[Event "World-ch14 Alekhine-Bogoljubow +8-3=15"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1934.04.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1934.04.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "26"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 (4. Nh3 Be7 (4... d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7.
Nc3 Nbd7 8. Qd3 Ne4 9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. e4 $16 {Grünfeld-Mieses/
Tepliz-Schönau/1922}) 5. O-O d5 (5... O-O 6. c4 (6. Nd2 d6 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Qe8
$1 9. e3 $2 Ng4 10. Qe2 Qh5 $17 {Przepiorka-Tartakover/Pistyan/1922}) 6... d5 (
6... d6 7. Qb3 (7. Nc3 e5 $5) 7... c6 $1 8. Nc3 Na6 9. Ng5 e5 10. Rd1 Qe8 11.
d5 h6 12. Nf3 {Karpov,An-Nikolic,Pr/Reykjavik WCup/1991/ -> CBM 26} cxd5 $1 $10
) 7. Bg5 $5 c6 8. e3 $5 (8. Nd2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e3 g5 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. f4
Qe7 $6 13. Nf2 gxf4 $6 (13... g4 $14) 14. gxf4 Kh7 15. Nd3 Rg8 16. cxd5 exd5
17. Ne5 $16 {Dautov,R-Glek,I Frunze(Armee-ch) 1987}) 8... h6 (8... dxc4 $6 9.
Nd2 b5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. a4 $14) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nf4 g5 11. Ng6 Re8 12. Nd2
Nd7 13. f4 $14) 6. Nd2 c6 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Nf4 O-O 9. c3 Na6 10. Ne5 Nc7 11. Nfd3
Ne8 12. f3 $14 {Gheorghiu,F-Ragozin,E, Bern 1992 (by transposition). CBM 28
game 220.}) 4... Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Bf4 $6 (7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne5) 7...
Qe8 $1 8. Rc1 Nc6 (8... Nbd7 $5) (8... Bd7 $142) (8... a6 $142) 9. d5 Nd8 (9...
exd5 10. cxd5 Nd8 {[%csl Rc7] קc7}) 10. Nb5 Qd7 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd6 (11. cxd5
Qxb5 12. Nd4 (12. Rxc7 Qa5+ 13. Rc3 Bf6 14. Nd4 e5 15. Nb3 Qxa2 $17) 12... Qb6
13. dxe6 c6 {Fine}) 11... cxd6 12. cxd5 e5 13. Bxe5 dxe5 14. d6 Bf6 15. Rxc8
Rxc8 16. d7 Qe6 17. dxc8=Q Qxc8 18. e4 $10 {Bogoljubow}) (10... e5 $2 11. Nxe5
$1 dxe5 12. Nxc7 Qd7 (12... Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Qd7 15. Nxa8 $16) 13.
Bxe5 Bb4+ (13... Rb8 14. Ne6) 14. Kf1 Nf7 15. Nxa8 (15. Bf4 g5) 15... Nxe5 16.
a3 Be7 17. c5 Qb5 18. b4 $16 {Fine}) 11. Qb3 a6 (11... e5 $2 12. Bxe5 $1 dxe5
13. Nxe5 Qe8 14. Nxc7 Bb4+ 15. Qxb4 Qxe5 16. Nxa8 Qb8 17. Nb6 axb6 18. Qxb6 $18
{Fine/Bogoljubow}) 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nc3 Nxf4 (13... Kh8 {[%cal Yf6e4] /\Ne4})
14. gxf4 Kh8 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. e3 Ne4 17. Nd4 c5 (17... c6 18. Nb6 Bxb6 19. Qxb6
Nc5 20. O-O a5 21. Nb3 $1 Ne6 22. Nd4 (22. Nxa5 Ra6 23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Nb3 Rxa2
$15) 22... Nc5 $10) 18. Ne2 Ba5+ 19. Ndc3 b5 20. O-O Bb7 (20... Nd2 $2 21. Qc2
$16 Ne4 (21... Nxf1 22. Bxa8) 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxe4) 21. Nxe4 (21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. cxb5 Bf3 23. bxa6 Qe8 24. Ng3 h5 25. h4 Qe7 $40 {-+ Fine}) 21... Bxe4 (
21... fxe4 $142 {Lasker}) 22. Rfd1 $1 (22. Bxe4 $142 fxe4 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Qd5
) 22... Bxg2 (22... Rab8 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Ng3 Qc6 (24... bxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxb2
26. Qxc5 $14 {Bogoljubow} Be1 $145 $1 $17 27. Rxd6 Bxf2+ 28. Kh1 Qg4) 25. Qc2
Rfe8 26. b3 $10) (22... bxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qb7+ 25. Kg1 Qxb2 26. Rxd6
$10) 23. Kxg2 Rab8 $6 (23... Qc6+ $142 $10) 24. cxb5 $1 Rxb5 25. Qd5 (25. Qc2
$2 Qb7+) 25... Rxb2 (25... Rd8 26. Ng3 g6 27. b3 $16 {Fine}) 26. Ng3 (26. Rxc5
Bb4 27. Rc4 Qb5 $17) 26... Bb6 27. a3 $1 (27. Qxd6 $10 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 g6 29. h4
(29. Kf3 Rb8 30. Ne2 Rxa2 31. Nc3 Rb2 32. Nd5 Bd8 33. Kg3) 29... Rd8 30. Rxd8+
Bxd8 31. Rxc5 Rxa2 32. Rc8 Rd2 33. Ne2 Kg7 34. Nd4 Bb6 35. Nf3 Rb2 36. Kg3)
27... c4 $1 28. Kg1 (28. Nf1 $1 Qe8 (28... Rf6 29. Rxc4 $16) 29. Qxd6 Bxe3 $2
30. Nxe3 Qxe3 31. Qxf8#) 28... Qe8 $1 29. Rxc4 (29. Qxd6 $2 Bxe3 $1 30. fxe3 $2
Qxe3+) (29. Nxf5 $2 Rb5 $19) 29... Bc5 $1 (29... Bxe3 $2 30. fxe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kh1
Qf2 32. Nf1 $16 {[%cal Yc4c3] /\Rc3}) 30. a4 $2 $138 (30. Nxf5 $1 Qg6+ (30...
Qh5 31. Ng3 Qh3 32. Re4 $14) 31. Ng3 Bxa3 32. Rc6 (32. f5 Qe8) (32. Ra4 Qc2 $19
) 32... Bc5 33. Qd3 $14) 30... Qg6 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Yh7h5,Yh2h4,Yc5e3,Rg6g3] /
\31... h5 32.h4 Be3+-} 31. Rc3 (31. Rxc5 $142 dxc5 32. Qxc5 Rbb8 (32... Rfb8
33. Rd6 Qg4 34. Qd4) 33. Rd6 $10 Qg4 (33... Rf6 34. Rxf6 gxf6 (34... Qxf6 35.
Nxf5)) 34. Kg2 {[%cal Yh2h3] /\h3}) 31... h5 32. h4 (32. Kf1 $142 Qg4) 32...
Qf6 33. Rcd3 g6 (33... Qxh4 34. Qh1 Qxh1+ 35. Nxh1 h4 $1 $17) 34. Qc4 (34. Qc6
Rb6 $1 (34... a5 $2 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 $40 {=})) 34... a5 35. Qc3 $2 $138 {
-+} (35. Qa6 $142 Bb4 (35... Qxh4 36. Qxa5) 36. Rxd6) 35... Qxc3 36. Rxc3 Ra2
37. Rc4 Rb8 38. Rd5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rbb2 (39... Bxe3 $2 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rc7+ Kf8
(41... Kh6 $4 42. Nxf5+ gxf5 43. Rxd6#) 42. Rxd6 $14 {Fine}) 40. Nh1 Rb4 (40...
Bxe3 41. Rxd6 Bxf2 42. Nxf2 (42. Rd7 $2 Bxh4+) 42... Rxf2+ 43. Kg3 Rfb2 44. Rd3
$17 {Fine} (44. Rc8+ $145 Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46. Rd8 (46. Rd3 $14))) 41. Rcxc5
dxc5 42. Rxc5 Raxa4 43. Rc8+ Kg7 44. Rc7+ Kh6 45. Rc6 (45. Ng3 Ra2 46. e4 fxe4
47. f5 e3 48. fxg6 Rxf2+ 49. Kh3 Rxh4+ 50. Kxh4 Rh2#) 45... Ra2 $1 46. Ng3 Kg7
47. Rc7+ Kf8 48. Rc8+ Kf7 49. Rc7+ Ke8 50. Rc6 Rbb2 51. Nh1 Kf7 52. Rc7+ Kf6
53. Rc6+ Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kh6 55. Rc6 a4 56. Kh3 a3 57. e4 fxe4 58. f5 e3 59. fxg6
exf2 60. Ng3 Rb3 61. Rf6 Kg7 62. Rxf2 Rxg3+ (62... Rxf2 $10) 0-1

[Event "Arbeiderspers International"]
[Site "Amsterdam/ The Hague/ Rotterd"]
[Date "1936.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1936.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "HCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1)De Schaakwereld 1936,no.19,P.16 2)Lachaga:Amsterdam 1936. S.34-5.3)
Fine:Amsterdam 1936. p.28 The games of the 6th round were played in Rotterdam.}
e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nbd2 Bf6 8. Qc2 d5 9.
b3 c5 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Bxf6 Rxf6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Re8 20. Rc1 Kf7 21. f3
Rfe6 22. Rf1 Rf6 23. Rc1 Rfe6 24. Rf1 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.02.07"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 c5
9. Bb2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Na6 $2 (10... a5) 11. Ne5 Qe8 12. e3 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd6 14.
