[Event "New York International Masters-01"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1924.03.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lasker, Edward"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1924.03.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alechin:New York 1924.} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6.
Bf4 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5 a6 9. Bh6 (9. a4) 9... b5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qe3 Qa5 $2
{GJ} (11... e6 {Alekhine}) 12. Nd2 e5 $2 {Alekhine: Schwarz hat den Faden
verloren!} (12... e6) 13. Be2 h6 $2 14. O-O (14. g4) 14... Qd8 $2 15. a4 b4 16.
Ncb1 a5 17. Nc4 (17. Bb5) 17... Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. f4 (19. Nd2 Ba6 20. Bxa6
Qxa6 21. b3 Nd7 (21... Nh5 22. Nc4) 22. Nc4 Rad8 23. f4 $1 (23. Kh2 Nb6 24.
Nxb6 Qxb6) 23... Nb6 24. Nxb6 exf4 25. Rxf4 Qxb6 26. Raf1 Qc7 27. Rf6 $14)
19... exf4 20. Rxf4 (20. Qxf4 $1 {Alekhine} Qd8 21. Nd2 Qe7 22. Bb5 {/\Rae1,Nc4
}) 20... Qd8 (20... Nd7 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. Nc4 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Re8 24. Raf1 Ra7 25.
Qf2 Qc7) 21. Nd2 Qe7 {Alekhine: Droht Nxd5 und verhinder so diie Aufstellung
Bb5 + Nc4} 22. Nc4 (22. Bb5 $2 Nxd5) 22... Ba6 23. Nb6 (23. Re1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4
Nd7 $17) 23... Rab8 24. Raf1 Nh5 (24... Bxe2 25. Qxe2 Nh5 (25... Rxb6 26. Rxf6
Qxf6 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. e5+ dxe5 29. Qf2+ Kg7 30. Qxc5 $16) 26. R4f3 Rxb6 27. g4
Qe5 28. gxh5 Qxh5 $17) 25. R4f3 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 Rxb6 27. g4 Rbb8 (27... Qe5 $1
28. gxh5 (28. Qf2 Rb7) 28... Qxh5 $17) 28. Qf2 f5 $2 (28... Qg5 $1 29. Rxf7+ (
29. Kh1 Rb7 30. gxh5 Qxh5 $17) 29... Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Kg2 b3 $17) 29.
gxh5 $11 fxe4 (29... Qxe4 $1 30. Qg3 g5 31. Qxd6 f4 32. R1f2 Rbd8 33. Qc7+ Kh8
34. Qc6 $11) 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Qxf8+ Qxf8 32. Rxf8 Kxf8 $11 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Ke3
g5 35. Kxe4 Kf6 36. b3 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kf6 38. Ke4 (38. Kc4 Ke5 39. Kb5 Kxd5 40.
Kxa5 Kc6 41. Ka6 d5 42. a5 c4) 38... Ke7 39. Kd3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chB"]
[Site "Ayamonte"]
[Date "2002.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Gual Pascual, Antonio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Erenburg} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 {This is a very interesting
move order, rulling out a6-b5 systems of the Modern defense due to the
possibility of going into a favourable King's Indian after c2-c4. Usually it
all ends up in a Classical Pirc.} Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 {The modern line.
The alternative is 6...Bg4.} 7. a4 Nbd7 (7... a5 {Is also playable, although I
am of the opinion white should be better. It just looks too suspicious to
leave the b6 square so weak, even if the knight gets a nice home on b4 in
exchange.} 8. Re1 (8. h3 {Erenburg} Na6 9. Bf4 Nb4 10. Qd2 b6 $146 (10... e5 {
Erenburg} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxc2 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Nc4 Be6
16. Nd6 $16 {:Rozentalis E. 2610-Ftacnik L. 2585, Bundesliga 1998]}) 11. Rad1
Bb7 12. Bh6 d5 $6 (12... Bxh6 {Erenburg} 13. Qxh6 Nxc2 $2 14. e5 $18) (12...
Qc7 {Erenburg}) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rde1 f5 16. h4 $1 (16. exf6+ {
Erenburg} exf6 {, Ne8-d6}) 16... Nc7 17. h5 $14 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Iuldachev,S/
Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Rozentalis] (53)}) 8... Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Bf4) 8. Bf4
Qa5 {The main line. Erenburg: 'The queen has nothing to do on a5.'} (8... Qc7
9. e5 Nh5 (9... dxe5 {Erenburg} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bf3 $14 {
1-0 Rozentalis,E-Beim,V/Biel 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) 10. Bg5 dxe5 $6 11. Bxe7 Re8
12. d5 $1 {Is known to be better for white, but 10...f6!? might be an
improvement, as Narciso played against me a few months later.}) (8... e5 $6 {
Erenburg} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 (11. Nxd7 {Erenburg} Nxc3) 11...
Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg5 Rd4 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. c3 $14) (8... Qc7 {(Erenburg)
-see 7...Qc7.}) 9. Nd2 {'!' Erenburg. Erenburg: 'A very typical manoeuvre,
which exploits the black's inaccuracy. White is preparing for black's e7-e5
advance. Since after e7-e5 black weakens the d6 square, white is transfering
his knight to a relevant position.'} e5 $2 {This is definitely a mistake.
Black should only push when it is certain that white will not be able to make
use of the d6 square, as happens in the game. Thus, once e4-e5 is no longer
available to white, the queen should retreat with 9...Qc7, delaying e5 for the
time being.} 10. Nc4 {Erenburg: 'Now it is clear, that 8...Qa5 was a waste of
time.'} Qc7 11. dxe5 (11. Bg3 $6 {(Erenburg) In my opinion, e3- is a better
place, than g3 for the bishop.} Ne8 12. dxe5 dxe5 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 13. a5 Nc5 14.
Qd2 Ne6 15. Na4 Nf4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Beliavsky,A-Hickl,J/TCh-AUT 2001 (37)}) 11...
dxe5 12. Be3 Rd8 (12... Ne8 $5 {[%csl Rd6] Erenburg} 13. Qd2 {[%cal Ye3h6,
Yf1d1]}) 13. Qd6 $1 Ne8 (13... Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Ne8 15. Nxc8 Rdxc8 16. Rfd1 Nef6 {
was played in Fiorito,F-Milos,G/Guarapuava 1992/EXT 98, which black won.
Nevertheless, white´s position is to be prefered. For example, 17.a5, followed
by 18.Na4 should give white a nice plus.}) 14. Qxc7 Nxc7 15. Bg5 $1 {A new
move which took me a long time to find. I realized that white's advantage
would be greater if he could force black to exchange his g7 bishop for the d6
knight, instead of the c8 bishop. The reason for this is that in the future it
would be possible to exchange off white's bishop pair with Bf8-Bc5, a maneuvre
not available to the light-squared bishop. So, it was only a matter of making
sure black did not have any alternatives.} (15. Nd6 Ne6 16. Bc4 (16. Nxc8 Rdxc8
17. Rfd1 Nd4) 16... Nb6 17. Bxe6 Rxd6 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. a5 Nf8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Ne6 22. Na4 Bf6 23. Bc4 Kf8 24. c3 Ke8 25. b4 Bd8 26. f3 Bc7 {0-1
Dzhakaev,D-Hommeles,T/Hoogeveen 2000/CBM 78 ext (57). White is obviously
better but it is not so easy to breach black's defenses. As a matter of fact,
in the game white tried too hard and lost.}) (15. Rad1 Ne6 16. Bg4 Nd4 17. Nxe5
Nxe5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 19. Rxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxd4 Nf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxd4 $44) 15... f6 {
After this my idea is implemented. But it seems the alternatives do not solve
black's problems.} (15... Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxe5 Re8 18. f4 {And white is
a pawn up for almst nothing.}) (15... Nf6 16. Nxe5 Re8 (16... Ne6 17. Bh4 Rd4
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd3 $16) 17. f4 Ne6 18. Bxf6 (18. Bh4 {does not work.} Nxf4
19. Rxf4 Nh5 20. Bxh5 Bxe5) 18... Bxf6 19. Nc4 $16 {in every case white is
able to keep his pawn.}) 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Rfd1 {The idea of forcing f7-f6 is
now made clear: the e6 knight cannot jump into d4, and the a2-g8 diagonal has
been weakened.} Bf8 (17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rxd4 f5 20. e5 $18) 18. Nd6
Bxd6 (18... Ndc5 {(Erenburg) didn't solve the black's problems:} 19. Nxc8 Raxc8
20. Bc4 {with two main threats: Bxc5 and b4.}) 19. Rxd6 Ndf8 20. Rxd8 Nxd8 21.
a5 (21. Rd1 $1 {was more precise, not giving any options.} Be6 $140 $2 22. Bxa7
$18) 21... Nde6 $6 (21... Be6 22. Na4 Nd7 23. Rd1 Kf8 $16 {Was a better
defensive setup, not available to black after 21.Rd1!}) 22. Rd1 Kf7 23. Bc4 Ke7
24. Na4 a6 {A sad move, but Gual could not find any constructive plan.} (24...
Nd4 {fails due to} 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 b5 27. axb6 axb6 28. Nxb6 Ra1+ 29.
Bf1 Ba6 30. c4 $18) 25. Rd3 $1 $18 {b7 is the target now.} g5 (25... Nd7 26.
Bxe6 {there are of course slower methods of strangling black, but this looks
strong enough.} Kxe6 27. Nc5+ Nxc5 (27... Ke7 28. Nxd7 Bxd7 29. Bc5+ Ke8 30.
Rd6 {with a huge advantage.}) 28. Bxc5 Bd7 29. Rd6+ Ke7 30. Rxc6+ $18) 26. Nb6
Rb8 27. Rb3 Bd7 28. Na4 $1 (28. Nxd7 {would give black some counterchances.}
Nxd7 29. Ba7 Nec5 $1) 28... Kd6 29. Ba7 {The b7 pawn is lost, and the whole
queenside collapses afterwards.} 1-0

[Event "Albacete op 09th"]
[Site "Albacete"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Safranska, Anda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.08.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 {An option
that has gained some popularity due to an article of GM Ian Rogers. The basic
idea is to bother black as much as possible in his aim to reach the desired
e7-e5 push. To achieve this, sometimes white pushes e4-e5 himself.} Nh5 {
A move very seldom played, and probably this is justified. GMs Kharlov and
Todorcevic are the only strong players to have tried this, according to my
database. Unless black finds some big improvement, it looks like black will
just leave the opening stage with a slightly inferior position.} 8. Bg5 (8. Be3
{was played in Solozhenkin - Kharlov, RUS 1998. Black managed to win that game,
but white had a very nice edge at one point. Probably 8...Nd7 is best against
this, but I am of the opinion that the first player gets the better chances.
With the move played in the game, I try to provoke h7-h6 to later gain a tempo
by hitting it with Qd2. Nonetheless, it is unclear whether this makes 8.Bg5
better than 8.Be3, for 8...h6 could prove useful sometime in the future.}) 8...
h6 9. Be3 e5 $2 {A real mistake, and I believe black is suffering after this
one.} (9... Nd7 {would have been better, but after} 10. Nd2 Nhf6 {a position
has been reached in which black is a few tempi down compared to other lines.})
10. Qd2 $1 {Forcing the black king to <h7>, thus weakening <f7>.} Kh7 11. dxe5
$1 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bc4 {The key to white´s tenth move: black must waste
time defending <f7>.} Kg8 (13... f5 14. Rad1 {just leaves holes in black´s
position.}) 14. Rfd1 Re8 $6 {This is the natural move, but something different
had to be tried, because now white´s advantage increases very quickly. Anyhow,
it is not easy to suggest something.} ({Maybe} 14... Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Nd7 {
but it remains difficult to develop the remaining pieces. On the other hand,
her position would still be pretty solid.}) 15. Rd6 $1 {<g6> is now attacked.}
Kf8 (15... Bf8 $2 16. Rxg6+ Kh7 17. Bxf7 Re7 18. Rxc6 (18. Rg5 $1 {is even
better.}) 18... Nxc6 19. Bxh5 {And with three pawns for the exchange and
beautiful posts for white´s knights, the position should be winning.}) 16. Bc5
Kg8 17. Be3 {Repeating to gain some time to reach move forty. Of course, not} (
17. Rxg6 $2 Nf4 18. Rd6 Bf8 {although even here white has good compensation
for the exchange.}) (17. Rad1 {I did not like because} Bf6 18. Be3 Kg7 {
and black can still fight as all entry squares are controlled.}) 17... Kf8 18.
Rad1 {The easiest course. Black must now lose a pawn, but trying to prevent
this landed her in an even worse problem.} b6 $2 (18... Bg4 19. Rxg6 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Nf4 21. Rgd6 {is terrible anyway.}) 19. Nd5 $1 {A tactical blow which
inmediately decides the outcome of the game.} Be6 (19... cxd5 20. Bxd5 $18) (
19... Ba6 20. Bxa6 {The simplest: white wins a pawn and keeps his positional
advantages.} Nxa6 21. Rxc6 $18) 20. Rxe6 (20. Nc7 Bxc4 21. Nxa8 Na6 {is
completely unnecessary.}) 20... fxe6 21. Nc7 Ke7 22. Nxa8 b5 23. Nc7 Rc8 24.
Nxe6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 20th"]
[Site "Izmir"]
[Date "2004.10.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Yrjola, Jouni"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Valencia"]
[BlackTeam "Helsinki"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FIN"]

1. e4 g6 {A surprise for me, since Yrjola usually goes for the Classical
Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6). However, after the
game he told me he had written a book on the Modern-Pirc setup. In any case,
it seems I managed to surprise him in the opening.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2
{This move-order practically forces Black to develop his knight to f6 and
enter the Pirc Defence. The reason behind this is that Black has to be careful
not to allow c4 at some point and find himself in some inferior line of the
King´s Indian Defence. For instance, in Arizmendi-Bergez, Mislata 2001, after
4...c6 5.0-0 Nd7 6.Re1 (6.c4 is alright of course) 6...Qc7 7.c4 White already
enjoyed a comfortable edge.} Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 (6... c6 {is the other
main move in this position.}) 7. Bg5 $5 {This move does not have a great
reputation, but it certainly is more dangerous than it seems. The bishop on g5
is somewhat annoying, since Black´s natural reaction ...e5 leaves his
f6-knight pinned, possibly allowing tactical tricks at some stage. Thus, Black
usually prefers to chase the bishop away by playing ...h6, but then, once the
center closes (as in the game), his kingside pawn structure is far from ideal.
7.Bg5 was first played by Heinz Lehmann in Palma de Mallorca 1966, and he used
it to beat Ivkov. Nevertheless, the most famous game in this line is probably
Smyslov-Timman, Amsterdam 1971.} Nc6 8. h3 (8. Qd2 {is an interesting
alternative, preventing ...h6 once and for all. After 8...Nd7 9.Nd5 f6?!,
Matlakov-Lugovoi, St Petersburg 2004, White could have obtained the advantage
with 10.Bh4.} Nd7 9. Nd5 f6 $6 {Matlakov-Lugovoi, St Petersburg 2004, las
blancas tienen ventaja con 10.Bh4.}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h6 ({Still, even now} 
9... e5 {is an interesting alternative. Then,} 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11.
Be2 {is better for White due to the bishop-pair and mobile pawn structure}) 11.
Qxd8 (11. Ne2 $5) (11. Nd5 Nd4 12. c3 Ne6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Be3 c6 15. Qb3 {
Lalic-Leski, 1998. Ahora} Bg5 $1 {is good for Black.} 16. Qxb7 Bxe3 17. fxe3
Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb2) 11... Nxd8 12. Nd5 (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Nxc7 Rc8
$132) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 {La position is unclear, but I would prefer to be
White.}) 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 {Once d4 is under control, this move is possible.}
Ne7 {Diagrama [#]} 12. a4 $5 ({Also interesting, and maybe even better, is} 12.
h4 h5 13. g3 Kh7 14. a4 a5 15. Nb5 Nd7 16. Ra3 Ng8 17. Rc3 Rc8 18. Na7 Ra8 19.
Nb5 Rc8 20. Bg2 Bh6 21. Bxh6 Nxh6 22. Bh3 $14 {/+/-, Del Río-Inarkiev, Linares
2003.}) 12... Kh8 {Black begins to prepare ...f5. With his last move he frees
to g8-square for the knight, leaving h7 for the f6-knight.} (12... a5 {would
be very similar to Del Río-Inarkiev above.}) 13. a5 Nh7 (13... a6 {is possibly
better.}) 14. a6 b6 {The Finish grandmaster has allowed me to weaken all the
light-squares on the queenside. On the other hand, if he manages to exchange
my knight under the proper conditions, it will not be easy to make use of this.
} 15. Qd2 Ng8 ({During the game I also considered} 15... f5 $2 16. Bxh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 f4 {leaving my queen out of the game, but I thought there was no way
to take advantage of this temporary problem. Fritz seems to agree.} 18. Nb5 $16
) 16. g3 (16. Be2 {is another idea, going for the light-squares immediately.
In the game I preferred a more solid approach: first I protect my king, and
then I concentrate on the queenside.}) 16... f5 17. Bg2 Nhf6 (17... f4 $2 18.
gxf4 exf4 19. Bxf4 {is clearly insufficient.}) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 Nh5 20. Ne2
Qd7 {After the game my opponent critized his decision here, proposing} (20...
Qe8 {instead, although I believe Black´s position is already sick. Maybe this
is not the best way to play against 11.Bg5.} 21. c4 Qg6 22. Kh2 $16 {.
Something tells me that Black might be worse already after 11.d5.}) 21. c4 Rae8
22. Kh2 Re7 23. Bf3 Nhf6 $2 (23... Qe8 {was forced, keeping some pressure on
White´s kingside. Now White has a free hand on the other side.}) 24. Nc3 e4 25.
Be2 c5 {Not much of a choice is Black is to prevent 26.Nb5.} 26. dxc6 Qxc6 {
Diagram[#]} 27. g4 $1 fxg4 28. hxg4 h5 29. g5 Ng4+ 30. Bxg4 hxg4 31. Kg3 Kh7
32. Qh2+ Kg6 33. f5+ $6 (33. Nd5 {is more clearcut.}) 33... Rxf5 34. Rxf5 ({
One neat trap is} 34. Kxg4 $2 Nh6+ $1 35. gxh6 Qc8 $3) 34... Be5+ $2 ({This
loses quickly. Critical was} 34... Bxc3 35. Kxg4 Rh7 {, although everything
would still be over after} 36. Qf4 Qd7 37. Rd1 $1) 35. Rxe5 dxe5 36. Qh8 Qxc4
37. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Arizmendi,J"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.07.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 {Milov had already used the Pirc-Modern setup in the past, against
Lastin in the past European Championship. Nonetheless, his choice of opening
still surprised me.} 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 {A move-order which almost always ends up
in the Classical Variation of the Pirc Defense. The systems with Be2 are less
critical than those involving an early f2-f4, but they can be quite venomous.}
Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 {This is an unusual order, but Azmaiparashvili has
played like this on many occasions. Most of the time, a transposition to
normal lines occurs after 6.0-0 or 6.Be3, but I decided to try to take
advantage of black´s move because I thought he had outlined his plan a bit too
quickly.} 6. Bg5 $5 {This concept, employed by Vasily Smislov, is well known
after 5...0-0 6.0-0 Bg4 7.Bg5, but the move is almost new in this position.
White is willing to allow black´s plan, but forcing certain concessions on him.
It is pretty obvious that the pin along the h4-d8 diagonal will be quite
annoying after e7-e5, so black decides to kick the bishop away first; then
black´s kingside will be somewhat weakened.} h6 ({Black could try to reach a
normal position with} 6... O-O {but then} 7. Qd2 {prevents h6.}) 7. Be3 Nc6 {
Black tries to create some play in the center before deciding his king´s final
destination.} 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 $1 {And this is the idea I had in mind: his
king will stay in the center. My pawn structure is not so nice anymore, but
his king position and my bishop pair should make up for that.} Nb8 ({The
alternative} 9... Ne5 {would allow me to gain some time in the future with
f4-f5, but it would also be more active. I guess it would eventually transpose
to the game.}) 10. Qd2 c6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. f4 {White has to open up the
position to reach black´s king, and during the game I thought that opening the
g file was best, using the tactical weakness of g6 and the g7 bishop.} Qa5 13.
Rhg1 a6 $2 {Milov has always been the type of player who risks to win games,
but he got carried away this time. Black cannot afford to waste time like this
when his kingside is about to be ripped apart.} (13... cxd5 {was necessary} 14.
exd5 Nh7 15. Bd4 (15. f5 {would mean two bishops against two knights, but the
pawn structure would make a difference in the resulting position.} Bxc3 16.
Qxc3 Qxc3 17. bxc3 g5 18. h4 gxh4 19. Rh1 Nhf6 20. Rxh4 $13) 15... Bxd4 16.
Qxd4 Nhf6 17. Bb5 $14 {The king position is the main factor here.}) 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. e5 $1 {Important intermediate move which my opponent probably
underestimated. e5 will not fall into black´s hands.} dxe5 16. f5 {the black
king will now be exposed for the rest of the game.} g5 17. h4 Rb8 18. hxg5 hxg5
19. Bxg5 Kf8 $6 (19... Qb4 20. b3 Kf8 {seems better, weakening at least my
queenside, although white´s advantage is not in doubt.}) 20. Bc4 {Obviously,
this is not the only plan, but I thought it was quite good. The bishop was not
doing much on e2, while on c4 it protects my king and attacks his.} e4 {
An attempt to complicate the game, but there is a simple refutation.} 21. Nxe4
Qe5 {Forced.} (21... Qxf5 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 (22... Nxf6 23. Bxf6 $1 {A recurring
theme in the game.} exf6 (23... Bxf6 24. Qd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8#) 24. Qd6+ Kg8 25.
Qxb8+) 23. c3 $18) ({If} 21... Nxe4 22. Bxe7+ {finishes the game.}) 22. Nc3
Qxf5 23. Be3 Qa5 {I declined Milov´s draw offer here. we were both in time
trouble, but I liked the position a lot.} (23... Nd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25. Rg5 $16)
24. Rg5 Qb4 (24... Nd5 25. Bd4 $16 (25. Bxd5 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27. bxc3 cxd5
28. Rgxd5 $16)) 25. Bb3 c5 $6 {This only hastens the end.} 26. a3 Qh4 {[#]} 27.
Ba4 $1 {The knight cannot move due to Qd8 and mate.} Bh6 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Rd5
Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nf6 31. Rxc5 {A practical decision, but Fritz likes} (31. Rd8+ $1
Rxd8 32. Qxd8+ Ne8 33. Qc8) 31... Qg3 $1 {I missed this move, and I can assure
you that it was quite annoying during time trouble. Suddenly all his pieces
are protected.} 32. Qd4 Rh3 33. e4 Rh4 $2 {I suppose most people would have
played} (33... Qe3+ 34. Qxe3 Rxe3 $16 {but I am sure the Swiss player was
still thinking of victory. And I must admit he almost got it... on time!}) 34.
Rg1 Qf4+ 35. Kb1 Rh2 36. Rf5 (36. Rcg5 $1 {is even better.}) 36... Qc7 (36...
Qd2 {was forced, although after} 37. Qxd2 Rxd2 38. Rgf1 {the result is not in
doubt.}) 37. e5 Ne4 {This move was so shocking that I used 7 out of my 10
remaining seconds to reach time control on move 40. Luckily, I found the right
path on time.} 38. Qxe4 (38. Rxf7+ Ke8 (38... Kxf7 39. e6+ Kxe6 40. Qd5+ Kf6
41. Nxe4#) 39. e6 $18) 38... Qxc3 39. Rxf7+ Ke8 40. Rf8+ {Only one second left.
That was close.} Kxf8 41. Qf5+ {42.Rg8 is mate.} 1-0

[Event "Paris NAO GM 3rd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2003.12.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Pira, Davoud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.12.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 b4 8. e5
bxc3 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Ne4 d5 14. Nd2 Nd7
15. c4 Nf6 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Qc1 Kg7 18. c3 Qd6 19. h3 Bf5 20. c5 Qc7 21. Nf3
Rae8 $6 ({A strange decision.} 21... Rfe8 {looks more natural.}) 22. Bc2 Be4
23. Ne5 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 Ne4 $6 ({Another dubious move.} 24... Rb8 {was to be
preferred.}) 25. f3 Ng5 26. Rab1 Rb8 27. Qa4 {Convincingly punishing Black's
mistakes, White obtained a large and durable advantage.} Rxb1 $6 ({More
stubborn was} 27... Rfc8) 28. Rxb1 f6 (28... Rc8 {is strongly met by} 29. Qa6)
29. Qxc6 Qa5 30. Nd7 Qxa2 $2 ({The final mistake. Essential was} 30... Rf7) 31.
Re1 Rf7 {[%tqu "En","How would you prove fragility of Black's defensive
construction?","Try to destroy the pawn shield around the enemy king.","Use
your rook for the decisive blow!","e1e7","This terrific strike yields White a
decisive advantage.",5]} 32. Rxe7 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Gd7,Ge7,Rf6,Rf7,Rg7][%cal
Gc6f6] This impressive rook sacrifice spells a quick end for Black.} Qb1+ 33.
Kh2 Qf5 ({Or} 33... Rxe7 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Nf6#) 34. Qd6 h5 35.
Rxf7+ Kh6 ({If} 35... Kxf7 {, then} 36. Qf8+ Ke6 37. Qe8#) 36. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "United Insurance 6th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Neelotpal, Das"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2003.03.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Rb1 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Qc7 10. a4 b6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. Rbd1 a6 14. Bh6 e5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh4 b5 18. f4 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Ned7 20. Bf3 b4 21. Na2
a5 22. b3 Rfe8 23. Re3 c5 24. Rd3 Bxe4 25. Rxd6 Qb8 26. c4 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re6
28. Rxe6 fxe6 29. Qd6 Kf7 30. Qxb8 Rxb8 31. Nc1 Ke7 32. Nd3 Nh5 33. Re1 Rf8 34.
Ng2 Ng3+ 35. Kg1 Nf5 {The ending is clearly better for Black.} 36. Ne5 Nd4 37.
Nxd7 Kxd7 38. Re3 e5 39. fxe5 Nxf3+ 40. Kf2 Nxe5+ 41. Kg3 Nc6 42. Nf4 Nd4 43.
Rd3 Kc6 44. Kg4 Re8 45. Kg5 Re1 46. Kh6 Re4 47. Nd5 Rh4+ 48. Kg5 Rh5+ 49. Kf6
Kd6 50. Re3 $4 ({A terrible blunder severly punished by Black. After} 50. Kg7 {
White had some chances to escape.}) 50... Rf5+ $1 51. Kg7 {[%tqu "En","How can
Black use the disharmony in the placement of White's pieces?","Watch out for
geometrical motifs!","Use a shaky position of the white rook.","f5d5","This
simple and efficient move wins on the spot.",3]} Rxd5 $1 {[%csl Re3,Rg7][%cal
Gd4f5,Gf5e3,Gf5g7] The winning move. Black wins a piece and the game.} (51...
Rxd5 {, and White resigned in view of the line:} 52. cxd5 Nf5+) 0-1

[Event "Vikings GM 1st"]
[Site "York"]
[Date "1999.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. a4 (6. Be3 {in my opinion
more promising for white.}) 6... O-O 7. Be3 d5 $1 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10.
Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nxe4 Qxe5 13. Nc3 Nc6 ({Another promising continuation
for black-} 13... Be6 {[%cal Gb8d7]} 14. Qf3 Nd7 15. Qe4 Rfc8 16. O-O-O Nxc5
17. Qxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rd8 $11 {0-1 Kuczynski,R-McNab,C/
Thessaloniki 1988/TD (56)}) 14. Bd3 $146 (14. Bb5 Nd4 (14... Rd8 15. Qe2 Be6
16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O Rdb8 18. Nd1 (18. Rab1 Rb4 $1 $44 {[%cal Ga8b8]}) 18...
Qe4 {[%cal Ge6c4]} 19. f3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Bxc4 21. Re1 Bxb2 22. Nxb2 Rxb2 23. Bd4
Rb7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Speelman,J/Hastings 1988/CBM 11 (28)}) 15. O-O Nf5
$1 (15... Qxc5 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qc7 18. c3 $14) 16. Qe2 Nxe3 17. Qxe3
Qxe3 18. fxe3 Be6 $44 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5,Re3,Ge6,Gg7] 1/2-1/2 Virovlansky,
S-Zakharevich,I/St Petersburg RUS 1998 (50)}) (14. Bc4 Bf5 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qe2
(16. Bd3 Rd7 17. Qe2 Bxd3 18. cxd3 Nd4 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Nf5 $15 {[%csl
Gd3,Ge3] 0-1 Maciejewski,A-Sznapik,A/Bydgoszcz 1990/EXT 97 (35)}) 16... Nd4 17.
Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Bb3 Rfd8 $44 {0-1 Lorenz,S-Espig,L/
Chemnitz 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) 14... f5 $1 (14... Nd4 15. O-O Qxc5 16. Ne2 (16.
Nb5 {[%cal Gc2c3]} a6 $8 17. b4 Qb6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21.
Qe1 Be6 $11) 16... Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Qc7 18. c3 Be6 19. a5 $14) 15. O-O $2 {
Unaccurate move,after which black attack becomes unpleasant.} (15. Qe2 $142 f4
16. Bd2 Qxc5 (16... f3 $5 17. Qxe5 (17. gxf3 Nd4 18. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxe5
20. Be4 Nc6 $1 $44) 17... Nxe5 18. Be4 fxg2 19. Bxg2 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Rxf3 $11 {
[%csl Gh3]}) 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Bc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 f3 $1 20. Bc4+ e6 21. gxf3 Ne5
$132) 15... f4 16. Bd2 f3 $1 {[%mdl 128]} 17. Re1 Qxc5 18. Be3 (18. Ne4 Qd5 $1)
18... Qb4 $1 (18... Qa5 $143 19. Be4 fxg2 20. Qd5+ $11) 19. Nd5 (19. Ne4 fxg2 (
19... Qxb2 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. c3 {[%cal Ga1a2]} Rd8 22. Qxf3 Ne5 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24.
Bxe2 $11) 20. c3 Qa5 21. Kxg2 (21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Ng5 Bf5) 21... Ne5 $36) 19...
Qh4 20. g3 Qxh3 21. Nf4 Rxf4 $2 {Unfortunate desicion for black,white managed
to parry first wave of black's attack,so it was the right time to recover and
simply to play with pawn-up.} (21... Qg4 $1 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 22. Bc4+ (22. Be4
Ne5 23. Bd4 Rxf4 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Qd5+ e6 26. Qxe5 Qh3 $19) 22... e6 (22...
Kh8 23. Bd5 Ne5 24. Bd4 Rxf4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5) 23. Bf1 {[%cal Gf1h3]} (
23. Qd6 Be5 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Rfe8 27. Ng5 Nb4 $1 $17 {
[%csl Gb2,Gc2]}) 23... Qf5 (23... Rd8 24. Bh3 (24. Qb1 Qf5 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]})
24... Rxd1 25. Bxg4 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Ne5 28. Bxe6+ Bxe6 29. Nxe6 Nc4
30. Bd4 $1 $11) 24. Qxf3 Qxc2 $1 (24... g5 25. Bd3 Qf7 26. Qh5 (26. Qe4 Bxb2
$17) 26... Qxh5 27. Nxh5 Bxb2 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. Be4 $44 {[%csl Ga8,Gb7,Gc8]})
25. Rac1 Qxb2 26. Bc5 Rf7 $17) 22. Bf1 Qh5 23. Bxf4 Bg4 24. c3 $1 {[%csl Gg7]
[%cal Gd1b3]} Rf8 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qxb7 Bh3 27. Qb5 $2 (27. Re3 $1 {[%cal
Ge3f3] was easily win for white} Bxf1 (27... e5 28. Qxc6 exf4 29. Rxf3 $18) 28.
Rxf1 e5 29. Qxc6 Rxf4 30. Rd1 $18) 27... e5 28. Qxc6 Bxf1 (28... exf4 $2 29.
Bxh3 Qxh3 30. Qxf3 $18) 29. Rxf1 $2 ({This was the last opportunity for white
to hold his advantage after-} 29. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 30. Bxe5+ Qxe5 31. Rxf1 Qf5 {
[%cal Gf5h3]} 32. Qd6 $16) 29... exf4 $44 {Now suddenly black has sufficient
compensation for exchange.} 30. Rae1 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4,Gh5h3]} 31. Qd5 Qg4 (31...
fxg3 32. fxg3 Qg4 33. Kh2 (33. Qd6 h5 $132) 33... Qh5+ (33... Rf6 34. Re8+ Bf8
35. Qe5 $18) 34. Kg1 Qg4 $11) 32. Qe6 {Black attack is very unpleasant and
white has to force the draw.} (32. Qe4 Qh5) 32... Qh5 33. Qd5 (33. Re4 g4 34.
Rxf4 Qh3 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. Qg5+ $11) 33... Qg4 34. Qe6 Qh5 35.
Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gershon} g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1
Nc6 (7... b5 {Gershon} 8. e5 Ne8 (8... Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bf3 Ra7
12. a3 d5 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Qd7 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Qd3 Raa8 17. Bg5 e6 18.
Bh4 Ne7 19. Bg3 Nf5 20. Be5 $16 {0-1 Scarella,E-Spangenberg,H/Villa Martelli
1996/EXT 98 (61)}) (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Qd5 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 e6
13. Nf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nf5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bf4 Rd8 17. Rad1 Nd6 18. c4 Nc6 19.
c5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Ne8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Monte
Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (41)}) 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 13.
Nf4 Bf5 14. Nd3 a5 15. h3 Qd7 16. Qd2 Nd8 17. Bf1 g5 18. Bg3 c6 19. c4 bxc3 20.
bxc3 Ne6 21. Nb2 d5 $15 {0-1 Dannevig,O-Djurhuus,R/NOR-ch 1996/EXT 97 (68)}) 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 (10. a4 e6 (10... Ne8 $6 11. a5 Nd6 12. f3 f5 13.
Bd3 $6 (13. Be3 $1 f4 14. Bf2 g5 15. Na4 {[%cal Ga4c5]} g4 16. Nc5 $16) 13...
f4 14. Na4 g5 15. c4 Rf6 16. b4 Rg6 17. Ra2 h5 18. Kh1 g4 $132 {De Boer,
G-Fries Nielsen,J/Groningen op 1994/EXT 94op/1-0 (42)}) 11. Bg5 exd5 12. exd5
h6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Rad1 Rfe8 {[%cal Ye5e4] and black obtained
comfortable play.1/2-1/2 Marin,M-Milu,R/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60 (19)}) 10... e6
$146 {[%mdl 8] '!?' Gershon.} (10... Qd6 11. Qd3 (11. Bf3 Bd7 12. Nb1 $5 {
[%cal Gc2c4]} e6 13. c4 exd5 14. c5 Qe6 15. exd5 Qf5 16. Nc3 e4 17. Be2 Bb5 $5
$132 {1/2-1/2 Iannacone,E-Hoi,C/Berlin 1980/MCD-r8 (20)}) (11. h3 Rd8 12. Qd3
e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxd6 Rxd6 15. Rad1 Rc6 16. f3 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,
G-Larsen,B/Ljubljana 1977/MCD-r7 (75)} (16... Bf8 17. f4 Bh6 18. Rf1 Re8 19.
Rf3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 Nd7 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Ne5 $15 {1/2-1/2
Sosonko,G-Larsen,B/Ljubljana 1977/MCD (75)})) 11... Rd8 12. Na4 {[%cal Ge3c5]}
e6 13. Bc5 Qd7 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Rad1 Qxd3 16. Bxd3 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Ge6] 1-0
Miles,A-Kavalek,L/Amsterdam 1977/MCL 08 (74)} (16. Bxd3 {Gershon} Bd7 17. Nc3
Bc6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Be3 b5 20. Be2 Bf8 21. Nb1 Nc5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rb8 24.
Kf2 a5 25. Nd2 a4 26. c3 Rd8 27. a3 Nd3+ 28. Bxd3 Rxd3 29. Ke2 Rd8 30. Nf1 Rb8
31. Bg5 Bd6 32. Ne3 h5 33. Nc2 Kf7 34. Nb4 Be8 35. Be3 $16 {1-0 Miles,
A-Kavalek,L/Amsterdam 1977/MCL (74)})) 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Bc4 (12. dxe6 {Gershon}
Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 $11) 12... b6 (12... exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3
$14 {[%csl Gb6]}) 13. dxe6 (13. Ba3 Rb8 {[%cal Gb6b5,Gb5b4]} (13... exd5 14.
Nxd5 Bb7 $2 15. Ne7+ $1) (13... b5 14. Bb3 Rb8 15. Bb4 $1 $14) 14. Bb3 (14.
dxe6 fxe6 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra3]} (14... Bxe6 $2 15. Bxa6 $16)) 14... Bf8 (14...
exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 (15... c5 16. Qf3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Be6 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Bxd5
Bb7 (16... Be6 17. Bc6 $1 (17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Qe2 b5 19. Rad1 Qe8 20. Bb4 Bf8
$11) 17... Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Red8 19. Be7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 $16) 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qe2
{[%csl Ga6]} b5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 19. Rad1 Qf6 20. Bb4 $14 (20. Bc5 Qc6)) 15. dxe6
fxe6 16. Bxf8 Rxf8 $132) 13... Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6 15. Be3 {It looks, like the
game must finish with a draw in a few moves, but black must be attentive,
because it's not so easy, as it looks in first sight. Black has some problems
with the queenside pawns - for example after coming Qe2 the a6-pawn doesn't
give to black rook enter into the game.} Qf8 $6 $14 {[%cal Gg7h6,Gf8b4] '!'
Gershon. An overoptimistic move. After this white gets an advantage untill the
end of the game and I had to play very accurately in order to hold the game.} (
15... Rd6 16. Qe2 $14) (15... Qxd1 $142 16. Raxd1 Bf8 17. a3 Bd6 $11 (17... Rd6
18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Nd5 $36)) 16. a3 {[%csl Gb4]} (16. Qe2 Qb4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18.
exd5 Ree8 19. c4 e4 $11) 16... h5 {[%cal Gf6g4] Gershon: 'Intending to
exchange his passive bishop for white's active one.'} (16... Bh6 17. Bxh6 Qxh6
18. Qe2 {[%csl Ga6][%cal Ge2c4]} (18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 $14) 18... Rd6 19. Rad1
$14) 17. h3 (17. f3 Bh6 18. Bf2 Rd6 $1) (17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qe2 b5
$11) 17... Bh6 18. Bxh6 Qxh6 19. Nd5 {Looks like a very promising continuation,
but black has still enough resourses to hold.} ({Another way was} 19. Qe2 $142
$5 $14) 19... Nxd5 20. Qxd5 (20. exd5 $5 Rf6 $5 (20... Ree8 21. Qf3 {[%cal
Gf3c3]} Rad8 (21... Qd2 22. Re2 Qd4 23. c3) 22. Rad1) 21. Qe2 (21. c4 Qf4 $132)
(21. Rxe5 $140 Rxf2 $1) 21... Qf4 {[%csl Gf2]} 22. Rad1 Rd8 $132 (22... Rd8 {
Gershon} 23. c4 $14) (22... b5 $5)) 20... Qf8 $1 {[%mdl 256]} (20... Ree8 21.
Rad1 {[%csl Gc7][%cal Gd5c6]}) 21. Rad1 Qe8 {Gershon: 'Now, although white
controls the only open file, black easily changes all the pieces on that file,
transposing into a drawn pawn endgame.'} 22. Qd7 (22. Rd3 Rd6 23. Qb7 (23. Qc4
Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qd8 25. Qe2 Qe7 26. Rd1 Rd8 $1 $11) 23... Qc8 $1 $11 (23... Rxd3
24. cxd3 Qc8 25. Qd5 Qe8 $11)) 22... Rc8 $11 23. Qxe8+ Rexe8 24. Rd7 Red8 25.
Red1 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Kf8 {[%cal Gf8e8]} 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 g5 $1 (28... Ke8 29.
Rd5 f6 30. g5 Rd8 $1 (30... Ke7 $2 31. gxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rd7) 31. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $11)
29. Kf1 Ke8 30. Rd5 f6 31. Rd3 Rd8 32. Ke2 (32. Rh3 {Gershon} Rd2 33. Rc3 c5
34. Ke1 Rd4 35. f3 Kd7 $15 {[%csl Gc3]}) 32... Rxd3 33. Kxd3 Kd7 34. Kc4 Kd6
35. a4 c5 36. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 3rd"]
[Site "Batumi"]
[Date "2002.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2472"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.06.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. a4 Qc7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Nh5 (11... b6 $5 12. Qd3 {[%cal Gf1d1]} a6
13. Rfd1 Bb7 {[%cal Gb6b5]} 14. Qd6 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Kestler,H-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O
1995 (18)}) 12. a5 (12. Qd2 {doesn't create any problems for black} Nf4 13. Ne2
(13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 $11) 13... Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7]} 15. Rfd1
Nf6 16. Bd2 Bb7 17. Bc3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Rad8 $11 {Rizouk,R-Ramos,A/Algarve 1995})
12... Nf4 13. Qb1 $5 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Gb1a2]} (13. Qd2 b5 $1 (13... Rd8 14.
Rfd1) 14. axb6 Nxb6 {[%csl Ga7,Gc6]} 15. Bxb6 (15. Bb3 Be6 $11) 15... Qxb6 16.
Na4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Qd6 Rfc8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nb6 Rb8 22.
Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Browne,W-Donner,J/Skopje 1972/EXT 2000 (39)}) 13... Qd6 $1
$146 {Really strong improvement,black queen will go to f6,where he will
protect f7-square and create some threates on the kingside} (13... b5 $6 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Qa2 $1 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qc5 Rfb8 18. b3 Rb7 19. Ra6 $16 {
[%csl Ga7,Gc6] Pirrot,D-Flueckiger,C/Biel op MTO 1997}) (13... h6 14. Qa2 Qd8
15. Kh2 Qf6 16. Ng1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} g5 17. g3 Ng6 18. Be2 Re8 19. Bg4 $14 {
Bischoff,K-Sebastian,D/Pyramiden-Franken Cup 1999}) 14. Ne2 (14. Qa2 $140 Qf6
$1 {[%cal Gf4h3]} 15. Ne1 Re8 16. Rd1 Nf8 $1 {[%cal Gf8e6,Ge6d4,Gc8e6]}) 14...
Qb4 $2 {This is completely wrong direction,probably Artashes missed white next
move} (14... Nc5 $142 $1 15. Rd1 Qe7 {[%cal Gc8e6] with comfortable play for
black}) 15. Nd2 Nxe2+ (15... b5 $6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. c3 {[%csl Ga7,Gc6]} Nxe2+
18. Bxe2 Qd6 $8 19. Ra5 Be6 20. Qa1 $16) 16. Bxe2 f5 17. c3 Qe7 18. f3 (18.
exf5 gxf5 19. f4 e4 $13 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gc8e6]}) 18... Nf6 19. b4 {[%cal Ge3c5]}
Nh5 $2 (19... Rd8 20. Bc4+ Kh8 (20... Be6 $140 $2 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Qxf5 $1)
21. Qb3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gc8]} Bd7 22. Bc5 Qe8 23. Bf7 {[%csl Ge8]}) 20. Qe1 $2 (
20. Bc5 Qg5 21. Bc4+ (21. Qa2+ $143 Kh8 (21... Rf7 $2 22. Bc4) 22. Bxf8 Bxf8
23. Qf7 $140 $2 (23. Rf2 $142) 23... Be6 $1 24. Qxb7 (24. Qxe6 Nf4 $19 {
[%csl Ge6,Gg2]}) 24... Nf4 25. Rf2 Rd8 $40) 21... Kh8 22. Bxf8 Bxf8 23. Rf2 Nf4
24. Kh2 {and like in the game black hasn't sufficient compensation for exchange
}) 20... f4 $2 ({Both} 20... Rd8) ({and} 20... Qf6 {were leading to very
complicated play}) 21. Bc5 Qg5 22. Bc4+ $1 {Looks,like Artashes simply forgot
about this intermediate move,after which black remains without excange and any
compensation} Kh8 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Kh2 Be7 (24... Ng3 25. Rf2 {[%cal Gd2f1,
Gf2d2]}) 25. Qf2 Qh6 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 26. Rfd1 g5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 27. Kg1 Nf6 28.
Nb3 g4 $6 {Black position appears to be losing,but still this pawn sacrifice
doesn't look correct} (28... Qg6 $142 29. Rd3 h5 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 30. Rad1 g4 31.
hxg4 hxg4 32. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1e2] White has winning position,but still the
game isn't over}) 29. hxg4 Nd7 $5 {[%cal Ge7h4,Gh4g3] Trying to activate
dark-squared bishop and create some threates to white king} (29... Bxg4 30.
fxg4 $1 (30. Kf1 $5 Rf8 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Ke2 {[%cal Ge2d2,Gd2c2]}) 30... Nxg4
31. Qf3 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Ne3+ 33. Ke2 Nxc4 34. Rh1 Qg3 35. Qxg3 fxg3 36. Raf1 $18 {
[%cal Gf1f7]}) 30. g3 (30. Qc2 {was another option for white} Bh4 $140 31. Nd2
$1 Bg3 32. Nf1 {[%csl Gg3,Gh2]}) 30... fxg3 31. Qxg3 Bh4 32. Qh2 $1 $18 {
[%csl Ge5] Not allowing black to play Nf8-g6} Qf6 33. Rd3 {[%csl Gf3][%cal
Ga1d1]} Nf8 {[%cal Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 34. Nc5 Bg5 (34... Ng6 35. Rad1 Nf4 36. Rd8+
$1 Qxd8 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Qh6 {[%cal Gh6f8]} Be7 39. a6 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Gc6]})
35. Rad1 b6 36. Rd6 Qxf3 $2 $138 (36... Qe7 37. Nb3 (37. Ne6 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}
Bxe6 (37... Nxe6 38. Bxe6 Bf4 (38... Bxe6 39. Qxe5+ $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 39.
Rd8+ Kg7 40. Rg8+ Kf6 41. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rf6]} Qxe6 42. g5+ $18 {with mate}) 38.
Bxe6 Nxe6 (38... Bf4 39. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Gd6d7]}) 39. Qxe5+ Ng7 40. Qxe7 Bxe7
41. Rxc6 {with winning endgame}) 37... b5 38. Be2 Be6 39. Nc5 $1 (39. Qxe5+
$140 Bf6 40. Rxe6 Nxe6 $44 {[%csl Gg1]}) 39... Bd5 40. R1xd5 cxd5 41. Rxd5 Bf4
42. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Gc5d3,Ge2b5]}) 37. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "POL-ch 59th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2002.05.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2002.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 (6... a6 {is in my
opinion a more promising line for black.}) 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Bh6 (9. a3
Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 (10... Ne8 $142 11. Bh6 c5 $132) 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5
13. Bd4 {1-0 Mainka,R-Schoeneich,M/BL9394 1994/GER-chT (41) with clearly
better position for white}) 9... b4 {Of course, Krasenkow improves his last
game in this variation, where he played doubtful:} (9... Na6 $6 10. e5 dxe5 11.
dxe5 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h4 Ndc5 14. h5 Rh8 15. O-O-O $16 {1-0 Kekelidze,
M-Krasenkow,M/Germany 2001/CBM 82 ext (56)}) 10. Ne2 $1 $146 {Good novelty,
white still waits with exchanging on g7 and in some variations it will be in
white's favour.} (10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 $6 (11. Ne2 $142) 11... bxc3 {Another
good alternative was:} (11... dxe5 12. dxe5 bxc3 13. exf6+ exf6 14. Qxc3 Re8+ {
Also good for black}) 12. exf6+ exf6 13. Qxc3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Na6 15. Kg1 c5 $36 {
[%csl Rg1] 0-1 Gligoric,S-Tseshkovsky,V/Moscow 1999/CBM 72/[Kaspi,A] (26)})
10... c5 11. Ng3 (11. Bxg7 {interesting} Kxg7 12. e5 Nfd7 $1 (12... dxe5 13.
dxe5 Nfd7 14. Qe3 $1 {with good attacking prospects} (14. e6 $143 Bxf3 15. gxf3
Ne5 16. Be4 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nbc6 {and black is ok}) (14. Qf4 Qc7 {[%cal Gc7f4]})
) 13. exd6 (13. e6 $6 fxe6 (13... Bxf3 $140 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. Nf4 Rf6 16. Rg1
$40 {[%cal Gf4h5]}) 14. Ng5 Rf6 15. Nf4 Qg8 $17 {[%cal Ge6e5]}) 13... exd6 14.
dxc5 dxc5 15. O-O-O $14 {[%cal Gh3h4,Gh4h5] With very promising position for
white}) 11... d5 12. e5 (12. Nf5 $2 gxf5 13. Qg5 Ne8 $19) (12. Bxg7 $143 Kxg7
13. dxc5 (13. e5 Ne4 14. Qf4 f5 $1) 13... dxe4 14. Qxb4 exd3 15. Qxb7 Nbd7 16.
b4 (16. c6 $2 Qa5+ {[%cal Gf8b8]} 17. b4 $8 Qa3 {[%cal Ga3c3]} 18. O-O Rab8 19.
Qc7 Rfc8 20. Qf4 Rxc6 21. cxd3 Rxb4 $17) 16... dxc2 17. O-O (17. Qa6 Rb8 18. a3
Nxc5) 17... Rb8 18. Qxa7 Rxb4 $144 $11) 12... Ne4 13. Bxe4 $2 (13. Qf4 $1 Nxg3
(13... f5 14. Nh5 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 gxh5 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 Rf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7
19. Qxh7+ $18) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 (14... Nxh1 15. Qh6 {[%cal Gf3g5]} f6 16. Bxg6
hxg6 17. e6 {[%cal Gh6h8]}) 15. Qxg3 c4 (15... cxd4 16. h4 $40 (16. Nxd4 Nc6))
16. Be2 $14) 13... dxe4 14. Nf5 $2 {At first sight it looks like a nice blow,
but in fact after this move white gets a bad position.} (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ng5
Qxd4 16. Qxd4 cxd4 17. N5xe4 Bd5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gb8c6]}) 14... exf3 (14... gxf5
$2 15. Qg5) 15. Bxg7 fxg2 16. Rg1 Be4 17. Qh6 $2 {This move already loses the
game.} (17. Bxf8 $142 Bxf5 (17... Qxf8 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. d5) 18. Bh6 cxd4 (18...
Nc6 19. dxc5 Qa5 $44) 19. Qxb4 Nc6 20. Qc5 Rc8 $36 21. Rxg2 $140 a5 $1 {
[%cal Gc6b4]}) 17... Bxf5 18. O-O-O Nc6 $19 (18... Re8 19. dxc5 Qc7 20. Bf6)
19. dxc5 Nd4 20. Rd2 (20. Bxf8 Ne2+ 21. Kb1 Qxf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxg2 Rc8 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gc8c5]}) 20... Re8 21. Rxg2 Qd5 22. Rg1 Qxc5 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Luther, Thomas"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1
Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. a4 a5 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 {[%mdl 128]} 17. Re4 Qc5 18. Rh4 $1 {
Black's pieces are far away from the kingside, so it's logical for White to
attack exactly there.} h5 19. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+
Kh8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qxh5+ Kg7 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+
Kh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ Kg7 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Re1 $1 {White was
gaining time, but now he starts to take care of business. While the first rook
lift helped White to strip off the enemy king, the shift of the other rook
lift is designed to finish the black monarch off.} Qxc4 34. Qh5+ Kg7 35. Qg5+
Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Qg5+ Kh8 38. Re3 Qe6 39. Qh4+ Kg7 40. Rg3+ Qg6 41. Qxe7
Qxg3 42. hxg3 {Formally Black has material parity, but his pieces are useless
and cannot safe their king. Hecht: '[#] Angriff!'} c5 {'?' Hecht.} (42... Nxe5
$142 {Hecht} 43. Qxe5+ f6 44. Qf4 Be6 45. g4 $36 {[%cal Rg4g5,Rc3e4]}) 43. Qg5+
Kh7 44. Qh5+ Kg7 45. Qg5+ Kh7 46. Ne4 Rg8 47. Qh5+ Kg7 48. Nd6 {'!' Hecht.} (
48. Nd6 {Hecht} Nxe5 (48... Rf8 {Hecht} 49. Qg5+ Kh7 50. Nf5 Rg8 51. Qh6#) 49.
Qxe5+ f6 50. Qe7+ Kh8 51. Qxf6+ Kh7 52. Nf7 Rg7 53. Ng5+ Kh8 54. Qf8+ Rg8 55.
Qh6#) 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Cetinje"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Simic, Radoslav"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 (7... Nbd7
8. a5 d5 (8... e5 $6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 $1 Re8 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. Qxe7 Rxe7 13.
O-O $14 {Nunn,J-Todorcevic,M Szirak 1987 Inf 44/144/}) 9. e5 Ne8 10. Be2 (10.
h4 $5) 10... f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O Rf7 13. Bd3 Nf8 $10 {Spraggett,
K-Kindermann,S Lugano 1988 Inf 45/130/}) (7... Qa5 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. a5 e5 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1 Nbd7 13. Be2 Nf8 14. O-O Ne6 $10 {Tseitlin,
Mik-Belov,I Voskresensk 1990 Inf 50/137/}) 8. Be2 (8. Qd2 $5 Na6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10.
Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Nh5 13. O-O Nf4 $6 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rfe1 Be5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd6 $16 {Benjamin,J-Gulko,B USA 1987 Inf 45/130/}) 8... Na6 9.
O-O Nb4 10. Nd2 Ne8 $5 $146 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ncb1 (12. Na2 Nxa2 13.
Rxa2 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Rxf1+ 16. Bxf1 $14 {Speelman,J-Mokry,K Dubai 1986/
}) 12... c5 $6 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Nb6 Bxb6 16. cxb6 Bf5 17. Na3 Rc8
18. c3 Nc6 19. Nb5 $16 {Cvitan,O-Arapovic,V Sarajevo 1988 Inf 45/130/}) (10...
e5 11. dxe5 (11. Nc4 d5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 $1 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc5 Qg5 $1 15. Qc1
Qh4 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 $44 {Kuczynski,R-Sznapik,A Polska 1987 Inf 44/150/}) 11...
dxe5 12. Ncb1 $14) 11. Ncb1 (11. f4 $5 f5 12. e5 Nc7 13. Nf3 Kh8 $13) 11... f5
$10 12. f3 (12. c3 f4 13. cxb4 fxe3 14. fxe3 axb4 $15) 12... Kh8 13. c3 Na6 14.
Na3 Nf6 15. Qe1 Nc7 16. Qh4 (16. Bd3 $5) 16... Ne6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh6 Bxh6
19. Qxh6 Nd5 $15 20. Bc4 (20. Nac4 Nef4 21. Rf2 Rg8 $17) 20... Rf6 21. Qh4 f4 (
21... Qg8 $5 22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Rae1 Qg7 {/\Rg6,Rg8-/+/}) 22. Ne4 Rg6 23. Bxd5 $8
cxd5 24. Nf2 Qf8 25. Ng4 Ng7 (25... Bd7 $5 26. Nb5 Qg7) 26. Nh6 $8 Bd7 27. Nb5
Nf5 28. Nxf5 Qxf5 29. Rf2 (29. Qxe7 $2 Rxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Qxh3+ 31. Kf2 Qh2+ 32.
Ke1 Re8 $19) 29... Rag8 30. Re1 (30. Nc7) 30... Rg5 (30... Bxb5 31. axb5 Rg5 (
31... e6 $17)) 31. Rxe7 $1 $8 Rh5 32. Qxh5 Qxh5 33. Rxd7 $13 Qe8 34. Rxb7 Qe1+
35. Rf1 Qd2 36. Rf2 Qc1+ 37. Rf1 (37. Kh2 Qe1) 37... Qxb2 38. Rf2 Qb1+ 39. Rf1
Qa2 40. Rf2 Qb1+ (40... Qxa4 41. Nxd6 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 Rf8 43. Nf7+ Kg8 44. Nh6+
$10) 41. Rf1 Qc2 42. Rf2 Qc1+ 43. Rf1 Qc2 44. Rf2 Qd1+ 45. Rf1 Qe2 46. Rf2 Qe6
$5 47. Rb6 Rg6 48. Nxd6 Qe1+ 49. Rf1 Qxc3 $15 50. Rb8+ Rg8 51. Nf7+ Kg7 52. Rb7
Qxd4+ 53. Kh2 Kf6 54. Rfb1 Rg7 55. R1b6+ Qxb6 56. Rxb6+ Kxf7 57. Kg1 Rg5 58.
Rb5 Ke6 59. Rxa5 Rg7 60. Ra8 d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.04.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1981.04.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Ne1
$6 (8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 $14) (8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1
$14) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd2 (11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Nb5
Re8 $17) 11... Re8 12. f3 c5 $15) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Rd1 Nd4 12. Qc4
Ne8 13. Nb5 $14) 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nd3 (12. f4 $6 Ned7 13. Qf3 Qe7 $17) 12... Nc4
13. Bg5 (13. Bc1 $6 d5 14. Nf4 c6 $17) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Qc8 15. h3 c6 {/\ d5/}
16. b3 (16. f4 $6 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 d5 18. Ndf2 f5 $17) 16... Nb6 17. Rde1 $6 (17.
Qf3 $5 Ng4 18. Nb1 $10) 17... g5 18. Bg3 Nbd5 $1 19. Nxd5 $8 cxd5 20. e5 (20.
Bxd6 Nxe4 21. Bb4 a5 $17) 20... Ne4 (20... dxe5 $1 21. Nxe5 Nd7 22. f4 gxf4 $19
) 21. exd6 Nxd6 22. Qd1 Ne4 $15 23. Bh2 Qc3 24. Kh1 (24. f3 Nd2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8
26. Re1) 24... Rac8 25. f3 Nf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. f4 $6 (27. Re1 $142 Rc8 28.
Re2) 27... Ne4 28. fxg5 hxg5 29. h4 gxh4 30. Qh5 $6 (30. Qg4 $142 Nf6 31. Qa4
Qc6 $17) 30... Nf6 31. Qxh4 Qxc2 $17 32. Qh3 (32. Ne5 Qxa2 33. Rxf6 Qa1+ 34.
Bg1 Qxe5 $19) (32. Nb4 Qe4 33. Rf4 Qe1+ $19) 32... Qc8 (32... Qxa2 33. Be5 $132
) 33. Qxc8 (33. Qf3 Qg4) 33... Rxc8 34. Be5 Ne4 35. Rf5 Rc2 $1 36. Kh2 (36.
Bxg7 $2 Ng3+) 36... Rxa2 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 38. Rxd5 Rd2 $1 39. b4 (39. Kh3 $2 Rxd3+
$1) 39... Nc3 40. Rg5+ (40. Rd7 b6 $19 {/\ a5/}) 40... Kf6 41. Rg3 Ne4 42. Rf3+
Ke6 43. Nf4+ Ke5 44. Nd3+ Kd5 45. Rf5+ Ke6 46. Re5+ (46. Rf3 b6) 46... Kd6 47.
Rxe4 Rxd3 48. g4 f6 49. Kg2 a6 50. Kf2 b5 $19 51. Ke2 Rc3 {/\ Rc4/} 52. g5 fxg5
53. Rg4 Kd5 $1 (53... Rc4 54. Rxg5 Rxb4 55. Rg6+) 54. Kd2 Rc6 55. Rxg5+ Kc4 56.
Rg4+ Kb3 57. Rh4 Rc4 58. Rh6 Rc2+ (58... Rc2+ 59. Kd3 Ra2 60. Rh4 Ra4) 0-1

[Event "Nathanya"]
[Site "Nathanya"]
[Date "1983.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1983.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 b5 (10... Bd7 $142 11. Ne1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. b4 axb4 14.
axb4 Ra3 15. Bg5 Rxc3 16. Bxf6 Ra3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 f6 19. Nf3 Qb8 $10 {
Brunner,L-Fioramonti,H/SWZ/1992/1:0/56/}) 11. a3 (11. Bxb5 Nxe4 (11... Bxf3 12.
gxf3 Nh5 13. Kh1 Qc8 14. Rg1 Qh3 15. Be2 f5 16. Qd3 $16) 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Neg5
f4 14. Bc5 dxc5 15. Bc4 $16) 11... a5 (11... Bd7 $142) 12. Bxb5 $1 (12. b4 axb4
13. axb4 Ra3 14. Bg5 Rxc3 15. Bxf6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ra3 $10 {Karpov,
An-Azmaiparashvili,Z/URS-ch/1983/0:1/141/}) 12... Bxf3 (12... Nxe4 13. Nxe4 f5
14. Neg5 f4 15. Bc5 $16) 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Kh1 f5 15. Qe1 (15. Bg5 Bf6 16. Rg1
Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf4 $146) (15. Qd3 $5) 15... Nf4 16. Rg1 (16. Ne2 Nh3 $1 17. Ng1
Nf4) 16... h6 $6 (16... Kh8 $142) 17. Bxf4 $1 exf4 18. exf5 $16 g5 (18... Rxf5
$6 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Rde1 $16) 19. Bd3 (19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Rde1 Ng8) 19... Kh8 20.
f6 (20. h4 $5) 20... Rxf6 21. Qe4 Nf5 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. c3 $6 (23. Qc4 $142 Qf6
24. c3 $16) 23... Be5 $1 24. Qc4 Qf6 $14 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd4 Qh3 $1 27. Qf1
Qh5 28. Qe2 a4 29. Nc6 Re8 30. Rd4 $1 Rff8 31. Re4 Bf6 32. Re6 (32. Re1 $5 Rxe4
33. Qxe4 $16) 32... Rxe6 33. dxe6 Re8 $6 (33... Qh3 $142) 34. Kg2 $1 g4 $6 (
34... Qg6 35. Re1 Qf5 $16) 35. fxg4 Qd5+ 36. Qf3 Qxe6 37. Qxf4 $18 Bg5 38. Qf3
Qb3 39. Nd4 $8 Qxb2 40. h4 $1 Bxh4 41. Rh1 Bg5 42. Ne6 $1 Rxe6 (42... Qd2 43.
Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 44. Qf6+ Kg8 45. Qg6+ $18) (42... Kg8 43. Nxg5 hxg5 44. Qf6 $18)
43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qxe6 Qb7+ 46. f3 Qb2+ 47. Kg3 Kg7 48. Qd7+ Kf6
49. Qxc7 (49. Re1 $4 Bh4+ $19) 49... Qd2 50. Qd8+ Kg6 51. Qg8+ Kf6 52. Qf8+ Kg6
53. Qf5+ Kg7 54. Rb1 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Todorovic, Goran M"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 h6 (4... Nf6 5. Qd2 h6 (5... c6 $5) 6. Be3
(6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. O-O-O g5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. h4 $36 {Polgar,J-Smirin,I/Groningen PCA/
1993/}) (6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O Nd7 9. Nge2 {[Tiviakov,S-Smirin,I/Wijk/
1994/0:1/54/]} c5 {Stohl/}) 6... Ng4 7. Bf4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O-O Nbc6 10.
Nd5 Be6 11. h3 Rb8 12. Be3 b5 $13 {Lugovoi,A-Sakaev,K/St-Peterburg op/1995/0,5/
26/}) (4... c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f4 Nd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 8. Bd3 $14) 5. Be3 (5. Bh4 Nf6 6.
Be2 c5 7. e5 Nh5 8. dxc5 Nf4 9. Bg3 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Bf3
Nc6 $13 {Unzicker,W-Botvinnik,M/Moscow/1956/0,5/20/}) 5... Nf6 6. h3 c6 7. Nf3
Qc7 (7... b5 8. e5 $14) 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Be2 b6 $5 (9... O-O 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. O-O
e5 12. Rfd1 $14) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd2 (11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rfd1 $14) 11... e5 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Nc4 Ba6 $1 (13... Rd8 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Bf8 16. Nxc8 Rdxc8
17. a5 $16) 14. Qd2 (14. Qd6 Qc8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 $13) 14... Rad8 $1 15. Bxh6 (15.
Qc1 Kh7 $10) 15... Nc5 16. Qe3 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rd4 18. b3 (18. Bd3 Nxd3 19. cxd3
Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxd3 $10) (18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bd3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Qd6
$10) 18... Ncxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Qc3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Qc5 (22...
Rd4 $5) 23. Qf3 b5 24. axb5 cxb5 25. Bd3 Rb4 (25... Rd4 26. Qb7 $132) 26. Rfe1
a5 $15 27. Qe3 Qxe3 28. Rxe3 e4 29. Be2 Rc8 30. Rd2 Rc5 31. f3 (31. Bd1 Nd5 32.
Re1 Nc3 $17) 31... a4 32. bxa4 bxa4 33. fxe4 Nxe4 34. Rd7 Rxc2 $17 35. Ra7 Rc3
36. Rxc3 Nxc3 37. Bg4 Kf8 (37... Rb2 38. Be6) (37... Kf6 $5) 38. Bd7 Rd4 39.
Kh2 Rc4 40. Kh1 Rb4 41. Kh2 g5 42. Bc6 Rf4 43. Bd7 Rd4 (43... Kg7 44. Bc6 (44.
g3 Rf6 45. Kg2 (45. Bxa4 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Ra2 $19) 45... Rd6 46. Be8 $10) 44... Kg6
$17) 44. Bc6 f5 $6 45. Ra5 f4 (45... Rf4 46. g3 Rf2+ 47. Kg1) 46. Rc5 $1 (46.
Rxg5 $2 a3 47. Ra5 a2 $19) 46... Nd1 (46... Rd3 $142) 47. Rxg5 a3 48. Ra5 $10
Rd3 49. Bf3 Ne3 (49... Nf2 50. h4 Rc3 51. h5 Rc1 52. g4 fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 $14) 50.
h4 Rc3 51. h5 Nf1+ 52. Kh3 Nd2 53. Kg4 Nxf3 54. gxf3 Kg7 55. Kxf4 $14 Kh6 56.
Kg4 Rc4+ 57. f4 Rc3 58. Ra6+ Kg7 59. Kf5 (59. Kg5 Rg3+ 60. Kf5 Rb3) 59... Rb3 (
59... Rc5+ 60. Ke6 (60. Kg4 Rc3) 60... Rxh5 61. Rxa3 Rh1 $10) 60. Kg5 Rg3+ 61.
Kf5 Rb3 62. Kg4 Rc3 63. f5 Rb3 64. Kf4 Rc3 65. h6+ Kh7 66. Ke5 Rb3 67. Kd4 Rf3
68. Ke4 Rc3 69. Kf4 Rd3 70. Kg5 Rg3+ (70... Rc3 $2 71. Ra7+ Kh8 72. Kg6 Rg3+
73. Kf7 $18) 71. Kf6 Kxh6 72. Kf7+ Kh7 73. f6 Re3 74. Kf8 Rb3 75. f7 a2 76.
Rxa2 Rb8+ 77. Ke7 Rb7+ 78. Ke6 Rb6+ 79. Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb8 {Chernin/} (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 $14) 9. Re1 $5 {Blatny/} (9.
a4 a5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6 $10 {Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion/1994/0:
1/34/}) (9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c5 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Rab1 Qa6 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bg5
Re8 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh4 Qc4 $1 $132 {Chatalbashev,B-Popchev,M/
Cacak/1991/}) (9. Qd2 c6 10. Rad1 Qa5 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14.
Rfe1 a5 $132 {Blatny,P-Chernin,A/Pardubice/1993/0,5/31/}) 9... c6 10. Qd2 Qc7
11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bh6 (12. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxh6 14.
Qxh6 a6 $10 15. Qd2 Rfe8 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Be2 b5 $5 18. f4 Ned7 19.
Bf3 Nb6 $132) 16. dxc6 (16. Be2 cxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. a3 Nb6 $15) 16... bxc6 17.
b3 Red8 18. Be2 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. f4 e5 20. Bc4 (20. Bf3 Ne6 21. fxe5 dxe5 22.
Qe3 Nd4 $17) 20... Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng4 22. Re2 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5 $15) 19... e5 $1
20. Bc4 Kg7 21. Re3 Ne6 22. Rd3 $2 (22. Ne2 $2 d5 $19) (22. Bxe6 fxe6 $10)
22... Nc5 $1 23. Rh3 (23. Rxd6 Nfxe4 24. Nxe4 Nxe4 25. Rxd8 Nxd2 26. Rxa8 Nxc4
27. bxc4 Qa5 $17) 23... h5 $17 24. Qe2 a5 25. Rf3 Rd7 26. h3 Rad8 27. Qe3 Ne8
28. Qc1 Rb8 29. Re3 Nf6 30. Ree1 Rbd8 31. Qe3 Qa7 32. Qg3 Qb6 33. a3 (33. Bf1
$32) 33... d5 34. exd5 cxd5 35. Bb5 Re7 36. Bf1 (36. Rxe5 Nce4 (36... h4 37.
Qf4 Nh5 38. Qg5) 37. Nxe4 (37. Qf4 Nxc3 38. Rxe7 Nxd1 $19) 37... Nxe4 38. Qf4
Nxf2 $1 39. Kf1 (39. Kh2 Qc7 (39... Nxd1 40. Rxe7 Qf6 $13) 40. Rde1 Ne4 $19 41.
R5xe4 Qxf4+ 42. Rxf4 Rxe1) 39... Qxb5+ $19) 36... d4 $19 37. Nb1 Nce4 38. Qd3
Nc5 39. Qg3 Qc7 40. Nd2 Nd5 {T} 0-1

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb8 $5 (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rb1 Qc7
14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. Bg1 Rab8 17. Rbe1 Nfd7 (17... d5 $5 $13) 18. Qh3
Nf8 19. Nd1 Qc8 $132 {Blatny,P-Chernin,A/Altensteig/1992/}) 9. Qd2 (9. a4 $5 {
()<<} c6 10. a5 a6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 $6 (13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4
$36) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nb6 dxe4 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bg5 (17. c3 d5
$15 {[+]}) 17... Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Qxe4 b5 $1 $17 {Braga,C-Martin del
Ocampo,R/Manila olm/1992/}) (9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c5 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Rab1 Qa6
13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh4 Qc4 $1 18. Rbe1 Bxc3
19. bxc3 f6 20. Bh6 Nd7 21. Qg4 e6 $15 {Chatalbashev,B-Popchev,M/Cacak/1991/})
(9. h3 Bxf3 (9... Bd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bf4 $14 {()}) 10. Bxf3 c6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12.
Rad1 (12. a4 $5 $14) 12... Qc7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Bf1 b5 16. a3 Nb6
$10 {Teschner,R-Parma,B/Hamburg EUChT/1965/} 17. dxc6) (9. Re1 $5 $14) 9... c6
10. Rad1 (10. a4 $142) 10... Qa5 $1 $132 11. a3 Rc8 (11... Nfd7 $5 $13) 12. b4
Qc7 (12... Qxa3 13. Ra1 Qxb4 14. Rfb1 Nxe4 15. Rxb4 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
cxd5 18. Nxd5 $1 Nc6 (18... Rxc2 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Rd1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22.
Rb7 $40) 19. Re1 e6 20. Rxb7 exd5 21. Bxd5 $36) 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 a5 $5 (
14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bg4 Nef6 $10) 15. e5 $5 (15. h3 Bxf3
16. Bxf3 axb4 17. axb4 Ne8 $132) 15... Nxd5 (15... Bxf3 16. exd6 (16. exf6 Bxe2
17. fxg7 Bxd1 18. Rxe7 Re8 $17) 16... Qxd6 17. Bxf3 axb4 (17... cxd5 18. Nb5
Qc6 19. Na7 $16) 18. axb4 Qxb4 19. Rb1 Qd6 20. Rxb7 $10) 16. Ng5 $1 Bxe2 (16...
Nxe5 $5 17. Nxd5 (17. Bxe5 Bxe2 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxg7 (19. Qxd5 Bc4 $19) 19...
Bxd1 20. Qf4 f6 21. Ne6 Qxc2 $19) 17... cxd5 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20.
Qxd5 Nh6 (20... Rf8 21. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 22. Ne6+ $10) 21. Qd4+ e5 (21... Kg8 22.
Qh4 Kg7 23. Qd4+ $10) 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxc2 24. Rd7 $44) 17. e6 f6 $8 (
17... Bxd1 18. exf7+ Kh8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Ne6+ $18) 18. exd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd5
cxd5 20. Rxe2 fxg5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd5 axb4 23. Qxg5 (23. axb4 Rc7 24. Qxg5
Rf8 $10) 23... Rc7 24. axb4 Rf8 25. h3 (25. Rde1 e5 $132) 25... Rf7 {/\Qf5} 26.
Rde1 Qf5 27. Qd2 (27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Re6 Rxc2 $10) 27... Qf6 28. Re6 Qc3 29.
Qxc3+ Rxc3 30. R1e2 (30. Rxe7 Rxc2 31. R1e6 $10) 30... Kf8 31. Kf1 b5 (31...
Rc4 32. R6e4 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 b5 34. c4 bxc4 35. Rxc4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-16"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Kakageldyev, Amanmurad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1993.07.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 $5 (6. O-O-O) 6...
Ngf6 7. h3 (7. Bh6 O-O 8. h4 Bxh6 {/\ Ng4} (8... e5 $13)) 7... O-O 8. Bd3 {
/\ 9. 0-0, 9. 0-0-0} e5 9. O-O $14 Re8 (9... b5 10. dxe5 $1 dxe5 11. a4 $36 {<<
}) 10. Rfe1 exd4 (10... b5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bf4 {/\ Rad1|^[+]})
11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 Ne5 $1 $10) 11... Nc5 12. Bh6 Nxd3 $6 (12... Qb6 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Nb3 {/\} Nxd3 15. Qxd3 {/\ Rad1-> ><d6}) (12... Bxh6 $1 13. Qxh6 Qb6
$13) 13. cxd3 Bxh6 (13... Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nf3 {/\ d4|^[+]}) 14. Qxh6 Nd7
$6 (14... Qb6 15. Nf3 $1 (15. Nb3 Be6 16. Qf4 Kg7 17. Qxd6 Rad8 {/\ 18... Bb3,
18... Rd3=}) 15... Qxb2 16. Rac1 {/\ Ng5, /\ d4, e5->, /\ e5!?, Nce4->}) (14...
Qe7 {/\ Bd7, Qf8+/=}) 15. Nf3 $1 {/\ 16. Ng5, 16. d4|^} Nf8 (15... Qf6 {
/\ 16... Qg7, 16... Nc5+/-}) 16. d4 f6 $6 (16... Qf6 $16 17. Rad1 {/\ 18. e5,
18. d5}) 17. Rad1 {/\ 18. d5+/-|^, 18. e5+/-->} b5 $2 (17... Qe7 $16) 18. e5 $1
d5 $8 (18... fxe5 19. dxe5 d5 20. Ne4 $18) 19. exf6 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Qxf6 21. Re8
{/\ Ng5, Qh7#} Bb7 (21... Qg7 22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Ne5 $18) (21... Qf7 22. Qe3
$18) 22. Qe3 Rxe8 23. Qxe8 Qf4 (23... Qf7 24. Qb8 {/\ Ne2-f4-d3-c5+-}) (23...
Qe6 24. Qb8) 24. Ne2 Qc7 (24... Qd6 25. Ne5) 25. Ne5 g5 (25... Kg7 26. Nf4 {
/\ Qf8, Ne6}) 26. Ng3 Bc8 27. Nxc6 (27. Nxc6 Bd7 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kh6 30.
Ng8#) (27. Nxc6 Be6 28. Ne7+ Kg7 29. Nh5+ Kh6 30. Qxf8+ Kxh5 31. g4+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Wichern op 5th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1999.10.21"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Bokelbrink, Uwe"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Bokelbrink,U"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "1999.10.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 e6
9. O-O b6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Bf1 Ne7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 15. e5 Nh5
16. Bh2 Nhf4 17. Ne4 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Bh2 Qe7 21. c3 Rad8
22. Qc2 a5 23. Ng3 Qd7 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Re3 Bd5 26. Rae1 Rfe8 27. f4 Nh4 28.
fxg5 hxg5 29. Re5 f6 30. R5e3 Qf7 31. Ng3 f5 32. R3e2 c5 33. dxc5 bxc5 34. Rf2
Qg6 35. Be2 Rf8 36. Nf1 Be4 37. Qb3 f4 38. Bg4 Bd5 39. Qb6 Nf5 40. Qxc5 e5 41.
Rd2 Bf7 42. Rxd8 Rxd8 43. Qxa5 Re8 44. Bf3 Nd6 45. Bc6 Rf8 46. Qb4 Rc8 47. Bd7
Rd8 48. Bc6 Rc8 49. Bf3 Rc4 50. Qb8+ Rc8 51. Qb6 e4 52. Bg4 Ra8 53. Qc6 Ra7 54.
Kh1 Be8 55. Qc5 Rxa4 56. Ne3 Bg7 57. b3 Ra2 58. Nd5 Kh8 59. Nc7 Bf7 60. Ne6
Bxe6 61. Qxd6 Bf5 62. Qd8+ Kh7 63. Bxf5 Qxf5 64. Qe8 e3 65. Qh5+ Kg8 66. Qe8+
Bf8 67. Qc6 Qf7 68. b4 Ra7 69. Qb5 Qf6 70. Qd5+ Rf7 71. b5 Qxc3 72. Qxg5+ Bg7
73. Qd8+ Kh7 74. Qd1 Qb4 75. Qd3+ Kg8 76. Re2 Qd4 77. Qb3 Qe4 78. b6 f3 79. b7
fxe2 80. b8=Q+ Kh7 81. Qxf7 e1=Q+ 82. Bg1 Qa1 83. Qh5+ (83. Qb6 e2 (83... Qae5
84. Bxe3 Qa1+ (84... Qxe3 85. Qfg6+ Kg8 (85... Kh8 86. Qd8+) 86. Qd8+ Qe8 87.
Qdxe8+) 85. Bg1) 84. Qh5+) 83... Bh6 84. Qc7+ Qg7 85. Qxg7+ Kxg7 86. Qe2 Kf6
87. Qa6+ Kg7 88. Qe2 Kg6 89. Qa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Brodsky,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. d5 Nb6 11. Bf3 e5 $5 $146 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. a4 a5 14. Be2
Nfd7 (14... Rfe8 $142 15. Nf3 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bc8 $10) 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bc4 (
16... d5 17. Bg3 {/\ f4+/=}) (16... Rfe8 $5) (16... Bd7 $5) 17. Bxc4 Nexc4 18.
b3 Ne5 19. Qd2 $14 Nbd7 (19... Rfe8 $142) 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rad1 $1 Bh8 $2 (
21... Rad8 $142 $14) 22. Nde2 $1 Ng4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 (23... Qb6 24. Qg3 Nxh6 25.
Rxd7 $18) 24. Rxd6 Nc5 25. Bf4 $8 f5 (25... Nxe4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. f3 Bc3 28.
Bd2 Be5 29. Rd3 Bxh2+ 30. Kf1 $18) 26. f3 Nf6 27. Ng3 $16 fxe4 28. Ngxe4 Ncxe4
29. Nxe4 Nd5 30. Bg3 Nb4 31. c3 Nd5 32. c4 Nc3 33. Nxc3 Bxc3 34. Rxe8+ Rxe8 35.
Rd7 Re2 36. h4 $18 b6 (36... Rb2 37. Rxb7 Bb4 38. Rc7 $18) 37. Rd3 Bb4 38. Bf2
c5 (38... Be7 39. Bxb6 Bxh4 40. Bxa5 Bg3 41. Bd2 $18) (38... Bc5 39. Bxc5 bxc5
40. Rd6 Re3 41. Rxc6 Rxb3 42. Rxc5 Rb4 43. Rxa5 Rxc4 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. Ra7+ Kg8
46. h5 $18) 39. Bg3 Rb2 40. Bc7 (40. Kh2 $142) 40... Be1 41. Kh2 Bxh4 42. Bxb6
Bf2 43. Bxa5 Kf7 44. Bd2 Bh4 45. Bc1 Rb1 46. Be3 Be7 47. Kg3 Ke6 48. Bh6 Rb2
49. Bg7 Ra2 50. Re3+ Kf7 51. Be5 h5 52. f4 g5 53. fxg5 Bxg5 54. Rd3 Bd2 55. Bc3
Bg5 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. Rd5 Be7 58. Rxh5 Bd6 59. Rh1 Rc2 60. Re1+ Kf5 61. Re3 Rc1
62. g4+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.10.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Bukic,E"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{Inf.26/178} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. Qd3 Nd7 $1 (8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 $14) 9. Nd2 Nb4 $1 10. Qc4
Bxe2 11. Nxe2 c5 $1 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Rad1 (13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. Qxb4 Bxb2 $1 15.
Rab1 Na6 $1) 13... Qc7 14. Nf3 b6 $11 15. c3 Nc6 16. Bf4 Nde5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 $1
(17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 $14) 18. b4 Bg7 19. g3 (19. bxc5 Na5) 19...
Rac8 20. bxc5 Nb8 21. Qa4 bxc5 22. Rd3 Qb7 23. Rd5 e6 24. Rd6 c4 25. Qc2 Nd7
26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Rdd1 Nc5 $15 28. Ne1 Qc6 29. f3 Rfd8 (29... f5 30. Nd4) 30.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 Qa4 33. Qxa4 Nxa4 34. Nc2 Nxc3 35. Nxc3 Bxc3
36. Kf1 $11 Ba5 37. Ke2 Bb6 38. Na3 Bg1 39. Nxc4 h5 40. h3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porz op"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1982.08.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Werner, Dimo"]
[Black "Paulsen, Dirk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1982.08.14"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. h3 c6 5. a4 {Verhindert b7-b5} a5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7.
Be2 Qc7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 {Um auf evtl. Bh6 mit Bh8 antworten
zu können.} 11. Rad1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16.
Qe2 Bf8 17. b3 $1 Ree8 18. Nd2 {Sorgfältig hat sich Weiß auf c4 einen
Stützpunkt gesichert, da der Nb6 nicht auf Dauer seinen Platz halten kann.} Bb4
$2 {Zeitverlust.} 19. Na2 Be7 20. Nc1 Nbd7 {Schwarz bereitet das Manöver
Nd7-f8-e6-d4 vor.} 21. Nd3 Nf8 22. Nc4 N6d7 ({Nicht} 22... Nxe4 {wegen} 23. Bb6
) 23. f4 $1 {Öffnet die f-Linie, da die weißen Figuren mehr Raum zur Verfügung
haben.} exf4 24. Bxf4 Qd8 25. Nd6 $1 {Beraubt Schwarz seines wichtigen Läufers.
} Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Ne6 28. e5 Nd4 29. Qg4 Rad8 30. Rd2 {Bereitet die
Turmverdoppelung auf der f-Linie vor.} Re6 31. Nb2 $1 c5 32. Nc4 Qa6 33. Qh4
Rf8 (33... Rde8 $2 34. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 35. Qxh7#) 34. Bxf8 Nxf8 35. Rdf2 Nf5 36.
Qg4 h5 37. Qg5 Nh7 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Rxf5 gxf5 40. Rxf5 Rg6 41. Qd7 Ng5 42. Nd6
Qe2 43. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1980.10.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 (7. d5 Nb8
8. h3 c6 9. a4 a5 10. Be3 Na6 11. Nd4 $5 Nb4 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Rfd1
Rad8 $132 {Yuferov,S-Czerwonski,A/Lublin/1992/0,5 (37)/ Inf 56/140/}) 7... Ng4
$6 (7... e5 8. dxe5 (8. d5 $5) 8... Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rfd1
Be6 12. Nb5 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Ne8 14. f3 a6 15. Nc3 Bf8 $10 {Ftacnik,L-Gulko,B/
Novi Sad/1990/ Inf 50/142/}) (7... Bg4 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1
Qe7 11. Bg5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. c3 $1 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Nxd5 16.
Qxd5 Qxd5 (16... Qa6 $5) 17. Rxd5 f6 18. Be3 $14 {Andersson,U-Anand,V/Novi Sad/
1990/1:0 (65)/ Inf 50/142/}) 9... Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 b5 12. a3 a5 13. Nd3
Qb8 14. f3 Rd8 15. b4 $1 axb4 16. Nxb4 Rxa3 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 $44 {
Kuczynski,R-Chernin,A/Polanica Zdroj/1992/ Inf 55/136/}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nf6
10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd4 c6 12. a4 Qb6 (12... a5 $5) 13. Nb3 a5 14. Kh1 Na6 15. f4
$16 Nb4 (15... Bd7 16. Bf2 Qc7 {/\Rfc8/}) 16. Bf3 cxd5 $6 (16... Bd7 17. dxc6
bxc6 18. e5 dxe5 (18... Nfd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxe7 $18) 19. Bxf6
$18) (16... Qc7 $5) 17. exd5 Bf5 $6 (17... Bd7) 18. Bf2 Qd8 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. h3
Na6 (20... Rc8 $5) 21. Re1 Nc5 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Ncb5 Ne8 24. b3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6
26. Rad1 e5 $2 (26... Qf6 $5 27. Ne2 Bxb5 28. axb5 $16) 27. fxe5 dxe5 28. Bd5+
Kh7 29. Nf3 Nf6 (29... e4 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Bxe4 $18) 30. Rxe5 Nxd5 31. Rxd5
Ne4 32. Qe1 Nf6 33. R5d2 $18 Qe8 34. Nd6 Qxe1+ 35. Rxe1 Rb8 (35... Rc7 36. Bb6
$18) 36. Ne5 Bc6 37. Nxc6 bxc6 38. Nc4 Nd5 39. Bd4 Ra8 (39... Bxd4 40. Rxd4 Rf2
41. Nxa5 Rxc2 42. Nxc6 $18) 40. Re6 Rf1+ 41. Kh2 Bf8 (41... Ra6 42. Bxg7 Kxg7
43. Rxd5 cxd5 44. Rxa6 dxc4 45. Rxa5 $18) 42. Rxc6 Re8 43. Be5 1-0

[Event "Vladivostok Zaitsev Memorial"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yurtaev, Leonid"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Na6 8. Re1 (
8. a5 b5 9. axb6 axb6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Nac7 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bh6
Nf6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 c5 $10 {Horvath,
J-Nevednichy,V/Debrecen/1992/0,5/27/}) (8. Be3 Nc7 9. Nd2 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3
c5 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. d5 Rb8 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bf2 Nf6 $132 {Savon,
V-Titov,G/Moscow/1991/0,5/19/}) 8... b6 (8... Nc7 9. h3 d5 $5 10. e5 Ne4 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bf1 c5 15. Rxe4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rfd8 $10 {
Diaz,J-Perez,I/Colon/1993/0,5/27/}) 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 exd6 11. d5 c5 12. Ne4 (
12. Bg5 $5 f6 13. Bf4 $14) 12... Nac7 13. Rb1 (13. c4 $5 a6 14. Bg5 f6 15. Bd2)
13... h6 14. b4 (14. c4 $5 f5 15. Nc3 a6 (15... Na6 $5) 16. Bd2 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. b4 $36) 14... f5 15. Ng3 Nf6 16. c4 Na6 17. b5 Nb4 18. Bf1 (18. Bd2
Ne4 $1) 18... Ne4 $1 $15 19. Rb3 (19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nd2 (20. Rxe4 Bf5 $17)
20... Bd4 $6 (20... Rxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 (21. Nxe4 Rf8 $15) 21... Bd4+ (21... Qh4+
$5 22. Kg1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Be5 24. g3 Bxg3 25. Re2 Bg4 $36) 22. Ke2 Qh4 $40) 21.
Nxe4 Bf5 22. Kh1 $5 (22. Bxh6 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 $16)) 19... a6 $1 20.
Nxe4 fxe4 21. Nd2 (21. Rxe4 Bf5 22. Re2 axb5 23. axb5 Ra1 $146) 21... axb5 22.
cxb5 (22. axb5 Ra1 23. Nxe4 Bf5 $36) 22... Na2 (22... Rxa4 23. Rg3 Ra1 24. Rxg6
$40) 23. Rxe4 (23. Nxe4 Nxc1 24. Qxc1 Rxa4 $15) (23. Bb2 Bxb2 24. Rxb2 Nc3 25.
Qc2 Qf6 26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf5 $17) 23... Nc3 24. Rxc3 Bxc3 25. Nf3 Bg7 26.
h4 Bf5 $17 27. Rc4 Qd7 28. Be3 Rae8 29. Nd2 Qf7 30. g4 (30. Nb3 Be4 $19) 30...
Bd3 $1 $19 31. Bg2 (31. Bxd3 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35.
Kh1 Rf2 $19) (31. Bg2 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Qf2+ 33. Kh1 Be5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Vladivostok op2"]
[Site "Vladivostok"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Markov, Jurij"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 (8... e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Kb1 Rab8 13. h4 b5 14.
Nd4 $14 {Tunik,G-Czerwonski,A/Katowice/1993/1|0/57/}) 9. gxf3 $5 {/N/} (9. Bxf3
Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rab1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 a5 15. b3 Rab8
16. a3 Ned7 $132 {Itkis,B-Damljanovic,B/YUG/1994/0|1/44/}) 9... e5 (9... Ne5
10. Bh6 c6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 $14) 10. dxc6 $5 (10. Be3 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12.
Qxd4 Nh5 13. Qd2 Qh4 $146) 10... exf4 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. Ba6 Nd7 (12... c6 13.
O-O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rd2 $14) 13. Qd5 $6 (13. Na4 $5 Ne5 14. O-O-O $132)
13... Ne5 $5 (13... Nc5 $5 14. Qc6 $6 (14. Bc4 Rxb7 15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Rd1 (16. h4
c6 17. Qc4 Nxb3 18. axb3 d5 $36) 16... Qh3 17. Ke2 Rb6 $15) 14... Qe8 15. Qxe8
Rfxe8 16. Bb5 Red8 17. Bc6 Nxb7 18. O-O-O Nc5 $15) 14. O-O-O c6 15. Qxd6 Qb6
16. Qa3 Nxf3 17. Rd6 Qxf2 (17... Rfe8 18. Nd5 Qxf2 19. Rxc6) 18. Nd1 $1 (18.
Rxc6 Qe3+ (18... Nd4 19. Nd1 Qg2 $19) 19. Kb1 Nd2+ 20. Ka1 Nxe4 $36) 18... Qb6
(18... Qg2 $5 19. Rf1 Nxh2 20. Rf2 Qg3 21. Rxc6 Qxa3 22. bxa3 Ng4 23. Rf1 h5
24. Rc8 h4 $17) 19. c4 Ne5 (19... Bd4 $5 20. Qxf3 (20. Qa4 Ne5) 20... Be5 21.
Rd7 Qxa6 22. Qb3 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nf2 Rb8 25. Nd3 Rxb7 $17) 20. c5 Qc7
21. Qb4 Rfe8 22. Nf2 Bf8 23. Rd2 Qe7 24. Rc2 f3 (24... g5 $5) 25. Kb1 Bh6 26.
Qc3 Qh4 27. a3 Qf4 28. h3 Bg5 29. b4 Bh4 30. Rf1 $13 Bxf2 31. Rcxf2 Qxe4+ 32.
Kb2 h5 33. Kb3 g5 (33... Qd5+ 34. Ka4 g5 35. Rxf3 Nxf3 36. Qxf3 Qxf3 37. Rxf3
Kg7 38. b5 cxb5+ 39. Kxb5 Re5 40. Kc4 Re6 41. Kb5 Re5 $132) 34. Rxf3 Nxf3 35.
Rxf3 Qe5 $6 (35... g4 $5 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. Rg3 Re7 $13) 36. Qxe5 Rxe5 37. Rf6
Re7 (37... Re6 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. b5 $18) (37... g4 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. Rxc6 g3
40. Rc8+ Re8 41. Rxe8+ Rxe8 42. Bf1 $18) 38. Rxc6 Rbxb7 39. Bxb7 Rxb7 40. Rd6
$18 Kf8 41. Kc4 Ke7 42. Rh6 h4 43. c6 Rb6 44. Kc5 Ra6 45. c7 Rxa3 (45... Rxa3
46. Rc6 Rc3+ 47. Kd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 (7...
e5 $2 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxd1 10. Bxd1 Bxd1 11. Raxd1 Nxe4 12. Nxg6 Nxc3 13.
Ne7+ Kh8 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Nd5 Be5 16. f4 Bd6 17. Bd4+ Kg8 18. Nf6+ Kg7 19. Rf3
$18) 8. Qd2 (8. Qd3 {Karpov} e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 $5) (8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5
10. Be2 c6 $13) 8... e5 9. d5 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Qxd2 $2 (10... Qc8 $142)
11. Rxd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd2 13. Rxd2 Ne8 $16 {><c7,e5} 14. Bb5 $5 (14. Nd5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. c3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bf8 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Bg5 $16)
14... Bxf3 (14... Ne7 15. Bxe8 Rxe8 16. Nb5 $1) 15. Bxc6 $16) 9... Nb8 $6 (9...
Ne7 $142 {/\f7-f5} 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4
exf4 (14... Bg4 $5) 15. Bxf4 f5 16. Nf3 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg4 18. Rde1 Qd7 19. Neg5
Rae8 20. c4 $16 {Geller,E-Tal,M/Moscow/1975/}) 10. Rad1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Kh8 13. a4 Ng8 14. Be2 a6 15. a5 Qe7 16. b4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. f4 $14
Qf6 (18... e4 $6 {><d4,e6} 19. Bc4 $16 {/\Nc3-e2-d4}) 19. fxe5 (19. Na4 $5 {
/\c4-c5}) 19... Qxe5 20. Bd4 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Bh5 $1 Ne7
24. Ne2 Rf6 25. Nf4 Rg8 26. Rb1 $1 {/\b4-b5} Rh6 27. Kf2 $1 N7g6 (27... Rg5 28.
b5 $1 Rgxh5 29. Nxh5 Rxh5 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Rb7 $16 c5 32. Rd1) 28. Bxg6 Nxg6
29. Ne6 Ne5 30. b5 Rhg6 31. Nf4 Rg3 32. bxa6 bxa6 33. Rb3 (33. Rb7 Rc3 $1)
33... Rxb3 34. cxb3 Rb8 (34... Rc8 35. Rb4 $1) 35. b4 Rc8 36. Ne6 Kg8 37. Ke3
$2 (37. Kg3 $142 {Tal}) 37... c6 $1 {=/+/=} 38. Kf4 (38. dxc6 Kf7 $1 39. Rxd6
$2 Nc4+ $19) 38... Ng6+ 39. Kxf5 Ne7+ 40. Kg5 Nxd5 41. Kh6 Rb8 $1 (41... Re8
42. Rg4+ Kh8 43. Ng5 Re7 44. Rc4 $1 Rc7 45. Re4 Ne7 46. Rf4 Ng8+ 47. Kh5 Rd7
48. Rf7 $18 {Hort}) 42. Rg4+ Kf7 43. Re4 $1 Ke7 (43... Rxb4 $2 44. Ng5+ Kf6 45.
Re6+ Kf5 46. g4+ Kf4 47. Nxh7 c5 48. g5 $18) 44. Nd4+ (44. Ng5+ $142 Kd7 45.
Nxh7 $14 Rxb4 46. Nf6+ $1 Kd8 47. Re8+ $16) 44... Kd7 45. Rg4 Ne7 46. Rg7 Re8
47. Kxh7 (47. Nf5 c5 $1) 47... c5 48. bxc5 dxc5 49. Nf3 Kc6 50. Rg5 Nd5 51.
Ne5+ Kb5 $10 52. Nf7 Re7 53. Kg6 Rd7 54. Ne5 Rd6+ 55. Kf5 Ne7+ 56. Ke4 Rd4+ 57.
Kf3 Nd5 58. Nd7 (58. Nd7 Kc6 59. Ne5+ Kb5 60. Nd7) 1/2-1/2

[Event "AUT-ch"]
[Site "Voitsberg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Weinzettl, Ernst"]
[Black "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2365"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[EventCategory "5"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 Nc6 (6... Bg4) 7. d5
e5 $1 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. O-O-O a6 10. Ng5 Bd7 11. f3 b5 12. Nd5 $2 (12. g4 Ne5 13.
Be2 b4 $40) 12... h6 13. Nh3 Bxh3 14. gxh3 Nxd5 15. exd5 (15. Qxd5 Qf6) 15...
Nd4 $1 {[/\ Sxf3, Df6]} 16. Bxh6 Nxf3 17. Qg5 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qg5+ $17 19. Qxg5
Nxg5 20. h4 Ne4 21. Rg1 Nf6 22. Rg3 Rfe8 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Rf3 Re7 25. Rdf1 Nxd5
26. h5 Rh8 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Kd2 Rh4 $1 29. c3 Rhe4 30. R1f2 Ne3 31. b3 R4e5
32. Rg3 Rd5+ 33. Kc1 Rd3 34. Bf5 Rd1+ (34... Rxc3+ $2 35. Kd2) 35. Kb2 Nxf5 36.
Rxf5 Re2+ 37. Ka3 Rdd2 38. c4 Rxa2+ 39. Kb4 c5+ 40. Kc3 b4+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-13c playoff place 4"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1985.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5
Qc7 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 Ned7 13. Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Rxe4
15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Nxd6 Re7 17. Rfd1 Nf8 18. Nxc8 Rxc8 19. c3 a6 20. Rd2 Ne6 21.
Rad1 Be5 22. Bc4 Kg7 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Bc5 Rf7 25. Kf1 Bf4 26. Rd3 Bg5 27. Ke2
Re8 28. Rd7 Be7 29. Bxe7 Rexe7 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Ke3 Rf7 {[#]} 32. Rd4 (32. f4
$1) 32... e5 33. Rd6 Kf8 34. Re6 Re7 {[#]} 35. Rd6 $16 (35. Rf6+ Rf7 36. Rxf7+
Kxf7 37. Kd3 $16) 35... Rf7 36. g3 Ke7 37. Rd2 Ke6 38. Ke4 g5 39. f3 Rf8 (39...
h5) 40. c4 h5 41. c5 h4 42. Rd6+ {Sealed move} Ke7 43. gxh4 Rf4+ 44. Kxe5 Rxh4
45. Rg6 Rh5 $5 {[#]} (45... Kf7) 46. Kf5 $16 (46. Rg7+ $18 Kf8 47. Rd7 g4+ 48.
Kd6 Ke8 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. hxg4 $18) 46... g4+ 47. Kxg4 Rxc5 48. Rg7+ Kf6 49.
Rxb7 Rg5+ 50. Kf4 Rxa5 51. Rb6 Ra4+ 52. Ke3 Ke5 53. Rxc6 Rb4 54. Rc5+ Kf6 55.
Rc2 a5 56. Kd3 Rb3+ 57. Kc4 Rxf3 58. Kb5 {Sealed move} Rf5+ 59. Kb6 a4 60. Ka6
Ke6 61. Rc4 Rf3 62. Rxa4 Rb3 63. Ra2 Kd6 64. h4 Kc6 65. h5 Rb8 66. Ka7 Rb7+ 67.
Ka8 Rh7 68. Ra3 Rxh5 69. Ka7 Kb5 70. Rb3+ Kc4 71. Rb6 Ra5+ 72. Kb7 Rb5 73. b3+
Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Helsinki"]
[Site "Helsinki"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1984.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FIN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
$5 Nbd7 9. e5 $1 Nh5 10. Bg5 $5 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Be3 f5 12. d5 f4 13. Bd4 $16
{Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg/1984/}) 10... dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 $1
Nf4 (12... Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 $16) 13. d6 Qb6 14. Bc4 h6 15. Ne4
Qxb2 16. a3 (16. Nfg5 $1 {Razuvaev} hxg5 17. Nxg5 Rf8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. g3 Nh5
20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Qd3 $18) 16... Qb6 (16... Nb6 17. Ra2 $1 {Domination}) 17.
Qd2 a6 18. g3 Nd5 19. Rab1 Qa7 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5 b5 22. Neg5 $1 hxg5 23.
Nxg5 Rf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Rbd1 $2 (25. d7 $1 Qxd7 (25... Bxd7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8
27. Re4 $18) 26. Qxa8 Bb7 27. Qb8 Qc6 28. f3 Bh6 29. Ne4 f5 30. Nd6 Ba8 $44)
25... Bg4 $1 26. Rd2 Rd8 $19 27. h3 Bc8 (27... Be6 $1 28. Nxe6 Nxe6 29. d7 Nd4
$19) 28. Rxe5 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Be6 (29... Qd7 30. Ne4 Qe6 31. Nf6+ Kh8 32. Qc3
Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Ne6 34. Nh5+ Kg8 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Ng4+ Kh7 37. Nf6+ Kh6 38. Ng4+
Kh7 $10) 30. Rd4 Nd7 $2 (30... Rc8 31. Rh4 f6 32. Qxf6 Qg7 33. Qf3 Rxc2 $17)
31. Qf4 Re8 32. Re4 Rf8 $4 (32... Nf8 33. Qf6 {/\Rh4} Nd7 34. Qf4 Nf8 $10) 33.
Qh4 Nf6 34. Qh6 {/\Rh4} 1-0

[Event "Lugano Open-13"]
[Site "Lugano"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1988.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 d5
$5 9. e5 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. c3 d4) 11... Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 $10) 9... Ne8 10. Be2 $6 (10. h4 $5 f6
11. exf6 exf6 12. h5 g5 13. h6 Bh8 14. Bd3 Qe7 {/\ Nd6}) (10. Bd3) 10... f6 11.
exf6 exf6 12. O-O Rf7 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. b3 Nd6 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. c4 Ne6 17. Nc3 Be4
18. a6 (18. c5 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf5 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rfe1 Re7 {/\ Qc7, Rae8}) 18...
Rb8 19. c5 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf5 21. axb7 Rfxb7 22. Nd2 Nxe3 $1 23. fxe3 (23. Qxe3
Re7 {/\ f5 >< d4}) 23... f5 $15 {/\ f4 >< e3} 24. Ne2 Rf7 (24... Qe8 {>=}) 25.
Ra6 $2 Qe8 26. Nf3 Re7 $17 {/\ Nc7} 27. Ra2 Bh6 {/\ 28...Nd8 29.Ne5 Nf7} 28.
Kf2 (28. Ne5 Nxc5) 28... Ng5 29. Nxg5 (29. Nf4 Ne4+ 30. Kg1 Ng3 $19) 29... Bxg5
30. Nf4 Bh4+ $1 31. Ke2 (31. g3 Bxg3+) (31. Kf3 g5 32. Ne2 Qh5+ $19) 31... Qf7
(31... g5 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Rxf5 $44) 32. Kd2 $6 (32. Qc3 Rbe8 (32... g5 $6 33.
Nd3 f4 34. Ne5) 33. Rf3 Bg5 34. g3 Bxf4 35. gxf4 g5 $1 36. Rg3 h6 {/\ Kh8-/+})
32... Rbe8 33. Rf3 g5 34. Ne2 f4 $19 35. Qa6 Qg6 36. g3 Qe4 37. Ng1 Qb1 (37...
Bxg3 38. Qxc6 Bf2 $19) 38. Ne2 (38. Rf1 Qxb3 39. gxh4 Rxe3 40. Rc2 Qb4+ $19)
38... Qe4 (38... Qh1 $1 $19) 39. Ng1 Qb1 40. Ne2 Rxe3 $4 41. Rxe3 fxe3+ 42. Kc3
Rb8 $5 (42... Bxg3 43. Nxg3 Qe1+ 44. Kd3 $8 (44. Kc2 e2 $1 $19) (44. Kb2 e2 45.
Nxe2 Rxe2+ 46. Ka3 Qc1+ 47. Kb4 Rxa2 48. Qxa2 Qe1+ 49. Ka4 a5 50. Ka3 Qb4+ $19)
44... Qxg3 45. Re2 Qc7 $17 {/\} 46. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 47. Kxe3 Qf4+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49.
Kf1 Qf3+ 50. Ke1 Qe3+) 43. Qa4 $2 (43. Rb2 {>=} Qe1+ 44. Kc2 (44. Kd3 Rxb3+ 45.
Rxb3 Qd2#) 44... g4 $1 (44... Bxg3 $6 45. Nxg3 Qxg3 46. Qxc6 $132) 45. hxg4 Bg5
$17) 43... Qe1+ 44. Kd3 Qd1+ 45. Kc3 Bxg3 46. Nxg3 a5 $3 $19 47. Ne2 Rb4 48.
Qa3 Qe1+ 49. Kd3 a4 50. bxa4 (50. Rb2 Rxb3+ 51. Rxb3 Qd2#) 50... Qb1+ 51. Kxe3
(51. Kc3 Rc4#) 51... Rb3+ 52. Kf2 Qf5+ 53. Ke1 (53. Kg1 Qd3 $1) 53... Qxh3 54.
Qb2 (54. Qc1 Rb1) 54... Rxb2 55. Rxb2 Qa3 56. Rb7 Qxa4 57. Re7 Qb4+ 58. Kf2 Qd2
59. Re6 Kf7 60. Rh6 (60. Rxc6 g4 {/\ 61...g3 62.Kf3 Qd3}) 60... Qc2 61. Rxc6 g4
62. Rc7+ Kf6 63. Rc6+ Kg5 64. Rc7 g3+ 65. Ke1 Qb1+ 66. Kd2 Qa2+ 67. Kd1 Qa4+
68. Kc1 Qa5 69. Re7 Kf6 (69... Kf6 70. Re5 Qe1+ 71. Kc2 g2) 0-1

[Event "Vidmar Memorial-05"]
[Site "Bled/ Portoroz"]
[Date "1979.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Quinteros, Miguel Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1979.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Be3 b6 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qd5 Qxd5 (10... Nxe3 $6 11. Qxa8 Nxf1 12. Qxb8 $16) 11.
Nxd5 Nc6 $1 $10 (11... Nxe3 $6 12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. fxe3 $16) 12. Bg5 (12. Bb5
Ncxe5 $1) 12... Bb7 (12... Ngxe5 13. Rfe1 $13) 13. Rfe1 Ncxe5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. f4 $14 Nc6 (16... Nd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Nd5 f6 19. Bh4 $14) 17.
Bf3 Na5 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. c3 f6 20. Bh4 Rad8 21. Re2 Rd7 22. f5 $1 g5 (22...
Nd6 23. fxg6 Re8 24. Rae1 $16) 23. Bg3 Na5 $1 24. Rae1 Rf7 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4
Bf8 27. bxa5 Rfxe7 28. Re6 $1 $16 Kg7 (28... bxa5 29. Rxf6 Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 $16)
29. axb6 axb6 30. Bf2 (30. Rxb6 $4 Rxe1+ 31. Bxe1 Bc5+ $19) 30... b5 31. g4 $1
{xg5} Rxe6 32. fxe6 Rc7 33. Bb6 Rb7 34. Bd4 Kg6 35. Rc1 Bd6 36. Rc6 Be7 (36...
Be5 $2 37. Bc5) 37. Rc8 h5 38. h3 hxg4 39. hxg4 b4 40. Kf2 Kg7 41. Ke3 b3 42.
axb3 Rxb3+ 43. Rc3 Rb1 (43... Rxc3+ 44. Bxc3 Kg6 45. Ke4 $18) 44. Ke4 Re1+ (
44... Rf1 45. Rf3 Rc1 $1 $16) 45. Kd5 Rd1 46. Rc7 Kf8 47. Ra7 Bd8 48. Ra1 Rxa1
$2 (48... Rd2 $1 $16) 49. Bxa1 Ke7 50. Bd4 Bc7 51. Bc5+ Ke8 52. Ke4 Be5 53. Bd4
1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13c playoff place 4"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1985.07.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Nunn"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1985.07.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {1)Nunn, John in BCM 1985, p.418-424: Interzonal play-off. Biel 27.
July-8 August. The fourth place was qualifying for the candidates. Short and
van der Wiel came out equal at this playoff. Because of his better rating at
the Interzonal tournament in Biel Short qualified for the candidates.} d6 2. d4
Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 (7. a4) 7... b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7
9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Nd2
a5 16. O-O Nh5 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bb5 Rfd8 21. Kf1 Qc7
22. h4 Rd6 23. g3 Rad8 24. Ke1 c4 25. Ng1 Nf6 26. f3 {[#]} b3 $5 $17 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 (27... Qxd6 $17) 28. Rc1 Qd8 $11 (28... Qe7 $17 29. cxb3 $2 Rd3 $19 30.
Qf2 Qb4+) 29. cxb3 Rd3 30. Qf2 Rxb3 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Rxc4 Qb8 33. Rc2 Qb4+ 34.
Qd2 Qxa4 35. Kf1 (35. Kf2 $2 Rxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qxe4+ 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ $19
) 35... Nd7 36. Kg2 Nf8 37. Ne2 Ne6 38. Qc1 Qb4 39. Nc3 Qd4 40. Re2 Qd3 41. Rf2
Qc4 {sealed move} (41... h5 $1 {Nunn} 42. Qa1 Qd8 43. Qa2 Nd4 44. Qa4 $11) 42.
h5 g5 43. Qh1 h6 44. Qh3 Nd4 45. Qd7 Qe6 46. Qc7 {[#]} Nb5 $2 {Nunn: Torre
panicked} 47. Qxa5 $14 Nxc3 (47... Qd6 48. Nd5 Nd4 49. Qa8 $14) 48. bxc3 Qd6 (
48... Rb1) 49. Rc2 Qb8 (49... Qf6 50. Qd5 Rb1 51. Rf2 $14) 50. c4 $16 Rb1 51.
Qc3 Qd6 52. Rb2 Rd1 53. c5 Qd4 54. Qxd4 exd4 55. Kh3 Rc1 {[%mdl 4096] [#]} 56.
Rd2 $2 (56. Rb4 $16 {Nunn}) 56... Rc4 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. f4 gxf4 59. gxf4 Ke6 60.
Rd1 f5+ (60... f6 $11 {Nunn} 61. c6 Rxc6 62. Rxd4 Rc1 $11 {Nunn}) 61. exf5+ Kf6
62. c6 Rxc6 63. Rxd4 Rc1 64. Rd6+ Kf7 65. Rxh6 $11 {[%mdl 4096] [#] Nunn} Rg1+
66. Kf3 Rf1+ 67. Kg3 Rg1+ 68. Kf2 Rh1 69. Kg2 Rh4 70. Kg3 Rh1 71. f6 Ke6 72.
f7+ Kxf7 73. Kg4 {[#]} Rg1+ $2 (73... Kg7 $11) 74. Kf5 $18 Rh1 75. Rh7+ {
Nunn: Nigel managed to reach one of the winning positions with the enemy king
cut off on the back rank.} Kg8 76. Rd7 Ra1 77. Ke6 Ra6+ 78. Rd6 Ra1 79. f5 Re1+
80. Kf6 Rf1 81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. Ke6 Kg7 83. h6+ Kxh6 84. f6 Re1+ 85. Kf7 Kh7 86.
Rd2 Rh1 87. Kf8 1-0

[Event "CSR-ch"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1986.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nun, Jiri"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1986.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. a4
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd3 Nh5 $6 (11... Nc5 12. Qc4 Nfd7 13. b4 Ne6
14. a5) (11... a5 $5 12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qc4 Nfd7 $132) 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Qd6 Nxe2+
14. Nxe2 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 f5 (15... Nf6 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Rad1 $14) 16. Rad1 Nf6 (
16... fxe4 $5 17. Ng5 Nb6 18. b3 Nd5 $14) 17. Nc3 f4 (17... Re8 18. Rd8 Be6 19.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Ng5 $16) 18. Bc5 b6 19. Ba3 c5 20. a5 $1 $16 Ne8 $8 21. R6d2 Bb7
22. Ng5 Nc7 (22... Bh6 $2 23. Ne6 Rf6 24. Nd8 $1 $18) 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rd6 Rf6
25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Rf8 27. Rd7 Rc8 28. Ne6 $1 (28. Rd6 $6 b5 29. Bxc5 Bf8
30. Rb6 Bxc5 31. Rxb7 Bd4 $14) 28... Nxe6 29. Rxb7 f3 (29... Rc6 30. Nd5 $18)
30. Rxb6 $18 Nd4 31. Nd5 Bf8 32. Rb7 Kh8 33. c3 Ne2+ 34. Kf1 fxg2+ 35. Kxg2 c4
36. Kf1 (36. Rf7 Bxa3 (36... Kg8 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Bxf8 Kxf8 39. Ne3 $18) (
36... Nf4+ 37. Nxf4 Bxa3 38. Nd5 Kg8 39. Rb7 $18) 37. Nf6 $18) 36... Nf4 37.
Nxf4 exf4 38. Bxf8 Rxf8 39. Ke2 g5 40. Kf3 Rd8 41. Kg4 Rd2 42. f3 h6 43. Kf5
Kg8 44. e5 Rd3 45. Kg6 Kf8 46. Kf6 Kg8 47. e6 Rxf3 48. e7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 24th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1996.07.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 (5. Be2) 5... Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7.
O-O Nbd7 8. Bf4 (8. Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 b6 10. Bh6 Bb7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 e5 13.
Bg5 a6 14. Bf1 $10 {Short,N-Shirov,A/Novgorod/1994/}) 8... Re8 9. Re1 (9. h3 $5
Qc7 10. e5 Nh5 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bh2 Nf8 13. Qd2 $14) 9... Qc7 10. e5 Nh5 11.
exd6 exd6 12. Be3 d5 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Ne5 Nf6 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxa7
Rxa7 17. Bxh5 $18) 15. Bf4 $6 (15. a5 $5 Ne6 $10) 15... Ne6 16. Nxg6 $2 Qb6 17.
Nh4 Nxf4 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bd7) 18. Qxf4 Qxb2 19. Qd2 Ne4 20.
Nxe4 dxe4 (20... Rxe4 21. Bd3 Rxe1+ (21... Qxd4 22. Nf3 $16) 22. Rxe1) 21. Rad1
Qa2 22. Qf4 Qe6 (22... Qxc2 23. Bg4 $40) 23. c4 $2 (23. h3 Qf6 24. Qg3 Be6 25.
Bg4) 23... Bd7 24. h3 $2 (24. a5 b6 25. axb6 axb6 26. h3) 24... Qf6 25. Qg3 c5
$1 26. dxc5 Bxa4 27. Rd6 (27. Rd5 Qc3 $17 28. Rf1 Qxg3 29. fxg3 Bc6 30. Rg5 h6
31. Rg4 Bd7 32. Nf5 Bxf5 33. Rxf5 a5 $17) 27... Qc3 $17 28. Rf1 Qxg3 29. fxg3
Be5 (29... Bc6 30. Nf5 a5 31. Bh5) 30. Nf5 Bxd6 31. cxd6 Bd7 $1 (31... Re6 32.
c5) 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kxh6 34. Rxd7 Red8 35. Rxb7 Rxd6 36. Bg4 (36. c5 Rc6
37. Rb5 a5 38. Bc4 a4 (38... Rac8 39. Rxa5 Rxc5 40. Ra6+ R8c6 41. Rxc6+ Rxc6
42. Bd5 Rc1+ 43. Kf2 Rc2+ 44. Ke3 Rxg2 45. Kf4 e3 $19) 39. Bd5 a3 40. Rb1)
36... Rf6 37. c5 a5 38. c6 (38. Bd7 a4 39. c6 a3 $19) 38... Rxc6 39. Bf5 Rca6
40. Rxh7+ (40. h4 R8a7 $19) 40... Kg5 41. Bxe4 R8a7 42. Rh8 a4 43. Rc8 a3 44.
Rc1 a2 45. Ra1 Rd6 46. Kh2 Rd2 47. h4+ Kg4 48. Bf3+ Kf5 49. Kh3 Ra5 50. Bg4+
Ke5 51. Bh5 Kf6 52. Bf3 Ra4 53. Bc6 Rb4 54. Bd5 Rxd5 55. Rxa2 Rd6 56. Rf2+ Kg6
57. Ra2 Rb3 58. Ra8 Kh7 59. Ra7+ Kh6 60. Rf7 Rdd3 0-1

[Event "Bad Ragaz op"]
[Site "Bad Ragaz"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donev, Ivo Hristov"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 $1 dxe5 {Die Idee dieses Abtausches ist, den
fianchettierten Bg7 durch den eigenen Bauern e5 einzuschränken.} 11. Bc4 $14 {
Alle weiße Steine sind harmonisch im zentrum entwickelt,während der
Nachziehende mit dem Entwicklung des Damenflügel probleme hat.} Re8 (11... Rd8
12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Bxf7+ (13. Qe2 $142 $5) 13... Kh8 14. Qxd8 Qxd8 15. Bb3 Qe7 16.
Nf7+ Kg8 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ $10) 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $5 {/\Rfd1} Nf8 13. Ng5
Ne6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfd1 $14 {Nebst Qc4}) 12... Nf8 13. Ng5 Ne6
(13... Re7 14. Rfd1 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Bxh6 $14) 14. Nxe6 (14.
Rfd1 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14) 14... Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 {In dieser
Stellung habe ich mir folgenden Plan vorgestellt: Kampf um die Initiative am
Damenflügel. a) Kontrolle über die offene d-Linie; b) Aktivieren der weißen
Dame auf dem Damenflügel Qd3-Qc4; c) Lavieren mit dem Ziel, eine Schwäche am
schwarzen Damenflügel zu erzeugen; d) Wenn möglich, mehr Raum am Damenflügel
zu erobern a5, b4; Na4-Nc5.} 16. Rfd1 Bf8 {Der eingesperrte Läufer will atmen.}
17. Qd3 Ne8 (17... Bb4 18. Na2 Ba5 19. Qc4 $16) 18. Qc4 Nd6 19. Qb3 (19. Nb5 $6
Qa5 20. Nxd6 Rxd6 $10) 19... b6 {Schwarz will seinen Turm a8 von der
undankbaren Aufgabe befreien, den Bauern a7 zu decken. Jetzt greift der Be3
den Pa7 nicht mehr an, aber dafür ist das Feld a6 abgeschwächt.} 20. Rd2 Nb7
21. Qc4 $1 (21. Rad1 Na5 22. Rd7 Qxd7 $1) 21... Na5 (21... Rd6 $2 22. Nb5 $18)
22. Qa6 $1 (22. Qa2 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Rd6 $10) 22... Rd6 23. Rxd6 Bxd6
(23... Qxd6 $2 24. Bxb6 $18) 24. Rd1 Rd8 {[#]} 25. Na2 $3 {/\b4} (25. Rd3 Qb7
26. Qxb7 Nxb7 $10) (25. Bg5 Be7 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 $10) 25... Bf8 $6
(25... c5 26. Nc3 $16 {Schwache weiße Felder d5;b5.}) (25... Qb7 $142 26. Qe2
$14 (26. Nb4 $5)) 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. b4 {Jetzt folgt eine erzwungene Variante,
die mit einem starken entfernten Freibauern für Weiß endet.} (27. Qxa7 Qd1+ 28.
Kh2 Qxc2 29. Bxb6 (29. Qxb6 Nc4 $10 30. Qxc6 $2 Nxe3 $19) (29. Qb8 $5) 29...
Nc4 $1 30. Bc5 Bxc5 31. Qxc5 Qxa4 $10) 27... Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Qxc2 29. bxa5 Qxa2
30. Qxa7 $1 {Möglich wäre auch:} (30. axb6 axb6 31. Bxb6 {Der B auf b6 steht
nicht so gut wie auf e3. Wahrscheinlich bekommt Schwarz mit 31... Qc2
Gegenspiel.}) 30... bxa5 31. Qxa5 {Weiß hat entscheidenden Vorteil wegen: a)
dem entfernten Freibauern b) dem guten Be3 gegen den schlechten Bf8 c) der
besseren Lage des Königs.} f6 32. Qa8 {[#] Der gute weiße Be3, der in der
ganzen Partie nur einen einzigen Zug gemacht hat (6.Be3), spielte eine
entscheidende Rolle beim Gewinn dieser Partie. (Wenn 32... Qa3 33.Bh6 nebst
Abtausch von Q und B, und der a-Bauer marschiert.)} (32. Qa8 Kf7 33. Qxc6 $18)
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sestao Naturgas"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be2 (7. Bc4 $5
O-O 8. O-O e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bb3 $5 Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 $36 {also made
sense in: 1/2-1/2 (21) Gharamian,T (2657)-Bauer,C (2658) Nimes FRA 2014}) 7...
O-O 8. O-O e5 9. dxe6 {A move I considered "automatic" as otherwise, the
position would seem like a Kings Indian where the c-pawn is on c2 instead of
c4, which seems inaccurate. However, it seems it also has some advantages, as
White has more of a free hand on the queenside (e.g. freeing the light-squared
bishop, and making it possible to go a4 without fearing the move ...a5 taking
all the dark squares).} ({After} 9. Bg5 $5 {I somehow don't manage to make the
position "work" for Black, as I believe only some kind of King's Indian plan
would be acceptable:} h6 (9... Nbd7 10. Nd2 $14) (9... Qe8 $6 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4
$16) 10. Be3 Nh5 (10... Nfd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Ne1 $5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f3 Nf6
15. g4 $1 $40 {/\ Ng2}) 11. Re1 Nf4 (11... Nd7 12. Bf1 $14) 12. Bf1 Nd7 (12...
f5 $6 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. e5 $16) 13. g3 Nh5 14. Nd2 $14) 9... Bxe6 10. Bg5 $5 h6
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Nd4 $6 {Repeating one of my opponent's games
without even being aware of it!} ({It would have been more clever to prepare
Nd4 calmly:} 13. Rad1 $5 Re8 14. Rfe1 a6 (14... Bd7 15. Bd3 $14) 15. Bf1 $14)
13... Nxd4 $1 $146 (13... Bd7 14. f4 Re8 15. Bf3 $14 {0-1 (38) Salgado Lopez,I
(2627)-Bauer,C (2628) Saint-Quentin FRA 2014}) 14. Bxd4 d5 $6 (14... c5 $1 15.
Be3 d5 $1 {would equalise at once:} 16. Bxc5 (16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11)
16... Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Re8 $11) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne4
Bf5 $6 (17... Qe7 $5 18. c4 Nb4 $5 19. Qc3+ f6 {seems to be very little for
White.}) 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Bf3 c6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Be6 22. Ne4 $6 (22. Rad1 $1
Qe7 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 (23... cxd5 24. c3 $14) 24. c4 Be6 25. Ne4 $14) 22... Bf5 23.
Nc5 Qf6 $5 {A decent option though not the most precise.} (23... Qb6 $1 24.
Qd4+ Kg8 25. Bxd5 cxd5 $11) (23... b6 $5 24. Nb3 (24. Nb7 Qd7 25. c4 Be6 26.
cxd5 cxd5 $11) 24... Qf6 25. Nd4 Rad8 $11) 24. Bxd5 Rad8 25. c4 b6 26. Na4 (26.
Na6 $5 Be6 27. Nc7 Rd7 28. Rfe1 cxd5 29. Nxe6+ fxe6 $11) 26... b5 27. Nc3 bxc4
28. Rfd1 Rfe8 $6 (28... cxd5 $1 29. Nxd5 Qe5 30. f4 Qb8 $5 31. Qc3+ f6 $11) 29.
Qc1 cxd5 30. Nxd5 Qe5 31. f4 Qe6 32. Qxc4 h5 33. Qc3+ $2 (33. Qc5 $142) 33...
Kh6 34. Qc5 Rc8 35. Qf2 Rc2 36. Rd2 Rxd2 37. Qxd2 Qe2 38. Qc3 Qd3 $2 $138 (
38... Bc8 $1 $44) 39. Qxd3 Bxd3 40. Rd1 Bf5 41. Kf2 Re4 42. Kf3 Ra4 43. Nc3 Rb4
44. g4 $5 (44. b3 $16) 44... Bc8 45. b3 Bb7+ 46. Ke3 hxg4 47. hxg4 g5 48. Rd4
$4 {An indescribable blunder.} ({The logical} 48. Rd6+ {should win easily:} Kg7
49. fxg5 Rxg4 50. Rd7 Rg3+ (50... Rb4 51. Na4 $18) 51. Kd2 Rg2+ 52. Kc1 Bc8 53.
Rxa7 Bf5 54. Ra5 $1 Kg6 $140 $6 55. Nd5 $18) 48... Rxd4 49. Kxd4 (49. Kxd4 gxf4
50. Ne4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 {Black can prevent white's 9.e5 with} (8... Nh5 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 {1-0
Svidler,P-Hickl,J/Bad Homburg 1997/CBM 60/[Har Zvi] (41)}) 9... Nd7 (9... e5
10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. h3 Rb8
17. Nh2 $14 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid/ 1995}) 10. Nd2 $146 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Akopian,V/Moscow 2002/CBM 90/[Avrukh,B] (53)}) 9. e5 Ne8 {Much more popular
and principal is} (9... Nh5 10. Bg5 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 (11. Be3 f5 12. d5
f4 13. Bd4 $14 {1-0 Andersson,U-Van der Wiel,J/Tilburg 1984/MCD (37)}) 11... h6
12. Bd2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. a4 a5 15. h3 Rae8 $11 {1-0 Karpov,A-Speelman,J/
Paris 1991/CBM 26 ext (38)}) 10... dxe5 (10... f6 11. Be3 (11. exf6 exf6 12.
Be3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6,Rg5]} (12... d5 $11) 13. d5 f4 14. Bd4 Ndf6 15. dxc6 bxc6
16. Ng5 Rb8 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be6 $36 {Dimitrov,V-Norwood,D/Wchj U20 Adelaide/
1988/}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 fxe5 (12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxa7 $14) 13.
Ng5 $36 {Bielczyk,J-Dunnington,A/Virton 1992 54/119}) 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Qb6 (
12... Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bg7 18. Ng3
$14 {/+/- Popovic,P-Damljanovic,B Jugoslavija 1992 55/134 [ Popovic,P]}) 13.
Ba3 Nf4 14. Bc4 Nf6 $11 {0-1 Asrian,K-Kasimdzhanov,R/Yerevan 1999/CBM 72 ext 
(26)}) 10. exd6 Nxd6 $146 {The position, which arises after 10.exd6 was played
only one time before this game, where black continued} (10... exd6 11. Bf1 (11.
Qd2 $5) (11. Bd3 $5) 11... Ndf6 12. h3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Nc7 14. Bd3 Be6 15. Bh6 $14
{0-1 Zuidema,C-Scholl,E/NED 1970/MCD (63)}) 11. Ne4 {Looks very logical. White
is continuing to fight for an advantage. Interesting option was} (11. Bd3 $14)
11... e5 $1 {Probably this move equalizes the position.} 12. Nxd6 {Another
possibility, which provides to complicated and sharp game was} (12. Nxe5 Nxe4 (
12... Nxe5 13. Nxd6 $16) 13. Nxg6 Qb6 14. Nxf8 Nxf8 (14... Bxd4 {doesn't work,
in view of} 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Kf1 $1 $16) 15. Bf3 f5 $1 (15... Nf6 16. b3 $14)
16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bf5 $13 {/=}) 12... exf4 13. Nxc8 Raxc8 14.
c3 c5 15. dxc5 {the following continuations don't give anything special to
white:} (15. Qa4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qa3 a6) (15. d5 Qd6 $11) 15... Nxc5 16.
Qc2 a6 17. a4 Rfd8 18. Bc4 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Bf6 {preventing Ng5.} 19. h3 {
The position is approximately equal. None of sides doesn't have any good plan
to improve his position, so, probably the opponents are going to change rooks
on the "e" or "d" lines.} Kg7 20. Re2 Re8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 $11 {The
opponents could agree for a draw even here, as position is absolutely equal.}
Rd8 (22... Rxe1+ {provides to a draw as well.} 23. Nxe1 Qa5 24. Nd3 Nxa4 25.
Nxf4 Nxb2 26. Qxb2 Qc7 27. Bd5 Qxf4 28. Qxb7 $11) 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Re1 Rd8 25.
Rd1 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 {In spite of black's double pawns, white hasn't
advantage, even not a slight one, as he isn't able to organize the passed pawn.
All white's queenside pawns are target for black.} 27. a5 Qa4 28. Qe2 $1 Qd7 $6
{Probably black played for a win in this equal position, as he could achieve a
draw after simple taking on a5.} (28... Qxa5 29. b4 Qa1+ 30. Kh2 Ne6 (30... b5
31. bxc5 bxc4 32. c6 Qa4 33. Qe4 {[%cal Gc6c7]} Qa5 34. Qxc4 $16) 31. Bxe6 fxe6
32. Qxe6 Qxc3 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qxb7 Qc4 $11) 29. Kh2 h5 ({Better was} 29... Na4
30. Qc2 Nc5 $11) 30. Ba2 {[%cal Ge2c4]} g5 $4 {Black plays too agressive for a
win and should be punished for it.} (30... Na4 31. Ne1 {[%cal Ge1d3]} (31. Bb3
Nc5 $11) 31... Qc7 $6 32. Kg1 $14 Qxa5 $2 33. Qc4 $16) 31. Qc4 $2 {overlooking
much more attractive possibility:} (31. Nxg5 $1 Bxg5 32. Qe5+ Bf6 33. Qxc5 {
with excellent chances for a win.}) 31... Nd3 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 Nxb2 34.
Bxb7 Nc4 {Black had a draw also after} (34... Bxc3 35. Nxg5 Bxa5 36. Bxa6 Nd1
$11) 35. Bxa6 Nxa5 36. c4 ({Doesn't change the result of the game:} 36. Nd4 Be5
37. Kg1 Kf6 $11) 36... g4 37. hxg4 hxg4 38. Nd2 Be5 39. Bc8 g3+ 40. fxg3 fxg3+
41. Kh3 Bf4 42. Ne4 Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Vajda, Levente"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 {Rare continuation, but
interesting one. White prepares option of providing e4-e5, after which he gets
quite a comfortable pawn structure.} c6 6. Qd2 Bg4 {Another theoretical line is
} (6... O-O 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bxg7 (8. a3 a5 (8... a6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 e5 11. hxg6
fxg6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Meyers,V-Heck,N/Giessen op 1992 (27)}) 9.
Bd3 Bg4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Qg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Stripunsky Alexander-Bologan Viktor/Ch Russia (club) Azov (Russia) (7)
1996 (34)}) (8. Bd3 a6 (8... Bg4 9. h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 e5 12. O-O-O
Nd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5] 1-0
Mohr,G-Mueller,A/Lienz ,EXT 1988 (59)}) 9. h4 Nh5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Rdg1 Bxf3
12. gxf3 e5 13. Ne2 Qf6 (13... exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 $132 {0-1 Horvath,S-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1986 (25)}) 8...
Kxg7 {1/2-1/2 Vorotnikov,V-Bakhtadze,G/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/[Tsesarsky] (35)}) 7.
Be2 {White saves the option of castle to both sides and he is waiting for
black actions.} (7. O-O-O O-O 8. Bh6 b5 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. dxe5 dxe5
$11 {1-0 Stangl,M-Buchal,S/Germany 1995/GER-chT (33)}) 7... Nbd7 8. O-O-O $146
{White chooses the option of long castle, which, probably, provides to sharper
game than the option of short castle.} (8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b5
11. a3 a5 $13 {0-1 Hausrath,D-Hort,V/Essen 2000/EXT 2001 (21)}) 8... h6 {
Black doesn't hurry to castle. First of all, he prevents Bh6, which would
weaken dark squares in black camp. Black intends to get the counterplay on the
queenside with typical b7-b5 or maybe Qd8-a5.} 9. e5 (9. h3 {seems like an
interesting option to get pair of bishops, while black can't castle
immediately. For instance:} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qa5 11. Kb1 O-O-O 12. Rhe1 Nb6 13.
Nd5 Qxd2 14. Nxb6+ axb6 15. Rxd2 $14) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Be6 {Probably right
decision to save light-squared bishop. Otherwise white succeeds to get the
advantage:} (10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nb6 12. Rhe1 $14 {[%csl Ge5]}) 11. Rhe1 Nxe5
12. Bxe5 Qa5 13. a3 O-O {This continuation gives black option of attack on the
queenside, while long castle provides to position, where white's chances are
slightly better.} (13... O-O-O 14. Bd3 Rhe8 15. h3 $14) 14. Bd3 Rad8 15. Kb1 $2
{Too slow. After this move black succeeds to get the counterplay with 15...
Nd5! The following possibilty looks more attractive:} (15. Qf4 $1 {[%cal Ge5c7]
} Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qg3 $1 {[%cal Gd3g6]} Qa2 18. Bxg7 (18. Bxg6 fxg6 19.
Qxg6 Rf7 20. Bxg7 Bf5 $19) 18... Kxg7 19. f4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5]}) 15... Nd5
16. Bxg6 $2 {Probably Sergey wanted to win the game too much, while the
estimation of the position doesn't give white a chance to win. Better was one
of 2 following options:} (16. Ne2 $5 Qxd2 (16... Qa4 17. h4 $14 {[%cal Gh4h5]})
17. Rxd2 b5 $5 {[%csl Yc4,Yd5,Ye6][%cal Gd5b6]} (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rd7 (18...
Nb6 19. Nf4 Bc4 20. Red1 $14) 19. Red1 Rfd8 20. Kc1 $14 {/=}) 18. Bxg7 (18. c3
Bxe5 (18... Nb6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nf4) 19. dxe5 Nb6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. f4 c5 22.
Nxb5 Bc4 $15) 18... Kxg7 19. c3 $11) (16. Ne4 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nf4
$11) 16... Bxe5 (16... fxg6 17. Bxg7) 17. Qxh6 {Other continuations are even
worse than the move in the game.} (17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Qxh6 Qa2+ 19. Kc1 Bf4+ $1
20. Qxf4 fxg6 $19) (17. Rxe5 Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 (18. Qxc3 Qxe5 $19) 18... Qxe5 $19)
17... Nxc3+ 18. bxc3 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ (19. Rxe5 {doesn't change an estimation of
position:} Qb6+ $1 (19... Qxe5 20. dxe5 Rxd1+ 21. Kb2 Bf5 22. f3 {[%cal Gg2g4]
and position is not so clear.}) 20. Ka1 Rf6 $17 {with following c6-c5.}) 19...
Bg7 20. Qxe6+ Rf7 $17 {White has 3 pawns for a dark-squared bishop, but his
pawn structure is very bad, at the same time his monarch is vulnerable. So I
would evaluate this position as big advantage for black.} 21. Rd3 Qb5+ ({
Even stronger was} 21... c5 $1 22. Rf3 Qb6+ $17) 22. Ka1 Qd5 (22... Rd6 $5 {
strong enough as well.}) 23. f3 Qa5 24. Ka2 Qd5+ 25. Ka1 b5 26. Rde3 $2 (26.
Kb2 $17 {not allowing black to provide c6-c5.}) 26... c5 $1 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28.
Rxe7 cxd4 29. Rxf7 $2 (29. Re8+ Rf8 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Ka2 $17 Rd2 32. R8e2 {
and white saves some chance for a draw.}) 29... Kxf7 $19 {Now the rest is very
simple...} 30. Rd1 Rc5 31. Rd2 Rxc3 32. Ka2 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Sigeman & Co 11th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2003.04.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
{In my opinion, this move promises white a nice position with a pair of
bishops. I think that after exchanging on f3, white's chances are preferable
thanks to his light-squared bishop, which is going to take control over the
light-squares without any "competition", as it hasn't black opponent.} (8. Nd2
$5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Hansen,S/Esbjerg 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (60)}) (8. Ng5
$5) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 {I am not sure that this move is the most
principal one. White has option of d4-d5, after which he keeps more square:} (
10. d5 Ne7 11. Nb1 (11. Qd3 $5) 11... Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. Rc1 b6 15.
Be2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Qxe4 Bh6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moldovan,
D-Nevednichy,V/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60 (66)}) 10... dxe5 11. Nb5 {White has
another options to fight for the advantage:} (11. Ne2 {1-0 Abramovic,
B-Kochetkov,G/Noyabrsk 1995/CBM 48/[Stohl] (51)}) (11. Qxd8 $6 {0-1 Sulskis,
S-Smirin,I/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Yudasin,L] (44)}) 11... Qe7 ({Probably the
following continuation promises equality to black.} 11... a6 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13.
Nxc7 Rac8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 {1/2-1/2 Gufeld,E-Matulovic,
M/Belgrade 1974/EXT 2001 (16)}) 12. c3 Nd8 {[%cal Yd8e6] Black doesn't hurry
to play a7-a6, as he knows, that it will be long time before white plays Na3,
maybe even without a7-a6.} 13. Na3 $146 {Thie position appeared for the first
time, according to my database.} ({My feeling that white has more chances after
} 13. a4 Ne6 14. a5 (14. Nxa7 c6) 14... b6 15. axb6 axb6 16. Na7 Nc5 17. b4 Nb7
18. Qd3 h5 19. Be2 Nd6 20. f3 Kh7 21. Qd2 Qe6 22. Nb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Li Shilong-Smirin,I/Beijing 1996/CBM 54 ext (87)}) (13. Nxa7 c6 {
[%cal Ya7b5,Gc6b5]}) 13... a5 14. Nc4 b5 {Black is going to the most principal
continuation, after which it looks like white has to take on e5, otherwise his
manouevres look very dubious.} (14... Qe6 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qb5 $14) (14... a4 15.
b4 $1 $14 {[%cal Yd1c2,Yf1d1,Ge3c5]}) 15. Nxe5 $2 {Very logical, but not the
best continuation.} ({The following move looks very strange, but probably it
promises slight advantage for white.} 15. Nd2 {[%cal Ga2a4]} a4 16. b3 (16. Be2
c6 17. b3 axb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Qc2 $14 {/=}) 16... Ne6 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. c4 c6
19. Be2 Qd7 20. cxb5 cxb5 21. Rb1 $14) (15. Na3 c6 16. Nc2 Ne6 $11) 15... Qxe5
16. Bd4 Qe6 $8 17. Bxf6 ({Worse is} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bc5 (18. a4 Nc6 19. axb5
Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Rfd8 $17 (20... c6 $17)) 18... c6 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 17... Bxf6
$2 {Black misses a much more attractive continuation:} (17... Qxf6 $1 18. e5
Qa6 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. f4 Ne6 $15 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Qe4 $15) 18. e5 Rb8 {
The final position is slightly better for white, but, probably the tournament
situation of Ivanchuk allowed to accept the draw.} ({For instance:} 18... Rb8
19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 21. cxd4 Ne6 22. Rfd1 Rfd8 23. d5 Ng5 24. Be2 Ne4
25. Rac1 Rd7 26. Rc6 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be3
{The main idea of this variation is transfer of the knight f3 to c4 via d2.
This transfer may be very strong after a typical black's e7-e5, because it
emphasizes the defect of black's position- weakness of d6 square.} (8. a5 $5
Qc7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. h3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6][%cal Gf3d4]}
Nc5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf3 $1 cxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. b4 $1 Nb3 17. cxb3 Qxc3 18. Nc6
$1 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Rbc8 20. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Gc6,Ge3,Re7,Gf3][%cal Ga7e7]
Brynell-Beim,Deutschland 2001}) (8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5
Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Moldovan,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem 2000}) 8... Qc7 {
Black has the following continuations:} (8... e5 9. dxe5 (9. Nd2 {1/2-1/2
Czebe,A-Sturua,Z/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Finkel,A] (57)}) (9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8
11. Bc4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxf7 Ne5 $11 {Jerez Perez,
A-Fernandez,G/Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext}) 9... dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,
A-Minasian,A/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Roiz,M] (24)}) (8... Ng4 $6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4
e5 11. a5 {[%csl Ga5]} h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a6 $16 {[%cal Gd1d6]
Garcia,G-Pel,B/VAM Hoogeveen op 1998}) 9. Nd2 {in according to the opening
plan white is transfering his knight to c4. White has another plan of fighting
for the advantage: to put his heavy pieces on the line "d":} (9. Qd2 e5 (9...
Re8 10. Rfd1 Ng4 11. h3 $6 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 e5 13. d5 h6 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. h4 Nf6
$13 {Bousbouras,S-Managadze,N/Athens 1997}) (9... b6 10. Bh6 Bb7 11. Rad1 (11.
Ne1 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4 Rad8 14. Qe3 c5 15. d5 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 $14
{Abel,L-Berebora,F/HUN 1993}) 11... Rad8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bf1 Rfe8
15. Qc1 Rc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. g3 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM
43 (17)}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 {0-1 Vajda,L-Bokros,A/Budapest 2002/CBM 89/[Finkel,A] 
(58)}) 9... b6 {fianchetting the light-squared bishop.} (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5
(10... dxe5 11. Nc4 $14) 11. h3 b6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qf2 Nc5 15. Bf3
$14 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Marin,M/Bucharest 2000/CBM 77 (50)}) 10. f4 {Logical
continuation. White occupies the space on the kingside, that will make
possible the future attack on the black monarch.} Bb7 (10... a6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12.
e5 Ne8 13. Nce4 c5 14. c3 Qc6 15. Qe2 Nc7 $13 {Damljanovic,B-Ehlvest,J/
Belgrade 1989}) 11. e5 Nd5 ({Too passive is} 11... Ne8 12. Nce4 c5 13. c3 Bc6
14. Qb3 Qb7 15. Bf3 $14 {1-0 Minasian,A-Shchekachev,A/Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext 
(43)}) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Yd3][%cal Yd3g6,Gd1g4,Yf4f5] Now white
is ready to transfer his pieces on the kingside in order to start the attack
against the black king.} e6 {Black tried also} (13... a5 $5 14. Qf3 $6 (14. Ra3
$5 $14) (14. Qe2 $5 $14) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Qh3 Bg7 $15 {1/2-1/2
Estrada Nieto,J-Kakageldyev,A/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (33)}) 14. Qg4 $1 $146 {
The idea of this move is to prevent black's immediate f7-f6,as well as to push
forward his "h" pawn. Actually white is going for forced long variation, which
he calculated well.} ({Less principal is} 14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Rae8
17. Qf3 $14 {Pribyl,J-Fajman,P/Prague 1992}) 14... Rae8 15. h4 $1 $14 f6 {
The most principal continuation. Actually, except of this plan of opening the
game black can't create any counterplay.} (15... dxe5 16. fxe5 f6 17. h5 {
-main line}) 16. h5 $1 {Of course, this key move should have been seen before
white played 14.Qg4.} fxe5 (16... f5 17. Qg5 gxh5 18. Qxh5 $16) (16... dxe5 17.
fxe5 fxe5 18. h6 {See the game}) 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. h6 exd4 {In this position
black has two main continuations: the move in the game and 18...Bf6, which
provides to a very long forced variation. But both of them provide to white's
obvious advantage.} (18... Bh8 $4 19. Bxg6 $18) (18... Bf6 $5 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20.
Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Bg5 $1 exd4 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Rxf6 Rg8 24. Qd3 Rg4 (24... e5 25.
Raf1 Re7 26. Rf8 $16) 25. Raf1 (25. Qh3 Reg8 26. h7 Rxg2+ 27. Kh1 Qxh7 28. Rh6
R2g7 29. Qxe6 Qxh6+ 30. Qxh6+ Rh7 $17) 25... Reg8 26. R1f2 e5 27. Rf8 (27. Rf7
Rxg2+ 28. Kf1 Rxf2+) 27... Qc5 (27... Rxg2+ 28. Rxg2 Rxf8 29. Qg6 $18 {[%cal
Gg6g7]}) (27... Qe7 28. R2f7 Rxg2+ 29. Kf1 Rg1+ 30. Ke2 R1g2+ 31. Kd1 $18) 28.
Rxg8+ Rxg8 29. Qf5 Qd6 30. Nf3 $16) 19. hxg7 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 dxe3 21. Qf3 $1 {
The key move in all variation. White is going to capture the knight, thus to
get a slight advantage.} Nf6 ({After} 21... Kxg7 {white's position is also
better:} 22. Qf7+ Kh6 23. Qxe8 exd2 24. Qxe6 Ne5 25. Qh3+ Kg7 26. Qe3 Qc5 (
26... Ng4 27. Qd4+) 27. Qxc5 bxc5 28. Rd1 $16) 22. Qxf6 Qxg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24.
Nb3 e5 25. c3 Bc8 $2 {Loses the e3 pawn on the spot.} ({Better was} 25... Rd8
$1 $14 {Black is three pawns for a knight, but his position is worse, due to
weakness of these pawns.}) 26. Re1 Kf6 {When black played 25...Bc8 he
calculated the following variation:} (26... d4 27. cxd4 exd4 28. Nxd4 Rd8 29.
Ba6 $3 $18 {Probably this move was overlooked by black.}) 27. Rxe3 Re7 28. Re1
Bf5 29. Rd1 Ke6 30. Kf2 Rf7 31. Ke3 a5 32. Rf1 h5 33. Nd2 d4+ 34. Ke2 Bxd3+ (
34... Rd7 {doesn't change anything.} 35. Bb5 Rd8 36. cxd4 Rxd4 37. Rc1 $18) 35.
Kxd3 $18 {White is a piece up, he is going to capture black's weak pawns, so
the rest is an easy job for white.} Rxf1 36. Nxf1 dxc3 37. bxc3 Kd5 38. c4+ Kc5
39. Kc3 h4 40. Nd2 Kd6 41. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Lausanne YM 5th"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2004.09.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Papa, Severin"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h3 {covering the g4 square, thus preventing
black's Ng4 and Bg4. White intends to develop his light pieces to f3 and e3.}
d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. a4 {White's aim is to create
the target for attack on the queenside and to transfer the kingside knight to
more active position on g3. The question is if he realizes this typical idea
in an appropriate moment... Other possibilites are:} ({More logical is to
complete the development first:} 9. O-O {1-0 Akopian,V-Nikolic,P/Halkidiki
2002/CBM 92/[Erenburg] (47)}) (9. Bh6 a6 10. h4 Ng4 $6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h5 Rh8
13. Qf4 $16 {Miller,G-Bates,R/ENG-chT9697}) (9. g4 $6 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 bxc3
12. bxc3 Rb8 13. Bh6 Qa5 $132 {Misa Juncal,A-Martinez Rodriguez,P/Mondariz op
1997}) (9. Ne2 $6 {1-0 Pikula,D-Popchev,M/Belgrade 2000/CBM 76/[Finkel,A] (49)}
) 9... b4 10. Ne2 c5 {Black protects his b4 pawn and attacks white's centre.}
11. c3 Bb7 12. Ng3 (12. d5 c4 $1 13. Bxc4 Nxe4 14. Qc2 Nef6 $15) 12... c4 $1
$146 {[%mdl 4] Very interesting novelty. Black tries to paralyze white's
queenside pieces. In the previous game black continued} (12... bxc3 13. bxc3
Qa5 14. O-O Rab8 15. d5 Ba6 16. Rfc1 Rb3 17. Qd1 Bxd3 18. Qxb3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4
Rb8 20. Qd1 Bxe4 21. Ng5 Bf5 22. g4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Garcia Melgar,J-Cenal
Gutierrez,R/Oropesa del Mar 1996/EXT 98 (50)}) 13. Bb1 {White decided not to
change his central pawn. On the other hand, he risks to remain with two
paralyzed pieces on the queenside.} (13. Bxc4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
$15) 13... b3 $1 {[%mdl 4] Now white's light-squared bishop is completely
locked...} 14. Bh6 ({More logical was to trade the light-squared bishops:} 14.
e5 Ne8 ({Deserves attention:} 14... Nd5 $5 15. Bh6 dxe5 16. Nh5 Bh8 $1) 15. Be4
Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qa5 $15) 14... e5 15. O-O a5 $17 {Black fixes the pawn structure.
Now it is clear, that black has won strategical struggle of the opening. White
plays without two pieces...} 16. Nh2 $6 {I don't understand the idea of this
move.} ({Better is} 16. Rd1 $17) 16... Re8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Kh1 $2 {White
plays without concrete plan. Black's pieces are located actively, and black is
ready to open up the game, using the white's queenside passive pieces.} ({
Better was} 18. Rd1 d5 $17) 18... exd4 $1 19. Qxd4 (19. cxd4 Nxe4 $19) 19...
Qb6 $1 $17 {Black changes one of the only white's active pieces.} 20. Re1 ({
Doesn't change too much:} 20. Rd1 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 d5 $17 {/-+}) 20... Qxd4 21.
cxd4 Nb6 22. Nf3 Bc6 $19 {Now black is already winning! White is hopeless
against black's threats to win the a4 pawn.} 23. e5 (23. Nd2 Bxa4 $19) 23...
Nfd7 24. Ne4 (24. exd6 {loses as well:} Bxf3 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. gxf3 Re1+ 27.
Kg2 c3 $19) 24... dxe5 25. Nd6 (25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd6 Nxf3 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8 28.
Rxe8 Bxe8 29. gxf3 Nxa4 $19 {and black's queenside pawns are unstoppable.})
25... Re6 26. dxe5 (26. Ne4 Rae8 $19) 26... Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nxe5 28. Be4 Rd8 29.
Nb7 Rd2 {[%mdl 4] Very impressive victory! Total triumph of black's stategy!}
0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.02.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Nc6 {Black provokes white to
play d4-d5, that will open a long diagonal for a dark-squared bishop. Other
possibilities are:} (5... h6 {---> 1/2-1/2 Frolov,D-Inarkiev,E/Sochi 2004/
[Erenburg] (49)}) (5... c6 6. Qd2 h6 7. Be3 d5 (7... b5 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Bf4 e5
10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Bh4 f6 13. h3 Bh6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Na4 g5 16. Bg3 h4
17. Bh2 Nxh2 18. Nxh2 Nd7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Aronin,L-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1951/URS-ch 
(51)}) 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Savicevic,V-Tseshkovsky,V/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (5... O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. Qf4
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Watson,W-Beim,V/Germany 2000/
CBM 82 ext (35)}) 6. d5 {trying to get a space advantage.} ({Logical
alternative can be} 6. h3 Bd7 $2 (6... O-O $142) 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng8 9. Bc4
h6 10. Bf4 e6 11. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Keres,P-Ingelmo,A/Madrid 1943/HCL (41)}) 6...
Nb8 7. h3 {covering the g4 square.} (7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6 Nbd7 9. Bb5 Nc5 10. Bxg7
Kxg7 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O-O a6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Rhe1 b5 $13 {0-1 Devesa Raris,
V-Calvo Cobas,J/Vila de Padron 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 7... O-O $146 {New move in
a rare position. In the preceding game black continued} (7... c6 8. Qd2 Qb6 9.
Rb1 (9. O-O-O $4 Nxe4 $19) 9... Nbd7 10. b4 a5 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. b5 O-O 13. Be3
Qb7 14. bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qc7 16. Ncb5 Qb7 17. f3 $13 {1-0 Buchal,S-Kaulfuss,H/
Germany 1988/GER (26)}) 8. Bc4 {occupying an a2-g8 diagonal.} c6 9. dxc6 Nxc6 {
getting sicilian pawn structure. I think, that objectively,} (9... bxc6 $5 {
is better. In this case, black has more pawns in the centre, he covers the d5
square, and gets a semi-open file "b":} 10. O-O (10. e5 dxe5 (10... d5 11. Bb3
Nfd7) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nxe5 Nd5 $15) 10... Ba6 $11) 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Bd7 12.
Qe2 Rc8 13. Bb3 Kh7 {Prophylactic move. Black moves away the king from
diagonal a2-g8, and, at the same time, protects h6 pawn one more time.} 14.
Rad1 Qa5 15. Rfe1 {All white's moves are very logical. He centralized all his
forces, and now he will occupy some squares in the centre with the light
pieces.} Be6 {covering the d5 square.} 16. Nd4 $1 ({Worse is} 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17.
e5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxa7 Qa5 $13 {[%cal Ye6e5]}) 16... Bd7 (16... Bxb3 {
plays in white's hands, as it opens for him a semi-open file "a".} 17. axb3 {
[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal Yd1a1,Yc3d5]} a6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd5 $14) 17. f3 {
strengthening the centre.} Ne5 18. Qf1 {preparing to push forward "f" pawn.} a6
{Black hasn't any plan of counterplay except of carrying out b7-b5.} 19. f4 Nc6
20. Qf2 $1 {emphasizing a background of black's 18-th move.} Qh5 21. Nde2 $1
$14 {[%cal Yf4f5,Ge2f4,Ge2g3]} Na5 $2 {allows white to get a decisive
advantage.} (21... Be6 22. f5 (22. Ng3 Qh4 $13) 22... Bxb3 23. axb3 g5 {
should be bad for black, due to terrible location of black's queen, while
Fritz is satisfied with black's position :)}) 22. e5 $1 Ne8 (22... dxe5 23. Ng3
Qh4 24. fxe5 $18) 23. Rd5 $1 {attacking black's pieces on the 5-th rank.} (23.
exd6 {is strong enough as well:} e6 24. Ng3 Qh4 25. Nge4 $18) 23... Nxb3 24. e6
(24. exd6 $5 e5 25. fxe5 $18) 24... Qxd5 25. exd7 (25. Nxd5 Bxe6 26. Nb6 Rxc2
27. axb3 Rxb2 28. Qf3 $18) 25... Rxc3 26. Nxc3 ({Probably,} 26. d8=Q {is worse:
} Rxc2 27. axb3 Nf6 {and black has some compensation.}) 26... Bxc3 27. d8=Q
Bxe1 28. Qxe1 {[%mdl 1024] Very rare correlation of forces- 2Q+B vs Q+2N+R!
White's goal should be a trade of the queens, one for one :)} Nd4 29. Qxe7 $18
{White's advantage is decisive, thanks to weaknesses of dark squares in the
black camp.} Ne6 30. Bd2 $6 {transfering the bishop to a long diagonal, from
where it can create unpleasant threats against black.} ({But stronger was} 30.
Qd2 $1 N8c7 (30... Qxa2 31. f5 $1 $18 {[%cal Ye3h6]}) 31. Qxd6 Qxa2 32. f5 gxf5
(32... Rd8 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Qe7+ $18) 34. Qg3+) 33. Qe5 $18)
30... N8g7 (30... Qc5+ 31. Qe3 Qxc2 32. Qxb7 $18) 31. Qf6 Nh5 ({The best
chance for black was to win the pawn:} 31... Qc5+ $1 32. Qf2 Qxc2 $16) 32. Qc3
Nhxf4 33. Bxf4 Nxf4 34. Qed2 Qg5 (34... Qe4 35. Qce3 $18) 35. Kh2 {[%cal Yc3f3]
Now black cannot avoid the trade of the queens.} Re8 {[%tqu "En","Please enter
the strongest move for white.","","","c3c4","",10]} 36. Qc4 $1 {[%cal Yc4f7,
Yd4f4,Yc4f4,Gd2f4]} (36. Qf3 $2 Re2 $1 37. Qdxf4 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Rg1+ $11) (36.
Qg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kxg3 g5 $14) 36... Ne6 (36... Re2 37. Qxf7+ Kh8 38. Qc3+ Qe5 39.
Qc8+ $18) 37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Qd5 $18 {Black has too many weaknesses, that makes
his position absolutely hopeless.} Kg7 39. Qxb7 Nf4 40. Qxa6 {White doesn't
care too much about black's threats on the kingside, but continues to take all
black's pawns on the queenside.} Re2 41. Qxd6 Rxg2+ 42. Kh1 Rg3 (42... Rxc2 {
loses as well:} 43. Qe5+ Kg8 44. Qxg5 $18) 43. a4 {Black's threats are
"empty"- there isn't anything dangerous for white, that's why Sergei pushes
forward his "a" pawn for promotion.} Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Rf3 45. Qd7 Kh6 46. a5 Kh5 (
46... Rg3+ 47. Kf2 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rxc2 49. a6 Rc1+ 50. Kf2 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rxb2 52.
a7 Ra2 53. Qb7 $18) 47. a6 g4 {threatening with the perpetual check- Nh3+,
Rf1+, Rf2+...} 48. Qb5+ $1 {covering the f1 square with the tempo.} Kh4 49. a7
Nh3+ 50. Kh1 Kg3 {[%cal Yh3f2,Gf2h3] Again threatening with perpetual check
Nf2-h3+} 51. Qe5+ $1 Nf4 52. Qe1+ {preventing the mate, and getting another 
(third in the game!!!!) queen!} 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2003.07.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 {Another
possibility is to complete the development, saving the option of increasing
the space advantage for a later stage.} (7. Be3 Bg4 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nb8 10.
Re1 c6 11. a4 a5 12. Be2 Nfd7 13. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Istratescu,A/
Wijk aan Zee 2002/CBM 86 ext (28)}) 7... Nb8 {Black tried also} (7... Ne5 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 e6 10. dxe6 (10. Bc5 $5 Re8 11. d6 $14) 10... Bxe6 11. Qxd8
Rfxd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. f3 Bf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Beliavsky,A/Bled 2002/CBM 89
ext (36)}) 8. Re1 {Another logical continuation is} (8. Bg5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10.
Qd2 Nc6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 b5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Nd4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Smirin,I/Moscow 2002/CBM 90 (46)}) (8. h3 {See
commented game Gruenfeld,Y-Finkel,A 1/2-1/2/Eilat 2001/CBM 86/[Finkel,A] (35)})
8... e5 {Smirin is a well-known expert in such type of positions. He is ready
to develop the initiative with Nh5 and following f7-f5. So Pelletier decides
to change pawn structure} 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bg5 {White didn't achieve anything
after} (10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 Qb8 15. Rb1 Re8
16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bf2 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Kh1 Rab8 $11 {0-1 Ehlvest,J-Svidler,P/
Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50 (45)}) 10... h6 11. Bf4 (11. Be3 {is possible
alternative to the move in the game.} Nc6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Nge5
$11 {1-0 Svidler,P-Asanov,B/St Petersburg 1994/EXT 98 (39)}) 11... Nc6 12. h3
Re8 $146 {According to my database this position appeared for the first time.
In the previous game black continued} (12... Kh7 13. Qd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Red1 $11 {1-0 Azmaiparashvili,Z-Kantsler,B/Tbilisi
1986/EXT 98 (50)}) 13. Qd2 g5 14. Be3 (14. Bg3 d5 {similar to 12...Kh7
variation.}) 14... d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11 {The
position is simmetrical, black succeeded to provide the breakthrough in the
center, that promises him at least equal chances.} 18. c3 f5 $6 (18... Rad8 {
comes to consideration.}) 19. Red1 Ne7 (19... Bf7 20. Bb5) (19... Be4 20. Rd7)
20. h4 g4 ({It is dangerous to play} 20... f4 {, in view of} 21. Bc5 b6 22.
Bxe7 (22. Ba3 $5) 22... Rxe7 23. Rxd5 Rxe2 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rxg5 Rxb2 26. Rd1
$36) 21. Nd4 c6 {covering the b5 square.} (21... Rad8 22. Nb5) 22. Bd3 Rf8 23.
Ne2 $1 {preventing the breakthorugh f5-f4.} Ng6 24. Bc2 {Other possibilities
don't promise anything special:} (24. h5 Ne5 25. Nf4 Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bc4 27. Rd7
Rf7 $15) (24. Nf4 Nxf4 25. Bxf4 $11) (24. c4 Be6 25. Nd4 Bd7 $13 {[%cal Yg6e5]}
(25... Bxd4 26. Bxd4 Nxh4 27. Rd2 $44)) 24... h5 $2 {weakening dark squares.
Better is} (24... Nxh4 25. Nf4 Bc4 26. a3 (26. Rd7 Rf7 27. Rad1 Bxa2) 26... a6
(26... Rad8 27. Bxa7) (26... Be5 27. Nd3 Bxd3 $2 (27... Bg7 28. Nf4 $11) 28.
Rxd3 f4 29. Bc5 $44 {[%cal Gd3d7,Yc2b3]}) 27. Rd7 Rf7 28. Rad1 Re8 29. Kh2 {
[%cal Yh2g3]} Be5 30. Kg3 Ng6 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Bxf5 Nxf4 33. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 34.
Kxf4 Re2 35. Rd7+ Kf6 36. Rd6+ $11) 25. Bg5 {White had another way to get
advantage:} (25. Ng3 Nxh4 (25... Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Nxh4+ 27. Kf1 f4 28. Bxf4 Rxf4
29. Nxh5 $14) 26. Nxh5 Be5 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. Bxf4 Kf7 {[%cal Yf8h8]} (28... Nxg2
29. Bg5) 29. Bb3 $14) 25... Bf6 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Ng3 Raf8 ({Worse is} 27...
Nxh4 28. Nxh5 Rh6 29. Nf4 Bc4 (29... Bxg2 {doesn't work, in view of} 30. Nxg2
Nf3+ 31. Kf1 Re8 32. Bb3+ Kf8 33. Ne3 $18) 30. Rd4 $16) 28. Nxh5 R6f7 $1 {
[%cal Gf7h7]} (28... Re6 29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 $14 {[%cal Ya1a5,Yd1d7]}) 29.
Rd4 $6 {White has a better option:} (29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 a6 31. Rd6 Nxh4 (
31... Kh7 32. g3 $14) 32. Re1 $14) (29. c4 Bxc4 30. Rd4 $13) 29... Nxh4 30. Nf4
Bxg2 $1 31. Nxg2 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nxd4 33. cxd4 {White has two light pieces for a
rook and pawn. If he succeeds to save the rook from the trades, his position
will be obviously better.} Rh7 34. Kg1 Kg7 35. Nf4 $6 {allowing black to
change the rook.} ({Better is} 35. Ne3 Rh5 36. Re1 $1 (36. Rd1 Kf6 $1 {[%cal
Gf8h8]} 37. d5 Rfh8 38. Kf1 Rh1+ 39. Ke2 Rxd1 $15) 36... Kf6 37. Nf1 $1 f4 (
37... Rd8 38. Ng3 Rg5 39. Bb3 $14) 38. Re4 $14) 35... Kf6 $2 (35... Rfh8 36.
Kg2 Kf6 37. Re1 Rh2+ 38. Kg3 Rh1 {-the main line.}) 36. Re1 Rfh8 $2 {loses on
the spot.} ({More resistant is} 36... Rff7 37. Re5 Kg5 $16) 37. Kg2 $4 {
throwing away decisive advantage. After simple} (37. Re5 $18 {black is
hopeless. Probably white was in time trouble, otherwise he should find this
resourse.}) 37... Rh2+ 38. Kg3 Rh1 39. Rxh1 Rxh1 {After the trade of rooks,
black is out of risk. White doesn't lose this game, thanks to activity of his
light pieces.} 40. Kg2 Rh8 {The attempt to attack white's pawns on the
queenside doesn't give anything:} (40... Ra1 41. Bb3 Rb1 42. Nd3) 41. Bb3 Rd8
42. d5 Rd6 (42... Ke5 43. Ng6+ Kf6 (43... Kd4 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Bc2 $16) (43...
Ke4 44. dxc6 bxc6 45. Bc2+ $18) 44. Nf4 $11) 43. Kg3 a5 44. a4 Ke5 45. dxc6
bxc6 (45... Rxc6 46. f3 $11) 46. Bc4 Rd1 (46... Rd1 47. Ng6+ Kf6 (47... Ke4 48.
b3 $11) 48. Nf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yongchuan zt 3.3"]
[Site "Yongchuan"]
[Date "2003.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Zhou, Weiqi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2003.07.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bh6
{White trades dark-squared bishops, and, at the same time, preparing the
breakthrough in the center.} Bxh6 {Another theoretical line is} (7... O-O 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Kasimdzhanov,R/Batumi 2001/CBM
86/[Gofshtein,L] (54)}) 8. Qxh6 b5 $2 {What about the development? More normal
is} (8... e5 9. O-O-O (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. Be2 O-O-O 13.
Qf4 Nxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rhe8 16. Rd4 Qe5 17. Rhd1 Re6 18. h3 {1/2-1/2
Galkin,A-Lugovoi,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 91 (18)}) 9... Qe7 (9... Ng4 10. Qd2 Qe7
11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 $14 {and white has very nice position.}) 10. h3 a6 $6 (10...
b5 $5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Qe3 b4 13. Nb1 O-O $13) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 $14 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Radjabov,T/Moscow 2002/CBM 90/[Finkel,A] (25)}) (8... Qa5 9. Bd3
c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Nf3 a6 13. Rab1 Qc5 14. a4 Ne5 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Qg7 Rf8 18. Qxe5 Be6 19. Rfe1 $16 {1-0 Kupreichik,V-Gurevich,
M/Eupen 1996/EXT 98 (37)}) 9. e5 $1 $146 {Black will be punished for his
previous move.} (9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. a5 c5 14. dxc5
dxc5 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Qg7 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Ngxf6 18. Nc4 $14 {1-0 Novikov,M-Brikov,
I/Tula 2002/EXT 2003 (46)}) 9... b4 {The only move not to give up on the
central square d5.} 10. Nd1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Bc4 $6 {White had more
attractive option:} (12. e6 $1 N7f6 (12... fxe6 13. Bd3 $18) 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14.
Ne5+ $40) 12... Nc5 {Black had to try to create a counterplay. For instance:} (
12... Qc7 {attacking the e5 pawn. But anyway, after} 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. O-O {
white's advantage is quite obvious, thanks to a big development advantage.})
13. Ne3 $1 $32 {trading the only good located black's piece. At the same time,
white opens the position and prepares to castle long.} Nxe3 $6 {Better was to
strengthen the d5 square, trying not to lose immediately :)} (13... Be6 $14 {
and black is in the game. For example:} 14. Qg7 Rf8 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. Ng5 O-O-O
) 14. Qxe3 Qb6 15. O-O-O Be6 16. Rd4 $1 {All the white pieces are in the game,
in opposite to black's ones. Black's position is so unpleasant, that he can't
even castle...} h6 {trying to solve the monarch's problem, transfering it to
g7 via f8.} (16... O-O 17. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Gd4h4,Gf3g5]}) 17. Rhd1 Kf8 (17... g5
18. h4 $16) 18. h4 $1 {Everything is ready for attack on the black king!} Kg7
19. h5 g5 {loses on the spot.} ({Doesn't change anything:} 19... Qa5 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Nh4 $1 $40) ({More resistant was} 19... Bxc4 20. Rxc4 Ne6) {[%tqu
"En","How would you use the vulnerable position of black monarch?","","",
"f3g5","",10]} 20. Nxg5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} hxg5 21. Qxg5+ Kf8 (21... Kh7 {loses
as well:} 22. Rf4 $1 Rhg8 (22... Bxc4 23. Rd6 $3 exd6 (23... Be6 24. Rxf7+ $18)
24. Rf6 {with mate.}) 23. Qxe7 Bxc4 (23... Rae8 24. Rxf7+ Bxf7 25. Qxf7+ Kh8
26. Rd6 $18) 24. Rxc4 $18) 22. h6 Rh7 ({In case of} 22... Rg8 {white continues}
23. Qd2 Ke8 24. h7 Rh8 25. Qg5 $18) 23. Bd3 $3 {All white needs is to transfer
one of his rooks to the "g" line.} Nxd3+ 24. R4xd3 $18 {Black's position is
hopeless. There is nothing to do against white's threat Rg3} c5 {opening the
6-th rank for a queen.} (24... b3 25. axb3 $18) 25. Rg3 Bg4 26. Rh1 $1 {
[%csl Gh6][%cal Yh1h6] not giving black any chance.} Qg6 27. Rxg4 Qxg5+ 28.
Rxg5 {White is two pawns up, so the rest is a matter of an easy technique.} e6
29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 c4 31. Rgh5 Rd5 32. R1h4 c3 33. Rxb4 Rd2+ 34. Ke3 Rxc2 35.
bxc3 Rxa2 36. g4 1-0

[Event "Nancy"]
[Site "Nancy"]
[Date "2005.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.02.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 {Usually white first
plays castle, afterware, he can choose if to play h2-h3. In this game,
probably, white wanted to rob from black the option of 6...Bc8-g4.} (6. O-O c6
7. a4 {limiting black's counterplay on the queenside.} Nbd7 8. e5 {---> 1-0
Azarov,S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (42)}) 6... c6 {
preparing a counterplay on the queenside. Other possibilities are:} (6... a6 {
---> 1-0 Finnlaugsson,G-Bjornsson,S/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 064/[Yudasin,L] (32)}) (
6... c5 $5 {looks logical reply, as white didn't castle yet.} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
O-O Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 {---> 1/2-1/2 Antonio,R-Akopian,V/Las Vegas 1999/CBM 072/
[Kaspi,A] (35)}) 7. a4 {occupying some space on the queenside.} Nbd7 {Another
principled attempt to equalize is} (7... d5 {---> 1-0 Tosic,M-Popchev,M/Sabac
1998/CBM 065/[Yudasin,L] (33)}) 8. O-O {White tried also:} (8. a5 e5 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. a6 b5 11. Qd6 Nb6 $6 (11... Nb8 $1) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Re8 14.
Nxc6 Bd7 15. Nb4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. c3 Rae8 18. Be3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20.
O-O $18 {1-0 Larsen,B-Kristiansen,J/Esbjerg 1988/CBM 010 (42)}) (8. e5 Ne8 9.
Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bg3 Nc5 12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 N7e6 14. Nf3 a5 $11 {
0-1 Woda,J-Sznapik,A/Slupsk 1989/EXT 97 (49)}) 8... e5 ({Maybe more flexible
is not to hurry with e7-e5:} 8... Qc7 9. Be3 b6 $5 {---> 0-1 Radovici,C-Marin,
M/Tusnad 1997/CBM 059/[Marin,M] (35)}) 9. dxe5 (9. Be3 {---> 1/2-1/2
Kindermann,S-Piket,J/Hamburg 1991/CBM 024/[Stohl] (33)}) 9... dxe5 ({Also
possible:} 9... Nxe5 $5 10. Nxe5 (10. Nd4 Re8 11. f4 Ned7 12. Bf3 Nc5 $132) (
10. Bf4 Be6 $2 (10... Qe7 $10) 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Bxe5 Rfe8 14.
f4 Nh5 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Rad1 f5 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 a5 20.
Kf2 Kf8 21. g4 Ke7 22. Ke3 $18 {Borik,O-Luetke,J/BL 9192/1991/}) 10... dxe5 11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. a5 Bf8 $14 {/=}) 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qc1 {
looks less principle, than} (11. Qd3 $5 {, transfering the queen to more
active position on the queenside.} Nh5 12. a5 Nc5 13. Qc4 Na6 14. Qa4 $1 $14 {
[%cal Re2a6,Ra4c6] ---> 1-0 Thorarinsson,P-Andreasen,P/Reykjavik 1996/CBM 052/
[Stohl] (21)}) 11... Nc5 12. Bg5 {protecting the central pawn.} (12. Nd2 {
promises nothing:} Ne6 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. Bd3 Nh5 15. Ne2 Nhf4 16. Nxf4 exf4 17.
Bd2 Qe7 18. Bc4 (18. Be2 $142) 18... f3 $17 {0-1 Farago,S-Beim,V/Budapest 1994/
CBM 042 ext (25)}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh6 Nh5 $146 {In the previous game black
prefered} (13... Nd4 {and got very pleasant position:} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Re1
Qc5 16. Bd1 Be6 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. Ne2 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qb4 $15 {0-1 Gluckman,
D-Petrov,M/Linares 2002/CBM 087 ext (47)}) 14. Bxg7 Nexg7 15. Qh6 {After
changing dark-squared bishops, black's position is strategically very good...
But, sometimes, white can use the weaknesses of dark squares in black's camp.}
f6 {covering the g5 square.} 16. Bc4+ Ne6 $6 {Objectively, this move isn't the
best, but, it leads to more complicated game, than after 16...Be6, as there
are more pieces on the board.} ({Black could easily equalize after} 16... Be6
17. Bxe6+ Nxe6 18. Rfd1 $11) 17. Rad1 Nhg7 18. Rd3 Rd8 19. Rfd1 (19. Rxd8+ Qxd8
20. Rd1 Qe7 $14 {Of course, white's position is slightly better, thanks to
more active pieces, But, he hasn't any concrete plan to improve his position.})
19... Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Bd7 21. Nh4 {White's knight has nothing to do on h4.} (21.
Qh4 Rd8 $14 {/=} (21... Be8 $5 $14 {/=}) 22. Nxe5 $2 g5 $17) 21... Be8 22. Qd2
{Another move without any idea...} (22. Qe3 {is probably better with following
Ne2, covering the d4 and f4 squares.}) 22... Kh8 $1 {moving the king from an
unpleasant pin, thus, preparing to occupy the f4 square with the knight.} 23.
Nf3 ({Now white even doesn't equalize after} 23. Ne2 Nc5 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qa3 b5
26. axb5 cxb5 27. Bd5 b4 28. Qa1 Nxd3 29. Bxa8 Nxf2 {[%cal Ye7a7]} (29... Qa7
$15) 30. Qxa5 Nd1 $15) 23... Nf4 24. Rd6 (24. Re3 Rd8 $15) 24... Nd5 $1 {
winning an exchange for a pawn.} (24... Nge6 {[%cal Ye6d4]} 25. a5 Nd4 26. Rxd4
exd4 27. Qxd4 $13) 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 {Objectively, this position is near
to equality, but black has more comfortable play.} Qd6 27. Qh6 Rd8 28. Nxf6 $4
{Tactical blunder. White overlooked the resource of Rd1+ and Qf4+...} ({
White should have prefered:} 28. b3 Bf7 29. Qe3 Bxd5 (29... b6 30. Nxb6) 30.
Bxd5 b6 $15) 28... Qxf6 29. Ng5 Rd1+ 30. Bf1 (30. Kh2 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxf2#) 30...
Kg8 $19 {Black is a rook up without any compensation from the white's side.}
31. g3 (31. Qxh7+ {changes nothing:} Kf8 32. Qh6 (32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Nh7 Qf7 34.
Ng5 Qf8 $19) 32... Ke7 33. Nh7 Qf7 34. Ng5 Qg8 $19) 31... Ne6 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 34. Kg2 (34. Qh8+ Ke7 $19) 34... Bc6 35. Bd3 Qf6 36. b4 g5 {
preparing Rd2.} ({Only not} 36... Rd2 $4 37. Qh6+ $18) 37. f3 Rd2+ 38. Kg1 Be8
{threatening with the check from b6.} (38... Bxe4 $1 {[%cal Yf6b6] wins
quicklier:} 39. Qxe4 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Rd1+ $19) 39. a5 Bf7 40. h4 gxh4 (40... gxh4
41. Qxh4 (41. gxh4 Qf4 $18) 41... Qxh4 42. gxh4 Bh5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Montreal 4th"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2003.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2003.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 $5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nd2 {Another attempt to fight for an advantage is to get a pair of bishops
after} (8. h3 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Fridman,D/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01/[Erenburg] 
(26)}) (8. Ng5 $5) 8... Qc8 {Very rare continuation. Usually black continues} (
8... Bxe2 {1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Lugovoi,A/Neum 2000/CBM 80/[Rozentalis] (51)})
9. f3 {Logical reaction. This move remains black light-squared bishop on the
board, which he wanted to change.} Bd7 10. Nb3 (10. Nc4 e6 $5 {[%cal Gd6d5]}) (
10. d5 {comes to consideration.}) 10... e5 $146 {The position before 10...e5
appeared only once before this game, according to my database. In that game
black tried to emphasize the deffect of white's knght location on b3:} (10...
a5 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Ehlvest,J/Moscow 1992/CBM 33/[Stohl] (65)}) {White could
choose another type of pawn structure:} 11. Qd2 (11. d5 Ne7 12. Qd2 {Here
white's plan is to develop the initiative on the queenside, generally, pushing
forward his "c" pawn. While, black's counterplay is connected with developing
initiative on the kingside with providing of f7-f5.}) 11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4
13. Bxd4 {White has got a space advantage, therefore, his position is better.
On the other hand, black's chances to equalize are quite high, as his position
is very solid without weaknesses.} Bc6 14. Nd1 {transfering the knight to e3,
and at the same time, getting the option of pushing forward his "c" pawn.} Qe6
{getting the queen into the game.} 15. Ne3 Nd7 {Black wants to change
dark-squared bishops, as he suffers from lack of space, so he is interested in
trades. This idea is typical for such type of positions. It would be even
stronger, if white already played c2-c4.} 16. Bc4 Qe7 17. c3 $1 Rfe8 {White
chooses to occupy the e1 square by the rook from "a" line, as it saves the
option of developing the initiative on the kingside with moving forward the
"f" pawn:} 18. Rae1 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bb5 20. Rf2 Bd7 21. Bc2 Bc6 22. f4 {increasing
the space advantage. White intends to develop the initiative, pushing forward
his "f" pawn, creating some threats against black monarch.} Bxd4 (22... Qh4 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f5 $14) (22... Bxe4 $4 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Qxd4 Nd7
24. Ng4 {[%cal Gg4h6]} (24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 c6 26. Qd4 $14 {/=}) 24... h5 $1
(24... Qh4 $6 25. Bd1 $1 {[%cal Gg2g3]} (25. Ne3 Qe7)) 25. Ne3 Qf6 {It seems
to me right decision to trade the queens, preventing the attack on the black
king, which could be possible, after black had to weaken his position with
h7-h5.} 26. Nc4 Qxd4 27. cxd4 Nf6 28. e5 (28. Nd2 $5) 28... Ng4 29. Rd2 b5 30.
Ne3 $6 ({Probably it was better to keep the knights in the game.} 30. Na5 Bd5
31. h3 Nh6 32. Bd3 a6 33. Rc2 $16) 30... Nxe3 31. Rxe3 Bd5 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33.
Rxb3 a6 34. Rc3 $6 {missing more attractive continuation:} (34. Rc2 $16 {
[%cal Gb3c3]}) 34... Rad8 $1 35. e6 (35. Rdc2 dxe5 36. dxe5 Rd4 37. g3 g5 $132
{and probably black will succeed to equalize.}) 35... c5 36. exf7+ ({Nothing
gives:} 36. dxc5 dxc5 37. Rxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxc5 fxe6 39. Rc6 Kf7 40. Rxa6 Rd1+ $11
) ({Comes to consideration:} 36. e7 $5 Rc8 (36... Rxe7 37. dxc5 Red7 38. Rcd3
$14) 37. dxc5 dxc5 38. Rd7 f6 39. f5 $5 $36) 36... Kxf7 37. b3 Rc8 38. dxc5
dxc5 39. Rdc2 Red8 40. Kf2 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Malmo Masters 1st"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "2003.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 {
Black allows white to occupy some space on the queenside, but, on the other
hand, prepares to provide the important breakthrough e7-e5 in the center.} (
7... a5 {is another theoretical line.}) 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 (
10... Nxe5 11. O-O Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Qd2 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bg4 Rf8 16.
Be6+ Kh8 17. Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Bd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Lugovoi,A/Hamburg 2001/
EXT 2002 (60)}) 11. O-O (11. Bc4 Nh5 12. O-O Ndf6 13. Qc1 Nf4 14. Bc5 Bh6 15.
Be3 Bd7 16. Re1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hakki,I-Minasian,A/Dubai 2002/CBM 87 ext (34)})
11... Rd8 12. Qb1 {Here white had two main possibilities to develop his queen:
Qc1 or Qb1. The continuation in the game is going to transfer it to diagonal
a2-g8, while the option of Qc1, sometimes, gives white possibility to transfer
his queen to the central square e3:} (12. Qc1 Nf8 (12... Bf8 {is more logical.}
) 13. Rd1 Bd7 14. Bc5 Be8 15. Rxd8 Qxd8 16. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Ljubojevic,L-Shirov,A/
Monte Carlo 1996/CBM 52 ext (35)}) 12... Nf8 13. Bc4 $6 {This move allows
black to trade his light-squared bishop, that is, obviously, advantageously
for him. According to well-known rule, the side, who suffers from a lack of
space, is interested in trades. In our particular case, black, changing the
light-squared bishops, solves the problem of f8 knight. More attractive
continuation looks:} (13. Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 (14. Qa4 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bf1
Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Qe7 18. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Van der Wiel,J/Reykjavik 1985/
MCD (29)}) 14... h6 15. Rfd1 (15. Bc5 b5 16. Rfd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lutz,
C-Kasimdzhanov,R/Essen 2001/CBM 83 (43)}) 15... N8d7 16. Nd2 Bf8 17. b4 c5 18.
b5 $14 {0-1 Lutz,C-Topalov,V/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72/[Kaspi,A] (81)}) 13... Be6
$11 14. Qa2 $6 {After this move white faces serious problems...} ({Better was} 
14. Nd2) 14... b5 $1 {Black has possible alternative to the move in the game:}
(14... Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Ng5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 h6 19. Bxf4 exf4
20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Nxf7 cxd5 22. Rxd5 Qc8 23. Qb3 Kh7 24. Rd8 Qxd8 {1/2-1/2
Bronstein,L-Nogueiras,J/II American Continental, Buenos Aires A 2003 (24)}) 15.
axb6 (15. Bb3 b4) (15. Bxe6 Nxe6 {[%cal Yg7f8] black's chances are preferable,
thanks to a better location of his pieces. Also white will have some problems
with the a5 pawn.}) 15... axb6 16. Qb3 b5 $1 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 $15 {Black's
position is slightly better, as he succeded to locate his pieces better, than
his opponent. White has some problems with his queen, which is very passive on
b3, and black is going to emphasize this fact with following transfer of
dark-squared bishop to f8.} 18. Bg5 $146 (18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 Bf8 $15 {
0-1 Martinovic,S-Lau,R/Solingen 1989/EXT 2003 (30)}) 18... Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Rxa1
20. Rxa1 Bf8 $1 {transfering the dark-squared bishop to a7-g1 diagonal, from
where it is going to attack f2 pawn.} 21. Re1 $2 {White had to improve the
position of one of his bad pieces (Qb3 or Ng5):} ({Better was} 21. Nf3 Bc5 (
21... b4 22. Na2 Nxe4 23. Qe3 (23. Nxb4 Qb6) 23... f5 24. Nxb4 $15) 22. Ne1 $1
$15) 21... Bc5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gh7h6,Gc7a7] Now white's position is really
tough, it isn't so easy to offer him something...} 22. Nf3 (22. Rf1 Qa7 $1 $17)
22... Qa7 23. Nd1 (23. Rf1 b4 $19) 23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 $6 ({More resistant was
} 24. Ne3 $17) 24... Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 Bxf2 $19 {Black is a pawn up and he holds a
very strong initiative, that promise him an easy victory.} 26. Rxe5 Qa1 27.
Re8+ Kg7 28. Qc3+ Kh6 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Qd2+ Kg7 31. Qxf2 Rh1+ 32. Kg3 Qxb2 33.
Nd4 Qc3+ 34. Kh4 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eid, Fadi"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bg5 {Very rare
continuation. Usually white develops the dark-squared bishop to g5, afterware
plays f2-f4. In this position, when the knight is already on f3, white
completes the development, occupying the e2(d3) and e3(f4) squares with his
bishops. White's main plan is to provide breakthrough e4-e5 after completing
the development.} O-O {Black tried also} (6... Qa5 7. Qd2 Nbd7 8. a3 e5 9. dxe5
dxe5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. b4 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Nh5 $11
{0-1 Makropoulou,M-Svetushkin,D/Korinthos 2002/CBM 89 ext (40)}) (6... b5 7. a3
O-O 8. Be2 Qc7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 a6 11. Bf1 e5 $11 {1-0 Shereshevski,
M-Kupreichik,V/Minsk 1978/EXT 2003 (59)}) 7. Bd3 (7. Qd2 b5 (7... e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Nxe5 Re8 11. O-O-O Rxe5 12. Rd8+ Re8 13. Bxf6 Rxd8 14.
Bxd8 Be6 15. Be7 $14 {1-0 Kaidanov,G-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Moscow 1986/EXT 2002 
(77)}) 8. Bd3 Qc7 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 c5 13. Rc1 cxd4
14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. O-O Qb7 $15 {0-1 Kaidanov,G-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Tbilisi 1986/
EXT 98 (34)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Qd2 {Another possibility is} (8. e5 {1-0 McDonald,
N-Dunnington,A/London 1997/CBM 62/[Yudasin,L] (62)}) 8... b5 {Logical
alternative to the move in the game is} (8... e5 9. O-O-O b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
g4 Qc7 12. Bh6 Nc5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 $14 {0-1 Hresc,V-Piven,I/Schwarzach
1997/EXT 99 (50)}) 9. O-O Bb7 10. e5 $1 {The most principal. The following
options deserve attention as well:} (10. Rfe1) (10. Bh6) 10... Ne8 ({It is
dubious to play} 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. e6 fxe6 13. Rad1 $1 Ndf6 14. Qe3 {
[%cal Ge3e6,Yd3b5]} Qc8 15. Rfe1 $14) 11. exd6 $6 {This exchange helps black
to activize his pieces.} ({Seems much better:} 11. Rfe1 $1 {not allowing to
get into the game the e8 knight.} dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc7 (12... Nc5 13. Rad1 $16)
13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Bh6 $16) 11... Nxd6 12. Rfe1 $146 {According to my database,
this position appeared for the first time.} ({In the previous game white tried
} 12. Ne4 $6 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Bd3 e6 16. a4 b4 17. a5 c5 $11 {
0-1 Vranesic,Z-Malich,B/Tel Aviv 1964/MCD (47)}) 12... Re8 13. Ne4 $6 ({
Probably better was} 13. a4 b4 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxb5 Nxb5 16. axb5
$16) 14. Ne4 Nxe4 (14... Qb6 $2 15. a5) 15. Bxe4 a5 16. c3 $1 $14) 13... Qb6
14. Bxe7 {Nice tactical blow. But white doesn't succeed to get an advantage
after it.} ({Didn't promise anything special:} 14. c3 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5
Qxc5 17. Bxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 $1 $132 {Now the
pair of black bishops become powerful.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 $8 (17. Re2 Bxf3
18. gxf3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qb7 $15) 17... Qxc5 18. Rxe8+ $6 {missing better
opportunity.} (18. Qb4 $142 Qxb4 19. Rxb4 a6 20. a4 {and white's chances
aren't worse.}) 18... Rxe8 19. b4 (19. c3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qd5 $15) ({White
didn't equalize after} 19. Qf4 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bd4 22. Rxb5 Bxf2+
23. Qxf2 (23. Kh2 Qc7+ 24. g3 Bb6 $36) 23... Re1+ 24. Bf1 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxb5+
$17) 19... Qc8 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 $6 {After this move black gets some
chance to get an advantage.} ({After} 21. Nxe1 {white isn't worse. For
instance:} a6 (21... Bc3 22. Qe3 a6 23. a3) 22. a3 Qc3 (22... Bb2 23. c4) 23.
Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Kf1 Bb2 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Bxa3 27. Nd3 $11) 21... Bxf3 22.
gxf3 Qxh3 23. Qe4 $6 ({White had to eliminate black's "b" pawn and not to
defend unuseful doubled "f" pawn.} 23. Bxb5 Qxf3 24. c4 h5 25. Qe3 $11) 23...
Qh5 $6 {Now it's black's turn to make mistake.} ({Deserves attention:} 23...
Qd7 {defending all the queenside pawns.}) 24. Qa8+ Bf8 25. Be4 $2 ({Why not} 
25. Qxa7 Qxf3 26. Qb8 $11) 25... Qg5+ 26. Kf1 Qd2 27. Qxa7 Qxb4 28. Bd5 (28.
Qd7 Kg7 29. Bd5 Be7 30. Qe8 f5 31. c4 {with good chance for a draw.}) 28... Qf4
29. Qe3 Qf5 30. Qe4 {Probably from some moment both opponents were in a time
trouble, therefore they made many strange mistakes...} (30. c4 b4 31. Qe4 Qf6
32. Qe8 {and it isn't easy for black to win this position.}) 30... Qf6 (30...
Qh3+ $142 31. Ke2 b4) 31. Bb3 $2 (31. c4 b4) 31... b4 $1 {[%csl Yb4][%cal
Gb4a3,Gb4c3,Ya2a4,Yc2c4]} 32. Kg2 Bd6 $17 {Now black's pieces have occupied
good positions, and he is ready for a decisive actions. Black's plan is
pushing forward "h" pawn, creating some threats against the white king.} 33.
Qd5 Kg7 34. Qe4 h5 35. Kf1 Be5 $5 {preparing to regroup his pieces.} (35... h4
$17) 36. Kg2 ({In case of} 36. Qxb4 Qxf3 37. a4 g5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 38. a5 h4 {
and blacks' "h" pawn is extremely dangerous.}) 36... Qd6 {Black succeeded to
regroup his pieces. The next step is a moving of kingside' pawns.} 37. Qd5 Qe7
38. Kf1 ({Better is} 38. Qe4) 38... h4 39. Qe4 f5 40. Qe3 Qd6 41. Kg2 Bd4 42.
Qe6 (42. Qe8 {is parried by} Kh6) 42... Qf4 43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Bd5 $2 {loses on
the spot.} ({More resistant was} 44. Qe2 Kh5 $19 {[%cal Gd4e5] and white is
hopeless.}) 44... Be5 {[%cal Gh4h3]} (44... Be5 45. Qf8+ Kh5 46. Qf7 h3+ 47.
Kf1 Qc1+ 48. Ke2 Qxc2+ {with following mate.}) 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 (6. Be2 {leads to the
main line.}) 6... c6 {Other possibilities are:} (6... d5 7. e5 Ne4 {---> 1-0
San Segundo Carrillo,P-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires 1995/CBM 049/[Stohl] (44)}) (6...
b6 {---> 0-1 Perelshteyn,E-Benjamin,J/Seattle 2003/CBM 093/[Erenburg] (42)}) (
6... a6 {---> 1/2-1/2 Kotronias,V-Stohl,I/Elenite 1992/CBM 032/[Stohl] (58)})
7. Bd3 {White tried also:} (7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be2 e5 {---> 0-1 Brynell,
S-McShane,L/Malmo 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (34)}) (7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9.
O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 $10 {---> 1-0 Turov,M-Lastin,A/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT
2000/[Yudasin,L] (17)}) 7... Nbd7 {preparing e7-e5.} 8. Qd2 e5 9. O-O exd4 {
In this way, Black gets an excellent c5 square for his queenside knight.
Black's main plan will be the pressure on white's pawn e4 along the e-file.
Black has the following alternatives:} (9... Qc7 10. Rfe1 Re8 11. a4 Nf8 12.
Rad1 Bd7 13. Bc4 a6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Bc5 b5 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Qe3 Qb7 18. Ng5
Ne6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rxd8 $16 {1-0 Popovic,D-Lalic,D/Sombor SCG
2004/The Week in Chess 517 (47)}) (9... Qe7 10. Rfe1 Rd8 11. a4 {---> 1-0
Nedev,T-Kutirov,R/Skopje 2002/CBM 088/[Gofshtein,L] (34)}) 10. Nxd4 {If
Black's queen's knight is located on d7 and cannot be transfered to c6, then
White can take the d4 pawn with the bishop, in order to cover the c5 square:} (
10. Bxd4 $5 Ne5 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rad1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc7 14. Qf4 Ne8 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Rfe1 $14 {1-0 Lau,R-Hoffmann,H/Dresden 1997/EXT 98 (53)}) 10... Re8
11. Rae1 $146 {It is not so easy to decide how to locate the rooks. If white
locates them on the e- and d-files, he will not be able to develop a dangerous
initiative on the kingside by pushing his pawn on f2 forward. On the other
hand, if white locates them on the e- and f-files, he will not be able to put
serious pressure on black's d6 pawn. In a previous game white prefered to
locate his kingside rook on e1:} (11. Rfe1 Nc5 12. Bh6 Nxd3 13. cxd3 Bh8 14.
Rad1 Nd7 15. Nc2 Nf8 16. d4 $14 {1-0 Reinderman,D-Hermansson,E/Hallsberg 1991/
EXT 97 (40)}) 11... Nc5 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Nb3 {changing black's active knight.}
Nxd3 14. cxd3 ({After} 14. Qxd3 a5 15. Rd1 a4 16. Nd4 Nd7 $15 {Black's
position is slightly better, thanks to a his bishops pair.}) 14... a5 $1 $132 {
[%cal Ya5a4] emphasizing a background in location of white's knight on b3.} 15.
f4 ({In case of} 15. a4 {, white's queenside knight can be attacked by} Qb6)
15... a4 16. Nc1 a3 {weakening the dark squares in the white camp.} 17. b3 Qa5
18. N1e2 Nh5 {threatening with Ng3.} 19. f5 {trying to develop an initiative
on the kingside.} d5 $1 {activating a light-squared bishop.} ({Etienne could
play} 19... Ng3 20. Nxg3 Bxc3 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Qf2 Be6 $11 {, but he didn't
have more than equality.}) 20. fxg6 {Maybe White hurried to change his f-pawn,
because it liberates the e6 square for black's light-squared bishop.} ({
Worth consideration:} 20. exd5 $5 cxd5 21. d4 Nf6 $13) 20... hxg6 21. exd5 cxd5
22. d4 {fixing black's pawn on d5. But now the e4 square became weak,
therefore...} Nf6 23. Qg5 {Probably, white overlooked Black's next move.} (23.
Bg5 Ne4 (23... Ra6 24. Qf4 $14) 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Bf6 $11) 23...
Ra6 $1 {neutralizing White's threats on the kingside.} 24. Qf4 Be6 25. Na4 $2 {
A very bad move - White gives up the control over the central square e4 .} ({
Much better was} 25. Qh4 $11 {with approximately equal position.}) 25... Ne4 $1
$17 {Now Black's pieces are located much better, than White's ones.} 26. Rc1
Rc6 {threatening to gain control of the c-file by Rec8.} 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qe3
Nd6 $1 {[%cal Yd6f5] Now Black starts to attack White's weak pawn d4. White's
position becomes difficult, due to misplaced knight on a4.} 29. Qf2 Bf5 $1 {
creating a new threat- Bd3.} 30. Ng3 $6 ({After} 30. Nac3 {Black transfers the
bishop to a6-f1 diagonal:} Bd3 $1 {[%cal Yd6f5]} 31. Rd1 Ba6 $17 {[%cal Yd6f5]
with an obvious advantage for black.}) 30... Qb4 $1 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Nxe4 $2 {
losing a pawn on the spot.} ({More resistant was} 32. Qe3 Bd7 $1 33. Ne2 (33.
Nf1 Nd6 $19 {[%cal Yd6f5]}) 33... Ng3 $1 34. Qxg3 Rxe2 $17 {/-+}) 32... Rxe4
33. Be3 Qe7 34. Rd3 ({White cannot allow black to invade into the second rank:
} 34. Bf4 Re2 $19) {[%tqu "En","Please find a tactical strike for black.","",
"","h8d4","",10]} 34... Bxd4 $1 35. Bxd4 (35. Rxd4 Rxe3 $19) 35... Re1+ 36. Kh2
Bxd3 37. Qg3 Bf5 {Black is an exchange and pawn up. Probably, White lost on
time, but, anyway, his position was lost:} (37... Bf5 38. Bf6 Qe3 39. Qb8+ Qe8
40. Qg3 Re6 41. Qh4 Rxf6 42. Qxf6 Qb8+ 43. Kg1 Qa7+ 44. Kh2 Qf2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.6"]
[White "Brendel, Oliver"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. a4 {White doesn't have to
hurry with a2-a4, as it gives black an additional option of transfering the
queenside knight to b4. White can start from the castle:} ({For example:} 6.
O-O O-O 7. Re1 (7. a4 {Yudasin,L} Qc7 $5) 7... Qc7 8. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Godena,
M-Baklan,V/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (42)}) 6... a5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 {
White's main idea is to provoke black to weaken his position on the kingside.
Other possibilities are:} (8. Bf4 Na6 {---> 1/2-1/2 Godena,M-Sarno,S/Reggio
Emilia 1997/CBM 063/[Yudasin,L] (26)}) (8. Be3 {---> 1-0 Stean,M-Planinec,A/
Moscow 1975/MCL/[Gagarin] (37)}) (8. Re1 {---> 0-1 Arizmendi Martinez,
J-Minasian,A/New York 1998/CBM 064/[Yudasin,L] (69)}) (8. h3 Na6 9. Bf4 {
---> 0-1 Meshkov,Y-Firman,N/Moscow 2002/CBM 088/[Gofshtein,L] (39)}) 8... h6 9.
Bh4 ({The alternative is} 9. Bf4 Na6 10. e5 Ne8 11. h4 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. e6
Bxe6 14. Bxh6 Bf5 15. Nd1 Nxc2 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. g4 Be4 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Bxf3
Nb4 $17 {0-1 Slapikas,V-Krasenkow,M/Koszalin 1996/EXT 99 (34)}) 9... g5 $5 $146
{Black is prepared to weaken the position of his king, in order to eliminate
White's dark-squared bishop. In the previous games black tried the following
continuations:} (9... Qc7 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Rad1 e5 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Bf1 Nh5 14.
d5 Bf8 15. Qc1 f5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bc4+ Kg7 19. Ng5 Ndf6 20. Nf7
$2 f4 $17 {0-1 Apicella,M-Relange,E/Paris 1994/CBM 042 (28)}) (9... Nh5 10. Qd2
Qc7 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. f4 Na6 13. f5 Nb4 14. Kh1 Kh7 15. Nd3 g5 16. Bg3 Nxd3 17.
Qxd3 b6 18. e5 $16 {1-0 Dominguez Sanz,J-Battikhi,H/Dubai 1986/TD (31)}) (9...
Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Bg3 Rad8 14. Rad1 Rfe8 15. b3 Nf8
16. Rfe1 e5 17. d5 g5 18. Be2 Ng6 19. Kh2 Qc5 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bc4 $14 {1-0
Perman,E-Butala,M/Bled 2003/CBM 095 ext (65)}) 10. Bg3 (10. e5 {doesn't work,
in view of} dxe5 (10... Nh5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 $16) 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1
gxh4 13. exf6 Bxf6 $15) 10... Nh5 {getting a pair of bishops.} 11. Qd2 Na6 {
intending to occupy the b4 square, and sometimes to carry out the c6-c5 strike.
} ({It cannot be recommended to play g5-g4 without White's h2-h4, as in this
case, White's kingside bishop can occupy the h4 square.} 11... g4 $6 12. Nh4
Qb6 13. Rfd1 $14) 12. h4 $4 {losing a pawn.} ({Better was} 12. Bc4 Qb6 13. Rad1
Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nc7 $15 {/=}) 12... g4 13. Nh2 Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qb6 {winning a
central pawn.} 15. Rad1 (15. Nxg4 {isn't better, than the continuation in the
game:} Qxd4+ 16. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Kh2 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxg4 19. Bxg4 Nc5 $19) 15...
e5 16. Bxa6 {White exchanges his bishop, hoping to protect the d4 pawn with
the knight from e2.} (16. Bxg4 exd4 17. Nb1 Nc5 18. Bxc8 Raxc8 $19) 16... Rxa6
17. Ne2 Qxb2 $19 {Black is a pawn up, he has a pair of bishops, White's pawns
are very weak, therefore, Black's position is winning.} 18. Rb1 Qa2 19. Qd3 (
19. Nc3 Qc4 $19) 19... Qxa4 20. c4 exd4 21. Nf4 {trying to create some threats
on the kingside.} (21. Nxd4 {leads to hopeless position as well:} b5 22. Rbc1
d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Nxb5 dxc4 $19) 21... b5 22. cxb5 Rb6 23. Nh5 (23. bxc6 Ba6
24. Qd2 Rxc6 $19) 23... Rxb5 {Black continues to capture White's pawns. Now
black is already three whole pawns up, while White hasn't any concrete threats
on the kingside.} 24. Nxg7 (24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Rxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Qa3 $1 $19 {
[%cal Ya3g3,Ga3e3]}) 24... Rxb1 25. Qxb1 Kxg7 26. Qc1 c5 27. Qf4 (27. Rf4 Qb3 {
[%cal Yb3g3]} 28. Nxg4 (28. Rxg4+ Kh7 $19) 28... Qxg3 29. Nxh6 Qe3+ $19) 27...
Qd7 {Black brings the queen back to his camp, thus, neutralizing white's
activity on the kingside.} 28. Qf6+ Kh7 29. e5 Qe6 {The simplest one.} 30. Nxg4
Qxg4 31. Qxd6 Kg8 32. Kh2 Be6 33. Rf4 Qe2 34. Rf6 d3 35. Rxh6 d2 {promoting
another queen.} 36. Qe7 (36. Rxe6 fxe6 (36... Qg4 $19) 37. Qxe6+ Kg7 38. Qe7+
Rf7 39. Qg5+ Kh7 40. e6 Rg7 41. Qf5+ Kg8 $19) 36... Qxe5 {covering the g5
square. Absolute triumph of black's opening strategy!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 $5 5. a4 {preventing from black b7-b5.
Other possibilities are:} (5. Nf3 Bg7 (5... b5 6. e5 $16) 6. Qd2 O-O (6... b5
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 b4 9. Nd5 $16) 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10.
Bxg7 Kxg7 11. f4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Rg7] 0-1 Adams,M-Svidler,P/Groningen
1995/CBM 51/[Svidler] (43)}) (5. h3 $5 b5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Qf3 Nb6 8. a4 bxa4 9.
Bd3 Bg7 10. Nxa4 N8d7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nxb6 Nxb6 13. h4 e5 14. h5 exd4 15. Bd2
Bf5 16. Ra5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. Ne2 Qe6 19. Rh4 Rf8 20. b3 Nd7 21. Re4 $13 {
Markovic,M-Bogdanovski,V/YUG-chT/1994/}) (5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nce2
c5 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Ke8 13. Bxc5 b3 $1 $15 {
0-1 Zeller,F-Haskamp,S/Germany 2001/CBM 87/[Wells] (39)}) 5... Bg7 (5... b6 6.
Nf3 Bb7 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 c5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13.
h3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 $1 Ne5 19. fxe5
$1 Rxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxe5 21. gxh5 $16 {Ravi,T-Sahu,S/Calcutta op/1993/}) 6. Qd2
O-O (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 e5 10. d5 Ne7 $2 11. h3 Nh6
12. Bxf6) 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 $13) 7. Nf3
Nc6 {Black continues to prepare the attack on white's center with all his
forces.} ({Black equalized after} 7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Nc6
11. O-O h6 12. h3 Ne8 13. Rfd1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Nd5 Be6 16. Bb3 Kf8 $11 {
1-0 Lautier,J-Tkachiev,V/Bordeaux 2000/CBM 77 (54)}) 8. h3 {preparing from
black to develop the light-squared bishop to g4. White tried also} (8. Be2 {
1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Benjamin,J/San Francisco 1998/CBM 66/[Yudasin,L] (41)}) 8...
e5 9. d5 Ne7 {Now black has to create some counterpay on one of the flangs-
either on the queenside with b7-b5, c7-c6 or on the kingside with f7-f5.} 10.
Bc4 $146 {strengthening the control over the central light squares. According
to my database, this position appeared for the first time. In the previous
game white continued} (10. g4 c6 11. g5 Nh5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. O-O-O Be6 14.
Qxd6 Nd4 15. Qb4 b5 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. a5 Rc8 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxg5+ 20.
Kb1 Rfd8 $44 {0-1 Moroz,A-Rakhmangulov,A/Alushta 1999/EXT 2001 (34)}) 10... Bd7
{threatening with b7-b5.} 11. a5 Bb5 $1 {solving the problem of light-squared
bishop.} 12. Bxb5 (12. Nxb5 axb5 (12... Nxe4 13. Qb4 axb5 14. Qxb5 c6 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Qa4 d5 17. Bd3 Nd6 $17) 13. Bd3 c6 (13... Nexd5 14. exd5 e4 15. Be2
exf3 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Qb4 Ne5 18. Be2 $14) 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O d5 16. Bc5
dxe4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd7 $15) 12... axb5 13. b4 {
preventing black's b5-b4.} c5 $1 {Black uses his development advantage, and
opens up the game.} 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. O-O d5 $11 {In my opinion, black has
succeeded to solve the opening problems. Now white doesn't have a space
advantage, as well as black doesn't have pawn weaknesses.} 16. Bb6 (16. Bc5
Nxe4 (16... d4 {is met by} 17. Nxe5) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd7
$11) 16... Qb8 17. Bc5 Re8 ({Worse is} 17... dxe4 18. Bxe7 exf3 19. Bxf8 $14)
18. exd5 (18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. exd5 Rd7 $11) (18. Rfe1 d4 {with following Nd7.})
18... Nexd5 19. Ra3 {moving away the rook from the long diagonal.} Qb7 ({
Comes to consideration:} 19... Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Ne4 21. Qe3 Nxc5 22. Qxc5 e4 23.
Nd4 Ra6 24. c3 Qd8 $15) 20. Re1 Nd7 $1 {Black's position is awesome from a
strategical point of view, thanks to the excelent position of his knight in
the centre.} (20... e4 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nd4 $13) 21. Ne4 (21. Be3 e4 22. Nxd5
exf3 $15) 21... Red8 22. Nd6 Qb8 23. Ng5 {White has to create some concrete
threats, otherwise his position is worse.} (23. c4 $2 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc5 25.
bxc5 e4 $17) 23... Nxc5 $6 (23... f6 $1 {looks strange, but, probably, this
move was the best!} 24. Nge4 (24. Ne6 $2 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Rxd6 26. cxd6 Qxd6 $19 {
[%cal Yd6a3,Gd6e6]}) 24... f5 25. Ng5 Bh6 $15) (23... Bh6 $2 24. Ndxf7 $16) 24.
bxc5 Ra7 25. Rf3 $6 ({Probably, white should have played} 25. c4 {, equalizing
the game.} bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qb5 27. Nxe5 Qxc5 $11) 25... Rdd7 26. a6 b4 $1 {
preventing the breakthrough c2-c4.} ({Worse is} 26... f5 27. Ne6 Bf6 28. Rb3 $1
{[%cal Yc2c4]} Rxd6 29. cxd6 Qxd6 30. c4 Qxe6 31. cxd5 cxd5 32. Rxb5 Rxa6 33.
Rxd5 $14) 27. Qd3 {activating the queen.} (27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Ngxf7 Rxf7 29.
Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qe2 Qa7 31. Qc4 Bf8 $17) 27... f5 $2 {missing white's tactical
resources.} (27... Qa8 $5 $15 {Better was}) 28. Qc4 $2 {overlooking a much
more attractive option:} (28. Nxf5 $1 gxf5 29. Qxf5 Bf6 (29... Bh6 30. Qe6+ Kg7
31. Ne4 Bf4 32. g3 $16) (29... Bf8 30. Rxe5 Re7 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Rg3 $40) 30.
Qe6+ (30. Ne4 Bg7 (30... Rf7 31. Qe6 $44) 31. Ng5 $11) 30... Kg7 31. Ne4 Qd8
32. Rg3+ (32. Qxc6 Qe7 33. Nd6 Qe6 34. Nf5+ Kf7 35. Qxe6+ Kxe6 36. Nd4+ Kf7 37.
Nc6 Ke6 38. Nd4+ $11) 32... Kh8 33. Nxf6 Nxf6 34. Rxe5 Rf7 35. Qxc6 $16) 28...
e4 {Black has succeeded to neutralize white's threats on the kingside,
therefore, he gets an obvious advantage.} 29. Rfe3 Bf8 $1 {The most logical
decision. Black eliminates white's dangerous knight on d6.} (29... h6 30. Ngxe4
fxe4 31. Rxe4 Kh7 32. Re8 Rd8 33. R1e6 $44) 30. f3 {trying to activate the
heavy pieces.} Bxd6 31. cxd6 Qb5 $1 {forcing white to change the queens.} 32.
Qxb5 (32. Qb3 $2 Rxa6 $19 {[%cal Ya6a3]}) 32... cxb5 $17 {Black is going to
get a material advantage.} 33. Rb3 e3 34. Rd3 Rxd6 35. Ne4 $1 fxe4 $2 {
throwing away his advantage.} ({Much stronger was} 35... Rdxa6 $1 36. Rxd5 Ra1
$1 37. Kf1 (37. Rdd1 Rxd1 38. Rxd1 fxe4 39. fxe4 Ra2 40. Re1 e2 $17) 37... fxe4
38. fxe4 Rf7+ 39. Ke2 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1 Rf2 41. Rxb5 Rxc2 42. Rxb4 Rxg2 43. h4 Rh2
$17 44. e5 Kf7 $17) 36. fxe4 Raxa6 37. exd5 Ra2 38. Re2 $11 {Now white
equalizes the game, taking the e3 pawn with the king.} Kg7 39. Kh2 h5 40. Kg3
Ra3 41. Rexe3 Rxd5 42. Rxa3 bxa3 43. Rxa3 Rc5 44. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 4th"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2003.06.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2621"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.05.30"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. h3
{In my opinion, this move promises white a nice position with a pair of
bishops. I think that after exchanging on f3, white's chances are preferable
thanks to his light-squared bishop, which is going to take control over the
light-squares without any problems.} (8. Nd2 $5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Hansen,S/
Esbjerg 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (60)}) (8. Ng5 $5) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Re8 $5 {
Another theoretical line is} (9... e5 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hillarp Persson,T/
Malmo 2003/CBM95_01/[Erenburg] (18)}) 10. Be2 {Rare move, which transfers the
light-squared bishop to better position.} (10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bd1 (12.
Be2 $5) 12... c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 Rb8 $11 {0-1 Haznedaroglu,K-Gurevich,M/
Izmir 2002/CBM 90 ext (29)}) (10. Re1 a6 (10... e5 {looks more logical.}) 11.
Ne2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. g4 $14 {1-0 Robatsch,K-Timman,J/Amsterdam 1972/MCL (63)})
(10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 c6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Re1 e5 15. dxe6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Handoko,E-Vasiukov,E/Doha 1992/EXT 97 (56)}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5
{doesn't make serious problem to black.} Nd4 {[%cal Gc7c6]}) 11... Rxe5 $146 (
11... dxe5 12. Bc4 Nd7 $6 (12... Nd4 $142 $14) 13. Re1 $14 {0-1 Augustin,
J-Kaiszauri,K/Stockholm 1975/EXT 2001 (37)} (13. Qf3 $16)) 12. Bf3 ({White
doesn't achieve anything special after} 12. f4 Re8 13. Bf3 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 $11
) ({Comes to consideration:} 12. Bc4 Nxe4 $140 (12... Qd7 $142 13. f3 $14) 13.
Nxe4 d5 (13... Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qf3+) 14. Bg5 $16) 12... Re8 13. g3 Rb8
14. Bg2 a6 ({Deserved attention:} 14... Nd7 15. Qd2 Nc5) 15. Qd2 b5 16. Bg5 $14
(16. a3 $5 $14) 16... b4 $6 {Black should avoid unpleasant pin, along the
diagonal g5-d8.} (16... Qd7 $5 17. a3 $14) 17. Nd5 h6 (17... Re6 18. a3 $1 $16
{[%csl Ga1][%cal Ya1a6]}) 18. Nxf6+ $6 {White had more attractive continuation,
after which white gets quite obvious positional advantage.} (18. Bxh6 $1 Nxe4
19. Bxe4 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rxe4 21. f4 $1 $16 {[%csl Yd5][%cal Ya1e1,Gf4f5]}) 18...
Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. b3 Qg5 21. Rfd1 $1 ({Worse is} 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. a3 Nd4
23. axb4 Nxc2 24. Rxa6 Nxb4 $11) 21... Qxd2 22. Rxd2 Re5 23. a4 bxa3 {White's
position is better also after} (23... Rc5 24. Bf1 a5 25. f4 Re8 26. Re1 Kf8 27.
Bc4 $14) 24. Rxa3 Rc5 {[%cal Gc6b4] preparing the attack on the white pawn c2.}
(24... a5 25. Kf1 $14 {White's position is slightly better,as he has R+B vs
R+N, at the same time his pawn structure is better than the black's one.}) 25.
Rxa6 Nb4 26. Ra7 {I think white could continue to fight for a win in this game
without any risk, as he has small, but stayable edge:} (26. Ra7 Nxc2 (26...
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nxc2 28. Rxc7 Nd4 29. Rd7 $16) 27. e5 $1 dxe5 (27... Rb6 28. exd6
Rxd6 29. Rxc7 $16) 28. Rd7 {[%cal Gg2d5]} Rbb5 29. Be4 $1 {[%cal Ge4g6]} (29.
Raxc7 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Nd4) 29... Kg7 30. Ra6 Rb6 31. Rxb6 cxb6 32. Bd5 $14)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Hausrath, Daniel"]
[Black "Koch, Wolfgang Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2330"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bf4 {Rare continuation, but
interesting one. White prepares an option of carrying out e4-e5, afterware he
can get quite a comfortable pawn structure.} c6 6. Qd2 {preparing an exchange
of dark-squared bishops in some moment.} b5 {Black occupies some space on the
queenside, and, already threatens with b5-b4. Other possibilities are:} (6...
Bg4 {---> 0-1 Grigoriants,S-Vajda,L/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (32)}) (
6... O-O 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bxg7 (8. a3 a5 (8... a6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 e5 11. hxg6
fxg6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Meyers,V-Heck,N/Giessen op 1992 (27)}) 9.
Bd3 Bg4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Qg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Stripunsky Alexander-Bologan Viktor/Ch Russia (club) Azov (Russia) (7)
1996 (34)}) (8. Bd3 a6 (8... Bg4 9. h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 e5 12. O-O-O
Nd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5] 1-0
Mohr,G-Mueller,A/Lienz ,EXT 1988 (59)}) 9. h4 Nh5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Rdg1 Bxf3
12. gxf3 e5 13. Ne2 Qf6 (13... exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 $132 {0-1 Horvath,S-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1986 (25)}) 8...
Kxg7 {1/2-1/2 Vorotnikov,V-Bakhtadze,G/Moscow 1999/CBM 70/[Tsesarsky] (35)}) 7.
Bd3 {strengthening the centre.} Bb7 $2 {I don't really like this move... Black
defines the position of his light-squared bishop too early. More logical is to
castle here, which is a useful move anyway, and, afterware to decide if to
develop the light-squared bishop on a6, b7, g4 or even to keep it on c8...} (
7... O-O {seems more normal:} 8. h3 Nbd7 9. e5 b4 10. Ne2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12.
Bh2 Nc5 13. Bc4 a5 14. Ned4 Nb6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ornstein,A-Gulko,B/New York 1987/
CBM 002 (75)}) 8. O-O $6 $146 {completing the development. Probably, this
continuation isn't aggressive enough... In the preceding games white have
tried:} (8. Bh6 O-O 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 e5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 b4
14. Qh6+ Kg8 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Nd5 $18 {1-0 Rodriguez,
F-Morales,P/Cuba 2000/EXT 2003 (62)}) (8. e5 {looks like the most principled
reply on black's strange previous move.} dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6
Qa5 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nd7 15. e6 $18 {1-0 Moradi,B-Nosrati
Bayaz,A/Isfahan 2004/EXT 2005 (29)}) 8... a6 $2 {Another strange move...
Probably, black has prepared the breakthrough c6-c5, but what about a
development?! The following alternatives seems more to the point:} (8... b4 9.
Ne2 c5 10. Ng3 $14 (10. dxc5 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. cxd6 Bxf3 13. gxf3)) (8...
O-O 9. Bh6 b4 10. Ne2 c5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Ng3 $14) 9. Rad1 $6 {
preventing black's c6-c5... But, white could get more...} ({White should have
punished black for his disregard to a development:} 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5
(10... Nh5 11. Bh6 $16) 11. Bh6 $36) 9... O-O 10. Bh6 b4 {After this move, it
is clear, that 8...a6 was absolutely not to the point...} (10... Nbd7 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. e5 $36) 11. Ne2 c5 (11... Qa5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 c5 14. Ng3 $16) 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxc5 {White opens the centre, as he has a development advantage.}
dxc5 14. Ng3 Nfd7 $2 {Probably, black decided to play without his queenside
pieces... Much more logical was to join the queenside knight to the game:} (
14... Nbd7 15. e5 (15. c3 $5) 15... Ng4 16. e6 (16. Be4 $2 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Ndxe5)
16... Ndf6 17. Ng5 $14) 15. Bc4 Qc7 $2 {After this move, black is already lost.
..} ({Black had to play} 15... e6 {, covering the g5 and f5 square.} 16. c3 Qe7
17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 $16) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the strongest move for
white.","","","d2g5","",10]} 16. Qg5 $1 {Very strong move! White attacks the
e7 pawn, and threatens against black monarch by Ng3-f5+.} f6 {loses
immediately, but other moves don't change too much the evaluation of position:}
(16... e6 17. Nh5+ Kg8 (17... Kh8 18. Qh6 $18 {[%cal Yf3g5]}) 18. Qh6 gxh5 19.
Ng5 Bxe4 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Nf6 22. Qxf6 $18) (16... Nf6 17. Nf5+ Kg8 18. e5
Ne4 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Qh4 $18) (16... Kg8 17. Qxe7 $18) (16... Nc6 17. Nf5+ Kh8
18. Qh6 gxf5 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Ng5 {with inevitable mate.}) 17. Nf5+ Kh8 18.
Qh6 gxf5 {[%tqu "En","Please find a winning move for white.","","","f3h4","",
10]} 19. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Gh4g6] Black is hopeless against white's threats.} (19.
Nh4 $1 Rg8 20. Bxg8 Kxg8 21. Nxf5 Kf7 22. Qg7+ {[%cal Yg7e7] mating.}) 1-0

