1979}) 11. Ne2 {'!?' ChessBase.} (11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bf5 $10)
11... Qe6 12. Nd4 Qxe5 13. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 bxc6 15. Be2 {'+/=' ChessBase.}
Bf6 (15... c5 $6 16. Rb1 $36) 16. O-O {'!' ChessBase.} Bxc3 17. Rac1 Be5 18.
Bf3 Bd7 19. Rfd1 (19. Rcd1 $5 {/\Rfe1}) 19... f6 (19... Ke7 20. Rd2 Rhd8 (20...
f6 {-19... f6}) 21. Re1 $36) 20. Rd3 Ke7 21. Bc5+ Bd6 22. Re1+ Kf7 23. Bxd6
cxd6 24. Rxd6 Rhd8 25. h3 (25. Rxd7+ Rxd7 26. Bxc6 Rad8 27. Bxd7 Rxd7 $132 {
/\Rd2~/=}) (25. g3 $142 $5 $14) (25. Red1 Ke7 {/\Be8=}) 25... Be8 26. Bxc6 (26.
Red1 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Ke7 28. c5 Rd8 $1 29. Bxc6 Bxc6 30. Rxc6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd2
32. Rc7+ Rd7 $1 33. Rc8 Rd2 $10) 26... Bxc6 (26... Rxd6 $6 27. Bxa8 $16) 27.
Rxc6 Rdc8 28. Rxc8 {'?!' ChessBase.} (28. Rd6 $5 Rc7 29. Re4 $14) 28... Rxc8
29. Rc1 Ke6 {'=' ChessBase.} 30. f4 Rc5 31. Kf2 (31. Rc3 Kf5 32. g3 Ke4 $10)
31... Ra5 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. h4 (33. c5 Kd7 $10) 33... h5 34. f5+ Kd6 {'!'
ChessBase.} (34... Kxf5 $6 35. c5 Rd3 36. c6 Rd8 37. Rc5+ Ke6 38. Rxh5 $16 Rd2+
39. Kg3 Rxa2 $2 40. Rc5) 35. Re2 Ra5 (35... Ra4 $10) 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. Ke3 Rxa2
(37... Rxf5 $2 38. Ra6) 38. Kd4 Rxg2 39. Ra6 g6 40. Rxa7+ (40. Rxf6 gxf5 41.
Rxf5 Rg4+ 42. Kd5 Rxh4 43. Rf7+ Kc8 44. Rxa7 Rg4 45. c5 Rg6 $10) 40... Ke8 41.
Rh7 (41. fxg6 Rxg6 42. Kd5 Rg4 43. c5 Rxh4 44. c6 Kd8 $10) 41... gxf5 42. Rxh5
Rg4+ 43. Kd5 f4 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aruba"]
[Site "Aruba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Pliester, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NAU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4
e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 (10... d3 $6 11. O-O $1 Bd6 12. Bxd3 O-O
13. Re1 Qd7 14. c5 Bxc5 15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qh5 $16 {Cramling,D-Ornstein,A Gausdal
1980}) (10... f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 c6 13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 O-O 15. Qc2 Na6
16. Rad1 Nc5 $10 {Mateu,X-Rivas Pastor,M Espana 1981}) 11. cxd4 (11. Bxe7 d3 $1
12. O-O Qxe7 13. Bxd3 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 15. Rae1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Na6 $10 {Adorjan,
A-Speelman,J Banjaluka 1983}) 11... Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc6 $6 {N} (13...
O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 (15... Nd7 $14) 16. Rab1 c6 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. h3 Bf5
19. Rbd1 Nd7 20. d5 Rad8 21. d6 $16 {Soffer,R-Nagatz,F Bad Lauterberg 1991}) (
13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. c5 Qd8 $14 {Christiasen,
L-Lein,A,Philadelphia 1990,49/19}) 14. d5 Nd4 15. Qxd4 Qxg5 16. O-O O-O 17. Bf3
$16 a5 (17... Bd7 18. Rae1 b6 19. d6 c5 20. Qd5 Qxd5 21. Bxd5 Rad8 22. Re7 $16)
18. Rfe1 Ra6 19. Re5 Qd8 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Qe3 {<-> e} Bd7 (21... b6 22. Re8 Qd6
23. Qe7 $18) 22. c5 Rf5 23. Rxf5 Bxf5 24. h3 b6 25. Qe5 g6 26. g4 Bd7 (26...
Bc8 27. c6 $16 {><c7}) 27. d6 c6 (27... Re8 28. dxc7 Qc8 29. Qxe8+ Bxe8 30.
cxb6 $18) (27... cxd6 28. Qxd6 bxc5 29. Rd1 $18) 28. Qd4 bxc5 (28... b5 {Ribli}
29. Re7 $16) 29. Qxc5 Qf6 30. Kg2 Re8 $2 (30... a4 $142 $16) (30... Rc8 {Ribli}
31. Re7 $18) 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 33. Qxc6 Kg7 34. Qd5 Qd8 35. d7 Kf8
36. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2815"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 {The history of this line is closely connected with the discussion around
the move 8..exd4. The knight development is positionally more sound and it has
gained attention in the last two years.} (8... exd4) 9. Bg5 (9. d5 Nb8 10. Bd3
Nd7 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Bc2 b6 14. Rb1 Kf8 15. Be3 g6 16. Nd2 Qd8 17. f4
Kg7 18. f5 Nf6 19. Rf1 $11 {1/2 (23) Naiditsch,A (2698)-Fedorchuk,S (2634)
Belfort 2012}) (9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. Be2
O-O-O 14. g4 Bc2 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Re1 Bc5 17. Bf1 f6 18. Bf4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd2
20. Bg3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Bg6 $11 {1/2 (45) Socko,B (2636)-Lysyj,I (2633) Moscow
2012}) (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Bg5 Qe6 12. Nd4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxe2+ 14.
Kxe2 Nc5 15. f3 O-O 16. Kf2 Na4 17. Nb3 Be6 18. Rc1 Ba3 19. Rc2 Bf5 $15 {
0-1 (37) Kosten,A (2493)-So,W (2653) Belfort 2012}) (9. Be2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O 13. h3 Rd8 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. O-O Rxd4 17.
Qb2 Bd7 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Rd1 Bc6 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 $11 {1/2 (64)
Nikologorskiy,K (2400)-Shomoev,A (2571) St Petersburg 2012}) 9... Qg6 10. d5 {
Grischuk knows enough to accept the compromised position of the central pawn
structure. Black is falling behind in development with the hope of surviving
the worst and getting good prospects.} (10. dxe5 Bg4 11. Be3 Be7 12. h3 Bf5 13.
Nd4 Rd8 14. Be2 Nxe5 15. g4 Be4 16. f3 Bd3 17. O-O O-O 18. f4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Qd3
20. fxe5 Rxd4 21. Qxd3 Rxd3 22. Bd4 c5 $17 {1/2 (53) Reinderman,D (2543)
-Nyback,T (2634) Beijing 2008}) 10... Nb8 (10... Ne7 11. Qa4+ c6 12. Be3 f6 13.
Rd1 Qf7 14. Be2 g6 15. O-O Bg7 16. Bc5 Bd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. d6 Qd8 19. c5 O-O
20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 (38) Reinderman,D (2597)-Buscher,M (2334)
Germany 2012}) 11. h4 $5 {The advance of the h pawn is not so unusual in
various lines. White would like to support the bishop on g5 and pester the
black queen on the tricky square g6.} (11. Bd3 Bf5 12. Qa4+ Nd7 (12... c6) 13.
O-O Bd6 14. Bxf5 (14. Nh4 Qxg5 15. Nxf5 Kd8 16. Rab1 Nc5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Qa5+
Kc8 19. Rb5 Qe7 20. Bf5+ Kb8 21. Rfb1 $11 {1-0 (26) Williams,S (2515)-Faisal,A
(2255) Al Ain 2012}) 14... Qxf5 15. c5 Bxc5 16. Nxe5 f6 17. g4 Qxe5 18. Rae1
O-O-O 19. Rxe5 Nxe5 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Kb8 {1-0 (36) Kortschnoj,V (2645)
-Ashley,M (2460) New York 1996}) (11. Qd2 Bd6 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. Be3 Na6 {1/2 (13)
Abasov,N (2465)-Sadorra,J (2551) Richardson 2013}) (11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qa4 c6 13.
Qa5 b6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Bd3 e4 16. Bc2 Bc5 17. Nd4 Ne5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bxc5
bxc5 20. O-O O-O 21. dxc6 Bxc6 $15 {0-1 (32) Bu,X (2662)-Wei,Y (2530) China
2013}) 11... Nd7 (11... h6 12. Qe2 hxg5 13. Nxe5 Qh5 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Nxg4+ Kd8
16. Bg2 (16. Ne5 gxh4 17. Bh3 f6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. Kf1 $11) 16... gxh4 17. d6 Nc6
18. O-O-O cxd6 19. Rd5 f5 20. Bf3 Qe8 $17 {0-1 (43) Steingrimsson,H (2556)
-Lysyj,I (2656) Plovdiv 2012}) 12. Bd3 (12. h5 Qd6 (12... Qe4+ 13. Be2 h6 14.
Be3 Be7 15. O-O O-O $11) 13. Nd2 Nc5 14. Nb3 Be7 15. Be3 b6 16. Nxc5 bxc5 17.
Rb1 O-O 18. h6 g6 19. Rb5 Qa6 20. Be2 Bd7 21. Rxc5 {1-0 (42) Najer,E (2640)
-Ovetchkin,R (2499) Sochi 2012/} Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rfb8 $15) 12... e4 {Anybody
hoping to find out if the best players in the world are also humans should
look at this battle. Aronian becomes blind to the biggest danger and bravely
accepts the invitation to the first real conflict. In my humble opinion it has
to be more promising to avoid the premature battle and retreat with the queen
to d6.} (12... Qd6 13. O-O h6 14. Be3 (14. Bd2 Be7 15. Qe2 b6 16. h5 Bb7 17.
Rfe1 $14) 14... Be7 15. Re1 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. Bb5 O-O 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Nd2 f5
20. Bf4 Qg6 21. Nc4 Bd6 22. Bxd7 exf4 $11 {1/2 (44) Zaslavsky,M (2450)-Bulmaga,
I (2307) Plovdiv 2012}) 13. h5 Qf5 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (13... Qa6 14. Bxe4 h6 15.
Be3 Qxc4 16. Bd4 (16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Nf6 $11) 16... Be7 17. Nd2 Qa6 18. Qf3
$14) 14. Rh4 $1 {[%mdl 4] The game has finished before it could start in
earnest. Black's queen is terribly exposed, unfortunately the same goes for
the his vulnerable king on e8.} exd3 (14... Nc5 15. Bxe4 Qd7 (15... Nxe4 16.
Qe2 $18) 16. Qe2 $18) 15. Rf4 Nc5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 Bd7 {In all honesty
some players would be willing to give up with black pieces, but Aronian fights
on. We all know, that no game was ever won or drawn with the act of resigning.}
(17... h6 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Nb3 $18) 18. Kf1 (18. Nb3 Ne4 (18... Ba4 19. Qf3 Bxb3
20. Qe3+ Kd7 21. Qh3+ Ke8 22. axb3 $18) 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Qxd3 O-O 21. Bxd6 Rfe8
22. Kf1 $18) 18... Bd6 19. Nb3 f6 (19... Ne4 20. Be3 O-O 21. Qxd3 $18) 20. Be3
{The absence of material is bad enough for the defender, but he also has to
finish the development of his pieces.} (20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Be3 Bxe3 22. fxe3
O-O-O 23. Qxd3 $18) 20... b6 21. Nxc5 bxc5 22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Qd2 $1 {Grischuk
might be somewhat undisciplined in his life, but what he does not lack is a
true chess gift. With unmistakable clarity White realised that the black
position will fall apart after the demise of the c5-pawn.} Be8 (23... h6 24.
Bf4 Rfe8 25. f3 $18) 24. h6 g5 (24... Bg6 25. f3 Rfe8 26. Bf4 $18) 25. Qb2 Bd7
26. Qa3 Rfe8 27. Bxc5 {In a hopeless position Black retains lot of freedom.
Nothing he will try can really demage his chances any more.} (27. Kg1 Bf8 28.
Bxc5 Bxh6 29. Qa6 Bg7 30. Bd4 $18) 27... Bh2 (27... Bxc5 28. Qxc5 Rac8 29. Qxa7
$18) 28. Re1 Bf5 29. Rxe8+ (29. Re3 Bf4 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Be3 $18) 29... Rxe8
30. Be3 {With mating ideas prevented, White could as well being challenging
Black to a timely resignation. In chess players are not supposed to talk, so
it is up to Aronian to decipher the message in time.} Kf7 (30... Bd3+ 31. Ke1
Be5 32. Kd2 Bf1 33. g3 $18) 31. Ke2 Be5 32. Kd2 (32. Qxa7 Re7 33. a4 c6 34. Qb6
$18) 32... Bg4 (32... Ra8 33. g3 a5 34. f4 gxf4 35. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 36. gxf4 a4 37.
Qc5 $18) 33. Qxa7 Kg6 (33... Re7 34. Qb7 Bd7 35. g3 $18) 34. a4 {The march of
White's a pawn could be called a simple winning method, it definitely is a
very efficient one.} Kxh6 35. a5 c6 36. dxc6 Rc8 37. f3 Bf5 (37... Be6 38. Qb7
Rd8+ 39. Kc1 Bc8 40. Qf7 $18) 38. g4 $1 Be6 (38... Bg6 39. Qd7 Rc7 40. a6 $18)
39. Qe7 {The disparity in coordination of pieces between players is becoming
simply too big to bear.} Bxc4 (39... Rxc6 $2 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Qe8+) 40. Bd4 (
40. Bd4 Bxd4 41. cxd4 Kg6 42. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1977.09.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 (3... c5 $142) 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6
7. d4 c5 (7... b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 $14 Bd6 $2 10. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 11. Qd2 $16 {
Miles-Sosonko/IBM/1977/}) 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... h6 $5) 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 Bb4+ $10)
9... Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 $1 Qa5 (13... Nc6 14.
Bd3 Qf6 15. Be4 O-O 16. O-O Rd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 e5 $10 {Tal-Sosonko/Wijk/
1976/}) (13... Nc2+ 14. Kd2 Na3 15. Rb3 Qa5+ 16. Kc1 $16) 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bd3
Qxd2+ (15... Ke7 16. d5 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Na5 18. Rhe1 $14 {Miles}) 16. Kxd2 b6 {
/\ Ba6, Na5} 17. Rhc1 $1 $14 (17. Be4 Bb7 {/\ Na5=}) 17... Ba6 $2 $18 (17...
Bb7 $142 $16 {_|_}) 18. Be4 (18. c5 Bxd3 19. Kxd3 Ne7 $1 $14) 18... Bb7 $2 (
18... Rc8 19. c5 $18 {Sosonko} Na5 20. cxb6 axb6 (20... Nc4+ $2 21. Rxc4 $18)
21. Rxc8+ (21. Rxb6 Nc4+ 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Bc6+ Kf8 24. Ne5 Bxa2 $13) 21...
Bxc8 22. Bd3 $16 {Miles} (22. Kc3 $16)) 19. c5 f5 (19... Na5 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21.
cxb6 axb6 22. Rxb6 $18) 20. Bxc6+ Bxc6 21. cxb6 Bxf3 22. b7 $1 $18 Kd7 (22...
Bxb7 23. Rxb7 $18) (22... Rb8 23. Rc8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. b8=Q Rxb8 26. Rxb8
Bxg2 27. Rb5 a6 28. Rb6 Bf1 29. Ke3 $18 {Sosonko}) 23. bxa8=B Bxa8 24. Rc5 Bxg2
(24... Bd5 25. Ra5 Ra8 26. f3 $18) 25. Rg1 Be4 26. Rxg7+ Kd6 27. Ra5 (27. Rxa7
$18) 27... Rb8 28. Ra6+ Kd5 29. Rd7+ Kc4 30. Ra4+ Kb5 31. Raxa7 f4 32. Kc3 Kb6
33. Rdc7 Rg8 34. a4 Rg2 35. Kb4 (35. Kb4 Rg5 36. a5+ Rxa5 37. Rxa5 Kxc7 38. Kc5
$18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Biebinger, Gerhard"]
[Black "Wegener, Olaf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Be4 Nc5 12. d4 Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Qg6 14. Qa4+ $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] The players at the bottom board have managed to play a
theoretically very interesting game. Biebinger's novelty 14.Qa4+ seems to be
very logical.} (14. Qe2 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 f5 16. Re1 e4 17. c5 O-O 18. Qd1 Be7 19.
Qb3+ Kh8 20. Qxb7 Rae8 21. Qxc7 Bd8 22. Qg3 {1-0 Pham Minh Hoang -Csonkics,T /
Budapest 1998/ (33)}) 14... c6 $2 (14... Bd7 $2 15. Nxe5 $1 $18) (14... Kf8 $5
15. Re3 e4 16. Nd2 Qh5 17. h3 Bd1 18. Qd7 Bc2 19. Re1 $14) 15. Rxe5+ $1 Bxe5
16. Nxe5 Qe4 17. Ba3 {White has achieved a dream attacking position, black did
not manage to put a a real resistance.} f6 (17... O-O-O 18. Qxa7 Be6 19. Bb4
$18) (17... Be6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Re1 Qd3 20. d5 b5 21. Qb3 $18) 18. Nxg4 Qxg4 19.
Re1+ Kf7 (19... Kd7 20. Re7+ Kc8 21. Qb3 b5 22. h3 Qf5 23. Bd6 $18) (19... Kd8
20. Re7 (20. h3 Qc8 21. Re7 Re8 22. Qa5+ b6 23. Rxe8+ Kxe8 24. Qh5+ Kd8 25.
Qxh7 Kc7 26. Qxg7+ Qd7 27. Qxf6 $18) 20... Re8 21. h3 Qf5 22. Rxe8+ Kxe8 23.
Qb4 c5 24. Qxb7 Rd8 25. Qxg7 $18) 20. Re7+ Kg8 (20... Kg6 21. Qc2+ f5 (21...
Kh6 22. h3 Qh5 23. Rxb7 $18) 22. h3 Qg5 23. Re3 Kf7 24. Qb3 Rhb8 25. Bd6 $18)
21. h3 {Solving the problem of the basic rank. Black pieces are miserbaly
coordinated in the battle with unified white forces.} Qf5 22. Qb3 b6 (22... Qg6
23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Rd7 h5 25. Qxc6 $18) 23. g4 $1 (23. g4 $1 Qf3 (23... Qg6 24.
c5+ Kf8 25. cxb6 c5 26. Bxc5 axb6 27. Rf7+ $18) 24. Re3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Yegiazarian, Arsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia III"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rb1 $5 $146 {xb7} (10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7
13. Bb2 Na5 14. c5 Bxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 17. d5 Qf4 18. Be5 Qg4 19.
Bh7+ Kh8 20. Re4 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Kxh7 22. Bc3 {1-0 Kortchnoi,V-Lepelletier,B/
Cannes Generations 1996}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Qe6 $1 $8 13. d3 Nd8 14.
d4 $5 (14. Re1 c6 15. d4 f5 16. dxe5 fxe4 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nd2 Qd3 19. Qb3 Bf5
20. Re3 Qd7 21. Nxe4 Re8 22. Nc5 Qf7 $44 (22... Rxe3 23. Bxe3 Qf7 24. Rd1 b6
25. Nd3)) 14... Qxc4 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Re1 Nc6 (16... f6 17. c4 (17. Nh4 f5 18.
dxe5 Bc5 19. Qe2 $14) 17... c5 18. Ba3 Qe7 19. Nh4 Qc7 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bh7+
Kh8 22. Ng6+ Kxh7 23. Nxf8+ Kg8 24. Ng6 $16) 17. dxe5 $6 (17. c4 Nb4 18. Rxb4
Bxb4 19. Rxe5 Qf6 $143 $44) (17. Be4 f5 (17... Qc4 18. Nd2) (17... Na5 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxe5) 18. Bxc6 (18. d5 Qf6 19. dxc6 fxe4) 18... bxc6 19.
dxe5 Be7 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. Qb3 $5 $16 (21. Qa4 Bd7 22. e6 Be8 23. Bf4 $16)) 17...
Bc5 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. Qe4 Qf5 $1 (19... f5 20. exf6 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxf6 22. Bxb7
Bxb7 23. Rxb7 $16) 20. Qc4 Be6 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qxc5 Qxd3 23. Bxh6 $1 (23. Rxb7
Bd5 24. Rxc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Nf5 $143 $44) 23... Nd5 (23... Nf5 24. Bg5 Bxa2 25.
Rbd1 Qb5 (25... Qc4 26. Qa3 Qb3 27. Qc1 $36) 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. g4 Nh6 28. h3
$14) 24. Bd2 b6 (24... Bg4 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. cxd4 (26. Nxd4 c5 27. Nb3 b6 $44)
26... b6 (26... Bxf3 27. gxf3 b6 28. f4 f5 (28... g6 29. Rb3) 29. e6 $36) 27.
Ng5 $14) 25. Qd4 Qc2 26. Qh4 (26. Rec1 $5 Qxa2 27. Ra1 Qb2 28. Qe4) 26... Rfe8
27. Rec1 Qxa2 28. Ra1 Qb2 (28... Qb3 29. c4 Ne7 30. Ng5 Bf5 31. Bc3 $36) 29.
Qe4 Ne7 30. c4 $1 $16 {xQb2} (30. Rcb1 Bf5 31. Qxf5 Qxa1 (31... Qxd2 32. Qh5
Qd3)) 30... Bf5 31. Qe3 Rad8 32. Bc3 Qb3 33. Nd2 Rxd2 34. Qxd2 (34. Bxd2 Qxe3
35. Bxe3 a5 36. c5 Nd5 $16) 34... Qxc4 35. e6 $5 (35. Bd4 Qe6 36. Rxc7 Nd5 $16)
35... Qxe6 36. Re1 Qd7 (36... Qc4 37. Rxe7 (37. Rac1 Qh4) 37... Rxe7 38. Qd8+
Kh7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 40. Qxe7 Qc3 41. Re1 $16) 37. Qg5 Bg6 38. Rad1 Qf5 39. Qg3 f6
(39... Qc8 40. h4 $16) 40. Qxc7 Nd5 41. Qc4 (41. Rxe8+ Bxe8 42. Qd8 Nxc3 43.
Qxe8+ Kh7 44. Re1 b5 $16) 41... Rxe1+ (41... Rc8 42. Qxd5+ Qxd5 43. Rxd5 Rxc3
44. Rd6 Rb3 45. h4 $16) 42. Bxe1 Bf7 43. Qxa6 Nf4 44. f3 Bd5 $2 (44... Qc2 45.
Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qe4+ Qxe4 47. fxe4 Bg6 48. Bd2 (48. e5 $5) 48... Nd3 49. Rb1 Bxe4
50. Rxb6 $16) (44... b5 45. Qa8+ (45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. Qc8 Be6) 45... Kh7 46. Qe4
Qxe4 47. fxe4 Bg6 48. Bd2 $16) 45. Qxb6 $18 Qg5 (45... Qc2 46. Rd2 Qc1 47. Qe3)
(45... Qg6 46. Qb8+ Kh7 47. Qxf4) (45... Nxg2 46. Rxd5) 46. Bg3 Ne2+ 47. Kf2
Nc3 48. Rd3 f5 (48... Qc1 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Rxd5) (48... Bc4 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50.
Rxc3 Qc5+ 51. Re3) 49. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Ashdod op 1st"]
[Site "Ashdod"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.10.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.10.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 {
It's main line.You can see comments to Pelletier,Y-Ribli,Z/Germany,2003/CBM 92
(1-0)(Pelletier,Y)(48)}) 7... c5 $6 {After this inaccurate move I should
struggle for equality up to the end of this game.In last years White has a
excellent statistics in this variant.} ({The most basic continuation:} 7... e5
{You can see annotations to game: Zvjaginsev,V-Sargissian,G/Istanbul,2003/CBM
96(1/2-1/2)(Ribli,Z)(70)}) 8. Bd3 $5 {Besides White has two alternatives:} (8.
g3 {/\Bg2,0-0 and so on}) ({and} 8. d4 {See comments to Kharlov,A-Datu,I/
Calcutta,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Ribli,Z)(46)}) 8... Bd7 ({After:} 8... Nc6 $6 {
Black have lost all six games (Mega DataBase 2003)}) ({On:} 8... Bd6 {you can
find four games in Mega DataBase 2003}) ({and also once were checked in the
preceding game:} 8... Qd8 $6) 9. Qe2 $5 ({On:} 9. Be4 {I have found four games
in Mega DataBase 2003. For an example we shall consider most interesting of
them:} Bc6 10. Qe2 Bxe4 $6 (10... Bd6 $142) 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4
Rd7 (13... Qg6 $6) 14. Bf4 Qg6 $4 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Qxc6+ $3 {[%csl Rc8][%cal
Gb1b8] 1-0 Benjamin,J-Gamboa,N/Philadelphia,1995}) 9... Bd6 ({After:} 9... Bc6
$5 10. Be4 (10. Rb1 $5) 10... Bd6 {with rearrangement of moves we receive a
position from a game.}) 10. Be4 Bc6 ({Can it was necessary to decide on the
more reliable continuation:} 10... Nc6 11. d4 h6 {[%csl Yh6][%cal Yh6g5]}) 11.
d4 $5 $146 ({Were checked in the preceding game:} 11. Rb1 $5 Qe7 12. O-O O-O
13. d4 Nd7 14. Bc2 $14 {You can see comments to game: Grant,J-Aarthie,R/
Torquay,2002/CBM 91(1-0)(Atlas,V)(21)}) 11... Bxe4 {It is rather difficult to
continue game without exchange of these bishops.} 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Rb1 {
[%csl Gb1,Rb7,Ge4][%cal Gb1b7,Ge4a8] <->b; /^a8-h1. White perfectly use a
weakness of the my queen side.} Qe7 14. O-O $14 h6 {Here I had a rather uneasy
choice and consequently has thought about 35 minutes.} ({Hardly is better:} 
14... Rb8 15. dxc5 $5 {An interesting idea which was mentioned by Gad Rechlis
after the game.} (15. Re1 $5 $14) 15... Bc7 (15... Bxc5 $4 16. Qxc6+ $1 bxc6
17. Rxb8+ $18 {[%csl Re8,Rh8]}) 16. Nd4 $5 (16. Rxb7 $2 Rxb7 17. Qxc6+ Qd7 18.
Qa6 (18. Qxb7 $4 Bxh2+ {[%csl Rb7,Rg1]}) 18... Rb1 $15) 16... Qxc5 17. Nb5 $36)
({It was very dubiously:} 14... O-O $6 {because of:} 15. Ng5 g6 $140 16. Re1 $1
$40 {[%csl Ge1,Re6][%cal Ge4h4]} (16. Qh4 $143 f6 17. Ne4 $14)) 15. Qg4 O-O {
I expected for this castle,when I made my previous move.} ({I correctly was
afraid to make castle in the long party:} 15... O-O-O $6 16. Re1 $36 {[%csl
Gb1,Rc8,Ge1,Re7,Gg4]}) 16. dxc5 $1 ({I have prepared a small trap:} 16. Bxh6 $2
f5 17. Qh5 (17. Qg5 $6 Rf6 {[%csl Rh6]} 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Qxg7+ Kxg7 20. Rxb7+
Kg6 $13) 17... gxh6 18. Qg6+ {[%csl Rd6,Re6]} Kh8 19. Qxh6+ Kg8 $11 {[%cal
Gf8f6]}) 16... Bxc5 $6 {The wrong decision,this not too successful place for
Black's bishop.} (16... Bc7 $142 {[%csl Gc7,Ye7,Rg1]} 17. Nd4 (17. Bxh6 $2 f5 {
[%csl Rh6][%cal Gf8f6]} 18. Qxg7+ Qxg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rxb7 Rf7 $11) 17...
Ne5 18. Qe4 $14 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb1b7,Gc1f4]}) (16... Be5 $6 17. Bxh6 (17.
Nxe5 $6 Nxe5 18. Qg3 Ng6 {+/=/=}) 17... Bxc3 (17... f5 $143 18. Qg5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb7]}) 18. Rb3 $36) 17. Bxh6 {White make this move in the most suitable
moment.} f5 (17... f6 $143 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 {[%cal Gf3d4] +/
=/+/-}) 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bf4 Bxf4 {I had no other worthy alternative:} (19... e5
$143 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20. Qxf4 e5 21. Qg3 Rf6 22. Rfe1
Re8 $2 {In comparison with a position from a game,I could receive the
important tempo:} (22... e4 23. Ng5 Raf8 {+/=/+/-}) 23. Rb5 {[%csl Re5,Rf5]} e4
24. Ng5 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gg3h3,Gh3f5,Gh3h7] The game of White
corresponds to the requirements of a position!} Ref8 $138 ({Leads to very
difficult rooks endgame:} 24... Ne5 $6 25. Qh3 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gh3h7]} Nf7 (
25... g6 $2 26. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Rd1 $1 $18 {[%csl Rf8][%cal
Gh7h8,Gh8g7,Yd1d8]}) 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 (27... Kxf7 $2 28. Rxf5 $18) (
27... Rxf7 $4 28. Qh8#) 28. Qh8+ Qg8 $8 (28... Ke7 $4 29. Rxb7+ {[%csl Re7,Rf7]
}) 29. Qxg8+ Kxg8 30. Rxb7 $16) 25. Qh4 Rh6 {In my opinion,this continuation
is much better,than:} (25... g6 $6 26. Rd5 $16 {/\Red1,Rd7<->d}) 26. Qf4 Rg6
27. h4 {[%csl Yg8] I have compelled the contender to make this move, as I
wanted to ensure temporary safety to my king.} Rgf6 28. Rd1 $16 Nd8 29. Re5 {
It's small discrepancy,which allows to improve a position of the Black's
pieces.} (29. Rbd5 $142 Ne6 (29... Nf7 $143 30. Rxf5 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 $18 {
[%csl Re7] Gad Rechlis didn't see this simple move.} (31. Rxf6 $2 Nh3+ $1 32.
gxh3 Rxf6 $14)) 30. Qe5 {[%cal Gd5d7]} Qe8 31. Rd7 Nxg5 32. Qxe8 Rxe8 33. hxg5
Rb6 (33... Rf7 $2 34. g6 {[%csl Rb7,Rg8]}) 34. Rc7 {[%cal Gd1d7] +/-/+-}) 29...
Qa3 (29... Qc7 $2 {is refuted by:} 30. Rxe4 $18 {[%cal Ye4f4]}) 30. Rdd5 {
[%csl Rf5]} Qxc3 31. Rxf5 e3 $8 ({Immediately loses a game the following move:
} 31... Rxf5 $2 32. Rxf5 Re8 33. Qd6 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd6d5,Gd6g6,Gg6h7]} e3
34. Qg6 exf2+ 35. Kh2 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg6,Rg8][%cal Gg6h7]}) 32. Rxf6 $1 ({
Unexpectedly after:} 32. fxe3 $2 {White lose all advantage:} Qe1+ $1 33. Kh2
Rxf5 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxf5 Qxh4+ {[%csl Rc4]} 36. Nh3 (36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2
Qh4+) 36... Qxc4 $11) 32... exf2+ 33. Qxf2 Qxf6 {Black had no other
alternative:} (33... gxf6 $2 34. Ne4 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 34. Qxf6 gxf6 35. Ne4 {
+/-/+-} Kf7 (35... f5 $143 36. Nd6 {[%csl Rf5]} f4 37. Kf2 {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gf2f3]}) 36. Rd7+ Kg6 (36... Ke6 {I wrongly expected for this move,when I made
35...Kf7.} 37. Nc5+ $18 {[%csl Rb7,Re6][%cal Gc5b7,Gc5e6,Yc5d7]}) 37. Nd6 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb7]} Ne6 38. Nxb7 Rc8 39. Na5 Kf5 $5 {There is no sense to protect
of the pawn "a7". It's sole practical chance on rescue.I try to make active my
pieces.} 40. Rxa7 Nf4 41. g3 Nh5 $2 ({More stubborn resistance after:} 41...
Rg8 42. Kh2 (42. Kf2 $144 Nd3+ 43. Kg2 Nf4+ 44. Kh2) 42... Ne2 43. Nc6 {
[%csl Rf5,Rg8][%cal Gc6e7]} Kg4 (43... Rxg3 $2 44. Nd4+ {[%csl Gd4,Ye2,Rg3,Gh2]
[%cal Gd4e2,Ye2g3,Gh2g3]}) 44. Ra3 Rc8 {[%csl Rc4,Rc6]} 45. Re3 Rxc6 $140 46.
Rxe2 Rxc4 47. Rf2 $1 $18 {[%csl Ga2,Rc4,Rg4][%cal Gf2f4]}) 42. Kf2 Rg8 43. Nc6
$1 $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rg8][%cal Gc6e7] I didn't see this resource.} Ke4 ({Loses
right away:} 43... Rxg3 $2 {because of:} 44. Ra5+ Kg4 45. Rxh5 {[%csl Rg3]}
Rf3+ 46. Ke2 {[%csl Rf3]}) 44. Rd7 $1 ({Also good enough:} 44. Ra3 $5 {[%cal
Ya3g3]}) 44... Rxg3 $140 (44... Nxg3 $143 45. Rd4+ Kf5 46. Ne7+ Ke5 $8 47. Rd5+
{[%csl Rg8]}) 45. Rd4+ Kf5 46. Rd5+ {[%csl Rg3,Yh5][%cal Yh5g3]} Kg4 47. Rxh5 {
[%csl Rg3]} Ra3 (47... Rf3+ 48. Ke2 {[%csl Rf3]}) 48. Rh6 {The rest is the
matter of technics.} Rxa2+ 49. Ke3 f5 50. Ne5+ Kg3 51. Rg6+ Kxh4 52. Nf3+ {
[%csl Rf5,Rh4] Good achievement of GM Gad Rechlis.} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 ({
In this important theoretical variation Svidler previously twice went for} 7.
d4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1) 7...
b6 ({A Round 5 game Vachier-Lagrave - Georgiadis saw} 7... Nc6 8. d4 e5 {
and now} 9. Be2 exd4 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O {- an idea, which attracted attention
after the game Dubov-Nakamura, Moscow Tal mem rapid 2018.}) 8. Bd3 $5 ({
A usual continuation is} 8. d4 Bb7 {. At the press conference Svidler
mentioned the idea} 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 $5) 8... Bb7 9. Bc2
$146 {Not a particularly impressive novelty.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7
$11 12. d4 c5 13. O-O {Perhaps, White also could have placed his king on e2
and the bishop on e3.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bd6 ({A curious idea is} 15...
Bb4 $5 {and if} 16. Bb2 (16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Be3 e5 $1) 16... O-O {: the bishop is
somewhat misplaced on b2, because White normally wants to control the
f4-square.}) 16. Rb1 $5 O-O ({The Russian grandmaster anticipated} 16... e5 $5
{which probably was a good, equalising move.} 17. Re1 (17. Rb5 exd4 18. Rd5 Rc6
$5 {Svidler}) ({after} 17. c5 $5 bxc5 {, Svidler,} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 $8 19. Ba6 $11
{White probably has enough for a pawn}) 17... Kd8 $5 {Svidler} (17... O-O 18.
Bf5 {also tends to be equal}) 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be4 $11 {Mamedyarov
}) 17. f4 $1 Rfd8 18. Be3 g6 ({An alternative was} 18... Nf8 $5 19. Rfd1 Ng6)
19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a4 {Eventually, White has obtained a slightly better position.
But Mamedyarov played precisely in the remaining part of the game and
confidently achieved a draw.} Nb8 $1 21. Be2 Rc7 22. c5 {Perhaps, it wasn't
necessary to rush.} bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 ({Or} 24. Rxd1 Nd7 25. c6 Nb6
$1 $11) 24... Na6 $1 25. c6 Rxc6 26. Bxa7 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Be2 Ra5 29.
Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rb4 $11 ({After} 30. Ra1 $6 Ra5 $1 {it is rather White who can
have some problems.}) 30... Rc6 31. Kg2 Rc3 32. a5 Ra3 33. Rb5 Kg7 34. Rc5 Kg8
35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc5 Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 19th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2018.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Abasov, Nijat Azad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.03.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 {
This sideline has become popular in the last few years.} ({The most common
move is} 7... e5 {, when White usally continues with} 8. d4 {or} (8. Bd3)) 8.
g3 (8. d4 Bb7 {is more common.}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg2 Nd7 (9... Bd6 {has also been
played, Black managed to equalise in these games:} 10. d4 h6 11. O-O (11. Qd3
Nd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 O-O 15. f4 Rbd8 $11 {0-1 (42) Maslak,K 
(2548)-Khusenkhojaev,M (2310) Peterhof 2007}) 11... O-O 12. a4 Nc6 13. Nd2 Na5
14. Bxb7 Nxb7 $11 {1/2 (27) Movsesian,S (2715)-Navara,D (2705) Czechia 2012.
It's interesting, that in this game, GM Navara played Black.}) 10. d4 (10. O-O
Qd8 11. d4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Rb1 Nf6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $11 {0-1 (58)
Ghaem Maghami,E (2596)-Ponomariov,R (2710) Berlin 2015}) 10... Bd6 {This move
allows White to immediately get some edge.} (10... Qd8 11. O-O Be7 {would
transpose to the above-mentioned Ponomariov game,}) (10... h6 11. O-O Bd6 {
is also a typical setup for Black in this system.}) 11. Bg5 $1 Qf5 12. Nh4 $1
Qxg5 13. Bxb7 {With this plan, White managed to get the bishop pair, not to
mention, that the c6-square is an unpleasant hole in Black's position; the
black pieces are also not so well coodinated, because the white pawn structure
blocks them perfectly.} Rd8 $1 {Of course, the rook needs to be on d8 to
enable castling by protecting the d7-knight, that will be put under pressure
on the next move.} 14. Qa4 $1 {Very strong positional move, with the idea of
taking the a5-square from Black's queen. In the eveent of other moves, Black
would not hesitate to put his queen on the strategically important a5-square.}
(14. O-O Qa5 15. Qc2 O-O $14) 14... O-O 15. O-O {In this position, Black has 4
plans, that deserve mentioning.} a5 (15... Be7 16. f4 Qa5 17. Qxa5 bxa5 {
The idea is, that the h4-knight is under pressure, Black threatens to take to
create a double pawn. Without this threat, White could play c5.} 18. Nf3 c5 {
Now Black can play ...c5.} 19. Kg2 $14 {White is slightly better, because of
the better structure and the pieces can coordinate better.}) (15... Qd2 {
The idea is to prevent f4, that would put the queen out of play.} 16. Rac1 a5
17. Kg2 $14) (15... Qh6 {This plan sacrifices the a7-pawn for counterplay, but
this doesn't seem to be enough compensation.} 16. Qxa7 g5 17. Nf3 $14) 16. f4
$1 {Closing out the queen from the play and making the black pieces even more
passive.} Qf6 17. Bc6 (17. Rae1 $14 {is also possible and a natural move.})
17... Nb8 18. Rab1 {The idea is keeping the b6-pawn under pressure to prevent .
..c5. On the other hand, this move order might not be the best.} (18. Bg2 $14 {
Maybe White should avoid the possible exchange of the bishop for the knight and
} Qe7 19. Rab1 {leads to the game.}) 18... Qe7 ({Black had a good chance, to
take the strong bishop with} 18... Nxc6 $1 19. Qxc6 Rc8 20. Nf3 Qf5 $11 {
Black has equalised.}) 19. Bg2 c5 {This move allows White to further increase
the advantage.} (19... Nd7 20. Rbe1 $14 {is also better for White.}) 20. d5 $1
(20. Rxb6 {would be a huge mistake because of} cxd4 21. cxd4 Bc5 $1 $11) 20...
exd5 (20... Nd7 21. Rbe1 $16 {Black's position is under pressure.}) 21. Rxb6 $1
{The better pawn to take.} (21. Bxd5 Bc7 $14 {is only slightly better for
White.}) 21... Qe3+ ({Another try from Black is} 21... d4 {, but} 22. cxd4 Qe3+
23. Kh1 cxd4 24. Nf5 $16 {also leads to White's advantage.}) 22. Kh1 Qxc3 (
22... Qd3 23. Rd1 Qxc3 24. Bxd5 $16) (22... d4 23. Nf5 $16) 23. Bxd5 $16 {
The game is basically over. All White has to do is put his pieces on active
squares.} Be7 24. Nf5 Bf6 25. Qd1 $1 {A very strong move. The queen was out of
play.} a4 26. Nd6 Qd4 27. Qe2 Rd7 28. Rd1 (28. Rfb1 $18 {is also good.}) 28...
Rxd6 (28... Qc3 29. Ne4 $18) 29. Rxd6 $1 {The best move from a practical point
of view.} Qc3 30. Rb1 h6 31. Rb7 $18 1-0

[Event "Jinan 3 Arrows Cup"]
[Site "Jinan"]
[Date "2003.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Zhao, Xue"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2003.09.17"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Be4 Na5 13. Qa4 Bf5 14. Bxf5
Qxf5 15. Rb5 b6 16. c5 Be7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rxe5 Qf6 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Re2 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Rxe2 22. Rxe2 h6 23. d4 Qd8 24. c4 Kg8 25. Qa4 Bf8 26. Bf4 c5 27. d5
Qf6 28. Be5 Qf5 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. h3 b5 31. cxb5 Qxb5 32. Re4 Rd8 33. Qa4 Qb6 34.
Bc3 Nb7 35. Qc6 Qxc6 36. dxc6 Nd6 37. Ra4 Rc8 38. Ra6 f6 39. Nd2 Kf7 40. Nb3
Nc4 41. Na5 Nxa5 42. Bxa5 Ke6 43. Kf1 Kd5 44. c7 Bd6 45. Ra7 Re8 46. a4 g5 47.
g4 Kc6 48. Bc3 Bxc7 49. Ra6+ Kd5 50. Rxf6 Kc4 51. Bd2 Kd3 52. Be3 Be5 53. Rxh6
c4 54. Bxg5 c3 55. a5 c2 56. a6 Rf8 57. a7 Bd4 58. Rd6 Rxf2+ 59. Kg1 Rf8+ 60.
Kg2 Kc4 61. Ra6 Ra8 62. Ra4+ Kd3 63. Ra3+ Ke2 64. Ra2 Kd3 65. Bc1 Rxa7 66. Rxa7
Bxa7 67. Kf3 Bc5 ({Der weitaus bessere Versuch war} 67... Kd4 68. Kf4 (68. g5
Ke5 69. h4 Kf5 70. h5 Bd4 71. g6 Bg7 72. Ke2 Kg4 73. h6 Bxh6 74. Bxh6 Kh5 75.
g7 Kxh6 76. g8=Q c1=Q $11) 68... Kd3 69. g5 Ke2 70. g6 Bd4 71. Ke4 (71. h4 Kd1
72. Ba3 Bc5 73. Bb2 Bd4 $11) 71... Bc3 72. h4 Kd1 73. Bg5 Bd2 $11 {Ich sehe
nicht, wie Weiß sonst voran kommen kann.}) 68. g5 Bb4 69. g6 $18 {[%cal Rh3h4,
Rh4h5,Rh5h6,Rg6g7]} Bd2 70. g7 Bxc1 71. g8=Q Bd2 (71... Bb2 72. Qb3+ Bc3 {
siehe Partie}) 72. Qb3+ Bc3 73. Qb5+ Kd2 74. Qd5+ Ke1 75. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dableo, Ronald"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2494"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Qe2
Be7 9. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Bf4 Rhe8 14. O-O
f6 15. Rfe1 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Bf6 19. f4 Rd3 20. Rf1
Kd7 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. fxe5 {[#] Der aktive schwarze
König ist der Gewinngarant.} Ke6 25. f4 g5 26. fxg5 Kxe5 27. Kf2 Kf4 28. h4 Kg4
29. Ke3 Kxh4 30. Kf4 c5 31. a3 b6 32. a4 Kh3 33. Kf3 Kh4 34. Kf4 a6 35. Kf5 Kg3
36. Ke5 Kg4 37. g6 hxg6 38. Kd5 Kf4 39. Kc6 Ke5 (39... Ke5 40. Kxb6 g5 (40...
Kd6 41. Kxa6 Kc6 42. a5 g5 43. Ka7 $11 {entweder mit Pattschluss oder der
a-Bauer zieht mit Schach ein.}) 41. Kxa6 g4 42. a5 g3 43. Kb7 g2 44. a6 g1=Q
45. a7 Qg7+ {Matt in 7-11 Zügen}) (39... g5 40. Kxb6 g4 41. Kxa6 g3 42. a5 g2
43. Kb7 g1=Q 44. a6 Qg7+ 45. Kb6 Qxc3 46. a7 Qb4+ 47. Kc7 Qa4 48. Kb7 (48. Kb8
Qxc4 49. a8=Q Qg8+ $19) 48... Qxc4 49. a8=Q Qd5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Black "Hurme, Harri M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Hurme,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1978.10.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "New Zealand"]
[BlackTeam "Finland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NZL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7
8. Qc2 Qf6 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. h3 Be6 12. Bd3 O-O-O 13. Bg5 Bh6 14. Qd2
Bxg5 15. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 16. Nxg5 Nb4 17. Nxe6 Nxd3+ 18. Kc2 Nb4+ 19. Kb3 Rxd1 20.
Rxd1 Nc6 21. Nc5 Nd4+ 22. Kc3 Rg8 23. Re1 b6 24. Nd3 f6 25. g4 h5 26. gxh5 Rh8
27. f4 Rxh5 28. fxe5 Nf3 29. Re3 Nxe5 30. b3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 c5 32. Rf3 f5 33.
Rd3 Kc7 34. Kd2 a6 35. Ke2 b5 36. cxb5 axb5 37. Kf2 f4 38. Rf3 Rh4 39. Ke2 Kd6
40. Kd3 Kd5 41. a3 {[R 34/a]} Ke5 (41... c4+ 42. bxc4+ bxc4+ 43. Kd2 Ke4 44.
Rc3 $11) 42. a4 $1 (42. b4 $2 c4+ 43. Ke2 Ke4 {/\ Rh8-d8-d3-+}) (42. Ke2 b4 $1
43. a4 (43. axb4 cxb4 44. Kd3 Kd5 45. Ke2 Ke4 $19) 43... Ke4 44. Rd3 Rh8 45.
Rf3 Rh7 46. Rd3 Rg7 $1 $19) 42... bxa4 $1 (42... b4 43. a5 $11) (42... c4+ 43.
bxc4 bxa4 44. Kd2 $1 $11) 43. bxa4 Rh8 44. Kc4 $2 (44. Ke2 $1 Rb8 45. Rc3 Kd4
46. Rf3 $11) 44... Ke4 45. Rf1 (45. Ra3 Rc8 $1 46. h4 f3 47. h5 f2 48. Ra1 Kf3
49. h6 Ra8 $1 50. h7 Rxa4+ 51. Kxc5 Rh4 $19) 45... Ra8 $1 46. Kb5 $2 (46. Kxc5
Rxa4 $19) (46. Re1+ $5 Kf3 47. Ra1 Rc8 $1 $17) 46... f3 47. Ra1 Kd4 $1 $19 48.
a5 (48. Rd1+ Ke3 49. Ra1 f2 50. Kxc5 Rxa4 $19) 48... f2 49. a6 c4 50. Kb6 c3
51. Kb7 Rh8 52. a7 c2 53. h4 Kd3 54. h5 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.10"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Iotov, Valentin Dimitrov"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.09.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 b6 $5 {
Solid, yet a slightly passive option. Then again, the variation as a whole
doesn't promise anything spectacular for Black.} (7... Nc6 $5) 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3
(9. Be2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 e5 $11) 9... h6 (9... Bxf3 $6 10.
gxf3 Nd7 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 Bd6 13. Ke2 $14 {White has a ruined pawn structure
and a king in the centre, but his bisop pair and a strong centre make up for
it with ease. In fact, it is Black who has to decide where the king is more
secure, as both flanks are compromised.}) 10. O-O (10. Qe2 {[%cal Gd3e4]} Nd7 (
10... Bxf3 $5 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Qe4 Rd8 $132) 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Rb8 (12...
Rd8 $5) 13. a4 Bd6 14. a5 O-O 15. O-O Qd8 16. Rd1 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qe7 $6 (17... Nd7
$1 $132) 18. Ne5 $16 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Wang Yue (2718)/Huai'an CHN 2016})
10... Bd6 (10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. Be4 Rb8 14. a4
a5 15. Bc6 Bd6 16. Be3 Ke7 17. Rab1 g5 18. Rb5 Rbd8 19. Rfb1 Nb8 20. Bb7 Nd7
21. Bc6 Nb8 22. Bb7 Nd7 23. c5 Bf4 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Grandelius,N (2649)-Oparin,G (2575)/Gjakova KOS 2016}) 13. Be4 (13. c5 $6 Ne7
$1 $11) 13... Kd7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. c5 g6 (15... bxc5 $2 16. dxc5+ Kc8 17. Be3
$16 {1-0 Goganov,A (2591)-Shevchenko,K (2373)/Moscow RUS 2016}) (15... g5 16.
Rb1 Bg7 17. f4 $14) 16. Rb1 Bg7 17. d5 Kc8 18. d6 Na5 19. Bd3 $1 $14) 11. Nd2
Qh4 $6 (11... Nd7 12. Re1 Qh4 13. h3 $5 {Not what I planned during the game,
but the logic is impeccable - keep the h1-a8 diagonal secure and with that
deny any possible counterplay related to it.} (13. g3 Qd8 (13... Qe7 14. Rb1 (
14. Ne4 O-O 15. a4 Nf6 16. a5 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 c5 $11) 14... c5 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Be4 Qc8 19. d5 $14) 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bc2
Re8 16. Rb1 (16. Qd3 $6 f5 $1 $15) 16... Bf8 $11) 13... O-O (13... Qe7 14. Ne4
O-O 15. a4 Nf6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. a5 $16) 14. Ne4 $14) 12. g3 $1 {The idea -
future exchange of the light-squared bishops and the limitation of Black's
remaining bishop.} Qe7 $2 (12... Qh3 13. Ne4 $1 {[%cal Gf1e1,Gd3f1,Gf1g2]} O-O
14. Re1 Nd7 15. a4 Rab8 16. a5 Be7 17. Qf3 f5 18. Bf1 $1 Qg4 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20.
Bg2 $16) (12... Qd8 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Qh5 $14) 13. a4 $5 {Still, not
a bad move - activating the rook from a1 while creating possible a6 threats.} (
13. c5 $1 {A typical idea in these positions. I considered it, but I thought I
wasn't developed enough to go for it. As it turns out, I was wrong as my
opponent is even less developed than I am.} bxc5 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Nb3 Qf6 16.