Ndf3 Ne4 15. Nd3 Qh5 16. Rfe1 {/\ Nfe5} Qh6 17. Nfe5 Rc8 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. cxd5
exd5 20. Qf3 Qe6 (20... Rf8 $142) 21. h4 Rf8 $2 (21... c4 $142 22. bxc4 Bxe5
23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. dxe5) 22. Qh5 Rc7 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Nf4 Qe7 (24... Qe8 25.
Qxe8 Rxe8 26. Nxd5 Rxe5 27. Nxc7 Bxc7 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ $18)
25. Nxd5 (25. Neg6 $2 hxg6 26. Nxg6 Qe6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28. Qxg7+ Ke8 $19) 25...
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nb4 27. Qd1 (27. Bxe4 fxe4 28. Nc4 g6 29. Qd1 $132) 27... Bxe5 $2
(27... Nxd5 $5 28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qxe4 $16) 28. Rxe5 Qf7 29. Bf1
Kh8 30. Bc4 Qf6 31. Re8 Rxe8 32. Bxf6 gxf6 33. Qh5 Rce7 34. a3 Na2 35. Rd1 Rb8
36. Qxf5 Nac3 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Nussloch"]
[Site "Nussloch"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[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 {Hecht} e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 d5
8. Qc2 Bd7 9. Ne5 Be8 10. Ndf3 (10. Nd3 g5 $5 11. Nf3 h6) 10... Ne4 11. b3 Kh8
12. Bb2 Bd6 13. Ne1 Nd7 14. N1d3 Qe7 15. Nxd7 (15. f3 $5 Ng5 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4
$14) 15... Bxd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. b4 Be8 (17... a5 $5 18. a3 Rfb8 19. f3 Nf6 20.
Qd2 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Qd8 23. Ne5 Be8 $14 {/\Ra8}) 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qd2
$14 Rg8 20. Rae1 $1 {Eher eine Prophylaxe, als eine Drohung. Weiß will e2-e4
am liebsten nur nach g7-g5 von Schwarz spielen.} a5 21. a3 axb4 22. axb4 Ra2 $6
(22... Bh5 $5) 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 {[%cal Ra1a8] <->a} g5 $2 {Schwarz hat
diesen Angriffszug lange vorbereitet, dennoch scheint der ganze Plan
fehlerhaft zu sein.} 25. e4 $1 {Es ist bekannt, daß der Gegenschlag im Zentrum
die beste Reaktion auf das Flügelspiel ist.} fxe4 (25... g4 26. e5 Nh5 (26...
Nd7 $2 27. fxg4 Rxg4 28. Ra7 $16) 27. fxg4 Rxg4 28. Ra7 Bb8 29. Ra8 Bc7 30. Qh6
$16) 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Nf2 Nd5 28. Nxe4 h6 29. Re1 $1 $16 {Jetzt sieht man
deutlich, daß 24...g5 Schwarz nichts anderes als Schwächen gebracht hat.} Bg6
$6 30. b5 $1 Bf5 (30... cxb5 31. Nc3 $1 (31. Nd6 Qd7 (31... Bxd6 $2 32. Bxd5
$16)) 31... Qd7 32. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 33. Bxd5 Qd7 34. Bxg8 Kxg8 35. d5 b4 36. d6 $1
bxc3 37. Qxc3 $16 Bf5 38. dxc7 $16) 31. Qe2 Qg7 32. Nd6 Ba5 33. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 (
33... Bxe1 $2 34. Bxe6 Bxe6 35. Qxe6 Bb4 36. d5 Bxc5+ 37. Kh1 Qxb2 38. Qxh6#)
34. Rf1 Rf8 35. g4 Bg6 36. Qxe6 $18 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Bd3+ 38. Kf2 Qf8+ 39. Nf5
Bc7 (39... Bxb5 40. Qe5+ Kh7 41. Qxd5 Bc6 42. Qe6 $18) 40. b6 $1 Bxh2 41. Qe7
$1 Qxe7 42. Nxe7 {Hecht: [#] Hilflose schwarze LL gegen weißen Riesenbauer b6,
ideales Zusammenspiel von L+S} Bc4 43. Ba3 Kh7 44. c6 bxc6 45. Nf5 Bd3 46. Ke3
(46. Bd6 {Hecht} Bxf5 47. Bxh2 Bc8 $10) 46... Be4 (46... Bxf5 47. gxf5 $18 {
/\Be7-d8-c7} (47. gxf5 {Hecht} h5 (47... Kg7 48. Be7 Kf7 49. Bd8 Ke8 50. Bc7
Bxc7 51. bxc7 Kd7 52. f6 $18) 48. Be7 g4 49. Bd8 $18)) 47. Nd6 Bg1+ 48. Kd2
Bxd4 49. b7 Ba7 50. Nc8 Bb8 51. Bd6 d4 52. Bxb8 c5 53. Nd6 1-0

[Event "New York Generation"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.04.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 {Black's main
idea of this variation is to hold his knight on the important position e4. He
intends to play d7-d5, c7-c6 and to get into the game his light-squared bishop
via d7 to e8.} (6... d6 {is another theoretical line.}) 7. Nc3 {White has
possibilty of developing his knight on d2:} (7. Nbd2 {See commented game 1-0
Psakhis,L-Zilberman,Y/Tel Aviv 1999/CBM 71/[Tyomkin,D] (42)}) (7. d5 Bf6 (7...
Na6 8. Nd4 Bf6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. Rb1 c6 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 g6 14.
Ba3 $14 {1-0 Brenninkmeijer,J-Hansen,C/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 20 (43)}) (7... d6 8.
dxe6 Nc6 9. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Van
Wely,L-Donchev,D/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (53)}) 8. Qc2 (8. Nd4 c5 9. Nc2 Nd6 10.
dxe6 dxe6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. f4 $6 Qc7 13. Nba3 Rd8 $15 {0-1 Simonovic,B-Kostic,B/
Zagreb 1946/EXT 99 (29)}) (8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. e4 f4 11. d6 $6 cxd6 12.
Nb1 Nc6 13. Qxd6 Be7 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Nd2 d6 $15 {0-1 Kozlov,
O-Poluljahov,A/Kobanya op 1992/TD (24)}) 8... Na6 $5 (8... a5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 (
9... Nc5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 exd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8 14. Ng5 $14 {
1-0 Reshevsky,S-Suesman,W/New York 1938/EXT 99 (26)}) 10. Bxd2 $14 d6 11. dxe6
Bxe6 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ionescu,C-Bischoff,K/Luzern
1985/MCD (34)}) (8... exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Na6 (11... a5 12.
Nc4 Nd7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16. e3 $14 {0-1 Nikolic,P-Short,N/
Tilburg 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler] (36)}) 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Nd4 f4 $5
15. gxf4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxf4 17. e3 Rh4 $13 {1/2-1/2 Suesman,W-Jackson,E/
Ventnor City 1945/HCL (33)}) 9. Ne1 $6 (9. Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 d6 11. Bc3 Bxc3
12. Nxc3 e5 13. a3 Qe8 14. b4 Bd7 $11 {1-0 Engqvist,T-Bellin,R/Gausdal 1990/
CBM 16 ext (41)}) 9... Nb4 10. Qd1 a5 11. f3 Nc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rb1 c6 14. e4 (
14. a3 exd5 15. axb4 axb4 $17) 14... exd5 15. exd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $15 {
0-1 Huerta-Nogueiras/Santa Clara 1980 (34)}) 7... d5 8. Ne5 c6 9. Nxe4 $146 {
In the previous games white tried following possibilities:} (9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Rd1
(10. f3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 (11. Qxc3 $5 $14) 11... Nd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e4 b5 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. exd5 exd5 16. f4 Bb7 $11 {1-0 Hulak,K-Barle,J/Pula 1992/EXT 98 
(43)}) 10... b6 11. Be3 (11. Bf4 $5) 11... Ba6 12. Rac1 Bf6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14.