[Event "American Continental 2nd"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "2003.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bronstein, Luis Marcos"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5
Qc7 9. Be3 e5 {Black decides to attack white's center immediately. Another
option is more slow plan with providing of b7-b5:} (9... Rb8 {1-0 Lutz,
C-Polzin,R/Forchheim 2000/CBM 76/[Finkel,A] (34)}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 {
preventing Ng4.} Rd8 12. Bc4 {I don't believe, that after this move, white has
chance to get an advantage. Interesting alternative to the move in the game is}
(12. Qb1 {[%cal Yb1a2,Ga2a3] and not developing the light-squared bishop on
the a2-g8 diagonal, thus preventing the trade of it. 0-1 Lutz,C-Topalov,V/
Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72/[Kaspi,A] (81)}) 12... Nf8 13. Qb1 {White tried also} (
13. Qe2 Be6 (13... h6 14. Bc5 $6 (14. b4 $5) 14... Ne6 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Qe3
Qb8 (16... Nd7 $142 $1) 17. Be7 Rd7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Blees,
A-Sulskis,S/Frydek Mistek 1995/EXT 99 (61)}) 14. b4 Nh5 15. Rfe1 (15. Rfd1)
15... Nf4 16. Qf1 Qe7 17. Rab1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Browne,W-Enklaar,B/Wijk aan Zee
1974/MCD (41)}) 13... Be6 {Now white has to start to think about equalizing...}
14. Qa2 $6 ({Better was} 14. Nd2) 14... Nh5 $6 {Black has much more attractive
option, after which I don't think, that white can equalize the position!} (
14... b5 $1 {0-1 Brynell,S-McShane,L/Malmo 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (34)}) 15.
Rfd1 $6 ({Better is} 15. Qb3 {, preventing from black the resourse of the
breakthrough b7-b5.}) 15... Nf4 $6 (15... b5 {still was very strong.}) 16. Ng5
$6 {Very responsible decision.White goes on the force variation, where he
risks to lose the a5 pawn.} ({After} 16. Rxd8 Qxd8 17. Rd1 Qf6 18. Kh2 $14 {
white has a good chance to get the advantage.} Rd8 (18... Nxh3 $140 19. Bxe6
Nxe6 20. Kxh3) 19. Rxd8 (19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Bxa7 (20. Bxe6 N8xe6 21. Bxa7 Nd4
$44) 20... Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Qxa5 $11) (19. Bxe6 N8xe6 20. Bxa7 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Bb6 Qh4 $1 $132) 19... Qxd8 20. Bb3 $14) 16... Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 ({In case of
} 17. Nxd1 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd4 {black gets a slight advantage,
thanks to a better positions of his pieces.}) 17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 h6 $1 {
Probably, when white played 16.Ng5 he saw this position in his calculations,
and he prepared...} 19. Bxf4 {White is going on force variation, otherwise he
will lose his a5 pawn.} (19. Nf3 Qxa5 $15) 19... exf4 20. Nd5 {That's the
point! But let's see if white gets something...} Qd8 $2 ({Stronger was} 20...
Qe5 21. Nxf7 cxd5 22. Nxe5 (22. Rxd5 Qxb2 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24. Nf7 Qa1+ 25. Kh2
Qc3 26. Ng5+ Kh8 $17) 22... dxc4 23. Nxc4 Rc8 $17) 21. Nxf7 $8 cxd5 22. Rxd5
Qc8 {Black had other possibilities, after which, his position is slightly
better:} (22... Qe7 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 (23... Bxh6 24. Rd8+ $18) 24. Ng4 Ne6 $15 {/=
} (24... Bxb2 25. e5 $1 $13 {[%cal Gc4f4,Yg4f6]})) (22... Qf6 23. Nxh6+ Kh7 24.
e5 (24. Ng4 Qxb2 $17) 24... Qe6 25. Ng4 Rd8 (25... Rc8 26. Qb5 $15 {/=}) 26.
Rd4 Qxc4 27. Rxc4 Ne6 $15) 23. Qb3 Kh7 $2 {After this move white can achieve
quite big advantage, while, after the following continuations his chances are
better:} (23... Qc7 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25. Ng4 Re8 $15) (23... Ne6 24. Nxh6+ Kh7 25.
Nf7 Qc7 $15) 24. Rd8 Qxd8 (24... Qxd8 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Qxb7 Rd7 27. Qb8 $16 {
White has queen and three (!) whole pawns for a rook, bishop and knight. I
would evaluate white chances as preferable, as he has possibility to create
the passed pawns on the queenside, together with strong "e" pawn. Also, it is
not so easy for black to coordinate his three pieces, so I think, that white
should play on...}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ng5 {Other
ways to fight for an advantage are:} (7. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hillarp
Persson,T/Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) (7. h3 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,
M-Chernin,A/Beersheba 1992/CBM 30/[Stohl] (45)}) 7... Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Nc6 ({
Dubious is} 8... e5 $6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 (10. Qb5 $142 $1) 10... h6 11. Nf3
Nbd7 12. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Djingarova,E/Nice 2002/CBM 89 ext (69)}) 9.
Rd1 ({White didn't achieve anything special after} 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rad1 Re8 12. Nf3 Ned7 13. Qc4 a6 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. e5
dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qe6 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Ponomariov,R/Kiev 1997/EXT 2002 (18)})
9... e5 {Black tried also} (9... Nd7 10. Nf3 e5 11. Bg5 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 f6 13.
Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rdd1 Rf7 15. Nd5 Nf8 16. Qc4 Kg7 17. a4 Qe8 18. Ra3 {1/2-1/2
Nisipeanu,L-Marin,M/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60 (18)}) (9... e6 {1/2-1/2 Milu,
R-Marin,M/Bucharest 1999/CBM 70/[Marin,M] (22)}) 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. f4 Ned7 ({
Worse is} 11... Nc6 {, in view of} 12. e5 Nd7 13. e6 Bxc3 (13... Nd4 14. exf7+
Kh8 15. Qf2 $16) 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. bxc3 $16) 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Re8 14. Bf4
$146 {According to my database, this move was played for the first time. In
the previous game white continued} (14. Nxf7 Qe7 15. exf6 (15. Nh6+ $5 Bxh6 16.
Bxh6 Nxe5 17. Rf1 $14 {/=}) 15... Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Nxf6 17. Nh6+ Bxh6 18. Bxh6
Rxe2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Brynell,S-Nyback,T/Stockholm 2003/CBM 91 ext (40)}) 14... Nh5
15. Qg4 {White had another interesting option:} (15. Nxf7 Nxf4 (15... Kxf7 16.
Qc4+ Re6 (16... Kf8 17. Rf1 $18) 17. Rf1 (17. Bg5) 17... Qe8 18. Nd5 Nb6 19.
Be3+ Kg8 20. Bxb6 $18) 16. Qc4 Qe7 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ $11) 15... f5 ({
In my opinion, black doesn't equalize after} 15... Nxf4 16. Qxf4 (16. Rxd7 h5
17. Rxd8 hxg4 18. Rd7 Rad8 $36) 16... Qe7 17. Nd5 Qc5+ (17... Qxe5 18. Qxf7+
Kh8 19. Nxc7 $16) 18. Kh1 Nxe5 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nef6+ Bxf6 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22.
Nxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rac1 $14 (23. Qb4 $5)) 16. Qf3 $6 {Two following possibilities
give white better chances:} (16. Qe2 Nxf4 17. Qc4+ Ne6 18. Nxe6 Nxe5 19. Qb3 (
19. Qxc7 Qe7 $11) 19... Qe7 20. Nxc7+ Kh8 21. Nxe8 Ng4 $1 {threatening with
Qc5 and Qe3.} {[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest move for white.","","",
"c3e4","",10]} 22. Ne4 $3 Rxe8 (22... fxe4 23. Nd6 Be5 24. h3 (24. Qxb7 Bxh2+
25. Kh1 Nf2+ 26. Kxh2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Nh3+ $11) 24... Bxd6 25. hxg4 Qe5 26. Qc3 $1
$14) 23. h3 $1 (23. Nf2 $4 Bd4 $1 $19 24. Rxd4 $2 Qe1+ {with mate.}) 23... Qxe4
24. hxg4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qxg4 26. Qh3 $14) (16. exf6 Ndxf6 (16... Nhxf6 17. Qh3
$16 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gg5h7]}) 17. Qe6+ $1 (17. Qf3 $6 Qe7 $1 (17... Qc8 18. Nd5 (
18. Nb5 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 h6 20. Qc4+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kh7 22. Qxc7 Re2 23. Qxc8 Rxc8
24. Nd4 Re7 25. Nd6 Rd8 $44) 18... h6 19. Qb3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Kh8 21. Nf7+ Kh7
22. Rxh5 gxh5 23. Qd3+ Kg8 24. Qg6 Qe6 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 (25... Kf8 26. Rf1 $18)
26. Nf7+ $11) 18. Nd5 Qc5+ $1 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 $15)
17... Rxe6 18. Rxd8+ Re8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Bxc7 Ne8 21. Ba5 b6 22. Bb4 a5 23.
Be7 Bd4+ 24. Kf1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Rc8 26. Rd1 $14) 16... Nxe5 $6 ({Black
equalizes easily after} 16... Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Qc4+ (18. e6 $2 Be5 19. Qh4
(19. Qe3 Qc5 $17) 19... Nb6 $17 {[%cal Ge5f6]}) 18... Kh8 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nd6+
(20. Nh6+ $11) 20... Qe6 21. Qxe6+ Rxe6 22. Nxf5 Nxe5 $11) 17. Qxb7 Qe7 18. Nd5
Qf8 (18... Qc5+ 19. Be3 Qxc2 20. Rac1 (20. Nxc7 $14) 20... Rab8 21. Qxa7 Qxb2
22. Bd4 $36) 19. Bxe5 ({Comes to consideration:} 19. Be3 $5 h6 $1 (19... Ng4
20. Nxc7 Nxe3 21. Qb3+ $18) 20. Nxc7 (20. Nh3 Nc4) 20... hxg5 21. Nxa8 $13)
19... Bxe5 ({White's chances are preferable after} 19... Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Bxe5 21.
Qb3 Kh8 (21... Kg7 22. Nb6 cxb6 23. Rd7+ Kh6 24. Nf7+ Kg7 25. Nxe5+ Re7 26. Nd3
Qe3 27. Qd5 Rxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kh8 29. Re1 $16) 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. c4
$1 $14 {[%cal Gb3c3,Yb2b4]}) 20. Qc6 Qd6 21. Qxd6 $2 {[%mdl 16384]
Unexplainable move. Currently white's pieces are very active. He had to keep
the queens on the board, trying to use an activity of his pieces:} (21. Qc4 Kg7
(21... Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Kg7 23. Nb6 $1 Qxb6 24. Rd7+ Kh6 25. Qh4 $1 $18) 22. Qxc7+
$1 (22. Nxc7 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qxc7 24. Qxc7+ Bxc7 25. Rd7+ Kg8 26. Rxc7 Rec8 $11)
22... Qxc7 23. Nxc7 Bxc7 24. Rd7+ $16) 21... Bxd6 $15 {Suddenly black's
position became better. Black's bishop is going to occupy a long diagonal, so
in this position it is much stronger, than the white's knight.} 22. Re1 (22.
Nf3 Rad8 23. c3 $15) 22... c6 23. Nc3 Be5 ({Maybe stronger was} 23... h6 24.
Nf3 Nf6 $17) 24. Rad1 Nf6 {The following options promised black slightly
better chances:} (24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Nf6 26. h3 $15) (24... Bd4+ 25. Kf1 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 Rb8 27. Nf3 Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rb2 $15) 25. Na4 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Be3 (26...
Rxe1+ {doesn't promise anything:} 27. Rxe1 (27. Kxe1 Be3 (27... c5 28. c3 Re8+
29. Kf1 Be3 30. Nf3) 28. Nf3 Ng4 29. Rd7 $1 $11) 27... Ng4 28. Nf3 Ne3+ 29. Kf2
Nxc2+ 30. Nxd4 Nxd4 31. Re7 $44) 27. Nf3 Nd5 28. c4 (28. Rd3 Bf4 $1 $15 {
[%cal Gd5e3]}) 28... Nb6 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. a3 b5 $6 {Inaccuracy, which throws
away a slight advantage. Better was} (30... Ra4 31. Rd3 f4 32. Nd2 Kf7 $15 33.
Rd7+ Re7 34. Rxe7+ Kxe7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Rc1 Kf5 $15) (30... b5 $6 31. cxb5 cxb5
32. Rd5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Comas Fabrego, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 $5 {Quite a rare
continuation. Other theoretical possibilities are:} (6... c6 {0-1 Fominyh,
A-Morozevich,A/Sochi 2004/[Erenburg] (40)}) (6... Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,
V-Hillarp Persson,T/Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) (6... Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... e6 $5 {
1-0 Azarov,S-Gretarsson,H/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (45)}) 7. Re1 e6 {
Black builds a very flexible pawn structure, that will give him the chances
for counterplay.} (7... b5 $6 8. e5 {1/2-1/2 Ionescu,C-Manolache,M/Targoviste
2001/CBM 087/[Roiz,M] (21)}) 8. a4 {White tried also:} (8. Bf4 {1-0 Potkin,
V-Turov,M/Linares 2001/CBM 081/[Finkel,A] (54)}) (8. e5 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,
V-Bezold,M/Altensteig 1994/CBM 043/[Stohl] (31)}) 8... Nc6 (8... b6 $5 {
comes to consideration, in order to prevent white's a4-a5.}) 9. a5 $1 $146 {
seems very logical. Black has to solve the problem of developing the
light-squared bishop. Of course, he will develop it to b7, therefore, White
tries to worsen black's pawn structure. In the preceding games white continued:
} (9. h3 b6 10. Bf4 h6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bb7 13. Qd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 c5 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 cxd4 $15 {0-1 Yu Shaoteng-Zhang Zhong/Moscow 2001/CBM 086 
(65)}) (9. Bf1 b6 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nb8 16. Nxe5 $2 (16. c4 $142) 16... f6 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. dxc6 fxg5 19.
Qd5+ Kh8 20. Re7 Bf6 21. Rf7 a5 $19 {0-1 Ciric,D-Tseitlin,M/Biel 2001/CBM 083
ext (43)}) 9... b5 {Otherwise: What should Black do with his light-squared
bishop?} 10. axb6 cxb6 11. d5 $1 {This was white's main opening idea! White
makes black's pawn d6 isolated.} exd5 12. Nxd5 Bb7 ({Black doesn't equalize
after} 12... Nxe4 13. Bb5 $1 {This is the point!} Na7 14. Bxa6 Nc6 15. Rxe4 $16
) 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bc4 $14 {The best position for the light-squared bishop is
on the diagonal a2-g8, as it presses black's f7 pawn from there.} Na5 $1 {
Black has to create some counterplay on the queenside - his plan is to occupy
the c4-square.} 15. Ba2 Rc8 16. c3 $6 ({In my opinion,} 16. Qd3 $1 {was
stronger, as White prevents Black from occupying the c4-square.} b5 17. Nd2 $16
) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Nd2 ({Again, better was} 18. Qd3 Rc5 $14) 18...
Rc8 19. Qf3 Bxd5 $1 {Black has succeeded to exchange White's knight on d5, and
White doesn't occupy the d5 square with a piece.} 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 h6 {
liberating himself from the unpleasant pin.} 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. h4 ({
Deserves attention:} 24. Qd3 Qb5 $1 25. c4 (25. Qxb5 axb5 26. Bxd6 Nxd5 $11 {
[%cal Yb5b4]}) 25... Qb4 (25... Qxb2 26. Rb1 $16) 26. b3 b5 27. h3 $14) 24...
Re8 $1 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bxd6 {Other moves don't promise
anything special as well:} (27. Qf5 Qb5 (27... Qe1+ 28. Nf1 Ne4 29. Qc8+ Kh7
30. Qxa6 Nxg3 31. fxg3 $16) 28. Qxg5 Qxb2 29. c4 Qb4 $1 $13) (27. Qd3 Qb5 28.
Qxb5 axb5 29. Bxd6 Nxd5 30. Ne4 g4 $14 {/=.}) 27... Qd7 28. Qg3 Nxd5 $11 29.
Be5 ({Black succeeds to neutralize the activity of the White pieces after:} 29.
Ne4 g4 30. Qh4 {[%cal Yh4g5]} (30. Qd3 Qf5) 30... Qf5 (30... f5 31. Qg5 Kf7 32.
Ng3 $1 Qxd6 33. Qxg7+ Kxg7 34. Nxf5+ Kf6 35. Nxd6 $14) 31. f3 gxf3 32. Qd8+ Kh7
33. Ng5+ Kg6 34. Nxf3 Kh7 $11) 29... Qf5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nf3 Qb1+ (31... f6
32. Qb8 g4 33. Nd4 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe4 35. Kg3 f5 36. Kh4 Qe7+ 37. Kg3 Qe4 $11)
32. Kh2 Qh7+ 33. Kg1 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-chT"]
[Site "Sanxenxo"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jerez Perez, Alfonso"]
[Black "Franco Ocampos, Zenon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.11.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 $5 {Black attacks
White's centre immediately. This continuation is rare in comparison to the
following ones:} (6... e6 $5 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nfd7 10. Bf4 $146
Nc6 $2 11. Nb5 $1 $16 {1-0 Azarov,S-Gretarsson,H/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/
[Erenburg] (45)}) (6... c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. e5 {1-0 Azarov,S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (42)}) (6... Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Smirin,
I/Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Timman,J/
Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 99/[Erenburg] (30)}) 7. dxc5 (7. d5 {transforms to A43,
Benoni. Usually, 1.e4-players, don't play in such positions d4-d5.}) 7... dxc5
8. Be3 {attacking the c5-pawn. There are other attempts to get the advantage,
but white didn't get anything special:} (8. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Velimirovic,D/
Belgrade 2000/CBM 076/[Finkel,A] (53)}) (8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 b6 10. Rad1 Nc6
11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12. Rd1 Bb7 13. e5 $2 Ng4 14. Bf4 $2 Ne6 15. Bg3 Rd8 16. Rxd8+
Nxd8 $17 {0-1 Jenni,F-Bauer,C/Leon 2001/CBM 086/[Roiz,M] (38)}) 8... b6 9. Qc1
{White keeps the queens on the board, and tries to activate his forces,
attacking black's queen.} ({Black equalizes after} 9. e5 Ng4 10. Qd5 Qxd5 (
10... Nxe3 $6 11. Qxa8 Nxf1 12. Qxb8 $16) 11. Nxd5 Nc6 $1 $10 {1-0 Gligoric,
S-Quinteros,M/Bled 1979/MCL/[ChessBase] (53)}) 9... Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Nd5 ({
Black has enough resources to neutralize White's activity after:} 11. e5 Ng4
12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Bb5 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17) 11...
Nc6 (11... Re8 12. Bf4 e5 $6 13. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 14. Bh6 Bxe4 15. Ng5 Bb7 $2 16.
Bc4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qf5 18. Qe7 $1 $18 Bc6 $8 19. Rd8 Na6 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rd1 {
1-0 Miles,A-Hennigan,M/Philadelphia 1989/(21)}) (11... Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd7 13. c4
$14) 12. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ye5c6,Gd5e7]} ({Nothing promises} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3
Rd8 $11 {Enqvist-Agrest,Scandic Hotels CC, 99}) 12... Re8 (12... Nxd5 13. Nxc6
Qxc6 14. exd5 Qf6 $11) 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 (13... Bxc6 $1 {equalizes immediately:}
14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. f3 $11) 14. Bf3 $146 {In the preceding game White tried} (
14. a4 $1 {, but with exact play, Black should have equalized:} Nxd5 15. exd5
Qc7 16. Bf4 Be5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 c4 $6 (18... e6 $1 $11) 19. Ra3 Rad8 20.
Re3 Qf6 21. Rc3 Ba6 22. Be2 Rc8 23. Rf3 $14 {Nikolenko,O-Hait,A/Russia 2000/
[Hait,A] (23)}) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Qf6 16. Rb1 {preparing c2-c4.} ({Bad is} 
16. c3 {, as after} e6 {white hasn't c4.}) 16... e5 (16... e6 17. c4) 17. c4
Qd6 {Now Black's plan is very simple - to push forward his "e" and "f" pawns.
White has to create counterplay immediately!} 18. b4 $1 cxb4 19. c5 bxc5 20.
Bxc5 Qd7 21. Rxb4 Rac8 (21... f5 {isn't good, in view of} 22. Qb2 $1 Ba6 23.
Qa3 $14) 22. Qa3 $1 {Right decision. White needs to cover the a5-square.} ({
Bad is} 22. Qe3 a5 $1 23. Rh4 (23. Rbb1 e4 $1 $36) 23... f5 $36) 22... Rxc5 23.
Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxc5 $14 {White has a slight advantage, thanks to the passed "d"
pawn, but, of course, Black will make a draw with careful play.} e4 25. Be2 e3
(25... Qb2 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 26. fxe3 Bh6 27. Rd3 ({White could
play on after} 27. Kh1 $5 Bxe3 28. Qc6 $14) 27... Qb2 28. Kf2 Qf6+ {White's
d5-pawn can be very dangerous for black, therefore, he makes a draw with a
perpetual check.} 29. Kg1 Qe5 30. Kf2 Qf6+ 31. Kg1 (31. Bf3 {is too risky, in
view of} Qb2+ 32. Kf1 Qb1+ 33. Rd1 Qxa2 34. e4 (34. d6 Bxe3 35. Qxe3 (35. d7
Qf2#) 35... Rxe3 36. d7 Rxf3+ 37. gxf3 Qa6+ 38. Kf2 (38. Ke1 Qa5+ $19) (38. Kg2
Qe2+ $19) 38... Qb6+ $19) 34... Bf4 35. d6 Bxh2 36. d7 Rd8 37. Qe7 Bc7 $15 (
37... Qc4+ 38. Be2 Qc7 $13)) 31... Qe5 32. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Paschall, William M"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 {See commented game Vajda,L-Bokros,A/ 0-1 Budapest 2002/CBM
89/[Finkel,A] (58)}) 9... b6 ({Usually black's play is connected with the
typical e7-e5:} 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. h3 b6 12. f4 Ned7 13. Qe1 Re8 14. Qf2
Nc5 15. Bf3 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. b4 Ne6 18. f5 $14 {1-0 Iordachescu,V-Marin,M/
Bucharest 2000/CBM 77 (50)}) 10. f4 Bb7 ({Another option for black is:} 10...
a6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nce4 $6 c5 14. c3 Qc6 15. Qe2 Nc7 16. Nf3 b5 17.
a5 f6 $11 {0-1 Damljanovic,B-Ehlvest,J/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16 (40)}) 11. Qe1 {
White is going to transfer his queen to h4, which is very typical plan for
position with this structure. Actually white's play is going to be on the king
side, which is linked with following f4-f5 and attack on the black king. On
the other hand, black tries to get the counterplay on the queenside with a7-a6,
b6-b5, thus, attacking white center.} (11. e5 Nd5 (11... Ne8 12. Nce4 c5 13. c3
Bc6 14. Qb3 Qb7 15. Bf3 Rc8 $6 16. e6 $1 $16 {1-0 Minasian,A-Shchekachev,A/
Moscow 1996/CBM 56 ext (43)}) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 (13. Bd3 e6 14. Nf3 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Qf3 $14 {Pribyl,J-Fajman,P/Prague 1992}) 13... e6
14. Qe1 f6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. g4 $6 (16. a5 $5 $14) 16... e5 $11 {1/2-1/2
Potkin,V-Timofeev,A/Ufa 2000/EXT 2001 (49)}) 11... a6 $146 12. Qh4 {Two other
moves, which deserve attention are:} (12. Bf3 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Qh4 $14) (12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 $14) 12... b5 13. e5 $6 ({Comes to
consideration:} 13. axb5 axb5 (13... cxb5 $5 14. Bd3 e6 15. Ne2 Nb6 16. b3 $14)
14. b4 $5 Nb6 15. Bf3 Na4 16. Ne2 $14) 13... b4 $1 {Probably white
underestimated this black's reply when he played 13.e4-e5} 14. Nde4 $6 ({
Better was} 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qh3 bxc3 16. bxc3 {In spite of black's position
is more comfortable, white is close for the equality.}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 c5
$15 {After this move white doesn't succeed to hold the material balance.} 16.
Ng5 h6 17. f5 $2 {White sacrifices the knight and tries to get compensation,
attacking the black monarch. The least of evils was} (17. Nf3 cxd4 18. Bxd4
dxe5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 $15) 17... hxg5 $19 {Black has captured the knight, while
white doesn't get any serious compensation for it.} 18. Bxg5 cxd4 {Right
decision and cool one.} 19. f6 ({Nothing gives:} 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bd3 Ne5 $19)
19... exf6 20. exf6 Bh8 21. Qh6 {[%cal Gf1f4,Gf4h4]} (21. Bf3 {doesn't help to
white to sharpen the position.} Rfe8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rf3 Re4 24. Qh6 Re2 $19)
21... Qxc2 22. Bf3 Nxf6 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder, which throws away all of
black's advantage.} ({While, after} 22... d5 {black is a piece up, white's
attack is over, so white's position is hopeless. For instance:} 23. Rac1 Qxa4
$19) 23. Bxb7 Ng4 24. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Yh3c8] White put his queen to h3
in order to use a very important nuance in this position- the diagonal h3-c8 
(see the continuation of the game).} Ra7 (24... Rab8 25. Bxa6) 25. Rac1 Qxb2
26. Bd5 $6 ({White has missed a more attractive continuation, which gave him
the slight advantage.} 26. Rxf7 $3 {[%mdl 576]} Qxc1+ $8 (26... Rxf7 27. Rc8+
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qxh8+ Kf7 30. Bd5#) (26... Kxf7 27. Rc7+ Ke6 (27... Ke8
28. Bc6#) 28. Qxg4+ Ke5 29. Re7#) 27. Bxc1 Rxf7 28. Bd5 $14) 26... Ne3 ({
There is no difference between the move in the game and} 26... Ne5 27. Rc8 (27.
Rf2 $5 Qa3 28. Bb3 d3 29. Rb1 $13 {[%cal Gf2a2]}) 27... Bg7 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.
Bf6 Bg7 30. Qc8+ $11) 27. Rc8 $1 {Right decision, which promises white to get
the draw. While 27.Rxf7 leads to the losing position:} (27. Rxf7 $2 Raxf7 28.
Bxf7+ Kg7 (28... Rxf7 $2 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qxh8+ Kf7 32. Qf6+ Kg8
33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Bf6+ Kh7 35. Qd7+ Kh6 36. Qh3#) 29. Bh6+ (29. Rc7 Qb1+ 30. Kf2
Qf1+ 31. Kg3 Nf5+ 32. Qxf5 Qxf5 $19) (29. Qh6+ Kxf7 30. Rc7+ (30. Bxe3 dxe3 $19
) 30... Ke6 31. Bxe3 dxe3 32. Qxf8 Qa1+ 33. Qf1 e2 34. Qxa1 {[%tqu "En",
"Please enter the winning move for the black.","","","h8d4","",10]} Bd4+ $3 $19
{[%mdl 64]} (34... Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Bxa1 36. Rc1 Bc3 $19)) 29... Kxf7 30. Rc7+ (30.
Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Bxe3 Rf5 $1 $19 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Ge6h3]}) 30... Kf6
31. Bxf8 (31. Qh4+ Kf5 $1 32. Qf4+ Ke6 33. Qe4+ Be5 $19) 31... Qb1+ 32. Kf2
Qf1+ 33. Kg3 Nf5+ 34. Kg4 Qe2+ 35. Qf3 d3 $19 {[%csl Gb4,Gd3,Yf5]}) 27... Bg7 (
27... Rxc8 28. Qxc8+ Kh7 29. Qh3+ $11) 28. Rxf7 ({White couldn't achieve
something more than the draw:} 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Bf6 Bg7 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qh3+
Bh6 32. Qc8 Bg7 33. Qh3+ $11) 28... Raxf7 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Qd7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+
Kh7 32. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mario Covas 4th"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 {Usually white plays h2-h3 and
only afterware Be3...} Ng4 {Responsible decision. Black is going to play h7-h6,
that will make dangerous to castle short. Other options are:} (5... c6 {
1-0 Leko,P-Beliavsky,A/Madrid 1998/CBM 65/[Leko] (35)}) (5... O-O {1/2-1/2 Ye
Jiangchuan-Gulko,B/Seattle 2001/CBM 82/[Finkel,A] (57)}) (5... a6 6. Bd3 O-O 7.
Qd2 Nc6 8. h4 Ng4 9. h5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 e5 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qf2 Bd7
14. Nd5 Ne7 15. Qh4 f6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Asrian,K-Agrest,E/FIDE
WCh KO, Tripoli LBA (1.3) 2004 (36)}) 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6 {preparing b7-b5.} 8.
Qd2 b5 {Black tried also} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. e5 b4 12. Nb1
dxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. h4 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rxh8+ Bxh8 18.
Bb5 Bg4 19. Rh1 Bf6 20. Bxe5 Rd8 21. Bxc6+ {1-0 Hebden,M-Felecan,F/Cappelle la
Grande 1993/TD (21)}) 9. Bd3 a6 (9... Nd7 10. h3 Ngf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh7
13. e6 Ndf8 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. O-O g5 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Rae1 Bd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5
19. Ne5+ Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Qd8 21. f4 g4 22. Rfe1 e6 23. f5 exf5 24. Rxf5+ Nf6 25.
Ref1 N8d7 26. Bh4 Qb6+ 27. Kh1 {1-0 Streit,A-Rausis,I/Bern 1999/EXT 2001 (27)})
10. h3 Nf6 11. e5 $1 $146 {White has development advantage, therefore, he
opens up the game. In the previous game black continued} (11. O-O-O Qa5 12. a3
Be6 13. Kb1 g5 14. Bg3 Qb6 15. Rhe1 Ra7 16. e5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Rb7 18. Qe2 Qa5
19. Ne4 Nfd7 20. Nxf7 O-O 21. Nfd6 Bxd4 22. Nxb7 Qb6 23. Nxg5 Bd5 24. Qxe7 Nf6
25. Bh7+ {1-0 Quillan,G-Flear,C/Isle of Man 1994/EXT 97 (25)}) 11... Nh5 $2 {
Black allows white to open the "g" file, that obviously plays in white's hands,
because the development advantage is on his side.} (11... Nd5 12. exd6 (12. Ne4
dxe5 13. dxe5 O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 12... Qxd6 13. O-O-O Qf4 $14) 12. g4 $1 g5 13.
gxh5 gxh4 14. Rg1 {Now black is in serious trouble. White has amazing
development advantage, black's monarch is very vulnerable. These factors make
black's position strategically losing.} Kf8 ({Maybe better chance was} 14...
Bf8 $16) 15. Qf4 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. O-O-O {preparing to join queenside rook
to the attack.} Nd7 ({After} 17... Be6 {white continues with} 18. Bf5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Yf4g4] anyway.}) 18. Bf5 $1 {[%cal Yg1g7]} (18. Rxg7 {wins as well:} Kxg7
19. Nxh4 ({But not} 19. Rg1+ $2 Kf8 20. Qg4 Ke8 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Rg1+ Kf8
21. Ng6+ $18) 18... Nc5 {Other continuations don't change anything:} (18... Nb6
19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Qg4 Bxf5 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+ Kd7 24. Rd1+ Qd6
(24... Ke6 25. Nd4+) 25. Rxd6+ $18) (18... b4 19. Rxg7 Kxg7 20. Be6 $3 Nxe5 21.
Rg1+ Kf8 22. Nxe5 Bxe6 23. Ng6+ $18) {[%tqu "En","Please enter the best move
for white.","","","g1g7","",10]} 19. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Qg4 {
winning material.} Bxf5 (21... Ke8 22. Qg8+ {mating.}) 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+
Kd7 24. Qxa8 {White is a rook up without any counterplay from the black's side.
} 1-0

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2442"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 {In this variation
black tries to solve the problem of his light-squared bishop, developping it
to b7.} ({Another option is} 6... a6) ({The main theoretical line in this
position is} 6... c6) 7. e5 {In according to my database there are few games,
where this position was appeared. White won all of them. Maybe this fact has
pushed white to choose this rare variation in this game.} (7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qd2 d5
9. exd5 (9. e5 $5) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {0-1 Oral,T-Lerner,K/Graz 1998/
EXT 99 (39)}) (7. Be2 {0-1 Radulov,I-Timman,J/Buenos Aires 1978/EXT 2000/
[Timman] (72)}) 7... Nfd7 (7... Ne8 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O $14) 8. exd6 {Quite a
strange move. After this move white cannot get something real.} ({More logical
was to continue} 8. e6 $1 {See commented game 1-0 Efimov,I-Gaprindashvili,N/
Tbilisi 1991/CBM 24/[Stohl] (48)}) 8... cxd6 9. Bc4 $146 ({Deserved attention} 
9. Be2) 9... Bb7 10. O-O Nc6 $11 {Both opponents have completed the
development. So we can resume the results of the opening. In my opinion, black
has achieved everything he wanted, his bishops has got the best positions on
the long diagonals. He has a semi-open file "c", with possibility to transfer
his knight to c4.} 11. a4 $6 {White prepares a shelter for his light-squared
bishop in case of black plays Na5. On the other hand he weakens the black
squares on the queen side.} (11. Re1 {was better.}) 11... Na5 12. Ba2 Rc8 {
[%cal Ya5c4]} 13. Qe2 {preventing Nc4.} Nf6 {setting free the d7 square for
the queen.} 14. Rad1 Qd7 15. d5 $6 {White tries to close the black
light-squared bishop, and then to occupy diagonal a1-h8 with his dark-squared
bishop. However this move is actually allows black to get nice game by
sacrificing an exchange.} (15. Rfe1 {was better.}) 15... Rxc3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}
16. bxc3 Ne4 $1 (16... Qxa4 {was a mistake to continue} 17. Bb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3
Qxb3 19. c4 $13) 17. Bd4 Nxc3 18. Bxc3 Bxc3 $15 {Black has pair of bishops,
and the pawn for the exchange. He hasn't weaknesses as well. In opposite
white's pawn structure is far from being perfect, his light squared bishop is
out of the game. So I would say that the sacrifice of the exchange was the
right decision and, probably, was underestimated by white.} 19. Bb3 Bf6 20. Qe4
Rc8 21. Rfe1 Qf5 {Black suggests the trade of the queens, because he hopes
that without queens he would use the weaknesses of white.} 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23.
Nd4 $6 (23. Re2 {came to consideration}) 23... f4 ({Black achieved nothing
after} 23... Nxb3 24. cxb3 (24. Nxb3 Kf8 $1 $15 (24... Rxc2 $6 25. Nd4)) 24...
Bxd5 25. Nxf5 Bxb3 26. Rc1 $11) 24. Nf5 Kf8 25. Rd3 (25. Re4 Be5 $15 {[%csl
Rc2,Rd5][%cal Yc8c5,Ge7e6,Ga5b3]}) 25... Rc5 $1 {Black is going to capture the
central white's pawn, thus increases his advantage.} 26. g3 ({White cannot
hold his important central pawn:} 26. Red1 $2 Ba6 27. R3d2 (27. Rf3 Be2) 27...
Bc3) 26... fxg3 27. fxg3 Nxb3 28. cxb3 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Bxd5 30. Rc1 {occupying
the open "c" file and threatening Rc8} Ke8 31. b4 (31. Rc7 $2 {allows black to
fix the white queenside' pawns.} a5 $1) 31... Kd7 32. Kf2 Bb3 $1 33. a5 b5 {
Black succeeded to fix white's pawns and now he intends to push forward his
central pawns with support of pair of bishops.} 34. Ne3 d5 35. Rc5 (35. Rb1 Ba2
) 35... a6 36. Rc1 e6 $19 {White can only wait and see what black can come up
with.} 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Kf3 f5 39. Ne3 d4 {The passed pawn "d" is moving
forward with support of pair of bishops, while white cannot stop this process.}
40. Rb1 Ba4 41. Nd1 d3 42. Ne3 (42. Ke3 $2 Bc2 43. Rc1 Bh6+) 42... Bd4 (42...
Bd4 {Threating d3-d4 with following Bxe3.} 43. Rh1 Kd6 $19 (43... d2 44. Nd1
Bxd1+ 45. Rxd1 Bc3 {win as well.})) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch sf 58th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2005.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 {Black chooses
the theoretical line, where he solves immediately the problem of light-squared
bishop by changing it. Other theoretical possibilities are:} (6... Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... e6 $5
{1-0 Azarov,S-Gretarsson,H/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (45)}) (6... a6 $5
{1/2-1/2 Arizmendi Martinez,J-Comas Fabrego,L/Sanxenxo 2004/CBM 105_01/
[Erenburg] (34)}) (6... c6 {0-1 Fominyh,A-Morozevich,A/Sochi 2004/[Erenburg] 
(40)}) (6... c5 $5 {1/2-1/2 Jerez Perez,A-Franco Ocampos,Z/Sanxenxo 2004/CBM
105_01/[Erenburg] (32)}) 7. Be3 {strengthening the centre. White has the
following alternatives:} (7. Ng5 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 2004/
CBM 99/[Erenburg] (30)}) (7. Bg5 {1/2-1/2 Matlakov,M-Lugovoi,A/St Petersburg
2004/[Erenburg] (23)}) (7. h3 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Chernin,A/Beersheba 1992/CBM
30/[Stohl] (45)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. h3 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hillarp Persson,T/
Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) (8. Nd2 $5 {1/2-1/2 Stefansson,H-Hansen,S/
Esbjerg 2002/CBM 91/[Finkel,A] (60)}) 8... e5 {attacking white's centre.} 9.
dxe5 {White changes the "d" pawns, hoping, to get a slight advantage, thanks
to better located dark-squared bishop. Another option is to close the centre:}
(9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Rb1
exf4 $5 $146 16. Rxf4 Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 f5 $1 $10 {0-1 Greenfeld,
A-Anand,V/Lyon 1994/CBM 045/[Stohl] (45)}) 9... dxe5 10. Rad1 Qc8 $1 {avoiding
the trade of the queens. Other continuations are:} (10... Qe7 11. Bg5 $5 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Qc5 $6 13. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Qe3 Nd4 $6 16. c3 Nxf3+ 17.
Qxf3 $14 {[%csl Rf6] 1-0 Hansen,L-Peng Xiaomin/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Finkel,
A] (43)}) (10... Qxd2 11. Rxd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd2 13. Rxd2 Ne8 14. Nd5 {
1-0 Larsen,B-Ivkov,B/Santa Monica 1966/MCL/[Ftacnik] (57)}) 11. Qc1 {moving
away the queen from the "d" file.} Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {Black prefered to take
with the knight, in order to transfer it to e6.} (12... Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. Nb5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Qb8 18. Qd3 a6 19. Nc3 Qd8 20. Qxd8+
Nxd8 21. Na4 Ne6 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 $14 {1-0 Miles,A-Reinderman,D/Escaldes
1998/CBM 068 (61)}) 13. Rd1 (13. Nxe5 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxe4 $11) 13... Ne6 (13...
c6 {is another logical continuation.} 14. Rd2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. Qd1 Qf8 17.
Ne2 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Qxh6 19. c3 Ng5 $15 {0-1 Hansen,L-McNab,C/Copenhagen 1991/EXT
97 (59)}) 14. h3 {forcing black to change his light-squared bishop.} Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 c6 {covering the d5 square.} (15... Qf8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Nd4 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. e5 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Ribli,Z-Nunn,J/Germany 1990/GER-chT (19)}) 16. a3 {
waiting move. White has tried the following continuations as well, but didn't
succeed to get anything special:} (16. Ne2 Qc7 17. c3 a5 18. Qc2 Bf8 19. Bg4
Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kaidanov,G-Wolff,P/Hastings 1990/TD (49)}) (16.
Nb1 Qc7 17. c3 Bf8 18. Nd2 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nc4 Ne6 21. a4 {1/2-1/2
Unzicker,W-Hauchard,A/Bad Wildbad 1990/CBM 020 ext (21)}) 16... Qc7 17. Ne2 a5
$146 {limitting white on the queenside. In the preceding game black continued}
(17... Bf8 18. b4 a5 19. Qb2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Bd2 h5 22. h4 c5 23. c3 Qd8
24. Qb3 Qa8 $11 {0-1 Taylor,P-Haydon,R/England 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 18. g4 {
White's plan is to drive away the knight from f6, and then to transfer the
light-squared bishop to g4.} Bf8 {The bishop is more active on diagonal f8-a3,
than on g7.} (18... Rd8 19. g5 Nd7 20. Bg4 Ndc5 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ng3 $11) 19.
g5 Nd7 20. Bg4 Ndc5 21. f3 {strengthening the central pawn.} (21. Ng3 Nf4 $11)
21... a4 {fixing white's pawns on the queenside.} 22. Kg2 {White doesn't have
a concrete plan of improving his position.} Be7 23. h4 Rd8 $11 {Black has
absolutely equalized the game.} 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qd2 h6 {changing the "h"
pawns.} 26. Qxd8+ Bxd8 27. gxh6 Bxh4 28. f4 {[%cal Rg4e6,Gf4f5] White opens up
the game in order to activate his pair of bishop.} exf4 29. Nxf4 Nxf4+ ({
Worth consideration:} 29... Kh7 $5 30. Nxe6 Nxe6 31. c3 (31. c4 Bf6) 31... Be7
{[%cal Ge7f8]} (31... Bg5 32. Bxe6 Bxe3 33. Bc8 $11) 32. Bd1 Bg5 33. Kf2 Bxe3+
34. Kxe3 b5 35. e5 $13 {[%cal Gd1f3]}) 30. Bxf4 Nxe4 31. Bc8 Nc5 ({Black
equalizes after} 31... b6 32. Bb7 Bf6 33. Bxc6 Nc5 34. Bc1 {[%cal Yc6d5]} Kh7
35. Be8 $11) 32. Be3 b6 33. b4 $1 {eliminating black's "a" and "b" pawns.} (33.
Bxc5 $6 {gives black some chances:} bxc5 34. Bd7 Bg5 (34... Bf6 $5) 35. Bxc6
Bxh6 36. Bxa4 Bc1 37. b4 Bxa3 38. b5 Bb2) 33... axb3 34. cxb3 Nxb3 35. Bxb6 Be7
{Black has to stop white's passed pawn "a", therefore, he transfers the bishop
to b4.} 36. a4 Bb4 37. Ba6 $1 Na5 (37... Kh7 {leads to a draw.} 38. Bc4 Na5 39.
Bxf7 $11) 38. Kf3 Kh7 39. Be3 {protecting the h6 pawn.} f5 (39... Bf8 {doesn't
change the evaluation of the position.} 40. Bb6 Nb3 41. Bb7 (41. Ke2 Bc5 42. a5
Bb4 43. Bc4 Nxa5 44. Bxf7 Kxh6 $17) 41... c5 42. a5 $11) 40. Ke2 Bd6 {
threatening with f5-f4.} 41. Bb6 Nb3 (41... Bb4 42. Be3 $11) 42. Bc4 Nc5 43. a5
Kxh6 44. a6 Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[BlackTeam "Reykjavik Hellir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 $5 {Quite a rare
continuation, which allows black to remain his pawn structure very flexible.
More popular ones are:} (6... c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. e5 {1-0 Azarov,
S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (42)}) (6... Nc6 {1/2-1/2
Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... Bg4 {1/2-1/2
Potkin,V-Fridman,D/Istanbul 2003/CBM96_01/[Erenburg] (26)}) 7. e5 {seems like
the most principal reply. White gets the space advantage, at the same time, he
limits the possibilities of the black's fianchetted dark-squared bishop.} (7.
Re1 Nc6 8. d5 $6 (8. h3 {0-1 Tseitlin,M-Roiz,M/Ramat Aviv/Modiin 2000/CBM 81/
[Finkel,A] (37)}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Ne7 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Ge7,Gf6] 1/2-1/2
Brodsky,M-Goloshchapov,A/Ordzhonikidze 2001/CBM 86/[Roiz,M] (25)}) (7. h3 Nc6
8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bf1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 {
Roos,Jean Luc-Shchekachev,Andrei/Mets op 2000} Qf8 $11) 7... dxe5 (7... Nfd7 8.
Bg5 $1 $16) 8. dxe5 {White had the option to play with another pawn structure:}
(8. Nxe5 Nbd7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Nd5 (12... Nd7 13.
f4 $14) 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Rxd5 Be6 15. Rb5 b6 16. f4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Kovalevskaya,
E-Foisor,C/Sovata 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 8... Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Nfd7 10. Bf4 $146 {
New move. White strengthens his central e5 pawn. White can hope to get the
advantage, as black has still problems with completing the development of the
queenside. In the previous game white continued with wrong} (10. Nb5 $2 a6 11.
Nbd4 (11. Nxc7 $2 Ra7 $17 {[%cal Gb7b6]}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bf4 Nbd7 $15 {0-1
Yermolinsky,A-Benjamin,J/Denver 1998/CBM 68 (72)}) 10... Nc6 $2 {allows white
to invade into his camp. Better was one of the following possibilities:} (10...
a6 11. Bf1 $1 Nc6 12. Re1 $14 {[%cal Yg2g3,Yf1g2]}) (10... h6 11. h4 (11. Nb5
a6 12. Nxc7 Ra7 $17 {[%cal Gb7b6,Gg6g5]}) (11. h3 $5) 11... a6 12. Bf1 $14) 11.
Nb5 $1 $16 {Now this move promises white an advantage. The difference is that
currently black knight is located on c6 and black cannot win white's knight.}
a6 (11... Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 (12... Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxc7 Rb8 15. Rd6
$16 {[%cal Gc1d1,Ya1d1]}) 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Rd2 $16 {[%cal Ya1d1]}) 12. Nxc7 Ra7
(12... Rb8 13. Rd6 {[%cal Ge2a6]} Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rad1 $16) 13. a4 $1 {
[%cal Ga4a5] preparing to fix black pawns on the queenside.} ({Much worse is} 
13. Rxd7 $2 Bxd7 14. Rd1 Bc8 15. Rd6 {[%cal Gf4e3]} g5 $1 16. Be3 g4 $17) 13...
b6 ({Doesn't change the evaluation of the position:} 13... Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5
(14... Nxe5 15. Be3 $18) 15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. a5 $1 Bd7 $1 17. f4 Rc8 18. fxe5
Rxc7 19. c4 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 14. Nxa6 $1 {This idea is possible, due to
black's inaccurate 10...Nc6.} g5 {After the following moves black is worse as
well:} (14... Bxa6 15. Bxa6 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb5 $18) (
14... Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (15... Bxe5 16. Rxd7 $18) 16. Nb4 $16) (14... Ndxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb4 $18) 15. Bxg5 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 (16...
Nxe5 17. Nb4 $18) 17. Bb5 $1 {Thanks to this move white saves the piece.} Bxa6
18. Bxc6 Rc7 $8 19. Be4 f5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. cxd3 $16 {White is a pawn up 
(after he loses the b2 pawn), but black still keeps some chances. Therefore,
white needs to show good technique in order to convert his material advantage
to a full point.} (21. Rxd3 Bxb2 {and black gets good chances for a draw.})
21... Bxb2 22. Rab1 (22. Ra2 Bd4) 22... Rc2 (22... Bd4 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. fxe3
Rc6 25. Rdc1 $16) 23. Re1 $1 e5 (23... Kf7 24. Kf1 $1 Rg8 (24... Ra8 25. Re2
Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Bd4 27. Rb4 Bc5 28. Rc4 e5 29. Be3 $16 {/+-}) 25. Be3 Rg4 26. Re2
Rxe2 27. Kxe2 Be5 28. d4 $1 (28. Rxb6 Rxa4 $16) 28... Bxd4 29. Rb4 $1 Bxe3 30.
Rxg4 fxg4 31. Kxe3 e5 32. Ke4 Ke6 33. f3 gxf3 34. gxf3 $18) 24. Kf1 f4 {
robbing from white the possiblity of transfering the dark-squared bishop to e3.
} 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Kxe2 Bd4 27. Kf3 {Now the king is going to occupy an
excelent e4 square.} Kf7 28. Ke4 Ke6 29. Rc1 Kd6 {preventing the invasion of
the white rook.} 30. f3 Rg8 31. h4 ({After} 31. Bxf4 Rxg2 {black gets some
chances.}) 31... Bc5 (31... h6 32. Bxf4 exf4 (32... Rxg2 33. Bxh6) 33. Kxd4
Rxg2 34. Ke4 $18) 32. Rc2 Ra8 33. Rc4 Ke6 (33... Rg8 34. d4) (33... Re8) 34. d4
exd4 (34... Bxd4 35. Bxf4 $18) 35. Bxf4 Rd8 $2 ({More resistant was} 35... Ra7
$16) 36. a5 $18 {Black loses another pawn, so the rest is a matter of an easy
technique.} d3 (36... Kf7 37. a6 (37. Bc7 d3) 37... Ra8 (37... d3 38. Bd2 $18 (
38. a7 Ra8 39. Ra4 b5 40. Ra5 Rxa7 41. Rxb5 Ra4+ 42. Kxd3 Rd4+ 43. Ke2 Rxf4 44.
Rxc5 Rxh4 $16)) 38. Ra4 b5 39. Ra1 b4 (39... Ke6 40. Rc1 Be7 41. Rc6+ Kd7 42.
Rh6 $18) 40. Kd5 Be7 41. Kc6 b3 42. Kb7 b2 43. Rb1 $18) 37. axb6 Bxb6 38. Rc6+
Kf7 39. Rxb6 d2 40. Bxd2 Rxd2 41. g3 Ra2 42. Kf4 Kg7 43. g4 Ra4+ 44. Kg3 Rc4
45. g5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

{[%mdl 576]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4
{limiting black's counterplay on the queenside.} (7. Re1 {is also possible:}
Nbd7 8. a4 {1-0 Kuczynski,R-Ribli,Z/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32/[Stohl] (56)}) 7...
Nbd7 8. e5 (8. Bf4 {1-0 Shahade,G-Nyback,T/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] 
(27)}) 8... Ne8 {Black also tried to take immediately on e5:} (8... dxe5 9.
dxe5 Ne8 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Qd2 e5 (13... Nd5) 14. Rad1
Bf5 15. Bc5 h6 16. Nf3 Nh5 17. g3 Qc8 18. Nh4 $13 {1-0 Zalkind,K-Kogan,A/
Rishon Le Ziyyon 1998/CBM 62 ext (36)}) 9. Bf4 {This move, which strengthens
the central pawn e5, seems to me more logical than} (9. Bg5 f6 $6 (9... dxe5
10. dxe5 Nc7 $132 {[%cal Gc7e6]}) 10. exf6 Ndxf6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qd2 Ne6 13.
Bh4 {Hunt,H-Fabriano,G/London Lloyds 1993/1-0 (79)} (13. Bh6 $5 $14)) 9... Qa5
{Black is trying to play more flixible, no taking on e5, but forcing white to
exchange his central e5 pawn by himself.} (9... dxe5 {1/2-1/2 Jenni,
F-Tischbierek,R/Zuerich 1999/CBM 73/[Oratovsky,M] (36)}) 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Re1
{White centralizes his pieces. Logical alternative plan is providing b2-b4
with preliminary} (11. Rb1 Nf5 12. b4 Qd8 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. c3 Nd5 15. Bd2 $14 {
0-1 Ciric,D-Sznapik,A/Warsaw 1979/EXT 2000 (47)}) 11... Nf6 12. Bf1 $146 {
Novelty. In my opinion, it is better position for light-squared bishop, than
the d3 square, as black hasn't possibility to trade the bishops. In the
previous game white tried} (12. Bd3 Re8 13. Qd2 Bg4 14. Ne5 Bf5 15. Rab1 Bxd3
16. Qxd3 Nd5 $11 {1-0 Tosic,N-Biljanic,L/Tivat 1995/EXT 2002 (54)}) 12... Re8
13. Qb1 $5 {Interesting move with typical idea of transfer the queen to a2 or
sometimes with the advance b2-b4.} Bg4 {Black starts to solve the problem of
his light-squared bishop.} (13... Bf5 14. Be5 Rad8 15. b4 $14 {/=}) 14. Ne5 Be6
{taking control over the a2-g8 diagonal. Now light-squared bishop is quite
safe here.} (14... Bf5 15. b4 (15. Nc4 $6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd5 $1 $15 {/=}) (15.
Nd3 Nd7 {covering the c5 square.}) 15... Qb6 16. Be3 $13) 15. Nd3 {White is
setting free the e5 square for the dark-squared bishop, at the same time,
intends to occupy the c5 square by the knight.} Bc4 ({Comes to consideration:} 
15... Nd7 $11 {covering the e5 and c5 squares.}) 16. Be5 Rad8 ({Deserved
attention:} 16... Nf5 17. Nc5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Nd5 $1 $11) 17. Nc5 Bxf1 {Black
solved the problem of the light-squared bishop.} 18. Rxf1 Qc7 $11 {Maybe white
has a slight space advantage, but black's position is very solid without
weaknesses. Also his knights are ready to occupy some active positions, so I
would evaluate the chances of the sides as an approximately equal.} 19. Qa2 Qc8
(19... Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Rfe1 Nf5 22. Rad1 $11) 20. Rfe1 ({Worth
consideration} 20. a5 $5) 20... b6 21. Nd3 Nf5 22. Rad1 Ng4 {Black decides to
change dark-squared bishops, as it weakens the central d4 pawn.} 23. Bxg7 ({
White loses pawn after} 23. Ne2 $2 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 c5
$17) 23... Kxg7 24. h3 {driving away the knight from an active position.} (24.
Ne5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Nd4 $15) 24... Ngh6 {defending the f7 pawn. Otherwise, white
gets a possibility to occupy the e5 square by the knight.} (24... Nf6 25. Ne5
e6 26. Qc4 $14) 25. d5 Nd4 ({Black gets an equality after} 25... cxd5 26. Nxd5
Qxc2 27. N3b4 Qc8 28. Rc1 Qd7 29. Rc7 Qd6 30. Rc6 Qd7 (30... Qb8 31. Qc4 $1 $44
{[%cal Gb4a6]} (31. Rc7 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 e6)) 31. Rc7 $11) 26. Rc1 (26. Re4 $5
Nxc2 $141 (26... Nhf5 $142) 27. b4 cxd5 28. Nxd5 Qc6 29. Rxe7 $14) 26... cxd5 (
26... Nhf5 27. dxc6 Qxc6 28. Ne5 Qf6 29. Nb5 Nc6 $11) 27. Nxd5 e6 28. Ne3 $11 {
The position is equal, but probably black wasn't satisfied with draw and
played for win. Black should change his bad-located knight on h6, but, instead
of it, he starts to play too aggressively.} Qa6 $6 {[%cal Gd4c2]} (28... Nhf5
$142 $11) 29. b4 $1 e5 $6 {weakens the central square d5. It wasn't too late
to admit his mistake and to retreat:} (29... Qc8 30. Qb2 e5 31. Rcd1 Nhf5 $11)
(29... Nxc2 $2 30. b5 $16) 30. Nd5 (30. b5 {looks strong as well:} Qc8 31. Nb4
$14) 30... Qc8 (30... Qb7 31. c4 $14) 31. c3 {driving away the knight from
central position.} ({After} 31. Nxe5 Qf5 (31... Qb8 32. Re4 $16) (31... f6 32.
c3 $16) 32. g4 Qxe5 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. Nf4 Re4 35. Nd3 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nxc1 37.
Qb2+ $14 {white's chances are slightly higher.}) 31... Nc6 32. b5 Na5 33. c4
$14 {After several black's unsuccessful moves, white got better position,
thanks to more active pieces and space advantage.} Qf5 ({Maybe better was} 
33... f6 $5) 34. N3b4 Rc8 (34... Rd7 {doesn't change an evaluation of position:
} 35. f4 e4 36. Rcd1 $16 {[%cal Ga2b2]}) 35. Na6 $1 $16 {prepares the
breakthrough c4-c5, and sometimes, threatens with Nac7.} Qg5 $2 {allows white
to get a decisive advantage.} ({More resistant was} 35... Qd7 36. c5 $16 {
, but the position favours white anyway.}) 36. Nac7 $18 {White's advantage
becomes decisive, as he wins material.} Nf5 {If black doesn't give the
exchange, he will lose the central e5 pawn:} (36... Red8 37. Qb2 $18 Nxc4 (
37... f6 38. Ne6+) 38. Rxc4 Rxd5 39. Ne6+ fxe6 40. Rxc8 $18) 37. Nxe8+ Rxe8 38.
f4 $1 Qg3 39. Qf2 $1 Qb3 ({Doesn't change anything:} 39... Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 e4
41. g4 $18) 40. fxe5 {[%cal Gg2g4] White is exchange up and his attack is very
dangerous. Black is hopeless against white's threats...} Nxc4 41. Rc3 Qxa4 42.
g4 (42. g4 Nh6 (42... Rxe5 43. Rxe5 Nxe5 44. gxf5 Qd1+ 45. Kh2 Qxd5 46. f6+ {
with mate.}) 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Qf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.08.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 e6 8. e5 $5
{A very concrete way to fight for the advantage. White is using his better
development to occupy important central squares. Less aggressive attempts did
not seem to give White anything special:} (8. h3 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11.
Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nh2 Nc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. c3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nf6
18. Rc1 Ne7 19. Qc2 Ned5 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Rfd1 Rac8 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Kg7 27. Nf3 Rfd8 28. b3 Rd5 29. Kf1 Rcd8
30. Rxc7 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y (2470)-Finkel,A (2485)/Israel 2002/CBM 087})
8... dxe5 {This was forced. Otherwise, White gets an obvious advantage:} (8...
Nfd7 9. Bg5 Qe8 $140 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Ne4 $18) (8... Nd5 9. Ne4 $36) 9. Nxe5 {
[%cal Ye2f3]} Nbd7 $146 (9... Nc6 {is too crazy to be true. The idea of this
move is to open up the b-file and create some pressure along it. If White
moves b2-b3, then Black gets tactical chances such as the c6-c5 advance.
However, it seems that White can manage that:} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Nd5 12.
Ne4 $14) (9... c5 {doesn't work due to} 10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Qd6 $16) (9... Nfd7
10. Nf3 $1 Nf6 11. Bf4 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc8 14. Bxb7 $6 (14. Re1 Nbd7 15.
Nc6 Re8 16. b4 $14 {[%cal Yb4b5]}) 14... Qxb7 15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. Nxf3 Rc8 17.
Rad1 Nc6 18. Rfe1 Nb4 19. Re2 c6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Murariu,A (2279)-Itkis,B (2442)/
Bucharest 2001/CBM 082 ext (51)}) 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 c5 {Actually, Black has
just sacrificed a pawn. He did so to activate his pieces, because otherwise,
it is not very obvious how to complete the development.} ({In the event of} 
11... g5 {, White can exploit the weaknesses in Black's camp:} 12. Bg3 Nxe5 13.
Bxe5 Nd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 (14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Kxg7 16. f4 $14 {[%cal Ye2f3]}) 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. f4 $36) (11... Qe7 12. f4 {with unpleasant pressure.}) 12. Nxd7
Bxd7 13. dxc5 Bc6 14. a5 {Preventing Qa5, in fact.} (14. Rb1 {was worth
consideration as well. The idea is to push the b-pawn forward and move away
the rook from the long diagonal. For example, after} Qe7 15. b4 Rfd8 16. Qc1
$14 {I don't see sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 14... Rc8
15. b4 Rc7 $6 {This is too slow. White gets sufficient time to coordinate his
pieces.} ({Black had to play} 15... Qxd1 $1 16. Raxd1 (16. Rfxd1 Nh5 17. Ra3
Nf4 18. Bf1 g5 19. Bg3 Rfd8 $13) 16... Nh5 $1 17. Na2 Nf4 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. gxf3
g5 20. Bg3 Ne2+ 21. Kg2 Rfd8 $13) 16. Qxd8 $1 Rxd8 17. Bg3 Rcd7 (17... Rcc8 18.
Be5 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Na2 $1 $14) 18. Be5 {After White activated his
bishop and blocked the activity of its counterpart along the long diagonal,
White should be a lot better.} Nh5 (18... Nd5 {isn't any better, due to} 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rfd1 Rd2 22. Bd3 $16) 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. g3 $1 $16 {
Cutting off the black knight. Now, White is simply a pawn up and Black has
nothing for it.} Rd4 (20... Nf6 21. Rfd1 e5 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Rd1 $16) 21. Rfd1
e5 22. f3 f5 23. Rxd4 exd4 {Black had to take with the pawn, since otherwise,
White breaks through on the queenside:} (23... Rxd4 $2 24. b5 axb5 25. a6 $18)
24. Rd1 f4 25. g4 Nf6 26. h4 (26. Kf2 $5 {was good enough as well:} Rd7 27. Nb1
$16 {[%cal Yb1d2,Yd2b3]}) 26... g5 27. h5 Rd7 28. Nb1 (28. Na2 $5 {[%cal Ya2c1,
Yc1b3]} Ba4 29. Rd2 $16) 28... d3 $5 {Probably the best practical chance.} ({
Passive defence would likely to lead to a slow death. For example,} 28... Ne8
29. Kf2 Nc7 30. Bc4 $16 {and White slowly improves his position.}) 29. Rxd3
Rxd3 30. cxd3 Nd5 31. d4 Kf6 ({Perhaps} 31... Nxb4 {would pose more problems
to White:} 32. Nc3 Be8 {[%cal Yb4c6]} 33. Bd1 $1 (33. Ne4 Nc6 34. Nd6 Nxd4 35.
Nxe8+ Kf8 36. Nd6 (36. Bxa6 bxa6 37. Nc7 Nxf3+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Nxa6 Nc6 $11)
36... Nxe2+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 38. Nxb7 Ke7 $11) 33... Kf8 (33... Nc6 34. Ba4) 34. d5
Ke7 (34... Bf7 35. Bb3 $16) 35. Bb3 Nd3 36. Ne4 $16) 32. Kf2 Nxb4 33. Nc3 Nc2
$2 {Apparently, Caruana was in time trouble. Otherwise, I do not believe he'd
miss the d4-d5, c5-c6 idea.} ({Black retained chances of survival after} 33...
Bd7 34. Bc4 (34. Bd1 $5 $16) 34... Nc6 35. Nd5+ Kg7 36. Nb6 Be8 37. d5 Nxa5 38.
Ba2 $16) 34. d5 Bd7 35. c6 $18 {The passed a-pawn is the decisive factor in
this battle. Black has to give up one of his minor pieces to stop it, and that
marks the end of the story.} bxc6 36. Bxa6 Nb4 37. Bb7 cxd5 38. a6 Nxa6 (38...
Bc6 39. Bxc6 Nxc6 $18) 39. Bxa6 Bc6 40. Ke2 Ke5 41. Bd3 Bb7 42. Kd2 Ba8 43. Nb5
d4 44. Ke2 Bc6 45. Bc4 Bb7 46. Nc7 {Bringing the knight to f5, which forces
Black to exchange his only minor piece.} Bc8 47. Ne8 Bd7 48. Ng7 Kf6 49. Nf5 $1
Bxf5 50. gxf5 Kxf5 51. Ba6 $1 {Black's pawns are fixed and it does not matter
how many of them there are on the board: they will all be captured.} Ke5 52.
Bc8 Kd5 53. Kd3 Kc5 54. Bb7 {Zugzwang.} (54. Bb7 Kb6 55. Be4 Kc5 56. Ba8 $18)
1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grigore, Nicolae Petre"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2003.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 {Black has two
main options: 1) do not hurry with the castle, but to try to get the
counterplay on the queenside immediately with b7-b5; or 2) to castle and after
this to choose between b7-b5 and the plan with e7-e5. As we see black chose
the first option.} ({Another option was} 6... O-O 7. Bh6 Bg4 (7... Qa5 8. h4
Bg4 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 h5 12. f3 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qc7
15. O-O-O $14 {Stripunsky,A-Vulicevic,N/Manhattan 1998}) 8. Bxg7 (8. O-O-O $5 {
0-1 Reefat,B-Nikolic,P/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Finkel,A] (42)}) (8. e5 dxe5 9.
Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Chabanon,J/FRA-ch 1997}) (8.
Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 dxe5 12. h4 Na6 13. h5 Nc5 14. g4
Qe7 15. O-O-O $36 {Pert,R-Kulaots,K/S&W Masters 8th op 1998}) 8... Kxg7 9. Ng5
(9. Be2 Bxf3 (9... Qa5 10. e5 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Be2 Na4
14. g5 Nd7 15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. b3 $14 {Mainka,R-Jansa,V/Prague Chip 1992}) 10...
dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nb1 f6
17. f4 Nf7 18. Qe3 $44 {Ricardi,P-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires Najdorf op 1993})
10. Bxf3 e5 11. O-O-O Na6 12. g4 h6 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. h4 Qf6 15. Qe3 Nc7 16. d5
$14 {Kindermann,S-Chabanon,J/Lippstadt 1993}) 9... b5 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd3 e5 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O {1/2-1/2 Naiditsch,A-Van der Wiel,J/Essen 2001/CBM 83/
[Finkel,A] (42)} (13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 (14... c5 $6 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. O-O Nc6 17.
c3 $14 {Yagupov,I-Irzhanov,R/RUS-Cup06 1998}) 15. f4 Nbd7 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rf2
Ne8 18. Nf3 f6 19. Ng3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Nd6 $132 {Sadler,M-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires
Najdorf 1995})) (6... Qa5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd5
Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rad1 $14 {0-1 Tirard,H-Delchev,A/Hyeres 2001/EXT 2002 
(27)}) (6... Bg4 {See commented game 1-0 Piket,J-Minasian,A/Montecatini Terme
2000/CBM 79/[Finkel,A] (48)}) 7. Bh6 O-O (7... Bxh6 8. Qxh6 b4 9. Nb1 Nxe4 10.
Qg7 Rf8 11. Qxh7 Qa5 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qd5 14. Qh4 g5 15. Qe4 Bf5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Beikert,G-Sokolov,A/Viernheim 1995/CBM 50 ext (27)}) 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Bxg7
Kxg7 10. Ng5 {preparing the attack on the black king.} (10. Qf4 $5 {[%cal
Ge4e5]} Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 $14 {/=}) (10. e5 $6 {1-0 Adams,M-Shirov,A/Dos
Hermanas 1995/CBM 47/[Stohl] (60)}) 10... e5 (10... h6 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bc8
12. Nf3) 12. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 13. g4 $36) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f3 $6 {Usually white
doesn't push forward his "f" pawn, but plays} (12. h3 {See 1/2-1/2 Yagupov,
I-Irzhanov,R/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000/[Yudasin,L] (45)}) 12... Bc8 13. h4
$6 {After this white's knight hasn't any good square to retreat, except of h3.}
({Deserves attention} 13. f4 $5 {[%cal Yg5f3]} Nbd7 14. O-O-O exf4 15. Qxf4 Qe7
$11) 13... h6 {Now we see the defect of the white's 12-th move, which
prevented the retreat of white knight to f3.} 14. Nh3 Bxh3 $146 (14... Nh5 $6
15. g4 $1 Ng3 $2 16. Rh2 Qxh4 17. Qf2 {[%csl Rg3]}) (14... Nbd7 15. O-O-O Nc5
16. Kb1 Bxh3 17. Rxh3 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Gadjily,R-Zubarev,A/Polanica Zdroj 2000/EXT
2001 (44)}) 15. Rxh3 Nbd7 16. h5 $2 {Grigore is too optimistic. White
sacrifices the pawn, but the position doesn't offer any chance for getting the
compensation.} ({Better was} 16. O-O-O {giving up on the attack on the black
monarch with approximately equal position.}) 16... Nxh5 $17 17. O-O-O ({After} 
17. Ne2 {the safest way to get the advantage is} Qg5 $17) (17. g3 $6 Nc5) 17...
Nc5 ({Of course not} 17... Qg5 $2 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Bxb5 $1 $14) 18. g3 {
Other moves couldn't change the estimation of the position. In all three cases
black easily parries the white threats.} (18. Ne2 Qg5 $17) (18. Rdh1 Qg5 $17) (
18. g4 Nf4 $19) 18... Qg5 $17 19. f4 {White tries to keep some tension, but it
costs him an exchange. The black's material advantage is going to growth
without any danger for black monarch, thus, without any compensation for white.
} ({More resistant was} 19. Qxg5 hxg5 $17) 19... exf4 20. Rxh5 (20. g4 Nf6 $19)
20... Qxh5 $19 {Black's material advantage is exchange and pawn, white didn't
succeed anything special with his attack on the black king, so the rest is a
matter of an easy technique.} 21. gxf4 Rad8 22. Qe3 Ne6 23. e5 Nd4 {Black
activizes his pieces in order to strike the decisive blow.} 24. Rf1 Nf5 25. Qg1
Qh3 26. Nd1 Rxd3 {The simplest way to victory.} 27. cxd3 Qxd3 (27... Qxd3 28.
Qf2 Rd8 29. Re1 (29. Nc3 Qe3+ $19) 29... Rd4 {[%cal Gd3c4]} 30. b3 c5 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Kristjansson, Stefan"]
[Black "Neubauer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. h3 {covering the g4
square, that makes possible the breakthrough e4-e5. White has the following
alternatives:} (6. a4 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Agrest,E/Harplinge 1998/CBM 67/
[Yudasin,L] (27)}) (6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. Qd1 (9. O-O-O $5) 9...
O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be2 (11. d5 $5) 11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Khalifman,A/Bad Woerishofen 1996/EXT 97 (24)}) (6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6
O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. e5 $6 (9. Nd5 $5) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
Qf4 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Nxg6 $11 {0-1 Sadler,M-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1998/
CBM 63 ext (50)}) 6... b5 ({Of course, more logical is firstly to castle, and
only after it to push forwards the pawns:} 6... O-O) 7. e5 {The most principal
reply. White could continue to complete the development with} (7. Bd3 {1/2-1/2
Korotylev,A-Balashov,Y/Nizhnij Novgorod 1998/EXT 2000/[Yudasin,L] (25)}) 7...
Nfd7 {Black doesn't equalize after} (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. Ng5 O-O 10. e6
Ne5 11. exf7+ (11. f4 f6 $13) 11... Nxf7 12. Nxf7 Qxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Kxf7 14. Bd3
$14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Klinova,M/XXI Open, Metz FRA 2003 (57)}) 8. Ng5 {
White plays very aggressively, hoping, that this is the precisest way to
punish black for his opening strategy. Now he is threatening Qf3, as well as
the breakthrough e5-e6 in the air.} (8. Bd3 $5 dxe5 9. Be4 c6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Kc7 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nxe5 fxe5 $14 {1-0 Klinova,M-Lanneau,
B/XXI Open, Metz FRA 2003 (23)}) 8... Nb6 {Probably the only move.} 9. a4 $146
{This aggressive continuation is novelty. The idea of this move is, of course,
to drive away the black knight from b6. In the previous games white tried} (9.
e6 Bxe6 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. h4 Nc6 12. h5 Qd7 13. g3 $6 (13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Rxh8+
Bxh8 15. Qd3 O-O-O $140 16. a4 $1) 13... d5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16.
Qg4 O-O-O 17. Bh3 $6 e5 $15 {0-1 Naylor,J-Houska,M/Scarborough 1999/CBM 71 ext
(41)}) (9. Qf3 O-O 10. Bd3 (10. O-O-O f6 $1) 10... c6 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 dxe5
13. dxe5 Nd5 14. h5 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Elsness,F/Gausdal 1993/TD (61)})
9... b4 {seems like the best decision. Other moves allow white to get an
advantage:} (9... dxe5 10. a5 (10. Qf3 O-O 11. dxe5 c6 12. Rd1 Qc7 $132) 10...
N6d7 11. dxe5 (11. Qf3 O-O $13) 11... Nxe5 (11... O-O 12. e6 $16) 12. Qxd8+
Kxd8 13. Bd4 (13. Rd1+ $5 Bd7 14. Bd4 Nbc6 15. Nxf7+ Nxf7 16. Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bd4
$14) 13... Nbc6 14. Nxf7+ Nxf7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. O-O-O+ Nd6 (16... Ke8 17. Bxb5
$1 $16) 17. Bh6 Nxa5 18. Be2 $44) (9... O-O 10. exd6 (10. axb5 dxe5) 10... exd6
11. axb5 Re8 12. Nf3 $14) (9... c6 10. a5 $1 (10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Nxa8 $11
12. Qf3 $140 O-O 13. Bxb5 $2 h6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. Qxc6 Bd7 $17) 10... Nc4 11.
Bxc4 bxc4 12. Qe2 $14) 10. a5 $1 {That was the idea behind white's 9-th move
a2-a4.} bxc3 (10... O-O 11. axb6 bxc3 12. e6 {-the game.}) 11. axb6 O-O {
Better later, than never!} (11... cxb2 12. Rb1 O-O 13. e6) (11... cxb6 12. Qf3
$18) (11... c6 12. b7 $1 Bxb7 13. e6) 12. e6 $1 {Two pawns on the 6-th rank
with active knight on g5 cause black serious problems.} (12. Qf3 c6) (12. bxc3
cxb6 13. Qf3 Qc7 $1 $15) 12... Bxe6 {Again the strongest continuation. Other
ones are much worse:} (12... cxb2 13. Rb1 Bxe6 (13... fxe6 14. b7 Bxb7 15. Nxe6
Qc8 16. Nxf8 $16) (13... cxb6 14. exf7+ Kh8 (14... Rxf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qf3+
Bf6 17. Qxa8 Qc7 18. Qf3 Qc3+ 19. Kd1 $18) 15. Bd3 $1 $40 {[%cal Gg5h7,Gh3h4,
Gh4h5]}) 14. b7 Ra7 15. d5 {-the game.}) (12... cxb6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bd3 $40)
13. b7 Ra7 14. d5 {White wins the bishop, but, black has already captured
quite many pawns for it. In addition, white's monarch isn't safe yet, so the
position isn't clear at all.} cxb2 15. Rb1 Rxb7 $2 {Black does mistake after
an exact play till now. He could get an unclear position after} (15... Bxd5 $1
16. Bxa7 (16. Qxd5 c5 17. Bc4 e6 18. Qd2 Rxb7 $13) 16... Bc3+ $5 (16... Ba2 $5
17. Bd3 (17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxb1 19. Qxb2 c6 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd8a5]}) 17... c5
(17... Bc3+) 18. O-O Bxb1 19. Qxb1 Nc6 $15) 17. Ke2 Ba2 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bd4
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxb1 21. Qxb2 Qd7 22. Qxb1 Qe6 $13) ({Dubious is} 15... Bc3+ $6
16. Ke2 Bxd5 (16... Rxb7 17. dxe6 f6 18. Nf7 Qe8 19. Qd3 {Black currently has
two pawns for a piece and some compensation, which, probably isn't sufficient.}
) 17. Qxd5 c5 18. Qb3 $14) 16. dxe6 $16 {White has a material advantage, while
black cannot use his development advantage.} f6 $6 {worsens position even more.
} (16... Bc3+ 17. Bd2 $16) ({After} 16... f5 {white has to be careful not to
throw away his advantage:} 17. Nf7 Qe8 18. Bc4 Rb4 (18... f4 19. Bd4 $1) 19.
Bd5 $1 $16) 17. Nf7 Qc8 $6 {Better was} (17... Qe8 18. Bc4 $16) 18. Bc4 c6 $2 {
loses on the spot.} (18... Qe8 19. Bb3 $18) {[%tqu "En","Please find a way to
increase big advantage to decisive one.","","","f7d6","",10]} 19. Nxd6 $1 exd6
20. e7+ Rf7 21. Qxd6 $18 {Black is hopeless against white's threats.} Qe8 22.
Bc5 ({Wins quicklier:} 22. Rxb2 Qxe7 (22... Rxb2 23. Qd8 $18) 23. Qxe7 Rbxe7
24. Rxb8+ $18) 22... Nd7 23. Qxc6 Rb8 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 (24... Qxf7 25. Qxd7 $18)
25. Qd5# 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 6th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2004.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.04.19"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 {preventing from black a
theoretical possibility of Bg4.} Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 {preparing to carry
out e7-e5. Other options are:} (7... Nbd7 8. e5 {0-1 Campora,D-Marin,M/
Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001/[Marin,M] (62)}) (7... b5 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 {1-0
Finnlaugsson,G-Petermann,H/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/[Yudasin,L] (62)}) 8. a4 {
White prevents from black to play b7-b5, thus, keeps his space advantage.
Interesting alternative is} (8. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Yevseev,D-Kornev,A/Nefteyugansk
2002/CBM 92/[Erenburg] (30)}) 8... Nbd7 9. a5 e5 10. Re1 {White improves the
position of his pieces. White is protecting e4 pawn and now he is ready for
opening "e" file.} (10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Be3 (11. b4 Rd8 12. Bd3 Bf8
13. Rb1 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 Nc5 $10) 11. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Zarnicki,P-Ginzburg,M/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65/[Yudasin,L] (35)}) 10... Re8 (
10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf1 Nc5 $132) 11. dxe5 {In my opinion, after this
move white cannot achieve an advantage. The reason is simple: white gave up on
central square d4. Much more principal is} (11. Bf1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3
Nh5 14. Nde2 f5 15. exf5 d5 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. g4 d4 18. Na4 d3 19. gxh5 Bxh3
20. Bxh3 dxe2 21. Rxe2 Qg3+ 22. Bg2 Rad8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Be3 $18 {1-0
Dannevig,O-Gabrielsen,S/NOR-ch Stavanger 1997 (33)}) 11... dxe5 12. Be3 Nf8 {
preparing to get the light-squared bishop into the game.} 13. Bc4 h6 {covering
the g5 square. Actually, immediate Be6 equalizes the game. But, probably,
Iordachescu is already trying to seize the initiative.} (13... Be6 14. Qe2 b5
15. axb6 axb6 16. Ng5 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 h6 18. Nf3 Ne6 $11) 14. Qc1 $6 $146 {
New move, according to my database. I think, that the maneouvre Qd1-b1-a2
isn't a good idea in this position. Probably, better to play Qe2 with
approximately equal position. In the previous game white didn't equalzie after}
(14. Qb1 Be6 15. Qa2 b5 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. b4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Nh5 19. Ne2 Nhf4 20.
Nxf4 exf4 21. Bc1 c5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Cifuentes Parada,R-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Oviedo
1993/CBM 38 ext (51)}) (14. Qe2 Be6 $11) 14... Kh7 15. Qb1 Be6 16. Qa2 b5 $1 {
That's the point! Now white needs to choose between two types of positions,
which both of them are worse for him...} 17. axb6 ({In case of} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6
$15 {/=. Black's chances are preferable, due to white's a5 pawn and passive
position of white queen.}) 17... axb6 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bxe6 Nxe6 $15 {Black has
got everything he wanted from opening. Black will transfer his dark-sqaured
bishop to f8-a3 diagonal, that will emphasize the defect of white queen's
location.} 20. Rxa8 (20. Red1 Bf8 $15) 20... Rxa8 21. Nd2 {I don't know what
was the exact idea of this move, but it is extremely hard to give white a good
advice...} Qa5 $1 {, occupying the "a" file, and, threatening Nd4.} (21... Bf8
$15 {[%cal Ge6c5] comes to consideration.}) 22. Rf1 (22. Rd1 Rd8 $15) 22... Kg8
$1 {[%csl Gf7][%cal Yg8f7,Ye6d4] protecting f7 pawn, thus, preparing Nd4.} 23.
Ncb1 Nd4 $1 24. Bxd4 exd4 $15 {Now it's clear, that black's position is better,
as his pieces are located better than white's ones.} 25. e5 Nd5 26. Nf3 Qa4 27.
Qd3 ({White cannot trade the queens:} 27. Qxa4 bxa4 $1 {opening the "b" file.}
28. Na3 Rb8 29. Nc4 Rb4 30. Nfd2 Nb6 $17) 27... Nf4 28. Qe4 $2 {allowing black
to get an obvious advantage. Better was} (28. Qd2 Ne6 29. Rd1 Qc4 $15) 28... d3
$1 29. Qxc6 $6 {After a trade of queens the endgame is almost winning for
black, but there were more chances for white, than in the game...} (29. cxd3
Qxe4 30. dxe4 Nd3 31. b3 Nxe5 $17) 29... dxc2 30. Nc3 {The following
continuations are more resistant, but, anyway, black's advantage is decisive:}
(30. Na3 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 c1=Q 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Rd8 $19) (30. Nbd2 Ne2+ 31.
Kh1 c1=Q 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 33. Qxc1 Qa1 $19) {[%tqu "En","Please find the winnning
move for black.","","","a4a1","",10]} 30... Qa1 $1 {promoting the pawn.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[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 "Tomsk Siberian Athens-Neftekhim"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 {Black doesn't want, that
white will have option of e4-e5 with following pressure on the e7 pawn.
Therefore, he drives away white's dark-squared bishop.} (5... c6 6. Qd2 h6 7.
Be3 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c4 Nf6 12. Bd3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Savicevic,V-Tseshkovsky,V/Ulcinj 1998/EXT 99 (38)}) (5... O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. Qf4
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nc6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Qe3 $16 {1-0 Watson,W-Beim,V/Germany 2000/
CBM 82 ext (35)}) 6. Be3 a6 {preparing to grab some space on queenside. Black
tried also} (6... Ng4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2 Nge5 11. Be3 Ng4
12. Bc1 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Bb5 Re8 $11 {1-0 Tal,M-Gulko,B/Sochi 1970/EXT 99 
(51)}) (6... c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 Ng4 9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bg3 h5 12. Bh4
f6 13. h3 Bh6 14. Qe2 b4 15. Na4 g5 16. Bg3 h4 17. Bh2 Nxh2 18. Nxh2 Nd7 $13 {
1/2-1/2 Aronin,L-Smyslov,V/Moscow 1951/URS-ch (51)}) (6... O-O 7. h3 c6 8. Qd2
Kh7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. gxf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 exf6 13. O-O-O d5 $13 {1-0
Thorhallsson,T-Gunnarsson,J/Kopavogur 2000/EXT 2001 (52)}) 7. a4 {not giving
up on space on the queenside. White has the following possibilities:} (7. h3 b5
8. e5 Ng8 9. Bd3 e6 10. Be4 d5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Bf4 b4 14. Na4 Qa5
15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Karolyi,T-Sulava,N/Groningen
1981/EXT 2000 (49)}) (7. Qd2 Ng4 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. h3 e5 10. hxg4 exf4 11. Qxf4
Nxd4 12. O-O-O Nxf3 13. gxf3 Be6 $15 {0-1 Jensen,H-Thuesen,M/Copenhagen 1997/
EXT 2000 (22)}) 7... b6 $146 {Black prefers a fianchetto to an exchange on f3
as a solution for development of light-squared bishop. According to my
database, this move is new. In the preceding game black continued} (7... O-O 8.
h3 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Bd4 Be6 14. O-O Rc8
15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rfe1 Qd7 17. Nd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Saric,A-Drazic,S/10th Open,
Bosnjaci CRO 2004 (46)}) (7... Bg4 {is typical alternative for such type of
positions.}) 8. h3 {covering the g4 square.} e6 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Bd3
$14) 9. Qd2 {preventing from black short castle.} Nc6 {Black suffers from lack
of space, but, on the other hand, his pawn structure is very flexible, that
gives him good chances for counterattack.} 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bd3 Nh5
{Black has some problems with completing the development. It is a well-known
fact, that the best defence is an attack! So, Ernesto intends to get a
counterplay on the kingside with g6-g5.} 13. Nh2 $5 g5 14. Ne2 {covering the
f4 square.} e5 {preparing an occupation of f4 stronghold by the knight. Black
attacks white's center, thus, he defines the pawn structure.} 15. d5 {White
limits the possibilities of black's light-squared bishop, and, at the same
time, he gets some space on the queenside, that will allow him to develop an
initiative there. But, there are some disadvantages of this move as well. It
allows black to get a counterplay on the kingside with f7-f5, and, black's
light-squared bishop can be activated by transfer to c8-h3 diagonal.} (15. dxe5
Bxe5 16. c4 Ng6 $13) 15... f5 16. Ng3 Nf6 {keeping the threat of f5-f4.} (16...
Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 (17... gxf4 18. Nh5 $14) 18. Nxf5 $14) 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. exf5
Bxd5 19. Ng4 $13 {getting the knight into the game. This position isn't easy
for evaluation. White has two semi-open files "e" and "d", that probably,
compensate the defect of double pawns. Black's plan should be pushing forward
the central pawns, while white has to prevent it from black and centralize his
pieces.} Bb7 20. c4 {Right decision. White prevents from black d6-d5, and, at
the same time, he intends to attack black's queenside pawns with a4-a5.} O-O ({
Deserveed attention} 20... a5 {, preventing white's a4-a5.}) 21. Qc2 ({In my
opinion, more logical was to create black's weakness.} 21. a5 bxa5 22. Rxa5 Qd7
$13) 21... Nh5 {Again black intends to occupy the d4 square with the knight.} (
21... a5 $5) 22. Rad1 (22. a5 $5) 22... Qe7 {threatening with e5-e4.} 23. Be4 {
White prevents from black a breakthrough, and, he hopes to use the weaknesses
of light squares in the black camp.} Bxe4 24. Qxe4 a5 {Better later, than
never.} 25. Bc1 {liberating the e3 square for the knight, from where it will
protect the f5 pawn.} Qd7 {[%cal Yd7a4,Gd7f5,Gf8f5] attacking two pawns at the
same time.} (25... Qf7 26. Ne3 Nf6 $15 {/=.}) 26. Nxe5 $1 Qxf5 27. Qd5+ ({
Maybe white should prefer simple} 27. Qxf5 Rxf5 28. Nd3 $11) 27... Kh8 28. Ng4
Qxd5 {Black hurries with the capture on d5, as he doesn't want to allow
white's knight to occupy that square via e3.} 29. cxd5 Rae8 30. b3 Nf4 ({
Worse is} 30... Re2 $2 31. Rfe1 Rfe8 32. Kf1 $14) 31. Bxf4 Rxf4 32. Rc1 Re7 $6
{Black missed more attractive continuation:} (32... h5 $1 33. Ne3 Bd4 $1 34.
Rfe1 (34. Rxc7 Rxe3) 34... Bc5 $15) 33. Rfd1 {more precise than} (33. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 b5 35. axb5 Rb4 $15) 33... h5 34. Ne3 Ref7 35. Rd2 Bd4 36. Rc4
Bxe3 37. fxe3 Rxc4 38. bxc4 $11 {The endgame is drawish. While white needs
still to play carefully.} Kg7 {activating the king.} 39. Rd4 $1 {The activity
of the rook is one of the main factors in RR endgames.} Kf6 40. Re4 {
restricting the black monarch from the centre.} Re7 {Black hadn't any other
way to improve his position.} 41. Rxe7 Kxe7 42. Kf2 Kf6 43. Ke2 $1 (43. g4 $4 {
loses:} hxg4 44. hxg4 b5 $1 45. cxb5 (45. axb5 a4 46. c5 dxc5 47. d6 Ke6 48.
dxc7 Kd7 $19) 45... Ke5 $19) ({White has a draw after} 43. Kf3 {as well:} Ke5
44. Ke2 Ke4 45. g3 $11 b5 $4 46. axb5 a4 47. Kd2 a3 48. Kc2 Kxe3 49. c5 $18)
43... Kf5 (43... Ke5 44. Kd2 $11) 44. Kd3 h4 (44... g4 45. h4 $11 g3 $4 46. Kd4
Kg4 47. Ke4 Kxh4 48. Kf4 $18) 45. Kd4 g4 46. Kd3 gxh3 47. gxh3 Ke5 48. Kd2 Kf5
49. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 77th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2004.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 {Black chooses
the theoretical line, where he solves immediately the problem of light-squared
bishop by changing it. Other theoretical possibilities are:} (6... Nc6 {
1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... e6 $5
{1-0 Azarov,S-Gretarsson,H/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (45)}) (6... c6 7.
a4 Nbd7 8. e5 {1-0 Azarov,S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg]
(42)}) 7. Bg5 {Quite a rare continuation. In my opinion, it isn't the best
place for dark-squared bishop. I would advice to develop it to e3:} (7. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hillarp Persson,T/Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) (7. h3
{1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Chernin,A/Beersheba 1992/CBM 30/[Stohl] (45)}) 7... Nc6 {
intending to attack white's centre. Black tried also} (7... h6 {1-0
Azmaiparashvili,Z-Belkhodja,S/Dubai 2002/CBM 89/[Avrukh,B] (64)}) 8. Qd2 {
connecting the rooks.} (8. h3 {1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Botvinnik,M/Belgrade 1970/
MCL/[Bulletin] (93)}) 8... Nd7 {Black attacks white's central pawn d4, thus,
he provokes white to play d4-d5, that will open the long diagonal for black's
dark-squared bishop.} (8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Kh8 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Bh6 Neg8
13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Nd3 Qe7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Be8 17. Rdf1 $16 {0-1 Comas
Fabrego,L-Magem Badals,J/Linares 1991/EXT 2000 (22)}) (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 h6 10.
Be3 Kh7 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. Be2 Ng8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Bg4 Nb6
17. b3 Bg5 18. f4 $16 {1-0 Ovezov,A-Sanduleac,V/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (45)})
9. Nd5 $1 (9. d5 {doesn't promise white anything:} Bxf3 10. dxc6 Bxe2 11. cxb7
Bxf1 12. bxa8=Q Qxa8 13. Rxf1 Rb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nadyrhanov,S-Odesskij,I/Moscow
1995/EXT 2000 (23)}) 9... f6 $6 $146 {In my opinion, not successful novelty.
Black worsens his pawn structure, and, as the result, creates for himself the
weaknesses of light squares in his camp. Probably, the continuations, that
were tried in previous games are better:} (9... Re8 10. c3 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 f6 13. Bh4 e5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Bg4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lerner,K-Tseshkovsky,V/
Odessa 1974/EXT 99 (56)}) (9... Nf6 10. Nxf6+ exf6 11. Be3 f5 12. h3 Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 f4 14. Bxf4 Nxd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Sigurjonsson,G/Geneve 1977/EXT 98 
(22)}) 10. Be3 ({Interesting alternative was} 10. Bh4 $5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 g5 12.
Bg3 e5 (12... f5 13. Qxg5 Nxd4 14. Qxe7 $16) (12... e6 13. Nb4 $1 $14) 13. dxe5
Ndxe5 14. Be2 $14) 10... e6 {driving away the knight from an excelent position.
} (10... e5 11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 $16) 11. Nf4 e5 {Black is
going to open the "e" file for his rook, that will give his pieces a bit more
space.} (11... Qe7 12. d5 Nd8 13. dxe6 Nxe6 14. Nd5 $14) 12. Bc4+ {White is
going to get a pair of bishops.} Kh8 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6 Qe8 (14... exd4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc5 {and black is close to equality.}) 15. Bb3 {sacrificing
the pawn.} (15. d5 Nd8 16. Bh3 f5 $13) ({Probably better was} 15. Bd5 $14)
15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxe4 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. Re7 $1 $44 {White's
pieces activity compensates the pawn. It isn't so easy for black to neutralize
white's initiative.} Rae8 20. Rae1 Rxe7 (20... Ne5 {is quite dubious in view of
} 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. f4 Bh6 23. h3 $1 $44 {[%cal Yd2f2,Yf2h4]}) 21. Rxe7 Nc5 22.
Bxc5 {Other continuations don't promise white anything special:} (22. Bf7 Ne4 (
22... d5 23. Qc3 b6 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Qa5 Rc8 $11) 23. Qd3 d5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25.
Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 f5 $11) (22. Qc3 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Qxc3 24. bxc3 c5 25. Be3 f5
26. c4 Kg8 27. Rxb7 Rf7 $11) 22... Qxc5 $2 ({Better was} 22... dxc5 23. Qd5 (
23. Qe2 Qd6 $1) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxd5 Rd8 25. Bf3 f5 $11) 23. Qe2 $1 {
threatening Rxg7.} d5 $1 {In final position white's chances are preferable:} (
23... d5 24. Qe6 f5 (24... Qd4 25. g3 $1 $14) 25. Qd7 Qd4 26. c3 Qd2 27. Bc4 $3
$14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Elgoibar 12th"]
[Site "Elgoibar"]
[Date "2002.12.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Paunovic, Dragan"]
[Black "Herraiz Hidalgo, Herminio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2002.12.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 ({Other theoretical line is} 3. c4) (3. Nc3 {
calculated as a main line.}) 3... d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 {This
variation is very similar to variation B07-4.Be3, 5.h3. In this variation
white's plan of the development is usually: Be2, 0-0 and after black provides
e7-e5, white transfers the knight f3 to c4 via d2.} c6 7. a4 Nbd7 ({Another
possible continuation is:} 7... d5 $1 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E-Hodgson,J/York 1999/
CBM 75/[Avrukh,B] (35)}) 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 {White intends to
emphasize the main defect of black position- weakness of the d6 square,
transfering his knight to c4.} Qe7 11. Nc4 {[%cal Yd1d6]} Rd8 ({Black has an
option to prevent white's Qd6-} 11... Ne8 {0-1 Mortensen,E-Kasimdzhanov,R/
Germany 1999/CBM 73 ext (70)}) 12. Qd6 Qxd6 (12... Bf8 13. O-O-O $14) 13. Nxd6
$14 Bf8 (13... Nb6 14. O-O-O Bf8 {- the game}) 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Nc4 {After
this move white continues the pressure on the black's queen side,} ({while,} 
15. Nxc8 {didn't promise anything special for white:} Raxc8 {. White has a
pair of bishops, but, on the other hand, black hasn't weaknesses. So position
is close to be equal with a slight advantage for white.}) 15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1
Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Be7 {Black's position is very solid , and out of weaknesses.
However, he has a problem to complete the development on the queenside pieces,
because of lack of space.} (17... Bb4 18. Bh6 $14 (18. f3 $5)) 18. Bg5 $146 {
, preventing Be6.} ({In according to my database this position was appeared
only in one game, where white continued} 18. g4 {. 1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Chabanon,
J/FRA 1991/CBM 27/[Stohl] (29)}) 18... Kf8 {[%cal Yf8e8] The black monarch
goes to the center to assist the development of the queenside' pieces.} (18...
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rd7 $16) 19. Rd3 {[%csl Rf6,Rf7][%cal
Gd3f3] If black succeeds to complete the development of Ra8 and Bc8, he will
get the equality, so white tries to create some problems for black immediately.
} Nh5 (19... Ng8 {probably was more accurate, not giving the resourse of Bh6+})
(19... Ke8 {is already met by} 20. Rf3 $18) 20. Bh6+ Kg8 (20... Ke8 $2 {
[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest move for white.","","","c3b5","",10]} 21.
Nb5 $1 Bd8 (21... cxb5 22. Bxb5+ Bd7 23. Bxd7+ $18) 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Nxf7 $18)
21. Ne2 {Preventing Nf4 and preparing g2-g4.} Ng7 (21... Nf6 {comes to
consideration.} 22. Rf3 $5 {[%cal Yg2g4]}) 22. f4 $1 {White is trying to open
more files and diagonals in order to get use of his development advantage.}
exf4 23. Nxf4 Rb8 {preparing b7-b6.} ({After} 23... Ne8 {white succeeds to
limit black's pieces some more:} 24. e5 Nc7 25. g4) (23... b6 $2 24. Nd5 $1 Bh4
(24... cxd5 25. Bxd5 Rb8 26. Bf4 $18) 25. g3 $16 (25. Nc7 $16)) 24. g4 (24. Rf3
{parried by} Be6 (24... Ne6 25. g4 {saving some pressure}) (24... Bd7 $2 25.
Nxg6 hxg6 26. Rxf7 $18) 25. Nxe6 Nxe6 {with equality.}) 24... b6 25. b4 (25. g5
{deserved attention.}) 25... a6 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxb5 $16 {
White's pieces are much more active- they occupied superb positions, on the
next move white knight is going to d5, therefore white has got a serious
advantage.} Ne6 (28... Bb7 29. Nd5 $16) 29. Nd5 Bg5+ 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. e5 Bb7
32. Nf6+ $6 (32. c4 $1 {[%cal Gd5b6,Gh3h4] was obviously better. Technically
white's position is almost winning.} Bxd5 $2 33. cxd5 $18 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]})
32... Kg7 33. Bc4 $6 ({White could keep the advantage after} 33. Ne8+ Kf8 34.
Nd6) 33... Bg2 $1 (33... Nf3 34. Nd7 $14) 34. h4 Nf3 {Black is very close to
equality.} 35. Nd7 Rc8 36. Nxb6 (36. Bd5 Ne1 $11) ({White has to play} 36. Bb3
$14 {to continue to fight for the win.}) 36... Rc6 37. Bd5 Nxe5 38. Bxc6 Nxd3+
(38... Nxd3+ 39. cxd3 Bxc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS Cup final 6th"]
[Site "Nefteyugansk"]
[Date "2002.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yevseev, Denis"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 (5... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5]})
6. O-O O-O 7. h3 {[%csl Rg4,Gh2][%cal Yc1f4,Yf4h2]} (7. a4 a5 8. Re1 (8. h3 Na6
9. Bf4 Nb4 10. Qd2 b6 $146 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxc2
14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nd6 $16 {Rozentalis,E-Ftacnik,L/Bundesliga 1998})
11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Bh6 d5 $6 (12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nxc2 $2 14. e5 $18) (12... Qc7)
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rde1 f5 16. h4 $1 (16. exf6+ exf6 {, Ne8-d6})
16... Nc7 17. h5 $14 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Iuldachev,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/
[Rozentalis] (53)}) 8... Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Bf4 $13) (7. Bf4 Nh5 $5 (7... Nbd7
8. e5 Ne8) 8. Be3 d5 (8... e5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Rad1 $14) 9. h3 (9. e5 Bh8 {
/\Ng7-e6[f5],f6}) 9... dxe4 (9... Nf6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ng5 Bf5 13.
g4 h6 14. gxf5 hxg5 15. fxg6) 10. Nxe4 Nd7 11. Re1 $14 {0-1 Solozhenkin,
E-Kharlov,A/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67/[Yudasin,L] (35)}) 7... Qc7 (7... Nbd7 8.
e5 (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Nc4 $14) 8... Ne8 9. Bf4
Nb6 10. Re1 Nc7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Ne4 d5 $10) 8. Bf4 (8. a4 Nbd7 (8... a5 9.
Bf4 Nh5 10. Bh2 e5 11. d5 $5) 9. a5 e5 10. dxe5 (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12.
Bf1 Nc5 $132) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Be3 (11. b4 Rd8 12. Bd3 Bf8 13. Rb1
$14) 11... Rd8 12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 Nc5 $10) 11. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Zarnicki,
P-Ginzburg,M/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 65/[Yudasin,L] (35)} (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3
Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 $10)) 8... Rd8 $6 $146 {This move was played first time, which
I wouldn't recommend.} (8... Nbd7 {1-0 Shirov,A-Nikolic,P/Monte Carlo 2000/CBM
76/[Finkel,A] (54)}) (8... Nh5 9. Bh2 (9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. a4 Re8 12.
Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nhf6 14. f3 Nc5 15. Bc4 a6 16. b4 $14 {Tukmakov-Uhlmann
1977. Inf.24/194}) 9... e5 10. Qd2 {/\g4}) 9. e5 {This move changes the pawn
structure and promises the stable advantage for white.} dxe5 10. Bxe5 Qb6 11.
Qd2 $1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Gc3a4]} Rf8 {This move looks quite strange, but it's
probably, not so bad.} (11... Qxb2 $2 12. Rab1 Qa3 {[%tqu "En","Please enter a
move for white.","","","e5c7","",10]} 13. Bc7 {[%csl Ra3,Ra5,Rd8][%cal Gb1b3]})
12. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Gc4] A very good position for white's bishop, where it
controls the important diagonal a2-g8.} Nbd7 (12... Qxb2 $2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14.
Rb3 Qa5 {[%tqu "En","Please find the strongest move for white.","","","c3d5",
"",10]} 15. Nd5 Qxd2 (15... Qd8 16. Nc7 $18) 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxd2 {[%cal
Ge7c8]} b5 18. Bxf7 $16) 13. Bh2 Qd8 ({After} 13... Qxb2 $5 {I didn't find
anything more than equal.} 14. Rab1 Qa3 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nc7 (17.
Bc7 Qe8 18. Nxe7+ $4 Qxe7 19. Re1 Ne4) 17... Rb8 18. Na6 $11 ({In case of} 18.
Ng5 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gc7e6,Gc4f7,Gg5f7] black reacts with} Nb6 $1 {[%csl Ge6]}))
14. Rfe1 $14 a5 {[%cal Gb7b5]} 15. Qe2 e6 {Black has a passive, but a solid
position, so it will not be easy for white to win this game.} 16. a4 {
preventing b7-b5} Nb6 17. Bb3 (17. Bd3 $5 {came to consideration.}) 17... Nbd5
18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 b6 {[%cal Gc8b7] Black has to solve the problem of his
light-squared bishop.} 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. c4 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gc4c5]} Nb4 22. c5
(22. Rd2 $5 {[%cal Ge1d1] good as well}) 22... Nd5 23. Bd6 ({Another way to
develop the initiative was:} 23. Ne5 $5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Gc4d6]}) 23... Re8 24. Ne5
f6 25. Nc4 bxc5 26. dxc5 f5 27. Qe2 $6 {This move solves the main problem of
black- the light-squared bishop. Black gets opportunity to change it. While
better was} (27. Qf3 $142 $1 $16 {[%cal Gc4e5]}) 27... Ba6 {[%cal Ga6c4]} 28.
Qf3 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qd7 (29... Bxb2 $2 {allows to white to win the game
forcively.} {[%tqu "En","Find the tactical resourse for white.","","","e1e6",
"",10]} 30. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Qxd5 Qe8 33. Re1 Kf7 34. Rxe6 Qxe6
35. Qb7+ $1 Kf6 {[%csl Rf6]} 36. Qxa8 $18 {[%cal Ga8h8]}) 30. b3 $14 {White's
position is definetely better, but probably tournament situation allowed him
to agree for a draw.} (30. Re2 $14) 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2003.01.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Foygel, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2474"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 {White has
following options:} ({The main line goes with} 7. a4) (7. e5 $5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14.
Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rad1 b5 18. f4 Rb8 19. a3 $14 {_|_(),
Balashov,Y-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Lvov zt 1990-CBM 18}) (7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2 b5 9. e5
dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bh6 Nb6 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 $14) 12. Qe3 b4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nhf4 $15 {
Kuczynski,R-Sznapik,A,Warsaw 1990-CBM 17}) (7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 (9. Re1
dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16.
Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Ned4 Ndc5 $10 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B,
Dortmund-A 1990-CBM 18}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6 Qa5 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Qc1 Qc5 16. Ne4 Nd4 $1 17. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 18. Kh2 Nxc1
19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Raxc1 c5 $10 {Martin Gonzales,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Toledo
1991-CBM 22}) (7. Re1 $5 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 $1 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12.
Rad1 Nd7 13. d5 c5 14. h3 a6 15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 $14 {(),Gallagher,J-McNab,C,
London LB 1990}) 7... b5 {A rare move. Black also tried:} (7... Bg4 {allowing
white to get a pair of bishops.} 8. h3 (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Rad1 Re8 10. h3 Bxf3 11.
Bxf3 $14 {1-0 Rajkovic,D-Pfleger,H/Germany 1990/GER-chT (56)}) 8... Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Qd2 {Thanks to a pair of bishops white's chances are preferable.
1-0 Damjanovic,V-Notaros,K/Tivat 1995/CBM 48 ext (42)}) (7... Nbd7 8. e5 (8.
Qd2 $5) 8... Ne8 9. Re1 f6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bf4 d5 $11 {0-1 Zhelnin,V-Gipslis,
A/Pardubice 1994/EXT 97 (53)}) (7... h6 {See commented game 0-1 Hachatrian,
V-Minasian,A/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86/[Roiz,M] (27)}) (7... Qc7 {1-0 Beliavsky,
A-Timman,J/Reykjavik 1991/CBM 26/[Stohl] (41)}) 8. a3 {preventing b5-b4.} (8.
e5 $6 b4 $1 9. exf6 exf6 $11) 8... Qc7 {This is the typical position for Pirc
defence. White enjoying a spatial superiority and he is going to develop his
heavy pieces on the "d" file. On the other hand black has a very solid
position- without weaknesses, his plan is to play e7-e5 strike.} ({After} 8...
a6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 {white's position is preferable thanks to spatial
superiority and more active pieces than the black's ones.}) 9. Qd2 (9. d5 a6)
9... Nbd7 (9... e5 10. d5 $16) 10. Qf4 $5 {Interesting decision. White is
transfering his queen to h4 to put the pressure on the f6 knight after black
provides e7-e5.} ({Deserved attention more standart} 10. Rad1) ({Or} 10. Rfe1
e5 $6 11. d5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Galego,L-McNab,C/Cappelle la Grande 1993/TD (66)})
10... e5 11. Qh4 ({Comes to consideration} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qh4) 11... exd4 (
11... Bb7 12. Rfd1 $14) 12. Nxd4 Re8 {Black intends to get the counterplay,
putting the pressure on the white central e4-pawn.} 13. Rfd1 a6 (13... Bb7 14.
Bf3 a6 {-see the game.}) 14. Bf3 Bb7 {[%csl Yb7,Re4,Ye8,Yf6][%cal Gc6c5]} 15.
Rd2 ({White had a following alternative:} 15. Nde2 d5 (15... c5 16. Ng3 b4 17.
Nce2 $14) 16. exd5 Nxd5 $11 {[%csl Yg7] For example:} 17. Nxd5 $6 (17. a4 $5)
17... cxd5 18. c3 Ne5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nc4 $15) 15... c5 ({In case of} 
15... Rad8 16. Nde2 $14 {[%csl Yd2]}) 16. Ndxb5 $1 {[%mdl 512]} (16. Nb3 $2 b4
$1 $17) 16... axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Nxd6 Qxb2 ({Deserved attention} 18... Re6
19. Nxb7 Ne5 $1 20. Nxc5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Qxc5 22. Rad1 {White has four pawns
for the knight ,but two of them are doubles. It isn't so easy to evaluate this
position, but I feel that chances of the opponents are about equal.}) 19. Rad1
{Black should play on, because of the following variations:} (19. Rad1 Bc6 (
19... Re6 $2 20. Nxb7 Qxb7 $2 21. e5) ({Deserves attention} 19... Re5 20. Qf4
$5 (20. Bf4 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qc3 $15) 20... Rxg5 (20... Ba6 21. Nxf7 $1 Re7 22. e5
Rae8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Nd6 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Nxe8 $14) (20... Bc6 21. Nc4
Qc3 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Rd6 $18) 21.
Qxg5 Bc6 $11) 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Qf4 ({Of course not} 21. Rd6 Bxe4 {[%csl Gb2,
Yf6]}) 21... Qxa3 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Rd6 Bxe4 24. Rxf6 Bxc2 $1 (24... Bxf6 25.
Bxe4 $11) 25. Rxf7 (25. Bd5 Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Qa7 {and black is a pawn up.}) 25...
Bxd1 26. Re7 Rf8 $8 (26... Rxe7 27. Bd5+ $18) 27. Qc4+ Kh8 28. Bxd1 Qa1 {
Black's position is better and without any risk.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 11th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2004.04.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 {Other
theoretical possibilities are:} (6... Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Hillarp Persson,
T/Malmo 2003/CBM 95/[Erenburg] (18)}) (6... Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Pelletier,Y-Smirin,I/
Biel 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (46)}) (6... e6 $5 {1-0 Azarov,S-Gretarsson,H/
Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg] (45)}) 7. a4 Nbd7 8. e5 {Interesting attempt
to get an advantage. White increases his space advantage, but, on the other
hand, this decision is responsible, as white pushes his "e" pawn quite far
from other pawns. Other continuations are:} (8. Be3 {1-0 Guseinov,K-Istratescu,
A/Istanbul 2003/CBM 96/[Erenburg] (41)}) (8. a5 {1/2-1/2 Bronstein,L-Nogueiras,
J/Buenos Aires 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (24)}) (8. Bf4 {1-0 Shahade,G-Nyback,
T/Bermuda 2002/CBM 88/[Gofshtein,L] (27)}) 8... Ne8 {Black is going to get his
knight to the game through the c7 square. In the previous games black tried
also} (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8
Rxd8 $11 {Moldovan,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem 2000}) 10. e6 $5 (10. Bf4 $5) 10...
fxe6 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Ng5 $6 Nf6 13. Qd2 e5 14. Rad1 Bf5 $15 {Zalkind,K-Kogan,A/
Rishon Le Zion 9798 1998 (36)}) 9. Bf4 {This move strengthens the central pawn
e5, and seems to me more logical than} (9. Bg5 dxe5 (9... f6 $6 10. exf6 Ndxf6
11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. Bh4 {Hunt,H-Fabriano,G/London Lloyds 1993/1-0 (79)}
(13. Bh6 $5 $14)) 10. dxe5 Nc7 $132 {[%cal Gc7e6]}) 9... dxe5 {Another option
is} (9... Qa5 {1-0 Azarov,S-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 98/[Erenburg]
(42)}) 10. dxe5 ({Nothing special promising to white} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qd4 Ng7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 $14 {/= Fox,A-Ludgate,
A/Dublin zt 1993 (22)}) 10... Nc7 11. Bc4 {occupying the a2-g8 diagonal, and
taking control over e6 square. White has the following continuations as well:}
(11. Qc1 {1/2-1/2 Jenni,F-Tischbierek,R/Zuerich 1999/CBM 73/[Oratovsky,M] (36)}
) (11. Qd2 $6 Ne6 12. Rad1 (12. Bg3 $2 Nxe5 {winning a pawn}) 12... Nxf4 13.
Qxf4 Qc7 $17 {[%csl Re5] Westerkamp,B-Pel,B/Groningen SC op 1996/0-1 (57)}) (
11. h3 $5) 11... Nb6 12. Ba2 $146 {According to my database, this position
appeared for the first time. In the preceding game white continued} (12. Bb3
Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 a5 16. Ne4 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Pulkkinen,
K-Maki,V/Finland 1994/EXT 98 (32)}) 12... Bg4 {Now white faces the problems of
protecting the e5 square, as the result of too optimistic play in opening.} 13.
Qe2 Ne6 $1 14. Bxe6 {allowing black to open the "f" file. Maybe white should
prefer} (14. Be3 Qc7 $1 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxb6 $18) (14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Bxe5 16.
Rfd1 Qc7 17. a5 Nd7 18. Bxe6 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 fxe6 20. Qh3 Bd6 21. Qxe6+ Rf7 22.
Ne4 $36) 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 $132) 14... fxe6 $1 15. Bg3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qe8
$6 {Black achieved a slight advantage after} (16... Nd5 $142 17. Ne4 Nf4 18.
Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Nc5 Qd5 20. Nd3 Rf5 $15 (20... Rxf3 $2 21. Nb4 $1)) 17. Ne4 $1
Qf7 18. Nc5 Nd5 {opening the "b" file, thus, preventing from white the capture
on b7.} ({Worse is} 18... Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Nxe6 Nd5 $14) 19. c4 Nf4 20.
Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Nxe6 Qxf3 22. Rfe1 Qxe2 23. Rxe2 Rf5 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd1 {
We got RR endgame, where it seems like white has better chances, thanks to
control over "d" file. But, black is able to neutralize white's rooks activity,
and, due to white's weak pawn e5 black isn't worse.} Kf7 {activating the king.}
26. Rd7 Rb8 $1 27. a5 (27. e6+ Kf6 28. Kg2 $11) 27... Ke6 28. Rc7 Rff8 29. Rd2
({White is worse after} 29. a6 Rfc8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. axb7 Rb8 $15) 29... Rfc8
{trapping the rook.} 30. Rcd7 {remaining with four rooks on the board.} ({
White doesn't equalize after} 30. Rdd7 {, as black's monarch becomes extremely
active.} Rxc7 31. Rxc7 Kxe5 32. Rxe7+ Kd4 33. Rxh7 Kxc4 34. Rg7 Kb3 $15) 30...
c5 {fixing white's pawn on c4} 31. Kg2 (31. a6 bxa6 32. Rxa7 Rc6 $15) 31... a6
32. Kf3 ({Probably better was} 32. f4 $1 b5 33. Ra7 Rc6 34. Rdd7 Kf5 35. Rxe7
Kxf4 $11) 32... Rf8+ {improving the location of the rook.} 33. Kg3 Rf5 34. Rd8
(34. Rc7 $5 Rg5+ (34... Rxe5 35. Rdd7 $36) 35. Kf4 Rf5+ 36. Kg3 $11) 34... Rg5+
35. Kf4 $2 {Serious mistake. After simple} (35. Kf3 $1 {white could achieve
draw quite easily:} Rf5+ $11 36. Kg3 Rf8 $6 37. R8d5 $14 {/=}) 35... Rxd8 36.
Rxd8 Rg2 $1 $17 {Now black succeeds to capture more pawns, than his opponent :)
} 37. Ke3 Rxh2 38. Rb8 Rh3+ $1 39. f3 g5 $1 40. Rxb7 g4 {Probably the
scoresheet of the game isn't complete. Black's position is winning, according
to the following variation:} (40... g4 41. Ra7 $1 (41. Ke4 g3 $1 42. Rb8 Kf7
$19) 41... h5 $1 (41... g3 $2 42. f4 g2+ 43. Kf2 Rg3 44. Kg1 h5 45. Rxa6+ Kf5
46. Rh6 $14) 42. Rxa6+ Kxe5 43. Rh6 Rxf3+ 44. Ke2 (44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Rxh5 Rf2+
46. Ke1 Rxb2 47. Rg5 e5 {-see the main line.}) 44... Kd4 45. Rxh5 Rb3 46. Rg5
Rxb2+ 47. Ke1 e5 (47... Kxc4 48. Rxg4+ Kd5 49. Ra4 Rb7 50. Ke2 $11) 48. Rxg4+
e4 49. a6 Ra2 50. Rg6 Kxc4 51. Rd6 Kc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 5th"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2004.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klinova, Masha"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.05.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Nc6 $5 {Quite rare continuation.
Black provokes white for d4-d5, that will open the long diagonal a1-h8 for his
dark-squared bishop. In addition, black prepares to carry out e7-e5, attacking
white's centre.} 6. h3 {preventing from black Bg4, which could be weaken
white's centre.} O-O 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 (8. dxe5 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Ehlvest,J/
Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext/[Rozentalis] (42)}) (8. d5 Ne7 9. Nd2 Ne8 10. Nc4 f5
11. f4 Nf6 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. d6 Nc6 14. Bg5 Be6 $132 {1-0 Bezgodov,A-Zajarnyi,
A/Minsk 1998/CBM 64 ext (35)}) 8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {Black has got a typical
pawn structure, where white has some space advantage, but black has pressure
along the semi-open "e" file. But, white has already played h2-h3, which plays
in black's hands, becauce it compromises white's natural f2-f3.} (9... Re8 10.
Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 Ba6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Nxe2
c5 17. Bc3 Qh4 18. Ng3 Re6 19. Qe2 h5 20. Rbd1 $14 {1-0 Shabanov,
Y-Kremenietsky,A/Moscow 2002/EXT 2003 (20)}) 10. Nxc6 $6 $146 {According to my
database this move was played for the first time. In previous game white
continued with more logical} (10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nde2 b5 13. Bg5 Qb8
14. Ng3 Ne5 15. Qf4 Re6 16. Qh4 Ne8 17. f4 f6 18. Bh6 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Nf7 20. Qh4
$14 {1-0 Wagner,A-Pohl Kuemmel,J/Bayern 1998/EXT 2000 (41)}) 10... Bxc6 11. Bf3
$6 {Another inaccuracy. White isn't able to protect his central pawn e4
without eliminating black's knight f6, that will give black a pair of bishops.}
({Better was} 11. f3 Re8 $11) 11... Re8 $1 12. Bg5 ({White doesn't equalize
after} 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bd4 Ne5 $15) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15 {Black's
position is clearly better, thanks to a pair of bishops, which are extremely
active.} 14. Re1 ({White could sacrifice a pawn with} 14. Qd2 {, which,
probably, was the best practical decision, but after} Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Bxe4 16.
Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 c6 $15 {I don't really see the compensation
for white.}) 14... Bxc3 $1 {Right decision to worsen white's pawn structure.}
15. bxc3 Re5 $17 {Black's advantage is obvious, thank to superior pawn
structure.} 16. Re3 h5 {Now black doesn't hurry, and improves his position,
increasing his space advantage.} 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. a4 h4 {fixing white's
kingside pawns.} 19. Rae1 a6 {liberating the queenside rook from defending "a"
pawn.} 20. Qb4 Re8 21. Qd4 Qg5 $1 {Now black starts to improve the positions
of his heavy pieces, transfering them to 5-th rank.} 22. Bg4 Ra5 23. Ra1 Ree5 {
Black absolutely dominates the board. White has too many weaknesses, which are
extremely difficult for protecting.} 24. Be2 Qe7 25. Bd3 Bxa4 $4 {It seems
like black wins the pawn, but he overlooked something. White resigned in
winning position... Probably, both opponents missed white's 27-th move... Or,
maybe the scoresheet of the game isn't right...} (25... Bxa4 26. Rxa4 c5 {
[%tqu "En","It looks like black won the exchange... Does white has some
tactical resource? Please suggest the move for white.","","","d4e5","",10]} 27.
Qxe5 (27. Qc4 $4 b5 $19) 27... Qxe5 28. Rxa5 Qxc3 29. Ra2 $18) ({After} 25...
Qe8 $1 $17 {black is clearly better.}) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 {Quite a rare continuation. White occupies
the a2-g8 diagonal.} c6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 {In many variations
of the Pirc defence it is recommendable to change the light-squared bishop.} ({
Another possibility is} 7... d5 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Sanduleac,V/Calimanesti
1999/CBM 70/[Tsesarsky] (46)}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 {completing the
development. Other continuations are:} (9... Nfd7 $5 {1/2-1/2 Howell,
J-Petursson,M/Hafnarfirdi 1992/CBM 29/[Stohl] (66)}) (9... e6 10. Bg5 h6 11.
Bh4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Rfe1 d5 14. a3 b5 15. e5 Nh7 16. Na2 Qb6 17. c3 c5
18. Nc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 $132 {Hassapis,M-Murshed,N,Eastbourne ch-GB 1990})
10. Be3 {It seems like the best place for the dark-squared bishop, as from
there it strengthens the centre. White tried also} (10. Bg5 {1-0 Nanu,
C-Sanduleac,V/Calimanesti 1999/CBM 70/[Tsesarsky] (33)}) (10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3
Qe7 12. d5 $14 (12. f4 Nh5 $132 {0-1 Kranzl,A-Mooij,J/cr ch Eu teams 0 (28)}))
(10. Rd1 e6 (10... Qc7 11. Bg5 b5 12. a3 a6 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Re1 Ng8 15. Rad1 e6
16. Qd2 $14 {0-1 ARTHUR-Nijboer,F/AEGON, The Hague NED 1997 (54)}) 11. Bf4 Qe7
12. d5 e5 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Qe2 Qd8 16. Qa6 $16 {1-0 Gusev Yuri
S-Shashin Boris/Tournament Armed Forces Moscow RUS 1970 (38)}) (10. Bf4 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. Qxa7 (16. Rxd8
Rxd8 17. Qxa7 $14 {0-1 Newman,E-Knudsen,J/CC USCF 1979 (20)}) 16... Rd4 17.
Rxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Ng4 19. e5 Nxe5 $14) (10. Ne2 Qc7 11. c3 e5 12. Bg5 Rae8 13.
Rfe1 a6 14. Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Ne2 Nxe4 17. Bf4 c4 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bxd6
Nxd6 20. Qd5+ Rf7 21. Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moeckel,E-Meszaros,I/Bad Liebenzell
WM-sen sp 1996 (28)}) 10... Qc7 {Black doesn't hurry to play the typical e7-e5,
but tries to keep all the options. He suffers from lack of space, but his pawn
structure is very flexible and the position is very solid. Therefore, black
has some chances for counterplay.} (10... e6 11. Qd1 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. Bf4 Ne8
14. Ne2 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Bologan,V/Tilburg
1994/CBM 44 (52)}) (10... e5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. g3 b5
15. Bc1 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Tkachiev,V/Cappelle la Grande 1994/EXT 99 (28)}
) 11. a4 {preventing black from b7-b5, thus, increasing the space advantage.} (
11. Ne2 e5 12. c3 Rae8 13. Ng3 h5 14. Rfe1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16. Qd1 Bh6 17.
Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bryson,D-McNab,C/Scotland 1993/TD (73)}) 11...
e6 $146 {This move was played for the first time. In the previous game black
continued} (11... a5 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Qe2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Rfe1 Qe7 16.
Qd2 Bf8 17. Bg5 Ned7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bg5 Ned7 20. Bf4 {1/2-1/2 Dobrzynski,
W-Doda,Z/Szeczin 1967/EXT 2001 (20)}) 12. a5 (12. Rfd1 $5 {comes to
consideration.}) 12... b5 {Sooner or later black has to go for some active
play.} 13. axb6 axb6 14. d5 $1 {White emphasizes the main defect of black's
position - the weakness of the light squares.} Rxa1 15. Rxa1 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5
{Black gives white the stronghold d5 and a superior pawn structure. But, on
the other hand, he hopes to compensate these white advantages with his
dark-squared bishop and strongholds c5 and e5, which wil be occupied by the
knight.} 17. Ra2 (17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne5 $11) ({Deserves
attention} 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Bxd5 $14) 17... Ne5 18. Qd1 Nc6 {[%cal Yc6b4]} ({
After} 18... Nc4 19. Bd4 $16 {white's position is obviously better.}) 19. Ra4
$1 {covering the b4 square.} Ne7 20. Qa1 $2 {throwing an advantage. More
attractive was} (20. Bd4 $1 Nf5 $141 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. c3 $16)
20... Nf5 {After some maneouvres black found a good location for the knight.}
21. Bg5 Qc5 $6 {Now it's black's turn to make an inaccuracy.} ({Black
equalized after} 21... d4 22. Bxf6 (22. Ra7 Qc5 23. Na4 Qc6 {and black isn't
worse for sure.}) 22... dxc3 23. Bxg7 Nxg7 $11) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxd5 $14 {
/=. White's chances are slightly better, thanks to his superior pawn structure.
} Bd4 24. Qe1 b5 {The following continuations aren't better, than the move in
the game:} (24... Bxb2 $2 25. c3 $16) (24... Kg7 25. g4 $1 b5 (25... Nh4 26.
Qe7 Bxf2+ (26... Nf3+ 27. Kg2 Nd2 28. Nc7 $1 $18) 27. Kh1 {[%cal Ge7f6]} Bg3
28. Qf6+ Kh6 29. g5+ Kh5 30. Qg7 $18) 26. Ra5 Nh4 27. Kf1 $1 {[%cal Ge1e7]} (
27. Qe7 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qd4) 27... Nf3 28. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 25. Ra2 (25.
Ra5 Bxb2 26. c3 Rc8 $11) 25... Kg7 $1 {preparing an unpleasant surprise for
white...} 26. c3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible mistake, which loses the game
immediately...} ({Much better is} 26. Kf1 {and white's position isn't worse in
any case.}) (26. g4 $6 Nh4 27. Qe7 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 (28. Kf1 Bg3 29. Qf6+ Kh6)
28... Qd4 $17) {[%tqu "En","Please find the winning move for black.","","",
"f8e8","",10]} 26... Re8 $1 {White loses lots of material, therefore he
resigns.} (26... Re8 27. Ne3 (27. Qf1 Bxf2+) (27. Qxe8 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 29.
Kh2 Bg1+ 30. Kxg3 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 h5+ 32. Kg5 Qg3#) 27... Bxe3 28. Ra1 (28. fxe3
Rxe3 $19) 28... Re5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.02.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2468"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.02.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 $5 Nf6 6. Bd3 ({Another
theoretical line is} 6. Bg5 {See 0-1 Eid,F-Svetushkin,D/Abu Dhabi 2003/CBM
97_01/[Erenburg] (44)}) 6... O-O 7. Qe2 $5 {White doesn't hurry with the
castle, but prepares to push the "e" pawn, making black's development more
difficult.} (7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 e5 {1-0 Nedev,T-Kutirov,R/Skopje 2002/CBM 88/
[Gofshtein,L] (34)}) 7... Qa5 $6 $146 {Unsuccessful move. Black's queen can be
attacked by white's light pieces, that will allow white to develop an
initiative. According to my database, this position appeared for the first
time. In the previous game black tried} (7... Qc7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10.
Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qb6 12. c3 $14 {0-1 Kostadinov,G-Orlov,G/Vancouver 1999/EXT
2000 (33)}) ({I would prefer} 7... Nbd7 {,as} 8. e5 {isn't dangerous for black,
in view of} dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. e6 Nc5 $132) 8. Bd2 $1 {
emphasizing the defect of black's previous move.} e5 $2 {This is already
serious mistake, which allows white to realize a tactical trick.} ({Better was
} 8... Nbd7 $14) 9. Nb5 $1 Qd8 ({Black doesn't equalizes after} 9... Qb6 {
as well:} 10. Nxd6 exd4 (10... Qxb2 11. O-O exd4 12. Rfb1 Qa3 13. Bb4 $18) 11.
e5 Nd5 12. O-O $16) {[%tqu "En","Please find the tactical blow for white.","",
"","b5d6","",10]} 10. Nxd6 $1 exd4 11. e5 Nd5 (11... Nfd7 12. Bf4 $16 (12. e6
Ne5 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Nxc8 $16)) 12. O-O $1 {White can be satisfied with the
results of the opening. He has a development advantage, more active pieces and
black suffers from lack of space.} ({Much worse is} 12. Nxd4 $2 Nd7 $132) 12...
Nd7 {Other continuations don't neutralize white's activity:} (12... c5 13. Be4
Be6 14. Nxb7 $16) (12... f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nxc8 Qxc8 15. Rae1 $16) 13. e6 $1
Ne5 (13... Nc5 14. exf7+ Kh8 15. Ne8 {[%cal Ge8g7] eliminating the important
bishop.}) 14. Nxe5 Qxd6 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. f4 $16 {White is a pawn up. His
pieces are located better than black's ones, therefore, white's advantage is
obvious.} (16. Rae1 {seems strong as well.}) 16... Bf5 17. Rae1 ({Maybe even
stronger was} 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qd3 $1 Ne7 19. Rae1 $16) 17... Rad8 {getting
the rook into the game, and, at the same time, covering the d7 square.} 18. Qf2
({Again} 18. Bxf5 {deserves attention:} gxf5 19. Qd3 $16) 18... Ne7 19. g4 {
White decides to force black to take on d3, and, at the same time, to take
control over f5 square.} (19. Re2 $5 $16 {[%cal Gf1e1] comes to consideration.}
) 19... Bxd3 20. cxd3 c5 {defending the d4 pawn, thus, preparing Nd5.} 21. Nf3
$1 {transfering the knight to g5.} Bf6 {covering g5 square. Other
continuations could make black's position even worse:} (21... Rxf7 22. Ng5 $18)
(21... Nd5 22. Ng5 Ne3 23. Nxh7 Rxf7 24. Ng5 Re7 25. Qh4+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27.
Rf3 $16) 22. Ng5 $2 {throwing away all the advantage.} ({White should play} 22.
f5 $1 gxf5 (22... Rxf7 23. g5 $18) 23. g5 Bg7 24. Bf4 Qd7 (24... Qxf4 25. Rxe7
Qd6 26. Nh4 $1 $18) 25. Ne5 $16) 22... Bxg5 23. fxg5 Nd5 $2 {I don't believe
black didn't see the draw after 23...Rxf7. Probably Ehlvest already played for
a win!} ({Objectively,} 23... Rxf7 $1 {is stronger.} 24. Qxf7 (24. Bf4 Qd5 {
and black isn't worse.}) 24... Qg3+ $11) 24. h4 $2 {missing the last chance
for an advantage.} ({Of course, much better is} 24. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gf2e1]} Rd7
$140 25. Re8 Kg7 26. Qh4 Rdxf7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30.
Qxh7+ $16) 24... Rxf7 $1 25. Qxf7 Qg3+ 26. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation BUL-DDR"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1983.05.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Tringov, Georgi Petrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Espig,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1983.05.21"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2013"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgarien"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

{SCHACH 8/1983 Seite 344 + Inf 35/(162)} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3
Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 $6 (6... a6 $142 7. a4 b6) 7. Bc4 $5 {Die
theoretischen Werke berücksichtigen diesen Zug nur wenig} ({gegenüber} 7. Be2)
7... Bb7 $6 ({Schwarz könnte hier} 7... e6 {antworten, wonach wohl} 8. Bb3 {
folgerichtig wäre.}) ({Bei dem sofort möglichen Scheinopfer} 7... Nxe4 $6 {
behält Weiß nach} 8. Bxf7+ Rxf7 9. Nxe4 {etwas Initiative.}) 8. e5 $1 Ne4 $2 {
Das ist fast schon der Verlustzug.} (8... Ne8 {musste versucht werden.}) 9.
Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Ng5 $1 Bxg2 $6 ({Auch nach} 10... Bb7 11. Qg4 {stand Weiß
drohend. Bei dem leichtsinnigen Bauernraub freilich verschlimmert sich die
ohnehin kritische Lage noch mehr, und Schwarz sieht sich bald einem
unparierbaren Angriff gegenüber.}) 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. Qg4 e6 (12... dxe5 $6 13.
Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 14. Qh4+ Kg8 15. Rxg6 e6 16. Rxg7+ Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. O-O-O {
/\ Rg1+}) 13. O-O-O Nc6 (13... d5 14. Bd3 Ba6 {käme} 15. Bxg6 $1 hxg6 $6 16.
Qh4 {mit unwiderstehlichem Mattangriff. Schwarz hofft hier, die Stellung mit
Ne7 und Nf5 zu blockieren, aber es ist bereits zu spät, denn Weiß bringt ein
anderes durchschlagendes Opfer.}) 14. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8 16. Nxh7 $1
Ne7 $6 {Was sonst?} 17. Nxf8 Qxf8 18. Rg4 $1 {Das endgültige Aus,} Nf5 ({da auf
} 18... Bf3 19. Rf4 {möglich ist.}) 19. Qxg6 Re8 20. Rg5 $1 Nxe3 $6 21. fxe3
Kg8 22. Rh5 {/\ Qh7+} 1-0

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1990.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Espig, Lutz"]
[Black "Mohr, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Espig,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.05.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{SCHACH 6/1990} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7.
Nf3 Nbd7 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6
Bf8 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bc5 $1 Ne8 $8 16. Nxe8 Rxe8 (16... Rxd1+ $2 17. Rxd1 Bxc5
18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Rd8+ Kg7 20. a5 Nd7 21. Bg4 {und Weiss gewinnt.}) 17. Bxf8 Kxf8
18. a5 Nd7 19. Rd6 $1 {Die Drohung 20.a6 sichert Weiss deutlichen
Endspielvorteil.} Nc5 ({Nach} 19... a6 20. Na4 {nebst Bc4 wäre die schwarze
Stellung auch höchst unerfreulich.}) 20. a6 Ne6 21. axb7 Bxb7 22. Bc4 Ke7 23.
Rd2 Rad8 24. Bxe6 Kxe6 25. Na4 Ke7 26. c3 Bc8 27. h4 h6 28. Nc5 Rxd2 29. Kxd2
Kd6 30. Nd3 c5 31. Ra1 Re7 $2 {Verliert einen Bauern.} ({Mit} 31... c4 32. Nb4
Re7 33. Ra5 Be6 {konnte Schwarz mehr Widerstand leisten.}) 32. Ra5 Rc7 33. b4
cxb4 34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Rxe5+ Kf6 36. cxb4 Ba6 37. Ra5 Bc4 38. Nc5 Bf1 39. g3 g5
40. hxg5+ hxg5 41. Ke3 Re7 42. Kd4 Kg6 43. Kd5 f6 44. Ra1 Bb5 45. Kd6 Rh7 46.
Ne6 Rb7 47. Nc5 Rh7 48. Ra5 Bc4 49. Nd7 Rh2 50. Rf5 Rh1 51. Rxf6+ Kg7 52. Rf5
1-0

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Be3 O-O 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3 (
8. a3 a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. Bf1 Rad8 13. Bh6 e5 $132 {
Van Hul,C-Delemarre,J/Antwerpen op 1996}) 8... Nbd7 9. Ne2 $6 {I think that in
any case this variation doesn't promise white anything special,but after this
careless move only black can get an upper hand.} (9. Bh6 a6 10. h4 Ng4 $6 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h5 Rh8 13. Qf4 $16 {Miller,G-Bates,R/ENG-chT9697}) (9. g4 $6 b4
10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 Rb8 13. Bh6 Qa5 $13 {Misa Juncal,A-Martinez
Rodriguez,P/Mondariz op 1997}) 9... e5 10. c3 d5 ({After} 10... Re8 $5 11. Ng3
d5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 (12... Nxe4 $6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7 15. O-O-O $14) 13.
Nxe5 dxe4 $1 $132 {black is also o'kay,but too many pieces are exchanged and a
draw seems the most likely result.}) 11. dxe5 (11. exd5 $2 e4 12. dxc6 Nb6 13.
Bxb5 exf3 14. gxf3 Qd5 $17 {[%cal Gd5b5,Gd5f3]}) 11... Nxe4 12. Qc2 Ndc5 (12...
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qc7 16. Bd4 Bd6 $13) 13. Ned4 Nxd3+
14. Qxd3 Bd7 15. O-O Re8 ({Another promising possibility was} 15... Qe7 $5 16.
Bf4 a6 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rac1 Rac8 $15) 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. b4 a5 18. Nb3
Bf5 $36 (18... axb4 19. cxb4 Bf5 20. Qd4) 19. bxa5 ({Much worse is} 19. Qd4
Qxd4 20. Nfxd4 a4 $1 (20... Nxc3 21. bxa5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Nxc6 Ne2+ 24.
Kh2 Re6 $11) 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Nd4 Rac8 23. f3 Nxc3 24. Rfc1 c5 $1 $17 {
and white is in troubles.}) 19... Qa7 20. Qd4 c5 $5 21. Qe3 $6 ({Deserved
attention} 21. Qxd5 $5 Rad8 (21... Nxc3 22. Qd2 b4 23. Be3 $13) 22. Qc6 Nxc3
23. Be3 $13 {[%cal Ge3a7] and despite of the fact that white queen is in
danger zone the position remains unclear.}) 21... f6 $1 22. e6 $8 (22. exf6
Bxf6 $17 {[%cal Ge8e3,Ge4g3,Ge4c3]}) 22... Bxe6 (22... g5 $6 23. Bh2 Bxe6 24.
Nfd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Bf7 26. f4 $36) 23. Nfd2 Bf7 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Qd2 f5 (25...
b4 $5 26. cxb4 (26. Bd6 bxc3 27. Qxc3 c4 28. Nd2 Re6 $17) 26... Rxb4 27. Bd6
Rb5 28. Rfe1 c4 29. Nd4 Qxa5 $17) 26. Be3 Rc4 27. Rac1 Qc7 ({Black could win
the pawn after} 27... d4 28. cxd4 cxd4 29. Bh6 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bxh6 31. Qxh6 Bxb3
32. axb3 Qxa5 $17 {,but exposed position of the king would seriously spoil
white's winning chanses.}) 28. f3 Rc8 29. Rfe1 Qd6 30. Bf2 Bf6 (30... Ra4 31.
Re2 c4 32. Nd4 Rxa5 33. Rb1 $44) 31. Kh1 Ra4 32. Be3 f4 33. Bg1 g5 34. Rcd1 Rc4
35. Rc1 Bg7 36. Red1 h5 37. Qd3 Qe6 (37... Re8 $2 {[%csl Rc5]} 38. Nd2 Ra4 39.
Qxb5 Rxa2 40. Bxc5 Qb8 41. Bb6 $16) 38. Re1 Qf6 39. Nd2 Rxc3 40. Qxb5 Qc6 $6 {
The right idea in the wrong place:black should force the exchange of queens on
b2.} (40... Rxc1 41. Rxc1 c4 42. a6 Qb2 $1 43. Qxb2 (43. Qb7 Re8 $1) 43... Bxb2
44. Rc2 Bf6 $17) 41. a4 $1 $132 {Now white gets sufficient counterplay.} c4 (
41... Rxc1 42. Rxc1 c4 43. a6 Qa8 44. Qb7 c3 45. Nb3 Rb8 46. Qxa8 Rxa8 47. a7
$13) 42. a6 Ra3 43. Qxc6 Rxc6 44. a7 Rxa4 45. Rb1 Bc3 $2 {Probably missing the
brilliant reply of white,which drustically changes the position.} (45... Rc8
46. Rb8 Rf8 47. Bc5 $18) (45... Rca6 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. Re7 Kg6 48. Rbb7 Rf6 $13)
46. Re7 $1 Bxd2 47. Bd4 $3 Rc8 (47... Be3 $2 48. Rb8+ Kh7 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50.
Rg7+ Kf5 51. Rf8+ Ke6 52. Rf6#) 48. Rb8 Rf8 49. Re5 $1 $16 {It was too early
to give up-it's true that position is winning for white,but the wat to win is
far from being simple:} (49. Re5 Bg6 50. Bc5 $1 (50. Rxg5 Kf7 (50... Be3 51.
Rxg6+ Kh7 52. Rg7+ Kh6 53. Rb6+ $18) 51. Rb7+ (51. Rxg6 Kxg6 52. Rxf8 Be3 53.
a8=Q Rxa8 54. Rxa8 Bxd4 55. Rd8 c3 56. Rxd5 Be3 57. Rd6+ Kg5 58. Rc6 $18) 51...
Ke6 52. Rxg6+ Kf5 53. Rb8 Kxg6 54. Rxf8 Be3 55. a8=Q Rxa8 56. Rxa8 Bxd4 57. Rd8
$16) 50... Rxa7 $1 51. Rxf8+ Kg7 52. Bxa7 Kxf8 53. Rxd5 c3 54. Bc5+ Kf7 55. Bb4
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 2nd"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2001.06.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Czebe, Attila"]
[Black "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2001.06.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be3
e5 9. Nd2 {With this move white can't fight for opening advantage, but it does
leads to interesting complications!} (9. dxe5 dxe5 (9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11.
Qxd8 (11. a5 Qe7 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6
17. Qf2 Nd4 $11 {Tukmakov,V-Gurieli,N/Katerini 1992/CBM 32 ext}) 11... Rxd8 12.
Rfd1 Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Be6 {1/2-1/2 Okhotnik,V-Gavrikov,V/Prague 1988/EXT 97 (13)}
(13... Be6 14. f3 Bf8 15. b3 Be7 16. Kf2 a6 17. Nb1 b5 18. Nd2 Nd7 $11 {
Lupu,M-Marin,M/Sovata 1998/EXT 99})) 10. a5 (10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qd6
Bf8 13. Rfd1 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Kg7 15. a5 Be7 16. Bc4 Ng4 17. Bc1 Nc5 $11 {Adamski,
J-Petran,P/Rimavska Sobota 1975/MCD}) 10... Qe7 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Qc4+
Rf7 14. Bc1 Nb8 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Bc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Na6 18. Rd1 $14 {Jerez Perez,
A-Movsziszian,K/Paretana 2000/EXT 2001}) (9. Qd2 exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 11. Bc4 Nxe4
12. Nxe4 Rxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bxf7 Ne5 $11 {Jerez Perez,A-Fernandez,G/
Barcelona 2000/CBM 77 ext}) 9... Ng4 $1 {This move is the main reason why 9.
Nd2 can't be recommended. Now white finds himself on defensive, but he has
enough resaurses to keep the balnce.} (9... Qe7 10. d5 Ne8 11. Nc4 c5 12. Qd2
f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Bg5 Ndf6 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. f3 Rf7 $132 {Czebe,A-Mester,G/
HUN-chT 9394 1994/TD}) 10. Bxg4 (10. dxe5 $2 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Nxe5 $15) 10... exd4
11. Bxd4 $8 Bxd4 12. Nc4 Qf6 $5 {After this move it becomes clear that black
is the one who fights for opening advantage.} (12... Bxc3 $5 13. bxc3 Nb6 14.
Nxb6 Bxg4 15. Qxg4 axb6 $11) 13. Ne2 Bxb2 (13... Bc5 $5 14. Bxd7 Bxd7 15. e5 {
[%cal Gd1d7]} Qe6 16. Nxd6 Bc8 $1 {[%csl Re5]} (16... Qxe5 $6 17. Nxb7 Bg4 18.
Nxc5 Bxe2 19. Re1 $1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e5]}) 17. Ne4 Qxe5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11) 14.
Bxd7 $5 (14. Nxb2 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qf6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Rxb7 Rfd8 $13) 14... Bxd7
(14... Bxa1 $6 15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. Qxa1 Qxa1 17. Rxa1 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Ne3
$14) 15. Rb1 Be5 16. f4 Qe6 $8 17. Qd3 (17. fxe5 $6 Qxc4 18. exd6 Qxe4 19. Rxb7
Bg4 20. Re1 Rad8 $15) 17... b5 $6 {After this move white is out of danger, so
better was} (17... Bg7 $1 18. Nxd6 (18. Rxb7 $6 d5 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. Nd4 Qd6 $17)
18... b6 19. e5 c5 (19... f6 20. Nd4 Qd5 21. c4 Qc5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. exf6 Bxf6
24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $13) 20. a5 Rab8 21. axb6 axb6 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 18. Nxe5 dxe5
19. Rbd1 $5 Rfd8 20. f5 $36 {Strong initiative fully compensates white for the
lack of the pawn and in the nearest future black will have to give it back to
reduce white's pressure.} Qe7 (20... Qf6 21. axb5 cxb5 22. fxg6 Qxg6 23. Nc3
$44 {[%cal Gc3d5]}) 21. Qe3 $1 {[%csl Gc5] Taking under control square c5} f6
$6 {After this move black has to give up the pawn and the draw becomes
inevitable. Better was} (21... bxa4 $1 {[%csl Gd5] keeping under control
square d5.}) 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Be6 25. Nxb5 $1
Bc4 26. Rfe1 Rxd1 (26... Bxb5 27. Qb3+ Kg7 28. Qxb5 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rd8 $11) 27.
Rxd1 Rd8 28. Ra1 $5 Bxb5 29. Qb3+ Kg7 30. Qxb5 $11 {The position is completly
equal and a draw agreemet is just a question of time.} Rd7 31. h3 Qd6 32. Kh2
Rc7 33. Qb8 Qb6 34. Qd8 Rf7 35. Qd3 Qc5 36. Rb1 Qd4 {Forcing additional
exchanges.} 37. Qxd4 exd4 38. Rd1 Rc7 39. Rxd4 Rxc2 40. Rd7+ Kf8 41. Rxa7 Rc4
42. e5 fxe5 43. Kg3 Rf4 44. Ra5 Rf5 45. Kh4 Rh5+ 46. Kg4 Rf5 47. Ra7 Kg8 48.
Kh4 Rh5+ 49. Kg3 Rf5 50. Kh2 Kf8 51. g4 Rf3 52. Kg2 Re3 53. Rb7 Kg8 54. h4 Kf8
55. g5 Re4 56. Kg3 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

{[%mdl 10432]} 1. e4 {Ftacnik McShane} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3
(5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 {guarding the e5 square is more common and more wise.})
5... Nf6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 $5 {This variation became extremly popular lately
and as shows the following game black still didn't come up with proper answer.}
Bg4 8. e5 $1 {This move beyond any doubt is the most problematic for black.
White has tried different continuation,but none of them promises clear
advantage.Let's see a couple of examles:} (8. Ng1 $5 e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Be6
11. a3 O-O 12. Nf3 a6 13. O-O c5 14. Be3 Re8 $11 {and black doesn't have any
problems;Hebden,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z;Oviedo 1993}) (8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 a5 11. f4 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 $132 {with very good counterplay;
Adams,M-Hodgson,J;Hastings 1994}) 8... b4 9. Ne4 {The knight is much more
usefull on e4,and in the following game we'll understand exactly why!} (9. Ne2
$6 Nd5 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 dxe5 13. h5 Bf6 $1 {The only,but quiet
sufficient defense.} 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {and black has strong
counterplay due to darksquared bishop;Apicella,M-Hickl,J; FRA-GER 1996}) 9...
Nd5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black is to generous with time in a position
where white enjoys good attacking chances. The exchange of knights must be the
correct answer.'} ({Natural} 9... Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 dxe5
12. O-O-O a5 13. d5 $1 {when black is in trouble, e.g.} Qc7 14. d6 exd6 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 {as white will win back at least a pawn with advantage.})
11. Bd3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 a5 13. h4 Nd7 14. h5 Qb6 15. c4 $1 $16 {braught to
significient advantage of white in Leko,P-Beliavsky,A; Madrid 1998 so black
tries something else,but it proves to be even more dangerous.}) 10. Bh6 O-O (
10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Bxf3 12. gxf3 dxe5 (12... Qc7 13. Qg7 Rf8 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Qxh7 Nd7 16. Qh4 $16) 13. dxe5 (13. Qg7 {Ftacnik} Rf8 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nh5
(15... Qd5 16. exf6 Qxg5 17. fxe7 Qxe7+ 18. Kf1 $18) 16. Qxh7 Qd5 17. O-O-O
Qxe5 18. Nxf7 $1 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Nf6 20. Bxg6 $18) 13... Qc7 14. Qg7 (14. e6 Qe5
$1 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. O-O-O Qf4+ 17. Qxf4+ Nxf4 18. Bc4+ $14) 14... Rf8 15.
O-O-O Nf4 16. Bc4 $16) 11. h4 $1 {McShane: 'The attack is very hard to deal
with.'} Bxf3 $2 {After this move black's position is hopeless.Deserved
attention} (11... f5 $5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 (12... fxe4 13. Bxf8 exd3 14. Bh6 Bxf3
15. gxf3 dxc2 16. Qxc2 $16) 13. Neg5 (13. Ng3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f4 15. Ne4 dxe5 16.
dxe5 Nd7 17. Ng5 Nxe5 18. O-O-O Qd7 $13) 13... Qc8 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3 $36 {
with defendable position.}) 12. gxf3 $16 dxe5 ({Doesn't work} 12... f5 13. Bxg7
Kxg7 14. Ng5 Qc8 15. h5 h6 16. hxg6 $1 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Rh8 18. O-O-O $18 {
[%cal Gh1h7] and white has decisive attack.}) (12... Re8 {Ftacnik} 13. h5 Bh8
14. hxg6 hxg6 15. e6 $1 $18) 13. h5 {'!' McShane. McShane: 'White goes all out
for the attack on the king.'} Bf6 {It's hard to offer something better.
Ftacnik: 'Black struggles to stay afloat in face of the model attack with
opening of the h file.'} ({Apart from} 13... Nf4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxe5 Nxd3+ (
15... Nxh5 16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Nf6 exf6 19. Qf5 {wins}) 16. cxd3 Rh8
17. Qxb4 {when white stands very well, there is no other option, as the threat
of hxg6 and Bxg7 followed by Qh6+ is very hard to meet.}) 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 {McShane: 'The smoke clears, leaving White an exchange
up. Black hopes however that he has succeeded in defusing the attack, but it's
still alive and kicking.'} 17. dxe5 $18 {White is an exchange up and in
addition to it the attack is not over yet!} Nd7 (17... fxe5 18. O-O-O Nd7 19.
Bb5 $1 $18 {[%csl Rd5]}) 18. Be4 N7b6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qh6 {Ftacnik: 'What is
black's compensation for the lost material?'} Qf7 21. O-O-O Nf6 22. Bxg6 $1 1-0

[Event "Rovno"]
[Site "Rovno"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qe2 $5 {Interesting move
combining two different plans:one of them is advance e5,and the second one is
long castle ad attack on the kingside with h4-h5.} (6. Qd2 b5 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. h3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. a3 $16 {Quillan,G-Flear,C/
Isle of Man op 1994}) (6... Bg4 7. Be2 O-O 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Qc7
11. Rad1 b5 12. Rfe1 Rad8 13. a3 a6 14. g3 c5 $13 {Emms,J-Nunn,J/Isle of Man
op 1994}) 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bh6 b4 9. Ne2 Na6 10. Ng3 c5 $6 11. e5 $1 Ng4 $2 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. h3 $18 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Bb7 15. O-O f6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Rae1 cxd4
18. Qxd4 {1-0 Hebden,M-Littlewood,P/Walsall 1992}) 6... Qa5 (6... O-O 7. O-O-O
b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h4 b4 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Qd2 Qa5 $132) 7. O-O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Qxf3 Nbd7 (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. g4 Na6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. Bg5 $16) 10. g4 $5
{Black already faces difficulties because of lack of space.His next move
permits white to win even more.} h5 $6 (10... d5 11. e5 Ne4 (11... Ng8 12. h4
$1 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 14. Qg3 $14) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Qxa2 14. c3 $14) 11. g5
Nh7 {[%csl Rh7]} 12. h4 O-O $6 {Another inaccuracy and this time with
difficult consequances.} (12... b5 $5 13. Bh3 $5 (13. Kb1 Nb6 14. Bd3 (14. e5
d5) 14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Ne2 $14 {[%csl Rh7]})) 13. Qh3 e6 (13... Nb6
14. f4 Na4 15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. Kb1 c5 17. dxc5 Qxe4 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Bc1 $16)
14. f4 b5 15. Kb1 Nb6 (15... b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. f5 $16) 16. f5 $16 b4 17. Ne2
exf5 18. exf5 Nd5 (18... Qxf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Nf4 $5 Nd5 21. Nxd5 cxd5 22.
Bg2 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rh5]}) 19. Bc1 Rab8 20. fxg6 (20. f6 $5 $18) 20... fxg6
21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. Qxg6 $18 Rfe8 (22... b3 23. cxb3 Nb4 24. Nc3 $18 {[%cal Ga2a3,
Gf1d3]}) 23. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3b3]} (23. Qxh5 Rxe2 24. Bxe2 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 bxc3+
26. Ka1 Qb4 27. Ba3 Qxa3 28. Rb1 Rb2 29. Bc4 $18) 23... Kg8 24. Qxd6 Nf8 25.
Rb3 $1 Rb6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Qf5 28. Bh3 Qf7 29. Bc1 Qg6 30. Qc5 Re2 31.
Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "ISR-chT"]
[Site "Israel"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2002.01.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 e6 $5 {
An attempt to deviate from theoretical lines.} (7... b6 8. Re1 e6 9. Bf4 (9.
Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 (11... Bb7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. Nb3 Re8 14. Qd2 e5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Rad1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nd4 $11 {Altgelt,A-Chatalbashev,B/WchJM U26
1994}) 12. Rf1 Nd7 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne1 Nxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 $132 {
Belotelov,D-Tseitlin,M/Groningen op 1995}) 9... Bb7 10. Bf1 Nc6 (10... h6 11.
h3 Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. a5 b5 16. Nd4 Qe7 $13 {
Andonovski,L-Nogueiras,J/Santa Clara 1996}) 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8
Raxd8 14. Bg5 Nb4 15. Rac1 h6 16. Bh4 Rfe8 17. Bc4 Rd6 $11 {Malakhov,
V-Tseitlin,M/Groningen op 1994}) 8. h3 (8. Bf4 h6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11.
Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 Ne7 13. e5 $2 Nxe5 14. dxe6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 fxe6 $17 {Jenni,
F-Pikula,D/MTO Open 2000}) 8... b6 9. e5 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7
12. Nh2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ng4 Kh7 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $13 {Schneider,R-Werner,V/
Regensburg op 1996}) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 $5 {The most
logical reply.} (12. Bf4 $6 Rd8 $13 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) 12... Nfd7 $1 {Putting
white befor quiet unpleasent choise: wether to take on d7 or to retreat to g4,
in both cases black gets very comfortable position.} 13. Ng4 (13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Ne4 e5 $1 15. c3 exd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. Re1 $11) 13... h5 14. Nh2 ({Nothing
promises} 14. Ne3 Nc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Nc4 $13) 14...
Nc6 15. Ne2 e5 16. c3 exd4 ({Deserved attention} 16... Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge5e4]
keeping the pressure in the center} 17. d5 e4 (17... Ne7 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. c4 Nf5
$132) 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 exf3 21. Nxf3 Qb7 22. Ra3 $13) 17.
cxd4 Nf6 18. Rc1 Ne7 {Knight is heading for d5.} 19. Qc2 Ned5 {[%csl Rh2]} (
19... Bxf3 $6 20. Nxf3 Ned5 21. Nf4 $14) 20. Nf4 Qd7 $6 21. Rfd1 $6 {Missing} (
21. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Rad8 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd4,
Rh2] but even in this case black seems to hold.}) 21... Rac8 22. Bxf6 {Now
it's enough only for equality.} Bxf6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Qc6 Qxc6
26. Rxc6 Kg7 {Almost all the pieces disappered from the board and the draw
becomes inevitable.} 27. Nf3 Rfd8 28. b3 Rd5 (28... Rd7 29. Kf1 Rcd8 30. Rdc1
Bxd4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxc7 $11) 29. Kf1 Rcd8 30. Rxc7 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-CHN Summit"]
[Site "Seattle"]
[Date "2001.03.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.03.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 d5 $5 {Deviating
from theoretical continuations and changing the character of the game.} (6...
e5 7. O-O-O (7. dxe5 $6 dxe5 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Qb4 11. Bb3 Nc5
$15 {Larsen,B-Penrose,J/Dundee 1967/MCD (40)}) 7... Qe7 8. Bg5 c6 9. h4 h5 10.
d5 c5 11. Nh2 a6 12. g4 $5 $36 {Heuser,G-Opalka,G/Germany 1989/EXT 97-B (49)})
(6... Nc6 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd4
Qe8 13. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Speelman,J/London 1990/EXT 97 (39)}) (6... a6
7. a4 b6 8. Bh6 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rfe1 c5 $11 {
Gallagher,J-Van Wely,L/Krumbach 1991/TD (53)}) 7. exd5 (7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4 dxe4
9. Ng5 Bf5 10. Bc4 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. e6 f6 14. Nf7 Qc8 15. d5 Nd8
$132) 7... Nxd5 {In other game black had opted for} (7... Nbd7 $5 8. Bh6 Nb6 9.
Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 Nbxd5 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qd6 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Ng5 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Qc6 $11 {and has got very comfortable position;1/2-1/2 Hebden,M-Dishman,S/
Hastings 1990/CBM 21 ext (42)}) 8. Bh6 Bf5 (8... Nxc3 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qxc3 Bf5
11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O-O $14) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O c6 11. Nh4 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13.
Ne4 f6 14. g3 {Intending to bring the knight on h4 back to game.} (14. Bc4 Nd7
15. Rhe1 Bf7 16. g3 b5 17. Bb3 a5 18. a3 $14) 14... Nd7 15. c4 $6 {It was
better to switch the order of the moves and to start with 16.Ng2} (15. Ng2 $5
b5 (15... Bf7 16. h4 e5 17. h5 $36) 16. h4 Bf7 17. h5 g5 18. h6+ Kh8 19. f4 $14
) 15... Nc7 16. Ng2 b5 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. cxb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 $6 (19. d5 $5) 19...
cxb5 20. Kb1 Qb6 21. Qb4 Rfe8 $15 {Black has managed to solve all the problems
and it's white who has to try to keep the balance.} (21... e5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23.
Rd6 Qb7 24. Rhd1 a5 25. Qd4 $14) 22. Nc3 Rab8 23. d5 a5 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4
Ne5 26. Rf1 Red8 27. h4 h6 (27... b4 28. Ne4 Rbc8 29. Rdd1 h6 $15 {[%cal Gg6g5]
}) 28. Rdd1 b4 29. Ne4 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Ne6+ Bxe6 32. dxe6 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1
Nxf3 (33... Rb6 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ng4 $11) 34. Rd7 Kf8 (34... f5 35. Rxe7+
Kg6 36. Nd6 Kf6 37. Ra7 Kxe6 38. Nc4 $15) 35. Rd5 Rb6 36. Nc5 Rc6 37. a4 bxa3
38. bxa3 Kg7 39. Kb2 Nd4 $1 $17 40. Ne4 Nxe6 41. Rxa5 Nd4 $6 (41... Kg6 $1 42.
a4 (42. Ra7 Kf5 43. Nc3 Nc7 44. a4 Kg4 $19) 42... f5 43. Nc3 Nc7 44. Kc2 Kf6
45. Kd3 g4 $17) 42. Rd5 Rc4 $2 (42... Nf3) 43. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 44. Nxc5 Kg6 (44...
f5 45. Kc3 (45. a4 Kf6 46. a5 Nc6 47. a6 Ke5 48. Kc3 Kd5 49. Nd3 e5 50. Nb4+
Kc5) 45... Nc6 (45... Ne2+ $2 46. Kd3 Nxg3 47. a4 f4 48. a5 f3 49. Ke3 $11) 46.
Kc4 Kf6 47. a4 Ke5 48. Nb3 g4 $15) 45. a4 Kf5 46. Kc3 Nc6 47. Kc4 Ke5 48. Nb3
$1 Kd6 49. a5 f5 50. a6 {[%cal Gb3d4]} e5 (50... g4 51. Nd4 e6 52. Nb5+ Kd7 53.
a7 Nxa7 54. Nxa7 f4 55. Kd3 $11) 51. g4 $1 fxg4 52. Nd2 Kc7 53. Ne4 Ne7 54. Kc5
$22 Nf5 (54... Kb8 55. Kd6 Nf5+ 56. Kxe5 g3 57. Nxg5 g2 58. Nh3 $11) 55. Kd5 g3
56. Nxg5 g2 57. Nh3 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal 1st"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2000.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. h3
Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a4 e5 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. a5 Nf8 (12... exd4 13.
Bxd4 Nc5 14. e5 Nfd7 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. Bxg7 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Kxg7 19.
b4 $14 {Nunn,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Wijk m 1993}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 {1/2-1/2
Van Uytven,E-Claesen,J/Belgian Interteam 1999}) 5. h3 Qa5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... e5
7. Nge2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Re8 12. g4 h6 13. Qf2
$14 {Onischuk,A-Schmaltz,R/Viernheim 1995}) 7. Nf3 e5 8. O-O Bg7 9. Qd2 O-O 10.
a4 Re8 11. Rfb1 $5 {[%cal Gb2b4,Ga4a5] Not the most typical plan in this kind
of positions,but definitly the one who has full right to exist.} (11. d5 cxd5
12. Nxd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd2 d5 15. a5 h6 16. Bc5 Be6 $11 {Lorscheid,
G-Odesskij,I/Komercni Banka op 1997}) (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Qb4 13. Bb3 Nf8
14. a5 Be6 15. Ra4 Qe7 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rd1 $14 {Roser,K-Chabanon,J/ch-FRA
Accession 1999}) 11... Qc7 $5 {Preparing the exchange in the center.} (11... d5
$2 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. Nxd5 Qxd2 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxd2 $16) (
11... exd4 $5) 12. a5 d5 $5 13. Re1 (13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe5
16. Nxe5 Qxe5 $11) (13. exd5 $2 e4 14. Bf4 Qd8 $19) 13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Nf6 $6 {Black is tempted to win the pawn which proves to be extremly
dangerous.} (15... f5 $2 16. Bd3 e4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Ng5 $18 {[%cal Gg5f7,
Gg5e6]}) (15... exd4 $5 16. Bxd4 Nf6 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Rad1 Bd5 $14) 16. Bh6 Bxh6
17. Qxh6 exd4 18. Bd3 $36 Rxe1+ (18... Bd7) 19. Rxe1 Qxa5 (19... Qd6 20. Ng5
Qf8 $6 21. Qh4 Qb4 (21... Kg7 22. Qxd4 $16 {[%cal Gd4g7]}) 22. c3 Qxa5 (22...
Qxb2 23. Qxd4 $18 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23. Re8+ Kg7 (23... Nxe8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25.
Qxf7#) 24. Re7 Qa1+ 25. Kh2 Qxb2 26. Rxf7+ Kg8 27. Qh6 $18) 20. Bc4 $1 {
[%csl Rf7] Threatening Re7} Be6 $8 ({White wins in very nice style after} 20...
Qb4 21. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Re8+ $3 Nxe8 24. Qxh7+ Kf8 25. Qf7#) 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rxe6 Rf8 23. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Ge6e7,Ge6f6]} Qf5 $8 24. Nxh7 $1 {
Decisive tactical blow.Now the game enters technical part.} (24. Re7 $6 Qxf2+
$1 25. Kxf2 Ng4+ 26. Ke2 Nxh6 27. Rxb7 a5 28. Kd3 $14) 24... Qxe6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8
26. Nxf8 Qe7 (26... Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxf2 28. Ne6 $18 {[%csl Rg7]}) 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Ng6 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 30. Nf4 $1 $18 Nd5 31. Qg6+ Kh8 (31... Kf8 32. Qf5+
Kg8 33. Nxd5 $1 $18) 32. Qh5+ Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kf8 (33... Kh8 34. Qe5+ (34. Ne6)
34... Kg8 (34... Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Nxd5 $18) 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kh6 37.
Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qg7+ Kf5 39. Nxd4+ Ke4 40. Nf3 $18) 34. Qf5+ Ke8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36.
Qe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 (37... Kh6 38. Qh8+ Kg5 39. Ne6+ Kf5 40. Nxd4+ Ke4 41.
Nf3 $18) 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Montecatini Terme"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "2000.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.07.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. d4 {Bangiev,A.} g6 2. e4 c6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6.
Qd2 Bg4 7. h3 $5 {Making black to take on f3. Bangiev,A: 'Ein neuer Zug. Die
Hauptvariante hier ist 7.Be2.'} (7. Be2 O-O (7... Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5
10. O-O-O Qa5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. g4 O-O-O 13. g5 Nb6 14. Qe2 $14 {Littlewood,
P-Dunworth,C/4NCL 2000}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12.
a4 a5 13. Qe2 $14 {Emms,J-Belov,I/BL2-W 1995}) (7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Qa5 9. Qe3
Bxf3 10. gxf3 b5 11. a4 $14 {Kinsman,A-Watson,W/EUCup Gr3 1996}) (7. Ng1 $5 h5
8. h3 Be6 9. Nf3 Na6 10. Ng5 Nc7 11. f4 d5 12. e5 $16 {Magem Badals,J-Sarto
Ramos,A/ESP-ch 1997}) (7. O-O-O Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bc4 Qc7 10. h4 a6 11. Bh6
Bxh6 12. Qxh6 e6 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. f4 $14 {Beliavsky,A-Beim,V/Chess Classic
Masters 1998}) 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 d5 {Bangiev,A: 'Schwarz geht damit zur
weissfeldrigen Blockade über.'} (8... Qa5 {Bangiev,A Dies wäre eine für dieses
Abspiel typische Alternative, das Figurenspiel am Damenflügel.} 9. O-O-O b5 10.
Kb1 Nbd7) 9. O-O-O e6 10. h4 Nh5 $6 {Permitting white to improve his pawn
structure.Better was} (10... h5 11. Bg2 Na6 12. Ne2 Qb6 $132) (10... Nbd7 {
Bangiev,A} 11. Kb1 $1) 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Ng3 Nxg3 {Bangiev,A: 'Nur so kann
Schwarz den Vorposten auf h5 aufrecht halten.'} (12... Ndf6 $6 {Bangiev,A} 13.
e5 $1 Nxg3 14. exf6 Nxh1 15. fxg7 Rg8 16. Bg2 Nxf2 17. Bxf2 Rxg7 18. Qh6 $16)
13. fxg3 h5 {Bangiev,A: 'Der weisse Bauer auf h4 ist damit gestoppt. Nun kommt
allerdings die kurze Rochade des Nachziehende nicht mehr in Frage, wegen des
sofortigen weissen Angriffs.  '} 14. Kb1 Qc7 (14... O-O $2 {Bangiev,A} 15. g4
$40) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. c3 Rd8 ({Deserved attention} 16... O-O-O 17. Be3 {,but
also in this case white who has a pair of bishops and more space for his
pieces keeps better chanses.} (17. e5 {Bangiev,A /\Bg5,Bd3,/\Qf4})) 17. exd5 {
'!' Bangiev,A. Bangiev,A: 'Der Schlüsselzug der weissen strategischen Idee.
Nun soll Figurenangriff auf der e-Linie und auf der Diagonale b1-h7 erfolgen.'}
cxd5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. g4 Kf8 (19... hxg4 20. fxg4 Rxh4 $2 21. Rxh4 Bxh4 22. g5
$18 {[%csl Rh4]}) 20. Bh6+ Bg7 21. Bg5 Rc8 22. Ka1 Qd6 23. Rde1 a6 24. Re2 b5 {
Bangiev,A: 'Besser wäre es, die Schwächung des Bauern a6 zu vermeiden.'} (24...
Nb6 {Bangiev,A} 25. Rhe1 Nc4 26. Qc2 Qd7 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxe6 $16) (24... Re8
{Bangiev,A} 25. Qc2 Kg8 26. gxh5 gxh5 (26... Rxh5 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Qxg6) 27.
Rg1 $40) 25. Rhe1 {Threatening to take on g6.} Re8 (25... Nb6 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27.
Rxe6 Qc7 28. Qd3 $16) (25... Kg8 {Bangiev,A} 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxe6 Qc7 28.
Rxg6 Nf8 29. Rxa6) 26. a3 Bf6 27. Bf4 Qb6 28. Bh6+ Bg7 29. Bg5 Qd6 $6 (29...
Bf6 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Qf4 Kg7 32. Qg5 Qd6 $14) 30. Qc2 Bf6 $6 {Forgetting the
main idea of white in this popsition!} 31. Bxf6 Nxf6 32. g5 Ng8 (32... Nd7 33.
Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qxg6 Qg3 35. Rxe6 Qxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Ka2 $18) 33. Bxg6 $1 {
Bangiev,A: 'Somst steht Schwarz nach Ne7 recht stabil.'} fxg6 34. Qxg6 Qd7 (
34... Qg3 {Bangiev,A} 35. Ka2 (35. Rxe6 Qxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Ka2 $16) 35...
Rh6 36. Qd3 Rh8 37. Rxe6 $18) 35. Rxe6 Rxe6 36. Rxe6 $18 {Depite of material
balance black's position is hopeless because of awkward position of the knight
and passive rook.} Qf7 {'!' Bangiev,A. Bangiev,A: 'Im Endspiel hat Schwarz
dank dem Bauern auf h5 gute Chancen.'} 37. f4 {'?' Bangiev,A.} (37. Rxa6 {
Bangiev,A} Qxg6 38. Rxg6 Ne7 39. Rb6 Kf7 40. Rxb5 (40. Rb7 Ke6) 40... Nf5 41.
Rxd5 Nxh4 $132) 37... Ne7 (37... Rh7 {Bangiev,A} 38. Rxa6 Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Rf7
$132) 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxa6 Kg7 {'?' Bangiev,A.} (39... Rf8 40. Rf6+ Ke8 41.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 42. b3 {[%cal Gg5g8,Ga4a8,Ga3a8]} Nf5 43. a4 bxa4 44. bxa4 Ke7 (
44... Nxh4 45. a5 Nf5 46. a6 Nd6 47. a7 $18) 45. a5 Kd8 46. g6 Kc8 47. Kb2 Kb7
48. Kb3 Ka6 49. Kb4) (39... Ng6 {Bangiev,A} 40. f5 (40. Ka2 Nxh4 41. Kb3 Nf3
42. Kb4 h4 $19) 40... Nxh4 41. Ra7+ Kg8 42. Ra8+ {Weiss hat hier nur Remis.})
40. Ra7 Kf8 41. b3 Rg8 (41... Ng6 {Bangiev,A Es ist schon zu spät.} 42. a4 $1
bxa4 43. bxa4 Nxh4 44. a5 Nf5 45. a6 (45. Ra6) 45... h4 (45... Nd6 46. Ra8+ Kg7
47. Rxh8 Kxh8 48. a7) 46. Ra8+ Kg7 47. Rxh8 Kxh8 48. a7) 42. Ra8+ Kf7 43. Rxg8
Nxg8 (43... Kxg8 {Bangiev,A} 44. a4 bxa4 45. bxa4 Nc6 46. f5 $18) 44. a4 Ne7
45. a5 Nc6 46. a6 Kg6 47. Kb2 Kf5 48. c4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Reefat, Bin Sattar"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2467"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bangladesh"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BAN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bh6 Bg4 (7...
Qa5 8. h4 Bg4 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 h5 12. f3 Be6 13. Bc4 Bxc4 14.
Nxc4 Qc7 15. O-O-O $14 {Stripunsky,A-Vulicevic,N/Manhattan 1998}) 8. O-O-O $5 {
Definitly the most dangerous for black reply and even such a strong player as
Nikolic didn't manage to get an equality.} (8. e5 dxe5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Nxe5
Be6 11. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Hauchard,A-Chabanon,J/FRA-ch 1997}) (8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Be2
Bxf3 (9... Qa5 10. e5 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nbd7 12. g4 Nb6 13. Be2 Na4 14. g5
Nd7 15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. b3 $14 {Mainka,R-Jansa,V/Prague Chip 1992}) 10... dxe5
11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 b5 15. h4 b4 16. Nb1 f6 17.
f4 Nf7 18. Qe3 $44 {Ricardi,P-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires Najdorf op 1993}) 10.
Bxf3 e5 11. O-O-O Na6 12. g4 h6 13. Ne2 Nh7 14. h4 Qf6 15. Qe3 Nc7 16. d5 $14 {
Kindermann,S-Chabanon,J/Lippstadt 1993}) (8. Be2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. dxe5 Bxh6
11. Qxh6 dxe5 12. h4 Na6 13. h5 Nc5 14. g4 Qe7 15. O-O-O $36 {Pert,R-Kulaots,K/
S&W Masters 8th op 1998}) 8... b5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nbd7 12. h4
b4 13. Ne2 Qa5 14. Kb1 h5 15. Rg1 ({Another promising option was} 15. Qg5 $5
Qxg5 (15... c5 $2 16. e5 $1 Ng8 17. Nf4 cxd4 18. Nxh5+ Kh8 19. e6 $1 Qxg5 20.
hxg5 gxh5 21. Rxh5+ Kg7 22. exd7 $16) 16. hxg5 Nh7 (16... Ne8 17. f4 Nc7 18.
Bh3 Nb6 19. f5 a5 20. f4 $14) 17. f4 f6 18. Bh3 Nb6 19. gxf6+ Nxf6 20. f3 $14 {
[%cal Gh1g1,Gf4f5] with an advantage in the endgame.}) 15... Rh8 16. Bh3 Rab8 (
16... Nb6) 17. Rg5 (17. Bxd7 $5 Nxd7 18. f4 e6 19. Rg5 Rb5 20. Rdg1 Nb6 21. Qd3
$14) 17... Qc7 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. d5 {Even stronger was} (19. e5 $1 dxe5 (19...
Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. f4 Qc3 22. Qxc3 (22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 dxe5 24. dxe5 e6
$13) 22... bxc3 23. b3 dxe5 24. fxe5 $16 {[%csl Rc3]}) 20. dxe5 N6h7 21. Nxh5+
Kg8 22. Rgg1 Qxe5 23. Ng3 $36 {[%cal Gf3f5] in both cases with very promising
position for white.}) 19... cxd5 20. exd5 (20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 $14 {[%cal
Gf3f5]}) 20... a5 21. Rdg1 a4 22. Qd3 Rh6 23. Ne2 (23. Qd4 Kh7) 23... b3 $5
$132 24. cxb3 axb3 25. axb3 (25. a3 N8d7 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. f4 $13) 25... Rb4 {
[%csl Rh4]} 26. Nd4 (26. f4 Qb6 27. R5g3 Qxf2 28. f5 Nxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxe2 30.
fxg6 Rxg6 $19) 26... Qb6 $5 {Taking the risk.} 27. Nf5+ Kh7 28. Nxh6 ({After} 
28. Qd2 $1 Ng8 $8 29. Nxh6 Nxh6 30. f4 Rxb3 31. R5g3 $16 {Nikolic wouldn't be
very happy!}) 28... Kxh6 29. Qd2 $6 (29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Qxb6 (30. Qxe7 Rxb3 31.
Qe2 N8h7 32. Rf5 Qd4 $36) 30... Rxb6 31. Kc2 N8h7 32. R5g3 Nxd5 33. Bf5 Nf4 34.
Re1 e6 $132) 29... Kg7 30. Re1 Rxh4 31. Bf1 N8h7 $36 {Now black pieces start
to play!} 32. Rg1 Rd4 33. Qc2 Nxd5 $17 {[%csl Rb1][%cal Gd5b4,Gb6a5]} 34. Bc4 (
34. Re4 Nhf6 35. Rxd4 Qxd4 36. Bc4 Nb4 37. Qe2 Qa7 $1 $19) 34... Nb4 35. Qc3 e5
36. Rd1 Nf6 37. Rxd4 exd4 38. Qd2 Qa5 $19 39. Bd3 (39. Qd1 Qa2+ 40. Kc1 Qa1+
41. Kd2 Qxb2+ 42. Ke1 d5 43. Be2 Qc3+ 44. Qd2 Qxb3 $19) 39... Nfd5 $1 40. Bxg6
(40. Kc1 Qa1+ 41. Bb1 Na2+ 42. Kc2 Ndb4+ $19) 40... fxg6 41. Qxd4+ Nf6 42. Re1
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "Belgrade olympia hopes"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2002.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Pikula, Dejan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2472"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.06.26"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 {Not the
most popular, but probably the most dangerous move} (7. a4 b6 (7... Nc6 $5 8.
h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c3 Nf5 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Qb3 h6 16. Bc1 e4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rd1 e3 $5 19. fxe3 Re8 20. Nf1 Qe5 21. Bd2
Bf8 $44 {Tsarev,V-Gofstein,L/Kiev/1989/}) (7... Bg4 $5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6
10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Qe3 Re8 15. a5 Nc5 16.
Rae1 Qh4 17. b4 Nd7 18. Kh2 h5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Na4 b5 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Kg2 Qd8
$44 {Mikhalevsky,V-Gofstein,L/Beersheva II/1992/}) 8. Re1 (8. h3 Bb7 9. d5 $6
c6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bf3 Nfd7 14. Ra3 b5 15. axb5 axb5
16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bxb2 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Qxe7 Be5
22. Bd1 Qd4 $17 {Ristic,N-Ermenkov,E/Dieren op/1990/}) (8. Bg5 Bb7 9. Nd2 e5
10. d5 Nbd7 11. b4 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 (12... c6 13. Nc4 $36) 13. f3 f5 14. g4 f4
15. Bf2 h5 16. h3 Bf6 17. Qe1 Kg7 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Rh1 Rh8 20. h4 hxg4 21. fxg4
g5 22. Nf3 Kf7 $13 {Hmadi,S-Chavez,R/Dubai olm/1986/}) (8. Bf4 Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7
10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Bh6 Nf6 13. Ra3 $6 Rc8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ng5 Na5
16. Nd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Qc1 f5 19. Nd2 e5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. Bxa6 Rxc2 $36 {
Pandavos,E-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri/1993/}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 $5 (9. Bf1 e6 10. h3
Nbd7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qc1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Bc4 Qd6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6
17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Rad1 Nd4 22. Qd3 b5 $132
{Sezedenko,V-Ermenkov,V/Manila olm/1992/}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. c4 Bxf3
12. Bxf3 Ra7 13. e6 f5 14. a5 bxa5 15. d5 Rb7 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc6 Rc7 18. Qa4
Qc8 19. c5 $1 $36 {Kengis,E-Ibragimov,I/Reykjavik op/1994/}) (7. Bg5 b5 8. e5
b4 $5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bd2 bxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Ba5 Rb8 14. b3 g5
15. h3 g4 16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Ng3
Nf4 22. Ne4 Qh6 $13 {1/2:1/2,Bosch,J-Van der Werf,M/NLD-ch/1994/}) (7. Bf4 b5
8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5
exf5 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncd4 17. Bh6 c5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Qb3 Rfd8 $17 {Cifuentes,R-Van Laatum,G/Ostende op/1991/}) 7... e6 (
7... b5 8. e5 $1 Nfd7 9. a4 $1 bxa4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Nxe6
Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Ra7 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rxa4 Kf7 17. Ne4 h6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bg4 Qc7
20. Qf3+ Nf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxh6 $40 {Ciric,D-Clausen,S/Kobenhavn op/1989/})
(7... b6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 f6 11. Bh6 d5 $6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bd3 c5
14. exf6 exf6 15. h5 c4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf1 Nd6 18. Qf4 Nf7 19. g3 g5 20. Qd2
$14 {Berzinsh,R-Kozakov,M/Hlohovec op/1994/}) (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Bf3 (10. Be3 Qd6 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qd3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qxd6 Rxd6 $11 {
Sosonko,G-Larsen,B/Ljubljana 1977}) 10... e6 11. Na4 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c4
e4 14. Be2 Qd6 15. Be3 h5 16. h3 b5 17. Nc3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20.
Qe2 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Hoi,C/Budapest Noviki-A/1989/}) 8. Bf4 $5 (8. e5 dxe5 9.
Nxe5 Nfd7 $1 10. Nf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Bh6 Nbc6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb3 b6 $13 {Zvjaginsev,V-Bezold,M/Altensteig 1994}) (8. Bg5 $5 h6
9. Bf4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 (10... b4 11. Nb1 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 bxc3 14. Nxc3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bb7 $13 {Miles,A-Ermenkov,E/Aegina 1993}) 11. Nxe5 $14) (8. h3
Nc6 (8... b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 h6 14.
Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. c3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Urban,K/
Warsaw 1995/EXT 99 (17)}) 9. Bf1 b6 10. d5 Ne7 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Bf4 b5 13. a3
Qb8 $13 {Kaiumov,D-Nenashev,A/Dubai 2000}) (8. Bf1 b5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11.
Bg3 Nh5 12. a4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 b4 14. Na2 c5 $13 {Kunz,W-Schmidt,O/Wuerttemberg
1995}) 8... h6 9. e5 $5 {Very logical move which makes perfect sense after e6.}
(9. Qd2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $13) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 (10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Raxd1 Nfd7
12. h4 Nc6 13. Bf1 $14) 10... Nbd7 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. Bg3 {White bishops are
perfectly placed on f3 and g3.} Qe7 (12... Nbd5 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nc1 Bb7 15. Ncd3
$14) 13. Qe2 Qb4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd4]} (13... c5 $6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rad1 $16 {
[%csl Rb6,Rc8]}) 14. Nd3 {Forcing a series of exchanges which prove to be in
white's favor.} Qxd4 15. Bxc7 Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19.
Nxe5 $14 b5 20. Nc6 (20. b3 $5 Ra7 (20... b4 $2 21. a3 Rb8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23.
Nc6 $18) 21. c4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Nf6 23. Rab1 Rc7 24. Rb6 $14) 20... Bb7 (20...
Kg7 21. Rad1 (21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nd4 Kf6 23. Rad1 $14) 21... Nf6 22. Ne5 Ra7 23.
Rd6 Nd7 24. Nc6 Rc7 $14) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Nd4 {arising endgame is definitly
better for white, but it's very difficult to win it anyway.} Rfe8 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. f3 Rc8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Re1 Rc4 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd3+ Kd7 (28... Kd6 $5
29. Re8 Rc8 30. Rxc8 $6 Bxc8 31. b4 g5 32. c3 f6 $11) 29. h4 h5 $6 (29... Rc8)
30. g4 hxg4 31. fxg4 Rc8 32. Rf1 Ke7 33. g5 Rh8 34. Rf4 {[%csl Rd5,Rf7]} Bc8
35. c3 Be6 36. Nf3 ({Deserved attention} 36. b3 $5 {[%cal Gd4f3,Gd3d4] not
letting black to exchange the pawn on d5 .}) 36... d4 37. Kxd4 Bxa2 38. Ke5 Rd8
39. Rd4 Rb8 $6 (39... Rxd4 40. Nxd4 Bc4 41. b3 Bf1 42. Nc6+ Ke8 43. b4 $18 {
[%csl Ra6]}) (39... Rc8) 40. Kf4 {White still keeps slightly better chances,
but the assesment of the position didn't change- black should hold it.} Ra8 41.
Ne5 Ke6 (41... Rh8 $5) 42. Nc6 Rc8 $2 {Blundering away a pawn!} 43. Nb4 $18 1-0