Na5 {[%csl Rc6]} Bf3 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bb5 $16) 13... Nd7 (13...
O-O 14. a5 c5 15. Ne4 Bc7 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. a6 Bc6 18. Nf6+ Nxf6 19. Qxc6 $14)
14. a5 Rb8 $6 (14... O-O 15. a6 Bc6 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bc2 (17. d5 $6 {Which is
what I considered during the game...} Ne5 $1 $17) 17... Nf6 18. Qe2 Ba8 19. f3
$14) 15. Ne4 O-O 16. axb6 $6 {There's really no point in opening the a-file if
I am to not even attempt to use it to my advantage.} (16. Bc2 $1 $16 {[%cal
Gd1d3] White's control over the position is undeniable.}) 16... axb6 17. Re1 (
17. Ra7 Nf6 18. Qf3 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qf3 f4 $132) 17... Nf6 (
17... Ra8 $5 {Exactly the reason why the premature 16.axb6?! was a mistake. It
may not be the best move, but still an additional option that wouldn't have
been possible otherwise.} 18. Nxd6 cxd6 (18... Qxd6 $6 19. Bf4 Qe7 20. Qe2 e5
$1 21. Bxe5 (21. dxe5 $2 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qe6 $44 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Ge6c6,Gc6g2]})
21... Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rfe8 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf5 $14) 19. Rb1 Ra2 20. Bf4 Rfa8
$132) 18. Qf3 $6 (18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. f3 $14) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxe4 c5
$11 {It appears that Black has solved all his problems.} 20. Rb1 (20. Bxb7 Qxb7
21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Rb1 Qc6 23. Be3 f5 24. Qh3 Rf6 $32) 20... Bxe4 21. Qxe4 cxd4
22. cxd4 Qc7 23. Be3 $6 {A move born of a bad evaluation of the position at a
time of time disadvantage. My thoughts were that either I would have enough
initiative to win the pawn back and be in a fairly active position, or I would
simply have enough compensation to easily save the game if need be. As it
turns out, I overestimated my chances...} (23. d5 exd5 (23... e5 $5 {Which is
what I considered during the game. I did not like the fact that my opponent
could take the centre with f5 and potentially use it in a combo wth ...Bc5 to
attack my king. It is now obvious to me that, in time trouble, I had most
definitely overestimated my opponent's chances.} 24. Bd2 $1 (24. Be3 f5 25. Qc2
f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bd4 Bc5 $13) 24... f5 25. Qd3 e4 26. Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rb6]})
24. Qxd5 Rbd8 25. Qb5 Bc5 26. Be3 $11) 23... Qxc4 24. Rec1 Qa6 25. Rc6 (25. d5
Qa8 26. Bxh6 $5 exd5 (26... Qxd5 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Be3 b5 29. Rd1 b4 30. Rxd5
Be7 31. Bc5 Bxc5 32. Rxc5 Rb7 33. Rb3 $11) (26... gxh6 27. Rc6 Be7 28. Qg4+ Kh7
29. Qe4+ Kh8 30. Qd4+ $11) 27. Qg4 Be5 28. Be3 b5 $15) 25... Rfd8 26. Qg4 $6 (
26. d5 $1 exd5 27. Qg4 Be5 28. Rxh6 Qc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Rhxb6 Rbc8 $15) 26...
Bf8 (26... Qa4 27. Rcxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Bc5 29. Rb7 Bxd4 30. Qf3 Bf6 31. Kg2 (
31. Bxh6 $4 gxh6 32. Qxf6 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Qc6+ 34. Qf3 Rg1+ $19) 31... Qd1 $17) (
26... Qd3 $5 27. Rd1 (27. Rcxb6 $4 Rxb6 28. Rxb6 Ra8 $19 {[%csl Rg1]}) 27...
Qf5 28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Rb1 b5 30. d5 Bf8 31. Rd1 b4 $17) 27. Rc7 {Still seeking
to create some practical problems while in time trouble.} (27. Bxh6 Qa4 28. Rc7
Rxd4 29. Qf3 Rd7 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Bf4 Rb7 $17) 27... Rb7 (27... Qd3 $142 28.
Ra1 Ra8 29. Rd1 Qb5 30. Bxh6 Qd5 31. h4 Rdc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 $17 {[%csl Gc8,Rd4,
Gd5,Gg8][%cal Gb6b1] I fear that such a position would have been beyond saving
as White has run out of possible targets to attack.}) 28. Rbc1 (28. Rc6 $5)
28... Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qa1+ $6 (29... Rc8 $142 $19 {Simple and efficient!}) 30.
Kg2 Qa8+ 31. Kg1 (31. Qf3 Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3 b5 33. Rb7 Rd5 $17) 31... Rc8 32. Rxc8
Qxc8 33. d5 b5 34. Bxh6 (34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxe6 fxe6 $19) 34... f5 $2 {An
undeniable blunder in such a practical position! All that move does is to
create weaknesses around the black king. If I wasn't sure that the outcome
would be a draw before this move, I was definitely sure after it!} (34... Qc4
$1 35. Qxc4 bxc4 36. Be3 exd5 $19) 35. Qg6 exd5 36. Be3 b4 37. Bd4 Qd7 $6 (
37... b3 38. h4 Qc2 39. Qb6 Bc5 $1 $19) 38. h4 Qf7 39. Qc6 (39. Qg5 $5 {
[%csl Yf4][%cal Gf5f4,Gg5f4]}) 39... Kh7 $6 (39... f4 $1 40. g4 f3 41. Be5 Kh7
$17 {Granted, at this point of the game it can be very difficult to win this
position given the recent history of moves - even though the chances are much
better for Black.}) 40. Kg2 (40. Be3 $1 $132 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Gf5f4,Ge3f4]})
40... g6 $2 {[%csl Rh7] A crucial 40th move blunder that only causes
additional weaknesses around the black king!} (40... f4 $1 $17 {[%csl Rg2]})
41. f3 $11 Bg7 42. Bxg7 Kxg7 43. Qb6 Qe7 44. Qd4+ Kh7 45. Qxd5 {A terribly
played game on my side.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Jussupow,A"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 $5 11. Nxd4 Qf7 (11... Qe4 $2 12. Nb5 Na6 13. O-O
fxg5 14. Bh5+ g6 15. Re1 $18 {Ribli}) 12. Bf4 Bc5 (12... Na6 $6 13. O-O Bc5 14.
Bh5 g6 15. Re1+ Be7 16. Bf3 $40 {Petit-Marciano/France tt/1992}) (12... c6 $6
13. Bg4 $1 (13. O-O Be7 14. Re1 (14. Bh5 g6 15. Bg4 O-O 16. Re1 $14 {Ribli})
14... O-O 15. Bd3 $5 (15. Qc2 Na6 16. Rad1 Nc5 $13 {Mateu-Rivas/Spain/1981}) (
15. Bg4 $5 $14 {Ribli}) 15... Na6 16. Qe2 $16 {><e7}) 13... Na6 14. O-O Be7 15.
Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bd6 $18 {Renet-Van Gisbergen/
Groningen/1992}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Qc2 (14. Qb3 Na6 15. Bf3 c6 16. Rfe1 Nc7 $13 {
Steiner-Stilling/Dr.R.Blass memorial/1990} (16... Rd8 $5 {/\Bf8,Nc5} 17. Rad1
$140 Bf8 18. Nxc6 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nc5 $1)) (14. Nb3 Na6 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 {Labok-Galliamova/Podolsk tt/1990} 16. Be3 $5 {Stohl}) 14... Na6 15. Rab1
$6 (15. Bd3 g6 {/\16...Bd4 17.cd Nb4} 16. Rab1 Rd8 $10) (15. Nb5 $5) (15. Rad1
Rd8 16. Rfe1 c6 17. h4 Bf8 18. Be3 Re8 19. Nf5 Be6 $13 {Grigorian-Timoschenko/
Erevan/1983}) 15... Rd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rd3 (17. Nxc6 $4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 bxc6
19. Rd8+ Bf8 20. Bd6 Bf5 $19 (20... Bb7 $19)) 17... Bf8 $10 18. Rg3 $6 (18.
Nxc6 $4 Rxd3 19. Bxd3 bxc6 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6 Qxc4 $19) (18. Re3 $142 $10)
18... Nc5 19. Rd1 Re8 (19... Be6 $5 {Lautier}) 20. Nb3 Be6 21. Rd4 $2 (21. Be3
$1 Bxc4 (21... Nd7 $13) 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Qxc5 25. Qb3+ Kf8
26. Qxb7 Qe7 $10) 21... Bf5 $1 $15 22. Qxf5 Rxe2 23. Bd2 $1 (23. Re3 $2 Rxa2)
23... Rae8 24. Re3 Re5 (24... Qg6 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Kf1 R2xe3 27. Bxe3 b6 28.
Rd1 $10) 25. Qg4 (25. Qf3 R2xe3 26. Bxe3 Qg6 $36) 25... R2xe3 26. Bxe3 Ne6 27.
Rd3 f5 (27... b6 $15) 28. Qd1 f4 (28... b6 $5 29. f4 $140 $2 Re4 30. Nd2 Rxe3
31. Rxe3 Bc5) 29. Bxa7 Ng5 (29... Qe8 30. Kf1 $13) (29... b5 30. Bb8 $1) 30.
Bb8 $6 (30. Bd4 $44) 30... Re8 $2 (30... Re6 $1 {/\Qe8} 31. Rd8 Qe7 32. Kf1 f3
$40 {/\33...Re1! 34.Qe1 fg-+}) 31. Rd8 $1 f3 32. Rxe8 Qxe8 33. Bf4 Ne6 (33...
Qe2 $2 34. Qxe2 fxe2 35. Bd2 Ne4 36. Be1 Bc5 37. g4 $1 $16 {/\Kg2-f3 ><e2} (37.
Nd4 $2 Nxc3 $1 38. Bxc3 Bxd4) (37. Nc1 $2 Nxf2 $1 38. Nxe2 Ng4+ 39. Kh1 Ne5 $17
)) 34. Be3 (34. Qxf3 $4 Nxf4 $19) 34... fxg2 35. Qg4 $1 $14 Qf7 36. Kxg2 h5 37.
Qe4 Bd6 38. h3 g6 39. Qf3 (39. Na5 $5) 39... Bc7 40. Nd2 Ng7 (40... Qxf3+ $14)
41. Qe4 $1 Qe6 42. Qxe6+ (42. Qb1 $5 Nf5 43. Qxb7 Nh4+ $132) 42... Nxe6 43. Kf3
Be5 $5 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Ke2 Ke7 46. Kd3 Bc7 47. Nd2 (47. a4 $5) 47... Kf6 48.
Nf3 Be5 (48... Kf5 49. Nh4+ Kf6 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Bxg5+ Kxg5 52. Nf3+ $14) 49.
a4 g5 (49... Kf5 50. Nd4+ Kf6 51. Nb3 $16) 50. Bd4 $22 $16 (50. Bd4 Bxd4 51.
cxd4 Nf4+ 52. Ke3 Nxh3 53. Nd2 $1 Nf4 54. Ne4+ Kf5 (54... Kg6 55. Nd6 h4 (55...
b6 56. c5 $16) 56. Kf3 $16) 55. Nd6+ Kg4 56. f3+ $1 $16 {Yusupov} (56. Nxb7 h4
57. Nd6 h3 58. Ne4 h2 59. Ng3 Nh5 60. Nh1 Kh3 61. a5 Kg2 62. a6 Kxh1 63. a7 Kg1
64. a8=Q h1=Q 65. Qa1+ Kh2 66. Qxh1+ Kxh1 67. Ke4 $10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Konikowski,J"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
Bd3 (8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O $11) 8... Bd6 9. O-O (
9. Be4 O-O $11) 9... c6 (9... Nc6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. Bb2
Na5 (13... Rae8 14. d4 b6 (14... exd4 15. cxd4 Nb4 16. Qb1 Bg4 17. d5 Qd8 18.
Ne5 $16) 15. Re3 Na5 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20.
Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 Re6 22. Qd2 {1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Ashley,M/New York CITS 1996/})
14. c5 Bxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 17. d5 Qf4 18. Be5 Qg4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20.
Re4 $18 {Kortschnoj,V-Lepelletier,B/Cannes mT 1996/}) (9... O-O 10. Be4 Nc6 11.
Rb1 Bf5 12. Qc2 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Rab8 14. Re1 Qg6 15. Qxg6 hxg6 16. d4 exd4 17.
cxd4 b6 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Kf1 $14 {Alburt,L-Mednis,E/New York Inv 1980/}) 10.
Rb1 Na6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe5 (12. Bc2 $5) 12... Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bxh2+ 14. Qxh2 Bf5
15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Qh3 Qxh3 18. gxh3 b6 19. d4 c5 20. Rxe8+ (20.
Kg2 Rad8 $11) 20... Rxe8 21. dxc5 Nxc5 (21... bxc5 $143 22. Rb7 $16) 22. Bxc5
bxc5 23. Rb5 g6 24. Rxc5 Re1+ 25. Kg2 Rc1 26. Ra5 Rxc3 27. c5 Kg7 28. h4 h5 29.
f3 Rc4 30. Kg3 Kf8 31. a3 a6 32. a4 Ke7 33. Rxa6 Rxc5 34. Rb6 f6 35. Ra6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf2"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 (5... Nxc3 {Ribli} 6.
dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 b6 8. Qc2 Bb7 9. O-O-O $14 {Kron,V-Fokin,S URS-sf Gorky 1989
CBM/16}) 6. Qc2 $1 Ng5 $6 (6... Nxc3 7. dxc3 c5 $14) (6... Nxc3 $5 {Ribli}) 7.
Nxg5 Bxg5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Be7 $5 (9... Bxc1 10. Rxc1 O-O 11. Bd3 $16) 10.
Be3 O-O 11. O-O-O $2 {11.Ld3! h6 12.0-0-0 Sc6 13.Dd2 with big advantage.Or 12.
0-0,also with an over- whelming position.} (11. Bd3 $5 {Ribli} h6 12. Rd1 $14)
11... Nc6 12. a3 Na5 13. Bd3 h6 14. Qe2 (14. f4 $5) (14. f4 $5 {Ribli} f5 15.
Kb1 $14) 14... b5 $1 15. Bc2 (15. Bxb5 {Ribli} Rb8 $36) 15... Rb8 16. Qd3 g6
17. Bxh6 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Qg3 (19. Bxf8 $5 {Ribli} Bxf8 20. Qg3 $13) 19...
Bh4 20. Qf4 c6 (20... Be6 $5 {Ribli}) 21. Rde1 $2 {Correct was 21.Lf8 Lg5 22.
Lb4 Lf4 23.Kb1 Sc4 24.Sa4 +=} Be6 22. Re3 c5 23. Bxf8 Bg5 24. Qg3 Kxf8 25. h4
Bh6 26. h5 g5 $1 (26... cxd4 27. hxg6 Qg5 28. Qh2 $13) 27. Na2 Rb8 (27... Rxd4
$5 {Ribli}) 28. dxc5 g4 29. Kb1 Nc4 $6 (29... d4 $5) 30. Rb3 Nd2+ 31. Ka1 Nxb3+
32. Bxb3 Qa5 33. Rd1 $2 (33. Bc2 Qxc5 34. Qa3 $15) (33. Bc2 {Ribli}) 33... Qb5
$19 34. Rd3 Bf5 35. Rxd5 Qxb3 36. Qxb3 Rxb3 37. c6 Rd3 38. Nb4 Rxd5 39. Nxd5
Ke8 40. Nf6+ Kd8 41. f3 gxf3 42. gxf3 Be6 43. Ng8 Bf4 44. h6 Bxe5 45. h7 Kc7
46. f4 Bg7 47. Nh6 Kxc6 48. f5 Bb3 49. Kb1 Kd6 50. Ng4 Bd5 51. Nh6 Ke5 52. Kc2
Kf4 0-1

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 (4... d4 $5 {Ribli} 5.
exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Na6 $1 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Bxd6
Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Be4 Nc5 $10 {Milos,G-Tal,M Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991 CBM/
24}) 5. Nf3 (5. Nxe4 $5 {Ribli} dxe4 6. Qg4 Nc6 7. Qxe4 Qd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Kd1
Bd7 10. d3 Bc6 11. Ne2 Bc5 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4 Rxd4 15. Kc2
Rhd8 16. Re1 $14 {Cifuentes-Inkiov Novi Sad ol 1990 50/13}) 5... Be7 (5... Nxc3
{Ftacnik} 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2
Qa5 $10) 6. d4 O-O (6... c5 {Ribli} 7. cxd5 (7. Bd3 $5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. cxd5
Qxd5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Be4 Qd7 14. Bg5 $14 {
Murshed-Inkiov Calcutta 1986}) 7... exd5 8. Bd3 Bf5 $6 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bg4
10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rb1 Qd7 13. Re1 cxd4 14. cxd4 O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bf4
Rac8 $10 {Salow-Sokolow Groningen 1982}) 9. Qb3 $1 Nc6 10. Qxd5 Qa5 11. Bxe4
Rd8 12. Qc4 Bxe4 13. b4 Nxb4 14. Nxe4 Nc2+ 15. Ke2 Nxd4+ 16. Kf1 b5 17. Qd3 c4
18. Qb1 $16 {Oll-Bondza Helsinki 1990 50/(13)}) 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9.
Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 (12. Bd3 $1 b6 (12... Nb4 13. Be4 $14
) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qc2+ Kg8 15. Qxc6 Ba6 16. Re1 Rc8 (16... Bb4 17. Re3 $14)
17. Qe4 $14) 12... b6 13. Rc1 Na5 $2 (13... Nb4 $1 $10) (13... Bb7 $2 14. d5
exd5 (14... Na5 $2 15. d6 $18) 15. Bxd5 Na5 (15... Rc8 16. e6 $16) 16. Bxb7
Nxb7 17. Qxd8 Bxd8 (17... Rfxd8 $4 18. Rc7 $18) 18. Rfd1 $16) (13... Nb4 {
Ftacnik} 14. Qe2 Bb7 $13) (13... Nb4 $1 {Ribli}) 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Nd2 $1 {
/\ Qg4 with a strong attack} Qd7 (15... Qd5 16. Qg4 Rfc8 17. Qh3 $1 h6 (17...
g6 18. Ne4 $16) 18. Ne4 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 (
21... gxf6 $2 22. Bxh6 $18) 22. exf6 Qxa2 23. Qg3 Qa1+ 24. Bf1 g6 25. Qb8 Qc3
26. Qxa7 $16) 16. Qg4 f5 (16... Rfc8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Ba6 $16) (
16... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 17. Qh3 g6 $14) 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Bxd4 $2
19. Ng5 Bxe3 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. fxe3 $18) 19. Bxe4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 $16 {>< Na5}
Qf7 21. Qf3 (21. Qh3 $1 g6 22. Qg4 Rd7 23. h4 Kh8 (23... Rfd8 24. h5 Kg7 25.
hxg6 hxg6 26. Qf4 $16) 24. g3 Rfd8 25. Bg2 $16) 21... Kh8 (21... e5 $2 {Ftacnik
} 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. Bd5 $18) 22. d5 $6 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Bxd5 Qd7 25. Be4
{threatening Qh5} Qe7 $6 (25... Qf7 $1 26. Rc2 Rd8 $14 {with the idea Nc4} (
26... Nc4 $4 27. Bd5 Ne5 28. Bxf7 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxf7 30. Rc8+ $18)) (25... Qf7
$5 $14 {Ftacnik}) 26. Bd3 (26. Bb1 $1 {Ribli}) 26... Rd8 (26... Nb7 $2 27. Qh5
$18) 27. Bb1 g6 28. g3 $1 {/\ h4-h5} Nb7 29. h4 Nc5 30. h5 $16 gxh5 (30... g5
31. h6 $16) 31. Qxh5 Rg8 {/\ Rg3} 32. Rd1 (32. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} bxc5 33. Qxc5
Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxg3+ 35. fxg3 Bd4+ $10) (32. Qd5 {Ftacnik} Rxg3+ $1) 32... Ne4
$8 (32... Ne6 {Ftacnik} 33. Rd6 Nf8 34. Qd5 Ng6 35. Rxf6 Qxf6 36. Bd4 $18) 33.
Bxe4 $8 Qxe4 34. Rd6 $6 (34. Rd7 Rg7 35. Rd6 $1 Qe7 36. Qd5 $16) 34... Bg7 $2 (
34... Qe7 $1 35. Qd5 (35. Bf4 $6 Bg5 $1 (35... Rd8 $4 36. Rxf6 $18) 36. Rd7
Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kh2 Bxf4) (35. Rc6 Be5 $1 {with counterplay}) 35... Rd8
$14) (34... Rxg3+ {Ftacnik} 35. fxg3 Qxe3+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Kh2 Qc2+ 38. Kh3 $1
$16) (34... Be5 $1 {Ribli} 35. Qxe5+ Qxe5 36. Bd4 $10) 35. Rd7 a5 36. Kh2 (36.
Bxb6 $2 {Ftacnik} Qb1+) 36... Qc6 37. Qf7 Qe4 {Zeitnot} 38. Rb7 (38. Bd4 {
Ftacnik} Qxd4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 $14) 38... Be5 39. Re7 $1 $18 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 Bxg3 (
40... Bf6 41. Re8 $18) 41. Re8 (41. Bg5 $1 Qh2+ (41... Rxg5 42. Qf6+ $18) (
41... Be5 42. Qxg8+ $18) 42. Kf1 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg4+ 44. f3 $18) (41. fxg3 {
Ftacnik} Rxg3+ 42. Kf1 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Rxe3+ 44. Kxe3 Qe1+ 45. Kd4 Qd2+ 46. Ke5
$13) 41... Qh2+ 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Ke2 Rxe8 44. Qxe8+ Kg7 45. Bd4+ Kh6 46. Qe6+
Kg5 (46... Kh5 {Ftacnik} 47. Qf5+ Kh6 48. Be3+ Kg7 49. Qg5+ Kf7 50. Qxg3 $18)
47. Bf6+ $1 (47. Bf6+ $1 Kg6 (47... Kf4 {Ftacnik} 48. Qe5+ Kg4 49. Qg5+ Kh3 50.
Qxg3#) 48. Be7+) 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial Elite 47th"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "2012.05.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Quesada Perez, Yuniesky"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Let's Check Training"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2012.05.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. O-O Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nc6 16. Rb1 Rad8 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Rxb7 Rxd4 19. Qe2 Rd7 {[%tqu "En","",
"","","e2e8","",10]} 20. Qe8 $1 Re7 {[%tqu "En","","","","e1e7","",10]} 21.
Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 22. Qd7 Qa1+ 23. Kh2 Qe5+ 24. g3 Rc8 25. Rb3 Qd6 26. Rd3 Qxd7 27.
Rxd7 Kf8 28. Bb7 Rb8 29. Rxc7 Ke8 $6 (29... Rd8 30. Bg2 a5 $16) 30. Ba6 $18 Kd8
31. Rxa7 Rb2 $1 32. Bb5 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Re2 34. c5 Re5 35. a4 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 17th"]
[Site "Gjakova"]
[Date "2016.05.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2016.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "KOS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. dxc3 $5 {At grandmaster
level - a new move. Jobava's original opening experiments usually aim at
setting up sharp play, but this time he is heading straight for an apparently
dull ending.} ({The usual continuation is} 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 {as, for
instance, in Vachier Lagrave,M (2757)-Wojtaszek,R (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2015 CBM
165 [Sumets,A] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) 6... Qxd1+ ({Black could keep the integrity of
his structure at the cost of misplacing his queen with} 6... Qxf6 {The
position is reminiscent of the 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 Petroff, sometimes followed
by a knight exchange on e5. Even though optically Black is a pawn up, the
compact white queenside mass and his freer piece play should not be
underestimated.} 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Qc1 Qe7 11. b4 $14 {
Ungureanu,E (2325)-Markus,R (2270) Budapest 1998 (1/2-1/2, 24), Black's pieces
suddenly experience some discomfort.}) 7. Kxd1 gxf6 8. g3 {With the long
diagonal clear of knights, both sides' tendency to develop the bishops by
fianchetto is natural.} ({If} 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 {Black is not
forced to help White's developing by taking on f3, but can continue} Nc6 11.
Ne2 {There is no better square for the knight now.} O-O-O+ 12. Kc2 {In our
main game the king went to e2, defending the slightly weaker wing.} Ne5 {
Now is a good moment to provoke the exchange since White has already made
important committments on the previous moves.} 13. Bxb7+ Kxb7 14. b3 Rg8 15. g3
Ng4 16. Raf1 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 f5 {Dobrotka,M (2266)-Petrik,T (2532) Banska
Stiavnica 2010 (0-1, 49), with a great ending for Black.}) 8... Bd7 9. Bg2 Bc6
10. Bf3 $5 $146 ({An interesting novelty over} 10. Bxc6+ Nxc6 11. Nf3 {Van der
Auweraert,E (1976)-Lentjes,N (1946) Haarlem 2012 (1/2-1/2, 18). After Black's
somewhat cooperative move White will gain a tempo over this game.}) 10... Bxf3+
({Actually Black could play a waiting game, as his useful neutral moves are no
less numerous than White's:} 10... a5 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Kc2 a4 13. Rd1 Ra5) 11.
Nxf3 Nc6 12. Ke2 Ne5 {This looks like a small structural concession.} ({
Black probably wanted to clear the path for his c-pawn as soon as possible in
order to keep the white pawn mass under control. If} 12... O-O-O 13. Be3 Be7
14. b4 f5 15. c5 {White starts exerting at least some optical pressure.}) 13.
Nxe5 fxe5 14. f3 {Preventing Black from deploying his pawns on the optimal e4,
f5 and e6 squares.} h5 15. Be3 c5 {This must have been part of Black's initial
plan when provoking the knight exchange. For the time being this looks like
the perfect pawn setup, but in the long run having so many of them on dark
squares may prove unfavourable.} 16. h3 {The start of a minority attack
against Black's weakened kingside.} f6 17. g4 Be7 18. Rag1 Kf7 19. g5 fxg5 $6 {
From the structural point of view a risky decision.} (19... f5 {looks more
natural, keeping the integrity of the central pawns and preparing to block the
g-pawn with the king. I fail to see any constructive plan for White.} 20. g6+
Kg7 {immobilises one of the white rooks on the g-file with no chances to make
progress:} 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rg1 b6 $11 {True, Black cannot win
the pawn either:} 24. Bf2 Rf8 25. Be3 Rf6 26. Bh6+ $1) 20. Bxg5 {This offers
White pleasant play, but maybe even stronger was:} (20. Kd3 Rag8 21. Ke4 b6 {
[%csl Gc5][%cal Ge7f6]} 22. Rg2 Rg6 23. Rhg1 Rhg8 24. Kxe5 $14 {[%csl Gg5]})
20... Rhg8 {Rightly keeping the control over the g-file.} (20... Bxg5 21. Rxg5
Kf6 22. Rhg1 $14) 21. Be3 Rad8 22. a4 a5 23. Bf2 $3 {Apparently a modest move,
but actually a deep one, preparing to obtain the control over one of the open
files.} ({If} 23. Rxg8 Rxg8 24. Bf2 Rg2 25. Kf1 Rg8 {White cannot make
progress.}) 23... b6 ({Black has to permanently watch his queenside:} 23... Bg5
24. Rd1 b6 25. b4 $5 $36) 24. Rxg8 Kxg8 ({The idea of the bishop retreat to f2
is revealed after} 24... Rxg8 25. Rd1 Rg2 ({Unsurprisingly, the pure bishop
ending is bad for Black with so many pawns on dark squares:} 25... Rd8 26. Rxd8
Bxd8 27. Kd3 Kg6 28. Ke4 Bc7 29. Bg3 Kf6 30. b3 $22 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc7d6,
Gg3h4,Gh4d8] The bishop cannot move along the h2-b8 diagonal because of Bh4+
followed by Bd8.} Kg5 $8 31. Bxe5 Bxe5 32. Kxe5 Kh4 33. Kxe6 Kg3 $5 34. h4 $1
Kxh4 35. f4 Kg3 36. f5 h4 37. f6 h3 38. f7 h2 39. f8=Q h1=Q 40. Kd7 {In all
probability, Black should lose this queen ending}) 26. Kf1 Rh2 $2 27. Kg1 Rxh3
28. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Gh3]}) 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Be3 Rd7 27. Bh6 Kf6 {Black starts
experiencing problems of coordination. In principle the position should be not
that bad yet but he needs permanent accuracy in manoeuvring.} (27... Bf6 28.
Ke3 Rd8 29. Ke4 Rd7 30. Be3 Rc7 31. Rd1 Ke7 32. Rf1 (32. f4 {is premature:}
exf4 33. Bxf4 Rd7 $1) 32... Rc8 33. f4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Rc6 35. Rd1 Rc8 36. Rd6
$16) 28. Rg7 Rc7 29. Rg8 Kf5 30. Be3 Bf6 31. Rf8 Rc6 {This is an unfortunate
square for the rook.} (31... Rb7 {looks better, keeping the rook's mobility
with chances for counterplay along the g-file.}) 32. Rf7 Kg6 33. Rd7 Bg5 34.
Bf2 Kf5 35. Kd3 h4 {This is hard to understand. Why place yet another pawn on
a dark square?!} (35... Bf6 {looks still ok.}) 36. Be3 $5 {Setting a small
psychological dilemma: Should Black avoid or allow the exchange, or should he
keep the tension?!} (36. Be1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Rc8 37. Rf7+ Kg6 38. Rb7) 36...
Bf4 $2 {Natural but bad.} (36... Bxe3 $6 {is similar:} 37. Kxe3 Kf6 38. Rd8 Kf5
39. b3 Kg5 40. Ke4 Kf6 41. Rh8 $16) ({Paradoxically, with rooks on the board
Black could and should have kept the bad bishop in order to restrict the enemy
rook's activity:} 36... Bf6 37. Bd2 Rc8 $11 38. b4 $2 (38. Rd6 Rg8 $132) 38...
Rg8 $1 $17) 37. Rd8 Rc7 ({Black might have still saved the day by playing
actively:} 37... e4+ $1 38. fxe4+ Ke5 39. Rh8 Rd6+ 40. Ke2 Kxe4 41. Bxf4 Kxf4
42. Rxh4+ Kf5 $14) 38. Rf8+ Kg5 39. Bxf4+ exf4 40. Ke4 {There is very little
hope now. Both white pieces are more active than Black's and there are many
weaknesses in Black's camp.} Rd7 41. Ke5 Rd2 42. Rg8+ {The start of the black
king's agony.} Kh6 43. Kf6 Kh7 44. Rg7+ Kh8 45. Rg4 Kh7 46. Rxh4+ Kg8 47. Rg4+
Kh7 48. Rh4+ Kg8 49. Kxe6 Rxb2 50. Rxf4 Rb3 51. Ke7 $3 {Re-starting the king
hunt which in combination with the advance of the f-pawn will be decisive.}
Rxc3 52. Rg4+ Kh7 53. f4 Rxh3 54. f5 Re3+ 55. Kf8 Kh6 (55... Rf3 56. Rh4# {
[%csl Gg6,Gg7,Gg8] Oops!}) 56. f6 Kh5 57. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 6th+"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2018.05.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.05.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 ({The main line is, of course,} 4. e5 {
but the game move seems to be enjoying some popularity at the top level lately.
Almost a century ago, this used to be one of Tartakower's favourite weapons.})
4... exd5 5. e5 Ne4 ({As far as I understand, White's move order is mainly
directed against the typical reaction ...d5-d4 against e4-e5. If} 5... d4 6.
exf6 dxc3 {White can make use of the fact that the exchange on d5 has cleared
the f1-a6 diagonal and the e-file with} 7. Bb5+ ({Tartakower's} 7. fxg7 cxd2+
8. Bxd2 Bxg7 {yielded him two wins in Tartakower,S-Frentz,R Paris 1933 EXT
2011 [Exelsior/Primel,D] (1-0, 35) and Tartakower,S-Halberstadt,V Paris 1953
EXT 2015 [Primel,D] (1-0, 20). But objectively, Black's free development and
control over d4 compensates for the kingside weaknesses.}) 7... c6 8. Qe2+ Be6
9. Bc4 cxd2+ ({If} 9... Qxf6 10. dxc3 Be7 11. Bxe6 Qxe6 12. Qxe6 fxe6 13. Nf3
$14 {Sjugirov,S (2673)-Shevchenko,K (2453) Moscow 2017 (1-0, 80) Black has a
shattered structure with material equality/}) 10. Bxd2 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O
Bxc4 13. Qxc4 O-O 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. Bc3 Qh6 16. Re4 $36 {Wang,H (2701)-Van
Foreest,L (2350) Douglas 2016 (0-1, 32) with good compensation for the pawn.})
6. Nf3 ({Tartakower preferred pawn grabbing, but this is likely to offer Black
excellent compensation:} 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 (7... Bd7 8. Qxe4 Bc6 9. Qg4
Nd7 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. d4 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxb2 13. Rd1 {Tartakower,S-Kottnauer,C
Venice 1949 MCL [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 59)}) 8. Qxe4 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 Be6 {
Tartakower,S-Horne,D Hastings 1954 EXT 1999 [ChessBase] (1-0, 36)}) 6... Bf5 7.
d3 {More or less forcing Black to strengthen White's centre.} (7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 $132 {Giri,A (2793)
-Wojtaszek,R (2741) Baku 2015 CBM 169 [Schulz,André] (1-0, 27)}) 7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 ({Black has no reason to refrain from gaining space in the centre, but
} 8... Be7 {is also playable:} 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 b6 {
A somewhat mysterious move.} (12... Na5 $5) 13. Bb5 Qe6 14. Ng5 (14. Bg5 $5)
14... Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qg6 $2 (15... Na5 $5) 16. h4 ({Missing} 16. e6 $1 $16 {
which wins an exchange.}) 16... a6 17. Be2 h6 18. Bf4 Qe6 19. h5 $14 {Kramnik,
V (2787)-Hou,Y (2680) Wijk aan Zee 2018 (½-½, 32)}) 9. d4 Qa5 $5 $146 {
A slightly provicative, but apparently viable move.} ({Black's main line
lately has been} 9... c4 {, aiming for rapid queenside counterplay.} 10. a4 ({
The original} 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bd3 12. Ng1 {aims at causing Black some
problems with defending d5. The plan is consistent but slow.} Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6
14. Ne2 Ba3 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bb2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa3 22. Qe3 b5 23. e6 f6 24. h4 Ne7 $13 {Carlsen,M (2843)
-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018 (½-½, 52)}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2
Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 f6 ({The following blitz game may also deserve
mentioning:} 13... Na5 14. Nc2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Qa5 16. Bb2 f6 17. Ne3 Be6 18. exf6
Bxf6 {with reasonable play, Aronian,L (2764)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger 
(blitz) 2018 (0-1, 41)}) 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nc2 Be4 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Ba3 Bxa3 18.
Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 Raf8 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. f3 Bg6 23. f4 $14 {
Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Aronian,L (2801) Germany 2018 (½-½, 31) White has
neutralised Black's counterplay and has an active cental position.}) ({I
assume that by blocking the centre Black wishes to prevent Bd3, as could
happen after a normal developing move:} 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {
The bishop on f5 was not only putting pressure on the queenside but also
defending the e6-square. Now Black's position looks a bit less appealing.} Be7
12. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 $14 {Grischuk,A 
(2767)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow (rapid) 2018 (½-½, 96)}) 10. Bd2 {We can
suppose that Ding's novelty was also aimed at preventing Bd3, as Nakamura's
answer is the most natural.} Nc6 ({After the queen's departure from d8,} 10...
c4 $6 {runs into} 11. Nh4 Be6 12. g3 {Preparing f4-f5 and anticipating Black's
next move.} Be7 13. Ng2 {Surely a more harmonious regrouping than Carlsen's in
the game quoted above.} Nc6 14. Nf4 {With obvious white pressure. If} Nxd4 15.
cxd4 c3 16. Rb1 {[%csl Gb4]} O-O 17. Bd3 cxd2+ 18. Qxd2 $16 {with a space
advantage and the better structure.}) 11. Be2 ({Black seems to keep his
stability after} 11. c4 Qd8 {for instance} 12. Qb3 Be6 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Rc1 Be7
{and White's delay in development as well as his exposed queen offers Black
good compensation for the pawn.}) 11... Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Rac8 14. Ra2 {
A typical way of escaping the bishop's domination.} a6 {I am not sure about
the usefulness of this move.} ({Black could have fought against Rb2 with} 14...
Qb6 {for instance} 15. Be3 Rfe8 $5 16. Qd2 {This will allow Rb2, but expose
the queen to Black's knight's attack.} Na5 17. Rb2 Qg6 {with very active play.}
) 15. Rb2 c4 16. Ne1 {Preparing Nc2-e3 and the massive pawn advance on the
kingside.} ({With incomplete coordination, pawn grabbing offers Black the
control over the only open file after} 16. Rxb7 Rb8 17. Rxb8 Rxb8 18. Qa1 Rb3
$132) 16... b5 $6 {Nakamura probably underestimated White's 18th move.} (16...
Rc7 {would have been better.} 17. Nc2 (17. Bg4 {is ineffective now due to} Bg6
{as after the rook lift the bishop is not pinned anymore.}) 17... Bxc2 (17...
Qxa4 {offers White strong positional compensation after} 18. Ne3 Qxd1 19. Rxd1
Be6 20. f4 f5 21. Bf3 Rd7 22. Rdb1 b5 23. Ra2 Nb8 24. Bc1 $14 {followed by Ba3,
with some sort of black paralydis.}) 18. Qxc2 b5 $132) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 $1
{We already mentioned the virtues of this exchange, even though in the quoted
game it took place differently.} Bxg4 19. Qxg4 {[%cal Gd2h6]} h5 ({This surely
looks risky, but if Black parries the threat with, say,} 19... Kh8 {White can
consolidate with} 20. Nc2 {taking measures against ...b5-b4 and preparing to
set up pressure on d5 with Ne3.}) 20. Qxh5 {It is hard to resist taking such a
pawn, of course.} ({But} 20. Qg3 {was at least as strong.} Rfe8 21. Nc2 b4 22.
cxb4 Qb6 23. Bc3 Na7 24. b5 Nxb5 25. Rfb1 Nxc3 26. Rxb6 Ne2+ 27. Kf1 Nxg3+ 28.
hxg3 $16 {[%csl Gd5]}) 20... b4 21. Qg4 $1 {Rightly maintaining the rhythm of
the attack against the weakened black kingside.} (21. cxb4 Qa3 22. Rc2 Bxb4
$132) 21... Rfe8 22. Nf3 {Now and later White has a permanent choice between
tempting continuations.} (22. e6 $5 f5 (22... bxc3 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. exf7+ Kxf7
25. Rb7+ Ne7 26. Nf3 $40) (22... fxe6 23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Qf5 bxc3 25. Qh3+ $16 {
[%cal Gd2c3]}) 23. Qxf5 Rf8 (23... bxc3 24. Qf7+ Kh8 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Bh6 Bf6
27. Bxg7 Bxg7 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rb7 $18) 24. Qg4 bxc3 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Rb7 Rc7
27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28. Nc2 $14 {The structue is unusual but White is a pawn up and
has stabilised.}) 22... Qa3 (22... bxc3 23. Bh6 Bf8 24. Re2 $36) 23. Rc2 b3 {
This pawn offers Black some hope to distract White from his systematic attack.}
24. Rcc1 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Qa2 25. Qf5 (25. h4 $5 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 25... Ra8
26. Bg5 $6 {This apparently logical move unnecessarily allows the enemy queen
to joini the defence along the second rank!} (26. e6 $5 Nd8 27. Ne5 fxe6 28.
Qg6 Rf8 29. Bh6 Bf6 30. Nd7 $16) 26... Qe2 $1 27. Qd7 (27. Rce1 Qd3 28. Qd7 {
is to a certain extent similar.}) 27... Bxg5 28. Nxg5 Ne7 29. e6 f6 30. Nf7 Ng6
$2 (30... b2 $1 31. Rb1 (31. Rce1 Qxe1 32. Rxe1 Reb8 33. g3 Ra1 $19) 31... Kf8
32. Nd6 Red8 33. Qc7 Qc2 $13) 31. Nh6+ $2 {Forcing a draw in a virtually won
position.} ({Missing} 31. Rce1 $1 Qh5 32. Nd6 {when the well defended e-pawn
causes troubles. For instance, if} Re7 {White has} 33. Nc8 $3 $18 {not the
only move but a beautiful and convincing one.}) 31... gxh6 32. Qf7+ Kh8 33.
Qxf6+ Kh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2018.03.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 $1 {This is a good move order if your opponent
usually plays setups with ...Nf6 and ...e6. We now enter positions that don't
have a particular pattern, but are very independent from typical openings} d5
4. e5 (4. cxd5 $5 {is a different approach} exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Be7 $5 {
the pawn sacrifice is interesting} (6... Bf5 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 Nc6
10. Nxd5 Bc5 11. Ne3 $1 $16 {1-0 (41) Matlakov,M (2714)-Santos Latasa,J (2567)
Minsk 2017}) 7. Qa4+ (7. Nxe4 dxe4 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. Qxe4 Be6 $44) 7... Bd7 8. Qb3
Nc5 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. d4 Ne6 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 c5 $1 $132 {1-0 (73)
Kryvoruchko,Y (2703)-Debashis,D (2518) Dubai 2018}) 4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qxf6 {A lot has been investigated in this line recently} 7. d4 b6 (7... e5
$5 {is a concrete approach, tried by Aronian himself in 2014 against Grischuk.
This move is fine, but Black has to be precise.} 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5
Nb8 11. h4 h6 $1 {Karjakin didn't have problems against Anand with this move.}
(11... Nd7 $6 12. Bd3 e4 13. h5 Qf5 14. Rh4 $3 {and suddenly the black queen
is lost.} exd3 15. Rf4 $18 {1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2792)-Aronian,L (2815)
Stavanger 2014}) 12. h5 Qa6 $1 $146 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4
O-O {Black wants to achieve a strategically better position with ...Nf6 and ...
Bc5} 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. Ng3 Qh4 {and a repetition of moves was agreed:} 19. Nf5
Qf6 20. Ng3 Qh4 {½-½ (20) Anand,V (2782)-Karjakin,S (2760) London 2017}) 8.
h4 $5 $146 {As expected, Aronian starts to show aggression right from the
first round in the Candidates tournament. He will play Bg5 like in the line
with 8.Nf3, but in some cases here he may play Rh3 and the knight may go to e2
as well.} (8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Be2 Bd6 10. Qc2 $6 {makes Black's life easy.} Qg6 $1
11. Qxg6 hxg6 12. h3 Nd7 $11 {½-½ (45) Mager,D (2283)-Gustafsson,J (2640)
Germany 2018, with a comfortable endgame.}) 8... Bb7 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11.
Kf1 $1 {A smart way to defend the g2-pawn and to run away from ...Qxc3+. The
position becomes very original after the last few moves, and it is not easy to
find a clear and safe plan for Black, he has so many development possibilities,
that it is hard to choose. I would say White's opening experiment is going
well so far.} Nc6 (11... Bd6 $5 {preparing ...Nd7 and ...0-0 was possible.})
12. Rb1 (12. Rh3 $5 f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O 14. a4 $1 {similar to the game, the queen
feels somewhat weird on a5. A sample line would be:} e5 15. c5 {[%csl Ra5]}
bxc5 16. d5 Ba6 (16... Rxd5 $4 17. c4 $18) 17. Rb1 $1 Bxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qa6 19.
Qg4+ Rd7 20. Rb5) 12... f6 13. Bd2 O-O-O (13... Qa3 $5 {avoiding a4 was
interesting} 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Bxg6+ hxg6 16. Qxh8 Qxa2 17. Rd1 Qc2 $1 $44 {
with decent compensation for Black.}) 14. a4 $1 {Trying to make the black
queen look uncomfortable there on a5.} e5 15. c5 (15. Rh3 $5 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb4
{was Aronian's suggestion for Black after the game on the 15.Rh3 line. White
has an interesting sequence now:} 17. d5 Bxd2 18. Rb5 $1 Qa6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20.
Qxd2 Qxa4 21. Rb1 Qxc4 22. Ne2 {and the position remains complex} (22. Bxc4 $6
Rxd2 {is just fine for Black})) 15... Bxc5 16. Rb5 Qa6 17. Rh3 Bxd4 $1 18. Be2
(18. cxd4 $2 Rxd4 19. Ne2 Qxa4 $17 {and Black has four pawns for the piece,
and can play this position for a win.}) 18... Rd6 $6 (18... Ba8 $1 {giving b7
for the queen - a very original move} 19. Nf3 (19. Rb2 Qb7 20. cxd4 Nxd4 $132)
(19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Rb2 Nxe2 $132) 19... Qb7 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Rb2 {In any case,
I feel that Black's position is great after he takes on e2 and plays with the
opposite-coloured bishops.} Nxe2 $132) 19. Rb1 (19. Rb2 $1 {is the computer
suggestion, with advantage for White. During the press conference, Aronian
said he wasn't sure how to evaluate the position after Black's 21st move:} Qa5
20. cxd4 Qd5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Nf3 $16 {Black has many interesting moves here,
like ...Re8 or ...Nd3.}) 19... Qa5 20. Rb5 Qa6 (20... Bxc3 {runs into a pretty
move (that both players mentioned in the press conference)} 21. Rd3 $1 Rxd3 22.
Bxd3 Ba6 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Ne2 Qa3 25. Rb3 Qxa4 26. Bf5+ Kb8 27. Rxb6+ cxb6 28.
Qxa4 Bxe2+ 29. Kg1 $16) 21. Rb1 Qa5 22. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 {The Flohr-Mikenas system, first played in 1903 and
repeatedly used by the great Aron Nimzowitsch. It is a good weapon against
opponents who are used to playing ...Nf6 followed by ...e6, since it differs
completely from standard Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, etc. positions.} d5 4.
e5 {The most common reply.} (4. cxd5 $5 {has become fashionable lately as well,
and was recently seen in the World Cup finals} exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 (6. Nxe4
$2 {taking the pawn is a bad idea} dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxe4 Be6 $1 {with a big
advantage for Black, since White has many weaknesses on the d-file, worse
development and a weak e5-pawn:} 9. Bc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qg5 11. Qe4 Qxe5 12.
Qxe5+ Nxe5 $17 {0-1 (49) Csonka,B (2263)-Getz,N (2276) Budapest 2010}) 6... Bf5
7. Be2 d4 $5 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bc4 Bd5 10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13.
d3 Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 $11 {½-½ (35) Aronian,L (2799)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi
2017, with a balanced endgame.}) 4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 {
The most principled move, but Black has many different ideas. For example:} (
7... b6 $5 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 {threatening the famous Bg5 move trapping the
queen, that works even when Black has ...Bxf3 at his disposal:} h6 (9... Nd7 $2
10. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 11. Qd2 $1 {there is a similar trick in the French Defence.
Here Black survives because the h1-rook is also hanging:} Bxg2 12. Bxf6 Bxh1
13. Bh4 $16) 10. O-O Bd6 (10... Bxf3 $5 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 {with an
unbalanced endgame, both sides having chances} 13. Be4 Rb8 14. a4 $36 {1/2-1/2
(41) Grandelius,N (2649)-Oparin,G (2575) Gjakova 2016}) 11. Nd2 $5 Qh4 12. g3
Qe7 13. a4 $6 (13. c5 $1 bxc5 14. Rb1 Bc6 15. Nc4 $16 {with a very strong
initiative}) 13... Nd7 14. a5 $36 {1/2-1/2 (45) Iotov,V (2518)-Leitao,R (2616)
Baku 2016}) (7... Nc6 8. d4 e5 {transposes to the game.}) 8. d4 Nc6 9. Bg5 (9.
Be2 $5) 9... Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 (11... Nd7 12. Bd3 e4 $6 13. h5 Qf5 $2
14. Rh4 $3 {Black is suddenly lost:} exd3 (14... Nc5 {wouldn't help} 15. Bxe4
Nxe4 16. Qe2 $18) 15. Rf4 {and the queen is lost} Nc5 16. Rxf5 Bxf5 17. Nd4 $18
{1-0 (40) Grischuk,A (2792)-Aronian,L (2815) Stavanger 2014}) 12. h5 Qd6 13.
Be3 {Now c4-c5 is a real threat.} Nd7 14. Qa4 (14. c5 $5 {Nepo plays it anyway!
} Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. c4 Qf6 17. Qa4 Kd8 18. Bxd7 $5 (18. O-O $5 $44) 18...
Bxd7 19. Qb3 b6 20. Nd2 $44 {1-0 (41) Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Aleksandrov,A 
(2565) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 14... Qa3 15. Qb3 a5 (15... Qxb3 $2 16. axb3 $16
{gives White a healthy endgame.}) 16. Qc2 Qd6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Rd1 a4 $6 {
I think this is unnecessary.} (18... O-O {Cheparinov probably didn't want to
castle before White does the same, since now a pawn avalanche is possible 
(that happened in the game anyway!)} 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 b6 21. g4 Nc5 {
with counterplay in the centre, moves like ...e4 may happen, White will need
to castle soon.}) (18... b6 {why not this useful move, if Black didn't want to
castle early? I don't see the point in ...a4.}) 19. O-O O-O 20. Rfe1 b6 21.
Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Qf6 23. g4 $1 Qd6 24. Bc1 a3 25. Bxd7 (25. Qe2 $1 {keeping
the pressure was very strong, now Black doesn't have ...Ba4 as in the game if
White decides to take on d7 and e5:} Re8 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Bxc8 Rexc8 28. Qxe5
Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf6 30. Re4 Bxc3 31. Kf1 $16 {and many endgames are preferable
for White, because of the better structure on both flanks.}) 25... Bxd7 26.