Nxe4 fxe4 15. Rd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kreuzer,H-Burmeister,R/Germany 1992/EXT 97 (21)}
) (9. f3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. e4 fxe4 13. fxe4 Rxf1+ 14. Kxf1 dxc4
15. Qxc4 $14 {1-0 Lehtinen,H-Persson,L/32nd Rilton Cup, Stockholm SWE 2002 (25)
}) 9... fxe4 10. f3 Nd7 $6 {Very responsible decision. This move allows white
to get a slight advantage, while} (10... exf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 {provides to
approximately equal position.}) 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. cxd5 $6 {White is going to
win the pawn, all the black pieces will be very active, including the
light-squared bishop.} ({Probably stronger is} 12. fxe4 dxc4 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14.
Qc2 $14) 12... exf3 13. dxe6 Bxe6 {Black has another interesting option:} ({
Comes to consideration} 13... fxg2 14. Rxf8+ Bxf8 15. exd7 Qxd7 $13) 14. Bxf3 {
White is pawn up, but black has active pieces, which probably compensate the
pawn.} Qb6 15. Bf4 (15. b3 $5 {deserved attention.}) 15... Bf6 16. e3 Rad8 {
[%cal Gf6d4,Yb6g1] threatening tactical blow Bxd4.} 17. Qe2 (17. Be4 $2 Bxd4 $1
18. Qh5 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 g6 $1 20. Bxg6 $140 Bd5+) (17. Bg4 Bd5 $1) 17... Qb4 $2 {
Quite a strange move, which allows to white to get the position with pawn up
without any real compensation for black.} ({Much more logical was} 17... g5 $1
18. Bg4 (18. Be5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 {and black is not worse.}) 18... Bd5 19. Be5
Bxe5 20. dxe5 Rde8 $13) 18. a3 Qb3 (18... Qe7 {deserved attention.}) 19. Rac1
Rfe8 (19... Bh3 20. Rf2 g5 21. Bc7 Rde8 $14) 20. Rc3 $16 {White is a pawn up,
while it isn't clear how black intends to get the compensation for it.} Qb6 21.
h4 Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. Qc2 Kh8 24. Rb3 Rb5 25. Rxb5 Qxb5 26. Rd1 $6 (26. b4
$5 {was better}) 26... Qh5 27. Kf2 {[%cal Yc2e2]} (27. Rd2 $5) 27... h6 28. Qe2
Qf5 29. Kg1 $2 {White overlooks tactical resourse.} ({Better is} 29. Qd3) 29...
Re6 $2 ({Black misses an attractive option to win the pawn back:} 29... Bxh4 $1
30. gxh4 $140 Qxf4) 30. h5 Re8 31. b4 a5 32. Qf3 axb4 33. axb4 Kh7 34. d5 $6 (
34. Rf1 $5) 34... cxd5 $2 (34... Re4 $142 35. d6 Rxb4 36. d7 Bd8) 35. Qxd5 Qg4
36. Rf1 (36. Rd2 {comes to consideration.}) 36... Rd8 37. Qe4+ Kg8 38. Qf3 $2 (
38. Qxb7 $142 Qxh5 {but anyway black has good chance for a draw thanks to
vulnerable position of white king.}) 38... Qh3 $2 (38... Qxf3 39. Rxf3 Be7 {
and probably the result of the game should be a draw.}) 39. Rd1 Ra8 $2 ({
More resistant was} 39... Re8 $16 40. Qxb7 $140 Qxh5) 40. Qxb7 $18 Ra3 41. Qd5+
Kh8 42. b5 Rxe3 {Desperation.} 43. Bxe3 Qxg3+ 44. Kf1 Qxe3 45. Rd3 {White has
a material advantage without any black's compensation, so the rest is a matter
of an easy technic.} Qf4+ 46. Rf3 Qc1+ 47. Kg2 Qb2+ 48. Rf2 Qb4 49. Qf5 Qa5 50.
Re2 Qd8 51. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 14th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2016.01.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Bellin, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2016.01.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d5 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. a3 a5
9. Nbd2 Ne4 10. e3 Kh8 (10... a4) 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Be8 13. Rac1 Bg6 {Robert
Bellin, an experienced IM who has been around for several decades, wrote a
book for Batsford called 'The Classical Dutch' in 1977, ten years before
Nakamura was even born. Unfortunately in chess there are no extra marks for
seniority, as in some other walks of life. ...Bh5 seems to me the more logical
move here. From this point on, Black starts losing the thread of the game.} (
13... Bh5 $11) 14. Ne1 Bf7 15. Nd3 a4 $2 {This was OK a few moves ago but now
it's just an impetuous move that only helps White in advancing on the
queenside. Moreover the pawn will prove a weakness.} ({A typical move in this
position like} 15... Qe8 {seems in order.} {For instance} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nf3
Kg8 18. Nfe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c6 20. f3 Nd6 {and Black is OK.}) 16. b4 $14 Bd6 17.
cxd5 exd5 18. Nf3 Qe8 19. Nfe5 Nd8 (19... Ne7 20. Nc5 b6 21. Ncd3 Bg8 22. f3
Ng5 $16) 20. Nc5 Bxe5 $6 {I would have hung on to this bishop until the f-file
was opened up by White.} (20... b6 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. f3 Bxe5 $1 (22... exf3 23.
Nxf7+ Rxf7 24. Bxf3 Qxe3+ 25. Kg2 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qe6 27. Rcf1 $18) 23. dxe5 exf3
24. Bxf3 c6 25. Bg2 $16) 21. dxe5 Nxc5 22. bxc5 Qb5 (22... Be6 23. Rfd1 c6 24.
Rd4 $16) 23. Rfd1 c6 24. Bf1 Qa5 25. Bc3 Qxc5 $4 {This is a serious mistake
that loses instantly. I suspect time trouble.} ({After} 25... Qc7 26. Qxf5 Ne6
27. Bd4 $16 {White is clearly better (pawn up, much more space, probable
intention to build up pressure on the b-file) but still has a lot of work to
do.}) 26. e6 $1 $18 Nxe6 27. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 28. Qb2+ {Probably Black missed
this. Game over.} Kg8 29. Rxc5 Nxc5 30. Qb6 Bh5 31. Rd4 Nd7 32. Qxb7 Ne5 33.
Rb4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Ne1 35. Qxc6 $18 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Be4 37. Be2 Nf3+ 38. Bxf3 Bxf3
39. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rapport, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[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"]

1. d4 {In an encounter in which you easily could think that Black (Richard
Rapport a usual member of 2700 club) played a what one can consider a
coffeehouse attack and got an inferior position against solid Alexader
Riazantsev. Nevertheless, the Russian went astray and the game was almost a
draw when he made another blunder and lost almost immediately. It was the sort
of blunder hardly seen in top level tournaments of this kind.} e6 2. c4 f5 {
The time to consider the Dutch/ Stonewall Defence as dubious has passed!
Nowadays thanks to computers and practical implications almost any opening is
playable.} 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O Ne4 $5 {Too original even for
Dutch players. But Rapport had played it in the past with mixed results!} 7.
Nc3 {Riazantsev follows Ipatov's path against Rapport!} (7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxd7
Bxd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qb3 Bc6 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Qd6
15. Qe3 O-O 16. Ne5 a4 17. Rac1 Bb5 18. Rc2 c6 19. Qh3 Qe7 20. Re1 a3 21. b3
Rf6 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. e3 Rh6 24. Qg3 Rf8 25. Kh1 Rf5 26. Rg1 Rfh5 27. f3 exf3
28. Rf2 Be2 29. Qg4 g6 30. f5 Qh4 31. Qxh4 Rxh4 32. Ng4 R6h5 33. Nf6+ Kg7 34.
Nxh5+ Rxh5 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Rc1 Kf6 37. Rc2 Ke6 38. Kg1 Rg5+ 39. Kh1 Rh5 40.
Kg1 g5 41. b4 g4 42. Rc3 Kf5 43. Rxa3 Rh8 44. Rc3 Ra8 45. a3 Ke4 46. Rb3 Rg8
47. a4 g3 48. hxg3 Rxg3+ 49. Kh2 Rg8 50. a5 Rf8 51. Kg3 Rh8 52. Rxe2 Rg8+ 53.
Kf2 Rg2+ 54. Kf1 fxe2+ 55. Ke1 Rh2 56. Ra3 Kf3 57. e4+ Kxe4 58. a6 bxa6 59. Kd2
Kxd4 60. Rxa6 Rh6 61. Kxe2 Kc4 62. Rb6 d4 63. Rb8 d3+ {0-1 (63) Wojtaszek,R 
(2715)-Rapport,R (2701) Budapest 2014}) 7... c6 8. Nd2 (8. Ne5 {This move by
Ipatov seems sound but despite White's long lasting advantage the game against
Ipatov ended in a draw.} Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. f3 (11. Bf4 O-O 12.
e3 b5 13. c5 a5 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Be8 16. e4 Bg6 17. e5 Be4 18. Bh5 Qc7 19.