[Event "Julian Borowski-B 3rd"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "2001.05.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 (6. a4 $5) 6... O-O (
6... b5 7. Bd3 Ng4 (7... Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4) 8. Bg5 f6 9.
Bh4 e5 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxb5 $16) 7. Bh6 Bg4 (7... b5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Bxg7 Kxg7
10. O-O-O e5 {/\Bf3,Nh5}) 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Ng5 b5 (9... h6 10. h3 Bc8 (10... Bh5
11. g4 hxg5 12. Be2 Rh8 13. Qxg5 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 e5 15. O-O-O Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Rh4
17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Rd3 Na6 $15 {Hennigan,M-Krasenkow,M/Hastings9394 1993}) 11. Nf3
Qa5 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nbd7 14. Ng4 Nxg4 15. hxg4 Rh8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Bc4 b5
18. Bb3 Bb7 19. O-O-O $14 {Degraeve,J-Ponomariov,R/Festival comtois 3rd 1998})
(9... c5 10. h3 Bc8 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O-O Be6 15. Qe3
Qa5 16. a3 Rfd8 $13 {McNab,C-Gullaksen,E/Hampstead GM 1998}) 10. h3 Bc8 11. Bd3
e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O {It's hard to believe that white may fight for the
advantage without f4 that's why it's better for him to play f4 as soon as
possible.} (13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 (14... c5 $6 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. O-O Nc6 17. c3
$14 {Yagupov,I-Irzhanov,R/RUS-Cup06 1998}) 15. f4 Nbd7 16. O-O Qe7 17. Rf2 Ne8
18. Nf3 f6 19. Ng3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Nd6 $132 {Sadler,M-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires
Najdorf 1995}) 13... h6 14. Nf3 Qe7 $5 (14... Nbd7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 a5 17. Ng3
Qc7 18. Nh4 Nb6 19. f4 c5 $132) 15. Ne2 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 b4 18. Nh4 {
[%cal Gh4f5]} Kh7 19. f4 $6 (19. Kh1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 19... Nh5 $1 $17 20.
Nxh5 (20. Nhf5 $2 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 gxf5 24. Nxf5 Re6
$19) 20... Qxh4 21. fxe5 gxh5 $5 (21... Qxh5 22. Rxf7+ Kg8 (22... Kh8 23. Qf4
$1 Qg5 (23... Rxe5 $2 24. Rf8+ Nxf8 25. Qxf8+ Kh7 26. Rf1 $18 {[%csl Rh7][%cal
Gf1f7]}) 24. Rh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qf7+ Kh8 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. Bc4 Qe3+ 28. Kh1 h5
29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qh8+ Kg5 31. Qd8+ Kh6 32. e6 $16) 23. Bc4 Nxe5 24. Re7+ Kf8 $8
(24... Nxc4 25. Rxe8+ Kf7 26. Qd8 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Ne3 28. Rh8 $40 {[%cal Gd8g8,
Gh8h7]}) 25. Rc7 Nxc4 26. Qxb4+ Kg8 27. Qxc4+ Be6 28. Qc3 Bf7 29. Rf1 $36) 22.
e6 $2 {After this move white should lose,so still better was} (22. Rxf7+ $5 {
with complicated struggle.}) 22... Ne5 $6 ({Why not} 22... fxe6 23. Rf7+ (23.
e5+ Kg7 $19) 23... Kg8 24. Raf1 (24. Qxh6 Kxf7 25. Qh7+ Kf6 26. Rf1+ Ke5 $19)
24... Qg5 25. Qxb4 Ne5 $19 {and black seems to be winning in all variations?})
23. exf7 Rf8 $17 24. Rf4 Qg3 $6 {Permitting white to escape.} (24... Qg5 $1)
25. Raf1 Bxh3 26. R4f3 $8 Qg5 (26... Nxf3+ 27. Rxf3 Qxg2+ 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29.
Kxg2 Kg7 30. Bc4 $44) 27. Qxg5 Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 hxg5 29. e5+ Kg7 30. Rxh3 Kxf7
31. Rxh5 $11 Rad8 (31... Ke6 32. Rxg5 Kd5) 32. Rxg5 Rd4 33. b3 Ke7 34. Rg6 $6 (
{After} 34. Bc4 $1 {[%cal Gg5g7] white could fight for a win.}) 34... Rfd8 35.
Rxc6 (35. Bc4 Rxc4 36. bxc4 Rd2 37. Rxc6 Rxc2 38. Ra6 b3 39. Rxa7+ Ke6 40. Rb7
b2 $44) 35... Rxd3 36. cxd3 Rxd3 $11 37. Kf2 Rxb3 38. g4 Ra3 39. Ra6 b3 40. g5
b2 41. Rxa7+ Ke6 42. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "2001.03.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2001.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
{With this move white can hardly fight for the opening advantage.} dxe5 9. Nxe5
(9. dxe5 Ng4 (9... Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 {1/2-1/2
Kreizberg,M-Kantsler,B/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 77 (12)}) 10. Ng5 (10. e6 fxe6 11.
h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 e5 $13 {Rozentalis,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Lvov 1990/CBM 18 (33)}) 10... Ndxe5
11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. f4 f6 13. fxe5 fxg5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Bxg5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 Bf5
$15 {Groszpeter,A-Van Wijgerden,C/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT (41)}) 9... Nd5 $5 ({
Not so bad is also} 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3
e6 14. Bg5 Bd7 $11 {Boensch,U-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1993/CBM 37 (38)}) 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Nf3 ({May be white should prefer} 11. Bf4 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 f6 (12... Bxe5
13. dxe5 Be6 (13... d4 14. Bc4 Bf5 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Bxe6 17. Rxe6 $14) 14.
Qd4 Rc8 15. c3 b6 16. Rad1 $14) 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. c4 e6 15. Qb3 $14 {with
slightly better chanses due to more active position of the pieces.}) 11... Nf6
12. c3 Bg4 13. Bf4 (13. Ne5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Ne4 15. h3 e6 16. Bf4 $11) 13... e6
14. Qb3 $5 Nh5 15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nf6 18. a4 $6 {White should
concentrate on the kingside.} (18. g3 Nd7 19. Bf4 Qc6 20. Re2 Nb6 21. Rae1 Nc8
22. h4 h5 23. Be5 $14) 18... Nd7 19. g3 (19. a5 Nb8 20. g3 Nc6 21. Bf4 Qd7 $11)
19... Nb6 20. Bf4 Qc6 21. Be2 a6 22. h4 h6 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 (24. Qb4 Rfd8
25. b3 Nd6 26. Rac1 Rac8 $13) 24... dxc4 25. Qb6 {White still keeps some
pressure,but with calm and accurate defense black easily holds the equality.}
Qd5 (25... Rac8 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Ra4 Rd8 28. Rb4 Rd7 $11) 26. Ra4 Rfd8 27. Rb4
Rd7 28. Qc5 Bf8 (28... Qxc5 $2 29. dxc5 $16 {[%csl Rc4]}) 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Rb6
h5 31. b3 (31. Rb1 $6 Be7 32. b3 Bd8 {[%csl Ra5]} 33. Rd6 Rxd6 34. Bxd6 Bxa5
35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Rxb7 Bxc3 $17) 31... cxb3 32. Bg5 (32. Rb1 Be7 33. R1xb3 Bd8
34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxb7 Bxa5) 32... Rc8 33. Rxb3 Rdc7 34. Re5 Rd7 $11 (34...
Rxc3 35. Rxb7 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 35. Kf1 Kg7 36. Re1 Bd6 37. Reb1 Rcc7 38. Ke2
f6 39. Bd2 Kf7 40. Kd3 Ke6 41. Rb6 Kf5 42. Rxd6 (42. Rc1 Rc4 43. Rcb1 Rcc7 $11
(43... Ra4 44. Rxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxb7 Rxa5 46. c4 dxc4+ 47. Kxc4 Ra2 48. Be3 Ke4
$11)) 42... Rxd6 43. Bf4 Rdd7 44. Bxc7 Rxc7 45. f3 Rc4 (45... g5 46. hxg5 fxg5
47. Re1 Kf6 48. Re5 Rd7 $11) 46. Rxb7 Ra4 47. Rb6 Rxa5 48. Rd6 g5 49. hxg5 fxg5
50. Rh6 Ra2 51. Rxh5 Rg2 52. Rh8 (52. Rh3 a5 53. c4 dxc4+ 54. Kxc4 a4 55. Kb4
Rd2 56. Kc3 Rf2 57. g4+ Kf4 $11) 52... Rxg3 53. Ke2 Rg2+ 54. Ke3 Rc2 55. Kd3
Rf2 56. Ke3 Rc2 57. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novak Nikolic Memorial 2nd"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Velimirovic, Dragoljub"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.02.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 $5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Bf4 {Nothing special promises also 8.Q:d8,but on my opinion this continuation
should be prefured:} (8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 b6 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12.
Rd1 Bb7 13. e5 (13. Nd2 Ne6 14. f3 (14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 g5 16. fxg5 $6 Nxe5 17.
Nb3 a5 $36 {Andersson,U-Kramnik,V/Amber-rapid6th 1997}) 14... Rd8 15. Kf2 Nd7
16. Nb3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 18. Rb1 Ba6 $13 {Bareev,E-Anand,V/Paris Immopar
rapid 1992}) 13... Ng4 14. Bg5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {1/2-1/2 Pavasovic,D-Mohr,G/
Maribor 1996}) 8... Nc6 (8... Nh5 9. Be5 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Qc1 Qd6 12. Qe3
Nd4 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Bxb5 e5 15. Qc3 $14 {Righi,E-Biosvert,J/Erevan olm 1996})
9. h3 b6 ({Interesting idea was tried in the following game:} 9... Nd4 10. Bc4
Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 $5 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. e5 Nd7 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Na4 Qc6 $132 {
Volkmann,F-Loebler,H/AUT-chT9495}) 10. e5 Nd7 $6 {This move is inaccuracy,
fully passing the initiative into white's hands} (10... Qxd1 $1 11. Raxd1 Nd7
12. Bb5 (12. Nd5 e6 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Nb5 a5 (14... Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxa7
Bb7 17. Nb5 $11) 15. Rd6 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. a4 Rfe8 $13)
12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rfe1 f6 15. Nd5 $44) 11. Qd5 Bb7 ({Doen't
equalize} 11... Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxe5 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Nxc8 Raxc8
16. Rad1 $14 {and the pair of bishops promises white better prospects.}) 12.
Rad1 Ndb8 13. Qe4 (13. Bg5 $6 Qc8 14. Qc4 Nxe5 (14... Ba6 $5) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16.
Bxe7 Re8 17. Bd6 Bd4 $132) 13... Qc8 14. Qe3 Nb4 15. Qc1 (15. a3 Nxc2 16. Qd3
Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Nc6 19. Qe3 $14) 15... N8c6 16. a3 Na6 17. Nd5 Kh8
18. Bc4 (18. Bh6 Rd8 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qg5 $5 h6 (20... Nd4 $2 21. Nxd4 Bxd5 (
21... Rxd5 22. Bg4 $40) 22. Bxa6 Qxa6 23. Nf5+ $18) 21. Qg3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4
23. c4 dxc3 24. Nxc3 Qe6 25. f4 $14) 18... Na5 19. Ba2 (19. Nxe7 $6 Qe8 20.
Bxa6 Bxa6 21. Nd5 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Rb8 $15) 19... c4 20. b4 cxb3 21. cxb3 Qxc1 22.
Bxc1 e6 23. Nf6 Bxf3 (23... Nc6 24. Bb2 Rfd8 25. b4 $14) 24. gxf3 Nc6 25. Bb2
Rac8 26. b4 $14 {[%csl Ra6]} Nc7 27. Rd7 Nb8 28. Rd2 $6 {So far white was
playing accurately,keeping the minimal advantage that they got after mistake
of black on 10th move,but his last move is inaccuracy permitting black to
equalize.} (28. Rd3 $5) 28... Nb5 29. Bb3 Bh6 30. Rd3 Rfd8 31. Rfd1 Rxd3 32.
Rxd3 Bc1 $11 33. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 34. Kg2 Nc6 35. Ba4 (35. f4 Nbd4 36. Bd1) 35... a6
(35... Nbd4) 36. f4 Kg7 37. Rd7 ({The last chanse to fight for a win was} 37.
Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rb6]} Rc4 38. Nxb6 (38. Kg3 Rd4 39. Bxb5 axb5 40. Rxd4 Nxd4 41.
Nxb6 Nc2 $11) 38... Rxf4 39. Nd7 Rd4 40. Rxd4 Ncxd4 41. Nc5 Nxa3 42. Nxa6 $14 {
keeping the symbolical advantage.}) 37... g5 $1 $132 (37... Nxa3 $2 38. Bb3 $1
{[%csl Re6][%cal Gd7g7]} Nc4 39. Rc7 Nd6 40. Bxe6 $16) 38. Bxb5 axb5 39. fxg5
Nxe5 40. Rb7 Nc4 41. Rb8 Kg6 42. h4 Rc2 43. Kg3 Kf5 44. Ng4 (44. Nxh7 Rc3+ 45.
f3 Ne5 46. Rxb6 Rxf3+ 47. Kg2 Rxa3 48. Rxb5 Kf4 $132) 44... Rc3+ 45. f3 Nd2 46.
Nh6+ Kg6 47. Kg4 f5+ 48. gxf6 Nxf3 49. f7 Ne5+ 50. Kf4 Nxf7 51. Nxf7 Kxf7 52.
Rxb6 Rxa3 53. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Tripoli"]
[Date "2004.06.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Asrian, Karen"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "LBY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 a6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qd2 Nc6 (7...
b5 8. Ne2 (8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 a5 10. Ng3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bd2 $14 {Fontaine-Beim, DE 2001.}) 8... Nc6 9.
d5 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. O-O e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. a4 c5 14. Ng3 c4 $15 {
Rowson,J-Smirin,I/London 1999}) (7... Bg4 8. Bh6 $6 Nc6 ({Also possible is} 
8... Bxf3 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. gxf3 Nc6) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. d5 $2 Bxf3 $1 11. dxc6
Bxg2 12. Rg1 Bh3 13. cxb7 Rb8 $36 {Charbonneau,P-Hebert,J/Richmond 2002}) (7...
Nbd7 8. O-O-O b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. e5 b4 11. Ne2 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14.
Nf4 Rxf4 15. Bxf4 c5 16. Qe2 $16 {Atakisi,U-Gurevich,M/Izmir 2002}) 8. h4 $5 {
[%cal Ge3h6,Gh4h5] Starting an actions on the kingside right away.} (8. h3 e5
9. dxe5 (9. O-O-O b5 10. Rhe1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c5 13. Be3 c4 14. Bf1
b4 $132 {Sepp,O-Sabinov,A/Tallinn 2003}) 9... Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 Be6
12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. O-O b5 $13 {Tirard,H-Shchekachev,A/Bogny sur Meuse 2002}) (8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f3 e6 11. Bc4 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be6 $11 {
Shalimov,V-Matjushin,G/Mariupol 2003}) 8... Ng4 $6 {[%csl Rg8] Black is
obviously confused with such an agressive play, so his reaction is pretty bad.
More in the spirit of the position was} (8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Bh6 c6 11. Bxg7
Kxg7 12. dxc6 bxc6 $13 {and white is yet to prove he's got any attacking
chances on the kingside.}) 9. h5 Nxe3 10. fxe3 {[%cal Gd2f2,Gf2h4]} e5 11. hxg6
hxg6 12. O-O-O {Once the knight is gone white's attack over an h-file is very
difficult to stop.} b5 (12... exd4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Qh6 Re8 16.
Qh7+ Kf8 17. Bc4 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Bg7 19. Bxf7 $18) 13. Qf2 Bd7 (13... Bg4 $8 14.
Nd5 exd4 15. exd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxd4 17. Qh2 Re8 18. f4 $40) 14. Nd5 Ne7 $2 {
A blunder in a difficult position.} 15. Qh4 f6 $8 (15... Re8 16. Nf6+ Kf8 17.
Ng5 $18) 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 $1 $18 fxe5 18. Qh7+ Kf7 19. Rhf1+ Ke6 20. Qxg7
Nxd5 21. exd5+ Kd6 22. Qxg6+ Kc5 23. Qg7 Kd6 24. Be4 b4 25. Qg6+ Kc5 26. d6 $1
c6 27. Qg7 Re8 28. Rf7 Qh4 29. Bf3 Qc4 30. Rxd7 Qxa2 31. Rc7 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qxb2
33. Rxc6+ Kb5 34. Qb7+ Ka5 35. Rc5+ Ka4 36. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Denmark"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 {This variation is famous for it's drawing tendency,
but in the following game white has got a decisive advantage straight out of
the opening!} Qe7 (10... Qc8 11. Qc1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1 Qf8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 h5 16. Nb5 Rc8 $11 {Mok Tze Meng-Ker,A/Jakarta zt 1993}) (10... Qxd2
11. Rxd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd2 13. Rxd2 a6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 {
1/2-1/2 Ricardi,P-Zarnicki,P/Mar del Plata op 1997}) 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Qc1 Rad8 (
11... Rfd8 12. Bg5 Rxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Bb5 $1 $14 {Agter,F-Cevaal,C/NLD-chJM
U16 1995}) 12. Rxd8 Rxd8 13. Rd1 Bxf3 {1/2-1/2 Zilberman,Y-Rechlis,G/Israeli
League 2000}) 11... Bxf3 (11... Rfd8 $2 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxd6 {
1-0 Kaminski,M-Khait,A/Warsaw op 1992}) 12. Bxf3 Qc5 $6 {First step in the
wrong direction.} (12... Nd4 $1 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Bxf6 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Bxf6 16.
Qe3 Bg7 $13) 13. Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Qd6 (14... Bd8 15. b4 Qb5 16. Be2 Qa4 17.
c3 $14 {[%csl Ra4]}) 15. Qe3 Nd4 $6 {After this inaccuracy white's advantage
becomes quiet significient.} (15... Rad8 16. c3 a6 17. Rd2 Ne7 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6
19. Rfd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Qe6 21. a3 Nc6 $11) 16. c3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 $14 {[%csl
Rf6]} Bg7 (17... Bg5 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Nb6 Qe6 21. Nd7 Rfe8 22. b3
$14) 18. Rd3 c6 $2 {This move not only looks like suicide-it really is!} (18...
Rad8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. Nb6 Qe7 21. Nd7 Rfe8 22. b4 $14) 19. Nb6 Qxd3 20. Qxd3
axb6 21. Qd7 $1 $16 (21. a3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Rd7 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 $14 {
[%cal Gg8e8]}) 21... Rxa2 22. Rb1 $1 (22. Qxb7 $6 Rxb2 23. Qxc6 Rd8 24. Qc7
Rdd2 (24... Ra8 25. Rd1 h5 26. g3 $16) 25. Qb8+ Bf8 26. Qxe5 Bc5 $132) 22...
Ra7 23. g3 b5 $6 {[%csl Rb5]} 24. Qe7 Rfa8 25. Rd1 (25. Kg2 $5) 25... Ra1 26.
Rxa1 Rxa1+ 27. Kg2 Ra2 28. Qxb7 Rxb2 29. Qxc6 Bf8 (29... f6 $2 {[%csl Rg8]} 30.
Qd5+ Kf8 31. Qa8+ Kf7 32. Qa3) 30. Qd5 Bg7 31. Qd6 $1 h5 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. c4 {
[%cal Gb8b2]} b4 34. c5 Rc2 (34... b3 $8 35. c6 Rc2 36. Qxb3 Rxc6 37. Qxf7 $18)
35. Qxb4 $18 Kg8 36. Qb5 Bf8 37. c6 Bd6 38. Qd5 Bc7 39. Qd7 Bb6 40. Qe8+ Kg7
41. Qxe5+ Kh7 42. Qf6 Kg8 43. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1d1]} 1-0

[Event "Petrov Memorial op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2000.02.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kalashnikov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2403"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.02.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 $5 {Not so popular,but very poisonous continuation.After 9...
h6 white just plans to move back with the bishop to e3 and black pawn on h6
will remain a weak spot in the position of black.} Nd7 10. Ne2 Qe8 (10... h6
11. Be3 Kh7 (11... e5 12. c3 Nb6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. c4 f5 16. g3 Nd7
$132 {Fleck,J-Gawehns,K/Porz 1988}) 12. c3 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. Bg2 Nf6 15. d5 Ne7
16. c4 Nd7 17. Qc2 $14 {Lopez Moll,J-Andreev,E/EU-chJM U18 1997}) 11. Qd2 (11.
c3 e5 12. Re1 (12. g3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne7 16. Rad1 Qa4
17. Nc1 $14 {Milos,G-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo zt 1995}) 12... Kh8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14.
Ng3 Ng8 15. Bd1 f6 16. Be3 Rf7 17. Bb3 $14 {Tatai,S-Manca,F/Reggio Emilia9394})
(11. d5 Nce5 12. Nd4 Nxf3+ 13. Nxf3 e5 14. Qd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bh6 f4 $13
{Hitzgerova,G-Miron,L/WchJW-U14 1993}) 11... e5 12. c3 Nb6 $5 13. b3 $5 {
Deciding not to close the center.} (13. d5 Ne7 14. b3 f5 15. g3 Qf7 16. Bg2 Nd7
17. c4 $14) 13... f5 14. d5 {Now this move is necessaty,because otherwise blck
siezes the initiative:} (14. exf5 $2 e4 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Bg4 h5 17. Bxf6 Rxf6
18. Qg5 Kf7 19. d5 Nd8 $17) 14... Ne7 15. c4 fxe4 $2 {Extremly strange
decision,showing that the black simply doesn't understand the position!Now it
was the right time to get rid of darksquared bishop:} (15... Bf6 $5 16. Bh6 Bg7
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. exf5 gxf5 19. g3 $13) 16. Bxe4 $14 Nf5 17. Nc3 (17. Rae1 $5 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} Nd7 (17... h6 $2 18. Bxf5 $1 hxg5 19. Be6+ $16) 18. g4 Ne7 19. f4
Nc5 20. Bc2 $16) 17... a5 18. Nb5 $5 Qd7 19. Qd3 Rf7 20. Rac1 Bf8 (20... Bf6
21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. f4 e4 24. Qd2 $14) 21. a3 Be7 22. Bd2 $16 {
Black pieces are so misplaced that white may select between different ways to
enlarge his advantage.} (22. Bxf5 $5 Rxf5 (22... Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Be3 f4
25. Bxb6 cxb6 26. Rfe1 $16) 23. Be3 $1 Bg5 24. Bxb6 cxb6 25. Rce1 $16) 22...
Bh4 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Ra2 25. c5 (25. g3 $5 Bf6 26. c5) 25... dxc5 26. bxc5
Na4 (26... Nc4 $5 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxc4 Rxd2 29. Qxh4 Qxb5 30. Qe7 $1 $16) 27.
c6 (27. g4 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxb5 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. Bd3 Qd7 $14) 27... bxc6 28.
Rxc6 Nd6 29. Be3 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra2,Ra4]} (29. Nxd6 cxd6 30. Be3 Nc5 31. Bxc5
dxc5 32. g3 $16) 29... Rb2 $6 {Losing on the spot,but for some reason white
misses the possibility to win the game in a move!} 30. Nxc7 $6 (30. Nxd6 cxd6
31. Qa3 $18 {[%cal Ga3a4,Ga3b2]}) 30... Rb4 31. Bxg6 Rg7 32. Bxh7+ $6 ({
Once again missing the simple win} 32. Qa3 $1 Rxg6 33. Qxb4 Qxh3 34. Qb8+ Kf7 (
34... Kg7 35. Ne8+ $18 {[%cal Gc6g6]}) 35. g3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 32... Kh8
33. Ne6 $6 (33. Bg6 e4 34. Qa3 Rxg6 35. Qxb4 Qxh3 36. Qxe4 $3 Nxe4 37. Rxg6 $18
) 33... Rxh7 34. Nf8 Qf5 35. Qxf5 $2 {The final mistake,but this time finally
permitting black to escape.} (35. Ng6+ Kg7 36. Qa3 Rb1 37. Qxd6 Rxf1+ 38. Kxf1
Qb1+ 39. Rc1 $18) 35... Nxf5 36. Nxh7 Kxh7 37. Bd2 Rd4 $132 38. Bc1 Rxd5 $1 39.
g4 Nd4 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Kg2 {The chanses are equal and this strange game comes
to an end!} (41. Rxh4 $2 Nf3+ $17 {[%cal Gf3g1,Gf3h4]}) 41... Be7 42. Ra6 Nc5
43. Ra7 Kf7 44. Rd1 Nce6 45. h4 Rb5 46. h5 Nc6 47. Ra6 Nb4 48. Ra8 Rd5 49. Rh1
(49. Rxd5 Nxd5 50. Kf3 Bg5 51. Bb2 Bf4 52. Ke4 Nf6+ $11 53. Kf5 $4 Ng7#) 49...
Rd4 50. Kg3 Rd3+ 51. Kg2 Rd4 52. Kf3 Bg5 53. Be3 e4+ 54. Ke2 Bxe3 55. fxe3 Rc4
56. Rd1 Nd3 57. Ra5 Rc2+ 58. Rd2 Nc1+ 59. Ke1 Nd3+ 60. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eilat GP "]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2001.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2484"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.11.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 $5 {Not the most
popular reply, but quiet possible one leading to complicate struggle with
slightly better chanses to white.} 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3 c6 9. a4 (9. Be3 Nbd7 (9...
cxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 a6 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. a4 b6 15. g3 Bb7 16.
Bg2 $14 {Kaminski,U-Engelbert,C/Dresden 1994/TD}) 10. a4 Qc7 11. Nd2 a6 12. Nc4
b5 13. dxc6 bxc4 14. cxd7 Bxd7 15. a5 Bc6 $132 {Parma,B-Andersson,U/
Berlin-West 1971/EXT 98}) 9... a5 (9... Nbd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Bg5
Nc5 13. Nd4 Nf6 14. Bf1 $14 {Van der Werf,M-Nijboer,F/Groningen 1989/EXT 98})
10. Re1 (10. Bg5 Bd7 (10... Na6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nb4 14. Bf3
Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 $13 {Stean,M-Keene,R/Hastings 1973/EXT 98}) 11. Re1 Na6 12.
dxc6 Bxc6 13. Bb5 Nb4 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bh2 Rc8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd2 h5
{1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Leningrad 1973/IZT (18)}) (10. Bf4 Na6 11. Re1
Qb6 12. Qc1 Nb4 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxe5 $14 {Podgaets,M-Dvoretzky,M/
Tbilisi 1973/MCD}) (10. Be3 Na6 11. Nd2 Bd7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Nc4 $2 Nxe4 14.
Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bb6 Qc8 $17 {Antoshin,V-Zaitsev,I/Riga 1970/URS-ch}) 10... Qc7 (
10... Na6 11. Bf1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 (13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Bc4 Rc8
16. Bb3 cxd5 17. exd5 Rc5 $13 {Ligterink,G-Lutikov,A/Jurmala 1978/EXT 99})
13... Kh7 14. Bd4 Bd7 15. Qd2 Rc8 $132 {Schlemmermeyer,W-Bastian,H/Germany
1983/GER-chT}) 11. Bf1 Nfd7 {The idea behind this move is to prevent e5,but
white wasn't threatening to play it so deserved attention} (11... Na6 12. Bg5 (
12. dxc6 bxc6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Nb4 15. Bc4 Bf5 $13) 12... Nb4 13. Qd2 Bd7
14. Rad1 $14) 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Qd2 Na6 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Bd4 (16. Rad1
$5) 16... Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nf6 (17... Nb6 18. Nf3 Bd7 19. Qh6 f6 20. Qd2 $14) 18.
Rad1 Bd7 (18... cxd5 19. exd5 Nfxd5 $2 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Nb5 $18) 19. g4 $5
Rad8 {Black can't take on d5:} (19... cxd5 $6 20. exd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22.
Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxb5 {[%csl Rd5,Re8]} Nb4 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. c3 Nc6 26. f4 $16) 20.
Bg2 Bc8 21. Nce2 (21. g5 Nh5 22. f4 e5 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Nde2 e5 $132) 21... e5
22. dxe6 fxe6 23. c3 Na6 24. Qg5 $6 {White doesn't manage to create anything
on the kingside, so this move is just a waste of time} (24. g5 Nh5 25. b4 e5
26. Nc2 Be6 27. Ne3 Rf8 $13) 24... Kg7 25. Ng3 h6 $1 (25... e5 $2 26. Ndf5+ (
26. Ngf5+ $6 Bxf5 27. Nxf5+ Kf7 28. Nh6+ Kg7 $11) 26... Kf7 (26... Bxf5 27.
exf5) 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Ngf5+ Bxf5 29. exf5 $16) 26. Qe3 e5 27. Nf3 Nc5 28. g5
hxg5 29. Qxg5 Ne6 $6 (29... Qf7 $1 30. Nh4 Kh7 $15) 30. Nf5+ Kf7 31. Nxd6+ $1
Rxd6 (31... Qxd6 $6 32. Rxd6 Nxg5 33. Nxg5+ Ke7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Nf3 Ke6 36.
h4 $16) 32. Nxe5+ Ke7 33. Nxg6+ {White decides to force a draw. Another
possibility was} (33. Qxg6 $5 {but it seems that black has enough defensive
resaurses to keep the balance.} Rf8 $8 (33... Rxd1 $2 34. Qf7+ Kd6 35. Rxd1+
Kxe5 36. f4+ $1 {[%csl Rc7,Rf6]} Kxf4 37. Qxf6+ Kg3 38. Qf2#) 34. f4 Bd7 (34...
Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qb6+ 36. Kh1 Nxf4 37. Qg7+ Ke8 38. Nc4 $18 {[%cal Gc4d6]}) 35.
Rxd6 (35. Qf5 Be8 36. Rxd6 Qxd6 37. Rf1 Rg8 $15) 35... Qxd6 36. Qg3 Rg8 37. Qf2
Nxf4 $5 38. Qxf4 Bxh3 39. Re2 Bxg2 (39... Ke6 40. Ng6 $8 Rxg6 41. Qxd6+ Kxd6
42. e5+ Kc5 43. exf6 Bxg2 44. Rxg2 Rxf6 $11) 40. Rxg2 Qd1+ 41. Qf1 Rxg2+ 42.
Kxg2 Qc2+ 43. Kg1 Qxe4 $11) 33... Kf7 34. Ne5+ Ke7 35. Ng6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch qual 57th"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2004.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Frolov, Denis"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2401"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.05.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. h3 (6. d5) 6... Nf6 7. Nf3
O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. dxe5 {With this move white gives up a fight for opening
advantage.} (9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 (10... Bd7 11. Bc4 Re8 12. Nf3 Be6 13.
Bd5 Qd7 14. Qd2 Bxd5 15. exd5 Ne5 $11 {Polgar,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Yerevan 1996}
) 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Rb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. b3 Qc8 $13
{Ye Jiangchuan-Ehlvest,J/Luzern 1989}) (9. d5 Ne7 10. Nd2 c6 11. Nc4 cxd5 12.
exd5 Nf5 13. Bb6 Qe7 $13 {Mueller,M-Buhmann,R/Leimen 2001}) 9... dxe5 (9...
Nxe5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Qf8 15. Rf1 h6
16. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Cespedes,A-Hickl,J/Martigny 1988/EXT 97 (16)}) 10.
Bc5 {The bishop has nothing to do on c5, so 10. 0-0 seems to be more logical.}
(10. O-O Be6 11. Ng5 Nd4 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Bc4 Nd4 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Darga,K-Davies,N/Germany 1987/GER-chT (15)}) (10. Bg5 Be6 11. O-O h6
12. Be3 Qc8 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. h4 $2 f5 $36 {Vajda,S-Postny,E/
Budapest 2000}) 10... Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Ba3 (14.
Be3 Rd6 15. Nd2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Be5 18. Qe2 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Nd4 20. Qc4+
Kg7 $11) 14... Nd4 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. c3 (16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Nxe4 18. Qd3 c6
19. Nf4 Re8 $11) 16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Nxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Qd1 Re8 20. a5 (20.
Re1 Qg5 21. Qb3 Rab8 22. Bc5 c6 23. Rad1 $13) 20... Qg5 21. Qb3 $6 {[%csl Rg1]
Neglecting the king, which is left alone to face black pieces!} (21. c4) 21...
e3 $1 $40 22. Qxb7 Be5 23. Bc5 $2 (23. Qb4 Rab8 24. f4 Qg3 25. Qc4 e2 26. fxe5
exf1=Q+ 27. Rxf1 Qxe5 $13) 23... Qf4 24. g3 Qf3 25. Bxe3 (25. Qc6 e2 26. Rfe1
Bxg3 27. fxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Qxh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rad8 $19 {[%cal Ge8e4,
Ge4h4]}) 25... Bxg3 $1 $19 26. Ra4 Rab8 (26... Rab8 27. Qa7 (27. Qc6 Rxe3 $1
28. fxe3 Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rxb2+ $19) 27... Rxb2 28. Rg4 Bd6 29. Qd4 Rxe3 30. Qxe3
Bh2+ 31. Kxh2 Qxe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Mateuta, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 $5 7. a4 Nc6 8.
Be3 (8. d5 Nb8 9. a5 Bg4 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c5 13. Be2 Ne8 14.
Qd2 $14 {Spangenberg,H-Dolezal,C/Mar del Plata op 1997}) (8. Bf4 Bg4 9. d5 Nb8
10. a5 c6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Qd2 $14 {Mohr,G-Nevednichy,
V/10th Open 1999}) (8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 {1/2-1/2 Stoica,V-Lupu,M/
ROM-chT 1998}) 8... Ng4 $6 {Dubious decision.Now white gets significient
advantage.} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 (10... Nf6 11. h3 Kh7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rad1 Nb4
14. Nh2 d5 15. e5 Ng8 16. g4 $16 {Vajda,L-Lupu,M/Bucharest Primavara 1998}) 11.
Bg3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 $8 {Otherwise white's advantage is even bigger.} (12... Ne7
$6 13. Nxg5 Nxf2 14. Bxf2 hxg5 15. Be3 Ng6 16. Bg4 $16) (12... Nb8 13. h3 Nf6
14. Nd2 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4e3,Ga4a5,Gb2b5]}) 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxg4 (14.
Nb1 $6 Ne5 15. Nd2 c5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Nb3 c5 $132) 14... dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3
16. Ra3 Bg7 17. c4 $14 {White has very comfortable advantage and he may choose
between different plans.} a5 18. Re1 $5 (18. f4 $5 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5
Rxf5 21. Raf3 (21. Re3 $5) 21... Qd7 22. fxg5 Rxf3 23. Rxf3 hxg5 $14) 18... b6
19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. Rae3 {Preparing e5} Qd7 ({Deserved attention} 20... Re8 $5
21. Qh5 Qf6 22. h4 (22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qf5 24. g4 Qd7 $11) 22... Qg6 23. Qxg6
fxg6 24. hxg5 hxg5 $14 {with good chanses to hold an arising ending.}) 21. h4 (
21. e5 $6 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Rfe8 $11) 21... f6 $6 {Loss of time.
Better was} (21... Rce8 $1 22. f4 (22. hxg5 hxg5 23. f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 f5 $132)
(22. Qh5 $5 Qxa4 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Qxc4 25. Bf4 f5 26. exf5 Rxe3 27. Rxe3
Qxd5 28. Re7 Rf7 $11) 22... gxf4 23. Bxf4 f5 24. g3 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Rxe4
$14 {with slightly worse,but defendable ending.}) 22. f4 $1 $36 f5 $6 (22...
Rce8 $1) 23. exf5 gxh4 $1 (23... Qxf5 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rf3 Qg6 26. Re6 $16)
24. Bxh4 Qxf5 25. Re4 {[%cal Gg2g4,Gf4f5]} Qg6 $6 26. Re6 Bf6 $2 {[%csl Rc8]
Throwing the game in one move,but also after} (26... Qf5 27. R1e4 Be5 (27... h5
28. Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rh5]}) 28. Qf3 Bxf4 29. Bf6 $1 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gf3f5]} Rxf6
30. Rxf6 Qxf6 31. Qg4+ Kh7 32. Rxf4 Qa1+ 33. Rf1 $18 {white is wining.}) 27.
Bxf6 (27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qg4+ $18 {[%cal Gg4c8,Gg4g8]}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jaracz, Pawel"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[BlackTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 (5. Qf3) 5... Nf6 6. Qe2 b5 $5 {
Agessive continuation leading to very complicated struggle.} 7. Bd3 Bg4 (7...
b4 $6 8. Nd1 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Qc7 12. Bd2 {+= Rosin,
W-Richter,A/RLNN 1991 (36)}) 8. Nd1 $5 {Intending to play c3.} (8. O-O $5 Nfd7
9. Be3 b4 $1 (9... e5 $6 10. d5 b4 11. dxc6 bxc3 12. cxd7+ Nxd7 13. bxc3 O-O
14. h3 {+=}) 10. Na4 Qa5 11. b3 e5 12. a3 exd4 13. Bd2 Ne5 $6 (13... Qh5 $1 $36
) 14. axb4 {~ Kuijf,M-Reinderman,D/NLD-ch 1996 (63)}) 8... Nfd7 {Starting the
battle for the center.} 9. c3 (9. Be3 $6 e5 10. c3 O-O (10... Qf6 $5 11. d5
cxd5 (11... a6 $6 12. a4) 12. exd5 a6 13. a4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 bxa4
16. Rxa4 f5 $1 $132) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 exd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Kf1 {~}) 9...
e5 10. d5 $1 {Correct reply causing black certain inconvinience.Worse is} (10.
dxe5 $6 Nxe5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qf6 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Nd7 {=+ and black
siezes the initiative.}) 10... cxd5 11. Bxb5 $1 {Another strong move letting
white to get an opening advantage.} (11. exd5 O-O 12. Ne3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 a6 14.
O-O f5 {~}) 11... O-O 12. Ne3 (12. exd5 $6 e4 13. Qc4 $8 Bxf3 (13... Nc5 14.
O-O a6 15. Ba4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 exf3 18. Qg4 {+=}) 14. gxf3 exf3 15.
Bf4 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7 $36) 12... Bxf3 ({Of course not} 12... dxe4 $2 13. Nxg4
exf3 14. Qxf3 e4 (14... Nb6 15. Nh6+ Bxh6 16. Bxh6 {+-}) 15. Qe2 a6 16. Bc4 Nb6
17. Nh6+ {+/- and white has strong initiative.}) 13. Qxf3 dxe4 (13... d4 $6 14.
Ng4 (14. cxd4 $2 Qa5+ {-+}) 14... Qa5 15. Bc4 dxc3 16. bxc3 Nc6 17. O-O Nb6 18.
Bb3 {+/-}) 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Nd5 $1 {+= It's important to change the knights
because after} (15. O-O d5 16. Qf3 a6 17. Be2 Nc6 18. Rd1 e4 19. Qf4 f5 {
~ white knight is slightly misplaced and it gives black sufficient
counterchanses.}) 15... f5 16. Qb4 $6 {Inaccuracy permitting black to equalize.
Queen's place is on d3,because the most important thing for white is to keep
control over the d5:} (16. Qd3 N8d7 17. Bxd7 $1 Qxd7 18. O-O e4 19. Nxb6 axb6
20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bf4 {+= and white has very comfortable edge.}) 16... Kh8 $1
17. Qb3 ({Nothing promises} 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Be3 Qb7 $1 (18... Na6 $5 19. Qc4
$1 Nc5 20. b4 Rab8 21. Ba4 (21. bxc5 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxb5 23. cxd6 e4 24. c4 Ra5
25. Rd1 Rxa2 $132) 21... Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 $132) 19. O-O f4 20. Bd2 d5 $36 {
and black has fantastic position.}) 17... N8d7 18. Nxb6 ({May be slightly more
accurate was} 18. O-O $5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Nb6 20. Qd3 {and in comparison with the
game the queen takes more active place.}) 18... Nxb6 19. O-O e4 $1 ({After} 
19... d5 {it's much easier for white to put the pressure on the d-pawn because
it becomes more vulnerable,that's why I decided to play 19...e4,which seems to
me correct also now.}) 20. f4 $2 {Strategical mistake passing the initiative
into black's hands.Deserved attention} (20. Rd1 Qe7 (20... f4 $2 21. Bc6) 21.
Be3 f4 22. Bd4 Rf5 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $132 {with mutual chanses.}) 20... Rb8 {=+}
21. Be3 Qc7 22. Rfd1 d5 23. Qa3 $5 Rf7 $1 24. Rd2 Bf8 (24... Nc4 $2 25. Bxc4
dxc4 26. Rad1 {+=}) 25. b4 $1 {Covering square c5.} (25. Qa6 Bc5 $1 26. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 27. Rd4 Rg8 $1 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. g3 g5 {-/+}) 25... Bg7 26. Rc1 g5 $5 27.
g3 ({Too dangerous} 27. fxg5 Be5 28. Bd4 Bxd4+ 29. cxd4 Qf4 30. Re2 Qxg5 {
=+ and black has strong initiative.}) 27... gxf4 28. gxf4 Bf6 29. Kh1 Rg8 30.
Qb3 Rg4 $5 $138 31. Rxd5 $5 {White doesn't want to wait any more and decides
to change the character of the game with this sacrifice.} (31. Rf2 $5) 31...
Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Bg7 $1 {Defending the pawn on f5.} 33. Qc4 Rg6 $5 {Rook now has
nothing to do on g4.} 34. Qe2 (34. Qxc7 $6 Rxc7 35. c4 (35. Bc5 $5) 35... a6 $1
36. Be8 Rd6 37. Kg2 Rd3 38. Kf2 Bd4 {-+}) 34... Rf8 35. c4 Rd8 $2 (35... a6 $1
{-/+}) 36. c5 {~} Bd4 37. c6 a6 $2 (37... Bxe3 38. Qxe3 a6 39. Qc3+ Rg7 40.
Bxa6 e3 {~}) (37... h6) 38. Bxd4+ Rxd4 39. Qb2 Rgd6 40. Rd1 $6 {As it oftenly
happens in the time-troubles the last move is very serious mistake.After simple
} (40. Bxa6 Qg7 41. Qe2 {+/- white would be very close to win this dramatic
game!}) 40... Qg7 41. Rg1 $2 {Loosing on the spot,but even after the most
accurate} (41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Bf1 Rd1 43. Qe2 Rc1 44. Qxa6 Qc7 45. Qa8+ Kg7 46.
Qb7 Rxc6 47. Qxc7+ Rxc7 {-/+ black's advantage should be enough to win.}) 41...
Rg6 $1 0-1

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ra3 Rfc8 13. Rb3 Qc7 14. f3 $5 {
Flexible move,but as shows the following game not without a poison!This game
is not very typical for such a slow,manouvering variation,where white step by
step tries to exploit his advantage in space and slightly more active pieces:}
(14. h3 Ned7 15. f4 cxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Rb4 Nfd7 18. Bd4 a5 19. Rb5 $14 {
Sokolov,A-Timman,J;Brussels 1998}) (14. f4 Ned7 15. Qe1 cxd5 $6 16. exd5 Nb6
17. Qd2 Rab8 $6 18. Nb5 Nc4 19. Qb4 $1 Nxd5 20. Nxc7 Nxb4 21. Bxa7 $18 {
Servat,H-Toth,S Mar del Plata,1990}) (14. Kh1 Ned7 15. f3 (15. f4 a6 16. Bf3
Rab8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bf2 Rab8 19. Re1 cxd5 20. exd5 b5 $132 {Vasiukov,J-Lobron,
E Eeu Cup 1991}) 15... Nc5 16. Ra3 cxd5 17. exd5 Qa5 18. Qd2 Qb4 $1 19. Rb1 Nh5
$13 {Dimitrov,V-Chabanon,L Sofia,1991}) (14. Qd2 cxd5 $6 15. exd5 Nfd7 16. Bd4
Nb6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qd1 h5 19. Rb4 $1 $16 {Savon,V-Manka,F Borovo,1991}) (14.
a5 $5 Qxa5 $6 15. Rxb7 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Rxc4 19. b3 $16
{Malisauskas,V-Sarno,S EU-cht1992}) 14... e6 $6 {This natural move seems to be
the sourse of amazingly quickly coming troubles!It gives white an opportunity
to break the kingside with f5 and black proves to be unprepared for this.} (
14... Ned7 $5) 15. f4 Ned7 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. g4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gg4g5]} d5
$6 {After this move black's position turns into ruins.Even worse was} (17...
Rf8 $6 18. g5 Ne8 19. Bg4 $1 e5 20. Be6+ Kh8 21. f5 $16 {[%cal Gf5f6] and
white has decisive advantage,but deserved attention solid 17...Nf8!?.}) 18. f5
$1 $16 exf5 (18... dxe4 19. fxe6 $6 (19. Bc4 $1 Rd8 $5 (19... Nf8 $2 20. fxe6
Qe7 21. g5 $18 {[%cal Gf1f7]}) 20. Bxe6+ (20. fxe6 $2 Ne5 21. e7+ Nxc4 22.
exd8=Q+ Rxd8 23. Qe2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qxh2+ $1 $17) 20... Kh8 21. Qe2 Nf8 22. Bf4
$16) 19... Ne5 20. g5 Rd8 $1 21. Qe1 Nd5 22. Nxe4 Re8 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6
Rxe6 $13) (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Bc4 $1 Rd8 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qe2 $16)
19. gxf5 dxe4 (19... gxf5 20. exd5 Re8 21. d6 $1 Qa5 22. Bd4 Nb6 23. Bd3 $1 $16
{[%csl Ra5,Rf5]}) 20. fxg6 hxg6 $2 {A suicide!Black misses nice,but very
simple tactical blow and loses on the spot.Better was} (20... Ne5 21. Bg5 Rf8
22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nxe4 Bg7 $16 {with chanses of survival.}) 21. Bc4+ Kh7 22.
Nxe4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rh7]} Nxe4 23. Bf4 $1 {[%cal Gb3h3]} Qb6+ {Otherwise black
is got mated:} (23... Be5 24. Rh3+ Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kh8 26. Bf8#) 24. Rxb6 Nxb6 25.
Bd3 Re8 (25... Nf6 26. Bg5 Nbd7 27. Bxf6 Nxf6 28. Rxf6 $1 Bxf6 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30.
Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Bc4+ $18) 26. Qf3 {A great performance of Lutz!} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qa5
8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. Be2 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd6 (12. a5 Rd8 13. Qd6
Qxd6 14. Nxd6 Ne8 15. Nxc8 Rdxc8 16. O-O $14 {Bronstein,L-Rossetto,H/Casilda
1984}) 12... Ne8 13. Qd2 b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. b4 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Nd6 17. Bb3 Nf6
18. f3 Rad8 19. Qf2 Nc8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qe7 22. c3 Nh5 $13 {Asmundsson,
I-Torre,V/Buenos Aires 1978}) 4... c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 (6. f4 $5) 6... e5 7.
a4 Qc7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gd1d6] Intending to
penitrate to d6 right away.} (10. O-O) 10... O-O 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qd6 Qxd6 (
12... Ne8 13. Qxc7 Nxc7 14. Nd6 Ne6 15. O-O-O Bf8 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. a5 Bc5 $11
) 13. Nxd6 Bf8 $6 (13... Ne8 14. Nxc8 Rdxc8 15. O-O-O Nef6 16. Bg4 Rc7 17. Rd2
Kf8 18. Rhd1 Ke8 {[%cal Gg7f8,Gf8b4]} 19. Bxd7+ {1/2-1/2 Zlochevskij,A-Biolek,
R/Imperia 1996}) 14. O-O-O Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6]} 15. Nxc8 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rxc8 17.
g4 $16 {White achieved a significant advantage out of the opening, but made a
couple of inaccuracies afterwards to let it slip between the fingers.} (17. a5
Nbd7 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nc5 20. f3 $16 {[%cal Gg4g5,Gb2b4]}) 17... Bb4 18. Na2
Be7 19. a5 Na4 20. f3 a6 (20... Bc5 21. Bg5 Kg7 22. b3 Ba3+ 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. b4
Ne6 25. Be3 c5 26. c3 $16 {[%cal Gb1c2,Gc2b3]}) 21. Bc4 $6 {Much more
convincing was} (21. g5 $5 Ne8 22. Rd7 Bc5 23. Bd2 $1 Rc7 24. Rd3 Be7 25. b4
$16 {[%cal Gd3a3] and black knight is stuck on a4 for a while.}) 21... Nc5 22.
g5 Ne8 23. Nc3 (23. b4 Ne6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rd7 Rc7 26. Rxc7 Nxc7 27. c4 Ne8
$14) 23... Rc7 24. h4 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Na4 Bb4 27. Bd2 Bxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Nd6
29. Bf1 Kf8 (29... f5 30. gxf6 (30. exf5 gxf5) 30... Kf7 31. Bh3 Nxf6 32. Nc5
Ke7 33. Nd3 Nf7 34. Bc8 Nd6 $14) 30. Bh3 Ke7 31. b3 Nb5 $2 (31... f5 32. exf5
gxf5 33. Ke3 $14) 32. Bxd7 $1 $18 Kxd7 33. Nc5+ Ke7 (33... Kc7 34. c3 $1 Na7 (
34... b6 35. axb6+ Kxb6 36. Nd7+ $18) 35. c4 Nc8 36. Ke3 Ne7 37. f4 $18) 34.
Nxb7 Nd4 35. Nc5 Nxf3+ 36. Ke3 Nxh4 37. Nxa6 Ng2+ 38. Kf2 Nf4 39. Nc5 (39. Nc5
Kd6 40. a6 Kc7 41. a7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Montreal 2nd"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2001.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Goldenberg, Danny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2001.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Nf3 Qc7 (5... b5 6. Be3 (6. a3 a6 7.
Be3 Nd7 8. Qd2 Bb7 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {
Karapanos,N-Siebrecht,S/9th Battle of Crete 1999}) 6... b4 7. Ne2 Nf6 8. Ng3
Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Nc7 12. O-O $14 {Zakharov,A-Wunder,S/
Moscow op 1990}) (5... Nd7 6. Bf4 Qc7 7. Bh2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. a4 Nh6 10. g4
f6 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Qe2 Nf7 13. O-O-O Qe7 $13 {Antonio,R-Arduman,C/Moscow olm
1994}) (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 (6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 h6 10. Nh2 e5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 $14 {Nepeina Leconte,M-Petrovic,M/JUG-chT
1993}) 6... O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Re1 Nc5
12. Nd4 $14 {Yermolinsky,A-Zlotnikov,M/Las Vegas op 1994}) 6. Be3 (6. Bc4 b5 7.
Bb3 b4 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7
$13 {Leino,J-Gavrikov,V/10th Open 2000}) 6... Nd7 7. a4 Ngf6 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O h6 $6
{A waste of time, which black can't afford to himself.} (11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Rd8
13. Qe2 $14) (11... Nh5 12. a5 (12. Qd2 $6 Nb6 13. Bb3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 $13) 12... Nf4 13. b4 $5 $14 {[%cal Gd1b1,Gb1b3]}) (11... Re8 $5 {[%cal
Gd7f8,Gf8e6]}) 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. a5 $1 Ne8 $6 {[%cal Gf7f5]} ({It was necessary
to play 13...b5} 13... b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 $14 {
[%csl Ra7]}) 14. Rfd1 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Be6 $1 $16 {Very strong move
winning a pawn} Ndf6 (16... e4 17. Bf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 (18... Bxe6 19. Ng6
$18 {[%cal Gg6f8]}) 19. Bxe5 (19. Bxc8 $5 Bxf4 20. Qd7+ Rf7 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22.
Bxb7 $16) 19... Qxe5 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Qd7+ Ng7 22. Qxb7 $16) (16... f4 17.
Qd3+ Kh8 18. Nh4 $1 $18 {[%cal Gh4g6]}) 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 (17... Qxc8 18. Nxe5 $16)
18. Bxa7 e4 19. Nd4 (19. Bb6 Qf7 20. Ne5 Qe6 21. Nd7 Rf7 22. Nc5 Qe5 23. Qe2
$16) 19... Qe5 $6 20. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]} exf3 $8 (20... Qe7 21. Nxf5 $18) 21.
Nxf3 Qg3 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Nf4 $18 {Full domination of white pieces!}
Nc7 (24... Ne4 25. Qd7 $18) 25. Qd6 Qxd6 26. Rxd6 Rf7 (26... Nb5 27. Re6 Rce8
28. c4 $18) 27. Ne5 Re7 28. Nfg6 Ree8 29. Rf1 {[%csl Rf5] The rest is easy
techinal job} Ncd5 30. Rxf5 Ne7 31. Rfxf6 $1 Bxf6 32. Rxf6 Nxg6 33. Nxg6 Re2
34. Nf4 Rxc2 35. Bd4 c5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kf8 38. Ne6+ Ke8 39. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Asia-ch"]
[Site "Kolkata"]
[Date "2001.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 c6 5. a4 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Qc7 8. h3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 Nbd7 11. Be3 Nh5 (11... b6 12. Qd3 a6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Qd6
Rac8 15. Bb3 b5 16. Qe7 Rce8 17. Qd6 Rc8 18. Qe7 Rce8 {1/2-1/2 Kestler,
H-Hoffmann,H/BL2-O 1995}) (11... Re8 12. Qd2 (12. Qd3 $5 {/\Rfd1} Nf8 13. Ng5
Ne6 14. Bxe6 Bxe6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfd1 $14) 12... Nf8 13. Ng5 Ne6 (13... Re7
14. Rfd1 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Bxh6 $14) 14. Nxe6 (14. Rfd1 Nxg5
15. Bxg5 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 $14) 14... Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. Rfd1 $14 {Donev,
I-Polzin,R/Bad Ragaz op 1995}) (11... Rd8 12. Ng5 Nf8 13. Bxf7+ Kh8 14. Qxd8
Qxd8 15. Bb3 Qe7 16. Nf7+ Kg8 17. Nh6+ Kh8 18. Nf7+ $10) (11... Nb6 12. Bb3 Qe7
13. Qe2 h6 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Qc4 a6 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Na4 $14 {Deglmann,L-Hoy,R/
OL9697 1997}) 12. a5 (12. Qd2 Nf4 13. Ne2 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 b6 15. Rfd1 Nf6 16.
Bd2 Bb7 17. Bc3 Nh5 18. Qe3 Rad8 $11 {Rizouk,R-Ramos,A/Algarve 1995}) 12... Nf4
13. Qd2 (13. Qb1 b5 (13... h6 14. Qa2 Qd8 15. Kh2 Qf6 16. Ng1 g5 17. g3 Ng6 18.
Be2 Re8 19. Bg4 $14 {Bischoff,K-Sebastian,D/Pyramiden-Franken Cup 1999}) 14.
axb6 Nxb6 15. Qa2 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Be6 17. Qc5 Rfb8 18. b3 Rb7 19. Ra6 $14 {
Pirrot,D-Flueckiger,C/Biel op MTO 1997}) 13... b5 14. Bb3 $5 {Very interesting
idea, but hardly promising white any opening advantage.} (14. axb6 Nxb6 15. Bb3
Be6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qe1 Bxb3 18. cxb3 Ne6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Na4 Nd4 $11 {
Russek,G-Salman,N/Saint John op-2 1988}) 14... Nf6 (14... Bh6 $5 15. Rfd1 (15.
Ne2 $6 Nc5 16. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxd2 18. Bxf8 Bxa5 19. Bc5 Bxh3 $15) 15...
Nc5 {[%cal Gh6d2]} 16. Bxc5 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Bxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 $1 $132) 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qxf4 (17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Bxc8 Raxc8
$13) 17... Nxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe5 (19. Qf3 $5) 19... Nxe5 20.
Rfe1 Nd7 21. Re7 Nc5 22. Rae1 Nxb3 23. cxb3 Be6 24. b4 $14) 18. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 19.
Qxf3 Bf5 (19... a6 $5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gc6c5]}) 20. a6 $5 Rae8 (20... b4 21. Na4
Rad8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 $13) 21. Rad1 h6 $2 {After this move white
seizes the initiative} (21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bc8 {[%csl Ra6]} 23. Ne4 Qe7 $1 {
[%csl Gf6]} (23... Bxa6 $6 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Ne8 $14) 24. Rd1 Bxb2 25. Nd6 $44)
22. g4 $1 Bc8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne4 $1 $36 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4d6] Knight is very
strong on e4 and it's not so easy for black to defend.} Rf8 (24... Bxb2 $2 25.
Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 {[%csl Rf7,Rg6]} Kf8 $8 (26... Be6 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rd8+
Kh7 29. Qh8#) 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Re1+ $1 (28. Qg7 $6 Qf4 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Rxe8+
Kxe8 31. Qg8+ Kd7 32. Bxf7 Bxa6 $11) 28... Be6 29. Qg7 Kd8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31.
Rd1+ Kc8 32. Qxg6 $18) (24... Re7 $5) 25. Nd6 Bxa6 26. Nxf7 Kh7 (26... Rxf7 27.
Bxf7+ (27. Rd6 $5) 27... Qxf7 28. Qxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Kf6 (29... Kf8 30. Rxa7
Bc8 31. Ra8 $18) 30. Rc7 $1 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 27. h4 $1 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]} c5
28. Bd5 $1 Qe7 (28... Bxb2 29. Ng5+ hxg5 30. Qxf8 Qg7 31. Qxc5 $16) 29. h5 Bf6
(29... gxh5 30. Qf5+ Kg8 31. Ne5+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ $18) 30. Be4 Kg7 31. hxg6 Bc8
32. c3 $5 (32. Qe3 Bg5 33. Nxg5 Qxg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Rd5 $16) 32... Be6 33.
Bd5 Kxg6 (33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 Kxg6 35. Qd3+ Kg7 36. Nxh6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gd5d7,
Gd5h5]}) 34. Nd6 $1 {[%cal Gd6f5]} Kg7 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Nf5+ Kh7 37. Rd6 Qe1+
$6 (37... Qe8 38. Ra6 Qg6 39. Rxa7+ Kh8 40. Ra8 $18) 38. Kg2 Bg7 39. Rd7 Kh8
40. Qb7 {[%cal Gb7h7]} Qe5 41. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 17th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2002.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Hansen, Sune Berg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.07.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nd2
$5 {The purpose of this move is to get minimal advantage after trading the
bishops.} (8. Ng5 $5) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 (9... e5 10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nd4 11.
Qd3 c6 12. dxc6 (12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd1 cxd5 15. c3 Ne6 16. Qxd5 Bg5
17. Nf3 $14 {Pachman,L-Adorjan,A/Munich 1979}) 12... bxc6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14.
Qxd4 Nd5 15. Qc4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20.
Rd3 Bf6 21. Rfd1 $14 {Plaskett,J-Pasman,M/Graz 1978}) 11. a4 (11. Nc4 Qd7 12.
f3 Rae8 13. Na5 b6 14. Nb3 Nh5 15. a4 a5 16. Qb5 Qd8 17. Qc4 Nc8 18. Nb5 Re7
19. Nc1 $14 {Taulbut,S-Hartoch,R/Amsterdam 1978}) (11. Rfd1 Qc8 12. Nc4 b5 13.
Nxb5 Nxe4 14. Na5 Qa6 15. b4 c6 16. f3 Qxb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. fxe4 $14 {
Speelman,J-Ligterink,G/Amsterdam 1978}) 11... c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rfd1 d5 14.
Bc5 Qc7 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. exd5 Nexd5 $132 {Taimanov,M-Gufeld,E/Jurmala 1978})
10. Nb3 (10. Nf3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd1 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 f5 14. Qe2 f4 15. Bd2 f3
16. gxf3 a6 $44 {Fell,L-Fuller,M/Cooma 1974}) 10... e5 11. Rad1 $5 {Letting
black to take on d4.} (11. d5 $5 Ne7 12. Rad1 Kh8 13. Na5 Qc8 14. b4 f5 15. f3
Ng8 16. Nb1 Bh6 17. c4 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Lugovoi,A/Neum 2000}) 11... exd4 12.
Nxd4 Re8 13. f3 {Another possible variation was} (13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd4 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Rb8 16. b3 $14 {with symbolic advantage for white.}) 13... Nb6 14. b3
{[%csl Gc4]} d5 15. Qf2 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 (17. Rxd4 c5 18. Rd2 d4 19.
Ne2 Qf6 20. Rc1 $14 {[%cal Gc2c3]}) 17... dxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Kg7 20.
Rfd1 $14 {Arising endgame is not as simple as it looks. White's control over
the d-file and poor position of black knight on b6 make black's defensive task
not so easy..} Re5 21. c4 f5 22. Nc3 Rae8 23. Kf2 c6 24. R1d2 R5e7 (24... Kf7
25. Ne2 R5e7 26. Nf4 Na8 $11) 25. Ne2 Na8 $1 {Bringing the knight into play.}
26. Nf4 Nc7 27. Rd6 Kf7 28. h4 $1 Ne6 29. Kg3 (29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31.
Rd7+ Re7 32. Rxe7+ Kxe7 33. Ke3 Kf6 34. Kd4 b6 $11) 29... Ng7 {Trading the
knight would leave black in inferior position after} (29... Nxf4 $6 30. Kxf4 c5
31. h5 $14 {[%csl Rg6]}) 30. b4 Rc8 31. Nd3 Ne8 32. Rd4 Nf6 33. Kf2 Rce8 34.
Rd6 h6 35. a4 g5 36. a5 Re6 37. Nc5 (37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc5 Re7 39. Rd6 b6)
37... Rxd6 38. Rxd6 b6 {Black is forced to give up the pawn.} ({Didn't work} 
38... Re7 $6 39. a6 b6 40. Nb7 Rc7 41. Rxc6 $1 $16 {winning a pawn}) 39. axb6
axb6 40. Nd3 c5 41. Rxb6 (41. bxc5 bxc5 42. Nxc5 Rc8 $2 43. Nd7 Nxd7 44. Rxd7+
Ke6 45. Rh7 $18) (41. b5 Re6 $11) 41... cxb4 42. Rxb4 f4 $1 {Black rooks
penitrates to e3.} 43. Rb5 (43. Rb2 $5) 43... Re3 44. Ne5+ Ke6 45. hxg5 hxg5
46. Ng6 Rc3 $14 47. Rb6+ Kf7 48. Ne5+ Ke7 49. Kg1 Rc2 {White can't make any
progress.} 50. Ra6 Rc1+ 51. Kh2 Rc2 52. Kh3 Rc1 53. g3 fxg3 54. Kxg3 Rc3 55.
Kf2 g4 $1 56. fxg4 Nxg4+ 57. Nxg4 Rxc4 58. Kf3 Rc1 59. Ke4 Re1+ 60. Ne3 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mitropa Cup 21st"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "2002.05.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Czebe, Attila"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2002.05.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. e5 $5
{Hardly a good try to fight for advantage.} (8. Bf4 Bb7 (8... Nc6 9. h3 Qe8 10.
e5 Nd7 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Qd8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nd5 $5 e6 16.
Ne3 Ne7 17. c4 $14 {Ribli,Z-Gross,S/Germany 1990}) 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 cxd6 11.
Qd2 Nc6 12. Bh6 Nf6 $11 {Pandavos,E-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri 1993}) 8... Ne8 (8...
Nfd7 9. exd6 (9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14.
Bf3 Nc6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Nd4 $15 {Vescovi,G-Elsness,F/Cappelle la Grande
1995}) (9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 $16 {Nisipeanu,L-Hillarp
Persson,T/Yerevan 1996}) 9... cxd6 10. d5 Nf6 11. Nd4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4
Rc8 14. Nc6 Bxc6 15. dxc6 Nb8 $13 {Hawelko,M-Sznapik,A/Slupsk 1989}) (8... dxe5
$6 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Re1 Nd7
15. Bg5 $14 {Damljanovic,B-Finkel,A/Belgrade 1999}) 9. Bf4 Bb7 (9... c6 10. Qd2
Nc7 11. Ne4 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Ne6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 $14 {1/2-1/2
Sarmiento Alfonso,S-Brito Garcia,A/Las Palmas 1999/CBM 73 ext (14)}) 10. Re1
Nc6 11. Bc4 {Bishop has nothing to do on b3 so this manouvre is just a waste
of time!} (11. Bg3 {[%cal Ge5e6]} Nb4 12. Bf1 c5 13. exd6 exd6 $13) 11... Nb4
12. Bb3 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. exd6 exd6 15. Qd2 {Better was} (15. Rb1 $5 {
[%csl Gb2][%cal Gc3d5] aiming to play Nd5} d5 16. Na2 a5 17. c3 Nxa2 18. Bxa2
Nc7 19. Qd2 $14 {with good position for white.}) 15... Rc8 (15... Bxf3 $6 16.
gxf3 Qh4 17. Rad1 Bd4 18. Bg3 $14) 16. Bc4 (16. Bg5 Nf6 17. Rad1 c4 18. Ba2
Bxf3 19. gxf3 d5 $15) 16... d5 17. Bf1 Nf6 18. Na2 Ne4 19. Qc1 d4 20. Bh6 $6 {
Dubious decision leaving the initiative in black's hands.} (20. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 21.
Qxd2 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 c4 23. Be5 $11) 20... Qd5 21. Nxb4 cxb4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23.
Qd1 Rfd8 24. b3 $6 (24. Bd3 Ng5 $1 {[%csl Rg2]} 25. Nh4 Nh3+ 26. Kf1 Nf4 27.
Be4 Qc4+ $15) 24... Qc5 25. Bc4 (25. Bd3 Nc3 26. Qd2 Bxf3 27. gxf3 a5 $15)
25... d3 $1 26. cxd3 $6 {Giving up a queen for rook+knight which is not enough
for the strongest piece of course!} (26. Re3 $8 dxc2 (26... d2 $5 27. Bd3 f5
28. Qf1 (28. Nxd2 $2 Nxf2 $1 $19 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 28... Nxf2 29. Qxf2 f4 30. Re2
Bxf3 31. Rxd2 Be4 $15) 27. Qxc2 Nd6 28. Qb2+ Kg8 29. Bf1 Nf5 $17) 26... Qxf2+
27. Kh1 Qb6 $19 {[%cal Ge4f2]} 28. dxe4 Rxd1 29. Raxd1 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Qxd8 31. e5
Bc8 $1 32. h3 g5 33. Kh2 h5 34. Kg3 Be6 $6 {Permitting white to hold on for a
while.} (34... g4 $1 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nh4 Qd4 37. Re2 Kh6 38. Bxf7 Kg5 $19)
35. Bxe6 fxe6 36. Re4 a5 37. Nd4 Qc8 38. Re3 Kg6 39. Kf3 Qc1 40. Kf2 Qb2+ 41.
Ne2 Qa1 42. g4 h4 43. Ng1 Qb2+ 44. Ne2 (44. Kf3 Qh2 $19) 44... Kf7 $1 {[%cal
Gf7d7,Gd7c6,Gc6d5,Gd5d4]} 45. Kf3 Ke7 46. Ke4 (46. Kf2 Kd7 47. Kf3 Kc6 48. Kf2
Kd5 49. Kf3 Qb1 50. Kf2 Qh1 $22 $19) 46... Qc2+ 47. Kf3 Qd1 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. Ng1
Qc2+ 50. Ke1 Kc6 51. Nf3 Kd5 52. Nd2 Kc5 53. Nc4 Kd4 54. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Budapest FS04 GM-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "2002.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Bokros, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.04.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Qd2 (9. Nd2 b6 10. f4 Bb7 (10... a6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nce4 c5
14. c3 Qc6 15. Qe2 Nc7 $13 {Damljanovic,B-Ehlvest,J/Belgrade 1989}) 11. e5 Nd5
12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 e6 14. Nf3 f6 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Rae8 17. Qf3 $14 {
Pribyl,J-Fajman,P/Prague 1992}) 9... e5 (9... Re8 10. Rfd1 Ng4 11. h3 $6 Nxe3
12. Qxe3 e5 13. d5 h6 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. h4 Nf6 $13 {Bousbouras,S-Managadze,N/
Athens 1997}) (9... b6 10. Bh6 Bb7 11. Rad1 (11. Ne1 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. f4
Rad8 14. Qe3 c5 15. d5 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf3 $14 {Abel,L-Berebora,F/HUN 1993
}) 11... Rad8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. Bg5 a6 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15. Qc1 Rc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17.
g3 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Shirov,A/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43 (17)}) 10. dxe5 (10. Bh6 $5)
10... dxe5 11. Rfd1 $5 {An attempt to gain a tempo on not playing h3.} (11. h3
Nh5 (11... Re8 12. Rfd1 Bf8 13. Bc4 Nc5 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Qe2 b6 16. Rd2 $14 {
Hunt,A-Rujevic,M/Gold Coast 2000}) 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Bf1 Re8 14. a5 Bf8 15. Bc4
Ne6 16. Ng5 Ndc5 17. b4 Nxg5 18. Bxc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 $14 {Geller,E-Szabo,L/
Hilversum 1973}) 11... Ng4 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. Bh4 Nh6 $5 {[%csl Gd6]
[%cal Gh6f7]} 15. a5 Nc5 16. b4 {Nothing promised typical exchange of the
queens on d6:} (16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 f5 $1 (17... Nf7 $2 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19.
Bxf6+ Kg8 20. Ng5 $18) 18. Bg3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Nxe5 Nf5 21. Rd8 $1 Nxg3
22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Ne5+ Kh8 $11) 16... Be6 $1 17. Bf1 (17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Qd7 Qxd7
19. Rxd7 Rf7 20. Rad1 Raf8 (20... Nd4 $6 21. Rxf7 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Nxf7 23. Rd7
Nd8 24. f4 $1 exf4 25. e5 $14 {[%csl Rd8]}) 21. Rxf7 Rxf7 22. Rd6 $14) 17...
Nd7 $6 (17... Rfd8 18. Qe3 Nd7 $13) 18. Ne1 $6 {This time Qd6 would bring
white serious advantage!} (18. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Rae8 20. a6 Nf7 21. Rxe6 $1
Rxe6 22. axb7 Nd6 23. Rxa7 Rb8 24. Ba6 $16) 18... Nf7 $132 19. Nd3 Rfd8 20. Qe1
Nd6 21. f3 Nb5 $5 22. Na4 (22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Bf2 Bf8 24. Ra3 $5 a6 25. Rc3 Bc4
$13) 22... Nd4 23. Qf2 b6 24. Bg3 c5 25. bxc5 $6 (25. axb6 axb6 26. bxc5 Nxc5
27. Ndxc5 bxc5 28. Nc3 $11) 25... Nxc5 26. Naxc5 bxc5 {[%csl Ra5]} 27. f4 c4
28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Nb4 $2 {Missing black reply.} (29. Ne1 $5 $15) 29... Qc5 $1
30. c3 Rf8 {[%cal Gc5g1]} 31. Nd3 $8 (31. Qe3 Ne2+ $19) (31. cxd4 Qxb4 32. Qe3
exd4 33. Rxd4 Qb3 $1 34. Bf2 Qxe3 35. Bxe3 Bxd4 36. Bxd4+ Kg8 $19) 31... Qc8
32. Qb2 Nb3 33. Nb4 Nxa1 34. Rxa1 Qb7 $19 35. Qe2 Rad8 36. Qe3 Rd7 37. Re1 Qb5
38. a6 Qa4 $6 39. Qc5 Qb3 (39... Rd1 40. Bxe5 Rf7 41. Bxg7+ Kg8 $1 42. Qe3 Rxe1
43. Qxe1 Kxg7 $17) 40. Bxe5 Rdf7 41. Bxg7+ Kxg7 42. Qe5+ Rf6 43. Be2 (43. Nd5
$2 Bxd5 44. exd5 Qb6+ $19) 43... Qb2 44. Qd4 Kg8 45. Bxc4 Bxc4 46. Qxc4+ Kg7
47. Qd4 Qf2+ $1 {White can't save this endgame because knight is uncapable to
to handle the rook when there are pawns on both wings.} 48. Qxf2 Rxf2 $19 {
[%csl Ra6,Rc3]} 49. Rd1 Re2 50. Rd7+ Kh6 $1 51. Nd3 (51. Rxa7 Re1#) (51. h3
Rff2 52. Nd3 Rxg2+ 53. Kf1 Ra2 54. Rxa7 Rh2 $19) 51... Rd2 52. h4 Rc8 53. g4 g5
$5 54. Rd6+ Kg7 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. Rd5 Rxc3 57. Rxg5+ Kh8 58. Nf2 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 c6 5. h3 $6 {It's hard to fight for the
advantage wiht this hasitant move.Better is theoretical 5.Qd2:} (5. Qd2 b5 6.
a3 (6. Bd3 Qc7 $6 (6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 (7... Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rfe1 Nb6 10. h3
b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Nfd5 $132 {Kamber,B-Piket,M/Lugano op 1989 
(33)}) 8. O-O $6 Bg4 9. e5 Nh5 10. exd6 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Qxd6 13.
Qxd6 exd6 $15 {Kuzmin,G-Conquest,S/Lloyds Bank op 1985}) 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. e5 b4 9.
Nb5 $1 cxb5 10. exf6 e6 11. Qxb4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 $36 {Penalonga,A-Barranco,J/
Caceres op 1993 (26)}) 6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 Nb6 (7... Bg7 8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5
10. O-O-O Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 a6 13. g4 Bb7 $132 {Tornai,I-Szabo,Z/
HUN-chT1 1995}) 8. h3 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd5 $11 {
Lutikov,A-Karasev,V/URS-ch otbor 1976 (42)}) 5... Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Nf3 b5 8.
Bd3 ({Black manages to keep the balance also after} 8. e5 b4 $1 9. Ne2 (9. exf6
bxc3 10. Qxc3 Bxf6 11. Bc4 Nd7 $15) 9... Nd5 10. Bh6 Nd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf4
Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Nb6 $11) 8... Nbd7 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O ({More lively
position would arise after} 11. O-O-O $5 exd4 (11... b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. g4 Qc7 15. Ng3 $14) 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Nce2 Nc5 14. f3 a5 15. g4 b4 $132
) 11... Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 a6 $11 {Now it becomes clear that black
doesn't face any problems after the opening.} 14. Qe3 Qe7 {[%cal Gd7c5]} 15.
Ne2 Nc5 16. Ng3 Nfd7 ({Not falling into the trap:} 16... Nxa4 $6 17. Qg5 Qe6
18. Bc4 $1 bxc4 19. Rxa4 Rfe8 20. Ra5 $14 {[%csl Re5] and white is better.})
17. axb5 axb5 18. b4 (18. Be2 $5) 18... Na4 19. Rab1 Nab6 20. Nh2 {[%cal Gh2g4]
} h5 $1 {Depriving white knight very comfortable square.} 21. f4 $6 {
Significiently weakening dark squares.} exf4 22. Rxf4 Kg8 $5 23. Qf2 Qe5 24.
Ngf1 (24. Ne2) 24... f6 25. g4 h4 $1 26. Qe3 Nc4 27. Bxc4+ bxc4 28. Rf2 $5 ({
Slightly better was} 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. g5 fxg5 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Nxg5 Ne5 32.
Nd2 $13 {with unclear position.}) 28... c5 $15 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb7e4]} 29. Nf3
Qxe4 30. bxc5 (30. Qxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxh4 cxb4 32. Rxb4 Ne5 $15) 30... Qxe3 31.
Nxe3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Ra3 33. Re1 Nxc5 34. Kg2 Ra2 $5 (34... Rc3 $5) 35. Re2 Ne6 (
35... Nd3 $1 36. Nxc4 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Ne1+ 38. Kf2 Nxc2 39. Nd6 Kg7 $15) 36. Rd2
g5 $6 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER CupT"]
[Site "Forchheim"]
[Date "2000.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2464"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.03.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5
Qc7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4,Ge4e5] Logical continuation keeping in
mind to advance the pawns in the center.} (10. h3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 Nc5
13. Bd3 Bb7 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 $15 {Bricard,
E-Stangl,M/Wildbad 1990}) (10. d5 a6 11. Ra2 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14.
Bxa6 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L-Iordachescu,V/WchJM U20 1996}) 10... b5 11. axb6 axb6
{Black's strategy looks cramped and slow, but it is difficult to exploit these
factors; the position is certainly more tense than after the usual ...e5, dxe5
dxe5 etc. Perhaps white could try 12.d5!? here.} 12. f4 (12. d5 Bb7 13. dxc6
Bxc6 14. f3 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Nc5 19. Qh4 Ne6
20. Rfe1 Bf6 21. Qh6 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Beim,V/Budapest FS04 GM 1994})
12... b5 13. e5 Nd5 (13... Ne8 14. Qe1 Nb6 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. Qh4 Nc4 17. Nxc4
bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxb2 $132 {Flear,G-Hodgson,J/London WFW 1990}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Bd3 $5 (15. Nf3 b4 16. Bd3 b3 17. cxb3 Qb6 18. Qe1 Qxb3 19. Rd1 f5 $13 {
Tseshkovsky,V-Beim,V/Voskresensk 1992}) 15... Nb6 $6 (15... b4) 16. b3 (16.
Bxb5 $5 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. b3 c3 19. Nf3 Bb7 20. Re1 $14) 16... Bf5 $6 {
After this move white creates very dangerous threats on the kingside without
an effort!Deserved attention} (16... b4 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Qe1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nd7
$14) 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh5 e6 (18... Qxc2 19. Rf3 Ra8 20. Raf1 Ra2 21. Rg3 $1 (
21. Rh3 h6 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Nf3 Qxb3 24. Nh4 e6 $17) 21... Kh8 (21... f6 $2 {
[%cal Gg3g8]} 22. Qh6 Rf7 23. e6 Kf8 24. Qh5 $18) 22. Nf3 f6 23. Nh4 $40) 19.
Rf3 f6 $6 {The final mistake:now white's attack is lethal.} 20. Rh3 $1 h6 {
[%csl Rg6]} 21. Rg3 $1 Kh8 (21... dxe5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Bxh6 Rf7 24. Nf3 $1 e4
25. Ne5 Re7 26. Bxg7 Rxg7 27. Rh3 $18) 22. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gh4g6]} Qf7 (22...
Qc3 23. Re1 fxe5 24. Qg6 $1 Rb7 25. Rh3 Ra8 26. Bd2 Qxc2 27. fxe5 $18) 23. Rg6
Nd7 (23... Kh7 24. exf6 $1 {[%cal Gf3g5]} Qxg6 25. Ng5+ Qxg5 26. fxg5 $18) 24.
Ra7 $1 $18 Ra8 (24... fxe5 25. fxe5 f4 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. exd6 $18 Qxd6 28. Rxh6+
Kg8 29. Rh8+ $3 Bxh8 30. Qh7#) 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Rxh6+ Bxh6 (26... Kg8 27.
Qxf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxa8+ $18) 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg5+ Kh8 29. Rxf7 Ra1+ 30. Kf2 Rxf7
31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Ng5 $1 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 1-0

[Event "ISR-ch"]
[Site "Ramat Aviv/Modiin"]
[Date "2000.12.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.12.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8224]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 $5 {
The main purpose of this continuation is to deviate from the theory as quickly
as possible. The drawback of this move is that black permits white to develop
his pieces very comfortably without any effort.} 7. Re1 (7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Be3 b6 10. Qc1 Kh7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bf1 $14 {Roos,J-Shchekachev,A/
XVIII Open 2000}) 7... Nc6 8. h3 a6 (8... b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5
Ne7 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 $13 {Brynell,S-Agrest,E/ch-SWE 2000}) (
8... h6 9. a4 (9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14.
Qc1 $14 {Kuczynski,R-Czerwonski,A/57th ch-POL 2000}) (9. Bf1 Kh7 10. d5 exd5
11. Nxd5 Re8 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. c3 Bd7 14. Bd3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Rxe5 16. Be3 c5 $11
{Protaziuk,G-Markowski,T/55th chTeam-POL 1999}) 9... b6 10. b3 Bb7 11. Ba3 Re8
12. Bf1 a6 13. Qd3 Ne7 14. Rad1 Nh5 15. Qe3 f5 $13 {Rudolf,H-Belotelov,D/21st
Open A 2000}) 9. Bf1 h6 10. Bf4 (10. a4 $5 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Qd2 g5 13. Bh2
Ne7 $13) 10... b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. Nc1 Bb7 14. Bh2 (14. c4 $6 Nxd4 (
14... e5 $6 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. Be3 dxe5 17. Nd3 $14 {[%cal Gd3c5]}) 15. Nxd4 e5
16. Be3 exd4 17. Bxd4 c5 $15) 14... Ne7 15. Bd3 g5 16. Nb3 $6 {White waits too
much and gives black a possibility to regroup the pieces and to become ready
to breakthrough in the center.} (16. e5 dxe5 (16... Nfd5 17. Nb3 Qd7 18. Qe2
$14) (16... Nh5 $2 17. Nxg5 $1 $18) 17. dxe5 Nfd5 18. Nb3 Nf5 19. Nc5 Bc6 20.
Qe2 $14) 16... Ng6 17. e5 Nh5 18. Be4 (18. exd6 $5 cxd6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxe6
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qd7 22. d5 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bg7 24. Qd3 $13) 18... Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5
20. Re1 (20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Nbd2 Nhf4 22. Qf1 h5 $36) 20... Nhf4 21. exd6 cxd6
22. Bxf4 Nxf4 $36 23. Qd2 Qe8 24. c4 {[%csl Rb3]} (24. Nc1 Qh5 25. Qe3 Rae8 26.
Nd3 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 g4 28. Nd2 $132) 24... bxc3 25. bxc3 Qh5 26. Re3 $6 (26. Qe3)
26... g4 27. hxg4 fxg4 28. Nh2 $2 {White simply blunders a piece in one move,
which is quiet rare occasion in grandmasters practice!} (28. Ne1 $8 Rab8 29.
Rb1 Rf5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Qxd3 Qh4 32. g3 Qf6 $15) 28... Qd5 $1 $19 {[%cal
Gd5g2,Gd5b3]} 29. Rg3 Qxb3 30. Nxg4 Kh8 31. Re1 Ra7 32. Ra1 Raf7 33. Ra2 Qb1+
34. Kh2 Rf5 35. Rf3 Rh5+ 36. Kg3 Rh3+ $1 37. gxh3 Qg1+ (37... Qg1+ 38. Kh4 Bf6+
39. Nxf6 Qg5#) 0-1

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 8th"]
[Site "Qingdao"]
[Date "2002.07.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.07.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bg5 h6 (7... b5
8. e5 Nfd7 (8... b4 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bd2 bxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Nd2
Nf6 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Nb3 d5 $13 {Yemelin,V-Tseitlin,M/Beersheba 1998}) 9. a4
bxa4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Rxa4 h6 13. Be3 e6 14. Nb4 Nxb4 15. Rxb4 Nb6
$13 {Wolff,P-Norwood,D/Toronto 1989}) 8. Bh4 (8. Be3 b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nbd7
11. f3 c5 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Qd2 Kh7 $11 {Budko,S-Cherniaev,A/St Petersburg 1997})
8... b5 $5 {Quite risky continuation, but it's not so easy for white to punish
black for it.} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qd3 (10. h4 Nxg3 11. fxg3 gxh4 12. gxh4
e6 13. Qe1 Nd7 $132 {Iskov,G-Hoi,C/Copenhagen 1984}) 10... Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6
12. d5 Nb8 13. Nd2 e6 14. f4 Nd7 15. Rae1 Qe7 $13 {Ovezov,A-Ali,M/Istanbul 2000
}) 9. e5 Nfd7 (9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nfd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Re1 $44 {[%csl Re6,Rg6]}
) 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Re1 g5 {Changing the
character of the game.} (14... Nb6 $2 15. Bxb5) (14... Re8 $5) 15. Nxg5 $5 {
Accepting the challenge!} hxg5 16. Bxg5 f6 (16... b4 17. Bd3 Re8 18. Qh5 Nf8
19. Re3 $40 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 17. Bh4 e5 18. c3 Nb6 {Deciding to give back some
material} (18... Ne7 19. Bf3 Bb7 $2 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. dxe5 {
[%csl Rb7]} Nxe5 23. f4 $16) 19. Bf3 Rf7 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bd5 Ne7 22. Bxf7+
Kxf7 23. Qh5+ Kf8 24. Re3 Nd5 25. Rf3 (25. Rg3 Nf4 {[%csl Rg3]} 26. Qd1 Be6 $15
) {Deserved attention} 25... Qc7 (25... Nf4 $5 26. Qh7 Bb7 27. Rxf4 exf4 28.
Qf5 Qc6 29. f3 Qd5 30. Qxf4 Kf7 31. Bg3 $13 {with unclear position.}) 26. dxe5
dxe5 27. Bg3 {[%cal Gf3f8]} Kg8 (27... f5 28. Rd1 Nf6 29. Qg6 f4 30. Bh4 Rb6
31. Rfd3 $40 {[%cal Gd3d8]}) 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+
Bh6 32. Rd1 Nf4 ({Didn't work} 32... Be6 $2 33. Rxd5 $1 Bxd5 34. Rxf6 Qg7 35.
Qf5+ Kh8 36. Rxh6+ Qxh6 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. Qd6+ Kh7 40. Qxh6+ Kxh6
41. Bxb8 $18) 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. Rfd3 Qg7 35. f3 Be6 36. Rd6 Rg8 37. R1d2 Qa7+
38. R2d4 Rg5 {Black is not satisfied with a draw.} (38... Qg7 $5 $11) 39. Qe8
Bh3 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. g4 fxg3 42. hxg3 Re5 43. Qh4 Be6 44. Rxe6 Rxe6 45. Qg4+
Kf7 46. Qh5+ Ke7 47. Kg2 (47. Qxh6 Qa1+ 48. Kg2 Re2+ 49. Kh3 Qh1+ 50. Kg4 Qxh6
$19) 47... Qa1 $5 48. Qc5+ Kf7 49. Qh5+ Ke7 50. Qc5+ Kf7 51. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 08th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "2001.01.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2001.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 {
Nowdays it's hard to surprise somebody in the opening and also this slightly
awkward move caught it's place in the theoretical books.} (6... Nc6) (6... c6)
7. Re1 (7. a4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. e5 $5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ra7
13. e6 f5 14. a5 bxa5 15. d5 Rb7 16. Qc2 c5 17. dxc6 Rc7 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. c5 $1
$36 {Kengis,E-Ibragimov,I/Reykjavik op/1994/}) (7. Bg5 b5 8. e5 b4 $5 9. exf6
exf6 10. Bd2 bxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Ba5 Rb8 14. b3 g5 15. h3 g4 16.
hxg4 fxg4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20. Qd2 Qf6 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Ne4
Qh6 $13 {1/2:1/2,Bosch,J-Van der Werf,M/NLD-ch/1994/}) (7. Bf4 b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9.
Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qe3
Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncd4 17. Bh6 c5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qb3
Rfd8 $17 {Cifuentes,R-Van Laatum,G/Ostende op/1991/}) (7. a4 $5) 7... e6 (7...
b5 8. e5 $1 Nfd7 (8... Ne8 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. c4 $6 bxc3 13.
Nxc3 Nb4 14. Rc1 $14 {Westerinen,H-Gausel,E/VISA GP 1998}) 9. a4 $1 (9. e6 fxe6
10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bf3) 9... bxa4 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 $14 {Ciric,
D-Clausen,S/Kobenhavn op/1989}) (7... b6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 f6 11.
Bh6 d5 $6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bd3 c5 14. exf6 exf6 15. h5 c4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf1
Nd6 18. Qf4 Nf7 19. g3 g5 20. Qd2 $14 {Berzinsh,R-Kozakov,M/Hlohovec op/1994/})
(7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bf3 e6 11. Na4 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c4 e4
14. Be2 Qd6 15. Be3 h5 16. h3 b5 17. Nc3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Qe2
$14 {Gavrikov,V-Hoi,C/Budapest Noviki-A/1989/}) 8. Bf4 (8. h3 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10.
Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Qc8 12. Bg5 Nfd7 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bf4 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Nd7 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. c3 Rb8 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Urban,K/POL-ch 1995}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bf4 b5
10. e5 b4 (10... dxe5 11. Nxe5 $14) 11. Nb1 Nd5 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 bxc3 14.
Nxc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 $11 {Miles,A-Ermenkov,E/Aegina op 1993}) (8. Bf1 b5 9. Bg5
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. a4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 b4 14. Na2 c5 15. c3 $14 {
Kunz,W-Schmidt,O/OL9596}) (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 $1 10. Nf3 c5 11. Be3 cxd4
12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Qd2 $11 {Zvjaginsev,V-Bezold,M/Altensteig 1994}) (8. a4 b6 {
/\Bb7<=>}) 8... b5 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc8 12. Bf3 Nfd7 $1 13.
Bxb7 (13. Ng4 $5 c5 $6 (13... h5 14. Ne3 Nf6 (14... c5 15. d5 e5 16. d6 Nc6 17.
Ned5 $14) 15. Qe2 Nbd7 16. Rad1 c5 17. d5 Ne5 $132) 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nc6
16. Ngf6+ Nxf6 17. Nxf6+ Kh8 18. Nd7 $16 {[%csl Gd8][%cal Gd7f8,Gd7c5,Gg5d8]})
13... Qxb7 14. Ne4 f5 {Black is not afraid to weaken the position because the
lightsquared bishops are not on the board.} (14... Nxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16.
Nc5 $18) 15. Nc5 $5 {The only chanse to fight for the advantage.} (15. Nxd7
Nxd7 16. Ng3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Rfe8 $11) 15... Nxc5 16. dxc5 Re8 17. Bf4
a5 (17... Nc6 18. Qf3 Nd8 19. c6 Qb6 20. Rad1 Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Nxc6 (21... Qxc6
22. Rxd8 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc6]}) 22. Bf6 $44) 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Qf3 Bxe5 (19... Nd8)
20. Bxe5 Rab8 21. Bc3 Nb4 (21... b4 22. Bf6 Qb5 23. Rad1 Qxc5 24. Rd7 $16 {
[%csl Rg8][%cal Gd7c7,Gd7h7]}) 22. Qe2 Nd5 23. Bxa5 (23. Be5 $5 $36) 23... b4
24. a3 bxa3 25. bxa3 Qb5 26. Bd2 (26. c4 $2 Qxa5 27. cxd5 exd5 28. Qxe8+ Rxe8
29. Rxe8+ Kf7 $15) 26... Qxc5 27. c4 Rb2 $5 {The arising engame is very close
to a draw, but white has some chanses due to slightly exposed position of
black king.} (27... Nb6 $5 $13) 28. cxd5 Qxd5 29. Rad1 Rd8 30. Qe3 Rxd2 31.
Rxd2 Qxd2 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe7+ Kg8 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. h4 $36 {
[%csl Rg8]} Qd6 37. Qe3 c5 (37... Qd4 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Qf7 Qxh4 40. Qxc7 Qf6
41. g3 $14) 38. Rc1 Qd4 (38... Rc8 39. Qb3+ Kg7 40. Qc4 Rc7 $11) 39. Qe6+ Kh8
$6 (39... Kf8) 40. Rxc5 Qxh4 41. Rc1 Kg7 $6 (41... Qd4) 42. a4 Qe4 (42... Qf4
43. Qe7+ Kh6 44. Re1 Qg5 (44... Ra8 $2 45. Re3 $18) 45. Qc7 $14) 43. Qb6 Rd5 $6
44. a5 (44. Qc7+ Kh6 45. Qh2+ Kg5 46. Qxh7 Qxa4 $11) 44... f4 $6 (44... Qd4 45.
Qxd4+ Rxd4 46. Ra1 Rd7 47. a6 Ra7 48. Kf1 Kf6 49. Ke2 Ke5 50. Kd3 $16 Kd5 (
50... h5 51. Kc4 g5 52. Kb5 h4 53. Kb6 Ra8 54. a7 g4 55. Kb7 Rh8 56. a8=Q Rxa8
57. Rxa8 $18) 51. Ra5+ Kc6 52. Kd4 Kb6 53. Ra2 Rxa6 54. Rxa6+ Kxa6 55. Ke5 Kb5
56. Kf6 Kc4 57. Kg7 Kd3 58. Kxh7 Ke2 59. f4 Ke3 60. g3 Kf3 61. Kxg6 Kxg3 62.
Kxf5 $18) 45. Qb7+ (45. a6 $5) 45... Kh6 46. a6 f3 47. g3 Qf5 48. Qe7 $1 Ra5 $2
(48... Rd7 $8 49. Qh4+ Qh5 50. Qe4 Qg5 51. Rb1 $16) 49. Qh4+ Qh5 (49... Kg7 50.
Rc7+ Kf8 51. Qd8#) 50. Qf4+ Qg5 51. Qf8+ Kh5 52. Qxf3+ Qg4 53. Qh1+ Kg5 54.
Qxh7 $18 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "1999.12.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.12.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 075"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb8 $5 {Deviating the main lines of this variation arising after 8...B:f3 9.B:
f3 Ne5 10.Be2 c6 11.f4.} 9. Qd2 (9. a4 $5 c6 (9... a5 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6
12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6
$10 {Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion/1994}) (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a5) 10. a5
a6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 $6 Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nb6 dxe4 16.
Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bg5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Qxe4 b5 $1 $17 {Braga,C-Martin del
Ocampo,R/Manila olm/1992/}) (9. Re1) 9... c6 10. a4 {Typical idea for this
kind of positions:white wants to catch space on the queenside with a5 and also
to prevent black from playing b5.} (10. Rfe1 Re8 $146 (10... Qc7 11. Rad1 Nbd7
12. Bh6 (12. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a6 $132 {
Rytshagov,M-Chernin,A/Erevan olm 1996}) 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4
Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. Qa6 Rec8 16. f3 Qb6 $11 {Solak,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem
1997}) (10. Rad1 Qa5 11. a3 Rc8 (11... Nfd7 $5 $13) 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14.
Rfe1 a5 $13 {Blatny,P-Chernin,A/Pardubice 1993} (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne8 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bg4 Nef6 $10)) 10... a5 $5 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Rfe1 Na6 13. Bd4 Bxf3
14. Bxf3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Ne2 $5 {So far both sides made the most natural
and logical moves,but now white opts for very interesting continuation leading
to complicated struggle.} (16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Be2 Nb4 18. Qd2 Qb6 $132) 16... Ne5
17. Nd4 c5 $6 ({Better was} 17... Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nc5 19. b3 Rac8 (19... Nd7 20.
Qc3+ Kg8 21. e5 dxe5 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 $14) 20. Nd4 e5 21.
dxe6 fxe6 $13 {with good chanses for black.}) 18. Nb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qd7 20. e5
$1 $36 {[%csl Ra6] After this strong move black faces serious problems,which
he didn't succeded to overcome in the game.} Nc7 (20... dxe5 $2 21. Rxe5 Nc7
22. Nxc7 Qxc7 23. Rde1 {[%csl Re7]} Rfe8 24. d6 $18) 21. exd6 exd6 22. Qc3+ (
22. Nxc7 $6 Qxc7 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. Qf6 Rfe8 $11) 22... Kg8 23. Qf6 $1 Nxb5 24.
Re7 $1 Qh3 $6 {Better chanses to survive would leave} (24... Qf5 25. Qxf5 gxf5
26. axb5 Rfe8 $1 (26... b6 27. Rde1 a4 28. Rb7 Rfb8 29. Ree7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 a3
31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rxb6 $18) 27. Rxb7 Re2 28. Rc1 Rd2 29. Rd7 Rxd5 30. c4 Rd3
$16 {,but even in this case black's defensive task is extremly difficult.}) 25.
axb5 Rae8 26. Rde1 Rxe7 27. Rxe7 $16 {Despite of material balance black has
hopeless position.He simply can't move and has to wait for the moment when
white decides to break.} Qh5 28. c4 b6 (28... g5 29. Rxb7 Re8 30. h3 $1 $18 {
[%cal Gg1g2]}) 29. Kg2 Qh6 30. f4 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. f3 $5 $18 {Intending
to deprive black the counterplay over the e-file by Kf2.} Ra8 (32... Rb8 33.
Rd7 Kf8 34. Rxd6 Ke7 35. Rc6 Kd7 36. f5 $18) 33. Rb7 a4 34. Rxb6 a3 35. bxa3
Rxa3 36. Rxd6 Rc3 37. b6 Rxc4 38. b7 Rb4 39. Rd7 Rb2+ (39... Kf6 40. Rc7 c4 41.
Kf2 (41. d6 $2 c3 42. d7 Ke7 43. d8=Q+ $2 Kxd8 44. Rc8+ Kd7 45. b8=Q Rxb8 46.
Rxb8 c2 $19) 41... c3 42. Ke2 c2 43. Kd2 $18) 40. Kf1 Kf6 41. Rc7 h5 (41... c4
42. Ke1 c3 43. Kd1 $18) 42. d6 1-0

[Event "New York Mayor's Cup"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "2001.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 (9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Novikov,
I-Markowski,A/Vienna 1995/EXT 98 (12)} (12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Be6 14. Rfb1 Rd7
15. b4 Qd8 16. a5 Nd5 17. Na4 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Beim,V/Biel 1990/
EXT 2000})) 10. Bg5 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Be3 d5 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Rfe1 (13. Ne1
Nhf6 14. f3 Nf8 15. Nd3 Ne6 16. f4 {1/2-1/2 Tompa,J-Hazai,L/Budapest 1977/MCD 
(16)}) 13... Nf8 14. Ng5 Nf6 15. Bf4 Qa5 16. h3 Ne6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 $11 {Vogt,
L-Hoerstmann,M/Porz 2000/EXT 2001}) 10... dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Bf8 $6 {
After this careless move white gets huge advantage.} (12... e4 13. Ng5 cxd5 14.
Nxd5 Qe5 15. Bxh5 Nb6 $1 $13 {Mueller,M-Hickl,J/Germany 1992/GER-chT}) (12...
Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 Nf4 16. Re1 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 f5 18. Qd6 $14
{Rozentalis,E-Beliavsky,A/Minsk 1983/MCD}) 13. d6 Qa5 14. Bxf8 Rxf8 15. Bc4 {
White pawn on d6 is very strong and in addition to it it's not so easy for
black to come up with idea of getting any counterplay!} Nhf6 16. Re1 $6 {
Inaccuracy permitting black to put up serious resistance. After} (16. Qd2 $1
Qb4 17. Ba2 Kg7 (17... Qxb2 $2 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. Bxf7+ $18 {[%csl Ra3]}) 18.
Rfe1 $16 {black is troubles.}) 16... h6 $5 {Tempoarily sacrificing a pawn to
complete development of the pieces.} 17. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qb4 18. Qd3 {
[%cal Gd3g6]} Kg7 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bf5 21. Qd4 Rad8 22. Rd1 Qxb2 $6 (
22... Bxc2 $5 23. Rd2 Qxb2 (23... Bf5) 24. h3 (24. Rde2 $6 Qa1+ 25. Re1 Qa3 {
[%csl Rd6]}) 24... Rfe8 25. Kh2 $44) 23. Bb3 $1 b6 (23... Bxc2 $2 24. Bxc2 Qxc2
25. Ne4 $1 c5 26. Qa1 $1 $18 {[%cal Ga1g7]} Nxe4 27. Rxc5+ Nc3 28. Rxc3 $18 {
[%csl Rc2]}) 24. Rb1 $6 (24. h3 $16) 24... Qa3 25. Rd1 c5 (25... Rd7 $6 26. Nb1
$1 {[%csl Ra3]} c5 27. Nxa3 cxd4 28. Rxd4 $16) 26. Qd2 Qb4 27. Re7 $1 a6 28. h3
b5 (28... Ne8 29. Qe3 Nxd6 30. Qe5+ Kg8 31. Nd5 $18) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rb7 $5 {
[%csl Rb5]} Bd7 31. Nxb5 Qe4 32. Rb6 c4 33. Nc3 $1 Qh4 (33... Qe6 34. Re1 Qf5
35. Ba2 $16) 34. Rb4 Be6 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Ba4 Rd8 38. Bc6 $6 (38.
Qe5 $1) 38... Qf4 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40. Rxd2 Rc8 41. Bb5 Bd7 42. Rd4 Bf5 43. Rd2 Bd7
44. Bxd7 Nxd7 45. Re2 Rc6 46. Nb5 Rb6 47. Nc7 $1 Rb1+ (47... Rxd6 $4 48. Ne8+
$18) 48. Kh2 Rd1 49. Re7 $5 Rxd6 $2 {Entering into endgame with no real
chanses of survival.} (49... Nc5 $8) 50. Ne8+ Kf8 51. Nxd6 Kxe7 52. Nxc4 $18 {
This ending is quiet easily winning for white, although it takes some time to
do it.} Ke6 53. Ne3 $5 {[%csl Gd5]} f5 54. Kg1 f4 55. Nd1 Ne5 56. Kf1 g5 57.
Nb2 (57. Ke2 Kd5 58. Nb2 Kd4) 57... Kf5 (57... Kd5 $5) 58. Nd3 Nc4 59. Ke2 h5
60. Ne1 {[%cal Ge2d3]} Nb2 61. Kd2 g4 62. hxg4+ hxg4 63. Nd3 Na4 64. c4 {
White reminds that he has a passed pawn.} Nb6 65. Kc3 Ke6 66. Nc5+ (66. Kd4 $1)
66... Kf5 67. f3 gxf3 68. gxf3 Nc8 69. Kb3 Ke5 70. Nd3+ Kd6 (70... Kf5 71. c5
Ne7 72. Kc4 Nc6 73. Kd5 $18) 71. Nxf4 Ne7 72. Nd3 Nf5 73. Kb4 Nd4 74. f4 Kc6
75. Kc3 Nf5 76. Kd2 Kd6 77. Ke2 Ke6 78. Kf3 Nd6 79. c5 Nb5 80. Ke4 Nc3+ 81. Kd4
Nb5+ 82. Kc4 Nc7 83. Nb4 Ne8 84. Nd5 Ng7 85. Ne3 Nh5 86. f5+ Kd7 87. Kb5 Nf6
88. Kb6 Ne8 89. Nd5 Ng7 90. c6+ Kd6 91. c7 Nxf5 92. c8=Q Nd4 93. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 06th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.05.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.05.16"]
[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 "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. Qe2 c6 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nd5 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. h3 (10. O-O-O $6 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nd7 13. f4 Qh4 14.
Nxd5 (14. Qg4 Qxf2 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 $5 (16. h4 $6 h5 17. Qh3 Qc5 18. Be3
Qc6 19. Rhg1 Rfd8 $17 {Blauert,J-Kauschmann,H/FRG-ch qual 1988}) 16... h5 17.
Ne7+ Kh7 18. f5 $5 exf5 19. Qb4 Nxe5 $17 {Sosna,J-Pribyl,M/Team Championships,
CZE 1998}) 14... cxd5 15. Bb5 Nb6 16. Rdg1 Rfc8 17. Rg2 Nc4 18. Qg4 Qe7 $15 {
Adam,P-Freisler,P/Prague op 1986 (24)}) 10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 (11. Qxf3 e6 12.
Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {Sermek,
D-Nogueiras,J/Moscow olm 1994}) 11... e6 (11... Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e6 13. f4 (13.
Bd3 Nd7 14. f4 Qh4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. O-O-O Nc5 $13 {Reischig,T-Janda,Z/CZE-chT1a
9697}) 13... Re8 14. h4 h5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Rd6 $6 Nd7 17. f5 $2 Qxd6 $1 $17 {
Cicak,S-Bastian,H/BL8889}) 12. f4 Nd7 13. h4 Nxc3 (13... b5 $6 14. Bxd5 cxd5
15. h5 b4 16. Nb5 $14) 14. Bxc3 Nb6 15. Bb3 (15. Bd3 Na4 $1) 15... h5 16. Bd2
a5 17. a3 Nd5 (17... a4 $5 18. Ba2 Nd5 19. O-O-O b5 $132) 18. c4 Ne7 19. O-O-O
Nf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 20. Bc3 Qe7 ({More ambitious was} 20... Qb6 $5 21. Bc2 Rfd8
22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Rxd8+ (23. e6 $2 Bxc3 24. exf7+ Kxf7 25. bxc3 Qb3 $19) 23...
Rxd8 24. Qe3 Qb3 $1 $15 {and black's prospects are better.}) 21. Bc2 Rfd8 22.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {[%csl Rh4]} (22... Rxd8 $2 {[%csl Ra5]} 23. Bxa5 $16) 23. Bxf5 exf5
24. Qe3 Qe7 {Once again black opts for safer continuation.} (24... b5 $5 25.
Rd1 $1 (25. e6 $5 Bxc3 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxc3 b4 $1 $36) 25... Qe7 (25... Qxh4
$2 26. e6 $1 Bxc3 (26... Qe7 $2 27. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qxe6 28. Qxe6 fxe6 29.
Rxg7+ $18) 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Rd7+ Kf8 29. Qxc3 $40 {[%csl Rf8]}) 26. Rd6 b4 $5
27. axb4 axb4 28. Bxb4 Qxh4 $13) 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. Qb6 Re8 27. e6 $5 {[%csl Rg8]
[%cal Gb6d4]} (27. Bxa5 Bh6 28. Bd2 Qxh4 29. Qxb7 Bxf4 30. Qxc6 Rxe5 $13) 27...
fxe6 ({Of course not} 27... Qxe6 $2 28. Qd4 f6 29. Re1 Qxe1+ (29... Qf7 30.
Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Qxf6 $16) 30. Bxe1 Rxe1+ 31. Kd2 Re6 32. Qa7 $1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,
Rb7] with nearly winning position.}) 28. Qxa5 Bg7 29. Rg1 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 Kf7 31.
Qg3 Qf6 32. Rd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Krasnodar"]
[Date "2002.09.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Kornev, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2002.08.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Qc7 (8... Bg4 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Nb5 Nc6 13. c3 Qd7 $11
{Adamski,J-Uhlmann,W/Polanica Zdroj 1975}) (8... Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bd2 Nh6 11.
Qc1 Nf7 12. Be3 e6 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 e5 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 $14 {Szabo,
L-Huebner,R/Amsterdam 1975}) 9. Nd2 $1 {Very strong move promising white
stable opening advantage.} Nbd7 (9... d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Nb1
Nc6 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Rc1 Bf5 15. Nb5 Qd7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Re1 Rac8 $11 {Vogt,
L-Lau,R/Thessaloniki 1988}) (9... Na6 10. f4 Nb4 11. Bf3 (11. Rf2 Rd8 12. Rc1
e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qf1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qe7 16. Bg5 Qc5 $13 {Baljon,C-Donner,J/
Leeuwarden 1974}) 11... b6 12. Rf2 Rb8 13. Nb3 Ba6 14. Rd2 Rfd8 15. d5 cxd5 16.
exd5 Bc4 $132 {Baljon,C-Hartoch,R/Wijk aan Zee 1974}) (9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Nc4 Nbd7 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 Ne8 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. Rfd1 $14 {Dworakowski,
L-Tsedev,I/Bratislava 1993}) 10. f4 e6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 Rd8 13.
Qe1 gxf5 14. exf5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Qg3 f6 17. c4 $16 {Tringov,G-Peev,P/
Plovdiv 1973}) 11. Bd3 (11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15.
exf6 Nxf6 $11) 11... b6 {Black has nothing much to do, but to wait.} 12. Qe2
Bb7 13. e5 Ne8 (13... Nd5 14. Nce4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 d5 16. Nf2 $14) 14. Nce4 c5
15. c3 $14 {Strengthening the center.} Rc8 (15... f6 $5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Rae1
Rae8 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Ne4 $14) 16. Qf2 h6 17. h4 Rd8 (17... f5 $5 18. exd6 (
18. Ng3 Qd8 19. h5 g5 $13) 18... Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 $132) 18. Bb5 dxe5 19. fxe5
f5 20. Ng3 $6 Nxe5 $1 {Turning point of the game. With this sacrifice black
manages to develop very strong initiative.} 21. dxe5 Bxe5 22. Ne2 Nf6 23. Nf4 {
Didn't work} (23. Bf4 $2 Ng4 $1 24. Qe1 {[%csl Rd2]} g5 $1 25. hxg5 hxg5 26.
Bxg5 Bd4+ $1 $19 {[%cal Gc7h2]}) 23... Ng4 24. Qe2 Rf6 $8 {[%csl Ge6,Gg6]} 25.
Bc4 (25. Nc4 g5 26. Nh5 (26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Bc1 gxf4 28. Bxf4 Qxe2 29. Bxe2 Rg6
$17) 26... Rg6 27. Kh1 gxh4 $40 {[%csl Rg2][%cal Gg4e3]}) 25... Re8 26. Kh1 Kh7
27. Rae1 (27. Nf3 $2 Nxe3 28. Nxe5 Qxe5 $19) 27... Qe7 28. Nf3 Bd6 {[%cal
Ge6e4]} 29. Kg1 $6 {White can't afford to himself to waste time in such a
position.} (29. Bc1 $5 e5 30. Nd5 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 e4 $36) 29... e5 30. Nd5 Bxd5
31. Bxd5 e4 32. Bc1 Bg3 $17 33. Rd1 $6 (33. c4 $1 Bxe1 34. Nxe1) 33... Rd6 34.
Bb3 Kh8 $1 $19 (34... exf3 35. Qxe7+ Rxe7 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. gxf3 Nf6 $17) 35.
Ng5 (35. Bc4 exf3 36. Qxe7 f2+ 37. Kh1 Rxe7 {[%csl Gf2]}) 35... hxg5 36. Bxg5
Qe5 37. Rxd6 Bf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2001.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Annageldyev, Orazly"]
[Black "Sale, Srdjan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2378"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. a4 (12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 Qb8 (
13... Rb8 14. Rab1 Qa5 15. a3 Rb7 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rfb8 18. b3 $14 {
Al Modiahki,M-Othman,A/Asian Teams 1998}) (13... Nb6 14. Rad1 d5 15. Bd4 e6 16.
b3 Qe7 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bf3 Rfe8 19. f5 $14 {Blatny,P-Watson,W/BL9495 1995})
14. Rab1 a5 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. a4 Ne8 17. e5 Nb6 18. exd6 Nxd6 $132 {Blatny,
P-Ardaman,M/World Open Major 1999}) 12... cxd5 (12... Qa5 13. Ra3 (13. Bf3 cxd5
14. exd5 Rac8 15. Bd4 a6 16. Qd2 Rc4 17. Be3 Rfc8 $13 {Gizynski,T-Kaldus,A/
POL-chT 1994}) 13... cxd5 (13... Rfc8 14. Bf3 cxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rb3 Nc4 17.
Bd4 Qc7 18. Re1 $14 {De Meyer,G-Uhoda,P/Belgian Interteam 1999}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 Bxb2 17. Rb3 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Nb6 $11 {Boensch,
U-Mowsziszian,K/Bad Woerishofen op 1996}) 13. exd5 Qa5 14. Qd3 $6 (14. Bf3 Rfc8
15. Ra3 Nb6 16. Rb3 Nc4 17. Bd4 $14) 14... a6 (14... Rfc8 $5) 15. g4 $6 {
White needs to take some profilactic mesuars first and only then to start an
active actions on the kingside.} Rfc8 16. g5 $6 {Inviting black to take on c3.}
(16. Rfd1 $5) 16... Rxc3 $1 {[%csl Rd5] This typical sacrifice promises black
very good chanses in the forthcoming struggle.} 17. bxc3 ({Even worse is} 17.
Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Nxd5 19. Bd4 Nxc3 20. Bxg7 Nxe2+ 21. Kf2 Nxf4 $17) 17...
Nxd5 18. Bd2 {[%cal Gg7a1]} Bxc3 $6 (18... Nxc3 $1 19. Bf3 d5 20. f5 (20. Rae1
e6 21. Re3 Rc8 $17) 20... Ne5 21. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Qxd2 $17) 19. Bxc3 Nxc3
20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Kh1 (21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Rfe1 Rc7 23. a5 $132) 21... Rc7 22. Qd2 d5
23. h4 Qc5 24. h5 gxh5 $1 25. Rae1 Nf8 26. f5 (26. Qh2 Nxa4 27. Qxh5 Nc3 28. f5
Qd4 $17) 26... Qd6 27. a5 Rc4 $5 {[%cal Gc4h4,Gc4a4]} 28. Qh2 Qb4 29. Qe5 Rh4+
30. Kg2 Ne4 31. f6 $6 (31. Re2 $1 Nxg5 $6 32. Qg3 h6 33. Rxe7 Rh3 34. Qe5 Nxf3
35. Rxf3 Qg4+ 36. Rg3 $14) 31... e6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Re2 Rg4+ 34. Kf2 Nd7 35.
c3 (35. Qc7 $5) 35... e3+ 36. Kxe3 Qa4 37. Rd2 h6 $1 $19 {[%csl Re5]} 38. g6 (
38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. gxh6 h4 40. h7+ Kh8 41. Rf3 Qd1 $19) 38... Rxg6 39. Qd6 Nxf6
{[%cal Ga4e4,Gf6d5]} 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Rg2+ Rg6 43. Rxg6+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Wereldschaaktoernooi"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1950.12.04"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Stahlberg, Gideon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "199"]
[EventDate "1950.11.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 {Pirc} 7. Bf4 (7.
h3 $143) 7... b5 $6 (7... Nfd7 $142) (7... Bg4 8. e5 (8. h3 $14) 8... Nfd7 9.
h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 $10 {Vogt-Espig/Dortmund/1991}) 8. e5 $1 Nfd7 (8... dxe5
$2 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Raxd1 Nfd7 11. Nd5 $1 $16) 9. a4 {Najdorf offered a draw.}
bxa4 (9... b4 10. Nd5 a5 11. c3) 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Nxa4 Nxa4 12. Rxa4 Nd7 13. Qc1
{/\Lh6} (13. Qa1 Bb7 14. Bxa6 Bxf3 15. gxf3) 13... Nb6 14. Ra3 a5 15. Bh6 Bf5
$2 16. Nh4 $1 Be6 17. Rg3 (17. g4 dxe5 18. Rh3 Bf6 $1 $13) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5
{/\19.Ld3, 20.Dg5, 21.Sg6, 22.Lg6->} Qd4 19. Nf3 (19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5 Qxb2 $2
(20... Nd5 {/\21... Df4}) 21. Bd3 $1 $40) 19... Qa4 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Bxg7 (21.
Re4 Qxe4 $1 (21... Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Qxe4 23. Ng5 $1 $18) 22. Bxe4 Bxh6 23. Qe1 Bf4
$17) 21... Kxg7 22. Re4 Qc6 23. Rh4 h5 (23... Rh8 24. Nd4 $1 $18 Rxd4 25. Qh6+
Kg8 26. Rxd4) 24. Nd4 $1 (24. Rxh5 $2 Rh8 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxg6+ Kxg6 27. Qg5+
Kf7 28. Qf4+ Ke8 $1 29. Rxh8+ Kd7 $13) 24... Rxd4 (24... Qd5 25. Qg5 $18 {
/\26.Lg6}) 25. Rxd4 Qc5 26. Qe3 Rb8 (26... Nd7 $2 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxd7 Qxe3
29. Rxe7+ $18) 27. h3 Nd5 28. Qe4 Kf8 (28... Rxb2 $2 29. c4 Nb4 30. Rxg6+ $18
fxg6 (30... Kh7 31. Rh6+ Kxh6 32. Qh7+ Kg5 33. h4#) (30... Kh8 31. Rh6+ Kg7 32.
Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rd8#) 31. Qxg6+ Kf8 32. Rd8#) 29. b3 Nb4 30. Qe3 Kg7 31. Rh4 Nxd3
32. Qxd3 Qxe5 33. Qc3 Rb5 34. Qxe5+ $2 (34. Re4 Qxc3 35. Rxc3 c5 36. Re5 $18)
34... Rxe5 35. Rc3 c5 36. Ra4 c4 $1 37. bxc4 Bd7 38. Ra1 Rc5 39. f3 e5 40. Kf2
a4 41. Rb1 Ra5 (41... h4 $142) 42. Ra3 Kf6 43. Ke3 Ke7 44. Rb6 Ra7 45. Kd3 g5
46. c5 Rc7 47. Kc4 g4 $5 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. fxg4 Bc6 50. g5 $6 (50. Rxc6 $142
Rxc6 51. Rxa4 Ke6 52. Kb5 Kd5 $2 53. c4+ $18) 50... e4 51. Kd4 Rc8 52. Ke5 Kd7
53. Ra6 Re8+ 54. Kd4 Rd8 55. Rh3 Kc7+ 56. Ke3 {/\57.Th7, 58.g6} Bb5 57. Rb6 (
57. Ra7+ $6 Kc6 58. Rxf7 Ra8 $1) 57... Bc4 58. Kxe4 Bd5+ 59. Kf4 Ra8 60. Ra3
Bc6 61. Ke5 Ra5 62. Kd4 Ra8 63. Rb1 Rd8+ 64. Kc4 Rd2 65. Rf1 $1 Rxc2+ 66. Kb4
$1 (66. Kd3 Rxg2 67. Rxf7+ Kd8 {/\68... Tg3}) 66... Bd5 (66... Rb2+ 67. Kc3
Rxg2 68. Rxf7+ Kd8 69. Rg7 $18) 67. Rxa4 Rb2+ 68. Kc3 Rxg2 69. Rf5 Rg3+ 70. Kd2
Kc6 71. Rd4 Be6 72. Re5 Kc7 73. Ke2 Ba2 74. Kf2 Rc3 75. Rd2 Bc4 76. Re3 Rc1 77.
Kg3 Be6 78. Re5 (78. g6 $2 Rg1+ 79. Rg2 Rxg2+ 80. Kxg2 Bd5+ 81. Kg3 fxg6) 78...
Rc4 79. Kf2 Rg4 80. Rd3 Bc4 81. Rg3 Rd4 82. Ke3 Rd3+ 83. Kf4 Rd1 84. Kf5 Rf1+
85. Ke4 Ra1 86. Kd4 Ra4 87. Re4 $6 Bd3+ 88. Kxd3 Ra3+ 89. Kd4 Rxg3 90. Re5 {
/\91.Tf5, /\Ke5-f6} Kd7 91. Rd5+ Ke6 (91... Kc6 92. Rf5 $1 $18) 92. c6 Rg4+ 93.
Kc5 Rg1 94. Rd8 $1 $18 Rc1+ 95. Kb6 Rb1+ 96. Kc7 Ke7 (96... Rg1 97. Rd6+ Ke7
98. Rd5 Ke6 99. Rb5 {/\100.Kc7}) (96... Rb5 97. Rd6+ Ke7 98. g6 fxg6 99. Rxg6)
97. Rb8 Rc1 98. Rb2 f5 99. gxf6+ Kxf6 100. Kb7 1-0

[Event "Wichern op 4th"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 b6 (9... c6 10. Qd2 (10. Qd6 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nc7 12. Rfd1 Ne6 13. a4
Re8 14. a5 Qe7 15. Bc4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qf3 Rf8
20. Rd3 Bc7 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. Qe3 Qf6 {0-1 Laclau,D-Jancu,J/Montpellier-B 1989/ 
(36)}) (10. Nd2 Re8 11. Nc4 b5 12. Nd6 Re6 13. Nxc8 Qxc8 14. a3 Qb7 15. Qd2 Rd8
16. Rad1 Ree8 17. Qc1 Nb6 {1/2-1/2 Budoelina,S-Stojanovic,M/EU-chJW U14
Tallinn 1997}) 10... Re8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Bd3 Nc5 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Ne1 Ne6 15.
Bc4 Nd4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. f4 {1-0 Drozdovskij,J-Riazantsev,A/EU-chJM U12
Rimavska Sobota 1996 (25)}) 10. Nd2 (10. Qe1 Bb7 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. g4 Nc5 13. f3
Ne6 14. Qg3 Ne8 15. Bc4 c6 16. Rad1 Nd4 17. Bd3 Nd6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rad8
20. e5 {1-0 Nun,J-Gazik,I/CSR-ch Trinec 1988/ (37)}) (10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Rad1 Qe7
12. Qc4 c6 $11) 10... Bb7 11. a4 a5 (11... Qe7 12. a5 Rfd8 13. a6 Bc6 $13) (
11... a6 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Qe2 {xa6}) 12. Bc4 (12. Nb5 $5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14.
Bf3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rc8 16. Rad1 $44) 12... Qe7 13. f3 Rad8 (13... Nh5 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Rad8 16. Bc4 Nf4 $15) 14. Qe1 $1 Nc5 (14... Nh5 15. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (
15... Qd6 16. Bb3) 16. exd5 Kh8 (16... Nf4 $2 17. Bxf4) 17. g4 Nhf6 18. Bg5 (
18. Ne4 Ne8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Nd6 21. Bd3 $13) 18... Qb4 19. b3 $13) 15. Nb3 (
15. Qh4 Ne6 16. Rad1 Nd4 $15) 15... Ne6 16. Ne2 (16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Nb5 Qe7 18.
Qc3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Rfd8 $15) 16... Nd4 $5 17. Nexd4 (17. Rc1 Nh5 18. c3 Nxe2+ 19.
Bxe2 Nf4 $15) 17... exd4 18. Nxd4 $6 {Unfortunatelly black is better prepared
for the opening of the position. Schwarz ist leider besser vorbereitet auf
Stellungsoffnung.} (18. Bxd4 $2 Rxd4 19. Nxd4 Qc5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. c3 Nh5 $17
) (18. Bf2 $1 Nh5 (18... Ne8 19. Bd3 c5 20. Nd2 Nd6 $13) 19. Nc1 Nf4 20. Nd3)
18... Nxe4 19. c3 (19. fxe4 Qxe4 20. Qf2 Qxe3 $5 (20... Bxd4 21. Bxf7+ Kg7 22.
Rae1 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Qxg2+ $17) 21. Qxe3 Bxd4 22. Rae1 Bxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Rd2 $17)
19... Nd6 (19... Ng3 $2 20. Bf4 (20. Bf2) 20... Qc5 21. Qxg3 Qxc4 22. Bxc7
Bxd4+ 23. cxd4 Qxd4+ 24. Qf2 $14) 20. Bd3 (20. Ba2 Rfe8 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. Qf2 c5
23. Nc2 Nf5 $15) 20... Rfe8 21. Bf2 $2 (21. Nc2 Qf6 22. Qf2 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Qxf5
$15) (21. Bf4 $1 Qf6 (21... c5 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Nb5 Nc8 24. Rad1 Red7 25. Bc7
Re8 26. Be4 $11) (21... Qd7 22. Qf2 c5 23. Nb5 $11) 22. Qg3 h6 23. Rfe1) 21...
Qf6 22. Qc1 (22. Ne2 Nf5 $17) (22. Qb1 c5 23. Nb5 Bh6 $17) 22... c5 23. Nb5 Nf5
24. Bxf5 (24. Rd1 Bh6 25. Qc2 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Bxe3+ $17) 24... Qxf5 25. Qb1 (25.
Re1 Be5 $17) 25... Qf4 26. Qc1 Rd2 $1 27. Bg3 (27. Be1 Ree2 (27... Rxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Re2+ 29. Rf2 Qxf3+ 30. Kf1 Rxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Qxh3+ 32. Ke1 Bh6 33. Qc2 Qh1+
34. Ke2 Bf3+ 35. Kd3 Be4+ 36. Ke2 Qf3+ $19) 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Bxf2 Be5 30. Kf1
Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Bf4 $19) 27... Qe3+ $6 {The attacker fails to deliver the
decisive blow. Der Angreiffer scheitert vor dem entcheidendem Schlag.} (27...
Rxg2+ $1 28. Kxg2 Re2+ 29. Rf2 Bxf3+ (29... Qxf3+ 30. Kf1 Rxf2+ 31. Bxf2 Qxh3+
32. Ke1 Bh6 $19) 30. Kf1 Qxg3 31. Rxe2 Qxh3+ 32. Ke1 Bh6 $1 (32... Qh1+ 33. Kd2
Bh6+ 34. Re3 Qg2+ 35. Kd3 Bg4 36. Re8+ Kg7 37. Qh1 $16) 33. Re3 (33. Qc2 Qh1+
34. Kf2 Qg2+ 35. Ke1 Qg1#) 33... Qg3+ (33... Qg2 34. Rxf3 Bxc1 35. Rf2 Qe4+ $19
) 34. Kd2 Bxe3+ 35. Kxe3 Bd5+ (35... Bg4+ 36. Ke4 Qf3+ 37. Ke5 Qf5+ 38. Kd6
Qd7+ 39. Ke5 f6+ 40. Kf4 Qf5+ 41. Kg3 Qf3+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+) 36. Ke2 (36. Kd2 Qf2+)
36... Bc4+ 37. Kd1 Qf3+ $19) 28. Rf2 (28. Kh1 Red8 $17) 28... Red8 29. Qe1 (29.
Kh1 Bh6 (29... Qg5 $2 30. Bd6 $1 $18) (29... Be5 30. Rxd2 (30. Nd4 Bxg3 31.
Rxd2 Bf4 32. Nb3 Rxd2 33. Nxd2 Qxd2 34. Qxd2 Bxd2 $19) 30... Rxd2 31. Bxe5 Qe2
32. Qf1 Qxe5 33. Re1 $11) 30. Qe1 f5 $1) 29... Bh6 30. Kh1 Bc6 $6 $138 (30...
f5 $1 31. Rxd2 (31. Bh4 Rxf2 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Bxd8 c4) (31. Bc7 Rxf2 32. Qxe3
Bxe3 33. Bxd8 c4 34. Nd6 Ba6 $17) 31... Rxd2 32. Rd1 Qxe1+ 33. Rxe1 f4 34. Re8+
Kf7 35. Be1 Rd1 36. Re2 g5 $15) (30... Qg5 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Nd6 $1 Bc6 33. Nc4
) 31. Rxd2 Rxd2 32. Qxe3 Bxe3 33. Nd6 $1 Bd5 $6 (33... Rxb2 34. Nc4 Re2 35. Bc7
(35. Nxb6 Bg5 36. Nc4 Bf6 $15) 35... Bd5 36. Nxe3 Rxe3 37. Bxb6 Rxc3 38. Bxa5
Rc2 39. Bb6 c4 $11) 34. Re1 Bf2 $4 $138 (34... Bg5 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. h4 Bf6 37.
Rb8 Bc6 38. Rxb6 Bxh4 39. Be5+ f6 40. Rxc6 fxe5 $14) (34... Bh6 35. Re8+ Kg7 (
35... Bf8 36. Nc8 Kg7 37. Rd8 $16) 36. Rb8 Bc6 37. Rxb6 $14) 35. Re8+ Kg7 36.
Be5+ f6 (36... Kh6 37. Bf4+ $18) 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Re8+ $138 (38. Bxf6 $1 Bc6
39. Rc7 $18) 38... Kg7 39. Re7+ Kf8 40. Re8+ Kg7 41. Re7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 $1 9. a4 $5 e5 10. Bh2 Re8 $6 (10... exd4 $6 11. Nxd4 Qb4 12. Na2 $1 $16) (
10... Nh5 $6 11. Qd2 {/\ Rfd1+/-}) (10... Qb4 $1 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5
13. Bxe5 Nxe4 $10) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 (12. Nd2 {>=} Nb6 (12... Nc5 $6 13.
Nc4 Qc7 14. f4 $1 $16) 13. Nb3 Qb4 14. a5 Nbd7 15. Ra4 $14) 12... Qb4 $1 13.
Bb3 (13. Qe2 Nh5 $1 (13... Qxb2 $2 14. Bxf7+ $1)) 13... Nc5 14. Qd6 $6 (14.
Nxe5 $6 Nxb3 15. Nd3 Qd4 $1 $17) (14. Bxe5 {>=} Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be6 $1 16. Qd4 $1
Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxg7 Nxc3 19. bxc3 $10) 14... a5 $1 $15 15. Na2 $1 $8
Qb6 16. Nxe5 Nxb3 17. Nc4 $1 Qa6 (17... Qa7 18. cxb3 Nxe4 19. Qf4 Nc5 20. Nd6
$13) 18. cxb3 Be6 (18... Nxe4 19. Qf4 Nc5 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. Qe3 b6 22. Ne8 $1)
19. f3 $1 (19. e5 Red8 20. Qa3 Nd5 {/\ b5-/+}) 19... Rad8 $6 (19... Red8 {>=}
20. Qa3 (20. Qf4 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Qxc4 $17) 20... Bf8 21. Nd6 Ne8 $17) 20. Qa3 $1
$8 Bxc4 (20... Bf8 $6 21. Nd6 $13) 21. bxc4 Qxc4 22. Rac1 Qe6 (22... Qd4+ 23.
Kh1 Bf8 24. Qb3 {/\ Rfd1}) 23. Nc3 $10 Nd7 24. Bc7 Rc8 25. Qd6 $1 (25. Bxa5 $2
b6 $1 $19) 25... Qxd6 26. Bxd6 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Rfd1 Rcd8 29. Kf2 f5 30.
exf5 gxf5 31. g4 Bd4+ 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Rc2 Bxc3 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. bxc3 Rd5 36.
c4 Rd7 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Rb2 fxg4 39. hxg4 Ke5 40. Re2+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Re1 Bb7 8. Bc4
Nxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 (9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe4 h6 11. c4 e6 $132) 9... d5 10. Bd3 dxe4
11. Bxe4 Bxe4 12. Rxe4 c5 13. Bg5 Qd5 $1 (13... Nc6 14. d5 Nd4 15. c4 Re8 16.
Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Qe2 $16) 14. Qd3 (14. Rxe7 Nc6 15. Re2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxg5 $15)
14... cxd4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Rae1 Nc6 17. c4 (17. Bg5 Rxe4 18. Rxe4 Qxa2 $15)
17... Qd7 18. Ba3 f5 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Kf1 Bh6 {/\ 22...Qe4}
22. b4 $1 Bf8 (22... Qe4 $2 23. Qxe4 fxe4 24. b5 $1 $16) 23. b5 Bxa3 24. Qxa3 (
24. bxc6 Bc5 25. c7 Qd7 26. Nxd4 Qxc7 $13) 24... Ne5 25. Qd6 Nxc4 26. Qd5+ Qf7
27. Qd8+ Qf8 28. Qd5+ (28. Qxd4 Qb4 $132) 28... Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 6. Nf3 b5 {The downside of
this system for White is, that it is very easy for the opponent to read the
main plan. Mchedlishvili does try to prepare potential counterplay on the
queenside.} 7. a3 O-O 8. h3 {It might be necessary to fight against the idea
of ...Bg4, but it slows down White's development and reduces chances for
obtaining advantage.} Bb7 (8... a6 9. Rd1 (9. Be2 Nfd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5
12. Qe3 Ne6 13. Bh6 f5 14. exf6 exf6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. O-O Re8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18.
Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxe7+ Rxe7 20. Rxd4 {½-½ (20) Baltag,I (2231)-Slovineanu,V 
(2406) Kishinev 2001}) 9... Nbd7 (9... Bb7 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5
cxd5 13. Qe3 Nb6 14. h4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. h5 Bh8 17. Ng5 dxe5 18. hxg6 fxg6
19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Rxh7 Bxg2 21. Qg3 $18 {1-0 (31) Stypka,M-Borkowski,F (2375)
Lubniewice 1981}) 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O d5 (12... Be6 13. Rfe1 Nd5 {
1/2-1/2 (13) Koploy,P (2330)-Silman,J (2395) USA 1996}) 13. b3 Nc7 14. Bh6 a5
15. Qf4 a4 16. b4 Ne6 17. Qh4 Ra7 18. Rfe1 f5 19. Ne2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (57) Ostojic,P (2480)-Radulov,I (2500) Belgrad 1977}) (8... Nbd7 9. e5
Ne8 10. h4 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. h5 Bf5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Bh6 b4 15. axb4 Rxb4
16. Bxg7 Qa5 17. Na2 Qxa2 18. Qxb4 Ne4 19. Qa3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Nxg7 {1-0 (59)
Gonzales,J (2345)-Altounian,L (2435) Los Angeles 1998} 21. exd6 $16) (8... d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Qe3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Qb6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Qd2 Kh7 14. h4 h5 15. c3 Na6
16. Qe2 c5 17. Be3 c4 18. Bc2 Nc7 19. Nh2 Kg8 20. g4 hxg4 21. Nxg4 $16 {
1-0 (35) Barczyszyn,K (2235)-Meleghegyi,C (2415) Zalakaros 1991}) 9. O-O-O $2 {
Rodshtein might be a brave player, but this daring castling borders on the
mildly insane.} (9. Bh6 a5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne2 c5 13. Ng3 cxd4 14.
axb4 axb4 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Nb3 Nc6 18. O-O d5 19. Ra1 Bb7 20. Ba6
Bxa6 21. Rxa6 Nb8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (65) Vakhania,A (2238)-Babazada,K (1986) Poti
2016}) (9. g4 c5 10. d5 b4 11. axb4 cxb4 12. Nd1 Nxe4 13. Qxb4 Bxd5 14. Bc4 Bc6
15. O-O e5 16. Be3 d5 17. Ba6 d4 18. Bb7 Qf6 19. Nh2 a5 20. Qb6 Bxb7 21. Qxb7
Nc6 $19 {0-1 (30) Grigoryan,M (1996)-Lauterbach,I (2107) West Bromwich 2016}) (
9. Bd3 Nbd7 (9... a5 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qb6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ra4 14. c3
Rfa8 15. Rxa4 Rxa4 16. e5 Ne8 17. Re1 dxe5 18. dxe5 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Ned4
Bxf3 21. Bxb5 Rxd4 22. cxd4 Qxb5 23. dxc5 Bc6 $17 {1/2-1/2 (62) Kreuz,M (1528)
-Roessner,A (1702) Grossenseebach 2012}) 10. Bh6 e5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. dxe5 Nxe5
13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Qe3 a6 17. Be2 c5 18. f3 Rd4 19. Rd2
Nh5 20. Rfd1 Nf4 21. Nb1 Qe7 $17 {1-0 (72) Paparella,N (1646)-Del Nevo,C (1807)
Alassio 2016}) 9... b4 $1 10. axb4 a5 11. b5 {White would never even dream of
pushing the b pawn forward, but the danger for his exposed king simply forces
his hand.} (11. bxa5 $2 Qxa5 12. Qe3 c5 $19) (11. e5 axb4 12. Nb1 Nd5 $17)
11... cxb5 12. e5 (12. Nxb5 Bxe4 13. Nc3 Nc6 $17) (12. Bxb5 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Rhe1 Bc6 $17) 12... b4 $1 13. exf6 (13. Na4 Nh5 14. Be3 Bc6 $17) 13... bxc3
14. Qxc3 Bxf6 {The access to the queenside on semi-open files promises Black
excellent chances, White has not even started his own attack.} 15. Bh6 Re8 16.
Ne5 {Extreme times call for extreme measures, White is trying to prevent the
natural development of the black knight.} (16. Bb5 Nd7 $1 (16... Nc6 17. Bxc6
Rc8 18. Bxb7 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qc7 20. Be4 Qxc3 21. Rhe1 a4 $15) 17. Rhe1 Rc8 18.
Qd3 Qc7 $17) 16... Qb6 17. Nc4 Qb4 {The black queen has a very pleasant choice
of good moves. The original but very unpleasant idea 17...Qa7! eyeing the
d4-pawn could aspire to the title of the best move.} (17... Qc6 18. Ne3 Qxc3
19. bxc3 Bc6 $17) (17... Qa7 $1 18. h4 Nc6 $17) 18. h4 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 20.
Kd2 Rec8 (20... a4 $1 21. Ra1 Bc6 $17) 21. Ra1 a4 22. f3 {Both players have
struggled to understand, that Bg5 is a very sound idea for White.} (22. Bg5 $1
Rcb8 23. f3 $15) 22... d5 23. Ne3 Bc6 $6 (23... e6 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. h5 e5 $15)
24. Bg5 $1 {With great luck Rodstein manages to reduce the danger on the dark
squares; his defence will become much easier.} e6 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. Bd3 Kf8 (
26... Nh5 27. Rhb1 Nf4 $11) 27. Rhb1 Rcb8 28. c4 dxc4 (28... Nh5 29. cxd5 (29.
c5 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 Ke7 $11) 29... exd5 30. c4 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Nf4 $11) 29. Nxc4 h6
{Black obviously doesn't take the danger of falling into difficult position
very seriously. It was not necessary to let the knight go to e5.} (29... Rxb1
30. Rxb1 Nd7 $11) 30. Ne5 Be8 (30... Rxb1 31. Rxb1 Be8 32. c4 Nh5 33. Rb2 Nf4
34. Bf1 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 $11) 31. c4 Nd7 {The engine has a difficult time at
this critical juncture to appreciate the benefits of exchanging the mighty
knight on e5. It spends time and energy on the proactive move 31...Nh5!? that
is also quite playable.} (31... Nh5 $5 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. Bc2 Ke7 34. Bxa4 Ra8
35. Bxe8 Rxa1 36. Bxf7 Ra2+ $11) 32. Nxd7+ Bxd7 33. Kc3 g5 34. hxg5 hxg5 35.
Be4 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Ra5 {[%mdl 4096] The defender is not terribly concerned
about his fate as he believes in counterplay on the other side of the board.} (
36... Ra6 37. Kb4 Be8 38. Kc5 a3 39. Ra1 Ke7 40. Kb4 Rd6 $14) 37. Rb8+ Ke7 38.
Ra8 {Only time trouble can explain the fact, that White abstains from the
obvious and attractive move 38.Kb4!?} (38. Kb4 $5 Ra6 (38... a3 39. Kxa5 a2 40.
Rb1 $18) 39. Ra8 Rxa8 40. Bxa8 f5 41. Bb7 Kd6 42. c5+ Kc7 43. Ba6 f4 $11) 38...
Rxa8 39. Bxa8 a3 $2 {All good players know the rule that you should not change
the pawn structure in time trouble as you may get it terribly wrong.
Unfortunately for Black it is called for, he can get sufficient counterplay
when he pushes his f-pawn forward.} (39... f5 $1 40. Bb7 (40. c5 Kd8 41. Kb4
Kc7 42. d5 exd5 43. Bxd5 Bc6 44. Bc4 f4 $11) 40... Kd6 41. c5+ Kc7 42. Ba6 Kc6
43. Kb4 (43. Kc4 a3 44. Kb3 e5 $11) 43... Kd5 44. Bb7+ Kxd4 45. c6 Bxc6 46.
Bxc6 e5 47. Bxa4 e4 48. fxe4 Kxe4 $11) 40. Kb3 e5 (40... a2 41. Kxa2 Ba4 42.
Ka3 Bd1 43. Kb4 $16) 41. dxe5 Ke6 42. Bd5+ Kxe5 43. Bxf7 Kf4 (43... Kd4 44.
Kxa3 Kc5 45. Kb3 $18) 44. Kxa3 Kg3 45. Bh5 $1 {Black must have missed this
simple move preventing the exchange of the f3-pawn. The endgame is elementary
and winning for White.} Kxg2 46. c5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. a4
$5 Nbd7 (8... c6 9. a5 $14) (8... a5 9. Nd4 $14) 9. Be3 Nc5 10. Nd2 e6 11. dxe6
fxe6 $1 (11... Bxe6 12. f4 $16) 12. f4 (12. a5 $1) 12... b6 $1 13. Bf3 Bb7 14.
a5 Rb8 (14... d5 $1 $10) 15. b4 Ncd7 16. a6 $5 (16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 e5 18. f5
gxf5 19. exf5 d5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Nxd5 Ra7 22. b5 $44) 16... Ba8 (16... Bc6
17. Qe2 $1) 17. Nb5 e5 $8 18. Nxa7 d5 $5 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne8 20. Be2 $1
$44) 19. exd5 e4 $2 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Nxd5 21. Bxd5+ Bxd5 22. Ra3 $16) 20.
Nc6 $1 Qe8 (20... Nxd5 21. Nxd8 Nxe3 22. Qe2 exf3 23. Nxf3 $1 Nxf1 24. Qe6+ Kh8
25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Bxa1 27. Qxd7 $18) 21. Nxe4 $1 $18 Nxe4 22. Nxb8 Nd6 $6
23. Bd4 $6 (23. Nxd7 Qxe3+ 24. Kh1 Rxf4 25. Qe1 $1 Qd4 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qe7 $1
$18) 23... Nxb8 24. Bxg7 $6 (24. c4 Nxc4 25. Bxg7 Qe3+ 26. Kh1 Kxg7 27. d6 c6
28. b5 $18) 24... Qe3+ 25. Kh1 Kxg7 26. Qd3 $4 (26. Bg4 Nf5 27. c4 $18) 26...
Qxd3 27. cxd3 Nd7 28. Rfc1 Nb5 $14 29. a7 Nf6 30. d6 cxd6 31. Bc6 Nc7 32. Bxa8
Nxa8 33. Rc6 Rd8 34. b5 Nd5 35. Rf1 {|} Kf6 36. g4 Ne3 37. g5+ Kf7 38. Re1 Nd5
39. Rec1 Rd7 40. R1c4 Ndc7 41. Rb4 Nd5 42. Ra4 Ndc7 43. Kg2 Ke8 (43... Nxb5 44.
Rc8 Nbc7 45. Rc4 $18) 44. Rb4 Rf7 45. Rbc4 Kd8 46. f5 $1 gxf5 $2 (46... Kc8 $1
47. f6 Kb7 48. Re4 Kxa7 49. Re7 Rxe7 50. fxe7 Ne8 51. Rc8 Nac7 $10) 47. h4 Kc8
48. Rxc7+ $1 $18 Rxc7 49. Rxc7+ Nxc7 50. h5 Kb7 51. g6 hxg6 52. h6 Nd5 53. h7
Nf4+ 54. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-01"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1977.09.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. g3 f5 13. Be2 $1 {
Pf3+/- Spassky-Parma/Havanna/1966} (13. Bg2 Nb6 14. b3 f4 $132)) (10... Kh8 {
Matulovic} 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd7 13. Be2 f5 14. f4 g5 $6 15. fxg5 f4 16. Bf2
h6 17. gxh6 Bxh6 18. Bg4 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rg8 20. Be6 $16 {Karpov-Keene/Moscow/1977}
) 11. Ne1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4 (14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 c6 $1 16.
dxc6 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Bxc6 $10 {Browne-Timman/Stockholm/1971_72}) 14... Bg4 {Tal} (
14... exf4 $143 15. Bxf4 f5 {Geller-Tal/Moscow/1975}) 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 f5 (
15... Qd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 f5 18. Qg5 Bf6 19. Qh6 Bg7 20. Qh4 $16 {
Gligoric-Pfleger/Moscow/1977/1-0}) 16. Rde1 (16. h3 Bxf3 17. Rxf3 {P df1}) (16.
fxe5 fxe4 $1 17. Nxe4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Bxe5 19. Ng5 $17 {<->e6}) 16... Bxf3 17.
Rxf3 Qd7 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bh6 {1/2/Geller-Timman/Wijk aan Zee/1977/}) 15... c6
16. h3 Bd7 17. fxe5 (17. dxc6 $2 Bxc6 18. f5 (18. Rd1 exf4 19. Rxf4 f5 $1 {
Karpov-Adorjan/Las Palmas/1977/}) 18... gxf5 19. exf5 f6 $17 {<=>}) 17... dxe5
18. d6 (18. Bc5 b6 (18... cxd5 $2 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxf8 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ne3 22.
Rf3 $18 {Kovacevic}) (18... Re8 19. Rd1 $1 {P dc6 f2}) 19. Ba3 (19. dxc6 $1)
19... c5 $1 20. b4 cxb4 21. Bxb4 Rc8 $132 {Liberzon-Adorjan/Amsterdam/1977/})
18... Nc8 19. Rd1 Nb6 {P d7, f5} (19... Re8 {Andersson} 20. Na4 b6 (20... Re6
21. Nc5 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. Rxd6 $16) 21. c4 {Pc5+/-} c5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Qd5+
$18) (19... b6 20. Ne2 Rb8 {P c4-c5} 21. c4 c5 22. Bg5 $1 f6 23. Qd5+ Kh8 24.
Bh4 $16) 20. b3 Be6 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. Nf3 f6 23. c4 Kh8 24. Kh1 Bg8 25. Ng3 $2 (
25. Nc3 $142 Qe8 {P e6} (25... f5 26. Bg5 {P e7})) 25... c5 $1 $15 26. Bh6 a6
27. Rf2 b5 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Nf1 bxc4 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Ne3 Bg8 32. Nd5 Bxd5
33. Qxd5 Qb6 34. Rdf1 Rac8 35. Ng5 fxg5 36. Qe6 Kh6 37. Rf7 Qb5 38. Kh2 Rce8
39. Qg4 Qxf1 40. Rxf1 Rxf1 41. Qxd7 Rff8 42. Qc6 Rd8 43. Qxc5 Rf6 44. Qxe5
Rdxd6 45. a4 Rde6 46. Qd5 Re8 47. a5 Rf4 48. Qc6 Rexe4 49. Qxa6 Ra4 50. Qb6 Rf8
51. Qb5 Ra1 52. h4 gxh4 53. Qe5 Rff1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Piatigorsky-Cup 2nd"]
[Site "Santa Monica"]
[Date "1966.08.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1966.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rfd1 Qxd2 (10... Qc8 11. Qe1 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Qxd8 13. Rd1)
11. Rxd2 Rfd8 12. Rad1 Rxd2 13. Rxd2 Ne8 (13... Bxf3 $6 14. Bxf3 Rd8 15. Rxd8+
Nxd8 16. Bxa7 $16) 14. Nd5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Bd1 (16. c3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 c6
$10) 16... Ne6 17. c3 Bf8 18. Ba4 Kg7 (18... c6 $143 {Larsen-Ivkov/Santa
Monica/1966}) 19. Nb4 Nc5 20. Bc2 a5 21. Nd5 Ra6 {/\ c6 -+} 22. b4 axb4 23.
cxb4 Ne6 24. Bb3 Rd6 (24... c6 25. Nb6 Bxb4 26. Rd7 Nd4 27. Bxd4 exd4 28. Nc4 {
Ivkov}) 25. Kg2 Nf6 26. b5 Nh5 27. Kf1 c6 28. bxc6 Rxc6 (28... bxc6 $6 29. Nb6
Rxd2 30. Bxd2 $16) 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Bc5 31. Bd2 (31. Ke2 Nhf4+ 32. Kd2 Nd4
33. Nxf4 exf4 34. Bxf4 Nxf3+ $15) 31... Nhf4 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. fxe3 Nxd5 34.
exd5 Nc5 35. Ke2 f5 (35... b6 $1 36. Kd2 Nb7 37. Kc3 Nd6 $1 $15 {Ivkov}) 36.
Kd2 Kf6 37. Kc3 Ke7 38. Kc4 Kd6 39. e4 fxe4 (39... f4 $142) 40. Bxe4 Nd7 $14
41. Kb5 Nf6 42. a4 g5 43. a5 g4 44. Kb6 gxf3 45. Bxf3 e4 46. Bg2 e3 47. Bf3
Nxd5+ 48. Kxb7 Nb4 49. Kb6 (49. a6 Nxa6 50. Kxa6 Ke5 51. Kb5 Kf4 52. Be2 Kg5
53. Kc4 Kh4 54. Bf1 e2 55. Bxe2 Kh3 $10) 49... Nd5+ 50. Kb7 Nb4 51. Kb6 Nd5+
52. Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-02"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1978.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1978.09.01"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... c5 7. dxc5
Qa5 8. cxd6 Nxe4 9. dxe7 Re8 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rb1 Nc6 $10) 7. Be3
Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. O-O (11. Rd1 Nd4 (11... Qe7 $142 {
/\ 12...Qb4} 12. a3 $5 (12. Bg5 Nd4 13. Rxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Rae8 $1 17. f3 f5 18. Nxc7 Re5) 12... Rad8 $10) 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. O-O)
11... Nd4 12. Qd1 (12. Bxd4 Qxd4 $10) 12... Qe7 {(/\ 13...Qb4)} 13. Nb1 (13.
Bxd4 Rad8) (13. Ne2 Rad8) 13... h5 $1 (13... Qb4 14. b3) 14. Nd2 h4 15. Bxd4 $2
(15. c3 Ne6 16. Nc4 Nh7 (16... Nh5 17. Kh2 Bf6 $1 18. Bf3 Nhg7 {/\ 19...Bg5}))
15... exd4 16. gxh4 (16. e5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qb5 18. Nxh4 Qxb2) 16... Nh5 17. Qg4 (
17. f4 $142 d3 $1 (17... Bh6 18. Qg4 Qc5 19. Nb3 Qxc2 20. e5) (17... Qxh4 18.
Qg4 Qe7 19. e5) 18. cxd3 (18. c3 Bh6 19. Qf3 Qc5+ 20. Kh2) 18... Bd4+ 19. Kh2
Nxf4 $1 20. Rxf4 Be5 21. Qf3 Qxh4 22. Rf1 g5) 17... Qc5 (17... Bh6 18. Nb3 Qe5)
18. Qg5 $1 Qxc2 19. Rfc1 Qxb2 20. Nc4 Qb4 21. Bf3 Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qg5 Rfe8
$1 24. Bxh5 (24. Rab1 Qf8 25. Bxh5 Bh6 26. Qg2 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Qh6) 24... gxh5
25. Rab1 Qa4 $1 (25... Qe7 26. f3 $1 (26. Qxe7 Rxe7 27. Rxb7 Rxe4) (26. Rxb7
Qxe4 27. Rxc7 Re6)) 26. Rxb7 Qc6 $2 (26... Re6 $142 27. Qd5 (27. Kf1 Qxa2)
27... Qe8 $1 28. Rxc7 Rd8 29. Qf5 Rf6) 27. Kh2 Re6 (27... Qxb7 28. Rg1 Kf8 29.
Qxg7+ Ke7 30. Rg5) 28. Rg1 Rg6 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rd8 31. Rxg6 (31. Rb5 c6
32. dxc6 Rxc6 33. Rbg5 Rg6 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Rxg6 d3) 31... fxg6 32. Rxc7 $2 (
32. Rb5 d3 33. Kg2 (33. d6 d2 $1 34. Nxd2 Rxd6) 33... Bh6 (33... Bc3 34. Rb3 d2
35. Ne3 Ba5 (35... Bd4 36. Rd3)) (33... c6 $2 34. dxc6 d2 35. Nxd2 Rxd2 36. c7
$18) 34. d6 $1 cxd6 35. Rd5 $15) 32... Rxd5 33. Rxa7 d3 34. Ne3 d2 35. Nd1 Bh6
(35... Re5 36. Rd7 Bh6 37. Ne3 $10) 36. Kg2 (36. Rb7 Rc5 {/\ 37...Rc1}) 36...
Re5 37. Rb7 Ra5 $2 (37... Re1 $1 38. Rb1 Bf8 (38... Bf4 39. a4 Bc7) 39. a4 Ba3
(39... Bc5 40. a5 Kf7 41. a6 Ke6 42. Ra1 Ba7 43. Rb1 Kd6 (43... Kd5 $2 44. Rb7)
44. Kf3 Kc5 {/\ Kc5-c4-c3-c2 -+}) 40. a5 Bc1 $18) 38. Rb2 Ra4 39. Rb6 $1 Kf7
40. Rd6 Rxa2 41. Kf3 Ra1 (41... Ra4 42. Ne3 Rxh4 43. Kg2 $10 (43. Kg3 Bf4+ $19)
) 42. Ke2 Ra4 43. Ne3 $1 (43. f3 Rxh4 44. Nf2 Ra4 (44... Bf4 45. Rd4) 45. Ne4
Ra2 46. Nxd2 Ke7 47. Rd5 Kf6 48. Ke1 Bxd2+ 49. Rxd2 Rxd2 50. Kxd2 Kg5 $19) (43.
Rd7+ Ke6 44. Rh7 Bf4 45. Rg7 Kf6 46. Rd7 Ra3) 43... Rxh4 44. Nf1 $1 (44. Rxd2
Rxh3) 44... Rxh3 45. Nxd2 Bf4 46. Ne4 Kg7 47. Rd3 Rh4 48. Rd7+ Kh6 49. Kf3 Be5
50. Ng3 Rf4+ 51. Kg2 Rg4 52. Kh3 Kg5 53. Re7 Kf6 54. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 53rd"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "2011.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{I was one point behind Vallejo, so winning this game would enable me to catch
him up.} 1. e4 g6 {I did not want to go down simple, forcing variations, and
therefore chose the move in the game.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 {This move order
allows Black to avoid many lines. For example, if 4.Be3 there follows 4...d5.}
4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. h3 {and White has a comfortable position.}) 5. Be2 Nf6 6.
O-O O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Bf4 $6 {This move is the start of White's problems. He
should put the bishop on e3.} Qa5 $1 {This is a typical move for such
positions. Already ...e5 is threatened.} 9. Nd2 Qc7 ({If immediately} 9... e5 {
then} 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 {[%cal Gd1d6]}) 10. a4 (10. Nc4 b5)
10... e5 11. Be3 $6 ({Better was} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Rd8 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6]
although here too, Black has rich play.}) 11... Ng4 $1 12. Bxg4 exd4 13. Bxd4
Bxd4 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. a5 {White is already worse and I do not think it is right
to give himself new weaknesses. It was better to keep the pawn on a4.} Ne5 16.
Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Qe2 Bb4 19. a6 b5 {Now the pawn on a6 is cut off
a long way from home, but it is not so simple to win it, because it is guarded
attentively by the rook on a1.} 20. Na2 Be7 21. Nc1 Rfd8 22. Nb3 {White must
keep the pressure on the b5-pawn, else Black will play c6-c5.} (22. Nd3 c5 $15
{[%cal Gc5c4]}) 22... Qb6 23. Rfd1 Kg7 24. Qg4 $6 {White's position is
extremely unpleasant and my opponent tries to activate his queen, which is
wrong. He had to wait passively.} c5 {Now Black is able to advance c5
comfortably, his main objective in the position.} 25. Nd2 c4 26. Nf1 Bc5 27.
Qg3 Rxd1 (27... f6 $5) 28. Rxd1 Qxa6 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 $17 {Black
has given up the e5-pawn for that on a6, but exchanged queens in the process.
Now he has a potential outside passed pawn on the a-file and his bishop is
stronger than the knight.} 31. Rd5 Ke6 $6 {Having achieved a virtually winning
position, I started to play indecisively. Stronger was 31...a5.} (31... a5 32.
Ne3 c3 33. bxc3 a4) 32. g4 a6 $6 {Here too, a5 was stronger.} 33. Nd2 c3 (33...
Bd6 $5 34. Nf3 Rc5) 34. bxc3 Bb6 35. c4 bxc4 36. Kf1 a5 {Finally, I have
played ...a5, but I lost many tempi in the process, which could have cost me
victory in the game and the tournament.} 37. Rb5 Bd8 38. Ke2 a4 39. Nb1 Ra8 40.
Na3 Be7 41. Nxc4 a3 42. Rb6+ Kd7 43. Rb1 {All this was forced, and now I
realised that my planned idea does not work, because of White's 46th move.} Kc6
44. c3 a2 45. Ra1 Kb5 46. Ne3 $2 (46. Nb2 $1 {leads to a draw. This is the
move I had missed when I entered this variation. I should have avoided such a
forcing variation, because sometimes, a move such as Nb2 can change the logic
of a game.}) 46... Bc5 $1 {This move, however, I had seen a long way off.} 47.
Kd3 Bxe3 48. fxe3 {Black's position is winning, but he still needs to play
accurately.} f6 $1 (48... Kc5 $2 49. g5 {White should not be allowed to fix
the kingside pawns, since Black needs to open a file there for his rook.}) 49.
h4 (49. Kd4 $4 Rd8# $1) 49... h5 50. gxh5 gxh5 {Now the g-file is open and the
rook can penetrate White's position along it. The outcome of the game is
decided, and Black wins easily.} 51. Kc2 Kc4 52. Kb2 Rb8+ 53. Kc2 Rg8 54. Rxa2
Rg2+ 55. Kb1 Rxa2 56. Kxa2 Kxc3 57. Kb1 Kd2 0-1

[Event "Julian Borowski 1st"]
[Site "Essen"]
[Date "1999.03.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. Be2 Qc7 (9... Rd8 10. O-O e5 (10... Qc7 11. f4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f5
b6 14. Qe1 Bb7 15. Qh4 Rf8 16. Rf2 a6 17. Raf1 b5 18. Bg5 $36 {1/2-1/2 Cooper,
L-Collinson,A/Eastbourne 1990/EXT 97 (38)}) 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. d5 Nb6 13. a5 Nxc4
14. Bxc4 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nh5 17. Bh2 Qe7 18. Qf3 Rf8 19. Rae1 Be5 20.
g4 Ng7 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Qf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 Ne8 25. Rf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Haapasalo,J-Ivanov,M/Heart of Finland op 1997/EXT 99 (58)}) 10. O-O (
10. a5 $5 Rd8 11. O-O Rb8 12. d5 Ra8 13. Ra3 Nf8 14. f4 Bd7 15. Qe1 b5 16. axb6
axb6 17. Qf2 c5 18. Rfa1 Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Ne8 20. Qf1 Rb8 21. Bb5 Bd4 22. Qd3 Bxc3
23. Rxc3 Ra8 24. Rb3 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 $16 {1-0 Ivanov,J-Nogueiras,J/Benasque 1996/
CBM 53 ext (43)}) 10... e5 $6 {A bit premature to my taste. black allows white
to gain control over the important d6 square.} (10... Rd8 $142 {[%cal Ge7e5]}
11. a5 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 $14) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qd6 Ne8 (13... Qxd6
14. Nxd6 Ne8 15. Rfd1 $32) 14. Qxc7 Nxc7 15. Bg5 $2 {I don't see much sense in
forcing black to play f7-f6 which stregnthens the e5 pawn and losing two
tempos in the process.} (15. Rfd1 $142 $16) (15. Na5 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8b4]}) 15...
f6 16. Be3 Nf8 17. Rfd1 (17. Na5 $2 Nfe6 18. Rfd1 Nd4 19. Bf1 Nce6 $11) 17...
Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 b6 {[%csl Gc6] not a pleasant decision to make, but it's
difficult to advice anything better.} (18... Be6 19. Na5 $16) (18... Kf7 19.
Nd6+ Ke7 20. Bc5 $18) 19. Rd6 Bd7 20. Bg4 $2 (20. a5 $1 b5 21. Nd2 Kf7 22. Nb3
Nce6 23. Nc5 Ke7 24. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gc3a2,Ga2b4]}) 20... Be8 $2 {black decides
to wait.} (20... f5 $142 $1 21. exf5 gxf5 22. Bh5 Nd5 $1 $132) 21. h4 $1 h5 22.
Bh3 {Black position reminds a well done FedEx package, all of black pieces
together have 5(!) moves which don't lose immediately.} Na6 23. Nb1 Kf7 24. c3
Nc5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rd1 Ke7 27. Nba3 Rb8 28. g3 Bh6 29. Kf1 Nd7 30. a5 (30.
Ke2 $6 Nb6 31. a5 Na4 $132 (31... Nxc4 32. Nxc4 Rd8 $16)) 30... Nf8 31. Nd6 Bd7
32. Bxd7 Nxd7 33. Nac4 Ke6 34. a6 {Finally lettin black knight out, but it's
equivalent to ones last with before execution.} Nb6 35. Na5 {[%csl Ga7,Gc5,Gc6,
Gh6]} Bf8 36. Ndb7 Rc8 37. Nxc6 Be7 (37... Rxc6 38. Nd8+) 38. Nxa7 Ra8 39. Nb5
Kf7 (39... Rxa6 40. Nc7+) 40. a7 Nc8 41. Rd7 Ke6 42. Rc7 (42. Rc7 Nxa7 43. Nxa7
Rxa7 44. Nd8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "NED-ch54"]
[Site "Rotterdam "]
[Date "1999.05.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.05.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bf4 (6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7
8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 e5 10. b4 Qc7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 a6 13. a4 Nf8 14. b5 exd4
15. Nxd4 Ne6 16. b6 Qd7 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bg5 Nh5 19. Bc4 Bxd4 $6 20. Qxd4 Ne6
21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. g4 f6 23. Bd2 Ng7 24. Bf4 Rd8 25. Rbd1 $16 {1-0 Usachyi,
M-Franck,R/Biel 1994/EXT 97 (54)}) 6... Qa5 (6... Qb6 7. Rb1 O-O (7... Nbd7 8.
e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng8 10. Bc4 Nf8 11. Ng5 Nh6 12. Qe2 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Bxe6
fxe6 15. Qc4 Nf7 16. Qxe6 Qd4 17. Bg3 Nxe5 18. Qb3 Qb6 19. O-O Qxb3 20. axb3
Rd8 21. Ne4 $16 {[%csl Ge7] 1-0 Wexler,B-Kotov,A/Mar del Plata 1957/MCD (56)})
8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. b4 Nf8 14.
Qd2 Ne6 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 a6 18. h4 Rc7 $15 {[%cal Gc8c3] 1-0
Suetin,A-Gipslis,A/Riga 1958/URS-ch (41)}) 7. Bd3 e5 $6 {After this move black
pieces will be tied with the defense of the e5 pawn and when he takes on d4
all white pieces will be aimed against the weak d6 pawn.} (7... Nbd7 $142) 8.
Bh2 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nh5 (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 $14 {[%cal
Gd4b3,Gd1d2,Ga1d1]}) 11. Bf1 Qb6 $2 (11... Qc7) 12. Na4 $1 {White exploits the
bad position of black queen to start his own play on the Q-side as quickly as
possible.} Qa5 $6 {Giving white even more tempos.} 13. c4 Rd8 (13... exd4 14.
Bxd6 Rd8 15. b4 Qa6 16. c5 b5 17. cxb6 Qb7 18. bxa7 Qxa7 19. Nc5 $16) (13... b5
14. cxb5 cxb5 15. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gc3b5]}) 14. Rb1 exd4 15. b4 Qc7 16. g4
$1 (16. c5 Be5) 16... Nhf6 17. c5 Ne8 (17... Ne5 18. cxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qd7
20. Nc5 Qe8 21. Rbd1 $16) 18. cxd6 Qb8 {Black has made 5 moves with his queen
so far only to bring it to b8 while most of the other pieces are still on
their initial positions.} (18... Nxd6 19. e5 $18 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) 19. e5 f6 20.
exf6 Bxf6 21. Nc5 Nxd6 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Redbus KO"]
[Site "Southend"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5
h6 8. Bh4 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rhe1 Nb6 14.
Qd3 a5 15. Nd2 a4 16. f4 a3 17. b3 $14 {1-0 Hebden,M-Tukmakov,V/Benidorm 1993/
EXT 97 (61)}) 7. Bh6 (7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O-O e5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2
Qf6 12. Qb4 b5 13. Qc3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Nd7 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Kb1 Qh4 17. c4 f5 $36 {
0-1 Carlier,B-Gurevich,D/Cappelle 1995/EXT 97 (48)}) (7. a4 b6 8. Bh6 Bb7 9.
Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rfe1 c5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Be4 d5 15. Bd3
cxd4 16. Nd1 f6 17. exf6+ Qxf6 18. Qg5 Nh6 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nb3
Rac8 22. c3 Nf5 23. Ne3 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Ke6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Van Wely,L/
Krumbach 1991/TD (53)}) 7... b5 (7... Bg4 8. O-O-O b5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qf4 Qc8
11. e5 Nh5 12. Qe4 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg8 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 b4 17. Nd5 c6
18. Ne3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Gallagher,J-Reilly,T/London
1993/TD (43)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Be4 $6 (11. Qf4)
11... Bxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ng3 e6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Nb6 16. Ra1 N8d7 17.
O-O $2 (17. h4) 17... c5 18. b3 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qc7 $15 {0-1 Emms,J-Gurevich,M/
BL2-W 1995/GER-chT2 (60)}) 8... Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 {An interesting pawn
sac if black accepts it.If not, however......} (10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Ne2 e5 12. d5
Ne7 13. Ng3 $14 {[%cal Gh2h5]}) (10. h4 Bg4 $132) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12.
O-O-O (12. Qf4 $2 Ncxe5 $1 13. Nxe5 Qd6 {Amazingly enough white cannot protect
his knight in the middle of the board.} 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qxd6 exd6 $15) 12...
b4 $1 {Instead of taking the pawn and suffer for it black is the one who makes
the first step.} (12... Ngxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qe3 Ng4 15. Qf3 Bd7 16. Be4 {
with a good compensation for the pawn.}) 13. Nb1 (13. Ne4 Qd5 14. Kb1 Bf5 $36)
13... Qd5 14. Qf4 Nxf2 (14... Qxa2 15. Bc4 Qa5 16. Rd5 (16. Bd5 Qc5) 16... Qb6
$17) 15. Bc4 Qc5 16. Rd5 Qb6 17. Re1 (17. Rf1 Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e3,Ye3d5,Ye3c4,
Ye3f1]}) 17... Be6 $2 (17... Ng4 $142 {Black should get his knight out of
white's territory as quickly as possible.} 18. h3 Nh6 19. g4 {White still has
some compensation for the pawn, but it's up to him to prove that this 'some'
compensation can become 'sufficient'}) 18. Rd2 Rad8 (18... Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rad8
20. Rf1 {[%csl Gf2]}) 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qh4 Rxd2 21. Nbxd2 h6 {Black cannot
let white knights start entering his position.However, now he should've seen
his astonishing 23rd move......} 22. Rf1 g5 23. Qg3 {Seems like the knight is
gone!} (23. Nxg5 hxg5 (23... Nxe5 24. Ngf3 $18) 24. Qxg5+ Kf7 25. Qh5+ $11)
23... Qe3 $1 {A very nice practical shot!} 24. Qxf2 $2 (24. Rxf2 Nd4 $1 25. Kd1
{This move,( suggested by fritz after only one second) was probably the move
white has missed.} (25. Nxd4 $4 Qe1#) 25... Nf5 26. Re2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Nxg3+
28. hxg3 {with a technically winnig endgame.}) 24... Qxf2 25. Rxf2 g4 26. Re2
gxf3 27. Nxf3 Rf4 $1 {black takes over the very important fourth rank.} 28. Rd2
Re4 29. Rd7 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 (30. Rxe7+ Kf6 31. Rxc7 Nxf3 32. gxf3 Re1+ 33. Kd2
Rh1 34. Ra7 Rxh2+ 35. Kd3 Rf2 $11) 30... Rxe5 31. Rxe7+ Kf6 32. Rh7 h5 33. Kd2
Rc5 34. g3 c6 35. Rh6+ Ke7 36. Kd3 Kd6 37. Rh8 Rg5 38. b3 Rc5 39. Kd2 Rd5+ 40.
Ke3 Ra5 41. Kd3 Rc5 42. Rh7 Rc3+ 43. Kd2 Rc5 44. h4 Rd5+ 45. Ke2 Rc5 46. Kd2
Rd5+ 47. Ke3 Rc5 48. Kd2 Rd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch (Women) 69th"]
[Site "Izhevsk"]
[Date "2019.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Girya, Olga"]
[Black "Charochkina, Daria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "Girya,O"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be3 Bg7 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 {Ideally, in the Pirc Defence White should fine-tune his/her move order
very carefully to how Black is playing. However, not having much experience in
this opening, I was just following common sense.} 9. O-O ({Once Black's
b8-knight go to d7, it makes sense to consider e4-e5 since the f6-knight has
no convenient retreat. But right now, this move doesn't work:} 9. e5 b4 $1 10.
exf6 (10. Ne2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 {the knight took the central position - and
this is not what White had hoped for.}) 10... bxc3 11. bxc3 Nxf6 $11) 9... Bb7
({Black can take the e5 square under control, then White carries out a
standard transfer of the knight from c3 to g3.} 9... Qc7 10. Ne2 c5 11. c3 Bb7
12. Ng3 $14) ({After} 9... e5 {a typical reaction follows:} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
a4 $1 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Ng3 (13. c3 $5) 13... Qe7 14. c3 {White should use the
weakened pawn structure on the queenside.}) 10. e5 $1 {Now it's finally time
for this move!} Ne8 (10... b4 $6 11. exf6 bxc3 {By castling few moves back,
White has protected the king from the ...cxd2+, so now we can take the pawn on
e7:} 12. fxe7 Qxe7 13. bxc3 $16) 11. exd6 Nxd6 {I was expecting 11...exd6 -
and maybe because of that my next move was not the best one.} 12. Bh6 {I saw
the bishops' exchange as a first priority. I did expect the next move from
Black (...c5), but underestimated it.} ({It was better to move the rooks
closer to the center:} 12. Rfe1 a6 13. Rad1 $14) 12... c5 $1 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
dxc5 ({Interestingly, this position was played in Zhou Weiqi (2560) - Li Haoyu
(2328) in 2008. Back then, White chose different way:} 14. Nxb5 $5 Nxb5 $6 ({
The proper reaction from Black should be} 14... Bxf3 15. dxc5 (15. gxf3 c4 $1
16. Nxd6 cxd3 17. Ne4 dxc2 18. Qxc2 Nb6 $15 {White has a terrible pawn
structure.}) 15... Ne4 $1 {Alas, here I stopped my calculation. I shouldn't
have - position is richer than the one I got in reality.} 16. Qe3 Bxg2 17. Bxe4
$5 (17. Kxg2 Nexc5) 17... Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Qa5 {Now White can consider either to
regain the exchange or continue playing without it, counting on the strong
pawns.} ({After} 18... Rc8 19. b4 {Black's pieces feel very uncomfortable.})
19. c4 $5) 15. Bxb5 Bxf3 16. dxc5 $1 Ne5 17. Qc3 f6 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. Be2 $16 {
1-0 (50) Zhou Weiqi (2560)-Li Haoyu (2328) Jiangsu Wuxi CHN 2008}) 14... Nxc5
15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bxf3 17. Nxd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 exd6 $11) 15...
Qb6 (15... Bxf3 $5 16. Qd4+ f6 17. Qxc5 Rc8 18. Qxa7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Nxb5 20.
Nxb5 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Qg5+ $5 22. Kh1 Qd5+ 23. f3 (23. Kh2 Qe5+) 23... Qxb5 $11)
16. Be2 Qxb2 {I Was very happy to see this move. 16... Rac8 or 16...Rfd8 could
give Black valid compensation for the lost pawn, and I would have to carefully
bring down the activity of the black pieces. After ...Qxb2, the game for White
is much easier.} 17. Rfb1 $6 {I spent a lot of time choosing the rook to go to
b1. Finally, I decided: let the pawn on a2 stay protected. Just in case. Quite
soon it became obvious that I was wrong - the unprotected rook on a1 allowed
Black to win a tempo.} (17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. Qxc5 Rfc8 19. Na4 $6 (19. Qe3 Qxc3 $11
) 19... Rxc5 20. Nxb2 Rxc2 $17) (17. Rab1 $5 Qa3 18. Nb5 {with the same ideas
as in the game}) 17... Qa3 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Rxb5 Rfd8 ({It was better for
Black to change the bishop for the knight:} 19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rac8 21. Ra5
Qb2 {- that's when White would start regretting having left the rook on a1.})
20. Qg5 Rac8 $6 ({It was time to return the queen to the fight:} 20... Qc3 $1
21. Rab1 Bd5 22. Qxe7 Rac8 $11 {White can't keep the extra pawn.}) (20... Bxf3
21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Bxf3 Rac8 23. Qxe7 $14) 21. Qe5+ Kg8 22. Ng5 (22. Qxe7 $4 Re8
$19) 22... Bd5 (22... Ba6 23. Bc4 $1 (23. Qxe7 Rd7) 23... e6 24. Qf6 Rd7 25.
Rxc5 Qxc5 26. Nxe6 $18) 23. Rd1 a6 (23... h6 24. Nxf7 $1) 24. Rbb1 Be6 $2 ({
The best defence was} 24... h6 25. c4 $5 (25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Qxd5 hxg5 27. Bc4
e6 28. Qxg5 Qa4 $1 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 Qe4 $11) 25... Be6 26. Nxe6 Nxe6 27.
Bg4 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Rxe6 fxe6 33.
Qe5+ Kf7 34. Qf4+ Kg7 35. Qd2 $14) 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxe7 Rf8 28.
hxg4 Qxa2 29. Re1 Rc8 (29... Qxc2 $2 30. Nxh7 $18) 30. Qf6 $2 {By this single
move, White loses all his advantage.} ({The winning move was} 30. Qd6 $1 {
, with two parallel threats: the rook invasion Re7 and Qh2.} h6 (30... Qxc2 31.
Qf6 Qa2 32. Re7 Rf8 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Re8+ $18) 31. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 32. Re7 $18)
30... h6 31. Nf3 (31. Re3 $6 Nd7 (31... hxg5 $4 32. Rh3 $18) 32. Qd4 hxg5)
31... Qd5 32. Qf4 {It was difficult to admit that I lost my advantage. I chose
this move to somehow continue the fight. That is also why 32.g5 was not
considered.} (32. g5 hxg5 33. Nxg5 Qf5 $11) {We were both in time trouble and
Daria couldn't find the best move.} 32... Kg7 (32... Ne6 $1 33. Qxh6 Rxc2 {
After this, White should play very carefully to achive the draw.}) 33. g5 h5 $6
{The computer considers the position equal even after this move, but the human
mind cannot justify the loss of f6 square.} (33... hxg5 34. Nxg5 Qd7 $11 (34...
Qf5 $2 35. Qh4 Rh8 36. Qd4+ $18)) 34. Re7 Rf8 $2 (34... Kf8 $1 {Not an obvious
solution.} 35. Qf6 Nd7 36. Qxa6 Rxc2 $11) 35. Ne5 {Now I'm back in full
control over the position.} Ne4 (35... Kg8 {could at least pose some
difficulties to White.}) 36. Kh2 Nd2 37. Rd7 Nf1+ 38. Kg1 Qa2 39. Qf6+ Kg8 40.
Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Bg7 6. h3 (6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6
Qa5 8. Bd3 c5 $1 9. dxc5 (9. d5 Nbd7 10. Nf3 b5 $1 11. O-O c4 12. Be2 b4 13.
Nd1 Qc5 14. Ne3 c3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 $10 {Adams,M-Van Wely,L/Debrecen/1992/1:0 (44)
Inf 56/137/}) (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Bb5 (12. Nxc6 $6 bxc6
13. Rd2 Rb8 14. Nd1 Be6 $17 {Van Der Wiel,J-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee/1993/0:1 
(35) Inf 56/138/}) 12... Bd7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nxd4 15. Qg7 Rf8 16. Bxd7+
Kxd7 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 e5 19. dxe6+ fxe6 $10 {Rasik,V-Nijboer,F/Debrecen/
1992/0:1 (53)/}) 9... Qxc5 10. h3 Nc6 11. Nge2 g5 12. O-O Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14.
exd5 Qxd5 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Rad1 Qc5 $17 {Van Der Wiel,J-Van Wely,L/Breda/1992/})
(6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. a4 (8. Bh6 Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O
Qb6 12. Bf1 b4 13. Ne2 a5 $13 {Hodgson,J-Hickl,J/Calcutta/1993/0,5 (46)}) 8...
Bxf3 9. gxf3 bxa4 10. Rxa4 Nbd7 11. Ra6 Qc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfa1 Qb7 14. Be2
Nb6 $10 {Wolff,P-Nijboer,F/Wijk aan Zee/1993/0:1 (41)/}) (6. f3) 6... O-O 7.
Bd3 (7. f4 e5 $5 (7... b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. O-O $16) 8. Nf3 (8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. fxe5 Nh5 11. Nf3 Ng3 12. Rg1 Nxf1 13. Rxf1 Be6 $10) 8...
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 $10) (7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 (8. e5 dxe5
9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxe5 $10) 8... e5 $10) 7... e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. O-O Re8 10. Rad1 (10. a4 $5 exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 (11... Nc5 12. e5 $1) 12. Be2
$14) 10... b5 $10 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ne2 (12. Rfe1 Qe7 13. Bh6 Nc5 14. a3 Bb7
$10) 12... Qe7 13. Ng3 Bb7 14. c4 $6 (14. b4 $5 a5 15. a3 $10) 14... b4 15. a3
c5 $5 16. Qc2 (16. axb4 cxb4 17. Qc2 Nc5 $17) 16... a5 17. Ra1 Nf8 $1 $15 18.
Ra2 Qc7 19. Rfa1 Ne6 20. Nd2 (20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8 $15) 20... Nd4 21. Bxd4
exd4 $17 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7 (23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Ne2 Nh5 25. g3) 23... h5 $1
24. Nb3 (24. Ne2 $5 h4) 24... h4 25. Nf1 (25. Ne2 Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Qb6 $17) 25...
Rxa7 26. Rxa7 Qb6 27. Ra5 $8 Nxe4 28. Rb5 Qc7 29. f3 (29. Nfd2 Nxf2 $1 30. Kxf2
Qg3+ $19) 29... Ng5 30. Rxc5 Qf4 $1 31. Qf2 Re3 $1 (31... Bxf3 32. Rxg5 $16)
32. Nxe3 (32. Nc1 Rxf3 $1 33. gxf3 Nxh3+ $19) 32... dxe3 33. Qe2 Be5 (33... Ne6
$5) 34. Rxe5 $8 Qxe5 35. c5 $6 (35. Nc1 Ne6) 35... Bd5 36. Na5 Ne6 $19 37. Be4
Bxe4 38. Nc4 (38. Qxe3 Qxb2 39. Qxe4 Qa1+) 38... Bd3 $1 (38... Bd3 39. Qxd3 e2
40. Nxe5 e1=Q+ 41. Kh2 Qxe5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Skopje op 18th"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2002.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Black "Kutirov, Rolando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2367"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
e5 (8... Qc7 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Bh6 Bh8 11. Rad1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 {1/2-1/2
Janker,J-Oberberger,H/Landshut 2000/EXT 2001 (27)}) 9. Qd2 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10.
Qe2 Re8 (10... Qe7 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Nb3 Ne6 $132 {0-1 Micic,J-Lemmers,O/
Ruhrgebiet 1997/EXT 2002 (54)}) 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bc4 $14 {1-0 Benjamin,J-Reig
Albero,F/Ponferrada 1992/EXT 2000 (52)}) (9. a4 b6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Bb7 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 $14 {1-0 Medvegy,N-Mozes,E/Harkany 1993/EXT 97 (73)}) (9. Qc1
b5 10. a3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bh6 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nf3 c4 15. Bf1 Nc5 16.
Bxg7 $16 {1-0 Bellon,J-Ribe/Tarragona 1994/EXT 2002 (27)}) 9... Qe7 {Black
might to capture some space by means of b5.} (9... b5 $5) 10. Rfe1 Rd8 11. a4
Nf8 {Dubious decision.Worth to attention 11...a5.} (11... a5 $5) 12. Rad1 Ne8 {
Passive option. It's not clear what plan choosed black.} 13. Bc4 {[%cal Yc4f7]
White improving position of their bishop.} Be6 {Black try to change their
passive bishop to whites active one.} 14. d5 {The important pawn stroke in the
center.} Bc8 {Passive move but its hard to advise somewhat active.} (14... cxd5
15. Nxd5 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 15. b4 Nc7 {The attemt to take under control d5
spot.} 16. Nh2 {White changing the direction of their initiative. They are
going to play f2-f4.} cxd5 17. exd5 Ne8 {Black continue their passive line.} (
17... f5 18. f4) 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. f4 Nd7 20. Nf3 Qf8 21. Ne4 {Whie brining
their pices closer to the center.} Nef6 22. Nxf6 Bxf6 23. c4 {[%csl Rc5][%cal
Yc4c5,Rd4c5,Re3c5] with a simple intention to play c4-c5.} b6 24. Qf2 {The
struggle around c5-square taking place.} exf4 25. Bxf4 Bc3 {The attempt to win
a pawn.} 26. Ng5 $1 {[%mdl 640] Unexpected attack.Almost all white pieces
hunting for black king.} Bxb4 (26... Bxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Bxd6 $40 Rxe1+ 29.
Qxe1 Qg7 (29... Qxd6 30. Nxf7+ $18) 30. Qe8+ Qg8 31. Qe7 $18) 27. Qh4 {[%csl
Rh7][%cal Rg5h7,Rh4h7]} Nf6 $8 (27... h5 28. Nxf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxd8+ $18) 28. Rf1
{[%cal Rf1f8] Strenghtening the pressure on "f"-file.} Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Bf5 {
Black try to break the "f"-file for pieces.} 30. Bc1 $3 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2h8]
[%mdl 2048] Decisife transfer of bishop to the a1-h8 diagonal.} Kg8 31. Bb2 $18
Nh5 32. Rxf5 gxf5 33. Qxh5 h6 34. Nh7 {[%csl Yf6][%cal Yh7f8,Yh7f6] Black
resign because of 34...Kh735.Qf5#} 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-B"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2002.01.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2454"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4
Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qc7 9. e5 $5 {White must play active,because black could equalize
the game after e7-e5.} (9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Re8 $5 (10... Bxh6 $6 11. Qxh6 Qb6 $2
12. a5 $1 Qxb2 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 Qb4 16. Qxe4 $18 {1-0 Blatny,
P-Stangl,M/Oakham 1990/CBM 16 ext (31)}) 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2
Belkhodja,S-Hartoch,R/Amsterdam 1985/MCD (48)}) (9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh2
a5 $132 {1-0 Wittmann,W-Eisterer,H/Voitsberg 1995/CBM 49 ext (44)}) 9... Nh5 {
After 9...de white have stabile initiative.} (9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd8 11. Re1
Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. c4 $36 {1-0 Benson,C-Mitrovic,B/
Toronto 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 10. Bg5 {the main line of this variation.As a
tournament practice shown 10.ed don't give nothing to white.} (10. exd6 exd6
11. Be3 d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nikolic,Z-Matulovic,M/Smederevska Palanka 1982/MCL (62)
} (11... Re8 12. Re1 Nhf6 13. Qd2 a5 (13... Nb6 14. h3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Dorfman,
J-Tkachiev,V/France 2000/EXT 2001 (16)}) 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. h3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Qd7 $11
17. b3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Bg7 19. Bf4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Gruenfeld,Y-Beim,V/Rishon Le
Ziyyon 1994/CBM 45 (19)})) 10... dxe5 {Interesting solution.The alternative is
10...f6.} (10... f6 11. exf6 Nhxf6 12. Qd2 $14) 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 $1 {
Obvious but very strong move.} Nf4 $5 {In the case of 12...Re7 black don't
have full compensation for exchange.} (12... Rxe7 $6 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7 Qxe7
15. Re1 $36 {0-1 Levitina,I-Ioseliani,N/Shanghai 1992/CBM 33 (65)}) 13. d6 Qa5
14. Bc4 {[%cal Rc4f7] Worth to attention 14.Re1 or 14.Ne4 with unclear
position in both cases.} (14. Re1 Qb4 15. a5 Qxb2 $13) (14. Ne4 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2
f5 16. Nc3 Nb6) 14... Nb6 15. Bb3 {It seems that Black are tetra-packed and
the pawn"d6" like a fish bone in a throat but black can find the ways to
overcome their troubles.} Nfd5 $5 16. Re1 {[%cal Re1e5][%mdl 512] Sacrifising
material for opening lines for their pieces.} (16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Nxe7 18.
d7 (18. dxe7 Rxe7 19. Ng5 Qc7 $17) 18... Rd8 $15) (16. Ne4 $5 Nxe7 17. dxe7
Rxe7 18. Qd6 $5 (18. Qd8+ Bf8 $17) 18... Bf8 19. Nfg5 Bf5 20. Nf6+ Kh8 21.
Nfxh7 Rd7 22. Qf6+ Bg7 23. Nxf7+ Kxh7 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Nxe5+ Rd5 26. Qe7 Rf8
$13) 16... Nxe7 17. dxe7 Rxe7 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yb3f7,Yd1d8,Ye1e5]} 18. Ng5 {
White developing their initiative.} (18. Qd8+ Bf8 {[%cal Ra8d8]}) 18... Bf5 19.
g4 {Pushing the black pieces back but this option is responsible one.} Bd7 20.
Qd6 Rae8 $2 {Decisive mistake.Black can't stand the pressure.The only move to
solve the problems was 20...Nc8.} (20... Nc8 $1 21. Qd3 Nb6 $11) 21. Nxf7 $1 {
[%mdl 64]} Rxf7 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. b4 $1 {Final chord.The game is close to end.
} Qa6 24. a5 Bf8 25. Qc7 $18 Qc4 26. Ne4 Rc8 27. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Meshkov, Yuri A"]
[Black "Firman, Nazar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c6 6. a4 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Na6
9. Bf4 Nb4 {Another line 9...Nc7 gives black solid position.} (9... Nc7 10. Re1
Ne6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. Qd2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Hort,V/Reykjavik
1977/Candidates (36)}) 10. Re1 {White has a little space advantage but its
quite problematic for them to destroy black's position at once.} (10. Qd2 $5 d5
(10... Nd7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. Bh6 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 $14 {1-0 Nolte,
R-Thamtavatvorn,T/Kuala Lumpur 2001/CBM 84 ext (39)}) (10... Qb6 11. Rad1 Rd8
12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. Bf1 Be8 14. Qe2 e6 $14 {0-1 Dudas,J-Tibensky,R/SVK 2000/EXT
2001 (41)}) (10... b6 $146 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Rozentalis,
E-Iuldachev,S/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Rozentalis] (53)}) (10... e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxc2 14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nd6 $16 {
:Rozentalis E. 2610-Ftacnik L. 2585, Bundesliga 1998]}) 11. exd5 (11. e5 Ne8
12. Nd1 f6 13. c3 Na6 14. Bh6 Nac7 15. Bd3 Be6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Oral,T-Ftacnik,L/
SVK 1997/EXT 99 (42)}) 11... cxd5 12. Nb5 Ne4 13. Qc1 Bf5 $132 {0-1 Chuchelov,
V-Peev,P/Teteven 1991/EXT 99 (61)}) 10... Nh5 (10... Ne8 11. Nb1 {[%cal Yc2c3]}
d5 12. e5 Nc7 13. c3 Nba6 14. Nbd2 $14 (14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Zupe,M-Nikolic,S/Cetinje 1990/EXT 97 (43)}) 14... Ne6 15. Bh2 Nac7 $132
{1-0 Robles,J-Schneider Zinner,W/Cali 2000/CBM 79 ext (35)}) (10... h6 11. Bf1
Kh7 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bh2 Rad8 $14 {1-0 Anka,E-Stajcic,N/Kecskemet
1991/CBM 23 ext (61)}) (10... Qc7 11. Bh2 Nd7 12. Nb1 e5 13. c3 Na6 14. Nbd2
$14 {1-0 Sisniega,M-Jackson,S/Philadelphia 1987/EXT 97 (35)}) 11. Be3 Qc7 {
Black preparing "e7-e5" moving trying to struggle for the centre.} 12. Qd2 e5
13. Rac1 {Defending pawn in order to free the Queen for the manouevres.} (13.
Bc4 $5) 13... Bd7 14. Red1 {[%cal Yd2d7]} Rfd8 15. Bc4 Be8 {Necessary
prophylactics from pressure on"d"-file and diagonal "a2-g8".} 16. g4 {Too
impulsive. Serious attention worth 16.Bg5 using somewhat disballance in black
pieces position.} (16. Bg5 $5 Nf6 17. Qe3 $16) 16... Nf6 {16...d5 would lead
to quite complicated positions.} (16... d5 $5 17. exd5 (17. gxh5 dxc4 18. hxg6
exd4 $132) 17... cxd5 18. Be2 $14) 17. dxe5 {Reducing the tention in the
centre in order with moving "d6-d5".} (17. Bb3 d5 $5 18. exd5 e4 $132) 17...
dxe5 18. Qe2 h5 {Black try to demonstrate their activity on the King's side.} (
18... h6 $5) 19. Ne1 {Probably better is 19.g5 stricting black pieces position.
} (19. g5 $5) 19... hxg4 20. hxg4 Bd7 21. f3 Be6 {Spoiling their pawn
structure but defending from eventual Qe2-f2.} 22. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%csl Re5,Re6,
Rg6]} 23. Qc4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Rc4e6] White Queen moves from his King.Much
more better looks 23.Nd3 with some advantage due to numerous weaknesses in
black" war camp".} (23. Nd3 $5 Nxd3 24. cxd3 {[%cal Ye3b6,Yc1c7]}) 23... Qf7 {
[%cal Rf7e6]} 24. Ne2 {[%cal Yc2c3] With idea to get off the knight "b4"on
worse position.} Bf8 {[%cal Yf8c5] Black transfer bishop to more comfortable
position and free "h"-file for their tough pieces if it would be necessary.}
25. Kg2 (25. c3 $5 Na6) 25... Bd6 {[%cal Rd6e5]} 26. Bb6 (26. c3 $5) 26... Rd7
27. c3 Nbd5 $5 {[%mdl 576] Unexpected chance changing smooth character of the
game.} (27... Na6 28. Nd3 Rf8 29. Rf1) 28. exd5 exd5 29. Qb3 $6 {Looks not so
logical because Queen moves too far from main place of action.In the case of
29.Qd3 e4 position became too complicated.} (29. Qd3 e4 30. fxe4 dxe4 31. Qh3
Qc4 $36 {[%cal Yd7h7]}) 29... e4 $1 $36 30. c4 Re8 {Brining last tough reserve
to the battle fire. White have serious problems with coordination of their
pieces.} 31. cxd5 Nxd5 $36 {[%cal Rd5f4,Rd5e3,Rd5b6] The threats of black
rising from move to move.} 32. Rxd5 {Too late attempt to break down the
pressure.} cxd5 33. Rc2 Bb4 $1 {How to defend the Knight" e1"?} 34. Nc3 (34.
Bf2 d4 35. Qxf7+ Kxf7 36. fxe4 Bxe1 37. Bxe1 d3 $19) 34... d4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Too hastily. 34...Qe6 remained all the threats.} (34... Qe6 $1 $40) 35. Qxf7+
Kxf7 36. fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Last mistake is made by white.They omitted move
36.Rd2.} (36. Rd2 $1 d3 37. fxe4 $16) 36... dxc3 37. bxc3 Rxe4 38. Nf3 Be7 $19
39. Bxa5 Rxg4+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The 2013 Candidates tournament in London, had the most exciting denouement of
any tournament I can remember. The brilliant Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus
Carlsen, was eventually to stagger over the line, after a war of attrition and
nerves that will live in the memory for many years. But it was the Russian
Vladimir Kramnik who will perhaps feel most aggrieved - he did not lose a game
until the last round, a game we shall now analyse, and his chess was of a very
high quality indeed.  There are a lot of ifs and buts, but I would not
criticise the format. One player had to qualify, and if there had not existed
the tie-break format, and the tournament had gone to play-offs, perhaps you
would have had a much more cautious approach from the players, resulting in
the veritable bore-fest which was the previous candidates. Clearly this
tournament format is the way forward.} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 {Kramnik
essays the Pirc, a surprising choice you might think in such an important
encounter. But going into the game he must have felt that he needed to win, as
he could hardly have expected Carlsen to lose with White to Svidler, so
perhaps he felt that his normal repertoire was too solid, and that a sharper
game was needed. However I have little doubt that if such a situation were to
arise again, Kramnik would not choose this opening. Readers with a good memory,
may recall that the Pirc has a mixed success rate in last round games at the
world championship level. Famously, Korchnoi was to be thoroughly routed when
he chose this defence against Karpov in the decisive last game of their 1978
Baguio match. It is my belief that a player should stick with the approach
that has brought them to this point in the first place, and not change at the
last moment when on the brink of success. If you are a strategic and
positional player like Kramnik or Korchnoi, you should not play the Pirc, you
should stick to what you know, even if there is a danger that the game will be
too dry to play for a win. But that it is just my thought and I will never
play a match for the world championship!} 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3
Nc6 8. Bg5 {Already we are in fairly unexplored territory.} (8. d5 {tries to
"punish" Black for his loss of time, but White was unable to prove any
advantage here either.} Nb8 $5 9. a4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6
13. Bh4 Nc6 $1 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nc5 {
and Black had comfortably equalised in the game Khalifman,A-Svidler,P Tilburg
1994, which later ended in a draw.}) 8... b5 $1 {Gaining some useful space,
while creating a threat of ...b4.} 9. a3 h6 10. Be3 e5 $5 {A firm and commital
decision, but it does create some weaknesses on the queenside, like the
c5-square for example.} ({Black might ideally like to play} 10... Nd7 {so that
he can recapture on e5 with a piece, but the problem is that this runs into}
11. d5 $1 Nce5 12. Nxe5 (12. Nd4 $5 Bb7 13. f4 c5 14. Ndxb5 $1 axb5 15. Bxb5 {
is also good for White}) 12... Nxe5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Bd4 {with a nice edge for
White.}) 11. dxe5 (11. d5 $6 Ne7 {is really what Black wants. He can then look
forward to very good King's Indian style play, with ...Nh5 followed by ...f5
ect. White is not helped in such structures by the fact that he has already
played h3, which just gives Black an additional target on the kingside.} 12.
Nd2 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 16. c4 f5 $1 17. f3 Qd7 {
looks more than ok for Black.}) 11... dxe5 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Rd1 Bd7
15. b4 Qc8 16. Qe3 Nd8 17. a4 {White is fighting for space for his pieces. He
wants to put the bishop on c4, and also just to attack the black queenside.} (
17. Nd5 {gets nowhere after} Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bc6 19. Rd2 Ne6) 17... bxa4 18. Nxa4
Ne6 $1 19. Bc4 ({Kramnik's last turn smartly took advantage of the fact the
e5-pawn is immune:} 19. Nxe5 $2 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Nxe4 {is not what the doctor
ordered.}) 19... Nh5 20. Nc3 Nhf4 21. Nd5 {Ivanchuk wants to challenge
Kramnik's strong knight play in the centre, with some of his own.} ({Serious
consideration could have been given to} 21. Bf1 {creating an eventual threat
of g3.} Nxc5 22. bxc5 Ne6 {with the threat of ...Nd4.} 23. Nd5 $1 {sidesteps
that threat, but even here play is not so clear after} a5) 21... Bb5 $5 22. Bb3
(22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 {only looks good for Black, he has his army very
harmoniously posted, while he can start to pester White with moves like ...Qa2.
}) 22... Bc6 {Around about here Kramnik already started to think about taking
over the initiative. One can only imagine the emotions raging through the
players at this point, with so much at stake. Did Kramnik need to play for a
win, or a draw? He was keeping a close eye on proceedings in the Carlsen
encounter, which perhaps distracted him from his own game.} 23. Ra5 Qb7 24. g3
{Ivanchuk wants to force matters.} Nxh3+ 25. Kg2 Nhg5 26. Rh1 Kg8 ({Jon
Speelman enquired in the press conference afterwards, whether Kramnik had
considered the possibility of the sacrifice} 26... Nxe4 $5 $36 {Kramnik
replied that he had, but was unsure about this as it might just be losing.
However this is an excellent suggestion by the imaginative Speelman, as it
would have given Black superb practical chances. One can also see Kasparov
playing this way, but perhaps Kramnik found his usual instincts, to play solid,
positional chess, difficult to desert?} 27. Qxe4 f5 28. Qc4 Rad8 29. Be3 $1 ({
you see it is easy to go wrong here. At first I thought the simple} 29. Rd1 {
was good, but this runs into} e4 $1 30. Nh4 Bb5 $1 31. Rxb5 axb5 32. Qe2 c6 33.
Nf4 Nxf4+ 34. gxf4 Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Bf6 {and Black is taking over}) 29... Bb5 30.
Qh4 $1 Rxd5 31. Bxh6 {It is important to make every move count} Rd6 32. Bxg7+
Kxg7 33. Qh7+ Kf8 {with an extremely sharp situation on the board.}) 27. Nxg5
Nxg5 28. f3 Bxd5 29. Bxd5 c6 30. Bc4 Qc8 $5 {Trying to keep the game as sharp
as possible, an understandable decision considering the tournament situation
at this point.} ({Afterwards Kramnik bemoaned the fact that he didn't just play
} 30... Ne6 {here, which he considered to be close to a draw. But the problem
is he didn't know which result he should be playing for at this point, as it
wasn't clear yet that Carlsen was going to lose.} 31. Bxe6 (31. c3 Nxc5 32.
Qxc5 Red8 33. Ra2 Rd7 {also looks fairly equal, Black is a pawn up, but this
is balanced out by his queenside weaknesses and the superb bishop on c4}) 31...
Rxe6 32. Qd3 h5 33. Rha1 Bf8 {does indeed look quite drawish.}) 31. Qb3 h5 32.
Be3 Ne6 33. Rha1 h4 {Another move that later brought sharp criticism by
Kramnik, but for me this is a very human reaction - Black is becoming slowly
squeezed, so it's human nature to want to grab some squares for his pieces.}
34. gxh4 Qd8 35. Rxa6 Rc8 $2 {But only this move really cost Vladimir a
rematch with Vishy. Now Black just has a bad position, without even a pawn to
compensate for that.} ({One can only imagine that Kramnik refrained for the
seemingly natural continuation} 35... Rxa6 $1 36. Rxa6 Qxh4 37. Rxc6 {as
perhaps he felt that Black is only fighting for a draw here. But at least he
has some squares!} Ng5 38. Bxg5 ({The computer makes the suggestion} 38. Bxf7+
Nxf7 {and now the calm} 39. b5 {a very sharp idea indeed, but would Ivanchuk
have played this way? I somehow doubt it.} Bf6 40. b6 Rd8 $13 {with the idea
of ...Rd1, where there is still everything to play for}) 38... Qxg5+ 39. Kf1
Ra8 40. Ra6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6 Bh6 {which should objectively end in a draw.}) 36.
Rh1 ({The computer points out that it's possible to even ignore the threat on
the h-pawn with} 36. c3 $1 Qxh4 37. Bxe6 Rxe6 38. b5 $1 {and the b-pawn comes
through, with similar gruesome results to the game.}) 36... Rc7 37. Bxe6 Rxe6
38. b5 $1 {A move that effectively ended Kramnik's brave challenge for another
two years, and ensured that the Norwegian Wunderkind Magnus Carlsen would
challenge Anand for the World title. White's threats are murderous.} Rb7 39. b6
c5 40. Rb1 Bf8 (40... Bf6 41. Qd5 Rb8 42. Qxd8+ Bxd8 43. Bxc5 $18) 41. Qd5 $1 {
By this stage it was clear that Carlsen was going to lose, but this must have
been scant consolation for Vladimir, staring at the ruins of his position.} Qb8
({Kramnik had missed that} 41... Rd7 {runs into} 42. Qa8 $1 Rd2+ 43. Kg3 {
but his task is helpless in any case.}) 42. Rba1 Rd6 43. Ra8 $1 Rxd5 44. Rxb8
Rxb8 45. exd5 Bd6 46. Ra6 Rb7 47. Kf1 {The king simply runs to the queenside,
while Black can't move a thing.} 1-0