Nxe5 Ba4 27. Qf5 Bxd1 (27... Qf6 $1 {forcing an endgame would have been an
interesting decision} 28. Qxf6 (28. Rd4 Qxf5 29. gxf5 Bc5 30. Rd2 Rfe8 $44 {
with good compensation - Black has the bishop pair, and White has so many pawn
weaknesses}) 28... gxf6 29. Ng6+ fxg6 30. Rxe7 Bxd1 31. hxg6 Rfe8 32. Rh7+ Kg8
33. Bxh6 $11 {with a perpetual.}) 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. Qxf7 Bh4 $1 30. g5 $1 (30.
Rxd1 $4 Rf8 $1 $19 {forcing White's resignation.}) 30... Ba4 $4 {Losing on the
spot.} (30... Bxg5 $1 {was good enough} 31. Bxg5 hxg5 {with a roughly equal
position:} 32. Rxd1 Rf8 33. Qe6 $13) 31. Re7 Bxf2+ (31... Rg8 32. Bf4 $1 $18 {
followed by Be5.}) 32. Kh1 {...and Black resigned in view of Bf4 after ...Rg8.}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th Gr6"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1999.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Kruppa, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.10.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "Alchevsk Garant-Donbass"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 $8 (4... Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 $14 Qd4
$2 7. Nf3) (4... Nfd7 5. d4 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Nb6 7. Bb3 $14) 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 c5 ({Other possibility is} 7... e5 $5 {with very complicated
position after} 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 11. Nxd4 $13) 8. Nf3 h6 {
it is more accurate than} (8... cxd4 9. Bg5 $1 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+
(11... Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14) 12. Qxd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gf1d3]}) 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ {For defensive side almost always
good to change a pair of minor pieses} (10... Nc6 11. Bb2 (11. Be4 $5) (11. O-O
$5 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Rb1 $44 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc1b2]}) 11... Bb4+ 12. Kf1)
11. Bd2 ({Deserved serious attention attempt to keep darksquare bishops on the
board} 11. Kf1 $5 Nc6 (11... Bc3 12. Rb1 Bxd4 (12... O-O 13. Bc2) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4
14. Bb2 $14) 12. Bb2 Bc5 (12... O-O 13. Qe2 Qd8 14. Rd1 $36) 13. Bc2 O-O 14.
Qd3 Rd8 (14... g6 $2 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Qe2 $18 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rb2f6]
}) 15. Rd1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk 1980 1-0 
(39)} (17. g3 $5 {[%cal Gf1g2]})) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 O-O (12... Nc6 13. Qe3)
13. O-O (13. Be4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Be6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Sher,M-Saradjen,J/Bled 1994 (40)}) 13... Rd8 (13... Nc6 14. Rad1 Rd8
15. Rfe1 b6 16. d5 Na5 17. Qe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bisguier,A-Shipman,W/Pittsburgh
1946 (21)}) 14. Rae1 $5 $146 {[%cal Ge1e4,Ge4f4] An original idea.White has to
concentrate all pieses on a kingside,where is the only defender-black queen.} (
{Another possibility was} 14. Be4 {but after} Nc6 15. Bxc6 (15. Rfd1 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 e5 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Rab1 Be6 $11) 15... bxc6 16. Qa5 c5 $1 {black has a
sufficient counterplay} 17. Qxc5 Bb7 18. Ne5 Qg5 19. g3 f6 20. Rab1 $8 (20. Nd3
Qg4 $15 {[%cal Gg4f3,Gg4d4]}) 20... Be4 (20... fxe5 21. Rxb7 exd4 22. Qxg5 hxg5
$13) 21. Rbe1 Qf5 22. f3 Bb7 23. Rb1 fxe5 24. Rxb7 exd4 25. Qxf5 (25. Qe7 Qf6
$15 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 25... exf5 26. Re1 d3 27. Ree7 d2 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Re4 g6
$5 {Correct decision.After normal} (15... b6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rf4 Qe7 18. d5
Nb4 19. Bb1 $40 {whites initiative is very dangerous.}) 16. Qxh6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4
{other moves promises nothhing to white} (17. Ng5 Nf5 18. Qh7+ Kf8 $19 {
[%csl Rd3,Rg5]}) (17. Rf4 Nf5 (17... Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Qg7 19. Qg5 Bd7 20. h4 Bc6
21. Rg3 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 18. Bxf5 exf5 $11) 17... Rxd4 18. Rxd4 {Critical
moment of the game.After text move white has to force a draw if black finds a
few correct moves.But in the team competition simetimes draw is more valuable
than a better position!} (18. Rd1 $4 Rxd3 $19) ({The only chanse to continue
fight for an advantage was} 18. Qe3 $5 Rd8 19. h4 $36 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 18...
Qxd4 19. Rd1 Bd7 $8 (19... Qg7 $6 20. Qxg7+ (20. Qg5 $5 Bd7 21. Be4 Ba4 (21...
Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Qc5 $16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6]}) 22. Rb1 Rc8 23. Bxb7 Rxc4 24.
Ba6 Rd4 25. Rb8+ Kh7 26. g4 $1 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gg5h4,Yb8h8]} Rd1+ 27. Kg2 Bc6+
28. f3 $18) 20... Kxg7 21. Be4 Kf6 (21... f5 $2 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rd7+ $16) 22.
f4 Ke7 23. c5 $16 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20. Bc2 (20. Be2 Qe5 21. Rxd7 Qxe2 22. h3 Qe1+
23. Kh2 Qxf2 24. Rxb7 Qd4 $15 {[%csl Rc4]}) 20... Qc3 $11 ({With the same
result is} 20... Qe5 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Ke8 24. Qg6+ $11) (
20... Qxc4 $2 21. Bxg6 $18) 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg6+
Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-chT 66th"]
[Site "Katowice"]
[Date "2010.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.09.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katowice Szopienice"]
[BlackTeam "Wroclaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 (3... c5 {L'alternative dans cette variante
Mikenas} 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Bf4 Ng6 9. Bg3 a6 10.
Qd2 (10. Qa4) 10... Nf6 11. O-O-O Bb4 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Be2 e5 {
Jussupow,A (2490)-Bakulin,N (2275) URS Soviet Union 1979 1-0} (14... d5 15. h4
dxc4 16. h5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nh8 18. Bf3 $32 {Youssoupov})) 4. e5 (4. cxd5 exd5
5. e5) 4... d4 (4... Ne4 $5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 Bb4 {Transpose dans une Ragozin}
7. Qc2 {[%csl Rc7]} f5 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Rc8,
Gf1][%cal Gf1d3];Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Aronian,L (2649) Warsaw AIG Life rapid sf
2003 (1) 1-0}) 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 c5 (7... e5)) 7... b6 (
7... e5 {La grande ligne} 8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12.
Nxg5 Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd2 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nf5 18. Bd3 h6
19. Nf3 c6 20. Rab1 $14 {Grachev,B (2669)-Wojtaszek,R (2721) Lublin 3rd 2011 
(2) 1/2}) 8. d4 Bb7 (8... h6 {Contrôle l'importante case "g5" mais c'est
très lent}) 9. Bd3 (9. Be2 h6) 9... Bxf3 {Le polonais a tenté d'améliorer
03 ans plus tard avec h6} (9... h6 10. O-O (10. Qe2 Bd6 11. Be4 c6 12. a4)
10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 Nc6 13. c5 Na5 14. Bf4 Kd7 15. Rfd1 Be7 16.
c6+ Nxc6 17. d5 exd5 18. Bf5+ Ke8 19. Rxd5 Rd8 20. Rad1 Bd6 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22.
Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Nb8 24. Rd4 Ke7 25. Rc4 Kd6 26. Rd4+ Ke7 27. Rc4 Kd6 28.
Rd4+ {1/2-1/2 (28) Movsesian,S (2695)-Wojtaszek,R (2700) Loo 2013}) (9... Bd6
$6 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 Bf4 12. Bxf4 Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bb7 14. Be5 $40 {Miles,A 
(2555)-Sosonko,G (2530) IBM Amsterdam 1977 (13) 1/2}) 10. gxf3 (10. Qxf3 Qxf3
11. gxf3 Bd6 $11 {Palac,M (2579)-Saric,A (2540) CRO-ch 13th Plitvicka Jezera
2013 (11) 1/2}) 10... Nd7 11. Be4 {Il y a peu de parties dans les bases avec
l'échange 9. Bf3} (11. Qe2 Rd8) (11. Be3) 11... Rd8 12. h4 {[%cal Gc1g5]} (12.
Rg1 h6 {Iordachescu,V (2582)-Gajewski,G (2653) EU-ch 14th Legnica 2013 (7) 1-0}
) 12... h6 13. Qa4 {La Qa4 est un peu hors-jeu} Bd6 14. Be3 (14. Bc6 $6 {
[%csl Rd7,Re8][%cal Ga4e8]} O-O $1 (14... e5 $5 15. Be3 exd4 16. cxd4 Qe6 {
[%cal Ge6e1,Ge8g8,Ge6d7]} 17. Qxa7 $2 (17. Ke2 O-O $15 {[%csl Ra4,Re2]}) 17...
Bb4+) 15. Bxd7 $4 Qxf3 {[%csl Ra1,Rc3,Re1]} 16. Bd2 (16. Rf1 Qxc3+) 16... Qxh1+
) 14... O-O 15. Qxa7 {Gagne un P mais la Q doit perdre au minimum trois tempi
pour revenir en jeu et avec un K Blanc bloqué au centre, c'est assez risqué.}
Qe7 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5,Gd8a8,Ge6e5,Ge7e1]} 16. Qa4 $8 (16. Kd2 f5 17. Bc6 Nb8 18.
Bb5 f4) 16... c5 17. Rb1 e5 $44 {[%csl Re1] La paire de B des Blancs n'est pas
très utile et le K Blanc manque de bonnes cases de protection.} 18. Kf1 exd4
19. cxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 {La paire de B s'est activée mais au détriment de la
sécurité du K Blanc} Bc5 $1 {Menace d'échanger la meilleure pièce Blanche}
21. Re1 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Qd6 22. Bc3 Nf6 23. Be5 $1 Qe6 24. Bg3 $6 {[%csl Rg3]} (
24. Qc2 $142 {[%cal Gc2e4]} Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Rg1 $13 {[%cal Ge5g7]} f6 27.
Ba1 {Ce B est mieux placé sur cette grande diagonale plutôt qu'en "g3"})
24... Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Qg6 26. h5 Qg5 27. Bf4 Qf5 28. Qb3 {Illustrant les
difficultés du plan d'attaque des Blancs à l'aile-dame qui est trop lent} (
28. Qc2) 28... Rfe8 $1 29. Rxe8+ $6 (29. Qb1 {[%cal Gb1e4] Semble plus solide})
29... Rxe8 $32 {[%csl Rf1,Rh1]} 30. Bg3 Rd8 $1 $40 {[%csl Rb3,Rf3][%cal Gd8d3]}
31. Ke2 $8 {[%csl Rh1] La Rh3 reste une témoin impuissante et le courageux
Ke2 peut difficilement survivre dans les courants d'air.} (31. Kg2 Rd3) 31...
Qe6+ (31... Bb4 $3 32. Qxb4 Qd3+ 33. Ke1 Qd1#) 32. Kf1 Rd2 33. Kg2 Qe2 34. Qb1
$2 {29.Qb1 aurait aussi éviter de perdre un tempo important} (34. Rf1 $2 Rd3)
(34. Qa4 $8 Bxf2 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ {[%cal Ge4e2,Ge4h7] Avec peut-être une
transposition en finale de R} Qxe4 37. fxe4 Bc5+ (37... Bxg3+ 38. Kxg3 Rxa2 39.
Kf4 {[%csl Gf4,Rh7] Et les Blancs ont des bonnes chances de nulle malgré le P
de moins.}) 38. Kf3 Rxa2) 34... Rd3 35. Qe1 Qxf3+ 36. Kh2 Qxh5+ 37. Kg2 Qf3+
38. Kh2 f5 39. Rf1 Kh7 40. Rg1 f4 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 12th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2012.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Arnaudov, Petar G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2012.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:30:00"]
[BlackClock "1:30:00"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} (3... c5 {
L'alternative dans cette variante Mikenas}) 4. e5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (4. cxd5
exd5 5. e5) 4... d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. exf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} dxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} (7.
d4 c5) 7... e5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} (7... b6 8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 (9. Be2)) 8. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} (8. d4) 8... Nc6 $6 {[%emt 0:10:56]} (8... Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5]
Plus souple} 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O (
13... exd4 14. Re1+) 14. c5 Bf8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bf5+
Kb8 $11 {Hauchard,A (2518)-Delgado Ramirez,N (2506) Capablanca Memorial
Premier II 37th 2002 (5) 1/2}) (8... Bd6 9. O-O) 9. O-O {[%emt 0:01:43]} Bf5 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} (9... Bc5 $5) (9... Bd6 10. Rb1 {[%csl Rb7]} O-O 11. Be4 Bf5 $1
12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Rxb7 Na5 $11 {[%cal Ga5c4,Ga5b7]}) 10. Bxf5 {[%emt 0:03:58]}
Qxf5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} 11. d4 {[%emt 0:03:53]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:05:51] Un plan
risqué} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:13:01]} f6 $146 {[%emt 0:15:31]} (12... Bd6 13. Rb1 e4
14. Nd2 {Stripunsky,A (2553)-Garcia,G (2461) Montreal-B 5th 2004 (6) 1/2}) 13.
Rb1 {[%emt 0:03:31][%csl Rb7][%cal Gd1b3]} b6 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 14. Qa4 {
[%emt 0:07:42]} (14. c5 $5 exd4 15. cxd4) 14... Kb7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 15. d5 {
[%emt 0:05:25]} (15. c5) 15... Nb8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:17]
[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3a5]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:27]} 17. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Na6 {[%emt 0:
05:00]} 18. Rb5 {[%emt 0:13:33]} c6 {[%emt 0:16:09]} 19. dxc6+ {[%emt 0:01:13]}
Qxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:04:00]} 21. a5 $36 {
[%emt 0:06:27]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 22. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 23. axb6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 24. Rfb1 $40 {[%emt 0:
00:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:05:31][%csl Rb8]} 25. Nf1 $1 {[%emt 0:01:28][%cal Gf1e3,
Ge3d5] Ramenant une pièce supplémentaire en attaque} g6 {[%emt 0:14:18]} 26.
Ne3 $40 {[%emt 0:04:57][%csl Gd5]} Rhd8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 27. Nd5+ {[%emt 0:00:
59]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 28. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 29.
Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 30. Qa2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ne6 {
[%emt 0:01:04]} 31. h4 {[%emt 0:05:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 32. Qb3 {[%emt 0:
01:18]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:52]} 33. Rb4 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 34.
h5 {[%emt 0:04:35]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 35. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Nc5 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 36. Qd1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} b5 {[%emt 0:04:09]} 37. Rcb4 {[%emt 0:
06:34]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 38. R4b3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (38. Qxh5 Nxc3) 38...
Nc5 {[%emt 0:02:29]} 39. Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 40. Qxh5 $2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxg2+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Nf4+ {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 42. Kf3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} Nxh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 43. Rab3 {
[%emt 0:11:26]} (43. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h7]} Nf4 44. Rxh7+ Kb6 45. Rxb7+ Kxb7) 43...
Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 44. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 45. Rxb4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 46. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kc5 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 47. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Kxc4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 48. Ke4 {[%emt 0:03:40]}
Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 49. Rxh7 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 50. Rd7 $1
{[%emt 0:02:11] Coupant le K} Nh3 {[%emt 0:05:40]} 51. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]}
Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:51]} 52. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:39]} Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 53. Ra2 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:02:26]} 54. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Ne4+ {[%emt 0:
00:24]} 55. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 56. Kg4 {[%emt 0:03:55]}
Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 57. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 58. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:01:18]} Ng5+ {[%emt 0:00:45]} 59. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:
19]} 60. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 61. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:01:59]} 62. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 63. Re2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 64. f3 {[%emt 0:01:24]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:
20]} 65. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:23:19]} 66. f4 $18 {[%emt 0:01:06]}
Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 67. f5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 68. Ra2 {
[%emt 0:01:53]} e3 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 69. f6 {[%emt 0:00:34]} e2 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
70. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:02:29]} 71. Kg6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:36]} 72. Kf5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Nh4+ {[%emt 0:01:29]} 73. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:04:24]} Nf3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 74. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 75. Ra4+ {[%emt 0:02:03]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 76. Ra3+ {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 77. Re3 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 78. Re4+ {
[%emt 0:00:23]} 1-0

[Event "New York CITS"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Ashley, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 $5 {
Weiss wählt eine seltene, aber giftige Fortsetzung.} (7. d4) 7... e5 (7... b6
8. d4 Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 (9... Nd7 $4 10. Bg5 Bxf3 11. Qd2 $18) 10. O-O $6 (10. Qe2
$1 Nd7 11. Be4 $14) 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. a4 e5
$10 {Huebner,R-Sosonko,G/Polanica Zdroj/1995/CBM49/}) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10.
Re1 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. Bb2 $1 $146 {Der brasilianische
Grossmeister verbessert deutlich seine alte Partie.} (13. Rb1 $6 {Dieser Zug
hat keinen Sinn und er führt nur zu Tempoverlust.} b6 14. d4 Rae8 15. c5 bxc5
16. d5 Ne7 17. Rb7 a5 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Nc4 Bc8 20. g3 Qg4 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. Ra7 f5
23. Bh1 e4 $15 {Sunye Neto,J-Juarez Flores,C/Manila izt/1990/}) 13... Rae8 14.
d4 {/\ c5} b6 15. Re3 Na5 $6 {Zu optimistisch. Der schwarzer Springer sollte
weiterhin den e5-Bauern verteidigen.} (15... Re7 16. Rae1 Rfe8 $14) 16. c5 $1 {
[#]} bxc5 $2 (16... exd4 17. Bh7+ (17. cxd4 Bf4 18. d5 Qd8 19. c6 $16) 17...
Kh8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. cxd6 g6 20. cxd4 Kxh7 21. dxc7 $16) 17. dxe5 Rxe5 (17...
Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. c4 $18) 18. c4 $1 Rfe8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21.
Rae1 {/\ Bh7} Re6 22. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Juarez Flores, Carlos Armando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 $5 (
7... c5 8. d4 $1) 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7 13.
Rb1 b6 14. d4 Rae8 15. c5 $5 bxc5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Rb7 a5 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Nc4 Bc8
$1 20. g3 Qg4 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. Ra7 f5 $1 23. Bh1 e4 24. Nc4 Nxd5 25. Qd2 Be6 26.
Bg2 Rd8 27. Nxd6 cxd6 28. Rxa5 Nb6 29. Ra6 Nc4 30. Qd1 Qf7 $17 31. Qa4 Ne5 32.
Bf4 Nd3 33. Rd1 Nb2 34. Qc2 Nxd1 $19 35. Qxd1 Bxa2 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Qxd6 Qd5
38. h4 Qxd6 39. Bxd6 Rc8 40. g4 Be6 41. gxf5 Bxf5 42. Kh2 Kf7 43. Bf1 g5 44.
hxg5 hxg5 45. Bc4+ Be6 46. Be2 Kf6 47. Kg3 Rc6 48. Bb8 Rb6 49. Ba7 Rb2 50. Bf1
c4 51. Bd4+ Ke7 52. Be3 Rc2 53. Bxg5+ Kf7 54. Be3 Rxc3 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Bg2 Rd3
57. Bxe4 Bxe4 58. Kxe4 Rd1 59. Bd4 Ke6 60. Bc3 Kd6 61. f4 Rd3 62. Bb4+ Ke6 63.
f5+ Kf6 64. Ba5 Rh3 65. Kd4 Rh4+ 66. Kd5 Kxf5 67. Bc3 Rh3 68. Kxc4 Ke4 {Ribli}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Nguyen, Chi Minh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "St Ingbert"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Der deutsche Großmeister spielt die sogenannte
Mikenas-Variante, die eine sehr scharfe Variante in der Englischen Eröffnung
darstellt.} d5 {Heutzutage ist diese Fortsetzung viel populärer als die
Alternative 3...c5, die auch spielbar ist.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6
7. d4 (7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 {Diese Spielweise kommt auch in Betracht. Weiß spielt
noch nicht d2-d4 und in einigen Varianten kann er sofort den e5-Bauern
angreifen.}) 7... Nd7 {Dieser Springerzug ist gar nicht die beste Möglichkeit
für Schwarz. Die Alternative 7...c5 8.Nf3 exd4 bietet Schwarz viel bessere
Ausgleichschancen.} 8. Nf3 h6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen 9.Bg5.} (8... Qd8
9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Re1 $14) 9. Bd3 g5 {Dieser
extravagante Zug schwächt die schwarze Königsstellung. Aber es wäre schon
schwer für Schwarz eine gute Ausgleichsmöglichkeit zu finden.} (9... c5 10. O-O
Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O (11... Qe7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Rd8 14. Rf3 Nf8 15. Rh3 cxd4 16.
cxd4 Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qd6 18. Be3 Qxe5 19. fxe5 b6 20. Be4 Rb8 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Rf1
Bb7 23. Bd3 Rd7 24. Rf4 Nh7 25. Rh4 f5 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Bxh6 {1-0 Tanner,
H-Eskola,R/Finland 1992/EXT 2000 (35)}) 12. Qe4 Re8 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Ba3 Qe7 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. Rad1 Re7 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. g3 Be8 19. Nd3 $16 {0-1 Nguyen Anh
Dung-Ghorbani,M/Shenyang 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 10. Be3 $14 {Weiß hat eine sehr
starke Zentrumstellung und Raumvorteil, während Schwarz Schwierigkeiten mit
der Figurenkoordination hat.} Qe7 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4] Weiß
möchte 13.f4 ziehen, wonach die Schwächung des schwarzen Königsflügels spürbar
wird.} e5 (12... O-O 13. f4 $16) 13. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4g3,Gg3f5]} (13. Re1 $16 {
[%cal Ge1e8]}) 13... Nf6 (13... f5 14. Ng3 f4 15. Nf5 $16) 14. Ng3 O-O 15. Qc2
$16 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gc2h7][%mdl 32] Das f5-Feld ist ein positionelles Loch in
der schwarzen Stellung.} e4 {Schwarz opfert einen Bauern, um im Trüben zu
fischen.} 16. Nxe4 (16. Be2 $14) 16... Nxe4 17. Bxe4 f5 {Das ist die
konsequente Fortsetzung nach 15...e4, aber in folgendem bleibt die schwarze
Königsstellung sehr schwach.} 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Rfe1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} c6 20. Bf3
Qf7 21. Be2 f4 (21... Be6 $5 22. c5 $16 (22. f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Bxc4 24. Bxc4
Qxc4 25. Qd2 $16 (25. Qb3 $16))) 22. Bd2 f3 {Mit diesem zeitweiligen
Bauernopfer möchte Schwarz am Königsflügel Gegenspiel finden.} 23. Bxf3 g4 {
[%cal Gf8f2]} 24. Be4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bf5 26. Bd3 (26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Qb1 Raf8 28.
Be3 $16) 26... Rae8 (26... Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rae8 28. Be3 $16) 27. Rf1 (27. Bxf5
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxf5 29. Qd3 $16) 27... Bxd3 28. Qxd3 Qe2 29. Qxe2 Rxe2 30.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 31. Rd1 $16 {[%mdl 4096] Nach vielen Vereinfachungen haben wir eine
Stellung, in der Weiß einen Bauern mehr hat. Aber es verbleibt eine schwere
technische Aufgabe, weil er einen Doppelbauern hat und der gegnerische Turm
auf der zweiten Reihe sehr aktiv steht.} Bd6 32. c5 Bc7 33. c4 {Weiß möchte
seine Bauernmehrheit am Damenflügel mobilisieren.} b6 34. cxb6 axb6 35. Bxh6
Rxa2 36. g3 {[%cal Gh6f4,Gf4c7]} (36. d5 cxd5 37. cxd5 Bd6 38. g3 $16) 36...
Rc2 (36... Ra4 37. Rc1 Kh7 38. Be3 $16) 37. Rc1 (37. d5 $6 Rxc4 38. d6 Bd8 $11)
37... Rxc1+ (37... Re2 38. Rf1 $16) 38. Bxc1 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kf6 40. Bf4 Bd8 41.
Kf2 b5 42. d5 b4 (42... cxd5 43. cxb5 $16) 43. Ke3 (43. dxc6 b3 44. Bc1 Ke6 45.
Ke2 (45. Bb2 Kd6 46. Ke3 Kxc6 47. Kf4 Kc5 $132) 45... Bf6 $11) 43... b3 44. Kd3
cxd5 45. cxd5 Ba5 46. Bc1 Kf5 47. Kc4 Bd2 48. Bb2 Ke4 49. d6 Bg5 50. Kxb3 Kd5
51. Ba3 Be3 52. Kc3 (52. d7 Bg5) 52... Bd4+ 53. Kd3 Bb6 54. Ke2 $2 $14 {
Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß das Königsmanöver Kf1(f2)-Kg2 vor, wonach er
h2-h3 oder h2-h4 ziehen kann. Aber der große Nachteil des Textzuges ist, dass
der schwarze König sehr aktiv wird.} (54. Bb4 $22 Ke6 (54... Bg1 55. d7 Bb6 56.
Be7 $18) (54... Bd8 55. d7 Ke6 56. Ke4 $18) 55. Ke4 Bg1 56. Kf4 Bxh2 57. Bc5
$18 {[%csl Rh2]}) 54... Ke4 {[%csl Re2,Ge4]} 55. Bb4 Bd8 56. Kf2 Kf5 57. Kg2
Bb6 58. h3 $2 (58. Be1 $142 {[%cal Ge1f2]}) 58... gxh3+ 59. Kxh3 Bd8 60. Bd2
Ke6 61. Bf4 Kf5 62. Kg2 Ke4 {Der aktive schwarze Koenig rettet das Endspiel
für Schwarz.} 63. Kf2 Bb6+ 64. Ke2 Ba5 65. Bg5 Kf5 66. Bd2 (66. Be7 Ke6 67. g4
Bb4 68. Kf3 Bd2 $14) 66... Bb6 67. Kf3 Bc5 68. Bf4 Bb6 69. g4+ Ke6 70. Ke4 Bc5
71. g5 Bb4 72. Be5 Ba3 73. Kf4 (73. g6 Bxd6 74. Bxd6 Kf6 $11) 73... Bb4 74. Kg4
{Dieser Zug führt zum Remis.} Kxe5 $11 75. d7 Be7 76. Kh5 Ke6 77. g6 Kf6 $2 {
Entscheidender Fehler oder schlechte Partienotation (oder Zeitnotphase)?
Dieser Zug verliert sofort!} (77... Bf6 $11) 78. Kh6 $4 (78. d8=Q $1 Bxd8 79.
Kh6 $18 {Interessanterweise hat Schwarz keine Verteidigung gegen die
Bauernverwandlung.}) 78... Bf8+ 79. Kh7 Ke7 80. g7 Bxg7 81. Kxg7 Kxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mascarinas, Rico"]
[Black "Juarez Flores, Carlos Armando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 (7...
e5 $5) 8. Nf3 Qd8 $2 (8... cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qa5 12. Bd3
Nc6 13. Rb1 {Andreev-Estrin corr. 1978 25/40}) 9. Bd3 $1 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qf4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bd7 16. Rfe1 Rc8 17. Re3
$1 Bc6 18. Rh3 h6 19. Re1 Ne8 20. Ng4 {P xh6+  Ribli} 1-0

[Event "Maroczy Memorial"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1997.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.11.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Konikowski,J} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die scharfe Mikenas-Variante, die
Komplikationen in der ruhigen Englischen Eröffnung bringt. Ribli.} d5 4. e5 d4
5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 7... e5 8. Bd3 (8.
d4 {Konikowski,J} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O $11) 8... Na6 {
[%cal Ga6c5]} (8... Bf5 $6 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 O-O-O 12. Be3 $14 {
Ribli 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Robatsch,K/Ptuj zt 1995 (41)}) 9. O-O Bd6 (9... Nc5 10.
Nxe5 (10. Be2 {Konikowski,J} e4 11. Nd4 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Nxd6+ Qxd6 14. f3
f5 15. fxe4 fxe4 16. d4 exd3 17. Bh5+ g6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Bxc7 Bc6 20. Qg4 Be4
21. Qf4 gxh5 22. Bd6 Rg8 23. g3 Rg4 24. Qh6 Rg6 25. Bxe7 Rxh6 26. Bxc5 O-O-O
27. Bxa7 d2 28. Be3 Rhd6 29. Bd4 Bc2 30. Rad1 Bxd1 31. Rxd1 Re8 32. Rxd2 Re1+
33. Kg2 Rde6 34. Kf3 Ra1 $15 {Petursson,M-Marciano/Andorra/1991/}) 10... Bd6
$13 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Rxe5+ Nxe5 13. Qe2 {[%cal Re2e8]})) 10. Re1 {
Das ist der Zug des niederländischen Großmeisters van Wely. Ribli.} (10. Bc2
Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5
16. Re1 h6 {Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08/1/2-1/2 (65)} (16... h6
{Konikowski,J} 17. Bh4 c5 18. dxc5 (18. Rb5 $5 Nc7 19. Ra5 $14) 18... Qxc5 19.
Re4 Qc6 $11 {Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1993/})) 11. d4 Bxf3 (11... O-O-O {
Konikowski,J} 12. Be4 (12. Bg5 $5 Bxf3 13. Bxf6 Bxd1 14. Bf5+ Kb8 15. Bxd8 Be2
16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. dxe5 $18) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rhe8
16. Qa4 Re7 17. Bg4+ {1-0 Vanderwaeren,S-Praet,M/BEL-ch 1996/}) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3
13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19.
Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan olm 1996/EXT
96ch2}) (10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15.
Rfe1 g6 16. h3 Bd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kg7 20. Ree1 b6 {1/2-1/2
Milos,G-Tal,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991/CBM 24/[Ribli]}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 {
Das ist die Abweichung von der Partie Van Wely,L - Oll,L,Beijing 1997. Die
Partie war dem englischen Großmeister Miles natürlich nicht unbekannt. Ich
glaube, daß die Variante 11.Nxe5 Bxe5!? 12.Qh5 Bxh2 Miles nicht gefiel, so er
spielt diesen Damenzug. Ribli.} (11. Nxe5 Nc5 (11... Bxe5 $5 12. Qh5 Bxh2+ 13.
Qxh2 Bf5 $11) 12. Bc2 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Qe5 Qxe5+ 16. Rxe5
$14 {Van Wely,L-Oll,L/ST Lee Cup 4th 1997/1-0 (55)}) 11... Kh8 {Schwarz
schwächt seine Königsstellung nicht mit 11...g6 oder 11...h6. Ribli.} 12. Be4 (
12. Bxh7 g6 $17) 12... Nc5 $11 {Schwarz hat eine gute Figurenstellung und
keine Eröffnungsprobleme. Ribli.} 13. d4 Nxe4 {Ich bin der Meinung, daß diese
ganze Variante Weiß keinen Vorteil bietet. Ribli.} 14. Qxe4 (14. Rxe4 $2 Bf5 (
14... exd4 15. Rxd4 (15. Rh4 Bf5) 15... Bf5 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Rc4]})) 14... exd4
15. cxd4 {Weiss hat zwar Zentrumsübergewicht, aber Schwarz besitzt das
Läuferpaar und eine bequeme Stellung. Ribli.} c6 {Schwarz verteidigt zuerst
den Bauern b7,und bereitet so den Läuferzug 16...Bf5 vor. Ribli.} 16. Bg5 (16.
Rb1 $2 {Positionell wäre dieser Zug wegen der halboffenen Linie gut. Ribli.}
Bf5 $19) 16... Qf5 (16... Qe6 {Konikowski,J} 17. Qc2 Qg4 18. Be7 $16) 17. Qxf5
(17. Qe3 Bd7 $11 (17... Be6 $11)) 17... Bxf5 18. Be7 $5 {Sonst spielt Schwarz
18...Rfe8 und steht dank seines Läuferpaares etwas besser. Ribli.} Bxe7 19.
Rxe7 {[%csl Ge7] Der Turm ist der Stolz der weißen Stellung. Schwarz muß sich
vorsichtig gegen die weißen Aktivitäten verteidigen. Ribli.} Rab8 20. Ne5 (20.
Rae1 Be6 $11) 20... Kg8 (20... f6 21. Nf7+ Kg8 22. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Gd6,Ge7]
[%cal Rd6f5,Rd6b7]}) 21. g4 (21. Re1 f6 $5 (21... Rfe8 $2 22. Nxc6 $18 {
[%cal Re1e8,Gc6e7]}) 22. Nd7 Bxd7 23. Rxd7 Rf7 24. Ree7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Rd8 26.
Rxb7 Rxd4 27. g3 Rxc4 28. Rxa7 $11) 21... Be6 22. Rb1 Rbd8 {[%csl Rd4] Dieser
Zug zeigt,daß Weiss auch Schwächen in seiner Stellung hat. Ribli.} 23. Rbxb7
Rxd4 24. h3 (24. Rxa7 {Konikowski,J} Re4 $11) 24... a5 25. Ra7 (25. Nxc6 Rxc4
26. Nxa5 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Bxa2 $11) 25... Bxc4 {Und hier wurde in gleicher
Stellung Remis gegeben. Ribli.} (25... Bxc4 26. Nxc6 (26. Rxa5 Bd5 $11 {
[%csl Gd5]}) 26... Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bxa2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lee Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1997.09.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1997.08.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas Variante führt zu
kompliziertem Spiel.Ribli.} d5 (3... c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
) 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 Na6 {Der schwarze
Springer zielt nach c5.Ribli.} (8... Nc6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Rb1 $1 (10. Re1 O-O 11.
Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. Bb2 $14 (13. Rb1 b6 14. d4 Rae8 15. c5 $5 bxc5 16. d5
Ne7 17. Rb7 a5 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Nc4 Bc8 $1 20. g3 Qg4 21. Ne3 Qh5 22. Ra7 f5 $1
{Sunye Neto,J-Juarez Flores,C/Manila izt 1990/1/2-1/2 (68)}) 13... Na5 (13...
Rae8 14. d4 b6 15. Re3 Na5 $6 16. c5 $1 {[#]} bxc5 $2 (16... exd4 17. Bh7+ Kh8
18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. cxd6 g6 20. cxd4 Kxh7 21. dxc7 $16) 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 $1
Rfe8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 {/\ Bh7} Re6 22. Qd2 {1-0 Sunye Neto,
J-Ashley,M/New York CITS 1996}) 14. c5 $1 Bxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 17. d5
$16 {+/- Kortchnoi,V-Lepelletier,B/Cannes 1996}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4
Qe6 $8 13. d3 Nd8 14. d4 $5 Qxc4 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Re1 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,
B-Yegiazarian,A/Yerevan (ol) 1996 (48)}) (8... Bf5 $6 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. O-O Nd7
11. d4 O-O-O 12. Be3 $14 {Ribli 1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Robatsch,K/Ptuj zt 1995 (41)})
9. O-O Bd6 $6 (9... Nc5 $5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 (10... Bd6 $13) 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Rxe5+
Nxe5 13. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Re2e8]}) 10. Re1 $1 $146 {Es ist interessant, daß
dieser natürliche Zug eine theoretische Neuerung ist.Ribli.} (10. Ba3 Bg4 11.
Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 g6 16. h3 Bd7 17. d4
exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kg7 20. Ree1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Tal,M/Buenos
Aires Najdorf 1991/CBM 24/[Ribli]}) (10. Bc2 Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12.
cxd4 Bf5 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 c5 {
Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08/1/2-1/2 (65)}) 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7
19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan olm 1996/
EXT 96ch2}) 10... O-O 11. Nxe5 $1 {[#]} Nc5 (11... Bxe5 $5 12. Qh5 Bxh2+ (12...
Re8 {Nach diesem Zug ist nicht ganz klar, was Weiß für die geopferte Figur hat.
} 13. Bxh7+ Kf8 14. Ba3+ Bd6 15. c5 Be7) 13. Qxh2 (13. Kxh2 Qd6+ $19) 13... Bf5
$11) (11... Re8 12. Nf3) 12. Bc2 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 (14. Qxh2 Bf5 {
[%csl Rd3]}) 14... Qd6+ 15. Qe5 Qxe5+ 16. Rxe5 $14 Ne6 (16... b6 17. Ba3 {
[%csl Rc5]}) 17. d4 {Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil im Zentrum und das Läuferpaar.
Die schwarzen Leichtfiguren haben hingegen keine guten Felder.} Bd7 18. c5 Rfe8
19. Rb1 b6 (19... Rab8 20. Be4 $14) 20. Be4 (20. c6 $2 Bxc6 21. d5 Nc5 22.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 $15) 20... Rad8 21. c6 {[%csl Gc6]} Bc8 22. Bc2 {Der weiße Läufer
zielt nach b3.Ribli.} Ba6 23. Bb3 {[%csl Gb3]} (23. f4 f6 24. Re3 Bc4 {[%csl
Gc4]}) 23... Bd3 24. Rb2 {Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil und bewegliche Bauern im
Zentrum.Ribli.} g6 25. Bh6 Ng7 26. Bf4 Rxe5 (26... Ne6 27. Bg3 {[%csl Rc7]})
27. Bxe5 {[%csl Gb3,Gc6,Rc7,Ge5]} Ne8 28. d5 b5 29. Rd2 Bc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31.
g4 $1 {Weiß gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel. Die schwarzen Figuren stehen passiv.
Ribli.} f6 (31... Nd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 (32... cxd6 33. Rb2 $16) 33. Kg3 {[%csl
Gg3] Und das Eingreifen des Königs ist sehr gefährlich für Schwarz.Ribli.}) 32.
Bg3 Kf7 33. Kg2 h6 (33... Nd6 34. Bxd6 cxd6 (34... Rxd6 35. Kf3 $16) 35. Rb2
$16) 34. Kf3 f5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. Be5 $16 {[%csl Gc4,Ge5,Gf3,Rf5]} Nf6 (36...
Nd6 37. Kf4 {[%csl Gf5]}) 37. Bxf6 $1 {Dr.Tartakover sagte: "Alle
Turmendspiele sind remis." - Aber unsere Partie stellt eine Ausnahme dar. Der
aktive weiße König und die gefährlichen c- und d-Bauern bieten Weiß gute
Chancen.Ribli.} Kxf6 38. Kf4 h5 (38... Re8 39. f3 Re1 $2 40. d6 $18) (38... Rg8
39. f3) (38... Rd6 39. Rd4 (39. Ke3 Kg5 40. Kd4) 39... h5) 39. d6 $1 cxd6 (
39... Rxd6 $2 40. Rxd6+ cxd6 41. c7 $18) 40. c7 Rc8 41. Rxd6+ Ke7 42. Rh6 {
[%csl Gf4,Gh6]} Kd7 (42... Rxc7 43. Rh7+ Kd6 44. Rxh5 $16 (44. Rxc7 Kxc7 45.
Kxf5 Kd6 46. Kg5 Ke5 47. Kxh5 Kf4 48. Kg6 Kf3 49. Kf5 Kxf2 50. Ke4 $18)) 43.
Rh7+ Kc6 44. Kxf5 Kb7 {Schwarz möchte den Pc7 mit dem König blockieren, um
seinen Turm von dieser Aufgabe zu befreien.Ribli.} (44... Rf8+ 45. Kg5 Kb7 46.
f4 $18) 45. f4 Re8 46. Kg5 Re3 47. f5 {Daß Aktivität wichtiger ist als
Material, gehört zu den alten Weisheiten des Turmendspiels. Ribli.} Rxc3 48. f6
$18 {[%csl Gc7,Gf6]} Rg3+ 49. Kh6 h4 50. f7 Rf3 51. Rh8 (51. c8=Q+ {Das ist
auch gut für Weiß, aber der Textzug ist präziser.Ribli.} Kxc8 52. Rh8+ Kd7 53.
f8=Q Rxf8 54. Rxf8 $18) 51... Kxc7 52. f8=Q Rxf8 53. Rxf8 Kd6 54. Kg5 Ke5 55.
Kxh4 {Und Schwarz gab auf. Er verliert seinen a-Bauern und die Partie.Ribli.} (
55. Kxh4 c3 56. Ra8 Kd4 (56... c2 57. Rc8 $18) 57. Rxa7 c2 58. Rc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schlosser, Philipp"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1998.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Das ist die scharfe "Mikenas-Variante". Gewöhnlich
führt die Englische Eröffnung zu ruhigem Spiel, aber hier können konkrete
taktische Verwicklungen entstehen. Ribli.} d5 {Das ist die prinzipielle
Antwort. Die andere Möglichkeit wäre 3...c5.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. Nf3 {Das ist die heutzutage beliebte Zugfolge. Die alte Fortsetzung
war 7.d4, aber dann erlangt Schwarz mit 7...e5 8.Nf3 exd4 gleiches Spiel und
nach 8.Qe2 Be7 9.dxe5 Qg6 hat er Kompensation.} e5 8. Bd3 {Weiß spielt noch
nicht d2-d4, entwickelt zuerst die Figuren.} Na6 {[%cal Ga6c5]} (8... Bd6 9.
O-O Na6 {Das ist nur Zugumstellung zur Partievariante.} (9... c6 10. Rb1 Na6 {
[%cal Ga6c5]} 11. Re1 O-O 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bxh2+ 14. Qxh2 (14. Kxh2 Qd6+
$19 {[%cal Rd6h2,Rd6d3]}) 14... Bf5 $11) (9... Nc6 10. Rb1)) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1
{[%cal Ge1e8]} (10. Bc2 Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Rb1 Rab8
14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 c5 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/
FRA-chT 1993/TD (65)}) 11. d4 Bxf3 (11... O-O-O 12. Be4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14.
Rb1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rhe8 16. Qa4 Re7 17. Bg4+ {1-0 Vanderwaeren,S-Praet,M/Geel
1996/EXT 98 (17)}) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4
b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 97 (21)}) 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Be4 Rb8
16. cxd4 c5 17. Be3 Kc7 18. Rab1 Rhd8 19. d5 b6 20. f4 Re8 21. Bd2 Re7 22. Bxh7
Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rh8 24. Bb1 Rh4 {0-1 Milov,V-Dizdar,G/Dresden 1998/CBM 65 (39)})
10... O-O {[#]} (10... Bg4 11. Be4 Nc5 $5) 11. Nxe5 (11. Qc2 Kh8 12. Be4 Nc5
13. d4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4 15. cxd4 c6 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Be7 Bxe7
19. Rxe7 Rab8 20. Ne5 Kg8 {Weiß hat eine aktive Stellung, aber mit guten
Verteidigungszügen gleicht Schwarz aus.} 21. g4 Be6 22. Rb1 Rbd8 23. Rbxb7 Rxd4
24. h3 a5 25. Ra7 Bxc4 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Oll,L/Szeged 1997/CBM 62 (25)}) 11...
Re8 $5 $146 {[#]Schwarz hat Entwicklungsvorteil und aktives Figurenspiel,
während die weißen Figuren ein wenig unnatürlich stehen.} (11... Nc5 12. Bc2
Bxe5 13. Qh5 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Qe5 Qxe5+ 16. Rxe5 Ne6 17. d4 Bd7 18. c5
Rfe8 19. Rb1 b6 20. Be4 Rad8 21. c6 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Oll,L/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 
(55)}) (11... Bxe5 12. Qh5 Bxh2+ 13. Qxh2 Bf5 $11 {[%csl Rc1] Die schwarze
Stellung ist bequem und der weiße Damenläufer steht etwas passiv.}) 12. Nf3 Bg4
$44 {Schwarz hat lebendes Figurenspiel für den Bauern erlangt. Die Stellung
ist jetzt sehr kompliziert.} 13. Re3 (13. Be2 Nb4 $5 {[%cal Gf6a1]} (13... Nc5
$6 14. d4 Ne4 15. Qc2 $16) (13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Qf4 {[%cal
Rd6h2]} (15... Nb4 {[%cal Rb4c2,Rc2e1,Rc2a1,Gf6a1]} 16. Qe4 $16) (15... Nc5 16.
d4 Nd3 17. Qe3 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 $16) 16. d4 Qxh2+ 17. Kf1 c6 (17... Qh1+ 18. Ke2
Re8+ 19. Be3 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 c6 21. Rb1 $14) 18. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Ra6]}) 14. c5 $5
(14. Rb1 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Qf4 {[%cal Rd6h2]} 17. d4 Qxh2+ 18. Kf1
Nd3 19. Qd1 Nxc1 $15 {[%csl Rf1]}) (14. Bb2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nc2
$17 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2a1]}) (14. d4 Bxf3 15. cxb4 Rxe2 (15... Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxe2
17. Qxe2 Qxd4 18. Bb2 $11) 16. Rxe2 Qg6 $17) (14. Ba3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 16.
Qxe1 Nc2 $19 {[%cal Rc2e1,Rc2a1,Rc2a3]}) 14... Bxf3 (14... Bxc5 15. cxb4 (15.
d4 $6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd5 $1 17. Bd2 (17. dxc5 Nxc3 $19 {[%cal Rf6a1]}) 17... Bd6
$17 {[%csl Gd5,Gd6,Yf4,Gf6,Rg1] Weiß hat viele Schwächen am Königsflügel.})
15... Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qxa1 $13) 15. cxd6 (15. Bxf3 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 Nc2 17. Qd1
Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e1,Re1g1,Re1d1]} (17... Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Nxa1 19. Bb2 Re8 20.
Bxa1 (20. Qxa1 $2 Qf4+ 21. Kg1 Qxd2 $15 {[%csl Ra1,Gd2,Rg1]}) 20... Qh6+ 21.
Kg1 Qe6 {[%cal Re8e1,Re1a1,Re1g1]} 22. Kf1 Qxa2 23. Bxb7 $14) 18. Bb2 Re1+ 19.
Qxe1 Nxe1 20. Rxe1 Bf8 $13 21. Bxb7 Qg5 {[%cal Rg5d2,Rd2e1,Rd2b2,Rg5c5]}) 15...
Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Rxe2 17. Qxe2 cxd6 $11) (13. Rxe8+ Rxe8 14. Bf1 (14. Be2 $6 Nb4
$1 {[%cal Gf6a1]} 15. d4 (15. c5 Bxc5 16. d4 (16. Ba3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Bxf2+ $1
18. Kxf2 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Qb6 $19 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rb6f2]}) 16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc2
18. Bd2 Nxa1 19. dxc5 Rd8 $19 {[%cal Rd8d1]}) (15. Ba3 Nc2 16. Qxc2 (16. Bxd6
Nxa1 17. Be5 (17. Ba3 Nc2 18. Bb2 (18. Qxc2 Rxe2 $19) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qe5
$19 {[%cal Re8e1]}) 17... Qa6 18. Qxa1 Bxf3 $17) 16... Rxe2 $40) (15. Bb2 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 Nd3 17. Rb1 Bxh2+ $1 18. Kxh2 Qh4+ 19. Kg1 Qxf2+ 20. Kh2 Re6 $19 {
[%csl Rh2]}) (15. Rb1 $2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd3 $19 {[%csl Gd3,Ge8][%cal Re8e1,
Re1g1,Re1d1]}) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc2 {[%cal Re8e1,Re1g1,Re1d1,Rc2a1]} 17. Bg5
Qg6 $17) 14... Nc5 (14... Qf4 15. d4 Qxh2+ 16. Nxh2 Bxd1 17. Be3 $14) (14...
Nb4 $6 15. d4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nc2 18. Rb1 Re1 19. c5 Bf8 (19... Bf4
$2 20. Rxb7 $18 {[%cal Rb7b8,Rb8g8,Rc1f4]}) 20. Kg2 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Na3 21. Rb3
Rxc1 22. Rxa3 $16) 15. d4 Ne4 16. c5 (16. Qd3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Nxc3
19. c5 Bf8 $13 {Das ist nur Zugumstellung zur 16.c5-Variante.}) 16... Bf8 (
16... Bf4 17. Qd3 $16) (16... Nxc3 $2 17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxc3 $18 {[%cal Rc5d6,
Rc3f3]}) 17. Bb2 (17. Qd3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nxc3 $13) 17... Ng5 18.
Be2 Nxf3+ (18... Rxe2 19. Qxe2 Nxf3+ (19... Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+
22. Kh3 $1 $14 {In Wirklichkeit steht der König nicht so schlecht auf h3.}) 20.
gxf3 Bxf3 21. Qe5 $14 (21. Qe3 Qg6+ 22. Kf1 Qg2+ 23. Ke1 $14)) 19. Bxf3 Bxf3
20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Re2 22. Rb1 $11 {[%csl Ge2][%cal Re2a2,Re2h2] Der
schwarze Turm steht auf e2 ausgezeichnet.}) 13... Rxe3 $5 (13... Rad8 14. Be2)
14. fxe3 (14. dxe3 Qxc3 $17 {[%csl Gc3]} (14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rd8 $17)) 14...
Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qd6+ {[%cal Rd6d3,Rd6h2] Das ist ein typisches taktisches Motiv
in dieser Variante.} 16. Kg1 Qxd3 $15 {[%csl Gd3,Gg4] Schwarz hat bessere
Bauernstruktur und starke Kontrolle über die weißen Felder, während der weiße
Läufer c1 schlecht steht.} 17. Qf1 (17. Ne5 Qxe3+ 18. dxe3 Bxd1 $17 {[%csl Rc3,
Rc4,Gd1]}) 17... Bf5 (17... Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Re8 $15) 18. Qxd3 {Hier wurde die
Partie remis gegeben. Meines Erachtens hat Schwarz die besseren Aussichten
dank seines positionellen Drucks auf den weißen Feldern.} (18. Qxd3 Bxd3 19.
Ne5 Bf5 $15 {Und Schwarz läßt ...f7-f6 folgen.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Huebner, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 (3... c5) 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 (7. Nf3 b6 $1 (7... e5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11.
Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rae8 14. d4 $36 {Sunye Neto,J-Ashley,M,New York
CITS,1996,CBM52.}) (7... Nc6 8. d4 e5 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 Bf5 12.
Qa4+ Nd7 13. O-O $36 {Kortschnoj,V-Ashley,M,New York CITS,1996,CBM52.}) 8. d4
Bb7 9. Bd3 h6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Qe3 O-O 14. a4 e5 $10 {
Huebner,R-Sosonko,G,Polanica Zdroj,1995,CBM49.}) 7... b6 $6 {.7...e5,und 7...
c5 sind die Hauptvarianten.} (7... e5 $5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 11.
Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nb3 Na6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 Ne4 16. Bd3 f5 17. f3
Nf6 18. O-O O-O $13 {Salov,V-Yusupov,A,Madrid,1995,CBM47.}) (7... c5) 8. Be2 $5
{Ribli. Das scheint logischer als 8.Nf3. Weiss tauscht die beste schwarze
Figur.} Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O {Ribli.Das war
schon in einer Partie Pilnik-Evans,New York 1949 gespielt.} 13. Rb1 $14 {
Ribli.Weiss hat Druck am Damenfluegel (halboffene b-Linie) und bis jetzt auch
keinen Nachteil aus dem Doppelbauern c3-c4.} Bc7 (13... Rc8 $2 14. Rxb6) (13...