Qd2 a4 20. Be3 Bf5 21. h4 Bh3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Kh2 Bf5 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Bg5
Bxg5 26. Qxg5 Qxg5 27. hxg5 a3 28. bxa3 Ra8 29. Rf2 g6 30. Bd1 Rxa3 31. g4 Bb1
32. Bb3 Kg7 33. Rf6 Bxa2 34. Bxa2 Rxa2+ 35. Kg3 Ra6 36. Rxe6 Kf7 37. Rf6+ Ke7
38. Kf4 b4 39. Ke3 Ra3+ 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. Rxc6 Rxg4 42. Kd3 Rxg5 43. Rc7+ Ke6 44.
Rc6+ Ke7 45. Rc7+ Ke6 46. Rc6+ {1/2-1/2 (46) Ipatov,A (2625)-Rapport,R (2649)
Germany 2015}) 11... exf3 12. Rxf3 dxc4 13. Qc2 Bf6 14. Qxc4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qxb2
16. Rff1 Qa3 17. Bd2 b5 18. Qc1 Bxd4+ 19. e3 Bb2 20. Qe1 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Rf8 22.
Rc1 Qd3 23. Bb4 Rf6 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. Qe5 Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Rd1 Qc2 28. Be7
Be8 29. Rxd8 {1-0 (29) Schneider, I (2487)-Rapport,R (2718) Austria 2014}) 8...
Nd6 $5 {The position looks very suspicious yet the game is practically very
well alive and an original position has just arisen!} 9. b3 Nd7 10. a4 h5 {
if you had asked me 10 years ago, I would have told you that this move should
lose on the spot but these days such a move can be played and you need deep
and thorough calculation to refute it! If it is refutable at all!} 11. b4 h4
12. b5 hxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 {Something has gone wrong for White as his
developmental advantage means nothing anymore.} 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. a5 a6 16. bxc6
bxc6 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. Qc2 Nfe4 19. Ncxe4 fxe4 20. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 {It seems
that Rapport is in complete control of the position now. However his next
moves cause a lot of turbulence! It should be wrong objectively but it is
Riazantsev who lost his path through the maze of different lines!} e3 $2 (21...
O-O $1 22. Qb6 Qe8 23. e3 Bc8 $14) 22. Qg6+ Nf7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 (23... exf2+ 24.
Kxf2 Qxe7 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Ke1 $16 {Black would have been down a pawn without
any counterplay.}) 24. fxe3 O-O 25. Qd3 $2 {A strange retreat!} (25. Rf1 Qa3
26. Qd3 Qxa5 27. e4 {with a tangible advantage for White!} Nh6 28. Nf3 Ng4 29.
e5 $16) 25... Qg5 26. e4 dxc4 $1 {Riazantsev must have missed this cheap
tactic.} 27. Nxc4 c5 $1 {White's extra pawn is becoming irrelavant but what
happens in the next few moves is beyond everyone's wildest imagination!} 28.
Qe3 (28. d5 Bb5 29. dxe6 Bxc4 30. exf7+ Bxf7 31. Qxa6 c4 {should lead to a
draw thanks to Black's active pieces and passed c-pawn.} 32. Qc6 Qe5 33. Rf1 (
33. Rd1 Qxa5) 33... Qxa5 34. Bh3 Qe5 35. Kg2 g6) 28... Qxe3+ 29. Nxe3 cxd4 30.
Nc2 e5 {Now Black has some slight edge!} 31. e3 Rc8 32. Nb4 dxe3 33. Bf1 $1 {
This move equalises but only two moves later Riazantsev blunders!} Rb8 34. Nxa6
Rb2 35. Nc5 $4 (35. Bc4 Bg4 36. Rf1 e2 37. Re1 Kf8 38. Nc5 Nd6 (38... Ng5 $4
39. a6 Nf3+ 40. Kf2 Nxe1 41. a7 {and White promotes.}) 39. Bd5 Rb5 40. Nd3 Rxa5
41. Nxe5 Bh5 42. g4 Be8 43. Rxe2 Nxe4 $11) 35... Ng5 $1 {but now White is in a
mating net!} 36. Bg2 Bh3 37. Bxh3 Nf3+ {An important win for Rapport, which he
could not have obtained if Riazantsev had not had one of his off days at the
office!} (37... Nf3+ 38. Kh1 (38. Kf1 Rf2#) 38... Rh2#) 0-1

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. c4 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 (7. b3)
7... c6 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Nd3 $1 Ne4 10. Qc2 $1 Bf6 11. Nf3 $1 $16 Kh8 12. b3 Qe8
13. Ba3 (13. a4 $142) 13... Rg8 14. Rac1 a5 15. Bb2 Qh5 16. a4 Rd8 17. Ba3 Rg8
18. Rb1 Ng5 19. Rfe1 Qf7 20. Nxg5 Bxg5 21. Bd6 Bf6 22. e3 g5 23. b4 axb4 24.
Rxb4 Nf8 25. Reb1 Ng6 26. Nc5 Ra7 27. Qb3 (27. a5 $1 Be7 $140 28. Nxb7 $18)
27... Rg7 (27... Rd8 28. Bb8 Ra8 29. Nxb7 $18) 28. Qc2 $6 Qg8 29. h3 $2 (29.
Nd3) 29... Qd8 $1 30. Bb8 Ra8 31. cxd5 cxd5 $138 (31... Rxb8 $13) 32. Be5 Nxe5
33. dxe5 Bxe5 34. Nxb7 Bxb7 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Rb8 37. Qc6 Rxb7 38. Qxb7
Qc7 39. Qb5 Kg7 40. a5 d4 (40... f4 $142) (40... Bd6 41. a6 Bc5 {[%cal Yd5d4]})
41. a6 $1 dxe3 42. a7 exf2+ 43. Kh1 Qxa7 44. Qxe5+ Kf7 45. Bf1 h5 $2 (45...
Qb7+ 46. Kh2 Qf3 $1 (46... Qd5 $11)) 46. Bc4 $1 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ye5f5]} f1=Q+
$8 47. Bxf1 Qa8+ 48. Kh2 Qd8 49. Be2 Qd2 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qd2 52. Kf2 g4 $6
(52... Ke7 $142) 53. h4 Qd8 54. Ke3 Qf6 55. Qa5 (55. Kf4 $4 Qh6#) 55... e5 $2
56. Bc4+ Kg6 57. Qc7 $22 Qg7 (57... e4 58. Kf4) (57... f4+ 58. Kd2 fxg3 59.
Bd3+) 58. Qd6+ Qf6 59. Qd7 Qb6+ (59... Qg7 60. Qe8+ Kh6 61. Qe6+) (59... Kh6
60. Be6) 60. Kd3 Qb1+ 61. Kc3 Qe1+ (61... Qe1+ 62. Kb3 $1 Qxg3+ (62... Qb1+ 63.
Ka4 Qc2+ 64. Kb5 Qb1+ 65. Kc5 Qg1+ 66. Kc6 Qg2+ 67. Kc7 $18) 63. Ka4 Qxh4 64.
Qf7+ Kh6 65. Qf8+ Kg6 (65... Kh7 66. Bg8+) 66. Bf7+ $1 Kf6 (66... Kh7 67. Qg8+
Kh6 68. Qg6#) 67. Qd8+ Kxf7 68. Qxh4) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-23"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1978.11.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Jamieson, Robert Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Robatsch,K"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 "Austria"]
[BlackTeam "Australia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUS"]

{Inf.26/112} 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. d5 $5 Bb4+ 7.
Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 e5 10. d6 $1 cxd6 $2 (10... Qxd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12.
Nc3 Nc6 13. Rfd1 Ne8 14. Rd2 $16) 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Qg5 $1 d5 (12... g6 13. Nh4
Kh8 14. Qxg6) 13. Nh4 Kh8 14. Nxf5 Qf7 15. cxd5 Nb4 16. Rac1 Ne8 17. f4 $1 Qf6
(17... Qxf5 18. fxe5) 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. a3 Na6 21. Nb5 Nf6 22.
Nfd6 Kg7 23. b4 b6 24. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Candidates m1"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Rogers,I"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1991.01.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Bd7 $5 8. b3
a5 $6 {Short's experiments with the Dutch defence in the past have yielded
some notable victories, but here his judgement seems rather suspect. The text
move helps White by allowing him to more easily open lines on the queenside
later in the game.} 9. Ba3 c6 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne5 Be8 12. Nd3 Bh5 13. Nf4 g5
14. Nxh5 Nxh5 {Black has exchanged his 'bad' bishop but at the expense of
weakening his kingside. The advanced pawns would only be of use for attacking
purposes but there are no targets for Black to attack.} 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. a3 Nhf6
17. Qc3 Nb6 18. Rab1 Rf7 ({On} 18... Qxa3 {White wins back a more valuable
pawn with} 19. c5 Nbd7 20. Qe3) 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. b5
$1 {The culmination of White's play over the last six moves. Black's
'stonewall' pawns now come under heavy pressure.} Ra3 23. Rb3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 c5
25. Qe3 $1 Nd7 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Qd4 $1 Rf5 28. Ra1 $1 Kf7 29. Ra8 Nd7 30. Ra7
Nf6 $2 {With White's rook and queen invading the Black position, mistakes are
easy to come by.} ({The text loses a pawn and the game but even after} 30...