[Event "Lausanne FIDE GP (Women)"]
[Site "Lausanne"]
[Date "2020.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[Annotator "Goryachkina,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.04.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,95,19,29,78,86,84,78,77,74,66,60,58,51,43,-1,24,22,17,7,7,-21,-31,-24,
22,20,15,5,5,0,0,-4,23,0,1,3,5,8,14,-11,-8,0,0,1,0,-13,39,26,80,93,133,135,138,
138,143,143,136,142,133,159,151,194,220,223,309,319,335,335,365,350,463,319,
285,215,330,330,324,362,417,434,456,392,448,445,461,461,470,475,471,471,1016,
1016,1016,1016,1015,1016,1016,1016]} 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5.
Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 a6 7. Bh6 c5 $5 {An interesting new move. Ein interessanter
neuer Zug.} ({The main continuation is Die Hauptfortsetzung ist} 7... b5) 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. dxc5 $5 {A safe though not the strongest continuation, aimed at
achieving a small advantage. Eine sichere wenngleich nicht die stärkste
Fortsetzung, die auf das Erlangen eines kleinen Vorteils orientiert ist.} ({
The prinipled answer is Die prinzipielle Antwort ist} 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. dxc5
dxc5 11. Qe3 (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxd8 Nxd8 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be2 Nc6 $11) 11... Qa5
12. h3 Be6 13. e5 Ne8 14. h4 h5 15. a3 Nc7 16. Bd3 Nb5 $132 {with a
complicated fight. mit kompliziertem Kampf.}) 9... dxc5 10. Qxd8 ({Also
possible was Möglich war auch} 10. O-O-O Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Nc6 (11... b5 $5 $13)
12. e5 Ng4 13. Re2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Na4 Be6 $13 {with a complex game. mit
komplexem Spiel.}) 10... Rxd8 11. e5 Nfd7 {The first turning point of the game.
Although this move doesn't spoil much yet, it does give White additional
options. Der erste Wendepunkt der Partie. Obwohl dieser Zug noch nicht viel
verdirbt, gibt er dem Weißen zusätzliche Möglichkeiten.} ({Instead, by
playing Stattdessen hätte Schwarz mittels} 11... Nh5 {(admittedly, this move
is not obvious) Black could have maximally hampered the opponent's development
- (zugegeben, dieser Zug springt nicht ins Auge) die gegnerische Entwicklung
maximal erschweren können - auf} 12. Na4 {is followed by folgt} Nc6 $1 13.
Nxc5 $140 $2 Nb4 14. Bd3 Nf4 15. O-O Nfxd3 16. cxd3 Bg4 $17) 12. O-O-O Nc6 13.
Bc4 Nb6 $6 {The second important moment. After this move Black gets
difficulties with his development. Der zweite wichtige Moment. Nach diesem Zug
bekommt Schwarz Schwierigkeiten mit seiner Entwicklung.} ({Equality would have
been yielded by the active continuation Zum Ausgleich führte die aktive
Fortsetzung} 13... b5 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Rhe1 (15. e6 $2 Nf6 16. exf7 Nxd5 (16...
b4 17. Ng5 $13) 17. Nxd5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd5 $17) 15... Nb6 {- here the second
player has no problems. - hier hat der Nachziehende keine Probleme.}) 14. Rxd8
Nxd8 15. Rd1 (15. Bd3 $5 Be6 16. Be4 Rc8 17. Rd1 {with the more pleasant game
for White. mit angenehmerem Spiel für Weiß.}) 15... Bd7 $2 {The third
important moment, perhaps even already the critical one. Black is playing too
passively. Der dritte wichtige, vielleicht sogar bereits der kritische Moment.
Schwarz spielt zu passiv.} ({Active actions were required: Angesagt waren
aktive Handlungen:} 15... Bg4 16. Be2 Nc6 17. h3 Bf5 18. g4 Be6 19. Ng5 Nxe5
20. Nxe6+ fxe6 21. Re1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. Rxe5 e6 $11) 16. Ng5
$5 {The momentary placement of Black's pieces is somewhat unstable, and the
first player decides to intiate concrete play where each tempo matters. Die
momentane Aufstellung der schwarzen Figuren ist etwas unsicher, und der
Anziehende trifft die Entscheidung, konkretes Spiel zu initiieren, bei welchem
jedes Tempo wichtig ist.} ({An alternative was Eine Alternative war} 16. Bd5
Rc8 17. Be4 Bc6 18. g3 {with the somewhat better position for White. mit etwas
besserer Stellung für Weiß.}) 16... Bc6 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nge4 Ne6 19. g3 f5 20.
exf6+ exf6 21. a4 $1 {This strong continuation presents Black with a difficult
choice. Diese starke Fortsetzung stellt den Schwarzen vor eine schwierige Wahl.
} f5 ({Perhaps it was worth asking White what he had in mind after Vielleicht
lohnte es sich, den Weißen zu fragen, was er nach} 21... Nxa4 $5 22. Nxa4 Bxa4
23. Bc4 Bc6 {I guess in that case the game would develop like this: im Sinn
hatte. Ich denke, die Partie würde sich in diesem Fall so entwickeln:} 24.
Bxe6 ({but the computer finds the following fantastic sequence of moves: der
Computer aber findet die folgende phantastische Sequenz von Zügen:} 24. Re1 $1
f5 25. Nd6 Nd8 26. Ne8+ $1 Kf8 27. Nf6 Nf7 28. Nh7+ $1 Kg7 29. Re7 Kxh7 30.
Bxf7 Kg7 31. Bd5+ Kf8 32. Rf7+ Ke8 33. Rh7 $16) 24... Bxe4 25. Rd7+ Kh8 26. Bd5
$11) 22. a5 Nd7 23. Nd6 {Black's position is difficult. Die schwarze Stellung
ist schwierig.} Ne5 $2 {A blunder. Ein Einsteller.} ({No better is Nicht
besser ist} 23... Nf6 $2 24. Re1 $18) ({The only move was Der einzige Zug war} 
23... Rd8 {with the follow-up mit der weiteren Variante} 24. Bc4 Nd4 (24...
Ndf8 25. f4 Nd4 26. Nf7 $16) 25. b4 Ne5 26. bxc5 Nxc4 27. Nxc4 $16) 24. f4 Ng4
(24... Nf7 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bc4 $18) 25. Nxb7 Ne3 26. Re1 Nxf1 27. Rxe6 Bxb7
28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Rxb7 Nxh2 30. Nd5 Nf1 31. Nc7 Rf8 32. Nxa6 Nxg3 33. Nxc5 h5
34. a6 h4 35. a7 h3 36. Nd3 (36. Rb8 h2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. a8=Q+ Kf7 39. Qb7+
Kg8 40. b4 h1=Q+ 41. Qxh1 Nxh1 42. b5 $18) 36... Ne4 37. Rb8 h2 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8
39. a8=Q+ Kg7 40. Qxe4 fxe4 41. Nf2 e3 42. Nh1 Kf6 43. b4 Kf5 44. b5 Kxf4 45.
b6 Kf3 46. b7 Kg2 47. b8=Q Kxh1 48. Qg3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Gonfreville"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 (6... Nc6 7. h3
e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 c6 12. Rfd1 Be6 $5 (12...
Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bg4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Negulescu,A-Istratescu,A/Sovata 2000/EXT 2001 (63)}) 13. Be3 $6 (13.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Rd1 $11) 13... Rxd1+ 14. Rxd1 Bf8 15. a3 Be7 16. g4 Kf8 17. Kg2
Ke8 18. Kg3 h5 $1 19. Bg5 hxg4 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxg4 Ke7 $15 {0-1 Gouliev,
N-Gurevich,M/Metz op 2004 (49)}) 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 Re8 10. Ne2 (10.
Re1 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Rxe1+ 16.
Qxe1 Bxd4 17. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Gurevich,M/Pardubice 2003/CBM 95 ext 
(25)}) (10. Qd2 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bd1 c6 $132 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 Rb8 15. Bc4
d5 $17 {0-1 Haznedaroglu,K-Gurevich,M/Izmir 2002/CBM 90 ext (29)}) 10... e5 11.
d5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 $5 {TN} (13. Bxd4 Nxe4 14. Re1 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Bxe4 Rxe4 16. Re1 Qe7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Skalkotas,N-Vragoteris,A/Athens 1991/CBM 23
ext (65)}) 14... Ng5 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Qe5 18. Qxe5+ dxe5
19. Be2 f5 $132 {0-1 Diaz,D-Ong Chong Ghee/Moscow 1994/CBM 44 ext (45)}) 13...
Ng4 $5 (13... Nxe4 14. Qb4 Ng5 $5 $132) 14. Qd2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 (15. fxe3 Qg5 $44
) 15... Bxb2 16. Rab1 Qf6 17. Qb3 (17. c3 Bxc3 18. Rxb7 Bd4 19. Qe2 Bb6 $15)
17... Be5 $5 18. Qxb7 Qf4 19. Rfe1 (19. Rfd1 f5 $5 $36) 19... Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Bc3
$1 {[텥c3-a5-b6|^>>]} 21. Red1 Ba5 $44 22. g3 $6 (22. Qb2 Re5 23. Qb7 Rae8 24.
Qxa7 Bb6 $132) 22... Qxh3+ 23. Bg2 Qh2 24. Qb3 Re5 (24... Bb6 25. Qf3 Re5 $132)
25. Qb7 Ree8 26. e5 (26. Qb3 $142) 26... Bb6 $1 (26... dxe5 $2 27. d6 $1 cxd6
28. Qa6 $16) 27. e6 Rab8 $15 28. Qc6 (28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Qc6 Kg8 {(н/\30...
Rf8->)}) 28... fxe6 29. dxe6 {[#]} Rf8 $1 $19 30. Rxb6 $8 Qxg3 $1 31. Rd2 (31.
Bf3 Qh3+ 32. Bg2 (32. Kg1 Rxb6) 32... Qe3 $1 $19) 31... Rxb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33.
e7 Qxg2+ (33... Qg5 34. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 $19) 34. Kxg2 Re8 35. Rd4 Rxe7 36. Rc4 Kf7
37. a4 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Andorra op 23rd"]
[Site "Andorra"]
[Date "2005.07.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Gurevich,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.07.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Ne2 Qe8 11. c3 e5 12. g3 Nb6 (12... Kh8 13. Qd2 Nb6 14.
Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Ne7 16. Rad1 Qa4 17. Nc1 Qb5 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Qc6 20. Qe3 $14
{1-0 Milos,G-Vescovi,G/Sao Paulo 1995/CBM 047 ext (39)}) 13. dxe5 {TN} (13. d5
h6 14. Be3 Ne7 15. Qc1 Kh7 16. c4 f5 17. Bg2 Na4 18. Qc2 b6 19. b4 a5 20. a3 f4
21. gxf4 exf4 22. Nxf4 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 $16 {1-0 Fleck,J-Paulsen,D/Germany 1987/
GER-chT (29)}) 13... Qxe5 (13... Nxe5 $5 14. Bg2 Qb5 15. b3 (15. Bc1 Nd3 16. a4
(16. Qb3 a6 $5) 16... Qa6 17. Nf4 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qa5 $132) 15... Nf3+ 16. Bxf3
Qxg5 $132) 14. Bf4 Qb5 (14... Qe7 15. Bg2 Rfe8 16. a4 $14) 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bg2
a5 17. Nd4 Qa6 18. a4 c6 {[/\Nb6-d7-c5<=>]} 19. Qc2 (19. Be3 $5 Nbd7 20. f4 Nd3
21. Nb5 cxb5 22. Qxd3 bxa4 23. Qxa6 Rxa6 24. bxa4 Bxc3 25. Rac1 Bb4 26. Rc7 $36
) 19... Nbd7 20. Rfd1 Nc5 21. Be3 Qb6 22. Rab1 (22. Ne2 $5 Qc7 (22... Qxb3 23.
Qxb3 Nxb3 24. Rab1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rxb7 $16) 23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. f4 Nd7 25.
e5 $14) 22... Qc7 23. f4 Ned7 24. b4 $5 axb4 (24... Na6 25. b5 Nac5 26. bxc6
bxc6 27. e5 $16) 25. cxb4 Nxa4 26. Nb5 Qb8 27. Nxd6 Nc3 28. e5 Nxe5 $1 (28...
Nxb1 29. Qxb1 Ra3 30. Qc1 $36) 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. Ne4 (30. Bd4 Bxd4+ 31. Rxd4
Nxb1 32. Qxb1 Rd8 (32... Qa7 33. Qe4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 $14) 33. Qd1 $13) 30... Ra2
$5 31. Qd3 Nxb1 32. Qxb1 (32. Rxb1 Qc7 $13) 32... Ra1 33. Qc2 Rxd1+ 34. Qxd1
Qd8 35. Qf3 (35. Qxd8 Rxd8 $13) 35... Bd4 36. Kh2 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qe7 38. Qd4 (
38. Qd4 f6 39. Nc5 Kg7 40. Qc4 Re8 41. b5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ochoa de Echaguen, Francisco Javier"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
Re8 (8... e5) 9. Rad1 (9. Rfe1 a6 10. a4 $6 (10. Rad1) 10... e5 11. d5 Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na2 Nd7 $15 {Lengyel-Gurevich,M Budapest 1987}) 9...
a6 (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Qc8 (12... a6 13.
Na4 Qe7 14. c3 Red8 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. b4 $16 {Miles-Schussler Dortmund 1979}) 13.
Qc1 Nd8 14. Nd5 Ne6 $10 {Formanek-Spassky Reggio Emilia 1985}) 11. Nxe5 Rxe5
12. f3 Bd7 13. Bd4 Re8 14. Bc4 $14 {Weber-Schlemermeyer BL 1991}) 10. Rfe1 e5 (
10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Na4 (13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd4 $10 {
Kristjansson-Gurevich,M 1988}) 13... Qe7 14. c3 b6 15. Qe2 $14 {Karpov-Spassky
Hamburg 1982}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 $6 (12. Qc1 Qe7 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nd8
15. c4 f5 16. c5 $16 {Geller-Pribyl 1984}) 12... Raxd8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nd4
$10 15. Bxd4 Rxd4 (15... exd4 16. Nd5 $10) 16. Ne2 (16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rxd1
18. Bxd1 e4) 16... Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Bf8 18. Nc1 Bd6 19. Nb3 {/\Na5} Rb8 20. Kf1
Kf8 21. c3 Ke7 22. Na5 c6 23. Ke1 Bc7 24. Nb3 Ne8 25. Be2 Nd6 26. Bd3 b5 $15
27. Ke2 (27. Nc5 Ra8 {/\Bb6}) 27... Bb6 28. Nd2 c5 29. Bc2 c4 30. Nf1 (30. Nf3
f6 31. h4 $15) 30... b4 $1 31. cxb4 Bd4 32. Ne3 $8 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 Rxb4 34. b3 (
34. Rb1 $5) 34... cxb3 35. axb3 Rb6 {/\Nb5-d4} 36. Ra1 Nb7 (36... Nb5 37. Bd3
$10) 37. b4 Rxb4 38. Rxa6 Nc5 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. g3 Rb2 41. Bd1 Rb4 42. Bc2 g5
43. f4 $6 (43. Ra3 $15) 43... Rc4 44. fxg5+ Kxg5 45. Ra2 Rc3+ 46. Kf2 h5 $17
47. Bb1 h4 48. gxh4+ Kxh4 49. Ra7 Rc1 50. Ba2 Nxe4+ 51. Ke3 f5 $19 52. Be6 Rc3+
53. Ke2 Kg5 54. Rf7 Ng3+ 55. Kd2 Ra3 56. h4+ Kf4 57. h5 Ra6 58. Bb3 Nxh5 59.
Bc2 Ng3 60. Rf8 Ra3 {Hansen,Cu} 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lutz} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7
(7... b5) (7... Bg4) (7... Qc7 {Svidler,P-Hickel,J CBM 60}) 8. e5 {white's
second move in the position is Bf4} Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11.
h3 (11. Bc4 Nde5 (11... Nb6 $1 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rd1+ 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 $15 {Karpov,A}) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Nf7 $11) 14. h3 (14. Ne4 $5) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. Bh6
$44 {Benjamin,J-Piket,Je Groningen 1993 59/145 [Benjamin,J]}) 11... Ngf6 (11...
Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 $44 {/=/+ Rozentalis,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Lvov zt/1990/ CBM 18}) 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. c3
Bd7 17. Be3 $1 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Linares 1995/ 63/101 [Karpov,A}) (8...
Nd5 $6 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd6 exd6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. c3 Nh5 13.
Bg5 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Nf1 $14 {/+/-
Mastrokoukos,G-Grivas,E Ano Liosia op 1995}) 9. Bf4 (9. h3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7
11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2
Raa8 $11 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1990/}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 {
/\ Bh6} (11. Ne4 $6 Ne6 12. Bg3 {[%csl Rg3]} Qa5 {[%csl Re5]} 13. Qd2 $8 Qxd2
14. Nexd2 Rd8 15. Nc4 b6 16. a4 c5 $11 {Salov,V-Ivanchuk,V Tilburg 1994}) (11.
Qd2 $6 {Lutz} Ne6 12. Bh6 $2 Nxe5) 11... Nb6 (11... Nc5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe3 b6
14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Rd4 f6 16. Bc4+ N5e6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re4 $18 {
Abramovic,B-Schussler,H/Palma GMA/1989/}) (11... Ne6 {Lutz} 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bf1
) 12. h3 {not allowing black to play Bg4 which frees black's position,black
main problem in the position is his the c8 bishop after h3 by white he has no
good place} (12. Bh6 $6 Bg4 $132 {>< d4, e5}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh6 $14 {white
seems to have a very pleasent position,he has some spacw advantage,and better
pieces} (13. Rd1 $6 {Lutz} Qc7 14. Bh6 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qb6 $11) 13...
Nd4 {it is not a bad idea to exchange pieces when your opponent has a space
advantage it is probably a good idea but the problem here becomes black's king}
(13... Nd5 14. Ne4) (13... f5 {Lutz} 14. exf6 exf6 $14) (13... Bd7 $14 {Lutz})
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bd3 $1 {taking the f5 square from black's bishop and
threatening Re4-Rh4 /\ Re4-h4} (15. Bxg7 $6 {Lutz} Kxg7 16. Bd3 Qh4 17. Re4 Qh6
$13) 15... Qd8 (15... Bxe5 16. Bxf8 (16. Re4 {Lutz} Qd6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh6+
Kg8 19. Rh4) 16... Bf4 (16... Kxf8 17. Re4 Qc5 18. Qh6+ $16 {/+-}) 17. Ne2 (17.
Qd1 Kxf8 18. Ne2) 17... Bxc1 18. Nxd4 Bxb2 19. Bh6 Bxd4 20. Rxe7 $16 {/+-}) (
15... f5 16. exf6 Bxh6 (16... exf6 $2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re7+ Rf7 19. Rxf7+ Kxf7
20. Qh6 Kg8 21. Bxg6 $18) 17. Qxh6 Qxf6 18. Re2 $14 {[%csl Re7] /+/-}) 16. Re4
f5 (16... Bf5 17. Rh4 (17. Bxg7 Bxe4 18. Qh6 Bxd3 19. cxd3 f6 (19... Qxd3 $4
20. Bf6) (19... Re8 $2 20. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4g5]}) 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qe3 $11)
17... e6 18. Bxg7 $1 (18. g3 Bxe5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Bxf5 exf5 $44 {[%csl Rh4]})
18... Qxh4 19. Bf6 g5 20. Bxg5 Qh5 21. g4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ 24.
Kg3 $16 {/+-}) 17. exf6 {an interesting move,white could simply get the
advantage after 17.Rh4 but the move played in the game is very interesting
since white goes for the attack} (17. Rh4 $5 e6 (17... Bxe5 {Lutz}) 18. Bxg7
Qxh4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rc8] /+/-}) 17... exf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Rh4 (19. Qe3 {Lutz} Bd7 (19... Rf7 20. Re8) 20. Re1 Rf7 (20... Re8 21. Re7+ Kg8
(21... Rxe7 22. Qxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Nd6 $18) 22. Qc5 Rxe7
23. Rxe7 Qf8 24. Ne4 $16) 21. a4 (21. Re7 $6 Qf8) 21... Qf8 (21... a5 22. Re7
$16) 22. a5 $16) 19... h5 (19... Qc7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2f4] /\ Nf4} (20. Qe3 f5 21. Qg3 Kh6 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qd6 Qf6 $14) (20.
Re4 Bf5 21. Re3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc7 $14) 20... Nd5 $8 (20... Be6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22.
Bxg6 $18) (20... f5 $5 {Lutz >< Bd3, >< Rh4} 21. Qf4 (21. Rd4 Qf6 22. Qf4 $14)
21... Qf6 (21... Be6 $6 22. Qg3 {/\ Nf4}) (21... Nd5 $6 22. Qg3 Qf6 (22... Kh6
23. c4 $16 {/\ Rd4}) (22... Qc7 23. Qg5 Rh8 24. c4 $16) 23. Rxh5 Qxb2 (23... f4
24. Qg5) 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Rg5 $16 {/\ h4-h5}) 22. Qg3 Kf7 (22... Rh8 23. Nf4 Kf7
24. Re1 {/\ Ng6; /\ c4-c5}) 23. Rd4 Be6 {/\} 24. Qc7+ Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Nf4 Kf7 $14) 21. c4 Ne7 {>< Ne7} (21... Nb4 22. Bxg6 (22. Bb1 f5 {[%csl Ra1,
Rb1]}) (22. Rd4 $16) 22... Kxg6 23. Rxh5 Rg8 (23... Kxh5 24. Nf4+ Kh6 25. Ne6+
Kg6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Qc3 $36 {/+/-}) 24. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rb4] /+/- when in
fact it is very difficult to play with the black pieces}) 22. Rd4 Qc7 (22...
Qe8 $5 {Lutz} 23. Qc3 $16) 23. Qe3 c5 {>< d5} (23... Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Ng3
Qe5 26. Nxf5+ (26. Qd2 $5 $16) 26... Qxf5 27. Rad1 $16) 24. Re4 Nf5 25. Qf3 {
/\ Nf4, Rae1} Nd6 (25... b6 26. Nf4 $1 $16 Bb7 27. Nxh5+ Kh6 {the best move} (
27... Kh8 28. Nf4) (27... Kg8 28. Qg4) (27... Kh7 28. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) 28.
Nf4 Qf7 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5,Rg6]}) 29. Nd5 $16) 26. Re3 {
black's position is very difficult I do not know what to play for black,white;
s idea is Nf4 when he control the "e" file and his queen ,knight and bishop
are placed on very good squares} Nf5 (26... Bf5 {Lutz} 27. Nf4) 27. Re4 $6 {
taking on f5 is very strong for white as was played in the game 2 moves later,
so I do not want to play anything else} Nd6 28. Re3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 30.
Ng3 (30. Nf4 $6 {Lutz} Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 33. Qxf5 Qe5 $16)
30... Bd7 (30... Bc8 31. Rae1) (30... Rae8 {Lutz} 31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8
33. Qxh5 $18) 31. Re7+ Rf7 32. Ne4 $1 {and black resigned} (32. Ne4 {since
after his only move} Qc6 {white simply plays.} (32... f5 33. Qc3+ {/\ R:f7,
Qf6+}) 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rd1 {threatening Rd6..} Bf5 (34... Re8 35. Nd6+ $18)
(34... f5 35. Nxc5 $18) 35. Nd6+ Kg8 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Rd6 $18 {
the ending does not seem pleasent at all for black}) 1-0

[Event "Ubeda"]
[Site "Ubeda"]
[Date "1997.02.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 (7...
b5 8. e5 $1 Ne8 9. Ne4 $6 (9. Bf4 $16) 9... Bf5 10. Ng3 Be6 $14 11. a4 b4 12.
c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Bd5 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Bf4 $6 (15. exd6 Nxd6 16. Bf4) 15... dxe5
$1 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 $11 {Karpov,A-Hort,V Nice (olm) 17/
192 [Geller,EY]}) (7... Na6 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bf1 d5 10. e5 Nfe8 11. Ne2 Ne6 12.
Nf4 N8c7 13. Nd3 $1 $14 {[%csl Rc7,Re6] a good leason of exchanging pieces
both the e6 and c7 knights occoupy the same square "e6" since black want to
exchange on f4 and play Ne6. Geller,EY-Ciocaltea Malta (olm) 1980 30/177 
[Geller,EY]}) 8. Bf4 (8. e5 dxe5 (8... Nd5 9. exd6 exd6 (9... Nxc3 $2 10. dxe7)
10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] Hracek,Z-Hickel,J Altensteig 1995}) (
8... Ne8 $142 {the main line} 9. Re1 (9. Bf4 Qa5 (9... dxe5 {54/(121)}) 10.
exd6 Nxd6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Be5 Bh6 $13 {Westerinen,H-Ftacnik,L
Hamburg 1995 65/115 [ Ftacnik,L]})) 9. dxe5 Nd5 (9... Ne8 10. Bg5) 10. Nxd5
cxd5 11. Bf4 (11. Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rxd8) 11... Nc5 (11... Qc7
12. Qxd5 Qxc2 13. Bb5 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Ne6 16. Be3 b6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18.
Rfd1 $14 {/+/- Yermolinsky,A-Azmaiparashevili,Z Kujbsev 1986}) 12. Qd2 Be6 (
12... Ne6 {29/170}) (12... Re8 $140 13. Bh6 Bh8) 13. Bh6 $14 {Dreev,A-Hickel,J
Nussloch 1996 66/88 [Dreev,A]}) 8... Qa5 9. Qd2 e5 {well black has already
equalized,but no more than that,normally as I understand this line,if you wish
to make a quick draw with white play it!!} 10. Be3 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 Qc7 (
11... Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Qc7 $11 {Kramnik,V-Kasparov,G Moscow Pca-Gp 4.4
1996 Blitz}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 Re8 14. a4 Nf8 15. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,
J-Piket,J WchT Luzern 1989}) 10... Re8 11. dxe5 (11. Rfe1 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13.
a4 Bf8 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Be6 $11 {Chiburdanidze,M-Gaprindashvili,N WchW
Pitsunda 1978}) 11... dxe5 12. Nd5 Qxd2 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd2 $11 Be6 15. f3
b5 (15... Nh5 16. Bc4 Rad8 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nc4 b5 19. Rad1 $140 $1 $16 Rxd1
$6 20. Rxd1 bxc4 $2 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22. Bc5 (22. Bh6 $4 Ng7 $19)) 16. a4 (16. Nb3
{this just seems like a possible move,just fighting over the c5 square, when I
beileve white can play in one of his next moves} Nh5 17. Rfd1 $1 $14) 16... a6
17. axb5 (17. Nb3 $5) 17... axb5 18. Rfd1 Bf8 {I think exchanging the "a" pawn
is in black's favour since his "a" pawn was quite a weakness for him} 19. c4 b4
(19... bxc4 $2 20. Bxc4 {[%csl Rc6]}) 20. Nb3 {[%csl Gc5]} Nd7 21. Kf1 Rec8 22.
Ke1 c5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Ra1 Rxa1+ 25. Nxa1 $11 {now the position is just a
draw,I think white should look carefully on Nb3 on move 16 and also 17 I think
they could have give him a slight advantage} Nb6 26. b3 Nd7 {[%cal Gd7b8,Gb8c6,
Gc6d4]} 27. Nc2 Nb8 28. Bd1 Nc6 29. Kd2 f6 30. Ne1 Kf7 31. Nd3 Nd4 32. f4 Bd6
33. fxe5 fxe5 34. Bxd4 exd4 (34... cxd4 $2 35. c5 Bc7 36. Kc2 $1 {[%csl Rb4,
Re5]} (36. Nxb4 $4 Ba5 $19)) 35. Bg4 (35. e5 Be7 36. Bf3 Bf5) 35... Bxg4 36.
hxg4 Ke6 37. Ke2 g5 38. Kf3 Bf8 39. e5 Be7 40. Ke4 Bf8 41. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 (5... b6 6. Bc4 (6. Be3 e6 7.
Qd2 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nd7 9. h3 c5 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Bh6 O-O $11 {Gausal,E-Karlsson,LA
Stockholm 1990}) 6... e6 (6... Bb7 7. Ng5 e6 8. Bxe6 fxe6 9. Nxe6 Qd7 10. Nd5
$44) 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2 h6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Rad1 $14 {Gabriel,
C-Bischoff,K Altensteig 1994 CBM 43}) (5... Bg4 $5) (5... Nc6 6. d5 (6. Be2 e5
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bf4 Ne7 11. Qd2 O-O {1/2-1/2 Budnikov,
A-Yudasin,L URS-ch 59 1991}) 6... Nb4 7. a5 e5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 c5 10. dxc6
bxc6 11. Bb6 Qe7 12. Ra4 c5 13. Nd2 Nh6 14. Rxb4 cxb4 15. Nd5 $18 {
Keitlinghaus,L-Sogaard,S Stribrna Skalice 1993}) 6. Be2 (6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. O-O $14 {
Sznapik,A-Adamski,A POL-ch 1980}) 6... O-O 7. O-O {this is a very rare
position,without a4 and a6 this is the main line,but a4 here is not something
is white's plans} Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 {this is the reason I believe why having a
pawn on a4 is not a food idea for idea,since now black has the b4 square for
his knight,where if white's pawn was on a2 he could have play a3} 9. a5 $6 {
waste of time,Be3 immediately was better} e6 $1 10. Bf4 $6 {after this move
black's takes immediately the initiative,but anyway black is playing here when
white seems to be in defence} (10. Ra4 c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Bf4 d5 $36 {
[%csl Ra4]}) (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 $13 (11... Re8 $5)) 10... exd5 11. exd5
Bf5 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5]} 12. Ne1 $6 {playing such amove can be good thing for white
} (12. Rc1 $142 Ne4 13. Na4 $8 (13. Nxe4 Bxe4 {[%csl Rb2,Rd5]} 14. Ng5 Nxd5)
13... c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 (14... Nxc6 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4) 15. Nb6 Bxb2 16. Nxa8
Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Qxa8 $13) (12. Nd4 $2 Nbxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxf5 Nxf4) 12...
Re8 {black is threatening to take on d5 nwo,and if the bishop moves from e2
then he will take on e1 and after Nxc2} 13. Ra4 $2 (13. Be3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6
$15 {/-/+}) 13... Nbxd5 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Rxe2 16. Qxb7 Qe8 $17 (16...
Rb8 $5) 17. Ra1 (17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qa7 (18. Qxc7 $2 Rc8) 18... Qc8 {[%cal Gb8a8]}
19. Rc4 c5 20. b4 Be6 $19) 17... Qe4 {black does not need the queens on the
board,white's queen was his only active piece,look at his pieces now compare
to black's one} 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Ra4 Re8 20. Be3 $6 (20. Rb4 $142 Bxc2 21.
Nxc2 Rxc2 22. b3 Rc5 $17) 20... Bxb2 $19 21. Rc4 c5 22. Nd3 Bg7 23. Rc1 Bxd3
24. cxd3 Bh6 $1 25. R4c2 R2xe3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kf1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Rb8 29. d4
Rb5 30. dxc5 dxc5 31. Ra1 h5 32. Ke2 Rb2+ 0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1
Qc7 (7... Nbd7 8. e5 {Lutz,Ch-Svidler,P CBM 60}) 8. Bf4 (8. e5 {is another
possible move in this position}) 8... Nh5 (8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5 (
10... f6 11. Be3 (11. exf6 exf6 12. Be3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6,Rg5]} (12... d5 $11)
13. d5 f4 14. Bd4 Ndf6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ng5 Rb8 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be6 $36 {
Dimitrov,V-Norwood,D/Wchj U20 Adelaide/1988/}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 fxe5 (12...
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxa7 $14) 13. Ng5 $36 {/+/- Bielczyk,J-Dunnington,A/
Virton 1992 54/119}) 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Qb6 {other moves just seems to give
white the advantage,white should play 13.d6 I think,since what he played in
the game 13.dxc6 is not really white's plan} (12... Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7
Qxe7 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bg7 18. Ng3 $14 {/+/- Popovic,
P-Damljanovic,B Jugoslavija 1992 55/134 [ Popovic,P]} (18. Qd2 $5)) (12... Nf4
13. d6 Qb6 14. Bc4 h6 15. Ne4 Qxb2 {Balashov,Y-Pribyl,J Helsinki 1984} 16. Nfg5
$1 {Razuvaev} hxg5 17. Nxg5 Rf8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Qd3
$18) 13. dxc6 $6 bxc6 14. Ba3 e4 15. Bc4 (15. Ng5 e3) 15... Nhf6 16. Ng5 Ne5
17. Ncxe4 Bg4 $44 {Savon,V-Chernyshov,K Podolsk 1992 57/132}) 9. Bg5 (9. Be3
Nd7 (9... e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nh2 $14 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid/ 1995}) 10. Qd2 b5
11. a3 a6 12. Rad1 Nhf6 13. Bh6 e5 $1 14. dxe5 dxe5 $13 {Andersson,U-Keene,R
Dortmund 1973}) 9... h6 10. Be3 Nf6 $6 $146 {I do not understand this idea
while white has developed his bishop to e3 black has done nothing?10...e5
seems more normal} (10... e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. d5 (13. g3 Re8 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Nhf6 16. b4 Bf8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. Bc5 Be6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qe3
{Rodriguez,B-Perez,P/Las Palmas op 1991/EXT 91op/0-1 (71)}) 13... c5 14. h3 a6
15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 Nhf6 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Nd2 $14 {/~~ Gallagher,J-McNab,C/
London Lloyds/ 1990}) (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. a4 (12. Rad1 b5 13. e5 Nb6 14.
h3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Nh4 e6 18. Bf4 b4 19. Nb1 Nbd5 20. Bh2 Rad8
21. c4 bxc3 {Slobodjan,R-Hickl,J/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53/1-0 (45)}) 12... e5 13.
Bc4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Rad1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. b3 Qa5 19. h3
Rad8 20. Qe3 {Lalic,S-Agnos,D/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1991/EXT 91ch/1/2-1/2 (31)})
11. Qd2 Kh7 12. e5 Nd5 (12... Ng4 13. exd6 Qxd6 (13... exd6 14. Bf4 $14) 14.
Bf4 $14) 13. exd6 exd6 (13... Qxd6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Bd3 Nd7 16.
Bf4 $14) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Bd3 Nc6 (16... Qxb2 $4 17. Reb1 Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa4 19.
Bb5 $18) 17. c3 $16 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. h3 Bf5 16. c3 $14 {
white enjoyes a very nice position,first black has double "d" pawns in the
position,indeed in certain positions this may not be very bad since black has
control over many squares in the center,but here white really wants to play on
the King's side,where black's king does not have many gaurds around him} Nd7
17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bd3 {[%cal Gb1h7] first white gets the b1-h7 diagonal} Qd8 (
18... Nf6) 19. Nf3 Nb6 $6 {it is easy to see that there are almost no pieces
around black's king so I would prefer to put my knight on f6 and playing my
"a" rook to e8 before playing Qd8,since while white has very serious ideas
about attack on the king's side black is playing something to the queen's
side?!} 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Re2 Rae8 {so now black is doing what I wrote on move
18 and 19 for him,but he already lost a few tempi} 22. Qc2 Nc8 23. Rae1 a6 (
23... Ne7 24. Nh4 {threatening Rxe6 followed by Nxg6} Kg8 25. Qd2 $1 g5 (25...
Kh7 $142 $16) 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Rc8 28. Qh5 Rfd8 29. f4 $18) 24. Nh4 {
[%cal Gh4g6]} Kg8 25. Qd2 Kh7 (25... g5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 $18 {[%cal
Gg5h5]}) 26. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gh4g6]} Bf6 27. Qg3 Rg8 {[%tqu "En","it is not
easy to find a continuation for white,but Svidler found a 'genius' move
creating a mass in black's position,can you find it","","","g3f3","",10]} 28.
Qf3 $1 Bg7 (28... Kh8 $8 29. Be5 $1 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Kh7 $14 {/+/-}) (28... Bxh4
29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Qxh4 Kg7 31. Qg3 $16) (28... Ne7 29. Qh5 Bg7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31.
Nxg6 $18) 29. Qh5 Bf8 30. Nf3 {threatening 31.Ng5 and after 31...Kh8 32.Qh4
and winning the h6 pawn after Nxe6...} Rh8 $8 31. Qh4 $1 Kg7 $6 (31... Be7 $1
32. Qg3 (32. Qxh6+ $4 Kg8 {[%csl Rh6]}) 32... Bf6 (32... Rhg8)) 32. Qg3 $1 {
now it seems black's position is defenceless} Rg8 (32... Re7 33. Nh4 $1 Rg8 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 (34... Kh8 35. Qd3 fxg6 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Bf5 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39.
Rxe7 Bxg6 40. Rxb7 $18) 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Bxh6 Rxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Qa4
39. b3 $18) {[%tqu "En","it seems like both players are moving around,but the
truth is that white is improving his position,now he has a nice winning move
which was played in the game van you find it","","","d3f5","",6]} 33. Bf5 $1
$18 Re7 (33... Bxf5 34. Rxe8 Be4 35. Qh4 (35. R1xe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4) 35... g5 36.
Bxg5 hxg5 37. Qxg5+ Kh8 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Rd8) 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 (34... fxe6 35. Qg4
$1 Kf7 (35... h5 36. Qg3 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gf4g5] when black will not be able to
save both the g6 and e6 pawns and with it the game}) 36. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gg4f4,Ge5f6]} Bg7 37. Qf4+ Ke8 38. Bxg7 Rgxg7 39. Qxh6) 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Bxh6+
$1 (36. Qh4 {Petursson} h5 (36... Rh8 37. Ne5 dxe5 (37... Qe7 38. Qg3) 38.
Bxe5+ Kh7 39. Bxh8 Kxh8 40. Qf6+ Qg7 41. Qxe6 Qe7 42. Qxe7 Nxe7 43. Re6 $18)
37. Ng5 Be7 $1 $16) 36... Kxh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Ng5 Rh8 (38... Be7 39. Qh7+ Kf6
40. Qxg8 Kxg5 41. Rxe6) 39. Nxe6+ Qxe6 (39... Kg8 40. Nxf8 Qf7 41. Qd8) 40.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e8,Ge6g6]} (41. Rxe6 {Petursson BLACK RESIGNED.
The end could be:} Kg7 42. Re8 Ne7 43. Rb8 b5 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Rxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Mowsziszian,K} g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7.
a4 Nbd7 8. a5 (8. Bf4 Re8 9. Re1 (9. h3 $5) 9... Qc7 10. e5 Nh5 11. exd6 exd6
12. Be3 d5 (12... Nhf6 13. Qd2 a5 14. Bf4 Nb6 15. h3 Bf5 $11 {Grunfeld,Y-Beim,
V Rishon le Zion 1994}) 13. Qd2 Nf8 14. Ne5 Nf6 {Leko,P-Shirov,A Dortmund 1996}
(14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxh5) 15. a5 $5 $11) (8. Re1 e5 9.
Bf1 Re8 10. d5 (10. a5 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 {Wong meng Kong-Azmaiparashevili,Z
Sydney 1990} 12. Be3) 10... Qc7 (10... cxd5 11. exd5 a6 12. h3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7
14. Nc4 Qc7 15. b3 $13 {Kuczynki,R-Bologan,V Debrecen Eu-chT 1992}) 11. Nd2
cxd5 12. exd5 a6 13. Nc4 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. g3 Rab8 17. Bg2 Ba8 18.
Na2 Nc5 19. a5 bxa5 $13 {Malisauskas,V-Piket,J Manila olm 1992}) 8... Qc7 (8...
e5 {Mowsziszian,K} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a6 Qc7 11. axb7 Bxb7 12. Be3 Ng4 13. Bg5
Nc5 14. Bc4 h6 15. b4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 hxg5 17. Nfxg5 Nh6 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6
Bc8 20. b5 e4 21. Ra2 cxb5 22. Bd5 Rb8 23. Ngxf7 Nxf7 {Loginov,V-Lukin,A/
RUS-Cup1 Chigorin-mem (9) ;EXP 56 1996/1/2-1/2 (91)}) 9. Be3 (9. h3 e5 (9...
Rd8 {Mowsziszian,K} 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Rfd1 Be8 13. b4 e5 14. dxe5
dxe5 15. Qe1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ne6 17. Bc4 Qe7 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Bc5 Nd7 20. Bd6 f6
21. Qe2 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Nxf8 {Chiburdanidze,M-Gaprindashvili,N (15)/WchW Pitsunda
;BIG 1978/1/2-1/2 (94)}) 10. Be3 exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Nd2 a6 13. Ra3 c5 14.
Be3 Ne5 15. Bg5 $1 $36 {Stefanson,H-Kristiansen,J Copenhagen 1991}) 9... Rb8 (
9... e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1) 10. h3 (10. Nd2 b5 11. axb6 axb6
12. d5 (12. f4 b5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 b4 16. Bd3 b3 17. cxb3 Qb6
$44 {Tshshkovsky,V-Beim,V Voskresensk 1992}) 12... Bb7 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. f3 d5
15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. c3 Rfd8 $11 {Loginov,V-Beim,V Budapest 1994})
10... b5 11. axb6 axb6 {Mowsziszian: droht b5-b4><e4} 12. d5 Nc5 (12... cxd5 {
Mowsziszian,K} 13. exd5 $16 {/\Sd4><c6,e7}) (12... c5 {Mowsziszian,K} 13. Nd2
$16 {><b5}) 13. Nd4 (13. Nd2 b5 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf3 e5 16. Ra7 Be6 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. cxb3 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nd5 $13 {Petursson,M-Mcnab,C Lloyds 1994})
13... Bd7 (13... Nfxe4 {Mowsziszian,K} 14. Nxe4 (14. Nxc6 Nxc3 (14... Bxc3 15.
Nxb8 (15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Qe1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rb7 $15) 15... Bxb2 $15) 15. bxc3
Rb7 $13) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxc6 Bxb2 16. Ra7 (16. Bd4 Bxa1 17. Bxa1 Ra8 18. Qd4
Nf6) (16. Rb1 Nc3 17. Qd2 Nxb1 18. Rxb1 Bg7 19. Nxb8 Qxb8 20. Bxb6 $11) 16...
Rb7 $15) 14. Bf3 cxd5 15. exd5 (15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na4 17. Ra2 b5 18. Qd2
Rfc8 19. Rfa1 Qd8 $14 {/~~ Nikolenko,O-Glyanets,A URS-ch club Pavlodar 1991})
15... b5 16. Nc6 {Mowsziszian: Führt zum Remis.} (16. Qe2 {Mowsziszian,K} b4
17. Ncb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qb7 19. Na7 Nxd5 20. Rfd1 e6 $15) 16... Bxc6 17. dxc6 b4
18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxb2 {it seems this position just leads into a drawish
endgame,this is quite important since it means white get nothing out of this
line} 20. Ra2 (20. Rab1 Bc3 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Kg7 $11) 20...
Bc3 21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qxc5 {[%cal Ga2a7]} Ra8 $8 {Mowsziszian: Einfach die
Türme tauschen ist die richtige Technik, um remis zu machen.} 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24.
Rd1 Ra1 $8 25. Rxa1 Bxa1 26. Qxb4 {the pawn means nothing,white has no way to
remove black's queen from c7 and wite opposite coloured bishops it means the
game should end with a draw} Be5 27. g3 Bd6 28. Qd4 Qa5 29. Kg2 Qe5 30. Qc4 {
white avoids queen exchanges now but he has completely no plan so very soon he
will offer an exchange by him-self} Bc7 31. h4 h6 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Bxd5 e6 34.
Bb3 Kf8 35. c4 Ke7 36. c5 Be5 37. Ba4 Kd8 (37... Bd4 $4 {??????} 38. c7) 38. f4
Bd4 39. c7+ Kxc7 40. Be8 Bxc5 41. Bxf7 g5 42. fxg5 {and a draw has to be
agreed,there was really no game here since it was theory until move 15 but
after b5 everything until move 20 seems force and white simply gets nothing} (
42. fxg5 {Mowsziszian,K} hxg5 43. h5 Kd6 44. Kf3 Ke7 45. Bg8 Kf6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Enghien les Bains 2nd"]
[Site "Enghien les Bains"]
[Date "1997.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.03.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Mowsziszian,K} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 (
6... a6 {Mowsziszian,K} 7. a4 b6 8. Bc4 e6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bg5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Qe8 13. exd6 cxd6 14. O-O Qc6 15. Ra3 Nd7 16. Rd1 Rfe8 17. Ba2 d5 18.
c4 dxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rec8 21. Bd3 Bd5 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Rb1 Bc4 24.
Bxc4 Rxc4 25. c3 {1/2-1/2 Jukic,B-Praznik,A/Ljubljana op (03) ;EXP 53 1996}) 7.
Qd2 (7. Bd3 {Mowsziszian,K} Nbd7 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd6 e5 11. dxe5
Nxe5 12. O-O Qxd6 13. Bf4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qb6 15. Rab1 Be6 16. Rfe1 Qa5 17. a3
Bxb2 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Rxb2 e5 20. Qg4 Qe1+ 21. Kh2 exf4 22. Rxb7 {1-0 Spassky,
B-Lobron,E/BL 8081 (1980) ;BL 1981 (44)}) 7... b5 (7... Nbd7 8. Bh6 (8. Be2 e5
9. O-O Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a3 Nc5 12. Ng5 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15.
Qe1 Nd7 16. Rd2 Bf6 $11 {Spassky,B-Pflegar,H BL 1983} (16... Bf6 {Mowsziszian,K
} 17. Rad1 Bg5 18. Bf1 Nb6 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Qe3 Qe7 21. a4 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qb4
23. b3 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Pfleger,H/BL 8283 (1983) ;BL 1983})) 8... e5 9. O-O-O
Qa5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Ne2 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Bb7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc1 a6
16. f3 Nh5 17. Ndb3 Rad8 $11 {Tiviakov,S-Shirov,A Linares 1995 63/(99)}) 8. Bd3
Nbd7 (8... Re8 $6 9. a4 b4 10. Ne2 a5 11. Ng3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 (12... e5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 $16) 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. e5 $1 $40 {Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I
Russia (ch) 1994 62/112}) 9. Bh6 (9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 c5
13. c3 Bb7 14. Ng3 Qa5 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Nd2 $14 {/+/- Belikov,V-Kochetkov,G
Moscow 1995}) (9. e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxf6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qa4 Rxb2
14. Qxa7 e5 $44 {Thorhallsson,T-Petursson,M Reykjavik 1992}) 9... e5 10. Bxg7
Kxg7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O (12. a4 b4 13. Ne2 c5 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Nd2 a5 16.
O-O Nh5 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bb5 $13 {Short,N-Torre,E
Biel 1985}) 12... a5 (12... Qa5 $5) (12... Qe7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Qe3 a5 15. Ne2)
13. g4 a4 14. Ne2 Qa5 {Mowsziszian: Schwarz versucht die Damen zu tauschen,
weil er Angst vor dem weißen Angriff mit Sg3, Dg5, Sf5+ hat. Aber der normale
Plan wäre} (14... a3 {Mowsziszian,K} 15. b3 Qb6 16. Ng3 c5 {und Schwarz kann
versuchen, die schwarzen Felder am Damenflügel mit der Dame zu nutzen.
Mowsziszian}) 15. Ng3 (15. Qe3 b4) (15. Qxa5 {Mowsziszian,K} Rxa5 16. Ng3 c5 {
/\c4,Lb7,Sc5}) 15... Qxd2+ (15... b4 $5 {Mowsziszian,K} 16. Qg5 (16. Bc4 Qc5 $1
) 16... b3 17. a3 bxc2 18. Bxc2 Rb8 19. Nf5+ Kh8 $132) 16. Kxd2 {[%csl Rc6,Re5]
} h6 {I am not sure if it was necessary to play this move,since I do not
really how dangerous it will be for black after white will play g5 and try to
advance his "h" pawn,because h6 is not only a waste of a tempi but also
weakenss the pawn structure on the king's side} (16... Re8) (16... a3) 17. Ke3
Re8 18. Be2 $1 {[%csl Rc6] opening the file for white;s rook which has a good
square on d6} Nc5 19. Rd6 Bb7 (19... Bxg4 $6 20. hxg4 $1 Nxg4+ 21. Kd2 Nxf2 22.
Rh4 $8 $16 {[%csl Rf2]}) 20. Rg1 $1 Nfd7 21. h4 Re6 $2 {I do not know what
black had missed,but if he had played Nfd7 it means he saw Nf5,so why could
not he see this now? I do not know,what I do know is that after Nf5 black's
position becomes very difficult} (21... Nf8 22. h5 {when of course white has
the advantage but black is still playing}) (21... Nf8 {Mowsziszian,K}) 22. Nf5+
$1 Kh7 (22... Kf8 23. Rxe6 Nxe6 24. Nxh6 {with g5 and Ng4}) 23. Rxe6 fxe6 (
23... Nxe6 24. Nd6 {[%csl Rb7,Rf7]}) 24. Nd6 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6,Re5,Re6]} Kg7 (
24... Rf8 25. b4 axb3 26. axb3) 25. Rd1 Ba6 (25... Rd8 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Ba8
28. g5 $16 {/+-}) 26. b4 axb3 27. axb3 Kf8 (27... b4 28. Bxa6 Rxa6 29. Nb7 $1
$18) (27... Rd8 {Mowsziszian,K} 28. b4 Na4 29. Ne8+ $1 Kf7 30. Nc7 Bb7 31.
Nxe5+ $1) 28. b4 Na4 29. Nf7 $1 $18 {the end} Ra7 (29... Kxf7 {Mowsziszian,K}
30. Rxd7+ Kf6 31. g5+ hxg5 32. hxg5#) 30. N7xe5 Nxe5 31. Nxe5 Kg7 32. Rd6 Rc7
33. Rxe6 Bb7 34. Rxg6+ Kh7 35. g5 hxg5 36. hxg5 Nc3 37. Bg4 c5 38. Bf5 Kh8 39.
bxc5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Black "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mowsziszian,K} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nc6 (5... Bg4 6.
h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nfd7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. e5 Nc6 10. Bb5 Na5 11. Rhe1 $16 {
Vorotnikov,V-Vadasz,L Moscow 1990}) (5... c6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. h3 Nbd7 8. O-O-O b5
$4 9. e5 b4 $2 10. exf6 bxc3 11. Qxc3 $18 {the game is over if 11...QxQ 12.
Fxg7,you ask who was black? well player number 20 at the world that time! 
Stangal,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z Tilburg 1994}) (5... O-O 6. Qd2 c6 (6... Bg4 7. Be2
Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 (9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qc7 13.
Rab1 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 a5 $13 {Itkis,B-Damljanovic,B JUG-chT 1994}) 9... e5 10.
dxc6 exf4 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. Ba6 Nd7 $44 {/=/+ Markov,J-Cherniaev,H Vladivostok
op 1995}) 7. O-O-O (7. Bh6 Qa5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. O-O-O Rd8 10. Kb1 Bg4 11. Qe3
Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 e5 $13 {Benjamin,J-Lau,R Palma GMA op 1989}) 7... b5
8. e5 b4 9. Nb1 Nd5 10. Bh6 Nd7 11. h4 dxe5 12. h5 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 e4 14. hxg6
N7f6 15. g7 Re8 16. Ne5 $18 {Vorotnikov,V-Mironov,R moscow 1992}) 6. Qd2 (6. d5
{Mowsziszian,K} e5 $1) 6... O-O 7. O-O-O $5 {an interesting decision by white,
since black has already played Nc6 it is much for difficult for him to attack
on the queen's side,since without Nc6 he playes c6-b5 with chances for both
sides,now after his idea in the game white gets a very pleasent position} (7.
d5 {Mowsziszian,K} e5 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. O-O-O Bg4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
Qf4 Qe7 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rhe1 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qe5 17. Qg3 Qxg3 {
1/2-1/2 Westermeier,A-Schussler,H/BL 8182 (1982) ;BL 1982}) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 (8.
d5 {Mowsziszian,K} Bxf3 9. gxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Qb6 13. h4
Rab8 14. b3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qxf2 16. h5 Kh8 17. f4 Neg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Qg5 Ne3
20. Rd2 Qf3 21. Qh4 Ng2 22. Qh2 Qxc3 23. Rxg2 {1/2-1/2 Aagaard,J-Hoi,C/
Copenhagen op (05) ;EXP 47 1995}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 (9... Nd7 10. Be3 Nb6
11. Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rc6]}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 11. Be2 {[%csl Ge2,Gf4]})
11. Be3 Qc8 {Mowsziszian: Diese Stellung ähnelt den bekannten Stellungen mit
dem König auf g1. Dort hat Weiß keinen Vorteil, und hier auch nicht.} (11...
Qxd2+ 12. Rxd2 Rfd8 $14) (11... Qe7 {Mowsziszian,K} 12. Nd5 (12. Bg5 Qc5) 12...
Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4) 12. Qe2 $1 {the queen is going to c4,it's best place} Rd8 (
12... Qe6 13. Nd5 $14 (13. Qb5) (13. Qb5 {Mowsziszian,K} Rfb8 14. Nd5 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 exd4 $11)) 13. Qc4 Ng4 $2 (13... Nd4 $5 {Mowsziszian: Es war Zeit exakt
zu rechnen.} 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Rxd4 Rxd4 16. Qxd4 Ng4 17. Qc5 b6 18. Bxg4 Qxg4
19. Qc6 Rd8 $1 20. Qxc7 Rc8 21. Qg3 Qe6 $1 22. Qh3 (22. Kb1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxe4
$44) 22... Qxh3 23. gxh3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 $11) 14. Rxd8+ Nxd8 15. Bxg4 Qxg4
16. Qxc7 Rc8 (16... Qxg2 17. Rd1 Bf6 (17... Ne6 18. Qxb7 (18. Qxb7 {
Mowsziszian,K} Rf8 19. Qxa7 $16)) 18. Nd5 Bg5 (18... Bh4 19. Ne7+ Bxe7 (19...
Kg7 20. Rxd8 $18) 20. Qxe7 Ne6 21. Qxb7 $18) 19. Ne7+ (19. Bxg5 $2 Qxg5+ 20. f4
exf4 21. Ne7+ Kg7 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Qxd8 f3+) 19... Kg7 20. Rxd8 (20. Qxe5+ f6
(20... Bf6 21. Bh6+ Kxh6 22. Ng8+ $1 Kg7 23. Nxf6 $18 Nc6 24. Ne8+) 21. Qc7
Bxe3+ 22. fxe3 Nf7 23. Qxb7) 20... Rxd8 21. Qxd8 Qf1+ 22. Qd1 Qxd1+ 23. Kxd1
Bxe7 24. Bxa7 $18) 17. Qe7 Bf8 (17... Qxg2 $2 18. Qe8+ Bf8 19. Rd1 $18) 18.
Qxe5 (18. Qg5) 18... Nc6 $4 {well I can not understand this move,of course
even after Qxg2 19.Rd1 Nc6 20.Qg3 black is much worse maybe losing,but why not
to take a pawn??} (18... Qxg2) (18... Qxg2 {Mowsziszian,K} 19. Rd1 Nc6 20. Qg3
$16) 19. Qg5 $18 Qe6 20. Qd5 Qg4 21. Rg1 Rd8 22. h3 Qc8 23. Qc4 Qb8 24. Nd5 Qh2
25. f4 Qg3 26. Qe2 Bh6 27. Rd1 f5 28. exf5 gxf5 29. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup9"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.06.11"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
(8. Bb5 Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 (11... Rb8 $5) 12. Rad1 Qb8
13. b3 Qb4 14. Ne2 Qa3 15. Nc1 c5 (15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 c5 (17...
Qc5 $142 18. Qd1 f5 $132) 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Ne2 Qxa2 21. Nc3 Qb2 22.
Rb1 Qa3 23. Nd5 Ra7 24. Qc3 $16 {Rozentalis,E-Nijboer,F/Groningen 1992}) 16.
dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. c4 a5 19. Rd5 Qa3 20. c5 dxc5 21. Qc3 Qb4 $13 {
Rozentalis,F-Nijboer,F/Groningen 1992}) (8. Nd2 Qc8 (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10.
d5 Ne7 (10... Nd4 11. Qd3 c6 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. f4 h6 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Bf6 dxe5
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 f5 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 $16 {Hansen,C-Stohl,
I/Groningen 1982}) 11. a4 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Nb3 Rfd8
16. exd5 Nexd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 h6 $11 {Taimanov,M-Gefeld,E/URS 1978}) 9.
f3 Bd7 10. Nb3 a5 11. a4 Nb4 $13 {Smyslov,V-Ehlvest,J/Moscow Alekhine op 1992})
8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 (11. f4 $5) 11... Qa5 (11... a5 $5) 12.
Ra3 Rfc8 13. Rb3 (13. Qd2 cxd5 14. exd5 Ned7 $6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16.
Rb3 b6 $1 $11) 15. Rb3 Qc7 16. Rc1 $1 a6 17. Rb4 $14 {Epishin,V-Adams,M/Las
Palmas 1994 60/117 [Epishin,V]}) 13... Rab8 (13... Qc7 14. h3 (14. Kh1 Ned7 15.
f4 a6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Ba7 Ra8 $13 {Vasiukov,E-Lobron,E/EUCup f 1991}) 14...
Ned7 15. f4 cxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Rb4 Nfd7 18. Bd4 a5 19. Rb5 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4
$14 {Sokolov,A-Timman,J/Brussels Swift 1988}) 14. Qd4 c5 (14... Nxd5 15. exd5
Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxd4 17. Bxd4 e5 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 e5 20. Bc3 Qc7 21. Bg4 Rf8
22. f4 $36 {Batakovs,O-Kuznetsov,S/vorr 1991 61/116 [Kuznetsov,S]}) (14... cxd5
15. Qxa7 Qxa7 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. Rxb7 dxe4 $13 {Kuzmin,G-Azmaiparashvili,Z
Tallinn rapid Cup-URS 1988}) 15. Qd2 a6 16. f3 (16. f4 Ned7 17. g4 Ne8 18. g5
Nc7 19. Bg4 Rd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. f5 $40 {Panchenko,A-Ehlvest,J/Leningead 1984}
) 16... Ned7 17. Rb1 (17. Ra3 Ne8 18. Rfa1 Nef6 19. Kh1 Ne8 20. Qd1 Nef6 21.
Bd2 Ne8 22. Qc1 Nef6 {not so difficult to play for black! all you need to know
is to move your knight from f6 to e8 and back from e8 to f6} 23. Qe1 Re8 24.
Rd1 $14 {Gavrikov,V-Mednis,E Amsterdam Ohra-b 1987}) 17... Ne8 18. Qc1 {
this position is not easy at all but I would prefer white since it seems that
on the queen's side black is stuck,while on the king's side nothing happans
yet but white has some potential to play there with f4-g4...} Bd4 $5 19. Kh1
Ng7 (19... Bxe3 $5 20. Qxe3 c4 21. Ra3 Qc5 $5 {black seems quite OK in this
position}) 20. Bd2 $5 Qc7 21. Ra3 f5 (21... c4 22. a5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga3a4]})
22. exf5 gxf5 (22... Nxf5 $142) 23. a5 Qd8 (23... Ne5 24. f4 Ng4 (24... Ng6 25.
Qe1 {[%cal Ge2f3]}) 25. Nd1 $14 {[%cal Ga3g3]}) 24. f4 $1 {a very usefull move,
taking the control over the e5 square,a making a very good place for white's
bishop on f3 after white will organize all his pieces with Ne2..} Nf6 25. Bf3 {
[%csl Re6,Re7,Rf5][%cal Ge1e8]} Qe8 (25... Ng4 26. Nd1 Qe8 27. c3 Bf6 (27...
Qh5 28. h3 (28. Bxg4 $6 fxg4 {[%cal Gg7f5]} 29. cxd4 cxd4 {[%cal Gc8c1]} 30.
Nc3 dxc3 31. Bxc3 Nf5 $13) 28... Qh4 29. Qc2 Bf6 30. Kg1 $14) 28. h3 $14) 26.
Ne2 Ne4 (26... Ng4 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qg1 $1 Rxc2 29. Qxd4 Rbc8 30. Rc3 R8xc3
31. Bxc3 $16 {/+-}) 27. Be3 (27. Bxe4 $5 fxe4 28. Ng3 Qg6 29. Qe1 e3 $8 (29...
e6 30. dxe6 d5 31. c4 (31. c3 e3) 31... Qxe6 32. cxd5 Qxd5 33. Qxe4 Qxe4 34.
Nxe4 {when black has some small compensation but not enough}) 30. Bxe3 Qxc2 31.
Bxd4 cxd4 $13 32. Raa1) 27... Bf6 (27... Bxe3 28. Qxe3 Nf6 (28... e5 $6 29.
Bxe4 exf4 30. Nxf4 $16) 29. Ng3 $14) 28. c4 $1 {not only defending the d5 pawn
but even more important threatening Bxe4 followed by Ng3 when after after Qg6
white will have Qc2 [ because now the pawn is on c4 ] winning the e4 pawn} e6 (
28... b5 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. Qc2 Rcb8 31. b3 Qg6 32. g4 $1 $18) 29. Qd1 e5 $6 (
29... b5 30. axb6 Rxb6 31. b3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d3]}) 30. Qc2 $1 $16 b5 (30... exf4
31. Bxf4 Be5 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Re3) 31. axb6 Rxb6 32. Bxe4 fxe4 33. Ng3 exf4 $6
(33... Qg6 34. Qxe4 $16 (34. Nxe4 Kh8 35. Qd3 $16)) 34. Bxf4 $18 (34. Nxe4 Qg6
(34... Be5 35. Bxf4) 35. Bxf4 Be5 (35... Kh8 {transposes to the game}) 36. Rg3
$18) 34... Qg6 35. Nxe4 Kh8 {white is completely winning but I think I will
not be mistaken if I say he had here few seconds no more} 36. Qd3 $2 (36. Rg3
Qf5 37. Rf3 Qg6 38. Qd3 $1 Bd4 39. Rg3 Qf5 40. Bxd6 $18) 36... Rxb2 {fasten
your seat belt,before you see white's next move} (36... Bd4 $142) 37. Rf1 $4 {
??? time what to do!} (37. Rxb2 Bxb2 38. Nxd6 $16 {/+-}) 37... Qxg2# 0-1

[Event "Drury Lane"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.06.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.06.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 $6 {it seems that
this move gives white something like nothing,since black may use the fact that
white;s king is still in the center} c5 (6... b6) (6... a6) (6... c6 7. a4 d5
$5 (7... Nbd7 8. a5 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a6 b5 11. Qd6 Nb6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Nxe5 Re8 14. Nxc6 Bd7 15. Nb4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. c3 Rae8 18. Be3 $16 {
[%csl Ra7] Larsen,B-Kristiansen,J/Esbjerg/1988/ CBM 10}) 8. e5 Ne4 9. O-O f6
10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7 $13 {Polak,T-Nijboer,F/Wien op/1990})
7. dxc5 Qa5 (7... dxc5 8. Qxd8 (8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Rd8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Rxd5
12. f4 Rd8 13. O-O {1/2-1/2 Tkachiev,V-Chernin,A/Biel op/1994}) 8... Rxd8 9.
Be3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rad1 Nc6 $11 {/=/+ Djurhuus,R-Jansa,V/Gausdal Peer Gynt
1992}) 8. cxd6 (8. O-O Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Nd4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f4 Rd8 13.
Bf3 Be6 14. Rf2 Bc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Bd4 $14 {[%csl Re7]
Woizech-Roos/Corr 1973 EU tt}) 8... Nxe4 9. dxe7 Re8 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6
12. Bc4 $146 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Qxc3 14. Rb1 Rxe7 15. Rb3 Qa5 16. Bc4 Bf5 17.
Qb1 Qc7 $15 {Johnstane,G-Gurevich,D/Philadelphia World cup op 1990}) (12. Nd4
Qxc3 13. Nxc6 Qxa1 14. Qd8 Be6 15. Bg5 Qc3 16. Rd1 Qxc6 17. Qxa8 Rxa8 18. Rd8+
Qe8 19. Bb5 Rxd8 20. exd8=Q Qxd8 21. Bxd8 Bxa2 $17 {/-+ Horvath,Im-Tibensky,R/
Stary Smakevec 1986}) 12... Rxe7 (12... Qxc3 $2 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qd5+ Kxe7
15. Bf4 Be6 $8 16. Rae1 (16. Qd6+ $5 Kf6 (16... Kf7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Nxe6 Qxa1
19. Rxa1 Bxa1 20. Qd5 $36 {/+/-}) 17. Qc7 $1 h6 18. Be5+ Qxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 (
19... Re7 20. Qd6 Nxe5 21. Rfe1 $18) 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. f4 Nd7 22. Qxb7 $16)
16... Nd8 17. Bd6+ Kf7 (17... Kd7 18. Rxe6 Qc6 19. Qxc6+ Nxc6 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21.
Rd1 Kc8 $14 {/+/-}) 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Qxe6+ $16) 13.
Bg5 Re8 $15 {black has really done nothing but he is already slightly better,
white can not defend his c3 pawn,while after black recaptures it white will
have weak pawns on the queens side} 14. Re1 (14. Rb1 $5) 14... Bf5 15. Rb1
Rxe1+ $6 (15... Qxc3 {well I do not know what wrong with this normal move
which just gives black slight advantage without any problems} 16. Bd3 Rxe1+ 17.
Qxe1 Qxe1+ 18. Nxe1 Bxd3 $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc2] with b6 on the next move}) 16.
Qxe1 Qc5 (16... Bxc3 $2 17. Qe3 {[%cal Gb1b5,Gb1b7] with two threats Rb5 and
Rxb7} Bb4 18. a3 Qxa3 19. Qxa3 Bxa3 20. Rxb7 Be6 (20... Rf8 21. Bh6) 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Rc7 $16 {[%cal Gg5f6]}) 17. Qe2 $6 {both players play in a strange
way,they do not take pawns they should take,they waste time on defending
pieces that will have to go back on the next move [ such as 17.Bd3 or as in
the game 17.Qe2 and after Na5 18.Bd3 ]this is not the most correct game seen} (
17. Bd3 $5 Bxc3 (17... Bxd3 18. cxd3 Bxc3 19. Qe3 {the problem here is that
after the queen exchanges black can not play b6 because of Rc1}) 18. Qe2 Be6 (
18... Bxd3 19. Qxd3 {[%cal Gb1b7,Gb1b5]} Na5 20. Rb5 Qc7 21. Rd5 $36 {[%cal
Gd1d8]}) 19. Rxb7 Bxa2 20. Be3 Qd5 $13) 17... Na5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 (19.
Qxd3 $5 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 22. Rxb7 Qxa2 $13 {/=}) 19... Qxc3 20.
d4 (20. Rc1 $5 Qb4 (20... Qa3 21. Rc7) (20... Qb2 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc7 $14 {
[%cal Gd3d8] /+/-}) 21. Qc2) 20... Qc6 21. Ne5 $6 (21. Rc1 $142 $1 {I do not
know why white ignores the "c" file,he could have played Rc1 move ago,but this
it just seems strong} Qa4 (21... Qd7 22. Qd2 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 22. d5 $36) 21...
Qe6 22. Qd2 b6 (22... Bxe5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 (23... Nc4 24. Qd4) 24. Re1 $36 Qc7
25. Bf6 Qb6 26. Ba1 {[%cal Ga1h8]}) 23. Ng4 Nc4 24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Rc1 $6 {
finally,although I do not understand whta happans after Qxa2,and why white
gave this pawn,I can understand why black did not take it now and played first
25...h5 because he thought that after 26.d5 Qe4 he is winning,that explains
why white played Ne3 and not d5 he thought the same thing!!} (25. d5) 25... h5
$6 (25... Qxa2 $5) 26. Ne3 $2 (26. d5 Qe4 27. Nh6+ Bxh6 (27... Kf8 28. Qa3 $13)
28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxh6 Rd8 30. f3 Ng3 {and black is OK}) 26... Qxa2 $17 27. Be7
Qe6 (27... Rc8 $142 $1 28. Rd1 (28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {and white is losing the "d"
pawn after Qe1}) 28... Qe6 {is nice improvement for black who controls now the
"c" file}) 28. Rc7 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Nxe4 30. d5 {this is a Grunfeld position,with
black's pawns on a7-b6 and white pawn dawn a strong pass "d" pawn with rook on
c7,tyipcal Grunfeld} Bf8 (30... Be5 31. Rc6 $44 {[%cal Gd5d6,Gd6d7,Ge3c4]} (31.
Rb7 Rc8 32. g4 Rc7)) 31. Bxf8 {when the players agreed draw,to early I think
although after 31...KxB 32.Nc4 white has compensation and the game will
probably end with a draw black is the better side after for example 32...Rd8
33.f3 [ the best move ] and now maybe 33...Nc3 [ 33...Nd6 34.Ne5 ]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CAN-ch zt"]
[Site "Richmond"]
[Date "2002.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Charbonneau, Pascal"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[Annotator "Hebert,J"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2002.03.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 {This looked like a good choice against an aggressive and
theoretically well prepared opponent. In Modern or Pirc setups, knowledge of
concrete lines is much less important than strategic understanding.} 2. d4 Bg7
({I have also often played other second moves to avoid committing my dark
squared bishop too early. The fact that this bishop doesn't always belong on
the fianchetto square can be illustrated easily enough with a line like} 2...
c6 3. f4 $6 d5 4. e5 h5 {when the bishop is far more useful on the a3-f8
diagonal to support the central break ...c5.}) 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 {A flexible
move. White can now prepare queenside castling with Qd2 followed by a kingside
offensive with h4, or he can simply continue with the development of his
kingside minor pieces if he so wishes.} Nf6 ({Played with a specific idea in
mind, as otherwise I would have played the routine} 4... c6 {followed by ...b5.
}) 5. Nf3 ({Here} 5. f3 {to rule out ...Ng4 looks more natural.}) 5... O-O 6.
Qd2 {White clearly aims to quickly exchange dark squared bishop with Bh6 next,
but although the system has been played frequently by no less than GM Michael
Adams I find the whole thing a bit too straightforward to cause Black real
problems.} a6 $1 {Black probably has a dozen reasonable moves from this
position, which proves once more how important undestanding is in such
positions compared to knowledge of specific variations. The main thing is to
come up with a plan of development that will create sufficient counterplay.
Compared to the more common 6...c6 the text has several serious advantages:
Black's B/b7 attacks pawn/e4 directly, and square/c6 remains free for the
knight to pressurize the other central pawn. Note that if White had played 5.
f3 instead of 5.Nf3 then 6...a6 would be rather pointless because pawn/e4
would be securely defended.} 7. Bd3 ({Pascal follows his intended setup
without noticing the peculiarities of the position. He would have been better
off with} 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. f4 {when
White appears to have good prospects on the kingside, but Black's solid game
was certainly not without counterchances in Adams-Svidler, Groningen 1995.}) ({
Black also had little to fear after} 7. a4 b6 8. Bh6 Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O e6
11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rfe1 c5 {in the game Gallagher-Van Wely, Krumbach 1991.})
7... Bg4 {The most logical reply now that pawn/e4 has been secured. The idea
is to spoil White's pawn structure and put pressure on pawn/d4 with ...Nc6.} ({
Also possible is} 7... b5 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 a5 10. Ng3 Ng4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 e5
13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bd2 {with no apparent edge for
White in the game Fontaine-Beim, DE 2001.}) 8. Bh6 $6 {This typical maneuver
appears unsatisfactory here because Black is able to play ...Nc6 with strong
pressure on pawn/d4.} ({Black's game also looks quite pleasant after} 8. O-O-O
e5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 {when the bishop pair was meek compensation for
White's inferior pawn structure in Carlier-Gurevich, Cappelle la Grande 1995.})
({Perhaps the retreat} 8. Be2 {is safest, and White retains a small space
advantage after} Nc6 (8... b5 $6 9. a3) 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2) 8...
Nc6 ({Also possible is} 8... Bxf3 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. gxf3 Nc6) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10.
d5 $2 ({A positionnally undesirable move that leads to a difficult game. It
was still not too late to bail out of the worst with} 10. Be2 {even though it
is quite clear that} Bxf3 ({or} 10... e5) 11. Bxf3 e5 {gives Black an easy
game.}) 10... Bxf3 $1 11. dxc6 Bxg2 12. Rg1 ({Black had to see earlier that
his adventurous bishop does not get into trouble after} 12. cxb7 Bxh1 13.
bxa8=Q Qxa8 14. Qe2 Bg2 15. f4 Bh3) 12... Bh3 13. cxb7 Rb8 14. Bxa6 {White's
extra pawn is only a temporary luxury. After it falls, White has to cope with
his opponent's superior pawn structure and active heavy pieces on the
queenside where White's king is likely to seek shelter.} c6 15. Qe3 ({During
the game I momentarily feared} 15. e5 {but realized quickly that White's
problems have magnified after} dxe5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 15... Qa5 16. Bc4 ({
Trying to hold on to pawn/b7 with} 16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rg3 Nd7 {does not solve
White's problems.}) 16... Be6 $1 17. Bxe6 fxe6 {The bishop exchange has
activated Black's R/f8 and supplied the second player with a useful pawn mass
in the center.} 18. f4 {With his game already on the critical list, Pascal
goes for complications.} Rxb7 19. O-O-O Nh5 $6 ({More precise is to force a
weakening of the pawn structure surrounding White's king with} 19... Qb4 $1 20.
b3 Nh5 21. Ne2 ({the ending after} 21. Rdf1 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Qxf4 Qxc3
24. Rf1 Qf6 {is very pleasant for Black}) 21... Qa3+ 22. Kd2 $1 Qa5+ ({but not
} 22... Qxa2 $4 23. Qc3+ {followed by 24.Ra1 to trap Black's queen}) 23. Qc3+
Qxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Nxf4 25. Nxf4 Rxf4 26. e5 $1 d5 {and despite White's Fritz-like
ingenuity, Black maintains a serious advantage.}) 20. Rdf1 Qb4 21. Nd1 Nf6 22.
Re1 ({After} 22. f5 Nxe4 23. fxe6 Rbb8 {Fritz claims approximate equality, and
it is only after a further} 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. Rg4 d5 26. Rh4 h5 27. Rf4 Rf6 28.
Rxf6 Kxf6 {that he admits his earlier poor positional judgment.}) 22... d5 {[#]
} 23. f5 $2 ({Things have seemingly gone so wrong for White that Pascal is in
no mood to conceive of a way to survive by means of normal moves. Far more
sensible than giving up a pawn is} 23. exd5 $1 cxd5 ({White also has
counterplay after} 23... exd5 24. f5 Ne4 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. h4) 24. a3 Qa4 25.
Qe5 {when White's dominant queen makes the position difficult to assess.})
23... Nxe4 24. fxg6 h6 $1 ({I am still not completely sure if Black's cautious
approach in the game is correct, but it seems that} 24... hxg6 25. h4 Rf5 26.
Rg4 {gives White adequate counterplay after} Qa5 27. a3 ({but not} 27. Reg1 $2
Qxa2 28. Rxg6+ Kf7 29. Qa3 Qxa3 30. bxa3 Rf3) 27... Rf3 28. Rxg6+ $3 Kxg6 29.
Rg1+ Rg3 30. Rxg3+ Nxg3 31. Qxg3+ Kf7 32. h5 {and Black's king is in danger.})
25. Ref1 Rf6 {With his king completely safe, plus an impressive central pawn
mass and a dominant knight in his favor, Black's positional advantage is huge.}
26. Rf4 Qb6 {Probably a wise decision, since 27.Rh4 could have been bothersome.
} 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rfg4 h5 29. R4g2 Ra6 $1 {Just a little move to make sure
that White's a/pawn does not get to square/a4 any time soon.} 30. a3 c5 {
Black plans to provoke his opponent into playing c3 after ...c4 when White's
queenside pawn structure is completely fixed.} 31. c4 d4 $2 {Black's worst
move of the game, probably provoked by the urge to go forward in a superior
position. To be honest, I did not fully realize the consequences of this move
other than contemplating the poor state of White's N/d1.} ({Correct instead is
to force White to undouble my pawns with} 31... Ra4 $1 32. cxd5 exd5 {and
Black is now blessed with two connected passers along with his other trumps.})
32. Re2 Nd6 33. Re5 Rc6 34. Rgg5 $2 ({Pascal, sometimes a defensive move is
good! Instead} 34. b3 $1 {gives White the advantage after} Rxg6 (34... h4 35.
Kc2 Rxg6 36. Rxg6+ Kxg6 37. Rxe6+ Kf7 38. Rh6 Ra6 39. a4) 35. Rxg6+ Kxg6 36.
Nf2 $1) 34... Nxc4 35. Rxc5 e5 $1 {Thanks to this elegant tactical move Black
regains his advantage.} 36. Rxc6 Rxc6 37. Nf2 ({Worse is} 37. b3 Ne3+ 38. Kd2
Rc2+ 39. Kd3 e4+ {and Black wins.}) 37... Nxa3+ ({Very much unclear is} 37...
Ne3+ 38. Kb1 Rc2 39. Nd3 Rxh2 40. Nc5 $1) 38. Kd1 Nc4 39. b3 Ne3+ 40. Ke2 Rc2+
41. Kf3 {After reaching time control and giving the position some thought I
came to the conclusion that Black should win if he can maintain a healthy pair
of connected passed pawns.} Ng4 $1 ({Simplification looks like Black's most
practical approach to the position, although Fritz has a strong preference for
} 41... Nf1 42. Rxe5 Nxh2+ 43. Kg3 (43. Kg2 $4 Rxf2+) 43... Nf1+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+
45. Kf4 Nxb3 46. Rxe7+ Kxg6 {which should also win. To me, however, Black's
disconnected pawns look less imposing.}) 42. Nxg4 hxg4+ 43. Rxg4 ({Naturally
trading rooks with} 43. Kxg4 Rg2+ {is immediately fatal. Here I had a rather
long think, oscillating between taking the h/pawn or the b/pawn.}) 43... Rxh2
$1 ({I was worried that the quick advance of White's h/pawn with h4-h5-h6
could become a source of counterplay, and quite rightly so after} 43... Rc3+ $2
44. Kg2 $1 ({the retreat covers the h/file in case Black wants to stop the h/
pawn from behind. Black does win after} 44. Ke4 $2 Re3+ 45. Kf5 d3 46. Rg1 d2
47. Rd1 Re2 {followed by ...e4-e3 and ...Re1}) 44... Rxb3 45. h4 Rb8 46. Rg5 e4
47. Re5 d3 48. Rxe7+ Kxg6 49. Rxe4 {and White draws.}) 44. b4 Rb2 45. Re4 Rb3+
{Chasing the king further east} ({A little more difficult for Black is} 45...
Kxg6 46. Rxe5 Kf6 47. Rh5 e5 48. Ke4 Re2+ 49. Kd3 Re3+ 50. Kc4) 46. Kg4 Kxg6
47. Rxe5 Kf6 48. Rh5 $1 ({Pascal sets up a clever trap, and momentarily makes
me regret the check on move 45. However, we have already seen why the
immediate 45...Kxg6 is not clearly better. White fails to put up any
resistance in the line} 48. Rb5 Rb1 49. Kf3 e5 50. Ke4 Re1+) 48... e5 ({After} 
48... Rxb4 49. Kf4 {Black cannot easily get his pawns connected and mobilized,
since} e5+ 50. Ke4 {apparently leads to a theoretically drawn position.}) 49.
Rh6+ Ke7 50. Kf5 {White's defensive plan is to tie his opponent's rook to the
defense of pawn/e5, which in turn lets his own b/pawn run free.} Re3 51. b5 d3
52. b6 Kd7 $1 ({Fortunately Black does not miss that} 52... d2 $2 53. b7 d1=Q
$4 ({White still steals a draw with} 53... Rb3 54. Rh1 $1 Rxb7 55. Kxe5) ({or} 
53... Rf3+ 54. Kxe5 Re3+ 55. Kf5) 54. Rh7+ {wins for White!}) 53. Rh7+ Kc8 54.
b7+ Kb8 55. Rd7 e4 56. Ke5 Re2 $6 ({Black has a shorter and infinitely more
beautiful win with the Zugzwang maneuver} 56... Re1 $1 57. Kf4 Re2 $3 58. Ke5
d2) 57. Kd5 $1 Ka7 $1 ({White's last move sent chills down my spine, as White
now threatens to force a perpetual check by Black's rook after his king
reaches square/c6. A sample line goes} 57... d2 $4 58. Kc6 d1=Q 59. Rxd1 Rc2+ {
with a draw.}) 58. Kc5 Rb2 ({Stronger is} 58... Re1 $1) 59. Kd4 Rxb7 60. Rd8
Re7 61. Ke3 {It seems that White has established a perfect blockade, but it is
not so. White's rook cannot stay behind the d/pawn forever, and at the right
moment Black will sacrifice pawn/e4 to ensure the other pawn's decisive
advance.} Kb6 62. Rd5 Kc6 63. Ra5 ({Black also breaks through after} 63. Rd8
Rd7 64. Rc8+ Kd5 65. Ra8 Kc4 66. Rc8+ Kb3 67. Rb8+ Kc2 68. Rc8+ Kd1) 63... Rd7
$1 64. Ra1 Kc5 65. Kd2 Kd4 66. Ra4+ Ke5 67. Ra1 Rh7 0-1

[Event "RUS-Cup01 Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.11.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.11.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Be3
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Bxg4 Nxg4 11. Qxg4 Nd7 12. Rad1 c6 13. d5 Nf6 14. Qc4
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. c3 Kf8 19. Rfd1 Ke8 20. Kf1
b6 21. a4 e6 22. Rd7 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Ra1 Rb8 25. Ke2 Be5 26. f4 Bc7 27.
g3 Kd7 28. c4 Bd6 29. Bd4 Kc6 30. a5 Bc5 31. Be5 Bd6 32. axb6 axb6 33. b4 Bxe5
34. fxe5 {[#] Die teilblockierten im 48.Zuge entstehenden Freibauern werden im
56.Zug in einen von hinten gedeckten Einzel-Freibauern gewinnbringend
umgewandelt.} b5 35. Ra6+ Kc7 36. c5 Kb7 37. Rd6 (37. Rb6+ Kc7 38. Rxb8 Kxb8
39. h4 h6 $11 {Festung!}) 37... Kc7 38. Ra6 Rd8 39. Ra7+ Kc6 40. Ra6+ Kc7 41.
Ra7+ Kc6 42. Rxf7 g5 43. Re7 Kd5 44. Kd3 Kxe5+ 45. Kc3 Rf8 46. Rb7 Rf3+ 47. Kd2
Kd4 48. Rxb5 Rf2+ 49. Ke1 Rc2 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Ra5 Rc4 52. Ra3+ Kd4 53. Rb3 Kd5
54. Kd2 e5 55. h3 h6 56. b5 $1 Rxc5 57. b6 Rc8 58. b7 Rb8 59. Ke3 Kc6 60. Ke4
Kc7 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 15th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. f4 b6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. fxe5 f6 15.
e6 Nb8 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. Re1 Bxe6 18. Qe2 Bf7 19. Qxe7 Qc8 20. Qc7 Qxc7 21. Bxc7
Nc6 22. c3 Rfc8 23. Bf4 a6 24. Nb3 a5 25. Bb5 Ra7 26. Re2 g5 27. Bd6 Rd7 28.
Ba3 Bf8 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Rf1 Rd6 31. Nd2 Rc7 32. Rfe1 Re7 33. Nf1 Rxe2 34.
Rxe2 Ne7 35. Ne3 Be6 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Ke1 h5 38. g3 Rd8 39. Kd2 Rh8 40. b3 h4
41. c4 hxg3 42. hxg3 Rh3 43. cxd5 Nxd5 44. Bc4 Nxe3 45. Rxe3 Bxc4 46. bxc4 Rh2+
47. Re2 Rxe2+ 48. Kxe2 {[#] Verteilte Bauernmehrheiten. Thema: Zugeordnete
Felder} f5 49. d5 Ke7 50. Ke3 Kd7 (50... Kd6 $2 51. Kd4 g4 (51... f4 52. gxf4
gxf4 53. Ke4 f3 54. Kxf3 b5 55. cxb5 (55. axb5 a4 56. b6 a3 57. c5+ Kxc5 58. b7
a2 59. b8=Q a1=Q $11) 55... Kxd5 56. Ke2 Ke6 57. Kd2 Kd6 58. Kc2 Kd5 59. Kd3
Ke5 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. Kd4 Kc7 62. Kd5 (62. Kc5 Kb7 63. b6 Ka6 $11) 62... Kb6 63.
Kd6 Kb7 64. Kc5 Kc7 65. b6+ $18) 52. Kd3 Ke5 53. Ke3 Kf6 (53... b5 54. cxb5
Kxd5 55. Kf4 Ke6 56. b6 Kd6 57. Kxf5 Kc6 58. Kxg4 Kxb6 59. Kf5 $18) 54. Kf4 Kg6
55. Ke5 $18) 51. Kd3 Ke7 52. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GER-ch 70th"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1998.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Heinemann, Thies"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1998.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 b6 10. Rfd1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ Nxd8 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. f3 Nc6 14. a4
Nd7 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Nd1 Na5 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Ne5 19. Be2 Nc6 20. c3 Kf8
21. Bb5 h5 22. Nf2 Na5 23. Rd1 a6 24. Be2 Ke8 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Nc4 27. Bxc4
Rxc4 28. Bxb6 f5 29. exf5 gxf5 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Nd3 h4 32. Rd7 Bc8 33. Rc7 Bd4+
34. Kf1 Rxc7 35. Bxc7 Bd7 36. Be5 Ba7 37. a5 Bb5 38. Ke2 Bg1 39. h3 Ke6 40. Bc3
Kd5 41. Kd2 Bh2 42. Ke3 e5 43. Be1 Bg1+ 44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Nc5 Be3+ 46. Kc2 Bf1
47. Bxh4 Bxg2 48. Nxa6 Bxf3 49. Nc5 Kc4 50. Bf6 e4 51. a6 Bf2 52. Nd7 Be2 53.
Kd2 Bf1 54. Bg5 Kxb4 55. Be3 Bxe3+ 56. Kxe3 Bxa6 57. h4 Kc3 58. Ne5 Bd3 59. h5
f4+ 60. Kxf4 Kd2 61. Ng4 Be2 62. h6 Bxg4 63. h7 e3 64. h8=Q e2 {[#] Da der 
(ungedeckte) Läufer den Be2 deckt, gelingt es Weiß nicht, den schwarzen König
vor den Bauern zu zwingen.} 65. Qd4+ Kc1 66. Qg1+ Kd2 67. Qg2 Kc1 $1 {Nach Df2
ginge der König nach d1 - nicht aber nach dem Textzug. Achtung also!} (67...
Kd1 $2 68. Qxg4 $19) 68. Qf2 Kd1 69. Kxg4 e1=Q 70. Qxe1+ Kxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta3"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a4
e5 9. a5 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 Nc5 12. Be3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bb5 Re5 15.
exd5 Rxd5 16. Bc4 Rh5 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Nc6 Qh4 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Qd8+ Kg7 21.
Qxh4 Rxh4 22. Nxe5 f6 23. Ng4 Bxg4 24. g3 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rb4 26. b3 Nxe6 27. Rxe6
Rc8 28. Ra2 a6 29. Re7+ Kh6 30. h4 Rc3 31. Kf2 g5 32. hxg5+ fxg5 33. Re3 Rxe3
34. Kxe3 Kg6 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5+ Kxh5 37. Ra3 Kg6 $2 (37... Rb5 38. c4 $16) 38.
c4 Kf5 (38... b5 39. axb6 Rxb6 40. Kd4 $18) 39. Kd4 (39. Kd4 b6 40. Kc3 bxa5
41. Rxa5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grishanovich, Stanislav"]
[Black "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. Be3 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 c5 11. Nxe4 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 Bf5 14. Nc5 Nc6
15. Bc3 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd3 Nxd3+ 18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rfd8 20. Kd2
Rd4 21. Rhc1 Rad8 22. Rc3 R8d7 23. Raa3 e5 24. f3 Kg7 25. Ke3 Rb4 26. b3 Rbd4
27. Ra2 f5 28. Rd2 h5 29. g3 Kf6 30. Rc5 e4 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rc3 Ke6 33. Rd1
b6 34. h4 R7d6 35. Rd2 a6 36. Rd1 b5 37. axb5 axb5 38. Rc5 Rxd3+ 39. Rxd3 Rxd3+
40. Kxe4 Rxg3 41. Rxb5 Rg4+ 42. Kf3 Rxh4 {[#] Theoretische Gewinnstellung für
Schwarz, dessen Steine gut zusammenarbeiten. Der weiße Freibauer kann vom
schwarzen Turm gut kontrolliert werden. Bleibt der weiße König am Königsflügel,
gibt es Mattangriff bzw. der b-Bauer geht verloren, geht er zum damenflügel,
laufen die schwarzen Freibauern durch. Klare und relativ einfache Technik!} 43.
Rb6+ Kf5 44. Rb5+ Kf6 45. Rb6+ Kg5 46. Rb5+ Kh6 47. Kg3 (47. Rb8 Rh1 48. b4 Rb1
49. b5 Kg5 (49... Rb4 50. b6 h4 51. b7 Kg5 52. Kg2 Rb3 53. Kh2 $11 Kg4 54. Rg8)
50. b6 (50. Ke4 Kg4 51. Kd5 g5 52. Kc6 h4 53. b6 h3 $19 {siehe Partie}) 50...
Kh4 51. b7 g5 52. Kg2 g4 53. Kh2 Rb2+ 54. Kg1 Kg3 $19) 47... Rd4 48. Kf3 h4 49.
Rb8 Kh5 50. b4 Rd3+ 51. Ke4 Rb3 52. b5 Kg4 53. b6 h3 54. b7 g5 55. Kd5 h2 56.
Rh8 Kg3 57. Kc6 g4 58. Rh5 Rxb7 59. Kxb7 Kg2 60. Rh4 h1=Q (60... g3) (60...
h1=Q 61. Rxg4+ Kh3+ {mit T-Gewinn}) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Vladimirov, Boris T"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 dxe5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. f4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Qf3 Be6 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. Ba5 Bxb3
15. axb3 Nxe5 16. fxe5 b6 17. Be1 Qd7 18. Bg3 f6 19. Rfd1 f5 20. c4 e6 21. Be1
a5 22. Nc3 b5 23. Ne2 a4 24. Bb4 Rfd8 25. Bd6 axb3 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Rxa8 Rxa8
28. cxb5 Bh6 29. Qxb3 Qd7 30. Nc3 cxb5 31. d5 Re8 32. Nxb5 Kg7 33. Nd6 Re7 34.
Qc3 Qa7+ 35. Kh1 Qa4 36. b3 Qg4 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. gxf3 Bf4 39. Nc4 exd5 40. Rxd5
Rb7 41. Rd3 Kf8 42. h3 Rb5 43. Kg2 Bxe5 44. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[#] Der weiße Freibauer
ist noch weit zurück. Schwarz hat mit dem mehrbauern am Königsflügel genügend
Kompensation, gleich, wie Weiß seinen Turm einetzt.} 45. Kf2 (45. Rd2 Rb5 46.
Rb2 Rb4 47. Kf2 Ke7 $11 {[%csl Rh3][%cal Rb4h4,Re7c5]}) (45. b4 Re2+ 46. Kg3
Rb2 47. Rd4 g5 $11) (45. Rd8+ Kg7 46. Rb8 f4 $11) 45... Rb5 (45... Ke7 $2 46.
Re3 Kd6 47. Rxe5 Kxe5 48. Ke3 {entfernter Freibauer!} g5 49. f4+ Kf6 (49...
gxf4+ 50. Kf3 Kd4 51. Kxf4 Kc3 52. Kxf5 Kxb3 53. Kg5 Kc4 54. Kh6 Kd5 55. Kxh7
Ke5 56. Kg6 Kf4 57. h4 $18) 50. fxg5+ Kxg5 51. b4 Kf6 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. h4 Kd5
54. Kxf5 Kc4 55. Kg5 $18) 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Kd4 Rb8 48. Kc5 Rc8+ 49. Kb6 Rb8+ 50.
Kc6 {Witzlos! Ohne den König kommt der b-Bauer nicht voran. Aber mit} (50. Kc5
Rc8+ 51. Kd4 Rd8+ 52. Kc3 Rc8+ 53. Kb2 Rb8 54. Rd4 Kf6 55. b4 {auf f4/h4 folgt
g5} Kg5 56. Kc3 f4 {[%csl Rh3] gibt es Gegenspiel (Schwäche h3)}) 50... Kf6 51.
h4 $2 (51. f4 $142) 51... Ke5 {[%csl Rf3,Rh4][%cal Re5f4,Rf4g3]} 52. Kc7 $6 {
quo vadis?} (52. Kc5 $142) 52... Rb4 53. h5 (53. Kc6 Rxh4 54. Kc5 Rh1 55. b4
Rc1+ 56. Kb6 h5 57. b5 h4 $19) 53... gxh5 54. Kc6 h4 55. Kc5 Rb8 56. b4 Kf4 57.
Rd7 Rh8 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh4h1]} 58. b5 h3 59. b6 h2 60. Rd1 Kxf3 61. b7 Kg2 62.
Rd2+ Kg3 63. Rd3+ Kg4 64. Rd1 f4 65. Kc6 Rb8 66. Kc7 Rxb7+ 67. Kxb7 f3 68. Kc6
f2 69. Kd5 Kf3 70. Kd4 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Kurgan"]
[Site "Kurgan"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Pospelov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Be2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd6 Nxd6 14. Bxc5 Rd8
15. a5 Be6 16. Qc1 Qh4 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qe3 f4 19. Qe2 Nf7 20. f3 Bf8 21. Bf2 Qf6
22. Rfd1 Bb4 23. Bc4 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 Qe7 25. Ra4 Bc5 26. Bxe6 Bxf2+ 27. Nxf2
Qxe6 28. Rb4 Qe7 29. Qc4 Rd8 30. Nd3 Rd4 31. Qc3 Rxb4 32. Nxb4 a6 33. Nd3 Kf8 (
33... g5 34. Qc5 Qxc5+ (34... Qc7 $1 35. b4 Kg7 36. c4 (36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Ke2 Qe7
38. Qa7 Nd6 39. Nc5 Kf7 40. Qb8 Kg7 41. Kd3 h6 $16 {Gewinn?!}) 36... Qd7 37.
Nxe5 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Qe1 39. Nxf7 Qg3+ 40. Kh1 Kxf7 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qg4 Qe1+ 43.
Kh2 h6 44. h4 Kg6 $13 45. h5+ Kf6 46. Qf5+) 35. Nxc5 Nd8 36. Nd7 Nf7 37. Kf2 h5
38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Kd3 Kg6 40. Kc4 g4 41. h4 $18) 34. Qc5 Ke8 (34... Qxc5+ 35.
Nxc5 Nd8 36. Nd7+ $18) 35. Qa7 g5 36. Qb8+ Qd8 37. Qxb7 Qxa5 38. Qxc6+ Kf8 39.
Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Qc7
$5 $146 (8... Na6 9. Be3 (9. Bg5 $5 Nb4 (9... h6 10. Be3 $14) 10. e5 $1 Ne8 (
10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ne4 $2 Bf5 $17) 12... cxd5 13. Re1 Nc6 (
13... Bf5 $2 14. Nd4 $1 Bxe5 15. Nxf5 gxf5 16. c3 Nc6 17. Bd3 $16) 14. Bb5 $14)
11. Na2 Nxa2 12. Rxa2 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bf4 Nc7 15. Ra3 d5 16. Re1 Ne6 17.
Bc1 $14 {Shur,M-Itkis,B URS-chT Azov 1991}) 9... Nb4 10. Qd2 Qc7 (10... d5 11.
e5 Ne8 12. Nd1 $1 Bf5 13. Ne1 c5 14. g4 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. f4 $14 {Ivanov,
I-Ceshkovski Sverdlovsk 1989}) 11. Rad1 Re8 12. Rfe1 Bd7 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. c3 Nc6 16. exd6 exd6 $14 {Spassky-Hort, Reykjavik (m/7) 1977}) 9. Be3
(9. Bf4 $1 Nfd7 $5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 e5 12. Bh6 Na6 $14) 9... e5 10. dxe5 (
10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 $10 12. Nb5 Qe7) 10... dxe5 11. Nd2 Na6 $10 12. Nc4
Rd8 13. Qc1 Nd7 $10 14. Rd1 Bf8 15. Bg4 Nac5 16. Bg5 $6 (16. b3 Be7 $10) 16...
f6 17. Bh6 Be7 $15 18. Qe3 Nf8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Qe2
Nfe6 23. Be3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Kf1 Nd4 $6 (25... Kf7 $15) 26. Qd2 g5 (
26... b5 $2 27. axb5 cxb5 28. Bxd4 bxc4 (28... exd4 29. Nxb5 Nxe4 30. Qxd4 $18)
29. Be3 Qxd2 30. Bxd2 $14) 27. f3 Kf7 28. b3 $6 (28. Bxd4 exd4 29. Ne2 $10)
28... Nce6 29. Ne2 b6 30. c3 $2 (30. Nc1 $10) 30... Nxb3 31. Qxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxb6
(32. Nxb6 Nec5 33. Nc4 Nxa4 $19) 32... Bxb6 33. Nxb6 Nec5 $15 34. Ke1 Ke6 $1 (
34... Nb7 35. Nc4 N3c5 36. Nb2 $15) 35. Kd1 Nb7 (35... f5 $2 36. Kc2 $10) 36.
Kc2 $2 (36. Nc4 N3c5 37. Nb2 f5 $15) 36... N3c5 37. Nc1 f5 $1 $17 38. exf5+
Kxf5 39. Nd3 Nxd3 (39... e4 40. Nxc5 Nxc5 41. Nc4 $15) 40. Kxd3 Kf4 41. Nd7 $2
(41. Ke2 Kg3 42. Kf1 Nd6 $17) 41... Kg3 42. Nxe5 Kxg2 43. Nf7 Nc5+ 44. Kd4 Nxa4
45. Nxg5 h5 $19 46. f4 Nb6 47. f5 (47. Kc5 a4 $1 48. Kb4 Kg3 49. f5 Kf4 $19)
47... Nd7 48. Kc4 Kg3 49. Kb3 Kh4 50. Ne4 Kxh3 51. f6 Kg4 (51... Kg2 $2 52. f7
h4 53. Nf6 Nf8 54. Ka4 h3 55. Ng4 Kg3 56. Ne3 $10) 52. f7 Kf5 53. Nf2 Ke6 54.
Ka4 Kxf7 55. Kxa5 Ke6 56. Kb4 Kf5 57. c4 (57. Kc4 Kf4 58. Kd3 Kf3 $19) 57... h4
0-1

[Event "Festival comtois 3rd"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "1998.12.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.12.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8 9. a4 a5 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 a5 {1/2-1/2 Golubev,M-Chernin,A/
Biel 1995/EXP 48 (10)}) 10. Nd4 $146 {This variation ls not dangerous for
black at all:there are no week points in black position,pieces are placed well.
} (10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6 18. Rh3 Nf6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Kh1 cxd5 21. exd5 Qxb2
22. Rb1 Qa3 23. g4 $4 (23. Rxb7 $13) 23... Nxg4 24. Rg1 Rac8 $19 {0-1
Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion 1994/CBM 45 (34)}) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6
12. f3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Na6 14. Qd2 {/\Bh6} Rfe8 {Intending to move B to-h8 after
Bh6.} 15. Rfe1 Nb4 16. Nb3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Rac8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rd2
{[%cal Yd2c2]} Qb6 $5 {Interesting solution which leads to complications.} 21.
Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Nxa5 Ra8 23. Nxb7 Reb8 24. dxc6 (24. a5 Nc4 25. Rd4 cxd5 26. Nxd5
Nxc2 27. Rxc4 Nxe1 28. Nxe7+ Kg7 29. Rc7 Ra7 30. a6 Rxa6 31. Nc8 Ra1 32. Kf2
Nd3+ 33. Ke3 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Ncxd6 Ra8 $11) 24... Nxc6 25. Nxd6 exd6 26.
Rxd6 Nb4 27. b3 Nxc2 28. Rc1 {[%mdl 1024] This material balance(3 pawns for
knight) doesn't give advantage to any side in this position.} Nb4 29. Nb5 Rb7
30. Rc7 {Any try of white to play for win leads to worse position.} (30. Rd4
Na6 31. Rc6 $11 (31. a5 $6 Nd7 32. Nc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 Nxc7 34. Rxd7 Ne6 35. b4
Rb8 36. a6 Rxb4 37. a7 Ra4 $17)) 30... Rxc7 31. Nxc7 Rb8 32. Kf2 (32. a5 $6 Na8
33. Nd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 Nc7 $17) 32... Kf8 33. Rd4 Nc6 34. Rd6 Nb4 35. Rd4 Nc2
36. Rd2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Antonio, Rogelio Jr"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5
Qa5 8. O-O Qxc5 9. Be3 Qa5 {Black had achieved Sicilian Dragon convenient
setup,and should be satisfied about results of the opening.} 10. Qd2 (10. Nd4
Nc6 11. Nb3 Qd8 12. f4 b6 13. a3 Nd7 14. Qe1 Nc5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. e5
$1 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Ne6 19. Be3 dxe5 20. Bb5 Nd4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23.
Bh6 $2 (23. Nb1 $1 Rad8 24. c3 Nf3+ 25. gxf3 Qxh3 26. Qe2 $18) 23... Qc7 24.
Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Kh1 e6 26. Rd3 Nf5 27. Rff3 h5 28. Nb5 Qc5 29. Nxa7 Bxb2 30. a4 {
1/2-1/2 Poddoubnui,V-Gurevich,M/Elista 1998/CBM 65/[www] (30)}) 10... Nc6 {
Black can not prevent following bishop's exchange. 9 years ago Akopian tried
to avoid this exchange,but has got in troubles.} (10... Re8 $6 11. Nb5 Qxd2 12.
Nxd2 Na6 13. Nxa7 Bd7 14. Nb5 Bc6 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nd4 Nb4 17. a3 Nxd3 18. cxd3
Ne5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. d4 Nd3 21. Nc4 $6 (21. Rfb1 Reb8 22. b3 c5 23. Nf3 $14)
21... d5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nb6 Rab8 24. Nxd5 e6 25. Nc3 Nxb2 26. Ra2 Nc4 27. a4
Rb3 28. Nb5 $2 (28. Rc1 $14) 28... Ra8 29. Raa1 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 31. Rfd1 Rb3
32. Kf2 $4 Rxb5 {0-1 Oblitas,C-Akopian,V/Santiago 1990/EXT 97 (32)}) 11. Bh6
Be6 (11... a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qe3 Rfe8 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Nb4 (
16... Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb4 $11) 17. Nxf6 exf6 18. Rxd6 Nxc2 19. Qf4 Be6 (19... Bf5
20. exf5 g5 21. Qg4 Nxa1 $13) 20. Rc1 Qxa4 21. Bd1 Rc4 22. b3 $1 $18 {1-0
Kviriashvili,I-Janda,Z/Decin 1996/CBM 53 ext (34)}) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a3 Rac8
$146 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qe3 Rfc8 16. Rac1 Rc6 17. f4 Qa5 18. Nd1 Rac8
19. c3 Rb6 20. Rc2 $4 (20. c4 $142) 20... Qa4 $19 {0-1 Gallob,J-Ebner,H/
AUT-chT2S 1993/EXT 98 (28)}) 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Qc1 ({The ending
could be dangerous only for white,as it usually happens in Sicilian endings:} 
16. Qxb6 $6 Nxb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yc8c2]} 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 $1 19. Nxe5
dxe5 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5][%cal Gf8d8]}) 16... Nde5 17. Nd5 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxd5
19. Rxd5 (19. exd5 Nd4 20. c3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 {getting broken pawn structure on
the kingside.In game continuation it isn't felt because of pawn on-e4.}) 19...
Nd4 20. c3 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Rc5 22. Rfd1 $11 {Although worse pawn structure
white keeps a balance,because of closed position,and some space advantage.
Black heavy pieses don't have entries to attack whites weaknesses.} Rfc8 23.
Kg2 Qb3 24. R1d4 {[%cal Rd4b4]} a5 25. Qd2 R8c6 26. h4 h5 27. Qe2 Qa2 28. Rd2
Rxd5 29. exd5 Rc7 30. Rd4 Rxc3 {The beginning of short tactical struggle,which
leads to the draw at the end.} 31. Qxe7 Rc2 {[%cal Ra2b2,Rc2f2]} (31... Qxb2 $2
32. Rf4 {[%csl Rf7]}) 32. Rf4 Qxd5 33. Qf6+ Kg8 34. Qd8+ Kg7 35. Qf6+ Kg8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qd2 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 (8... Re8 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3 Nbd7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. e5
dxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. e6 $6 Nc5 $1 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Bc4 Bxb2 $17
{0-1 Dvoirys,S-Zakharevich,I/Elista 1994/CBM 44/[Moiseev] (43)}) 9. Bh6 $6 {
This unaccuracy leads to long-time troubles.The right way was to prevent b5-b4
by 9.a3.} (9. a3 Nbd7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd4 a6 14. O-O
Qc7 15. Qe3 e6 16. Rfe1 Bc6 17. Nh2 a5 18. Ng4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Ge3g5] 1-0
Mainka,R-Schoeneich,M/BL9394 1994/GER-chT (41)}) 9... b4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 (
11. Ne2 c5 {[%csl Re4] breaking whites center.}) 11... bxc3 {Another good
alternative was:} (11... dxe5 12. dxe5 bxc3 13. exf6+ exf6 14. Qxc3 Re8+ 15.
Kf1 Qb6 16. Kg1 c5 17. Nd2 Nd7 $15 {and white suffers because of lack of
development.}) 12. exf6+ exf6 13. Qxc3 Re8+ 14. Kf1 Na6 $6 {missing a way of
achieving clear advantage.} (14... Nd7 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bb5 $14 {[%csl Rd7]}) (
14... Qb6 $142 15. Re1 Nd7 16. Kg1 c5 $36 {[%cal Gb7f3]}) 15. Kg1 c5 16. Bxa6
Bxa6 17. Kh2 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qxc5 Qd7 19. Qd4 Qc6 20. c3 Be2 {Black piece
are dominating on the board.}) 17... Re2 {Black tries to develope initiative
by active play.} 18. Rhe1 {Finally white had finished development,but it had
cost him a pawn.} Rxf2 19. Kg1 Re2 20. dxc5 dxc5 21. Qxc5 (21. Rxe2 Bxe2 22.
Re1 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. c3 Qd2 $17) 21... Rc8 22. Qd4 (22. Qxa7
Rcxc2 23. Rxe2 (23. Qxa6 $2 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 $19) 23... Bxe2 24. Qd4 Qb8 $19 {
[%csl Rb2][%cal Gb8g3]}) 22... Rexc2 23. Qxd8 $2 (23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qe3 Rxb2 $17
) 23... Rxd8 24. Re7 Rxb2 25. Rxa7 Bb7 {Now white can not prevent an entry of
another rook to the 2nd rank which is decisive.} 26. Ne1 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Kaspi,A"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tyomkin,D} d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Be2
O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 $146 (9. Nd2 Bb7 10. a5 Rb8 11. f3 b5 12. a6 Ba8 13. Nb3
Qc7 14. Qe1 Nb6 15. Na5 b4 16. Nb1 Nfd7 17. c3 c5 18. Nd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rfc8
20. Qf2 d5 21. e5 f5 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. f4 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bg7 25. Nf3 Nc4 26.
Rfc1 Ndb6 27. Ne5 $16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Zysk,R/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 61 ext (49)}
) 9... Bb7 10. h3 Qc7 11. a5 Rad8 12. axb6 axb6 13. Bf1 b5 14. b4 Ra8 15. Qd2
Rfd8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 e5 18. Rad1 (18. Qg5 exd4 19. Nxd4 Re8 20. Bd3 $11)
18... Ra3 19. Re3 Rda8 20. Qh4 Ra1 21. Ree1 Rxd1 (21... R1a3 22. dxe5 dxe5 23.
Rd3 {[%cal Ge1d1,Yf3g5]}) 22. Rxd1 Kg7 23. Bd3 Re8 24. Qg5 Nf8 25. dxe5 dxe5
26. Ne2 h6 27. Qe3 Ne6 28. Nd2 Rd8 29. Rb1 Qd6 30. Qb6 {White changes the
direction of play,but there are no targets to attack in blacks position on the
queenside.} Bc8 31. Nf3 Bd7 32. Qa6 Be8 33. Qa1 Nd7 34. h4 h5 35. g3 f6 36. Qa7
Bf7 37. Qe3 Ra8 38. c3 Nb6 39. Ne1 Qc7 40. f4 {After a long-time monouevring
white begins an active play.} exf4 41. gxf4 Ra2 42. Ng2 Na4 43. f5 Nf8 44. fxg6
Bxg6 45. Ngf4 Qe5 46. Rc1 Nb2 47. Bb1 Nc4 48. Qg3 Ra1 $2 {After that move Ne2
strongly comes to attack.Black had to prevent it.} (48... Ra3 49. Rd1 (49. Nd4
$2 Qxd4+) 49... Kh6 50. Nd4 $140 Bxe4 51. Qg8 Ra7 $1 {[%cal Ya7g7]}) 49. Nd4
Qe8 50. e5 $1 {[%mdl 64] Inserting the bishop to attack.Now black has an only
capture on-e5.} (50. Nxh5+ Kf7 51. Nf5 (51. Nxf6 Kxf6 52. h5 Bxe4 53. Rf1+ Ke7
54. Qh4+ Kd7 55. Qg4+ Kd8 56. Qxe4 Qxe4 57. Bxe4 Rxf1+ 58. Kxf1 Nd2+ 59. Ke2
Nxe4 60. Nxc6+ Kc7 61. Nd4 Kb6 62. Nxb5 Kxb5 63. c4+ Ka4 64. c5 Nc3+ 65. Kd3
Nb5 66. Ke4 $11) 51... Bxh5 52. Qg7+ Ke6 53. Nd4+ Kd6 {[%cal Re8g6]} (53... Ke5
$4 54. Qg3#) 54. Nf5+ (54. Qxf6+ Kc7 55. Qxf8 Qxf8 56. Ne6+ Kb7 57. Nxf8 Nd2)
54... Ke6 55. Nd4+ $11) 50... Nxe5 (50... fxe5 51. Nxg6 Nxg6 52. Nf5+ Kh8 (
52... Kg8 53. Qg5 Qe6 54. Rf1 $16) 53. Qg5 Qf7 54. Qxh5+ Qh7 55. Qg5 $16) (
50... Qxe5 51. Nb3 $1 {[%csl Rg6]}) 51. Nxh5+ Kh8 52. Nxf6 Qe7 53. Rf1 Qg7 (
53... Rxb1 $2 54. Rxb1 Qxf6 55. Rf1 Qd6 56. Rxf8+ $18) 54. Bxg6 $2 {After this
move black successfully saves the game.After the correct 54.Qxe5 black is in
troubles:} (54. Qxe5 $1 {[%mdl 64]} Bxb1+ (54... Rxb1 55. Rxb1 Bxb1+ 56. Kh2
Be4 57. Qh5+ $18) 55. Ng4 $1) 54... Rxf1+ 55. Kxf1 Qxf6+ 56. Bf5 Ne6 57. Qf2 (
57. Ke2 Nxd4+ 58. cxd4 Nc4 59. Qg5 Qd6 60. h5 Qh2+ $11) (57. Nf3 Qxf5 58. Qxe5+
Qxe5 59. Nxe5 c5 60. bxc5 Nxc5 61. Ke2 Kh7 62. Ke3 Kh6 63. Kd4 Na4 $11) 57...
Nxd4 58. cxd4 Nc4 {[%cal Rf6f5]} 59. Kg1 Qe7 60. Qf4 Qe1+ (60... Qe1+ 61. Kh2
Qd2+ 62. Kg3 (62. Qxd2 Nxd2 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gd2b3]} 63. Kg3 Nb3 64. Be4 Nxd4 $11
65. Kf4 $140 c5 $1) 62... Qe1+ 63. Kg4 Ne3+ 64. Kh5 Nxf5 65. Qxf5 Qxb4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1986.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Kengis,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1986.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Inf.41/128} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7.
Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 {- Inf.40/148}) 9... Qc7 10. d5 $1 Nc5 11.
Bf1 (11. a4 $5) 11... Ng4 12. h3 e5 (12... Nxf2 $6 13. Qf3 $1 (13. Kxf2 $2 Qb6
14. Be3 Qxb2 $17) 13... Bd4 14. Be3 $18) 13. Bg5 (13. dxe6 $2 Nxf2 $1 14. Kxf2
fxe6 15. Kg3 g5 $1 $19) 13... Bf6 (13... Nf6 14. Nc4 $1 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
dxc6 bxc4 17. Nd5 Qxc6 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. c3 $16) (13... h6 14. hxg4
(14. Bh4 $5) 14... hxg5 15. b4 $16) (13... f6 14. Bh4 (14. hxg4 fxg5 $132)
14... Nh6 15. b4 Nd7 (15... Na6 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. dxc6 $16) 16. dxc6 bxc6 17.
Nc4 Nf7 18. b5 $16) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. b4 Na6 (15... Ncd7 16. Nc4 $16 {() ><d6})
16. a3 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb8 19. c4 a5 20. c5 $1 $16 dxc5 (20... axb4
21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne4 {/\ axb4}) 21. bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxe5 (22. Ne4 $6 Qb6 23. Rb1
Qd8 $13) 22... Qd6 (22... Bf5 23. Rc1 Qxa3 24. g4 $1 {/\ Nc4}) 23. Nc4 Qf6 (
23... Qd8 $142) 24. Rb1 $1 $18 Ra6 25. Qe1 Qd8 26. d6 Nc6 27. Rc5 Ra7 28. Qc3
Be6 29. Rd1 a4 30. g3 {[/\ h4, Bg2]} Nb8 31. Rc7 Ra6 (31... Na6 32. Re7) 32.
Qb4 Nd7 $138 33. Rxb7 Rc6 34. Qxa4 Qc8 35. Rb4 Rc5 36. Nb6 Nxb6 37. Rxb6 Rd8
38. Qb4 Rc3 39. d7 $1 Qc7 (39... Bxd7 40. Rxd7 Rxd7 41. Rb8) 40. Rb7 Qe5 41.
Qb6 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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 "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 {Yudasin,L} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O $6 (5... c6 $142
) (5... a6 $142) (5... Ng4 {Yudasin,L} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nc6 8. h3 Nf6 9. Bb5)
6. Qd2 Bg4 (6... c6 7. Bh6 b5 8. Bd3 $36) (6... Ng4 {Yudasin,L} 7. Bg5 f6 8.
Bh4 e5 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. h3 Nh6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 g5 14. Nd5
gxh4 15. Nxc7 fxe5 16. Nxa8 Na6 $13) 7. Ng5 Nc6 (7... h6 $2 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nxf7
$1 Rxf7 10. g4 $16) (7... e5 {Yudasin,L} 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Rf8
11. h3 Bd7) 8. d5 $5 $146 (8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O-O (9. d5 Nb4 $5 10. Nf3 c6 11. Be2
cxd5 12. Nxd5 Na6 $11 {Wirthensohn-Khalifman (Hamburg 1991)}) 9... a6 10. Kb1
b5 11. Nd5 $13 {Wirthensohn-Vogt [Arosa 1996; Inf. 67/(148)]}) 8... Nb8 (8...
Nb4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Nd1 $5 Na6 11. h4 $36) 9. f3 Bd7 (9... h6 10. fxg4 hxg5 11.
Be2 Nh7 12. O-O-O $16) (9... Bc8 {Yudasin,L} 10. h4 h6 11. g4 hxg5 12. hxg5
Nfd7 13. Qh2 Re8 14. Qh7+ Kf8 15. O-O-O e6 $13) 10. h4 h5 (10... c6 11. h5 Qa5
(11... Nxh5 12. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 13. g4 $16) (11... h6 12. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 13. hxg6+
Kxg6 14. Bxh6 $44) 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Bc4 $36) (10... h6 11. Nh3 h5 (11... Kh7
12. Bd3 $16) 12. Bh6 $14) 11. g4 $1 c6 (11... hxg4 12. h5 $5 (12. Be2 $5) 12...
Nxh5 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Be2 $44 (14. Be2 {Yudasin,L} Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $40 {/\Rh5}))
12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bd4 Bxd4 $6 (14... Bh6 15. f4 c5 (15... f6 16.
Bc4 c5 17. Be3 fxg5 18. hxg5 Bg7 19. e5 $44) 16. Be3 Bg7 17. Kb1 $36) 15. Qxd4
$16 b5 (15... Qb6 16. Qd2 Ng3 (16... Na6 {Yudasin,L} 17. f4 $40) 17. Rh2 $16)
16. Kb1 b4 (16... Rc8 17. Qd2 $1 (17. e5 Qb6 $1) 17... Na6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19.
Bxb5 $1 Bxb5 20. Qd5 $16) 17. Ne2 Rc8 (17... Qb6 18. Qd2 Qf2 19. Qxb4 $16 (19.
Bh3 {Yudasin,L} Bxh3 20. Nxh3 Qxf3 21. Qh6 Qxe2 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. h5 $18)) (17...
cxd5 18. exd5 Rc8 19. Qd2 Qc5 (19... Qc7 20. Rc1 $16) (19... Bf5 20. Nd4 Qxd5
21. Nxf5 Qxd2 (21... Qxf5 22. Bh3 $18) 22. Nxe7+ Kf8 23. Nxg6+ fxg6 24. Rxd2
$18) 20. Ne4 $16) 18. Qd2 $1 cxd5 19. Nf4 $1 (19. exd5 $16) 19... b3 $5 (19...
Ng3 20. Nxd5 Nxh1 (20... Nc6 21. Qf4 $18) 21. Nxe7+ Kg7 22. Nxc8 Bxc8 23. Bc4
$16) (19... Nc6 20. Nxh5 b3 21. cxb3 Qxd2 22. Rxd2 gxh5 23. Rxd5 $16) (19...
dxe4 20. Nxh5 gxh5 21. Rg1 $18) (19... Nf6 20. exd5 Bf5 21. Bd3 $16) (19...
Nxf4 {Yudasin,L} 20. Qxf4 f6 21. h5 $40) 20. Qxa5 bxc2+ 21. Kc1 cxd1=Q+ 22.
Kxd1 Nxf4 23. exd5 (23. Qd2 $5 e5 24. h5 gxh5 25. Rxh5 $1 $16) 23... Bf5 (23...
Rc5 24. Qd8+ Kg7 25. Bc4 $1 (25. Qxe7 Rxd5+ 26. Kc2 Rc5+ $13) 25... Rxc4 26.
Qxe7 Rd4+ 27. Kc2 Bf5+ 28. Kb3 Rd3+ (28... Rb4+ 29. Ka3 $18) 29. Kc4 Be6 30.
dxe6 d5+ 31. Kb5 a6+ 32. Ka4 $18) 24. Qd2 Nh5 (24... e5 25. dxe6 Nxe6 26. Nxe6
Bxe6 27. h5 $18) 25. Qe3 (25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Nd7 $13) 25... Rc7 $6 (25...
Rc5 26. Qxe7 Rxd5+ 27. Kc1 Rc5+ 28. Kd2 Rd5+ 29. Kc3 Rc5+ 30. Bc4 $18) (25...
Nd7 26. Qxe7 Ne5 27. Qxd6 $18) (25... Kf8 $5 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. Bb5 $16) 26. Bb5
$1 Kf8 (26... Nf6 27. h5 Nxh5 28. Be8 $18) 27. Qd4 $18 Nf6 28. Nh7+ Kg7 29.
Nxf6 exf6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 (31. Rg1+ Bg6 32. f4 $18) (31. Rxh5 Bg6 32. Rh2
Rc5 (32... Nd7 33. Qf4 $18) 33. Qd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares-03"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1981.01.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Kavalek, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Kharitonov,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1981.01.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O (5... a6 $6 6. Bd3 Nfd7 7.
Ne2 $1 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O b5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bh6 $16 {Spassky,
B-van der Wiel,J/Baden/1980/1:0 (40)/}) 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 (7. Bd3 $5) 7... Nbd7
$6 (7... a5 8. Be2 Na6 9. O-O d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qd2 f6 12. Bh6 Nac7 13. Nd1 Ne6
14. c3 f5 $13 {Ginsburg,G-Kharitonov,A/URS/1992/1:0 (62)/}) 8. a5 $1 $14 Qc7 (
8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 $14 {Larsen/}) 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 Rb8 10. Bh6 b5 11.
axb6 axb6 $132) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 $6 (10... dxe5 $142 11. Nd2 $5) 11. O-O (
11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Qc1 Nxf3+ (12... Be6 13. Nd4 {/\f4+/=/
}) 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Rd1 $16 Nd7 (15... b5 16. Qf4 $1) 16. Qd2 Ne5
17. Be2 Bc4 (17... f6 18. Be3 Nf7 (18... Rad8 19. b3 $16) 19. f4 $16) 18. Ra4
Bxe2 19. Qxe2 (19. Nxe2 $6 d5 $1 20. exd5 cxd5 21. b3 Rac8 $132) 19... b5 (
19... h6 20. Be3 b5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 Nd7 24. Qd2 $16) (19...
f6 20. Be3 b5 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. f4 Nf7 24. Qc4 Ra7 25. Ne2 $16)
20. axb6 axb6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. f4 Nd7 23. Be7 $1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Nxf8 25. Qd2 Rd8
26. f5 $5 f6 (26... Qe7 27. Qd4 b5 28. e5 $1 d5 29. Ne4 $1 gxf5 30. Nf6+ Kh8
31. Rf1 c5 32. Qf4 $40) 27. Qd4 Kg7 28. b4 $1 b5 29. Ne2 Re8 $2 (29... gxf5 30.
Ng3 $40) (29... d5 30. Nc3 $16) (29... Qe7 30. Qb6 Re8 31. Ng3 Rc8 32. Ra1 Rc7
33. Ra8 $16) 30. Qxd6 $1 Qxd6 (30... Qb6+ 31. Nd4 Rxe4 32. Kh2 $18) 31. Rxd6
gxf5 (31... Rxe4 32. Nd4 $18) 32. Nd4 $1 fxe4 (32... Rxe4 33. c3 $18) 33. Rxc6
e3 (33... Re5 34. Rb6 Rd5 35. c3 $18) 34. Kf1 Re4 35. c3 $18 Ng6 (35... Kf7 36.
Ke2 Ng6 37. g3 $18) 36. Nf5+ Kg8 37. Rc8+ Nf8 38. Ke2 Re5 39. Rc5 $1 Rxc5 40.
bxc5 Ne6 41. c6 Nc7 42. Kxe3 Kf7 43. Ke4 Ke6 44. g4 Na6 45. Nd4+ Kd6 46. Kf5
Nc7 47. Kxf6 Nd5+ 48. Kg7 Nxc3 49. g5 (49. g5 Ne4 50. h4 b4 51. Kxh7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik Summit"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mortensen, Erling"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bf4 {9.Bf4. A very sensible continuation: white bolsters the outpost
and retains  a slight advantage. White has also played 9.Bg5 here: 9...Nb6 10.
Bb3 Nfd5 11.Nf3 a5 12.a4 Be6 13.Ne4 (Tseshkovsky-van der Wiel 1980) which is
also +/=.} Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Re1 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15.
h4 Rad8 16. h5 Bf5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. c3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe2 Nf6 21. Bh4
Ne4 22. Nxf7 Rxf7 23. g4 Rd2 24. Qf3 Bf6 25. gxf5 Bxh4 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. fxg6+
Kg7 28. Rxe4 Rxf2 29. Qe3 Qxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxb2 31. Rf1 Kxg6 32. Re5 Bf6 33. Rxa5
Bxc3 34. Rb5 Rxb5 35. axb5 e5 36. Rf8 e4 37. Kf2 Bd4+ 38. Ke2 b6 39. Rf4 Be5
40. Rxe4 Kf5 41. Kd3 Ke6 42. Rh4 Bd6 43. Ke4 Bf8 44. Rh8 Bc5 45. Rh6+ Kd7 46.
Kd5 Be3 47. Rh7+ Kc8 48. Kc6 Kb8 49. Rb7+ Ka8 50. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Prestwich"]
[Site "Prestwich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. h3 Qc7 {
7...a5!? /\ a4.} 8. a4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a5 $14 Na6 11. Be3 b5 12. axb6 axb6
13. Na4 c5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O Nc6 19.
Nb5 Qd7 20. Nc4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 Qxb5 22. Bxe5 Nxe4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. f3 Nf6 25.
Qe7 Bd5 26. Nd6 Qc6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Re1 Rf8 29. c3 h5 30. f4 h4 31. f5 g5 32.
Re6 Nh7 33. Ne8+ Kh8 34. Rh6 Rxe8 35. Qxe8+ Kg7 36. Rxb6 Nf6 37. Qe2 Qxf5 38.
Rd6 Ne4 39. Rd1 Ng3 40. Qf2 Qe5 41. Re1 Qd5 42. Qe3 Kg6 43. b4 cxb4 44. cxb4
Qc4 45. Qc5 Qd3 46. Qb6+ f6 47. Qe3 Qc4 48. Qe8+ Kh6 49. Qf8+ Kg6 50. Qc5 Qd3
51. Qe3 Qc4 52. Qd2 Ne4 53. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Dortmund-C"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2
Qc7 {8...Qa5! (/\ e5) 9.e5 de5 10.Ne5 (10.de5 Nh5) Ne5 11.Be5 Be6 =.} 9. e5 Nh5
10. exd6 exd6 11. Ne4 (11. Bg5 $5) 11... Ndf6 12. Bxd6 Nxe4 13. Bxc7 Nxd2 14.
Nxd2 Bxd4 15. c3 Bg7 $10 16. Bxh5 $2 $15 gxh5 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Be5
Bd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b3 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Kf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rd1 Re7 25. Kf1
Kf5 26. Rd6 f6 27. c4 Ke5 28. c5 a5 29. a3 f5 30. Rh6 Kd4 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4
Rf7 33. Rxh5 Kc4 34. Rh4+ f4 35. Ke2 Kxb4 36. Rh5 Kc3 37. h4 Re7+ 38. Kd1 Rd7+
39. Ke2 Kc4 40. Rf5 h6 41. h5 Kb5 42. Rxf4 Kxc5 43. Rf6 Rd6 44. Rg6 b5 45. f4
b4 46. f5 b3 47. f6 Rxf6 48. Rxf6 b2 49. Rf5+ Kd6 50. Rf6+ Kd5 51. Rf5+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "SWE-DEN"]
[Site "Helsingborg"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wessman, Richard"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 {9...Nfd7 N; 9...Be6 /\ 10.Bf4 Qc8.} 10. Nxd7 {10.Ng4!?
would inject some life into the postion.} Nxd7 $10 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Qd2 Rd8 13.
Bd3 Ng4 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. fxg3 Bf5 18. Rae1 Ne5 19.
Rxf5 gxf5 20. Qg5+ Ng6 21. Qxf5 Qd7 22. Qg5 Re8 23. Ne4 Qd4+ 24. Kh1 Re5 25.
Qh6 f5 26. Nf6+ Kf7 27. Rf1 Kxf6 28. h4 Rae8 29. Kh2 Ke6 30. Qxh7 Ne7 31. Rd1
Qg4 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Qg7 34. Qh5+ Qg6 35. Qf3 Kg7 36. Qf2 Nd5 37. Qxa7 Re3
38. Qd4+ Kf8 39. Kh1 Qxg3 40. Bxf5 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rfe8 12. Bf1 Rad8 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bh6 {
The exchange of bishops doesn't effect Black very much here. Hickl packs his
kingside with knights so that White is denied any kind of attack.} b5 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qe3 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nh4 h6 {Covering one of the dark-squares on
g5.} 19. Qg3 Nh5 20. Nf5+ Kh7 21. Qf3 Ndf6 22. Ne3 Kg7 {Black's king is
completely safe.} 23. Ne2 Qa5 24. c3 c5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 c4 27. Qe3 Bxd5
28. Qc5 Nf6 29. Ng3 Rc8 30. Qd6 Re6 31. Qa3 h5 32. Qa1 h4 33. Ne2 bxa4 34. Qc1
Qb6 35. Qc2 Rb8 36. Rd2 Qb3 37. Qc1 Ba8 38. f3 Qb6+ 39. Kh2 Rd6 40. Rxd6 Qxd6
41. Ng1 e4+ 42. f4 e3 43. Qxe3 Re8 44. Qf2 Rxe1 45. Qxe1 Qxf4+ 46. Kh1 Ne4 47.
Ne2 Qf2 48. Qd1 Nd2 49. Qxd2 Qxf1+ 50. Ng1 Qd3 51. Qe1 Qe4 52. Qd2 f6 53. Nf3
Qd3 54. Qxd3 cxd3 55. Nd2 Kh6 56. Kg1 Kg5 57. Kf2 Kf4 58. Nc4 Bd5 59. Ne3 Bb3
60. Nf1 g5 61. Nd2 Bd5 62. Nf1 Bb3 63. Nd2 a5 64. Nf1 f5 65. Nd2 g4 66. c4 Ba2
67. c5 Bd5 68. Nb1 g3+ 69. Kf1 Ke3 70. Nc3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Dortmunder Schachtage-A 18th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1990.04.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stohl, Igor"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.04.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 {A very boring position. White has no tangible
advantage from this variation. 6...c6 remains the most reliable way to counter
the classical.} 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16.
Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Ned4 Ndc5 20. Rad1 Rab8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6
22. Nd4 Qxe5 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. Nxe6 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Qxb2 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Rxe7 Qf6
28. Re3 Rd8 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. g3 b5 33. Kg2 h5 34.
Qf3 Qc5 35. Qe4 Qc3 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 bxa4 38. bxa4 c5 39. f3 Kf6 40. f4
Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Toledo"]
[Site "Toledo"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1991.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 (11. Re1 Ne6 12. Bg3 Qa5 13. Bf1 Nb6 14.
a3 Na4 $10 {Liberzon-Torre, 1977.}) 11... Ne6 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3
Qb6 $10 15. Qc1 Qc5 16. Ne4 Nd4 17. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 18. Kh2 Nxc1 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20.
Raxc1 c5 21. Rfd1 Bc6 22. Rd3 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 f6 25. Kg3 Kf7 26.
exf6 exf6 27. Nd2 Re8 28. Nc4 Re2 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Ke6 31. h4 g5 32. hxg5
fxg5 33. Kg4 Kf6 34. g3 Kg6 35. Kh3 Kf5 36. c3 b6 37. a3 Bd5 38. Kh2 a5 39. Kh3
h6 40. Kh2 b5 41. Kg1 Ke5 42. Kh2 b4 43. Kh3 h5 44. Kh2 bxa3 45. bxa3 Kd6 46.
f4 gxf4 47. gxf4 c4 48. Nf1 Kc5 49. Ne3 Bf7 50. Nf5 Bg6 51. Nd4 Kd5 52. f5 Be8
53. Kg3 Ke5 54. Kh4 Kf6 55. Ne6 Bd7 56. Nd4 Bxf5 57. Kxh5 Bd7 58. Nf3 Kf5 59.
Nd2 Be6 60. Kh4 Kf4 61. Nxc4 Bxc4 62. Kh3 Ke3 63. Kg2 a4 64. Kg1 Kd2 65. Kf2
Kxc3 66. Ke1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. Re1 e5 10. Bf1 b6 11. Be3 {Spraggett employs the same build up as in
his game with Campora (see earlier). It turns out very well here too.} Bb7 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd3 a6 14. Qc4 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Ng5 Re7 18. g3
h6 19. Nf3 Ba8 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. Bg2 Rb8 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qd6
25. c3 Ree8 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27. Kh2 Nb6 28. f4 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Bxd5 30. f5 e4 31.
fxg6+ fxg6 32. Bd4 Qe6 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Rd4 Rcd8 35. Ng2 Bc6 36. Qd2 Qf6 37.
Ne3 Rxd4 38. Qxd4 Rd8 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40. Rd1 Rd3 41. Rxd3 exd3 42. Nf1 g5 43.
Nd2 a5 44. Kg1 Bd7 45. Kg2 Ke5 46. g4 Kf4 47. Kf2 Be6 48. Nf3 Bb3 49. Nd2 Bf7
50. Nb1 h5 51. gxh5 Bxh5 52. Nd2 Bf7 53. Nf3 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Terrassa"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pomes Marcet, Juan"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. a4 a5 8. O-O Na6
9. Be3 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nac7 12. Bh6 $1 Ne6 13. Bd3 b6 14. Ne2 Ba6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nh2 {>= 16.Bg7 Neg7 17.Ng3 +/= ().} f6 17. Bxg7 N8xg7 18. f4 fxe5
19. fxe5 Ra8 20. Ng4 Nf5 21. Nh6+ Nxh6 22. Qxh6 Qd7 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 Rxf4
25. Qxf4 Rf8 26. Qe3 Qf5 27. Qe2 Qg5 28. c3 Kg7 29. Rf1 Rxf1+ 30. Qxf1 Qe3+ 31.
Qf2 Qe4 32. Kh2 h6 33. g4 b5 34. b3 bxa4 35. bxa4 c5 36. Kg3 g5 37. Kh2 c4 38.
Kg3 Qd3+ 39. Kh2 Qe4 40. Kg3 h5 41. gxh5 Qh4+ 42. Kg2 Qxf2+ 43. Kxf2 Kh6 44.
Kg3 Kxh5 45. e6 Kh6 46. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Silman, Jeremy D"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 (9. exd6 Nxd6 10. Ne5 Nf5 11. Nxb5 Bb7 12. Na3 Nxd4 13. Bc4 $14 {
Tompa-Schöneberg, Leipzig 1977.}) 9... Nd7 (9... Na6 10. Qd2 Nac7 11. Rad1 Bf5
12. a3 a5 $13 {Andersson-Hort, Amsterdam 1979.}) 10. Qd2 (10. exd6 exd6 11. d5
b4 12. dxc6 $14 {Hort}) 10... Nb6 11. b3 Bf5 12. h3 b4 13. Nd1 Nd5 $132 14. Bh6
Nec7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qd7 18. Rac1 f6 19. exd6 exd6 20. Bd3
Bxd3 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd3 Rfe8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qa6 Rc8 25. Nd2 Nf4 26. Re1
d5 27. Nf3 Kf7 28. Qa5 Re8 29. Rxe8 Kxe8 30. Qb4 Qc7 31. h4 Ne6 32. g3 Ng7 33.
Kg2 Nf5 34. Qd2 h5 35. b4 Kf7 36. a4 Qe7 37. Qc3 Qe2 38. Nd2 a6 39. a5 Ke7 40.
Kg1 Kf7 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. Kg1 Qe1+ 43. Kg2 Qe2 44. Kg1 Kg8 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kg1
Qe1+ 47. Kg2 Qe2 48. Kg1 Ke7 49. Kg2 Kd6 50. Kg1 Kc7 51. Nf3 Qe4 52. Kf1 Kd7
53. Kg1 Nd6 54. Kg2 Nc4 55. Qc1 Ke6 56. Qh6 Qe2 57. Ng1 Qe4+ 58. Nf3 Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wolff, Patrick G"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 a5 12. Re1 {12.Re1 N} (12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3
Nb6 14. Qe2 Nfd7 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rfd1 {Morovic-Seirawan, Novi Sad 1990. 16...
Rae8 = (Seirawan)} e5 17. f5 $1) 12... Qc7 13. Bd4 Ned7 14. Bf1 Rac8 15. Qd2
Ne8 16. Rad1 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Nef6 18. Rd2 Rfd8 19. f4 Qb6 $11 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21.
b3 Kf8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Red1 d5 24. Be2 e6 25. Bf3 Ke7 26. Kf2 h6 27. exd5
cxd5 28. Nb5 g5 29. g3 Rg8 30. f5 g4 31. Bg2 Nbd7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Re2 Rg5 34.
Rde1 Nc5 35. Kg1 Rb8 36. Re3 Rb6 37. Rc1 Ne8 38. Rd1 Nd6 39. Bxd5 Nxb5 40. axb5
Rxb5 41. Bg2 Rb4 42. Ra1 a4 43. bxa4 Rxa4 44. Rxa4 Nxa4 45. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 Qa5 {Seirawan thinks that this move is a
mistake and prefers 11...a5. It does seem a little odd that a few moves later
the queen just retreats to c7.} 12. Ra3 Ned7 13. Qd2 Rfc8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. a5 a6
16. Rd1 cxd5 17. exd5 Nc5 18. f3 Nfd7 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc3 21. Qc1 e5 22.
dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 Bg7 24. c4 b5 25. axb6 Nxb6 26. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Hmadi, Slaheddine"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. Qd2 $6 e5 10. Bh6 Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rad1 b5 $10 13. a3 a6 14. Nh2
Bb7 15. f4 c5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bg4 b4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Nb1 Qc5+
21. Qd4 Rxe4 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Bf3 Re7 24. Rd4 a5 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nf3 a4 27.
Ne5 a3 28. bxa3 bxa3 29. Nc3 a2 30. Ra1 Nce4 0-1

[Event "Lvov zt"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 {7.e5 is
seldomly played - probably because it leads to simplifications at too early a
stage in the game; Balashov isn't frightened of this. He duly gets a  slight
edge in the ending, but never really looked like converting.} dxe5 {7...Nd5 is
a solid alternative.} 8. Nxe5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12.
dxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rad1 {17.
Rb4!? b6 18.Rd1 +/=.} b5 18. f4 Rb8 19. a3 a5 20. R1d2 Kg7 21. Kf2 f6 22. exf6+
Kxf6 23. g3 Bf7 24. Bd3 e6 25. Re2 Rc7 26. g4 h6 27. h4 Ra7 28. Kg3 h5 29. g5+
Kg7 30. Kf3 Rb6 31. Ke3 Be8 32. Kd2 Kf7 33. Re3 Rc7 34. Be2 Kf8 35. Bd1 Rc4 36.
Red3 Ke7 37. Bb3 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Kd6 39. Bc2 Rb8 40. Ke3 Rc8 41. Bd3 Rc7 42. Be2
Kc5 43. Rd1 a4 44. Bd3 Ra7 45. Bc2 Bf7 46. Rd4 Be8 47. Bd3 Bf7 48. Rb4 Be8 49.
Kd2 Ra8 50. Rd4 Ra7 51. Bc2 Bf7 52. Rd3 Ra6 53. Re3 Rb6 54. Bd3 Ra6 55. Re5
1/2-1/2

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bertholee, Rob"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3 {
8.Re1 is more accurate.} c6 (8... e5 $5 9. dxe6 {9.Bg5!? King-McDonald,
British ch. 1989.} Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Nb3 a5 $132 {
Planinc-Marangunic 1977.}) 9. Re1 b5 $6 {9...b5?! N.  9...Nbd7; 9...Bd7.} 10.
dxc6 b4 11. Nd5 Nxc6 12. a3 $14 Bb7 13. axb4 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 e6 15. Qb3 Nd4 16.
Nxd4 Bxd4 17. c3 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 Bxe4 20. Qd1 f5 21. Bf3 g5 22. Be3
d5 23. Bxe4 fxe4+ 24. Kg1 Rf3 25. Qd2 Raf8 26. Rf1 g4 27. hxg4 Qxg4 28. Rf2 h5
29. Rxa7 h4 30. Bd4 Rxf2 31. Bxf2 h3 32. Bd4 e5 33. Bxe5 h2+ 34. Kxh2 Qh5+ 35.
Kg1 Qxe5 36. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Blackpool zt"]
[Site "Blackpool"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "King, Daniel J"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2
e5 {8...Qa5! 9.Rad1 e5 = King-Lechtynsky, Budapest 1986.} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5
Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bg5 {The ending is not as innocuous as it
at first sight looks for black: white has a slight but lasting pull.} Rf8 14.
Rad1 h6 15. Bf6 $1 $14 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Kg7 17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Nd6 Bxc2 19. Rd2 Bf5
20. Nxb7 Be6 21. Rc1 g5 22. Rc5 Bd5 23. f3 f5 24. b3 {>= 24.Na5 /\ b4! (see
game): white wastes a tempo with b3.} Rab8 25. Na5 Rfe8 26. Kf2 Re6 27. a3 Rbe8
28. b4 Nd7 29. Rcc2 Nb6 30. Ba6 Re3 31. Re2 Rxe2+ 32. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 Nd7
34. Bb7 Ne5 35. b5 Nc4 36. Bxc6 Nxa5 37. Bxd5 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. Bg8 h5 40.
Kc3 h4 41. Kb4 Nb7 42. a4 Kd4 43. a5 Nc5 44. Bc4 f4 45. h3 Nd7 46. b6 axb6 47.
a6 Nb8 48. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. Nc3 {>= 6.0-0; 6.c3.} Bg4
$6 (6... c6 $10) 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. e6 Ne5 10. exf7+ Kh8 11. Be3 Bxf3
12. gxf3 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nc6 14. h4 Ne5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. h5 gxh5 17. f4 Ng4 18.
Rxh5 Nf6 19. Rd1 Qe6 20. Rh4 Rxf7 21. Qd3 c5 22. Kd2 Qd6 23. Kc1 Qxd3 24. Rxd3
b6 25. Nb5 e6 26. c4 Ne4 27. Kc2 Bf8 28. Rh5 a6 29. Nc3 Nd6 30. b3 Re8 31. a4
a5 32. Rd1 h6 33. Ne2 Kh7 34. Ng3 Kg6 35. Rdh1 Nf5 36. Nxf5 exf5 37. R5h3 Rd8
38. Rg1+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Noviki-A"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Lau, Ralf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 {8...Nh5 9.Be3 e5 is a sound alternative.} 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qd2
{This is not forceful enough to achieve any significant advantage.  11.d5!? .}
Ndf6 12. Bd3 Qd8 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bh6 Qe7 17. Rfe1
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. c3 Bd7 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Vienna op"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polak, Tomas"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1990.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 c6 7. a4 d5 $5 8. e5
Ne4 9. O-O f6 $10 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. f4
Qa5 15. Qd2 Rf7 16. Kh2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rad1 e6 20. Bd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Rb1 Rxc5 23. Rxb7 Bc6 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. c4 Ke7 26. Kg3 Kd6 27.
Kf2 Ra5 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Ke3 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Bxa4 31. Bd3 a5 32. g4 Bc6 33. h4
a4 34. h5 gxh5 35. gxh5 h6 36. f5 e5+ 37. Kc3 e4 0-1

[Event "Sydney"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wong, Meng Kong"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "6"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. Re1
e5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. a5 Qc7 {11.a6 and d5 !?.} (10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. f3 d5
$10 {Filip-Bednarski, 1964.}) 11. dxe5 $10 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bc4 Ne6 14. Ne2
Rd8 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Qf3 h5 17. h3 Nh7 18. Ne2 Ng5 19. Qg3 Nge6 20. Nb3 Qe7 21.
c3 Bh6 22. h4 Nxe2+ 23. Bxe2 Nf4 24. Bf1 Be6 25. Nd4 exd4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27.
Qxf4 Rd7 28. Ra4 dxc3 29. bxc3 Rad8 30. g3 Qc5 31. Qf6 Rd6 32. Qf3 Bg4 33. Qe3
Qxe3 34. Rxe3 Rd1 35. Kg2 R8d2 36. Bc4 Rc1 37. Bb3 Rb2 38. Ba2 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
Bg4 9. e5 $10 {9.e5 N =.} dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe2 11. Rxe2 Na6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Rd2
Qd6 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. Ne3 e6 16. dxe6 Qxe6 17. Qf3 Nc6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. Bxf6
Qxf6 20. Qxf6 Bxf6 21. Ncd5 Bd8 22. Kf1 Rc8 23. c3 Kf8 24. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "USA-ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1989.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 {Not as popular
as 6...c6 or 6...Bg4 - but for no paticularly good reason.} 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
Nbd7 {8...e5!? , King-McDonald Br.Ch.1989.} 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bf1 e6 11. dxe6 Bxe6
12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Nb3 Na4 $10 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. c4 Re8 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. f3 Nd7 18.
Nd4 f5 19. c5 fxe4 20. Qb3+ d5 21. Be3 Nxc5 22. Qc2 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Ne6 24. Bf2
exf3 25. Qd2 fxg2 26. Be2 Ng5 27. Bg4 Ne4 28. Qd4 h5 29. Bf3 Nxf2 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Kxf2 Qf7 32. Kxg2 Rf8 33. Rf1 Kh7 34. Be2 Qg7 35. Qc5 Rxf1 36. Kxf1
Qxb2 37. Qe7+ Qg7 38. Qg5 Bd7 39. h4 Qf7+ 40. Kg1 Bf5 41. Qf4 c5 42. a4 Qg7 43.
Qg5 c4 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Ke1 c3 46. Qe7+ Qg7 47. Qg5 c2 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qc7 (10... Na6 11. Re1 (11. Nd2 $1) 11... Nb4 12. Bc4 g5
13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd2 d5) 11. Nd2 $1 Nf6 12. f4 e6 13. Nc4 d5 14. e5 Ne8 15. Ne3
$16 Kh7 16. g4 f5 17. Kh1 b6 18. Rg1 Ba6 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Bf3 Qf7 21. Ne2 Nc7
22. Ng3 Nd7 23. Ngxf5 gxf5 24. Bh5 Qe6 25. Bg6+ Qxg6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. Nxf5
Kxf5 28. Qh5+ Ke6 29. Qg4+ Kf7 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. e6+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolnai, Tibor"]
[Black "Finkel, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nd7 6. a4 Qc7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. Qe2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Be6
15. a5 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd7 Qb8 18. Qd6 f6 19. Qb4 Be6 20. Bxf4 exf4 21.
Nd4 Bf7 22. a6 bxa6 23. Qc5 Qb6 24. Qxc6 f5 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. exf5 Rfd8 27.
fxg6 hxg6 28. Nce2 f3 29. gxf3 b5 30. c3 b4 31. cxb4 Rac8 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5
Bxb2 34. Rab1 Rxd1+ 35. Rxd1 Bc4 36. Rd2 Bxb5 37. Rxb2 Bxe2 38. Rxe2 Kg7 39.
Kg2 Rc5 40. Re4 Kf6 41. Ra4 Rb5 {White can make no progress with the split
pawns.} 42. f4 Rb3 43. Ra5 Rc3 44. Re5 Ra3 45. Re3 Ra4 46. Kg3 Rb4 47. Ra3 Rb1
48. Ra5 Rg1+ 49. Kf3 Rh1 50. Kg2 Rb1 51. h4 Rb3 52. f3 Rb1 53. Ra8 Rc1 54. Ra5
Rb1 55. f5 gxf5 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. Ra8 Rb4 58. Ra6+ Kh5 59. Ra8 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1991.01.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Martens, Martin"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 $5 7. a4 (7. Re1
b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bf3 $16 {Holmov-Gipslis, 1963.}) 7...
Bg4 8. Be3 Nc6 9. d5 Na7 10. Nd2 Bd7 11. f3 $6 e5 12. dxe6 $2 (12. f4 $14)
12... fxe6 13. Nb3 Nc6 $132 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Kh8 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. Kh1 Ne5
18. a5 Nf7 19. Be3 Rd8 20. Qc1 Bc8 21. Bd4 Qe7 22. f4 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Nd5
Nxd5 25. exd5 c5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qd2 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 c5 29. Bg1 Bb7 30. Rd1
Rd7 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. c4 Bc6 33. Ra1 Qa8 34. Qh3 Rb7 35. Bf1 Qb8 36. Ra3 Rb4 37.
Qe6 Qf8 38. Be2 Qa8 39. Be3 Bxg2+ 40. Kg1 Bh1 41. Kf2 Bf3 42. Nd2 Rxb2 43. Bf1
Qf8 44. Ke1 Bg4 45. Qd5 Rc2 {(2.13/2.38)} 0-1

[Event "OHRA-B"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Marcel"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Nf3 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Bd3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 $10 11. O-O Nc6 12. Qd2 Qa5 13. Rfb1 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 f6 16. Bb5 fxe5 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nxe5 c5 19. c3 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
dxe5 {8...de5 N.} 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5 $14) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. Bf4 Nd7 12.
e6 $13 fxe6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Rd6 17. c3 Na4 18.
Nxa4 bxa4 19. f4 Nf7 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Re1 c5 22. Nxe6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Bh8 24. Re2
a3 25. bxa3 Bxc3 26. Rc1 Rd3 27. Nxc5 Bd4+ 28. Kg2 Rxa3 29. Bh4 Rc8 30. Bxe7
Re3 31. Rxe3 Bxe3 32. Rc3 Bxf4 33. Ne4 Rxc3 34. Nxc3 Bd6 {1.57-1.55} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kecskemet"]
[Site "Kecskemet"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Groszpeter, Attila"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 {8...Ne8 keeps more options open.} 9. dxe5 Ne8 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12.
b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 {White controls the play beautifully in this game.} 14. Qe2
b6 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bc1 $14 Rad8 17. Qe4 b5 18. Bb2 Qb8 19. Qe3 a6 20. h4 Rfe8
21. h5 Qa8 22. Ne4 c5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nfg5 Nd4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27.
Bxd4 1-0

[Event "Sydney Cepacol"]
[Site "Sydney"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Kanikevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Bg4 $6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14 Na6 11. a5 d5 12. Rfd1 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14.
Bxe4 Qd7 15. Ra3 Nc7 16. Rb3 Nb5 17. c4 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. h3 Rad8 20. Bg5
Rc8 21. Qb4 Bf8 22. c5 Nb5 23. Bxb5 cxb5 24. Qxb5 Qd5 25. Be3 Red8 26. Qxb7
Rxc5 27. a6 Ra5 28. Rc3 e5 29. Bg5 Rd7 30. Qc8 exd4 31. Rc6 d3 32. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Biel-B"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1990.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. h3
Qc7 9. Be3 b6 {9...b6!? . If black is playing for a win, then this is the way
to do it. There is no need to play a5.} 10. Nd2 {10.a5 b5! /\ b4.} e5 11. f4
exd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Bf2 Rfe8 14. Bf3 Nc5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc1 h6 $15 17. Nb3
Nxb3 18. cxb3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxf3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. gxf3 Bd4 23. Rxe8+
Rxe8 24. f4 Qd7 25. Qf1 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxh3 27. Qg2 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Visser, Yge"]
[Black "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 $1 {White's system
is effective against ...e5, but seems a little too rigid against other set-ups.
Black plays a beautiful game.} 7. a4 a6 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11.
Nb3 e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. a5 b5 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. g4 Kh8 16. Kh2 Ng8 17. Rg1 Qe7 18.
Rg2 Rad8 19. Na2 Bf6 20. Qd2 c5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. Bf3 Bb7 23. Nb4 Nc5 24. Nd5
Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Bg5 26. Qd2 Ne6 27. Re1 Bf4+ 28. Bxf4 Nxf4 29. Rg3 Nf6 30. Nc1
Nd7 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. cxd3 Nc5 33. d4 Ne6 34. d5 Nd4 35. Bd1 Rc8 36. f4 f6 37.
f5 g5 38. Ree3 Qc7 39. Qc3 Qc5 40. Qd2 b4 41. h4 Qc1 42. Rd3 gxh4 43. Rh3 Rf7
44. Qf2 Qb1 45. Qd2 Qc1 46. Qf2 Kg8 47. Rd2 Rfc7 48. Rhd3 b3 49. Bxb3 Nxb3 50.
Rxb3 Qb1 51. Qg2 Rg7 52. Rc3 Rxc3 53. bxc3 h5 54. Rb2 Qe1 55. g5 Rxg5 56. Rb8+
Kh7 0-1

[Event "Debrecen"]
[Site "Debrecen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Horvath, Jozsef"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1990.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 (8... Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. a4 Re8 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nhf6 14.
f3 Nc5 15. Bc4 a6 16. b4 $14 {Tukmakov-Uhlmann 1977. Inf.24/194}) 9. e5 dxe5
10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 {Normally assessed by theory as +/=, but I reckon
it is much closer to =.} 12. Bf3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. a3 Nd7 16.
Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Be4 e6 18. Rd3 Nf6 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Qd2 Qb6 21. Na4 Qc7 22. Nc3
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. h3
Qc7 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Rfe1 Rad8 12. Bh6 {This game is remarkably
similar to Handoko's previous effort against Hickl (see a couple of games
earlier in this database). White achieves a superficial initiative on the
kingside, but Black beats it off with accurate defence. Once again the knight
manoeuvres are worth noting. the retreat of the knight to g8 from f6 in order
to cover the h6 and f6 squares is a common and effective manoeuvre. (It is
ironic that in order to defend the f6 square, the knight must move from f6).}
e5 13. Qg5 Rfe8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nh4 Ng8 17. Bc4 h6 18. Qg3 Ndf6
19. Rad1 Nh5 20. Nf5+ Kh7 21. Qf3 Ngf6 22. Ng3 Nf4 23. Nge2 Nxe2+ 24. Nxe2 Kg7
25. Ng3 a6 26. Qc3 Qe7 27. Qe3 b5 28. Bf1 Nd7 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. axb5 Rxd2 31.
Qxd2 Rd8 32. Qc1 cxb5 33. b4 Na4 34. Qa1 Rd4 35. c3 Rd2 36. c4 Bc6 37. c5 Qf6
38. Be2 Qf4 39. Bf3 Rb2 40. Rd1 Rc2 41. Ne2 Qg5 42. h4 Qe7 43. Ng3 a5 44. Rd6
axb4 45. Rxc6 b3 46. Qb1 Nxc5 47. Be2 Qd7 48. Rxc5 Rxc5 49. Qxb3 Qe7 50. h5 b4
51. hxg6 fxg6 52. Bc4 Qc7 53. Bd5 Rc1+ 54. Nf1 Qc3 55. Qa4 h5 56. Qa7+ Kh6 57.
Qa6 Ra1 58. Qb5 Rd1 59. Kh2 Qe1 60. Qe8 Qxf1 61. Qh8+ Kg5 62. Qxe5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Rogers, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3
Na6 (8... Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Na6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd2
d5 15. Bb3 Bg4 {<=>, Browne-Hort 1975.}) 9. Nd2 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nf3 (11. f4
b6 12. Nf3 f6 13. Qd2 Nec7 14. Nd1 Bf5 15. Nf2 Qd7 16. c3 c5 17. Nh4 $16 {
Stean-Petrosian, 1980.}) 11... Bg4 (11... f6 $5 $132) 12. Ng5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2
Nac7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. h3 f5 17. Qf2 e6 18. Ne2 Rf7 19. Ng5 Re7 20. b3
Bf8 21. Kh2 Rg7 22. Rg1 Na6 23. g4 Nec7 24. Nf3 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Munich SKA"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1991.05.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be3
{Transposing back to 'normal' lines. 8.h3 tests black's move order.} Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. a4 a5 12. Be2 c6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bf1 Rfc8 15. Qd2 Qd8
16. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "POL-ch 53rd"]
[Site "Brzeg Dolny"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Urban, Klaudiusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.03.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
c6 9. Bf4 b5 10. a3 a6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 cxd5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Nf6 17. Rd4 Nbd7 18. Ng5 Re8 19. Rh4 Nf8 20. f4 e6 21. Bd3
Rc8 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 Rc5 24. Bd3 Ree5 25. b4 Rcd5 26. Rhf4 Rxg5 27. Rxf6
Qe7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. h4 Rge5 31. Qf4+ Kg7 32. Qf2 Ne6 33. Qa7+
Kh6 {This game could have been included in the 'escape' section. As the first
and second ranks have been abandoned, the king finds safety by moving up the
board, and by accident finds itself involved in a mating attack.} 34. g4 $2 Rd4
35. g5+ Kh5 36. Qxh7+ Kg4 37. Kg2 Nf4+ 38. Kf2 Nxd3+ 39. cxd3 Rf4+ 40. Kg2 Re2+
41. Kg1 Kg3 0-1