Qd8 $5) 14. Re1 Rc8 (14... Qf5 15. Ba3 Rc8 16. Rbd1 b5 17. Qb3 Nd7 18. cxb5
cxb5 19. d5 $36 {Ballman,M-Burgess,M,WchJ Baguio,1987.}) 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. Rbd1
a6 (16... b5 $2 17. cxb5 Nb6 18. Qb3 cxb5 19. Qxb5 Nc4 20. Bc5) 17. d5 b5 18.
Qc2 $13 cxd5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qc6 $6 (20... Nf8 $5 {Ribli.Mit spaeterem
Ne6.}) (20... Nb6 21. Rf5 $36 (21. Rf5 Qg6 22. Nh4 Qc6 23. Rh5 g6 24. Nf5 $1
$40)) (20... Ba5 $2 21. Be7 (21. Rxd7 Rxc3 22. Qe4 $18) 21... Qxc3 22. Qxc3
Rxc3 23. Rxd7 Rxf3) 21. Rdd1 Re8 (21... Ba5 22. Rd6 (22. Re7) 22... Qxc3 23.
Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Rxa6 Rcc8) 22. Nd4 $14 {Ribli. Die Aktivitaet ist fuer Weiss
wichtiger als eine Schwachung auf c3.} Qf6 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qc4 $14 (23...
Qg6 $4 {Kortschnoj} 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Re7 Rd8 26. Nc6 $18)) 23. Nf5 {Das ist
eine typische Position fuer Gulko. Mit aktivem Figurenspiel kompensiert er die
strategischen Nachteile. Es ist kein Zufall, dass er schon dreimal gegen
Kasparov gewonnen hat!} Re5 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. c4 $13 (25. Nd5 {Kortschnoj} Qc6
26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxe5 (27. Qd2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nf6 29. Re7 Qd8) 27... Qxe5 28.
c4 $14) 25... Rxe1+ (25... bxc4 26. Qxc4 Bb6 $5) 26. Rxe1 Qh4 (26... Qf4 27. g3
Qxc4 {Fuehrt zur Zugumstellung.}) (26... bxc4 27. Bb2 (27. Qxc4 $10) 27... Be5
(27... Qh4 $4 28. Bxg7+)) 27. g3 Qxc4 28. Qf5 Qc3 $6 (28... Qxa2 $5 29. Qxd7
Bb6) (28... Nf6 {Kortschnoj} 29. Rc1 Qxa2 30. Rxc7 Qxa3 31. Rc8+ $18) (28...
Nb6 {Kortschnoj} 29. Re4 Qxa2 30. Qxh7+ $18) 29. Re3 Qa1+ (29... Qd2 30. Nd5
Bb6 31. Nxb6 Nxb6 32. Qxf7 Qd1+ 33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Rf3 $14) 30. Kg2 $5 Nf6 (30...
Ne5) 31. Qc5 (31. Nd5 $5 {Kortschnoj} Ba5 $8 32. Re7) 31... Ba5 32. Nc8 $16 h6
33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Bd6 Rxc8 35. Qxc8+ $18 Kh7 {Ribli.Nur materiell steht Schwarz
nicht so schlecht, aber Weiss pflegt seinen Angriff.} 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Be5 Qxa2
38. Bxf6 gxf6 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Qg4+ {Und Matt mit Qg8.} 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. c4 {Konikowski,J} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 (3... c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 $44 {Das ist eine andere Hauptvariante, in der Weiß
für den Bauern starken positionellen Druck auf den schwarzen Feldern ausüben
kann. Ribli.}) 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 {Weiß wählt eine
seltene, aber giftige Fortsetzung.} e5 8. Bd3 (8. Qe2 Nc6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3
11. gxf3 Ne7 12. Rb1 b6 13. h4 Ng6 14. Qe4 Bc5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. h5 Ne7 17. Bxe7
Kxe7 18. f4 f6 {0-1 Kansky,P-Sleich,J/Decin op 1996 (37)}) (8. d4 {Konikowski,J
} exd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O $11) 8... Bd6 (8... Na6) 9. O-O
(9. Be4 {Konikowski,J} O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qc2 $14) 9... Nc6 $6 {Diese
schablonenhafte Springerentwicklung gefallt mir nicht. Mit 9...Na6, und
späterem ...Nc5 bieten sich Schwarz bessere Ausgleichschancen. Ribli.} (9...
Nd7 {Konikowski,J} 10. Re1 $11) 10. Re1 (10. Rb1 $5 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Be4 Qe6
13. d3 Nd8 14. d4 $5 Qxc4 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Re1 $44 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Yegiazarian,A/
Erevan olm 1996 (48)}) 10... O-O 11. Qc2 h6 (11... Kh8 12. Be4 {[%csl Ge4]}) (
11... g6 $6 {Dieser Zug schwächt die schwarzen Feldern am Königsflügel. Ribli.}
) 12. Be4 {[%csl Ge4] Das ist ein großer Unterschied. In der Variante ...
Na6-Nc5 steht der Läufer nicht so überzeugend auf e4 wie in unserer Partie.
Ribli.} Be6 $146 (12... Bd7 13. Bb2 (13. Rb1 {Konikowski,J} b6 14. d4 Rae8 15.
c5 bxc5 16. d5 Ne7 17. Rb7 a5 18. Nd2 Qh4 19. Nc4 Bc8 20. g3 Qg4 21. Ne3 Qh5
22. Ra7 f5 23. Bh1 e4 $13 {Sunye Neto,J-Juarez Flores,C/Manila izt 1990/})
13... Rae8 (13... Na5 14. c5 Bxc5 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bb6 17. d5 Qf4 18. Be5
Qg4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Re4 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Kxh7 22. Bc3 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Lepelletier,B/Cannes mT 1996/EXP 51}) 14. d4 b6 15. Re3 Na5 16. c5 $5 {[#]}
bxc5 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. c4 Rfe8 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rae1 Re6 22. Qd2
{1-0 Sunye Neto,J-Ashley,M/New York CITS 1996/CBM 52/[Ribli]}) 13. Rb1 Rab8 (
13... Bxc4 $6 14. Rxb7 {Und Schwarz hat viele Schwächen am Damenflügel. Ribli.}
) 14. d3 Bf5 (14... Rfe8 $5) (14... Qe7 15. d4 {[%cal Ge1e7]} Bxc4 16. dxe5 Bc5
$14 (16... Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 (17... Qxe5 18. Bh7+ $18) 18. f4 Bd6 (18... Qc5+
19. Be3 $18) 19. Bh7+ $18)) 15. d4 $1 $14 {Ein nützlicher Tempoverlust. Wenn
der schwarze Läufer auf e6 steht, wäre dieser Zug wegen Bxc4 nicht möglich.
Ribli.} Bxe4 16. Qxe4 exd4 17. cxd4 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4][%cal Ge1e8] Weiss hat die
bessere Figurenstellung und Übergewicht im Zentrum. Die schwarze Leichtfiguren
haben keine Festpunkte und sind angreifbar. Weiss hat starke Kontrolle über
die einzige offene Linie. Ribli.} b6 {Schwarz möchte seine Stellung befreien.
Der Textzug ist gegen 18.c4-c5gerichtet. Ribli.} 18. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2f6]} (18.
Qxc6 $4 Bxh2+ $19) 18... Na5 19. Qc2 (19. d5 {Nach meiner Meinung ist dieser
Zug zu direkt. Ribli.} Qg6 20. Qxg6 fxg6 $13 {[%csl Rc4] Trotz der
Doppelbauern in der g-Linie Schwarz hat auch Angriffspunktepunkte, besonders
den c4-Bauern. Ribli.}) 19... Qg6 (19... Rfe8 20. Qa4 {[%cal Ra4e8]} Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 $14 {[%cal Ge1e8]}) 20. Qa4 {Es ist besser für Weiß, seine lebendige Dame
auf dem Brett behalten. Die Dame steht aktiv auf a4,und verhindert 20...Rfe8.
Ribli.} (20. Qxg6 fxg6) 20... c5 21. d5 Qg4 {[%csl Rc4]} 22. Rbc1 Rbd8 23. h3
Qd7 24. Qc2 {Wie im 20.Zug - Weiß tauscht die Damen nicht. Jetzt hat Weiss
positionellen Druck am Königsflügel dank der Unterstützung durch den Läufers
auf b2, weil der schwarze Springer auf a5 unglücklich steht. Ribli.} Rfe8 25.
Nh4 $1 {[%csl Gh4][%cal Rh4f5]} Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Kf1 $5 {
Ein guter prophylaktischer Zug, der die Dame von der Verteidigung der
Grundreihe befreit. Das Material ist reduziert, aber Schwarz hat besonders am
Königsflügel Schwierigkeiten. Ribli.} Be5 $2 (28... Nb7 $8 {Bringt den
Springer ins Spiel und verteidigt sich gegen die Drohung 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Nf5+,
denn der Läufer auf d6 ist gedeckt. Ribli.} 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. Qc3 f6 $14) 29. Qe2
$16 {[%cal Re2e8] Diese Fesselung scheint tödlich für Schwarz. Ribli.} (29.
Bxe5 $5 {Konikowski,J} Qxe5 30. Nf3 Qf4 31. Nd2 Kf8 (31... Qd4 32. Ke2 $14) 32.
Qd3 $14) 29... Nxc4 $8 (29... f6 30. f4 $18) 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 (30... Qxe5 31. Qxc4
$18) 31. f4 {[%cal Re2e8]} Qd8 (31... Qe7 32. Nf5 $18) 32. Qxe5 Qxh4 {Es
scheint, als könne Schwarz mit dem Mehrbauern im Damenendspiel zufrieden sein.
In Wahrheit ist, wie in Endspielen üblich, nicht die Quantität, sondern die
Qualität der Bauern wichtig. In unserer Stellung fesselt der weiße Freibauer
auf d5 die schwarze Stellung, was großen Vorteil für Weiß bedeutet. Ribli.} 33.
Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ {Alles geht mit Schach. Weiss verbessert seine Damenstellung.
Ribli.} (34. Qxf7 {Konikowski,J} Qg3 $132) 34... f5 $5 {Schwarz opfert einen
Bauern, um sich zu befreien, aber seine Stellung ist kaum zu halten. Ribli.} (
34... Kg8 35. d6 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Rd6d8]} Qd8 (35... Kf8 36. Qa8+ $18 {Darum
steht die weiße Dame besser auf e4 als auf e5,was der Grund des Zuges 33.Qe8
und 34.Qe4 war. Ribli.}) 36. Qe7 $18) (34... g6 $142 $5 {Konikowski,J}) 35.
Qxf5+ Kg8 36. d6 Qd8 37. d7 $18 {[%csl Gd7] Die stärkste Figur, die Dame,
spielt eine sehr passive Rolle. Sie muß einen Freibauern blockieren. Ribli.} c4
38. g4 {Am einfachsten! Die weiße Drohung ist 39.g5 nebst 40.g6 mit Mattnetz.
Schwarz ist komplett gefesselt. Ribli.} (38. Qb5 $5 {Konikowski,J} Kf8 (38...
Kh7 39. Qc6 $18) 39. Qb4+ Kf7 40. Qxc4+ Ke7 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. f5 $18) 38... c3
39. Ke2 {Der weiße König hält den c-Bauern. Ribli.} b5 (39... c2 40. Kd2 Qc7
41. Kc1 $18) 40. Qxb5 Kf7 41. Kd3 {Schwarz gab auf, denn er verliert seinen
c-Bauern und mit zwei Minusbauern ist die Stellung hoffnungslos, nachdem er
auch das Bauernendspiel verlieren würde. Ribli.} (41. Kd3 Ke7 42. Kxc3 (42.
Qc5+ {Konikowski,J} Kxd7 43. Qd5+ Kc7 44. Qxd8+ Kxd8 45. Kxc3 $18) 42... Qxd7
43. Qxd7+ Kxd7 44. Kd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Samba Cup 1st"]
[Site "Skanderborg"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas Variante - die schärfste
Variante der englischen Eröffnung. In der englische Eroeffnung bekommen wir
gewöhnlich geschlossene Stellungen, aber hier nicht - in folgendem sehen wir
ein halboffenes Spiel.} d5 {Die Alternative 3...c5 wird heutzutage weniger
gespielt.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 {Zurück zum
klassischem Spiel! Ein Paar Jahre frueher war die Variante ohne d2-d4 (8.Bd3)
populär.} exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 (10... f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 $13 (12.
Bh4 $13)) 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc6 (13... h6 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O
c5 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Rab1 $1 b6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rb5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c6 20. Rbb1
Qd6 21. Rfd1 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991/EXT 99 (41)}) 16. d5
Qd6 17. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Timman,J-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 91/[Ribli] (53)})
(13... O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bd3 $14) 14. d5 (14. O-O Nxd4 15. Bh5
Be6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd4 Rhd8 $11) 14... Ne5 (14... Nd4 15.
Qxd4 Qxg5 16. O-O O-O 17. Bf3 a5 18. Rfe1 Ra6 19. Re5 Qd8 20. Rae1 Rf6 21. Qe3
$16 {1-0 Gulko,B-Pliester,L/Aruba 1992/CBM 30/(36)}) 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfe1 {
[%cal Ge1e7] Dieser Zug ist viel stärker, als die Alternative 16.f4.} (16. f4
Nd7 17. Bd3 Nf6 18. Rae1 Qc5+ 19. Qf2 (19. Kh1 $5) 19... Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 {
1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Nielsen,P/Esbjerg 2000/CBM 78 (20)}) 16... Bf5 17. Qf4 (17.
Rac1 b6 18. Qf4 f6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21. Qe3 c5 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. c5 b5
24. Bd3 Qf7 25. a3 Rad8 26. f3 Rd4 27. Bc2 Kh8 28. Qxe5 Rg4 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30.
Bxf5 Ra4 31. Be4 {1-0 Rasmussen,K-Rozentalis,E/Linares 2002/CBM 87 ext (50)})
17... Qf6 (17... f6 18. Nf3 $14) 18. Nf3 Rfe8 (18... Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Rac8 20. g4
(20. Re5 Bd3 $132) 20... Bd3 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. c5 $16) 19. Nh4 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Das ist die weiße Verbesserung! Weiß greift den f5-Läufer an, wie im
Falle von 19.Nd4, aber der große Unterschied ist, dass im Falle von 19...Ng6
20.Qxf5 mit 20...Qxh4 die schwarze Dame weniger gut steht, wie im Falle von 19.
Nd4 und 20...Qxd4.} (19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Qd2 (20. Qxf5 Qxd4 21. Bf1 $14) 20... Rad8
21. Bf1 h6 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qa5 c6 24. Qxa7 cxd5 25. Qa5 Nf4 26. g3 Qg5 27. h4
Qg4 28. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Banas,J-Rigo,Z/Prievidza 1998/EXT 99 (48)}) 19... Ng6
(19... Bd7 20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. g3 $16) (19... Nd7 20. Nxf5 Rxe2 21. Rab1 $16) 20.
Qxf5 (20. Nxg6 $4 Rxe2 $1 21. Ne5 Bb1 $1 $19) 20... Qxh4 21. Bf1 $14 {[%csl
Gc4,Gd5,Gf5] Weiß hat einen kleinen Positionsvorteil - seine Dame steht aktiv
auf f5 und später kann er seine Bauern c4-d5 mobilisieren.} Qd4 (21... Rad8 22.
g3 $14) 22. Qd7 Rxe1 (22... Ne5 23. Qxc7 Qf4 24. Qc5 $16) 23. Rxe1 Qc5 24. h4
$1 {[%csl Gd7,Ge1][%cal Ge1e8] Weiß bringt neue Kraft ins Spiel. Schwarz hat
keine besonderen Schwächen, aber die weißen Schwerfiguren sind sehr aktiv.} Kf8
(24... Nxh4 25. Re7 Qd6 26. Qxc7 $18 (26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Rxb7) (26. c5 Qxc5 27.
Rxf7 $18)) (24... Nf8 25. Qe7 $16) 25. Qf5 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gf5h7,Rh4h5]} Kg8 (
25... h6 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qh7 $16) 26. h5 Nf8 27. Qg5 Qd6 (27... f6 28. Qg3 $16)
28. g3 $1 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3c8] Weiß bereitet den Zug Bh3 vor.} h6 29. Qe7 Nd7 (
29... Qxe7 30. Rxe7 $18) 30. Bh3 {[%csl Ge1,Ge7,Gh3][%mdl 2048]} Nc5 $2 (30...
Nf6 $142 31. Bf5 Rb8 $14) 31. Bf5 Rb8 32. Qe8+ $1 {Mit diesem Schach entfernt
Weiß die schwarze Dame von der Verteidigung des c7-Bauern.} Qf8 (32... Rxe8 33.
Rxe8+ Qf8 34. Bh7+ Kxh7 35. Rxf8 f6 36. Rf7 $18) 33. Qe7 $16 {[%csl Rc7]} Qxe7
(33... Na6 34. g4 $16) 34. Rxe7 Kf8 35. Rxc7 Na6 36. d6 $18 {[%csl Gc4,Gc7,Gd6,
Gf5] Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels - der c7R muss nicht weg gehen und
die weißen Bauern gewinnen die Partie.} (36. Rd7 Nc5 37. Rc7 (37. Rd6 $4 Ke7
$19) 37... Na6 38. d6 $18) (36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Nc5 $132 {[%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6]
}) 36... Rd8 (36... Nxc7 37. dxc7 $18 {[%cal Rc7b8,Rc7c8]}) 37. c5 b6 38. c6
Nb8 (38... Rxd6 39. Rxa7 $18) 39. Be4 Rxd6 40. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Mitropa Cup 19th"]
[Site "Baden"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2064]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas-Variante ist
die schärfste Variante in der Englische Eroeffnung. Weiß strebt sofort nach
Initiative im Zentrum. Ribli.} d5 {Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. Die
Alternative wäre 3...c5.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 {Das ist
die neueste Mode. Früher spielte man 7.d4, wonach 7...e5 dem Schwarzen gute
Ausgleichschancen bietet.} e5 8. Bd3 {das ist die weiße Idee. Er strebt
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an, möchte d2-d4 eventuell später ziehen.} Na6 {
[%cal Ga6c5]} 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 (10. Re1 {Das ist die andere Möglichkeit.
Weiß spielt gegen den Bauern e5.} O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Nxe5 $6 Bxe5 (11... Nc5 $6
12. Bc2 Bxe5 13. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5e5,Rh5h7]} Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2 Qd6+ 15. Qe5 Qxe5+ 16.
Rxe5 $36) (11... Re8 $5) 12. Qh5 {[%cal Rh5e5,Rh5h7]} Bxh2+ 13. Qxh2 Bf5 14.
Be2 (14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe5 Rfe8 $15) (14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Ba3 Qg5
16. Re3 Rxe3 17. fxe3 Be4 18. Qf4 Qg6 19. Rd1 Rd8 $15 {Schwarz hat bequemes
Spiel, während Weiß Probleme mit der Bauernstruktur hat.}) 14... Rfe8 15. d4
Bd3 16. Be3 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 $11) 11... Kh8 12. Be4 Nc5 13. d4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4
15. cxd4 c6 16. Bg5 Qf5 $11) 10... Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13.
Rb1 Rab8 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Re1 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/
FRA-chT 1993/TD 93\08 (65)}) 11. d4 (11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3
14. gxf3 $11 {Weiß hat zwei Doppelauern, besitzt aber das Läuferpaar.}) 11...
Bxf3 {Schwarz nimmt sofort auf f3. Das ist eine gute Entscheidung, sonst kann
Weiß den Springer mit dem Läufer decken.} (11... O-O-O $6 12. Be4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3
c6 14. Rb1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rhe8 16. Qa4 Re7 17. Bg4+ {1-0 Vanderwaeren,S-Praet,M/
Geel 1996/EXT 97 (17)}) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 {Schwarz rochiert nicht.
Er möchte zuerst die Lage im Zentrum klären.} (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4
b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {
1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (21)}) 14. Re1+ (14. cxd4 c5
15. Rb1 O-O-O $11 {Der schwarze König findet Ruhe auf c8. Die Stellung ist
gleich.}) 14... Kd7 $5 $146 {Schwarz hat keine Angst vor 15.Bf5+. Es sei
angemerkt, daß auch der andere Königszug - 14...Kd8 - für Schwarz gut spielbar
ist.} (14... Kd8 15. Be4 (15. cxd4 c5 16. Be4 Kc7 17. Rb1 Rab8 $11) 15... Rb8
$5 16. cxd4 c5 17. Be3 Kc7 $11 18. Rab1 (18. Kg2) 18... Rhd8 19. d5 (19. Kg2)
19... b6 20. f4 Re8 21. Bd2 Re7 $6 22. Bxh7 $5 $14 {0-1 Milov,V-Dizdar,G/
Dresden 1998/CBM 65_03/[Ribli] (39)}) 15. Bf5+ Kd8 16. cxd4 (16. Be4 {[%csl
Rb7][%cal Re4b7,Rb7a6,Rb7a8]} Rb8 17. cxd4 c5 18. Be3 Kc7 $11 {Und mit
Zugumstellung haben wir die Stellung aus der Partie Milov,V - Dizdar,G 
(Dresden 1998).}) 16... c5 {Das ist der schwarze Schlüsselzug. Er möchte die
weiße Zentrumsstellung blockieren.} 17. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} (17. d5 Kc7 $11)
17... Kc7 {[%csl Gc7]} 18. Kf1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7] Weiß vermeidet mögliche
Unannehmlichkeiten in der g-Linie und nach 19.dxc5 hängt jetzt der Bauer auf
g7.} (18. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 19. Bxg7 $4 Rhg8 $19 {[%cal Rg8g1]}) 18... cxd4 19. Bxd4
f6 $11 {Schwarz verteidigt den g-Bauern und schränkt den Läufer d4 in seiner
Beweglichkeit ein.} 20. h4 Rhe8 (20... Nc5 $11) (20... Rad8 $6 21. Bxa7 $5 $14)
21. h5 h6 {Schwarz verhindert die Möglichkeit 22.h5-h6.} 22. Re4 Rxe4 (22...
Nc5 $11) (22... Bc5 $11) 23. fxe4 {Auf diese Weise hat Weiß endlich eine
"normale" Bauernstruktur, aber sein Läuferpaar ist nicht besonders stark, denn
Schwarz kontrolliert die wichtigsten Felder.} (23. Bxe4 Bc5 $15 (23... Nc5 $11)
) 23... Be5 $5 (23... Bc5 24. Bc3 Rd8 $11) 24. Bxe5+ (24. Rd1 Bxd4 (24... Rd8
25. Bxe5+ fxe5 $15) 25. Rxd4 Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gc5]}) 24... fxe5 25. Ke2 {[%cal
Ga1g1,Gg1g7] Weiß aktiviert seinen König und droht 26.Rg1.} Re8 26. f4 $5 {
Mit diesem zeitweiligen Bauernopfer strebt Weiß nach Aktivität im Endspiel.} (
26. Rg1 Re7 $11) 26... exf4 27. Kf3 $36 {[%csl Gf3]} Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gd3e5]}
28. Rd1 $5 {[%cal Gd1d7,Gd7a7,Gd7g7] Weiß vermeidet 28...Nd3 und aktiviert den
Turm.} (28. Kxf4 Nd3+ 29. Ke3 Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 28... Nxa2 29. Rd7+ Kb6 (29...
Kc6 $6 30. Rxg7 $14 {[%csl Rc6][%cal Rf5d7,Rd7c6,Rd7e8]}) 30. Kxf4 Nb4 31. Rxg7
a5 $132 {Der entfernte schwarze Freibauer ist für Weiß gefährlich, denn seine
Figuren sind am falschen Flügel.} 32. c5+ Kxc5 33. Rxb7 Ra8 $11 {[%cal Ga5a4,
Ga4a3,Ga3a2,Ga2a1] Und hier wurde in gleicher Stellung Remis vereinbart.
Schwarz beabsichtigt ...a5-a4-a3 usw., aber Weiß kann nicht verlieren. Am
einfachsten spielt er 34.Be6 und greift dann den Bauern h6 an.} (33... a4 $2
34. Ra7 Kb5 35. Bd7+ {[%cal Rd7e8,Rd7b5]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Das ist die sogenannte Mikenas-Variante, welche das
schärfste System in der Englischen Eröffnung darstellt.} d5 (3... c5 4. e5 (4.
Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 {Großmeister Zvjaginsev spielt gern diese Variante, welche auch
von der Sizilianischen Verteidigung erreicht werden kann (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.
c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2).}) 4... Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4) 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 {Heutzutage wird dieser Zug relativ selten gespielt
- die Variante 8.Bd3 (und schnelle Entwicklung) ist populärer.} exd4 9. Bg5
Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 (10... f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7) 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 (12... Qg6)
13. Qd2 O-O (13... Nc6 $5 14. O-O (14. d5 Ne5 15. O-O O-O 16. f4 Nd7 17. Bd3
Nf6 $11) 14... Nxd4 15. Bh5 Be6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxd4 Rhd8 $11)
14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 c5 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Rab1 $1 b6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rb5 Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 c6 20. Rbb1 Qd6 21. Rfd1 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991/EXT
99 (41)}) (15... Nd7 $5) 16. d5 (16. Rfe1 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Bukal,
V-Petrosian,A/Ptuj 1995/EXT 2000 (17)}) 16... Qd6 17. Rab1 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Nach diesem Zug kontrolliert Weiß die halboffene b-Linie und später kann er
seinen Turm auf der 3. Reihe ins Spiel bringen.} (17. Rfe1 {[%csl Ge1][%cal
Ge1e8]} Nd7 (17... Bf5 $5) 18. Rab1 Re8 19. Bd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} (
20. Rxe1 $14) 20... Nf6 21. Nd2 (21. Ne5 $14) 21... g6 22. h3 b6 23. Qe3 Kg7
24. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge3e5]} Ba6 (24... Bd7 25. Qe5 $16) 25. Qe5 {[%csl Ge5]} Rd8 (
25... Qxe5 26. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 26. Rb3 $16 {[%cal Rb3a3,Ra3a7] 1-0
Timman,J-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 91/[Ribli] (53)}) (17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Bd3
Qf6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Qf3 Bxd3 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd3 b5
25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Nf4 b4 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Pogorelov,R/Zaragoza 1996/EXT
97 (44)}) 17... b6 18. Rb3 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5][%cal Gb3e3,Ge3e8] Weiß hat
Raumvorteil und die bessere Entwicklung. Andererseits hat Schwarz eine feste
Stellung ohne Schwächungen.} Nd7 19. Re3 Bb7 20. Re1 b5 $1 {Statt passiver
Verteidigung sprengt Schwarz das weiße Bauernzentrum und möchte so viel
Material wie möglich tauschen.} (20... Rae8 21. Bd3 Nf6 (21... Rxe3 22. Qxe3
$14) 22. Ne5 $14) 21. Qb2 {[%cal Gb2b7,Gb2g7]} (21. cxb5 Nb6 $132 (21... Bxd5
22. Nh4 Nb6 23. Nf5 Qd7 24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qc3 $16)) 21... Rab8 22. Nh4 {[%cal
Rh4f5,Rf5d6,Rb2g7] Droht jetzt 23.Nf5 oder 23.Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.Nf5+.} (22. Qxb5
Bxd5 23. Qa5 Bc6 $11) 22... Qf6 $1 {Mit diesem gutem Verteidigungszug kann
Schwarz die gefährlichste weiße Figur tauschen.} 23. Qxf6 Nxf6 24. Nf5 {
[%csl Gf5]} bxc4 25. Ne7+ (25. Bxc4 $5 g6 (25... Rbd8 26. d6 $36) 26. Ne7+ (26.
Nxh6+ $2 Kg7 {[%csl Rh6]}) 26... Kg7 27. Rb3 $14 (27. Ra3 Rfe8 $11)) 25... Kh7
26. Bxc4 Rbd8 27. Ra3 a6 (27... Nxd5 28. Rxa7 Nxe7 29. Rxb7 $16) (27... Bxd5
28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxa7 $14) 28. Nc6 (28. Bxa6 Bxa6 29. Rxa6 Nxd5 $11) 28... Rd6
(28... Bxc6 $2 29. dxc6 $16) 29. Re7 (29. Rb1) 29... Bc8 (29... Bxc6 30. dxc6
Rxc6 31. Rxa6 Rxa6 32. Bxa6 $14) 30. Ne5 Kg8 (30... Nxd5 31. Nxf7 Rb6 (31...
Nxe7 32. Nxd6 $14) 32. Re1 Rxf7 33. Bxd5 Re7 $11) 31. Rc7 Nxd5 32. Rxc5 Nb6 33.
Bb3 Be6 $1 $11 {Stufenweise hat Schwarz eine ausgeglichene Stellung erreicht.}
34. h3 Bxb3 35. Rxb3 (35. axb3 Re8 36. Rxa6 Nd7 37. Rxd6 Nxc5 $11) 35... Nd7 (
35... Re8 $11) 36. Nxd7 Rxd7 37. g4 {[%csl Gb3,Gc5][%mdl 4096] Die
Bauernstellung ist symmetrisch in einem materiell gleichen Turmendspiel, aber
Schwarz muss vorsichtigt sein - Weiß hat zwei aktive Türme und einen sehr
kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil.} Rd6 38. Kg2 Rfd8 39. Ra5 Rf6 40. Kg3 g5 41.
f3 Kg7 42. h4 gxh4+ (42... Kg6 $11) 43. Kxh4 Rd4 44. Rba3 Rdf4 45. Kg3 (45.
Rxa6 Rxa6 (45... Rxf3 $11) 46. Rxa6 Rxf3 $11) 45... Kg6 46. Rd5 (46. Rxa6 Rxf3+
$11) 46... Kg7 47. Rc5 Rd4 48. Rca5 Rdd6 (48... Rdf4 $11) 49. R3a4 Rc6 50. Rf4
Rb6 51. a4 Rbc6 52. Rxf6 Rxf6 53. Rc5 Rd6 54. a5 Rf6 55. Rc7 $1 Rd6 (55... h5
$5 $11) 56. Ra7 Rd4 $1 {Statt passiver Verteidigung opfert Schwarz einen
Bauern und verbessert seine Turmstellung.} (56... Kg6 $11) 57. Rxa6 Ra4 {
[%csl Ga4] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber er kann die Stellung leicht
halten - der Turm steht auf a4 ausgezeichnet, denn er kontrolliert den
a-Bauern und beschränkt die Bewegung des weißen Königs.} 58. Kf2 Ra3 {[%cal
Ga3f3]} 59. Ke2 Kh7 60. Ra8 (60. f4 Kg7 $11) 60... Kg7 61. a6 Kh7 62. f4 Ra4 {
[%cal Ga4g4]} (62... Kg7 $11) 63. Ke3 Kg7 64. Kf3 Kh7 65. Kg3 Kg7 66. f5 Kh7 {
Mit einfacher Wartestrategie hält Schwarz das Remis.} (66... Kf6 $11) 67. Kh4
Kg7 68. Kg3 Kh7 69. Kf3 Kg7 70. a7 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5120]} 1. c4 {Hansen,Cu} e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d4 {Das ist die alte Fortsetzung. Heutzutage ist 8.Bd3
ist populärer. Ribli.} exd4 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 Bb4+ $11) 9... Qe6+ (9... Qg6 $6
10. Bd3 Qh5 11. O-O $40 {[%csl Re8] Weiss hat grossen Entwicklungsvorteil.})
10. Be2 Be7 (10... d3 $6 11. O-O f6 12. Bxd3 $16 {[%cal Rf1e1,Re1e8] Schwarz
hat die bessere Bauernstruktur, aber das ist ohne Bedeutung, denn Weiss hat
grossen Entwichlungsvorteil und Angriffschancen.}) (10... f6 $6 11. Nxd4 Qf7
12. Bh4 $16 {Auch hier ist der weisse Entwicklungsvorsprung gross und Schwarz
muss immer mit Bh5 rechnen.}) 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qg6 {Andere Damenzüge
sind auch spielbar.} (12... Qf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 (14... Nc6 15. d5 Nd4
16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qf4 b6 21. a4 Nd6 22.
Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. a5 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,D-Wiedenkeller,M/Stockholm
1993/EXT 97 (24)}) 15. Rad1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Zarnicki,P/Moscow 1994/CBM 44
ext (15)}) (12... Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 c5 (15... Bg4 $6 16. Rab1
$1 b6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rb5 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Rishon Lezion 1991/EXT 99 (41)})
16. d5 Qd6 17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Qf3
Bxd3 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd3 b5 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Nf4 b4 {0-1 Illescas Cordoba,
M-Pogorelov,R/Zaragoza 1996/EXT 97 (44)}) 13. f4 (13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O h6 15.
Nf3 Bh3 16. Ne1 Re8 17. f4 Nc6 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Rab1
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qc5 23. Rxb7 Rxd4 24. Qf2 Rxc4 25. h3 Re2 26. Qxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxa7
Rcc2 {0-1 Uhl,H-Gebhardt,U/OLO-C 1995/GER (55)}) (13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Bh3 15.
Ne1 Bf5 $11) 13... O-O (13... h6 $2 14. Bh5 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rf7,Gg5,Rg6,Gh5]
[%cal Rh5e8]}) 14. O-O {Die weisse Stellung scheint mir aktiver, aber er muss
vorsichtig sein. Ist sein Angriff nicht ausreichend, machen sich die Schwächen
bemerkbar.} Nc6 (14... h6 $5 15. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3e5]}) (14... f6 $5 {Mit diesem
Zug kann Schwarz den Springer verjagen und gleichzeitig das Feld e5
kontrollieren, aber seine Königsstellung wird ein wenig geschwächt.}) 15. d5
Ne7 16. Qd2 $14 {Weiss hat die bessere Figurenkoordination und Initiative am
Königsflügel.} Bf5 (16... h6 17. Nf3 Qb6+ 18. Rf2 $14) 17. g4 f6 (17... Bd7 18.
f5 $36) 18. Ne6 $5 (18. gxf5 Nxf5 {[%csl Gf5]} 19. Rab1 fxg5 20. fxg5 b6 $11)
18... Bxe6 19. dxe6 f5 $8 $13 {[%cal Rg6e6,Rf5g4] Schwarz muss so spielen,
sonst kommt Weiss zu 20.f5 mit grosem Raumvorteil. Nach dieser Fortsetzung
hängt auf e6 und auf g4.} 20. Qd7 {[%csl Gd7]} Rfe8 (20... Rae8) 21. Rad1 {
Weiss beschäftigt sich nicht mit dem g4-Bauern, sondern besetzt die d-Linie
und verhindert so 21...Rad8.} (21. Qxc7 Qxe6 $15) 21... Nc6 (21... fxg4 22. f5
$36 Nxf5 $2 23. Qf7+ Qxf7 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxf5+ $18) (21... Rad8 22. Qxd8
Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ $18) 22. Bf3 {[%cal Gf3a8]} (22. Qxc7 $6 Re7 (22... Re7 23. Rd7
Qxe6 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 $11)) 22... Kf8 (22... fxg4 23. f5 $36) 23.
Rfe1 Re7 (23... fxg4 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 $16) 24. Qd5 fxg4 25. f5 Qf6 (25...
Qg5 $5 26. Bg2 g3 $13 (26... Rd8 $2 27. Qxd8+ Nxd8 28. Rxd8+ Re8 29. e7+ Kf7
30. Bd5+ Kf6 31. Rxe8 $18)) 26. Bg2 $44 {Weis bleibt mit dem Läufer lieber in
der langen Diagonalen, statt den Bauern g4 zu nehmen.} (26. Bxg4 Rd8 27. Qe4 (
27. Qxd8+ Nxd8 28. Rxd8+ Re8 29. e7+ Kf7 30. Bh5+ g6 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. Rf1
Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 gxh5 $15) 27... Nd4 $132 {[%csl Gd4]} 28. Qxb7 c5 $44) 26... g6
$2 {Warum öffnet Schwarz die Stellung am Königsflügel? Es wäre logischer, die
Stellung mit 26...Rae8 oder 26...Kg8 geschlossen zu halten.} (26... Rd8 $2 27.
Qxd8+ Nxd8 28. Rxd8+ Re8 29. e7+ Kf7 30. Bd5+ $18) 27. fxg6 {[%cal Re1f1,Rf1f8]
} Kg7 (27... Qxg6 28. Qc5 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Ge6,Rf8][%cal Gc5f8]}) 28. gxh7 Kh8 {
Dank seines unglücklichen 26.Zuges hat Schwarz jetzt einen bauern weniger
statt mehr.} (28... Kxh7 $6 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Re4 $40) 29. Rf1 $5 $14 {Weiss
gibt den auf den ersten Blick starken e-Bauern, aber er aktiviert so seine
Türme.} Qxe6 30. Qxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd7 {[%csl Gd7,Gh7]} Ne5 {Schwarz gibt einen
weiteren Bauern. Seine Idee ist, die Partie im Turmendspiel zu retten.} (31...
Rc8 32. Rff7 $36) (31... Re7 $4 32. Bxc6 $18) 32. Rxc7 Nf3+ 33. Bxf3 (33. Kf2
$16) 33... gxf3 34. Rxf3 $16 {Weiss hat zwei Bauern mehr, aber er hat
Doppelbauern in der h-Linie. Noch wichtiger ist seine Aktivität. Der Turm c7
steht ausgezeichnet und der h-Bauer ist für Schwarz unangenehm.} b6 35. Rg3 {
[%cal Gg3g7,Gg7a7,Gc7g7,Gg3g8]} (35. Rff7 $16) 35... a6 36. a4 $5 (36. Rcg7
Rae8 37. Rg8+ Kxh7 38. R3g7+ Kh6 39. Rxe8 Rxe8 40. Ra7 $16) 36... Re2 (36...
Rae8 $16) 37. Rcg7 Rae8 38. Rg8+ {Weiss gibt den h7-Bauern, bekommt dafür den
Bauern auf b6.} Kxh7 39. R3g7+ Kh6 40. Rg6+ Kh5 $6 (40... Kh7 $142 41. Rxe8
Rxe8 42. Rxb6 Rc8 43. Rxa6 Rxc4 $16 {Wir haben eine ähnliche Stellung in der
Partie, aber der schwarze König steht auf h5 schlechter.}) 41. Rxe8 Rxe8 42.
Rxb6 Rc8 43. Rxa6 Rxc4 {Hansen,Cu: 'This type of endgame has - I guess - been
covered in more than one endgamebook. Most recently I have seen this type of
position analysed in Dvoretsky and Jusupovs "Tecnique for the Tournament
Player" - pages 50-56. In the games they analyse in the book the h-P was much
further advanced but to my knowledge this does not make any difference.
However what is very important is the situation of the black K which in the
examples given by Dvoretsky and Jusupov was much closer to its ideal square -
which is h7. Because blacks K is badly placed on h5 and cut off on the sixth
rank I believe this endgame is lot for black.'  Nach forcierten
Vereinfachungen hat Weiss zwei Bauern mehr im Turmendspiel und gute
Gewinnchancen.} 44. Kf2 {Der weisse König strebt zum Damenflügel. Die schwarze
Stellung ist kaum zu halten.} Kg5 (44... Rc2+ {Hansen,Cu} 45. Ke3 Rxh2 46. a5
Ra2 47. Kd4 {followed by Ra8 and white wins}) 45. Ke3 Rh4 {Hansen,Cu: 'The
normal defensive setup (with the black K on h7 or somewhere close to this
square) would be to keep attacking the a-P from the side and give checks from
the side as well once the white king gets close to it:'} (45... Kh5 {Hansen,Cu}
46. Kd3 Rf4 {However this does not seem to make a draw in this position:} 47.
a5 $1 Rf5 48. Ra8 Kh6 49. a6 Rf6 (49... Kh7 50. Rb8 $18) 50. a7 Ra6 51. Rh8+ {
This is why the K should be on h7}) 46. a5 {[%csl Ga5] Der h-Bauer ist nicht
mehr von Bedeutung.} Kf5 (46... Rxh2 {Hansen,Cu} 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Rc6 {and the
black K is cut off along the sixth rank}) 47. Ra8 Rxh2 48. a6 $18 {[%csl Rf5]
Der schwarze König steht exponiert und es droht daher 49.a7 nebst 50.Rf8+ mit
Gewinn.} Rh7 49. Kd4 (49. a7 Rf7 50. Kd4 Kf4 (50... Kf6 {Hansen,Cu} 51. Kc5 Kf5
52. Kb6 Rf6+ $11)) 49... Rf7 50. Kc5 Rf6 51. Kb5 Kf4 1-0

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1999.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1999.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 9216]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas-Variante führt
zu scharfem Spiel, was in der Englischen Eröffnung nicht ungewöhnlich ist.
Ribli.} d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 {Das ist das
moderne System. Früher spielte man 8.d4. Weiss möchte zuerst die Entwicklung
beenden und erst später, wenn überhaupt, d2-d4 ziehen.} Bd6 9. O-O Na6 10. Bc2
Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5
16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 c5 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1993/TD (65)}) 11.
d4 O-O-O $2 {Dieser Zug ist ein Fehler. Schwarz verliert Material. Die
Alternative 11...Bxf3 bietet Schwarz ungefähr gleiche Aussichten.} (11... Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5
17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Jussupow,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (21)}) 14. Re1+ Kd7 $5 $146 (14... Kd8 15.
Be4 (15. cxd4) 15... Rb8 $5 16. cxd4 c5 17. Be3 Kc7 $11 {0-1 Milov,V-Dizdar,G/
Dresden 1998/CBM 65_03/[Ribli] (39)}) 15. Bf5+ Kd8 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bb2 {
[%cal Gb2h8]} Kc7 {[%csl Gc7]} 18. Kf1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gb2g7]} cxd4 19. Bxd4
f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Stohl,I/Baden 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (33)}) 12. Bg5 $1 {
Die Widerlegung kommt sofort. Schwarz verliert Material.} (12. Be4 {Diese
Fortsetzung ist auch nicht schlecht, aber der Textzug ist viel stärker.} Bxf3
13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rhe8 16. Qa4 Re7 17. Bg4+ {1-0 Vanderwaeren,
S-Praet,M/Geel 1996/EXT 97 (17)}) 12... Bxf3 (12... Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxd1 14.
Raxd1 Rdf8 (14... Rhf8 15. Nxh7 $16) 15. Bf5+ (15. Nxh7 e4 16. c5 Bxh2+ 17.
Kxh2 Rxh7+ 18. Kg3 f5 19. Rh1 $14) 15... Kb8 16. Nxh7 $16) 13. Bxf6 Bxd1 14.
Bf5+ $1 $16 {Diesen starken Zwischenzug hatte Schwarz wohl übersehen.} Rd7 (
14... Kb8 15. Bxd8 Be2 16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rxd8 $16 {Weiss
hat eine Qualität mehr und Schwarz hat nur einen Bauern als Kompensation.}) 15.
Bxg7 (15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Raxd1 $18) 15... Rg8 16. Raxd1 $18 {
Alle schwarzen Figuren sind gefesselt. Weiss steht auf Gewinn, was nach 16
Zügen gegen einen Grossmeister mit Elo 2515 eine Überraschung ist.} exd4 (16...
Rxg7 17. dxe5 $18 {[%csl Rc8,Rd6,Rd7][%cal Rf5c8]} (17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. dxe5 $18
)) 17. Bxd4 Rg5 18. Bxd7+ {Weiss hat eine Qualität und einen Bauern mehr. Die
Partie ist entscheiden.} Kxd7 19. c5 $1 {Schwarz verliert weiteres Material
und gab daher auf.} (19. c5 $1 Nxc5 20. f4 Rf5 21. g4 Rd5 22. c4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4
$18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.24"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.04.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die Mikenas-Variante ist heutzutage wieder populär.
Nachfolgen können wir scharfes, konkretes Spiel sehen, was nicht so typisch
für die Englische Eröffnung ist.} d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 {
Das ist die prinzipielle Fortsetzung, aber 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 ist auch interessant,
mit schneller Entwicklung und nur mit späterem d2-d4.} e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5
Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 {Die ruhige Alternative wäre 10...Be7, aber in diesem Fall
kann Weiß nach 11.cxd4 seine Bauernstruktur verbessern, während Weiß nach der
Partiefortsetzung mit dem c-Doppelbauern weiterspielen muss.} (10... Be7) (
10... d3 $2 11. O-O $1 Be7) 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 (12. Bh4) 12... Bc5 (12... c6
$6 13. Bg4 $1 Na6 14. O-O Be7 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 16. Nf5 O-O 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bd6
$18 {Renet,O-Van Gisbergen,S/Groningen/1992/}) 13. Nb3 $5 (13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5
(14. Qc2 Na6 15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rd3 Bf8 $10 {Lautier,J-Yusupov,A/
Munchen/1993/0,5 (50) Inf 57/17/}) 14... Na6 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nd6
Re7 18. Rfe1 g5 19. Nxc8 $5 Rxc8 20. Bg4 Rxe1+ (20... Rce8 21. Bd2 $14) 21.
Rxe1 $16 Rd8 22. Bc1 $14 (22. Bg3 Rd2 23. h4 gxh4 24. Bxh4 Rxa2 25. Re8+ Kg7
26. Rd8 $44) 22... Kg7 23. Bf5 Nc7 (23... h5 $5) 24. g4 Ne8 $6 (24... Re8 $5
25. Rd1 Re7 {/\Ne8-d6/}) 25. Be3 $1 {1/2-1/2 Schwartzman,G-Timoshenko,G/
Bucharest 1993/CBM 40/(50)}) (13. Nb5 Na6 14. Qd5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Nxc7 16. Bxc7 (
16. Qxc5 Ne6 17. Qe3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Re8 $44) 16... Be6 17. Qxc5 Rfc8 $15) (13.
Qa4+ c6 14. Nb3 Na6 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb4 b6 17. Bd6 Ne4 18. c5 Nxd6 19. cxd6
O-O 20. O-O Be6 21. a4 Rad8 22. Qd4 c5 23. Qf4 g5 24. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,
J-Timoshenko,G/Cappelle la Grande 2004/CBM 99 ext (24)}) 13... Na6 (13... Ba3
14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 c6 16. Qd4 Na6 17. c5 $13 {Landenbergue,C-Masserey,Y/Biel/
1994/CBM43/ Weiß hat Initiative für den Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie.}) 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und einige Initiative, aber seine
Doppelbauern sind schwach auf der c-Linie. Andererseits hat Schwarz eine
gesunde Bauernstruktur und keine Schwächen.} Ne4 16. Bd3 f5 (16... Bf5 $2 17.
Qb1 Nxc3 18. Qxb7 $18) (16... Nd6 17. Qb1 g6 18. O-O $14) (16... Nxc3 $4 17.
Qc2 $18) 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Be6 20. Qc2 {[%mdl 4] Das ist die
vorbereitete Neuerung des Weißspielers. Er greift den f5-Bauern an und möchte
sich von seinen c-Bauern befreien.} (20. Bd4 Rad8 {Natürlich nicht 20...Bc4 21.
Bf5+/= und Weiß hat einen klaren Vorteil, weil der f5-Bauer viel wichtiger als
der c4 ist.} 21. c5 b6 22. Qe2 (22. Qc2 $5) 22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 Nd7 (23... Bd7
24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Qf2 $14) 24. cxb6 (24. c6 $2 Nb8 $132 {><c6}) 24... axb6 25. a4
Bd5 26. Qb2 c6 $6 (26... Bc4 $1 $10) (26... c5 $2 27. Bf2 $16) 27. Bf1 c5 28.
Bf2 Bc4 29. Rxe8+ $2 (29. Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Red1 $1 Qe6 31. Qb5 Ne5 32. Re1 $16)
29... Rxe8 {1/2-1/2 Salov,V-Jussupow,A/Madrid 1995/CBM 47/(48)}) 20... Nd7 $11
(20... Bxc4 21. Bxf5 $14) (20... g6 21. c5 Nd5 22. Bd4 $14) 21. c5 {Weiß muss
so spielen, sonst spielt Schwarz selbst 21...c5, wonach der c4P eine ewige
Schwäche wird.} b6 (21... Bc4 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 $14) (21...
Ne5 22. Bf1 Bc4 $11 (22... Qg6 23. Kh1 f4 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. Bd4 Bd5 $11)) 22.
cxb6 axb6 {[%cal Ga8a2,Ge6a2]} 23. Bb5 $1 {[%csl Gb5,Ge3] Die weiße
Bauernstruktur ist schlechter, aber Weiß hat das Läuferpaar.} Ne5 (23... Rxa2
$4 24. Rxa2 Bxa2 25. Bxd7 Bb3 26. Qb2 $18) 24. Bf2 Ng6 (24... Nc4 $6 25. Rxe6
Qxe6 (25... Na3 26. Qb3 Nxb5 27. Rae1 Nd6 28. Bd4 $16) 26. Qb3 $18) 25. c4 Rfd8
(25... Bd7) 26. a4 Bd7 {Schwarz muss den starken b5-Läufer tauschen.} 27. Bxd7
Rxd7 28. c5 bxc5 29. Bxc5 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Gc5] Mit entferntem Freibauern, der
durch den Läufer unterstütz werden kann; Weiß hat einen kleinen
Positionsvorteil.} (29. Qxc5 Nf4 30. Qc6 Rad8 $132) 29... Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d3,
Gd3e1,Gd3c5] Schwarz muss seinen Springer ins Spiel bringen.} 30. Red1 Rxd1+ (
30... Rad8 $6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 (31... Rxd7 32. a5 $16) 32. Qc4+ Nd5 33. a5 $16)
31. Rxd1 (31. Qxd1 $6 Qc4 $36) 31... h6 (31... Qe6) 32. Be3 Nd5 33. Qc6 Re8 (
33... Rd8 34. Bc5 $16) 34. Qxd5 $6 {Nach dieser Vereinfachung bekommt Weiß ein
besseres Turmendspiel, aber ich glaube, es wäre besser für ihn gewesen, die
Leichtfiguren auf dem Brett zu behalten.} (34. Bf2 $5 $16) 34... Rxe3 (34...