Nc5 31. Qh8 {Black's chances for a successful defence are not great.}) 31. Qb6
$1 Kg6 32. Qxb7 Qc5 $6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. e3 Qb4 35. g4 $1 ({It's mate after} 35.
g4 $1 Nxg4 ({or} 35... Qxd2 36. Qg7#) 36. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "CUB-ch KO"]
[Site "Santa Clara"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2533"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.04.18"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Ne4 {An old variation
from Alekhine.} (6... d6 {is a much more popular continuation..}) 7. Qc2 {
A flexible move - now white may place his knight at c3 without worrying about
his pawn structure.} ({Other options here are:} 7. Nc3 {1-0 Krush,I-Akobian,V/
New York 2003/CBM 095 (51) (Erenburg, S)}) (7. Nbd2 {See commented game 1-0
Psakhis,L-Zilberman,Y/Tel Aviv 1999/CBM 71/[Tyomkin,D] (42)}) (7. d5 $5) (7. b3
$5) 7... Bf6 8. Nc3 {The logical continuation of White's previous play - the
knight is placed more actively at c3 than at d2.} ({A possible alternative is:
} 8. Nbd2 d5 9. b3 {with a long quiet play.}) 8... d5 9. cxd5 $146 {In my
opinion, this exchange makes Black's play a bit easier, as his pieces get more
space.} (9. Bf4 $5 {is more popular and logical continuation here. For
instance,} c6 10. Be5 (10. b4 $5 $14 {Spraggett, K}) 10... Nd7 11. Bxf6 Qxf6
12. b4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Naumann,A-Berelovich,A/playchess
INT 2005/The Week in Chess 543 (18)}) 9... exd5 10. Bf4 Nc6 $5 {An interesting
idea: Black attackes the pawn on d4. takes control of the square e5 and
prepares active operations on the king-side which are connected with g7-g5.} ({
Of course,} 10... c6 {was more natural and solid.}) 11. Nb5 $6 {[%csl Rc7]
[%cal Gf4c7] I don't like that move, as it is connected with the following
simplifications.} ({I would prefer:} 11. Rad1 $5 Be6 {with a long positional
play.}) 11... Rf7 $8 12. Ne5 {Of course, that was the point of white's
previous move - now the Nb5 may be transfered to d4.} Bxe5 13. Bxe5 ({Nothing
special promises also:} 13. dxe5 a6 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rd7 $11) 13... Nxe5
14. dxe5 c6 15. Nd4 Qb6 $2 {Now White has enough time for throwing away the
Ne4.} ({It was better to keep the knight in the centre by:} 15... Qe8 16. f4
Rc7 17. e3 Be6 $11) 16. e3 Re7 {Freeing a spot for retreat of Ne4.} ({Worse
would be:} 16... c5 $143 $6 17. Ne2 Re7 18. f3 Ng5 19. Nc3 $16) 17. f3 Ng5 ({
After} 17... Nc5 18. Rac1 Na6 19. f4 Be6 20. a3 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4] White has
also a clear positional advantage.}) 18. h4 {Stabilizing the situation at the
kingside.} ({Of course not} 18. Nxf5 $4 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Rxe5 $19)
18... Nf7 19. f4 $16 {Now White has a stable advantage: his pieces are placed
more actively, while Black has no counterplay at all. He intends to advance
his b-pawn in order to create some weak pawns at Black's camp. At the same
time, Black's position remains very solid.} Nh6 $1 {An excellent move ! The
appearance of the N at g4 will be quite unpleasant for white's monarch !} 20.
Rac1 ({Deserved attention also:} 20. Rab1 $5 Ng4 21. Qd3 $14) 20... Bd7 (20...
Ng4 21. Qd2 $14) 21. Qc5 Qd8 {Black should keep the queens on the board in
order to get some counterchances.} ({A clear mistake would be:} 21... Qxc5 $143
22. Rxc5 Ng4 23. Re1 $16 {[%cal Gb2b4] with a great advantage of white in the
endgame.}) 22. b4 a6 {Of course, Black should exchange the a-pawns before
white will break through by b4-b5.} 23. a4 Ng4 24. Rc3 {This natural move is
too slow and allows Black to regroup his pieces.} ({I would prefer an
energetical:} 24. Bf3 $142 $1 Nxe3 $140 25. Rfe1 Nc4 26. Bxd5+ cxd5 27. Qxd5+
Be6 28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxc4 $16) 24... Qe8 $1 {[%csl Ge8] A
strong defensive move. Black takes control of the Pc6 and prepares a powerful
attacking manoevre Qe8-h5.} 25. b5 ({Interesting was also:} 25. Bf3 $5 $16 {
not hurrying with b4-b5.}) 25... axb5 26. axb5 Ra2 {[%csl Ga2][%cal Ya2g2]
Black has got some tactical counterchances due to his active Ra2 and Ng4.} ({
After the passive} 26... Rc8 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Ra1 $16 {Black remains with a
lost position from the strategical point of view.}) 27. bxc6 bxc6 28. Rc2 {
That move looks very natural and is connected with the right strategical idea
of exchanging Black's active pieces.} ({At the same time, much stronger was
the simple:} 28. Rb1 $1 h6 29. Qd6 Kh7 ({After} 29... Ra8 30. Rb7 {White has
full domination.}) 30. Rb8 Qf7 31. Rb7 Ra1+ 32. Bf1 Re1 33. Nc2 $1 $16 {
preventing Black's counterplay.}) 28... Rxc2 29. Nxc2 g5 $5 {An interesting
attempt to reach some counterplay.} (29... Re6 {[%cal Ge8b8,Gb8b2]} 30. Rb1 $16
) 30. hxg5 Qh5 31. Rf3 $8 {Protecting the pawn on g3.} Re8 32. Qd6 {The best
defense is an attack - White is playing according to that simple rule!} Be6 $6
{There was no reason to give a second pawn.} ({Necessary was:} 32... Qf7 $142
33. Nd4 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 $16 {with some chances for a draw.}) 33. Qxc6 Bf7 (
33... Kh8 $144 34. g6 Qxg6 (34... hxg6 $2 35. Qxe8+ $18) 35. Nd4 Re7 36. Bh3
$18) 34. Kf1 $2 {A strange decision - there was no reason to "panic'' !} ({
The simple} 34. Nd4 $142 $1 {was sufficient for a win:} Rb8 (34... Qh2+ $143
35. Kf1 Qh5 36. Nxf5 Nh2+ 37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 Qh2 39. Kf1 Qh5 40. Ke1 $18) 35.
Qc1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh5 37. Qc2 Ra8 38. Qb1 $18) 34... Nh2+ 35. Kf2 ({After} 35.
Ke2 Nxf3 36. Bxf3 Qh2+ 37. Kd3 Qg1 $132 {Black has also counterplay.}) 35...
Ng4+ (35... Nxf3 $2 36. Bxf3 Qh2+ 37. Bg2 $18) 36. Kf1 Rb8 $2 {Black wasn't
satisifed with a possible draw, so he makes an additional mistake!} ({At the
same time,after} 36... Nh2+ $1 37. Ke2 (37. Kf2 Ng4+ 38. Ke2 Qh2 39. Kf1 Rb8
$13) 37... Nxf3 38. Bxf3 Qh2+ 39. Kd3 Qg1 40. Nd4 Rb8 $132 {the position is
very complicated.}) 37. e6 Be8 38. Qxd5 Rb1+ $2 {This is already a decisive
mistake!} ({The only way to continue the fight was:} 38... Rb2 $142 39. Na3
Nh2+ 40. Kg1 Nxf3+ 41. Qxf3 Qxf3 42. Bxf3 Kf8 43. g4 $16) 39. Ke2 $18 {Now
Black is completely helpless.} Qh2 ({or} 39... Rb2 $144 40. Kd3 $18) 40. e7+ ({
Good enough was also:} 40. Rf1 $5 Rxf1 41. Kxf1 Qxg3 42. Ke2 Qf2+ 43. Kd3 Qxc2+
44. Kxc2 Nxe3+ 45. Kc3 Nxd5+ 46. Bxd5 $18) 40... Kg7 41. Rf1 Rxf1 ({Hopeless
was also:} 41... Bb5+ 42. Kd2 Rxf1 43. Nd4 Qxg2+ (43... Rf2+ 44. Kc3 Rxg2 45.