[Event "USA-ch fin"]
[Site "Chandler"]
[Date "1997.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1997.09.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. O-O-O (7. Be2
Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. gxf3 (9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rfe1 Rfc8 13.
Bf1 Nfd7 14. a3 Qc7 15. dxc6 {1/2-1/2 Delchev,A-Marin,M/Benasque open 1997/NIC
97,16}) 9... e5 10. dxc6 exf4 11. cxb7 Rb8 12. Ba6 Nd7 13. Qd5 Ne5 14. O-O-O c6
15. Qxd6 Qb6 16. Qa3 Nxf3 {Markov,J-Cherniaev,A/Vladivostok2 op 1995/EXP 49/
[Chekhov]/1-0 (45)}) 7... c6 8. Bh6 (8. Be2 b5 9. h3 b4 10. hxg4 bxc3 11. Qxc3
Nxe4 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Qh3 h5 15. Be3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Qa5 17. gxh5 gxh5
18. Rdf1 f5 19. Qxh5 Rf7 20. Nb3 Qd5 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. Bxf5 Nf6 23. Qh3 {1-0
Luecke,N-Koch,W/Dortmund op 1987/TD 87\03}) 8... Qa5 9. Kb1 Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 11.
Bxg7 Kxg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 14. g4 Nb6 15. h4 Nc4 16. Qc1 Rab8 17. dxe5
dxe5 18. h5 Ng8 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6] King: White has carried out the standard plan
of exchanging the bishops, then throwing the h-pawn down the board - we've
seen that before. What I liked about this game was Black's cool defence.
Retreating the knight to g8 is an excellent defensive idea. The knight covers
the h6 square (and f6) and can always hop out from there when the pressure is
relieved. (It also helps Black's defence that he has his counterplay on the
queenside in full swing.)} 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be2 Rfd8 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rxd8
Qxd8 23. f4 Qd4 24. Ka1 exf4 25. Qxf4 Re8 26. a3 Qe5 27. Qe3 Re7 28. g5 a5 29.
Ka2 Re6 30. Rh4 Re8 31. Rh1 Ne7 32. Rf1 Nf5 33. Qf2 Nd6 34. Qf6+ Qxf6 35. Rxf6
Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxc6 Re5 38. Rxc4 Rxg5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 f5 41. b5 f4
42. Rc7+ (42. Rxf4 Rxb5 $11) 42... Kf6 43. b6 Ra5+ 44. Kb3 Rb5+ 45. Kc4 Rxb6
46. Kd4 Kf5 (46... g5 47. Rc8 $19) 47. Kd3 (47. Rf7+ Kg4 $19) 47... Re6 48.
Rf7+ Kg4 49. c4 (49. Kd4 f3 50. Kd5 $19) 49... f3 50. c5 (50. Kd4 {ändert
nichts am Ausgang der Partie} Kg3 51. Kd5 Re1 $19) 50... Kg3 (50... Kg3 51. Kc4
f2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Brunner, Lucas"]
[Black "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 Qa5 12. Ra3 Rfc8 13. Rb3 Rab8 14. f3 Ned7
15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Ra3 Qb4 17. Rb1 cxd5 18. exd5 Nfd7 19. Qd1 a5 20. Bb5 Qh4 21.
Ne2 Ne5 22. Nd4 Bh6 23. Bf2 Qf6 24. g3 g5 25. Bf1 Qg6 {Black's opening play
has not been a success; white later wins an exchange, but is unable to control
the position.} 26. Qe2 (26. Bh3 {here would cut down black's counterplay.})
26... f5 27. Bh3 g4 28. Bg2 f4 29. fxg4 Nxg4 30. Bh3 Ne5 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. Re1
Rf8 33. Nf3 Ncd7 34. Kh1 Bg7 35. Rb3 b6 36. Nxe5 Nxe5 37. Qe4 Qh6 38. Bg1 f3
39. Rf1 Qh5 40. Qh4 Qf5 41. Rf2 Rf6 42. Qd4 Rf8 43. Qh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund-B"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vogt, Lothar"]
[Black "Espig, Lutz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bf4 Bg4 (7...
b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. a4 $14 {Najdorf-Stahlberg, Amsterdam 1950.}) 8. e5 (8. h3 $14)
8... Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 $10 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14.
c3 d5 15. Nf4 e6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Re1 a5 19. a4 b6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21.
Qb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nc4 23. Qc2 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Bg3 Bf8 26. Re2 Bd6 27. Bxd6
Nxd6 28. Rae1 Kf8 29. Qb3 Rc6 30. c4 Rxc4 31. Qxb6 Qd8 32. Qa6 Rxa4 33. Rxe6
Rxe6 34. Rxe6 Ra1+ 35. Kh2 Nf7 36. Qb7 d4 37. Ra6 Qg5 38. Ra7 Qf4+ 39. g3 Qf6
40. Kg2 d3 41. Qd7 Qxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Ne5+ 43. Kf4 Nxd7 44. Rxd7 Rb1 45. Ke3 Rxb2
46. Rxh7 Re2+ 47. Kxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5
Qc7 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Nd2 b5 11. axb6 axb6 {Black's strategy looks cramped and
slow, but it is difficult to exploit these factors; the position is certainly
more tense than after the usual ...e5, dxe5 dxe5 etc. Perhaps white could try
12.d5!? here.} 12. f4 b5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Qe1 Nb6 15. Kh1 Bf5 16. Qh4 Nc4 17.
Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rxb2 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. cxd3 f5 21. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 Qd7
23. Qe1 g5 24. exd6 Nxd6 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Nb5 27. Nb6 Qxd3 28. Rd1 Qe4 29.
Nd7 gxf4 30. Bxf4 Qxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Ra8 32. g4 fxg4 33. Rxe7 Nd4 34. Re1 Nf3 35.
Rb1 Ra4 36. Bg3 h5 37. Nc5 Ra2 38. Nd3 h4 39. Bf2 Rd2 40. Rb3 h3 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9697 39th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1996.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tatai, Stefano"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1996.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Be3 Nb4 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bf3 $6 $146 (11. e5 $14) 11... dxe4 12. Ndxe4 Nxe4
13. Nxe4 f5 $5 14. Ng5 $6 (14. Nc3 f4 15. Bd2 Bxd4 16. Re1 $44) 14... e6 $5 {
/\15...f4,/\15...h6} (14... f4 15. Bd2 e5 16. c3 Qxg5 17. cxb4 Bxh3 (17... exd4
18. Qb3+ Rf7 19. bxa5) (17... axb4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. dxe5 $13) 18. bxa5 (18.
dxe5 Rad8 $1) 18... exd4 19. Qb3+ Rf7 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21. Qxh3 c5 $14) (14... e5
15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Bxd1 Bxe5 17. c3 $10) (14... h6 15. c3 $1 $13) 15. c3 f4 (
15... Na6 $6 16. Qb3 Qe7 (16... Nc7 17. Bf4) 17. h4 h6 18. Nh3 Qxh4 19. Nf4 $44
) 16. Bd2 (16. Bc1 Qxg5 17. cxb4 axb4 $17) 16... Qxg5 17. cxb4 Bxd4 18. Bc3 (
18. bxa5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bd4 $17) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3 e5 20. Qb3+ $2 (20. Kh2 $17)
20... Kg7 21. Kh2 (21. bxa5 Bxh3 22. Qxb7+ Rf7 23. Qxa8 Bxg2 $1 $19) 21... e4
$1 22. Bxe4 f3 $1 23. Bxf3 Qe5+ (23... Bxh3 24. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 25. gxf3 Rf8 26. Qd1
Rf4 27. Qd7+ Kh6 28. Qg4 $13) (23... Rxf3 $5 24. gxf3 Qh4 25. Qd1 Bxh3 26. Re1
Rd8 $1 $17) (23... Qe5+ 24. Kh1 (24. Kg1 Rxf3 25. Rae1 (25. gxf3 Bxh3 $19) (25.
Rfe1 Rxc3 26. Qb2 Qf6 27. bxa5 Rxa5 28. Re8 Bd7 29. Qxb7 Qf7 $19) 25... Rxc3
26. Qa2 Qg5 $19) 24... Rxf3 25. gxf3 (25. Rae1 Rxc3 $19) 25... Bxh3 26. Qd1 (
26. Rfe1 Qg5 27. Rg1 Qh5 $19) (26. Rae1 Qh5 $19) 26... Qh5 $1 (26... Bxf1 27.
Qd7+ Kh8 28. Rxf1 Qxc3 $17) 27. Re1 (27. Qd4+ Kg8 $19) 27... Rd8 $1 28. Re7+ (
28. Qe2 Bf1+) 28... Kf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Leko,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3
Bg4 $6 (7... O-O) (7... Nbd7 {Yudasin /\e5}) 8. e5 $1 b4 (8... Nfd7 {Yudasin}
9. exd6 exd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Bh6 $36) 9. Ne4 $1 (9. exf6 {Yudasin} bxc3 10.
bxc3 Bxf6 $10) (9. Ne2 $6 {Yudasin} Nd5 10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 f6 $132) 9... Nxe4 (
9... Nd5 10. Bh6 (10. exd6 {Yudasin} exd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. O-O-O $13) (10. Bh6 O-O 11. h4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. O-O-O $36
)) 10. Bxe4 d5 (10... a5 {Yudasin} 11. exd6 exd6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d5 $14)
11. Bd3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 a5 (12... Qb6 {Yudasin} 13. h4 h5 14. e6) 13. h4 $1 (13.
Bh6 {Yudasin} O-O (13... Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Kd7 15. h4 Qf8 16. Qe3 e6 17. c4 bxc3
18. bxc3 Na6 $13) 14. h4 $40) (13. a3 $5 {Yudasin} bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nd7 15. h4 c5
16. c3 $14 e6 17. h5 Qb6 $132) 13... Nd7 (13... h5 14. e6 $1 $16) 14. h5 Qb6
15. c4 $3 (15. hxg6 {Yudasin} hxg6 16. Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bxg6+ Kd8 19.
Bf7 Nf8 20. Bh6 (20. O-O-O Kc7 $14) 20... Bxd4 21. O-O-O (21. Bxf8 Bxb2 22. Rb1
Kd7 $13) 21... Bxf2 22. Kb1 Kc7 23. Qe2 $13) 15... bxc3 (15... dxc4 16. Bxc4
$18) 16. bxc3 e6 (16... c5 {Yudasin} 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. e6 (18. Bb5 e6 19. a4 $14)
(18. Ke2 e6 19. Bh6 $16) 18... fxe6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Bxg6+ Kd8 21. Rg1 $13 (
21. Rxh8+ Bxh8 22. Ke2 $13)) 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Bh6 Bf8 (18... Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5+
20. Kf1 Qxc3 (20... Bxh6 21. Qxh6 Qxc3 22. Rb3 $18) 21. Qxc3 Bxc3 22. Rb7 $18)
19. Bg5 $5 (19. Bxf8 Rxf8 (19... Nxf8 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Ke2 Rg8 22. Rb2 Rg7 23.
Rhb1 $16) 20. Qh6 $16 (20. Qh6 {Yudasin} Ke7 21. Ke2 $36 c5)) 19... Rg8 (19...
Bg7 {Yudasin} 20. Ke2 $36 {/\Qb2-a3}) 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Ke2 Be7 (21... c5 {
Yudasin} 22. Rb5) (21... Bg7 {Yudasin} 22. Rh7 Rb8 $16) 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Qg5+
Ke8 (23... Kf8 {Yudasin} 24. Rh7 Qd8 25. Qh6+ Ke8 {/\Nf8}) 24. f4 {/\ 25.f5!}
Qd8 $1 (24... Rb8 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf5 Nxe5 $6 27. dxe5 Qxe5+ 28. Kd2 $18) (
24... Rf8 {Yudasin} 25. Rh7 {/\Be6}) 25. Qg3 $5 (25. Rb7 Qxg5 26. fxg5 Ke7 27.
Rh7 Rab8 28. Rc7 $16) 25... Kf8 (25... Rf8 {Yudasin} 26. Rh7 {/\Bg6} Rb8 27.
Bxg6) 26. Rbg1 $1 {/\ 27.f5} Rb8 27. f5 Rb2+ 28. Ke3 exf5 29. Bxf5 Nb6 (29...
c5 30. Bd3) 30. Bd3 Nc4+ (30... Rxa2 {Yudasin} 31. f4 (31. Qf4 $40 {/\Rh7}) (
31. Rb1 $40 {/\Qf4,Rh7}) 31... Ra3 32. Rc1 c5 $132) 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Qf4 $1
Qe7 (32... Qd5 33. Rb1 (33. Rb1 {Yudasin} Qb5 34. e6 $18)) (32... c5 33. d5 $1
Qxd5 $140 34. Rd1 $18) (32... Rc2 {Yudasin} 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 (33... Rxc3+ 34. Ke2
Rxg6 35. Rh8+ Rg8 36. Qh6+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kd7 38. Qxf7+ $18) 34. Rh8+ Rg8 35.
Qh6+ Ke7 36. Qf6+ Kd7 37. Qxf7+ Qe7 38. Qf5+ Kc7 39. Rxg8 $18) 33. Rb1 $1 (33.
Rh7 Ke8 $16) 33... Qa3 34. Kf3 $1 g5 (34... Qxc3+ 35. Kg2 g5 36. Qf5 $18) 35.
Qc1 $1 (35. Qc1 g4+ 36. Kg3 Rxa2 37. Rb8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Pridorozhni, Aleksei"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O (5... Bg4 $143 {Prématuré}
6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8. O-O $14) (5... Nc6) (5... Nbd7) 6. O-O c6 (6... Bg4)
7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 {[%csl Rb6]} Qc7 {[%cal Ge7e5]} 9. Re1 {[%cal Ge2f1,Ge1e4]} (
9. h3) (9. Be3) 9... e5 10. Bf1 Re8 {80"} ({RR} 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf4
Nh5 13. Be3 Nc5 14. f3 Bd7 15. Qd2 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rad1 Red8 18. Bg5 Bf6
19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qh6 Na4 21. Nxa4 Rxa4 22. c4 c5 23. Nc2 Ra2 24. Ne3 Be6 25.
Rd2 {Rozentalis,E (2591)-Nyback,T (2575)/Germany 2006/EXT 2007/1/2-1/2 (74)}) (
10... Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d1]}) 11. g3 Rb8 ({RR} 11... Nf8 12. h3 Ne6 13. Bg2 exd4
14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Nxe4 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Qd2 Qd7
20. g4 Be6 21. a6 b6 22. Nb5 d5 23. Nd4 Nd6 24. c3 Rd8 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Qc2 {
Guliyev,N (2453)-Galdunts,S (2506)/France 2004/CBM 098 ext/0-1 (43)}) 12. d5
$146 (12. Bg2 b5 13. dxe5 (13. axb6 axb6 14. d5 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gb5d6]}) 13...
dxe5 {Tkachiev,V (2664)-Mamedyarov,S (2731) Wch Blitz 4th 2008 (11) 0-1}) 12...
a6 13. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6,Gc4b6]} (13. Be3) 13... cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
exd5 b5 {69" L'affaiblissement de la case "c6" n'est pas facile а exploiter
pour les Blancs} 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. c4 f5 18. b4 {[%cal Gc4c5,Gc1a3]} e4 19. Rb1
(19. Ra2 {[%cal Ga2c2,Gc4c5]}) 19... Nd7 (19... Bb7 $142 {Passif mais empêche
la manoeuvre Nf3d4} 20. Qb3 Ba8 21. Bb2) 20. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Gc6,Ge6][%cal Gf3d4,
Gd4e6]} (20. Ba3 $143 Ne5 {[%csl Gd3]}) 20... Bb7 {Trop tard!} 21. Nd4 $14 {
[%csl Gd4]} Rbc8 (21... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5c4,Ge5d3]}) 22. Bf4 (22. Ne6 $36 Rxe6 23.
dxe6 Ne5 $13 {[%cal Ge5f3]}) 22... Ne5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Ne6 Rxe6 $8 25. dxe6
Qe7 26. c5 $1 d5 (26... Qxe6 {Plus solide}) 27. Bxa6 $1 {[%csl Gb4,Gc5]} Bxa6
28. Qxd5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gd5e5]} Bf6 29. b5 $6 (29. Qd7 $142 $1 {Probablement
gagnant} Rc7 30. Qxe7 Bxe7 31. b5 Bxb5 32. Rxb5 Bxc5 33. Rd1 {[%cal Gd1d7]})
29... Rxc5 30. Qa8+ Bc8 31. b6 Qb7 32. Qxb7 Bxb7 33. Rec1 Bd4 34. Rxc5 Bxc5 35.
Rc1 Bxb6 36. e7 Kf7 37. Rb1 Bc5 {Le plateau DGT n'a pas sauvegardé la suite de
la partie} 38. Rxb7 Bxe7 39. h3 Ke6 40. g4 f4 41. Rb5 Bh4 42. Rb4 Ke5 43. Rb7
e3 $1 44. fxe3 fxe3 45. Kf1 Kf4 46. Rxh7 (46. Ke2 $5 Kg3 47. Kxe3 Bg5+ (47...
Kxh3 48. Kf3) 48. Ke4 Kxh3 49. Kf3 {[%csl Rh3]}) 46... Kg3 $11 47. Rg7 Kxh3 48.
Rh7 Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Benasque op 19th"]
[Site "Benasque"]
[Date "1999.07.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. Ng5 Nc6 8. d5
Nb4 (8... Nb8) 9. f3 Bd7 10. a3 Na6 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 Bxh3 13. Rxh3 h5 14. Be2
Qc8 15. O-O-O c5 16. g4 (16. Rhh1 b5) 16... hxg4 (16... b5) 17. fxg4 Nxg4 18.
Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Rhh1 b5 20. Rhg1 (20. Rdg1 Qf3) 20... Qd7 (20... Qh5 $5) 21. Bh6
b4 22. Bxg7 (22. axb4 Nxb4 (22... cxb4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qd4+) 23. Bxg7 (23. h5
Bxc3 24. bxc3 Na2+ 25. Kb2 Rfb8+ $19) 23... Kxg7 24. h5 Rh8 25. hxg6 f6 26. Rh1
Qg4 27. Kb1 Qg5 $44) 22... Kxg7 23. h5 Rh8 (23... bxc3 24. Qxc3+ f6 25. Rxg6+
Kf7 26. Rdg1 $40) 24. hxg6 f6 25. axb4 cxb4 (25... Nxb4) 26. Ne2 Qa4 $15 27.
Kb1 b3 28. cxb3 Qxe4+ 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qxe4 Nxe4 31. Nd4 Rh5 32. Ne6+ Kg8 33.
Rh1 Rxh1 (33... Nd2+ 34. Ka2 (34. Kc2 Rc8+ 35. Kxd2 Rxd5+ 36. Ke3 Re5+) 34...
Rxd5 35. b4 Re5 36. g7 Kf7 37. Nc7 Rg8 38. Rxd2) 34. Rxh1 Ng5 35. Nxg5 fxg5 36.
Rg1 Rb8 37. Rxg5 Rb5 38. Rf5 e5 39. Rf7 a5 40. Kc2 Rc5+ 41. Kd3 Rxd5+ 42. Kc4
Rd2 43. Re7 $11 Rd4+ 44. Kb5 Rb4+ 45. Kc6 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Osasco Franca Garcia Memorial 20th"]
[Site "Osasco"]
[Date "2004.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Perelshteyn, Eugene"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2004.07.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Be3 Ngf6 6. h3 O-O 7. e5 Ne8 8. e6
fxe6 9. Ng5 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. Nce4 Nbd5 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Qg4 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Qf8 15. O-O-O Bh6 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. h4 Qg7 18. Kb1 b5 19. Ne4 Rff8 20. Qh3 c5 21.
g4 c4 22. Be2 e5 23. Qg3 exd4 24. g5 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. exd4 Bg7 27. Nc5 Bc8
28. dxe5 Bxe5 29. Nd7 Rf2 30. Bg4 Bd6 31. Be6+ Kg7 32. Rhf1 Bxd7 33. Bxd7 Rxf1
34. Rxf1 b4 35. Be6 Rf8 36. Rxf8 Kxf8 37. Bxc4 Bg3 38. h5 gxh5 39. Kc1 Bf4+ 40.
Kd1 Bxg5 41. Ke2 Bf6 42. b3 Kg7 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. Be2 Kg5 46. Kf3 h6
47. Bd3 h4 48. Bf1 Kf5 49. Bh3+ Ke5 50. Ke3 Bd4+ 51. Kf3 Bc5 52. Bf1 h5 53. Bh3
Kd4 54. Bf5 Bd6 55. Bg6 {Isolated passed pawns in the presence of opposite
colored bishops. Isolierte Freibauern bei ungleichfarbigen Läufern.} e5 56. Bf5
(56. Bxh5 e4+ {diagonal d6-h2 Diagonale d6-h2} 57. Kg2 Kc3 $19) 56... Bc5 {
This move is not too constructive. The bishop was well placed on the h2-b8
diagonal, ready to support the h-pawn(s). Dieser Zug ist nicht sonderlich
konstruktiv. Auf der Diagonalen h2-b8 stand der Läufer gut, bereit, den (die)
h-Bauern zu unterstützen} (56... Bc7 57. Bg6 h3 58. Kg3 h4+ 59. Kxh3 Bd8 60.
Bf5 e4 61. Kg2 e3 62. Kf3 Bg5 63. Ke2 (63. Bd7 Kc3 64. Bf5 Kd2 65. Bd3 h3 $19)
63... Kc3 64. Kd1 Kb2 {Although this maneuver looks a bit too long, the
elimination of the a-pawn will prove important at a later stage. Besides,
White will not be able to undertake any active action during the black king's
walk around. Obwohl dieses Manöver ein bisschen zu lang wirkt, wird sich die
Beseitigung des a-Bauern in einer späteren Phase als wichtig erweisen.
Außerdem wird Weiß nicht in der Lage sein, während des Rundgangs des schwarzen
Königs irgendetwas Aktives zu unternehmen.} 65. Ke2 Kxa2 66. Kd3 Kb2 67. Ke2 (
67. Be6 Kc1 68. Bg4 Bf4 69. Bf5 Kd1 $19) 67... Kc3 68. Kd1 Kd4 69. Ke2 Ke5 70.
Bd7 Kf4 71. Bc8 Kg3 72. Bd7 h3 73. Bc6 Kh2 74. Kf1 a5 75. Bf3 Bf4 76. Bc6 {
With the queen side empty, this position would be a draw.} e2+ $1 77. Kxe2 Kg1
78. Kd3 Be5 79. Kc4 {With the a2-pawn on board, White's counterplay would have
been much more dangerous.} h2 80. Kb5 h1=Q 81. Bxh1 Kxh1 82. Kxa5 Bc3 $19) 57.
Bd7 {This move is hard to understand. Why allow Black make further progress so
easily?} (57. Bg6 h3 (57... Bd6 {would be best, transposing to the variation
analyzed above.}) 58. Kg3 e4 59. Kxh3 e3 60. Bxh5 Kc3 61. Kg2 Kxc2 62. Kf1 Kb2
63. Ke2 (63. Bd1 Kxa2 64. Ke2 a5 65. Kd3 a4) (63. Be8 Kxa2 64. Ba4 Kb2 65. Ke2
Kc2 66. Ke1 a6 {xb5} 67. Ke2 Bb6 $22 68. Ke1 (68. Kf3 Kd2 $19) 68... Bd8 69.
Ke2 Bg5 $22 $19 70. Ke1 Kd3) 63... Kxa2 64. Bf7 a5 65. Be6 Ka3 66. Kd1 a4 67.
bxa4 b3 68. Bf5 Kxa4 (68... b2 69. Bb1 $11) 69. Bg6 Kb4 70. Bh7 Kc3 71. Bg6 Kb2
72. Bf7 $1 $11 {In order to win, Black would need an additional pair of pawns
on the other wing. Um zu gewinnen, bräuchte Schwarz ein zusätzliches
Bauernpaar am anderen Flügel.}) 57... e4+ 58. Ke2 Ke5 59. Bc8 Kf4 60. Bd7 Bb6
61. Bc8 Kg3 62. Bb7 e3 63. Kf1 h3 64. Bc6 Kh2 65. Bf3 h4 {Compared with a
variation examined above, Black didn't need to capture the a2-pawn, since the
second h-pawn is also present on board. Im Vergleich zu einer oben
untersuchten Variante braucht Schwarz hier nicht den a-Bauern zu schlagen, da
noch ein zweiter h-Bauern vorhanden ist.} 66. Bh5 (66. Bd5 e2+ 67. Kxe2 Kg1 {
and after winning the bishop for the first h-pawn Black will promote the
second. , und nachdem er den Läufer für den ersten h-Bauern erobert hat, wird
Schwarz den zweiten umwandeln.}) 66... Kg3 67. Be8 e2+ 68. Kxe2 Kg2 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1999.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milu, Romeo Sorin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Be2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Ng5 Bxe2 8.
Qxe2 Nc6 9. Rd1 e6 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. h3 a6 12. a4 Rae8 (12... Nd7 $142) 13. a5 e5
14. d5 Nd8 15. Na4 (15. Ra4 Nh5 16. g4 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qd2) 15... Nh5 16.
c4 f5 17. Bg5 Qd7 (17... Nf4 18. Qd2 (18. Bxe7 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Ng3+ 20. fxg3 Rxe7
21. Nc3) 18... Qd7) 18. c5 Nf4 19. Qc4 Qb5 (19... fxe4 20. Qxe4 Qb5 (20... Nf7
21. Bxf4 exf4 22. Qxf4 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44) 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nb6) 20. Qxb5
axb5 21. cxd6 cxd6 (21... bxa4 22. d7) 22. Nc3 (22. Nb6 Ne2+ 23. Kh2 (23. Kf1
Ng3+ 24. fxg3 fxe4 25. Ke2 exf3+ 26. gxf3 e4 27. f4 Bxb2 28. Rab1) 23... fxe4
24. Nd2) (22. Nc3 b4 23. Nb5 fxe4 24. Nd2 Nf7 25. Nxe4) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Vajda, Levente"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4
a5 8. h3 (8. Re1 {Yudasin,L} Na6 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bf4 Bf5) 8... Na6 9. Be3 Nb4 10.
Nd2 (10. Re1 {Yudasin,L} b6 $1) 10... Ne8 $5 (10... e5 11. Nc4 $14 (11. dxe5 {
Yudasin,L} dxe5 12. Nc4 Qxd1 13. Bxd1 Nd7 14. Na2)) (10... b6 $5 {Yudasin,L}) (
10... e6 {Yudasin,L} 11. f4) (10... Nd7 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 11. Nc4 (11. f4 {
Yudasin,L} f5 12. Bc4+ (12. e5 Be6) 12... d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bb3 Nf6) (11.
Ncb1 $5 {Yudasin,L /\c3,Na3-c4}) 11... d5 (11... f5 $5 12. d5 $5) 12. exd5 cxd5
(12... Nxd5 {Yudasin,L} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne5 Nd6 15. c3 $10) 13. Na3 Nd6 14.
Ncb5 Be6 (14... Nf5 {Yudasin,L} 15. Bf4 Nxd4 $6 (15... Na6 $10) 16. Nxd4 e5 17.
Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 $14) (14... Nxb5 $4 {Yudasin,L} 15. axb5 {/\c3}) 15. Bf4 Nc4
(15... Ne8 $14 {Yudasin,L}) 16. Nxc4 (16. c3 $142 Nxa3 17. Rxa3 Nc6 $14) (16.
Nc7 {Yudasin,L} Nxb2 17. Qc1 Nxa4 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nab5 Nb6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Nc7
Rxf4 22. Nxe6 Qd6 23. Nxf4 Bh6 24. g3 $13) (16. Bxc4 {Yudasin,L} dxc4 17. Nc7
Rc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 c3 $13) 16... dxc4 17. c3 (17. Nc7 $5
Rc8 (17... Bf5 $1 {Yudasin,L} 18. c3 (18. Nxa8 Bxc2 $2 (18... Nxc2 19. g4 (19.
Nc7 Nxa1 20. Qxa1 e5) 19... Be4 20. f3 Qxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kg2 Nxa1 23.
Rxa1 Rxa8 24. fxe4 Bxb2 25. Rd1 Rc8 $13) 19. Qd2 Qxa8 20. Bxc4 Rd8 $132 {+/-})
18... Nd3 $2 (18... Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Re1 $14) 19. Bxd3 Bxd3 20. Nxa8 Bxf1
21. Qxf1 Qxa8 22. Qxc4 $18) (17... Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. c3) (17... Nd5 18.
Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg3 Rc8 20. Bg4 Rc6 21. Re1 $16) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Be3 Qd6 $132)
17... Nd5 18. Bh2 Bh6 $6 (18... Rc8 {Yudasin,L} 19. Na7 Ra8 20. Nb5 $10) 19. b3
$1 (19. Bxc4 {Yudasin,L} Nxc3) (19. Bf3 {Yudasin,L} Qd7 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. b3 Nb6
) 19... cxb3 20. c4 Nb4 $6 (20... Nf4 $132) (20... b2 {Yudasin,L} 21. Rb1 Nf4
22. d5 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Bd7 24. Rxb2 $16) 21. Qxb3 $16 Rc8 22. d5 Bd7 23. Rad1 (
23. Rfd1 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 23... Na6 (23... b6 {Yudasin,L} 24. Rfe1) 24. Na7 (24.
Be5 {Yudasin,L} Nc5 25. Qa3 Bxb5 26. axb5 Bg7 27. Bf4 b6 28. Rfe1 $14) 24...
Nc5 25. Qa3 Bxa4 26. Rb1 Rc7 27. Nc6 $1 (27. Bxc7 Qxc7 $44 (27... Qxc7 {
Yudasin,L} 28. Nb5 Bxb5 29. Rxb5 b6 30. Rfb1 Rb8 $13)) 27... bxc6 (27... Rxc6 {
Yudasin,L} 28. dxc6 b6 29. c7) (27... Bxc6 {Yudasin,L} 28. Bxc7 (28. Qxc5 $18)
28... Qxc7 29. Qxc5 Qe5 30. Bf3 $18) 28. Bxc7 (28. Qxc5 {Yudasin,L} Rc8 (28...
Bd2) 29. d6 exd6 30. Bxd6 Re8 31. Bg4 Ra8 32. Bf3 $36) 28... Qxc7 29. Qxc5 Bd2
$8 30. Bd1 $1 (30. Ra1 Bb4 31. Qd4 c5 $14) 30... Bxd1 (30... Bb4 $2 31. Rxb4 $1
$18) 31. Rfxd1 Bb4 32. Qxc6 (32. Rxb4 {Yudasin,L} axb4 33. dxc6 b3 34. Rd7 (34.
Rb1 Rc8 $10) 34... b2 (34... Qf4 35. c7 (35. Rb7 b2 $10 36. Rb6) 35... b2 36.
Rd1 Qc1) 35. Rxc7 b1=Q+ 36. Kh2 Qb8 37. Qa7 Qxa7 38. Rxa7 Rc8 39. Rxe7 Rxc6 40.
Re4 $16) 32... Qxc6 33. dxc6 Rc8 34. Rbc1 Rxc6 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Ra8 $16 (36.
Kf1 {Yudasin,L}) (36. g4 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 36... h5 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke5 39.
Rd8 Kf6 40. Rb8 Bc5 41. Rb5 Bb4 42. Rc2 (42. h4 {Yudasin,L}) 42... Ke6 43. Rb7
Ke5 44. Ke3 Ke6 45. Rb5 Rc7 46. f3 $6 (46. g3 {/\f3, g4}) (46. h4 {Yudasin,L})
46... h4 $5 47. Re2 Rd7 48. Kf4+ Kf6 49. c5 (49. Kg4 {Yudasin,L} Rd4+ 50. Re4
Rd2) 49... Rc7 (49... Rd5 {Yudasin,L} 50. Rc2 e6 51. Ke4 Re5+ 52. Kd4 Rd5+ 53.
Kc4) 50. Rc2 e6 51. c6 (51. Kg4 {Yudasin,L} Be1 52. c6 Ke7 53. Rb7 Kd6 (53...
Bg3 {Yudasin,L} 54. Rxc7+ Bxc7 55. Rd2 Bd6 56. Kxh4 a4 57. Kg4 a3 58. f4 $18)
54. Rxc7 Kxc7 55. Kg5 $18) 51... Ke7 52. Rb7 Kd6 53. Rxc7 (53. Kg5 {Yudasin,L}
Rxc6 54. Rxc6+ Kxc6 55. Rxf7 a4 $13) 53... Kxc7 54. Ke5 $2 (54. Kg5 $142 $18)
54... Be7 55. Ra2 (55. Rc4 {Yudasin,L} Bd8 56. Rd4 $18) 55... Kxc6 56. Rxa5 Kd7
$11 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58. Ra8+ Kd7 59. f4 Kc7 60. Rh8 Kd7 61. Rg8 Bd8 62. Rh8 Be7
63. Ke4 Bf6 64. Rf8 Ke7 65. Ra8 Bc3 66. Kd3 Be1 67. Rc8 Kf6 68. Ke4 g5 (68...
Bg3 $10 {Yudasin,L}) 69. Rg8 gxf4 70. Kxf4 Bg3+ 71. Kg4 (71. Rxg3 $10 {Yudasin,
L}) 71... Be1 72. Rg5 Bg3 73. Kh5 Bf2 74. Ra5 Bg3 75. Ra7 Kg7 (75... Bf2 $10 {
Yudasin,L}) 76. Kg5 Bf2 77. Ra2 Bg3 78. Re2 Kf8 79. Kh6 (79. Kf6 {Yudasin,L}
Bd6 80. Rd2 Be7+ 81. Ke5 Kg7 82. Rd7 Bg5) 79... Ke7 80. Kg7 e5 81. Ra2 Ke6 $6 (
81... e4 $5 82. Ra4 (82. Ra7+ Ke6 83. Rxf7 e3 84. Rf3 Bf2 85. Rf8 Ke5 86. Kg6
Ke4 87. Re8+ Kd3 88. Rd8+ Kc2 89. Re8 Kd1 90. Rd8+ Ke1 $19) 82... f5 83. Kg6
Ke6 84. Ra6+ Ke5 85. Ra5+ (85. Ra2 e3 86. Kh5 Ke4 87. Kg5 Kd3 88. Ra3+ Ke2 89.
Kxf5 Kf2 $19) 85... Kf4 86. Rxf5+ Ke3 87. Rf8 Kd2 88. Rd8+ (88. Kf5 e3 89. Rd8+
Ke1 90. Ke4 e2 $19) 88... Ke2 (88... Ke1 89. Re8 $11) 89. Kf5 e3 90. Ke4 Kf2
91. Rf8+ $11) 82. Ra6+ Kf5 83. Kxf7 e4 84. Ra5+ $11 Be5 (84... Kf4 85. Kf6 e3
$4 86. Ra4#) 85. Ra3 Bg3 (85... Kf4 {Yudasin,L} 86. Ra4 Kf5 87. Ra3 $11) 86.
Ra5+ Be5 87. Ra3 Bg3 88. Kg7 Bf2 89. Ra5+ Kf4 90. Ra4 (90. Ra4 Ke5 91. Ra2 e3
92. Kg6 Ke4 (92... Kf4 93. Kh5 Kg3 94. Re2 Kxg2 95. Kg4 $11) 93. Kg5 Kd3 94.
Ra3+ Ke2 95. Kg4 Kf1 96. Rxe3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1998.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4
(7. Re1) (7. h3) 7... Nc6 8. a5 (8. d5 {Yudasin,L} Nb4 9. a5 e6 10. Ra4 c5 $13)
(8. Re1 {Yudasin,L}) 8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 (9... Nb8 {Yudasin,L} 10. Nd2 Ne8 11.
Nc4 f5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 g5 14. Be3 f4 15. Bd4 Nd7 16. Bg4 $13) 10. Nd2 Nd7
(10... Bh6) 11. Na4 (11. b4 {Yudasin,L} f5 12. f3 f4 13. Na4 g5 14. c4 h5 15.
c5 Ng6 16. Ra3) (11. Nc4 {Yudasin,L} f5 12. f4 $10) 11... f5 12. c4 (12. f3 {
Yudasin,L} Bh6 13. Nc4 Bxc1 14. Rxc1 Nf6 15. Qd3 Bd7 16. Nc3 f4 $36) 12... Bh6
13. b4 (13. c5 $5 Nf6 (13... Nxc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Nc4 Bxc1 16. Rxc1 $44) 14.
cxd6 cxd6 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Ndc4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 f4 $132) (13. Nc3
$10 {Yudasin,L}) 13... Nf6 14. Nc3 fxe4 (14... Bxd2 {Yudasin,L} 15. Bxd2 Nxe4
16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Re1 Qe8 19. g4 Bd7 20. Bf1 Qf7 21. Ra2) 15. Ndxe4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxc1 17. Rxc1 Nf5 {[Black decided to give up the tension on the
kingside, putting all his hopes in the beutifully placed knight on d4.
Nevertheless, he should be carefull, as white is ahead with the development.]}
18. c5 (18. Bd3 {Yudasin,L} Nd4 19. Ng3 Qh4 20. Rc3 Bg4 21. Qd2 $15) 18... Qe7
(18... Nd4 $5 19. f4 (19. Bc4 {Yudasin,L} Bf5 20. Ng3 Qh4 21. Re1 $10) 19...
Rxf4 20. Rxf4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 exf4 22. Rf1 Bf5 23. Rxf4 Qe7 $14) 19. Re1 Nd4 20.
Bf1 $6 (20. Bg4 $142 Bxg4 (20... Bf5 21. Bxf5 gxf5 $2 22. Nxd6 $1 $16) 21. Qxg4
Rf4 22. Qd1 Raf8) (20. Bc4 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 20... Rf4 21. Rc3 (21. Re3 {Yudasin,
L}) 21... Bf5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Qc1 $6 (24. f3) 24... Qh4 25. f3 (
25. Rc7 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qxh2 $40) 25... e4 $1 $15 26. fxe4 (26. Nxf5 Nxf5 27.
Rxe4 (27. Rc4 e3 28. Rxf4 Qxf4) 27... Rxe4 28. fxe4 Qxe4 $17) (26. Rc7 $2 exf3
27. Ree7 f2+ 28. Kh1 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rh4#) 26... Bxe4 27. Rc8 (27. Qe3 $2 {
Yudasin,L} Nc2) (27. Nxe4 {Yudasin,L} Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Ne2+) 27... Bxd5 28. Ree8
Rxe8 $6 (28... Bc6 29. Bc4+ Kg7 (29... d5 30. Bxd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Qc5+ $11) 30. Rxf8 Rxf8 31. Rxf8 Kxf8 32. Qf1+ Ke8 33. Qf7+ Kd8
34. Qf8+ Kc7 35. Qf7+ Bd7 $17) (28... Nc6 29. Qd2 Nxb4 $17) (28... Rxf1+ {
Yudasin,L} 29. Qxf1) 29. Rxe8+ Rf8 (29... Kg7 {Yudasin,L} 30. Qc7+ Bf7 31. Rb8
$132) 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Bc4 Ne6 (32... Nf3+ 33. gxf3 Qxc4 (33...
Bxc4 34. Qxb7+) 34. Qd7+ Kg8 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 (36... Bf7 {Yudasin,L}
37. Qxd6 $15) 37. Nf5+ $3 (37. Qxd6 Qd4+ $19 (37... Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qd2+ 39. Ne2))
37... gxf5 (37... Kh5 38. Ng3+) 38. Qf6+ Kh5 39. Qxf5+ Kh4 40. Qf6+ Kh3 41.
Qf5+ $11) 33. Qd7+ (33. Bxd5 {Yudasin,L} Qd4+ 34. Kf1 Qxd5 35. Qd7+ Kf6 36.
Qxh7 Qc4+ $17) 33... Kf6 (33... Kg8 34. Bxd5 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Qxd5 36. Qe8+ Nf8 37.
Ne4 $44) 34. Bxd5 Qd4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Qd4+ 37. Kf1 Qd1+ 38. Kf2 Qxd5 39.
Qxh7 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qxb4 43. Qh8+ Kf7 44. Qh7+ Ng7 45.
Qh3 $132 Qb5+ (45... Nf5 {Yudasin,L} 46. Qh7+) 46. Kf2 Qc5+ 47. Kf1 Qc1+ 48.
Kf2 Qf4+ 49. Ke2 Qe5+ 50. Kd3 Qd5+ 51. Ke3 Qb3+ (51... Qe6+ 52. Qxe6+ Kxe6 53.
Kf4 d5 54. Ne2 $44) 52. Ke4 d5+ (52... Qe6+ $17 {Yudasin,L}) 53. Ke5 Qc3+ 54.
Kxd5 (54. Kf4 Ne6+ $19) (54. Kd6 Ne8+ 55. Kxd5 Nf6+ 56. Kd6 Qc6+ 57. Ke5 Qc5+
58. Kf4 Qf2+ 59. Ke5 (59. Kg5 Qe3+ 60. Kh4 g5#) 59... Qe3+ 60. Ne4 Qxe4+ 61.
Kd6 Qe7#) 54... Qxa5+ 55. Ke4 Qe1+ 56. Kd3 Qe6 57. Qh4 Qb3+ (57... b5 $5) 58.
Kd2 Qb2+ 59. Kd3 Qb5+ 60. Kc3 Qe5+ 61. Kc2 Ne6 (61... b5 $5 {Yudasin,L}) 62.
Ne4 (62. Qh7+ {Yudasin,L} Qg7 63. Qh4 g5 (63... Qd4 64. Qh7+ Ng7 $17) 64. Qb4
$132) 62... b5 (62... Qf4 {Yudasin,L} 63. Qxf4+ Nxf4 64. Nd6+ Ke7 65. Nxb7 Nxg2
66. Nc5 a5 67. Nb7 a4 68. Nc5 $10) 63. Qh7+ Qg7 64. Qh4 g5 65. Qg4 Qe5 66. h4 {
/\a6,b5} gxh4 67. Qxh4 b4 68. Qh7+ Ng7 69. Qh4 a5 70. Kb3 Ne6 71. Qh7+ Ke8 (
71... Kf8 $5 72. Ka4 $1 (72. Qb7 $4 Qxe4 73. Qxe4 Nc5+ $19) 72... Qa1+ (72...
Qxe4 73. Qxe4 Nc5+ 74. Kxa5 Nxe4 75. Kxb4 $11) 73. Kb5) 72. Qb7 {/\Qb5,/\Qc6,/
\g4} Nc5+ $138 (72... Qxe4 $4 73. Qxe4 $18 {and the knight is pinned!}) (72...
Kd8 {Yudasin,L} 73. Qa8+ Kd7 74. Qb7+ Nc7 75. g4) 73. Nxc5 Qxc5 74. Ka4 Qf5 (
74... Qc2+ {Yudasin,L} 75. Kxa5 b3 76. Qb8+ Kd7 77. Qb5+ $15) 75. Qb8+ Kd7 76.
g4 Qd5 (76... Qxg4 77. Qb5+ $11 (77. Kxa5 $4 Qf5+ $1 78. Ka4 Qc2+ 79. Ka5 b3
$15)) 77. Qf4 Ke6 (77... Qa2+ {Yudasin,L} 78. Kb5 b3 79. Qd4+ $10) 78. Qh6+ Ke5
(78... Kd7 {Yudasin,L} 79. g5) 79. g5 Qa2+ 80. Kb5 Qd5+ 81. Ka4 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 ({The move order characteristic for the Pirc, to which we will
transpose soon, is:} 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6
7. a4 Nbd7 ({I must confess that, not being very keen to allow the freezing of
the queenside with a4-a5, I have prepared} 7... b6 {at a certain point. After
seing the present game, I feel ready to play the way Ivanchuk did.}) 8. a5 {
and we are back into the game.}) 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3
Nbd7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. a5 Qc7 9. Qd2 {White delays the development of the
f1-bishop, in order to keep the possibility of playing Bc4 without loss of
time. This is logical from the concrete point of view, but abstractly it may
be risky to delay the kingside development.} (9. Be2 {can safely be answered
with} e5) 9... Re8 $5 {A rare move, unearthed by Ivanchuk who is permanently
searching for the truth. It appears that Black can embark on the half-waiting
game, too.} (9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Bc4 $14) 11. Be2 (11. Nxe5
dxe5 {is comfortable for Black, as in Brynell,S (2475)-Gavrikov,V (2555)/
Gothenburg 1998/CBM 063/[Yudasin,L] (1/2, 48)}) 11... Be6 {leaves Black in a
passive form of the Philidor structure. The d6-pawn is vulnerable and the
queenside not easy to promote.} 12. O-O (12. Nd4 Qe7 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. O-O Nc4
15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Ra4 Qe6 17. Rd1 Rfd8 18. Rd4 $14 {Borm,F (2355)-Van der
Sterren,P (2460)/Roosendaal 1983/EXT 2001 (1-0, 31)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Bg5 Rd7
14. Rfd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 d5 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Be6
20. Qb4 $14 {Schandorff,L (2485)-Hoi,C (2435)/Denmark 1996/CBM 053 (1-0, 30)})
10. Bc4 {Directed against...e7-e5.} (10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 (11... Nxe5 {
is similar to the lines with ...Nxe5 above, with the difference that Black has
committed his king's rook already.} 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Be6 14. Bf4 Bf8 15.
Rfd1 Red8 {A necessary loss of time, since 15...Rad8 would leave the a7-pawn
unprotected, allowing the double attack 16.Qd4.} 16. Ra4 $16 {Yemelin,V (2520)
-Zaichik,G (2530)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (0-1, 39)}) 12. O-O Bf8 $1 {This is
the start of a coherent regrouping, based on ...Nc5 eventually followed by ...
Ne6.} 13. Bc4 (13. Ng5 h6 14. Nf3 {only helps Black get some kingside space.}
Kh7 15. Nh2 {Consequent, but unsound. After having slightly weakened the enemy
kingside, White intends to attack. Black's counterattack in the centre will
prove faster.} Nc5 16. Bd3 Be6 $15 17. f4 Rad8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4 {
White suffered material loses without managing to prove any constructive
attacking idea in Adianto,U (2485)-Kakageldyev,A (2350)/Manila 1992/TD (0-1,
29)}) (13. Ra4 {as played in Ammann,P-Mortensen,E/Winterthur 1976/EXT 2003 
(1-0, 40) should have been met with} Nc5 $1 $146 14. Rc4 Rd8 15. Qc1 Ne6 16. b4
Nh5 $132) 13... Nc5 14. Ng5 Be6 15. Qe2 (15. Bxc5 Bxc4 $15) (15. Nxe6 Nxe6 {
/\...Rad8, ...Nd4} 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Rfd1 Bb4 $132) 15... h6 $6 {Allowing 
(actually provoking) the unnecessary weakening of his own kingside.} ({The
simpler} 15... Bxc4 $1 {is enough for equality:} 16. Qxc4 b5 17. axb6 axb6 $11
18. b4 $6 b5 $1 19. Qxf7+ Qxf7 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. bxc5 Nd7 $15) 16. Bxc5 (16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 17. Qf3 $14) 16... Bxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. Bd3
Bd4 21. Na4 a6 22. c3 Ba7 23. b4 Nh5 24. Nb2 Qe7 25. Rad1 $14 {Friedel,J (2477)
-Abbasov,F (2505)/Sautron 2007/EXT 2008 (0-1, 58)}) 10... Nxe4 {This is one of
the aspects of Black's flexibility in the Pirc. Preparing ...e7-e5 does not
imply carrying it out under any circumstances. One can have B-plans in reserve.
} (10... Rb8 $4 {takes away an important square for the queen allowing} 11.
Bxf7+ {1-0 Borm,F-Beekman/Amsterdam 1981} Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Ne6 {and Her
Majesty is trapped!}) 11. Nxe4 (11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Nxe4 {looks more active,
but has the drawback of leaving the light squares insufficiently well
protected. After a4-a5, this may become an important factor.} Nf6 13. Ng3 Kg8
14. O-O Be6 {/\...b5} 15. Ng5 Bd7 (15... Bd5 16. Qd3 {ץd5}) 16. c4 b5 $132)
11... d5 12. Bb3 $146 (12. Bf4 e5 $1 13. dxe5 $6 {Unnecessarily opening the
central files.} (13. Bh2 $13) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Bf5 (14... Nxf3+ 15. gxf3 Be5
$17) 15. Nd4 (15. Nfg5 $15) 15... Bxe4 $17 {Hartston,W (2460)-Koshy,V (2380)/
Delhi 1982/MCD (0-1, 57)}) (12. Bd3 $6 dxe4 ({The spectacular} 12... e5 $5 {
may just transpose}) 13. Bxe4 e5 $17 {With his king still in the centre, White
is not well prepared for this kind of tense situation.}) (12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. Nc3
e5 $5 $36) 12... dxe4 13. Ng5 Rf8 $1 {More display of flexibility. Since White
will have spent some time with moving around with his minor pieces, Black can
also "lose" two tempi in order to avoid strategic concessions.} ({Of course,
not} 13... e6 $2 {, which would kill the c8-bishop's activity.}) 14. Nxe4 Nf6
15. Nxf6+ (15. Nc5 Nd5 16. O-O Nxe3 17. fxe3 {looks active for White, who has
some pressure against b7 and f7. However, after} Bf5 $5 $132 {/\...b6; /\...
Rad8, everything seems to be in order for Black:} 18. e4 Bxh3 $1 19. gxh3 Bxd4+
$1 20. Qxd4 Qg3+ $11) 15... Bxf6 16. h4 $6 {After Be3 and Qd2, this may look
consequent, but Ivanchuk's accurate answer proves the attacking plan not only
inoffensive, but also prejudicial for White in a surprising way.} ({In the
event of} 16. O-O {Black could prepare either ...c5 or ...e5. One possible
continuation is} Rd8 (16... Qd6 {fails to achieve the bishop exchange with ...
Be6 after} 17. Rfe1 $1 $14) 17. Rfe1 e5 $5 18. c3 exd4 19. cxd4 {Black only
needs to neutralise the b3-bishop to reach a comfortable position. The
simplest way to do it is} Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 $11 {The mutual weaknesses
compensate for each other.}) 16... Qd6 $1 {Once again changing plans. After ...
Be6, one important attacking piece is eliminated and the white king starts
feeling insecure in practically all the areas of the board.} ({The standard
pawn break} 16... c5 {offers White attacking chances after, for instance:} 17.
h5 Rd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. d5 $5 Bxb2 {Otherwise White is slightly
better.} 21. Ra4 {Threatening to trap the bishop with c2-c3.} Bg7 22. Bh6 Bf6
23. Bg5 Qf5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Rah4 Qa1+ 26. Ke2 Qe5+ 27. Qe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $40
{White's attack, combined with his lead in development, remains dangerous even
with the queens off the board.}) 17. h5 Be6 18. hxg6 {Opening the h-file and
castling short after that is almost suicidial.} (18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. O-O ({After
} 19. O-O-O Qa2 20. Qb4 Rfd8 21. c3 b6 {it is mainly Black who attacks.}) 19...
Rfd8 $15 {At the right moment, ...gxh5 will win a pawn for Black. As the game
shows, hxg6 is simply forbidden!}) 18... hxg6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. O-O Rfd8 21.
Qb4 ({Trying to avoid the loss of the d4-pawn after, for instance,} 21. Rfe1
Rd5 22. f3 Rad8) 21... Rd7 22. Rfd1 Kg7 $1 $17 {Suddenly, there is no
satisfactory answer to ...Rh8 followed by a simple attack along the h-file.
Ironically White has spent three of his developing tempi with his h-pawn in
order to open the file for Black.} 23. c4 Rh8 24. Qc5 Qe4 25. d5 Qh4 26. f4
Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Rh3 28. Rg1 cxd5 29. Kf1 (29. cxd5 Qg3+ 30. Ke2 Rxd5 $1 $19) 29...
Rh5 30. Qc8 Rd6 31. Qxb7 Re6 32. Qxa7 d4 33. Bd2 Qg3 34. Ra3 Qg4 35. Rf3 Qf5
36. g4 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Re2+ 38. Rf2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Rxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Bh4+ 41. Rg3 Bxg3+
42. Kxg3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Skoberne, Jure"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 ({The game will later transpose
to the classic line. The move order characteristic for the latter would be:} 5.
Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Be3 e5 9. h3) 5... O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Qc7 8.
Be2 e5 9. O-O {I have exmined this position briefly in my comments to
Harikrishna-Ivanchuk. Since theory seems to be developing fast in this line, I
have inserted the old comments and added some new ones.} exd4 10. Bxd4 {
This 'maintains some flexibility, but the bishop is exposed in the centre.'} (
10. Nxd4 Re8 {There are some problems with defending the central pawn.} 11. Bf3
{is relatively best, but does not promise White active play.} ({Apart from
weakening g3,} 11. f3 {allows} d5 $1 $132 12. Bd3 $6 Bxh3 $1 13. gxh3 Qg3+ 14.
Kh1 Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Re5 $19 {Gislason,G-Waagmeester,W/EU-ch M corr
1997/Corr 2000 (0-1, 18)}) (11. Bd3 {This exposes the bishop not so much to ...
Nbd7-c5xd3, which would strengthen the white centre in a way, but rather to ...
c6-c5-c4, after some preparation, of course.} Nbd7 12. f4 a6 {Controlling b5,
to give to ...c5-c4 the contours of a real threat.} 13. Re1 (13. Nde2 $6 c5 14.
Ng3 d5 15. e5 d4 $17 {Wright-Botterill,G/Hastings 1970 (0-1, 21)}) 13... b6 (
13... c5 $6 14. Nf3 c4 $6 15. Bf1 Nxe4 $2 16. Bd4 $16) 14. Bf2 Bb7 $15 {
[%cal Gc6c5,Gb6b5]}) 11... Nbd7 12. Re1 a5 (12... Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. f4 Ned7
15. Bf3 Bb7 16. a5 a6 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Bf2 c5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Ra2 Nd7 $132 {
Novikov,I (2465)-Eingorn,V (2530)/Kharkov 1985/MCL (1/2, 24). The strong
pressure against e4 and the whole queenside compensates for the slightly
weakened structure.}) 13. Qd2 Nc5 14. Bf4 Nfd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. b3
Qb4 18. Kh1 $6 Ned3 $1 19. Bxd3 Bxd4 20. Na2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 d5 $15 {Kostro,
J-Smyslov,V/Polanica Zdroj 1968/EXT 99 (0-1, 41)}) 10... Re8 11. Re1 $1 {
The most effective way of defending the e4-pawn is the indirect one.} ({
The seemingly flexible} 11. Nd2 {allows Black to complete his development very
harmoniously and even become ambitious in the centre.} Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. f4 {
weakens the e4-square, which will become relevant after Black succeeds in
carrying out ...d6-d5.} (13. f3 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Bc4 Ne6 17.
Bf2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. c3 Nhf4 $15 {Koopman,H-Van
Wijgerden,C (2435)/Wijk aan Zee 1984/EXT 2003 (0-1, 50)}) (13. Nc4 Re6 14. f3
Bb7 15. Qd2 a6 (15... d5 $1 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Ne3 Qf4 19. Nf1 Qxd2
20. Nxd2 Rae8 $15) 16. Bf1 Rae8 17. Ne3 b5 (17... d5 18. exd5 cxd5 $15 {
[%cal Gg7f8,Gf8d6,Gg7h6,Gh6f4]}) 18. axb5 axb5 19. b4 Nb6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4
$16 {Short,N (2485)-Van Wijgerden,C (2425)/Amsterdam 1982/MCL (1-0, 43)}) 13...
Bb7 14. Bf3 Rad8 15. Bf2 Bh6 (15... Nc5 16. g3 d5 17. exd5 (17. e5 Nfe4 18.
Ncxe4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qe2 e3 21. Bxe3 c5 22. Nc4 Qc6 23. Kh2 f6 $15)
17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 19. Qxe1 cxd5 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Nd4 Ne4 $17 {
Blaskowski,J-Lobron,E/Germany 1976/EXT 1999 (0-1, 48)}) 16. g3 a5 17. Nf1 Nc5
18. Bd4 Bg7 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Bf2 d5 21. exd5 (21. e5 Nd7 22. Rad1 f6 23. exf6
Nxf6 $17) 21... Nxd5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nb5 Qd7 (23... Qc6 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4
Re4 26. c3 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qc4 $17) 24. Bxb6 d4 (24... Rc8 $17 25. Nd4 $2 Qd6
26. Ba7 Qa6 27. Nb5 d4 $19) 25. Bxd8 Qc6 26. Qh2 Rxd8 $44 {Kremenietsky,A 
(2390)-Glyanets,A (2380)/Moscow 1991/TD (0-1, 58)}) (11. Bc4 {is not dangerous
either:} Be6 (11... Nxe4 $2 {would transpose to the line from the next comment}
) 12. Qd3 Nbd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 $11) 11... Nbd7 (11... Nxe4 $2 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13.
Bc4 d5 14. Qd4+ f6 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 $32) 12. Bc4 {Now that ...Be6 is not
possible anymore, this is justified.} (12. Bf1 {is too passive.} b6 13. Qd2 Bb7
14. Rad1 Ne5 (14... Rad8 $11) 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Rad8 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. g3 Bf8
19. Qe2 Ng7 20. Bc4 Bc8 21. h4 Ne6 $15 {Rantanen,Y (2410)-Karner,H (2395)/
Tallinn 1975/MCD (1-0, 100)}) 12... Ne5 ({Black cannot keep developing
flexibly with} 12... b6 $6 {in view of} 13. Ng5 Re7 14. f4 $36) 13. Nxe5 (13.
Be2 b6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. Rad1 Rad8 $11 16. Be3 $6 {[%cal Gf3d4,Gf2f4]} (16. Qf4
Nfd7 {[%cal Gd7f8,Gf8e6,Gd7c5,Gc5e6,Ga7a6,Gb6b5,Gc6c5]}) 16... d5 17. exd5 (17.
Nxe5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Nd3 exd3 20. Bxd3 c5 $36) 17... Nxd5 18. Bg5 f6 19.
Nxe5 (19. Bh4 Ne7 20. Qc1 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Nf5 $17) 19... fxg5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Nd3 Bf6 $15 {Sevillano,E (2557)-Ivanov,A (2648)/Chelmsford 2001/EXT 2005 (1/2,
42)}) 13... dxe5 14. Be3 $11 {White's position looks a bit more active, but
Black has easy play. In the long run, his possibilities for manoeuvring are
better, since White has some problems with finding a job for his knight.} a5
$146 {Since a4-a5 with the intention of freezing Black's queenside is a
permanent threat, this is a sound novelty.} ({Given White's better development
I find} 14... b6 {too slow and a bit questionable. Concretely, it may be good,
though.} 15. Qf3 a6 $6 {But this is pushing things too far.} (15... Be6 $1) 16.
Bg5 (16. Rad1 b5 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11) (16. Red1 $1 Rb8 17. Bg5 Nh5
18. Ne2 b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 {[%cal Gg2g4]} h6 21. Bd8 $1 $36) 16... Qe7 (
16... Nh5 17. Ne2 Be6) 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Rf1 Nh5 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Ne2 Bb7 21. b4
Rad8 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Kh1 b5 $11 {Madeira,W-Lima,D/Brasilia 1982/EXT 2002 (0-1,
29)}) (14... Nh5 {The manoeuvre initiated with this move is time consuming,
but there is a big positional element at stake: the d4-square. Should the
knight land there, Black would be even better!} 15. Qf3 Nf4 16. Rad1 (16. a5
Bf8 17. Red1 Be6 18. Bf1 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. g3 Nh5 21. Na4 Reb8) 16... Ne6 (
16... Be6 17. Bf1 Qa5 $5 $11 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 17. Ne2 Bf8 18. c3 Nc5 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. b4 Bf8 21. Rd3 Be6 $11 {Arutjunian,A (2270)-Timofeev,A/St Petersburg
1998/EXT 2000 (0-1, 48)}) (14... Be6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 16. a5 $14) 15. Qf3 Be6 16.
Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Nb1 $5 {An interesting Karpovian regrouping.} (17. Rad1 Rd8 {
[%cal Ge6d6]}) 17... Nd7 (17... Bf8 18. Nd2 b5 19. Nb3 $14) 18. Nd2 Bf8 19. Nb3
(19. Nc4 b5 20. Nd2 (20. Na3 Qb7) 20... Nc5 $11) 19... Be7 (19... c5 $5 {
would have been a radical way of questioning the viability of White's plan.
What is the knight doing on b3 after all?} 20. Red1 (20. c4 Nb8 21. Rad1 Rb6
22. Rd3 Nc6 23. Nxc5 Nd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nb3 Qxc4) 20... c4 21. Nc1 Qc6 22.
Ne2 Bb4 23. Rd5 (23. Nc3 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Nf6 25. Rd5 b6 26. Bh6 Rae8 $13) 23...
Rf6 24. Qg3 Rd6 $11 25. Rad1 $6 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Qxa4) ({Or if Black simply
wanted to exchange rooks on the d-file, the safer move order would have been} 
19... Rd6 20. Red1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Be7 22. Qe2 Rd8) 20. Red1 Rd8 21. Qe2 Nf8 (
21... Rd6 $5) 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Qc4 (23. Nd2 $5 {[%cal Gd2c4] would have
offered better chances to retain some pressure. Somehow, Black's regrouping is
not too impressive.}) 23... Rd6 24. Nc5 Ne6 25. Nd3 Rd7 $11 26. Kf1 $2 {
White was probably thinking of the endgame already, but with queens on the
board the king is rather exposed on f1.} (26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 $11) 26... Bg5
$1 $15 27. Nc5 (27. Bxg5 Rd4 28. Qc3 Nxg5 29. f3 Ne6 $15) 27... Nxc5 28. Bxg5
Qb6 (28... Ne6 29. Be3 Qd8) 29. Rb1 $2 (29. b3 $1 Rd4 30. Qe2 Rxe4 $6 31. Be3
$44 {Black's pieces are awkwardly placed, for instance} Qa6 32. Qxa6 Nxa6 33.
c3 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Ga1d1]}) 29... Rd4 30. Qe2 Rxe4 $2 (30... Nxa4 $1 31. Be3
$2 Nc3 32. Bxd4 exd4) 31. Be3 Rxa4 32. Rd1 (32. c3 $1 {Black has problems
freeing himself from the pin.}) 32... Qb4 33. Bh6 Ne6 (33... f6 {is not easy
to decide upon, but it seems that it would have offered ta good chance to
repell the attack:} 34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Qd1 Ne6 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rxh7 Qd4) 34.
Qxe5 Qb5+ 35. Qxb5 cxb5 36. Rd7 $11 Rh4 37. Be3 Rb4 38. b3 a4 39. Rxb7 axb3 40.
Bh6 f6 41. cxb3 Rxb3 42. g3 g5 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Rxb5 Kf7 45. h4 Kg6 46. hxg5
fxg5 47. Rb6 Kxh6 48. Rxe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. Re1 {
This move refrains from any early ambitions in the centre, aiming for a slow
regrouping. By consolidating the e4-pawn, White intends to avoid being forced
to release the tension with d4xe5 (after the more or less inevitable ...e7-e5).
} ({The game that first revealed to me the virtues of 7...Qc7 went} 8. Be3 e5
9. dxe5 ({For} 9. h3 {see - by transposition - the game Berg-Skoberne, from
the same tournament, which I annotated separately.}) 9... dxe5 10. a5 Bg4 {
Harikrishna,P (2669)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Ningbo 2011/CBM 144/[Marin,M] (1/2, 43)}
) 8... e5 9. h3 {The usefulness of this move at this precise stage of the game
is not too clear yet. However, White will most likely need it in the near
future, while other moves may prove premature committments.} (9. dxe5 {is not
too consequent. White's early initiative is likely to vanish soon.} dxe5 10.
Bc4 Nbd7 11. Bg5 (11. b4 Nh5 12. Be3 {(1/2, 37) Vukcevich,M (2490)-Smyslov,V 
(2580)/Hastings 1976/EXT 1999} Nf4 13. a5 Nf6 $132) (11. a5 Nc5 12. h3 Rd8 13.
Qe2 {Sieiro Gonzalez,L (2430)-Zaichik,G (2500)/Camaguey 1987/EXT 1997 (0-1, 40)
} Ne6 {[%cal Ge6d4]} 14. Na4 b5 15. Bxe6 Bxe6 16. Nc5 Bc4 17. Qe3 Nd7 $11)
11... Nc5 12. Qc1 Be6 13. Bf1 a5 (13... Bg4 $5 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6d4,Gg4f3]} 14.
Nd2 Bd7 {[%cal Gc5e6,Ge6d4]}) 14. Qe3 b6 15. h3 Ne8 16. Bh6 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 f6
18. Qe3 Nd6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rd2 Rd7 21. Red1 Rfd8 22. b3 Kg7 23. g3 Nf7 $15 {
Hernandez Onna,R (2395)-Karner,H (2395)/Tallinn 1975/MCD (0-1, 42). In this
more or less symmetrical position, Black is more flexibly regrouped. The
position may well be within the ranges of equality, but experience has taught
me that if Black equalises completely in this line his play is somehow more
pleasant. Pure psychology, quite possibly.}) (9. d5 {is not too dangerous.
True, White should not be worse, but in the following game he made several
questionable moves.} cxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 a5 14. b3
Nc5 15. Ba3 b6 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bd7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Qd8 $15 {
Malisauskas,V (2570)-Neverovsky,G (2360)/Katowice 1993/EXT 1998 (1/2, 43)}) (9.
a5 {This looks like a useful half-waiting move, waiting for Black to play ...
Nbd7 so that White can forget about ...Bg4. And yet, the last move allows
Black to speed up his queenside counterplay.} Re8 $6 ({The correct move order
is} 9... Nbd7 {and if 10.Bf1 Re8, transposing to the next comment from this
subline. White does not achieve much with} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Qe2
Nh5 $132) 10. dxe5 $1 (10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. g3 Rb8 12. Bg2 b5 13. axb6 axb6 {
[%cal Gb6b5] is comfortable for Black.}) 10... dxe5 11. Bc4 Rd8 {Too much
moving around with the same piece, while the queenside is undeveloped.} 12. Qe2
Nh5 13. g3 Na6 14. Be3 h6 15. Nh4 $36 {(1-0, 39) Zakharov,A (2380)-Zakharevich,
I (2335)/Smolensk 1991/EXT 2000}) (9. Bf1 Re8 10. h3 ({White cannot avoid it
anymore. If} 10. g3 Bg4 {Now that the bishop has more or less defined its
intentions with the last pawn move, the exchange on f3 favours Black.}) 10...
Nbd7 {transposes to the game.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf1 (10. a5 Re8 11. Bf1 Rb8 12.
g3 b5 13. axb6 axb6 14. Bg2 b5 $11) 10... b6 {A key element in Blacks play.
The slow expansion with ...Bb7, ...a6, ...b5 is practically impossible to stop.
} 11. g3 ({One of the games I had as a model when I started playing the Pirc
went} 11. Be3 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qd3 a6 14. Qc4 Rac8 15. Rad1 b5 16. Qb3
Rfe8 17. Ng5 Re7 18. g3 h6 19. Nf3 Ba8 20. Nh4 Kh7 21. Bg2 Rb8 22. axb5 cxb5
23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qd6 25. c3 Ree8 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27. Kh2 Nb6 $132 {Illescas
Cordoba,M (2530)-Spraggett,K (2555)/Terrassa 1990/CBM 019/[King,D] (0-1, 53).
Apparently, Miguel also appreciated his opponent's play in this game, since he
now has it with the black pieces.}) ({And here is another game having
Spraggett with black:} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
Rad1 Bf8 16. Qc1 Nc5 17. Nd2 a6 (17... Bb7 $1 $11 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 Rad8) 18.
b4 Ncd7 (18... Ne6 19. b5 $5) 19. Bc4 (19. Qb2 $1) 19... Bxb4 20. Na2 Bc5 21.
Bxf7 Re7 $13 {Krylov,S (2290)-Spraggett,K (2530)/Moscow 1994/CBM 044 ext (0-1,
47)}) 11... a6 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Be3 (13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Bxf6 {(??)} Nxf6 15. dxe5
{(?) 1/2 Varga,Z (2479)-Grunberg,M (2400)/Timisoara 2008/CBM 125 Extra. This
looks very much like a pre-agreed draw, don't you feel the same?}) 13... Rfe8
$11 {Both sides have almost completed regrouping. Black has done what he
should do in the Pirc whenever allowed, but I am a bit skeptical about White's
play. In principle, he reached a position characteristic for the 4.g3 system,
after having lost two tempi! So, reiterating an idea expressed above, during
an over the board game I would rather evaluate it as an =/+.} 14. g4 $6 $146 {
No real threat, just weakening the kingside.} (14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qc1 ({In
order to avoid problems, White should switch to defensive regrouping:} 15. Nd2
b5 16. Na2) 15... b5 $15 {Zecevic,D (2331)-Malenica,M (2137)/Sibenik 2002/EXT
2003 (1-0, 48)}) (14. Qd2 {allows the same operation as in the game:} exd4 (
14... b5 $15 {is not bad, either.}) 15. Bxd4 c5) 14... exd4 ({Actually, I fail
to get White's idea, since} 14... b5 15. g5 Nh5 {looks absolutely great for
Black. In fact, in the 4.g3 system the knight goes to e2, allowing such a plan:
g3-g4, Ng3, with the (serious already) threat of g4-g5.}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 c5
$17 {[%cal Gf6e4]}) 15... c5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxb2 19. Rad1
Bc3 (19... Ne5 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 b5 $15) 20. Re3 (20. Re2 Rad8 21. Qxd6
Qc8 $15 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Ge8e6,Gd7f8]}) 20... Be5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. f4 (22.
Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nc4 $19) 22... Rad8 $1 23. Ree1 Nc6 24. c3 Na5 $15 25. Bf1
c4 26. Kh1 Qc5 27. Bg2 Nb3 28. e5 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 dxe5 30. fxe5 Nc5 31. e6 fxe6 (
31... Nxe6 $5 {would actually win a tempo over the game, but may not have
changed the result:} 32. Bxe6 Rxd1 33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rxd1 Re3 35. Rd6 Rxc3 36.
Rxb6 Rxh3+ 37. Kg2 $15) 32. Bxe6+ Nxe6 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rxe6 Rd3 35. Rxb6
Rxh3+ 36. Kg2 Rxc3 37. Rxa6 $11 Ra3 38. a5 Kg7 39. Rc6 Kh6 40. Rc5 c3 41. Kg3
c2+ 42. Kf4 Ra4+ 43. Kg3 Ra2 44. Kf4 Kg7 45. a6 Kf6 46. Rc6+ Ke7 47. a7 Rxa7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-40"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2012.09.03"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Milos, Gilberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.08.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Brazil"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3
Nc6 9. e5 Nd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Ne4 $146 (11. Be3 b6 12. Ng5 Nde5 13. Qxd8 Nxd8
14. a4 Nec6 15. Bd3 {1/2 Nijboer,F (2562)-Hendriks,W (2447)/Hilversum 2009/CBM
131 Extra}) 11... b6 12. c3 Nf6 {Black has an extra (true, double) pawn and is
not under immediate pressure. However, White's play is somewhat easier because
of the stability of his position.} 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Re1 Qe8 15. Bd2 h6 16. Ng3
Bb7 17. Bd3 Rf6 $2 {Missing an excellent oportunity to change the course of
the game:} (17... Rxf3 $3 18. gxf3 (18. Bxg6 Rf7 $1 $13) 18... Ndb4 $1 19. cxb4
Nd4 20. Qd1 (20. Qc1 Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Rd8 $40) 20... Nxf3+ 21. Kf1 Nh2+ 22. Kg1
$11) 18. Nh2 $40 g5 19. Ng4 Qf7 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Bc1 Rf8 22. Be4 c4 23. Nxf6
exf6 24. Nf5 Rd8 25. Ne3 Ne5 26. b3 Rc8 27. bxc4 Nxc4 28. Nxd5 Bxd5 29. Bxd5
exd5 30. Qf5 Rc5 31. Rd3 Kg8 32. Red1 Nd6 33. Qf3 Ne4 34. c4 Rxc4 35. Rxd5 Bf8
36. Rd8 b5 37. Be3 f5 38. Ra8 g4 39. hxg4 fxg4 40. Qxg4+ Ng5 41. Qg3 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 21st"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2017.11.05"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2017.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O e6 {I analysed a
game with this line in my Pirc Modern Trends article published with CBM 176. I
have inserted my old comments on move 7 and 8 below.} 7. Re1 {is the most
flexible move.} (7. h3 {At this point in the game there is no need to waste a
tempo for preparing Be3. As we will see in the next paragraph, Black will
willingly play ...h7-h6 in order to induce h2-h3 by making the threat ...Ng4
real.} Nc6 8. Be3 (8. Bg5 {only helps Black make a useful move, gaining some
kingside space.} h6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Nh2 Ne7 13. f3 Nh5
14. Qe1 f5 $36 {Garbett,P (2360)-Benjamin,J (2595) Hawaii 1998 (0-1, 30)}) 8...
a6 {This is not only a way of preparing the queenside expansion but also one
of making ...e7-e5 viable. The point will be revealed soon.} 9. Qd2 (9. a4 b6
10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bg5 Ne7 12. Qe3 c5 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qf4 Ne8 16.
Qh4 Nc6 $13 {[%csl Gb4,Gd4] Harikrishna,P (2727)-Ponomariov,R (2714) Beijing
2014 (1/2-1/2, 86)}) 9... e5 $5 $146 (9... b5 10. a3 {would leave Black's
queenside somewhat weak.}) 10. d5 ({If} 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 {the only
challenging move is in principle} 12. Bc4 {but here it runs into} b5 $11) 10...
Ne7 11. Rad1 b5 {Kuczynski,R (2525)-Chernin,A (2600) Budapest zt-B 1993 (8)
0-1 It is interesting to compare this position with one of the main 6...Bg4
tabyias. True, Black has wasted a tempo with his e-pawn but saved some with
his bishop. Besides h2-h3 is more of a weakness. Refer to, for instance,}) ({
The main game I examined went} 7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nfd7 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11.
Bc1 Nc6 12. Bb5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Ng6 {Solomunovic,I (2436)-Dreev,A (2634) Kraljevo
2015 CBM 166 Extra (1/2-1/2, 48) [Marin]}) 7... Nc6 8. h3 (8. Be3 h6 {[%cal
Gf6g4,Re3g5]} 9. h3 (9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rad1 Ng4 11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 Ngxe5 $132)
9... b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Ne7 12. Bf4 Bb7 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qe2 b5 15. Nb1 Nd7
16. Nbd2 e5 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Bg3 {Klundt,K (2407)-Ponomariov,R (2616) Bad
Wiessee 1999 (0-1, 49)} c5 $5 {[%cal Gc5c4]} 19. b3 Nc6 {[%csl Gd4]} 20. c3 Qa5
$132) ({One important idea behind ...e7-e6 is discouraging d4-d5:} 8. d5 exd5
9. exd5 Ne7 10. a4 b6 11. Bc4 Bb7 12. Qd3 a6 13. Bf4 b5 {Brodsky,M (2528)
-Goloshchapov,A (2550) Ordzhonikidze 2001 CBM 086 [Roiz,M] (1/2-1/2, 25)}) 8...
a6 9. a4 {White plays this almost automatically but It is not sure whether
preventing ...b7-b5 is absolutely necessary.} (9. Be3 {In fact} b5 {looks a
bit premature:} ({It makes sense keeping the threat of ...b7-b5 for later with
} 9... e5 $5 $146 {True, this looks like a waste of time, but Re1 and h2-h3
are not that useful. Refer also to the next comment.} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5
11. Bc4 $14 {leaves White some pressure.}) 11. Nd4 {In order to fight for an
advantage, White has to try proving the e5-kight unstable.} (11. a4 Bd7 12. a5
Bc6 $11) 11... Re8 12. f4 (12. a4 Ned7 13. f3 $6 d5 $15) (12. Bf1 b5) 12... Nc6
13. Bf3 Rb8 {with reasonable play for Black.}) 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Ne7 ({
This only helps White developing his initiative. Somewhat safer is} 11... Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. f4 Re8 15. c3 $14 {White's kingside majority is
more mobile than Black's on the opposite ing.}) 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Nc5 Rb6 17. c3 $16 {Potkin,V (2613)-Ehlvest,J (2595)
Moscow 2009 (1-0, 38)}) 9... b6 ({After White has weakened the b4-square, the
central break makes even more sense:} 9... e5 $146 10. dxe5 ({One important
point is that after the most principled} 10. d5 Ne7 11. Be3 Ne8 {White's rook
stands badly on e1 and h2-h3 is more of a weakness.} 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 $6 {
Under other circumstances (for instance in the 6...Bg4 line) this would be the
thematic reaction, preventing Black from developing his kingside play, but
with the rook on e1 the f4-square is poorly defended.} fxe4 14. fxe5 Nf5 15.
Bf4 dxe5 16. Bh2 Ne3 17. Qc1 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Qh4 $40) 10... dxe5 {With respect
to a previous line we wanted to avoid, White has a2-a4 instead of Be3. This
means the b4-square is weak and Raxd1 is impossible.} 11. Bc4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nb4
13. Bb3 (13. Ne1 Re8 {[%cal Gc8e6]}) 13... Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxc2 15. Bxf7+ Rxf7 16.
Rb1 Re8 $11) 10. Bg5 {White provokes ...h7-h6 in order to later gain a tempo.
But in many lines this move helps Black controlling space.} (10. Be3 Bb7 11.
Qd2 Ne7 {[%cal Gc7c5]}) (10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Qd2 Re8 (11... e5 $6 {is premature:}
12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Nxd8 14. Nxe5 Ne6 15. Bh2 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bc4 $16
) 12. Rad1 e5 $1 {But now everything is prepared for this.} (12... Qe7 13. Bg5
Qf8 {Svobodova,M (2205)-Straub,N (2350) Frydek Mistek 1997 (0-1, 55), is also
playable and in the spirit of this provocative variation,}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14.
Qxd8 ({Black keeps the fluency of his play after} 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Bg5 Nd8 16.
Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nb7 {Heading for the d6- or c5-square.} 18. Bc4 e4 19. Nd4
Qc5 $132) 14... Nxd8 15. Nxe5 Ne6 16. Bh2 Nxe4 $11 {The same recipe as above
does not work now because the e6-knight is well defended and c2 is hanging
with gain of time:} 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bc4 Bxc2) 10... h6 11. Be3 (11. Bh4 {
slightly misplaces the bishop.} Bb7 12. Bf1 Re8 ({The alternative plan is as
usual} 12... Ne7 13. Qd2 g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 $11) 13. Qd2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Qxd8
Nxd8 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc4 Nh7 $2 {A passive move as Black will not get to play
...Ng5 in time. There are reasonable alternatives:} (17... Nh5 {[%cal Ge6d4]}
18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd7 Rc8 $11) (17... Nc5 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. b3 Rab8 $11) 18. Bg3
Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 $16 {Mirzoev,A (2543)-Movsziszian,K (2536) Salou
2008 (1-0, 56)}) 11... Bb7 12. Qd2 {It makes no sense, of course, to refrain
from this move, as it gives meaning to Bg5.} (12. Bf1 Ne7 (12... e5 $5) 13. Bf4
g5 14. Bg3 Ng6 {Black is perfectly regrouped and can wait for his opponent to
display his cards, while also preparing to advance one of his pawns.} 15. Nd2
Rc8 16. Nc4 Re8 17. e5 $6 {White finally loses patience.} dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nf4 19.
f3 Nd7 20. Nc4 Nb8 21. Bf2 Nc6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qe7 $15 {Tunik,G (2388)
-Sturua,Z (2548) Sabadell 2017 (1-0, 70)}) 12... Kh7 13. Bf1 $146 {Strictly
speaking a novelty, but in this kind of position this does not change anything
essentially.} (13. Rad1 Qc8 {The start of a complicated regrouping.} ({I would
prefer the simpler} 13... Re8 14. Qc1 Qe7 $11) 14. Bf1 Ne7 15. Bf4 Rd8 16. Qc1
Qd7 17. Bh2 Qe8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf5 $11 {Tirelli,M (2220)-Tukhaev,A (2541)
Stockholm 2016 (0-1, 37)}) 13... Nb4 {This does not attack on e4 yet as the
knight would be hanging, but it prepares ...c7-c5.} (13... Re8 {is also
possibe, of course.}) ({And} 13... Ne7 {really attacks on e4, leading to a
familiar picture after} 14. Bf4 (14. Bd3 c5 $11) 14... g5 15. Bh2 Ng6 $11) 14.
Bf4 {The only way to keep Black under some pressure still.} (14. Rad1 c5 $11)
14... e5 {A well timed reaction, based on the hanging queen and c2-pawn.} (
14... c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Rad1 $14) 15. Bh2 (15. dxe5 $2 dxe5 16.
Bxe5 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Nxc2 $17) (15. Bg3 $2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nh5 $17 {[%csl Rc2,Rg3]
[%cal Gg7d4]}) 15... exd4 16. Nxd4 c5 $6 {Slightly over-optimystic. Black saw
a target on e4, but underestimated White's active ideas.} (16... Re8 $5 17.
Rad1 (17. Nf3 a5 18. Bd3 Re7 19. Re2 Nd7 $11 {[%csl Ga4,Ge4][%cal Gd7c5]})
17... Nd7 18. Nb3 Nc5 19. Bc4 Qf6 $132 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 17. Nf3 $1 {Ivan's
intuition works perfectly in this moment. Apparently, the knight is passive on
both f3 and b3 but there is a small difference.} (17. Nb3 $6 Re8 18. Rad1 (18.
f3 d5 $11) 18... Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Qf4 f5 21. c3 Nc6 {The point is that
e5 is not defended and Black can react with ...Be5 if White tries something
radical.} 22. f3 (22. g4 Be5 $17) 22... Be5 23. Qc1 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Nf6 $17)
17... Re8 18. Rad1 Bxe4 (18... Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. c3 Nc6 21. Qxd6 $16 {
retrieves the pawn with a strong initiative along the central files.}) 19. Nxe4
Nxe4 20. Qc1 $6 {But this is too passive.} (20. Qf4 $1 f5 21. c3 Nc6 22. g4 $14
{True, Black still keeps his extra pawn but his position is full of weaknesses.
}) 20... d5 21. c3 Nc6 22. Bc4 Nf6 23. Rxe8 Qxe8 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Rxd5 {
Optically White has some advantage because the black queenside is a bit weak.
But his a4-pawn is also hanging, which should level chances.} Rd8 $6 {Missing
his chance for counterplay.} (25... Ne7 26. Rd6 Nc8 27. Rd1 Qxa4 28. Rd8 Bf6 {
and White's initiative has reached a dead point.}) (25... Qe4 {[%csl Ga4,Gd5]}
26. Qd1 Ra7 $11) 26. Qd1 $14 Qe7 $6 {Any unpromoted pawn chain risks turning
weak (Nimzowitsch).} ({Well, then:} 26... b5 $5) 27. Rxd8 Nxd8 (27... Qxd8 28.
Qxd8 Nxd8 29. Bc7 $16) 28. Qd3 $1 a5 $16 {With such a black queenside
structure White's winning chances become real.} 29. Qb5 Qb7 30. Bg3 Ne6 31. Qe8
Bf6 {Black keeps playing passively.} (31... Ng5 $5 32. Nd2 Qd5) 32. Ne5 Kg7 33.
Nd7 Qd5 $2 34. Qg8+ $1 (34. Qg8+ Kxg8 35. Nxf6+) 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ardeleanu, Alin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 (7...
b5 8. e5 $16) 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 10. Qd2 Qc7 (10... Nc7 11. O-O-O (11. Bh6
$2 Nxe5 $1) 11... Ne6 12. Bh6 $40 Nxe5 $140 13. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 Nxf3 15.
Bxf8 Nxd2 16. Bxe7 $18) 11. e6 $8 fxe6 12. Ng5 Ndf6 13. h4 $44 Nd5 14. h5 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Qb6 $1 (15... Qf4 $5 16. Qxf4 Rxf4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. g3 Rf5 19. f4 Nd6
20. Bd3 e5 $5 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. O-O-O exf4 23. gxf4 $14) 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. hxg6
hxg6 18. Bd3 Ra5 $1 19. Nf3 (19. Nh7 Rf4 20. Bxg6 Nd6 {פh7}) 19... Bxc3+ 20.
bxc3 Kg7 $13 21. Rh4 Nf6 22. c4 g5 23. Rh1 g4 24. Nd2 Re5+ 25. Kf1 Bd7 26. Rh4
c5 27. Rb1 Bc6 28. Rxb6 Rg5 29. Kg1 e5 30. Nf1 $1 $138 Rh5 31. Rxh5 Nxh5 32.
Ne3 (32. Nd2 $2 Nf4 33. Ne4 (33. Be4 Ne2+) 33... Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Ne2+ 35. Kf1 (
35. Kh2 Rh8+) 35... Ng3+ 36. Kg1 Nxe4 $19) 32... g3 33. Nf5+ Kf6 34. fxg3 $2 (
34. Nxg3 $142 Nxg3 35. fxg3 e6 (35... Ra8 36. Be4 Rxa2 37. Bxc6 bxc6 38. Rxc6+
Kf5 39. Rxc5 Rxc2 $44 {Pe5}) 36. Rb1 Ra8 37. Rf1+ Kg5 38. Re1 $10) 34... e6 35.
Nd6 Nxg3 36. Kh2 (36. Nxb7 Bxb7 37. Rxb7 e4 38. Bf1 Ke5 39. Rb1 e3 40. Re1 (40.
Bd3 Rh8 $19) 40... Kf4 {/\Rh8-+}) 36... Rg8 $1 37. Rxc6 (37. Nxb7 Bxb7 38. Rxb7
e4 $19) (37. c3 e4 (37... Ne2 $5 38. Bxe2 Rxg2+ 39. Kh3 Rxe2 40. Nxb7 Re3+ 41.
Kh2 Bxb7 42. Rxb7 Rxc3 $19) 38. Rxc6 bxc6 39. Nxe4+ Nxe4 40. Bxe4 Ra8 $19) (37.
Bh7 Rg7 38. c3 Ne2 $19) 37... bxc6 38. Ne4+ Nxe4 39. Bxe4 Rg4 40. Bd3 Rd4 41.
Kg3 e4 42. Be2 Rd2 43. Kf2 Rxc2 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Herculane"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1996.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5
Qc7 (8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6) (8... Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4)
9. Qd2 Rb8 $5 10. Be2 (10. Bc4 Nxe4 $5) 10... b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. O-O b5 13.
b4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Bh6 (16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rfd8 {/\Bf8,
קb4}) 16... Ra8 17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qe3 Nf8 20. Qc5 N6d7 21. Qd6 (
21. Nxb5 Qb8 22. Qe7 Re8 23. Qh4 cxb5 $17) 21... Qxd6 22. Rxd6 f6 $15 {(פc3,
עg1)} 23. Rbd1 Kf7 24. g4 $5 Ke7 (24... g5 $2 25. R1d2 Ke7 26. Nd1 Nb6 27. Ne3
$14) 25. g5 fxg5 26. Nxg5 Ra3 $2 (26... h6 $142 27. Nf3 Ra3 28. R6d3 Rda8 {
(/\Bc8, Ne6-f4)} 29. Nh4 Nf6 $15) 27. Nb1 $6 (27. R6d3 $142 Ra6 $13 (27... h6
28. Nd5+ cxd5 29. Rxa3 hxg5 30. exd5 $16) (27... Rda8 28. Nxh7 Rxc3 29. Nxf8
Rxd3 30. Nxg6+ Kf6 31. Rxd3 $16)) 27... Ra1 {(/\Rxb1)} 28. R6d2 h6 29. Nf3 Rda8
30. c4 (30. Nc3 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ra3 $15 {><f4, h3}) 30... bxc4 31. Bxc4 R8a4 32.
Rb2 c5 33. bxc5 Bxe4 34. Nfd2 Bxb1 35. Rdxb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Nxc5 37. Re1 Kf6
38. Bf1 Nfe6 39. Nc4 e4 40. Rd1 Nf4 41. Nb6 Rb4 42. Nd5+ Nxd5 43. Rxd5 Ne6 $15
44. Rb5 Ra4 $6 (44... Rxb5 $142 $15 45. Bxb5 Ke5 46. Bd7 Nf4 47. Bc8 g5 48. Bd7
h5 49. Bc8 Nd3 50. Kg2 Ne1+ 51. Kg1 Kf4 52. Bd7 h4 (52... Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Ne5 54.
Bc8 h4 55. Be6 g4 56. hxg4 Nxg4 57. Kh3 Nxf2+ 58. Kxh4 e3 59. Bc4 Ke4 60. Be2
$10) 53. Bc8 e3 54. fxe3+ Kxe3 55. Bg4 $10) 45. Bg2 Nd4 46. Rb8 Ra1+ 47. Kh2
Re1 48. Re8 Kf5 49. Kg3 Ne2+ 50. Kh2 Nf4 51. Rf8+ Ke5 52. Re8+ Ne6 53. Kg3 Re2
54. h4 Kf6 55. Bf1 Rc2 56. Bh3 Rc3+ 57. Kh2 Nc5 58. Rc8 Rc2 59. Rc6+ Ke5 60.
Bg2 Kf5 61. Kg3 Rc3+ 62. Kh2 Rc2 63. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.11.13"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 {This
move was once considered to be the main variation, but nowadays is relatively
out of fashion. Black prevents his opponent from further winning space with
a4-a5 and ensures relative stability to his queen's knight on b4.} (7... Nbd7 {
is the more frequent continuation in recent years.}) 8. Be3 {The modern
treatment of the classical variation of the Pirc (a similar situation occurs
after 7...Nbd7 8.Be3).} ({White does not waste a tempo on taking the g4-square
under control with} 8. h3 {which is likely to allow Black sufficient time to
organize his counterplay, for instance} Na6 9. Be3 Nb4 10. Qd2 (10. Nd2 e5) (
10. Qc1 $5) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rad1 Qe7 $13 {0-1 Rozentalis,E (2610)
-Sznapik,A (2425)/Augustow 1996/CBM 057 (50)}) 8... Na6 {Black admits the
corectness of White's previous move.} ({Older editions of the ECO had} 8... Ng4
{as Black's main answer, on the basis of the following game:} 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4
Na6 11. Re1 ({In fact,} 11. Nd2 $1 {would put Black's entire concept under
serious doubt}) 11... Nb4 12. Bc4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd2 d5 15. Bb3 Bg4 $1 16.
f3 Bh5 17. Be5 Qb6 18. Kh1 Rfd8 $132 {0-1 Browne,W-Hort,V/Wijk aan Zee 1975 
(40)}) ({However, Uhlmann's favourite} 8... Bg4 {is an important alternative.
Since the c6-square is occupied by a pawn already, the idea behind this move
is not so much to set up pressure against the d4-pawn, but to get rid of the
potentially "bad" bishop before attacking the enemy center with d6-d5, in the
spiryt of the Caro-Kann defence.} 9. h3 ({Several decades ago, Uhlmann faced} 
9. Nd2 {none less than 4 times with the same result: draw. Here is a typical
example:} Bxe2 10. Qxe2 d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. exf6 Rxf6 14. Rae1 Nd6 15.
Nf3 Nd7 16. Bc1 e6 17. b3 Qb6 $132 {[%csl Rc1,Rc3,Ye4] 1/2-1/2 Vogt,L (2450)
-Uhlmann,W (2535)/Leipzig 1975/MCL (41)}) 9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 {This
doesn't seem too consequent to me.} ({I suppose that Uhlmann's intention is to
continue here} 10... d5 {anyway}) 11. Qd2 e5 12. dxe5 $6 ({Since the pressure
against the d4-square was bearable, White should have maintained the tension
with} 12. Rad1 $14) 12... dxe5 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Qe2 Qe7 15. Qc4 Qb4 16. Be2
Qxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf8 18. Rd2 Bb4 19. Rad1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Raaste,E
(2250)-Ornstein,A (2470)/Oslo 1976/MCD}) 9. Nd2 {Once White has managed to
carry out this regrouping, taking the g4-square under control, we can state
that White has won a tempo, indeed, by refraining from h3. However, Black can
also have some reasons of satisfaction: White refrained from what looks like
the most natural plan, based on connecting rooks with Qd2.} Nb4 10. f4 {
The most active continuation, building up an impressive centre of pawns.
However, with his slightly unnatural development, White doesn´t really
threaten anything concrete yet. For instance, the advance e4-e5 can be
effectively met by Nf6-d5.} (10. Ncb1 {was analized in 1-0 Stean,M (2300)
-Planinec,A (2535)/Moscow 1975/MCL/[Gagarin] (37). A more recent example went}
d5 11. c3 Na6 12. e5 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Na3 Nec7 15. Bd3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Bf5 17.
Bxf5 Rxf5 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Qd2 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Moldovan Daniel (2427)-Zaim Marian 
(2209) Rom-ch 2004}) (10. Rc1 {is some sort of mysterious move, which doesn't
really threaten Ncb1 (because of Na2, winning an exchange).} d5 $2 (10... e5 $2
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 $16) ({Black should probably play an equally neitral,
but more useful move, such as} 10... Qc7 $5) 11. e5 Ne8 12. f4 Nc7 13. Nf3 f6
14. Qd2 Be6 15. Nd1 Qd7 16. c3 Nba6 17. Bd3 $16 {Aleksandria,N-Gaprindashvili,
N/Pitsuda-Tbilisi(m/10)/1:0 (41) Inf 20/187/}) 10... Bh6 $5 $146 {A very
direct attempt to take advantage of the relatively vulnerable position of the
e3-bishop.} ({It is probably premature to attack the centre with pawns, for
instance} 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 $6 (12. fxe5 Nd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. Nc4
Rxf1+ 15. Bxf1 $32) 12... exf4 $1 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. Rxf4 Be6 $44 15. Bd3 Nh5
16. Rh4 $2 Qd8 $17 17. Nf3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxb2 $19 {0-1 Bohm,H 
(2300)-Planinec,A (2535)/Moscow 1975/MCL}) ({or} 10... d5 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ncb1
Bf5 13. Na3 f6 14. c3 Na6 15. g4 Bd7 16. h3 $14 {() 1-0 Chatalbashev,B (2518)
-Petrov,M (2425)/Greece 2001/EXT 2003 (35)}) ({An interesting hañf-waiting
move (in fact preparing to play ...e5 under more favourable circumstances) is} 
10... Re8 $5 11. g4 $5 (11. Nc4 d5) (11. Ncb1 Ng4 $5 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Qxg4
Nxc2 14. Ra3 Nxe3 15. Rxe3 Bxd4 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Nc4 Qc5 $15 {/\b5}) 11... Bxg4
$5 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Nxc2 14. Qe2 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 Qc7 16. Rf1 e6 17. e5 f6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Potkin,V (2478)-Khruschiov,A (2324)/Litohoto 1999/CBM 072 ext (34)
}) 11. Kh1 {This is not a bad move, but it doesn't seem like an attempt to
refute Black's novelty.} ({In case of the more radical} 11. g4 {Black can
choose between two entirely different answers:} Ne8 $5 {This is the neutral
answer, with similar ideas as in the game.} ({The alternative would be the
rather unclear} 11... Bxg4 12. Bxg4 Nxg4 13. Qxg4 Nxc2 14. Qh3 $1 {[%csl Yh6]}
Bg7 15. Rad1 Nxd4 {although Black might still need to prove that his 3 pawns
are an adequate compensation for the sacrificed knight.}) 12. Ncb1 d5 13. c3
Na6 14. e5 f6 $132) 11... d5 12. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Yf7f6,Yf6e5,Rh6e3,Ye8g7]} 13.
Nf3 {[%csl Re4,Ye5] White prepares to meet f6xe5 with Nxe5. However, this move
weakens the e4-square. At the same time, it clears the d2-square for the queen,
in order to defend the e3-bishop in view of an eventual f4xe5.} (13. Ncb1 f6
14. c3 Na6 15. Bg1 (15. Na3 fxe5 16. dxe5 $13) 15... Ng7 {[%cal Yh6c1] looks
acceptable for Black, since White didn't really neutralise the pressure along
the h6-c1 diagonal.}) 13... Bf5 $1 14. Rc1 f6 15. Qd2 Ng7 16. Nd1 {As a
general aspect, this knight is the least favourable placed piece in this whole
classical system, since it blocks the advance of the c-pawn, thus restricting
White's advantage of space. Therefore, White decides to transfer it to f2.} Be4
({The attempt to force an immediate draw with} 16... Na2 17. Ra1 Nb4 {fails to}
18. Ne1 {lathough it is far from clear whether White has anything here, too.})
17. c3 Na6 18. Nf2 Nf5 {Black has considerably activated his pieces. White has
problems maintaining his far advanced e-pawn, while the exchange on f6 would
be an obvious concession.} 19. Ng4 (19. Nxe4 $6 dxe4 20. Ng1 fxe5 21. dxe5 Qxd2
22. Bxd2 Rad8 23. Rc2 Nc5 $132) (19. exf6 exf6 $132 {[%cal Yf8e8]}) 19... Bg7
20. Bf2 Nc7 21. Ne3 Nh6 22. Bg3 Ne6 23. h3 Qd7 24. Bh2 Nf5 {Both sides have
manoeuvred in a wise way, but the situation remains unclear.} 25. exf6 {
Finally, White loses his temper.} Bxf6 (25... exf6 $5 $11) 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 Rf7 $132 {Black has arranged his minor pieces on stable squaresand has an
entirely acceptable position, with chances for counterplay.} 28. Kg1 Raf8 29.
Ng4 Neg7 30. Nf2 h5 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Bc4 e6 33. Qe2 e3 34. Rcd1 h4 35. Bd3 c5
36. dxc5 Qxa4 37. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 $5 ({
Starting with 1996, I had a lot of games with Black in this line. I always
thought that the game move at best transposes to} 7... Nbd7 {, which I played
exclusively. This is the first time that I has realised that there is some
point behind delaying the knight's development.}) 8. Be3 e5 9. dxe5 {First of
all, it seems that it is not simple for White to maintain the tension.} (9. Nd2
$6 Ng4 $1 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Qxg4 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Ra3 Nd7 14. Nd1 Rae8
15. Rh3 h5 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Qd3 Bb6 18. Ne3 Re6 $15 {Gurgenidze,B (2370)
-Chiburdanidze,M (2485)/Tbilisi 1991/CBM 024 (0-1, 25)}) (9. h3 $6 exd4 $1 10.
Nxd4 (10. Bxd4 {maintains some flexibility, but the bishop is exposed in the
centre.} Re8 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. Re1 b6 13. f3 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rad8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16.
Bc4 Ne6 17. Bf2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. c3 Nhf4 $15 {
Koopman,H-Van Wijgerden,C (2435)/Wijk aan Zee 1984/EXT 2003 (0-1, 50)}) 10...
Re8 {There are some problems with defending the central pawn.} 11. Bf3 ({
Apart from weakening g3,} 11. f3 {allows} d5 $1 $132 12. Bd3 $6 Bxh3 $1 13.
gxh3 Qg3+ 14. Kh1 Qxh3+ 15. Kg1 Qg3+ 16. Kh1 Re5 $19 {Gislason,G-Waagmeester,W/
EU-ch M corr 1997/Corr 2000 (0-1, 18)}) (11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. f4 a6 13. Nde2 c5 14.
Ng3 d5 15. e5 d4 $17 {Wright-Botterill,G/Hastings 1970 (0-1, 21)}) 11... Nbd7
12. Re1 a5 (12... Ne5 13. Be2 b6 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. a5 a6 17. axb6
Nxb6 18. Bf2 c5 19. Nb3 Nc4 20. Ra2 Nd7 $132 {Novikov,I (2465)-Eingorn,V (2530)
/Kharkov 1985/MCL (1/2, 24). The strong pressure against e4 and the whole
queenside compensates for the slightly weakened structure.}) 13. Qd2 Nc5 14.
Bf4 Nfd7 15. Rad1 Ne5 16. Be2 Qb6 17. b3 Qb4 18. Kh1 $6 Ned3 $1 19. Bxd3 Bxd4
20. Na2 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 d5 $15 {Kostro,J-Smyslov,V/Polanica Zdroj 1968/EXT 99 
(0-1, 41)}) (9. Re1 Ng4 {was played in a few irrelevant games. The critical
continuation is} 10. Bg5 $146 exd4 11. Nxd4 Qb6 12. Bxg4 Bxd4 13. Be3 Bxe3 14.
Rxe3 {Black needs to neutralise White's kingside initiative in order to take
advantage of his small queenside achievements.} Bxg4 (14... Na6 15. Be2 $1 $14)
15. Qxg4 Na6 16. Rh3 (16. Rb1 $5 Nb4 17. Rh3) 16... Rae8 (16... Qxb2 17. Rb1
Qxc2 18. Qh4 h5 19. g4 Qd2 20. gxh5 Qh6 21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Re7 $14) 17. Qf4 f5
18. Qxd6 (18. Qh4 Qc7 19. Rd1 Re6 $11) 18... fxe4 19. Qd2 Nc5 $132 {The
e4-pawn is not necessarily weak and Black is well coordinated.}) 9... dxe5 10.
a5 {A typical move for the classical system, aimed at freezing Black's
queenside.} (10. Nd2 Rd8 11. h3 (11. Qc1 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. a5 Nd7 14. Nb3
Bf8 15. Na4 Be2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Nbc5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 f6 19. b3 Bf7 $11 {Williams,
A (2390)-Evans,L (2540)/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000 (0-1, 33)}) (11. Qe1 Ng4 12. Bc5 {
1/2 (33) Romanov,E (2588)-Kurnosov,I (2669)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 132 Extra}
b6 13. Ba3 Nf6 14. Bc4 c5 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bb7 17. c4 Nc6 $11) 11... Nbd7
12. Qe1 Nf8 {/\...Ne6} 13. f4 $5 Ne6 14. f5 (14. fxe5 Nd7) 14... Nf4 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Bd3 Nh5 $17 {Sax,G-Poutiainen,P/Teeside 1974/EXT 99 (0-1, 56)}) 10...
Bg4 $5 {Once again, we notice the usefulness of leaving the c8-g4 diagonal
open. Black aims for a natural development and starts fighting for the central
dark squares.} (10... Nh5 11. g3 (11. Bc4 Nf4 12. Qb1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. f3
Be6 15. Kh1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfb8 17. Na4 b5 $11 {Wedberg,T (2510)-Gurevich,D (2480)
New York 1989 (0-1, 40)}) 11... Bf6 12. Nd2 Ng7 13. Nc4 Na6 14. Qd6 Ne6 15. Na4
Rd8 16. Qxc7 Naxc7 17. c3 Nb5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Kf8 20. b4 Ke8 21. Rc1
Bg7 22. Nab2 f6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. f4 $14 {Langeweg,K-Donner,J Amsterdam 1969 
(0-1, 63)}) (10... Ng4 11. Bd2 (11. Bc5 Rd8 12. Qc1 Bh6 13. Qb1 Nd7 14. Be7 Re8
15. Bg5 Bg7 16. h3 Ngf6 17. Be3 Nf8 18. Rd1 Nh5 19. Bc5 $14 {Quinteros,M (2495)
-Donner,J (2495) Wijk aan Zee 1974 (1/2, 32)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc1 Qe7 13. Bg5 f6
14. Bd2 Qf8 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Qd2 $14 {
Tringov,G-Keene,R Rovinj/Zagreb 1975 (1-0, 35)}) (10... Nbd7 11. h3 {
transposes back to the main lines with 7...Nbd7.}) 11. Bc4 $5 $146 {Aiming for
an active display of the queen and bishop.} (11. h3 Rd8 $1 $146 (11... Bxf3 12.
Bxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd3 Rfd8 14. Qc4 Nf8 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Nb4 a6 17. Nd3 $16 {Harandi,
K (2380)-Ludgate,A (2255)/Haifa 1976/EXT 2000 (1/2, 45)}) 12. Bd3 (12. Qb1 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Na6 14. Qa2 Bf8 $11) 12... Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nbd7 14. Rfd1 b5 $5 $132)
11... Rd8 12. Qe2 Qe7 $5 {Taking the f8-a3 diagonal under control.} 13. h3 Bxf3
14. Qxf3 Nbd7 15. Nb1 $5 {White anticipates a black knight transfer to d4, by
preparing c2-c3. However, this plan is too slow to offer anything special.} (
15. Rfd1 b5 $132) 15... b5 $11 16. axb6 axb6 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. c3 b5 19. Bd3
Qf8 {[%cal Gg7h6]} (19... Nc5 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. Na3 Ne8 22. Bb3 N8c7 $11) 20. Bg5
(20. b4 Bh6 $11) 20... h6 21. Bc1 h5 22. Nd2 (22. Bg5 Nh7 23. Be3 Bh6 $15)
22... Bh6 23. b4 Kg7 24. Qe2 Ra2 25. Bb1 Ra8 26. Bc2 c5 $5 {Black gets some
symbolic advantage after this liquidation of the queenside.} (26... Qe7 $11)
27. Qxb5 cxb4 28. cxb4 $6 ({White would be out of any trouble after} 28. Qxb4
Qxb4 29. cxb4 Rb8 $11) 28... Rb8 29. Qc4 Rxb4 30. Qc3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 $36 32.
Nf3 (32. f3 Be3+ 33. Kh1 h4 $15) 32... Bxc1 33. Rxc1 Nfd7 34. Rd1 Kf6 35. Rd5
Rc4 36. Bd3 Rc1+ 37. Kh2 Rd1 (37... Kg7 $5 $15 {seems to lead by force to a
knight ending with a pawn up, drawn in principle, but with practical chances
for Black.} 38. Ng1 (38. Be2 Nf6 39. Rxe5 Nfxe4) 38... Rd1 (38... Nf6 39. Ne2
$1) 39. Bc4 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 Nf6 41. Nf3 (41. f3 Nxd5 42. exd5 Kf6 43. Ne2 Nd3 44.
Kg3 Ke7 45. f4 Kd6 46. fxe5+ Kxe5 47. Nc3 Nb4) 41... Ncxe4 42. Bxe4 Nxe4 43.
Nxe5 Nxf2) 38. Bc4 $11 Rxd5 39. Bxd5 Nb6 40. Bc6 Ke6 41. g3 Kd6 42. Be8 Ke7 43.
Bc6 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Negulescu, Adrian"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. Qd2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Qd6 $6 Qxd6 12. Rxd6 Re8 13. Bc4 Bf8 14. Rd1
Bb4 $15 15. Ng5 Re7 16. f3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. Bxh6 (18. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 19.
Bxh6) 18... Kh7 $1 19. Bxf7 Kxh6 $17 20. O-O Kg7 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. Ne2 Ba5 (22...
Nxb3 23. cxb3 Be6) 23. Nc1 Nfd7 (23... Nxb3) 24. c3 Bc7 (24... Nxb3) 25. Bc2 a5
26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Rxd3 Nc5 28. Rd2 Be6 29. b3 Kf6 30. Rb1 Ke7 31. h4 b5 32. axb5
cxb5 33. b4 Na4 34. Bxa4 bxa4 35. bxa5 Bb3 36. Rdb2 Rb8 37. a6 Bb6+ 38. Kh2 Kd6
39. Kg3 Ba7 40. Kg4 Kc5 41. Kg5 Rb6 42. Ra1 Rxa6 {[#]} 43. Rxb3 $3 axb3 44.
Rxa6 b2 45. Rxa7 b1=Q 46. Rc7+ Kd6 47. Rg7 Qc2 48. Rxg6+ Ke7 49. Kh5 Qxc3 50.
Rg5 Kf6 51. g4 Qb3 52. Kh6 Qe3 53. Kh7 Qa7+ 54. Kh6 Qe3 55. Kh7 Qa7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cupa Dinamo"]
[Site "Brasov"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Badea, Bela"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1998.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.04.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. h3 Ngf6 (11... Nge5) 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Ne4 N7b6
14. Bb3 Nc7 15. Qe2 Nbd5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bd2 b6 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. c4 Nf4 20. Bxf4
Rxf4 21. Ng3 c5 22. Bc2 Bb7 23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Nxf5 exf5 25. Qd2 Ne6 26. Qd7 Qxd7
27. Rxd7 Bc8 28. Rxe7 Nd4 29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Ba4 a6 31. Bd7 Bb7 32. Re7 $1 (32.
Rxa8 $16) 32... Be4 33. f3 Bc2 34. f4 Rd8 35. h4 Be4 36. Re3 Kg8 {[#]} (36...
Bb1 37. Kh2 Bxa2 38. Rg3 $18) 37. Be6+ $2 $138 (37. Nxg6 Bf6 (37... Bf8 38. Re8
Rxd7 39. Rxf8+ Kg7 40. Ne5 Ne2+ 41. Kf2) 38. Re8+ Rxe8 39. Bxe8 $18) 37... Nxe6
38. Rxe6 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Rg3 $6 $138 (40. fxg5) 40... g4 (40... gxf4) 41.
Rxb6 Rd2 42. Rxa6 Rxb2 43. Kh2 Rc2 44. a4 Bxe5 45. fxe5 Kf7 46. a5 Ke7 47. Rf6
Rxc4 48. Ra3 Rc2 49. Kg3 Rxg2+ $6 (49... c4 $142 $132) 50. Kh4 Rh2+ 51. Kg5 c4
52. a6 Rh8 53. a7 Rc8 54. Rc3 (54. Rfa6 Ra8 (54... Ba8 55. Kxf5 c3 56. Ra1 c2
57. Rc1 g3 58. Rh6 Rf8+ 59. Rf6 Rg8 60. Rxc2 $18) 55. Kf4 Kf7 $1 (55... Kd7 56.
e6+ Ke7 57. Ke5)) (54. Raa6 c3 55. Rh6 f4 56. Kxf4 c2 57. Kxe4 c1=Q 58. Rh7+
Kd8 59. Rh8+ Kd7 60. Rxc8 Qe1+) 54... Ra8 (54... Bd3 55. Rb6 g3 (55... Ra8) 56.
Rb8 g2 57. Rc1 Bf1) 55. Rh6 Bd5 $2 $138 (55... Bd3 56. Kf4 Kd7 57. Rb6 Ke7 58.
Ra3 Be4 59. Rb8 Ke6 60. Ra6+ Ke7 61. Rxa8 Bxa8 62. Kxf5 g3 (62... c3 63. Kxg4
c2 64. Ra1 Ke6 65. Kf4) 63. Rg6 g2 64. Rg7+ Kf8 65. Kf6 c3 66. e6 $18) 56. Rh7+
Bf7 57. Rxc4 $18 Rxa7 58. Rc6 $1 {/\e6} Kf8 59. Rc8+ $138 (59. Kf6 $18) 59...
Ke7 60. Kxf5 $6 (60. Rc6 Kf8 61. Kf6) 60... g3 61. Rc3 Kf8 62. Rh8+ (62. Rxg3
Be6+ 63. Kxe6 Rxh7 64. Rf3+ (64. Ra3 Rh6+ 65. Kd7 Rb6 $11) 64... Ke8 $11) 62...
Kg7 63. Rh4 $6 (63. Rh3 Bg6+ 64. Kf4 $1 g2 65. Rhg3 {(/\Rc6)} Rf7+ 66. Ke3 Rf5
67. Rc6 Rxe5+ 68. Kd4 $18 Re4+ 69. Kd5) 63... Bg6+ 64. Ke6 Ra6+ 65. Ke7 Ra7+
66. Kd6 Ra6+ 67. Rc6 Rxc6+ 68. Kxc6 Bf5 {[#]} (68... g2 69. Rg4) 69. Rd4 $2 (
69. Ra4 $1 $18 g2 (69... Kg6 70. Ra3 g2 71. Rg3+ Kf7 72. Kd6 Bh3 73. Rg5 $18)
70. Ra1 Kf7 (70... Bd3 71. Rg1 Bf1 72. Kd7 Bb5+ 73. Kd8 Bf1 74. e6) 71. Kd6 Bh3
72. Rg1 Ke8 73. e6 Kf8 74. Rb1 (74. Kd7 Kg7 75. Rxg2+ Bxg2 76. e7 Bf1 77. Kc6
Kf7) 74... Kg7 75. e7 Kf7 76. Rb8 g1=Q 77. e8=Q+ $18) 69... Kg6 $1 {><d3} 70.
Kd6 Kg5 71. e6 g2 (71... g2 72. Rd1 Bxe6 73. Kxe6 Kf4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ghinda, Mihail Viorel"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Na6 8. Bc4
Nc7 9. Bb3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Re1 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Be5 Ba6 15.
Bxc7 Qxc7 16. e5 Rad8 17. Qc1 Ne8 18. Bd5 c4 19. Qg5 Qc5 20. Rad1 Nc7 21. Be4 {
(Accompanied by a draw offer in a slightly better position)} Bc8 22. Qe3 Qb4
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Bc6 Qc5 $6 (24... Bc8) 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. Ne4 $4 (26. f4) 26...
Qxe5 27. Nc6 Qe6 28. Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxd7 Qxc6 $19 30. Qxe7 Ne6 (30... Nd5 31.
Qd6 Qxd6 32. Rxd6 Nb4 33. Re4 $1 $44 {Iordachescu}) 31. Rxa7 Bxb2 {...} 0-1

[Event "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Site "La Roche sur Yon"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dunis, Aurelien"]
[Black "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2006.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Qc7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. a5 Rb8 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5] Instead of reacting in the centre, Black
continues his hypermodernist development.} (9... e5 {is the main alternative.})
10. Be3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Yb6b4]} 12. d5 $1 {With the a-pawns
on board (on, say, a6 and a4) this advance would be not too dangerous. The way
it is, Black will face constant problems because of the relative weakness of
the b5-square.} Bb7 (12... Nc5 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V (2555)-Khalifman,A (2650)/St
Petersburg 1997/CBM 058/[Har Zvi] (42)}) 13. Nd4 Ra8 {As we shall see, the
control of the a-file is quite important for Black.} (13... Nc5 14. Bf3 {
Necessary precaution.} ({The immediate infiltration with} 14. Ra7 {does not
promisse much after} Ra8 15. Nxc6 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. c3 e6 $132 {1-0
Motwani,P (2465)-Norwood,D (2460)/London 1988/EXT 98 (37)}) 14... e5 15. Nxc6 (
15. dxe6 Nxe6 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 18. Ra7 Nc5 19. Bg5 Qb8 20. Raa1 b5
$132 {0-1 Gustafsson,J (2436)-Kindermann,S (2527)/Fuerth 1999/EXT 2000 (54)})
15... Bxc6 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. Bxc5 $6 ({White understands well that he has to
give up his dark-squared bishop for the sake of controling the light squares,
but chooses the wrong knight!} 17. Bg5 $142 $1 Nfxe4 18. b4 Nxc3 19. Bxc6 Nxd1
20. Rfxd1 Ne6 21. Be7 Nd4 $14) 17... bxc5 18. Ra2 Ra8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 {1/2-1/2
Cosma,I (2468)-Foisor,O (2409)/Balaguer 2001/EXT 2002}) 14. Qd2 {The most
consistent continuation. By connecting the rooks, White maintains the tension
along the a-file. Rushing in to take over the control of the queen side light
squares does not offer much, precisely because the control of the a-file
promisses Black sufficient counterplay.} (14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb5
Qb7 17. Rxa8 (17. f3 {does not change anything because of} Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Ra8 {
when} 19. Qd1 {would transpose to the game.}) 17... Rxa8 18. f3 Qa7 19. Nd5
Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 21. c3 Qb8 22. Qc6 Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Stanojoski,Z (2400)
-Bogdanovski,V (2435)/Star Dorjan 1995/EXT 2004 (73)}) (14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Bb5 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Rb8 20. Qc6 Qxc6 21. Bxc6
Nc5 22. b4 Ne6 23. c4 Bd4 24. Bd2 Rc8 25. Bb5 Ra8 {0-1 Furlan,M (2340)
-Marangunic,S (2451)/Kranj 1999/EXT 2002 (72)}) 14... Nc5 $146 {Black
"invites" the enemy bishop to occupy the relatively modest f3-square, in order
to reduce White's influence over the b5-square. Other moves tend to leave
White with chances to consolidate his advantage.} (14... Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5 16.
Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Bf3 cxd5 18. exd5 Ncd7 19. Ndb5 Qb8 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Ra1 Bf8 22.
Na7 Re8 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. Bc6 Ra8 25. Ncb5 Qb8 26. Ra3 e6 27. c4 $16 {1-0
Novikov,I (2490)-Zaichik,G (2500)/Polanica Zdroj 1989/EXT 97 (41)}) (14... cxd5
15. Ndb5 Qc8 (15... Qc6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 N7f6 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Qd3 {
[%cal Yc2c4]} Rfc8 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. Ra1 Bb7 22. Ra7 $16) 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Bf3
Ba6 18. Rfe1 Nfe4 19. Nxe4 Bxb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Nc3 Ba6 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Bxg7
Kxg7 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. b4 Nd7 26. Bg4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Russek Libni,G (2400)
-Juswanto,D (2483)/Istanbul 2000/EXT 2001 (38)}) 15. Bf3 ({In case of} 15. f3
$6 {Black can already play} cxd5 16. Ndb5 Qc6 {, because the long diagonal is
not available to the white light-squared bishop any more.}) 15... e5 $5 {
Black deprives his opponent of the control of the vital d4-square and
obstructs the f3-bishop's diagonal at the same time. However, in doing so he
weakens the d5-square in chronical way.} 16. Nxc6 (16. dxe6 Nxe6 $11) 16...
Bxc6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18. Rxa8 $6 {White cannot maintain the control of the
a-file and put pressure on the d-file at the same time. However, when making
his last move White might have underestimated Black's resource on the 19th
move.} (18. Bg5 Nfxe4 19. b4 d5 20. Nxd5 Qe6 $132) (18. Rfd1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1
Ncxe4 $132) (18. Rad1 $5 Rfd8 19. Bg5 $14) 18... Rxa8 19. Rd1 Bf8 $1 {Now,
Black has safely defended his backward pawn, maintaining the a-file in his
posession.} (19... Ncxe4 $6 20. Qd3 d5 21. Nxd5 $16 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Yf3a8]})
20. Nd5 {The exchange operation initiated by this move leads to complete
equality, but it is not easy to find a way to increase the pressure.} (20. Bg5
Ncd7) 20... Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Ra1+ 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nxe4 $11
25. Bf3 f5 26. Bxe4 fxe4 27. Bxb6 Kf7 (27... d5 $1) 28. c4 Ke6 29. Kf1 (29. b4
$5 d5 $140 30. c5 Kd7 31. b5) 29... d5 30. cxd5+ Kxd5 31. Ke2 Bb4 32. Kd1 Kc4
33. Kc2 h5 34. Ba7 Ba5 35. Be3 Bb4 36. Bb6 Be1 37. Kd1 Bb4 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Ba7
Be7 40. Be3 Kc4 41. Bb6 Kd5 42. b3 Bb4 43. f3 Be7 44. Be3 Bb4 45. f4 exf4 46.
Bxf4 Be7 47. Bd2 Kd4 48. Bh6 Kd5 49. Bg7 Bg5 50. Bc3 Bh6 51. Bd2 Bf8 52. Be1
Bh6 53. Bb4 Bg7 54. Be7 Bh6 55. b4 Kc4 56. Bc5 Bf4 57. Bf8 Bc1 58. g3 Bg5 59.
h4 Bf6 60. Bd6 Bd4 61. Kd2 Bc3+ 62. Ke2 Kd5 63. Bc5 Be5 64. Bf2 Kc4 65. Ke3
Bd4+ 66. Ke2 Bg7 67. Ke3 Bd4+ 68. Ke2 Bg7 69. Ke3 Bd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Baile Tusnad"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Radovici, Corvin"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. h3
Qc7 9. Be3 b6 $5 (9... e5) 10. Qd2 (10. Nd2) 10... Bb7 11. Bh6 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7
13. Qe3 {(/\e5)} (13. d5 Nc5 14. Qd4 e5 $1 15. dxe6 Nxe6 $132) 13... e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Rfd1 b5 16. b4 Rfe8 $5 (16... Rfd8) 17. Rd2 $6 {צa1} (17. Rab1
$142) 17... c5 $1 18. axb5 (18. bxc5 b4 $1) 18... cxb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a5
21. d6 Qb6 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 $15 {/\Ne4} 23. Bf1 $8 Nfd7 $1 (23... Ne4 24. Re2 Nxd6
25. Rxe5 $14) (23... a4 24. Re2 Nfd7 25. Re4 Nd5 26. Rc4 $36) 24. g4 a4 25.
Rdd1 (25. g5 h6 26. h4 hxg5 27. hxg5 e4 {קg5}) 25... a3 26. Rdb1 Ra4 27. Ne1
$6 e4 $17 28. c3 $5 bxc3 29. Rb3 Rc8 30. Nc2 (30. Ra2 Kf6 31. Nc2 Ke5 32. Raxa3
Rxa3 33. Rxa3 Kxd6 $17) 30... a2 31. Rc1 f5 32. Na1 Nd5 33. b6 N5xb6 (33...
N7xb6 34. Rd1 $5 $132) 34. Rbxc3 Rxc3 35. Rxc3 Kf6 (35... Kf6 36. gxf5 gxf5 37.
Rc2 Ke5 38. Rd2 Ra5 $1 {><b5} 39. Kg2 Nf6 (39... Nd5 40. Bc4) 40. Kh2 Nfd5 41.
d7 Nxd7 42. Bc4 N7b6 43. Bxa2 (43. Rxa2 Nxc4) 43... Nc3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2002.01.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2436"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bh6
O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 $5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4 (12. Qg5 Ndxe5 (12... Nc5)
13. Nxe5 f6) 12... Ndxe5 $1 (12... Nc5 13. h3 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Nh6 $13) 13. Nxe5
Qd6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 $2 (14... hxg6 $1 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. O-O (16. Be2) 16... Be6
$15) 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. O-O Be6 $146 (16... Ne5 $5 17. Rad1 (17. Rfe1) (17. Ne4)
(17. Be2) 17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 b4 19. Ne4 Ba6 20. Rxd6 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Rae8 22.
Nc5 Rf6 23. Rd7+ Rf7 24. Rd6 Rf6 (24... Rfe7 25. Nd3 c5 26. Rc6 $1) 25. Rd7+
$11) 17. Rae1 $11 Bg8 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Bf3 d5 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 Rab8 22. Re7+
Rf7 23. Re5 Rd7 24. Rfe1 Bf7 25. h3 a6 26. Ne2 Re8 27. Nf4 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Rd6
29. Re7 d4 30. Nd3 Rd7 31. Re5 c4 32. Nc5 Rd6 33. Nb7 Rd7 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Nb7
Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Campora, Daniel Hugo"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Romania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Qc7 $146 (12... b5 13. Ne4 $14
{Morovic-Marin, Spanish team-ch, Barcelona 2000.}) 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Bf1 $1 Rd8 (
14... Bh6 15. Re4 $1 {Rogozenko}) 15. Qc1 $1 (15. Qe2 Nd5 {><f4}) 15... c5 $5 (
15... Nd5 16. Ne4) 16. a4 {><b4, a4} Nd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Ne4 $14) 17... Rxd5 18.
Bc4 Rd8 19. h4 (19. Ng5 Qc6) 19... h6 20. Ra3 $40 Bd7 21. h5 g5 22. Nh2 Qc6 23.
f4 gxf4 24. Bxf4 Nxf4 25. Qxf4 Be6 26. Rg3 Kh8 (26... Bxc4 $2 27. Qg4 $18) 27.
Nf3 (27. Bxe6 Qxe6 $13) 27... Qxa4 28. Rxg7 (28. Re4 Qc6) 28... Kxg7 29. Qg3+
Kh8 30. Bxe6 Rg8 31. Qf2 $6 (31. Bb3 $142 Rxg3 32. Bxa4 Rag8 33. Kf1 Rxg2 34.
e6 R2g3 35. Kf2 Rg2+ 36. Kf1 R2g3 $11) 31... fxe6 32. Qe3 Rg7 33. Qxh6+ Rh7 34.
Qxe6 Rg8 35. b3 $6 (35. c4 $142 Qc2 $140 36. Nh4) 35... Qf4 36. Qh3 Rg4 $6 (
36... Qf7 $142 37. Re4 Rxh5 38. Rh4 Rxh4 39. Qxh4+ Qh7 40. Qc4 b6 $19) 37. Nh2
(37. Rd1 Rhg7) 37... Qd4+ (37... Rh4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Nf3 R4xh5 40. Qxb7 $44)
38. Kh1 Rh4 39. Qf5 $1 Qf4 (39... Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Qh4+ 41. Qh3 Qxe1 42. Qc8+ $11
) 40. Qxf4 Rxf4 41. g4 Rf2 42. e6 Rh6 43. Kg1 Rhf6 44. g5 R6f5 45. Re3 Rxc2 46.
Rg3 (46. Nf3 $142) 46... c4 47. bxc4 Ra5 $19 48. h6 Ra1+ 49. Nf1 Rxc4 (49...
Rcc1 50. Rf3 a5 51. Rf8+ Kh7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Rg7+ Kh8 $19) 50. g6 Rh4 51. g7+
(51. h7 Kg7 52. Kg2 Ra6 53. Ne3 Rh5 $19) 51... Kg8 52. Rg6 Ra3 53. Nh2 Rah3 54.
Ng4 Rxg4+ (54... Rg3+ 55. Kf2 Rgxg4 56. h7+ Rxh7 57. Rxg4) 55. Rxg4 Rxh6 56.
Rc4 Rxe6 57. Rc7 Rb6 58. Rxe7 Rg6+ (58... a5 {Rogozenko}) 59. Kf2 Rxg7 60. Re8+
Kf7 61. Ra8 a6 62. Ke3 Rg8 (62... Rg8 63. Ra7 Rb8 64. Kd4 Ke7 65. Kc5 Kd7 66.
Kb6 Kc8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Moldovan, Daniel"]
[Black "Marin, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {HarZvi,R} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 Bg4 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3
O-O 8. d5 Nb8 9. Nd2 $146 (9. Qd2 {HarZvi,R} c6 10. Rad1 Qa5 11. a3 Rc8 (11...
Nfd7) 12. b4 Qc7 (12... Qxa3 13. Ra1 Qxb4 14. Rfb1 Nxe4 15. Rxb4 Nxd2 16. Bxd2
Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd5 18. Nxd5 $1 Nc6 (18... Rxc2 19. Rd1) 19. Re1 e6 20. Rxb7
exd5 21. Bxd5 $36 {Blatny,P}) 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 a5 $132 {Blatny,P-Chernin,
A/Pardubice 1993 58/151 [Chernin,A]} (14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ne8)) (9. a4 {
HarZvi,R} a5 (9... c6 $6 10. a5 a6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Nc4 $2 (13.
dxc6 bxc6 14. Nc4) 13... Nxe4 $1 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nb6 dxe4 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17.
Bg5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 $17 {Brgga,C-Martin del Ocanpo,R/Manila olm 1992}) 10.
Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4 Bxd4 16.
Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion 1994}) (9. h3 {
HarZvi,R} Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 11. a4 a5 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15.
Ra2 Rfe8 16. b3 Nfd7 17. c4 Nb8 18. Qd2 $14 {Arbakov,V-Chernin,A/Bern 1995})
9... Bxe2 10. Nxe2 (10. Qxe2 {HarZvi,R} c6 11. Nc4 $2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 $17)
10... c6 11. c4 Ng4 (11... Re8 {/\e6}) (11... Nbd7 {HarZvi,R HarZvi: is also a
possible move}) 12. Bd4 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 {HarZvi: after the bishop's exchange
in some positions black's king may be weak without a bishop around him.} 14.
Nf3 $14 (14. Nd4 {[%csl Rc6,Rg4] HarZvi,R} Nge5 15. Qb3 Qb6 $13) 14... Qb6 15.
Qd2 Nge5 (15... cxd5 $6 {HarZvi,R} 16. exd5 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gf1e1,Ge1e7]})
16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rac1 (17. b3 {HarZvi,R}) 17... Rac8 18. b3 Rfe8 19. Rc3 (19.
Kh1 $5 $16) 19... Qa5 {HarZvi: black is threatening to take on d5 and after e4
paen take on d5 play b5.} 20. Nd4 {(/\Nf5)} (20. f4 $5 {HarZvi,R} Qc5+ 21. Kh1
(21. Qd4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Nd7 $13) 21... Ng4 22. Nd4 $36 Nf6 23. Re3) 20... e6
21. dxe6 (21. f4 {HarZvi,R} Ng4 $13) 21... fxe6 22. Qb2 Kg8 23. Rg3 Rc7 24. f4
Qb6 25. Kh1 (25. Rf2 Nf7 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5 (27. exf5 Re1+) 27... Ne5 (27...
Re5 28. Nxd6 Rd7 29. Rd3 $1 Re6 30. Nf5 $1 $18) 28. Nxd6 Rd7 29. Qa3 $14 (29.
Nxe8 $4 Rd1#)) 25... Rf7 (25... Nxc4 26. Qf2 $1 (26. Qc3 Na3 27. f5 (27. Nf3 {
HarZvi,R} Nb5 28. Qa1 $44 {HarZvi: with some compensation for white who is
going to play f5 on the next move [ and of course there is the a4 threat right
now ],but anyway this is just one variation,white has to prove clear
compensation for the pawn}) 27... Nb5 28. Nxb5 Qxb5 $15) (26. Qa1 Nd2 27. Re1
c5 $1 (27... d5 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Nf5 $1 e5 30. Nh6+ Kf8 (30... Kg7 31. Rxe5
$18) 31. fxe5 $14)) 26... Na3 27. f5 $40 exf5 (27... e5 28. fxg6 $18) 28. exf5
Rf7 29. Rf3 $16) 26. Qd2 $14 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Matulovic, Milan"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Matulovic/Botvinnik"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 (6... Nc6 $143 {
Matulovic=:M/Botvinnik=:B}) (6... c6 {B}) 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. h3 (8. Re1 $143 {M}) (
8. Qd2 {B}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Be3 (11. Bh4 g5 $1 12. Bg3 e6
{/\ f5 -/+ M}) 11... e5 12. c3 Nb6 13. b3 $2 {B} (13. Qc1 Kh7 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4
{B}) 13... d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. dxe5 (16. c4 Qa5 17. d5 Ne7 18.
Qd2 $10 {M}) 16... Qxe5 17. Nd4 (17. Qc2 $142 Rad8 18. Rad1 $10 {M}) 17... Qd5
18. Qc1 Kh7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Rd2 (21. Nxc6 $142 Qxc6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8
23. Rc1 {B}) 21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qe5 24. Rad1 (24. Rd2 $10 {
/\ Rad1 M}) 24... Rxd4 25. cxd4 (25. Rxd4 $2 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Re2 $19 {M/B}) 25...
Qe2 26. Rd2 (26. Qxe2 Rxe2 27. Rc1 c6 28. d5 cxd5 29. Rc7 $10 {M}) 26... Qe1+
27. Kh2 c6 28. Qc4 Re7 29. Rd3 Kg7 (29... Qxf2 30. Rf3 $16 {M/B}) 30. Rf3 Rd7
31. Qc5 a6 32. Rf4 Rd5 33. Qc2 $2 Qe6 (33... Rxd4 $1 34. Rxd4 Qe5+ $18 {M}) 34.
g3 g5 35. Re4 Qf6 36. h4 $2 (36. Qb2 c5 37. Re5 $1 {B} Rxd4 38. Rxc5 $10 {M})
36... Rxd4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rxd4 Qxd4 39. Qf5 Qd5 40. Qc8 c5 41. a4 Kf6 (41...
b6 $142 {M}) 42. a5 Qf5 (42... Ke5 43. Qe8+ Kf6 {M} (43... Kd4 44. Qe3#) (43...
Qe6 44. Qb8+) (43... Kd6 44. Qd8+ Kc6 45. Qe8+ Qd7 46. Qe4+ $10 {B})) 43. Qxb7
Qxf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Qe2+ (45... g4 46. Qc6+ Kg7 47. Qd6 $10 {B}) 46. Kh3
Qe6+ 47. Kh2 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Kg6 49. Qb6+ Kh5 50. Qxc5 Qe6+ (50... Qf1+ 51. Kh2 f5
{B}) 51. Kg2 Qxb3 52. Qf5 $1 {B, = M} Qa2+ 53. Kf3 Qa3+ 54. Kg2 Qa2+ 55. Kf3
Qb3+ 56. Kg2 Qb7+ 57. Kh2 Qb2+ 58. Kh3 Qg7 59. Qc5 Qf6 60. g4+ Kh6 61. Qb6 Kg7
62. Kg2 Qe6 63. Qd4+ f6 64. Qb4 Qd5+ 65. Kf2 Kf7 66. Qb6 Qc4 67. Kg3 Ke7 68.
Kh3 Qf1+ 69. Kg3 Qd3+ (69... Kd7 {B}) 70. Kg2 Qe4+ (70... Qd6 71. Qb7+ Ke6 72.
Qe4+ {B}) 71. Kg3 Qf4+ 72. Kh3 Qf1+ (72... Qf3+ 73. Kh2 Qxg4 74. Qxa6 $14 {M})
73. Kg3 Qe1+ 74. Kg2 Qd2+ 75. Kh3 Qd3+ 76. Kg2 Qd5+ 77. Kh3 (77. Kf1 {B}) 77...
Qh1+ 78. Kg3 Qh4+ 79. Kf3 Qh3+ 80. Kf2 Qh2+ 81. Kf1 Qf4+ 82. Ke1 Qg3+ 83. Kf1
Qf4+ 84. Ke1 Qd6 85. Qb7+ Ke6 86. Qb3+ Ke5 87. Qe3+ Kd5 88. Qd3+ Kc5 89. Qa3+
Kc6 90. Qa4+ Kd5 91. Qb3+ (91. Qa2+ $2 {M} Kc5 (91... Kd4 92. Qb2+ (92. Qd2+
Kc5) 92... Kc4 93. Qb6 {B}) 92. Qa3+ Kc6 $19 {M}) 91... Ke4 92. Qc4+ Kf3 (92...
Ke3 93. Qe2+ (93. Qc3+ Qd3 (93... Kf4 94. Qc4+ Kg3 95. Qd3+ $1) 94. Qe5+ Kf3
95. Qxf6+ Kxg4 96. Qe6+ $10) 93... Kd4 94. Qb2+ Kc4 95. Qb6 {M}) 93. Qd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 6th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2005.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[Annotator "Milov,V"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Qd2 g5
8. Bg3 Nh5 $13) (6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. h3 (8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Be2
Nge5) 8... e5 9. dxe5 Ngxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Nxd8 12. Be3 Ne6 $11) 6...
g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. Be2 Nd7 $146 (8... Nxg3 9. hxg3 Nd7 10. Qd2 c5 11. O-O-O $36)
9. O-O (9. Qd2 c5 $132 10. dxc5 $140 Nxc5 11. e5 g4) 9... e6 (9... c5 $5) 10.
d5 Nxg3 11. fxg3 $1 (11. hxg3 g4 12. Nh4 (12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 {/\14...h5|^
}) 12... h5 $15 {/\13...Ne5}) 11... O-O 12. Kh1 Qe7 13. Qd2 g4 $1 14. Nh4 (14.
Nd4 $142 Ne5 15. Qf4 h5 $13) 14... Ne5 $15 (14... Qg5 $5 15. Qd1 (15. Qxg5 hxg5
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng6 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Kg7 20. Ne7 Ne5 $17) 15...
Nf6 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne5) (15... h5 16. Nb5) 16. Nb5 Nxe4 17. Nxc7 Rb8 $15)
15. Nb5 $6 (15. Bd3 $142 {/\Nc3-e2-f4}) 15... a6 16. Na3 Qg5 17. Qa5 (17. Rf4
Nf3 $1 18. Qc1 (18. Qd1 Nxh4 19. Rxg4 Qf6 $19) (18. Bxf3 e5 $19) (18. Nxf3 gxf3
$19) 18... Nxh4 19. gxh4 Qe7 $15 20. Rxg4 $140 (20. Bxg4 e5) 20... exd5) 17...
Qe3 18. Rae1 Qxe4 $17 19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Qd2 (20. Qxc7 Qb4 $17) 20... Qd5 21.
Qc1 Qxa2 22. b3 b5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Rae8 25. Ref1 Re6 26. Nb1 {/\Nb1-c3-d5
} c6 27. Qd1 Rg6 28. Nc3 Qb2 29. Ne4 a5 $19 30. Nf2 (30. Nxd6 Rd8) 30... a4 31.
bxa4 bxa4 32. Nd3 (32. Nxg4 a3 33. Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Bh5 Rg7 $19) 32... Qc3 33.
Nxe5 Bxe5 34. Bd3 (34. Bxg4 a3 (34... Qd4) 35. Bh5 Rf6 (35... Rg7) 36. Qg4+ Kh8
$19) 34... a3 35. R5f2 Rg7 36. Qb1 Qb2 37. Bc4 d5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "Moiseev,V"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 (7. a4) 7...
b5 8. Bd3 Re8 $146 (8... Nbd7 9. e5 b4 $1 10. exf6 bxc3 11. Qxc3 Nxf6 12. Qxc6
Rb8 $44 {Arnason,J-Fries Nielsen,J/Vejle/1984/0,5/31/ Inf 39/170/}) 9. O-O (9.
e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11. Qxc3 Bxf6 $10) 9... Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Ng3
Nbd7 13. Bh6 (13. c3 $5 c5 $13) 13... Bh8 14. e5 (14. Rfe1 $5) 14... dxe5 15.
dxe5 Nd5 16. e6 $6 (16. Rfe1 Nc5 $10 (16... Qc7 $5)) 16... Nc5 $1 (16... fxe6
17. Qg5 $44) 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ (18. Rae1 $142 Bxb2 19. Ne5+) 18... Kg8
19. Bc4 Bxb2 $17 20. Qf4 Bf6 21. Nh5 $6 (21. Rae1 e5 (21... Qd6 $5) 22. Qd2 $17
) 21... Bc8 $1 (21... gxh5 $2 22. Qf5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kf7 24. Qf5+ $10 (24.
Qxh5+ $40) (24. Rae1 $40)) 22. Rae1 (22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Bxd5+ cxd5
$19) 22... gxh5 $19 23. Re3 e5 24. Qf3 Ra7 (24... Bxg5 $1 25. Bxg5 (25. Bxd5+
Qxd5 26. Qg3 Ne4 27. Rxe4 Qxe4 28. Qxg5+ Qg6 $19) 25... Qxg5 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27.
Qxd5+ Be6 $19) 25. Qxh5 Bf5 26. Rg3 Bg7 (26... Bg6 $5 27. Nxh7 (27. Nf3 Bg7 $19
) 27... Rxh7 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 $19) 27. Bxg7 Rxg7 28. Nf7 Bg6 $8 (28... Qd7 29.
Nh6+) 29. Rxg6 hxg6 30. Nxd8 gxh5 31. Nxc6 Rd7 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. Rxd5 (33. Bxd5
Re6 34. Nxa5 Red6 $19) 33... Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Nxa4 35. Nxa5 Rc8 36. Bb3 (36. Nc6
Nc3 37. Nxb4 Rb8 $19) (36. Bc6 Nc5 37. Kf1) 36... Nc5 37. Bd5 Rd8 38. Bf3 e4
39. Bxh5 Rd2 40. Nc6 Na6 41. Kf1 Rxc2 42. Nd4 Rd2 43. Nb3 Rd3 (43... Rd3 44.
Nc1 b3 (44... Ra3 $19) 45. Nxd3 exd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{A game between players in the middle of the crosstable could not be so
decisive unless one of them (Radjabov in this case) is trying to win GP points
in order to earn a spot in the Candidates tournament next year. In what seemed
to be a dull encounter, the Russian "professor" (Tomashevsky's nickname based
on an online blitz account!) managed to grind out his small advantage and
convert it into a full point. Now, Radjabov's chances to qualify are
substantially reduced unless he manages to pull off a number of wins in the
coming rounds!} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 {Radjabov opts
for the Pirc Defence!} O-O 6. O-O c6 (6... Nc6 {is a fine playable move which
has actually been played in a game between my two favourite world champions!}
7. d5 (7. h3 {This line is very benign indeed!} e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Bb5 exd4 10.
Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. c3 Rb8 16.
Qd2 a5 17. Bg5 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Qb7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bf1 c5 21. Re1 Rxe1 22. Qxe1
h6 23. Bc1 a4 24. Qe7 Qc6 25. Qd8+ Kh7 26. c4 d4 27. b3 Bf5 28. Qe7 axb3 29.
axb3 Be6 30. Qa7 Qd6 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Bd2 Bf5 33. Bf1 Be6 34. Bd3 Qh5 35. Qa1
Bf5 36. Bf1 Bc2 37. b4 cxb4 38. Bxb4 Be4 39. Qe1 Qf5 40. Bd2 h5 41. f3 Bc6 42.
Qe7 Qc2 43. Bf4 Qf5 44. Qg5 Qe6 45. Bd3 Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qg5 f5 48. Kh2 Qf6
49. Qg3 Qe7 50. Qf2 Bf6 51. Qc2 h4 52. Qf2 Kg7 53. Bd2 Be5+ 54. Kg1 Qa3 55. Qe2
Qd6 56. Bg5 Bf6 57. Bxf6+ Kxf6 58. Kf1 Qf4 59. Qf2 Ke5 60. Qe1+ Qe3 61. Qa5+
Ke6 62. Qa3 Kf7 63. c5 Kf6 64. Qb3 Kg5 65. Bc2 Kf4 66. Qxe3+ Kxe3 67. Ke1 d3
68. Bb3 d2+ 69. Kd1 Bb5 70. Kc2 f4 71. Kc3 g5 72. Kb4 Be8 73. Ka5 Kf2 {0-1 (73)
Harmon Vellotti,L (2454)-So,W (2808) chess.com INT 2017}) 7... Nb8 8. Re1 e5 9.
dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bf4 h6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Ne4 15. Nxe4
Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bc4 Be8 19. Neg5+ hxg5 20. Nxg5+ Kg8 21. Qf4
Nd7 22. Rxd7 Bxd7 23. Bxf7+ {1-0 (23) Tal,M (2560)-Petrosian,T (2640) Moscow
1974}) 7. a4 Nbd7 (7... b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Re1 c5 12. exd6
Nxd6 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be5 a5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Qe5
Rac8 19. Nd4 Rfd8 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 e6 22. Rd4 Ne8 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. Red1
Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Kf8 26. Ne5 Ke7 27. Nc6+ Ke8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 Nb7 30. c4 Nd8
31. Ne5 Rc7 32. f4 f6 33. Ng4 Ke7 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 35. Rxd8 Rxc4 36. Rf8+ Ke7 37.
Rb8 Rxf4 38. Rxb6 Rb4 39. Rb7+ Kd6 40. Rxh7 Rxb2 41. Ra7 Rxb5 42. Ra6+ Kc5 43.
h4 Kb4 44. Rxe6 a4 45. Rxg6 a3 46. Ra6 Ra5 47. Rb6+ Ka4 48. Rb1 a2 49. Ra1 Kb3
50. Kf2 Kb2 51. Rh1 Rc5 {0-1 (51) Horvath,A (2498)-Aronian,L (2795) Germany
2017}) 8. a5 Qc7 9. Be3 e5 10. h3 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qb1 $1 Nf8 13.
Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 h6 $13 {is a common tabiya of this line. Tomashevsky has more
tricks up his sleeve to test Radjabov.}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Re8 12. Bc4 Nf8 (
12... Nxe4 $4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bxf7+ {and due to the fork on g5 Black is
losing!}) (12... Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17.
Qc4 {with a slight edge for White but Black is very solid!}) 13. Re1 Be6 14.
Bf1 $1 {An important retreat! Black lacks space and White avoids exchanging
pieces!} N8d7 15. Ng5 a6 16. Qd2 c5 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Bf4 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bg5
{looks more promising that what Tomashevsky played!}) 18... Rad8 19. Nxe6 fxe6
20. Na4 Nf7 (20... Nh5 {I am not sure this active move is any better!} 21. Bh2
Nc6 22. Rad1 Be5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nb6 {with an unpleasant edge for White.})
21. Rad1 Nh5 22. Be3 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qc6 $6 {Maybe Radjabov lost objectivity at
this point. He could repeat and see what Tomashevsky had up his sleeve.} 24.
Nc3 Kh8 25. b3 h6 $6 {A weakening move but obviously Radjabov is trying to get
something out of this position. Yet, his endeavours are only self-destructive
as he ends up having a losing position in only a few moves!} 26. Bd3 g5 27. Bh2
Nd7 28. Ne2 Nfe5 (28... Nde5 29. f4 c4 $1 {would have created a manageable
mess for Black!}) 29. f4 $1 gxf4 30. Nxf4 Bf6 $2 {The black king is now
exposed and his pawn structure is vulnerable. Tomashevsky does not play it
like a machine but his technique is good enough to beat Radjabov today!} 31.
Kh1 (31. Be2 Nf8 32. Nd3 Kh7 33. Rf1 Bg7 34. Nxe5 {with simply a winning
position for White.}) 31... Kh7 32. Rf1 Bg5 33. Qe2 (33. Be2 Nf6 34. Qe1 $1 $18
{is also winning but only easy to evaluate by engines!} Nfd7 35. Bh5 Re7 36. h4
Bf6 37. Qg3 $18) 33... Nf6 34. Nh5 Rf8 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Nxf6+ Bxf6 37. Bc4 {
It is true that there exist opposite coloured bishop on the board but given
the fact that the black king is weak and his pawn structure is fully
undermined, White's winning chances are close to decisive.} Qe8 38. Qg4 Rxd1
39. Rxd1 Rg8 {equivalent to resignation.} (39... h5 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41. Bxe6 Rd8
42. Bd5 h4 {would have put up a much better resistance.}) 40. Qxe6 Qxe6 41.
Bxe6 Rd8 42. Bd5 Kg7 43. g3 Rd7 44. h4 Bd8 45. Ra1 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg6 47. Kf3 Rg7
48. c3 h5 49. Ra2 Kf6 50. Kg2 Kg6 51. Kf2 Kf6 52. Kf3 Kg6 53. b4 $1 {White is
a pawn up and the pawn on b7 is a fixed target, which Tomashevsky goes after
gradually!} cxb4 54. cxb4 Kh6 55. Rc2 Be7 56. Rb2 Bd8 57. Rb3 {The position
should be objectively lost but there is a long way to resignation, however
Radjabov was either disgusted by the game or simply had got tired and
blundered right away!} b6 $4 58. b5 $1 (58. b5 bxa5 (58... axb5 59. a6 Ra7 60.
Bb7 Be7 61. Rxb5 Bc5 62. g4 $18) 59. b6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Perdomo, Carlos Andres"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Bh6
(8. O-O O-O 9. Bh6 e5 10. Rfe1 Qd8 11. a4 Re8 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. a5 Nf8 14. h3
Nh5 15. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Davies,N-Kanstler,B/Rishon le Zion (05) ;CBM 45 1994})
8... O-O 9. O-O-O b5 10. Kb1 b4 11. Ne2 Ba6 $6 {Schwarz verliert Tempen} (11...
Rb8 $142) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 Nd5 (13... dxe5 $5 {Wonach Schwarz das Feld c5
für einen Springer bekommt und die d-Linie für die Türme.} 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. e6
$6 (15. Bxa6 Qxa6 16. h4 (16. Nf4 N7b6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qd4 Rfd8 19. e6+ f6)
16... Nc5 17. h5 Ne4 $1 18. Qe1 Qxe2 $1 19. Qxe2 Ndc3+ $15) 15... Bxd3 $1 16.
Qxd3 Nc5 17. Qd4+ f6 $36) 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. h4 h5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 (16... N7b6 17.
Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 (17... Kh7 18. Ng3 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nc3+ 20. bxc3 bxc3 21. h5 Rfb8+
22. Ka1 Rb2 23. hxg6+ Kg8 24. Rh8+ Kxh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Qxf7#)
18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Qxh5+ Kg7 20. Rh3 Nf4 21. Rg3+ Ng6 22. Ng5 Rh8 23. Ne6+ fxe6
24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Rf3#) 17. Qxf4 Nb6 18. exd6 Nd5 19. Qe5+ f6 20. Qe6 exd6 21.
Qd7+ Rf7 22. Qxd6 Re8 23. g4 $5 (23. Rhe1 Rfe7 24. Rxe7+ Rxe7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26.
Nxe1 Qe2 $36) 23... Qe2 $1 (23... hxg4 $2 24. h5 gxf3 25. hxg6 Rfe7 26. Rh7+
Kxg6 (26... Kg8 27. Qh2 $1 $18) 27. Rg1+ Kf5 28. Rh5+ Ke4 29. Rg4+ Nf4 30.
Rxf4#) 24. Qxc6 $2 (24. Qg3 $1 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 bxc3 26. Nd2 $1 cxd2 27. gxh5 Rb7+
28. Ka1 Qxh5 29. Rxd2 $14) 24... Qe4 $3 {/\Sc3+} 25. Qa4 Rfe7 $1 26. Ne5 (26.
Rd3 Qxf3 27. Rxf3 Re1+ 28. Rxe1 Rxe1#) (26. Nd2 Qxh1 27. Rxh1 Re1+ 28. Rxe1
Rxe1#) 26... fxe5 27. gxh5 exd4 28. Rhg1 Qf3 29. Rxg6+ Kh7 30. Rdg1 Qxf2 $4 {
Wahrscheinlich Zeitnot} (30... Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Rxe1#) 31. a3 d3 32. cxd3 Nc3+ 33.
bxc3 bxc3 34. Qc2 Rb8+ 35. Kc1 Qe3+ (35... Qe3+ 36. Kd1 Rb1+ 37. Qxb1 Qd2#) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[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. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 O-O (5... c6 $142 6. Qe2 (6. e5
Nd5 $1 7. Bxd5 (7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bxd5 $2 Qa5+ $19) 7... cxd5 8. Nxd5 dxe5 $17)
6... d5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Bb5+ Bd7 $10) 6. Qe2 c6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 $14 dxe5 9.
dxe5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 $5) 11... Na6 12. e6 (12. h4 Bg4 13. h5
Bxh5 14. Rxh5 gxh5 15. Ng5 h6 $17 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Qxh5 Qf8 $19) (12. h3 $5 {
/\0-0}) 12... Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 f6 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 g5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Nd4 a5 18.
Nf5 Re8 (18... a4 $5 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. hxg6 g4 $8 (21... Kg7 22.
e7 Re8 23. Qh5 $18) 22. e7 (22. Qxg4 Kg7 $17) 22... Re8 23. Bf7 $13) 19. a3
Nxb3 20. cxb3 c5 (20... Qc5 $142 $132) 21. Rfe1 Ra6 22. h6 Qxe6 (22... Bxe6 23.
Ng7 $18) 23. Qxb5 Qf7 24. Ng7 Rf8 25. Qxc5 $16 e5 26. b4 Bd7 27. Rad1 Rc8 28.
Qe3 Ba4 29. Rd3 Qg6 30. Qf3 e4 31. Rxe4 Bc2 32. Rc4 $1 1-0

[Event "Terrassa op"]
[Site "Terrassa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Movsziszian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Mowsziszian,K"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. d5 (6. Qd2 Bg4 7. d5 Bxf3
8. gxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 c6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Rb8 14.
Rde1 Qb4 15. Nd1 Ned7 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nh5 18. Ke3 e5 19. b3 Ke7 $17 {
0-1 Van Parreren,H-Hickl,J/San Bernardino op (02) ;TD 92\11 1992 (31)}) 6... e5
7. dxe6 (7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Bc4 h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O g5 11. g3 Bh3 12. Re1 Qc8 13.
Kh1 Ng6 14. Ng1 Bd7 15. Qe2 Nh7 16. Bd3 Ne7 17. f3 g4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Qg2 Ng5
$17 {0-1 Szittar,A-Szabo,Z/HUN-chT 9091 ;TD 91\05 1991 (43)}) 7... Bxe6 8. Qd2
O-O (8... d5 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Bb5 Qe7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Ngxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc6 bxc6
14. Nxe4 Bd5 15. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 Supancic,D-Praznik,A/SLO-chT ;TD 93\08 1993}) 9.
O-O-O Bxa2 $5 {Eine interessante Neuerung.} (9... Re8 10. Ng5 a6 11. Nxe6 fxe6
12. f3 b5 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. Bg5 Ne5 15. h4 Qb8 16. Re1 c5 17. f4 Ned7 18. g4 c4
19. Nd1 Nc5 20. Bg2 Ra7 21. h5 b4 22. hxg6 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 h6 25. Qh4
Nxg4 26. Bf3 Bg7 27. Bxg4 {1-0 Gorelov,S-Kuzmin,A/Moscow-ch plof ;TD 88\01 1988
}) 10. Bg5 (10. Nxa2 Nxe4 11. Qe3 Qf6 12. c3 Nxf2 (12... Rfe8 $5) 13. Qxf2
Qxf4+ $44) 10... Be6 11. Qf4 Qe7 12. Qh4 {/\e4-e5,Se4} Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14.
Rd3 (14. Rd3 Rfd8 (14... h6 $5 15. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 16. Qxh6 c6 {/\b7-b5} (16... Ng4
17. Qd2 Qc5 18. Nd1 $1)) 15. Rf3 Qd6 16. Bd3 (16. Bxf6 $4 Qd2+ 17. Kb1 Qe1+ 18.
Nd1 Qxd1#) 16... Nh5 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[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. e4 d6 {The players also faced each other in the last round of the Stavanger
tournament, where both tried to bluff the other by following joint
preparations for the 2016 World Championship match. As neither "blinked", the
game came to a quick conclusion with a repetition. In Biel however, inspired
by his win in the first round, Magnus immediately tries taking the game to
uncharted waters by playing the Pirc:} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bf4 $5 {Maxime
varies from his usual 4.Be3, afterwards at the press conference saying that he
knew this line, having studied it from Black's perspective via the 1.d4 Nf6 2.
Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 move order.} c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. h3 {Played
after some hesitation. A solid positional approach, even thought from the
agressive Frenchman, one might have expected h4, Bh6 and mate!} Qa5 8. e5 $6 {
A somewhat pessimistic decision, forcing an equal ending, instead of a
slightly better middlegame with e.g. 8.Bd3.} dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd2+
11. Bxd2 cxd5 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 {White's plan takes form. He protects the
pawn on e5 stabilising the centre, and claiming that in the upcoming race
White is quicker on the kingside than Black is on the queenside.} e6 14. h4 h6
{Precaution against White's plan of h5, but the engines suggest a more
provocative alternative just playing 14...Bd7 and if 15.h5 then answering with
...h6! as now Black threatens ...g5 and if 16.hxg6 fxg6 he gets counterplay in
the f-file as well as a possible ...g5.} 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Rhe1 Rfc8 17. Rd2 $6 {
A miscalculation.} ({White needed to be more careful,} 17. Bd2 $1 {being the
correct plan, intending after} Rab8 18. Kb1 b5 {to play} 19. a3 $1 a5 20. b3 $1
{effectively shutting down the queenside being ready to answer ...a4 with b4,
and ...b4 with a4! One could argue that White then would have a free hand on
the kingside, but Black's solidity there still makes the position rather equal,
even so a much better scenario compared to what happens now:}) 17... Rab8 18.
Rde2 b5 19. Nd4 b4 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Bd4 Bb5 $1 {Black starts exerting
pressure. MVL admitted he underestimated this move, expecting Black first to
protect his a7-pawn by moving it to a5, but forgetting that Bxa7 with a2
unprotected allows Black to just play ...Ra8 and win back the pawn under
favourable circumstances.} 22. Kd2 h5 23. f4 Bf8 24. g4 $5 {A very temporary
pawn sacrifice, speeding up White's counterplay, trying to get to Black's king
first:} hxg4 25. Rg1 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. Rxg4 Kf8 $1 {King-safety being the
main concern, evacuating the danger area just in time.} 28. Rh2 Bxd3 29. Kxd3
Rc4 $1 {Another key moment, MVL mentioned this as a crucial move he missed and
Black is now better as he combines exerting pressure along the 4th rank and
the c-file. From a practical point of view correct, but White still has a
hidden defence:} 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Ke7 32. Rgh4 $2 {An outright blunder
finally changing Black's position from practically better, to a real
substantial edge.} (32. Rh6 $1 {with the idea of} Rbc8 33. Rf6 $1 Rxc2 $2 34.
Rg7 $1 {shows that Black's attack is not as dangerous as it might seem at
first sight, as here White's king remains safe, and White gets to attack just
in time.}) 32... Rg8 33. f5 Rg3+ 34. Kd2 Rg2+ 35. Kd1 Rcxc2 36. f6+ {MVL had
pinned his hopes on this, but while he does get some counterplay, the
difference in king-safety is a huge difference. In the above line the white
king felt at least somewhat safe at d3, while now on d1 mating threats are
imminent.} Kd7 37. Rxb4 a5 38. Rb8 Rcf2 39. Ke1 Kc6 $1 (39... Rxb2 40. Rxb2
Rxb2 41. Rh7 $1 {creates counterplay, so Black's trick is to keep the mating
threats against the white king, while trying to walk his own into safety.}) 40.
Rc8+ Kb5 $6 {The computer points to this logical move made just before the
time-control as being inaccurate!} (40... Kb6 41. Rh7 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Rgf2+ 43.
Kg1 Rf4 44. Rxf7 Rxe5 {winning for Black, as unlike in the game White now has
no efficient 45.Rb7+.}) 41. Rh7 d4 42. Rg8 $5 {Resourceful and creative as
ever, even in the most dire of situations, the Frenchman manages to cause
confusion.} Re2+ $1 43. Kf1 Rgf2+ $1 44. Kg1 Rf4 $1 45. Rxf7 Rxe5 46. Rc7 Rxf6
$6 {Technically still winning, but} (46... d3 $1 {pushing the passed pawn was
a much cleaner solution.} 47. Rb8+ Ka4 $1 48. Rc3 {might have felt threatening,
but} Rg5+ $1 {mates in two!}) 47. Rb8+ Ka6 48. Rc6+ Ka7 49. Rg8 Rf7 50. Rg6
Re1+ 51. Kg2 d3 $2 (51... Re2+ 52. Kg3 Re3+ 53. Kg2 e5 $19) 52. Rd6 $1 Re2+ 53.
Kh3 d2 54. Rg8 $1 {White simply wants to double in the d-file making sure the
d-pawn goes nowhere as well as if Black starts defending with both rooks on
the 2nd, then there is an easy perpetual on d7 and d8. It is no longer a
matter of Black being winning, but about finding any practical chances.} Kb7
55. Rgd8 d1=Q $5 56. Rxd1 Rxb2 57. Re1 Rf6 58. Rd6 Rxa2 59. Kg3 $5 (59. Rdxe6
Rxe6 60. Rxe6 {then} Rf2 $1 {cutting the white king off as well as 60...Rb2!?
leads to a tablebase win.}) (59. Rb1+ $145 Kc7 60. Ra6 Rg6 $15) 59... Rb2 60.
Re5 Rb3+ 61. Kg2 a4 62. Ra5 $2 (62. Rh5 Rf7 63. Rxe6 $17) 62... a3 63. Rda6
Rff3 $1 64. Ra7+ $5 {At least it looks like counterplay, even if Black's king
easily zig-zags out of the danger zone.} (64. Rxe6 Rfc3 $1 {sets up an
interesting formation, where Black threatens a mating attack on the 2nd and
1st ranks, while if} 65. Re2 {then} Rc6 $1 {followed by ...Ra6 or ...Rb2 wins
easily.}) 64... Kc6 65. R7a6+ Kd7 66. Ra7+ Kd6 67. R7a6+ Ke7 68. Re5 Rfc3 $1 {
Again not caring about the e6-pawn.} 69. Rexe6+ Kd7 70. Kf2 Rb2+ 71. Re2 Rh3
72. Kg2 Rxe2+ 73. Kxh3 a2 74. Kg3 Kc7 75. Kf3 Kb7 76. Ra4 Rh2 77. Ke3 Kb6 78.
Kd3 Kb5 79. Ra8 Kb4 {And as Magnus' king was just in time, MVL resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-14b"]
[Site "Szirak"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nunn, John DM"]
[Black "Todorcevic, Miodrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Nunn,J"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. a5 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 $1 Re8 11. Bc4 Qe7 (11... Bf8 12. Qd3 h6 (12... Bb4 $2 13.
Bxf7+) (12... Bc5 $2 13. Bxf7+) (12... Nc5 $2 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxe5) (12...
Qc7 13. Ng5 Re7 14. O-O (14. Bb3 h6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Qc4 Nb8 17. Bxa7 $1 $13)
14... h6 15. Nf3 Re8) 13. O-O Qc7 {/\ Nc5} 14. Na4 Qxa5 15. Nb6 axb6 16. Rxa5
Rxa5 $14) 12. Qxe7 Rxe7 13. O-O $14 h6 {/\ Re8, Bf8, Nc5} 14. Rfd1 $5 (14. b4
Nf8 15. b5 Be6 $13) 14... Re8 (14... Nf8 15. Rd8 (15. Bc5 Re8 16. Bd6 N8d7 17.
b4 Bf8 18. b5 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 cxb5 20. Bxb5 $16) 15... Re8 16. Rd6 $16) 15. b4
Bf8 (15... Nf8 16. b5 $16) 16. Rdb1 (16. b5 Bb4 $13) 16... a6 17. Nd2 $16 {
>< b6} Nh5 18. Na4 Nf4 19. Bf1 Ne6 20. c3 {/\ Nc4} c5 $6 21. b5 $1 axb5 22.
Bxb5 Rxa5 (22... Nd4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Bxd4 exd4 25. Nb6 $18) 23. Nb6 $18 (23.
Nc4 $2 Rxb5 $1 24. Rxb5 Nc7 {/\ b5}) 23... Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Nxb6 (24... Rd8 25.
Nxc8) 25. Bxe8 Nc7 26. Rb1 Nba8 27. Ba4 f6 28. Nc4 {/\ 29.Na5 b6 30.Nc4} Kf7 $2
29. Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance 08th"]
[Site "Port Erin"]
[Date "1999.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 e5 (6... Bg4 7. Ng5
$5 e5 $2 (7... h6 8. h3 Bc8 9. Nf3 $16) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Rf8
11. Bc5 $18 {1-0 Dunnington,A-Campbell,E/Highgate Masters 1997 (16)}) (6... Nc6
7. O-O-O Bg4 8. Be2 Re8 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 (11. d5 Nd4 $132) 11...
dxe5 12. Qxd8 Nxd8 13. Be2 $14 {^^ Summerscale,A-Jacobsen,B/Aarhus int 1993 
(24)}) 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Bc4 (9. Bg5 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Re8 10. Bd3 h6
11. Bh4 Nc6 12. Nb5 Re7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ottosen,D-Campbell,B/6th Financial
Concept Open 1999 (16)}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Ne8 {[%cal Gc6d4,Ye8d6]}
12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Ne2 Nd6 15. Bd3 c5 {with comfortable
position for black Emms,J-Ftachnik,L 1997}) 12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nd5 Be6
{[%cal Gc7c6]} 15. Bb3 (15. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 c6 17. Ne7+ Kg7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8
{[%csl Re7][%cal Gd8d7] and white knight is trapped}) 15... Nd6 (15... Kf8 16.
Nf4 Bxb3 17. axb3 $14) 16. Nxc7 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Rac8 18. Nd5 Rc5 $1 {The idea of
this move is to provoke b4,where the pawn can be easily attacked by black.} (
18... Kf8 19. e5 Nf5 20. Nf4 $14 {[%cal Gf4d3]}) 19. b4 (19. Nf4 Nxe4 20. Nd3
Rc2 21. Rac1 Rdc8 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Nfe1 Rc6 $15) 19... Rc2 20. Nxd4 Rxb2 21.
Nf3 (21. f3 Kf8 22. a4 Rc8 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. axb5 Rcc2 25. Ne3 Re2 $17) 21...
Re8 22. e5 Ne4 (22... Nc4 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 $13) 23. Rac1 (23. Rd4 f5 (
23... Nxf2 24. Rf1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rd6 Kf7 27.
Rd7+ Re7 28. Rxe7+ Kxe7 29. Re1+ Kd6 $15) 23... Nxf2 24. Rd4 Bxe5 25. Re1 Nxh3+
$1 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 f6 28. Nxe5 ({Doesn't work} 28. Nxf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxe8+
Kf7 30. Rb8 Bxd4 31. Rxb7+ Kf6 32. Nxd4 Ng4 33. g3 Rxa2 $17) 28... fxe5 29. Rc4
Rf8 30. Rxe5 h5 31. Ne3 Rxa2 32. Re7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 (33. Kh2 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 g5 $19
{[%cal Gh5h4] and white is defensless.}) 0-1

[Event "Ehrat Memorial (SUI-GER m)"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1999.08.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Tischbierek, Raj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.08.13"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Nbd7 8. e5 {
probably not the best solution} (8. Bf4 {is the main line}) 8... Ne8 (8... dxe5
9. dxe5 Ne8 10. e6 $5 fxe6 11. Be3 Nd6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Qd2 e5 14. Rad1 Bf5 $15
{Zalkind,K-Kogan,A/Rishon Le Zion 9798 1998 (36)}) 9. Bf4 (9. Bg5 f6 $6 (9...
dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 $132 {[%cal Gc7e6]}) 10. exf6 Ndxf6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. Qd2 Ne6
13. Bh4 {Hunt,H-Fabriano,G/London Lloyds 1993/1-0 (79)} (13. Bh6 $5 $14)) 9...
dxe5 10. dxe5 ({Nothing special promising to white} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe5
12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Qd4 Ng7 14. Rad1 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 $14 {/= Fox,A-Ludgate,A/
Dublin zt 1993 (22)}) 10... Nc7 11. Qc1 (11. Qd2 $6 Ne6 12. Rad1 (12. Bg3 $2
Nxe5 {winning a pawn}) 12... Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Qc7 $17 {[%csl Re5] Westerkamp,
B-Pel,B/Groningen SC op 1996/0-1 (57)}) 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 $6 {[%csl Rg3] g3 is
not the best place for the bishop} ({Better was} 12. Bh6 {changing darksquare
bishop} Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb4 15. Rfd1 Qf4 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 17. Bc4 Nb6
18. Bb3 a5 19. Nd4 $14 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gg2g3,Gf2f4] Sale,S-Loncar,R/Zadar op
1997 (62)}) 12... Qa5 13. Qe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 $11 15. Bc4 Ndc5 16. b4 Na6 17.
Rfb1 Nac7 18. b5 Bd7 $8 (18... c5 $2 19. a5 $1 (19. Bh4 Re8 20. Rd1 $16) 19...
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 bxa5 21. b6 Na8 22. Nd5 $16 {[%csl Ra8][%cal Gb1a1,Gd5e7,Gg3h4]})
19. bxc6 Bxc6 $132 20. Rxb6 Ra5 21. Rb4 Rfa8 22. Rab1 Rc5 {[%cal Gc7a6,Gc5c2,
Gc5c4,Gc4c3]} 23. Ne2 (23. Nd2 Bxe5 24. Nde4 Rca5 $15) 23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 Bxe5
25. Bd3 {[%cal Gd3e4]} f5 (25... Nd8 26. Be4 Nd5 27. Rb5 Rxb5 28. Rxb5 Bxg3 29.
hxg3 Nf6 $11) 26. Rc4 $1 {After this exact move white keeps a balance.} (26.
Rxb7 $4 f4 27. Bh4 g5 $19) 26... Bxg3 27. hxg3 Ra7 28. Nd4 (28. Rcb4 $5) 28...
Kf8 29. Nxe6+ Nxe6 30. f4 Rxc4 31. Bxc4 Nc5 32. Bb5 Ra8 (32... e6 $5 {[%csl
Ra4][%cal Gf8e7,Ge7d6,Gd6c7]} 33. Rb4 Ke7 34. Rd4 Ra8 35. Kf1 $11) 33. Kf1 Rd8
34. Ke1 Rd4 35. c3 Rd6 36. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 41st"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2013.08.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 {Typical Pirc
play, that we saw also in the last round must win game of the Candidates 2013
Ivanchuk-Kramnik. Black has a couple of other ideas more common actually, and
all of them, like the line from the game, give interesting play.} (6... Bg4) (
6... Nc6) (6... c6) 7. Re1 (7. a4 e6 8. Be3 Nc6 9. h3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bh6 e5
$1 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Bf1 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe7 17. Rad1
Qe5 18. Qxe5 Rxe5 {0-1 (18) Popov,I (2632)-Grischuk,A (2779) Khanty-Mansiysk
RUS 2013 black is fine}) 7... Nc6 {There is also another approach:} (7... e6 8.
a4 b6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Bf3 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Ra7
15. Ra3 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 18. d5 $36 {1/2-1/2 (55) Andreikin,D
(2718)-Svidler,P (2747) Eilat ISR 2012}) 8. Bg5 (8. d5 Ne5 9. a4 (9. Nxe5 dxe5
10. Be3 e6 11. Bc5 Re8 12. Bc4 exd5 13. Nxd5 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bb3 Bh6 16.
Qe2 b6 17. Bb4 a5 18. Bc3 Bf8 19. Red1 Red8 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (49)
Boensch,U (2545)-Graf,A (2646) Konin GER 2003}) 9... Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Bg5
h6 12. Be3 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Be2 g5 15. g3 Ne5 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. f3 (17. f4
gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng6 $13) 17... Qf6 18. Rf2 Bc6 $13 {0-1 (32) Kokarev,D (2627)
-Onischuk,V (2574) Taganrog RUS 2013}) 8... h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. d5 Nb8
(11... Nxg3 12. hxg3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bg4 c6 15. Rb1 Qb6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8
17. Qh5 Kg7 18. Nd1 $1 Qd4 19. Qf3 (19. c3 Qd3 20. Ne3 Qxe4 21. Qh3 Qh7 22.
Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxe7 Rce8 24. Nf5 h5 $13) 19... f5 20. c3 Qc4 21. exf5 g4 22. Ne3
gxf3 23. Nxc4 Rxf5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. Rbd1 fxg2 26. Kxg2 Kf7 27. Re4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (55) Iuldachev,S (2520)-Rahman,Z (2564) Kuala Lumpur MAS 2008}) 12. Nd4
Nxg3 13. hxg3 c6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Nd7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 $14 {We can
say that White has managed to put on some slight pressure due to his easier
play.} Bf6 18. c3 Kg7 19. Qc2 Qc7 20. Rad1 Rh8 $13 21. Bh5 Be5 22. Re3 Nf6 23.
Qe2 $1 {White must block h5-h4 and at the same time to put pressure on the
e-file.} Nd5 $6 24. Re4 (24. Rxe5 $1 dxe5 25. Bxf7 Nf6 (25... Kxf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8
27. Nc5 $18) 26. Bb3 e4 27. Nc5 $40) 24... Rab8 25. Bxf7 Nf6 26. Rxe5 dxe5 27.
Bb3 Rhd8 28. Re1 Rb5 29. Qc4 Qd6 (29... Rdd5 $1) 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qg6 Nh7 32.
Rd1 $1 Qc7 33. Rxd8+ Qxd8 34. Qxc6 Nf6 $6 (34... Rxb3 35. axb3 Qd1+ 36. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 35. Qxa6 Qd7 36. Nb6 Qd3 37. Bc4 (37. Qc8+ Kg7 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. Nxc4
e4 40. Bc2 Rxf5 41. b4 Rd5 42. a4 $16) 37... Qb1+ (37... Qd1+ $1 38. Bf1 Rxb2
39. Nc4 Rb1 40. Ne3 Qd6 $13) 38. Bf1 Rxb2 39. Qc8+ Kg7 40. Nc4 $16 Rb7 41. Nxe5
$18 Qb6 42. Qc4 e6 43. fxe6 Qc7 44. f4 Qxc4 45. Bxc4 Ne4 46. Kh2 Nf2 47. Kg1
Ne4 48. Kh2 Nf2 49. Bb3 Rc7 50. c4 Ne4 51. Ba4 Nc5 52. Bd7 Kf6 53. Ng4+ $2 {
The last mistake that throws a full point away.} (53. f5 $1 $18) 53... Ke7 54.
Nxh6 Nxe6 55. Bxe6 Kxe6 56. fxg5 Rc5 57. g4 Rxg5 58. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-42"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2016.09.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2857"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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 "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 a6 {The Pirc is very popular among players
who are playing only to win even with Black. This particular setup that the
World Chamion is using gives Black additional ways of handling this position.
Playing in a flexible way Black is hoping to get some good versions of usual
Pirc positions.} 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 {White has opted for a classical
setup.} Nc6 $5 {Another interesting provocative move.} (7... b5 8. e5 $1 Nfd7
9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 e6 14. Ne3 dxe5 15. d5 Nd4
16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nd2 Bb7 18. Bc4 Nb6 19. Ba2 Nd5 20. Ndc4 $44 {1-0 (125)
Malakhov,V (2694)-Morozevich,A (2711) Moscow (blitz) 2015}) 8. d5 {Another
recent game saw:} (8. h3 e5 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6
13. Bd4 b5 14. a3 Bb7 15. f3 c5 16. Bf2 Qc7 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 h6 19. Bg3
Qb6 20. Kh1 d5 21. exd5 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 $11 {1-0 (59) Wang
Hao (2717)-Mamedov,R (2650) Huai'an (blitz) 2016}) 8... Na7 $5 {As far as I
know Nepomniachtchi was, or still is, Carlsen's second, so I am not surprised
to see Carlsen using such an unusual retreat.} 9. h3 b5 $5 (9... c6 10. Bf1 Nb5
11. Na4 Nd7 12. c4 Nc7 13. Nc3 Nc5 14. Nd4 cxd5 15. exd5 e5 16. dxe6 N5xe6 17.
Be3 d5 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bb6 Qd6 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Nxd5 Qc5 22. Qd2 Rad8 23.
Rad1 Rd7 24. b4 Qc6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Qxd7 {½-½ (65) Malakhov,
V (2694)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2705) Moscow (blitz) 2015. White is better.}) 10.
Bf1 Bb7 11. a4 {I am not very fond of this move, because the knight on a2
doesn't look as good as its counterpart on a7; obviously the knight on a7 has
many more potential manoeuvres available to it.} (11. Bf4 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13.
a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 {Black is fine again, this is reminiscent of Sicilian Dragon
positions.}) 11... b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c4 (13. c3 c5 14. Nd2 Nc8 15. Nc4 Nb6 {
Black is fine.}) 13... e6 {Somehow already I don't see any particular problems
for Black.} 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd3 exd5 17. exd5 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 {
Now we see that the knight from a7 is back while the knight on a2 is out of
play.} 19. Nc1 Nd7 20. Qc2 Qf6 21. Rb1 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Be2 d5 $17 24.
cxd5 Bxd5 {Black is controlling all aspects of the game.} 25. Nb3 Rac8 26. Nc5
{White has had a problem all through the game with the knight on a2. Finally
it has come out but only to be lost on the c5-square.} Bf8 27. Rbc1 Bxc5 28.
Bxc5 Qg5 29. g3 Nd7 30. h4 Qd8 31. Bb5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxc5 $19 33. Qd2 h5 34.
Qd4 Qf6 35. Qe3 Bc6 36. Qe8+ Nf8 37. Qc8 Rc2 38. Bxc6 Qxf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxe1# 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SV Empor"]
[BlackTeam "Dresdner SC 1898"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nhf6 11. h3 Qc7 12. a4 Kh7 13. a5 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5
Ng8 16. e6 fxe6 17. Bd3 Bf6 18. Be4 $16 Bxc3 {#} 19. Ng5+ {Black resigned. The
game would continue:} hxg5 (19... Kh8 20. Nxe6 Qd6 21. Nxf8 Bxe1 22. Nxg6+ Kg7
23. Qxe1 $18) 20. Qh5+ Kg7 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Zaitsev, Igor A"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2444"]
[BlackElo "2491"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2002.02.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
{This is the most aggressive way to continue, but I doubt if white can get any
advantage after this push. The most common alternatives are: 8.a4, 8.Bf4, 8.h3
etc.} dxe5 {During the game I didn't like the retreat 8...Ne8, but in my
Database I found many games, where black chose this continuation. For instanse
see the game Lutz,C-Svidler,P Bad Homburg 1997/CBM 60 [Har Zvi]} 9. dxe5 Ng4 (
9... Nd5 $143 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qd4 (11. Qxd5 $6 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tseitlin,M-Gurieli,N/Moscow 1992/CBM 33 (28)}) 11... Qc7 12.
Bd3 Rd8 13. Bg5 $36 {0-1 Zaitsev,I-Khruschiov,A/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (37)}) 10.
e6 fxe6 11. h3 Nge5 (11... Ngf6 12. Bc4 (12. Ng5 Ne5) 12... Nd5 13. Ne4 {
- see the game Karpov,A-Shirov,A /Linares 1995/CBM 46 [Stohl]}) 12. Ng5 $6 {
This seems to be too optimistic.} (12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15.
Bg3 (15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. a4 Nd6 $11 {
/=/+ 1/2-1/2 Rozentalis,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Lvov 1990/CBM 18 (33)}) 15... Rd4
16. Nd1 e5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Okhotnik,V-Tkachiev,V/France 1996/CBM 55 ext (45)})
12... Nf6 ({Equivalent is:} 12... Nb6) 13. f4 $146 (13. Bf1 Qxd1 14. Nxd1 Nd5
15. Re4 h6 16. f4 hxg5 17. fxe5 Rf5 18. c4 Nf4 $17 {0-1 Manea,A-Foisor,O/Baile
Tusnad 2001/CBM 80 ext (37)}) (13. Qxd8 $142 Rxd8 14. f4 Nf7 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16.
Bc4 {with some compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Nf7 14. Qxd8 Nxd8 $1 $17 {
[%cal Gf6d5] The strongest recapture. Now the Pe6 is well protected. As well
as black's R should remain on the "f" file.} (14... Rxd8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Bc4
{with some compensation just like after 13.Qd8.}) 15. g3 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Bg4
Nc7 18. h4 (18. Rad1 e5 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. fxe5 h6 21. Nge4 Nf7 $17 {[%csl Re5]}
) {[%tqu "En","What would you suggest for black?","","","e6e5","",10]} 18... e5
$1 19. Bxc8 Rxc8 20. fxe5 Nde6 $6 {Inaccuracy.} (20... Rf5 $142 $17 {Now the
only way to save the Pe5 is to defend it by} 21. Bf4 {but this is quite an
unfortunate move for white and indeed after} Nde6 {black has big advantage.})
21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Re4 $1 Rcd8 23. Rd1 $2 {Very strange move, which came as a
pleasant surprise to me.} ({The best defence was:} 23. Be3 $1 Rf5 24. Re1 $1
Rxe5 (24... Bxe5 $4 25. g4 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nc5 27. Rxe7) 25. Bxb6 $1 (25. Rxe5 $6
Bxe5 26. Bxb6 Bxg3 27. Rxe6 axb6 28. Rxc6 Bxh4 29. Rxb6 Rd2 30. Rb8+ Kf7 $17)
25... Rxe4 26. Rxe4 axb6 27. Rxe6 Rd2 28. Rxc6 Rxc2 29. Nd5 $1 $15 {This
variation shows, that black should not force the matters and keep the control
of the position, for example 24...Kf7 (instead of 24...Re5).}) 23... Rf5 $19
24. Bf4 Rxd1+ 25. Nxd1 Nxf4 26. gxf4 Bh6 {All white's kingside pawns are
doomed to fall. White resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.31"]
[Round "13.5"]
[White "Weinstein, Norman"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 g6 {Avec un 1/2 point de retard sur les deux leaders avant cette
dernière ronde, SMEJKAL devait jouer pour le gain.} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2
Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 (7. h3) 7... Ne8 8. Bf4 (8. Bg5 f6) 8... c6 9.
Re1 Nb6 10. h3 Nc7 11. Bd3 Ne6 12. Be3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Qe2
Ndc5 16. Bc4 $146 (16. Rad1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 b6 18. Qe4 {1/2-1/2 (18) Weinstein,N
(2465)-Nunn,J (2375) Amsterdam 1975}) 16... b5 17. Bxe6 $6 (17. Bb3 $142 Nxb3
18. axb3) 17... Nxe6 (17... Bxe6) 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. Qh4 {[%cal Gd2h6]} c5 20. Ne4
(20. Bh6) 20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 {[%cal Ge4g5]} Qxe5 24.
Ng5 Qg7 25. Qxg7+ Kxg7 26. Rxe7 Bd5 27. a4 Rfd8 (27... Kf6 28. Rae1 bxa4 (28...
Kxg5 29. R7e5+ (29. R1e5+ Kf6) 29... Kf6 30. Rxd5 bxa4 (30... Rad8 31. Rxb5))
29. Nxh7+) 28. Nf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 b4 {[%csl Rc2]} 30. Rd1 Rd5 31. Kf1 a5 32. Rd2
(32. Ke2 Rc8 $132) 32... Rc8 33. Re4 Rc4 34. Ke2 Rxc2 $5 35. Rxc2 d3+ $1 36.
Kd2 dxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Rh5 $40 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rh3]} 38. h4 Rf5 39. f4 Kh6 40. Kd3
Kh5 41. Ke3 Kxh4 42. Rc4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Belgrade RAD 30"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1977.01.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Ostojic, Predrag"]
[Black "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1977.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 (5. Be2) (5. h3) 5... c6 6. Qd2
b5 7. a3 (7. Bd3 O-O 8. Bh6 (8. O-O-O)) 7... O-O 8. h3 a6 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e5
Ne8 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O d5 {[%cal Gb6c4]} 13. b3 Nc7 14. Bh6 a5 15. Qf4 a4 16.
b4 Ne6 17. Qh4 Ra7 18. Rfe1 f5 $132 19. Ne2 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rf7 21. Ng5 {[%csl
Gg5]} Nxg5 22. Qxg5 Rf8 23. Nf4 (23. h4 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 23... e6 24. h4 Qxg5
25. hxg5 Raf7 26. Re3 Bd7 27. Rh3 Nc8 28. Kf1 Ne7 29. Ke2 Bc8 30. Rh6 Bd7 31.
Rdh1 Rg7 32. Ke3 Bc8 33. g3 $14 {[%csl Rc8,Rh7] Les Noirs manquent d'espace et
le plus simple est probablement de jouer quelques coups neutres pour attendre
l'ajournement et trouver un plan de sauvetage} Bd7 34. Kd2 Bc8 35. c3 Bd7 36.
Be2 Rgf7 37. Nd3 $1 {[%cal Gd3c5] Privant le Bd7 d'une case importante pour le
bloquer sur la 08ème rangée} Bc8 38. Nc5 Kh8 (38... f4 39. gxf4 Nf5 {[%cal
Gf5h6]}) 39. f4 (39. f3 Kg8 40. R1h4 Kh8 41. g4) 39... Kg8 40. Bd1 Rd8 {
Ajournement et le gain Blanc n'est pas si facile à réaliser car il n'y a
qu'un seul levier disponible avec la poussée g4} 41. R6h3 Rdf8 42. g4 (42. Bc2
Rd8 43. Rb1 $5 Rdf8 (43... Bd7) 44. Nxa4 bxa4 45. Bxa4 {Les compensations sont
insuffisantes car le Ne7 protège bien la faiblesse "c6"}) 42... Rd8 43. R1h2 (
43. Rh4 Kh8 44. Bc2 Kg8 45. gxf5) 43... Kh8 44. gxf5 exf5 45. Bxa4 $5 bxa4 46.
Nxa4 h5 47. Nc5 (47. gxh6 g5 $1 48. fxg5 f4 $44) 47... Ng8 48. a4 Ra7 49. Ke3
Ba6 50. Rb2 (50. Ra2 Bc4 51. Ra3 Rda8 52. Rh1 Kg7 53. Rha1 {[%cal Gb4b5]})
50... Rb8 51. Rh1 Bc4 52. Ra1 Ne7 53. Kf3 Kg8 54. Re1 Nc8 55. Rbb1 Kf7 56. Ra1
Ke8 57. a5 {Après cette poussée, les compensations Blanches sont
insuffisantes mais les pièces Noires sont mal placées pour jouer pour le
gain.} Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde GP CCAS"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2013.10.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pile, Richard"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.10.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 {Transpose dans une Caro Kann})
5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 (6. Qd2 O-O 7. h3 (7. Bh6)) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Qd2 e5 (
8... Qa5 9. O-O) 9. O-O exd4 (9... Re8 10. Rfe1 b5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a4 b4 13.
Ne2 a5 14. c3 Qe7 15. cxb4 axb4 16. Rec1 c5 17. Ng3 Bb7 18. Qe2 Bc6 19. Bb5
Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Reb8 21. Qd3 b3 22. Nd2 Rb4 23. Rc4 h5 24. Rxb4 cxb4 25. Nxb3 Qe6
26. a5 Qc6 27. Rc1 Qa4 28. Nf1 Nf8 29. Nfd2 Ne6 30. Qc4 Nf4 31. Ra1 Qd7 32. Nc5
Qc6 33. Ndb3 Bf8 34. Qxb4 Qc8 35. Qb7 Nxh3+ 36. Kf1 Qxb7 37. Nxb7 Nf4 38. f3
Nd3 39. a6 {Leko,P (2732)-Bologan,V (2681) Beijing 2012 1-0 (63)}) 10. Nxd4 Re8
11. Bh6 $146 (11. Rae1 Nc5 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Nb3 Nxd3 14. cxd3 a5 15. f4 a4 16.
Nc1 a3 17. b3 Qa5 18. N1e2 Nh5 19. f5 d5 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. exd5 cxd5 22. d4 Nf6
23. Qg5 Ra6 24. Qf4 Be6 25. Na4 Ne4 26. Rc1 Rc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 28. Qe3 Nd6 29.
Qf2 Bf5 30. Ng3 Qb4 31. Rd1 Ne4 32. Nxe4 Rxe4 33. Be3 Qe7 34. Rd3 Bxd4 35. Bxd4
Re1+ 36. Kh2 Bxd3 37. Qg3 Bf5 {0-1 (37) Eliet,N (2430)-Bacrot,E (2731) Port
Barcares 2005}) (11. Rfe1 Nc5 12. Bh6 $14 {Vovk,A (2551)-Hendriks,W (2415)
Dieren op 2011 (9) 1-0}) 11... Bh8 12. Rad1 $32 (12. Rae1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) (12.
Rfe1 Nc5) 12... Nc5 13. Rfe1 Ng4 $1 (13... Nxd3 $11) 14. Bg5 Qb6 (14... f6 $2
15. Bc4+) 15. Nb3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Ne5 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Bg5 (18. f4 Nd7 19. Rf1 $14
{[%csl Rf7]} (19. d4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gc4e3,Gc4d2]})) 18... Qc7 19. f4 Nd7 20.
d4 a5 $1 (20... Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 21. Qf2 a4 $11 22. Nd2 a3 23. b3 f6 24. Bh4
b5 25. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7,Gc3b5]} Qb7 26. f5 $1 {[%csl Ge6,Rf6]} Bg7 27. Bg3 Qb8
(27... Bf8) 28. Ne2 Ra6 $2 {[%csl Ra6] La partie aurait du mal tourné pour
l'ancien Champion de France après ce coup} 29. Nf4 $40 {[%csl Re6,Gf4]} Nf8
30. d5 {[%csl Ge6][%cal Gf4e6]} (30. Nd3 $5 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6][%cal Gd3b4,Ge4e5]}
Bb7 31. e5) 30... Bd7 31. Ne6 gxf5 $2 32. Nxg7 (32. Nc5 $1 {[%cal Gg3b8]} Ra7
33. Nxd7 Rxd7 34. dxc6 Rdd8 35. c7) 32... Kxg7 33. dxc6 (33. exf5 cxd5 34. Nf3
Bxf5 35. Nd4 Be4 36. Bh4 Qd8 37. Nxb5) 33... Rxc6 34. Rxc6 Bxc6 35. exf5 Rxe1+
36. Qxe1 Qa7+ 37. Kh2 (37. Bf2 Qd7 38. g4 h5) 37... Qd7 38. Ne4 (38. Qf2 $5 {
[%cal Gf2b6]}) 38... Qxf5 39. Nxd6 Qd5 40. Qf2 Nd7 41. Nf5+ Kf7 42. Ne3 Qc5 {
[%cal Gc5f2]} 43. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 44. Nxc2 {[%cal Gc2b4]} Be4 $1 {[%csl Rc2][%cal
Ge4b1]} 45. Nd4 (45. Nb4) 45... Bd3 (45... Bb1 46. Nxb5 Bxa2 47. b4 (47. Nxa3
Bxb3)) 46. Bd6 Nf8 47. Bxa3 Ne6 48. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Roser, Kevin"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Kévin n'était pas très heureux dans son appariement de la 01ère
ronde car son adversaire était en forme dans ce tournoi} d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3
Nf6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Bd3 e5 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Re8
(10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 b5 16.
axb5 axb5 17. Nd2 b4 18. Ne2 Ne5 19. Ng3 Ra5 20. Rfe1 Qe7 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Qe3
Ra2 23. Rb1 Qa7 24. Qxa7 Rxa7 25. f4 Ned7 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Rbd1 d5 28. e5 Nfe4
29. Nxe4 Nxe4 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. Nb3 g5 32. Bd3 gxf4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Bf5
35. Rxb4 Bxc2 36. Rf1 Bxb3 37. Rxb3 Rxe5 38. Rxf4 Re6 39. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 (39)
Leko,P (2755)-Kamsky,G (2714) Moscow 2007}) 11. Rfe1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. b4
$1 {Un sacrifice théorique mais la partie de référence est malheureusement
incomplète} Qxb4 14. a5 $44 Nxd3 {Echange une pièce tout en libérant une
case pour la Q qui est danger} 15. cxd3 d5 $11 16. exd5 (16. a6 $5 {[%cal
Gd4c6]} dxe4 17. dxe4 (17. Reb1 Qe7) 17... Qe7 (17... Qf8) 18. Bg5 $13 {
[%cal Ge4e5]}) 16... cxd5 17. Nc2 Qf8 {La Q est sortie sans encombre mais le
retard de développement des Noirs laisse des compensations durables aux Blancs
} 18. Nb5 $1 Re7 19. Bxa7 $6 {Récupère un P mais soulage la défense des
Noirs en échangeant la Re7} (19. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Ge3c5,Gc5f8]}) 19... Rxe1+ 20.
Rxe1 (20. Qxe1 Bd7 21. Ncd4 Nh5 22. Rb1 Re8 (22... Rxa7 23. Nxa7 Bxd4)) 20...
Bd7 21. Ncd4 Nh5 (21... Rxa7 $1 22. Nxa7 Qc5 $17 {[%csl Ra7,Rd4]}) 22. Bb6 Bh6
23. Qb2 Nf4 24. Qb3 Re8 25. Rd1 Bxh3 $1 26. gxh3 $2 (26. g3 Nh5 27. Nc7) 26...
Qe7 27. Nf3 Nxh3+ 28. Kh2 Qd7 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Nxe1 Qg4 $2 {Un répit
inespéré pour les Blancs} (30... Bf4+ 31. Kh1 Qg4) 31. Bc7 Bf4+ {Trop tard!}
(31... Nxf2 32. Ng2 Qh5+ (32... Qh3+ 33. Kg1) 33. Kg1 Nh3+) 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33.
d4 Qh4+ 34. Kg1 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Qg4+ 36. Kh2 Nxf2 37. Qxd5 $4 $138 (37. Qg3) 37...
Qh4+ 38. Kg1 Nh3+ 0-1

[Event "Rohde op 07th"]
[Site "Sautron"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Friedel, Joshua E"]
[Black "Abbasov, Farid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.10.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 Nd7 (5... Nf6 6. a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]}
a5) 6. Be3 Qc7 7. a4 Ngf6 8. Be2 (8. a5) 8... O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. a5 e5 11. dxe5
dxe5 12. Qd2 Bf8 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Gf8b4]} 13. Bc4 Nc5 $146 ({RR} 13... Bb4 14.
Ng5 Re7 15. f4 h6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Bb3 Nxe4 19. Qd4 Bxc3 20.
bxc3 Ng3 21. Rf2 Nf5 22. Qe4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Kh7 24. Bxf7 Nxf7 25. Raf1 Bf5 26.
g4 Nd6 27. gxf5 Nxf5 28. Qf4 {Ivanova,A (2049)-Korolov,D/Vladimir 2004/EXT
2005/0-1 (34)}) 14. Ng5 Be6 $11 15. Qe2 h6 16. Bxc5 {Un peu douteux car
l'américain a ensuite souffert sur les cases noires pendant la partie} (16.
Nxe6 Nxe6 {[%cal Ge6d4,Ge6f4]}) 16... Bxc5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. g3 Kg7 19. Kg2
Rad8 $11 {[%csl Gc5]} 20. Bd3 Bd4 {[%csl Gd4]} 21. Na4 a6 22. c3 Ba7 23. b4 Nh5
24. Nb2 Qe7 25. Rad1 Rf8 26. Bc4 Rxd1 {[%cal Gb2d1]} 27. Qxd1 (27. Nxd1 {
[%cal Gd1e3]}) 27... Rd8 28. Nd3 c5 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Qb3 Ba7 31. Nxe5 Qc7 32.
Be2 Nf6 33. Nd3 e5 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Qb4 g5 {[%csl Rf5]} 36. Rb2 h5 37. f3 $6 h4
$1 {Force un affaiblissement des cases noires du roque} 38. g4 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3]}
Nh7 $1 {[%cal Gh7f8,Gf8g6,Gg6f4]} 39. Qb3 Nf8 40. Ra2 Ng6 41. Kh2 Qd8 {[%cal
Gd7d3]} (41... Be3 {[%cal Ge3f4]}) 42. Qb1 Qf8 43. Kh1 Kh6 44. Qf1 Qd8 45. Qb1
Qc8 46. Qb4 Qc6 47. Qa4 Qe6 48. Rb2 Qf7 49. Qb3 Qf6 50. Qc4 Qd8 51. Ra2 Rc7 52.
Qe6 Qh8 53. Rb2 Re7 54. Qd6 Qc8 55. Rb3 Qe8 56. Nc5 Qf7 57. c4 $2 Qf4 $19 {
[%csl Rg3]} 58. Ne6 Rxe6 0-1

[Event "Cappelle op 31st"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2015.02.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Black "Solomon, Kenny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 {Le sud-africain est le champion d'Afrique en titre et il a reçu le
titre de GMI à cette occasion.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6.
Qd2 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 (8. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h3]}) 8... c6 9. h3 Nf6 10. O-O-O (
10. Bd3 Qc7 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rfe1 d5 15. Rab1 b6 16.
Qe2 Re8 17. c4 Nd7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rec1 Nf8 20. c3 Rac8 21. Ba6 Ra8 22. a4 f5
23. exf6 exf6 24. Qa2 f5 25. Bb5 Rec8 26. Ba6 Re8 27. Bb5 Rec8 28. Ba6 {
1/2-1/2 (28) Hoffmann,M (2462)-Siebrecht,S (2496) Germany 2014}) 10... b5 11.
e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 exf6 14. Bg3 Re8 15. Bd3 $146 (15. Nd2 f5 16. Nc4
Re6 17. h4 h5 18. Bf4 Ba6 19. Qa5 Qe7 20. Bg5 f6 21. Bd2 d5 22. Bb4 Qb7 23. Nd6
Qb6 24. Qa3 Bf8 25. Bc5 Qc7 26. Bxa6 Nxa6 27. Qxa6 Bxd6 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Kb1
Qe7 30. a3 Rb8 31. Qa5 Re8 32. Qc3 Kg7 33. Ka2 f4 34. Rd3 Qd7 35. g3 Re2 36.
Rf3 fxg3 37. Rxg3 R8e6 38. Rhg1 f5 39. Qf3 Qf7 40. Rxg6+ Rxg6 41. Rxg6+ Qxg6
42. Qxe2 Kh6 43. f4 Qf6 44. Qe8 Qxh4 {Kulaots,K (2572)-Svirjov,I (2503)
Tallinn 2005 1/2-1/2}) 15... a5 {Accentue le retard de développement des Noirs
} 16. Rhe1 $32 Be6 17. Re2 f5 18. Qa3 (18. Rde1 c5 19. Qd2 cxd4 20. Bb5 Nd7 21.
Nxd4 $36 {[%csl Rc6,Rd6,Re6]}) 18... Bf8 19. Rde1 Na6 20. d5 $1 {Une petite
combinaison qui gagne la case "b5", libère la case "d4" pour le N tout en
enfermant le Be6} cxd5 21. Bb5 $44 Qb6 $1 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Bf4 Nb4 24. Be3 Qc7
(24... d4 $5 {[%cal Gb4a2]}) 25. Bd4 Rc8 26. Qb3 $16 f4 27. a3 Nc6 28. Kb1 Qd7
29. Qa4 $1 {Un fort coup et la position Noire devient difficile} Bf5 (29...
Nxd4 30. Qxd7 Bxd7 31. Nxd4 Bg7 32. Re7 Ba4 33. Nb3) 30. Bc3 Qb7 31. Re8 (31.
Qxf4) 31... Be4 $2 (31... Rxe8 {Un moindre mal} 32. Rxe8 d4 33. Nxd4 Bd7 {
[%cal Gd7a4,Gd7e8]}) 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Nd4 Ne5 34. f3 1-0

[Event "Paris Grand Prix du Senat 2nd"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2001.04.06"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Rabinovich,Al"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2001.05.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 11264]} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Be3 e5 6. Qd2 (6.
dxe5 dxe5 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qe2 c6 11. a4 a5 12. Rad1 Nc5
13. Rfe1 Ncxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Spassky,B/Paris
FRA 2001/The Week in Chess 339 (50)}) 6... Ngf6 7. h3 (7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Bc4 f6 12. h4 c6 13. h5 g5 $14 {[%cal
Gc3e2,Ge2g3] 1/2-1/2 Belikov,V-Komliakov,V/Moscow 1998/EXT 2000 (26)}) 7... O-O
8. O-O-O $5 exd4 (8... c6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe5 12. f4 Bg7
13. g4 $36) 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Nb3 Bf8 $6 {Too passive.Black doesn't
develop this bishop to g7 in order to remove it to f8 and to give him the job
of defending the d6 pawn!?} (11... d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bd4
$14 Ne5 $6 (14... Nb6 $142) 15. f4 Nc4 (15... Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5
18. Rxd5 Be6 $44) 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 18. Nxd2 Kxg7 19. Nxc4 Be6 20.
Nd6 Re7 $16) 12. h4 $14 b5 (12... h5 13. Bg5 $40 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 13. g4 b4 (
13... Ne5 $5 14. g5 (14. Be2 b4 15. Nb1 (15. Na4 $5 Bd7 16. h5 c5 17. hxg6 fxg6
18. g5 Bxa4 19. gxf6 Qxf6 $132) 15... a5 16. h5 a4 17. Nd4 b3 $13) 14... b4 $1
15. gxf6 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxf6 17. Be2 $14 {[%cal Gf3f4]}) 14. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2g3,
Ge2d4]} d5 $2 (14... Ne5 $142 $132 {It is unclear why black didn't play such a
simple and good move.}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qxd5 Rxe3 $6 {Black
sacrafises more material in order to complicate the position.} (17... Ba6 18.
Nf4 $1 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 $16) (17... Rb8 18. Bxa7 Rb7 19. Bf2 {
Two pawns up and no real compensation for them.}) 18. Qxa8 Qc7 19. Qd5 {
White prefers to leave the knight on e2 for a while and not to let black to
activate the Q on f4.} (19. Ned4 {[%cal Gc7f4]} Nb6 20. Qc6 Qf4 21. Kb1 Ng3 22.
Rg1 $18) 19... Nb6 20. Qd8 {Good move.White earns a tempi for developing his
pieces.} Qb7 21. Ned4 $18 {[%csl Gb5,Gc6,Gd4,Ge6,Gf3,Gf5] Very good square for
the N.} Nd5 22. Bc4 Nb6 23. Bb5 {[%cal Gh1e1,Gb3c5] White is completly winning.
In addition to extra material white pieces control the board ,while black
pieces suffer from lack of space.} Kg7 $2 {This move is loosing the game by
force,but position was already very unpleasant for black.} {[%tqu "En","Find
the best move for white.","","","d4f5","Wins immedeatly.",10]} 24. Nf5+ Bxf5
25. Qd4+ Kg8 26. Qxe3 {[%mdl 1024]} Nd5 27. Qd4 Nhf4 28. Bc4 Be6 29. Kb1 {
Avoiding unnessasary checks on e2....} (29. h5 $1 $18) 29... Bg7 30. Qe4 {
[%cal Gc4e6,Ge4b7]} Bf5 31. Bxd5 (31. Qe8+ Bf8 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Nc5 Qe7 34.
Qxe7 Nxe7 35. Nd7 $18 {With easy winning.}) 31... Qc8 $4 (31... Bxe4 $8 32.
Bxb7 Bxb7 33. Rd8+ Bf8 34. Nc5 {[%cal Gc5b7,Gc5d7,Gd7f8]} Bc6 $8 35. Rc8 Bxf3
36. Rf1 Bg4 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Rxf4 $18) 32. Qc4 {White is a rook and exchange
up....Black resigned.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 09th Group6"]
[Site "Clichy"]
[Date "1993.09.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Rocha, Sergio MC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.09.17"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muenchen Bayern"]
[BlackTeam "Lisbon TLP"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POR"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 (5. Be3 Bg7 6. Be2 {-> B08}) 5...
Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nd7 8. Be3 (8. e5 $5 dxe5 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Qxc6 exd4
11. Nd5 $44) 8... Bg7 9. O-O-O a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h4 h5 12. Bg5 (12. e5 $5
$14) 12... Qb8 13. e5 Qb6 14. exd6 cxd6 15. Rhe1 e6 16. Ne4 O-O (16... c5 $2
17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Qxa8+ $18) 17. Nxd6 Rab8 $2 (17... c5 $1 18. Be7 cxd4 19.
Bxf8 Rxf8 $14) 18. b3 c5 19. Nc4 Qa7 20. d5 $1 e5 21. Bd2 (21. Be7 $5 Rfe8 22.
d6 $18) 21... f6 22. g4 $1 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 Rxb6 25. Qxg6 f5 26. d6
e4 27. Bc3 Rb7 28. Rg1 Rbf7 29. d7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xie, Jun"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 {A system which is
becoming extremely popular these days.} (5. h3 {Yudasin,L}) (5. Bc4 {Yudasin,L}
Nf6 6. Bb3) 5... Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O (6... Ng4 {Yudasin,L} 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Qa5 9.
h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 (10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe5 $14) 11... Nd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+
13. Kxd2 cxd5 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Rhe1 Bf5 $14) 10... e5 $132) 7. Bh6 (7. h3 {
Yudasin,L} b5 8. Bd3 $5) 7... b5 8. Bd3 Bg4 {Black could have played the
opening in a variety of ways, putting his knight on c6 or d7, keeping his
bishop on c8 and so on. 8...Bg4 is a consistent move, it has been adopted by
several strong players and may well be the best reaction. Here I try to
present an outline of the whole line starting from this point including as
many games as I could find. Since many transpositions from different Pirc move
orders are possible, specific and individuals database search by exact
positions would be required to make sure all games are collected.} 9. O-O-O (9.
Bxg7 {This move is played more often, but not necessarily in the best order.
It is clear, that after the bishop goes to h6, in most cases it will be
exchanged, but it makes a difference to take on g7 or to recapture on h6.} Kxg7
{Here White faces a wide choice. It is worth noting that this position can
also be reached after White plays 5.Bf4 and then Bh6 so I have tried to
include most transpositions. From the very many options here White has not
been able to show a convincing line to advantage.} 10. Ng5 (10. Qf4 Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 (12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. c3 Qb6 15. Rad1 d5 $1 $36 {
Palacios de la Prida,E-Strikovic,A/Osuna op 1991}) 12... dxe5 13. O-O Nbd7 14.
Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 (15. a3 Nc5 16. Rd2 a5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Qe3 Rd4 19. Ne2 Rd7
20. Ng3 Rad8 21. f3 Ne8 $11 {Chernyshov,K-Szymczak,Z/Frydek Mistek op 1996})
15... a6 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. a5 Rfd8 18. Ng3 h5 19. h3 Ne6 $15 {Kosten,A-Laketic,G/
Bozen op 1992}) (10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. Ng3 Qb6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Be4 $6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
dxe5 15. O-O-O exd4 16. Bxd5 cxd5 $17 {Hebden,M-Schlosser,M/Cappelle op 1993})
(10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f4 exf4 14. Qxf4 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Qe7
$13 {Marciano,D-Tkachiev,V/Clichy 1995}) (10. Ng1 e5 11. h3 Bc8 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Nf3 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Qe7 $11 {Amador Rodriguez,A-Irzhanov,R/Lucerne World
Cup tt 1997}) (10. e5 dxe5 $146 (10... Nfd7 11. Ng5 dxe5 12. h3 $16) 11. dxe5
Nfd7 12. Qe3 $8 Qc7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 Qe5 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 $13 {Adams,M-Shirov,
A/Dos Hermanas 1995}) (10. Qe3 {Yudasin,L} Qb6 11. Ne2 {/\c3,h3,0-0} e5) 10...
b4 (10... e5 11. h3 Bc8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. f4 Nbd7 16. O-O
Qe7 17. Rf2 $14 {Sadler,M-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1995}) 11. Nd1 h6 12.
Nf3 Qb6 13. c3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nbd7 15. Ne3 e5 16. Rg1 Kh7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Rxg4
bxc3 19. bxc3 Nf6 20. Rh4 Nh5 $17 {Sperber,G-Jansson,B/SWE-ch 1972}) (9. a4 $5
{The most promising at the moment. It is in some way a strange move because
White is self weakening the side where his king is most likely to go, in
return he gets extra time to transfer his knight to the king side as after 9...
b4 10.Ne2 the black pawn hangs. Also note that White is keeping his bishop on
h6 to prevent Black from answering h2-h4 with h7-h5. The true fact is, however,
that there is little experience with 9.a4.} b4 (9... Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Bxf3 11.
gxf3 Qa5 12. h4 Nbd7 13. h5 e5 14. d5 b4 15. Nd1 cxd5 16. Ne3 Kh8 17. hxg6 fxg6
18. exd5 $40 {Khalifman,A-Kupreichik,V/Viking op 1997}) 10. Ne2 a5 11. Ng3 Nbd7
12. h4 $1 $40 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. h5 $1 Bxh5 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17.
Qg5 $1 $40 {Zapata,A-Schussler,H/Santa Clara 1996}) (9. h4 {A direct approach,
closely connected to 9.0-0-0.} Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 (10... Nh5 11. Ne2 e5 12. O-O-O
Nd7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 Qe7 $132 {Mohr,G-Moeller,
A/Lienz op/1988}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Ne2 Na6 15. Kb1
Nc5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Ng3 Nhf4 18. h5 $132 {Dunnington,A-Weill,R/Cannes op/1992})
9... e5 10. Ne2 (10. Bxg7 {Here and on the next move is possible and may even
transpose to the lines shown after 9.Bxg7} Kxg7 11. Ne2 (11. dxe5 {Yudasin,L}
dxe5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nbd7 $36 {/\Nc5,a5}) 11... Nbd7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. h3 Be6 14. Kb1 Qb6 15. Ng3 c5 16. Rhe1 Rad8 $132 {Gallagher,
J-Tkachiev,V/Hastings op (7) 1993}) 10... Nbd7 11. h3 $6 {A new move to
Megabase 98 and probably not a good one.} (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Ng3 Re8 13. h3
Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Kh8 16. h4 Ng8 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. h5 $40 {Stangl,
M-Buchal,S/BL9495 1995}) (11. Bxg7 {Yudasin,L} Kxg7 12. c3 Re8 13. Ng3 $10)
11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bxh6 $5 13. Qxh6 Nh5 $5 14. Rhg1 (14. f4 Qh4 15. fxe5 dxe5
16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 (18. cxd3 Qf2 19. Rd2 Qe3 $17 {/\Kh8,/\Rad8
}) 18... Qf2 $17) (14. Rdg1 {Yudasin,L} Qh4 15. Rh2 Kh8 16. Rg4 Qf6 17. Qe3 $17
) 14... Qh4 $1 {With his last three moves Black developed a thematic and cold
blooded strategy to defend his king and at the same time to create threats
that White, on this game, could not stop.} 15. f4 (15. dxe5 {Yudasin,L} dxe5
16. Bxb5 cxb5 17. Rxd7 Qxf2 $17) (15. Ng3 {Yudasin,L} Qf4+ 16. Qxf4 Nxf4 $17)
15... exf4 16. f3 $6 (16. Rg4 {Yudasin,L} Qxh3 17. Rdg1 Ndf6 $19) 16... Kh8 (
16... Ndf6 {Yudasin,L} 17. Rg4 Qxh3 18. Nxf4 $2 Nxf4 $19) 17. Rg5 (17. Rdf1 {
Yudasin,L} Ndf6 18. c3 Ng8 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Rxg5 h6 $17) 17... Ndf6 18. Rdg1 $2
Qf2 $1 $19 {Threatening Ng8 among other things.} (18... Ng8 {Yudasin,L} 19.
Qxh5 Qxh5 20. Rxh5 gxh5 21. Nxf4 Nf6 $17) 19. R5g2 Qxf3 20. Rg4 Qxh3 21. Nxf4
Qe3+ (21... Nxf4 {Yudasin,L} 22. Qxf4 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 f6 24. Rh4 g5 $19) 0-1