Qxd5 $2 35. Rxd5 Rxe3 36. Rxf5 $16) 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. Ra1 {[%csl Ga1][%cal
Ga4a5,Ga5a6][%mdl 4096] Weiß hat einen entfernten Freibauern im Turmendspiel
und der weiße Turm hat die ideale Stellung hinter seinem Bauern.} Re6 {Schwarz
muss den a-Freibauern so schnell wie möglich blockieren.} (36... Re5 $2 37. a5
$16) 37. Kf2 (37. a5 Ra6 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Ke3 Kd5 $11) 37... Ra6 38. Ke3 Ke6 39.
Kd4 Ra5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Ga5a1,Ga5h5] Der schwarze Turm steht gut, er
blockiert den a-Bauern und verteidigt die fünfte Reihe.} 40. Kc4 Kd7 41. Kb4
Re5 $1 $11 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gut - der König ist eine weniger wirksame
Figur, aber er kann den Freibauern blockieren und mit aktivem Turm kann
Schwarz Gegenspiel bekommen.} 42. a5 Kc8 {[%csl Gc8,Ge5]} 43. a6 Kb8 44. Rc1 (
44. Ra2 Ka7 $11) 44... Re2 $11 {[%cal Re2h2]} 45. a7+ Ka8 (45... Kxa7 $2 46.
Rxc7+ Kb6 47. Rxg7 $16) 46. Rxc7 (46. Rxc7 Rxg2 47. h4 g5 48. hxg5 hxg5 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Villa Martelli"]
[Site "Villa Martelli"]
[Date "1998.05.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rojas Keim, Luis Alberto"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die Mikanas-Variante führt zu scharfem Spiel mit
beiderseitigen Chancen. Ribli.} d5 (3... c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 {Das ist eine kritische Stellung der Variante. Weiß hat
aktives Figurenspiel und starken schwarzfeldrigen Druck für den geopferten
Bauern.}) 4. cxd5 {Meines Erachtens ist es besser, 4.e5 zu ziehen.} exd5 5. e5
Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 $5 (6... Nc6 7. Bb5 Nxc3 (7... Be7 8. Qa4 Nxc3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10.
Qxc6+ Bd7 11. Qxc3 c5 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. O-O Bc5 16. Rd1
O-O 17. Qf4 f6 18. Be3 Rce8 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qg5 Qd6 21. Nc2 Rf5 22. Qg3 Qb6
23. b4 {1-0 Serper,G-Skomorokhin,R/Kstovo op 1994 (26)}) 8. dxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 O-O
10. O-O Bf5 11. Re1 Nb8 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. e6 f5 14. Qb3 c5 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Rad1
c4 17. Qa4 Be8 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nd7 {1-0 Schneider,B-Van Uytven,E/BEL-chT9697
1997 (22)}) 7. d4 (7. Be2 Nc6 8. d3 (8. d4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Kh8 11. Nd2
Nxc3 12. bxc3 f6 13. f4 fxe5 14. fxe5 Qd7 {Und hier wurde remis gegeben in der
Partie Horvath,Jo - Schneider,A,Budapest 1984.}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 d4 10. cxd4
Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Rb1 b6 15. O-O O-O 16. Qe3
Rad8 {Shurygin,S-Stocek,J/Pardubice op 1995/0-1 (65)}) (7. Qb3 Nc5 8. Qxd5 Nc6
9. d4 (9. Bb5 Qxd5 10. Nxd5 O-O-O $44) 9... Nb4 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Bg5 Nc2+ 12.
Kd2 Rd7 13. Rd1 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4+ 15. Kc1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Be7 17. Bxe7 Kxe7
18. Kd2 Rd8+ 19. Ke3 $11 {Murrey,J-Sharif,M/Marseille 1987/1-0 (66)}) 7... Bb4
(7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. Bb5 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba3 Nb6 13. Bxe7
Qxe7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 {1/2-1/2 Vautrin,S-Guthmann,A/RLPF-ch 1991}) 8. Bd2
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O $11 {Das Läuferpaar und die gute Entwicklung bieten dem
Schwarzen Ausgleich, weil der weiße Raumvorteil im Zentrum angesichts der
schwarzen Möglichkeit ...f7-f6 nicht so bedeutend ist.} 10. Bd3 $6 (10. Be2 c5
11. dxc5 (11. O-O Nc6 $11) (11. O-O-O Qa5 $36) 11... Nc6 12. Rd1 $13 (12. O-O
d4 13. Qf4 (13. a3 dxc3 14. Qxd8 Rfxd8 15. axb4 cxb2 $17 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5][%cal
Rb2b1]}) 13... dxc3 14. Qxf5 cxb2 15. Rab1 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rfd1 $11) (12.
a3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 d4 $44)) 10... Be4 {[%csl Gb4,Rd2,Re1,Ge4] Schwarz hat
aktives Figurenspiel und seine beide Läufer stehen dabei besonders gut.} 11. a3
(11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Nc6 13. Rd1 (13. Ngxe4 Qxd4 $15) (13. a3 Be7 14. Ngxe4
Qxd4 $15 (14... Nxd4 $15)) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Qxg5 $15) (11.
O-O Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh4 $15 (12... c5 $36)) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 $15 {Schwarz
sprengt das weiße Zentrum.} 13. O-O (13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Ng5 Qd5 15. Qe3 Nc6 $15)
13... Bxf3 (13... Nc6 $5) 14. gxf3 cxd4 (14... Qh4 {[%csl Rg1,Gh4]}) 15. cxd4
Qh4 {[%csl Rd4,Rg1,Gh4] Noch hängt der Bauer auf d4 nicht, aber der Damenzug
ist auch wegen der schwachen Königssteluung unangenhm für Weiß.} 16. Qe3 Nc6 {
[%csl Rd4]} 17. f4 (17. Rab1 Qxd4 18. Rxb7 Nxe5 $15 19. Qxd4 $2 Nxf3+ 20. Kg2
Nxd4 $17) (17. Rad1 Rae8 18. f4 Re6 $40) 17... f6 18. e6 $5 (18. exf6 $2 Rxf6
$17 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4]}) 18... f5 $1 {[%csl Re6] Der weiße Freibauer auf e6 ist
schwach.} 19. Rab1 Rf6 $1 $40 {[%csl Gf6,Rg1,Gh4]} (19... b6 20. Rfc1 $13) 20.
Rxb7 (20. Kh1 Rh6 21. Qg3 (21. h3 $2 Qxh3+ 22. Qxh3 Rxh3+ $19 {[%cal Rh3h1,
Rh3d3]}) 21... Nxd4 $15) {[#]} 20... Nxd4 $1 $17 21. Rfb1 (21. Qxd4 $2 Qg4+ 22.
Kh1 Qf3+ 23. Kg1 Rg6#) (21. e7 Re6 (21... Ne6 $2 22. Bxf5 $18 (22. Rxa7 $5 $16)
) 22. Qxd4 (22. e8=Q+ Raxe8 $19) 22... Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qf3+ 24. Kg1 Rg6#) 21...
Nxe6 {[%csl Rf4,Rg1]} 22. Bxf5 (22. Rb8+ Rxb8 23. Rxb8+ Kf7 (23... Nf8) 24.
Rb7+ Kg6 $17) 22... Nxf4 {[%csl Gf4,Gf6,Rg1,Gh4]} (22... Rxf5 $2 23. Qxe6+ $18)
23. Rb8+ Rf8 (23... Rxb8 $2 24. Rxb8+ Rf8 (24... Kf7 25. Qxa7#) 25. Be6+ $18 (
25. Qe6+ $18)) 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Kh1 Rf8 {Schwarz hat einen Bauern mehr und
gute Angriffschancen.} 26. Bd7 Qf6 27. Rd1 Qg6 28. Qf3 (28. Rg1 Qf7 $17 {
[%cal Rf4h3,Rh3g1,Rh3f2,Rf2h1]} (28... Qe4+ $6 {Es ist besser für Schwarz, die
Damen auf dem Brett zu behalten.} 29. Qxe4 dxe4 30. Rf1 $15)) 28... Qd6 29. Ba4
d4 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6,Gf4,Gf8,Rh1]} 30. Bc2 g6 31. Bd3 $2 {Ein letzter Fehler, der
dem weißen wahrscheinlich in Zeitnot unterlief.} (31. Be4 $17) 31... Nxd3 (
31... Qxa3 $4 32. Bc4+ $18 {[%cal Rc4g8,Rf3a3]}) 32. Qxd3 Rxf2 $19 {[%csl Rh1]
[%cal Rf2h2,Rd6h2] und Weiß gab auf. Er hat keinerlei Kompensation für die
zwei Bauern.} (32... Rxf2 33. Qg3 (33. Qc4+ Kf8 (33... Kg7 34. Qxd4+ Qxd4 35.
Rxd4 $15) (33... Kh8 34. Qxd4+ Qxd4 35. Rxd4 $15) 34. Qc8+ Kg7 $19) 33... Qd5+
34. Kg1 Rb2 $19 {Mit zwei Mehrbauern und angesichts der schwachen weißen
Königsstellung steht Schwarz auf Gewinn.}) 0-1

[Event "Goodricke op 12th"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.02.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Datu, Idelfonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Das ist eine für die Englische Eröffnung
ungewöhnlich scharfe Fortsetzung.} d5 {Das ist die natürliche Antwort, aber 3..
.c5 ist evenfalls spielbar.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 $5 {
Das ist die neueste Mode - Weiß spielt nicht 7.d4, worauf 7...e5 mit
ausgezeichneten Ausgleichschancen für Schwarz folgt. Die Idee des Textzuges
ist, dass Weiß nach 7...e5 mit 8.Bd3 zu schneller Figurenentwicklung kommt.} (
7. d4 e5 $5) 7... c5 {Das ist die alte Fortsetzung - heutzutage gibt man 7...
e5 den Vorzug.} 8. d4 cxd4 (8... h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 {Das ist
die Zugfolge aus der Stammpartie Seirawan,Y - Kortchnoj,V Wijk aan Zee 1980,
in der der Zug 11.Kf1 - wie in unserer Hauptpartie - erstmals gespielt wurde 
(siehe Anmerkung 12...Bc5).}) 9. Bd3 {Dieser Läuferzug führt zu interessantem
Spiel, während die Alternative 9.Bg5 Weiß dauerhaften Positionsvorteil
verspricht.} (9. Bg5 $1 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6 (11... Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+
13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 O-O 15. Bd3 Rd8 16. Ke3 Nd7 17. a4 Rb8 18. a5 {1-0
Loeber,W-Heinsohn,T/Germany 1999/EXT 2001 (43)}) 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Nc6 (
13... Qa5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 $14) 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Be4 O-O 16.
O-O Rd8 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 {1-0 Tal,M-Sosonko,G/Wijk aan Zee 1976/MCD (40)})
(9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O (11... Nc6 $5) 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Rd8
14. Rfd1 b6 $11) 9... h6 (9... Qd8 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 O-O 12. h4 Be7 13.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Ng5+ Bxg5 15. hxg5+ Kg6 16. Qh5+ Kf5 17. g6+ Ke4 18. Qe5+ Kd3
19. Rh3+ {1-0 Iglesias,A-Lopepe,P/Buenos Aires 1994/EXT 98 (19)}) (9... dxc3 {
Das ist die kritische Fortsetzung.} 10. O-O (10. Bg5 c2 $17) 10... h6 11. Be3
Nc6 12. Be4 Be7 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Bd4 Qf5 15. Bxg7 c2 16. Qe2 Rg8 17. Bb2 Qg4
18. g3 Ba6 19. Rac1 Qxc4 20. Qe3 Qd5 21. Rfe1 c5 22. Rxc2 Bb7 {1/2-1/2
Dzindzichashvili,R-Klovans,J/Krasnodar 1966/EXT 99 (41)}) 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1
$5 {Auf den ersten Blick wirkt diese Fortsetzung sonderbar - Weiß kann nun
nicht mehr rochieren. Aber andererseits umgeht Weiß den Abtausch von Material,
z.B. nach 11.Bd2. In der Folge kann er u.a. durch Bb2 eine aktive
Figurenstellung aufbauen.} (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Qe3 (13. Be4 Bd7 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 $11) 13... O-O 14. O-O $14)
11... Nc6 (11... O-O 12. Bc2 (12. Bb2 Qd8 (12... Qe7 13. Bc2 Nd7 14. Qd3 f5 15.
a3 Ba5 16. d5 e5 17. d6 Qe6 18. Rd1 b6 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qxe5 Bxc4+
22. Bd3 Bxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qxe5 24. Bxe5 {1-0 Sisniega,M-Dolgitser,K/Syosset 1984/
EXT 2000 (60)}) 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. h4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Rh3 b6 17. Rg3 Bb7 18.
Rd1 Qe7 19. Bc1 Kh8 20. Bb1 Rad8 21. Kg1 Ba8 22. Bg5 {1-0 Kraehenbuehl,
G-Hardarson,R/Reykjavik 1982/MCD (43)}) (12. Rb1 Bd6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Bb2 Qe7
15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. h4 b5 18. d5 Na5 19. cxb5 exd5 20. Qd3 {1-0 Lalic,
B-Medic,M/Pula 1996/EXT 98 (37)}) 12... Qd8 (12... Rd8 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Rb1 Kf8
15. Qh7 Bd6 16. h4 {1-0 Isaksen,B-Ravikumar,V/Esbjerg 1980/EXT 98 (28)}) 13. h4
Nc6 14. Bb2 (14. Qd3 f5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bb2 $36) 14... Be7 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1
Bd7 17. g4 Qc7 18. a3 Nc6 19. g5 Qf4 (19... hxg5 $2 20. hxg5 g6 21. d5 $18) 20.
Rg1 e5 21. d5 Bh3+ $2 (21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qd3 $36) 22. Ke1 Nd4 23.
Nxd4 exd4 24. Qd3 $1 {1-0 Beim,V-Gofshtein,L/Herzliya 1993/CBM 39/[Ribli] (37)}
) (11... Bc3 12. Rb1 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 (13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Qa4 $44) 13... Qxd4 14. Bb2
$36) 12. Bb2 O-O (12... Bc5 13. Bc2 (13. Be4 $5 O-O 14. Qd2 Bb4 $8 15. Qe2 Qe7
$14) 13... O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 $1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 $1 {1-0 Seirawan,
Y-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk aan Zee 1980/MainBase/[ChessBase] (39) /\h5,Rh4-g4}) 13.
Qe2 {Weiß hat Übergewicht im Zentrum, die schwarze Dame steht unglücklich auf
f6. Es droht nun 14.d5.} Qe7 (13... Rd8 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Qe4 f5 16. Qe3 b6 17.
Rg1 Ba3 18. Bxa3 Qxa3 19. g4 Qa4 20. Ra1 (20. Re1 $1) 20... Kh8 21. gxf5 exf5
22. d5 Qa3 23. Rd1 Qa4 24. Rd2 Ba6 25. Rg6 $16 {0-1 Arishin,S-Averchenko,S/
Tomsk 1997/EXT 2000 (35)}) (13... Qd8 14. Rd1 Re8 15. Bb1 Bd6 16. h4 Bd7 17.
Qd3 $40) 14. Rd1 {Dieser Turmzug ist typisch - in der Folge hat Weiß immer die
Option Bb1.} Bd6 15. h4 $14 {Weiß hat eine potentielle Angriffsstellung
erreicht, alle weißen Figuren zielen auf den schwarzen Königsflügel.} Bd7 16.
h5 f5 {Dieser Zug schwächt das Feld g6, zugleich aber kann Schwarz damit die
Aktivität des Bd3 einschränken.} (16... Nb4 17. Bb1 Ba4 18. Rd2 $14) 17. Nh4 {
[%csl Yg6]} Qf7 18. Ng6 Rfe8 19. f4 {Weiß hat großen Raumvorteil, aber die
schwarze Stellung wirkt fest.} Rac8 20. Rh3 {[%cal Gh3g3,Gg3g8,Gb2g7]} Ne7 21.
Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 {[%cal Gb2g7,Gh3g3,Gg3g7] Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und
übt spürbar Druck auf den shwarzen Feldern aus.} Kh8 23. d5 $1 {[%cal Gb2h8]
Mit diesem vorübergehenden Bauernopfer öffnet Weiß die Diagonale des Bb2.} Ng8
$1 {[%cal Gg8f6] Das Schlagen des Bauern wäre mehr als gefährlich, daher
bereitet Schwarz die Verteidigung des Königsflügels mit Nf6 vor.} (23... exd5
24. Rg3 Rg8 25. Re1 Nc6 (25... Rce8 26. Qd6 $18 {[%cal Rd6d7,Rd6h6]}) 26. Qxd5
(26. Qd6 d4) 26... Qxd5 27. cxd5 Nb4 28. Rg6 Kh7 29. Bb1 Rce8 (29... Nxd5 $2
30. Rd6 $18) 30. Rxe8 Bxe8 31. Re6 Bb5+ 32. Kg1 Bd3 (32... Nd3 33. Bxd3 Bxd3
34. Re7 $18 {[%csl Rg7,Rh7][%cal Rd5d6,Rd6d7]}) 33. Bxd3 Nxd3 34. Be5 Nb4 35.
d6 Nc6 36. Rg6 $16) 24. d6 Nf6 25. Be2 Ne4 26. Qa5 Bc6 27. Bf3 b6 (27... e5 28.
Bxe5 Qxc4+ 29. Kg1 {Jetzt droht 30.d7.} Qf7 30. Qxa7 Ra8 31. Qb6 $16 Rxa2 32.
d7 $18) 28. Qe5 Nf6 29. Be2 Ne4 30. Rd4 Bd7 $2 (30... Nc5 $142 $1 $14) {[#]}
31. Rxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} Rc5 (31... fxe4 32. Rg3 Rg8 33. Rg6 {Droht 34.Rxh6
Matt.} Kh7 34. Qxe4 Qf5 35. Bd3 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Rd3h7]}) 32. Ree3 $1 (32.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 33. Bxg7+ Kxg7 34. Re5 $16 (34. Ree3 $16) (34. Rd4 e5 35. fxe5 Rcxe5
36. Rg3+ Kf7 37. Bf3 $16)) 32... Rxe5 33. Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5][%mdl 1024] Weiß hat
R+B für die Q, aber das Feld g7 ist so schwach, dass Weiß früher oder später
das Material - mit Mehrbauern - zurückgewinnt.} Rg8 34. Rhg3 {Droht 35.Rg6
nebst Turmverdopplung. Schwarz kann nur warten.} Kh7 35. Rg6 Be8 36. Reg3 Qd7
37. Rxg7+ Rxg7 38. Rxg7+ Qxg7 39. Bxg7 Kxg7 {Nach einigen forcierten Zügen hat
Weiß einen Bauern gewonnen, aber die Verwertung des Vorteils ist keine leichte
Sache.} 40. Kf2 Kf6 41. g4 (41. Ke3 e5) 41... e5 42. Kg3 Ke6 $2 (42... Bd7 $1
43. gxf5 (43. g5+ hxg5 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. h6 Kf6) (43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. gxf5 Be8
$14) 43... exf4+ 44. Kxf4 Bxf5 $14 {Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr, aber der
Gewinn der Partie ist aufgrund das reduzierten Materials in weiter Ferne .})
43. g5 $1 hxg5 44. fxg5 $18 {Dieses Endspiel ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz -
die weißen Bauern am Königsflügel entscheiden die Partie.} f4+ (44... Kxd6 45.
Kh4 e4 (45... Ke7 46. h6 Kf8 47. Bh5 Bxh5 48. Kxh5 Kf7 49. g6+ Kf6 50. g7 Kf7
51. Kg5 f4 52. Kg4 Kg8 53. Kf3 a6 54. Ke4 Kf7 55. a3 a5 56. a4 Kg8 57. Kxe5 f3
58. Kf6 $18) 46. g6 f4 47. Kg5 f3 48. Bd1 Ke7 49. h6 Kf8 50. Kf6 f2 51. Be2 Kg8
52. c5 {[%cal Re2c4,Rc4g8]} b5 53. Bf1 e3 (53... a5 54. Bh3 Bd7 55. h7+ Kh8 56.
Kf7 $18) 54. Bd3 $18) 45. Kg4 Kxd6 46. g6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Das ist die sogenannte Mikenas Variante der
Englischen Eröffnung. Sie führt gewöhnlich zu scharfem Spiel, was für
geschlossene Eröffnungen nicht gerade typisch ist.} d5 (3... c5) 4. e5 d4 5.
exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 e5) 7... e5 8. Bd3 {Diese
Figurenentwicklung ist die neue Mode in der Mikenas Variante. Früher spielte
man 8.d4, doch danach bekommt Schwarz bequemes Spiel.} (8. d4 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+
10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nc6 $11) 8... Na6 {Es gibt sehr
viele Entwicklungspläne in dieser Stellung, der Textzug wird jedoch am
häufigsten gespielt.} (8... Bd6 9. O-O c6) (8... Nc6 9. O-O Bd6) 9. O-O Bd6 10.
Bc2 (10. Re1) 10... Bg4 11. d4 (11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14.
gxf3 c5 $1 $11) 11... Bxf3 (11... O-O-O $2 12. Bg5 $1 Qxg5 13. Nxg5 Bxd1 14.
Raxd1 $16) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O {In dieser Stellung hat Weiß zwar zwei
Doppelbauern, dafür aber besitzt er das Läuferpaarsteht und der schwarze Na6
steht passiv.} (13... exd4 $5 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. Be4 Rb8 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bb2 (17.
Be3) 17... Kc7 18. d5 Rhe8 (18... Rbe8 19. Bf5 Nb8 20. Re4) 19. Rad1 g6 20. Re3
Rbc8 $6 (20... Bf4 $142 $5) (20... f5 21. Bc2 Bf4 $5) 21. Bc2 Nb8 22. Rde1 Rxe3
23. fxe3 $14 {1-0 Poluljahov,A-Ivanov,S/Samara 2000/CBM 78/[Ribli] (72)}) 14.
c5 {Weiß muss so fortsetzen, ansonsten kann sein Gegner die Stellung mit c7-c5
abschließen.} (14. Rb1 c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19.
Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan 1996/EXT
96ch2 (21)}) 14... Bf8 15. c6 $146 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18.
Bf5+ Kb8 19. Rfb1 Nd5 20. a4 g6 21. Be6 Bg7 22. c6 b6 23. a5 {1-0 Suba,
M-Pogorelov,R/Berga 1994/EXT 2000 (48)}) 15... exd4 (15... bxc6 16. Bf5+ Kb7
17. Rb1+ Ka8 18. dxe5 $16) (15... b6 16. dxe5 $14 (16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bf5+ Ne6 18.
dxe5) (16. Bf5+ $2 Kb8 17. Bd3 Nc5)) 16. cxb7+ Kb8 (16... Kxb7 $6 17. Rb1+ $40)
17. cxd4 Nb4 {Schwarz verzichtet zugunsten der Verbesserung seiner
Sprginerstellung auf das Schlagen des Pd4.} (17... Rxd4 $5 18. Be3 Rb4 19. Be4
Nc5 $13) 18. Be4 Nd5 (18... Rxd4 19. Be3 Rd7 20. Rfd1 $36) 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Bg5
f6 {Schwarz ist konsequent und verzichtet erneut auf das Schlagen des Pd4.} (
20... Rxd4 $5) 21. Be3 Nxb1 22. Rxb1 $44 {Weiß hat das Läuferpaar, sein Pb7
ist stark. Nun droht er 23.Bc6, 24.d5 , 25.Rb5 und 26.Ra5.} Rd6 $1 {Schwarz
verteidigt sich gegen 23.Bc6 und bereitet 23...Rb6 vor.} 23. Bf4 Rb6 {[#]} 24.
Bxc7+ $1 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert eine Figur. Es ist klar, dass Weiß nach
diesem Zug die Initiative erhält, doch in der Folge bekommt Schwarz gute
Remischancen.} Kxc7 25. Rc1+ Bc5 $1 {Schwarz muss die Figur zurück geben.} (
25... Kd7 26. Rc8 $16) 26. Rxc5+ Kb8 (26... Kd7 $2 27. Bf5+ Ke7 28. Rc7+ Kd6
29. Rc8 $18) 27. Bc6 Rd8 28. d5 (28. Rc4 $2 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxd4 $15) 28... Rxb7
(28... Rb2 $5) 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Kg2 {[%mdl 4096]} a6 $6 {Hier konnte Schwarz
auf einfachem Wege Remis erreichen.} (30... Kb6 31. Rc6+ Kb7 32. Re6 Kc7 $11)
31. a4 $14 {In diesem Endspiel hat Schwarz Remischancen, aber er muss präzise
spielen. Der weiße Mehrbauer ist nicht so gefährlich, und die weiße
Bauernstruktur am Königsflügel ist schlecht.} Rd7 32. Kg3 Kb6 33. Rc6+ Ka5 (
33... Kb7 34. Re6 $14) 34. d6 Kxa4 35. Rc7 Rxd6 36. Rxg7 {Das Endspiel ist
materiell ausgeglichen, aber Weiß besitzt etwas Initiative.} h5 37. Rh7 Rd5 (
37... a5 $5 38. Rxh5 Ra6 39. h4 Kb4 40. Rh8 a4 $132) 38. Rh6 Rg5+ $6 (38... Rf5
39. f4 a5 40. Kf3 Kb4 41. Ke4 Rb5 42. Rxf6 a4 43. Ra6 a3 44. f5 Ra5 45. Rxa5
Kxa5 46. f6 a2 47. f7 a1=Q 48. f8=Q Qh1+ 49. f3 Qxh2 $11) 39. Kf4 Rg2 40. Rxh5
Rxf2 41. h4 $16 a5 42. Rh8 Ka3 (42... Kb3 $2 43. h5 a4 44. h6 a3 45. h7 Rh2 46.
Rb8+ $18) 43. h5 Rh2 44. h6 a4 45. h7 {[%csl Ra3] Man könnte sagen, dass
Schwarz mit einem König weniger spielt! Der schwarze König darf die a-Linie
nicht verlassen, sonst kommt ein Turmschach und Weiß gewinnt sofort.} Rh5 46.
Kg4 Rh1 (46... Rg5+ 47. Kh4 Rg7 48. Kh5 $18) 47. f4 Rh2 48. Kf5 Rh4 (48... Rh6
49. Ke6 $18) 49. Ke4 Rh5 (49... Ka2) 50. f5 $22 Ka2 (50... Rh4+ 51. Kd5 $18)
51. Ra8 Rxh7 52. Rxa4+ Kb3 53. Ra6 $18 {Dank seines aktiven Königs und Turms
gewinnt Weiß den Pf6 und die Partie.} Re7+ 54. Re6 Rf7 55. Kd5 Kc3 {Der
schwarze König steht weit ab vom Geschehen. Schwarz ist machtlos.} 56. Re8 Ra7
57. Ke6 Ra6+ 58. Kf7 Kd4 59. Re6 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Jirovsky, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Bulletin} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 (5. Nf3 $5 {Lautier,
J-Christiansen,L Biel 1991 CBM/25}) 5... dxe4 6. Qg4 Bd7 (6... Na6 7. Qxe4 Bd7
8. d4 Bb4+ 9. Ke2 Bc6 10. Qd3 Qh4 11. Nf3 Bxf3+ 12. Kxf3 $14 {Huebner,
R-Christiansen,L CBM/27}) (6... c5 $5) 7. Qxe4 Bc6 8. Qe3 Na6 9. d4 Nb4 10. Kd2
$1 {[#]} Qh4 (10... a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Ke1 $1 Be7 13. Bd2 a4 14. Bc3 O-O 15. Nf3
Qd7 16. Rd1 $14 {Chandler-Mednis New York 1980 29/36}) 11. a3 O-O-O 12. Ne2 $1
Ba4 (12... Na6 13. b4 $16) 13. b3 $2 (13. axb4 Bxb4+ 14. Kd3 $18) 13... Bxb3 $1
14. Qxb3 Rxd4+ 15. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Ke2 Qxa1 17. axb4 (17. Bb2 Qb1 18. axb4 Qe4+
$44 (18... Be7 $5)) 17... Qxc1 $15 18. g3 Qa1 19. f4 Be7 20. Bg2 Qa6 21. Rd1
Qb6 $2 (21... Rd8 $5) 22. Qa4 $1 c6 23. c5 Qb5+ 24. Qxb5 cxb5 25. Bxb7+ Kc7 26.
Bf3 Bd8 (26... Rd8 27. Ra1 Kb8 28. Ra5 $18) 27. c6 Rf8 28. Rd7+ Kb8 29. Rb7+
Kc8 30. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sorokin, Maxim"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 {Eine seltene Fortsetzung. Häufiger
wird die Variante 4...d4 5.exf6 bxc3 6.dxc3 Qxf6 gespielt. Ribli.} 5. Nxe4 {
Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß einen Bauern, aber Schwarz erlangt ausgezeichnete
Kompensation. Nach meiner Meinung ist es besser, ohne diesen Bauerngewinn die
Entwicklung so schnell wie möglich abzuschließen.} (5. Nf3) 5... dxe4 6. Qg4 {
[%csl Re4]} Nc6 (6... Qd4 $2 7. Nf3 $16 {[%cal Gg4d4]}) 7. Qxe4 Qd4 8. Qxd4
Nxd4 {[%csl Ra1,Yc2,Gd4,Re1] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger, aber sein
Springer steht ausgezeichnet auf d4 und er entfaltet positionellen Druck in
der d-Linie.} 9. Rb1 (9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Ne2 (10. Be4 Bc6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6 12. Nf3
Nb4 13. Ke2 O-O-O 14. Ne1 Nc6 15. f4 Be7 16. d3 Nd4+ 17. Kf2 f6 18. exf6 Bxf6
$44 {0-1 Kluger,G-Fuchs,R/Kislovodsk 1964 (37)}) 10... Bc5 11. b4 Nxe2 12. Kxe2
Bd4 13. Rb1 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Rozentalis,E/EUCup f 1997}) (9. Kd1 Bc5 (
9... Bd7 10. d3 Bc6 11. Ne2 Bc5) 10. d3 Nc6 11. f4 f6 12. Nf3 fxe5 13. fxe5 O-O
14. Be2 Bd7 15. Bd2 Be8 16. Ng5 Bd7 17. Bg4 Rae8 18. Bc3 Bd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20.
Nf3 Rf4 21. h3 Bc6 22. Nxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Dvorietzky,M-Petrosian,T/URS-ch43
1975}) 9... b6 (9... Bd7 10. Ne2 Bc5 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. f4 Bc6 13. b4 Ba4 14.
Bd3 O-O-O 15. Be4 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. b5 f5 18. Rb4 Bxb5 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20.
Rxb5+ Kc6 21. Ke2 Rb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Kd3 Rd8 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. g3 h5 26. Bb2
Kc5 27. Bxd4+ Kxd4 28. Re1 Re8 29. d3 Re7 30. Re5 c6 31. Re1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Zita,
F-Prucha,K/UJCS-17.Kongress 1943 (40)}) 10. Nf3 (10. d3 Bb7 11. Be3 O-O-O $44)
10... Bc5 $44 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4,Re1][%cal Gc8b7,Gb7h1]} (10... Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 Bb7
12. Ke2 {Auch in diesem Fall hat Schwarz positionellen Druck. Weiß plant 13.d3
nebst 14.Be3.}) 11. d3 (11. b4 $2 Nc2+ $17) 11... Bb7 12. Nxd4 (12. Be2 O-O-O
$44) 12... Bxd4 {[%csl Gb7,Gd4,Re1]} 13. Bf4 (13. f4 h5 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Gd4]
[%cal Rh5h4] Schwarz gewinnt Raum am Königsflügel und hat dauerhafte
Kompensation für den geopferten Bauern.}) 13... a5 $1 {Schwarz möchte 14...a4
und dann eventuell 15...Ra5 spielen.} 14. a4 O-O-O 15. f3 h5 $1 {Schwarz übt
großen positionellen Druck auf dem gesamten Brett aus und droht weiteren
Raumgewinn mittels 16...h4.} 16. h4 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gh8g8,
Gg8g2]} 18. Kd2 (18. Be2 {[%csl Re2]} Rhg8 19. Kf1 e5 $15) 18... e5 19. Be3
Rhg8 {[%csl Rf1,Rg2,Gg8] Der schwarze Turm steht sehr aktiv in der g-Linie.
Für Weiß hingegen ist es schwierig, seine Stellung zu verbessern.} 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 {[%csl Rd2,Gd4,Rf1,Rg2,Gg8]} 21. Ke3 (21. Re1 Kd7 {Und wie in der Partie
spielt Schwarz 22...Kd6 nebst 23...f5.}) 21... f5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Gf5,Gg8]} 22.
Re1 Kd7 23. Kf2 Kd6 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6,Ge5,Gf5,Gg8] Alles ist verteidigt,
früher oder später spielt Schwarz den Durchbruch ...e5-e4 und erringt große
Initiative. Es sei zudem angemerkt, daß der schwarze König im Endspiel leicht
über die Felder c5/b4 in den weißen Damenflügel eindringen kann.} 24. g3 (24.
Rh3 $5) 24... e4 25. dxe4 (25. Bg2 $2 exd3 (25... exf3 26. Bxf3 Bxf3 27. Kxf3
Rxd3+ $17 {[%csl Rg3]}) 26. Ke3 c5 $19) 25... fxe4 26. fxe4 $6 (26. Bg2 $5 Rd2+
27. Re2 Rxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rxg3 (28... exf3+ 29. Bxf3 Re8+ 30. Kf2 Rf8 31. Rd1+ Kc5
32. Rd3 Kxc4 33. Ke2) 29. Kf2 exf3 30. Kxg3 fxg2 31. Rd1+ Kc5 $15 {[%csl Gb7,
Gg2]}) 26... Rf8+ 27. Kg1 $8 Bxe4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf8,Rg1,Rh1]} 28. Rh2 (28. Bg2
Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Rd2+ $15 {[%csl Gd2,Rg2]}) 28... Rf3 $17 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6,Ge4,Gf3]
Schwarz hat mehr als ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern und Weiß kann
seinen Materialsvorteil nicht länger behaupten.} 29. Rhe2 (29. Kg2 $5 {Der
König steht sehr gefährdet in der Diagonalen des Läufers e4, aber es gibt
keinen sofortigen Gewinn.}) 29... Rxg3+ 30. Kf2 (30. Kh2 Rg4 $17 {[%csl Gd4,
Gd6,Ge4,Gg4,Rh2,Rh4]}) 30... Rf3+ 31. Kg1 Rf4 {[%csl Gd4,Gd6,Ge4,Gf4,Rg1,Rh4]}
32. Rh2 Bc6 $17 {[%cal Rd4h4,Rc6a4] Die schwachen Bauern a4 und h4 sind kaum
zu verteidigen.} 33. Rhe2 Rg4+ $1 (33... Bxa4 $17) 34. Kf2 Rdf4+ 35. Ke3 {
[%csl Re1,Re2,Re3] Der weiße König blockiert die eigenen Türme.} Rxh4 (35...
Rxc4 $6 36. Rd2+ {[%cal Rd2d6,Rf1c4]}) 36. b3 Kc5 $19 {Das Eindringen des
schwarzen Königs entscheidet den Kampf.} (36... Rf3+ 37. Kd2 Rxb3 $19) 37. Kd2
Rh1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Rf4f1,Rh1f1]} 38. Re5+ Kd4 39. Bd3 Rxe1 {Weiß gab auf.
Der h-Freibauer entscheidet unterstützt vom Läufer die Partie.} (39... Rxe1 40.
Rxe1 h4 $19 {[%csl Gc6,Gd4,Gf4,Gh4]} (40... Rf2+ 41. Re2 (41. Be2 Bf3 $19)
41... Rxe2+ 42. Bxe2 h4 $19)) 0-1

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.17"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kostenko, Petr"]
[Black "Yu, Shaoteng"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2494"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.08.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas Variante führt zu - für die
Englische Eröffnung ungewöhnlich - scharfem Spiel.} d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6.
bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 Bb4+ $11) 9... Qe6+ 10.
Be2 f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bh4 Bc5 $11) 7... e5 8. Bd3 {Diese Fortsetzung ist in
jüngster Zeit sehr populär - Weiß zieht noch nicht d2-d4, sondern strebt
schnelle Figurenentwicklung an.} Na6 9. Qe2 $5 {Das ist eine sonderbare
Fortsetzung. Meiner Meinung nach ist dieser Zug weniger gefährlich für Schwarz
als das gewöhnliche 9.0-0.} (9. O-O Bg4 $5 (9... Nc5 $6 10. Be2 (10. Nxe5 $5
Bd6 $5 (10... Qxe5 11. Re1 Nxd3 12. Rxe5+ Nxe5 13. Qe2 $18) 11. Bc2 Bxe5 12. d4
$14 Bd6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rb1 $36) 10... e4 11. Nd4 Bd6 12. Nb5 Bd7 13. Nxd6+
Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,M-Marciano,D/Andorra 1991/EXT 97 (47)}) (9... Bd6
10. Bc2 {[#]} Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3 {[#]} 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 O-O-O 14. c5 $1 (14.
Rb1 c5 $1 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5
Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/Erevan olm 1996}) 14... Bf8 15. c6 (
15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bf5+ Kb8 19. Rfb1 Nd5 20. a4 g6 21.
Be6 Bg7 22. c6 b6 23. a5 {1-0 Suba,M-Pogorelov,R/Berga 1994/EXT 2000 (48)})
15... exd4 16. cxb7+ Kb8 17. cxd4 Nb4 (17... Rxd4 $5 18. Be3 Rb4 19. Be4 Nc5
$13) 18. Be4 Nd5 19. Rb1 Nc3 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Rxd4 $5) 21. Be3 Nxb1 22. Rxb1
$44 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Leitao,R/New Delhi/Theran 2000/CBM 81/[Ribli] (59)}) 10.
Be2 e4 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. f3 Bc5 13. Kh1 Bxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rb1 exf3 16. Rxf3
O-O 17. Bb2 Qh4 18. Rg3 f6 19. d4 Rad8 20. Bc3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,
L-Aleksandrov,A/Herceg Novi YUG 2001/(45)}) 9... Bd6 10. Bc2 (10. O-O Bg4 11.
Be4 Nc5 $11) (10. Be4 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb4+ 13. Kf1 $13) 10... O-O (
10... Bg4 $5) 11. O-O Bf5 $11 {Die schwarzen Figuren sind gut entwickelt.} (
11... Bg4 12. Qe4 Qg6 $11) 12. d4 (12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. d4 exd4 (13... e4 14. Ng5
Rfe8 15. Re1 $16) 14. cxd4 $11) 12... exd4 13. cxd4 Rfe8 14. Be3 c5 (14... c6
$11) 15. Qd2 $6 {Weiß vermeidet die Fesslung auf der e-Linie, nun aber bekommt
Schwarz die bessere Bauernstruktur.} (15. d5 Nb4 (15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nb4 17.
Qb3 $14) 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 $11) 15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 cxd4 17. Bxd4 (17. Nxd4 Bc5 $15
(17... Nc5 18. Nb5 $11)) 17... Qg6 18. Qb2 (18. Qxg6 hxg6 $15) 18... b6 $15 {
[%mdl 32] Schwarz hat die bessere Bauernstruktur - der Pc4 ist ein ewiger
Schwachpunkt in der weißen Stellung.} 19. Rad1 Nc5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist zu
optimistisch - der Springer steht zwar gut auf c5, aber Weiß bekommt nun
taktische Gegenchancen.} (19... Rad8 $15) 20. Bxg7 {Dieser Zug führt zu
Vereinfachungen. Die schwarze Bauernstellung am Königsflügel wird deutlich
geschwächt.} Bxh2+ (20... Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxd6 Re2 $14) 21. Nxh2 Qxg7
22. Qa3 (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 $15) 22... Re4 {[%csl Ge4]} 23. Rc1 Kh8 {[%cal Ga8g8,
Gg8g2]} 24. Rc3 {[%cal Gc3h3]} (24. Rfe1 Rg8 25. g3 Qd4 $15) 24... Rh4 25. Rh3
(25. Rg3 $6 Qh6 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Rh3 Rxh3 28. Qxh3 Qxh3 29. gxh3 Rg8+ 30. Kh1
Re8 $17 {[%cal Ge8e2]}) 25... Rxh3 (25... Rg8 $6 26. Rg3 $132) 26. Qxh3 Rg8 {
Schwarz hat Initiative und das bessere Figurenspiel, aber die weiße Stellung
ist verteidigungsfähig.} 27. Rd1 Ne6 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Re6f4,Rf4h3,Rf4g2]} 28.
g3 Qe5 (28... Rc8 $15) 29. Qg2 Qc3 (29... Nf4 30. Qf3 $11) 30. Qf3 Qxf3 31.
Nxf3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Nach dem Damentausch entsteht eine ausgeglichene
Stellung - die beiderseitigen Schwächen heben sich gegeneinander auf.} Rd8 32.
Rd5 $6 (32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $11) 32... Kg7 (32... Rxd5 33. cxd5 $11) 33. Kf1 Kf6 34.
Ke2 Rxd5 (34... Re8 35. Re5 $11) 35. cxd5 Nc7 (35... Nc5 $6 36. Ke3 $14) 36. d6
Nb5 {Weiß scheint Probleme zu bekommen, weil er seinen d-Bauern nicht halten
kann. Dafür aber bekommt Weiß Gegenchancen am Königsflügel.} 37. d7 Ke7 38. Kd3
Kxd7 (38... f6 $5 $15 {Nach diesem Zug ist es nicht so leicht für Weiß seine
Gegenchancen unter Beweis zu stellen.}) 39. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5f7,Rg5h7]} Ke7 (39...
f6 40. Nxh7 Ke6 41. g4 $11) 40. Nxh7 f6 41. g4 {Weiß möchte 42.g4-g5 ziehen
und den Springer befreien.} Nd6 42. g5 fxg5 (42... f5 43. g6 $14) 43. Nxg5 a6
44. Ne4 Nb5 {Der Springertausch wäre unlogisch aus schwarzer Sicht.} (44...
Nxe4 45. Kxe4 Ke6 46. Kd4 Kd6 47. f4 b5 48. f5 a5 49. f6 b4 50. Kc4 Ke6 51. Kb5
Kxf6 52. Kxa5 Ke7 53. Kxb4 Kd8 $11) 45. Nc3 Nc7 46. Ke4 Ke6 47. Kd4 (47. f4 b5
$11) 47... Kd6 48. Ke4 b5 49. f4 b4 (49... a5 $11) 50. Na4 Nd5 51. f5 Nc3+ {
Nun ist die Stellung endgültig Remis.} (51... a5 $11) 52. Nxc3 bxc3 53. Kd3 Ke5
54. Kxc3 Kxf5 55. Kb4 Ke6 56. Ka5 Kd7 57. Kxa6 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Herzliya"]
[Site "Herzliya"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Beim, Valery"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 (7...
e5 $5) 8. Nf3 h6 (8... cxd4 9. Bg5 $1 $14) 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $5
(11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 13. Qe3 $14) 11... O-O (11... Nc6 12. Bb2 Bc5 13.
Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 $14 {Seirawan,Y-Kortchnoi,V/Wijk aa Zee/1980/INF29,
39/}) 12. Bc2 Qd8 13. h4 Nc6 14. Bb2 (14. Qd3 f5 15. d5 Ne7 16. Bb2 $36) 14...
Be7 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bd7 17. g4 Qc7 18. a3 Nc6 19. g5 Qf4 (19... hxg5 $2 20.
hxg5 g6 21. d5 $18) 20. Rg1 e5 21. d5 Bh3+ $2 (21... Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Qd3
$36) 22. Ke1 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Qd3 $1 Bb4+ 25. axb4 Rfe8+ 26. Kd1 Bg4+ 27.
Rxg4 $1 Qxg4+ 28. Kc2 Re2+ (28... Qe2+ 29. Kb3 Qxd3+ 30. Bxd3 $18) 29. Kb3 Rxf2
30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bd3 Rxb2+ 32. Kxb2 Qg2+ 33. Bc2 Qd2 34. Ra3 Re8 35. d6 $1
Qxb4+ 36. Rb3 Qxd6 37. Rxb7 1-0

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Thorsteins, Karl"]
[Black "Li, Wenliang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1993.10.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 $6 (9. Bg5 $1 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Fuchs,R/DDR/1979/INF27,33/}) 9...
Bb4+ (9... Nc6 10. a3 $14 {Kasparov,G-Weemaes,R/Cannes/1988/CBM6/}) 10. Bd2
Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 b6 (11... Nc6 $5) 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Qe3
Nc6 16. Rab1 (16. d5 $2 exd5 17. cxd5 Ne7 $17) (16. Rac1 $5) 16... Ne7 17. Ne5
Nf5 18. Qf4 g5 19. Ng4 gxf4 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kh6 22. d5 (22. Nxf4 Nxd4
$15) 22... e5 (22... exd5 23. Nxf4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Kg7 $10) 23. Nf6 Kg7 24. Ne4
Nd4 25. Bf1 Rac8 26. Nd2 Ba6 27. Rdc1 Rc7 28. Re1 f6 29. Bd3 Ne6 30. Nb3 Nc5
31. Bf1 Bc8 32. g3 fxg3 33. hxg3 Bf5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Rb3 Ra5 36. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Black "Masserey, Yvan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4 Bc5 (12... c6 $2 13. Bg4 $1
Na6 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. O-O $16 {Renet,O-van Gisbergen,S/Groningen op/INF57,(17)/
}) 13. Nb3 (13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 Na6 $10 {Schwartzman,G-Timoshenko,G/Bucharest
ENE/1993/CBM40/INF59,20/}) 13... Ba3 (13... Na6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 $14) 14.
O-O O-O 15. Bf3 (15. Qd5 c6 16. Qa5 (16. Qxf7+ $5 $10) 16... Bb2 17. Rab1 b6
18. Qb4 Na6 19. Qa4 Bxc3 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Rbc1 $10) 15... c6 16. Qd4 Na6 17. c5
Be6 18. Bd6 Rfd8 19. Qe3 (19. Qa4 Bb2 20. Rab1 Bxc3 21. Rbc1 Bb2 22. Rb1 Be5 (
22... Bc3 $10) 23. Na5 $44) 19... Re8 20. Qd4 Rad8 21. Qa4 Bb2 22. Rab1 Bxc3
23. Rbc1 Bb2 (23... Be5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bxe5 Bxb3 26. axb3 Nxc5 27. Rxc5 Rxe5
28. Rxc6 $10) 24. Rb1 Be5 25. Na5 Bxd6 26. cxd6 Nc5 27. Qa3 b6 28. Nxc6 Rxd6
29. Rfe1 Bf5 30. Ra1 Be4 (30... a5 31. Nxa5 $10) (30... a6 31. Qb4 $13) 31.
Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dresden zt 1.2"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "1998.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Dizdar, Goran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.04.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 {
Dieser Zug genießt heutzutage den Vorzug gegenüber seiner Alternative 7.d4,
wonach Schwarz 7...e5!? ziehen kann. Ribli.} e5 8. Bd3 {Weiß spielt (noch)
nicht d2-d4, sondern strebt nach schneller Figurenentwicklung.} Na6 {[%cal
Ga6c5] Der schwarze Springer strebt nach c5.} (8... Bd6 9. O-O Nc6 (9... c6 10.
Re1 $1) 10. Rb1 $5 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bh7+ (12. Be4 Be6 $1 (12... Bd7
13. Bb2 Rae8 14. d4 b6 15. Rad1 $14 {Weiß erlangt das bessere Figurenspiel und
hat ein starkes Zentrum errichtet.}) 13. Rb1 Rab8 14. d3 Bf5 $1 $11) 12... Kh8
13. Be4)) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 (10. Re1 $5 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Nxe5 Bxe5 (11... Re8
12. Nf3 Bg4 $44) 12. Qh5 Bxh2+ 13. Qxh2 Bf5 $11) 11... Kh8 12. Be4 (12. Bxh7 g6
$17) 12... Nc5 $11 13. d4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 exd4 15. cxd4 c6 16. Bg5 Qf5 17. Qxf5
Bxf5 18. Be7 $5 Bxe7 19. Rxe7 {1/2-1/2 Miles,A-Oll,L/Maroczy mem 1997 (25)}) (
10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 (12... c6 13. Nxe5 $1 Nc5 14. Qa3 {
[%csl Ga3][%cal Ga3d6]} Qxe5 (14... Be6 15. Rfe1 $16) 15. Rae1 Nxd3 16. Rxe5+
Nxe5 17. Re1 $18 {[%cal Re1e8]}) 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 (14... Rd8 15. d4 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 exd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4 18. Rad1 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 15. Rfe1 g6 16. h3 (16.
d4 $6 exd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxf3 $15) 16... Bd7 17. d4 $11 exd4 18. cxd4
Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kg7 20. Ree1 b6 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Tal,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991/
CBM 24/[Ribli]}) 10... Bg4 (10... O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf5 13. Rb1 Rab8 14.
Bg5 Qg6 15. Bxf5 Qxf5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bh4 c5 {Hauchard,A-Levacic,D/FRA-chT 1993/
1/2-1/2 (65)}) 11. d4 (11. Rb1 O-O-O 12. d4 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14. gxf3 $11)
11... Bxf3 (11... O-O-O 12. Be4 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Rb1 exd4 15. cxd4 Rhe8 16.
Qa4 Re7 17. Bg4+ {1-0 Vanderwaeren,S-Praet,M/BEL-ch 1996}) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13.
gxf3 exd4 $146 {Eine interessante Idee. Schwarz rochiert nicht, sondern nimmt
sofort den Kampf gegen das weiße Zentrum auf. Im Folgendem blockiert er mit ...
c7-c5.} (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 (14. Re1 $2 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb4 $17 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Rb4e1,Rb4c3,Rc3a1,Rc3d4]}) 14... c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Rb3 Nb8
18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Jussupow,A/
Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2}) 14. Re1+ (14. cxd4 c5 15. Rb1 O-O-O $11) 14... Kd8
{Der König findet auf c7 einen ruhigen Platz.} 15. Be4 (15. cxd4 c5 16. Be4 Kc7
17. Rb1 Rab8 $11) 15... Rb8 $5 (15... Re8 16. cxd4 $14 (16. Bg5+ f6 17. Bxb7
Rxe1+ (17... Rb8) 18. Rxe1 Rb8 19. Bxa6 fxg5 20. cxd4 $14)) 16. cxd4 c5 17. Be3
(17. Bb2 Kc7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 $11 {[%csl Gc5]} 19. Bxg7 $4 Rhg8 $19 {[%cal Rg8g1]}
) 17... Kc7 $11 {Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar, aber die schwarze Stellung ist
fest und die weißen Doppelbauern in der f-Linie sind eine potentielle Schwäche.