Qxb5 $18) 44. Qxg2 Rf2+ 45. Qxf2 Nxf2 46. Nxf5+ Kf7 47. Nd6+ Kxe7 48. Nxb5 $18)
42. Kxf1 {Now the game is over - Black has no pieces to create some threats.
The rest is just agony.} Qxg3 43. Ke2 Bf7 44. Qf3 Qh4 45. Kd2 (45. Nd4 $5 {
wins immediatelly.}) 45... Qh2 (45... Qf2+ 46. Qxf2 Nxf2 47. Nd4 $18) 46. Kc3
Qg1 47. Qe2 Qb1 48. Bc6 Qb3+ 49. Kd2 Qb6 {Black resigns} ({After:} 49... Qb6
50. e8=Q Bxe8 51. Bxe8 Qd8+ 52. Nd4 Qa5+ 53. Kc2 Qa2+ 54. Kc3 Qa3+ 55. Nb3 $18
{White remains with an extra piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1990.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O $6 {5. - c6, 5. - d6, 5. - d5
} 6. d5 $1 $14 Ne4 7. O-O Bf6 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 exd5 10. cxd5 $16 d6 11. Qc2
a5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16. e3 Ne4 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18.
Be1 Rfe8 19. Na3 Nc5 20. Bf1 g5 21. Nb5 f4 22. exf4 gxf4 23. a3 Bg5 24. b4 axb4
25. axb4 fxg3 26. hxg3 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Ne4 28. Nd4 Qf6 29. Qe3 Ng5 30. Ne6 Nf3+
31. Kg2 Rxe6 $1 32. dxe6 Bc6 33. Bc3 Ng5+ 34. Kg1 Qh6 35. f4 Qh1+ 36. Kf2 Qh2+
{1.37-1.55} 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv super 1st"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1999.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Zilberman, Yaacov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. c4 {Meulders} e6 2. d4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 {
Meulders: 'Dieser Zug war eine von Aljechins Lieblingsvarianten. Schwarz räumt
das Feld f6 für den Läufer, was nach b3 den Aufmarsch c5 ermöglicht, mit Druck
auf Pd4. Der Ne4 hindert Weiß an dem Vorstoß e4; Schwarz kann nachher mit ...
d5 zum Stonewall übergehen.'} 7. Nbd2 (7. d5 {Meulders galt früher als die
Widerlegung, aber das ist zu optimistisch.} Bf6 (7... Na6 8. Nd4 Bf6 9. Nc3
Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qe7 11. Rb1 c6 12. Qa4 Nc5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ba3 $14 {1-0
Brenninkmeijer,J-Hansen,C/Amsterdam 1990/CBM 20 (43)}) (7... d6 8. dxe6 Nc6 9.
Nc3 $6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bf6 $15 {0-1 Van Wely,
L-Donchev,D/Debrecen 1992/EU-chT (53)}) 8. Qc2 (8. Nd4 c5 9. Nc2 Nd6 10. dxe6
dxe6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. f4 $6 (12. Bxc6) 12... Qc7 13. Nba3 Rd8 $15 {0-1
Simonovic,B-Kostic,B/Zagreb 1946/EXT 99 (29)}) (8. Nfd2 Nxd2 9. Nxd2 e5 10. e4
f4 11. d6 $6 cxd6 12. Nb1 Nc6 13. Qxd6 Be7 14. Qd5+ Kh8 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Nd2
d6 $15 {0-1 Kozlov,O-Poluljahov,A/Kobanya op 1992/TD (24)}) 8... Na6 $5 (8...
a5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 (9... Nc5 10. e4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Qxe4 exd5 13. Qxd5+ Kh8
14. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Reshevsky,S-Suesman,W/New York 1938/EXT 99 (26)}) 10. Bxd2 $14
(10. Bxd2 d6 11. dxe6 Bxe6 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. e3 Qe7 14. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2
Ionescu,C-Bischoff,K/Luzern 1985/MCD (34)})) (8... exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nbd2
Nxd2 11. Nxd2 Na6 (11... a5 12. Nc4 Nd7 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Nc5 15. b3 Qe7 16.
e3 $14 {1.37-1.55. 0-1 Nikolic,P-Short,N/Tilburg 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler] (36)})
12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Be3 Qe8 14. Nd4 f4 $5 15. gxf4 Bxd4 16. Bxd4 Rxf4 17. e3 Rh4
$13 {1/2-1/2 Suesman,W-Jackson,E/Ventnor City 1945/HCL (33)}) 9. Ne1 $6 (9.
Nfd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 d6 11. Bc3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 e5 13. a3 Qe8 14. b4 Bd7 $11 {
1-0 Engqvist,T-Bellin,R/Gausdal 1990/CBM 16 ext (41)}) 9... Nb4 10. Qd1 a5 11.
f3 Nc5 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rb1 c6 14. e4 (14. a3 exd5 15. axb4 axb4 $17) 14... exd5
15. exd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $15 {0-1 Huerta-Nogueiras/Santa Clara 1980 (34)})
7... Bf6 8. b3 (8. Qc2 {Meulders} d5 (8... Nxd2 {ist natürlich nicht logisch:}
9. Bxd2 a5 10. e4 fxe4 11. Qxe4 Na6 12. Bc3 Rb8 13. Bxa5 b5 14. cxb5 Rxb5 15.
Bc3 Nb4 16. Qe2 $16 {1-0 Ghitescu,T-Lebredo,G/Polanica Zdroj 1977/MCD (32)}) 9.
b3 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nc6 11. Qb2 Re8 12. b5 Ne7 13. Ne5 a6 14. a4 b6 15. Rb1
axb5 16. axb5 Be6 $11 {1-0 Garcia Palermo,C-Bischoff,K/Dortmund 1985/MCL (40)})
(9. Rd1 a5 10. Ne5 Nxd2 11. Bxd2 c6 (11... c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Nd3 e5 14. Qc4
Kh8 $16) 12. Rac1 $14 Nd7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 $6 (14. f4 $5) (14. Nf3) 14...
bxc6 15. Qxc6 Nb6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Qb7 Bc8 18. Qc6 Bd7 19. Qb7 Bc8 20. Qc6 {
1/2-1/2 Wrobel,F-Weiner,O/BL2-S 1988/GER-chT2 (20)}) (9. e3 Nd7 (9... c6 10. b4
Be7 11. Rb1 a5 12. b5 Nd7 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Schlenga,
K-Reinartz,G/NRW-I 1991/TD (62)}) 10. b3 c6 (10... c5) 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ne5 g5
13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Qg7 15. e4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Taxis,H-Kopp,H/OLWuert 1989/GER 
(52)}) 9... c5 (9... Nc6 10. Bb2 a5 (10... Bd7 11. Ne5 a5 12. Ndf3 a4 13. Rad1
Qe7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Ne5 $11 {0-1 Holst,P-Sobjerg,E/Aarhus 1993/EXT 98 (38)})
11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Ndf3 $14 {0-1 Goehring,K-Bischoff,K/
BL8586 1986/GER-chT (47)}) (9... c6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. e3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Nxd2 13.
Nxd2 Nd7 14. a3 Nf8 15. b4 Qd8 16. b5 Bd7 17. a4 $14 {1-0 Cebalo,M-Corvi,M/
Toscolano 1996/EXT 98 (31)}) 10. Bb2 cxd4 (10... Nc6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. dxc5 Qa5
13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Rfc1 b6 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. e3 $18 {1-0 Kristinsson,
J-Asmundsson,I/ISL-ch plof 1974/EXT 98 (59)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Bxd4 Nc6 12. Bxf6
Qxf6 13. cxd5 (13. Rab1 Nb4 $19 {0-1 Hoffmann,K-Chetverik,M/Gyongyos 1995/EXT
99 (41)}) 13... exd5 14. a3 a5 (14... Be6 15. e3 Rac8 16. Qd3 a5 17. Rfc1 Rf7
18. Ra2 Rfc7 19. Rac2 $14 {1-0 Naumkin,I-Hansen,S/Budapest 1991/TD (27)}) 15.
Qd3 Be6 16. e3 Rad8 17. Rfd1 $11 {0-1 Ree,H-Bronstein,D/Budapest 1977/MCL (34)}
) 11... Nc6 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Fine,R-Alekhine,A/Amsterdam 1936/HCL (24)}) (8. Nxe4 {Meulders} fxe4 9. Ne5 d5
10. f3 (10. Ng4 Be7 11. b3 c5 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Qd6 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Bagirov,V-Gulko,B/Tbilisi 1978/URS-ch (27)}) (10. Bf4 c5 11. h4 cxd4
12. Qxd4 Bxh4 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc5 Bf6 16. Qxc6 $16 {0-1 Lutz,
R-Kopp,H/OLWuert 1989/GER (37)}) (10. b3 c5 11. e3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. Bb2
Nb4 14. f3 Qg5 $15 {0-1 Effert,K-Fochtler,E/Zell 1991/GER (31)}) 10... c5 11.