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Black "Goloshchapov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O e6 $5 {Original move
in this kind of positions.The main purpose of this continuaton is to deviate
from the mail lines. But the main idea of this move is to put the knight
one-e7: very comfortable square.} 7. Re1 (7. h3 Nc6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qc1
Kh7 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. a4 Bb7 13. Bf1 Rfe8 14. Qd2 {Roos,Jean Luc-Shchekachev,
Andrei/Mets op 2000} Qf8 $11) (7. e5 $6 dxe5 8. Nxe5 (8. dxe5 $2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1
Nfd7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7e5,Gg7e5,Gb8c6]} 10. Nb5 a6 $1 11. Nxc7 $140 Ra7 {
[%csl Rc7][%cal Gb7b6,Gb7b5]})) 7... Nc6 8. d5 $6 {[%mdl 16384] In my opinion
this move is not logical: Black can get counterplay agains this pawn .} (8. h3
a6 (8... b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. d5 $6 {the same strategical mistake.} (10. Bf1 $14)
10... exd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bc4 a6 13. a4 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8 $11 {[%csl Rd5,Ge7]
Brynell,S-Agrest,E/ch-SWE 2000}) (8... h6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Bb7
12. e5 $1 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Qc1 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Rg7,Rg8]} Qe7 15. Bf4 Rfd8
16. a3 {Kuczynski,R-Czerwonski,A/57th ch-POL Plock POL 2000}) 9. Bf1 h6 10. Bf4
b5 11. a4 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. Nc1 Bb7 14. Bh2 Ne7 15. Bd3 g5 {[%cal Ge7g6] with
better chanses for white. Tseitlin,Mark D-Roiz,Michael/Isr-ch Ramat-Aviv/
Modiin 2000}) 8... exd5 9. exd5 Ne7 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Ge7,Gf6] Now white cannot
finish his development comfotably due to his weak pawn on d5.} 10. a4 b6 11.
Bc4 Bb7 {[%csl Gb7]} 12. Qd3 {The main white's problem is there to put the
dark-square bishop.} (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 $6 Nf5 $15 {[%csl Gg7,Rh4]}) (12. Bf4
h6 $5 13. Qd2 Kh7 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Gf6h5]}) 12... a6 13. Bf4 b5 $1 {Right! Now
black doesn't have any problems.} 14. axb5 (14. Bb3 $2 b4 $17 {[%csl Rd5]})
14... axb5 15. Rxa8 Bxa8 16. Nxb5 (16. Bxb5 Nexd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Qb8 {
[%csl Rb2,Gb8][%cal Gd5b4,Gb8b2] =/=+}) 16... Nexd5 17. Bg3 (17. Bg5 Qd7) 17...
Qd7 {[%csl Rb5]} 18. Nbd4 {Knight has nothing to do on b5} Nb6 19. Bb5 (19. Ne6
$6 {looks very beautiful, but actually it's not good:} Nxc4 20. Nxf8 Qc6 21. b3
Nb6 $15 {[%csl Rf8]}) 19... c6 20. Ba6 Nfd5 {Black could get some better
chanses:} ({After} 20... Nh5 $1 21. Bh4 $140 (21. Qb3 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Rb8 $15 {
[%csl Ga8,Gg7]}) 21... c5 $36) 21. Qb3 Rb8 22. Qa3 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga3d6,
Gg3d6]} c5 23. Bb5 Qc7 24. c4 $1 {Now white is O.K} (24. c3 Nf6 25. Be2 Ne4 26.
Nb5 Qc6 $15 {And black has some advantage due to more active pieces}) 24... Nb4
25. Qb3 Nc6 {After this move black is not better: 26.NXc6 BXc6 27.BXc6 QXc6 28.
Qc2=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.11.24"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2452"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2001.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erfurt SK"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Nf3 {Not very popular
line, but black have to play carefully.} a6 {Very rare continuation. It seems
to be slowly.} ({More common here:} 6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 (7... f6 $5 8. Bh4 Bh6
9. Qd1 Bg7 10. Bc4+ Kh8 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nh6 $13 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]
[%cal Gf6f5,Ge7e5] Benjamin,J-Gufeld,E,Las Vegas 2000}) 8. Bh4 Nc6 (8... c6 9.
h3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Bxf6 (11. O-O-O $5 $36 {[%cal Gg2g4]}) 11... exf6 12.
O-O Nd7 13. Ne2 Re8 14. c3 Nb6 15. Rae1 Be6 $11 {Hebden,M-Strikovic,A/Oviedo
1993}) 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rhe1 Nb6 14. Qd3
$132 {Hebden,M-Tukmakov,V/Benidorm op 1993}) (6... c6 7. Bd3 (7. h4 $5 {
[%cal Gh4h5]} b5 8. a3 Ng4 (8... Bg4 $145 $5) 9. h5 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 $40 {Lastin,
A-Yandemirov,V/Novgorod op 1999}) 7... b5 8. Bh6 Bg4 9. h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. h5 Nxh5 13. Ne2 Qf6 14. O-O-O Qxf3 $15 {Fontaine-Gagunashvilli,
Wch U20 Yerevan 2000}) ({And the main:} 6... Bg4 7. Ng5 $1 {The best.} (7. Be2
Nc6 8. O-O-O e5 9. d5 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd4 $1 {and black is O.K}) 7... Nc6 (7...
h6 $6 8. h3 Bh5 9. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 10. g4 $16) (7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8
10. Bc4 Rf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. O-O-O h6 13. Nf3 $14) (7... c6 8. f3 Bc8 9. h4 h6
10. Nh3 h5 11. Ng5 $36 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Gg2g4] Dunnington,A-Anastasian,A/
Capelle op Capelle la Grande 1996}) 8. d5 $1 (8. h3 Bd7 9. O-O-O (9. d5 Nb4 10.
Nf3 c6 11. Be2 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Na6 $132 {Wirthensohn,H-Khalifman,A/Hamburg 1991})
9... a6 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nd5 $13 {Wirthensohn-Vogt/Arosa 1996}) 8... Nb8 (8...
Nb4 9. f3 Bd7 10. Nd1 $1 {[%csl Yb4][%cal Gd2b4,Gd1f2]} (10. a3 $5 Na6 11. h4
h5 12. O-O-O Qc8 13. g4 b5 $1 14. gxh5 Nxh5 15. Bd4 $14 {Weinzetti,E-Smirin,I/
Vienna op 1998}) 10... Na6 11. h4 $36) 9. f3 Bd7 (9... Bc8 $2 10. h4 {[%cal
Gh4h5]} e5 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. g4 Ne5 14. Be2 {[%cal Gh4h5]} h5 15.
gxh5 gxh5 16. f4 Neg4 17. e5 $18 {Pavasovic,D-Odesskij,I/Pardubice Czech op
1998}) 10. h4 h5 11. g4 $1 c6 (11... hxg4 12. h5 Nxh5 13. fxg4 Bxg4 14. Be2
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 $16 {[%cal Gh1h5]}) 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Bd4 Bxd4 15.
Qxd4 b5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Rc8 18. Qd2 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Ge2f4]
Khalifman,A-Adams,M/WchT 4th Luzern 1997[Khalifman]}) 7. Bd3 {Solid
continuation. more ambitious here is:} (7. Bh6 b5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 Bb7 10.
e5 Nfd7 11. Be4 Bxe4 12. Nxe4 d5 13. Ng3 e6 14. a4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Rg7]
[%cal Gh2h4] Emms,John-Gurevich,Mikhail/Germany 1995} (14. h4 $5 h6 15. h5 g5
16. Nh2 c5 17. c3 Nc6 18. O-O cxd4 19. cxd4 f6 20. exf6+ Qxf6 21. Rad1 $14 {
Hebden,M-Sutovsky,E/Monarch Assurance 2000})) 7... b5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb8d7,Gc7c5,
Gb5b4]} (7... Bg4 $6 8. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3,Gh2h4]}) 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 (9. Nd5 {
is dubious here:} Nxd5 10. exd5 Bb7 11. Qxb4 Bxd5 $15 {Gross,D-Burnett,R/Fan
Adams Int 1999}) 9... a5 10. Ng3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] Serious mistake. Now white
have to change queens- in the other way black will change his strong bishop.} (
10. Bh6 $142 $1 Bb7 11. Ng3 Nbd7 12. h4 e5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. h5 $36 {[%cal
Gh5g6,Gd2h6] Bosch,J-Matthelesen,M/Politicen Cup 1999}) 10... Ng4 $1 11. Bg5 (
11. Bf4 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc4+ Kh8 {doesn't change anything})
11... f6 12. Bf4 e5 13. dxe5 (13. Be3 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Nc6 $15 {[%csl Rg3][%cal
Gg7h6]}) 13... dxe5 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bd2 Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]
Right! knight is going to b6- very good square.} 17. h3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nh6 19.
O-O-O Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Ga6c4,Gb6c4] Now it's clear that balck is
slighty better in this endgame due to his space advantage and comfortable
development.} 20. Be3 {The only white's idea in this position- is to change
the rooks!} Nc4 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 $15 22. b3 (22. Nd2 Ba6 23. f4 Nf7 $15) 22... Be6
(22... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Ye2][%cal Ga6e2]}) 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 Ra8 $6 {Strange
desecion. Now black rook is passive} ({better was the natural} 24... Rxd1+ 25.
Kxd1 Nf7 {[%csl Ge6,Rg3,Gg7][%cal Gf6f5,Gh8g8,Gg8f8] with much better chanses
for black.}) 25. Bc5 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} (25. Ne1 $6 f5 $1 $17) 25... Nf7 (25... f5
$2 26. Ng5 Bg8 27. Rd7 $16 {[%csl Rc7,Gd7][%cal Gd7c7]}) 26. Ne1 Nd8 {[%csl
Yc5][%cal Gd8b7,Gb7c5]} 27. Nd3 Bh6+ 28. Kb2 Nb7 29. Be7 $1 {[%cal Gd3c5] Now
white can change the knights. After that i don't see how black can improve his
position.} Kg7 30. Nc5 Kf7 (30... Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Kf7 32. Nf1 $11 {[%cal Gf1e3]})
31. Nxb7 Kxe7 32. Nc5 Bc8 33. Nf1 {[%cal Gf1d2,Gd2c4]} Rb8 34. Nd2 {[%csl Ra5]
[%cal Gd2c4]} Bxd2 {Black cannot ignore white's knight on c-4} 35. Rxd2 Rb6 36.
f3 $11 {Now it's a dead draw.} Rc6 37. Rd5 g5 38. Kc1 Rd6 39. Rxd6 cxd6 40. Nd3
Ke6 41. g4 d5 42. Kd2 {[%mdl 2064]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Peng, Zhaoqin"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 (7. a4 {
Is the main line.}) (7. Re1) (7. e5) (7. Bg5) 7... b5 $6 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb5b4]
Rare continuation.} (7... Qc7 {it's the main line here.}) (7... Nbd7) 8. a3 {
I think that this move is too slowly and white cannot get something real after
that.} (8. e5 $1 {is the most logical} Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6
11. Ng5 $36) 9. a4 $1 (9. Bf4 $5 Nc7 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qd2 Re8 12. a3 a6 13.
Rfe1 Ne6 14. Bh6 $14 {[%cal Gd4d5] Zaitsev,I-Bronstein,D/Minsk 1983}) 9... b4
10. Ne4 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ exf6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 $14 {[%csl Rd6]
[%cal Gc1f4]}) 8... a6 9. Bg5 $146 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gg5d8]} (9. Bf4 Nh5 (9... Nbd7
$6 10. e5 $1 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Rad1 Be6 13. b3 d5 14. Ra1 $16 {[%csl Rb6,Re8,
Rg7][%cal Ga3a4,Gf4h6] Bruzon Bautista-Frometa/Capablanca mem 1997}) 10. Bg5 f6
$1 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. d5 Nf6 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. a4 bxa4 16. Nd5 Kh8
$13 {Timman,J-Forintos,G/Wijk aan Zee 1971}) (9. Re1 Nbd7 10. e5 Ne8 11. Bf4
Nb6 12. Qc1 d5 $6 (12... Nc7 $1 {[%cal Gc7d5,Gc7e6]}) 13. Bd3 Nc7 14. Ne2 Ne6
15. Bh6 $14 {Ivanov,V-Moskvitin,V/St Petersburg 1998}) (9. Be3 $5 Bb7 10. Nd2
Nbd7 11. f4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4][%cal Gd2b3,Ge2f3]}) 9... Nbd7 (9... h6 10. Be3
(10. Bh4 $6 Nh5 $1 $132 {[%cal Gg6g5]}) 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. e5 $36) 10.
e5 Ne8 11. Qd2 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this move black get very pleasant
position due to the waekness on e-5.} (11. exd6 $142 Nxd6 12. Bd3 $14 {[%cal
Gf1e1]}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc7e6,Gd7e5,Gg7e5]} 13. Rad1
Ne6 14. Bh4 $6 {Another mistake. Now white has problems with his blach-square
bishop.} (14. Bh6 $142 $1 Qc7 (14... Nxe5 15. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Kxg7 17. Bxc6
Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Ra7 $11) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rfe1 $13) 14... Re8 {[%csl Re7][%cal
Ge8e7]} (14... Nxe5 $143 $6 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bxe7 $11) 15. Bg3
(15. Qe3 Qb6 $15) 15... Qb6 {[%csl Re5,Rg3]} 16. b4 $6 {What for? This strange
move only helps for black} (16. Ne4 $142 c5 17. Qe3 c4 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 $15) 16...
Bb7 $1 {Great! now it's clear that black has serious advantage here.} 17. Bd3 {
[%cal Gd3e4]} (17. Ng5 Nxg5 18. Qxg5 Nf8 $1 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Gf8e6,Gc6c5,Ga6a5]
}) 17... c5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Red8 $17 20. Qe2 (20. Qe3 Qc6 21. Rd2 cxb4
22. axb4 Nb6 $17 {[%cal Gb6c4]}) 20... cxb4 21. axb4 Qc6 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 22.
c3 Nb6 23. Rxd8+ (23. Nd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Nd5 26. Rb1 Rc8 $17 {
[%cal Gc6c4]}) 23... Rxd8 24. Ra1 Nd5 {Right! Black knight have to be on d5
for pushin f7-f5.} (24... Nc4 $6 25. Neg5 Nxg5 26. Nxg5 e6 27. Nf3 Rd5 28. Nd4
Qc8 29. Nf3 {and it's hard to see how black can improve his position here.})
25. Qe1 f5 $1 26. exf6 exf6 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 27. Nc5 {What else?} Nxc5 28. bxc5
Re8 $1 {Now black wins a pawn!} 29. Qd2 Qxc5 30. Rxa6 Nxc3 31. Kh2 b4 32. Qd7
Qc8 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd7][%cal Gc8a6,Gc8d7]} 33. Qd6 ({better was} 33. Qxc8 Rxc8
34. Rb6 Nd5 35. Rb5 Rd8 36. Nd4 Rd7 {[%cal Gf6f5] and white has some practise
chanses for surviving in this endgame.}) 33... Bf8 $2 {Strange decision. I
don't understand the reason to give the pawn.} (33... Rd8 $1 34. Qb6 Nd5 $17)
34. Qxf6 Nd5 35. Qa1 $8 (35. Qc6 $2 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 b3 37. Nd2 b2 38. Rc2 Bg7 $19
{[%cal Ge8e1]}) 35... b3 $6 (35... Nc3 $1 $15 {[%csl Gc3]}) 36. Ra7 Re7 37. Be5
$4 {[%mdl 8192] After this mistake-the game is over.} (37. Rxe7 Bxe7 38. Qa4 $1
b2 (38... Qb7 39. Qe8+ Kg7 (39... Bf8 40. Bd6 Qf7 41. Qb8) 40. Be5+ Bf6) 39.
Qb3 $14 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gb3b2,Gb3d5] And white has just extra pawn!}) 37... b2
$1 $19 38. Qa2 (38. Bxb2 Qb8+ $19 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gb8a7,Gb8h2]}) 38... b1=Q
39. Qxd5+ Qe6 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hachatrian, Vahagn"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 {[%cal
Ge4e5] Quite rare move. The idea is to play e4-e5 and create pressure on the
e7 pawn.} (7. a4 {is the main.}) (7. h3) (7. Re1) (7. Bf4) (7. e5) 7... h6 (
7... b5 8. e5 (8. a3 $1) 8... b4 9. exf6 exf6 10. Be3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. d5
c5 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc3][%cal Gf6f5] Kovalevskaya,E-Tseshkovsky,V/St Petersburg
op 1995}) (7... d5 $5 8. exd5 (8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e5 Bg7 10. Re1 Bg4 $11 {[%cal
Ge7e6,Gc6c5]}) 8... cxd5 9. Ne5 Nc6) (7... Qc7 8. a4 (8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. Rad1 b5
10. Qf4 e5 11. Qh4 Re8 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ne1 b4 14. Nb1 c5 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Bc4
Nh5 17. Nd3 Nb6 $13 {Ziatdinov,R-Minasian,Artashes/World op Champions 1999})
8... a5 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Na6 11. Rad1 Ne8 12. Ne1 $14 {Kengis,E-Shchekachev,A/
Reykjavik op 1994}) 8. Bh4 {This move cannot promise any advantage for white.}
(8. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Gd1d2,Ge4e5] it's interesting alternative:} Nbd7 9. Qd2 g5
10. Bg3 (10. Be3 $5 {seems to be better:} Ng4 11. Rad1 e6 12. Ne1 Nxe3 13. Qxe3
$36 {[%csl Rc8,Gd4,Ge4][%cal Gh2h4,Gf2f4] Kengis,E-Seul,G/Bonn GSK-3 1996})
10... Nh5 11. a4 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e6 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Bd3 $13 {Varavin,V-Pogorelov,
E/Kobanya op 1992}) (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. a4 e5 (9... Ng4 $5 10. Bf4 e5) 10. dxe5
dxe5 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. Nc4 $14 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc4d6,Gd1d6] Enders,P-Bologan,V/
Bundesliga 1997}) 8... Qc7 {[%cal Gb8d7,Ge7e5] This is accurate move.} (8...
Nbd7 9. e5 $5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 (10... Ng4 11. e6 fxe6 12. Nd4 $44) 11. Qc1 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Re8 $5 {[%cal Ge7e5] Black prepares for
e7-e5. I don't see any good plan for white here.} (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Qd6 $11) (10... b5 $5 11. a3 a5 12. Bd3 b4 13. axb4 axb4 14. Ne2 Ba6 {with
good position.}) 11. a4 a6 12. b4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]} e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bc4 $6
{This move looks very natural but actually it's only helps for black's
development.} ({Better was} 14. a5 Bf8 15. Rb1 $11) 14... b5 $1 15. Bb3 Bf8 $15
{[%csl Rb4][%cal Gf8b4] Now it's clear that black got better chanses due to
the weakness on b4 and good development.} 16. axb5 $6 {Another mistake. After
this exchange black's rook wil be very active.} (16. Rfe1 $142 $1 Bb7 (16...
Bxb4 $4 17. Qxh6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg6][%cal Gh6g6]}) 17. Nb1 {=/=+}) 16... axb5
17. Nb1 Kg7 $1 (17... Nxe4 $6 18. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3g6]} Ndf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20.
Qxg6+ Bg7 $13 {[%csl Gb3]}) 18. Rfe1 Nb6 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc8e6,Gd7g4]} 19. c3
(19. h3 Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 20. Bd8 $5 Qb7 $15) 19... Bg4 {[%csl Rf3][%cal
Gg4f3]} 20. Qe3 (20. Bxf6+ Kxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 {[%csl Gf8]} 22. h3 Bd7 $15) 20...
Nh5 $1 21. Nbd2 (21. h3 Be6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Nbd2 c5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4,Re3,
Gf8][%cal Gc5b4]}) 21... Nf4 22. Ra1 (22. Bg3 c5 $36 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Ga8a3]})
22... c5 23. h3 $6 (23. Ra5 $5 {was the only move, but after} Bd7 {black is
clear better.}) 23... Bxf3 24. Nxf3 cxb4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. cxb4 Bxb4 $17 {
Black is just pawn-up.} 27. Rc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({After} 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Qe1
Nc4 {White's position is very harde, but he can fight.}) 27... Qxc1+ {[%mdl
2048]} 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Targoviste"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Manolache, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.11.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 16]} 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O {Very
solid line for white.} a6 {Quite rare move.} 7. Re1 (7. a4 {Is the main
continuation in this position.} Nc6 (7... Bg4 8. Ng5 $5 (8. Bg5 $5 Nc6 9. Qd2
Nd7 10. Nd5 $1 {[%csl Re7][%cal Gd5e7,Gg5e7]} Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h6 12. Be3 Kh7 13.
a5 $1 {[%csl Ga5]} e6 14. Nb4 $14 {[%csl Ge3,Gf3] Tseitlin,Mark-Thiede,Lars/
Berliner Sommer 1997}) 8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Nf3 e6 12. Bg5 Qe8
13. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Gg5h6] with better chanses for white due to
his space advantage. Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter-Chernin,Alexander/De Corse op
Bastia 2000}) (7... b6 8. e5 {The best.} dxe5 (8... Nfd7 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 {
[%cal Ge5e6]} Nc5 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Bc4 $1 Rb8 13. Qe2 e6 14. Bg5 Qe8 15. b4 $16
{Nisipeanu,Liviu Dieter-Hilarp Persson,Tiger/Yerevan ol 1996}) 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 (
9... Bb7 10. Bf3 Qc8 11. Re1 $14) 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. Nc4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rb8,Rd7]
Damlijanovic,B-Finkel,A/EuCup final 14th 1999}) (7... e6 {leads to 6...e6 line.
see comments to Brodsky-Goloshchapov/UKR-ch Ordzhonikidze,2001[Roiz,M]}) 8. h3
{The main.} (8. d5 Nb8 (8... Nb4 $5 9. a5 e6 10. h3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bd7
13. Qd2 Kh7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 $11 {Kovalev,A-Chernin,A/Tilburg 1992}) 9. a5 e5 10.
Nd2 Ne8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Kh8 13. Ra3 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. b4 f5 16. exf5
gxf5 17. f4 Bb7 $132 {Damlijanovic,B-Kozakov,M/Valievo 2000}) 8... e5 (8... e6
$5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Kh7 11. Nh2 Ne7 12. Bd3 b6 13. f4 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qe2
Qc7 16. Qf2 c4 $13 {Mueller,Mat-Nijboer,F/Groningen op 1991}) 9. dxe5 dxe5 10.
Be3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c3 Nf5 14. Bg5 Qd6 $11 {Tsarev,
V-Gofshtein,L/Kiev 1989}) 7... b5 $6 {The most logical move. But actually this
idea is very dangerous for black because white's development is much better.} (
7... e6 {leads to 6...e6 line.}) (7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Ne8
11. Qd2 Nd6 12. Bf1 Bd7 13. Rad1 $14 {[%csl Gd5] Rogozenko,D-Moldovan,D/
Bucharest Fest GM 1998}) (7... b6 $6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 f6 11. Bh6
$16 {[%csl Ge5,Re8][%cal Ge2c4] Berzinsh,R-Kozakov,M/Hlohovec op 1994}) 8. e5
dxe5 (8... Nfd7 $2 {seems to be dangerous:} 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Rf6 11. Bf3 c6
$8 12. Nxe6 Rxe6 13. Rxe6 Ne5 14. Rxe5 dxe5 15. d5 $16 {[%csl Gc3,Re5,Re7,Gf3]
Schussler,H-Huebner,R/Bundesliga 1983}) (8... Ne8 $6 {[%csl Re8]} 9. a4 b4 10.
Nd5 Nc6 11. Bf4 e6 12. Ne3 $16 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gh2h4,Ge3g4]}) 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. Bf4
{[%csl Ye5][%cal Gf4e5]} (10. h3 $5 {was played by Viswanathan Anand and leads
to clear advantage for white:} Nxe5 (10... Nh6 11. Qd5 $1 Qxd5 12. Nxd5 e6 13.
Nf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nf5 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf6][%cal Ga1d1]
Anand,V-Van Wely,L/Amber-rapid 6th 1997}) 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bf3 (12. Qxd8 Rxd8
13. Bf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 c6 15. Rxe7 {[%csl Gc1,Gf3] +=/+-}) 12... Bxc3 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. bxc3) 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 (11. Qd5 $2 {is weak in this position:} Qxd5
12. Nxd5 e6 $1 $15) 11... Bb7 12. h3 Nh6 13. Qc1 $1 {Natural move. Black must
to put his knight on-f5 and after that white has exellent chanses for attack.}
({Interesting was also} 13. Be4 $5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Rfd8 15. Nd5
$16 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4,Rg7,Rh6] with clear advantage in the endgame.}) 13...
Nf5 14. Bxf5 gxf5 15. Rd1 (15. Bh6 $5 {[%cal Gc1g5]} e6 $8 16. Qf4 Bxh6 17.
Qxh6 Qe7 18. Rad1 $16 {[%csl Rg8]}) 15... Qc8 16. Nd5 $1 {Now it's clear that
white is winning here!} (16. Bh6 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Qe6 $1 (16... f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qf4 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gc3e2,Ge2g3,Gg3h5]}) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nd5 $2 Nxe5
$13) 16... Re8 17. Qe3 $6 {Too slowly.} (17. Bh6 $1 Nxe5 (17... Nd8 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Qg5+ Kh8 20. Nxe7 Qe6 21. Nxf5 Rg8 22. Qf4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 $18) 18. Nxe5
Bxe5 19. Nxe7+ $1 Rxe7 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21. Qxe7 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Qg8 23. g3 Bc3 24.
Rd3 $18 {[%cal Gb1d1]}) (17. e6 $5 Qxe6 18. Nxc7 Qg6 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 {and black
has no real compensation}) 17... Nd8 18. a4 {It's just unbelievable! White
tries to get something on the Queen-side...} (18. Bh6 $2 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qe6 {
[%csl Rd5,Rh6][%cal Ge6h6,Ge6d5]} 20. Bxg7 Qxd5 21. Qh6 f6 $8 22. exf6 Nf7 $15)
(18. Bg5 $1 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 {[%cal Ga1d1,Ge3c3] With huge advantage for white.})
18... Ne6 19. Bg3 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this move black is O.K. Bishop has
nothing to do on-g3} (19. Bh6 $1 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb7 (20... Bh8 21. Nd4 $18 {
[%cal Ge3g3]}) 21. Rad1 bxa4 22. Bxg7 Nxg7 23. Qh6 Qb6 24. Qh4 {And white's
attack looks very strong.}) 19... Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Ge6,Rg3]
[%cal Gb7d5] Now black has nothing to worry-his knight on e6 is very strong
and white's piece are not very active. I think that black can even hope for
some advantage due to the weak pawn on-e5,but actually the most logical result
here-it's draw...} 21. Qd3 {[%mdl 2048]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "UKR-ch"]
[Site "Ordzhonikidze"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2001.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 {One of the most quiet lines In
Pirc-defense.} O-O 6. O-O a6 {[%cal Gb7b5] it is known move in theory but not
very popular at the meantime.} (6... Bg4) (6... c5) ({and} 6... c6 {are more
common continuations.}) 7. a4 {The main. But White don't must to avoid b7-b5.}
(7. Bg5 b5 8. e5 b4 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bd2 bxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 $13 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4] Yemelin,Vasily -Tseitlin,Mark D Beersheba-St Petersburg 1998
}) (7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 c6 11. a4 Nd5 $11 {Groszpeter,
A-Espig,L/Varna 1983}) (7. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 (7... Bg4 $6 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. c3 $14 {[%csl Ge3,
Gf3] Vogt,L-Espig,L/Dortmund-B 1991}) 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 dxe5 11.
dxe5 Nc5 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncd4 17. Bh6
c5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $15 {[%csl Gd4,Ge6] Cifuentes Parada,R-Van Laatum,G/Ostende
op 1991}) (7. h3 b5 $6 (7... Nc6 $142 8. d5 Nb8 {[%cal Gc7c6]}) 8. e5 $1 Ne8 9.
Bf4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5]} Nd7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. a3 $14 {Andersson,Ulf-Hort,Vlastimil/
Kottnauer mem 1996}) (7. Re1 Nc6 (7... e6 $5) 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 e6
11. Bc5 Re8 12. Bc4 b6 {Zilberman,Yaacov-Avrukh,Boris/Tel Aviv super 1 st 1999
[Avrukh,B]}) 7... Nc6 (7... e6 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6e7] -this plan becomes very
popular nowdays. The idea is to play Nc6 and After d4-d5 this knight can be
placed on-e7} 8. Bf4 h6 9. h3 Nc6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 Ne7 $132 {
[%cal Ge6e5] Jenni,F-Pikula,D/MTO Open Biel 2000}) 8. h3 {i don't believe that
white can fight for advantage after the move in the text.} (8. d5 Nb4 (8... Nb8
9. a5 e5 10. Nd2 (10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 $14) 10... Ne8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Kh8
13. Ra3 b5 14. axb6 cxb6 15. b4 {Damlijanovic,B-Kozakov,M/Valjevo 2000}) (8...
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. a5 Nd6 12. Qd3 $14 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5] Rozentalis,
E-Kristensen,Bj Troll Masters 2001}) 9. a5 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga1a4]} e6 10. Ra4
c5 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Be3 {[%cal Ge3b6]} Nxa5 13. e5 Ne8 14. exd6 $36 {Abdulla,
Al-Wojkiewicz,Alexander Dhaka 1999}) (8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3
e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxg4 dxc3 15. bxc3 Bxc3 16. Ra3 Bg7 17. c4 $16
{[%csl Gf5][%cal Gc4c5] Ionescu,Co-Mateauta,G/ ch-ROM 1999}) 8... e5 9. d5 (9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 {[%cal Gf8d8]} 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 $1 13. c3 Nxe2+
14. Qxe2 Bf5 $11 {[%csl Gf5,Gg7]}) 9... Ne7 10. Bg5 $146 {White's idea is
standard:to provoke black. After h7-h6 black's counterplay on the king-side
will be problematic. But next black's move shows, that it's not affective:
black will play f7-f6!} Ne8 $1 {[%cal Gf7f6]} 11. Qd2 $6 {Strange decision.
The dark-bishop's exchange is favourable for black.} (11. Nh2 $142 f6 12. Be3
f5 13. f4) 11... f6 12. Bh6 g5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Great positional idea! No it's
hard to see normal plan for white.} 13. Bxg7 Nxg7 $15 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]} 14.
Nh2 {[%cal Ge2g4]} h5 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Gh5g4] Just in time! Now white cannot
play 15.Bg4} 15. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1h5]} Qe8 16. Re1 {[%cal Gh2f1,Gf1e3] white's
knight has no future on h2.} Qg6 17. Nf1 g4 $2 {Not in time! Now white recieve
counterplay.} (17... f5 $6 18. exf5 Nexf5 {[%cal Gf5d4]} 19. Bd3 Qh6 20. Qd2
$132 {[%cal Gc3e4]}) ({Much better was} 17... Qh6 $1 $17 {[%cal Ge7g6,Gg6f4]
And i cannot see any way to improve the position for white- while black has
easy plan.}) 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. g3 {[%cal Gf1e3]} (19. Ng3 Kf7 $1 {[%cal Gf8h8,
Gg6h6] and there is no defense against simple plan}) 19... f5 20. Nh2 (20. Ne3
$2 f4 $1 21. Nxg4 f3 22. Bxf3 Rxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxg4 $17 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Gg4,Rh3]
[%cal Ga8f8]}) 20... Qh7 $6 {After this move white is better.} ({After} 20...
Ne8 $1 {[%cal Ge8f6] black is still not worse}) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nxg4 ({After
} 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Ngf5 25. Re4 $1 {[%csl Rg4][%cal Ge4g4]}
(25. Nxg4 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4f3,Gd4c2]} 26. Re4) 25... c6 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Rxg4+
Kf7 $44 {Black's pieces are very active but i think that white's chanses are
not bad}) 22... Bxc2 23. Qd2 Bg6 24. Nh6+ ({After} 24. Qg5 $5 Ne8 {[%csl Gg5]}
25. f4 $1 {Black is in trouble due to the very passive knights.}) 24... Kh8 25.
Kg2 {[%cal Ge1h1]} Nh5 (25... Be4+ 26. f3 Bg6 27. Rh1 Bh5 28. Rh2 $16 {[%cal
Ga1h1]}) 26. Qg5 {[%csl Gg5] Not bad.} (26. Rh1 $5 Kg7 $8 27. Ng4 $1 {[%csl
Rh5,Rh7]}) 26... Ng8 27. Bxh5 Bxh5 28. Qxh5 Qxh6 (28... Nxh6 29. Rh1 Rf6 30.
Rh4 $36 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ga1h1]}) 29. Qg4 {[%cal Ge1h1]} Nf6 30. Qc4 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Ge1h1,Gc4c7]} (30. Qb4 $5 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb4b7]} Qg6 31. Qxb7 Ng4 32.
Re2 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ga1h1] And there is no real compensation for a pawn.}) 30...
Qg7 31. Rh1+ Kg8 32. Rh4 {[%csl Re4,Gh4][%cal Ga1h1,Gc3e4,Gh4e4] It is clear,
that black's position is already hard.} Rf7 33. Rah1 Raf8 34. Nd1 $5 {[%csl
Rg8][%cal Gd1e3,Ge3f5]} (34. b4 $2 {[%cal Gb4b5]} Nh5 $1 {[%csl Rf2,Rg3][%cal
Gf7f2,Gg7g3]}) (34. Rh6 $5 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh1h4]} Ne8 35. Nd1 {[%cal Gc4h4]})
34... e4 $2 {After this move black is already lost.} ({Better was} 34... Qg6 {
[%cal Gf7h7] with very hard positon, but i don't see immediate way for the win.
}) 35. Qd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gd1e3] The best place for a queen.} Qg5 36. Rh8+
({After} 36. Ne3 {[%csl Gd4,Ge3,Rg8,Gh1,Gh4] All white's pieces are in ideal
positions.}) 36... Kg7 37. R8h5 Qg4 38. R1h4 $6 {What for?} ({After} 38. Ne3 $1
Qf3+ 39. Kg1 {[%cal Gh5g5]} Kg8 $8 40. Rf5 $1 {[%csl Rf3,Gf5][%cal Gf5f3]} Qe2
41. Rh6 $18 {[%csl Rf6][%cal Gh6f6,Gf5f6,Gd4f6] Black can resign}) 38... Qf3+
39. Kg1 Rg8 {[%cal Gg7f8]} 40. Rg5+ $6 {This strange move only helps for black.
Now black's king has time to survive.} (40. Ne3 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge3g4,Gh4f4,
Gh5g5] And there is no defense against all white's threats.}) 40... Kf8 41.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 42. Rf4 $2 {After this move white doesn't have real chanses for a
win.} (42. Nc3 $1 {[%cal Gc3e4]} e3 43. Qxe3 Qxe3 44. fxe3 $16 {And white is
clear better in the endgame due to extra-pawn.}) 42... Qh5 43. Ne3 (43. Nc3 Rh7
44. Rh4 Qe5 45. Qxe5 dxe5 $14) 43... Qe5 $1 {Right! after the exchange black
have some practise chanses for surviving.} 44. Qxe5 dxe5 45. Rf5 Nd7 46. Rg5+
Rg7 47. Rh5 Rh7 48. Rxh7 Kxh7 49. b4 (49. Nc4 {[%cal Gd5d6]} b5 50. axb5 axb5
51. Na3 Nf6 52. Nxb5 Nxd5 {[%cal Ge4e3]} 53. Nc3 Nf6 $14 {[%cal Gh7g6,Gg6f5]})
49... Nb6 $2 {Strange decision. This move not lose yet, but  it's just loss of
time.} ({After} 49... Kg6 {[%cal Gg6f6,Ge7d6,Gf6e7]} 50. a5 $5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd5,
Gg3][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d2,Gd2c3,Gc3c4]} Kf6 51. Kf1 Ke7 $14 {Black is O.K})
50. a5 Na4 $2 {[%cal Ga4c3] After this mistake white could win once again.} ({
It's strange, but after} 50... Nd7 {black can hold the position}) 51. Nc4 {
[%csl Re5][%cal Gc4e5,Gd5d6]} Nc3 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Gc3d5]} 52. d6 cxd6 53. Nxd6
Nd5 54. b5 $1 $18 {It's just unbelievable, that white can lose here!} (54. Nxb7
Nxb4 55. Nc5 Kg6 56. Nxe4 Nc6 57. Nc5 Nxa5 58. Nxa6 Kf5 $14 {And there is not
much material on the board.}) 54... axb5 55. Nxb5 {After this move white is
still winning, but in my opinion} (55. Nxb7 $1 {was more simple:} b4 56. Nc5
Nc7 (56... Kg6 57. a6 Kf5 58. a7 Nb6 59. Kf1 {[%cal Gf1e2,Ge2e3] And white is
winning.}) 57. Kf1 Na6 58. Nxe4 Kg6 59. Ke2 Kf5 60. f3 {[%cal Ge2d3,Gd3c4,
Gc4b5]} Ke6 61. g4 $18 {[%csl Ga5,Gg4]}) 55... Kg6 56. Nd6 e3 57. f3 (57. fxe3
{was enouth:} Nxe3 58. Nxb7 Nc4 59. a6 Nb6 60. a7 Kf6 61. Nc5 Ke7 62. Kf2 Kd6
63. Na4 Na8 64. Ke3 $18 {[%cal Gg3g4]}) 57... Nc3 58. Kf1 (58. Nxb7 Ne2+ 59.
Kf1 Nxg3+ 60. Ke1 e4 61. fxe4 Nxe4 62. a6 $18) 58... Kg5 59. Nxb7 e4 60. a6 $6
{White had at least 2 simple ways for the win here! After this move white can
win,but now it's very hard!} (60. fxe4 Kg4 61. a6 Nb5 62. Ke2 $18) (60. f4+ Kg4
61. a6 $18) 60... exf3 61. Nd6 (61. a7 {leads to a draw:} Ne2 62. a8=Q Nxg3+
63. Kg1 f2+ 64. Kh2 f1=Q $11) 61... Nb1 62. Ne4+ Kg6 (62... Kg4 63. Nf2+ $1
Kxg3 (63... exf2 64. Kxf2 Nc3 65. a7 Ne4+ 66. Ke3 f2 67. Ke2 $18) 64. Nh1+ Kh2
65. a7 Nd2+ 66. Ke1 Kg1 67. Ng3 Ne4 68. Nf1 f2+ 69. Ke2 Nc3+ 70. Kxe3 Nd5+ 71.
Kf3 Nb6 72. Ne3 Na8 (72... f1=Q+ 73. Nxf1 Kxf1 74. Ke3 Na8 (74... Kg2 75. Kd4
Kf3 76. Kc5 $18) 75. Kd4 Ke2 76. Kc5 $18) 73. Ke4 Nc7 74. Kd3 Nd5 75. Nf1 $1
Nc7 76. Nd2 $18 {[%cal Gd3c4,Gc4c6,Gc4c5]}) 63. a7 $2 (63. Ke1 Na3 $1 (63...
Nd2 $2 64. Nf2 $1 exf2+ 65. Kxf2 Nc4 66. Kxf3 Kf5 67. a7 Nb6 68. g4+ Ke5 69.
Ke3 $18) 64. a7 Nc2+ 65. Kd1 e2+ 66. Kxc2 e1=Q 67. a8=Q f2 68. Qg8+ Kf5 69.
Qd5+ Kg4 70. Qg5+ Kf3 71. Qf4+ Kg2 72. Nxf2 Qe2+ 73. Kc3 Qe1+ 74. Kc4 Qe6+ $11
{And white cannot avoid draw}) (63. Nf2 $3 {Only this brilliant move is
winning.} Nd2+ 64. Ke1 Nc4 65. a7 Nb6 66. Ng4 $18) 63... Nd2+ 64. Kg1 $4 {
Last mistake in this game. Suddenly black is the winning side!} (64. Ke1 Nxe4
65. a8=Q f2+ 66. Ke2 Nxg3+ 67. Kxe3 f1=Q $11) 64... e2 $19 65. Kf2 Nxe4+ 66.
Ke1 (66. Kxf3 e1=Q 67. a8=Q Qf2+ $1 68. Kxe4 Qg2+ $19 {[%cal Gg2a8]}) 66... Nc5
67. a8=Q Nd3+ 68. Kd2 e1=Q+ 69. Kxd3 f2 70. Qg8+ Kf5 71. g4+ Kf4 72. Qb8+ Kf3 {
[%mdl 12288]} 0-1

[Event "ARM-ch"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2001.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O {[%cal Gb7b5]} 7.
a4 {[%cal Ga4a5] This is the most popular line. White prevents b7-b5 and
increases his space advantage.} ({There is couple of alternatives:} 7. e5 dxe5
(7... Nd5 $5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Bf4 dxe5 10. Bxe5 Bg4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne5 Bxe2
13. Qxe2 e6 $11 {[%cal Gb8d7] Balashov,Y-Bologan,V/Moscow 1995}) 8. Nxe5 Bf5 $1
{The strongest.} (8... Nbd7 9. Bf4 {[%csl Ge5]} Nxe5 10. Bxe5 {[%csl Ge5]} Nd5
11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rc5
17. Rad1 b5 18. f4 Rb8 19. a3 a5 20. R1d2 Kg7 21. Kf2 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Ge2,Ge5,
Re6,Gf4] Balashov,Y-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Lvov zt 1990}) (8... Be6 9. Bf4 Nd5 10.
Nxd5 cxd5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf3
$14 {[%cal Gf4e5] Groszpeter,A-Zaittshik,G/Kecskemet 1983}) 9. Bf3 (9. Bf4 Nbd7
10. Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 $11 {[%cal Gf8d8] Alvarez Ibarra-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Euskadi-Georgia tt 1991}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 11. Qd2 Nfd7 $11 {Sutovsky,
E-Beim,V/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1994}) (7. Bg5 Qc7 (7... h6 $5 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc1 Kh7
$132) 8. a4 Nbd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rfe1 a5 $6 (10... Re8 $142 11. Bc4 exd4 12. Nxd4
Nc5 13. f3 Ne6 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Bxe6 Rxe6 $11 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gf6d7]}) 11. Rad1
Re8 12. d5 $1 Bf8 13. Bc4 $36 {Beliavsky,A-Timman,J/ World Cup Reykjavik 1991})
(7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 (9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Nc7 11. Bf1
Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 $11 {[%csl Re5,Ge6][%cal Gd7e5,Gc7e5,Gg7e5] Stohl,
I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund-A 1990}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 (10. Nxe5 $5) 10... Nc7 {
[%cal Gc7e6]} 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6 Qa5 $1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gd7e5,Ga5e5]} 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb6 $11 {Martin Gonzales,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Toledo 1991}) (
7. Bf4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Bg4 $5 (7... Nh5 8. Be3 d5 9. h3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nd7 11.
Re1 $14 c5 $140 $6 12. dxc5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Nd4 $1 $36 {[%cal Gc5c6] 0-1
Solozhenkin,E-Kharlov,A/At Petersburg 1998[Yudasin,L]}) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 d5
10. Re1 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Nd7 $11 {Keitlinghaus,L-Konopka,M/CZE-chT
1996}) (7. Re1 Bg4 $5 (7... b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 $14 (9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1
Ng4 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bg3 Nge5 14. Nd4 Nb6 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 Rd6
17. c3 Na4 18. Nxa4 bxa4 19. f4 Nf7 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Ra7,Rc6,Re6,Re7] Ivanchuk,
V-Nikolic,P/Tilburg 1990})) (7... Nbd7 8. e5 (8. Bf4 $5 Qa5 9. Nd2 {[%cal
Gd2c4]}) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 e5 $11 {Rozentalis,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Lvov 1990}) (7... Qc7 8. Bf4 (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Be3)
8... Nh5 (8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Qb6 13. Ba3 Nf4
14. Bc4 Nf6 $13 {Asrian,K-Kasimdzanov,Rustam/Wch U20 Yerevan 1999}) 9. Be3 e5
10. Qd2 Nd7 11. a4 Nhf6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bc4 b6 14. Rad1 $14 {[%cal Gd2d6]
Jenni,F-Ponomariov,R/Lausanne Young Masters 2000}) 8. h3 (8. Bg5 $5) 8... Bxf3
9. Bxf3 e6 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. a4 a5 13. Be3 Qc7 $11 {Dimitrov,
V-Epishin,V/Linares op 1998}) 7... Nbd7 {[%cal Ge7e5] Very natural
continuation, but not the main.} (7... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6c7] Original idea.} 8.
a5 (8. Re1 b6 9. e5 Ne8 10. exd6 exd6 11. d5 c5 12. Ne4 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6,Rd6]
[%cal Gc1f4,Gf4g5,Ge2b5] Yurtaev,L-Bologan,V/Vladivostok 1995}) (8. Be3 Nc7 9.
Nd2 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 c5 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. d5 Rb8 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5] Savon,
V-Titov,G/Moscow 1991}) 8... b5 9. axb6 axb6 10. e5 Ne8 11. exd6 exd6 12. d5 c5
13. Bg5 f6 14. Bf4 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6][%cal Gf4d6,Ge2b5,Gc3b5] Brodsky,
M-Bologan,V/Riga op 1995}) (7... Bg4 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Rfd1 Rfd8 11.
Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 h6 15. Nf3 a5 16. Rd2 Re8 $11 {
Blatny,P-Konopka,M/CZE-ch Zlin 1998}) (7... Qc7 {This is popular continuation.}
8. a5 (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rfd1 b6 13. a5 Ba6
14. axb6 axb6 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 b5 17. b4 Re8 $11 {[%cal Gg7f8]
Ionescu-Badea,Bucharest 1998}) (8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 {[%cal Gf2f4]} b6 10. f4 Bb7
11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. c3 e6 14. Qe1 f6 15. exd6 Qxd6 $11 {Potkin,
V-Timofeev,A/RUS-ch U20 Ufa 2000}) (8. Re1 a5 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e5 Nh5 11. exd6
exd6 12. Bg5 Nb6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bd3 Be6 $11 {[%cal Gb6c4,Gf6d5]
Kaminski,M-Krasenkow,M/Lubniewice 1993}) 8... Nbd7 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11.
h3 Rd8 12. Qb1 Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6) (7... a5 {This is the main move. Mostly this
move leads to the previous variations. But this is the latest example:} 8. Be3
Ng4 $5 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 $146 (10. Bd2) 10... Na6 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nc4 (12. exf5
$5 gxf5 13. Nb3 Nb4 14. Nb1 {[%cal Gc2c3]} Be6 15. c3 Nd5 16. Bc4 $14 {[%csl
Re7][%cal Gf1e1,Gb1d2,Ge1e7,Gh4e7]}) 12... Nb4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] with very
interesting and not standard position. I think that white is better due to his
strong center.Nadyrhanov-Tseshkovsky/Krasnodar 2001}) 8. Be3 (8. a5 $5 {
This move seems to be very logical: since black didn't play a7-a5 white should
to increase his space advantage on the queen- side.For example:} Qc7 9. Be3 Rb8
10. h3 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rc6][%cal Gf3d4]} Nc5 13. Nd4 Bd7
14. Bf3 $1 cxd5 15. exd5 b5 16. b4 $1 Nb3 17. cxb3 Qxc3 18. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 19.
dxc6 Rbc8 20. Ra7 $16 {[%csl Rc3,Gc6,Ge3,Re7,Gf3][%cal Ga7e7] Brynell-Beim,
Deutschland 2001}) (8. e5 {gives nothing:} dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11.
Qxd5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11 {Moldovan,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem 2000}) 8... e5 (
8... Ng4 $6 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 e5 11. a5 {[%csl Ga5]} h5 12. h3 Nh6 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. a6 $16 {[%cal Gd1d6] Garcia,G-Pel,B/VAM Hoogeveen op 1998}) 9. dxe5
dxe5 (9... Nxe5 {leads to small but stable white's advantage in the endgame:}
10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge3a7]} Rxd1+ 13. Rxd1
Be6 14. a5 Kf8 15. f3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Ge3][%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5,Ge3a7] Nisipeanu,
L-Marin,M/ROM-ch Herculane 1996}) 10. Nd2 {[%cal Gd2c4,Gc4d6]} (10. Qd6 $5 {
[%csl Gd6] Very energetic move! For example:} Re8 $6 (10... Ne8 $1) 11. Bc4 {
[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc4f7,Gf3g5]} Bf8 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. f4 $1 $36 {
Psakhis,L-Bologan,V/Nimes op 1991}) 10... Qe7 {Natural move.} (10... Ne8 $5 {
[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6] The e6-square is very comfortable for the knight in this
kind of positions.} 11. Nc4 Nc7 12. Nd6 Ne6 13. Bc4 Qe7 {Hendriks,W-Nijboer,F/
Dieren op 1998}) 11. Nc4 {[%csl Gc4,Rd6][%cal Gc4d6]} Ne8 {[%csl Yd6][%cal
Ge8d6]} (11... Rd8 12. Qd6 $1 $14) (11... Nc5 $2 12. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 $16 {
with very hard position for black.}) 12. Qd2 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Not energetic.} (
12. a5 $1 {[%csl Ga5,Ra7][%cal Ge3a7] I think that this move can promise good
chanses for advantage due to the weakness on-a7 and space advanage on the
queen-side.} Nc5 13. Nd6 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge3c5]} Nxd6 14. Bxc5 Rd8 15. Qc1
Bf6 16. b3 $1 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Be6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Qe3 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Ra7,Gc5]
[%cal Ge3a7] Ionescu,C-Komliakov,V/Ciocaltea mem 1995[Stohl]}) 12... Nc5 $146 {
[%cal Gc5e6]} (12... f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. Bd4 Be6 17.
Be5 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qc1 Nf6 $11 {Brunner,L-Nogueiras,J/Biel
zt 1993}) 13. Nd6 {Now this move is not so strong: Black can take by queen and
it is clear, that 12.Qd2 was just loss of time.} Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Nxd6 15. Bxc5
Rd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. a5 {[%csl Ga5] Too late! Now there is only simbolic
advantage for white.} Be6 {[%cal Gd6c4] Right! After the dark-square bishop's
exchange black is O.K} 18. b3 Nb5 $1 {[%csl Gc5][%cal Yf8c5]} 19. Nxb5 (19. Na4
$2 Nc3 $1 20. Nxc3 Bxc5 $17 {[%csl Rc3,Gc5,Ge6]}) 19... Bxc5 20. Nc7 Rac8 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. c3 a6 24. Kf1 Be7 {[%mdl 2048]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 13th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2001.11.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Jenni, Florian"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 {Rare move
nowdays.} 7. dxc5 {Principal continuation. Two other alternatives here are:} (
7. d5 {and}) (7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {that leads to dragon variation.}) 7... dxc5
8. Qxd8 ({Another interesting line is:} 8. Be3 b6 9. Qc1 Bb7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11.
Nd5 Nc6 (11... Re8 12. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rc7][%cal Gd5c7]} e5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.
Bh6 $14 {[%cal Ge2c4,Gc4d5]} Bxe4 $140 $2 15. Ng5 Bb7 16. Bc4 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Qf5
18. Qe7 $1 $18 {Miles-Hennigan,World op Philadelphia 1989}) 12. Ne5 $5 ({
Nothing gives} 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 Rd8 $11 {Engqist-Agrest,Scandic Hotels CC,
99}) 12... Re8 (12... Nxd5 $5 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. exd5 Qf6 {[%cal Ge7e6]}) 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. a4 $14 {[%cal Ge2b5] Nikolenko-Hait, Moscow 2000}) 8... Rxd8 9.
Be3 b6 10. Rad1 Nc6 11. Rxd8+ (11. Nd5 {Is bad here:} Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb4 13. Bg5
f6 14. Bh4 Nxd5 $17 {Huebner-Beim,Classics Masters rapid,1998}) 11... Nxd8 12.
Rd1 Bb7 13. e5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] After this move the e5 pawn becomes very weak.}
({Better was} 13. Nd2 Ne6 14. f3 Rd8 15. Kf2 {that happend in the game
Bareev-Anand,Paris 92}) 13... Ng4 14. Bf4 $2 {After this move white cannot
keep the pawn.} ({Much better was} 14. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5e7]}) 14... Ne6 15. Bg3
Rd8 16. Rxd8+ (16. Ng5 {not helps much:} Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Nxe5 18. Nxe6 fxe6 {
and black is clear better}) 16... Nxd8 $17 {#} 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxe5 19.
Ba8 $6 {Strange decision.} ({After} 19. Be2 Ndc6 {[%cal Gc6d4]} 20. Nb5 $1 {
[%cal Gf2f4,Gc2c3] white has some practise chanses for surviving}) 19... Nec6 {
[%cal Gc6d4]} 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc7 Bxb2 22. Nxa6 {[%csl Ra6]} Be5 $1 {Right!
after this ex-chnange the game is over} 23. Bxe5 (23. f4 {Seems to be better
but hardly can change something:} Bd6 $19 {[%csl Rf4,Rg3][%cal Gc6d4,Gd8e6]})
23... Nxe5 24. Nc7 Kf8 25. f4 Nc4 26. Bd5 Na3 27. Be4 {[%cal Gf4f5,Gc7d5]} e6
$1 $19 {Now the game is over} 28. g4 f5 29. Bd3 c4 30. Be2 b5 31. Kf2 Ke7 32.
gxf5 gxf5 33. Kg3 Nc6 34. Kh4 Nd4 35. Bf1 b4 36. Na6 Ndxc2 37. Nc5 Ne3 38. Be2
Nd5 {[%mdl 2048]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Iuldachev, Saidali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a5 8. h3 Na6
9. Bf4 Nb4 10. Qd2 b6 $146 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 Nxc2
14. Rac1 Nb4 15. Nc4 Be6 16. Nd6 $16 {:Rozentalis E. 2610-Ftacnik L. 2585,
Bundesliga 1998]}) 11. Rad1 Bb7 12. Bh6 d5 $6 (12... Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Nxc2 $2 14.
e5 $18) (12... Qc7) 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Rde1 f5 16. h4 $1 (16. exf6+
exf6 {, Ne8-d6}) 16... Nc7 17. h5 Ne6 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g3 {[ Kg1-g2, Rf1-h1]}
Kf7 (19... c5 20. Nb5 $1 $16) (19... Rh8 $142) 20. Nd1 {[ Nd1-e3-g2-f4;
c2-c3-c4]} Ba6 21. Kg2 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Ke8 23. Rh1 Kd7 24. Rh6 Rg8 25. Reh1 Qf8
26. c3 Na6 27. c4 Nac7 28. Nc3 {[ xd5]} Kc8 29. cxd5 cxd5 30. Nb5 Na6 $8 (30...
Kb7 31. Nxc7 Nxc7 (31... Kxc7 32. Qb5 $18) 32. Ng5 $1 {[xe6]}) 31. Rh7 Rg7 32.
Rxg7 Qxg7 33. Qc2+ Kb7 {[#]} (33... Kd7 34. Nc3 Nb4 35. Qe2 Nc7 36. e6+) 34.
Ng5 $3 Rc8 (34... Nxg5 35. Rc1 Nc5 36. dxc5 Qxe5 37. c6+ Kc8 38. f4 Qe4+ 39.
Qxe4 Nxe4 40. Rh1 $18) (34... Qg8 35. Rh7) (34... Nac7 35. Nxc7 Nxc7 36. Qxc7+)
35. Qb3 $1 (35. Nxe6 Qg8 36. Qb3 Qxe6 37. Rh7 Nc7 $11) 35... Nxg5 36. Qxd5+ Kb8
37. Qd7 Nc7 {[#]} 38. Na7 $3 (38. Rc1 $2 Qh8 $3 $19) 38... Rh8 (38... Re8 39.
Rc1 Nge6 40. Nb5 Rd8 41. Qc6 $18) (38... Kxa7 39. Qxc8 e6 40. Rh8 $18) 39. Nc6+
Kb7 40. Nxe7 $1 Nge6 (40... Rxh1 41. Qc8+) 41. Rxh8 (41. d5 Rd8 42. Qc6+ Ka6
43. d6 Qxe5 44. dxc7 Nxc7 45. Nxg6 $16) 41... Qxh8 42. d5 $18 Ng5 43. Qc6+ Ka6
44. Qc4+ Kb7 45. Qc6+ Ka6 46. d6 Nce6 (46... Qh3+ 47. Kg1) 47. d7 Nf4+ (47...
Qb8 48. Qc4+ b5 (48... Kb7 49. Qc8+) 49. Qc6+ Qb6 50. Qa8+ $18) 48. Kg1 (48.
gxf4 $2 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 48... Ne2+ 49. Kf1 Nxg3+ 50. fxg3 Qh3+ 51. Qg2
Qh8 52. Nxg6 Qg8 53. Qc6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nd2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nd7 10. Nb3 $146 ({after} 10. d5 Nd4 {is possible}) 10... e5 11.
d5 Ne7 12. Rad1 {[in order to prevent 12...c6]} (12. Na5 c6 $13) 12... Kh8 13.
Na5 Qc8 14. b4 f5 15. f3 Ng8 16. Nb1 Bh6 17. c4 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 {[both sides
accomplished their plans: black swaped the bishops and and prepared pawn
attack on the king side, while white is ready to play c4-c5. Black has to
weaken his queen side in order to stop the threat]} b6 19. Nc6 Ngf6 20. Nd2 Qe8
21. Qc3 (21. Rc1) 21... f4 22. c5 ({interesting pawn sacrifice, but} 22. Rc1 {
with the threat 23.c5 was much stronger.}) 22... bxc5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 24. Qa5 Rf7
(24... Nb7 25. Qb4 (25. Qxc7 Rf7) 25... Nd8 26. Rc1 {was too passive for black}
) 25. Rc1 g5 26. Rxc5 {[it was the main idea, when white played 22.c5.]} dxc5
27. Qc3 $1 {[xe5]} Nd7 28. Nc4 Rg7 29. N4xe5 Nxe5 30. Nxe5 Qe7 {[ for an
exchange white destroyed black center. It looked very promising position for
white, but I didn't manage to find anything,]} 31. Nd3 (31. Nc6 Qd6) (31. Ng4
c6) 31... c6 $1 {[black immediately attacks the center]} 32. dxc6 Qd6 33. Ne5
Qd4+ (33... Re8 $4 34. Nf7+) 34. Qxd4 cxd4 35. Rc1 Rc7 36. Rc5 Rb8 $2 ({
waste of time,} 36... Re8 $11 {was the right move. Now white has an advantage.}
) 37. Rd5 Kg7 38. h4 gxh4 39. Kh2 Re8 40. Kh3 $2 ({leads to draw,} 40. a4 $1 {
with some chances}) 40... Kf6 41. Nd3 Rxc6 42. Rxd4 Rg8 $1 $132 {[ x g2]} 43.
e5+ (43. Nxf4 Ke5) 43... Ke7 (43... Ke6 $2 44. Re4 $1) 44. Nxf4 (44. a4 Rg3+
45. Kh2 Rc2 46. Nxf4 Rxf3) 44... Rc1 45. Kh2 h3 46. Nxh3 Rc2 47. Nf4 Rxa2 48.
Rd6 Rg5 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. Rd6+ (50. Kh3 $2 Rg6 $3 $19) 50... Ke7 51. Re6+ Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "MK Cafe Cup-A"]
[Site "Koszalin"]
[Date "1998.08.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Rozentalis,E"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.08.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bc4 Be6 $5 {White played a very solid variation, black
decided to sharpen the position. On the other hand, after swaping bishops
black takes control of central squares.} 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 Rd7 (12... h6
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nb5 Rd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rxd7 Rxd7 17. Na3 $1 Nd4 18. Ne1
$14) 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. Kf1 Rd6 15. Ke1 {While black couldn't play Nd4 because
of the unprotected e5 pawn, white moved his king to the centre.} a6 16. a3 h6
17. Be3 Bf8 18. Rac1 $1 {White prepares for doubling rooks on d-file.  Instant
18.Rd2 was not good, because of} (18. Rd2 $2 Rxd2 19. Nxd2 Nd4) 18... b5 19.
Rd2 g5 {Now c2 is protected and white is ready for 19..Rd2 20.Nd2 Nd4 21.Ne2
and 22.c3.} 20. Rcd1 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22. Ke2 Kf7 23. Rd3 Be7 24. Nb1 Nxe3 $4 {
A big mistake. Black should keep the tension in the centre, and the position
is equal. Now white pawns also take control on the central squares, but black
finds himself in problem with the bad bishop.} 25. fxe3 Rg8 26. Kf2 Rgd8 27.
Nbd2 $1 $16 {Suddenly after this white obtains big an advantage, as he can
attack the weak pawns on the queen side and in the centre, while black has
nothing in response. Also black can't take twice on d3} Rxd3 28. cxd3 Bd6 (
28... Rxd3 $4 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nxe5+ $18) 29. Rc1 Ne7 30. Nb3 c6
31. Nc5 Ra8 32. Nd7 $18 Ke8 33. Nfxe5 Kd8 34. d4 Ra7 35. Nc5 (35. Nf8) 35...
Bxe5 36. dxe5 Ng6 37. Nxe6+ Kd7 38. Nc5+ Ke7 39. Nd3 Rc7 40. Rh1 c5 41. Rxh6
Rc6 42. e6 (42. e6 Rxe6 43. Nxc5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Rudolf, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[Annotator "Schluricke,R"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bh6
O-O 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O Re8 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Ng3 Nxg3
15. fxg3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Bg2 Nxe4 18. Qf4 d5 19. Rhf1 Qb7 20. Nxc6 Be6
21. Nd4 Rad8 22. Nxe6+ (22. Nxe6+ fxe6 (22... Rxe6 23. Bxe4 $18 {[%csl Rd8]})
23. Bxe4 dxe4 $2 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Rxd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morovic Fernandez, Ivan"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Seirawan,Y"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chile"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
$1 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 a5 $1 (11... Qa5 $2 {Wolff-Seirawan, New
York 1990}) 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 $36 {<-> f6} Nb6 14. Qe2 (14. dxc6 bxc6 15. e5
Nfd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Bd4 $10 e6) 18... dxe5 $10) (14.
Qe1 $5 {P h4}) 14... Nfd7 $1 {->a1-h8; P e6,f5} 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. Rad1
$6 Bxc3 $1 {P a4}) 16... e5 $2 {P ef4, e5} (16... e6 {P 17...ed5 18.ed5=}) (
16... Bxc3 $2 17. bxc3 cxd5 18. exd5 Qxc3 19. Bd4 $1) (16... Rae8 $142 {P e5})
17. f5 $1 {P g4} (17. dxe6 $2 fxe6 18. Qd3 d5 $1) 17... cxd5 {[#]} 18. Bxb6 $5
(18. Nxd5 $142 $1 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 20. Rd2 $1 gxf5 21. exf5 e4 22. Bg4 d5 23.
Bd4 $14) 18... Qxb6 $1 (18... Nxb6 $2 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 $16) 19. Nxd5 Qxb2
$1 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Rab1 Qa3 22. Bg4 Nf6 23. Rb3 Qxa4 24. Ne7+ Kh7 (24... Kh8
25. Rh3+ Nh7 26. Bf5 $1 Bf6 27. Nxg6+ $1 fxg6 28. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8
30. Qxg6+ Bg7 31. Be6+ $18) 25. Rh3+ Bh6 {[#]} 26. Nf5 (26. Rxd6 Nxg4 $5 27.
Qxg4 Rad8 28. Rxh6+ $140 Kxh6 29. Nf5+ Kh7 30. Qh4+ $2 (30. Rxd8 $145 $1 gxf5
$1 31. Qxf5+ Kg8 32. Qg4+ Kh7 33. Rd3 Qa1+ 34. Rd1 Qb2 35. Rf1 $1 $16 {P h4,
f5-h5}) 30... Kg8 31. Rxd8 Qa1+ $1) (26. Bf5 Kg7 27. Rxh6 (27. Rg3 Bf4) 27...
Kxh6 28. Qe3+ Kg7 29. Qg5 Nh7 30. Qg3 Qe8 $1) (26. Rf1 $5 Kg7 27. Rxh6 Nxg4 $2
(27... Kxh6 $8 28. Rxf6 Kg7 $13 29. Rf1 Qe8 30. Nd5 Qd8) 28. Qxg4 Kxh6 29. h3
$1 (29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qf6+ Kh7) 29... Qc4 30. Rf6 $1 Kg7 31. Rxg6+) 26... gxf5
27. Bxf5+ Kg7 28. Rxh6 $2 (28. Rg3+ $1 Kh8 29. Rh3 Kg7 (29... Ng8 $2 30. Rxh6+
Nxh6 31. Qh5 $18) 30. Rg3+ $10) 28... Rh8 $1 (28... Kxh6 29. Qe3+ Kh5 (29...
Kg7 30. Qg5+) 30. g4+ Nxg4 31. Qh3+ Kg5 32. Qxg4+ Kf6 33. Qh4+ $18) 29. Rxh8
Rxh8 30. Rxd6 Qa3 $1 31. Rd3 (31. Rd1 Qg3 32. Bh3 Qg6 33. Bf5 Qh5 34. g4 Qg5)
31... Qc1+ 32. Rd1 (32. Qd1 $2 Qxd1+ 33. Rxd1 a4 $1) 32... Qg5 33. Kg1 $5 a4
34. Qf3 b5 {P b4,a3} 35. Qc3 Qf4 (35... b4 $5 36. Qxe5 (36. Qxb4 Qe3+ 37. Kh1
Qf4 38. h3 Nh5 $1) 36... Qe3+ 37. Kh1 a3 $1) 36. h3 (36. g3 $2 Nxe4 $1 $19)
36... Nxe4 37. Bxe4 Qxe4 38. Qg3+ $1 $132 Kh7 39. Rf1 $1 Rg8 $1 (39... f5 40.
Qg5 Rg8 41. Qh5+ Kg7 42. Rxf5) (39... Rf8 $143 40. Rf6 $1) 40. Rxf7+ Kh8 41.
Qf2 Qd4 42. c3 $3 (42. Rb7 Rc8 43. Rxb5 Rxc2 44. Qxd4 exd4 $19) 42... Qxf2+ 43.
Kxf2 $1 Ra8 44. Ke3 $1 a3 45. Rf1 a2 46. Ra1 Kg7 47. g4 $1 Kf6 48. h4 $1 Ra4
49. Kf3 Kg6 50. Ke3 $1 (50. Kg3 Ra3 $1 {P b4}) 50... Kf6 (50... Rxg4 51. Rxa2
$10) 51. Kf3 Ra3 52. Ke4 $1 Ke6 53. h5 Ra4+ 54. Kf3 Kf6 55. h6 Kg6 56. g5 Kxg5
57. h7 Rh4 58. Rxa2 Rxh7 59. Ke4 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cappelle op 20th"]
[Site "Cappelle la Grande"]
[Date "2004.03.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Mista, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Seret,JL"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.02.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 {Défense "moderne" que je pratique moi-même, mais l'appellation date
déjà de plus de 30 ans !} 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Nbd7
7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 e5 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. h3 b5 {Cette position a été beaucoup
jouée ces dernières années, mais pour moi elle était inédite. Je la
considérais donc avec des yeux neufs, et fus tenté par le classique sacrifice
en b5, qui n'avait été joué qu'une seule fois parmi les 2.500.000 parties de
la MegaDatabase !} (10... a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a4 b4 15.
Nb1 Ba6 16. Nbd2 O-O-O 17. Qe3 Kb7 18. Bc4 Nc5 19. Bxa6+ Kxa6 20. Nc4 Nfxe4 21.
Nfxe5 Rd5 22. Nxc6 Qg5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. N4xa5 Kb6 25. Nxb4 {1-0 (25) Kasparov,
G (2838)-Radjabov,T (2610) Moscow 2002}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxb5 $5 cxb5 13.
Nxb5 Qc5 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Ng5 $146 ({Une amélioration par rapport а
Stocek-PryBil 1998 où fut joué} 15. Rd2) 15... Rf8 ({Si} 15... Qxf2 16. Ngxf7
Rg8 (16... Rf8 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 17. Rhf1 {[%eval 375,9] [%emt 0:00:03]} Qb6 18.
Ng5) 17. Rhf1 $16 {la Tour est mise en jeu avec gain de temps} Qxg2 18. Nxe5
Nxe5 19. Qf4 Ned7 (19... Nfd7 20. Qh4+ Ke6 21. Nb5 $18) 20. e5 Rf8 21. exf6+
Rxf6 22. Rfe1+ $18) 16. Rd2 (16. Qg7 Ba6 17. Nxh7 Nxh7 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. Rxd7+
Kxd7 20. Nxe5+ Ke6 21. Qf7+ Kxe5 22. f4+ $13 Kxe4 23. Re1+ Qe3+ 24. Rxe3+ Kxe3
25. Qxh7 Bf1 26. Qb7) 16... Nb6 $6 {En abandonnant la défense de son collègue,
le cavalier offre une possibilité nouvelle aux Blancs.} ({Autres possibilités} 
16... Rb8 $1 {Fritz7 1200 Mb} 17. Rhd1 Rxb2 18. Kxb2 Qb4+ 19. Ka1 Ba6 20. Nf5+
gxf5 21. Rxd7+ Nxd7 22. Qc6 Rd8 23. Nxf7 Be2 24. Rb1 Qd4+ (24... Qxe4 25. Nxd8
Kxd8 26. Qxe4 fxe4 27. Re1 $14) 25. c3 Qxe4 26. Nxd8 Kxd8 27. Qxe4 fxe4 28. Rb7
a6 $17) (16... Qa5) (16... Qb4) (16... Qb6) (16... Ba6 {Dans tous les cas avec
un jeu complexe}) 17. Qh4 h6 ({Si} 17... Rh8 18. f4 {avec attaque} Nc4 (18...
Be6 19. Nf3 Nbd7 (19... g5 20. Qxg5 Rhg8 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qc4 23. Qxe5+
Qe6 24. Qa5 $16) 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Qg5 Ned7 22. e5 $18) 19. fxe5 Nxe5 (19...
Nxd2 20. Qf4 $1) 20. Rf1) 18. Nh7 {Force le pion g а avancer ce qui va donner
la case f5 aux pièces blanches} g5 19. Qxh6 Nxh7 20. Qxh7 Be6 ({A envisager
sérieusement} 20... Nc4 21. Rd5 Qb4 22. Nxc4 Qxc4 {forçant peut-être la nulle
par} 23. b3 Qc3 24. Qg7 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qxh1 26. Qxe5+ Be6 27. Qd6+ Kf6 28. Qe5+
Ke7 {et échec perpétuel}) 21. Nf5+ Bxf5 22. Qxf5 f6 23. Rhd1 {Les Noirs
souffrent de la colonne d et de leur Roi exposé, mais la position devrait
encore être nulle} Qc8 24. Qf3 Qc4 25. b3 Qc6 26. h4 {La Dame blanche se donne
de l'espace de manoeuvre а l'aile Roi} gxh4 27. Qg4 Rac8 (27... a5) 28. c4 {
Les Noirs aimeraient bien un jour sacrifier leur Cavalier sur c4, mais il y a
youjours un échec fâcheux en d7} Qe6 29. Qxh4 Rc7 (29... Nxc4 30. Qh7+ Ke8 31.
bxc4 Qxc4+ 32. Kb1 Rb8+ 33. Rb2 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Qb4+ 35. Kc2 Qc5+ $11) 30. Qh7+
Qf7 31. Qh3 Rfc8 ({Ici une suite logique aurait été} 31... Qe6 {avec nulle par
répétition de position si les blancs le désirent}) 32. Kb1 Rb8 $4 {Les Noirs
rêvent et oublient la menace} ({Le programme Fritz donne la suite avantageuse
pour les Blancs} 32... Qe6 33. Qh6 Qg8 34. Rd6 Qh8 35. Qd2 Qh4 36. Ka1 Qxe4 37.
Qh6 Rf8 38. Qg7+ Rf7 39. Qg8 Rc8 40. Rd8 Rxd8 41. Qxd8+ Ke6 42. c5 Qxg2 43.
cxb6 Qc6 44. bxa7 Rxa7 45. Qg8+ Kf5 46. f3 Qc3+ 47. Kb1 Qxf3 48. Qc8+ Kf4 49.
Qc1+ Kg3 50. Rd2 $18 {mais tout ceci est-il bien forcé ?}) 33. c5 {Ni la Tour
c7 ni le Cavalier b6 ne peuvent bouger а cause de l'échec en d7 gagnant la
Dame. Les Blancs récupèrent leur pièce avec intérêts et conservent une
position dominante ce qui mène а une conclusion rapide} Rbb7 34. cxb6 axb6 35.
Rd6 b5 36. Qd3 Qg8 37. Rd8 Qg7 38. Qd6+ Kf7 39. Qd5+ Ke7 40. Rg8 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens op 12th"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "1987.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tompa, Janos"]
[Black "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Seret,JL"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1987.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:0"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
Ne8 9. exd6 (9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qd2 Ne6 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Bxe6 Bxe6 14.
Qe2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. b3 Bg4 17. Rad1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Rfd8 20.
Kf1 Kf8 21. Ke2 Ke8 22. Ke3 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. Ke4 b5 26. Bg3
a5 27. f4 a4 28. b4 Rc8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rd4 f5+ 31. Ke3 Rb8 32. Rxc4 Kd7 33.
Kd3 Bf8 34. f3 e6 35. Kc3 Rb5 36. Bf2 Kc7 37. Bc5 Bxc5 38. Rxc5 Kb6 {Chiong
Zacarias,R (2400)-Torre,E (2490) Jakarta 1978 1/2-1/2}) 9... Nxd6 10. Bf4 $146
(10. h3 Nb6 11. Bf4 Nf5 12. Be5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ng7 15. Ne4 a5 16.
Nd4 a4 17. c4 Ne6 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Ra5 21. f4 Bf5 22. Bf3 h5
23. Ra1 Rfa8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. Rd1 Kg7 26. Rd2 h4 27. Kf2 Nd7 28. Bg4 Nxe5 29.
Bxf5 gxf5 30. Nc3 Ng6 31. Rd7 e6 32. Rxb7 Nxf4 {0-1 (32) Tompa,J (2395)
-Todorcevic,M (2420) Bagneux 1983}) 10... a6 $2 (10... Nf5 $14) 11. Qd2 c5 $2 (
11... Nf6 $14) 12. dxc5 $16 Nxc5 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. Nd5 Nde4 $2 (14... Nce4 15.
Qe3 $16) 15. Qe3 $16 Ne6 (15... Bxb2 16. Nc7 Qc8 17. Nxa8 Qxa8 18. Nd4 $16) 16.
g4 1-0

[Event "Pardubice"]
[Site "Pardubice"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a4
(8. Bf4 Qa5) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a5 Qc7 11. Be3 Rd8 $1 (11... Ng4 12. Bg5
$1 h6 $6 13. Be7 Re8 14. Bd6 $14) 12. Qb1 $5 (12. Qc1 Nf8 $10 {King,D-Gipslis/
Yurmala/1985/}) 12... Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6 $1 (13... Ne6 $2 14. Bb6 $1) 14. Bc4 $6 (
14. Qa4 Bg4 15. h3 (15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Ne6 $10) 15... Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne6 $10
) 14... b5 $1 15. axb6 (15. Bxe6 Nxe6 $15) 15... axb6 16. Qb3 b5 (16... Rxa1 $6
17. Rxa1 b5 18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Ra7 Qb8 $2 20. Rxf7 $1) 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Rxa8
Rxa8 19. Rd1 Bf8 $5 (19... Ng4 20. Ne2 Rd8 $1 $15) 20. g3 $2 (20. h3 $1 b4 21.
Na2 Qa5 22. Nc1 Nxe4 23. Nd3 $1 $13) 20... Ng4 $1 21. Ng5 (21. Ne2 Nc5 22. Bxc5
Bxc5 23. Rf1 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 Qa7 $19) 21... Nc5 $1 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd2 (23. Nh3
Rd8 $17) 23... Bxf2+ $1 24. Rxf2 Ra1+ 25. Kg2 (25. Rf1 Qa7+ $19) 25... Nxf2 26.
Kxf2 Qa7+ 27. Ke2 Rg1 $1 28. Nd1 (28. Kf3 Rf1+ 29. Kg2 Qg1+ 30. Kh3 Rf2 $19) (
28. Nf3 Rg2+ 29. Kd3 Qf2 $19) 28... Rg2+ 29. Kf3 Rxh2 30. Ne3 (30. Qe3 Qd7 31.
Nf2 h6 $19) 30... Rh5 31. Kg4 (31. Qc3 Rxg5 32. Qxc6 Rxg3+ 33. Kxg3 Qxe3+ $19)
31... Qd7+ $1 32. Nf5 Qd1+ 33. Nf3 gxf5+ 34. exf5 e4 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv ASA"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Soffer,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bf4
Nb6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 c6 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc7 14. exd6 exd6 15.
Ne4 Nc8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 Nd5 18. Bh2 Bh6 19. Qa3 Nb4 20. Qb3+ Rf7 21. Bg3 Kg7
22. Re2 b6 23. c3 Nd5 24. Rae1 Nde7 25. Bh2 Ra7 26. Ng3 Nd5 27. c4 Nf4 28. Re8
Qd7 29. d5 cxd5 30. cxd5 Ne7 31. Qxb6 Nexd5 32. Qb8 Re7 33. Rh8 Rxe1+ 34. Nxe1
Qf7 35. Rd8 Re7 36. Nf3 Nc7 37. Rxd6 Qc4 38. Qd8 Ncd5 39. Nd2 Qc7 $4 (39...
Re1+ 40. Ngf1 (40. Ndf1 Ne2+ 41. Nxe2 (41. Kh1 Nxg3+ 42. Bxg3 Qxf1+ 43. Kh2
Qh1#) 41... Qxe2 42. Rd7+ Ne7 $19) 40... Ne2+ 41. Kh1 Bxd2 42. Rd7+ Kh6 43.
Qf8+ Kg5 $19) 40. Rxd5 Nxd5 41. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-A"]
[Site "Cienfuegos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Murshed, Niaz"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Nf3 c6 (6... a6 $5 7. a4
b6 $132) 7. a4 d5 (7... Nbd7 8. a5 $5 $14) 8. e5 Ne4 9. Bd3 (9. Nxe4 $5 dxe4
10. Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 (11. Nxe4 $6 cxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf5 13. Bd3 Qxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6
15. Bc3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15 {[+]|_,Juarez,C-Petursson,M,Manila izt 1990-CBM
19}) 11... Qc7 12. Qd5 Nc6 (12... h6 13. Nxe4 Be6 14. Qd2 Qxe5 15. Nc3 Nc6 16.
Bd3 Rad8 17. O-O Nd4 (17... h5 $5 $146) 18. Bxh6 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
$14 {Winsnes,R-Olsson,K,Helsingborg ch-SE 1991-TD 91_06}) 13. Qxe4 Nxe5 14.
O-O-O h6 15. Nf3 Nxf3 16. gxf3 Bf5 17. Qb4 Qc6 18. Bc4 e6 19. Be2 $14 {
Kuczynski,R-Sznapik,A,POL-ch 1990}) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Qd2 (11. h4 $5
Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. h5 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Bxd2 Bg4 16. Nh2 Bxh5 17. g4 (
17. c3 $1 g5 $8 18. Bxg5 $14) 17... Nxd4 18. gxh5 Bxe5 $13 {Andonov,
B-Zilberman,N,Frunze 1989-CBM 15}) 11... Nc6 (11... Qa5 {-11.h4}) 12. h4 $1 {
~/=B} (12. O-O c4 13. Be2 f6 14. Bf4 Bf5 15. exf6 exf6 16. Nh2 Qd7 17. g4 Be6
18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Bf3 Bf7 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 $10 {Estevez Moralez,G-Nogueiras,J,
Santa Clara 1991-CBM 26}) 12... c4 (12... h5 13. Ng5 c4 14. Be2 f6 15. exf6
exf6 16. Nh3 $14 {<->d5,g6}) (12... Qa5 $5 $132) 13. Be2 f6 $6 (13... h5 $142 {
-12...h5}) 14. h5 $1 fxe5 (14... g5 15. h6 Bh8 16. Bxg5 fxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kf7 18.
Nh4 $40) (14... gxh5 15. exf6 $16) 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bh6 e4 (16... exd4 17.
Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. Ng5+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Ne6 Rg8 22. Qf5 Kd6 23.
Rh6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6+ Kc7 25. Qf4+ Kb6 (25... Kc8 26. Bg4 $18) 26. Qxd4+ Ka6 27.
Rb1 $1 $18) 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf7 19. Ne5+ (19. Ng5+ Ke8 $8 (19... Kf6 20.
Nh7+ $18) 20. Qxg6+ Kd7 21. Ne6 Rg8 $1 $8 22. Qf5 Kd6 23. Rh6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6+
Kc7 25. Qf4+ Kb6 $132) (19. Nh4 $1 Ke8 (19... Qd6 20. Nxg6 $1 Qxg6 21. Bh5 $18)
(19... Ke6 20. Nxg6 Rf6 21. Nf4+ $16) 20. Nxg6 Rf6 (20... Rg8 21. Qh7 Be6 22.
Nf4 $18) 21. Qg5 $40) 19... Nxe5 $8 20. dxe5 {P h7+-} Bf5 $8 21. Qh7+ (21. g4
$142 $5 {P} Qa5 22. gxf5 $1 Qxc3+ 23. Kf1 Qxa1+ 24. Kg2 $18) 21... Ke8 22. g4
Qa5 $5 (22... Be6 23. Qxg6+ Bf7 24. Qf5 $1 Qd7 (24... e6 25. Qf6 $16) 25. Rh7
$36) 23. Rb1 $6 (23. Rh3 $142 $36) 23... Qxc3+ 24. Kf1 Bd7 $2 (24... Qxc2 $1
25. Rxb7 (25. Rd1 Be6 $8 26. Qxg6+ Bf7 (26... Kd7 27. Rh6 $18) 27. Qf5 e6 28.
Qf6 $146 {Pg5-g6}) 25... Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qg5 $13) 25. Qxg6+ Kd8 26. Qg7 $18 (26.
Rxb7 $2 Qxe5 $15) 26... Re8 $8 (26... Kc7 27. Qxe7 Rae8 28. Qd6+ $18) 27. Rxb7
{P d7+-} Bc6 (27... Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qxa4 29. Rh8 Rxh8 30. Qxh8+ Be8 31. e6 $18)
28. Rh8 $1 Qa3 (28... Bxb7 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Qh8+ $1 $18 {Pe6, c3}) 29. e6 Qd6
(29... Bxb7 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Qg8#) 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Qg8 {P d7} Kc8 32. Rd7
$1 {[Stohl,I]} 1-0

[Event "Brno"]
[Site "Brno"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 (9. Nb5 e5 10. c3 Kh8 $5 11. Re1 a6 12. Na3 Ng8 13. Nc2 Qe8 14.
a4 Rb8 15. a5 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Nge7 18. Bh5 Ng6 19. Bg5 Qf7 $13 {
Tseitlin,MD-Chernin,A/Beersheba/1993/}) 9... e5 (9... Nd7 10. c3 e6 $6 {N} (
10... e5 {-9...e5}) 11. g3 Nb6 12. Bg2 Qd7 13. f4 f5 14. g4 Rab8 15. Ng3 Ne7
16. a4 d5 17. e5 Qe8 18. b3 $14 {(),Syrtlanov,V-Lechtynsky,J/Budejovice op/
1993/}) 10. c3 Kh8 $5 (10... Qe8 11. d5 (11. Re1 Rd8 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14.
Nc3 Nb6 15. Qd3 f5 16. Rb1 c6 $5 17. Be3 Qf7 18. b4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Kh8 $132 {
Arkell,S-Mishra,N/Eastbourne ch-GB/1991/}) 11... Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14.
Rb1 Nf6 15. b4 Kh8 16. Qd3 Qf7 17. Rb3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 $13 {Illescas,M-Stohl,
I/Chalkidiki/1992/}) (10... Nd7 $5 11. g3 (11. Be3 $142) 11... Qf6 (11... exd4
12. Nxd4 (12. cxd4 Qf6 13. Bg4 Nb6 $132) 12... Re8 13. Bg2 Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5 15.
Be3 Qb6 16. e5 Rad8 17. a3 Qxb2 18. Qa4 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qe2 20. Qxa7 dxe5 21. Be3
$13 {Thorsteins,K-Seirawan,Y/Lugano op/1989/}) 12. Bg4 Qe7 13. d5 Ncb8 14. h4
Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qc4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 Nd7 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. c4 Qf5
$10 {1/2:1/2,Ghinda,M-Ftacnik,L/St.Zagora zt-A/1990/}) (10... h6 11. Be3 Re8
12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Qd2 $14 Kh7 15. g4 $6 Ng8 16. Kg2 Bf6 17. h4 Bxh4 18.
Rh1 g5 19. Ng3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 $44 {Van Laatum,G-Vanheste,J/Ostende op/1992/})
11. b4 $5 Qe8 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Qb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15. Qxb7 Nxd4 16.
Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bf4 $36 {/\e5,Rad1}) 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 (13. Rb1 $6 Nexd5 $1 14.
exd5 e4 15. Bg4 h5 $10) 13... a5 $13 14. bxa5 Rxa5 15. Qb3 Qa8 (15... b6 $142
$5 $13) 16. Bd2 Ra6 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Nb5 Qb8 (18... Nc5 $5 19. Qc2 Qb8) 19. Bb4
$5 f5 (19... Nc5 20. Qe3 (20. Bxc5 dxc5 {/\Nc8-d6=}) 20... b6 $13) 20. Rfd1 b6
21. a4 $36 fxe4 (21... Nc5 $142 $5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 (22... dxc5 23. d6 cxd6 24.
Rxd6 $36) 23. Qd3 $14) 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 $1 (23. a5 $6 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4
$15) 23... gxf5 24. a5 e4 25. Bc3 (25. axb6 $5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27. bxc7 $44)
25... Ne5 (25... Bxc3 26. Qxc3+ Ne5 27. axb6 Qxb6 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. Ra1 Qb6 30.
Nd4 $16 {׻}) 26. Qc2 (26. axb6 Rxb6 $132 {/\Nc4}) 26... Rg8 (26... bxa5 27.
Rdb1 $1 $16) 27. Nd4 Qf8 (27... Nxc4 $2 28. Nxf5 $16 {><e4,Kh8} (28. Nc6 $2 Qf8
$1 $17)) 28. Ne6 Qf7 29. axb6 Rxa1 (29... Rxb6 30. Ra7 $16) 30. Bxa1 cxb6 31.
Qb3 $16 (31. Nxg7 Qxg7 32. g3 h5 $132) 31... Bf6 32. Qxb6 Qh5 (32... Nxc4 $2
33. Qc7 $1 $18) 33. Qb3 e3 $1 $8 34. Nf4 (34. fxe3 $2 Qxh3 $40) 34... exf2+ 35.
Kf1 $138 (35. Kxf2 $5 Qh6 36. g3 $16) 35... Qh4 36. Qe3 Nxc4 $2 $138 (36... Rc8
$1 $14) (36... Nxc4 37. Qe7 Ne5 $8 38. Qxd6 $16) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kropotkin"]
[Site "Kropotkin"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. d5
Bxf3 (8... Nb8 $5 9. Qd2 c6 10. Rad1 Qa5 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14.
Rfe1 a5 15. e5 $5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. e6 f6 18. exd7 Qxd7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20.
Rxe2 fxg5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd5 axb4 23. Qxg5 Rc7 24. axb4 Rf8 $10 {Blatny,
P-Chernin,A/Pardubice/1993/}) 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 (11. a4 a5 $5 12.
Ra3 Qc7 13. Re1 Rfc8 14. h3 Ned7 15. Bf1 Nc5 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5
Rd8 $1 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 $10 {1/2:1/2,Bielczyk,J-Robak,Z/POL-chT Lubniewice/
1994/}) 11... Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 (13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Kh1 d5
16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bg1 e6 18. Rbe1 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bg4 Rxf4 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22.
Rxf4 Qxf4 23. Ne2 Qh4 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Qa6 Qc4 $10 {Blatny,P-NcNab,C/Debrecen
EU-chT/1992/}) 13... Qb8 14. a3 $1 Rd8 {/\Nc5} (14... Qxb2 $2 15. Rfb1) (14...
Nc5 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5 $16) (14... e6 $5 15. Rad1 d5 16. e5 Ne8 {/\f6<=>})
15. Rad1 Ne8 (15... Qxb2 $2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Ra1 Qb4 18. Rfb1 Nc5 19. Rxb4 Nxd3
20. Bxd3 Ng4 21. Bd2 $16) (15... Nc5 $6 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+
Rxd8 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $16 {><c5}) 16. b3 Nc7 17. Kh1 $14 Qb7 (17... Ne6 $5
18. Bf3 Nec5 19. Qd2 $14) 18. Bg1 a5 19. h4 (19. Qh3 $5 {/\} Ne6 20. Bc4 $36)
19... Ne6 20. Qh3 Nec5 $132 {/\Bc3,Ne4} 21. e5 $5 dxe5 22. f5 gxf5 $5 (22... e4
23. Bc4 $40) 23. Qxf5 Rf8 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 (24... Qxd7 $2 25. Bxc5 $16) 25. Bd3 e4
$1 (25... Nf6 $2 26. Ne4 Rfd8 (26... Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Rfd8 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 29. Qh5
$18) 27. Nxf6+ Bxf6 (27... exf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. h5 $18) 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Bg6
$3 fxg6 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rxf6+ $1 exf6 32. Qh7+ $18) 26. Qxe4 (26. Nxe4 e6 27.
Qh5 f5 $15 {/\Nf6}) (26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bd3 Qd7 28. Qf3 Qg4 $17) 26... f5 $8 (
26... Nf6 27. Rxf6 $18) 27. Rxf5 Rxf5 28. Qxf5 Nf8 29. Ne4 $44 e6 30. Qg5 Qf7
31. a4 (31. Bd4 Qg6 $1 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 $15) 31... h6 32. Qc5 Qd7 33. Bf2 (33. Bc4
$5 $44 {ק,Kg8}) 33... Qd5 $1 34. Qe7 Qd8 (34... Qd7 35. Nf6+ Bxf6 36. Qxf6 $40
{^^}) 35. Qb7 Qc8 36. Qb6 (36. Qe7 Qd8 37. Qxd8 Rxd8 38. Bb6 Ra8 $10) 36... Nd7
37. Qe3 Ne5 38. Be2 Qf8 $132 39. Bg3 Rd8 40. Bf4 Qf5 $1 (40... Ng6 41. Bc7 $14)
41. Bxh6 (41. Ng3 $6 Qf6 $36) 41... Bxh6 42. Qxh6 Qxe4 43. Qg5+ (43. Qg5+ Kh7 (
43... Kf7 $2 44. Bh5+ $18) 44. Qe7+ Kh6 45. Qxe6+ (45. Qg5+ $10) 45... Kg7 46.
Qe7+ Kh6 47. Qg5+ Kh7 48. Qxd8 Qxe2 $10 49. Qxa5 $6 Ng4 $40) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sonnevanck 5th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Mil, Johan"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. a4 $5 a5 $1 (
7... Nc6 8. a5 a6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Qd7 13. Na4 Nh5
14. c4 f5 15. f3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf5 17. g3 $14 {Palac,M-Lechtynsky,J/Rimavska
Sobota/1990/}) 8. Be3 Nbd7 $146 (8... Nc6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Nb5 $14)
(8... Nfd7 $5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. g3 Nac5 14.
Bg2 Nb6 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Nd1 Nb6 18. Ra2 Bh8 19. f3 d5 20. Nf2 dxe4
21. fxe4 Ncxa4 22. Ng4 Re6 23. Qf4 Qe8 24. e5 $44 {Psakhis,L-Ivanchuk,V/EUCupT
Moscow-ZSKA/1989/}) 9. Nd2 (9. h3 $5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 $14) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 (
10... e5 11. d5 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 $5 $132) 11... Ne8 12. Nc4 $14) 11. f4 Qb6 12.
Ra3 (12. Nc4 $6 Qa6 {/\d5}) 12... Qa6 13. Qf3 e5 $6 (13... b5 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 $1 (15. e5 b4 $1 $15) 15... a4 (15... b4 16. Rxa5 Qb7 17. Rb5 $16) 16. e5 {
/\Nd5|^}) (13... Ne8 $5 {/\Nc7,b5<=>}) 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. f5 {()} b5 16. Raa1 b4
(16... Nb6 $5 {/\b4,Nc4} 17. b3 Nfd7 $14) 17. Nd1 Ne8 (17... Rfd8 18. b3 Bf8
19. Bg5 $40) 18. b3 Nd6 {/\gf5,e4} 19. g4 $1 f6 20. Nb2 $16 Nf7 (20... Nb6 21.
Rfd1 {/\Qf2,Nbc4}) 21. Ndc4 {><a5,Bg7} Bh6 22. Bxh6 Nxh6 23. Rad1 Rad8 (23...
Qa7+ $142 24. Kh1 $16) (23... Rf7 24. Qh3 Kg7 25. fxg6 hxg6 26. g5 Qa7+ $8 27.
Kh1 $40) 24. fxg6 $1 (24. Rd6 $16) 24... Qa7+ (24... hxg6 25. g5 $1 Qa7+ (25...
fxg5 26. Rxd7 $1 Rxf3 27. Rxd8+ $18) 26. Qf2 $1 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2 fxg5 28. Rfd2
$18) 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 Nc5 $8 (26... Nxg4 27. Rfd2) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Rxf6
Nxg4 (28... Nxe4 29. gxh7+ Kxh7 30. Rxc6 Nxg4 31. Nd3 $18) 29. Rxc6 Nxe4 30.
Nd3 Nc3 31. Ncxe5 Nxe5 32. Nxe5 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 hxg6 $8 (34... Rxc2
35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7+ $18) 35. Rxg6+ Kf8 36. Rg2 $18 Rd5 37. Nc4 Nb1 38. h4 Na3
39. Ne3 (39. Nxa3 $6 bxa3 $132) 39... Rc5 40. Ke4 Rh5 41. Nf5 $40 Rh7 42. Ke5
Rc7 43. Nd4 Kf7 44. Rf2+ Kg6 45. Rf6+ Kh5 (45... Kh7 46. Rc6 $18) 46. Kf4 {
/\Nf5,Rh6#} Nxc2 47. Nf5 Rh7 48. Kg3 $1 {/\Kh3,Ng3#} 1-0

[Event "Ciocaltea Memorial"]
[Site "Bucharest"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ionescu, Constantin"]
[Black "Komliakov, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1995.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. f4 $142 $14) 4... g6 (4... Bg4
$5 {-B06}) 5. a4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 (8. Bf4 Qc7 $5 (8... Qa5 9.
Nd2 Qc7 10. Nc4 (10. d5 a5 11. Nc4 Rd8 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Rdc8
15. Ra3 cxd5 16. exd5 Qc5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 Bh6 19. f4 h4 20. Bxh4 Bxf4 21. Bf2
Qc7 22. Qd4 Be5 23. Qd3 Kg7 $15 {Wedberg,T-Piket,M/Lugano op/1989/}) 10... e5
11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qd6 Ne8 14. Qxc7 Nxc7 15. Nd6 Ne6 16. Rfd1 Nd4
17. Bc4 Rf8 18. Rd2 Nc5 19. f4 Bh6 20. Re1 Nce6 21. fxe5 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 b6 23.
Red3 c5 24. Nd5 Nc6 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Bd5 Bd7 27. Nxd7 {1-0,Lengyel,B-Titov,G/
Budapest Spring op/1990/}) 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qb6 $132) (8. h3
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Qd3 Nh5 (11... a5 12. Qc4 Re8 13. Rfd1 h6 14.
Nd2 Nh7 15. Qb3 Ng5 16. Nc4 Nc5 17. Qa3 Nce6 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Bg4
Re8 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Nb1 Bf8 23. Nd2 Bc5 24. Ndc4 $18 {Xie Jun-Larsen,B/
Monaco Veterans-Women/1994/ Black is totally paralyzed!}) 12. Rfd1 Nf4 13. Qd6
Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Bf6 15. a5 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Be7 17. Rdd1 f6 18. Nd2 Nc5 19. b4 Na6
20. c3 Be6 21. Rab1 Rfd8 22. Nc1 Rd7 23. Ncb3 Rad8 24. Rdc1 Rd3 $10 {Van der
Werf,M-Van Wely,L/Wijk op/1993/}) 8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 (9... Nxe5 $142 $5 10.
Nxe5 dxe5 11. a5 (11. Qc1 Be6 12. Rd1 Qc7 $10) (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rfd1 Rxd1+
13. Rxd1 Be6 14. a5 Bf8 15. Na4 Nd7 $10 {[%cal Rf8b4,Yg8e8] /\Bb4,Kf8-e8})
11... Qe7 12. f3 Rd8 13. Qe1 Nh5 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Qf2
Nd4 18. Nb1 Qe6 19. c3 Nb3 20. Ra4 c5 21. Qe2 Rac8 22. Na3 Qd7 23. Qc4 Nd2 24.
Bxd2 Qxd2 $132 {Tukmakov,V-Gurieli,N/Katerini op/1992/}) 10. Nd2 (10. Qd6 $5
Re8 11. Bc4 Bf8 12. Qd2 Bb4 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. f4 Ng4 15. Kh1 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Be7
17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Qf4 Bd6 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Bb3 Qe7 22. Rad1 Bg4
23. Rd2 Re8 24. h3 $18 {Psakhis,L-Bologan,V/Nimes op/1991/}) 10... Qe7 11. Nc4
Ne8 (11... Rd8 12. Qd6 $14) (11... Nc5 $6 12. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 $32 $16 {
[%cal Gd1d8] _|_<->d}) 12. a5 $1 $146 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Ge3a7] /^g1-a7,><a7} (
12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Rad1 Ndf6 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Be5 Ng4 18.
Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nexd1 Qb4
24. Ne3 h5 $10 {Brunner,L-Nogueiras,J/Biel izt/1993/}) 12... Nc5 {[%cal Yc5e6,
Ye6d4] /\Ne6-d4|^} (12... f5 $5 13. f3 $14) 13. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 $8 14. Bxc5 Rd8 15.
Qc1 Bf6 (15... Qc7 16. Qe3 Qb8 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%cal Rd1d2,Ra1d1] /\Rd2,Rad1,<->d
}) 16. b3 (16. Qe3 $6 Bg5 $10) 16... Be6 17. Rd1 {[%cal Rc1a3] /\Qa3+-} Qc7 18.
Qe3 Nc8 (18... Qb8 19. Na4 $36) 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Nd1 $1 $14 (20. Rd1 b6 21.
Ba3 Be7 $10) 20... Be7 21. Nb2 Bxc5 (21... f6 $142 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Nxc4 $14)
22. Qxc5 Qd6 (22... b6 23. Qc3 Rb8 24. Rd1 Ne7 25. Nc4 f6 26. Rd6 $1 $36) 23.
Nd3 f6 (23... Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Nd6 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. a6 $1 bxa6 (26... b6 27. Nb7
Nxb7 28. axb7 Rb8 $8 29. Ba6 {[%cal Rd1d6,Rd6c6,Rc6c8] /\Rd6-c6-c8+-}) 27. Bxa6
$16 {[%csl Ra7,Rc6,Re5] _|_><a7,c6,e5}) 24. Rd1 $16 Qf8 $2 (24... Kf7 $2 25.
Qxd6 Nxd6 26. Nxe5+ $18) (24... Qc7 25. g3 $16 {[%cal Rf2f4] /\f4->}) 25. Qxf8+
Kxf8 26. Nc5 Ke7 27. Nxb7 $18 Rb8 28. Ba6 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8][%cal Rd1d3,Rd3c3]
(.),פc8,/\Rd3-c3><c6} (28. Nc5 Nd6 $18) 28... Nb6 $6 (28... Bd7 29. Rd3 Be6
30. g3 $22 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg1e3] /\f4,Kf2-e3 etc.}) 29. axb6 axb6 30. f3 Ra8 31.
Bc4 Bxc4 32. bxc4 {[%cal Rc4c5] /\c5} Rb8 (32... Ra7 $2 33. Nd6 Rd7 34. Nc8+)
33. Nd6 Rd8 34. Nf5+ gxf5 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 {6-5 P, Bilden eines entfernten Frei-P
am K-Flügel, Zugzwang Schwäche am Q-Flügel belanglos} 36. exf5 Kc7 37. Kf2 Kd6
38. Ke3 Kc5 39. Kd3 (39. Ke4 Kxc4 40. g4 $18) 39... h6 (39... Kd6 40. g4 Kc5
41. h4 Kd6 42. g5 $18) 40. g4 Kb4 41. h4 Kc5 42. Ke4 $1 (42. Ke4 Kd6 (42...
Kxc4 43. g5 $18) 43. f4 (43. g5 {Hecht} hxg5 (43... fxg5 44. hxg5 h5 45. g6 Ke7
46. Kxe5 h4 47. Kf4 $18) 44. hxg5 fxg5 (44... Ke7 45. gxf6+ Kxf6 46. c5 b5 47.
c3 $18) 45. c5+ $1 bxc5 (45... Kxc5 46. Kxe5 $18) 46. c4 $18 {Zugzwang}) 43...
exf4 44. Kxf4 $18 {[%cal Rg4g5] /\g5}) 1-0

[Event "Nikolaev zt"]
[Site "Nikolaev"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 035"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Bg5 $5 (7. a4
a5 $5 8. Be3 Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 Na6 13. g3 Nac5
14. Bg2 Nb6 15. Bh6 Nc4 16. Qc1 Re8 17. Nd1 Nb6 18. Ra2 Bh8 19. f3 d5 $13 {
Psakhis,L-Ivanchuk,V/EU-CupT/1989/}) 7... h6 (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 (8. h3 Bxf3 9.
Bxf3 Nd7 10. Ne2 h6 11. Be3 e5 12. c3 Nb6 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qc1 Kh7 15. c4 f5 16.
g3 Nd7 17. Bg2 Nf6 18. Nc3 f4 $1 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bxf4 g5 $44 {/\Nh5,Ng6,
Fleck,J-Gawehns,K/Porz/1988/}) 8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Kh8 11. Ne1 Bd7 $1
12. Bh6 Neg8 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Nd3 Qe7 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Be8 17. Rdf1 Nd7
18. Nb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bd7 $10 {Comas,L-Magem,J/Linares tt/1991/}) 8. Be3 Nc6 9.
d5 {N} (9. Qd2 Kh7 10. Rad1 $14) 9... Nb8 $5 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2 c6
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. a4 $14 {^^()}) 10. a4 (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13.
a4 a5 $5 $132 {/\Na6,Nd7}) 10... a5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 c6 13. Rfd1 (13. Rad1
$142 Qc8 14. Nb3 $5 $14) 13... Qc8 14. Kh1 {/\f4} Na6 15. f4 $6 Nb4 16. dxc6 (
16. Nb3 Qg4 $5 $36) 16... bxc6 17. e5 $6 Ng4 $17 18. exd6 $8 exd6 19. f5 $5 (
19. Bg1 Re8 $17) 19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 d5 $1 (20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 $1 Nxc2 (21...
Qxf5 22. Qxh6 {/\Rh4}) 22. Qxh6 Nxd4 23. fxg6 $10) 21. Qf2 (21. fxg6 fxg6 $17 {
><c2,/\c5,d4}) 21... Ra6 (21... Bxd4 $5 22. Rxd4 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Rc1
Rfe8 25. Rf4 Re5 $17) (21... c5 22. f6 $1 Bh8 23. Ndb5 $13) 22. f6 $8 Bh8 23.
Qh4 (23. Nb3 $142 $5 {/\Nc5} Qf5 $5 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Nd4 Bxf6 26. Nxf5 Kh7 27.
Rd2 $13) 23... c5 24. Nde2 Qc6 $1 (24... Bxf6 25. Qxh6 Nxc2 26. Rac1 $13) 25.
Qxh6 Bxf6 26. Nf4 (26. Qd2 d4 27. Nb5 Nd5 $17) 26... Rd8 (26... d4 $1 27. Nb5
Bg7 (27... Nxc2 $2 28. Nxg6 $1 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Bg7 30. Qxc2 $16) 28. Qg5 Nxc2
29. Rac1 Bf6 $1 30. Qd5 Ne3 $17) 27. Nb5 d4 $2 (27... Bxb2 28. Rab1 Bg7 $15 29.
Qg5 Bf6 30. Qh6) (27... Nxc2 $5 {/\} 28. Nxg6 $2 Nxa1 $19) 28. c3 $132 Nd5 29.
cxd4 Nxf4 30. Qxf4 cxd4 31. Rac1 Qd7 $13 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Budapest zt-B"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
(8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. dxc6 bxc6 14.
Na4 Rfd8 15. c4 e5 $1 16. Qc2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. c5 d5 $36 {Dvorakowski,
L-Kramazian,A,Warsaw op 1993}) 8... e5 9. d5 Ne7 {/\c6} 10. Rad1 Bd7 11. Ne1 (
11. h3 Ne8 (11... b5 $5 $13) 12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 (13. f4 $5 $14) 13... gxf5 14.
f4 Ng6 15. Nd3 Kh8 16. a4 Rg8 17. Kh1 a5 18. Bh5 e4 19. Nc1 Nh4 $132 {
Johanesson,L-Hoi,C,Reykjavik op 1988-TD 88_05}) 11... b5 12. a3 a5 13. Nd3 (13.
b4 axb4 14. axb4 Qb8 15. f3 Ne8 $5 16. g4 f5 17. Ng2 Nf6 18. h3 h5 19. g5 Nxe4
$1 20. fxe4 f4 $13 {Lengyel,B-Cohen,A,Balatonberenyi op 1992-TD 92_04}) 13...
Qb8 14. f3 (14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 Ra3 {/\Rc3[+]} 16. f3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nc1
Rd8 (18... d5 $2 19. Bc5 $16) 19. Nb3 d5 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Na5 Be8 22. Bxe7 (22.
Nb1 Ra2 23. Nc3 $10) 22... Qxe7 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 e4 $44 {Thorsteins,
K-Kasparov,G,World Blitz 1988}) 14... c6 (14... Rd8 15. b4 axb4 16. Nxb4 $5
Rxa3 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Be8 19. Ra6 Rc8 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 b4 22. Nb5 d5
$1 $132 {Kuczynski,R-Chernin,A,Polanica Zdroj 1992-CBM 31}) 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16.
b4 d5 $1 {N} (16... axb4 $6 17. Nxb4 $1 Rxa3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20. Bc4
Rb2 21. Nxd6 $16 {Vogt,L-Bernard,C,Wildbad 1990-EXP 20}) 17. Bc5 Re8 $13 18.
Nf2 $6 (18. exd5 Nexd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15 {/\} 20. bxa5 e4 21. fxe4 Nc3 $36) (
18. Bxe7 $5 Rxe7 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Nc5 Bc6 $10) 18... axb4 (18...
dxe4 $6 19. Nfxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 $14) 19. axb4 (19. Bxb4 d4 20. Nb1 {/\c3=} Nd7
21. c3 Nb6 {/\Nc4}) 19... d4 20. Nb1 Ra2 (20... Nd7 $5 21. c3 $5 (21. Nd3 f5
$15) 21... Nxc5 22. bxc5 $13) 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc1 $1 Ra8 23. Nd3 (23. Nb3 {/\}
f5 24. Bd3 $13) 23... Nxc5 (23... f5 $5 $15) 24. Nxc5 (24. bxc5 $5 {/\c3<=>})
24... Nc8 25. Nb3 (25. c3 Nd6 $15 {/\Nc4}) 25... Qb6 26. Kh1 Nd6 27. Na5 Rec8
28. c3 Bd7 29. cxd4 exd4 {/\Nc4-+} 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Na3 $8 Rc3 32. Nb1 Rcc8 33.
Na3 Rc3 34. Rxc3 $2 (34. Nb1 $8 Rc4 $5 (34... Rcc8 $10) 35. Na3 Rac8 $36) 34...
dxc3 35. Qf4 Nb7 $1 $19 36. Nxb5 (36. Nxb7 Rxa3 $19) 36... Nxa5 37. Nc7 (37.
bxa5 Rxa5 38. Nc7 Bb3 $1 $19) 37... Rc8 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. bxa5 c2 40. Bd3 (40.
Qc1 Qa2 {/\Bb2}) 40... Bb2 (40... Bb2 41. Bxc2 Rxc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 026"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Anand} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bg5 (7.
e5 $5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd5
13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rad1 b5 18. f4 Rb8 19.
a3 $14 {_|_(),Balashov,Y-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Lvov zt 1990-CBM 18}) (7. Bf4 Nbd7
8. Qd2 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bh6 Nb6 $1 (11... Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 $14) 12. Qe3 b4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Ne4 Nd5 16.
Qb3 Nhf4 $15 {Kuczynski,R-Sznapik,A,Warsaw 1990-CBM 17}) (7. h3 Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8
9. Bf4 (9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6
15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Ned4 Ndc5 $10 {Stohl,
I-Gelfand,B,Dortmund-A 1990-CBM 18}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6
Qa5 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb6 15. Qc1 Qc5 16. Ne4 Nd4 $1 17. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 18. Kh2
Nxc1 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. Raxc1 c5 $10 {Martin Gonzales,M-Azmaiparashvili,Z,
Toledo 1991-CBM 22}) (7. Re1 $5 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 $1 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2
Kh7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. d5 c5 14. h3 a6 15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 $14 {(),Gallagher,
J-McNab,C,London LB 1990}) 7... Qc7 (7... h6 $5 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Qc1 Kh7 $132) 8.
a4 Nbd7 (8... e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Bc4 $5 $36) 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rfe1 a5
(10... Re8 $142 11. Bc4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. f3 Ne6 $132) 11. Rad1 Re8 $6 (
11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 $14) 12. d5 $1 $36 Bf8 (12... cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 Qxc2 15. Bb5 $16) 13. Bc4 Be7 14. h3 Qb6 (14... Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Nxd5 $16) 15. b3 (15. Qc1 {Anand} Qb4 $140 16. b3) 15... Qb4 $6 (15...
Qc7 {Anand ץc4}) 16. Qc1 $1 Bf8 (16... Qxc3 $2 17. Bd2 $18) (16... Nb6 17. Na2
Qc5 18. Be3 $18) 17. Bd2 Qb6 18. Bh6 Qc7 (18... Be7 {Anand} 19. Ng5) 19. Bxf8
Rxf8 (19... Nxf8 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Qd2 $16 {/\} Rd8 $2 22. Nxe5) 20. Qh6 (20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Qd2 Ne8 $132) 20... cxd5 (20... Nb6 21. Ng5 {/\Re3-f3->}) 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxd5 $5 Qxc2 $2 23. Rc1 Qd3 24. Ng5 Nf6 25. Rc7 $18)
22... Nf6 23. Ng5 Be6 24. Re3 $1 Qe7 (24... Bxd5 25. Bxd5 {/\Rf3-f6+-}) 25. Rf3
{/\Rf6} Rfd8 $8 26. Rb5 $6 (26. Rdd3 $142 Bxc4 27. bxc4 Rd7 (27... Rac8 28.
Rxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxh7+ Kf8 30. Rf3 $18) 28. Rf5 $1 gxf5 29. Rg3 f4 30. Ne6+ fxg3
31. Qg7#) 26... Rab8 27. Qh4 Bxc4 28. Nxh7 $1 $8 (28. bxc4 $2 h5 $15) 28... Nd5
$1 (28... Bxb5 $2 29. Nxf6+ $18) 29. Qh6 (29. Ng5 f6 30. exd5 Be2 $1 (30...
Bxb5 31. Ne4 g5 32. Qh6 Rf8 33. axb5 $18) 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Ne6+
Ke8 34. Nc7+ $10) 29... Bxb5 $2 (29... Be2 $1 30. Rxd5 (30. Ng5 Nf6 $19) 30...
Bxf3 31. gxf3 $146 (31. gxf3 {Anand} f5 (31... f6 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Nxf6+ Kf8
34. Qxg7+ Kxg7 35. Ng4 $18) 32. Qxg6+ Qg7 33. Nf6+ Kh8 34. exf5 Qxg6+ 35. fxg6
Kg7 36. Ne4 $16)) 30. exd5 f5 31. Qxg6+ Qg7 32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nh7+ $138 Kg8 34.
Nf6+ Kf8 35. Qxf5 {/\Nh5} Be8 (35... Ke7 36. Qe6+ $18) 36. Nh5+ Qf7 37. Qg5
Rbc8 (37... Qxf3 $2 38. Qg7#) (37... Rd7 38. Qg7+ Ke7 39. Rxf7+ Bxf7 40. Qf6+
Kf8 41. Qh8+ Bg8 42. Nf6 $18) 38. Qg7+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Kd7 (39... Kf8 40. Qg7+ Ke7
41. Rxf7+ Bxf7 42. Qf6+ Kf8 (42... Ke8 43. Ng7+ $18) 43. Ng7 {/\Ne6,Nf5}) 40.
Rxf7+ Bxf7 41. Nf6+ (41. Nf6+ Ke7 (41... Kc7 42. Qg7 Rf8 43. Nh7 $18) 42. Ne4+
(42. c4 $18 {Anand}) 42... Ke8 43. Qf6 $18 {[Stohl,I]}) 1-0

[Event "Biel"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 (7. a4 Nbd7
8. a5 $5 (8. Re1 Qc7 9. Bf1 e5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Bf6
14. Bxf6 Ndxf6 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Qe3 b6 18. b4 Nf4 19. Rad1 Be6 20.
Nb1 Kg7 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Hansen,Cu,Biel 1992-CBM 31}) (8. Bf4 Nh5 (8... Qc7
$142 9. e5 Nh5 10. exd6 exd6 $10) 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. a5 a6
13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Ne6 17. Na4 $16 {׫,Janovsky,
S-Beim,V,Voskresensk 1992-CBM 31}) 8... Qc7 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Rd8
12. Qb1 Nf8 13. Qa2 Be6 14. Qa3 (14. Bc4 $14) 14... Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Bf1
Bf6 17. Rxd8 Qxd8 18. Rd1 Nd7 19. a6 $36 {Loginov,V-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Manila
olm 1992}) (7. Re1 Nbd7 8. a4 e5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 Qc7 11. Nd2 cxd5 12. exd5 a6
13. Nc4 b6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. g3 Rab8 17. Bg2 Ba8 18. Na2 Nc5 $132 {
Malishauskas,V-Piket,J,Manila olm 1992}) 7... Nbd7 8. Re1 (8. Qd2 b5 $5 9. e5
dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bh6 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Kxg7 15.
Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxb5 Bf5 17. Rfe1 Rdc8 18. Rxe7 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rxb5 20. Rxa7 Nf4
$44 {Kuczynski,R-Maciejewski,A,Czestochowa ch-PL 1992-EXP 29}) 8... Qb6 $5 {N}
(8... Qa5 9. Nd2 (9. Qd2 $6 e5 10. Bh6 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13.
Bxd2 d5 14. Bb4 Rd8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 a5 $10 {Kamsky,G-Piket,J,Dortmund
1992-CBM 29}) 9... Qc7 10. a4 (10. Bg3 e5 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. d5 Nb6 13. Qd2 f5 14.
exf5 Bxf5 15. Rad1 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Kh8 17. Bh4 c5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Nf6 20.
Bxf6 Rxf6 $10 {Renet,O-Pfleger,H,Royan 1988-CBM 09}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Be3 (12. Bg3 $142 $5 {->Pe5}) 12... Rd8 13. f3 b6 14. Qb1 Nf8 15. Nd1 Ne6 16.
c3 h5 {1/2:1/2,Andersson,U-Hansen,Cu,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD 90_06}) 9. Qc1 e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxe4 $15 {/\} 13. Bxg7 Nxf2 14.
Kf1 Nh3 $1 $18) 11... Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Rd1 $14 Nf8 (13... Bf8 $142 $5 $132)
14. Nc4 Rxd1+ (14... Be6 15. a4 $1 $36 (15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxa7 $2 Bxc4 17. Bxc4
b6 $19)) 15. Qxd1 Ne8 (15... b5 16. Qd6 $1 $16 {_|_׫}) 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nb1 $1 (
17. a5 Nd4 18. Bf1 Be6 $132) 17... b6 (17... Nd4 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. c3 Nxc4 20.
Bxc4 $36) 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nbd2 h5 (20... Nd6 $142 21. Qc2 $14) 21.
Qc2 Rd8 22. b4 Nf6 (22... Nd6 23. a5 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 b5 25. Nd2 $1 Bf8 26. Nb3
$36 {קa7,c5}) 23. Nf3 Nh7 (23... Bxc4 24. Bxc4 $16 {^^,/\Ng5}) 24. Rd1 $1 $16
{׫} Rxd1 (24... f6 $142 $16) 25. Qxd1 Bg4 26. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 27. Nxd6 Kf8 (27...
Bf8 28. Nxe5 $18) 28. a5 Ke7 $8 (28... bxa5 29. bxa5 $18 {קa7}) 29. Nc4 Bxf3
$8 (29... bxa5 30. Nxa5 $18) 30. gxf3 b5 (30... Ng5 31. Nd2 bxa5 32. bxa5 $18)
31. Na3 $1 (31. Bxa7 $2 bxc4 32. a6 Kd7 $13) 31... a6 32. Nxb5 $3 cxb5 33. Bxb5
Ng5 (33... axb5 34. a6 Ne6 35. Bb6 $1 $18) 34. Bxa6 Nge6 (34... Nxf3+ 35. Kh1
$18) 35. Bc4 $18 Kd8 36. a6 Kc8 37. b5 Bf8 38. b6 Bc5 39. Bd5 $1 {/\a7+-} Nxd5
$8 40. exd5 Bxe3 41. b7+ Kc7 42. dxe6 Bc5 43. exf7 {/\Kf1-e2-d3-c4 [Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.10"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7.
Re1 Nbd7 8. a4 (8. Bf4 Qb6 9. Qc1 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13.
Rd1 Nf8 14. Nc4 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ne8 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nb1 $1 b6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1
Be6 20. Nbd2 $14 {Karpov,A-Hansen,C,Biel 1992,CBM 31}) (8. e5 $6 dxe5 9. dxe5
Ng4 10. e6 Qb6 $1 11. Ne4 fxe6 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nfg5 Nf6 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Nc5 Rd8
16. Qc1 Rd6 17. c4 Nf7 $15 {Cooper,J-Yrjola,J,Novi Sad olm 1990,TD 90_06}) 8...
Qc7 9. Bf1 e5 10. d5 $5 {N} (10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd2 Bf6
14. Bxf6 Ndxf6 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qc1 Kh7 17. Qe3 b6 18. b4 Nf4 19. Rad1 Be6 $10 {
Beliavsky,A-Hansen,C,Biel 1992,CBM 31}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12.
Qxd5 (12. exd5 f5 $36) 12... Nb6 13. Qd3 Be6 $10) 11... a6 12. Nd2 (12. a5 b5
$1 13. axb6 Nxb6 $13 {/\Bb7,קd5}) 12... Nb6 $1 (12... b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. b3
$14) 13. Nb3 $8 Bd7 14. a5 Nc4 15. Ra2 (15. Bxc4 Qxc4 $15 {^^,[+]}) 15... Rac8
16. Nb1 $6 (16. Ne4 $142 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bb5 $13) 16... Bf5 (16... Nh5 $5 $15)
17. Bd3 e4 (17... Bxd3 $2 18. cxd3 $18) (17... Qd7 $5 {/\} 18. Qe2 Nxd5 19.
Bxc4 Nb4 $13) 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nc3 $132 {><e4,b7} Rfe8 (19... Ng4 $5 20. Ra4
Qc7 21. Nxe4 Qxc2 22. Qxc2 Rxc2 23. Nxd6 Bd7 $44) 20. Ra4 Qc7 21. Be3 Qd7 {
/\Rc3-+} (21... Ng4 22. Bd4 Ne5 23. Rb4 $14) 22. Rb4 h5 23. Nd4 (23. Bd4 $142
$14) 23... Rxc3 $5 24. bxc3 Nxd5 $44 25. Rb3 (25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Rxb7 Bxc3 27.
Bd2 Bd4 $44) 25... h4 (25... Rc8 $5 26. Nxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxb7 Bxc3 $13) 26. c4 (
26. Nxf5 $5 Qxf5 27. Bd4 $14) 26... Nxe3 27. fxe3 h3 $132 28. g3 Rc8 29. Rb4
Bg4 30. Qd2 Be5 31. c3 Rc5 $138 (31... Rc7 $5 $44 {/\Qc8}) 32. Reb1 Rxa5 33.
Qc2 $1 {/\Rb7,Qe4} (33. Rxb7 $2 Qxb7 $1 34. Rxb7 Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Rh1 36. Nf3 $8
exf3 37. Qd5 Rxh2+ 38. Kf1 (38. Kg1 Rg2+ 39. Kf1 Be6 40. Qxf3 Bxc4+ 41. Ke1
Rg1+ $19) 38... Be6 39. Qxf3 Bxc4+ $19) 33... Bxd4 $6 (33... b5 $44 {^^}) 34.
cxd4 Qf5 35. Rxb7 Ra3 36. Qf2 (36. R7b3 $142 $16) 36... Bf3 37. R7b3 Ra4 $132
38. Rc3 Qa5 39. Rc2 (39. Rcc1 Ra2 40. Rb2 Ra1 $10) 39... Ra1 40. Rcb2 Rxb1+ 41.
Rxb1 Qc3 42. c5 dxc5 43. dxc5 Qxc5 44. Qd2 Kh7 $10 45. Rc1 Qb5 46. Qa2 Kg7 47.
Qc2 Kh7 (47... Qb6 $10) 48. Qc4 Qb7 49. Qd4 a5 50. Qc4 Kg7 (50... Qd7 {/\} 51.
Qc8 $2 Qd2 52. Qxh3+ Kg7 $19) 51. Qc3+ Kh7 52. Qc8 $6 (52. Qc4 $10) 52... Qb2
53. Qxh3+ Kg7 54. Re1 (54. Qf1 a4 55. Rb1 Qc3 $17) 54... Qd2 55. Qf1 a4 56. Qf2
Qc3 {(+)} 57. Qa2 a3 58. Qa1 Qb2 59. Qxb2+ axb2 60. Rb1 {Time} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 10th final"]
[Site "Lyon"]
[Date "1994.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1994.11.18"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "Lyon-Oyonnax Echecs"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bg4 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Bd7 (10... b5 $6 11. a3 a5 12. Bxb5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14.
Kh1 f5 15. Qe1 Nf4 16. Rg1 h6 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. exf5 g5 19. Bd3 Kh8 20. f6 Rxf6
21. Qe4 Nf5 22. Nb5 Rf7 23. c3 Be5 24. Qc4 Qf6 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. Nd4 Qh3 27.
Qf1 {+/- Liberzon,V-Quinteros,M/Netanya/1983/}) 11. Ne1 Ng4 (11... b5 $5 12. a3
a5 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. f3 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 d5 (16... axb4 $2 17. Nxb4 $1
Rxa3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20. Bc4 {+/- Vogt,L-Bernard,C/Wildbad/1990/})
17. Bc5 Re8 18. Nf2 axb4 19. axb4 d4 20. Nb1 Ra2 21. Nd3 Nd7 22. Nc1 Ra8 {
=+ Kuczynski,R-Chernin,A/Budapest zt-B/1993/}) 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. f4
Bg4 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 f5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Nc8 19. exf5 gxf5
20. Bh6 Nd6 21. Re1 Qh4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 {~ 1/2:1/2/Geller,E-Thipsay,P/New Delhi/
1987/}) 15... exf4 $5 {N} (15... c6 16. h3 (16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 c5
19. b4 cxb4 20. Bxb4 Bd7 21. Nf3 h6 22. Rfe1 Kh7 23. Ba3 Rc8 $132 {Liberzon,
V-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam IBM/1977/}) 16... Bd7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bc5 Re8 19. Qf2
cxd5 $6 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nxd5 Qe6 22. Nc7 Qxa2 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Nd3 Qc4 25.
b3 Qd4 26. Kh1 {+= Gachon,L-Chabanon,J/FRA-chT/1989/}) 16. Rxf4 (16. Bxf4 $142
Bd7 17. Nd3 {+=}) 16... Bd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 f5 $1 {=} 19. Rf2 (19. e5 g5
$1 20. Rf2 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Ng6 {=+}) (19. Nd3 g5 (19... fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Qc3
{+=}) 20. Rf2 f4 21. e5 Nf5 $132) 19... fxe4 20. Rxf8+ (20. Nxe4 Rxf2 21. Kxf2
Nf5 22. Qf6 Qe8 $36) 20... Qxf8 21. Nxe4 Qg7 $1 22. Rd1 (22. Nf6+ $2 Kf7 $1 {-+
}) (22. Qxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rd1 Bf5 {=+}) 22... Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Kg7 24. Nc3 (24. c4
$5 {/\c5<=>} Nf5 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Nc3 Ne3 27. Rd4 {/\Nf3=} Nxc4 $6 28. Rxc4
Rxe1+ 29. Kf2 {+/-}) 24... b5 $5 {/\a5()<<} 25. Re4 Ng8 $1 (25... Nf5 $2 26. g4
{+-}) 26. a4 $2 (26. Nd3 Nf6 27. Re2 a5 28. a3 Rb8 {=+}) 26... Nf6 27. Rd4 (27.
Re7+ Kf8 {-/+}) 27... bxa4 28. Nd3 (28. Rc4 $142 {=+}) 28... Rb8 $36 29. h3 h5
30. Rc4 Rb7 31. Kf2 a5 32. Ke2 g5 {/\h4,Bf5,Nh5,><g2} 33. h4 $6 (33. Ke3 Kg6
34. Kd4 h4 $36 {/\} 35. Nxa4 $2 Bb5) 33... Bg4+ 34. Ke3 gxh4 35. Rxa4 Bf5 {-/+}
36. Rxa5 (36. b3 Ng4+ {-/+}) 36... Ng4+ 37. Kd4 Bxd3 38. Kxd3 (38. cxd3 $4 Rb4#
) 38... Ne5+ $1 (38... Rxb2 39. Ra7 {~}) 39. Ke4 (39. Kd2 $2 Nc4+ {-+}) (39.
Ke2 $142 Rxb2 40. Kd1 Nc4 41. Ra7 Ne3+ 42. Kd2 Nxg2 43. Rxc7+ Kf6 {-/+}) 39...
Rxb2 {-+} 40. Kf5 (40. Ra2 Rb4+ 41. Kf5 Rg4 42. Ra7 Rxg2 43. Rxc7+ Kh6 {-+ o^h}
) 40... Rxc2 41. Ne4 Rxg2 42. Ra7 Nf7 $1 43. Rxc7 h3 44. Rc1 (44. Nxd6 h2 45.
Rxf7+ Kg8 {-+}) 44... h2 45. Rh1 $8 Nh6+ {/\Ng4,Rg1-+} 0-1

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Bezold, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 (7. a4 b6 (
7... Nc6 $5 8. h3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Qe7 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. c3
Nf5 14. Bg5 Qd6 15. Qb3 h6 16. Bc1 e4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rd1 e3 $5 19. fxe3 Re8 20.
Nf1 Qe5 21. Bd2 Bf8 $44 {Tsarev,V-Gofstein,L/Kiev/1989/}) (7... Bg4 $5 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Be3 e5 11. d5 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nd7 14. Qe3 Re8
15. a5 Nc5 16. Rae1 Qh4 17. b4 Nd7 18. Kh2 h5 19. g3 Qf6 20. Na4 b5 21. axb6
cxb6 22. Kg2 Qd8 $44 {Mikhalevsky,V-Gofstein,L/Beersheva II/1992/}) 8. Re1 (8.
h3 Bb7 9. d5 $6 c6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Bf3 Nfd7 14. Ra3
b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bxb2 19. Qe2 Qa4 20. Bxc5
Nxc5 21. Qxe7 Be5 22. Bd1 Qd4 $17 {Ristic,N-Ermenkov,E/Dieren op/1990/}) (8.
Bg5 Bb7 9. Nd2 e5 10. d5 Nbd7 11. b4 h6 12. Be3 Nh7 (12... c6 13. Nc4 $36) 13.
f3 f5 14. g4 f4 15. Bf2 h5 16. h3 Bf6 17. Qe1 Kg7 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Rh1 Rh8 20.
h4 hxg4 21. fxg4 g5 22. Nf3 Kf7 $13 {Hmadi,S-Chavez,R/Dubai olm/1986/}) (8. Bf4
Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Bh6 Nf6 13. Ra3 $6 Rc8 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Ng5 Na5 16. Nd1 h6 17. Nf3 Ne4 18. Qc1 f5 19. Nd2 e5 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Bxa6 Rxc2 $36 {Pandavos,E-Ibragimov,I/Peristeri/1993/}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 $5 (9.
Bf1 e6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Qc1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Bc4 Qd6
16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qe3 Ne6 18. Bd5 Rab8 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Rad1 Nd4
22. Qd3 b5 $132 {Sezedenko,V-Ermenkov,V/Manila olm/1992/}) 9... Nd5 10. Nxd5
Bxd5 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Ra7 13. e6 f5 14. a5 bxa5 15. d5 Rb7 16. Qc2 c5 17.
dxc6 Rc7 18. Qa4 Qc8 19. c5 $1 $36 {Kengis,E-Ibragimov,I/Reykjavik op/1994/}) (
7. Bg5 b5 8. e5 b4 $5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Bd2 bxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Ba5
Rb8 14. b3 g5 15. h3 g4 16. hxg4 fxg4 17. Nh2 h5 18. Nf1 Nf6 19. Bd3 Nd5 20.
Qd2 Qf6 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Ne4 Qh6 $13 {1/2:1/2,Bosch,J-Van der Werf,M/NLD-ch/
1994/}) (7. Bf4 b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qc1 Bf5
13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncd4 17. Bh6 c5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Ne2 Qa5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qb3 Rfd8 $17 {Cifuentes,R-Van Laatum,G/Ostende op/
1991/}) 7... e6 $5 $146 (7... b5 8. e5 $1 Nfd7 9. a4 $1 bxa4 10. e6 fxe6 11.
Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Ra7 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rxa4 Kf7 17. Ne4
h6 18. d5 Nxd5 19. Bg4 Qc7 20. Qf3+ Nf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Bxh6 $40 {Ciric,
D-Clausen,S/Kobenhavn op/1989/}) (7... b6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Qd2 f6 11.
Bh6 d5 $6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bd3 c5 14. exf6 exf6 15. h5 c4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bf1
Nd6 18. Qf4 Nf7 19. g3 g5 20. Qd2 $14 {Berzinsh,R-Kozakov,M/Hlohovec op/1994/})
(7... Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bf3 e6 11. Na4 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. c4 e4
14. Be2 Qd6 15. Be3 h5 16. h3 b5 17. Nc3 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Rb8 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Qe2
$14 {Gavrikov,V-Hoi,C/Budapest Noviki-A/1989/}) 8. e5 (8. a4 b6 {/\Bb7<=>}) (8.
Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bf4 b5 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 $14) 8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 Nfd7 $1 10. Nf3
(10. Nxd7 Nxd7 $10 {/\c5,e5}) 10... c5 11. Be3 (11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Be3 Qc7 $10)
11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Ne5 (13... b6 14. Bh6 Bb7 $10) (13... Rd8 $5
$13) 14. Bh6 Nbc6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nb3 b6 (16... Rd8 $5 17. Qe3 b6 $10) 17.
Ne4 (17. f4 $5 Rd8 $1 (17... Nd7 18. Ne4 Ne7 (18... Bb7 19. Qc3+ e5 20. Rad1
$36) 19. Qd6 $5 $14) 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Ne4 Ne7 $1 $10) 17... Ne7 18. Bf1 Bb7 19.
Qd6 Rfc8 $1 $10 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nd6 Nd7 22. Nd4 Nf8 23. Rad1 b5 24. b3 (24.
c3 $6 Bd5 $15) (24. a4 $6 bxa4 25. Ra1 Rd8 $17) (24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. g3 Rc7 $10)
24... b4 $1 25. Nxb7 Rxb7 26. g3 Rd7 27. Nf3 Rc7 {׫} 28. Bc4 Nc8 29. Ne5 Nb6
30. Rd6 Nfd7 31. Nxd7 (31. Nxd7 Nxd7 32. c3 $5 (32. Bxa6 Rxc2 $15) 32... a5 (
32... bxc3 33. Rc1 $10) 33. Bb5 Nc5 34. Rd4 $5 bxc3 35. Rc4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1992.10.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1992.10.08"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Barrage 30'} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 (3... d5 4. Bf4 {-D00}) 4. e4 d6
5. Be3 O-O (5... a6 6. a4 O-O 7. Be2 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. d5 Nb8 11. f4
Nbd7 12. Bf3 e6 13. Nb3 exd5 14. exd5 Re8 15. Bd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Qf5
18. g3 h5 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Qg2 Bc8 $10 {Kosten,A-Gurevich,M,FRA-chT 1991,TD
91_02}) (5... c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 (7... O-O 8. Bh6 Bg4 $5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10.
Qf4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a4 a6 16. Ne2
Nc5 17. a5 Rfd8 $15 {Kosten,A-Laketic,G,Bozen op 1992,TD 92_04}) 8. Bh6 O-O $5
(8... Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Qe7 13. Ne3 a5 14. O-O
Bb7 15. Rad1 Kd8 16. Rfe1 Kc7 17. h3 Qf8 18. Qh4 $14 {Hennigan,M-Agnos,D,
Eastbourne ch-GB 1991}) 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 {/\} 10. e5 $6 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4
Ndxe5 $1 13. Nxe5 Qd6 14. Qxg4 $2 (14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qxd6 exd6 $15) 14... Bxg4
15. Nxg4 Qb4 16. Ne3 Qxb2 17. Kd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 f5 19. Rhe1 e5 20. f3 b4 $19 {
Emms,J-Calvo,JM,Benidorm 1991}) 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 $6 (7. h3 $142 $14) 7... Bg4
$1 $10 8. O-O-O Nbd7 (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. f4 $13 {[+]}) 9.
Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 (10. Be2 e5 $10) 10... Nd5 $8 11. exd6 exd6 (11... Nxc3 $2 12.
Qxc3 exd6 13. d5+ $16) 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qf4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qg5+ 15. Kb1 Nf6 16.
Be2 $6 (16. h4 Qg4 17. Be2 Qxf3 18. Bxf3 Rfe8 $10) (16. Bd3 Rfe8 $132) 16...
Ne4 $15 {/\Nd2-+} 17. Ka1 Rae8 18. h4 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ $8 Nxf6 (19... Kxf6 20.
Rhf1 Re6 $36) 20. Bb5 Re6 21. f3 a6 22. Bd3 Nh5 $1 23. a4 $6 (23. Rhe1 Rfe8 24.
Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Kb1 $15) 23... Nf4 24. g3 (24. Bf1 Rfe8 25. g3 Nh5 $1 $17 {/\Re1}
(25... Re1 $2 26. Bxa6 $13)) 24... Ne2 $17 (24... Nh5 $5 25. Rhg1 Re3 $36) 25.
Rh3 (25. Bxe2 Rxe2 $17 {<->e,׻}) 25... Rfe8 (25... Nxd4 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Rxd4
Rxf3 28. Rxd5 $15 {<=>}) 26. h5 $6 (26. c3 Re3 $17) 26... Re3 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Rdh1 (28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. c3 R8e3 $19) 28... Nxd4 29. Rh7+ Kf6 $19 30. R1h4 Ne6
$8 (30... Nxf3 $2 31. Rf4+ $36) 31. Rb4 Re7 {/\Rf3-+} 32. Rb6 Rxf3 33. Rxd6 Ke5
$1 34. Rb6 Rxg3 35. Ka2 g5 36. Rh1 Re3 37. Rf1 Nf4 38. Bh7 $6 $138 f5 {ץh7}
39. Rh6 g4 40. Bxf5 (40. Bg8 Rg7 $19) 40... Kxf5 41. Rh5+ Ke4 42. Rg5 g3 43.
Rg4 Rf7 44. Rg1 Re2 (44... g2 45. R1xg2) 45. R1xg3 Rxc2 46. Rg1 d4 47. Re1+ Kf3
48. Rg8 Rxb2+ $1 49. Ka3 (49. Kxb2 Nd3+ $19) 49... Re2 50. Rf1+ Rf2 51. Rd1 d3
52. Re8 a5 53. Kb3 Rc7 54. Re5 b6 55. Rde1 Re2 0-1

[Event "Kottnauer Memorial"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 (6... c6 $142) (
6... Bg4 $142) 7. h3 (7. a4 b6 8. Re1 Bb7 9. Bf1 e6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. d5 exd5 12.
exd5 Nb4 13. Bc4 Re8 14. Qd2 Rxe1+ 15. Rxe1 Qd7 16. Bg5 c5 17. dxc6 Qxc6 18.
Bb3 Re8 19. Rd1 d5 20. Qf4 a5 21. Nd4 Nh5 22. Nxc6 Nxf4 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. Nb5
Ne6 25. Nd6 $16 {Kiselev,S-Losev,D/Moscow op2/1995/}) (7. e5 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nbd7
(8... Be6 9. Bf3 c6 10. Re1 Bd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. c4 Nc6 13. Bg5 e6 14. cxd5
exd5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Qf4 Qe6 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nc5
Qxa2 21. Nxe4 Nxd4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Qa5 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bc3 $44 {Browne,
W-Hoi,C/Reykjavik op/1986/}) 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 c6 11. a4 Nd5 12. Bxg7 Nxc3
13. bxc3 Kxg7 14. a5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Rd5
19. Re4 Rfd8 20. Qe3 e6 21. c4 Rxa5 22. Re1 h5 23. h3 Rf5 $17 {Groszpeter,
A-Espig,L/Varna/1983/}) (7. Bf4 b5 (7... c6 8. h3 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7
11. Bf3 Qc8 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. Rad1 e6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be5 Qe7 16. Rfe1 Rac8
17. a3 Rfd8 18. h4 h5 19. g3 Ba8 20. Bg2 c5 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Qf3 cxd4 23. Rxd4
Rac8 24. Red1 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Ng4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Blees,A-Espig,L/Kecskemet/
1989/}) (7... Bg4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Ne2 Re8
13. Be3 Nb6 14. c3 d5 15. Nf4 e6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Re1 a5 19. a4 b6
20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qb3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Nc4 23. Qc2 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Bg3 Bf8 26.
Re2 Bd6 27. Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Rae1 $14 {Vogt,L-Espig,L/Dortmund-B/1991/}) 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Bf1 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nc5 12. Qc1 Bf5 13. Nh4 e6 14. Nxf5 exf5
15. Qe3 Ne6 16. Rad1 Ncd4 17. Bh6 c5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne2 Qa5 20. Nxd4 cxd4
21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. a3 Rac8 23. Qd3 Qc7 24. Rc1 Rd5 25. f4 Rc5 $17 {Cifuentes
Parada,R-Van Laatum,G/Ostende op/1991/}) (7. Bg5 b5 8. e5 (8. a4 b4 9. Bxf6
exf6 10. Nd5 a5 11. Bd3 c6 12. Ne3 Re8 13. c3 Ba6 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Qc2 Qe7 16.
Nc4 Qc7 17. Ncd2 Nd7 18. Rfc1 c5 19. Bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc4 Qa7 21. b3 $13 {
Mephisto Geni-Van Voorthuijsen,PW/Hague/1995/}) 8... Nfd7 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nd5
Nc6 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Rxa4 h6 13. Be3 e6 14. Nb4 Nxb4 15. Rxb4 Nb6 16. Rb3 a5
17. Qd2 a4 18. Ra3 Kh7 19. Rfa1 Bd7 20. Qb4 Rb8 21. c4 Bc6 22. R3a2 Qd7 23. Rc1
Rfc8 24. Qd2 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rc7 26. Ra3 $13 {Wolff,P-Norwood,D/Toronto/1989/})
7... b5 (7... Nc6 $5 8. d5 Nb8 9. Re1 c6 10. Bf4 b5 11. a3 Bb7 12. dxc6 Nxc6
13. Qd2 Re8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Ng5 Rc8 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nd4 19.
Bd3 (19. c3 $142 $1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 {[%cal Rg5f7] /\ Nf7!}) 19... Bxd5 20. c3
Ne6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxg6+ Kxg6 23. Qxd5 Kxh6 24. Rxe6+ Bf6 25. g4 Rg8 26. Qf5
Rcf8 27. h4 Kg7 $19 {Gruenfeld,Y-Borik,O/Randers zt-f/1982/}) 8. e5 $1 {
[%csl Gd4,Ge5] ()[+] This important advance gives White a permanent spacial
advantage.} Ne8 $146 (8... dxe5 $2 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 $16 {[%cal Rc3d5] /
\Nd5}) (8... Nfd7 $142 $5 9. Bf4 (9. Re1 $5 $14) 9... Nc6 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Qd2
Nf6 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18.
Rab1 Qe7 19. Rfe1 e4 20. Bb5 Qc7 21. Nh4 Ne7 22. c4 h6 23. f4 d5 24. c5 Nh7 25.
Rf1 Bc8 $15 {Vonthron,H-Borik,O/BL 9091/1990/}) 9. Bf4 Nd7 (9... Bb7 10. Qd2
$14) 10. Qd2 Nb6 (10... Bb7 $6 11. e6 $1 fxe6 12. Ng5 Rf6 13. Nce4 $36) 11. a3
c6 (11... Nc4 $6 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Bh6 $16) 12. Rfe1 Bf5 13. Bh6 Nc7 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. Bf1 $14 {[%csl Ra5,Rc5,Rf6,Rg7,Rh6] ׻<< Despite White's quiet
handling of the opening Black still has not solved all his problems. He lacks
space and his position is weakened on both flanks.} f6 (15... Qd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4
17. Rxe4 $14) 16. exf6+ exf6 17. Ne4 Qd7 18. b3 Be6 $6 (18... a5 $5 19. c4 a4
$14) 19. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ga5] A suprisingly strong square for the Q.} Rfb8 (19...
Nc8 20. c4 $36) (19... Rab8 $142 {[%cal Yf8e8] /\Rfe8 Now Black's R will be
very passive.}) 20. Rac1 Bf7 21. h4 $5 {Andersson combines active play on both
flanks.} h5 22. g3 {Now the Ne4 can't be chased away by a pawn move, as d5 or
f5 would let it occupy an even stronger square.} Be6 23. c4 $16 Bg4 24. Re3 Nc8
(24... Re8 $2 25. Qxb6 Bxf3 26. Nxf6 $1 $18) 25. Rce1 Ra7 26. d5 $1 Ne8 (26...
cxd5 27. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 28. Qc3+ Kf7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Qf6 $18 {This line shows,
how helpless are Black's R.}) 27. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] The centralization of
the N is powerful and decisive.} cxd5 28. cxd5 Qc7 (28... Ne7 29. Nxf6 Nxf6 30.
Rxe7+ Qxe7 31. Rxe7+ Rxe7 32. Nc6 $18) 29. Qxc7+ $18 Nxc7 $8 (29... Rxc7 30.
Nd2 $18 {[%csl Re8] פe8}) 30. Nc6 Rbb7 31. Nxa7 Rxa7 {Black has no
compensation for the exchange and White still has the initiative.} 32. Bg2 (32.
Rc1 $142 $5 $18) 32... Kf7 (32... Nxd5 33. Rd3 Nde7 34. Nxd6 $18) 33. Rc3 Ne8 (
33... Nxd5 34. Nxd6+ $18) 34. Nd2 Ne7 35. Nf1 a5 36. Ne3 Bd7 {Black has
managed to hold his position together for the time being, but the extra
exchange must tell in the end.} 37. Rec1 f5 {Weakening, but Black at least
gets some maneuvring space for his Ne7.} (37... g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. f4 gxf4
40. Rf1 $18 {->}) 38. Bf3 Ng8 39. Ng2 $1 {[%csl Rf4,Rg5] ><f4,g5} Ngf6 40. Nf4
Ne4 41. R3c2 (41. Bxe4 fxe4 42. f3 $18) 41... Nc5 42. Rb1 Nf6 (42... b4 43.
axb4 axb4 44. Rc4 Rb7 45. Ne6 $1 $18) 43. b4 axb4 44. axb4 Nce4 45. Kg2 Ng4 46.
Rbb2 Ne5 47. Be2 Ra3 (47... Ra4 48. Rc7 $18) 48. Ra2 Rb3 49. Rcb2 Rc3 (49...
Rxb2 $142 {Now White penetrates with both R.}) 50. Ra7 Ke8 51. Rb7 Nc4 52. Ra2
{[%cal Ra2a7,Ra7a8] /\Ra8,Ra7} (52. Ra2 Na3 53. Ne6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Szmetan, Jorge"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 d5 (6... a6 $5 7. a4
b6 $13) 7. e5 {6...d5 allows White to get a space advantage without a fight
and leads to positions similar to the French defence. Black can certainly do
better, than that.} Ne4 8. Nxe4 (8. Bd3 $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2
Qa5 12. Rfb1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Qb2 c4 16. Be2 Qc7 17. Qb6 Qd7 18.
Bf4 h6 19. a5 g5 20. Bg3 Bf5 $13 {Larsen,B-Wolff,P/London WFW/1990/}) 8... dxe4
9. Ng5 (9. Nd2 c5 10. c3 (10. dxc5 Nc6 11. c3 Qc7 12. Nxe4 Rd8 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14.
Bd4 Bf5 15. Ng3 Nd3+ $5 (15... Bd3 16. Rd1 Bxf1 17. Nxf1 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19.
Qb3 Nc4 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Qb7 23. Rg1 Qa6 24. a3 b5 25. Kc1
$14 {Kienast,J-Werner,G/2BLSW 9091/1990/}) 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $44)
10... cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 (11... Nc6 $142 $5 12. Nxe4 {-9.Ng5}) 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13.
f4 Nc6 14. O-O b5 15. Bxb5 Nxd4 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Rc1 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne6 19. h4
Qe8 20. Na5 Qb5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Kg8 23. Rc6 Kf7 24. Rfc1 Rfd8 25. Ra6 $14
{King,D-Mc Nab,C/London NWYM/1988/}) 9... c5 10. c3 (10. dxc5 Qc7 11. Nxe4 Qxe5
12. Nc3 Nc6 $44) 10... cxd4 11. cxd4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5,Rg7] The d4,e5 pawns
occupy the center and restrict Black's Bg7.} (11. Bxd4 $6 Nc6 12. Nxe4 Qd5 $1
$15) 11... Qa5+ $6 (11... Nc6 $5 12. Nxe4 (12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 (13. Kf1 Qb4
$15) 13... Qb6 14. Bc3 h6 15. Nxe4 Rd8 16. Qf3 Bf5 $13) 12... Qa5+ 13. Qd2 (13.
Nc3 Rd8 {[%cal Rc6e5] /\Ne5} 14. f4 Nxd4 $1 15. Bxd4 Qb4 16. a3 Qxd4 17. Qxd4
Rxd4 $36 {Tebb,D-Faulkner,D/BCF-ch/1994/}) 13... Qxd2+ 14. Nxd2 (14. Kxd2 Rd8
15. Kc3 Bf5 {/\Rac8|^}) 14... Rd8 15. Nf3 Be6 $44 {[%cal Yc6b4,Ye6d5] @,/\Nb4,
Bd5}) 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 $1 (13. Kxd2 Nc6 {-11...Nc6!?}) 13... Nc6 (13...
f6 $2 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Nf7+ $16) 14. Bc3 Bf5 (14... Rd8 15. Rd1 $16 {[%csl Re4]
_|_,><e4}) 15. g4 h6 $8 (15... Be6 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Nxe4 $6 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Bxa2
$13) 16... fxe6 17. Bg2 Rad8 18. Rd1 Rf4 19. Bd2 $1 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yd2e3,
Yg2e4] /\Be3,Be4+-,ץg7}) (15... Bd7 16. Nxe4 $16) 16. gxf5 gxf5 $5 (16... hxg5
17. fxg6 fxg6 18. Bg2 $5 (18. Rg1 $16) 18... Rad8 19. Rd1 Rf4 20. Bd2 Rxd4 21.
Bxf4 Rxd1+ 22. Kxd1 gxf4 23. Bxe4 $18) 17. Nxe4 $1 fxe4 {The B-pair and a
better pawn structure give White a clear advantage in the endgame.} 18. Rg1 Kh8
(18... e6 19. Rg4 $16) 19. d5 $1 Nd8 (19... Nxe5 $6 20. Rxg7 Kxg7 21. Bxe5+ f6
22. Bc3 Rfd8 23. Rd1 {[%cal Rf1g2] /\Bg2+-}) 20. Bg2 f5 $8 21. exf6 Bxf6 (21...
exf6 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. f3 $18) 22. Rc1 $1 (22. Bxe4 Bxc3+ 23. bxc3 Nf7 $14 {
[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf2,Rh3] ק}) 22... Nf7 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. f3 Bxc3+ (24... Rac8
$142 $16) 25. Rxc3 Rac8 (25... Nxe4 26. fxe4 Rf4 27. Rg4 $18 {[%cal Rc3c7] /
\Rc7}) 26. Rg6 Rf6 (26... Rxc3 $5 27. bxc3 (27. Rxh6+ $2 Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kg8 29.
bxc3 Nxe4 30. Rxe7 Nxc3 $10) 27... Rf6 $16) 27. Rxc8+ $1 Nxc8 {The R+B-R+N
endgame is won for White: his Bishop is a dominant piece, he has an extra pawn
and Black's P are weak. (e7,h6)} 28. Rg2 Nd6 29. Ke2 Rf8 30. Rg6 Rf6 31. Rg1
Rf8 32. Rg6 $138 Rf6 33. Rg2 Rf8 34. h4 $1 Rg8 (34... Nxe4 35. fxe4 Rf4 36. Ke3
Rxh4 37. Rg6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4][%cal Rg6e6] /\Re6+-,o^e,d}) 35. Bg6 $1 $8 Kg7 (
35... Rc8 36. Kd3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yg2e2,Ye2e6,Yg6e4] /\Re2-e6,Be4,><h6}) 36.
h5 Kf6 37. Kd3 Nf7 38. f4 Nh8 39. Ke4 $1 Rg7 (39... Nxg6 40. f5 $18) (39... Rc8
40. Kd4 Rg8 41. f5 Nf7 42. Re2 Ng5 43. Rc2 $18 {[%cal Gc2c8] <->c}) 40. f5 Nf7
41. Rc2 Nd6+ 42. Kf4 Rg8 43. Re2 Nc8 $8 44. d6 $1 (44. d6 exd6 (44... Nxd6 45.
Re6+ Kg7 46. Rxe7+ (46. f6+ $18) 46... Kf8 47. Rd7 $18) 45. Re6+ Kg7 46. f6+
Kh8 47. Re7 $1 Rd8 $8 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. f7+ Kf8 50. Rh8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bg5 (7. Be3 e5
$6 (7... Bg4 $142 {-6...Bg4}) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Bg5 Qe8
12. Rad1 a6 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. c3 b5 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ne3
Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nxb3 20. axb3 $36 {Berzinsh,R-Hoi,C,Debrecen EU-chT 1992}) (7. d5
Nb4 (7... Nb8 8. Re1 c6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Be8 13. Qd2 Kh7
14. Nd4 Na6 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bf3 cxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Bf2 $36 {(),Kengis,
E-Kantsler,B,Frunze op 1989-TD 89_09}) 8. Be3 e6 9. a3 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11.
Nd4 Bd7 12. Nb3 $5 Re8 13. f3 Nb8 14. Qd2 a5 15. Rad1 a4 16. Nd4 $14 {(),
Horvath,C-Jansa,V,Stary Smokovec 1991-CBM 26}) (7. h3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3
Qe7 10. Nd2 Nd4 11. Bc4 c6 12. Ne2 b5 $6 (12... Rd8 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Be6
$10) 13. Bd3 Ne6 14. a4 Rd8 15. Qb1 $1 $16 {׫,Kiselev,S-Tal,M,URS-ch58
1991-CBM 27}) 7... h6 8. Bh4 {N} (8. Be3 $6 Ng4 9. Bc1 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nd2 f5
12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bxg4 fxg4 14. Nde4 Nf5 15. Ne2 Qe8 16. Qd3 Qg6 17. Be3 Bd7
$15 {Ueter,H-Haskamp,S,2BLW 8990}) (8. Bf4 Ng4 $1 9. h3 e5 10. dxe5 Ngxe5 11.
Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Nd4 $15 {Zakharov,A-Adorjan,A,Sochi 1976}) 8... g5 (8... Bg4
$5 {/\} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd7 11. Ne2 Qe8 $13 {/\e5<=>}) 9. Bg3 Nh5 {/\g4}
10. d5 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb8 (11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 $5 (12. Nd4 c6 {/\} 13. f4 $6 Qb6
$1 $17) 12... Bxe5 13. f4 $36) 12. Qd2 c6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Nb3 $8 a5 15. a4 Nd7
(15... Na6 $5 $13 {/\Nb4}) 16. Rae1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. Kh2 {/\f4} e6 (18...
Qb4 $142 $13) 19. f4 Qd4 20. Bd3 $36 gxf4 21. gxf4 exd5 22. exd5 Bf5 $8 (22...
cxd5 23. Nxd5 $1 {/\} Qxd5 $4 24. Bh7+ $18) 23. dxc6 $6 (23. Re3 $5 $16) 23...
bxc6 24. Re3 {׻} Rfe8 25. Rg3 Bxd3 (25... Re6 $5 {/\Rg6} 26. Qd1 $14) 26. Rxd3
Qc4 $8 27. Rff3 d5 28. Ne2 Qe4 (28... Bxb2 $2 29. c3 $40) 29. Nd4 (29. Ng3 $5
Qg6 30. f5 $36 {/\f6}) 29... Qg6 30. Rg3 Qf6 31. Rde3 (31. Rc3 Rac8 $13 {/\Re4}
) 31... Kf8 32. Nf3 (32. c3 Rxe3 33. Qxe3 Re8 $10) 32... Qxb2 (32... Rxe3 33.
Qxe3 Re8 34. Ne5 $16) 33. Rxe8+ Rxe8 34. Qxa5 Qxc2 35. Qb4+ c5 (35... Kg8 $142
$5 36. Qd4 Qh7 37. a5 $44) 36. Qb6 $40 Qxa4 $2 (36... d4 $5 37. Qd6+ Kg8 38.
Qf6 (38. Qxh6 Qh7 $17) 38... Qh7 39. Ne5 $36) 37. Qxc5+ Kg8 (37... Re7 $2 38.
Rxg7 $18) 38. Qc3 $18 f6 (38... d4 $8 39. Nxd4 {/\Nf5} Kh8 40. Rxg7 Kxg7 41.
Ne6+ Kg6 42. Qg7+ Kf5 43. Qxf7+ Kg4 (43... Ke4 44. Nc5+ $18) 44. Qg6+ Kh4 45.
g3#) 39. Qc7 {[Stohl]} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Nd2
$5 Qc8 {N} (8... Bxe2 9. Qxe2 (9. Nxe2 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. h3 {
Tosic,N-Zivkovic,V,JUG Cup qual Arandjelovac 1991-TD 91_07} Ne8 $13) 9... e5
10. d5 Ne7 (10... Nd4 $6 11. Qd3 c6 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12... Qd7 13. f4 h6 14. fxe5
Ng4 15. Bf6 dxe5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nf3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 f5 19. Rad1 h5 20. h3 $16
{Hansen,C-Stohl,I,Groningen 1982}) 13. f4 $1 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd1 cxd5 15. c3
Ne6 16. Qxd5 Bg5 17. Nf3 Bh6 18. g3 Qc6 19. c4 Qxd5 20. exd5 {Pachman,
L-Adorjan,A,Munich 1979} Nc5 $15) 13... Nd7 14. fxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc4 Bg7 16. Be3
Nb5 (16... c5 17. Bf4 $16) 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Nxd6 Ne5 20. Nxb5
Qb7 21. Qe2 $16 {Seret,JL-Bernard,C,FRA-ch I Epinal 1986}) 11. a4 (11. Nc4 Qc8
12. Na5 Ng4 13. Bd2 f5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Qc4 f4 $5 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. a4 Kh8 18. Qc4
Qd7 19. Rad1 g5 $15 {->>>,Iskov,G-Lawton,G,Copenhagen 1984}) 11... c6 12. dxc6
bxc6 13. Rfd1 d5 14. Bc5 Qc7 15. Nb3 Rfd8 16. exd5 Nexd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4
h6 $10 {Taimanov,M-Gufeld,E,URS 1978}) 9. f3 Bd7 10. Nb3 (10. Nc4 e6 {/\d5=})
10... a5 11. a4 Nb4 $132 12. Qd2 b6 13. Rfd1 Kh8 (13... c5 $6 14. d5 $16 {
/\Nb5,c3,()}) 14. Bf1 {/\Ne2,c3} (14. f4 Ng4 15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Rf1 Be6 $13)
14... Qb7 15. Ne2 Rae8 16. c3 Na6 17. Bh6 e5 $1 $10 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Ng3 (19.
dxe5 dxe5 $10) 19... h6 20. Qd3 Nb8 21. Nd2 Nc6 {/\d5|^[+]} 22. d5 Ne7 23. Qa6
(23. b4 $6 Ra8 $1 $15) 23... Qb8 $6 (23... Qxa6 24. Bxa6 Ra8 25. Bb5 $10) 24.
b4 Qa8 $1 25. Nb3 (25. bxa5 Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 $1 27. Bb5 Rxa5 28. Nb3 $10)
25... Qxa6 26. Bxa6 Ra8 27. Bb5 $8 Bxb5 28. axb5 axb4 $8 (28... a4 $2 29. Nd2
$16 {><a4}) 29. cxb4 Rxa1 (29... Nd7 30. Rdc1 $36) 30. Rxa1 Ne8 {/\f5<=>} 31.
Ne2 f5 32. Nc3 Ng8 33. Nd2 Nef6 34. Ra7 Rf7 35. g3 fxe4 36. Ndxe4 (36. fxe4 $10
) 36... Nxe4 37. Nxe4 (37. fxe4 $142 Nf6 38. h3 Ne8 39. Kg2 $10) 37... g5 $5 (
37... Nf6 38. Nxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf2 Kf5 40. Ke3 $10) 38. h3 Rd7 39. Kg2 (39. Kf2
$142 Ne7 40. Nc3 Nf5 41. Ne2 $10) 39... Ne7 40. Nc3 Nf5 {/\Nd4,Rf7><f3} 41. f4
$6 (41. Ra2 $15) 41... gxf4 42. gxf4 Rf7 (42... exf4 43. Kf3 Nd4+ 44. Kxf4 Nc2
45. Ra4 $10) 43. fxe5 dxe5 44. Kf2 $8 (44. Ne4 $2 Ne3+ 45. Kg1 Nxd5 $19) 44...
Nd6+ 45. Ke3 e4 $1 {/\Rf3} 46. Nxe4 $5 (46. Kd4 Re7 $17) 46... Re7 47. Rxc7 $8
Rxc7 48. Nxd6 Rc3+ (48... Rd7 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. Ke4 $10) 49. Kd4 Rxh3 50. Nc8
Rh4+ 51. Ke5 (51. Kc3 Kf6 52. Nxb6 Ke5 $17) 51... Rxb4 52. d6 Rxb5+ 53. Ke6 Rb1
54. d7 Re1+ (54... Rd1 $2 55. Nd6 $18) 55. Kf5 Rf1+ $6 (55... Rd1 $1 56. Nxb6 (
56. Ke6 Rxd7 57. Kxd7 h5 58. Nxb6 h4 59. Nc4 h3 60. Ne3 h2 61. Nf5+ Kf6 62. Ng3
Kg5 63. Kd6 Kf4 64. Nh1 Kf3 $19) 56... Kf7 $17) 56. Ke6 Rf6+ $2 (56... Re1+ $1
57. Kf5 Rd1 {-55...Rd1!}) 57. Ke5 Rf8 58. Nxb6 Kf7 59. Nd5 $1 {/\Kd6-c7=} h5
60. Kd6 h4 61. Nf4 Kf6 62. Kc7 $10 Kf5 (62... Ke7 $2 63. Ng6+ $18) 63. Nh3 Kg4
64. Nf2+ Kf3 (64... Kg3 65. Ne4+ Kg2 66. Ng5 $10) 65. Nh3 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Tischbierek} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O (
6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 $14) (6... b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O-O Nbd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10.
gxf3 a5 11. f4 b4 12. Na4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Kb1 a4 15. f3 Qa5 16. h4 e6 17.
Rhg1 O-O 18. Rg5 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. f5 $1 $36 {Adams,M-Hodgson,J/Dublin zt/1993/
}) 7. Bh6 b5 (7... Bg4 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Ng5 $1 h6 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 (11. Nxf7
$142 Rxf7 12. g4 $36) 11... hxg5 12. Be2 Rh8 13. Qxg5 Bxg4 14. Bxg4 e5 15.
O-O-O Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Rh4 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Rd3 Na6 19. Rhd1 Rah8 20. dxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qg2 Nc5 $15 {Hennigan,M-Krasenkov,M/Hastings9394/1993/}) 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Bxg7 (9.
h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. O-O-O Nh5 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Ne2 Na6 15. Kb1
Nc5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Ng3 Nhf4 18. h5 $132 {Dunnington,A-Weill,R/Cannes op/1992/}
) 9... Kxg7 10. e5 $6 (10. Ng5 $5 h6 11. h3 Bh5 (11... Bc8 12. Nf3 {/\e5|^,()})
12. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 13. g4 $36) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qe3 Qc7 (12... Qb6 $5
$15) 13. e6 $1 $8 Bxe6 {[#]} (13... fxe6 $2 14. Ng5 $36) 14. Ng5 (14. h4 $5 $40
{Tischbierek}) 14... Qe5 (14... Bc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qxe7 $14 {ק}) 15. Nxe6+
(15. Qxe5+ Nxe5 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 $15) 15... fxe6 16. a4 {׫} Qxe3+ (16... b4 17.
Ne4 Qxb2 18. O-O $44) 17. fxe3 b4 18. Ne4 Rf5 $5 (18... Ne5 19. Nc5 Rf6 20. Be4
a5 {/\Na6}) 19. Nd2 Rd5 20. Bc4 Re5 21. O-O-O Nc5 (21... Rxe3 22. Nf3 $44 {
/\Ng5} (22. Rhe1 {Tischbierek} Rxe1 23. Rxe1 e5 24. Nf3 Kf6 25. Rf1 e4 26. Nd2+
Ke5 27. Rf7)) 22. Rhe1 Nbd7 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Bd3 $5 (24. b3 Ne5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5
$15) 24... Rg4 (24... Nxd3+ 25. cxd3 (25. Rxd3 $6 Nc5) 25... Rg4 26. Re2 $44 {
ק}) 25. Bf1 e5 $6 (25... Re4 $5 26. Bd3 $10) (25... Rf8 {Tischbierek}) 26. g3
{/\Bh3+-} b3 27. e4 $1 (27. Bh3 $6 Rxa4 28. Bxd7 (28. Rxd7 Nxd7 29. Bxd7 Ra1+
30. Kd2 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 bxc2 32. Kd2 Rd8 33. Nxe5 e6 $3 34. Kxc2 Kf6 35. Ng4+ Ke7
36. Ne5 (36. Bxc6 Rc8 37. Ne5 Kd6 $19) 36... Rxd7 37. Nxd7 Kxd7 $19) 28... Ra1+
29. Kd2 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Nxd7 $15) 27... bxc2 28. Kxc2 Rf8 29. Bg2 (29. Bh3 Rxe4
30. Rxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxd7 Rxf3 $36) 29... a5 (29... Nb6 $5 30. Nxe5 (30. a5 Nc4
31. Kc3 Nd6 $132) 30... Rf2+ 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Kxd2 Rg5 33. Nf3 Rg4 $10) 30. b3
Nb8 (30... h6 $142 {Tischbierek} 31. Re2 Rf6 32. Nd2 $13) 31. Rd2 $1 (31. Nxe5
Rf2+ 32. Rd2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Rg5 $10) 31... Nca6 (31... Rxe4 {Tischbierek} 32.
Rxe4 Nxe4 33. Re2 $16 {+/-/+/=}) 32. Nxe5 Nb4+ 33. Kc3 Rg5 34. Nf3 Rg4 $6 (
34... Rc5+ 35. Kb2 $14) 35. Rd4 $36 {ק,Rg4} Na2+ (35... N8a6 36. Rd7 $36) 36.
Kc4 Na6 37. e5 Rb8 $1 (37... Rxd4+ 38. Nxd4 Rf2 39. Re2 $16 {><c6,a5}) 38. Rxg4
Rb4+ 39. Kd3 Rxg4 40. Ke3 $1 (40. Nd4 $2 N2b4+ 41. Ke3 Rxd4 $1 $19) 40... Rb4
41. Nd4 Nc5 (41... c5 42. Ne6+ {/\Bd5->}) 42. Bxc6 Nxb3 43. Ne6+ Kh6 (43... Kf7
$2 44. Bd5 Ke8 45. Rf1 Kd7 46. Rf8 $18) 44. Rd1 Rb6 (44... Nc3 45. Rd7 $5 (45.
Rd3 Rc4 $13) 45... Nxa4 46. Rxe7 $36 {עh6,o^e5}) 45. Bd7 g5 46. g4 $1 $40 {
/\Rf1-f3-h3#} Rb4 47. Rg1 Nc3 (47... Rb7 48. h4 $1 Rxd7 (48... gxh4 $2 49. Be8
{/\g5#}) 49. hxg5+ Kg6 50. Nf8+ Kxg5 51. Nxd7 $18) 48. h4 $1 Nd5+ 49. Kf2 gxh4
50. Be8 $1 Rf4+ $8 51. Nxf4 $8 (51. Ke2 Nd4+) (51. Ke1 Re4+ 52. Kd1 $2 Ne3+ {
/\Ng4}) 51... Nxf4 52. g5+ Kg7 53. Rg4 $18 Nd3+ 54. Ke3 Nxe5 55. Rxh4 Nc5 56.
Rf4 Nb7 57. Re4 Ng6 58. Bxg6 Kxg6 59. Re5 $1 (59. Rxe7 $6 Nc5 $16) 59... Nd6 (
59... h6 60. gxh6 Kxh6 61. Kf4 {/\Rb5+-}) 60. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.12"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 (6... b6 7. Bc4 e6
8. O-O Bb7 9. d5 e5 10. Qe2 Bc8 $1 11. b4 Nh5 12. a4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Ra3
a6 15. Qd2 g5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 19. Nd3 Nd7 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 a5 22. h4 h6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Rb3 c6 $1 $36 {Mowsziszian,K-Jansa,V/
Hamburg op/1992/}) 7. a4 b6 8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O d5 (9... Bb7 $142 $5 10. d5 exd5 (
10... e5 $13) 11. exd5 Re8 12. Bd4 Nbd7 13. Re1 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Nc5 15. Qe3 Qd7
16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. b3 Qf5 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Qf6 22.
Qe3 Nf5 23. Qe8+ Kg7 24. Ne2 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 $10 {Pira,D-Chabanon,JL/FRA-chT/
1993/}) 10. exd5 $1 $146 (10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qe2 Nd7
14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. Nf3 Rad8 20.
Bf4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 h5 24. Nc4 Nxa4 $1 25. Bxa4 b5 $10
{Novikov,I-Espig,L/Budapest Perenyi-B/1989/}) 10... exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 (
11. Bxd5 $5 exd5 12. Qd2 $14) 11... exd5 12. Bd3 $14) 11. Bb3 Bb7 (11... Be6
12. Ng5 $36) 12. Ne5 $14 Ne4 (12... Nbd7 13. Bg5 $14 (13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne4
$10)) 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qg4 $1 Bd5 (14... Nc6 $142 15. Nxc6 $5 (15. Qxe4 Na5 $1
16. Qf4 (16. Bxf7+ Rxf7 17. Nxf7 Bxe4 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 $15) 16... Nxb3 17. cxb3
Qd5 $44) 15... Bxc6 16. d5 (16. c3 Kh8 {/\f5=}) 16... Bd7 17. Qxe4 Bxb2 18.
Rad1 $14 {/\d6,[+]}) 15. Bg5 $1 f6 $8 (15... Qd6 $2 16. Be7 Qxe7 17. Bxd5 $16)
16. c4 h5 $8 (16... fxg5 17. cxd5 $18) (16... Bb7 17. Qe6+ $1 Kh8 18. c5 Qe8 $8
(18... fxg5 $4 19. Qg8+ Rxg8 20. Nf7#) 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Nf7+ Kg8 21. Nd6+ Kf8
22. Nxe8 Kxe8 23. Bf4 $18) 17. Qe2 Bb7 $8 18. Nxg6 fxg5 19. c5+ Rf7 $8 (19...
Bd5 $4 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Ne7+) 20. Ne5 $5 (20. Qxh5 $2 Bd5 $17) (20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. Qxh5 Kg8 $13) 20... Bd5 (20... Bxe5 21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxh5+ $40) 21.
Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Qxh5+ Kf8 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. Ra3 $1 $16 Nd7 (25...
Nc6 26. Rg3 Nxd4 27. Rxg5 $16) 26. Rg3 Nf6 27. Rxg5 Qxd4 $8 (27... Nxh5 28.
Rxd5 Nf6 (28... Nf4 $2 29. Rf5+) 29. Rd6 $18) 28. Qg6 Qd7 (28... Ne8 $2 29.
Rf5+ Nf6 30. Re1 Re8 31. Re3 $18) 29. Rc1 (29. Rf5 Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. g4
$16) 29... Ra7 30. Rf5 Qe6 (30... Qf7 31. Rc8+ Ke7 32. Re5+ Kd6 33. Qg3 $40)
31. g4 $6 (31. Rc3 $16) 31... e3 $1 $132 32. g5 Rf7 $8 (32... e2 33. gxf6 e1=Q+
34. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Bh8 36. Qh5 $1 $18) (32... exf2+ 33. Rxf2 $18) 33. gxf6
Bxf6 {/\Rg7} 34. Kh1 $2 (34. Rxf6 exf2+ $1 (34... Rxf6 35. Rc8+ Qxc8 36. Qxf6+
Kg8 37. Qg5+ $18) 35. Kf1 $8 (35. Kxf2 $4 Rxf6+) 35... Rxf6 (35... Qxh3+ $2 36.
Ke2 $1 $18) 36. Rc8+ Qxc8 37. Qxf6+ Kg8 $10) (34. Rc8+ Qxc8 35. Rxf6 exf2+ 36.
Rxf2 (36. Kxf2 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 (37. Kf3 Qc6+) 37... Qd5+ 38. Kf1 $8 Qd1+ 39. Kg2
Qe2+ $10) 36... Qc1+ $10) (34. Kh2 $2 Be5+ $19) 34... e2 35. Re1 $8 Qe4+ 36. f3
(36. Kh2 Be5+ 37. Rxe5 Qxg6 $19) 36... Qh4 $1 37. Rxe2 (37. Kg2 Qxe1 38. Rxf6
Qf1+) 37... Qxh3+ 38. Rh2 (38. Kg1 Bd4+ $19) 38... Qf1+ $1 (38... Qf1+ 39. Qg1
Qxg1+ 40. Kxg1 Bd4+ {/\Rf5-+}) 0-1

[Event "Noyabrsk"]
[Site "Noyabrsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Black "Kochetkov, German"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 Qe8 11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Rb1
Nf6 15. b4 Kh8 16. Qd3 Qf7 17. Rb3 c6 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Nb5 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Qxe4 Nd4 22. Nxd6 Qe7 23. c5 Nxb3 24. axb3 $44 {Illescas,M-Stohl,I/
Chalkidiki/1992/}) 9... e5 (9... Nd7 10. Nb1 (10. Ne2 e5 11. c3 Nb6 12. Qb3 Na5
13. Qc2 Nac4 14. Bc1 exd4 15. Nxd4 Qh4 16. Be2 Rfe8 17. b3 Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19.
Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Kh2 c5 22. Bd2 a5 23. Rab1 Qf6 24. c4 a4 25. g3 axb3
26. axb3 Nd7 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gb8b3] <->b,><d4,Gomez Esteban,JM-Morovic
Fernandez,I/Mesa op 1992/}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Nb6 13. c3 Re8 14.
a4 c6 15. a5 Nbc4 16. Bc1 d5 17. f4 Nd7 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e5 Qe7 20. Qe2 g5 21.
Nd2 gxf4 22. Nxc4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxf4 Rad8 $10 {
Bertholee,R-Vanheste,J/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12.
c4 f5 13. Nc3 Nf6 14. c5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rf7 18. cxd6
cxd6 19. Bf3 Qf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf4 22. Qe2 Qf7 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Rac1 Qb6
25. g3 Rff8 26. h4 $10 {^-,1/2-1/2, Johannessen,S-Bern,I/Gjovik ch-NO/1991/})
10... dxe5 11. Ne2 Qe7 $5 (11... Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Rfd8 13. c3 $14 {_|_^^}) 12. c3
Rfd8 13. Qc2 {[%cal Yb2b4,Ya2a5] /\b4,a4-a5,|^<<} a5 $1 (13... h5 14. b4 Kh7 {
[%cal Yg7h6] /\Bh6=}) 14. Rfd1 a4 (14... h5 $1 $10) 15. g4 $6 (15. b4 axb3 (
15... Qe6 16. Ng3) 16. axb3 $14) 15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Qe6 17. Ra1 $6 (17. a3 b5
{[%csl Ra2,Rb3,Rc4,Rf4,Rg3,Rg5,Rh4][%cal Rc6a5,Ra5c4] /\Na5-c4,׻<<}) (17. Qb1
$142) 17... h5 18. g5 Nh7 (18... Qxh3 $2 19. Bg2 $16) 19. Kg2 (19. h4 f6 $1 {
[%csl Rg5,Rh4] ><g5,h4} (19... Qh3 20. Ng3 Qxh4 $2 21. Kg2 {/\Rh1+-})) 19...
Qe7 20. Qc1 Nd8 {[%cal Rd8e6] /\Ne6} (20... Na5 21. b3 $1 {[%cal Ya1b1] /\Rb1
leads nowhere.}) 21. h4 f6 $36 22. Ng1 (22. gxf6 $2 Bxf6 $17 {[%csl Rh4] ><h4})
22... a3 $5 23. b4 fxg5 24. hxg5 $8 (24. Bxg5 Bf6 25. Nh3 Ne6 $17) 24... Ne6
25. Nh3 Rf8 26. Qd2 Nf4+ (26... Rd8 27. Qc1 Rf8 $142 (27... Rd3 $6 28. Be2 {
[%cal Re2c4] /\Bc4})) 27. Bxf4 $8 (27. Nxf4 exf4 28. Bc5 (28. Bxf4 $2 Qf7 29.
Kg3 h4+ 30. Kg4 Bxc3 $1 $19) 28... Qxg5+ 29. Kf1 Rd8 $19) 27... exf4 28. Qd5+
Kh8 29. Rd1 $5 (29. Rc1 c6 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Rd8 $17 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rc5,
Rg5] _|_><a2,c3,c5,g5}) (29. Qxb7 Nxg5 $40 {[%csl Rg2] עg2}) 29... Bxc3 30.
Qc5 (30. b5 Be5 $17) 30... Qxc5 $6 (30... Bxb4 $1 31. Qd4+ (31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32.
Rd7 Bd6 $17) 31... Kg8 32. Rb1 (32. Be2 Nxg5 33. Bc4+ Kh7 $19) 32... Bd6 (32...
c5 33. Qd5+ $132 {[%csl Rb4] ץb4}) 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. Rxb7 Be5 $17) 31. bxc5 Kg7
32. Rd3 Bb4 (32... Be5 $142 $5 33. Rxa3 Rd8 $15) 33. e5 Bxc5 34. Bxb7 $44 {
[%csl Rc7,Rf4] ><f4,c7} Re8 35. Rd5 Bb4 36. Kf3 Re7 $2 (36... Nf8 $142 37. Kxf4
(37. Nxf4 Be7 38. Nh3 Ne6 $10) 37... Ne6+ 38. Kg3 Be7 39. f4 Rd8 $10) 37. Kxf4
c5 38. Ba6 Nf8 39. Ke4 Ne6 40. Bc4 $16 {Suddenly White's pieces coordinate
ideally, Black's Bb4 is out of play.} Bc3 41. f4 Bd4 42. Rd6 Nc7 43. e6 Kf8 44.
f5 Ne8 (44... gxf5+ 45. Kxf5 {[%cal Rh3f4] /\Nf4+-}) 45. Rd8 gxf5+ 46. Kxf5 Rb7
47. Ba6 $1 (47. Nf4 $2 Ke7 {[%cal Re8d6] /\Nd6}) 47... Rb6 (47... Ra7 48. Bb5
$18) 48. Nf4 $1 $18 Rxa6 $8 49. Ng6+ Kg7 50. Rxe8 c4 51. e7 (51. e7 Rxg6 (51...
Ra5+ 52. Ke4 {[%cal Re8g8] /\Rg8+-}) 52. Rg8+ Kxg8 53. Kxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 (7...
Qc7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4
a6 15. Nc3 Qc7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nh2 Ndf6 18. Ra1 b6 19. Nf1 Qd7 20. Rab1 Qe7 $6
21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. Ng3 Qf8 23. b4 Bd7 24. b5 $16 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco act/
1995/}) 8. Bf4 Qb6 (8... Qa5 9. Nd2 Qc7 (9... e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Be3 b5 13. Qd6 $1 Qxd6 14. Nxd6 a5 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Ne8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. Rd1
Rc7 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. f3 Ra8 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Bf8 23. Kf1 $16 {[%csl Gc4,
Ge3] ^^_|_,Bobras,P-Lobejko,R/Polanica Zdroj op/1995/}) 10. d5 (10. Bg3 Rd8 11.
a4 e5 12. Nb3 exd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nh5 17. Bh4
Re8 18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Qc1 d5 20. exd5 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 cxd5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Nbd4 Nd6
24. c3 Ne4 25. Be3 a6 $10 {Lamoureux,C-Tkachiev,V/Oakham/1993/}) 10... Nb6 11.
Bf3 Nfd7 $5 (11... e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. a4 a5 14. Be2 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nd4
Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nexc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qd2 Nbd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Bh8 22. Nde2
Ng4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Nc5 25. Bf4 $16 {Brodskij,M-Korotylev,A/St.
Petersburg op/1993/}) 12. Qc1 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg3 Bh6 15. Qd1 e5 16. Nf1
Nc5 17. Bg4 Ne6 18. b3 Qe7 19. a4 a5 20. f3 Nd7 21. Bh4 Nf6 22. Ne3 Ng5 23.
Bxc8 Raxc8 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Kh1 Nf4 $132 {Brodsky,M-Delemarre,J/
Wijk op/1995/}) 9. Rb1 $5 $146 (9. Qc1 e5 (9... Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4
12. e6 fxe6 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bc4 Nf8 15. Be5 a5 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Bf1 Qc7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Rb8 22. Qa7 e5 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. Nxb6 e4 25.
Ne5 Be6 26. Rd2 $44 {Zaitsev,I-Komliakov,V/Bucharest ENE/1993/}) 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 (12. a4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nc5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Bf1 a5 16. Bc4 Be6
17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20. Qb1 Nd4 21. Ne2 $10 {Adams,M-Seret,
J/FRA-chT/1989/}) 12... Rd8 13. Rd1 Nf8 14. Nc4 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ne8 16. a4 Ne6
17. Nb1 b6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nbd2 h5 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b4 Nf6 23. Nf3
Nh7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 $14 {Karpov,A-Hansen,C/Biel/1992/}) (9. Qd3 $5 c5 $2
10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxb2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Nd5 Qxd3 15. Nxe7+ Kh8
16. Bxd3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc5 Bc3 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxf8 Bxe1 21. Rxe1
Bf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bc5 Nf4 24. Re7 Ne6 25. Ba3 $18 {Nunn,J-Christiansen,L/
Luzern tt/1989/}) 9... a5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4] As usual in the Pirc defence, White
has occupied the center. Black unfortunately doesn't fight against the duo Pd4,
e4 and is gradually squeezed to death.} (9... Re8 $142 $5 {[%cal Re7e5] /\e5})
10. Bf1 Rd8 11. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re4e6] /\e5-e6} Nf8 12. h3 Be6 $6 (12... Ne6 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nd4 $36 {[+],()}) (12... N6d7 $142 $5 $14 {/\e5}) 13.
Be3 Qc7 14. Rbd1 $16 d5 15. e5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] The pawn on e5 gives White
attacking chances on the King-side.} Ne8 16. Ng5 Bc8 17. f4 (17. a4 $6 f6 18.
exf6 exf6 19. Nf3 Nd6 $10) 17... b5 18. Qf2 f6 19. Nf3 {()>> Black has a
cramped and passive position, absolutely devoid of counterplay. White
methodically increases his pressure .} Qb8 20. g4 {A central advantage allows
White this effective flank attack.} a4 (20... b4 21. Na4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Rxa6 23.
Nc5 Ra7 24. f5 $1 $18 {->}) 21. Ne2 Bh8 (21... f5 22. Qh4 {[%cal Ye2g3,Yf1d3,
Ye1e2,Ye2g2] /\Ng3,Bd3,Re2-g2...}) 22. Ng3 Ng7 23. Bd3 f5 (23... fxe5 24. Nxe5
{[%csl Rg7,Rg8,Rh8][%cal Rf4f5] /\f5->+-,עg8,Bh8,Ng7 Black simply doesn't
have enough space to defend successfully.}) 24. gxf5 Nxf5 (24... gxf5 25. Nh4
e6 26. a3 {[%cal Ye3d2,Yd2b4,Yg1h2,Ye1g1] /\Bd2-b4,Kh2,Rg1->}) 25. Nxf5 Bxf5
26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Kh2 Ra7 28. Rg1+ Bg7 (28... Ng6 29. Nh4 $18) (28... Kf7 29.
Qh4 Ke8 30. Rg8 $18) 29. Rg2 e6 (29... Ne6 30. Rdg1 Kh8 31. Nh4 Rf8 32. Ng6+ $1
hxg6 33. Rxg6 Qc8 34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Qh6 Rf7 $8 36. Rxe6 $18) 30. Rdg1 Rdd7 31.
Ne1 Qe8 32. Nd3 h6 33. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Rd2b4,Rb4d6,Rd3c5] /\Bb4-d6,Nc5,><e6 The
activization of White's passive Be3 decides the game.} Rf7 34. Bb4 Kh7 35. Qh4
Rfc7 (35... Nd7 36. Qh5 Ra8 37. Bd6 Rc8 38. Nb4 {[%cal Rb4c6,Rg2g7] /\Nc6!,Rg7}
Nf8 39. Na6 $1 $18) 36. Bc5 Rab7 37. Bd6 Rf7 38. Nc5 Ra7 39. Qh5 {[%cal Rg2g7]
/\Rg7+-} Qc8 40. Bxf8 (40. Bxf8 Rxf8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Nxe6 Rg8 43. Nxg7) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hertneck, Gerald"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1993.11.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4
Qc7 8. a5 (8. Re1 e5 9. d5 $6 cxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3
a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Ba3 b6 16. b4 axb4 17. Bxb4 Bd7 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Qd8 $15
{Malisauska,V-Newerovski,G/Katowice/1993/}) (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7
11. Rfd1 Nhf6 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. f3 a6 15. Bf1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17.
Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Kh1 Bd7 20. Ra3 Rac8 $10 {Kruszynski,W-Gipslis,A/
Katowice/1993/}) 8... Rd8 $5 $146 (8... e5 9. Re1 (9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11.
Bf3 Nbd7 12. Re1 a6 13. Bg5 Ne5 14. Be2 c5 $5 15. Nb3 Be6 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd4 $10 {Wedberg,T-Smyslov,V/New York op/1989/})
9... exd4 (9... Re8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bc4 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. g3 Na6 14. Be3 h6
15. Nh4 Kh7 16. Na4 Bf8 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Nb6 $1 Rb8 19. Nxc8 Rbxc8 20. Bxa7 $16
{Zakharov,A-Zakharevich,I/Smolensk cup/1991/}) 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf1 Nbd7 12.
Nb3 Ne5 13. f4 Ned7 14. Qf3 Rb8 15. Be3 b5 16. axb6 axb6 17. Bf2 b5 18. Ra7 Rb7
19. Ra8 Nb6 20. Ra2 Rb8 21. h3 Bb7 $13 {Malisauskas,V-Kantsler,B/Manila olm/
1992/}) (8... Nbd7 9. Be3 Rb8 $5 10. Nd2 b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 Bb7 13. dxc6
Bxc6 14. Nb5 Bxb5 15. Bxb5 Nc5 16. Qf3 Qb7 17. Rfe1 $6 Nfxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19.
Ba6 Qc6 20. Bf4 f5 $17 {Laketic,G-Zaitshik,G/Belgrade GMA-op/1988/}) 9. Be3 (9.
Bf4 $5 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 $132) 9... d5 $1 10. exd5 (10. e5 $6 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Nd2 c5 13. c3 Nc6 $36) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 $10 12. Qd2 Bf5 13. Rfc1 (
13. c3 Nc6 14. b4 e5 $132) 13... Nc6 14. Bf4 Qd7 15. b4 (15. c3 Be4 16. Ne5 $10
) 15... a6 16. b5 $6 (16. c3 {/\Ne1-d3-c5=}) (16. c3 $10 {Ftacnik}) 16... axb5
17. Bxb5 Qc8 18. Ra4 Be4 $36 19. Ng5 (19. Ne5 $142 $5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
dxe5 Qc5 $15) 19... h6 $1 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. d5 {?! Ftacnik} (21. c3 Nxa5 $17 {
/\Nb3} (21... g5 {Ftacnik} 22. Be3 Nxa5 $15)) 21... Qf5 $1 22. a6 $6 {? Ftacnik
} (22. c4 Nd4 {/\Qf4,Nb3} 23. Re1 Nxb5 24. cxb5 Rxd5 $17) 22... Rxd5 23. axb7
Rad8 24. Bxc6 (24. Qe1 Rxb5) 24... Qxf4 $1 (24... Rxd2 25. Bxd2 Be5 26. Bxe4
$44 (26. Be3 $132 {Ftacnik})) (24... Qxf4 25. Qe1 (25. Qxf4 Rd1+) 25... Qxc1 $1
26. Qxc1 Rd1+) 0-1