} 18. Rab1 (18. Kg2) 18... Rhd8 {Der schwarze Springer steht ein wenig passiv
auf a6, aber er kontrolliert den wichtigen Punkt c5.} 19. d5 {Die schwarze
Drohung war 19...cxd4 nebst 20...Bxh2+ oder 19...cxd4 gefolgt von 20...Nc5.} (
19. Rb5 b6 (19... cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxd4 22. Bxb7 $13 Rxb7 $2 23.
Re7+ {[%cal Re7b7,Rb5b7]})) (19. Kg2) 19... b6 20. f4 Re8 21. Bd2 Re7 $6 {
Schwarz möchte seine Türme verdoppeln, aber es wäre wohl besser gewesen,
zunächst den Königsflügel zu sichern.} (21... g6 $5 $11) 22. Bxh7 $5 $13 Rxe1+
(22... g6 {[%csl Rh7]} 23. Bc3 {[%cal Gc3h8]} (23. Rxe7+ Bxe7 24. f5 Rh8 25.
Re1 (25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Bxg6 Rg8 $17 {[%cal Rg8g1]}) 25... Bd6 26. fxg6 fxg6 27.
Bxg6 Rg8 28. Re6)) 23. Rxe1 Rh8 24. Bb1 (24. Bd3 Nb4 25. Bb1 Rh4 26. a3 $5 (26.
Bxb4 $6 cxb4 $11 {[%csl Rb1,Gd6,Rf2,Rf4,Rh2,Gh4]})) 24... Rh4 {[%csl Gh4]
Schwarz erlangt Gegenspiel am Königsflügel, denn der weiße f4-Bauer ist kaum
zu halten.} 25. Re4 Nb8 {Schwarz plant ...Nb8-d7, um den Springer ins Spiel zu
bringen.} (25... f5 26. Re6 $16 {[%csl Ge6]}) 26. Re8 Bxf4 {Dieser Zug
verliert eigentlich eine Figur, aber Schwarz bekommt eine gefährliche
Bauernlawine am Damenflügel.} (26... Nd7 27. Ra8 (27. Bf5 Bxf4 (27... Nf6) 28.
Re7 (28. Bxf4+ Rxf4 $11 {[%csl Gf4]}) 28... Bxd2 29. Rxd7+ Kb8 30. Rxf7 $14 {
[%csl Gd5,Gf5,Gf7]}) 27... Kb7 28. Rg8 Bxf4 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxg7 Ne5 $14 {
[%csl Ge5,Gf4]}) 27. Bxf4+ Rxf4 28. d6+ Kxd6 (28... Kb7 29. Be4+ Nc6 (29... Ka6
30. Rxb8 Rxe4 31. d7 $18) (29... Rxe4 30. Rxe4 $18) 30. Re7+ $18) 29. Rxb8 Rxc4
{[%csl Ga7,Rb1,Gb6,Gc5,Gd6] Schwarz hat lediglich zwei Bauern für die Figur,
aber der weiße Läufer steht recht unglücklich.} 30. Kg2 $2 (30. Rd8+ Ke5 31.
Rd1 $5 $14) 30... Rb4 $132 {[%csl Rb1,Gb4]} 31. Bc2 c4 $15 32. Rc8 $2 (32. Kf3
Rb2 33. Be4 Rxa2 34. Ke3 $15) 32... b5 33. a4 $4 (33. Bh7 $142 Rb2 34. a4 {
[%csl Rc4]} a6 35. Ra8 {Milov}) 33... bxa4 $1 $19 {[%csl Ga4,Gb4,Rc2,Gc4][%cal
Ra4a3,Ra3a2,Ra2a1] Mit der Unterstützung durch den Turm sind die beiden
schwarzen Freibauern für den Anziehenden tödlich.} (33... Rb2 34. Bd1) 34. Ra8
a3 35. Rxa7 Rb2 $19 36. Be4 (36. Rxa3 Rxc2 $19 {Und der schwarze c-Bauer
entscheidet die Partie.}) (36. Bh7 a2 37. Bg8 c3 38. Bxf7 c2 $19) 36... a2 37.
Kf3 c3 38. Ke3 c2 39. Kd2 (39. Bxc2 Rxc2 40. h4 Kc5 $19) 39... Rb1 {Weiß gab
auf.} (39... Rb1 40. Rxa2 (40. Bxc2 a1=Q 41. Rxa1 Rxa1 $19) 40... c1=Q+ $19)
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch U20"]
[Site "Cheboksary"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Iljin, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 {Diese
traditionelle Fortsetzung ist heutzutage wieder populär; vor ein paar Jahren
spielte man diese Variante ohne d2-d4, mit 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3 und später d2-d4.} c5
{Dieser Zug ist logisch, aber meiner Meinung nach bietet die Alternative 7...
e5 Schwarz mehr Ausgleichschanchen.} 8. Nf3 h6 (8... cxd4 9. Bg5 $1 Qf5 10.
cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ (11... Qa5 12. Rb1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 $14)
12. Qxd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gf1d3]}) 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 {
Das ist die natürliche Fortsetzung, aber Seirawans alter Zug 11.Kf1!? ist auch
gut spielbar.} (11. Kf1 $5 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bc5 (12... O-O 13. Qe2 Qd8 14. Rd1 $36)
13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 $14 {Seirawan,
Y-Kortschnoj,V/Wijk 1980 1-0 (39)}) 11... Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Nc6 (12... O-O 13. O-O
Rd8 14. Rae1 $5 $146 {[%cal Ge1e4,Ge4f4]} (14. Qe3 $5 Nc6 15. Rad1) 14... Nc6
15. Re4 g6 $5 16. Qxh6 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 (18. Qe3 $5 Rd8 19. h4 $36 {
[%cal Gh4h5]}) 18... Qxd4 19. Rd1 Bd7 $8 {1/2-1/2 Oratovsky,M-Kruppa,Y/
Budapest 1999/EXT 2000/[Oratovsky,M] (25)}) 13. Qe3 (13. Be4 Bd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Rab1 Rab8 16. Rfe1 (16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 $11) 16... Rfd8 17. d5 exd5
18. cxd5 Bf5 19. Qe3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 {1-0 Chilingirova,P-Dambravaite,R/Manila
1992/TD 92\07 (25)}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Bd7 (14... Rd8 15. Rad1 Bd7 (15... b6 $2
16. Qe4 Bb7 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Be4) 16. Rfe1 $36) 15. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd4]
[%cal Ge1e8] Die starke Zentrumstellung von Weiß bietet nachhaltige Initiative.
} Rfd8 16. Be4 Be8 17. Rad1 Rd6 18. d5 {Mit diesem typischem Durchbruch
bekommt Weiß gefährliche Initiative. Das Hauptproblem für Schwarz ist sein
mangelndes Gegenspiel und seine passive Stellung.} exd5 (18... Ne7 19. dxe6
Rxe6 (19... Rxd1 20. exf7+ $16) 20. Nd4 $16) 19. cxd5 Ne7 20. Ne5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Gd5,Rd6][%cal Ge5c4,Gd1d8,Ge1e8][%mdl 2048] Weiß hat ausgezeichnete
Figurenspiel - seine Drohung ist 21.Nc4.} Bb5 21. Qc5 Rb6 (21... a6 22. Ng4 Qf4
23. g3 b6 24. Qb4 $18) 22. d6 Ng6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. d7 $18 {[%csl Gd7] Der
d-Freibauer entscheidet die Partie.} Rd8 25. a4 {Auf diese Weise verjagt Weiß
den Läufer von b5.} Ba6 (25... Bxa4 26. Qc4+ $18) (25... Bc6 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27.
Re8+ Kh7 28. Qd5 $18) 26. Nxg6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Mit diesem schönem Zug gewinnt
Weiß einen Bauern mit überlegener Stellung.} (26. Qc7 $18) 26... Kh7 (26...
Qxg6 27. Qc8 $18 {[%csl Gd7][%cal Rc8g8]} (27. Qe7 $18)) 27. Ne5 (27. Nf8+ $5
Rxf8 28. Re8 Rd6 29. Qc2+ Bd3 30. Rxd3 $18) 27... Re6 28. Qd5 (28. Qc7) 28...
Re7 29. h3 b6 30. Qe4+ Kg8 31. Ng4 {[%cal Re1e7,Rg4f6,Rf6g8]} 1-0

[Event "Linares 09th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 (7...
c5 8. Nf3 Qd8 $2 9. Bd3 $14 {Mascarinas,R-Juarez Flores,C Manila izt 1990 CBM/
19}) 8. Nf3 (8. Qe2 Be7 9. dxe5 Qg6 10. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Rd8
13. Qe3 Nb4 $1 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd2 16. Qg3 Qe4+ 17. Be3 Qxc4+ 18. Kf3
Qc6+ 19. Ke2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qxh1 21. Qxg7 Rf8 22. Rc1 Rd7 $19 {Nikolic,
Pr-Yusupov,A Hastings 1989/90 49/19}) 8... exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11.
cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O h6 (14... Nd7 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bd3
Qd6 17. c5 $14 {Christiansen-Lein Philadelphia 1990 49/19}) 15. Nf3 Bg4 $5 16.
Rfe1 Nc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qf6 19. Re4 Rad8 20. Rd1 b6 21. Qe3 Na5 22. Rc1
Rd7 23. h4 $1 Qd8 24. h5 Nc6 25. d5 Ne7 26. Rg4 f5 27. Rf4 Nc8 28. c5 $1 bxc5
29. Qxc5 Nb6 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. a4 $1 Rfd6 32. Rcd1 Re7 33. a5 Nd7 34. Qxa7 Ne5
35. Qc5 (35. Be2 $1) 35... Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Qe8 37. Rh4 Red7 38. Qc4 Qa8 39. Qc3
Rxd5 40. Rxd5 Qxd5 41. a6 Qa2 42. Qc4+ Qxc4 43. Rxc4 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Ra1 45. Rc6
Kf8 46. f4 Ra3 47. Kf1 Ra2 48. Ke1 Ke8 49. Kd1 Kd8 50. Rg6 c5 51. Kc1 Kc7 52.
Rxg7+ Kb6 53. Rg6+ Ka7 54. Rc6 Rxf2 55. Rxc5 Rxf4 56. Rc6 Rg4 57. Kd2 Rg5 58.
Rxh6 f4 59. Ke2 f3+ 60. Kxf3 Rc5 61. Rh8 Rg5 62. Ke4 Rc5 63. Kf4 Rc4+ 64. Ke5
Rc5+ 65. Ke6 Rg5 66. Kf7 Rc5 67. Rh7 Kxa6 68. h6 Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 (7. d4
e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O
14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rfe1 Nc6 17. h3 $14 {Karpov,An-Yusupov,A Linares
1991 CBM/22}) 7... e5 8. Bd3 Na6 $5 (8... Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be4 Nc6 11. Qc2
Kh8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Re1 $14 {Morovic,I-Van Riemsdijk,H Buenos Aires 1990 EXP/20
}) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Ba3 Bg4 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8
15. Rfe1 g6 16. h3 Bd7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Kg7 20. Ree1 b6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.05.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 $5 (4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7.
d4 e5 8. Nf3 $1 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2
O-O 14. O-O $14 {Karpov,An-Yusupov,A Linares 1991 CBM/22}) 5. cxd5 $6 (5. Nf3
Be7 6. d4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Bf5 $2 (8... Nxc3 $5 9. bxc3 Bg4 {Oll}) 9. Qb3
$1 Nc6 10. Qxd5 Qa5 11. Bxe4 Rd8 12. Qc4 Bxe4 13. b4 $1 Nxb4 14. Nxe4 Nc2+ 15.
Ke2 Nxd4+ 16. Kf1 b5 17. Qd3 c4 18. Qb1 $16 {Oll-Bandza Helsinki 1990 50/13}) (
5. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nc6 7. Qxe4 Qd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9. Kd1 Bd7 10. d3 Bc6 11.
Ne2 Bc5 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 Rxd4 15. Kc2 Rhd8 16. Re1 b5 17.
cxb5 Bxb5 18. Re3 Rf4 19. f3 Rd5 20. Re4 $1 $16 {Cifuentes,P-Inkov,P Novi Sad
ol 1990 50/13}) 5... exd5 6. Nxe4 $2 (6. Nf3 $5) 6... dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxe4
Qd4 $1 9. Bd3 (9. Qxd4 $5 Nxd4 10. Kd1 Bf5 $1 11. d3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Rc1
Bb6 14. Nf3 Rhe8 $44 {Drimer-Pogats Budapest 1961}) 9... Qxe4+ 10. Bxe4 Nxe5
11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bc5 13. d3 O-O 14. Be3 $10 Re8 15. Kd2 Bd6 16. Kc2 c6
17. Rad1 a5 18. h3 Be6 19. Kb1 a4 20. g4 Ra5 21. Rhe1 Rb5 22. Bd4 Rd8 23. Bc3
Bb4 24. Re5 Rxe5 25. Bxe5 Bc5 26. Rd2 Bd4 27. Bf4 f6 28. Bd1 b5 29. Bf3 Bd5 30.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 31. Rc2 c5 32. Kc1 Kf7 33. b3 a3 34. Kd1 Rd7 35. Bc1 b4 36. Ke2 Rd5
37. Rc4 Ke6 38. Be3 Kd6 39. Bxd4 Rxd4 40. Rxd4+ cxd4 41. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest Honved"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stern, Rene"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Qe2
$6 Be7 9. dxe5 Qg6 10. g3 (10. Nh3 $2 Bxh3 11. gxh3 Nc6 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qe3 Nb4
$1 14. cxb4 Bxb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd2 $1 $19 {Nikolic,Pr-Yusupov,A Hastings 1989/90 49/
(19)}) 10... Nc6 11. Nh3 Qf5 12. f4 f6 13. Bg2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. exf6 Bxf6
16. Qxe6+ Qxe6 17. Bd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Bxc3 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. Bb2 Nxa2 21. Bxc3
Nxc3 22. Rxb7 Nxd5 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Ng5 a5 25. Ne6 Rd7 26. Nc5 Rdd8 27. Ne6 Rd7
28. Nc5 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ptuj zt"]
[Site "Ptuj"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7.
Nf3 $5 {Das ist ein interessanter Versuch.} (7. d4 {Kortschnoj} e5 8. Nf3 exd4)
7... e5 (7... c5 8. d4 $14 {Das ist ein Uebergang zu normaler alter
Hauptvariante.}) 8. Bd3 Bf5 $6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O Na6 (9... O-O 10. Be4 $1 Nc6
11. Qc2 (11. d4 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 11... Kh8 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Re1 $14 {Weiss hat
eine starke Initiative (b-und e-Linie und starken e4 Laeufer).}) 10. Ba3 Bg4
11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Re8 15. Rfe1 g6 $13 {Milos,
G-Tal,M/Buenos Aires Najdorf/1991/CBM24/INF51,(18)/}) 9. Bxf5 Qxf5 10. O-O Nd7
(10... e4 {Kortschnoj} 11. Re1 Be7 12. Qc2 $16) 11. d4 O-O-O {Was sonst ?} (
11... Bd6 12. c5 Be7 13. Re1 $16) (11... Be7 12. Re1 $16) 12. Be3 exd4 (12...
g5 $5 {Kortschnoj}) 13. cxd4 Nc5 14. Rb1 $1 {Weiss besitzt eine starke
Initiative (b-Linie).} Be7 15. Nd2 Ne4 $2 {Schwarz verliert nun einen Bauern
forciert, aber seine Lage ist ohnehin nicht rosig.} (15... Ne6 16. d5 Nc5 17.
Nb3 $16) 16. Rb5 $1 Qg6 (16... c5 17. Qb1 $18) 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qa4 $1 {
Droht /\ Re5.} (18. Re5 $2 {Kortschnoj} Qxe5 $10) 18... Qe6 19. Qxa7 (19. Re5 {
Kortschnoj} Qd6 20. c5 Qd7 21. Qxa7 $18) 19... Qa6 20. Qxa6 bxa6 21. Ra5 Kd7
22. g3 Bb4 $2 {Verliert noch einen Bauern und verkuerzt die Partie.} (22... Ra8
{Kortschnoj}) 23. Rxa6 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 $1 Bc3 26. Rc1 Bb4 (26... Bb2
27. Rc2 Rxa2 28. Kg2 $1 $18 {/\ Bc1}) 27. Rc2 c6 28. Kf1 h6 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Bc1
Ra7 31. Kd3 Bd6 32. h3 h5 33. a3 Kf5 (33... Bxa3 34. Ra2 Bc5 35. Re2+ $18) 34.
c5 Bc7 35. Re2 Bd8 36. Re5+ Kg6 37. Re8 Rd7 38. Be3 Kf5 39. a4 Be7 40. a5 f6
41. Kc4 Ra7 42. Bf4 {Ribli} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.30"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die Mikenas-Variante wird relativ selten gespielt,
jedoch führt sie zu interessantem, oftmals scharfen Spiel.} d5 {3...c5 ist die
beachtenswerte Alternative, wonach Weiß entweder 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Ndb5 ziehen kann, mit Kompensation, oder einfach 4.Nf3, was in
letzter Zeit sehr populär ist.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 e5 8.
d4 {Die traditionelle und populäre Fortsetzung. Die Alternative 8.Bd3!? kommt
ebenfalls in Betracht; Weiß strebt damit einen Entwicklungsvorsprung an und
unterlässt in vielen Varianten den Zug d2-d4.} (8. Bd3 $5) 8... exd4 9. Bg5 $1
(9. cxd4 Bb4+ $11) 9... Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 (12... Qg6
$6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Lerner,K-Gyimesi,Z/
Koszalin 1999/CBM 073/[Ribli] (51)}) 13. Qd2 O-O (13... Nc6 14. d5 Ne5 15. O-O
O-O 16. Rfe1 Bf5 17. Qf4 (17. Rac1 b6 18. Qf4 f6 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Nxe5 fxe5 21.
Qe3 {1-0 Rasmussen,K-Rozentalis,E/Linares open 2002/(50)}) 17... Qf6 18. Nf3
Rfe8 19. Nh4 $5 Ng6 20. Qxf5 Qxh4 21. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5,Gf5] 1-0 Ivanchuk,
V-Nielsen,P/Skanderborg 2003/CBM 98/[Ribli Zoltan ] (40)}) 14. f4 $146 {
[%mdl 4] Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum im Zentrum, aber nach meiner Meinung
ist die Fortsetzung 14.0-0 natürlicher und wahrscheinlich stärker.} (14. O-O h6
15. Nf3 c5 16. d5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Ge1e8]} (17. Rab1 $5 b6 18.
Rb3 {[%csl Gc4,Gd5][%cal Gb3e3,Ge3e8]} Nd7 19. Re3 Bb7 20. Re1 {1/2-1/2
Zvjaginsev,V-Sargissian,G/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Ribli] (70)}) 17... Nd7 (17...
Bf5 $5) 18. Rab1 (18. Bd3 Nf6 19. Rab1 b6 20. Ne5 Re8 21. f4 {0-1 Overeem,
M-Peek,M/Vlissingen 2004/CBM 101 ext (52)}) 18... Re8 19. Bd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 {
[%cal Ge1e8]} (20. Rxe1 $14) 20... Nf6 21. Nd2 (21. Ne5 $14) 21... g6 {1-0
Timman,J-Naiditsch,A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 91[Ribli Zoltan] (47)}) 14... Bg4 {
Dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen und gleicher Stellung.} (14... h6 15. Nf3
c5 16. d5 $14) (14... f6 15. Nf3 Re8 16. Kf2 $14) 15. Kf2 Qxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Bxe2
17. Kxe2 Nd7 $11 {Weiß besitzt Raumvorteil, jedoch ist die schwarze Stellung
als sicher und ohne Schwächungen einzuschätzen.} 18. Rab1 Rfe8+ 19. Kd3 h6 20.
Ne4 (20. Nf3 Rad8 $11 21. Rxb7 $4 Nc5+ $19) 20... Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d3,Ge8e4] Die
schwarzen Türme stehen stark auf der d- und e-Linie, wonach 21...f5, gefolgt
von 22...Nc5+ droht.} 21. g4 {Auf diese Weise verteidigt sich Weiß gegen 21...
f5; nun ist der Bauer b7 angegriffen.} (21. Rxb7 $2 f5) 21... b6 22. Rhe1 Nf8 {
[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4,Ge6f4] Die schwarze Stellung ist nur scheinbar passiv, denn
er besitzt bpw. die Drohung, 23...Ne6.} (22... Nc5+ 23. Nxc5 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 bxc5
25. Re4 $14 (25. d5 c6 26. Re7 cxd5 27. Rxa7 dxc4+ 28. Kxc4 Rd4+ 29. Kxc5 Rxf4
30. h3 h5 (30... f5))) 23. f5 Nd7 (23... c5 24. d5 Nd7 25. h3 Ne5+ 26. Kc3 $14)
24. Kc3 (24. h3 $2 Ne5+ 25. Kc3 Nf3 26. Re3 Nxd4 27. Nf6+ gxf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8
29. Kxd4 Re2 $17) 24... Kf8 25. h3 Re7 {[%cal Gd8e8,Ge8e1] Interessant zu
sehen, wie Schwarz auf der 7. und 8. Reihe agiert.} 26. Ng3 (26. f6 {Dieses
Bauernopfer verschlechtert die schwarze Bauernstruktur, aber Weiß erhält
keinen Vorteil für das Bauernopfer.} Nxf6 27. Nxf6 Rxe1 (27... gxf6 28. Rxe7
Kxe7 29. Re1+ $11) 28. Rxe1 gxf6 29. Rf1 Rd6 30. Rf5 $11) 26... Rde8 27. Rxe7
Rxe7 {[%mdl 4096]} 28. Kd3 c5 $1 29. f6 $5 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Gg3f5] Weiß opfert
einen Bauern und bekommt aktives Figurenspiel.} (29. d5 $2 Ne5+ 30. Kc3 Nxg4 $1
{[%cal Re7e3,Re3c3,Re3g3]}) (29. Ne4 cxd4 30. Kxd4 Ne5 $11) 29... Nxf6 (29...
gxf6 $2 30. Nf5) 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. Nf5 $44 {[%csl Gb1,Gd3,Gf5] Weiß hat
ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern: alle seine Figuren stehen aktiv.} (
31. Rb8+ Re8 32. Rb7 Re7 $11) 31... Rd7+ 32. Kc2 Kg8 33. Re1 (33. Rb5 $2 Ne4)
33... Rc7 34. a4 Kh7 35. a5 g6 36. Nd6 Rd7 37. Rd1 (37. Ne4 Nxe4 (37... Kg7 $2
38. Nxc5 Rc7 39. Re5) 38. Rxe4 Kg7 39. Re5 Rc7 $15) 37... a6 38. Rd3 {Weiß
droht 39.Ne4 (oder 39.Ne8) Rxd3 40.Nxf6+ Rg7 41.Ne8+ Kf8 42.Kxd3 Kxe8 43.Ke4
und 44.Kd5.} Re7 39. Rb3 Re2+ 40. Kc1 (40. Kd3 $2 Rh2) 40... Ne4 (40... Re7 41.
Rb6 (41. Kc2 $11) 41... Ne4 $11) 41. Nxf7 Kg7 42. Ne5 Nd6 (42... Kf6 43. Nf3)
43. Rb6 Rxe5 44. Rxd6 Re4 45. Rxa6 Rxc4+ $11 {Nach Vereinfachungen ist eine
Remisstellung erreicht. Auch wenn Weiß über einen entfernten Freibauern
verfügt, so bleibt er doch bedeutungslos.} 46. Kb2 Rb4+ 47. Ka3 Rb1 48. h4 (48.
Rc6 $2 Ra1+ 49. Kb3 Rxa5) 48... Kf7 49. Ra8 h5 50. g5 Ke6 51. a6 Kf5 52. Ka4
Kg4 53. Rg8 Kxh4 54. Rxg6 c4 55. Ka5 (55. Rc6 Kxg5 56. Rxc4 h4 $11) 55... c3
56. Rc6 Ra1+ 57. Kb6 Kxg5 (57... Kxg5 58. Rxc3 Rb1+ $11 (58... h4 $11)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Key West"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 $5 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bh4 $5 (12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nb3 $5
(13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 Na6 15. Qd5 c6 16. Qxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Rfe1 g5 $1
$10 {Schwartzman,G-Timoshenko,G/Bucharest ENE/1993/CBM40/INF59,20/}) 13... Ba3
14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 c6 16. Qd4 Na6 $13 {Landenbergue,C-Masserey,Y/Biel/1994/
CBM43/}) 12... Bc5 13. Bh5 g6 14. Qe2+ Kf8 (14... Qe7 $2 15. Bxf6 $18) 15. Bf3
Kg7 16. O-O (16. Bd5 $5 Qe7 17. Qxe7+ Bxe7 18. O-O c6 19. Rfe1 $14) 16... Re8
17. Qd2 c6 18. Rfe1 Be7 19. Rab1 (19. Bg3 $5) 19... Na6 20. Bg3 (20. Nxc6 $5
bxc6 21. Bxc6 Be6 (21... Rb8 22. Rxb8 Nxb8 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qd4 $1 $44) (21...
Rd8 $2 22. Qe2 Bf5 23. Qxe7 Bxb1 24. Bxf6+ Kg8 25. Qxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxb1 $18) 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Rb7 $44) 20... Nc5 21. h4 (21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6
Bf5 $17) 21... Bd7 22. h5 Bf8 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Red1 Rac8 25. Bf4 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund m1"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2002.07.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2623"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2002.07.13"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Das ist die sogenannte Mikenas Variane -
eine scharfe Möglichkeit in der Englischen Eröffnung.} d5 {Die andere
Möglichkeit für Schwarz ist 3...c5.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 {
Dieser Zug sieht sehr natürlich aus, aber in der letzten Zeit spielt man
lieber die Variante 7.Nf3 e5 8.Bd3, in der Weiß schnelle Figurenentwicklung
anstrebt und d2-d4 noch zurückhält.} e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11.
cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 (12... Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd2 $14
(16. Qd4 Nf5 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Bd3 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 h6 20. Nf3 Rd8 {1/2-1/2
Johannessen,L-Kulaots,K/Bergen NOR 2002/(42)}) 16... Bf5 17. g4 f6 18. Ne6 $5
Bxe6 19. dxe6 f5 20. Qd7 Rfe8 21. Rad1 {1-0 Lerner,K-Gyimesi,Z/Koszalin 1999/
CBM 73/[Ribli] (51)}) (12... Qf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Qg6 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qf4 b6 21. a4 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23.
Qxd6 Rxd6 24. a5 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,D-Wiedenkeller,M/Stockholm 1993/EXT 97 (24)}
) 13. Qd2 h6 (13... Nc6 $5 14. O-O Nxd4 15. Bh5 Be6 16. Nxf7 Bxf7 17. Bxf7+
Kxf7 18. Qxd4 Rhd8 $11) (13... O-O 14. O-O h6 {Das wäre nur Zugumstellung zu
unserer Partiefortsetzung.}) 14. Nf3 O-O 15. O-O c5 {Mit dieser Fortsetzung
möchte Schwarz die Zentrumsstellung befestigen, aber dieser Zug gefällt mir
nicht.} (15... Bg4 $6 16. Rab1 $1 (16. Rfe1 Nc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qf6 19.
Re4 Rad8 20. Rd1 $14) 16... b6 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rb5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 c6 20. Rbb1 Qd6
21. Rfd1 {1-0 Har Zvi,R-Liss,E/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1991/EXT 99 (41)}) (15... Nd7
$5) 16. d5 {Nach diesem Zug hat Weiß Raumvorteil und bessere Entwicklung.} Qd6
17. Rfe1 $14 {[%csl Ge1][%cal Ge1e8][%mdl 4] Ein prophylaktischer Zug - der
Turm steht gut auf der e-Linie.} (17. Qb2 Nd7 18. Bd3 Qf6 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rae1
Nf8 21. Ne5 Bf5 22. Qf3 Bxd3 23. Qxf6 gxf6 24. Nxd3 b5 25. Rc1 Rac8 26. Nf4 b4
{0-1 Illescas Cordoba,M-Pogorelov,R/Zaragoza 1996/EXT 97 (44)}) 17... Nd7 (
17... Na6 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Be4 $14) (17... Bf5 $5) 18. Rab1 Re8 (18... b6 19.
Bd3 Bb7 20. Qe3 $36 {[%cal Ge1e7]}) 19. Bd3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 {[%cal Ge1e8]} (20.
Rxe1 $14) 20... Nf6 21. Nd2 (21. Ne5 $14) 21... g6 (21... b6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23.
Qxe4 g6 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Re1 $16) 22. h3 (22. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Bf5 24. Qe2
Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Re8 $11) 22... b6 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. f4 $1 {[%cal Ge3e5][%mdl 32]
Mit diesem guten positionellen Zug bereitet Weiß 25.Qe5 vor.} Ba6 (24... Bd7
25. Qe5 $16) 25. Qe5 {[%csl Ge5] Die weiße Dame steht ausgezeichnet auf e5,
von wo sie die ganze schwarze Stellung lähmt.} Rd8 (25... Qxe5 26. fxe5 $16 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge5]}) 26. Rb3 $16 {[%cal Rb3a3,Ra3a7] Droht 27.Ra3.} b5 $6 {Schwarz
möchte endlich aktiv spielen, aber mit dem Textzug wird seine Bauernstellung
am Damenflügel sehr schwach.} (26... Bc8 $142 27. Ra3 (27. g4 $5) 27... a6) 27.
cxb5 Bb7 28. Bc4 Qxe5 (28... Bxd5 29. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8]} Kf8 30. Nb3 $16 {
[%cal Gb3c5]}) 29. fxe5 Nxd5 30. Rd3 {[%cal Gd3d8]} Rd7 31. Nb3 {[%csl Rc5]
[%cal Rb3c5] Nach diesem Zug verliert Schwarz mindestens einen Bauern.} Rc7 $6
(31... Nb6 $142 32. Rxd7 (32. Nxc5 Rc7 33. Nxb7 Nxc4 $132) 32... Nxd7 33. e6
fxe6 34. Bxe6 $16) 32. Bxd5 c4 33. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Hecht: '[#] Timman findet einen
zwingenden und schönen Gewinn.'} 34. Rd7 $1 ({Interessant war auch} 34. e6 {
Hecht} Re4 (34... Rc2 {Hecht} 35. Rd7 Bc8 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. e7+ Ke8
39. Rxa7 $18) 35. Nc5 Re1+ 36. Kf2 $18) 34... Bc8 35. Rxa7 Rb4 36. Rc7 Be6 37.
Nc5 Bxa2 38. e6 Rxb5 39. e7 Rb8 40. Ne4 Bb3 41. Rb7 $1 Rxb7 (41... Re8 {Hecht}
42. Nd6 $18) 42. e8=Q Be6 43. Qd8 h5 44. Qd4+ Kf8 45. Qh8+ Ke7 46. Qf6+ Kf8 47.
Nc5 Rb1+ 48. Kh2 Re1 49. Nd3 Re4 (49... Re2 {Hecht} 50. Nf4 $18) (49... Re3 {
Hecht} 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qd4+ $18) 50. Ne5 Ke8 (50... Kg8 {Hecht} 51. Nxg6 $18)
51. Nc6 {[%csl Rd8,Re7]} Kd7 52. Qd8+ Kxc6 53. Qa8+ $18 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adorjan, Andras"]
[Black "Petrosian, Arshak B"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7 13. Qd2 O-O (13... Nc6
14. d5 Nd4 15. Qxd4 Qxg5 16. O-O O-O 17. Bf3 a5 18. Rfe1 $14 {Gulko,B-Pliester,
L Aruba 1992 CBM/30}) 14. O-O Nd7 (14... h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rab1 $1 c6 17. Rfe1
Qc7 18. h3 Bf5 19. Rbd1 Nd7 20. d5 $14 {Soffer,R-Nagetz,F Bad Lauterberg 1991
CBM/27}) 15. Rfe1 h6 $1 (15... Nf6 16. Bd3 Qd6 17. c5 $14 {Christiansen,L-Lein
Philadelphia 1990 49/19}) 16. Nf3 c5 17. Rad1 (17. Bd3 Qd6 18. d5 Nf6 19. h3
Bd7 $10) 17... Nf6 18. d5 Qd6 19. Qb2 Re8 20. h3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rb8
23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qe2 a6 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. Qf4 Rd8 27. Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "2000.06.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Poluljahov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2000.06.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {Die sogenannte Mikenas Variante ist eine der
schärfsten Varinte in der Englischen Eröffnung.} d5 {Diese traditionelle
Fortsetzung ist nicht schlecht, aber 3...c5 ist auch interessant.} 4. e5 d4 5.
exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 {Das ist die moderne Spielweise. Früher gab man
7.d4 e5 8.Nf3 den Vorzug, doch danach hat Weiß geringere Hoffnung auf
Eröffnungsvorteil.} e5 8. Bd3 {Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels - er zieht
(noch) nicht d2-d4, sondern beendet zuerst die Entwicklung des Königsflügels.}
Na6 (8... Bd6 9. O-O c6) 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 {Mit diesem Zug verbessert Weiß
die Stellung seines Läufers und bereitet den Zug d2-d4 vor.} (10. Bb1 Bg4 11.
d4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 exd4 14. Re1+ Kd8 15. cxd4 c5 16. Be4 Kc7 17.
Rb1 Rab8 18. Be3 b6 19. d5 Rbe8 20. Rb3 Rhf8 21. Kf1 f5 22. Bb1 f4 {1/2-1/2
Vaganian,R-Schandorff,L/Bremen GER 1999 (34)}) (10. Re1) 10... Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3
(11... O-O-O $2 12. Bg5 $1 Bxf3 13. Bxf6 Bxd1 14. Bf5+ $1 $16 {1-0 Ftacnik,
L-Kveinys,A/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Ribli] (19)}) 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 {
Weiß hat zwar die schlechtere Bauernstruktur - gleich zwei Doppelbauern, aber
sein Läuferpaar ist stark, er hat Raumvorteil im Zentrum und der gegnerische
Springer steht schlecht auf a6.} exd4 {Mit diesem Zug hilft Schwarz dem Gegner,
seine Bauernstruktur zu gesunden. Aber wenn er schon nicht 13...0-0-0 spielen
möchte, muss er das Motiv 14.dxe5 Bxe5 verhindern.} (13... O-O-O {Diese alte
Fortsetzung scheint mir keineswegs schlechter als die Partiefortsetzung.} 14.
Rb1 (14. c5 Bf8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bf5+ Kb8 19. Rfb1 Nd5
20. a4 g6 21. Be6 Bg7 22. c6 b6 23. a5 Nxe3 24. axb6 cxb6 25. fxe3 {1-0 Suba,
M-Pogorelov,R/Berga 1994/EXT 2000 (48)}) 14... c5 15. Be4 b6 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17.
Rb3 Nb8 18. Be3 Kc7 19. Rfb1 Nc6 20. Bd5 Rd7 21. f4 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,
B-Jussupow,A/Erevan 1996/EXT 96ch2 (21)}) 14. Re1+ Kd8 (14... Kd7 15. Bf5+ Kd8
16. cxd4 c5 17. Bb2 Kc7 18. Kf1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Stohl,
I/Baden 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (33)}) 15. Be4 {[%cal Re4b7,Rb7a6,Rb7a8]} (15. cxd4
) 15... Rb8 (15... c6 16. cxd4 $14) 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bb2 {[%cal Gb2h8]} (17. Be3
Kc7 18. Rab1 Rhd8 19. d5 b6 20. f4 Re8 21. Bd2 Re7 $6 (21... g6 $5 $11) 22.
Bxh7 $5 $14 {0-1 Milov,V-Dizdar,G/Dresden 1998/CBM 65_03/[Ribli] (39)}) 17...
Kc7 18. d5 {[%csl Ra6] Der Na6 steht sehr unglücklich, während sich das weiße
Läuferpaar großer Aktivität erfreut. Der Pg7 hängt zwar nicht wegen des Motivs
Rhg8, aber Weiß übt spürbar positionellen Druck am Königsflügel aus.} (18. dxc5
Nxc5 $11) 18... Rhe8 (18... Rbe8 19. Bf5 Nb8 20. Re4 Nd7 21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. Rae1
Re7 23. Kf1 f6 24. h4 h5 25. Ke2 Rhe8 26. Kd3 Bc7 27. Bc3 Bd6 28. a4 Bc7 29.
Rb1 Kc8 30. Bd2 Bd6 31. a5 {1-0 Akopian,V-Sorokin,M/Dubai UAE 2000 (50)}) 19.
Rad1 {Damit verhindert Weiß zunächst den Zug 19...Be5, denn nun würde der
weiße d-Bauer nach 19...Be5 zu stark. Schwarz hat eine feste, aber etwas
passive Stellung.} g6 (19... Be5 $6 20. Bxe5+ Rxe5 21. d6+ Kd8 (21... Kd7 22.
f4 $16) 22. f4 $16) 20. Re3 Rbc8 $6 {Dieser Zug ist logisch: Schwarz möchte
die Stellung des Springers verbessern. Dennoch wäre es meiner Meinung nach
besser, zuerst den gegnerischen Plan zu stören.} (20... Bf4 $142 $5 $11) (20...
f5 21. Bc2 Bf4 $5) 21. Bc2 Nb8 (21... Bf4 22. Re4 $14) 22. Rde1 Rxe3 23. fxe3
$14 {Jetzt ist wieder alles mit der weißen Bauernstruktur in Ordnung, und dank
des Läuferpaares und des Raumvorteils steht Weiß etwas besser.} Nd7 {[%cal
Gd7e5]} 24. f4 f5 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Kf3 {[%csl Gf3] Der weiße König steht sehr
aktiv und verteidigt den Pe3.} a6 $6 {Dieser natürliche Zug ist ein kleiner
Fehler - Schwarz schwächt freiwillig seinen Damenflügel.} (26... Be7 {[%cal
Ge7f6]}) 27. Bd3 {Richtet sich gegen 27...b5.} Be7 28. Bc3 (28. h4 $2 Bxh4 29.
Rh1 Bf6 $17) 28... Bf6 29. Bd2 {Natürlich muss Weiß das Läuferpaar auf dem
Brett halten. Zudem verteidigt der Läufer den Pe3, und das wird sich im
Folgenden noch als wichtig erweisen.} Kd6 30. a4 $1 {Die positionelle Drohung
von Weiß ist 31.a5, wonach Schwarz Probleme am Damenflügel bekäme.} b6 31. Rb1
(31. h4 Bxh4 32. Rh1 Bf6 33. Rxh7 Rh8 {Das ist ein Übergang zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 31... Rb8 32. h4 $1 {[%mdl 32] Ein typischer und starker
Plan - Weiß droht 33.h5, mit Initiative am Königsflügel.} Bxh4 (32... b5 $2 33.
cxb5 axb5 34. Bxb5 Kxd5 35. Be1 $18 {[%cal Rb1d1,Rd1d7]}) 33. Rh1 Bf6 34. Rxh7
{[%csl Gh7]} Rh8 {Schwarz muss den aktiven Turm abtauschen.} 35. Rxh8 Bxh8 {
Das Material ist bereits reduziert und es scheint, als sollte die Partie Remis
enden, aber Weiß behält hier immer die etwas besseren Chancen.} 36. e4 {
Das ist die einzige (und gute) Chance für Weiß, die Stellung öffnen.} fxe4+ 37.
Bxe4 {[%mdl 4096]} g5 $6 {Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht - Schwarz schwächt
seine Stellung und verschafft Weiß damit aktives Spiel am Königsflügel. Ich
glaube, es wäre besser, die Stellung geschlossen zu halten.} (37... Nf8 38. Kg4
Bf6 39. Be1 $14 (39. a5 $14)) 38. Bf5 (38. fxg5 Ne5+ 39. Ke2 Nxc4 $11) 38...
gxf4 39. Bxf4+ Ne5+ $6 (39... Ke7 $5) (39... Be5 $2 40. Bxd7 Bxf4 41. Kxf4 Kxd7
42. Ke5 Ke7 (42... a5 43. d6 $18) 43. d6+ Kd7 44. Kd5 a5 45. Ke5 $18) 40. Ke4
a5 41. Bd7 $1 Bg7 (41... Kxd7 42. Bxe5 Bxe5 43. Kxe5 $18) 42. Bb5 {[%csl Gb5]
Der Läufer steht ausgezeichnet auf b5 - von hier aus verteidigt er die weißen
Bauern.} Bf6 43. Kf5 Bg7 44. Bh2 Bh8 {Schwarz hat nichts besseres, er kann in
dieser Stellung nur Bh8 und Bg7 ziehen.} 45. Bg3 {[%cal Gg3h4,Gh4d8]} Bg7 46.
Bh4 {Droht Eindringen des Läufers nach d8.} Nf3 47. Bd8 $16 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Nxb5
49. cxb5 {Alle schwarzen Bauern am Damenflügel sind schwach.} c4 50. Bxb6 c3
51. Be3 {Das Schalgen des Pa5 war auch gut.} (51. Bxa5 c2 52. Bd2 Bb2 53. a5 (
53. b6) 53... c1=Q (53... Bc3 54. Bf4+ $18) 54. Bxc1 Bxc1 55. a6 Kc7 56. d6+
Kb6 57. Kf5 Ba3 58. Ke6 Bc5 59. d7 Kc7 60. a7 Bxa7 61. Ke7 Bc5+ 62. Ke8 $18)
51... c2 52. b6 Kd7 (52... Bb2 53. Bf4+ $18) 53. Bf4 {[%cal Rb6b7]} Kc8 54. Kd3
Kb7 55. Be3 c1=Q 56. Bxc1 Kxb6 57. Kc4 {Es sind zwar nur zwei Bauern gegen
einen, aber Schwarz steht vor großen Problemen. Der Pd5 ist stark und der Pa5
schwach.} Be5 58. Be3+ Ka6 59. Kc5 {[%cal Rc5c6]} Bg3 (59... Bb2 60. Kc6 Ba3
61. Bc5) 60. Bg5 (60. Kc6) 60... Be5 61. Kc6 Bg3 62. Bd8 {Weiß bereitet 63.Bc7
vor, danach muss der Bg3 die Diagonale b8-h2 verlassen und der d-Bauer kann
voranrüclen.} (62. d6 $4 Bxd6 63. Kxd6 Kb7 $11 {Der a-Bauer und der
"schlechte" schwarzfeldrige Läufer sind zu wenig für den Gewinn.}) 62... Bf4
63. Bc7 Bg5 64. d6 Bf4 65. d7 $18 {Der d-Bauer steht schon auf d7, Jetzt
gewinnt Weiß leicht.} Bg5 66. Bb6 Bh4 67. Kc7 Bg3+ 68. Kc8 Bh4 69. Bd8 Bf2 70.
Bf6 Bb6 71. Bg5 (71. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re5c7]}) 71... Ka7 72. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4c7]
} (72. Be3 $6 Ka8 (72... Bxe3 73. d8=Q) 73. Bf4 $18 {[%cal Rf4c7]}) 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch 5th"]
[Site "Hyderabad"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ravi, Lanka"]
[Black "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.10.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 {Das ist die üblich gespielte Fortsetzung, aber
die Alternative 3...c5 ist auch spielbar.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6
7. Nf3 c5 {Dieser Zug wird selten gespielt: 7...e5 ist die eigentliche
Hauptvariante.} 8. Bd3 {Weiß vermeidet die Variante 8.d4 cxd4 9.Bg5 (9.cxd4
Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Bxd2 11.Qxd2 0-0) Qf5 10.cxd4 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Nc6, wonach Schwarz
einfaches Spiel bekommt.} g5 $6 {Dieser Zug ist sehr weit entfernt von der
klassischen Schule... Schwarz schwächt seinen Königsflügel von selbst.} (8...
Bd6 9. Be4 O-O (9... Qe7) 10. d4 h6 11. O-O Nd7 $5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Re1 Rd8 14.
Be3 Qe7 $11 15. Qc1 Qf8 16. Bf4 b6 {1/2-1/2 Kharlov,A-Jakovenko,D/Batumi 2002/
(29)}) (8... Bd7 9. Be4 (9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Be4 Bc6 11. d4 $5 (11. Rb1 $5 Qe7 12.
O-O O-O 13. d4 Nd7 14. Bc2 $14 {Grant,J-Aarthie,R/Torquay,2002/CBM 91(1-0)
(Atlas,V)(21)}) 11... Bxe4 12. Qxe4 Nc6 13. Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Rb7,Ge4][%cal Gb1b7,
Ge4a8]} Qe7 14. O-O h6 {1-0 Rechlis,G-Golod,V/Ashdod 2003/CBM 96 ext/ 52 Golod,
V.}) (9. O-O Bd6 10. Be4 Bc6 11. d3 h6 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Re1 O-O 14. d4 Bxe4 15.
Rxe4 b6 16. d5 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Nogueiras,J-Schilow,W/Santa Clara 2005/(21)}) 9...
Bc6 10. Qe2 Bxe4 $6 (10... Bd6 $142) 11. Qxe4 Nc6 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. d4 Qg6 $6 (
13... Rd7 14. Bf4 Qg6 $4 (14... Bd6 $5) 15. Qxc6+ $3 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb1b8]
1-0 Benjamin,J-Gamboa,N/Philadelphia,1995}) 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 cxd4 16. cxd4
Be7 17. Ke2 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Rhd8 19. Rd2 Bf6 20. Rbd1 {1-0 Kosten,A-Hinks Edwards,
T/West Bromwich 2004/(47)}) 9. h3 (9. Bc2 $5 g4 10. Ng1) 9... h5 $1 {Nach 8...
g5 ist das die konsequenteste Fortsetzung.} 10. h4 g4 11. Ng5 {Der Springer
scheint stark auf g5, aber nachfolgend erhält Schwarz Gegenspiel.} Qe5+ (11...
Nc6 12. O-O $36) 12. Be4 Bg7 $6 (12... f6 13. Qe2 Rg8 (13... fxg5 $4 14. Bg6+
$18) 14. Rb1 $1 (14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4)) (12... f5 $5 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5+
15. Bd2 Bb4 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. d5 $13) 13. O-O f5 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Aber jetzt es
ist schon zu spät.} {[#]} 14. Bd5 $1 {[%csl Re5,Re8][%cal Rf1e1,Re1e8] Ein
schöner Zug, auch wenn er nicht schwer zu finden ist. Wegen der Damenfesselung
auf der e-Linie verliert Schwarz seinen Schlüsselbauern und die Partie.} O-O (
14... exd5 15. Re1 $18) 15. Re1 Qc7 16. Nxe6 (16. Bxe6+) 16... Bxe6 17. Rxe6
$18 {[%csl Gd5,Rg8][%cal Rd5g8]} Kh7 18. Qf1 (18. d4 Nd7 19. Qd2 Nf6 20. Qg5
$18) (18. Qe2 $18) 18... Nc6 (18... Nd7 19. Ba3 Nf6 20. d4 $18) 19. Qe2 Qd7 20.
Ba3 {[%csl Ga3,Gd5,Ge2,Ge6][%mdl 2048] Weiß hat einen Bauern mehr und
ausgezeichnete Figurenspiel - sein d5B dominiert auf dem Brett.} Rfe8 (20...
Rae8 21. Bxc5 $18) 21. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Rd3h7]} Rxe6 22. Qxf5+ Kh8 23.
Bxe6 Qxd2 24. Qxh5+ Bh6 (24... Qh6 25. Qxh6+ Bxh6 26. Bxg4 $18) 25. Bxc5 {
[%cal Rc5e3,Re3h6,Re3d2]} g3 26. fxg3 (26. Rd1 $18) 26... Rd8 27. Kh2 b6 28.
Ba3 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 {Die andere Hauptvariante ist 3...c5. Aber
heutzutage ist der Textzug populärer.} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4
(7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3 {Dieser Aufbau wird oft gespielt in der letzten Zeit.}) 7...
e5 (7... c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 $14) 8. Nf3 exd4 9.
Bg5 (9. cxd4 Bb4+ $11) 9... Qe6+ (9... Qg6 $2 10. Bd3 Qh5 $2 11. Qe2+ (11. O-O
Bd6 12. Re1+ Be6 13. Re4 $18 {[%cal Re4h4,Rh4h5]}) 11... Be6 12. h3 $18 {
[%cal Rg2g4,Rg4h5]}) 10. Be2 Be7 (10... d3 11. O-O $1 f6 12. Bxd3 $16 {[%cal
Rf1e1,Re1e8]}) 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qf6 (12... Qe7) 13. Ne4 $5 {Dieser
Springerzug scheint mir gefährlicher als die übliche Fortsetzung 13.Qd2.} (13.
Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 (14... Bf5 15. Rad1 Re8 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Zarnicki,P/Moscow
1994/CBM 44 ext (15)}) 15. d5 (15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. d5 Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Ne5 19. Be2 b6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 {0-1
Kasparov,G-Zarnicki,P/Internet ICC 1998/EXT 2003 (58)}) 15... Nd4 16. Bd3 Bf5
17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Ne4 Qg6 (18... Qh4 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Qd3 Nd6 21. g3 Qe7 22.
Nxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Bukal,V-Rosandic,D/Zadar 1995/EXT 2000 (28)}) 19. Rfe1 Rad8
20. Qf4 b6 21. a4 Nd6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Rxd6 24. a5 {1/2-1/2 Cramling,
D-Wiedenkeller,M/Stockholm 1993/EXT 97 (24)}) (13. Nf3 O-O 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd2
Nd7 16. Qf4 c5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 h6 19. g4 Bh7 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 21. dxc5 Nxg4
22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Ne5 {0-1 Schweber,S-Zarnicki,P/Buenos Aires
1995/EXT 97 (47)}) 13... Qg6 (13... Qh4 $5 14. Bf3 O-O 15. O-O Nc6 16. Re1 Bf5
17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. f4 Qf6 21. Rad1 h5 $13 {Vilela,
J-Vera,R/Matanzas 1989/EXT 2002 (35)}) 14. Ng3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rc1 Qf6 17.
d5 $14 {Die schwarze Stellung ist sehr fest, aber Weiß hat die bessere
Entwicklung und aktives Figurenspiel.} Na6 18. Nh5 Qe5 19. Bf3 (19. f4 Qe3+ 20.