Be3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 d4 13. Bc1 Nc6 $15 {0-1 Vaganian,R-Bronstein,D/Leningrad
1971/URS-ch (41)}) (8. e3 {Meulders} d5 (8... d6 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 e5 11.
dxe5 dxe5 12. Bb4 Rf7 13. Rad1 Qe8 14. Nd2 Nc6 15. Bc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lodhi,
M-Girinath,P/Calcutta 1997/CBM 56 ext (60)}) 9. b3 c5 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Ne5 a5
12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Ng4 Be7 14. f3 $11 {1-0 Schmittdiel,E-Hansen,S/Ostend 1990/
EXT 97 (31)}) (8. Qb3 {Meulders} d5 9. Ne5 c5 10. e3 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. cxd5
exd5 13. Rd1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Tscholowitsch,C-Braun,W/AUT-chT 1993/TD (69)}) (8. d5
{Meulders} Nxd2 9. Qxd2 e5 (9... d6 10. dxe6 Nc6 11. Qc2 Bxe6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13.
Be3 Rae8 14. Rac1 b6 15. a3 Bd7 16. b4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hoi,C-Schulz,K/
Copenhagen 1988/TD (54)}) 10. d6 Nc6 11. dxc7 Qxc7 12. e4 d6 13. b3 Kh8 14. Ba3
fxe4 15. Bxd6 $13 Qd7 {1/2-1/2 Bondarenko,V-Aleshnia,V/Moscow 1995/EXT 98 (35)}
) 8... Nc6 9. Bb2 d5 10. e3 Bd7 $146 (10... b6 11. a3 a5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. Rfd1
Ne7 14. Ne1 c6 15. Nd3 $14 {Csom,I-Asmundsson,I/Buenos Aires 1978 Meulders: '1/
2-1/2 Csom,I-Asmundsson,I/Buenos Aires 1978/MCD (35)'}) 11. a3 Be8 12. Rc1 (12.
b4 $5 {caoturing some space on the queenside.}) 12... a5 {Meulders: '"Schafft
etwas Raum, aber schwächt den Damenflügel," ist der übliche Kommentar hier.'}
13. Qe2 {White didn't achive any opening advantage, perhaps whites position is
more convenient, but black may hold the balance by accurate play.} Qd6 (13...
Bh5 $142 14. Qd3 Bg6 {[%cal Rf5f4]} 15. Qe2 $11) (13... Qe7 $5 {Meulders /\...
g5, ...Qg7|^} {z.B.} 14. cxd5 (14. Ne5 Bh5 $6 (14... Rd8 $11) 15. Qxh5 Nxd2 16.
cxd5 Nd8 17. Rfd1 Nxb3 18. Rc3 a4 19. dxe6 $16) 14... exd5 15. Qb5 $2 Nxd4 $1
$17) 14. Rc2 Bh5 {'=' Meulders. Meulders: 'Komplettiert das Standardmanöver
Bc8-d7-e8-h5, womit der schlechte Läufer sich ein Ziel gibt: sein Leben geben
gegen Nf3.'} 15. Rfc1 Rfc8 {'?!' Meulders.  Black prepares a re-organiation of
pieces: Ne7 and c7-c6 getting the classical Stonewall structure. For this
reason black protects the pawn c7 at first.  Meulders: 'Das verstehe ich nicht
gut. Im Holländisch ist ...g5, ...f4 eine Standardmöglichkeit wobei der f-R
entlang der geöffneten f-Linie gute Dienste leisten kann.'} (15... Rac8 $5 {
Meulders}) 16. Qf1 Nxd2 (16... Ne7 $6 17. Ne5 (17. Nb1 $5 {[%cal Gf3e5,Yf2f3]})
) ({Ich sehe noch keinen Grund für diesen und den folgenden Abtausch. Falls
Schwarz nicht am Königsflügel angreifen will, ist mit dem R noch auf a8} 16...
a4 $1 {Meulders: eine gute Möglichkeit um den bösen Bb2 ein zu hemmen.:} 17. b4
Rf8 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Qb5 Ra7 $11) 17. Rxd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne7 {Meulders: 'Dies
ist kein Beispiel von "reculer pour mieux sauter". Bald wird Schwarz passiv
stehen, gegen den aktiven Geist der Holländischen Verteidigung. Besonders der
Springer hat in dieser Partie nur noch wenig Lebensfreude.'} 19. a4 {'!'
Meulders. Meulders: 'Der Läufer "reserviert" sich das Feld a3.'} c6 (19... Nc6
{Meulders} 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Qb5 $16) 20. Qd3 Kh8 {with the idea to move the
knight to-g8(see notes to 22nd move of black).} 21. Rdc2 Qd7 {[%cal Gd7c8]} (
21... Ng8 $2 22. cxd5 {[%csl Rc8,Rf5]}) 22. Bg2 {[%cal Gf2f3,Ye3e4] The only
active plan for white is to lead e3-e4 after f2-f3.} Ng8 {[%csl Ye4][%cal
Gf6g5,Yg8f6] I have an explanation of this move: Black prepares himself to
whites plan - he intends to move B to g5 and then Nf6 adding control on e4.}
23. f3 Rd8 24. Rd1 Bg5 25. e4 $14 {'!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Raum für die
Läufer!'} fxe4 (25... dxc4 {Meulders} 26. bxc4 f4 27. Bh3 Qf7 28. d5 exd5 29.
exd5 $14) 26. fxe4 Nf6 {Meulders: 'Ein schönes Feld, aber der Gaul wird sofort
getreten.'} 27. cxd5 exd5 (27... cxd5 28. e5 Ng8 (28... Ne8 $6 29. Rf1 {
[%cal Gc2f2]}) 29. h4 Be7 30. Bh3 {[%csl Re6]}) 28. e5 Ng8 {'?' Meulders.} (
28... Ng4 {[%cal Gg4e3]} 29. Re2 {[%cal Gh2h3]} (29. Re2 {Meulders} Qe6 30. h3
Nh6 31. Rf1 $14) (29. Bh3 $2 Nxe5 $17)) 29. Rf1 {'+/-' Meulders.} Rf8 30. Rcf2
Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Nh6 (31... Be7 {Meulders} 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. Rxf5 g6 34. Rf7 Rf8
35. Rxf8 Bxf8 36. Bh3 {und Schwarz wird sehr leiden (+-).}) 32. Qf3 Qe6 33. Ba3
{'+/-!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Endlich ein Zimmer mit schöner Fernsicht!'} Qg4 $2
(33... Be7 34. Bh3 $1 Qxh3 35. Bxe7 $16 {[%cal Ge7g5] The white's big
advantage is obvious: each white piece is better then its opponent, the passed
pawn "e" always is ready to move on, the black king is vulnerable.} Rg8 36. Bg5
Ng4 37. Re2 {[%cal Ge5e6]}) (33... Ng4 {Meulders} 34. Bh3 h5 35. Bc5 Qh6 36.
Re2 $18) 34. h4 $1 $18 {removing the black bishop out of good squares.} Qxf3
35. Rxf3 ({Noch mal aufpassen:} 35. Bxf3 $4 {Meulders} Be3 $19) 35... Bd2 36.
Bh3 {[%cal Gh3d7,Ye5e6] '!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Dieser Geistliche sichert
sich denselben Komfort wie sein Brüderchen auf a3.'} g5 {Meulders: 'Nicht
besser oder schlechter als andere Notgriffe.'} (36... Rd8 {[%csl Gd7] covering
d7-point.} 37. e6 {and black can not stop e-pawn.}) 37. Bd7 $1 {[%cal Ge5e6]}
g4 38. Rf8+ {'!' Meulders. Meulders: 'Elegant in der Einfachheit wickelt Weiß
ab.'} Rxf8 39. Bxf8 Kg8 40. Bc5 {'!' Meulders.} Bb4 41. Bxb4 axb4 42. a5 {
[%cal Rd7c6] White threatens Bxc6!} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 04th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bagaturov, Giorgi"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 Qe8 $146 {[%cal Ge8h5]} (9... Ne4 10. Nbd2 (10. Nc3 $6 {It is not
right place for N} Nd7 11. Rad1 g5 12. Bc1 g4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qa5 15. Bh6
Nxc3 16. Bxf8 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Bxf8 $44 {Schulz,R-Bednarski,J/Berlin op 1988 (43)
/0-1}) 10... Nd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nd6 13. f4 Bd7 14. e3 Be8 15. Rab1 $14 {
Michaelsen,N-Kristiansen,J/Lyngby op 1990 (26)/1/2-1/2}) 10. Nbd2 Qh5 11. Bxb8
(11. Ne5 g5 (11... Qxe2 $2 12. Bf3) (11... Nfd7 12. Ndf3 g5 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14.