[Event "WchT 3rd"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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 "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 (7. Re1 Nbd7
(7... b5 $6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne4 Ra7 11. Bd3 f5 12. Neg5 h6 13. exd6 $1
hxg5 14. dxe7 Rxe7 15. Bxb8 g4 16. Ne5 Rb7 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ne7+ $16 {
Syrtlanov,V-Kirpichnikov,V/Paardubice op/1993/}) 8. Bf4 (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5
Nxe5 (9... Nd5 $5 $10) 10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 e6 14.
Bg5 Bd7 15. c4 $1 Bc6 (15... dxc4 $142 $5) 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. c5 b6 18. b4 b5 19.
Rab1 a5 20. a4 $1 axb4 21. axb5 Bxb5 22. Rxb4 Bc6 23. Bd6 $16 {Boensch,U-Vogt,
L/Altensteig I/1993/}) (8. a4 {-7.a4}) 8... Qa5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Bg3 Rd8 11. a4
e5 12. Nb3 exd4 13. Qxd4 Ne5 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. Qd2 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nh5 17. Bh4 Re8
18. Rb1 Nc4 19. Qc1 d5 20. exd5 Rxe2 21. Nxe2 cxd5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Nbd4 Nd6
$132 {Lamoreux,C-Tkachiev,V/Oakham/1993/}) (7. a4 Nbd7 8. Re1 (8. Be3 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4 e4 15. Rad1
Ndf6 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Be5 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Ne3 Rad8 20. Qc1 Nf6 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Rd1 $10 {Brunner,L-Nogueiras,J/Biel izt/1993/}) 8... e5 9. a5 $5 exd4
10. Nxd4 Re8 11. f3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. c3 a6 15. Bf1 Ne5 16.
Be3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qxc4 Rc8 20. Qd5 $14 {Rozentalis,
E-Bologan,V/BL 9293/1993/}) 7... Nbd7 8. e5 (8. Bg5 Qc7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Rad1 b5
11. a3 a5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qe3 Re8 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. a4 b4 16. Ncb1 Ne6 17. Bh6
Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nd4 19. Bd3 Nh5 20. c3 Nf4 21. Bc4 bxc3 22. bxc3 Nde6 23. g3 Nh5
24. Nf3 Qe7 25. Nbd2 f6 $10 {Gurevich,I-Zlotnikov,M/New York op/1993/}) 8...
Ne8 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf4 (11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3
b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8 19. Ned4 Ndc5 20. Rad1
Rab8 $10 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund-A/1990/}) 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 Qb6 $5 $146 (
12... b5 13. Bf1 Qb6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 Qc7 16. Nb1 Rd8 17. Qc1 c5 18. Qe3 Bb7
19. Nbd2 Ndf8 20. Bc4 a6 21. c3 Bc6 $132 {Gligoric,S-Todorcevic,M/JUG-chT/1989/
}) 13. a3 Rd8 (13... Qxb2 $4 14. Na4 $18) 14. Qc1 Ndf8 15. Bh4 Re8 (15... Qc7
16. a4 $14 {/\Bc4,Ne4}) 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. b4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bd3 $14 {()}
Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bg5 Rdd8 22. Be3 Qc7 23. f4 f6 24. Qf2 b6 (24... fxe5 $6
25. Bxa7 $36 {/\Bb6}) 25. exf6 exf6 (25... Bxf6 $6 26. Ne4 $16) 26. f5 $1 Bxf5
$8 27. Bxf5 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 (28. Rxd1 gxf5 29. Rd3 Qe5 $132) 28... gxf5 29. Qxf5
Re5 30. Qf3 Ng6 31. Rf1 (31. Nf2 $5 $14 {/\Nd3,Ng4}) 31... Qd7 32. Nf2 f5 $1
33. Bf4 (33. Nd3 $4 Rxe3 34. Qxe3 Bd4 $19) (33. Kh1 Qd5 $10) 33... Re6 (33...
Nxf4 34. Qxf4 Rd5 35. Nd3 $14 {׻}) 34. Nd3 Qd5 $5 35. Qxd5 cxd5 $132 {><c2}
36. Bg3 Ne7 (36... Re2 37. Rxf5 Rxc2 38. Rxd5 $36) 37. b5 (37. Re1 Re4 $5 $10 {
/\Bc3,d4,Nd5}) 37... Re2 38. Nb4 Bd4+ 39. Kh2 Bc5 $1 $10 40. Nc6 (40. c3 Re3
$10) 40... Rxc2 41. Nxe7+ Bxe7 42. Rxf5 Bxa3 43. Rxd5 Rc5 $1 44. Rd8+ (44. Rxc5
bxc5 45. Bb8 c4 46. Bxa7 c3 $10) 44... Kf7 45. Ra8 Bb2 46. Rxa7+ Kg6 {/\Rb5}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Elenite"]
[Site "Elenite"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 (7. a4 b6 8.
Bc4 e6 $13) (7. Bd3 b5 8. Qe2 b4 (8... Bb7 $5 $132) 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O Qc7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bb7 16. c4 Nd7 17. Nd4
Rac8 18. b3 Nc5 19. Qb1 $14 {[+],Benjamin,J-Davies,N,Hastings 1987}) 7... b5 8.
Bd3 (8. e5 $5 Ne8 $6 (8... Nfd7 9. O-O-O $13) 9. O-O-O {פe8} dxe5 10. dxe5
Qxd2+ 11. Rxd2 Nc6 12. Bf4 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Be2 $14 {Moutousis,
K-Manor,A,WchJ Tunja 1989,TD 89_08}) 8... Bb7 9. e5 $5 (9. a3 Nbd7 10. Bh6 e5
11. d5 c6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nc5 15. Bg5 Qb7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17.
Bf1 Rad8 18. Qe3 Bg7 19. b4 Ne6 20. Rad1 Nd4 $36 {Kapelius,L-Glianets,A,Prague
op 1989}) 9... Nd5 (9... Nfd7 10. e6 $5 Bxf3 $8 (10... fxe6 11. Ng5 Rf6 12. h4
$40) 11. exf7+ Rxf7 12. gxf3 $36) 10. Bh6 dxe5 $1 (10... Nxc3 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
Qxc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 e6 14. h4 Nd7 15. O-O-O c5 16. Ng5 $1 b4 17. Qe1 Bd5 18. Be4
h6 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. e6 $1 $16 {Kotronias,V-Yrjola,J,Haifa ETC 1989,TD 89_12})
11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Be4 (12. dxe5 Nb4 $36) 12... b4 (12... exd4 $4 13. Qxd4+ $18)
(12... Nxc3 $6 13. Bxb7 Ra7 14. Qxc3 Rxb7 15. dxe5 e6 16. O-O $36) 13. Nxd5
Bxd5 14. Qe3 (14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. dxe5 (15. Qxb4 $2 Qe4+ $17) 15... Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Nd7 $10) 14... e6 15. dxe5 {N} (15. Nxe5 Nd7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18.
O-O {Kotronias,V-Lerner,K,Gausdal Troll 1992,EXP 28} Rb6 $10) 15... c6 (15...
Nd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. O-O-O $16) 16. a3 (16. O-O-O Qa5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Kb1
Rc8 $132) (16. O-O Nd7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Nd4 Qc7 $10) 16... Qe7 17. h4 $6 (17.
O-O Nd7 18. axb4 Qxb4 $10) 17... bxa3 $1 18. bxa3 (18. Rxa3 $2 Qb4+ $17) 18...
h6 19. h5 g5 $15 20. Nd2 (20. O-O $142 $15) 20... Qa7 $1 (20... Nd7 21. Bd3 $5
Qc5 22. c4 Bxg2 23. Rh2 Nxe5 24. Be2 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Bd5 26. e4 Rfd8 $13) 21. Qf3
(21. Qxa7 Rxa7 $36 {/\Nd7,><e5}) (21. c4 Qxe3+ 22. fxe3 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nd7 $17)
21... Nd7 $17 22. O-O (22. c4 $6 Qd4 {/\Ne5-+}) 22... Nxe5 23. Qg3 (23. Qc3 f6
24. Rab1 Rab8 $17) 23... f6 24. c4 $5 {<=>} (24. Kh1 Qd4 $19) 24... Nxc4 (24...
Bxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxc4 26. Rac1 Ne5 27. Nc5 $44 {/\f4}) 25. Nxc4 Bxe4 $1 (25...
Bxc4 26. Rfc1 Bd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 $8 28. Rxc6 $44 {׻}) 26. Nd6 Bd5 27. Rab1 Rab8
28. Qd3 f5 29. Rfc1 Kh8 (29... Kg8 $142 $17) 30. a4 Qe7 31. Qc3+ Qg7 $6 (31...
Kg8 32. Qe5 (32. Nc4 Qc5 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Qf6 Qf8 $19) 32... Qg7 $19) 32. Nf7+
$1 Kh7 33. Ne5 {/\a5,Rb6~/=} a5 (33... c5 $5 34. a5 Qc7 $17) 34. Re1 Qc7 35.
Qc5 Rfe8 36. Rb5 $5 Rxb5 37. axb5 Qe7 $1 38. Qxe7+ Rxe7 39. bxc6 Rc7 $6 $138 (
39... Kg7 40. Ra1 (40. Rc1 Rc7 41. Ra1 Kf6 $19) 40... Ra7 41. c7 Rxc7 42. Rxa5
Kf6 $19 {קh5}) 40. Ra1 Kg7 41. Rxa5 Kf6 42. Nd7+ Ke7 43. Nb8 $8 Kd6 $2 (43...
g4 $142 44. Kh2 Kf6 (44... Bxc6 45. Nxc6+ Rxc6 46. f3 $15) 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. f4+
gxf3 47. gxf3 Kxh5 48. Rc5 $15 {/\f4}) 44. f3 $1 Rc8 45. Rb5 Bxc6 46. Nxc6 Rxc6
47. Rb8 $132 Ke5 48. Kf2 (48. Rh8 $142 Kf4 49. Kh2 e5 50. Rg8 e4 51. Rg6 Rc1
52. fxe4 fxe4 53. Rxh6 e3 54. Rf6+ $10 {<=>}) 48... Rc2+ 49. Kg3 g4 $5 50. f4+
$1 (50. Rh8 $2 f4+ 51. Kxg4 Rxg2+ 52. Kh4 Rg3 53. Rxh6 Rxf3 $17) (50. fxg4 $5
Rc3+ 51. Kf2 (51. Kh4 $2 Rc4 52. Rg8 Rxg4+ 53. Rxg4 fxg4 54. Kxg4 Ke4 55. Kg3
Ke3 56. Kh2 e5 57. Kg1 e4 $19) 51... fxg4 52. Rh8 g3+ 53. Ke2 Kf4 54. Rxh6 Rc2+
55. Kf1 Rc1+ 56. Ke2 $132) 50... Ke4 51. Rb4+ Kd3 52. Rb3+ Ke2 (52... Rc3 53.
Rxc3+ Kxc3 54. Kh4 {/\g3=}) 53. Rb6 Rc3+ 54. Kh4 $1 $10 Re3 (54... Kf2 55. g3
Rc1 56. Rb2+ $10) 55. Rb2+ Kf1 56. g3 e5 57. fxe5 Rxe5 58. Rf2+ $1 (58. Rf2+
Ke1 59. Re2+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 031"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 (7. Bg5
Nc6 8. Qd2 a6 $6 (8... Nd7 $142 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 $13) 9. Rad1 b5 10. a3
Rb8 11. e5 $1 Ne8 12. h3 Bf5 13. Rfe1 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Bf4 d5 16. Bd3 $16 {
Wirthensohn,H-Landenbergue,C,SWZ-chI 1992-CBM 31}) 7... Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Ne7
10. Rad1 Bd7 (10... b5 11. a3 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Ra3 14. Bxb5 Rxc3 $5 {N}
(14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nh5 $132) 15. Qxc3 Nxe4 16. Qb3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rfe1
Nh5 19. Bf1 Nf5 20. Bh3 Qh4 $44 {Hellers,F-Hoi,C,Ostersund zt 1992-CBM 31}) 11.
Ne1 b5 12. a3 a5 (12... Nc8 $6 13. Bg5 Rb8 14. Nd3 a5 15. Qe3 Qe8 16. f4 $1 Ng4
17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rde1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Nb1 $36 {Brunner,L-McNab,C,Manila
olm 1992}) 13. Nd3 Qb8 14. f3 Rd8 $5 {N} (14... c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 axb4 $2
(16... d5 $142 17. Bc5 Re8 $13) 17. Nxb4 Rxa3 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Nxb5 Ra2 20.
Bc4 $16 {Vogt,L-Bernard,C,Wildbad 1990-EXP 20}) 15. b4 (15. f4 $2 b4 $17) (15.
Bg5 c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. b4 d5 $132) 15... axb4 16. Nxb4 $5 (16. axb4 c6 17.
dxc6 Bxc6 $10 {Pd5}) 16... Rxa3 17. Ra1 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Be8 (18... c5 19. dxc6
Nxc6 20. Na6 $36 {P b5} (20. Nxb5 Nxb4 21. Qxb4 d5 $15)) 19. Ra6 (19. Ra7 $2 {
P a6+-} Bh6 $1 20. Qd3 (20. Bxh6 Qxa7+ 21. Kf1 Kh8 $1 $17 {P fg8}) (20. Na6 $2
Qxa7 $19) 20... Bxe3+ 21. Qxe3 c5 $1 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 $17) 19... Rc8
{Pc5|^} 20. Nc6 $8 Bxc6 21. dxc6 b4 22. Nb5 (22. Ba7 $2 bxc3 $19) (22. Nd5
Nfxd5 23. exd5 b3 $1 $17) 22... d5 $1 $132 23. Bc5 (23. Ba7 Qa8 {<->c6}) (23.
Qxb4 $142 Re8 (23... Bf8 24. Qa4 d4 25. Bg5 $36) 24. Qa5 $13) 23... Re8 24.
Qxb4 Bf8 25. h3 $6 (25. Qa5 dxe4 26. Qxc7 (26. Nxc7 Qb1+ 27. Kf2 Rc8 $36) 26...
Qxc7 27. Nxc7 Rc8 28. Bxe7 Bxe7 29. Nb5 Nd5 30. fxe4 Nb4 $10) 25... Nh5 $1 26.
Nc3 Qd8 $36 27. exd5 (27. Bf1 $142 Nf4 28. Qb7 $132) 27... Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5
29. Bxf8 Rxf8 $17 30. Ra5 Qxc6 31. Rxe5 Qxc2 32. Kh2 (32. f4 $2 Qc1+ $19) 32...
Qc6 33. f4 Ng7 34. Bf3 Qf6 35. Bg4 (35. Qc4 Ne6 36. Re4 h5 $17) 35... h5 36.
Bf3 (36. Bd7 $142 Rd8 37. Re7 $17) 36... Ne6 37. Re4 Kg7 38. g3 Rd8 $19 {<-> h2
} 39. h4 c5 40. Qa5 Rb8 41. Bg2 Rb2 42. Qa8 Rd2 {P b2,c4-c3} 43. Qb8 Nd4 44.
Re3 $8 Nf5 45. Rf3 (45. Re8 Nxh4 46. Rg8+ Kh7 47. gxh4 Qxh4+ 48. Kg1 Qf2+ $19)
45... Qc6 $1 46. Qe5+ Kh7 47. Qc3 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Nd4 {[Stohl]} (48... Nd4 49.
Kf2 Qxf3+ 50. Qxf3 Nxf3 51. Kxf3 Kg7 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Kd5 Kf5 54. Kxc5 Kg4 $19)
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 (11. a4 a6 (11... a5 $5 $13) 12. a5 c5 13.
f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Qc7 15. g4 b6 16. axb6 Nxb6 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Qxa6
Ra8 20. Qd3 $14 {Ulfarsson,M-Bjornsson,S/Reykjavik op/1994/}) 11... Ned7 12.
Kh1 $5 (12. Bf3 Qa5 (12... Nb6 $5 13. Qd3 Nfd7 14. Bd4 $6 Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 cxd5
16. exd5 Rc8 17. Rf2 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Re1 b5 20. Qxa7 Rxc3 21. Qxa3 Qb6 22.
Bd1 Nf6 $1 23. Qc1 Nxd5 24. Qd2 Qc5 $17 {Armas,I-Niboer,F/Wijk SON/1992/}) 13.
Qe1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxe1 15. Raxe1 (15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Raxe1 Rfe8 $10) 15... Nxd5
16. exd5 Rfc8 17. Re2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bf6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb4 Rab8 {1/2:1/2,
Skembris,S-Espig,L/Dortmund-B/1990/}) 12... a6 (12... Qa5 $5 13. Bf3 Rfc8 14.
Bd2 Rab8 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. b3 cxd5 18. exd5 Nfd7 19. Nb5 Qxc2 20.
Nxa7 Re8 21. Be3 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 e6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nb5 d5 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. a4
Nc5 $132 {Petscher,K-Schlosser,M/OST-ch/1987/}) 13. a4 Qa5 14. Ra3 $1 Rfc8 15.
Bf3 (15. Rb3 $5 Qc7 $14 (15... Rab8 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Rxb7 $1 c5 18. Qd3 {/\} Rc7
$2 19. Bb6 $1)) 15... cxd5 16. exd5 Rc4 $5 17. Re1 h5 18. Bd2 Bh6 $1 19. g3 (
19. b3 $2 Rxc3 $1 20. b4 Rxf3 $1 21. bxa5 Rxa3 $17) (19. Ne4 Qc7 $36) 19... Re8
20. Qe2 (20. Ne4 Qc7 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Bc3 Bg7 $10) 20... Qc7 21. Qd3 (21.
Raa1 $5 Bg7 $10) 21... Qc8 22. a5 Bg7 23. Kg2 (23. Re2 {/\Ra1-e1} Ng4 24. Ra4
Rc7 $1 $36) 23... Ng4 24. h3 Nh6 25. Re4 (25. Ra4 $5 Rc7 26. Raa1 $13) 25...
Rc7 26. Rb4 Nc5 27. Qf1 Nf5 {/\Nd4,[+],צa3,b4} 28. Ne2 e5 $5 29. dxe6 Qxe6 30.
Nc3 {/\Nd5|^} Bxc3 $1 31. Rxc3 d5 $36 {/\d4,Ne3,><b4,>>} 32. Rb6 Qd7 {/\Ne4,Na4
} 33. Qf2 Ne4 34. Bxe4 dxe4 $17 35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Bc3 (36. Be3 Qxc2 $1) 36...
e3 37. Qf3 (37. Qe2 $142 h4 38. g4 (38. Be5 Rxe5 $1 39. fxe5 Qxe5 $40) 38...
Ng3 39. Qf3 e2 40. Be1 $17) 37... e2 $19 38. Rxb7 (38. Be1 Nd4 39. Qxb7 Nxc2 $1
40. Qxc7 Nxe1+ 41. Kh1 Nd3 42. Rxg6+ fxg6 43. Qc4+ Kf8 $19) 38... Qxc3 $1 39.
Qxc3 e1=Q 40. Qxe1 Rxe1 41. g4 (41. Rb6 Re2+ 42. Kf3 Rxc2) 41... Re2+ 42. Kg1
Ng3 $5 (42... Nd4 $19) 43. c4 Rc2 44. b3 h4 $1 {/\Ne2-f4-h3} 0-1

[Event "Chalkidiki"]
[Site "Chalkidiki"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Stohl, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 (7. a4 $5
Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 $5 9. a5 Bd7 10. a6 bxa6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Rxa6 c6 $1 13. Be3 (
13. dxc6 Qc8 $132) 13... Qc8 14. Qa1 Qb7 15. Qa2 Nxe4 $1 16. Nxe4 cxd5 17. Nxd6
exd6 {1/2:1/2,Morovic,I-Chernin,A,Buenos Aires 1992,TD 92_05}) 7... Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 (9. Nb5 e5 10. c3 Kh8 11. Re1 a6 12. Na3 Ng8 13. Nc2 Qe8 14. a4
Rb8 15. a5 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 Nge7 18. Bh5 Ng6 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. d5 Nce7
$13 {Tseitlin,Ma-Chernin,A,Beersheba 1992,CBM 30}) 9... e5 10. c3 Qe8 $5 (10...
Nd7 $5 11. Rb1 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Qd3 Kh8 14. g3 $6 exd4 15. cxd4 $2 Nde5 $17 {
Kamsky,G-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Brussels SWIFT 1992,EXP 29}) (10... Re8 11. d5 Ne7
12. g3 (12. c4 Nd7 13. Be3 $6 f5 14. b4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Qd3 Rf8 17. c5
Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qh4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Nc3 Bh6 $15 {Arkell,S-McNab,C,Lodon WFW
1989,CBM 13}) 12... Nd7 13. Bg2 a5 14. Bg5 Nc5 15. Rc1 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. axb3
h6 18. Be3 f5 19. f3 g5 20. Bf2 $14 {Horvath,Jo-Hoi,C,Budapest Noviki-A 1989,
CBM 15}) 11. d5 {N} (11. Re1 Rd8 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nb6 15. Qd3 f5
16. Rb1 c6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. b4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Kh8 20. Red1 fxe4 $132 {Arkell,
S-Mishra,N,Eastbourne ch-GB 1991}) 11... Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Rb1 (14.
b4 $6 a5 $15) 14... Nf6 (14... Kh8 {/\Ng8,Bh6<=>} 15. b4 b6 $5 (15... Ng8 $6
16. c5 $1 $36)) 15. b4 Kh8 (15... Qf7 $5 $13) 16. Qd3 (16. c5 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf5
$13) 16... Qf7 17. Rb3 (17. Bd2 $142 $14) 17... c6 $1 18. dxc6 $8 (18. exf5
gxf5 $17 {/\e4}) 18... Nxc6 19. Nb5 $1 (19. Be3 f4 20. Bc1 Nd4 21. Rb1 Rfc8 $36
) (19. exf5 gxf5 $5 (19... Nd4 20. fxg6 Qxg6 21. Ne4 $5 $44) 20. Bxc6 (20. Qxd6
Nd4 $17) 20... bxc6 21. Qxd6 Qxc4 $36 {[+],/\Nd5,Rad8}) (19. Qxd6 Nd4 $17)
19... fxe4 $8 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Nd4 (21... Rad8 22. Be3 a6 23. Nc3 $16) (
21... d5 22. cxd5 Nd4 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Rf3 $1 Qd7 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Re1 $18 {
/\Bb2}) 22. Nxd6 $1 (22. Nxd4 exd4 $1 $15 {><c4}) 22... Qe7 (22... Qe6 23. Nxb7
Nxb3 (23... Qxc4 24. Re1 $16) 24. axb3 Rab8 25. Nc5 $16) 23. c5 (23. Nxb7 $2
Nxb3 24. axb3 Qxb4 $17) 23... Nxb3 24. axb3 $44 Rad8 {/\Rd6=} (24... Qe6 $5 25.
Qc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Rab8 27. Be3 $44 {|^_|_}) 25. Rd1 (25. Qxb7 $6 Qxb7 26. Nxb7
Rd3 $15) 25... Qe6 26. Rd5 (26. Rd3 $5 $44) 26... b6 27. Be3 Rd7 $2 (27... Kg8
$6 28. Qc4 $1 $16 {/\c6+-}) (27... h6 $5 {/\} 28. f4 (28. Qd3 e4 $132) 28...
bxc5 29. bxc5 Rb8 $132) 28. f4 $1 bxc5 29. bxc5 Rb8 30. fxe5 Rxb3 31. c6 $18
Rc7 (31... Re7 32. Bg5 $18) 32. Nb5 Rc8 (32... Rxb5 33. Rxb5 $18) 33. c7 h6 (
33... Rxb5 34. Rd8+ $1 Bf8 35. Qf4 $18) (33... Rxe3 34. Rd8+ Bf8 35. Qxe3 $18)
34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd4 Rxe3 36. Nxe6 (36. Qxe3 Qxe5 37. Qxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxc8 $18)
36... Rxe4 37. Rxc8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
(8. a4 e5 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Bf4 Re8 12. f3 Nh5 13. Be3 Be5 14. g3
Nxg3 $5 15. hxg3 Bxg3 16. Nde2 $1 Bxe1 17. Qxe1 f5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. Qf2 Qg5+
20. Bg2 f4 21. Re1 Be6 22. Nc1 Rad8 23. Nd3 $13 {Kaminski,M-Sznapik,A/POL-chT/
1993/}) 8... Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 $5 fxe6 11. Bc4 (11. h3 Nge5 12.
Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 e5 18.
Be3 Be6 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 Ne4 21. Bg4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 $44 {Rosentalis,
E-Azmayparashvili,Z/Lvov zt/1990/}) 11... Nde5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14.
h3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. Bh6 Kf7 17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd4
21. Bb3 Nd5 22. Re5 Bd7 23. Rae1 $44 {Benjamin,J-Piket,J/Groningen PCA/1993/})
9. Bf4 (9. Bf1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 $10) (9. h3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12.
a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 18. Ne2 Rfd8
19. Ned4 Ndc5 20. Rad1 Rab8 $10 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1990/}) 9... dxe5
10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Ne4 $6 (11. Bc4 Nb6 $10) (11. Qc1 $5 Nc5 (11... Ne6 12. Bh6
Qa5 $5 $132) 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe3 b6 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Rd4 f6 16. Bc4+ N5e6 17.
exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re4 c5 20. Rxe6 $16 {Abramovic,B-Schussler,H/Palma
GMA-op/1989/}) 11... Ne6 12. Bg3 {ץg3} Qa5 $10 {><e5} 13. Qd2 $8 Qxd2 14.
Nexd2 Rd8 15. Nc4 {/\Na5()} b6 16. a4 c5 17. c3 Bb7 18. h4 Bh6 (18... Ndf8 19.
Ng5 $5 $10) 19. Nh2 Ndf8 20. Ng4 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22. Bf1 (22. f3 N8e6 $15)
22... h5 23. Nge3 N8e6 24. f3 $1 (24. g3 Nd5 $15 {><f3}) 24... Kf8 25. Red1 (
25. Kf2 $10) 25... Bc6 26. g3 Nd5 27. Kf2 Nxe3 28. Rxd8+ $8 (28. Kxe3 $2 Rxd1
29. Rxd1 Bxa4 $17) 28... Rxd8 29. Kxe3 Ke8 30. Be2 Nc7 31. Bd1 Bd5 32. Nd2 Bb7
33. Bb3 Nd5+ 34. Ke2 (34. Bxd5 $6 Rxd5 35. f4 f6 $15) 34... Ba6+ 35. Bc4 Bxc4+
36. Nxc4 Kd7 37. Kd3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ (38... Nc7 39. Re1 $10) 39. exf6 exf6 40.
Re1 $1 (40. f4 Ne7 $1 $15 {/\Nf5,><g3}) 40... Kf7 41. Rg1 $10 Ke6 (41... Ke6
42. Re1 $10) (41... f5+ $6 42. Ke5 $36 {/\Nd6}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 13th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1995.03.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1995.03.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
$5 (8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Nd2 $1 $14) 8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. h3 $5 $146
(11. Bc4 Nde5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. h3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. Bh6 Kf7
17. Bb3 a5 18. a4 b5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd4 21. Bb3 Nd5 22. Re5 Bd7 23. Rae1
$44 {Benjamin,J-Piket,J/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 11... Ngf6 (11... Nge5 $5 12. Ng5
Nb6 $13) 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Ne4 $1 $44 (13. Rxe6 $6 N7b6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 $15 {[+]})
13... Ne5 (13... N7b6 14. Bb3 {/\Neg5->}) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 (15. Ng5 $5 Qc7
16. Qg4 $36) 15... Qb6 16. c3 (16. Ng5 $2 Rxf2 $1 17. Qxf2 Bd4 $17) 16... Bd7
17. Be3 (17. Ng5 Bg3 $13) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bf4 19. Qc5 $5 (19. Qxb6 axb6 20.
Rad1 Bc8 $132 {/\Ra5-f5}) 19... Rae8 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. g3 Bh6 (21... Bc7 $2 22.
Ng5 $36) 22. f4 Kg7 {/\e5} 23. Nf2 g5 $8 24. fxg5 Bxg5 25. h4 Bf6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6
27. Rxe6 $14 Rd8 28. Rae1 Rd2 (28... h5 $6 29. Nh3 {><h5}) 29. R1e2 Rfd8 30.
Kg2 b5 31. Kf3 R2d5 (31... Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Kf7 33. Re3 $14) 32. R6e3 R8d7 33. Ne4
Kg6 34. Rh2 {/\g4} (34. Nxf6 $6 exf6 $10) 34... h5 $5 35. g4 c5 (35... hxg4+
$142 36. Kxg4 $14) 36. a3 (36. g5 Be5 37. Rhe2 $36) 36... c4 37. gxh5+ (37. g5
$5) 37... Kxh5 38. Ng3+ Kh6 39. Kf4 Rd1 40. Ree2 (40. Re6 R1d2 41. Rxd2 Rxd2
42. Ne4 Rxb2 43. Nxf6 exf6 44. Rxf6+ Kh5 45. Rb6 Rb3 $10) 40... R7d3 $132 41.
Ne4 Kh5 42. Ng3+ Kh6 43. h5 Rd5 {/\Rg5,Rdd5,Be5} 44. Re6 R1d2 45. Rhe2 Rxe2 46.
Rxe2 Kg7 $1 47. Nf5+ Kf7 48. Nh6+ (48. h6 e6 49. Ne3 Bg5+ $10) 48... Kg7 (48...
Kg7 49. Nf5+ Kf7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gomez Esteban, Juan Mario"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Franco} d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 (
7. O-O e5 $5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 $1 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Rad1 Ne6
13. Nd5 Nd7 14. h4 c6 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. g3 g5 17. hxg5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Nxg5 19. Rd3
Nc5 20. Re3 Rd8 21. Rd1 Rd4 22. Bg2 h4 $17 {razuvaev,Y-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Minsk
1L/1985/}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 e5 (8... O-O 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5
11. Be2 $14 {^^,()[+]}) 11. Ne2 Qe7 12. c3 Rfb8 $5 $10 {/\Qf8,h5,Bh6}) 9. d5 (
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Ne2 h5 $5 {/\Bh6=}) 9... Ne7 10. Qd2 h5 $1 (10... O-O $6 11.
g4 {/\h4-h5->}) 11. O-O-O (11. h4 Nfg8 {/\Bh6,f5<=>}) 11... h4 (11... Qd7 $6
12. Be2 a6 13. f4 O-O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Kb1 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Nc8 17. Bg5 Qe7 18.
Bd3 Nd6 19. Qf2 Nde8 20. d6 $1 $36 {Dieterle,K-Majeed,H/Biel op-2/1993/}) 12.
Kb1 Neg8 $6 (12... Nfg8 $5 $13) 13. g4 $5 hxg3 14. fxg3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 (
15... Nxh6 16. g4 $1 Nhg8 17. g5 Nd7 18. Bg4 $36) 16. h4 $14 Rh7 17. g4 a6 18.
Ne2 (18. g5 $5 Nh5 19. Ne2 {/\Bh5,Ng3,h5|^} Qd7 20. Rdg1 $1 $36) 18... Qd7 19.
Rdg1 Qa4 $5 20. Nc3 (20. b3 Qa3 21. g5 Nd7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Rxh5 Rg7 $5 $10)
20... Qb4 (20... Qd4 $2 21. Qxd4 exd4 22. Ne2 $16) 21. h5 (21. g5 Nh5 $10)
21... gxh5 22. g5 $6 (22. gxh5 $1 {/\h6,Rg7} O-O-O (22... Nh6 23. Qg5 Nfg8 24.
Qxg8+ Nxg8 25. Rxg8+ Ke7 26. Rxa8 $18) 23. h6 Ne7 24. Rg7 $36) 22... Nd7 23.
Bxh5 O-O-O 24. Bg4 Rg7 $1 25. Qf2 Kb8 {/\Rg5} 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Rh8 (27. Qf5 {
Franco}) 27... Qd4 $132 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. Ne2 Re7 30. Nxd4 (30. Rg4 Re5 31.
Nxd4 Rexg5 $10) 30... Rxe4 31. Nf5 Rg6 32. Nh6 Re8 33. b3 (33. Nxf7 Rf8 34. Nh6
(34. Rh7 {Franco} Nf6 35. Rh6 $1 $16) 34... Rxg5 $1 $10) (33. Kc1 $5 {Franco})
33... f6 $1 34. Rxg8 (34. Nxg8 Rexg8 {-34.Rg8} (34... fxg5 $2 35. Ne7 $19))
34... Rexg8 35. Nxg8 Rxg8 36. g6 Kc8 37. Kc1 Kd7 38. Kd2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Kf8 40.
Kf4 Kg7 41. c4 (41. Kf5 $6 Re8 $36) 41... Re8 42. a4 a5 43. Rg3 Re1 44. Kf5 Re2
(44... Re5+ 45. Kf4 $10) 45. Kf4 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rf5 47. Ke4 Rg5 $5 (47... Re5+
48. Kf4 $10) 48. Rxg5 fxg5 49. Kf5 g4 50. Kf4 $5 (50. Kxg4 Kxg6 51. Kf4 Kf6 52.
Ke4 Kg5 53. Ke3 $10) 50... Kf6 51. Kg3 Kxg6 52. Kxg4 Kf6 53. Kf4 c5 (53... b6
54. Ke4 Kg5 55. Ke3 Kg4 56. Ke4 $10) 54. Kg4 Kg6 $10 (54... Ke5 $2 55. Kg5 $18)
55. Kf4 Kf6 56. Kg4 Kg6 57. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Beim, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1994.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. e5 (7. a4 a5 8.
h3 Qc7 (8... Na6 $5) 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 11. Qd2 Na6 12. Rad1 Re8 13. dxe5
dxe5 14. Bc4 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. e5 Bf5 17. Ng5 Re7 18. Qxf4 Qxe5 19. Qxe5
Bxe5 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Rxe5 $1 Rxe5 22. Bxf7+ Kg7 23. Bxe8 Rxe8 24. g4 $16 {
Rozentalis,E-Hjartarson,J/Tilburg 20'/1994/}) (7. h3 Nbd7 8. a4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5
10. Bc4 Qe7 11. b3 Nc5 12. Ba3 a5 13. Qd2 Nh5 14. Rad1 Nf4 15. Ne2 Nfe6 16. Qe3
b6 17. Bb2 Qc7 18. Rd2 Rb8 19. Ba3 Rd8 20. Bxe6 Nxe6 21. Rfd1 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 c5
23. Nc3 Bb7 $10 {Bosboom,M-Van Wely,L/Leeuwarden op/1993/}) (7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4
Qa5 9. Nd2 $1 Qc7 10. d5 $5 Nb6 11. Bf3 e5 (11... Nfd7 $5 $132) 12. dxe6 Bxe6
13. a4 a5 14. Be2 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Ne5 16. Nd4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nexc4 18. b3 Ne5 19.
Qd2 Nbd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rad1 $14 {Brodskij,M-Korotylev,A/St.Petersburg op/
1993/}) 7... dxe5 8. Nxe5 Bf5 $1 (8... Nbd7 9. Bf4 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5
Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 cxd5 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rd4 Rac8 16. c3 Rc5 17. Rad1
b5 18. f4 Rb8 19. a3 a5 20. R1d2 Kg7 21. Kf2 f6 22. exf6+ Kxf6 23. g3 Bf7 24.
Bd3 $14 {Balashov,Y-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Lvov zt/1990/}) (8... Be6 $5 9. Bf4 Nd5
10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Qd2 c5 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16.
Bf3 Rad8 17. Be5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rd6 19. h4 Qc4 20. h5 d4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. cxd4
Rxd4 $132 {Groszpeter,A-Zaitshik,G/Kecskemet/1983/}) 9. Bf3 (9. Bf4 Nbd7 10.
Re1 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qa5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rfd8 14. Qc4 Rd7 15. Na4 Qd5 16.
Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nb3 Rad8 19. c3 Kf8 20. f3 Nh5 21. Bxg7+ Nxg7 22. Kf2
h5 23. Re2 Nf5 24. Rae1 e6 $10 {Alvarez Ibarra-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Euskadi-Georgia tt/1991/}) 9... Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nb6 $132 11. Qd2 (11. Re1 Nfd5 $10
) 11... Nfd7 12. Ng4 $2 (12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Qc1 $10) 12... Bxg4 $1
13. Bxg4 e5 $36 14. Bg5 (14. dxe5 $142 Nxe5 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 $17 {<->d,/^a1-h8})
(14. Bxd7 exf4 $17) 14... Nf6 $1 15. Rad1 (15. Bxf6 Bxf6 $17) 15... Qxd4 16.
Qxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 $6 (17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Ne4 $17) 17... h6 $6 (17... h5 $1 18.
Bf3 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rf4 Bxc3 $19) 18... Nh7 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Ng5 $19)
18. Bxf6 (18. Be3 $5 {/\} c5 19. Rf4 g5 20. Rxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc5 $132) 18... Bxf6
19. Rb4 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Rd8 23. Rb1 Rd5 $17 {_|_ק}
24. Be2 Ra5 25. Rb2 Kf8 26. Kf1 (26. c4 Ke7 {/\Kd6-c7,Ra4}) 26... Ke7 27. Ke1
Kd6 28. Kd2 Kc7 29. Bd3 (29. h4 $5 $17) 29... Rh5 (29... Nd7 $5 {/\Ne5,b5,
Kb6-c5}) 30. h3 Rd5 31. Ke3 Ra5 32. Kd2 g5 {ק} (32... Ra3 $1 33. Rb4 g5 $5 (
33... Rxa2 34. Rf4 f5 35. g4 Nd5 36. Rf3 fxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Rh3 $132) 34. h4
(34. Re4 Kd6 35. Rd4+ Ke7 36. Re4+ Kf6) 34... Rxa2 35. Rg4 f6 36. f4 Ra4 $1 $19
) 33. g3 f6 (33... Ra3 $142 $1) 34. Ke3 Na4 35. Rb3 Nc5 36. Rb2 Ra3 37. Kf3 $5
(37. Kd2 Na4 38. Rb4 Rxa2 $19) 37... Rxc3 38. Kg4 Nxd3 39. cxd3 Rxd3 40. Kh5 c5
41. Rc2 $1 (41. Kxh6 c4 42. h4 gxh4 43. gxh4 c3 44. Rc2 Kd6 $19) 41... Kc6 42.
Kxh6 b5 43. Kg6 b4 $5 (43... Rf3 $1 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 c4 46. h5 Kc5 47. h6
b4 48. h7 Rh3 49. Kg7 a5 50. h8=Q Rxh8 51. Kxh8 a4 52. Re2 b3 $19) 44. Kxf6 Kb5
45. Kxg5 c4 46. h4 b3 47. Re2 (47. axb3 cxb3 48. Re2 a5 {-47.Re2}) 47... a5 48.
axb3 cxb3 49. h5 a4 50. h6 a3 51. Re5+ (51. h7 Rd8 52. Re5+ Kc4 53. Re4+ Kc3
54. Re3+ Kc2 55. Re2+ Kd1 $19) 51... Kc4 52. Re4+ Kc3 (52... Kd5 53. h7 $10)
53. Re3 $5 $8 (53. h7 Rd8 54. Re3+ Kc2 {-52.h7}) 53... Rxe3 54. fxe3 b2 55. h7
b1=Q 56. h8=Q+ Kd2 57. Qd4+ (57. Qh2+ Kxe3 {/\a2-+}) 57... Ke2 58. Qc4+ Kf2 (
58... Kxe3 $2 59. Qc5+) 59. Qf4+ Kg2 $19 60. e4 a2 61. Qd2+ Kh1 62. Kg4 $5
Qxe4+ (62... a1=Q 63. Qh6+ Kg2 64. Qd2+ Kf1 65. Qf4+ Ke2 66. Qf3+ Kd2 67. Qf4+
Kd3 68. Qf3+ (68. Qd6+ Ke2) 68... Kd4 $1 69. Qf6+ Kc5 70. Qe7+ Kb6 71. Qd6+ Ka7
$19) 63. Kh3 Qf5+ 64. Kh4 a1=Q $2 (64... Qh7+ 65. Kg4 a1=Q 66. Qd5+ Kg1 67.
Qc5+ Kf1 68. Qc4+ Ke1 $19) 65. Qe1+ $1 Qxe1 $4 {stalemate} (65... Qf1 $142 $19)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1994.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3
Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 (11. f4 Ned7 12. Kh1 a6 13. a4 Qa5
14. Ra3 Rfc8 15. Bf3 cxd5 16. exd5 Rc4 17. Re1 h5 18. Bd2 Bh6 19. g3 Re8 20.
Qe2 Qc7 $132 {Kochyev,A-Rustemov,A/St.Petersburg op/1994/}) 11... Qa5 (11... a5
$5 12. Ra3 (12. Bd4 Ned7 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. g3 Ne8 $1
17. f4 (17. Be3 $2 Bxc3 $36) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 {0,5/Rozentalis,
E-Ftacnik,L/Manila olm/1992/}) (12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nfd7 $1 15. Kh1
Qc7 16. Rfd1 {Morovic,I-Seirawan,Y/Novi Sad olm/1990/} Rae8 $5 {/\e6}) 12...
Qc7 13. Rb3 (13. Bd4 Ned7 14. Qd2 Rad8 (14... Rac8 $142 $5) 15. Raa1 Nb6 16.
Rad1 e6 (16... e5 $5 17. dxe6 fxe6 $13) 17. Qe3 $1 Nbd7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Qh3
Rde8 20. Qg3 e5 21. Be3 Kh8 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. b3 Rd8 24. Bg5 $14 {Savon,
V-Chatalbashev,B/Anapa/1991/}) 13... Ned7 14. f3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 Nc5 16. Ra3 e6 (
16... Nfd7 $5 {/\Nb6<=>}) 17. Bd4 exd5 18. exd5 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Bb5 $14 {Rozentalis,E-Nascimento,A/Manila olm/
1992/}) 12. Ra3 Rfc8 13. Qd2 (13. Rb3 Rab8 14. Qd4 a6 (14... Nfd7 $5) 15. Qb6
Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Nfd7 17. Ba7 Nc5 $1 18. Ra3 (18. Bxb8 Nxb3 19. Bxd6 exd6 20. cxb3
cxd5 21. exd5 Nd7 $44) 18... Ra8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bg4 Bd4+ 22. Kh1
Rc7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Nd1 c4 25. Be2 Rb7 26. c3 Bc5 27. Ra1 a5 28. Bxc4 Nf6 $44
{Hellers,F-Schlosser,M/Adelaide WchJ/1988/}) 13... cxd5 $5 (13... Ned7 14. Rb1
$5 (14. f4 cxd5 15. exd5 Nb6 16. Rb3 Nc4 $1 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rxb7 Ng4 19. Kh1
Qa6 20. Rb5 Rxa4 $1 21. Rb1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Ra1+ 25.
Qg1 Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Rc8 $17 {ק_|_,Bogaerts,J-McNab,C/Ostende op/1991/}) 14...
a6 15. f3 h5 $6 16. Kh1 Kh7 17. Rb3 cxd5 18. exd5 Nc5 19. Ra3 $36 Qb4 $6 20. a5
$1 Ng8 21. Qd1 Nh6 22. g3 Nf5 23. Bg1 Bxc3 $8 24. Rxc3 $16 {Gavrikov,V-Maki,V/
Leningrad/1984/}) 14. exd5 Nfd7 $6 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 16. Rb3 Qc7 $10 {
<=><->c}) 15. Rb3 Qc7 16. Rc1 $1 {/\Nb5} a6 17. Rb4 Nc5 18. Bh6 Bh8 $8 (18...
Bxh6 $2 19. Qxh6 {/\Rh4->}) 19. Bf1 Qa5 20. Rh4 Ncd7 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Nd1 Nf6
23. h3 (23. a5 $5 Qc5 24. Ne3 $36 {/\c4,b4,h3,f4}) 23... Qc5 24. c4 a5 $5 25.
Be3 (25. b3 $5 Qb6 (25... Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27. Bd2 $16) 26. Qa2 $14 {/\Nc3-b5
()}) (25. Nc3 Qb4 {><c4}) 25... Qb4 $1 (25... Qc7 26. Nc3 $36) 26. Qxb4 axb4
27. b3 Ned7 {<=>><b3} 28. Bd2 Nc5 29. Re3 e6 $1 30. Bxb4 g5 (30... exd5 31. Rd4
$5 $36 {_|_^^}) 31. Bxc5 $8 gxh4 32. Bxd6 exd5 33. cxd5 Rd8 34. Ba3 (34. Be7 $2
Nxd5 $17) 34... Nxd5 35. Rf3 Bf6 36. Bc4 (36. g3 $5 Be7 37. Bb2 $44) 36... Kg7
37. Nb2 Nb6 38. Bd3 Rac8 {/\Rc3} 39. Nc4 $6 (39. Nd1 Nd5 40. g3 {/\} Nc3 41.
Nb2 $5 $15) 39... Nxc4 40. Bxc4 (40. bxc4 Ra8 41. Bc2 Rd2 $19) 40... Rd1+ 41.
Kh2 Be5+ 42. g3 hxg3+ 43. fxg3 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 f6 $19 {עg1,->} 45. Bb4 Rb2 46.
Bc3 Bxc3 47. Rxc3 Rd8 48. Bd3 Re8 {/\Re3} 49. Bf1 Re1 50. h4 b6 51. g4 h6 52.
Rc7+ Kf8 53. Rc6 Ke7 54. Rc7+ Kd6 55. Rc3 Ke5 56. Rf3 Re4 57. Bh3 Rb1+ (57...
Re1+ 58. Bf1 Reb1 $19) 58. Kh2 Re2+ 59. Bg2 $8 Rbb2 60. Rg3 Kf4 61. g5 (61. h5
Rec2 $22) 61... fxg5 62. hxg5 hxg5 63. Rf3+ Ke5 64. Rg3 Kd4 65. b4 (65. Rxg5
Rxg2+ 66. Rxg2 Rxg2+ 67. Kxg2 Kc3 68. Kf3 (68. Kf2 {Hecht} Kxb3 69. a5 bxa5 70.
Ke2 Kc2 $19) 68... Kxb3 $18) 65... Rxb4 66. Rxg5 (66. Rg4+ Kc3 67. Rxg5 Rbb2
$19) 66... Rbb2 {/\Rg2-+} (66... Rbb2 {Hecht} 67. Kh3 Rxg2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 (7. h3 Nbd7
8. e5 (8. Bf4 Qa5 $5 {/\e5}) 8... Ne8 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12.
a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2 Raa8 $10 {
Stohl,I-Gelfand,B,Dortmund-A 1990-CBM 18}) 7... Nbd7 8. h3 (8. Bf4 $5 Qc7 9.
Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qb6 $6 12. a5 Qxb2 13. Qd2 exd4 14. Na4 Nxe4 15.
Qd3 Qb4 16. Qxe4 $16 {Blatny,P-Stangl,M,Oakham 1990-EXP 16}) 8... e5 (8... Qc7
9. Be3 b6 $5 10. Nd2 e5 11. f4 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nc4 d5 $1 14.
exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ba6 $146 {Short,N-Ftacnik,L,Novi Sad olm 1990}
) 11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Bb7 13. Bf2 Rfe8 14. Bf3 Nc5 15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qc1 h6 17.
Nb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 c5 $10 {Campora,D-Spraggett,K,Biel-B 1990-CBM 19}) 9. Be3 Qe7
(9... exd4 $5 10. Bxd4 (10. Nxd4 Re8 $10) 10... Re8 11. Nd2 $6 Nc5 12. Bf3 Ne6
13. Be3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. c3 d4 17. cxd4 Nxd4 $15 {Vatter,
HJ-Tseshkovsky,V,Kusadasi op 1990}) 10. Re1 a5 (10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Nxe4 12.
Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qd4+ Nef6 (13... Ndf6 14. Bc4 d5 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ng5 $40) 14.
Bf1 Qd8 15. Qxd6 $36) 11. Bc4 h6 (11... exd4 $5 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 $10)
12. Qd2 Kh7 13. Rad1 $14 Ne8 14. Ba2 f5 (14... Ndf6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd8 $16)
15. exf5 gxf5 (15... Rxf5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd4 $16) 16. dxe5 dxe5 (16... Nxe5
17. Nd4 {><f5>>}) 17. Bd4 $1 e4 $8 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 (18... Qxg7 $6 19. Nd4 {/\Ne6}
) 19. Nd4 Qf6 (19... Ne5 $142 $5 20. Nde2 $5 $14 (20. f3 exf3 21. Nxf3 (21. Qf4
Re8 22. gxf3 Nh5 $36) 21... Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qh4 $132)) 20. f3 Ne5 $5 (20... exf3
21. Nxf3 $16) 21. fxe4 f4 22. Rf1 Nh5 23. Nf3 {/\Qd6} Ng3 24. Rf2 Nxf3+ 25.
Rxf3 Qg5 26. Kh2 (26. Ne2 $5 Nxe4 (26... Qc5+ 27. Kh2 Nxe4 28. Qd4 Qxc2 29. Bb1
$40) 27. Qd4 Bf5 28. Qb6 $16 {/\} Bxh3 $2 29. Rxh3 f3 30. Qxb7+ Kh8 31. Rxf3
$18) (26. Qd6 $2 Bxh3 27. gxh3 Nf5+ $19) 26... Bg4 $6 (26... h5 $16) 27. hxg4
Rad8 28. Qe1 $2 (28. Rd3 $1 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 f3 30. gxf3 $8 (30. Rxd8 $2 f2+ 31.
Qxf2 Qh1#) 30... Qh1+ 31. Kf2 Rxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Rxd2+ 33. Rxd2 $18) 28... Qh4+ 29.
Kg1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Qh4 $10 31. Kg1 (31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxf4 $6 Nh5+ $17) 31...
Qh1+ 32. Kf2 Qh4 33. Kg1 {Stohl,I} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 19th Group1"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kovalev, Andrei"]
[Black "Kantsler, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Kirgizia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KGZ"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O (5... c6 6. Be3 Qa5 $5 7. Bd3
Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Rfd1 Qc7
14. Bh6 Re8 $10 {Anand,V-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Groningen 1989-CBM 16}) 6. Bf4 $5 (
6. Bg5 c6 (6... d5 $6 7. Bxf6 (7. Bd3 c5 $1 8. dxc5 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4
Bxb2 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rb1 Bg7 $15 {Crawley,G-McNab,C,Barnsdale YM 1989-TD89_14})
7... exf6 8. exd5 $5 $14) 7. Qd2 b5 8. a3 Qc7 9. Bd3 (9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Rd8
$13 {/\Nd5}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O a6 {Seltzer,R-Ehlvest,J,New York op 1990-EXP 16}
11. Rfe1 e5 $10) (6. Be3 d5 $6 (6... a6 $142) 7. e5 Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5
10. O-O Nc6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfb1 a6 13. a4 Rb8 14. Qc1 Be6 15. Qb2 c4 16. Be2
Qc7 17. Qb6 $14 {Larsen,B-Wolff,P,London WFW 1990-CBM 18}) 6... Nc6 $1 7. Be2 (
7. d5 e5 $1 8. Be3 Ne7 $13) 7... Nd7 8. Qd2 (8. d5 Nce5 {/\c6<=>}) 8... e5 (
8... Nxd4 $5 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 e5 11. Qd2 (11. Bxe5 dxe5 12. Qd2 c6 $10)
11... exf4 12. Qxf4 Nf6 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. g4 Be6 $132) 9. Bg5 f6 $6 (9... Bf6
$5 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh6 exd4 11. Nd5 Re8 $15) 10... Nxf6 11. d5 Ne7 $132) 10. Be3
$14 f5 $6 (10... Nb6 $142 {/\Qe7,f5}) 11. exf5 gxf5 12. Bg5 $1 (12. dxe5 dxe5
13. Bg5 Nf6 $13) 12... Nf6 (12... Qe8 $2 13. Nd5 $16) (12... Bf6 13. dxe5 $16)
13. O-O-O $16 exd4 14. Bc4+ (14. Nxd4 $16) 14... Kh8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15... Ne5
$5 16. Be6 c5 17. Nxf5 $1 Bxe6 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Bh6+ Kf7 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21.
Qxd6 $16) 16. Qxd4 Qe8 17. Qh4 Qg6 18. Ne2 $1 Ne4 19. Be3 Bd7 (19... c6 20. Nf4
Qf6 (20... Qh6 21. Qxh6 Bxh6 22. f3 Nf2 (22... Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Nf2 24. Rxd6 $18 {
/\Be5}) 23. Rxd6 Nxh1 24. Rxh6 $18 {->} Kg7 25. Rd6 $18) 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. Nh5
$16) 20. Nf4 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Nxf6 (21... Bxf6 22. Nd5 $16) 22. g4 $1 $40 Ne4 $6 (
22... fxg4 $2 23. hxg4 {/\Ng6#}) (22... Rae8 $142 23. g5 Ne4 24. h4 $16) 23.
Be6 $1 Bxe6 $8 24. Nxe6 f4 (24... Rf7 25. f3 Nf6 26. Bd4 $18) 25. Bd4 (25. Nxf8
$2 fxe3 $17) 25... Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Nxf2 $8 27. Rf1 Nxh3 $8 (27... Rf6 28. Nxc7
Rc8 29. Nd5 $18) 28. Rd3 $1 Rf6 (28... f3 29. Nxf8 Rxf8 30. Rfxf3 $18) 29. Nxc7
Rc8 30. Nd5 Rh6 $8 31. Ne7 (31. Ne7 Re8 32. Nf5 {/\Rh3 [Stohl]}) 1-0

[Event "Altensteig"]
[Site "Altensteig"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 049"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 (7. Bf4 Nbd7
8. Qd2 b5 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bh6 Nxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 Kxg7 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxb5 Bf5 17. Ba4 Rxb2 18. Bb3 Bxc2 19. Na4 Rxb3 20.
axb3 Bxb3 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rxa7 Nf4 23. f3 Rb8 24. Na4 e6 $44 {Hertneck,G-Belli,
M/Moscow olm/1994/}) (7. a4 Nbd7 8. Re1 e5 9. Bf1 Re8 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 a6
12. h3 b6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. b3 Nc5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Qd2 Nfe4 18. Nxe4
Nxe4 19. Qb4 Bxd5 20. Bxb6 Qc6 21. a5 Be6 22. Ne3 Nc5 23. Rad1 Bf8 $13 {
Kuczynski,R-Bologan,V/Debrecen EU-chT/1992/}) (7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Nd2
Qc7 10. d5 Nb6 11. Bf3 e5 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. a4 a5 14. Be2 Nfd7 15. Nf3 Ne5 16.
Nd4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nexc4 18. b3 Ne5 19. Qd2 Nbd7 20. Bh6 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Bh8 22.
Nde2 Ng4 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $16 {Brodskij,M-Korotylev,A/St.Petersburg op/
1993/}) 7... Nbd7 8. e5 {An important advance, as White can hope for an
advantage only if he prevents e5.} Nd5 $6 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ne8 (9... Nd5 10.
Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc1 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. Bh6 $14 {Hracek,Z-Gavrilov,I/
Pardubice op/1995/}) 10. Re1 Nc7 11. Bf1 Ne6 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qe2 b6
15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Bc1 Rad8 17. Qe4 b5 18. Bb2 Qb8 19. Qe3 a6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. h5
Qa8 22. Ne4 c5 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nfg5 Nd4 25. e6 fxe6 26. Nxc5 Nxc5 27. Bxd4 {
1-0/Groszpeter,A-Stangl,M/Kecskemet/1990/}) (8... Ne8 $142 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. Bf4
Nb6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Nxe6 14. Bg3 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 18. Kf1 Kg7 19. b3 g5 20. g4 h5 21. Ne4 $10 {Joecks,
C-Smejkal,J/Bad Wörishofen/1988/}) 9. exd6 exd6 (9... Nxc3 $2 10. dxe7 Qxe7 11.
bxc3 $16) 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c3 $14 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] White has a durable
advantage due to Black's compromised pawn strucrure.} Nb6 $6 {[%csl Rb6] פb6}
(11... h6 $142 $14 {[%cal Yd7f6] /\Nf6}) (11... Nf6 12. Bg5 {[%cal Yg5f6,Yd1b3,
Yf3e1,Ye1c2,Yc2e3,Ye2f3] /\Bf6,Qb3,Ne1-c2-e3.Bf3,><d5} Re8 13. Ne1 Qb6 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. Nd3 Bf5 16. Nb4 Bxd4 17. Bg4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Bg7 19. Nxd5 Qc5 20. Qf3
Re5 21. Rad1 Rae8 22. b3 b5 23. g3 Re2 24. Kg2 h6 25. Rh1 Rxa2 26. Rxh6 $1 $16
{Petrushin,A-Dmitriev,I/RUS-chS Orel/1992/}) 12. Bg5 Qc7 (12... f6 13. Bf4 $14)
13. Qc1 Bf5 14. Nh2 $1 f6 15. Bf4 $1 {[%csl Rd6,Rg7] White avoids the exchange,
as his Bishop is a better piece.} (15. Bh6 $14) 15... Rae8 16. Re1 Bd7 (16...
Re7 17. Nf1 Rfe8 18. Ne3 Bd7 19. Bf3 Bc6 20. Rf1 $36 {[%cal Yc1c2,Yh3h5] /\Qc2,
h4-h5}) 17. Nf1 Bc6 18. Bd3 $1 {[%csl Rg6,Rh7] ׻} a6 19. Ng3 (19. Ne3 $142 $5
{[%cal Rh3h5] /\h4-h5->}) 19... Bb5 20. Bc2 Qd7 (20... Ba4 21. b3 (21. Bd3 Bb5)
21... Bb5 {-20...Qd7}) 21. b3 Qc7 $5 22. a4 Rxe1+ (22... Qxc3 $2 23. Bd2 $18 (
23. Rxe8 Bxe8 $10)) 23. Qxe1 Bd7 24. Bd3 Re8 (24... Rc8 25. Rc1 $16) 25. Qd2
Be6 26. h4 $1 Nd7 27. h5 f5 {Black further weakens the black squares.} (27...
Nf8 $142 28. Qc2 Bf7 $16) 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Bh6 Nf6 $6 (29... Bf6 30. Nf1 Nf8
31. Nh2 Nh7 32. Nf3 {[%cal Ya1e1,Yf3g5] /\Re1,Ng5}) 30. Bxg7 Qxg7 31. f3 Nh7
32. Kf2 Qf6 33. Qf4 Qg5 (33... Rd8 34. Rh1 $40) 34. Ne2 Qxf4 (34... Bf7 35.
Qxg5 Nxg5 36. a5 $16 {[%cal Ra1a4,Ra4b4] /\Ra4-b4}) 35. Nxf4 Bf7 36. a5 Kg7 37.
Ra4 g5 38. Ne2 Bg6 39. Rb4 Re7 40. Rb6 Rd7 41. f4 $1 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6] ><f5,Bg6}
gxf4 (41... g4 42. Ng3 Kf6 43. c4 Ke6 (43... dxc4 44. bxc4 {[%cal Rc4c5] /\c5+-
}) 44. cxd5+ Kxd5 45. Nxf5 $18) 42. Nxf4 $18 Nf6 43. Kf3 Bh7 44. Ne6+ Kg8 (
44... Kf7 45. Ng5+ Kg6 46. Nxh7 Nxh7 47. g4 $18) 45. c4 $1 Bg6 46. c5 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb7] ><a6,b7} Ne4 (46... dxc5 47. Nxc5 Rf7 48. Rxb7 $18) 47. Bxa6 $1 (47.
Bxa6 Kf7 (47... bxa6 48. c6 Re7 49. c7 $18) 48. Bxb7 Kxe6 49. Bc8 $18 {[%csl
Ga5] o^a5}) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.04.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 (7...
Qc7 8. a4 e5 9. a5 Na6 (9... Nbd7 10. a6 $5 b6 11. d5 $36) 10. Bf1 Re8 11. b3
Bg4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Qe2 Bf8 15. h3 Bc8 (15... Bb4 $5 $132) 16.
Ba3 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 Nh5 18. Qe3 $14 {׫,Abramovic,B-Strikovic,A,JUG-ch 1991}) 8.
Bf4 (8. e5 Ne8 9. Bg5 f6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bf4 d5 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. h3 Nd6 14.
Ne2 Be6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Nc1 Nbc8 17. Nb3 b6 18. Nbd2 Bf5 $10 {Wiech,G-Adamski,A,
Warszawa LEG op 1992}) 8... Qa5 9. Qd2 (9. Nd2 $5 Qc7 10. a4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5
12. Bg3 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nc4 Nf4 15. Qd6 Ne8 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Bf1 Nce6 18.
Nd1 Rd8 19. Nde3 Bf8 20. c3 f6 21. Red1 $14 {<->d_|_,Wedberg,T-Schmaltz,R,Bad
Woerishofen op 1991-TD91_04}) 9... e5 10. Bh6 (10. dxe5 dxe5 $10) 10... exd4
11. Nxd4 (11. Bxg7 $2 dxc3 12. Qh6 Ng4 $19) 11... Nxe4 $1 12. Nxe4 Qxd2 13.
Bxd2 d5 $1 (13... Bxd4 14. Nxd6 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Ba3 16. Nxc8 $14) 14. Bb4 (14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nc3 Nc5 $36) 14... Rd8 15. Nxc6 {N} (15. Nb5 dxe4 $8 16. Nc7 Rb8
17. Be7 Rf8 {פc7} 18. Rad1 Be5 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Bg4 f5 21. Ne6+ Ke7 22. Ng5
Nf6 $1 23. Be2 Bxb2 $17 {Sokolov,A-Van der Wiel,J,Biel izt 1985} 24. c4) 15...
bxc6 16. Nc3 a5 $10 17. Ba3 Nb6 18. Be7 (18. Bd3 Be6 $10) 18... Re8 19. Bc5 Nd7
(19... Rb8 20. Bd6 $10 {/\} Rb7 $2 21. Ba6 $18) 20. Ba3 {/\Na4,Rad1,b3} Ne5 21.
Na4 Bf5 22. c3 $8 (22. Rac1 $2 Bh6) 22... h5 23. h3 (23. Nc5 $142 $10) 23...
Bh6 24. Bf1 (24. Nc5 $5 Bc2 25. Bd1 $132) 24... Nd7 $36 25. Bd6 (25. Nc5 Nxc5
26. Bxc5 Reb8 27. Ba3 a4 $15) 25... Bc2 $1 26. b3 (26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. Bxc5 Bd2
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $17) 26... Bd2 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Bc7 Nf6 $1 29. f3 (29. Bxa5 $6
d4 {/\Nd5,Ne4}) 29... h4 30. Bb6 Nh5 $17 31. Bf2 (31. Bxa5 d4 32. Bb6 d3 $19)
31... g5 32. Nc5 Nf4 {/\Bc3} 33. a3 (33. Bd4 $5 Ne6 (33... Ne2+ 34. Bxe2 Rxe2
35. Kf1 Re8 36. a3 $132) 34. Nxe6 fxe6 35. Be5 c5 $36) 33... Bxc3 34. Rc1 Ne2+
$8 35. Bxe2 Rxe2 36. Kf1 Bb2 $8 (36... Rd2 $2 37. Be1 $18) 37. Kxe2 Bxc1 38. b4
a4 $2 (38... axb4 39. axb4 Bb2 $17 {_|_^^}) 39. Be3 $1 $8 Bxa3 (39... Bxe3 40.
Kxe3 $16 {/\Kd2}) 40. Kd2 Bf5 41. Kc3 d4+ $8 (41... f6 $2 42. Nxa4 {/\Kb3+-})
42. Bxd4 Bc1 43. Nxa4 Bc8 44. Nc5 Bf4 45. Kd3 Kh7 (45... Bc7 $6 46. Bf6 $16)
46. Be3 $10 Bxe3 47. Kxe3 Kg6 48. Nb3 Be6 49. Na5 Bd5 50. Kd4 $1 (50. Nb7 Kf5
$15 {><g2}) 50... g4 $1 $132 51. b5 $8 (51. hxg4 Bxf3 $19) 51... Bxf3 (51...
gxh3 52. gxh3 {-51...Bf3}) 52. bxc6 gxh3 53. gxf3 (53. gxh3 Bg2 54. c7 Bxh3 55.
Nc6 Be6 56. Ke3 $10) 53... h2 54. c7 h1=Q 55. c8=Q Qa1+ $10 56. Ke3 Qe5+ (56...
Qxa5 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Qh8+ $10) 57. Kf2 (57. Kf2 Qxa5 58. Qg8+ $10 {[Stohl]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jakarta"]
[Site "Jakarta"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Handoko, Edhi"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.08.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "INA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {King} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 $5 {A tricky idea.} ({
The point is after} 5... O-O 6. O-O c5 {apart from transposing into Benoni
lines with 7.d5 White can play} 7. dxc5 $5 dxc5 8. Be3 $14 {and it's not so
easy for Black to equalize in this nearly symmetrical position. By the move
order in the game Black avoids this possibility.}) 6. dxc5 {Tame, as it allows
Black to achieve an acceptable version of a Dragon Sicilian.} ({The most
principled try is certainly} 6. d5 $1 {But Benoni belongs to Hodgson's
repertoire and Handoko wanted to play as solid as possible.}) 6... Qa5 7. O-O (
7. Nd2 Qxc5 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Be3 (9. e5 $6 dxe5 10. Nb5 Qd8 (10... Qc6 $142 $1 $15
) 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Be3 Nc6 13. O-O-O+ Bd7 14. Rd3 Kc8 15. Rhd1 b6 16. Bf3 Be8
17. Nd2 Kb7 18. a4 $44 {Novak,I-Gesos,P/Rimavska Sobota/1974/}) 9... a6 10. a4
b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. O-O O-O {1/2,Psakhis,L-Davies,N/Protvino/1988/})
(7. cxd6 $5 Nxe4 8. O-O Nxc3 (8... Nxd6 $5 $11) 9. bxc3 e6 $6 (9... O-O $142
10. dxe7 Re8 $13) 10. Rb1 O-O 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nd4 Nb6 13. Nb5 Bd7 14. a3 Na4 15.
Bd2 Qd8 16. Bf3 Bc6 17. Rb4 Nc5 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nc7 Rc8 20. Be3 Ne4 21. c5
Nc3 22. Qd3 Rxc7 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Bf4 Qa5 25. Bd6 Re8 26. Qf3 $16 {Rajkovic,
D-Damljanovic,B/JUG-chT Cetinje/1992/}) 7... Qxc5 8. Be3 (8. e5 dxe5 9. Nb5 Ng4
10. h3 e4 11. Nfd4 Nf6 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nh5 16.
N3d4 Nd8 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Qg3 19. Bf2 Qf4 20. Be3 Qg3 21. Bf2 Qb8 22. Rfe1
Nc6 23. Bc4 Ne5 $17 {Uritzky,M-Lev,R/ISR-ch/1994/}) (8. Nd2 Be6 9. Nb3 Qc8 10.
Be3 Nc6 11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Re8 13. Nd5 Ne5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Nd4 Nc4 16. Bxc4
Bxc4 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. a4 Qd7 19. b3 d5 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. c4 Qh5 22. Rac1 $11 {
Schmied,A-Gulko,A/Reykjavik op/1996/}) 8... Qa5 ({Safer and more solid is the
retreat} 8... Qc7 {Black has a harmonius position, keeping still both options
of developing his Nb8 (to c6 or d7) open.} 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 a6
12. a4 e6 13. Nb3 b6 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 bxc5 18. Rad1
Rfd8 19. Qf2 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bc1 d4 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. f5 Re8 $36 {Collinson,
A-Watson,W/Eastbourne ch-GB/1990/}) 9. Qd2 (9. Nd2 Nc6 (9... O-O 10. f4 Nbd7
11. g4 a6 12. g5 Ne8 13. a4 Qd8 14. Nc4 b6 15. Nd5 Rb8 16. f5 Nc5 17. Bd4 Bxd4+
18. Qxd4 e6 19. fxg6 $5 $13 {Wells,P-Watson,W/London WFW/1991/}) 10. Nc4 Qd8
11. f3 O-O 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bf2 Bxc4 15. Bxc4 Ne5 16. Bb3 a6 17.
Qe2 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. c3 Be5 21. g3 b5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bd4 Qd7
24. a4 Rfe8 25. axb5 axb5 $132 {Oliwa,M-Shilov,S/Katowice op/1995/}) (9. Nd4
O-O (9... a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. a5 Be6 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Ne5 15.
Bb6 Qc8 16. f4 Ned7 17. Bd4 O-O 18. c4 Nc5 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. f5 Qc7 24. Qe2 b5 25. axb6 Qxb6 26. Rf2 Qd6 27. Re1 $14 {
Popov,S-Gulicovski,K/Kladovo ch-YU/1992/}) 10. Nb3 Qd8 11. f4 Nc6 12. Kh1 {
In this normal theoretical Sicilian Dragon position Black proceeds to play
rather helplessly.} Bd7 (12... a5 $5 $132) 13. g4 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. f5 Na5 (
15... Ne5 $142) 16. Nxa5 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qxa5 18. Qd3 Bc6 19. Kg1 Qxc3 20. Rab1
Qe5 21. Bf3 Nc7 22. Bg2 a5 23. Rf2 Nb5 24. c4 Nc3 25. f6 Nxe4 26. fxg7 Rc8 27.
Rff1 Nc5 28. Qd4 {1-0 Donaldson,J-Noble,B/Sands Reno/1992/}) 9... Nc6 10. h3
O-O 11. Bh6 {King: White forces the exchange of bishops to ensure that his
queenside will remain secure.} Be6 $146 (11... Bd7 12. a3 Rac8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. Qe3 Qc5 15. Qxc5 dxc5 16. e5 $6 Nh5 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 Nf4 19. Rad1 Be6
20. Bf1 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 $17 {[%csl Re5] _|_><e5,Romanelli,
R-Dunnington,A/Cappelle la Grande op/1995/}) 12. Rfe1 (12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5
Bd7 $11) 12... Rac8 13. a3 Ne5 $1 $11 14. Bxg7 (14. Nd4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Rxc3 $5
16. bxc3 Nxe4 $44) 14... Kxg7 15. Qe3 (15. Nd4 Bc4 16. f4 Ned7 $132 {<->c The
typical Sicilian pawn structure promises Black good counterplay on the
half-open c-file.} (16... Qb6 $5)) 15... Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd7 17. Rad1 Qb6 $1 {
Black exchanges Q and forces a pleasant endgame. But White has no weak points
and the position remains about equal.} 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Be2 (19. e5 $142 $6
Nc4 $1 $36) 19... Rc5 (19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Ree2 $11) (
19... Bc4 20. Bd3 $11) 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. f3 (21. f4 $6 g5 $1 $36 {[%csl Ge5]
Black gains control of the e5 square and gets additional chances.}) 21... a6
22. Rd2 g5 $1 23. Nd1 Nd7 24. Ne3 Ne5 25. Kf2 b5 26. Bf1 {White had two
symmetrical possibilities to get some active play.} (26. Ra1 $5 {[%cal Ra3a4] /
\a4<=>}) (26. Rh1 $5 {[%cal Rh3h4] /\h4<=>}) 26... h5 27. Ra1 Rb8 $5 (27... h4
28. a4 $132 {[%cal Ga1a8] <->a}) 28. b4 $6 {[%cal Rc5c2] Weakening the c-file.}
(28. g3 $142 $5 {[%cal Yf3f4] /\} Ng6 29. b4 Rc6 30. a4 $13) (28. a4 $6 bxa4
29. Rxa4 Rxb2 30. Rxa6 Bc4 $1 $36) 28... Rc3 $6 {The R is actively placed here,
but it's also exposed.} (28... Rc7 $142 29. a4 Bc4 $1 $15) 29. a4 g4 $6 (29...
Bc4 $2 30. Nd1 $16) (29... h4 $142 $13) 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Nd1 $1 {[] Chases
away the dangerous R.} (31. f4 $2 g3+ $1 32. Ke2 Bc4+ 33. Nxc4 Nxc4 $17) 31...
Rc7 32. axb5 axb5 33. f4 Nc4 34. Rd4 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rg4] The mutual weaknesses
on c2 and g4 hold the position in approximate balance.} (34. Rd4 Rbc8 $1 ({
A heavy positional mistake is} 34... f5 $2 35. exf5 Bxf5 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Ne3
$16) 35. Kg3 Bd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5 {
Only this space-gaining advance gives White chances for an opening advantage.}
dxe5 (8... Nd5 $6 9. exd6 exd6 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. c3 Nb6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qc1 Bf5
14. Nh2 f6 15. Bf4 Rae8 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Nf1 Bc6 18. Bd3 a6 19. Ng3 Bb5 20. Bc2
Qd7 21. b3 Qc7 22. a4 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bd7 24. Bd3 Re8 25. Qd2 $16 {Hracek,
Z-Hickl,J/Altensteig/1995/}) (8... Ne8 9. Bf4 (9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bf1
(11. Bf4 Ne6 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. a3 Rd8 14. Qc1 Ndf8 15. Bh4 Re8 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. b4
Rad8 18. Rad1 Bc8 19. Bd3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Bg5 Rdd8 22. Be3 Qc7 23. f4 f6
24. Qf2 b6 $10 {Kamsky,G-Nogueiras,J/Luzern WchT/1993/}) 11... Ne6 12. b3 Qa5
13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Qe2 b5 15. Rad1 a6 16. g3 Bb7 17. Bg2 c5 18. Bc1 Nb6 19. Bb2
Rad8 20. Ne4 h6 21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. h5 g5 25. Nh2 Nd4
26. Qd3 Bxe5 27. Nxg5 $1 $16 {Hjartarson-Todorcevic/Szirak izt/1987/}) 9... Qa5
(9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 Ne6 12. Bh6 Qc7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qe3 Qb6 15.
Qc1 Qa5 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 Ndxc5 18. Rfd1 a5 19. a4 Nf4 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. h4 h6 23. Rd4 Nd5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 $10 {Vukovic,Zd-Damljanovic,B/
JUG-chT Cetinje/1992/}) 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Be5 Bh6 14.
Ne4 Ndc4 15. Nc5 Bd5 16. b3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bg7 19. Nxb7 Qa3 20.
Ra5 Qb2 21. Re1 Bxd4 22. Rxe7 Nd5 23. Rd7 Rae8 $44 {Westerinen,HMJ-Ftacnik,L/
Hamburg op/1995/}) 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 {White has a space
advantage (Pe5) and attacking chances on the K-side, so Black must play
actively to gain sufficient counterplay. Slow moves enable White to build up
his position.} Nc5 $6 (11... Qc7 $142 $1 12. Qxd5 Qxc2 13. Bb5 (13. Qd3 Qxd3
14. Bxd3 Nc5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bd4 Bc2 19. Rd2 Nxe5 20.
Rxc2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bxd4 $15 {Hracek,Z-Bologan,V/BL 9596/1995/}) 13... Qf5 (
13... Qc5 14. Qxc5 Nxc5 15. Rac1 Ne6 16. Be3 b6 17. Bc6 Rb8 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. b4
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bb7 21. b5 Bxc6 22. bxc6 Nf8 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Rc1 a6 25. f4 f6
26. e6 f5 27. c7 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 Nxe6 29. Bxb6 $16 {Yermolinsky,
A-Azmayparashvili,Z/URS-FL Kuibishev/1986/}) (13... Nb6 14. Qd4 Bf5 15. Rac1
Qe4 16. Rfe1 Qd5 17. Bc4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Nxf5 Rxc4 20. Nxe7+ Kf8 21.
Rxc4 Nxc4 22. Nd5 Nxb2 23. Rb1 Rd8 24. Rxb2 Rxd5 25. Rxb7 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5
27. Rxa7 Re1+ 28. Kh2 $14 {Tal-Gipslis/Jurmala/1983/}) 14. Bg3 Nb6 15. Qc5 Bd7
16. Bxd7 Nxd7 17. Qd5 Rfb8 18. Nd4 Nb6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. Rad1 Qa4 21. Nb5 Rd8 22.
Qxa4 Nxa4 23. b3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Nb6 25. f4 Bh6 26. Nc7 Rc8 $132 {Razuvaev,
Y-Hazai,L/Sochi/1982/}) (11... Nb8 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. Bh6 Be6 14. Rfe1 Qb6 15. c3
Rfd8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. b4 a6 19. a4 d4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bb3
22. a5 Qa7 23. Rc1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxd4 25. Qc3 Be6 26. Bf3 $16 {[%csl Rb7] ><b7,
Arnold,L-Lorscheid,G/2BLSW 8788/1988/}) (11... e6 12. c3 Qc7 13. Qd4 b6 14.
Rad1 Bb7 15. Rd2 Rac8 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Rd4 Rfe8 18. h4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Ne5
Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. f4 Kg7 25. Bf3 h6 26. Re1 $14
{Somlai,L-Vadasz,L/Borsodtavho/1991/}) 12. Qd2 (12. Be3 b6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Re1
Qd7 15. Bd4 Rfd8 16. Bf1 e6 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Qe3 Qe7 19. b4 Na4 20. Rab1 Rac8
21. h4 Rc7 22. Be2 Rdc8 23. Bd1 Bb5 24. Bxa4 Bxa4 25. Rb2 Bb5 $132 {Line
Hoen-Pirttimaki/Slupsk tt/1987/}) (12. Re1 Ne6 13. Bg3 Qc7 14. c3 Rd8 15. Qd2
b6 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. Bd3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Be6 19. Bh4 Qd7 20. Kh2 Rac8 21. Qb4 Bf8
22. Ba6 Rc7 23. Rac1 f6 24. Bg3 f5 25. Bf4 Rb8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7 27. Rc1 $16 {
[%cal Gc1c8] <->,(),Servat-Schwanek/Argentina (ch)/1987/}) 12... Be6 $146 (
12... Ne6 13. Bh6 b6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. c3 f5 18. Nd4
Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Bc6 21. Bf3 e6 22. c4 Rfe8 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Re1
Re6 25. Bd1 f4 26. Qxf4 Rde8 27. Rd3 Rxe5 28. Rde3 g5 29. Qd4 {1-0,Gligoric,
S-Tringov,G/Skara EUchT/1980/}) 13. Bh6 $1 {[%csl Rg7] ׻} Qb6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. c3 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ne4 17. Qc1 {+/=/+/- An ideal position for White,
resembling a French defense. He has a better B and better pawn structure and
can prepare a K-side attack.} Qc7 18. Qf4 Bd7 19. Bf3 g5 $5 20. Qh2 {Here the
white Q is only temporarily out of play, as the black Ne4 will have to retreat.
} f5 {Black feels the pressure and attempts to free his position.} 21. exf6+
exf6 {In this position piece activity is no compensation for the weakness of
the isolated pawn.} (21... Nxf6 $6 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rfe1 Kf7 24. Re5 $18) 22.
Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Bd1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rd5,Rf5,Rg5] White has transformed
his advantage. In the endgame the Pd5 is very sensitive, the weakening of the
K-side further complicates Black's defense.} Kf6 25. Bb3 Rc5 $6 (25... Bc6 $142
26. f3 Nc5 27. Bc2 $16) 26. Rad1 Re8 (26... Rd8 $142 $5 $16) 27. Nc2 $1 Be6 28.
f3 Nd6 29. Nb4 {After Pd5 falls White reaches a technically won endgame.} a5
30. Nxd5+ Bxd5 31. Rxe8 Nxe8 32. Bxd5 {White has a strong B and extra pawn,
Black's pawns are weakened on both flanks. The rest is easy.} b5 33. Bb3 $18
Nc7 (33... a4 34. Rd5 $1 Rxd5 (34... axb3 35. Rxc5 bxa2 36. Rc6+ $18 {[%cal
Rc6a6] /\Ra6}) (34... Rc7 35. Bc2 $18) 35. Bxd5 $18) 34. Rd6+ Ke5 35. Rh6 a4
36. Bg8 a3 37. bxa3 Rxc3 38. Rxh7 Kf4 {[%cal Rf4g3] /\Kg3} (38... Nd5 39. Bxd5
Kxd5 40. Rh5 $18) 39. Kh2 $1 Ne8 40. Bb3 Nf6 41. Rf7 Nh5 42. Rb7 (42. g4 $6 Ng3
43. gxf5 Rxf3 $132) 42... Ke3 43. Rxb5 Kf2 44. Bf7 $1 (44. Rxf5 $4 Ng3 45. Rxg5
Nf1+ 46. Kh1 Rc1 $1 $19) 44... Ng3 45. Rb2+ Ne2 46. Be8 {[%cal Re8b5] /\Bb5} g4
47. fxg4 fxg4 48. hxg4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 027"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 (5. a4 Qa5 $5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5
8. Nf3 Bg7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Re8 12. Bc4 Bf8 13. Qd3 Nb6 14.
Ng5 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 Be6 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rd3 a6 18. f3 b5 19. Qa2 c5 $132 {
Andruet,G-Dorfman,I,Marseille 1989}) 5... e5 {N} (5... Bg7 $6 6. f4 O-O 7. Nf3
Na6 (7... Nbd7 8. e5 Nh5 9. Ne2 $16) 8. g4 b6 9. e5 (9. Bg2 $16 {()}) 9... dxe5
10. dxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. O-O-O Ne4 14. Qe1 $14 {Sharif,
Me-Chabanon,JL,FRA-ch 1991-CBM 27}) (5... Nbd7 6. f4 $5 (6. Nf3 Qc7 7. a4 Bg7
8. Be2 O-O 9. a5 $5 (9. O-O b6 10. Nd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. f4 Ned7 13. Nc4 d5
14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Ba6 17. Rae1 Rad8 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6
Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxb2 $10 {Short,N-Ftacnik,L,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD 90_06}) 9... Rb8
10. O-O b5 11. axb6 axb6 12. d5 $1 Bb7 13. Nd4 Ra8 14. Qd2 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Nc5
16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Bf3 $36 {><c6,Novikov,I-Zaichik,G,Polanica Zdroj 1989}) 6...
e5 (6... Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. e5 $16 {-5...Bg7?!}) 7. Qf3 (7. fxe5 $6 dxe5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nf3 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Ke7 12. Be2 Bg7 13. Rhf1 Re8 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Bc4 f6 16. h4 b6 17. Ne2 Bc7 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Bb3 Bd7 20. Nd4 Rad8 $15
{Nedev,T-Bogdanovski,V,Star Dojran 1991-TD 91_07}) 7... Bg7 (7... b5 $5 $132)
8. dxe5 (8. O-O-O $5 $13) 8... dxe5 9. f5 Qa5 10. g4 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Nd1 Nc5
13. Ne2 gxf5 14. gxf5 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 Ba6 16. Nc1 Bf8 17. Nf2 Rg8 18. Nb3 Qb5
19. O-O-O $36 {עe8,Sveshnikov,E-Komljenovic,D,Torcy op 1991-TD 91_02}) 6. Nf3
(6. dxe5 $5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. O-O-O+ Ke8 9. Nf3 $14) 6... Nbd7 7. Be2 (7.
a4 $142 Qc7 (7... Bg7 8. a5 O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 $1 $16 {Nunn,J-Todorcevic,
M,Szirak izt 1987-CBM 03}) 8. a5 Bg7 9. Bc4 $14) 7... Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. dxe5 (9.
O-O exd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 $10) 9... dxe5 10. Nd2 (10. Qd6 Ne8 11. Qd2 (11. Qa3 Bf6
$10) 11... Qe7 12. O-O Nc7 $10) 10... Qe7 11. Nc4 Rd8 (11... Nc5 $6 12. Qd6 $1
$16) 12. Qd6 Bf8 $1 (12... Qe8 13. Rd1 {/\Ne5} Bf8 14. Qc7 $16) 13. O-O-O Qxd6
14. Nxd6 Nb6 15. Nc4 (15. Nxc8 Rdxc8 16. a5 Nbd7 17. Bg4 Rc7 $10 {/\Bc5,Bb4})
15... Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Be7 18. g4 (18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Be6 20.
Bxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Re8 $10) 18... Kf8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 $8 21. Bxe6 fxe6
22. e5 Nd5 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Ne4 {/\c4} b5 $1 $8 25. Rf1 Rd8 26. axb5 cxb5 27.
Rf3 (27. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 28. exf6 Kf7 29. Bd2 (29. g5 $6 {ץh6}) 29... e5 $15)
27... a5 28. Bd2 a4 29. c3 (29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Kf7 $15) 29... Rc8 $10 {
/\Rc4,b4<=>} (29... Rc8 $132 30. Kc2 b4 $5 $13 (30... Nb4+ 31. Kb1 Nd5 32. Kc2
$10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9596 38th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1995.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.12.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 (6... c6 7. a4 Nbd7
8. Be2 e5 9. O-O Qe7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 Nc5 12. Bg4 Bxg4 13. hxg4 Rfd8 14.
Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Qe2 h5 16. Nb3 Qe7 17. gxh5 Nxh5 18. g3 Qg5 19. Rad1 Nf4 20. Qf3
Ne6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 $10 {Arnelind,M-Fridman,D/
Hallsdall op/1996/}) 7. a4 d5 $5 8. exd5 {A quiet continuation, after which
Black solves all his opening problems with ease.} (8. e5 $142 Ne4 9. Nxe4 (9.
Bd3 Nxc3 (9... Bf5 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nh4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. cxd3
Nc6 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. Re1 Qf5 $10 {Spassky,B-Hort,V/BL 8990/1989/}) 10. bxc3 c5
11. O-O (11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Bh2+ 16.
Kh1 e5 17. Kxh2 exd4+ 18. f4 dxc3 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Qxc3 Qxc5 22.
Qb2 Bc6 23. f5 Rce8 24. Qf6 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 $15 {Ivanov,AV-Benjamin,J/USA-ch
Modesto/1995/}) 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 c4 13. Be2 f6 14. exf6 exf6 15. Nh2 Be6 16.
Rab1 Qd7 17. Rb6 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Rad8 19. Bf3 Qf7 20. Ng4 Rd7 21. Nh6+ Bxh6 22.
Bxh6 Bf5 23. Bf4 g5 24. Bg3 h5 $15 {()>>,Brynell,S-Johansson,J/Helsingborg
ch-SE/1991/}) 9... dxe4 10. Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 Qc7 (11... Bxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13.
c3 Bd7 14. Bc4 e6 15. Nxe4 Bc6 16. f3 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Nd7 18. O-O-O Nxc5 19.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxc5 Rc8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Bb4 Rc4 23. Re1 Kg7 24. Kd2 Kh6 25.
a5 $16 {Jukic,B-Zvara,P/Bohemians B/1990/}) (11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe5 13. Bc4
Bd7 14. Bd5 Bc6 15. c3 Bxa4 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17. c6 Rxb7 18. cxb7 Bxd1 19. Kxd1 Nc6
20. Nxe4 Rb8 {1/2/Pirrot,D-Reeh,O/BL 8990/1990/} 21. Kc2 Rxb7 22. Nc5 $36) 12.
Bc4 $1 (12. Qd5 h6 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qa2 Bf5 15. Ng3 Bxc2 16. Bc4 Qa5+ 17. Ke2
Nc6 18. Bxf7+ Kh7 19. f4 Nb4 20. Qe6 Nd5 21. Bd2 Bd3+ 22. Ke1 Qxc5 23. f5 Ne3
24. Qxg6+ Kh8 $40 {Korchnoi,V-Speelman,J/Brussels SWIFT/1988/}) 12... Nc6 13.
e6 f5 14. O-O f4 15. Bc1 Qe5 16. h4 h6 17. Nh3 Nd4 18. c3 Nxe6 19. Nxf4 Rxf4
20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Qd8+ Kh7 22. Qxe7 Qf8 23. Qxf8 Bxf8 24. Rfe1 Nxc5 25. b4 Nd7
26. Rxe4 $16 {Hodgson,J-McNab,C/BCF-ch/1988/}) (8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10.
Bxe4 Nd7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. c6 bxc6 14. c3 Nf6 15. Bd3 e5 16. Bc4 Rd8
17. Qe2 Nd5 18. a5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qe7 20. Kh1 Rf8 21. e4 Bh6 22. Rad1 Ra7 23. b4
Bf4 24. Ne1 h5 $5 $132 {Nicholson,J-Kosten,A/BCF-ch/1989/}) 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5
Qxd5 10. c3 $146 (10. c4 Qd8 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yc7c5] /\c5<=>,><b4}) (10. Be2
Nc6 11. O-O Bf5 (11... Qd8 12. c4 Nb4 13. a5 b6 14. Qd2 bxa5 15. Rxa5 Rb8 16.
Bh6 Nc6 17. Rd5 Qe8 18. Re1 Bb7 19. Rh5 $1 $40 {Boensch,U-Gerer,J/Bad
Woerishofen/1991/}) 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bh6 $2 Nxd4 $1 14. Nxd4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qxd4
16. c3 Qc5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rd1 e5 $17 {Villavicencio,A-Martin,
A/Benidorm op/1989/}) 10... b6 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O e6 13. Ne1 Qd8 (13... Nc6
14. Bf3 Qd7 15. Nd3 $14) 14. Bf3 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 $10 16. Qf3 Qxf3 17. Nxf3
Nc6 18. Bf4 Rac8 19. Ne5 (19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rfe1 Rd7 $10) 19... Bxe5 20. Bxe5 (
20. dxe5 $6 Kg7 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 $15) 20... f6 {Black doesn't exchange the last
minor piece and tries to keep some tension in the position.} (20... Nxe5 21.
dxe5 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 $10) 21. Bg3 Kf7 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Rad1 Ne7 24. Rd3 Nf5 25.
Bf4 g5 26. Bc1 h5 {()>>} 27. g4 $1 {White rightly takes energetic measures
against Black's expansion on the King-side. The game remains balanced.} (27. f3
h4 $15) 27... hxg4 28. hxg4 Nd6 29. Kg2 Rh8 30. Rh3 Rxh3 31. Kxh3 Nc4 32. Kg3
b5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rh1 Kg6 35. Re1 Re8 36. f4 $1 gxf4+ 37. Kxf4 c6 38. Kf3
Kf7 39. Rh1 Kg6 40. Rh6+ Kg7 41. Rh2 Kg6 (41... Ra8 42. Re2 $10) 42. Rh6+ Kg7
43. Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 33rd"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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. e4 {Petursson} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1
Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qb6 (8... Qa5 9. e5 (9. Nd2 Qc7 10. d5 (10. Nc4 b5 11. e5 bxc4 12.
exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxc4 Qb6 14. Bh6 Bxd4 15. Rxe7 Ne5 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Rxe5 Bxe5
18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Bb3 Re8 20. Rd1 d5 21. h3 h5 22. Kh1 h4 23. Re1 Bf6 $15 {
Finkel,A-Beim,V/Tel-Aviv Cup 30'/1996/}) 10... Nb6 11. Bf3 Nfd7 12. Qc1 Ne5 13.
Be2 e6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bg3 f5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. a4 d5 19. exf5 exf5
20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Bf2 Nd6 22. Ng5 Nf6 23. Bc5 Nfe4 24. Ngxe4 fxe4 25. Bf1 Rf7 $36
{[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+],Rojas,L-Belli,M/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 9... Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5
11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Bd6 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ndf6 14. Nb3 Qg5 15. Qc1 h6 16. Qxg5 hxg5
17. g3 Bf5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Ng4 20. Nb3 Ne5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Bxe5 23.
Nc5 Nf6 24. Re1 Bd4 25. N3a4 Bg4 26. Bg2 Rb8 27. c3 $10 {Oll,L-Iordachescu,V/
Jerevan olm/1996/}) 9. Rb1 (9. Qc1 e5 (9... Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e6
fxe6 13. h3 Ngf6 14. Bc4 Nf8 15. Be5 a5 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. Bf1 Qc7 20. c4 Nf6 21. Qe3 Rb8 22. Qa7 $44 {Zaitsev,I-Komliakov,V/
Bucharest ENE/1993/}) 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 (12. a4 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nc5
14. h3 Nf6 15. Bf1 a5 16. Bc4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Nd2 Nd7 20.
Qb1 Nd4 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. c3 Ne6 23. Nb3 Bf8 24. Qc2 Be7 25. f3 Bg5 $10 {
Adams,M-Seret,J/FRA-chT/1989/}) (12. h3 Re8 13. a4 a5 14. Bc4 Nf8 15. Ng5 Ne6
16. Rd1 Bf8 17. Nxe6 $10 {1/2/Thorsteins,K-Seret,J/Belfort op/1989/}) 12... Rd8
13. Rd1 Nf8 (13... Bf8 $5 $132) 14. Nc4 Rxd1+ 15. Qxd1 Ne8 16. a4 Ne6 17. Nb1
b6 18. c3 Nf4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nbd2 h5 21. Qc2 Rd8 22. b4 Nf6 23. Nf3 Nh7 24.
Rd1 Rxd1 25. Qxd1 Bg4 26. Qd6 $1 $16 {_|_,Karpov,A-Hansen,C/Biel/1992/}) (9.
Qd3 $5 c5 $2 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qxb2 13. Rab1 Qa3 14. Nd5 Qxd3
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxc5 Bc3 19. Nxg6+ hxg6 20. Bxf8
Bxe1 21. Rxe1 Bf5 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Bc5 $16 {Nunn,J-Christiansen,L/Luzern tt/
1989/}) (9. a3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 Rd8 13. f3 Nh5 14. Qc1 Nf4
15. Bf1 Ne6 16. Nd1 a5 17. b4 Bf8 18. c3 b6 19. Nb2 Ba6 20. Qc2 Bxf1 21. Rxf1
axb4 22. axb4 b5 23. Nd3 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bd4 c5 26. bxc5 Nxc5 $15 {
Roeder,M-Seret,J/Belfort op/1989/}) 9... Re8 $5 $146 {[%cal Re7e5] /\e5} (9...
a5 $6 10. Bf1 Rd8 11. Qe2 Nf8 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rbd1 d5 15. e5 Ne8 16.
Ng5 Bc8 17. f4 b5 18. Qf2 f6 19. Nf3 Qb8 20. g4 a4 21. Ne2 Bh8 22. Ng3 Ng7 23.
Bd3 f5 24. gxf5 Nxf5 25. Nxf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Kh2 $16 {Lastin,
A-Tseshkovsky,V/RUS-ch Elista/1995/}) 10. e5 $8 {Without this space gaining
advance White can't count on any advantage.} dxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. dxe5 $2 Ng4 $17
) 11... Nxe5 (11... Nd5 $5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 e6 $10 (13... Nf6 $5)) 12.
dxe5 (12. Bxe5 Bf5 $10) 12... Rd8 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 (14... Rxd5 15. Qe2
$32 $36 {()}) 15. c3 Qc7 $2 (15... d4 $142 16. c4 a5 $13) 16. Qa4 $1 {[%cal
Re5e6] (),/\e6 From now on White plays a model game. First of all he blockades
the Pd5, thus preventing counterplay, then he proceeds with a K-side build-up,
his Pe5 guaranteeing him attacking chances.} Be6 (16... Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18.
e6 $40) 17. Qd4 Rab8 (17... Qd7 $5 {[%cal Ye6f5] /\Bf5} 18. Rbd1 Bf5 19. Bf1
$14) 18. a4 $1 a6 19. Ra1 Qd7 20. h3 Rbc8 21. Be3 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg2g4] /\f4,g4->
} Bf5 22. Bf1 Bc2 $6 {Black put his B in total offside and makes White's
attack much easier.} (22... Qe6 $142 23. Bg5 $1 (23. f4 f6 $132) 23... Be4 24.
f3 $36) 23. Qf4 Bb3 {[%csl Rb3] ץb3} 24. Bd3 $1 Qe6 (24... Bc4 25. Bc2 {
[%cal Rb2b3] /\b3+-}) 25. Bd4 Qc6 26. e6 $1 f6 $6 {[%csl Ge6] Now Black will
not manage to get rid of the Pe6 in time.} (26... fxe6 $142 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Qd4+ Kf7 29. Re3 $40) 27. h4 $40 Rd6 28. Qg4 Rf8 (28... f5 $2 29. Bxf5) (28...
Bxa4 29. h5 g5 30. Qf5 h6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Bxf6 $1 exf6 33. e7+ $18) 29. h5 f5
30. Bxf5 $1 Bxd4 (30... Rxf5 31. hxg6 Bxd4 (31... Rf6 32. gxh7+ (32. Bxf6 exf6
33. gxh7+ Kh8 34. e7 Qe8 35. Qb4 $18) 32... Kxh7 33. Bxf6 exf6 (33... Bxf6 34.
Re3 $18) 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. e7 $18) 32. cxd4 {-30...Bxd4}) 31. cxd4 Rxf5 32. hxg6
Rf8 (32... Rf6 $8 33. gxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qh3+ Rh6 35. Qxb3 $18) (32... Bc2 {
Petursson} 33. gxh7+ Kxh7 34. Rac1 (34. Qh4+ Kg8 35. Re3 Rxe6 36. Rc3 Rh6 $1
$16) 34... Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Qxe6 36. Rxc2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rf6 38. Re2 $18) 33. Qh5 $1
(33. Qh5 hxg6 34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Re3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg SKA"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1991.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1991.06.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O (5... c6 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. O-O-O
Qa5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14.
fxg7 $1 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Rg8 16. Bg2 Rc8 17. Rd3 e6 18. Ra3 $14 {Emms,J-Norwood,
D,Eastbourne GB-ch 1990}) 6. Qd2 Bg4 (6... Nc6 $5 7. d5 Nb4 8. a3 Na6 9. Bxa6
bxa6 10. Bh6 Rb8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nd4 Qe8 13. O-O-O e5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nb3 Bb7 17. f3 $13 {Emms,J-Speelman,J,London LB 1990}) 7. Ng5 $6 (7.
O-O-O c6 8. Bh6 b5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qf4 b4 11. e5 Bxf3 12. exf6+ exf6 13. Qxf3
bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qb6 15. h4 h5 $13 {Hebden,M-Walker,D,Eastbourne ch-GB 1990}) 7...
Nc6 8. h3 Bd7 9. d5 (9. Be2 e5 10. d5 Nd4 $1 $146) 9... Nb4 10. Nf3 (10. a3 Na6
{/\c6<=>}) 10... c6 11. Be2 (11. a3 Na6 12. Be2 Nc5 $1 $36) 11... cxd5 12. Nxd5
(12. exd5 Qa5 13. Rd1 Bf5 14. Nd4 Ne4 $1 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 $17) 12... Na6 $10 13.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd4 $6 (14. c3 Bc6 15. Qc2 $10 {/\} Nc5 $6 16. e5) 14... Nc5 15.
Bf3 Qb6 16. b3 Qa6 $1 $36 17. b4 Ne6 18. a4 Qc4 (18... Bxa4 $2 19. b5 $18) 19.
Be2 Qc7 20. c4 a5 $1 {><c5,c4} 21. b5 $8 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rac8 24.
O-O Qc5 25. Qd2 b6 $15 26. Qb2 Qe5 (26... f6 $5 {/\Qe5}) 27. Qxe5 dxe5 28. Rac1
{/\c5!} Rc5 29. Rfd1 Be6 30. Rd2 Rfc8 31. Rdc2 Kg7 (31... g5 $5 32. Bg4 Bxg4
33. hxg4 Rd8 $15) 32. f3 $6 (32. h4 $142) 32... g5 $1 {><g2,h3,e2} 33. Kf2 h5
34. Ke3 h4 35. Bf1 Kf8 36. Be2 Ke8 37. Bf1 f6 38. Be2 Rd8 {/\Rd4} 39. Rd2 Rdc8
40. Rdc2 Rd8 41. Rd2 Rd6 $1 42. Rxd6 $6 (42. Bf1 $15) 42... exd6 43. Kd2 (43.
Bd3 d5 $1 44. exd5 Bxd5 $17) 43... f5 $36 44. Bd3 (44. exf5 $142 $5 Bxf5 45.
Bd3) 44... fxe4 45. fxe4 {><e4} Ke7 $17 46. Be2 Rc8 47. Bd3 $6 (47. Ke3 Rf8 $17
) 47... g4 48. hxg4 Rg8 $1 49. Rf1 Rxg4 50. Rf2 Rf4 $1 $19 51. Ke3 (51. Re2 Bg4
$19) (51. Rxf4 exf4 $19 {/\Kf6-e5}) 51... Rxf2 52. Kxf2 Bg4 {/\Bd1} 53. Bc2 (
53. Be2 Bxe2 54. Kxe2 Kf6 55. Ke3 Kg5 56. Kf3 Kh5 $19) 53... Kf6 54. Ke3 Kg5
55. Bb3 $8 Bd7 (55... Be6 $1 56. Kf3 Bf7 57. Ba2 Bh5+ 58. Ke3 Kg4 $19) 56. Kf3
Bc8 57. Bc2 (57. Ba2 Bg4+ {/\Bd1}) 57... Bd7 58. Bb3 Bc8 59. Bc2 Be6 $1 60. Bb3
Bg4+ (60... Bf7 $19) 61. Ke3 Bh5 62. Bc2 (62. Ba2 Kg4) 62... Bf7 {Stohl,I} (
62... Bf7 63. Bd3 Kg4 64. Be2+ Kg3 65. Bf1 Be6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tiraspol"]
[Site "Tiraspol"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "MDA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 040"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 $5 (6. Bb3 O-O (6... b5
7. e5 $1 dxe5 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Qe2 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Nb6 13.
Rad1 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. c3 Ne4 16. Bh4 Qc7 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. a4 e6 19. axb5
axb5 20. Nb4 Qb6 21. Bc2 $14 {Emms,J-Hutchinson,P/GB-ch/1991/}) 7. O-O Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Rfe1 d5 14. a3 b5
15. e5 Nh7 16. Na2 Qb6 17. c3 c5 18. Nc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 $132 {Hassapis,
D-Murshed,N/Eastbourne ch-GB/1990/}) 6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O $14 {()} Nbd7
(8... Nfd7 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Ne4 $6 (12. Na4 $14) 12...
Bxe5 13. Bh6 Bxb2 14. Rab1 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rxb4 a5 17. Rbb1 Nd7 18. Qe3
Nf6 19. Qc5 Be6 $17 {Sulskis,S-Maciejewski,A/Warsaw op/1992/}) 9. Bb3 $146 (9.
Bf4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nbd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. Re1 a5 14. a4 Qb6 15. h4
Rad8 16. h5 Bf5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. c3 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qe2 $36 {Mortensen,
E-Norwood,D/Reykjavik tt/1990/}) (9. Bg5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bh4
Be6 (12... Bf6 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. c3 Rc8 15. Qe2 h5 16. Bf4 Kg7 17. f3 e6 18. h3
g5 19. g4 $5 $36 {Votava,J-Tkebuchava,G/Morava C/1991/}) 13. c3 Nc4 14. Re1
Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 Rfd8 17. Rad1 a5 18. Ba4 Bf8 19. Bb5 $14 {Akopian,
V-Lukin,A/URS-sf Daugavpils/1989/}) (9. f4 $5 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd5 11. Ne4 f6 12.
Nf3 Kh8 13. c4 Nc7 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rc1 Bg8 16. Re1 Nc8 17. Nc3 b5 18. cxb5 cxb5
19. Bxg8 Rxg8 20. f5 $1 $16 {Vasiukov,E-Kantsler,B/Belgorod/1990/}) 9... Nxe5 (
9... c5 $5 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. d5 $14) 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10... Nd5 $5 11. Nxd5 cxd5
12. Re1 $14) 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. f4 $16 {/\h3,g4|^>>} h5 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Ng5 e6
15. h3 Nh6 16. Be3 {><d6,Nh6} Bf8 (16... Kf8 17. Rfd1 Ke8 18. Bc5 $16) 17. Rfd1
c5 18. Kf2 Be7 (18... h4 $6 19. Kf3 {/\Bf2><h4}) 19. Ke2 Kg7 20. a4 b6 21. c3
Ng8 22. Nf3 (22. Kf3 Bd3 $5 {/\c4<=>}) 22... Be4 23. Bc4 Rxd1 (23... Kf8 24. a5
$16) 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rg1 $5 Bd5 (25... Bc6 26. Bb5 $5 $16) 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 (
26... exd5 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 {/\f5} f6 29. e6 $16 {/\f5}) 27. g4 hxg4 28.
hxg4 f6 (28... Bd8 29. a5 $5 b5 30. b4 $16) 29. exf6+ Bxf6 (29... Nxf6 30. Ne5
$16 {/\Nc6}) 30. a5 $1 bxa5 (30... b5 31. Rd1 $1 Rxd1 32. Kxd1 Be7 33. Ne5 $18
{ק}) 31. Ra1 g5 (31... Bd8 32. Ne5 $18 {/\Nc4,c4}) 32. fxg5 Bd8 33. Ra4 {
ק,/\c4} (33. c4 $5 $18) 33... Ne7 34. Re4 Bb6 (34... Kf7 35. Ne5+ Kg7 36. Nd3
$18) 35. Rxe6 $18 Ng6 36. c4 Rd8 37. Ne5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rb8 39. Kd3 a4 40. Rd5 (
40. Bxc5 $6 Bxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxb2 $16) 40... a3 41. bxa3 Bd8 42. Kc2 Bb6 43. Bf4
Rc8 44. Rd7+ Kg6 45. Rd6+ Kf7 46. Kd3 Re8 47. Rd5 Re6 48. a4 {/\Rd6} 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Efimov, Igor"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 (6... a6 7. a4 (7.
e5 $5) 7... Nc6 (7... b6 8. Bd3 (8. Bc4 e6 9. O-O d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7
12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. c3 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nc5
$10 {Novikov,I-Espig,L,Budapest Perenyi-B 1989-TD89_11}) 8... Bb7 9. O-O e6 (
9... c5 10. d5 $14) 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bh6 e5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. d5 $14 {()
Larsen,B-Hodgson,J,New York WFW 1990-CBM 20}) 8. Be2 e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4
Re8 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Rb4 14. Qd2 c5 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. b3 Qc8
$10 {Ye Jiangchuan-Ehlvest,J,Luzern tt 1989-CBM 16}) (6... d5 $5 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Bd3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 c5 $132) 7. e5 $5 {N} (7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. d5 Na6 10. Re1
Nc7 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Ng5 d5 14. Nxe6 fxe6 $13 {Galalgher,
J-Fioramonti,H,Biel op 1989}) 7... Nfd7 (7... Ne8 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O $14) 8. e6
$1 fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf6 10. Bc4 d5 $8 11. Be2 $146 c5 12. dxc5 (12. Nf3 $5 $146)
12... Nc6 $2 (12... e5 $5 $13) 13. Bb5 $1 Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. O-O $16 {
><e5,e6} Rd8 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Bd4 {/\Nf3-e5} e5 $5 18. Bxe5 d4 (18... Bb7 19.
Qd4 $16) 19. Ne2 (19. Bxd4 $2 e5) 19... Bb7 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. Bxd4 (21. Bg3 Bxf3
22. gxf3 Nh5 $146) 21... Bxf3 (21... Qh5 22. Ng3 Bxf3 23. Nxh5 Bxd1 24. Nxf6+
Bxf6 25. Bxf6 $18) (21... Qf5 $5 22. Qd3 $16) 22. Bxc5 $1 (22. gxf3 $2 Qg5+ {
/\e5}) 22... Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 Bxe2 24. Re1 bxc5 (24... Ba6 25. Bxe7 Nd5 26. c3
$18) 25. Rxe2 Kf7 26. c3 Ne8 27. a4 Nd6 28. a5 Ra6 29. Ra4 {/\b4} c4 30. Rd2
Ke6 31. f4 Bf6 32. g4 g5 33. f5+ Ke5 $2 (33... Kd7 $142 $5 $16) 34. Ra1 $40 Ke4
35. Kf2 Kf4 36. Re2 {/\Rf1,Kg2#} Nxf5 $8 37. gxf5 $18 Kxf5 38. Ra4 h5 39. Re1
g4 40. hxg4+ hxg4 41. Rf1 (41. Rea1 $5 {/\Rc4}) 41... Be5 42. Ke3+ Kg5 43. Ke4
Bh2 44. Rf5+ Kg6 45. Rf2 g3 46. Rc2 Bg1 47. Kf3 Bf2 48. Re2 {/\Re4 Stohl,I} 1-0

[Event "Bonn GSK"]
[Site "Bonn"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gurevich,M} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. a4 (11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 (12. Bd4
a6 13. Bf3 Qc7 14. Qd2 c5 $6 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Gf4] A positional mistake,
realeasing the tension gives White a free hand in the center.} (14... e5 $142
$5 $13) 15. Bf2 b5 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. e5 Nc4 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. b3 Na3 20. Nb1 Nxb1
21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Rbe1 Qa5 23. Bh4 Rb7 24. c4 f6 25. Bg4 $16 {Chuprov,
D-Pospelov,E/Zalakaros op/1996/}) (12. a4 Qa5 13. Ra3 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15.
Qxd5 Qxd5 16. exd5 Bxb2 17. Rb3 Bf6 18. Rxb7 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Bb5 Rab8 21.
Rc7 Rbc8 22. Rc6 Bd4+ $10 {Boensch,U-Movsziszian,K/Bad Wörishofen/1996/}) 12...
bxc6 13. Qd3 $5 (13. Qd2 Qa5 14. a3 Rfd8 15. Bf3 Rab8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nb6
18. Qd3 d5 19. e5 Nfd7 20. Bf2 e6 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Rab1 Nxa3 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24.
Qxa3 Rb7 25. c3 Nb6 26. Bd4 Nc4 $10 {Roy Chowdhury,S-Anilkumar,N/Calcutta op/
1996/}) 13... Qb8 14. a3 Nc5 $6 (14... Rd8 $142 $1 $14) 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. e5
Nd5 17. Na4 $1 f6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Nxc5 fxe5 20. Ne6 Rf6 21. f5 Qd6 22. g4 gxf5
23. gxf5 Qxd3 24. Bxd3 e4 25. Bxe4 Nxc4 26. Bxc6 Rb8 27. Rae1 Rxb2 28. Rf4 Nd2
29. Rg4 Rf7 {Hracek,Z-Ftacnik,L/Jerevan olm/1996/} 30. Kh1 $1 $18) 11... Qa5
12. Ra3 Ned7 $5 (12... Rfc8 13. Rb3 Rab8 14. Qd4 a6 15. Qb6 Qxb6 16. Bxb6 Nfd7
(16... Ra8 $142 $10) 17. Ba7 Nc5 18. Ra3 Ra8 19. Bxc5 dxc5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Bg4
Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Rc7 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Nd1 c4 25. Be2 Rb7 26. c3 Bc5 27. Ra1 a5 28.
Bxc4 $14 {Hellers,F-Schlosser,M/Adelaide-WchJ/1988/}) 13. Bd2 $146 (13. Rb3
Rab8 {[%cal Rd7c5] /\Nc5} 14. Qd4 Nc5 $19 15. Rb4 Nxd5) (13. Qd2 Nc5 (13...
cxd5 14. exd5 Rfc8 15. f4 Nb6 16. Rb3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rxb7 Ng4 19. Kh1
Qa6 20. Rb5 Rxa4 21. Rb1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Qxb5 24. Rxb5 Ra1+ 25. Qg1
Rxg1+ 26. Kxg1 Rc8 $17 {Bogaerts,J-McNab,C/Ostende op/1991/}) (13... Rfb8 14.
Rd1 Nc5 15. f3 Qb4 16. a5 cxd5 17. exd5 b6 18. Nb5 Qxd2 19. Rxd2 a6 20. Nc7 Ra7
21. Nxa6 $1 Rxa6 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. axb6 $36 {Wolff,P-Seirawan,Y/New York op/
1990/}) (13... Rfc8 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. a5 a6 16. Rd1 cxd5 (16... Nc5 17. f3 Ncd7
18. Bf1 h5 $132 {1/2,Ye Jiangchuan-Ftacnik,L/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 17. exd5 Nc5
18. f3 Nfd7 19. b4 Nb3 20. Rxb3 Bxc3 21. Qc1 e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 Bg7 24.
c4 b5 25. axb6 Nxb6 26. Rd1 {1/2,Gavrikov,V-Ftacnik,L/Wien op/1990/}) 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. e5 Ne8 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Ne4 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Bxd4
Bxd4 21. Rb3 Rfb8 22. Na5 Rxb3 23. cxb3 Rc8 24. Bf3 c5 25. Nc6 $132 {Ostenstad,
B-Yrjola,J/Esboo zt/1989/}) (13. Bd4 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Nef6 16. g4 Qc5
17. Qd2 cxd5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. b4 Qxb4 20. Rb3 Qc5 21. Rb5 Qc7 22. g5 Nfd7 23.
Qd4+ Kg8 24. a5 Rfc8 25. Ne4 Nc4 26. f4 a6 $17 {Lengyel,B-Zimmerman,Y/
Budapest2/1994/}) (13. Qb1 Rfc8 14. Rd1 cxd5 15. exd5 a6 16. Bd4 Ne8 17. Bg4
Qd8 18. a5 Rc4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be2 Rcc8 21. b4 Qc7 22. Rc1 Nef6 23. Qa2 b5
24. axb6 {1/2,Chiburdanidze,M-Schlosser,M/Sochi-A/1989/}) 13... Rfc8 (13... Qc7
{Gurevich,M} 14. a5 $14) 14. dxc6 (14. Re1 Qc7 $10) 14... bxc6 (14... Rxc6 $5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Bb5 Rcc8 $10) 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 (16... Bxf6 17. b4 d5
$132) 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. b4 d5 $1 $10 19. Rd3 (19. exd5 $6 cxd5 20. Rd3 (20. Re1
{Gurevich,M} e6 $15 {(/\Nf6-d7-e5)}) 20... e6 $36 {[%csl Rc2] ><c2}) 19... e6 (
19... Qc7 $5 20. exd5 (20. Re1 e6 {[%cal Rf6d7,Rd7e5] /\Nd7-e5=/+}) 20... cxd5
21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rd1 $10) 20. c4 {[#]} Nd7 $1 $8 {
Ne5} 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. exd5 Ne5 23. Rb3 exd5 (23... Nxf3+ {Gurevich,M} 24. Qxf3
Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. b5 Rc2 27. Rd1 $14) 24. Bf4 (24. Be2 $5 d4 25. Bf4 Qd5
$13) 24... Rc4 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Qxd5 (26. Qd2 Qd6 $10) 26... Qxd5 27. Bxd5 Rd4
(27... Rcxb4 28. Rf3 Rf4 $10) 28. Bc6 Rbxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. Re1 (30. g3 {
Gurevich,M} Rb2 31. Rd1 Bc7) 30... Rb2 31. Kf1 Bd4 32. Re2 (32. Re2 Rb1+ 33.
Re1 Rb2 $10 (33... Rxe1+ $10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, James C"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 (4... d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Nce2
cxd5 8. Bd2 Na6 9. a3 bxa3 10. Rxa3 Nc7 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Bb4 Ba6 14.
O-O Re8 15. Re1 e6 16. Nc3 Bf8 17. Nc6 $16 {Kudrin,S-Gufeld,E,Kusadasi op
1990-EXP 18}) 5. Bb3 (5. Qe2 Nd7 (5... Nf6 $142 {-B07}) 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bf4 Qc7 8.
a4 Ne7 9. O-O h6 10. Rfd1 O-O 11. Bg3 a5 12. Bb3 Nb6 13. Qe3 Bd7 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bc8 17. Bb3 b6 18. Rd2 $14 {(),Wittmann,W-Lau,R,Munich
zt 1987-CBM 03}) (5. Qf3 $1 e6 6. Bf4 $5 (6. Nge2 Nd7 (6... Qe7 7. a4 Nd7 8.
O-O Ngf6 9. a5 e5 10. d5 c5 11. a6 $1 bxa6 12. Bxa6 O-O 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Bxc8 $16 {Glek,I-Niesel,M,Werfen op 1991-TD91_08}) 7. O-O
Ngf6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Bg5 Qe7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. Qe3 Re8 13. f4 exd4 14.
Qxd4 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Bxd4+ 16. Rxd4 Nxc3 17. Nxc3 Rxe7 18. Rxd6 Nf8 19. Rd8 b6
20. a4 $1 $36 {׫_|_,Nunn,J-Fauland,A,Vienna 1991-CBM 26}) 6... Ne7 7. Qg3 d5
8. Bxb8 dxc4 9. Bc7 Qd7 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bd6 b5 12. O-O-O Ba6 13. Bc7 $16 {
Brauning,R-Rakic,T,Munich op 1992}) (5. Nf3 b5 $6 (5... Nf6 $142 {-B08}) 6. Bb3
b4 7. Na4 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 Na6 11. a3 bxa3 12. Rxa3 Nac7 13. c4
Nb4 14. exd6 exd6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bf4 Kh8 17. Qd2 $16 {Ivanov,AV-Orlov,G,US-op
Los Angeles 1991-TD91_09}) 5... Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O (7. h3 Qc7 8. a4 e5 9.
dxe5 dxe5 10. a5 Na6 11. Be3 b5 $6 (11... Qe7 $142 $132 {/\Nc5}) 12. axb6 axb6
13. Na4 c5 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Nc3 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nb4 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. O-O Nc6 19.
Nb5 Qd7 20. Nc4 $16 {Schlosser,M-Norwood,D,Prestwich 1990-CBM 18}) (7. Bg5 $6
Qa5 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. h3 Nfd7 $1 11. Be3 c5 12. O-O-O Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Qxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Bxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc6 17. Rd2 Nc5 $15 {_|_,Saravan,
V-Bologan,V,Calcutta op 1992-EXP 27}) 7... Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nfd7 $5 {N} (
9... e6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qa5 13. Rfe1 d5 14. a3 b5 15. e5 Nh7
16. Na2 Qb6 17. c3 c5 18. Nc1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Rac8 $132 {Hassapis,M-Murshed,N,
Eastbourne ch-GB 1990}) 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Ne2 (11. Rad1 $5 Na6 12. Qe2 $14 {
/\f4-f5->}) 11... c5 $1 $132 12. c3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 (13. d5 Nce5 14. Qg3 Nd3 $5 (
14... c4 15. Bc2 Nc5 16. b4 $1 $16) 15. Bg5 c4 $132) 13... Qb5 {/\c4} 14. Nf4
cxd4 (14... c4 $6 15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Rab1 $16 {[+],/\} Qa6 17. Bc2 Qxa2 $2 18. Ra1
Qxb2 19. Qd2 $18) 15. cxd4 Nb6 (15... Na5 $6 16. Nd5 $36 {/\Nc7,Ne7}) 16. Qe2
$8 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Na5 18. Rdc1 Rfc8 (18... Nxb3 $6 19. axb3 $36 {<->c,><a7}) 19.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bd1 {_|_^^} d5 $1 21. e5 Nbc4 (21... e6 $5 $10) 22. Bc1 Nc6 23.
b3 Nb6 24. f4 e6 25. Ba3 (25. g4 Bf8 26. a3 {/\Be3,Ng3,f5|^,()}) 25... Bf8 26.
Bxf8 Kxf8 $10 27. Rc1 Ke7 28. Kf2 (28. g4 $142) 28... h5 29. g3 (29. g4 hxg4
30. hxg4 Rh8 $132) 29... Kd7 30. Ke3 a6 31. Bc2 Na8 $6 (31... Ne7 32. Bd3 Rxc1
$10) 32. Bd3 Nc7 33. Nc3 b5 34. Ne2 b4 35. Rc2 a5 36. Ng1 Ra8 37. Nf3 a4 38.
Nd2 $1 {/\ba4,Nb3-c5} (38. bxa4 $6 Rxa4 {/\} 39. Nd2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 38... a3 $8
39. Nf3 Na5 {/\Nb3-+} 40. Rc1 Nc6 41. Ng5 Nd8 42. g4 $36 h4 $5 (42... hxg4 43.
hxg4 $16 {/\Rh1,f5->}) 43. Bf1 (43. Nf3 Nc6 {/\Na7-b5-c3<=>}) (43. f5 $142 gxf5
44. gxf5 $36) 43... Rb8 $1 44. Nf3 Nc6 45. Nxh4 Na7 $132 46. Nf3 Ncb5 47. Bxb5+
Nxb5 48. Ng1 Nc3 49. Rc2 {/\Ne2} (49. Ne2 $2 Nxa2 50. Rc2 Nc3 51. Nxc3 bxc3 52.
Rxc3 a2 $19) 49... Rh8 50. Kd3 Ne4 51. Ke3 Nc3 52. Kd3 $10 Ne4 53. Ke3 g5 $5
54. fxg5 Nxg5 55. Rh2 Rc8 56. h4 Ne4 (56... Rc3+ $6 57. Kf4 Ne4 58. h5 $16) 57.
h5 Ke7 58. Nf3 Kf8 59. h6 Kg8 60. Kf4 {/\Ng5} Rc1 $1 $8 61. h7+ Kh8 62. g5 Rb1
{/\Rb2} 63. Rh6 Ra1 $1 (63... Rb2 64. Nh4 $1 Rf2+ 65. Ke3 {/\g6+-}) 64. Rh2 $10
(64. Nh4 $2 Rf1+ $17 {><a2}) 64... Rb1 65. Rh6 Ra1 66. Rh2 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen PCA"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5
$5 (8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Rb8 14.
Rb1 Qc7 15. Qe2 e5 $5 16. Qf2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Be2 Rb4 $1
20. Bd3 Ng4 21. Qe2 h5 $13 {Tregubov,P-Tseshkovsky,V/Rostov op/1993/}) (8. Ne1
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Nd3 Nc4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qc8
15. h3 c6 16. b3 Nb6 $10 {Geller,E-Balashov,Y/Moscow/1981/}) 8... Nd7 (8... a6
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bh6 (13. e5 Nd7 {/\c5})
13... c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d5 {Johansen,D-Ingenerf,S/Elberfeld/1986/} c6 $5
$132) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 (11... Rb8 $5 $132) 12. Rad1 Qb8 13.
b3 Qb4 14. Ne2 Qa3 15. Nc1 c5 $5 $146 (15... exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 c5 (
17... Qc5 $5 18. Qd1 f5 $132) 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Ne2 Qxa2 21. Nc3 Qb2
22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Nd5 Ra7 24. Qc3 $16 {Rozentalis,E-Nijboer,F/Groningen/1992/})
16. dxc5 (16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Qe2 Nc6 $10) 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 $8 (17. Rd2 f5 $36
) 17... Qxc5 18. c4 a5 19. Rd5 (19. Nd3 Qc6 $10 {/\a4,f5}) 19... Qa3 20. c5 $5
dxc5 21. Qc3 Qb4 $1 (21... a4 22. Rxc5 axb3 23. axb3 $14) 22. Qc2 (22. Qxb4
cxb4 $15) 22... Rfd8 23. Rfd1 (23. Rxc5 Rd2 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Bf8 $10)
23... Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Bh6 $1 25. Nd3 $8 (25. Rxc5 $2 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Bf4+ 27. g3
Bxc1 28. Qxc1 Qxf2+ $19) 25... Qxe4 26. Rxe5 Qd4 27. Re2 (27. Rxc5 Rd8 $36)
27... a4 (27... c4 28. bxc4 Rd8 $10) 28. Nxc5 a3 $2 (28... axb3 29. Nxb3 Qd6
$10) 29. g3 Rd8 30. Kh2 $14 {><c7} Bf8 31. Ne4 Qd3 32. Kg2 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 f5 34.
Ng5 c5 {><c5,a3} (34... Bd6 $142 $5 $14) 35. Nf3 Rd1 36. Nd2 $16 {/\Nc4} Bg7 (
36... Bh6 37. Nc4 Bc1 38. Kf3 $16) 37. Nc4 Bb2 38. Nxb2 axb2 39. Rxb2 Rc1 40.
a4 Kf7 (40... Ra1 $5 $8 41. Rc2 Ra3 $16) 41. Ra2 $1 $18 Rc3 42. a5 Rxb3 43. a6
Rb8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kf3 {צa8} Ke6 46. Ke3 Kd5 47. Kd3 g5 (47... c4+ 48. Kc3 Kc5
49. f4 Kb5 50. Ra1 Kc5 51. Ra4 Kb5 52. Rb4+ Ka5 53. Rb7 $18) 48. Ra5 g4 49. h4
h5 50. Ra3 (50. Ra3 c4+ (50... Kc6 51. Kc4 Kb6 52. Kd5 $18) 51. Kc3 Kc5 52.
Ra5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Beersheba"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Nb5 (9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 (10. d5 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. c4 f5 13. Nc3
Nf6 14. c5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 Nf5 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Rf7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bf3
Qf8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Rf4 $10 {Johanessen,S-Bern,I,NO-ch Gjovik 1991-TD
91_06}) 10... dxe5 11. Ne2 Qe7 $5 (11... Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Rfd8 13. c3 $14 {
_|_^^,Razuvaev,Y-Azmaiparashvili,URS-ch 1983}) 12. c3 Rfb8 $1 13. b4 a5 14. b5
$2 (14. a3 h5 $10) 14... Nd8 15. Qa4 Ne6 16. Rfd1 h5 $1 17. Rd2 Kh7 18. Rad1
Bh6 19. Bxh6 Kxh6 $17 {Plachetka,J-Azmaiparashvili,Z,Stary Smokovec 1983}) (9.
Ne2 e5 10. c3 Re8 (10... Qe8 11. Re1 Rd8 12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
Qd3 f5 16. Rb1 c6 17. Be3 Qf7 18. b4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Kh8 $13 {Arkell,S-Mishra,N,
Eastbourne ch-GB 1991}) 11. d5 Ne7 12. c4 Nd7 13. Nc3 f5 14. Rb1 Kh8 15. b4 b6
16. a3 Ng8 17. exf5 gxf5 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. f4 Qh4 20. Nb5 Ngf6 21. Bf3 Ne8 22.
Qa4 Rg8 $13 {Rogers,I-Hoi,C,Vejstrup 1989-CBM 15}) 9... e5 10. c3 Kh8 $5 {
N;/\Ng8,Bh6,f5<=>} (10... a6 11. Na3 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Qd2 d5
15. e5 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Qd6 18. Be2 Rf7 19. Rac1 Qb4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4 $10
{Okhotnik,V-Petran,Pe,Capelle op 1989-TD 89_04}) 11. Re1 (11. Be3 $6 {><e4} a6
12. Na3 exd4 $5 13. cxd4 d5 (13... Re8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15. e5 $36) 14. e5 Ne4 $36 {
/\f6,Ng5-e6><d4}) (11. dxe5 Nxe5 $10) 11... a6 12. Na3 Ng8 13. Nc2 (13. d5 $6
Nce7 14. c4 a5 15. Nc2 Bh6 $15) (13. dxe5 $5 dxe5 (13... Nxe5 14. Be2 Qh4 15.
Bf1 $14 {[+]}) 14. Nc4 Bh6 15. Ne3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Rad8 17. Bd2 $14 {
/\Kf1-e2_|_^^}) 13... Qe8 14. a4 Rb8 (14... f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. dxe5 dxe5 $8
17. Bf4 e4 18. Bh5 $36) 15. a5 (15. b4 $5 $13) 15... f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Bf4 (
17. dxe5 Nxe5 $1 {/\f4} 18. Bf4 Bh6 $10) 17... Nge7 (17... e4 $5 18. Bh5 Qd7
19. d5 Nce7 $132 {/\Nf6,Ng6} (19... Ne5 20. Nd4 {><e6})) 18. Bh5 (18. Bg5 Qg6
19. Bxe7 Nxe7 $10) 18... Ng6 $8 19. Bg5 Qf7 20. d5 (20. dxe5 dxe5 $10) 20...
Nce7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Bxg6 (22. Nd4 $6 Nf4 $15) 22... hxg6 23. Nd4 Rfc8 $1
$132 24. Ne6 c6 25. c4 cxd5 26. cxd5 Rc4 27. Rc1 Rbc8 28. Qd2 Kh7 $1 29. Rxc4
Rxc4 30. Qd3 (30. Rc1 $2 Bh6 $19) 30... Rc8 31. Qb1 Bh6 $1 {<->c} 32. b4 Qd7 $2
(32... e4 $13 {/\Qh4,Bd2}) 33. g4 $1 e4 $8 (33... fxg4 34. hxg4 Rc4 35. g5 (35.
f3 $5 Qe7 (35... e4 36. Rxe4 $1 Rc1+ 37. Qxc1 Bxc1 38. Nf8+ $18) (35... Qb5 36.
g5 Rxb4 37. Qc2 Rc4 38. Qh2 $18) 36. Kg2 $16) 35... Rg4+ 36. Kh2 Rxg5 (36...
Bg7 37. Re4 $18) 37. Nxg5+ Bxg5 38. f3 Bf4+ 39. Kg2 $16) 34. g5 Bg7 35. Rc1 Be5
$5 (35... Kg8 36. Rc2 Be5 37. Qc1 Rxc2 38. Qxc2 $16 {<->c,/\h4,Kg2,f3,h5->} Qb5
$2 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc7+ Kg8 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+
$18) 36. Rc7 $6 (36. Rc2 $1 $36 {/\Qc1<->c}) 36... Qxc7 $8 {<=>} 37. Nxc7 Rxc7
38. Kg2 (38. b5 axb5 39. Qxb5 f4 $10) 38... Rc4 39. b5 f4 40. h4 $8 (40. bxa6
f3+ 41. Kf1 bxa6 42. Qb7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kf7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. Qb8+ Kd7 46. Qb7+
Rc7 47. Qb1 Bf4 $19) 40... axb5 41. Qxb5 f3+ 42. Kh3 Rc1 $10 {/\Rh1-g1} 43.
Qd7+ Kg8 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kg8 {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Site "Hafnarfirdi"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Gretarsson, Helgi Ass"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. d5 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 $5 (8. Bxf3 Ne5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {-B08} c6 11. a4 a5 $5 (11... Qa5 12.
Ra3 Rfc8 13. Rb3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 Nb6 16. Bd4 Nc4 17. Qe2 cxd5 18. e5
Nd7 19. Nxd5 Qd8 20. Rxb7 e6 $146 {Johanesson,L-Hoi,C,Reykjavik op 1990-EXP 18}
) 12. f4 Ned7 13. Bf3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nfd7 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rfd1 {Morovic,
I-Seirawan,Y,Novi Sad olm 1990-TD90_06} Rae8 $13 {/\e5,e6 Seirawan}) 8... Ne5
$6 (8... Nb8 $142 $1 9. f4 c6 $132) 9. f4 Ned7 10. h4 $36 h5 (10... c6 11. h5
cxd5 12. h6 $1 (12. exd5 Nxh5 $5 13. Bxh5 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 gxh5 $13) 12... Bf8
13. exd5 $16 {()}) 11. Rg1 {/\f5->} Bh6 $8 12. Qd2 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. e5 $1
Ng4 $8 (14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. e6 $16) 15.
Bxg4 $6 (15. exd6 $142 exd6 16. O-O-O (16. Qxd6 $2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Qxh4+ 18. Kd2
Rd8 $36) 16... d5 (16... Nxe3 17. Qxe3+ Qe7 18. Rxd6 $16) 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. f5
$1 $40) 15... hxg4 16. O-O-O (16. Rxg4 $6 dxe5 {/\} 17. fxe5 Nxe5 $17) (16.
exd6 Nf6 $5 $132) 16... d5 $8 17. e6 (17. Rxg4 e6 $146) 17... Nf6 $1 (17...
fxe6 18. Rxg4 Nf8 19. Na4 $16) 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. f3 (19. Bd4 Qd6 20. Be5 Qxe5
21. fxe5 Bxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Nd7 23. Rxg4 Nxe5 24. Rf4+ Ke6 25. Re2 Kd6 $10) (19. f5
$5 Bxe3 20. fxg6+ Kxg6 21. Qxe3 Rxh4 22. f3 $13 {עg6}) 19... gxf3 20. Qd3 (20.
Qf2 Qd7 21. Qxf3 Qf5 $15) 20... Rg8 21. Kb1 f2 (21... Qd7 $5 $15 {/\Qf5}) 22.
Bxf2 Bxf4 23. Ne2 Qd6 $6 (23... Bd6 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Nf3 e5 $13) 24. Bc5 $1 Qxc5
25. Nxf4 Qb4 $1 (25... Ne4 $2 26. Rdf1 $40) 26. Nxg6 Rab8 $1 (26... Qe4 27.
Qxe4 Nxe4 28. Ne5+ Ke6 29. Nxc6 $16) 27. b3 $8 (27. Ne5+ $2 Ke6 $1 $19) 27...
Qe4 $8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rdf1+ (29. Ne5+ Ke6 30. Nxc6 Nc3+ $17) 29... Ke6 30.
Kb2 Kd6 31. h5 $14 Rg7 (31... Nf6 $6 32. h6 $16 {/\Rf6}) 32. h6 Rh7 33. Nh4 $1
e6 34. Rg6 Rbh8 35. Nf5+ (35. Rh1 Ke5 36. Nf3+ Kf5 37. Nh4+ Ke5 $10) 35... Ke5
36. Ne3 $1 Kd6 37. Ng4 Ng3 38. Rff6 Re7 39. Rf3 (39. Ne3 Ke5 $1 $8 {<=>} (39...
Ne4 40. Nf5+ Kd7 41. Nxe7 Nxf6 42. Nxc6 Kxc6 43. Rxf6 Kd6 44. Rf7 $16)) (39.
Rg7 Rxg7 40. hxg7 Rg8 41. Rf7 Nh5 $1 (41... Nf5 $2 42. Nf6 Rxg7 43. Ne8+ $18)
42. Rxa7 Rxg7 $10) 39... Ne4 40. Rg7 Rh7 $8 (40... Rxg7 41. hxg7 Rg8 42. Rf7
$18) 41. Rg8 Nc5 42. Rf6 (42. Ra8 $5 $14) 42... Nd7 43. Rfg6 Ne5 $1 $10 44.
Nxe5 Kxe5 45. b4 (45. R8g7 $6 Rxh6 $1) 45... Ref7 {/\Rf6} 46. Rc8 Kf5 47. Rg1
Rb7 $1 (47... Rxh6 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Rxf7 Kxf7 50. Rxc6 $14) 48. Rf1+ Ke5 49.
Ka3 Rxh6 50. Rxc6 Rh3+ 51. Ka4 Re3 $10 52. c3 Rb6 53. Rxb6 (53. Rc5 Ke4 {/\e5|^
}) 53... axb6 54. Rc1 Kd6 55. Kb5 Kc7 56. Ka6 e5 57. a4 Re2 (57... Rd3 $10) 58.
c4 $6 (58. Rh1 $142 d4 59. cxd4 exd4 60. Rh7+ Kd6 $132) 58... d4 59. Rb1 Rc2 (
59... d3 60. c5 bxc5 61. b5 Rf2 (61... d2 $2 62. b6+ Kb8 63. Rh1 $18) 62. b6+
Kb8 63. Rg1 Rf8 64. Rg7 $10) 60. c5 d3 61. cxb6+ Kb8 62. Rf1 d2 63. Rf8+ Rc8
64. Rf7 $1 $8 (64. Rf1 e4 65. Rf7 $5 Rh8 $19) 64... d1=Q $8 (64... Rh8 65. Rd7
$18) 65. Rb7+ Ka8 66. Ra7+ {[Stohl]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Black "Norwood, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 b5 (5... Nf6 6. f4 $1 $36 {()}) 6.
Nf3 Nf6 (6... Nd7 7. d5 $5 b4 8. dxc6 bxc3 9. cxd7+ Bxd7 10. b3 Bc6 11. Bc4 $14
{><c3}) 7. Bd3 (7. e5 $5 Nfd7 8. exd6 exd6 9. d5 $36) 7... O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9.
e5 (9. Qd2 e5 $10) 9... Ne8 $1 10. exd6 (10. Bf4 Nb6 {/\Nc7-d5<=>}) 10... Nxd6
$10 11. a4 (11. Qd2 $142 Re8 $5 $10) 11... b4 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Bc4 $2 (13. Qd2
$142 $5 a5 14. c3 $10) 13... Bb7 14. Qd3 c5 $1 $36 15. c3 (15. dxc5 Bxb2 16.
Rab1 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxe4 18. Rxb2 Bxf3 $15) (15. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 $17)
15... Nb6 $1 (15... bxc3 16. bxc3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb6 $15) 16. dxc5 (16. Nxc5
Bxf3 17. gxf3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nh4 (18... e5 $5 $36) 19. f4 Qc8 20. Kh2 Qc6 $36)
16... Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qd5 $1 $17 19. Qxd5 (19. Qxb4 $2 a5 $19)
19... Bxd5 20. Ned2 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rac8 {_|_^^,ק} 22. e4 Ba8 23. e5 Rxc5 24.
Rac1 Rfc8 $1 (24... Bxe5 $17 {/\} 25. Nb3 Rxc3) 25. c4 Ra5 26. Rc2 (26. Ra1
Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 e6 $19) 26... Rxa4 27. c5 Bh6 28.
Re1 Bd5 (28... Ra3 29. Kf2 Rd3 $19) 29. Kf2 Ra5 30. Rec1 $8 Bxf3 31. Kxf3 Bxd2
32. Rxd2 Rcxc5 $19 33. Rxc5 Rxc5 34. e6 Re5 $1 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. exf7 Kxf7 37.
Rd7 a5 (37... a5 38. Ra7 Rb5 {/\Rb3-a3-a1,a5-a2,e7-e2-+}) 0-1

[Event "London WFW"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wells, Peter K"]
[Black "Watson, William N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 c5 $6 6. dxc5 $5 (6. O-O cxd4 7.
Nxd4 O-O {-B70}) (6. d5 $14 {-A43}) 6... Qa5 7. O-O (7. cxd6 Nxe4 8. dxe7 (8.
O-O $5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 $13) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 $1 $13) 7... Qxc5 (7... dxc5
8. e5 Ng4 9. Bf4 $16) 8. Be3 Qa5 (8... Qc7 9. h3 $6 (9. Nd4 $36 {/\Nd5}) 9...
O-O 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nd4 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Nb3 (13. a5 $142) 13... b6 14. f4 Bb7
15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Qd2 Nc5 $15 {Collinson,A-Watson,W,Eastbourne GB-ch 1990}) 9.
Nd2 O-O 10. f4 (10. Nb3 Qc7 11. Qd2 $14) 10... Nbd7 $5 (10... Nc6 11. Nb3 Qc7
12. Nd5 $36) 11. g4 $5 (11. Nb3 $14) 11... a6 12. g5 Ne8 13. a4 (13. Nd5 Qd8 {
/\e6<=>}) 13... Qd8 (13... Bxc3 $2 14. Nc4 Qc7 (14... Qb4 $2 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16.
Bd4 Qb4 17. c3 $18) 15. bxc3 $40) 14. Nc4 {/\a5|^} (14. a5 b5 15. axb6 Nxb6
$132) 14... b6 $8 15. Nd5 (15. Bd4 $5 {(),/\} e5 $6 16. Be3 {><d5,d6}) 15...
Rb8 16. f5 $6 (16. Bd4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4 e6 18. Nc3 e5 $132) 16... Nc5 $1 {
/\Ne4,e6} (16... e6 17. f6 exd5 18. fxg7 $16) 17. Bd4 (17. a5 b5 18. Bxc5 dxc5
$17 {/\} 19. Nf6+ Nxf6) (17. b4 Nxe4 18. f6 exf6 19. Bxb6 Qd7 $17) 17... Bxd4+
18. Qxd4 e6 $1 $36 19. fxg6 (19. fxe6 Qxg5+ 20. Kh1 Nxe6 $17) (19. Nf6+ Nxf6
20. gxf6 exf5 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Nxd6 Bxc2 $17) 19... exd5 $5 (19... Qxg5+ 20.
Kh1 hxg6 21. Ndxb6 e5 $17) 20. gxh7+ Kxh7 21. g6+ (21. exd5 Qxg5+ 22. Kh1 Bf5
$19) 21... Kxg6 22. exd5 f5 $1 23. Ra3 Ne4 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Rg1+ Kf7 26. Nxd6+
$5 N8xd6 27. Bh5+ Ke7 $8 (27... Qxh5 $4 28. Rg7+ Ke8 29. Qe5+ $18) 28. Qg7+ Nf7
29. Bxf7 Qf6 $1 $19 (29... Rxf7 $2 30. Qe5+ $13) 30. Bh5+ (30. d6+ Nxd6 31.
Re3+ Ne4) 30... Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kd6 (31... Kf6 $19) 32. c4 Rb7 33. Rg6+ Ke5 34.
Kg2 Rh7 35. Bf3 Rfh8 36. Bxe4 Rxh2+ 37. Kg1 fxe4 38. Rxb6 Rh1+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kf2
R8h2+ 40. Ke3 Re1#) 39... R8h2+ 40. Kg3 Rc2 {/\Rh3# Stohl,I} 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1992.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 034"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Bb5
$5 (8. a4 e5 (8... Re8 9. a5 e5 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. a6 $1 b6 13. Be2
Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qd7 15. f3 Nh5 16. Qb5 Qc8 17. Qc6 $16 {Dutreeuw,M-Torricelli,A,
San Bernerdino op 1992,TD 92_10}) 9. d5 Ne7 10. a5 $5 (10. Ne1 Bxe2 (10... Bd7
$142 $5 11. Nd3 Ne8 $132) 11. Qxe2 c6 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nd3 d5 14. Bc5 Re8 15.
f3 d4 16. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 17. Nb1 Nd7 18. Na3 Qe6 19. b3 $14 {Dutreeuw,M-Kosanski,
S,Werfen op 1992,TD 92_10}) 10... a6 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nh5 13. g3 f5 14.
exf5 Nxf5 15. Ra4 $5 $36 {Vasjukov,E-Padevsky,N,Moscow GMA-op 1989-TD 89_02})
8... Nd7 {N,/\Bf3} (8... a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bc8 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b3 Bb7 13.
Bh6 c5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d5 e5 16. Ne1 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. f3 Qc7 19. Nd3 c4
$5 $10 {Johansen,D-Ingenerf,S,Wuppertal 1986-CBM 01}) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Qxf3 e5 (11... Rb8 12. Rab1 (12. b3 c5 $10) 12... Rb7 $5 $132 {/\Qb8,c5})
12. Rad1 Qb8 13. b3 Qb4 14. Ne2 Qa3 15. Nc1 $14 exd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 (16... Ne5
17. Qe2 c5 18. Bc3 {/\f4|^}) 17. Rxd4 c5 {><d5} (17... Qc5 $142 18. Qd1 (18.
Rc4 $2 Ne5 $17) 18... f5 $5 $132) 18. Rd2 Rfe8 19. Re1 a5 20. Ne2 $1 {/\Nc3-d5}
(20. Qc3 Qb4 $10) 20... Qxa2 21. Nc3 Qb2 $8 (21... Qa3 $6 22. Nd5 (22. Nb5 $6
Qb4) 22... Ra7 23. Qc3 $16 {/\Ra1}) 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Nd5 Ra7 24. Qc3 c4 $8 25.
Qxc4 Qc5 $8 (25... Re6 26. Nxc7 Ne5 27. Qc3 $16) 26. Qxc5 dxc5 27. Rbd1 $6 (27.
f3 $16) 27... Rxe4 $1 28. Nc3 Rd4 29. Nb5 (29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Nb6 $14)
29... Rxd2 30. Rxd2 Rb7 $8 31. Rxd7 Rxb5 32. Rxc7 $14 a4 $5 (32... Kg7 33. Kf1
Kf6 34. Ke2 Ke6 35. Ra7 $1 $16) 33. bxa4 Ra5 34. Kf1 Kg7 35. Ke2 Kf6 36. Kd3
Ke6 37. Kc3 (37. Kc4 Rxa4+ 38. Kxc5 Re4 {/\Re2<=>}) 37... Rxa4 $8 38. Rxc5 Ra1
39. Kd3 h5 $1 $132 (39... Rg1 40. g3 Rh1 41. h4 $14) 40. h4 Rg1 41. g3 f6 42.
Rc4 $6 (42. c4 $142 $14) 42... Kf5 43. Rf4+ Ke5 44. Kc4 g5 45. Rd4 (45. hxg5
fxg5 46. Rd4 Rg2 $10) 45... Rf1 46. Rd2 (46. Rd5+ Ke6 47. hxg5 Rxf2 48. c3 $8
fxg5 (48... f5 $5 $132) 49. Rxg5 h4 50. gxh4 Rf4+ 51. Kb5 Rxh4 52. Kc6 $5 Rh8
$10) 46... gxh4 47. gxh4 f5 48. Kc5 Rh1 $10 49. Rd4 f4 $1 50. Rd5+ Ke4 51. Rxh5
Kf3 52. c4 (52. Rf5 Rxh4 $10) 52... Kxf2 53. Kd6 f3 54. c5 Kg3 (54... Kg3 55.
c6 f2 56. Rf5 Rxh4 57. c7 Rc4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel SKA"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[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. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. h3 $14) 5. Be3 (5. a4 Nd7 6.
Bc4 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bb3 Qc7 10. h3 a6 11. Bf4 $1 e5 12. Bh2 Nh5
13. Qd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Rad1 Nc5 16. Ba2 Nf6 17. Qf4 a5 18. Nf3 $1 Be6
19. Bxe6 Nxe6 20. Qxd6 Qb6 21. Qa3 $16 {Barua,D-Petursson,M,Novi Sad olm 1990})
5... Nf6 6. Qd2 (6. a4 O-O 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nd2 $1 Qe7
11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Qd6 Qxd6 13. Nxd6 Ne6 14. Rfd1 c5 $6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Rac1 Rb8
17. Nxc8 Rbxc8 18. f3 h5 19. Kf2 Kh7 20. Nd5 Ng8 21. c3 $16 {Carlier,B-Hoi,C,
Gausdal Troll Masters 1990}) 6... Qa5 $5 (6... O-O 7. Bh6 $14) 7. Bd3 {/\Bh6}
Ng4 8. Bg5 e5 9. dxe5 (9. d5 $6 f6 10. Bh4 Bh6 $5 11. Qe2 cxd5 12. exd5 Bg7 $13
) 9... dxe5 10. Bc4 {/\Qd6} Qc7 (10... O-O 11. Be7 Re8 12. b4 $5 $36) 11. O-O-O
Nd7 (11... O-O $6 12. h3 Nf6 13. Qd6 $16 {_|_}) 12. Kb1 (12. h3 Ngf6 13. Bh6
O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Nc5 $10) 12... O-O 13. Bb3 (13. Be7 $2
Nb6 14. Bxf8 Nxc4 15. Qe2 Bxf8 16. Qxc4 Nxf2 $17) (13. a3 $5 b5 14. Ba2 $14)
13... Ngf6 14. h4 $5 Nc5 (14... h5 $5 $132) 15. h5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bg4 $6 (16...
Nxh5 $5 17. Rh4 f6 $13) 17. h6 Bh8 {ץh8} 18. Qe3 Nh5 (18... Rfd8 $2 19. Rxd8+
$16 {/\Qa7,Ne5}) 19. Qc5 Qb6 $1 (19... f6 20. Be3 $16 {/\Rd6<->d}) 20. Qxb6
axb6 21. Na4 $1 (21. Rd6 Nf4 $36) 21... f6 22. Be3 b5 23. Nc5 Rf7 24. b4 (24.
Rd6 $2 b6 25. Nd3 Rfa7 $19) 24... Re8 25. Rd6 Bc8 26. Rhd1 f5 $132 27. Ng5 (27.
Bg5 b6 28. Rd8 Ref8 $1 $15) 27... Rfe7 28. exf5 (28. f3 f4 (28... Bf6 $2 29.
exf5 gxf5 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 Bxg4 32. Rg1 $18) 29. Bf2 Bf6 $15) 28... gxf5
29. f3 Nf6 30. g4 $5 fxg4 31. fxg4 e4 (31... Bxg4 $2 32. Rg1 $40 {/\Nge4+-}) (
31... Nxg4 32. Bc1 $146 {/\Rg1,Nge4}) 32. Bd4 Nxg4 (32... Nxg4 33. Ngxe4 Bf5 $5
(33... Rxe4 $2 34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. Rd8+ $18) 34. Bxh8 (34. Rg1 Bxe4 35. Rxg4+ Bg6
$13) 34... Kxh8 $132 {[Stohl]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 $6 {N/} (4... Nbd7 {Stohl} 5. f4
Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg1 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 f5
13. g5 Nf7 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nh8 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Kb1 c6 19. Nd2
Nd7 20. Qg2 a5 21. Ne2 $16 {(),Huebner,R-Pfleger,H/BL 8687/1986/}) 5. Nf3 (5.
a4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 c5 12.
Nb3 Qd7 13. h3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 $1
Ne5 19. fxe5 $1 Rxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxe5 21. gxh5 $16 {Ravi,T-Sahu,S/Calcutta op/
1993/}) 5... Bg7 (5... b5 6. e5 $16) 6. Qd2 O-O (6... b5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 b4
9. Nd5 $16) 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 (8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3
c6 12. h4 $1 cxd5 13. h5 $16) (8... Nbd7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf8 Bxd1
11. Bh6 $16) 10. e5 Ng8 11. Qe3 $16) (8... b5 $5 {Stohl} 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qf4
Qc8 11. e5 Nh5 12. Qe4 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg8 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 b4 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Ne3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Bd3 Rd4 22. b3 Qxg4 23. Qe3
Qf4 $15 {Gallagher,J-Reilly,T/London Lloyds/1993/}) 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7
11. f4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Rg7] Stohl: [+],(),עg7 Black's only chance to
beat off the looming attack is a King-side blockade. But if White plays
accurately it's impossible to achieve.} e6 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. fxe5 (
13. Bh3 $1 Nc5 (13... Qe7 14. Bxd7 Rad8 15. Nd5 Qxd7 16. fxe5 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Qf5
18. e6+ Nf6 19. e7 Rxd5 20. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 21. Qb4+ $10) 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. fxe5
Qxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Nd5 $18) 13... Nxe5 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. f4 Nc6 16.
e5 Ng4 17. Qg3 (17. Qf3 Nh6 18. Nd5 Qc5 $13) 17... Nh6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. h4 Nd4
20. h5 Nhf5 21. Qf2 $14) 12. h4 (12. e5 $5 Ne8 (12... Ng8 13. d5 $1 exd5 14.
Qxd5 Ne7 15. Qxb7 $16) 13. h4 $36) (12. f5 $6 exf5 (12... e5 $5 {Stohl} 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Bh3 Nb6 $13) 13. exf5 d5 14. Bg2 c6 $10 {/\} 15. fxg6 fxg6 $1)
12... d5 (12... h5 {Stohl} 13. f5 $40) 13. e5 Ng8 14. h5 {[%cal Yd2e3,Ye3h3] /
\Qe3-h3->} f5 (14... Ne7 {Stohl} 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. Ne2 $1 Rc8 17.
Rh4 $6 (17. Ng1 $1 $16 {/\Nf3-g5/}) (17. Ng1 $142 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yg1f3,
Yf3g5] Stohl: /\Nf3-g5+/-,><e6 was very strong. The text is time-consuming and
weaker.}) 17... c5 18. Qh3 Rh8 19. Bg2 Nc6 20. Rh1 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxh8 Qxh8
22. Qg3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rh1 Qd8 25. Qh2 Nf8 $5 $15 (25... Qh8 {Stohl}
26. Qg3 Qd8 $10)) 20... g5 $1 $8 21. h6+ (21. fxg5 Qxg5+ (21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4
cxd4 23. f4 Qc7 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qd1 Qb6 $132) 22. f4 Qe7 23. Bxd5 (23. h6+ Kf8
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxf5+ Ke8 $146) 23... exd5 24. Ng3 (24. Qxf5 $2 Rhf8 25. Rg1+
Kh8 $19) 24... Rhf8 25. Nxf5+ Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Nxd4 27. Qg4+ Kh8 $14) 21... Kf8
22. Rh5 {Stohl: Allowing the aforementioned blockade, after which the position
turns around completely-instead of attacking chances White will be saddled
with weak pawns (f2,f4,h6) in a bad endgame.} (22. fxg5 cxd4 (22... Qxg5+ $5 {
Stohl} 23. Kb1 Nxd4 $132) 23. Nf4 (23. f4 {Stohl} d3 24. Nc3 Ne7 $17) 23...
Qxg5 24. Kb1 Nd8 $13) 22... g4 23. Qa3 (23. Qd3 Ne7 $13) 23... Qa5 $1 (23...
Qe7) 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4,Rh6] _|_,ק} 25. dxc5 $2 Nxc5 26. Rd1 (
26. b4 Nd3+ $19) 26... Nc6 27. c4 $6 {Stohl: White's attempt to open the
position is justified, (it's the only chance he has) only he should have
started on the other side.} (27. a3 Ke7 28. b4 Nd7 $15) (27. f3 $142 $1 {Stohl}
Rg8 (27... g3 28. Nxg3 Rg8 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Bf1 Ng6 31. Ne2) 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29.
Bf3 Rg6 $36) 27... dxc4 28. Bxc6 (28. Rd6 Nd8 29. Nd4 Rg8 $17) 28... Nd3+ $1 (
28... bxc6 {Stohl} 29. Rd4 $44) 29. Kd2 (29. Rxd3 $2 {Stohl} cxd3 $19) 29...
bxc6 (29... Rxc6 $5 $17 {Stohl}) 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Rg5 (31. b3 Rhd8 32. Rg5 Nb2
33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Nc1 Rd1 $19) 31... Rhg8 (31... Rcd8 $5 32. b3
Nxe5 $1 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rg7+ Nf7 35. bxc4 $146) 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. b3 c5 34.
Rh1 (34. bxc4 {Stohl} Nb2 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Ng3 (36. f3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rxf3+ $19)
36... Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rc2 Nd3 $19) 34... Rd8 35. Rd1 cxb3 36. axb3 (36.
Rxd3 {Stohl} Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 bxa2 $19) 36... Nxf4 $1 $19 {Stohl: A nice
tactical trick clinches the point for Black.} 37. Rxd8 Ng2+ 38. Kd3 Kxd8 39.
Kc4 f4 40. Kxc5 g3 $1 41. f3 (41. fxg3 {Stohl} f3 $19 {[%csl Gf3] o^f}) 41...
Kc7 42. Kd4 (42. Nd4 {Stohl} Kd7 43. Ne2 (43. Kb6 Ne1 44. Kxa6 g2 45. Ne2 Nxf3
46. b4 Nxe5 $19) 43... Ne1 44. Nxf4 Nd3+ $1 $19) 42... Nh4 43. Ke4 (43. Nxf4 {
Stohl} g2 44. Nxg2 Nxg2 $19) 43... Ng6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op2"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Black "Gavrilov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1994.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 043 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.01.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 (6... c6 7. a4 d5
$5 8. e5 Ne4 $13 {Haba,P-Vadasz,L/Kecskemet/1993/1:0/44/ Inf 57/142/}) (6... a6
7. a4 b6 8. Bc4 e6 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. O-O Nc6 $13 {Godena,M-Hodgson,J/
Horgen-SKA/0,5/37/}) 7. Bc4 e5 8. O-O Qe7 9. Re1 c6 10. dxe5 (10. a4 a5 (10...
exd4 11. Bxd4 Ne5 12. Ba2 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5 $1 Qe7 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nf3
$16) 11. Ba2 $14) 10... dxe5 11. a4 Nc5 (11... Qb4 12. Bb3 Nc5 $2 13. Qd6 $16)
12. Nd2 Rd8 13. Qe2 (13. Qc1 $5 Ne6 14. a5 Nd4 $13 (14... Nf4 $5)) 13... Ne6
14. Bxe6 (14. a5 Nd4 15. Qd1 Be6 $10) 14... Bxe6 15. a5 Nd7 (15... b5 16. axb6
axb6 17. Bxb6 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Rb8 19. Ra7 Qe8 (19... Qb4 20. Bc7 $16) 20. Qa6 Nd7
21. Bc7 $1 $16) (15... Nh5 $142 16. Nc4 $140 $6 Nf4 17. Qf1 Qg5 $1 $17) 16. Nc4
f5 17. exf5 (17. f3 $5 f4 18. Bf2 $132 {/\ 19.Red1, 20.Nd6}) 17... gxf5 18. f3
Bd5 (18... b5 $6 19. axb6 axb6 20. Nxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rb8 23. Bf2
Rxb2 24. Ra8+ Kf7 25. f4 $1 $16) (18... Nf8 $142 19. Red1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Ng6
$13) 19. Bf2 Qe6 (19... Qf7 20. Nd6 Qe6 21. Nxb7 Rdb8 22. a6 $16) 20. Ne3 Qf7
$2 (20... f4 21. Nexd5 cxd5 22. Rad1 Nf8 23. Qb5 $16) (20... Nf6 $1 $13) 21.
Ncxd5 cxd5 22. Qd3 $16 e4 (22... d4 23. Nxf5 Nc5 24. Qa3 Qxf5 25. Qxc5 Rac8 26.
Qxa7 Rxc2 27. Qxb7 $16) 23. Qxd5 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bc3 25. Red1 f4 (25... Qxd5 26.
Nxd5 Bxa5 27. Bh4 $1 $18) 26. Qxf7+ (26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Nd5 Rg8 28. Qxf4 Qg6 29.
Qg4 $16) 26... Kxf7 27. Nd5 Bxa5 28. Rxb7 $18 e3 29. Bh4 e2 30. Ra1 Bd2 31.
Bxd8 Rxd8 32. Kf2 e1=Q+ 33. Rxe1 Bxe1+ 34. Kxe1 a5 35. Ra7 Rb8 36. Rxd7+ (36.
Nxf4 $1 $18) 36... Ke6 37. Rxh7 Kxd5 38. Rh5+ Kd4 39. Rxa5 Rb1+ 40. Ke2 Rg1 41.
Ra4+ Ke5 42. Re4+ Kf5 43. Kf2 Rc1 44. Rc4 Kg5 45. Rc5+ Kh4 46. Rc4 Kg5 47. h4+
Kf5 48. Rc5+ Kf6 49. h5 Rh1 50. h6 Kg6 51. Rc6+ Kh7 52. Rf6 Rc1 53. Rxf4 Rxc2+
54. Kg3 Kxh6 55. Rf5 Kg6 56. Ra5 Rb2 57. Kh3 Rf2 58. Kg3 Rb2 59. f4 Rc2 60. Kf3
Rb2 61. g3 Rb6 62. Kg4 Rc6 63. Re5 Kf6 64. Rh5 Kg6 65. f5+ Kg7 66. Kg5 Ra6 67.
g4 Ra7 68. Rh6 Rb7 69. Rg6+ Kf7 70. Kh6 Rb4 71. Rg7+ Kf6 72. g5+ Kxf5 73. Rf7+
Ke6 74. g6 Rg4 75. Rf1 Ke7 76. g7 Rg2 77. Kh7 Rh2+ 78. Kg8 Ra2 79. Rh1 Kf6 80.
Kh8 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Timman,J"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[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 "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{Inf.26/171} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 $5 7.
Be2 Bb7 8. e5 dxe5 $1 (8... Nfd7 $2 9. e6 $1 $16) 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11.
Qxd5 Bxd5 12. O-O-O e6 $11 13. Rhe1 Nd7 14. c4 Bc6 15. Bf4 (15. Nd4 $5 Bxg2 16.
Nxe6 fxe6 17. Rxd7 Bxh3 18. f4 Rf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Rh1 $11) 15... Nc5 16. b4
$2 (16. g3 Rad8 $140 17. Nd4 $11) 16... Ne4 17. Nd4 Ba4 $1 18. Bf3 Bxd1 19.
Bxe4 (19. Rxd1 $6 Nxf2 20. Rd2 Rad8 $17) 19... Ba4 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 21. b5 a6 $15
22. Kb2 Bf8 23. Kc3 h6 24. Be3 Kg7 25. Rb1 {[/\ Nc6]} axb5 26. cxb5 Rd8 27. f4
Rd5 28. Kc4 Bc5 29. h4 $6 h5 $17 30. Bf2 Bc2 {[/\ Be4]} 31. Re1 Kf8 32. Re2 Ba4
33. Rb2 Ke8 34. Rb1 Bc2 35. Re1 Be7 $5 36. Kc3 $8 (36. Nxc2 Rd2 $19) 36... Ba4
37. Rb1 Bc5 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Be3 $2 (39. Bg1 $142) 39... c6 $1 40. bxc6+ Bxc6
41. g3 (41. Nxc6 Bxe3 $19) 41... b5+ 42. Kc3 b4+ 43. Kc4 Bb7 44. Rd1 Be7 $2 (
44... Kc7 $1 45. Nxe6+ (45. Rd2 Kb6 46. Kb3 Rd8 47. Kb2 Bd5 48. Nc2 Ra8 49.
Nxb4 Bxe3 50. Rxd5 Bc5 $1 $19) 45... fxe6 46. Rxd5 Bxe3 47. Rd6 Bd5+ 48. Kxb4
Bxa2 $19) 45. Kb3 Rc5 (45... Ra5 46. Kb2 Bd5 47. Nb3 $11) 46. Kb2 Bd5 47. Rc1
Rxc1 48. Bxc1 Bc4 49. Be3 Kc7 50. Bf2 Kb7 51. Be3 Bc5 52. Bf2 Kb6 53. Be3 Bd5
54. Bf2 Ka6 55. Be3 Be7 56. Bf2 Ka5 57. Be1 Ka4 58. Bf2 Bf8 59. Be3 (59. Be1
$142 Bg7 (59... Be4 $15) 60. Nc2 f6 $2 61. Bxb4 fxe5 62. Bc3 $16) 59... Bg7 $1
$19 60. Bf2 f6 61. exf6 Bxf6 62. Be3 e5 63. fxe5 Bxe5 64. Bf2 Be4 $22 65. Kc1 (
65. Ka1 Ka3) 65... Ka3 66. Nb5+ Kxa2 67. Be1 Bd3 68. Bxb4 Bxb5 69. Be1 Kb3 70.
Kd1 Bc3 71. Bf2 Bd3 72. Be3 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund 46th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Trent,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.07.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 {Duda has been known to tinker with the Pirc/Modern Defence, so this
shouldn't have come as a surprise to Anish.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.
Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 {The so-called "150 attack". This line got its name from the
success of 150s (~1800 players) winning huge on the weekend circuit.} Nc6 $5 {
Very rare and a first for Duda.} (6... Ng4) (6... c6) (6... a6 {are all much
more popular.}) 7. d5 {The acid test when Black plays ...Nc6 before ...e5 in
such structures.} Nb8 8. Bh6 {I have never really believed that Black can get
away with losing two tempi especially when White is able to exchange
dark-squared bishops. That said, Richard Rapport seemed to have no
difficulties in his game in 2016.} e5 $6 {I don't buy this.} (8... c6 9. Bxg7
Kxg7 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qf4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ncd7
16. Qg3 a5 17. Be2 a4 18. a3 Qc5 19. Rbd1 Ra5 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Qh4 h5 22. Kh2
Rc8 23. Rd3 b5 24. Rfd1 b4 25. e5 bxc3 26. exf6+ Nxf6 27. Rxc3 Qb6 28. dxc6
Rxc6 29. Qb4 Rf5 30. f3 Re5 31. Bd3 Qc7 32. Rxc6 Qxc6 33. Re1 Qd5 34. Qc3 Rxe1
35. Qxe1 Qg5 36. Kh1 e5 37. b3 d5 38. bxa4 e4 39. fxe4 dxe4 40. Be2 Qe3 41. a5
Nd5 42. a6 Kh7 43. Qf1 f5 44. Bxh5 Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Xu,Y (2430)-Rapport,R 
(2717) Danzhou 2016}) 9. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O-O $16 {White has
got everything he wanted.} Nc6 12. h3 Re8 13. g4 {White's play is simple and
quick.} a6 14. Bg2 Nd7 15. Ng5 $1 {With the idea of shoving freddy the f-pawn
up the board. Black is just too slow to get anything meaningful going on the
queenside.} Nb6 16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd3 b5 18. e5 $1 Nb4 {The knights look good but
there's nothing backing them up.} 19. Qg3 d5 (19... c6 20. h4 h6 21. f5 {
is still crushing.}) 20. a3 $6 (20. h4 $1 {is just game over. Black can't stop
White carving open the kingside e.g.} h6 21. f5 hxg5 22. f6+ Kg8 23. hxg5 $18)
20... a5 21. Qh4 $2 (21. h4 $18 {was still good.}) 21... h6 22. Nxe6+ fxe6 23.
Qxd8 Rexd8 {Now things are a lot more complicated.} 24. Rde1 $6 (24. Bf1) (24.
axb4 axb4 25. Nb1 {were more testing ideas.}) 24... d4 $1 25. Nxb5 d3 $5 (25...
Rab8 26. axb4 Rxb5 27. Bf1 Rxb4 28. Bxc4 Rxc4 {is about level.}) 26. axb4 d2+
27. Kb1 dxe1=Q+ 28. Rxe1 Rab8 {Black has won the exchange but White is still
for preference.} 29. Nxc7 Rd2 30. Nxe6+ (30. Be4 $1 {was precise.}) 30... Kf7
31. Bf1 Rxb4 32. Kc1 Rf2 {And White can't hold his pawns.} 33. Nd4 Nxe5 $1 34.
fxe5 Rxd4 35. Bd3 {This position should just be equal. White can't make use of
his additional pawns due to the activity of the black rooks.} g5 36. Re3 Rdf4
37. Be2 Ke7 38. Kb1 Rf8 39. Ka2 R2f4 40. Ka3 Rb8 41. b3 Rc8 42. Bc4 Rcxc4 43.
bxc4 Rxc4 44. c3 a4 45. e6 Rf4 46. Kb2 Rf2+ 47. Ka3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nanu, Ciprian Costica"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 8224]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb3 O-O 7.
O-O Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 (10. Qe2 e5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. d5 $14 (12.
f4 Nh5 $132 {0-1 Kranzl,A-Mooij,J/cr ch Eu teams 0 (28)})) (10. Rd1 e6 (10...
Qc7 11. Bg5 b5 12. a3 a6 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. Re1 Ng8 15. Rad1 e6 16. Qd2 $14 {
0-1 ARTHUR-Nijboer,F/AEGON, The Hague NED 1997 (54)}) 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. d5 e5 13.
dxc6 bxc6 14. Be3 Ne8 15. Qe2 Qd8 16. Qa6 $16 {1-0 Gusev Yuri S-Shashin Boris/
Tournament Armed Forces Moscow RUS 1970 (38)}) (10. Bf4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
Bg5 Qc7 13. Rad1 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qe3 Rad8 16. Qxa7 (16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Qxa7
$14 {0-1 Newman,E-Knudsen,J/CC USCF 1979 (20)}) 16... Rd4 17. Rxd4 exd4 18.
Qxd4 Ng4 19. e5 Nxe5 $14) (10. Ne2 Qc7 11. c3 e5 12. Bg5 Rae8 13. Rfe1 a6 14.
Rad1 exd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Ne2 Nxe4 17. Bf4 c4 18. Bc2 f5 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Qd5+
Rf7 21. Qxd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moeckel,E-Meszaros,I/Bad Liebenzell WM-sen sp 1996 
(28)}) 10... Qa5 (10... a6 11. Ne2 Qa5 12. Bh4 Rfe8 13. Rfd1 Rad8 14. c3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Drentchev,M-Chytilek,R/Rimavska Sobota Europe cadets ch Slovak 1992 
(47)}) (10... Qc7 11. Rfe1 e6 12. Rad1 a6 13. Qg3 b5 14. a3 Rac8 15. Qh4 Rfe8
16. f4 $14 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Iordachescu,V/1st Bavarian Open, Bad Wiessee
GER 1997 (43)}) 11. Bh4 Rae8 (11... b5 12. a3 Qb6 13. Rad1 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1
c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfe1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Qb7 19. Nd2 $11 {1/2-1/2 Packroff,
H-Schoneberg,M/Schwerin 1969 (40)}) 12. Rad1 Qh5 13. Qxh5 Nxh5 14. Ne2 (14. Bg5
e6 15. Rfe1 b5 (15... d5 16. exd5 cxd5 (16... exd5 17. Be7 $18) 17. Ba4 Nhf6
18. Bxf6 $18) 16. a3 (16. d5 $2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 exd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 c5 (
19... cxd5 20. Bxd5 $16) 20. a3 (20. Re7 Nb6 21. Rxa7 c4 $17) (20. c4 Nb6 21.
Re4 f5 22. Rh4 f4 23. a3 bxc4 24. Ba2 Rf5 $17) 20... c4 21. Ba2 Nhf6 22. a4 a6
23. Re7 Re8 $17) 16... Nb6 17. e5 $16) 14... Bf6 15. Bxf6 Nhxf6 16. f3 Rc8 (
16... e6 17. Nc3 d5 18. e5 Nh5 19. f4 f5 20. Ne2 h6 $14) 17. c3 c5 18. Kf2 b5 (
18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Rc7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc7 Rxc7 22. Nc3 a6 23. Ke3 $14) 19.
Ke3 a5 (19... Rc7 $14) 20. a3 Nb6 (20... Rc7 $14) 21. g4 Nfd7 22. Rb1 Nc4+ $2
$16 (22... a4 23. Ba2 Kg7 $14) 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. b4 $1 (24. d5 Nb6 $11) 24...
cxb3 (24... axb4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Rxb4 Rc7 27. Nf4 e6 28. Ra1 Rb8 29. Ra6 Rxb4
30. cxb4 Kf8 (30... c3 31. Rxd6 c2 32. Nd3 Rc3 33. Kd2 Rxd3+ 34. Kxc2 Rxf3 35.
Rxd7 Rxh3 36. b5 $18) 31. Rxd6 g5 32. Ne2 Rb7 33. b5 Ke7 34. Rc6 Rxb5 35. Rxc4
$16) 25. Rxb3 cxd4+ 26. cxd4 e5 (26... Rb8 27. Rfb1 Rxb3+ 28. Rxb3 Rb8 29.
Rxb8+ Nxb8 30. Kd3 $16) 27. d5 Nc5 28. Rb6 Rfd8 29. Rfb1 Kf8 30. Nc3 Ke7 31.
R1b5 Rd7 (31... a4 32. Ra5 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. Nb5 Nd7 35. Rb7 Rc8 36. Kd2
$16 {[%cal Gb5a7,Ga7c6]}) 32. Rc6 Rdc7 $2 $18 (32... Ra8 33. g5 h6 34. h4 (34.
gxh6 Rh8 35. Rxa5 Rxh6 36. Nb5 Rxh3 (36... Nb3 37. Raa6 (37. Ra7 Rxa7 38. Nxa7
Nd4 39. Nc8+ Kd7 40. Nb6+ Ke7 41. Rc7+ Kd8 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Rxd6 Rxh3 44. Nc4
Rxf3+ 45. Kd2 Rf2+ $11) (37. Ra8 Rxh3 38. Rcc8 Rh2 39. a4 Nd2 40. Re8+ Kf6 41.
Ra6 Kg5 42. Rc8 $16) 37... Nc5 38. Ra7 Rxa7 39. Nxa7 $18) 37. Nxd6 Nb3 38. Nc8+
Ke8 39. Ra8 Nd4 40. Rf6 $18) 34... hxg5 35. hxg5 Raa7 36. a4 $16) 33. Rbxc5 1-0

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4128]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7.
Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. a4 e5 (10... a5 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. e5 Ne8 13.
exd6 exd6 14. Ne3 Qd8 15. Nf1 Nc7 16. Ne4 d5 17. Nc5 Nd7 (17... Ne6 $11) 18.
Nxd7 Bxd7 19. c3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Delemarre,J/EUchJM-U18 Hania ,EXT 1994 
(51)}) 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 (12. Bg3 $6 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nc4 Rd8 (14... Nf4
$6 15. Qd6 Ne8 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17. Bf1 Nce6 18. Nd1 Rd8 19. Nde3 Bf8 20. c3 $11 {
1-0 Wedberg,T-Schmaltz,R/Bad Worishofen (5) 1991 (43)}) 15. Qc1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 (
16. Bf1 Be6 17. Rb1 Bh6 18. Qb2 Rd4 $17 {0-1 Wedberg,T-Hansen,C/Stockholm
Rilton Cup sp 1996 (37)}) 16... exf4 17. Rd1 $15) 12... Rd8 13. a5 (13. Qc1 Bf8
(13... Nf8 14. Nc4 Ne6 15. Rd1 Nd4 16. Bf1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Gipslis,A/
Stare Mesto Czech Republic 1992 (19)}) 14. Rd1 (14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Ng3 Ne6 16. Rd1
{1/2-1/2 Liebowitz,E-Voth,J/NAICC 1990 (16)}) 14... Nc5 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc4 a5
17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Qe1 Nfd7 $11 {0-1 Pigusov,E-Azmayparashvili,Z/USSR 1986/Inf
41 (39)}) (13. f3 b6 14. Qb1 Nf8 15. Nd1 Ne6 16. c3 h5 {1/2-1/2 Andersson,
U-Hansen,C/Novi Sad olm SWE-DEN 1990 (16)}) 13... Nf8 14. f3 h5 (14... Ne6 15.
Na4 h5 (15... Nd7 16. Bc4 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 $14 {0-1 Li,
R-Reizniece,D/World Junior (Girls), Zagan POL 1997 (30)}) 16. c3 Kh7 17. Qc2
Bh6 18. Bxh6 Kxh6 19. Nc4 Nf4 $132 {1-0 Bobras,P-Szymczak,Z/Polish Team-ch,
Krynica POL 1997 (46)}) 15. b4 Kh7 (15... Ne6 $132) 16. Qc1 Ne6 17. b5 $6 $15 (
17. Bc4 $11) 17... Bh6 (17... Nd4 18. b6 Qe7 19. Bd3 $11) 18. Bxh6 Kxh6 19. b6
Qe7 (19... axb6 $6 20. Nc4+ Kg7 21. axb6 Rxa1 22. Qxa1 (22. bxc7 Rxc1 23. Rxc1
Nxc7 24. Nxe5 $11) 22... Qe7 23. Qa5 $14 {[%csl Re5]}) 20. Nc4+ Kg7 21. Qa3 (
21. Qe3 $2 Nd4 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Ra4 (23. Nxe5 Qc5 $19) 23... Qc5 $17) 21... Qxa3
(21... c5 22. bxa7 Nd4 $132) 22. Rxa3 Nd4 23. Bd3 Be6 (23... axb6 24. Nxb6 Ra7
25. Ne2 $11) 24. Nxe5 (24. a6 $5 axb6 (24... bxa6 25. b7 Rab8 26. Nxe5 $11) 25.
Nxb6 (25. axb7 Rxa3 26. Nxa3 b5 $15) 25... Ra7 (25... Rxa6 26. Bxa6 (26. Rxa6
bxa6 27. Ra1 Nb5 28. Nca4 (28. Ne2 Nc7 29. Ra5 Rb8 30. Na4 Nd7 $17) 28... Rb8
$17) 26... Nxc2 27. Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Nxd1 Nxa3 29. Bxb7 c5 $17) 26. Rea1 $132)
24... axb6 25. Rb1 (25. Rea1 $5 b5 26. Rb1 (26. a6 b4 $19) 26... Ra7 27. Nd1 {
[%cal Gc2c3]} Ne8 {[%cal Gf7f6] Both parties hunt for the N!} (27... Rda8 28.
c3 $16) 28. c3 Nb3 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 25... b5 26. Ne2 (26. Nd1 c5 27. c3 Nc6
28. Nxc6 Rxd3 29. Ne5 Rd2 $15) (26. Raa1 $15) 26... Nxe2+ 27. Bxe2 Nd7 (27...
Rd2 28. Bd3 Nd7 29. Nxd7 Bxd7 30. c4 $132) 28. Nxd7 $6 $17 (28. Nd3 $15) 28...
Rxd7 29. Bd3 (29. Kf2 Rd2 30. Ke3 Rxc2 $17) 29... b6 $1 (29... g5 30. Kf2 Kf6
31. Ke3 $11) 30. Rc3 (30. a6 Rda7 31. Rba1 Bc8 32. e5 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Rxa6 34.
Rxa6 Bxa6 35. f4 Bc8 $17) 30... bxa5 31. Rxc6 b4 32. Kf2 (32. Rb6 b3 (32... a4
33. R6xb4 a3 34. Kf2 a2 35. Ra1 $44) 33. Rc6 a4 $19) 32... a4 33. Ke3 (33. Rxb4
a3 34. Rb1 a2 35. Ra1 Rb7 36. c4 Rb2+ $19) 33... a3 34. Rb6 a2 35. Ra1 Ra4 36.
h4 (36. f4 Rc7 $17) 36... Rc7 37. Kd2 Kf8 38. f4 Bc4 39. g3 (39. e5 Ke7 $17)
39... Ke7 40. e5 Rd7 41. Rd6 Rc7 42. Rb6 Ke8 $1 43. Rb8+ Kd7 44. Rb6 Ke7 $22
45. Rd6 b3 46. Bxc4 Raxc4 (46... bxc2 $2 47. Bxa2 Rxa2 48. Rc1 $11) 47. cxb3
Rc2+ 48. Ke3 Rb2 49. Ra6 Rcc2 $2 $11 (49... Rxb3+ $1 50. Ke4 Rxg3 51. Ra4 $1 (
51. R1xa2 Rc4+ 52. Kd5 Rxf4 $19) 51... Rh3 (51... f5+ 52. exf6+ Kxf6 53. Ra6+
Kg7 54. R1xa2 Re7+ 55. Kd5 Rg4 56. Ra7 Rxa7 57. Rxa7+ Kh6 58. Ke5 Rxh4 59. Ra6
$11) 52. R1xa2 Kf8 $1 (52... Rxh4 53. Ra7 Rxa7 54. Rxa7+ Kf8 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56.
Ra7 Rh1 (56... g5 57. Kf5 Rxf4+ 58. Kxg5 Re4 59. Kxh5 Rxe5+ 60. Kg4 $11) 57.
Kf3 (57. e6 Re1+ $19) 57... Rf1+ 58. Kg3 g5 (58... h4+ 59. Kg4 $11) 59. fxg5
Kg6 60. Ra5 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rxg5 62. Ra6+ Kg7 63. Kf4 Rg6 64. Ra3 $44) 53. Ra8+
Kg7 54. R2a4 (54. R8a7 Rc4+ $19) 54... Rxh4 55. R8a7 Rc1 $17) 50. Kd4 Rg2 51.
Kd5 Rbd2+ (51... Rxg3 52. Ra7+ Kf8 53. R1xa2 Rbxb3 54. R2a6 $11) 52. Kc5 Rxg3
53. R1xa2 Rxa2 54. Rxa2 Rxb3 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Ra8+ Kg7 57. Ra7 Rf3 58. e6 $1
$11 (58. Ra4 Rh3 59. Kd6 (59. f5 gxf5 60. Rf4 Kg6 61. Rb4 Rg3 62. Rb6+ Kg7 63.
e6 fxe6 64. Rxe6 Rg4 65. Kd5 Rxh4 66. Rc6 Re4 $19) 59... Rxh4 60. e6 fxe6 61.
Kxe6 Rh2 62. Ra7+ Kh6 63. Ra8 h4 64. Kf6 Kh5 65. f5 gxf5 66. Kxf5 Rf2+ 67. Ke4
h3 68. Ke3 Rf1 69. Ke2 Rf6 70. Rh8+ Kg4 71. Rg8+ Kh4 72. Rh8+ Kg3 73. Rg8+ Kh2
$11) 58... Kf6 (58... Rxf4 59. e7 (59. Rxf7+ Rxf7 60. exf7 Kxf7 61. Kd5 Kf6 62.
Ke4 $11) 59... Re4 60. Kd6 Kf6 $19) 59. exf7 Kg7 60. Kd5 Rxf4 61. Ke5 Rxf7 (
61... Rxh4 62. f8=Q+ Kxf8 63. Kf6 $11) 62. Rxf7+ Kxf7 (62... Kxf7 63. Ke4 Ke6
64. Kf4 Kf6 65. Ke4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Radulescu Memorial"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Sanduleac, Vasile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1999.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1120]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bb3 O-O 7.
O-O d5 8. e5 (8. Re1 Bg4 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nbd7 11. c3 (11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3
Qa5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rad1 Nxe4 15. Rxe4 e6 16. Bg5 $14 {1-0 Nezhmetdinov,
R-Malich,B/Moscow 1961 (38)}) 11... Qa5 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-McNab,C/Oakham 1994 (46)}) 8... Ne8 9. Ne2 (9. Re1
Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nc7 12. Be3 (12. Ne2 f6 (12... Ne6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6
exf6 15. c4 Ng5 16. Qf4 $16) 13. exf6 exf6 14. Nf4 $14) 12... e6 13. Qg3 Nd7
14. Ne2 c5 15. c3 $14 {1-0 Volkmann,F-Schlosser,M/Austria 1998 (29)}) (9. h3 f5
(9... Nc7 10. Ne2 Nd7 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Re1 Nb6 14. Nf4 Re8 $11 {
0-1 Lida,F-Tempone,M/Buenos Aires 1990 (57)}) 10. exf6 exf6 11. Re1 Nc7 (11...
Qd6 12. Ne4 Qd8 13. Nc5 b6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. Rxe6 $14 {1-0 Pribyl,J-Rasmussen,L/
Prague Metro-B ,EXT 1990 (53)}) 12. Bf4 Ne6 $11) 9... Na6 (9... Bg4 10. Nf4 Nc7
11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e6 13. Qg3 c5 14. c3 Nc6 $11 {0-1 Behr,R-Kauschmann,H/
RLNS 1991 (21)}) 10. h3 $5 (10. Nf4 Bg4 $11) 10... Nac7 11. Nf4 Ne6 (11... f6
12. exf6 exf6 13. Re1 Nd6 $11) 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bf4 Qd7 (14... f6
$2 {[%csl Rc7,Re6]}) 15. Qd2 Rae8 {The game goes around of a move f7-f6.} (
15... f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Bxc7 $18) 16. Qa5 $5 Ra8 17. Rad1 b6 18. Qd2 a5 (
18... Rae8 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 19. c3 a4 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. e6 $1 {White try to
put problems before the opponent.} (21. Bxf5 Qxf5 22. Bh6 Bxh6 23. Qxh6 Ne6 24.
Rd2 Rfe8 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 21... Bxe6 (21... fxe6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxc2
24. Qxc2 Nb5 25. Rd3 Nd6 26. Rde3 Nf5 27. R3e2 $44) 22. Ng5 (22. Ne5 Bxe5 (
22... Qe8 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Bxc7 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Bxb6 $16) 23. Bxe5 Ne8
$15) 22... Ra7 (22... Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qe2 e6 25. Qh5 h6 26. Nf3 $14) 23.
Bxc7 Rxc7 (23... Qxc7 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 $14) 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Bxa4 e5 $2
$16 (25... b5 $142 26. Bc2 c5 27. dxc5 (27. Bb3 b4 28. dxc5 bxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc5
30. c4 d4 $132) 27... Rxc5 28. a3 e5 29. b4 Rc6 30. Qxd5+ Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3
32. Be4 Rb8 33. Ra1 $14) 26. dxe5 b5 (26... e6 27. Bc2 $16) 27. e6 Qd6 28. Bc2
Rcc8 29. a4 bxa4 30. Bxa4 Rf4 31. Bc2 (31. Ra1 Rcf8 32. Re2 d4 33. cxd4 Bxd4
34. Rf1 c5 $14) 31... Rcf8 32. Re2 Qc5 (32... Rb8 33. b3 (33. b4 Rc4 34. Re3
Bh6 $15) 33... Ra8 34. g3 $16) 33. g3 {[%cal Gh3h4] White plase PP on Black
squares.} Rf3 34. Kg2 Be5 (34... Bh6 35. Qd4 (35. Qxh6 Rxf2+ $19) 35... Qb5 36.
Rde1 Qb8 $5 37. Bd1 (37. Ba4 $4 Be3 $3 38. Qxe3 (38. Rxe3 Rxf2+ $19) 38... Rxe3
$17) 37... Bg7 (37... Be3 38. Rxe3 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 Qxb2 40. R3e2 $18) 38. Qc5 $16
) 35. Qe1 (35. Rxe5 Rxf2+ $19) 35... Bc7 36. Rd3 R3f6 37. h4 Qc4 (37... Bb6 38.
f4 $16) 38. f3 (38. Rd4 $16) 38... Rb8 39. Bb1 (39. Rd4 Qc5 40. b4 Qd6 41. f4
$16) 39... Ra8 40. Bc2 Qc5 41. f4 Qb5 42. Rf3 $2 $11 (42. b4 $16) 42... Qxb2
43. Bxg6 {[%tqu "En","?","","","f6e6","",10]} Rxe6 $3 44. Rff2 Rxe2 45. Rxe2
Ra1 $1 46. Rxb2 (46. Rxb2 Rxe1 47. Be8 Re6 $11 (47... c5 48. Bc6 e6 $11))
1/2-1/2

[Event "Lippstadt 9th"]
[Site "Lippstadt"]
[Date "1999.08.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wehmeier, Stefan"]
[Black "Slobodjan, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 Nd5 8. h3 (
8. exd6 Qxd6 9. Ne4 Qc7 10. O-O Bg4 11. Neg5 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 Rae8 14.
Rd1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Cseshkovsky,V-Zidkov,V/URS 1972 (40)}) (8. Bd2 Nc7 (8... dxe5
9. dxe5 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 b5 11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 $14) 11... Na6 12. e6 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
f6 14. h4 (14. O-O Qa5 15. Qe3 Qb6 $11) 14... Nc5 15. h5 g5 16. O-O Qb6 $132 {
1-0 Rublevsky,S-Markowski,T/Polanica Zdroj ,CBM 1996/ (32)}) 9. h3 d5 10. Bd3
b6 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Nd1 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. O-O Re8 15. Qd2 Nf8 $11 {1/2-1/2
Macieja,B-Markowski,T/Warsaw POL 1998 (36)}) 8... Nxc3 (8... Be6 9. Ne4 Nc7 10.
Bb3 (10. Bxe6 Nxe6 11. O-O dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. Neg5 Nxg5 14. Bxg5 Nc5 15.
Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe3 Ne6 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. h4 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Pribyl,M-Maier,C/BL 1994
(67)}) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Bf4 Bxb3 13. axb3 Ne6 14. Bg3 Qc7 15. Nc3
$11 {1/2-1/2 Niegovich,J-Biagi,E/Olivos 1993 (61)}) 9. bxc3 c5 (9... Qa5 10.
Bd2 b5 11. Bb3 Qc7 (11... d5 $2 12. c4) 12. O-O a5 13. a4 Ba6 14. axb5 cxb5 15.
exd6 exd6 16. Bd5 Nc6 17. Rfe1 a4 18. Qe4 Bb7 19. Rab1 a3 20. Rxb5 Ra6 21. Bf4
$16) 10. dxc5 $6 $15 (10. O-O $2 d5 $19 {[%csl Rc4]}) (10. Bb3 $1 Qa5 (10...
dxe5 11. dxe5 Qa5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Rxd8 Nxd8 $11 {
[%csl Ye6,Yf7]} (15... Rxd8 16. e6 Bxc3 17. exf7+ Kg7 18. Bxc3+ Qxc3 19. Rf1
Na5 20. Qxe7 Rf8 21. Re1 {[%cal Ge7f8]} Nxb3 {[%tqu "En","?","","","f3g5","",
10,"c2b3","",0]} 22. Ng5 $3 $18 (22. cxb3 Rxf7 $11))) 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. O-O $132)
10... dxe5 11. O-O Qc7 (11... Qa5 $144 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5]} 12. Nxe5 Qxc3 13.
Bf4 Qd4 14. Bg3 Qxc5 $15 {White has only paticular compensation.}) 12. Ng5 h6 (
12... Qxc5 $15) 13. Ne4 Kh7 $1 (13... Bf5 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. Rb1 $132) 14. g4 $2
$17 {This course weakens a rule of the king} (14. Rd1 f5 $15) 14... f5 $1 15.
gxf5 Bxf5 (15... gxf5 16. Ng3 Qxc5 17. Rd1 e4 $17) 16. Bd3 Nd7 (16... Nc6 17.
Qe3 Rad8 $15) (16... Bxh3 $2 17. Ng5+ $1 hxg5 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg6 Rf6 20.
Bh7+ Kf8 21. Qxh3 $132) 17. Be3 Nf6 (17... Bxh3 $2 18. Ng5+ hxg5 19. Qh5+ Kg8
20. Qxh3 $132) 18. f3 $2 $19 (18. Qf3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc6 $17)
18... Bxh3 19. Rf2 (19. Rfe1 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bf5 $19) 19... Bf5 20. Rh2 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 (21. fxe4 Rad8 $19) 21... Nxe4 22. fxe4 Qc6 23. Qg2 h5 (23... Rf6 $19) 24.
Kh1 Bh6 (24... Rf7 25. Rg1 Raf8 $19) 25. Bxh6 Kxh6 26. Rg1 Qf6 27. Rh3 Rf7 28.
Rg3 Rg8 {[%cal Gg6g5]} 29. Rg5 Qf3 $2 $17 (29... Qe6 $19) 30. Rxe5 Qxg2+ 31.
Rxg2 $2 {[%csl Rg2,Rh1][%cal Gg2g1,Gg1b1]} (31. Kxg2 Rd8 (31... g5 32. Rb1 $132
{[%csl Rb7]}) 32. Kh1 Rd2 33. Re6 Rg7 34. Rb1 Rd7 35. Kg2 $17) 31... g5 32. Rd2
(32. Rd5 e6 33. Rd6 Rg6 $19 {[%csl Yg5,Yh5]}) 32... h4 33. Rd7 (33. Rdd5 Rf1+
34. Kg2 Rc1 35. Rxe7 Rxc2+ 36. Kg1 Rxa2 37. Rxb7 g4 38. c6 h3 39. Rbb5 Rg6 40.
c7 h2+ 41. Kh1 g3 42. Rh5+ Kg7 43. Rbg5 Ra1+ 44. Kg2 Rxg5 45. c8=Q Rg1+ 46. Kf3
Rf1+ 47. Ke2 Rxh5 $19) 33... Rgf8 34. Rf5 (34. Re6+ Kh5 35. Rd1 Rf1+ (35... h3
36. Kh2 Rf2+ 37. Kh1 g4 38. Rxe7 g3 39. Rh7+ Kg4 40. Rg7+ Kf4 41. Rxb7 g2+ 42.
Kg1 h2+ 43. Kxh2 Rf1 44. Kxg2 Rxd1 $19) 36. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kg2 Rc1 38. Rxe7
Rxc2+ 39. Kg1 g4 40. Rxb7 h3 41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rh8 Rxc3 $19) 34... Rxf5 35. exf5
Rxf5 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rxa7 Rf2 38. Rc7 Rxc2 39. Rxc6+ Kh5 40. a4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Alushta"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "1999.03.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rogovski, Vladimir"]
[Black "Rakhmangulov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.03.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 28672]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7.
Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 (10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Rad1 Qe7 (
11... Qxd2 12. Rxd2 Nd8 13. Nd5 Ne6 14. c3 h5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rd7 Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 Rxd7 18. Rxd7 Kf8 19. Bd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Bxd8 21. Bxa7 $16 {0-1 Arnold,
F-Brito,A/ESP-tt A, Oropesa del Mar ESP 1996 (48)}) 12. Qc1 Rfd8 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8
14. Rd1 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Kushch,N-Rakhmangulov,A/Kherson
Ukraine 1990 (16)}) 11. Be2 Re8 (11... Qd7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Kh1 Rfe8 14. Bf3 Rad8
15. Rae1 Kh8 16. Bf2 Ne7 17. h3 b6 18. Qd3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rath,U-Hoi,C/Esbjerg
1978 (28)}) 12. Rad1 a6 13. Bh6 (13. Bg5 Qc8 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bf3 $14 (15. e5
dxe5 16. f5 $15 {0-1 Sisniega,M-Zapata,A/Novi Sad olm MEX-COL 1990 (31)}))
13... Bh8 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 $14 (16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18.
Bc4 Nb6 19. Bb3 Rf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Genin,A-Savon Vladimir A/ch URS tt (1/2 final)
Baku (Azerbaijan) 1964/Inf 01 (50)})) 10... Ne7 (10... Nd4 $2 11. Bxd4 exd4 12.
Nb5 Nd7 13. Nxd4 Qh4 14. g3 Qf6 15. c3 $16 {1-0 Sahakian,N-Falcon,A/Oropesa
del Mar ESP 1998 (47)}) 11. Rad1 Nd7 (11... Ne8 12. Be2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. f4
Ng6 15. Qd3 (15. g3 $14) 15... Qd7 16. Bh5 $14 {1-0 Jackson-James/British ch
Torquay 1982 (42)}) (11... a6 12. a4 Ne8 13. Be2 f5 14. f3 f4 15. Bf2 g5 16. b4
Ng6 17. Nb1 Rf7 18. c4 h5 19. c5 $14 {0-1 Evans,D-Nika,K/Thessaloniki olw ,BIG
1984 (56)}) 12. Be2 (12. h4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. g3 f4 15. gxf4 Ng6 $17 {
0-1 Puurunen,O-Rutanen,E/cr ch-SF sr 1993 (24)}) 12... f5 (12... a6 13. a4 h5
14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Rf2 Qe8 17. Rdf1 $14 {0-1 Vasquez De la Paz,
J-Torre,E/Buenos Aires 1978 (49)}) 13. f4 (13. exf5 gxf5 14. f3 (14. f4 $5 $14)
14... Ng6 15. b4 Nf6 16. Rfe1 Nh5 17. Nb5 (17. Bf1 e4 18. fxe4 f4 19. Bf2 Ne5
$44) 17... a6 18. Na3 Bf6 $132 {0-1 Ponomarev,B-Rakhmangulov,A/Kherson Ukraine
1990 (40)}) 13... Bh6 14. fxe5 (14. Rde1 fxe4 15. fxe5 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Rxf1+ 17.
Rxf1 Nf5 18. Qxe4 Nxe5 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Qf6 $11) 14... Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Nxe5
16. Nb5 (16. Rde1 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Nf5 (18... Qd7 $2 19. Bb5 c6 20.
Bc4 Kg7 21. Qf4 Nxc4 22. Qf7+ Kh8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Qxc4 (24. Ne4 Ne5 25. Qf6+
Kg8 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Nf6+ Kf7 28. Nxd7+ Ke6 29. Nf8+ $16) 24... Nf5 25. g4 $16
) 19. Bg4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Qf6 $11) 16... Qd7 17. Nd4 (17. c4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8
(18... Kxf8 $2 19. Rf1+ Kg7 20. Qxe4 Nf5 21. Bg4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Re8 23. Nd4 $1 (
23. Nxa7 Re5 (23... Ra8 24. Nb5 h5 25. Qh3 $16) 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Qf3 Re3 $44)
23... Re5 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. Qg5 $16) 19. Qxa7 Nf5 20. Rf1 (20. Qxb7 Ne3 $19) (
20. Nc3 b6 21. Nxe4 Ne3 $19 {[%cal Gd7f5]}) 20... c5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qxd7
Nxd7 23. g4 cxb5 24. gxf5 gxf5 25. cxb5 f4 (25... d5 26. a4 $13) 26. a4 Ne5
$132) 17... fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxf1+ (18... c6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21. c4
$14) 19. Rxf1 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. c4 (22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 d5
24. Qb4 Nf5 25. Bg4 Qd6 26. Qa5 Ne3 $132) 22... Nf5 23. c5 $6 (23. Nxf5 Qxf5 (
23... gxf5 24. Qd4 $16) 24. Qxf5 gxf5 25. Kf2 $14) 23... Nxd4 $2 $16 (23... d5
$1 24. Qxe5 (24. Qf4 Nxd4 25. Qxd4 Qe7 $132) 24... Re8 25. Qf6 Nxd4 26. Bd3 (
26. Qxd4 Rxe2 27. Rd2 Re1+ 28. Kf2 Qe7 $17) 26... Ne2+ 27. Bxe2 Rxe2 28. Rf1
Qe8 $11) 24. Qxd4 Qc7 (24... Nf7 25. cxd6 Qxd6 26. Qe3 Qc7 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 (
27... Qxd8 28. Qxa7 $16) 28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. Qd4+ Kh6 30. Qf6 $16) 25. cxd6 Qb6
26. Qxb6 (26. Rd2 $16) 26... axb6 27. Kf2 Kf7 (27... Nf7 28. Bf3 c5 29. Bd5 $16
) 28. Kg3 h6 29. Kf4 Ke6 30. d7 b5 (30... Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Bg4+ Kd6 33.
Bxd7 Kxd7 34. Ke5 $18) 31. a3 Rf8+ (31... g5+ 32. Ke4 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 34.
Bg4+ $18) 32. Ke4 Rd8 33. h4 h5 34. Kf4 Nxd7 35. Kg5 (35. g4 $1 Rh8 (35... Rf8+
36. Kg5 Nf6 37. Re1 hxg4 38. Bxg4+ Kd5 39. Bf3+ Kd6 40. Kxg6 $18) 36. Kg5 Ne5
37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Rf1 Rg8+ 39. Kxh5 Rh8+ 40. Kg5 Rg8+ 41. Kf4 Ng6+ 42. Kg3 $16)
35... Rg8 36. Rf1 (36. g4 $16) 36... Ne5 37. Bf3 $4 $132 (37. Bd1 {[%cal Gd1b3]
} c5 38. Rf6+ Ke7 39. Bf3 Rf8 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Kf6 Nc4 (41... Nd3 42. b3 $18)
42. b4 Nxa3 43. bxc5 b4 44. c6 Nb5 45. Bd1 $18) 37... Rd8 38. Rf2 (38. Be4 Rd2
39. Rf6+ Ke7 40. b4 Ra2 41. Bxc6 Rxa3 42. Bxb5 Rb3 (42... Rg3+ 43. Kf4 Kxf6 44.
Kxg3 $18) (42... Nf7+ $1 43. Kxg6 Rg3+ 44. Kf5 Nd6+ 45. Ke5 Re3+ (45... Nxb5
46. Rh6 Rxg2 $11) 46. Kd5 Kxf6 47. Kxd6 Re4 48. Kc5 $15) 43. Rf4 Rg3+ 44. Kh6
Rxg2 $132) 38... Rd4 39. Re2 c5 40. Re4 (40. Be4 Kf7 $11) 40... Kd5 $1 41.
Rxd4+ $4 $19 {Probably White it seemd that this endgame to their benefit,
however it is hopeless...} (41. Re2+ Ke6 $11 (41... Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 b4 43. axb4
Rxb4 44. Rd2+ Ke6 45. f4 $16)) 41... Kxd4 42. Kf6 (42. Be2 c4 43. Bd1 (43. Kf6
Nd3 $19) 43... Nd3 44. b3 c3 $19) 42... c4 43. Bd1 Nd3 44. b3 (44. Kxg6 Nxb2
45. Bc2 (45. g4 Nxd1 46. gxh5 c3 47. h6 c2 48. h7 c1=Q 49. h8=Q+ Kd3 50. Qd8+
Kc2 $19 {[%cal Gd1c3]}) 45... Kc3 (45... c3 46. Kxh5 Ke3 47. g4 Kd2 48. Bb3 Nd3
49. g5 Nc5 50. g6 Nxb3 51. g7 c2 52. g8=Q c1=Q 53. Qxb3 Qc5+ $16) 46. Bf5 Nd3
47. Kxh5 Kd2 $19) 44... c3 45. b4 (45. Kxg6 Nf4+ 46. Kg5 Nxg2 47. Kxh5 Ne3 $19)
45... Ke3 46. a4 (46. Kxg6 Kd2 47. Bb3 Nc1 $19) 46... Kd2 47. Bb3 Nc1 48. a5
Nxb3 49. a6 c2 50. a7 c1=Q 51. a8=Q Qc4 52. Qd8+ Nd4 53. Kxg6 Qxb4 54. g4 hxg4
55. h5 Qb1+ 56. Kg7 Qd3 57. Qg5+ Kc3 58. Qxg4 b4 59. Qc8+ Kb2 60. Qb8 b3 61. h6
Nf5+ 62. Kg6 Nd6+ 63. Kg7 Qd4+ 64. Kg6 Qg4+ 65. Kh7 Qe4+ 66. Kg7 Qe5+ 67. Kg8
Qe6+ 68. Kh7 Qf7+ 69. Kh8 Qg6 0-1