Kh1 Re8 $11) 19... Nc5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qd4 f6 22. Re3 {[%mdl 2048]} Bd7 23. Bg4
Re8 (23... Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Rd7 25. Ng3 $16 {[%cal Gg3f5]}) (23... Be8 24. Rce1
$16) 24. Rg3 {[%cal Gg3g8] Die weißen Figuren stehen sehr aktiv am
Königsflügel.} Bxg4 (24... Ne4 $2 25. c5 Qe5 (25... Qe7 26. Bxd7 (26. Be6+ $18)
26... Qxd7 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Nxf6+ $18 {[%cal Rf6d7,Rf6g8]}) 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Bxd7 Rxh5 28. Re3 $18) (24... Qe5 $6 25. Nxf6+ (25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxf6+ (26. f4
Re7 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Bxd7+ Kh8 29. Bf5 $16) 26... gxf6 27. Bxd7+ Kh8 28. Bg4
Rae8 29. Kf1 $16) 25... gxf6 26. Bxd7+ Kh8 27. Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Bg4 Rae8 29. Kf1
$16) (24... Re4 25. Qxf6 $1 Qxf6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Bxd7+ Kh8 28. Bf5 $14) 25.
Rxg4 Kh8 26. Nxg7 Re5 27. f4 $2 {Dieser scheinbar aktive Zug schwächt ohne Not
den weißen Königsflügel.} (27. h4 $142 $1 h5 (27... Rg8 28. Nf5 $1 $16 {
Nach 28...Rxf5 kommt 29.Rxg8+ Kxg8 30.Qg4+.}) (27... Rf8 28. h5 Rf7 29. h6 $16)
28. Rg3 Ne4 (28... Rg8 29. Nxh5) 29. Rg6 $5 (29. Nxh5 $5 Nxg3 30. Nxg3 $14)
29... Kh7 30. f4 $1 Kxg6 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 fxe5 33. Ne6 Rg8 34. Nxc7 $36)
27... Re4 28. Qc3 Rxf4 $2 (28... Qb6 $1 {[%cal Gb6g1]} 29. Kh1 Re2 $44 {
[%csl Gb6,Gc5,Ge2,Rg4,Rg7][%cal Gc5e4,Ge4c3,Ge4f2,Gf2g4,Gf2h1] Nach diesem Zug
hat Schwarz plötzlich ausgezeichnetes Figurenspiel.} 30. f5 Qb2 (30... Ne4 $2
31. Rxe4 Rxe4 32. Ne6 $18) 31. Qxb2 Rxb2 {[%cal Rc5d3,Rd3c1,Rd3f2,Rf2h1,Rf2g4]}
32. Rg3 Ne4 $17) 29. Rxf4 Qxf4 30. Nh5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 $1 (31. Nxf6 $5 Qxc3 32.
Rxc3 Rf8 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kg8 35. Rg3+ Kh8 36. Rg7 c6 37. Rc7 $18) 31...
fxe5 32. Rf1 $16 {[%csl Gf1][%cal Rf1f7][%mdl 4096] Das Endspiel ist besser
für Weiß - im Folgenden dringt der Turm auf die 7. Reihe ein.} Kg8 33. Rf5 Nd7
34. g4 Rc8 (34... Re8 35. Rg5+ Kh8 36. Rg7 Rd8 37. Re7 $16) 35. Rg5+ (35. Nf6+
Nxf6 36. Rxf6 $16) 35... Kh8 (35... Kf8 $5 36. Ng7 c6) 36. Rg7 Nf6 37. Re7 Nxh5
38. gxh5 {[%csl Rc8,Ge7,Rh8] Die schwarzen Figuren stehen sehr passiv.} h6 39.
Kf2 b5 40. c5 $18 (40. cxb5 $18) 40... Kg8 (40... Rd8 41. d6 cxd6 42. c6 $18)
41. Ke3 a5 42. Ke4 b4 43. Kxe5 a4 44. Ke6 (44. Ke6 b3 45. axb3 axb3 46. Kd7 b2
47. Re1 Rb8 48. Rb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 {The Mikenas Variation is becoming more and more
popular nowadays. In fact, almost all the top players play it with both
colours.} 4. e5 (4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 {is another major theoretical line.})
4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 Nc6 (7... b6 $5 {was successfully
employed by Shakhriyar in the same event:} 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bc2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3
11. gxf3 Nd7 12. d4 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bd6 {Svidler,P -
Mamedyarov, Biel SUI 2018, was fine for Black.}) 8. d4 e5 {In general, this
advance often offers Black comfortable piece play. However, in this case White
obtains a serious advantage in development.} 9. Be2 (9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11.
h4 h6 12. h5 Qa6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd3 Ba3 15. O-O Qd6 16. Nh4 O-O 17. Nf5 Qf6 {
Anand,V -Karjakin,S London ENG 2017, led to complex, double-edged play.}) 9...
exd4 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O (11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. d5 {
(Moiseenko,V - Oganian,M Moscow 2017) hardly promises much:} Ne7 15. O-O Bh3
16. Qg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bf5 {Black is close to equality.}) 11... Be7 $2 {Perhaps,
Nico wasn't perfectly prepared for this theoretical line. In fact, after just
11 moves Black's position seems very difficult.} ({The correct move was} 11...
dxc3 $1 {even though the following exciting game might not attract the
followers in Hikaru's footsteps:} 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Re1+ Be7 (13... Be6 $5 14.
Qb1 Qb4 15. Qc2 Qb2 {seems fine, but it isnot easy to play like this for a
human player.}) 14. c5 Qxc5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 Qd6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qe2 f6
19. Rd1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf5 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Nd7+ Kf7 (22... Bxd7 23. Bxd7 Nc6
24. Qf3+ Ke7 25. Qg4 $36) 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qf4+ Nf5 25. g4 Rad8 $2 ({It's hard
ot believe, but after} 25... c2 $1 26. gxf5 Bxd7 27. Bxd7 Rhc8 28. Qc1 Rc5 29.
Be6+ Kf8 {Black would have no risk!}) 26. gxf5 Bxd7 27. Bc4+ d5 28. Bxd5+ Kf6
29. Qd6+ Kxf5 30. Bc4 Rhe8 31. Bd3+ Kg5 32. h4+ Kh5 33. Qg3 Bg4 34. f3 Rd4 35.
Kf2 c2 36. Bxc2 Rf8 {1-0 (36) Dubov,D (2701)-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow RUS 2018}
) 12. Bd3 $1 $146 {This is much stronger} ({than} 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. cxd4 O-O {
Foglieni,M - Fantinel,T Bratto 2016, was only slightly better for White.})
12... Qd6 {A sad necessity. Black has to move the queen again and again in
this game.} ({Even worse was} 12... Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Re1 Qd7
16. Ne5 (16. Qxd4 $5 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Kf8 18. Rad1 $36) 16... Qd8 17. Qg4 O-O 18.
Nd7 f5 19. Qxd4 Rf7 20. Rad1 $36) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. cxd4 O-O 15. Re1 {White's
superiority in undeniable - he has both the powerful pawn centre and control
over the open file.} b6 ({It is worth paying attention to} 15... Bf5 $5 16. c5
Qf6 17. Rxe7 Bxd3 18. Rxc7 Be4 $14 {, but giving up a pawn is a difficult
decision.}) 16. c5 {The most energetic,} ({though} 16. Re3 Bb7 17. d5 Ng6 18.
Ng5 {also would have kept Black under serious pressure.}) 16... Qf6 {The best
practical decision.} ({After} 16... bxc5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 (17... Qf6 18. Be4 Rb8
19. Qa4 $16) 18. Rc1 Qd6 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Bc4 $16 {despite the extra pawn,
Black is in big troubles.}) 17. Be4 c6 $6 {Till now Nico was defending well,
but this move offers White additional targets for attack.} ({A much better
move was} 17... Rb8 18. Qa4 Bf5 19. Qxa7 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Nc6 $1 21. Qa3 Ra8 $14 {
Black's pieces are active, so converting the extra pawn into a full point
doesn't seem an easy task here.}) 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Qb1 $1 {Now White grabs
the pawn in a favourable situation.} Bf5 20. Qxb6 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qd6 (21... Nd5
22. Qc5 h6 23. a4 $16) 22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 {Black still has practical
drawing chances due to his powerful centralised knight.} 24. a4 g6 25. g3 Rfb8
26. Rc4 $1 {A decent prophylactic move.} Ra6 27. Nd4 Rb2 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. Rd3
Ne7 (29... Rb4 {was hardly any better:} 30. Rxb4 Nxb4 31. Ra3 Kf6 32. Rf3+ Ke5
33. Rf4 Kd5 34. Ne2 Kxc5 35. Rxf7 Rxa4 36. Rxh7 $16 {Despite the major
simplifications, White has excellent wining chances, as he can create
connected passers on the k-side.}) 30. Nf3 Nd5 $2 {A decisive mistake.} ({
It was necessary to cover the 7th rank} 30... Ra7 31. Ra3 h6 $16) 31. Ne5 Rb4
32. Rxb4 Nxb4 33. Rd7 $18 {The rest is easy.} Kg8 34. Nxf7 Ra5 35. Ng5 Rxc5 36.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 12th"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "1999.11.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An
interesting novelty. White prepares attack on king side in case of short
castle and also prevents Ne4-g5.} Nxc3 ({After the game Topalov suggested:} 
6... Nc6 $142 7. d4 f6 8. Bd3 $14) 7. dxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Qg4
Bxf3 11. gxf3 (11. Qxf3 Qd5 {and black is only slightly worse in the endgame.})
11... Bf8 $4 {Decisive mistake: black looses too much time. Correct was:} (
11... g6 12. h5 Qd5 $1 {and "Black is OK"}) 12. f4 Nd7 13. Be3 c6 14. O-O-O {
Due to the mistake on the 11th move, white has now big development advantage.}
Qa5 (14... h5 15. Qh3 g6 (15... Qc7 16. f5 $36) 16. Bc4 $1 {following with the
sacrifice on e6.}) 15. f5 $3 (15. Kb1 O-O-O $11) 15... Qxa2 (15... Nxe5 16. Qe4
exf5 17. Qxf5 $40) 16. fxe6 Qxe6 (16... Nxe5 17. exf7+ Qxf7 18. Qe4) 17. Qf4 $1
$18 Rd8 {Black was loosing also after:} (17... Qxe5 18. Bh3) (17... Nxe5 18.
Bh3 Qf6 19. Rhe1) 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Rhe1 h5 (19... Nxe5 20. Bd4 $18) 20. Qg3 (20.
e6 fxe6 21. Bxe6 $18) 20... Nxe5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bf4 (22. Bg5 $2 f6 23. Rxe5
Qd6 $13) 22... Nxc4 23. Rxe7 Kxe7 (23... Bxe7 24. Qd3+) 24. Qd3 $1 1-0

[Event "Madrid"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Salov,V"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4
e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 f6 {Ribli: In der letzten Zeit ist diese
Fortsetzung populaerer als 10...Be7.} (10... Be7 {Ribli}) 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bf4
{Ribli: In Betracht kommt Christiansen's Zug 12.Bh4!?, den er gegen Gulko/
USA-ch,1994, CBM44/gespielt hat.} Bc5 13. Nb3 $5 (13. O-O O-O 14. Nb5 Na6 $10 {
Schwartzman-Timoshenko,Bucharest 1993}) (13. Nb5 Na6 14. Qd5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Nxc7
16. Bxc7 (16. Qxc5 Ne6 17. Qe3 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Re8 $44) 16... Be6 17. Qxc5 Rfc8
$15) 13... Na6 (13... Ba3 {Ribli} 14. O-O O-O 15. Bf3 c6 16. Qd4 Na6 17. c5 $13
{Ribli: Weiss hat eine Initiative fuer den Doppelbauern auf der c-Linie Die
Chancen sind ungefaehr gleich. Landenbergue,C-Masserey,Y/Biel/1994/CBM43/}) 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 $1 {+/= Stohl} Ne4 $8 16. Bd3 f5 $5 (16... Bf5 $2 17. Qb1
Nxc3 18. Qxb7 $18) (16... Nd6 17. Qb1 g6 18. O-O $14) (16... Nxc3 $4 {Ribli}
17. Qc2 $18) 17. f3 Nf6 18. O-O O-O 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bd4 Rad8 {Ribli:
Natuerlich nicht 20...Bc4 21.Bf5 +/= und Weiss hat einen klaren Vorteil, weil
der f5-Bauer viel wichtiger als der c4 ist.} 21. c5 b6 22. Qe2 (22. Qc2 $5)
22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 Nd7 (23... Bd7 {Ribli} 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Qf2 $14) 24. cxb6 (
24. c6 $2 Nb8 $132 {><c6}) 24... axb6 25. a4 Bd5 26. Qb2 c6 $6 (26... Bc4 $1
$10) (26... c5 $2 {Ribli} 27. Bf2 $16) 27. Bf1 c5 28. Bf2 Bc4 29. Rxe8+ $2 (29.
Bxc4 Qxc4 30. Red1 $1 {Yusupov} Qe6 31. Qb5 Ne5 32. Re1 $16) 29... Rxe8 30. a5
bxa5 31. Rxa5 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qc4+ 33. Kg1 Rb8 34. Qa1 Qd3 {Ribli: Schwarz hat
alle Problem ausgezeichnet geloest.} 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Qxa8+ Kf7 37. h3 (37.
Qa2+ Kg6 38. Qe6+ Nf6 $10) 37... Qxc3 38. Qd5+ Ke7 39. Qxf5 Qa1+ $1 40. Kh2
Qe5+ $1 {Ribli: Der einfachste Weg zum Remis.} 41. Qxe5+ Nxe5 42. Bxc5+ Kf7 43.
Bd4 Nc6 44. Bc3 h5 45. g4 hxg4 46. fxg4 Nd8 $10 47. Kg3 Ne6 48. h4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd4 Nxc5
15. f3 Bg6 16. Nb5 Re8 17. f4 Be4 18. Nd6 Re7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bc6 21. Qc2
Ne6 22. Rad1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 g6 {[#]} 24. f5 {Mit "normalen" Zügen hat Weiß
eine überlegene Stellung erreicht. Nun folgt schon die Exekution:} Nd4 25. Qd2
Nxf5 ({Es drohte} 25... Z0 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 Rd7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Nxf7+
Rxf7 30. Qh6+ Rh7 31. Rf8+ Rxf8 32. Qxf8#) 26. Rxf5 ({Noch besser als} 26. Nxf5
{was aber auch gewinnt.}) 26... gxf5 27. Nxf5 (27. Nxf5 Ree8 28. Qg5+ Kf8 29.
Qg7#) 1-0

[Event "Belgrade GMA op"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ljubisavljevic, Zivojin Z"]
[Black "Panchenko, Alexander N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 (5... Nfd7 6. d4 c5 7. Nf3
$16) 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. Qxe4 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 $5 (10. Kd1 Bf5
11. d3 O-O-O 12. Be3 Nc6 $10) 10... Bg4 (10... Be6 11. Ne2 O-O-O $146) 11. f3
Bh5 12. Ne2 Bc5 13. b4 $1 Bb6 (13... Nxe2 14. bxc5 Nf4 15. Be4 $16) 14. Bb2
O-O-O 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bf5+ Kb8 17. O-O-O $8 (17. Bc3 Rhe8 $15) 17... Bg6 18.
Bxg6 (18. g4 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Bxf5 20. gxf5 Rd4 {/\R f4}) 18... hxg6 19. h3 Rh4 (
19... g5 $5 $146) 20. Bc3 Kc8 21. Rhe1 {/\e6} Bxc3 (21... Re8 $2 22. g3) 22.
dxc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 (23. Kxd1 $6 Kd7 $146) 23... Rh5 24. f4 Rf5 25. Rd4 g5 26.
g3 gxf4 (26... g6 27. Kd2 gxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxe5 29. Rxf7 $16) 27. Rxf4 Rxe5 28.
Rxf7 Rg5 29. g4 Rg6 30. a4 (30. Kd2 $16) 30... Rh6 31. Rxg7 $2 (31. Rf3 $16 {
/\Kd2-e3-f2-g3}) 31... Rxh3 32. Kb2 $14 b6 33. Kb3 Rg3 34. Kc4 Kb7 35. a5 bxa5
36. bxa5 Rg1 37. Rg5 (37. g5 $142 $14) 37... Ka6 38. Kd4 Rg3 $10 {<=>} 39. c4
Rg1 40. Ke3 Re1+ 41. Kf3 Rf1+ 42. Kg3 Kb7 43. Rc5 Kc8 {/\Kd7-d6,><c4} 44. Rd5
Rc1 45. Rd4 c5 46. Re4 Kb7 {><a5} 47. g5 Rg1+ 48. Kf4 Ka6 49. Kf5 Kxa5 50. g6
Kb4 51. Rg4 Rf1+ 52. Kg5 Rf8 53. g7 Rg8 54. Kf6 a5 55. Kf7 Ra8 56. g8=Q Rxg8
57. Rxg8 Kxc4 (57... a4 58. Ra8 Kxc4 59. Rxa4+ Kb3 60. Ra7 c4 61. Rb7+ Ka3 62.
Rc7 Kb3 63. Ke6 c3 64. Kd5 c2 $10) 58. Ke6 a4 59. Rg4+ (59. Ra8 Kb3 60. Kd5 a3
61. Kxc5 a2 $10) 59... Kb3 60. Kd5 a3 61. Rg3+ Kb2 62. Kc4 a2 $10 63. Rg2+ Ka3
64. Rg3+ Kb2 65. Rb3+ Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin 3rd"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "2011.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 143"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 {The Flohr-Mikenas line has been around for a long
time and has its place even in contemporary practice.} d5 {Definitely the main
line, but Black has a reasonable alternative in} (3... c5 {Here Grachev lately
preferred} 4. Nf3 ({The more ambitious and consistent continuation} 4. e5 Ng8
5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3
Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qc5 $44 {Kasparov,G (2750)-Sokolov,A (2595) World Cup
Belfort 1988 (15) 1-0 is connected with a pawn-sacrifice. It was introduced
into high-level practice in the game}) 4... Nc6 5. Be2 {, transposing into a
line, which can arise not only from an English Opening, but also from the
Sicilian Defence as well (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 etc.).} d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. d4
Be6 8. cxd5 $5 ({This has recently been bringing White more success than the
other popular move} 8. Be3 dxc4 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Bxf6
gxf6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Qe4 Qc5 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qxa7 Rd7
19. Qe3 Qxb2 $132 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan Candidates/2011/})
8... Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Ng5 O-O 14.
Bf4 Rfe8 15. Kf1 Rad8 (15... Nd8 $5 16. Bg3 Rc8 17. Bb5 Re7 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19.
a4 a6 20. Bd7 Rd8 21. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 fxe6 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Be5 Ke8 {
/\g6, Rd7=, Grube,A (2176)-Loeffler,W (2021)/corr/2008/}) 16. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 17.
Rxd1 Rxe6 (17... fxe6 18. Bf3 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bc7 Nc6 21. h4 Kf7 22. Be4
h6 23. h5 Ke7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Be5 $16 {Ruck,R (2558)-Bosiocic,M (2564)/
AUT-chT 1011/2011/}) 18. Rd7 (18. Bf3 Kf8 19. Rd7 Ne5 20. Rxb7 Nxf3 21. gxf3
Bb6 22. Bc1 Ke8 23. Ba3 Rf6 24. Ke2 Re6+ 25. Kf1 Rf6 26. Re7+ Kd8 27. Ke2 $14 {
Meier,G (2641)-Dominguez Perez,L (2721)/Havana/2009/}) 18... Re7 19. Rd5 Bb6
20. g3 h6 21. h4 Bc7 22. Bc1 Re5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bf3 b6 26. Ke2
$14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf3] Grachev,B (2669)-Lysyj,I (2629)/RUS-ch qual Taganrog/2011/
The resulting _|_ is pleasant for White, as his ^^ gives him a long-term edge.}
) 4. e5 d4 {Here Black only rarely plays anything else.} (4... Ne4 {is rather
passive:} 5. Nf3 ({Even} 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nc6 7. Qxe4 Qd4 8. Qxd4 Nxd4 9.
Kd1 $5 $14 {can give White an edge, proving full compensation is not so simple.
}) 5... Be7 (5... Nc6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qc2 f6 8. exf6 Qxf6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 O-O
11. Bd3 Na5 12. O-O b6 13. Ne5 Qh4 14. a4 Ba6 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Nd6 {
Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Aronian,L (2649)/Warsaw rpd/2003/} 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3
exd5 19. Qf3 $16) {Here White has an interesting and attractive idea} 6. h4 $5
Nxc3 $6 (6... Nc6 $142) 7. dxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Qg4 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 $1 Bf8 (11... g6 12. h5 Qd5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bc4 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 $44) 12.
f4 $40 Nd7 13. Be3 c6 14. O-O-O Qa5 15. f5 $1 Qxa2 16. fxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf4 Rd8
18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Rhe1 h5 20. Qg3 Nxe5 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Bf4 Nxc4 23. Rxe7 Kxe7
24. Qd3 {1-0,Topalov,V (2690)-Rozentalis,E (2586)/EU-chT Batumi/1999/}) 5. exf6
dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 {This natural move was long considered to be the only
continuation, but at the turn of the millennium White came up with} (7. Nf3 e5
8. Bd3 $5 {However, here Black was able to come up with a satisfactory
antidote:} Na6 $1 9. O-O Bd6 10. Bc2 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12.
Qh5 Bxh2+ 13. Qxh2 Bf5 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Ba3 Bg6 16. Qg3 Qc6 17. Qg5 Rxe1 18.
Rxe1 Qa4 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. d4 h6 22. Qd2 Qe4 23. Qb2 Qe1 $132 {
Smirin,I (2671)-Kulaots,K (2593)/Port Erin/2004/}) 11... Kh8 12. Be4 Nc5 13. d4
Nxe4 14. Qxe4 (14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rxe4 Qf5 17. Qe2 Bd7 18. Ba3
Rfe8 19. Be7 Qg6 20. Re3 Bg4 21. Qb2 Qb6 22. Qb5 Qxb5 23. cxb5 a6 $15 {Janssen,
R (2516)-Delchev,A (2625)/EUR-ch Rijeka/2010/}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4 c6 16. Bg5
Qf5 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Be7 Bxe7 19. Rxe7 Rab8 20. Ne5 Kg8 21. g4 Be6 22. Rb1
Rbd8 23. Rbxb7 Rxd4 24. h3 a5 25. Ra7 Bxc4 {1/2,Miles,A (2595)-Oll,L (2645)/
Szeged/1997/}) 10... Bg4 11. d4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxf3 13. gxf3 {White's ^^
compensate for his ׻ pawns, but against best defence he can't claim an
advantage:} exd4 14. Re1+ Kd8 (14... Kd7 15. Bf5+ $1 Kd8 16. cxd4 c5 17. Bb2 (
17. Rb1 Kc7 18. Be4 Rab8 19. d5 Rhe8 20. Be3 g6 21. a3 Rbc8 22. Bc2 Nb8 23. Ba4
Re5 24. Kg2 b6 25. Bd2 Nd7 26. Bb5 Rce8 27. Red1 R8e7 28. a4 Rh5 29. h3 a5 30.
Rb3 Nb8 $11 {Baklanov,V (2347)-Schulze,M (2315)/corr/2006/}) 17... Kc7 18. Kf1
cxd4 19. Bxd4 f6 20. h4 Rhe8 21. h5 h6 22. Re4 Rxe4 23. fxe4 Be5 24. Bxe5+ fxe5
25. Ke2 Re8 {Huebner,R (2585)-Stohl,I (2573)/Mitropa Cup/1999/} 26. Rd1 Nc5 27.
f4 exf4 28. Kf3 $14) 15. Be4 (15. cxd4 c5 {is similar}) 15... Rb8 16. cxd4 c5
17. Bb2 Kc7 18. d5 Rhe8 19. Rab1 (19. Rad1 g6 20. Re3 {Poluljahov,A (2526)
-Ivanov,S (2543)/RUS-ch Samara/2000/} Bf4 $11) (19. a3 Be5 20. Bxe5+ Rxe5 21.
f4 Ree8 22. Bxh7 Kd6 $44 {Van Wely,L (2675)-Rozentalis,E (2586)/EUR-ch
Istanbul/2003/}) 19... b5 20. Bc3 Nb4 21. cxb5 Nxa2 22. Ba5+ Kb7 23. Ra1 Nb4
24. Bxb4 cxb4 25. Ra6 Red8 26. Rc1 g6 27. Rcc6 f5 $1 $11 {Ballard,D (2080)
-Marconi,R (2096)/corr/2009/}) 7... e5 {Black's main response, but recent
games by Naiditsch have shown that even the older} (7... c5 {is a tough nut to
crack:} 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 $5 Nc6 12. Bb2
Bc5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 Qf5 18. Qe2 Qa5 19.
Bb3 Ne7 20. h5 b6 21. Qe4 Ba6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qh7 f6 24. Kg1 Bxc4 25. Rh4 $40 {
Seirawan,Y (2280)-Kortschnoj,V (2680)/Wijk aan Zee/1980/}) 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 Bb4+
10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Rd8 14. Rad1 g6 15. Be4 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 e5 17. Bd5 exd4 18. Qb2 Be6 19. Qxb7 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6 21. Qxb6 {1/2,
Anand,V (2788)-Naiditsch,A (2689)/Moscow blitz/2009/}) 9... Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Nc6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. Bd3 Rb8 $5 (15... Qxd2+
$143 $6 16. Kxd2 b6 17. Rhc1 Ba6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. c5 f5 20. Bxc6+ Bxc6 21. cxb6
Bxf3 22. b7 $1 $18 {Miles,A (2555)-Sosonko,G (2530)/Tilburg/1977/}) 16. Be4 Bd7
17. Ne5 (17. Rb5 $5) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Na5 19. Rb4 f6 20. Nxd7 Kxd7 21. Rhb1
b6 22. c5 Kc7 23. Rc1 b5 24. Kc3 Nc6 25. Bxc6 Kxc6 $11 {Reinderman,D (2573)
-Naiditsch,A (2687)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2010/}) (7... b6 {is rather passive:} 8. Be2
$5 (8. Nf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Rd8 12. Qe4 Qg6 13. Ke2 Bd6 14.
h4 O-O 15. h5 Qxe4+ 16. fxe4 e5 17. Be3 $14 {Ribli,Z (2567)-Hera,I (2565)/
AUT-chT 1011/2010/}) 8... Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O
13. Rb1 Qd8 14. Be3 $14 Qc8 $6 15. Rxb6 axb6 16. Qxa8 Nd7 17. Qxc8 Rxc8 18. Rb1
Ra8 19. Rb2 h6 20. h3 Ra3 21. Rc2 Ra4 22. Nd2 f5 23. f3 $14 {/+/-, Tomashevsky,
E (2707)-Riazantsev,A (2679)/RUS-ch rpd Olginka/2011/}) 8. Nf3 ({Accepting the
P-sacrifice is quite risky, as Black gets a promising lead in development:} 8.
Qe2 Be7 9. dxe5 (9. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 10. dxe5 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Bf4
Rhe8 14. O-O g5 15. Bg3 f5 $1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bd1 Bf5 18. Ba4 Bxc3 19. Rac1
Bf6 20. Rfe1 Bb2 21. Rcd1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 g4 23. Nd2 Re2 $36 {Chekhov,V (2410)
-Zaichik,G (2425)/Riga/1980/}) 9... Qg6 10. Qe3 (10. Nf3 O-O 11. Qe3 Nc6 12.
Be2 f6 13. O-O Re8 14. Bd3 Qh5 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Be4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 $36 {
Handoko,E (2290)-Garcia Martinez,S (2435)/La Valetta olm/1980/}) 10... Bf5 $5 (
10... Nc6 11. Ne2 Bg4 $5 (11... Qe6 12. Nd4 Qxe5 13. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 14. Bxe3 bxc6
15. Be2 Bf6 16. O-O $1 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Be5 18. Bf3 Bd7 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Rd3 Ke7
21. Bc5+ Bd6 22. Re1+ $36 {1/2 Sveshnikov,E (2545)-Makarichev,S (2500)/Minsk
1979/URS-ch/[ChessBase] (43)}) 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf4 Qf5 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 $44 {
1/2,Stohl,I (2560)-Li Wenliang (2425)/Beijing/1996/}) 11. Ne2 O-O 12. Nd4 Nd7
$44) 8... exd4 9. Bg5 (9. cxd4 {is too soft:} Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 O-O
12. Be2 c5 13. O-O cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rad8
18. Nb5 Be6 19. c5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxa2 21. h3 Rd8 22. Nd6 Rd7 23. Rd2 Be6 24.
Rb2 Kf8 25. Nxb7 Bd5 $11 {Ricardi,P (2545)-Zarnicki,P (2570)/Trelew/1995/})
9... Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 $5 {The safest choice, Black safeguards his c as soon as
possible.} (10... d3 11. O-O $1 $32 f6 12. Bxd3 Be7 13. Nd4 Qf7 14. Bf4 O-O (
14... Na6 15. Be4 $1 {/\Bd5->}) 15. Bxc7 Na6 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bc2
Bf8 19. Qe2 $14 {Kuhlmann,C (2067)-Kalous,M (2055)/Regionalliga Bayern/2010/})
(10... f6 11. Nxd4 Qf7 12. Bh6 $142 $5 (12. Bf4 Bc5 13. Nb3 (13. O-O O-O 14.
Qc2 Na6 15. Rab1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 c6 17. Rd3 Bf8 18. Rg3 Nc5 19. Rd1 Re8 20. Nb3
Be6 21. Rd4 Bf5 $1 22. Qxf5 Rxe2 $15 {Lautier,J (2645)-Jussupow,A (2645)/
Munich/1993/}) 13... Na6 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Be3 Ne4 16. Bd3 f5 17. f3 Nf6 18.
O-O O-O 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bd4 Rad8 21. c5 b6 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Bb5 Nd7 24. cxb6
axb6 25. a4 Bd5 26. Qb2 {Salov,V (2715)-Jussupow,A (2660)/Madrid/1995/} Bc4 $11
) 12... g6 (12... c5 $2 13. Nb5 (13. Bxg7 $5 Bxg7 (13... Qxg7 14. Bh5+ Ke7 15.
Nb5) 14. Bh5 cxd4 15. Bxf7+ $18) 13... Bf5 14. O-O Qd7 15. Bf4 Na6 16. Re1 Kf7
17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Bxb7 g5 19. Bg3 Nb8 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Rad1 $18 {Ni Hua (2611)
-Aleksandrov,A (2659)/Kolkata/2004/}) 13. Qd2 $5 (13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. h4 h5 15.
O-O Kg7 16. f4 Nc6 (16... c5 $142 $1 17. Nb5 Nc6 $132) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4
Qe7 19. Bf3 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Rb8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxc6 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Kf8 24. Rab1
Rb6 25. Be4 $14 {Williams,S (2250)-Howell,J (2525)/Swansea/1995/}) 13... Bxh6 (
13... Na6 14. O-O Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Bd7 16. Rfb1 O-O-O 17. Qc1 Qe7 18. c5 Nxc5 19.
Qa3 Ba4 20. Bb5 Bxb5 21. Nxb5 Rd5 22. Re1 Re5 23. Nxa7+ Kd7 24. Rad1+ Ke8 25.
Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Nc6 Qe2 27. Rf1 bxc6 28. Qa8+ {1-0,Svoboda,F (2391)-Hruby,J 
(2053)/corr/2005/}) 14. Qxh6 Qf8 15. Qf4 Qf7 16. Nb5 Na6 17. O-O O-O 18. Bf3 c6
19. Nd6 Qc7 20. Qd4 b6 21. Nb5 Qb7 22. Rfe1 Nc5 23. Rad1 Be6 24. Qd6 $36 {
Djoudi,A (2324)-Starace,U (1960)/corr/2005/}) 11. cxd4 (11. Bxe7 $143 d3 $1 12.
O-O Qxe7 13. Bxd3 O-O 14. Qc2 h6 (14... g6 $5) 15. Rae1 Qf6 $11 {and Black has
no problems whatsoever - here it's simpler for him to finish his development,
than in the examples from the above note. If White isn't energetic enough, he
might end up being worse due to his split <<P.}) 11... Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qg6 {
The latest try, Black seeks active <=>} (12... Qe7 {is passive and gives White
an edge:} 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Rfe1 (16. Rab1 $1 b6 17. h3
Bh5 18. Rb5 $36 {Jussupow}) 16... Nc6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qf6 19. Re4 Rad8 (
19... Rae8 $142 $1) 20. Rd1 b6 21. Qe3 Na5 22. Rc1 Rd7 23. h4 Qd8 24. h5 Nc6
25. d5 Ne7 26. Rg4 f5 27. Rf4 Nc8 28. c5 $36 {Karpov,A (2725)-Jussupow,A (2605)
/Linares/1991/}) ({However,} 12... Qf6 $5 {seems fully playable as well:} 13.
Ne4 (13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 (14... Bf5 $5 15. Rad1 Re8 {1/2,Stohl,I (2560)
-Zarnicki,P (2475)/Moscow olm/1994/CBM 044 ext} 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. Bd5 Re7 18.
Rfe1 h6 $1 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Rae8 $132) 15. Nf3 (15. d5 Nd4 16. Bd3 Bf5 17.
Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Nf3 c6 19. Rab1 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nd6 21. Rfc1 Rac8 $11 {Tremayne,D 
(2073)-Bilsel,S (1977)/corr/1999/}) 15... Bg4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. d5 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 b6 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Bf1 Nd7 22. Re3 Rxe3 23. Qxe3 Nc5 24. Re1
g6 $11 {Kasparov,G (2825)-Zarnicki,P (2515)/ICC blitz/1998/}) 13... Qh4 $5 (
13... Qg6 14. Ng3 O-O 15. O-O Rd8 16. Rc1 Qf6 17. d5 Na6 18. Nh5 Qe5 19. Bf3
Nc5 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qd4 f6 22. Re3 Bd7 23. Bg4 Re8 24. Rg3 $40 {Pelletier,Y 
(2587)-Ribli,Z (2568)/Bundesliga 0203/2003/}) 14. Bf3 O-O 15. O-O Nc6 16. Re1
Bf5 (16... Rd8 17. g3 Qh6 18. Nc3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Rab8 20. a4 a6 21. Ra3 Qd6 22.
Rae3 Be6 23. Qa1 b5 $11 {Beltins,G (2083)-Lucian Hoffman,M (2015)/corr/2008/})
17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Qd2 Rad8 20. f4 Qf6 21. Rad1 h5 22. Re5 h4 $132 {
Vilela,J (2405)-Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2470)/Matanzas/1989/}) 13. f4 {
[%cal Re2h5] /\Bh5 This double-edged advance is the only way to fight for the
initiative.} (13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Bh3 16. Nh4 (16. Ne1 Re8 17. f4
Nc6 18. Bf3 Bf5 19. d5 Qd6 20. Rd1 Rad8 21. Qf2 Na5 22. Qd4 b6 $17 {Van der
Plas,H (2320)-Bormida,A/corr/1996/}) 16... Qf6 17. Nf3 Qg6 $11 {1/2,Contin,D 
(2390)-Bellini,F (2350)/Bratto/1995/}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Nc6 (14... Bf5 $5 15.
Qd2 (15. Nf3 Be4 $11) (15. Bf3 Nc6 $132) 15... h6 16. Nf3 Be4 17. Rf2 Nd7 18.
Ne5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rae8 20. c5 Re7 (20... Rd8 21. Raf1 {Stocek,J (2572)-Petrik,
T (2544)/CZE-chT/2006/} b6 22. Bc4 Bd5 23. Bd3 Qg5 $11 {Stocek}) 21. Qc3 b6 22.
Bb5 c6 23. Ba4 Rd8 24. Re1 Red7 25. Bb3 Kh8 26. Qe3 Bd5 27. Bc2 Qg5 28. Qd3 g6
$11 {Schmidt,M (2231)-Lamy,L (2064)/corr/2008/}) 15. d5 (15. Bh5 Qd6 16. d5 Ne7
(16... Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nd4 18. f5 $5 Bxf5 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 $13) 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. d6
cxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Nxd6 b6 21. Rae1 Nf5 22. Bf3 Rb8 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Re7
Be6 25. Bd5 {Anreiter,A (2319)-Trebizan,D (2041)/corr/2006/} Bxd5 26. cxd5 Rfd8
$132) 15... Ne7 16. Qd2 (16. Kh1 Nf5 17. Bd3 h6 18. Nf3 Qh5 (18... Qd6 19. Qd2
c6 $11) 19. Qe1 f6 20. Qf2 Bd7 21. Rg1 $6 (21. h3 $142) 21... Qg4 22. Nd2 b6
23. Rae1 Rae8 24. Ne4 Nd6 25. Ng3 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 $11 {Mulyar,M (2445)
-Gorlin,A/Saint Paul/2000/}) 16... h6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Probably worried about a
prepared improvement, Socko introduces a novelty and deviates from a game by
his compatriot.} ({In an earlier round Grachev had to face} 16... Qb6+ 17. Kh1
Nf5 18. Bd3 h6 19. Nf3 (19. Ne4 $5 Qd4 20. Rae1 $13 {/+/=}) 19... c6 20. Rab1
Qc5 21. Rfe1 Nd6 (21... Rd8 22. Re5 $14) 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. f5 (24.
Qb4 $5 b6 25. f5 Bb7 26. f6 Rfe8 $5 {/\Ne4<=>}) 24... Ne8 $5 25. Nb5 Qd8 26.
Red1 Nf6 27. Qf4 (27. c5 $5 $14) 27... Bd7 28. Nd6 b6 29. Be4 (29. c5 $1 {/\}
bxc5 30. Bc4 $44) 29... Rb8 30. Bf3 Qc7 31. Rd4 Bc6 32. Rbd1 Rbd8 33. h3 Rd7
34. Bxc6 Qxc6 $11 {/3,Grachev,B (2669)-Wojtaszek,R (2721)/Lublin/2011/}) 17.
Nf3 Qd6 (17... Bf5 $132 {[%cal Yf5e4] /\Be4}) 18. Rad1 c6 {Black wants to open
the [+], but this can be potentially risky due to his still disconnected R.} (
18... Bf5 19. Nd4 Rfe8 {still seems viable and roughly equal.}) (18... Re8 $5
$11) 19. dxc6 Qxd2 (19... Qxc6 $142 $5 20. Qb4 (20. Rfe1 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Nc6 $11)
20... Nf5 (20... Qb6+ 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Rb1 Rd8 $132) 21. Ne5 Qb6+
$11) 20. Nxd2 $1 {Perhaps Socko underestimated this recapture.} (20. Rxd2 Nxc6
21. c5 (21. Rb1 b6 $11) 21... Be6 22. Rb2 Rab8 $11) 20... Nxc6 21. Ne4 $32 {
[%cal Ye4d6] /\Nd6} Re8 (21... Ne7 22. Nd6 Nf5 23. Nxc8 Raxc8 24. Rd7 $36) 22.
Bf3 Bg4 (22... Re7 23. Nd6 $14) 23. Bxg4 (23. Nf6+ $5 gxf6 24. Bxg4 $14 {/\}
Re4 $6 25. Rd7 Rb8 26. Bh5 $16) 23... Rxe4 24. Rd7 Rxc4 (24... Rb8 $5 25. g3 (
25. Bf3 Rxf4 26. Bd5 Rxf1+ 27. Kxf1 Nd8 $11) 25... Rxc4 26. Bf3 $44) 25. Rxb7 {
[%csl Gb7,Gg4][%mdl 4096] Despite simplification the _|_ is slightly better
for White. He has a R on the 7th and a more versatile minor piece.} Rd8 26. Bd1
$1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Rd1b3] /\Bb3,><f7} Rb4 27. Rc7 Nd4 $5 28. f5 (28. Rxa7 Rb2
29. a4 Ne2+ $44) 28... a5 (28... Nxf5 29. Bb3 Nd6 30. Rxa7 $36 (30. Bxf7+ $6
Nxf7 31. Rfxf7 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Rb2+ $11)) (28... Nb5 $142 $1 {/\Rb2, Rd2<=>}) 29.
Bh5 Rf8 30. Ra7 Rb5 31. Bg4 Nc6 32. Rc7 Ne5 33. Bd1 Rd8 34. Bb3 Rd2 35. Ra7 {
Stops <=> with a4} h5 $6 (35... Nc6 $142 36. Ra8+ (36. Rc7 Ne5 $11) 36... Rd8
37. Rxd8+ Nxd8 38. f6 Ne6 $14 {/=}) 36. h3 (36. f6 $5 g5 37. Rb1 (37. Rf5 Kh7
38. Re7 a4 39. Rexe5 Rxe5 40. Rxe5 axb3 41. axb3 Kg6 $11) 37... Rc5 38. Re1 $14
) 36... Rd4 $2 {Black was probably in time-trouble and his position
deteriorates rapidly.} (36... Nc6 $1 37. Rc7 (37. Bxf7+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Rbb2 $36)
37... Ne5 38. Rf2 $14) 37. f6 gxf6 (37... g5 $2 38. Rf5 Kh7 39. Re7 {/\} a4 40.
Bc2 $18) (37... g6 38. Rc1 $16) 38. Rxf6 Rc5 (38... Kg7 39. Rf5 Kh6 40. Ra6+
$16) 39. Rf5 $1 $18 h4 (39... Kg7 40. Bxf7 $18) 40. Bxf7+ Kg7 41. Kh2 Rd2 (
41... Nc6 42. Rxc5 Nxa7 43. Rxa5 $18 (43. Be8 $18)) (41... Rd7 42. Rxe5 Rxa7
43. Rxc5 Kxf7 44. Rh5 $18) 42. Be8+ Kg8 43. Ba4 $1 {[%cal Ra4b3,Rf5f8] /\Bb3,
Rf8 White wraps up the game with a mating attack.} 1-0

[Event "World Women-ch"]
[Site "Shanghai/Vladivostok"]
[Date "2020.01.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.01.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,101,24,-11,0,-8,0,6,36,-11,-1,2,22,0,6,5,6,32,35,-15,32,34,101,103,
103,103,90,89,102,66,75,51,72,55,79,79,55,33,33,19,5,29,48,23,23,31,31,31,34,
25,7,12,12,20,39,39,39,13,43,35,67,7,95,60,91,77,39,87,88,88,200,200,203,210,
248,252,250,250,262,271,251,224,264,216,204,214,235,211,212,217,236,223,273,
222,275,275,334,250,250,213,461,443,649,544] The Women's World Championship
2020 was, contrary to recent matches, a very tense and exciting fight, which
even went into a tie-break decider. Goryachkina managed to score her first
clasical win against the reigning World Champion in Game 5.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3
e6 3. e4 {The Mikenas remains a popular choice, as with our move order it's
practically the only way to avoid a Nimzo-Indian, or a Queen's Gambit. This we
did have later in the match, albeit via an 1...e6 move order (Ju Wenjun
avoided the Mikenas later on):} (3. d4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 {
and now Game 10 featured} Bf5 (6... h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Bd3 Ne4 9. Bg3 $5 Nxg3 10.
hxg3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O 15. Na4 Kb8 16.
Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Bg4 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 d4 20. e4 g5 21. Qd2 Nd7 22. f4 f6
23. Rh5 gxf4 24. gxf4 Nf8 25. f5 Qg7 26. Qf4+ Ka8 27. Qh2 Nd7 28. f4 Qf8 29. b4
b6 30. e5 $16 {Goryachkina,A (2578)-Ju,W (2584) Shanghai/Vladivostok 2020 This
was Game 8, a very smooth victory and arguably Goryachkina's best performance
in the match.}) 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. Nh4 Be7
12. Ne2 {from Carlsen-Kramnik, Norway 2016 (see CBM 172 for detailed notes by
Marin). Already then} f5 13. g3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Nf6 {was indicated as an
improvement, after} 15. Nf4 (15. Rg1 $5 Ke7 16. Bh3 Rae8 17. Nf4 Kd6 18. Kd2
Re7 19. a4 a5 20. Ra3 Rhe8 21. Rb3 Kc7 22. Rc1 Kd6 23. Bg2 $36 Nh5 $2 24. Nxd5
cxd5 25. Rb6+ Kd7 26. Bf1 $1 $18 {Kramnik,V (2779)-Aleksandrov,A (2602) Batumi
olm 2018}) 15... Nh5 16. Kd2 (16. Be2 Nxf4 17. exf4 h5 18. Kd2 Kd7 19. Bd3 Rae8
20. Rhg1 Kd6 21. b4 Re7 22. a4 Rhe8 23. Ra3 b6 24. Rc3 Rc7 25. Rgc1 Ree7 26. a5
Re8 27. axb6 axb6 28. Ra1 b5 29. Ra6 Kd7 30. Rc5 Re6 $11 {Ganguly,S (2636)
-L'Ami,E (2606) Wijk aan Zee 2020/ This game was played one day earlier and
even despite his completely passive set-up Black was able to hold the fortress.
}) 16... Nxf4 17. exf4 Ke7 18. Be2 h5 19. Rae1 Kd6 20. Bd3 Rae8 21. Re3 Rxe3
22. fxe3 a5 23. a3 b6 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Ra8 $132 {Goryachkina,A (2578)-Ju,W
(2584) Shanghai/Vladivostok 2020 Black has sufficient counterplay and White's
attempts to break down his position eventually went too far, leading to a
painful loss.}) 3... d5 {I wrote two articles about the Mikenas in CBM 162 and
167, concentrating on the main move in the text.} ({Although I was rather
critical of} 3... c5 4. e5 Ng8 {, meanwhile theory developed in this branch as
well:} {Still, the main continuation here is the pawn-sacrifice} 5. Nf3 (5. d4
cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 $5 ({After the common} 7. Qe4 {the most reliable road
to equality is} d6 8. Nf3 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 $5 $11 {The rare retreat to f4 aims
to avoid this.}) 7... d6 (7... Nge7 8. Nf3 $5 (8. Bd3 Ng6 9. Bxg6 hxg6 $13)
8... Ng6 9. Qg3 Qa5 10. Bd2 $44) 8. Nf3 Nge7 9. exd6 Ng6 10. Qe4 $146 (10. Qg5
{Hu,J (2120)-Booth,S (2142) Parramatta 2008} Qxd6 11. Bd2 Be7 $13) 10... Qxd6 (
10... Bxd6 $5 $13) 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O f5 13. Qe1 O-O 14. h4 Bf6 15. Kb1 Qe7
16. Bg5 Bd7 17. c5 $1 Rad8 18. h5 (18. Rd6 $5 $36) 18... Nge5 19. Nxe5 Bxg5 (
19... Nxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 $14) 20. Nxd7 Rxd7 21. Rxd7 Qxd7 22. Bc4 {Dubov,D 
(2683)-Kovalev,V (2660) Wijk aan Zee 2020} {/\} Re8 23. Nb5 $36) 5... Nc6 6. d4
cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 {
After} Nf5 13. Qb4 ({This has replaced Kasparov's} 13. Qc5 d6 14. Qa5 {from
the late 1980s, after} Qd7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Qa3 Nce7 $1 17. O-O-O Qc6 18. Qb3 Bd7
19. Rg1 h5 $5 $132 {Black was doing fine in more recent mail games:} 20. Kb1
Rc8 21. g3 d5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bd3 O-O 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Bc5 Rfe8
27. Ka1 Bb5 28. Bb1 Bc4 29. Qb4 b5 30. h3 a5 31. Qa3 d4 32. g4 b4 33. Qxa5 Ra8
34. gxf5 Qf7 35. Qxb4 Bxa2 36. Qd2 Bxb1+ 37. Kxb1 Qa2+ 38. Kc2 Qc4+ {½, Pheby,
I (2346)-Sanner,Z (2331) email 2018}) 13... Nc6 (13... Qe7 14. Qxe7+ {leads to
a position, which earlier used to arise via the 13.Qc5 Qe7 move-order. Black
must tread with care, he got under strong pressure after} Kxe7 (14... Nxe7 $142
$5 15. c5 d5 16. cxd6 Nd5 $14) 15. f4 Ng6 16. g3 d6 17. Bh3 Bd7 18. O-O-O Bc6
19. Rhe1 Kf7 20. Nd5 $1 exd5 21. Bxf5 $36 {Bacrot,E (2653)-Dorfman,J (2602)
Marseille 2001 See the notes to this game in CBM 085 by Ribli.}) 14. Qc5 Qe7 (
14... d6 15. Bxd8 dxc5 16. Bb6 {advantageously regains the P:} e5 17. O-O-O
Ncd4 18. Bxc5 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Bxd4 (20. Bb6 $5 $14 {/+/-}) 20... Nxd4 21.
f4 Bg4 22. Rde1 Nc6 23. Be4 O-O 24. g3 (24. fxe5 $142 Nxe5 25. Bxb7 Nd3+ 26.
Kd2 Nxe1 27. Bd5+ $1 Kh8 28. Rxe1 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Gc4]}) 24... Rfe8 25. Kb1 exf4
26. gxf4 Bh5 27. Re3 Kf8 28. Rhe1 Bg6 29. b3 Re7 30. Bxg6 hxg6 $11 {½, Giri,A
(2767)-Dubov,D (2648) Novi Sad 2016}) {After} 15. O-O-O ({Here White has also
tested} 15. Qxe7+ Nfxe7 (15... Ncxe7 16. O-O-O d5 17. Be2 Kf7 18. b3 d4 19. Ne4
$5 (19. Bxd4 $14 {probably seemed too mundane to White}) 19... e5 20. g4 Nh4
21. f4 {Wojtaszek,R (2748)-Kovalev,V (2661) Douglas 2019} Neg6 $13) 16. O-O-O
d5 17. Be2 O-O {was played in postal chess:} 18. Rhe1 Bd7 19. Bc5 $5 (19. g3
Rfc8 20. f4 Be8 21. Bg4 f5 22. Bf3 Bf7 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Kb1 Re8
26. Rh1 Re7 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rae8 $11 {Just,J (2171)-Dannehr,J (2297)
email 2016}) 19... Rfe8 20. Na4 Kf7 21. Nb6 Rad8 22. b4 Nb8 23. Bg4 e5 24. Bxe7
Kxe7 25. Bxd7 Nxd7 26. Nxd5+ Kf7 27. Kb2 Nb8 28. Kc3 $14 {/=, Dolya,A (2394)
-Szabo,A (2376) email 2015}) {Black should be generous and play} 15... Qxc5
$142 (15... d6 $2 {is a grave error,} 16. Qa3 O-O 17. g4 Nh6 18. Rg1 Nf7 19. f4
Bd7 20. h4 a5 21. g5 Kh8 22. Qb3 Rfc8 23. Kb1 {gave White strong pressure. The
only reasonable attempt at counterplay} e5 {seriously weakens Black's position:
} 24. Nd5 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 $36 {Ding,L (2811)-Radjabov,T (2758) Khanty-Mansiysk
2019}) 16. Bxc5 d6 {This was featured already in partii Korchnoi-Timman,
Brussels 1991, returning the P gives Black good chances for full equality after
} 17. Bxd6 Nxd6 18. Rxd6 Bd7 19. Na4 (19. Be2 O-O-O 20. Rhd1 e5 21. Rxd7 Rxd7
22. Bg4 Rhd8 23. Na4 Kc7 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. Bxd7 Kxd7 26. Nc5+ Kc8 $11 {
Jenkinson,S (2289)-Riek,J email 2017}) 19... O-O-O 20. Nb6+ Kc7 21. Rxd7+ Rxd7
22. Nxd7 Kxd7 23. Kd2 Kd6 24. Kc3 a5 25. Bd3 Ne5 26. Be2 Rc8 27. b3 b5 $132 {
Wojtaszek,R (2737)-Mons,L (2500) Germany 2017}) 4. cxd5 {Popular enough, but
still move number 2.} ({We will also check the latest developments in the main
line} 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 (6. fxg7 cxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Bxg7 {was
considered harmless and this seems to stand:} 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bd3 O-O
11. O-O-O a5 12. a3 e5 13. Bc3 f5 (13... a4 $5 14. Qc2 f5 $13 {/=/+}) 14. c5+
Kh8 15. Bb5 $6 Be6 16. Qc2 Qxc5 (16... Nb4 $1 {/\} 17. axb4 axb4 18. Bxe5 Bxe5
19. Nxe5 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Ra5 $36 {[%csl Rd2] advantageously wins the piece back})
17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Qe4 19. Qd2 (19. Rd3 $1 $16 {[%cal Yh1e1]}) 19... Ba2
20. Nd3 Qc4 21. Rhe1 Rae8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qc6 25. Nf3 Bxc3
26. bxc3 Bd5 $11 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Nakamura,H (2761) Abidjan rpd 2019}) 6...
Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3 {and now:} exd4 (8... Nc6 {Even more enterprising is
Dubov's} 9. Be2 (9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6 {Currently the attention has
shifted to} 12. h5 (12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qa4 c6 14. h5 Qd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. dxc6 bxc6
17. Bd3 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. Be4 Bb7 20. Rb1 Nb6 21. Qa5 (21. Qb3 c5 22. Bxb7
Qxb7 23. a4 Qe4 24. Nd2 Qg4 25. a5 Nd7 26. Qb7 Rfd8 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Qd5 Qxd5
29. cxd5 f5 30. d6 Bh4 $132 {½, Bars,J (2386)-Packroff,H (2276) email 2017})
21... f5 22. Qxe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 fxe4 24. Ng6 Rf7 25. c5 Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Ba6 27.
Rfe1 Bd3 $11 {Martinovic,S (2583)-Brkic,A (2583) Zadar 2017}) 12... Qd6 13. Be3
Nd7 {Here the most aggressive try is} 14. c5 $5 (14. Qa4 Qa3 15. Qb3 a5 16. Qc2
Qd6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Rd1 a4 $6 (18... O-O $13) (18... b6 $5) 19. O-O O-O 20.
Rfe1 b6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bf5 Qf6 23. g4 Qd6 24. Bc1 a3 {Navara,D (2737)
-Cheparinov,I (2696) Tbilisi 2017} 25. Qe2 $1 $16 {See the notes to this game
in CBM 181 by Mekhitarian.}) (14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nd2 Nf6 16. f3 O-O 17. Ne4 $6
Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qa5 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Bd2 f5 $17 {Nepomniachtchi,I 
(2730)-So,W (2744) Bergamo 2014}) 14... Nxc5 15. Bb5+ Nd7 16. c4 $44 Qf6 17.
Qa4 a6 (17... Kd8 18. Bxd7 Bxd7 19. Qb3 b6 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. O-O f5
23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. Qa3 Ke8 25. Bxb6 Rc8 26. Ba5 Rxc4 27. Bb4 $16 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2732)-Aleksandrov,A (2565) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 18. c5 Rb8
19. Bd3 b5 20. cxb6 cxb6 21. O-O b5 22. Qe4 Bd6 23. Rfe1 Qe7 24. Bf4 (24. Bd4
Nf6 25. Qe2 O-O 26. Nxe5 Bb7 27. Nc6 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 Rbe8 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Bg4
Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ra8 32. Rd1 Kf8 33. Bd7 a5 34. Nd4 b4 35. Bc6 Bxc6 36. dxc6 Be5
37. Nf5 a4 $132 {/=, Thurlow,K (2214)-Sanner,Z (2331) email 2018}) 24... Nf6
25. Qd4 exd4 26. Bxd6 Rb7 27. Rxe7+ Rxe7 28. Rc1 Bd7 29. Rc5 Kd8 30. Bc7+ Kc8
31. Bd6+ Kd8 32. Ne5 {Maghsoodloo,P (2601)-Gholami Orimi,M (2299) Bushehr 2018}
Rxe5 $5 33. Bxe5 Re8 34. f4 (34. Bc7+ Kc8 $1 $15) 34... Ng4 $11) 9... exd4 10.
Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O $5 dxc3 12. Bd3 Qd6 13. Re1+ Be7 (13... Be6 $5 14. Rb1 Be7 $11
{seems quite solid}) 14. c5 $5 Qxc5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Re5 Qd6 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18.
Qe2 f6 19. Rd1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 Bf5 ({Timman recommended} 20... c2 21. Rxd6 cxd6
22. Nd3 Bf5 23. Qxc2 a6 $13 {and it's not clear White will manage to create
tangible threats to prevent Black from activating his rooks. However, Black's
move is objectively also OK, the problem was the defence was costing him a lot
of time on the clock.}) 21. Rxd6 cxd6 22. Nd7+ Kf7 23. Qc4+ Be6 24. Qf4+ Nf5 (
24... Bf5 $5 25. Bd3 Rhc8 $11) 25. g4 Rad8 $2 {Only this is the decisive
mistake.} ({The engine indicates} 25... c2 {was still a draw after} 26. gxf5
Bxa2 (26... Bxd7 $5 27. Bxd7 Rhc8 $44 {=}) 27. f6 g5 $5 $11 (27... Rhc8 28.
fxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qf6+ Kg8 $11)) 26. gxf5 Bxd7 27. Bc4+ $18 {->, Dubov,D (2701)
-Nakamura,H (2787) Moscow 2018}) 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 {and now:} {The new
trend is} 11. Nxd4 $5 (11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 (14...
h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. d5 (16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bg4 18. c5 $6 Qf6 19. d5 Rad8 20.
Bc4 Ne7 21. Rcd1 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Be6 $15 {Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P (2732)
Prague rpd 2018}) 16... Ne7 {is only a transposition}) 15. Qd2 (15. Rb1 h6 16.
Nf3 Qd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Nd4 c6 19. f5 Qf6 20. Ne6 $6 fxe6 21. fxe6 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Harikrishna,P (2750) Moscow 2017} Nf5 $1 $15 {[%cal
Yf6d4,Yc8e6]}) (15. d5 Ne7 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nf3 Qd6 {again just transposes after}
18. Rad1) 15... h6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. d5 Ne7 18. Rad1 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 $1 20. Rfe1
Qc7 21. Qd6 Qxd6 22. Rxd6 Be6 23. Nd4 Nf5 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2710)
-Ganguly,S (2625) Melilla 2011}) 11... Qe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1
Qf6 15. Bf3 Qa6 $146 (15... c6 16. Qe2 $32) 16. Bd5 {This forces the issue.} ({
Interesting alternatives are} 16. Re7 Qxc4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 $44 {and}) (
16. Nb5 $5 $14) 16... c6 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Re8 {Here Black had
to play} Qa3 $1 {[]} (19... Qxc4 $2 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Qg5 Qxc3 23.
Qd8+ Kf7 24. Nf3 h6 25. Ne5+ Ke6 26. Kf1 $18 {->, Vitiugov,N (2732)-Bluebaum,M
(2643) Douglas 2019}) 20. c5 Qxc3 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Nf3 Na6 24.
Qxh7 Re8 (24... Nc7 $5) {and White must resign himself to a perpetual after}
25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ $11) 4... exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 {Since my article in
CBM 167 roughly 5 years ago, this has become the main move.} (6... Nxc3 {
has almost disappeared, one of the reasons being that after} 7. bxc3 ({White
has a good score also with} 7. dxc3 Be7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. Qc2 g6 10. e6 fxe6 11.
Bh6 Bf6 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. Rhe1 Nc5 14. g4 Bd7 15. g5 Bg7 16. Bxg6+ hxg6 17.
Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Rxd5 $36 {Navara,D (2735)-Parligras,M (2583) Jerusalem 2015 This
attractive attacking effort was the main game of the aforementioned article.})
7... c5 8. d4 {Black is a tempo down on our game.}) ({Also} 6... Nc6 {is not
popular, but here the matters are more complicated. After} 7. Bb5 Be7 {White
can play} 8. d4 {, transposing into a line of the Italian (C54!), in which
Black instead of Bb6 retreated with his B to e7. While this might seem more
passive, on b6 it might be offside later on. In any case, the follow-up} O-O 9.
O-O ({Interesting is} 9. h3 {or the flexible}) (9. Be3) 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11.
Be3 f6 $5 12. exf6 ({Soft, the ambitious tries are} 12. g4 $13 {, possibly even
}) (12. Ne2 $5) 12... Bxf6 13. Be2 Kh8 14. Re1 Qd6 $11 {Le,Q (2714)-Peralta,F 
(2580) Caleta 2019 allowed Black to solve his opening problems.}) 7. d3 {
Now the most topical move, but we didn't even mention it in 2015! White is
willing to invest a full tempo (the pawn will later go to d4 anyway) to get
rid of the Ne4 as soon as possible.} ({After} 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bd2 {fashion has
also shifted:} {Black started to prefer} Bxc3 (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 O-O 10. Bd3
Be4 11. Bxe4 $5 dxe4 12. Ng5 c5 $6 (12... Nc6 $142 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Ngxe4
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. g3 {and the endgame is at best on
slightly better for White.}) 13. d5 e3 14. Qxe3 Qxd5 15. O-O Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6
17. f4 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qd3 19. Qxc5 Rd5 20. Qe3 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 $16 {
Agdestein,S (2604)-Haug,J (2335) Stavanger 2017}) 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 $5 (
10... b6 11. O-O c5 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. f3 Bg6 15. f4 Be4 16. Bf3
cxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qe7 21. Rd3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1
Rfd8 23. Rd1 Qc2 24. g3 Qxd2 25. R1xd2 Kf8 26. Kg2 Ke7 27. f5 g6 $132 {Howell,
D (2685)-Nakamura,H (2749) Caleta 2019}) 11. dxc5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be4 13. O-O Qe7
14. Re1 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qxc5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Rad8 19. Qa4 Rd7
20. Re3 Qc5 $11 {Sargissian,G (2657)-Bluebaum,M (2643) Heraklion 2017}) ({After
} 7. Be2 {Black has also} d4 $5 (7... Nc6 {and}) (7... Be7 {may end up as a
transposition to the aforementioned C54 Italian, once White pushes d4.}) 8.
Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Bc4 Bd5 (9... Be7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Qb3 Bxc4 13. Qxc4
Qd7 14. d3 Qe6 15. Qxe6 (15. Qb5 $6 O-O-O 16. Bg5 a6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. dxc4 Rhe8
19. Bd2 h6 20. Re4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Rae1 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 b5 24. b3 bxc4 25.
bxc4 Kb7 26. Kf1 Kb6 $36 {Shimanov,A (2646)-Ju,W (2574) Saint Louis 2017 The
resulting endgame was already better for Black.}) 15... fxe6 $11 {is similar})
10. Qb3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nc6 12. O-O Qd7 13. d3 Qe6 14. Qxe6+ fxe6 15. Ng5 Kd7 16.
f4 Be7 17. Ne4 Raf8 18. Bd2 g5 19. g3 Rhg8 20. Kh1 gxf4 21. gxf4 Rg6 22. Rac1
Rfg8 23. a3 a5 $132 {Aronian,L (2799)-Ding,L (2777) Tbilisi 2017}) 7... Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 {An active push.} (8... Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 {
leads to a position, which we analysed 5 years ago via the 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 Be7
9.d4 move-order:} {Black fully consolidated his set-up after} Na5 (12... Nd8
13. Ng5 (13. Bg5 $142 $5) 13... Bg6 14. e6 Nxe6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17.
Qg4 Bd6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 $11 {Zhou,J (2578)
-Sasikiran,K (2682) Hyderabad 2015}) 13. Bg5 Rae8 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qc2 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Nc4 17. Ng5 f5 18. g3 h6 19. Nh3 g5 20. f4 Rg7 21. Re2 Qf7 22. Rf1 Qh5
23. Kg2 c6 24. a4 b6 25. Ree1 Qg6 26. Re2 Qe6 27. Ra2 g4 $11 {Fedukin,A (2248)
-Trefilov,A email 2013}) 9. d4 Qa5 {An active sorite, but it's not without
drawbacks.} (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 {is the most common alternative:} {
After} cxd4 (11... Be7 12. dxc5 ({White can postpone the capture with} 12. O-O
{, as both} c4 ({and} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 $13 {/+/=}) 13. Qb1 $14 {suit him})
12... Bxc5 13. O-O Qd7 14. Re1 Be7 15. Be3 O-O 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18.
Bxg5 Rde8 19. f4 h6 20. Bh4 Qg4 21. Bg3 $14 {Grischuk,A (2767)-Nakamura,H 
(2787) Moscow rpd 2018 White is slightly better, as his >> majority is mobile.}
) 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4+ 14. Ke2 O-O $5 (14... Qd7 15. Rb1 Be7
16. Qb5 Rd8 17. Be3 O-O 18. Rhc1 $36 {Aronian,L (2767)-Khademalsharieh,S (2468)
Caleta 2019/ This is advantageous for White, as an _|_ with a centralized K is
fine for him.}) 15. Rb1 Ba5 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rxb7 Qc8 18. Rb3 Qg4+ 19. Kf1 Bb6
20. Bb2 Rac8 $44 21. h3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 dxe4 23. Ke2 Rc2+ 24. Ke3 Rxe5 25. Rxb6
axb6 26. dxe5 Rxb2 $11 {Wang,H (2737)-Esipenko,A (2611) Poikovsky 2019}) 12...
Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 {White has had excellent results in this position,
although accroding to the engine it's playable. Following} O-O ({Black waits
for White to castle, but} 14... Qa5 {[%cal Ya5b5,Ya5a6,Ya5d2] is also possible.
If White doesn't swap Q immediately, he must reckon with Qb5(a6).}) 15. O-O Rc8
16. Rfe1 {, now is a good time for} Qa5 $132 (16... Re8 17. Rab1 Qd7 18. Qd3 h6
19. Nh4 Ne7 20. h3 Rc6 21. f4 g6 22. Rf1 Rec8 23. f5 $36 {Dragun,K (2604)
-Malek,D (2362) Warsaw 2019})) (9... c4 10. a4 (10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bd3 12. Ng1
{is too time-cosuming, Black had good counterplay after} Qa5 13. Bd2 Nc6 14.
Ne2 Ba3 15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bg5 Bb2 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20.
Qxe2 Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Qa3 22. Qe3 b5 23. e6 f6 24. h4 Ne7 $132 {Carlsen,M (2843)
-Aronian,L (2794) Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden 2018}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O
O-O 13. Ne1 Na5 (13... f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. Nc2 Be4 16. Ne3 Na5 17. Ba3 Bxa3
18. Rxa3 Qd6 19. Ra2 Raf8 20. Ng4 Re6 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. f3 Bg6 23. f4 $14 {
Tomashevsky,E (2702)-Aronian,L (2801) Germany 2018}) 14. Nc2 Nb3 15. Ra2 Qa5 {
and now} 16. Ne3 (16. Bb2 {as in Aronian,L (2764)-Nakamura,H (2769) Stavanger
blitz 2018 is too artificial}) 16... Be6 17. Qc2 {gives White chances to fight
for an advantage.}) 10. Bd2 Nc6 (10... c4 11. Nh4 Be6 12. g3 $1 $36 {[%cal
Yh4g2,Yg2e3,Yg2f4] is a better version of the 9...c4 line.}) 11. c4 $5 {
White decides to act.} ({The energetic text-move causes Black more problems,
than} 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 Rac8 14. Ra2 a6 (14... Qb6 $142 $1 $132 {
[%csl Rd4][%cal Yc6a5] Marin}) 15. Rb2 c4 16. Ne1 (16. Rxb7 $6 Rb8 $44) 16...
b5 $6 ({Stronger was} 16... Rc7 $5 {/\} 17. Bg4 Bg6) 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 $1
Bxg4 19. Qxg4 h5 20. Qxh5 b4 21. Qg4 Rfe8 {Nakamura,H (2769)-Ding,L (2791)
Stavanger 2018} {Here White could have stayed on top with} 22. e6 {, for
example} f5 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Qg4 bxc3 25. Bh6 Bf6 26. Rb7 Rc7 27. Rxc7 Qxc7 28.
Nc2 $14 {For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 185 by Marin.})
11... Qd8 12. Qb3 Be4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({A new move, but perhaps not an
improvement on the already played} 12... Be6 {After} 13. Qxb7 Rc8 {the generous
} 14. Ng5 $5 (14. Rc1 Be7 $32 {gives Black reasonable compensation.}) 14...
Nxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 $1 (16. Bd3 $143 Rb8 17. Qa6 (17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qb7
Rb8 $11) 17... Qb6 18. Qa4+ Qc6 {and the Q swap eases Black's defence.}) 16...
Be7 17. Bd3 Kf7 $6 (17... O-O $142 18. O-O Rb8 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gd3] and White
is only slightly more comfortable with his ^^}) 18. O-O Nc6 $6 19. Rfd1 Rc7 (
19... Nxe5 20. Bf4 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf7] a Kf7 sotva prežije}) 20. Qb3 Nd4 21.
Qb2 Rd7 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Bc4 Rxe5 24. Qb7 Qa8 25. Qc7 $1 $16 {/+-} (25. Bf4 $6
Re4 26. Bg5 Nf5 27. Bf1 $6 Rb4 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2768)-Anand,V (2771)
Batumi olm 2018})) 13. Qxb7 Rc8 14. Bg5 $6 ({Also here} 14. Ng5 $1 {seems
better:} Be7 15. Nxe4 (15. e6 $6 O-O 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Ne6 Qd6 $32 {[%csl Re1]}
) 15... dxe4 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Qb5+ Qd7 (17... Kf8 18. Be2 $14 {and Black must
lose time to coordinate his forces.}) 18. Rb1 $14 {[%csl Gd2,Gf1] heading for
with a pleasant _|_}) 14... Be7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 (15... Qa5+ $6 16. Nd2 Nxe7 17.
Qb5+ $1 Qxb5 18. cxb5 cxd4 19. f3 Bc2 20. Nb3 $36) 16. Qb5+ Qd7 $2 {A mistake,
which gets Black into trouble.} (16... Kf8 $13 {or}) (16... Rc6 $5 $44 {
gives him compensation and leads to an unclear fight.}) 17. cxd5 {Alexandra
plays it simple.} (17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rc1 $14 {, or the immediate}) (17. Rc1 $5
{also deserved attention.}) 17... Bxd5 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bb5+ Ke6 (19... Bc6
20. a4 $14 {[%cal Yd4c5,Ye1e2] /+/- doesn't look like compensation, so Black's
K goes for a wild ride...}) 20. Ng5+ $1 Kf5 21. h4 (21. f4 $5 {seems even
stronger} {/\} Kxf4 (21... Nc6 22. O-O $40) 22. Nxf7 $1 $16) 21... cxd4 $5 {
[%mdl 4608] Giving an exchange for practical chances in the arising endgame.} (
21... Kg6 22. Bd3+ Kh6 23. Be4 Rhf8 (23... Bxe4 24. Nxe4 cxd4 25. Nd6 Rcf8 26.
Rc1 $16) 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. O-O Nf4 27. Rfd1 Rxe5 28. Rd7 $16 {
is very difficult - White will have a healthy extra pawn.}) (21... Nc6 22. Bd3+
Kf4 23. g3+ Kg4 24. f3+ $1 Bxf3 (24... Kxg3 $2 25. Rg1+ Kf4 26. Kf2 Nxd4 27.
Rae1 $18 {[%cal Rg5h3,Rg1g4]}) 25. O-O $40 {[%csl Rg4]} (25. Nxf3 $5 Kxf3 26.
Bf5 $16 {sú zjavne nevýhodné, aj tu čierny dopláca na zlého kráľa.})
25... Bd5 26. Nxf7 $16 {is also very dangerous for Black, the main problem
being his exposed K.} (26. Kh2 $5)) 22. Bd7+ Kxe5 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. O-O $6 {
In an endgame the K can and should have a more active role.} (24. Kd2 $142 $1
$16 {with excellent winning chances, especially as Black can't really afford}
Bxg2 $2 25. Rae1+ Kd6 26. Nxf7+ Kd7 27. Rhg1 $18) 24... Kd6 25. Rfe1 (25. Rad1
h6 $14 ({or} 25... Rc4 {also isn't so clear.})) 25... Rc2 26. a3 h6 $6 (26...
Ng6 $142 $1 {/\} 27. Rad1 (27. Ne4+ Kc6 $14) 27... Nf4 $14 {/<=>}) 27. Ne4+
Bxe4 (27... Kd7 {or}) (27... Kc6 28. Rad1 Nf5 $14 {also deserved attention,
White still faces a tough technical task.}) 28. Rxe4 Nc6 29. h5 g6 $6 {Loses
time.} (29... Kd5 $142 $1 30. Re8 (30. Rg4 d3 $44) 30... d3 $14 {/~~ and the
fight continues.}) 30. Rf4 gxh5 31. Rxf7 $2 ({White shouldn't underestimate
the passed pawn, Black's main source of <=>. The weaknesses are already there
and can be attacked after the patient and technical} 31. Rd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rf7,
Rh5,Rh6]}) 31... d3 {[%csl Gd3]} 32. Rd1 d2 33. Rf3 (33. Kf1 Nd4 $11) 33... Ne5
34. Rf4 Nc6 $2 {The last mistake, which decides the game. The Pd2 required
immediate support and} (34... Nc4 {would have probably saved the game, e.g.}
35. Kf1 Ke5 36. Rh4 Nb2 37. Ke2 Nxd1 38. Kxd1 Ra2 39. Rxh5+ Ke4 $11) 35. Kf1 $1
Ke5 36. Rf3 Na5 37. Ke2 Nc4 {The knight has arrived on c4 after all, but now
it's too late, as White's K joined the fight against the Pd2. Black is lost.}
38. Rh3 Ra2 39. Rxh5+ $18 Kd4 40. Rh4+ Kc5 41. Rh3 a5 42. f4 Kd5 43. Rf3 Ke6
44. g4 a4 45. Rh3 Kd5 46. f5 Ke5 47. Rc3 Nxa3 48. Rc5+ (48. Re3+ Kf6 49. Re6+
Kg7 50. Rxd2 $18 {is equally convincing.}) 48... Kd6 49. f6 $1 Nc2 50. Rc4 Na3
{A sad choice.} (50... Ke6 51. Rxd2 $18 {drops the knight.}) 51. Rf4 $1 {
[%csl Gf6] The passed pawn queens.} 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 77th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2015.01.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
Nc6 {Recently this move has become popular in elite tournaments.} (8... exd4 9.
Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 h6 {This is a comparatively new continuation, the main line
is 10...Be7.} (10... Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qe7) 11. Nxd4 Qd7 12. Be3 Be7
13. Nb5 Na6 14. Nxa7 Bc5 15. Nxc8 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxe3 17. Bf3 Nc5 18. fxe3 Rxc8
19. Rd5 b6 $44 {Zhou,J (2607)-Wang,Y (2706) Xinghua 2013 0-1 (44)}) 9. Bg5 (9.
Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Be7 11. dxe5 (11. Qxe5 {Probably this move is stronger:}
Qxe5+ 12. dxe5 Bf5 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. g4 Bc2 15. O-O Rhe8 16. Re1 Bc5 17. Bf1 f6
18. Bf4 fxe5 19. Bxe5 Rd2 $44 {1/2-1/2 (45) Socko,B (2636)-Lysyj,I (2633)
Moscow 2012}) 11... Qg6 $44 12. Qe3 $6 Bf5 {White can't finish his development
without losing material.} 13. Be2 (13. Qg3 $5 O-O-O 14. Qxg6 hxg6 15. Be2 Bc5
16. O-O Rhe8 $15) 13... Qxg2 14. Bf3 Qg6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bd5 c6 $17 {Bunzmann,
D (2464)-Riazantsev,A (2692) Saint-Quentin FRA 2014 0-1 (51)}) (9. dxe5 Nxe5
10. Qe2 {this line is in Black's favour} Bd6 11. Bg5 ({White can't win the
knight after} 11. c5 $2 {due to} O-O $1 12. cxd6 Bg4 13. Qc2 Nxf3+ $19) 11...
Qe6 12. Nd4 Nd3+ 13. Kd2 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2 Nc5 $17 {Kosten,A (2493)-So,W (2653)
Belfort 2012 0-1 (37)}) 9... Qg6 10. d5 (10. dxe5 Bg4 11. Be3 Be7 12. h3 $2 Bf5
$6 (12... Rd8 13. Qb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 $17) 13. Nd4 $5 Rd8 14. Be2 Nxe5 $17
15. g4 Be4 16. f3 Bd3 $2 (16... c5 $1 17. O-O cxd4 18. Bxd4 Bc6 $19) 17. O-O
O-O 18. f4 Bxe2 (18... Qe4 19. Qd2 Nxc4 $17) 19. Qxe2 $13 {Reinderman,D (2543)
-Nyback,T (2634) Beijing 2008 1/2-1/2 (53)}) 10... Nb8 11. h4 h6 {This is the
main line. Levon Aronian has tried to play other continuations and he hasn't
been satisfied with the results.} (11... e4 12. Nd4 Bd6 13. Be2 h6 14. Bh5 Qh7
15. Be3 O-O 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. Bf4 Re8 $2 (18... Nc5 $1 19. O-O ({
White shouldn't take the pawn:} 19. Bxd6 $2 {due to} Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Qf5 21. Bg3
b5 $17) 19... Rd8 20. Bg3 $13) 19. Bxd6 e3 20. O-O $16 {Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2758)-Aronian,L (2797) Beijing CHN 2014 1-0 (39)}) (11... Nd7 $6 {a dubious
move.} 12. Bd3 e4 (12... f5 $5 13. g4 (13. h5 Qf7 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qe2 Bd6 16.
c5 O-O 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. h6 Qxd5 19. O-O-O $13) 13... e4 14. gxf5 Qxf5 15. Nd4
Qg6 16. Be2 $40) 13. h5 $1 Qf5 $2 (13... Qa6 14. Bxe4 Qxc4 15. Bd3 Qxc3+ 16.
Kf1 f6 17. Qe2+ Kd8 18. Re1 $16) 14. Rh4 exd3 15. Rf4 $18 {Grischuk,A (2792)
-Aronian,L (2815) Stavanger NOR 2014 1-0 (40)}) 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qa4 (13. h5 Qd6
14. Bd3 Be7 15. Nd2 $6 (15. Qc2 Nf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. O-O O-O (17... Nxh5 $2 18.
c5 $1 bxc5 19. Bb5+ Bd7 20. Bxc5 $1 Qxc5 21. Bxd7+ Kxd7 22. Nxe5+ Ke8 23. Qa4+
$18) 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qd7 20. Qxe5 Bd6 21. Qd4 Rfe8 $44) 15... Nf6 16. f3
O-O 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qa5 $15 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)-So,W 
(2744) Bergamo ITA 2014 0-1 (69)}) 13... Kd8 $146 {I am not sure if it is a
stronger continuation than 13...c6, but I believe that Radoslav has analysed
this line well and he knows the answer. 13...Kd8 seems to be an artificial
move. Black protects the e5-pawn and he wants to play ...Bc5.} (13... c6 14. h5
Qd6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Bd3 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Qb4 19. Qc2 Be7 20. d6 (20.
Rhe1 $5 O-O 21. Kf1 Qd6 22. Bd2 $44) 20... Bd8 $2 (20... Qxd6 $1 21. Kf1 Qc6 {
White needs to prove that he has enough compensation for 2 pawns.}) 21. Bc4 O-O
22. a3 Qxa3 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. Rd5 $40 {Belous,V (2578)-Chen Peng (2198) Katowice
POL 2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 14. d6 (14. Qb5 {This move was recommended as an
improvement, however it seems that after 14.Qb5 Black is OK.} f5 (14... a6 $5
15. Qb2 b6 16. h5 Qf5 17. Be2 Bc5 18. Qd2 Re8 19. O-O Ke7 20. a4 Kf8 $11) 15.
g3 $1 (15. h5 $6 Qf6 16. Nh4 f4 17. Bd2 Nc5 18. Ng6 Bd7 19. Qb2 Rg8 $15) 15...
f4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bd4 Qe4+ 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Kd2 c6 $13) 14... Bxd6 (14...
cxd6 {seems to be dangerous due to} 15. c5 $1 dxc5 16. Rd1 Kc7 17. Qb3 Bd6 18.
h5 Qf5 19. Bc4 $44) 15. O-O-O b6 $5 (15... Ke7 {with the idea to play ...Kf8}
16. c5 $1 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Nxe5 Qf5 19. Bd3 Be3+ $1 (19... Qf6 20. Rhe1
Be6 21. f4 Kf8 22. f5 $1 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5 24. Rd7 Kg8 25. Rxf7 $16) 20. Kc2 (
20. fxe3 Qxe5 $17) 20... Qxe5 21. Rhe1 Bd7 22. Qb4+ Qd6 23. Rxe3+ Be6 24. Qxb7
Rab8 25. Qa6 $11) 16. Bd3 f5 17. g4 $1 Qxg4 $8 (17... e4 $2 18. gxf5 Qf6 19.
Bxe4 Qxc3+ 20. Qc2 Qxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Rb8 22. Rhg1 Nf6 23. Bd3 Rg8 24. Bd4 $16) 18.
Qc6 Rb8 19. Rhg1 Bb7 $1 (19... Qh5 $2 20. Rxg7 f4 21. Bg6 Qg4 22. Rxd6 $18) 20.
Qxd7+ $8 $11 Kxd7 21. Nxe5+ Bxe5 22. Bxf5+ Ke7 {Black is out of danger, now he
can try to win the game.} 23. Rd7+ $6 (23. Bxg4 {White should have played 23.
Bxg4 in order to avoid the worse position.} Rhd8 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 $11)
23... Ke8 (23... Kf6 $1 24. Bxg4 Bc8 25. Rd3 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Kf5 27. Rg1 Rbd8 $15
{Due to his better pawn structure and the more active king Black has chances
to win the game.}) 24. Bxg4 (24. Rxg4 Rf8 25. Be6 Bc8 26. Rd5 Bxe6 27. Rxe5 Kf7
28. Rf4+ Ke7 29. Rfe4 Rf6 $11) 24... Rd8 25. f4 $1 $11 Rxd7 26. Bxd7+ Kxd7 27.
fxe5 Rh7 28. c5 Ke6 29. Rg4 Kxe5 30. Ra4 a6 31. cxb6 cxb6 32. Bxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2020.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaibhav, Suri"]
[Black "Mendonca, Leon Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2591"]
[BlackElo "2418"]
[Annotator "Vaibhav,Suri"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.02.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,83,25,-11,6,-14,6,-12,3,-17,6,-9,6,6,28,32,9,10,7,-6,13,31,112,88,42,
54,65,30,147,60,22,14,22,4,-3,4,56,83,83,-11,-44,-252,0,0,0,0,10,23,12,2,0,0,0,
0,58,0,0,6,39,10,63,72,90,72,92,92,98,75,204,95,130,78,84,129,113,87,106,34,
153,56,127,92,77,102,134,55] This was the second round of the strong Aeroflot
Open 'A' group and I was paired with a strong upcoming talent from India.} 1.
c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 Nxc3 8. bxc3
c5 9. d4 Qa5 $5 {This idea was popularised by Vishy Anand in his match against
Ian Nepomniachi in 2018 - one of the sharpest alternatives for Black.} (9... c4
10. a4 $1 {Preventing b5.} Nc6 11. Be2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne1 $5 {with a
complicated middlegame with chances for both sides.}) (9... Nc6 10. Bd3 {
There have been more than a few games here and theory is still developing.})
10. Bd2 Nc6 (10... c4 $2 11. Nh4 $16) 11. c4 Qd8 12. Qb3 Be6 (12... Be4 13.
Qxb7 Rc8 14. Ng5 Be7 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. d5 Nxe5 17. Qb5+ Qd7 18. Rb1 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (95) Tomashevsky,E (2712)-Chen,Q (2436) China CHN 2019}) 13. Qxb7 Rc8
14. Ng5 Nxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Bd3 Kf7 $2 {This is a serious
mistake which makes the king extremely vulnerable in some cases.} (17... O-O {
Black should have castled according to my analysis though I think White still
keeps some edge:} 18. O-O Rb8 19. Qa6 Qd7 20. f4 Nc6 21. Kh1 $14) 18. O-O Nc6 {
Still following Nepomniatchi-Anand 2018 though I was unaware of this fact
during the game. Probably, 18...Nc6 is the most testing move (at least
practically) as White has to solve the problem of e5 pawn and the bishops on
the d-file.} (18... Rb8 19. Qa6 Qd7 (19... Qc8 20. Qa3 $1 {It's important to
preserve queens.}) 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Be3 $1 $14) 19. Rfe1 $2 (19. Rfd1 $1 {
[%csl Rf7] was played in the Nepomniatchi-Anand game and was the strongest
move after which Black faces a considerable amount of problems. White's bishop
pair and Black's vulnerable king gives White a huge advantage.} g6 (19... Rc7
20. Qa6 Qc8 21. cxd5 exd5 22. e6+ $1 {The point! ()} Qxe6 (22... Kxe6 23. Qa4
$18 {[%csl Re6]}) 23. Bf4) (19... d4 20. f4 $16) (19... Nxe5 $2 20. Bf4 $18 {
[%csl Rf7]} Nxd3 21. Rxd3 d4 22. Be5 {[%cal Gd3g3]} Rf8 23. Rg3 g6 24. Qa6 $18)
20. Bf1 $5 Re8 (20... Nxe5 $2 21. Bf4 $18) 21. cxd5 exd5 22. Bf4 {[%cal Ge5e6]
Black's position is extremely vulnerable.}) 19... dxc4 20. Bxc4 Qxd2 21. Bxe6+
({After} 21. Rbd1 {both queen moves are working fine for Black:} Qf4 $1 (21...
Qc2 22. Rd3 Rhd8 (22... g6 $5 23. Rf3+ Kg7 24. Bxe6 Rb8 25. Qxc6 Rb1 26. Rfe3
Rf8 27. f3 Bg5 28. Re4 Rd8 29. Bb3 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Qd2 $132 {Black's active
piece position more than compensates the material deficit.} 31. Qe4 c4 $1) 23.
Rf3+ Kg8 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8 Rd1 26. Rfe3 Qc1 27. Kf1 Qc4+ 28. Kg1 Qc1 $11 {
with a funny perpetual.}) 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. g3 $1 {The only move, otherwise
White is losing.} Qf3 24. Qd7+ Kf7 25. Re3 Qxd1+ 26. Qxd1 g6 {Black seems to
have consolidated and I would rate his chances higher, even though the
position is around equal.}) 21... Kxe6 22. Qb3+ Kd7 (22... c4 $2 23. Qh3+ Kf7
24. Qf5+ Bf6 25. exf6) (22... Qd5 $2 23. Qh3+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ $18 Bf6 25. e6+) (
22... Kf5 {This position can be used as a good calculation exercise :)} 23.
Rbd1 $1 (23. Qf7+ $2 Kg5 (23... Bf6 24. exf6 Ne5 25. Qh5+ g5 26. Rbd1 Qf4 27.
g3 $1 $18) 24. Qxg7+ (24. Rbd1 $2 Qf4 25. Qxg7+ Kh5 $19) 24... Kh5 25. Re3 Qd7
$3 {Only move.} 26. Kh1 (26. Rh3+ Qxh3 27. Qf7+ Kh6 28. gxh3 Rhg8+ 29. Kh1 Rcf8
30. Qd5 Nd4 $132 {[%csl Rh1,Gh6]}) 26... Qe6 27. Rh3+ Bh4 28. g4+ Qxg4 29. Qf7+
Kh6 30. Qf6+ Kh5 31. Rg1 Qxh3 32. Qf7+ Kh6 33. Qg7+ $11) 23... Qf4 (23... Qxd1
24. Rxd1) 24. g3 $1 {Deflection and only move to win.} Qg4 (24... Qxe5 25. f4
$1 $18 {the strongest move however other alternatives also win}) 25. f3 {
[%csl Rg4]}) 23. Rbd1 Qxd1 $6 (23... Qd4 $1 {was more precise:} 24. Rxd4+ (24.
Qb7+ Ke6 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 26. Qa6+ Rc6 27. Qc4+ (27. Qxa7 Rhc8 $132 {[%cal Gg7g6]
Black has very decent chances here.}) 27... Kd7 28. Qd5+ Kc7 29. Qf7 Kd7 30.
Qxg7 (30. f4 g6 $17) 30... Nf3+ $1 31. Kf1 Nxe1 32. Qxh8 Nd3 $132 {[%csl Gc5]})
(24. e6+ Kc7 25. Rxd4 Nxd4 {transposes.}) 24... Nxd4 25. e6+ Kc7 26. Qg3+ Kc6
27. Qxg7 Nf3+ $1 {The point.} 28. Kf1 Nxe1 29. Qxe7 Nc2 30. Qd7+ Kb6 31. e7 Nd4
{Black's c-pawn is a source of very serious counterplay. Eventually this
should result in a perpetual check.} 32. f4 Nc6 33. f5 c4 $1 34. f6 c3 35. Qd3
Nxe7 36. fxe7 c2 37. Qb3+ $11) 24. Qb7+ $1 {An important intermediate check to
keep Black's king in the center.} (24. Rxd1+ Kc7 {[%csl Gc7]}) 24... Ke6 25.
Rxd1 Nd4 (25... Rhd8 $2 26. Rxd8) (25... Kf7 $6 26. Qb3+ $1 Ke8 27. f4 $16) 26.
Qa6+ Kd5 (26... Rc6 $2 27. Qc4+ Kd7 28. Qd5+ Kc7 29. Qf7 Kd7 30. Qxg7 {[%csl
Gd1] Black does not have the ...Nf3+ check!}) 27. Qb7+ {Repeating moves is
usually a good idea to get closer to the first time control.} Ke6 28. Qa6+ Kd5
29. Qxa7 Ke6 $2 (29... Rhe8 $1 {seemed much more natural to complete
development and safeguard the king.} 30. f4 Ke6 31. Qa6+ Kf7 32. Qc4+ Kf8 33.
Rf1 (33. f5 $6 Bg5 $1 $132) 33... Rc6 $1 {though White still has some
advantage, but the position is definitely for three results.} (33... g6 34. g4
$1 Kg7 35. Kh1 $16 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 34. Rb1 $1 $14 (34. f5 Bg5 $132)) 30. Qa6+
$1 {Not letting the king escape.} Kd5 31. Qb7+ Ke6 32. Qa6+ Kd5 33. f4 {
Now the position should be winning thanks to Black's overexposed king and some
tactical motifs in Black's camp.} Rc7 34. Qd3 (34. Qb6 $1 {with the idea to
push the a-pawn and prevent Black's counterplay with ...c4.} Rhc8 35. a4 Ke4
36. a5 {[%csl Re4]} Kxf4 37. a6 $18) 34... Rb8 (34... Rf8 {was a little more
tenacious making White's task a little difficult:} 35. f5 Rcc8 36. g4 {White
obviously has a huge advantage but it's not so easy to convert practically.})
35. Qf3+ Ke6 36. f5+ Kd7 37. Qg4 $2 (37. Qd5+ $1 {transposes to move 39.})
37... Kc6 38. Qe4+ Kd7 (38... Kb6 $1 {Black was able to escape with the king,
making White's task again more difficult.} 39. Kh1 $16 (39. Rf1 $6 c4 $1)) 39.
Qd5+ Kc8 40. Qg8+ Bd8 41. Qxh7 (41. f6 $1 {was the most precise:} gxf6 42. exf6
Rbb7 43. g4 {Starting the pawn avalanche.} Rf7 44. g5 Rbd7 45. Kg2 Kc7 46. Qe8
Bxf6 47. gxf6 Rxf6 48. Qe5+ Rfd6 49. Qxc5+ Nc6 50. Rf1 $18) 41... Rb2 42. Qh3
$2 {With every inaccuracy the technical task becomes more difficult.} (42. Qg8
$1 {was slightly more precise to keep black's pieces pinned} Rd7 43. Rf1 Kc7
44. e6 Re7 45. h4 $18) 42... Kb8 43. Qa3 Rb4 44. Qd3 Ra7 $2 (44... Rd7 $1 {
was more tenacious which would have posed some practical problems. Black is
starting counterplay with ...c4.} 45. Re1 (45. e6 Rd6 46. Rf1 Bf6 $13) (45. Kh1
c4 46. Qd2 Rbb7 $132 {Black already has very strong counterplay.}) 45... c4 46.
Qc3 Nc6 (46... Ra4 47. e6) (46... Ba5 47. Qa3 $1) 47. f6 gxf6 48. exf6 Rf7 49.
a3 $1 Rbb7 50. Rf1 Bb6+ 51. Kh1 Bd4 52. Qxc4 Rxf6 53. h4 $18 {should be
winning for White.}) 45. a3 Rb3 46. Qc4 {The queen invades and decides the
game.} Raxa3 47. Qg8 {It's not easy to play materially imbalanced positions,
but if your opponent's king is weak, things usually work out :)} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Vitiugov,N"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game was played in the 6th round. The day before, also having White, I
played really poor game with Alex Lenderman, but managed to hold a draw. The
main thing I wanted after this terrible performance - just to play a normal
game.} 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 {Matthias already played this line, so it
didn't come as a surprise. However, the line is absolutely ok for Black, and I
just went in a new (for me) direction.} 4. e5 ({All the modern discussion after
} 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. d3 {has started with my game in 2017
with a Norwegian IM:} Nxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qd7 11. Bxf5 Qxf5 12.
O-O Be7 13. dxc5 Rd8 14. Be3 O-O 15. Rb1 $16 {1-0 (42) Vitiugov,N (2720)
-Elsness,F (2466) Khanty-Mansiysk 2017}) 4... d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7.
d4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 (8... Nc6 {leads to more complicated battle.}) 9. Bg5 Qe6+
10. Be2 Be7 {A very solid, but a bit passive line.} 11. Nxd4 ({After} 11. Bxe7
{Black has the important intermedio} d3 $1 12. O-O Qxe7 13. Bxd3 O-O) (11. cxd4
Bxg5 12. Nxg5 Qg6 13. f4 O-O 14. O-O h6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bg4 18.
c5 Qf6 19. d5 Rad8 20. Bc4 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 (49) Navara,D (2727)-Harikrishna,P 
(2732) Prague 2018}) 11... Qe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Qf6 15. Bf3 {
All natural moves have been made. My opponent took a deep thought came up with
a very strange, artificial move.} Qa6 $2 ({The normal way is} 15... c6 16. Re3
{and Black should decide where to develop the knight - a6 or d7.}) 16. Bd5 {
The previous move seemed so bad to me that I wanted to win or at least to get
a huge advantage on the spot. Black has a whole side undeveloped, and still he
plays with the queen moving it away from the king - what can be more
provocative!} ({There were a lot of good moves here, but the computer likes} 
16. Nb5 Qa5 17. Re7 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxc7 Rb8 {I considered it, but
wasn't sure about my knight. However, it is more than +1 after} 20. Qd4 Qxa2
21. Rae1 $36) 16... c6 {This looks terrible from human point of view, but
objectively it works.} (16... Nd7 $2 17. Ne6 $1 {and it is over}) ({But there
was also} 16... Qf6 {and I don't think White has anything better than} 17. Re3
c6 18. Bf3 {and the game transposes to 15...c6.}) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Qh5+ ({
I calculated} 18. Qf3+ Kg8 19. Qg3 {and correctly rejected it because of} c5 (
19... Qa3 $1 $19 {was in my blind spot}) 20. Nb5 Qf6 21. Nc7 Na6 22. Nxa8 Bd7
23. Rad1 (23. Nc7 Nxc7 24. Qxc7 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 Bc6 $44) 23... Bc6 24. Rd6 Qf7
25. Red1 Qe7 $1 {and White isn't better.}) 18... Kg8 19. Re8 Qxc4 $2 {During
and after the game we both were sure that the game was correct and it was all
about 15...Qa6? But things turned out to be more complicated:} (19... Qa3 $1 {
It might be a good exercise to find out this move, thinking about 16.Bd5.
Luckily, White isn't losing, says the engine. I feel it the opposite way -
Black is holding by miracle. Anyway, the result is the same - draw.} 20. c5
Qxc3 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rd1 Na6 23. Qxh7 Qxc5 24. Qh8+ Kf7 25. Re1 Qxd4 26.
Qe8+ Kf6 27. Qe7+ Kg6 28. Qe8+ $11) 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Re1 Bd7 22. Qg5 {
Now it is over.} Qxc3 (22... Na6 23. Re7 $18) 23. Qd8+ Kf7 24. Nf3 $1 {The key
move. The rook is protected, checks are coming.} h6 25. Ne5+ ({More forcing was
} 25. Re7+ Kg6 26. Ne5+ Kh5 (26... Kh7 27. Rxg7+ {with mate}) 27. g4+ $18)
25... Ke6 26. Kf1 {An elegant way of executing.} Kd6 (26... Qxe1+ 27. Kxe1 Kxe5
28. Qc7+ Kd5 29. Qxb7 $18) 27. Nxd7 Qd3+ 28. Kg1 Nxd7 29. Qxa8 {The rest
doesn't need any comments.} Qd2 30. Rf1 Qxa2 31. Qxb7 Qa4 32. Qb2 Nf6 33. Re1
Qa5 34. Qd4+ Nd5 35. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "American Continental 13th"]
[Site "Medellin"]
[Date "2017.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ynojosa Aponte, Felix Jose"]
[Black "Peralta, Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[Annotator "Ynojosa,F/Macieja,B"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2017.06.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "COL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 {Now
Black has only two reasonable continuations: ...c5 or ...e5, attacking the
centre.} e5 (7... c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 (8... h6 9. Bd3 $14) 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+
11. Bd2 $14) (7... Nc6 8. Nf3 e5 {is just a transposition.}) 8. Nf3 Nc6 (8...
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 {is another line, for instance} Be7 11. cxd4 Bxg5 12.
Nxg5 Qf6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. O-O Nc6 15. d5 Nd4 16. Ne4 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 $14 {
Aronian - Kramnik, Moscow 2011}) 9. d5 $6 (9. dxe5 $2 Nxe5 10. Qe2 Bd6 $17 11.
c5 $2 O-O 12. cxd6 Bg4 $19) ({More common is} 9. Bg5 Qg6 10. d5 Nb8 11. h4 h6
12. h5 Qd6 13. Be3 $14) 9... e4 $1 10. dxc6 $6 (10. Ng5 {was the correct
reaction.} Qxc3+ $1 11. Bd2 Qe5 12. dxc6 e3 $1 13. fxe3 {There is nothing
better.} Qxg5 14. cxb7 Bxb7 15. Qa4+ c6 (15... Kd8 16. Be2 $5 (16. Rd1 Bd6 17.
c5 Qxc5 18. Be2 $44) (16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. cxb5 $11) 16... Qxg2 17. Rf1 $44) 16.
Rb1 O-O-O $1 (16... Qh4+ 17. g3 Qe4 18. Rxb7 Qxh1 19. Rxa7 $16) 17. Qxa7 Rd7
18. Rxb7 Rxb7 19. Qa8+ Kc7 20. Ba5+ Kd6 21. Qxb7 Qxa5+ $11) ({Now it is
already too late to play} 10. Bg5 $2 {due to} Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qf6 $17) 10... exf3
11. Qxf3 Qxf3 12. gxf3 bxc6 {Neither player can be proud of his pawn structure,
but White has problems on both wings.} 13. Be3 c5 14. Bd3 f5 {Black is
limiting both White's bishops.} 15. Rb1 a6 (15... Bd6 $6 16. Rb5) (15... Bd7 $5
) 16. Bf4 $1 {Right decision. White can't allow his opponent to develop a
bishop to d6.} Bd6 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Rb6 (18. Kd2 {was safer. White should be
able to hold the endgame easily.}) 18... Kd7 $1 {Black gains time.} 19. Bxf5+ {
Accepting the challenge.} ({Objectively, I should have played} 19. Kd2 Kc7 20.
Rhb1 $15) 19... Kc7 20. Be4 Kxb6 21. Bxa8 Be6 22. Bd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Kb5 ({Also
} 23... c4 24. Kd2 Kc5 {desired attention.} 25. Rb1 Rf8) 24. Rg1 Kc4 $6 {
Tempting, but wrong.} (24... g6 25. Rg4 (25. Kd2 Rf8 $17) 25... c4 26. Re4 Kc5
{followed by ...Rb8 would give him good winning chances.}) 25. Kd2 $1 (25. Rxg7
Kxc3 $17) 25... g6 26. Rg4+ (26. Re1 Rb8) (26. h4 Rb8) 26... Kxd5 27. c4+ Ke6
28. Re4+ {White has lost a pawn, but he has improved the activity of his
pieces.} Kd7 29. Rf4 Ke6 30. Re4+ Kf6 31. Rf4+ Ke7 32. Re4+ Kd7 33. Rf4 Rb8 34.
Rf7+ Ke6 35. Rxh7 Rb2+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. Rg7 Kf6 38. Rd7 Ke6 39. Rg7 {Now it's
a dead draw, I'm going to attack d6 and g6 and he can only defend one at a
time.} Kf6 40. Rd7 Ke5 41. f4+ Ke6 42. Rg7 Kf6 {Black can't avoid a repetition,
as after} (42... Kf5 43. Rf7+ Kg4 $2 44. f3+ Kh3 (44... Kh5 $4 45. Rh7#) 45.
Rh7+ Kg2 46. Rh6 {he will get into trouble.}) 43. Rd7 Ke6 1/2-1/2