Bd2 g4 15. Ne1 $14 {[%cal Ge1d3,Yd3f4,Yd3e5]}) 12. Be3 Nbd7 (12... Ng4 13. Nxg4
fxg4 14. f3 $14 {@}) (12... Ne4 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 Nd7 15. f4 $14 {()}))
11... Rxb8 12. Ne5 Bd6 {[%cal Gd6e5,Yf6g4]} 13. f3 {[%csl Gg4]} Bd7 14. e3 Be8
15. Qc3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Qh6 16. Rae1 {[%csl Re3] White wants to play 17.b4 and
after 17...dxc4 to take with Q.Pe3 protected by Re1} (16. b4 $6 dxc4 {[%csl
Rb4][%cal Gf6d5]}) 16... Bh5 17. b4 Rbd8 {[%csl Rd7] First black should defend
square "d7",as you see in the next variation:} (17... dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd5 19. f4
Nxb4 $140 20. Nd7) 18. Nb3 $11 {[%cal Rb3c5]} dxc4 19. Qxc4 Nd5 20. f4 $8 Nb6 (
20... Nxb4 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 {[%csl Yh5,Yh6]} a5 $1 23. Rf2 Ra8 24. Rb2 $36
) 21. Qc3 Nd5 22. Qc4 Nb6 23. Qc3 Nd5 24. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cherepkov, Alexander V"]
[Black "Grishanovich, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[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 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 (7. O-O {
-A96}) 7... Qe8 $6 $146 (7... Nc6 8. d5 Nb4 (8... Ne5 $5) 9. Qb3 Na6 10. dxe6
Nc5 11. Qc2 Bxe6 12. Nd4 (12. b3) 12... Bxc4 13. Na4 $11 (13. Nxf5 $142) 13...
Bd5 14. Bxd5+ Nxd5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Ne6 Ne3 $1 17. Bxe3 (17. Qb3 Nc2+ 18. Qxc2
Qd5 {-as in the game}) 17... Qd5 18. O-O Qxe6 19. Bxc5 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Kindl,
P-Gorgs,H/Wuert-ch Stuttgart 1985}) (7... d5 $5 {-leads to Stonewall positions}
) 8. e4 {white tries to capture space from first moves in the opening} Qh5 (
8... fxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nc6 11. O-O $14 {()}) (8... Nc6 9. e5 (9. exf5
exf5 10. O-O $14) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Qh5 {[%cal Gg7g5]} 12. h4 $14)
9. e5 Ne8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. Nf4 Qf7 12. h4 Rb8 (12... Nxd4 13. Nxd4 dxe5 14.
Ndxe6 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 exf4 16. Nxf8 $18 {[%cal Gg2d5]}) 13. a3 Kh8 {[%cal Gc6d4]}
(13... Nxd4 {doesn't work again} 14. Nxd4 dxe5 15. Ndxe6 exf4 16. Nxf8 $18) 14.
Be3 $16 {[%cal Ge1c1,Gh4h5,Gf4g6] white has advantage in space and strong
attack on the kingside} g6 $6 (14... Bd7 15. Ng5 (15. h5 Kg8) 15... Bxg5 (15...
Qg8 16. d5 (16. h5 $1 Bxg5 17. Ng6+ hxg6 18. hxg6+ Bh6 19. Qd2 f4 20. Bxf4 Rxf4
21. Qxf4)) 16. hxg5 {[%cal Rg5g6]} Ne7 17. O-O-O b5 {with some counterplay on
the queenside}) 15. O-O-O Bd7 $2 (15... Qg7 $142 16. h5 $141 g5) 16. h5 Kg8 $4
{Now black is turning to white's team and helping to give a mate to black king!
} (16... g5 17. Ng6+) (16... gxh5 $142 17. Rxh5 Rg8 18. Rdh1 Rg7 19. Kb1 $16 (
19. exd6 cxd6 (19... Nxd6 20. Nd3) (19... Bxd6 20. Ng5) 20. d5 exd5 21. cxd5
Ne5 {[%cal Gb8c8]}) 19... Z0 $140 20. exd6 cxd6 21. d5) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rh6
Kg7 19. Rdh1 b5 20. Rh7+ Kg8 21. Rh8+ Kg7 22. R1h7# 1-0

[Event "RUS-Cup02"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1998.01.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Gusev, Yuri S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
(8. a3 {Tyomkin,D} a5 9. b3 Bd7 10. Nc3 Be8 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb2 $14 {Lengyel,
L-Spassky,B/Moscow 1971/0-1(40)}) (8. cxd5 {Tyomkin,D} exd5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6
Bxf6 11. e3 Ne7 12. Nbd2 Qd6 13. b4 c6 14. Qc5 $14 {Rojo,G-Ochoa,F/España eq.
1992/1-0(32)}) (8. b3 $1 {Tyomkin,D} Ne4 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. e3 a5 11. Nc3 Be8 12.
a3 g5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 Bf6 15. Ne2 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Rc8 17. f3 Nd6 18. f4 $16
{Lalic,B-Bellin,R/Copenhagen op 1989/1-0(35)}) 8... Ne4 9. b3 $6 $146 (9. Rd1
a5 10. b3 Bd7 11. a3 Be8 {D'Israel,D-Lebredo,G/Copa Itau Mercosul, Sao Paulo
BRA 1997/1/2-1/2(19)}) (9. a3 $5 Bf6 10. e3 $14 {[%cal Gb2b3]}) 9... Nb4 $5 {
[%cal Gc7c5,Ge7f6] Black tries to use a weekness of white's position by break
in the center.} (9... a5 10. a3 Bd7 $14 {[%cal Gd7e8]}) 10. Qb2 c5 11. cxd5
exd5 12. a3 Nc6 13. e3 Bf6 $36 14. Ne5 Bxe5 $2 (14... cxd4 15. exd4 Qb6 16.
Nxc6 (16. Ndf3 Nxd4 $1) 16... bxc6 17. Nf3 c5 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Rab1 Ba6 $36 (
19... c4 20. b4)) 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. f4 Be6 17. Qc2 Na5 18. Rb1 {[%cal Gb3b4]}
Rad8 $6 (18... Rac8 {white intends to play b3-b4,and it was the right moment
for black to prevent it by Rac8}) 19. b4 $1 cxb4 20. axb4 Rc8 (20... Nc4 21.
Nxc4 (21. Nb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3d4,Yc2d3]}) 21... dxc4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd3
$44) 21. Qa2 Nc4 22. Nxc4 d4 (22... Nc3 23. Qxa7 Nxb1 24. Nd6 $16 {[%csl Rb7,
Rd5]}) 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxa7 Bxc4 25. Rf2 Ra8 $2 (25... Bd3 26. Ra1 dxe3 27.
Bxe3 (27. Qxe3 Qxb4 28. f5 (28. Rb2 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 e3 $40) (28.
Ba3 $140 Qc3) 28... Qc5 $1) 27... Qxb4 28. f5 $1 {white has attacking chances.}
) 26. Qxd4 $16 Bd3 27. Ra1 Rad8 $4 $138 (27... Rxa1 28. Qxa1 Qxb4 29. Bb2 $1
$16 {[%cal Gf4f5,Ge5e6]} (29. Ba3 Ra8 30. Bxb4 (30. Ra2 $2 Qb3 $19 {[%cal
Rd3c4]}) 30... Rxa1+ {with good chances to draw})) 28. Qb6 $18 Rd5 29. Ra5 Rxa5
30. bxa5 Rc8 31. Bb2 Rc6 32. Qd4 Rc4 33. Qd5+ Kh8 34. f5 {[%cal Rf5f6]} 1-0

[Event "Nottingham International Masters"]
[Site "Nottingham"]
[Date "1936.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose Raul"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[Annotator "Van Reek,J"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1936.08.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The opponents had played for the last time in 1927. They met again as enemies.
} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Ne4 7. Qb3 {Capa
has a new answer to a pet idea of Alekhine.} Bf6 8. Rd1 Qe8 9. Nc3 Nc6 $6 10.
Nb5 Bd8 11. Qc2 $6 {White loses time.} ({The immediate} 11. d5 $1 {gains a
plus (Capablanca).}) 11... d6 12. d5 $5 Nb4 $1 13. Qb3 Na6 14. dxe6 Nac5 15.
Qc2 Nxe6 16. Nfd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bf6 18. Nb5 $6 Qe7 19. Be3 a6 20. Nd4 Bd7 21.
Rac1 Rae8 22. b4 b6 23. Nf3 $6 Nc3 $1 24. Rd3 $6 f4 $5 {Black wants to win an
exchange.} ({The alternative} 24... Ba4 25. Qb2 $1 Nd1 26. Qd2 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 {
leads to equality.}) 25. gxf4 Bf5 26. Qd2 Bxd3 27. exd3 c5 $2 ({Correct is} 
27... Na4 $1 28. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 29. fxg5 Qd7 30. d4 b5) 28. Rxc3 $1 Bxc3 29. Qxc3
Qf6 $6 {Black has no counteraction in the endgame.} 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Nd2 f5
32. b5 a5 33. Nf1 Kf7 34. Ng3 Kg6 35. Bf3 Re7 36. Kf1 Kf6 37. Bd2 Kg6 38. a4 {
Slight incidents took place at this stage.} ({Later Capa gave the win} 38. a4
Rc7 39. h4 h6 40. h5+ Kh7 41. Bc3 Re7 42. Bg2 Rd7 43. Bh3 Rdf7 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45.
Kf3 Ref8 46. Nf1 Kg8 47. Ne3 Kh7 48. Nd5 Rb8 49. Nf6+ $1 {(I added the moves
for Black).}) 1-0