[Event "United Insurance 4th"]
[Site "Dhaka"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abdulla, Al Rakib"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1999.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "BAN"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 13344]} 1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7.
O-O Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 9. a5 e6 10. Ra4 (10. h3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2
Kh7 14. Rfd1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovalev,A-Chernin,A/Tilburg3.16 1992 (17)}) (10. Bg5
exd5 11. exd5 h6 (11... Bf5 12. Nd4 $14) 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15.
Bf3 $132 {0-1 Schoenau,W-Hirn,O/Bayern Oberliga 1995 (68)}) (10. Bf4 $6 exd5
11. exd5 Bf5 {[%csl Rc2,Rd5]} 12. Rc1 $142 (12. Ne1 $6 Re8 {0-1 Solak,D-Itkis,
B/Bucharest 1997/CBM 60/ (32)}) 12... Ne4 $15) (10. dxe6 $11) 10... c5 11. dxc6
(11. Bc4 exd5 12. exd5 b5 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Ra3 Bb5 $11 {1-0
Kulashko,A-Smith,R/ch-NZL, Auckland 1997 (64)}) 11... Nxc6 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 d5
13. exd5 exd5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qd2 Nxa5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Rxa5 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 $11
) (12. Qd3 $5 Nxa5 13. e5 Ne8 14. exd6 b5 15. Ra1 Bd7 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bf4 e5 18.
Rxa5 Qxa5 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. Qxa8 exf4 21. Rd1 $16) 12... Nxa5 $6 (12... d5 $1
13. Bb6 Qe7 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 Be6 $14) 13. e5 $1 Ne8 14. exd6 Nc6 (14... b5
15. Ra2 $1 (15. Rxa5 $2 Qxa5 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Qxd7 Bxc3 18. Qc6 $1 (18. bxc3
Qxc3 19. Bd3 Nf6 $15) 18... Nf6 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3 Rfc8 $15) 15... Bd7 (
15... Nxd6 16. Rxa5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxa5 18. Qxd6 Qxc3 19. Qe7 $16) 16. Qd2 $14)
15. Bc5 Bd7 (15... b6 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bb7 18. Rd1 $14) 16. Ra1 (16. Qd2 $14
) 16... Rc8 (16... b6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Bc5 b4 19. Na4 a5 20. Qc1 $14 {[%cal
Gf1d1]}) 17. Na4 $2 $15 (17. Qd2 Ne5 18. Ba3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rfd1 $14)
17... Nb8 (17... Nf6 18. Bb6 Qe8 19. c4 $14) 18. Bb6 Qf6 19. Bd4 Qf4 20. g3 $2
$17 (20. Nb6 Rd8 (20... Rc6 21. Nc4 (21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Ra4 Qf6 23. Nxd7 Nxd7
$17) 21... b5 (21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Nxd4 $16) 22. Be3 (22. g3 Qh6 23.
Be3 Qh3 24. Ncd2 Nxd6 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 (26. Bg4 Qxf1+ 27. Nxf1 Bxb2 $15)
26... Rfc8 27. c3 Nf5 $15) 22... Qe4 23. Nfd2 Qh4 24. Nf3 Qd8 $17) 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 $15) 20... Qxd6 21. Bc5 Qxd1 22. Rfxd1 Bxa4 $5 (22... Bxb2 $5 {Black must
receive 2R against R+N+2P-a6,b7} 23. Ra2 (23. Nxb2 Rxc5 $19) 23... Bxa4 24.
Bxf8 Bxc2 (24... Rxc2 25. Bd3 Kxf8 26. Bxc2 Bxc2 27. Rf1 Bd3 28. Rxb2 Bxf1 29.
Rxb7 $44) 25. Rd2 Kxf8 26. Rxb2 Be4 27. Ng5 Bc6 (27... Bd5 28. Nxh7+ Ke7 29.
Rdc2 Rd8 30. Ng5 a5 $17) (27... Nf6 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rdc2 $17) 28. Nxh7+ Ke7
29. Ng5 f6 30. Nf3 Nd6 31. Nd4 Bd5 $17) 23. Bxf8 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Bxb2 (24... Kxf8
25. Rc1 Bxb2 26. Rcxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bf6 $17) 25. Ra2 Kxf8 (25... Bf6 $142 26.
Raxc2 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Kxf8 $17) 26. Rxb2 Be4 27. Ng5 Nf6 (27... Bc6 $1 28. Nxh7+
Ke7 $17) 28. Nxe4 Nxe4 29. Rdc2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Nd6 31. Bf3 Nd7 (31... Ke7 32.
Bxb7 $11) 32. Kf1 (32. Rc7 Ke7 33. Bxb7 Kd8 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 35. Bxa6 Kc6 $17)
32... Ne5 (32... Ke7 $17) 33. Be2 Ke7 34. Ke1 Kd7 35. Kd2 b5 36. Ra2 a5 37. Kc3
Nec4 38. Ra1 (38. Bf3 Kc7 $19) 38... Kc6 39. Rd1 Ne4+ 40. Kd4 Nxf2 41. Bf3+ Kd6
(41... Kb6 $19) 42. Rf1 e5+ (42... Nh3 43. Be2 e5+ 44. Kc3 Nb6 45. Rxf7 b4+ 46.
Kb3 Ng5 47. Ra7 Ne6 48. Bf1 Nd4+ $19) 43. Kc3 e4 44. Be2 Nd3 (44... Ng4 $2 45.
Bxg4 Ne3 46. Rxf7 Nxg4 47. Rxh7 Ne5 48. Kd4 $132) 45. Rxf7 b4+ $4 $11 (45...
Nce5 46. Rxh7 b4+ 47. Kd4 Nc5 $19) 46. Kd4 b3 $4 $18 (46... Nd2 47. Ke3 Nc4+
48. Kxe4 Nc5+ 49. Kd4 Ne5 50. Rxh7 a4 51. Rh8 Ne6+ 52. Ke3 b3 53. Rb8 Nc6 54.
Ra8 Nc5 55. Bd1 Nb4 56. Rb8 Nc6 57. Ra8 $11) 47. Bxd3 $18 Ne5 (47... exd3 48.
Kxc4 b2 49. Rf1 $18) 48. Rf6+ Ke7 49. Kxe5 exd3 50. Rf2 a4 51. Kd4 a3 52. Kc3
b2 53. Rf1 Ke6 54. Kb3 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup03 Geller Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1999.02.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vorotnikov, Vladislav V"]
[Black "Bakhtadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2463"]
[BlackElo "2384"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 20544]} Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qd2 O-O 7.
Bh6 b5 8. Bxg7 (8. a3 a5 (8... a6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. h5 e5 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bxg7
Kxg7 13. Ng5 $16 {1-0 Meyers,V-Heck,N/Giessen op 1992 (27)}) 9. Bd3 Bg4 10.
Bxg7 Kxg7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nfd7 13. Qg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Stripunsky Alexander-Bologan Viktor/Ch Russia (club) Azov (Russia) (7) 1996 
(34)}) (8. Bd3 a6 (8... Bg4 9. h4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nh5 11. Ne2 e5 12. O-O-O Nd7
13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 $14 {[%cal Gf4f5] 1-0 Mohr,
G-Mueller,A/Lienz ,EXT 1988 (59)}) 9. h4 Nh5 10. O-O-O Bg4 11. Rdg1 Bxf3 12.
gxf3 e5 13. Ne2 Qf6 (13... exd4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nxd4 $16) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ng3 Nxg3 16. fxg3 $132 {0-1 Horvath,S-Clausen,S/Copenhagen 1986 (25)}) 8...
Kxg7 9. e5 (9. Bd3 Nbd7 (9... Bg4 10. e5 (10. Qe3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nbd7 (11... e5
12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8 14. c3 Qb6 15. Rad1 d5 $1 $11 {0-1 Palacios De la
Prida,E-Strikovic,A/Osuna ,EXT 1991 (43)}) 12. Ne2 Qa5+ 13. c3 c5 14. O-O Rab8
15. a3 Qc7 16. h4 $14 {0-1 Huszar,G-Szabo,J/HUN-chT2 1994 (56)}) 10... Nfd7 11.
Ng5 dxe5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf4 Ng6 16. Qxf5 $14 e6 $2
{[%tqu "En","?","","","f5f7","",10]} 17. Qxf7+ $1 Rxf7 18. Nxe6+ Kf6 19. Nxd8
Re7+ 20. Kf1 b4 21. Nxc6 $1 $16 {1-0 Itkis,B-Bogdan,D/Bucharest Tim 1993 (40)})
(9... Qc7 10. e5 dxe5 (10... Nfd7 11. Qf4 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nc5 13. h4 Nxd3+ 14.
cxd3 h5 15. O-O Bf5 16. Nd4 Bxd3 17. Rfd1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Smith,R-Ker,A/Auckland
NZL ch 1996 (30)}) 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Qg5 f6 14. Qh4 Nc5 15. exf6+ (
15. O-O-O $14) 15... exf6 16. O-O-O $14 {1-0 Reinoehl,C-Dimitrijeski,K/
GER-chJT Leipzig ,JUN 1995 (30)}) (9... b4 10. Ne2 Qb6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4
13. O-O (13. Nf4 f6 14. exf6+ Rxf6 15. O-O Qc7 16. g3 e5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Salac,
J-Hajek Josef/Czech League 1996 (34)}) 13... Nd7 14. Qf4 Nc5 15. Bc4 f6 16. h3
fxe5 17. Qg5 Nf6 18. Qxe5 $16 {1-0 Grosar,A-Neumann,H/Yerevan olm 1996/EXT
96ch2 (20)}) 10. e5 dxe5 (10... Ne8 11. h4 h5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxg6 Kxg6 14.
Qg5+ Kh7 15. Qxh5+ Kg8 16. Qg6+ Ng7 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Nce4 {1-0 Koranyi-Havasi/
HUN 1983 (18)}) 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4 Nc5 13. Be2 Qb6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Nd4 Nh6
16. Bf3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Schmidt-Starke/cr EU/M 1982 (41)}) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5 Qd6
(10... Bf5 11. Be2 (11. O-O-O b4 $132) 11... b4 12. Na4 a5 13. Nc5 $14) 11. Be2
Nbd7 (11... b4 12. Na4 Nbd7 13. Nc4 Qd5 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rfe1 $14) 12. f4 (12.
Qe3 c5 $1 $132) 12... Nb6 (12... b4 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Bc4 (14. O-O-O $14) 14...
e6 15. O-O-O $14) 13. Bf3 (13. a3 Rd8 14. Bf3 $14 (14. O-O-O $2 a5 $17 {
[%csl Rc1][%cal Gb5b4]})) 13... b4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f6 (15... Bb7 16.
O-O-O f6 17. Nd3 b3 $5 (17... Qxd4 18. Qxb4 $14) 18. axb3 Qxd4 19. Rhe1 $14)
16. Nxc6 Qe6 (16... Bb7 17. d5 Rfc8 (17... e6 18. Na5 (18. Nxb4 exd5 19. Bf3
Nc4 20. Qc3 Rfe8+ 21. Kf2 Rac8 $17) (18. Qxb4 Qxf4 $15) 18... Bxd5 19. O-O-O
Qc7 20. Rhe1 Rfd8 21. Qxb4 Rab8 22. Nb3 $44) 18. Rd1 e6 19. Bf3 a5 20. Nd4 Bxd5
$11) 17. Qe2 Bb7 (17... Ba6 18. Bd3 (18. f5 $1 gxf5 19. Bd3 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Rfc8
(20... Bxd3+ 21. cxd3 (21. Kxd3 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Re7]})) 21. Bxa6 Rxc6 22. Bb7
Rxc2+ 23. Kd3 (23. Kf3 Rd8 $17) 23... Rxb2 24. Bxa8 Nxa8 25. a3 $14) 18...
Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bb7 20. Na5 Bxg2 $132 {After 18.f5! this move is impossible!})
18. d5 (18. Bf3 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rac8 21. Be4 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 (22.
Kd3 $2 Na4 $17) 22... f5 23. Bd3 Rxd4 $11) 18... Nxd5 19. Bxd5 (19. Nd4 Qd7
$132) 19... Qxd5 20. Nxb4 Qxg2 21. Qxg2 Bxg2 22. Rg1 Be4 {Position of dynamic
balance here is kept.} 23. O-O-O (23. Rd1 a5 24. Nd3 Rac8 25. c3 Rfd8 26. Ke2
Kf7 $15) 23... Rab8 (23... Rfd8 24. Rge1 $132) 24. Nd5 (24. Rd4 $11) 24... Rfc8
(24... Kf7 25. Rge1 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 $11) 25. Ne3 (25. Rd2 Kf7 26. Re1 $11) 25...
Kf7 26. c4 (26. Rd4 $132) 26... Rc7 27. Rd4 f5 28. Rgd1 Ke6 29. b3 h6 30. h4 g5
$2 $16 (30... Rb6 31. Kb2 Rd6 $132) 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. fxg5 Rg8 33. Re1 $1 (33.
Rg1 Ke5 34. Rd2 e6 $132) 33... Kf7 (33... Rxg5 34. Nxf5 $16) 34. Rf1 (34. Rg1
e5 $132) 34... Kg6 35. Nd5 $16 (35. Nd5 Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rf8 37. Rg1 Rh8 (37... f4
38. Kd2 f3 39. Ke3 $18) 38. Kc2 Rh2+ 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 e5 41. Kc3 $16)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham GM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "2001.03.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.03.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "7"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Qc7 8. f4
O-O 9. g4 b5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rc1 Rad8 15.
c3 Na5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Qe1 b4 18. Nb1 Nc6 19. Qd2 dxe5 20. fxe5 f6 21. exf6 exf6
22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. a3 Na6 24. Nc3 Rfe8 25. Kh1 Kh8 26. b4 Qe6 27. Bf4 Qd7 28. b5
Nc7 29. Na4 Ne6 30. Nc5 Nxc5 31. Rxc5 Bf8 32. a4 Qe6 33. Rc7 Rd7 34. Rfc1 Rxc7
35. Rxc7 Qb6 36. Qd3 a5 37. Qd2 Bb4 38. Qf2 Be1 39. Qc2 Qxd4 40. Rxb7 Qxf4 41.
Qc6 Rd8 42. Rf7 {White is down a pawn, but white pieces are very active and
black king is more vulnerable.} Kg8 $2 {'Black just didn't stand a pressure,
and missed a way to create a counterplay.'} (42... Bh4 43. b6 Qe5 44. Qc7 $16 {
White controls the diagonal b8-h2, and that's why black doesn't have perpetual
check over here.}) ({The correct way for black was:} 42... Bb4 $1 {Intending
Bd6 and creating the counterplay on white king.} 43. Rxf6 (43. Qxf6+ Qxf6 44.
Rxf6 d4 $11) 43... Qe5 $132 {Bd6 is black's idea. Black is not worse here.})
43. Qb7 {'Intending Rg7 with the mate in few moves.'} Qh6 44. Qe7 {'Black is
defendless now.'} Rb8 45. Qxf6 Bh4 (45... Rd8 46. Qxd8+ Kxf7 47. Bxd5+ Kg7 48.
Qe7+ Kh8 49. Qf6+ Qg7 50. Qd8+ {mating.}) 46. Rf8+ (46. Rf8+ Rxf8 47. Bxd5+ {
with the mate.}) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch 54th"]
[Site "Courchevel"]
[Date "1979.08.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Seret, Jean Luc"]
[Black "Sellos, Didier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[Annotator "Villeneuve,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1979.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 (6... Bg4 {
Levacic,D (2160)-Bernard,C (2280) FRA-ch 54th Courchevel 1979 (1) 1/2}) 7. d5 (
7. Be3 Bg4) 7... Nb8 (7... Nb4 $6 8. h3 (8. a3 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 {Van Seters,
F-Rossolimo,N Hoogovens Beverwijk 1951 (7) 1/2}) 8... a5) (7... Ne5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 e6 10. Bc5 Re8 11. d6) 8. Bg5 (8. Re1) (8. h3 {la grande ligne})
8... h6 9. Be3 (9. Bf4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Nd4 $14) 9... Nbd7 $146
(9... Bg4) (9... e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nc6 {Palermo,V-Rossetto,
H Mar del Plata 1965 (1) 0-1}) 10. h3 c6 11. Qd2 (11. a4 Qa5 12. Qd2) 11... Kh7
12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Bf4 (13. Nd4 a6 14. f4 c5 $1 15. Nf3 {[%cal Ge4e5]} b5 16. e5
b4 (16... dxe5 17. fxe5) 17. Na4 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ne4 $132 {[%cal Ge4d2]}) 13...
a6 14. a4 cxd5 15. exd5 b6 {[%csl Rc6]} 16. Rfe1 {[%csl Re7]} (16. Nd4 Bb7 17.
Nc6 $5 Bxc6 (17... Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxc6 19. Bf3 Qxa4 20. b3 Qa5 21. Qxa5 bxa5 22.
Nxe7) 18. dxc6 Nb8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxc6 21. c3 Ne5 22. Rfe1 Nd7 23. Bf3
$44 {[%csl Re7]}) 16... Bb7 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Re3 $1 {[%cal Gd1e1]} Rac8 19.
Rde1 Bf8 20. Rd3 (20. Nd4 $5 {[%csl Rc6]} Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. Bxa6) (20... Ra8
21. Nb3) 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxa6) 20... Qb8 21. Rd4 Ng8 22. Ne4 Ne5 (22... Nc5
$142) 23. Re3 (23. Be2) (23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Bg3 $14) 23... Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 f5 25.
Bxh6 $3 {le sacrifice pose des problèmes concrets aux noirs а résoudre dans un
temps limité.} (25. Nc3 Bg7 (25... e5 26. dxe6 $5 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxe6 28. Bxa6
Rce8 29. Bc4 Re1+ 30. Kg2 $44) 26. Rb4 e5) 25... Bxh6 26. Ng5+ Bxg5 $2 (26...
Kg7 $142 $8 27. Ne6+ Kf7 28. Qe2 Nf6 29. c4 $44 {[%csl Ge6]}) 27. Qxg5 Rf8 28.
Bd3 $1 $40 e6 $2 29. Rg3 $2 (29. Rg4 $1 Rf6 30. Rxf5 $3 {C'est la différence
entre 29.Rg3 et Rg4} exf5 31. Bxf5 $3 Kh8 32. Bxg6 $18) 29... Rf6 $8 30. dxe6 (
30. Rh4+ Kg7 31. dxe6 Rc5 (31... Rxe6 $4 32. Qxf5)) 30... Rc5 (30... Be4 31.
Rxe4 $1) 31. Rf4 $2 (31. Rh4+ Kg7 32. Qh5 Rxe6 33. Qh7+ (33. Bxf5 $1 Rxf5 34.
Qxf5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Ne7 36. Qf4 {[%csl Rh6]}) 33... Kf8 34. Rxg6 Rxg6 35. Qxg6)
31... Qe8 $1 $17 {les noirs ont réussi а ramener assez de pièces en défense}
32. Rh4+ Kg7 33. Qh5 Kf8 34. Qh8 Qxe6 35. Re3 Re5 (35... Qd5 {[%cal Gd5g2]} 36.
Rg3 Rc7 {[%csl Gg7,Gh7]}) 36. Bc4 (36. Rxe5 dxe5 37. Rh7) 36... Bd5 37. Bxd5
Qxd5 38. Rh7 Rf7 39. Rxf7+ Qxf7 40. Rxe5 dxe5 41. Qxe5 Qf6 42. Qb8+ Kf7 43. b4
Ne7 $19 {la réalisation technique ne pose pas trop de problèmes aux noirs.} 44.
g3 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qxa4 46. Qxb6 Qxc2 47. Qxa6 Qe4+ 48. Kh2 Qxb4 49. Qa2+ Kg7 50.
Qa1+ Kf7 51. Qa2+ Kf6 52. Qa1+ Ke6 53. Qa2+ Nd5 54. Qa6+ Qd6 55. Qc8+ Kf7 56.
Qc4 Qe6 57. Qh4 Nf6 58. Qf4 Ne4 59. Qc7+ Qe7 60. Qc4+ Kg7 61. Qa2 Qc5 62. Kg2
Qd4 63. Qc2 Kh6 64. Qa2 Nd2 65. Qg8 Qe4+ 66. Kh2 Nf3+ 67. Kg2 Nh4+ 68. Kf1 Qh1+
69. Ke2 Qf3+ {[%mdl 8704]} 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-29"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1990.11.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Vokac,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1990.11.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 Ne8 (10... Kh8 $5) 11. Ng5 Bxe2 $6 (11... Bd7) 12. Nxe2
h6 (12... Nf6 $5 13. f4 $140 Ng4 14. f5 $6 (14. fxe5 Nxe3 (14... Nxe5 $143 $14)
15. Qxe3 Bxe5 16. Qh3 $40) 14... Bh6 $1) 13. Nh3 $1 Kh7 14. f4 exf4 (14... Nf6
15. fxe5 Nxe4 (15... dxe5 16. Ng3 Ng4 17. Bc5 $16) 16. Qd3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5
18. Qe4 f5 19. exf6 {P hf4-e6}) 15. Rxf4 $14 {<->f7} Ng8 16. Rdf1 Qe7 17. Bd4
Be5 (17... Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 $1 (18. Nxd4 Nef6) 18... Ng7 19. Ng3 {P f2}) 18. R4f3
Nef6 19. Nf2 $1 Nd7 (19... Bxd4 20. Qxd4 c5 $5 21. dxc6 bxc6 22. Qc4 (22. Qc3
$143 $5 Rac8) 22... d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Qd3 $14) 20. Nd3 Bxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Ndf6 (
21... Kg7 22. Qc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 (23... Qxe5 24. Ne6+ $1 fxe6 25. Qxc7+ $18)
24. Nb5 $16) (21... Ne5 $5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Nb3 {P f2}) 22. Qb4 Qxe4 $5 23.
Rxf6 Nxf6 24. Rxf6 Qxd5 $2 (24... Rae8 $5 25. Qc4 b5 $1) (24... a5 25. Qc4 (25.
Qc3 Qxd5 26. Nf3 c5 27. h4 $14) 25... b5 $1) 25. Nf5 $1 $18 {P f4} gxf5 26. Qh4
Kg8 27. Rxh6 f6 28. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.15"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Wedberg, Tom Birger"]
[Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This is a blitz game with the time limit: White 4 minutes and Black 5 minutes.
For every move the players got an extra 10 seconds. The winner wins the match.
In case of a draw another game with the same conditions would be played.} 1. e4
g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. Bf4 Qa5
9. Nd2 Qc7 10. Bg3 b5 11. a3 e5 12. d5 a6 13. dxc6 Qxc6 14. Nf1 Bb7 15. Bf3 Nb6
16. Ne3 Rac8 17. Bh4 Nc4 18. Ned5 Nxd5 $2 (18... Nxb2 $1 19. Qc1 Nxd5 20. Nxd5
Qxc2 21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Ra2 Bh6 25. Be7 Rd2 26. Bxd6
Rxd6 27. Rxb2 $14) 19. Nxd5 $18 Kh8 20. Ne7 Qc5 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. b3 Nb6 23.
Be7 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Re3 Qxa3 28. Rd3 Nc8 29. Qc3
d5 30. Qxe5+ Kg8 31. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mantovani, Renzo"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2
(8. h3 $5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. Ne2 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Ne2 $10) (
10. d5 $1) 10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 $10) 8... e5 9. d5 (9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Rad1 Re8
11. Rc1 Qc8 $13) 9... Ne7 10. h3 Bd7 (10... Bxf3 11. Bxf3 $14) 11. Nh2 (11.
Rad1 c6 $2 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Qxd6 Nxe4 (13... Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nxe4 15. Rxc6 $16)
(13... Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Bxe4 15. Rxf6) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qb4 $18) 11... c6 $1 12.
Ng4 (12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Rad1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc2 17.
Rd7 Nf5 $17) 12... cxd5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bc6 16. Qd3 d5 (
16... Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. c4 Bg5 $10) 17. exd5 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. c4 Be6
(19... Bc6 20. b4 b6 21. a4 $36) 20. Rac1 {20...e4 21.b4 Be5/\f5= Yudasin} (20.
Bf3 Bxc4 21. Rfc1 (21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Rfc1 Bxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxb7 $15) 21... Ba6 22.
Rc7 e4 23. Bxe4 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Be5 25. Re7 Bf6 26. Rd7 Rad8 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Bxb7 Bxb7 29. Rxb7 a6 30. Rb6 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Rd6 32. Rxd6 Be5+ $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. h3) 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7.
Bf4 Nh5 $5 (7... Nbd7 8. e5 Ne8) 8. Be3 d5 (8... e5 9. Qd2 Nd7 10. Rad1 $14) 9.
h3 (9. e5 Bh8 {/\Ng7-e6[f5],f6}) 9... dxe4 (9... Nf6 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Ng5 Bf5 13. g4 h6 14. gxf5 hxg5 15. fxg6) 10. Nxe4 Nd7 11. Re1 c5 $2 (11...
Nhf6 $14) 12. dxc5 (12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16.
Red1 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Nf6 $14 18. Nd4) 12... Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. Nd4 $1 Nhf6 (
14... e5 15. Nb5 Nhf6 16. Ned6 a6 17. Nxc8) 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $5 (15... Nxf6 16.
c6 bxc6 (16... Qc7 17. Bf3 $16) 17. Nxc6 Qc7 18. Bf3 Be6 19. Bc5 $16) 16. c6
Nb6 17. Bf3 bxc6 $8 18. Bxc6 Rb8 19. Bf4 e5 20. Rxe5 $2 (20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5
Nc4 22. Rxb8 Nxe5 23. Bb7 $16) 20... Ba6 21. Rd5 $4 (21. Re4 Rc8 22. Be5 (22.
Bb5 Qd5 23. Bxa6 (23. Qd3 Bb7 24. f3 a6 $17) 23... Qxe4 $17) (22. Be3 $1 Nc4
$13) 22... Bxe5 23. Rxe5 Qd6 $17) 21... Nxd5 $1 22. Rxb8 Nxf4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 $19
24. Qf3 (24. c3 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Nxc3 $19) 24... Rxd4 25. g3 Ne2+ 26. Kg2 Rd6 27.
Bd5 Nc3 28. Bb3 $19 Rd7 {I think,vos 28...Kg7 29.h4,bath after 28 move of
white score shipe spoiled completeli} 29. Kh2 Bb5 30. a4 Nxa4 31. c4 Nc5 32.
cxb5 Nxb3 33. Qc6 Rd2 34. Qf3 Nd4 35. Qe3 Rb2 {Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 (4... e6 5. e5 d5 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. Ne4)
5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e5 (6. Bb3) 6... Nd5 $1 7. Bxd5 (7. exd6 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qxd6 $10) (
7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Bxd5 $4 Qa5+) 7... cxd5 8. Bf4 (8. Nxd5 Qa5+ 9. Nc3 dxe5 10.
dxe5 Nc6) 8... Bg4 9. exd6 e6 10. h3 (10. Be5 O-O {/\NC6,QB6=}) 10... Bxf3 11.
Qxf3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O O-O 15. c3 (15. c4 dxc4 16. Rad1 e5
17. Bh6 Qxd6 $13 (17... Re8 18. Qd5 Re6 19. d7 Re7 20. Rxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4 f6
22. Rd1 $13)) (15. Rad1 Qf6) 15... Bg7 (15... Bc5 16. Qg3 a5 17. b4 axb4 18.
cxb4 Bxb4 19. Rab1 Ra3 $1 $17) 16. c4 (16. Rad1 Qb6 {/\Rfd8,Bf8}) 16... e5 17.
Bd2 (17. Bg3 Qxd6 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 f5 $15) 17... Qxd6 18.
cxd5 Rfd8 19. Bg5 $1 f6 20. Be3 Qxd5 21. Qxd5+ Rxd5 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ (22... Rb5
23. b3 a5 24. Rac1 {/\Rc7,Rd7}) (22... Rad8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rc1 {/\Rc7,Ba7})
23. Rxd1 f5 24. Rd7 b6 25. g3 Bf6 (25... f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bxf4 Bxb2 28. Rb7
Bd4 29. Bb8 a5 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. Bxb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Rc2 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Rb7+ Kh6
35. Kg2 Rxa2 36. h4 {/\Ra7,Kg3,f3=}) 26. h4 h5 $6 (26... f4 $15) 27. b4 $1 {
/\b5,a4-a5-Ba7} Kf8 28. b5 a6 (28... f4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Bxf4 Bxh4 31. Rb7 {
/\Rb8,Ba7,a4-a5,b6=}) 29. a4 $10 axb5 30. axb5 Ra1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 32. Rd6 Kf7 33.
Rxb6 Rb2 {/\f4 33.gf4ef4 34Bf4Bd4-} 34. Rb8 Be7 35. b6 Bd6 36. Rd8 Ke6 37. Rg8
Kf7 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 $5 (5. g3 $5) 5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6
7. Be2 O-O (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 $132) 8. O-O b6 (8... c5 9. d5 Ng4 10.
Bg5 Nge5 $5) 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nd2 e6 (10... c5 11. d5 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 d5
14. exd5 exd5 15. Bf3 $16) 11. Re1 Qb8 (11... e5 12. d5 Ne8 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qd2 $13) 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Nc4 c6 (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Ng3 $14) 14. Qc1 (14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. e5 Qc7 16. exf6
Nxf6 {[%cal Gf6d5] /\Nd5=}) 14... Qc7 (14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 $14) 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qb4 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxb6) (16... Qc7 17. exf6
Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Be5 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 $14) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
a5 $1 b5 (18... bxa5 19. Ra4) 19. Ne2 $1 Nd5 $5 (19... Rac8 20. c3 Qf8 21. b4
$16) (19... Qe7 $6 20. c3 c5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 Nd5 23. b4) 20. c3 Qd6 $1 (
20... Qf8 21. Ng3 f5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. b4 $16) 21. Ng3 $1 f5 22. Ne2 Re8 (22...
e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd4) (22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qb6) 23.
Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qc4 $5 (24... Qd6 25. Nd3 e5 26. Nc5 exd4 27. Bxd4 $16) 25.
Qc2 e5 $8 26. b3 Qf7 27. dxe5 c5 (27... Bxe5 28. Nd3 $16) 28. e6 Qf6 29. Bxc5
Be4 $1 (29... Qxc3 30. Rac1 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Be4 32. Rcc1 Bb2 33. Rcd1 Bc3 34. Re3
Bxa5 35. f3 Bc7 36. Ne2 Bc6 37. Nd4 $16) 30. Qe2 $2 (30. Qa2 Qxc3 31. b4 $16)
30... Qxc3 31. Rac1 $2 (31. b4 Be5 32. Rac1 Qb3 33. Qe3 $10) 31... Qxb3 32. f3
Bb7 33. e7 $13 (33. Rb1 Qc3) 33... Rac8 34. Kh1 (34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Bb4 Qd4+)
34... Bf6 35. Rb1 Qf7 36. Bb4 Bxe7 $1 (36... g5 37. Nd3) 37. Bxe7 Rc7 38. Qd2
Rcxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Rc1 $146 Qe5 (40... Rd8 41. Qa2+ Kh8 42. Qb2+ Kg8 $10)
41. Qa2+ Kg7 42. Nd3 Qd6 (42... Qe3 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Qf7 Bxf3 45. Qxh7+ Kg5 46.
h4+ Kg4 47. Qxg6+) 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Nc5 Ba8 $1 (44... Bc8 {[%cal Gh7h6,Yg8h7,
Ge8e7] /\h6,Kh7,Re7}) 45. Qb3+ Kg7 (45... Bd5 46. Qd3 Rc8 47. Qd4) 46. Qc3+ Kh6
47. Nd3 $2 Re3 48. Rd1 f4 $2 (48... Rxf3 $1 49. Qd2+ g5 50. gxf3 Bxf3+ 51. Kg1
Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qxh3+ 53. Kf2 Bxd1 54. Qxd1 f4 $17) 49. Qc2 Re7 (49... Rxf3 50.
gxf3 Bxf3+ 51. Kh2 Bxd1 52. Qxd1 f3+ 53. Kh1 Qg3 54. Qd2+ g5 55. Nb4 $2 Qxh3+
$4 56. Qh2 $18) 50. Nf2 $132 Qb4 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Nf2 Qb4 54. Nd3
Qxa5 (54... Qd4 $10) 55. Qb2+ Kg8 (55... Kh6 56. Qf6 Qc7 57. Nf2 $2 Rf7 58.
Ng4+ Kh5 59. Qxa6 $17 Bxf3 60. Qxb5+ g5) 56. Qb3+ Kg7 57. Qb2+ Kf7 $4 (57...
Kg8 58. Qb3+ $10) 58. Ne5+ Kg8 (58... Ke8 59. Ng4) (58... Kf8 59. Ng4) 59. Ng4
$18 h5 60. Qf6 {60...Rg7 61.Rd8 Kh7 62.Qf8 Qd8 63.Qd8 hg 64.Qa8 g3 65.Kg1 Rc7
66.Kf1 Rc1 67.Kf2 Rc2 68.Kd3 Rg2 69.Qf8 ,62.Ra8 Qe1.62.Ne5 Qe1 63.Qf4 Yudasin}
1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 (5... c6 6. Bb3 O-O 7. O-O
d5 8. e5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Yf7f6] /\Nc7f6=} (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 c5
11. dxc5)) 6. d5 (6. h3 $5) 6... Nb8 7. h3 c6 8. Bb3 (8. O-O b5) 8... O-O 9.
O-O b6 $5 (9... Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7) 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 $10 12. dxc6 Bxc6
13. Nd5 h6 14. Bh4 e6 (14... a5 15. a4 b5 $132) (14... Rc8) 15. Nxf6+ (15. Nb4
Bb7 16. Qxd6 g5 17. Bg3 Nxe4) 15... Nxf6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nb5 (17. Bxe6 fxe6 18.
Nxe6 Qe7 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 20. f3 Qe5 21. c3 Nh5 $36) 17... g5 18. Nxd6 Bxe4 19.
Nxe4 {..Ne4.20.Re4 Qd1.21.Rd1 gh4.22.Rh4 Rfd8=,19...gh4=} (19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxb2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 (7. d5 $5)
7... e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 b6 $5 $146 {><c5} (9... Qe7 $5 10. Nd2 $5 (10. Nd5
$6 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 (11. exd5 $6 Rd8 12. c4 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c6 15. Bxg7
Kxg7 16. Qd4+ Qf6 17. Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qf4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 $15 {Vaculik,
M-Lechtynsky,J/Lilie Open, Litomysl CZE 1997/1/2-1/2 (67)}) 11... Rd8 12. Qc5
Qxc5 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. c3 Ne7 16. Nd2 h6 17. Bc4 Rd7 {1/2-1/2
Keitlinghaus,L-Chernin,A/Feldbach op 1997}) (10. Bg5 $5 Be6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12.
exd5 Rad8 13. c4 h6 14. Be3 e4 15. Nd2 Ne5 16. Qc2 $14 {0-1 Durao,J-Gurieli,N/
Helsinki op 1992 (35)}) 10... Nd4 11. Bc4 c6 12. Ne2 b5 13. Bd3 Ne6 14. a4 Rd8
15. Qb1 Nh5 $2 (15... b4 $5) 16. axb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 Nhf4 18. Rd1 Qg5 19. Ng3
Nd4 20. Bf1 $16 {1-0 Kiselev,S-Tal,M/URS-ch58 1991 (36)}) (9... a6 $6 10. Qxd8
Rxd8 11. Rfd1 Re8 12. Rd2 Be6 13. Rad1 Rad8 14. Ng5 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 h6 16. Nxe6
Rxe6 17. f3 $14 {Dischinger,F-Witulski,G/Mainz op 1989/1-0 (46)}) (9... Be6 $5
10. Qxd8 Rfxd8 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Ng5 $5) 11... Nb4 12. Rdc1 Nh5 13. a3 Nc6 14.
Rd1 Nd4 $15 {0-1 Sabitov,O-Asanov,B/Asia-chT 1993 (28)}) 10. Bd3 (10. Qe1 $5 {
[%csl Rd8][%cal Ga1d1] /\Rad1}) 10... Bb7 $11 11. a3 {[%csl Yb4,Yd3][%cal
Ga3b4]} h6 $5 {><g5,/\Qe7,Rad8} 12. Ne2 $6 (12. Qd2 $5 Kh7 13. Rad1 $13) (12.
Qc1 $5 Kh7 13. Rd1 $13) 12... Qe7 13. Qc1 (13. Qd2 $142) 13... Kh7 14. g4 $2
$15 {[%csl Rf4] ><f4} Rad8 15. Ng3 Nd7 $5 {[%csl Rd4,Rf4][%cal Gd7c5,Gc5e6,
Ge6d4,Ge6f4]} (15... Nd4 $5) 16. g5 $6 (16. Rd1 $142) 16... Nd4 {[%csl Rf3,Rg5]
} 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. gxh6 (18. Bf4 $5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Bd2 Qe6 21. Kh2 Nc5
$15) 18... Bf6 $1 (18... dxe3 19. hxg7 exf2+ 20. Rxf2 Kxg7 21. Rg2 (21. Nf5+ $2
gxf5 22. Rg2+ Kh7 23. Qf4 Qf6 $19) 21... Kh7 $15) 19. Bd2 (19. Bf4 $5 c5 $36)
19... Bh4 20. Kh2 (20. Bf4 $142 c5 21. Qd2 $15) 20... Nc5 21. Bb4 $2 (21. Qd1
$142 $5 {[%cal Gd1h5]}) 21... a5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. b4 $6 (23. Qd2 $5 $15) 23...
Qe7 $6 (23... axb4 24. axb4 Qxb4 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Qf4 Qe7 {[%csl Rh6][%cal
Gh4g5]}) 24. Qe1 $6 {><h6} (24. bxa5 $5 bxa5 25. Qd2 $13) 24... axb4 25. axb4
Ra8 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ga8a1]} 26. b5 Kxh6 $17 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rg1 (28. f4 $5)
28... Kh7 (28... Qe5 $5 {[%csl Yf4][%cal Re5h2,Gh4g5,Rg5c1]}) 29. Qe2 (29. f4
$142) 29... Re8 $6 (29... Bg5 $5 {[%csl Ye5,Yf4][%cal Ge7e5,Gg5f4]}) 30. Qf3
Qf6 31. Nf5 $4 $138 (31. Qxf6 Bxf6 32. f4 $15) 31... Qxf5 $1 (31... gxf5 $4 32.
Qh5+ Qh6 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. Qg8#) 32. exf5 Bxf3 33. fxg6+ Kg7 $1 (
33... Kh6 $2 34. gxf7 Rf8 35. Rg6+ Kh5 $8 (35... Kh7 36. Rg8+ $18) 36. Rg7 $1
Bg5 (36... Kh6 37. Rg6+ Kh5 $8 38. Rg7 $11) (36... Ra8 $4 37. Rg8 $1 Ra1 38.
Bg6+ $1 {[%csl Gg6,Gg8][%cal Gf7f8,Rf8h6]} Kg5 39. Be4+ $18) (36... Bd5 $2 37.
f4 $1 Rxf7 38. Bg6+ Kh6 39. Bxf7 Kxg7 40. Bxd5 $14) 37. Kg3 Bd5 38. Rh7+ Bh6
39. f4 Bxf7 40. Be2+ Kg6 41. Bd3+ Kh5 $11) 34. gxf7+ Kxf7 35. Bg6+ Kf8 36. Bxe8
Kxe8 $19 37. Ra1 (37. Rg8+ $142 Kf7 $5 38. Rc8 Bxf2 39. Rxc7+ Ke6 $19 {[%csl
Rc2,Gd4,Rh2]}) 37... Ke7 {><b5,c2} 38. Kg1 Bf6 39. Kf1 Kd6 40. Rc1 Bd5 {
[%csl Rb5][%cal Gd5c4]} 41. Rd1 Kc5 42. Ke2 Be4 43. Rc1 (43. Rc1 Kxb5 $19 {
[%csl Rc2][%cal Gb5c4,Gc4c3]}) 0-1

[Event "Reggio Emilia 9798 40th"]
[Site "Reggio Emilia"]
[Date "1997.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Godena, Michele"]
[Black "Sarno, Spartaco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 (7... Qc7
$5) 8. Bf4 Na6 9. e5 (9. Qd2 Nb4 10. Rfe1 Qc7 11. h3 Re8 $13) 9... Ne8 10. Ne4
(10. d5 Nb4 11. dxc6 Nxc6) (10. Re1 Nb4 11. Qd2 Bf5 12. Rac1 Nc7) 10... Nac7
11. c3 (11. Re1 f6 12. c4 Be6 13. Rc1 Bf7 $13) 11... f6 $1 12. exd6 $6 $10 (12.
Re1 fxe5 13. dxe5 d5 14. Ng3 Ne6 15. Be3 $14) 12... exd6 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Bd2 d5
15. Nc5 Nd6 (15... b6 $10) 16. Bd3 Re8 (16... Nxc5 17. dxc5 Nf7 18. Bf4 Bg4 19.
h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21. Qe2 $10) 17. Qc2 b6 $1 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Bf4 Qd7 20.
Qb3 Bf8 $1 21. h3 (21. Qxb6 $4 Reb8 22. Qc5 Ne4) 21... Qb7 (21... g5 $5 $132 {
/\h5}) 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Bxf5 (23. Bxd6 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Bxd6 25. g3 $10) 23... Nxf5
24. Qd3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Kf1 $10 {Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens-B"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1998.01.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kuijf, Marinus"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 (4... d5 5. exd5 b5 6. Bb3 b4 7. Na4
cxd5 $14) 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O (6. Bb3) 6... b5 7. Bb3 (7. Bd3 b4 8. Ne2 Bg4 9.
Ng3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 $10) 7... b4 8. e5 bxc3 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 (9.
Nxe5 bxc3 10. Nxf7 $146) 9... bxc3 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Rd1+ Ke8
13. bxc3 Bxc3 14. Rb1 $146) 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bh6 Bg7 12. Qd2 $10
Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe3 (15. h3 Bf5 16. Bc4 $10) 15... Re8 16.
Ng5 e6 (16... d5 17. c4 h6 18. Nf3 Be6 $10) 17. c4 (17. Ne4 $10) 17... Ba6 18.
c5 $5 (18. Qc3 Rc8 {/\c5}) 18... d5 (18... dxc5 19. dxc5 Nd5 20. Qg3 {/\Ne4-d6}
) 19. Qf4 (19. Rac1 {/\c4=}) (19. Nf3 Qc7 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. f4 f6 $10) 19... Qb8
20. Qh4 (20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. c3 Bd3 $15) 20... h6 21. Nf3 Nd7 $15 22. Ba4 $6 (
22. Re3 $15 {/\c3,Qg3}) 22... Qc7 23. Ne5 (23. c3 Bd3 {/\g5}) 23... Nxe5 24.
dxe5 $2 (24. Rxe5 Rab8 $36 (24... f6 25. Re3 e5 $5 $13)) 24... Rab8 (24... Qe7
$2 25. Qf6+ Qxf6 26. exf6+ Kxf6 27. Bxc6) 25. Qf6+ Kg8 26. Qf4 (26. c3 Bb5 27.
Bc2 Qe7 $15) 26... h5 27. Re3 Qa5 28. Bxc6 (28. Rf3 Rf8 29. Qf6 Qxc5 30. Rg3
Rb7) 28... Rf8 29. Rg3 (29. Qd4 Rfc8) 29... Qxc5 30. Ba4 (30. Qf6 Qxc2) 30...
Rb4 31. Qf6 Rg4 32. Rxg4 hxg4 33. Qf4 (33. Bb3 Rb8 34. Rd1 Bc4 35. Qf4 Bxb3 36.
cxb3 Qc2 37. Qd2 Rc8 $17) 33... Rb8 34. Bb3 $8 Rb4 35. Qg5 Re4 $19 36. Qd8+ $6
Qf8 37. Qa5 (37. Qc7 Qg7 (37... Qc8 38. Qd6 (38. Qxa7 Qc3 $19) (38. Qxc8+ $17)
38... Kg7 $17 {/\Qc3}) 38. Qd8+) 37... Qc8 38. Qd2 (38. Re1 Qc7 39. Qd2 Qxe5)
38... Qc7 $19 39. Rb1 Qxe5 40. Qa5 {/\40...Bc4,40...QdP Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 c5 $6 6. dxc5 (6. d5 O-O 7. h3
Na6 8. O-O Nc7 9. a4 a6 10. Re1 Rb8 $132) (6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4
9. e6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Bxb5 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Ke8 13. Qxg4 Qd7 14. Ne6 Kf7
15. Ng5+ Ke8 16. Qf3 Qf5 $13) 6... Qa5 7. cxd6 (7. O-O Qxc5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. h3
Nc6 $10) 7... Nxe4 8. O-O Nxd6 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11. dxe7
Nc6 12. Bf4 $44) 9. Bf4 O-O (9... Nc6 10. Bxd6 exd6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Be6
13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qf4 $16) 10. Nd5 Nc6 $8 (10... Rd8 11. b4 Qa3 12. Nxe7+ Kf8
13. Nxc8) 11. b4 $1 (11. Nxe7+ Nxe7 12. Bxd6 Rd8) 11... Qd8 12. b5 $1 (12. Rb1
e5 13. Bg3 (13. Be3 Nf5 14. Bc5 Re8 {/\e4,Nd4}) 13... Nf5) 12... Nxb5 (12...
Bxa1 13. bxc6 Bg7 14. Nxe7+ (14. c7 Qd7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxd6 Qd7 (16... Qf6
17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Qd8 Kg7 19. Rd1 Be7 20. Bc4 $18) 17. Bc4 h6 18. Qd3 $16)
14... Qxe7 15. Bxd6 Qe6 16. Bxf8 Bxf8 $13) 13. Bxb5 Bxa1 14. Nc7 Qxd1 (14...
Rb8 15. Bxc6 (15. Qxa1 e5 16. Nxe5 Qxc7 17. Nxg6) 15... bxc6 (15... Qxd1 16.
Rxd1 bxc6 17. Rxa1 Rb2 $13) 16. Qxa1) 15. Rxd1 Rb8 16. Rxa1 a6 (16... Bg4 17.
Nd5 Rbd8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Nxc6 Rc8 21. Nfd4) (16... e6 17. Nd5
Ra8 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Nf6+ Kg7 20. Be5) 17. Nxa6 bxa6 18. Bxc6 Rb2 19. Nd4 $18
Rd8 20. c3 Bb7 (20... f6 21. Be3 (21. Bc1 Rb6 22. Bf3 e5 23. Nb3 Bb7 24. Be3
Rbd6 25. Be2 $18) 21... e5 22. Nb3 Rc2 $132) 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Nb3 $2 (22. Kf1)
22... a5 $1 23. Nxa5 Rbd7 $2 (23... Ra7 24. Nc6 Rxa2 25. Re1 Re2 26. Kf1 Rxe1+
27. Kxe1 Rd7 28. Ke2 $16) 24. g3 Rc8 (24... Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27.
Nc6 Kf8 28. Nb4) 25. Rb1 $6 (25. Nb3 Rxc3 26. Be3 $16) 25... Rd5 26. Nb3 Rxc3
27. Re1 (27. Rb2 $16) 27... g5 (27... Rc2 28. Rxe7 Rxa2 29. Bh6 Ra8 $16) 28.
Be3 f6 (28... Rc2 29. a4 Ra2 $132) 29. Kg2 (29. Re2) 29... Kf7 (29... Rc2 30.
Ra1 Rb2) 30. Re2 h6 (30... h5) 31. g4 Rc4 32. h3 e6 (32... Kg6 {/\h5,e5}) 33.
Rb2 Kg6 34. Nd2 Ra4 35. Nb1 Rd3 36. a3 h5 $1 (36... Ra6 {/\h5}) 37. gxh5+ Kxh5
38. Rb6 f5 $4 (38... Re4 39. Rc6 f5 40. Nc3 Re5 $132 {/\f4,g4}) 39. Rxe6 f4 40.
Bc5 Rc4 (40... f3+ 41. Kg3 Rf4 42. Be3 Rf8 43. Re5) (40... Ra8 41. Bb4 Rb8 42.
Rc6 g4 43. Rc5+ Kh4 44. hxg4 Kxg4 45. Rc4 $18) 41. Bf8 g4 42. Re5+ Kg6 43. hxg4
$18 Rc2 44. Bb4 Rg3+ 45. Kf1 Rh3 (45... Rxg4 46. Nd2) 46. Rh5 $1 Rd3 47. Nd2 f3
(47... Rdxd2 48. Bxd2 Rxd2 49. Rf5 Rd3 (49... Rd4 50. Kg2) 50. Rxf4 Kg5 (50...
Rxa3 51. Kg2 (51. Rf5 Ra4 52. f3 Ra2 53. Re5 $18) 51... Kg5 52. Rf3 Ra4 (52...
Ra1 $1 $13) 53. Kh3 Rxg4 54. Rg3 Rxg3+ 55. Kxg3 $18) 51. Ra4) 48. Kg1 Rc1+ (
48... Rdxd2 49. Bxd2 Rxd2 50. Rf5 Rd3 51. Kh2) 49. Kh2 Rd4 50. Rh4 Rd5 51. Rh3
{51...Kg5 52.Ne4 Qg6 53.Rf3,51...Rd4 52.Nf3 Yudasin} 1-0

[Event "Czerniak Memorial 14th"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1998.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Bykhovsky, Avigdor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1998.04.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O (5... e6 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O d5
8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. c3 O-O 12. Rd1 Qc7 $14) 6. Nc3 c6 7.
Bb3 Bg4 (7... d5 $5 8. e5 Ne8 9. h4 h5 10. Be3 Nc7 11. O-O-O Bg4 $13) 8. h3 (8.
Be3 d5 9. e5 Ne4) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 e6 (10... e5 11. O-O-O (11.
O-O b5 12. Rad1 Qc7 $10) 11... b5 $10) 11. a4 (11. O-O Qc7 12. Rad1 b5 13. a3
a6 14. Rfe1 c5 $36) 11... d5 12. exd5 (12. e5 Ne8 13. h4 c5 14. h5 cxd4 15.
hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh3 dxe3 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Bxd5 exf2+ 19. Ke2 Nxe5) (12. O-O dxe4
13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Nd5 $10) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 $10 14. a5
(14. O-O a5 {/\Qb6,Re8,Nf8-e6}) 14... b5 (14... Re8 15. O-O Nf8 16. c3 Ne6 $10)
15. axb6 axb6 16. O-O b5 17. c3 Nb6 18. Rfe1 Re8 (18... Nc4 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20.
Bc1 Qa1 21. Qe2 h5 22. Bg5 Qxb2 23. Bxc4 Qxc3 24. Bd3 Qxd4 25. Rc1 Qb6 26. Qc2
Rc8 27. Be7 Bf8 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Qxg6 $13) 19. Bf4 Qd7 (19...
Nc4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Qe2 $10) 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 (
20... Rxa8 21. Qe2 Nc4 $10) 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. h4 $1 Nb6 (22... h5 $1 23. g4 (
23. Kf1 Nb6 24. Qe2 Qa8 25. g3) 23... hxg4 24. Qxg4 Nb6 25. h5 gxh5 26. Qxh5
Qe1+ 27. Kg2 Qe4+ 28. Qf3 $10) 23. h5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. g3 (25. h6 Bf8 26.
Be5 Qe6 27. Qf4 Qf5 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Bf4 f6 $15) 25... f6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27.
Kg2 Qe4 28. g4 Kf7 29. Kg3 Bf8 30. g5 $5 (30. Qxe4 dxe4 31. f3 exf3 32. Kxf3
Ke6 33. Ke4 f5+ 34. gxf5+ gxf5+ 35. Kf3 Bd6 36. Bd2 $15) 30... Qxf3+ (30... f5
31. Qd1 Be7 32. f3 Qe6 33. Kf2 $10) 31. Kxf3 f5 32. Ke3 Be7 33. Kd2 Ke6 {
34.Kc2 Bd6 35.Bd6 Kd6 36.b3 c5 37.dc Kc5.38.b4 Kb5 39.f3 d4 40.cd Kb4 41.f4 c3
42.d5 Kc5 43.Kc3 Kd5 44.Kd3 1/2-1/2 Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sigeman & Co 06th"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1998.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.06.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 (6... Bg4) (6...
a6 7. a4 Nc6) 7. h3 (7. a4 a5 8. Be3 Na6) 7... Qc7 (7... b5 8. e5 Nfd7 9. exd6
(9. Bf4 dxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 (10... Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Bg3 a5 13. a3 {/\Ne4}) 11.
Qd4) 9... exd6 10. Bf4 $14) 8. Bf4 Nbd7 (8... Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. Qd2 {/\g4}) 9.
e5 dxe5 (9... Ne8 10. exd6 exd6 11. Qd2 $14) 10. Nxe5 (10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Bh2
Nxe5 12. Kh1 Qa5) 10... Nxe5 (10... Qd8 11. Bf3 Nb6 12. Re1 Nbd5 13. Bh2 $14)
11. Bxe5 (11. dxe5 Nd7 $2 (11... Rd8 $4 12. exf6 $18) (11... Ne8 12. Qd4 Qb6
13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Rad1 $14) (11... Nd5 $1 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Qxc2 $10 (
13... Be6 14. Qe4 Bf5 15. Qc4 Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc2 17. Bd5 Rfd8 18. Bxb7 $6 Rab8
$15)) 12. e6 Ne5 13. exf7+ $16) 11... Qa5 (11... Qb6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c3 $14)
12. Re1 Bf5 13. Bf3 Rfe8 14. a3 $1 Rac8 (14... Rad8 $2 15. b4 Qb6 16. Na4 Qb5
17. Nc5) 15. Qd2 Nd7 $1 16. b4 Qd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rad1 $14 Nf6 19. Na4 (19.
Re5 Qc7 {/\Rcd8}) 19... Qc7 20. g4 (20. c4 Rcd8 {/\Bc8}) 20... Bd7 21. c4 $36 {
/\g5,h4,Nc5} (21. g5 Nd5 22. c4 Nb6 {/\c4,h3}) 21... h6 $1 22. Nc5 Rcd8 23.
Qe3 (23. b5 cxb5 24. cxb5 Bxb5 25. Nxb7 Rb8 26. Rc1 Qd7 27. Nc5 Qd6 28. a4 Bd7
29. Nxd7 Nxd7 30. Rc6 Qa3 $13) 23... Bc8 24. Nd3 $1 Rd6 $6 (24... a5 25. Ne5
axb4 26. axb4 Nd7 $14) 25. Ne5 Be6 26. h4 (26. Qd3 {/\c5,Ng6} Red8 $6 (26...
Qc8 $1) 27. Qc3 Re8 28. h4 $40) 26... Qc8 27. Qf4 {/\g5,Kg2,Rh1} (27. g5 hxg5
28. hxg5 Ng4 29. Bxg4 Bxg4 30. f3 Bf5 {/\f6}) (27. Qc3 Kg8) 27... b5 $1 28.
Nxc6 (28. c5 Nd5 29. Qe4 (29. Qc1 Rdd8 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 f6 $132) 29... Rdd8
30. Nxg6 Nc3 31. Qe5+ f6 (31... Kxg6 32. Rd3 (32. d5 Nxd5 $2 (32... Rxd5 33.
Qxc3 Rxd1 34. Be4+ f5 $13) (32... cxd5 33. Qxc3 Bxg4 34. Qd3+ Bf5 35. Qxb5 e6
$13) (32... Bxd5 33. Qxc3 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Qe6 $13) 33. Be4+ f5 $8
34. gxf5+ Bxf5 35. h5+ Kg5 36. Kh1 $18) 32... Rd5 33. Qf4 Na4 $13) 32. Qxe6
Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Nxd1 34. Nxe7 $2 (34. h5 Rxd4 35. Bxc6 Rxg4+ 36. Kf1 Rd8 37.
Rxe7+ Kg8 38. Bd7 $18) 34... Kf7) (28. cxb5 cxb5 29. Rc1 Qa6) 28... Bxc4 $8 (
28... Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Qxc6 30. d5) (28... Bxg4 29. Nxa7) 29. g5 (29. Nxa7 Qd7) (
29. Nxe7 Qd7 30. g5 Rxe7) (29. d5 Nxd5 $2 (29... Bxd5 30. Nxe7 Qd7 (30... Qd8
31. Nxd5 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxd5 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Qe2 $16) 31. g5 (31. Nxd5 Nxd5 (
31... Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Nxd5 33. Qe5+ $16) 32. Qd4+ Nf6 33. Qxd6 Rxe1+ 34. Kg2
Rxd1 35. Qxd1 Qxd1 (35... Qe7 36. Qd4 $16) 36. Bxd1 $16) 31... hxg5 32. hxg5
Rxe7) (29... Qc7 $1 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 (32. Rxd5 Rxc6 (32...
Bxd5 33. Bxd5 e5 $1) 33. Qd4+ Kg8 34. Rd7 $16) 32... Bxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxc6 $10)
30. Bxd5 Bxd5 31. Nxe7 $18) 29... hxg5 30. hxg5 Rxc6 $5 (30... Ng8 31. d5 (31.
Ne5 Qf5 32. Qg3 f6 33. gxf6+ $36) 31... Qf5 32. Qxf5 gxf5 $13) 31. Bxc6 Qxc6
32. gxf6+ Qxf6 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kg2 (34. Re5 Rd8 $6 (34... a5 $1 $10) 35. Rc5
Rd6 36. Rc7 a6 $14) 34... a5 $1 $10 35. bxa5 (35. Ra1 axb4 36. axb4 Rd8 37.
Ra6+ e6 38. Rd1 Rd5) 35... Bd5+ 36. Kg3 Ra8 37. Re3 Rxa5 38. Rb1 e6 39. f3 Ke7
40. Rb4 g5 41. f4 (41. Kg4 Kf6 42. Rc3 Ba2 43. Rc5 Rxa3 44. Rbxb5 Bd5 $10 (
44... Rd3 $10)) 41... gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 f6 43. Rc3 Kd6 44. Ke3 Bc6 45. Rb2 Ra7 46.
Rh2 Ra4 47. Rh6 f5 48. Rh8 b4 49. axb4 Rxb4 50. Rd8+ Ke7 51. Rc8 f4+ $1 52.
Kxf4 (52. Kd3 Bd5 53. R3c7+ Kd6 54. Rf7 f3 55. Rcc7 Bc6 $10) 52... Rxd4+ 53.
Ke3 Re4+ 54. Kd2 {Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Bg4 (7... a5
) 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Qd2 a5) 9... Qc7 (
9... a5 10. e5 $6 (10. Rad1) 10... dxe5 $2 11. dxe5 Nh5) 10. Rfd1 (10. Rad1)
10... Rfd8 11. Bh6 (11. Ne1 $5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 e5 13. d5 (13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd3
$14) 13... cxd5 14. exd5 $13) 11... e5 (11... Bh8 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14.
dxe5 dxe5 $10 15. a5) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Ng5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 $10 h6 (14... a5 15.
f4 $6 exd4 16. Rxd4 Qb6 17. Qd2 h6 18. Nf3 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
b3 Nf6 $10) 15. Nf3 a5 16. Rd2 Re8 17. d5 $5 (17. Rad1 exd4 18. Rxd4 d5) (17.
dxe5 dxe5 $10) 17... Nc5 (17... cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Nf6 $10) 18. Qc4 (
18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Re1 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Rxd6 Qb4 22. Rdd1 Qxb2 23. Rb1 Qc3
24. Rxb7 a4 $17) (18. b3 Rad8 19. Rad1 $10) 18... Rad8 (18... Qb6 19. dxc6 bxc6
(19... Qxc6 20. Re1 $14) 20. Rxd6 Qb4 21. Qxb4 axb4 22. Ne2 $10) 19. Rad1 Qb6
20. dxc6 (20. b3 Qb4 21. dxc6 Qxc4 22. bxc4 bxc6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Rxd6 Nfxe4
25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxc6 Rb8 27. g4 Rb1+ 28. Kg2 Rb2 29. Nxe5 Rxc2 30. Nd3 Rd2
31. Kf3 Rxd3+ 32. Kxe4 Ra3 $10) 20... bxc6 $6 (20... Qxc6 21. Re1) 21. Rxd6
Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxb2 $1 23. g3 (23. Qxc5 Nxe4) 23... Ne6 $1 24. Rxc6 (24. Nxe5
Qxc2 25. Rxc6 Ng5 $40 26. f4) 24... Qxc2 25. Kg2 (25. Nxe5 Ng5) 25... Rd8 (
25... Ng4 26. Qe2 Qxe2 27. Nxe2 $16) 26. h3 (26. Nxe5 Rd2) 26... g5 $132 27.
Ne1 (27. Ne2 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Nxe5 Rd2 30. Kf3 N6c5 31. Nc4 $10) 27...
Qd2 28. Nf3 Qc2 29. Qb5 $6 (29. Ne1 $10) 29... g4 30. hxg4 (30. Nxe5 gxh3+ (
30... Nd4 31. Qc4) 31. Kxh3 Qxf2) 30... Nxg4 31. Qb6 $4 (31. Qe2 Qxe2 32. Nxe2
Rb8 $10) 31... Rb8 32. Nd5 (32. Qa7 Rb7 33. Qxb7 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Rxe6
Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nh1) 32... Qe2 33. Qxb8 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 $19 35. Rxe6 Nf2+ 36.
Kh2 Qh1# {Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 (5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 b4 8.
Ne2 Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 e6 $14) 5... Nf6 6. h3 (6. Nf3) 6... O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8.
e5 (8. Bc4 Bb7 (8... e6 {/\Bb7,c5}) 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 Bxg2 12.
Rg1 Bb7 13. e6 f5 14. h4 $40) 8... Nfd7 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ (9... Nfd7 10.
Qd5 Ra7 11. e6 $16) 10. Rxd1 Nfd7 11. Nd5 (11. e6 fxe6 12. Ng5 Ne5 13. f4 Nf7)
(11. Bf4 e6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Be4 Nc5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Ne4 $36) 11... Nxe5 12.
Nxc7 (12. Nxe7+ Kh8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxc8 Rxc8 15. c3 $14) 12... Nxf3+ 13.
gxf3 Ra7 14. Bxb6 Rb7 15. a5 Bxb2 $13) 9. exd6 cxd6 10. g3 $6 (10. Be2 Bb7 11.
O-O Nc6 (11... Nf6 12. d5 Nbd7 $132 {/\Rc8,Rc3!?,/\Nc5-e4}) 12. d5 Nce5 13.
Nxe5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd4 $14) 10... Bb7 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Ng5 $6
(13. d5 Na5 (13... Nb4 $1 14. Ne1 Rc8 15. Bd4 Rc4 $36) 14. b3 Rc8 15. Bd4 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bxd5 18. c4 (18. Bxf6 Bxf3 19. Bxe7 Bxd1 20. Bxd8 Rfxd8
21. Rxa5 Bxc2) 18... Nxb3 (18... Nxc4 19. Na7 $16) (18... Ba8 $14) 19. cxd5
Nxa1 20. Qxa1 Qd7 $13) (13. Re1) 13... d5 14. Nf3 (14. Re1 h6 15. Nf3) 14...
Ne4 $5 (14... Rc8 15. Re1 e6 $15) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Nxd4 $6 (16... f5 17.
c3 Kh8 18. Qb3 $13) (16... Bxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. c3 Ne6 $10) 17. Nxe4 Rb8 (
17... e5 18. Nf6+) (17... Nf5 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxb6) 18. c3 Nf5 19. Qxd8 (19.
Bf4 e5 20. Bg5 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 f6 22. Bc1 Bc6 23. b3 Rfc8 $15) 19... Rfxd8 20.
Bf4 (20. Bxb6 Bxe4 21. Bxd8 Bxg2) 20... e5 21. Bg5 Bxe4 $1 (21... Rd3 22. Rad1)
22. Bxe4 f6 23. Bxf5 $5 (23. Bc1 Kf7 24. Bc2 $13) 23... gxf5 24. Be3 Kf7 $10
25. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ke6 27. Kf1 Bf8 28. Ke2 Bd6 29. c4 (29. Kf3 Bc7 30. c4)
29... h5 30. h4 Bc7 (30... Bc5 31. Rd5 Rc8 $10) 31. Rd3 $5 (31. b4 f4 32. gxf4
exf4 33. Bd4 (33. Bc1 Bd6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Rc8 36. Kd3 Kf5 $17) 33... Be5 (
33... Bd6 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 Be5 36. f3 $14) 34. Bxe5 (34. c5 $1 $14) 34...
fxe5 35. c5 $132) 31... f4 $1 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Bc1 $6 (33. Bd4 Be5 34. b3 $10)
33... Rg8 $1 34. Rd5 Be5 35. Kf3 (35. a5 b5 36. Rc5 Kd6 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. b3
bxc4 39. bxc4 Rg4) (35. b4 Rg4 $17 {/\f3,Rh4}) 35... Rg4 36. a5 $1 (36. Rd8
Rxh4 37. Ra8 a5 38. c5 $132) 36... b5 37. Rd8 bxc4 38. Ra8 (38. Rc8 Kd5) 38...
Rxh4 39. Rxa6+ Kd5 40. Rb6 $4 (40. Ra8 Rh3+ (40... Rh1 41. Bxf4 Bxb2 42. a6 Ra1
43. a7) 41. Kg2 Rb3 42. a6 f3+ 43. Kh3 Kc6 44. Rc8+ Kb6 $10) 40... Rh3+ 41. Kg2
Rb3 $1 $19 42. Rxb3 $8 cxb3 43. Kh3 Kc6 44. Kh4 Kb5 45. Kxh5 Kxa5 46. Kg4 Kb5
47. Kf3 Kc4 48. Ke4 f3 (48... Bd4 49. f3 Be5 $19) 49. Ke3 f5 50. Kxf3 Kd3 51.
Bg5 Bxb2 52. Be7 Kc2 53. Bd6 {53...Bc3 54.Ba3 Bb4 Ending white play not so bad,
but withhout plan Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "Excelsior Cup"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "1998.01.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1998.01.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 (4... d5 5. h3 Nh6 $5) 5. a4 Nf6 (5...
Nd7 $5 {/\e5}) 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Qc7 (7... a5) (7... Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5) 8. a5 (8.
Bc4 Nxe4) (8. Be2 a5 {/\Na6-b4}) 8... Nbd7 9. Qd2 (9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O Re8 11.
Re1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 $14) 9... e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4
Rd8 13. Qe2 Nh5 $1 14. g3 (14. O-O Nf4 15. Qf3 Ne6 $15 (15... Be6 $15)) 14...
Bf8 $1 15. Ra4 (15. h4 Bb4 16. a6 b5 17. Bb3 Ng7 {/\N,Be6}) 15... Ng7 16. h4
Be6 (16... Ne6 17. h5 Nd4 18. Qd1 Nf5 19. Qf3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 $13 {/\hg6,Qg5,Qf3}
) 17. O-O b5 (17... Bxc4 18. Qxc4 {/\Nd5,Nb5}) 18. axb6 axb6 19. Rfa1 $1 Rxa4
20. Rxa4 b5 (20... Qb7 21. Bxe6 Nxe6 22. Qa6 Qxa6 23. Rxa6 Nd4 24. Rxb6 Nxc2
25. Rxc6 (25. Bg5 Rc8 26. Bf6 Nd4 27. Kg2 Bg7 $10) 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rb8 $10)
21. Ra7 Qc8 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Qf3 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qd1 $10 Qe8 (25... Nd4
26. Kg2 {/\Ne2,c3}) 26. h5 (26. Ne2 Nc5 27. f3 $10) 26... f6 27. hxg6 hxg6 28.
Kg2 Qf7 29. f3 f5 30. exf5 gxf5 31. g4 $6 (31. Qd3 $10) 31... fxg4 32. fxg4 Qg6
33. Kg3 Bh6 $1 34. Qd2 $6 (34. Bxh6 Qxh6 35. Qf3 Nd4 36. Qe4 Qg5 $15) 34...
Bf4+ $1 35. Bxf4 exf4+ 36. Kf3 Qh6 $5 (36... Qh7 37. Qd6 Qh3+ $36 38. Ke4 $2 (
38. Kf2 Qe3+ (38... Qxg4 39. Ne4 Qh4+ 40. Kg2 $132) 39. Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Nd1 Kf7
41. g5 $132) 38... Qxg4 39. Ke5 f3 $17) 37. Qd7 (37. Kg2 $4 f3+) (37. Ne4 Qh3+
38. Kf2 Qh2+ 39. Kf3 (39. Kf1 Qh1+ $19) 39... Ng5+ $19) 37... Qh3+ 38. Kf2 (38.
Ke4 $4 Nc5+) 38... Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Nd4 $15 (39... Qc1+ 40. Kf2 (40. Nd1 Nf8 41.
Qd3 $10) 40... Qxc2+ 41. Kf3 Qb3 42. Qe8+ Nf8 43. Qxc6 $10) 40. g5 $1 $132 f3 (
40... Qc1+ 41. Kg2 Qxc2+ (41... f3+ 42. Kh3 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qg2+ 44. Kh5 Qh2+ 45.
Kg4 $10) 42. Kh3 Qd3+ 43. Kg4 Qg3+ 44. Kh5 Qh2+ 45. Kg4 $10) (40... Qf3+ 41.
Kg1 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 $10) 41. Qd8+ Kh7 42. Qf6 $1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qd2+ (43... Qxc2+
44. Ke3 Nf5+ 45. Kf4 (45. Kxf3) 45... Ng7 46. g6+ Qxg6 47. Qxg6+ Kxg6 48. Kxf3
$15) 44. Kg3 Qg2+ 45. Kh4 Qh2+ 46. Kg4 Qg2+ 47. Kh4 Qh2+ 48. Kg4 Qg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CRO-ch 6th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kovacevic, Vlatko"]
[Black "Nikolac, Juraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Qe2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. a4 {Very rare
move.White usually plays 7.e5} (7. e5 Nd5 8. exd6 (8. Bd2 $14 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nxc3
(9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. f4 Qh4+ 14. Qf2 Qxf2+ 15.
Kxf2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rae1 b5 18. Bb3 Nc5 19. g3 a5 20. a3 Nxb3 21. cxb3 b4
22. axb4 axb4 23. Na4 Bd4+ 24. Kf3 e5 25. Re2 g5 26. Rc1 gxf4 27. Rxc6 fxg3+
28. Kxg3 Kh8 29. Rd6 Nf4 30. Rh2 Nh5+ 31. Kh4 Ng7 32. Kg4 Rf1 33. h4 Raf8 34.
Rg2 Nf5 35. Rd7 Rg8+ 36. Bg5 Ne3+ 37. Kh3 Nxg2 38. Kxg2 Rgf8 39. Rd8 R1f2+ 40.
Kg3 Rxd8 41. Bxd8 e4 {0-1 Sermek,D-Nogueiras,J/Moscow olm 1994}) 10. Bxc3 b5
11. Bb3 (11. Bd3 $5) 11... Na6 12. e6 (12. h4 Bg4 13. h5 Bxh5 14. Rxh5 gxh5 15.
Ng5 h6 $17 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Qxh5 Qf8 $19) (12. h3 $5 {/\0-0}) 12... Bxc3+ 13.
bxc3 f6 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 g5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Nd4 a5 18. Nf5 Re8 (18... a4 $5
19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Ng6+ hxg6 21. hxg6 g4 $8 22. e7 Re8 23. Bf7 $13) 19. a3 Nxb3
20. cxb3 c5 (20... Qc5 $142 $132) 21. Rfe1 Ra6 22. h6 Qxe6 (22... Bxe6 23. Ng7
$18) 23. Qxb5 Qf7 24. Ng7 Rf8 25. Qxc5 $16 e5 26. b4 Bd7 27. Rad1 Rc8 28. Qe3
Ba4 29. Rd3 Qg6 30. Qf3 e4 31. Rxe4 Bc2 32. Rc4 $1 {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Markowski,
T/Rubinstein mem 1996}) 8... exd6 9. Bxd5 cxd5 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nxd5
Bg4 13. c3 Qa5 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nd3 Qf5 16. Rfd1 Re4 17. Nde1 Rae8 18. Qd3 d5 19.
Nxg5 Rxe3 20. Qxf5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bxf5 23. Re8+ Bf8 24. b4 a6
25. a4 f6 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf7 28. Re2 Ne7 29. f4 Nf5 30. Kf2 h5 31. g3
Nd6 {Sulava,N-Faraoni,E/Open, Torino ITA 1998/1/2-1/2 (56)}) 7... d5 $146 {
A new move.In two previous games Black tried two other moves:} (7... Qc7 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bg5 d5 10. Bd3 e6 11. h4 h6 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Nb5 Qd8 15. Qd2
Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. Qh6 a6 20. h5 Nf5 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. hxg6 Qe7+ 23. Kf1 fxg6 24. Qh8+ {1-0 Casagrande,H-Androsch,G/Aschach
op 1993}) (7... a5 8. O-O d5 9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bg4 11. c3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 Qc7
13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Nd5 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 f5 18. Nf2 e5 19.
dxe5 Nxe5 20. Bf1 {1/2-1/2 Koch,T-Guldner,K/Neukoelln 1990}) 8. Bb3 (8. Bd3 $5)
8... Bg4 $1 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gd5e4]} (8... dxe4 $5 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5
11. Qf4 Na6 $5 {[%cal Ga6b4,Gc6c5]}) 9. e5 Nfd7 {[%csl Rd4,Re5] /\e6 and then
c5;><d4,e5} 10. h3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 (11. Qxf3 e6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc6c5]}) 11...
e6 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gc6c5]} 12. f4 c5 $15 13. h4 (13. Be3 Nc6 $1 14. O-O-O cxd4
(14... c4 $5 15. Ba2 Nb4) 15. Bxd4 f6 $1 16. Nxd5 {Otherwise Black is better.}
(16. exf6 Nxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Qxf6 $15 {[%csl Rf4]}) 16... fxe5 $1 (16... Nxd4 17.
Rxd4 fxe5 (17... exd5 $2 18. Rxd5 $1 $18) 18. Nf6+ $3 Qxf6 (18... Rxf6 $2 19.
fxe5 {[%cal Gb3e6]}) 19. Rxd7 Qxf4+ 20. Kb1 $44 {[%csl Rb7,Re6][%cal Rd7g7]})
17. fxe5 (17. Bxe5 Ndxe5 18. fxe5 exd5 19. Rxd5 (19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxc6 Qg5+)
19... Qg5+) 17... exd5 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. e6 Qg5+ $8 (20... Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Qg5+ 22. f4 $1 Rxf4 23. Qd2 $1 $18) 21. Be3 Qe5 $1 $19 22. Rxd7 (22.
exd7 Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Qb4+ 24. Kd3 (24. Kc1 Bb2+ 25. Kb1 Bc3+ 26. Kc1 Qb2#) 24...
Qc3+ 25. Ke4 Qe5+ 26. Kd3 Qd5+ 27. Bd4 Qxd4#) 22... Qxb2+ 23. Kd2 Qc3+ 24. Kd1
Qa1+ 25. Bc1 (25. Kd2 Qxh1) 25... Bh6 $1 $19) (13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Ba2 d4 $5 {
[%cal Gd4d3]} (14... f6) (14... f6 $5 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4,Rh3]})) 13... Nc6 $1 14.
dxc5 (14. Nb5 $2 a6) 14... Nxc5 (14... Nd4 $5 15. Qd1 (15. Qe3 Nxb3 16. cxb3
Qa5 $1 $17 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 15... Nxb3 16. cxb3 Nxc5 $17) 15. h5 (15. Ba2 d4 16.
Qb5 (16. Nb5 d3 (16... Qa5+ $5 {[%cal Ga5a4]}) 17. cxd3 Nxd3+ $17) 16... dxc3
17. Qxc5 Qd4 $1 (17... Nd4 18. Qxc3 Rc8 19. Bc4) 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 $17) 15... Nd4
$17 16. Qd1 Nf5 $2 {Achiving this almost wining position Black starts to play
badly and finally loses.} (16... Ndxb3 $1 17. cxb3 d4 18. b4 $8 (18. Nb5 Qd5
19. Rh3 d3 $19 {[%csl Rb3,Re1]}) (18. Ne2 Qd5 19. Rh3 d3 $19) 18... dxc3 $1 19.
Qxd8 (19. bxc5 Qxd1+ (19... cxb2 20. Bxb2 Qa5+ $19) 20. Kxd1 Rfd8+ 21. Kc2 cxb2
22. Bxb2 Rac8 $19) 19... Rfxd8 20. bxc5 cxb2 $1 21. Bxb2 Rac8 22. Rc1 Rd5 23.
Ba3 Rd4 $19 {and Black wins easily in the endgame.}) (16... Ncxb3 17. cxb3 Nf5
$17) 17. Ra3 {White is planning to play Ba2,then Ne2 and Rh3,but Black doesn't
take the attack very seriously.} Rc8 18. Ba2 Qb6 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rh2 (20. Ne2
Ne4 21. Rh2 f6) 20... Rfd8 21. Kf1 d4 22. Ne2 Qc6 23. a5 Qe4 $6 {[%cal Gd4d3]}
(23... Na6 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 24. Bb1 Nb4 $17 {[%csl Rc2]}) 24. Bc4 $1 Qc6 25.
Rah3 {Now White get some counterplay.} Qa4 26. b3 Qa1 $6 (26... Qxa5 $142) 27.
Kg2 {[%cal Gd1h1,Rh3h8]} Qxa5 {Black loses tempo after tempo,but the position
is still not so bad.} 28. Rh7 {[%cal Gd1h1,Ge2g3,Rh7g7] Now White's plan is
very simple:1)to play Qh1,2)to change knighs by playing Ng3 and finally to
sacrifice exchange on g7.Black has to play quickly.} Qb6 $2 {Probably a
decisive mistake.Black had to try 28...b5 or 28...d3.Following variations show
a complexity of the position.} (28... b5 $5 29. Qh1 Kf8 30. Ng3 bxc4 31. Nxf5
exf5 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Qh4 Ke8 35. Qf6 Qc7 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Qf6+)
(28... d3 $5 29. Qh1 Kf8 30. Ng3 (30. cxd3 $5) 30... Nxg3 $1 (30... d2 31. Nxf5
gxf5 (31... exf5 $2 32. Rxg7 $18) 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rh7+ Kf8 34. Qh5 Qc7 35.
Rh8+ Ke7 36. Qg5+ Kd7 37. Bb5+ $18) 31. fxg3 (31. Kxg3 d2 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33.
Rh7+ Kf8 34. Qh4 Ke8 35. Qf6 $140 $4 Ne4+) 31... d2 32. Rxg7 Kxg7 33. Rh7+ Kf8
34. Qh4 Ke8 $8 35. Rxf7 $3 (35. Qf6 Kd7 $1 36. Qxf7+ (36. Bd5 Kc7 $1) 36... Kc6
) 35... Kxf7 36. Qf6+ Ke8 37. Bxe6 $1 {The point of the previous combinations.
Black is two rooks up,but can't defend against perpetual check.} Nxe6 (37...
Rd7 38. Qh8+ Ke7 39. Qf6+ $11) (37... Rc7 $4 38. Qxg6+ Kf8 39. Qg8+ Ke7 40.
Qf7#) 38. Qxe6+ $11) 29. Qh1 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Qc6+ 30. f3 Kf8 $8 31. Ng3 Nxg3 32.
Kxg3 {Now Black doesn't have any good defence against 33.R:g7.} b5 33. Rxg7 {
[%cal Rh2h8,Rg7f7]} Kxg7 $8 34. Rh7+ Kf8 35. Qh4 $1 (35. Qh6+ $5 {also wins}
Ke8 36. Qg7 Rc7 37. Bxb5 $1 Qxb5 38. Qg8+ Kd7 39. Qxf7+ Kc6 40. Qxc7+ Kd5 41.
Qxd8+) 35... Ke8 $8 36. Qf6 $1 Qc7 (36... Qc7 37. Bxb5+ Nd7 38. Rh8#) (36...
Qb7 37. Bxb5+ $1) (36... Rc7 37. Rh8+ Kd7 38. Qxd8#) 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.04.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. e5 (6. Bb3 $1 O-O 7. O-O
Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nbd7 10. Be3 e5 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nh5 $14 {
Medina-Szabo,Zolingen,1968}) 6... dxe5 7. Nxe5 O-O 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 Nb6 10.
Bb3 a5 $146 (10... Nfd5 11. Nf3 a5 12. a4 Be6 13. Ne4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. c3 Nd5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Nd3 $11 {
Tseshkovsky,V-Van der Wiel,J/Sochi 1980}) 11. a4 (11. a3 $5 a4 12. Ba2 Nbd5 13.
Ne2 $13) 11... Nbd5 12. Re1 $6 (12. Qe2 $1 Be6 13. Rab1 $1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxb3
15. Rxb3 $14) 12... Be6 13. Qe2 (13. Rb1 $5) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxb3 15. cxb3
Re8 16. Rad1 Qb6 (16... Qb6 17. Qc4 e6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd7 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6
21. Re3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 (7. d5 $1)
7... Bg4 8. h3 (8. d5 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13.
Qd3 Qb8 $1 $11 {Malanjuk-Ceskovskij,Kropotkin,1995}) 8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 $6 (11. Nb5 $5) 11... Rfxd8 12. Rfd1 Nd4 13. Rac1 (13. Bxd4
$6 exd4 14. Nd5 Ne8 $15) 13... c6 (13... Rd7 $5 14. Nb1 $140 Rad8) 14. Nb1 $1
Nd7 $1 15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Nf8 $6 (16... f5 $1 17. Rc2 f4 18. Bc1 Nb6 $1 19.
Rcd2 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 Kf7 $15 {[%cal Gf7e6,Yg7f6,Yf6e7]}) 17. Na3 Ne6 18. Nc4 $11
b6 $8 19. a4 $1 f5 20. b4 Bf6 21. Kg2 Rab8 22. exf5 gxf5 23. Rd6 Rxd6 24. Nxd6
f4 25. Bd2 Rd8 26. Ne4 Kf7 27. Kf1 Ng5 28. Nxg5+ Bxg5 29. Ke2 Kg6 30. b5 $2 (
30. Rc2 $1 $11) 30... cxb5 31. axb5 e4 $1 $15 32. h4 $2 (32. Be1 Rd3 (32...
exf3+ 33. Kxf3 Rd3+ 34. Ke4 Rxh3 35. Bd2 $11) 33. h4 $1 Bxh4 34. fxe4 Rh3 35.
c4 $11) 32... exf3+ $1 33. Kxf3 Rxd2 34. hxg5 Kf5 $1 (34... Kxg5 35. c4 $1 $11
{[%cal Gc4c5]}) 35. Ra1 $2 (35. c4 Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rb3 37. c5 bxc5 38. Rxc5+ Kg4
39. Rc7 f3+ (39... Rxb5 40. Rxa7) 40. Kd2 Rb2+ 41. Kd3 Rxf2 42. Rxh7 $11) 35...
Rd3+ 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. Rg1 Rg7 38. Rd1 $2 (38. c4 $5 Rd7 $1 (38... Rxg5 $2 39.
Rd1 $11)) 38... Rc7 39. Rd5+ Kg4 $17 40. Kd3 Kf3 $19 41. Rf5 Rc5 42. Rf7 Rxb5
43. c4 Rxg5 44. Rxh7 Kxf2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Mohr, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Estonia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EST"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 (7...
Nbd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. g3 c6 11. Bg2 Qa5 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 b5 14.
a3 Nb6 15. b3 $16 {Karpov,A-Timman,Tilburg,1982}) 8. d5 (8. Qd3 Nd7 $11) 8...
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd3 (13. Bc4 d5 14.
exd5 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nfxd5 $11) 13... Qc7 (13... Qb8 $1 14. a3 Rd8 15. Rad1 Ne8 (
15... Nc5 $5) 16. b3 $14 {Malanjuk-Tseshkovski,Kropotkin,1995}) 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Kh1 Ne8 $6 (15... d5 16. e5 (16. exd5 $2 Nxd5 $11) 16... Ne8 17. Na4 e6 $13
) 16. Bc1 {[%cal Gd3h3]} e6 (16... Nc5 $5) 17. Qh3 Nf8 (17... d5 18. f5 $1) 18.
f5 Qe7 19. fxe6 Nxe6 20. Bc4 $14 N8c7 21. Bb3 {[%cal Gb3a4]} Rf8 (21... a6 $5
22. Rf2 (22. Ba4 Nb5) 22... Be5 23. Rdf1 f6 $14) 22. Ba4 Nd4 $8 23. Bf4 Nce6
24. Bg3 Be5 $4 (24... Rad8 $5 {[%cal Ge6c5]}) (24... Nc5 $2 25. Bxc6 $18 {
[%cal Yg3d6]}) 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Bxc6 Ng5 27. Nd5 Qc5 28. Qh4 Nxc6 29. Qxg5
Qxc2 30. Rc1 Qe2 31. Qf6 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Black "Ginzburg, Maximiliano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Be2 Nf6 (5... Nd7 $5 {/\e5}) 6. O-O
O-O 7. h3 (7. a4 a5 8. Re1 Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Bf4) 7... Qc7 (7... Nbd7 8. e5 (8.
Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Nc4 $14) 8... Ne8 9. Bf4 Nb6
10. Re1 Nc7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Ne4 d5 $10) 8. a4 Nbd7 (8... a5 9. Bf4 Nh5 10.
Bh2 e5 11. d5 $5) 9. a5 e5 10. dxe5 (10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Bf1 Nc5 $132
) 10... Nxe5 (10... dxe5 11. Be3 (11. b4 Rd8 12. Bd3 Bf8 13. Rb1 $14) 11... Rd8
12. Nd2 Bf8 13. Qe1 Nc5 $10) 11. Be3 (11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Qc1 Be6 $10
) 11... Re8 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Bc4 $14) 13. Bf4 Rxa5 14. Qxd6 (14.
Bxd6 Rxa1 15. Bxc7 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Be6 $15) 14... Qxd6 15. Bxd6 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Be6
17. Be5 (17. Bc5 a5 $36 {/\Nd7,b5}) 17... a6 (17... Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 h5
20. f5 gxf5 21. Bxh5 Nf6 22. Bf3 $10) 18. Rd1 (18. f4 Rd8 19. Kf2 h5 20. Ke3 h4
$13) 18... g5 $1 19. h4 g4 $6 (19... h6 $1 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. f3 Nh5 (21... b5
$15 22. Ra1 a5 23. b3 Nd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Kf2 $15) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Na4 Nf4
24. Bf1 Kf6 25. Nc5 Rb8 26. g3 Ng6 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Ke3 $14) (19... gxh4 20. f4
Bg4 21. Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd7 $13) 20. f4 gxf3 21. gxf3 Nh5 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. Kf2 $10 Kf6 24. Rg1 (24. Ke3 Ke5 25. Rg1 h6 (25... f6 26. Bd3 Rg8 27.
Rxg8 Bxg8 28. Ne2 a5 29. f4+ Kd6 30. Nd4 Ng7 $10) 26. Bd3 Nf4 27. Ne2 Nxe2 28.
Bxe2 Rd8 29. f4+ Kf6 30. f5 Bc8 31. Kf4 $36) 24... h6 25. Ke3 Ke5 26. Bd3 f5 $1
27. exf5 (27. Rg6 Rh8 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Kxf5 30. Rd6 Nf6 31. Ne4 Nd5+ 32.
Kf2 Rh7 33. c4 Nf4 34. Ke3 Ng2+ 35. Kf2 Nf4 $10) 27... Bxf5 28. Bxf5 Kxf5 29.
Ne4 $10 (29. Rd1 Nf6 30. Ne4 Re8 31. Rd4 c5 32. Rc4 b6 $15) 29... Rd8 30. Ng3+
Nxg3 31. Rxg3 Re8+ 32. Kf2 Rd8 33. Ke3 Re8+ 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. Ke3 Re8+ {Yudasin}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tan Chin Nam Cup 4th"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lin, Weiguo"]
[Black "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 (7... a5
) 8. Bf4 (8. a5 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 $14 Ng4 11. Bc5 (11. Bg5 f6 (11... Bh6
12. Qc1 $14) 12. Bd2 $14) 11... Rd8 12. Qe1 Nd7 13. Bb4 Rb8 14. Nd2 Ngf6 15.
Nc4 Bf8 $10) 8... Nbd7 9. Qd2 (9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. Bg5 $10)
9... e5 10. Bh6 (10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Qe3 Ne6 $15) 10...
Re8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Rfd1 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. a5 $10) 12... a5 13. h3 (13. dxe5
$10) 13... h6 (13... Qb6 14. b3 exd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nc5 17. Bd3 $10)
14. Bf1 Nb6 (14... Qb6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. b3 Qb4 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. Na2 Qb6 19. Nc3
$10) 15. d5 $2 (15. dxe5 dxe5 $10) (15. Re1 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 $10) 15... cxd5
16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 Bd7 {/\Qc5,Rc8=/+}) 16... Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. c4 Ne4 19.
Qe3 Nc5 20. b3 f5 $36 21. Rab1 Kh7 22. Re1 (22. Ne1 g5 23. Nd3 f4) 22... Rf8
23. Rb2 Rae8 24. Qc3 Rf7 (24... g5) 25. Rbe2 Qb6 26. Rb2 f4 (26... g5 27. Qc2
Kg7 28. Qc3 f4) 27. Kh1 Bf5 $17 28. Nh4 Bd7 29. Nf3 Qd8 30. Kg1 (30. Nd2 e4) (
30. Rbe2 Bf5) 30... Bf5 31. Qc1 g5 $40 32. b4 axb4 33. Rxb4 g4 (33... h5) 34.
hxg4 Bxg4 35. Nd2 (35. Be2 Rg7) 35... e4 36. Nxe4 (36. Nb3 Qh4 37. Nxc5 dxc5
38. Rb6 Re5 39. f3 Bxf3 40. gxf3 Rg5+ 41. Bg2 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qh3+
44. Kg1 Rg7+) 36... Nxe4 37. Bd3 (37. f3 Bxf3 38. gxf3 Rg8+ 39. Bg2 Rxg2+ 40.
Kxg2 Qh4 41. fxe4 Rg7+ 42. Kf1 Qh2) 37... Bf5 38. Qb1 (38. Qxf4 Bg6) 38... Qg5
$1 39. Rxb7 (39. Bxe4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 Rg7 41. g3 fxg3 42. f3 Qh5 43. Rh4 Qxf3 44.
Qb2 Bd3) 39... Rxb7 40. Qxb7+ Re7 41. Qb1 f3 42. g3 Nxg3 (42... Qg4 $19) 43.
Rxe7+ Kg6 {44.Re6 Kh5 Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "Serbian-ch 29th"]
[Site "Sabac"]
[Date "1998.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tosic, Miroslav"]
[Black "Popchev, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. a4 (4. f4) 4... g6 (4... Qa5 5. Bd2 Qb6 6. Nf3
a5 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Ng4 9. Qe2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qxc2 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nd4 Qg6 13.
g4 $146) 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 d5 (7... Qc7 8. O-O e5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Bf1
a5) 8. exd5 (8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bxe5 13.
Nxe4 Bf5 $146) 8... cxd5 9. O-O $10 Nc6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Ra3 (11. Nb5 a6 12. Na3
Qb6 13. Rb1 Be6 14. c3 $10) 11... Bf5 (11... Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qa5 13. Ra3 Bf5 $10)
12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Bxc6 $5 Rxc6 14. Ne5 Rc8 (14... Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Nxc3 16. bxc3 f6
17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. a5 $10) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 $6 (15... Bxe4 16. c3 f6 17.
Ng4 Qd7 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. a5 $10) 16. c3 Be6 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Ng4 f5 $6 (18... b6
19. a5 $13 (19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Nxh6+ Kg7 21. Ng4 $14)) 19. Ne5 e6 20. Qd2 Bf6 21.
Re3 $1 Bh4 (21... g5 22. Rg3 h6 23. h4 g4 24. Bxh6 Bxh4 25. Bxf8 Bxg3 26. Ng6 {
/\Qh6} Bh4 27. Qh6 Bf6 28. Ne7+ Kf7 29. Nxc8 $18) 22. Rg3 $1 Bxg3 23. fxg3 $146
Bc6 24. Kh2 Rc7 (24... Qd5 25. c4 Qd8 26. b4 $36) 25. c4 Rg7 26. h4 (26. Bh6 g5
(26... a5 $2) 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. b4 Be8 29. b5 h6 30. Qb2 Kh7 $16) 26... a5 27.
Bg5 Qb6 28. Bh6 e3 $6 (28... Rd8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg5 Qc7 31. h5 Rxd4 (31...
Re8 32. h6+ (32. hxg6 h6 33. Qe3 $16 {/\Nf7}) 32... Kg8 {/\Qe7}) 32. h6+ Kg8
33. Qf6) 29. Rxe3 Be4 $2 (29... Rd8 30. Bxg7 (30. d5 exd5 (30... Rc7 31. Nxc6
Qxc6 32. Bg5 Rdd7 33. Qe1 $18) 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Re7+ $18) 30...
Rxd4 $2 31. Qc3 Kxg7 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Rxc6 (34. Qe3 Qc7) (34. Re2
c5 35. b3 Qd6 $132) 34... Rxh4+ 35. gxh4 Qxc6 36. b3 $16) 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Nd7
Qc6 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Qxa5 {/\Qc5 Yudasin} 1-0

[Event "ARG-ch"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1998.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Malbran, Guillermo"]
[Black "Dolezal, Cristian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 (6... Nc6 7. Qd2 e5
8. d5 Ne7 9. O-O-O Bd7 {/\c6,/\b5} 10. g4 a6 $13) 7. a4 b6 8. Be2 (8. e5 Nfd7
9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bd3 Nc6 $13) 8... Bb7 9. Nd2 e6 $6 (9...
c5 10. d5 (10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 $13) 10... e6 11. Nc4 (11. dxe6 fxe6 12. e5
dxe5 13. O-O Nd5 $17) 11... exd5 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 exd5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nexd6
Bc6 15. Bf4 Kh8 16. O-O $16) 12. exd5 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Nxb5
Nxd5 $36) 10. O-O Nc6 $6 (10... c5 11. dxc5 (11. Re1) 11... dxc5 (11... bxc5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Ne4 Qc6 16. Nxc5 d4 17. Nxb7 dxe3
18. Bf3 exf2+ 19. Kh1 $13) 12. Nc4 Nxe4 (12... Nbd7 $13 13. Nd6 Bc6) 13. Nxe4
Bxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Nxb6 Ra7 16. Bxc5 Rc7 17. Rad1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rxc5 19.
Rd8+ Bf8 20. Rxb8 Rxc2 21. Bxa6 Rxb2 22. Nd7 Rxb8 23. Nxb8 $10) 11. f4 Nd7 12.
Nb3 Nb4 13. Bf3 $14 Qe7 (13... c5 14. Rf2 Rc8 $132) 14. Qd2 f5 (14... c5 15.
Rad1) 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Rxf3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 c5 18. Rd1 (18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 Qc6
20. Bf2 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd4 Qb7 22. Bf2 $13) 20... c4 21. Nd2 Nxc2 (21... b5
$15) 22. Nxc4 Nb4 $13) 18... c4 $2 (18... cxd4 19. exd6 Qxd6 20. Bxd4 $16) 19.
Qxc4 Nxc2 20. Nd5 $1 exd5 21. Qxc2 Rac8 22. Qd3 Rc4 23. Ra1 $1 (23. a5 $36 {
/\Nd2/\Bf2}) 23... Qe6 24. Nd2 Rc6 25. Rff1 (25. Qxa6 $1 dxe5 26. fxe5 b5 27.
Qa5 Rb8 28. axb5 Rcb6 $132) 25... Bf8 $6 (25... a5) 26. Rfc1 $2 (26. Qxa6 dxe5
(26... Rc2 27. Qb5 Rdc8 28. Rad1 $16) 27. fxe5 b5 28. Qxb5 Rb6 29. Qd3 Rxb2 30.
Rfb1 $16) 26... dxe5 27. fxe5 Be7 $2 (27... a5 28. Nf3 h6 $2 (28... Rdc8 29.
Ng5 (29. Rd1 Rc2 30. Qb3 $13) 29... Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 (30. Bxc1 Qc6 31. Bd2 Qc4)
30... Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qc6 $13) 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Rc1 Qxa4 31. g4 $40) 28. Nf3
Nf8 $2 (28... a5) 29. Rc3 $2 (29. Qxa6 $16) 29... Rxc3 30. Qxc3 (30. bxc3 Rc8 {
/\Rc4}) 30... Rc8 31. Qd3 a5 32. b3 $10 Qd7 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Qc6 35. Bd2
Ne6 36. Qc3 $6 (36. Kf2 $10) 36... Qxc3 37. Bxc3 Kf7 $10 38. Bd2 $6 (38. Kf2 g5
39. g4 Kg6 40. Bd2 h5 41. Kg3 h4+ 42. Kf2 fxg4 43. hxg4 $10) (38. h4 h6 39. Kf2
g5 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. g4 Kg6 42. Nh2 Bb4 43. Bb2 Bd2 44. Kf3 Bf4 45. Nf1 $15)
38... g5 $1 39. g4 $1 Kg6 40. Kf2 h5 41. Kg3 Ba3 $1 42. Bc3 $8 Bc1 43. Ng1 Nf4
{/\Be3} 44. Kf3 Nxh3 (44... fxg4+ 45. hxg4 h4 46. Ne2 h3 47. Nxf4+ (47. Ng3 {
/\Nh1-f2=}) 47... gxf4 $17) 45. gxh5+ Kxh5 46. Nxh3 g4+ 47. Kg3 gxh3 48. Kxh3
f4 49. b4 axb4 50. Bxb4 Bb2 51. e6 Kg6 52. Kg4 Bxd4 53. Kxf4 $10 Bb2 54. Bd6
Kf6 55. e7 Kf7 56. Kf5 Bc3 57. Ba3 Ke8 58. Bd6 Kd7 59. Kg6 Ke8 60. Kf5 Kf7 61.
Ba3 Bd4 62. Bb4 {Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Gausel, Einar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 (6... Nc6) (6...
c6) 7. Re1 (7. a4 $5) 7... b5 8. e5 Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. Nxe5 (9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. e6
(10. Qd5 Ra7 (10... c6 11. Qe4 Nc5 12. Qh4 $40) 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13.
Be3 $16) 10... fxe6 11. Ng5 Ne5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bf4 $146) 9... Bb7 10. Bf3
Qc8 11. Bg5 $36) (8... Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf6 11. Bf3) 9. a4 (9. exd6 exd6
(9... cxd6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nf4 $36) (9... Nxd6 10. Bf4
Bb7 11. Be5 $14) 10. Bg5 $14) 9... b4 10. Nd5 Nc6 (10... a5 11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6
exf6 13. Bh4 {/\Ne7,/\Bc4}) 11. Bf4 (11. Bg5 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bh4 Be6 14.
Nf4 Bf7) 11... Bb7 {/\Nd4,de5} 12. c4 $6 (12. Ne3 dxe5 13. dxe5 $14 {/\Nc4})
12... bxc3 13. Nxc3 (13. bxc3 Nxd4 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. cxd4 Bd5 $132) 13... Nb4
14. Rc1 Rb8 (14... a5 $5 {/\c6,Nc7}) 15. Bc4 e6 (15... a5 16. e6) 16. Qe2 (16.
Bg5 Qd7 17. Bf1 {/\Ne4+/=}) 16... Bxf3 $1 (16... d5 17. Bd3 $1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3
Ba8 19. Nd1 Rb4 20. b3 Qb8 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. Rc5 $16) 17. Qxf3 d5 18. Bf1 c5 $1
19. dxc5 Qa5 20. Qe3 Nc6 21. Qd2 Nc7 (21... Qb4 {/\Nd4,Na5~~}) 22. Bh6 Rb4 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qg5 (24. Na2 Rxa4 25. Qxa5 Rxa5 26. Nc3 Rb8) (24. Nd1 $15) 24...
f6 $5 (24... Ne8 $5 25. Re3 $2 (25. Qd2 Nc7 $10) (25. Ne2 h6) 25... h6 {/\d4})
25. exf6+ Rxf6 $36 26. Ne2 $1 (26. Qd2 Nd4 (26... Rxa4 $1) 27. Na2 Rxa4 28. b4
Nf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxa2 30. Qd4 Qa3 $13) (26. Rc2 {/\Qc5-Qf6} Nd4 (26... Rbf4))
26... Rxb2 (26... Rxa4 27. Qg3 e5 28. Nc3 $132) 27. Nf4 $1 Rf5 28. Qg3 e5 29.
Nd3 Rb3 30. f3 (30. Rb1 Qxa4) 30... Qxa4 31. Kh1 Qd4 (31... Qa3 $4 32. Ra1) 32.
Rcd1 Qc3 33. Rc1 Qd2 34. Rcd1 Qg5 $4 (34... Qc3 35. Rc1 Qd2 $10) 35. Qxg5 Rxg5
36. g4 $1 e4 $8 37. h4 exd3 38. hxg5 d2 $8 39. Rxd2 Rxf3 40. Bg2 $18 Rc3 41.
Bxd5 Rxc5 42. Bxc6 Rxc6 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Rxh7 Ne6 45. Ra7 Ke8 46. Rdd7 Nxg5 47.
Re7+ Kf8 48. Reb7 Re6 49. Ra8+ Re8 50. Rxa6 Ne6 (50... Re6 51. Rxe6 Nxe6 $18
52. Kg2) 51. Kh2 Kg8 52. Kg3 Kh8 53. Raa7 Nf8 (53... Ng5 54. Rb6 Ne6 55. Kh4) (
53... g5 54. Re7) 54. Kh4 Rd8 55. Kg5 Kg8 56. Kh6 Kh8 57. Rf7 Kg8 58. Rf6 g5 (
58... Rc8 59. Rg7+ Kh8 60. Rgf7 Kg8 61. Rxf8+) 59. Rb6 Rc8 60. Kxg5 Rd8 61. Kh6
Rc8 62. Rf6 Re8 63. Rg7+ Kh8 64. Rgf7 Ne6 65. Rh7+ (65. Rh7+ Kg8 66. Rg6+ Kf8
67. Rh8+ Kf7 68. Rxe8 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yagupov, Igor"]
[Black "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 (5... Bg4) (5... Ng4 6. Bg5
f6 (6... h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Nf6 9. h3) 7. Bh4 e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Rd1+ Nd7 12. Nd5 g5 13. Bg3 c6 14. Ne3 Kc7 15. h4 $16) 6. Qd2 (
6. a4 $5) 6... b5 7. Bd3 O-O (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 e5 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxb5
$16) (7... Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4) 8. Bh6 Bg4 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10.
Ng5 $1 (10. O-O-O e5 {/\Bf3,Nh5}) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. h3 Bc8 13. a4 $1
b4 14. Ne2 c5 $6 (14... a5 $10 {/\Ba6}) 15. Qe3 Qe7 16. O-O Nc6 17. c3 Bb7 (
17... a5 $5 18. Bb5 Bb7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. cxb4 cxb4 (20... Nxb4 21. Nc3 c4 $13)
21. Qb6) (17... Na5 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Rac1) 18. a5 $1 a6 (18... Rac8 19. a6 Ba8
20. Ng3 h6 21. Nf3 Rfd8 $14) 19. Ng3 h6 20. Nf3 Ne8 (20... Rfd8 21. Nh4 (21.
Bc4 $14) 21... Kh7) 21. Nd2 (21. Bc4 $5 Nc7 22. Bd5 Nb5 23. Rfc1 bxc3 24. bxc3
Rab8 $14) 21... Nc7 22. Nb3 (22. Nc4 Rad8 23. Nb6 $2 (23. Rfd1 Nb5 24. Rac1 $14
) 23... Qd6 24. Rfd1 Nxa5 25. Rxa5 Qxb6 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27. Rxc5 Ne6 28. Rxe5
bxc3 29. bxc3 Rd6 30. Be2 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Rc8 32. Ne2 Nc5 33. f3 $2 Kf6) 22...
Ne6 23. Bc4 Ncd8 $8 24. Rfd1 Rc8 $14 25. Qd3 bxc3 26. bxc3 h5 $1 (26... Rc7 27.
Qd6) 27. Qd7 (27. Bxa6 $2 Nf4 $2 (27... c4 $1 28. Bxc4 Nf4 29. Qf1 h4 30. Nh1 (
30. Ne2 Rxc4 (30... Nxh3+ 31. gxh3 Rxc4 32. f3 Ba6 33. Qf2 Ne6 $17) 31. Nxf4
Rxc3 32. Rd3 Ba6 33. Nd5 Qd6 $15) 30... Qg5 {/\Rc4,Nh3} 31. Kh2 Bxe4 32. f3)
28. Qf1 h4 (28... Qg5 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Kh2) 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Ne2 $16) 27...
Qf6 (27... Qg5 $4 28. Bxe6 h4 29. Nf1 Bxe4 30. Bg4 Ne6 31. Ne3 Nf4 32. Nd2) 28.
Rd6 (28. Nd2 h4 29. Ngf1 Nf4 (29... Rc7 30. Qd6 Rc6 31. Qd3 Nf4 32. Qf3 Qg5 $36
) 30. Rab1 Qg5 31. Ne3) 28... Rb8 $1 (28... Rc7 29. Qxc7) (28... h4 29. Bxe6
hxg3 30. fxg3 Nxe6 31. Qxb7 Rb8 32. Qd5) 29. Nd2 h4 30. Ngf1 Bc8 31. Qa7 (31.
Qa4 Qe7 (31... Ra8) 32. Rb6 Rxb6 (32... Ra8 33. Bd5 Ra7 $13) 33. axb6 Qd6 34.
Rb1 $16) 31... Rb7 32. Qxa6 Ra7 {reat32...Rc7} 33. Qb6 Rb7 34. Qa6 Rd7 35. Qxc8
(35. Qb6 Rb7 36. Qa6 $10) 35... Rxd6 36. a6 Nc6 37. Qb7 Nf4 38. Nf3 (38. a7 Qg5
(38... Nxa7 39. Rxa7 Qg5 40. Ne3 Nxh3+ 41. Kh2 (41. Kf1 Rxd2 42. gxh3 Qf4 43.
Ng4 Qf3)) 39. Ne3 Nxh3+ 40. Kh2 Nxf2 41. a8=Q Qg3+ 42. Kg1 Nh3+ 43. Kh1 Nf2+
$10) 38... Nxh3+ 39. gxh3 (39. Kh2 Nxf2 40. a7 Nxa7 41. Rxa7 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Nxe4
$19) 39... Qxf3 40. a7 Rf6 41. a8=Q (41. Ra2 Nxa7 42. Qxa7 Qxe4 (42... Qxh3 43.
Nh2 Rd8 44. Qxc5 Rd1+ 45. Bf1 $13 Qe6 46. Ra5) 43. Ne3 (43. Qxc5 Rc6 44. Bd5
Rxc5 45. Bxe4 Rxc3 $17) 43... Rd8 44. Qxc5 Rfd6) 41... Rxa8 (41... Qxf2+ 42.
Kh1 Rf3 (42... Qf3+ 43. Kh2 $10) 43. Qxf8+ Kxf8 44. Qc8+) 42. Rxa8 Qxf2+ 43.
Kh1 Qf3+ 44. Kg1 Qxc3 (44... Qf2+ $10) (44... Qxh3 45. Qc8 $16) 45. Qc8 {
45...Qd4 46.Kh1 Qe4 47.Kg1 Kh6 48.Qh8 Kg5 49.Ra2 Rf3 50.Rg2 Kf5 51.Be2~~, 47...
Qd4 Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Black "Pisk, Petr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "217"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d6 (3... d5) 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 (
7. a4) (7. Re1) 7... Nbd7 (7... Qc7) 8. Bg5 (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bg5 (9. Bh2 e5 10.
dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Qf6 12. Rad1 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nhf6 $14) 9... h6 10.
Be3 e5) 8... h6 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 (10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Rad1 Qe7) 10... dxe5 11.
Nd2 b5 $1 (11... Qe7 12. a4 a5 (12... Rd8 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qb1 Ne6 $132) 13. Nc4
Nc5 (13... Rd8 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Bf8 16. Rfd1) 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 Ncd7
16. Rfd1) 12. a4 $1 b4 13. Na2 Qe7 (13... a5 14. c3 c5 15. Qc2 Bb7 $13) 14. c3
bxc3 (14... c5 15. cxb4 cxb4 16. a5 $36) 15. Nxc3 $2 (15. bxc3 Nc5 16. Qc2 $14)
15... Rd8 16. Nb3 (16. Qc2 Nf8 {/\c5,Ne6-d4}) 16... Nf8 17. Qc1 Ne6 $1 (17...
Kh7 $13) 18. Bc4 (18. Bxh6 Bxh6 (18... Nd4 19. Bc4 Rb8 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nd2
Nh5 $44) 19. Qxh6 Nd4 20. Bc4 (20. Bd1 Rb8) 20... Be6 21. Bxe6 (21. Na5 Rab8 (
21... Nh5 $146) 22. Qg5 $16) 21... Qxe6 22. Nc5 Qc4) 18... Rb8 (18... Kh7 $15)
(18... Nd4) 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Rb4 21. Bxe6 (21. Nd2 Rxb2) 21... Bxe6 22.
Nd2 Rxb2 23. Nf3 $14 Bc4 24. Rfd1 $1 Re8 $1 {/\Qc5} 25. Re1 Nh5 26. Nd1 (26.
Ng5 Qf6 27. Nd1 Rc2 $132) 26... Re2 $1 27. Ne3 (27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qe3 Nf4)
27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Be6 29. Nxe5 $1 Bxh3 $1 (29... Bb3 30. N3g4 Bxa4 31. Nxg6
fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Ng7 33. Nf6+ Kf8 34. Ra1 $18) 30. Nf3 $2 (30. Nxg6 fxg6 31.
Qxg6+ Ng7 32. gxh3 Qxe4 33. Qg4 $1 Re6 34. Ng2 $16) 30... Bc8 31. g4 $2 (31.
Ng5 Qf6 $13) (31. e5) 31... Ng7 32. e5 (32. Ng5 Qf6) 32... Ne6 33. Kg2 (33. Nc4
Qb4 34. Rc1 Ba6) (33. Rc1) 33... Qf8 34. Qh2 $6 (34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Kg3 Rd8 $15
) 34... Bb7 35. Nc4 c5 36. Nd6 Bc6 $4 (36... Bxf3+ 37. Kxf3 Rb8 38. Ne4 Rb3+
39. Kg2 Qg7 40. Nf6+ Kf8 $16) (36... Rb8 $1 37. Rh1 Qg7 $36) 37. Nxe8 Bxe8 (
37... Qxe8 38. Rh1) 38. Rh1 Qg7 39. Rb1 $1 g5 (39... Kf8 40. Rb8) (39... Bxa4
40. Rb8+ Nf8 41. g5 (41. Qf4 Bc6 42. Qf6 $18) 41... Bc6 42. Qh6 $18) 40. Rb8
Nf4+ 41. Kg1 Kf8 42. Nxg5 $1 (42. Rc8 $18) 42... Qxe5 43. Qh6+ Ke7 (43... Kg8
44. Rxe8+ Qxe8 45. Qh7+ Kf8 46. Qh8+ Ke7 47. Qe5+ Ne6 48. Nxe6 fxe6 49. Qxc5+
Kf6 50. Qxa7 $18) 44. Rb7+ Bd7 $8 (44... Kd8 45. Nf3) 45. Nf3 Qe4 $8 46. Qg5+
Kd6 47. Qf6+ (47. Qe5+ Qxe5 48. Nxe5 $18) 47... Ne6 48. Qe5+ $1 Qxe5 49. Nxe5
Bxa4 50. Nxf7+ Kc6 51. Rxa7 $18 Bb3 52. g5 $6 (52. Kf1 c4 53. Ke1 c3 54. Ne5+
$18 {/\Nd3}) 52... c4 53. Ra6+ Kd7 54. Ne5+ (54. Rb6) 54... Ke7 55. Rb6 (55.
Rc6 Nd4 56. Rc8 c3 57. f4 Be6 58. Rc5 Bf5 59. Nc4 c2 60. Ne3 Ne2+ 61. Kf2 c1=Q
62. Nxf5+ Ke6 63. Rxc1 $18) 55... Nxg5 56. Ng6+ (56. Kf1 $18) 56... Kd7 57. f4
$2 (57. Kf1 Ne4 58. Ke2 c3 59. Rxb3 c2 60. Ne5+ Ke6 61. Nd3) 57... Ne4 58. f5 (
58. Ne5+ Kc7 59. Rc6+ Kb7 $132) 58... Kc7 (58... c3 59. Rxb3 c2 60. Ne5+ Kd6
61. Nd3) 59. Re6 Nc5 60. Re3 Bc2 61. Ne7 (61. Nh4 Ne4) 61... Ne4 62. Nd5+ Kd6
63. f6 (63. Nb4 Bb1 64. Re1 Nd2 {/\Nf3,Bf5,c3}) 63... Ng5 64. Nc3 $6 (64. Nf4
Ne4 (64... Bf5) 65. f7 Ke7 66. Re2 Bb1 67. Rb2 Bd3 68. Rb7+ Kf8 69. Ne6#) 64...
Bd3 (64... Nh7 65. f7 Bg6) 65. Kf2 Nh7 66. f7 Bg6 67. Rg3 Nf8 68. Rf3 Ke6 69.
Ne2 $1 Ke7 (69... Bxf7 70. Nd4+ Ke7 71. Nf5+ {/\Nh6}) 70. Nd4 Nd7 71. Ke3 (71.
Nc6+ Kf8 {/\c3} 72. Nd8 Ke7) 71... Bxf7 72. Nf5+ Kd8 73. Kd4 $16 Bg8 (73... Kc7
) 74. Ra3 Be6 75. Ra8+ Kc7 76. Ng7 Bf7 77. Ra3 Kd6 (77... Kb6) 78. Nf5+ Kc6 (
78... Ke6 79. Nh6) 79. Ra6+ Kb7 80. Rh6 Kc7 81. Nd6 Bg8 82. Nb5+ Kd8 (82... Kb7
83. Rg6 Bh7 84. Rg7 Bf5 85. Nd6+) 83. Nd6 Kc7 (83... Ke7 84. Nf5+ Kf8 85. Ra6 {
/\Ra8,Na6}) 84. Rg6 $1 Bh7 85. Nb5+ Kd8 86. Rg7 Bf5 87. Kd5 $18 (87. Kxc4 Be6+
88. Kd4 Kc8) 87... Bh3 88. Kd6 Ke8 89. Rg3 Bf5 90. Rf3 (90. Nd4 Bd3 91. Ne6 Nf6
) (90. Nc7+ Kf7 91. Rf3 Kg6) 90... Bg6 91. Nc7+ Kd8 92. Rg3 Nf8 $8 93. Ra3 Be4
94. Re3 Bg6 95. Rh3 Nh7 (95... Bh7 96. Rf3 Ng6 97. Rf7 Bg8 98. Rg7) 96. Rf3 (
96. Ra3 Kc8 97. Nd5 Kb8) 96... Kc8 97. Ra3 Kb7 98. Rg3 Bd3 99. Rg7 $4 (99. Nd5
{/\Kc5}) 99... Kb6 100. Nd5+ Kb5 101. Rb7+ Ka4 102. Kc5 Ng5 103. Kd4 Ne4 $1
$10 (103... Ne6+ 104. Kc3 Nc5 {/\Ne4}) 104. Rb8 Ka5 {/\Ka5-a4-a5} 105. Nc3 (
105. Nf4 Nd6 {/\Ka6=a5}) 105... Nxc3 106. Kxc3 Ka4 107. Rb4+ Ka5 108. Rxc4 Bxc4
109. Kxc4 {Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bezgodov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1998.01.21"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 (7. a4) 7...
Nbd7 (7... b5 8. e5 Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 (9. Nxe5) 9... Nfd7 10. Bf4 Qc7 11.
Qd4) 9. Bf4) 8. e5 (8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Bh2 e5) (8. a4 e5 9. Re1 Re8 $10) 8... dxe5 (
8... Ne8 9. Bf4 Qc7 10. Re1 (10. exd6 exd6 11. Qd2 $14) 10... dxe5 11. Nxe5
Nxe5 12. Bf1 Qb6 13. Bxe5 Qxb2 14. Qd2 $146) 9. dxe5 Nd5 (9... Ne8 10. e6 (10.
Bf4 Qa5 11. Qd4 Nc7 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. a4 $14) 10... fxe6 $13) 10.
Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 (11. Qxd5 Nxe5 $10) 11... Qc7 (11... Nc5 12. Bd3 $36 {
/\QdQ,Rfe1,Bh6}) 12. Qxd5 Qxc2 (12... e6 13. Qc4) 13. Nd4 Qxb2 (13... Nb6 14.
Qb5 (14. Qf3 Qxb2 15. Rfd1 $146) (14. Nxc2 Nxd5 15. Bg3 Bd7 16. Bf3 Rac8 17.
Nd4 e6 $10) 14... Qe4) 14. Rfd1 Nb6 (14... e6 15. Qd6 (15. Qe4 Nc5 16. Qe3 $146
{/\Rdb1,/\Nb5} b6) 15... Qb6) 15. Qa5 Be6 16. Bf3 (16. Nxe6 fxe6 {f4,e2})
16... Nc4 (16... Rad8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bg3 Nc8 19. Rdb1) 17. Qe1 Rad8 18. Rab1
Qxa2 19. Rxb7 Qa6 $2 (19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Ra1 $18) (19... Qa5 20. Qxa5
Nxa5 21. Rxa7 (21. Rxe7 Bd5 22. Ra1 Bxf3 23. Nxf3 Nc6 24. Rc7 Rc8 $10) 21...
Nc4 22. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 fxe6 $14) 20. Rxe7 Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Nf3 Nb6 $2
(22... Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Nb6 $16 24. e6 $40 {-23...Nb6}) (22... Qc6 23. Rxa7 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 Qc5 (24... Qe4 25. Bg3 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Re7 f6 28. Qd7 Qb1+ 29.
Kh2 Bxg3+ 30. fxg3 g5 31. Rg7+ Kh8 32. Qe7 Rg8 33. Rf7) (24... Re8 25. Qd4 $16)
(24... h6 25. Rd7 Re8 $16) 25. Rd7 $16) 23. e6 $1 $40 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 fxe6 (24...
Qc8 25. Ng5) 25. Qd6 Qa1+ $2 (25... Qc4 26. Rxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bh6+ Kxh6 28. Qxf8+
Kh5 29. g4+) (25... Qc8 $1 26. Rxa7 (26. Rc7 Qe8 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Nd5 29.
Rxa7 Qc8 $16) 26... Nd5 $16) 26. Kh2 Nd5 (26... Qf6 27. Be5) (26... Qa2 27.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bh6+) 27. Qxe6+ Kh8 28. Qxd5 Rxf4 29. Ng5 Rxf2 (29... h6 30. Ne6
) (29... Rf8 30. Nf7+) 30. Re8+ Bf8 (30... Rf8 31. Nf7+ Kg8 32. Nh6+ Kh8 33.
Rxf8+ (33. Qg8+ Rxg8 34. Nf7# (34. Rxg8#)) 33... Bxf8 34. Ng8) 31. Ne6 $18 Qc3
(31... Qa4 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qg7#) 32. Qd6 Rxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qc2+ 34. Kf3 Qc3+ 35.
Ke4 Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Qc3+ 37. Qd3 Qe1+ 38. Kd4 Qa1+ 39. Qc3 Qa4+ 40. Kd5+ {Yudasin}
1-0

[Event "CZE-ch"]
[Site "Zlin"]
[Date "1998.06.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Velicka, Petr"]
[Black "Konopka, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.06.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 (7. h3) (7.
a4) 7... Qc7 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. e5 $6 (9. a4 e5 $10) 9... Nh5 10. Bg5 (10. exd6
exd6 11. Bg5 f6 (11... h6 $10 12. Be3) 12. Be3 f5 $13) 10... f6 (10... dxe5 11.
Bxe7 Re8 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nhf6 14. Bc4 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nb6 $10) 11. exd6
exd6 12. Be3 d5 (12... f5 13. Ng5 (13. d5 $1 $13) 13... Ndf6 14. d5 h6 15. Ne6
Bxe6 16. dxe6 Rae8) 13. Nh4 (13. Qd2 f5 14. Ng5 $5 f4 (14... Ndf6 15. f4 h6 16.
Nf3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 fxe4 18. Ne5 $16) 15. Bxh5 fxe3 16. Qxe3 gxh5 $4 (16... Nb6
17. Be2 $16) (16... Nf6 $1 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kh8 19. Bf3 Qb6 $10) 17. Qe6+
Kh8 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Qxf7 $18) (13. g3 f5 14. Ng5 (14. Ne5 f4 $1) 14... Ndf6
15. f4 (15. Nh3 $15) 15... Ng4 $1 16. Bxg4 fxg4 17. Bf2 Qd6 $17) 13... Nf4 14.
Bxf4 (14. Bf1 Nb6 15. Qd2 Ne6 $15) 14... Qxf4 15. g3 Qd6 16. Bd3 $2 (16. Qd2
Nb6 $15) 16... Nb6 $5 (16... Qb4 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Bxg6 f5 $17) 17. Nxg6 $6 (
17. Ne2 $15) 17... hxg6 18. Bxg6 Bh6 (18... Rd8 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Ne2 $40 {
/\Nf4,Qh7,Nh5[Bh5]}) 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Be8 $4 (20. Re2 f5 $1 (20... Bd7 21. Rae1
Nc8 22. Be8 Bxe8 23. Rxe8 {/\Qg4,/\Rf8,Qg4} Rxe8 (23... f5 24. R8e6) 24. Rxe8
$132 (24. Qxe8 Qf8 25. Qd7+ Qf7 26. Qg4+ Kf8 $17) 24... Qd7 $8 25. Qe2 f5 (
25... Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg7 27. Qe2 $10) 26. h4 $13) 21. Be8 Qf6 $1 {/\Be6} (21...
Rf6 22. Rae1 Be6 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. Qf7+) 22. Rae1 Qg5 23. Re7+ Kh8 24. Qe2 $132
Bg7 $17) 20... Bf5 (20... f5 $1 21. Re2 Bd7 $4 (21... Qf6 $1 $17) (21... f4 22.
Rae1 Bf5 23. Re7+ Kg8 24. R1e6 Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 26. Qg6+ Bg7 27. Qxe6+ Kh8
28. Bf7 $18) 22. Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. Re6 $18) 21. Qxf5 $8 Rfxe8 $1 22.
Qg4+ Kh8 23. Qh5 Qf8 $19 24. Ne2 Kg8 25. Kg2 Re4 26. g4 Rae8 27. Ng3 Rxe1 28.
Nf5 Kh7 (28... Bg7 29. Qg6 R1e7 30. Rd1 {/\Rd3-h3}) 29. h4 (29. Rxe1 Rxe1 30.
h4 Nc8 31. g5 fxg5 32. hxg5 Qxf5) 29... Rxa1 30. Nxh6 Qxh6 31. Qf7+ Qg7 32.
Qh5+ Kg8 33. Qxe8+ Kh7 34. Qh5+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh5+ Kg7 38.
g5 fxg5 39. hxg5 (39. Qxg5+ Kf7 40. Qf5+ Ke7 41. Qe5+ Kd7) 39... Qh8 {Yudasin}
0-1

[Event "VISA GP"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.03.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 (6. a4) 6... Bg4 7.
Be2 O-O (7... b5 8. e5) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. O-O (10. O-O-O Qc7 {/\b5,e5
}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 Rfe8 $14 (11... a5 $14) 12. Rfd1 Rad8 13. g3 e5 14. d5 $5 (
14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... dxe5 15. a5 Qb8 $14) 15. Be2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 (16... cxd5
17. Bxa7 b6 18. Nb5 Qb7 19. a5 Ne4 $13) 17. Nxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe1 Red8 $10) 14...
Nb6 15. Qd3 a5 16. Rab1 (16. Ra3 cxd5 (16... Nc8 $14) 17. Nb5) 16... Rd7 {
/\cd6-Nb5 Qd8} 17. Qe2 h5 (17... cxd5 18. exd5 e4 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Bd4 e3 21.
fxe3 Nh5 22. Ne4 f5 23. g4) 18. g4 $6 (18. Bg2 $14) 18... hxg4 19. hxg4 cxd5 $1
20. exd5 e4 21. Bg2 Rde7 {d5,g4,} 22. Nb5 (22. g5 Nh5 23. Nb5 Qd8 24. c4 Re5)
22... Qd8 23. Bf4 (23. c4 Nxa4 24. Ra1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. d6 Re5 27. Nc7 Rf8
28. Rxa5 Rg5 29. Bh3 Nxg4 30. Bxg4 Qd7) 23... Re5 $1 24. Bxe5 (24. g5 Nfxd5 25.
Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe4 Qxg5+ $40) 24... Rxe5 25. c4 (25. b3 Rg5 (25... Nbxd5 {
/\e3,Qd7,Nf4.}) 26. Bh3 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 f5 28. f3 exf3 29. Qe6+ $13) 25... Nxa4
$17 26. f4 (26. b3 Nc5 27. Nc3 Qd7 28. Bh3 Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Rg5 30. Nxe4 Rxg4+ 31.
Ng3 Ne4 32. Kg2 Be5 $40) 26... exf3 27. Qxf3 Rg5 28. Bh3 (28. Qf4 Rxg4 (28...
Qb6+ $1 29. Qd4 Nc5 $19) 29. Qxd6 Qc8 $13) 28... Nxg4 $1 29. Bxg4 Qd7 30. Kf1
Rxg4 {/\Nb2,Be5} 31. Nxd6 Rg5 (31... Be5 32. Nxf7 (32. Qxf7+ Qxf7+ 33. Nxf7
Rf4+) 32... Rf4 33. Nxe5 Qf5 $19) 32. Qxf7+ $8 Qxf7+ 33. Nxf7 Rf5+ 34. Kg2 Rxf7
$19 35. Rd2 Nc5 $6 (35... b6 36. Re2 Bd4) (35... Kf8 36. Ra1 Nxb2 37. Rxa5 Nxc4
38. Ra8+ Ke7 $19) 36. Re1 (36. b4 $2 axb4 37. Rxb4 Bc3) 36... Rd7 37. Re8+ Kf7
38. Ra8 b6 (38... Bf6 {/\Bd8}) 39. Rb8 Rd6 (39... Nb7 40. d6 Bf6 41. Kf3 $132)
(39... Rb7 40. Rxb7+ Nxb7 41. d6 (41. Re2 Bf8 {/\Bc5,Nd6<<}) 41... Ke6 42. d7
Bf6) 40. Rf2+ Bf6 41. Re2 Nd3 (41... Bd8) 42. Rb7+ Kf8 43. Kg3 a4 (43... Nxb2
44. Re6 (44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kh6 46. Kg4) 44... Rxe6 45. dxe6 Be5+ 46. Kg4
Nxc4 47. Kg5 $132) (43... Bxb2 44. Ree7) 44. Ra7 $1 Nc5 (44... Nxb2 45. Ra8+
Kg7 46. Ra7+ Kh6 47. Kg4) 45. Rc7 Bd8 46. Rh7 $2 (46. Rc6 Rxc6 47. dxc6 Kf7 48.
Kf4 $13) 46... Rd7 $1 47. Rh8+ (47. Rxd7 Nxd7 48. Re6 Bf6) (47. Rf2+ Kg8 48.
Rxd7 Nxd7 {/\Bf6,Kf7,Nc5}) 47... Kg7 48. Ree8 Bf6 49. Reg8+ Kf7 50. Rf8+ Ke7
51. Re8+ Kd6 52. Rhg8 Rg7 $1 $19 53. Rd8+ Bxd8 54. Rxg7 Bf6 $1 55. Rxg6 Kc7 56.
Rxf6 (56. Kf4 Bxb2 {/\a3-a2}) 56... Ne4+ 57. Kf4 Nxf6 58. Kf5 Nd7 59. Ke6 Nc5+
60. Ke7 Ne4 0-1

[Event "San Francisco Mechanics"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1998.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobese, Watu"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2330"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 (6... c6) 7. a4 (7.
Bd3 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5) 7... b6 8. d5 $6 (8. e5 dxe5 (8... Nfd7 9. e6 (
9. Bf4 Nc6 $13) 9... fxe6 10. h4 Nf6 $13) 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. e6 (10. Qd5 Ra7 (
10... c6 11. Qe4 e6 12. h4 $40) 11. e6 Bb7 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3
Nf8 15. Bc4 e6 16. a5 $36) 10... fxe6 11. Ng5 Ne5 $13) 8... Bb7 9. Be2 (9. Bc4
c6 10. O-O b5 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Bxb5 Nxe4) 9... c6
10. O-O Nbd7 {/\Nc5e4} (10... b5 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. e5 (12. axb5 axb5 13. e5
Rxa1 14. Qxa1 dxe5 15. Nxe5 b4 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Nb5 $14) 12...
dxe5 13. Nxe5 b4 $15) 11. dxc6 (11. Re1 Nc5 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. e5 $15) 11...
Bxc6 12. Nd2 $2 (12. Nd4 Bxe4 (12... Bb7 13. f3 Rc8 $15 {/\Ne5-c4}) 13. Nxe4
Nxe4 14. Nc6 Qe8 15. Bf3 Nec5 16. Re1 $44) 12... Qb8 {/\Qb7} (12... Nc5 $1 13.
Bf3 (13. f3 d5 14. e5 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. c3 $17) 14... d4 15.
exf6 exf6 $17) 13... Nfd7 $36) 13. f3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c3 (
16. Nc4 e6 17. c3 Qc7) 16... Rd8 17. Qe1 (17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Rfe1 $15) 17... b5
18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nb3 (20. Qf2 b4 (20... Ne5 $6 21. Rb1 {/\21...
Nd3 22.Qf1})) 20... Ne5 $6 (20... b4 21. cxb4 Bxb2 22. Nc5 $10) (20... Nf6 21.
Nd4 (21. Bc5 e5 {/\Bd5}) 21... Nd5 22. Bf2 b4 23. c4 Nf4 $17) 21. Bc5 $6 (21.
Bd4 Nc4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Nd4 e5 25. Nc2 $15) 21... Nc4 (21... e6
22. Nd4 Nc4 23. b3 $13) 22. Qc1 $2 (22. Bxe7 Re8 23. Bc5 Nxb2 24. Bd4 $15)
22... Be5 $1 23. f4 (23. Bxe7 $2 Re8 24. Bc5 (24. Bh4 Bh2+ 25. Kf2 Bf4 26. Qa1
Rxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Qe5+ 28. Kd1 Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Bd5 $19) 24... Bh2+ 25. Kf2 Qg3#)
23... Bf6 24. Nd4 {/\b4} (24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Qb7 $36) 24... e5 $1 25. fxe5
Qxe5 26. Qf4 (26. Bf3 $4 Qxc5 27. Bxa8 Bxd4+) (26. Bxc4 bxc4 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28.
Rxf4 Bg5 $17) 26... Qxf4 27. Rxf4 Bg5 28. Rf1 Be3+ 29. Kh2 Nxb2 30. Bxb5 Rd5
31. Ba3 $4 (31. Ra1 Rxc5 32. Rxa8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 Rxc3 $17) 31... Bxd4 32. cxd4
Rxb5 33. Rb1 Rb3 $1 $19 34. Bxb2 Bd5 35. Kg1 f5 36. g4 Be4 {Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Black "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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 "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "KAZ"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 c6 7. Bh6 (7. h3) (7.
Bd3) 7... b5 8. Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Bd3 Bg4 (9... Nbd7 10. O-O e5 11. Ne2 a6 12. a4
Rb8 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. c3 Re8 16. Qg5 Kh8 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Qg5 Kh8
19. Nd2 Nf8 20. d5 Qe7 21. Be2 Nxd5 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23. Nb3 Ne6 24. Na5 {Zum
Felde,M-Sebastian,D/OLNN9697 1997/EXT 97/0-1 (35)}) 10. Ng1 (10. e5 Nfd7 (10...
dxe5 11. dxe5 Nfd7 12. Qe3 Qc7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 Qe5 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. a4
Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 b4 18. Ne4 Rf5 19. Nd2 Rd5 20. Bc4 Re5 21. O-O-O Nc5 22. Rhe1
Nbd7 23. Nf3 Re4 24. Bd3 Rg4 25. Bf1 {Adams,M-Shirov,A/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM
47/[Stohl]/1-0 (60)}) 11. Ng5 dxe5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Qf4 Ng6 16. Qxf5 e6 17. Qxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxe6+ Kf6 19. Nxd8 Re7+ 20. Kf1 b4 21.
Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Nd5+ Kf7 23. Nxe7 Ncxe7 24. g3 Rd8 {Itkis,B-Bogdan,D/Bucharest
Tim 1993/EXP 35/1-0 (40)}) (10. Qf4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. O-O Re8
14. c3 Qb6 15. Rad1 d5 16. Qh3 dxe4 17. Bxe4 exd4 18. Rxd4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 Nxe4
20. Qxd7 Rd8 21. Qe7 Nf6 22. Nd4 Re8 23. Qd6 c5 24. Qxb6 axb6 {Palacios de la
Prida,E-Strikovic,A/Osuna op 1991/EXT 91op/0-1 (43)}) 10... e5 11. h3 Bc8 12.
dxe5 dxe5 13. Nf3 Nbd7 $11 14. O-O-O (14. O-O Qe7 15. Rfe1 a5 16. Qe3 Nc5 $11)
14... Qe7 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. Qe3 a5 17. Ne2 a4 18. g4 (18. Nd2 b4 (18... Be6 19.
g4 b4) 19. Bc4) 18... b4 19. Ng3 b3 20. a3 Rb8 (20... bxc2+ 21. Bxc2 Ba6 22.
Rhg1 Rab8 $13) 21. c3 Nfd7 (21... Re8) 22. Be2 Nb6 $6 (22... Ba6 23. Bxa6 Nxa6
24. Qa7 $2 (24. h4 $132) 24... Nac5 25. Qc7 Qf6) (22... Re8 23. h4 Nf6) 23.
Rdg1 Nbd7 24. h4 Qf6 25. h5 Qf4 {26.g5.Qe3.27fe3.Ba6=/+} 26. Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1997.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "McDonald, Neil R"]
[Black "Dunnington, Angus J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.10.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 (5. Qd2 $5) 5... c6 6.
h3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5 dxe5 (8... Ne8 {/\f6}) 9. dxe5 Nd5 (9... Ne8 $5 {
/\Nc7e6,/\Nc5}) 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Qe2 Nc5 (11... Qc7 12. Bxe7 Re8 13. Bd6 Qb6
14. O-O-O f6 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Bxd7 17. Qd2 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. Qxd5+ Be6
20. Qxe5 Rac8 21. Rhe1 Rxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Bf5+ 23. Qxf5 Qc6+ 24. Kb1 gxf5 25. Ne5
Qa4 26. g3 {Crawley,G-Gurevich,D/Groningen op 1988/EXT 88op/0-1 (58)}) 12.
O-O-O Nxd3+ (12... Qc7 {/\Nd3,Bf5} 13. g4 $5 Be6 $13) 13. Qxd3 Bf5 14. Qxd5 Qc7
15. Qb3 Be6 $6 (15... Rac8 16. Nd4 Qxe5 17. Rhe1 $2 Bxc2) 16. Qa3 Rfc8 $6 (
16... Rac8 17. Rd2 Rfe8) 17. Rd2 Bxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Qxe7 Qe4 (19... Qf5
20. Kb1 $16) 20. Rhd1 h5 (20... Qxg2 21. Bh6 {/\QfP,Rd8}) (20... Bf5 21. Rd8+
Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qxd8+ Kg7 24. Bf6+ Kh6 25. Qd2+ $18) 21. f3 Qa4 22. a3
$18 Qc4 (22... Bb3 23. Bf6 Kh7 24. Bc3) (22... Qe8 23. Qf6 Qf8 24. g4 $40) 23.
Bf6 Kh7 24. Bc3 Qa2 25. Rd3 {/\Qf6} Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Re1 $6
(28. Qd6 $1 $18) 28... Qb6 29. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 {[#] Hecht: Weiß
gewinnt einen Bauern und wickelt bei besserer Figuren- und Bauernstellung in
ein klar gewonnenes Endspiel g+h vs e ab.} 31. Rc7+ Kh6 32. Rxb7 Kg5 $2 (32...
Rd8+ 33. Kc1 a5 34. Rb5) 33. g3 $1 h4 (33... Rd8+ 34. Ke3 Rc8 35. h4+ Kf6 36.
Kd3 Rd8+ 37. Kc3 Rc8+ 38. Kb3 Rd8 39. Rxa7 $18 Rd2 $132) 34. f4+ $5 (34. Rb5+
Kf6 35. gxh4 Rh8 36. Rb4 {/\Rg4,c4}) 34... Kf5 $2 (34... Kh6 35. g4 g5 36. Re7
gxf4 37. Rxe6+ Kg7 38. Re4 Rf8 39. Ke2 Rc8 40. c4 Rb8 41. Rxf4 Rb2+ 42. Kf3
Rb3+ $132) (34... Kf6 35. g4 g5) 35. Ke3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gb7f7]} Kf6 36. g4 g5
37. fxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rh7 Rc8 39. Rh5+ Kf6 40. Kd3 Rd8+ 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. Rxh4 Rxc2
43. Rh6+ Ke7 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. Rxa7 Rh2 46. Rh7 Ra2 47. h4 Rxa3 48. g5+ Kg6 49.
Rh6+ Kg7 50. Kf4 Ra4+ 51. Kg3 Re4 52. Rf6 Re1 53. Kg4 Re4+ 54. Kh5 Re1 55. Rf3
Rd1 56. Re3 Rd6 57. Re4 Rc6 58. Kg4 Ra6 59. Rc4 Ra7 60. h5 Rb7 61. h6+ Kg6 62.
Rf4 (62. Rf4 {Hecht} Re7 63. Rf6+ Kh7 64. Kh5 Re8 65. g6+ Kg8 66. h7+ Kh8 67.
Kh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Narbonne"]
[Date "1997.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koch, Jean Rene"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11. h3 Ngf6 (11... Nge5 $5 12. Nxe5 (12. Ng5 $6
Nb6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 {[%csl Rc4]}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Bg3 (
15. Rad1 $5 Bd4 (15... Rd4 16. Rxd4 Bxd4 17. Bc4) 16. Bf3 e5 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18.
Rxe5 Kf7 19. Re2 $11) 15... Rd4 $5 16. Nd1 e5 17. c3 Rd2 18. Bc4 Kf8 19. a4 Bf5
20. Bxf7 Kxf7 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 $13 {/= Okhotnik,V-Tkachiev,V/FRA-chT
1996/EXP 55/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Ne4 (13. Rxe6 $2 N7b6 14. Bxd5 Nxd5
$17) 13... Qc7 $146 (13... Ne5 {Karpov,An} 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 (15. Ng5 $5 {
Stohl} Qc7 16. Qg4 $36) 15... Qb6 (15... Bg7 16. c3 e5 17. Nc5 $14) 16. c3 (16.
Ng5 $2 {Stohl} Rxf2 $1 17. Qxf2 Bd4 $17) 16... Bd7 17. Be3 $1 $14 (17. Ng5 {
Stohl} Bg3 $13) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bf4 19. Qc5 (19. Qxb6 {Stohl} axb6 20. Rad1
Bc8 $132 {/\Ra5-f5}) 19... Rae8 $1 (19... Rf7 20. Rad1 $16) 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
g3 Bh6 22. f4 Kg7 23. Nf2 (23. Kg2 e5 $1 24. fxe5 Bf5 $10) 23... g5 24. fxg5
Bxg5 25. h4 Bf6 26. Bxe6 Bxe6 27. Rxe6 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Linares 19951/
2-1/2 (48)}) (13... N7b6 $5 14. Bb3 {[%cal Ge4g5]} e5 15. Be3 Bf5 16. Bc5 Kh8
$13) 14. c3 Ne5 $6 (14... N7b6 $5 15. Bb3 e5 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Bg5
$16 Qf5 (16... Qc7 17. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Ge4c5]} (17. Nc5 Qb6)) 17. Qd2 Bd7 18.
Bd3 (18. Bxe7 $1 Nxe7 19. Qxd7 Nd5 20. Qxb7 Rab8 21. Qxc6 Rxb2 22. Rad1 $16)
18... Qf7 19. Nc5 Bc8 20. Bc2 b6 21. Nd3 Ba6 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. Rxe5 {[%csl Re6,
Re7] ^^} Rad8 {[%cal Rd5b4]} 24. Qe1 Nf4 25. Re4 $2 (25. Bh6 $142 $1 Rfe8 (
25... Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Qf3+ 27. Kg1 Qxh3 28. Qe3 Rf3 29. Qg5 {[%cal Rc2g6]} Bd3 (
29... Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qh2+ 31. Kf3 $16) 30. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ga1e1]}) 26.
Bxf4 (26. Re4 Nd3 27. Bxd3 Bxd3 28. Rf4 Bf5 29. g4 Qf6 $1 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Qc1
e5 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 26... Qxf4 27. Rxe6 $16 {[%csl Re7,Rg8]}) (25. Bxf4 $6 Qxf4
{[%cal Yd8d2]}) 25... Nd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rf4 Bf5 28. g4 Rd3 $4 (28... e5 $1
29. Qxe5 (29. Rf3 Rd3) 29... Rd5 30. Qxe7 (30. Qe1 e5 31. Rf3 Rd3) (30. Qe2 e5
31. Rf3 Bxg4 $1) 30... Qxe7 31. Bxe7 Re8 32. gxf5 (32. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5h6]} Be6
33. Bh6 $14) 32... Rxe7 {in this rook's ending black has good drawing chances})
29. gxf5 $18 gxf5 30. Kh2 Rfd8 31. Rh4 Rf3 (31... Qg6 32. Qe2 {[%cal Ya1g1]})
32. Qe2 Rdd3 33. Rg1 Kf8 34. Be3 Qf6 35. Qxd3 Qxh4 36. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup06"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "1998.06.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1998.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. h3 $6 (6. a4 Nc6 7. d5 (7.
h3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. a5 Bd7 $132 {/\c6}) 7... Nb4 8. a5 c5 $2 (8...
e6 $13) 9. Ne2 Nxe4 10. c3) 6... b5 7. Bd3 O-O (7... Bb7 8. e5 (8. a3 $6 Nbd7 {
/\c5}) 8... Nfd7 9. e6 (9. exd6 cxd6 10. O-O Nf6 $10) 9... fxe6 10. Ng5 Nf8 11.
O-O $13) 8. e5 dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 (10. Be4 Nxe3) 10... Qxd5 11. Qe2 (11.
O-O Bb7 {/\Nc6-e5}) 11... Bb7 12. O-O (12. c4 bxc4 13. Bxc4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Bxf3
15. Bxa5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Bxe5) 12... Nc6 (12... Nd7 13. c4 bxc4 (13... Qe6 14.
Ng5 Qxe5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Bxb5 $13 c6 17. Bc4) 14. Bxc4 Qc6 (14... Qe4 15. Bd3
Qd5 16. Bc4 $10) 15. Rac1) 13. c4 Qe6 (13... bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qa5 (14... Qe4 15.
Bd3 Qd5 16. Bc4 $10) 15. Bd2 (15. b4 Nxb4 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxe5 18. a3 (
18. Rae1 {/\Re5,Bf7,a3} Bf6 19. a3 Qc5 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bxb4 Qf5 $13) 18...
Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Qc5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxa8+ Rf8 $17) 15... Qc5 16. Bc3 Na5 17.
Bd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 $14) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Be4 Rab8 (15... Bxe5 16.
Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qf3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxe4 19. Qxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfe1 $10) 16. Bf4 (16.
Qxb5 Ba8 17. Qd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17) 16... Qc4
(16... Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Nxe5 f6 19. Qg4) 17. Qe3 (17. Qxc4 bxc4 18. Rfc1
Na5 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Bd2 Ra8 $10) 17... Nb4 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfc1 Qd3 $10 20.
Qc5 Qe4 21. Be3 $8 Nd3 22. Qc2 Qc4 (22... c5 23. Bxc5 Rc8 24. b4) 23. Qxc4 bxc4
24. Rxc4 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 {26.Bd4 Bd4 27.Rb2 Rd7= Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 (6. Be3 b5 7. Bd3 {
/\Qd2,00,000}) 6... O-O 7. Qd2 b5 (7... d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ng5 c5
11. d5 f5 12. h4 h6 13. Nh3 Kh7 14. O-O-O Nd7 15. Qc3 Nb6 16. Qg3 c4 17. Ng5+
Kg8 18. Ne6 {- Dely,P-Bilek,I/HUN-ch 1973/MCD-ch}) 8. Bd3 (8. a3 a6 9. Rd1 Nbd7
10. e5 Ne8 11. Bd3 Nb6 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfe1 Nd5 {- Koploy,P-Silman,J/
California-ch 1996/EXT 97}) 8... Nbd7 (8... b4 9. Ne2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Ng3 c5
12. e5 Nd5 13. Bh6 Nac7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nh5+ gxh5 16. Qg5+ Kh8 17. Qh6 f5 18.
Ng5 {1-0 Jackova,J-Tarachowicz,A/WchJW-U12 1993/TD 93\05}) 9. O-O (9. a4 b4 10.
Ne2 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Be3 a5 13. Ng3 Qe7 $11) (9. e5 b4 10. exf6 bxc3 11.
Qxc3 Nxf6 12. Qxc6 Rb8 $44) (9. Bh6 $5) 9... e5 10. Bh6 a6 11. Rfe1 Bb7 12. a3
(12. Rad1 Re8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qe3 $11) 12... Re8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7
14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Ne2 $2 (15. Qe3 $11) (15. a4 $5 $11) 15... c5 16. Ng3 c4 17.
Bf1 Nc5 $17 18. Rad1 Qxd2 19. Nxd2 Rad8 {/\Rd4} 20. f3 (20. b4 Ncxe4 (20...
Nfxe4 21. Ndxe4 Rxd1 22. Nxc5 Rxe1 23. Nxb7 Ra1 $19) 21. Ndxe4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. c3 Re6 $19) 20... Na4 21. b3 Nc3 22. bxc4 Nxd1 $19 23.
Rxd1 Bc6 24. Bd3 Nd7 25. Nb3 Nb6 26. cxb5 Bxb5 27. Ne2 Na4 28. Rd2 Re7 29. Kf2
Red7 30. Ke3 Nb2 31. Nec1 Rd6 32. Na5 R8d7 33. g3 f5 34. exf5 gxf5 35. Bxb5
axb5 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Nd3 Nxd3 38. cxd3 Ra6 39. Nb7 Rxa3 40. Nc5 Kf6 41. g4
Rc3 42. Nd7+ Ke6 43. Nf8+ Ke7 44. Nxh7 f4+ 45. Ke2 b4 46. g5 Rc4 47. Nf6 b3 0-1

[Event "Politiken zt"]
[Site "Munkebo"]
[Date "1998.09.10"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2 e5 10. c3 (10. d5 Ne7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Nc3 f5 $132) 10... Kh8 11.
b4 $5 (11. Re1 Qd7 {/\RAE8}) 11... Qe8 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Nxa2
$2 14. Bg5 a5 15. Qb3 Nb4 16. e5 $16) 12. Rb1 (12. d5 Ne7 13. c4 Nd7) 12... Nd7
$6 (12... exd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4 14. b5 (14. d5 Nb8 15. Qc2 f5 (15... Nf6 16. Qxc7
Nbd7 $132 {/\Ne5}) 16. Qxc7 Rf7 17. Qc4 (17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Bxg7+ Rxg7
20. Qb2 Ne5 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Nf4 $14) 17... Nd7 $132) 14... Na5 15. Qc2 d5 16.
Qxc7 Qd8 $10) 13. Re1 Rg8 14. Qd3 Qf8 15. d5 Ne7 16. c4 f5 17. Nc3 Nf6 (17...
f4 18. Bg4) 18. c5 h5 $5 (18... a6 19. cxd6 (19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Rec1
$36) 19... cxd6 20. b5 $13) 19. Bg5 $1 Bh6 $2 (19... a6) 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Nb5
$1 g5 (21... Ne8 22. Nxc7 Nxc7 23. cxd6) 22. cxd6 Ng6 $2 (22... cxd6 23. Nxd6
Rg7 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. exf5 g4 26. Be4 (26. Rxe5 gxf3 27. Qxf3 Rag8 28. g3 h4
29. g4 Rxg4+ 30. hxg4 Nxg4 31. Re6 Ne5+ 32. Kf1 Qxe6 33. fxe6 Nxf3 34. d6 Kg7
$13) 26... gxh3 27. Qxh3 Rag8 28. g3 (28. Rbd1 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxg2+ 30. Qxg2
Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Qxf5 33. Re3 Qg4 34. Rdd3 $16) 28... h4 (28... Qd2
29. Bf3 (29. Qh4 Ng4 30. Rf1 Nxf2 31. Rxf2 Rxg3+ $19) (29. Bg2 Ng4 30. Rf1 $13)
(29. Rbd1 Qxb4 30. Bf3 Qd6 $146) 29... e4 30. Bg2 Ng4 $13) 29. Rb3) 23. dxc7
Nf4 (23... g4 24. Nd6 Qf4 25. exf5 (25. g3 Qxf3 26. Re3 fxe4 (26... Nf4 27.
Rxf3 Nxd3 28. Rxd3 $18) 27. Qb3 $18) 25... Nh4 $13) 24. Qc3 g4 25. Nd6 $1 Nxh3+
(25... gxf3 26. Nf7+ Kh7 27. Nxh6 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Rxf2 29. Qxe5) (25... Qg6 26.
exf5 Qg7 27. g3 (27. hxg4 hxg4 28. Bd1 N6xd5 29. Qxe5 $18) 27... gxf3 $13) 26.
gxh3 gxf3+ 27. Kh1 Qf4 (27... Qg7 28. Rg1 Ng4 29. Qxf3) 28. Qxe5 $1 $18 Qxe5
29. Nf7+ Kh7 30. Nxe5 Rae8 31. exf5 Nxd5 32. Rbd1 Nxc7 33. f6 Rc8 $8 34. Rd7+
Kh6 35. f7 Rgf8 36. Rg1 b6 37. Rd6+ Kh7 38. Rg5 Rcd8 39. Rdg6 {Yudasin} 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. Nc3 (3. f4) 3... d6 (3... d5 4. Nf3 Bg4) 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. a4
(5. Be3 b5 (5... Bg4 6. Be2) 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. h3) 5... Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O a5 (
7... Qc7) (7... Bg4) 8. Re1 Na6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be3 (10. Bf1 {/\Bf4,Qd2,/\Nb1,c3,
Na3}) 10... b6 $5 (10... Qc7 {/\e5}) 11. Qd2 d5 $5 (11... Re8 12. Rad1 Qc7 13.
e5 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bh6 $14) 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qc1 c5) 13... dxe4
14. Ng5 c5 $1 15. Rad1 (15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxc2) (15. Nxe4 cxd4 16. Bxd4
Nxc2) (15. c3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 (16. cxd4 Bb7 17. Bc4 Rc8 18. b3 Bd5 {/\h6}) 16...
Bxe5) 15... cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nc6 17. c3 $6 (17. Bc3 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Nxe5 19. Nxe4
Bb7 20. Bb5 $14) 17... Bb7 18. Bc4 Qc7 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Bxe5
21. Rd7) 19. Qf4 (19. Rxe4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bxe5 21. Rh4 Bf6) (19. Nxe4 Nxe5 20.
Bb3 Nc6 (20... Rad8 $6 21. Qe3 Qc6 22. f3 Nd7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 $36) 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd7 Rac8 $10) 19... e6 (19... Nxd4 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qh4 h6 22.
cxd4) (19... Nxe5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxe5 Rxf4 22. Bxc7 Rf5 23. Nxe4) 20. Bb5 (
20. Qxe4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rad8 22. Qf4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 24. Qh4 h5) 20... Nxd4 (
20... Nxe5 21. Nxe4) (20... Bxe5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qh4 Qg7 23. Rxe4) 21. cxd4
Bh6 $8 22. Qh4 (22. Nxe6 Bxf4 23. Nxc7 Rac8 24. Na6 Rc2 (24... Rfd8 25. b4) (
24... Ra8 25. Nc7 Rac8 $10) 25. g3 Bh6 26. d5 Ra8 27. d6 $10) 22... Bxg5 23.
Qxg5 Rac8 24. Rd2 (24. Rc1 Qd8 25. Qe3 Qd5 $15) 24... Bd5 25. h4 $1 f6 $1 26.
exf6 Qd8 27. f7+ (27. h5 Qxf6 28. Qxf6 Rxf6 29. hxg6 Rxg6 $36 30. Ree2) 27...
Kxf7 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Kf1 Ke7 (29... Bc4+ 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Rxe4 Rxa4 32. Ke2
$15) 30. Ke2 Rf8 31. Ke3 Rf5 32. Rdd1 (32. Be2 $5 {/\g4,Bg4}) 32... g5 (32...
Rc2 33. Re2 Rc7 34. Ree1) 33. Rc1 $1 Rg8 (33... Rcf8 34. Rc7+ Kd8 35. Rec1) (
33... Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Kd8 $14) 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. h5 (35. hxg5+ Rgxg5 36. Bf1 Rg7
37. Rec1 h5 $10) 35... g4 (35... h6 36. Rh7 g4 37. Rxh6+ Kg5 38. Rh7 Rc8 39.
Rg7+) (35... Rg7 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Be2 Bb3 38. Bg4 Rf7 39. Rc1 $13) 36. Rxh7 g3
$1 37. Rf1 $2 (37. Rh6+ Kg5 (37... Ke7 38. Rc1 Kd8 39. Rh7) 38. Rg6+ Rxg6 39.
hxg6 gxf2 40. Rf1 Kxg6 41. Rxf2 Rg5 $15) 37... gxf2 38. Rxf2 Rg3+ 39. Ke2 Rb3
$36 40. Rxf5+ exf5 41. Rd7 Rxb2+ 42. Kf1 $2 (42. Ke3 Be6 (42... Bf7 43. h6 Rxg2
) 43. Rd6 Ke7 44. Rxb6 Rxg2 45. h6 Rh2 46. h7 $13) 42... Bf7 43. h6 Rb1+ 44.
Kf2 f4 $1 {/\Bh5,e3} 45. h7 Rh1 46. g3 Rh2+ 47. Kg1 fxg3 48. h8=Q+ Rxh8 49. Kg2
Be8 50. Rd6+ Kf5 51. Kxg3 (51. Rxb6 Bxb5 52. axb5 e3 53. Kf3 Rg8) 51... Rg8+
52. Kf2 Bxb5 53. Rd5+ $2 (53. axb5 Rg6 54. Rd8 $132) 53... Kf4 54. Rxb5 e3+ 55.
Ke2 Rg2+ 56. Kf1 Rd2 $1 $17 57. Rxb6 Rxd4 58. Ke2 Rxa4 59. Rf6+ Ke5 60. Rh6 Ra3
61. Rh5+ Ke4 62. Rh4+ Kf5 63. Rh5+ (63. Rh8 Ke4 64. Re8+ (64. Rh4+) 64... Kd4
65. Rd8+ Kc4 66. Rc8+ Kb4 67. Rb8+ Ka4 {/\Rb3,Ka3}) 63... Kg4 64. Rc5 (64. Rh8
a4 65. Ra8 Kf4 66. Rf8+ Ke4 67. Re8+ Kd4 68. Rd8+ Kc4 69. Rc8+ Kb3 70. Rb8+ Kc2
71. Ra8 Ra1 72. Kxe3 a3 73. Rc8+ Kb2 74. Rb8+ Ka2 75. Kd2 Rb1 76. Ra8 Kb2 77.
Rb8+ Ka1 78. Ra8 a2 79. Kc2 $10) 64... Kf4 65. Rc4+ Ke5 66. Rh4 $4 (66. Rc8 $13
) 66... a4 $19 67. Rg4 (67. Rh5+ Kd4 (67... Kf4 68. Rh4+ Kg3 69. Re4 Ra1 70.
Rxe3+ Kf4 71. Rd3 a3 72. Rd2 a2 73. Kd3 Ke5 74. Re2+ Kd5 75. Rd2 Kc5 76. Rc2+
Kb4 $19) 68. Rh4+ Kd5 69. Rh5+ Kc4 70. Rh4+ Kb3 71. Kxe3 Ra2 72. Rh8 $10) 67...
Ra1 68. Kxe3 a3 69. Ra4 a2 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ziatdinov, Raset"]
[Black "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Nb8 {Chernin/} (8... Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6 $14) 9. Ng5 {Very unusual
move and successful try to play a new move in the position that five more
moves have already played!} (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6 (10... Nbd7 11. Be2 c6 12.
dxc6 bxc6 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. f4 $14 {Janosevic,D-Ivkov,B/Sarajevo
1968/1-0 (61)}) 11. Qd2 (11. a4 a5 12. Nb1 Nbd7 13. g3 Nb6 14. Bg2 Qc7 15. Ra2
Rfe8 16. b3 Nfd7 17. c4 Nb8 18. Qd2 $14 {Arbakov,V-Chernin,A/Bern 1995}) (11.
g4 $6 cxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. g5 Ne8 14. Be2 Rc8 $13 {Hrivnak,V-Novak,I/SVK-ch
1981/1-0 (63)}) (11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Be2 Ne5 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Bd4 Nc4
16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qe3 a6 18. Rd2 $11 {Smits,M-Doggers,P/NLD-chJM U20 1995/1/
2-1/2 (54)}) 11... Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Be2 Rfe8 15. Bf1 b5 16. a3
Nb6 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. Nd5 Nd7 20. c3 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qe3
$11 {1/2-1/2 Teschner,R-Parma,B/EU-chT 1965 (30)}) (9. Nd2 $146 Bxe2 10. Nxe2 {
1/2-1/2 Moldovan,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem 1997 (25)} (10. Qxe2 {HarZvi,R} c6 11.
Nc4 $2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 cxd5 $17)) (9. Qd2 {HarZvi,R} c6 10. Rad1 (10. Rfe1 Re8
$146 (10... Qc7 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. Bh6 (12. Nd4 $5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 12... Bxf3 13.
Bxf3 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a6 15. Qd2 Rfe8 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 Ne5 17. Be2 b5 $5 18.
f4 Ned7 19. Bf3 Nb6 $132) 16. dxc6 (16. Be2 cxd5 17. exd5 b5 18. a3 Nb6 $15)
16... bxc6 17. b3 Red8 18. Be2 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. f4 e5 20. Bc4 Qb6+ 21. Kh1 Ng4
22. Re2 exf4 23. Qxf4 Ne5 $15) 19... e5 20. Bc4 {Rytshagov,M-Chernin,A/Erevan
olm 1996/CBM 55/[Belov]/0-1 (40)}) 11. Rad1 Nbd7 12. dxc6 bxc6 {Befestigt b5}
13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. Qa6 Rec8 16. f3 {Kontrolliert g4} Qb6 17. Qxb6
Nxb6 18. b3 {Sichert a4+c4} d5 19. Nde2 e6 20. Bd4 Rab8 21. a4 a6 {Überdeckt b5
} 22. Nc1 Nfd7 $14 (22... Nbd7 23. N3e2 $11) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nd3 Rb7 25. a5
Na8 26. b4 $11 (26. Na4 Nc7 $14) 26... Nc7 $14 (26... c5 27. exd5 cxb4 28. Ne4
Rxc2 29. dxe6 fxe6 30. Nxb4 $16) 27. Na4 d4 28. Rc1 e5 29. c3 Ne6 30. cxd4 Nxd4
31. Rc4 Rcb8 32. Kf2 Rb5 33. Rec1 h5 34. Nac5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 f6 {Sichert e5} 36.
Ke3 {1/2-1/2 Solak,D-Marin,M/Ciocaltea mem 1997}) 10... Qa5 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4
Qc7 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. Rfe1 a5 $132 {Blatny,P-Chernin,A/Pardubice 1993 58/151 
[Chernin,A]} (14... a5 15. e5 Nxd5 16. Ng5 Bxe2 17. e6 f6 18. exd7 Qxd7 19.
Nxd5 cxd5 {Blatny,P-Chernin,A/Pardubice 1993/CBM 37/[Blatny,P]/1/2-1/2 (31)}))
(9. a4 {HarZvi,R} a5 (9... c6 10. a5 a6 (10... Qc7 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7
13. a6 c5 14. Ndb5 Qc8 15. axb7 Qxb7 16. Ra2 a6 17. Na3 Nb6 18. Rfa1 Nfd7 19.
Nab1 c4 20. Nd2 Rfc8 21. Nf3 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bd4 Nc5 24. Qe3 Bxd4 25. Qxd4
Qc6 26. Ra5 Ra7 27. Rd1 Rd7 28. h4 e5 29. Qe3 Kg7 30. Nh2 Rf7 31. Qd2 {1-0
Boensch,U-Baumegger,S/EU-ch, Athens GRE 1997}) 11. Nd2 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13.
Nc4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 cxd5 15. Nb6 dxe4 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Bg5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bf6 19.
Qxe4 b5 20. Qh4 Qc6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Re2 Qc3 23. Qg4 Bxg5 24. Qxg5 Nf6 25. h3
Kg7 26. Rbe1 e6 27. Rd1 d5 28. Rd3 Qa1+ 29. Kh2 Ne4 30. Qf4 Qxa5 31. f3 Nf6 32.
g4 e5 33. Qg3 Qc7 34. Rde3 {Braga,C-Martin del Campo,R/Manila olm 1992/0-1 (45)
}) 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 c6 12. Nc4 Nfd7 13. Rad1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bd4
Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Nd7 17. Rd3 Qb6 $15 {Sutovskij,E-Chernin,A/Rishon le Zion 1994})
(9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 (10. Ndxe2 c6 11. a4 Na6 12. a5 Qd7 13. f3 Rac8 14. Qd2
Qd8 15. Rfd1 Nd7 16. Bd4 Ne5 17. b3 c5 18. Bf2 Nc7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bh4 Qe8 21.
Rf1 b5 22. Rae1 b4 23. Nd1 Nb5 24. Ne3 Nd4 25. Nc4 Nxe2+ 26. Rxe2 Bd4+ 27. Kh1
f6 28. Qd3 Qf7 29. Qf3 Rfe8 30. g4 Rcd8 31. Bg3 Rf8 32. f5 Kh8 33. Rg2 Rg8 34.
Bf2 Ne5 {Teschke,O-Slobodjan,R/Berliner Sommer 1996/0-1 (59)}) 10... c5 11. Nf3
Qb6 12. Rab1 Qa6 13. Qd2 Ng4 14. Bg5 Re8 15. Qf4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh4 Qc4
$1 $132 {Chatalbashev,B-Popchev,M/Cacak/1991/}) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 11. Rad1
Qa5 $5 {[%cal Ga5a6]} 12. f4 Qa6 (12... Qb4 $5 13. Bc1 Nbd7) (12... cxd5 13. e5
$1 Ne4 $1 14. Nxd5 Nxg5 15. fxg5 Bxe5 (15... Nc6 16. exd6 exd6 17. Qc4 $1 $14
Bxb2 $140 $6 18. c3 {[%csl Rb2,Rf6][%cal Gd5f6]}) 16. Nxe7+ Kg7 17. Rxd6 $5 {
[%csl Rg7]} (17. Bd4 $5) 17... Qb4 18. Rfd1 $1 $13) 13. Qf3 Nbd7 (13... h6 14.
Nh3 cxd5 (14... Nbd7 $5) 15. e5 $5 Ne8 (15... dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Nxd5 Nxe5
18. Nxe7+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 19. Ng5+ Kh8 20. Qh3 $36) 19. Qe4 $36 {[%cal Ge4h4,
Re3h6]}) 16. Nxd5 Nc6 $13 (16... e6 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Rd3 $1 (18. Ng5 $5))) 14.
Qh3 {[%cal Gh3d7,Rg5h7]} h6 $8 (14... Rad8 $2 15. dxc6 (15. e5 $5 dxe5 16. fxe5
{[%cal Rf1f6]} Nxe5 17. Rxf6 h6 $1 18. Rf4 $3 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Rf4a4]} hxg5
$140 19. Ra4 $18 {[%csl Ra6]}) 15... Qxc6 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. fxe5 {[%cal Rf1f6]
} Nh5 (17... Nxe5 18. Rxf6 $1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 $18) 18. e6 $1 fxe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8
20. Qxe6+ $1 Qxe6 21. Nxe6 $18) 15. Nf3 {[%cal Ge4e5,Gh3d7] /\e5} h5 $6 {
[%cal Gf6g4]} (15... Nb6 $142 $5 {[%cal Gb6d5,Gb6c4]}) 16. Bd4 $2 (16. f5 $1 {
[%csl Re6]} Ng4 17. Bd4 $36 {+/=}) 16... c5 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf2 $6 Ng4) (17. Be3
Ng4 18. Bd2 b5) 17... Nxf6 18. Qh4 $5 {[%cal Ge4e5] /\e5} (18. e5 Ng4 $15)
18... b5 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gb5b4]} 19. Ne2 $6 (19. e5 $142 b4 $1 20. Nb1 (20.
exf6 Bxf6 $19 {[%cal Rb4c3]}) 20... Ng4 $15 {[%cal Ra6a2,Rg4e3]}) 19... Qa4 $5
{[%cal Ra4e4,Ra4c2]} (19... Qxa2 $5 20. Ng3 Qxb2 $17) (19... Nxe4 $6 20. f5 $1
Nf6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nf4 $44 {[%csl Re6,Rg6][%cal Rf4g6,Gf4e6]}) 20. Ng3 (20.
e5 $6 dxe5 21. fxe5 Qxh4 22. Nxh4 Ng4 {[%csl Rd1,Rf1][%cal Rg4e5,Gg4e3]}) (20.
Nc3 Qb4 21. e5 Qxb2 $1 22. Rd3 $1 {/\23.Rb1 Q:c2 24.Ne1} (22. exf6 Bxf6 $19)
22... Qxc2 $1 (22... c4 $5) 23. Ne1 Qb2 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Qg3 c4 26. Rdf3 b4
$17) 20... Qxc2 (20... Nxe4 $4 21. b3 $1) 21. e5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Ng4 23. Rd2 (23.
Qxe7 Rae8 $5 (23... Bh6 $5) 24. Qxa7 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17) 23... Qc4 24. Qxe7
(24. d6 Nxe5 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. dxe7 Rfe8 $17) 24... Rae8 25. d6 $2 {Beautiful
move,but unfortunately doesn't help.} (25. Qxa7 $142 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 $17)
25... Bh6 $1 $19 {[%cal Rh6e3]} ({But not} 25... Rxe7 26. dxe7 Re8 $4 27. Rd8 {
and White suddenly wins.}) 26. b3 Qb4 (26... Qc3 $5 27. Ne4 Qe3+ 28. Nf2 Nxf2
29. Rfxf2 (29. Rdxf2 Rxe7 30. dxe7 Re8) 29... Rxe7 30. dxe7 Re8 31. Rd8 Qc1+
32. Rf1 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Qxf1+) 27. e6 $6 (27. Rdd1 $8 Rxe7 $1 (27... Be3+ 28. Kh1
Rxe7 $5 (28... Nf2+ 29. Rxf2 Bxf2 30. Qxa7 $17) 29. dxe7 Qa5 $1 (29... Nf2+ $4
30. Rxf2 Bxf2 31. Rd8 $18) 30. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 31. Ne4 Qxa2 $17) 28. dxe7 Qa5 $3
29. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 $19 {[%cal Rh6e3,Rg4e3] /\Be3;Ne3}) 27... Rxe7 28. dxe7 Bxd2
29. exf7+ (29. Nxd2 Qd4+ $1 (29... Qxd2 30. exf7+ Kg7 31. e8=Q Qd4+ 32. Kh1
Nf2+ 33. Rxf2 Qxf2 34. Qe5+ Kh7 $19) 30. Kh1 Nf2+ 31. Rxf2 (31. Kg1 Nh3+ 32.
Kh1 Qg1+ 33. Rxg1 Nf2#) 31... Qxf2 $19) 29... Kxf7 30. exf8=Q+ (30. Ne5+ Kxe7
31. Nc6+ Kd6 32. Nxb4 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Bxb4 $19) 30... Kxf8 31. Nxd2+ Kg7 {
Now Black wins without any problems.} 32. Nge4 Qd4+ 33. Kh1 c4 34. bxc4 bxc4
35. h3 Ne3 36. Rf4 c3 37. Nf3 Qd1+ 38. Kh2 Nf1+ 39. Kg1 Nd2+ 40. Kf2 Nxe4+ 41.
Rxe4 c2 0-1

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 (5... Ng4 6. Bg5 (6. Bf4 e5
7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 $10) 6... h6 7. Bh4 (7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 (8. dxe5 Nxe5 9.
Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bc4 $10) 8... f5 $13 9. h3) 7... Nf6 $132) 6. Qd2 b5 (6... Ng4 7.
Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nf6 9. Be2 (9. O-O-O g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. h4 g4 12. Ng1 Nxg3 13.
fxg3 Qa5 14. Bc4 $13) (9. h3 $1 Nh5 10. g4 g5 11. gxh5 gxh4 12. Rg1 $16) 9...
g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O-O b5 $36 12. e5) 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Bh6 (8. e5 Ng4 $2 (8...
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 (10. Be4 Nxe3 (10... Ngxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8
13. O-O-O+ Kc7 14. Nxb5+ Kb7 15. Nd4 f5 $13) 11. Qxe3 $16 Bb7) 10... fxe6 11.
Nd4 Nde5 $17) 9. exd6 exd6 (9... Nxe3 10. Qxe3 e6 11. Ne5 $36) 10. Bf4 Qe7+ (
10... d5 11. Bd6 Nb6 12. Bc5 Be6 13. O-O $36) 11. Kf1 $16) 8... O-O 9. Bxg7
Kxg7 10. a4 (10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qf4 Nc5 $13) 10... b4 11. Ne2 a5 12.
e5 $2 (12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 e5 14. Ng3 h6 $10) 12... dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng4 14. Qf4
(14. e6 fxe6 15. Ned4 Nde5) 14... Nc5 15. Rd1 (15. Bc4 Nh6 16. O-O Be6 17. Rfd1
Qb6 $10) 15... Qb6 {f2,a4} 16. O-O $8 Nxa4 $17 17. h3 Nh6 18. Ng3 {/\Nh5,
Qg5-h6} Ng8 $5 (18... f6 19. Rfe1 Ra7 $17) 19. Ng5 (19. Qc1 Ba6 $17) 19... h6 (
19... Nxb2 20. Nxh7 Kxh7 (20... Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Kxh7 (21... Ba6 22. Nf5+ gxf5 23.
Rg3+ Kh8 24. Nf6 $18) (21... Be6 22. Nxf8 Rxf8 23. h4 $40) 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23.
Nh5+ gxh5 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Rg3 Bg4 26. hxg4 c5 27. Rh3 Qg6 28. Rxh5+ Kg7 29.
Qe3 f6 $19) (20... Nxd1 21. Nxf8 Nb2 22. e6 f6 23. Bxg6 Kxf8 24. Bf7 $40) 21.
Qh4+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ gxh5 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qxh5+ Kg7 25. Qh7#) (19... f6 20. exf6+
(20. Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qe4 f5 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Qg5 Nxb2 24. Nh5+ Kh7 25. Nf4 c5 26.
h4 $13) 20... exf6 21. Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Qh4+ Kg7 23. Bxg6 Kxg6 $17 24. Qh5+) 20.
Nh5+ (20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Qe4 Bf5) 20... gxh5 21. Qe4 f5 $8 22. exf6+ Rxf6 (22...
Nxf6 23. Qxe7+ Kg8 24. Bh7+) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bc4 (24. Ne4 Rf7 25. Qg6 Nxb2)
24... e6 25. Bxe6 (25. Ne4 Rf7 26. Qg6 Nxb2) 25... Bxe6 26. Nxe6+ Rxe6 27. Rd7
Re7 28. Rxe7 Nxe7 29. Qxh6+ Kf7 (29... Kg8 30. Re1 {/\Re5[e3]}) 30. Re1 (30.
Qxh5+ Ng6 31. Rd1 Rd8) (30. Qh7+ Kf6 31. Re1 Ng6 (31... Qc5 32. Re3 Nf5 33. Rf3
Rf8 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 $40) (31... Ra7 32. Qh6+ Kf7 33. Qh7+ Ke8 $19) 32. Re3
h4 33. Rf3+ Kg5 34. g3 Qd4 35. gxh4+ Nxh4 36. Rg3+ $18) 30... Ra7 (30... Ng6
31. Re3 c5 32. Rf3+ Kg8 33. Rg3 Ra6 34. f4 Qf6 35. Qxh5 $132) 31. Qxh5+ Kg7 $1
(31... Ng6 32. Qf5+ Kg7 33. Re6 Nf8 34. Qf6+ (34. Qg5+ Kh8 $17) 34... Kg8 35.
Rxc6 $132) 32. Re5 (32. Re6 Qd4 33. Qg5+ Kf7 34. Rh6 Ke8) 32... c5 $1 33. Qg4+
Kf7 34. Rh5 (34. Qh5+ Qg6 35. Qf3+ Ke8) 34... Qf6 (34... Qg6 35. Qf4+) 35. Rh7+
Ke8 (35... Kf8 36. Qh5 Rd7 (36... Rc7 37. Rh6 Qf4 38. g3 $13) 37. Rh8+ Ng8 38.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 39. Qe8+) 36. Qh5+ Kd7 37. b3 (37. Qd5+ Qd6 38. Qf5+ Kc6) 37... Nc3
38. Qxc5 Ra6 (38... Rc7 39. Qxa5 Qd4 40. Qf5+ Kc6 $19) 39. g3 Rd6 {/\Ne4,/\Qd4}
40. Qa7+ (40. Qxa5 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Qc6+ 42. f3 Rd2+ 43. Kg1 Ne2+) (40. h4 Ne4 41.
Qe3 Qxf2+ 42. Qxf2 Nxf2 43. Kxf2 Rd2+ 44. Kf3 Rxc2 $19) 40... Ke8 41. Qa8+ Rd8
42. Qxa5 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Qc6+ 44. f3 Rd2+ {45.Kg1 Ne2 46.Kf2 Nd4 Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "Harplinge"]
[Site "Harplinge"]
[Date "1998.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hansen, Curt"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.08.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 (5... Ng4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
Nf6 8. e5 (8. Be2 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Qd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nc6 12. Bb5 $14) 8... Nh5
$13) 6. a4 b6 (6... Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1 (8. Bh4 Nf6 9. Be2 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $132
) (8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. O-O-O+ Bd7 13. Be3
Kc8 14. Bc4 Be8 15. Nd5 Nc6 16. Rhf1 $36) 8... e5 9. h3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 $10)
7. Bc4 O-O (7... Bb7 8. e5 Ng4 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Ng4 11. e6 f5
12. Bf4 $16) 9. Bxf7+) 8. O-O $6 (8. e5 $1 Ng4 9. Bf4 c5 $2 (9... dxe5 10. dxe5
Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 e6 12. h3 Nh6 13. g4 Bb7 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Rhe1 Rfd8 $14) 10. exd6
exd6 11. O-O $16) 8... Bb7 9. e5 (9. d5 c6 10. Re1 Nbd7 $132 {/\Rc8,/\Qc7,Nc5})
9... Ng4 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Nxe5 (11. dxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5)
11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 {/\e6} (12. Bxe5 Nc6 (12... Bxe5 13. dxe5 Nc6 14. f4 $10)
13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. d5 $36) 12... e6 $10 13. Bg3 (13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rad1 Nd4 15.
Qg4 c5 16. Ne2 $10) 13... Nc6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. Qe1 (16. Qe2 Nd4 17.
Qf2 Nf5) 16... Rd4 $1 $36 17. Be2 (17. Bb3 Na5 18. Ba2 Qb4 {Very bad Ba2})
17... Nb4 18. Rc1 Qd7 19. Bf3 $1 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 {/\Bf2} Nd5 (20... Bh6 21. Ne4 (
21. h3) 21... Qxa4 22. Nf6+ Kg7 $13 (22... Kh8 $5) 23. Bf2 $1 (23. Ra3 Qc6)
23... Rxf4 (23... Rdd8 24. b3 Qa3 25. Ra1 (25. Rh3 $1 $40) 25... Nxc2 26. Rxa3
Nxe1 27. Bxe1 Rd1 28. Rf1 Bxf4 $17) 24. Be3 Rxf3 $2 (24... Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Rxf3
26. Bxh6+ Kxh6 27. gxf3 Qxc2 28. Qh4+) 25. Bxh6+ Kxh6 26. Qh4+) 21. b3 Nxc3 22.
Qxc3 Rd8 $6 (22... Rd1+ 23. Rf1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Bh4 (25. h3 Qd2 26. Qxd2
Rxd2 27. Be1 Rd4 $36 {/\g5} (27... Re2 28. Rd1 $132 h6)) (25. Rf1 c5 26. h3 $15
) 25... Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 $17) 23. h3 Bf8 24. Bh4 $1 Bb4 (24... Be7 25. Bxe7
Qxe7 $15) 25. Qa1 Rd1+ $2 (25... Be7 $15) 26. Rf1 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Be7 {28.Be7
Qe7 29.Rd1= Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch"]
[Site "Meribel"]
[Date "1998.08.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Chabanon, Jean Luc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.08.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 (6... c6) (6...
Nc6) 7. Be3 (7. h3 Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Nc6 9. Ne2) 7... Nc6 8. d5 Bxf3 (8... Nb8 9.
Nd4 (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 c6) 9... Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 $132) 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 c6
11. f4 Ned7 12. dxc6 (12. Bf3 cxd5 13. exd5 Qa5 {/\Rc8,Re8}) 12... bxc6 13.
Rb1 Nb6 (13... Qa5 14. b4 Qc7 15. Qd3 $13) 14. a4 d5 $5 (14... a5 15. e5 $2 (
15. b3 Qc7 16. Qd3 d5 17. e5 Nfd7 $132 {/\e6,/\f6,/\c5}) 15... Nfd5) 15. e5 Ne8
$2 (15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 (16. Qe1 $5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qc7 18. a5 Nd7 $13) 16... dxe4
{/\Nd5,Qa5} 17. Bc5 Nxa4 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Rd2 20. Bc4 Rb8 $13) 16. b4
$2 (16. a5 Nc4 $2 (16... Nd7 17. b4 e6 18. Na4 $16) 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qxd8 Rxd8
19. Bxa7) 16... Nc7 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 (18. Bc5 Ne6 19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Bxd5
cxd5 21. bxc5 e6 (21... Qxa5 22. Qd4 e6)) 18... dxc4 19. Bc5 Ne6 (19... Nd5 20.
Ne4 $16 (20. Qd4 f6 21. Qxc4 fxe5 22. Rbd1)) 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Rd2 (21...
Rd7 22. Bh4 Rd2 23. Rbc1 g5 24. Be1 Rd4 25. f5 Nf4 26. g3 Nh3+ 27. Kg2 g4 28.
f6 Bf8 29. Ne2 Re4 30. Nf4 $16) 22. g3 $5 Rxc2 (22... Re8 23. Ne4 Rxc2 24. Nf6+
Bxf6 25. exf6 Nd4 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 $16 Nf5) 23. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (23... Rd2 24.
Ne4 Re2 (24... Rd4 25. Nd6) 25. Rxc4) 24. Rxc1 Nd4 25. Rd1 Nf5 26. Bc5 f6 $2 (
26... Bf8 27. Ne4 Rb8 (27... Bxc5+ 28. Nxc5 c3 29. Kf2 c2 30. Rc1 Nd4 31. Ke3
Rd8 32. g4 $16) 28. Bxa7 Rxb4 29. Ra1) 27. g4 Nh6 (27... Nh4 28. exf6 Bxf6 29.
Ne4 Bg7 30. Kf2) 28. b5 $6 (28. exf6 $1 Bxf6 29. Ne4 Bg7 30. h3 $16) (28. e6 f5
29. e7 Re8) 28... cxb5 $4 (28... fxe5 29. b6 (29. bxc6 Rc8 30. Nd5 Bf8 $13)
29... axb6 30. axb6 exf4 31. Ne4 c3 $13) 29. e6 $1 $18 f5 30. e7 Bf6 (30... Re8
31. Rd8 Kf7 32. Nxb5) 31. g5 Bxe7 32. Bxe7 Re8 33. Rd7 {Yudasin Ending...Ney
time controle take pieple out of the chess classik} 1-0

[Event "Recklinghausen"]
[Site "Recklinghausen"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Keitlinghaus, Ludger"]
[Black "Maiwald, Jens Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Bf4 Nbd7 8. Qd2
b5 (8... Qa5 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Rad1 e5 12. Bh6 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bg3
$11) 12... Re8 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 a6 15. a3 Qc7 16. h3 b5 17. Qg5 e4 $36 {
Ehrke,M-Rudolf,H/BL2-N 1996/BL2/0-1 (44)}) 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 $146 (10. dxe5
Nh5 (10... b4 $6 11. exf6 bxc3 12. fxe7 (12. Qxc3 Nxf6 13. Qxc6 $16) 12... Qxe7
$6 (12... cxd2 $142 13. exd8=Q Rxd8 14. Nxd2 Bxb2 15. Rab1 Be5) 13. bxc3 Qf6
14. Rad1 c5 15. Bb5 $16 {1/2-1/2 Marciano,D-Seret,J/FRA-ch Strasbourg 1992/EXT
92ch2 (24)}) 11. Bh6 Nxe5 (11... Nb6 12. Qe3 b4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
Ne4 Nd5 16. Qb3 Nhf4 17. Rfe1 (17. Bc4 $5) 17... a5 18. c4 Nxe2+ $11 {
Kuczynski,R-Sznapik,A/Warsaw 1990/CBM 17/1/2-1/2 (34)}) (11... b4 $6 {Rogers,I}
12. Bxg7 bxc3 $2 13. Qh6 Nxg7 14. Ng5 $18) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxg7 Nxf3+ 14.
Bxf3 Kxg7 (14... Nxg7 $5 {Rogers,I  []f5-d4~/=}) 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Bxb5 Bf5 (
16... a6 $6 {Rogers,I} 17. Ba4 {} Rxb2 $2 18. Bb3 $16) 17. Ba4 (17. Rfe1 {
Rogers,I} Kf8 (17... e6 $6 18. Rac1 $16 {(+)>>f5}) 18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Ba4 Rxb2 (
19... Ne6 $5 {[]d4~/=}) 20. Bb3 Rd2 21. Rcd1 (21. Na4 $2 Rxb3 $1 22. cxb3 Ne2+
$15) 21... Rxd1 $6 {Rogers,I-Azmaiparashvili,Z/Groningen 1989/1-0 (55)} (21...
Rdxc2 $1 {Rogers,I} 22. Bxc2 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rb2 $44 { []d3 (+)a2})) 17... Rxb2
18. Bb3 {[%cal Gc3a4]} Bxc2 19. Na4 Rxb3 20. axb3 Bxb3 21. Nc5 Bd5 22. Rxa7 Nf4
23. f3 $14 {/= Hertneck,G-Belli,M/Moscow olm 1994/EXP 44/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 10...
Nxe5 11. Bxe5 {white didnt choice the principle continuation-10.dxe5.Now black
hasn't any problems.} Bf5 (11... b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Nc5 Rd8 14. Bd3 $14 (14.
Rfd1 Ne4 (14... Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd3 Ba6 $14) 15. Nxe4 Bxe5 16. Qg5 Bf5
17. dxe5 Bxe4 $13)) 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. d5 (
16. Rad1 Nf6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxd5 Qb6 $11) 16... cxd5 (16... b4 17. dxc6 bxc3
18. cxd7 Qxd7 19. bxc3 Qc7 $11) 17. Nxd5 Rxc2 18. Qxb5 Rc5 19. Qb7 e6 20. Nb4
Ne5 21. Rxe5 (21. Qxa7 $6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Rec8 $17 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,
Rh1]}) 21... Rxe5 22. Nc6 Qd6 23. Nxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1998.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.03.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ (7.
Nxe4 d5 8. Bd3 dxe4 9. Bxe4 {is another line.}) 7... Rxf7 8. Nxe4 h6 (8... e6
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Neg5 Re7 11. c3 Re8 12. Qc2 Qf6 13. Re1 h6 14. Ne4 Qf7 15. Ng3
Bd7 16. Be3 e5 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 Nf5 19. Qb3 b6 20. Ne4 Re7 21. Qd3 Rf8 22. b4
Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bf5 24. Rf1 g5 25. Nfd2 Qg6 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 dxc5 28. Qc4 $14
{1-0 Palacios de la Prida,E-Balada,J/Alicante op2 1989 (40)}) (8... Bg4 9. Neg5
$142 (9. c3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 h6 $5 (10... Bf6 11. Qb3 b6 12. Bg5 $13 {Skoberne,
J-Bergthaler,J/Graz op-B 1995/1/2-1/2 (57)}))) 9. Qd3 $146 {A new move.} ({
White usually plays} 9. h3 Nd7 (9... Nc6 10. c3 (10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12.
Be3 Bf5 13. Nc5 b6 14. Ne6 $1 $14 (14. Nb3 e6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Qxd8+ Rxd8 17.
Rfd1 Rfd7 $11 {0-1 Katzel,D-Guthrie,M/Webb op 1989 (54)})) 10... d5 11. Nc5 b6
(11... Qf8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 c6 14. f4 b6 15. Nb3 g5 16. Nd4 c5 17. Nf3 Ba6
18. Re1 gxf4 19. Qxd5 Qd8 20. Qe6 Qd3 21. Bxf4 Raf8 22. Rad1 Qh7 23. Bg3 Bc8
24. Qd5 Qg6 25. Kh2 h5 26. Nh4 Qh6 27. Qe4 Be6 28. b3 Qh7 29. Qg6 Bf5 30. Qxh7+
Bxh7 31. Rd7 e6 32. Red1 Be4 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Rd6 Re7 35. Nf3 Bxf3 36. gxf3
Kf7 37. f4 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kf5 39. Kf3 Bh6 40. Rd8 {1-0 Medina Garcia,A-Andersson,
U/Las Palmas 1972}) 12. Nd3 Qf8 13. Nfe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. f4
c5 17. Qd3 Kh7 {1/2-1/2 Zagar,M-Gusel,L/Rasmus mem 1970}) (9... Qf8 10. Re1 Nc6
(10... Bxh3 11. Nfg5 hxg5 12. gxh3 d5 13. Nxg5 Rxf2 14. Qg4 $44) 11. d5 Rxf3
12. gxf3 Nd4 13. f4 $142 (13. Kg2 g5 14. c3 Nf5 $40 {0-1 Honfi,K-Adorjan,A/
HUN-ch 1974 (41)})) (9... d5 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. c3 Qd6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Qe2 Raf8
14. Nh1 Rf5 $15 {[%cal Ge7e5] 1/2-1/2 Weiler,W-Preiss,M/OLBaden 1993 (37)}) (
9... Na6 10. Bd2 d5 11. Ng3 Qd6 12. Qe1 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bxh3 14. Ng5 hxg5 15. gxh3
Bf6 $17 {0-1 Flores,P-Shushkovsky/World op 1993 (29)}) 10. Qd3 Nf8 11. Bd2 Bf5
12. Qe2 c6 13. c3 Qb6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. b3 a5 16. Nh4 Bd7 17. Qd3 g5 18. Nhf5 Qb5
19. Qxb5 cxb5 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. f4 $14 {Kholmov,R-Khodos,G/URS-ch30 1962/1-0 
(49)}) (9. Nh4 $2 e5 10. Nxg6 $6 Bf5 11. dxe5 Bxg6 12. e6 Rf8 13. Ng3 Nc6 $19 {
0-1 Baker,A-Cunningham,P/Luzern olm 1982 (34)}) 9... Bf5 10. Qe3 (10. Qe2 $6
Bg4 11. Ned2 Nc6 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) (10. Nh4 e6 $1 (10... e5 11. Nxf5 gxf5 12. Ng3
$14 {[%csl Rb7,Rf5]}) (10... d5 11. Nxf5 dxe4 12. Nxh6+ Bxh6 13. Qxe4 {[%cal
Re4g6,Re4b7]} Bxc1 (13... Bg7 14. Qxb7 Nd7 15. Qe4 $44) 14. Qxg6+ Kf8 15. Raxc1
$44) 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Nd2 Nc6 $15 {[%cal Gd8d7,Ga8e8]}) 10... Nc6 {[%cal
Ge7e5,Gc6b4,Yb4c2,Yb4d5]} 11. c3 (11. Re1 $5 Nb4 $1 (11... e5) 12. Qb3 Nxc2 $1
13. Qxc2 d5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... Bxe4 $2 15. Nxf7) 15. dxe5 Bxe4 16. Qb3 $11 {
[%cal Rb3b7,Rc1h6]}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Nd4 $2 Ng4) 13...
Bxe5 14. Ng3 $1 $11 {[%cal Re3h6,Gg3f5]} Bg7 (14... Bxg3 $143) 15. Nxf5 Rxf5
16. Bd2 (16. Qe6+ $142 $5 Kh7 17. Be3) 16... Qe8 17. Qd3 Qf7 {[%cal Rf7a2,
Ga8e8]} 18. b3 {[%cal Ga1e1]} Re8 19. Be3 (19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1 (20. Rxe1
Rxf2 21. Qe3 Rf5 22. Qxa7 b5 $1 $15) 20... a5 21. Rd1 $11 {/=/+}) 19... Rd5 20.
Qc2 Qf5 {[%csl Rc3]} 21. Rac1 $1 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Qxc2 22. Rxc2 a5 23. c4 Rf5 24.
a4 {White close queenside and sign by that a peace agreement.} (24. Rd1 $5 $11)
24... b6 25. Rd1 h5 26. h3 Kh7 27. Rd5 Rf7 28. Rd1 $11 1/2-1/2

